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Every Billboard #1 Hit of the 1980s - Statistics
General Stats
- This quiz has been taken 139 times
- The average score is 69 of 231
Answer Stats
| Date | Artist | # of Weeks at #1 | Song | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olivia Newton-John | 10 | Physical | 77%
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| February 1983 | Toto | 1 | Africa | 76%
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| April 1980 | Blondie | 6 | Call Me | 75%
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| Survivor | 6 | Eye of the Tiger | 73%
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| Madonna | 6 | Like a Virgin | 72%
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| March 1983 | Michael Jackson | 7 | Billie Jean | 69%
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| March 1982 | Joan Jett and the Blackhearts | 7 | I Love Rock 'n' Roll | 67%
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| April 1983 | Dexys Midnight Runners | 1 | Come On Eileen | 65%
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| Michael Jackson | 3 | Beat It | 64%
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| May 1980 | Lipps, Inc | 4 | Funkytown | 64%
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| July 1982 | The Human League | 3 | Don't You Want Me | 63%
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| May 1984 | Lionel Richie | 2 | Hello | 61%
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| July 1983 | The Police | 8 | Every Breath You Take | 60%
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| Paul McCartney with Stevie Wonder | 7 | Ebony and Ivory | 60%
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| Daryl Hall and John Oates | 4 | Maneater | 60%
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| Dolly Parton | 2 | 9 to 5 | 59%
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| Kim Carnes | 9 | Bette Davis Eyes | 59%
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| January 1983 | Men at Work | 4 | Down Under | 59%
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| August 1981 | Rick Springfield | 2 | Jessie's Girl | 59%
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| Van Halen | 5 | Jump | 59%
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| July 1984 | Prince | 5 | When Doves Cry | 57%
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| February 1982 | J. Geils Band | 6 | Centerfold | 57%
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| August 1984 | Ray Parker Jr | 3 | Ghostbusters | 57%
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| Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton | 2 | Islands in the Stream | 57%
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| October 1982 | John Mellencamp | 4 | Jack & Diane | 57%
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| June 1984 | Cyndi Lauper | 2 | Time After Time | 57%
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| October 1983 | Bonnie Tyler | 4 | Total Eclipse of the Heart | 57%
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| Michael Jackson | 2 | Bad | 56%
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| Whitney Houston | 2 | I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) | 56%
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| February 1984 | Culture Club | 3 | Karma Chameleon | 56%
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| a-ha | 1 | Take On Me | 56%
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| Pet Shop Boys | 1 | West End Girls | 55%
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| March 1980 | Pink Floyd | 4 | Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) | 53%
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| December 1982 | Toni Basil | 1 | Mickey | 53%
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| October 1980 | Queen | 3 | Another One Bites the Dust | 52%
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| February 1981 | Kool & the Gang | 2 | Celebration | 52%
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| March 1984 | Kenny Loggins | 3 | Footloose | 52%
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| Madonna | 3 | Like a Prayer | 52%
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| Wham! | 3 | Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go | 52%
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| April 1985 | USA for Africa | 4 | We Are the World | 52%
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| The Bangles | 4 | Walk Like an Egyptian | 51%
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| March 1988 | Rick Astley | 2 | Never Gonna Give You Up | 51%
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| Bryan Adams | 2 | Heaven | 49%
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| December 1983 | Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson | 6 | Say, Say, Say | 49%
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| September 1982 | Steve Miller Band | 2 | Abracadabra | 48%
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| Wham! ft George Michael | 3 | Careless Whisper | 48%
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| Bon Jovi | 4 | Livin' on a Prayer | 48%
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| Huey Lewis and the News | 2 | The Power of Love | 48%
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| Michael Sembello | 2 | Maniac | 47%
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| Christopher Cross | 1 | Sailing | 47%
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| September 1986 | Bananarama | 1 | Venus | 47%
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| George Michael | 4 | Faith | 45%
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| Queen | 4 | Crazy Little Thing Called Love | 45%
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| September 1984 | Tina Turner | 3 | What's Love Got to Do with It | 45%
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| November 1984 | Billy Ocean | 2 | Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) | 44%
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| May 1982 | Vangelis | 1 | Chariots of Fire | 44%
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| Diana Ross and Lionel Richie | 9 | Endless Love | 44%
