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1980

Song Performer Peak Date Peak
“Flirtin’ With Disaster” Molly Hatchet March 8, 1980 42
“Yes I’m Ready” Teri DeSario March 1, 1980 2
“With You I’m Born Again” Syreeta April 19, 1980 4
“Set Me Free” Utopia April 19, 1980 27
“Only a Lonely Heart Sees” Felix Cavaliere April 19, 1980 36
“Pilot of the Airwaves” Charlie Dore May 3, 1980 13
“The Seduction (Love Theme from American Gigolo)” James Last Band May 24, 1980 28
“Funkytown” Lipps Inc. May 31, 1980 1
“Gee Whiz” Bernadette Peters May 31, 1980 32
“Cars” Gary Numan June 7, 1980 9
“Wondering Where the Lions Are” Bruce Cockburn June 7, 1980 21
“New Romance (It’s a Mystery)” Spider June 7, 1980 39
“Ashes By Now” Rodney Crowell July 5, 1980 37
“King of the Hill” Rick Pinette and Oak July 19, 1980 36
“A Lover’s Holiday” Change July 19, 1980 40
“Tired of Toein’ the Line” Rocky Burnette July 26, 1980 8
“Stand By Me” Mickey Gilley August 2, 1980 22
“Take Your Time (Do It Right) Part 1″ The S.O.S. Band August 16, 1980 3
“Take a Little Rhythm” Ali Thomson August 23, 1980 15
“Into the Night” Benny Mardones September 6, 1980 11
“One in a Million You” Larry Graham September 20, 1980 9
“Lookin’ For Love” Johnny Lee September 20, 1980 5
“How Do I Survive” Amy Holland October 11, 1980 22
“Who’ll Be the Fool Tonight” The Larsen-Feiten Band October 11, 1980 29
“Whip It” Devo[10] November 15, 1980 14
“I’m Happy That Love Has Found You” Jimmy Hall November 22, 1980 27
“If You Should Sail” Nielsen/Pearson November 22, 1980 38
“Without Your Love” Roger Daltrey November 29, 1980 20
“Turning Japanese” The Vapors November 29, 1980 36
“I Believe in You” Don Williams December 20, 1980 24
“Everybody’s Got to Learn Sometime” The Korgis December 27, 1980 18

1981

Song Performer Peak Date Peak
“Killin’ Time” Fred Knoblock and Susan Anton February 7, 1981 28
“Giving It Up For Your Love” Delbert McClinton February 21, 1981 8
“Together” Tierra February 21, 1981 18
“Precious to Me” Phil Seymour March 28, 1981 22
“Don’t Stop the Music” Yarbrough and Peoples April 11, 1981 19
“Somebody’s Knockin’” Terri Gibbs April 25, 1981 13
“Mister Sandman” Emmylou Harris April 25, 1981 37
“Just the Two of Us” Grover Washington, Jr. May 2, 1981 2
“Love You Like I Never Loved Before” John O’Banion May 16, 1981 24
“I Love ‘Em Every One” T.G. Sheppard May 16, 1981 37
“Just So Lonely” Get Wet May 30, 1981 39
“Say What” Jesse Winchester June 13, 1981 32
“What Are We Doin’ In Love” Dottie West June 27, 1981 14
“Is It You” Lee Ritenour June 27, 1981 15
“Stronger Than Before” Carole Bayer Sager July 11, 1981 30
“Seven Year Ache” Rosanne Cash July 18, 1981 22
“Sweet Baby” Stanley Clarke/George Duke August 1, 1981 19
“Theme from Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not)” Joey Scarbury August 15, 1981 2
“It’s Now or Never” John Schneider August 15, 1981 14
“Double Dutch Bus” Frankie Smith August 15, 1981 30
“Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through”[21] Jim Steinman August 15, 1981 32
“Don’t Give It Up” Robbie Patton August 22, 1981 26
“Everlasting Love” Rachel Sweet August 22, 1981 32
“Nicole” Point Blank September 5, 1981 39
“You Could Take My Heart Away” Silver Condor September 19, 1981 32
“Breaking Away” Balance September 26, 1981 22
“General Hospi-Tale” The Afternoon Delights October 3, 1981 33
“Sausalito Summernights” Diesel November 21, 1981 25
“I Want You, I Need You” Chris Christian November 21, 1981 37

