raliverpool's Top 1000 Singles of the 1980s

[raliverpool]

My Top 1000 Singles of the 1980s

Tracks listed in countdown included in here:

1 Crowded House - Better Be Home Soon
2 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
3 ABBA - The Day Before You Came
4 The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
5 Propaganda - Duel
6 David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes
7 Duran Duran - The Wild Boys
8 The Pogues ft Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York
9 Adam & The Ants - Prince Charming
10 Ultravox - Vienna
11 Pet Shop Boys And Dusty Springfield - What Have I Done To Deserve This?
12 The Human League - Don't You Want Me
13 This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren
14 The Specials - Ghost Town
15 The Adventures - Broken Land
16 Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again
17 Prince - Alphabet Street
18 Grace Jones - Slave To The Rhythm
19 David Bowie - Absolute Beginners
20 Peter Gabriel And Kate Bush - Don't Give Up
21 Tears For Fears - Sowing The Seeds Of Love
22 Pet Shop Boys - Left To My Own Devices
23 The Go-Go's - Head Over Heels
24 Blondie - Rapture
25 The Jam - Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)
26 Neneh Cherry - Manchild
27 The Police - Every Breath You Take
28 Madness - One Better Day
29 Yazoo - Only You
30 Pixies - Debaser
31 Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
32 ABBA - The Winner Takes It All
33 Beastie Boys - Hey Ladies
34 Soft Cell - Bedsitter
35 XTC - Dear God
36 U2 - With Or Without You
37 Duran Duran - The Reflex
38 Public Enemy - Fight The Power
39 Siouxsie And The Banshees - Peek A Boo
40 Madonna - Like A Prayer
41 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
42 Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
43 Tears For Fears - Mad World
44 Scarlet Fantastic - No Memory
45 Nik Kershaw - The Riddle
46 Kate Bush - Suspended In Gaffa
47 Spandau Ballet - Through The Barricades
48 Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding
49 The Jam - That's Entertainment
50 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes
51 Japan - Nightporter
52 Duran Duran - A View To A Kill
53 Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
54 Blondie - Atomic
55 Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
56 Furniture - Brilliant Mind
57 Deacon Blue - Dignity
58 The The - Uncertain Smile
59 New Order - True Faith
60 REM - Fall On Me
61 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Maid Of Orleans (The Waltz Of Joan Of Arc)
62 Heaven 17 - Temptation
63 Public Image Limited - Rise
64 Prince And The Revolution - Raspberry Beret
65 Visage - Fade To Grey
66 Soft Cell - Tainted Love
67 Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels
68 Adam & The Ants - Antmusic
69 Madonna - Live To Tell
70 Alison Moyet - Is This Love?
71 A-ha - Take On Me
72 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
73 The Cure - A Forest
74 The Clash - Rock The Casbah
75 The KLF - Kylie Said To Jason
76 Lloyd Cole And The Commotions - Perfect Skin
77 Prince And The Revolution - Purple Rain
78 The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again
79 The Bangles - Eternal Flame
80 Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
81 Queen - Radio Ga Ga
82 Fiction Factory - (Feels Like) Heaven
83 The Sisters Of Mercy - This Corrosion
84 Elvis Costello And The Attractions - Man Out Of Time
85 ABC - Be Near Me
86 Split Enz - Message To My Girl
87 Altered Images - Don't Talk To Me About Love
88 Pixies - Monkey Gone To Heaven
89 Madonna - Into The Groove
90 David Sylvian - Red Guitar
91 Belouis Some - Imagination
92 Shakespears Sister - You're History
93 Bow Wow Wow - C30 C60 C90 Go
94 Talk Talk - It's My Life
95 U2 - One Tree Hill
96 Kirsty MacColl - Free World
97 Tracey Ullman - They Don't Know
98 Icehouse - Crazy
99 Prince & The Revolution - 1999
100 Prefab Sprout - Faron Young

101 The Sundays - Can't Be Sure
102 The Smiths - Panic
103 Diana Ross - Upside Down
104 Black - Wonderful Life
105 Sugarcubes - Birthday
106 Killing Joke - Love Like Blood
107 Bee Gees - He's A Liar
108 Billy Idol - White Wedding
109 George Michael - Careless Whisper
110 Kate Bush - Sat In Your Lap
111 The Stranglers - Golden Brown
112 Pete Shelley - Homosapien
113 The Adventures - Feel The Raindrops
114 Morrissey - Suedehead
115 Madness - Our House
116 Spear Of Destiny - Never Take Me Alive
117 Malcolm McLaren - Madam Butterfly (Un Bel Di Vedremo)
118 The SOS Band - Just Be Good To Me
119 Frida - I Know There's Something Going On
120 Wendy And Lisa - Waterfall
121 Til Tuesday - Voices Carry
122 Robbie Robertson - Somewhere Down The Crazy River
123 Erasure - A Little Respect
124 Fun Boy Three - Our Lips Are Sealed
125 The Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed
126 Squeeze - Last Time Forever
127 Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
128 Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)
129 Teardrop Explodes - Reward
130 Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
131 Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
132 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola Gay
133 UB40 - Don't Break My Heart
134 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Rage Hard
135 Eurythmics - Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)
136 Giorgio Moroder And Philip Oakey - Together In Electric Dreams
137 Godley And Creme - An Englishman in New York
138 Will Powers - Kissing With Confidence
139 Soft Cell - Say Hello Wave Goodbye
140 Olivia Newton-John - Magic
141 Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride
142 Wham! - Everything She Wants
143 Fischer-Z - The Perfect Day
144 INXS - Never Tear Us Apart
145 Shannon - Let The Music Play
146 Fairground Attraction - Perfect
147 Squeeze - Tempted
148 The Proclaimers - Letter From America
149 The Smiths - This Charming Man
150 The Belle Stars - Sign Of The Times
151 Paul McCartney - We All Stand Together
152 Roxy Music - Jealous Guy
153 Duran Duran - Skin Trade
154 Frank & Moon Zappa - Valley Girl
155 The Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong
156 The Waterboys - The Whole Of The Moon
157 Cyndi Lauper - True Colors
158 Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday
159 The Blue Nile - Tinseltown In The Rain
160 Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight
161 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - If You Leave
162 Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?
163 Depeche Mode - Everything Counts
164 Kim Wilde - Kids In America
165 1927 - That's When I Think Of You
166 Aztec Camera - Somewhere In My Heart
167 A-ha - Hunting High And Low
168 U2 - All I Want Is You
169 The Dukes of Stratosphear - The Mole From The Ministry
170 The Smiths - I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
171 Human League - (Keep Feeling) Fascination
172 Madonna - La Isla Bonita
173 Camper Van Beethoven - Take The Skinheads Bowling
174 Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy
175 Thomas Dolby - Hyperactive!
176 Steve Winwood - Valerie
177 Elton John - Nikita
178 Wham! - Freedom
179 Colourbox - The Official Colourbox World Cup Theme
180 Associates - Party Fears Two
181 Icehouse - Hey Little Girl
182 The Assembly - Never Never
183 New Order - Blue Monday
184 Kate Bush - This Woman's Work
185 Hazel O'Connor - Will You
186 Queen - I Want To Break Free
187 Prince & The Revolution - When Doves Cry
188 Run DMC - It's Tricky
189 Stan Ridgway - Camouflage
190 The Stranglers - Always The Sun
191 Metallica - One
192 U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
193 The Who - You Better You Bet
194 Duran Duran - Rio
195 Electric Light Orchestra - The Way Life's Meant To Be
196 Eurythmics - Never Gonna Cry Again
197 The Smiths - How Soon Is Now
198 Time Zone - World Destruction
199 Mobiles - Drowning In Berlin
200 Carly Simon - Why

