| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Beat It- recording engineer:
- Donn Landee and Bruce Swedien
- synthesizer programming:
- Steve Porcaro
- co-producer:
- Michael Jackson
- producer:
- Quincy Jones
- mixer:
- Bruce Swedien
- drums (drum set):
- Jeff Porcaro
- electric bass guitar and electric guitar:
- Steve Lukather
- guitar:
- Paul Jackson, Jr.
- keyboard:
- Bill Wolfer
- percussion [drum case beater], background vocals and lead vocals:
- Michael Jackson
- Rhodes piano and synthesizer:
- Greg Phillinganes
- solo electric guitar:
- Edward Van Halen
- synclavier:
- Tom Bahler
- synthesizer:
- Steve Porcaro
- synthesizer [Synergy synthesizer]:
- Greg Smith
- vibraslap:
- Chris Shepard
- percussion arranger:
- Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones
- arranger:
- Rod Temperton
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- MJJ Productions Inc. (in 1982)
- recorded at:
- Westlake Recording Studios in West Hollywood, California, United States (in 1982)
- samples:
- Untitled by Denny Jaeger
- music videos:
- Beat It by Michael Jackson
- part of:
- Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time (number: 12), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock, NME: 50 Greatest Guitar Riffs of All Time (number: 18), VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (number: 21), Billboard Hot 100: 2026-05-23 (number: 29), Billboard Hot 100: 2026-05-16 (number: 32), Billboard Hot 100: 2026-05-30 (number: 47), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 185), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 209) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 337)
- recording of:
- Beat It
- lyricist and composer:
- Michael Jackson
- publisher:
- Mijac Music and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部
- part of:
- MJ: The Musical
| Michael Jackson | 4.35 | 4:20 |
| 2 | The Power of Love- recording engineer:
- Jim Gaines and Robert Missbach
- additional engineer:
- Michael Christopher , Phil Kaffel and Malcolm Pollack
- assistant engineer:
- Rob Beaton, Alex Haas , Tom Size and Jim “Watts” Vereecke
- producer:
- Bob Clearmountain, Jellybean and Huey Lewis and the News
- mixer:
- Robert Missbach
- bass guitar:
- Mario Cipollina
- drums (drum set) and percussion:
- Bill Gibson
- guitar:
- Johnny Colla and Chris Hayes
- harmonica:
- Huey Lewis
- keyboard:
- Sean Hopper
- saxophone:
- Johnny Colla
- vocals:
- Johnny Colla , Bill Gibson , Chris Hayes , Sean Hopper and Huey Lewis
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Chrysalis Records, Inc. (in 1984, in 1985, in 1986) and Chrysalis (in 1985)
- recorded at:
- Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California, United States, Studio D Recording in Sausalito, California, United States and The Plant Studios in Sausalito, California, United States
- mixed at:
- Power Station Studios in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States
- music videos:
- The Power of Love by Huey Lewis and the News
- part of:
- Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 108)
- recording of:
- The Power of Love
- writer:
- Johnny Colla , Chris Hayes and Huey Lewis
- publisher:
- Cause and Effect Music, Copyright Control , Huey Lewis Music, Hulex Music , Kinda Blue Music, Mushroom Music and WB Music Corp.
