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1980s Top 40 Rate

Number 17s

Below is a chronological list of all the singles which peaked at No.17 in the UK during the 1980s. Rate your faves, and the winner will go through to the final Ultimate Top 40 (where it will join the best No.1, No.2, No.3 etc).

Squeeze - Another Nail In My Heart
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Happy House
B.A Robertson - Kool In The Kaftan
Police - Six Pack
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Computer Game (Theme From The Invaders)
Hot Chocolate - Are You Getting Enough Of What Makes You Happy
Grace Jones - Private Life
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Three Little Birds
Rod Stewart - Passion
Barron Knights - Never Mind The Presents
Neil Diamond - Love On The Rocks
Spandau Ballet - The Freeze
Kool & The Gang - Jones Vs Jones/Summer Madness/Funky Stuff/Hollywood Swinging
Gillan - New Orleans
Whitesnake - Don't Break My Heart Again
Phil Collins - If Leaving Me Is Easy
Star Sound - Stars On 45 (Vol. 3)
Elkie Brooks - Fool If You Think It's Over
Fun Boy Three - The Telephone Always Rings
Queen - Las Palabras De Amor
Dollar - Videotheque
Wavelength - Hurry Home
Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go/Straight To Hell
Pretenders - Back On The Chain Gang
Piranhas Feat Boring Bob Grover - Zambezi
Kevin Rowland & Dexys Midnight Runners - Let's Get This Straight (From The Start)/Old
John Williams - Theme From 'ET'
Billy Griffin - Hold Me Tighter In The Rain
Icehouse - Hey Little Girl
Mezzoforte - Garden Party
Forrest - Feel The Need In Me
Big Country - In A Big Country
H20 - Dream To Sleep
Heaven 17 - Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry
Alarm - 68 Guns
Meat Loaf - Midnight At The Lost And Found
Will Powers - Kissing With Confidence
Police - Synchronicity II
Barry Manilow - Read 'Em And Weep
Police - King Of Pain
Thomas Dolby - Hyperactive!
Gap Band - Someday
Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson - To All The Girls I've Loved Before
Terri Wells - I'll Be Around
David Sylvian - Red Guitar
Madness - One Better Day
Change - Change Of Heart
Scritti Politti - Absolute
Smiths - William, it Was Really Nothing
Big Country - East Of Eden
Meat Loaf - Modern Girl
Limit - Say Yeah
Sharpe & Numan - Change Your Mind
Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield
Eurythmics - Would I Lie To You?
Pointer Sisters - Dare Me
Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days
Total Contrast - Takes A Little Time
Cliff Richard - She's So Beautiful
Cult - Rain
LLoyd Cole & The Commotions - Lost Weekend
Belouis Some - Imagination
Talking Heads - And She Was
Hipsway - The Honeythief
Stevie Wonder - Overjoyed
S.O.S Band - The Finest
Depeche Mode - A Question Of Time
Catherine Stock - To Have And to Hold
Lionel Richie - Ballerina Girl/Deep River Woman
David Bowie - Day In Day Out
Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual
Billy Idol - Sweet Sixteen
Sinead O' Connor - Mandinka
Afrika Bambaataa & Family Feat. UB40 - Reckless
Patrick Swayze Feat Wendy Fraser - She's Like The Wind
Status Quo - Running All Over The World
Bon Jovi - Bad Medicine
Humanoid - Stakker Humanoid
Adeva - Respect
Alyson Williams - Sleep Talk
Cookie Crew - Got To Keep On
Clannad Feat Bono - In A Lifetime
Waterfront - Cry
Simply Red - A New Flame
Adeva - Warning!
Guns N' Roses - Nightrain
London Boys - Harlem Desire
Sonia - Can't Forget You
Cliff Richard - Lean On You
Adeva - I Thank You

you have the option to do a +30 vote like follows:

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or you can use the standard:

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or:

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Good Luck!

This post has been edited by AH Gold: 17th June 2015, 08:04 PM