Redone 1980's Decade End

[mikerivera]

The 80s decade end list is very heavily tilted towards the early decade, because the chart runs started getting shorter after 1983 and didn't increase again until 1990. But that leaves a very unsatisfactory result, at least to me, as I have to imagine songs were much bigger than their chart runs indicated. So, in order to compensate for that, here is a chart using my formula from the J-D lists, with various ascending multipliers that adjust for the different eras of chart runs. I also made sure it would be comparable to the 2010s in case I ever decide to do an all time list

Rank	Song	Artist	Peak	Top 10	Hot 100	Points
1	Physical	Olivia Newton-John	#1 (10 weeks)	15	26	1,903,520
2	Bette Davis Eyes	Kim Carnes	#1 (9 weeks)	14	26	1,807,980
3	That's What Friends Are For	Dionne and Friends	#1 (4 weeks)	10	23	1,778,700
4	Endless Love	Diana Ross & Lionel Richie	#1 (9 weeks)	13	25	1,743,480
5	Say You, Say Me	Lionel Richie	#1 (4 weeks)	9	20	1,698,170
6	Every Breath You Take	The Police	#1 (8 weeks)	13	22	1,573,680
7	Another Day in Paradise	Phil Collins	#1 (4 weeks)	10	18	1,540,840
8	Walk Like an Egyptian	The Bangles	#1 (4 weeks)	8	23	1,533,090
9	Eye of the Tiger	Survivor	#1 (6 weeks)	15	25	1,528,690
10	Flashdance...What a Feeling	Irene Cara	#1 (6 weeks)	14	25	1,497,350
11	Say Say Say	Paul McCartney ft. Michael Jackson	#1 (6 weeks)	13	22	1,463,810
12	Like a Virgin	Madonna	#1 (6 weeks)	9	19	1,448,260
13	Another One Bites the Dust	Queen	#1 (3 weeks)	15	31	1,442,640
14	Call Me	Blondie	#1 (6 weeks)	12	25	1,433,520
15	Faith	George Michael	#1 (4 weeks)	9	20	1,393,870
16	Centerfold	The J. Geils Band	#1 (6 weeks)	12	25	1,367,820
17	On My Own	Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald	#1 (3 weeks)	7	23	1,349,040
18	Lady	Kenny Rogers	#1 (6 weeks)	13	25	1,315,680
19	Careless Whisper	George Michael	#1 (3 weeks)	9	21	1,306,300
20	When Doves Cry	Prince & The Revolution	#1 (5 weeks)	11	21	1,301,450
21	All Night Long (All Night)	Lionel Richie	#1 (4 weeks)	13	24	1,298,630
22	Jump	Van Halen	#1 (5 weeks)	10	21	1,288,350
23	Waiting For a Girl Like You	Foreigner	#2	15	23	1,282,480
24	I Love Rock n' Roll	Joan Jett & The Blackhearts	#1 (7 weeks)	12	20	1,281,090
25	Ebony & Ivory	Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder	#1 (7 weeks)	12	19	1,258,320
26	Miss You Much	Janet Jackson	#1 (4 weeks)	8	20	1,252,090
27	Billie Jean	Michael Jackson	#1 (7 weeks)	11	24	1,249,510
28	(Just Like) Starting Over	John Lennon	#1 (5 weeks)	14	22	1,246,460
29	Abracadabra	Steve Miller Band	#1 (2 weeks)	14	25	1,228,700
30	Do That to Me One More Time	Captain & Tenille	#1	14	27	1,218,610
31	Alone	Heart	#1 (3 weeks)	8	21	1,211,080
32	Hurts So Good	John Mellencamp	#2	16	28	1,210,890
33	Look Away	Chicago	#1 (2 weeks)	8	24	1,209,440
34	Straight Up	Paula Abdul	#1 (3 weeks)	7	25	1,195,840
35	Every Rose Has its Thorn	Poison	#1 (3 weeks)	8	21	1,187,880
36	Upside Down	Diana Ross	#1 (4 weeks)	14	29	1,185,350
37	Livin' on a Prayer	Bon Jovi	#1 (4 weeks)	7	21	1,181,200
38	What's Love Got to Do With It	Tina Turner	#1 (3 weeks)	10	28	1,175,030
39	Maneater	Hall & Oates	#1 (4 weeks)	13	23	1,120,640
40	I Want to Know What Love Is	Foreigner	#1 (2 weeks)	8	21	1,114,620
41	Woman in Love	Barbra Streisand	#1 (3 weeks)	11	24	1,107,760
42	Total Eclipse of the Heart	Bonnie Tyler	#1 (4 weeks)	11	29	1,103,460
43	Don't Know Much	Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville	#2	8	26	1,098,740
44	Another Brick in the Wall	Pink Floyd	#1 (4 weeks)	12	25	1,097,160
45	Jessie's Girl	Rick Springfield	#1 (2 weeks)	12	32	1,090,040
46	Don't You Want Me	The Human League	#1 (3 weeks)	12	28	1,086,820
47	Roll With It	Steve Winwood	#1 (4 weeks)	7	18	1,081,250
48	Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now	Starship	#1 (2 weeks)	8	22	1,080,110
49	Crazy For You	Madonna	#1	9	21	1,074,540
50	Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)	Phil Collins	#1 (3 weeks)	13	24	1,066,590
51	I Wanna Dance With Somebody	Whitney Houston	#1 (2 weeks)	9	19	1,066,110
52	My Prerogative	Bobby Brown	#1	7	24	1,060,980
53	We Are the World	USA for Africa	#1 (4 weeks)	8	18	1,059,390
54	Need You Tonight	INXS	#1	8	25	1,054,740
55	Separate Lives	Phil Collins & Marilyn Manson	#!	9	21	1,053,130
56	La Bamba	Los Lobos	#1 (3 weeks)	7	21	1,047,530
57	Red, Red Wine	UB40	#1	6	40	1,047,090
58	Crazy Little Thing Called Love	Queen	#1 (4 weeks)	12	22	1,043,640
59	Jack & Dianne	John Mellencamp	#1 (4 weeks)	10	32	1,036,880
60	We Didn't Start the Fire	Billy Joel	#1 (2 weeks)	8	19	1,034,140
61	How Will I Know	Whitney Houston	#1 (2 weeks)	6	24	1,034,050
62	One More Try	George Michael	#1 (3 weeks)	7	18	1,026,810
63	Money For Nothing	Dire Straits	#1 (3 weeks)	8	22	1,021,340
64	Broken Wings	Mr. Mister	#1 (2 weeks)	9	22	1,021,230
65	Here I Go Again	Whitesnake	#1	7	28	1,019,860
66	The Greatest Love of All	Whitney Houston	#1 (3 weeks)	7	18	1,015,050
67	Right Here Waiting	Richard Marx	#1 (3 weeks)	7	21	1,014,700
68	Blame it on the Rain	Milli Vanilli	#1 (2 weeks)	6	23	1,013,840
69	Gloria	Laura Branigan	#2	10	36	1,012,580
70	Beat It	Michael Jackson	#1 (3 weeks)	10	25	1,008,450
71	Can't Fight This Feeling	REO Speedwagon	#1 (3 weeks)	8	18	1,008,320
72	Sweet Child O' Mine	Guns N' Roses	#1 (2 weeks)	7	24	1,007,660
73	Down Under	Men at Work	#1 (4 weeks)	10	25	1,006,160
74	Never Gonna Give You Up	Rick Astley	#1 (2 weeks)	7	24	1,002,260
75	Rock With You	Michael Jackson	#1 (4 weeks)	9	24	996,590
76	Shake You Down	Gregory Abbott	#1	8	22	987,970
77	Footloose	Kenny Loggins	#1 (3 weeks)	11	23	981,090
78	Coming Up	Paul McCartney	#1 (3 weeks)	11	21	981,060
79	Hard to Say I'm Sorry	Chicago	#1 (2 weeks)	12	24	968,270
80	I Just Called to Say I Love You	Stevie Wonder	#1 (3 weeks)	10	26	961,510
81	Lost in Your Eyes	Debbie Gibson	#1	7	19	951,890
82	Owner of a Lonely Heart	Yes	#1 (2 weeks)	10	23	950,130
83	Got My Mind Set on You	George Harrison	#1	8	22	949,270
84	Could've Been	Tiffany	#1 (2 weeks)	6	20	945,660
85	Cold Hearted	Paula Abdul	#1	8	21	945,250
86	Ghostbusters	Ray Parker Jr.	#1 (3 weeks)	10	21	940,770
87	With or Without You	U2	#1 (3 weeks)	8	18	937,370
88	I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)	Hall & Oates	#1	12	21	932,760
89	Wild, Wild West	The Escape Club	#1	7	27	932,640
90	Islands in the Stream	Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton	#1 (2 weeks)	12	25	930,750
91	Everybody Wants to Rule the World	Tears For Fears	#1 (2 weeks)	8	24	930,550
92	So Emotional	Whitney Houston	#1	8	19	926,770
93	It's Still Rock & Roll to Me	Billy Joel	#1 (2 weeks)	11	21	925,070
94	Shakedown	Bob Seger	#1	7	18	924,610
95	Arthur's Theme (The Best  That You Can Do)	Christopher Cross	#1 (3 weeks)	12	24	919,330
96	Party All the Time	Eddie Murphy	#2	9	22	913,210
97	Karma Chameleon	Culture Club	#1 (3 weeks)	9	22	910,770
98	Stuck With You	Huey Lewis & The News	#1 (3 weeks)	7	19	908,220
99	Kyrie	Mr. Mister	#1 (2 weeks)	7	20	907,520
100	The Way it Is	Bruce Hornsby & The Range	#1	8	22	907,440