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| November 1980 | Kenny Rogers | 6 | Lady | 44%
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| May 1983 | David Bowie | 1 | Let's Dance | 44%
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| January 1984 | Yes | 2 | Owner of a Lonely Heart | 44%
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| September 1980 | Diana Ross | 4 | Upside Down | 44%
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| May 1986 | Robert Palmer | 1 | Addicted to Love | 43%
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| June 1985 | Tears for Fears | 2 | Everybody Wants to Rule the World | 43%
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| April 1986 | Prince and The Revolution | 2 | Kiss | 43%
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| May 1981 | Sheena Easton | 2 | Morning Train (Nine to Five) | 43%
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| Blondie | 2 | Rapture | 43%
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| Berlin | 1 | Take My Breath Away | 43%
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| Men at Work | 1 | Who Can It Be Now | 43%
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| Simple Minds | 1 | Don't You (Forget About Me) | 41%
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| October 1984 | Stevie Wonder | 3 | I Just Called to Say I Love You | 39%
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| Michael Jackson | 4 | Rock With You | 39%
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| August 1985 | Tears for Fears | 3 | Shout | 39%
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| January 1981 | Blondie | 1 | The Tide is High | 39%
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| November 1982 | Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes | 3 | Up Where We Belong | 39%
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| November 1983 | Lionel Richie | 4 | All Night Long (All Night) | 37%
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| October 1981 | Christopher Cross | 3 | Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) | 37%
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| Cyndi Lauper | 2 | True Colors | 37%
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| Starship | 2 | We Built This City | 37%
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| Prince and The Revolution | 2 | Let's Go Crazy | 36%
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| Deniece Williams | 2 | Let's Hear It for the Boy | 36%
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| Madonna | 2 | Papa Don't Preach | 36%
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| November 1981 | Daryl Hall and John Oates | 2 | Private Eyes | 36%
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| September 1988 | Guns N' Roses | 2 | Sweet Child o' Mine | 36%
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| September 1983 | Eurythmics | 1 | Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) | 36%
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| December 1987 | Belinda Carlisle | 1 | Heaven Is a Place on Earth | 35%
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| December 1980 | John Lennon | 5 | (Just Like) Starting Over | 35%
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| March 1981 | REO Speedwagon | 1 | Keep On Loving You | 35%
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| Peter Gabriel | 1 | Sledgehammer | 35%
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| October 1987 | Whitesnake | 1 | Here I Go Again | 33%
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| Duran Duran | 2 | The Reflex | 33%
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| Barbara Streisand | 3 | Woman in Love | 33%
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| April 1989 | The Bangles | 1 | Eternal Flame | 32%
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| Dire Straits | 3 | Money for Nothing | 32%
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| November 1987 | Tiffany | 2 | I Think We're Alone Now | 31%
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| February 1985 | Foreigner | 2 | I Want to Know What Love is | 31%
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| U2 | 3 | With or Without You | 31%
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| Bon Jovi | 1 | You Give Love a Bad Name | 31%
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| July 1987 | Heart | 3 | Alone | 29%
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| June 1980 | Paul McCartney | 3 | Coming Up (Live at Glasgow) | 29%
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| November 1988 | The Beach Boys | 1 | Kokomo | 29%
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| Los Lobos | 3 | La Bamba | 29%
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| January 1980 | KC and the Sunshine Band | 1 | Please Don't Go | 29%
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| June 1981 | Stars on 45 | 1 | Stars on 45 | 29%
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| March 1985 | REO Speedwagon | 3 | Can't Fight This Feeling | 28%
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| Bobby McFerrin | 2 | Don't Worry, Be Happy | 28%
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| Irene Cara | 6 | Flashdance... What a Feeling | 28%
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| George Harrison | 1 | Got My Mind Set on You | 28%
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| August 1980 | Olivia Newton-John | 4 | Magic | 28%
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| John Waite | 1 | Missing You | 28%
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| INXS | 1 | Need You Tonight | 28%
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| December 1989 | Billy Joel | 2 | We Didn't Start the Fire | 28%
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| April 1984 | Phil Collins | 3 | Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) | 27%
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| May 1987 | Cutting Crew | 2 | (I Just) Died In Your Arms | 27%
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| Eddie Rabbitt | 2 | I Love a Rainy Night | 27%
