The following lists the top 40 (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" | 1 | November 1987 | ||
| 2. | "Dancing in the Dark" | 5 | September 1984 | ||
| 3. | "Australiana" | 1 | August 1983 | ||
| 4. | "Like A Prayer" | 1 | April 1989 | ||
| 5. | "I Just Called to Say I Love You" | 1 | October 1984 | ||
| 6. | "Ghostbusters" | 2 | September 1984 | ||
| 7. | "Islands in the Stream" | 1 | December 1983 | ||
| 8. | "La Bamba" | 1 | September 1987 | ||
| 9. | "Locomotion" | 1 | August 1987 | ||
| 10. | "Down Under" | 1 | December 1981 | ||
| 11. | "Run to Paradise" | 3 | November 1987 | ||
| 12. | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" | 1 | July 1983 | ||
| 13. | "Old Time Rock and Roll" | 3 | August 1987 | ||
| 14. | "You're the Voice" | 1 | November 1985 | ||
| 15. | "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" | 1 | February 1988 | ||
| 16. | "We Are the World" | 1 | April 1985 | ||
| 17. | "Kokomo" | 1 | December 1988 | ||
| 18. | "Shaddap You Face" | 1 | November 1980 | ||
| 19. | "Gloria" | 1 | February 1983 | ||
| 20. | "The Only Way Is Up" | 2 | October 1988 | ||
| 21. | "Walk Like an Egyptian" | 1 | February 1987 | ||
| 22. | "Electric Blue" | 1 | November 1987 | ||
| 23. | "Venus" | 1 | September 1986 | ||
| 24. | "Simply Irresistible" | 1 | September 1988 | ||
| 25. | "Faith" | 1 | December 1987 | ||
| 26. | "I Got You" | 1 | April 1980 | ||
| 27. | "You Keep Me Hangin' On" | 1 | February 1987 | ||
| 28. | "The Power of Love" | 1 | November 1985 | ||
| 29. | "Start Me Up" | 1 | November 1981 | ||
| 30. | "Eternal Flame" | 1 | June 1989 | ||
| 31. | "Angel"/"Into the Groove" | 1 | June 1985 | ||
| 32. | "Time Warp" | Original Cast, The Rocky Horror Picture Show | 3 | December 1980 | |
| 33. | "It's Just Not Cricket" | 1 | June 1984 | ||
| 34. | "Eye of the Tiger" | 1 | September 1982 | ||
| 35. | "(Just Like) Starting Over" | 1 | January 1981 | ||
| 36. | "Funkytown" | 1 | December 1986 | ||
| 37. | "Wired for Sound" | 2 | December 1981 | ||
| 38. | "Come On Eileen" | 1 | November 1982 | ||
| 39. | "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" | 1 | February 1989 | ||
| 40. | "If I Could" | 2 | December 1988 | ||
| 41. | "Careless Whisper" | 1 | September 1984 | ||
| 42. | "Lady in Red" | 2 | December 1986 | ||
| 43. | "Chain Reaction" | 1 | April 1986 | ||
| 44. | "Like a Virgin" | 1 | December 1984 | ||
| 45. | "Karma Chameleon" | 1 | October 1983 | ||
| 46. | "When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going" | 1 | March 1986 | ||
| 47. | "A Groovy Kind of Love" | 1 | November 1988 | ||
| 48. | "Teardrops" | 1 | February 1989 | ||
| 49. | "The Look" | 1 | July 1989 | ||
| 50. | "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" | 1 | July 1986 | ||
| 51. | "Slice of Heaven" | 1 | May 1987 | ||
| 52. | "Reckless" | 1 | November 1983 | ||
| 53. | "Tainted Love" | 1 | February 1982 | ||
| 54. | "Turning Japanese" | 1 | June 1980 | ||
| 55. | "She Drives Me Crazy" | 1 | March 1989 | ||
| 56. | "Don't Worry Be Happy" | 1 | November 1988 | ||
| 57. | "The Flame" | 1 | May 1988 | ||
| 58. | "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car" | 1 | April 1988 | ||
| 59. | "Physical" | 1 | November 1981 | ||
| 60. | "All Night Long (All Night)" | 1 | December 1981 | ||
| 61. | "Respectable" | 1 | July 1987 | ||
| 62. | "Wind Beneath My Wings" | 1 | June 1989 | ||
| 63. | "Billie Jean" | 1 | April 1983 | ||
| 64. | "If I Could Turn Back Time" | 1 | November 1989 | ||
| 65. | "Up Where We Belong" | 1 | March 1983 | ||
| 66. | "We Built This City" | 1 | January 1986 | ||
| 67. | "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" | 1 | February 1980 | ||
| 68. | "Counting the Beat" | 1 | March 1981 | ||
| 69. | "Woman in Love" | 1 | November 1980 | ||
| 70. | "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" | 2 | April 1980 | ||
| 71. | "Got My Mind Set on You" | 1 | January 1988 | ||
| 72. | "Brass in Pocket" | 2 | May 1980 | ||
| 73. | "Total Eclipse of the Heart" | 1 | May 1983 | ||
| 74. | "What About Me" | 1 | March 1982 | ||
| 75. | "Stars on 45" | 1 | July 1981 | ||
| 76. | "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" | 1 | July 1984 | ||
| 77. | "A Good Heart" | 1 | February 1986 | ||
| 78. | "Antmusic" | 1 | March 1981 | ||
| 79. | "Crazy for You" | 1 | July 1985 | ||
| 80. | "You Can Call Me Al" | 2 | November 1986 | ||
| 81. | "Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room)" | 1 | April 1987 | ||
| 82. | "Bedroom Eyes" | 2 | June 1989 | ||
| 83. | "Pass the Dutchie" | 1 | December 1982 | ||
| 84. | "Endless Love" | 1 | October 1981 | ||
| 85. | "I Wanna Wake Up with You" | 1 | March 1987 | ||
| 86. | "Jealous Guy" | 1 | May 1981 | ||
| 87. | "More Than I Can Say" | 1 | October 1980 | ||
| 88. | "The Living Years" | 1 | May 1989 | ||
| 89. | "Hold Me Now" | 4 | December 1987 | ||
| 90. | "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" | 1 | August 1989 | ||
| 91. | "To Be a Lover" | 3 | December 1986 | ||
| 92. | "Take My Breath Away" | 2 | September 1986 | ||
| 93. | "Can't Stop the Music" | 1 | July 1980 | ||
| 94. | "Perfect" | 1 | August 1988 | ||
| 95. | "Money For Nothing" | 4 | September 1985 | ||
| 96. | "I Should Be So Lucky" | 1 | March 1988 | ||
| 97. | "The Final Countdown" | 2 | April 1987 | ||
| 98. | "Devo Live (EP)" | 1 | August 1981 | ||
| 99. | "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" | 1 | June 1987 | ||
| 100. | "Live it Up" | 2 | July 1985 |
[1] 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.