80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule
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Good 11
Okay 7
Bad 22
22: You Got It All - The Jets
14: Sign O' The Times - Prince
Not sure if I've said this already over the last 7 years but Prince can make a great song, and he can make a terrible song. And I think this one is terrible.
12: Midnight Blue - Lou Gramm
I don't hear this one enough. There are some songs to me that are quintessential rock and roll songs and this is one of them. "This Time" by Bryan Adams is another one. Not that they are the best or my favorites of all time, but they represent the rock and roll sound.
2: Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship
Fortunately I didn't choose one of my #19, #80 or #96 candidates and went for the one that was #2. But frankly, I was in doubt about all of them even being on the Hot 100 this week. My friend's kid also picked this one.
1: Lean On Me - Club Nouveau
My friend's friend picked this one, making it 11 weeks in a row of picking the #1 song. Unreal.
Bob "Like A Virgin" #1
Bob "Down Under" #1
Bob "That's What Friends Are For" #1
Bob "Celebration" #1
Bob "Could've Been" #1
Bob "Centerfold" #1
Bob "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" #1
Bob "Lost In Your Eyes" #1
Bob "Can't Fight This Feeling" #1
Bob "Billie Jean" #1
Bob "Lean On Me" #1
Will never get into the top 40
#46 Paul Lekakis "Boom Boom (Let's Go Back To My Room)"
#49 Herb Alpert "Keep Your Eye On Me"
#51 Survivor "How Much Love"
#56 Gregory Abbott "I Got The Feelin' (It's Over)"
#57 Cover Girls "Show Me"
#58 Georgio "Sexappeal"
#59 Ratt "Dance"
#60 Sammy Hagar "Winner Takes It All"
#61 Run DMC "It's Tricky"
#65 Beastie Boys "Brass Monkey"
#68 Sheila E "Hold Me"
#74 Lone Justice "Shelter"
#76 Freddie Jackson "Have You Ever Loved Somebody"
#77 David & David "Ain't So Easy"
#81 Mel & Kim "Showing Out"
#84 Luther Vandross "There's Nothing Better Than Love"
#86 Night Ranger "The Secret of My Success"
#87 Samantha Fox "Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me)"
#88 Anita Baker "Same Ole Love"
#90 Julian Cope "World Shut Your Mouth"
#91 Corey Hart "Dancin' With My Mirror"
#93 Pseudo Echo "Living in a Dream"
#94 Starpoint "He Wants My Body"
#95 Georgia Satellites "Battleship Chains"
#97 a-ha "Cry Wolf"
#98 Venetians "So Much For Love"
#100 Paul Simon "The Boy In The Bubble"
Okay 7
Bad 22
22: You Got It All - The Jets
14: Sign O' The Times - Prince
Not sure if I've said this already over the last 7 years but Prince can make a great song, and he can make a terrible song. And I think this one is terrible.
12: Midnight Blue - Lou Gramm
I don't hear this one enough. There are some songs to me that are quintessential rock and roll songs and this is one of them. "This Time" by Bryan Adams is another one. Not that they are the best or my favorites of all time, but they represent the rock and roll sound.
2: Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship
Fortunately I didn't choose one of my #19, #80 or #96 candidates and went for the one that was #2. But frankly, I was in doubt about all of them even being on the Hot 100 this week. My friend's kid also picked this one.
1: Lean On Me - Club Nouveau
My friend's friend picked this one, making it 11 weeks in a row of picking the #1 song. Unreal.
