Saturday, December 19, 2020

500 Biggest Songs of the 1980s

 1. Olivia Newton-John - Physical

2. Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes

3. Diana Ross & Lionel Richie - Endless Love

4. Survivor - Eye of the Tiger

5. The Police - Every Breath You Take

6. Irene Cara - Flashdance… What A Feeling

7. Queen - Another One Bites the Dust

8. Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson - Say Say Say

9. Blondie - Call Me

10. Kenny Rogers - Lady

11. The J. Geils Band - Centerfold

12. John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over

13. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock N Roll

14. Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder - Ebony and Ivory

15. Dionne & Friends - That's What Friends Are For

16. Diana Ross - Upside Down

17. The Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra

18. Michael Jackson - Billie Jean

19. Lionel Richie - Say You, Say Me

20. Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night)

21. Foreigner - Waiting For a Girl Like You

22. John Cougar - Hurts So Good

23. Madonna - Like a Virgin

24. Daryl Hall & John Oates - Maneater

25. Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)

26. Prince - When Doves Cry

27. George Michael - Faith

28. Captain & Tennille - Do That to Me One More Time

29. Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love

30. Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart

31. The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian 

32. Wham! ft. George Michael - Careless Whisper

33. The Human League - Don't You Want Me

34. Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl

35. Barbra Streisand - Woman In Love

36. Chicago - Hard to Say I'm Sorry

37. Men at Work - Down Under

38. USA For Africa - We Are the World

39. John Cougar - Jack and Diane

40. Van Halen - Jump

41. Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton - Islands in the Stream

42. Paul McCartney and Wings - Coming Up (Live at Glasgow)

43. Christopher Cross - Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)

44. Mr. Mister - Broken Wings

45. Heart - Alone

46. Janet Jackson - Miss You Much

47. REO Speedwagon - Can't Fight This Feeling

48. Poison - Every Rose Has It's Thorn

49. Daryl Hall & John Oates - I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)

50. Dire Straits - Money for Nothing

51. Patti LaBelle, Michael McDonald - On My Own

52. Michael Jackson - Beat It

53. Madonna - Crazy For You

54. Bon Jovi - Livin' On a Prayer

55. Tina Turner - What's Love Got to Do With It

56. Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)

57. Phil Collins, Marilyn Martin - Separate Lives

58. Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is

59. Billy Joel - It's Still Rock and Roll to Me

60. Chicago - Look Away

61. Kenny Loggins - Footloose

62. Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)

63. Steve Winwood - Roll With It

64. Michael Jackson - Rock With You

65. Paula Abdul - Straight Up

66. Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World

67. Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

68. U2 - With or Without You

69. Huey Lewis & The News - Power of Love

70. Stevie Wonder - I Just Called to Say I Love You

71. Los Lobos - La Bamba

72. Lipps, Inc - Funkytown

73. Olivia Newton-John - Magic

74. George Michael - One More Try

75. Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters

76. Laura Branigan - Gloria

77. Whitney Houston - Greatest Love of All

78. Lionel Richie - Hello

79. Tears For Fears - Shout

80. Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting

81. John Lennon - Woman

82. Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart

83. Debbie Gibson - Lost In Your Eyes

84. INXS - Need You Tonight

85. Quarterflash - Harden My Heart

86. Gregory Abbott - Shake You Down

87. Starship - We Built This City

88. Huey Lewis & The News - Stuck With You

89. Eddie Murphy - Party All the Time

90. Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up

91. Guns N Roses - Sweet Child O Mine

92. Paul Young - Everytime You Go Away

93. Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Pina Colada Song)

94. George Harrison - Got My Mind Set On You

95. Dolly Parton - 9 to 5

96. Falco - Rock Me Amadeus

97. Madonna - Like a Prayer

98. Eddie Rabbitt - I Love a Rainy Night

99. Toto - Rosanna

100. Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)

