Well let's see which 80s UK #1s are most remembered and forgotten...

191 Let It Be N/A

190 The Chicken Song N/A

189 Ferry Cross the Mersey N/A

188 You'll Never Walk Alone 0.07m

187 Let's Party 0.2m

186 Star Trekkin 0.25m

185 A Little Peace 0.4m

184 There's no One Quite Like Grandma 0.5m

183 It's My Party 0.6m

182 Do They Know It's Christmas? (Band Aid II) 0.7m

181 Every Loser Wins 0.7m

180 My Camera Never Lies 1.5m

179 Doctorin' the Tardis 2.2m

178 Happy Talk 2.5m

177 Swing the Mood 3.4m {the top version is actually on 22m, the uploader used a less popular version here}

176 Jack Your Body 4.1m

175 Together We Are Beautiful 5.1m

174 With a Little Help From My Friends 6.4m

173 Use It Up and Wear It Out 6.5m

172 Pipes of Peace 6.5m

171 Move Closer 7.0m

170 That's What I Like 7.2m

169 Green Door 7.2m

168 Save Your Love 7.3m

167 You'll Never Stop Me From Loving You 7.5m

166 Beat Surrender 7.6m

165 I Want to Wake Up With You 8.2m

164 Theme from S'Express 8.2m

163 Shaddup Your Face 8.9m

162 I Owe You Nothing 9.0m

161 I Don't Wanna Dance 10.3m

160 Oh Julie 10.7m

159 Hand On Your Heart 12m

158 Stand And Deliver 12.5m

157 Sealed with a Kiss 12.5m

156 Seven Tears 12.6m

155 Prince Charming 12.9m

154 What's Another Year 13.3m

153 The Land of Make Believe 13.9m

152 Pump Up the Volume 14m {about 10-20 places too low in reality as it's got quite a few versions!}

151 Too Many Broken Hearts 15.3m

150 Frankie 15.6m

149 Theme from MASH 16.5m

148 This Ole House 16.9m

147 Crying 17m

146 19 17m

145 If I Was 18.4m

144 Spirit in the Sky 18.5m

143 Begin the Beguine 19.6m

142 Start! 21.3m

141 Is there Something I Should Know 22.8m

140 Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart 23.5m

139 Living Doll 25m {should actually be 730k for this version, the uploader has gone with the original's stream count}

138 Respectable 25.4m

137 Japanese Boy 26m

136 I Know Him So Well 26.2m

135 Heart 28.9m

134 Too Much Too Young 29m

133 Geno 30m

132 Candy Girl 30.2m

131 Feels Like I'm In Love 31.4m

130 Especially For You 31.5m

129 I Should Have Known Better 31.9m

128 Only You 33m

127 Everything I Own 33.2m

126 Don't Turn Around 35.6m

125 Goody Two Shoes 37m

124 I Should Be So Lucky 39.4m

123 China In Your Hand 39.5m

122 Making Your Mind Up 40m

121 First Time 40m

120 The Only Way Is Up 40.6m

119 One Day In Your Life 41.3m

118 Two Tribes 43m

117 Wherever I Lay My Hat 43.2m

116 Being With You 45m

115 House of Fun 45.3m

114 The Edge of Heaven 46.7m

113 The Lion Sleeps Tonight 47m

112 Caravan of Love 48.8m

111 A Different Corner 52.3m

110 Who's That Girl 54.0m

109 Perfect 58.2m

108 You Got It (The Right Stuff) 62m

107 I've Never Been to Me 66m

106 A Good Heart 68.3m

105 Reet Petite 69m

104 Dancing in the Street 70.5m

103 Belfast Child 72m

102 Freedom 72m

101 Going Underground 76m

100 True Blue 77m

99 Chain Reaction 80m

98 The Model 80m

97 Xanadu 80.5m

96 Ebony & Ivory 82m

95 Jealous Guy 83.5m

94 I'm Your Man 87m

93 Atomic 92.6m

92 I Feel For You 94m

91 Working My Way Back to you 94m

90 (Just Like) Starting Over 95m

89 Too Shy 95m

88 Desire 97m

87 The Reflex 99m

86 When the Going Gets Tough 101m

85 There Must Be An Angel 105.0m

84 Ghost Town 105.2m

83 The Power of Love (Jennifer Rush) 122m

82 The Tide Is High 125m

81 Ashes to Ashes 130m

80 Ride on Time 131m

79 Mistletoe and Wine 137.6m

78 You Win Again 146m

77 The Sun Always Shines on TV 147m

76 One Moment In Time 148m

75 He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother 156m

74 The Power of Love (FGTH) 161.5m

73 All Around the World 161.5m

72 Coward of the Country 166m

71 Nothing's Gonna Change my Love For You 168m

70 I Knew You Were Waiting For Me 169m

69 Fame 171m

68 I Got You Babe 171m

67 Baby Jane 181m

66 Rock Me Amadeus 189m

65 Back to Life 192m

64 Don't Leave Me This Way 192m

63 Papa Don't Preach 200m

62 Do You Really Want to Hurt Me 216m

61 A Groovy Kind of Love 220m

60 Into the Groove 225m

