80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

16 this time.

6: The Heart Of Rock 'N' Roll - Huey Lewis & The News
- Make a song that mentions every major city in the country, and somehow everyone likes it.
 
Didn't everybody like this 1962 number-one country hit by Hank Snow? Apparently not. It stalled at #68 on the Hot 100. Here in Los Angeles, KFWB never played the song and it was on KRLA's Tune-dex survey for only one week, at #48.

 
Correct Order 1984

Kenny Loggins "Footloose" #82
Phil Collins "Against All Odds" #34
Lionel Richie "Hello" #18
Deniece Williams "Let's Hear It" #3
Cyndi Lauper "Time After Time" #2
Duran Duran "The Reflex" #1
Prince "When Doves Cry" #8
Ray Parker Jr "Ghostbusters" #46
Tina Turner "What's Love Got" #35
John Waite "Missing You" #89
Prince "Let's Go Crazy" uncharted
Stevie Wonder "I Just Called" uncharted
...
USA For Africa "We Are The World" wrong year!

green: my candidates
white: on my list and the hot 100
orange: on my list but not on hot 100
 
Good 11
Okay 12
Bad 17

BEST
36: Sunglasses At Night - Corey Hart
23: Infatuation - Rod Stewart

WORST
40: Farewell My Summer Love - Michael Jackson
39: Obscene Phone Calls - Rockwell
13: It's A Miracle - Culture Club
8: When Doves Cry - Prince

8: When Doves Cry - Prince

At least one of the others guessed this one

1: The Reflex - Duran Duran

I guessed this one! Woohoo!

Won't ever reach the top 40
#47 Paul Young "Love of the Common People"
#48 Robin Gibb "Boys Do Fall in Love"
#49 Juice Newton "A Little Love"
#54 Bon Jovi "She Don't Know Me"
#56 Jenny Burton "Strangers In A Strange World"
#59 Psychedelic Furs "The Ghost In You"
#62 Orion the Hunter "So You Ran"
#64 Human League "Lebanon"
#65 Def Leppard "Bringin' On The Heartbreak (Remix)"
#67 Teddy Pendergrass & Whitney Houston "Hold Me"
#69 Genesis "Taking It All Too Hard"
#71 Yarbough & People "Don't Waste Your Time"
#73 Tracy Ullman "Break-A-Way"
#74 Newcleus "Jam On It"
#77 Jocelyn Brown "Somebody Else's Guy"
#79 Red Rider "Young Thing, Wild Dreams (Rock Me)"
#80 Fire Inc "Tonight Is What It Means to Be Young"
#81 Christopher Cross "A Chance for Heaven"
#83 Bar-Kays "Freakshow On The Dance Floor"
#85 Yes "It Can Happen"
#86 Alabama "When We Make Love"
#87 LaToya Jackson "Heart Don't Lie"
#88 Johnny Mathis "Simple"
#90 Motley Crue "Too Young To Fall In Love"
#92 Dan Fogelberg "Believe in Me"
#95 REM "South Central Rain"
#97 Shannon "Give Me Tonight"
#99 Nik Kershaw "Wouldn't It Be Good"
#100 Duke Jupiter "Little Lady"
 
US Bubbling Under The HOT 100 For Week Ending 23rd June, 1984


TW
LW
Artist
Title
Record Company
Week on Chart
Hot 100 Debut
Peak
Other Charts

101
105
Patrice Rushen
Feels So Real (Won't Let Go)
Elektra
2
6/30/84 #89
78
#3 R&B, #51 UK

102
-
Talk Talk
Such A Shame
EMI America
1
6/30/84 #91
89
#49 UK

103
-
Roger Glover
The Mask
21 Records/
Polygram
1
-
102

104
-
Scandal
The Warrior
Columbia
1
6/30/84 at #77
7
#1 Rock,
#86 UK

105
106
Herbie Hancock
Mega-Mix
Columbia
4
-
105
#38 Dance

106
109
Smokey Robinson
And I Don't Love You
Motown
5
-
106
#33 R&B

107
101
The Greg Kihn Band
Reunited
Beserkley
3
-
101
#1 Rock

108
110
Pamela Stanley
Coming Out of Hiding
TSR
2
-
106
#4 Dance

109
102
O'Bryan
Lovelite
Capitol
3
-
101
#1 R&B

110
-
M+M
Black Stations/White Stations
RCA
1
6/30/84
#82
63
#2 Dance,
#26 CAN

Chart drops or busters:

TW LW Title/Artist
88 103 Simple / Johnny Mathis
-- 104 Baby It's You / Stacy Lattisaw & Johnny Gill
-- 107 Right Or Wrong / Spinners
95 109 South Central Rain (I'm Sorry) / R.E.M.

Playlist:
 
Wouldn't It Be Good has been recorded by more than 50 artists including Tommy Page, Duncan Faure, Tina Arena, April Moon and the Robertson Brothers. Howard Jones, best known for the mid-1980s hits No One Is To Blame and Things Can Only Get Better, recorded the song on September 20, 2008 during a live concert at the Indigo venue at the O2 arena in London. The concert was released on DVD and on a three-CD set, The 25th Anniversary Concert – Live At The IndigO2. The discs are labeled "Acoustic Set," "Electronic Set" and "Full Band Set."

