| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
|---|
| 1 | You Can’t Hurry Love | Phil Collins | 4 | 2:54 |
| 2 | Everywhere | Fleetwood Mac | 4 | 3:43 |
| 3 | La isla bonita- drums (drum set) programming:
- Patrick Leonard
- producer:
- Patrick Leonard and Madonna
- lead vocals:
- Madonna
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Warner Bros. Records Inc. (in 1986) and Sire Record Company (in 1987)
- recording of:
- La isla bonita
- writer:
- Bruce Gaitsch , Patrick Leonard and Madonna
- publisher:
- Bleu Disque Music Co. , Edge of Fluke Music, EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Music Publishing , Johnny Yuma Music , Orangejello Music , Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. , Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC , Warner / Chappell Music Publishing , Warner Bros. Music Ltd. , WB Music Corp. (, until 2019-05-28), Webo Girl , Webo Girl Publishing, Inc., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス , ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 , イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30), WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
| Madonna | 3.9 | 4:02 |
| 4 | Hungry like the Wolf | Duran Duran | 4.15 | 3:41 |
| 5 | What’s Love Got to Do with It- engineer and mixer:
- John Hudson
- producer:
- Terry Britten
- drums (drum set):
- Graham Jarvis
- guitar:
- Terry Britten
- keyboard:
- Nick Glennie‐Smith and Billy Livsey
- percussion:
- Simon Morton
- background vocals:
- Terry Britten and Tessa Niles
- lead vocals:
- Tina Turner
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Capitol Records, Inc. (in 1984), Parlophone Records Ltd. (in 1984, in 1997) and EMI Records Ltd. (in 2004)
- recorded at:
- Mayfair Studios in London , England, United Kingdom
- part of:
- Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 134), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 160) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 309)
- recording of:
- What’s Love Got to Do With It
- writer:
- Graham Lyle and Terence Ernest Britten
- publisher:
- Hornall Brothers Music Ltd. , Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., Mushroom Music Pty. Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. , Goodsingle Limited (in 1984), Irving Music, Inc. (in 1984), Rondor Music (London) Ltd. (in 1984), WB Music Corp. (from 1984 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
- recording of:
- What’s Love Got to Do With It
- writer:
- Terry Britten, Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll and Graham Lyle
- publisher:
- Kobalt Music (from 2020 to present) and WC Music Corp. (from 2020 to present)
- is based on:
- What’s Love Got to Do With It
| Tina Turner | 4.05 | 3:50 |
| 6 | Suburbia | Pet Shop Boys | | 4:05 |
| 7 | You’re the Inspiration- engineer and mixer:
- Humberto Gatica
- producer:
- David Foster
- assistant mixer:
- Larry Fergusson
- instruments arranger:
- Jeremy Lubbock
- arranger:
- Peter Cetera and David Foster
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Warner Bros. Records , Warner Bros. Records Inc. (in 1984, in 2010) and WEA International Inc. (in 1984)
- recorded at:
- Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1984), The Lighthouse in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1984) and The Record Plant in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1984)
- mixed at:
- Lion Share Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
- recording of:
- You’re the Inspiration (in 1984)
- writer:
- Peter Cetera (in 1984) and David Foster (in 1984)
- publisher:
- BMG Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. , Warner/Chappell North America Limited , Double Virgo Music (in 1984) and Foster Frees Music Inc. (in 1984)
| Chicago | 5 | 3:50 |
| 8 | Raspberry Beret- recording engineer:
- Susan Rogers (in 1984-09) and Susan Rogers (on 1984-09-13: strings)
- producer and mixer:
- Prince (in 1984-09)
- assistant mixer:
- Susan Rogers (in 1984-09)
