The following list contains the top 200 requested songs of the 1980's era. It represents song requests from thousands of events ranging from Weddings to Birthday parties.
Rank |
Song Name |
Artist Name |
Year |
Genre |
1 |
Don't Stop Believin' |
Journey |
1981 |
Rock |
2 |
You Shook Me All Night Long |
AC/DC |
1980 |
Rock |
3 |
Love Shack |
B-52's |
1989 |
Popular |
4 |
Pour Some Sugar On Me |
Def Leppard |
1987 |
Rock |
5 |
Livin' On A Prayer |
Bon Jovi |
1986 |
Rock |
6 |
Billie Jean |
Michael Jackson |
1982 |
Popular |
7 |
I Wanna Dance With Somebody |
Whitney Houston |
1987 |
Popular |
8 |
Footloose |
Kenny Loggins |
1984 |
Popular |
9 |
Celebration |
Kool & The Gang |
1980 |
Disco |
10 |
Thriller |
Michael Jackson |
1982 |
Popular |
11 |
Girls Just Want To Have Fun |
Cyndi Lauper |
1984 |
Popular |
12 |
The Way You Make Me Feel |
Michael Jackson |
1987 |
Popular |
13 |
Jessie's Girl |
Rick Springfield |
1981 |
Popular |
14 |
(I've Had) The Time Of My Life |
Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes |
1987 |
Ballad |
15 |
Pretty Young Thing (P.Y.T) |
Michael Jackson |
1982 |
Popular |
16 |
Summer Of 69 |
Bryan Adams |
1984 |
Rock |
17 |
Push It |
Salt-N-Pepa |
1987 |
Popular |
18 |
Faithfully |
Journey |
1983 |
Ballad |
19 |
Crazy Little Thing Called Love |
Queen |
1980 |
Popular |
20 |
Bust A Move |
Young M.C. |
1989 |
Popular |
21 |
Beat It |
Michael Jackson |
1983 |
Popular |
22 |
Sweet Child O' Mine |
Guns N' Roses |
1987 |
Rock |
23 |
Take Me Home Tonight |
Eddie Money |
1986 |
Oldies |
24 |
Come on Eileen |
Dexy's Midnight Runners |
1982 |
Popular |
25 |
What I Like About You |
Romantics |
1980 |
Rock |
26 |
I Love Rock 'N Roll |
Joan Jett & Blackhearts |
1982 |
Popular |
27 |
White Wedding |
Billy Idol |
1983 |
Popular |
28 |
Red Red Wine |
UB40 |
1988 |
Popular |
29 |
It's Tricky |
Run-D.M.C. |
1986 |
Popular |
30 |
Like A Prayer |
Madonna |
1989 |
Popular |
31 |
Mony Mony |
Billy Idol |
1987 |
Popular |
32 |
Kiss |
Prince |
1986 |
Popular |
33 |
Another One Bites The Dust |
Queen |
1981 |
Popular |
34 |
Super Freak |
Rick James |
1981 |
Popular |
35 |
Copperhead Road |
Steve Earle |
1988 |
Popular |
36 |
Sharp Dressed Man |
ZZ Top |
1983 |
Rock |
37 |
Wild Thing |
Tone Loc |
1988 |
Popular |
38 |
Take On Me |
a-ha |
1985 |
Popular |
39 |
Fight For Your Right (To Party!) |
Beastie Boys |
1987 |
Alternative |
40 |
Hit Me With Your Best Shot |
Pat Benatar |
1980 |
Alternative |
41 |
Fishin' in the Dark |
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
1987 |
Country |
42 |
Rock With You |
Michael Jackson |
1980 |
Popular |
43 |
You Make My Dreams Come True |
Daryl Hall & John Oates |
1982 |
Oldies |
44 |
Any Way You Want It |
Journey |
1980 |
Rock |
45 |
Smooth Criminal |
Michael Jackson |
1987 |
Popular |
46 |
It Takes Two |
Rob Base & D.J. E-Z Rock |
1988 |
Popular |
47 |
You Spin Me Round |
Dead Or Alive |
1984 |
Alternative |
48 |
Forever And Ever, Amen |
