Statistics for UK Number 1 singles of the 1980s

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Year	Song Title	Artist	% Correct
1981	Under Pressure	Queen and David Bowie	96%
1980	Atomic	Blondie	95%
1980	Call Me	Blondie	95%
1980	The Tide is High	Blondie	95%
1980	Ashes to Ashes	David Bowie	95%
1983	Let's Dance	David Bowie	95%
1985	Dancing in the Street	David Bowie and Mick Jagger	95%
1985	Into the Groove	Madonna	95%
1986	Papa Don't Preach	Madonna	95%
1986	True Blue	Madonna	95%
1987	La Isla Bonita	Madonna	95%
1987	Who's That Girl	Madonna	95%
1989	Like a Prayer	Madonna	95%
1981	One Day In Your Life	Michael Jackson	94%
1983	Billie Jean	Michael Jackson	94%
1987	I Just Can't Stop Loving You	Michael Jackson and Siedah Garrett	94%
1980	Don't Stand So Close to Me	The Police	94%
1981	Every Little Thng She Does Is Magic	The Police	94%
1983	Every Breath You Take	The Police	94%
1984	Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go	Wham!	94%
1984	Freedom	Wham!	94%
1985	I'm Your Man	Wham!	94%
1986	The Edge of Heaven	Wham!	94%
1980	The Winner Takes It All	ABBA	93%
1980	Super Trouper	ABBA	93%
1987	I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)	Aretha Franklin and George Michael	93%
1984	Careless Whisper	George Michael	93%
1986	A Different Corner	George Michael	93%
1980	(Just Like) Starting Over	John Lennon	93%
1981	Imagine	John Lennon	93%
1981	Woman	John Lennon	93%
1982	Do You Really Want to Hurt Me	Culture Club	91%
1983	Karma Chameleon	Culture Club	91%
1982	Ebony and Ivory	Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder	91%
1983	Uptown Girl	Billy Joel	89%
1984	Relax	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	89%
1984	Two Tribes	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	89%
1984	The Power Of Love	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	89%
1983	Red Red Wine	UB40	89%
1985	I Got You Babe	UB40 and Chrissie Hynde	89%
1980	Geno	Dexys Midnight Runners	88%
1982	Come On Eileen	Dexys Midnight Runners and The Emerald Express	88%
1985	Saving All My Love for You	Whitney Houston	88%
1987	I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)	Whitney Houston	88%
1988	One Moment in Time	Whitney Houston	88%
1984	Do They Know It's Christmas?	Band Aid	87%
1986	West End Girls	Pet Shop Boys	87%
1987	It's a Sin	Pet Shop Boys	87%
1987	Always on My Mind	Pet Shop Boys	87%
1988	Heart	Pet Shop Boys	87%
1983	You Can't Hurry Love	Phil Collins	87%
1988	A Groovy Kind of Love	Phil Collins	87%
1985	Easy Lover	Philip Bailey and Phil Collins	87%
1987	Never Gonna Give You Up	Rick Astley	87%
1983	Total Eclipse of the Heart	Bonnie Tyler	86%
1981	Tainted Love	Soft Cell	86%
1984	I Just Called to Say I Love You	Stevie Wonder	85%
1989	Especially for You	Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan	84%
1986	Living Doll	Cliff Richard and The Young Ones	83%
1988	I Should Be So Lucky	Kylie Minogue	83%
1989	Hand on Your Heart	Kylie Minogue	83%
1988	Mistletoe and Wine	Cliff Richard	82%
1983	Is There Something I Should Know?	Duran Duran	82%
1984	The Reflex	Duran Duran	82%
1986	The Final Countdown	Europe	82%
1982	House of Fun	Madness	81%
1989	Ferry 'Cross The Mersey	The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden and Stock Aitken Waterman	81%
1980	Going Underground/Dreams of Children	The Jam	81%
1980	Start!	The Jam	81%
1982	Town Called Malice/Precious	The Jam	81%
1982	Beat Surrender	The Jam	81%
1984	Pipes of Peace	Paul McCartney	80%
1983	True	Spandau Ballet	80%
1981	This Ole House	Shakin' Stevens	79%
1981	Green Door	Shakin' Stevens	79%
1982	Oh Julie	Shakin' Stevens	79%
1985	Merry Christmas Everyone	Shakin' Stevens	79%
1982	Eye of the Tiger	Survivor	79%
1981	Don't You Want Me	The Human League	79%
1981	Stand and Deliver	Adam and the Ants	78%
1981	Prince Charming	Adam and the Ants	78%
1988	Heaven Is a Place on Earth	Belinda Carlisle	78%
1981	Ghost Town	The Specials	78%
1981	Making Your Mind Up	Bucks Fizz	77%
1982	The Land of Make Believe	Bucks Fizz	77%
1982	My Camera Never Lies	Bucks Fizz	77%
1984	Hello	Lionel Richie	77%
1983	Down Under	Men at Work	77%
1984	99 Red Balloons	Nena	77%
1980	Xanadu	Olivia Newton-John and the Electric Light Orchestra	77%
1980	Brass in Pocket	Pretenders	77%
1989	Eternal Flame	The Bangles	77%
1986	Chain Reaction	Diana Ross	76%
1986	The Sun Always Shines on T.V	a-ha	75%
1988	I Think We're Alone Now	Tiffany	75%
1988	Orinoco Flow	Enya	74%
