80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

Never Gonna Give You Up has been recorded by more than 70 artists including Barry Manilow, Larry Hall, Carolyn Winters, Carlos Marin, Heather Nova, Peter White, Breathe Electric and On The Rocks. As a public service, I am not going to post any of the recordings here. You're welcome.
 
6 good/ok. LOTS of channel changers.

I learned with this countdown that Tiffany was not a OHW with her hit being "I Think I'm Alone Now".
 
IdRatherBeSkiing said:
6 good/ok. LOTS of channel changers.

I learned with this countdown that Tiffany was not a OHW with her hit being "I Think I'm Alone Now".
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Two number ones. Two more top 10s. And another top 40. But I bet radio calls her a OHW, just like another five-top-40s artist: The Outfield!
HecticArt said:
The 2 surprises. I thought both would have been in the mid -30s.
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I'm not surprised that Cure song wasn't a top 40. I didn't know it back then. I'm actually a little surprised "Just Like Heaven" made it up to #40.
 
MAR 1985

EARLIER
Wham "Wake Me Up"
Hall & Oates "Out Of Touch"
Madonna "Like A Virgin"
Foreigner "I Want To Know What"

REO Speedwagon "Can't Fight This"
Wham "Careless Whisper"

LATER
USA For Africa "We Are The World"
Simple Minds "Don't You Forget"
Phil Collins "One More Night"
Lionel Richie "Hello"
Wham "Everything She Wants"
 
March 16, 1985.

40: RADIOACTIVE - THE FIRM
39: SOLID - ASHFORD & SIMPSON
38: ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS DANCE - DON HENLEY
37: METHOD OF MODERN LOVE - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
36: ALONG COMES A WOMAN - CHICAGO
35: WHY CAN'T I HAVE YOU - THE CARS
34: THIS IS NOT AMERICA - DAVID BOWIE/PAT METHENY GROUP
33: RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT - DEBARGE
32: CRAZY FOR YOU - MADONNA
31: MR. TELEPHONE MAN - NEW EDITION
30: TAKE ME WITH U - PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION WITH APOLLONIA
29: TURN UP THE RADIO - AUTOGRAPH
28: OBSESSION - ANIMOTION
27: NAUGHTY NAUGHTY - JOHN PARR
26: MISSING YOU - DIANA ROSS
25: I'M ON FIRE - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
24: NIGHTSHIFT - COMMODORES
23: SOMEBODY - BRYAN ADAMS
22: EASY LOVER - PHILIP BAILEY WITH PHIL COLLINS
21: KEEPING THE FAIGH - BILLY JOEL
20: LOVERBOY - BILLY OCEAN
19: THE OLD MAN DOWN THE ROAD - JOHN FOGERTY
18: JUST ANOTHER NIGHT - MICK JAGGER
17: SUGAR WALLS - SHEENA EASTON
16: SAVE A PRAYER - DURAN DURAN
15: I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS - FOREIGNER
14: HIGH ON YOU - SURVIVOR
13: MISLED - KOOL & THE GANG
12: NEUTRON DANCE - POINTER SISTERS
11: ONLY THE YOUNG - JOURNEY
10: RELAX - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD
9: PRIVATE DANCER - TINA TURNER
8: LOVERGIRL - TEENA MARIE
7: CARELESS WHISPER - WHAM!
6: TOO LATE FOR GOODBYES - JULIAN LENNON
5: ONE MORE NIGHT - PHIL COLLINS
4: CALIFORNIA GIRLS - DAVID LEE ROTH
3: MATERIAL GIRL - MADONNA
2: THE HEAT IS ON - GLENN FREY
1: CAN'T FIGHT THIS FEELING - REO SPEEDWAGON
 
sadchild said:
March 16, 1985.

