Now 100 Hits: 80s vs Yearbooks
Now 100 Hits: 80s vs Yearbooks
| Song | Yearbook | First UK Chart Appearance | UK Chart Position | UK Peak Date | First Billboard Chart Appearance | Billboard Chart Position | Original Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-Ha - Take on Me | YB 1985 | 22 September 1985 | 2 | 20 October 1985 | 13 July 1985 | 1 | |
| ABBA - Super Trouper | YB 1980 | 9 November 1980 | 1 | 23 November 1980 | 4 April 1981 | 45 | |
| Adam and the Ants - Prince Charming | YB 1981 | 6 September 1981 | 1 | 13 September 1981 | |||
| Alison Moyet - All Cried Out | YB X 1984,YB 80-84 Vinyl X | 7 October 1984 | 8 | 21 October 1984 | |||
| Bananarama - Venus | YB 1986 | 25 May 1986 | 8 | 6 July 1986 | 28 June 1986 | 1 | |
| The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian | YB X 1986,YB 85-89 Vinyl X | 7 September 1986 | 3 | 9 November 1986 | 27 September 1986 | 1 | |
| The Beautiful South - Song for Whoever | YB 1989 | 28 May 1989 | 2 | 2 July 1989 | |||
| Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is a Place on Earth | YB 1988 | 6 December 1987 | 1 | 10 January 1988 | 26 September 1987 | 1 | |
| Billy Idol - White Wedding | YB 1985,YB 85-89 Vinyl X | 7 July 1985 | 6 | 4 August 1985 | 21 May 1983 | 36 | |
| Billy Joel - Uptown Girl | YB 1983 | 2 October 1983 | 1 | 30 October 1983 | 24 September 1983 | 3 | |
| Black Box - Ride on Time | YB 1989 | 6 August 1989 | 1 | 3 September 1989 | |||
| Blondie - Atomic | YB 1980 | 17 February 1980 | 1 | 24 February 1980 | 17 May 1980 | 39 | |
| Boy George - Everything I Own | YB 1987 | 1 March 1987 | 1 | 8 March 1987 | |||
| Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy | YB 1984,YB 80-84 Vinyl X 2 | 27 May 1984 | 3 | 17 June 1984 | 22 December 1984 | 48 | |
| Bros - When Will I Be Famous? | YB 1988 | 22 November 1987 | 2 | 31 January 1988 | 25 June 1988 | 83 | |
| Cameo - Word Up! | YB 1986,YB 85-89 Vinyl X | 24 August 1986 | 3 | 21 September 1986 | 13 September 1986 | 6 | |
| Chaka Khan - I Feel for You | YB 1984 | 14 October 1984 | 1 | 4 November 1984 | 8 September 1984 | 3 | |
| Chris de Burgh - The Lady in Red | YB 1986 | 29 June 1986 | 1 | 27 July 1986 | 14 February 1987 | 3 | |
| The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way | YB 1986 | 17 August 1986 | 1 | 7 September 1986 | 27 December 1986 | 40 | |
| Culture Club - Do You Really Want to Hurt Me | YB 1982 | 12 September 1982 | 1 | 17 October 1982 | 4 December 1982 | 2 | |
| Culture Club - Karma Chameleon | YB 1983 | 11 September 1983 | 1 | 18 September 1983 | 3 December 1983 | 1 | |
| Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died in Your Arms | YB X 1986 | 3 August 1986 | 4 | 14 September 1986 | 7 March 1987 | 1 | |
| Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun | 14 January 1984 | 2 | |||||
| Daryl Hall & John Oates - Maneater | YB X 1982,YB 80-84 Vinyl X 2 | 24 October 1982 | 6 | 14 November 1982 | 16 October 1982 | 1 | |
| Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) | YB 1985 | 11 November 1984 | 1 | 3 March 1985 | 1 June 1985 | 11 | |
| Dexys Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen | YB 1982 | 27 June 1982 | 1 | 1 August 1982 | 22 January 1983 | 1 | |
| Dionne Warwick - Heartbreaker | YB 1982,YB 80-84 Vinyl X 2 | 17 October 1982 | 2 | 7 November 1982 | 9 October 1982 | 10 | |
| Dolly Parton - 9 to 5 | 15 February 1981 | 47 | 8 March 1981 | 29 November 1980 | 1 | ||
| Dolly Parton/Kenny Rogers - Islands In The Stream | YB 1983 | 12 November 1983 | 7 | 27 August 1983 | 1 | ||
| Duran Duran - Rio | YB X 1982 | 7 November 1982 | 9 | 5 December 1982 | 2 April 1983 | 14 | |
| Earth, Wind and Fire - Let's Groove | YB 1981 | 1 November 1981 | 3 | 22 November 1981 | 3 October 1981 | 3 | |
