Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | Weeks at number one [a] | Ref |
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1981 |
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March 21 | "I Can't Stand It" | Eric Clapton | 2 | |
April 4 | "You Better You Bet" | The Who | 5 | |
May 9 | "The Waiting" | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | 6 | |
June 20 | "A Life of Illusion" | Joe Walsh | 1 | |
June 27 | "The Voice" | The Moody Blues | 4 | |
July 25 | "Urgent" | Foreigner | 4 | [2] |
August 22 | "Burnin' for You" | Blue Öyster Cult | 2 | [3] |
September 5 | "Start Me Up" | The Rolling Stones | 13 | [4] |
December 5 | "Waiting for a Girl Like You" | Foreigner | 1 | [5] |
December 12 | "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" | The Police | 2 | [6] |
December 26 | "Harden My Heart" | Quarterflash | 3 | [7] |
1982 |
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January 16 | "Centerfold" | The J. Geils Band | 3 | [8] |
February 6 | "I Love Rock and Roll" | Joan Jett | 5 | [9] |
March 13 | "(Oh) Pretty Woman" | Van Halen | 2 | [10] |
March 27 | "Don't Let Him Know" | Prism | 1 | [11] |
April 3 | "867-5309/Jenny" | Tommy Tutone | 3 | [12] |
April 24 | "Heat of the Moment" | Asia | 5 | [13] |
May 29 | "No One Like You" | Scorpions | 1 | [14] |
June 5 | "Stone Cold" | Rainbow | 1 | [15] |
June 12 | "Heat of the Moment" | Asia | 1 | [13] |
June 19 | "Hurts So Good" | John Cougar | 1 | [16] |
June 26 | "Caught Up in You" | .38 Special | 1 | [17] |
July 3 | "Eye of the Tiger" | Survivor | 5 | [18] |
August 7 | "Think I'm in Love" | Eddie Money | 3 | [19] |
August 28 | "Everybody Wants You" | Billy Squier | 6 | [20] |
October 9 | "New World Man" | Rush | 1 | [21] |
October 16 | "Dirty Laundry" | Don Henley | 2 | [22] |
October 30 | "New World Man" | Rush | 1 | [21] |
November 6 | "Dirty Laundry" | Don Henley | 1 | [22] |
November 13 | "Shock the Monkey" | Peter Gabriel | 2 | [23] |
November 27 | "Down Under" | Men at Work | 2 | [24] |
December 11 | "You Got Lucky" | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | 2 | [25] |
December 25 | "Down Under" | Men at Work | 3 | [24] |
1983 |
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January 15 | "You Got Lucky" | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | 1 | [25] |
January 22 | "Hungry Like the Wolf" | Duran Duran | 3 | |
February 12 | "Twilight Zone" | Golden Earring | 1 | |
February 19 | "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" | Journey | 4 | |
March 19 | "Photograph" | Def Leppard | 6 | |
April 30 | "She's a Beauty" | The Tubes | 5 | |
June 4 | "Rock of Ages" | Def Leppard | 1 | |
June 11 | "Every Breath You Take" | The Police | 9 | |
August 13 | "Other Arms" | Robert Plant | 1 | |
August 20 | "Don't Cry" | Asia | 1 | |
August 27 | "King of Pain" | The Police | 4 | |
September 24 | "How Can I Refuse?" | Heart | 1 | |
October 1 | "King of Pain" | The Police | 1 | |
October 8 | "Suddenly Last Summer" | The Motels | 2 | |
October 22 | "Love Is a Battlefield" | Pat Benatar | 2 | |
November 5 | "Heart and Soul" | Huey Lewis and the News | 1 | |
November 12 | "Love Is a Battlefield" | Pat Benatar | 2 | |
November 26 | "Owner of a Lonely Heart" | Yes | 4 | |
December 24 | "If I'd Been the One" | .38 Special | 4 | |
1984 |
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January 21 | "Jump" | Van Halen | 8 | |
March 17 | "Got a Hold on Me" | Christine McVie | 2 | |
March 31 | "A Fine, Fine Day" | Tony Carey | 1 | |
April 7 | "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" | Phil Collins | 1 | |
