80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

Good 11
Okay 5
Bad 24

33. The Afternoon Delights - General Hospi-tale

They shoulda just called the group "Blondie & The Soap-shine Band". Rapture + Get Down Tonight, but about GH. Terrible.

21. Rick James - Super Freak (Part I)

They play this song at the end of every VJ40 if you listen on demand. Was curious if they would still play it after #1 when they'd just done so. Yep. Lazy programming.

20. REO Speedwagon - In Your Letter

Most rock stars were out banging groupies. These guys were writing an album about their wives cheating on them while they're on tour.

17. Kenny Rogers - Share Your Love With Me

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2. Christopher Cross - Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)

I picked this one

1. Diana Ross & Lionel Richie - Endless Love

The other two picked this one. As IRBS said above, I didn't take into account it held the top spot for 9 weeks.

Won't reach the top 40
#46 Aretha Franklin/George Benson "Love All The Hurt Away"
#48 Don Felder "Heavy Metal"
#50 Devo "Working In The Coal Mine"
#57 Debbie Harry "Backfired"
#62 Deniece Willians "Silly"
#63 Teena Marie "Square Biz"
#67 Temptations "Aiming at Your Heart"
#68 Stars On 45 "More Stars"
#72 David Gates "Take Me Now"
#73 Ronnie Laws "Stay Awake"
#74 Tarney/Spencer Band "No Time to Lose"
#76 Anne Murray "It's All I Can Do"
#77 Dolly Parton "The House Of The Rising Sun"
#78 Carpenters "(Want You) Back in My Life Again"
#79 Billy & The Beaters "At This Moment"
#80 John Schneider "Still"
#81 Freddy Cannon "Let's Put The Fun Back In Rock N Roll"
#84 Rickie Lee Jones "A Lucky Guy"
#85 ZZ Top "Leila"
#86 Dirt Band "Fire In The Sky"
#88 Squeeze "Tempted"
#89 Triumph "Magic Power"
#92 Andy Gibb "All I Have to Do Is Dream"
#93 Larry Graham "Just Be My Lady"
#94 Herb Alpert "Magic Man"
#95 Van Stephenson "You've Got a Good Love Coming"
#97 Crusaders/Joe Cocker "I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today"
#98 Meat Loaf "I'm Gonna Love Her For Both Of Us"
#99 Art Garfunkel "A Heart In New York"
 
My last minute ordering for 1981 was right on!

Rick Springfield "Jesse's Girl" #31
Diana/Lionel "Endless Love" #1
Christopher Cross "Best That You Can Do" #2
Hall & Oates "Private Eyes" #13
ONJ "Physical" #66

white: listed as 'earlier' or 'later'
green: my candidates
brown: missing from my list
 
sadchild said:
Won't reach the top 40
#48 Don Felder "Heavy Metal"
#50 Devo "Working In The Coal Mine"
#88 Squeeze "Tempted"
#89 Triumph "Magic Power"
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This week's surprises .. sort of.
#48: too hard rock for top 40 so not really a surprise
#50: I thought this would have clipped the 40.
#88: Genuine surprise
#89: Canadian so not really a surprise,
 
#79 Billy & The Beaters "At This Moment"

I guess this is my huge surprise since it was all over the radio (and even TV) during the 80's. I imagine it did better on the AC charts.
 
HecticArt said:
Shocker.
Thanks for making sense of it Seasalt!
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You're welcome! The first release peaked at #79. It looks like it was on the chart for three weeks.
HecticArt said:
Pretty much a surprise. I thought it would have been really close to 40.
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"Tempted" peaked at #49 on 9/12/81 and stayed there for two weeks.

HecticArt said:
I would have thought of this one getting around 50.
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"Magic Power" debuted this week. It peaked at #51 on 11/14/81.
 
IdRatherBeSkiing said:
Proving once again you Americans have no taste.
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Probably not. Here are some of the songs that went to number one in the United States:

Baby Got Back – Sir Mix-A-Lot (1992)
Bootylicious – Destiny's Child (2001)
Buy U A Drank – T-Pain/Yung Joc (2007)
Huggin' & Chalkin' – Hoagy Carmichael/Chickadees (1947)
I'm Too Sexy – Right Said Fred (1992)
It's In The Book – Johnny Standley (1952)
Kung Fu Fighting – Carl Douglas (1974)
Love Yourself – Justin Bieber (2016)
Mule Train – Frankie Laine/Muleskinners (1949)
The Doggie In The Window – Patti Page (1953)
The Thing – Phil Harris (1950)
Two Black Crows – Moran & Mack (1927)
Witch Doctor – David Seville (1958)
You Light Up My Life – Debby Boone (1977)

Gak!
 
