Is This Billboard's Top 100 Of The 1980s?

[Cerebro]

I had a listing of what I thought to be Billboard's top 100 of the 1980s. It seems I had misplaced it. I was unable to find the list I had while searching online. What I DID find was the following on Youtube. It was broken into five parts:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGl6Nqb3nE0 Part 1 (100-81)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrw9ZOtamfA Part 2 (80-61)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac3fvnPWQ1c Part 3 (60-41)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=43AesFOdSIA Part 4 (40-21)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kil3AuUCCFM Part 5 (20-1)

It differs a bit from the list I had, but it still looks pretty accurate. The poster claimed it to be from Billboard's rankings. On Youtube, anyone could claim something to be "official". Doesn't mean that it is. Can any of you fellow chart gurus confirm that these rankings are legit? Here's the full listing...


100 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
099 Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes - (I've Had) The Time Of My Life
098 Michael Sembello - Maniac
097 Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth
096 A-Ha - Take On Me
095 Madonna - Crazy For You
094 Bruce Hornsby and The Range - The Way It Is
093 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
092 John Waite - Missing You
091 Starship - We Built This City
090 Whitney Houston - So Emotional
089 Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin - Separate Lives
088 REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You
087 Billy Joel - It's Still Rock And Roll To Me
086 Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
085 Guns 'N Roses - Sweet Child 'O Mine
084 Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
083 Bette Midler - Wind Beneath My Wings
082 Whitney Houston - How Will I Know
081 Patti Austin and James Ingram - Baby, Come To Me
080 Whitesnake - Here I Go Again
079 Dolly Parton - 9 To 5
078 Eddie Rabbitt - I Love A Rainy Night
077 Robbie Nevil - C'est La Vie
076 Lipps Inc. - Funkytown
075 Mr. Mister - Broken Wings
074 Daryl Hall and John Oates - Out Of Touch
073 Chaka Khan - I Feel For You
072 Paula Abdul - Cold Hearted
071 George Harrison - Got My Mind Set On You
070 Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
069 Paul McCartney and Wings - Coming Up (Live At Glasgow)
068 Daryl Hall and John Oates - Kiss On My List
067 Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is
066 Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
065 Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
064 Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters
063 Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
062 Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart
061 Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton - Islands In The Stream
060 Christopher Cross - Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)
059 Janet Jackson - Miss You Much
058 Gregory Abbott - Shake You Down
057 Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald - On My Own
056 Klymaxx - I Miss You
055 Chicago - Hard To Say I'm Sorry
054 Lionel Richie - Hello
053 Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You
052 Paula Abdul - Straight Up
051 Poison - Every Rose Has It's Thorn
050 Bobby Brown - My Prerogative
049 Heart - Alone
048 Foreigner - Waiting For A Girl Like You
047 Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra
046 Chicago - Look Away
045 INXS - Need You Tonight
044 Laura Branigan - Gloria
043 Daryl Hall and John Oates - Maneater
042 Kool and The Gang - Celebration
041 Barbra Streisand - Woman In Love
040 John Cougar - Hurts So Good
039 Michael Jackson - Beat It
038 Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
037 John Cougar - Jack And Diane
036 The Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian
035 The Captain and Tennille - Do That To Me One More Time
034 Michael Jackson - Rock With You
033 Olivia Newton-John - Magic
032 George Michael - Faith
031 Madonna - Like A Virgin
030 Diana Ross - Upside Down
029 Van Halen - Jump
028 Wham! featuring George Michael - Careless Whisper
027 Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)
026 Kenny Loggins - Footloose
025 The Human League - Don't You Want Me
024 Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl
023 Men At Work - Down Under
022 Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart
021 Lionel Richie - Say You, Say Me
020 Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It
019 Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)
018 John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over
017 Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night)
016 Dionne and Friends - That's What Friends Are For
015 Prince and The Revolution - When Doves Cry
014 Queen - Another One Bites The Dust
013 The J. Geils Band - Centerfold
012 Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder - Ebony And Ivory
011 Joan Jett and The Blackhearts - I Love Rock 'N Roll
010 Kenny Rogers - Lady
009 Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson - Say Say Say
008 Blondie - Call Me
007 Irene Cara - Flashdance…What A Feeling
006 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
005 Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger
004 The Police - Every Breath You Take
003 Diana Ross and Lionel Richie - Endless Love
002 Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
001 Olivia Newton-John - Physical

[Libra]

Checked Survivor and The Police individually on Wiki; this list switches them.

EDIT: According to this thread on UKMix, there apparently wasn't one (the poster cites the lack of such a chart in the 1989 Year-End issue of Billboard) - but, I dunno. Maybe there was one later on in, say, a Joel Whitburn book or something?

[areyoureadytojump]

Yes, Billboard did NOT do an 80s year end decade chart.

[Cerebro]

Feb 15, 2014 14:50:35 GMT -5 Libra said:

Checked Survivor and The Police individually on Wiki; this list switches them.