1985	There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)	Eurythmics	73%
1986	The Lady in Red	Chris de Burgh	72%
1982	Goody Two Shoes	Adam Ant	71%
1986	Take My Breath Away (Love Theme from Top Gun)	Berlin	70%
1985	I Want to Know What Love Is	Foreigner	70%
1983	Too Shy	Kajagoogoo	70%
1987	China in Your Hand	T'Pau	70%
1986	When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going	Billy Ocean	69%
1986	Rock Me Amadeus	Falco	67%
1988	Desire	U2	67%
1983	Wherever I lay My Hat (That's My Home)	Paul Young	64%
1987	Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now	Starship	64%
1985	You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)	Dead or Alive	63%
1985	The Power Of Love	Jennifer Rush	63%
1983	Baby Jane	Rod Stewart	63%
1985	19	Paul Hardcastle	62%
1986	Don't Leave Me This Way	The Communards	62%
1989	Too Many Broken Hearts	Jason Donovan	61%
1989	Sealed with a Kiss	Jason Donovan	61%
1988	The Only Way Is Up	Yazz and The Plastic Population	61%
1989	Do They Know It's Christmas	Band Aid II	60%
1987	Respectable	Mel and Kim	60%
1986	Caravan of Love	The Housemartins	59%
1982	Fame	Irene Cara	58%
1981	Jealous Guy	Roxy Music	58%
1988	Theme from S-Express	S-Express	58%
1987	You Win Again	Bee Gees	57%
1981	Shaddap You Face	Joe Dolce Music Theatre	57%
1982	Pass the Dutchie	Musical Youth	57%
1980	Coward of the County	Kenny Rogers	54%
1989	Belfast Child	Simple Minds	54%
1989	Ride on Time	Black Box	53%
1982	Happy Talk	Captain Sensible	53%
1982	Computer Love/The Model	Kraftwerk	53%
1982	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Tight Fit	52%
1987	Stand by Me	Ben E King	51%
1985	I Know Him So Well	Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson	51%
1986	Reet Petite (The Sweetest Girl in Town)	Jackie Wilson	51%
1985	A Good Heart	Feargal Sharkey	50%
1989	All Around the World	Lisa Stansfield	50%
1985	Frankie	Sister Sledge	50%
1985	We Are The World	USA for Africa	50%
1984	I Feel for You	Chaka Khan	48%
1986	Spirit in the Sky	Doctor and the Medics	48%
1988	I Owe You Nothing	Bros	47%
1988	Perfect	Fairground Attraction	47%
1986	The Chicken Song	Spitting Image	47%
1980	There's No One Quite Like Grandma	St Winifred's School Choir	47%
1982	I Don't Wanna Dance	Eddy Grant	46%
1987	La Bamba	Los Lobos	46%
1988	Don't Turn Around	Aswad	45%
1989	Swing the Mood	Jive Bunny and The Mastermixers	45%
1989	That's What I Like	Jive Bunny and The Mastermixers	45%
1989	Let's Party	Jive Bunny and The Mastermixers	45%
1985	If I Was	Midge Ure	44%
1987	Everything I Own	Boy George	43%
1986	Every Loser Wins	Nick Berry	43%
1980	Woman in Love	Barbra Streisand	42%
1989	Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart	Marc Almond feat. Gene Pitney	42%
1988	He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother	The Hollies	42%
1983	Give It Up	KC and the Sunshine Band	41%
1987	Pump Up The Volume/Anitina (The First Time I See She Dance)	MARRS	41%
1988	With a Little Help from My Friends	Wet Wet Wet	41%
1981	Japanese Boy	Aneka	40%
1989	You Got It (The Right Stuff)	New Kids on the Block	40%
1980	What's Another Year	Johnny Logan	39%
1989	Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)	Soul II Soul feat. Caron Wheeler	39%
1980	Theme from MAS*H (Suicide is Painless)	MAS*H	36%
1981	Begin the Beguine (Volver A Empezar)	Julio Iglesias	35%
1985	Move Closer	Phyllis Nelson	33%
1983	Only You	The Flying Pickets	33%
1982	Seven Tears	Goombay Dance Band	32%
1980	Feels Like I'm in Love	Kelly Marie	32%
1983	Candy Girl	New Edition	32%
1980	Use It Up and Wear It Out	Odyssey	32%
1980	Working My Way Back to You - Forgive Me Girl	Detroit Spinners	31%
1988	Nothings Gonna Change My Love for You	Glenn Medeiros	31%
1981	Being with You	Smokey Robinson	31%
1987	Star Trekkin'	The Firm	31%
1982	A Little Peace	Nicole	30%
1982	Save Your Love	Renee and Renato	30%
1980	Crying	Don McLean	29%
1984	I Should Have Known Better	Jim Diamond	29%
1980	The Special A.K.A Live!	The Special A.K.A feat. Rico	29%
1982	I've Never Been to Me	Charlene	28%
1987	Let It Be	Ferry Aid	28%
1980	Together We Are Beautiful	Fern Kinney	27%
1989	You'll Never Stop Me Loving You	Sonia	27%
1988	Doctorin' The Tardis	The Timelords	27%
1981	It's My Party	Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin	26%
1986	I Want to Wake Up with You	Boris Gardiner	23%
1988	First Time	Robin Beck	22%
1987	Jack Your Body	Steve "Silk" Hurley	16%
1985	You'll Never Walk Alone	The Crowd	16%