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Dates at No 1
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Artist
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Song Title
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Weeks at No 1
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3 December 1979 to 20 January 1980
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The Buggles
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Video Killed the Radio Star
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7 weeks
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21 January to 10 February 1980
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Michael Jackson
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Don't Stop Till You Get Enough
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3 weeks
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11 February to 24 February 1980
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KC and the Sunshine Band
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Please Don't Go
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2 weeks
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25 February to 13 April 1980
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Queen
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Crazy Little Thing Called Love
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7 weeks
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14 April to 8 June 1980
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Split Enz
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I Got You
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8 weeks
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9 June to 22 June 1980
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Rocky Burnette
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Tired of Toein' The Line
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2 weeks
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23 June to 6 July 1980
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The Vapors
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Turning Japanese
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2 weeks
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7 July to 3 August 1980
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Village People
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Can't Stop The Music
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4 weeks
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4 August to 17 August 1980
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Lipps Inc
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Funkytown
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2 weeks
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18 August to 28 September 1980
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Genghis Khan
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Moscow
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6 weeks
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29 September to 28 October 1980
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Diana Ross
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Upside Down
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4 weeks
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27 October to 9 November 1980
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Leo Sayer
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More Than I Can Say
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2 weeks
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10 November to 23 November 1980
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Barbara Streisand
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Woman in Love
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2 weeks
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24 November 1980 to 18 January 1981
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Joe Dolce Music Theatre
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Shaddap You Face
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8 weeks
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19 January to 15 February 1981
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John Lennon
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(Just Like) Starting Over
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4 weeks
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16 February to 1 March 1981
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Slim Dusty
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Duncan
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2 weeks
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2 March to 22 March 1981
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The Swingers
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Counting The Beat
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3 weeks
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23 March to 26 April 1981
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Adam and the Ants
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Antmusic
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5 weeks
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27 April to 10 May 1981
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Sheena Easton
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9 to 5 (Morning Train)
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2 weeks
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11 May to 7 June 1981
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Roxy Music
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Jealous Guy
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4 weeks
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8 June to 14 June 1981
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Shakin' Stevens
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This Ole House
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1 week
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15 June to 19 July 1981
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Kim Carnes
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Bette Davis Eyes
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5 weeks
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20 July to 16 August 1981
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Stars on 45
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Stars on 45 Medley
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4 weeks
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17 August to 30 August
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Devo (EP)
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DEV-O Live
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2 weeks
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31 August to 6 Seotember 1981
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Rick Springfield
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Jessie's Girl
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1 week
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7 September to 13 September 1981
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Devo (EP)
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DEV-O Live
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1 week
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14 September to 4 October 1981
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Shakin' Stevens
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You Drive Me Crazy
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3 weeks
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5 October to 1 November 1981
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Diana Ross and Lionel Ritchie
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Endless Love
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4 weeks
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2 November to 8 November 1981
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Billy Field
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You Weren't In Love With Me
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1 week
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9 November to 15 November 1981
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Rolling Stones
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Start Me Up
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1 week
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16 November to 20 December 1981
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Olivia Newton-John
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Physical
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5 weeks
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21 December 1981 to 31 January 1982
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Men At Work
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Down Under
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6 weeks
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1 February to 21 February 1982
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Lindsay Buckingham
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Trouble
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3 weeks
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22 February to 14 March 1982
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Soft Cell
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Tainted Love
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3 weeks
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15 March to 21 March 1982
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The J. Geils Band
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Centrefold
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1 week
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22 March to 2 May 1982
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Moving Pictures
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What About Me
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6 weeks
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3 May to 6 June 1982
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Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
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I Love Rock 'n' Roll
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5 weeks
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7 June to 20 June 1982
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Toni Basil
