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Other Significant Singles

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  • "9:30 May 2" – The Minutemen
  • "11 O'Clock Tick Tock" – U2
  • "Aap Jaisa Koi" – Nazia Hassan
  • "A Day Without Me" – U2
  • "A Forest" – The Cure
  • "Ace of Spades" – Motörhead
  • "Against the Wind" – Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
  • "Ah! Leah!" – Donnie Iris
  • "Alabama Getaway" – Grateful Dead
  • "All I Do" – Stevie Wonder
  • "All Night Long" – Joe Walsh
  • "All Night Long" – Rainbow
  • "All Out of Love" – Air Supply
  • "All Over the World" – Electric Light Orchestra
  • "All the Way From America" – Joan Armatrading
  • "American Generation" – Ritchie Family
  • "Amsterdam" -Maggie MacNeal
  • "And the Beat Goes On" – The Whispers
  • "And the Cradle Will Rock..." – Van Halen
  • "Another Day" – U2
  • "Another Nail in My Heart" – Squeeze
  • "Antmusic" – Adam and the Ants
  • "Any Way You Want It" – Journey
  • "Army Dreamers" – Kate Bush
  • "Atmosphere/She's Lost Control" – Joy Division
  • "Atomic" – Blondie
  • "Babe" – Styx
  • "Babooshka" – Kate Bush
  • "Babylon Sisters" – Steely Dan
  • "Back in Black" – AC/DC
  • "Back Together Again" – Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway
  • "Baggy Trousers" – Madness
  • "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" – John Lennon
  • "Behind the Groove" – Teena Marie
  • "Better Love Next Time" – Dr. Hook
  • "Betty Lou's Gettin' Out Tonight" – Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
  • "The Biggest Part of Me" – Ambrosia
  • "Biko" – Peter Gabriel
  • "Blackman Redemption" – Bob Marley & the Wailers
  • "The Boat Family" – The Roches
  • "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)" – Talking Heads
  • "Boulevard" – Jackson Browne
  • "Breakdown Dead Ahead" – Boz Scaggs
  • "Breathing" – Kate Bush
  • "Broken English" – Marianne Faithfull
  • "Buffalo Soldier" – Bob Marley & The Wailers, recorded in 1980, but unreleased until 1983, after Bob Marley's death in 1981.
  • "Butcher Baby/Tight Black Pants" – Plasmatics
  • "By The Author of Psycho" – The Couch (proto-Drum and bass)
  • "The Call Up" – The Clash
  • "Can You Feel It" – The Jacksons
  • "Can't Help Myself" – Flowers
  • "Captain Kennedy" – Neil Young
  • "Career Opportunities" – The Clash
  • "Cars (song)" – Gary Numan
  • "Carrie" – Cliff Richard
  • "Celebration" – Kool & the Gang
  • "Chant Down Babylon" – Bob Marley & The Wailers
  • "Chemical Warfare" – Dead Kennedys
  • "Chinatown" – Thin Lizzy
  • "Cities" – Talking Heads
  • "City Hobgoblins" – The Fall
  • "Clampdown" – The Clash
  • "Cleanup Time" – John Lennon
  • "Clones (We're All)" – Alice Cooper
  • "Clubland" – Elvis Costello and the Attractions
  • "Columbus" – Burning Spear
  • "Come Back" – The J. Geils Band
  • "Come to Me" – France Joli
  • "Comfortably Numb" – Pink Floyd (released in 1979)
  • "Coming Up" – Paul McCartney
  • "Cool Change" – Little River Band
  • "Could I Have This Dance" – Anne Murray
  • "Could You Be Loved" – Bob Marley & The Wailers
  • "Coward of the County" – Kenny Rogers
  • "Crazy Train" – Ozzy Osbourne's Blizzard of Oz
  • "Christine" – Siouxsie and the Banshees
  • "Crosseyed and Painless" – Talking Heads
  • "Cruisin'" – Smokey Robinson
  • "Cry Blood Africans" – Burning Spear
  • "Cupid/I've Loved You for a Long Time" – The Spinners
  • "Dance (Pt. 1)" – The Rolling Stones
  • "Dance Stance" – Dexys Midnight Runners
