80 Hits of the '80s

Various Artists

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Sample Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
The Sun Always Shines on TV
Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
a-ha 05:07 Amazon
2
Blue Monday '88
Gillian Gilbert / Peter Hook / Stephen Morris / Bernard Sumner
New Edition / New Order 03:49 Amazon
3
Don't Leave Me This Way
Kenny Gamble / Leon Huff
The Communards 04:20 Amazon
4
Relax
Peter Gill / Holly Johnson / Brian Nash / Mark O'Toole
03:59 Amazon
5
Gold
Gary Kemp
03:53 Amazon
6
Geno
Al Archer / Kevin Rowland
Dexys Midnight Runners 03:26 Amazon
7
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
Charlie Reid / Craig Reid
The Proclaimers 03:39 Amazon
8
Young at Heart
Siobhan Fahey / Robert Hodgens / Bobby Valentino / Keren Woodward
The Bluebells 03:27 Amazon
9
Rio
Simon LeBon / Nick Rhodes / Andy Taylor / John Taylor / Roger Taylor
Duran Duran 05:35 Amazon
10
Dancing With Tears in My Eyes
Warren Cann / Chris Cross / Billy Currie / Midge Ure
04:04 Amazon
11
Cruel Summer
Sarah Elizabeth Dallin / Siobhan Fahey / Steve Jolley / Tony Swain / Keren Woodward
03:36 Amazon
12
We Close Our Eyes
Peter Cox / Richard Drummie
Go West 03:41 Amazon
13
Mirror Mirror
Trevor Horn / Bruce Woolley
Dollar 03:31 Amazon
14
Morning Train (Nine to Five)
Florrie Palmer
Sheena Easton 03:20 Amazon
15
Working My Way Back to You
Sandy Linzer / Denny Randell
The Spinners 04:07 Amazon
16
Frankie
Joy Denny / Denise Rich
Sister Sledge 04:37 Amazon
17
What Is Love?
William Bryant / Howard Jones
Howard Jones 06:35 Amazon
18
If I Was [7'' Single Edit]
Danny Mitchell / Midge Ure
Midge Ure 04:39 Amazon
19
Too Shy
Steve Askew / Nick Beggs / Chris Hamill / Stuart Neale / Jeremy Strode
Kajagoogoo 03:44 Amazon
20
Ghost Town
Jerry Dammers
The Specials 03:39 Amazon
21
The Reflex
Simon LeBon / Nick Rhodes / Andy Taylor / John Taylor / Roger Taylor
04:21 Amazon
22
Kids in America
Marty Wilde / Ricky Wilde
Kim Wilde 03:27 Amazon
23
Take on Me
Magne Furuholmen / Morten Harket / Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
a-ha 03:49 Amazon
24
Smalltown Boy
Steve Bronski / Lawrence Cole / Jimmy Somerville
Bronski Beat 05:06 Amazon
25
You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
Sylvester James / Dip Warrick
Jimmy Somerville 03:59 Amazon
26
Venus
Robbie Van Leeuwen
Bananarama 03:48 Amazon
27
Brass in Pocket
James Honeyman-Scott / Chrissie Hynde
Pretenders 03:05 Amazon
28
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Ian Curtis / Peter Hook / Stephen Morris / Bernard Sumner
Joy Division 03:27 Amazon
29
Golden Brown
Jet Black / Jean-Jacques Burnel / Hugh Cornwell / Dave Greenfield
The Stranglers 03:34 Amazon
30
How Soon Is Now?
Johnny Marr / Morrissey
The Smiths 06:43 Amazon
31
La Bamba
Traditional
Los Lobos 02:57 Amazon
32
April Skies
Jim Reid / William Reid
The Jesus and Mary Chain 03:11 Amazon
33
Gimme All Your Lovin'
Frank Beard / Billy Gibbons / Dusty Hill
ZZ Top 04:03 Amazon
34
This Corrosion
Andrew Eldritch
The Sisters of Mercy 04:28 Amazon
35
Big Area
Robert Downes / Alex Mungo / Jasper Stainthorpe / David Taylor / Scott Taylor / Mark Tiplady / Stephen Wren
Then Jerico 04:48 Amazon
36
Black Velvet [Edit Version]
David Tyson / Christopher Ward
Alannah Myles 04:41 Amazon
37
You're History
Marcella Detroit / Siobhan Fahey / Richard Feldman / Patrick Seymour
Shakespear's Sister 04:32 Amazon
38
Life in a Northern Town
Gilbert Gabriel / Nick Laird-Clowes
04:19 Amazon
39
Lean on Me (Ah-li-Ayo)
Simon Toulson-Clarke
Red Box 04:15 Amazon
40
He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother
Bob Russell / Bobby Scott
