Statistics for #1 UK Hits of the 1980s

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Year	Song	Artist	% Correct
1986	True Blue	Madonna	95%
1987	La Isla Bonita	Madonna	95%
1986	Papa Don't Preach	Madonna	95%
1985	Into the Groove	Madonna	95%
1987	Who's That Girl	Madonna	95%
1989	Like a Prayer	Madonna	95%
1987	I Just Can't Stop Loving You	Michael Jackson and Siedah Garrett	95%
1980	Don't Stand So Close to Me	The Police	95%
1981	Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic	The Police	95%
1983	Every Breath You Take	The Police	95%
1984	Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go	Wham!	95%
1984	Freedom	Wham!	95%
1986	The Edge of Heaven	Wham!	95%
1985	I'm Your Man	Wham!	95%
1983	Billie Jean	Michael Jackson	94%
1981	One Day In Your Life	Michael Jackson	94%
1981	Under Pressure	Queen and David Bowie	93%
1985	Saving All My Love for You	Whitney Houston	93%
1988	One Moment in Time	Whitney Houston	93%
1987	I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)	Whitney Houston	93%
1987	I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)	Aretha Franklin and George Michael	92%
1982	Do You Really Want to Hurt Me	Culture Club	92%
1983	Karma Chameleon	Culture Club	92%
1984	Careless Whisper	George Michael	92%
1986	A Different Corner	George Michael	92%
1987	Never Gonna Give You Up	Rick Astley	90%
1983	Uptown Girl	Billy Joel	89%
1983	Let's Dance	David Bowie	88%
1980	Ashes to Ashes	David Bowie	88%
1983	Total Eclipse of the Heart	Bonnie Tyler	87%
1986	The Final Countdown	Europe	87%
1982	Ebony and Ivory	Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder	86%
1980	Atomic	Blondie	85%
1980	Call Me	Blondie	85%
1980	The Tide Is High	Blondie	85%
1981	Woman	John Lennon	85%
1980	(Just Like) Starting Over	John Lennon	85%
1981	Imagine	John Lennon	85%
1984	Pipes of Peace	Paul McCartney	85%
1980	Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)	Pink Floyd	85%
1984	I Just Called to Say I Love You	Stevie Wonder	84%
1983	Red Red Wine	UB40	84%
1985	I Got You Babe	UB40 and Chrissie Hynde	84%
1986	West End Girls	Pet Shop Boys	83%
1988	Heart	Pet Shop Boys	83%
1987	Always on My Mind	Pet Shop Boys	83%
1987	It's a Sin	Pet Shop Boys	83%
1983	You Can't Hurry Love	Phil Collins	82%
1988	A Groovy Kind of Love	Phil Collins	82%
1985	Dancing in the Street	David Bowie and Mick Jagger	81%
1980	Super Trouper	ABBA	80%
1980	The Winner Takes It All	ABBA	80%
1984	Do They Know It's Christmas?	Band Aid	80%
1989	Do They Know It's Christmas?	Band Aid II	80%
1981	Tainted Love	Soft Cell	80%
1989	Eternal Flame	The Bangles	80%
1984	The Power of Love	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	79%
1984	Two Tribes	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	79%
1984	Relax	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	79%
1988	Heaven Is a Place on Earth	Belinda Carlisle	78%
1988	I Think We're Alone Now	Tiffany	78%
1984	The Reflex	Duran Duran	76%
1983	Is There Something I Should Know?	Duran Duran	76%
1984	Hello	Lionel Richie	76%
1982	Eye of the Tiger	Survivor	76%
1989	Ferry 'Cross the Mersey	The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden and Stock Aitken Waterman	76%
1982	Come On Eileen	Dexys Midnight Runners	73%
1980	Geno	Dexys Midnight Runners	73%
1988	Desire	U2	72%
1986	The Sun Always Shines on TV	a-ha	71%
1984	99 Red Balloons	Nena	71%
1986	Take My Breath Away	Berlin	70%
1989	Hand on Your Heart	Kylie Minogue	70%
1988	I Should Be So Lucky	Kylie Minogue	70%
1983	Down Under	Men at Work	70%
1986	Living Doll	Cliff Richard and The Young Ones	69%
1988	Mistletoe and Wine	Cliff Richard	68%
1986	When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going	Billy Ocean	67%
1986	Rock Me Amadeus	Falco	67%
1986	Chain Reaction	Diana Ross	65%
1985	I Want to Know What Love Is	Foreigner	65%
1988	Orinoco Flow	Enya	64%
1980	Brass in Pocket	Pretenders	64%
1983	True	Spandau Ballet	64%
1981	Don't You Want Me	The Human League	64%
1985	There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)	Eurythmics	63%
1989	Especially For You	Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan	62%
1980	Xanadu	Olivia Newton-John and the Electric Light Orchestra	62%
1986	The Lady in Red	Chris de Burgh	61%
1980	Start!	The Jam	61%
1982	Town Called Malice/Precious	The Jam	61%
1982	Beat Surrender	The Jam	61%
1980	Going Underground/Dreams of Children	The Jam	61%
1982	House of Fun	Madness	60%
1982	Oh Julie	Shakin' Stevens	60%
1981	Green Door	Shakin' Stevens	60%
1981	This Ole House	Shakin' Stevens	60%