- sub-publisher:
- Warner/Chappell Music Japan, Synch division and Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
- part of:
- The 58th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1985 nominee)
- part of:
- Back to the Future: the Musical
| Huey Lewis and the News | 4 | 3:57 |
| 3 | Wake Me Up Before You Go‐Go | Wham! | 3.85 | 3:54 |
| 4 | Take On Me | a‐ha | 4.25 | 3:50 |
| 5 | Karma Chameleon- engineer:
- Simon Frith, Simon Humphrey, Gordon Milne and Mike Ross‐Trevor
- producer:
- Steve Levine
- mixer:
- Steve Levine and Jon Moss
- bass guitar:
- Mikey Craig (in 1983)
- drums (drum set) and percussion:
- Jon Moss (in 1983)
- electric sitar, guitar, keyboard, piano and sitar:
- Roy Hay (in 1983)
- guest harmonica:
- Judd Lander (in 1983)
- guest keyboard:
- Phil Pickett (in 1983)
- background vocals:
- Helen Terry (in 1983)
- lead vocals:
- Boy George (in 1983)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Virgin Records Ltd. (in 1983, in 2002, in 2003)
- recorded at:
- CBS Studios in London , England, United Kingdom (in 1983) and Red Bus Studios in London , England, United Kingdom (in 1983)
- music videos:
- Karma Chameleon by Culture Club
- recording of:
- Karma Chameleon (in 1983)
- writer:
- Mikey Craig , George O’Dowd, Roy Hay , Jon Moss and Phil Pickett
- publisher:
- BMG Music Publishing Ltd., Copyright Control , EMI Virgin Music Ltd. , EMI Virgin Music Publishing Australia P/L, J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Pendulum Music Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. , Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd., Warner Bros. Music Ltd. and BMG VM Music Ltd. (from 2013-05 to present)
| Culture Club | 4 | 4:14 |
| 6 | Heaven Is a Place on Earth- recording engineer:
- Steve McMillan
- drums (drum set) [drum] programming:
- Charles Judge and Rick Nowels
- additional engineer:
- Stacy Baird and Robert Feist
- assistant engineer:
- Matthew Freeman , Clark Germaine, Brian Scheuble and Joe Schiff
- additional producer:
- Robert Feist (other vocals [vocal]) and Ellen Shipley (other vocals [vocal])
- producer:
- Rick Nowels
- mixer:
- Shelly Yakus
- acoustic guitar [acoustic guitars]:
- Rick Nowels
- additional guitar:
- Tim Pierce
- additional guitar [guitars]:
- Michael Landau
- additional keyboard [keyboards]:
- Thomas Dolby
- additional percussion:
- Jimmy Bralower and Paulinho da Costa
- bass:
- John Pierce
- drums (drum set) [drums]:
- Kenny Aronoff and Curly Smith
- electric guitar [electric guitars]:
- Dan Huff, John McCurry and Rick Nowels
- guitar [air guitar] and lead vocals:
- Belinda Carlisle
- keyboard [keyboards]:
- Charles Judge and Rick Nowels
- piano [acoustic piano]:
- Charles Judge
- synthesizer [Fairlight]:
- Rhett Lawrence
- vocals:
- Beth Anderson , Charlotte Caffey, Donna Davidson, Donna Delory, Edie Lehmann, Rick Nowels, Michelle Phillips and Ellen Shipley
- arranger:
- Rick Nowels
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Artist Management Services Ltd. (in 1987), MCA Records, Inc. (in 1987), Virgin Records Ltd (in 1987) and Demon Music Group Ltd. (in 2019)
- additionally recorded at:
- Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, Hollywood Sound in Los Angeles, California, United States and Music Grinder Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
- recorded at:
- American Recording and Ocean Way Studio in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
- mixed at:
- A&M Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
- part of:
- Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 400)
- recording of:
- Heaven Is a Place on Earth
- writer:
- Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley
- publisher:
- BMG Bumblebee , BMG Rights Management , Bug Music Ltd., EMI Music Publishing , EMI Virgin Music Publishing Australia P/L, EMI Virgin Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd, Spirit Music Publishing Limited, Virgin Songs, Inc., Future Furniture Music (in 1987) and Shipwreck Music (in 1987)
- sub-publisher:
- Fujipacific Music, Inc.
