80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

Yep!

EARLIER
Whitney "How Will I Know"
Heart "These Dreams"
Mr Mister "Kyrie"
Starship "Sara"
Madonna "Live To Tell"

Falco "Rock Me Amadeus"
Prince "Kiss"

LATER
Pet Shop Boys "West End Girls"
Robert Palmer "Addicted To Love"
 
1986

40. GREATEST LOVE OF ALL - WHITNEY HOUSTON
39. I CAN'T WAIT - NU SHOOZ
38. SOMETHING ABOUT YOU - LEVEL 42
37. I DO WHAT I DO - JOHN TAYLOR
36. FOR AMERICA - JACKSON BROWNE
35. IF YOU LEAVE - ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK
34. SATURDAY LOVE - CHERRELLE WITH ALEXANDER O'NEAL
33. BAD BOY - MIAMI SOUND MACHINE
32. LIVE IS LIFE - OPUS
31. TAKE ME HOME - PHIL COLLINS
30. OVERJOYED - STEVIE WONDER
29. AMERICAN STORM - BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND
28. NO EASY WAY OUT - ROBERT TEPPER
27. SO FAR AWAY - DIRE STRAITS
26. HOW WILL I KNOW - WHITNEY HOUSTON
25. KYRIE - MR. MISTER
24. I THINK IT'S LOVE - JERMAINE JACKSON
23. YOUR LOVE - THE OUTFIELD
22. SANCTIFY YOURSELF - SIMPLE MINDS
21. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY - JANET JACKSON
20. KING FOR A DAY - THE THOMPSON TWINS
19. I CAN'T WAIT - STEVIE NICKS
18. CALLING AMERICA - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
17. BEAT'S SO LONELY - CHARLIE SEXTON
16. WHY CAN'T THIS BE LOVE - VAN HALEN
15. SARA - STARSHIP
14. HARLEM SHUFFLE - ROLLING STONES
13. THIS COULD BE THE NIGHT - LOVERBOY
12. WEST END GIRLS - PET SHOP BOYS
11. TENDER LOVE - FORCE M.D.'S
10. NIKITA - ELTON JOHN
9. ADDICTED TO LOVE - ROBERT PALMER
8. LET'S GO ALL THE WAY - SLY FOX
7. MANIC MONDAY - BANGLES
6. WHAT YOU NEED - INXS
5. THESE DREAMS - HEART
4. SECRET LOVERS - ATLANTIC STARR
3. KISS - PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION
2. R.O.C.K. IN THE U.S.A. - JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP
1. ROCK ME AMADEUS - FALCO
 
1986

40. GREATEST LOVE OF ALL - WHITNEY HOUSTON
39. I CAN'T WAIT - NU SHOOZ
38. SOMETHING ABOUT YOU - LEVEL 42
37. I DO WHAT I DO - JOHN TAYLOR
36. FOR AMERICA - JACKSON BROWNE
35. IF YOU LEAVE - ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK
34. SATURDAY LOVE - CHERRELLE WITH ALEXANDER O'NEAL
33. BAD BOY - MIAMI SOUND MACHINE
32. LIVE IS LIFE - OPUS
31. TAKE ME HOME - PHIL COLLINS
30. OVERJOYED - STEVIE WONDER
29. AMERICAN STORM - BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND
28. NO EASY WAY OUT - ROBERT TEPPER
27. SO FAR AWAY - DIRE STRAITS
26. HOW WILL I KNOW - WHITNEY HOUSTON
25. KYRIE - MR. MISTER
24. I THINK IT'S LOVE - JERMAINE JACKSON
23. YOUR LOVE - THE OUTFIELD
22. SANCTIFY YOURSELF - SIMPLE MINDS
21. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY - JANET JACKSON
20. KING FOR A DAY - THE THOMPSON TWINS
19. I CAN'T WAIT - STEVIE NICKS
18. CALLING AMERICA - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
17. BEAT'S SO LONELY - CHARLIE SEXTON
16. WHY CAN'T THIS BE LOVE - VAN HALEN
15. SARA - STARSHIP
14. HARLEM SHUFFLE - ROLLING STONES
13. THIS COULD BE THE NIGHT - LOVERBOY
12. WEST END GIRLS - PET SHOP BOYS
11. TENDER LOVE - FORCE M.D.'S
10. NIKITA - ELTON JOHN
9. ADDICTED TO LOVE - ROBERT PALMER
8. LET'S GO ALL THE WAY - SLY FOX
7. MANIC MONDAY - BANGLES
6. WHAT YOU NEED - INXS
5. THESE DREAMS - HEART
4. SECRET LOVERS - ATLANTIC STARR
3. KISS - PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION
2. R.O.C.K. IN THE U.S.A. - JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP
1. ROCK ME AMADEUS - FALCO
It looks this one is a repeat: Apr 9, 2017 and Apr 9, 2022.
 
