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#	Song / Artist	Average Rating	#Pf	Hi	Lo	σ	0-19	20-39	40-59	60-79	80-100
1	Endless Love0001Endless Love Diana Ross & Lionel Richie	35.5	4	46	27	18.3	0	3	1	0	0
2	How Am I Supposed To Live Without You0001How Am I Supposed To Live Without You Laura Branigan Michael Bolton	36.0	5	62	18	18.8	1	3	0	1	0
3	Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)0001Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) Phil Collins	31.6	7	59	2	15.1	2	2	3	0	0
4	Beat It0001Beat It Michael Jackson	25.0	2	26	24	23.0	0	2	0	0	0
5	Everybody Wants To Rule The World0001Everybody Wants To Rule The World Tears For Fears	24.0	4	31	17	16.0	1	2	0	0	0
6	Hello0001Hello Lionel Richie	48.3	4	90	21	18.8	0	2	1	0	1
7	I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)0001I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) Aretha Franklin & George Michael	41.7	3	72	21	17.3	0	2	0	1	0
8	Its Still Rock And Roll To Me0001It's Still Rock And Roll To Me Billy Joel	34.5	2	35	34	13.5	0	2	0	0	0
9	Lately0001Lately Stevie Wonder Jodeci	48.7	6	67	25	19.5	0	2	2	2	0
10	Never Too Much0001Never Too Much Luther Vandross	39.0	2	39	39	19.5	0	2	0	0	0
11	Saving All My Love For You0001Saving All My Love For You Whitney Houston	42.8	5	62	25	19.4	0	2	2	1	0
12	Through The Fire0001Through The Fire Chaka Khan	24.5	3	26	23	14.5	0	2	0	0	0
13	Whats Love Got To Do With It0001What's Love Got To Do With It Tina Turner	16.5	5	25	5	13.5	2	2	0	0	0
14	Wind Beneath My Wings0001Wind Beneath My Wings Bette Midler	47.0	5	78	23	18.0	0	2	1	1	0
15	A House Is Not A Home0001A House Is Not A Home Luther Vandross	69.8	5	92	39	17.2	0	1	1	1	2
16	Addicted To Love0001Addicted To Love Robert Palmer	25.0	1	25	25	14.0	0	1	0	0	0
17	Ain't Nobody0001Ain't Nobody Rufus, Featuring Chaka Khan	55.7	3	85	39	17.3	0	1	1	0	1
18	Alone0001Alone Heart	59.4	6	89	23	17.6	0	1	2	0	2
19	And I Am Telling You Im Not Going0001And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going Jennifer Holliday	63.3	8	88	38	19.4	0	1	3	0	3
20	Call Me0001Call Me Blondie	38.5	5	60	11	23.8	1	1	1	1	0
21	Caught Up In The Rapture0001Caught Up In The Rapture Anita Baker	33.0	1	33	33	14.0	0	1	0	0	0
22	Conga0001Conga Gloria Estefan	41.0	2	43	39	17.5	0	1	1	0	0
23	Dance Little Sister0001Dance Little Sister Terence Trent D'Arby	28.0	1	28	28	17.0	0	1	0	0	0
24	Do I Do0001Do I Do Stevie Wonder	42.5	2	64	21	17.5	0	1	0	1	0
25	Do I Ever Cross Your Mind0001Do I Ever Cross Your Mind Dolly Parton	24.0	1	24	24	10.0	0	1	0	0	0
26	Dont Stop Believin0001Don't Stop Believin' Journey	38.5	2	52	25	24.0	0	1	1	0	0
27	Edge Of Seventeen0001Edge Of Seventeen Stevie Nicks	36.0	2	36	36	26.0	0	1	0	0	0
28	Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic0001Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic The Police	18.3	3	26	10	15.3	2	1	0	0	0
29	Flashdance What A Feeling0001Flashdance...What A Feeling Irene Cara	25.5	2	32	19	16.0	1	1	0	0	0
30	Fragile0001Fragile Sting	37.0	1	37	37	22.0	0	1	0	0	0
