Best songs of the 80s
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| Track | Artist |
|---|---|
| (I Love It When You) Call Me Names | Joan Armatrading |
| All of My Heart | ABC |
| All out of Love | Air Supply |
| Armageddon It | Def Leppard |
| Billie Jean | Michael Jackson |
| Body Rock | Maria Vidal |
| Borderline | Madonna |
| Cambodia | Kim Wilde |
| Come on Eileen | Dexy's Midnight Runners |
| Don't Cry | Asia |
| Drop the Pilot | Joan Armatrading |
| Edge of Heaven, The | Wham! |
| Everlasting Love | Sandra |
| Faster than the Speed of Night | Bonnie Tyler |
| Gloria | Laura Branigan |
| Good Die Young | Divinyls |
| Head over Heals/Broken | Tears for Fears |
| Heartbreaker | Dionne Warwick |
| Heaven Is a Place on Earth | Belinda Carlisle |
| Hungry Like the Wolf | Duran Duran |
| I Don't Wanna Get Hurt | Donna Summer |
| I Want to Be Free | Toyah |
| If I Was | Midge Ure |
| Into the Groove | Madonna |
| Invincible | Pat Benatar |
| Islands in the Stream | Dolly Parton |
| Leave a Light on | Belinda Carlisle |
| Like a Prayer | Madonna |
| Love Is a Stranger | Eurythmics |
| Love Somebody | Rick Springfield |
| Love Theme from St. Elmo's Fire | David Foster |
| Loverboy | Billy Ocean |
| Madame Butterfly | Malcolm McLaren |
| Magic | The Cars |
| Make Me Lose Control | Eric Carmen |
| One And One (Ain't Good Enough) | Wa Wa Nee |
| One And One (Ain't I Good Enough) | Wa Wa Nee |
| One of Us | ABBA |
| Open Your Heart | Madonna |
| Seven Tears | Goombay Dance Band |
| Shadows of the Night | Pat Benatar |
| Shandi | KISS |
| Smooth Criminal | Michael Jackson |
| St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) | John Parr |
| Sunglasses at Night | Corey Hart |
| Take the L | The Motels |
| The Promise | When in Rome |
| The Sun Always Shines on TV | a-ha |
| The Warrior | Scandal (featuring Patty Smyth) |
| They Say It's Gonna Rain | Hazell Dean |
| This Time I Know It's for Real | Donna Summer |
| Thorn in My Side | Eurythmics |
| Tomorrow | KISS |
| Total Eclipse of the Heart | Bonnie Tyler |
| Where Do Broken Hearts Go | Whitney Houston |
| Why Me? | Irene Cara |
| Xanadu | Olivia Newton John |
| 1999 | Prince and The Revolution |
| 5' O'Clock In the Morning | Village People |
| 9 to 5 | Dolly Parton |
| 9 to 5 (Morning Train) | Sheena Easton |
| A Little Respect | Erasure |
| A View to a Kill | Duran Duran |
| Absolute Beginners | David Bowie |
| After All | Cher |
| Age of Reason | John Farnham |
| All through the Night | Cyndi Lauper |
| Alone | Heart |
| Always on My Mind | Pet Shop Boys |
| Animal | Def Leppard |
| Antmusic | Adam and the Ants |
| Bad Reputation | Joan Jett |
| Believe It or Not | Joey Scarbury |
| Better Be Good to Me | Tina Turner |
| Blue Jean | David Bowie |
| Brass in Pocket | Pretenders |
| Bridge of Spies | T'Pau |
| Bringin' on the Heartbreak | Def Leppard |
| Burn for You | INXS |
| Calling America | ELO |
| Calling Your Name | Marilyn |
| Can You Feel It? | Jackson 5/Jacksons |
| Can't Stop the Music | Village People |
| Catch Me I'm Falling | Real Life |
| Celebrate Youth | Rick Springfield |
| Chain Reaction | Diana Ross |
| Chequered Love | Kim Wilde |
