80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

Besides Talk Talk and Talk Talk, have there been other artists or groups who recorded a song with the same name as themselves?

Bad Company - Bad Company is the first (and probably most well known) off the top of my head.

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

Motorhead - Motorhead (1975, the year I was born!)

Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
 
Yes, I know. I named all those songs (and several others) on the previous page. Go look! By the way, Motorhead was first recorded in January 1975 by Hawkwind. After Hawkwind broke up, lead singer Lemmy Kilmister, who wrote the song, formed a new group called Motörhead – with an umlaut – ad they recorded a new version of the song. Here is the original:


 
Channel98 said:
Yes, I know. I named all those songs (and several others) on the previous page. Go look! By the way, Motorhead was first recorded in January 1975 by Hawkwind. After Hawkwind broke up, lead singer Lemmy Kilmister, who wrote the song, formed a new group called Motörhead – with an umlaut – ad they recorded a new version of the song. Here is the original:


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Then it's not the same.
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The 10 songs below the 100 from 10/23/1982:

Bubbling Under The Hot 100

#101 - Cheryl Lynn "If This World Were Mine" (peaked at this position, #4 R&B)
#102 - Vanity 6 "Nasty Girl" (peaked at #101, #7 R&B, #1 Dance)
#103 - Prince "1999"
(entered the 100 at #81 on 10/31/82, peaked at #44 on 12/11/82, and falls off the chart after 12 weeks on 1/22/82 - #4 R&B, #1 Dance)
(reissued and enters the chart as a "New Entry" at #69 on 6/4/83, peaked at #12)
#104 - Carl Carlton "Baby I Need Your Loving" (peaked at #103, #17 R&B)
#105 - Bobby Nunn "She's Just A Groupie" (peaked at #104, #15 R&B)
#106 - Ray Parker Jr. "It's Our Own Affair" (peaked at this position, #44 R&B)
#107 - Soft Cell "What" (peaked at #101, #3 UK)
#108 - Judas Priest "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" (entered the 100 at #90 on 11/6/82, peaked at #67, US Rock #4)
#109 - Frida "I Know There's Something Going On" (entered the 100 at #88 on 11/6/82, peaked at #13)
#110 - Marshall Crenshaw "There She Goes Again" (peaked at this position)

Comments:
  • "If This World Were Mine" was a duet with Luther Vandross. The song was a quiet storm mainstay.
  • This is week four for "Nasty Girl" on the Bubbling Under chart. "Nasty Girl" will start a seven week run at #101 starting the next week (10/30/82). After the #101 run, the song would go on to hold the #102 position for three weeks before falling off the chart on 1/15/83. It was at #102 for a total of five non-consecutive weeks. I think it was worthy of a Hot 100 placement, but it may have been too racy at the time.
  • I never knew "1999" was issued twice. Also, it charted in 1999 (peaked at #40) and 2016 (peaked at #27).

Playlist:
 
IdRatherBeSkiing said:
1982/10/23
(repeat countdown)
Dropping off this week:
(39) 77. HURTS SO GOOD - JOHN COUGAR
(29) 72. VOYEUR - KIM CARNES
(24) 70. JUMP TO IT - ARETHA FRANKLIN
(23) 69. YOU SHOULD HEAR HOW SHE TALKS ABOUT YOU - MELISSA MANCHESTER
(12) 43. BLUE EYES - ELTON JOHN

The top 40:
(47) 40. GET CLOSER – LINDA RONSTADT
(43) 39. ROCK THIS TOWN – THE STRAY CATS
(41) 38. YOUNG LOVE – AIR SUPPLY
(42) 37. LOVE ME TOMORROW - CHICAGO
(50) 36. TRULY – LIONEL RICHIE
(36) 35. I GET EXCITED – RICK SPRINGFIELD
(38) 34. MICKEY – TONI BASIL
(37) 33. PRESSURE – BILLY JOEL
(35) 32. STEPPIN’ OUT – JOE JACKSON
(31) 31. YOU DROPPED A BOMB ON ME – THE GAP BAND
(33) 30. ATHENA – THE WHO
(40) 29. MUSCLES – DIANA ROSS
(32) 28. SOUTHERN CROSS – CROSBY, STILLS AND NASH
(34) 27. AMERICAN HEARTBEAT - SURVIVOR
(28) 26. SWEET TIME – REO SPEEDWAGON
(25) 25. NOBODY - SYLVIA
(26) 24. YOU DON’T WANT ME ANYMORE – STEEL BREEZE
(27) 23. NEW WORLD MAN - RUSH
(30) 22. LOVE COME DOWN – EVELYN KING
(21) 21. BIG FUN – KOOL & THE GANG
(22) 20. THE ONE YOU LOVE – GLENN FREY
(19) 19. WHAT’S FOREVER FOR – MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHY
(14) 18. EYE OF THE TIGER - SURVIVOR
(20) 17. DON’T FIGHT IT – KENNY LOGGINS WITH STEVE PERRY
( 4) 16. HARD TO SAY I’M SORRY - CHICAGO
(16) 15. HOLD ON - SANTANA
(17) 14. GLORIA – LAURA BRANIGAN
(18) 13. HEARTLIGHT – NEIL DIAMOND
(15) 12. GYPSY – FLEETWOOD MAC
(13) 11. BREAK IT TO ME GENTLY – JUICE NEWTON
( 5) 10. ABRACADABRA – THE STEVE MILLER BAND
(10) 9. I RAN (SO FAR AWAY) – A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS
( 8) 8. YOU CAN DO MAGIC - AMERICA
( 7) 7. SOMEBODY’S BABY – JACKSON BROWNE
( 9) 6. HEART ATTACK – OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
(11) 5. UP WHERE WE BELONG – JOE COCKER AND JENNIFER WARNES
( 6) 4. I KEEP FORGETTIN’ (EVERY TIME YOU’RE NEAR) – MICHAEL McDONALD
( 3) 3. EYE IN THE SKY – THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT
( 2) 2. WHO CAN IT BE NOW – MEN AT WORK
( 1) 1. JACK AND DIANE – JOHN COUGAR
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About 20 for me.