201 Kirsty MacColl - A New England
202 XTC - Love On A Farm Boy's Wages
203 Randy Crawford - Almaz
204 The Clash - Train In Vain (Stand By Me)
205 Fleetwood Mac - Big Love
206 Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over
207 Japan - Ghosts
208 Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good
209 Madonna - Material Girl
210 Jam - Beat Surrender
211 Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town
212 M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up The Volume
213 Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart
214 The Pretenders - Back On Chain Gang
215 Yoko Ono - Walking On Thin Ice
216 Paul McCartney - No More Lonely Nights
217 Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy - Kiss Me
218 Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers
219 The Cars - Drive
220 Scritti Politti - Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)
221 Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes
222 Pet Shop Boys - Rent
223 Mike Oldfield (ft. Maggie Reilly) - Moonlight Shadow
224 The Blow Monkeys - Digging Your Scene
225 Justified Ancients of Mu Mu - Whitney Joins The JAMs
226 Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
227 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Could You Be Loved
228 Eurythmics - There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)
229 Squeeze - Labelled With Love
230 Marillion - Kayleigh
231 Kate Bush - Babooshka
232 Prefab Sprout - When Love Breaks Down
233 XTC - Senses Working Overtime
234 Martha And The Muffins - Echo Beach
235 Siouxsie And The Banshees - Dear Prudence
236 Elton John - I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
237 The Jacksons - Walk Right Now
238 Prince - Sign 'O' The Times
239 Duran Duran - Do You Believe In Shame?
240 Culture Club - Victims
241 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
242 Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere
243 Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth
244 George Michael - Faith
245 Madonna - Borderline
246 Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face
247 Smiths - Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
248 Grace Jones - I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect For You)
249 Aretha Franklin - Freeway Of Love
250 Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love)
251 Traveling Wilburys - Handle With Care
252 Bee Gees - Spirits (Having Flown)
253 The Primitives - Crash
254 The Special AKA - Free Nelson Mandela
255 NWA - Straight Outta Compton
256 Simple Minds - Belfast Child
257 S'Express - Hey Music Lover
258 David Sylvian And Riuichi Sakamoto - Forbidden Colours
259 Phil Lynott - Old Town
260 Monochrome Set - Jet Set Junta
261 Kid Creole And The Coconuts - Annie I'm Not Your Daddy
262 The Jam - Town Called Malice
263 Sinéad O'Connor - Mandinka
264 Latin Quarter - Radio Africa
265 Alice Cooper - Poison
266 Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It
267 Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love
268 The Style Council - You're The Best Thing
269 Lionel Richie - Dancing On The Ceiling
270 Ofra Haza - Im Nin'Alu
271 Arcadia - Election Day
272 Howard Jones - What Is Love?
273 Olivia Newton-John And Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu
274 Marvin Gaye - (Sexual) Healing
275 The Police - King Of Pain
276 REM - The One I Love
277 George Michael - A Different Corner
278 UB40 - Food For Thought
279 The La's - There She Goes
280 That Petrol Emotion - Big Decision
281 Yazoo - Situation
282 Labi Siffre - (Something Inside) So Strong
283 Billy Joel - Allentown
284 Spandau Ballet - Gold
285 A-ha - I've Been Losing You
286 Adam & The Ants - Dog Eat Dog
287 Roy Orbison - You Got It
288 Roxy Music - Avalon
289 The Cure - Lovesong
290 Prince & The Revolution - Kiss
291 Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood
292 The Bangles - In Your Room
293 Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious 5 - White Lines (Don't Do It)
294 Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
295 Split Enz - I Got You
296 Tears For Fears - Pale Shelter
297 The Passions - I'm In Love With A German Film Star
298 Julian Cope - Eve's Volcano (Covered In Sin)
299 Kirsty MacColl - Days
300 Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love

