80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

[sadchild]

EARLIER
Hall & Oates "Maneater" (82/83)
Toto "Africa"
Men At Work "Down Under"
Michael Jackson "Billie Jean"
Michael Jackson "Beat It"
Dexy's "Come On Eileen"
David Bowie "Let's Dance"
Irene Cara "Flashdance"
Police "Every Breath You Take"
Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams Are"
Michael Sambello "Maniac"

Spoiler: Only one candidate. I feel like I'm forgetting the song that comes after it though.

Billy Joel "Tell Her About It"

LATER
Bonnie Tyler "Total Eclipse"
Dolly/Kenny "Islands In The Stream"
Lionel Richie "All Night Long"
Paul/Michael "Say Say Say" (83/84)

And just for fun, since 1983 was my "rope swing, taping songs off the radio, summer" then I moved from NH to Mass in September, I thought I'd try to see how many of the songs on the Hot 100 I could guess for this week. Because I vividly remember the music I was listening to at the time.

ON THE HOT 100 THIS WEEK:
Air Supply "Making Love Out Of"
Big Country "In A Big Country"
Billy Joel "Tell Her About It"
Bonnie Tyler "Total Eclipse"
Bryan Adams "This Time"
Clash "Rock The Casbah"
David Bowie "Modern Love"
Def Leppard "Rock Of Ages"
Dolly/Kenny "Islands In The Stream"
Duran Duran "Union Of The Snake"
Eddy Grant "Electric Avenue"
Elton John "I'm Still Standing"
Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams Are"
Fixx "One Thing Leads To Another"
Genesis "That's All"
Hall & Oates "Say It Isn't So"
Huey Lewis "Heart & Soul"
Jackson Browne "Lawyers In Love"
John Cougar Mellencamp "Crumblin' Down"
Kajagoogoo "Too Shy"
Kansas "Fight Fire With Fire"
Kiss "Lick It Up"
Meco "Ewok Celebration"
Men Without Hats "Safety Dance"
Michael Jackson "Human Nature"
Michael Sambello "Maniac"
Naked Eyes "Always Something There To Remind Me"
Pat Benatar "Love Is A Battlefield"
Police "Every Breath You Take"
Police "King Of Pain"
Pretenders "Middle Of The Road"
Prince "Delirious"
Quiet Riot "Cum On Feel The Noize"
Spandau Ballet "True"
Stray Cats "Sexy & 17"
Taco "Puttin' On The Ritz"
Thomas Dolby "She Blinded Me With Science"
Tubes "She's A Beauty"
ZZ Top "Give Me All Your Lovin'"

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

1983/09/24

40. COLD BLOODED – RICK JAMES
39. IF ANYONE FALLS – STEVIE NICKS
38. IT’S A MISTAKE – MEN AT WORK
37. IT MUST BE LOVE - MADNESS
36. SITTING AT THE WHEEL – THE MOODY BLUES
35. SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER – THE MOTELS
34. DON’T FORGET TO DANCE – THE KINKS
33. LADY LOVE ME (ONE MORE TIME) – GEORGE BENSON
32. DON’T YOU GET SO MAD – JEFFREY OSBORN
31. TONIGHT, I CELEBRATE MY LOVE – PEABO BRYSON AND ROBERTA FLACK
30. DELIRIOUS - PRINCE
29. BIG LOG – ROBERT PLANT
28. TELL HER NO – JUICE NEWTON
27. (KEEP FEELING) FASCINATION – THE HUMAN LEAGUE
26. KISS THE BRIDE – ELTON JOHN
25. TELEFONE (LONG DISTANCE LOVE AFFAIR) – SHEENA EASTON
24. HUMAN TOUCH – RICK SPRINGFIELD
23. BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE – THE TALKING HEADS
22. DEAD GIVEAWAY - SHALAMAR
21. ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER – THE FIXX
20. I’LL TUMBLE 4 YA – CULTURE CLUB
19. LAWYERS IN LOVE – JACKSON BROWNE
18. SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY – DONNA SUMMER
17. ISLANDS IN THE STREAM – KENNY ROGERS WITH DOLLY PARTON
16. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO LIVE WITHOUT YOU – LAURA BRANIGAN
15. EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE – THE POLICE
14. PROMISES, PROMISES – NAKED EYES
13. TRUE – SPANDAU BALLET
12. FAR FROM OVER – FRANK STALLONE
11. KING OF PAIN – THE POLICE
10. DON’T CRY - ASIA
9. (SHE’S SEXY) + 17 – THE STRAY CATS
8. PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ – TACO
7. HUMAN NATURE – MICHAEL JACKSON
6. SWEET DREAMS (ARE MADE OF THIS) – THE EURYTHMICS
5. MAKING LOVE OUT OF NOTHING AT ALL – AIR SUPPLY
4. MANIAC – MICHAEL SEMBELLO
3. THE SAFETY DANCE – MEN WITHOUT HATS
2. TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART – BONNIE TYLER
1. TELL HER ABOUT IT – BILLY JOEL

