I have both the Foreigner one and the Midnight Oil one in my library. I have no recollection of every hearing them. I own both the albums. Listening now they are both good. But still no surprise that neither broke the 40.
"What you see is What you Get" was the follow-up to "I Still Believe".
"Sayin' Sorry" peaked at #31, and #6 on the Dance chart. Denise Lopez appeared in the forty this one time, but had further success on the Dance chart.
Monkey was the eighth of George Michael's ten number-one hits (including duets). Michael had produced all of the earlier hits but he co-produced Monkey with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. He called them in because he liked their remixes of the songs from Janet Jackson's Control album. The remixes appeared on an album cleverly titled Control: The Remixes, released in Japan, Europe and the UK but not in the United States. Jam and Lewis did not remix the album version of Monkey. "We totally recut the song from scratch," Jam told Billboard, "George re-sang the vocals. We actually sampled some of the vocals from the old version and combined them with the new version, which he sang a lot more funky." Jimmy Jam played drum pads on Monkey.
Here is a version that claims to be a cappella but really isn't. It includes percussion and synthesizers.
I hated Wham! then and now. Aside from Faith, I didn't like any George solo back then or now either.
I was just looking over some of the songs on Faith and stumbled on the last track. Did George write this for Bill freakin' Cosby?!
It’s late
Time for bed
So I sit and I wait
For that gin and tonic
To go to your head
I know
It’s a devious plan
But it’s the only way that I know
To get those big bad car keys
Out of your hand
You know
That I remain a gentleman
But even so
There’s only so much
A gentleman can stand
Sleep with me
Oh
Sleep with me, tonight
I hated Wham! then and now. Aside from Faith, I didn't like any George solo back then or now either.
I was just looking over some of the songs on Faith and stumbled on the last track. Did George write this for Bill freakin' Cosby?!
It’s late
Time for bed
So I sit and I wait
For that gin and tonic
To go to your head
I know
It’s a devious plan
But it’s the only way that I know
To get those big bad car keys
Out of your hand
You know
That I remain a gentleman
But even so
There’s only so much
A gentleman can stand
Sleep with me
Oh
Sleep with me, tonight
Two of my four potentials are only in there because I don't know when they hit #1. One is some time after June. The other, no idea.
EARLIER
Dionne "That's What Friends Are For"
Mr Mister "Broken Wings"
Heart "These Dreams"
Prince "Kiss"
Falco "Rock Me Amadeus"
Robert Palmer "Addicted To Love"
Madonna "Live To Tell"
Patti Labelle "On My Own"
Simply Red "Holding Back The Years"
Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer"
Phil Collins "Invisible Touch"
Steve Winwood "Higher Love"
Bananarama "Venus"
Berlin "Take My Breath Away"
Janet Jackson "When I Think Of You"
Whitney Houston "Didn't We Almost Have It All"
LATER
Cyndi Lauper "True Colors"
Boston "Amanda"
Bon Jovi "You Give Love A Bad Name"
Bruce Hornsby "The Way It Is"
Peter/Amy "Next Time I Fall"
Bangles "Walk Like An Egyptian"
Phil Collins GENESIS (duh...) "Invisible Touch" #79
Steve Winwood "Higher Love" #6
Bananarama "Venus" #5
Berlin "Take My Breath Away" #1
Janet Jackson "When I Think Of You" #18
Whitney Houston "Didn't We Almost Have It All" SEP 1987.....OOPS!
Cyndi Lauper "True Colors" #10
MISSING FROM MY LIST
Cameo "Word Up" #81
Huey Lewis "Stuck With You" #3
Human League "Human" #71
Madonna "Papa Don't Preach" #14
Peter Cetera "Glory Of Love" #24
40. TRUE COLORS - CYNDI LAUPER
39. VELCRO FLY - ZZ TOP
38. I DIDN'T MEAN TO TURN YOU ON - ROBERT PALMER
37. POINT OF NO RETURN - NU SHOOZ
36. THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW - MONKEES
35. SWEET LOVE - ANITA BAKER
34. WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE OUR CLOTHES OFF - JERMAINE STEWART
33. A MATTER OF TRUST - BILLY JOEL
32. MONEY'S TOO TIGHT - SIMPLY RED
31. MAD ABOUT YOU - BELINDA CARLISLE
30. HEARTBEAT - DON JOHNSON
29. TWIST AND SHOUT - BEATLES
28. LOVE WALKS IN - VAN HALEN
27. TYPICAL MALE - TINA TURNER
26. ALL CRIED OUT - LISA LISA & CULT JAM
25. HEAVEN IN YOUR EYES - LOVERBOY
24. GLORY OF LOVE - PETER CETERA
23. MISSIONARY MAN - EURYTHMICS
22. YANKEE ROSE - DAVID LEE ROTH
21. PRESS - PAUL MCCARTNEY
20. THROWING IT ALL AWAY - GENESIS
19. RUMOURS - TIMEX SOCIAL CLUB
18. WHEN I THINK OF YOU - JANET JACKSON
17. TWO OF HEARTS - STACEY Q
16. THE CAPTAIN OF HER HEART - DOUBLE
15. MAN SIZE LOVE - KLYMAXX
14. PAPA DON'T PREACH - MADONNA
13. LOVE ZONE - BILLY OCEAN
12. DREAMTIME - DARYL HALL
11. DON'T FORGET ME WHEN I'M GONE - GLASS TIGER
10. BABY LOVE - REGINA
9. WALK THIS WAY - RUN D.M.C.
8. WORDS GET IN THE WAY - MIAMI SOUND MACHINE
7. SWEET FREEDOM - MICHAEL MCDONALD
6. HIGHER LOVE - STEVE WINWOOD
5. VENUS - BANANARAMA
4. FRIENDS AND LOVERS - GLORIA LORING AND CARL ANDERSON
3. STUCK WITH YOU - HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS
2. DANCING ON THE CEILING - LIONEL RICHIE
1. TAKE MY BREATH AWAY - BERLIN
My friend's old room mate guess this one. No one nailed #1. This breaks my friend's kid's eight week long streak of guessing the right #1. The only one of us not alive in the 80s continues to whoop our asses.
Will never get into the top 40 #45 El DeBarge "Love Always"
#47 Gwen Guthrie "Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent"
#49 Sheena Easton "So Far So Good"
#50 Fabulous Thunderbirds "Wrap It Up"
#51 Jets "Private Number"
#52 Honeymoon Suite "What Does It Take"
#54 Thompson Twins "Nothing In Common"
#55 Bob Seger "It's You"
#60 Kenny Loggins "Playing With The Boys"
#61 Moody Blues "The Other Side Of Life"
#62 38 Special "Somebody Like You"
#63 Rod Stewart "Another Heartache"
#66 Mick Jagger "Ruthless People"
#68 Luther Vandross "Give Me The Reason"
#69 Doctor And The Medics "Spirit In The Sky"
#72 Pet Shop Boys "Love Comes Quickly"
#77 Air Supply "Lonely Is the Night"
#82 Chaka Khan "Love Of A Lifetime"
#85 Prince "Anotherloverholeinyohead"
#86 John Fogerty "Eye Of The Zombie"
#87 GTR "The Hunter"
#89 Five Star "Can't Wait Another Minute"
#93 One To One "Angel In My Pocket"
#95 Mary Jane Girls "Walk Like A Man"
#97 Heart "If Looks Could Kill"
#100 Southside Johnny & The Jukes "Walk Away Renee"
Only surprises to me. The first is Canadian so got lots of airplay up here. The second I thought also did well although I know it has been re-released umpteen times.
