| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Take On Me | a‐ha | 4.4 | 3:49 |
| 2 | You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) | Dead or Alive | 4.15 | 3:14 |
| 3 | Nineteen | Paul Hardcastle | 3.6 | 3:32 |
| 4 | Miami Vice Theme | Jan Hammer | 3.5 | 2:28 |
| 5 | The Power of Love- recording engineer:
- Jim Gaines and Robert Missbach
- additional engineer:
- Michael Christopher , Phil Kaffel and Malcolm Pollack
- assistant engineer:
- Rob Beaton, Alex Haas , Tom Size and Jim “Watts” Vereecke
- producer:
- Bob Clearmountain, Jellybean and Huey Lewis and the News
- mixer:
- Robert Missbach
- bass guitar:
- Mario Cipollina
- drums (drum set) and percussion:
- Bill Gibson
- guitar:
- Johnny Colla and Chris Hayes
- harmonica:
- Huey Lewis
- keyboard:
- Sean Hopper
- saxophone:
- Johnny Colla
- vocals:
- Johnny Colla , Bill Gibson , Chris Hayes , Sean Hopper and Huey Lewis
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Chrysalis Records, Inc. (in 1984, in 1985, in 1986) and Chrysalis (in 1985)
- recorded at:
- Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California, United States, Studio D Recording in Sausalito, California, United States and The Plant Studios in Sausalito, California, United States
- mixed at:
- Power Station Studios in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States
- music videos:
- The Power of Love by Huey Lewis and the News
- part of:
- Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 108)
- recording of:
- The Power of Love
- writer:
- Johnny Colla , Chris Hayes and Huey Lewis
- publisher:
- Cause and Effect Music, Copyright Control , Huey Lewis Music, Hulex Music , Kinda Blue Music, Mushroom Music and WB Music Corp.
- sub-publisher:
- Warner/Chappell Music Japan, Synch division and Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
- part of:
- The 58th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1985 nominee)
- part of:
- Back to the Future: the Musical
- recording of:
- The Power of Love
- writer:
- Peter Gill , Holly Johnson, Brian Nash and Mark O’Toole
- publisher:
- Perfect Songs Ltd. and Rubet Music Publishing, Inc.
| Huey Lewis & the News | 4 | 3:54 |
| 6 | Don’t You (Forget About Me) | Simple Minds | 4.25 | 4:20 |
| 7 | Walk This Way- producer:
- Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons
- guest guitar:
- Joe Perry
- guest vocals:
- Steven Tyler
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Profile Records, Inc. (in 1986) and RCA Records (in 1986)
- recording of:
- Walk This Way
- writer:
- Joe Perry and Steven Tyler
- publisher:
- Daksel LLC, Daksel Music Corp., Music of Stage Three, Music of Stage Three Aerosmith Account, Song and Dance Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd., Stage Three Music Ltd., Stage Three Music Publishing Limited and Vindaloo Productions, Inc.
| Run‐D.M.C. feat. Aerosmith | 3.65 | 3:34 |
| 8 | (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party) | Beastie Boys | 3.85 | 3:27 |
| 9 | If You Let Me Stay | Terence Trent D’Arby | 3.15 | 3:11 |
| 10 | Kiss- recording engineer:
- Coke Johnson, David Leonard , Peggy McCreary, Susan Rogers , David Tickle and David Z.
- producer:
- Prince and The Revolution
- acoustic guitar, drum machine [Linn 9000], drum machine [Linn LM-1] and synthesizer [Yamaha DX7]:
- David Z.
- electric guitar and lead vocals:
- Prince
- background vocals:
- Bruce DeShazer, Prince and Marr Starr
- arranger:
- David Z.
- recorded at:
- Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota, United States and Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
- part of:
- Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 11), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 85) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 461)
- recording of:
- Kiss (from 1985-04-27 until 1986-02-10)
- lyricist and composer:
- Prince
- publisher:
- Controversy Music
| Prince & The Revolution | 2.9 | 3:46 |
| 11 | Fools Gold | The Stone Roses | 4.4 | 4:15 |
| 12 | Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) | Soul II Soul feat. Caron Wheeler | 4.2 | 3:46 |
| 13 | I Heard It Through the Grapevine- producer:
- Norman Whitfield
- bass [1962 Fender Precision Bass]:
- James Jamerson (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- congas and tambourine:
- Jack Ashford (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- drums (drum set):
- Uriel Jones (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- French horn:
- Don Ozga (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10) and Edwin Jones (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- guitar [1964 Gibson Firebird III]:
- Eddie Willis (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- guitar [Fender Telecaster with Jazzmaster Neck]:
- Joe Messina (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- Hammond organ [B-3]:
- Earl Van Dyke (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- instruments:
- The Funk Brothers (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- tom-tom:
- Richard "Pistol" Allen (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- Wurlitzer electric piano:
- Johnny Griffith (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- background vocals:
- The Andantes (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10), Marlene Barrow (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10), Louvain Demps (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10) and Jackie Hicks (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- lead vocals:
- Marvin Gaye (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- orchestra:
- Detroit Symphony Orchestra (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- strings arranger:
- Paul Riser (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- orchestrator:
- Paul Riser (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Motown Record Company (in 1968)
