| Rank |
Year |
Title |
Artist |
|
|
|
| 1 |
1987 |
At This Moment |
Billy Vera and the Beaters |
|
|
| 2 |
1984 |
Hello |
Lionel Richie |
|
|
| 3 |
1983 |
Total Eclipse of the Heart |
Bonnie Tyler |
|
|
| 4 |
1988 |
What Have I Done To Deserve This? |
Pet Shop Boys w/Dusty Springfield |
|
|
| 5 |
1983 |
She Blinded Me With Science |
Thomas Dolby |
|
|
| 6 |
1988 |
She's Like The Wind |
Patrick Swayze w/Wendy Fraser |
|
|
| 7 |
1985 |
Suddenly |
Billy Ocean |
|
|
| 8 |
1985 |
Obsession |
Animotion |
|
|
| 9 |
1983 |
Never Gonna Let You Go |
Sergio Mendes |
|
|
| 10 |
1986 |
Sledgehammer |
Peter Gabriel |
|
|
| 11 |
1981 |
A Little In Love |
Cliff Richard |
|
|
| 12 |
1982 |
Gloria |
Laura Branigan |
|
|
| 13 |
1983 |
Africa |
Toto |
|
|
| 14 |
1985 |
One Night In Bangkok |
Murray Head |
|
|
| 15 |
1985 |
The Search Is Over |
Survivor |
|
|
| 16 |
1981 |
Just the Two of Us |
Grover Washington Jr. |
|
|
| 17 |
1981 |
Waiting for a Girl Like You |
Foreigner |
|
|
| 18 |
1985 |
Perfect Way |
Scritti Politti |
|
|
| 19 |
1986 |
Human |
Human League |
|
|
| 20 |
1987 |
Alone |
Heart |
|
|
| 21 |
1982 |
Let It Whip |
Dazz Band |
|
|
| 22 |
1981 |
Let's Groove |
Earth, Wind & Fire |
|
|
| 23 |
1982 |
Don't You Want Me |
Human League |
|
|
| 24 |
1983 |
Making Love Out of Nothing At All |
Air Supply |
|
|
| 25 |
1983 |
Come On Eileen |
Dexys Midnight Runners |
|
|
| 26 |
1987 |
Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You |
Glenn Medeiros |
|
|
| 27 |
1989 |
When I'm With You |
Sheriff |
|
|
| 28 |
1986 |
Something About You |
Level 42 |
|
|
| 29 |
1983 |
Fascination |
Human League |
|
|
| 30 |
1981 |
Urgent |
Foreigner |
|
|
| 31 |
1980 |
Tired of Toein' the Line |
Rocky Burnette |
|
|
| 32 |
1980 |
Cool Change |
Little River Band |
|
|
| 33 |
1981 |
Being With You |
Smokey Robinson |
|
|
| 34 |
1982 |
Abracadabra |
Steve Miller Band |
|
|
| 35 |
1987 |
It's a Sin |
Pet Shop Boys |
|
|
| 36 |
1989 |
Angel Eyes |
Jeff Healey Band |
|
|
| 37 |
1986 |
Walk Like an Egyptian |
Bangles |
|
|
| 38 |
1986 |
Rock Me Amadeus |
Falco |
|
|
| 39 |
1981 |
Kiss on My List |
Hall and Oates |
|
|
| 40 |
1985 |
Crazy For You |
Madonna |
|
|
| 41 |
1980 |
Lost In Love |
Air Supply |
|
|
| 42 |
1980 |
Into the Night |
Benny Mardones |
|
|
| 43 |
1981 |
Super Freak |
Rick James |
|
|
| 44 |
1982 |
Somebody's Baby |
Jackson Browne |
|
|
| 45 |
1983 |
Twilight Zone |
Golden Earring |
|
|
| 46 |
1988 |
Make Me Lose Control |
Eric Carmen |
|
|
| 47 |
1988 |
Need You Tonight |
INXS |
|
|
| 48 |
1986 |
Higher Love |
Steve Winwood |
|
|
| 49 |
1983 |
Our House |
Madness |
|
|
| 50 |
1981 |
Hard To Say |
Dan Fogelberg |
|
|
| Rank |
Year |
Title |
Artist |
|
|
| 51 |
1987 |
When Smokey Sings |
ABC |
|
|
| 52 |
1980 |
Take a Little Rhythm |
Ali Thompson |
|
|
| 53 |
1980 |
Biggest Part of Me |
Ambrosia |
|
|
| 54 |
1987 |
Lost In Emotion |
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam |
|
|
| 55 |
1981 |
I Love a Rainy Night |
Eddie Rabbit |
|
|
| 56 |
1981 |
You Make My Dreams |
Hall and Oates |
|
|
| 57 |
1988 |
Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car |
Billy Ocean |
|
|
| 58 |
1983 |
