Israeli Charts of the 1980s — #1 hits and year-end winners

2709 songs entered the Israeli foreign-music chart in the 1980s (1980–1989); 241 of them reached #1. The artist with the most #1 singles in the decade: Madonna (7).

Year-end #1 by year

Year	Song	Artist
1980	Woman in Love	Barbra Streisand
1981	Stars on 45	Stars on 45
1982	Eye of the Tiger	Survivor
1983	Modern Love	David Bowie
1984	Careless Whisper	George Michael
1985	You're My Heart, You're My Soul	Modern Talking
1986	In the Army Now	Status Quo
1987	La isla bonita	Madonna
1988	Yé ké yé ké	Mory Kanté
1989	Lambada	Kaoma

Every #1 single of the 1980s

First #1	Song	Artist	Wks at #1
21 Jan 1980	I Have a Dream	ABBA	4
18 Feb 1980	Last Train to London	ELO	6
31 Mar 1980	Desire	Andy Gibb	1
14 Apr 1980	Babe, It's Up to You	Smokie	2
5 May 1980	You May Be Right	Billy Joel	2
19 May 1980	Boat on the River	Styx	3
9 Jun 1980	What's Another Year	Johnny Logan	2
23 Jun 1980	Funkytown	Lips Inc.	3
14 Jul 1980	Little Jeannie	Elton John	1
21 Jul 1980	I'm Alive	ELO	2
4 Aug 1980	Xanadu	Olivia Newton-John & ELO	8
29 Sep 1980	Upside Down	Diana Ross	2
13 Oct 1980	D.I.S.C.O.	Ottawan	1
20 Oct 1980	Another One Bites the Dust	Queen	2
3 Nov 1980	Woman in Love	Barbra Streisand	10
12 Jan 1981	Passion	Rod Stewart	4
9 Feb 1981	Flash	Queen	1
16 Feb 1981	Woman	John Lennon	4
16 Mar 1981	Rapture	Blondie	1
23 Mar 1981	Jealous Guy	Roxy Music	2
6 Apr 1981	In the Air Tonight	Phil Collins	2
20 Apr 1981	I Can't Stand It	Eric Clapton	1
27 Apr 1981	Lately	Stevie Wonder	2
11 May 1981	Making Your Mind Up	Bucks Fizz	1
18 May 1981	Chi Mai	Ennio Morricone	2
22 Jun 1981	Stars on 45	Stars on 45	4
20 Jul 1981	Bette Davis Eyes	Kim Carnes	3
10 Aug 1981	Will You?	Hazel O'Connor	1
17 Aug 1981	Happy Birthday	Stevie Wonder	3
7 Sep 1981	Stars on 45 Volume II	Stars on 45	1
14 Sep 1981	Hold On Tight	ELO	3
12 Oct 1981	Tainted Love	Soft Cell	1
26 Oct 1981	Start Me Up	The Rolling Stones	1
2 Nov 1981	Abacab	Genesis	2
16 Nov 1981	Invisible Sun	The Police	1
23 Nov 1981	Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic	The Police	2
7 Dec 1981	Tonight I'm Yours	Rod Stewart	3
28 Dec 1981	Waiting for a Girl Like You	Foreigner	3
18 Jan 1982	Young Turks	Rod Stewart	3
8 Feb 1982	Don't You Want Me	The Human League	4
8 Mar 1982	Down Under	Men at Work	2
22 Mar 1982	Bensonhurst Blues	Oscar Benton	2
5 Apr 1982	Classic	Adrian Gurevich	2
19 Apr 1982	Seven Tears	Goombay Dance Band	1
26 Apr 1982	The Damned Don't Cry	Visage	1
3 May 1982	Ebony and Ivory	Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder	3
24 May 1982	Blue Eyes	Elton John	2
7 Jun 1982	A Little Peace	Nicole	2
5 Jul 1982	Torch	Soft Cell	4
2 Aug 1982	House of Fun	Madness	2
16 Aug 1982	Abracadabra	Steve Miller Band	3
6 Sep 1982	Biscaya	James Last	2
20 Sep 1982	Come on Eileen	Dexys Midnight Runners	1
4 Oct 1982	Eye of the Tiger	Survivor	3
25 Oct 1982	Don't Go	Yazoo	1
1 Nov 1982	Private Investigations	Dire Straits	1
