# List of top 40 singles for 1980–1989 in Australia

The following lists the top 100 (end of decade) charting singles on the Australian Singles Charts, for the 1980s. These were the best charting singles in Australia for the 1980s. The source for this decade is the Kent Music Report, known from 1987 onwards as the Australian Music Report.
| # | Title | Artist | Highest pos. reached | Weeks at No. 1 |
| 1. | "Never Gonna Give You Up" | Rick Astley | 1 | November 1987 |
| 2. | "Dancing in the Dark" | Bruce Springsteen | 5 | September 1984 |
| 3. | "Australiana" | Austen Tayshus | 1 | August 1983 |
| 4. | "Like A Prayer" | Madonna | 1 | April 1989 |
| 5. | "I Just Called to Say I Love You" | Stevie Wonder | 1 | October 1984 |
| 6. | "Ghostbusters" | Ray Parker Jr. | 2 | September 1984 |
| 7. | "Islands in the Stream" | Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton | 1 | December 1983 |
| 8. | "La Bamba" | Los Lobos | 1 | September 1987 |
| 9. | "Locomotion" | Kylie Minogue | 1 | August 1987 |
| 10. | "Down Under" | Men at Work | 1 | December 1981 |
| 11. | "Run to Paradise" | The Choirboys | 3 | November 1987 |
| 12. | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" | Irene Cara | 1 | July 1983 |
| 13. | "Old Time Rock and Roll" | Bob Seger | 3 | August 1987 |
| 14. | "You're the Voice" | John Farnham | 1 | November 1985 |
| 15. | "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" | Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes | 1 | February 1988 |
| 16. | "We Are the World" | USA for Africa | 1 | April 1985 |
| 17. | "Kokomo" | The Beach Boys | 1 | December 1988 |
| 18. | "Shaddap You Face" | Joe Dolce Music Theatre | 1 | November 1980 |
| 19. | "Gloria" | Laura Branigan | 1 | February 1983 |
| 20. | "The Only Way Is Up" | Yazz and the Plastic Population | 2 | October 1988 |
| 21. | "Walk Like an Egyptian" | The Bangles | 1 | February 1987 |
| 22. | "Electric Blue" | Icehouse | 1 | November 1987 |
| 23. | "Venus" | Bananarama | 1 | September 1986 |
| 24. | "Simply Irresistible" | Robert Palmer | 1 | September 1988 |
| 25. | "Faith" | George Michael | 1 | December 1987 |
| 26. | "I Got You" | Split Enz | 1 | April 1980 |
| 27. | "You Keep Me Hangin' On" | Kim Wilde | 1 | February 1987 |
| 28. | "The Power of Love" | Jennifer Rush | 1 | November 1985 |
| 29. | "Start Me Up" | The Rolling Stones | 1 | November 1981 |
| 30. | "Eternal Flame" | The Bangles | 1 | June 1989 |
| 31. | "Angel"/"Into the Groove" | Madonna | 1 | June 1985 |
| 32. | "Time Warp" | Original Cast, The Rocky Horror Picture Show | 3 | December 1980 |
| 33. | "It's Just Not Cricket" | The Twelfth Man | 1 | June 1984 |
| 34. | "Eye of the Tiger" | Survivor | 1 | September 1982 |
| 35. | "(Just Like) Starting Over" | John Lennon | 1 | January 1981 |
| 36. | "Funkytown" | Pseudo Echo | 1 | December 1986 |
| 37. | "Wired for Sound" | Cliff Richard | 2 | December 1981 |
| 38. | "Come On Eileen" | Dexys Midnight Runners | 1 | November 1982 |
| 39. | "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" | The Proclaimers | 1 | February 1989 |
| 40. | "If I Could" | 1927 | 2 | December 1988 |
| 41. | "Careless Whisper" | George Michael | 1 | September 1984 |
| 42. | "Lady in Red" | Chris De Burgh | 2 | December 1986 |
| 43. | "Chain Reaction" | Diana Ross | 1 | April 1986 |
| 44. | "Like a Virgin" | Madonna | 1 | December 1984 |
| 45. | "Karma Chameleon" | Culture Club | 1 | October 1983 |
| 46. | "When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going" | Billy Ocean | 1 | March 1986 |
| 47. | "A Groovy Kind of Love" | Phil Collins | 1 | November 1988 |
| 48. | "Teardrops" | Womack & Womack | 1 | February 1989 |
| 49. | "The Look" | Roxette | 1 | July 1989 |
