Most Popular Song in Europe Each Month of the '80s

Based on the charts of the UK, Germany, Austria, Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. I chose a different song for each month to make the countdown more interesting and diverse, despite the fact that in reality a few songs were the most popular ones for 2 or 3 consecutive months.

[@somerandomguy_music]

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[@nordinrabia8664]

sorry for you the year 1985 was the year dire straits money for nothing

[@FreeThinker-ci9sw]

Excellent Compilation !! 👏🏼👌🏼 And You are No Way 'Some Random Guy' !! No, You are: 'A Very Blessed, and Special Guy !!' Thanks for the Beauty, which was Very Uplifting 🙏🏼💙😊🕊️

[@browhatmf]

Milyen csodálatos előadók! 😍 Kár, hogy sokakat elfelejtettek! 😅

[@gabrielerenk1715]

Im born in 1962 and I know all these Songs. 70s and 80s best music decades ever

[@minnowviewbait]

at 7;48 Sammie was the Hottest + Touch Me wuz a very pretty song "Back in the year"

[@stuckintha90s]

I'm speechless 😢 You just took me through my childhood, from the highs, lows and all in between. Thanks a lot

[@Yorgos2007]

The highs and highs. Those were the 80s 🙂

[@orionxtc1119]

Nostalgia is so bitter-sweet... the joy of remembering good times...biiter they will never come again

[@b.hornetiii.6771]

80's where one mega hit after another ... Wild decade. Never ending quality of writing and production ...

[@gulnaz333]

❤

[@trinaq]

Thanks so much for sharing this totally tubular video with us. The 80's definitely had the best hit singles, particularly in Europe.

[@theodoreritola7641]

Sounds just like the 70s going into the 80s most of these

[@Elora445]

@@theodoreritola7641 Around the beginning of every decade, most music sound as the previous decade. Just like at the beginning of the 90s, most songs sounded like these typical 80s songs.

[@theodoreritola7641]

SUGAR Hill Gangs RAPPERS DELITE was a huge hit 5 months B4 the 80s where even in Dippers yet ,,,Its TOTLY 70s this is why the 80s have all ways been over RATED

[@Elora445]

@@theodoreritola7641 Seriously, do you have a problem, or what? This is something that happens every decade, even the 70s considering how many songs sounded like the 60s music at the start of that decade. So I guess 70s music is overrated too? (Note: not serious with that last sentence. I love music from more or less every decade.)

[@anncosten3222]

Oh my god! What a blast!!!!! Thank you. I have just revisited some seriously emotionally powerful memories. Some truly awesome people, not all of whom are recalled as often as they deserve to be. God bless you.

[@valeriivalerii8396]

Великая музыка была в 80х.. радость для слуха..а еще столько песен хороших не показали здесь.Хорошая подборка

[@Daddy-jj9iz]

1983-1984 were the best years of music in all of human history. Almost every two days an amazing new hit would come out, which we still hear today... I remember it. It was unbelievable.

[@jinnygaatjenietaan306]

I know, happy to be in that time alive and young...

[@NDRonin1401]

nope

[@seiranordika]

I can't believe Duran's or Spandau Ballet were not on the top charts in the early 80... They were everywhere. And Depeche Mode too....

[@walter9085]

Dire Straits!!?? (or did I mis that one) Beasty Boys?

[@walter9085]

I think Telegraph Road (live) was the best selling album ever in the Netherlands

[@vgfxworks]

2nd, 3rd place maybe.. 🤷‍♂

[@Nightdare]

Always being 4th in F1 can win you the title, but they'll never see you on the podium Just for reference: Michael Jackson's 'Beat it', kept Van Halen's 'Jump' off the #1 spot in certain countries I wonder what the rest of Van Halen discussed with Eddie about this, especially when you know his work for Michael was done as a favor😅

[@vgfxworks]

@@Nightdare there's a 2nd and I suppose a 3rd place list for the 80s as for the other decades I suppose too.. LOL

[@gwheat2364]

Absolutely some of the best music ever made. Just my opinion, from a semi-famous heavy metal bass player from calif... rock on!!