| Elton John - I'm Still Standing | YB 1983 | 24 July 1983 | 4 | 21 August 1983 | 7 May 1983 | 12 | |
| Falco - Rock Me Amadeus | YB 1986 | 16 March 1986 | 1 | 4 May 1986 | 8 February 1986 | 1 | |
| Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy | YB 1989 | 1 January 1989 | 5 | 15 January 1989 | 28 January 1989 | 1 | |
| Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere | 27 March 1988 | 4 | 17 April 1988 | 28 November 1987 | 14 | ||
| Four Tops - Loco in Acapulco | YB X 1989 | 27 November 1988 | 7 | 1 January 1989 | |||
| Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax | YB 1984 | 6 November 1983 | 1 | 22 January 1984 | 7 April 1984 | 10 | |
| Giorgio Moroder with Philip Oakey - Together in Electric Dreams | YB 1984 | 16 September 1984 | 3 | 21 October 1984 | |||
| Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine - Rhythm Is Gonna Get You | YB 1985 - 1989 | 11 December 1988 | 16 | 8 January 1989 | 30 May 1987 | 5 | |
| Haircut 100 - Love Plus One | YB 1982 | 24 January 1982 | 3 | 7 March 1982 | 15 May 1982 | 37 | |
| Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F | YB 1985 | 17 March 1985 | 2 | 30 June 1985 | 30 March 1985 | 3 | |
| Heaven 17 - Temptation | YB 1983 | 10 April 1983 | 2 | 15 May 1983 | |||
| The Housemartins - Happy Hour | YB X 1986 | 1 June 1986 | 3 | 22 June 1986 | |||
| The Human League - Don't You Want Me | YB 1981 | 29 November 1981 | 1 | 6 December 1981 | 6 March 1982 | 1 | |
| Imagination - Just an Illusion | YB 1982,YB 80-84 Vinyl X | 28 February 1982 | 2 | 28 March 1982 | |||
| Irene Cara - Flashdance... What a Feeling | YB 1983,YB 80-84 Vinyl X 2 | 29 May 1983 | 2 | 3 July 1983 | 2 April 1983 | 1 | |
| The Jam - Town Called Malice | YB 1982 | 7 February 1982 | 1 | 7 February 1982 | |||
| James Brown - Living in America | YB X 1986 | 19 January 1986 | 5 | 9 February 1986 | 7 December 1985 | 4 | |
| Jermaine Stewart - We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off | YB 1986 | 27 July 1986 | 2 | 14 September 1986 | 17 May 1986 | 5 | |
| Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams | YB 1987 | 22 March 1987 | 5 | 17 May 1987 | 19 March 1988 | 2 | |
| KC and the Sunshine Band - Give It Up | YB 1983,YB 80-84 Vinyl X | 10 July 1983 | 1 | 7 August 1983 | 24 December 1983 | 18 | |
| Kajagoogoo - Too Shy | YB 1983 | 16 January 1983 | 1 | 13 February 1983 | 23 April 1983 | 5 | |
| Katrina and the Waves - Walking on Sunshine | YB 1985 | 21 April 1985 | 8 | 2 June 1985 | 23 March 1985 | 9 | |
| Kenny Loggins - Footloose | YB 1984 | 15 April 1984 | 6 | 13 May 1984 | 28 January 1984 | 1 | |
| Kool & the Gang - Get Down on It | YB 1982 | 13 December 1981 | 3 | 10 January 1982 | 27 February 1982 | 10 | |
| Kool and the Gang - Celebration | YB 1980 | 26 October 1980 | 7 | 23 November 1980 | |||
| Laura Branigan - Self Control | YB 1984 | 1 July 1984 | 5 | 26 August 1984 | 14 April 1984 | 4 | |
| Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night) | YB 1983 | 25 September 1983 | 2 | 23 October 1983 | 17 September 1983 | 1 | |
| Lipps Inc. - Funkytown | YB 1980 | 11 May 1980 | 2 | 22 June 1980 | |||
| Lisa Stansfield - All Around the World | YB 1989 | 22 October 1989 | 1 | 5 November 1989 | 3 February 1990 | 3 | |
| Luther Vandross - Never Too Much | YB 1983 | 6 February 1983 | 13 | 5 November 1989 | 10 October 1981 | 33 | |
| M - Pop Muzik | YB 1979 | 1 April 1979 | 2 | 6 May 1979 | 11 August 1979 | 1 | |
| Madness - It Must Be Love | YB 1981 | 29 November 1981 | 4 | 3 January 1982 | 20 August 1983 | 33 | |
| Martha and the Muffins - Echo Beach | YB 1980 | 24 February 1980 | 10 | 23 March 1980 | |||
| Martika - Toy Soldiers | YB 1989 | 9 July 1989 | 5 | 13 August 1989 | 20 May 1989 | 1 | |
| Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride | YB 1984 | 8 January 1984 | 4 | 5 February 1984 | 17 September 1983 | 5 | |
