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My Favorite Billboard #1 Hit Songs of the 1980's
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Mike DiMauro
Here is a list of my favorite songs that reached #1 on the Billboard charts from 1980 to 1989!
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1980
 
1981
 
1982
 
1983
 
1984
 
1985

1980

My favorite #1 songs from 1980

 
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#1 from March 22 to April 12, 1980
Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall part 2
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#1 from May 31 to June 21, 1980
Funky Town - song and lyrics by Lipps Inc.
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#1 on August 30, 1980
Christopher Cross - Sailing
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#1 from September 6 to 27, 1980
Upside Down
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#1 from December 27, 1980 to January 24, 1981
What are your thoughts about (Just Like) Starting Over by Lennon
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1981

My favorite #1 songs from 1981

 
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#1 on February 7 & 14, 1981
Celebration
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#1 on February 21 & March 14, 1981
9 to 5 - song and lyrics by Dolly Parton
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#1 on February 28 & March 7, 1981
I Love a Rainy Night - song and lyrics by Eddie Rabbitt
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#1 from April 11 to 25, 1981
Kiss on My List - song and lyrics by Daryl Hall & John Oates
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#1 on May 2 & 9, 1981
9 To 5 (Morning Train) - song and lyrics by Sheena Easton
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#1 from May 16 to June 13 & June 27 to July 18, 1981
Bette Davis Eyes - song and lyrics by Kim Carnes
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#1 on June 20, 1981
Stars On 45
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#1 from October 17 to 31, 1981
Christopher Cross "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"
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1982

My favorite #1 songs from 1982

 
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#1 on May 8, 1982
Chariots Of Fire - song and lyrics by Vangelis
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#1 from July 24 to August 28, 1982
Eye of the Tiger - song and lyrics by Survivor
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#1 from November 6 to 20, 1982
Up Where We Belong - song and lyrics by Joe Cocker, Jennifer Warnes
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#1 on December 11, 1982
Mickey (Toni Basil song)
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1983

My favorite #1 songs from 1983

 
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#1 on February 5, 1983
Africa - song and lyrics by TOTO
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#1 from March 5 to April 16, 1983
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
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#1 on April 23, 1983
Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
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#1 from May 28 to July 2, 1983
Flashdance...What A Feeling - song and lyrics by Irene Cara
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#1 from October 1 to 22, 1983
Total Eclipse of the Heart - song and lyrics by Bonnie Tyler
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#1 on October 29 & November 5, 1983
Islands In the Stream - song and lyrics by Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers
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#1 from November 12 to December 3, 1983
All Night Long (All Night) - song and lyrics by Lionel Richie
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1984

My favorite #1 songs from 1984

 
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#1 on January 21 & 28, 1984
YES - Owner of a Lonely Heart
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#1 from February 4 to 18, 1984
Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
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#1 from February 25 to March 24, 1984. It was the #1 song on the day that I was born!
Jump - song and lyrics by Van Halen
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#1 on May 26 & June 2, 1984
Deniece Williams - Let's Hear It For The Boy (1984)
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#1 on June 9 & 16, 1984
Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
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#1 from August 11 to 25, 1984
Ghostbusters - song and lyrics by Ray Parker Jr.
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#1 from September 1 to 15, 1984
What's Love Got to Do with It - song and lyrics by Tina Turner
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#1 from October 13 to 27, 1984
I Just Called To Say I Love You
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#1 on November 3 & 10, 1984
Caribbean Queen (No More Love On the Run) - song and lyrics by Billy Ocean
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#1 from November 17 to December 1, 1984
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
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#1 from December 22, 1984 to January 26, 1985
Like A Virgin – Madonna
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1985

My favorite #1 songs from 1985

 
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#1 from March 9 to 23, 1985
Can't Fight This Feeling - song and lyrics by REO Speedwagon
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#1 from April 13 to May 4, 1985
We Are The World - USA For Africa
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#1 on May 11, 1985
Madonna - Crazy for You
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#1 on July 13 & 20, 1985
A View to a Kill - song and lyrics by Duran Duran
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#1 on July 27, 1985
Every Time You Go Away - song and lyrics by Paul Young
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#1 on September 7 & 14, 1985
St. Elmos Fire (Man in Motion) - song and lyrics by John Parr
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#1 on October 26, 1985
Saving All My Love for You
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#1 on November 9, 1985
Miami Vice Theme
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#1 on November 16 & 23, 1985
Starship - We Built This City
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1986

My favorite #1 songs from 1986

 
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#1 from January 18 to February 8, 1986
Dionne Warwick - That's What Friends Are For
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#1 on February 15 to 22, 1986
Whitney Houston - How Will I Know
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#1 on March 22, 1986
These Dreams - song and lyrics by Heart
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#1 on June 7, 1986
Live to Tell - song and lyrics by Madonna
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#1 from June 14 to 28, 1986
Patti LaBelle - On My Own ft. MICHAEL MCDONALD
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#1 on August 2 & 9, 1986
Glory of Love - song and lyrics by Peter Cetera
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#1 on September 13, 1986
BERLIN - Take My Breath Away (Live)
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1987

My favorite #1 songs from 1987

 
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#1 from February 14 to March 7, 1987
Livin' On A Prayer - Live 1987 - song and lyrics by Bon Jovi
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#1 on April 4 & 11, 1987
Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - song and lyrics by Starship
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#1 on June 6, 1987
You Keep Me Hangin On - song and lyrics by Kim Wilde
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#1 on June 13, 1987
Atlantic Starr - Always
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#1 from July 11 to 25, 1987
Alone - song and lyrics by Heart
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#1 on September 26 & October 3, 1987
Didn't We Almost Have It All - song and lyrics by Whitney Houston
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#1 on November 7 & 14, 1987
I Think We're Alone Now - song and lyrics by Tiffany
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#1 on November 28, 1987
(I've Had) The Time of My Life - From "Dirty Dancing" Soundtrack
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1988

My favorite #1 songs from 1988

 
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#1 on February 6 & 13, 1988
Could've Been - song and lyrics by Tiffany
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#1 on March 12 & 19, 1988
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
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#1 on May 14 & 21, 1988
Anything for You
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#1 on June 18, 1988
Rick Astley - Together Forever
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#1 on September 24 & October 1, 1988
Don't Worry Be Happy - song and lyrics by Bobby McFerrin
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#1 on October 22 & 29, 1988
Phil Collins - A Groovy Kind Of Love
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#1 on November 5, 1988
Kokomo
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#1 on November 12, 1988
Wild Wild West - song and lyrics by The Escape Club
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1989

My favorite #1 songs from 1989

 
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#1 on January 21 & 28, 1989
Phil Collins - Two Hearts
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#1 from February 11 to 25, 1989
Straight Up - song and lyrics by Paula Abdul
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#1 from March 4 to 18, 1989
Lost in Your Eyes - song and lyrics by Debbie Gibson
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#1 on March 25, 1989
Mike & The Mechanics - The living Years
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#1 on April 1, 1989
Eternal Flame - song and lyrics by The Bangles, Susanna Hoffs
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#1 on April 15, 1989
She Drives Me Crazy - song and lyrics by Fine Young Cannibals
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#1 from April 22 to May 6, 1989
Like a Prayer - song and lyrics by Madonna
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#1 on May 20 & 27, 1989
Forever Your Girl - song and lyrics by Paula Abdul
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#1 on December 9 & 16, 1989
We Didn't Start the Fire
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#1 from December 23, 1989 to January 13, 1990
Another Day In Paradise - Phil Collins
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