80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

[Aaron]

1982

40. WORKING FOR THE WEEKEND - LOVERBOY
39. HEART LIKE A WHEEL - THE STEVE MILLER BAND
38. MY GIRL - CHILLIWACK
37. MORE THAN JUST THE TWO OF US - SNEAKER
36. CASTLES IN THE AIR - DON MCLEAN
35. LOVE IS ALRIGHT TONIGHT - RICK SPRINGFIELD
34. HERE I AM - AIR SUPPLY
33. EVERY LITTLE THING SHE DOES IS MAGIC - THE POLICE
32. SWEET DREAMS - AIR SUPPLY
31. OH NO - THE COMMODORES
30. TAKE IT EASY ON ME - THE LITTLE RIVER BAND
29. UNDER PRESSURE - QUEEN AND DAVID BOWIE
28. YOU COULD HAVE BEEN WITH ME - SHEENA EASTON
27. OUR LIPS ARE SEALED - THE GO-GO'S
26. SHE'S GOT A WAY - BILLY JOEL
25. STEAL THE NIGHT - STEVIE WOODS
24. COME GO WITH ME - THE BEACH BOYS
23. LEADER OF THE BAND - DAN FOGELBERG
22. I WOULDN'T HAVE MISSED IT FOR THE WORLD - RONNIE MILSAP
21. SHAKE IT UP - THE CARS
20. WAITING ON A FRIEND - THE ROLLING STONES
19. SOMEONE COULD LOSE A HEART TONIGHT - EDDIE RABBITT
18. DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' - JOURNEY
17. TAKE MY HEART - KOOL & THE GANG
16. COOL NIGHT - PAUL DAVIS
15. WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE - DIANA ROSS
14. HOOKED ON CLASSICS - ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
13. THE SWEETEST THING - JUICE NEWTON
12. COMIN' IN AND OUT OF YOUR LIFE - BARBARA STREISAND
11. YESTERDAY'S SONGS - NEIL DIAMOND
10. TROUBLE - LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM
9. TURN YOUR LOVE AROUND - GEORGE BENSON
8. CENTERFOLD - J. GEILS BAND
7. LEATHER AND LACE - STEVIE NICKS AND DON HENLEY
6. HARDEN MY HEART - QUARTERFLASH
5. YOUNG TURKS - ROD STEWART
4. I CAN'T GO FOR THAT - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
3. LET'S GROOVE - EARTH, WIND & FIRE
2. WAITING FOR A GIRL LIKE YOU - FOREIGNER
1. PHYSICAL - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN

 

[sadchild]

Not a lot of 'okay' songs this week. It's either great, or it sucks!

Good 12
Ok 5
Bad 23

Already talked about most of these songs..

80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

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80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

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31. OH NO - THE COMMODORES

I've previously mentioned how this song is growing on me. Well, it moved from my 'bad' list to my 'ok' list. I'm officially a 60 year old woman.

29. UNDER PRESSURE - QUEEN AND DAVID BOWIE

Classic #1. Aside from the made-up words Mercury throws in there, I love everything about it.

24. COME GO WITH ME - THE BEACH BOYS

Dumb cover #1. As I once said ... aside from "Kokomo" (which isn't great, but it's ok), i think the Beach Boys should have taken the entire 80s decade off.

23. LEADER OF THE BAND - DAN FOGELBERG

Classic #2. Lyrics slay me.

22. I WOULDN'T HAVE MISSED IT FOR THE WORLD - RONNIE MILSAP

Guilty pleasure.

20. WAITING ON A FRIEND - THE ROLLING STONES

Classic #3.

15. WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE - DIANA ROSS

Dumb cover #2.

8. CENTERFOLD - J. GEILS BAND

Classic #4.

4. I CAN'T GO FOR THAT - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES

Classic #5.

#45 Billy Squier "My Kinda Lover"

"Mah kandah lavah!!" Did he record this in Boston?

