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Top Songs of the 1980s

1970s <-1980-> 1990s
    

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1.
10/1988

Desire by U2

from Rattle and Hum   
680

3
US




37
dance


✫1
rock
✫1
alt.
✫1
UK
[Island 7-99250]
written by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr.
2.
10/1982
537

✫1
US
13
AC


33
dance


✫1
rock


✫1
UK
[R]
charted as Who Can It Be Now? / Down Under in US dance charts
[Columbia 03303]
written by Colin Hay & Ron Strykert
3.
06/1982
533

✫1
US
27
AC


59
dance


✫1
rock


✫1
UK
[Scotti Brothers 02912]
written by Frankie Sullivan & Jim Peterik
4.
05/1983
530

✫1
US
5
AC


26
dance


✫1
rock


✫1
UK
[Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1984]
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #84]
[A&M 2542]
written by Sting
5.
09/1989
515

2
US
29
AC






4
rock
✫1
alt.
5
UK
[Polygram 874710 (Fontana)]
written by Roland Orzabal & Curt Smith
6.
12/1984
487

✫1
US
3
AC




85
R&B
✫1
rock


✫1
UK
featuring New Jersey Mass Choir & Jennifer Holliday
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #476]
[Atlantic 89596]
written by Mick Jones [Foreigner] & Lou Gramm (uncredited)
7.
10/1988
481

14
US
38
AC






✫1
rock
3
alt.
9
UK
[tribute to Billie Holiday]
[Island 7-99254]
written by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr.
8.
11/1981
476

✫1
US




12
dance


✫1
rock


3
UK
charted as Centerfold / Flamethrower in US dance charts
[EMI America 8102]
written by Seth Justman
9.
02/1984
470

✫1
US
2
AC






✫1
rock


2
UK
[Atlantic 89700 A]
written by Phil Collins
10.
09/1981
467

3
US








✫1
rock


✫1
UK
written by Sting
11.
03/1987
466

✫1
US
23
AC






✫1
rock


4
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #131]
[Island 7-99469]
written by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr.
12.
03/1985
466

✫1
US
2
AC


✫1
dance


2
rock


2
UK
[BRIT Awards Best British Single 1986]
[Polygram 880659 (Mercury)]
written by Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley & Chris Hughes
13.
12/1981
466

✫1
US




31
dance


✫1
rock


4
UK
as Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #484]
[Boardwalk 7-11-135]
written by Alan Merrill & Jake Hooker
14.
04/1986
465

✫1
US




✫1
dance
61
R&B
✫1
rock


4
UK
[MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year 1987]
[Geffen 28718]
written by Peter Gabriel
15.
12/1981
454

✫1
US




3
dance


4
rock


✫1
UK
16.
11/1988
453











✫1
rock
✫1
alt.
28
UK
17.
05/1982
449

✫1
US
28
AC


14
dance
26
R&B
4
rock


2
UK
[Capitol 5126]
written by Steve Miller
18.
10/1986
443

✫1
US








✫1
rock


4
UK
[Polygram 888184 (Mercury)]
written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora & Desmond Child
19.
12/1989
441

✫1
US
7
AC






✫1
rock


2
UK
[Atlantic 88742]
written by Christopher Ward & David Tyson
20.
10/1987
440

✫1
US
✫1
AC






4
rock


2
UK
originally recorded by James Ray in 1962; produced by George Harrison & Jeff Lynne
[Dark Horse 28178]
written by Rudy Clark
21.
02/1986
435

✫1
US




36
dance


✫1
rock


5
UK
produced by Bernard Edwards
[Island 7-99570]
written by Robert Palmer
22.
06/1985
431

✫1
US








✫1
rock


4
UK
[MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year 1986]
[Warner 28950]
written by Mark Knopfler & Sting
23.
07/1982
431

✫1
US
31
AC






6
rock


✫1
UK
as Dexy's Midnight Runners and the Emerald Express
[BRIT Awards Best British Single 1983]
[Mercury 76189]
written by Kevin Rowland, "Big" Jim Paterson & Billy Adams
24.
05/1982
431

