80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

40 NIGHT RANGER - DON’T TELL ME YOU LOVE ME

#40 peak (but not first time played on the VJ)
From one of my prior posts: Night Ranger "Don't Tell Me You Love Me". Appeared on the countdown on March 16, 2016, March 4, 2018, and March 7, 2020. Held the #40 position for three weeks! The March 16, 2016 countdown was from week three. March 4, 2018 and March 7, 2020 were from week two.
- I couldn’t find a listing for the first week. It’s the week ending February 26, 1983.

This is from week two of three at number 40.
 
March 5th, 1983:

40 40 NIGHT RANGER - DON’T TELL ME YOU LOVE ME
39 -- DAN FOGELBERG - MAKE LOVE STAY
38 38 OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN - TIED UP
37 -- PAT BENATAR - LITTLE TOO LATE
36 39 ABC - POISON ARROW
35 35 NEIL DIAMOND - I’M ALIVE
34 -- GREG KIHN BAND - JEOPARDY
33 33 DONNA SUMMER - THE WOMAN IN ME
32 37 SUPERTRAMP - MY KIND OF LADY
31 -- AFTER THE FIRE - DER KOMMISSAR
30 34 STEEL BREEZE - DREAMIN’ IS EASY
29 22 PHIL COLLINS - YOU CAN’T HURRY LOVE
28 32 ERIC CLAPTON - I’VE GOT A ROCK N’ ROLL HEART
27 19 TOTO - AFRICA
26 26 SAGA - ON THE LOOSE
25 31 DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS - COME ON EILEEN
24 15 KENNY LOGGINS - HEART TO HEART
23 12 ADAM ANT - GOODY TWO SHOES
22 25 FRIDA - I KNOW THERE’S SOMETHING GOING ON
21 27 EARTH, WIND & FIRE - FALL IN LOVE WITH ME
20 24 STYX - MR. ROBOTO
19 23 JOE JACKSON - BREAKING US IN TWO
18 21 DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES - ONE ON ONE
17 17 BILLY JOEL - ALLENTOWN
16 18 GOLDEN EARRING - TWILIGHT ZONE
15 20 JOURNEY - SEPARATE WAYS (WORLDS APART)
14 08 MEN AT WORK - DOWN UNDER
13 13 SAMMY HAGAR - YOUR LOVE IS DRIVING ME CRAZY
12 16 CHRISTOPHER CROSS - ALL RIGHT
11 14 LIONEL RICHIE - YOU ARE
10 10 MUSICAL YOUTH - PASS THE DUTCHIE
09 11 PRETENDERS - BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG
08 09 KENNY ROGERS/SHEENA EASTON - WE’VE GOT TONIGHT
07 07 EDDIE RABBITT/CRYSTAL GAYLE - YOU AND I
06 01 PATTI AUSTIN/JAMES INGRAM - BABY, COME TO ME
05 06 DURAN DURAN - HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF
04 05 CULTURE CLUB - DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT ME
03 03 STRAY CATS - STRAY CAT STRUT
02 02 BOB SEGER - SHAME ON THE MOON
01 04 MICHAEL JACKSON - BILLIE JEAN

THIS WEEK’S DROPS

55 36 THE CLAPPING SONG – PIA ZADORA
66 28 THE OTHER GUY – LITTLE RIVER BAND
70 29 SEXUAL HEALING – MARVIN GAYE
71 30 MANEATER – DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
 
Five other artists have recorded Berlin's Sex (I"m A...). Six, if you count the four lines included in Weird Al Yankovic's Polkas On 45 medley. Here is a version by the San Francisco rockabilly band The Mutilators from their 2010 CD Maim That Tune!!!

 
Here's the Bubbling Under chart for the week ending 5th March, 1983


TW

LW

Artist

Title

Record Company

Week on Chart

Hot 100 Debut

Peak

Other Chart Peaks

101

101

Yarbrough And Peoples

Heartbeats

Total Experience

8

-

101

#10 R&B

102

103

Dolly Parton & Willie Nelson

Everything's Beautiful (In Its Own Way)

Monument

4

-

102

#7 Country
#19 AC

103

110

Indeep

Last Night A D.J. Saved My Life

S.O.N.Y.