59 I Just Cant Stop Loving You 234m

58 We are the World 240m

57 Woman in Love 247m

56 Brass in Pocket 253.5m

55 Town Called Malice 255m

54 It's a Sin 267m

53 Saving All My Love For You 286m

52 Orinoco Flow 288m

51 La Bamba 293m

50 Don't Stand So Close To Me 309m

49 Pass the Dutchie 330m

48 Give It Up 342m

47 Hello 363m

46 Relax 384m

45 Let's Dance 398m

44 I Think We're Alone Now 402m

43 Always On My Mind 418m

42 Woman 420m

41 West End Girls 475m

40 Super Trouper 480m

39 Eternal Flame 502m

38 Easy Lover 564m

37 Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic 595m

36 You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) 599m

35 Merry Christmas Everyone 632m

34 99 Red Balloons (combined with 99 Luftballons) 650m

33 Lady In Red 657m

32 I Just Called to Say I Love You 663m

31 Take My Breath Away 681m

30 True 725m

29 Do They Know It's Christmas? (Band Aid) 736m

28 Heaven is a Place on Earth 770m

27 La Isla Bonita 782m

26 Call Me 787m

25 Don't You Want Me 790m

24 You Can't Hurry Love 813m

23 The Final Countdown 840m

22 Like a Prayer 870m

21 Red Red Wine 875m

20 Come on Eileen 883m

19 Imagine 905m

18 Karma Chameleon 933m

17 The Winner Takes It All 960m

16 Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now 1.09b

15 Tainted Love 1.17b

14 Never Gonna Give You Up 1.17b

13 Total Eclipse of the Heart 1.22b

12 Wake Me Up Before You Go Go 1.29b

11 Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) 1.3b

10 Down Under 1.38b

9 Uptown Girl 1.47b

8 I Want to Know What Love Is 1.48b

7 Careless Whisper 1.6b

6 I Wanna Dance With Somebody 1.75b

5 Stand By Me 1.77b

4 Eye of the Tiger 1.87b

3 Under Pressure 2.24b

2 Billie Jean 3.15b

1 Every Breath You Take 3.7b

Thanks for sharing, Dan!

From a U.K. perspective it's weird to see Adam Ant higher than those Adam and the Ants #1s, but 'Goody Two Shoes' did well in the U.S. so it checks out

the two Adam & the Ants songs seemed amazingly low for how big they were at the time, but they're clearly one of those acts whose music doesn't translate so well to the modern day streaming audience

Interesting, Two Tribes down in 118th place is a bit of a surprise and Pass The Dutchie (49th) is higher than I would have expected. I also wouldn't have expected Another Brick In The Wall to be as high as 11th.

Pass the Dutchie was heavily assisted by its inclusion in Stranger Things I suspect

shame Two Tribes is so forgotten compared with their other two

Strange I thought 'The Only Way Is Up' would be similar to 'Don't Leave Me This Way' in popularity as both dance songs remind me of each other, were covers of older songs, and were the biggest tracks of their respective years in the UK.

Edited August 22Aug 22 by TheSnake

This is so damn interesting!!!

Could someone add the artists?

I am shocked that the Adam Ant tracks are not bigger 😮😮😮😮!

Is this available for the 1990’s?

some right ol surprises here, presumably due to global popularity rather than just UK - Nicole's German Language version may be bigger, as per 99 Red balloons/luftballons. Poor My Camera Never Lies so low! Totally undeserved. 🥹

Living Doll over-represented even if it's for the 50's original, Cliff doing well there! Ben E King ditto as a 60's classic so high is amazing. That work-based bet I had with a classical music fan in late 1986 really working for me - I said Berlin and Europe would prove to be long-time classics not short-term commercial crap forgotten in 5 years, so a top 31 slot for both makes me feel all smug 40 years late.

Pity West End Girls falls short of the 40, and Heart so low in comparison to the other 3 PSB number ones.

Thanks so much for this, it’s really interesting. But so many of my favourites are outside the top 150 here!

It's My Party, My Camera Never Lies, Doctorin' the Tardis, Jack Your Body, Use It Up and Wear It Out, Beat Surrender, I Owe You Nothing, I Don't Wanna Dance, Pump Up the Volume, the Adam & The Ants number ones and especially Theme From S’Express! All bangers.