301 Paul McCartney - Pipes Of Peace
302 Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry
303 U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love)
304 Bananarama - Robert De Niro's Waiting
305 Diana Ross - Chain Reaction
306 Scritti Politti - Oh Patti (Don't Feel Sorry For Loverboy)
307 Pet Shop Boys - Heart
308 Pat Benatar - Sex As A Weapon
309 Don Henley - The End Of The Innocence
310 Heart - Alone
311 Donna Summer - On The Radio
312 Wham! - Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)
313 The Pointer Sisters - Automatic
314 World Party - Ship Of Fools
315 Specials - Too Much Too Young (Special AKA Live! EP)
316 Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
317 New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
318 The Smiths - Sheila Take A Bow
319 Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance
320 The Pixies - Gigantic
321 Barbra Streisand - Woman In Love
322 The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues
323 Iron Maiden - Can I Play With Madness
324 Dexy's Midnight Runners - Geno
325 Orange Juice - Rip It Up
326 Genesis - Mama
327 Yazoo - Don't Go
328 Bee Gees - You Win Again
329 Daryl Hall And John Oates - I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)
330 Bomb The Bass - Beat Dis
331 The Maisonettes - Heartache Avenue
332 Talk Talk - Life's What You Make It
333 INXS - Don't Change
334 Donna Summer - This Time I Know It's For Real
335 Lloyd Cole And The Commotions - Forest Fire
336 Hipsway - The Honeythief
337 Madness - Embarrassment
338 Bruce Springsteen - Brilliant Disguise
339 The Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums
340 Wah! - The Story Of The Blues (part 1)
341 ABBA - One Of Us
342 Fleetwood Mac - As Long As You Follow
343 Everything But The Girl - Each And Every One
344 Kool And The Gang - Cherish
345 Belinda Carlisle - Mad About You
346 Berlin - The Metro
347 XTC - Grass
348 Roxy Music - Same Old Scene
349 Robert Palmer - Johnny And Mary
350 Steve Winwood - Higher Love
351 ABC - All Of My Heart
352 Beautiful South - Song For Whoever
353 Eurythmics - Thorn In My Side
354 INXS - Need You Tonight
355 The Style Council - Walls Come Tumbling Down!
356 Womack And Womack - Teardrops
357 Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart
358 Suzanne Vega - Luka
359 The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket
360 U2 - Angel Of Harlem
361 Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
362 The Timelords - Doctorin' The Tardis
363 Desireless - Voyage Voyage
364 Paul McCartney - Take It Away
365 Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
366 Spandau Ballet - Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)
367 Cameo - Word Up!
368 Curiosity Killed The Cat - Down To Earth
369 Icicle Works - Love Is A Wonderful Colour
370 UB40 - Many Rivers To Cross
371 The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make?
372 Felt - Primitive Painters
373 Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five - The Message
374 Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
375 Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes
376 Culture Club - Miss Me Blind
377 Debbie Gibson - Only In My Dreams
378 Julian Cope - Sunspots
379 Big Sound Authority - This House (Is Where Your Love Stands)
380 Simply Red - Holding Back The Years

381 Elton John - Blue Eyes
382 The Cure - The Caterpillar
383 The Christians - Words
384 It's Immaterial - Driving Away From Home (Jim's Tune)
385 Thompson Twins - Love On Your Side
386 Ashford And Simpson - Solid (As A Rock)
387 David Bowie - Modern Love
388 Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life
389 Dire Straits - Private Investigations
390 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Don't Come Around Here No More
391 Waterboys - Don't Bang The Drum
392 Slade - My Oh My
393 Toyah - Thunder In The Mountains
394 Howard Jones - Things Can Only Get Better
395 Art Of Noise - Close (To Edit)
396 REM - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
397 Janet Jackson - Pleasure Principle
398 The Korgis - Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime
399 Chic - Soup For One
400 Kane Gang - Closest Thing To Heaven

401 Roxette - It Must Have Been Love (Christmas for the Broken Hearted)
402 Sandra - (I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena
403 Lionel Richie - Hello
404 Bette Midler - The Rose
405 Neil Young - Rockin' in the Free World
406 We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It - Rules & Regulations
407 We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It - International Rescue
408 Susan Fassbender - Twilight Cafe
409 Bucks Fizz - When We Were Young
410 Roxy Music - Take A Chance With Me
411 Billy Joel - Goodnight Saigon
412 Violent Femmes - Blister In The Sun
413 Tina Turner - Private Dancer
414 XTC - Mayor Of Simpleton
415 Real Roxanne With Hitman Howie Tee - (Bang Zoom) Let's Go
416 Altered Images - Happy Birthday
417 Talking Heads - Burning Down The House
418 Dexy's Midnight Runners - This Is What She's Like
419 Mysterious Art - Das Omen
420 Stone Roses - Fool's Gold
421 Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
422 UB40 - Rat In Mi Kitchen
423 Genesis - That's All
424 Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart
425 Undertones - Wednesday Week
426 Hue And Cry - Looking For Linda
427 Berlin - You Don't Know
428 Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth
429 The Jesus And Mary Chain - April Skies
430 Gary Byrd And The GB Experience - The Crown
431 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?
432 Fleetwood Mac - Gypsy
433 Sly Fox - Let's Go All The Way
434 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Messages
435 Young MC - Bust A Move
436 AC/DC - Back In Black
437 Tom Waits - In The Neighborhood
438 The Communards - You Are My World
439 The Pretenders - I Go To Sleep
440 A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray
451 Hot Chocolate - No Doubt About It
452 Princess - Say I'm Your Number One
453 Laura Branigan - Self Control
454 Dusty Springfield - Nothing Has Been Proved
455 Simple Minds - Love Song
456 The Beat - Mirror In Bathroom
457 The Big Supreme - Please Yourself
458 Michael Penn - No Myth
459 Captain Sensible - Glad It's All Over
460 Kate Bush - Army Dreamers
461 Fine Young Cannibals - Johnny Come Home
462 David Bowie - Let's Dance
463 Distant Cousins - You Used To
464 Madness - The Sun And The Rain
465 Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf
466 Joe Smooth - Promised Land
467 Doug E Fresh And The Get Fresh Crew - The Show
468 All About Eve - Martha's Harbour
469 Elton John - I'm Still Standing
470 Status Quo - What You're Proposing
471 Def Leppard - Animal
472 Paul Young - Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)
473 Shalamar - A Night To Remember
474 Clash - Hitsville U.K.
475 Roger Waters - 5.01AM (The Pros And Cons Of Hitch-Hiking)
476 Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force - Planet Rock
477 James Brown - Living In America
478 Sparks with Jane Wiedlin - Cool Places
479 Jacksons - Can You Feel It
480 INXS - Burn For You
481 Kirsty MacColl - Innocence
482 U2 - Gloria
483 The Cure - Why Can't I Be You?
484 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Joan Of Arc
485 Lindsey Buckingham - Trouble
486 Bruce Springsteen - Atlantic City
487 Blancmange - Don't Tell Me
488 Elvis Costello And The Attractions - You Little Fool
489 Soft Cell - Torch
490 Genesis - Land Of Confusion
491 Tina Turner - Typical Male
492 Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is
493 The Moody Blues - Your Wildest Dreams
494 Little Steven - Bitter Fruit
495 Bananarama - Love In The First Degree
496 Hollywood Beyond - What's The Colour Of Money
497 Danny Wilson - Mary's Prayer
498 Thompson Twins - Doctor! Doctor!
499 David Bowie - China Girl
500 Prince And The Revolution - Let's Go Crazy

