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 * BillBoard Charts Top Hits of the '80s**
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A-Ha Take on me The Bangles- Eternal Flame Bananarama- venus Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes- (I've had) The time of my life Billy ocean- When the going gets tough, the tough gets going BOn Jovi- Living on a Prayer Bruce Springston- Born in the Usa Cock Robin - The promis you made COmmanards- Don't leave me this way Davie Bowie- Let's Dance Dead or alive- You spin me round Debarge- Rythm of the night Diana Ross- Upside down Desireless- Byage voyage Donna Summer- This timeis foreal Earth, wind and fire- Let'd grove Europe- The final countdown Eurtthmics- Sweet dreams ( made of this)

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Grover Washington Jr - Just The Two Of Us Guns 'n Roses - Sweet Child Of Mine Heart - Alone Herbie Hancock - Rockit (Kickin it old school movie) The Hooters - Satellite Huey Lewis & The News - The Power Of Love Human League - Don't You Want Me, Baby? Irene Cara - What A Feeling Jackson Five - Can You Feel It James Brown - Living In America Jefferson Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now Jermaine Jackson & Pia Zadorra - When The Rain Begins To Fall Joan Jett - I Love Rock & Roll John Parr - St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion) Kajagoogoo - Too Shy Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes Kylie Minoque - I Should Be So Lucky Lips Inc. - Funky Town Living In A Box - Living In A Box Los Lobos - La Bamba Madness - Our House Madonna - Like A Prayer

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Mel & Kim - Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend) Michael Jackson - Rock With You Michael MacDonald - Sweet Freedom Michael Sembello - Maniac Nena - 99 Luftballons Opus - Life Is Life Pat Bennetar - Love Is A Battlefield Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer Pointer Sisters - Jump (For My Love)

Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up Rick James - Superfreak Rod Stewart - Young Turks

Roy Orbison - You Got It Salt 'n Pepa - Push It  Samantha Fox - Touch Me (I Wanna Feel Your Body) Sandra - Maria Magdalena

**Debbie Gibson vs. Tiffany** Both were popular teen pop artists in the 80's Media spread rumors saying that they were rivals

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Michael Jackson & Madonna were a big hit Girls Just Want To Have Fun was based on the 1980’s time period We are the world! Bandaid GENRES New Wave Iconic artist of the 1980’s ->Top 5
 * Notes**

Billboard magazine determined the popularity of singles in the 80s Hit singles were far bigger sellers than today The hit music scene in UK in the beginning of the 80s was different to the US Difficult to make a best seller chart

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Types of Genres in 1980's

Grammy Awards throughout 1980's

Popular girl bands in 80s

1980's 1980's 2. Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd 3. Magic - Olivia Newton-John 4. Rock With You - Michael Jackson 5. Do That To Me One More Time - Captain & Tennille 6. Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen 7. Coming Up - Paul McCartney 8. Funkytown - Lipps Inc. 9. It's Still Rock And Roll To Me - Billy Joel 10. The Rose - Bette Midler 11. Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes 12. Cars - Gary Numan 13. Cruisin' - Smokey Robinson 14. Working My Way Back To You-Forgive Me Girl - Spinners 15. Lost In Love - Air Supply 16. Little Jeannie - Elton John 17. Ride Like The Wind - Cristopher Cross 18. Upside Down - Diana Ross 19. Please Don't Go - K.C. & The Sunshine Band 20. Babe - Styx 21. With You I'm Born Again - Billy Preston & Syreeta 22. Shining Star - Manhattans 23. Still - Commodores 24. Yes - I'm Ready - Teri De Sario With K.C. 25. Sexy Eyes - Dr. Hook 26. Steal Away - Robbie Dupree 27. Biggest Part Of Me - Ambrosia 28. This Is It - Kenny Loggins 29. Cupid-I've Loved You For A Long Time - Spinners 30. Let's Get Serious - Jermaine Jackson 31. Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer - Kenny Rogers & Kim Carnes 32. Sailing - Christopher Cross 33. Longer - Dan Fogelberg 34. Coward Of The County - Kenny Rogers 35. Ladies Night - Kool & The Gang 36. Take Your Time - S.O.S. Band 37. No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) - Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer 38. Too Hot - Kool & The Gang 39. More Love - Kim Carnes 40. Pop Muzik - M ||  ||
 * 1. Call Me - Blondie

