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Rock Top 200 Songs Of The 1980's

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Top songs of an entire decade in popularity order
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176 I Can't Drive 55 1 20   Sep 1984  
  Sammy Hagar  
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177 Veronica 1 14   Mar 1989  
  Elvis Costello  
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178 Brother Of Mine 1     Jun 1989  
  Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe  
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179 What You Need 2 2   Feb 1986  
  INXS  
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180 Love Is A Battlefield 1 1   Oct 1983  
  Pat Benatar  
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181 Who's Crying Now 2 1   Aug 1981  
  Journey  
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182 Juke Box Hero 2 30   Sep 1981  
  Foreigner  
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183 Dreams 2 20   Jun 1986  
  Van Halen  
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184 Desire 1 4   Oct 1988  
  U2  
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185 One Thing Leads To Another 1 2   Jun 1983  
  The Fixx  
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186 Janie's Got A Gun 1 2   Oct 1989  
  Aerosmith  
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187 China Girl 1 5   Jul 1983  
  David Bowie  
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188 One Hit (To The Body) 1 18   Apr 1986  
  The Rolling Stones  
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189 She's A Beauty 1 9   May 1983  
  The Tubes  
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190 Rock And A Hard Place 1 28   Oct 1989  
  The Rolling Stones  
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191 Damn Good 1     Mar 1988  
  David Lee Roth  
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192 In The Mood 1 28   Sep 1983  
  Robert Plant  
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193 The End Of The Innocence 1 3   Jun 1989  
  Don Henley  
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194 Teacher Teacher 1 24   Oct 1984  
  38 Special  
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195 Don't Cry 1 6   Aug 1983  
  Asia  
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196 Love Bites 1 1   Sep 1988  
  Def Leppard  
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197 You Shook Me All Night Long 1     Aug 1980  
  AC/DC  
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198 Touch And Go 1     Jul 1986  
  Emerson, Lake & Powell  
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199 Dancing In The Street 1 9   Sep 1985  
  Mick Jagger/David Bowie  
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200 Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) 1 2   Feb 1983  
  Journey  
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