101. Mr. Mister - Kyrie

102. Culture Club - Karma Chameleon

103. John Parr - St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)

104. Paula Abdul - Cold Hearted

105. Bobby Brown - My Prerogative

106. Whitney Houston - So Emotional

107. Daryl Hall & John Oates - Out of Touch

108. Bruce Hornsby & The Range - The Way It Is

109. Rick Springfield - Don't Talk to Strangers

110. Stevie Wonder - Part-Time Lover

111. Whitney Houston - How Will I Know

112. Prince and the Revolution - Kiss

113. Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - Anything For You

114. Whitesnake - Here I Go Again

115. Toni Basil - Mickey

116. Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car

117. Patti Austin, James Ingram - Baby, Come to Me

118. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

119. Blondie - The Tide is High

120. Michael Sembello - Maniac

121. Smokey Robinson - Being With You

122. Madonna - Papa Don't Preach

123. David Bowie - Let's Dance

124. Grover Washington Jr., Bill Withers - Just the Two Of Us

125. Tiffany - Could've Been

126. Bob Seger - Shakedown

127. The Escape Club - Wild, Wild West

128. The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up

129. a-ha - Take On Me

130. Michael Jackson - Man in the Mirror

131. Whitney Houston - Didn't We Almost Have It All

132. Air Supply - All Out of Love

133. Phil Collins - Two Hearts

134. Daryl Hall & John Oates - Private Eyes

135. Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go

136. Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now

137. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls

138. Bette Midler - Wind Beneath My Wings

139. Gloria Estefan - Don't Wanna Lose You

140. Men at Work - Who Can It Be Now?

141. U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

142. Kool and the Gang - Celebration

143. Joey Scarbury - Believe It Or Not (Theme from The Greatest American Hero)

144. Cheap Trick - The Flame

145. Billy Ocean - There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)

146. Deniece Williams - Let's Hear It For the Boy

147. UB40 - Red Red Wine

148. Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love For You

149. Elton John - Little Jeannie

150. Daryl Hall & John Oates - Kiss On My List

151. John Waite - Missing You

152. Duran Duran - A View to a Kill

153. The Pointer Sisters - Slow Hand

154. Phil Collins - Groovy Kind of Love

155. Peter Cetera - Glory Of Love (Theme From The Karate Kid Part II)

156. REO Speedwagon - Keep on Loving You

157. Neil Diamond - Love on the Rocks

158. Phil Collins - One More Night

159. Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love

160. Milli Vanilli - Girl I'm Gonna Miss You

161. Bryan Adams - Heaven

162. Vangelis - Chariots of Fire - Titles

163. The Human League - Human

164. Atlantic Starr - Always

165. Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam - Head to Toe

166. Wham - Everything She Wants (Remix)

167. Roxette - The Look

168. Philip Bailey, Phil Collins - Easy Lover

169. Robbie Nevil - C'est la Vie

170. Starship - Sara

171. Jan Hammer - Miami Vice Theme

172. Billy Joel - Uptown Girl

173. Billy Vera & The Beaters - At This Moment

174. Belinda Carlisle - Heaven is a Place on Earth

175. Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer

176. Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy

177. Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time

178. Journey - Open Arms

179. Prince and the Revolutin - Let's Go Crazy

180. Lionel Richie - Dancing on the Ceiling

181. Lionel Richie - Truly

182. Bill Medley, Jennifer Warnes - (I've Had) The Time of My Life

183. Juice Newton - Queen of Hearts

184. Will to Power - Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley

185. Kool & The Gang - Cherish

186. Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy

187. Club Nouveau - Lean On Me

188. Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl

189. Terence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well

190. Klymaxx - I Miss You

191. Janet Jackson - When I Think of You

192. Stevie Nicks, Tom Petty - Stop Draggin' My Heart Around

193. George Michael - Father Figure

194. Milli Vanilli - Girl You Know It's True

195. Martika - Toy Soldiers

196. Joe Cocker, Jennifer Warnes - Up Where We Belong

197. Gloria Loring, Carl Anderson - Friends and Lovers

198. Madonna - Live to Tell

199. Aretha Franklin, George Michael - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)

200. Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over

201. Whitney Houston - Where Do Broken Hearts Go

202. Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name

203. Hall & Oates - Say It Isn't So

204. Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight

205. Bananarama - Venus

206. Culture Club - Do You Really Want to Hurt Me

207. Berlin - Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From Top Gun)

208. Billy Idol - Mony Mony "Live"

209. Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney - The Girl is Mine

210. Anita Baker - Giving You the Best That I Got

211. Duran Duran - The Reflex

212. Cutting Crew - I Just Died In Your Arms

213. Expose - Seasons Change

214. Boston - Amanda

215. Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark

216. Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing

217. Blondie - Rapture

218. Steve Winwood - Higher Love

219. Phil Collins - Sussudio

220. Bon Jovi - Bad Medicine

221. Bon Jovi - I'll Be There For You

222. Warrant - Heaven

223. Christopher Cross - Ride Like the Wind

224. Styx - The Best of Times

225. Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Shame on the Moon

226. Chaka Khan - I Feel for You

227. Whitesnake - Is This Love

228. Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)