US Bubbling Under The HOT 100 For Week Ending 10/3/81

TWLWArtistTitleRecord CompanyWeek on ChartHot 100 DebutPeak
101101Luther VandrossNever Too MuchEpic410/10/81
#85		33
102103Fred KnoblockMemphisScotti Bros.8-102
103104Teddy PendergrassI Can't Live Without Your LoveP.I.R.5-103
104-Oak Ridge BoysFancy FreeMCA1-104
105105Rita CoolidgeThe Closer You GetA&M3-103
106106MecoBlue MoonCasablanca3-106
107109Billy IdolMony MonyChrysalis2-107
108-ExileHeart and SoulWarner Bros.1-102
109-Greg KihnThe Girl Most LikelyElektra1-104
110110Dan HartmanAll I NeedEpic2-110

Playlist:
 
Channel98 said:
Probably not. Here are some of the songs that went to number one in the United States:

Baby Got Back – Sir Mix-A-Lot (1992)
Bootylicious – Destiny's Child (2001)
Buy U A Drank – T-Pain/Yung Joc (2007)
Huggin' & Chalkin' – Hoagy Carmichael/Chickadees (1947)
I'm Too Sexy – Right Said Fred (1992)
It's In The Book – Johnny Standley (1952)
Kung Fu Fighting – Carl Douglas (1974)
Love Yourself – Justin Bieber (2016)
Mule Train – Frankie Laine/Muleskinners (1949)
The Doggie In The Window – Patti Page (1953)
The Thing – Phil Harris (1950)
Two Black Crows – Moran & Mack (1927)
Witch Doctor – David Seville (1958)
You Light Up My Life – Debby Boone (1977)

Gak!
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I don't care what anybody says. I'm too sexy is a great song!
 
I'm an architect, you know what I mean
And I do my excellent work on the blueprints
Yeah, on the blueprints, on the blueprints, yeah
I do my excellent work on the blueprints

I'm too sexy for scotch and meme
Too sexy for Aaron, that's the way it seems
Too sexy for 98 and IRBS
Too sexy for chuck and all the rest
I'm too sexy for DRC
Too sexy for DRC
But yet I'm here because, after all,
I want you all to be able to see
How sexy I can be
 
Baby Got Back – Sir Mix-A-Lot (1992) 5 STARS
Bootylicious – Destiny's Child (2001) 1 STAR
Buy U A Drank – T-Pain/Yung Joc (2007) DON'T KNOW IT
Huggin' & Chalkin' – Hoagy Carmichael/Chickadees (1947) DON'T KNOW IT
I'm Too Sexy – Right Said Fred (1992) 4 STARS
It's In The Book – Johnny Standley (1952) DON'T KNOW IT
Kung Fu Fighting – Carl Douglas (1974) 3.5 STARS
Love Yourself – Justin Bieber (2016) 3 STARS
Mule Train – Frankie Laine/Muleskinners (1949) DON'T KNOW IT
The Doggie In The Window – Patti Page (1953) 2.5 STARS
The Thing – Phil Harris (1950) 4 STARS
Two Black Crows – Moran & Mack (1927) DON'T KNOW IT
Witch Doctor – David Seville (1958) 3 STARS
You Light Up My Life – Debby Boone (1977) 1 STAR
 
sadchild said:
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EARLIER
Madonna "Like A Virgin"
Foreigner "I Want To Know"
REO Speedwagon "Can't Fight This"
USA For Africa "We Are The World"
Wham "Careless Whisper"
Madonna "Crazy For You"
Tears For Fears "Everybody Wants"
Bryan Adams "Heaven"
Duran Duran "A View To A Kill"
Phil Collins "Sussudio"
Huey Lewis "Power Of Love"
Paul Young "Every Time You Go Away"
Tears For Fears "Shout"
John Parr "Man In Motion"

Dire Straits "Money For Nothing"
Whitney Houston "Saving All My Love For You"
a-ha "Take On Me"

LATER
Jan Hammer "Miami Vice"
Starship "We Built This City"
Ready For The World "Oh Sheila"
Mr Mister "Broken Wings"
Phil Collins "Separate Lives"
Lionel Richie "Say You Say Me"
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No change.
 
