


The songs that follow it are just as indelible, including Whitney Houston’s champagne-popping “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” and some of the era’s most enduring rock hits: Queen’s “Another One Bites the Dust,” Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’”-which has enjoyed a second coming thanks in part to its moment in the Glee and Sopranos limelight-and AC/DC’s “Back in Black,” a song (alongside the 1980 album of the same name) that propelled the band to become one of the world’s biggest. Here, we’re celebrating the 200 hits from the 1980s that we’re still listening to most-and “Africa” comes out on top, a song as beloved by those who made it a worldwide smash back then as by the younger generations discovering it for the first time now. Few songs are as recognizable-or smile-inducing-as Toto’s 1982 instant classic “Africa.” And as this playlist confirms, its sheen has hardly dissipated in the four decades since its release.
