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Songs were written by Paul Buchanan, sometimes with other members of The Blue Nile. Tinseltown in the Rain (1984), Heatwave (1984), Over the Hillside (1984), The Downtown Lights (1989), Saturday Night (1989)
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Songs by total number of weeks at number one. The following songs were featured in top of the chart for the highest total number of weeks during the 1980s.
#Reached Number OneArtist (s)Single480January 5, 1980481January 19, 1980482February 16, 1980483February 23, 1980- Biz Markie, ‘Just a Friend’ Lighters up for the late, great Biz Markie, one of the most beloved music heroes of the Eighties or any other decade. The Diabolical One.
- Nena, ’99 Luftballons’ A German girl sings about nuclear apocalypse in a perky New Wave bop about the end of the world. Yet it’s also a doomy teen romance, at a time when half the hits on the radio were about the end of the world.
- My Bloody Valentine, ‘Feed Me With Your Kiss’ The dawn of the shoegaze era. My Bloody Valentine give an early taste of their power on their debut album, Isn’t Anything: Irish guitar madman Kevin Shields’ tremolo overdrive and feedback-loop noise, Belinda Butcher’s breathy vocals, awesome power-klutz drumming.
- Bobby Brown, ‘My Prerogative’ The sound of New Jack Swing. Bobby Brown dishes the dirt on celebrity gossip, as the young Harlem prodigy Teddy Riley soups up a beat that would rule the radio for the next few years.
Apr 27, 2024 · Top 80s Songs. While many artists across a multitude of genres — including new wave, alt-rock, electronic dance, heavy metal and pop — were all taken into account when comprising this list, the...
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80 "I Pledge My Love" Peaches & Herb: 81 "The Long Run" Eagles: 82 "Stand by Me" Mickey Gilley: 83 "Heartbreaker" Pat Benatar: 84 "Déjà Vu" Dionne Warwick: 85 "Drivin' My Life Away" Eddie Rabbitt: 86 "Take the Long Way Home" Supertramp: 87 "Sara" Fleetwood Mac: 88 "Wait for Me" Hall & Oates: 89 "Jojo" Boz Scaggs: 90 "September Morn" Neil ...
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