List of Top 40 singles for 1980–89 in Australia

Australian top 40 singles of the 1980s
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The following lists the top 40 (end of decade) charting singles on the Australian Singles Charts, for the 1980s. These were the best charting singles in Australia for the 1980s. The source for this decade is the Kent Music Report, known from 1987 onwards as the Australian Music Report.

#TitleArtistHighest pos. reachedDate reached
1."Locomotion"Kylie Minogue1August 1987
2."Dancing in the Dark"Bruce Springsteen5September 1984
3."Australiana"Austen Tayshus1August 1983
4."Simply Irresistible"Robert Palmer1September 1988
5."I Just Called to Say I Love You"Stevie Wonder1October 1984
6."Ghostbusters"Ray Parker, Jr.2September 1984
7."Islands in the Stream"Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton1December 1983
8."La Bamba"Los Lobos1September 1987
9."Never Gonna Give You Up"Rick Astley1November 1987
10."Down Under"Men at Work1December 1981
11."Run to Paradise"The Choirboys3November 1987
12."Flashdance... What a Feeling"Irene Cara1July 1983
13."Old Time Rock and Roll"Bob Seger3August 1987
14."You're the Voice"John Farnham1November 1985
15."(I've Had) The Time of My Life"Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes1February 1988
16."We Are the World"USA for Africa1April 1985
17."Kokomo"The Beach Boys1December 1988
18."Shaddap You Face"Joe Dolce Music Theatre1November 1980
19."Gloria"Laura Branigan1February 1983
20."The Only Way Is Up"Yazz and the Plastic Population2October 1988
21."Walk Like an Egyptian"The Bangles1February 1987
22."Electric Blue"Icehouse1November 1987
23."Venus"Bananarama1September 1986
24."Teardrops"Womack & Womack1February 1989
25."Faith"George Michael1December 1987
26."I Got You"Split Enz1April 1980
27."You Keep Me Hangin' On"Kim Wilde1February 1987
28."The Power of Love"Jennifer Rush1November 1985
29."Start Me Up"The Rolling Stones1November 1981
30."Eternal Flame"The Bangles1June 1989
31."Angel"/"Into the Groove"Madonna1June 1985
32."Time Warp"Original Cast, The Rocky Horror Picture Show3December 1980
33."It's Just Not Cricket"The Twelfth Man1June 1984
34."Eye of the Tiger"Survivor1September 1982
35."(Just Like) Starting Over"John Lennon1January 1981
36."Funkytown"Pseudo Echo1December 1986
37."Wired for Sound"Cliff Richard2December 1981
38."Come On Eileen"Dexys Midnight Runners1November 1982
39."I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"The Proclaimers1February 1989
40."If I Could"19272December 1988

These charts were calculated by David Kent of the Kent Music Report and are based on the number of weeks and position the records reach within the top 100 singles for each week.

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