Number one 80's songs in Italy

[@paulojrneto]

Italy really stands by their own (and Madonna) in music.

[@somerandomguy_music]

Thank you Francis for another awesome video! 👌👍 Interesting to see that 'Felicità', 'L'Italiano' & 'Ti Sento' were at number one for only one week, I would have expected a longer run at the top considering how iconic they were / still are.

[@ederdeleon7333]

Been waiting for Italy, thank you!!! 🙌🇮🇹

[@annakobuk3618]

Italians living in their own world lots of times... They always love thei r own music a lot. And rightly so

[@paultreadaway102]

Great list of Italy Francis shot again u done a few Classy Countries from Europe just waiting for u to do Germany cheers.The greatest decade of all time never to forget miss it so much oh hail the 80s.No Ryan Paris brilliant Dolce Vita didn't make it on his home Chart number 1 along with Moon Ray Comanchero and Martinelli Cenrenetola while Righeria did twice love Vamos A La Playa

[@dstackebrandt9148]

THANK U SO MUCH........ I have tears in my eyes.....

[@hits1000]

Excellent research work, it was a wonderful video!

[@ForeignerFan74]

Thanks For Sharing!

[@ajs41]

Didn't expect Love Of The Common People by Paul Young to be a popular song in Italy. I'm a big fan of it.

[@EmanueleDN]

They participated in the 1984 Sanremo Festival among the international guests with that song

[@some.random.baldie2111]

Thank you Francis for a very interesting video. Interesting how Madonna was a long runner with her #1s. Glad to see 'Live To Tell' appreciated. Probably my favourite Madonna song. Duran Duran very appreciated by the Italians. Good to see a lot of local influence in their chart too. 'Adesso tu' was the Italian Eurovision entry that should have been. Shame they didn't take part in 1986. That would have won that year and such a beautiful power ballad. I love Eros' voice. 'Lambada' a very long runner too - and rightly so. Perfect song for summer!

[@ImanMohammadpor]

Bravoooo 👏👏👏🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@SuperJNG18]

If you're curious, I found a forum thread listing every Israeli #1 single from the '70s through the mid-'90s.

[@Baseds_Backup_Account]

One of the most underrated genres of music of all time that has stood of time and always will.

[@RogerScully]

Duran Duran was very popular in Italy and Madonna too.

[@mikekaraoke]

Yea they had a dozen number ones + other top 40 hit singles + albums in Italy!

[@EmanueleDN]

In Italy, Duran Duran became famous too late. I like their early style, but before 1983-84 new wave and British synth-pop were almost unknown here, and albums were nowhere to be found. I only discovered their first album after they got famous with the Wild Boys. The subsequent albums I liked less and less.

[@javiiwilliams851]

Great Chart!!! My father loved the song "Vamos a la playa". By the way, here between us, the singer "Lio" was so hot back then.

[@paultreadaway102]

It's a nice song so catchy got it on my French Comp they Italian so they goin to do well u thought Vamos they were Spanish lucky for research

[@maryperez1579]

Excellent video! ❤You should do a 1990-1999 Italia #1 songs.

[@matthewfirth9911]

Please do the 90's!

[@kirylprasmytski4354]

Классно! Очень хотелось бы увидеть такое же видео по Японии

[@patrickmeisinger825]

Tolle Erinnerungen an die Zeit damals in der Jugend!

[@perseusjoppa426]

Madonna and Duran Duran had the most #1 songs in Italy in the 80s. I would have expected to see something from Raffaella Carrá, Olivia Newton-John, Oliver Onions, the Super Snooper movie starring Terence Hill, Pino D'Angio, Ryan Paris, Cyndi Lauper, Culture Club, Sabrina Salerno... Wonderful to have seen Miguel Bosé, Nikka Costa and Luis Miguel though, as well as very young Eros Ramazzotti and Jovanotti.

[@matijamaksan4344]

So many songs lasted a long time at number one that 7 weeks started to feel normal.

[@ivorb8835]

Did not know that Phoebe Cates was a singer, and 10 weeks at Number 1 (Great actress)

[@davcuts2897]

I surprised to see her as well. I always thought she was just an actress.

[@paultreadaway102]

She quite nice aswell and beautiful 😍❤️

[@paultreadaway102]

She 19 here and she American didn't know had a hit in Italy thinking she was European but became an Actress in Gremlins and that married Kevin Kline

[@mysteria5705]

I look forward to the list of your picks for top songs of 2021.