501 Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams
502 Evelyn Thomas - High Energy
503 Van Morrison - Have I Told You Lately
504 Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind
505 Kim Wilde - Cambodia
506 Eurythmics - Shame
507 REM - Pop Song 89
508 The Bangles - Hazy Shade Of Winter
509 The Go-Go's - We Got The Beat
510 Steve Winwood - While You See A Chance
511 The B-52's - Private Idaho
512 The Madness - I Pronounce You
513 Voice Of The Beehive - Don't Call Me Baby
514 Toyah - The Vow
515 Yazoo - Nobody's Diary
516 Dave Stewart with Colin Blunstone - What Becomes of the Broken Hearted
517 Nena - 99 Red Balloons
518 The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
519 Joy Division - Atmosphere
520 Depeche Mode - People Are People
521 Felt - Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow
522 Big Audio Dynamite - E=MC2
523 Donna Summer - State Of Independence
524 Swans Way - Soul Train
525 Talk Talk - Living In Another World
526 PhD - I Won't Let You Down
527 Joan Armatrading - Drop The Pilot
528 Altered Images - I Could Be Happy
529 Change - Change Of Heart
530 Bronski Beat - Hit That Perfect Beat
531 Julian Cope - The Greatness And Perfection Of Love
532 Elkie Brooks - No More The Fool
533 The Lotus Eaters - The First Picture Of You
534 Til Tuesday - Coming Up Close
535 Flash And The Pan - Waiting For A Train
536 ABC - Tears Are Not Enough
537 The Lightning Seeds - Pure
538 The Go-Betweens - Streets Of Your Town
539 Don Henley - The Boys Of Summer
540 David Bowie - Blue Jean
541 The Pogues - Dirty Old Town
542 The Colourfield - Thinking Of You
543 Joe Jackson - It's Different For Girls
544 The Bluebells - Young At Heart
545 Robert Plant - Big Log
546 Dexy's Midnight Runners - There There My Dear
547 The Undertones - It's Going To Happen!
548 Stevie Wonder - I Ain't Gonna Stand For It
549 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome
550 James - Sit Down
551 Lloyd Cole And The Commotions - Jennifer She Said
552 Happy Mondays - WFL (Wrote For Luck)
553 Jesus Jones - Info-Freako
554 Missing Persons - Destination Unknown
555 Debbie Harry - Backfired
556 INXS - Original Sin
557 Rick James - Super Freak
558 Eighth Wonder - I'm Not Scared
559 Tears For Fears - Shout
560 The Icicle Works - Evangeline
561 Culture Club - Time (Clock Of The Heart)
562 Michael Jackson - Human Nature
563 Wax - Bridge To Your Heart
564 Police - Synchronicity II
565 Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
566 Howard Jones - Hide & Seek
567 Nik Kershaw - Human Racing
568 Greg Kihn Band - Jeopardy
569 Hue And Cry - Labour Of Love
570 RAH Band - Clouds Across The Moon
571 Cliff Richard And The Young Ones - Living Doll
572 Half Man Half Biscuit - The Trumpton Riots
573 David Bowie - Underground
574 Duran Duran - Save A Prayer
575 Was (Not Was) - Walk The Dinosaur
576 The Style Council - My Ever Changing Moods
577 Jane Wiedlin - Rush Hour
578 Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science
579 Van Halen - Hot For Teacher
580 Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It
581 Aztec Camera - Pillar To Post
582 Loose Ends - Hangin' On A String (Contemplating)
583 Visage - Night Train
584 The Damned - Grimly Fiendish
585 Madness - Wings Of A Dove
586 Philip Bailey With Phil Collins - Easy Lover
587 The House Of Love - Christine
588 Rufus & Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody
589 Erasure - Ship Of Fools
590 Todd Rundgren's Utopia - Set Me Free
591 Bill Nelson - Do You Dream In Colour?
592 Laurie Anderson - O Superman
593 Lou Reed - I Love You Suzanne
594 Echo & The Bunnymen - Seven Seas
595 Public Enemy - Don't Believe The Hype
596 Soul II Soul ft Caron Wheeler - Keep On Movin'
597 Bananarama - Shy Boy
598 Kate Bush - The Sensual World
599 The Kinks - Come Dancing
600 The Specials - Rat Race

601 Kirsty MacColl - Terry
602 a-ha - Stay On These Roads
603 The Lilac Time - Return To Yesterday
604 McCarthy - Keep An Open Mind Or Else
605 Shop Assistants - Safety Net
606 Madonna - Cherish
607 Chris Rea - I Don't Know What It Is (But I Love It)
608 Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies
609 The Rolling Stones - Undercover Of Night
610 Siouxsie And The Banshees - Christine
611 Public Image Ltd - Seattle
612 Heaven 17 - (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
613 The Psychedelic Furs - Pretty In Pink (re-recorded version)
614 Mike And The Mechanics - The Living Years
615 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
616 Sam Brown - Stop!
617 The Bangles - If She Knew What She Wants
618 T'Pau - China In Your Hand
619 The Human League - Louise
620 Spandau Ballet - I'll Fly For You
621 Mint Juleps - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
622 Rush - Spirit Of The Radio
623 Patti Smith - People Have The Power
624 John Mellencamp - Jack And Diane
625 Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok
626 Soft Cell - Loving You, Hating Me
627 The Cars - I'm Not The One
628 Genesis - No Reply At All
629 Falco - Der Kommissar
630 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Talking Loud and Clear
631 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Refugee
632 Daryl Hall And John Oates - Out Of Touch
633 Men At Work - Overkill
634 Tracy Chapman - Baby Can I Hold You
635 Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Coming Home)
636 Cure - Boys Don't Cry
637 Rosie Vela - Magic Smile
638 REM - Radio Free Europe
639 Kitchens Of Distinction - The 3rd Time We Opened The Capsule
640 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark
641 Love And Rockets - So Alive
642 Billy Joel - All For Leyna
643 Bourgeois Tagg - I Don't Mind At All
644 The Mission - Tower Of Strength
645 Guns N' Roses - Patience
646 UB40 - One In Ten
647 Paul Young - Wonderland
648 Jennifer Warnes - First We Take Manhattan
649 The Waterboys - A Girl Called Johnny
650 The The - This Is The Day
651 Difford And Tilbrook - Love's Crashing Waves
652 The Church - Under The Milky Way
653 Bananarama - Rough Justice
654 Kim Wilde - You Came
655 Wham! - Where Did Your Heart Go?
656 Odyssey - Going Back To My Roots
657 Depeche Mode - Strangelove
658 Prefab Sprout - Johnny Johnny
659 Pretenders - Message Of Love
660 Alison Moyet - All Cried Out
661 The Jam - Going Underground
662 The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
663 Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin
664 Human League - Mirror Man
665 The Wedding Present - Kennedy
666 Elvis Costello (The Imposter) - Pills and Soap
667 Belinda Carlisle - I Get Weak
668 Freddie Mercury - Love Kills
669 China Crisis - Wishful Thinking
670 Blondie - The Hardest Part
671 Robin Gibb - Juliet
672 Womack And Womack - Love Wars
673 Peter Murphy - Indigo Eyes
674 Julian Lennon - Valotte
675 Randy Crawford - One Day I'll Fly Away
676 Fatback Band - I Found Lovin'
677 Beastie Boys - (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)
678 Dennis Waterman - I Could Be So Good For You
679 Landscape - Einstein A Go-Go
680 Tom Waits - Downtown Train
681 Squeeze - Black Coffee In Bed
682 10,000 Maniacs - What's The Matter Here?
683 Cocteau Twins - Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops
684 Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
685 Pandora's Box - It's All Coming Back To Me Now
686 Herbie Hancock - Rockit
687 Bob Dylan - Jokerman
688 Gwen Guthrie - Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent
689 Hüsker Dü - Makes No Sense At All
690 Madness - Baggy Trousers
691 Shakin' Stevens - A Love Worth Waiting For
692 Cliff Richard - Please Don't Fall In Love
693 808 State - Pacific State
694 Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk - Love Can't Turn Around
695 Gary Numan - We Are Glass
696 A Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)
697 Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun
698 Elvis Costello - Veronica
699 Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me
700 Adam & The Ants - Stand And Deliver