3
US




36
dance


✫1
rock


5
UK
25.
08/1981
428

2
US




14
dance


✫1
rock


7
UK
[Rolling Stones 21003]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
26.
05/1987

Alone by Heart

from Bad Animals   
427

✫1
US
2
AC






3
rock


3
UK
[Capitol 44002]
written by Tom Kelly & Billy Steinberg
27.
05/1984
423

2
US




7
dance


✫1
rock


4
UK
[Columbia 04463]
written by Bruce Springsteen
28.
03/1983
422

✫1
US




✫1
dance
14
R&B
8
rock


✫1
UK
featuring Stevie Ray Vaughan on guitar
co-produced by Nile Rodgers
[EMI America 8158]
written by David Bowie
29.
03/1987
420

✫1
US
16
AC






2
rock


6
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #93]
[Island 7-99430]
written by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr.
30.
10/1981
420

2
US
5
AC






✫1
rock


8
UK
[Atlantic 3868]
written by Mick Jones [Foreigner] & Lou Gramm
31.
02/1985
419

✫1
US
36
AC


9
dance


✫1
rock


7
UK
[A&M 2703]
written by Keith Forsey & Steve Schiff
32.
01/1984

Jump by Van Halen

from 1984   
415

✫1
US




17
dance
88
R&B
✫1
rock


7
UK
33.
11/1984
411

2
US
15
AC


7
dance
3
R&B
5
rock


✫1
UK
with Phil Collins
[Columbia 04679]
written by Philip Bailey, Phil Collins & Nathan East
34.
06/1984
409

✫1
US
7
AC


27
dance


✫1
rock


9
UK
[EMI America 8212]
written by John Waite, Mark Leonard & Chas Sandford
35.
09/1989
408

3
US




7
dance




✫1
alt.
2
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #243]
[Warner 22817 (Reprise)]
written by Kate Pierson, Fred Schneider, Keith Strickland & Cindy Wilson
36.
11/1980
407

✫1
US








9
rock


7
UK
[Epic 50953]
written by Kevin Cronin
37.
06/1986
406

✫1
US
7
AC






✫1
rock


13
UK
[Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1987]
[Warner 28710 (Island)]
written by Steve Winwood & Will Jennings
38.
05/1986
406

✫1
US
3
AC






✫1
rock


15
UK
[Atlantic 89407]
written by Tony Banks, Phil Collins & Mike Rutherford
39.
11/1983
405

✫1
US




3
dance
69
R&B
✫1
rock


28
UK
40.
03/1983
404

4
US




34
dance


3
rock


✫1
UK
41.
10/1983
400

3
US




33
dance


2
rock


3
UK
42.
06/1988
400

✫1
US
✫1
AC


21
dance
30
R&B
✫1
rock


53
UK
43.
12/1985
396

✫1
US
11
AC






✫1
rock


11
UK
[RCA 14258]
written by Richard Page, Steve George & John Lang
44.
02/1989
392

51
US








✫1
rock
✫1
alt.


[Warner 22992 (Sire)]
written by Paul Westerberg
45.
06/1985
391

✫1
US
16
AC






2
rock


6
UK
produced by David Foster
[Atlantic 7-89541]
written by David Foster & John Parr
46.
03/1989
391

✫1
US
12
AC


20
dance


39
rock
2
alt.
7
UK
[MCA 53639]
written by Roland Gift, David Steele & Andy Cox
47.
09/1985
389