[@ajs41]

Had Video Killed The Radio Star already been a number one in 1979?

[@thaniahernandez5345]

It was in the UK and a couple other countries towards the second half of 1979. Italy got it a bit later.

[@ajs41]

@@thaniahernandez5345 Thanks. I thought it might have been number one twice in Italy, with a gap in between.

[@ImanMohammadpor]

باسپاس فراوان دنس ایتالیا بزارین👍👍👍👍💖💖💖💖💖

[@Andy-From-England]

Nice one lotbof Italian groups nice yo see

[@mauriliopasquinineto]

A maioria das musicas fez sucesso nas paradas italianas nos anos 80 tanto em ingles e no idioma nativo

[@paleksander5192]

Thank Francis, what a treat! Until 1983 domestic hits seemed to dominate the chart, but then Madonna stormed like a typhoon - no wonder she was someone special to Italians... Duran Duran scored far better than in their homeland. Hats off to Joe Cocker, 7:14 and 10:38 were his great performances, well deserved no.1s. Plus these "bambini songs" (3:47) - indeed, a chart like no other....

[@ajs41]

I'm looking to see whether I can add any of these songs to the various playlists on my channel, especially the 1983 music videos playlist which already has about 687 videos.

[@stef8073]

There is a great tradition in Italy for the theme songs of cartoons from the seventies and eighties. Many are iconic (even more so than those that reached number 1) also thanks to the work of musicians of the time

[@gettyfanatic8860]

would you do some more no.1 80s songs videos plz?

[@helmutpeterplossl6825]

👌👌👍👍

[@mikemuller4376]

8:16 Neneh Cherry as background-singer

[@ΚΩΣΤΑΣΜΑΝΑΣ]

I was actually shocked when I saw her

[@mikekaraoke]

@@ΚΩΣΤΑΣΜΑΝΑΣ How, she mentions for many years he was a back up singer before her own career etc

[@musicadafavola]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@andimusicjunkie3990]

I was shocked that Romina Power did the Italian version of Dance little bird...

[@dhenderson1810]

Hell, Phoebe Cates from "Fast Time At Ridgemont High" had a No 1 song in Italy.

[@QFBPLR]

❤️ Jovanotti, Miguel Bosé y Eros Ramazzotti ❤️ WTF, ¿Luis Miguel cantó en italiano? Saludos desde México, tío Francis.

[@fribbleblib]

And 40 years later, we thank Italy for giving us Måneskin.

[@dirkvonhoegen5365]

I saw them yesterday performing at Pinkpop. Great show.

[@sophonphotirut5789]

Let's do some 60s maybe? Love this compilation!

[@EmanueleDN]

Very interesting. I lived through that decade and have memories that aren't represented by the top spots on the charts. In particular, the video does not perceive the amount of British music that arrived between 1983 and 1986 and American metal music between 1988 and 1990. For an Italian, on the other hand, the qualitative drop in Italian-language songs is perceived, which has not stopped since then.

[@themist7450]

Duran Duran and Madonna have the most number ones!

[@dtikvxcdgjbv7975]

Neneh Cherry as a back vocal to Nick Kamen!

[@josephrowe849]

Is there one of no. 1 songs in Iceland 80's? Unless their charts didn't exist yet.

[@ettorepinculli]

Being italian, I confirm everything 😉

[@fabb4i2]

Jovanotti was already around in 1988? :o

[@EmanueleDN]

Unfortunately. The first appearances I believe we're on Deejay Television around 1986

[@kennywong4239]

Wow, all the Italo dance like Blackbox wasn't even popular in their home country!

[@perseusjoppa426]

Maybe in the early 90s instead.

[@ΚΩΣΤΑΣΜΑΝΑΣ]

What's the name of the music in start?

[@francispelletier3647]

Una storia importante by Eros Ramazzotti

[@Baseds_Backup_Account]

3:20- They truly have the best taste, that's for sure.

[@samfeldstein4498]

I'm surprised to see Amii Stewart and Joe Cocker here

[@gogoyubari366]

Some pretty girls in this video!

[@amj4564]

It s funny to see duran duran had lot number one..but not reflex

[@wesleyvalk9129]

I love this what you are doing, but man... This was one of the worst 80ties number one hits Iv’e ever heard!