2

-

101

#2 Dance,
#10 R&B,
#13 UK

104

104

Peter Brown

Baby Gets High

RCA

4

-

104

#6 Dance,
#49 R&&

105

-

Heaven 17

Let Me Go

Arista

1

3/12/83
#80

74

#4 Dance,
#41 UK

106

104

Modern English

I Melt With You

Sire

7

4/2/83
#85

78

#7 Rock,
#60 Dance,

107

-

George Clinton

Atomic Dog

Capitol

1

-

101

#1 R&B,
#38 Dance

108

109

New York Citi Peech Boys

Life Is Something Special

Island

3

-

108

#12 Dance,
#74 R&B

109

107

ABBA

One Of Us

Atlantic

4

-

107

#3 UK

110

110

Tony Carey

I Won't Be Home Tonight

Rocshire

4

3/26/83
#89

79

#8 Rock

This week's drops:
-- 102 Kiss - I Love It Loud: Re-entered the Bubbling Under chart the next week at #104. Peaked at #102.
90 105 The System - You Are In My System: Peaked at #64 on 4/2/83 and held for two weeks.


Comments:
  • The chart for 3/19/83 aired last year. Many of the same songs were still on the chart. Mar 21, 2022
  • I was surprised to see New York Citi Peech Boys on the chart. An earlier song of theirs, "Don't Make Me Wait", is a dance classic.
  • It's interesting to see ABBA stuck in the bubbles.

Playlist:
 
MAR 88

EARLIER
Whitesnake "Here I Go Again"
Whitney "So Emotional"
INXS "Need You Tonight"
George Harrison "Got My Mind Set"

Expose "Seasons Change"
George Michael "Father Figure"
Michael Jackson "The Way You Make"
Rick Astley "Never Gonna Give"
Debbie Gibson "Foolish Beat"

LATER
Whitney "Where Do Broken Hearts Go"
Michael Jackson "Man In The Mirror"
George Michael "Monkey"
Rick Astley "Together Forever"
 
ACTUAL ORDER 1988

Whitesnake "Here I Go Again" [OCT 87]
...
Whitney "So Emotional" [JAN 88]

George Harrison "Got My Mind Set" #93
Michael Jackson "The Way You Make" #88
INXS "Need You Tonight" #39
Tiffany "Could've Been" #33
Expose "Seasons Change" #26
George Michael "Father Figure" #2
Rick Astley "Never Gonna Give" #1

Michael Jackson "Man In The Mirror" #7
Billy Ocean "Get Outta My Dreams" #12

Whitney "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" #28
Terence Trent "Wishing Well" #27
Gloria Estefan "Anything For You" #63

...
Rick Astley "Together Forever" [JUN 88]

Debbie Gibson "Foolish Beat" [JUN 88]
George Michael "Monkey" [AUG 88]

green: my candidates
white: on my list and the hot 100
brown: on the hot 100 but missing from my list
orange: on my list but not on hot 100
 
March 12th, 1988:

40 -- TAYLOR DAYNE - PROVE YOUR LOVE
39 29 INXS - NEED YOU TONIGHT
38 -- SCARLETT & BLACK - YOU DON’T KNOW
37 40 ALEXANDER O’NEAL - NEVER KNEW LOVE LIKE THIS
36 -- TIFFANY - I SAW HIM STANDING THERE
35 18 PAUL CARRACK - DON’T SHED A TEAR
34 25 SALT-N-PEPA - PUSH IT
33 21 TIFFANY - COULD’VE BEEN
32 37 RICK SPRINGFIELD - ROCK OF LIFE
31 27 THE COVER GIRLS - BECAUSE OF YOU
30 37 AEROSMITH - ANGEL
29 15 FOREIGNER - SAY YOU WILL
28 38 WHITNEY HOUSTON - WHERE DO BROKEN HEARTS GO
27 35 TERRENCE TRENT D’ARBY - WISHING WELL
26 14 EXPOSÉ - SEASONS CHANGE
25 31 GEORGE HARRISON - WHEN WE WAS FAB
24 32 JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP - CHECK IT OUT
23 33 JODY WATLEY - SOME KIND OF LOVER
22 28 INXS - DEVIL INSIDE
21 13 M|A|R|R|S - PUMP UP THE VOLUME
20 11 ERIC CARMEN - HUNGRY EYES
19 26 PEBBLES - GIRLFRIEND
18 05 PET SHOP BOYS - WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS?
17 23 MICHAEL BOLTON - THE DOCK OF THE BAY
16 24 THE JETS - ROCKET 2 U
15 19 STING - BE STILL MY BEATING HEART
14 20 DEF LEPPARD - HYSTERIA
13 17 GLADYS KNGHT AND THE PIPS - LOVE OVERBOARD
12 22 BILLY OCEAN - GET OUTTA MY DREAMS, GET INTO MY CAR
11 10 CHER - I FOUND SOMEONE
10 06 GLORIA ESTEFAN - CAN’T STAY AWAY FROM YOU
09 16 KEITH SWEAT - I WANT HER
08 12 DEBBIE GIBSON - OUT OF THE BLUE
07 09 MICHAEL JACKSON - MAN IN THE MIRROR
06 07 DAVID LEE ROTH - JUST LIKE PARADISE
05 08 RICHARD MARX - ENDLESS SUMMER NIGHTS
04 04 BELINDA CARLISLE - I GET WEAK
03 03 PATRICK SWAYZE - SHE’S LIKE THE WIND
02 01 GEORGE MICHAEL - FATHER FIGURE
01 02 RICK ASTLEY - NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP
 
