All the songs that peaked at #8:
Song title–Artist (weeks at #8)
1983
01. Twist of Fate–Olivia Newton-John (1)
1984
02. Somebody’s Watching Me–Rockwell (1)
03. Miss Me Blind–Culture Club (2)
1985
04. Money Changes Everything–Cyndi Lauper (1)
05. St. Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion)–John Parr (3)
06. We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)–Tina Turner (2)
07. Fortress Around Your Heart–Sting (2)
1986
08. April Fool–Chalk Circle (1)
09. X-Ray Eyes–Eye Eye (1)
1987
10. Ghostdancing–Simple Minds (1)
11. Dirty Water–Rock and Hyde (1)
12. Glittering Prize–Simple Minds (1)
13. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For–U2 (2)
14. Don’t Mean Nothing–Richard Marx (1)
15. We’ll Be Together–Sting (2)
1988
16. Everywhere–Fleetwood Mac (2)
17. I Found Someone–Cher (2)
18. Never Give Up–Blvd. (1)
19. Pamela–Toto (1)
20. Prove Your Love–Taylor Dayne (2)
21. One More Try–George Michael (1)
22. I Don’t Want to Live Without You–Foreigner (1)
23. Paradise–Sade (1)
24. Love Will Save the Day–Whitney Houston (1)
25. The Loco-motion–Kylie Minogue (1)
1989
26. Oh Patti (Don’t feel sorry for loverboy)–Scritti Politti (2)
27. Born to Be My Baby–Bon Jovi (2)
28. Under Your Spell–Candi (1)
29. Room to Move–Animotion (1)
30. Soldier of Love–Donny Osmond (3)
31. Love, Truth and Honesty–Bananarama (1)
32. I’ll Be Loving You (Forever)–New Kids on the Block (1)
33. I Drove All Night–Cyndi Lauper (1)
34. What You Don’t Know–Exposé (1)
35. Jackson–Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood (1)
36. Nothing Has Been Proved.–Dusty Springfield (2)
1990
37. Little Salvation–Luba (3)
38. Keep it Together–Madonna (2)
39. Everybody Everybody–Black Box (1)
1991
40. Dream Away–The Northern Pikes (4) [a]
41. Learning to Fly–Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (2)
42. Saltwater–Julian Lennon (1)
1992
43. DJ Culture–Pet Shop Boys (1)
44. Time to Make You Mine–Lisa Stansfield (2)
45. Weight of the World–Ringo Starr (2)
1993
46. Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)–Def Leppard (1)
47. Little Bird–Annie Lennox (2)
48. Love Is–Vanessa Williams And Brian McKnight (1)
49. Alright–Kris Kross (2)
50. Everybody Hurts–R.E.M. (2)
1995
51. Hypnotised–Simple Minds (1)
52. Search for the Hero–M People (3)
1996
53. shut up (and sleep with me)–sin with sebastian (1)
54. Do What’s Good for Me–2 Unlimited (3)
1997
55. The Light in Your Eyes–LeAnn Rimes (1)
56. Honey–Mariah Carey (1)
1998
57. when love starts talkin’–wynonna (1)
1999
58. Nobody’s Supposed to Be Here–Deborah Cox (2)
[a] The record for the longest run at #8.