Hands Down This Is The Most Heartbreaking Love Song Of The '80s

The 1980s was arguably the decade of big break-up ballads, with the upper echelons of the charts dominated by huge hits focused on love and heartbreak. But which is the best of the bunch, the biggest tearjerker of the decade? We agree that there are scores to choose from, including such works of beauty as Joy Division's tragic "Love Will Tear Us Apart," a moody 1980 masterpiece that becomes even more heartbreaking in the light of singer Ian Curtis' death the year of its release. We're also fans of U2's "With or Without You," a soaring ballad that was a massive hit in 1987.

However, the truth is that there is one song that stands above all others, one that we think is undeniably the biggest break-up ballad of the 1980s: Bonnie Tyler's timeless "Total Eclipse of the Heart," a 1983 smash t