80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule
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scotchandcigar
All I wanted was some steak
24. Some great songs, some horrible ones.
Great:
34: VALLEY GIRL - FRANK ZAPPA
32: DO YOU WANNA TOUCH ME (OH YEAH) - JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS
25: KIDS IN AMERICA - KIM WILDE
21: ONLY TIME WILL TELL - ASIA
15: WHO CAN IT BE NOW? - MEN AT WORK *
11: JACK & DIANE - JOHN COUGAR *
9: WASTED ON THE WAY - CROSBY, STILLS, & NASH
8: VACATION - THE GO-GO'S
3: HARD TO SAY I'M SORRY - CHICAGO *
2: EYE OF THE TIGER - SURVIVOR **
Horrible:
31: WHAT'S FOREVER FOR - MICHAEL MURPHY
23: BLUE EYES - ELTON JOHN
13: LOVE WILL TURN YOU AROUND - KENNY ROGERS
6: YOU SHOULD HEAR HOW SHE TALKS ABOUT YOU - MELISSA MANCHESTER
5: EVEN THE NIGHTS ARE BETTER - AIR SUPPLY
Great:
34: VALLEY GIRL - FRANK ZAPPA
32: DO YOU WANNA TOUCH ME (OH YEAH) - JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS
25: KIDS IN AMERICA - KIM WILDE
21: ONLY TIME WILL TELL - ASIA
15: WHO CAN IT BE NOW? - MEN AT WORK *
11: JACK & DIANE - JOHN COUGAR *
9: WASTED ON THE WAY - CROSBY, STILLS, & NASH
8: VACATION - THE GO-GO'S
3: HARD TO SAY I'M SORRY - CHICAGO *
2: EYE OF THE TIGER - SURVIVOR **
Horrible:
31: WHAT'S FOREVER FOR - MICHAEL MURPHY
23: BLUE EYES - ELTON JOHN
13: LOVE WILL TURN YOU AROUND - KENNY ROGERS
6: YOU SHOULD HEAR HOW SHE TALKS ABOUT YOU - MELISSA MANCHESTER
5: EVEN THE NIGHTS ARE BETTER - AIR SUPPLY
Channel98
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Tony Defries managed David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Mott The Hoople early in their careers. In 1976, Defries became John Mellencamp's manager and produced his first album, Chestnut Street Incident. He also changed Mellencamp's name to "Johnny Cougar," later "John Cougar." Defries explained that "Mellenacmp" was a "hayseed name" but "Johnny Cougar" made the singer sound like a "cool cat." If I was Mellencamp, I would have strongly objected to the new name! In 1983, after he'd had six top-40 hits and a number-one song (Jack & Diane), Mellencamp convinced the executives at Riva Records to start billing him as John Cougar Mellenacmp. In 1991, he finally dropped the "Cougar" name.
That first album included several original songs and remakes of Jailhouse Rock, Oh Pretty Woman, Twentieth Century Fox and Do You Believe In Magic. It sold only 12,000 copies. In 2010, Mellencamp released a four-CD box set, On The Rural Route 7609 – and none of the songs from his first album were included. Here is Mellencamp's 1976 version of Jailhouse Rock. It appeared on the soundtrack of the 1992 movie Honeymoon In Vegas.
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That first album included several original songs and remakes of Jailhouse Rock, Oh Pretty Woman, Twentieth Century Fox and Do You Believe In Magic. It sold only 12,000 copies. In 2010, Mellencamp released a four-CD box set, On The Rural Route 7609 – and none of the songs from his first album were included. Here is Mellencamp's 1976 version of Jailhouse Rock. It appeared on the soundtrack of the 1992 movie Honeymoon In Vegas.
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sadchild
Dude
I like 13 and 6, but only as guilty pleasures/nostalgia, not because they are particularly good
sadchild
Dude
Better late than never:
Good 16
Okay 7
Bad 17
40: LOVE OR LET ME BE LONELY - PAUL DAVIS
It was lucky to peak this high
31: WHAT'S FOREVER FOR - MICHAEL MURPHY
1: ABRACADABRA - STEVE MILLER BAND
We all chose this one.
Won't reach the top 40
#43 Roberta Flack "I'm The One"
#44 Huey Lewis & The News "Workin' For A Livin'"
#46 Clash "Should I Stay Or Should I Go"
#48 Walter Murphy "Theme From ET"
#50 Afrika Bambaataa "Planet Rock"
#54 Steve Winwood "Still In The Game"
#54 Nicolette Larson "I Only Want To Be With You"
#55 Dolly Parton "I Will Always Love You"
#59 Ronnie Milsap "He Got You"
#60 Quarterflash "Night Shift"
#61 Bill Champlin "Sara"
#62 Don Henley "Johnny Can't Read"
#63 Ronnie Milsap "He Got You"
#71 Christopher Atkins "How Can I Live Without Her"
#72 John Schneider "In The Driver's Seat"
#73 Kansas "Right Away"
#74 Josie Cotton "He Could Be the One"
#79 Sheena Easton "Machinery"
#80 Clocks "She Looks A Lot Like You"
#81 Toronto "Your Daddy Don't Know"
#82 Spys "Don't Run My Life"
#84 Four Tops "Sad Hearts"
#85 Motels "Take The L"
#88 Chris Christian "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"
#89 Alabama "Close Enough To Perfect"
#91 Queen "Calling All Girls"
#92 Missing Persons "Words"
#94 Jerry Reed "She Got The Goldmine (I Got The Shaft)"
#95 Dayton "Hot Fun In The Summertime"
#97 Billy Squier "Emotions In Motion"
#98 Foreigner "Luanne"
Good 16
Okay 7
Bad 17
40: LOVE OR LET ME BE LONELY - PAUL DAVIS
It was lucky to peak this high
31: WHAT'S FOREVER FOR - MICHAEL MURPHY
1: ABRACADABRA - STEVE MILLER BAND
We all chose this one.