- 12 string guitar, drum machine [Linn LM-1], electric bass guitar, electric grand piano [Yamaha CP-80], percussion, synthesizer [Yamaha DX7] and lead vocals:
- Prince (in 1984-09)
- cello:
- David Coleman (on 1984-09-13) and Suzie Katayama (on 1984-09-13)
- violin:
- Novi Novog (on 1984-09-13)
- background vocals:
- Lisa Coleman (in 1984-09), Susannah Melvoin (in 1984-09) and Wendy Melvoin (in 1984-09)
- arranger:
- Prince (in 1984-09)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- NPG Records, Inc. (in 1985) and Warner Bros. Records Inc. (in 1985)
- recorded at:
- Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States (in 1984-09) and Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States (on 1984-09-13: strings)
- mixed at:
- Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States (in 1984-09)
- part of:
- Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 362)
- recording of:
- Raspberry Beret (from 1984-09-07 until 1984-09-13)
- lyricist and composer:
- Prince
- publisher:
- Controversy Music
| Prince | 4 | 3:35 |
| 9 | That’s All- recording of:
- That’s All
- lyricist:
- Phil Collins
- composer:
- Tony Banks , Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford
- publisher:
- Imagem CV, Imagem Sounds Banks, Imagem Sounds Collins, Imagem Sounds Rutherford, Anthony Banks Ltd. (from 1983 to present), Hit & Run Music (Publishing) Ltd (from 1983 to present), Michael Rutherford Ltd. (from 1983 to present), Philip Collins Ltd. (from 1983 to present), Pun Music, Inc. (from 1983 to present) and Warner Brothers Music Inc. (from 1983 to present)
| Genesis | | 4:25 |
| 10 | Take On Me | a‐ha | 4.4 | 3:49 |
| 11 | Why Can’t This Be Love | Van Halen | 4.15 | 3:48 |
| 12 | St. Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion) | John Parr | 3.8 | 4:12 |
| 13 | Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now- performer:
- Starship (in 1987)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- BMG Music (in 1985, in 1987), BMG Entertainment (in 1987) and Sony Music Entertainment (in 1987)
- recording of:
- Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now (in 1987)
- writer:
- Albert Hammond and Diane Warren
- arranger:
- Narada Michael Walden
- publisher:
- BMG Music Publishing Ltd., BMG Songs, Inc., Copyright Control , EMI Music Publishing Ltd. , Empire Music Ltd., Realsongs, Warner Bros. Music Ltd. , WB Music Corp. and Windswept Pacific Music Ltd.
- part of:
- The 60th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1987 nominee)
- cover recording of:
- Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now
- writer:
- Albert Hammond and Diane Warren
- arranger:
- Narada Michael Walden
- publisher:
- BMG Music Publishing Ltd., BMG Songs, Inc., Copyright Control , EMI Music Publishing Ltd. , Empire Music Ltd., Realsongs, Warner Bros. Music Ltd. , WB Music Corp. and Windswept Pacific Music Ltd.
- part of:
- The 60th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1987 nominee)
| Starship | 3.75 | 4:30 |
| 14 | Ain’t Nobody | Chaka Khan | 3.7 | 4:41 |
| 15 | Drive- recording engineer:
- Nigel Green
- producer:
- The Cars and Robert John “Mutt” Lange
- mixer:
- Mike Shipley
- bass:
- Benjamin Orr
- drums (drum set):
- David Robinson
- guitar:
- Elliot Easton and Ric Ocasek
- keyboard:
- Greg Hawkes
- vocals:
- Elliot Easton, Greg Hawkes, Ric Ocasek and Benjamin Orr
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Elektra/Asylum Records (in 1984) and WEA International Inc. (in 1984)
- recorded at:
- Battery Studios in London , England, United Kingdom
- mixed at:
- Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village, New York, New York, United States
- music videos:
- Drive by The Cars
- recording of:
- Drive
- publisher:
- Ric Ocasek
- lyricist and composer:
- Ric Ocasek
- publisher:
- Carlin Music Corp., Gallo Music Publishing, Lido Music, Inc., Universal Music Corp. , Universal Music Publishing, Inc., Universal‐MCA Music Publishing and Warner/Chappell Music Ltd.
