Timeline
Year | Month | Song Title | Artist | More |
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October | Whip It | Devo | |
Master Blaster (Jammin`) | Stevie Wonder |
![]() Master Blaster (Jammin`) CD Source: At the Close of a Century (1963-96) (4)Time: 5:07 Sequenced by: single Honored by: DG This song pays tribute to Bob Marley in general and particularly to his song "Jamming." It neither samples nor directly quotes that song, but rather captures and celebrates its joyful mood and feel. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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The River | Bruce Springsteen |
![]() The River CD Source: The Essential (1972-2002) (bonus CD) (3)Time: 5:01 Sequenced by: The River album Honored by: DG ![]() ![]() |
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Out in the Street | Bruce Springsteen | |||
Hungry Heart | Bruce Springsteen |
![]() Hungry Heart CD Source: The Essential (1972-2002) (bonus CD) (3)Time: 3:19 Sequenced by: The River album Honored by: DM ![]() ![]() |
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Uptown | Prince | |||
Once in a Lifetime | Talking Heads |
![]() Once in a Lifetime CD Source: Once in a Lifetime (76-92)(3)(+DVD of videos)Time: 4:19 Sequenced by: Remain in Light album Honored by: DG ![]() ![]() |
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(Just Like) Starting Over | John Lennon |
![]() (Just Like) Starting Over CD Source: Working Class Hero - Definitive (1969-80) (2)Time: 3:53 Sequenced by: single Honored by: DG ![]() ![]() |
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November | Skateaway | Dire Straits | ||
Teacher Teacher | Rockpile |
![]() Teacher Teacher CD Source: Seconds of Pleasure (extended version)Time: 2:36 Sequenced by: Seconds of Pleasure album Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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Hit Me With Your Best Shot | Pat Benatar | |||
December | The Tide is High | Blondie |
![]() The Tide is High CD Source: Greatest Hits:Snd&Vision(76-82+)(CD+DVD)Time: 3:52 Sequenced by: single Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da | The Police |
![]() De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da CD Source: Every Breath You Take (1978-86+)Time: 4:06 Sequenced by: single Honored by: DM ![]() ![]() |
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1981 | January | Ace of Spades | Motorhead | |
Celebration | Kool & The Gang | |||
Woman | John Lennon |
![]() Woman CD Source: Working Class Hero - Definitive (1969-80) (2)Time: 3:32 Sequenced by: single Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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Hey Nineteen | Steely Dan | |||
Police On My Back | The Clash |
![]() Police On My Back CD Source: On Broadway (1977-82) (3)Time: 3:16 Sequenced by: Sandinista album Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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The Magnificent Seven | The Clash |
![]() The Magnificent Seven CD Source: On Broadway (1977-82) (3)Time: 5:31 Sequenced by: Sandinista album Honored by: DG ![]() ![]() |
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The Call Up | The Clash | |||
February | Clubland | Elvis Costello & The Attractions | ||
Rapture | Blondie | |||
March | Kiss on My List | Daryl Hall & John Oates | ||
While You See A Chance | Steve Winwood |
![]() While You See A Chance CD Source: Arc of a DiverTime: 5:13 Sequenced by: Arc Of A Diver album Honored by: DG ![]() ![]() |
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Arc Of A Diver | Steve Winwood | |||
You Better You Bet | The Who | |||
April | Being With You | Smokey Robinson |
![]() Being With You CD Source: Hitsville U.S.A. Vol. II 1972-1992 (4)Time: 4:00 Sequenced by: single Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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Bette Davis Eyes | Kim Carnes | |||
May | Watching the Wheels | John Lennon |
![]() Watching the Wheels CD Source: Working Class Hero - Definitive (1969-80) (2)Time: 3:30 Sequenced by: single Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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The Waiting | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | |||
The Once Over Twice | X |
![]() The Once Over Twice CD Source: Best of: Make the Music Go Bang! (1978-93)(2)Time: 2:30 Sequenced by: Wild Gift album Honored by: DG ![]() ![]() |
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In This House That I Call Home | X |
![]() In This House That I Call Home CD Source: Best of: Make the Music Go Bang! (1978-93)(2)Time: 3:34 Sequenced by: Wild Gift album Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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Seven Year Ache | Rosanne Cash |
![]() Seven Year Ache CD Source: The Essential (1978-2009) (2)Time: 3:15 Sequenced by: Seven Year Ache album Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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June | Sponji Reggae | Black Uhuru | ||
In The Air Tonight | Phil Collins | |||
Slow Hand | The Pointer Sisters | |||