31	Free Fallin0001Free Fallin' Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	26.0	2	26	26	23.0	0	1	0	0	0
32	Get On Your Feet0001Get On Your Feet Gloria Estefan	39.0	1	39	39	19.0	0	1	0	0	0
33	Girls Just Want To Have Fun0001Girls Just Want To Have Fun Cyndi Lauper	23.0	1	23	23	18.0	0	1	0	0	0
34	Greatest Love Of All0001Greatest Love Of All Whitney Houston	48.5	3	73	24	16.5	0	1	0	1	0
35	Heaven 10001Heaven Bryan Adams	57.8	5	84	34	17.0	0	1	1	1	1
36	Hold On To The Nights0001Hold On To The Nights Richard Marx	38.0	1	38	38	17.0	0	1	0	0	0
37	I Guess Thats Why They Call It The Blues0001I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues Elton John	22.0	2	26	18	23.0	1	1	0	0	0
38	I Wanna Rock0001I Wanna Rock Twisted Sister	32.0	1	32	32	22.0	0	1	0	0	0
39	I Would Die 4 U0001I Would Die 4 U Prince	32.0	1	32	32	16.0	0	1	0	0	0
40	If Only For One Night0001If Only For One Night Luther Vandross	38.0	1	38	38	21.0	0	1	0	0	0
41	Im Still Standing0001I'm Still Standing Elton John	32.0	2	43	21	17.5	0	1	1	0	0
42	Islands In The Stream0001Islands In The Stream Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton	45.0	2	54	36	19.5	0	1	1	0	0
43	Jungle Love0001Jungle Love The Time	36.0	1	36	36	23.0	0	1	0	0	0
44	Just Once0001Just Once James Ingram	23.0	2	37	9	13.5	1	1	0	0	0
45	Keep Your Hands To Yourself0001Keep Your Hands To Yourself The Georgia Satellites	35.0	1	35	35	17.0	0	1	0	0	0
46	Kiss0001Kiss Prince	47.5	2	56	39	21.0	0	1	1	0	0
47	Master Blaster Jammin0001Master Blaster (Jammin') Stevie Wonder	48.3	3	66	21	19.3	0	1	1	1	0
48	Missing You 20001Missing You Diana Ross	30.0	1	30	30	18.0	0	1	0	0	0
49	Never Tear Us Apart0001Never Tear Us Apart INXS	37.0	1	37	37	18.0	0	1	0	0	0
50	New Attitude0001New Attitude Patti LaBelle	23.5	2	28	19	13.0	1	1	0	0	0
51	Open Arms0001Open Arms Journey	49.0	4	68	37	19.3	0	1	2	1	0
52	Ribbon In The Sky0001Ribbon In The Sky Stevie Wonder	44.0	3	61	29	19.7	0	1	1	1	0
53	Save Me0001Save Me Queen	37.0	1	37	37	20.0	0	1	0	0	0
54	She Works Hard For The Money0001She Works Hard For The Money Donna Summer	59.5	2	86	33	17.0	0	1	0	0	1
55	So Emotional0001So Emotional Whitney Houston	24.0	1	24	24	15.0	0	1	0	0	0
56	Swingin0001Swingin' John Anderson	27.0	1	27	27	18.0	0	1	0	0	0
57	Tainted Love0001Tainted Love Soft Cell	29.0	1	29	29	21.0	0	1	0	0	0
58	Thats All0001That's All Genesis	35.0	1	35	35	18.0	0	1	0	0	0
59	Time After Time0001Time After Time Cyndi Lauper	46.3	4	63	25	19.0	0	1	2	1	0
60	True Colors0001True Colors Cyndi Lauper	46.5	4	61	21	18.3	0	1	2	1	0
61	We Belong0001We Belong Pat Benatar	22.0	1	22	22	18.0	0	1	0	0	0
62	What About Love0001What About Love Heart	49.3	4	68	21	18.5	0	1	1	2	0
63	When I See You Smile0001When I See You Smile Bad English	33.0	2	42	24	17.0	0	1	1	0	0
64	Who Wants To Live Forever0001Who Wants To Live Forever Queen	55.0	3	82	26	20.3	0	1	1	0	1
65	You Give Love A Bad Name0001You Give Love A Bad Name Bon Jovi	60.0	5	83	30	21.8	0	1	1	2	1
66	All Night Long All Night0001All Night Long (All Night) Lionel Richie	45.0	2	45	45	22.0	0	0	1	0	0