1985	Merry Christmas Everyone	Shakin' Stevens	60%
1987	Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now	Starship	60%
1985	Easy Lover	Philip Bailey and Phil Collins	59%
1981	Prince Charming	Adam and the Ants	56%
1981	Stand and Deliver	Adam and the Ants	56%
1982	Goody Two Shoes	Adam Ant	54%
1981	It's My Party	Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin	54%
1985	You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)	Dead or Alive	54%
1983	Too Shy	Kajagoogoo	54%
1983	Baby Jane	Rod Stewart	54%
1985	We Are the World	USA for Africa	54%
1980	Woman in Love	Barbra Streisand	52%
1989	Too Many Broken Hearts	Jason Donovan	51%
1989	Sealed with a Kiss	Jason Donovan	51%
1986	Don't Leave Me This Way	The Communards	51%
1987	China in Your Hand	T'Pau	51%
1981	Making Your Mind Up	Bucks Fizz	50%
1982	My Camera Never Lies	Bucks Fizz	50%
1982	The Land of Make Believe	Bucks Fizz	50%
1988	The Only Way Is Up	Yazz and the Plastic Population	49%
1985	The Power of Love	Jennifer Rush	48%
1983	Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)	Paul Young	47%
1980	Coward of the Country	Kenny Rogers	46%
1982	Pass the Dutchie	Musical Youth	46%
1989	Belfast Child	Simple Minds	46%
1987	You Win Again	Bee Gees	45%
1982	Fame	Irene Cara	45%
1984	I Feel for You	Chaka Khan	44%
1985	A Good Heart	Feargal Sharkey	43%
1987	La Bamba	Los Lobos	43%
1987	Respectable	Mel and Kim	43%
1988	Theme from S-Express	S-Express	43%
1989	Ride On Time	Black Box	42%
1986	Caravan of Love	The Housemartins	42%
1981	Ghost Town	The Specials	42%
1989	You Got It (The Right Stuff)	New Kids on the Block	41%
1985	19	Paul Hardcastle	41%
1989	All Around the World	Lisa Stansfield	40%
1981	Jealous Guy	Roxy Music	40%
1987	Stand by Me	Ben E. King	39%
1988	Perfect	Fairground Attraction	39%
1985	I Know Him So Well	Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson	38%
1988	He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother	The Hollies	38%
1988	I Owe You Nothing	Bros	36%
1986	Spirit in the Sky	Doctor and the Medics	36%
1986	Reet Petite (The Sweetest Girl in Town)	Jackie Wilson	36%
1982	Computer Love/The Model	Kraftwerk	35%
1987	Everything I Own	Boy George	34%
1989	Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart	Marc Almond feat. Gene Pitney	34%
1986	Every Loser Wins	Nick Berry	34%
1982	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Tight Fit	34%
1982	Happy Talk	Captain Sensible	33%
1983	Give It Up	KC and the Sunshine Band	33%
1985	If I Was	Midge Ure	33%
1985	Frankie	Sister Sledge	32%
1982	I Don't Wanna Dance	Eddy Grant	31%
1981	Begin The Beguine (Volver A Empezar)	Julio Iglesias	31%
1988	Don't Turn Around	Aswad	30%
1980	There's No One Quite Like Grandma	St Winifred's School Choir	30%
1988	With a Little Help from My Friends/She's Leaving Home	Wet Wet Wet/Billy Bragg and Cara Tivey	30%
1989	Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)	Soul II Soul feat. Caron Wheeler	29%
1983	Only You	The Flying Pickets	29%
1980	Theme from MAS*H (Suicide is Painless)	The Mash	29%
1988	Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You	Glenn Medeiros	27%
1987	Pump Up The Volume/Anitina (The First Time I See She Dance)	MARRS	27%
1981	Being with You	Smokey Robinson	27%
1986	The Chicken Song	Spitting Image	27%
1983	Candy Girl	New Edition	26%
1981	Japanese Boy	Aneka	25%
1989	Swing the Mood	Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers	25%
1989	That's What I Like	Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers	25%
1989	Let's Party	Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers	25%
1985	Move Closer	Phyllis Nelson	24%
1982	I've Never Been to Me	Charlene	22%
1982	Seven Tears	Goombay Dance Band	21%
1984	I Should Have Known Better	Jim Diamond	21%
1988	First Time	Robin Beck	21%
1989	You'll Never Stop Me Loving You	Sonia	21%
1980	Crying	Don McLean	20%
1980	Working My Way Back to You - Forgive Me Girl	The Detroit Spinners	20%
1980	What's Another Year	Johnny Logan	18%
1988	Doctorin' the Tardis	The Timelords	18%
1980	Together We Are Beautiful	Fern Kinney	17%
1987	Let It Be	Ferry Aid	17%
1980	Feels Like I'm in Love	Kelly Marie	17%
1987	Star Trekkin'	The Firm	17%
1986	I Want to Wake Up with You	Boris Gardiner	15%
1982	A Little Peace	Nicole	15%
1980	Use It Up and Wear It Out	Odyssey	15%
1980	Too Much Too Young	The Special AKA feat. Rico	15%
1982	Save Your Love	Renee and Renato	14%
1985	You'll Never Walk Alone	The Crowd	9%
1981	Shaddap You Face	Joe Dolce Music Theatre	7%
1987	Jack Your Body	Steve "Silk" Hurley	7%