Top Songs: 1980-1989

1980

  • Air Supply - “All Out of Love”
  • Barbra Streisand - "Woman in Love"  
  • Billy Joel - "It's Still Rock and Roll To Me"  
  • Blondie - "Call Me"
  • Captain & Tennille - "Do That To Me One More Time"
  • Christopher Cross - "Sailing"  
  • Diana Ross - "Upside Down"  
  • KC & The Sunshine Band - “Please Don’t Go” 
  • Kenny Rogers - "Lady"  
  • Lipps Inc - "Funkytown"  
  • Michael Jackson - "Rock With You"  
  • Neil Diamond - “Love on the Rocks” 
  • Olivia Newton-John - "Magic"  
  • Pink Floyd - "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2"
  • Queen - "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"  
  • Queen - “Another One Bites the Dust”  
  • Rupert Holmes - “Escape (The Pina Colada Song)” 

1981

  • Air Supply - “The One that You Love” 
  • Blondie - "The Tide is High"
  • Blondie - “Rapture” 
  • Christopher Cross - "Arthur's Theme"
  • Diana Ross & Lionel Richie - "Endless Love"
  • Eddie Rabbit - “I Love a Rainy Night”
  • Foreigner - “Waiting for a Girl Like You” 
  • Hall & Oates - "Private Eyes"
  • Hall & Oates - “Kiss on my List”
  • Joey Scarbury - "Believe It or Not"
  • John Lennon - "(Just Like) Starting Over"
  • John Lennon - “Woman” 
  • Journey - "Who's Crying Now" 
  • Kim Carnes - "Bette Davis Eyes"
  • Kool & the Gang - "Celebration"
  • Olivia Newton-John - "Physical” 
  • REO Speedwagon - "Keep on Loving You”
  • Rick Springfield - "Jessie's Girl"
  • Sheena Easton - “Morning Train (Nine to Five)” 

1982

  • Chicago - “Hard to Say I’m Sorry”
  • Hall & Oates - “Maneater”
  • Hall & Oats - “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)”
  • J Geils Band - “Centerfold” 
  • Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - “I Love Rock n’ Roll”
  • John Cougar - “Jack & Diane”
  • Lionel Richie - “Truly”
  • Men at Work - “Who Can It Be Now?” 
  • Olivia Newton-John – “Physical”
  • Paul McCartney with Stevie Wonder - “Ebony & Ivory”
  • Survivor - “Eye of the Tiger”
  • The Human League - “Don’t You Want Me”
  • The Steve Miller Band - “Abracadabra”
  • Toni Basil - “Mickey”
  • Toto - “Rosanna”
  • Vangelis - “Chariots of Fire”

1983

  • Billy Joel - “Tell Her About It”
  • Bonnie Tyler - “Total Eclipse of the Heart”
  • Cyndi Lauper - "Girls Just Want To Have Fun"
  • Cyndi Lauper - "All Through the Night"
  • David Bowie - “Let’s Dance”
  • Dexys Midnight Runners - “Come On Eileen”
  • Dolly Parton - “Islands In the Stream”
  • Duran Duran - “Hungry Like the Wolf”
  • Eurythmics - “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” 
  • Irene Cara - “Flashdance… What a Feeling”
  • Lionel Richie - “All Night Long (All Night)”
  • Men at Work - “Down Under”
  • Men at Work - “The Safety Dance” 
  • Michael Jackson - “Beat It”
  • Michael Jackson - “Billie Jean”
  • Michael Sembello - “Maniac”
  • Pat Benatar - “Love is a Battlefield”
  • Patti Austin ft James Ingram - “Baby, Come to Me”
  • Paul McCartney ft Michael Jackson - “Say Say Say”
  • The Police - “Every Breath You Take”
  • Toto - “Africa”

1984

  • Billy Ocean - “Caribbean Queen”
  • Culture Club - “Karma Chameleon”
  • Cyndi Lauper - “Time After Time”
  • David Bowie - "Blue Jean"
  • Deniece Williams - “Let’s Hear It For the Boy”
  • Duran Duran - “The Reflex”
  • Hall & Oats - “Out of Touch”
  • John Waite - “Missing You”
  • Kenny Loggins - “Footloose”
  • Kool and the Gang - “Joanna”
  • Lionel Richie - “Hello”
  • Matthew Wilder - “Break My Stride”
  • Michael Jackson - "Thriller"
  • Phil Colins - “Against All Odds”
  • Prince - “Let’s Go Crazy”
  • Prince - “When Doves Cry”
  • Queen - "Radio Ga Ga"
  • Ray Parker Jr - “Ghostbusters”
  • Stevie Wonder - “Just Called to Say I Love You”
  • Thompson Twins - “Hold Me Now”
  • Tina Turner - “What’s Love Got to Do With It”
  • Van Halen - “Jump”
  • Wham! - “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”
  • Yes - “Owner of a Lonely Heart”

