80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

[hwkn]

28 this week,

 

[seasalt43]

These are the only surprises to me.
I thought Cheap Trick would have just broken 40, and Bon Jovi would have been closer to 20.

Cheap Trick peaked at #44 and Bon Jovi at #69.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

No surprises for me this week.

 

[seasalt43]

Will never reach the top 40
#43 Loose Ends "Hangin' On A String"

Hands down my favorite UK R&B group. (R&B #1). I remember I saw a clip of "Hangin' on a String" from American Bandstand. There are some fun vintage commercials after the clip. @sadchild - Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam just finished performing. I would have rather seen Loose Ends. LOL. .

#57 King "Love And Pride"

I heard this on a UK 80 radio station a while back. This should have cracked the 40.

#68 Air Supply "Power Of Love"

Everyone and their grandmother decided to record this song. Here are the peaks:
Jennifer Rush #57
Air Supply #peaked at this position
Laura Branigan #26
Celine Dion #1

#70 Limahl "Only For Love"

I wasn't aware Limahl had anything else enter the 100 on his own besides "NeverEnding story".

#78 Til Tuesday "Looking Over My Shoulder"

I always thought they should have been bigger.

 

[sadchild]

If you like Til Tuesday's classic video for "Voices Carry", she recreated it for one of her solo songs years later.

 

[seasalt43]

If you like Til Tuesday's classic video for "Voices Carry", she recreated it for one of her solo songs years later.

The beginning was hilarious.

It would be great to see a side by side of the recreated scenes.

 

[seasalt43]

The 10 songs below the 100 from 8/24/1985:

Bubbling Under The Hot 100

#101 - Maurice White "Stand by Me" (entered the chart on 8/31/85 at #88, peaked at #50, #6 R&B)
#102 - Boogie Boys "Fly Girl" (peaked at #102, #6 R&B)
#103 - Shannon "Stronger Together" (peaked at this position, #26 R&B)
#104 - Luther Vandross "It's Over Now" (peaked at #101, #4 R&B)
#105 - Menudo "Please Be Good To Me" (peaked at #104)
#106 - Klymaxx "I Miss You" (entered the chart on 9/14/85 at #86, peaked at #5, #12 R&B)
#107 - New Edition "My Secret (Didja Git It Yet)" (peaked at #103, #27 R&B)
#108 - The Family "The Screams of Passion" (entered the chart on 9/28/85 at #76, peaked at #63, #9 R&B)
#109 - Starpoint "Object of My Desire" (entered the chart on 9/28/85 at #75, peaked at #25, #8 R&B)
#110 - Gwen Guthrie "Padlock" (peaked at #102, #25 R&B)

Comments:

• This is the last week the Bubbling Under chart was published until it resurfaced in 1992.
• "Fly Girl" has the same beat as "Let's Go All the Way" by Sly Fox. "Let's Go All the Way" didn't debut on the Hot 100 until 12/28/85 so I'm unsure if this was a sample. I remembered this song when I created the playlist. I probably hadn't heard it since 1985.
• "The Screams of Passion" is a personal fav.
• "It's Over Now" made it to the #101 position prior and stayed there for five weeks.
• Larry Levan remixed the 1985 release of "Padlock". He was a huge influence on the evolution of house music and is still remembered. Also, he was mentioned on the Leee John/Imagination Podcast MonoStereo shared last week.

 

[sadchild]

Boogie Boys "Fly Girl"

I remember that song from back in the day, still like it today. "She gave you a number, it was Dial-A-Joke!"

• This is the last week the Bubbling Under chart was published until it resurfaced in 1992.

That's a shame!

"Fly Girl" has the same beat as "Let's Go All the Way" by Sly Fox. "Let's Go All the Way" didn't debut on the Hot 100 until 12/28/85

I've always wondered about that. Which came first? The chicken or the e.... I mean the fly girl or the fox?

 

[seasalt43]

I remember that song from back in the day, still like it today. "She gave you a number, it was Dial-A-Joke!"

I was cracking up when I heard that!
I found a page with a lot of ideas: List Of Funny Phone Numbers To Call That Actually Work In 2021

That's a shame!

It really is. I'm imagining there were some gems outside the chart in the latter part of the decade.

I've always wondered about that. Which came first? The chicken or the e.... I mean the fly girl or the fox?

