80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

Big number here, 34 for 1985. I was 9 and listening to lots of radio.

First time hearing that Cars song, Why Can’t I Have You

I always ignore the Bowie song

I like Mr. Telephone Man, lol
 
US Bubbling Under for the Week Ending 16th March, 1985


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

101
108
Donnie Iris
Injured In The Game Of Love
HME
2
3/23/85 at #93
91
#28 Rock

102
105
Jenny Burton
Bad Habits
Atlantic
2
-
101
#1 Dance, #19 R&B, #68 UK

103
105
Alphaville
Forever Young
Atlantic
2
3/23/85 at #95
93
#32 Dance

104
107
Ready For The World
Tonight
MCA
4
-
103
#6 R&B

105
-
Limahl
Never Ending Story
EMI-America
1
3/23/85 at #87
17
#4 UK

106
Re-entry
Los Lobos
Will The Wolf Survive?
Warner Bros.
2
3/23/85 at #84
78

107
-
General Public
Never You Done That
A&M
1
-
105
#13 Dance

108
110
Wilton Felder Featuring Bobby Womack And Introducing Alltrina Grayson
No Matter How High I Get) I'll Still Be Lookin' Up To You)
MCA
3
-
102
#2 R&B

109
-
Carol Lynn Townes
Believe In The Beat
Polydor
1
-
109
#65 R&B, #25 Dance, #56 UK

110
-
Fat Boys
Can You Feel It
Sutra
1
-
101
#38 R&B

Comments:
  • Mar 13, 2022 has the details from the week before.
  • This was the first release of "Forever Young" . The song was released again in 1988 and peaked at #66.
  • "Believe in the Beat" was from the Breakin' 2 soundtrack. I saw the movie, but didn't remember the song. It comes across as a "What a Feeling" rip-off.
This week's breakers and drops:

95 101 Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly - Back In Stride
90 102 Luther Vandross - Till My Baby Comes Home
89 103 Jesse Johnson's Revue - Be Your Man
-- 104 Jack Wagner - Premonition
-- 109 Roxanne Shanté - Roxanne's Revenge

Playlist:

 
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Aaron said:
First time hearing that Cars song, Why Can’t I Have You

I always ignore the Bowie song
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I loved (and still like) that whole Cars album.

Agreed on that Bowie song. I ignore everything he did from 1983 - 1994 with the exception of "Fame '90"
 
HecticArt said:
I always forget about that one.
Someone (Scotch, Sad, or Bags????) had posted the video six or seven years ago.
I can’t find the post, but this should bring it back.
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Not me, never heard the song before. I had bailed on the Cars by then. Probably Sadchild; whenever I like an artist's older songs, he likes only the newer ones.
 
"Stay The Night" > "Saturday In The Park"
"Stages" > "I Thank You"
"Love Will Find A Way" > "Long Distance Runaround"
"Hammer To Fall" > "Keep Yourself Alive"
"Waiting On A Friend" > "Honky Tonk Woman"
"Fight Fire With Fire" > "Point Of Know Return"
"Mr Roboto" > "Renegade"
"Hide Your Heart" > "Shout It Out Loud"
"Forever Young" > "Stay With Me"
 
sadchild said:
"Stay The Night" > "Saturday In The Park"
"Stages" > "I Thank You"
"Love Will Find A Way" > "Long Distance Runaround"
"Hammer To Fall" > "Keep Yourself Alive"
"Waiting On A Friend" > "Honky Tonk Woman"
"Fight Fire With Fire" > "Point Of Know Return"
"Mr Roboto" > "Renegade"
"Hide Your Heart" > "Shout It Out Loud"
"Forever Young" > "Stay With Me"
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To summarize,
Absolute crap > iconic classic.
 
Or cool slick rock with a hook > old fart oldies music!