[@TimeTraveller76]

I was born in 76. We always had a radio on in the house all through my childhood and I grew up listening to all these songs. 80s music is the absolute best

[@asherouk7308]

Those were the days

[@olenilsen4660]

Damn, you`re OLD!!! ´78 here :)

[@bigbaz-1218]

@@olenilsen4660 so are you 77

[@wkreng]

@@bigbaz-1218 🤣🤣🤣

[@andreahornok]

Golden years. Amazing collection 😊😍

[@alicec.6195]

As a Brazilian I am so happy to see that my year & month (Oct/1989) was Kaoma - Lambada! Chorando se foi quem um dia só me fez chorar 😄

[@vohumanity]

It was and is just miraculous song. In Russia too. All people were dancing the whole year and more years later.

[@anatolysokolov]

still like the song and the memories it brings (Im from Russia)

[@simonovkon1972]

Я родился в 1972 году и большинство песен прекрасно знаю. Они очень любимы до сих пор

[@molochnaya_penka]

Полностью солидарна! Аж слезинка прокатилась ностальгическая!❤❤❤

[@ЕкатеринаСмирнова-ж8к]

А я в 70м - просто американские горки шедевров.

[@andreyy6940]

Я тоже в 72😊

[@arthurgeorus]

Молодёжь. 1967 😁😉

[@Art_Romulus]

Я еще больше молодежь, 88. Но на этой музыке вырос, огромная благодарность отцу!

[@juliam7056]

What a rollercoaster of memories. Incredible ! So lucky to have grown up with this music !!!!

[@faustodefendenti6888]

You're right! This music is evergreen, timeless.

[@olenilsen4660]

Yeah, every letdown of my youth came back to me now.. ;) But no, the good memories are the stayers, for real! I just know that I thought I had a miserable time, but hearing this - It only brings back the good times!

[@ddjr6673]

Thank you so much - always love your channel as a subscriber and LOVE this - born in 1971 - the 80s were my formative musical years. Grateful for the time and effort you put into your content

[@tupG]

Born 69, when it comes to music I was so lucky that my teenage years fell into this decade.

[@hollstrom]

Marvellous work of research. For someone who grew up during those years and who always had a keen eye on the charts, I can confirm that this is really incredibly accurate!

[@LexusLFA554]

Ein Bisschen Frieden won Eurovision, but that it would stay that relevant in Europe is insane. I love Just an Illusion. Great song. Alphaville is a great band. Love your channel, greetings from Germany.

[@danielvanr.8681]

Johnny Logan and "What's another year" (0:30) were also Eurovision winners. Johnny is a bit of a legend as he's managed to win the Eurovision three times: 1980 (singer), 1987 (singer, lyricist, composer) and 1992 (lyricist, composer) -- plus he finished 2nd in 1984 as lyricist + composer of "Terminal 3", performed by Linda Martin, who also performed the 1992 winner. 😊

[@LexusLFA554]

@@danielvanr.8681 Yeah, Johnny Logan is a beast in Eurovision. I am also a massive fan of that show :)

[@Vince1648]

@@LexusLFA554 Unfortunately this year was a complete disaster with all the controversy around Israel and disqualification of the Netherlands.

[@LexusLFA554]

@@Vince1648 Yeah, I watched it live. Brutal.

[@RazorEdge2006]

The '80s went through so much change, from disco in 1980 through the synthpop era up to house in 1989.

[@peterpeter2452]

Falco "Rock Me Amadeus" is missing! No. 1 song 1985 in Austria, Germany, UK

[@rjjcms1]

Number 1 in the UK in 1986,though only for one week.

[@AsyaKuryshkina]

Да- это супер хит от супер Фалько

[@zorancolic9509]

Yes, same as Falco's song "Jeanny".