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| Genesis | 1 | Invisible Touch | 27%
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| Michael Jackson | 2 | Man in the Mirror | 27%
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| UB40 | 1 | Red Red Wine | 27%
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| Falco | 3 | Rock Me Amadeus | 27%
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| July 1985 | Phil Collins | 1 | Sussudio | 27%
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| Chicago | 2 | Hard to Say I'm Sorry | 25%
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| December 1985 | Mr. Mister | 2 | Broken Wings | 24%
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| May 1985 | Madonna | 1 | Crazy for You | 24%
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| Human League | 1 | Human | 24%
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| July 1980 | Billy Joel | 2 | It's Still Rock and Roll to Me | 24%
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| Paula Abdul | 3 | Straight Up | 24%
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| Roxette | 1 | The Look | 24%
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| August 1986 | Peter Cetera | 2 | Glory of Love | 23%
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| Simply Red | 1 | Holding Back the Years | 23%
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| Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes | 1 | (I've Had) The Time of My Life | 23%
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| Starship | 1 | Sara | 23%
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| Billy Joel | 1 | Tell Her About It | 23%
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| November 1986 | Boston | 2 | Amanda | 21%
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| Phil Collins | 4 | Another Day in Paradise | 21%
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| January 1986 | Dionne & Friends | 4 | That's What Friends Are For | 21%
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| January 1982 | Daryl Hall and John Oates | 1 | I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) | 21%
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| April 1981 | Daryl Hall and John Oates | 3 | Kiss on My List | 21%
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| Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald | 3 | On My Own | 21%
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| Whitney Houston | 1 | Saving All My Love for You | 21%
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| Cheap Trick | 2 | The Flame | 21%
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| July 1981 | Air Supply | 1 | The One That You Love | 21%
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| Patti Austin and James Ingram | 2 | Baby, Come to Me | 20%
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| Whitney Houston | 3 | Greatest Love of All | 20%
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| Club Nouveau | 2 | Lean On Me | 20%
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| Billy Idol | 1 | Mony Mony | 20%
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| December 1984 | Daryl Hall and John Oates | 2 | Out of Touch | 20%
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| September 1985 | John Parr | 2 | St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) | 20%
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| Michael Jackson | 1 | The Way You Make Me Feel | 20%
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| Paul Young | 1 | Everytime You Go Away | 19%
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| Steve Winwood | 1 | Higher Love | 19%
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| U2 | 2 | I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For | 19%
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| April 1987 | Starship | 2 | Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now | 19%
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| Fine Young Cannibals | 1 | She Drives Me Crazy | 19%
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| Huey Lewis and the News | 3 | Stuck with You | 19%
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| Bruce Hornsby & the Range | 1 | The Way It Is | 19%
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| July 1988 | Michael Jackson | 1 | Dirty Diana | 17%
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| February 1980 | Captain & Tennille | 1 | Do That to Me One More Time | 17%
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| George Michael | 2 | Father Figure | 17%
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| Aretha Franklin and George Michael | 2 | I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me) | 17%
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| Jan Hammer | 1 | Miami Vice Theme | 17%
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| March 1986 | Mr. Mister | 2 | Kyrie | 17%
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| June 1986 | Madonna | 1 | Live to Tell | 17%
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| May 1988 | Terence Trent D'Arby | 1 | Wishing Well | 17%
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| Atlantic Starr | 1 | Always | 16%
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| Bon Jovi | 2 | Bad Medicine | 16%
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| Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam | 1 | Head to Toe | 16%
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| February 1986 | Whitney Houston | 2 | How Will I Know | 16%
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| February 1987 | Madonna | 1 | Open Your Heart | 16%
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| Lionel Richie | 4 | Say You, Say Me | 16%
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| January 1988 | Whitney Houston | 1 | So Emotional | 16%
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| Heart | 1 | These Dreams | 16%
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| June 1988 | Rick Astley | 1 | Together Forever | 16%
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| Lionel Richie | 2 | Truly | 16%
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| Wham! | 2 | Everything She Wants | 15%