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

27 good.

Repeat countdown.

 

[Aaron]

27 good.

About the same for me.

How the heck did the Frank Stallone song chart that high?

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

About the same for me.

How the heck did the Frank Stallone song chart that high?

He peaked the next week @ #10.

I suspect his last name had something to do with his success.

 

[hwkn]

30 for 83.

 

[HecticArt]

19. That's not too bad for me.

 

[Jon]

25. Not horrible.

One thing I did not know looking up Frank Stallone's IMDB. He was in 'Tombstone'.

 

[seasalt43]

27 good.

Repeat countdown.

40. COLD BLOODED – RICK JAMES

This week was one of the #40 peak weeks: "Rick James "Cold Blooded". Appeared on the countdown on September 23, 2018. Held the #40 position for one week."

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

40. COLD BLOODED – RICK JAMES

This week was one of the #40 peak weeks: "Rick James "Cold Blooded". Appeared on the countdown on September 23, 2018. Held the #40 position for one week."

So 2018 is when they last played this countdown.

 

[seasalt43]

So 2018 is when they last played this countdown.

Yep.

 

[MonoStereo]

I like probably 50-60% of the tunes on this one.

And count me in among those who wouldn't have guessed that Stallone tune got that high on the charts. I also don't think I knew that the Madness song cracked the Top 40.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I like probably 50-60% of the tunes on this one.

And count me in among those who wouldn't have guessed that Stallone tune got that high on the charts. I also don't think I knew that the Madness song cracked the Top 40.

Another one-hit wonder *"Our House" down the drain.

 

[Channel98]

Frank Stallone released seven singles between 1980 and 1986. Case Of You reached #67 on the Hot 100, Far From Over got to #10 and Darlin', which Stallone co-wrote and is not to be confused with the Beach Boys song with the same title, stalled at #91. If We Ever Get Back spent three weeks on the Bubbling Under chart, peaking at #105. Here is his fourth single, I'm Never Gonna Give You Up, a duet with Cynthia Rhodes released in December 1983. It failed to make the Hot 100 but reached #16 on the adult contemporary chart. It was produced by Johnny Mandel, who wrote the music for Emily, Close Enough For Love, The Shadow Of Your Smile and Suicide Is Painless (Theme From M*A*S*H).

 

[sadchild]

1983
EARLIER
Hall & Oates "Maneater" (82/83)......

Scaring myself again. The only #1 I missed for the whole year was "Baby Come To Me". And the order was really close.

ON THE HOT 100 THIS WEEK:

Named 14 of the top 20, but only named 22 of the top 100. Oh well. I think I'd be better at doing this with July or August '83.

 

[sadchild]

Good 18
Okay 9
Bad 13

NO BAD SONGS after #16. Great countdown.

