80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

1984/08/25

* = current or future #1 song
** = former #1 song
red = debut

The Bottom 60: debuts and/or songs that will be or have been #1
(91) 98: TIME AFTER TIME - CYNDI LAUPER **
(--) 90: ANYWHERE WITH YOU - RUBBER RODEO
(69) 87: THE REFLEX - DURAN DURAN **
(--) 80: YOU TAKE ME UP - THOMPSON TWINS
(--) 75: STRUT - SHEENA EASTON
(--) 64: FLESH FOR FANTASY - BILLY IDOL
(73) 60: CARIBBEAN QUEEN (NO MORE LOVE ON THE RUN) - BILLY OCEAN *
(--) 57: SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCK - ROD STEWART
(--) 49: LUCKY STAR - MADONNA
(58) 46: I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU - STEVIE WONDER *

This week's drops:
(34) 55: EYES WITHOUT A FACE – BILLY IDOL
(29) 48: ALIBIS – SERGIO MENDES
(33) 45: JUMP (FOR MY LOVE) – THE POINTER SISTERS
(24) 43: LEGS – ZZ TOP

The Top 40:
(45) 40: GO INSANE - LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM
(44) 39: THE LUCKY ONE - LAURA BRANIGAN
(38) 38: TWO SIDES OF LOVE – SAMMY HAGAR
(37) 37: MY OH MY - SLADE
(36) 36: 17 – RICK JAMES
(48) 35: TORTURE - THE JACKSONS
(22) 34: BREAKIN’…THERE’S NO STOPPING US – OLLIE AND JERRY
(35) 33: RIGHT BY YOUR SIDE - EURYTHMICS
(41) 32: HARD HABIT TO BREAK - CHICAGO
(39) 31: WE’RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT – TWISTED SISTER
(21) 30: SHE’S MINE – STEVE PERRY
(40) 29: COVER ME – BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
(31) 28: WHEN YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES – NIGHT RANGER
(30) 27: LEAVE A TENDER MOMENT ALONE – BILLY JOEL
(32) 26: CRUEL SUMMER - BANANARAMA
(11) 25: INFATUATION – ROD STEWART
(28) 24: DYNAMITE – JERMAINE JACKSON
(13) 23: PANAMA – VAN HALEN
(25) 22: ALL OF YOU – JULIO IGLESIAS & DIANA ROSS
(26) 21: THE GLAMOROUS LIFE – SHEILA E.
(20) 20: SEXY GIRL – GLENN FREY
(12) 19: DANCING IN THE DARK – BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
(27) 18: DRIVE – THE CARS
(19) 17: ROCK ME TONIGHT – BILLY SQUIER
(23) 16: LET’S GO CRAZY – PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION *
(18) 15: LIGHTS OUT – PETER WOLF
( 8) 14: SAD SONGS (SAY SO MUCH) – ELTON JOHN
(17) 13: THE WARRIOR – SCANDAL FEATURING PATTY SMYTH
(14) 12: ROUND AND ROUND - RATT
(16) 11: IF THIS IS IT – HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS
(10) 10: IF EVER YOU’RE IN MY ARMS AGAIN – PEABO BRYSON
(15) 9: SHE BOP – CYNDI LAUPER
( 9) 8: SUNGLASSES AT NIGHT – COREY HART
( 3) 7: STATE OF SHOCK – THE JACKSONS
( 6) 6: I CAN DREAM ABOUT YOU - DAN HARTMAN
( 7) 5: MISSING YOU – JOHN WAITE *
( 4) 4: WHEN DOVES CRY - PRINCE **
( 5) 3: STUCK ON YOU – LIONEL RICHIE
( 2) 2: WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT – TINA TURNER *
( 1) 1: GHOSTBUSTERS – RAY PARKER JR. *
 
IdRatherBeSkiing said:
(36) 36: 17 – RICK JAMES
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Another one to add to the creepy under 18 list. I had the misfortune of hearing it and it was indeed creepy. Speaks of inviting a hot 17 year old up to his hotel room. Even creepier that it was done by Rick James who I think is serving time for kiddie porn. Even Alan Hunter mentioned it was creepy and creepier knowing the artist.
 
IdRatherBeSkiing said:
Rick James who I think is serving time for kiddie porn
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Wiki sed he ded

James Ambrose Johnson Jr. (February 1, 1948 – August 6, 2004), better known by his stage name Rick James, was an American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer.

