| 1 | Joy Division | Love Will Tear Us Apart | 80 | 17 |
| 2 | B-Movie | Nowhere Girl | 62 | 15 |
| 3 | Freur | Doot Doot | 50 | 14 |
| 4 | The Smiths | There Is a Light That Never Goes Out | 47 | 9 |
| 5 | Talk Talk | It's My Life | 46 | 14 |
| 6 | Tears for Fears | Pale Shelter | 46 | 12 |
| 7 | A Flock of Seagulls | Wishing (If I Had A Photograph of You) | 46 | 13 |
| 8 | New Order | Blue Monday | 42 | 14 |
| 9 | Heaven 17 | Let Me Go | 39 | 12 |
| 10 | The Smiths | How Soon Is Now? | 38 | 10 |
| 11 | Joy Division | Transmission | 35 | 7 |
| 12 | The Clash | Train in Vain | 35 | 11 |
| 13 | Japan | Quiet Life | 35 | 7 |
| 14 | Simple Minds | New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) | 34 | 7 |
| 15 | Echo & The Bunnymen | The Killing Moon | 34 | 11 |
| 16 | Roxy Music | More Than This | 34 | 11 |
| 17 | INXS | Don't Change | 34 | 10 |
| 18 | OMD | Souvenir | 31 | 9 |
| 19 | Siouxsie & The Banshees | Dazzle | 31 | 8 |
| 20 | The Human League | Seconds | 31 | 8 |
| 21 | New Order | Bizarre Love Triangle | 31 | 8 |
| 22 | The Comsat Angels | Will You Stay Tonight? | 31 | 8 |
| 23 | Psychedelic Furs | Love My Way | 30 | 9 |
| 24 | Yaz | Situation | 29 | 6 |
| 25 | Ultravox | Reap the Wild Wind | 29 | 8 |
| 26 | Gary Numan | Cars | 29 | 10 |
| 27 | Thomas Dolby | One of Our Submarines | 29 | 7 |
| 28 | The The | Uncertain Smile | 29 | 8 |
| 29 | The Chameleons | Up the Down Escalator | 28 | 6 |
| 30 | The Cure | Just Like Heaven | 28 | 6 |
| 31 | The Chameleons | Swamp Thing | 27 | 6 |
| 32 | Ministry | Revenge | 27 | 7 |
| 33 | The Church | Under the Milky Way | 27 | 6 |
| 34 | Visage | Fade to Grey | 25 | 7 |
| 35 | New Order | Temptation | 25 | 6 |
| 36 | New Order | Your Silent Face | 25 | 5 |
| 37 | Split Enz | I Got You | 24 | 8 |
| 38 | Big Country | In a Big Country | 23 | 6 |
| 39 | Thomas Dolby | Europa & the Pirate Twins | 22 | 7 |
| 40 | The Cure | In Between Days | 22 | 6 |
| 41 | The Jam | Town Called Malice | 22 | 9 |
| 42 | The Damned | Alone Again Or | 22 | 5 |
| 43 | Ultravox | Vienna | 22 | 5 |
| 44 | Berlin | The Metro | 21 | 8 |
| 45 | Tears for Fears | Change | 21 | 8 |
| 46 | Blancmange | Blind Vision | 21 | 9 |
| 47 | OMD | Electricity | 20 | 7 |
| 48 | The Plimsouls | A Million Miles Away | 20 | 7 |
| 49 | Aztec Camera | Oblivious | 20 | 5 |
| 50 | Duran Duran | Planet Earth | 20 | 9 |
| 51 | Echo & The Bunnymen | The Cutter | 20 | 7 |
| 52 | OMD | Joan of Arc (Maid Of Orleans) | 19 | 3 |
| 53 | Howard Devoto | Rainy Season | 19 | 6 |
| 54 | ABC | The Look of Love | 19 | 5 |
| 55 | The Cure | Let's Go to Bed | 19 | 6 |
| 56 | XTC | Life Begins at the Hop | 19 | 7 |
| 57 | Depeche Mode | Get the Balance Right! | 19 | 4 |
| 58 | Spoons | Nova Heart | 19 | 7 |
| 59 | Gang of Four | I Found That Essence Rare | 19 | 4 |
| 60 | Blondie | Dreaming | 19 | 6 |