  • "Dancing with Myself" – Generation X
  • "Decades" – Joy Division
  • "December Will Be Magic Again" – Kate Bush
  • "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" - The Police
  • "Déjà Vu" – Dionne Warwick
  • "Desire" – Andy Gibb
  • "Disco Apocalypse" – Jackson Browne
  • "Disco Circus" – Martin Circus
  • "Do Nothing" – The Specials
  • "Do You Dream In Colour?" – Bill Nelson
  • "Do You Love What You Feel" – Rufus featuring Chaka Khan
  • "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?" – Ramones
  • "Dog Eat Dog" – Adam and the Ants
  • "Don't Ask Me Why" – Billy Joel
  • "Don't Bring Me Down" – Electric Light Orchestra
  • "Don't Do Me Like That" – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
  • "Don't Ease Me In" – Grateful Dead
  • "Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer" – Kenny Rogers & Kim Carnes
  • "Don't Leave Me Now" – Pink Floyd
  • "Don't Let Go" – Isaac Hayes
  • "Don't Say Goodnight (It's Time For Love)" – The Isley Brothers
  • "Downtown" – Tom Waits
  • "Dream About Fun" – Mark White
  • "Dreamin" – Cliff Richard
  • "Drive All Night" – Bruce Springsteen
  • "Drivin' My Life Away" – Eddie Rabbitt
  • "Duchess" – Genesis
  • "Echo Beach" – Martha and the Muffins
  • "Eighth Day" – Hazel O'Connor
  • "The Electric Co." – U2
  • "Embarrassment" – Madness
  • "Emotional Rescue" – The Rolling Stones
  • "Enjoy Yourself" – The Specials
  • "Enola Gay" – OMD
  • "Equinoxe (Part V)" – The Shadows
  • "The Eternal" – Joy Division
  • "Every Time You Go Away" – Hall & Oates
  • "Every Woman in the World to Me" – Air Supply
  • "Everybody Wants Some!!" – Van Halen
  • "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime" – The Korgis
  • "Expresso Love" – Dire Straits
  • "Fade to Grey" – Visage
  • "Fame" – Irene Cara
  • "Fanmail" – The Dickies
  • "Fantastic Voyage" – Lakeside
  • "Fascist Architecture" – Bruce Cockburn
  • "Fashion" – David Bowie
  • "Fire Lake" – Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
  • "Fool for Your Loving" – Whitesnake
  • "Forever Loving Jah" – Bob Marley and the Wailers
  • "Freedom of Choice" – Devo
  • "Games People Play" – The Alan Parsons Project
  • "Games Without Frontiers" – Peter Gabriel
  • "Gates of Steel" – Devo
  • "Generals and Majors" – XTC
  • "Geno" – Dexys Midnight Runners
  • "Gigantor" – The Dickies
  • "Gimme Some Lovin'" – The Blues Brothers
  • "Girl U Want" – Devo
  • "Give It All You Got" – Chuck Mangione
  • "Give Me Back My Man" – The B-52's
  • "Give Me the Night" – George Benson
  • "Going Underground/The Dreams of Children" – The Jam
  • "The Great Curve" – Talking Heads
  • "Grim Traveller" – Bruce Cockburn
  • "Guerilla Betrayed" – Bruce Cockburn
  • "Guilty" – Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb
  • "The Guns of Brixton" – The Clash
  • "Happy Birthday" – Stevie Wonder
  • "Happy House" – Siouxie and the Banshees
  • "The Hardest Part" – Blondie
  • "Head Games" – Foreigner
  • "Heart Hotels" – Dan Fogelberg
  • "Heart of Glass" – The Shadows
  • "Heartbreaker" – Pat Benatar
  • "He's So Shy" – The Pointer Sisters
  • "Hey Nineteen" – Steely Dan
  • "High Fidelity" – Elvis Costello and the Attractions
  • "Him" – Rupert Holmes
  • "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" – Pat Benatar
  • "Hold on Hold Out" – Jackson Browne
  • "Hold on to My Love" – Jimmy Ruffin
  • "Holiday in Cambodia" – Dead Kennedys
  • "Horizontal Bop" – Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