Songs that won't reach the top 40
#45 Billy Squier "My Kinda Lover"
#48 Greg Lake "Let Me Love You Once" (aka the 'L' of ELP)
#50 Al Jarreau "Breakin' Away"
#55 Bob Seger "Feel Like A Number"
#65 Steve Carlisle "WKRP In Cincinnati"
#69 Rush "Closer To The Heart"
#72 Neil Young "Southern Pacific"
#74 Kiss "A World Without Heroes"
#88 Dave Stewart "It's My Party" (pre-Eurythmics!)
#92 Kinks "Better Things"

 

[Aaron]

I guess I'm a sucker for the soft rock songs from back then that are now considered to be adult contemporary. That was back when I was in the younger grades in school and my parents probably had the top 40 stations playing a lot.

Good - 27
Okay - 8
Bad - 5

31. OH NO - THE COMMODORES

I've previously mentioned how this song is growing on me. Well, it moved from my 'bad' list to my 'ok' list. I'm officially a 60 year old woman.

I dig this one. I like pretty much all the hits from the Commodores and most of the hit R&B songs from the era.

29. UNDER PRESSURE - QUEEN AND DAVID BOWIE

Classic #1. Aside from the made-up words Mercury throws in there, I love everything about it.

This one always gets on my nerves. I feel like it's incomplete. Let's scat sing since we haven't finished the lyrics.

23. LEADER OF THE BAND - DAN FOGELBERG

Classic #2. Lyrics slay me.

I love this one. Lyrics are great, and reminds me of my grandfather who passed.

22. I WOULDN'T HAVE MISSED IT FOR THE WORLD - RONNIE MILSAP

Guilty pleasure.

Same.

Songs that won't reach the top 40
#69 Rush "Closer To The Heart"

Such a good song!

33. EVERY LITTLE THING SHE DOES IS MAGIC - THE POLICE
This song bothers me too. Come on Sting, did it really need to last so long?
The first two minutes are great, then a half hour of Eeh Oh, Eeh Oh...

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Songs that won't reach the top 40
#45 Billy Squier "My Kinda Lover"

With the amount of airplay this gets on SXM you think it was top 10.

#55 Bob Seger "Feel Like A Number"

Surprising. But I may be confusing my personal like of the song with its popularity.

#65 Steve Carlisle "WKRP In Cincinnati"

This is the second countdown this was mentioned. It must have spent a great deal of time not being a hit.

#69 Rush "Closer To The Heart"

So many good Rush songs did didly squat on the American charts.

This one [Under Pressure] always gets on my nerves. I feel like it's incomplete. Let's scat sing since we haven't finished the lyrics.

This is both my least favourite Queen song, and my least favourite Bowie song. It was Vanilla Ice's best song but that isn't saying much.

 

[sadchild]

There's a cover of "Under Pressure" by My Chemical Romance, and you can tell the singer doesn't know what to do in the scat/we-havent-finished-the-lyrics parts. If I remember correctly, he even skips some - and I don't blame him.

33. EVERY LITTLE THING SHE DOES IS MAGIC - THE POLICE
Yeah I agree. Love it but I often find myself enjoying the first few minutes and then moving on before the song's ended.

#55 Bob Seger "Feel Like A Number"
Peaked at #48 - I know it, liked it, still like it, still hear it.
#66 Bob Seger "Tryin' To Live My Life Without You"
Peaked at #5 - Don't recognize the title, probably never heard it (unless it was on a VJ Big 40), long forgotten?

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

#66 Bob Seger "Tryin' To Live My Life Without You"
Peaked at #5 - Don't recognize the title, probably never heard it (unless it was on a VJ Big 40), long forgotten?

I remember this from back in the day. Ok song. Never hear it on SXM or anywhere now.

