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List of top 40 singles for 1980–1989 in Australia

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.

#TitleArtistHighest pos. reachedWeeks at No. 1
1."Never Gonna Give You Up"Rick Astley1November 1987
2."Dancing in the Dark"Bruce Springsteen5September 1984
3."Australiana"Austen Tayshus1August 1983
4."Like A Prayer"Madonna1April 1989
5."I Just Called to Say I Love You"Stevie Wonder1October 1984
6."Ghostbusters"Ray Parker Jr.2September 1984
7."Islands in the Stream"Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton1December 1983
8."La Bamba"Los Lobos1September 1987
9."Locomotion"Kylie Minogue1August 1987
10."Down Under"Men at Work1December 1981
11."Run to Paradise"The Choirboys3November 1987
12."Flashdance... What a Feeling"Irene Cara1July 1983
13."Old Time Rock and Roll"Bob Seger3August 1987
14."You're the Voice"John Farnham1November 1985
15."(I've Had) The Time of My Life"Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes1February 1988
16."We Are the World"USA for Africa1April 1985
17."Kokomo"The Beach Boys1December 1988
18."Shaddap You Face"Joe Dolce Music Theatre1November 1980
19."Gloria"Laura Branigan1February 1983
20."The Only Way Is Up"Yazz and the Plastic Population2October 1988
21."Walk Like an Egyptian"The Bangles1February 1987
22."Electric Blue"Icehouse1November 1987
23."Venus"Bananarama1September 1986
24."Simply Irresistible"Robert Palmer1September 1988
25."Faith"George Michael1December 1987
26."I Got You"Split Enz1April 1980
27."You Keep Me Hangin' On"Kim Wilde1February 1987
28."The Power of Love"Jennifer Rush1November 1985
29."Start Me Up"The Rolling Stones1November 1981
30."Eternal Flame"The Bangles1June 1989
31."Angel"/"Into the Groove"Madonna1June 1985
32."Time Warp"Original Cast, The Rocky Horror Picture Show3December 1980
33."It's Just Not Cricket"The Twelfth Man1June 1984
34."Eye of the Tiger"Survivor1September 1982
35."(Just Like) Starting Over"John Lennon1January 1981
36."Funkytown"Pseudo Echo1December 1986
37."Wired for Sound"Cliff Richard2December 1981
38."Come On Eileen"Dexys Midnight Runners1November 1982
39."I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"The Proclaimers1February 1989
40."If I Could"19272December 1988
41."Careless Whisper"George Michael1September 1984
42."Lady in Red"Chris De Burgh2December 1986
43."Chain Reaction"Diana Ross1April 1986
44."Like a Virgin"Madonna1December 1984
45."Karma Chameleon"Culture Club1October 1983
46."When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going"Billy Ocean1March 1986
47."A Groovy Kind of Love"Phil Collins1November 1988
48."Teardrops"Womack & Womack1February 1989
49."The Look"Roxette1July 1989
50."Touch Me (I Want Your Body)"Samantha Fox1July 1986
51."Slice of Heaven"Dave Dobbyn with Herbs1May 1987
52."Reckless"Australian Crawl1November 1983
53."Tainted Love"Soft Cell1February 1982
54."Turning Japanese"The Vapors1June 1980
55."She Drives Me Crazy"Fine Young Cannibals1March 1989
56."Don't Worry Be Happy"Bobby McFerrin1November 1988
57."The Flame"Cheap Trick1May 1988
58."Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car"Billy Ocean1April 1988
59."Physical"Olivia Newton-John1November 1981
60."All Night Long (All Night)"Lionel Richie1December 1981
61."Respectable"Mel and Kim1July 1987
62."Wind Beneath My Wings"Bette Midler1June 1989
63."Billie Jean"Michael Jackson1April 1983
64."If I Could Turn Back Time"Cher1November 1989
65."Up Where We Belong"Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes1March 1983
66."We Built This City"Starship1January 1986
67."Crazy Little Thing Called Love"Queen1February 1980
68."Counting the Beat"The Swingers1March 1981
69."Woman in Love"Barbra Streisand1November 1980
70."Another Brick in the Wall, Part II"Pink Floyd2April 1980
71."Got My Mind Set on You"George Harrison1January 1988
72."Brass in Pocket"The Pretenders2May 1980
73."Total Eclipse of the Heart"Bonnie Tyler1May 1983
74."What About Me"Moving Pictures1March 1982
75."Stars on 45"Stars on 451July 1981
76."Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"Wham!1July 1984
77."A Good Heart"Feargal Sharkey1February 1986
78."Antmusic"Adam and the Ants1March 1981
79."Crazy for You"Madonna1July 1985
80."You Can Call Me Al"Paul Simon2November 1986
81."Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room)"Paul Lekakis1April 1987
82."Bedroom Eyes"Kate Ceberano2June 1989
83."Pass the Dutchie"Musical Youth1December 1982
84."Endless Love"Diana Ross & Lionel Richie1October 1981
85."I Wanna Wake Up with You"Boris Gardiner1March 1987
86."Jealous Guy"Roxy Music1May 1981
87."More Than I Can Say"Leo Sayer1October 1980
88."The Living Years"Mike and the Mechanics1May 1989
89."Hold Me Now"Johnny Logan4December 1987
90."You Got It (The Right Stuff)"New Kids on the Block1August 1989
91."To Be a Lover"Billy Idol3December 1986
92."Take My Breath Away"Berlin2September 1986
93."Can't Stop the Music"Village People1July 1980
94."Perfect"Fairground Attraction1August 1988
95."Money For Nothing"Dire Straits4September 1985
96."I Should Be So Lucky"Kylie Minogue1March 1988
97."The Final Countdown"Europe2April 1987
98."Devo Live (EP)"Devo1August 1981
99."I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"Whitney Houston1June 1987
100."Live it Up"Mental As Anything2July 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.

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