Billboard's chart rankings consist of radio airplay ... but this empirical list is all about the numbers and the money made. Here are the top 25 hits of the '80s based on their overall popularity.

The year 1985 was a great period for music, but not every radio hit survived to live on everyone's modern day playlists or flashback radio specials. For every Dire Straits "Money for Nothing" and ...

The 80s really went big - big hair ... that people are still connecting with these songs, night after night, year after year. Huge thanks to Radio 2 and everyone who voted!” ...