- recorded at and mixed at:
- Hitsville in Detroit, Michigan, United States (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- part of:
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock, Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 80), Billboard: Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Songs (number: 93), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 119) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 307)
- cover recording of:
- I Heard It Through the Grapevine (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- writer:
- Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield
- publisher:
- EMI Music Publishing Ltd. , EMI Songs Australia, EMI Songs Scandinavia AB, Jobete Music , Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Jobete Music Co., Inc., Jobette-Carlin Music Ltd., Stone Agate Music, Stone Agate Music Division and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部
| Marvin Gaye | 4.05 | 3:09 |
| 14 | Absolute Beginners | David Bowie | 3.9 | 5:35 |
| 15 | All Around the World | Lisa Stansfield | 3.75 | 4:21 |
| 16 | Never Gonna Give You Up- keyboard [Fairlight] programming:
- Ian Curnow (in 1986-10)
- additional engineer:
- Jamie Bromfield , Mike Duffy , Phil Harding and Karen Hewitt
- assistant engineer:
- Boky, Peter Day, Gordon Dennis , Jonathan King and Yoyo
- engineer:
- Mark McGuire
- producer:
- Aitken, Stock , Stock Aitken Waterman and Waterman
- mixer:
- Mixmasters Pete Hammond (on 1987-01-01)
- drums (drum set) [drums]:
- A Linn (in 1986-10)
- guitar [guitars]:
- Matt Aitken (in 1986-10)
- keyboard [keyboards]:
- Matt Aitken (in 1986-10) and Mike Stock (in 1986-10)
- background vocals [backing vocals]:
- Dee Lewis (in 1986-10), Shirley Lewis (in 1986-10), Mae McKenna (in 1986-10) and Suzanne Rhatigan (in 1986-10)
- lead vocals:
- Rick (in 1986-10)
- arranger:
- Gordon Jenkins
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- BMG Records (UK) Ltd. (from 1987 to present), BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (in 1987), Pete Waterman Ltd. (in 1987) and PWL (in 1987)
- miscellaneous support:
- PWL (task: original sound recordings made by)
- recorded at:
- PWL Studio 1 (in 1986-10), PWL Studio 2 (in 1986-10) and PWL Studios in London , England, United Kingdom (in 1986-10)
- mixed at:
- PWL Studio 1 (on 1987-01-01) and PWL Studio 2 (on 1987-01-01)
- music videos:
- Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley
- part of:
- Cachitos Nochevieja 2022 (number: 48) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 244)
- recording of:
- Never Gonna Give You Up (in 1986-10)
- writer:
- Matt Aitken, Mike Stock and Pete Waterman
- publisher:
- All Boys Music Ltd., BMG Music, Copyright Control , Hammer Music , Mike Stock Publishing Limited, Sid’s Songs Limited, Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing, Universal Music Careers, Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc. and Terrace Music (in 1987)
- sub-publisher:
- Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. , Universal Music Publishers MGB Australia Pty Ltd, シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント , ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
| Rick Astley | 4.4 | 3:33 |
| 17 | I Think We’re Alone Now | Tiffany | 3.8 | 3:45 |
| 18 | Heaven Is a Place on Earth- recording engineer:
- Steve McMillan
- drums (drum set) [drum] programming:
- Charles Judge and Rick Nowels
- additional engineer:
- Stacy Baird and Robert Feist
- assistant engineer:
- Matthew Freeman , Clark Germaine, Brian Scheuble and Joe Schiff
- additional producer:
- Robert Feist (other vocals [vocal]) and Ellen Shipley (other vocals [vocal])
- producer:
- Rick Nowels
- mixer:
- Shelly Yakus
- acoustic guitar [acoustic guitars]:
- Rick Nowels
- additional guitar:
- Tim Pierce
- additional guitar [guitars]:
- Michael Landau
- additional keyboard [keyboards]:
- Thomas Dolby
- additional percussion:
- Jimmy Bralower and Paulinho da Costa
- bass:
- John Pierce
- drums (drum set) [drums]:
- Kenny Aronoff and Curly Smith
- electric guitar [electric guitars]:
- Dan Huff, John McCurry and Rick Nowels
- guitar [air guitar] and lead vocals:
- Belinda Carlisle
- keyboard [keyboards]:
- Charles Judge and Rick Nowels
- piano [acoustic piano]:
- Charles Judge
- synthesizer [Fairlight]:
- Rhett Lawrence
- vocals:
- Beth Anderson , Charlotte Caffey, Donna Davidson, Donna Delory, Edie Lehmann, Rick Nowels, Michelle Phillips and Ellen Shipley
- arranger:
- Rick Nowels
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Artist Management Services Ltd. (in 1987), MCA Records, Inc. (in 1987), Virgin Records Ltd (in 1987) and Demon Music Group Ltd. (in 2019)
- additionally recorded at:
- Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, Hollywood Sound in Los Angeles, California, United States and Music Grinder Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
- recorded at:
- American Recording and Ocean Way Studio in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
- mixed at:
- A&M Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
- part of:
- Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 400)
- recording of:
- Heaven Is a Place on Earth
- writer:
- Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley
- publisher:
- BMG Bumblebee , BMG Rights Management , Bug Music Ltd., EMI Music Publishing , EMI Virgin Music Publishing Australia P/L, EMI Virgin Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd, Spirit Music Publishing Limited, Virgin Songs, Inc., Future Furniture Music (in 1987) and Shipwreck Music (in 1987)
- sub-publisher:
- Fujipacific Music, Inc.
| Belinda Carlisle | 4.15 | 4:03 |
| 19 | Theme From S’Express | S’Express | 4 | 3:55 |
| 20 | Good Life | Inner City | 3 | 4:06 |
| 21 | Lambada | Kaoma | 4.65 | 3:20 |
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