80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

[HecticArt]

I'm going with the 2nd.

 

[seasalt43]

12/10/83

40: The Way He Makes Me Feel - Barbra Streisand
39: Holiday - Madonna
38: Telephone (Long Distance Love Affair) - Sheena Easton
37: The Smile Has Left Your Eyes - Asia
36: I Won't Stand In Your Way - Stray Cats
35: Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
34: That's All - Genesis
33: Tonight I Celebrate My Love - Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack
32: I Still Can't Get Over Loving You - Ray Parker, Jr.
31: Joanna - Kool & The Gang
30: Running With The Night - Lionel Richie
29: If I'd Been The One - .38 Special
28: Suddenly Last Summer - The Motels
27: Read 'Em And Weep - Barry Manilow
26: Time Will Reveal - Debarge
25: Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler
24: Talking In Your Sleep - The Romantics
23: Souls - Rick Springfield
22: Ain't Nobody - Rufus With Chaka Khan
21: I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues - Elton John
20: P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) - Michael Jackson
19: Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder
18: Major Tom (Coming Home) - Peter Schilling
17: In A Big Country - Big Country
16: Synchronicity II - The Police
15: Heart And Soul - Huey Lewis & The News
14: Undercover Of The Night - Rolling Stones
13: Why Me - Irene Cara
12: Twist Of Fate - Olivia Newton-John
11: Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes
10: Church Of The Poison Mind - Culture Club
9: Crumblin' Down - John Cougar Mellencamp
8: Cum On Feel The Noize - Quiet Riot
7: Union Of The Snake - Duran Duran
6: Islands In The Stream - Kenny Rogers With Dolly Parton
5: Love Is A Battlefield - Pat Benetar
4: Say It Isn't So - Daryl Hall & John Oates
3: Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
2: All Night Long (All Night) - Lionel Richie
1: Say Say Say - Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson

* = Debut

This Week’s Drops
42 26 One Thing Leads To Another – The Fixx
49 28 Send Her My Love – Journey
50 32 Tender Is The Night – Jackson Browne
51 40 Invisible Hands – Kim Carnes
53 37 Making Love Out Of Nothing At All – Air Supply

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

28 good.

#40 peak this week. First week of 2 @ 40.

The song that was knocked out of the 40 spot ("Invisible Hands") was also a #40 peak last week.

 

[Channel98]

Step right up! Gather 'round! See the video for Say Say Say. It;'s one of my favorites.

 

[seasalt43]

The three chances in May didn't come to fruition so the next chance is December.

5. Barbra Streisand "The Way He Makes Me Feel". I didn't find a listing for this week. Held the #40 position for two weeks. - 12/10/83, 12/17/83

We can cross one of the #40 peaks off the list!

 

[Aaron]

24

 

[HecticArt]

17. Pretty good for me.

 

[Jon]

15.

 

[scotchandcigar]

19 good.

 

[HecticArt]

We're close to the nexus again.

 

[scotchandcigar]

We're close to the nexus again.

Haha, yes. And I'm higher than you because it's early 80s. I think we cross at September of '85.

 

[HecticArt]

I think it’s September 17th to be precise.
I‘m not certain what time though.

 

[sadchild]

Good 19
Okay 2
Bad 19

Rough start for my favorite year of pop - only one good one from #30 - #40. Made up for it though - 21 good/ok in the top 29!!

40: The Way He Makes Me Feel - Barbra Streisand

13: Why Me - Irene Cara

Surprised they didn't mention her recent passing.

2: All Night Long (All Night) - Lionel Richie

I picked this one (so did Hectic). One week off. Rats!

1: Say Say Say - Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson

At least one of the people I compete against picked this one. The guy running the contest just lists the songs, not who picked what (until giving the results later).

#60 Rainbow "Street Of Dreams"
#68 Kiss "Lick It Up"
#92 Rodney Dangerfield "Rappin' Rodney"

Like these ones!

Will never get into the top 40
#56 Alan Parsons Project "You Don't Believe"
#57 Earth Wind & Fire "Magnetic"
#58 Linda Ronstadt "What's New"
#59 Jennifer Holliday "I Am Love"
#60 Rainbow "Street Of Dreams"
#61 Paul Simon "Allergies"
#62 Moody Blues "Blue World"
#64 Bonnie Tyler "Take Me Back"
#65 Pointer Sisters "I Need You"
#66 Eddie Money "The Big Crash"
#68 Kiss "Lick It Up"
#70 Talking Heads "This Must Be Place"
#72 Midnight Star "Wet My Whistle"
#76 Rick James/Smokey Robinson "Ebony Eyes"
#78 Dolly Parton "Save The Last Dance For Me"
#79 Irene Cara "The Dream"
#80 Doors "Gloria" (Live)
#81 Industry "State Of The Union"
#83 Herb Alpert "Red Hot"
#85 Joe Jackson "Memphis"
#87 SOS Band "Tell Me If You Still Care"
#88 Anne Murray "A Little Good News"
#89 Streets "If Love Should Go"
#90 Crystal Gayle "The Sound of Goodbye"
#91 Four Tops "I Just Can't Walk Away"
#92 Rodney Dangerfield "Rappin' Rodney"
#95 Saga "The Flyer"
#96 Commodores "Only You"

 

[Aaron]

Love the Talking Heads song at #70. My kid likes that song also.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

No surprises.

 

[seasalt43]

40: The Way He Makes Me Feel - Barbra Streisand

I was fully expecting this....

13: Why Me - Irene Cara

Surprised they didn't mention her recent passing.

I was surprised too.

