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During the 1980s, George Michael scored four number-one singles as a solo artist, three with Wham! and one as a duet with Aretha Franklin. Olivia Newton-John 's " Physical " remained the longest at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s (10 weeks). #. Reached number one. Artist (s)
Mainstream Rock number-one songs of the 1980s. When introduced by Billboard in March 1981, the Mainstream Rock chart was entitled Top Tracks and designed to measure the airplay of songs being played on album-oriented rock radio stations. The chart has undergone several name changes over the years, first to Top Rock Tracks in September 1984 and ...
"Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" Rupert Holmes: 12 "Cars" Gary Numan: 13 "Cruisin" Smokey Robinson: 14 "Working My Way Back to You/Forgive Me, Girl" The Spinners: 15 "Lost in Love" Air Supply: 16 "Little Jeannie" Elton John: 17 "Ride Like the Wind" Christopher Cross: 18 "Upside Down" Diana Ross: 19 "Please Don't Go" KC and the Sunshine Band: 20 ...
The song is usually broadcast on radio and television starting from a month before National Day, and is given prominence during the Parade itself. Examples of such songs include "Stand Up for Singapore" (1985), "Count On Me Singapore" (1986) and "One People, One Nation, One Singapore" (1990). In 1998, there were 2 National Day Parade theme ...
Joe Dolce topped New Zealand's music chart with "Shaddap You Face" for eight weeks in 1980 and 1981. Bob Marley and his band, The Wailers, remained seven weeks at the top position with "One Love/People Get Ready". "Stomp!" by the Brothers Johnson peaked atop the New Zealand Singles Chart for six weeks. Key † – Song of New Zealand origin [nb 2]
January 17. "That's What Friends Are For". Dionne & Friends ( Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight, and Stevie Wonder) January 24. January 31. "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going". Billy Ocean. February 7. "How Will I Know".
They were first revealed on BBC Radio 1 on 1 January 1990, with the "Top 80 of the 80s" counted down and played between 12:35 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. by DJs Alan Freeman and Mark Goodier. [2] The top eighty best-selling singles of the decade were also printed in the music magazine Record Mirror in the issue dated 6 January 1990. [1]
The 1980s saw the emergence of electronic dance music and new wave, also known as Modern Rock. As disco fell out of fashion in the decade's early years, [ 1] genres such as post-disco, Italo disco, Euro disco, and dance-pop became more popular. Rock music continued to enjoy a wide audience. [ 2] Soft rock, [ 3] glam metal, thrash metal, shred ...