Statistics for UK Number 1 Artists of the 1980's

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	Hint	Answer	% Correct
1981	Under Pressure	Queen and David Bowie	95%
1985	Dancing in the Street	David Bowie and Mick Jagger	94%
1983	Let's Dance	David Bowie	93%
1980	Ashes to Ashes	David Bowie	93%
1981	Woman	John Lennon	93%
1981	Imagine	John Lennon	93%
1980	(Just Like) Starting Over	John Lennon	93%
1985	Into the Groove	Madonna	93%
1986	Papa Don't Preach	Madonna	93%
1986	True Blue	Madonna	93%
1987	La Isla Bonita	Madonna	93%
1987	Who's That Girl?	Madonna	93%
1989	Like a Prayer	Madonna	93%
1981	One Day in Your Life	Michael Jackson	93%
1983	Billie Jean	Michael Jackson	93%
1987	I Just Can't Stop Loving You	Michael Jackson and Siedah Garrett	93%
1980	Don't Stand So Close to Me	The Police	93%
1983	Every Breath You Take	The Police	93%
1981	Every Little Thing She Does is Magic	The Police	93%
1984	Freedom	Wham!	93%
1986	The Edge of Heaven	Wham!	93%
1985	I'm Your Man	Wham!	93%
1984	Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go	Wham!	93%
1980	The Winner Takes it All	ABBA	91%
1980	Super Trouper	ABBA	91%
1987	I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)	Aretha Franklin and George Michael	91%
1983	Karma Chameleon	Culture Club	91%
1982	Do You Really Want to Hurt Me	Culture Club	91%
1984	Careless Whisper	George Michael	91%
1986	A Different Corner	George Michael	91%
1982	Ebony and Ivory	Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder	90%
1988	A Groovy Kind of Love	Phil Collins	89%
1983	You Can't Hurry Love	Phil Collins	89%
1985	Easy Lover	Philip Bailey and Phil Collins	89%
1980	Atomic	Blondie	88%
1980	Call Me	Blondie	88%
1980	The Tide is High	Blondie	88%
1986	West End Girls	Pet Shop Boys	86%
1987	It's a Sin	Pet Shop Boys	86%
1987	Always on My Mind	Pet Shop Boys	86%
1988	Heart	Pet Shop Boys	86%
1983	Red Red Wine	UB40	86%
1985	I Got You Babe	UB40 and Chrissie Hynde	86%
1983	Uptown Girl	Billy Joel	85%
1983	Total Eclipse of the Heart	Bonnie Tyler	85%
1984	Two Tribes	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	85%
1984	The Power of Love	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	85%
1984	Relax	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	85%
1985	Saving All My Love for You	Whitney Houston	85%
1988	One Moment in Time	Whitney Houston	85%
1987	I Wanna Dance with Somebody	Whitney Houston	85%
1984	Do They Know It's Christmas?	Band Aid	84%
1984	I Just Called to Say I Love You	Stevie Wonder	84%
1982	Come on Eileen	Dexys Midnight Runners	83%
1980	Geno	Dexys Midnight Runners	83%
1984	The Reflex	Duran Duran	82%
1983	Is There Something I Should Know?	Duran Duran	82%
1981	Prince Charming	Adam and the Ants	81%
1981	Stand and Deliver	Adam and the Ants	81%
1987	Never Gonna Give You Up	Rick Astley	80%
1982	Eye of the Tiger	Survivor	79%
1980	Xanadu	Olivia Newton-John and The Electric Light Orchestra	78%
1984	Pipes of Peace	Paul McCartney	78%
1981	Tainted Love	Soft Cell	78%
1989	Ferry 'Cross the Mersey	The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden and Stock Aitken Waterman	78%
1981	Don't You Want Me	The Human League	78%
1986	The Final Countdown	Europe	77%
1989	Especially For You	Kylie and Jason	77%
1988	I Should Be So Lucky	Kylie Minogue	77%
1989	Hand on Your Heart	Kylie Minogue	77%
1984	Hello	Lionel Richie	77%
1982	Town Called Malice	The Jam	77%
1982	Beat Surrender	The Jam	77%
1980	Going Underground	The Jam	77%
1980	Start!	The Jam	77%
1988	Mistletoe and Wine	Cliff Richard	76%
1986	Living Doll	Cliff Richard and The Young Ones	76%
1988	Heaven is a Place on Earth	Belinda Carlisle	75%
1982	House of Fun	Madness	75%
1983	Down Under	Men at Work	75%
1983	True	Spandau Ballet	75%
1980	Brass in Pocket	The Pretenders	75%
1984	99 Red Balloons	Nena	74%
1988	I Think We're Alone Now	Tiffany	72%
1986	When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going	Billy Ocean	70%
1986	Chain Reaction	Diana Ross	69%
1982	Oh Julie	Shakin' Stevens	69%
1981	This Ole House	Shakin' Stevens	69%
1985	Merry Christmas Everyone	Shakin' Stevens	69%
1981	Green Door	Shakin' Stevens	69%
1981	Ghost Town	The Specials	68%
1980	Too Much Too Young	The Specials	68%
1985	I Want to Know What Love Is	Foreigner	67%
1989	Eternal Flame	The Bangles	67%
1982	Goody Two Shoes	Adam Ant	66%
1988	Orinoco Flow	Enya	66%
