The DeuxDuel 80s Hits lineup

28 songs · 27 artists · 1980–1987 · listed A–Z, not ranked

80s Hits: songs released 1980-1989.

What this list is

DeuxDuel draws from 28 songs when it builds a 80s Hits matchup. Two of them appear side by side, you play a 30-second preview of each, and you pick the one you would rather hear. Every track here is a real Apple Music catalogue song, hand-picked for this category — not pulled from a streaming chart — and voting needs no music subscription.

The order below is alphabetical by artist. It is not a ranking and does not imply one.

No ranking is published for 80s Hits yet. DeuxDuel only publishes a chart once a category has real head-to-head evidence behind it, so this page shows the lineup and nothing more. How the ranking works.

Every song in 80s Hits

  1. Take On Me
    a-ha · 1985
  2. Dancing With Myself (EP Version)
    Billy Idol & Generation X · 1980
  3. Livin' On a Prayer
    Bon Jovi · 1986
  4. Total Eclipse of the Heart
    Bonnie Tyler · 1983
  5. Born In the U.S.A.
    Bruce Springsteen · 1984
  6. Time After Time
    Cyndi Lauper · 1983
  7. Maneater
    Daryl Hall & John Oates · 1982
  8. You Make My Dreams
    Daryl Hall & John Oates · 1980
  9. Pour Some Sugar On Me
    Def Leppard · 1987
  10. Come On Eileen
    Dexys Midnight Runners · 1982
  11. Hungry Like the Wolf
    Duran Duran · 1982
  12. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
    Eurythmics · 1983
  13. Sweet Child O' Mine
    Guns N' Roses · 1987
  14. Don't Stop Believin'
    Journey · 1981
  15. Like a Virgin
    Madonna · 1984
  16. Billie Jean
    Michael Jackson · 1982
  17. Love Is A Battlefield
    Pat Benatar · 1983
  18. In the Air Tonight
    Phil Collins · 1981
  19. When Doves Cry
    Prince · 1984
  20. Never Gonna Give You Up
    Rick Astley · 1987
  21. Eye of the Tiger
    Survivor · 1982
  22. Every Breath You Take
    The Police · 1983
  23. What's Love Got to Do with It
    Tina Turner · 1984
  24. Africa
    Toto · 1982
  25. With or Without You
    U2 · 1987
  26. Jump
    Van Halen · 1983
  27. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
    Wham! · 1984
  28. How Will I Know
    Whitney Houston · 1985
Disagree with what belongs here? The lineup is settled by the people voting on it — every matchup you play moves 80s Hits closer to a published chart.

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