This is a weekly thread I will post every Friday just for the hell of it. It will look back through the '80s at all the #1 songs each year based on the Friday I post them on. This is the layout I will use:

Year in reference (Week of chart used for aforementioned year):
"Song Title" - Artist/Group (First week aforementioned song reached #1 --- number of weeks spent at #1)
Week used in list as related to aforementioned song's total number of weeks at #1

AND NOW, OUR WEEKLY TRIP BACK IN TIME FOR AUGUST 10th THROUGH THE 1980s:

1980 (August 9, 1980):
"Magic" - Olivia Newton-John (August 2, 1980 --- 4 weeks)
Week 2 of 4

1981 (August 8, 1981):
"Jessie's Girl" - Rick Springfield (August 1, 1981 --- 3 weeks)
Week 2 of 3

1982 (August 7, 1982):
"Eye Of The Tiger" - Survivor (July 24, 1982 --- 6 weeks)
Week 3 of 6

1983 (August 6, 1983):
"Every Breath You Take" - The Police (July 9, 1983 --- 8 weeks)
Week 5 of 8

1984 (August 4, 1984):
"When Doves Cry" - Prince (July 7, 1984 --- 5 weeks)
Week 5 of 5

1985 (August 10, 1985):
"Shout" - Tears For Fears (August 3, 1985 --- 3 weeks)
Week 2 of 3

1986 (August 9, 1986):
"Glory Of Love" - Peter Cetera (August 2, 1986 --- 2 weeks)
Week 2 of 2

1987 (August 8, 1987):
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" - U2 (August 8, 1987 --- 2 weeks)
Week 1 of 2

1988 (August 6, 1988):
"Roll With It" - Steve Winwood (July 30, 1988 --- 4 weeks)
Week 2 of 4

1989 (August 5, 1989):
"Batdance" - Prince (August 5, 1989 --- 1 week)
Week 1 of 1

AND THOSE WERE THE #1 SONGS IN THE COUNTRY ON AUGUST 10th THROUGH THE 1980s. <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

I wish i had all those songs on one cd. Those brought back alot of memories. Thanks for posting that.

Great idea, DBR96!! <img src="smile.gif" border="0"> That list makes a good start to the coming weekends playlist at my house!! <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0"> Thank You!

I really like this idea, DBR96! I will check this out every week. Is this from the official Billboard charts?

Thanks DBR86! The 1984 entry brings back great memories of lying on the floor in my living room when I was 9, eating a Pudding Pop and watching the syndicated video hits show every day at 4:30 pm <img src="smile.gif" border="0"> (we had no cable, hence no MTV, until I was almost 13!)