229. Don Henley - Dirty Laundry

230. Fleetwood Mac - Hold Me

231. New Kids on the Block - I'll Be Loving You (Forever)

232. Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me

233. Survivor - Burning Heart

234. Simply Red - If You Don't Know Me By Now

235. George Michael - Monkey

236. Cyndi Lauper - True Colors

237. Mike + The Mechanics - The Living Years

238. Def Leppard - Love Bites

239. Breathe - Hands to Heaven

240. Richard Marx - Hold On to the Nights

241. Milli Vanilli - Baby Don't Forget My Number

242. Duran Duran - The Wild Boys

243. Air Supply - Making Love Out of Nothing at All

244. Stars on 45 - Medley

245. Simple Minds - Alive and Kicking

246. The Go-Go's - We Got the Beat

247. Earth, Wind & Fire - Let's Groove

248. Heart - These Dreams

249. Glenn Frey - You Belong to the City

250. Leo Sayer - More Than I Can Say

251. Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf

252. Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue

253. Simply Red - Holding Back the Tears

254. Ready For the World - Oh Sheila

255. Jody Watley - Looking for a New Love

256. The Beach Boys - Kokomo

257. Debbie Gibson - Foolish Beat

258. The Bangles - Eternal Flame

259. Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam - Lost in Emotion

260. Madonna - Open Your Heart

261. DeBarge - Rhythm of the Night

262. Debbie Gibson - Shake Your Love

263. Peter Cetera, Amy Grant - The Next Time I Fall

264. Glenn Frey - The Heat Is On

265. Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin' On

266. Atlantic Starr - Secret Lovers

267. Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me feel

268. Bobby Brown - On Our Own

269. The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky

270. Fine Young Cannibals - Good Thing

271. Taylor Dayne - I'll Always Love You

272. Pricen - Batdance

273. Chris de Burgh - The Lady in Red

274. Boy Meets Girl - Waiting for a Star to Fall

275. Genesis - Invisible Touch

276. Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams

277. Robert Palmer - Simply Irresistible

278. Air Supply - The One That You Love

279. Roxette - Listen to Your Heart

280. Duran Duran - Notorious

281. Rick Astley - Together Forever (Remix)

282. Taylor Dayne - Don't Rush Me

283. Prince and the Revolution - Raspberry Beret

284. Huey Lewis & The News - Jacob's Ladder

285. Madonna - Who's That Girl

286. New Kids on the Block - Hangin' Tough

287. Bette Midler - The Rose 

288. George Michael - I Want Your Sex

289. Sheriff - When I'm With You

290. Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

291. Tone Loc - Wild Thing

292. Sheena Easton - Morning Train (Nine to Five)

293. Samantha Fox - Naughty Girls (Need Love Too)

294. Richard Marx - Endless Summer Nights

295. The Spinners - Working My Way Back to You (Forgive Me, Girl)

296. Donna Summer - She Works Hard for the Money

297. Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me

298. Madonna - Material Girl

299. Michael Jackson, Siedah Garrett - I Just Can't Stop Loving You

300. Billy Ocean - Loverboy

301. Culture Club - Time (Clock of the Heart)

302. A Taste of Honey - Sukiyaki

303. Sting - If You Love Somebody Set Them Free

304. Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance

305. Sérgio Mendes - Never Gonna Let You Go

306. Patrick Swayze ft. Wendy Fraser - She's Like the Wind

307. Michael Damian - Rock On

308. Belinda Carlisle - Mad About You

309. Tina Turner - We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)

310. Chicago - You're the Inspiration

311. Corey Hart - Never Surrender

312. Eric Carmen - Make Me Lose Control

313. Aretha Franklin - Freeway of Love

314. Jody Watley - Real Love

315. Prince - U Got the Look

316. Air Supply - Every Woman in the World

317. Kylie Minogue - The Loco-Motion

318. Breathe - How Can I Fall?

319. The Romantics - Talking in Your Sleep

320. Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen

321. Michael Jackson - Bad

322. Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone

323. Tommy Tutone - 867-5309/Jenny

324. Whitney Houston - You Give Good Love

325. Elton John - I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That

326. Eric Carmen - Hungry Eyes

327. Debbie Gibson - Only in My Dreams

328. Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster (Jammin')

