80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

Good 15
Okay 9
Bad 16

GOOD
40. Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (NEW!)
39. Bangles - Manic Monday (NEW!)
37. Dire Straits - Walk of Life
35. Sly Fox - Let's Go All the Way
28. INXS - What You Need
23. ZZ Top - Stages
22. Elton John - Nikita
19. Sting - Russians
18. Hooters - Day By Day
17. Thompson Twins - King for a Day
16. Baltimora - Tarzan Boy
14. Heart - These Dreams
12. Sheila E. - A Love Bizarre
9. Survivor - Burning Heart
7. Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town
2. Mr. Mister - Kyrie

OKAY
31. Stevie Nicks - Talk to Me
30. Paul McCartney - Spies Like Us
26. John Cougar Mellencamp - R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.
20. A-Ha - The Sun Always Shines on TV
8. Mike & the Mechanics - Silent Running
6. Sade - The Sweetest Taboo
5. James Brown - Living in America
4. Starship - Sara

39. Bangles - Manic Monday (NEW!)
26. John Cougar Mellencamp - R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.
3. Billy Ocean - When the Going Gets Tough the Tough Get Going

Three #2 peaking songs in the top 40 this week.

38. Marilyn Martin - Night Moves (NEW!)

Added to the two-hit-wonder thread

11. Atlantic Starr - Secret Lovers

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2. Mr. Mister - Kyrie

I picked this one. Same one I picked 3 years ago for this same countdown. Don't know yet what the others picked.

NOTE: ONE WEEK OFF
Will never reach the top 40
#48 Dan Seals "Bop"
#51 Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew "The Super Bowl Shuffle"
#53 Meli'sa Morgan "Do Me Baby"
#54 Sam Harris "I'd Do It All Again"
#61 Barbra Streisand "Somewhere"
#63 Pat Benatar "Le Bel Age"
#64 Phyllis Nelson "I Like You"
#66 Alarm "Strength"
#67 Isley Jasper Isley "Caravan Of Love"
#68 Alisha "Baby Talk"
#70 Sheena Easton "Jimmy Mack"
#71 OMD "Secret"
#72 Five Star "Let Me Be The One"
#75 Jennifer Rush "The Power Of Love"
#77 Peter Frampton "Lying"
#78 Divinyls "Pleasure And Pain"
#83 Alan Parsons Project "Stereotomy"
#84 Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam "Can You Feel The Beat"
#85 Eurythmics "It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)"
#88 Firm "All the King's Horses"
#90 Talk Talk "Life's What You Make It"
#91 Scritti Politti "Wood Beez"
#92 Klymaxx "The Men All Pause"
#93 Dokken "In My Dreams"
#96 Ray Parker Jr "One Sunny Day"
#97 Jennifer Holliday "No Frills Love"
 
Only mild surprise is the superbowl shuffle. That was everywhere in late 1985/early 1986. Must have lacked record sales to graze the 40.

I bet it would be #1 with today's chart methodology due to youtube streams.
 
FEB 83

EARLIER
Toni Basil "Mickey"
Hall & Oates "Maneater"

Men At Work "Down Under"
Toto "Africa"
Michael Jackson "Billie Jean"

LATER
Patti/James "Baby Come To Me"
Dexy's "Come On Eileen"
Michael Jackson "Beat It"
 
Y'all did better than me!

CORRECT ORDER

Toni Basil "Mickey" #88
Hall & Oates "Maneater" #30
Men At Work "Down Under" #8 (dropped for one week, then went back for one week)
Toto "Africa" #19
Patti/James "Baby Come To Me" #1
Michael Jackson "Billie Jean" #4
Dexy's "Come On Eileen" #31
Michael Jackson "Beat It" #78