| Men At Work - Down Under | YB 1983 | 2 January 1983 | 1 | 23 January 1983 | 6 November 1982 | 1 | |
| Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance | YB 1983 | 21 August 1983 | 6 | 30 October 1983 | 25 June 1983 | 3 | |
| Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow | YB 1983 | 8 May 1983 | 4 | 26 June 1983 | |||
| Nena - 99 Red Balloons | YB 1984 | 29 January 1984 | 1 | 26 February 1984 | |||
| Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Enola Gay | YB 1980 | 28 September 1980 | 8 | 26 October 1980 | |||
| Paul McCartney - Coming Up | YB 1980 | 13 April 1980 | 2 | 27 April 1980 | |||
| Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al | YB 1986 | 31 August 1986 | 4 | 12 October 1986 | 9 August 1986 | 23 | |
| Paul Young - Love Of The Common People | YB 1983 | 13 November 1983 | 2 | 27 November 1983 | 19 May 1984 | 45 | |
| The Police - Every Breath You Take | YB 1983 | 22 May 1983 | 1 | 29 May 1983 | 4 June 1983 | 1 | |
| The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) | YB 1985 - 1989 | 21 August 1988 | 11 | 25 September 1988 | 12 June 1993 | 3 | |
| Queen - I Want to Break Free | YB X 80-84 | 8 April 1984 | 3 | 22 April 1984 | 28 April 1984 | 45 | |
| Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up | YB 1987 | 2 August 1987 | 1 | 23 August 1987 | 19 December 1987 | 1 | |
| The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up | 23 August 1981 | 7 | 6 September 1981 | 22 August 1981 | 2 | ||
| The S.O.S. Band - Just Be Good To Me | YB 1984 | 31 March 1984 | 13 | 27 August 1983 | 55 | ||
| Salt-N-Pepa - Push It | YB 1988 | 20 March 1988 | 2 | 10 July 1988 | 21 November 1987 | 19 | |
| Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) | YB 1985 | 14 April 1985 | 7 | 28 April 1985 | 23 February 1985 | 1 | |
| Soft Cell - Tainted Love | YB 1981 | 26 July 1981 | 1 | 30 August 1981 | 16 January 1982 | 8 | |
| Soul II Soul feat. Caron Wheeler - Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) | YB 1989 | 4 June 1989 | 1 | 18 June 1989 | |||
| Spandau Ballet - Gold | YB 1983,YB 80-84 Vinyl X | 7 August 1983 | 2 | 14 August 1983 | 19 November 1983 | 29 | |
| The Stranglers - Golden Brown | YB 1982 | 3 January 1982 | 2 | 7 February 1982 | |||
| Swing Out Sister - Breakout | YB 1986 | 12 October 1986 | 4 | 16 November 1986 | 15 August 1987 | 6 | |
| Taylor Dayne - Tell It to My Heart | YB 1988,YB 85-89 Vinyl X | 17 January 1988 | 3 | 14 February 1988 | 10 October 1987 | 7 | |
| Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World | YB 1985 | 24 March 1985 | 2 | 14 April 1985 | 16 March 1985 | 1 | |
| Tears for Fears - Mad World | YB 1982 | 26 September 1982 | 3 | 31 October 1982 | |||
| Technotronic featuring Felly - Pump Up the Jam | YB 1989 | 27 August 1989 | 2 | 1 October 1989 | |||
| Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now | YB 1988 | 10 January 1988 | 1 | 24 January 1988 | 29 August 1987 | 1 | |
| Toto - Africa | YB 1983 | 23 January 1983 | 3 | 20 February 1983 | 30 October 1982 | 1 | |
| UB40 - Red Red Wine | YB 1983 | 14 August 1983 | 1 | 28 August 1983 | 28 January 1984 | 1 | |
| UB40 with Chrissie Hynde - I Got You Babe | YB 1985 | 28 July 1985 | 1 | 25 August 1985 | 27 July 1985 | 28 | |
| The Weather Girls - It's Raining Men | YB 1984,YB 80-84 Vinyl X 2 | 14 August 1983 | 2 | 25 March 1984 | 22 January 1983 | 46 | |
| Wham! - Club Tropicana | YB 1983 | 24 July 1983 | 4 | 14 August 1983 | |||
| Whitney Houston - How Will I Know | YB 1986,YB 85-89 Vinyl X | 19 January 1986 | 5 | 16 February 1986 | 7 December 1985 | 1 | |
| Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) | YB 1987 | 17 May 1987 | 1 | 31 May 1987 | 16 May 1987 | 1 | |
| Womack & Womack - Teardrops | YB 1988 | 31 July 1988 | 3 | 11 September 1988 |