| Belinda Carlisle | 4.15 | 4:07 |
| 7 | Right Here Waiting | Richard Marx | 3.8 | 4:27 |
| 8 | Private Eyes- recording engineer and mixer:
- Neil Kernon
- assistant engineer:
- Bruce Buckhhalter
- co-producer:
- Neil Kernon
- producer:
- Daryl Hall and John Oates
- drums (drum set) [drums]:
- Mickey Curry
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- BMG Entertainment (in 1981) and RCA Records (in 1981)
- recorded at:
- Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village, New York, New York, United States
- recording of:
- Private Eyes
- writer:
- Janna Allen , Sara Allen, Daryl Hall and Warren Pash
- publisher:
- Almo Music Corp. , BMG Rights Management Canada, Geomantic Music, Gnarly Dude Music, Hot Cha Music Co., Primary Wave Brian, Unichappell Music Six Continents Special Account, Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. , 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 , ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 , フジパシフィック音楽出版 (until 2014-12-31), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31), フジパシフィックミュージック (from 2015-01-01 to present) and 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 (from 2017-04-01 to present)
- live recording of:
- Private Eyes
- writer:
- Janna Allen , Sara Allen, Daryl Hall and Warren Pash
- publisher:
- Almo Music Corp. , BMG Rights Management Canada, Geomantic Music, Gnarly Dude Music, Hot Cha Music Co., Primary Wave Brian, Unichappell Music Six Continents Special Account, Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. , 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 , ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 , フジパシフィック音楽出版 (until 2014-12-31), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31), フジパシフィックミュージック (from 2015-01-01 to present) and 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 (from 2017-04-01 to present)
| Daryl Hall & John Oates | 4.55 | 3:39 |
| 9 | Together Forever- keyboard [Fairlight] programming:
- Ian Curnow (in 1987)
- additional engineer:
- Jamie Bromfield , Mike Duffy , Phil Harding and Karen Hewitt
- assistant engineer:
- Boky, Gordon Dennis , Jonathan King and Yoyo
- engineer:
- Mark McGuire
- producer:
- Aitken, Stock and Waterman
- mixer:
- Mixmasters Pete Hammond
- drums (drum set) [drums]:
- A Linn (in 1987)
- guitar [guitars]:
- Matt Aitken (in 1987)
- keyboard [keyboards]:
- Mike Stock and Matt Aitken (in 1987)
- background vocals [backing vocals]:
- Dee Lewis (in 1987), Shirley Lewis (in 1987), Mae McKenna (in 1987) and Suzanne Rhatigan (in 1987)
- vocals:
- Rick (in 1987)
- arranger:
- Gordon Jenkins
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Pete Waterman Ltd. (in 1987)
- miscellaneous support:
- PWL (task: original sound recordings made by)
- recorded at:
- PWL Studio 1 (in 1987) and PWL Studio 2 (in 1987)
- mixed at:
- PWL Studio 1 and PWL Studio 2
- recording of:
- Together Forever (in 1987)
- writer:
- Matt Aitken, Mike Stock and Pete Waterman
- publisher:
- All Boys Music Ltd., Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing, Universal Music Careers, Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc. and Terrace Music (from 1987 to present)
| Rick Astley | 4.65 | 3:27 |
| 10 | Centerfold- engineer:
- Dave Thoener
- producer:
- Seth Justman
- arranger:
- Seth Justman
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Capitol Records, Inc. (in 1981), Capitol Records, LLC (in 1981), EMI Records USA (in 1981) and EMI Catalog (in 2006)
- recorded at:
- Long View Farm in North Brookfield, Massachusetts, United States
- mixed at:
- Mix Room, Record Plant in New York, New York, United States
- part of:
- TV Cream: Real 100 Best Singles Ever (number: 38), Billboard: Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Songs (number: 73) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 314)
- recording of:
- Centerfold
- lyricist and composer:
- Seth Justman
- publisher:
- Center City Music, Copyright Control , Pal-Park Music, Rondor Music (London) Ltd., Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd. and Warner/Chappell Music Ltd.
| The J. Geils Band | 4 | 3:41 |
| 11 | Lost in Your Eyes | Debbie Gibson | 5 | 3:36 |
| 12 | Call Me- engineer:
- Harold Faltermeyer
- producer:
- Giorgio Moroder
- additional synthesizer:
- Giorgio Moroder (in 1980-01)
- bass guitar [bass]:
- Nigel Harrison (in 1980-01)
- drums (drum set) [drums]:
- Clem Burke (in 1980-01)
- electric piano:
- Jimmy Destri (in 1980-01)
- guitar:
- Frank Infante (in 1980-01) and Chris Stein (in 1980-01)
- lead vocals:
- Debbie Harry (in 1980-01)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Chrysalis Records (in 1980, in 1981), Chrysalis Records Ltd. (in 1980), Chrysalis Records, Inc. (in 1980, in 2002), Capitol Records (in 1998), Capitol Records, Inc. (in 1998) and Capitol Records, LLC (in 2002)
- recorded at:
- Westlake Audio in Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1979) and The Power Station in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States (in 1980-01)
- mixed at:
- Allen Zentz Mastering in San Clemente, California, United States
- part of:
- Billboard: Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Songs (number: 64), VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (number: 78) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 157)
- recording of:
- Call Me (in 1980-01)
- lyricist:
- Deborah Harry
- composer:
- Giorgio Moroder
- publisher:
- BMG Monarch, Chrysalis Music , Chrysalis Music Ltd. , Copyright Control , EMI Music Publishing Ltd. , Ensign Music Corporation, Famous Chappell, Monster Island Music Publishing Corporation, Mushroom Music Pty. Ltd., Rare Blue Music, inc., Sony/ATV Melody and Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd.
