80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

24 good/ok for 1985:

(49) 40. RADIOACTIVE - THE FIRM
(44) 38. ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS DANCE - DON HENLEY
(20) 37. METHOD OF MODERN LOVE - HALL & OATES
(37) 33. RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT - DEBARGE
(42) 32. CRAZY FOR YOU - MADONNA *
(31) 29. TURN UP THE RADIO - AUTOGRAPH
(32) 28. OBSESSION - ANIMOTION
(29) 25. I'M ON FIRE - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
(28) 24. NIGHTSHIFT - COMMODORES
(27) 23. SOMEBODY - BRYAN ADAMS
(24) 21. KEEPING THE FAITH - BILLY JOEL
(11) 20. LOVERBOY - BILLY OCEAN
(13) 19. THE OLD MAN DOWN THE ROAD - JOHN FOGERTY
(21) 16. SAVE A PRAYER - DURAN DURAN
( 8) 15. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS - FOREIGNER **
( 7) 12. NEUTRON DANCE - POINTER SISTERS
(17) 10. RELAX - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD
(15) 9. PRIVATE DANCER - TINA TURNER
( 2) 7. CARELESS WHISPER - WHAM! FEATURING GEORGE MICHAEL **
( 6) 6. TOO LATE FOR GOODBYES - JULIAN LENNON
( 4) 4. CALIFORNIA GIRLS - DAVID LEE ROTH/CARL WILSON
( 5) 3. MATERIAL GIRL - MADONNA
( 3) 2. THE HEAT IS ON - GLENN FREY
( 1) 1. CAN'T FIGHT THIS FEELING - REO SPEEDWAGON *

 

[HecticArt]

Fourteen, with a couple that kinda surprised me.

(49) 40. RADIOACTIVE - THE FIRM
(44) 38. ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS DANCE - DON HENLEY
(31) 29. TURN UP THE RADIO - AUTOGRAPH
(32) 28. OBSESSION - ANIMOTION
(23) 27. NAUGHTY NAUGHTY - JOHN PARR
(27) 23. SOMEBODY - BRYAN ADAMS
(16) 22. EASY LOVER - PHIL COLLINS & PHILLIP BAILEY
(24) 21. KEEPING THE FAITH - BILLY JOEL
(13) 19. THE OLD MAN DOWN THE ROAD - JOHN FOGERTY
(17) 10. RELAX - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD
( 6) 6. TOO LATE FOR GOODBYES - JULIAN LENNON
( 4) 4. CALIFORNIA GIRLS - DAVID LEE ROTH/CARL WILSON
( 5) 3. MATERIAL GIRL - MADONNA
( 3) 2. THE HEAT IS ON - GLENN FREY

 

[Jon]

49) 40. RADIOACTIVE - THE FIRM
(44) 38. ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS DANCE - DON HENLEY
(20) 37. METHOD OF MODERN LOVE - HALL & OATES
(40) 36. ALONG COMES A WOMAN - CHICAGO
(36) 35. WHY CAN'T I HAVE YOU - THE CARS
(37) 33. RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT - DEBARGE
(42) 32. CRAZY FOR YOU - MADONNA *
(33) 30. TAKE ME WITH U - PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION DUET WITH APOLLONIA
(32) 28. OBSESSION - ANIMOTION
(23) 27. NAUGHTY NAUGHTY - JOHN PARR
(29) 25. I'M ON FIRE - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
(27) 23. SOMEBODY - BRYAN ADAMS
(16) 22. EASY LOVER - PHIL COLLINS & PHILLIP BAILEY
(24) 21. KEEPING THE FAITH - BILLY JOEL
(11) 20. LOVERBOY - BILLY OCEAN
(13) 19. THE OLD MAN DOWN THE ROAD - JOHN FOGERTY
( 9) 17. SUGAR WALLS - SHEENA EASTON
(21) 16. SAVE A PRAYER - DURAN DURAN
( 8) 15. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS - FOREIGNER
(22) 14. HIGH ON YOU - SURVIVOR
(10) 13. MISLED - KOOL & THE GANG
( 7) 12. NEUTRON DANCE - POINTER SISTERS
(18) 11. ONLY THE YOUNG - JOURNEY
(17) 10. RELAX - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD
(15) 9. PRIVATE DANCER - TINA TURNER
(12) 8. LOVERGIRL - TEENA MARIE
( 2) 7. CARELESS WHISPER - WHAM! FEATURING GEORGE MICHAEL **
( 6) 6. TOO LATE FOR GOODBYES - JULIAN LENNON
( 4) 4. CALIFORNIA GIRLS - DAVID LEE ROTH/CARL WILSON
( 5) 3. MATERIAL GIRL - MADONNA
( 3) 2. THE HEAT IS ON - GLENN FREY
( 1) 1. CAN'T FIGHT THIS FEELING - REO SPEEDWAGON *

32 out of 40, not bad at all!

