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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.
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.
"Let My Love Open the Door" Pete Townshend: 60 "Romeo's Tune" Steve Forbert: 61 "Daydream Believer" Anne Murray: 62 "I Can't Tell You Why" Eagles: 63 "Don't Let Go" Isaac Hayes: 64 "Don't Do Me Like That" Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: 65 "She's Out of My Life" Michael Jackson: 66 "Fame" Irene Cara: 67 "Fire Lake" Bob Seger and the Silver ...
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
"I Can't Let Go" is a song co-written by Al Gorgoni and Chip Taylor, who also wrote "Wild Thing". "I Can't Let Go" was originally recorded by the blue-eyed soul singer Evie Sands on George Goldner's Blue Cat label, which was popular in New York City in 1965. [ 2 ]
Song Artist(s) Reference January 8 "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" Hall & Oates January 15 January 22 January 29 February 5 February 12 "Open Arms" Journey February 19 February 26 March 5 March 12 March 19 March 26 April 2 "Make a Move on Me" Olivia Newton-John April 9 "Don't Talk to Strangers" Rick Springfield: April 16 April 23 April 30 May 7
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 ...
(Despite the "New Wave Hits of the '80s" subtitle, Volume 1 actually contains no tracks from the 1980s; tracks from 1980 and later begin appearing midway through Volume 2.) Volumes 6–10 were issued on 18 October 1994, and mostly featured songs from 1982, spilling a little into 1983.