I was 8yrs old in 1980,& remember these No.1 songs through the 80s. Was a treat to wait for "Ready to Roll" & see these clips. I had my own taste back then (funk,early hip hop,reggae & electro) but loved NZ music with a passion. Nearly 50yrs old now,living in the USA for 30yrs,but it's great to see these again A part of my musical journey from 8yrs old to 18yrs old,& remember the words clear as day Thanks for the upload One luv Uso's🤙

Fantastic video! It's always very interesting to see which songs went to number one in smaller countries like New Zealand. Joy Divison, for example, had 2 number one hits, something that they didn't achieve in any other country. Thanks for the great work! 😎

1984 was the best year of #1s by far!!!

🖐🖐🖐 Teenage years " What a blast !! " Thankyou again ❤️❤️❤️NZ.😍😍😍

Oh wow, ten years of my life just flashed before my eyes! Even some of those video clips brought memories flooding back. Some of the sounds and sights I hadn't thought about in decades.

Even though I don't know the majority of the songs, they are still better than the music we have now. Good one francis 👍!!!

WOW I was 7 years old 1980 and the memories are amazing

Thanks for doing my home country charts, Loved how the Pet Shop Boys had 2 numbers here

I'm a Kiwi, born in 1980. When The Cats Away, The Holidaymakers and Margaret Urlich bring back very vivid memories... of course, as a kid I had no idea that they were "just" New Zealand artists. And 'Slice of Heaven' by Dave Dobbyn + Herbs is one the quintessential songs of my childhood. The nostalgia is REAL. Great vid!

ahhhh the 80's .... playing bullrush,hide go seek,tag outside barefoot in the middle of winter.... playing spacies up at the local fish n chip shop... staying up late to watch Sunday horrors lol and of course the diverse music us kiwis listened to...great memories

Renee Geyer! Saw her in concert. She's fantastic. I'm impressed by the diversity.

THANK YOU THANK YOU! I didn't think anyone would make a NZ charts video and now you have! Love from a proud Kiwi!

Can't believe The King of Pop did not have more than one #1 hit outside of "Beat It" in the whole 1980s.

Thank you for making a NZ chart video! 😃

We need more of Zealand charts ❤👏

Excellent work putting this together mate,

What a shock!! Split Enz and Crowded House only had ONE number one hit each in New Zealand!! 😯😮😯😮

Thank you for this video, it gave me some great memories from my childhood. We seemed to have some questionable music tastes in the early 80's. I was amazed that neither Aha nor Duran Duran made it to number 1, their songs were huge with my friends and I. Still had great memories for me from the age of 8 - 18.

Interesting to see this, especially with the New Zealand Artists featured

I'm an American. It was interesting to see what songs of ours charted in your country. There were a few American songs which did better in NZ than they did over here.

Joy Division's Atmosphere being knocked off number one by Kool and the Gang's Celebration has to be greatest contrast between two consecutive chart toppers ever.

I live here in New Zealand, i live in Patea where i saw the song poi e from the Patea Maori club on the list. I went to school with some of the kids that in the music video.

Fantastic video,great visuals and excellent research.

My take away from this compilation is that Kiwis like to groove.

Thanks for sharing memories abound

Thank you for this🇳🇿🙌

in New Zealand we had tv music shows like radio with pictures and ready to roll in the 70s early 80s so we could see what new songs were coming out ,it was a great time when you were young ,on sunday night you would watch radio with pictures from 9 pm till 10 pm and after that was the sunday horrors it was the must watch time in your life back then

A very educational video, I liked it, thank you very much.

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2 number ones from Germany in the 80s in New Zealand. Interesting

I grew up in The UK and it's really interesting to see how well many of the songs you loved did in the charts in other countries. Also New Zealands population especially in the 80's was a tiny blip compared to The UK so I'd love to know on average how many copies a song actually had to sell to get to No1 in New Zealand. I remember Kelly Marie's "Feels Like I'm In Love" having to sell 450.000 copies in that one week alone to get to No1 in The UK in 1980.

The greatest decade of all time never to forget miss it so much oh hail the 80s 80s.Sir Howard Morrison did well Prince Tui Teka appreciated getting to number 1 in 1982 thanks to the public of New Zealand even he says it and Deane Warentini Bridge is Catchy all Kiwi Musicians u could add Billy T James and many others in the mix that were talented get to Number 1.Poi E is one of New Zealands Greatest Song cause every decade it seems to get to Number 1cause of interest in the 90s and 2000s specially

Trio at No.1 in New Zealnd wowsers

Kiwis had better taste then us Aussies in those days!! 😉

In 1984 when U2 reached #1 with "Pride", it was the band's first single to top the charts outside of Ireland.

5:08 This helps explain why I like this song so much: It was #1:in NZ on my birthday (May 8, 1983).