Actually it works the other way sometimes for me

"Stranger" > "We Built This City"
"China Grove" > "What A Fool Believes"
"Baby O'Riley" > "Athena"
"Young Americans" > "Let's Dance"
"Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy" > "Give To Live"
"Rock And Roll Fantasy" > "If You Needed Somebody"
 
I'm guessing there will only be 6 chart toppers on the 1980 VJ this week

EARLIER
MJ "Rock With You"
Captain & Tennille "Do That To Me"
Queen "Crazy Little Thing"

Pink Floyd "Another Brick"
Blondie "Call Me"

LATER
Lipps Inc "Funkytown"
 
1980/03/29

* = current or future #1
** = former #1
red = debut

The Bottom 60: Hot 100 debuts and/or future or former #1 songs
(--) 97. WE WERE MEANT TO BE LOVERS - PHOTOGLO
(--) 92. HOLIDAY - NAZARETH
(--) 90. SHOULD'VE NEVER LET YOU GO - NEIL SEDAKA & DARA SEDAKA
(--) 89. FUNKYTOWN - LIPPS, INC. *
(--) 88. GEE WHIZ - BERNADETTE PETERS
(--) 86. AFTER YOU - DIONNE WARWICK
(--) 85. THE SEDUCTION (LOVE THEME) - JAMES LAST BAND
(--) 84. STARTING OVER AGAIN - DOLLY PARTON
(--) 83. LET'S GET SERIOUS - JERMAINE JACKSON
(--) 81. BORROWED TIME - STYX
(--) 65. BREAKDOWN DEAD AHEAD - BOZ SCAGGS
(--) 63. I CAN'T HELP IT - ANDY GIBB & OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
(--) 56. DON'T FALL IN LOVE WITH A DREAMER - KENNY ROGERS WITH KIM CARNES

This week's drops:
(38) 59. ROMEO'S TUNE - STEVE FORBERT
(37) 58. BACK ON MY FEET AGAIN - THE BABYS
(34) 57. SEPTEMBER MORN' - NEIL DIAMOND
(28) 49. AN AMERICAN DREAM - THE DIRT BAND

The Top 40:
(45) 40. CARS - GARY NUMAN
(47) 39. ANYWAY YOU WANT IT - JOURNEY
(30) 38. ROCK WITH YOU - MICHAEL JACKSON **
(42) 37. SET ME FREE - UTOPIA
(40) 36. YEARS - WAYNE NEWTON
(29) 35. 99 - TOTO
(43) 34. THINK ABOUT ME - FLEETWOOD MAC
(36) 33. EVEN IT UP - HEART
(32) 32. COME BACK - J. GEILS BAND
(39) 31. PILOT OF THE AIRWAVES - CHARLIE DORE
(23) 30. DAYDREAM BELIEVER - ANNE MURRAY
(33) 29. I PLEDGE MY LOVE - PEACHES AND HERB
(35) 28. AND THE BEAT GOES ON - THE WHISPERS
(21) 27. DO THAT TO ME ONE MORE TIME - THE CAPTAIN & TENNILLE **
(24) 26. HEARTBREAKER - PAT BENATAR
(31) 25. HOLD ON TO MY LOVE - JIMMY RUFFIN
(12) 24. YES, I'M READY - TERI DESARIO WITH K.C.
(27) 23. YOU MAY BE RIGHT - BILLY JOEL
(26) 22. SEXY EYES - DR. HOOK
(15) 21. REFUGEE - TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS
(25) 20. LOST IN LOVE - AIR SUPPLY
(20) 19. THREE TIMES IN LOVE - TOMMY JAMES
(18) 24. GIVE IT ALL YOU GOT - CHUCK MANGIONE
(22) 17. WITH YOU I'M BORN AGAIN - BILLY PRESTON W/ SYREETA
( 6) 16. ON THE RADIO - DONNA SUMMER
(19) 15. FIRE LAKE - BOB SEGER
(17) 14. OFF THE WALL - MICHAEL JACKSON
(16) 13. I CAN'T TELL YOU WHY - THE EAGLES
( 2) 12. LONGER - DAN FOGELBERG
(13) 11. SPECIAL LADY - RAY, GOODMAN AND BROWN
(10) 10. HOW DO I MAKE YOU - LINDA RONSTADT
(14) 9. RIDE LIKE THE WIND - CHRISTOPHER CROSS
( 8) 8. THE SECOND TIME AROUND - SHALAMAR
( 9) 7. TOO HOT - KOOL & THE GANG
( 7) 6. HIM - RUPERT HOLMES
(11) 5. CALL ME - BLONDIE *
( 4) 4. DESIRE - ANDY GIBB
( 3) 3. CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE - QUEEN **
( 5) 2. WORKING MY WAY BACK TO YOU/FORGIVE ME GIRL - THE SPINNERS
( 1) 1. ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL - PINK FLOYD *
 