Won't reach the top 40
#43 Roberta Flack "I'm The One"
#44 Huey Lewis & The News "Workin' For A Livin'"
#46 Clash "Should I Stay Or Should I Go"
#48 Walter Murphy "Theme From ET"
#50 Afrika Bambaataa "Planet Rock"
#54 Steve Winwood "Still In The Game"
#54 Nicolette Larson "I Only Want To Be With You"
#55 Dolly Parton "I Will Always Love You"
#59 Ronnie Milsap "He Got You"
#60 Quarterflash "Night Shift"
#61 Bill Champlin "Sara"
#62 Don Henley "Johnny Can't Read"
#63 Ronnie Milsap "He Got You"
#71 Christopher Atkins "How Can I Live Without Her"
#72 John Schneider "In The Driver's Seat"
#73 Kansas "Right Away"
#74 Josie Cotton "He Could Be the One"
#79 Sheena Easton "Machinery"
#80 Clocks "She Looks A Lot Like You"
#81 Toronto "Your Daddy Don't Know"
#82 Spys "Don't Run My Life"
#84 Four Tops "Sad Hearts"
#85 Motels "Take The L"
#88 Chris Christian "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"
#89 Alabama "Close Enough To Perfect"
#91 Queen "Calling All Girls"
#92 Missing Persons "Words"
#94 Jerry Reed "She Got The Goldmine (I Got The Shaft)"
#95 Dayton "Hot Fun In The Summertime"
#97 Billy Squier "Emotions In Motion"
#98 Foreigner "Luanne"
The 10 songs below the 100 from 9/4/1982:
Bubbling Under The Hot 100
#101 Zapp "Dance Floor" (peaked at this position, #1 R&B)
#102 Stacy Lattisaw "Don't Throw It All Away" (peaked at this position, #9 R&B)
#103 Grand Master Flash "The Message" (entered the chart at #84 on 10/16/82, peaked at 62, #4 R&B, #5 UK)
#104 Stephanie Mills "Last Night" (peaked at 101, #14 R&B)
#105 The Time "777-9311" (entered the at #92 on 10/9/82, peaked at #88, #2 R&B)
#106 Yaz "Situation" (entered the at #90 on 9/18/82, peaked at 73, #31 R&B, #1 Dance)
#107 Haircut 100 "Favourite Shirts (peaked at #101, #4 UK)
#108 Odyssey "Inside Out" (peaked at #104, #12 R&B, #3 UK)
#109 Pete Townshend "Faces Dances II" (peaked at #105)
#110 Ozone "Li'l Suzy" (peaked at #109)
• The Time were bubbling in the chart from last week in 1984 too.
• I didn't realize Alison Moyet was sang this song for a really long time.
• I recently heard "Favourite Shirts" on a New Zealand Top 40 countdown.
• Ozone was a Nashville based band produced by Teena Marie.
Playlist:
Bubbling Under The Hot 100
#101 Zapp "Dance Floor" (peaked at this position, #1 R&B)
#102 Stacy Lattisaw "Don't Throw It All Away" (peaked at this position, #9 R&B)
#103 Grand Master Flash "The Message" (entered the chart at #84 on 10/16/82, peaked at 62, #4 R&B, #5 UK)
#104 Stephanie Mills "Last Night" (peaked at 101, #14 R&B)
#105 The Time "777-9311" (entered the at #92 on 10/9/82, peaked at #88, #2 R&B)
#106 Yaz "Situation" (entered the at #90 on 9/18/82, peaked at 73, #31 R&B, #1 Dance)
#107 Haircut 100 "Favourite Shirts (peaked at #101, #4 UK)
#108 Odyssey "Inside Out" (peaked at #104, #12 R&B, #3 UK)
#109 Pete Townshend "Faces Dances II" (peaked at #105)
#110 Ozone "Li'l Suzy" (peaked at #109)
• The Time were bubbling in the chart from last week in 1984 too.
• I didn't realize Alison Moyet was sang this song for a really long time.
• I recently heard "Favourite Shirts" on a New Zealand Top 40 countdown.
• Ozone was a Nashville based band produced by Teena Marie.
Playlist:
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
This weeks surprises.
#55 a surprise since this was redone in a hidious way and made #1
#81 Canadian group -- not really a surpise.
HecticArt
Administrator
Almost a surprise.
It was just outside of mainstream enough that it settled in the right place.
Kind of a surprise.
This was big enough that I expected to see it top out much closer to 40.
sadchild
Dude
My two-hit wonder radar was going off like mad. But the calibration was slightly off
Stacy: #21, #26, #40
Stephanie: #6, #22, #40
They both barely scraped by.......
I took at peek at the chart and this was the week "Words" fell from #42 to #92. These drops were brutal.
This is good stuff!
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
This is an ok song. A sort of novelty song. But great is not an adjective I would use for it. For Sure. Totally.
Channel98
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So Words fell from #42 to #92. Two songs dropped 81 points on the Hot 100. On the June 4 2022 chart, We Cry Together by Kendrick Lamar and Taylour Paige – no, she is not Canadian – dropped from #16 to #97. It had debuted at #16 the previous week. On the July 2 2022 chart, Texts Go Green by Drake dropped from #13 to #94. It had debuted at #13 the previous week. Two high debuts – and each song was on the chart for only two weeks. To quote somebody else: BROKEN CHART!