Randy Travis |
1987 |
Country |
49 |
Walking On Sunshine |
Katrina & The Waves |
1985 |
Oldies |
50 |
The Safety Dance |
Men Without Hats |
1983 |
Oldies |
51 |
Your Love |
Outfield |
1985 |
Popular |
52 |
All Night Long (All Night) |
Lionel Richie |
1983 |
Popular |
53 |
Open Arms |
Journey |
1982 |
Ballad |
54 |
Get Down On It |
Kool & The Gang |
1981 |
Popular |
55 |
Never Gonna Give You Up |
Rick Astley |
1987 |
Popular |
56 |
Kokomo |
Beach Boys |
1988 |
Popular |
57 |
Jack & Diane |
John Cougar |
1982 |
Popular |
58 |
Africa |
Toto |
1983 |
Ballad |
59 |
1999 |
Prince |
1983 |
Popular |
60 |
Blister In The Sun |
Violent Femmes |
1982 |
Alternative |
61 |
Free Fallin' |
Tom Petty |
1989 |
Rock |
62 |
You Dropped A Bomb On Me |
Gap Band |
1982 |
Popular |
63 |
Could You Be Loved |
Bob Marley & The Wailers |
1980 |
Reggae |
64 |
Eye Of The Tiger |
Survivor |
1982 |
Oldies |
65 |
Funky Cold Medina |
Tone Loc |
1989 |
Popular |
66 |
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go |
Wham! |
1984 |
Popular |
67 |
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' |
Michael Jackson |
1983 |
Popular |
68 |
Uptown Girl |
Billy Joel |
1983 |
Popular |
69 |
Let's Go Crazy |
Prince & The Revolution |
1984 |
Popular |
70 |
You Give Love A Bad Name |
Bon Jovi |
1986 |
Popular |
71 |
Pump Up The Jam |
Technotronic Feat. Felly |
1989 |
Popular |
72 |
Let's Groove |
Earth, Wind & Fire |
1981 |
Oldies |
73 |
Brass Monkey |
Beastie Boys |
1986 |
Alternative |
74 |
It's Raining Men |
Weather Girls |
1982 |
Popular |
75 |
Man In The Mirror |
Michael Jackson |
1987 |
Ballad |
76 |
Back In Black |
AC/DC |
1980 |
Rock |
77 |
Dancing In The Dark |
Bruce Springsteen |
1984 |
Alternative |
78 |
Conga |
Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine |
1985 |
Popular |
79 |
Paradise City |
Guns N' Roses |
1989 |
Rock |
80 |
Could I Have This Dance |
Anne Murray |
1980 |
Ballad |
81 |
In Your Eyes |
Peter Gabriel |
1986 |
Alternative |
82 |
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic |
Police |
1981 |
Popular |
83 |
Forever Young |
Rod Stewart |
1988 |
Alternative |
84 |
Let's Dance |
David Bowie |
1983 |
Dance |
85 |
Under Pressure |
Queen & David Bowie |
1981 |
Popular |
86 |
Dancing With Myself |
Billy Idol |
1981 |
Rock |
87 |
Funkytown |
Lipps Inc. |
1980 |
Oldies |
88 |
She's Got A Way |
Billy Joel |
1982 |
Oldies |
89 |
Glory Days |
Bruce Springsteen |
1985 |
Popular |
90 |
Just Like Heaven |
Cure |
1987 |
Alternative |
91 |
Can't Fight This Feeling |
REO Speedwagon |
1985 |
Ballad |
92 |
You're The Inspiration |
Chicago |
1984 |
Ballad |
93 |
Its Raining Men |
Weather Girls |
1983 |
Funk |
94 |
Here And Now |
Luther Vandross |
1989 |
Ballad |
95 |
Walk Like An Egyptian |
Bangles |
1986 |
Rock |
96 |
Jump |
Van Halen |
1984 |
Rock |
97 |
Tainted Love |
Soft Cell |
1982 |
Popular |
98 |
Nothin' But A Good Time |
Poison |
1988 |
Rock |
99 |
Strokin |