IdRatherBeSkiing said:
1980/03/29

* = current or future #1
** = former #1
red = debut

The Bottom 60: Hot 100 debuts and/or future or former #1 songs
(--) 97. WE WERE MEANT TO BE LOVERS - PHOTOGLO
(--) 92. HOLIDAY - NAZARETH
(--) 90. SHOULD'VE NEVER LET YOU GO - NEIL SEDAKA & DARA SEDAKA
(--) 89. FUNKYTOWN - LIPPS, INC. *
(--) 88. GEE WHIZ - BERNADETTE PETERS
(--) 86. AFTER YOU - DIONNE WARWICK
(--) 85. THE SEDUCTION (LOVE THEME) - JAMES LAST BAND
(--) 84. STARTING OVER AGAIN - DOLLY PARTON
(--) 83. LET'S GET SERIOUS - JERMAINE JACKSON
(--) 81. BORROWED TIME - STYX
(--) 65. BREAKDOWN DEAD AHEAD - BOZ SCAGGS
(--) 63. I CAN'T HELP IT - ANDY GIBB & OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
(--) 56. DON'T FALL IN LOVE WITH A DREAMER - KENNY ROGERS WITH KIM CARNES

This week's drops:
(38) 59. ROMEO'S TUNE - STEVE FORBERT
(37) 58. BACK ON MY FEET AGAIN - THE BABYS
(34) 57. SEPTEMBER MORN' - NEIL DIAMOND
(28) 49. AN AMERICAN DREAM - THE DIRT BAND

The Top 40:
(45) 40. CARS - GARY NUMAN
(47) 39. ANYWAY YOU WANT IT - JOURNEY
(30) 38. ROCK WITH YOU - MICHAEL JACKSON **
(42) 37. SET ME FREE - UTOPIA
(40) 36. YEARS - WAYNE NEWTON
(29) 35. 99 - TOTO
(43) 34. THINK ABOUT ME - FLEETWOOD MAC
(36) 33. EVEN IT UP - HEART
(32) 32. COME BACK - J. GEILS BAND
(39) 31. PILOT OF THE AIRWAVES - CHARLIE DORE
(23) 30. DAYDREAM BELIEVER - ANNE MURRAY
(33) 29. I PLEDGE MY LOVE - PEACHES AND HERB
(35) 28. AND THE BEAT GOES ON - THE WHISPERS
(21) 27. DO THAT TO ME ONE MORE TIME - THE CAPTAIN & TENNILLE **
(24) 26. HEARTBREAKER - PAT BENATAR
(31) 25. HOLD ON TO MY LOVE - JIMMY RUFFIN
(12) 24. YES, I'M READY - TERI DESARIO WITH K.C.
(27) 23. YOU MAY BE RIGHT - BILLY JOEL
(26) 22. SEXY EYES - DR. HOOK
(15) 21. REFUGEE - TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS
(25) 20. LOST IN LOVE - AIR SUPPLY
(20) 19. THREE TIMES IN LOVE - TOMMY JAMES
(18) 24. GIVE IT ALL YOU GOT - CHUCK MANGIONE
(22) 17. WITH YOU I'M BORN AGAIN - BILLY PRESTON W/ SYREETA
( 6) 16. ON THE RADIO - DONNA SUMMER
(19) 15. FIRE LAKE - BOB SEGER
(17) 14. OFF THE WALL - MICHAEL JACKSON
(16) 13. I CAN'T TELL YOU WHY - THE EAGLES
( 2) 12. LONGER - DAN FOGELBERG
(13) 11. SPECIAL LADY - RAY, GOODMAN AND BROWN
(10) 10. HOW DO I MAKE YOU - LINDA RONSTADT
(14) 9. RIDE LIKE THE WIND - CHRISTOPHER CROSS
( 8) 8. THE SECOND TIME AROUND - SHALAMAR
( 9) 7. TOO HOT - KOOL & THE GANG
( 7) 6. HIM - RUPERT HOLMES
(11) 5. CALL ME - BLONDIE *
( 4) 4. DESIRE - ANDY GIBB
( 3) 3. CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE - QUEEN **
( 5) 2. WORKING MY WAY BACK TO YOU/FORGIVE ME GIRL - THE SPINNERS
( 1) 1. ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL - PINK FLOYD *
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15. Including the #1 that is MY #1 of all time.
 
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