But he definitely lived his lyrics. He was 40, she was 17...

In 1989, James met 17-year-old party-goer Tanya Hijazi. The two began a romance in 1990. In 1993, the couple had their only child and James's youngest, Tazman.
 
sadchild said:
Wiki sed he ded

James Ambrose Johnson Jr. (February 1, 1948 – August 6, 2004), better known by his stage name Rick James, was an American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer.

But he definitely lived his lyrics. He was 40, she was 17...

In 1989, James met 17-year-old party-goer Tanya Hijazi. The two began a romance in 1990. In 1993, the couple had their only child and James's youngest, Tazman.
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Looks like his criminal history was not kiddie related but pretty messed up (from same Wiki article):

Kidnapping and assault convictions​

By the 1990s, James's drug abuse was public knowledge. He was heavily addicted to cocaine and later admitted to spending about $7,000 per week on drugs for five years straight. On August 2, 1991, James and his girlfriend Tanya Hijazi were arrested on charges of holding 24-year-old Frances Alley hostage for up to six days, tying her up, forcing her to perform sexual acts, and burning her legs and abdomen with the hot end of a crack cocaine pipe during a week-long cocaine binge.[35][41] James faced a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted on all charges, which included assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated mayhem, torture, forcible oral copulation, false imprisonment and kidnapping.[34]

On November 3, 1992, while out on bail for that incident, James, under the influence of cocaine, assaulted music executive Mary Sauger at the St. James Club and Hotel in West Hollywood. Sauger claims she met James and Hijazi for a business meeting, but said the two then kidnapped and beat her over a 20-hour period.[34]

James was found guilty of both offenses but was cleared of a torture charge that could have put him in prison for the rest of his life. While serving his five-year sentence at Folsom Prison, James lost a civil suit to Sauger, who was awarded nearly $2 million in damages in 1994.[42] James was ordered to pay her about $1 million; the hotel and a private security firm were found liable for nearly $750,000 in damages due to negligence.[43] James was released from prison on August 21, 1996, after serving more than two years.[44]

In 1998, James was accused of sexually assaulting a 26-year-old woman, but the charges were later dropped.[45] In 2020, James's estate was sued for $50 million by a woman who accused him of raping her when she was 15 years old at a group home for troubled youths in Buffalo, New York in 1979.[46][47] The suit was later dismissed.[48]
 
IdRatherBeSkiing said:
Looks like his criminal history was not kiddie related but pretty messed up (from same Wiki article):

Kidnapping and assault convictions​

By the 1990s, James's drug abuse was public knowledge. He was heavily addicted to cocaine and later admitted to spending about $7,000 per week on drugs for five years straight. On August 2, 1991, James and his girlfriend Tanya Hijazi were arrested on charges of holding 24-year-old Frances Alley hostage for up to six days, tying her up, forcing her to perform sexual acts, and burning her legs and abdomen with the hot end of a crack cocaine pipe during a week-long cocaine binge.[35][41] James faced a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted on all charges, which included assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated mayhem, torture, forcible oral copulation, false imprisonment and kidnapping.[34]

On November 3, 1992, while out on bail for that incident, James, under the influence of cocaine, assaulted music executive Mary Sauger at the St. James Club and Hotel in West Hollywood. Sauger claims she met James and Hijazi for a business meeting, but said the two then kidnapped and beat her over a 20-hour period.[34]

James was found guilty of both offenses but was cleared of a torture charge that could have put him in prison for the rest of his life. While serving his five-year sentence at Folsom Prison, James lost a civil suit to Sauger, who was awarded nearly $2 million in damages in 1994.[42] James was ordered to pay her about $1 million; the hotel and a private security firm were found liable for nearly $750,000 in damages due to negligence.[43] James was released from prison on August 21, 1996, after serving more than two years.[44]

In 1998, James was accused of sexually assaulting a 26-year-old woman, but the charges were later dropped.[45] In 2020, James's estate was sued for $50 million by a woman who accused him of raping her when she was 15 years old at a group home for troubled youths in Buffalo, New York in 1979.[46][47] The suit was later dismissed.[48]
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Our generation's R. Kelly.
 
Good 10
Okay 11
Bad 19

Heard this countdown six years ago

37: MY OH MY - SLADE

Halfway through my wife sarcastically noted, "These lyrics are pretty profound..."

