80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

[Jon]

The "correct order" part of the post above should have this above Kenny/Dolly
Bonnie Tyler "Total Eclipse" #96

Good 20
Okay 3
Bad 17

39: THE DREAM (HOLD ON TO YOUR DREAM)- IRENE CARA
36: REMEMBER THE NIGHTS - MOTELS
33: NIGHTBIRD - STEVIE NICKS

These didn't sound familiar, but I searched and saw that I've heard them on a past VJ or two.

25: SO BAD - PAUL McCARTNEY

1: OWNER OF A LONELY HEART - YES

My guess. No clue on what the other two guessed.

Will never get into the top 40
#43 Rick James/Smokey Robinson "Ebony Eyes"
#45 Dolly Parton "Save The Last Dance For Me"
#51 Night Ranger "(You Can Still) Rock In America"
#52 Prince "Let's Pretend We're Married"
#55 Bob Dylan "Sweetheart Like You"
#58 Peabo Bryson/Roberta Flack "You're Lookin' Like Love to Me"
#60 Jackson Browne "For A Rocker"
#62 Patti LaBelle "If Only You Knew"
#64 Midnight Star "Wet My Whistle"
#70 Donna Summer "Love Has a Mind of Its Own"
#71 Headpins "Just One More Time"
#72 Musical Youth "She's Trouble"
#74 Kim Carnes "You Make My Heart Beat Faster"
#76 Evelyn Champagne King "Action"
#79 D Train "Something's On Your Mind"
#80 Twilight 22 "Electric Kingdom"
#81 U2 "I Will Follow (Live from West Germany)"
#84 Deele "Body Talk"
#85 Toni Basil "Over My Head"
#86 SOS Band "Tell Me If You Still Care"
#87 Billy Idol "Rebel Yell"
#88 Stray Cats "Look At That Cadillac"
#89 BE Taylor Group "Vitamin L"
#92 Bonnie Tyler "Take Me Back"
#95 Linda Ronstadt "What's New"
#97 Eddie Money "The Big Crash"
#98 ConFunkShum "Baby I'm Hooked"

A McCartney song getting the B&B treatment. Anyone needs me I'll be outside looking for the Four Horseman.

(For the record, I think a lot of McCartney's solo stuff is crap, Let Him In, Hi Hi Hi, among others, but other stuff is also legendary and there really is no in between with his work for me).

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

SXM looks to have cancelled the Tuesday @ 6PM ET replay of the countdown. For this week at least.

 

[sadchild]

Interesting. I think they should cancel one of the back-to-back Sunday morning replays instead. Always thought that was weird.

 

[sadchild]

Feb 1987

EARLIER
Bon Jovi "You Give Love"
Bruce Hornsby "The Way It Is"
Peter/Amy "Next Time I Fall"
Bangles "Walk Like"

Spoiler: CANDIDATES

Gregory Abbott "Shake You Down"
Madonna "Open Your Heart"

LATER
Starship "Nothing's Gonna Stop"
Bon Jovi "Living On"

I feel like I'm missing a couple in the 'later' that will be on the Hot 100 this week.
But these are too far later to be on there:
Kim Wilde "You Keep"
Cutting Crew "Died In Your Arms"
U2 "With Or Without You"

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

You could say your guesses are only halfway there. Woa Woa one of your laters is the number one.

 

[sadchild]

Nope! They musta picked a different week than you were anticipating?

ACTUAL ORDER

Bon Jovi "You Give Love" #79
Peter/Amy "Next Time I Fall" #82
Bruce Hornsby "The Way It Is" #55
Bangles "Walk Like" #30
Gregory Abbott "Shake You Down" #13
Billy Vera "At This Moment" #2
Madonna "Open Your Heart" #1
Bon Jovi "Living On" #3
Huey Lewis "Jacob's Ladder" #15
Club Nouveau "Lean On Me" uncharted
Starship "Nothing's Gonna Stop" #42

How the heck will Club Nouveau (uncharted/a brand new group) get to #1 before Starship (at #42/long established group)??

green: my candidates
white: on my list and the hot 100
brown: on the hot 100 but missing from my list
yellow: not on my list and not on hot 100

 

[sadchild]

Good 10
Okay 10
Bad 20

37: FACTS OF LOVE- JEFF LORBER FEATURING KARYN WHITE
36: LET’S WAIT AWHILE – JANET JACKSON
23: TALK TO ME – CHICO DeBARGE
16: CONTROL – JANET JACKSON

Janet's on here four times! Well, that Jimmy Jam/Terry Lewis sound is, anyway.

21: SOMEWHERE OUT THERE – LINDA RONSTADT & JAMES INGRAM

13: SHAKE YOU DOWN – GREGORY ABBOTT

Someone else guessed this. I almost did.

3: LIVIN’ ON A PRAYER – BON JOVI

Someone else guessed this.

1: OPEN YOUR HEART - MADONNA

I guessed this! I'm the sole winner woop woop!

#91 Rob Junglkas "Make It Mean Something

First time ever seeing this name. He does have a Wiki page.

Jungklas said that while he's proud of his pop-oriented work in the 1980s, "in my mind, I'm really a blues artist ... folk and blues. People might roll their eyes when I say that. But in my head, that's what it is."