green: my candidates
white: on my list and the hot 100
 
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February 26, 1983

40: DON'T TELL ME YOU LOVE ME - NIGHT RANGER
39: POISON ARROW - ABC
38: TIED UP - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
37: MY KIND OF LADY - SUPERTRAMP
36: THE CLAPPING SONG - PIA ZADORA
35: I'M ALIVE - NEIL DIAMOND
34: DREAMIN' IS EASY - STEEL BREEZE
33: THE WOMAN IN ME - DONNA SUMMER
32: I'VE GOT A ROCK 'N' ROLL HEART - ERIC CLAPTON
31: COME ON EILEEN - DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS
30: MANEATER - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
29: SEXUAL HEALING - MARVIN GAYE
28: THE OTHER GUY - LITTLE RIVER BAND
27: FALL IN LOVE WITH ME - EARTH, WIND, & FIRE
26: ON THE LOOSE - SAGA
25: I KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON - FRIDA
24: MR. ROBOTO - STYX
23: BREAKING US IN TWO - JOE JACKSON
22: YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE - PHIL COLLINS
21: ONE ON ONE - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
20: SEPARATE WAYS (WORLDS APART) - JOURNEY
19: AFRICA - TOTO
18: TWILIGHT ZONE - GOLDEN EARRING
17: ALLENTOWN - BILLY JOEL
16: ALL RIGHT - CHRISTOPHER CROSS
15: HEART TO HEART - KENNY LOGGINS
14: YOU ARE - LIONEL RICHIE
13: YOUR LOVE IS DRIVING ME CRAZY - SAMMY HAGAR
12: GOODY TWO SHOES - ADAM ANT
11: BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG - THE PRETENDERS
10: PASS THE DUTCHIE - MUSICAL YOUTH
9: WE'VE GOT TONIGHT - KENNY ROGERS AND SHEENA EASTON
8: DOWN UNDER - MEN AT WORK
7: YOU AND I - EDDIE RABBITT WITH CRYSTAL GAYLE
6: HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF - DURAN DURAN
5: DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT ME - CULTURE CLUB
4: BILLIE JEAN - MICHAEL JACKSON
3: STRAY CAT STRUT - STRAY CATS
2: SHAME ON THE MOON - BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND
1: BABY, COME TO ME - PATTI AUSTIN WITH JAMES INGRAM
 
19 for 83

31: COME ON EILEEN - DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS
30: MANEATER - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
29: SEXUAL HEALING - MARVIN GAYE
23: BREAKING US IN TWO - JOE JACKSON
22: YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE - PHIL COLLINS
20: SEPARATE WAYS (WORLDS APART) - JOURNEY
19: AFRICA - TOTO
18: TWILIGHT ZONE - GOLDEN EARRING
17: ALLENTOWN - BILLY JOEL
15: HEART TO HEART - KENNY LOGGINS
13: YOUR LOVE IS DRIVING ME CRAZY - SAMMY HAGAR
12: GOODY TWO SHOES - ADAM ANT
11: BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG - THE PRETENDERS
10: PASS THE DUTCHIE - MUSICAL YOUTH
8: DOWN UNDER - MEN AT WORK
6: HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF - DURAN DURAN
5: DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT ME - CULTURE CLUB
4: BILLIE JEAN - MICHAEL JACKSON
3: STRAY CAT STRUT - STRAY CATS
 
Good 18
Okay 5
Bad 17

GOODS
40: DON'T TELL ME YOU LOVE ME - NIGHT RANGER
39: POISON ARROW - ABC
31: COME ON EILEEN - DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS
30: MANEATER - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
29: SEXUAL HEALING - MARVIN GAYE
26: ON THE LOOSE - SAGA
25: I KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON - FRIDA
24: MR. ROBOTO - STYX
19: AFRICA - TOTO
18: TWILIGHT ZONE - GOLDEN EARRING
17: ALLENTOWN - BILLY JOEL
13: YOUR LOVE IS DRIVING ME CRAZY - SAMMY HAGAR
12: GOODY TWO SHOES - ADAM ANT
11: BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG - THE PRETENDERS
10: PASS THE DUTCHIE - MUSICAL YOUTH
6: HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF - DURAN DURAN
4: BILLIE JEAN - MICHAEL JACKSON
3: STRAY CAT STRUT - STRAY CATS

OKAYS
23: BREAKING US IN TWO - JOE JACKSON
21: ONE ON ONE - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
20: SEPARATE WAYS (WORLDS APART) - JOURNEY
16: ALL RIGHT - CHRISTOPHER CROSS
2: SHAME ON THE MOON - BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND

36: THE CLAPPING SONG - PIA ZADORA

This goes on forever! And that's not a good thing.

19: AFRICA - TOTO

My guess

4: BILLIE JEAN - MICHAEL JACKSON

Someone else guessed this.

1: BABY, COME TO ME - PATTI AUSTIN WITH JAMES INGRAM

Someone else guessed this.

NOTE: ONE WEEK OFF
Will never get into the top 40
#46 Weather Girls "It's Raining Men"
#48 Don Henley "I Can't Stand Still"
#49 Evelyn Champagne King "Betcha She Don't Love You"
#50 Melissa Manchester "Nice Girls"
#51 Ric Ocasek "Something To Grab For"
#57 Clash "Should I Stay Or Should I Go"
#58 Janet Jackson "Come Give Your Love to Me"
#59 Firefall "Always"
#60 Felony "The Fanatic"
#61 Dionne Warwick "Take the Short Way Home"
#63 Marty Balin "What Love Is"
#64 John Hall Band "Love Me Again"
#67 J Geils Band "Land of a Thousand Dances"
#68 Robert John "Bread and Butter"
#72 Randy Newman & Paul Simon "The Blues"
#73 Psychedelic Furs "Love My Way"
#74 Crosby Stills & Nash "Too Much Love to Hide"
#75 John Anderson "Swingin'"
#77 Toni Basil "Shoppin' from A to Z"
#79 Berlin "Sex (I'm A)"
#80 Yaz "Only You"
#81 Mac McAnally "Minimum Love"
#82 Gentle Persuasion "Please Mr Postman"
#83 Robert Hazard "Escalator Of Life"
#84 Single Bullet Theory "Keep It Tight"
#87 Billy Squier "She's A Runner"
#89 Poco "Shoot for the Moon"
#90 System "You Are in My System"
#92 Missing Persons "Windows"
#94 Donald Fagen "New Frontier"
#95 Neil Young "Little Thing Called Love"
#99 Rachel Sweet "Voo Doo"
 
Twenty.

