Artist	Song	Buy
Prince & The Revolution	When Doves Cry
from Purple Rain (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) (2007)
Olivia Newton-John	Physical
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Olivia Newton-John (2002)
Kim Carnes	Bette Davis Eyes
from Gypsy Honeymoon - The Best of Kim Carnes (1993)
The B-52's	Love Shack
from Time Capsule (2010)
Diana Ross & Lionel Richie	Endless Love
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Diana Ross (2000)
Pet Shop Boys	West End Girls
from PopArt: The Hits (2006)
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts	I Love Rock 'N Roll
from I Love Rock 'N Roll (Remastered) (1981)
Irene Cara	Flashdance...What a Feeling
from What a Feelin' (1983)
Mr. Mister	Broken Wings
from The Best of Mr. Mister (2001)
Christopher Cross	Sailing
from Christopher Cross (2009)
Bryan Adams	Summer of '69
from The Best of Me (2002)
Daryl Hall & John Oates	Maneater
from Greatest Hits - Rock 'N Soul, Pt. 1 (1984)
Survivor	Eye of the Tiger
from Eye of the Tiger (1999)
Rod Stewart	Forever Young
from The Definitive Rod Stewart (Deluxe Version) (2008)
Bobby McFerrin	Don't Worry, Be Happy
from Best of Bobby McFerrin (1996)
Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes	(I've Had) The Time of My Life [Remastered 2003]
from Dirty Dancing (Legacy Edition) [Soundtrack from the Motion Picture] (2007)
Tommy Tutone	867-5309/Jenny
from Tommy Tutone - 2 (2007)
Paula Abdul	Straight Up
from Greatest Hits (2000)
The J. Geils Band	Centerfold
from Flashback - The Best of the J. Geils Band (1988)
Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder	Ebony and Ivory
from All the Best (2010)
John Lennon	(Just Like) Starting Over
from Power to the People - The Hits (Remastered) (2010)
Diana Ross	Upside Down
from The Motown Anthology (2001)
Dionne Warwick	That's What Friends Are For
from Love Songs (2005)
Stevie Nicks	Edge of Seventeen
from Bella Donna (2005)
Crowded House	Don't Dream It's Over
from The Very Very Best of Crowded House (2010)
Billy Ocean	Caribbean Queen (No More Love On the Run)
from Suddenly (1989)
Sheena Easton	Morning Train (Nine to Five)
from Sheena Easton: Greatest Hits (2007)
John Waite	Missing You
from The Complete John Waite, Vol. One: Falling Backwards (1996)

Comment:

You'd think, between our Study Guide and all the other poptastic playlists we've assembled, that we'd already mined every '80s nugget and upended every one of the decade's dusty crates. Oh, how wrong you'd be. Diana Ross notches the biggest hit of her post-Supremes career as she teams up with Lionel Richie for "Endless Love," packing all the hopes and fears of a star-crossed first love into a four-and-a-half-minute epic drama. New wave camp and old-school funk nestle cheek-to-cheek - no, make that beehive-to-Jheri curl - in the B-52's' frisky frolic, "Love Shack," named the Best Single of 1989 by [i]Rolling Stone[/i]. Crowded House's resident hopeless romantic, Neil Finn, debuts his post-Split Enz band with a pastel wash of bittersweet pop gorgeousness, "Don't Dream It's Over." And Olivia Newton-John exercises her vocal cords all the way to the biggest hit of 1981 with the song that launched a hundred million leg-lifts (and wore through two-hundred million leg warmers), "Physical." From "Centerfold" to "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," we've got a decade's worth of your favorite artists a mere mouse click away.

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