1985

  • a-ha - “Take On Me”
  • Bryan Adams - “Heaven”
  • Dire Straits - “Money for Nothing”
  • Duran Duran -“A View to Kill”
  • Foreigner - “I Want to Know What Love Is”
  • Huey Lewis & The News - “The Power of Love” 
  • John Parr - “St Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion)”
  • Madonna - “Crazy for You”
  • Madonna - “Like a Virgin”
  • Mr. Mister - “Broken Wings”
  • Paul Young - “Everytime You Go Away”
  • Phil Collins - “One More Night”
  • Phil Collins - “Sussudio”
  • REO Speedwagon - “Can’t Fight This Feeling”
  • Simple Minds - “Don’t You (Forget about Me)”
  • Starship - “We Built This City” 
  • Stevie Wonder - “Part Time Lover”
  • Tears For Fears - “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”
  • Tears For Fears - “Shout” 
  • USA For Africa - “We Are the World”
  • Wham! - “Careless Whisper”
  • Wham! - “Everything She Wants”
  • Whitney Houston - “Saving All My Love For You”

1986

  • Bangles - "Walk Like an Egyptian"
  • Bananarama - “Venus”
  • Berlin - “Take My Breath Away”
  • Bon Jovi - “You Give Love a Bad Name”
  • Cyndi Lauper - “True Colors”
  • Dionne Warwick ft Elton John, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder - “That’s What Friends are For”
  • Falco - “Rock Me Amadeus”
  • Genesis - “Invisible Touch”
  • Huey Lewis & The News - “Stuck With You”
  • Lionel Richie - “Say You, Say Me”
  • Madonna - “Papa Don’t Preach”
  • Mr. Mister - “Kyrie”
  • Pet Shop Boys - “West End Girls”
  • Peter Gabriel - “Sledgehammer”
  • Prince - “Kiss”
  • Robert Palmer - “Addicted to Love”
  • Starship “- Sara”
  • Steve Winwood - “Higher Love”
  • The Bangles - “Walk Like an Egyptian”
  • Wang Chung - “Everybody Have Fun Tonight” 
  • Whitney Houston - “Greatest Love of All”

1987

  • Aretha Franklin & George Michael - “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
  • Atlantic Starr - “Always”
  • Belinda Carlisle - “Heaven Is a Place on Earth”
  • Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes - “I’ve Had the Time of My Life”
  • Bon Jovi - “Livin’ On a Prayer”
  • Club Nouveau - “Lean on Me”
  • Cutting Crew - “(I Just) Died in Your Arms”
  • George Michael - “Faith”
  • Gregory Abbot - “Shake You Down”
  • Heart - “Alone”
  • Huey Lewis & The News - “Jacob’s Ladder”
  • Kim Wilde - “You Keep Me Hanging On”
  • Los Lobos - “La Bamba”
  • Madonna - “Open Your Heart”
  • Michael Jackson - “Bad”
  • Michael Jackson - “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You”
  • Tiffany - “I Think We’re Alone Now”
  • U2 - “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”
  • U2 - “With or Without You”
  • Whitney Houston - “I Wanna Dance With Somebody”

1988

  • Billy Ocean - “Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car
  • Bobby McFerrin - “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”
  • Bon Jovi - “Bad Medicine”
  • Cheap Trick - “The Flame”
  • Expose - “Seasons Change”
  • George Harrison -“Got My Mind Set on You
  • George Michael - “Father Figure” 
  • Guns N’ Roses - “Sweet Child O’ Mine”
  • INXS - “Need You Tonight”
  • Michael Jackson - “Dirty Diana”
  • Michael Jackson - “Man in the Mirror”
  • Michael Jackson - “The Way You Make Me Feel”
  • Phil Collins - “Groovy Kind of Love”
  • Poison - “Every Rose Has Its Thorn”
  • Richard Marx - “Hold On to the Nights”
  • Rick Astley - “Never Gonna Give You Up”
  • Rick Astley - “Together Forever”
  • Terence Trent D’Arby - “Wishing Well
  • The Beach Boys - “Kokomo”
  • The Escape Club - “Wild, Wild West”
  • Whitney Houston - “So Emotional”
  • Will to Power - “Baby, I Love Your Way”

1989

  • Bad English - “When I See Your Smile”
  • Bette Midler - “Wind Beneath My Wings”
  • Bobby Brown - “My Prerogative”
  • Bon Jovi - “I’ll Be There For You”
  • Debbie Gibson - “Lost in Your Eyes”
  • Fine Young Cannibals - “She Drives Me Crazy”
  • Janet Jackson - “Miss You Much”
  • Madonna - “Like a Prayer”
  • Martika - “Toy Soldiers”
  • Michael Damian - “Rock On”
  • Mike & The Mechanics - “The Living Years”
  • Milli Vanilli - “Blame It On the Rain” 
  • New Kids On The Block - “I’ll Be Loving You (Forever)”
  • Paula Abdul - “Straight Up”
  • Phil Collins - “Two Hearts”
  • Poison - “Every Rose Has Its Thorn”
  • Richard Marx - “Right Here Waiting”
  • Roxette - “Listen to Your Heart”
  • Roxette - “The Look”
  • Sheriff - “When I’m With You”
  • Technotronic ft Felly - “Pump Up The Jam”
  • The Bangles - “Eternal Flame” 
  • The Cure - “Love Song”
  • Tone Loc - “Wild Thing”