[@antonellocalegari5930]

Der kommissar Is missing as well​@@zorancolic9509

[@lsamoa]

But not in the rest of Europe

[@musikmirko]

👍🏼 Super-Spitzen-Klasse! 😃 Wieder mal ein wahnsinnig gutes Video mit allen großen und bekannten Hits, sooo viele Ohrwürmer 😎 Einfach TOP 🔝…und auch wieder einiges von Madonna, ABBA, Kim Wilde…. 🎶🎵

[@cassiepittman1489]

Nena-luft, balloons, David Bowie -let's dance are some favs!:)❤️tears for fears,phil Collins 😎i'm a huge 80's fan..my whole family will tell you 💫your channel is totally awesome 🌟thanks again,some random guy!!✌️💜🤩

[@lefrinj]

I can confirm that most of these songs are still played on French radio fairly regularly.

[@ratatatuff]

My condolences.

[@NestorMauricioDelgado]

​@@ratatatufffor your ears, of course.

[@olenilsen4660]

Probably because your flag used to be all white as well.... You´re simply stuck with it...

[@squidwardwithoutaclue]

I always listen to German retro radio stations, they play all these songs 😊 and they always play Ella elle l'a 😂

[@roygoodhand1301]

I believe "Self Control" was the most popular song of Summer 1984, at least in Europe, if not the entire world. Not just the Branigan version, either. Between Branigan and Raf, that song thoroughly dominated the Summer of 1984 in Europe. It was so dominant in Europe that it could've been the most popular song WORLDWIDE in the Summer of 1984. How many other times have you seen a song trade the #1 spot with itself IN CONSECUTIVE WEEKS, for example? "Self Control" did this in Switzerland!

[@Dragonfly_64795]

Thank you SRG for another great playlist . I left school and started work in the 80’s so most of these songs are my favourites . 😊❤❤

[@abbantologiabbavoyage]

Love your rankings, the best decade of pop music! the 80s mark the hiatus of ABBA with Super Trouper and The Visitors albums (the best ABBA albums), and emerge the soloist career of Frida, Agnetha and the musical Chess.

[@SCARAMOUSXL5]

ABBAAAAAAAAAA THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL,AND ONE OF US PPL AGNETHA WITH HER MAGNIFICENT VOICE!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@trondsteensns8670]

I totally agree with your opinion on The Visitors. I particularly like the title track, very atypical ABBA but magnificent in it's depth - almost hypnotic.

[@elsaa.2037]

Vielen lieben Dank! 🥰🥰🥰🥰 hits in Europa ❤❤❤ ich liebe diese Lieder so sehr!

[@mariaelisabeth8828]

This is once again a great compilation. Only five of these songs are missing from my mp3 collection, otherwise I have them all. And I bought a large part of it as a single in the 80s and it's still on my record shelf today.

[@mariaelisabeth8828]

@SeamusWeber You're flattering me almost too much. Nevertheless, I thank you for wishing me a long life. My name is like my nickname - Maria Elisabeth.

[@ivorb8835]

SRG, another superb video. What a walk through the 1980's.

[@theodoreritola7641]

Most of these songs SOUND LIKE THEY are fom the 70s and SOME OF THEM ARE LOL Its like the 70s all over again lol

[@davidmarshall5596]

Absolutely superb compilation from the terrific decade the 80's 😊😊some corkers in this montage !! Thanks for uploading SRG 😊😊🎉

[@deusmuerte6832]

1980's... Simply best time in human history.

[@cafeabasedecinema]

The sequence between November 1985 to May 1986 is unbelievable.

[@17silius]

Absolutely

[@rhm2440]

True

[@BarbaOlof]

Not to mention the sequence between January 1980 to December 1989. 😊

[@squidwardwithoutaclue]

Why tho

[@marinakiritsy7669]

Thank you ❤❤❤❤so much for sharing with us this !!!

[@jbsMUWcreations2089]

Yes I was waiting for this! Thank You

[@DKS225]

My favourite decade in terms of music SRG. Thank you very much for uploading.

[@AndY1ksi]

I remember playing on my ZX Spectrum 48k while playing these songs on the radio. Happy times.

