| Rank | Title | Artist |
| 1 | Our House | Madness |
| 2 | Fantasy Island | Tight Fit |
| 3 | Give Me Back My Heart | Dollar |
| 4 | Pass The Dutchie | Musical Youth |
| 5 | Do You Really Want To Hurt Me | Culture Club |
| 6 | Can’t Take My Eyes Off You | Boys Town Gang |
| 7 | See You | Depeche Mode |
| 8 | Only You | Yazoo |
| 9 | Now Those Days Are Gone | Bucks Fizz |
| 10 | The More We Try (B/S) | Kenny Loggins |
| 11 | I Believe | Chilliwack |
| 12 | Say Hello Wave Goodbye | Soft Cell |
| 13 | I Don’t Want To Lose Your Love | John O’Banion |
| 14 | 65 Love Affair | Paul Davis |
| 15 | Let Me Go | Heaven 17 |
| 16 | Maneater | Daryl Hall & John Oates |
| 17 | Don’t Go | Yazoo |
| 18 | Gloria | Laura Branigan |
| 19 | The One You Love | Glenn Frey |
| 20 | What About Me (AUS) | Moving Pictures |
| 21 | Without You | Franke & The Knockouts |
| 22 | Abracadabra | Steve Miller Band |
| 23 | My Camera Never Lies | Bucks Fizz |
| 24 | Time (Clock Of The Heart) | Culture Club |
| 25 | Forget Me Nots | Patrice Rushen |
| 26 | Why | Carly Simon |
| 27 | Words (NED) | FR David |
| 28 | Muscles | Diana Ross |
| 29 | Mad World | Tears For Fears |
| 30 | Midnight Blue (NED) | Louise Tucker |
| 31 | Inside Out | Odyssey |
| 32 | I Won’t Let You Down | PhD |
| 33 | Just An Illusion | Imagination |
| 34 | Just What I Always Wanted | Mari Wilson |
| 35 | Nice Girls | Eye To Eye |
| 36 | What! | Soft Cell |
| 37 | Hard To Say I’m Sorry | Chicago |
| 38 | Heart Attack | Olivia Newton-John |
| 39 | Annie I’m Not Your Daddy | Kid Creole & The Coconuts |
| 40 | Mama Used To Say | Junior |
| 41 | Love Come Down | Evelyn King |
| 42 | A Night To Remember | Shalamar |
| 43 | Nasty Girl | Vanity 6 |
| 44 | House Of Fun | Madness |
| 45 | Mirror Man | Human League, The |
| 46 | Murphy’s Law | Cheri |
| 47 | Africa | Toto |
| 48 | Cheers Then | Bananarama |
| 49 | It’s Raining Men | Weather Girls, The |
| 50 | Slipping Through My Fingers (Trk) | ABBA |
| 51 | Sexual Healing | Marvin Gaye |
| 52 | Eye In The Sky | Alan Parsons Project, The |
| 53 | 1999 | Prince |
| 54 | If The Love Fits Wear It | Leslie Pearl |
| 55 | Hurt So Good | John Cougar |
| 56 | C’mon Eileen | Dexy’s Midnight Runners |
| 57 | Goody Two Shoes | Adam Ant |
| 58 | The Look Of Love | ABC |
| 59 | Open Arms | Journey |
| 60 | Lies | Thompson Twins |
| 61 | We Got The Beat | Go-Go’s |
| 62 | Save A Prayer | Duran Duran |
| 63 | Torch | Soft Cell |
| 64 | Zoom | Fat Larry’s Band |
| 65 | A Penny For Your Thoughts | Tavares |
| 66 | Rock The Casbah | Clash, The |
| 67 | Starmaker | Kids From FAME |
| 68 | More Than This | Roxy Music |
| 69 | Real Men (NED) | Joe Jackson |
| 70 | If It Ain’t One Thing It’s Another | Richard Dimples Fields |
| 71 | Make A Move On Me | Olivia Newton-John |
| 72 | Steppin’ Out | Joe Jackson |
| 73 | I’m So Excited | Pointer Sisters, The |
| 74 | Mickey | Toni Basil |
| 75 | My Girl | Donnie Iris |
| 76 | Someday Someway | Marshall Crenshaw |
| 77 | Love Plus One | Haircut One Hundred |
| 78 | A Town Called Malice | Jam, The |
| 79 | Hungry Like The Wolf | Duran Duran |
| 80 | Golden Brown | Stranglers, The |
| 81 | I Know There’s Something Going On | Frida |
| 82 | She Blinded Me With Science | Thomas Dolby |
| 83 | Driving In My Car | Madness |
| 84 | Young Guns (Go For It) | Wham! |
| 85 | Putting On The Ritz (GER) | Taco |
| 86 | Poison Arrow (US Remix) | ABC |
| 87 | You Never Gave Up On Me | Crystal Gayle |
| 88 | Walking On Sunshine | Rockers Revenge & Donnie Calvin |
| 89 | Baby Come To Me | Patti Austin & James Ingram |
| 90 | Everybody | Madonna |
| 91 | That Girl | Stevie Wonder |
| 92 | You Should Hear How She Talks About You | Melissa Manchester |
| 93 | Making Love | Roberta Flack |
| 94 | Jack And Diane | John Cougar |
| 95 | Oh Diane | Fleetwood Mac |
| 96 | I Ran | A Flock Of Seagulls |
| 97 | Let It Whip | Dazz Band |
| 98 | Heartbreaker | Dionne Warwick |
| 99 | Hold Me | Fleetwood Mac |
| 100 | Up Where We Belong | Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes |
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With synthpop at its height during this period, I was surprised to see Madness at the top of the heap! As with your prior installments, this list is a wonderful cross-section of 80s pop, covering numerous genres and featuring a varied selection of international talent. And I enjoy learning of ‘new’ artists – Richard Dimples Fields?!
I was quite the Madness fan, and thought 1982 is their best year. The themes are life-in-general nostalgic (family ties in Our House, early career struggle in Driving In My Car or the first visit to the sex shop in House Of Fun), but Madness has a way to delivering them in a flippantly infectious and non-straightlaced manner.
With no internet back then, I was quite lucky to be situated in a place where I can receive music not only from the US or UK, but also Europe and Australia. I guess that explains the wide cross section.
Glad you are continuing to learn of “new” 80s artists, Chris!
I agree with DJSHELF. Another very varied list with some songs that I’m not familiar with. I look forward to checking them out when I get the time. If the ’60s are your bag Ric then you may be interested in the ’60s lists that I’m currently adding to my site (which is what’s keeping me insanely busy lately).
By the way, it would be interesting to know where are you from. As I’m sure you guessed, I’m from Australia (Perth, Western Australia to be specific).
Grant, i hope you’ll be able to discover some “new” 80s retro. that you like.
I have widened my scope of Aussie musimic thanks to your blog.
I love 50s and 60s pop so you can bet I’ll check out any of your updates. It is a lot of work, But i is a passion, so it is all wortòh it. And thrilling to find other like-minded chart enthusiasts like you.
My 1983 list hopefully can be ready soon too.
Btw, I’m only 4 hours away from Perth here in sin city