80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

NOTE: ONE WEEK OFF
Will never reach the top 40
#41 Linda Clifford "Red Light"
#47 Ray Goodman & Brown "My Prayer"
#48 Peter Gabriel "Games Without Frontiers"
#54 Split Enz "I Got You"
#55 Journey "Good Morning Girl/Stay Awhile"
#56 Chicago "Thunder And Lightning"
#57 O'Jays "Girl, Don't Let It Get You Down"
#58 Kings "Switchin' To Glide/This Beat Goes On"
#60 Genesis "Turn It On Again"
#63 Amii Stewart & Johnny Bristol "My Guy/My Girl"
#64 Earth Wind & Fire "Let Me Talk"
#65 Ali Thomson "Live Every Minute"
#66 Allman Brothers Band "Angeline"
#74 Commodores "Heroes"
#78 Eddie Money "Running Back"
#87 Kurtis Blow "The Breaks (Part 1)"
#88 Dynasty "I've Just Begun To Love You"
#90 Frank Stallone "Case Of You"
#91 Chic "Rebels Are We"
#95 Pat Benatar "You Better Run"
#97 Deliverance "Leaving LA"
#98 Jay Black "The Part Of Me That Needs You Most"
#100 Mickey Gilley "True Love Ways"
 
sadchild said:
NOTE: ONE WEEK OFF
Will never reach the top 40
#48 Peter Gabriel "Games Without Frontiers"
#54 Split Enz "I Got You"
#58 Kings "Switchin' To Glide/This Beat Goes On"
#95 Pat Benatar "You Better Run"
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This week's surprises (2 of which I think because not a Canadian chart).
 
Games Without Frontiers reached #7 in Canada. Kate Bush sings the title in French several times. Producer Steve Lilllywhite – please don't make fun of his name – told the British music magazine Uncut, "We had someone else sing the 'jeux sans frontières' line and we realized the accent wasn't so great so Peter decided to ask Kate down. It was easy and great fun." He has never identified the original female vocalist.

Jeux Sans Frontières was an international competition that aired on television throught Europe and the UK from 1965 to 1999. Here is an episode from 1980. It's in French but even if you don't understand the language, the crazy games are still fun to watch.

 
#48 Peter Gabriel "Games Without Frontiers" - Surprise
#54 Split Enz "I Got You" - A Little Bit of a Surprise
#58 Kings "Switchin' To Glide/This Beat Goes On" - A Little Bit of a Surprise
#95 Pat Benatar "You Better Run" - Surprise
 
Slim pickin's: 12

(43) 37. WHIP IT - DEVO
(46) 33. DREAMER - SUPERTRAMP
(62) 32. MASTER BLASTER (JAMMIN') - STEVIE WONDER
(23) 20. LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME - BOZ SCAGGS
(19) 19. DON'T ASK ME WHY - BILLY JOEL
(15) 13. ALL OVER THE WORLD - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
( 8) 12. FAME - IRENE CARA
(16) 11. REAL LOVE - THE DOOBIE BROTHERS - meh
(11) 10. XANADU - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN/ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
(10) 8. I'M ALRIGHT - KENNY LOGGINS
( 6) 6. LATE IN THE EVENING - PAUL SIMON
( 3) 1. ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST - QUEEN *
 
OCT 88

EARLIER
Michael Jackson "Dirty Diana"
Richard Marx "Hold On To The Nights"
George Michael "One More Try"
Bobby McFerrin "Don't Worry Be Happy"

Guns N Roses "Sweet Child O Mine"
Def Leppard "Love Bites"
Beach Boys "Kokomo"
Phil Collins "A Groovy Kind Of Love"

LATER
Bon Jovi "Bad Medicine"
Escape Club "Wild Wild West"
Chicago "Look Away"
Poison "Every Rose"
 
More than 70 artists have recorded Don't Worry, Be Happy. Seven versions, including Bobby McFerrin's original, are a-cappella. (They don't have to pay for musicians that way.) Here is a version by Nikka Costa & Scary Pockets, a Los Angeles funk band led by Jack Conte and Ryan Lerman. This is from their album Funk Box, released November 19, 2018:

 
October 8th, 1988:

40: WHEN IT'S LOVE - VAN HALEN
39: DANCE LITTLE SISTER - TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY
38: PERFECT WORLD - HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS
37: DESIRE - U2
36: HOW CAN I FALL - BREATHE
35: INDESTRUCTIBLE - THE FOUR TOPS
34: DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT (TILL IT'S GONE) - CINDERELLA
33: TIME AND TIDE - BASIA
32: ANOTHER LOVER - GIANT STEPS
31: SUPERSTITIOUS - EUROPE
30: IT WOULD TAKE A STRONG STRONG MAN - RICK ASTLEY
29: STAYING TOGETHER - DEBBIE GIBSON
28: NOBODY'S FOOL (THEME FROM "CADDYSHACK II") - KENNY LOGGINS
27: A NIGHTMARE ON MY STREET - DJ JAZZY JEFF & THE FRESH PRINCE
26: BAD MEDICINE - BON JOVI
25: KOKOMO - THE BEACH BOYS
24: WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET - BRENDA K. STARR
23: SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE - ROBERT PALMER
22: ONE MOMENT IN TIME - WHITNEY HOUSTON
21: CHAINS OF LOVE - ERASURE
20: WILD WILD WEST - ESCAPE CLUB
19: THE LOCO-MOTION - KYLIE MINOGUE
18: NEVER TEAR US APART - INXS
17: IF IT ISN'T LOVE - NEW EDITION
16: SWEET CHILD OF MINE - GUNS 'N' ROSES
15: TRUE LOVE - GLENN FREY
14: FOREVER YOUNG - ROD STEWART
13: DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT THE NIGHT CAN DO - STEVE WINWOOD
12: FALLEN ANGEL - POISON
11: DON'T BE CRUEL - BOBBY BROWN
10: PLEASE DON'T GO GIRL - NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
9: WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND - INFORMATION SOCIETY
8: I HATE MYSELF FOR LOVING YOU - JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS
7: I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - TAYLOR DAYNE
6: GROOVY KIND OF LOVE - PHIL COLLINS
5: ONE GOOD WOMAN - PETER CETERA
4: DON'T BE CRUEL - CHEAP TRICK
3: DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY - BOBBY McFERRIN
2: RED RED WINE - UB40
1: LOVE BITES - DEF LEPPARD
 