[@am_ma]

Sorry but the Italian taste is disconnected from the other parts of Europe and they are people of hapits some songs stayed at No. 1 for 14 weeks that is Pregnancy 😂.

[@jovike7203]

I’m Italian and I agree with you. I don’t know what the source of this ranking is, but in my country there was no official ranking until 1996. State television and two music magazines published quite different charts, often corrupted to bring up songs related to them, above all Superclassifica, that was the largest ( top 50) but that was tragically acquired by Berlusconi’s television group. This was the cause why in 88 and 89 you can see so many television theme songs of his channels. It was very simple to influence the charts at a time when 10.000 were enough to reach the Top 10, because at the time vinyl singles sales plummeted, while CDs were still quite rare and very expensive. But I assure you that, contrary to what appears from this ranking, the tastes of us boys of that time were the same as those of other Europeans and today we listen again more often international hits as Tell it to my heart, Heaven is a place on earth or Wonderful life than stupid forgiven pseudo-songs as C’è da postare una macchina.

[@am_ma]

@@jovike7203 Thank you for the logical explanation because I started to worry asking myself why the Italians have a different taste? To my surprise It is all a monopoly game from those in conrtol of the media machine of that time.

[@kirkhoffman3945]

@@jovike7203 noi in italia abbiamo avuto un mercato discografico molto piccolo ci son canzoni tipo tell it to my heart di taylor dayne oppure le canzoni di kylie minogue deggli anni 80 che neanche si potevano acquistare d noi perche non c erano in piu dall 89 i 45 giri scomparivano perche non rendevano ,,almeno cosi mi fu risposto all epoca da un commesso di un negozio mia moglie e tedesca e mi dice che in germania c era di tutto es, straight up di paula abdul successo mondiale in italia la ascoltavo solo qualche volta in radio ma in classifica era assente

[@jovike7203]

@@kirkhoffman3945 Guarda, hai descritto esattamente la mia esperienza personale del tempo. Per ragioni di famiglia a fine anni 80 io ho vissuto tra la Baviera e la Sardegna. In quest’ultima regione c’era un canale locale che mandava in onda programmi di una rete in inglese con classifiche internazionali come quella UK e la Eurochart. Da lì io mi appassionai a quegli artisti noti in Nord Europa che invece in Italia non conosceva nessuno, ma le canzoni si sentivano comunque in discoteca. Hai citato appunto Kylie Minogue che in Italia rimase sconosciuta alla massa fino al 2001. In effetti i suoi dischi non si trovavano nelle città di provincia come Sassari. E già allora di vinili 45 giri se ne vendevano pochissimi. Aggiungi il fatto della dipendenza degli Italiani dalla TV. Allora la trasmissione DJ Television influenzava tantissimo i gusti degli adolescenti, da cui i successi di Jovanotti e Francesco Salvi in classifica. Se invece un determinato artista non piaceva a chi decideva la rotation della trasmissione, difficilmente diventava una popstar in Italia. Dopo il successo di Rick Astley si notava nei VJ l’insofferenza per la musica prodotta da Stock-Aitken-Waterman, e dall’88 boicottarono i nuovi personaggi. Non trasmettevano mai i video della Minogue. Allo stesso modo come boicottarono a loro arbitrio altri successoni europei di quell’anno, come quelli di Glenn Medeiros e Taylor Dayne. Risultato: a Sassari non trovavo nulla di loro, anche se noi adolescenti almeno in Sardegna li conoscevamo per via dell’altra trasmissione internazionale. Io dovevo attendere l’estate dove in Baviera potevo dare sfogo al mio desiderio di possesso di quei dischi. Nei grandi magazzini tedeschi come Kaufhof e Karlstadt mettevano sulla parete la Top 100 dei 45 giri più venduti, e si trovavano tutti gli artisti che trovavo ai vertici della Eurochart. Mi sembrava di essere nel paese dei balocchi, che bei tempi! 😇

[@barrymontgomery408]

Ìt is very interesting ĺambada by kaoma was number one in italy fòr several months. Jennifer lopez sampled the track in the 2000s she stole the melody typical modern artist she does not have the originality to come up with an original tune shame on her. Todays artists are so predictable they are talentless so and sos.

[@RagHelen]

Romina Power is the worst dancer in the history of mankind.