| 61 | Nick Lowe | Cruel to Be Kind | 19 | 7 |
| 62 | The Armoury Show | Castles in Spain | 18 | 9 |
| 63 | Duran Duran | Save a Prayer | 18 | 5 |
| 64 | Icicle Works | Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream) | 18 | 8 |
| 65 | Kraftwerk | Tour de France | 18 | 5 |
| 66 | The Cars | All Mixed Up | 18 | 3 |
| 67 | Public Image Ltd. | Public Image | 18 | 5 |
| 68 | Talking Heads | Psycho Killer | 18 | 5 |
| 69 | OMD | Messages | 18 | 5 |
| 70 | Talking Heads | This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody) | 17 | 5 |
| 71 | The Bongos | Numbers with Wings | 17 | 6 |
| 72 | Bill Nelson | Flaming Desire | 17 | 5 |
| 73 | Intaferon | Get out of London | 17 | 4 |
| 74 | The Human League | Don't You Want Me | 17 | 5 |
| 75 | Depeche Mode | Just Can't Get Enough | 17 | 4 |
| 76 | Joy Division | Atmosphere | 17 | 3 |
| 77 | U2 | New Year's Day | 17 | 6 |
| 78 | New Order | Dreams Never End | 17 | 4 |
| 79 | Slow Children | Spring in Fialta | 17 | 5 |
| 80 | Gang of Four | I Love a Man in a Uniform | 17 | 6 |
| 81 | Missing Persons | Destination Unknown | 17 | 8 |
| 82 | Kate Bush | Running up That Hill | 16 | 7 |
| 83 | Pete Shelley | Homosapien | 16 | 6 |
| 84 | Propaganda | Duel | 16 | 6 |
| 85 | Industry | State of the Nation | 16 | 5 |
| 86 | Gary Numan/Tubeway Army | Are "Friends" Electric? | 16 | 7 |
| 87 | The English Beat | I Confess | 16 | 5 |
| 88 | Alphaville | Forever Young | 16 | 7 |
| 89 | The Clash | Janie Jones | 16 | 3 |
| 90 | Blancmange | Don't Tell Me | 15 | 3 |
| 91 | Pet Shop Boys | West End Girls | 15 | 4 |
| 92 | The English Beat | Save It for Later | 15 | 5 |
| 93 | David Bowie | Ashes to Ashes | 15 | 4 |
| 94 | The Blue Nile | Downtown Lights | 15 | 3 |
| 95 | The B-52's | Rock Lobster | 15 | 6 |
| 96 | The Vapors | Turning Japanese | 15 | 5 |
| 97 | The Jam | That's Entertainment | 15 | 5 |
| 98 | Psychedelic Furs | The Ghost in You | 15 | 6 |
| 99 | Secession | Touch | 15 | 3 |
| 100 | Yaz | Only You | 15 | 5 |
| 101 | Lloyd Cole & The Commotions | Perfect Skin | 15 | 3 |
| 102 | A Flock of Seagulls | I Ran | 15 | 4 |
| 103 | Berlin | Sex (I'm a…) | 15 | 4 |
| 104 | The Cars | Good Times Roll | 14 | 3 |
| 105 | Modern English | I Melt with You | 14 | 6 |
| 106 | The Fixx | Stand or Fall | 14 | 6 |
| 107 | Kraftwerk | The Model/Das Model | 14 | 4 |
| 108 | Psychedelic Furs | Pretty in Pink | 14 | 7 |
| 109 | The Records | Starry Eyes | 14 | 7 |
| 110 | Depeche Mode | But Not Tonight | 14 | 3 |
| 111 | Altered Images | I Could Be Happy | 14 | 3 |
| 112 | New Order | Ceremony | 14 | 3 |
| 113 | Simple Minds | I Travel | 13 | 6 |
| 114 | The Clash | Lost in the Supermarket | 13 | 5 |
| 115 | The Clash | The Magnificent Seven | 13 | 3 |
| 116 | Haircut 100 | Love Plus One | 13 | 5 |
| 117 | Joe Jackson | Is She Really Going out with Him? | 13 | 3 |