67	All She Wants To Do Is Dance0001All She Wants To Do Is Dance Don Henley	49.0	1	49	49	16.0	0	0	1	0	0
68	Always On My Mind0001Always On My Mind Willie Nelson	72.8	5	86	60	20.4	0	0	0	4	1
69	Always Something There To Remind Me0001(There's) Always Something There To Remind Me Naked Eyes	15.0	1	15	15	18.0	1	0	0	0	0
70	America0001America Neil Diamond	40.0	1	40	40	25.0	0	0	1	0	0
71	And So It Goes0001And So It Goes Billy Joel	40.5	2	73	8	16.5	1	0	0	1	0
72	Another Day In Paradise0001Another Day In Paradise Phil Collins	70.0	1	70	70	14.0	0	0	0	1	0
73	Arthurs Theme Best That You Can Do0001Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) Christopher Cross	42.0	1	42	42	20.0	0	0	1	0	0
74	As Long As You Follow0001As Long As You Follow Fleetwood Mac	50.0	1	50	50	16.0	0	0	1	0	0
75	As We Lay0001As We Lay Shirley Murdock	43.0	1	43	43	23.0	0	0	1	0	0
76	At This Moment0001At This Moment Billy Vera and the Beaters	66.0	1	66	66	20.0	0	0	0	1	0
77	Baby Grand0001Baby Grand Billy Joel	55.0	1	55	55	18.0	0	0	1	0	0
78	Bette Davis Eyes0001Bette Davis Eyes Kim Carnes	48.0	1	48	48	24.0	0	0	1	0	0
79	Billie Jean0001Billie Jean Michael Jackson	84.5	2	95	74	15.5	0	0	0	1	1
80	Black Velvet0001Black Velvet Alannah Myles	56.5	2	57	56	25.5	0	0	2	0	0
81	Boys Are Back In Town0001Boys Are Back In Town The Busboys	71.0	1	71	71	17.0	0	0	0	1	0
82	Careless Whisper0001Careless Whisper Wham!	16.0	2	17	15	16.5	2	0	0	0	0
83	Celebration0001Celebration Kool and the Gang	9.0	1	9	9	10.0	1	0	0	0	0
84	Could've Been0001Could've Been Tiffany	87.0	1	87	87	11.0	0	0	0	0	1
85	Dancing In The Dark0001Dancing In The Dark Bruce Springsteen and the E St. Band	50.0	3	57	43	18.0	0	0	2	0	0
86	Danger Zone0001Danger Zone Kenny Loggins	41.0	1	41	41	12.0	0	0	1	0	0
87	Didnt We Almost Have It All0001Didn't We Almost Have It All Whitney Houston	19.0	1	19	19	12.0	1	0	0	0	0
88	Dirty Diana0001Dirty Diana Michael Jackson	78.0	1	78	78	23.0	0	0	0	1	0
89	Dont Close Your Eyes0001Don't Close Your Eyes Keith Whitley	53.0	1	53	53	20.0	0	0	1	0	0
90	Dont You Forget About Me0001Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds	62.0	1	62	62	17.0	0	0	0	1	0
91	Eternal Flame0001Eternal Flame The Bangles	46.0	1	46	46	18.0	0	0	1	0	0
92	Every Breath You Take0001Every Breath You Take The Police	71.8	4	79	65	20.3	0	0	0	4	0
93	Every Little Step0001Every Little Step Bobby Brown	16.0	1	16	16	13.0	1	0	0	0	0
94	Everytime You Go Away0001Everytime You Go Away Paul Young	43.0	1	43	43	21.0	0	0	1	0	0
95	Faithfully0001Faithfully Journey	60.0	5	86	40	18.5	0	0	3	0	1
96	Father Figure0001Father Figure George Michael	78.0	1	78	78	15.0	0	0	0	1	0
97	Feel The Fire0001Feel The Fire Stephanie Mills	60.0	1	60	60	24.0	0	0	0	1	0
98	Foolish Heart0001Foolish Heart Steve Perry	64.0	1	64	64	22.0	0	0	0	1	0
99	Girl Is Mine0001The Girl Is Mine Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney	43.0	1	43	43	20.0	0	0	1	0	0
100	God Bless The USA0001God Bless The USA Lee Greenwood	43.0	1	43	43	25.0	0	0	1	0	0

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