80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

[scotchandcigar]

16 for me.

 

[sadchild]

Good 9
Okay 10
Bad 21

Eight chart-toppers in the top 20. And I could only think of 3 (for my candidates list). #fail

34: THE NIGHT IS STILL YOUNG - BILLY JOEL

Talk about your forgotten Joel hits!

31: I MISS YOU - KLYMAXX

27: BOY IN THE BOX - COREY HART

Talk about your forgotten Hart hits!

24: SOUL KISS - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN

Talk about your forgotten ONJ hits!

21: ONE OF THE LIVING - TINA TURNER

Talk about your forgotten Turner hits!

20: OH SHEILA - READY FOR THE WORLD

My choice. Third place for me this week.

11: BROKEN WINGS - MR. MISTER

One of my candidates. Woulda been a better choice.

8: TAKE ON ME - A-HA

One of my candidates. Woulda been a better choice.

5: WE BUILT THIS CITY - STARSHIP

Someone picked this one.

1: MIAMI VICE THEME - JAN HAMMER

Someone picked this one.

Will never get into the top 40
#46 Prince "America"
#47 Rene & Angela "I'll Be Good"
#53 Wang Chung "To Live And Die In LA"
#54 Roger Daltrey "After The Fire"
#57 Howard Jones "Like To Get To Know You Well"
#58 Gino Vannelli "Hurts To Be In Love"
#59 Kiss "Tears Are Falling"
#60 Talking Heads "And She Was"
#65 Morris Day "The Oak Tree"
#66 Pointer Sisters "Freedom"
#68 Christopher Cross "Charm The Snake"
#69 Maurice White "Stand By Me"
#70 Jack Wagner "Too Young"
#74 Cheech & Chong "Born In East LA"
#75 Katrina & The Waves "Que Te Quiero"
#77 9.9 "All Of Me For All Of You"
#79 James Taylor "Everyday"
#81 Five Star "All Fall Down"
#82 John Cafferty "Small Town Girl"
#83 Marillion "Kayleigh"
#85 New Edition "Count Me Out"
#86 Quarterflash "Talk To Me"
#88 John Waite "Welcome To Paradise"
#89 Motley Crue "Home Sweet Home"
#90 Cheap Trick "Tonight It's You"
#93 Rush "The Big Money"
#94 Oingo Boingo "Weird Science"
#95 Motels "Shock"
#96 Jane Wiedlin "Blue Kiss"
#97 Go West "Eye to Eye"
#98 Laura Branigan "Hold Me"

 

[seasalt43]

34: THE NIGHT IS STILL YOUNG - BILLY JOEL

Talk about your forgotten Joel hits!

27: BOY IN THE BOX - COREY HART

Talk about your forgotten Hart hits!

24: SOUL KISS - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN

Talk about your forgotten ONJ hits!

21: ONE OF THE LIVING - TINA TURNER

Talk about your forgotten Turner hits!

It's like the focus is mainly on songs that reached the top 10.

The countdown from next week aired last year. Nov 14, 2020. @sadchild - You give Klaymaxx a double shot. ;-)

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Will never get into the top 40
#60 Talking Heads "And She Was"
#93 Rush "The Big Money"
#94 Oingo Boingo "Weird Science"

Surprises this week.

 

[goreds2]

24

 

[HecticArt]

14 or so.

sadchild said:
Will never get into the top 40
#60 Talking Heads "And She Was"
#94 Oingo Boingo "Weird Science"

These are the surprises for me.

Rush isn’t really a surprise. While it’s great they even broke 100, it’s too bad it couldn’t have made it to 40 or 30.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Rush isn’t really a surprise. While it’s great they even broke 100, it’s too bad it couldn’t have made it to 40 or 30.

It's always a surprise but not unexpected. I know they only had 1 top 40 hit --- a song added to an album to make side B the same length as side A on a cassette.

 

[sadchild]

As a teen, I woulda thought if any Rush song was gonna make the top 40, it would've been "Big Money".

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

1980/11/22
They did 11/08 & 11/15 in the past.

These songs dropped off from 11/15:
(36) 52. SOMETIMES A FANTASY - BILLY JOEL
(22) 48. THAT GIRL COULD SING - JACKSON BROWNE
(33) 45. JESSE - CARLY SIMON
(27) 44. REAL LOVE - DOOBIE BROTHERS
(26) 42. SHE'S SO COLD - ROLLING STONES

