Top 100+ 1980s!
 
 Here is the list of the best songs from the 80s....in order of musical excellence (not sales)! 

 Their highest chart positions are indicated for UK and US markets. 
 
 Want to see more 80s hits? Have a look at the hits that didn't make the top 150...or this list of 500 80s songs.

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In Alphabetical Order	In Ranked Order of Preference	By Year of Release

#	Artist	Track	Year	Position	Position
#001	Queen	Radio Ga Ga	1984	2	16
#002	The Police	Every Breath You Take	1981		3
#003	Eurythmics	Sweet Dreams	1983	2
#004	Simply Red	Money's Too Tight	1985	13	28
#005	Soft Cell	Tainted Love	1982		8
#006	BandAid	Do They Know Its Christmas	1984	1	13
#007	Cyndi Lauper	True Colours	1986	12
#008	Dire Straits	Money for Nothing	1985	4
#009	Prince	1999	1983	25	12
#010	Michael Jackson	Billie Jean	1983
#011	XTC	Dear God	1989
# 012	Tina Turner	We Don't Need Another Hero	1985	3	2
# 013	Thomas Dolby	Hyperactive	1984	17
# 014	Aha	Take On Me	1985	2
# 015	Don Henley	Sunset Grill	1985		22
# 016	Sinead O'Conner	Nothing Compares 2 U	1990
# 017	Simply Red	Holding Back The Years	1986	2
# 018	Peter Cetera	Glory of Love	1986	3
# 019	Bruce Hornsby & the Range	The Way It Is	1986	15
# 020	George Michael	A different Corner	1986		7
# 021	UB40	Don't Break My Heart	1985	3
# 022	Phil Collins	Against All Odds	1984	2
# 023	Michael McDonald	Sweet freedom	1986	12	7
# 024	The Stranglers	Golden Brown	1982	2
# 025	The System	Don't Disturb This Groove	1987		4
# 026	Sly Fox	Let's go all the way	1986	3	7
# 027	Dexy s Midnight Runners	Come on Eileen	1982
# 028	Frankie Goes To Hollywood	Relax	1983		10
# 029	Ultravox	Vienna	1981	2
# 030	Dead Or Alive	You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)	1984		11
# 031	Toto	Africa	1982	3
# 032	Sting	Russians	1985	12	16
# 033	Paul Hardcastle	19	1985		15
# 034	B52s	Summer Of Love	1989
# 035	Level 42	Something About You	1985	6	7
# 036	Tears For Fears	Everybody Wants to Rule the World	1985	2
# 037	Pet Shop Boys	West End Girls	1985
# 038	Robert Palmer	Addicted to love	1986	5
# 039	Double	Captain of her Heart	1986	8	9
# 040	Bruce Springsteen	Born in the USA	1984	5	9
# 041	Madonna	Crazy for you	1985	2
# 042	Art Of Noise	Close (To The Edit)	1984	8
# 043	Suzanne Vega	Luka	1987	23	3
# 044	Eurythmics	Its Alright Baby's Coming Back	1986	12
# 045	Propogranda	Duel	1985	21
# 046	Talking Heads	Road to Nowhere	1985	6
# 047	Duran Duran	Girls on Film	1981	5
# 048	Spandau Ballet	True	1983		3
# 049	John Waite	Missing You	1984	9
# 050	Witney Houston	Saving All My Love For You	1985
# 051	Joe Jackson	Steppin' Out	1982	6	6
# 052	Chaka Khan	I Feel for You	1984		3
# 053	Freddie Mercury & Montserrat C	Barcelona	1987	2
# 054	Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music	Slave to Love	1985	10
# 055	Frankie Goes To Hollywood	Two Tribes	1984
# 056	Kim Carnes	Bette Davis Eyes	1981	10
# 057	Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes	Up Where We Belong	1982	7
# 058	Enya	Orinoco Flow	1988		24
# 059	Steve Earle	Copperhead Road	1988	45
# 060	Peter Gabriel	Big Time	1987	13	8
# 061	David Bowie	Loving The Alien	1985	19
# 062	Kate Bush	Cloudbusting	1985	20
# 063	Madonna	Material girl	1985	3	2
# 064	Corey Hart	Sunglasses At Night	1984		7
# 065	Daryl Hall & John Oates	Out of Touch	1984	48	1
# 066	Billy Joel	We Didn't Start the Fire	1989	7
# 067	U2	With or Without You	1987	4
# 068	Billy Joel	You're Only Human (Second Wind)	1985		9
# 069	Thompson Twins	Hold Me Now	1983	4	3
# 070	Deborah Harry	French Kissin'	1986	8
# 071	Journey	Suzanne	1986		17
# 072	David Bowie	Let's Dance	1983
# 073	Don Henley	The Boys Of Summer	1985	12	5
# 