1982

Song Performer Peak Date Peak
“More Than Just the Two of Us” Sneaker January 23, 1982 34
“Hooked on Classics” Royal Philharmonic Orchestra January 30, 1982 10
“All Our Tomorrows” Eddie Schwartz February 20, 1982 28
“Call Me” Skyy March 6, 1982 26
“Don’t Let Him Know” Prism March 13, 1982 39
“Pac-Man Fever” Buckner & Garcia March 27, 1982 9
“Take Off” Bob and Doug McKenzie March 27, 1982 16
“Key Largo” Bertie Higgins April 17, 1982 8
“Nobody Said It Was Easy (Lookin’ For the Lights)” Le Roux April 17, 1982 18
“Mama Used to Say” Junior April 24, 1982 30
“Genius of Love” Tom Tom Club April 24, 1982 31
“Goin’ Down” Greg Guidry May 1, 1982 17
“If I Had My Wish Tonight” David Lasley May 1, 1982 36
“Chariots of Fire – Titles” Vangelis May 8, 1982 1
“I’ve Never Been to Me” Charlene May 22, 1982 3
“Fantasy” Aldo Nova May 29, 1982 23
“Murphy’s Law” Chéri June 5, 1982 39
“Stone Cold” Rainbow June 19, 1982 40
“Forget Me Nots” Patrice Rushen July 3, 1982 23
“Let it Whip” The Dazz Band July 17, 1982 5
“Tainted Love” Soft Cell July 17, 1982 8
“Hooked on Swing” Larry Elgart and His Manhattan Swing Orchestra July 24, 1982 31
“Nice Girls” Eye to Eye July 24, 1982 37
“Personally” Karla Bonoff August 7, 1982 19
“Love Plus One” Haircut 100 August 7, 1982 37
“If the Love Fits Wear It” Leslie Pearl August 14, 1982 28
“And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” Jennifer Holliday August 28, 1982 22
“Someday, Someway” Marshall Crenshaw August 28, 1982 36
“Valley Girl” Frank Zappa September 11, 1982 32
“Holdin’ On” Tané Cain September 18, 1982 37
“New World Man” Rush November 6, 1982 21
“Nobody” Sylvia November 20, 1982 15
“I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)” Donald Fagen November 27, 1982 26
“Mickey” Toni Basil December 11, 1982 1

1983

Song Performer Peak Date Peak
“What About Me” Moving Pictures February 12, 1983 29
“Baby, Come to Me” Patti Austin February 19, 1983 1
“The Clapping Song” Pia Zadora February 19, 1983 36
“Pass the Dutchie” Musical Youth February 26, 1983 10
“On the Loose” Saga February 26, 1983 26
“Burning Heart” Vandenberg March 12, 1983 39
“I Know There’s Something Going On” Frida[75] March 26, 1983 13
“Come On Eileen” Dexys Midnight Runners April 23, 1983 1
“Whirly Girl” Oxo April 23, 1983 28
“Der Kommissar” After the Fire April 30, 1983 5
“So Wrong” Patrick Simmons May 7, 1983 30
“She Blinded Me with Science” Thomas Dolby May 14, 1983 5
“I Couldn’t Say No” Robert Ellis Orrall with Carlene Carter May 21, 1983 32
“That’s Love” Jim Capaldi June 18, 1983 28
“Too Shy” Kajagoogoo July 9, 1983 5
“The Salt in My Tears” Martin Briley July 30, 1983 36
“It’s Inevitable” Charlie August 13, 1983 38
“Puttin’ on the Ritz” Taco September 3, 1983 4
“Far From Over” Frank Stallone October 1, 1983 10
“Can’t Shake Loose” Agnetha Faltskog November 5, 1983 29
“Just Got Lucky” JoBoxers November 19, 1983 36
“In a Big Country” Big Country December 3, 1983 17
“Major Tom (Coming Home)” Peter Schilling December 24, 1983 14

1984

Song Performer Peak Date Peak
“The Curly Shuffle” Jump ‘N the Saddle Band January 21, 1984 15
“Baby I Lied” Deborah Allen January 21, 1984 26
“Let the Music Play” Shannon February 25, 1984 8
“99 Luftballons” Nena March 3, 1984 2
“They Don’t Know” Tracey Ullman April 28, 1984 8
“White Horse” Laid Back May 12, 1984 26
“It’s My Life” Talk Talk May 19, 1984 31
“My Ever Changing Moods” The Style Council June 9, 1984 29
“Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly)” The Icicle Works June 9, 1984 37
“Modern Day Delilah” Van Stephenson June 30, 1984 22
“Almost Paradise…Love Theme From Footloose Mike Reno and Ann Wilson July 14, 1984 7
“10-9-8″ Face to Face July 21, 1984 38
“Breakin’…There’s No Stopping Us” Ollie and Jerry August 4, 1984 9
“The Warrior” Scandal September 22, 1984 7
“A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)” Romeo Void October 27, 1984 35
“Desert Moon” Dennis DeYoung November 10, 1984 10
“Sugar Don’t Bite” Sam Harris November 10, 1984 36
“Girls With Guns” Tommy Shaw November 17, 1984 33
“Centipede” Rebbie Jackson December 22, 1984 24