  • "Hot Rod Hearts" – Robbie Dupree
  • "How Do I Make You" – Linda Ronstadt
  • "How Does It Feel To Be Back" – Hall & Oates
  • "How I Wrote 'Elastic Man'" – The Fall
  • "Hungry Heart" – Bruce Springsteen
  • "Hurt So Bad" – Linda Ronstadt
  • "I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down" – Elvis Costello
  • "I Can't Tell You Why" – Eagles
  • "I Die: You Die" – Gary Numan
  • "I Don't Remember" – Peter Gabriel
  • "I Don't Wanna Get Drafted" – Frank Zappa
  • "I Got You" – Split Enz
  • "I Know" – Bob Marley
  • "I Owe You One" – Shalamar
  • "I Shoulda Loved Ya" – Narada Michael Walden
  • "I'm a Rocker" – Bruce Springsteen
  • "I'm Alright" – Kenny Loggins
  • "I'm Coming Out" – Diana Ross
  • "I'm Ready" – Kano
  • "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" – Anne Murray
  • "I Made It Through the Rain" – Barry Manilow
  • "I Never Knew Love Like This Before" – Stephanie Mills
  • "I Pledge My Love" – Peaches & Herb
  • "I Wanna Be Sedated" – Ramones
  • "I Wanna Be Your Lover" – Prince
  • "I Want To Be Straight" – Ian Dury and the Blockheads
  • "I Zimbra" – Talking Heads
  • "Imitation of Christ" – The Psychedelic Furs
  • "In America" – Charlie Daniels Band
  • "In Every Dream Home (a Nightmare)" – Joe Jackson
  • "In My Heart" – Freeway
  • "In The Beginning There Was Rhythm" – The Slits
  • "Independence Day" – Bruce Springsteen
  • "India" – The Psychedelic Furs
  • "Inside of You" – Ray, Goodman & Brown
  • "International Jet Set" – The Specials
  • "Into the Heart / Out of Control" – U2
  • "Isolation" – Joy Division
  • "Ita" – Cold Chisel
  • "It's Different For Girls" – Joe Jackson
  • "It's My Turn" – Diana Ross
  • "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" – Billy Joel
  • "Ivan Meets G.I. Joe" – The Clash
  • "Jane" – Jefferson Starship (released in 1979)
  • "Jersey Girl" – Tom Waits
  • "Jesse" – Carly Simon
  • "Johnny Hit and Run Pauline" – X
  • "JoJo" – Boz Scaggs
  • "Jump Niyahbinghi" – Bob Marley & The Wailers
  • "Just Can't Wait" – The J. Geils Band
  • "(Just Like) Starting Over" – John Lennon
  • "Keep Away" – Lou Reed
  • "The Kid Is Hot Tonite" – Loverboy
  • "Kill the Poor" – Dead Kennedys
  • "Killer on the Loose" – Thin Lizzy
  • "Kings of the Wild Frontier" – Adam and the Ants
  • "Kiss Me In the Rain" – Barbra Streisand
  • "Kiss on My List" – Hall & Oates
  • "Komakino" – Joy Division
  • "Landlord" – Gladys Knight & the Pips
  • "The Last of the New Wave Riders" – Utopia
  • "Late in the Evening" – Paul Simon
  • "Let Me Go" – The Rolling Stones
  • "Let Me Love You Tonight" – Pure Prairie League
  • "Let My Love Open the Door" – Pete Townshend
  • "Let's Go Round Again" – Average White Band
  • "Lip Up Fatty" – Bad Manners
  • "Listening Wind" – Talking Heads
  • "Little Jeannie" – Elton John
  • "Living After Midnight" – Judas Priest
  • "Living Through Another Cuba" – XTC
  • "The Long Run" – Eagles
  • "Longer" – Dan Fogelberg
  • "London Calling" – The Clash
  • "Look What You've Done to Me" – Boz Scaggs
  • "Lookin' for Love" – Johnny Lee
  • "Los Angeles" – X
  • "Lost in Art" – Pere Ubu
  • "Lost in Love" – Air Supply
  • "Lost in the Supermarket" – The Clash
  • "Love at First Night" – Kim Hart
  • "Love Canal" – Flipper
  • "Love on the Rocks" – Neil Diamond
  • "Love Stinks" – The J. Geils Band
  • "Love the World Away" – Kenny Rogers
  • "Love TKO" – Teddy Pendergrass
  • "Love Will Tear Us Apart" – Joy Division