✫1
US
37
AC


37
dance


✫1
rock


12
UK
48.
08/1986
389

✫1
US
✫1
AC






2
rock


12
UK
[Chrysalis 43019]
written by Chris Hayes & Huey Lewis
49.
06/1987
389

✫1
US
4
AC
57
country




11
rock


✫1
UK
[Slash 28336]
written by traditional
50.
11/1980
388

✫1
US
17
AC










✫1
UK
[Geffen 49604]
written by John Lennon
51.
02/1985
386

✫1
US
✫1
AC




80
R&B
4
rock


4
UK
[Atlantic 89588]
written by Phil Collins
52.
01/1984
386

✫1
US








2
rock


6
UK
[Columbia 04310]
written by Kenny Loggins & Dean Pitchford
53.
08/1986
382

✫1
US
24
AC


37
dance


4
rock


4
UK
[Virgin 99481]
written by Nick Van Eede
54.
08/1985
381

✫1
US
3
AC






4
rock


4
UK
[RCA 14136]
written by Richard Page, Steve George & John Lang
55.
05/1989
380

3
US




20
dance


9
rock
✫1
alt.
79
UK
charted as So Alive / Bike Dance in US dance charts
[RCA 8956]
written by Daniel Ash, Kevin Haskins & David J
56.
01/1989
376

✫1
US
✫1
AC






5
rock


2
UK
[Atlantic 7-88964]
written by Mike Rutherford & B. A. Robertson
57.
01/1987
376

✫1
US
✫1
AC






16
rock


✫1
UK
[Grunt 5109]
written by Diane Warren & Albert Hammond
58.
03/1986
375

3
US








✫1
rock


8
UK
59.
10/1983
372

✫1
US
3
AC


2
dance
2
R&B
24
rock


2
UK
as Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
[Epic 04169]
written by Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
60.
09/1980
371

10
US








11
rock


✫1
UK
written by Sting
61.
07/1983
368

3
US
33
AC






✫1
rock


17
UK
[A&M 2569]
written by Sting
62.
05/1987
368

✫1
US








✫1
rock


88
UK
[MCA 53094]
written by Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey & Bob Seger
63.
08/1985
366

7
US




4
dance


3
rock


✫1
UK
64.
12/1984
365

✫1
US




✫1
dance
56
R&B
6
rock


4
UK
65.
04/1982
364

✫1
US
✫1
AC




8
R&B
34
rock


✫1
UK
[Columbia 02860]
written by Paul McCartney
66.
10/1987
361

✫1
US




7
dance
73
R&B
12
rock


2
UK
charted as Need You Tonight / Mediate in US dance charts
[Atlantic 89188]
written by Andrew Farriss & Michael Hutchence
67.
09/1986
359

✫1
US
13
AC






✫1
rock


84
UK
[MCA 52756]
written by Tom Scholz
68.
12/1983
359

✫1
US
✫1
AC




78
R&B
10
rock


3
UK
[Portrait 04432]
written by Rob Hyman & Cyndi Lauper
69.
04/1980
358

✫1
US
48
AC


64
dance






2
UK
[live]
[Columbia 11263]
written by Paul McCartney
70.
10/1988
357

68
US








2
rock
10
alt.
6
UK
with B.B. King
[Island 7-99225]
written by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr.
71.
11/1989
357

✫1
US
✫1
AC






7
rock


2
UK
[BRIT Awards Best British Single 1990]
[Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1991]
[Atlantic 88774]
written by Phil Collins
72.
05/1987
357

✫1
US








4
rock


9
UK
[R]
[Geffen 28339]
written by David Coverdale & Bernie Marsden
73.
02/1983
357

✫1
US
36
AC


2
dance


16
rock


2
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #356]
[RCA 13533]
written by Annie Lennox & Dave Stewart [David Allan Stewart]
74.
04/1982
356

2
US








✫1
rock




as John Cougar
written by John Mellencamp & George Green (as George M. Green)
75.
06/1986
356

4
US
✫1
AC






✫1
rock


22
UK
[Atlantic 89372]
written by Tony Banks, Phil Collins & Mike Rutherford
76.
07/1980
356

✫1
US
✫1
AC










3
UK
[EMI America 8071]
written by Florrie Palmer
77.
06/1985
355

✫1
US
6
AC


22
dance
81
R&B
✫1
rock




[Chrysalis 42876]
written by Huey Lewis, Chris Hayes & Johnny Colla
78.
11/1989
355