Sexy & 17 |
Stray Cats |
|
|
| 59 |
1985 |
Voices Carry |
Til Tuesday |
|
|
| 60 |
1985 |
I Miss You |
Klymaxx |
|
|
| 61 |
1987 |
Head To Toe |
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam |
|
|
| 62 |
1985 |
High On You |
Survivor |
|
|
| 63 |
1985 |
You Spin Me Round |
Dead or Alive |
|
|
| 64 |
1981 |
Theme from Greatest American Hero |
Joey Scarbury |
|
|
| 65 |
1982 |
Tainted Love |
Soft Cell |
|
|
| 66 |
1981 |
The Voice |
Moody Blues |
|
|
| 67 |
1983 |
Come Dancing |
Kinks |
|
|
| 68 |
1984 |
I Can Dream About You |
Dan Hartman |
|
|
| 69 |
1985 |
Can't Fight This Feeling |
REO Speedwagon |
|
|
| 70 |
1986 |
Mad About You |
Belinda Carlisle |
|
|
| 71 |
1982 |
Caught Up In You |
.38 Special |
|
|
| 72 |
1982 |
Nobody |
Sylvia |
|
|
| 73 |
1986 |
If You Leave |
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark |
|
|
| 74 |
1980 |
Sexy Eyes |
Dr. Hook |
|
|
| 75 |
1982 |
I Wouldn't Have Missed It For The World |
Ronnie Milsap |
|
|
| 76 |
1980 |
Coming Up |
Paul McCartney & Wings |
|
|
| 77 |
1986 |
Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money) |
Pet Shop Boys |
|
|
| 78 |
1984 |
Against All Odds |
Phil Collins |
|
|
| 79 |
1987 |
The Lady In Red |
Chris DeBurgh |
|
|
| 80 |
1989 |
Like a Prayer |
Madonna |
|
|
| 81 |
1980 |
Crazy Little Thing Called Love |
Queen |
|
|
| 82 |
1982 |
Cool Night |
Paul Davis |
|
|
| 83 |
1986 |
Your Wildest Dreams |
Moody Blues |
|
|
| 84 |
1986 |
To Be A Lover |
Billy Idol |
|
|
| 85 |
1985 |
People Are People |
Depeche Mode |
|
|
| 86 |
1985 |
Careless Whisper |
George Michael |
|
|
| 87 |
1986 |
No One Is To Blame |
Howard Jones |
|
|
| 88 |
1986 |
True Blue |
Madonna |
|
|
| 89 |
1985 |
Fresh |
Kool and the Gang |
|
|
| 90 |
1980 |
Cupid/I've Loved You For a Long Time |
Spinners |
|
|
| 91 |
1986 |
Nikita |
Elton John |
|
|
| 92 |
1980 |
More Than I Can Say |
Leo Sayer |
|
|
| 93 |
1980 |
(Just Like) Starting Over |
John Lennon |
|
|
| 94 |
1981 |
I Love You |
Climax Blues Band |
|
|
| 94 |
1985 |
Walking on Sunshine |
Katrina and the Waves |
|
|
| 95 |
1987 |
Keep Your Hands To Yourself |
Georgia Satellites |
|
|
| 96 |
1989 |
Love Shack |
B-52's |
|
|
| 98 |
1981 |
Tempted |
Squeeze |
|
|
| 99 |
1989 |
Straight Up |
Paula Abdul |
|
|
| 100 |
1989 |
Walk the Dinosaur |
Was (Not Was) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| The Next Fifty (Chronologically) |
|
|
|
|
Year |
Title |
Artist |
|
|
|
1980 |
All Out of Love |
Air Supply |
|
|
|
1980 |
Shining Star |
Manhattans |
|
|
|
1980 |
Too Hot |
Kool and the Gang |
|
|
|
1980 |
An American Dream |
Dirt Band |
|
|
|
1981 |
Too Much Time On My Hands |
Styx |
|
|
|
1981 |
This Little Girl |
Gary U.S. Bonds |
|
|
|
1981 |
You Better You Bet |
The Who |
|
|
|
1981 |
Medley |
Stars on 45 |
|
|
|
1981 |
Living Inside Myself |
Gino Vanelli |
|
|
|
1981 |
Hearts |
Marty Balin |
|
|
|
1981 |
Watching the Wheels |
John Lennon |
|
|
|
1981 |
Just Once |
Quincy Jones w/James Ingram |
|
|
|
1982 |
Take Off |
Bob & Doug McKenzie |
|
|
|
1982 |
You Can Do Magic |
America |
|
|
|
1982 |
Steppin' Out |
Joe Jackson |
|
|
|
1982 |
65 Love Affair |
Paul Davis |
|
|
|
