You can get the feel of a decade from the songs that played on the radio at the time. And, no songs were played more than the #1 hits. These songs were the background music to your life in the 80s – the music in the car on the way to school and sports practice, the music in the stores where you shopped, the music on the soundtracks of your favorite movies, and the music you danced alone to in your bedroom.

By looking at the number one hits in consecutive order throughout the 80s, you get an immediate sense of how music and culture evolved over those 10 years. We link to music videos where they available. Please note that the following charts represent the Billboard Hot 100 in the US..........

1980 Song Artist Date Escape (The Pina Colada Song) Rupert Holmes Dec 22, ’79 – Jan 4 Please Don’t Go KC & the Sunshine Band Jan 5 – Jan 18 Michael Jackson Jan 19 – Feb 15 Do That To Me One More Time Captain & Tennille Feb 16 – Feb 22 Queen Feb 23 – Mar 21 Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) Pink Floyd Mar 22 – Apr 18 Call Me Blondie Apr 19 – May 30 Funkytown Lipps Inc. May 31 – Jun 27 Coming Up (Live At Glasgow) Paul McCartney & Wings Jun 28 – Jul 18 It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me Billy Joel Jul 19 – Aug 1 Magic Olivia Newton-John Aug 2 – Aug 29 Sailing Christopher Cross Aug 30 – Sept 5 Diana Ross Sept 6 – Oct 3 Another One Bites the Dust Queen Oct 4 – Oct 24 Woman in Love Barbra Streisand Oct 25 – Nov 14 Lady Kenny Rogers Nov 15 – Dec 26 (Just Like) Starting Over John Lennon Dec 27 – Jan 30, ’81. Says you No, it’s not my favorite song, but, it’s alright. What I object to is the insulting of John Cougar and the pretending he was trying to be like Bruce Springsteen. Template Keren Untuk Powerpoint. He had a long career of his own before MTV “discovered” him, He has always been an indiviual, who does his own thing.