 

[Aaron]

1986

40. TARZAN BOY - BALTIMORA
39. KYRIE - MR. MISTER
38. LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN - THE DREAM ACADEMY
37. THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON T.V. - A-HA
36. LIVING IN AMERICA - JAMES BROWN
35. EVERYTHING IN MY HEART - COREY HART
34. A LOVE BIZARRE - SHEILA E.
33. THE SWEETEST TABOO - SADE
32. OBJECT OF MY DESIRE - STARPOINT
31. HOW WILL I KNOW - WHITNEY HOUSTON
30. FACE THE FACE - PETE TOWNSHEND
29. SEX AS A WEAPON - PAT BENATAR
28. SIDEWALK TALK - JELLYBEAN
27. EVERYBODY DANCE - TA MARA & THE SEEN
26. WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GETS GOING - BILLY OCEAN
25. GOODBYE - NIGHT RANGER
24. EMERGENCY - KOOL & THE GANG
23. PERFECT WAY - SCRITTI POLITTI
22. YOU'RE A FRIEND OF MINE - CLARENCE CLEMONS & JACKSON BROWNE
21. SLEEPING BAG - ZZ TOP
20. CONGA - MIAMI SOUND MACHINE
19. SPIES LIKE US - PAUL MCCARTNEY
18. GO HOME - STEVIE WONDER
17. LOVE IS THE SEVENTH WAVE - STING
16. IT'S ONLY LOVE - BRYAN ADAMS & TINA TURNER
15. ELECTION DAY - ARCADIA
14. I'M YOUR MAN - WHAM!
13. MY HOMETOWN - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
12. BURNING HEART - SURVIVOR
11. SEPARATE LIVES - PHIL COLLINS WITH MARILYN MARTIN
10. WALK OF LIFE - DIRE STRAITS
9. BROKEN WINGS - MR. MISTER
8. TALK TO ME - STEVIE NICKS
7. TONIGHT SHE COMES - THE CARS
6. SMALL TOWN - JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP
5. I MISS YOU - KLYMAXX
4. ALIVE & KCIKING - SIMPLE MINDS
3. THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR - DIONNE & FRIENDS
2. PARTY ALL THE TIME - EDDIE MURPHY
1. SAY YOU, SAY ME - LIONEL RICHIE

 

[sadchild]

Good 15
Ok 6
Bad 19

I've already commented on a lot of these songs in the past.
New comments:

39. KYRIE - MR. MISTER
9. BROKEN WINGS - MR. MISTER

Explained to my son that this is who Train is talking about in that (awful) "Hey Soul Sister" song.

30. FACE THE FACE - PETE TOWNSHEND

He shoulda sang the verses through a megaphone. He sounds like a ring announcer.

29. SEX AS A WEAPON - PAT BENATAR

Very overlooked Benatar song

24. EMERGENCY - KOOL & THE GANG

I could dance to it if it came on at a club, but I'd never listen to it just to hear it.

12. BURNING HEART - SURVIVOR

11. SEPARATE LIVES - PHIL COLLINS WITH MARILYN MARTIN

Told the 'peeeeenissss' story to my 12 year old son while this song was playing. He laughed for what felt like an hour.

1. SAY YOU, SAY ME - LIONEL RICHIE

The sudden upbeat-and-kinda-rockin part of this song is so weird. I wonder who decided to just grab the adrenaline knob on this track and crank it from 0 to 50 for a few seconds, then turn it right back down?

#61 Queen "One Vision"

I listened to this album a hundred times back in '87

#95 Talking Heads "And She Was"

A #54 peak, surprised this didn't crack the top 40.

Will never reach the top 40
#45 Rush "The Big Money"
#48 Asia "Go"
#53 Twisted Sister "Leader Of The Pack"
#57 Wang Chung "To Live And Die In LA" (#41 peak so close!)
#61 Queen "One Vision"
#89 John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band "Small Town Girl"
#90 Loverboy "Dangerous"
#92 Chicago Bears "The Super Bowl Shuffle" (#41 peak also!)
#94 Kiss "Tears Are Falling"
#95 Talking Heads "And She Was"

There are a bunch of songs listed on the Hot 100 on Billboard's website with below-40 peaks, but they are wrong. One example: Hooters "Day By Day" has a "#59 peak" but the real peak is #18. It's pretty sad when I have to go to Wikipedia to get the correct information...