The Top 40 (debuts in red):
(43) 40. ONE-TRICK PONY - PAUL SIMON
(48) 39. SUDDENLY - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN & CLIFF RICHARD
(39) 38. IF YOU SHOULD SAIL - NIELSEN/PEARSON
(38) 37. TURNING JAPANESE - THE VAPORS
(44) 36. SEQUEL - HARRY CHAPIN
(50) 35. CELEBRATION - KOOL & THE GANG
(20) 34. ON THE ROAD AGAIN - WILLIE NELSON
(40) 33. I BELIEVE IN YOU - DON WILLIAMS
(34) 32. THIS TIME - JOHN COUGAR
(37) 31. IT'S MY TURN - DIANA ROSS
(41) 30. DE DO DO DO, DE DA DA DA - THE POLICE
(31) 29. DEEP INSIDE MY HEART - RANDY MEISNER
(30) 28. THEME FROM "THE DUKES OF HAZZARD" (GOOD OL' BOYS) - WAYLON JENNINGS
(28) 27. I'M HAPPY THAT LOVE HAS FOUND YOU - JIMMY HALL
(32) 26. EVERYBODY'S GOT TO LEARN SOMETIME - KORGIS
(25) 25. UPSIDE DOWN - DIANA ROSS
(35) 24. EVERY WOMAN IN THE WORLD - AIR SUPPLY
(15) 23. DREAMER - SUPERTRAMP
(24) 22. WITHOUT YOUR LOVE - ROGER DALTREY
(23) 21. LET ME BE YOUR ANGEL - STACY LATTISAW
(29) 20. GUILTY - BARBRA STREISAND & BARRY GIBB
(19) 19. OUT HERE ON MY OWN - IRENE CARA
(21) 18. HUNGRY HEART - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
( 8) 17. HE'S SO SHY - POINTER SISTERS
(18) 16. NEVER BE THE SAME - CHRISTOPHER CROSS
(16) 15. HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT - PAT BENATAR
(14) 14. WHIP IT - DEVO
(13) 13. YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELING - HALL & OATES
(12) 12. LOVELY ONE - JACKSONS
(17) 11. LOVE ON THE ROCKS - NEIL DIAMOND
(11) 10. DREAMING - CLIFF RICHARD
(10) 9. (JUST LIKE) STARTING OVER - JOHN LENNON
( 9) 8. MORE THAN I CAN SAY - LEO SAYER
( 7) 7. MASTER BLASTER (JAMMIN') - STEVIE WONDER
( 6) 6. NEVER KNEW LOVE LIKE THIS BEFORE -STEPHANIE MILLS
( 5) 5. I'M COMING OUT - DIANA ROSS
( 4) 4. ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST - QUEEN
( 3) 3. THE WANDERER - DONNA SUMMER
( 2) 2. WOMAN IN LOVE - BARBRA STREISAND
( 1) 1. LADY - KENNY ROGERS

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

22 good.

3 Diana Ross tracks on this countdown.

 

[Aaron]

24 good/okay

When you know that they've played the prior week in years past, do you keep a record of that or just remember? Curious...

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

24 good/okay

When you know that they've played the prior week in years past, do you keep a record of that or just remember? Curious...

I make a playlist from the countdowns. I keep a copy of the ones I have done. If I have a playlist already stored, I know they have done it before.

 

[MonoStereo]

1980/11/22

Man, I love these early-in-the decade charts. You can literally sense the change from one decade to the next. Always such a great mix of genres.


(48) 39. SUDDENLY - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN & CLIFF RICHARD

This is easily my favorite ONJ era ( roughly "Xanadu" to "Physical" ). So much so that I recently ponied up for one of her greatest hits CD's just to get the 4-5 songs I love.

(39) 38. IF YOU SHOULD SAIL - NIELSEN/PEARSON

Pretty sure I've never heard this before. Don't dislike it, but boy does it sound like it was created in some kinda Adult Contemporary laboratory somewhere. Really sounds like a combo of about 5 different AC acts of the time.

(38) 37. TURNING JAPANESE - THE VAPORS

One of the great singles of the '80's. And I know I've mentioned this before, but if you've never heard the album this comes from ( "New Clear Days" ) you should check it out ASAP. The whole album's great. They also released a fantastic reunion album a couple years back called "Together". A band with a decent-enough 1-hit-Wonder legacy that still deserved much, much more.

(44) 36. SEQUEL - HARRY CHAPIN

Sweet Jeezus, do I fuckin' hate this song.

(41) 30. DE DO DO DO, DE DA DA DA - THE POLICE

I heard the 31-28 chunk while I was waiting to flip to the 70's countdown, & unfortunately heard Nina Blackwood's voice. I know their whole thing is "We have all the original Vee Jays!!!!!", but good Christ I dunno how they continue to put her Iron Lung tones on the air. She sounds like fucking Marge Simpsons sisters. ENOUGH. ( pretty sure I've posted a version of this rant before...but if they keep employing her I'll keep bitching about it )

(32) 26. EVERYBODY'S GOT TO LEARN SOMETIME - KORGIS

One of my favorite songs/records of the 80's. In high school I worked at this Mexican fast food joint called Taco Tico, & the music service that played into the dining area came on these HUGE tape cartridges that you'd ka-chunk into a player ( think 8-tracks, but much more beefy ). This song was on the tape we played. I'd loved it since 1980, but this was pretty much the only place I'd hear it in 1983-4.

(24) 22. WITHOUT YOUR LOVE - ROGER DALTREY

Not sure I've ever heard this, either. Which is weird...guy's in the friggin' WHO, fer Chrissakes.

