| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
|---|
| 1 | I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)- recording engineer and mixer:
- David Frazer
- percussion programming:
- Preston Glass
- additional assistant engineer:
- Noah Baron, Rob Beaton, Paul Hamingson, Stuart Hirotsu, Gordon Lyon, Billy Miranda and Ross Williams
- additional engineer:
- Lincoln Clapp , Maureen Droney, Ken Kessie, Gordon Lyon and Jay Rifkin
- assistant engineer:
- Dana Jon Chappelle
- executive producer:
- Clive Davis
- producer:
- Narada Michael Walden
- alto saxophone:
- Marc Russo
- bass synthesizer [bass synth]:
- Randy Jackson
- drums (drum set):
- Narada Michael Walden
- electronic drum set [Simmons]:
- Greg “Gigi” Gonaway
- guitar synthesizer [Charvel GTM6 midi guitar synth]:
- Corrado Rustici
- synthesizer [synth horns]:
- Sterling Smith
- synthesizer [synths]:
- Walter Afanasieff
- background vocals:
- Kitty Beethoven, Kevin Dorsey, Jim Gilstrap, Jennifer Hall and Myrna Matthews
- background vocals and lead vocals:
- Whitney Houston
- arranger:
- Narada Michael Walden
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Arista Records, Inc. (in 1987) and RCA Records (in 1987)
- produced for:
- Perfection Light Productions
- recorded at:
- Clinton Recording Studios in New York, New York, United States, Right Track Recording in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, Tarpan Studios in San Rafael, California, United States and The Plant Studios in Sausalito, California, United States
- part of:
- Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 1) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 231)
- recording of:
- I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
- writer:
- George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam
- publisher:
- Boy Meets Girl Music, Copyright Control , Irving Music , Irving Music, Inc. and Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
| Whitney Houston | 4.25 | 4:53 |
| 2 | Waiting for a Star to Fall | Boy Meets Girl | | 4:31 |
| 3 | Down Under- additional engineer:
- Paul Ray
- engineer:
- Jim Barbour and Peter McIan
- producer:
- Peter McIan
- bass:
- John Rees
- drums (drum set):
- Jerry Speiser
- guitar:
- Ron Strykert
- keyboard and woodwind:
- Greg Ham
- vocals:
- Colin Hay
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- CBS Records Australia Limited (in 1981), Columbia Records (in 1981), Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Australia) Pty Limited (in 1981), Sony Music Entertainment (Australia) Pty. Ltd. (in 1981), Sony Music Productions Pty. Ltd. (in 1981, in 1982), CBS, Inc. (in 1982), Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1982) and Diski CBS AEBE (in 1986)
- recorded at:
- Richmond Recorders in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- part of:
- VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (number: 96)
- recording of:
- Down Under
- lyricist:
- Colin Hay
- composer:
- Colin Hay and Ron Strykert
- publisher:
- April Music Pty. Ltd., EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Music , EMI Music Australia Pty. Limited , EMI Songs, EMI Songs Australia, EMI Songs Australia Pty. Ltd., EMI Songs Ltd., フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (from 2015-01-01 to present)
| Men at Work | 3.95 | 3:44 |
| 4 | Girls Just Wanna 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 | 3:54 |
| 5 | Can You Feel It | The Jacksons | | 3:50 |
| 6 | It’s Raining Men | The Weather Girls | | 3:31 |
| 7 | The Final Countdown- producer:
- Kevin Elson
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- CBS Records AB (in 1986), CBS, Inc. (in 1986), Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1986), Epic Records (in 1987) and Sony Music Entertainment (in 1987)
- recording of:
- The Final Countdown
- lyricist and composer:
- Joey Tempest
- publisher:
- Copyright Control , EMI , EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd , EMI Music Publishing Ltd. , EMI Music Sweden AB , Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. and Seven Doors Music
| Europe | 4.2 | 3:59 |
| 8 | Eye of the Tiger | Survivor | | 3:46 |
| 9 | Africa | Toto | 5 | 4:23 |
| 10 | You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) | Dead or Alive | 5 | 3:20 |