- sub-publisher:
- Mushroom Music Pty. Ltd., Sony Music Publishing (Japan), Inc., A Division , Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd., フジパシフィック音楽出版 (until 2014-12-31) and Fujipacific Music, Inc. (from 2015-01-01 to present)
| Blondie | 4.2 | 3:34 |
| 13 | The Way It Is | Bruce Hornsby & the Range | 4.05 | 4:59 |
| 14 | Rock Me Amadeus | Falco | 3.6 | 3:22 |
| 15 | Can’t Fight This Feeling | REO Speedwagon | 3.9 | 4:55 |
| 16 | Africa- recording engineer:
- David Leonard , Greg Ladanyi, Jamie Ledner, Jim Horn , Lon LeMaster, Niko Bolas, Peggy McCreary, Al Schmitt, Terry Christian and Tom Knox
- additional engineer:
- Bruce Heigh (task: additional recording), David Paich (task: additional recording), Dick Gall (task: additional recording) and Steve Porcaro (task: additional recording)
- engineer:
- Al Schmitt, Bruce Heigh, David Paich, Dick Gall , Greg Ladanyi, Steve Porcaro and Tom Knox
- producer:
- Bruce Dickinson and Toto
- mixer:
- Elliot Scheiner (task: for 5.1 surround sound) and Greg Ladanyi
- acoustic guitar:
- Timothy B. Schmit
- bass:
- David Hungate and Michael Porcaro
- bass guitar:
- David Hungate
- congas:
- Lenny Castro
- drums (drum set) and gong:
- Jeff Porcaro
- electric guitar and guitar:
- Steve Lukather
- instruments:
- Lenny Castro
- keyboard:
- David Paich and Steve Porcaro
- keyboard and piano:
- David Paich
- marimba:
- Joe Porcaro
- percussion:
- Lenny Castro, Jeff Porcaro and Joe Porcaro
- recorder:
- Jim Horn
- synthesizer:
- Steve Porcaro
- background vocals:
- Bobby Kimball, Steve Lukather , David Paich and Timothy B. Schmit
- lead vocals:
- Jean-Michel Byron, Bobby Kimball and David Paich
- vocals:
- Bobby Kimball, David Paich, Steve Lukather and Steve Porcaro
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- CBS, Inc. (in 1982), Columbia Records (in 1982), Sony Music Entertainment (in 1982) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1982, in 1983)
- music videos:
- Africa by Toto
- part of:
- Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 105) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 452)
- recording of:
- Africa
- writer:
- Jeffrey Porcaro and David Paich
- publisher:
- Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. , Rising Storm Music, Sony Music Publishing , Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC , Spirit Two Music, Cowbella Music (in 1982) and Hudmar Publishing Co. Inc. (in 1982)
- sub-publisher:
- ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部
| Toto | 4 | 4:58 |
| 17 | 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 | | 4:45 |
| 18 | (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life- 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:
- Calspen Music, Copyright Control , EMI April Music Inc., Marcu Music Company, Inc., R U Cyrius Publishing, Sony/ATV Tunes LLC , Donald Jay Music, Ltd. (in 1987), Jemava Music Corp. (in 1987), Knockout Music Inc. (in 1987) and R.U. Cyrius Publishing (in 1987)
- sub-publisher:
- ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (ended), Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. , ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 and フジパシフィックミュージック
- 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 | 4:51 |
| 19 | How Am I Supposed to Live Without You | Michael Bolton | 4 | 4:14 |
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