| 50. | "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" | Samantha Fox | 1 | July 1986 |
| 51. | "Slice of Heaven" | Dave Dobbyn with Herbs | 1 | May 1987 |
| 52. | "Reckless" | Australian Crawl | 1 | November 1983 |
| 53. | "Tainted Love" | Soft Cell | 1 | February 1982 |
| 54. | "Turning Japanese" | The Vapors | 1 | June 1980 |
| 55. | "She Drives Me Crazy" | Fine Young Cannibals | 1 | March 1989 |
| 56. | "Don't Worry Be Happy" | Bobby McFerrin | 1 | November 1988 |
| 57. | "The Flame" | Cheap Trick | 1 | May 1988 |
| 58. | "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car" | Billy Ocean | 1 | April 1988 |
| 59. | "Physical" | Olivia Newton-John | 1 | November 1981 |
| 60. | "All Night Long (All Night)" | Lionel Richie | 1 | December 1981 |
| 61. | "Respectable" | Mel and Kim | 1 | July 1987 |
| 62. | "Wind Beneath My Wings" | Bette Midler | 1 | June 1989 |
| 63. | "Billie Jean" | Michael Jackson | 1 | April 1983 |
| 64. | "If I Could Turn Back Time" | Cher | 1 | November 1989 |
| 65. | "Up Where We Belong" | Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes | 1 | March 1983 |
| 66. | "We Built This City" | Starship | 1 | January 1986 |
| 67. | "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" | Queen | 1 | February 1980 |
| 68. | "Counting the Beat" | The Swingers | 1 | March 1981 |
| 69. | "Woman in Love" | Barbra Streisand | 1 | November 1980 |
| 70. | "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" | Pink Floyd | 2 | April 1980 |
| 71. | "Got My Mind Set on You" | George Harrison | 1 | January 1988 |
| 72. | "Brass in Pocket" | The Pretenders | 2 | May 1980 |
| 73. | "Total Eclipse of the Heart" | Bonnie Tyler | 1 | May 1983 |
| 74. | "What About Me" | Moving Pictures | 1 | March 1982 |
| 75. | "Stars on 45" | Stars on 45 | 1 | July 1981 |
| 76. | "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" | Wham! | 1 | July 1984 |
| 77. | "A Good Heart" | Feargal Sharkey | 1 | February 1986 |
| 78. | "Antmusic" | Adam and the Ants | 1 | March 1981 |
| 79. | "Crazy for You" | Madonna | 1 | July 1985 |
| 80. | "You Can Call Me Al" | Paul Simon | 2 | November 1986 |
| 81. | "Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room)" | Paul Lekakis | 1 | April 1987 |
| 82. | "Bedroom Eyes" | Kate Ceberano | 2 | June 1989 |
| 83. | "Pass the Dutchie" | Musical Youth | 1 | December 1982 |
| 84. | "Endless Love" | Diana Ross & Lionel Richie | 1 | October 1981 |
| 85. | "I Wanna Wake Up with You" | Boris Gardiner | 1 | March 1987 |
| 86. | "Jealous Guy" | Roxy Music | 1 | May 1981 |
| 87. | "More Than I Can Say" | Leo Sayer | 1 | October 1980 |
| 88. | "The Living Years" | Mike and the Mechanics | 1 | May 1989 |
| 89. | "Hold Me Now" | Johnny Logan | 4 | December 1987 |
| 90. | "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" | New Kids on the Block | 1 | August 1989 |
| 91. | "To Be a Lover" | Billy Idol | 3 | December 1986 |
| 92. | "Take My Breath Away" | Berlin | 2 | September 1986 |
| 93. | "Can't Stop the Music" | Village People | 1 | July 1980 |
| 94. | "Perfect" | Fairground Attraction | 1 | August 1988 |
| 95. | "Money For Nothing" | Dire Straits | 4 | September 1985 |
| 96. | "I Should Be So Lucky" | Kylie Minogue | 1 | March 1988 |
| 97. | "The Final Countdown" | Europe | 2 | April 1987 |
| 98. | "Devo Live (EP)" | Devo | 1 | August 1981 |
| 99. | "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" | Whitney Houston | 1 | June 1987 |
| 100. | "Live it Up" | Mental As Anything | 2 | July 1985 |
These charts were calculated by David Kent of the Kent Music Report / Australian Music Report and they are based on the number of weeks and position the records reached within the top 100 singles for each week.