074	Robert Palmer	You Are In My System (Addictions Mix)	1983	53
# 075	Tom Robinson Band	War Baby	1983	6
# 076	Phil Collins	Sussudio	1985	12
# 077	Madonna	Borderline	1984	2	10
# 078	Brian Ferry & Roxy Music	Avalon	1982	13
# 079	UB40	Red Red Wine (12" Mix)	1983
# 080	Michael Jackson	Beat It	1983	3
# 081	Pretenders	Brass In Pocket	1980		14
# 082	Nena	99 Red Balloons	1984		2
# 083	Bryan Adams	Summer Of 69	1985	42	5
# 084	INXS	What You Need	1986	51	5
# 085	Ultravox	Dancing With Tears in My Eyes	1984	3
# 086	The Police	Don't Stand So Close To Me	1980		10
# 087	Paul Mc Cartney	Ebony And Ivory	1982
# 088	Berlin	Take My Breath Away	1986
# 089	Steve Winwood	Higher Love	1986	13
# 090	Fleetwood Mac	Family Man	1987	54
# 091	John Farnham	You're The Voice	1987	6
# 092	Huey Lewis & The News	The Power of Love	1985	11
# 093	REM	Its the End Of The World	1989	39
# 094	Sade	Smooth Operator	1985	19	5
# 095	New Order	True Faith 94	1987	4	32
# 096	Men At Work	Down Under	1982
# 097	Phyllis Nelson	Move Closer	1985
# 098	Sting	If You Love Somebody Set them Free	1985	26	3
# 099	Paul Simon	You Can Call Me Al	1986	4	23
# 100	Pat Metheny Group & David Bowie	This is not America	1985	14	32
# 101	John Mellencamp	Cherry Bomb	1987		8
# 102	10cc & Godley & Creme	Cry	1985	19	16
# 103	Prince	Rasberry Beret	1985	25	2
# 104	Talkingheads	Psycho killer	1981
# 105	Michael Jackson	Thriller	1984	10	4
# 106	Tears for Fears	Sowing the Seeds of Love	1989	5	2
# 107	Christopher Cross	Ride Like The Wind	1980	69	2
# 108	Simple Minds	Alive And Kicking	1985	7	3
# 109	Bruce Springsteen	Dancing in the Dark	1984	28	2
# 110	Everything but the Girl	I Don't Want To Talk About It	1988	3
# 111	Prince	Kiss	1986	6
# 112	Luther Vandross	Stop To Love	1986	24	15
# 113	James Bown	Living in America	1986	5	4
# 114	Bailey & Collins	Easy Lover	1985		2
# 115	Beach Boys	Kokomo	1988	25
# 116	Wham!	Everything She Wants	1984	2
# 117	Genesis	Turn It On	1980	8
# 118	Animotion	Obsession	1985	5	6
# 119	Dream Academy	Life In A Northern Town	1985	15	7
# 120	Talk Talk	Life's What You Make It	1986	16
# 121	Aerosmith	Janie's Got A Gun	1989		4
# 122	Steve Perry	Oh Sherrie	1984		3
# 123	Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	1980	10
# 124	Fairground Attraction	Perfect	1988		80
# 125	Simple Minds	Don't You (Forget about Me)	1985	7
# 126	Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	1983	6	3
# 127	Detroit Spinners	Working My Way Back To You	1980		2
# 128	The Cure	The Love Cats	1983	7
# 129	Starship	We Built This City	1985	12
# 130	Roy Orbison	She's A Mystery to Me	1989	27
# 131	The Smiths	How Soon Is Now	1985	16
# 132	U2	I Still Haven't Found What I'm....	1987	6
# 133	Billy Joel	Uptown Girl	1983		3
# 134	Bryan Adams	Heaven	1985	38	1
# 135	Alphaville	Big In Japan	1984	8
# 136	Bryan Ferry	Kiss and Tell	1988	41	31
# 138	George Michael	Faith	1987	2
# 139	Kool & The Gang	Celebration	1980	7
# 140	Irene Cara	Fame	1980		4
# 141	Steven Tin Tin Duffy	Kiss Me	1985	4
# 142	Honeydrippers	Sea of Love	1985	56	3
# 143	Phil Collins	In The Air Tonight	1981	2	19
# 144	David Bowie	Modern Love	1983	2	14
# 145	The Christians	Forgotten Town	1987	22
# 146	The Commodores	Nightshift	1985	3	3
# 147	Laurie Anderson	O Superman	1981	2
# 148	Aretha Franklin	Who's Zoomin Who	1985	7	11
# 149	Human League	Don't You Want Me Baby	1981
# 150	Yes	Owner Of A Lonely Heart	1983	28
*Bonus	Scritti Politti	Perfect Way	1985	48	11
*Bonus	Foreigner	I Want To Know What Love Is	1984
*Bonus	Rah Band	Clouds Across The Moon	1985	6
*Bonus	Pat Benitar	Love is a Battlefield	1983	17	5
*Bonus	John Parr	St Elmo's Fire	1985	6

Encoding Quality:

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