Bob "Like A Virgin" #1
Bob "Down Under" #1
Bob "That's What Friends Are For" #1
Bob "Celebration" #1
Bob "Could've Been" #1
Bob "Centerfold" #1
Bob "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" #1
Bob "Lost In Your Eyes" #1
Bob "Can't Fight This Feeling" #1
Bob "Billie Jean" #1
Bob "Lean On Me" #1
Will never get into the top 40
#46 Paul Lekakis "Boom Boom (Let's Go Back To My Room)"
#49 Herb Alpert "Keep Your Eye On Me"
#51 Survivor "How Much Love"
#56 Gregory Abbott "I Got The Feelin' (It's Over)"
#57 Cover Girls "Show Me"
#58 Georgio "Sexappeal"
#59 Ratt "Dance"
#60 Sammy Hagar "Winner Takes It All"
#61 Run DMC "It's Tricky"
#65 Beastie Boys "Brass Monkey"
#68 Sheila E "Hold Me"
#74 Lone Justice "Shelter"
#76 Freddie Jackson "Have You Ever Loved Somebody"
#77 David & David "Ain't So Easy"
#81 Mel & Kim "Showing Out"
#84 Luther Vandross "There's Nothing Better Than Love"
#86 Night Ranger "The Secret of My Success"
#87 Samantha Fox "Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me)"
#88 Anita Baker "Same Ole Love"
#90 Julian Cope "World Shut Your Mouth"
#91 Corey Hart "Dancin' With My Mirror"
#93 Pseudo Echo "Living in a Dream"
#94 Starpoint "He Wants My Body"
#95 Georgia Satellites "Battleship Chains"
#97 a-ha "Cry Wolf"
#98 Venetians "So Much For Love"
#100 Paul Simon "The Boy In The Bubble"
That was a great one. We used to play it back when it came out. It's too bad it doesn't get played more.
I thought these would have made it to 40.
I thought the movie would have pushed this one higher.
I hated it when it came out, but it grew on me.
Alan mentioned that Donna Allen had a bigger hit a few years later with "Joy & Pain". Maze featuring Frankie Beverly made the original and the chorus of "Joy & Pain" by Rob Base was from the same song.
Bryan Adams sang background on this one too.
I didn't realize it then, but this was a really bad remake.
These were same background singers used on "C'est la Vie". The song made me think about pizza.
I can't believe these lyrics were in this song: "Your sweet nature darling was too hard to swallow".
Mark shared that he didn't remember "As We Lay". I wasn't surprised because the song didn't have a video. It was very popular on my local urban station. Shirley Murdock also sang background on "Computer Love" by Zapp.
I can't believe Rupert Holmes wrote this...
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1984. Missing a bunch, I'm sure.
EARLIER
Paul/Michael "Say Say Say" 83/84
Culture Club "Karma"
Yes "Owner Of A Lonely Heart"
LATER
Cyndi Lauper "Time After Time"
Lionel Richie "Hello"
Duran Duran "The Reflex"
Prince "When Doves Cry"
Ray Parker Jr "Ghostbusters"
Prince "Let's Go Crazy"
Stevie Wonder "I Just Called"
Tina Turner "What's Love Got"
John Waite "Missing You"
Billy Ocean "Caribbean Queen"
Wham "Wake Me Up"
Hall & Oates "Out Of Touch"
Madonna "Like A Virgin" 84/85
EARLIER
Paul/Michael "Say Say Say" 83/84
Culture Club "Karma"
Yes "Owner Of A Lonely Heart"
Van Halen "Jump"
Kenny Loggins "Footloose"
Phil Collins "Against All Odds"
Kenny Loggins "Footloose"
Phil Collins "Against All Odds"
LATER
Cyndi Lauper "Time After Time"
Lionel Richie "Hello"
Duran Duran "The Reflex"
Prince "When Doves Cry"
Ray Parker Jr "Ghostbusters"
Prince "Let's Go Crazy"
Stevie Wonder "I Just Called"
Tina Turner "What's Love Got"
John Waite "Missing You"
Billy Ocean "Caribbean Queen"
Wham "Wake Me Up"
Hall & Oates "Out Of Touch"
Madonna "Like A Virgin" 84/85
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Close but no cigar.