8 Nov 1982	Who Can It Be Now?	Men at Work	2
29 Nov 1982	Do You Really Want to Hurt Me	Culture Club	1
6 Dec 1982	Pass the Dutchie	Musical Youth	2
20 Dec 1982	Starmaker	The Kids from Fame	1
27 Dec 1982	It's Raining Again	Supertramp	3
17 Jan 1983	Maneater	Hall & Oates	1
24 Jan 1983	Save Your Love	Renee and Renato	1
31 Jan 1983	You Can't Hurry Love	Phil Collins	3
21 Feb 1983	Rock the Casbah	The Clash	1
28 Feb 1983	Electric Avenue	Eddie Grant	3
21 Mar 1983	Too Shy	Kajagoogoo	1
28 Mar 1983	Billie Jean	Michael Jackson	3
2 May 1983	Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)	Eurythmics	2
16 May 1983	Beat It	Michael Jackson	1
23 May 1983	Let's Dance	David Bowie	1
30 May 1983	We Are Detective	Thompson Twins	4
27 Jun 1983	Baby Jane	Rod Stewart	3
18 Jul 1983	Every Breath You Take	The Police	1
25 Jul 1983	China Girl	David Bowie	2
8 Aug 1983	Moonlight Shadow	Mike Oldfield & Maggie Riley	2
22 Aug 1983	I'm Still Standing	Elton John	2
5 Sep 1983	Gold	Spandau Ballet	2
19 Sep 1983	Wrapped Around Your Finger	The Police	1
26 Sep 1983	Maniac	Michael Semblo	2
10 Oct 1983	Come Back and Stay	Paul Young	3
31 Oct 1983	Karma Chameleon	Culture Club	1
7 Nov 1983	Dolce vita	Ryan Ferris	1
21 Nov 1983	Modern Love	David Bowie	1
28 Nov 1983	Say Say Say	Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson	2
12 Dec 1983	Union of the Snake	Duran Duran	1
19 Dec 1983	All Night Long (All Night)	Lionel Richie	1
26 Dec 1983	Uptown Girl	Billy Joel	2
9 Jan 1984	Owner of a Lonely Heart	Yes	1
16 Jan 1984	That's All	Genesis	2
30 Jan 1984	2000 Miles	The Pretenders	1
6 Feb 1984	Running with the Night	Lionel Richie	2
20 Feb 1984	Radio Ga Ga	Queen	2
5 Mar 1984	Girls Just Want to Have Fun	Cyndi Lauper	1
12 Mar 1984	Here Comes the Rain Again	Eurythmics	1
19 Mar 1984	Doctor! Doctor!	Thompson Twins	1
25 Mar 1984	99 Red Balloons	Nana	1
1 Apr 1984	Susanna	Art Company	3
13 May 1984	Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)	Phil Collins	2
27 May 1984	Hello	Lionel Richie	1
3 Jun 1984	The Reflex	Duran Duran	1
10 Jun 1984	I Want to Break Free	Queen	2
8 Jul 1984	The Lebanon	The Human League	1
15 Jul 1984	Let's Hear It for the Boy	Deniece Williams	1
22 Jul 1984	Self Control	Laura Branigan	1
29 Jul 1984	Dancing in the Dark	Bruce Springsteen	2
12 Aug 1984	I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me	Nik Kershaw	2
26 Aug 1984	When Doves Cry	Prince	2
9 Sep 1984	Careless Whisper	George Michael	2
23 Sep 1984	She Bop	Cyndi Lauper	2
7 Oct 1984	Big in Japan	Alphaville	1
14 Oct 1984	Blue Jean	David Bowie	1
21 Oct 1984	To France	Mike Oldfield & Maggie Riley	2
4 Nov 1984	Hammer to Fall	Queen	1
11 Nov 1984	The War Song	Culture Club	1
18 Nov 1984	No More Lonely Nights	Paul McCartney	1
25 Nov 1984	Freedom	Wham!	2
9 Dec 1984	I Feel for You	Chaka Khan	2
30 Dec 1984	One Night in Bangkok	Murray Head	2
13 Jan 1985	The Riddle	Nik Kershaw	1
20 Jan 1985	I Want to Know What Love Is	Foreigner	3