[phieaglesfan712]

No Air Supply songs automatically makes the 1980s list a very unsatisfactory result, lol. I'd guess without the multiplier, Lost In Love, All Out of Love, and Here I Am would have made it. But I'll take the two Chicago songs, and they should be guaranteed another in the 1970s decade end list, with If You Leave Me Now. I'm interested to see how many more they get beside that. The 1970s list is going to be a lot better than this list.

[renaboss]

Amazing. I would love to see one for the other decades too.

When/if you do the 90s, would you be able to incorporate the airplay-only songs?

[gikem]

Wait, what's this? Another playlist I made to encompass this revised 1980s Decade-End? How novel!


I hope to make more of these playlists as other January-December Year-End and revised Decade-End lists come out.

[singingrulebritannia]

Aug 11, 2021 19:02:26 GMT -5 mikerivera said:

55	Separate Lives	Phil Collins & Marilyn Manson	#!	9	21	1,053,130

and I oop-

[cartman2002]

You should post a Top 1000 songs of the 80s list when you get a chance.

[Deleted]

This list just goes to show how songs that were huge at the time they were released aren't always the songs that stick around. There are quite a few songs on this list that no one remembers, and plenty of songs that didn't make the list that are classics.

[Private Dancer]

On My Own at #17????? That makes me happy! Thats the best song of all time and I staaaaan Miss Patti!