Clarence Carter |
1989 |
Oldies |
100 |
Here I Go Again |
Whitesnake |
1987 |
Rock |
101 |
Start Me Up |
Rolling Stones |
1981 |
Rock |
102 |
Heaven |
Bryan Adams |
1985 |
Oldies |
103 |
Through The Years |
Kenny Rogers |
1982 |
Ballad |
104 |
Dead Man's Party |
Oingo Boingo |
1985 |
Popular |
105 |
Sexual Healing |
Marvin Gaye |
1982 |
Oldies |
106 |
Endless Love |
Diana Ross & Lionel Richie |
1981 |
Ballad |
107 |
Holiday |
Madonna |
1984 |
Popular |
108 |
Have I Told You Lately |
Van Morrison |
1989 |
Ballad |
109 |
867-5309/Jenny |
Tommy Tutone |
1982 |
Oldies |
110 |
Total Eclipse Of The Heart |
Bonnie Tyler |
1983 |
Ballad |
111 |
You Can Call Me Al |
Paul Simon |
1986 |
Oldies |
112 |
Rock The Casbah |
Clash |
1982 |
Popular |
113 |
If You're Gonna Play In Texas |
Alabama |
1984 |
Country |
114 |
Keep Your Hands To Yourself |
Georgia Satellites |
1987 |
Oldies |
115 |
I Melt With You |
Modern English |
1983 |
Popular |
116 |
Don't You (Forget About Me) |
Simple Minds |
1985 |
Popular |
117 |
Keep On Loving You |
REO Speedwagon |
1981 |
Ballad |
118 |
The Power Of Love |
Huey Lewis & The News |
1985 |
Rock |
119 |
Hurts So Good |
John Cougar Mellencamp |
1982 |
Rock |
120 |
How Will I Know |
Whitney Houston |
1985 |
Popular |
121 |
Wind Beneath My Wings |
Bette Midler |
1989 |
Ballad |
122 |
Dixieland Delight |
Alabama |
1983 |
Country |
123 |
The Lady In Red |
Chris de Burgh |
1987 |
Popular |
124 |
Mountain Music |
Alabama |
1982 |
Country |
125 |
Walk This Way |
Run-D.M.C. |
1986 |
Popular |
126 |
Take My Breath Away |
Berlin |
1986 |
Ballad |
127 |
We Didn't Start The Fire |
Billy Joel |
1989 |
Rock |
128 |
Bad |
Michael Jackson |
1987 |
Popular |
129 |
Every Breath You Take |
Police |
1983 |
Ballad |
130 |
Someone Like You |
Van Morrison |
1987 |
Ballad |
131 |
I Just Called To Say I Love You |
Stevie Wonder |
1984 |
Oldies |
132 |
Amarillo By Morning |
George Strait |
1983 |
Country |
133 |
Material Girl |
Madonna |
1985 |
Alternative |
134 |
With Or Without You |
U2 |
1987 |
Ballad |
135 |
Everybody Have Fun Tonight |
Wang Chung |
1986 |
Popular |
136 |
Time After Time |
Cyndi Lauper |
1983 |
Ballad |
137 |
Welcome To The Jungle |
Guns N' Roses |
1989 |
Rock |
138 |
Addicted To Love |
Robert Palmer |
1986 |
Rock |
139 |
Always On My Mind |
Willie Nelson |
1982 |
Country |
140 |
In The Air Tonight |
Phil Collins |
1981 |
Ballad |
141 |
You Look So Good In Love |
George Strait |
1983 |
Country |
142 |
I Want To Know What Love Is |
Foreigner |
1985 |
Rock |
143 |
Burning Down The House |
Talking Heads |
1983 |
Alternative |
144 |
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) |
Eurythmics |
1983 |
Popular |
145 |
Song Of The South |
Alabama |
1988 |
Country |
146 |
Just A Friend |
Biz Markie |
1989 |
Hip Hop |
147 |
Little Red Corvette |
Prince |
1982 |
Popular |
148 |
Wanted Dead Or Alive |
Bon Jovi |
1986 |
Rock |
149 |
I'll Be There For You |
Bon Jovi |
1989 |