 

[scotchandcigar]

I get 18.

The Top 40:
(49) 40. RADIOACTIVE - THE FIRM
(44) 38. ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS DANCE - DON HENLEY
(35) 34. THIS IS NOT AMERICA - DAVID BOWIE / PAT METHENY GROUP
(32) 28. OBSESSION - ANIMOTION
(29) 25. I'M ON FIRE - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
(27) 23. SOMEBODY - BRYAN ADAMS
(24) 21. KEEPING THE FAITH - BILLY JOEL
(11) 20. LOVERBOY - BILLY OCEAN
(13) 19. THE OLD MAN DOWN THE ROAD - JOHN FOGERTY
( 9) 17. SUGAR WALLS - SHEENA EASTON
(21) 16. SAVE A PRAYER - DURAN DURAN
( 8) 15. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS - FOREIGNER **
( 7) 12. NEUTRON DANCE - POINTER SISTERS
(17) 10. RELAX - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD
( 6) 6. TOO LATE FOR GOODBYES - JULIAN LENNON
( 4) 4. CALIFORNIA GIRLS - DAVID LEE ROTH/CARL WILSON
( 5) 3. MATERIAL GIRL - MADONNA
( 3) 2. THE HEAT IS ON - GLENN FREY

 

[sadchild]

Good 16
Okay 8
Bad 16

Heard this same countdown last year.

Good
38 DE DON HENLEY - ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS DANCE
35 36 THE CARS - WHY CAN'T I HAVE YOU
30 33 PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION (Duet with Apollonia) - TAKE ME WITH U
29 31 AUTOGRAPH - TURN UP THE RADIO
28 32 ANIMOTION - OBSESSION
27 23 JOHN PARR - NAUGHTY NAUGHTY
23 27 BRYAN ADAMS - SOMEBODY
22 16 PHILIP BAILEY - EASY LOVER (Duet with Phil Collins)
21 24 BILLY JOEL - KEEPING THE FAITH
19 13 JOHN FOGERTY - THE OLD MAN DOWN THE ROAD
18 25 MICK JAGGER - JUST ANOTHER NIGHT
14 22 SURVIVOR - HIGH ON YOU
10 17 FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD - RELAX
06 06 JULIAN LENNON - TOO LATE FOR GOODBYES
04 04 DAVID LEE ROTH - CALIFORNIA GIRLS
02 03 GLENN FREY - THE HEAT IS ON

Okay
40 DE THE FIRM - RADIOACTIVE
37 20 DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES - METHOD OF MODERN LOVE
36 40 CHICAGO - ALONG COMES A WOMAN
33 37 DeBARGE - RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT
32 DE MADONNA - CRAZY FOR YOU
25 29 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - I'M ON FIRE
24 28 COMMODORES - NIGHTSHIFT
09 15 TINA TURNER - PRIVATE DANCER

40 DE THE FIRM - RADIOACTIVE

I like "Satisfaction Guaranteed" better

31 19 NEW EDITION - MR. TELEPHONE MAN

16 21 DURAN DURAN - SAVE A PRAYER

I like the original but I put this live version as a bad. I ended up skipping it while listening.

01 01 REO SPEEDWAGON - CAN’T FIGHT THIS FEELING

I picked this one. Not sure what the others picked.