[@brian70Cuda]

Thank you Random, any vid with ABBA is a winner with me:) Great vid, as always!

[@Chihiro33333]

Oh yes, I was 14-23 years old 1980-1989, and except for two of these songs I know them all by heart and have memories connected to each one of them. 😊

[@rjjcms1]

15 to 25 in that decade and same for me.

[@adrianwilliams469]

Another great video by you as always you NEVER disappoint thank you greetings from North Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@TheFamousRleon]

No lie songs from the 80s charts in Europe are far more of a variety than here in the US.

[@ingobund3596]

Hello from 🇩🇪. That's bc it's not only about music from the UK here 4 instance. English is the main lang. in music, but there's loads of excellent music from all over EUR in the charts with diff. languages. Even if u can't understand it u don't care...as long as the vibe's good and the music is catchin' ya. And not 2 4get German artists who sing English as well, they appear in the Eurocharts as well sometimes. And even an American band with a German name 😉. Still love that TopGun soundtrack... Enya & Ofra Haza were gr8 too. And we also know what's goin' on in the US charts since my youth in the 80s, we even appreciate music from Down Under. ❤ Kylie since '88. That's the diff. to the US. HipHop's takin' over😉. You only recognize music from the UK and a bit of AUS. Many hits aren't even known in the US. USA 1st.😂😉 But don't get me wrong...love it...have been there twice, Can incl. 1st time in '82. But that declares the variety here if u ask me. 😉 But Modern Talking was so 🤢🤮. All others were OK😂🤣 Shout was my personal hit of all time. No.1 for about half a year !!! back then when i was 14, but wasn't even home then 4 about 1.5yrs. But thx 2 Radio Bahrain i got this fab. one! But where's Fade to Grey btw. ??? Would've expe😢cted it here 4 sure.😢

[@Enfors]

Thanks to this video, I was able to pinpoint the month when we got cable TV and MTV with fairly good accuracy - it must have been April 1989, because Madonna's Like a Prayer is the first song in this video I remember seeing soooo many times on MTV. Nice!

[@EmilClassic]

i shed a nostalgic tear. I practically grew up with these songs. AMAZING. Thank you!

[@olenilsen4660]

Awesome compilation! I don´t really love or even like all of them, but some are epic, and pretty much every one brings back memories!

[@annaalbergo4989]

The 80's had the best music to me ❤

[@theodoreritola7641]

To me 70z

[@theodoreritola7641]

some of these songs where all ready popular in 1979, Not 80s

[@jasmijnariel]

The 80s brought us sing along songs... the 90s brought us dance songs❤

[@mariadawkinson473]

By far

[@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns]

Absolutely. I think the 80s had the best pop music that everyone liked while the 70s pop music wasn't well developed (the rock music, soul, rnb and disco was amazing) but in the 90s pop music became far too trashy and got even worse later.

[@marcus813]

I just saw that Mel and Kim's "Respectable" did well on the club circuit here in the US, but I never got to hear it on the radio. I need to do a deeper dive into their discography.

[@gerardmackay8909]

Mel’s tragically early death from cancer the following year abruptly ended what could have been an enduring career. Such a talented pair

[@jbsMUWcreations2089]

This is random and out of context but I never realized your profile is Homer and Marge 😅

[@matheusbr7340]

O My God,Arthur, RS,So i love Arthur, Forever, So,😊😊😅😮😮😮😢🎉🎉😂😂❤❤❤❤ !!! Here And Brasil !!!

[@jbsMUWcreations2089]

@@matheusbr7340 it's just my profile picture but okay

[@theodoreritola7641]

Some of these sound totaly 70s I can dig it

[@jbsMUWcreations2089]

​@@theodoreritola7641 especially 1980-1981

[@wasserdagger]

Thanks for the memories! It appears that most of those songs that were popular in Europe during that decade were similarly popular over here in the U.S. at roughly the same time. There were only a few songs or groups that I did not recognize.