10 Feb 1985	When the Rain Begins to Fall	Jermaine Jackson & Pia Zdora	1
17 Feb 1985	Easy Lover	Philip Bailey & Phil Collins	1
24 Feb 1985	Forever Young	Alphaville	2
10 Mar 1985	This Is Not America	David Bowie & Pat Metheny	1
17 Mar 1985	You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)	Dead or Alive	3
7 Apr 1985	Just Another Night	Mick Jagger	1
14 Apr 1985	One More Night	Phil Collins	2
28 Apr 1985	We Are the World	USA for Africa	3
19 May 1985	Everybody Wants to Rule the World	Tears for Fears	1
2 Jun 1985	So Far Away	Dire Straits	1
9 Jun 1985	A View to a Kill	Duran Duran	1
16 Jun 1985	19	Paul Hardcastle	4
14 Jul 1985	Kayleigh	Marillion	1
21 Jul 1985	Live Is Life	Opus	1
4 Aug 1985	You're My Heart, You're My Soul	Modern Talking	3
25 Aug 1985	My Toot Toot	Denise LaSalle	2
8 Sep 1985	There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)	Eurythmics	2
13 Oct 1985	Into the Groove	Madonna	1
20 Oct 1985	Dancing in the Street	David Bowie & Mick Jagger	1
27 Oct 1985	Part-Time Lover	Stevie Wonder	3
17 Nov 1985	Dress You Up	Madonna	1
24 Nov 1985	The Power of Love	Jennifer Rush	4
22 Dec 1985	I'm Your Man	Wham!	2
5 Jan 1986	Cheri, Cheri Lady	Modern Talking	3
26 Jan 1986	See the Day	Dee C. Lee	1
2 Feb 1986	West End Girls	Pet Shop Boys	1
9 Feb 1986	The Sun Always Shines on T.V.	A-ha	4
9 Mar 1986	Russians	Sting	2
23 Mar 1986	The Captain of Her Heart	Double	1
30 Mar 1986	Silent Running	Mike and the Mechanics	1
6 Apr 1986	Brother Louie	Modern Talking	2
20 Apr 1986	Rock Me Amadeus	Falco	3
11 May 1986	A Different Corner	George Michael	2
25 May 1986	Train of Thought	A-ha	2
8 Jun 1986	Sledgehammer	Peter Gabriel	2
22 Jun 1986	If You Leave	Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark	1
29 Jun 1986	The Edge of Heaven	Wham!	2
13 Jul 1986	Atlantis Is Calling (S.O.S. for Love)	Modern Talking	3
3 Aug 1986	Papa Don't Preach	Madonna	2
17 Aug 1986	The Lady in Red	Chris de Burgh	4
14 Sep 1986	Dancing on the Ceiling	Lionel Richie	1
21 Sep 1986	Take My Breath Away	Berlin	1
28 Sep 1986	Don't Leave Me This Way	The Communards	3
2 Nov 1986	Walk This Way	Run DMC & Steven Tyler and Joe Perry	1
9 Nov 1986	Holiday Rap	MC Miker G & DJ Sven	1
16 Nov 1986	In the Army Now	Status Quo	2
30 Nov 1986	Notorious	Duran Duran	1
7 Dec 1986	You Keep Me Hangin' On	Kim Wilde	1
14 Dec 1986	The Final Countdown	Europe	2
28 Dec 1986	Geronimo's Cadillac	Modern Talking	2
11 Jan 1987	So Cold the Night	The Communards	1
18 Jan 1987	Open Your Heart	Madonna	2
1 Feb 1987	Cry Wolf	A-ha	1
8 Feb 1987	Change of Heart	Cyndi Lauper	1
15 Feb 1987	Almaz	Randy Crawford	3
8 Mar 1987	I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)	George Michael & Aretha Franklin	2
22 Mar 1987	Everything I Own	Boy George	2
5 Apr 1987	Running in the Family	Level 42	1
12 Apr 1987	Respectable	Kings and Queens	1
10 May 1987	La isla bonita	Madonna	3
31 May 1987	With or Without You	U2	3
