80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

[seasalt43]

Speaking of "huge drops," Mister seasalt, following the death of Prince on April 17, 2016, eight of his 1980s hits returned to the Hot 100. Six debuted on the chart for the week ending May 7, 2016: Purple Rain was #17, When Doves Cry was #20, Kiss was #28, Little Red Corvette was #29, Let's Go Crazy was #39 and 1999 was #41. On the following week's chart, Purple Rain was #4, When Doves Cry was #8, Little Red Corvette was #20, Kiss was #23, Let's Go Crazy was #29 and 1999 was #27. Two more Prince songs returned to the chart: Raspberry Beret at #33 and I Would Die 4 U at #39.

One week later, all eight of those songs dropped off the Hot 100. They went from the top 40 to – dare I say it – "zero zero."

It's like people digitally paid their respects and exited stage left. I wonder if something similar when Michael Jackson passed.

 

[seasalt43]

I didn't have a chance to post this one before my vacation.

US Top 40 Singles Week Ending 11th July, 1981

TW	LW	Artist	Title	Record Company	Week on Chart	Hot 100 Debut	Peak	Other Charts
101	101	Grace Jones	Pull Up To The Bumper	Island (Warner Bros.)	6	-	101	#5 R&B, #2 Dance
102	108	Cameo	Freaky Dancin'	Chocolate City	2	-	102	#3 R&B, #45 Dance
103	104	Billy Ocean	Night (Feel Like Getting Down)	Epic	4	-	103	#7 R&B
104	105	Squeeze	Tempted	A&M	2	8/1/81 #83	49	#8 Rock, #41 UK
105	107	Debra Laws	Very Special	Elektra	2	8/15/81 #94	90	#11 R&B
106	104	Split Enz	One Step Ahead	A&M	3	-	104	#6 NZ
107	102	Kraftwerk	Pocket Calculator	Warner Bros.	6	-	102	#38 UK
108	110	Ozzy Osbourne	Crazy Train	Epic	2	-	106	#49 UK
109	109	Roberta Flack	You Stopped Loving Me	MCA	4	-	108	#32 R&B
110	-	Cheryl Lynn	Shake It Up	Columbia	1	8/8/81 #88	70	#5 R&B, #5 Dance

Comments:
I thought this week had an interesting mix of artists/genres.

This week's chart buster or drops:

TW LW Artist/Name
82 106 Balance/Breaking Away - #22 peak

Playlist:

 

[Channel98]

After Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009, several of his hits made Billboard's Hot Digital Songs chart, including Thriller, which reached #2, and Billie Jean, which got to #4. The Hot 100 had begun incorporating digital sales data in February 2005 but none of Jackson's songs re-appeared on the Hot 100 until 2014.

In 1980, Michael recorded a demo of Love Never Felt So Good, a song he had co-written with Paul Anka, who played piano on the track. The song was finally completed in 2010 but was not released until May 2, 2014 when MJJ Music – a label founded by Jackson in 1993 and distributed by Epic – released it along with a 2014 "duet" version with Justin Timberlake. The duet version reached #9 on the Hot 100 chart for the week ending May 31.

On the chart for the week ending June 7, 2014, Billie Jean re-entered at #14 and a remixed version of Slave To The Rhythm, an unreleased song from 1990, debuted at #45. Both songs dropped off the following week.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I didn't have a chance to post this one before my vacation.

US Top 40 Singles Week Ending 11th July, 1981

TW	LW	Artist	Title	Record Company	Week on Chart	Hot 100 Debut	Peak	Other Charts
104	105	Squeeze	Tempted	A&M	2	8/1/81 #83	49	#8 Rock, #41 UK
106	104	Split Enz	One Step Ahead	A&M	3	-	104	#6 NZ
108	110	Ozzy Osbourne	Crazy Train	Epic	2	-	106	#49 UK

I would have expected all 3 of these songs to crack he top 40 at least from airplay in Canada.

 

[sadchild]

I found an old listing of "Were Meant to be Lovers" in the 40: Jun 26, 2016

So now a dilemna.... The first hit is credited to "Photoglo". The second is credited to "Jim Photoglo". Same artist (two hit wonder)? Or different artists (two one hit wonders)?

One week later, all eight of those songs dropped off the Hot 100.

In the early 80s, the chart was (well, must have been, I don't have details) because not only did songs fall fast and hard, but they stayed at the top much longer.

The "biggest" songs of the 80s are all early 80s like "Physical" "Bette Davis Eyes" and "Call Me". In 1989, there were 7 different #1s across 7 weeks of the summer. Had to be different ways to calculate position 1980-1983 versus late 80s.

