| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Club Tropicana | Wham! | 3.8 | 4:26 |
| 2 | Do You Really Want to Hurt Me | Culture Club | 3.95 | 4:22 |
| 3 | Wild Boys | Duran Duran | | 4:17 |
| 4 | The Sun Always Shines on TV | a‐ha | 3.9 | 5:04 |
| 5 | Relax | Frankie Goes to Hollywood | 4.05 | 3:54 |
| 6 | Girls Just Want to Have Fun- additional engineer:
- John Jansen and Rod O’Brien
- assistant engineer:
- John Agnello
- engineer:
- William Wittman
- associate producer:
- William Wittman
- producer:
- Rick Chertoff
- bass:
- Eric Bazilian
- electric guitar:
- Rick DiFonzo
- electronic drum set:
- Anton Fig
- keyboard [keyboards] and synthesizer [synthesizers]:
- Rob Hyman
- background vocals:
- Krystal Davis, Ellie Greenwich, Cyndi Lauper, Jules Shear, Maretha Stewart and Diane Wilson
- lead vocals:
- Cyndi Lauper
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- CBS, Inc. (in 1983) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1983, in 1994)
- produced for:
- Red Sox Music Productions, Inc.
- recorded at:
- The Record Plant in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
- music videos:
- Girls Just Want to Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper
- part of:
- VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (number: 23), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 63)
- recording of:
- Girls Just Want to Have Fun
- lyricist and composer:
- Robert Hazard
- publisher:
- Copyright Control , EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Novelene Music, Sony Tunes, Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Tunes LLC and Heroic Music (in 1983)
- sub-publisher:
- ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部
| Cyndi Lauper | 4.1 | 3:49 |
| 7 | Manic Monday | Bangles | 4 | 3:04 |
| 8 | Dr Beat | Miami Sound Machine | 3.85 | 4:18 |
| 9 | Rhythm of the Night | DeBarge | 3.6 | 3:49 |
| 10 | I Knew You Were Waiting- recording engineer:
- David Frazer (in 1986)
- percussion programming:
- Preston Glass (in 1986)
- synthesizer programming:
- Walter Afanasieff (in 1986)
- additional assistant engineer:
- Stuart Hirotsu, Mike Iacopelli , Gordon Lyon, Lennete Viegas and Jim Watts
- additional engineer:
- Dana Jon Chappelle and Maureen Droney
- producer:
- George Michael and Narada Michael Walden
- mixer:
- David Frazer and Serban Ghenea
- bass guitar:
- Randy Jackson (in 1986)
- drums (drum set):
- Narada Michael Walden (in 1986)
- electric guitar:
- Corrado Rustici (in 1986)
- percussion and tambourine:
- Greg “Gigi” Gonaway (in 1986)
- synthesizer:
- Walter Afanasieff (in 1986)
- additional vocals:
- Aretha Franklin (in 1986)
- background vocals:
- Kitty Beethoven (in 1986), Jim Gilstrap (in 1986), Jennifer Hall (in 1986), Myrna Matthews (in 1986) and Claytoven Richardson (in 1986)
- lead vocals:
- Aretha Franklin (in 1986) and George Michael (in 1986)
- vocals:
- Aretha Franklin (in 1986)
- strings arranger:
- Jerry Hey
- arranger:
- Narada Michael Walden
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Arista Records, Inc. (in 1986), Arista Records, LLC (in 1986), CBS, Inc. (in 1986) and Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (in 1986)
- mixed at:
- MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
- recording of:
- I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me) (in 1986)
- writer:
- Simon Climie and Dennis Morgan
- publisher:
- BMG Music Publishing Ltd., Chrysalis Music , Chrysalis Music Ltd. , Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. , Kobalt Music Services Ltd. , Little Shop of Morgansongs , Rare Blue Music, Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. , ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) , ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
| Aretha Franklin & George Michael | 4 | 3:59 |
| 11 | Kiss- recording engineer:
- Coke Johnson, David Leonard , Peggy McCreary, Susan Rogers , David Tickle and David Z.
- producer:
- Prince and The Revolution
- acoustic guitar, drum machine [Linn 9000], drum machine [Linn LM-1] and synthesizer [Yamaha DX7]:
- David Z.