 

[sadchild]

1988

EARLIER
Whitney "So Emotional"
George Harrison "Got My Mind Set"
Tiffany "I Think We're Alone Now"
Debbie Gibson "Foolish Beat"
INXS "Need You Tonight"
George Michael "Father Figure"
Michael Jackson "The Way You Make Me Feel"
Rick Astley "Never Gonna Give You Up"
George Michael "One More Try"
Michael Jackson "Man In The Mirror"
Tiffany "Could've Been"
Richard Marx "Satisfied"
Cheap Trick "The Flame"
Rick Astley "Together Forever"
George Michael "Monkey"

Spoiler: THREE POTENTIALS

Richard Marx "Right Here Waiting"
Steve Winwood "Roll With It"
Guns N Roses "Sweet Child O Mine"

LATER
Def Leppard "Love Bites"
Beach Boys "Kokomo"
Escape Club "Wild Wild West"
Chicago "Look Away"
Poison "Every Rose"
...missing a bunch in this section, I assume

 

[Channel98]

Maurice White's Stand By Me peaked at #50 in October 1985. The song was written by Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller and former Drifters lead singer Ben E. King in 1961. King's original version (recorded October 27, 1960) reached #4 in June 1961. A re-release of the song – it was used as the title song of a movie starring Wil Wheaton and River Phoenix – got to #9 in December 1986. There were also chart versions of Stand By Me by Earl Grant in 1975, Spyder Turner in 1966, David & Jimmy Ruffin in 1970, John Lennon in 1975, Mickey Gilley in 1980 and 4 The Cause in 1998.

Stand By Me has been recorded by more than 300 other artists including Gene Chandler, Little Eva, Little Milton, Cassius Clay, Freddy Weller, Ry Cooder, Seal, Dwight Twilley, Barbara Lewis, Otis Redding, Otis Rush, Carl Carlton, Billy Joe Royal, Gene Clark, P.J. Proby, Meat Loaf, Julian Lennon, David Hasselhoff, Tracy Chapman, Aaron Neville, Sonny & Cher, Ike & Tina Turner, Cheap Trick, the Searchers, the Kingsmen, Jay & the Americans, Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs and the Kidz Bop Kids. Of course the Kidz Bop Kids seem to have have recorded almost every song written in the past 60 years!

Jackie Wilson recorded Stand By Me for his 1983 album S.R.O. A decade earlier, he performed it live, along with Lonely Teardrops, That's Why and Higher & Higher on an episode of Don Kirshner's Friday-night TV series ABC In Concert. Enjoy!

 

[sadchild]

September 3, 1988.
40: WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET – BRENDA K. STARR
39: JUST GOT PAID – JOHNNY KEMP
38: SAYIN’ SORRY (DON’T MAKE IT RIGHT) – DENISE LOPEZ
37: MISSED OPPORTUNITY – DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
36: RED, RED WINE – UB40
35: LOOK OUT ANY WINDOW – BRUCE HORNSBY & THE RANGE
34: STAYING TOGETHER – DEBBIE GIBSON
33: WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND (PURE ENERGY) – INFORMATION SOCIETY
32: FALLEN ANGEL - POISON
31: I DON’T WANT TO BE A HERO – JOHNNY HATES JAZZ
30: HOLD ON TO THE NIGHTS – RICHARD MARX
29: DON’T BE CRUEL – BOBBY BROWN
28: A NIGHTMARE ON MY STREET – D.J. JAZZY JEFF & THE FRESH PRINCE
27: PLEASE DON’T GO GIRL – NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
26: DON’T BE CRUEL – CHEAP TRICK
25: SIGN YOUR NAME – TERENCE TRENT D’ARBY
24: LOVE BITES - DEF LEPPARD
23: HERE WITH ME – REO SPEEDWAGON
22: MAKE ME LOSE CONTROL – ERIC CARMEN
21: I HATE MYSELF FOR LOVING YOU – JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS
20: HANDS TO HEAVEN - BREATHE
19: ALL FIRED UP – PAT BENETAR
18: 1-2-3 – GLORIA ESTEFAN & MIAMI SOUND MACHINE
17: ONE GOOD WOMAN – PETER CETERA
16: ROLL WITH IT – STEVE WINWOOD
15: DON’T WORRY, BE HAPPY – BOBBY McFERRIN
14: IT WOULD TAKE A STRONG STRONG MAN – RICK ASTLEY
13: NOBODY’S FOOL – KENNY LOGGINS
12: ANOTHER PART OF ME – MICHAEL JACKSON
11: LOVE WILL SAVE THE DAY – WHITNEY HOUSTON
10: I’LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU – TAYLOR DAYNE
9: IF IT ISN’T LOVE – NEW EDITION
8: WHEN IT’S LOVE – VAN HALEN
7: FAST CAR – TRACY CHAPMAN
6: PERFECT WORLD – HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS
5: I DON’T WANNA LIVE WITHOUT YOUR LOVE - CHICAGO
4: I DON’T WANNA GO ON WITH YOU LIKE THAT – ELTON JOHN
3: SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE – ROBERT PALMER
2: SWEET CHILD O’ MINE – GUNS N’ ROSES
1: MONKEY – GEORGE MICHAEL