July | Tempted | Squeeze | ||
Someone Else`s Heart | Squeeze |
![]() Someone Else`s Heart CD Source: East Side StoryTime: 3:00 Sequenced by: East Side Story album Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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Don`t Stop Believin` | Journey | |||
August | Stop Draggin` My Heart Around | Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty & Heartbreakers |
![]() Stop Draggin` My Heart Around CD Source: Anthology (1976-93+) (2)Time: 4:02 Sequenced by: single Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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Urgent | Foreigner | |||
Hey Pocky Way | The Neville Brothers |
![]() Hey Pocky Way CD Source: Uptown Rulin`: Best of (on A & M 1981-96)Time: 4:15 Sequenced by: Fiyo On The Bayou album Honored by: DG ![]() ![]() |
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Fire On The Bayou | The Neville Brothers |
![]() Fire On The Bayou CD Source: Uptown Rulin`: Best of (on A & M 1981-96)Time: 5:16 Sequenced by: Fiyo On The Bayou album Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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Super Freak | Rick James |
![]() Super Freak CD Source: Hitsville U.S.A. Vol. II 1972-1992 (4)Time: 3:20 Sequenced by: single Honored by: RS ![]() ![]() |
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September | Start Me Up | The Rolling Stones | |
October | Our Lips Are Sealed | The Go-Go`s |
![]() Our Lips Are Sealed CD Source: A Century of Women in Music (1909-98)(5)Time: 2:44 Sequenced by: single Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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Controversy | Prince | |||
Waiting for a Girl Like You | Foreigner | |||
November | Every Little Thing She Does is Magic | The Police |
![]() Every Little Thing She Does is Magic CD Source: Every Breath You Take (1978-86+)Time: 4:21 Sequenced by: single Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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Let`s Groove | Earth, Wind & Fire | |||
December | Waiting on a Friend | The Rolling Stones | ||
Centerfold | The J. Geils Band | |||
1982 | January | Shake It Up | The Cars | |
February | That Girl | Stevie Wonder |
![]() That Girl CD Source: At the Close of a Century (1963-96) (4)Time: 5:13 Sequenced by: single Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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Spirits in the Material World | The Police |
![]() Spirits in the Material World CD Source: Every Breath You Take (1978-86+)Time: 2:59 Sequenced by: single Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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I Love Rock `N Roll | Joan Jett & The Blackhearts | |||
Marie Marie | The Blasters |
![]() Marie Marie CD Source: Testament: Complete Slash Recordings (81-85)(2)Time: 2:06 Sequenced by: The Blasters (debut) album Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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American Music | The Blasters |
![]() American Music CD Source: Testament: Complete Slash Recordings (81-85)(2)Time: 2:08 Sequenced by: The Blasters (debut) album Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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March | Freeze-Frame | The J. Geils Band | ||
May | Don`t You Want Me | Human League | ||
Tainted Love | Soft Cell |
![]() Tainted Love CD Source: Time: 2:40 Sequenced by: single Honored by: An early "electro pop" record, "Tainted Love" stayed on the Hot 100 for 43 weeks, tied for longest chart stay of the entire decade. The first recording of this song was by Gloria Jones, an obscure R&B B-side from 1965 that never charted. (It`s available on vol. 1 of the CD, "You Heard It Here First.") ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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June | Hurts So Good | John Cougar Mellencamp |
![]() Hurts So Good CD Source: Greatest Hits (1978-2004) (2) (bonus DVD)Time: 3:38 Sequenced by: single Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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Someday, Someway | Marshall Crenshaw |
![]() Someday, Someway CD Source: Marshall Crenshaw (debut) (deluxe ed.)Time: 2:49 Sequenced by: Marshall Crenshaw album Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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Cynical Girl | Marshall Crenshaw |
![]() Cynical Girl CD Source: Marshall Crenshaw (debut) (deluxe ed.)Time: 2:37 Sequenced by: Marshall Crenshaw album Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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More Than This | Roxy Music | |||
July | The Hungry Wolf | X |
![]() The Hungry Wolf CD Source: Best of: Make the Music Go Bang! (1978-93)(2)Time: 3:46 Sequenced by: Under the Black Sun album Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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Motel Room in My Bed | X |
![]() Motel Room in My Bed CD Source: Best of: Make the Music Go Bang! (1978-93)(2)Time: 2:40 Sequenced by: Under the Black Sun album Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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Planet Rock | Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force |