1982 |
I Ran |
A Flock Of Seagulls |
|
|
|
1983 |
True |
Spandau Ballet |
|
|
|
1983 |
The Safety Dance |
Men Without Hats |
|
|
|
1983 |
Baby, Come To Me |
Patti Austin w/James Ingram |
|
|
|
1983 |
The Look of Love |
ABC |
|
|
|
1983 |
Photograph |
Def Leppard |
|
|
|
1984 |
Let's Hear It For The Boy |
Deniece Williams |
|
|
|
1984 |
She Bop |
Cyndi Lauper |
|
|
|
1984 |
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go |
Wham! |
|
|
|
1984 |
Let The Music Play |
Shannon |
|
|
|
1984 |
New Moon on Monday |
Duran Duran |
|
|
|
1984 |
I Feel For You |
Chaka Khan |
|
|
|
1985 |
Cherish |
Kool and the Gang |
|
|
|
1985 |
Every Time You Go Away |
Paul Young |
|
|
|
1985 |
Don't You (Forget About Me) |
Simple Minds |
|
|
|
1985 |
All I Need |
Jack Wagner |
|
|
|
1986 |
When I Think of You |
Janet Jackson |
|
|
|
1986 |
Take Me Home Tonight |
Eddie Money |
|
|
|
1986 |
Live To Tell |
Madonna |
|
|
|
1986 |
What You Need |
INXS |
|
|
|
1986 |
True Colors |
Cyndi Lauper |
|
|
|
1986 |
Tarzan Boy |
Baltimora |
|
|
|
1986 |
Welcome To The Boomtown |
David and David |
|
|
|
1987 |
Somewhere Out There |
Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram |
|
|
|
1987 |
Don't Dream It's Over |
Crowded House |
|
|
|
1987 |
Always |
Atlantic Star |
|
|
|
1987 |
La Isla Bonita |
Madonna |
|
|
|
1987 |
Lessons In Love |
Level 42 |
|
|
|
1988 |
Don't Shed a Tear |
Paul Carrack |
|
|
|
1988 |
Chains of Love |
Erasure |
|
|
|
1988 |
Waiting For a Star To Fall |
Boy Meets Girl |
|
|
|
1988 |
The Promise |
When In Rome |
|
|
|
1989 |
My Prerogative |
Bobby Brown |
|
|
|
1989 |
She Drives Me Crazy |
Fine Young Cannibals |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Best of the Rest (Chronologically) |
|
|
|
|
Year |
Title |
Artist |
|
|
|
1980 |
Another One Bites the Dust |
Queen |
|
|
|
1980 |
Magic |
Olivia Newton-John |
|
|
|
1980 |
Little Jeannie |
Elton John |
|
|
|
1980 |
The Rose |
Bette Midler |
|
|
|
1980 |
Brass In Pocket |
Pretenders |
|
|
|
1980 |
Dreaming |
Cliff Richard |
|
|
|
1980 |
Don't Do Me Like That |
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers |
|
|
|
1980 |
Let Me Love You Tonight |
Pure Prairie League |
|
|
|
1980 |
Pilot of the Airwaves |
Charlie Dore |
|
|
|
1981 |
Physical |
Olivia Newton-John |
|
|
|
1981 |
Keep on Loving You |
REO Speedwagon |
|
|
|
1981 |
Take It on the Run |
REO Speedwagon |
|
|
|
1981 |
Stop Dragging My Heart Around |
Stevie Nicks w/Tom Petty |
|
|
|
1981 |
Step By Step |
Eddie Rabbit |
|
|
|
1981 |
The One That You Love |
Air Supply |
|
|
|
1981 |
Giving It Up For Your Love |
Delbert McClinton |
|
|
|
1981 |
Hey Nineteen |
Steely Dan |
|
|
|
1981 |
Sweetheart |
Franke & the Knockouts |
|
|
|
1981 |
Somebody's Knockin' |
Terri Gibbs |
|
|
|
1981 |
Cool Love |
Pablo Cruise |
|
|
|
1981 |
Miss Sun |
Boz Scaggs |
|
|
|
1981 |
The Breakup Song |
Greg Kihn Band |
|
|
|
1981 |
Ain't Even Done With the Night |
John Ocelot Mellencamp |
|
|
|
1981 |
Same Old Lang Syne |
Dan Fogelberg |
|
|
|
1981 |
Our Lips Are Sealed |
Go-Gos |
|
|
|
1981 |
We're In This Love Together |
Al Jarreau |
|
|
|
1981 |
Is It You |
Lee Ritenour |
|
|
|
1981 |