| Cherish | Madonna |
| Come Give Me Your Hand | Jennifer Rush |
| Crazy in the Night | Kim Carnes |
| Current Stand | Kids in the Kitchen |
| Dancing in the Dark | Bruce Springsteen |
| Didn't We Almost Have It All | Whitney Houston |
| Do They Know It's Christmas | Band Aid |
| Do You Believe in Love | Huey Lewis and the News |
| Do You Wanna Spend the Night | Village People |
| Don't Ask Me Why | Eurythmics |
| Dracula's Tango | Toto Coelo |
| Dreamtime | Daryl Hall |
| Election Day | Arcadia |
| Every Day Is Like Sunday | Morrissey |
| Everybody Wants to Rule the World | Tears for Fears |
| Eye In The Sky | The Alan Parsons Project |
| Eye of the Tiger | Survivor |
| Fairytale of New York | Pogues Feat. Kirsty MacColl |
| Final Countdown, The | Europe |
| Flame Trees | Cold Chisel |
| Flashdance | Irene Cara |
| Fooled Again | Pseudo Echo |
| Forever Now | Cold Chisel |
| Freedom | Wham! |
| G.T.O. | Sinitta |
| Get Outta My Dreams Get into My Car | Billy Ocean |
| Going Home | Mark Knopfler |
| Going Home: Theme Of The Local Hero | Dire Strait |
| Goody Two Shoes | Adam and the Ants |
| Greatest American Hero | TV Theme |
| Hand in Hand | Koreana |
| Have You Ever Seen the Rain? | Bonnie Tyler |
| Healing Hands | Elton John |
| Heart and Soul | T'Pau |
| Heart Over Mind | Jennifer Rush |
| Heartline | Robin George |
| Here Comes the Rain Again | Eurythmics |
| Hot in the City | Billy Idol |
| Hysteria | Def Leppard |
| I Believe In Dreams | Jackie Rawe |
| I Can Dream About You | Dan Hartman |
| I Can't Wait | Stevie Nicks |
| I Could Make You Love Me | Wa Wa Nee |
| I Found Someone | Cher |
| I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me) | George Michael |
| I Know You're out There Somewhere | Moody Blues |
| I Love Rock 'N' Roll | Joan Jett |
| I Wanna Dance with Somebody | Whitney Houston |
| I Won't Let You Go | Agnetha Faltskog |
| If Anyone Falls | Stevie Nicks |
| If Ever You're in My Arms Again | Peabo Bryson |
| If I Could Turn Back Time | Cher |
| In a Big Country | Big Country |
| In Your Soul | Corey Hart |
| I've Been Losing You | a-ha |
| I've Never Been to Me | Charlene |
| Jack and Diane | John Couger-Mellancamp |
| John Wayne Is Big Leggy | Haysi Fantayzee |
| Karma Chameleon | Culture Club |
| Key Largo | Bertie Higgins |
| La Isla Bonita | Madonna |
| Leave Me Alone | Michael Jackson |
| Lessons In Love | Level 42 |
| Let the River Run | Carly Simon |
| Let's Go All the Way | Sly Fox |
| Let's Go Crazy | Prince and The Revolution |
| Let's Hang on | Manillow Barry |
| Like a Virgin | Madonna |
| Listen Like Thieves | INXS |
| Live to Tell | Madonna |
| Livin' on a Prayer | Bon Jovi |
| Love Changes Everything | Climie Fisher |
| Love Train | Holly Johnson |
| Lover Come Back to Me | Dead or Alive |
| Make Believe | Joan Jett |
| Making Love out of Nothing at All | Air Supply |
| Manhattan Skyline | a-ha |
| Manic Monday | Bangles |
| Mickey | Toni Basil |
| Midnight Blue | Lou Gramm |
| Modern Love | David Bowie |
| Moonlight Shadow | Mike Oldfield |
| More than This | Roxy Music |
| Never Surrender | Corey Hart |
| New Moon on Monday | Duran Duran |