  • "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' " – Journey
  • "The Magnificent Seven" – The Clash
  • "Man Gave Names to All the Animals" – Bob Dylan
  • "Man Next Door" – The Slits
  • "Master Blaster (Jammin)" – Stevie Wonder
  • "Me Myself I" – Joan Armatrading
  • "Meltdown With the Ramones" (EP) – Ramones
  • "Mirror in the Bathroom" – The Beat
  • "Misunderstanding" – Genesis
  • "Money" – Flying Lizards
  • "Money Changes Everything" – The Brains
  • "Monkey Suit/Squirm" (live) – Plasmatics
  • "More Love" – Kim Carnes
  • "More Than I Can Say" – Leo Sayer
  • "Mozart 40" – The Shadows
  • "Mr. Jones" – The Psychedelic Furs
  • "My Baby" – Cold Chisel
  • "My Old Piano" – Diana Ross
  • "My Perfect Cousin" – The Undertones
  • "Nausea" – X
  • "Need Your Loving Tonight" – Queen
  • "New Amsterdam" – Elvis Costello
  • "Nie mehr allein sein" – Tony Holiday
  • "No One Driving" – John Foxx
  • "No Self Control" – Peter Gabriel
  • "Non so che darei" – Alan Sorrenti
  • "The Ocean" – U2
  • "Off the Wall" – Michael Jackson
  • "Oh Yeah (On The Radio)" – Roxy Music
  • "The Old Homestead" – Neil Young
  • "Old Pervert" – The Soft Boys
  • "On the Radio" – Donna Summer
  • "On the Road Again" – Willie Nelson
  • "Once in a Lifetime" – Talking Heads
  • "One Fine Day" – Carole King
  • "One in a Million You" – Larry Graham
  • "Out in the Street" – Bruce Springsteen
  • "Over You" – Roxy Music
  • "Paranoid Time" – The Minutemen
  • "Party Out of Bounds" – The B-52's
  • "People Who Died" – The Jim Carroll Band
  • "Pilot of the Airwaves" – Charlie Dore
  • "Play The Game" – Queen
  • "Poison Ivy" – The Lambrettas
  • "Police and Thieves" – Junior Murvin
  • "Police on my Back" – The Clash
  • "The Pop Group" – The Slits
  • "Pop Muzik" – M
  • "Private Idaho" – The B-52's
  • "Private Life" – Grace Jones
  • "Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)" – Squeeze
  • "The Puppet – Echo & the Bunnymen
  • "Putta Block" – The Fall
  • "Quiche Lorraine" – The B-52's
  • "Rastaman Live Up!" – Bob Marley
  • "Rat Race" – The Specials
  • "Real Love" – The Doobie Brothers
  • "Real Situation" – Bob Marley
  • "Rebel Waltz" – The Clash
  • "Redemption Song" – Bob Marley & The Wailers
  • "Refugee" – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
  • "Requiem" – Killing Joke
  • "Rescue" – Echo & the Bunnymen
  • "Respectable Street" – XTC
  • "Ride Like The Wind" – Christopher Cross
  • "Riders in the Sky – The Shadows
  • "Rise" – Herb Alpert
  • "Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" – AC/DC
  • "Rock Lobster" – The B-52's
  • "Rocket From a Bottle" – XTC
  • "Romeo and Juliet" – Dire Straits
  • "Romeo's Tune" – Steve Forbert
  • "The Rose" – Bette Midler
  • "Run Like Hell" – Pink Floyd (released in 1979)
  • "Sara" – Fleetwood Mac
  • "Save Me" – Queen
  • "Saved" – Bob Dylan
  • "The Second Time Around" – Shalamar
  • "September Morn" – Neil Diamond
  • "Set Me Free" – Utopia
  • "Seven Bridges Road" – Eagles
  • "Sexy Eyes" – Dr. Hook
  • "She's Out of My Life" – Michael Jackson
  • "She's So Cold" – The Rolling Stones
  • "Shining Star" – The Manhattans
  • "Shoot Out the Lights – Diamond Head
  • "Simon Templar/Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps" – Splodgenessabounds
  • "Singing In The 80s" – The Monitors
  • "Sister Europe" – The Psychedelic Furs
  • "Skateaway" – Dire Straits
  • "Sleeping With the Television On" – Billy Joel
  • "So Lonely" – The Police