April 14 | "You Might Think" | The Cars | 3 | |
May 5 | "Oh Sherrie" | Steve Perry | 2 | |
May 19 | "Run Runaway" | Slade | 2 | |
June 2 | "Magic" | The Cars | 1 | |
June 9 | "Dancing in the Dark" | Bruce Springsteen | 6 | |
July 21 | "No Way Out" | Jefferson Starship | 1 | |
July 28 | "The Warrior" | Scandal | 1 | |
August 4 | "Rock Me Tonite" | Billy Squier | 2 | |
August 18 | "The Warrior" | Scandal | 1 | |
August 25 | "Missing You" | John Waite | 2 | |
September 8 | "Are We Ourselves?" | The Fixx | 2 | |
September 22 | "On the Dark Side" | John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band | 5 | |
October 27 | "I Can't Hold Back" | Survivor | 3 | |
November 17 | "Run to You" | Bryan Adams | 4 | |
December 15 | "The Boys of Summer" | Don Henley | 4 | |
1985 |
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January 19 | "I Want to Know What Love Is" | Foreigner | 1 | [26] |
January 26 | "The Old Man Down the Road" | John Fogerty | 3 | [27] |
February 16 | "Somebody" | Bryan Adams | 2 | [28] |
March 2 | "Just Another Night" | Mick Jagger | 2 | [29] |
March 16 | "Radioactive" | The Firm | 1 | [30] |
March 23 | "All She Wants to Do Is Dance" | Don Henley | 2 | [31] |
April 6 | "Forever Man" | Eric Clapton | 2 | [32] |
April 20 | "Don't You (Forget About Me)" | Simple Minds | 3 | [33] |
May 11 | "Trapped" | Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band | 3 | [34] |
June 1 | "Little by Little" | Robert Plant | 2 | [35] |
June 15 | "Tough All Over" | John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band | 2 | [36] |
June 29 | "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" | Sting | 3 | [37] |
July 20 | "The Power of Love" | Huey Lewis and the News | 2 | [38] |
August 3 | "Money for Nothing"† [39] | Dire Straits | 3 | [40] |
August 24 | "Fortress Around Your Heart" | Sting | 2 | [41] |
September 7 | "Lonely Ol' Night" | John Cougar Mellencamp | 5 | [42] |
October 12 | "We Built This City" | Starship | 1 | [43] |
October 19 | "You Belong to the City" | Glenn Frey | 3 | [44] |
November 9 | "Sleeping Bag" | ZZ Top | 2 | [45] |
November 23 | "Tonight She Comes" | The Cars | 3 | [46] |
December 14 | "Talk to Me" | Stevie Nicks | 2 | [47] |
December 28 | "Silent Running"†(1986) [48] | Mike + The Mechanics | 5 | [49] |
1986 |
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February 1 | "Kyrie" | Mr. Mister | 1 | [50] |
February 8 | "Stages" | ZZ Top | 2 | [51] |
February 22 | "All the King's Horses" | The Firm | 4 | [52] |
March 22 | "Addicted to Love" | Robert Palmer | 2 | [53] |
April 5 | "Why Can't This Be Love" | Van Halen | 3 | [54] |
April 26 | "Stick Around" | Julian Lennon | 3 | [55] |
May 17 | "Like a Rock" | Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band | 2 | [56] |
May 31 | "Sledgehammer" | Peter Gabriel | 2 | [57] |
June 14 | "Invisible Touch" | Genesis | 3 | [58] |
July 5 | "Secret Separation" | The Fixx | 2 | [59] |
July 19 | "Higher Love" | Steve Winwood | 4 | [60] |
August 16 | "Missionary Man" | Eurythmics | 1 | [61] |
August 23 | "Throwing It All Away" | Genesis | 3 | [62] |
September 13 | "In Your Eyes" | Peter Gabriel | 1 | [63] |
September 20 | "Take Me Home Tonight" | Eddie Money | 2 | [64] |
October 4 | "Emotion in Motion" | Ric Ocasek | 1 | [65] |
October 11 | "Amanda" | Boston | 3 | [66] |
November 1 | "Hip to Be Square" | Huey Lewis and the News | 1 | [67] |
November 8 | "Don't Get Me Wrong" | The Pretenders | 3 | [68] |
November 29 | "I Want to Make the World Turn Around" | Steve Miller Band | 6 | [69] |
1987 |