701 Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
702 Climie Fisher - Love Changes (Everything)
703 Lenny Kravitz - Let Love Rule
704 Monsoon - Ever So Lonely
705 Electronic - Getting Away With It
706 Dee C Lee - See The Day
707 Hazell Dean - Searchin' (I Gotta Find A Man)
708 Tanita Tikaram - Twist In My Sobriety
709 ABC - That Was Then But this Is Now
710 Jocelyn Brown - Somebody Else's Guy
711 Jona Lewie - You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties
712 Nick Straker Band - A Walk In The Park
713 Blondie - Call Me
714 The Bible - Graceland
715 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love
716 Blancmange - Living On The Ceiling
717 The House Of Love - Shine On (original Creation version)
718 Haircut 100 - Fantastic Day
719 Madonna - Papa Don't Preach
720 Michael Jackson - Thriller
721 Matt Bianco - Half A Minute
722 Prince - Little Red Corvette
723 Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance
724 Queen And David Bowie - Under Pressure
725 Paul McCartney - Coming Up
726 Joan Jett And The Blackhearts - I Love Rock 'N' Roll
727 The Fall - Hit The North
728 Cabaret Voltaire - Sensoria
729 Nitro Deluxe - This Brutal House
730 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat
731 The Boomtown Rats - Someone's Looking At You
732 Hazel O'Connor - Eighth Day
733 Crowded House - Into Temptation
734 Imagination - Body Talk
735 Eric B And Rakim - I Know You Got Soul
736 Gang Of Four - I Love A Man In Uniform
737 Prefab Sprout - Nightingales
738 Bad Manners - Special Brew
739 Lick The Tins - Can't Help Falling In Love
740 Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
741 Theatre Of Hate - Do You Believe In The Westworld
742 Level 42 - Leaving Me Now
743 The Woodentops - Well Well Well
744 Tenpole Tudor - Wunderbar
745 View From The Hill - No Conversation
746 Eurythmics - You Placed A Chill In My Heart
747 Wire - Eardrum Buzz
748 Tom Robinson - Atmospherics: Listen To The Radio
749 Joe Jackson ft Elaine Caswell - Happy Ending
750 Frazier Chorus - Dream Kitchen
751 Laura Branigan - Gloria
752 Rachel Sweet - Voo Doo
753 The Tubes - She's A Beauty
754 Sonic Youth - Teen Age Riot
755 Sheila E - The Glamorous Life
756 Stevie Nicks - Edge Of Seventeen
757 Kenny Rogers And Dolly Parton - Islands In The Stream
758 Meat Loaf with Cher - Dead Ringer For Love
759 Salt-N-Pepa - Push It
760 Lionel Richie - Say You Say Me
761 Sparks - When I'm With You
762 Wham! - Young Guns (Go For It)
763 Big Country - In A Big Country
764 John Lennon - Nobody Told Me
765 King - Love And Pride
766 George Harrison - When We Was Fab
767 Animotion - Obsession
768 Boy George - Sold
769 The Mighty Wah! - Come Back
770 Swing Out Sister - Breakout
771 David Bowie - Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
772 Billy Bragg - Levi Stubbs Tears
773 Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself
774 Madness - (Waiting For) The Ghost Train
775 Madonna - Gambler
776 Arcadia - The Flame
777 Donald Fagen - I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)
778 Ellis, Beggs And Howard - Big Bubbles No Troubles
779 Coldcut ft Yazz & The Plastic Population - Doctorin' the House
780 House Of Love - Destroy The Heart
781 Feargal Sharkey - Listen to Your Father
782 Shop Assistants - I Don't Want To Be Friends With You
783 Indigo Girls - Closer Than Fine
784 The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
785 Red Box - Lean On Me (Ah-Li-Ayo)
786 Luther Vandross - Never Too Much
787 Cherrelle - I Didn't Mean To Turn You On
788 Colonel Abrams - Trapped
789 Midge Ure - If I Was
790 Thompson Twins - Lay Your Hands On Me
791 De La Soul - Me Myself And I
792 Electric Light Orchestra - Here Is The News
793 Timex Social Club - Rumors
794 Marianne Faithfull - Broken English
795 Balaam and The Angel - She Knows
796 AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
797 Eurythmics - Who's That Girl?
798 The Mighty Lemon Drops - Inside Out
799 Faith No More - We Care A Lot
800 Cyndi Lauper - I Drove All Night

