The following lists the top 40 (end of decade) charting singles on the Australian Singles Charts, for the 1980s. These were the best charting singles in Australia for the 1980s. The source for this decade is the Kent Music Report, known from 1987 onwards as the Australian Music Report.
[1] These charts were calculated by David Kent of the Kent Music Report / Australian Music Report and they are based on the number of weeks and position the records reached within the top 100 singles for each week.
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The following lists the top 40 end of decade charting singles on the Australian Singles Charts for the 1980s These were the best charting singles in Australia for the 1980s The source for this decade is the Kent Music Report known from 1987 onwards as the Australian Music Report Title Artist Highest pos reached Weeks at No 1 1 Never Gonna Give You Up Rick Astley 1 November 1987 2 Dancing in the Dark Bruce Springsteen 5 September 1984 3 Australiana Austen Tayshus 1 August 1983 4 Like A Prayer Madonna 1 April 1989 5 I Just Called to Say I Love You Stevie Wonder 1 October 1984 6 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr 2 September 1984 7 Islands in the Stream Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton 1 December 1983 8 La Bamba Los Lobos 1 September 1987 9 Locomotion Kylie Minogue 1 August 1987 10 Down Under Men at Work 1 December 1981 11 Run to Paradise The Choirboys 3 November 1987 12 Flashdance What a Feeling Irene Cara 1 July 1983 13 Old Time Rock and Roll Bob Seger 3 August 1987 14 You re the Voice John Farnham 1 November 1985 15 I ve Had The Time of My Life Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes 1 February 1988 16 We Are the World USA for Africa 1 April 1985 17 Kokomo The Beach Boys 1 December 1988 18 Shaddap You Face Joe Dolce Music Theatre 1 November 1980 19 Gloria Laura Branigan 1 February 1983 20 The Only Way Is Up Yazz and the Plastic Population 2 October 1988 21 Walk Like an Egyptian The Bangles 1 February 1987 22 Electric Blue Icehouse 1 November 1987 23 Venus Bananarama 1 September 1986 24 Simply Irresistible Robert Palmer 1 September 1988 25 Faith George Michael 1 December 1987 26 I Got You Split Enz 1 April 1980 27 You Keep Me Hangin On Kim Wilde 1 February 1987 28 The Power of Love Jennifer Rush 1 November 1985 29 Start Me Up The Rolling Stones 1 November 1981 30 Eternal Flame The Bangles 1 June 1989 31 Angel Into the Groove Madonna 1 June 1985 32 Time Warp Original Cast The Rocky Horror Picture Show 3 December 1980 33 It s Just Not Cricket The Twelfth Man 1 June 1984 34 Eye of the Tiger Survivor 1 September 1982 35 Just Like Starting Over John Lennon 1 January 1981 36 Funkytown Pseudo Echo 1 December 1986 37 Wired for Sound Cliff Richard 2 December 1981 38 Come On Eileen Dexys Midnight Runners 1 November 1982 39 I m Gonna Be 500 Miles The Proclaimers 1 February 1989 40 If I Could 1927 2 December 1988 41 Careless Whisper George Michael 1 September 1984 42 Lady in Red Chris De Burgh 2 December 1986 43 Chain Reaction Diana Ross 1 April 1986 44 Like a Virgin Madonna 1 December 1984 45 Karma Chameleon Culture Club 1 October 1983 46 When the Going Gets Tough The Tough Get Going Billy Ocean 1 March 1986 47 A Groovy Kind of Love Phil Collins 1 November 1988 48 Teardrops Womack amp Womack 1 February 1989 49 The Look Roxette 1 July 1989 50 Touch Me I Want Your Body Samantha Fox 1 July 1986 51 Slice of Heaven Dave Dobbyn with Herbs 1 May 1987 52 Reckless Australian Crawl 1 November 1983 53 Tainted Love Soft Cell 1 February 1982 54 Turning Japanese The Vapors 1 June 1980 55 She Drives Me Crazy Fine Young Cannibals 1 March 1989 56 Don t Worry Be Happy Bobby McFerrin 1 November 1988 57 The Flame Cheap Trick 1 May 1988 58 Get Outta My Dreams Get Into My Car Billy Ocean 1 April 1988 59 Physical Olivia Newton John 1 November 1981 60 All Night Long All Night Lionel Richie 1 December 1981 61 Respectable Mel and Kim 1 July 1987 62 Wind Beneath My Wings Bette Midler 1 June 1989 63 Billie Jean Michael Jackson 1 April 1983 64 If I Could Turn Back Time Cher 1 November 1989 65 Up Where We Belong Joe Cocker amp Jennifer Warnes 1 March 1983 66 We Built This City Starship 1 January 1986 67 Crazy Little Thing Called Love Queen 1 February 1980 68 Counting the Beat The Swingers 1 March 1981 69 Woman in Love Barbra Streisand 1 November 1980 70 Another Brick in the Wall Part II Pink Floyd 2 April 1980 71 Got My Mind Set on You George Harrison 1 January 1988 72 Brass in Pocket The Pretenders 2 May 1980 73 Total Eclipse of the Heart Bonnie Tyler 1 May 1983 74 What About Me Moving Pictures 1 March 1982 75 Stars on 45 Stars on 45 1 July 1981 76 Wake Me Up Before You Go Go Wham 1 July 1984 77 A Good Heart Feargal Sharkey 1 February 1986 78 Antmusic Adam and the Ants 1 March 1981 79 Crazy for You Madonna 1 July 1985 80 You Can Call Me Al Paul Simon 2 November 1986 81 Boom Boom Let s Go Back to My Room Paul Lekakis 1 April 1987 82 Bedroom Eyes Kate Ceberano 2 June 1989 83 Pass the Dutchie Musical Youth 1 December 1982 84 Endless Love Diana Ross amp Lionel Richie 1 October 1981 85 I Wanna Wake Up with You Boris Gardiner 1 March 1987 86 Jealous Guy Roxy Music 1 May 1981 87 More Than I Can Say Leo Sayer 1 October 1980 88 The Living Years Mike and the Mechanics 1 May 1989 89 Hold Me Now Johnny Logan 4 December 1987 90 You Got It The Right Stuff New Kids on the Block 1 August 1989 91 To Be a Lover Billy Idol 3 December 1986 92 Take My Breath Away Berlin 2 September 1986 93 Can t Stop the Music Village People 1 July 1980 94 Perfect Fairground Attraction 1 August 1988 95 Money For Nothing Dire Straits 4 September 1985 96 I Should Be So Lucky Kylie Minogue 1 March 1988 97 The Final Countdown Europe 2 April 1987 98 Devo Live EP Devo 1 August 1981 99 I Wanna Dance with Somebody Who Loves Me Whitney Houston 1 June 1987 100 Live it Up Mental As Anything 2 July 1985 1 These charts were calculated by David Kent of the Kent Music Report Australian Music Report and they are based on the number of weeks and position the records reached within the top 100 singles for each week See also editList of top 40 albums for 1980 89 in AustraliaReferences edit Australian Music Report No 805 1 Jan 1990 David Kent Turramurra NSW Australia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of top 40 singles for 1980 1989 in Australia amp oldid 1216633398, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