[@TRguy64]

ABBA really DOMINATED the TOP of the CHARTS as they DESERVED in European countries! Here in Canada, they received massive radio play, much more so than in the US!

[@DM-0072]

Thank you for sharing...jeez brings back memories

[@ΚώσταςΆγας-π6ε]

very very nice video with full of memories! many many thanks!

[@fzp7787]

I would have expected much more Duran Duran songs (save a prayer, Rio, hungry like the wolf), also, it's hard to believe Money for Nothing (Dire Straits) is missing. Nice work btw😊

[@AS-gj2hw]

Wow, respects! I've come across many top charts that had at least a couple songs that didn't belong there. Listened to all of the 120 titles and didn't find a single flaw. Party!

[@etnarongiselva8361]

The great time in the music, movies, series... miss you 80s...

[@angeloglasen]

Every decade has best music on their own, but the 80s were just very versatile compared to other decades with dominating genre...

[@jorgoasparuhov4131]

Bye-bye 80's and welcome Jesus.

[@hostisgeryon1765]

Многое из этого - песни моего детства. Особенно Абба, Баккара и Майк Гордон Олдфилд. А из местных Карел Готт и Иржи Корн. Мои родители, когда я родился в 1977 году, до 1987 жили в Праге Чехословакия. До сих пор самые приятные воспоминания )

[@FirstLastOne]

I lived through the 80's... NO REGRETS!!!

[@Yorgos2007]

Perfect! Thank you!

[@parrais]

8:46 Mel & Kim were amazing; so sad that Mel died so young (cancer aged only 23)

[@jasmijnariel]

The 80s brought us sing along songs... the 90s brought us dance songs❤

[@ignaciacabrera-ek3zt]

De acuerdo!😊

[@fjrmm9305]

Sube más de estos !! Buena selección

[@Caladobo]

I feel blessed for being born in '72 and growing up amidst the 70's and 80's musical gems 🙏 (You can tell from this compilation the quality somehow started going down in the late 80's - God did I hate that house music wave in 1988-89) 😅 Thanks from France 🦁

[@gaedicansell6841]

Born in ‘73, in France. Every single one of those songs brings me back there and makes me nostalgic

[@Stardust4864]

Thank you so much! So much good songs and memories. Would like to listen full song when i hear this is so good and then this is so good too😅

[@anomasiribaddana1767]

Thank you very much. 80’s songs are the best ♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@keenanbob9254]

That was brutal. thank goodness when we hear 80s weekends on the radio, we hear very few of these songs

[@michipapi2925]

For me (born in 1968) the years 1980-1984 are much better than 1985-1989 but maybe I was too old for the chart songs in the second half of the 80s.

[@АннаС-э3м]

Вау.... Супермузыка!!!! Моя юнлсть и молодость !!!! Спасибо!!!

[@girlfromthepast26]

no Roxy Music, Depeche Mode, OMD, The Cure and other artists. How?! damn that’s weird 🫨

[@CETK1]

Thsnk you random guy. So many memories.

[@melange78]

Wow, thanks for bringing my childhood back.

[@CCCP25]

Класс 👍 Спасибо автору за подборку клипов, нашёл очень много любимых песен и исполнителей 😊 Ностальгия

[@EvilDarwin]

Increíble que conozca la mayoria de estas canciones de los 80, y eso que en esa decada era niño. Gracias SRG por el video. Saludos desde Chile 🇨🇱

[@jockewing6530]

Thanks a lot for this compilation. Most of these songs matter do me somehow.

[@michaelcoffey7362]

Good songs, I grew up in the 1980s 😀

[@theodoreritola7641]

SOME SOUND LIKE THE 70S GOING INTO THE 80s a few of them are

[@frankzelazko]

The music was really diverse in that decade

[@TheDawn5708]

The 80's where a chnging time with the coming of MTV. It waas the start of the video hits.And listen to music with a video was a massive changing.

[@kalahari9558]

Love from South Africa. Our hits were very much in line with Europe. WOW!!!