3
US
✫1
AC






✫1
rock


10
UK
[Warner 22685]
written by Tom Waits
79.
07/1986
355

✫1
US
✫1
AC






3
rock


15
UK
as Bruce Hornsby and The Range
[RCA 5023]
written by Bruce Hornsby
80.
03/1987
355

5
US
23
AC


7
dance


2
rock


9
UK
[Warner 28398]
written by Lindsey Buckingham
81.
07/1980
354

2
US
✫1
AC










2
UK
[Warner 49565]
written by Sonny Curtis & Jerry Allison
82.
10/1987
354

5
US
5
AC






✫1
rock


20
UK
[Columbia 07595]
written by Bruce Springsteen
83.
07/1989
354

2
US




8
dance


27
rock
2
alt.
18
UK
written by Simon Gallup, Roger O'Donnell, Robert Smith, Porl Thompson (as Paul S. Thompson), Lol Tolhurst (as Laurence Tolhurst) & Boris Williams
84.
07/1988
354

✫1
US








3
rock


11
UK
[Polygram 870402 (Mercury)]
written by Joe Elliott, Phil Collen, Steve Clark, Rick Savage & Robert John "Mutt" Lange
85.
06/1988
351

2
US








✫1
rock


44
UK
[EMI-Manhattan 50133]
written by Robert Palmer
86.
03/1985
351

✫1
US
✫1
AC
76
country


✫1
R&B
27
rock


✫1
UK
[Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1986]
[Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1986]
benefit recording by all-star group
[Columbia 04839]
written by Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie
87.
06/1984
349

3
US
✫1
AC






3
rock


5
UK
[Elektra 69706]
written by Ric Ocasek
88.
01/1989
349

✫1
US




✫1
dance
54
R&B


5
alt.
5
UK
[MCA 53483]
written by Roland Gift, David Steele & Andy Cox
89.
02/1983
348

✫1
US
7
AC






23
rock


✫1
UK
produced by Jim Steinman
[Columbia 03906]
written by Jim Steinman
90.
01/1983
348

2
US




6
dance
18
R&B
12
rock


2
UK
[Portrait 03793]
written by Eddy Grant
91.
03/1981
348

✫1
US
15
AC


26
dance


5
rock


10
UK
[Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1982]
[Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1982]
[EMI America 8077]
written by Donna Weiss & Jackie DeShannon
92.
09/1982
347

2
US
8
AC


34
dance
39
R&B
21
rock


✫1
UK
charted as I'm Afraid of Me / Do You Really Want to Hurt Me? in US dance charts
[Epic/Virgin 03368]
written by Boy George, Mikey Craig (as Michael Craig), Roy Hay & Jon Moss
93.
01/1981
347

19
US








2
rock


2
UK
[Atlantic 3824]
written by Phil Collins
94.
05/1980
347

5
US
2
AC
6
country








✫1
UK
[Millennium 11799]
written by Roy Orbison & Joe Melson
95.
10/1985
346

3
US




25
dance


2
rock


7
UK
96.
01/1986

These Dreams by Heart

from Heart   
346

✫1
US
✫1
AC






2
rock


62
UK
[Capitol 5541]
written by Martin Page & Bernie Taupin
97.
09/1982
346

3
US




47
dance


✫1
rock


59
UK
[Elektra 69894 (Asylum)]
written by Don Henley & Danny Kootch (as Danny Kortchmar)
98.
04/1989
346

46
US








4
rock
2
alt.
15
UK
[Warner 27543 (Reprise)]
written by Ian Astbury & Billy Duffy
99.
02/1983
344

✫1
US






✫1
R&B
14
rock


3
UK
featuring Eddie Van Halen
[Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1984]
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #337]

[Epic 03759]
written by Michael Jackson
100.
01/1989
343

9
US
✫1
AC
7
country




2
rock


3
UK
[Virgin 99245]
written by Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison & Tom Petty

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