| The Cars | 4 | 3:54 |
| 16 | Baby Jane | Rod Stewart | | 4:43 |
| 17 | Is This Love | Whitesnake | | 4:44 |
| 18 | Forever Young | Alphaville | 4.55 | 3:46 |
| 19 | Give Me the Night (single version) | George Benson | | 4:58 |
| 20 | I Want to Know What Love Is- additional engineer:
- Josh Abbey, Larry Alexander , Jason Corsaro , Joe Ferla and Howie Lindeman
- assistant engineer:
- Bobby Cohen , Tim Crich and Scott “Abada” Mabuchi
- engineer:
- Frank Filipetti
- producer:
- Mick Jones and Alex Sadkin
- additional keyboard:
- Tom Bailey
- bass guitar:
- Rick Wills
- drums (drum set):
- Dennis Elliott
- electric guitar:
- Mick Jones
- additional vocals:
- Jennifer Holliday
- background vocals:
- Donnie Harper, Mick Jones and Rick Wills
- choir vocals:
- The New Jersey Mass Choir
- lead vocals:
- Lou Gramm
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Atlantic Recording Corporation (in 1984), Warner Music International (in 1984), WEA International Inc. (in 1984, in 2018) and Rhino Entertainment Company (in 2009)
- additionally recorded at:
- Right Track Recording in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
- recorded at:
- The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
- mixed at:
- Right Track Recording in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
- part of:
- VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (number: 65), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 205) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 476)
- recording of:
- I Want to Know What Love Is
- lyricist and composer:
- Mick Jones
- publisher:
- Evansongs Ltd. , Somerset Songs Publishing Inc., Warner Brothers Music Ltd. , Warner Chappell Music , Fujipacific Music inc. (until 2014-12-31) and Fujipacific Music, Inc. (from 2015-01-01 to present)
| Foreigner | 3.95 | 5:05 |
| 21 | Kokomo | The Beach Boys | | 3:36 |
| 22 | Black Velvet | Alannah Myles | 4.5 | 4:47 |
| 23 | Glory of Love | Peter Cetera | | 4:18 |
| 24 | Owner of a Lonely Heart- engineer:
- Gary Langan
- producer:
- Trevor Horn
- bass guitar:
- Chris Squire (in 1983)
- drums (drum set):
- Alan White (in 1983)
- guitar:
- Trevor Rabin (in 1983)
- keyboard:
- Tony Kaye (in 1983)
- lead vocals:
- Jon Anderson (in 1983)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Atlantic Recording Corporation (in 1983, in 2003) and WEA International Inc. (in 1983, in 2003)
- recorded at:
- Sarm Studios in Aldgate, Tower Hamlets, London , England, United Kingdom (in 1983)
- recording of:
- Owner of a Lonely Heart (in 1983)
- writer:
- Jon Anderson , Trevor Horn, Trevor Rabin and Chris Squire
- publisher:
- Affirmative Music , BMG Chrysalis Scandinavia AB , BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. , Carbert Music Inc., Carlin America, Inc., Carlin Music Corporation, Downtown Music Publishing, Downtown Music Publishing International Inc., Downtown Music Publishing LLC , Hebbes Music Group Pty. Ltd., Kassner Associated Publishers, Ltd., SPZ Music, Inc. , Tremander Songs, Unforgettable Songs , Unforgettable Songs Ltd., Warner Bros. Music , Warner Bros. Music Ltd. , Warner Chappell Music , Warner Chappell Music Ltd. , Warner Chappell Music Scandinavia, Warner Chappell North America, Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. , Warner/Chappell and Warner/Chappell North America Limited
- sub-publisher:
- エイベックス・ミュージック・パブリッシング 第7出版事業部 , ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 , フジパシフィック音楽出版 BMG事業部 (until 2014-12-31), フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 (from 2015-01-01 to present) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (from 2017-04-01 to present)
| Yes | 3.85 | 4:29 |
| 25 | Never Ending Story (Giorgio 7″ mix) | Limahl | 3.35 | 3:32 |
| 26 | Simply Irresistible | Robert Palmer | 3.6 | 4:14 |
| 27 | If You Don’t Know Me by Now | Simply Red | 3.4 | 3:26 |
| 28 | Everybody Needs Somebody to Love | The Blues Brothers | | 3:25 |
| 29 | Edge of Seventeen | Stevie Nicks | 4.05 | 5:29 |
| 30 | True | Spandau Ballet | 3.65 | 5:28 |
| 31 | I Keep Forgettin (Every Time You’re Near) | Michael McDonald | 4 | 3:42 |
| 32 | It’s My Life | Talk Talk | 3.75 | 3:52 |
| 33 | Wind Beneath My Wings | Bette Midler | | 4:54 |
| 34 | I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) | The Proclaimers | 4 | 3:39 |
| 35 | Don’t Wanna Fall in Love | Jane Child | | 4:08 |
