80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

Not gonna try and name the #1s of the whole year anymore.
Just gonna try and name the #1s that are on the Hot 100 that specific week.

Dec 1985

EARLIER
RFTW "Oh Sheila"
Starship "We Built This City"
Whitney "Saving All My Love"
Phil/Marilyn "Separate Lives"
Mr Mister "Broken Wings"

Billy Ocean "When The Going"
Lionel "Say You Say Me"

LATER
Dionne "That's What Friends"
Whitney "How Will I Know"
Heart "These Dreams"
Starship "Sara"
Mr Mister "Kyrie"
 
1985/12/21

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

The Bottom 60: debuts and/or future or past #1s:
(79) 95. OH SHEILA – READY FOR THE WORLD **
(--) 93. OWN THE NIGHT - CHAKA KHAN
(--) 90. BABY TALK - ALISHA
(--) 88. STACY - FORTUNE
(66) 86. SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU – WHITNEY HOUSTON **
(60) 70. TAKE ON ME – A-HA **
(--) 61. KYRIE - MR. MISTER *
(50) 42. HOW WILL I KNOW - WHITNEY HOUSTON *

This week's drops:
(39) 64. ONE OF THE LIVING – TINA TURNER
(36) 49. YOU ARE MY LADY - FREDDY JACKSON
(34) 47. "MIAMI VICE" THEME – JAN HAMMER **
(35) 45. PART-TIME LOVER - STEVIE WONDER **

The Top 40:
(38) 40. SUN CITY - ARTISTS UNITED AGAINST APARTHEID
(45) 39. WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GET GOING - BILLY OCEAN
(42) 38. FACE THE FACE - PETE TOWNSHEND
(24) 37. SISTERS ARE DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES – EURYTHMICS & ARETHA FRANKLIN
(43) 36. SIDEWALK TALK - JELLYBEAN FEATURING CATHERINE BUCHANAN
(40) 35. SEX AS A WEAPON - PAT BENATAR
(17) 34. YOU BELONG TO THE CITY – GLENN FRY
(29) 33. DO IT FOR LOVE - SHEENA EASTON
(44) 32. MY HOMETOWN - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
(15) 31. LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME – THE THOMPSON TWINS
(33) 30. GOODBYE - NIGHT RANGER
(30) 29. EVERYBODY DANCE - TA MARA & THE SEEN
(31) 28. SPIES LIKE US - PAUL MCCARTNEY
(25) 27. OBJECT OF MY DESIRE - STARPOINT
(32) 26. GO HOME - STEVIE WONDER
(37) 25. I'M YOUR MAN - WHAM!
(27) 24. YOU'RE A FRIEND OF MINE - CLARENCE CLEMONS & JACKSON BROWNE
(28) 23. IT'S ONLY LOVE - BRYAN ADAMS / TINA TURNER
(26) 22. CONGA - MIAMI SOUND MACHINE
(20) 21. WRAP HER UP – ELTON JOHN
(23) 20. LOVE IS THE SEVENTH WAVE – STING
(21) 19. EMERGENCY - KOOL & THE GANG
(11) 18. WHO’S ZOOMIN’ WHO – ARETHA FRANKLIN
(22) 17. BURNING HEART - SURVIVOR
(19) 16. TALK TO ME - STEVIE NICKS
(10) 15. WE BUILT THIS CITY - STARSHIP **
(18) 14. WALK OF LIFE – DIRE STRAITS
( 5) 13. NEVER – HEART
(16) 12. TONIGHT SHE COMES – THE CARS
(13) 11. PERFECT WAY – SCRITTI POLITTI
( 8) 10. SLEEPING BAG - ZZ TOP
(12) 9. SMALL TOWN – JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP
(14) 8. THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR - DIONNE & FRIENDS *
( 9) 7. I MISS YOU - KLYMAXX
( 6) 6. ELECTION DAY - ARCADIA
( 2) 5. SEPARATE LIVES – PHIL COLLINS & MARILYN MARTIN **
( 7) 4. ALIVE AND KICKING – SIMPLE MINDS
( 4) 3. PARTY ALL THE TIME – EDDIE MURPHY
( 1) 2. BROKEN WINGS – MR. MISTER **
( 3) 1. SAY YOU, SAY ME – LIONEL RICHIE *
 
IdRatherBeSkiing said:
1985/12/21

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

The Bottom 60: debuts and/or future or past #1s:
(79) 95. OH SHEILA – READY FOR THE WORLD **
(--) 93. OWN THE NIGHT - CHAKA KHAN
(--) 90. BABY TALK - ALISHA
(--) 88. STACY - FORTUNE
(66) 86. SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU – WHITNEY HOUSTON **
(60) 70. TAKE ON ME – A-HA **
(--) 61. KYRIE - MR. MISTER *
(50) 42. HOW WILL I KNOW - WHITNEY HOUSTON *

