| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
|---|
| 1 | I Want to Break Free | Queen | 3.35 | 4:16 |
| 2 | Club Tropicana | Wham! | 3.8 | 4:31 |
| 3 | I Wanna Dance With Somebody- recording engineer and mixer:
- David Frazer
- percussion programming:
- Preston Glass
- additional assistant engineer:
- Noah Baron, Rob Beaton, Paul Hamingson, Stuart Hirotsu, Gordon Lyon, Billy Miranda and Ross Williams
- additional engineer:
- Lincoln Clapp , Maureen Droney, Ken Kessie, Gordon Lyon and Jay Rifkin
- assistant engineer:
- Dana Jon Chappelle
- executive producer:
- Clive Davis
- producer:
- Narada Michael Walden
- alto saxophone:
- Marc Russo
- bass synthesizer [bass synth]:
- Randy Jackson
- drums (drum set):
- Narada Michael Walden
- electronic drum set [Simmons]:
- Greg “Gigi” Gonaway
- guitar synthesizer [Charvel GTM6 midi guitar synth]:
- Corrado Rustici
- synthesizer [synth horns]:
- Sterling Smith
- synthesizer [synths]:
- Walter Afanasieff
- background vocals:
- Kitty Beethoven, Kevin Dorsey, Jim Gilstrap, Jennifer Hall and Myrna Matthews
- background vocals and lead vocals:
- Whitney Houston
- arranger:
- Narada Michael Walden
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Arista Records, Inc. (in 1987) and RCA Records (in 1987)
- produced for:
- Perfection Light Productions
- recorded at:
- Clinton Recording Studios in New York, New York, United States, Right Track Recording in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, Tarpan Studios in San Rafael, California, United States and The Plant Studios in Sausalito, California, United States
- part of:
- Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 1) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 231)
- recording of:
- I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
- writer:
- George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam
- publisher:
- Boy Meets Girl Music, Copyright Control , Irving Music , Irving Music, Inc. and Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
| Whitney Houston | 4.25 | 4:50 |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | Girls Just Want to Have Fun- additional engineer:
- John Jansen and Rod O’Brien
- assistant engineer:
- John Agnello
- engineer:
- William Wittman
- associate producer:
- William Wittman
- producer:
- Rick Chertoff
- bass:
- Eric Bazilian
- electric guitar:
- Rick DiFonzo
- electronic drum set:
- Anton Fig
- keyboard [keyboards] and synthesizer [synthesizers]:
- Rob Hyman
- background vocals:
- Krystal Davis, Ellie Greenwich, Cyndi Lauper, Jules Shear, Maretha Stewart and Diane Wilson
- lead vocals:
- Cyndi Lauper
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- CBS, Inc. (in 1983), Epic Records (in 1983), Sony BMG Music Entertainment (in 1983) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1983, in 1994)
- produced for:
- Red Sox Music Productions, Inc.
