130 Number One Hits of the ‘80s (1986-1987) I recognize most of these songs and/or artists. Some favorites, some standards,

130 Number One Hits of the ‘80s (1986-1987)

I recognize most of these songs and/or artists. Some favorites, some standards, some over-played, some “oh I remember hearing that get sampled”, and “oh that’s a cover song, nice”.

Why am I posting it here? I don’t quite know. I’m cleaning out some bookmarks, and there’s stuff here I want to listen to later. I’ve already added ‘em to my “batch listen” playlist, but I thought I’d post the main vid here. Then, if/when I post those later, I can say “hey, this is where I re-found the song”. I guess? Idk.

Track list below the cut, presented in alphabetical order:

1. A-ha - The Sun Always Shines on TV

2. Atlantic Starr - Secret Lovers

3. Atlantic Starr - Always

4. Bananarama - Venus

5. The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian

6. Bee Gees - You Win Again

7. Belinda Carlisle - Mad About You

8. Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is a Place on Earth

9. Ben E. King - Stand by Me

10. Berlin - Take My Breath Away

11. Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes - (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life

12. Billy Idol - Mony Mony

13. Billy Ocean - When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going

14. Billy Ocean - There’ll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)

15. Billy Vera & The Beaters - At This Moment

16. Bob Seger - Shakedown

17. Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name

18. Bon Jovi - Livin’ on a Prayer

19. Boris Gardner - I Wanna Wake Up with You

20. Boston - Amanda

21. Boy George - Everything I Own

22. Bruce Hornsby & the Range - The Way It Is

23. C.C. Catch - Soul Survivor

24. Chris de Burgh - The Lady in Red

25. Chris Norman - Midnight Lady

26. Cliff Richard and the Young Ones - Living Doll

27. Club Nouveau - Lean on Me

28. Cock Robin - The Promise You Made

29. The Communards - Don’t Leave Me This Way

30. Crowded House - Don’t Dream It’s Over

31. Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died in Your Arms

32. Cyndi Lauper - True Colors

33. Desireless - Voyage Voyage

34. Diana Ross - Chain Reaction

35. Dionne and Friends - That’s What Friends Are for

36. Doctor and the Medics - Spirit in the Sky

37. Duran Duran - Notorious

38. El DeBarge - Who’s Johnny

39. Eros Ramazzotti - Adesso Tu

40. Europe - The Final Countdown

41. Falco - Rock Me Amadeus

42. Falco - Jeanny, Part 1

43. Falco - Coming Home (Jeanny Part 2)

44. Ferry Aid - Let It Be

45. Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Rage Hard

46. Genesis - Invisible Touch

47. George Michael - A Different Corner

48. George Michael & Aretha Franklin - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)

49. George Michael - I Want Your Sex

50. George Michael - Faith

51. Glass Tiger - Don’t Forget Me (When I’m Gone)

52. Gregory Abbott - Shake You Down

53. Heart - These Dreams

54. Heart - Alone

55. The Housemartins - Caravan of Love

56. Huey Lewis and the News - Stuck with You

57. Huey Lewis and the News - Jacob’s Ladder

58. The Human League - Human

59. Icehouse - Electric Blue

60. Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite

61. Jan Hammer - Crockett’s Theme

62. Janet Jackson - What Have You Done for Me Lately

63. Janet Jackson - When I Think of You

64. Jennifer Rush - The Power of Love

65. Joe Cocker - You Can Leave Your Hat On

66. John Farnham - You’re the Voice

67. Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin’ On

68. Kylie Minogue - Locomotion

69. Level 42 - Lessons in Love

70. Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam - Head to Toe

71. Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam - Lost in Emotion

72. Los Lobos - La Bamba

73. Madonna - Live to Tell

74. Madonna - Papa Don’t Preach

75. Madonna - True Blue

76. Madonna - Open Your Heart

77. Madonna - La Isla Bonita

78. Madonna - Who’s That Girl

79. MARRS - Pump Up the Volume

80. Matia Bazar - Ti Sento

81. MC Miker G & Deejay Sven - Holiday Rap

82. Mel & Kim - Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)

83. Mel & Kim - Respectable

84. Miami Sound Machine - Conga

85. Michael Jackson - I Just Can’t Stop Loving You

86. Michael Jackson - Bad

87. Modern Talking - Brother Louie

88. Modern Talking - Atlantis Is Calling (SOS for Love)

89. Modern Talking - Geronimo’s Cadillac

90. Mr. Mister - Kyrie

91. Nu Shooz - I Can’t Wait

92. Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald - On My Own

93. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls

94. Pet Shop Boys - It’s a Sin

95. Pet Shop Boys - Always on My Mind

96. Peter Cetera - Glory of Love

97. Peter Cetera & Amy Grant - The Next Time I Fall

98. Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer

99. Prince and the Revolution - Kiss

100. Pseudo Echo - Funkytown

101. Richard Sanderson - Reality
102. Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up

103. Rick Astley - Whenever You Need Somebody

104. Robbie Nevil - C'est la Vie

105. Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love

106. Sam Cooke - Wonderful World

107. Samantha Fox - Touch Me

108. Simply Red - Holding Back the Years

109. Spagna - Easy Lady

110. Stacey Q - Two of Hearts

111. Starship - Sara

112. Starship - Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now

113. Status Quo - In the Army Now

114. Stéphanie - Ouragan/ Irresistible

115. Steve Winwood - Higher Love

116. T'Pau - Heart and Soul

117. T'Pau - China in Your Hand

118. Tiffany - I Think We’re Alone Now

119. Timex Social Club - Rumours

120. Tina Turner - Typical Male

121. U2 - With or Without You

122. U2 - I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For

123. Vanessa Paradis - Joe le taxi

124. Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight

125. Wham! - The Edge of Heaven

126. Whitesnake - Here I Go Again

127. Whitney Houston - How Will I Know

128. Whitney Houston - The Greatest Love of All

129. Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)

130. Whitney Houston - Didn’t We Almost Have It All

Most of these are vicious earworms. Steve Winwood’s “Higher Love” has been eating at my brain for the last week or so.