801 Howard Jones - No One Is To Blame
802 Kirsty MacColl - There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis
803 Prefab Sprout - The King Of Rock 'N' Roll
804 Damned - Eloise
805 Spandau Ballet - True
806 Housemartins - Happy Hour
807 Dinosaur Jr - Freak Scene
808 Re-Flex - The Politics Are Dancing
809 George Benson - Give Me The Night
810 JoBoxers - Boxerbeat
811 Marc Almond feat Gene Pitney - Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart
812 Jon And Vangelis - I Hear You Now
813 The Communards feat Sarah Jane Morris - Don't Leave Me This Way
814 Depeche Mode - Blasphemous Rumours
815 Rainmakers - Let My People Go-Go
816 U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name
817 Edie Brickell And The New Bohemians - What I Am
818 Aerosmith - Love In An Elevator
819 Scandal ft Patty Smyth - The Warrior
820 Alan Parsons Project - Eye In The Sky
821 The Regents - 7 Teen
822 New Musik - Living By Numbers
823 Boogie Down Productions - My Philosophy
824 Amazulu - Excitable
825 Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
826 Robbie Nevil - C'est La Vie
827 The Look - I Am The Beat
828 Pop Will Eat Itself - Def Con One
829 Human League - Open Your Heart
830 REM - So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)
831 Clannad - Theme From 'Harry's Game'
832 Alison Moyet - Love Letters
833 Anita Baker - Sweet Love
834 Gloria Estefan And Miami Sound Machine - Can't Stay Away From You
835 Buggles - Living In The Plastic Age
836 Bonnie Raitt - Nick Of Time
837 Stray Cats - Runaway Boys
838 BoDeans - Only Love
839 Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missile F1-11
840 Style Council - It Didn't Matter
841 Grateful Dead - Touch Of Grey
842 The Vapors - Turning Japanese
843 Donna Summer - The Wanderer
844 ABC - The Look Of Love
845 Ozzy Osbourne - So Tired
846 Chaka Khan - I Feel For You
847 Ultravox - Hymn
848 Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror
849 Toni Basil - Mickey
850 Bucks Fizz - The Land Of Make Believe
851 Peter Gabriel - No Self Control
852 Bananarama - Venus
853 The Escape Club - Wild Wild West
854 Dave Stewart With Barbara Gaskin - It's My Party
855 Orange Juice - I Can't Help Myself
856 Specials - Do Nothing
857 Eurythmics - I Need A Man
858 Thomas Dolby - I Scare Myself
859 Paul Simon - Late In The Evening
860 Carmel - More More More
861 Smiley Culture - Police Officer
862 Human League - The Lebanon
863 Lone Justice - Shelter
864 Jesse Rae - Over The Sea
865 Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl
866 ABBA - The Visitors (Crackin' Up)
867 Depeche Mode - Shake The Disease
868 Prince - I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
869 Bryan Adams - Heaven
870 Queen - The Miracle
871 The Creatures - Miss The Girl
872 Tears For Fears - Woman In Chains
873 David Bowie & Pat Metheny Group - This Is Not America
874 Joan Armatrading - Me Myself I
875 Erasure - Sometimes
876 Alison Moyet - That Ole Devil Called Love
877 Judas Priest - Breaking The Law
878 Kim Wilde - Rage To Love
879 Gene Loves Jezebel - Desire (Come and Get It)
880 Wham! - I'm Your Man
881 Icehouse - Touch The Fire
882 Propaganda - Dr. Mabuse
883 Adam Ant - Apollo 9
884 Nik Kershaw - Radio Musicola
885 Squeeze - Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)
886 The Cure - The Love Cats
887 Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan - Especially For You
888 Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
889 Texas - I Don't Want A Lover
890 Neil Diamond - Love On The Rocks
891 Godley And Creme - Under Your Thumb
892 Human League - The Sound Of The Crowd
893 Dollar - Videotheque
894 Black Box - Ride On Time
895 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Locomotion
896 Bangles - Manic Monday
897 INXS - What You Need
898 Junior - Mama Used To Say
899 Boy Meets Girl - Waiting For A Star To Fall
900 Black - You're A Big Girl Now

901 XTC - Towers Of London
902 Altered Images - Dead Pop Stars
903 Adventures - Send My Heart
904 Monochrome Set - Jacobs Ladder
905 Terence Trent D'Arby - If You Let Me Stay
906 Spandau Ballet - To Cut A Long Story Short
907 Tight Fit - Fantasy Island
908 Pet Shop Boys - Suburbia
909 J Geils Band - Centerfold
910 ABC - Poison Arrow
911 Squeeze - Another Nail In My Heart
912 Tina Turner - We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)
913 Wet Wet Wet - Wishing I Was Lucky
914 Michael Jackson - Leave Me Alone
915 Madness - House Of Fun
916 Bananarama - Cruel Summer
917 Art Of Noise - Dragnet
918 Daryl Hall And John Oates - Maneater
919 Chris De Burgh - High On Emotion
920 Steve Winwood - Roll With It
921 Tracey Ullman - Breakaway
922 Devo - Whip It
923 Bolland & Bolland - You're In The Army Now
924 XTC - Sgt. Rock (Is Going To Help Me)
925 Genesis - Misunderstanding
926 Hunters and Collectors - Throw Your Arms Around Me
927 Pete Townshend - Let My Love Open The Door
928 Madonna - Dear Jessie
929 Bryan Ferry - Kiss And Tell
930 Mel And Kim - Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend)
931 Ultravox - All Fall Down
932 Men They Could Not Hang - The Green Fields Of France (No Man's Land)
933 Sting - Russians
934 Chas & Dave - Ain't No Pleasing You
935 Darling Buds - Hit The Ground
936 Lover Speaks - No More I Love You's
937 Mari Wilson - Just What I Always Wanted
938 Lisa Stansfield - All Around The World
939 Alarm - 68 Guns
940 Elvis Costello And The Attractions - High Fidelity
941 Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper
942 Heaven 17 - Come Live With Me
943 Thompson Twins - Don't Mess With Doctor Dream
944 Five Star - Rain Or Shine
945 Bauhaus - She's In Parties
946 Jefferson Starship - Jane
947 Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills
948 Phil Fearon And Galaxy - Everybody's Laughing
949 H2O - I Dream To Sleep
950 Kajagoogoo - Big Apple
951 Diana Ross - My Old Piano
952 INXS - The One Thing
953 Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out
954 Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah
955 In Tua Nua - All I Wanted
956 Soft Cell - What!
957 Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
958 Go West - We Close Our Eyes
959 Housemartins - There Is Always Something There To Remind Me
960 Breathe - Don't Tell Me Lies
961 Howard Jones - New Song
962 Julian Lennon - Now You're In Heaven
963 S'Express - Theme From S'Express
964 Sandie Shaw - Hand In Glove
965 Spandau Ballet - Instinction
966 The Clash - Bankrobber
967 Van Halen - Jump
968 Adam & The Ants - Ant Rap
969 Gregory Isaacs - Night Nurse
970 Kane Gang - Motortown
971 Philip Bailey - Walking On The Chinese Wall
972 John Mellencamp - Pop Singer
973 Madness - Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)
974 Elaine Paige And Barbara Dickson - I Know Him So Well
975 George Michael - Father Figure
976 Vesta Williams - Once Bitten Twice Shy
977 Dolly Parton - 9 To 5
978 Jermaine Jackson - Let's Get Serious
979 Supertramp - It's Raining Again
980 Beatmasters ft Betty Boo - Hey DJ (I Can't Dance To That Music You're Playing)
981 Iggy Pop - Shades
982 Siouxsie And The Banshees - Cities In Dust
983 U2 - I Will Follow
984 Brothers Johnson - Stomp
985 Michael Sembello - Maniac
986 John Fogerty - The Old Man Down The Road
987 Ready For The World - Oh Sheila
988 Jermaine Stewart - We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off
989 Sheena Easton - 101
990 Isley Jasper Isley - Caravan Of Love
991 Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots
992 Freiheit - Keeping The Dream Alive
993 Krush - House Arrest
994 La's - Way Out
995 Stephanie Mills - Never Knew Love Like This Before
996 Inspiral Carpets - Joe
997 Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
998 Neil Young - This Note's For You
999 Ultravox - Love's Great Adventure
1000 Fleetwood Mac - Hold Me