| 11 | Never Gonna Give You Up (7” mix)- keyboard [Fairlight] programming:
- Ian Curnow (in 1986-10)
- additional engineer:
- Jamie Bromfield , Mike Duffy , Phil Harding and Karen Hewitt
- assistant engineer:
- Boky, Peter Day, Gordon Dennis , Jonathan King and Yoyo
- engineer:
- Mark McGuire
- producer:
- Aitken, Stock and Waterman
- mixer:
- Mixmasters Pete Hammond (on 1987-01-01)
- drums (drum set) [drums]:
- A Linn (in 1986-10)
- guitar [guitars]:
- Matt Aitken (in 1986-10)
- keyboard [keyboards]:
- Matt Aitken (in 1986-10) and Mike Stock (in 1986-10)
- background vocals [backing vocals]:
- Dee Lewis (in 1986-10), Shirley Lewis (in 1986-10), Mae McKenna (in 1986-10) and Suzanne Rhatigan (in 1986-10)
- lead vocals:
- Rick (in 1986-10)
- arranger:
- Gordon Jenkins
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (in 1987), Pete Waterman Ltd. (in 1987) and PWL (in 1987)
- miscellaneous support:
- PWL (task: original sound recordings made by)
- recorded at:
- PWL Studio 1 (in 1986-10), PWL Studio 2 (in 1986-10) and PWL Studios in London , England, United Kingdom (in 1986-10)
- mixed at:
- PWL Studio 1 (on 1987-01-01) and PWL Studio 2 (on 1987-01-01)
- music videos:
- Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley
- part of:
- Cachitos Nochevieja 2022 (number: 48) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 244)
- recording of:
- Never Gonna Give You Up (in 1986-10)
- writer:
- Matt Aitken, Mike Stock and Pete Waterman
- publisher:
- All Boys Music Ltd., BMG Music, Copyright Control , Hammer Music , Mike Stock Publishing Limited, Sid’s Songs Limited, Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing, Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. , Universal Music Careers, Universal Music Publishers MGB Australia Pty Ltd, Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc., シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント , ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) , ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 and Terrace Music (in 1987)
| Rick Astley | 4.4 | 3:31 |
| 12 | Club Tropicana | Wham! | 3.8 | 4:27 |
| 13 | 9 to 5 | Dolly Parton | 4.05 | 2:44 |
| 14 | (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life (from “Dirty Dancing” soundtrack)- assistant engineer:
- Jeff DeMorris (task: 2nd assistant engineer) and Dan Nebenzal (task: 1st assistant engineer)
- engineer:
- Carmine Rubino
- producer:
- Michael Lloyd
- vocals:
- Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
- remixer:
- Jimmy Ienner , Michael Lloyd , Dan Nebenzal and Carmine Rubino
- additional arranger:
- John D’Andrea and Michael Lloyd
- arranger:
- Gene Page
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- RCA Records , BMG Music (in 1987) and Vestron Music Inc. (in 1987)
- produced for:
- Mike Curb Productions
- recorded at:
- The Village Recorder in Los Angeles, California, United States
- recording of:
- (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life
- lyricist:
- Franke Previte
- composer:
- John DeNicola and Donald Markowitz
- publisher:
- ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (ended), Calspen Music, Copyright Control , EMI April Music Inc., Marcu Music Company, Inc., R U Cyrius Publishing, Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. , Sony/ATV Tunes LLC , ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 , フジパシフィックミュージック , Donald Jay Music, Ltd. (in 1987), Jemava Music Corp. (in 1987), Knockout Music Inc. (in 1987) and R.U. Cyrius Publishing (in 1987)
- part of:
- The 60th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1987 winner)
| Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes | 3.75 | 4:47 |
| 15 | Walk This Way (7” single version)- producer:
- Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons
- guest guitar:
- Joe Perry
- guest vocals:
- Steven Tyler
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Profile Records, Inc. (in 1986) and RCA Records (in 1986)
- recording of:
- Walk This Way
- writer:
- Joe Perry and Steven Tyler
- publisher:
- Daksel LLC, Daksel Music Corp., Music of Stage Three, Music of Stage Three Aerosmith Account, Song and Dance Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd., Stage Three Music Ltd., Stage Three Music Publishing Limited and Vindaloo Productions, Inc.