 

[HecticArt]

I'm always happy to see Rush get that high on the charts. I tend to forget that Big Money got a lot of play on the radio and MTV. (I still want a Steinberger.)

I always liked Mr Misters guitar sound too.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Will never reach the top 40
#45 Rush "The Big Money"
#61 Queen "One Vision"
#92 Chicago Bears "The Super Bowl Shuffle" (#41 peak also!)
#95 Talking Heads "And She Was"

Surprised but not surprised at Rush. They only had 1 top 40 hit but still ... so many great songs. And Eddie Murphy as a singer was @ #2.
The Queen song was decent. Obviously not Bohemian Rhapsody quality but a decent song. I would have put it into the 20s.
The Bears song was everywhere. #41. I guess while it got airplay probably lacked record sales.
And She Was gets a lot of airplay now. Surprised it didn't crack top 40 then.

 

[semipenguin]

Since the most popular part of their catalog is in the 80s.

Exclusive: Def Leppard's entire catalog to stream beginning Friday

 

[semipenguin]

Speaking of Def Leppard

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

1983

40. IN THE MOOD - ROBERT PLANT
39. BABY I LIED - DEBORAH ALLEN
38. THINK OF LAURA - CHRISTOPHER CROSS
37. WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT - NAKED EYES
36. HEART AND SOUL - HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS
35. THE SIGN OF FIRE - THE FIXX
34. GOLD - SPANDAU BALLET
33. STAY WITH ME TONIGHT - JEFFREY OSBORNE
32. THE CURLY SHUFFLE - JUMP 'N THE SADDLE
31. HOLIDAY - MADONNA
30. AIN'T NOBODY - RUFUS WITH CHAKA KHAN
29. PINK HOUSES - JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP
28. I STILL CAN'T GET OVER LOVING YOU - RAY PARKER, JR.
27. THAT'S ALL - GENESIS
26. TIME WILL REVEAL - DEBARGE
25. IF I'D BEEN THE ONE - .38 SPECIAL
24. CRUMBLIN' DOWN - JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP
23. READ 'EM AND WEEP - BARRY MANILOW
22. JOANNA - KOOL & THE GANG
21. RUNNING WITH THE NIGHT - LIONEL RICHIE
20. IN A BIG COUNTRY - BIG COUNTRY
19. WHY ME - IRENE CARA
18. ISLANDS IN THE STREAM - KENNY ROGERS WITH DOLLY PARTON
17. KARMA CHAMELEON - CULTURE CLUB
16. SYNCHRONICITY II - THE POLICE
15. CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE - QUIET RIOT
14. MAJOR TOM (COMING HOME) - PETER SCHILLING
13. CHURCH OF THE POISON MIND - CULTURE CLUB
12. TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP - THE ROMANTICS
11. I GUESS THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT THE BLUES - ELTON JOHN
10. BREAK MY STRIDE - MATTHEW WILDER
9. UNDERCOVER OF THE NIGHT - ROLLING STONES
8. TWIST OF FATE - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
7. LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD - PAT BENATAR
6. UPTOWN GIRL - BILLY JOEL
5. ALL NIGHT LONG - LIONEL RICHIE
4. OWNER OF A BROKEN HEART - YES
3. UNION OF THE SNAKE - DURAN DURAN
2. SAY IT ISN'T SO - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
1. SAY SAY SAY - PAUL MCCARTNEY & MICHAEL JACKSON

First, just noticed, #4 should be Owner of a Lonely Heart.

Second, this was played last week of December. This week's countdown is 1984. Only 2-3 weeks away. I know it looked like a long way away ....