This week's drops:
(39) 64. ONE OF THE LIVING – TINA TURNER
(36) 49. YOU ARE MY LADY - FREDDY JACKSON
(34) 47. "MIAMI VICE" THEME – JAN HAMMER **
(35) 45. PART-TIME LOVER - STEVIE WONDER **

The Top 40:
(38) 40. SUN CITY - ARTISTS UNITED AGAINST APARTHEID
(45) 39. WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GET GOING - BILLY OCEAN
(42) 38. FACE THE FACE - PETE TOWNSHEND
(24) 37. SISTERS ARE DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES – EURYTHMICS & ARETHA FRANKLIN
(43) 36. SIDEWALK TALK - JELLYBEAN FEATURING CATHERINE BUCHANAN
(40) 35. SEX AS A WEAPON - PAT BENATAR
(17) 34. YOU BELONG TO THE CITY – GLENN FRY
(29) 33. DO IT FOR LOVE - SHEENA EASTON
(44) 32. MY HOMETOWN - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
(15) 31. LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME – THE THOMPSON TWINS
(33) 30. GOODBYE - NIGHT RANGER
(30) 29. EVERYBODY DANCE - TA MARA & THE SEEN
(31) 28. SPIES LIKE US - PAUL MCCARTNEY
(25) 27. OBJECT OF MY DESIRE - STARPOINT
(32) 26. GO HOME - STEVIE WONDER
(37) 25. I'M YOUR MAN - WHAM!
(27) 24. YOU'RE A FRIEND OF MINE - CLARENCE CLEMONS & JACKSON BROWNE
(28) 23. IT'S ONLY LOVE - BRYAN ADAMS / TINA TURNER
(26) 22. CONGA - MIAMI SOUND MACHINE
(20) 21. WRAP HER UP – ELTON JOHN
(23) 20. LOVE IS THE SEVENTH WAVE – STING
(21) 19. EMERGENCY - KOOL & THE GANG
(11) 18. WHO’S ZOOMIN’ WHO – ARETHA FRANKLIN
(22) 17. BURNING HEART - SURVIVOR
(19) 16. TALK TO ME - STEVIE NICKS
(10) 15. WE BUILT THIS CITY - STARSHIP **
(18) 14. WALK OF LIFE – DIRE STRAITS
( 5) 13. NEVER – HEART
(16) 12. TONIGHT SHE COMES – THE CARS
(13) 11. PERFECT WAY – SCRITTI POLITTI
( 8) 10. SLEEPING BAG - ZZ TOP
(12) 9. SMALL TOWN – JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP
(14) 8. THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR - DIONNE & FRIENDS *
( 9) 7. I MISS YOU - KLYMAXX
( 6) 6. ELECTION DAY - ARCADIA
( 2) 5. SEPARATE LIVES – PHIL COLLINS & MARILYN MARTIN **
( 7) 4. ALIVE AND KICKING – SIMPLE MINDS
( 4) 3. PARTY ALL THE TIME – EDDIE MURPHY
( 1) 2. BROKEN WINGS – MR. MISTER **
( 3) 1. SAY YOU, SAY ME – LIONEL RICHIE *
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Looks like this one was aired a few times:
 
Fortune is a sextet that includes lead singer Barry Pritchard and brothers Mick and Richard Fortune. Staci reached #80 in January 1986 and was the only one of their five singles to chart. The band has released five albums. The first, cleverly titled Fortune, came out in 1978. Their second album, also titled Fortune, came out in 1985 and included Staci. Fortune II, which was actually their third album, was released in 2019. The Gun's Still Smokin', a live CD/DVD. came out in 2020. Level Ground was released in April 2022 and includes I Will Hold You Up, featuring Toto's Steve Porcaro on keyboards.

 
Dec 1985 actual order

RFTW "Oh Sheila" #95
A-ha "Take On Me" #70
Whitney "Saving All My Love" #86
Stevie Wonder "Part Time Lover" #45
Jan Hammer "Miami Vice" #47
Starship "We Built This City" #15
Phil/Marilyn "Separate Lives" #5
Mr Mister "Broken Wings" #2
Lionel "Say You Say Me" #1
Dionne "That's What Friends" #8
Whitney "How Will I Know" #42
Mr Mister "Kyrie" #61
Starship "Sara"
Heart "These Dreams"

Billy Ocean "When The Going" #39

white: on my list
green: my candidates
brown: missing from my list
orange: on my list but not on hot 100 this week
strikethru: never hit #1
 
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Good 6
Okay 12
Bad 12

31: LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME – THE THOMPSON TWINS

The only song in the bottom 20 I marked as 'good'.