 

[sadchild]

Good 13
Okay 8
Bad 19

BEST
11 06 CYNDI LAUPER - I DROVE ALL NIGHT
10 15 LOVE AND ROCKETS - SO ALIVE

WORST
40 DE SWEET SENSATION - HOOKED ON YOU (Remix)
39 DE DONNY OSMOND - SACRED EMOTION
30 33 DEBBIE GIBSON - NO MORE RHYME
23 21 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK - I’LL BE LOVING YOU (FOREVER)
05 02 MILLI VANILLI - BABY DON’T FORGET MY NUMBER
02 04 MADONNA - EXPRESS YOURSELF
01 03 SIMPLY RED - IF YOU DON’T KNOW ME BY NOW

04 05 MARTIKA - TOY SOLDIERS

My friend's room mate went with this

03 01 FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS - GOOD THING

My friend's kid and I went with this

01 03 SIMPLY RED - IF YOU DON’T KNOW ME BY NOW

My friend's kid (and my friend) visited my house this weekend. We listened to the top 5 together and agreed that this song was totally off of our radar because it's so damn boring.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

So now a dilemna.... The first hit is credited to "Photoglo". The second is credited to "Jim Photoglo". Same artist (two hit wonder)? Or different artists (two one hit wonders)?

In the early 80s, the chart was (well, must have been, I don't have details) because not only did songs fall fast and hard, but they stayed at the top much longer.

The "biggest" songs of the 80s are all early 80s like "Physical" "Bette Davis Eyes" and "Call Me". In 1989, there were 7 different #1s across 7 weeks of the summer. Had to be different ways to calculate position 1980-1983 versus late 80s.

I think Manfred Man had 2 or 3 different names as well. I think some of the incarnations had only 1 or 2 hits.

 

[Channel98]

Many artists have had two different names, in a few instances just for one or two singles or an album. Among them are Ricky Nelson/Rick Nelson, Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana, Jimmy Darren/James Darren, Kevin Gates/K. Gates, MC Hammer/Hammer, Leon Russell/Hank Wilson, Garth Brooks/Chris Gaines, Hank Williams/Luke The Drifter, Hank Williams Jr./Luke The Drifter Jr., Dixie Chicks/Chicks, Lady Antebellum/Lady A, 2Pac/Tupac, Lil' Bow Wow/Bow Wow, Chicago Transit Authority/Chicago, High Numbers/The Who, Grand Funk Railroad/Grand Funk, Louisiana's Le Roux/Le Roux, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band/Dirt Band, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts/The Barbusters and Paul & Linda McCartney/Suzy & The Red Stripes,

And then there is Sean Combs, who has recorded as Puff Daddy, P. Diddy and Diddy.

 

[HecticArt]

How could you leave John Cougar Melancamp Jones off of the list?

I'm so disappointed.....

 

[Channel98]

It was not John Mellencamp's idea to use the name "Johnny Cougar" and, later, "John Cougar." Tony DeFries, his first manager, came up with the name. He thought "Mellencamp" sounded German and he believed it was not a good name for a rock singer. Mellencamp hated the name "Johnny Cougar." That is how he was billed on his debut album, Chestnut Street Incident, released October 1, 1976. The album bombed. Part of the reason is the horrible remakes of Jailhouse Rock, Oh Pretty Woman, Do You Believe In Magic and this song written and recorded by the Doors for their 1967 Light My Fire album:

 

[sadchild]

I just like how John dropped the word 'cougar' from his name right around the time the bulk of his audience became classified as 'cougars'.

 

[Channel98]

Here, for your amazement and amusement, is Saturday Night At The Duck Pond, an instrumental by the Cougars, a British quartet. They released three singles and an EP on Parlophone in 1963-64. This was their first single, released January 25, 1963. It incorporates portions of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and reached #33 in the UK. At least 18 other bands have recorded this song, including the Firebirds, the Cobras, the Continentals, the Jaguars, the Surfrats and the Croatian band the Bambi Molesters.

 

[sadchild]

and the Croatian band the Bambi Molesters.

And off I go to the awful band names thread.....

 

[seasalt43]

So now a dilemna.... The first hit is credited to "Photoglo". The second is credited to "Jim Photoglo". Same artist (two hit wonder)? Or different artists (two one hit wonders)?

I did some more digging. It looks like Photoglo was a group (Members: Brian Neary, Jim Photoglo). Then Jim branched out as a soloist.

 

[sadchild]

Kinda like if "Loggins & Messina" was just named "Loggins". Then you had "Kenny Loggins" solo.

 

[scotchandcigar]

I did some more digging. It looks like Photoglo was a group (Members: Brian Neary, Jim Photoglo). Then Jim branched out as a soloist.

Thanks. That was very illuminating.

 

[seasalt43]

After Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009, several of his hits made Billboard's Hot Digital Songs chart, including Thriller, which reached #2, and Billie Jean, which got to #4. The Hot 100 had begun incorporating digital sales data in February 2005 but none of Jackson's songs re-appeared on the Hot 100 until 2014.