  • "Sock It To 'em J.B." – The Specials
  • "Solid Rock" – Bob Dylan
  • "Sometimes a Fantasy" – Billy Joel
  • "Spacer" – Sheila & B. Devotion
  • "Spanish Bombs" – The Clash
  • "The Special AKA Live EP" – The Specials
  • "Special Brew" – Bad Manners
  • "Special Lady" – Ray, Goodman & Brown
  • "The Spirit of Radio" – Rush
  • "Staring at the Rude Boys" – The Ruts
  • "Start" – The Jam
  • "State of the Heart" – Mondo Rock
  • "Stayin' Power" – Neil Young
  • "Steal Away" – Robbie Dupree
  • "Stereotype" – The Specials
  • "Stiff Necked Fools" – Bob Marley & The Wailers
  • "Stomp" – The Brothers Johnson
  • "Stop the Cavalry" – Jona Lewie
  • "Stop Your Sobbing" – The Pretenders
  • "Stories For Boys" – U2
  • "Strangers on a Train" – The Sports
  • "Strobe Light" – The B-52's
  • "Suddenly" – Cliff Richard and Olivia Newton-John
  • "Super Trouper" – ABBA
  • "Take This Town" – XTC
  • "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" – The S.O.S. Band
  • "Talk of the Town" – The Pretenders
  • "Tattooed Love Boys" – The Pretenders
  • "Teach the Gifted Children" – Lou Reed
  • "Tears of a Clown" – The Beat
  • "Tell It Like It Is" – Heart
  • "Ten Feet Tall" – XTC
  • "Three Little Birds" – Bob Marley & The Wailers
  • "That Girl Could Sing" – Jackson Browne
  • "Theater" – Katja Ebstein
  • "The Tide Is High" – Blondie
  • "Theme from New York, New York" – Frank Sinatra
  • "Think About Me" – Fleetwood Mac
  • "This Feminine Position" – The Roches
  • "This Is It" – Kenny Loggins
  • "Time Out of Mind" – Steely Dan
  • "Tired of Toein' the Line" – Rocky Burnette
  • "To Cut a Long Story Short" – Spandau Ballet
  • "Too Hot" – Kool and the Gang
  • "Totally Wired" – The Fall
  • "Touch" – U2
  • "Touch and Go" – The Cars
  • "Touch Too Much (Live)" – AC/DC
  • "Train in Vain" – The Clash
  • "Treat Me Right" – Pat Benatar
  • "Tunnel of Love" – Dire Straits
  • "Turn It on Again" – Genesis
  • "Turn Me Loose" – Loverboy
  • "Turning Japanese" – The Vapors
  • "Twilight" – U2
  • "Twilight Café" – Susan Fassbender
  • "Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone" – The Manhattan Transfer
  • "The Wanderer" – Donna Summer
  • "Wait For Me" – Hall & Oates
  • "Wait Til Your Boat Goes Down" – XTC
  • "Wardance" – Killing Joke
  • "Washington Bullets" – The Clash
  • "Watching the Wheels" – John Lennon
  • "Watching You" – Slave
  • "We Are Glass" – Gary Numan
  • "We Don't Talk Anymore" – Cliff Richard
  • "Wedding Cake Island" – Midnight Oil
  • "Wednesday Week" – The Undertones
  • "What I Like About You" – The Romantics
  • "Whip It" – Devo
  • "Why Me?" – Styx
  • "With You I'm Born Again" – Billy Preston & Syreeta Wright
  • "Woman" – John Lennon
  • "Working My Way Back to You" – The Spinners
  • "Wrong 'Em Boyo" – The Clash
  • "Yes, I'm Ready" – Teri DeSario with KC
  • "You Better Run" – Pat Benatar
  • "You May Be Right" – Billy Joel
  • "You Shook Me All Night Long" – AC/DC
  • "You'll Accomp'ny Me" – Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
  • "You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties" – Jona Lewie
  • "Young Miles in the Basement" – Pere Ubu
  • "Your Phones Off the Hook, But You're Not" – X
  • "You're Gonna Get What's Coming" – Bonnie Raitt
  • "You're Lying" – Linx
  • "You're Only Lonely" – J. D. Souther
  • "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" – Hall & Oates
  • "The Zoo" – The Scorpions

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