| 36 | Blue Monday ’88 | New Order | | 4:12 |
| 37 | La bamba | Los Lobos | 4.15 | 2:54 |
| 38 | Self Control (edit) | Laura Branigan | | 3:57 |
| 39 | Don’t Get Me Wrong | The Pretenders | | 3:48 |
| 40 | Love Changes (Everything) | Climie Fisher | 3.9 | 4:29 |
| 41 | Too Shy | Kajagoogoo | 3.55 | 3:46 |
| 42 | In Private | Dusty Springfield | | 4:22 |
| 43 | Ocean Deep | Cliff Richard | | 5:16 |
| 44 | I Can’t Wait | Nu Shooz | 4 | 3:39 |
| 45 | Love Shack (edit) | The B‐52s | | 4:18 |
| 46 | We’re Not Gonna Take It (single version)- recording engineer and mixer:
- Geoff Workman
- assistant engineer:
- Gary McGachan
- engineer:
- John Agnello , Greg Laney and Geoff Workman
- producer:
- Tom Werman
- bass guitar:
- Mark Mendoza
- drums (drum set):
- A.J. Pero
- electric guitar:
- Jay Jay French and Eddie Ojeda
- background vocals:
- Jay Jay French, Mark Mendoza , Eddie Ojeda, A.J. Pero and Dee Snider
- lead vocals:
- Dee Snider
- arranger:
- Twisted Sister and Tom Werman
- recorded at:
- Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1984-02 until 1984-03), The Record Plant in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1984-02 until 1984-03) and Westlake Audio in Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1984-02 until 1984-03)
- mixed at:
- Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
- part of:
- VH1’s 100 Greatest One‐Hit Wonders of the ’80s (number: 21), VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (number: 47) and Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time (number: 81)
- recording of:
- We’re Not Gonna Take It
- lyricist and composer:
- Dee Snider
- publisher:
- Copyright Control and Universal Tunes
- part of:
- “The Filthy Fifteen” (number: 7)
| Twisted Sister | 4.35 | 3:37 |
| 47 | Jungle Love (single version) | The Time | | 3:28 |
| 48 | On the Beach | Chris Rea | | 5:05 |
| 49 | This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) | Talking Heads | 3.9 | 4:56 |
| 50 | It Started with a Kiss | Hot Chocolate | | 4:03 |
| 51 | I Want to Be Your Man (7″ version) | Roger Troutman | | 4:03 |
| 52 | Love Will Tear Us Apart- producer:
- Joy Division and Martin Hannett
- bass:
- Peter Hook
- drums (drum set):
- Stephen Morris
- guitar:
- Bernard Albrecht
- vocals:
- Bernard Albrecht and Ian Curtis
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Factory Communications Ltd. (in 1988)
- recorded at:
- Strawberry Studios in Stockport, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom
- part of:
- triple j’s Hottest 100 (number: 1989 (All-time)), triple j’s Hottest 100 (number: 1990 (All-time)), Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 5), Q50 – December 2005 (number: 6), Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (number: 14), NME: Greatest “Indie” Anthems Ever: 2007 (number: 19), Pitchfork: The Story of Goth in 33 Songs, Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 41) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 179)
- recording of:
- Love Will Tear Us Apart
- lyricist:
- Ian Curtis
- composer:
- Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Bernard Sumner
- publisher:
- Fractured Music and Zomba Music Publishers Ltd.
| Joy Division | 4.5 | 3:25 |
| 53 | You Might Need Somebody | Randy Crawford | | 4:15 |
| 54 | More Bounce to the Ounce | Zapp | 3 | 5:11 |
| 55 | Jane Says | Jane’s Addiction | | 4:47 |
| 56 | Nite and Day | Al B. Sure! | 4 | 3:58 |
| 57 | Each Time You Break My Heart | Nick Kamen | 3.5 | 4:34 |
| 58 | Frankie (edit version) | Sister Sledge | | 4:16 |
| 59 | Casanova | LeVert | | 4:22 |
| 60 | Baby, I Love You | Ramones | | 3:45 |
| 61 | Mornin’ | Al Jarreau | | 4:17 |
| 62 | Lost in Your Eyes | Debbie Gibson | | 3:33 |
| 63 | Gimme Gimme Gimme | Narada Michael Walden | | 4:41 |
| 64 | Major Tom (single version) | Peter Schilling | 5 | 4:00 |
| 65 | Object of My Desire (edit) | Starpoint | | 3:57 |
| 66 | Epic (radio edit) | Faith No More | | 3:59 |
| 67 | Superwoman (edit version) | Karyn White | | 4:32 |
| 68 | Kayleigh | Marillion | 3.7 | 4:04 |
| 69 | If Ever You’re in My Arms Again | Peabo Bryson | | 4:16 |
| 70 | Golden Brown | The Stranglers | | 3:27 |
| 71 | One in a Million You | Larry Graham | | 4:13 |
| 72 | I.G.Y. | Donald Fagen | | 6:03 |
| 73 | Back Together Again | Roberta Flack | | 4:51 |
| 74 | Believe It or Not (Greatest American Hero) | Joey Scarbury | | 3:15 |