80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

No surprises from the bottom 60 this week.

 

[Aaron]

25

Overall not a great group of songs. But I was 12 at that time, and listening a lot to the radio. So those songs kind of stuck with me.

 

[HecticArt]

13 with a couple of nostalgia tracks.

Will never make the top 40

No surprises.

 

[scotchandcigar]

I was 12 at that time, and listening a lot to the radio. So those songs kind of stuck with me.

My older daughter was born that year, so I was less focused on top 40 radio.

 

[sadchild]

I was Class of '88. I was happy to see hard rock getting more mainstream attention (GNR, Poison, Cinderella, Whitesnake etc), but I started getting into alternative at that time too (Depeche, Frankie, REM etc in '87/'88, Peppers, Cure, 10K Maniacs etc in '89). That stuff showed up in the top 40 here and there but wouldn't be all over the place until a few years later.

 

[HecticArt]

I was Class of '88. I was happy to see hard rock getting more mainstream attention (GNR, Poison, Cinderella, Whitesnake etc), but I started getting into alternative at that time too (Depeche, Frankie, REM etc in '87/'88, Peppers, Cure, 10K Maniacs etc in '89). That stuff showed up in the top 40 here and there but wouldn't be all over the place until a few years later.

Pretty much the same for me. The pop stuff I kind of liked usually had a connection to a girl I was dating, or some place or event that was important at the time.

 

[sadchild]

Easy peasy. Summer of 83, summer of 82 and end of 81 are no-brainers.

EARLIER
Hall & Oates "Maneater"
Toto "Africa"
Men At Work "Down Under"
Michael Jackson "Billie Jean"
Dexy's "Come On Eileen"
David Bowie "Let's Dance"
Michael Jackson "Beat It"
Patti/James "Baby Come To Me"
Irene Cara "Flashdance"

Spoiler: CANDIDATE

Police "Every Breath You Take"

LATER
Michael Sambello "Maniac"
Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams"
Billy Joel "Tell Her About It"
Bonnie Tyler "Total Eclipse"
Kenny/Dolly "Islands In The Stream"
Lionel Richie "All Night Long"

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Your order is wrong without even looking. Dexy's sepearated the 2 MJ songs.

 

[sadchild]

July 30, 1983.
40: FAKE FRIENDS – JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS
39: SLIPPING AWAY – DAVE EDMUNDS
38: TELL HER ABOUT IT – BILLY JOEL
37: THE SAFETY DANCE – MEN WITHOUT HATS
36: THE SALT IN MY TEARS – MARTIN BRILEY
35: HUMAN NATURE – MICHAEL JACKSON
34: THE BORDER - AMERICA
33: PIECES OF ICE – DIANA ROSS
32: HUMAN TOUCH – RICK SPRINGFIELD
31: AFTER THE FALL - JOURNEY
30: I’M STILL STANDING – ELTON JOHN
29: STOP IN THE NAME OF LOVE – THE HOLLIES
28: LAWYERS IN LOVE – JACKSON BROWNE
27: ALL THIS LOVE - DeBARGE
26: PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ - TACO
25: I’LL TUMBLE 4 YA – CULTURE CLUB
24: ROCK ‘N’ ROLL IS KING - ELO
23: TAKE ME TO HEART – QUARTERFLASH
22: SAVED BY ZERO – THE FIXX
21: TOO SHY - KAJAGOOGOO
20: CHINA GIRL – DAVID BOWIE
19: ROCK OF AGES – DEF LEPPARD
18: HOT GIRLS IN LOVE - LOVERBOY
17: (KEEP FEELING) FASCINATION – THE HUMAN LEAGUE
16: CUTS LIKE A KNIFE – BRYAN ADAMS
15: IT’S A MISTAKE – MEN AT WORK
14: BABY JANE – ROD STEWART
13: COME DANCING – THE KINKS
12: 1999 - PRINCE
11: MANIAC – MICHAEL SEMBELLO
10: OUR HOUSE - MADNESS
9: STAND BACK – STEVIE NICKS
8: SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY – DONNA SUMMER
7: WANNA BE STARTIN’ SOMETHIN' – MICHAEL JACKSON
6: SWEET DREAMS (ARE MADE OF THIS) - EURYTHMICS
5: IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW – DURAN DURAN
4: NEVER GONNA LET YOU GO – SERGIO MENDES
3: FLASHDANCE…WHAT A FEELING – IRENE CARA
2: ELECTRIC AVENUE – EDDY GRANT
1: EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE – THE POLICE

 

[sadchild]

1983 actual order

Michael Jackson "Beat It" #74
David Bowie "Let's Dance" #78
Irene Cara "Flashdance" #3
Police "Every Breath You Take" #1
Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams" #6
Michael Sambello "Maniac" #11
Billy Joel "Tell Her About It" #38
Bonnie Tyler "Total Eclipse" #58

One I put in between those that actually comes a lot earlier:
Patti/James "Baby Come To Me" (FEB)

white: listed as 'earlier' or 'later'
green: my candidates
brown: missing from my list (NONE)

 

[sadchild]