Good 8
Okay 11
Bad 21

29 15 FOREIGNER - SAY YOU WILL

My wife loves the breakdown/bridge of this song

10 06 GLORIA ESTEFAN - CAN’T STAY AWAY FROM YOU

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04 04 BELINDA CARLISLE - I GET WEAK

Sounds like she's trying to be Stevie Nicks

02 01 GEORGE MICHAEL - FATHER FIGURE

My friend's old room mate guessed this

01 02 RICK ASTLEY - NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP

I guessed this. So did my friend's kid.

Won't reach the top 40
#51 Whitesnake "Give Me All Your Love"
#53 Dan Hill "Never Thought (That I Could Love)"
#54 So "Are You Sure"
#55 Heart "I Want You So Bad"
#57 Steve Winwood "Talking Back to the Night"
#66 Pepsi & Shirlie "All Right Now"
#67 Earth Wind & Fire "Thinking of You"
#68 Great White "Save Your Love"
#69 Kane Gang "Don't Look Any Further"
#70 Stacey Q "Don't Make a Fool of Yourself"
#72 Communards "Never Can Say Goodbye"
#73 Eria Fachin "Savin' Myself"
#74 Prince "Hot Thing"
#75 Tommy Shaw "Ever Since The World Began"
#76 Blue Mercedes "I Want To Be Your Property"
#77 Cure "Hot Hot Hot!!!"
#78 Merry Clayton "Yes"
#79 Cellarful Of Noise "Samantha (What You Gonna Do?)"
#80 REM "It's the End of the World as We Know It"
#81 Bardeux "Magic Carpet Ride"
#83 Carly Simon "All I Want Is You"
#87 Roxanne "Play That Funky Music"
#89 Teena Marie "Ooo La La La"
#92 TAMI Show "She's Only Twenty"
#94 David Foster "Winter Games"
#99 Elisa Fiorillo "How Can I Forget You"
#100 Stevie Wonder "You Will Know"
 
March 12th, 1988:

40 -- TAYLOR DAYNE - PROVE YOUR LOVE
39 29 INXS - NEED YOU TONIGHT
38 -- SCARLETT & BLACK - YOU DON’T KNOW
37 40 ALEXANDER O’NEAL - NEVER KNEW LOVE LIKE THIS
36 -- TIFFANY - I SAW HIM STANDING THERE
35 18 PAUL CARRACK - DON’T SHED A TEAR
34 25 SALT-N-PEPA - PUSH IT
33 21 TIFFANY - COULD’VE BEEN
32 37 RICK SPRINGFIELD - ROCK OF LIFE
31 27 THE COVER GIRLS - BECAUSE OF YOU
30 37 AEROSMITH - ANGEL
29 15 FOREIGNER - SAY YOU WILL
28 38 WHITNEY HOUSTON - WHERE DO BROKEN HEARTS GO
27 35 TERRENCE TRENT D’ARBY - WISHING WELL
26 14 EXPOSÉ - SEASONS CHANGE
25 31 GEORGE HARRISON - WHEN WE WAS FAB
24 32 JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP - CHECK IT OUT
23 33 JODY WATLEY - SOME KIND OF LOVER
22 28 INXS - DEVIL INSIDE
21 13 M|A|R|R|S - PUMP UP THE VOLUME
20 11 ERIC CARMEN - HUNGRY EYES
19 26 PEBBLES - GIRLFRIEND
18 05 PET SHOP BOYS - WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS?
17 23 MICHAEL BOLTON - THE DOCK OF THE BAY
16 24 THE JETS - ROCKET 2 U
15 19 STING - BE STILL MY BEATING HEART
14 20 DEF LEPPARD - HYSTERIA
13 17 GLADYS KNGHT AND THE PIPS - LOVE OVERBOARD
12 22 BILLY OCEAN - GET OUTTA MY DREAMS, GET INTO MY CAR
11 10 CHER - I FOUND SOMEONE
10 06 GLORIA ESTEFAN - CAN’T STAY AWAY FROM YOU
09 16 KEITH SWEAT - I WANT HER
08 12 DEBBIE GIBSON - OUT OF THE BLUE
07 09 MICHAEL JACKSON - MAN IN THE MIRROR
06 07 DAVID LEE ROTH - JUST LIKE PARADISE
05 08 RICHARD MARX - ENDLESS SUMMER NIGHTS
04 04 BELINDA CARLISLE - I GET WEAK
03 03 PATRICK SWAYZE - SHE’S LIKE THE WIND
02 01 GEORGE MICHAEL - FATHER FIGURE
01 02 RICK ASTLEY - NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP
This Weeks Drops

42 30 I Want To Be Your Man – Roger
43 34 Twilight World – Swing Out Sister
52 39 Hazy Shade Of Winter – The Bangles
 
March 12th, 1988:

40 -- TAYLOR DAYNE - PROVE YOUR LOVE
39 29 INXS - NEED YOU TONIGHT
38 -- SCARLETT & BLACK - YOU DON’T KNOW
37 40 ALEXANDER O’NEAL - NEVER KNEW LOVE LIKE THIS
36 -- TIFFANY - I SAW HIM STANDING THERE
35 18 PAUL CARRACK - DON’T SHED A TEAR
34 25 SALT-N-PEPA - PUSH IT
33 21 TIFFANY - COULD’VE BEEN
32 37 RICK SPRINGFIELD - ROCK OF LIFE
31 27 THE COVER GIRLS - BECAUSE OF YOU
30 37 AEROSMITH - ANGEL
29 15 FOREIGNER - SAY YOU WILL
28 38 WHITNEY HOUSTON - WHERE DO BROKEN HEARTS GO
27 35 TERRENCE TRENT D’ARBY - WISHING WELL
26 14 EXPOSÉ - SEASONS CHANGE
25 31 GEORGE HARRISON - WHEN WE WAS FAB
24 32 JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP - CHECK IT OUT
23 33 JODY WATLEY - SOME KIND OF LOVER
22 28 INXS - DEVIL INSIDE
21 13 M|A|R|R|S - PUMP UP THE VOLUME
20 11 ERIC CARMEN - HUNGRY EYES
19 26 PEBBLES - GIRLFRIEND
18 05 PET SHOP BOYS - WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS?
17 23 MICHAEL BOLTON - THE DOCK OF THE BAY
16 24 THE JETS - ROCKET 2 U
15 19 STING - BE STILL MY BEATING HEART
14 20 DEF LEPPARD - HYSTERIA
13 17 GLADYS KNGHT AND THE PIPS - LOVE OVERBOARD
12 22 BILLY OCEAN - GET OUTTA MY DREAMS, GET INTO MY CAR
11 10 CHER - I FOUND SOMEONE
10 06 GLORIA ESTEFAN - CAN’T STAY AWAY FROM YOU
09 16 KEITH SWEAT - I WANT HER
08 12 DEBBIE GIBSON - OUT OF THE BLUE
07 09 MICHAEL JACKSON - MAN IN THE MIRROR
06 07 DAVID LEE ROTH - JUST LIKE PARADISE
05 08 RICHARD MARX - ENDLESS SUMMER NIGHTS
04 04 BELINDA CARLISLE - I GET WEAK
03 03 PATRICK SWAYZE - SHE’S LIKE THE WIND
02 01 GEORGE MICHAEL - FATHER FIGURE
01 02 RICK ASTLEY - NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP
This countdown may be new. I only 3/19/1988 was aired a few times.
 
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