40: DON'T TELL ME YOU LOVE ME - NIGHT RANGER
39: POISON ARROW - ABC (Didn’t like it at the time.)
31: COME ON EILEEN - DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS (Iew.)
30: MANEATER - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
29: SEXUAL HEALING - MARVIN GAYE
26: ON THE LOOSE - SAGA
25: I KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON - FRIDA
24: MR. ROBOTO - STYX
23: BREAKING US IN TWO - JOE Jackson (Didn’t like it at the time.)
22: YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE - PHIL COLLINS (Cheesy nostalgia.)
19: AFRICA - TOTO
18: TWILIGHT ZONE - GOLDEN EARRING
17: ALLENTOWN - BILLY JOEL
13: YOUR LOVE IS DRIVING ME CRAZY - SAMMY HAGAR
12: GOODY TWO SHOES - ADAM ANT
11: BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG - THE PRETENDERS
10: PASS THE DUTCHIE - MUSICAL YOUTH
8: DOWN UNDER - MEN AT WORK
6: HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF - DURAN DURAN
3: STRAY CAT STRUT - STRAY CATS
 
2. SHAME ON THE MOON - BOB SEGER

I’m always wondering how this song made it to #2… In that year, against all those songs.

I like the song, but there’s so many others that seemed to get more airplay at the time. Who knows.
 
Phil Collins' You Can't Hurry Love is a remake of a 1966 number-one hit by the Supremes. The song was written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland and has been recorded by more than a hundred artists including James Last, Lou Christie, Melanie, Bette Midler, Phil Seymour, Boyzone, the Four Tops and the Jackson 5. Mister Hectic likes the Stray Cats so he might like their version of [You Can't Hurry Love – or he might not. It's the B-side of their debut single Rock This Town, which was released on January 29, 1981 and finally charted more than a year and a half later, peaking at #9 in December 1982.

 
25 good/ok for 1983:

39: POISON ARROW - ABC
32: I'VE GOT A ROCK 'N' ROLL HEART - ERIC CLAPTON
31: COME ON EILEEN - DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS
30: MANEATER - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
28: THE OTHER GUY - LITTLE RIVER BAND
26: ON THE LOOSE - SAGA
25: I KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON - FRIDA
24: MR. ROBOTO - STYX
23: BREAKING US IN TWO - JOE JACKSON
22: YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE - PHIL COLLINS
20: SEPARATE WAYS (WORLDS APART) - JOURNEY
19: AFRICA - TOTO
18: TWILIGHT ZONE - GOLDEN EARRING
17: ALLENTOWN - BILLY JOEL
16: ALL RIGHT - CHRISTOPHER CROSS
14: YOU ARE - LIONEL RICHIE
12: GOODY TWO SHOES - ADAM ANT
11: BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG - THE PRETENDERS
10: PASS THE DUTCHIE - MUSICAL YOUTH
8: DOWN UNDER - MEN AT WORK
6: HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF - DURAN DURAN
5: DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT ME - CULTURE CLUB
4: BILLIE JEAN - MICHAEL JACKSON
3: STRAY CAT STRUT - STRAY CATS
2: SHAME ON THE MOON - BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND
 
Aaron said:
2. SHAME ON THE MOON - BOB SEGER

I’m always wondering how this song made it to #2… In that year, against all those songs.

I like the song, but there’s so many others that seemed to get more airplay at the time. Who knows.
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It got lots of airplay in Regina, SK.
 
Channel98 said:
Phil Collins' You Can't Hurry Love is a remake of a 1966 number-one hit by the Supremes. The song was written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland and has been recorded by more than a hundred artists including James Last, Lou Christie, Melanie, Bette Midler, Phil Seymour, Boyzone, the Four Tops and the Jackson 5. Mister Hectic likes the Stray Cats so he might like their version of [You Can't Hurry Love – or he might not. It's the B-side of their debut single Rock This Town, which was released on January 29, 1981 and finally charted more than a year and a half later, peaking at #9 in December 1982.

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They didn't add much to it.
 
I love this acoustic version by Sophie Marks & Stories. You might like it too, Mister Hectic. Marks, who is of Indian and Portuguese descent, released her first album soon after graduating from Berklee College of Music in May 2018. She included You Can't Hurry Love on her February 2020 CD Stories, Vol. 5. So far she has released 28 volumes of Stories CDs as well as several singles,

 
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