 

[sadchild]

1988

Richard Marx "Right Here Waiting"
Steve Winwood "Roll With It"
Guns N Roses "Sweet Child O Mine"

So I put the wrong summer ballad from Richard Marx, it was supposed to be "Hold On To The Nights" ("Waiting" is Aug 89). Glad I didn't go with that one!

MISSING FROM MY LIST
Bobby McFerrin "Don't Worry Be Happy" #15
Phil Collins "A Groovy Kind Of Love" #52
UB40 "Red Red Wine" #36

 

[sadchild]

Good 10
Okay 12
Bad 18

40: WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET – BRENDA K. STARR
38: SAYIN’ SORRY (DON’T MAKE IT RIGHT) – DENISE LOPEZ

First time on the countdown for these two?

Also, Alan said Denise released a song in 1984 as Nancy Gee (it actually was Nancy Dee) and then was a member of Dawn Patrol (it actually was Love Patrol). Makes me miss 'lasvegaskid' on the old xmfan forum, who would point out several mistakes every week. Finally, the last spoken line of this song made me chuckle: "I can take only so much. And I have taken as much as I intend to take."

27: PLEASE DON’T GO GIRL – NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

16: ROLL WITH IT – STEVE WINWOOD

Someone else picked this

2: SWEET CHILD O’ MINE – GUNS N’ ROSES

I picked this. Not in last place!

1: MONKEY – GEORGE MICHAEL

Someone else picked this.

Won't ever make the top 40
#47 Stevie B "Spring Love"
#48 Vanessa Williams "The Right Stuff"
#50 Dino "Summergirls"
#55 Al B Sure "Off On Your Own"
#57 Cover Girls "Inside Outside"
#59 Keith Sweat "Make It Last Forever"
#61 Midnight Oil "The Dead Heart"
#65 Freddie Jackson "Nice 'N Slow"
#67 Blue Zone UK "Jackie"
#68 Olivia Newton-John "The Rumour"
#70 Paula Abdul "Knocked Out"
#71 Crowded House "Better Be Home Soon"
#72 Will To Power "Say It's Gonna Rain"
#73 Jeffrey Osborne "She's On The Left"
#75 Glenn Medeiros "Long And Lasting Love"
#76 Toni Childs "Don't Walk Away"
#79 Fabulous Thunderbirds "Powerful Stuff"
#80 Foreigner "Heart Turns To Stone"
#82 White Lion "Tell Me"
#83 Stryper "Always There For You"
#84 Robert Plant "Ship Of Fools"
#86 Jane Wiedlin "Inside A Dream"
#90 Book of Love "Pretty Boys And Pretty Girls"
#91 Jets "Sendin' All My Love"
#93 Holly Knight "Heart Don't Fail Me Now"
#94 10,000 Maniacs "What's The Matter Here?"
#100 Run DMC "Mary, Mary"

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

9 good. Pretty pathetic countdown (but expected from 1988).

Won't ever make the top 40
#84 Robert Plant "Ship Of Fools"

Not a surprise but only good song on bottom feeders this week.

 

[Aaron]

19 good/okay

 

[HecticArt]

11 this time.

Not a surprise but only good song on bottom feeders this week.

I thought it would have been closer to 60 or 50.

No other surprises though.

 

[sadchild]

Not a surprise but only good song on bottom feeders this week.

#61 Midnight Oil "The Dead Heart"
#80 Foreigner "Heart Turns To Stone"
#94 10,000 Maniacs "What's The Matter Here?"
#100 Run DMC "Mary, Mary"

I also like these ones. The top one I didn't discover until SXM. The bottom one didn't grow on me until years later, and it's still just okay.

 

[Jon]

13 out of 40. Kind of a stinker this week, then I looked at the time frame for the countdown.

 

[seasalt43]

11 thins time.


I thought it would have been closer to 60 or 50.

No other surprises though.

"Ship of Fools" stayed on the chart for four weeks and peaked at #84. This was week number two of four.