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The 1980s produced chart-topping hits in pop, hip-hop, rock, and R&B. Here's a list of the best songs from the time, ranging from Toto to Michael Jackson.
Michael Jackson had the highest number of top hits at the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s (9 songs). In addition, Jackson remained the longest at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s (27 weeks). Madonna ranked as the most successful female artist of the 1980s, with 7 songs and 15 weeks atop the chart.
80 "I Pledge My Love" Peaches & Herb: 81 "The Long Run" Eagles: 82 "Stand by Me" Mickey Gilley: 83 "Heartbreaker" Pat Benatar: 84 "Déjà Vu" Dionne Warwick: 85 "Drivin' My Life Away" Eddie Rabbitt: 86 "Take the Long Way Home" Supertramp: 87 "Sara" Fleetwood Mac: 88 "Wait for Me" Hall & Oates: 89 "Jojo" Boz Scaggs: 90 "September Morn" Neil ...
Song Artist(s) Wks. 1984 October 20 "I Just Called to Say I Love You" Stevie Wonder: 3 November 10 "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" Wham! 4 December 8 "Out of Touch" Daryl Hall and John Oates: 2 December 22 "Like a Virgin" Madonna: 5 1985 January 26 "You're the Inspiration" Chicago: 1 February 2 "I Want to Know What Love Is" Foreigner: 2 February 16
The 1984 song won Springsteen his first Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance. Not bad for a song that the rock legend reportedly wrote in a hotel room in a single night. Paul Natkin ...
The song that had the longest run atop the chart during the 1980s was "Start Me Up" by the Rolling Stones at 13 weeks from the beginning of September through the first week of December in 1981. No other song had a run of more than 10 weeks. Tom Petty (with and without the Heartbreakers) was the act with the most number ones during the 1980s with 6.
List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles which peaked in 1980 Top ten entry date Single Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks in top ten Singles from 1979; November 10 "Please Don't Go" KC and the Sunshine Band: 1 January 5 11 December 8 "Do That to Me One More Time" (#5) Captain & Tennille: 1 February 16 14 December 22 "Ladies' Night" Kool & the ...
All About You (Rolling Stones song) All for Leyna; All I Am (Lynsey de Paul and Susan Sheridan song) All I Wanna Do (Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons song) All Night Long (Joe Walsh song) All Night Thing; All Over the World (Electric Light Orchestra song) All Stood Still; Alone with You (Sunnyboys song) Am I Evil? Amanda (Boston song) America (Neil ...