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The Best Of 1980

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The Rest Of 1980
The Playlist

51 ONE DAY I’LL FLY AWAY Randy Crawford

52 RELIGHT MY FIRE Dan Hartman

53 WHEN I LOOK IN YOUR EYES The Romantics

54 GIVE ME A BREAK The Ritchie Family

55 SOONER OR LATER The Innocents

56 YOU GAVE ME LOVE Crown Heights Affair

57 ON THE RADIO Donna Summer

58 PEOPLE Mi-Sex

59 MODERN GIRL James Freud & The Radio Stars

60 WHEN I’M WITH YOU Sparks

61 DREAMIN’ Cliff Richard

62 OUT HERE ON MY OWN Irene Cara

63 RAPPER’S DELIGHT Sugarhill Gang

64 AND THE BEAT GOES ON The Whispers

65 STOMP Brothers Johnson

66 LOOKING FOR CLUES Robert Palmer

67 I AIN’T GONNA STAND FOR IT Stevie Wonder

68 TOO HOT Kool & The Gang

69 BOURGIE BOURGIE Gladys Knight & The Pips

70 DON’T MAKE ME WAIT TOO LONG Roberta Flack featuring Donny Hathaway

71 WONDER WORLD! John St Peeters

72 BABOOSHKA Kate Bush

73 SUPER TROUPER ABBA

74 OVER YOU Roxy Music

75 EVERY WOMAN IN THE WORLD Air Supply

76 TRAIN IN VAIN The Clash

77 LET’S GO ROUND AGAIN Average White Band

78 LOVE AT FIRST NIGHT Kim Hart

79 CARRIE Cliff Richard

80 OH YEAH (ON THE RADIO) Roxy Music

81 JOHNNY & MARY Robert Palmer

82 MASTER BLASTER (JAMMIN’) Stevie Wonder

83 YOU’RE THE ONLY WOMAN (YOU & I) Ambrosia

84 DON’T PUSH IT DON’T FORCE IT Leon Haywood

85 GENO Dexy’s Midnight Runners

86 YOU KNOW HOW TO LOVE ME Phyllis Hyman

87 SWEET SENSATION Stephanie Mills

88 THE GLOW OF LOVE Change

89 DIRTY MIND Prince

90 LOVE SENSATION Loleatta Holloway

91 I NEED YOUR LOVIN’ Teena Marie

92 SAME OLD SCENE Roxy Music

93 LOVE X LOVE George Benson

94 SINGING IN THE 80S The Monitors

95 DON’T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME The Police

96 ME MYSELF I Joan Armatrading

97 JUST KEEP WALKING INXS

98 IN YOUR CAR The Dugites

99 SANCTUARY New Musik

100 IT’S DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS Joe Jackson

101 STEAL AWAY Robbie Dupree

102 ALL I WANNA DO Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons

103 BIGGEST PART OF ME Ambrosia

104 ON AND ON AND ON ABBA

105 I’M ALRIGHT Kenny Loggins

106 COMING UP Paul McCartney

107 DE DO DO DO, DE DA DA DA The Police

108 LOVE WILL TEAR US APART Joy Division

109 SO LONG Fischer Z

110 A FOREST The Cure

111 TOGETHER WE ARE BEAUTIFUL Fern Kinney

112 WOMAN IN LOVE Barbra Streisand

113 EVERBODY’S GOTTA LEARN SOMETIME The Korgis

114 STATE OF THE HEART Mondo Rock

115 USE IT UP AND WEAR IT OUT Odyssey

116 TEARS The Crocodiles

117 SUDDENLY Olivia Newton-John / Cliff Richard

118 HOW LONG Lipps Inc

119 MORE THAN I CAN SAY Leo Sayer

120 SHE’S OUT OF MY LIFE Michael Jackson

121 MODERN GIRL Sheena Easton

122 THE TIDE IS HIGH Blondie

123 THE ROSE Bette Midler

124 IT’S STILL ROCK ‘N’ ROLL TO ME Billy Joel

125 I COULD BE SO GOOD FOR YOU Dennis Waterman

126 (JUST LIKE) ROMEO AND JULIET Mental As Anything

127 ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST Queen

128 PRIVATE IDAHO The B-52s

129 TOTAL CONTROL The Motels

130 LOVELY ONE The Jacksons

131 SEARCHING Change

132 THE WANDERER Donna Summer

133 THE BREAKS Kurtis Blow

134 I WILL FOLLOW U2

135 ASHES TO ASHES David Bowie

136 I HOPE I NEVER Split Enz

137 LOVE WON’T WAIT FOR LOVE S.O.S. Band

138 YOU MAY BE RIGHT Billy Joel

139 SAILING Christopher Cross

140 DESIRE Andy Gibb

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