Criteria: To reduce repetition a maximum of 10 tracks by an act or vocalist (e.g. Paul Weller (The Jam/Style Council); Simon Le Bon (Duran Duran/Arcadia); George Michael (Wham!/solo); Stephen Morrissey (The Smiths/solo); Alison Moyet (Yazoo/solo); etc) is included in this countdown. So long as a track was released as a new single (not necessarily in the UK or USA) in this decade it is eligible to count; a handful of tracks were released in this decade but had greater success in the 1990s, but they are counted in this decades countdown. in addition if any track was recorded as an album track or b-side, but became a hit in the 1990s then it is counted in this decades countdown.

Tracks which are excluded:
1970s tracks that became hits in the 1980s upon reissue (e.g. Kraftwerk - The Model; B-52s - Rock Lobster; Human League - Being Boiled; Japan - Life In Tokyo; Adam & The Ants - Xerox)
Late 1979 hits (e.g. Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall; Michael Jackson - Rock With You; The Clash - London Calling; KC & The Sunshine Band - Please Don't Go) or late 1989 releases which peaked in 1990 (e.g. B-52s - Love Shack; Adventures Of Stevie V - Dirty Cash)

Please feel free to pass your commentary on the tracks/videos/outfits included, the more comments the better

[raliverpool]

1000 Fleetwood Mac - Hold Me (1982)



"Hold Me" the lead single from their Mirage album was written by Christine McVie and Robbie Patton and it became one of Fleetwood Mac's biggest hits in the USA. Released there in July 1982, it peaked at #4. It stark contrast it was released in the UK in June but failed to trouble the Top 75.

[raliverpool]

999 Ultravox - Love's Great Adventure (1984)



This UK#12 hit from October 1984 was released as a stand alone single to tie in with the imminent release of Ultravox's 1984 compilation album The Collection. The music video features the band members in a humorous parody of Indiana Jones, with Midge Ure being chased across deserts and forests by a ruthless treasure hunter to save the love interest played by his future wife Annabel Giles. In retrospect this video was not the best advert for the continent of Africa, especially with regards to a certain 1984 Christmas single which Midge Ure co-penned.

[raliverpool]

998 Neil Young - This Note's For You (1988)



After a near decade of making dreadful records, the Canadian rocker returned to Reprise Records and released this social commentary on the increasing corporate and concert sponsorship of rock and pop musicians with this hilarious video which makes fun of the likes of Michael Jackson & Whitney Houston. However, after legal threats from Michael Jackson's attorneys the video was banned by MTV. But Neil Young had the last laugh as once the injunction was overturned, MTV put it into heavy rotation, finally giving it the MTV Video Music Award for Best Video of the Year for 1989 beating one of the nominees .... Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal. The video was directed by Julien Temple.

[raliverpool]

997 Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes (1981)



Written by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon in 1974, and made popular by American singer-songwriter Kim Carnes. It spent nine weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was Billboard's biggest hit of the entire year for 1981. The recording won the 1982 Grammy Awards for both Record Of The Year and Song Of The Year. The song was also a number one hit in 31 countries, including Germany, Australia, Switzerland, Italy, Norway, Japan and Brazil, but it achieved more moderate success in the UK (#10 peak). The music video was directed by Russell Mulcahy.

[raliverpool]

996 Inspiral Carpets - Joe (1989)



The third release by Oldham's Madchester band in May 1989, it failed to trouble the singles chart, but of far greater importance it finished 9th in John Peel's Festive 50 of 1989.

[raliverpool]

995 Stephanie Mills - Never Knew Love Like This Before (1980)



The former Broadway star came to the public's notice when she portrayed Dorothy in an African American adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz entitled The Wiz, where she began dating Michael Jackson. After they split MJ wrote "She's Out Of My Life" about her. This Reggie (yes the same bloke who produced much of Madonna's first album) Lucas produced track became a USA #6 hit in 1980, as well as reaching #4 in the UK Singles Chart.

[raliverpool]

994 La's - Way Out (1987)



The debut single by Liverpool's The La's featuring future Cast frontman John Power. As ever this was written by (no it's not Jake Bugg's dad honest) Lee Mavers was released in November 1987 on Go! Disc records and peaked at UK#86.

[vastar iner]

Can't remember if "Joe" was the first Carpets record I heard, must have been one of them. Top track. Their Cool As F**k t-shirts with the stoned cow on them were banned. IIRC they were originally signed to Reception Records, the Weddoes' label.

Can't think of Kim Carnes without thinking of the HMHB homage...