[@lucaschapman2188]

My mate who died recently used to have an unhealthy obsession with Belinda Carlisle. Rip 🪦 Jackson Jones 1970-2023😢

[@davidjanssens4184]

Wow what a video! So many classics in a row.... A great reminder of how good music once was, the 80s were so much better than all crap they are producing nowadays. Thanks for this trip down memory lane, much appreciated!

[@aetherberg]

I was born in 2000 and this feels like going through a time machine. Thanks for the playlist

[@00-noob36]

Unfassbar, diese Hitdichte! Mal ganz abgesehen von diesem ganz eigenen 80-Jahre-Stil!! Die 80er stehen einfach musikalisch so weit über allem anderen, was davor oder danach war! 🥰🤗

[@МихаГриха-х6к]

Все песни хороши, листай и найдешь свою, вспомнишь молодость...!

[@Divanildoramos-xo2qg]

Very proud by the brazilian Kaoma - Lambada, be the best tune in october 1989!!

[@jamesheath7601]

1980 0:06 1981 1:21 1982 2:33 1983 3:47 1984 4:57 1985 6:07 1986 7:18 1987 8:29 1988 9:42 1989 10:54

[@jasmijnariel]

1984 was an amazing year... not only because i was born then😂

[@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns]

I was born to "Relax". So my mother tells me. She never heard it before.

[@6666madmick]

The 80s time I got into motorcycle and ROCK ..metal …classic rock how many times I wish I could go back for one last ride 😢….

[@mrd1ngle]

A time gone by when artists actually could sing without the use of auto tune. I miss these days !!!!

[@ПлемяшкаМульти]

Thank you for refreshing memories.

[@royals24u]

Excellent ... thank you

[@richardboll8763]

Love this song! Great American Song Book with a modern style! Thank you!

[@gullevek]

My whole childhood just flashed by. Now I want a full collection of all that songs!

[@RedFoxTeh1]

Thanks to this video I've learned what song was popular the month I was born. :D

[@fejsfan8954]

Thank you for the trip down memory lane. Im born in 1972 in Sweden, that's about 10 years ago... 😅

[@peterhopqk]

The weird thing is, most of these 80s songs I have fun memories of my childhood. But 'Rick Astley's' 'Never gonna give you up' will be known as the most legendary Rickroll on the internet for me.... forever!

[@lsamoa]

Erm, it's the only rickroll on the internet lol

[@jorgepinogarciadelasbayonas]

Born in 1979 this was really the time of music excitement. So many great songs. Love it!

[@benixp]

If anyone has time machine write me i might go back to 80's and live there forever

[@ОльгаГаич]

Thanks for the little trip in happy day! Enjoy very much! But! Where is Depeche mode? 😊

[@LiviaMatuti-bc2dp]

1984, what a year

[@paleksander5192]

How I miss music of the 80's is hard to put into any words.......Thanks to Some Random Guy, too :)

[@theodoreritola7641]

Some are left overs from the 70s Rappers delite was huge in 1979

[@rjjcms1]

@@theodoreritola7641 Rappers Delight,I Have a Dream and Another Brick in the Wall got to number 3,2, and 1 respectively in the UK charts in the closing weeks of 1979.

[@andrewdiprose]

It was so long since I had heard "19" or "We don't need another hero". Maria Magdalena I had as a single.

[@lsamoa]

It's funny how those songs have either become absolute classics that everyone knows of, or never got played again past the 80s. No in-between.

[@marsgal42]

Some epic music from an epic decade. Physical is one of my guilty pleasures to this day. ❤ I was curious what the big single was in December 1989...

[@theodoreritola7641]

I dont know but it would be a 90s song like 80s kids like to claim songs from the late 70s lol

[@rjjcms1]

Of these songs Lambada was the one that was biggest in the UK,though not number 1,in December 1989. That month's charts also included Got to Get by Rob & Raz featuring Leila K,which appears at the start of the second most popular songs in the 90s video. Another Day in Paradise got to number 2 in November 1989.

[@AlexTuduran]

It took my breath away.