1981 1981

1. Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes 2. Endless Love - Diana Ross & Lionel Richie 3. Lady - Kenny Rogers 4. (Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon 5. Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield 6. Celebration - Kool & The Gang 7. Kiss On My List - Daryl Hall & John Oates 8. I Love A Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbitt 9. 9 To 5 - Dolly Parton 10. Keep On Loving You - REO Speedwagon 11. Theme From "Greatest American Hero" - Joey Scarbury 12. Morning Train (Nine To Five) - Sheena Easton 13. Being With You - Smokey Robinson 14. Queen Of Hearts - Juice Newton 15. Rapture - Blondie 16. A Woman Needs Love - Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio 17. The Tide Is High - Blondie 18. Just The Two Of Us - Grover Washington Jr. 19. Slow Hand - Pointer Sisters 20. I Love You - Climax Blues Band 21. Woman - John Lennon 22. Sukiyaki - A Taste Of Honey 23. The Winner Takes It All - Abba 24. Medley - Stars On 45 25. Angel Of The Morning - Juice Newton 26. Love On The Rocks - Neil Diamond 27. Every Woman In The World - Air Supply 28. The One That You Love - Air Supply 29. Guilty - Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb 30. The Best Of Times - Styx 31. Elvira - Oak Ridge Boys 32. Take It On The Run - REO Speedwagon 33. No Gettin' Over Me - Ronnie Milsap 34. Living Inside Myself - Gino Vannelli 35. Woman In Love - Barbra Streisand 36. Boy From New York City - Manhattan Transfer 37. Urgent - Foreigner 38. Passion - Rod Stewart 39. Lady (You Bring Me Up) - Commodores 40. Crying - Don Mclean

1982 1982

1. Physical - Olivia Newton-John 2. Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor 3. I Love Rock N' Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts 4. Ebony And Ivory - Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder 5. Centerfold - J. Geils Band 6. Don't You Want M - Human League 7. Jack And Diane - John Cougar 8. Hurts So Good - John Cougar 9. Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band 10. Hard To Say I'm Sorry - Chicago 11. Tainted Love - Soft Cell 12. Chariots Of Fire - Vangelis 13. Harden My Heart - Quarterflash 14. Rosanna - Toto 15. I Can't Go For That - Daryl Hall & John Oates 16. 867-5309 (Jenny) - Tommy Tutone 17. Key Largo - Bertie Higgins 18. You Should Hear How She Talks About You - Melissa Manchester 19. Waiting For A Girl Like You - Foreigner 20. Don't Talk To Strangers - Rick Springfield 21. The Sweetest Thing - Juice Newton 22. Always On My Mind - Willie Nelson 23. Shake It Up - Cars 24. Let It Whip - Dazz Band 25. We Got The Beat - Go-Go's 26. The Other Woman - Ray Parker Jr. 27. Turn Your Love Around - George Benson 28. Sweet Dreams - Air Supply 29. Only The Lonely - Motels 30. Who Can It Be Now? - Men At Work 31. Hold Me - Fleetwood Mac 32. Eye In The Sky - Alan Parsons Project 33. Let's Groove - Earth - Wind & Fire 34. Open Arms - Journey 35. Leader Of The Band - Dan Fogelberg 36. Leather And Lace - Stevie Nicks & Don Henley 37. Even The Nights Are Better - Air Supply 38. I've Never Been To Me - Charlene 39. '65 Love Affair - Paul Davis 40. Heat Of The Moment - Asia

1983 1983

1. Every Breath You Take - Police 2. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson 3. Flashdance... What A Feelin - Irene Cara 4. Down Unde - Men At Work 5. Beat It - Michael Jackson 6. Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler 7. Maneater - Daryl Hall & John Oates 8. Baby Come To Me - Patti Austin & James Ingram 9. Maniac - Michael Sembello 10. Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Eurythmics 11. Do You Really Want To Hurt Me - Culture Club 12. You And I - Eddie Rabbitt & Crystal Gayle 13. Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners 14. Shame On The Moon - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 15. She Works Hard For The Money - Donna Summer 16. Never Gonna Let You Go - Sergio Mendes 17. Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran 18. Let's Dance - David Bowie 19. Twilight Zone - Golden Earring 20. I Know There's Something Going On - Frida 21. Jeopardy - Greg Kihn Band 22. Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant 23. She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby 24. Africa - Toto 25. Little Red Corvette - Prince 26. Back On The Chain Gang - Pretenders 27. Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes 28. Mr. Roboto - Styx 29. You Are - Lionel Richie 30. Der Kommissar - After The Fire 31. Puttin' On The Ritz - Taco 32. Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye 33. (Keep Feeling) Fascination - Human League 34. Time (Clock Of The Heart) - Culture Club 35. The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats 36. Mickey - Toni Basil 37. You Can't Hurry Love - Phil Collins 38. Separate Ways - Journey 39. One On One - Daryl Hall & John Oates 40. We've Got Tonight - Kenny Rogers & Sheena Easton