| Run‐D.M.C. feat. Aerosmith | 3.65 | 3:40 |
| 16 | I Love Rock ’n Roll | Joan Jett and the Blackhearts | 4.65 | 2:55 |
| 17 | Don’t Stop Believin’ | Journey | | 4:09 |
| 18 | Who’s Zoomin’ Who? (single version) | Aretha Franklin | | 4:07 |
| 19 | When Will I Be Famous? | Bros | | 3:59 |
| 20 | Dr. Beat (long version) | Miami Sound Machine | | 6:26 |
| 21 | Never Too Much | Luther Vandross | | 3:50 |
| 22 | Let’s Groove | Earth, Wind & Fire | | 4:04 |
| 23 | Footloose- producer:
- Lee DeCarlo and Kenny Loggins
- bass guitar:
- Nathan East
- bass synthesizer:
- Michael Boddicker
- drums (drum set):
- Tris Imboden
- guitar:
- Buzz Feiten
- instruments:
- Michael Boddicker
- keyboard:
- Neil Larsen and Steven Wood
- percussion:
- Michael Boddicker and Paulinho da Costa
- background vocals:
- Marilyn Dorman, Richey Washington and Steven Wood
- lead vocals:
- Kenny Loggins
- remixer:
- Humberto Gatica
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- CBS, Inc. (in 1984), Columbia Records (in 1984), Sony BMG Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1984) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1984)
- recording of:
- Footloose
- lyricist:
- Dean Pitchford
- composer:
- Kenny Loggins
- publisher:
- BMG Music Ltd., BMG Music Publishing Ltd., Copyright Control , Ensign Music Corporation, Ensign Music LLC, Famous Music Corporation , Island Music , Milk Money Music, Sony Music Publishing , Sony/ATV Harmony, Sony/ATV Melody, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd. and Universal Music Publishers MGB Australia Pty Ltd
- part of:
- The 57th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
| Kenny Loggins | 4.1 | 3:40 |
| 24 | Love Come Down (single version) | Evelyn “Champagne” King | | 3:36 |
| 25 | You Make My Dreams (Come True) | Daryl Hall & John Oates | 4.05 | 3:10 |
| 26 | Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) | Eurythmics | 4.55 | 4:50 |
| 27 | Uptown Girl | Billy Joel | | 3:15 |
| 28 | Rock the Casbah (remastered) | The Clash | 4.6 | 3:43 |
| 29 | When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going- producer:
- Wayne Brathwaite and Barry Eastmond
- mixer:
- Nigel Green
- vocals:
- Billy Ocean
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (in 1986)
- recording of:
- When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going
- writer:
- Wayne Brathwaite, Barry Eastmond, Robert John “Mutt” Lange and Billy Ocean
- publisher:
- Aqua Music , Aqua Music Ltd., BMG Music Publishing Ltd., Imagem London Ltd., Universal Music Publishers MGB Australia Pty Ltd, Universal Music Publishing Ltd. , Zomba Enterprises, Inc. and Zomba Music Publishers Ltd.
| Billy Ocean | | 4:05 |
| 30 | I’m So Excited- recording of:
- I’m So Excited
- writer:
- Anita Pointer, June Pointer, Ruth Pointer and Trevor Lawrence
- publisher:
- ’Til Dawn Music, Braintree Music, Copyright Control , EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Music Publishing , EMI Songs, EMI Songs Ltd. and SBK Blackwood Music Inc.
- sub-publisher:
- Fujipacific Music Inc. SBK Division (until 2014-12-31), EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division (until 2021-06-30), Fuji Pacific Music SBK Department (from 2015-01-01 to present) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
| The Pointer Sisters | | 3:53 |
| 31 | I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me) | George Michael & Aretha Franklin | | 4:00 |
| 32 | Your Love | The Outfield | 4 | 3:36 |
| 33 | Dancing in the Dark- recording engineer:
- Toby Scott (on 1984-02-14)
- assistant engineer:
- John R. Davenport , Jeff Hendrickson , Bruce Lampcov, Billy Straus and Zoë Yanakas
- producer:
- Jon Landau, Little Steven, Chuck Plotkin and Bruce Springsteen
- mixer:
- Bob Clearmountain (from 1984-02 until 1984-03-08)
- bass guitar:
- Garry Tallent (on 1984-02-14)
- drums (drum set):
- Max Weinberg (on 1984-02-14)
- guitar and lead vocals:
- Bruce Springsteen (on 1984-02-14)
- organ:
- Danny Federici (on 1984-02-14)
- percussion and saxophone:
- Clarence Clemons (on 1984-02-14)
- piano and synthesizer:
- Roy Bittan (on 1984-02-14)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Bruce Springsteen (in 1984)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Diski CBS AEBE (in 1986)
- recorded at:
- The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1984-02-14)
- mixed at:
- The Power Station in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States
- part of:
- Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 234)
- recording of:
- Dancing in the Dark (on 1984-02-14)
- publisher:
- Bruce Springsteen (in 1984)
- lyricist and composer:
- Bruce Springsteen (in 1984)
- publisher:
- Bruce Springsteen Music, Jonathan Msc. and Zomba Music Publishers Ltd.