22: ALL OF YOU – JULIO IGLESIAS & DIANA ROSS

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15: LIGHTS OUT – PETER WOLF

About 10 seconds in, my son said, "I hate it already..."

6: I CAN DREAM ABOUT YOU – DAN HARTMAN

I think of this song at every airport. When I'm on a moving sidewalk.

2: WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT – TINA TURNER

At least one other person guessed this.

1: GHOSTBUSTERS – RAY PARKER JR.

I guessed this.

Will never crack the top 40
#44 Chris DeBurgh "High on Emotion"
#51 Quiet Riot "Mama, Weer All Crazee Now"
#52 Van Stephenson "What the Big Girls Do"
#56 Elvis Costello "The Only Flame in Town"
#65 Teddy Pendergrass & Whitney Houston "Hold Me"
#66 A Flock Of Seagulls "The More You Live, The More You Love"
#67 SOS Band "Just The Way You Like It"
#69 Juice Newton "Can't Wait All Night"
#72 Billy Satellite "Satisfy Me"
#73 Coyote Sisters "Straight from the Heart (Into Your Life)"
#74 Stephen Stills "Stranger"
#77 Neil Diamond "Turn Around"
#78 Bonnie Tyler "Here She Comes"
#80 Thompson Twins "You Take Me Up"
#81 Newcleus "Jam On It"
#82 INXS "I Send a Message"
#84 Ronnie Milsap "She Loves My Car"
#85 Jeff Lynne "Video"
#86 Deniece Williams "Next Love"
#88 Dragon "Rain"
#90 Rubber Rodeo "Anywhere With You"
#92 Joe Jackson "Happy Ending"
#93 Carol Lynn Townes "99 1/2"
#94 Cherelle "I Didn't Mean To Turn You On"
#95 Bus-Boys "Cleanin' Up the Town"
#97 Genesis "Taking It All Too Hard"
#100 Irene Cara "You Were Made for Me"
 
IdRatherBeSkiing said:
Looks like his criminal history was not kiddie related but pretty messed up (from same Wiki article):

Kidnapping and assault convictions​

By the 1990s, James's drug abuse was public knowledge. He was heavily addicted to cocaine and later admitted to spending about $7,000 per week on drugs for five years straight. On August 2, 1991, James and his girlfriend Tanya Hijazi were arrested on charges of holding 24-year-old Frances Alley hostage for up to six days, tying her up, forcing her to perform sexual acts, and burning her legs and abdomen with the hot end of a crack cocaine pipe during a week-long cocaine binge.[35][41] James faced a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted on all charges, which included assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated mayhem, torture, forcible oral copulation, false imprisonment and kidnapping.[34]

On November 3, 1992, while out on bail for that incident, James, under the influence of cocaine, assaulted music executive Mary Sauger at the St. James Club and Hotel in West Hollywood. Sauger claims she met James and Hijazi for a business meeting, but said the two then kidnapped and beat her over a 20-hour period.[34]

James was found guilty of both offenses but was cleared of a torture charge that could have put him in prison for the rest of his life. While serving his five-year sentence at Folsom Prison, James lost a civil suit to Sauger, who was awarded nearly $2 million in damages in 1994.[42] James was ordered to pay her about $1 million; the hotel and a private security firm were found liable for nearly $750,000 in damages due to negligence.[43] James was released from prison on August 21, 1996, after serving more than two years.[44]

In 1998, James was accused of sexually assaulting a 26-year-old woman, but the charges were later dropped.[45] In 2020, James's estate was sued for $50 million by a woman who accused him of raping her when she was 15 years old at a group home for troubled youths in Buffalo, New York in 1979.[46][47] The suit was later dismissed.[48]
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Thank-you. I can no longer view this thread on my work computer.
 
IdRatherBeSkiing said:
Another one to add to the creepy under 18 list. I had the misfortune of hearing it and it was indeed creepy. Speaks of inviting a hot 17 year old up to his hotel room. Even creepier that it was done by Rick James who I think is serving time for kiddie porn. Even Alan Hunter mentioned it was creepy and creepier knowing the artist.
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These lyrics were particularly bad:

This young girl, this sweet thing, I just can't wait
No, I mustn't do this, she's almost jailbait!

Sorry Rick, 17 is jailbait....

I was wondering what other "17" songs are out there and these two immediately came to mind.



 
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