80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

sadchild said:
The self-titled album with "Is This Love" and "Here I Go Again" came out in 87. I remember listening to it all through 88 over and over, and being dead sick of it before 89 (and I've barely listened to it since).
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I saw them open for Motley Crue in '87 ( hi - I'm old ), and really the only thing I remember about it was the introduction of one of their songs. I think it was "Slide It In", but David Coverdale introduced it in a VERY proper British accent by saying "this next song is about blow jobs". Which I found funny.
sadchild said:
There was a song on the Hot 100 from the self-titled album in March 88: "Give Me All Your Love", but I don't know if "Is This Love" hit #2 before or after it. Either way I was off by at least a couple months.
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Off the top of my head, I wanna say this was maybe the 4th single from the album.
 
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This week's analysis

I'm going to try and list all of the #1s from late 82 to mid 83 in their correct order. Wish me luck...

NOV 82 TO JAN 83
Men At Work "Who Can It Be Now"
Joe/Jennifer "Up Where We Belong"
Toni Basil "Mickey"
Lionel Richie "Truly"
Hall & Oates "Maneater"
[missing song?]

FEB TO APRIL
Toto "Africa"
Men At Work "Down Under"
Michael Jackson "Billie Jean"
[missing song?]
Dexy's Midnight Runners "Come On Eileen"

MAY TO SEPTEMBER
[missing song?]
David Bowie "Let's Dance"
Irene Cara "Flashdance"
Police "Every Breath You Take"
Michael Sambello "Maniac"
Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams"
Billy Joel "Tell Her About It"
 
3/26/1983

40. SO CLOSE - DIANA ROSS
39. I DON'T CARE ANYMORE - PHIL COLLINS
38. WINDS OF CHANGE - JEFFERSON STARSHIP
37. I LIKE IT - DEBARGE
36. MY KIND OF LADY - SUPERTRAMP
35. I WON'T HOLD YOU BACK - TOTO
34. EVEN NOW - BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND
33. DREAMIN' IN EASY - STEEL BREEZE
32. YOU AND I - EDDIE RABBITT WITH CRYSTAL GAYLE
31. SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE - THOMAS DOLBY
30. LIES - THE THOMPSON TWINS
29. MAKE LOVE STAY - DAN FOGELBERG
28. CHANGE OF HEART - TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS
27. LITTLE RED CORVETTE - PRINCE
26. ALLENTOWN - BILLY JOEL
25. POISON ARROW - ABC
24. DOWN UNDER - MEN AT WORK
23. BABY, COME TO ME - PATTI AUSTIN WITH JAMES INGRAM
22. BREAKING US IN TWO - JOE JACKSON
21. STRAY CAT STRUT - THE STRAY CATS
20. LITTLE TOO LATE - PAT BENATAR
19. ALL RIGHT - CHRISTOPHER CROSS
18. I'VE GOT A ROCK 'N' ROLL HEART - ERIC CLAPTON
17. FALL IN LOVE WITH ME - EARTH, WIND & FIRE
16. DER KOMISSAR - AFTER THE FIRE
15. BEAT IT - MICHAEL JACKSON
14. JEOPARDY - THE GREG KIHN BAND
13. I KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON - FRIDA
12. SHAME ON THE MOON - BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND
11. COME ON EILEEN - DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS
10. TWILIGHT ZONE - GOLDEN EARRING
9. ONE ON ONE - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
8. SEPARATE WAYS (WORLDS APART) - JOURNEY
7. MR. ROBOTO - STYX
6. WE'VE GOT TONIGHT - KENNY ROGERS & SHEENA EASTON
5. BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG - THE PRETENDERS
4. YOU ARE - LIONEL RICHIE
3. HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF - DURAN DURAN
2. DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT ME - CULTURE CLUB
1. BILLIE JEAN - MICHAEL JACKSON
 
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There's a reason why I think the 80's ( at least the first half of the decade or so ) were the last great era of pop music. And it ain't because that when I was young.

Also - I would've SWORN Steel Breeze was a One Hit Wonder.
 
sadchild said:
Subjectively, they are.
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I saw that conversation in the thread. Call me old fashioned, but I'm a purist when it comes to "One Hit Wonder" status. If it was a hit, it was a hit. If people don't remember it, that's on them ( & the decline of olden-timey radio since the 80's ). That gets a little into "perception is reality" territory for me. No. Reality is reality.
 
Good 22
Okay 4
Bad 14

Further reinforcing that 1983 is my favorite year for pop music!

Heard this countdown four years ago. My previous comments are here.

23. BABY, COME TO ME - PATTI AUSTIN WITH JAMES INGRAM

One of my 'missing songs' (post above)

20. LITTLE TOO LATE - PAT BENATAR

Pat: It's a little too little, it's a little too little, oh it's a little to little...
Guy: Wait, WHAT??

6. WE'VE GOT TONIGHT - KENNY ROGERS & SHEENA EASTON

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1. BILLIE JEAN - MICHAEL JACKSON

We all guessed this one. All 3 of us have guessed correctly 3 weeks in a row!

Won't get into the top 40
#42 Melissa Manchester "Nice Girls"
#44 Dionne Warwick "Take the Short Way Home"
#45 Felony "The Fanatic"
#47 Ric Ocasek "Something To Grab For"
#50 Clash "Should I Stay Or Should I Go"
#52 Mac McAnally "Minimum Love"
#53 Psychedelic Furs "Love My Way"
#55 Gap Band "Outstanding"
#57 John Anderson "Swingin'"
#59 Firefall "Always"
#60 J Geils Band "Land of a Thousand Dances"
#61 Billy Joel "Goodnight Saigon"
#62 Berlin "Sex (I'm A)"
#63 Patrick Simmons "Don't Make Me Do It"
#64 Robert Hazard "Escalator Of Life"
#66 Adam Ant "Desperate But Not Serious"
#67 Yaz "Only You"
#68 System "You Are in My System"
#70 Missing Persons "Walking in LA"
#72 Pointer Sisters "If You Wanna Get Back Your Lady"
#74 Heaven 17 "Let Me Go"
#76 Oak Ridge Boys "American Made"
#77 Jeffrey Osborne "Eenie Meenie"
#78 Robbie Patton "Smiling Islands"
#79 Sammy Hagar "Never Give Up"
#80 Patti Austin "Every Home Should Have One"
#81 Le Roux "Carrie's Gone"
#82 Lou Rawls "Wind Beneath My Wings"
#86 Weather Girls "It's Raining Men"
#88 Janet Jackson "Come Give Your Love to Me"
#89 Tony Carey "I Won't Be Home Tonight"
#94 Single Bullet Theory "Keep It Tight"
#96 Evelyn Champagne King "Betcha She Don't Love You"
#97 Don Henley "I Can't Stand Still"
#99 Marty Balin "What Love Is"
#100 John Hall Band "Love Me Again"
 
Swingin', which John Anderson co-wrote with Lionel Delmore, went to number one on the country chart in March 1983 and won a CMA award for single of the year. On an episode of Nashville Now, Ralph Emery asked Anderson why he sings the word as "swangin'" while his backup singers say "swingin." Anderson confessed, "Someone has to sing it properly – and I sure cain't." He also turned "pie" into a two-syllable word!
 
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