 

[Aaron]

1984

40. UPTOWN GIRL - BILLY JOEL
39. IN THE MOOD - ROBERT PLANT
38. SEND ME AN ANGEL - REAL LIFE
37. REMEMBER THE NIGHTS - THE MOTELS
36. NOBODY TOLD ME - JOHN LENNON
35. NIGHTBIRD - STEVIE NICKS
34. JUMP - VAN HALEN
33. 99 LUFTBALLOONS - NENA
32. THE SIGN OF FIRE - THE FIXX
31. WRAPPED AROUND YOUR FINGER - THE POLICE
30. STAY WITH ME TONIGHT - JEFFREY OSBORNE
29. GOLD - SPANDAU BALLET
28. SO BAD - PAUL MCCARTNEY
27. YAH MO B THERE - JAMES INGRAM AND MICHAEL MCDONALD
26. BABY I LIED - DEBORAH ALLEN
25. MIDDLE OF THE ROAD - THE PRETENDERS
24. AN INNOCENT MAN - BILLY JOEL
23. ALL NIGHT LONG - LIONEL RICHIE
22. LET THE MUSIC PLAY - SHANNON
21. READ 'EM AND WEEP - BARRY MANILOW
20. UNDERCOVER OF THE NIGHT - THE ROLLING STONES
19. IF I'D BEEN THE ONE - .38 SPECIAL
18. TIME WILL REVEAL - DEBARGE
17. HOLIDAY - MADONNA
16. I STILL CAN'T GET OVER LOVING YOU - RAY PARKER JR.
15. THE CURLY SHUFFLE - JUMP 'N THE SADDLE
14. THINK OF LAURA - CHRISTOPHER CROSS
13. PINK HOUSES - JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP
12. THAT'S ALL - GENESIS
11. UNION OF THE SNAKE - DURAN DURAN
10. SAY IT ISN'T SO - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
9. RUNNING WITH THE NIGHT - LIONEL RICHIE
8. JOANNA - KOOL & THE GANG
7. TWIST OF FATE - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
6. I GUESS THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT THE BLUES - ELTON JOHN
5. BREAK MY STRIDE - MATTHEW WILDER
4. TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP - THE ROMANTICS
3. KARMA CHAMELEON - CULTURE CLUB
2. SAY SAY SAY - PAUL MCCARTNEY & MICHAEL JACKSON
1. OWNER OF A LONELY HEART - YES

 

[semipenguin]

A countdown favorite

22. LET THE MUSIC PLAY - SHANNON

 

[Madison]

15. THE CURLY SHUFFLE - JUMP 'N THE SADDLE

Hey Moe

 

[sadchild]

We just heard 28 of these songs last month!

Good 14
Ok 11
Bad 15

38. SEND ME AN ANGEL - REAL LIFE

VJ was wrong, they didn't re-release the song in 89, they re-recorded it and released that. Also, they aired the 89 re-recording, not the original version.

37. REMEMBER THE NIGHTS - THE MOTELS
35. NIGHTBIRD - STEVIE NICKS

Never heard these songs before. Both were ok though.

36. NOBODY TOLD ME - JOHN LENNON

An explanation of how a song from a guy who'd died 3 years earlier is on the chart would have been a good thing for the VJ to offer.

28. SO BAD - PAUL MCCARTNEY

Appropriately titled track. *barf*

25. MIDDLE OF THE ROAD - THE PRETENDERS

"Brrrt! Nyeeeooo! *harmonica*"

19. IF I'D BEEN THE ONE - .38 SPECIAL

Always loved this song. Too bad radio has pretty much forgotten about this song since 1985.

15. THE CURLY SHUFFLE - JUMP 'N THE SADDLE

"Well-a nyuk nyuk nyuk nyuk!" I'm an editor over at genius.com. After hearing this, I went there and annotated the song lyrics and filled out the song bio, so for anyone looking for trivia about the song (though most of it is fairly common knowledge anyway).