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| November 1985 | Stevie Wonder | 1 | Part-Time Lover | 15%
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| Richard Marx | 3 | Right Here Waiting | 15%
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| Billy Vera and the Beaters | 2 | At This Moment | 13%
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| September 1987 | Michael Jackson with Siedah Garrett | 1 | I Just Can't Stop Loving You | 13%
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| October 1985 | Ready for the World | 1 | Oh Sheila | 13%
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| Exposé | 1 | Seasons Change | 13%
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| October 1986 | Janet Jackson | 2 | When I Think of You | 13%
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| August 1989 | Prince | 1 | Batdance | 12%
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| Poison | 3 | Every Rose Has Its Thorn | 12%
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| March 1987 | Huey Lewis and the News | 1 | Jacob's Ladder | 12%
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| November 1989 | Roxette | 1 | Listen to Your Heart | 12%
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| January 1989 | Bobby Brown | 1 | My Prerogative | 12%
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| Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin | 1 | Separate Lives | 12%
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| January 1987 | Gregory Abbott | 1 | Shake You Down | 12%
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| Madonna | 1 | Who's That Girl | 12%
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| The Escape Club | 1 | Wild, Wild West | 12%
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| Chicago | 2 | Look Away | 11%
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| February 1988 | Tiffany | 2 | Could've Been | 11%
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| August 1988 | George Michael | 2 | Monkey | 11%
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| Phil Collins | 2 | One More Night | 11%
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| June 1987 | Kim Wilde | 1 | You Keep Me Hangin' On | 11%
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| September 1989 | Paula Abdul | 1 | Cold Hearted | 9%
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| Simply Red | 1 | If You Don't Know Me by Now | 9%
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| Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam | 1 | Lost in Emotion | 9%
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| October 1988 | Def Leppard | 1 | Love Bites | 9%
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| Steve Winwood | 4 | Roll with It | 9%
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| Martika | 2 | Toy Soldiers | 9%
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| Phil Collins | 2 | A Groovy Kind of Love | 8%
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| Debbie Gibson | 1 | Foolish Beat | 8%
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| August 1987 | Bob Seger | 1 | Shakedown | 8%
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| Mike + The Mechanics | 1 | The Living Years | 8%
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| December 1986 | Peter Cetera and Amy Grant | 1 | The Next Time I Fall | 8%
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| July 1986 | Billy Ocean | 1 | There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) | 8%
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| February 1989 | Sheriff | 1 | When I'm with You | 8%
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| Bad English | 2 | When I See You Smile | 8%
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| Whitney Houston | 2 | Where Do Broken Hearts Go | 8%
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| April 1988 | Billy Ocean | 2 | Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car | 7%
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| May 1989 | Bon Jovi | 1 | I'll Be There for You | 7%
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| George Michael | 3 | One More Try | 7%
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| Bette Midler | 1 | Wind Beneath My Wings | 7%
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| Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine | 2 | Anything for You | 5%
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| Milli Vanilli | 2 | Blame It on the Rain | 5%
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| New Kids on the Block | 1 | Hangin' Tough | 5%
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| March 1989 | Debbie Gibson | 3 | Lost In Your Eyes | 5%
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| October 1989 | Janet Jackson | 4 | Miss You Much | 5%
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| Phil Collins | 2 | Two Hearts | 5%
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| Duran Duran | 2 | A View to Kill | 4%
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| Whitney Houston | 2 | Didn't We Almost Have It All | 4%
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| Paula Abdul | 2 | Forever Your Girl | 4%
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| Milli Vanilli | 2 | Girl I'm Gonna Miss You | 4%
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| Fine Young Cannibals | 1 | Good Thing | 4%
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| Richard Marx | 1 | Hold On to the Nights | 4%
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| July 1989 | Milli Vanilli | 1 | Baby Don't Forget My Number | 3%
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| December 1988 | Will to Power | 1 | Baby I Love Your Way, Freebird Medley (Free Baby) | 3%
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| June 1989 | Michael Damian | 1 | Rock On | 3%
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| Gloria Estefan | 1 | Don't Wanna Lose You | 1%
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| New Kids on the Block | 1 | I'll Be Loving You (Forever) | 1%
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| Richard Marx | 1 | Satisfied | 1%
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