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Mickey
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2 weeks
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21 June to 1 August 1982
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Charlene
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I've Never Been To Me
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6 weeks
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2 August to 15 August 1982
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A Flock of Seagulls
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I Ran (So Far Away)
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2 weeks
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16 August to 29 August 1982
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Adam Ant
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Goody Two Shoes
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2 weeks
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30 August to 5 September 1982
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Ray Parker, Jr
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The Other Woman
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1 week
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6 September to 19 September 1982
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Steve Miller Band
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Abracadabra
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2 weeks
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20 September to 31 October 1982
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Survivor
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Eye of the Tiger
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6 weeks
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1 November to 5 December 1982
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Dexys Midnight Runners
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Come On Eileen
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5 weeks
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6 December to 26 December 1982
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Musical Youth
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Pass the Dutchie
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3 weeks
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27 December 1982 to 6 February 1983
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Culture Club
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Do You Really Want to Hurt Me
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6 weeks
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7 February to 27 March 1983
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Laura Brannigan
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Gloria
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7 weeks
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28 March to 10 April 1983
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Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
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Up Where We Belong
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2 weeks
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11 April to 15 May 1983
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Michael Jackson
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Billie Jean
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5 weeks
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16 May to 29 May 1983
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Redgum
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I Was Only 19 (A Walk in the Light Green)
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2 weeks
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30 May to 10 July 1983
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Bonnie Tyler
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Total Eclipse of the Heart
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6 weeks
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11 July to 14 August 1983
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Irene Cara
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Flashdance
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5 weeks
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15 August to 21 August 1983
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Austen Tayshus
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Australiana
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1 week
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22 August to 4 September 1983
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Irene Cara
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Flashdance
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2 weeks
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5 September to 23 October 1983
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Austen Tayshus
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Australiana
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7 weeks
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24 October to 27 November 1983
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Culture Club
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Karma Chameleon
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5 weeks
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28 November to 4 December 1983
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Australian Crawl
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Reckless (Don't Be So)
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1 week
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5 December to 11 December 1983
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Billy Joel
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Uptown Girl
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1 week
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12 December to 18 December 1983
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Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
|
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Islands in the Stream
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1 week
|
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19 December 1983 to 29 January 1984
|
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Lionel Ritchie
|
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All Night Long (All Night)
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6 weeks
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30 January to 12 February 1984
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INXS
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Original Sin
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2 weeks
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13 February to 18 March 1983
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Pat Benatar
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Love is a Battlefield
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5 weeks
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19 March to 1 April 1984
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Cyndi Lauper
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Girls Just Want to Have Fun
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2 weeks
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2 April to 6 May 1984
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Nena
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99 Luftballons
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5 weeks
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7 May to 13 May 1984
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"Weird Al" Yankovic
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Eat It
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1 week
|
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14 May to 3 June 1984
|
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Kenny Loggins
|
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Footloose
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3 weeks
|
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4 June to 24 June 1984
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Lionel Ritchie
|
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Hello
|
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3 weeks
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25 June to 15 July
|
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The Twelfth Man
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It's Just Not Cricket
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3 weeks
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16 July to 19 August 1984
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Wham
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Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
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5 weeks
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20 july to 26 July 1984
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Prince
|
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When Doves Cry
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1 week
|
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27 August to 9 September 1984
|
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Wham
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Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
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2 weeks
|
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10 September to 16 September 1984
|
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Tina Turner
|
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What's Love Got to Do with It
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1 week
|
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17 September to 14 October 1984
|
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George Michael
|
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Careless Whisper
|
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4 weeks
|
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15 October to 9 December 1984
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Stevie Wonder
|
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I Just Called to Say I Love You
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8 weeks
|
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10 December 1984 to 13 January 1985
|
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Madonna