Good 24
Okay 4
Bad 12

37: THE SAFETY DANCE – MEN WITHOUT HATS
35: HUMAN NATURE – MICHAEL JACKSON
30: I’M STILL STANDING – ELTON JOHN
22: SAVED BY ZERO – THE FIXX
19: ROCK OF AGES – DEF LEPPARD
17: (KEEP FEELING) FASCINATION – THE HUMAN LEAGUE
16: CUTS LIKE A KNIFE – BRYAN ADAMS
11: MANIAC – MICHAEL SEMBELLO
10: OUR HOUSE - MADNESS
8: SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY – DONNA SUMMER
7: WANNA BE STARTIN’ SOMETHIN' – MICHAEL JACKSON
5: IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW – DURAN DURAN
3: FLASHDANCE…WHAT A FEELING – IRENE CARA
2: ELECTRIC AVENUE – EDDY GRANT
#60 Meco "Ewok Celebration"
#96 Joe Walsh "Space Age Whiz Kids"

All songs that I taped off the radio that summer and (as I've said too many times) listened to at the rope swing across from my house with friends all day long.

4: NEVER GONNA LET YOU GO – SERGIO MENDES

1: EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE – THE POLICE

All 3 of us guessed the #1 song right this week.

#83 Haysi Fantayzee "Shiny Shiny"

What the hell did I just hear? And see?

Will never reach the top 40
#45 Crosby Stills & Nash "War Games"
#48 Mtume "Juicy Fruit"
#49 Louise Tucker "Midnight Blue"
#54 Roman Holliday "Stand By"
#60 Meco "Ewok Celebration"
#61 Smokey Robinson "Blame It on Love"
#63 James Ingram/Patti Austin "How Do You Keep The Music Playing"
#64 Donnie Iris "Do You Compute?"
#66 Tubes "Tip Of My Tongue"
#71 Zebra "Who's Behind The Door?"
#72 Tony Carey "West Coast Summer Nights"
#73 Toto "Waiting For Your Love"
#77 Engelbert Humperdinck "Til You And Your Lover Are Lovers Again"
#80 INXS "Don't Change"
#81 B52s "Legal Tender"
#82 Doobie Brothers "You Belong to Me"
#83 Haysi Fantayzee "Shiny Shiny"
#85 REM "Radio Free Europe"
#87 Mitch Ryder "When You Were Mine"
#88 Plimsouls "A Million Miles Away"
#89 Aretha Franklin "Get It Right"
#90 Manhattans "Crazy"
#91 FR David "Words"
#92 Peter Tosh "Johnny B. Goode"
#94 Red Rockers "China"
#96 Joe Walsh "Space Age Whiz Kids"
#98 Lee Greenwood "IOU"
#100 Berlin "The Metro"

 

[Jon]

#80 INXS "Don't Change"
#85 REM "Radio Free Europe"
#88 Plimsouls "A Million Miles Away"

Minor surprises.

 

[hwkn]

32 for 83.

 

[scotchandcigar]

23, but only about 5 are ones I'd admit to.

 

[Jon]

24.

 

[Aaron]

27.

 

[HecticArt]

21 or 22.
Thats a good countdown for me.

#64 Donnie Iris "Do You Compute?"

Not surprised, but it as a fun tune.

#80 INXS "Don't Change"

I’m shocked this didn’t break 40!

#85 REM "Radio Free Europe"
#88 Plimsouls "A Million Miles Away"

It’s too bad these two didn’t make it higher.

#100 Berlin "The Metro"

I‘m disappointed that this didn‘t break 40.

 

[sadchild]

Nice to see everyone 21+. I love '83

 

[seasalt43]

#85 REM "Radio Free Europe"
#88 Plimsouls "A Million Miles Away"

It’s too bad these two didn’t make it higher.

"Radio Free Europe" peaked at #78 and A Million Miles Away" peaked at #82.

 

[seasalt43]

The 10 songs below the 100 from 7/30/1983:

Bubbling Under The HOT 100

#101 Dionne Warwick "All The Love in the World" (peaked at this position, UK#10)
#102 Heaven 17 "We Live So Fast" (peaked at this position)
#103 Yello "I Love You" (peaked at this position)
#104 Lindsey Buckingham "Holiday Road" (entered the chart at #92 on 8/6/83, peaked at #82)
#105 Wham "Bad Boys"(entered the chart at #90 on 8/20/83, peaked at #60)
#106 Juluka "Scatterlings of Africa" (peaked at this position)
#107 Blackfoot "Teenage Idol" (peaked at #103)
#108 - Shor Patrol "Loverboy" (peaked at this position, no Wiki page)
#109 Quiet Riot "Cum on Feel the Noise" (entered the chart at #92 on 9/17/82, peaked at #5)
#110 Kissing the Pink "Maybe this Day" (entered the chart at #95 on 8/6/83, peaked at #87)

Comments:
I love the variety in the bubbles this week.
I remember seeing the video for "Bad Boys" on New York Hot Tracks.
I had never heard of Kissing the Pink before. I've been enjoying listen to their singles.

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