Coming
Up was the 1980
top song of the year. Coming Up
(Live At Glasgow) was the hit version
of the song Coming Up. The record
featured both the studio version
and this live version. The video
featured here is the live version.
The extra is the less-known studio
version.. The song was from the
album McCartney II. Paul
McCartney wrote it.
Bette
Davis Eyes was the 1981
top song of the year, and also won
the Grammy
Awards for Song Of The
Year and Record Of The Year.
Jackie DeShannon previously recorded
her version
of Bette Davis Eyes in 1974.
The Kim Carnes song was from the
album Mistaken Identity.
Ebony
And Ivory was the 1982
top song of the year, spending
five weeks at number
one, and becoming the
top song of the 1980s.
The song was from the album Tug
Of War. Paul McCartney wrote
the song.
Every
Breath You Take was the 1983
top song of the year in both pop
and rock
music. It also won
the Grammy
Award for Song OF The
Year. In 1997,
I'll Be Missing You by Puff
Daddy Featuring Faith
Evans Featuring 112
borrowed extensively from Every
Breath You Take and reached number
one too. The Police
song was from the album Synchronicity.
Sting
wrote the song.
Jump
was the 1984
top song of the year in both
pop and rock
music. David
Lee Roth was the
lead singer of Van Halen for
all songs from the earliest
hits through the end of 1984,
including Jump. The song was
from the album 1984.
The writers of Jump were Michael
Anthony, David Lee Roth, Eddie
Van Halen, and Alex Van Halen.
We
Are The World was the 1985
top song of the year, and won
the Grammy
Awards for both Record
Of The Year and Song Of The
Year. Michael
Jackson and Lionel
Richie wrote the
song, and the performance included
many top music stars. The proceeds
from the record were donated
to charities. The song was from
the album We Are The World.
That's
What Friends Are For was the
1986
top song of the year, and
won the Grammy
Award for Song
Of The Year. Initially, in
1982,
Rod
Stewart recorded
That's What Friends Are For.
A few years later, Dionne
Warwick got together
with Elton
John, Stevie
Wonder, and Gladys
Knight. As Dionne
And Friends, this all-star
quartet remade That's What
Friends Are For as a charity
song to donate to the American
Foundation For AIDS Research.
The writers of this song were
Burt Bacharach and Carole
Bayer Sager.
Livin'
On A Prayer was the 1987
top song of the year in both
pop and rock
music. Singer Jon
Bon Jovi later explained that
Livin' On A Prayer was written
'during the Reagan era' to
describe the economic times.
The song was from the album
Slippery When Wet.
The writers were Jon Bon Jovi,
Richie Sambora, and Desmond
Child.
The
video for Like A Prayer, which
showed burning crosses, was
denounced as blasphemy. As
a result, Pepsi stopped running
a commercial for soda which
featured the song. Despite
the controversy, the song
became the 1989
top song of the year. The
song was from the album Like
A Prayer.Madonna and Patrick
Leonard wrote it.