Won't make the top 40
#41 Scandal "Beat Of A Heart"
#44 Jermaine Stewart "The Word Is Out"
#52 Santana "Say It Again"
#53 Bronski Beat "Small Town Boy"
#54 Jermaine Jackson/Pia Zadora "When the Rain Begins to Fall"
#56 Go West "We Close Our Eyes"
#58 Alan Parsons Project "Let's Talk About Me"
#59 Paul Hardcastle "Rain Forest"
#62 John Waite "Change"
#63 Isley Jasper Isley "Kiss And Tell"
#72 Vels "Look My Way"
#75 Nolan Thomas "Yo Little Brother"
#77 UTFO "Roxanne, Roxanne"
#79 Barbra Streisand "Emotion"
#81 Manhattans "You Send Me"
#83 Midnight Star "Scientific Love"
#84 Robey "One Night in Bangkok"
#86 Little River Band "Playing To Win"
#87 Tubes "Piece by Piece"
#89 Jesse Johnson "Be Your Man"
#91 Temptations "Treat Her Like A Lady"
#93 John Waite "Restless Heart"
#95 Maze "Back In Stride"
#96 Chaka Khan "This Is My Night"
#99 Kenny Rogers "Crazy"

 

[sadchild]

Never posted my guesses...

CORRECT ORDER
Madonna "Like A Virgin" #76
Foreigner "I Want To Know" #15
Wham "Careless Whisper" #7
REO Speedwagon "Can't Fight This" #1
Phil Collins "One More Night" #5
USA For Africa "We Are The World" -- debuts next week at #21, hits #1 three weeks later, a bit of an anomoly
Madonna "Crazy For You" #32
Simple Minds "Don't You Forget" #49
Wham "Everything She Wants" #60
Tears For Fears "Everybody Wants" #70

I also put Billy Ocean "Suddenly" as a candidate, but it peaked at #4 and debuts next week. Glad I didn't go with that!

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
strikethru: never hit #1

 

[HecticArt]

Won't make the top 40

No surprises.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

No surprises.

Ditto

 

[seasalt43]

Won't make the top 40
#41 Scandal "Beat Of A Heart"
#44 Jermaine Stewart "The Word Is Out"
#56 Go West "We Close Our Eyes"

All three are #41 peaks. I could have seen these tracks in the lower reaches of the 40.

 

[seasalt43]

US Bubbling Under for the Week Ending 16th March, 1985

TW	LW	Artist	Title	Record Company	Week on Chart	Hot 100 Debut	Peak	Other Charts
101	108	Donnie Iris	Injured In The Game Of Love	HME	2	3/23/85 at #93	91	#28 Rock
102	105	Jenny Burton	Bad Habits	Atlantic	2	-	101	#1 Dance, #19 R&B, #68 UK
103	105	Alphaville	Forever Young	Atlantic	2	3/23/85 at #95	93	#32 Dance
104	107	Ready For The World	Tonight	MCA	4	-	103	#6 R&B
105	-	Limahl	Never Ending Story	EMI-America	1	3/23/85 at #87	17	#4 UK
106	RE	Los Lobos	Will The Wolf Survive?	Warner B ros.	2	3/23/85 at #84	78
107	-	General Public	Never You Done That	A&M	1	-	105	#13 Dance
108	110	Wilton Felder Featuring Bobby Womack And Introducing Alltrina Grayson	No Matter How High I Get) I'll Still Be Lookin' Up To You)	MCA	3	-	102	#2 R&B
109	-	Carol Lynn Townes	Believe In The Beat	Polydor	1	-	109	#65 R&B, #25 Dance, #56 UK
110	-	Fat Boys	Can You Feel It	Sutra	1	-	101	#38 R&B

This week's drops:

95 101 Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly - Back In Stride
90 102 Luther Vandross - Till My Baby Comes Home
89 103 Jesse Johnson's Revue - Be Your Man
-- 104 Jack Wagner - Premonition
-- 109 Roxanne Shanté - Roxanne's Revenge

Playlist:

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Alphaville is a surprise.

 

[seasalt43]

Alphaville is a surprise.

I agree. Forever Young should have fared much better.

From Wikipedia: The single achieved more success in the United States than in the United Kingdom, but it failed to reach the American top 40 despite three separate US single releases.

I thought the track was released twice (#93 and #65 peaks).

 

[sadchild]

No confidence in any of my candidates

MAR 87

EARLIER
Madonna "Open Your Heart"
Huey Lewis "Jacob's Ladder"
Club Nouveau "Lean On Me"

Spoiler: CANDIDATES

Gregory Abbott "Shake You Down"
Starship "Nothing's Gonna"
Atlantic Starr "Always"

LATER
Cutting Crew "I Just Died"
Terence Trent "Sign Your Name"
Kim Wilde "You Keep Me"

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

No idea either. I think may be a U2 song though.

 

[HecticArt]

Maybe the 2nd choice.