| 118 | Elvis Costello & the Attractions | Oliver's Army | 13 | 3 |
| 119 | ABC | All of My Heart | 13 | 3 |
| 120 | Wire Train | Chamber of Hellos | 13 | 6 |
| 121 | Echo & The Bunnymen | Ocean Rain | 13 | 3 |
| 122 | Xymox | Imagination | 13 | 3 |
| 123 | Tears for Fears | Mad World | 13 | 4 |
| 124 | Cabaret Voltaire | Sensoria | 13 | 4 |
| 125 | The Waterboys | The Whole of the Moon | 13 | 4 |
| 126 | The Smiths | The Headmaster Ritual | 13 | 3 |
| 127 | Gary Numan/Tubeway Army | Down in the Park | 13 | 3 |
| 128 | APB | Shoot You Down | 13 | 3 |
| 129 | The Jam | The Bitterest Pill | 12 | 2 |
| 130 | The Fixx | Red Skies | 12 | 5 |
| 131 | Violent Femmes | Gone Daddy Gone | 12 | 4 |
| 132 | The Normal | Warm Leatherette | 12 | 5 |
| 133 | Echo & The Bunnymen | Never Stop | 12 | 5 |
| 134 | China Crisis | Wishful Thinking | 12 | 3 |
| 135 | Yaz | Don't Go | 12 | 4 |
| 136 | Passions | Sanctuary | 12 | 2 |
| 137 | New Order | Everything's Gone Green | 12 | 3 |
| 138 | Devo | Freedom of Choice | 12 | 3 |
| 139 | New Order | Regret | 12 | 2 |
| 140 | Roman Holliday | Stand By | 12 | 3 |
| 141 | Depeche Mode | Dreaming of Me | 12 | 5 |
| 142 | Peter Murphy | Cuts You Up | 12 | 4 |
| 143 | The Smiths | What Difference Does It Make? | 12 | 2 |
| 144 | Echo & The Bunnymen | Rescue | 12 | 4 |
| 145 | Tears for Fears | The Working Hour | 12 | 2 |
| 146 | The Clash | London Calling | 12 | 4 |
| 147 | Howard Jones | New Song | 12 | 4 |
| 148 | The Cure | A Night Like This | 12 | 3 |
| 149 | Killing Joke | Love Like Blood | 12 | 5 |
| 150 | Real Life | Send Me an Angel | 12 | 5 |
| 151 | Ultravox | The Voice | 12 | 4 |
| 152 | Heaven 17 | We Live So Fast | 12 | 3 |
| 153 | Vitamin Z | Burning Flame | 12 | 4 |
| 154 | Blondie | Hanging on the Telephone | 12 | 3 |
| 155 | When in Rome | The Promise | 12 | 5 |
| 156 | Payola$ | Eyes of a Stranger | 12 | 3 |
| 157 | Love & Rockets | Yin and Yang (The Flowerpot Man) | 12 | 3 |
| 158 | Propaganda | Dr. Mabuse (Das Testaments Des Mabuse) | 12 | 3 |
| 159 | Romeo Void | Never Say Never | 11 | 8 |
| 160 | The Clash | I Fought the Law | 11 | 2 |
| 161 | Simple Minds | Someone, Somewhere in Summertime | 11 | 2 |
| 162 | Anything Box | Living in Oblivion | 11 | 3 |
| 163 | Red Rockers | China | 11 | 5 |
| 164 | Thomas Dolby | The Flat Earth | 11 | 3 |
| 165 | A Flock of Seagulls | Space Age Love Song | 11 | 5 |
| 166 | Dexy's Midnight Runners | Come on Eileen | 11 | 2 |
| 167 | Icicle Works | Love Is a Wonderful Colour | 11 | 3 |
| 168 | Ultravox | Hiroshima Mon Amour | 11 | 2 |
| 169 | Depeche Mode | Everything Counts | 11 | 4 |
| 170 | Peter Godwin | Images of Heaven | 11 | 6 |
| 171 | New Order | True Faith | 11 | 4 |
| 172 | Bauhaus | Kick in the Eye | 11 | 4 |
| 173 | XTC | Generals & Majors | 11 | 3 |
| 174 | Devo | Beautiful World | 11 | 3 |
