80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

Good 20
Okay 6
Bad 14

Oh 1989.... You have a lot of goods, but your bads are SO SO BAD.

BEST
26 27 WINGER - SEVENTEEN
21 06 ROXETTE - THE LOOK
13 17 LIVING COLOUR - CULT OF PERSONALITY

WORST
22 28 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK - I’LL BE LOVING YOU (FOREVER)
17 19 DEBBIE GIBSON - ELECTRIC YOUTH
05 10 PAULA ABDUL - FOREVER YOUR GIRL
01 01 MADONNA - LIKE A PRAYER

40 - - ONE 2 MANY - DOWNTOWN

Mark Goodman doesn't remember it. And neither do I. Even if I've heard it on other VJs over the years, still no memory of it.

05 10 PAULA ABDUL - FOREVER YOUR GIRL

My guess. And my friend's roommate's guess.

02 02 BON JOVI - I’LL BE THERE FOR YOU

A conversation that just happened in my house as Bon Jovi's "I'll Be There For You" was playing:

What are these lyrics?? "You say you've cried a thousand rivers and now you're swimmin' for the shore"??
A bad metaphor.
It's not "Bad Medicine" it's "Bad Metaphors"
"Our songs are like BAD METAPHORS!"
Call Weird Al. Right, now.

01 01 MADONNA - LIKE A PRAYER

My friend's kid's guess

I'll try to get to "won't reach the top 40" later
 
1983 hot 100 guesses

EARLIER
Men At Work "Down Under"
Toto "Africa"
Michael Jackson "Billie Jean"
Patti/James "Baby Come To Me"

Dexy's "Come On Eileen"
Michael Jackson "Beat It"
David Bowie "Let's Dance"

LATER
Irene Cara "Flashdance"
Police "Every Breath"
 
I think its #2 as I think Dexy was the last week of April or first week of May. They will likely do the 2nd week. I don't think they have ever done the countdown with Dexys @ #1.

ETA: Dexy was 1983/04/23. A week or 2 earlier than I had thought.
 
5/14/83

40: The One Thing - INXS
39: I’m Still Standing – Elton John
38: Gimme All Your Lovin’ – ZZ Top
37: Do You Really Want To Hurt Me – Culture Club
36: One On One – Daryl Hall & John Oates
35: Never Gonna Let You Go – Sergio Mendes
34: So Wrong – Patrick Simmons
33: I Couldn’t Say No – Robert Ellis Orrall With Carlene Carter
32: Some Kind Of Friend – Barry Manilow
31: Welcome To Heartlight – Kenny Loggins
30: Try Again - Champaign
29: Separate Ways - Journey
28: It Might Be You – Stephen Bishop
27: She’s A Beauty – The Tubes
26: Family Man – Daryl Hall & John Oates
25: Stranger In My House – Ronnie Milsap
24: Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
23: Don’t Let It End - Styx
22: Always Something There To Remind Me – Naked Eyes
21: Mornin’ – Al Jarreau
20: Faithfully - Journey
19: Affair Of The Heart – Rick Springfield
18: Even Now – Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
17: Time – Culture Club
16: Mr. Roboto - Styx
15: Straight From The Heart – Bryan Adams
14: Rio – Duran Duran
13: Photograph – Def Leppard
12: My Love – Lionel Richie
11: I Won’t Hold You Back - Toto
10: Der Kommisar – After The Fire
9: Solitaire – Laura Branigan
8: Little Red Corvette - Prince
7: Flashdance…What A Feeling – Irene Cara
6: Come On Eileen – Dexy’s Midnight Runners
5: She Blinded Me With Science – Thomas Dolby
4: Overkill – Men At Work
3: Jeopardy – Greg Kinh Band
2: Let’s Dance – David Bowie
1: Beat It – Michael Jackson

* = Debuts

This Week’s Drops

42 33 Hungry Like The Wolf – Duran Duran
43 36 We’ve Got Tonight – Kenny Rogers & Sheena Easton
50 38 You Are – Lionel Richie
67 39 Whirly Girl – Oxo
 
OXO, ABBA and Kayak are the only three bands with a palindromic name to have a hit on the Billboard Hot 100. OXO released five singles and Whirly Girl was their only chart hit. It was written by lead singer Ismael "Ish" Ledsema, who had previously led the Latino dance band Foxy. Get Off, with backing vocals by Wildflower, was a #9 hit for them in November 1978. In 1979, Ledsema released a 12-inch disco single which qualifies him for inclusion on our "Mistaken Identity (Dude Sounds Like A Lady)" thread.

 
If anyone is wondering, I don't count a-ha as a palindromic name because of the hyphen. Here is Weezer's 2019 remake of a-ha's October 1985 number-one hit Take On Me:

 
Technically, OXO was the first band I ever saw live - as they opened for Hall & Oates on their "H2O" tour. I saw them in Tulsa. I used to have the OXO album on vinyl.
 
A lot of us have 31 or 32. So here are my 9 not-good/ok ones.

35: Never Gonna Let You Go – Sergio Mendes
34: So Wrong – Patrick Simmons
33: I Couldn’t Say No – Robert Ellis Orrall With Carlene Carter
32: Some Kind Of Friend – Barry Manilow
31: Welcome To Heartlight – Kenny Loggins
30: Try Again - Champaign
25: Stranger In My House – Ronnie Milsap
21: Mornin’ – Al Jarreau
12: My Love – Lionel Richie
 
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