Ranking #87 singles, U.S. edition: 1981-1989 (opens in new tab)

“You treat me like a dog, get me down on my knees,” Dave Gahan intoned in 1985, a half-decade before Depeche Mode crushed the synth pop game led by Pet Shop Boys, The Cure, and New Order with hip thrusts. But, no, he referred to S&M, which, if anyone expressed confusion, songwriter Martin Gore’s exposed […]