Correct order of #1s

Dionne "That's What Friends" #70
Whitney "How Will I Know" #26
Mr Mister "Kyrie" #25
Starship "Sara" #15
Heart "These Dreams" #5
Falco "Rock Me Amadeus" #1
Prince "Kiss" #3

Robert Palmer "Addicted To Love" #9
Pet Shop Boys "West End Girls" #12
Whitney "Greatest Love" #40
Madonna "Live To Tell" debuts next week at #49
Patti/Michael "On My Own" #60

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
 
Good 19
Okay 7
Bad 14

Just heard this countdown last year

3. KISS - PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION

At least one other person guessed this

1. ROCK ME AMADEUS - FALCO

I guessed this woohoo!

#84 Ozzy Osbourne "Shot In The Dark"

Not surprised it wasn't a top 40, but still love crankin' this bad boy whenever it comes on.

Will never make the top 40
#44 Little Richard "Great Gosh A Mighty"
#54 Dan Seals "Bop"
#57 Jennifer Rush "The Power Of Love"
#61 Meli'sa Morgan "Do Me Baby"
#62 Starpoint "Restless"
#63 Wax "Right Between The Eyes"
#67 Dennis DeYoung "Call Me"
#69 Phyllis Nelson "I Like You"
#72 Dionne Warwick "Whisper In The Dark"
#73 Rene & Angela "You Don't Have To Cry"
#74 Feargal Sharkey "A Good Heart"
#76 Animotion "I Engineer"
#79 David Bowie "Absolute Beginners"
#83 Jimmy Barnes "Working Class Man"
#84 Ozzy Osbourne "Shot In The Dark"
#85 Five Star "Let Me Be The One"
#86 Firm "All the King's Horses"
#87 Katrina And The Waves "Is That It?"
#89 Fine Young Cannibals "Johnny Come Home"
#91 Pat Benatar "Le Bel Age"
#92 Greg Kihn "Love And Rock And Roll"
#95 Anne Murray "Now And Forever"
#96 Alisha "Baby Talk"
#97 Klymaxx "The Men All Pause"
#98 Laura Branigan "I Found Someone"
#99 John Cafferty "Hearts On Fire"
#100 Dokken "In My Dreams"
 
The Greatest Love Of All was written by Linda Creed and Michael Masser and was first recorded by George Benson as the theme song of The Greatest, a 1977 biographical film about Muhammad Ali – who was played in the movie by Muhammad Ali. Good casting! The song has been recorded by more than 70 artists including Oleta Adams, Jane Olivor, Shirley Bassey, Keiko Lee, Richie Havens, Deborah Cox and Pharoah Sanders. Here is a truly amazing version by Filipina singer/actress Lea Salonga, recorded in 1981 when she was nine years old:

 
1986

40. GREATEST LOVE OF ALL - WHITNEY HOUSTON
39. I CAN'T WAIT - NU SHOOZ
38. SOMETHING ABOUT YOU - LEVEL 42
37. I DO WHAT I DO - JOHN TAYLOR
36. FOR AMERICA - JACKSON BROWNE
35. IF YOU LEAVE - ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK
34. SATURDAY LOVE - CHERRELLE WITH ALEXANDER O'NEAL
33. BAD BOY - MIAMI SOUND MACHINE
32. LIVE IS LIFE - OPUS
31. TAKE ME HOME - PHIL COLLINS
30. OVERJOYED - STEVIE WONDER
29. AMERICAN STORM - BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND
28. NO EASY WAY OUT - ROBERT TEPPER
27. SO FAR AWAY - DIRE STRAITS
26. HOW WILL I KNOW - WHITNEY HOUSTON
25. KYRIE - MR. MISTER
24. I THINK IT'S LOVE - JERMAINE JACKSON
23. YOUR LOVE - THE OUTFIELD
22. SANCTIFY YOURSELF - SIMPLE MINDS
21. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY - JANET JACKSON
20. KING FOR A DAY - THE THOMPSON TWINS
19. I CAN'T WAIT - STEVIE NICKS
18. CALLING AMERICA - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
17. BEAT'S SO LONELY - CHARLIE SEXTON
16. WHY CAN'T THIS BE LOVE - VAN HALEN
15. SARA - STARSHIP
14. HARLEM SHUFFLE - ROLLING STONES
13. THIS COULD BE THE NIGHT - LOVERBOY
12. WEST END GIRLS - PET SHOP BOYS
11. TENDER LOVE - FORCE M.D.'S
10. NIKITA - ELTON JOHN
9. ADDICTED TO LOVE - ROBERT PALMER
8. LET'S GO ALL THE WAY - SLY FOX
7. MANIC MONDAY - BANGLES
6. WHAT YOU NEED - INXS
5. THESE DREAMS - HEART
4. SECRET LOVERS - ATLANTIC STARR
3. KISS - PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION
2. R.O.C.K. IN THE U.S.A. - JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP
1. ROCK ME AMADEUS - FALCO
This Weeks Drops

42 25 (How to Be A) Millionaire – ABC
43 27 Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground) – Mike + The Mechanics
46 33 Night Moves – Marilyn Martin
47 34 I’m Not the One – The Cars
48 35 Another Night – Aretha Franklin

This Weeks Debuts

68 — Move Away – Culture Club
71 — Tomorrow Doesn’t Matter Tonight – Starship
78 — Where Do the Children Go – The Hooters
82 — All the Things She Said – Simple Minds
87 — Is That It? – Katrina & The Waves
88 — Holding Back the Years – Simply Red
89 — Johnny Come Home – Fine Young Cannibals
90 — I Wanna Be A Cowboy – Boys Don’t Cry
 
I'll have limited access starting Wednesday night (I'll be in Springfield MA for my son's robotics competition).