Btw, do you do these on a Commodore 64?
 
scotchandcigar said:
Btw, do you do these on a Commodore 64?
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Actually, I just use the font button on this forum. I like Courier New because it is fixed width and all the brackets and numbers line up vertically and I find it pleasing.

For this one, I did very little typing. I had a copy from the last time this countdown was played. Likely posted by Aaron. I like the ones which repeat or are +/- 1 week of a previous countdown where I can just move songs around for the most part rather than re-type. For the last one I did from 1979 this was the case. When I moved it, I left the last weeks numbers in. This time, I just added the last week's entries from the billboard chart since I liked having the last weeks numbers in there. I also tracked down the songs that dropped off as I find that interesting too. Casey would sometimes mention which songs dropped off (but never their positions).

Next week is 1984. There is no previous 1984 countdown I have that is close (closest is 1984/10/13). And you may be asking why I have them. Several years ago, I decided it would be cool if I created a playlist of the top 40 I heard over the weekend (70s and 80s) and listen to them on the way to and from work the next week. I saved a copy on my computer at the same time. I only do countdowns from 1977-1985. The late 80s and early 70s have too few good songs to be worth it.

I never owned a Commodore 64. A friend of mine had one. I almost did buy a TRS-80 but I was about $1000 short and my parents would not advance it to me. My first computer had a 386 chip in it. I was going to say I got it sometime in the 90s but I was recording the contents of my cassettes on computer as early as 1989 so must have been late 80s.
 
I had been given a 2nd hand TRS 80 when I was in Jr high. (Maybe 1981?)
It had some sort of an island adventure game that looked kind of like that Taipan game. I remember trying to draw a map of the island on graph paper based on the description of what it described. The thing would always seem to crash whenever any progress was made.
 
IdRatherBeSkiing said:
Actually, I just use the font button on this forum. I like Courier New because it is fixed width and all the brackets and numbers line up vertically and I find it pleasing.

For this one, I did very little typing. I had a copy from the last time this countdown was played. Likely posted by Aaron. I like the ones which repeat or are +/- 1 week of a previous countdown where I can just move songs around for the most part rather than re-type. For the last one I did from 1979 this was the case. When I moved it, I left the last weeks numbers in. This time, I just added the last week's entries from the billboard chart since I liked having the last weeks numbers in there. I also tracked down the songs that dropped off as I find that interesting too. Casey would sometimes mention which songs dropped off (but never their positions).

Next week is 1984. There is no previous 1984 countdown I have that is close (closest is 1984/10/13). And you may be asking why I have them. Several years ago, I decided it would be cool if I created a playlist of the top 40 I heard over the weekend (70s and 80s) and listen to them on the way to and from work the next week. I saved a copy on my computer at the same time. I only do countdowns from 1977-1985. The late 80s and early 70s have too few good songs to be worth it.

I never owned a Commodore 64. A friend of mine had one. I almost did buy a TRS-80 but I was about $1000 short and my parents would not advance it to me. My first computer had a 386 chip in it. I was going to say I got it sometime in the 90s but I was recording the contents of my cassettes on computer as early as 1989 so must have been late 80s.
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I'm glad I asked. :bugout:
 
Ha! That Li Yuen is a total BASTARD. Eventually he'd be asking you for a trillion freakin' dollars. If you don't pay him every time, his pirates will gang up and kick the sh*t out of you on the high seas.

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84

EARLIER
Paul/Michael "Say Say Say"
Culture Club "Karma Chameleon"
Yes "Owner Of A Lonely Heart"
Van Halen "Jump"
Kenny Loggins "Footloose"
Phil Collins "Against All Odds"
Lionel Richie "Hello"
Duran Duran "The Reflex"
Prince "When Doves Cry"
Ray Parker Jr "Ghostbusters"
John Waite "Missing You"
Prince "Let's Go Crazy"

Billy Ocean "Caribbean Queen"
Stevie Wonder "I Just Called To Say"
Tina Turner "What's Love Got To Do"
Hall & Oates "Out Of Touch"
Wham "Wake Me Up Before"
 
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