Rock |
150 |
Truly |
Lionel Richie |
1982 |
Ballad |
151 |
We Built This City |
Starship |
1985 |
Popular |
152 |
The Longest Time |
Billy Joel |
1984 |
Rock |
153 |
Purple Rain |
Prince |
1984 |
Popular |
154 |
Hungry Like The Wolf |
Duran Duran |
1983 |
Alternative |
155 |
It's Still Rock And Roll To Me |
Billy Joel |
1980 |
Rock |
156 |
Tu Sonrisa |
Elvis Crespo |
1988 |
Latin |
157 |
Into The Groove |
Madonna |
1985 |
Popular |
158 |
Talk Dirty To Me |
Poison |
1986 |
Rock |
159 |
Legs |
ZZ Top |
1984 |
Oldies |
160 |
Angel Eyes |
Jeff Healey Band |
1989 |
Ballad |
161 |
Waiting For A Girl Like You |
Foreigner |
1981 |
Ballad |
162 |
Forever Young |
Alphaville |
1984 |
Ballad |
163 |
Crazy For You |
Madonna |
1985 |
Ballad |
164 |
Born In The U.S.A. |
Bruce Springsteen |
1984 |
Oldies |
165 |
Juke Box Hero |
Foreigner |
1982 |
Alternative |
166 |
Hungry Eyes |
Eric Carmen |
1988 |
Oldies |
167 |
My Prerogative |
Bobby Brown |
1989 |
Popular |
168 |
Like A Virgin |
Madonna |
1984 |
Dance |
169 |
All She Wants To Do Is Dance |
Don Henley |
1984 |
Oldies |
170 |
Faith |
George Michael |
1987 |
Popular |
171 |
Danger Zone |
Kenny Loggins |
1986 |
Rock |
172 |
Dancing on the Ceiling |
Lionel Richie |
1985 |
Popular |
173 |
T.N.T. |
AC/DC |
1981 |
Rock |
174 |
Islands In The Stream |
Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton |
1983 |
Country |
175 |
Down Under |
Men At Work |
1983 |
Alternative |
176 |
99 Red Balloons |
Nena |
1983 |
Popular |
177 |
Love Is A Battlefield |
Pat Benatar |
1983 |
Popular |
178 |
Straight Up |
Paula Abdul |
1988 |
R&B |
179 |
Crazy Train |
Ozzy Osbourne |
1981 |
Alternative |
180 |
Bizarre Love Triangle |
New Order |
1986 |
Alternative |
181 |
Candy |
Cameo |
1986 |
Hip Hop |
182 |
Raspberry Beret |
Prince |
1985 |
Alternative |
183 |
Every Rose Has It's Thorn |
Poison |
1988 |
Rock |
184 |
Gimme All Your Lovin' |
ZZ Top |
1983 |
Popular |
185 |
If Tomorrow Never Comes |
Garth Brooks |
1989 |
Country |
186 |
When Doves Cry |
Prince |
1984 |
Popular |
187 |
Atomic Dog |
George Clinton |
1982 |
Alternative |
188 |
Rebel Yell |
Billy Idol |
1984 |
Alternative |
189 |
If I Could Turn Back Time |
Cher |
1989 |
Classic Rock |
190 |
Burn Rubber On Me |
The Gap Band |
1980 |
Disco |
191 |
Every Little Step |
Bobby Brown |
1989 |
Hip Hop |
192 |
Just Can't Get Enough |
Depeche Mode |
1985 |
Alternative |
193 |
I Ran (So Far Away) |
A Flock Of Seagulls |
1982 |
Rock |
194 |
A Groovy Kind Of Love |
Phil Collins |
1988 |
Oldies |
195 |
Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now |
Starship |
1987 |
Ballad |
196 |
The Chair |
George Strait |
1985 |
Country |
197 |
Hot in the City |
Billy Idol |
1982 |
Popular |
198 |
Sister Christian |
Night Ranger |
1984 |
Alternative |
199 |
Lean On Me |
Al Green |
1984 |
Soul |
200 |
Heaven Is A Place On Earth |
Belinda Carlisle |
1987 |
Popular |
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