![]() Planet Rock CD Source: The Hip Hop Box (1979-2003) (4)Time: 6:22 Sequenced by: single Honored by: RS DM DG "Planet Rock" incorporates riffs from Kraftwerk`s "Trans-Europe Express," released in summer 1978. The 6:22 length is the full 12" single version. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Beyond Belief | Elvis Costello & The Attractions |
![]() Beyond Belief CD Source: The Very Best of (1977-86)Time: 2:35 Sequenced by: Imperial Bedroom album Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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Man Out of Time | Elvis Costello & The Attractions |
![]() Man Out of Time CD Source: The Very Best of (1977-86)Time: 5:28 Sequenced by: Imperial Bedroom album Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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August | Should I Stay or Should I Go | The Clash |
![]() Should I Stay or Should I Go CD Source: On Broadway (1977-82) (3)Time: 3:08 Sequenced by: single Honored by: RS ![]() ![]() |
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The Message | Grandmaster Flash & Furious 5 |
![]() The Message CD Source: The Hip Hop Box (1979-2003) (4)Time: 7:12 Sequenced by: single Honored by: RS DM DG Arguably the most important hip-hop record and one of the greatest records ever made. "The Message" topped critics` list for 1982 and changed the possibilities for what hip-hop could be, raising the bar for everyone. It is still unsurpassed. The 7:12 length is for the 12" single. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Jack and Diane | John Cougar Mellencamp |
![]() Jack and Diane CD Source: Greatest Hits (1978-2004) (2) (bonus DVD)Time: 4:16 Sequenced by: single Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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Jump to It | Aretha Franklin | |||
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October | Atlantic City | Bruce Springsteen | |
Johnny 99 | Bruce Springsteen | |||
Reason to Believe | Bruce Springsteen | |||
Rock This Town | Stray Cats | |||
The New Frontier | Donald Fagen | |||
November | Steppin` Out | Joe Jackson | ||
Shock the Monkey | Peter Gabriel | |||
Dirty Laundry | Don Henley | |||
1999 | Prince |
![]() 1999 CD Source: Ultimate Prince (1979-1993) (2)Time: 3:36 Sequenced by: 1999 album Honored by: RS DM DG ![]() ![]() |
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Sexual Healing | Marvin Gaye |
![]() Sexual Healing CD Source: The Master 1961 - 1984 (1962-82) (4)Time: 3:58 Sequenced by: single Honored by: RS DM DG ![]() ![]() |
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December | Man in Need | Richard & Linda Thompson |
![]() Man in Need CD Source: Walking On A Wire (1968-2009) (4)Time: 3:36 Sequenced by: Shoot Out the Lights album Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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Shoot Out the Lights | Richard & Linda Thompson |
![]() Shoot Out the Lights CD Source: Walking On A Wire (1968-2009) (4)Time: 5:24 Sequenced by: Shoot Out the Lights album Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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Wall of Death | Richard & Linda Thompson |
![]() Wall of Death CD Source: Walking On A Wire (1968-2009) (4)Time: 3:46 Sequenced by: Shoot Out the Lights album Honored by: ![]() ![]() |
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Rock The Casbah | The Clash | |||
1983 | January | It`s Raining Men | The Weather Girls | |
Billie Jean | Michael Jackson | |||
February | Looking for the Perfect Beat | Afrika Bambaataa |
![]() Looking for the Perfect Beat CD Source: Classic Cuts (1982-98)Time: 4:30 Sequenced by: single Honored by: DM ![]() ![]() |
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Atomic Dog | George Clinton | |||
Back on the Chain Gang | The Pretenders |
![]() Back on the Chain Gang CD Source: Pirate Radio (1979-2005) (4) + DVDTime: 3:50 Sequenced by: single Honored by: DM DG ![]() ![]() |
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March | Beat It | Michael Jackson | ||
New Year`s Day | U2 |
![]() New Year`s Day CD Source: The Best of 1980-1990/The B-sides (2)Time: 4:17 Sequenced by: War album Honored by: RS DG ![]() ![]() |
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Sunday Bloody Sunday | U2 |
![]() Sunday Bloody Sunday CD Source: The Best of 1980-1990/The B-sides (2)Time: 4:40 Sequenced by: War album Honored by: RS DG ![]() ![]() |
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April | She Blinded Me With Science | Thomas Dolby | ||
Let`s Dance | David Bowie | |||
Little Red Corvette | Prince |
![]() Little Red Corvette CD Source: The Hits/The B-Sides (1978-1993)(3)Time: 4:55 Sequenced by: single Honored by: RS DM DG ![]() ![]() |
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May | Red Rose | The Blasters |
![]() Red Rose CD Source: Testament: Complete Slash Recordings (81-85)(2)Time: 2:32 Sequenced by: Non Fiction album Honored by: ![]() ![]() |