All of the songs from #41 to #56 will make (or did make) the top 40.

Will never make the top 40
#57 Lone Justice "Shelter"
#58 Communards "Never Can Say Goodbye"
#59 Bruce Springsteen "Fire (Live)"
#60 Bobby Brown "Girlfriend"
#61 Human League "I Need Your Loving"
#64 Daryl Hall "Someone Like You"
#65 Til Tuesday "Coming Up Close"
#67 Five Star "If I Say Yes"
#68 Peter Cetera "Big Mistake"
#70 a-ha "Cry Wolf"
#75 Lionel Richie "Deep River Woman"
#76 Ann Wilson "The Best Man In The World"
#78 El Debarge "Someone"
#81 David & David "Ain't So Easy"
#84 Pretenders "My Baby"
#85 Pet Shop Boys "Suburbia"
#86 Eight Seconds "Kiss You (When It's Dangerous)"
#89 Uptown "(I Know) I'm Losing You"
#90 Nocera "Summertime, Summertime"
#91 Rob Junglkas "Make It Mean Something"
#92 Sheila E "Hold Me"
#95 Ron & The DC Crew "Ronnie's Rap"
#94 Bananarama "A Trick Of The Night"
#96 Freddie Jackson "Have You Ever Loved Somebody"
#97 Jesse Johnson & Sly Stone "Crazay"
#98 Ric Ocasek "True To You"

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Nope! They musta picked a different week than you were anticipating?

Crap, I misread the wiki chart and had it off by a week.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

No surprises in the bottom 60.

 

[seasalt43]

2/7/87

*40: Without Your Love - Toto
*39: Caught Up In The Rapture – Anita Baker
38: Notorious – Duran Duran
*37: Facts Of Life- Jeff Lorber Featuring Karyn White
*36: Let’s Wait Awhile – Janet Jackson
35: Mandolin Rain – Bruce Hornsby & The Range
34: Is This Love - Survivor
33: Brand New Lover – Dead Or Alive
32: I Wanna Go Back – Eddie Money
31: Can’t Help Falling In Love – Corey Hart
30: Walk Like An Egyptian – The Bangles
29: Victory – Kool & The Gang
28: Jimmy Lee – Aretha Franklin
27: I’ll Be Alright Without You - Journey
26: Respect Yourself – Bruce Willis
25: Stay The Night – Benjamin Orr
24: (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party) – The Beastie Boys
23: Talk To Me – Chico Debarge
22: Big Time – Peter Gabriel
21: Somewhere Out There (From ‘An American Tail’) – Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram
20: This Is The Time – Billy Joel
19: Stop To Love – Luther Vandross
18: Nobody’s Fool - Cinderella
17: You Got It All – The Jets
16: Control – Janet Jackson
15: Jacob’s Ladder – Huey Lewis & The News
14: Love You Down – Ready For The World
13: Shake You Down – Gregory Abbott
12: Ballerina Girl – Lionel Richie
11: C’est La Vie – Robbie Nevil
10: We’re Ready - Boston
9: Will You Still Love Me - Chicago
8: Someday - Glass Tiger
7: Keep Your Hands To Yourself – The Georgia Satellites
6: Land Of Confusion - Genesis
5: Touch Me (I Want Your Body) – Samantha Fox
4: Change Of Heart – Cyndi Lauper
3: Livin’ On A Prayer – Bon Jovi
2: At This Moment – Billy Vera & The Beaters
1: Open Your Heart – Madonna

* = Debut

Drops:

45 28 Coming Around Again – Carly Simon
49 39 Everybody Have Fun Tonight – Wang Chung
50 34 Falling in Love (Uh-Oh) – Miami Sound Machine Featuring Gloria Estefan
53 38 All I Wanted – Kansas

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

13 good/ok.

 

[Jon]

21 not horrible.

 

[Aaron]

26 good/okay

 

[HecticArt]

14

 

[hwkn]

22 for 87

 

[sadchild]

We've all got some pretty high numbers... for a late 80s countdown anyway.

2/7/87

Thanks for posting. I didn't realize it wasn't already up there when I posted my stuff.

 

[scotchandcigar]

12.

 

[seasalt43]

Thanks for posting. I didn't realize it wasn't already up there when I posted my stuff.

No worries. I looked through the thread and saw it wasn't there.

 

[sadchild]

Just saw this on another forum:

Correct me if I’m wrong, but as of now, there is only one song in 1987 that has never been featured on the big 40. Let’s Work by Mick Jagger- Oct 24 1987 for one week.

I did a search for Jagger in this thread and didn't see "Let's Work" in the results. It's a #39 peak (not a #40) so we haven't been tracking it. Does anyone know if this song has ever been on the VJ 40?

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Just saw this on another forum:

Correct me if I’m wrong, but as of now, there is only one song in 1987 that has never been featured on the big 40. Let’s Work by Mick Jagger- Oct 24 1987 for one week.

I did a search for Jagger in this thread and didn't see "Let's Work" in the results. It's a #39 peak (not a #40) so we haven't been tracking it. Does anyone know if this song has ever been on the VJ 40?

If I ever have way too much time on my hands. I would like to create a spreadsheet of VJ Big40 dates and airdates. But I already have 2 or 3 "projects" which are stalled in front of that so imagine the odds of this happening.