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THE QUARTER-CENTURY PERSPECTIVE

What were the top songs 25 years ago this week? Relive the 1980s.

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Title

Artist

Pk

Wk

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1

1

1

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Say Say Say

Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson

1(5)

13

2

2

2

2

*

Say It Isn’t So

Daryl Hall & John Oates

2(4)

11

5

3

3

3

*

Union of the Snake

Duran Duran

3

8

7

4

4

4

*

Owner of a Lonely Heart

Yes

4

8

9

8

8

5

*

Twist of Fate

Olivia Newton-John

5

9

20

12

12

6

*

Talking in Your Sleep

The Romantics

6

6

18

10

10

7

*

Break My Stride

Matthew Wilder

7

7

19

11

11

8

*

I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues

Elton John

8

8

11

9

9

9

*

Undercover of the Night

The Rolling Stones

9

8

3

5

5

10

All Night Long (All Night)

Lionel Richie

1(4)

15

4

6

6

11

Uptown Girl

Billy Joel

3

14

6

7

7

12

Love Is a Battlefield

Pat Benatar

5

13

27

17

17

13

*

Karma Chameleon

Culture Club

13

5

15

14

14

14

Major Tom (Coming Home)

Peter Schilling

14

9

25

21

21

15

*

Running with the Night

Lionel Richie

15

6

10

13

13

16

Church of the Poison Mind

Culture Club

10

11

29

22

22

17

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Joanna

Kool & the Gang

17

6

24

23

23

18

*

Read ’Em and Weep

Barry Manilow

18

7

16

16

16

19

Synchronicity II

The Police

16

8

12

15

15

20

Cum On Feel the Noize

Quiet Riot

5

13

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32

32

21

*

The Curly Shuffle

Jump ’N the Saddle

21

3

30

27

27

22

*

That’s All!

Genesis

22

5

28

25

25

23

*

If I’d Been the One

38 Special

23

6

31

28

28

24

*

I Still Can’t Get Over Loving You

Ray Parker, Jr.

24

5

26

26

26

25

*

Time Will Reveal

DeBarge

25

7

32

29

29

26

*

Pink Houses

John Cougar Mellencamp

26

4

33

31

31

27

*

Holiday

Madonna

27

5

13

19

19

28

Why Me?

Irene Cara

13

10

8

18

18

29

Islands in the Stream

Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton

1(2)

18

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38

38

30

*

Think of Laura

Christopher Cross

30

3

34

33

33

31

*

Stay with Me Tonight

Jeffrey Osborne

31

4

37

34

34

32

*

Gold

Spandau Ballet

32

4

38

35

35

33

*

The Sign of Fire

The Fixx

33

4

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34

*

So Bad

Paul McCartney

34

1

17

20

20

35

In a Big Country

Big Country

17

9

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39

39

36

*

Baby I Lied

Deborah Allen

36

3

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