| 175 | Heaven 17 | Penthouse & Pavement | 11 | 5 |
| 176 | Machinations | Pressure Sway | 11 | 2 |
| 177 | Siouxsie & The Banshees | Cities In Dust | 11 | 4 |
| 178 | Seona Dancing | More to Lose | 11 | 2 |
| 179 | Sniff 'N' The Tears | Driver's Seat | 11 | 3 |
| 180 | Book of Love | I Touch Roses | 11 | 4 |
| 181 | Blancmange | Living on the Ceiling | 11 | 6 |
| 182 | Blondie | Heart of Glass | 11 | 3 |
| 183 | Lords of the New Church | Open Your Eyes | 11 | 2 |
| 184 | Robert Hazard | Escalator of Life | 10 | 2 |
| 185 | Dead Or Alive | You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) | 10 | 6 |
| 186 | Men at Work | Overkill | 10 | 3 |
| 187 | Fun Boy Three | Our Lips Are Sealed | 10 | 6 |
| 188 | China Crisis | African and White | 10 | 2 |
| 189 | Pseudo Echo | Walk Away | 10 | 2 |
| 190 | General Public | Never You Done That | 10 | 2 |
| 191 | JoBoxers | Just Got Lucky | 10 | 6 |
| 192 | Haircut 100 | Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) | 10 | 5 |
| 193 | Marc Almond | Tears Run Rings | 10 | 8 |
| 194 | Strawberry Switchblade | Since Yesterday | 10 | 2 |
| 195 | Eddie & The Hotrods | Do Anything You Wanna Do | 10 | 3 |
| 196 | Pet Shop Boys | What Have I Done to Deserve This? | 10 | 3 |
| 197 | Devo | Mongoloid | 10 | 3 |
| 198 | New Order | Love Vigilantes | 10 | 2 |
| 199 | The Human League | Love Action (I Believe In Love) | 10 | 4 |
| 200 | The Police | Message in a Bottle | 10 | 3 |
| 201 | Patti Smith | Dancing Barefoot | 10 | 3 |
| 202 | The Police | I Can't Stand Losing You | 10 | 2 |
| 203 | Fiction Factory | (Feels Like) Heaven | 10 | 5 |
| 204 | Spoons | Symmetry | 10 | 2 |
| 205 | Felt | Primitive Painters | 10 | 4 |
| 206 | Soft Cell | Say Hello Wave Goodbye | 10 | 4 |
| 207 | Eurythmics | Love Is a Stranger | 10 | 4 |
| 208 | INXS | The One Thing | 10 | 6 |
| 209 | Blue Peter | All Your Time | 10 | 2 |
| 210 | XTC | Making Plans for Nigel | 10 | 4 |
| 211 | ABC | Poison Arrow | 10 | 5 |
| 212 | Joy Division | Disorder | 9 | 2 |
| 213 | Soft Cell | Tainted Love | 9 | 5 |
| 214 | Martha & The Muffins | Echo Beach | 9 | 5 |
| 215 | The B-52's | Planet Claire | 9 | 2 |
| 216 | Fiat Lux | Secrets | 9 | 2 |
| 217 | Siouxsie & The Banshees | Dear Prudence | 9 | 3 |
| 218 | The Cars | Bye Bye Love | 9 | 2 |
| 219 | Devo | Girl U Want | 9 | 3 |
| 220 | New Order | The Perfect Kiss | 9 | 2 |
| 221 | The Cure | Close to Me | 9 | 3 |
| 222 | New Order | Subculture | 9 | 3 |
| 223 | The Monroes | What Do All the People Know? | 9 | 5 |
| 224 | Bluebells | Cath | 9 | 2 |
| 225 | Lene Lovich | It's You, Only You (Mein Schmerz) | 9 | 5 |
| 226 | Gang of Four | What We All Want | 9 | 2 |
| 227 | The Smiths | This Charming Man | 9 | 3 |
| 228 | Laurie Anderson | O Superman | 9 | 2 |
| 229 | Simple Minds | Love Song | 9 | 3 |
| 230 | Lords of the New Church | Dance with Me | 9 | 5 |