In 1980, Michael recorded a demo of Love Never Felt So Good, a song he had co-written with Paul Anka, who played piano on the track. The song was finally completed in 2010 but was not released until May 2, 2014 when MJJ Music – a label founded by Jackson in 1993 and distributed by Epic – released it along with a 2014 "duet" version with Justin Timberlake. The duet version reached #9 on the Hot 100 chart for the week ending May 31.

On the chart for the week ending June 7, 2014, Billie Jean re-entered at #14 and a remixed version of Slave To The Rhythm, an unreleased song from 1990, debuted at #45. Both songs dropped off the following week.

Very interesting. I was wondering about why Billie Jean charted again. I found the following: "Michael Jackson makes news again, as his 1983 No. 1 “Billie Jean” returns. The song re-enters at No. 14 thanks to the popularity of a viral video featuring the track."

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

@sadchild look away if you don't want to spoil your predictions.

1983/07/23

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

The bottom 60: debuts and/or future/former #1s:
(--) 94. WORDS - F.R.DAVID
(--) 90. RADIO FREE EUROPE - R.E.M.
(--) 88. SHINY SHINY - HAYSI FANTAYZEE
(--) 87. LADY LOVE ME (ONE MORE TIME) - GEORGE BENSON
(--) 81. YOU'RE DRIVING ME OUT OF MY MIND - LITTLE RIVER BAND
(--) 80. SHARP DRESSED MAN - ZZ TOP
(--) 72. TIP OF MY TONGUE - THE TUBES
(45) 67. LET'S DANCE - DAVID BOWIE **
(75) 66. TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART - BONNIE TYLER *
(--) 45. HUMAN NATURE - MICHAEL JACKSON

This week's drops:
(36) 68. ROLL ME AWAY – BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND
(34) 59. AFFAIR OF THE HEART – RICK SPRINGFIELD
(37) 57. ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME – NAKED EYES
(33) 53. BEAT IT – MICHAEL JACKSON **

The top 40:
(55) 40. HUMAN TOUCH - RICK SPRINGFIELD
(46) 39. AFTER THE FALL - JOURNEY
(23) 38. SHE’S A BEAUTY – THE TUBES
(39) 37. THE SALT IN MY TEARS – MARTIN BRILEY
(38) 36. THE BORDER - AMERICA
(43) 35. PIECES OF ICE - DIANA ROSS
(40) 34. LAWYERS IN LOVE – JACKSON BROWNE
(42) 33. PUTIN' ON THE RITZ - TACO
(26) 32. WISHING (IF I HAD A PHOTOGRAPH OF YOU) – A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS
(22) 31. FAMILY MAN – DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
(32) 30. STOP IN THE NAME OF LOVE – THE HOLLIES
(35) 29. I’LL TUMBLE 4 YA – CULTURE CLUB
(18) 28. DON’T LET IT END - STYX
(31) 27. CHINA GIRL – DAVID BOWIE
(30) 26. ROCK ‘N’ ROLL IS KING - ELO
(27) 25. TAKE ME TO HEART - QUARTERFLASH
(28) 24. SAVED BY ZERO – THE FIXX
(10) 23. TIME (CLOCK OF THE HEART) – CULTURE CLUB
(29) 22. ROCK OF AGES – DEF LEPPARD
(12) 21. I’M STILL STANDING – ELTON JOHN
(25) 20. IT’S A MISTAKE – MEN AT WORK
(21) 19. HOT GIRLS IN LOVE - LOVERBOY
(24) 18. (KEEP FEELING) FASCINATION – THE HUMAN LEAGUE
(17) 17. ALL THIS LOVE - DEBARGE
(20) 16. CUTS LIKE A KNIFE – BRYAN ADAMS
(16) 15. BABY JANE – ROD STEWART
(19) 14. MANIAC – MICHAEL SEMBELLO *
( 7) 13. TOO SHY - KAJAGOOGOO
(13) 12. 1999 - PRINCE
(15) 11. SWEET DREAMS - EURYTHMICS *
(14) 10. SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY – DONNA SUMMER
(11) 9. STAND BACK – STEVIE NICKS
( 9) 8. IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW – DURAN DURAN
( 8) 7. OUR HOUSE - MADNESS
( 6) 6. COME DANCING – THE KINKS
( 5) 5. WANNA BE STARTIN’ SOMETHIN' – MICHAEL JACKSON
( 4) 4. NEVER GONNA LET YOU GO – SERGIO MENDES
( 3) 3. FLASHDANCE….WHAT A FEELING – IRENE CARA **
( 2) 2. ELECTRIC AVENUE – EDDY GRANT
( 1) 1. EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE – THE POLICE *

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

1983 was a good year. 33 good/ok. No channel changers.

 

[HecticArt]

23. That’s a great countdown for me!