| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Ghostbusters (Ghostbusters) | Ray Parker Jr. | 3.9 | 4:07 |
| 2 | The Power of Love (Back to the Future) | Huey Lewis | | 4:22 |
| 3 | Flashdance… What a Feeling- producer:
- Giorgio Moroder
- vocals:
- Irene Cara
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Polygram Records, Inc. (New York) (in 1983), Unidisc Music Inc. (in 1983) and Universal Music TV (in 1995)
- part of:
- Billboard: Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Songs (number: 38) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 492)
- recording of:
- Flashdance… What a Feeling
- lyricist:
- Irene Cara and Keith Forsey
- composer:
- Giorgio Moroder
- publisher:
- Alcor Music , Carasmatic Music, Carub Music , Chappell Music Ltd., Famous Music Corporation , GMPC, Intersong Music, Intersong Music Ltd., Intersong U.S.A. , Sony/ATV Harmony and WB Music Corp.
- part of:
- The 56th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1983 winner)
| Irene Cara | 3.65 | 3:56 |
| 4 | Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now (Mannequin)- 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)
| Starship | 3.75 | 4:30 |
| 5 | Footloose (Footloose)- producer:
- Lee DeCarlo and Kenny Loggins
- bass guitar:
- Nathan East
- bass synthesizer:
- Michael Boddicker
- drums (drum set):
- Tris Imboden
- guitar:
- Buzz Feiten
- instruments:
- Michael Boddicker
- keyboard:
- Neil Larsen and Steven Wood
- percussion:
- Michael Boddicker and Paulinho da Costa
- background vocals:
- Marilyn Dorman, Richey Washington and Steven Wood
- lead vocals:
- Kenny Loggins
- remixer:
- Humberto Gatica
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- CBS, Inc. (in 1984), Columbia Records (in 1984), Sony BMG Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1984) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1984)
- recording of:
- Footloose
- lyricist:
- Dean Pitchford
- composer:
- Kenny Loggins
- publisher:
- BMG Music Ltd., BMG Music Publishing Ltd., Copyright Control , Ensign Music Corporation, Ensign Music LLC, Famous Music Corporation , Island Music , Milk Money Music, Sony Music Publishing , Sony/ATV Harmony, Sony/ATV Melody, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd. and Universal Music Publishers MGB Australia Pty Ltd
- part of:
- The 57th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1984 nominee)
| Kenny Loggins | 4.1 | 3:50 |
| 6 | Hazy Shade of Winter (Less Than Zero) | Bangles | 4.6 | 2:45 |
| 7 | Live It Up (Crocodile Dundee) | Mental as Anything | | 3:41 |
| 8 | Cruel Summer (Karate Kid)- recording of:
- Cruel Summer
- lyricist:
- Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey, Steve Jolley, Tony Swain and Keren Woodward
- composer:
- Leo Birenberg , Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey, Steve Jolley, Kari Kimmel , Tony Swain and Keren Woodward
- publisher:
- In a Bunch Music Ltd., PolyGram Songs, Red Bus Music Ltd., Reverb Music Ltd., Sony Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. , Sony Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Warner Chappell and Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
| Bananarama | | 3:32 |
| 9 | Theme From the Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not) (Greatest American Hero) | Mike Post & Stephen Geyer | 4 | 3:17 |
| 10 | True (Sixteen Candles) | Spandau Ballet | 3.65 | 5:36 |
| 11 | Kokomo (Cocktail) | The Beach Boys | | 3:40 |
| 12 | Wouldn’t It Be Good (Pretty in Pink)- recording engineer:
- Julian Mendelsohn (in 1983)
- assistant engineer:
- Roger Howorth
- producer:
- Peter Collins
- mixer:
- Julian Mendelsohn
- lead vocals:
- Nik Kershaw (in 1983)
- horn arranger:
- Jerry Hey and Nik Kershaw
- arranger:
- Nik Kershaw
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- MCA Records, Inc. (in 1983, in 1984) and MCA Records Ltd. (in 1984)
- mixed at:
- Sarm East Studios in Aldgate, Tower Hamlets, London , England, United Kingdom
- part of:
- VH1’s 100 Greatest One‐Hit Wonders of the ’80s (number: 88)
- recording of:
- Wouldn’t It Be Good (in 1983)
- lyricist and composer:
- Nik Kershaw
- publisher:
- Arctic King, Imagem Music GmbH , Imagem Music UK, Imagem Songs Ltd., Irving Music, Inc., Mamal, Rondor Music, Rondor Music (London) Ltd., Universal Music Publishing , Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division and Yamaha Music EH(CM)
- part of:
- Gotcha!