(10) 9. (JUST LIKE) STARTING OVER - JOHN LENNON

Hot Take...I like this era of his solo stuff WAY more than what he released in the 70's, which frankly I mostly found boring as shit.

Overall, a REALLY good countdown for me. I like 99% of the songs to some degree ( a range from "Love" to "it's fine" ) & there's only a couple in there that I flat-out hate ( lookin' at you, Chapin ).

 

[Channel98]

Do you know what I find interesting about that top 40? Do you even care what I find interesting about that top 40? Well, I will tell you anyway. Seven of those titles were also the titles of earlier top-40 hits. Different songs, same titles.

Dreaming - Albert Campbell
Guilty - Margaret Whiting
Lady - Jack Jones
Lovely One - Four Voices
On The Road Again - Canned Heat
The Wanderer - Dion
This Time - Troy Shondell

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Do you know what I find interesting about that top 40? Do you even care what I find interesting about that top 40? Well, I will tell you anyway. Seven of those titles were also the titles of earlier top-40 hits. Different songs, same titles.

Dreaming - Albert Campbell
Guilty - Margaret Whiting
Lady - Jack Jones
Lovely One - Four Voices
On The Road Again - Canned Heat
The Wanderer - Dion
This Time - Troy Shondell

I thought the Dion one was the same song. Donna did a remake.

 

[sadchild]

3 Diana Ross tracks on this countdown.

Back when the Hot 100 wasn't broken, this was a big deal. Now someone we've never heard of named Summer Walker can have 18 songs on the Hot 100, probably because some record label pays a company to manipulate the streaming numbers. I'm waiting for Brass Against to have 10 songs on the Hot 100 just because she's in the news for pissing on some guy on stage and people are then curious to hear them = more streams = chart positions = #brokenchart

created in some kinda Adult Contemporary laboratory somewhere

Lol, right?!

She sounds like fucking Marge Simpsons sisters

True lol. But I still like that she participates. And I still miss Martha.

 

[scotchandcigar]

I'm waiting for Brass Against to have 10 songs on the Hot 100

I hear they have some really hot streaming content. Wicked pissah!

 

[Channel98]

Mister IRBS, Dion's 1961-62 hit The Wanderer was written by Ernie Maresca, best known for the 1962 top-ten hit Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out). Both songs featured the Del-Satins as background vocalists. Donna Summer co-wrote her 1980 hit The Wanderer with Giorgio Moroder.

Here, for your amazement and amusement, is The Happy Wanderer, a 1954 British top-ten hit by the Stargazers. It's an English-language version of Der Fröhliche Wanderer, which was written by Florenz Friedrich Sigismund and Friedrich-Wilhelm Möller. Surely you will recognize the "val-de-ri val-de-ra" chorus. "I will – and don't call me Shirley."

 

[sadchild]

Instead of Brass Against, they should change their name to Ass Against....... Your Face!

 

[sadchild]

Good 6
Okay 8
Bad 26

35. CELEBRATION - KOOL & THE GANG



27. I'M HAPPY THAT LOVE HAS FOUND YOU - JIMMY HALL

He actually kinda sounds like Daryl Hall at times. Pretty sure it's just a coincidence, I don't think they're related.

21. LET ME BE YOUR ANGEL - STACY LATTISAW

Sounds like New Edition.

18. HUNGRY HEART - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

The VJ fun fact is that Springsteen originally wrote this for the Ramones. I can't see the Ramones doing a song like this.

2. WOMAN IN LOVE - BARBRA STREISAND

1. LADY - KENNY ROGERS

This is what I picked. Still haven't heard what anyone else guessed.

Songs that will never reach the top 40
#51 Mac Davis "Texas In My Rear View Mirror"
#56 Kings "Switchin' To Glide/This Beat Goes On"
#60 Cheap Trick "Stop This Game"
#62 Pointer Sisters "Could I Be Dreaming"
#64 Marcy Levy/Andy Gibb "Help Me!"
#66 Robbin Thompson Band "Brite Eyes"
#68 Billy Burnette "Don't Say No"
#69 Babys "Turn And Walk Away"
#71 Rupert Holmes "Morning Man"
#75 Climax Blues Band "Gotta Have More Love"
#76 Eric Clapton "Blues Power (Live)"
#77 George Benson "Love X Love"
#79 Chic "Real People/Chip Off The Old Block"
#81 Earth Wind & Fire "You"
#83 Robert John "Sherry"
#84 Rockpile "Teacher, Teacher"
#85 Bette Midler "My Mother's Eyes"
#88 Dionne Warwick "Easy Love"
#91 Doolittle Band "Who Were You Thinkin' Of"
#92 Reddings "Remote Control"
#93 Kim Carnes "Cry Like A Baby"
#95 Ali Thomson "Live Every Minute"
#96 Eddie Money "Let's Be Lovers Again"
#99 707 "I Could Be Good For You"