1984/03/31
* = current or future #1s
** = past #1s
red = debut
These are the hot 100 debuts this week OR future or former #1s in the lower 60 (aside from drops):
(--) 93. WOULDN'T IT BE GOOD - NIK KERSHAW
(--) 89. UNFAITHFULLY YOURS (OUR LOVE) - STEPHEN BISHOP
(--) 85. COMMUNICATION - SPANDAU BALLET
(--) 82. I'M STEPPIN' OUT - JOHN LENNON
(69) 79. OWNER OF A LONELY HEART - YES **
(--) 71. GIVE ME TONIGHT - SHANNON
This week's drops:
(38) 64. DON’T LET GO - WANG CHUNG
(24) 55. KARMA CHAMELEON – CULTURE CLUB **
(32) 51. LET THE MUSIC PLAY - SHANNON
(23) 48. WRAPPED AROUND YOUR FINGER – THE POLICE
(31) 41. LIVIN’ IN DESPERATE TIMES – OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
The Top 40:
(43) 40. ONE IN A MILLION - THE ROMANTICS
(49) 39. TO ALL THE GIRLS I'VE LOVED BEFORE - JULIO IGLESIAS AND WILLIE NELSON
(41) 38. A FINE FINE DAY - TONY CAREY
(40) 37. THE KID'S AMERICAN - MATTHEW WILDER
(48) 36. HEAD OVER HEALS - GO-GO'S
(55) 35. THE AUTHORITY SONG - JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP
(36) 34. RED RED WINE - UB40
(19) 33. NOBODY TOLD ME – JOHN LENNON
(37) 32. LEAVE IT - YES
(26) 31. LET’S STAY TOGETHER – TINA TURNER
(34) 30. TONIGHT - KOOL & THE GANG
(35) 29. DON'T ANSWER ME - THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT
(39) 28. YOU MIGHT THINK - THE CARS
(28) 27. NEW SONG - HOWARD JONES
(33) 26. LOVE SOMEBODY - RICK SPRINGFIELD
(30) 25. THEY DON'T KNOW - TRACY ULLMAN
(27) 24. COME BACK AND STAY – PAUL YOUNG
(22) 23. RUNNER – MANFRED MANN’S EARTH BAND
(18) 22. GIVE IT UP – K.C.
(29) 21. GIRLS – DWIGHT TWILLEY
(20) 20. BACK WHERE YOU BELONG - .38 SPECIAL
(25) 19. RADIO GA-GA - QUEEN
(16) 18. NEW MOON ON MONDAY – DURAN DURAN
(13) 17. THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE – DAN FOGELBERG
(10) 16. GOT A HOLD ON ME – CHRISTINA MCVIE
(11) 15. THRILLER – MICHAEL JACKSON
(18) 14. EAT IT - "WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC
(17) 13. HELLO – LIONEL RICHIE *
(15) 12. HOLD ME NOW – THOMPSON TWINS
( 7) 11. 99 LUFTBALLONS - NENA
(14) 10. MISS ME BLIND - CULTURE CLUB
( 9) 9. ADULT EDUCATION – DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
( 8) 8. AUTOMATIC – THE POINTER SISTERS
(12) 7. AGAINST ALL ODDS (TAKE A LOOK AT ME NOW) – PHIL COLLINS *
( 6) 6. I WANT A NEW DRUG – HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS
( 3) 5. GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN – CYNDI LAUPER
( 5) 4. HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN – EURYTHMICS
( 1) 3. JUMP – VAN HALEN **
( 2) 2. SOMEBODY’S WATCHING ME - ROCKWELL
( 4) 1. FOOTLOOSE – KENNY LOGGINS *
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From my 1984 list poster earlier
Culture Club "Karma" #55
Yes "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" #79
Van Halen "Jump" #3
Kenny Loggins "Footloose" #1
Phil Collins "Against All Odds" #7
Cyndi Lauper "Time After Time" (debuts in two weeks)
Lionel Richie "Hello" #13
Not bad. The order was off in a number of places, but the only one I missed completely was "Let's Hear It For The Boy", which debuts next week.
Culture Club "Karma" #55
Yes "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" #79
Van Halen "Jump" #3
Kenny Loggins "Footloose" #1
Phil Collins "Against All Odds" #7
Cyndi Lauper "Time After Time" (debuts in two weeks)
Lionel Richie "Hello" #13
Not bad. The order was off in a number of places, but the only one I missed completely was "Let's Hear It For The Boy", which debuts next week.
God 15
Okay 13
Bad 12
So many good songs ... leftovers from 1983!
40. ONE IN A MILLION - THE ROMANTICS
37. THE KID'S AMERICAN - MATTHEW WILDER
The tale of two two-hit wonders (and their lesser top 40). The first one, I sang along to every word. The second one, I kept thinking "I don't recognize this at all, who the heck is this??"
