It's undeniable that the 1980s delivered some massive hits during the warmer months, earning them spots on the Songs of the Summer chart.
Take, for example, Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger." The tune, which blew up as the theme song to Rocky III in 1982, spent 25 weeks on the Hot 100, six of them at No.
1. Prince's "When Doves Cry," the lead single from Purple Rain, spent five weeks at No. 1, and a total of 23 weeks on the Hot 100.
While the Songs of the Summer in the '80s were mostly by male artists, there was one solo female and a female-fronted rock band whose songs nabbed the title: Madonna and Heart.
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