28 Jun 1987	Hold Me Now	Johnny Logan	1
5 Jul 1987	Voyage voyage	Desireless	1
19 Jul 1987	It's a Sin	Pet Shop Boys	3
9 Aug 1987	Who's That Girl	Madonna	2
23 Aug 1987	La bamba	Los Lobos	2
6 Sep 1987	Luka	Suzanne Vega	1
13 Sep 1987	Call Me	Spagna	1
20 Sep 1987	What Have I Done to Deserve This?	Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield	3
6 Dec 1987	Got My Mind Set on You	George Harrison	4
3 Jan 1988	Always on My Mind	Pet Shop Boys	4
31 Jan 1988	Jingo	Jellybean	1
7 Feb 1988	Heaven Is a Place on Earth	Belinda Carlisle	2
21 Feb 1988	Sign Your Name	Terence Trent D'Arby	2
6 Mar 1988	O l'amour	Dollar	1
13 Mar 1988	Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car	Billy Ocean	1
20 Mar 1988	I Should Be So Lucky	Kylie Minogue	2
3 Apr 1988	Joe le taxi	Vanessa Paradis	2
17 Apr 1988	Stay on These Roads	A-ha	2
1 May 1988	Heart	Pet Shop Boys	2
15 May 1988	Who's Leaving Who	Hazel Dean	1
29 May 1988	Let's All Chant	Pat & Mick	2
12 Jun 1988	The King of Rock 'n' Roll	Prefab Sprout	1
19 Jun 1988	Yé ké yé ké	Mory Kanté	4
17 Jul 1988	Boys	Sabrina	2
7 Aug 1988	Push It	Salt-N-Pepa	2
21 Aug 1988	Bamboleo	Gypsy Kings	1
28 Aug 1988	Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You	Glenn Medeiros	1
4 Sep 1988	The Loco-Motion	Kylie Minogue	2
25 Sep 1988	Good Tradition	Tanita Tikaram	2
16 Oct 1988	Touchy!	A-ha	1
23 Oct 1988	Don't Worry, Be Happy	Bobby McFerrin	2
6 Nov 1988	Desire	U2	2
20 Nov 1988	Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)	Enya	1
27 Nov 1988	Stop!	Sam Brown	4
25 Dec 1988	Twist in My Sobriety	Tanita Tikaram	1
1 Jan 1989	Amor de mis amores	Paco	3
22 Jan 1989	Angel of Harlem	U2	1
29 Jan 1989	She Drives Me Crazy	Fine Young Cannibals	2
12 Feb 1989	Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart	Marc Almond & Gene Pitney	3
5 Mar 1989	You Got It	Roy Orbison	1
12 Mar 1989	Help	Bananarama & Nanninonu	2
26 Mar 1989	C'e da spostare una macchina	Francesco Salvi	1
2 Apr 1989	Like a Prayer	Madonna	2
16 Apr 1989	I Beg Your Pardon	Kon Kan	1
23 Apr 1989	This Time I Know It's for Real	Donna Summer	1
30 Apr 1989	Eternal Flame	The Bangles	2
14 May 1989	Good Thing	Fine Young Cannibals	2
28 May 1989	Requiem	London Boys	1
4 Jun 1989	Ferry Cross the Mersey	The Christians & Holly Johnson & Paul McCartney & Jerry Marsden and Stoke Aitken Waterman	2
18 Jun 1989	I Don't Wanna Get Hurt	Donna Summer	1
25 Jun 1989	Sealed with a Kiss	Jason Donovan	5
30 Jul 1989	London Nights	London Boys	1
6 Aug 1989	Johnny, Johnny Come Home	Avalanche	1
13 Aug 1989	Lambada	Kaoma	4
10 Sep 1989	Swing the Mood	Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers	2
24 Sep 1989	Ride on Time	Black Box	3
29 Oct 1989	That's What I Like	Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers	2
12 Nov 1989	Oye mi canto	Gloria Estefan	1
19 Nov 1989	We Didn't Start the Fire	Billy Joel	3

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The 1980s on the Israeli chart