80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

It's Raining Men was the theme song of "Men On Film," a recurring sketch on the 1990-94 FOX comedy series In Living Color featuring Blaine Edwards and Antoine Merriweather, two flamboyantly gay film critics portrayed, respectively, by Damon Wayans and David Allen Grier. "Saw Dick Tracy. Loved the title!"


 
sadchild said:
#53 Psychedelic Furs "Love My Way"
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A bit of a surprise.
sadchild said:
#50 Clash "Should I Stay Or Should I Go"
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A surprise
sadchild said:
#62 Berlin "Sex (I'm A)"
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Not really a surprise, but I love the song.
sadchild said:
#64 Robert Hazard "Escalator Of Life"
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I surprised it made it anywhere near 60, but I like the song.
sadchild said:
#66 Adam Ant "Desperate But Not Serious"
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A bit of a surprise. I would have thought it would have made it to 50.
sadchild said:
#70 Missing Persons "Walking in LA"
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Big surprise. I thought this would have broken 40.
 
Channel98 said:
Swingin', which John Anderson co-wrote with Lionel Delmore, went to number one on the country chart in March 1983 and won a CMA award for single of the year. On an episode of Nashville Now, Ralph Emery asked Anderson why he sings the word as "swangin'" while his backup singers say "swingin." Anderson confessed, "Someone has to sing it properly – and I sure cain't." He also turned "pie" into a two-syllable word!
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In my top 10 of favorite country songs.
 
Having a tough time with 1980.

For all of March, April and May, I could only think of two potential songs.

Blondie "Call Me"
Pink Floyd "Another Brick In The Wall"

I know "Call Me" is one of the biggest songs of the decade, but I can't imagine Pink was at the top for more than a week or two. That doesn't fill 12-13 weeks for those 3 months. So I'm probably missing a few.

EARLIER:
Blondie "The Tide Is High" (Feb?)
Captain & Tennille "Do That To Me One More Time"
KC "Please Don't Go" (Jan)
Michael Jackson "Rock With You" (Jan)
Queen "Crazy Little Thing" (Feb?)
Rupert Holmes "Escape" (Jan)

LATER:
Billy Joel "It's Still Rock And Roll" (summer)
Christopher Cross "Sailing" (summer...?)
Lipps Inc "Funkytown" (spring/summer)
Olivia Newton John "Magic" (summer)
Paul McCartney "Coming Up" (summer)
 
The Tide Is High debuted at #81 on Billboard's Hot 100 for the week ending November 15, 1980, and reached number one on the chart for the week ending January 31, 1981. No further questions, your honor.
 
Channel98 said:
The Tide Is High debuted at #81 on Billboard's Hot 100 for the week ending November 15, 1980, and reached number one on the chart for the week ending January 31, 1981. No further questions, your honor.
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That makes it 1981 in my book. I go by its first week @ peak not debut week on top 100. But either date is after April 1980.
 
1980/04/05

40: CARRIE - CLIFF RICHARD
39: COME BACK - J. GEILS BAND
38: FIRE IN THE MORNING - MELISSA MANCHESTER
37: KEEP THE FIRE - KENNY LOGGINS
36: CARS - GARY NUMAN
35: YEARS - WAYNE NEWTON
34: ANYWAY YOU WANT IT - JOURNEY
33: EVEN IT UP - HEART
32: SET ME FREE - UTOPIA
31: DO THAT TO ME ONE MORE TIME - THE CAPTAIN & TENNILLE
30: YES, I'M READY - TERI DESARIO WITH K.C.
29: HEARTBREAKER - PAT BENATAR
28: THINK ABOUT ME - FLEETWOOD MAC
27: REFUGEE - TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS
26: PILOT OF THE AIRWAVES - CHARLIE DORE
25: I PLEDGE MY LOVE - PEACHES AND HERB
24: GIVE IT ALL YOU GOT - CHUCK MANGIONE
23: AND THE BEAT GOES ON - THE WHISPERS
22: ON THE RADIO - DONNA SUMMER
21: LONGER - DAN FOGELBERG
20: HOLD ON TO MY LOVE - JIMMY RUFFIN
19: THREE TIMES IN LOVE - TOMMY JAMES
18: SEXY EYES - DR. HOOK
17: YOU MAY BE RIGHT - BILLY JOEL
16: LOST IN LOVE - AIR SUPPLY
15: WITH YOU I'M BORN AGAIN - BILLY PRESTON W/ SYREETA
14: THE SECOND TIME AROUND - SHALAMAR
13: FIRE LAKE - BOB SEGER
12: OFF THE WALL - MICHAEL JACKSON
11: I CAN'T TELL YOU WHY - THE EAGLES
10: HOW DO I MAKE YOU - LINDA RONSTADT
9: DESIRE - ANDY GIBB
8: SPECIAL LADY - RAY, GOODMAN AND BROWN
7: RIDE LIKE THE WIND - CHRISTOPHER CROSS
6: HIM - RUPERT HOLMES
5: TOO HOT - KOOL & THE GANG
4: CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE - QUEEN
3: CALL ME - BLONDIE
2: WORKING MY WAY BACK TO YOU/FORGIVE ME GIRL - THE SPINNERS
1: ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL - PINK FLOYD
 
Aaron said:
22.