|
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Like a Virgin
|
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5 weeks
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14 January to 10 February 1985
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Band Aid
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Do They Know It's Christmas
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4 weeks
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11 February to 17 March 1985
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Foreigner
|
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I Want to Know What Love Is
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5 weeks
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18 March to 24 March 1985
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Murray Head
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One Night in Bangkok
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1 week
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25 March to 31 March 1985
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Tears for Fears
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Shout
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1 week
|
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1 April to 7 April 1985
|
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Jim Diamond
|
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I Should Have Known Better
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1 week
|
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8 April to 9 June 1985
|
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USA for Africa
|
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We Are the World
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9 weeks
|
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10 June to 23 June 1985
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Eurythmics
|
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Would I Lie to You
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2 weeks
|
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24 June to 21 July 1985
|
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Madonna
|
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Anger/Into the Groove
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4 weeks
|
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22 July to 18 August 1985
|
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Madonna
|
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Crazy for You
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4 weeks
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19 August to 8 September 1985
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Tina Turner
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We Don't Need Another Hero
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3 weeks
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9 September to 22 September 1985
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Models
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Out of Mind, Out of Sight
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2 weeks
|
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23 September to 6 October 1985
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Huey Lewis and the News
|
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The Power of Love
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2 weeks
|
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7 October to 20 October 1985
|
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David Bowie and Mick Jagger
|
|
Dancing in the Street
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2 weeks
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21 October to 10 November 1985
|
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UB40 with Chrissie Hynde
|
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I Got You Babe
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3 weeks
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11 November to 24 November 1985
|
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A-ha
|
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Take On Me
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2 weeks
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25 November to 1 December 1985
|
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Jennifer Rush
|
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The Power of Love
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|
1 week
|
|
2 December to 8 December 1985
|
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Midnight Oil (EP)
|
|
Species Deceases
|
|
1 week
|
|
9 December to 15 December 1985
|
|
Jennifer Rush
|
|
The Power of Love
|
|
1 week
|
|
16 December 1985 to 18 January 1986
|
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Midnight Oil (EP)
|
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Species Deceases
|
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5 weeks
|
|
20 January 20 16 February 1986
|
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Starship
|
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We Built This City
|
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4 weeks
|
|
17 February to 2 March 1986
|
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Feargal Sharkey
|
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A Good Heart
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2 weeks
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3 March to 9 March 1986
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Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder & Elton John
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That's What Friends Are For
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1 week
|
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10 March to 20 April 1986
|
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Billy Ocean
|
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When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going
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6 weeks
|
|
21 April to 11 May 1986
|
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Diana Ross
|
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Chain Reaction
|
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3 weeks
|
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12 May to 22 June 1986
|
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Cliff Richard & The Young Ones
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Living Doll
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6 weeks
|
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23 June to 6 July 1986
|
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Robert Palmer
|
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Addicted to Love
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2 weeks
|
|
7 July to 13 July 1986
|
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Samantha Fox
|
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Touch Me (I Want Your Body)
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1 weeks
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14 July to 20 July
|
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Whitney Houston
|
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Greatest Love of All
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1 week
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21 July to 3 August 1986
|
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Samantha Fox
|
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Touch Me (I Want Your Body)
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2 weeks
|
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4 August to 14 September 1986
|
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Madonna
|
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Papa Don't Preach
|
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6 weeks
|
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15 August to 2 November 1986
|
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Bananarama
|
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Venus
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7 weeks
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3 November to 22 December 1986
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John Farnham
|
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You're the Voice
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7 weeks
|
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22 December 1986 to 8 February 1987
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Psuedo Echo
|
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Funkytown
|
|
7 weeks
|
|
9 February to 15 February 1987
|
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The Bangles
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Walk Like an Egyptian
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1 week
|
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16 February to 22 February 1987
|
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Kim Wilde
|
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You Keep Me Hangin' On
|
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1 week
|
|
23 February to 1 March 1987
|
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The Bangles
|
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Walk Like an Egyptian
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1 week
|
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2 March to 8 March 1987
|
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Kim Wilde
|
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You Keep Me Hangin' On
|
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1 week
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9 March to 15 March
|
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Boris Gardiner
|
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I Wanna Wake Up with You
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1 week
|
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16 March to 12 April 1987
|
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George Michael & Aretha Franklin
|
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I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
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4 weeks
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13 April to 17 May
|
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Paul Lekakis
