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Kate Bush
Running Up That Hill
Aug 5 • Single
95
user score
(813)
Tears for Fears
Everybody Wants To Rule the World
Mar 22 • Single
91
critic score
(1)
95
user score
(576)
a-ha
Take On Me
Apr 5 • Single
92
user score
(549)
Kate Bush
Cloudbusting
Oct 14 • Single
96
user score
(343)
竹内まりや [Mariya Takeuchi]
Plastic Love
Mar 25 • Single
95
user score
(285)
Madonna
Into the Groove
Jul 15 • Single
93
user score
(226)
The Smiths
How Soon Is Now?
Jan 28 • Single
95
user score
(220)
Madonna
Material Girl
Jan 23 • Single
85
user score
(216)
Starship
We Built This City
Aug 1 • Single
54
user score
(208)
Tears for Fears
Head Over Heels
Jun 10 • Single
95
user score
(204)
Pet Shop Boys
West End Girls
Oct 28 • Single
91
user score
(134)
USA for Africa
We Are the World
Mar 7 • Single
63
user score
(120)
Simple Minds
Don't You (Forget About Me)
Feb 20 • Single
89
user score
(117)
The Smiths
The Boy With the Thorn in His Side
Sep 16 • Single
90
user score
(116)
Dire Straits
Money for Nothing
Jun 28 • Single
85
user score
(115)
The Cure
In Between Days
Jul 15 • Single
93
user score
(96)
Prince and The Revolution
Raspberry Beret
May 15 • Single
100
critic score
(1)
94
user score
(95)
Madonna
Dress You Up
Jul 24 • Single
86
user score
(94)
The Cure
Close to Me
Sep 17 • Single
92
user score
(94)
Madonna
Crazy for You
Mar 2 • Single
82
user score
(93)
Madonna
Angel
Apr 10 • Single
75
critic score
(1)
82
user score
(91)
The Outfield
Your Love
1985 • Single
86
user score
(86)
Bryan Adams
Summer of '69
Jun 17 • Single
74
user score
(80)
Prince
Take Me with U
Jan 25 • Single
91
user score
(78)
Falco
Rock Me Amadeus
Jun 16 • Single
71
user score
(78)
Sade
The Sweetest Taboo
Oct 12 • Single
93
user score
(77)
David Bowie & Mick Jagger
Dancing in the Street
Aug 12 • Single
58
user score
(71)
Whitney Houston
How Will I Know
Nov 22 • Single
88
user score
(65)
Depeche Mode
Shake the Disease
Apr 29 • Single
90
user score
(63)
Talking Heads
Road to Nowhere
Sep 20 • Single
87
user score
(59)
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Bruce Springsteen
I'm on Fire
Feb 6 • Single
87
user score
(57)
Bryan Adams
Heaven
Apr 9 • Single
91
critic score
(1)
83
user score
(57)
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Cities in Dust
Oct 18 • Single
92
user score
(57)
The Smiths
Barbarism Begins at Home
Apr 1 • Single
87
user score
(56)
Phil Collins
Sussudio
Jan 14 • Single
83
critic score
(1)
71
user score
(54)
Huey Lewis & The News
The Power of Love
May 30 • Single
81
user score
(54)
The Smiths
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
Jul 1 • Single
88
user score
(54)
Dire Straits
Walk of Life
Oct • Single
87
user score
(54)
Eddie Murphy
Party All the Time
May 23 • Single
58
critic score
(1)
65
user score
(53)
New Order
The Perfect Kiss
May 13 • Single
92
user score
(52)
The Smiths
The Headmaster Ritual
Jul • Single
88
user score
(52)
Katrina and the Waves
Walking on Sunshine
Apr 26 • Single
91
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(50)
Duran Duran
A View to a Kill
May 6 • Single
83
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(45)
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Just Like Honey
Sep • Single
92
user score
(44)
Talking Heads
And She Was
Sep • Single
84
user score
(43)
Baltimora
Tarzan Boy
Apr 5 • Single
78
user score
(42)
Modern Talking
Cheri, Cheri Lady
Sep • Single
81
user score
(42)
Madonna
Gambler
Oct 3 • Single
84
user score
(41)
Talk Talk
Life's What You Make It
Nov • Single
93
user score
(41)
Whitney Houston
Saving All My Love for You
Aug 13 • Single
84
user score
(40)
The Cure
A Night Like This
Jul 1 • Single
92
user score
(39)
Stevie Wonder
Part-Time Lover
Aug 24 • Single
84
user score
(39)
Sandy Marton
Camel by Camel
1985 • Single
87
user score
(36)
Mr. Mister
Broken Wings
Jun • Single
83
critic score
(1)
76
user score
(36)
Bruce Springsteen
Glory Days
May 31 • Single
81
user score
(35)
Dire Straits
Brothers In Arms
Oct 18 • Single
93
user score
(34)
Chaka Khan
Through the Fire
Apr • Single
95
user score
(33)
Phil Collins
One More Night
Jan 24 • Single
70
user score
(31)
The Smiths
Shakespeare's Sister
Mar 18 • Single
74
user score
(31)
Queen
One Vision
Nov 4 • Single
81
user score
(31)
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