#60 Rainbow "Street Of Dreams"
#68 Kiss "Lick It Up"
#92 Rodney Dangerfield "Rappin' Rodney"

Like these ones!

I remember the Kiss and Rodney Dangerfield music videos too.

Will never get into the top 40
#64 Bonnie Tyler "Take Me Back"

This was Bonnie's follow-up to Total Eclipse of the Heart. It peaked at #46.

#76 Rick James/Smokey Robinson "Ebony Eyes"

This was a big jump. "Ebony Eyes" was bubbling at #110 the week before.

#88 Anne Murray "A Little Good News"

This is the week before "A little Good News" fell off the chart for the second and final time.

#81 Industry "State Of The Union"
#89 Streets "If Love Should Go"
#92 Rodney Dangerfield "Rappin' Rodney"

These are former bubblers...

I noticed #93 was missing from the list. Atlantic Starr "Touch A Four Leaf Clover" peaked at #87. I remember it from from a previous bubbles week.

 

[seasalt43]

US Bubbling Under for the Week Ending 12th December 1983

TW	LW	Artist	Title	Record Company	Week on Chart	Hot 100 Debut	Peak	Other Charts
101	102	Carpenters	Make Believe It's Your First Time	A&M	4	-	101	US AC #7, UK #60
102	104	Paul Rodgers	Cut Loose	Atlantic	3	-	102	US Rock #15
103	105	Mary Jane Girls	Boys	Motown	4	-	102	US R&B #29, US Dance #8, UK #74
104	106	Gladys Knight And The Pips	Hero (Wind Beneath My Wings)	Columbia	2	-	104	US R&B #63
105	107	Firefall	Runaway Love	Atlantic	4	-	103
106	108	Grandmaster Flash And Melle Mel	White Lines (Don't Do It)	Sugar Hill	4	-	101	US R&B #47, US Dance #9, UK #7
107	109	Aldo Nova	Always Be Mine	Epic	2	-	107
108	-	Don Felder	Bad Girls	Elektra	1	-	104
109	-	Twilight 22	Electric Kingdom	Vanguard	1	12/17/83 #95	79	US R&B #7, US Dance #5
110	-	Con Funk Shun	Baby, I'm Hooked	Mercury	1	1/7/84 #83	76	US R&B #5

Comments:

• Paul Rodgers was the lead singer of Free and Bad Company.
• "Boys" was the Mary Jane Girls debut. The song was written, arranged, and produced by Rick James. I always thought of them as a copy of Vanity 6.
• Hero (Wind Beneath My Wings) is the one of the predecessors to Bette Midler's 1989 #1. Lou Rawls recorded it too. His version reached #65 on 4/16/83.

Playlist:

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Usually there is at least 1 song on the bubbling chart I recognize. Not this time (unless you count the version of "Wind Beneath My Wings" by a different artist).

 

[Channel98]

Roger Whittaker was the first to record The Wind Beneath My Wings, on New Year's Eve 1981. He included it on an album cleverly titled The Wind Beneath My Wings.
The song has also been recorded by Gary Morris, Lee Greenwood, Willie Nelson, Sheena Easton, Jack Jones, Jan Howard, Floyd Cramer, Perry Como, Kenny Rogers, Patti LaBelle, Ray Price, Idina Menzel, The Captain & Tennille, Gladys Knight & The Pips and more than 150 other artists. Here is the original:

 

[HecticArt]

Good 19
Okay 2
Bad 19

Rough start for my favorite year of pop - only one good one from #30 - #40. Made up for it though - 21 good/ok in the top 29!!

40: The Way He Makes Me Feel - Barbra Streisand

13: Why Me - Irene Cara

Surprised they didn't mention her recent passing.

2: All Night Long (All Night) - Lionel Richie

I picked this one (so did Hectic). One week off. Rats!

1: Say Say Say - Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson

At least one of the people I compete against picked this one. The guy running the contest just lists the songs, not who picked what (until giving the results later).

#60 Rainbow "Street Of Dreams"
#68 Kiss "Lick It Up"
#92 Rodney Dangerfield "Rappin' Rodney"

Like these ones!

Will never get into the top 40
#56 Alan Parsons Project "You Don't Believe"
#57 Earth Wind & Fire "Magnetic"
#58 Linda Ronstadt "What's New"
#59 Jennifer Holliday "I Am Love"
#60 Rainbow "Street Of Dreams"
#61 Paul Simon "Allergies"
#62 Moody Blues "Blue World"
#64 Bonnie Tyler "Take Me Back"
#65 Pointer Sisters "I Need You"
#66 Eddie Money "The Big Crash"
#68 Kiss "Lick It Up"
#70 Talking Heads "This Must Be Place"
#72 Midnight Star "Wet My Whistle"
#76 Rick James/Smokey Robinson "Ebony Eyes"
#78 Dolly Parton "Save The Last Dance For Me"
#79 Irene Cara "The Dream"
#80 Doors "Gloria" (Live)
#81 Industry "State Of The Union"
#83 Herb Alpert "Red Hot"
#85 Joe Jackson "Memphis"
#87 SOS Band "Tell Me If You Still Care"
#88 Anne Murray "A Little Good News"
#89 Streets "If Love Should Go"
#90 Crystal Gayle "The Sound of Goodbye"
#91 Four Tops "I Just Can't Walk Away"
#92 Rodney Dangerfield "Rappin' Rodney"
#95 Saga "The Flyer"
#96 Commodores "Only You"

No surprises either, but you’re close to the Hectic/Scotch nexus.
We need researchers to investigate this phenomenon more.