|
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Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room)
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5 weeks
|
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18 May to 14 June 1987
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Dave Dobbyn and Herbs
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Slice of Heaven
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4 weeks
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15 June to 19 July 1987
|
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Whitney Houston
|
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I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)
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5 weeks
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20 July to 26 July 1987
|
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Mel & Kim
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Respectable
|
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1 week
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27 July to 9 August 1987
|
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The Party Boys
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He's Gonna Step on You Again
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2 weeks
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10 August to 27 September 1987
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Kylie Minogue
|
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Locomotion
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7 weeks
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28 September to 15 November
|
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Los Lobos
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La Bamba
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7 weeks
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16 November to 22 November 1987
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Icehouse
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Electric Blue
|
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1 week
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23 November to 29 November 1987
|
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Jimmy Barnes
|
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Too Much Ain't Enough Love
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1 week
|
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30 November 1987 to 17 January 1988
|
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Rick Astley
|
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Never Gonna Give You Up
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7 weeks
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18 January to 26 January 1988
|
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George Michael
|
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Faith
|
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1 week
|
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25 January to 31 January 1988
|
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George Harrison
|
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Got My Mind Set on You
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1 week
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1 February to 13 March 1988
|
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Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
|
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(I've Had) The Time of My Life
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6 weeks
|
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14 March to 24 April 1988
|
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Kylie Minogue
|
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I Should Be So Lucky
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6 weeks
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25 April to 29 May 1988
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Billy Ocean
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Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car
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5 weeks
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30 May to 19 June 1988
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Cheap Trick
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The Flame
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3 weeks
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20 June to 3 July 1988
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Louis Armstrong
|
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What a Wonderful World
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2 weeks
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4 July to 31 July 1988
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Kylie Minogue
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Got to Be Certain
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4 weeks
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1 August to 21 August 1988
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John Farnham
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Age of Reason
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3 weeks
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22 August to 18 September 1988
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Fairground Attraction
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Perfect
|
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4 weeks
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19 September to 23 October 1988
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Robert Palmer
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Simply Irresistible
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5 weeks
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24 October to 6 November 1988
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U2
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Desire
|
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2 weeks
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7 November to 13 November 1988
|
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Phil Collins
|
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A Groovy Kind of Love
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1 week
|
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14 November to 25 December 1988
|
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Bobby McFerrin
|
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Don't Worry, Be Happy
|
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6 weeks
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|
26 December 1988 to 12 February 1989
|
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The Beach Boys
|
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Kokomo
|
|
7 weeks
|
|
13 February to 19 February 1989
|
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Womack & Womack
|
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Teardrops
|
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1 week
|
|
20 February to 19 March 1989
|
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The Proclaimers
|
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I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
|
|
4 weeks
|
|
20 March to 26 March 1989
|
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Ian Moss
|
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Tucker's Daughter
|
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1 week
|
|
27 March to 16 April 1989
|
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Fine Young Cannibals
|
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She Drives Me Crazy
|
|
3 weeks
|
|
17 April to 23 April 1989
|
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Madonna
|
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Like a Prayer
|
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1 week
|
|
24 April to 7 May 1989
|
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Fine Young Cannibals
|
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She Drives Me Crazy
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2 weeks
|
|
8 May to 14 May 1989
|
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Mike & The Mechanics
|
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The Living Years
|
|
1 week
|
|
15 May to 4 June 1989
|
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Madonna
|
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Like a Prayer
|
|
3 weeks
|
|
5 June to 11 June 1989
|
|
Julian Lennon
|
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Now You're in Heaven
|
|
1 week
|
|
12 June to 18 June 1989
|
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The Bangles
|
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Eternal Flame
|
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1 week
|
|
19 June to 9 July 1989
|
|
Bette Midler
|
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Wind Beneath My Wings
|
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3 weeks
|
|
10 July to 13 August 1989
|
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Roxette
|
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The Look
|
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5 weeks
|
|
14 August to 20 August 1989
|
|
New Kids on the Block
|
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You Got It (The Right Stuff)
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|
1 week
|
|
21 August to 10 September 1989
|
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Simply Red
|
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If You Don't Know Me by Now
|
|
3 weeks
|
|
11 September to 22 October 1989
|
|
Richard Marx
|
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Right Here Waiting
|
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6 weeks
|
|
23 October to 12 November 1989
|
|
Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
|
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Swing the Mood
|
|
3 weeks
|
|
13 November to 24 December 1989
|
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Cher
|
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If I Could Turn Back Time
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|
6 weeks
|
|
25 December 1989 to 11 March 1990
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The B-52's
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Love Shack
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7 weeks
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