American Songwriter has revisited four songs that reached the US Top 10 in 1985 but have largely faded from radio play since. The piece argues that even significant chart success doesn't guarantee lasting airplay, especially when a track lacks sustained promotion or is overshadowed by an artist's other, more iconic work from the same era.

The list includes Stevie Wonder's "Go Home" (No. 10), a horn-driven track from his comeback album In Square Circle; ZZ Top's "Sleeping Bag" (No. 8) from Afterburner, which trails behind the band's more famous Eliminator-era hits; Bruce Springsteen's "I'm Goin' Down" (No. 9), the sixth single from Born in the U.S.A.; and Night Ranger's "Sentimental Street" (No. 8), which has been overshadowed by the band's earlier power ballad "Sister Christian".