Here's my Hot 100 guesses for April 1982

EARLIER
ONJ "Physical"
Hall & Oates "No Can Do"
J Geils Band "Centerfold"

Joan Jett "I Love Rock N Roll"
Vangelis "Chariots Of Fire"

LATER
Paul/Stevie "Ebony & Ivory"
Human League "Don't You Want Me"
Survivor "Eye Of The Tiger"
 
I'd probably say the last week of the first guess.

Looked up. Right about the guess but no where close to the last week.
 
1982/04/10
(based upon a couple of chart positions. Online countdown is repeat of 1986)

The Bottom 60: debuts and future or former #1s:
(--) 90. MURPHY'S LAW - CHERI
(--) 89. I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START - EDDIE RABBIT
(--) 88. LOVING YOU - CHRIS REA
(--) 87. SECRET JOURNEY - THE POLICE
(--) 82. A NIGHT TO REMEMBER - SHALAMAR
(--) 79. WHEN IT'S OVER - LOVERBODY
(--) 73. WORK THAT BODY - DIANA ROSS


This week's drops:
(38) 97. JUST CAN"T WIN'EM ALL - STEVIE WOODS
(36) 96. TAKE IT EASY ON ME - LITTLE RIVVER BAND
(35) 95. LEADER OF THE BAND - DAN FOGELBERG
(34) 94. SPIRITS IN TE MATERIAL WORLD - THE POLICE
(33) 93. MIRROR, MIRROR - DIANA ROSS
(31) 92. TONIGHT I'M YOURS (DON'T HURT ME) - ROD STEWART
(29) 68. SHAKE IT UP - THE CARS
(27) 60. ON THE WAY TO THE SKY - NEIL DIAMOND


The Top 40:
(51) 40. THE OTHER WOMAN - RAY PARKER JR.
(46) 39. DON'T YOU WANT ME - THE HUMAN LEAGUE
(45) 38. HANGE FIRE - THE ROLLING STONES
(47) 37. GENIUS OF LOVE - TOM TOM CLUB

(37) 36. THEME FROM MAGNUM P.I. - MIKE POST
(39) 35. POP GOES THE MOVIES PART I - MECO

(50) 34. THE BEATLES MOVIE MEDLEY - THE BEATLES
(41) 33. MAMA USE TO SAY - JUNIOR

(22) 32. BOBBIE SUE - THE OAK RIDGE BOYS
(19) 31. CENTERFOLD -THE J. GEILS BAND **

(48) 30. ALWAYS ON MY MIND - WILLIE NELSON
(--) 29. EBONY AND IVORY - PAUL McCARTNEY AND STEVIE WONDER *

(32) 28. CHARLENE- I'VE NEVER BEEN TO ME
(28) 27. BABY MAKES HER BLUE JEANS TALK - DR. HOOK
(26) 26. JUKEBOX HERO - FOREIGNER
(40) 25. GET DOWN ON IT - KOOL & THE GANG
(30) 24. DID IT IN A MINUTE - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
(23) 23. MY GUY - SISTER SLEDGE
(25) 22. GOIN' DOWN - GREG GUIDRY
(24) 21. 867-5309/JENNY - TOMMY TUTONE
(21) 20. NOBODY SAID IT WAS EASY - LEROUX
(16) 19. TAKE OFF - BOB & DOUG MCKENZIE
(20) 18. FIND ANOTHER FOOL - QUARTERFLASH
(11) 17. SWEET DREAMS - AIR SUPPLY
(18) 16. '65 LOVE AFFAIR - PAUL DAVIS
(17) 15. ONE HUNDRED WAYS - QUINCY JONES FEATURING JAMES INGRAM
(15) 14. (OH) PRETTY WOMAN - VAN HALEN
(13) 13. SHOULD I DO IT - THE POINTER SISTERS
(14) 12. EDGE OF SEVENTEEN (JUST LIKE THE WILD WINGED DOVE) - STEVIE NICKS
( 9) 11. PAC-MAN FEVER - BUCKNER AND GARCIA
(12) 10. DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE - HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS
(10) 9. KEY LARGO - BERTIE HIGGINS
( 4) 8. THAT GIRL - STEVIE WONDER
( 2) 7. OPEN ARMS - JOURNEY
( 8) 6. DON'T TALK TO STRANGERS - RICK SPRINGFIELD
( 5) 5. MAKE A MOVE ON ME - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
( 7) 4. FREEZE FRAME - THE J. GEILS BAND
( 6) 3. CHARIOTS OF FIRE - VANGELIS *
( 3) 2. WE GOT THE BEAT - GO-GO'S
( 1) 1. I LOVE ROCK N' ROLL - JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS *
 
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