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January 10 | "It's in the Way That You Use It" | Eric Clapton | 1 | [70] |
January 17 | "My Baby" | The Pretenders | 2 | [71] |
January 31 | "Livin' on a Prayer" | Bon Jovi | 2 | [72] |
February 14 | "Midnight Blue"† [73] | Lou Gramm | 5 | [74] |
March 21 | "I'm No Angel" | Gregg Allman Band | 1 | [75] |
March 28 | "Come as You Are" | Peter Wolf | 1 | [76] |
April 4 | "With or Without You" | U2 | 5 | [77] |
May 9 | "Jammin' Me" | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | 4 | [78] |
June 6 | "Shakedown" | Bob Seger | 4 | [79] |
July 4 | "Don't Mean Nothing" | Richard Marx | 1 | [80] |
July 11 | "Give to Live" | Sammy Hagar | 3 | [81] |
August 1 | "Touch of Grey" | Grateful Dead | 3 | [82] |
August 22 | "Paper in Fire" | John Cougar Mellencamp | 5 | [83] |
September 26 | "Learning to Fly" | Pink Floyd | 3 | [84] |
October 17 | "Brilliant Disguise" | Bruce Springsteen | 1 | [85] |
October 24 | "Love Will Find a Way" | Yes | 3 | [86] |
November 14 | "Cherry Bomb" | John Cougar Mellencamp | 1 | [87] |
November 21 | "Tunnel of Love" | Bruce Springsteen | 4 | [88] |
December 19 | "Say You Will" | Foreigner | 4 | [89] |
1988 [b] |
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January 16 | "On the Turning Away" | Pink Floyd | 1 | [92] |
January 23 | "Just Like Paradise" | David Lee Roth | 4 | [93] |
February 20 | "Heaven Knows" | Robert Plant | 6 | [94] |
April 2 | "I Wish I Had a Girl" | Henry Lee Summer | 1 | [95] |
April 9 | "Tall Cool One" | Robert Plant | 4 | [96] |
May 7 | "Only a Memory" | The Smithereens | 1 | [97] |
May 14 | "The Valley Road" | Bruce Hornsby and the Range | 3 | [98] |
June 4 | "Black and Blue" | Van Halen | 3 | [99] |
June 25 | "Roll with It" | Steve Winwood | 4 | [100] |
July 23 | "When It's Love" | Van Halen | 1 | [101] |
July 30 | "Simply Irresistible" | Robert Palmer | 3 | [102] |
August 20 | "Hate to Lose Your Lovin'" | Little Feat | 4 | [103] |
September 17 | "Don't You Know What the Night Can Do?" | Steve Winwood | 2 | [104] |
October 1 | "I'm Not Your Man" | Tommy Conwell & The Young Rumblers | 1 | [105] |
October 8 | "Desire" | U2 | 5 | [106] |
November 12 | "It's Money That Matters" | Randy Newman | 2 | [107] |
November 26 | "Orange Crush" | R.E.M. | 2 | [108] |
December 10 | "Angel of Harlem" | U2 | 6 | [109] |
1989 |
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January 21 | "Got It Made" | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | 2 | [110] |
February 4 | "The Love in Your Eyes" | Eddie Money | 1 | [111] |
February 11 | "Stand" | R.E.M. | 1 | [112] |
February 18 | "Driven Out" | The Fixx | 4 | [113] |
March 18 | "Working on It" | Chris Rea | 1 | [114] |
March 25 | "I'll Be You" | The Replacements | 3 | [115] |
April 15 | "Now You're in Heaven" | Julian Lennon | 1 | [116] |
April 22 | "I Won't Back Down" | Tom Petty | 5 | [117] |
May 27 | "The Doctor" | The Doobie Brothers | 3 | [118] |
June 17 | "Rooms on Fire" | Stevie Nicks | 1 | [119] |
June 24 | "Runnin' Down a Dream" | Tom Petty | 1 | [120] |
July 1 | "The End of the Innocence" | Don Henley | 4 | [121] |
July 29 | "Crossfire" | Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble | 3 | [122] |
August 19 | "Let the Day Begin" | The Call | 1 | [123] |
August 26 | "Free Fallin'"† [124] | Tom Petty | 1 | [125] |
September 2 | "Mixed Emotions" | The Rolling Stones | 5 | [126] |
October 7 | "Love in an Elevator" | Aerosmith | 2 | [127] |
October 21 | "Rock and a Hard Place" | The Rolling Stones | 5 | [128] |
November 25 | "Pretending" | Eric Clapton | 5 | [129] |
December 30 | "Show Don't Tell" | Rush | 1 | [130] |