The power ballad was just as essential to the 1980s as hairspray, shoulder pads, and neon. You might call them corny, another might say earnest, but those two things aren’t always mutually exclusive.

Sometimes, music is a great medium for being sad. These country ballads from the 1980s will definitely help you get some ...

The hit transformed from a deeply personal ballad into one of the defining rock anthems of the 1980s.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By the late 1980s, power ballads were everywhere, but few hit quite like the now classic song "Alone" by Heart. Released in 1987, ...