Pilot of the Airwaves - a guilty pleasure like
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I like it too. When they did the AT40, they made a Kasey version which I thought was quite corny. I hate when they change songs for a particular dj or city (like "Heart of Rock & Roll" and "We Built This City" for example).
 
Three Times In Love reached #19 on the Hot 100 in March 1980. It was Tommy James' final top-40 hit. James, born Thomas Jackson in Dayton, Ohio, began playing a ukulele when he was three years old. At age nine, he learned to play guitar. A year later, he bought an electric guitar. At age 11, he and his family moved to Niles, Michigan. At age 12, he and some of his seventh-grade classmates, members of the school band, formed the Shondells. Tommy worked part-time at a local record store and met a man who owned a recording studio. Still at the age of 12, he took his group to the studio and they recorded Long Pony Tail. Five hundred copies were pressed. Jack Douglas, a DJ at WNIL in Niles and the founder of the Snap record label, heard the song on the radio and contacted Tommy to ask, "Do you have any more songs to record?" Tommy liked Hanky Panky, written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, who, as The Raindrops, had recorded it in 1963. Tommy James & The Shondells recorded their own version in late 1963 and it became a regional hit in Michigan, Illinois and Indiana.

Mad Mike Metro (Metrovich), a DJ at WZUM in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, began playing the Shondells' Hanky Panky in December 1965 and the song finally became a national hit after being released by Roulette Records. It went to number one in July 1966. The original members of the Shondells had gone their separate ways so Tommy recruited a Pittsburgh band, the Raconteurs, to be the new Shondells. They charted 12 top-40 hits, including the number-one Crimson & Clover. Tommy went solo in 1970 but had only three top-40 solo hits: Draggin' The Line, I'm Comin' Home and Three Times In Love. Here is his final chart appearance, You're So Easy To Love, which peaked at #58 in June 1981:


 
Good 8
Okay 4
Bad 28

Yepppp I had the wrong year for "Tide Is High" d'oh!

15: WITH YOU I'M BORN AGAIN - BILLY PRESTON W/ SYREETA

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3: CALL ME - BLONDIE

My guess.

1: ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL - PINK FLOYD

I think both of the others voted for this? At least one did anyway.

#81 Vaughan Mason And Crew "Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll Pt. 1"

Obvious rip-off of Chic "Good Times", just with a synth bass line.

#90 Peter McIan "Solitaire"

No Wiki page. Produced first two albums for Men At Work.

www.popredux80.com

"Solitaire" by Peter McIan

The blog that revisits, revives, and reviews every pop chart hit from the 80s.
www.popredux80.com www.popredux80.com

#94 RCR "Scandal"

No Wiki page. Only on the Hot 100 for a career total of two weeks.

www.popredux80.com

"Scandal" by RCR

The blog that revisits, revives, and reviews every pop chart hit from the 80s.
www.popredux80.com www.popredux80.com

Will never get into the top 40
#48 Roberta Flack/Donny Hathaway "Back Together Again"
#52 John Denver "Autograph"
#53 Willie Nelson "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys"
#55 Captain And Tennille "Love On A Shoestring"
#56 Korona "Let Me Be"
#59 Warren Zevon "A Certain Girl"
#62 Bar-Kays "Today Is the Day"
#63 Stevie Wonder "Outside My Window"
#65 Foreigner "Women"
#68 Mac Davis "It's Hard To Be Humble"
#69 Karla Bonoff "Baby Don't Go"
#70 Debbie Jacobs "High On Love"
#71 Off Broadway USA "Stay In Time"
#72 Styx "Borrowed Time"
#76 Dionne Warwick "After You"
#77 Survivor "Somewhere In America"
#81 Vaughan Mason And Crew "Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll Pt. 1"
#82 Anne Murray "Lucky Me"
#83 Jennifer Warnes "When The Feeling Comes Around"
#84 Red Rider "White Hot"
#85 Neil Diamond "The Good Lord Loves You"
#86 Jackie DeShannon "I Don't Need You Anymore"
#89 Knack "Can't Put A Price On Love"
#90 Peter McIan "Solitaire"
#91 Nazareth "Holiday"
#92 Festival "Don't Cry For Me Argentina"
#93 Leon Hayward "Don't Push It Don't Force It"
#94 RCR "Scandal"
#95 Dottie West "A Lesson In Leavin'"
#99 Romantics "What I Like About You"
#100 Jimmy Buffett "Survive"
 
sadchild said:
Will never get into the top 40
#53 Willie Nelson "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys"
#68 Mac Davis "It's Hard To Be Humble"
#84 Red Rider "White Hot"
#91 Nazareth "Holiday"
#99 Romantics "What I Like About You"
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I am not really surprised about any of these but the Romantics one but I heard these a lot on the radio back then. The Red Rider & Nazareth are Canadian bands and those songs would have got more play here. The other 2 were sort of novelty songs so I can see why they wouldn't break the top 40.
 
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