Great seeing the movie version of "Cat People" at #1 for three weeks! Surprised to see only three Split Enz related #1s in the 80s! And The Swingers being one of them is an even bigger surprise! Thank you for this video!

Great video, I hope you do a video for NZ #1 90s.

2 dutch nr 1 hits in New Zealand

That was really interesting. I was a little surprised by how few artists had more than one #1 hit. It looks like U2 had 4-5, but other than that and a few two-timers, it's mostly one-timers.

No surprises the strong reggae, alternative, Maori language and novelty number 1 hits along with your standard Western radio-friendly stuff in NZ. That's Kiwi culture.

Great diversity in the charts!

I loved this video. It's different

Love this, been to New Zealand for many holiday's since a small kid in the 80's. Could you please do a top 20 chart of each year in the 80's?? And also in other countries the 80's top 20 in every year- like-France, Belgium, Germany, Holland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Austria, Italy, Spain. etc I'm from UK in England. :-)

I thought Icehouse would have been in the charts.

Great Vid down memory lane , some very strange Number 1s I must say .

I'm glad to see New Zealand loves U2. Bono is life.

Will you be doing a 90s one for this? So many great #1's there that decade - would be good to see them in this format! Amazing work

that was awesome .. didn’t really think of NZ no 1s .. Jon Stevens, the 6 week run by Margaret Urlich and even Prince’s Alphabet Street .. very cool 😎

I Got You, Counting the Beat and House That Echoes should have been worldwide hits, not just classics within Oceania.

Wild Thing and I Wanna Be a Cowboy were such cheesy songs I remember hearing when I was younger and I had no idea that the kiwis loved them a lot. I almost moved to NZ and I could've heard these on the radio more often than in America.

I’m kinda shocked how big new wave music was here

I'm sure I remember some of these been at number one for more than one week,,,well on RTR anyway

I'm surprised that Australian/NZ bags, Dragon, didn't have any No1's.

Roxette ROX!!!

11:49 Don't click! Don't click it!! 😄😆🤣

I love Pink Floyd's #AnotherBrickInTheWall!!!!!!!!!!!

great to see the no.1s of new zealand im from the uk and its funny that some of our acts have done better their than here

#1portugal 80's song charts, ( 1980-1989)please.

Please, Number 1 80's songs from Hong Kong.

Was Sailing Away by All Of Us a charity record? I've never heard of it before. It wasn't a hit here in the UK.

Pretty impressive array of tracks NZ - a lot of the usual suspects but also Cameo, Joy Division/New Order, MARRS, Bob Marley, Run DMC.

No Kylie Minogue? She was huge in the 80s?

Stars on 45 book-ended by Joy Division.

Basically 50% American, 45% British, and 5% rest of the world.

Skik past fev 1988 trust me

The Cult!!!!!!!

I'm struck by how diverse this is. Seeing Joy Division hit the top not once but twice was awesome. I was soo youg then that i only remember select things. I remember that Funky Town in 87 was massive. I remember most of the local bands sounded just awful. So much so that when something local came out that was actually ok (like Crowded House or Peeking Man) people went mad for it because their first thought was "Hey this isn't shit!" (If you want to experience what i mean, try watching 'Pulsing' by Body Electric or 'E'tu' by Upper Hutt Posse and see how long you last).

Joy Division 😍

#rickroll at 11:48

When will NZ hurry up and make "Slice Of Heaven" its official national anthem?

Time to laugh at my father and mother

Interesting that during the 80's there was only 1 Elton John number one . No Queen, no Billy Joel, no Abba yet they dominate the playlists of NZ radio stations whose music deals in nostalgia. Rather better if they broadened their playlists.

très très très bon classement ! des gros tubes mondiaux , des choses très new zélandaise ( que l'ont peu découvrir avec plaisir ) + du joy division , new order , iggy pop ect ect que l'ont ne retrouve pas vraiment dans les autres classement . donc classement très bon

Just one Madonna No.1 in the 80s? Wow!

OMG...Twistin by the pool...... why Mark why ? Ya better than this

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Il y a pas mal de titres qui ont également été n°1 aux USA, voire en Grande Bretagne. Quelques bonnes surprises aussi (Joy Division, Iggy Pop qui a repris un standard des années 50 et qui figure sur la B.O de "Crocodile Dundee 2", The Cult, INXS & Jimmy Barnes) + des trucs locaux que je connais mal. J'espère que, ultérieurement, il y aura les hits de pays comme l'Australie, le Canada, voire l'Irlande; on y trouve des trucs sympas.

The 80s. When I listened to incredible music but this crap was on the radio.

EYE OF THE TIGER by Survivor was #1 in US, UK, Ireland, Canada and Australia, but only #4 in NZ.

no MJ only 2songs from Madonna , interesting

U2 had more than the rest of the bands