80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

seasalt43 said:
33. DREAMING - CLIFF RICHARD
28. SUDDENLY - CLIFF RICHARD & OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN
Interesting to see two Cliff Richard tracks on the countdown. He was much more popular in the UK.
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Third best selling artist of all time in the UK, only behind Elvis and The Beatles.

seasalt43 said:
25. CELEBRATION - KOOL & THE GANG
This was the song for the 1982 Cardinals winning the World Series. It was played non-stop.
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...and it's been playing non-stop ever since. Any time I go to a wedding, corporate event with dancing, bat miztvah, etc etc etc etc this song plays. I like it but I'm dead sick of it.
 
IdRatherBeSkiing said:
Yet his second hit Him had already removed that moniker. In theory anyways. When the first hit is a monster people forget about a second normal hit. The Knack are in the same boat.



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I agree with you completely and my statement was inaccurate. There's a clip of Rupert performing Him on YouTube that’s one of my favorites. Also, he had another song "Answering Machine" that made the 40 in June of 1980.

Your response brings up a philosophical question. How many hits does it take to steer the focus from a monster hit to the full catalog of an artist's work? This is what I’m thinking he may have been fighting against.

Here's a lost gem from Rupert. I don't have the backstory, but it looks like earlier work that was released once his popularity rose.

 
sadchild said:
Third best selling artist of all time in the UK, only behind Elvis and The Beatles.



...and it's been playing non-stop ever since. Any time I go to a wedding, corporate event with dancing, bat miztvah, etc etc etc etc this song plays. I like it but I'm dead sick of it.
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I didn't know that about Cliff. Very interesting.

I wonder if Beavis can award a Lifetime Achievement award for Celebrate...
 
1986/12/20

40: KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF - THE GEORGIA SATELLITES
39: TRUE BLUE - MADONNA
38: TWO PEOPLE - TINA TURNER
37: THIS IS THE TIME - BILLY JOEL
36: WILD WILD LIFE - TALKING HEADS
35: AMANDA - BOSTON
34: FOR TONIGHT - NANCY MARTINEZ
33: GOLDMINE - THE POINTER SISTERS
32: CHANGE OF HEART - CYNDI LAUPER
31: TOUCH ME (I WANT YOUR BODY) - SAMANTHA FOX
30: FALLING IN LOVE (UH-OH) - MIAMI SOUND MACHINE
29: YOU BE ILLIN' - RUN-D.M.C.
28: COMING AROUND AGAIN - CARLY SIMON
27: OPEN YOUR HEART - MADONNA
26: HUMAN - HUMAN LEAGUE
25: ALL I WANTED - KANSAS
24: LOVE WILL CONQUER ALL - LIONEL RICHIE
23: WORD UP - CAMEO
22: AT THIS MOMENT - BILLY VERA & THE BEATERS
21: SOMEDAY - GLASS TIGER
20: THE FUTURE'S SO BRIGHT I GOTTA WEAR SHADES - TIMBUK 3
19: LOVE IS FOREVER - BILLY OCEAN
18: VICTORY - KOOL & THE GANG
17: YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU….DON'T YOU? - HOWARD JONES
16: LAND OF CONFUSION - GENESIS
15: IS THIS LOVE - SURVIVOR
14: YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME - BON JOVI
13: CONTROL - JANET JACKSON
12: DON'T GET ME WRONG - THE PRETENDERS
11: WAR - BRICE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND
10: THE NEXT TIME I FALL - PETER CETERA W/ AMY GRANT
9: STAND BY ME - BEN E. KING
8: C'EST LA VIE - ROBBIE NEVIL
7: HIP TO BE SQUARE - HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS
6: TO BE A LOVER - BILLY IDOL
5: SHAKE YOU DOWN - GREGORY ABBOTT
4: NOTORIOUS - DURAN DURAN
3: EVERYBODY HAVE FUN TONIGHT - WANG CHUNG
2: THE WAY IT IS - BRUCE HORNSBY & THE RANGE
1: WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN - THE BANGLES
 
Good 6
Okay 12
Bad 22

35: AMANDA - BOSTON

My guess at this week's #1

22: AT THIS MOMENT - BILLY VERA & THE BEATERS

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2: THE WAY IT IS - BRUCE HORNSBY & THE RANGE

This was one of my potential choices for #1 this week. Shoulda gone with this one.

1: WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN - THE BANGLES

My friend's son and old roommate both nailed this one.

#92 Secret Ties "Dancin' In My Sleep"

No mention of this band on Wikipedia whatsoever (as far as I could find).

Won't reach the top 40
#41 Freddie Jackson "Tasty Love"
(#42 - #56 all reached the top 40!)
#57 Jesse Johnson & Sly Stone "Crazay"
#58 Don Johnson "Heartache Away"
#61 Human League "I Need Your Loving"
#64 Debbie Harry "French Kissin"
#65 Paul Young "Some People"
#71 Ann Wilson "The Best Man In The World"
#72 Grace Jones "I'm Not Perfect"
#74 Commodores "Goin' To The Bank"
#75 Stacy Lattisaw "Nail It To The Wall"
#76 Bobby Brown "Girlfriend"
#78 Eurythmics "Thorn In My Side"
#80 Bob Seger "Miami"
#84 Pet Shop Boys "Suburbia"
#85 Paul Simon "Graceland"
#87 Bob Geldof "This Is The World Calling"
#88 John Parr "Blame It On The Radio"
#89 Rod Stewart "Every Beat Of My Heart"
#92 Secret Ties "Dancin' In My Sleep"
#94 Police "Don't Stand So Close To Me '86"
#95 Ric Ocasek "True To You"
#96 Temptations "Lady Soul"
#98 KBC Band "It's Not You, It's Not Me"
#99 Midnight Star "Midas Touch"
#100 Paul McCartney "Stranglehold"
 
The remake did indeed suck. In 1986 I bought the Police compilation CD Every Breath You Take: The Singles and it included the sucky version of Don't Stand So Close To Me, not the original. The 1980 version appeared six years later on the CD The Police Greatest Hits, which pretty much duplicated the earlier compilation. At least 32 artists have recorded the song. Here is a 1999 version by Off The Beat, the University of Pennsylvania choral group:

 
When the Don't Stand 86 remake came out, I thought it was okay (but not good). Then I didn't hear it for a couple decades, it wasn't even included on Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings which I bought (not actually complete then, is it?). When I finally did hear it again, I thought it sucked and I haven't listened since.

EDIT: I just saw on Wikipedia that Don't Stand 86 is listed as the last track on Message In A Box. Discogs says the same thing. But I'd swear it's not on my copy. I'll have to check when I get home.
 
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Listened for the first time in prolly 15 years.
The problem isn't that the remake is total garbage, it’s that the original is so awesome that they never should have tried to redo it. If it was a Wonderful Life and the first Don’t Stand hadn’t been recorded, we would think the 86 version is OK.
 
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