Ah, yes...Wikipedia...should've thought of that. I looked up individual songs. The decade-end data was scant. I only found it listed for about a dozen songs. The ones I DID find matched up, perfectly, with this list. The only exception was the swapping of "Eye Of The Tiger" and "Every Breath You Take". This list, more or less, seems to be accepted as the official one. I guess I'll take it.

Feb 15, 2014 14:50:35 GMT -5 Libra said:

EDIT: According to this thread on UKMix, there apparently wasn't one (the poster cites the lack of such a chart in the 1989 Year-End issue of Billboard) - but, I dunno. Maybe there was one later on in, say, a Joel Whitburn book or something?

Interesting. I'd've thought Billboard would have published something. Maybe that's the reason Shadoe didn't do a decade-end AT40 (they used Billboard at the time). However this list was compiled, it made it into circulation, somehow. Joel Whitburn is as good a guess as any, I suppose.

[Gary]

There is something that AT40 did in 1987. It does not span the entire decade but the hits is the last 2 and a half years would not have made the top part of the list anyway


CASEY KASEM'S AMERICAN TOP 40 - 7/4/87
TOP HITS OF THE 1980'S SO FAR
40: AGAINST ALL ODDS - PHIL COLLINS (1984)
39: HURTS SO GOOD - JOHN COUGAR (1982)
38: OUT OF TOUCH - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES (1984)
37: BROKEN WINGS - MR. MISTER (1984)
36: CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE - QUEEN (1980)
35: ALL NIGHT LONG (ALL NIGHT) - LIONEL RICHIE (1983)
34: MANEATER - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES (1982)
33: JESSIE'S GIRL - RICK SPRINGFIELD (1981)
32: ROCK WITH YOU - MICHAEL JACKSON (1979)
31: I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS - FOREIGNER (1984)
30: WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT - TINA TURNER (1984)
29: TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART - BONNIE TYLER (1983)
28: ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL, PART II - PINK FLOYD (1980)
27: DOWN UNDER - MEN AT WORK (1982)
26: ON MY OWN - PATTI LaBELLE AND MICHAEL McDONALD (1986)
25: DO THAT TO ME ONE MORE TIME - CAPTAIN AND TENILLE (1979)
24: UPSIDE DOWN - DIANA ROSS (1980)
23: CARELESS WHISPER - WHAM! (1985)
22: JUMP - VAN HALEN (1984)
21: EBONY AND IVORY - PAUL McCARTNEY AND STEVIE WONDER (1982)
EXTRA: WE ARE THE WORLD - USA FOR AFRICA (80'S BIGGEST SELLER SO FAR)
20: LIVIN' ON A PRAYER - BON JOVI (1987)
19: (JUST LIKE) STARTING OVER - JOHN LENNON (1980)
18: I LOVE ROCK AND ROLL - JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS (1982)
17: WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN - BANGLES (1986)
16: WHEN DOVES CRY - PRINCE (1984)
15: ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST - QUEEN (1980)
14: CENTERFOLD - J. GEILS BAND (1982)
13: LADY - KENNY ROGERS (1980)
12: BILLIE JEAN - MICHAEL JACKSON (1983)
11: SAY YOU, SAY ME - LIONEL RICHIE (1985)
10: EYE OF THE TIGER - SURVIVOR (1982)
9: THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR - DIONNE AND FRIENDS (1985)
8: LIKE A VIRGIN - MADONNA (1984)
7: CALL ME - BLONDIE (1980)
6: FLASHDANCE…WHAT A FEELING - IRENE CARA (1983)
5: SAY SAY SAY - PAUL McCARTNEY AND MICHAEL JACKSON (1983)
4: EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE - POLICE (1983)
3: ENDLESS LOVE - DIANA ROSS AND LIONEL RICHIE (1981)
2: BETTE DAVIS EYES - KIM CARNES (1981)
1: PHYSICAL - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN (1981)

[Gary]

Extracted from the Hot 100 50th and 55th anniversary lists - the top hits of the 80s as Billboard would rank them now

1 Physical Olivia Newton-John
2 Bette Davis Eyes Kim Carnes
3 Endless Love Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
4 Eye Of The Tiger Survivor
5 Every Breath You Take Police
6 Flashdance…What A Feeling Irene Cara
7 Another One Bites The Dust Queen
8 Say Say Say Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
9 Call Me Blondie
10 Lady Kenny Rogers
11 Centerfold J Geils Band
12 (Just Like) Starting Over John Lennon
13 I Love Rock N Roll Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
14 Ebony and Ivory Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
15 That's What Friends Are For Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder
16 Upside Down Diana Ross
17 Abracadabra Steve Miller Band
18 Billie Jean Michael Jackson
19 Say You, Say Me Lionel Richie
20 All Night Long (All Night) Lionel Richie
21 Waiting For A Girl Like You Foreigner
22 Hurt So Good John Cougar
23 Another Day In Paradise Phil Collins
24 Do That To Me One More Time Captain & Tenille
25 Like A Virgin Maddona

[Agent Yoncé]

What a great lists of these iconic songs.

[johnnywest]

I was subscribing to Billboard then and I'm fairly sure they didn't print a list.