| Nik Kershaw | 4 | 4:34 |
| 13 | People Are Strange (The Lost Boys) | Echo & the Bunnymen | 4.65 | 3:41 |
| 14 | Boys in Town (Monkey Grip) | Divinyls | | 2:54 |
| 15 | Play With Me (Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure) | Extreme | | 3:32 |
| 16 | Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want (Pretty in Pink) | The Smiths | 3.85 | 1:54 |
| 17 | When Doves Cry (Purple Rain) | Prince | 4.5 | 3:52 |
| 18 | Oh Yeah (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) | Yello | | 3:08 |
| 19 | Shake That Cosmic Thing (Earth Girls Are Easy) | The B‐52s | 3.4 | 3:55 |
| 20 | Day O (The Banana Boat Song) (Beetlejuice) | Harry Belafonte | 4 | 3:04 |
| 21 | Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Girls Just Wanna 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) 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 | 3:52 |
| 22 | When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going (Jewel of the Nile)- recording of:
- When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going
- writer:
- Wayne Brathwaite, Barry Eastmond, Robert John “Mutt” Lange and Billy Ocean
- publisher:
- Aqua Music , Aqua Music Ltd., BMG Music Publishing Ltd., Imagem London Ltd., Universal Music Publishers MGB Australia Pty Ltd, Universal Music Publishing Ltd. , Zomba Enterprises, Inc. and Zomba Music Publishers Ltd.
| Billy Ocean | | 3:42 |
| 23 | Neutron Dance (Beverly Hills Cop) | The Pointer Sisters | | 4:12 |
| 24 | Pretty in Pink (Pretty in Pink) | The Psychedelic Furs | | 4:13 |
| 25 | Let’s Hear It for the Boy (Footloose) | Deniece Williams | 3.6 | 4:21 |
| 26 | Bizarre Love Triangle (Married to the Mob) | New Order | | 3:57 |
| 27 | La Bamba (La Bamba) | Los Lobos | 4.15 | 2:56 |
| 28 | Maniac (Flashdance)- producer:
- Phil Ramone and Michael Sembello
- vocals:
- Michael Sembello (in 1983)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Polygram Records, Inc. (New York) (in 1983) and The Island Def Jam Music Group (in 1983)
- recording of:
- Maniac (in 1983)
- writer:
- Dennis Matkosky and Michael Sembello
- publisher:
- Copyright Control , Famous Music Corporation , Intersong Music, Intersong Music Ltd., Intersong USA, Inc. , Riva Music Ltd., Rondor Music (London) Ltd., Sony/ATV Harmony, Warner Bros. Music Co. Inc., Warner Bros. Music Corp. and WB Music Corp.
- part of:
- The 56th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1983 nominee)
| Michael Sembello | 4.15 | 4:04 |
| 29 | Breakin… There’s No Stoppin Us (Breakdance) | Ollie & Jerry | | 3:45 |
| 30 | Up Where We Belong (An Officer and a Gentleman) | Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes | 3.55 | 3:56 |
| 31 | Glory of Love (Karate Kid II)- recording of:
- Glory of Love
- writer:
- Peter Cetera, David Foster and Diane Nini
- publisher:
- EMI Gold Horizon Music Corp., EMI Golden Torch Music Corp., Rondor Music Publishing, Universal Music–MGB Songs, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. , シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント , ピアーミュージック , ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 , コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (until 2021-06-30), Air Bear Music (in 1986), Fall Line Orange Music (in 1986), Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (in 1986), 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) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
- part of:
- The 59th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1986 nominee)
| Peter Cetera | | 4:23 |
| 32 | Arthur’s Theme (Arthur)- additional engineer:
- John Guess, Lee Herschberg, Mark Linett and Richard Mullen
- assistant engineer:
- Stuart Gitlin and Margaret Gwynne
- producer:
- Michael Omartian
- mixer:
- Chet Himes
- lead vocals:
- Christopher Cross
- conductor:
- Michael Omartian
- strings arranger:
- Michael Omartian
- arranger:
- Christopher Cross , Rob Meurer and Michael Omartian
- concertmaster:
- Assa Drori
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Warner Bros. Records Inc. (in 1981, in 1983)
- recorded at and mixed at:
- Warner Bros. Recording Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
- part of:
- Paste: The 25 Greatest Yacht Rock Songs of All Time (number: 19)
- recording of:
- Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)
- writer:
- Peter Allen , Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager and Christopher Cross
- publisher:
- Begonia Melodies Inc., New Hidden Valley Music Co., Universal Music–MGB Songs, Warner Chappell Music Publishing , Warner Olive Music LLC, Warner-Barham Music LLC, Warner/Chappell North America, Woolnough Music, 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 and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
- part of:
- The 54th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1981 winner)
| Christopher Cross | 5 | 3:54 |
| 33 | Stand by Me (Stand by Me)- recorded in:
- New York, New York, United States (on 1960-10-27)
- producer:
- Leiber and Stoller
- vocals:
- Ben E. King (on 1960-10-27)
- conductor:
- Stan Applebaum (on 1960-10-27)
- arranger:
- Stan Applebaum
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- HHO Ltd. , WEA International Inc. (in 1960, in 1961) and Atlantic Recording Corporation (in 1986)
- part of:
- Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1961 (number: 1), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 62), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock, Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 121), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 131) and BILLIONS CLUB
- recording of:
- Stand by Me (on 1960-10-27)
- publisher:
- Mike Stoller
- writer:
- Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
- publisher:
- A.D.T. Enterprises, Hornall Brothers Music , Jerry Leiber Music, Leiber Stoller Songs Ltd., Melodie der Welt , Melodie der Welt GmbH & Co. KG , Progressive Music Publishing Company Inc., Rightsong Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Trio Music , Trio Music Co., Inc., Unichappell Music and Universal Music Publishing
| Ben E. King | 4.65 | 3:01 |
| 34 | I Heard It Through the Grapevine (The Big Chill)- 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., 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
- cover recording of:
- I Heard It Through the Grapevine (on 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., 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 | 3:13 |
| 35 | Respect (Mystic Pizza)- recording engineer:
- Tom Dowd (on 1967-02-14)
- producer:
- Jerry Wexler
- baritone saxophone:
- Willie Bridges (on 1967-02-14)
- bass guitar:
- Tommy Cogbill (on 1967-02-14)
- cornet:
- Melvin Lastie (on 1967-02-14)
- drums (drum set):
- Roger Hawkins (on 1967-02-14)
- guitar:
- Jimmy Johnson (on 1967-02-14)
- organ:
- Spooner Oldham (on 1967-02-14)
- piano:
- Aretha Franklin (on 1967-02-14)
- tenor saxophone:
- Charles Chalmers (on 1967-02-14) and King Curtis (on 1967-02-14)
- background vocals:
- Carolyn Franklin (on 1967-02-14) and Erma Franklin (on 1967-02-14)
- vocals:
- Aretha Franklin (on 1967-02-14)
- conductor:
- Tom Dowd (on 1967-02-14)
- arranger:
- Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Atlantic Recording Corporation (in 1967) and WEA International Inc. (in 1967)
- recorded at:
- Atlantic Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1967-02-14)
- part of:
- Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 1), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 5), CBC Music: 10 Songs That Have Changed the World, Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 21), New York Post: 100 Greatest Covers (2007) (number: 52) and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock
- cover recording of:
- Respect (on 1967-02-14)
- lyricist and composer:
- Otis Redding
- publisher:
- Cotillion Music Inc. , East-Time-Walco, Irving Music, Inc., Rondor Music (London) Ltd., Warner Chappell and Warner/Chappell North America
| Aretha Franklin | 3.9 | 2:28 |
| 36 | Tracks of My Tears (Platoon) | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | | 2:53 |
| 37 | Great Balls of Fire (Great Balls of Fire) | Jerry Lee Lewis | 4 | 1:54 |
| 38 | You Might Think (The Sure Thing) | The Cars | 4.7 | 3:08 |
| 39 | American Pie (Born on the 4th July)- engineer:
- Tom Flye
- acoustic guitar and banjo:
- Don McLean (on 1971-05-26)
- bass:
- Bob Rothstein (on 1971-05-26)
- drums (drum set) and percussion:
- Roy Markowitz (on 1971-05-26)
- electric guitar:
- David Spinozza (on 1971-05-26)
- electric piano:
- Ray Colcord (on 1971-05-26)
- marimba and vibraphone:
- Mike Mainieri (on 1971-05-26)
- piano:
- Paul Griffin (on 1971-05-26)
- choir vocals:
- West 44th Street Rhythm and Noise Choir (on 1971-05-26)
- vocals:
- Bob Rothstein (on 1971-05-26) and Don McLean (on 1971-05-26)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Capitol Records, LLC (in 1971), EMI (in 1971) and United Artists Records (in 1971)
- partial recording of:
- American Pie (on 1971-05-26)
- lyricist and composer:
- Don McLean
- publisher:
- Benny Bird Co. Inc. , Illegal Songs Inc., Mayday Music, MCA Music , MCA Music Publishing , MCA Publishing Ltd., Songs of Universal, Inc. , Universal , Universal Music Publishing Ltd. , Universal Records , Universal/MCA Music Publishing Pty Ltd and Yahweh Tunes, Inc.
- sub-publisher:
- シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
| Don McLean | 5 | 4:13 |
| 40 | Magic Dance (The Labyrinth) | David Bowie | 5 | 5:12 |
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