1984 1984

1. When Doves Cry - Prince 2. What's Love Got To Do With It - Tina Turner 3. Say, Say, Say - Paul Mccartney And Michael Jackson 4. Footloose - Kenny Loggins 5. Against All Odds - Phil Collins 6. Jump - Van Halen 7. Hello - Lionel Richie 8. Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes 9. Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr. 10. Karma Chameleon - Culture Club 11. Missing You - John Waite 12. All Night Long - Lionel Richie 13. Let's Hear It For The Boy - Denise Williams 14. Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen 15. Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper 16. The Reflex - Duran Duran 17. Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper 18. Jump - The Pointer Sisters 19. Talking In Your Sleep - The Romantics 20. Self Control - Laura Branigan 21. Let's Go Crazy - Prince And The Revolution 22. Say It Isn't So - Daryl Hall And John Oates 23. Hold Me Now - The Thompson Twins 24. Joanna - Kool And The Gang 25. I Just Called To Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder 26. Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell 27. Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder 28. 99 Luftballons - Nena 29. I Can Dream About You - Dan Hartman 30. The Glamorous Life - Sheila E. 31. Oh Sherry - Steve Perry 32. Stuck On You - Lionel Richie 33. I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues - Elton John 34. She Bop - Cyndi Lauper 35. Borderline - Madonna 36. Sunglasses At Night - Corey Hart 37. Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol 38. Here Comes The Rain Again - The Eurythmics 39. Uptown Girl - Billy Joel 40. Sister Christian - Night Ranger

1985 1985

1. Careless Whisper - Wham! Featuring George Michael 2. Like A Virgin - Madonna 3. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - Wham! 4. I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner 5. I Feel For You - Chaka Khan 6. Out Of Touch - Daryl Hall And John Oates 7. Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears 8. Money For Nothing - Dire Straits 9. Crazy For You - Madonna 10. Take On Me - A-Ha 11. Everytime You Go Away - Paul Young 12. Easy Lover - Philip Bailey With Phil Collins 13. Can't Fight This Feeling - Reo Speedwagon 14. We Built This City - Starship 15. The Power Of Love - Huey Lewis And The News 16. Don't You - Simple Minds 17. Cherish - Kool And The Gang 18. St. Elmo's Fire - John Parr 19. The Heat Is On - Glenn Frey 20. We Are The World - Usa For Africa 21. Shout - Tears For Fears 22. Part-Time Lover - Stevie Wonder 23. Saving All My Love For You - Whitney Houston 24. Heaven - Bryan Adams 25. Everything She Wants - Wham! 26. Cool It Now - New Edition 27. Miami Vice Theme - Jan Hammer 28. Lover Boy - Billy Ocean 29. Lover Girl - Teena Marie 30. You Belong To The City - Glenn Frey 31. Oh Sheila - Ready For The World 32. Rhythm Of The Night - Debarge 33. One More Night - Phil Collins 34. Sea Of Love - The Honeydrippers 35. A View To A Kill - Duran Duran 36. The Wild Boys - Duran Duran 37. You're The Inspiration – Chicago 38. Neutron Dance - The Pointer Sisters 39. We Belong - Pat Benatar 40. Nightshift - The Commodores

1986 1986

1. That's What Friends Are For - Dionne & Friends 2. Say You - Say Me - Lionel Richie 3. I Miss You - Klymaxx 4. On My Own - Patti Labelle & Michael McDonald 5. Broken Wings - Mr. Mister 6. How Will I Know - Whitney Houston 7. Party All The Time - Eddie Murphy 8. Burning Heart - Survivor 9. Kyrie - Mr. Mister 10. Addicted To Love - Robert Palmer 11. Greatest Love Of All - Whitney Houston 12. Secret Lovers - Atlantic Starr 13. Friends And Lovers - Carl Anderson & Gloria Loring 14. Glory Of Love - Peter Cetera 15. West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys 16. There'll Be Sad Songs - Billy Ocean 17. Alive And Kicking - Simple Minds 18. Never - Heart 19. Kiss - Prince & The Revolution 20. Higher Love - Steve Winwood 21. Stuck With You - Huey Lewis & The News 22. Holding Back The Years - Simply Red 23. Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel 24. Sara - Starship 25. Human - Human League 26. I Can't Wait - Nu Shooz 27. Take My Breath Away - Berlin 28. Rock Me Amadeus - Falco 29. Papa Don't Preach - Madonna 30. You Give Love A Bad Name - Bon Jovi 31. When The Going Gets Tough - Billy Ocean 32. When I Think Of You - Janet Jackson 33. These Dreams - Heart 34. Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone) - Glass Tiger 35. Live To Tell - Madonna 36. Mad About You - Belinda Carlisle 37. Something About You - Level 42 38. Venus - Bananarama 39. Dancing On The Ceiling - Lionel Richie 40. Conga - Miami Sound Machine