16: TALK TO ME – STEVIE NICKS

Had a discussion on Reddit about her recently. A stupid one. My posts are in yellow.

What artist left a band and went on to have a more successful solo career?

Stevie Nicks / Fleetwood Mac

I'm sorry but Stevie Nicks has not had a more successful career than Fleetwood Mac. Her only solo hit was "Rooms on Fire" surely.

First sentence, accurate. Second sentence, way off.

Really? I couldn't name another one of her songs.

Edge of Seventeen, Leather and Lace, Stop Dragging my Heart Around all from her first solo album, Belladonna.

Never heard any of them.

So because you haven’t heard any of them they aren’t hits?

I've heard of Edge of Seventeen but haven't knowingly listened to it. I have the radio on all day every day at work. Normally I have it on the Hits channel. I've never heard any of Stevie's songs besides 'Rooms on Fire' on any radio station in the last 47 years. Clearly they aren't big hits.

She had 10 top 40 solo hits in the 80s. 7 of them, I heard all over radio and MTV back in the day. I could probably sing most of the lyrics from memory. And I still hear them on SXM channels like Classic Rewind and 80s on 8. If you were born in 1985, I could understand what you're saying. But being born in the mid 70s and not knowing them? That's a mystery to me. And by the way "Rooms" isn't one of those 7.

8: THAT’S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR – DIONNE WARWICK & FRIENDS

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1: SAY YOU, SAY ME – LIONEL RICHIE

We all picked this one.

#51 Rush "The Big Money"
#67 Queen "One Vision"
#73 Kiss "Tears Are Falling"
#89 INXS "This Time"
#92 Talking Heads "And She Was"

I like these better than most of my 'goods'.

Will never be in the top 40
#41 Wang Chung "To Live And Die In LA"
#51 Rush "The Big Money"
#53 New Edition "Count Me Out"
#57 Jack Wagner "Too Young"
#59 Twisted Sister "Leader Of The Pack"
#60 Paul Young "Everything Must Change"
#63 Asia "Go"
#66 James Taylor "Everyday"
#67 Queen "One Vision"
#69 Lisa Lisa "Can You Feel The Beat"
#71 Barbra Streisand "Somewhere"
#72 Loverboy "Dangerous"
#73 Kiss "Tears Are Falling"
#74 Kenny Rogers "Morning Desire"
#77 John Cafferty "Small Town Girl"
#79 Isley Jasper Isley "Kiss And Tell"
#80 El Debarge "The Heart Is Not So Smart"
#81 OMD "Secret"
#83 Nick Lowe "I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock 'n' Roll)"
#84 Eugene Wilde "Don't Say No Tonight"
#85 Pointer Sisters "Freedom"
#88 Fortune "Stacy"
#89 INXS "This Time"
#90 Alisha "Baby Talk"
#92 Talking Heads "And She Was"
#93 Chaka Khan "Own the Night"
 
sadchild said:
16: TALK TO ME – STEVIE NICKS

Had a discussion on Reddit about her recently. A stupid one. My posts are in yellow.

What artist left a band and went on to have a more successful solo career?

Stevie Nicks / Fleetwood Mac

I'm sorry but Stevie Nicks has not had a more successful career than Fleetwood Mac. Her only solo hit was "Rooms on Fire" surely.

First sentence, accurate. Second sentence, way off.

Really? I couldn't name another one of her songs.

Edge of Seventeen, Leather and Lace, Stop Dragging my Heart Around all from her first solo album, Belladonna.

Never heard any of them.

So because you haven’t heard any of them they aren’t hits?

I've heard of Edge of Seventeen but haven't knowingly listened to it. I have the radio on all day every day at work. Normally I have it on the Hits channel. I've never heard any of Stevie's songs besides 'Rooms on Fire' on any radio station in the last 47 years. Clearly they aren't big hits.

She had 10 top 40 solo hits in the 80s. 7 of them, I heard all over radio and MTV back in the day. I could probably sing most of the lyrics from memory. And I still hear them on SXM channels like Classic Rewind and 80s on 8. If you were born in 1985, I could understand what you're saying. But being born in the mid 70s and not knowing them? That's a mystery to me. And by the way "Rooms" isn't one of those 7.
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The person you were talking to was an idiot. Also Stevie didn't leave Fleetwood Mac. She had a solo career in parallel.

sadchild said:
Will never be in the top 40
#51 Rush "The Big Money"
#59 Twisted Sister "Leader Of The Pack"
#67 Queen "One Vision"
#92 Talking Heads "And She Was"
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This week's surprises.


sadchild said:
#88 Fortune "Stacy"
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Finally a song about Stacy and not her mom.
 
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