36. SITTING AT THE WHEEL – THE MOODY BLUES
33. LADY LOVE ME (ONE MORE TIME) – GEORGE BENSON
32. DON’T YOU GET SO MAD – JEFFREY OSBORN
25. TELEFONE (LONG DISTANCE LOVE AFFAIR) – SHEENA EASTON
12. FAR FROM OVER – FRANK STALLONE
10. DON’T CRY - ASIA

Talk about your forgotten hits! I remember these from back then being pretty popular, but aside from channels/shows dedicated to 80s music I haven't heard them since '83. And I agree, that's a surprisingly high peak for Frank Stallone.

34. DON’T FORGET TO DANCE – THE KINKS

"Destroyer" (81), "Come Dancing" (82) and "Do It Again" (84) are so good! But this is so bad!

31. TONIGHT, I CELEBRATE MY LOVE – PEABO BRYSON AND ROBERTA FLACK

29. BIG LOG – ROBERT PLANT

This reminds me. I finally made a decision about ass-kodak vs cologuard. I went with cologuard.

4. MANIAC – MICHAEL SEMBELLO

Nina said the music director asked Sembello to 'slightly change' the words. Changing "And she's dancing like she never danced before" to "He will kill your cat and nail him to the door" is a small change??

1. TELL HER ABOUT IT – BILLY JOEL

I guessed right. So did my friend's old room mate. My friend's kid guessed "All Night Long" which came in at #43. It's very rare his kid picks a song outside the top 40, I'm shocked!

Will never reach the top 40
#44 Heart "How Can I Refuse"
#48 Animals "The Night"
#52 Donna Summer "Unconditional Love"
#59 SOS Band "Just Be Good To Me"
#60 Wham "Bad Boys"
#61 Kansas "Fight Fire With Fire"
#67 Midnight Star "Freak-A-Zoid"
#68 Beegees "Someone Belonging To Someone"
#71 Sergio Mendes "Rainbow's End"
#72 Al Jarreau "Trouble in Paradise"
#75 Jim Capaldi "Living On The Edge"
#76 Herbie Hancock "Rockit"
#77 Eddy Grant "I Don't Wanna Dance"
#80 Commodores "Only You"
#83 Eddie Rabbitt "You Put The Beat In My Heart"
#84 Crystal Gayle "Baby, What About You"
#85 Anne Murray "A Little Good News"
#86 Bette Midler "All I Need To Know"
#88 Berlin "Masquerade"
#90 Carly Simon "You Know What to Do"
#92 Styx "High Time"
#93 Cee Farrow "Should I Love You"
#94 Glenn Shorrock "Doin't Girls Get Lonely"
#95 Minor Detail "Canvas of Life"
#96 Graham Parker "Life Gets Better"
#98 Ronnie Milsap "Don't You Know How Much I Love You"
#99 Liquid Gold "What's She Got"

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

No surprises in the bottom 60.

 

[Jon]

Eh, one slight surprise with Herbie Hancock's 'Rockit', considering it was all over the Grammy awards that year.

 

[HecticArt]

#76 Herbie Hancock "Rockit"

That's a shocker to me. The song was massive when it hit. It still holds up.

#88 Berlin "Masquerade"

Disappointing. They were so good with such a great sound.

 

[seasalt43]

Many of this week's "Will never reach the top 40" found success on other charts:

#52 Donna Summer "Unconditional Love"

This one peaked at #43, tragically close to the 40! (#9 R&B, #14UK).

#59 SOS Band "Just Be Good To Me"

#2 R&B, #13UK. An early Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis production.

#60 Wham "Bad Boys"

Peaked at this position (#2 UK). I remember seeing this video on New York Hot Tracks.

#67 Midnight Star "Freak-A-Zoid"

#2 R&B.

#76 Herbie Hancock "Rockit"

Lack of radio airplay is the only reason I can think this didn't crack the 40.

#77 Eddy Grant "I Don't Wanna Dance"

#1 UK

#83 Eddie Rabbitt "You Put The Beat In My Heart"

#10 Country

#84 Crystal Gayle "Baby, What About You"

#1 Country

#98 Ronnie Milsap "Don't You Know How Much I Love You"

#1 Country