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1980s Hits


1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

see also 1980s Rock, 1980s Country Ballads, 1980s Country Dance, 1970s-1980s Disco, 1980s R&B Dance, 1980s Rap


  1. MICHAEL JACKSON - Billie Jean
  2. KOOL & THE GANG - Celebration
  3. AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
  4. RICK JAMES - Super Freak
  5. MADONNA - Holiday
  6. THE POLICE - Every Breath You Take
  7. LIPPS INC - Funky Town
  8. EURYTHMICS - Sweet Dreams
  9. MADONNA - Like A Prayer
  10. DIANA ROSS & LIONEL RICHIE - Endless Love
  11. PINK FLOYD - Another Brick In The Wall
  12. TONE LOC - Wild Thing
  13. LIONEL RICHIE - All Night Long
  14. PHIL COLLINS - In The Air Tonight
  15. PRINCE - 1999
  16. SIMPLE MINDS - Don't You Forget About Me
  17. BILL MEDLEY & JENNIFER WARNES - (I've Had) The Time Of My Life
  18. BILLY OCEAN - Caribbean Queen
  19. KIM CARNES - Bette Davis Eyes
  20. PRINCE - When Doves Cry
  21. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Dancing In The Dark
  22. DIRE STRAITS - Money For Nothing
  23. MICHAEL JACKSON - Beat It
  24. AHA - Take On Me
  25. BONNIE TYLER - Total Eclipse Of The Heart
  26. QUEEN - Another One Bites The Dust
  27. POINTER SISTERS - I'm So Excited
  28. MICHAEL JACKSON - Rock With You
  29. ROMANTICS - What I Like About You
  30. PRINCE - Kiss
  31. BRYAN ADAMS - Heaven
  32. MADONNA - Like A Virgin
  33. WHAM - Careless Whisper
  34. VAN HALEN - Jump
  35. KENNY LOGGINS - Footloose
  36. CYNDI LAUPER - Time After Time
  37. JOE COCKER & JENNIFER WARNES - Up Where We Belong
  38. PRINCE - Let's Go Crazy
  39. WHAM - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
  40. YES - Owner Of A Lonely Heart
  41. USA FOR AFRICA - We Are The World
  42. OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN - Physical
  43. JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS - I Love Rock and Roll
  44. JOHN COUGAR - Hurts So Good
  45. PETER GABRIEL - Sledgehammer
  46. U2 - With Or Without You
  47. SALT-N-PEPA - Push It
  48. LOS LOBOS - La Bamba
  49. GEORGE MICHAEL - Faith
  50. GUNS N' ROSES - Sweet Child O' Mine




This list is based on the opinion of Playlist Research and may not reflect the tastes or trends in all markets. It should be used more as a guide for programming or choosing music and not as a scientific survey or countdown of popular songs.





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