Oh, did I mention Nik Kershaw joined Jones onstage for this one?

 
seasalt43 said:
US Bubbling Under The HOT 100 For Week Ending 23rd June, 1984


TW
LW
Artist
Title
Record Company
Week on Chart
Hot 100 Debut
Peak
Other Charts

101
105
Patrice Rushen
Feels So Real (Won't Let Go)
Elektra
2
6/30/84 #89
78
#3 R&B, #51 UK

102
-
Talk Talk
Such A Shame
EMI America
1
6/30/84 #91
89
#49 UK

103
-
Roger Glover
The Mask
21 Records/
Polygram
1
-
102

104
-
Scandal
The Warrior
Columbia
1
6/30/84 at #77
7
#1 Rock,
#86 UK

105
106
Herbie Hancock
Mega-Mix
Columbia
4
-
105
#38 Dance

106
109
Smokey Robinson
And I Don't Love You
Motown
5
-
106
#33 R&B

107
101
The Greg Kihn Band
Reunited
Beserkley
3
-
101
#1 Rock

108
110
Pamela Stanley
Coming Out of Hiding
TSR
2
-
106
#4 Dance

109
102
O'Bryan
Lovelite
Capitol
3
-
101
#1 R&B

110
-
M+M
Black Stations/White Stations
RCA
1
6/30/84
#82
63
#2 Dance,
#26 CAN

Chart drops or busters:

TW LW Title/Artist
88 103 Simple / Johnny Mathis
-- 104 Baby It's You / Stacy Lattisaw & Johnny Gill
-- 107 Right Or Wrong / Spinners
95 109 South Central Rain (I'm Sorry) / R.E.M.

Playlist:
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I am very familiar with "Black Stations/White Stations" and would be in my surprised list that didn't make the top 40.

Good to see a rare top 10 hit on the bubbling chart ("The Warrior").
 
seasalt43 said:
"Bringin' On The Heartbreak (Remix)" peaked at #61 the next week (6/30/84) for two weeks.

"Wouldn't it be Good" peaked at #46 on 5/26/84. This is the track's last week on the chart.
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Heartbreak stagnated.
Wouldn‘t did better than I thought. I thought that it was one that did better over time than when it came out.
Channel98 said:
Wouldn't It Be Good has been recorded by more than 50 artists including Tommy Page, Duncan Faure, Tina Arena, April Moon and the Robertson Brothers. Howard Jones, best known for the mid-1980s hits No One Is To Blame and Things Can Only Get Better, recorded the song on September 20, 2008 during a live concert at the Indigo venue at the O2 arena in London. The concert was released on DVD and on a three-CD set, The 25th Anniversary Concert – Live At The IndigO2. The discs are labeled "Acoustic Set," "Electronic Set" and "Full Band Set."

Oh, did I mention Nik Kershaw joined Jones onstage for this one?

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Kershaw rockin the Mohawk!
 
seasalt43 said:
Smokey Robinson
And I Don't Love You
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These lyrics are pretty bad!

The whippoorwill whippoor-won't
The weeping willows laughing
Sunday is moonlight
All wrong is alright
And I don't love you

Lorelei is Laura Truth
The fallen leaves are rising
So low is so high
Hello is goodbye
And I don't love you
 
Channel98 said:
Wouldn't It Be Good has been recorded by more than 50 artists including Tommy Page, Duncan Faure, Tina Arena, April Moon and the Robertson Brothers. Howard Jones, best known for the mid-1980s hits No One Is To Blame and Things Can Only Get Better, recorded the song on September 20, 2008 during a live concert at the Indigo venue at the O2 arena in London. The concert was released on DVD and on a three-CD set, The 25th Anniversary Concert – Live At The IndigO2. The discs are labeled "Acoustic Set," "Electronic Set" and "Full Band Set."

Oh, did I mention Nik Kershaw joined Jones onstage for this one?

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I love Howard Jones; saw him live during his prime. And it's cool to have Kershaw make an appearance. I always felt that song was all about the great chorus, but the rest of the lyrics and melody were just bad.
 
sadchild said:
These lyrics are pretty bad!

The whippoorwill whippoor-won't
The weeping willows laughing
Sunday is moonlight
All wrong is alright
And I don't love you

Lorelei is Laura Truth
The fallen leaves are rising
So low is so high
Hello is goodbye
And I don't love you
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These lyrics are a train wreck.
 
1987

Pretty sure I'm missing several

EARLIER
Starship "Nothing's Gonna Stop"
U2 "With Or Without You"

Belinda Carlisle "Heaven Is"
Kim Wilde "You Keep Me Hanging On"
Cutting Crew "I Just Died"
Whitney Houston "I Wanna Dance"

LATER
Bob Seger "Shakedown"
Los Lobos "La Bamba"
U2 "I Still Haven't Found"
 
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