39. TO ALL THE GIRLS I'VE LOVED BEFORE - JULIO IGLESIAS AND WILLIE NELSON
33. NOBODY TOLD ME – JOHN LENNON
Someone picked this song as their guess at this week's #1. I was shocked to see it as an entry. It peaked at #5, which is higher than I woulda guessed.
1. FOOTLOOSE – KENNY LOGGINS *
I picked this one. Woohoo!
#46 Billy Idol "Rebel Yell"
#61 Adam Ant "Strip"
Always shake my head when I see these never made the top 40.
Will never break into the top 40
#46 Billy Idol "Rebel Yell"
#52 Jeffrey Osborne "We're Going All The Way"
#61 Adam Ant "Strip"
#63 Roger Daltry "Walking In My Sleep"
#67 Debarge "Love Me In A Special Way"
#68 Billy Rankin "Baby Come Back"
#69 Thomas Dolby "Hyperactive"
#71 Shannon "Give Me Tonight"
#72 Dazz Band "Joystick"
#73 Missing Persons "Give"
#74 Mr Mister "Hunters Of The Night"
#78 Eddie Money "Club Michelle"
#80 Golden Earring "When the Lady Smiles"
#81 Stacy Lattisaw/Johnny Gill "Perfect Combination"
#82 John Lennon "I'm Steppin' Out"
#83 Midnight Star "No Parking (On The Dance Floor)"
#84 David Bowie "Without You"
#85 Spandau Ballet "Communication"
#86 Madness "The Sun And The Rain"
#87 Motley Crue "Looks That Kill"
#89 Stephen Bishop "Unfaithfully Yours"
#90 Bobby Womack/Patti LaBelle "Love Has Finally Come At Last"
#91 Patti LaBelle "If Only You Knew"
#92 Cheryl Lynn "Encore"
#93 Nik Kershaw "Wouldn't It Be Good"
#96 J Blackfoot "Taxi"
#98 Andy Fraser "Do You Love Me"
#100 Rolling Stones "She Was Hot"
Okay 13
Bad 12
So many good songs ... leftovers from 1983!
40. ONE IN A MILLION - THE ROMANTICS
37. THE KID'S AMERICAN - MATTHEW WILDER
The tale of two two-hit wonders (and their lesser top 40). The first one, I sang along to every word. The second one, I kept thinking "I don't recognize this at all, who the heck is this??"
39. TO ALL THE GIRLS I'VE LOVED BEFORE - JULIO IGLESIAS AND WILLIE NELSON
33. NOBODY TOLD ME – JOHN LENNON
Someone picked this song as their guess at this week's #1. I was shocked to see it as an entry. It peaked at #5, which is higher than I woulda guessed.
1. FOOTLOOSE – KENNY LOGGINS *
I picked this one. Woohoo!
#46 Billy Idol "Rebel Yell"
#61 Adam Ant "Strip"
Always shake my head when I see these never made the top 40.
Will never break into the top 40
#46 Billy Idol "Rebel Yell"
#52 Jeffrey Osborne "We're Going All The Way"
#61 Adam Ant "Strip"
#63 Roger Daltry "Walking In My Sleep"
#67 Debarge "Love Me In A Special Way"
#68 Billy Rankin "Baby Come Back"
#69 Thomas Dolby "Hyperactive"
#71 Shannon "Give Me Tonight"
#72 Dazz Band "Joystick"
#73 Missing Persons "Give"
#74 Mr Mister "Hunters Of The Night"
#78 Eddie Money "Club Michelle"
#80 Golden Earring "When the Lady Smiles"
#81 Stacy Lattisaw/Johnny Gill "Perfect Combination"
#82 John Lennon "I'm Steppin' Out"
#83 Midnight Star "No Parking (On The Dance Floor)"
#84 David Bowie "Without You"
#85 Spandau Ballet "Communication"
#86 Madness "The Sun And The Rain"
#87 Motley Crue "Looks That Kill"
#89 Stephen Bishop "Unfaithfully Yours"
#90 Bobby Womack/Patti LaBelle "Love Has Finally Come At Last"
#91 Patti LaBelle "If Only You Knew"
#92 Cheryl Lynn "Encore"
#93 Nik Kershaw "Wouldn't It Be Good"
#96 J Blackfoot "Taxi"
#98 Andy Fraser "Do You Love Me"
#100 Rolling Stones "She Was Hot"