| 231 | Ramones | Sheena is a Punk Rocker | 9 | 2 |
| 232 | The Producers | What's He Got? | 9 | 2 |
| 233 | OMD | Enola Gay | 9 | 4 |
| 234 | Eskimos & Egypt | Screams & Whispers | 9 | 2 |
| 235 | Shriekback | Lined Up | 9 | 4 |
| 236 | Television | Marquee Moon | 9 | 2 |
| 237 | Cee Farrow | Should I Love You | 9 | 3 |
| 238 | U2 | The Unforgettable Fire | 9 | 3 |
| 239 | The Chameleons | Tears | 9 | 2 |
| 240 | Talking Heads | Crosseyed and Painless | 9 | 2 |
| 241 | The Undertones | Teenage Kicks | 9 | 4 |
| 242 | Echo & The Bunnymen | Heads Will Roll | 8 | 1 |
| 243 | Madness | Baggy Trousers | 8 | 2 |
| 244 | dB's | Love Is for Lovers | 8 | 2 |
| 245 | The Blue Nile | Stay | 8 | 3 |
| 246 | Ramones | Blitzkrieg Bop | 8 | 2 |
| 247 | Gang of Four | Damaged Goods | 8 | 5 |
| 248 | Bauhaus | Bela Lugosi's Dead | 8 | 2 |
| 249 | The Wild Swans | Bible Dreams | 8 | 1 |
| 250 | Fun Boy Three | The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum) | 8 | 3 |
| 251 | Killing Joke | Change | 8 | 2 |
| 252 | David Sylvian | Red Guitar | 8 | 1 |
| 253 | XTC | Senses Working Overtime | 8 | 2 |
| 254 | A Flock of Seagulls | Telecommunication | 8 | 5 |
| 255 | Buzzcocks | Love You More | 8 | 1 |
| 256 | A-ha | The Sun Always Shines on T.V. | 8 | 4 |
| 257 | Abecedarians | Smiling Monarchs | 8 | 2 |
| 258 | Joy Division | Shadowplay | 8 | 1 |
| 259 | Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | Deanna | 8 | 2 |
| 260 | Jona Lewie | You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties | 8 | 4 |
| 261 | David Bowie | Heroes | 8 | 2 |
| 262 | F.R. David | Words | 8 | 1 |
| 263 | The Lotus Eaters | German Girl | 8 | 2 |
| 264 | Devo | Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA | 8 | 1 |
| 265 | Til Tuesday | Voices Carry | 8 | 3 |
| 266 | Devo | Jocko Homo | 8 | 1 |
| 267 | The Human League | The Lebanon | 8 | 2 |
| 268 | Ministry | Everyday Is Halloween | 8 | 6 |
| 269 | The Cars | Just What I Needed | 8 | 3 |
| 270 | Naked Eyes | Promises, Promises | 8 | 3 |
| 271 | Prefab Sprout | Faron Young | 8 | 2 |
| 272 | The Cars | My Best Friend's Girl | 8 | 2 |
| 273 | The Cars | Let's Go | 8 | 2 |
| 274 | The Stranglers | (Get a) Grip (On Yourself) | 8 | 1 |
| 275 | China Crisis | King in a Catholic Style (Wake Up) | 8 | 2 |
| 276 | Combo Audio | Romanticide | 8 | 2 |
| 277 | Wire Train | I'll Do You | 8 | 2 |
| 278 | Shona Laing | Soviet Snow | 8 | 2 |
| 279 | Big Country | Fields of Fire | 8 | 5 |
| 280 | The Church | Reptile | 8 | 3 |
| 281 | The Bongos | Barbarella | 8 | 2 |
| 282 | New Musik | Straight Lines | 8 | 4 |
| 283 | The Church | The Unguarded Moment | 8 | 5 |
| 284 | Squeeze | Pulling Mussels (From the Shell) | 8 | 5 |
| 285 | The Comsat Angels | You Move Me (One Good Reason) | 8 | 2 |
| 286 | Lene Lovich | Lucky Number | 8 | 4 |
| 287 | 20/20 | Yellow Pills | 8 | 3 |