- recorded at:
- The Record Plant in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
- music videos:
- Girls Just Want to Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper
- part of:
- VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (number: 23), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 63)
- recording of:
- Girls Just Want to Have Fun
- lyricist and composer:
- Robert Hazard
- publisher:
- Copyright Control , EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Novelene Music, Sony Tunes, Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Tunes LLC and Heroic Music (in 1983)
- sub-publisher:
- ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部
| Cyndi Lauper | 4.1 | 3:53 |
| 6 | Tainted Love- engineer:
- Paul Hardiman
- producer:
- Mike Thorne
- mixer:
- Harvey Goldberg
- electronic instruments and other instruments:
- Dave Ball
- saxophone:
- David Tofani
- background vocals:
- Vicious Pink
- vocals:
- Marc Almond
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Mercury Records Ltd. (London) (in 1981)
- recorded at:
- Advision Studios in Fitzrovia, Camden , Westminster, London , England, United Kingdom
- music videos:
- Tainted Love by Soft Cell
- part of:
- VH1’s 100 Greatest One‐Hit Wonders of the ’80s (number: 5), Paste: The 50 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of All Time (number: 8), New York Post: 100 Greatest Covers (2007) (number: 10), Pitchfork: The Story of Goth in 33 Songs, VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (number: 33) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 46)
- cover recording of:
- Tainted Love
- lyricist and composer:
- Ed Cobb
- publisher:
- Burlington Music Co., Ltd. and Embassy Music Corporation
- sub-publisher:
- ミュージック・セールス
| Soft Cell | 3.95 | 2:38 |
| 7 | Karma Chameleon- engineer:
- Simon Frith, Simon Humphrey, Gordon Milne and Mike Ross‐Trevor
- producer:
- Steve Levine
- mixer:
- Steve Levine and Jon Moss
- bass guitar:
- Mikey Craig (in 1983)
- drums (drum set) and percussion:
- Jon Moss (in 1983)
- electric sitar, guitar, keyboard, piano and sitar:
- Roy Hay (in 1983)
- guest harmonica:
- Judd Lander (in 1983)
- guest keyboard:
- Phil Pickett (in 1983)
- background vocals:
- Helen Terry (in 1983)
- lead vocals:
- Boy George (in 1983)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Virgin Records Ltd. (in 1983, in 2002, in 2003)
- recorded at:
- CBS Studios in London , England, United Kingdom (in 1983) and Red Bus Studios in London , England, United Kingdom (in 1983)
- music videos:
- Karma Chameleon by Culture Club
- recording of:
- Karma Chameleon (in 1983)
- writer:
- Mikey Craig , George O’Dowd, Roy Hay , Jon Moss and Phil Pickett
- publisher:
- BMG Music Publishing Ltd., Copyright Control , EMI Virgin Music Ltd. , EMI Virgin Music Publishing Australia P/L, J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Pendulum Music Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. , Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd., Warner Bros. Music Ltd. and BMG VM Music Ltd. (from 2013-05 to present)
| Culture Club | 4 | 4:12 |
| 8 | Don’t You Want Me | The Human League | 3.85 | 3:56 |
| 9 | Rio | Duran Duran | 4.75 | 5:35 |
| 10 | You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) | Dead or Alive | 4.15 | 3:14 |
| 11 | Relax | Frankie Goes to Hollywood | 4.05 | 3:57 |
| 12 | Ride On Time | Black Box | 3.25 | 4:33 |
| 13 | Don’t Leave Me This Way | The Communards | 3.4 | 4:31 |
| 14 | I Think We’re Alone Now | Tiffany | 3.8 | 3:44 |
| 15 | Tell It to My Heart | Taylor Dayne | 3.75 | 3:39 |
| 16 | Happy Hour- engineer:
- Phil Bodger
- producer:
- John Williams
- bass guitar:
- Norman Cook (in 1986)
- chimes:
- P.d. Heaton (in 1986)
- drums (drum set):
- Hugh Whitaker (in 1986)
- guitar:
- Stan Cullimore (in 1986)
- background vocals:
- Norman Cook (in 1986), Stan Cullimore (in 1986), P.d. Heaton (in 1986) and Hugh Whitaker (in 1986)
- lead vocals:
- Paul Heaton (in 1986)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Mercury Records Ltd.
- recorded at:
- Strongroom in Shoreditch, Hackney, London , England, United Kingdom (in 1986)
- mixed at:
- AIR Studios in Hampstead, Camden , London , England, United Kingdom
- recording of:
- Happy Hour (in 1986)
- lyricist:
- Paul Heaton
- composer:
- Stan Cullimore
- publisher:
- Go! Discs Music
| The Housemartins | 4.5 | 2:21 |
| 17 | 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 | 3:53 |
| 18 | Prince Charming | Adam and the Ants | 4 | 3:17 |
| 19 | Echo Beach | Martha and the Muffins | 3.6 | 3:36 |
| 20 | Pump Up the Jam | Technotronic | 3.65 | 3:36 |
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