 

[Channel98]

I thought the track was released twice

Forever Young, Alphaville's third single, was first released in September 1984 (Atlantic 89665). It was re-released in January 1985 (Atlantic 89578). It was re-re-released in October 1988 (Atlantic 89013). A dance mix was included on a three-song CD single in Germany in 1989.

 

[sadchild]

March 28th, 1987:

40 DE DONNA ALLEN - SERIOUS
39 DE MADONNA - LA ISLA BONITA
38 40 GLASS TIGER - I WILL BE THERE
37 38 THE BARBUSTERS (JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS) - LIGHT OF DAY
36 DE BOSTON - CAN’TCHA SAY (You Believe In Me)/STILL IN LOVE
35 39 CYNDI LAUPER - WHAT’S GOING ON
34 37 CUTTING CREW - (I JUST) DIED IN YOUR ARMS
33 36 THE ROBERT CRAY BAND - SMOKING GUN
32 21 CAMEO - CANDY
31 20 EDDIE MONEY - I WANNA GO BACK
30 34 PETER WOLF - COME AS YOU ARE
29 33 ROBBIE NEVIL - DOMINOES
28 18 DEAD OR ALIVE - BRAND NEW LOVER
27 15 BEASTIE BOYS - (YOU GOTTA) FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT (TO PARTY!)
26 35 JODY WATLEY - LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE
25 32 KOOL & THE GANG - STONE LOVE
24 31 HIPSWAY - THE HONEYTHIEF
23 25 SHIRLEY MURDOCK - AS WE LAY
22 13 THE JETS - YOU GOT IT ALL
21 27 BANGLES - WALKING DOWN YOUR STREET
20 26 STEVE WINWOOD - THE FINER THINGS
19 12 BON JOVI - LIVIN’ ON A PRAYER
18 08 BRUCE WILLIS - RESPECT YOURSELF
17 23 REO SPEEDWAGON - THAT AIN’T LOVE
16 10 PETER GABRIEL - BIG TIME
15 22 TINA TURNER - WHAT YOU GET IS WHAT YOU SEE
14 24 PRINCE - SIGN ‘O’ THE TIMES
13 07 HUEY LEWIS and the NEWS - JACOB’S LADDER
12 19 LOU GRAMM - MIDNIGHT BLUE
11 16 WANG CHUNG - LET’S GO!
10 17 ARETHA FRANKLIN AND GEORGE MICHAEL - I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING (FOR ME)
09 14 CROWDED HOUSE - DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER
08 11 EUROPE - THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
07 09 EXPOSÉ - COME GO WITH ME
06 05 LINDA RONSTADT AND JAMES INGRAM - SOMEWHERE OUT THERE
05 04 BRUCE HORNSBY AND THE RANGE - MANDOLIN RAIN
04 06 GENESIS - TONIGHT, TONIGHT, TONIGHT
03 02 JANET JACKSON - LET’S WAIT AWHILE
02 03 STARSHIP - NOTHING’S GONNA STOP US NOW
01 01 CLUB NOUVEAU - LEAN ON ME

Note: They played #2 and #3 songs out of order on the show

 

[HecticArt]

20 including the meh's and nostalgia tracks.

37 38 THE BARBUSTERS (JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS) - LIGHT OF DAY
34 37 CUTTING CREW - (I JUST) DIED IN YOUR ARMS
33 36 THE ROBERT CRAY BAND - SMOKING GUN
31 20 EDDIE MONEY - I WANNA GO BACK - Just Meh
30 34 PETER WOLF - COME AS YOU ARE
28 18 DEAD OR ALIVE - BRAND NEW LOVER
27 15 BEASTIE BOYS - (YOU GOTTA) FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT (TO PARTY!) - Worst guitar sole that was ever recorded.
24 31 HIPSWAY - THE HONEYTHIEF
20 26 STEVE WINWOOD - THE FINER THINGS
19 12 BON JOVI - LIVIN’ ON A PRAYER
18 08 BRUCE WILLIS - RESPECT YOURSELF - This was just a fun one.
16 10 PETER GABRIEL - BIG TIME
14 24 PRINCE - SIGN ‘O’ THE TIMES - Meh for Prince.
12 19 LOU GRAMM - MIDNIGHT BLUE
11 16 WANG CHUNG - LET’S GO!
09 14 CROWDED HOUSE - DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER
08 11 EUROPE - THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
05 04 BRUCE HORNSBY AND THE RANGE - MANDOLIN RAIN - Kinda meh.
04 06 GENESIS - TONIGHT, TONIGHT, TONIGHT
01 01 CLUB NOUVEAU - LEAN ON ME - Fun memories from back in the day.