1985

Song Performer Peak Date Peak
“All I Need” Jack Wagner January 12, 1985 2
“Do They Know It’s Christmas? Band Aid January 19, 1985 13
“Easy Lover” Philip Bailey& Phil Collins February 2, 1985 2
“Call to the Heart” Giuffria February 2, 1985 15
“Operator” Midnight Star February 2, 1985 18
“Tragedy” John Hunter February 16, 1985 39
“Relax” Frankie Goes to Hollywood March 16, 1985 10
“Turn Up the Radio” Autograph March 16, 1985 29
“Radioactive” The Firm April 13, 1985 28
“We Are the World” USA for Africa April 13, 1985 1
“Axel F” Harold Faltermeyer June 1, 1985 3
“Invisible” Alison Moyet June 1, 1985 31
“In My House” Mary Jane Girls June 8, 1985 7
“NeverEnding Story” Limahl June 15, 1985 17
“Wake Up (Next to You)” Graham Parker and the Shot June 22, 1985 39
“19″ Paul Hardcastle July 20, 1985 15
“When Your Heart Is Weak” Cock Robin August 31, 1985 35
“Cry” Godley & Creme October 5, 1985 16
“Miami Vice Theme” Jan Hammer November 9, 1985 1
“Love Theme From St. Elmo’s Fire” David Foster November 16, 1985 15
“Running Up That Hill (a Deal With God)” Kate Bush November 30, 1985 30
“Object of My Desire” Starpoint December 14, 1985 25
“Perfect Way” Scritti Politti December 21, 1985 11

1986

Song Performer Peak Date Peak
“You’re a Friend of Mine” Clarence Clemons January 18, 1986 18
“Everybody Dance” Ta Mara and the Seen January 18, 1986 24
“Tarzan Boy(From “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III”)” Baltimora March 1, 1986 13
“Beat’s So Lonely” Charlie Sexton March 22, 1986 17
“No Easy Way Out” Robert Tepper March 29, 1986 22
“Live is Life” Opus March 29, 1986 32
“Let’s Go All the Way” Sly Fox April 12, 1986 7
“Tender Love” Force M.D.’s April 12, 1986 13
“I Do What I Do…(Theme for 9 1/2 Weeks)” John Taylorand Jonathan Elias April 26, 1986 23
“Feel It Again” Honeymoon Suite May 10, 1986 34
“I Wanna Be a Cowboy” Boys Don’t Cry June 21, 1986 12
“Out of Mind, Out of Sight” Models June 21, 1986 37
“Tuff Enuff” The Fabulous Thunderbirds July 12, 1986 10
“When the Heart Rules the Mind” GTR July 12, 1986 14
“Digging Your Scene” The Blow Monkeys August 2, 1986 14
“Take It Easy” Andy Taylor August 2, 1986 24
“Hanging on a Heart Attack” Device August 9, 1986 35
“Rumors” Timex Social Club August 16, 1986 8
“One Step Closer to You” Gavin Christopher August 16, 1986 22
“Baby Love” Regina September 13, 1986 10
“Captain of Her Heart” Double September 13, 1986 16
“Friends and Lovers” Gloria Loringand Carl Anderson September 27, 1986 2
“Paranoimia” The Art of Noise with Max Headroom October 4, 1986 34
“Heartbeat” Don Johnson October 18, 1986 5
“The Rain” Oran “Juice” Jones November 15, 1986 9
“Emotion in Motion” Ric Ocasek November 15, 1986 15
“Welcome to the Boomtown” David and David November 29, 1986 37
“The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades” Timbuk 3 December 27, 1986 19
“For Tonight” Nancy Martinez December 27, 1986 32