Games People Play |
Alan Parsons Project |
|
|
|
1981 |
Sweet Baby |
Stanley Clarke/George Duke |
|
|
|
1982 |
Centerfold |
J. Geils Band |
|
|
|
1982 |
Rosanna |
Toto |
|
|
|
1982 |
Harden My Heart |
Quarterflash |
|
|
|
1982 |
Up Where We Belong |
Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes |
|
|
|
1982 |
Shake It Up |
Cars |
|
|
|
1982 |
You Should Hear How She Talks About You |
Melissa Manchester |
|
|
|
1982 |
Leather & Lace |
Stevie Nicks w/Don Henley |
|
|
|
1982 |
Heat of the Moment |
Asia |
|
|
|
1982 |
Freeze-Frame |
J. Geils Band |
|
|
|
1982 |
Take It Easy On Me |
Little River Band |
|
|
|
1982 |
Hooked on Classics |
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
|
|
|
1982 |
Think I'm In Love |
Eddie Money |
|
|
|
1982 |
Take It Away |
Paul McCartney |
|
|
|
1982 |
Rock This Town |
Stray Cats |
|
|
|
1982 |
Empty Garden |
Elton John |
|
|
|
1982 |
Vacation |
Go-Gos |
|
|
|
1982 |
Man On Your Mind |
Little River Band |
|
|
|
1982 |
Personally |
Karla Bonoff |
|
|
|
1982 |
One Hundred Ways |
Quincy Jones w/James Ingram |
|
|
|
1983 |
Sexual Healing |
Marvin Gaye |
|
|
|
1983 |
Electric Avenue |
Eddy Grant |
|
|
|
1983 |
Time (Clock of the Heart) |
Culture Club |
|
|
|
1983 |
Jeopardy |
Greg Kihn Band |
|
|
|
1983 |
Dirty Laundry |
Don Henley |
|
|
|
1983 |
Der Kommisar |
After the Fire |
|
|
|
1983 |
Goody Two Shoes |
Adam Ant |
|
|
|
1983 |
Puttin' On The Ritz |
Taco |
|
|
|
1983 |
Stray Cat Strut |
Stray Cats |
|
|
|
1983 |
One Thing Leads to Another |
The Fixx |
|
|
|
1983 |
Rock the Casbah |
The Clash |
|
|
|
1983 |
The Other Guy |
Little River Band |
|
|
|
1983 |
Promises, Promises |
Naked Eyes |
|
|
|
1983 |
Hot Girls In Love |
Loverboy |
|
|
|
1983 |
Always Something There To Remind Me |
Naked Eyes |
|
|
|
1983 |
In a Big Country |
Big Country |
|
|
|
1983 |
Modern Love |
David Bowie |
|
|
|
1984 |
When Doves Cry |
Prince |
|
|
|
1984 |
Karma Chameleon |
Culture Club |
|
|
|
1984 |
I Just Called To Say I Love You |
Stevie Wonder |
|
|
|
1984 |
Missing You |
John Waite |
|
|
|
1984 |
Time After Time |
Cyndi Lauper |
|
|
|
1984 |
The Reflex |
Duran Duran |
|
|
|
1984 |
Talking In Your Sleep |
Romantics |
|
|
|
1984 |
Hold Me Now |
Thompson Twins |
|
|
|
1984 |
The Glamorous Life |
Sheila E. |
|
|
|
1984 |
Somebody's Watching Me |
Rockwell |
|
|
|
1984 |
99 Luftballons |
Nena |
|
|
|
1984 |
I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues |
Elton John |
|
|
|
1984 |
Sunglasses at Night |
Corey Hart |
|
|
|
1984 |
The Warrior |
Scandal w/Patty Smyth |
|
|
|
1984 |
Sad Songs |
Elton John |
|
|
|
1984 |
Almost Paradise |
Mike Reno & Ann Wilson |
|
|
|
1984 |
Legs |
ZZ Top |
|
|
|
1984 |
To All The Girls I've Loved Before |
Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson |
|
|
|
1984 |
I'm So Excited |
Pointer Sisters |
|
|
|
1984 |
Thriller |
Michael Jackson |
|
|
|
1984 |
Stay The Night |
Chicago |
|
|
|
1985 |
Money for Nothing |
Dire Straits |
|
|
|
1985 |
We Are The World |
USA for Africa |
|
|
|
1985 |
Broken Wings |
Mr. Mister |
|
|
|
1985 |
Easy Lover |
Philip Bailey w/Phil Collins |
|
|
|
1985 |
Sea of Love |
Honeydrippers |
|
|
|