 

[sadchild]

Probably the worst I've done at this in a long time...

CORRECT ORDER

Gregory Abbott "Shake You Down" uncharted, Jan 87 peak
Billy Vera "At This Moment" #71
Madonna "Open Your Heart" #80
Bon Jovi "Living On A Prayer" #19
Huey Lewis "Jacob's Ladder" #13
Club Nouveau "Lean On Me" #1
Starship "Nothing's Gonna" #2
George/Aretha "I Knew You Were" #10
Cutting Crew "I Just Died" #34
U2 "With Or Without You" #44
Kim Wilde "You Keep Me" #96
Atlantic Starr "Always" #79

Terence Trent D'Arby "Sign Your Name" #5 peak Aug 88, confused it with "Wishing Well" which hit #1 May 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
yellow: not on my list and not on hot 100
strikethru: never hit #1

 

[sadchild]

Good 11
Okay 4
Bad 25

Good
36 DE BOSTON - CAN’TCHA SAY
34 37 CUTTING CREW - (I JUST) DIED IN YOUR ARMS
33 36 THE ROBERT CRAY BAND - SMOKING GUN
31 20 EDDIE MONEY - I WANNA GO BACK
27 15 BEASTIE BOYS - (YOU GOTTA) FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT (TO PARTY!)
20 26 STEVE WINWOOD - THE FINER THINGS
19 12 BON JOVI - LIVIN’ ON A PRAYER
16 10 PETER GABRIEL - BIG TIME
12 19 LOU GRAMM - MIDNIGHT BLUE
08 11 EUROPE - THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
05 04 BRUCE HORNSBY AND THE RANGE - MANDOLIN RAIN

Okay
37 38 THE BARBUSTERS (JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS) - LIGHT OF DAY
30 34 PETER WOLF - COME AS YOU ARE
09 14 CROWDED HOUSE - DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER
02 03 STARSHIP - NOTHING’S GONNA STOP US NOW

02 03 STARSHIP - NOTHING’S GONNA STOP US NOW

Fortunately I picked this, my other two candidates were atrociously bad and I woulda totally bombed. Don't know what anyone else has guessed.

Here's what I said two years ago when they did this same countdown and I picked this same song:
Fortunately I didn't choose one of my #19, #80 or #96 candidates and went for the one that was #2. But frankly, I was in doubt about all of them even being on the Hot 100 this week.

#46 Paul Lekakis "Boom Boom (Let's Go Back To My Room)"

Very guilty pleasure.

#59 Ratt "Dance"

What terrible album this is. I like the two before it and the two after it but this one is awful.

#90 Julian Cope "World Shut Your Mouth"

Working on a cover of this song with a friend (outside of my band, side project).

Will never get into the top 40
#46 Paul Lekakis "Boom Boom (Let's Go Back To My Room)"
#49 Herb Alpert "Keep Your Eye On Me"
#51 Survivor "How Much Love"
#56 Gregory Abbott "I Got The Feelin' (It's Over)"
#57 Cover Girls "Show Me"
#58 Georgio "Sexappeal"
#59 Ratt "Dance"
#60 Sammy Hagar "Winner Takes It All"
#61 Run DMC "It's Tricky"
#65 Beastie Boys "Brass Monkey"
#68 Sheila E "Hold Me"
#74 Lone Justice "Shelter"
#76 Freddie Jackson "Have You Ever Loved Somebody"
#77 David & David "Ain't So Easy"
#81 Mel & Kim "Showing Out"
#84 Luther Vandross "There's Nothing Better Than Love"
#86 Night Ranger "The Secret of My Success"
#87 Samantha Fox "Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me)"
#88 Anita Baker "Same Ole Love"
#90 Julian Cope "World Shut Your Mouth"
#91 Corey Hart "Dancin' With My Mirror"
#93 Pseudo Echo "Living in a Dream"
#94 Starpoint "He Wants My Body"
#95 Georgia Satellites "Battleship Chains"
#97 a-ha "Cry Wolf"
#98 Venetians "So Much For Love"
#100 Paul Simon "The Boy In The Bubble"