1987 1. Walk Like An Egyptian - Bangles 2. Alone - Heart 3. Shake You Down - Gregory Abbott 4. I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) - Whitney Houston 5. Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship 6. C'est La Vie - Robbie Nevil 7. Here I Go Again - Whitesnake 8. The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby & The Range 9. Shakedown - Bob Seger 10. Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi 11. La Bamba - Los Lobos 12. Everybody Have Fun Tonight - Wang Chung 13. Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House 14. Always - Atlantic Starr 15. With Or Without You - U2 16. Looking For A New Love - Jody Watley 17. Head To Toe - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam 18. I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany 19. Mony Mony - Billy Idol 20. At This Moment - Billy Vera & The Beaters 21. The Lady In Red - Chris De Burgh 22. Didn't We Almost Have It All - Whitney Houston 23. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2 24. I Want Your Sex - George Michael 25. Notorious - Duran Duran 26. Only In My Dreams - Debbie Gibson 27. (I've Had) The Time Of My Life - Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes 28. The Next Time I Fall - Peter Cetera & Amy Grant 29. Lean On Me - Club Nouveau 30. Open Your Heart - Madonna 31. Lost In Emotion - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam 32. (I Just) Died In Your Arms - Cutting Crew 33. Heart And Soul - T'pau 34. You Keep Me Hangin' On - Kim Wilde 35. Keep Your Hands To Yourself - Georgia Satellites 36. I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) - Aretha Franklin & George Michael 37. Control - Janet Jackson 38. Somewhere Out There - Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram 39. U Got The Look - Prince 40. Land Of Confusion - Genesis

1988 1. Faith - George Michael 2. Need You Tonight - INXS 3. Got My Mind Set On You - George Harrison 4. Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley 5. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses 6. So Emotional - Whitney Houston 7. Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle 8. Could've Been - Tiffany 9. Hands To Heaven - Breathe 10. Roll With It - Steve Winwood 11. One More Try - George Michael 12. Wishing Well - Terence Trent d'Arby 13. Anything For You - Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine 14. The Flame - Cheap Trick 15. Get Outta My Dreams - Get Into My Car - Billy Ocean 16. Seasons Change - Expose 17. Is This Love - Whitesnake 18. Wild - Wild West - Escape Club 19. Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard 20. I'll Always Love You - Taylor Dayne 21. Man In The Mirror - Michael Jackson 22. Shake Your Love - Debbie Gibson 23. Simply Irresistible - Robert Palmer 24. Hold On To The Nights - Richard Marx 25. Hungry Eyes - Eric Carnen 26. Shattered Dreams - Johnny Hates Jazz 27. Father Figure - George Michael 28. Naught Girls (Need Love Too) - Samantha Fox 29. A Groovy Kind Of Love - Phil Collins 30. Love Bites - Def Leppard 31. Endless Summer Nights - Richard Marx 32. Foolish Beat - Debbie Gibson 33. Where Do Broken Hearts Go - Whitney Houston 34. Angel - Aerosmith 35. Hazy Shade Of Winter - Bangles 36. The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson 37. Don't Worry - Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin 38. Make Me Lose Control - Eric Carnen 39. Red Red Wine - UB40 40. She's Like The Wind - Patric Swayze

1989 1. Look Away - Chicago 2. My Prerogative - Bobby Brown 3. Every Rose Has Its Thorn - Poison 4. Straight Up - Paula Abdul 5. Miss You Much - Janet Jackson 6. Cold Hearted - Paula Abdul 7. Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler 8. Girl You Know Its True - Milli Vanilli 9. Baby - I Love Your Way-Freebird - Will To Power 10. Giving You The Best That I Got - Anita Baker 11. Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx 12. Waiting For A Star To Fall - Boy Meets Girl 13. Lost In Your Eyes - Debbie Gibson 14. Don't Wanna Lose You - Gloria Estefan 15. Heavan - Warrant 16. Girl I'm Gonna Miss You - Milli Vanilli 17. The Look - Roxette 18. She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals 19. On Our Own - Bobby Brown 20. Two Hearts - Phil Collins 21. Blame It On The Rain - Milli Vanilli 22. Listen To Your Heart - Roxette 23. I'll Be There For You - Bon Jovi 24. If You Don't Know Be By Now - Simply Red 25. Like A Prayer - Madonna 26. I'll Be Loving You (Forever) - New Kids On The Block 27. How Can I Fall? - Breathe 28. Baby Don't Forget My Number - Milli Vanilli 29. Toy Solider - Martika 30. Forever Your Girl. - Paula Abdul 31. The Living Years - Mike & The Mechanics 32. Eternal Flame - The Bangles 33. Wild Thing - Tone Loc 34. When I See You Smile - Bad English 35. If I Could Turn Back Time - Cher 36. Buffalo Stance - Neneh Cherry 37. When I'm With You - Sheriff 38. Don't Rush Me - Taylor Dayne 39. Born To Be My Baby - Bon Jovi 40. Good Thing - Fine Young Cannibals

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