The Hollies 04:18 Amazon
41
I Want to Know What Love Is
Mick Jones
Foreigner 04:59 Amazon
42
True
Gary Kemp
05:44 Amazon
43
(Something Inside) So Strong
Labi Siffre
Labi Siffre 04:17 Amazon
44
Drive
Ric Ocasek
03:58 Amazon
45
What's Love Got to Do With It
Terry Britten / Graham Lyle
Tina Turner 03:46 Amazon
46
Each Time You Break My Heart
Stephen Bray / Madonna Ciccone
Nick Kamen 04:30 Amazon
47
She Drives Me Crazy
Fine Young Cannibals / Roland Gift / David Steele
Fine Young Cannibals 03:39 Amazon
48
Living on the Ceiling
Neil Arthur / Stephen Luscombe
Blancmange 04:02 Amazon
49
Our Lips Are Sealed
Terry Hall / Jane Wiedlin
Fun Boy Three 02:51 Amazon
50
Glory of Love
Peter Cetera / David Foster / Diane Nini
Peter Cetera 04:20 Amazon
51
Somewhere in My Heart
Roddy Frame
Aztec Camera 03:58 Amazon
52
Just What I Always Wanted
Teddy Johns
Mari Wilson 03:26 Amazon
53
Don't Get Me Wrong
Chrissie Hynde / Pretenders
Pretenders 03:46 Amazon
54
Love Changes (Everything)
Simon Climie / Rob Fisher / Dennis Morgan
Climie Fisher 04:32 Amazon
55
Miss You Like Crazy
Preston Glass / Gerry Goffin / Michael Masser
Natalie Cole 03:55 Amazon
56
I Don't Want to Talk About It
Danny Whitten
Everything But the Girl 04:18 Amazon
57
Good Tradition
Tanita Tikaram
Tanita Tikaram 02:53 Amazon
58
Don't Go
Liam O'Maonlain / Peter O'Toole / Fiachna OBraonain
Hothouse Flowers 03:44 Amazon
59
You Might Need Somebody
Nan O'Byrne / Tom Snow
Randy Crawford 04:20 Amazon
60
Kokomo
Mike Love / Scott McKenzie / Terry Melcher / John Phillips
The Beach Boys 03:35 Amazon
61
19
William Coutourie / Paul Hardcastle / Jonas McCord / Mike Oldfield
Paul Hardcastle 03:32 Amazon
62
Candy Girl
Larry Johnson / Michael Johnson / Michael Jonzun / Maurice Starr
New Edition 03:56 Amazon
63
Respectable
Matt Aitken / Mel & Kim / Mike Stock / Pete Waterman
Mel & Kim 03:22 Amazon
64
Once in a Lifetime [Live]
David Byrne / Brian Eno / Chris Frantz / Jerry Harrison / Tina Weymouth
Talking Heads 05:25 Amazon
65
I Can't Wait
John Smith
Nu Shooz 05:25 Amazon
66
I Feel for You
Jason Nelson / Prince
Chaka Khan 04:03 Amazon
67
Jump to the Beat
Lisa Walden / Narada Michael Walden
Stacy Lattisaw 03:27 Amazon
68
Feel So Real
Steve Arrington / Charles Carter / Sam Carter
Steve Arrington 04:12 Amazon
69
Money's Too Tight (To Mention)
John Valentine / William Valentine
Simply Red 04:26 Amazon
70
Forget Me Nots
Terri McFaddin / Patrice Rushen / Freddie Washington
Patrice Rushen 04:42 Amazon
71
Give Me the Night
Rod Temperton
George Benson 03:43 Amazon
72
Lip Up Fatty
Chris Cross / David Farren / Paul Hyman / Chris Kane / Bad Manners / Andrew Marson / Alan Sayag / Martin Stewart / Douglas Trendle / Brian Tuitt
02:48 Amazon
73
Nelson Mandela [Edit]
Jerry Dammers
The Special A.K.A. / The Specials 04:10 Amazon
74
What's the Colour of Money
Mark Rogers / Jamie Rose
Hollywood Beyond 03:25 Amazon
75
Gloria
Giancarlo Bigazzi / Umberto Tozzi / Trevor Veitch
Laura Branigan 04:50 Amazon
76
International Rescue
Jo Dunne / Margaret Dunne / Tina O'Neill / Victoria Perks / Liam Sternberg
Fuzzbox / We’ve Got A Fuzzbox And We’re Gonna Use It 03:29 Amazon
77
Got to Keep On
Susan Banfield / Glen Bolton / Martin Nemley / Debbie Pryce
Cookie Crew 04:41 Amazon
78
Cry Boy Cry
Andy O
Blue Zoo 04:27 Amazon
79
Lean on Me
Bill Withers
05:56 Amazon
80
Sweet Love
Anita Baker / Gary Bias / Louis A. Johnson
Anita Baker 04:22 Amazon
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80 Hits of the '80s

80 Hits of the '80s Album Information

Release Date

October 16, 2015

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05:28:44

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