1985 |
A View To A Kill |
Duran Duran |
|
|
|
1985 |
Raspberry Beret |
Prince and the Revolution |
|
|
|
1985 |
Things Can Only Get Better |
Howard Jones |
|
|
|
1985 |
Rhythm of the Night |
DeBarge |
|
|
|
1985 |
We Belong |
Pat Benatar |
|
|
|
1985 |
Head Over Heels |
Tears for Fears |
|
|
|
1985 |
Glory Days |
Bruce Springsteen |
|
|
|
1985 |
Freedom |
Wham! |
|
|
|
1985 |
Summer of '69 |
Bryan Adams |
|
|
|
1985 |
Lay Your Hands On Me |
Thompson Twins |
|
|
|
1985 |
Be Near Me |
ABC |
|
|
|
1985 |
Lovin' Every Minute of It |
Loverboy |
|
|
|
1985 |
Jungle Love |
The Time |
|
|
|
1985 |
That Was Yesterday |
Foreigner |
|
|
|
1985 |
I Would Die 4 U |
Prince and the Revolution |
|
|
|
1985 |
Along Comes A Woman |
Chicago |
|
|
|
1986 |
There'll Be Sad Songs |
Billy Ocean |
|
|
|
1986 |
Kyrie |
Mr. Mister |
|
|
|
1986 |
Everybody Have Fun Tonight |
Wang Chung |
|
|
|
1986 |
I Can't Wait |
Nu Shooz |
|
|
|
1986 |
These Dreams |
Heart |
|
|
|
1986 |
Holding Back the Years |
Simply Red |
|
|
|
1986 |
Walk of Life |
Dire Straits |
|
|
|
1986 |
Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone) |
Glass Tiger |
|
|
|
1986 |
Manic Monday |
Bangles |
|
|
|
1986 |
Word Up |
Cameo |
|
|
|
1986 |
Invisible Touch |
Genesis |
|
|
|
1986 |
Let's Go All The Way |
Sly Fox |
|
|
|
1986 |
Nasty |
Janet Jackson |
|
|
|
1986 |
Spies Like Us |
Paul McCartney |
|
|
|
1986 |
Captain of Her Heart |
Double |
|
|
|
1986 |
Nothin' At All |
Heart |
|
|
|
1986 |
I Wanna Be A Cowboy |
Boys Don't Cry |
|
|
|
1986 |
Man Size Love |
Klymaxx |
|
|
|
1986 |
If She Knew What She Wants |
Bangles |
|
|
|
1987 |
Shake You Down |
Gregory Abbott |
|
|
|
1987 |
Heaven Is A Place On Earth |
Belinda Carlisle |
|
|
|
1987 |
The Time of My Life |
Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes |
|
|
|
1987 |
Heart and Soul |
T'Pau |
|
|
|
1987 |
Looking for a New Love |
Jody Whatley |
|
|
|
1987 |
Notorious |
Duran Duran |
|
|
|
1987 |
Only In My Dreams |
Debbie Gibson |
|
|
|
1987 |
U Got The Look |
Prince |
|
|
|
1987 |
Breakout |
Swing Out Sister |
|
|
|
1987 |
Luka |
Suzanne Vega |
|
|
|
1987 |
Touch of Grey |
Grateful Dead |
|
|
|
1987 |
Right On Track |
Breakfast Club |
|
|
|
1988 |
Never Gonna Give You Up |
Rick Astley |
|
|
|
1988 |
How Can I Fall? |
Breathe |
|
|
|
1988 |
Hungry Eyes |
Eric Carmen |
|
|
|
1988 |
Wild, Wild West |
Escape Club |
|
|
|
1988 |
Devil Inside |
INXS |
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1988 |
Simply Irresistible |
Robert Palmer |
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1988 |
Hazy Shade of Winter |
Bangles |
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1988 |
What's On Your Mind? (Pure Energy) |
Information Society |
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1988 |
Kiss Me Deadly |
Lita Ford |
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1989 |
The Look |
Roxette |
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1989 |
Good Thing |
Fine Young Cannibals |
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1989 |
Eternal Flame |
Bangles |
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1989 |
Wild Thing |
Tone Loc |