1987

Song Performer Peak Date Peak
“Shake You Down” Gregory Abbott January 17, 1987 1
“Stay the Night” Benjamin Orr February 14, 1987 24
“Keep Your Hands to Yourself” The Georgia Satellites February 21, 1987 2
“Talk to Me” Chico DeBarge February 21, 1987 21
“Facts of Love” Jeff Lorber February 21, 1987 27
“Respect Yourself” Bruce Willis March 7, 1987 5
“Don’t Leave Me This Way” The Communards March 7, 1987 40
“As We Lay” Shirley Murdock March 28, 1987 23
“The Honeythief” Hipsway April 4, 1987 19
“Light of Day” The Barbusters April 4, 1987 33
“Smoking Gun” Robert Cray Band April 18, 1987 22
“Ship of Fools (Save Me From Tomorrow)” World Party April 25, 1987 27
“Serious” Donna Allen May 9, 1987 21
“Heartbreak Beat” The Psychedelic Furs May 23, 1987 26
“Right on Track” Breakfast Club May 30, 1987 7
“Fascinated” Company B June 13, 1987 21
“Soul City” Partland Brothers June 27, 1987 27
“The Flames of Paradise” Jennifer Rush July 11, 1987 36
“Don’t Disturb This Groove” The System July 18, 1987 4
“Funky Town” Pseudo Echo July 18, 1987 6
“Kiss Him Goodbye” The Nylons August 1, 1987 12
“Heart and Soul” T’Pau August 8, 1987 4
“Living in a Box” Living in a Box August 22, 1987 17
“Lies” Jonathan Butler August 29, 1987 27
“Mary’s Prayer” Danny Wilson September 5, 1987 23
“Touch of Grey” Grateful Dead September 26, 1987 9
“Holiday” The Other Ones October 17, 1987 29
“Casanova” LeVert October 31, 1987 5
“Boys Night Out” Timothy B. Schmit November 7, 1987 25
“Sugar Free” Wa Wa Nee November 14, 1987 35
“I Don’t Mind At All” Bourgeois Tagg December 5, 1987 38
“Motortown” Kane Gang December 19, 1987 36

1988

Song Performer Peak Date Peak
“Honestly” Stryper January 30, 1988 23
“Pump Up the Volume” M/A/R/R/S February 20, 1988 13
“She’s Like the Wind” Patrick Swayze(featuring Wendy Fraser) February 27, 1988 3
“Fishnet” Morris Day April 23, 1988 23
“Kiss and Tell” (From “Bright Lights, Big City”) Bryan Ferry April 30, 1988 31
“You Don’t Know” Scarlett and Black April 16, 1988 20
“Ritual” Dan Reed Network May 7, 1988 38
“My Girl” Suave’ May 14, 1988 20
“Da’Butt” (From The “School Daze” Soundtrack) E.U. May 21, 1988 35
“Tomorrow People” Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers July 9, 1988 39
“Two Occasions” The Deele May 21, 1988 10
“Strange But True” Times Two May 21, 1988 21
“When We Kiss” Bardeux June 4, 1988 36
“Under the Milky Way” The Church June 18, 1988 24
“Supersonic” J. J. Fad June 18, 1988 30
“Beds Are Burning” Midnight Oil July 2, 1988 17
“Rush Hour” Jane Wiedlin July 30, 1988 9
“Love Changes (Everything)” Climie Fisher July 30, 1988 23
“Sayin’ Sorry (Don’t Make It Right)” Denise Lopez August 20, 1988 31
“Don’t Worry Be Happy” (From “Cocktail”) Bobby McFerrin September 24, 1988 1
“It Takes Two” Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock October 29, 1988 36
“Another Lover” Giant Steps November 12, 1988 13
“The Promise” When in Rome December 10, 1988 11
“Not Just Another Girl” Ivan Neville December 10, 1988 26
“Yeah, Yeah, Yeah” Judson Spence December 10, 1988 32
“Thanks For My Child” Cheryl Pepsii Riley December 24, 1988 32

1989

Song Performer Peak Date Peak
“I Remember Holding You” Boys Club January 14, 1989 8
“When I’m with You” Sheriff February 4, 1989 1
“What I Am” Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians March 4, 1989 7
“Surrender to Me” Robin Zander March 11, 1989 6
“I Beg Your Pardon” Kon Kan March 11, 1989 15
“Heaven Help Me” Deon Estus April 29, 1989 5
“Thinking of You” Sa-Fire May 6, 1989 12
“Iko Iko” The Belle Stars May 13, 1989 14
“Downtown” One 2 Many May 20, 1989 37
“Where Are You Now?” Jimmy Harnen with Synch June 10, 1989 10
“Cuddly Toy (Feel For Me)” Roachford June 10, 1989 25
“Cry” Waterfront June 17, 1989 10
“So Alive” Love and Rockets August 5, 1989 3
“Angel Eyes” Jeff Healey Band September 2, 1989 5
“Talk It Over” Grayson Hugh September 9, 1989 19
“Let Go” Sharon Bryant October 14, 1989 34
“Don’t Make Me Over” Sybil December 2, 1989 20
“Don’t Close Your Eyes” Kix December 16, 1989 11

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