329. Christopher Cross - Sailing

330. Stevie Wonder - That Girl

331. Commodores - Nightshift

332. Billy Ocean - When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going

333. Ambrosia - Biggest Part of Me

334. Tina Turner - Typical Male

335. Stevie Wonder - Send One Your Love

336. Billy Joel - Tell Her About It

337. Murray Head - One Night in Bangkok

338. Bobby Brown - Every Little Step

339. Aerosmith - Angel

340. Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance

341. KC and the Sunshine Band - Please Don't Go

342. The Pointer Sisters - Jump (For My Love)

343. Styx - Mr. Roboto

344. The Bangles - Hazy Shade of Winter

345. Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait

346. Tears for Fears - Head Over Heels

347. Janet Jackson - Control

348. Janet Jackson - What Have You Done for Me Lately

349. The Greg Kihn Band - Jeopardy

350. Kenny Rogers - Coward of the County

351. The Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue

352. Toto - Africa

353. Journey - Who's Crying Now

354. Love and Rockets - So Alive

355. Glass Tiger - Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)

356. Kenny Rogers - I Don't Need You

357. Heart - Never

358. Richard Marx - Satisfied

359. Janet Jackson - Nasty

360. Cyndi Lauper - She Bop

361. Ronnie Milsap - (There's) No Gettin' Over Me

362. Men at Work - Overkill

363. Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out

364. Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart

365. The Pointer Sisters - Neutron Dance

366. The Cars - Shake It Up

367. Bon Jovi - Born to Be My Baby

368. Bad English - When I See Your Smile

369. Information Society - What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)

370. Smokey Robinson - Cruisin'

371. Donny Osmond - Soldier of Love

372. Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time

373. The Oak Ridge Boys - Elvira

374. Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now

375. Sheena Easton - The Lover in Me

376. The Georgia Satellites - Keep Your Hands to Yourself

377. Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me with Science

378. T'Pau - Heart and Soul

379. Olivia Newton-John - Heart Attack

380. Foreigner - Urgent

381. Howard Jones - Things Can Only Get Better

382. Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana

383. The Honeydrippers - Sea of Love

384. Linda Ronstadt, James Ingram - Somewhere Out There

385. Teri DeSario, K.C. - Yes, I'm Ready

386. Great White - Once Bitten, Twice Shy

387. INXS - Devil Inside

388. Jack Wagner - All I Need

389. Stevie Nicks, Don Henley - Leather and Lace

390. Robert Palmer - I Didn't Mean to Turn You On

391. Air Supply - Lost in Love

392. Barbra Streisand, Barry Gibb - Guilty

393. Jody Watley - Don't You Want Me

394. Teena Marie - Lovergirl

395. Pat Benatar - We Belong

396. Styx - Babe

397. Bananarama - I Heard a Rumour

398. Pet Shop Boys, Dusty Springfield - What Have I Done to Deserve This?

399. Eddie Rabbitt - Step by Step

400. The Bangles - Manic Monday

401. Air Supply - Even the Nights Are Better

402. Lionel Richie - Stuck on You

403. The Jets - Crush on You

404. Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F

405. Madonna - Causing a Commotion

406. John Cougar Mellencamp - R.O.C.K. in the USA

407. Chicago - I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love

408. Richard Marx - Should've Known Better

409. Dan Fogelberg - Longer

410. Madonna - Express Yourself

411. Eddie Rabbitt, Crystal Gayle - You and I

412. New Edition - Cool It Now

413. Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride

414. Rod Stewart - My Heart Can't Tell You No

415. Chicago - Hard Habit to Break

416. The Spinners - Cupid (I've Loved You for a Long Time)

417. Pat Benatar - Love Is a Battlefield

418. Janet Jackson - Let's Wait Awhile

419. The J. Geils Band - Freeze Frame

420. Survivor - The Search Is Over

421. Juice Newton - Angel of the Morning

422. New Kids on the Block - You Got It (The Right Stuff)

423. The Cars - Drive

424. Stevie Nicks - Talk to Me

425. Debbie Gibson - Out of the Blue

426. The Jets - Make It Real

427. Def Leppard - Armageddon It

428. Air Supply - Sweet Dreams

429. Ray Parker Jr., Raydio - A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)

430. Madonna - True Blue

431. Andy Gibb - Desire

432. Van Halen - Why Can't This Be Love

433. Genesis - In Too Deep

434. Nena - 99 Luftballons

435. INXS - What You Need

436. Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain

437. Juice Newton - The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)

438. Howard Jones - No One Is to Blame

439. U2 - Desire

440. Steve Perry - Oh Sherrie

441. Ray Parker Jr. - The Other Woman

442. Kool & the Gang - Joanna

443. Belinda Carlisle - I Get Weak

444. The S.O.S. Band - Take Your Time (Do It Right)

445. Huey Lewis and the News - Hip to Be Square

446. Cameo - Word Up!

447. Suzanne Vega - Luka

448. Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies

449. George Benson - Give Me the Night

450. Madonna - Cherish

451. Terence Trent D'Arby - Sign Your Name

452. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - If You Leave

453. Europe - Carrie

454. Robbie Dupree - Steal Away

455. John Cougar Mellencamp - Small Town

456. Rod Stewart - Passion

457. Arcadia - Election Day

458. Billy Preston and Syreeta Wright - With You I'm Born Again

459. El DeBarge - Who's Johnny

460. The Jets - You Got It All

461. Animotion - Obsession

462. Sade - Smooth Operator

463. Laura Branigan - Self Control

464. Pebbles - Mercedes Boy

465. Duran Duran - Union of the Snake

466. Gino Vannelli - Living Inside Myself

467. Roger - I Want to Be Your Man

468. Willie Nelson - Always on My Mind

469. Tears for Fears - Sowing the Seeds of Love

470. Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again

471. Genesis - Land of Confusion

472. Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine - 1-2-3

473. Madonna - La Isla Bonita

474. Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days

475. Huey Lewis and the News - Perfect World

476. INXS - New Sensation

477. Michael McDonald - I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)

478. Prince - Sign o' the Times

479. Pebbles - Girlfriend

480. Dazz Band - Let It Whip

481. The Pointer Sisters - He's So Shy

482. Wham! - I'm Your Man

483. Tone Lōc - Funky Cold Medina

484. The Fixx - One Thing Leads to Another

485. Billy Ocean - Suddenly

486. George Benson - Turn Your Love Around

487. Donna Summer - The Wanderer

488. Skid Row - 18 and Life

489. Don McLean - Crying

490. Cyndi Lauper - Change of Heart

491. Kenny Rogers, Sheena Easton - We've Got Tonight

492. Samantha Fox - Touch Me (I Want Your Body)

493. Chicago - Will You Still Love Me?

494. Irene Cara - Fame

495. George Harrison - All Those Years Ago

496. David Lee Roth - California Girls

497. Olivia Newton-John - Twist of Fate

498. Rod Stewart - Young Turks

499. Melissa Manchester - You Should Hear How She Talks About You

500. James Brown - Living in America

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