- electric guitar and lead vocals:
- Prince
- background vocals:
- Bruce DeShazer, Prince and Marr Starr
- arranger:
- David Z.
- recorded at:
- Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota, United States and Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
- part of:
- Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 11), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 85) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 461)
- recording of:
- Kiss (from 1985-04-27 until 1986-02-10)
- lyricist and composer:
- Prince
- adapter:
- Muck Ferenc
- publisher:
- Controversy Music
| Prince & The Revolution | 3.4 | 3:47 |
| 12 | Never Can Say Goodbye | The Communards | 3 | 4:24 |
| 13 | Mirror Man | The Human League | 2 | 3:49 |
| 14 | Shout | Tears for Fears | 5 | 6:02 |
| 15 | You Win Again- drums (drum set) programming:
- Maurice Gibb and Rhett Lawrence
- membranophone programming:
- Rhett Lawrence
- additional engineer:
- Claude 'Swifty' Achille, Ed Garcia, Ellen Fitton, Michael O’Reilly and Ken Steiger
- assistant engineer:
- Scott Glasel
- engineer and mixer:
- Brian Tench
- co-producer:
- Brian Tench
- producer:
- Arif Mardin
- acoustic guitar, electric guitar, guitar and lead vocals:
- Barry Gibb (in 1987)
- additional keyboard:
- Maurice Gibb (in 1987)
- bass synthesizer:
- Robbie Kondor (in 1987)
- keyboard:
- Maurice Gibb (in 1987) and Robbie Kondor (in 1987)
- background vocals:
- Maurice Gibb (in 1987) and Robin Gibb (in 1987)
- arranger:
- Bee Gees
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Barry Gibb (in 1987), Maurice Gibb (in 1987) and Robin Gibb (in 1987)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Warner Bros. Records Inc. (in 1987), Warner Music International Inc. (in 1987) and WEA International (in 1987)
- recording of:
- You Win Again (in 1987)
- lyricist and composer:
- Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb and Robin Gibb
- publisher:
- BMG Music, BMG Music Publishing Ltd., BMG Publishing Ltd., Careers Music, Inc., Crompton Songs and Gibb Brothers Music
| Bee Gees | 3.2 | 3:59 |
| 16 | Video Killed the Radio Star- producer:
- The Buggles
- electric guitar and lead vocals:
- Trevor Horn (in 1979)
- keyboard:
- Geoff Downes (in 1979)
- choir vocals:
- Debi Doss (in 1979) and Linda Jardim (in 1979)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Island Records (in 1979)
- part of:
- VH1’s 100 Greatest One‐Hit Wonders of the ’80s (number: 40)
- recording of:
- Video Killed the Radio Star
- writer:
- Geoff Downes, Trevor Horn and Bruce Woolley
- publisher:
- Ackee Music, Inc., BMG Gold Songs, Carbert Music Inc., Carlin Music Corporation, Copyright Control , Island Music Ltd., Round Hill Compositions, Unforgettable Songs Ltd., Universal , Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. , Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. and Universal/Island Music Ltd.
| Buggles | 3.95 | 3:17 |
| 17 | Tainted Love- engineer:
- Paul Hardiman
- producer:
- Mike Thorne
- mixer:
- Harvey Goldberg
- electronic instruments and other instruments:
- Dave Ball
- background vocals:
- Vicious Pink
- vocals:
- Marc Almond
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Mercury Records Ltd. (London) (in 1981)
- recorded at:
- Advision Studios in Fitzrovia, Camden , Westminster, London , England, United Kingdom
- music videos:
- Tainted Love by Soft Cell
- part of:
- VH1’s 100 Greatest One‐Hit Wonders of the ’80s (number: 5), Paste: The 50 Greatest NON One-Hit Wonders of All Time (number: 8), New York Post: 100 Greatest Covers (2007) (number: 10), Pitchfork: The Story of Goth in 33 Songs, VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (number: 33) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 46)
- cover recording of:
- Tainted Love
- lyricist and composer:
- Ed Cobb
- publisher:
- Burlington Music Co., Ltd. and Embassy Music Corporation
- sub-publisher:
- ミュージック・セールス
| Soft Cell | 3.9 | 2:38 |
| 18 | Holding Back the Years | Simply Red | 4 | 4:26 |
| 19 | Waiting for a Girl Like You | Foreigner | | 4:47 |