Jump 'N The Saddle Band – The Curly Shuffle Lyrics | Genius Lyrics

#58 Prince "Let's Pretend We're Married"

"Hey Marsha, I'm not saying this just to be nasty, but I sincerely wanna.." *bleeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!*

Won't make the top 40
#44 Rick James "Ebony Eyes"
#58 Prince "Let's Pretend We're Married"
#60 Bob Dylan "Sweetheart like You"
#70 Jackson Browne "For a Rocker"
#74 Eddie Money "The Big Crash"
#80 Musical Youth "She's Trouble"
#85 U2 "I Will Follow" (Live)
#90 Toni Basil "Over My Head"
#91 Rodney Dangerfield "Rappin' Rodney"
#95 Alan Parsons Project "You Don't Believe"
#99 Kiss "Lick It Up"

NOTE: Billboard.com's Hot 100 for 1/21/84 is messed up. Songs on the way down have the correct peak positions noted, but songs that went up from the previous week don't. Like I said last week, pretty sad when I have to go to Wikipedia to get correct information.

 

[HecticArt]

25. MIDDLE OF THE ROAD - THE PRETENDERS

"Brrrt! Nyeeeooo! *harmonica*"

YES!!!!

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

No surprises in not the top 40.

The Stevie nicks song was new to me but I really liked it.

I think the Lennon song was found unreleased material. Or Zombies.

They have talked about it in previous countdowns. Has reference to a UFO sighting over New York.


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[Aaron]

1981

40. GAMES PEOPLE PLAY - THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT
39. MY MOTHER'S EYES - BETTE MIDLER
38. I NEED YOUR LOVIN' - TEENA MARIE
37. CRYING - DON MCLEAN
36. SMOKEY MOUNTAIN RAIN - RONNIE MILSAP
35. HE CAN'T LOVE YOU - THE MICHAEL STANLEY BAND
34. A LITTLE IN LOVE - CLIFF RICHARD
33. COLD LOVE - DONNA SUMMER
32. KILLIN' TIME - FRED KNOBLOCK AND SUSAN ANTON
31. THE BEST OF TIMES - STYX
30. HEARTBREAK HOTEL - THE JACKSONS
29. MORE THAN I CAN SAY - LEO SAYER
28. HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT - PAT BENATAR
27. WOMAN - JOHN LENNON
26. I AIN'T GONNA STAND FOR IT - STEVIE WONDER
25. SEVEN BRIDGES ROAD - EAGLES
24. SUDDENLY - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN & CLIFF RICHARD
23. KEEP ON LOVING YOU - REO SPEEDWAGON
22. TOGETHER - TIERRA
21. THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL - ABBA
20. LADY - KENNY ROGERS
19. SAME OLD LANG SYNE - DAN FOGELBERG
18. 9 TO 5 - DOLLY PARTON
17. MISS SUN - BOZ SCAGGS
16. GIVING IT UP FOR YOUR LOVE - DELBERT MCCLINTON
15. TIME IS TIME - ANDY GIBB
14. HEY NINETEEN - STEELY DAN
13. TELL IT LIKE IT IS - HEART
12. CELEBRATION - KOOL & THE GANG
11. I MADE IT THROUGH THE RAIN - BARRY MANILOW
10. DE DO DO DO, DE DA DA DA DA - THE POLICE
9. IT'S MY TURN - DIANA ROSS
8. I LOVE A RAINY NIGHT - EDDIE RABBITT
7. PASSION - ROD STEWART
6. EVERY WOMAN IN THE WORLD - AIR SUPPLY
5. HUNGRY HEART - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
4. GUILTY - BARBRA STREISAND & BARRY GIBB
3. THE TIDE IS HIGH - BLONDIE
2. LOVE ON THE ROCKS - NEIL DIAMOND
1. (JUST LIKE) STARTING OVER - JOHN LENNON