Billboard Top Hits: 1980-1984 (1980)

About this title: Rhino does it again with this five-disc set chronicling the top hits from the first half of the '80s (each disc was originally released separately). And what a strange time it was: while disco gasped for air and new wave was on the rise, the new face of pop made its bloated and steely debut. Hear how veterans like Diana Ross ("Upside Down") and Tina Turner ("What's Love Got to Do With It") fit into the '80s frosty soundscape; witness the new romantic hegemony of the Thompson Twins, Spandau Ballet, and Culture Club; secretly hum along to forbidden pleasures by Journey and Hall & Oates. But ... read more

Tracks:

1. Call Me [Harry/Moroder]
2. Fame [Gore/Pitchford]
3. Working My Way Back to You/Forgive Me, Girl [Linzer/Randell/Zage]
4. Funkytown [Greenberg]
5. Little Jeannie [John/Osborne]
6. Upside Down [Edwards/Rodgers]
7. He's So Shy [Snow/Weil]
8. Please Don't Go [Casey/Finch]
9. Do That to Me One More Time [Tennille/Finch]
10. Take Your Time (Do It Right), Pt. 1 [Clayton/Sigidi]
11. Bette Davis Eyes [Weiss/DeShannon]
12. Jessie's Girl [Springfield]
13. The One That You Love [Russell]
14. The Tide Is High [Barrett/Evans/Holt]
15. Physical [Kipner/Shaddick]
16. 9 to 5 [Parton]
17. Queen of Hearts [DeVito]
18. Kiss on My List [Allen/Hall]
19. Being With You [Robinson]
20. Celebration [Bell/Kool & the Gan]
21. Harden My Heart [Ross]
22. Rosanna [Paich]
23. Eye in the Sky [Parsons/Woolfson]
24. Gloria [Tozzi/Bigazzi]
25. Who Can It Be Now? [Hay]
26. Open Arms [Perry/Cain]
27. Don't Talk to Strangers [Springfield]
28. Maneater [Allen/Hall/Oates]
29. Up Where We Belong [Nitzsche/Jennings]
30. Centerfold [Justman]
31. Down Under [Hay/Strykert]
32. Africa [Paich/Porcaro]
33. Stray Cat Strut [Setzer]
34. Maniac [Sembello/Matkosky]
35. Electric Avenue [Grant]
36. True [Kemp]
37. Total Eclipse of the Heart [Steinman]
38. Jeopardy [Kihn/Wright]
39. Do You Really Want to Hurt Me [Culture Club]
40. Making Love Out of Nothing at All [Steinman]
41. Owner of a Lonely Heart [Rabin/Anderson/Squi]
42. Ghostbusters [Parker]
43. Talking in Your Sleep [Marinos/Palmar/Skil]
44. Jump (For My Love) [Sharron/Mitchell/Sk]
45. Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) [Diamond/Ocean]
46. Wake Me up Before You Go-Go [Michael]
47. Let's Hear It for the Boy [Snow/Pitchford]
48. Karma Chameleon [O'Dowd/Moss/Hay/Cra]
49. Hold Me Now [Bailey/Currie/Leewa]
50. What's Love Got to Do With It [Britten/Lyle]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.