1986	Take My Breath Away	Berlin	65%
1982	Fame	Irene Cara	65%
1986	The Sun Always Shines on TV	a-ha	64%
1982	The Land of Make Believe	Bucks Fizz	64%
1982	My Camera Never Lies	Bucks Fizz	64%
1981	Making Your Mind Up	Bucks Fizz	64%
1986	The Lady in Red	Chris de Burgh	64%
1983	Wherever I Lay My Heart (That's My Home)	Paul Young	64%
1988	Desire	U2	64%
1985	There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)	Eurythmics	63%
1983	Baby Jane	Rod Stewart	62%
1986	Rock Me Amadeus	Falco	61%
1987	Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now	Starship	61%
1987	China in Your Hand	T'Pau	61%
1985	You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)	Dead or Alive	59%
1983	Too Shy	Kajagoogoo	59%
1980	Coward of the County	Kenny Rogers	59%
1988	The Only Way is Up	Yazz and the Plastic Population	59%
1989	Sealed with a Kiss	Jason Donovan	58%
1989	Too Many Broken Hearts	Jason Donovan	58%
1987	Everything I Own	Boy George	57%
1985	The Power of Love	Jennifer Rush	57%
1982	Pass the Dutchie	Musical Youth	56%
1987	Respectable	Mel and Kim	55%
1981	Jealous Guy	Roxy Music	54%
1986	Don't Leave Me This Way	The Communards	53%
1985	We Are the World	USA for Africa	52%
1985	I Know Him So Well	Elaine Page and Barbara Dickson	51%
1985	19	Paul Hardcastle	51%
1980	Woman in Love	Barbra Streisand	50%
1987	You Win Again	Bee Gees	50%
1985	A Good Heart	Feargal Sharkey	50%
1986	Reet Petite	Jackie Wilson	50%
1988	Theme from S-Express	S-Express	50%
1989	Belfast Child	Simple Minds	50%
1982	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Tight Fit	50%
1989	Do They Know It's Christmas?	Band Aid II	48%
1981	It's My Party	Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin	48%
1986	Caravan of Love	The Housemartins	48%
1987	Stand By Me	Ben E King	47%
1981	Shaddup Your Face	Joe Dolce Music Theatre	47%
1980	Suicide is Painless	MAS*H	47%
1982	Happy Talk	Captain Sensible	46%
1984	I Feel For You	Chaka Khan	46%
1987	La Bamba	Los Lobos	45%
1985	Frankie	Sister Sledge	45%
1983	Only You	The Flying Pickets	43%
1988	He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother	The Hollies	43%
1982	I Don't Wanna Dance	Eddy Grant	42%
1988	Perfect	Fairground Attraction	42%
1989	Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart	Marc Almond featuring Gene Pitney	42%
1985	If I Was	Midge Ure	42%
1980	There's No One Quite Like Grandma	St Winifred's School Choir	42%
1986	The Chicken Song	Spitting Image	41%
1989	Ride On Time	Black Box	40%
1988	I Owe You Nothing	Bros	40%
1989	All Around the World	Lisa Stansfield	40%
1986	Every Loser Wins	Nick Berry	40%
1981	Japanese Boy	Aneka	39%
1986	Spirit in the Sky	Doctor and the Medics	39%
1981	Begin the Beguine	Julio Iglesias	39%
1989	You Got It (The Right Stuff)	New Kids on the Block	39%
1988	With a Little Help From my Friends	Wet Wet Wet	38%
1988	Don't Turn Around	Aswad	37%
1980	Working My Way Back To You	Detroit Spinners	36%
1980	What's Another Year	Johnny Logan	36%
1983	Give It Up	KC and the Sunshine Band	36%
1982	Computer Love	Kraftwerk	36%
1987	Pump Up the Volume	MARRS	36%
1985	Move Closer	Phylis Nelson	36%
1982	Seven Tears	Goombay Dance Band	35%
1981	Being with You	Smokey Robinson	35%
1980	Crying	Don McLean	34%
1989	Let's Party	Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers	34%
1989	That's What I Like	Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers	34%
1989	Swing the Mood	Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers	34%
1980	Use it Up and Wear it Out	Odyssey	34%
1987	Star Trekkin'	The Firm	32%
1980	Together We Are Beautiful	Fern Kinney	31%
1984	I Should Have Known Better	Jim Diamond	31%
1980	Feels Like I'm In Love	Kelly Marie	31%
1982	I've Never Been to Me	Charlene	29%
1987	Let It Be	Ferry Aid	29%
1983	Candy Girl	New Edition	27%
1986	I Want to Wake Up with You	Boris Gardiner	26%
1982	A Little Peace	Nicole	26%
1982	Save Your Love	Renee and Renato	26%
1988	Doctorin' the Tardis	The Timelords	25%
1989	Back to Life	Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler	24%
1989	You'll Never Stop Me Loving You	Sonia	23%
1988	Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You	Glenn Medeiros	21%
1988	First Time	Robin Beck	21%
1987	Jack Your Body	Steve 'Silk' Hurley	18%
1985	You'll Never Walk Alone	The Crowd	18%
1988	She's Leaving Home	Billy Bragg and Cara Tivey	11%