| Bruce Springsteen | 4.45 | 4:01 |
| 34 | You Can Call Me Al | Paul Simon | | 4:41 |
| 35 | Break My Stride- drums (drum set) programming:
- John Gilston (in 1983)
- producer:
- Peter Bunetta, Rick Chudacoff and Bill Elliott
- analog synthesizer [Prophet-5]:
- Bill Elliott (in 1983) and Matthew Wilder (in 1983)
- drum machine [Oberheim DMX], drums (drum set) and percussion:
- Peter Bunetta (in 1983)
- guitar:
- Dennis Herring (in 1983)
- background vocals:
- Greg Prestopino (in 1983), Joe Turano (in 1983) and Matthew Wilder (in 1983)
- lead vocals:
- Matthew Wilder (in 1983)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- CBS, Inc. (in 1983), Epic Records (in 1983), Sony BMG Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1983) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1983)
- recorded at:
- Pasha Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1983)
- part of:
- VH1’s 100 Greatest One‐Hit Wonders of the ’80s (number: 39)
- recording of:
- Break My Stride (in 1983)
- writer:
- Greg Prestopino and Matthew Wilder
- publisher:
- Buchu Music, Bug Music, Inc., Bughouse, MCA Music Publishing , Music of Windswept, Universal Studios, Inc. , WB Music Corp. , Wilder Kingdom Music, Big Ears Music (in 1983), No Ears Music (in 1983) and Streetwise Music (in 1983)
| Matthew Wilder | 3.4 | 3:04 |
| 36 | Faith (remastered) | George Michael | 3.4 | 3:13 |
| 37 | Broken Wings- recording of:
- Broken Wings
- writer:
- Steve George , John Lang and Richard Page
- publisher:
- Ali‐Aja Music, Copyright Control , Entente Music , Indolent Sloth Music, Panola Park Music, Poppy‐Due Music , Warner Chappell Music Ltd. , Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. , Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. , Warner/Chappell North America Limited , WB Music Corp. (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
- sub-publisher:
- Warner/Chappell Music Japan, Synch division and Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
| Mr. Mister | | 5:45 |
| 38 | Hungry Eyes (from “Dirty Dancing” soundtrack) | Eric Carmen | 5 | 3:48 |
| 39 | Holding Out for a Hero (from “Footloose” soundtrack)- programming:
- Phil Shenale
- associate producer:
- Arthur Pyson, Neil Dorfsman and John Jansen
- producer:
- Jim Steinman
- bass trombone:
- Dave Taylor
- drum machine [Linn Drums]:
- Sterling Smith and Art Wood
- electronic drum set [Simmons Drums]:
- Art Wood
- guitar:
- Hiram Bullock
- piano:
- Sterling Smith
- synthesizer:
- Phil Shenale and Sterling Smith
- tenor saxophone:
- Michael Brecker
- trombone:
- Jim Pugh and Tom Malone
- trumpet:
- Alan Rubin and Lew Soloff
- background vocals:
- Rory Dodd, Eric Thayer and Holly Sherwood
- brass [horn] arranger:
- Tom Malone
- additional vocals arranger:
- Ellen Foley
- vocals arranger:
- Rory Dodd, Eric Thayer and Holly Sherwood
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- CBS, Inc. (in 1984), SONY Music (in 1984), Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1984) and Sony BMG Music Entertainment (in 2008)
- recording of:
- Holding Out for a Hero
- lyricist:
- Dean Pitchford
- composer:
- Jim Steinman
- publisher:
- BMG Music Publishing Ltd., Ensign Music Corp., Famous Chappell, Famous Chappell Ltd. , Sony Music Publishing (Japan), Inc., A Division , Sony/ATV Harmony UK, Sony/ATV Melody and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
- is based on:
- Stark Raving Love
| Bonnie Tyler | 4.35 | 5:49 |
| 40 | Tell It to My Heart | Taylor Dayne | 3.75 | 3:42 |
| 41 | Let’s Hear It for the Boy (from “Footloose” soundtrack) | Deniece Williams | 3.6 | 4:20 |
| 42 | Sexual Healing | Marvin Gaye | 3 | 3:59 |
| 43 | You Got It- engineer:
- Richard Dodd , Phil McDonald and Don Smith
- producer:
- Jeff Lynne
- acoustic guitar:
- Roy Orbison (in 1988-04) and Tom Petty (in 1988-04)
- bass guitar, electric guitar, keyboard and piano:
- Jeff Lynne (in 1988-04)
- drums (drum set) and percussion:
- Phil Jones (in 1988-04)
- background vocals:
- Jeff Lynne (in 1988-04), Roy Orbison (in 1988-04) and Tom Petty (in 1988-04)
- lead vocals:
- Roy Orbison (in 1988-04)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Roys Boy’s, LLC (in 1989, in 2014) and Virgin Records America, Inc. (in 1989)
- recorded at:
- F.P.S.H.O.T. in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1988-04), M.C. Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1988-04) and Rumbo Recorders in Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1988-04)
- recording of:
- You Got It (in 1988-04)
- writer:
- Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty
- publisher:
- EMI Songs, Gone Gator Music , Island Music Ltd., MCA Gilbey, Mushroom Music and SBK Songs Ltd.
| Roy Orbison | 4.55 | 3:32 |
| 44 | The Way It Is | Bruce Hornsby & the Range | 4.05 | 4:57 |
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