1985/10/12

* = current or future #1
** = former #1
red = debut

The Bottom 60: debut songs and/or future or former #1 songs.
(84) 96: EVERYTIME YOU GO AWAY - PAUL YOUNG **
(--) 89: YOU'RE IN LOVE - RATT
(--) 88: I'LL BE THERE - KENNY LOGGINS
(--) 87: EVERYBODY DANCE- TA MARA & THE SEEN
(--) 85: QUE TE QUIERO - KATRINA AND THE WAVES
(--) 84: TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. - WANG CHUNG
(60) 74: SHOUT - TEARS FOR FEARS **
(50) 41: BROKEN WINGS - MR. MISTER *

This week's drops:
(35) 55: INVINCIBLE (THEME FROM THE LEGEND OF BILLIE JEAN)
(25) 44: EVERY STEP OF THE WAY - JOHN WAITE
(22) 43: WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER HERO - TINA TURNER
(21) 42: POP LIFE - PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION

The Top 40:
(52) 40: ONE OF THE LIVING – TINA TURNER
(44) 39: SO IN LOVE – ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK
(26) 38: THE POWER OF LOVE – HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS **
(45) 37: SEPARATE LIVES (THEME FROM “WHITE NIGHTS”) – PHIL COLLINS AND MARILYN MARTIN *
(40) 36: BOY IN THE BOX – COREY HART
(41) 35: WHO’S ZOOMIN’ WHO – ARETHA FRANKLIN
(37) 34: COMMUNICATION – THE POWER STATION
(38) 33: NEVER - HEART
(39) 32: LOVE THEME FROM "ST. ELMO’S FIRE" – DAVID FOSTER
(17) 31: DARE ME – THE POINTER SISTERS
(34) 30: LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME – THE THOMPSON TWINS
(36) 29: YOU ARE MY LADY – FREDDIE JACKSON
(33) 28: AND WE DANCED – THE HOOTERS
(15) 27: THEME FROM "ST. ELMO’S FIRE" (MAN IN MOTION) – JOHN PARR **
(29) 26: SUNSET GRILL – DON HENLEY
(31) 25: WE BUILT THIS CITY - STARSHIP *
(32) 24: YOU BELONG TO THE CITY – GLENN FREY
(28) 23: BE NEAR ME - ABC
(18) 22: C-I-T-Y - JOHN CAFFERTY & THE BEAVER BROWN BAND
(30) 21: ONE NIGHT LOVE AFFAIR – BRYAN ADAMS
(24) 20: THE WAY YOU DO THE THINGS YOU DO/MY GIRL – DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES WITH EDDIE KENDRICKS & DAVID RUFFIN
(23) 19: FOUR IN THE MORNING (I CAN’T TAKE ANY MORE) – NIGHT RANGER
(27) 18: I’M GONNA TEAR YOUR PLAYHOUSE DOWN – PAUL YOUNG
(16) 17: CRY – GODLEY & CREME
(11) 16: DON’T LOSE MY NUMBER – PHIL COLLINS
(19) 15: LOVIN’ EVERY MINUTE OF IT - LOVERBOY
( 7) 14: FREEDOM – WHAM!
(20) 13: HEAD OVER HEELS – TEARS FOR FEARS
(14) 12: I’M GOIN’ DOWN – BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
(12) 11: FORTRESS AROUND YOUR HEART - STING
( 5) 10: DRESS YOU UP - MADONNA
(13) 9: "MIAMI VICE" THEME – JAN HAMMER *
( 2) 8: CHERISH – KOOL & THE GANG
( 9) 7: DANCING IN THE STREET – MICK JAGGER & DAVID BOWIE
( 8) 6: LONELY OL’ NIGHT – JOHN COUGAR MELLANCAMP
(10) 5: PART-TIME LOVER – STEVIE WONDER *
( 6) 4: SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU – WHITNEY HOUSTON *
( 4) 3: TAKE ON ME – A-HA *
( 1) 2: MONEY FOR NOTHING – DIRE STRAITS **
( 3) 1: OH SHEILA – READY FOR THE WORLD *
 
23 good. 1 Whiney channel changer.

Couple of interesting songs in the bottom 60 that don't fit the selection criteria this week:
(70) 63: RUNNING UP THAT HILL (DEAL WITH GOD) - KATE BUSH
I think we all know the story with this one.

(98) 98: FOREVER - KENNY LOGGINS
This was a #40 peak several weeks back. Now it hangs on to the bottom of the hot 100.
 
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