Sixteen

40: WHEN IT'S LOVE - VAN HALEN - Just OK
37: DESIRE - U2
34: DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT (TILL IT'S GONE) - CINDERELLA - I never liked his voice.
26: BAD MEDICINE - BON JOVI
23: SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE - ROBERT PALMER
21: CHAINS OF LOVE - ERASURE
20: WILD WILD WEST - ESCAPE CLUB
18: NEVER TEAR US APART - INXS
16: SWEET CHILD OF MINE - GUNS 'N' ROSES
14: FOREVER YOUNG - ROD STEWART - At the low end of the Meh scale.
9: WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND - INFORMATION SOCIETY
8: I HATE MYSELF FOR LOVING YOU - JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS
4: DON'T BE CRUEL - CHEAP TRICK
3: DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY - BOBBY McFERRIN - It was pretty groundbreaking for a pop song, and super catchy, but they drove this one into the ground quickly.
2: RED RED WINE - UB40 - Meh
1: LOVE BITES - DEF LEPPARD
 
13 good/ok from 1988:


37: DESIRE - U2
26: BAD MEDICINE - BON JOVI
25: KOKOMO - THE BEACH BOYS
23: SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE - ROBERT PALMER
20: WILD WILD WEST - ESCAPE CLUB
18: NEVER TEAR US APART - INXS
16: SWEET CHILD OF MINE - GUNS 'N' ROSES
14: FOREVER YOUNG - ROD STEWART
8: I HATE MYSELF FOR LOVING YOU - JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS
4: DON'T BE CRUEL - CHEAP TRICK
3: DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY - BOBBY McFERRIN What Hectic said
2: RED RED WINE - UB40
1: LOVE BITES - DEF LEPPARD
 
Great/good/ok: 23

*****
40: WHEN IT'S LOVE - VAN HALEN
36: HOW CAN I FALL - BREATHE
28: NOBODY'S FOOL (THEME FROM "CADDYSHACK II") - KENNY LOGGINS
27: A NIGHTMARE ON MY STREET - DJ JAZZY JEFF & THE FRESH PRINCE
23: SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE - ROBERT PALMER
20: WILD WILD WEST - ESCAPE CLUB
16: SWEET CHILD OF MINE - GUNS 'N' ROSES
14: FOREVER YOUNG - ROD STEWART
12: FALLEN ANGEL - POISON
11: DON'T BE CRUEL - BOBBY BROWN
9: WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND - INFORMATION SOCIETY
8: I HATE MYSELF FOR LOVING YOU - JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS
1: LOVE BITES - DEF LEPPARD

****
26: BAD MEDICINE - BON JOVI
25: KOKOMO - THE BEACH BOYS
18: NEVER TEAR US APART - INXS
13: DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT THE NIGHT CAN DO - STEVE WINWOOD

***
34: DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT - CINDERELLA the rest of the album is better
21: CHAINS OF LOVE - ERASURE
5: ONE GOOD WOMAN - PETER CETERA
4: DON'T BE CRUEL - CHEAP TRICK
3: DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY - BOBBY McFERRIN
2: RED RED WINE - UB40

**
38: PERFECT WORLD - HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS
37: DESIRE - U2
35: INDESTRUCTIBLE - THE FOUR TOPS
33: TIME AND TIDE - BASIA
32: ANOTHER LOVER - GIANT STEPS
24: WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET - BRENDA K. STARR
22: ONE MOMENT IN TIME - WHITNEY HOUSTON
17: IF IT ISN'T LOVE - NEW EDITION
15: TRUE LOVE - GLENN FREY

*
39: DANCE LITTLE SISTER - TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY what the hell is this crap?
31: SUPERSTITIOUS - EUROPE
30: IT WOULD TAKE A STRONG STRONG MAN - RICK ASTLEY
29: STAYING TOGETHER - DEBBIE GIBSON
19: THE LOCO-MOTION - KYLIE MINOGUE
10: PLEASE DON'T GO GIRL - NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
7: I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - TAYLOR DAYNE
6: GROOVY KIND OF LOVE - PHIL COLLINS
 
Since Billboard now doesn't let subscribers see the full Hot 100, I can't see 41-100 and that now makes it tough for me to do

* Won't make the top 40
* Correct order (of #1s)
 
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