| No Regrets | Quartzlock |
| No Second Prize | Jimmy Barnes |
| Not the Loving Kind | The Twins |
| Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now | Starship |
| Notorious | Duran Duran |
| Oh Father | Madonna |
| Oh Sherrie | Steve Perry |
| Oh Yeah | Roxy Music |
| One Moment in Time | Whitney Houston |
| One-Way Love | Agnetha Faltskog |
| Only the Lonely | T'Pau |
| Out of Mind, Out of Sight | The Models |
| Papa Don't Preach | Madonna |
| Photograph | Def Leppard |
| Planet Earth | Duran Duran |
| Playing To Win | Little Rive |
| Poison | Alice Cooper |
| Potential New Boyfriend | Dolly Parton |
| Pressure Down | John Farnham |
| Prince Charming | Adam and the Ants |
| Puss 'n' Boots | Adam and the Ants |
| Radio Ga Ga | Queen |
| Read 'Em and Weep | Manillow Barry |
| Real Men | Joe Jackson |
| Reason to Live | KISS |
| Reasons | John Farnham |
| Riddle, The | Nik Kershaw |
| Run Run Away | Slade |
| Run Silent, Run Deep | Shakespears Sister |
| Run to Paradise | Choirboys |
| Satellite | The Hooters |
| Sex as a Weapon | Pat Benatar |
| Shame | Eurythmics |
| Skin Trade | Duran Duran |
| Somewhere | Barbra Streisand |
| Spanish Eddie | Laura Branigan |
| Stand and Deliver | Adam and the Ants |
| Stars on 45 | Stars on 45 |
| State I'm in, The | Bananarama |
| Straight from the Heart | Bonnie Tyler |
| Super Trouper | ABBA |
| Take It Easy | Andy Taylor |
| Take Me with You | Prince and The Revolution |
| Talk to Me | Stevie Nicks |
| Tarzan Boy | Baltimora |
| The Best | Tina Turner |
| The Medal Song | Culture Club |
| The Only Way Out | Cliff Richard |
| The Perfect Day | Fisher Z |
| The Reflex | Duran Duran |
| The Tide Is High | Blondie |
| The War Song | Culture Club |
| The Way You Make Me Feel | Michael Jackson |
| The Whole of the Moon | The Waterboys |
| The Winner Takes It All | ABBA |
| Thin Red Line | Glass Tiger |
| Thriller | Michael Jackson |
| Touch Me (I Want Your Body) | Samantha Fox |
| Touch, The | Stan Bush |
| Turn Me Loose | Loverboy |
| Turn on the Night | KISS |
| Twist of Fate | Olivia Newton John |
| Under Pressure | Bowie and Queen |
| Wait | Gyan |
| Waiting for a Star to Fall | Boy Meets Girl |
| Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' | Michael Jackson |
| Way of the World | Max Q |
| We Belong | Pat Benatar |
| What About Me | Moving Pictures |
| When All Is Said and Done | ABBA |
| When Doves Cry | Prince and The Revolution |
| When Love Takes over You | Donna Summer |
| When We Were Young | Bucks Fizz |
| When You Come Back to Me | Jason Donovan |
| Where Were You Last Night | Ankie Bagger |
| Who's Leaving Who | Hazell Dean |
| Wild Boys | Duran Duran |
| Wild Montana Skies | John Denver |
| Wilder World | Dragon |
| Wired for Sound | Cliff Richard |
| Woman in Love | Barbra Streisand |
| Wouldn't Change a Thing | Kylie Minogue |
| You Came | Kim Wilde |
| You Drive Me Crazy | Shakin' Stevens |
| You Got It | Roy Orbison |
| You Little Thief | Feargal Sharkey |
| You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) | Dead or Alive |
| Young Years | Dragon |
| Your Wildest Dreams | Moody Blues |
| You're the Voice | John Farnham |