[raliverpool]

993 Krush - House Arrest (1988)



This House track by this Sheffield based trio released late in 1987 peaked at UK#3 in January 1988. As the video is very dull, I'd much rather post this "in the studio" performance as it highlight's the singer (Ruth Joy) hilarious inability to dance, whilst the DJ does not exactly look very cool. Little wonder the keyboardist Mark Brydon soon bailed out to have far greater success from the mid 1990s with vocalist Róisín Murphy, as the producer of Moloko.

[raliverpool]

992 Freiheit - Keeping The Dream Alive (1988)



This 1988 release was originally a #4 hit in their native Germany, but thanks to Radio 1's Simon Bates the best Electric Light Orchestra tribute (until 2013 Duckworth Lewis Method's Third Man) ever became a seasonal hit late in the year reaching UK #14.

[raliverpool]

991 Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots (1982)



This was her only transatlantic USA & UK Top 40 hit single (USA#23 / UK#8) for this singer songwriter & multi instrumentalist. But what a tune. If you think this sounds familiar well that is due to it being used as the musical bed of Will Smith's Men In Black (1997); and it was partially sung in George Michael's 1996 single Fast Love.

[vastar iner]

Always preferred British house to the original. Wondering whether we'll see M/A/R/R/S, Jack 'n' Chill, Coldcut, LA Mix, Beatmasters et al in the list. There was an unfortunate side-effect though as D-Mob launched Cathy Dennis onto the music scene.

Freiheit were touted as an outside shot at Christmas number 1. Was really surprised when it peaked low - there were some strong contenders for the top spot, but Petula Clark, Four Tops, Neneh Cherry and Inner City were surprises.

[suedehead]

Sept 13, 2013 20:59:35 GMT 1 raliverpool said:

997 Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes (1981)



Written by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon in 1974, and made popular by American singer-songwriter Kim Carnes. It spent nine weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was Billboard's biggest hit of the entire year for 1981. The recording won the 1982 Grammy Awards for both Record Of The Year and Song Of The Year. The song was also a number one hit in 31 countries, including Germany, Australia, Switzerland, Italy, Norway, Japan and Brazil, but it achieved more moderate success in the UK (#10 peak). The music video was directed by Russell Mulcahy.

A brilliant song .  A second great song about a real person's eyes after The Adverts' Gary Gilmore's Eyes (too early for this countdown).

[suedehead]

Sept 13, 2013 21:36:56 GMT 1 raliverpool said:

992 Freiheit - Keeping The Dream Alive (1988)



This 1988 release was originally a #4 hit in their native Germany, but thanks to Radio 1's Simon Bates the best Electric Light Orchestra tribute (until 2013 Duckworth Lewis Method's Third Man) ever became a seasonal hit late in the year reaching UK #14.

I've made no secret of my love for this song.  However it really needs to be heard in full

[smokeyb]

999 Ultravox - Love's Great Adventure
I was a big fan of them in the 80's, and although they have better tracks, still like this with its fun video.

998 Neil Young - This Note's For You
I remember this song, not heard it for years, love the way he takes the p*** out of MJ.

997 Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
The video of this song seems very British (so New Romantic, it could have been an Adam Ant video)so not very American.The track reminds me of early summer 81, when the riots started, funny how certain songs associate with certain events.

992 Freiheit - Keeping The Dream Alive
It does sound like an ELO missing track, and it did get a lot of airplay around that Christmas.

[Shireblogger]

What an awesome enterprise this is going to be raliverpool. The 80s were the decade when I was truly obsessive about music, but even I have never compiled a Top 1000 of the decade.

From the evidence of the first 10, you have very broad taste too, which is great. I own 8 of these tracks, whilst Shirebloggess has the missing pair (the La's and Neil Young). Top marks for remembering Stephanie Mills.

Of those you've presented so far, the 4 which would certainly make it into my Top 1000 are Fleetwood Mac, Ultravox, who could be one of the bands I'd have to subject to the 10 tracks per artist rule, Kim Carnes, who'd be Top 300, and the fabulous-at-the-time, but now rather dated, Krush. I did some djing while at uni, and, having been one of the first to start playing House, got very excited indeed when British House records started appearing.

[vastar iner]

Sept 13, 2013 23:33:01 GMT 1 suedehead said:

Sept 13, 2013 20:59:35 GMT 1 raliverpool said:

A second great song about a real person's eyes after The Adverts' Gary Gilmore's Eyes (too early for this countdown).

A third would be pretty high on my list - Altered Images' "See Those Eyes", about Noosha Fox.

Incidentally, the two biggest US hits in 1981 were BDE and OJN's "Physical"; both early examples of how videos would become important. The former single could stand on its own merits, but I doubt it would have received airplay with an unknown artist recording it without a videoclip. The latter was gash and surely sold almost entirely because of it having a video.

[raliverpool]

Thanks for all your comments so far ....

990 Isley Jasper Isley - Caravan Of Love (1985)



This was a 1985 USA R&B #1 hit (and USA Billboard Top 100 #51) originally recorded by Isley-Jasper-Isley, the second half of The Isley Brothers' 3 + 3 lineup of the 1970s. Most of you will be familar with the seasonal 1986 UK #1 hit by the Housemartins where they gave this song the Flying Pickets treatment. Much like the Flying Pickets version of a certain Vince Clarke composition I much prefer the original (I used to enjoy listening to Paul Gambaccini's America's Greatest Hits on Radio 1 on Saturday afternoons when he'd play the movers and shakers in the numerous USA charts) and disliked the cover version.

[raliverpool]

989 Sheena Easton - 101 (1989)



The Scottish singer (turned half decent actress in the 1990s when the hits dried up) first came into the public eye as the focus of an episode in the British television programme The Big Time presented by Esther Rantzen, which recorded her attempts to gain a record contract and her eventual signing with EMI Records. It is not unreasonable to say that she went on to have a more substantial career than any alumni that has come out of a Simon Cowell Pop Reality TV show having had 15 Top 40 hits on the US Billboard Hot 100 (12! more than Leona Lewis has managed, and 9 more than One Direction have currently). This is my favourite track by her. It was written by Prince. Apparently he submitted the instrumental of this, and the tune that became a duet on the "Like A Prayer" album for Madonna to choose one to turn into a collaboration which became "Love Song". Personally I think Madonna made the wrong choice. This track surprisingly failed to trouble the Billboard Top 100 but reached UK #54.