40: RADIOACTIVE - THE FIRM
39: SOLID - ASHFORD & SIMPSON
38: ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS DANCE - DON HENLEY
37: METHOD OF MODERN LOVE - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
36: ALONG COMES A WOMAN - CHICAGO
35: WHY CAN'T I HAVE YOU - THE CARS
34: THIS IS NOT AMERICA - DAVID BOWIE/PAT METHENY GROUP
33: RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT - DEBARGE
32: CRAZY FOR YOU - MADONNA
31: MR. TELEPHONE MAN - NEW EDITION
30: TAKE ME WITH U - PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION WITH APOLLONIA
29: TURN UP THE RADIO - AUTOGRAPH
28: OBSESSION - ANIMOTION
27: NAUGHTY NAUGHTY - JOHN PARR
26: MISSING YOU - DIANA ROSS
25: I'M ON FIRE - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
24: NIGHTSHIFT - COMMODORES
23: SOMEBODY - BRYAN ADAMS
22: EASY LOVER - PHILIP BAILEY WITH PHIL COLLINS
21: KEEPING THE FAIGH - BILLY JOEL
20: LOVERBOY - BILLY OCEAN
19: THE OLD MAN DOWN THE ROAD - JOHN FOGERTY
18: JUST ANOTHER NIGHT - MICK JAGGER
17: SUGAR WALLS - SHEENA EASTON
16: SAVE A PRAYER - DURAN DURAN
15: I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS - FOREIGNER
14: HIGH ON YOU - SURVIVOR
13: MISLED - KOOL & THE GANG
12: NEUTRON DANCE - POINTER SISTERS
11: ONLY THE YOUNG - JOURNEY
10: RELAX - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD
9: PRIVATE DANCER - TINA TURNER
8: LOVERGIRL - TEENA MARIE
7: CARELESS WHISPER - WHAM!
6: TOO LATE FOR GOODBYES - JULIAN LENNON
5: ONE MORE NIGHT - PHIL COLLINS
4: CALIFORNIA GIRLS - DAVID LEE ROTH
3: MATERIAL GIRL - MADONNA
2: THE HEAT IS ON - GLENN FREY
1: CAN'T FIGHT THIS FEELING - REO SPEEDWAGON
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This Weeks Top 40 Debuts

40 — Radioactive - The Firm
38 — All She Wants to Do Is Dance - Don Henley
32 — Crazy for You - Madonna

This Weeks Drops

45 30 Jungle Love – The Time
46 38 The Borderlines – Jeffrey Osborne
66 39 The Boys of Summer – Don Henley

Hot 100 Debuts

47 — That Was Yesterday – Foreigner
55 — Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid – Daryl Hall & John Oates
57 — Some Like It Hot – The Power Station
64 — Don’t Come Around Here No More – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
65 — Rock and Roll Girls –John Fogerty
70 — Everybody Wants to Rule the World – Tears for Fears
89 — Be Your Man – Jesse Johnson’s Revue
90 — ‘Til My Baby Comes Home – Luther Vandross
95 — Back in Stride – Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly
 
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Good 14
Okay 11
Bad 15

Heard the previous week last year.

31: MR. TELEPHONE MAN - NEW EDITION

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17: SUGAR WALLS - SHEENA EASTON

I was just telling someone last night how bad this song its

7: CARELESS WHISPER - WHAM!

My guess

1: CAN'T FIGHT THIS FEELING - REO SPEEDWAGON

At least one of the other two went with this.

Won't make the top 40
#41 Scandal "Beat Of A Heart"
#44 Jermaine Stewart "The Word Is Out"
#52 Santana "Say It Again"
#53 Bronski Beat "Small Town Boy"
#54 Jermaine Jackson/Pia Zadora "When the Rain Begins to Fall"
#56 Go West "We Close Our Eyes"
#58 Alan Parsons Project "Let's Talk About Me"
#59 Paul Hardcastle "Rain Forest"
#62 John Waite "Change"
#63 Isley Jasper Isley "Kiss And Tell"
#72 Vels "Look My Way"
#75 Nolan Thomas "Yo Little Brother"
#77 UTFO "Roxanne, Roxanne"
#79 Barbra Streisand "Emotion"
#81 Manhattans "You Send Me"
#83 Midnight Star "Scientific Love"
#84 Robey "One Night in Bangkok"
#86 Little River Band "Playing To Win"
#87 Tubes "Piece by Piece"
#89 Jesse Johnson "Be Your Man"
#91 Temptations "Treat Her Like A Lady"
#93 John Waite "Restless Heart"
#95 Maze "Back In Stride"
#96 Chaka Khan "This Is My Night"
#99 Kenny Rogers "Crazy"
 
Correct Order

Lionel Richie "Hello" [May 1984, oops]
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Wham "Wake Me Up" fell off 3 weeks ago
Hall & Oates "Out Of Touch" fell off last week
Madonna "Like A Virgin" #76
Foreigner "I Want To Know What" #15
Wham "Careless Whisper" #7
REO Speedwagon "Can't Fight This" #1
Phil Collins "One More Night" #5
USA For Africa "We Are The World" uncharted but debuts next week at #21
Madonna "Crazy For You" almost put this one on my list after "Everything She Wants"...
Simple Minds "Don't You Forget" #49
Wham "Everything She Wants" #60
Tears For Fears "Everybody Wants" #70

green: my candidates
white: on my list and the hot 100
brown: on the hot 100 but missing from my list
orange: on my list but not on hot 100
 
California Girls was written by Brian Wilson and was a #3 hit for the Beach Boys in August 1965. David Lee Roth's version features background vocals by Christopher Cross and the Beach Boys' Carl Wilson and got to #3 in March 1985. Here is the full-length video. One of the tourists is Jane Leeves, who would play Daphne Moon on Frasier (1993-2004), Joy Scroggs on Hot In Cleveland (2010-15) and Kit Voss on The Resident (2018-23).

 
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