80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

Good 15
Okay 4
Bad 21

My stream died during #5 so I didn't actually get to listen to the top 4.

39: SHOCK THE MONKEY – PETER GABRIEL

Love it but the end goes on forever, like "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic". Just end it already.

16: HEART ATTACK – OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN

My wife had one of those "don't think I've heard this since the 80s" moments.

7: DIRTY LAUNDRY – DON HENLEY

Another song that's good but won't friggin' end.

6: STEPPIN’ OUT – JOE JACKSON

One of my "Lobster songs".

For anyone who doesn't know the definition of a "Lobster song".

5: THE GIRL IS MINE – MICHAEL JACKSON & PAUL McCARTNEY

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4: TRULY – LIONEL RICHIE

My friend's old room mate chose this. I'd forgotten about it. It was #1 last week.

1: MICKEY – TONI BASIL

My guess. And my friend's kid's guess. It was only #1 for a single week. #nailedit #feelingproud #feelinglikeabigmusicgeek

I'll do the "won't reach the top 40" later.
 
1982

Will never reach the top 40
#41 Chilliwack "Whatcha Gonna Do"
#46 Charlene/Stevie Wonder "Used To Be"
#47 Joni Mitchell "(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care"
#49 Michael McDonald "I Gotta Try"
#52 Bill Conti "Theme From Dynasty"
#53 George Harrison "Wake Up My Love"
#55 Luther Vandross "Bad Boy/Having a Party"
#58 America "Right Before Your Eyes"
#60 Motels "Forever Mine"
#61 Sonny Charles "Put It In A Magazine"
#66 Alan Parsons Project "Psychobabble"
#67 Santana "Nowhere to Run"
#69 Missing Persons "Destination Unknown"
#73 Glenn Frey "All Those Lies"
#75 Lanier & Co "After I Cry Tonight"
#76 Lee Ritenour "Cross My Heart"
#79 Commodores "Painted Picture"
#82 Wolf (Bill Wolfer) "Papa Was A Rolling Stone"
#83 Steve Miller Band "Give It Up"
#84 Rodway "Don't Stop Trying"
#86 Spinners "Funny How Time Slips Away"
#87 Judas Priest "You've Got Another Thing Comin'"
#89 Robert Plant "Pledge Pin"
#91 Fixx "Stand Or Fall"
#94 Kenny Rogers "A Love Song"
#97 Sheena Easton "I Wouldn't Beg for Water"
 
sadchild said:
Will never reach the top 40
#41 Chilliwack "Whatcha Gonna Do"
#87 Judas Priest "You've Got Another Thing Comin'"
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The Chiiiwack one surprises me. And to get stuck @ #41 has to suck.

The Judas Priest one does surprise me but doesn't. Hard rock doesn't do well on the pop charts usually.
 
The 10 songs below the 100 from 12/11/1982:

Bubbling Under The Hot 100

#101 - "Nasty Girls" Vanity 6 - (peaked at this position)
#102 - "Got to be There" Chaka Khan (peaked at #67, #5 R&B)
#103 - "Doo Wah Diddy" Zapp (peaked at this position, #10 R&B)
#104 - "If This World Were Mine" Cheryl Lynn (peaked at #101, #4 R&B)
#105 - "Shoot for the Moon" Poco (peaked at #50)
#106 - "Peek a Boo" Devo (peaked at this position, #13 Dance)
#107 - "Jump" Loverboy (peaked at #101)
#108 - "Young Love" Janet Jackson (peaked at #64, #6 R&B)
#109 - "It's Raining Men" The Weather Girls (peaked at #46, #1 Dance, #2 UK)
#110 - "He was Really Saying Something" Bananarama (peaked at #108, #5 UK)

Comments:
  • This is the seventh week "Nasty Girls" appeared at #101. It started bubbling on 10/2/82. It will drop to #102 next week and stay there for weeks then disappear.
  • Cheryl Lynn and Vanity were both bubbling seven weeks ago: 10/23/82
Playlist:
 
IdRatherBeSkiing said:
Hard rock doesn't do well on the pop charts usually.
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1988 - 1992 are the exception with lots of songs from bands like Metallica, Motley Crue, Aerosmith, Poison, Alice Cooper, Winger, Cinderella, Guns N Roses, Bon Jovi, Faith No More, Lita Ford, Def Leppard, Nirvana generally scattered across the Hot 100.
 
sadchild said:
1988 - 1992 are the exception with lots of songs from bands like Metallica, Motley Crue, Aerosmith, Poison, Alice Cooper, Winger, Cinderella, Guns N Roses, Bon Jovi, Faith No More, Lita Ford, Def Leppard, Nirvana generally scattered across the Hot 100.
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Have you seen the other "hits" posing as music in the same era?
 
Yep. That's why I'm grateful for the hard rock hits. If it weren't for them, the Hot 100 would be as shitty as it was this year!

Speaking of the Hot 100, half of the top 20 is already decades-old holiday songs again. In 10 years, the biggest "hits" of all time will all be old Christmas songs...

2018:
1. The Twist – 1960. Chubby Checker
2. Smooth – 1999. Santana
3. Mack the Knife – 1959. Bobby Darin

2028:
1. All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah (999 weeks in the top 40)
2. Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee (998 weeks in the top 40)
3. A Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives (997 weeks in the top 40)
 
1989

EARLIER
Poison "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" 88/89
Phil Collins "Two Hearts"
Bobby Brown "My Prerogative"
Paula Abdul "Straight Up"
Fine Young Cannibals "She Drives Me Crazy"
Tiffany "All This Time"
Debbie Gibson "Lost In Your Eyes"
Bangles "Eternal Flame"
Roxette "The Look"
Bon Jovi "I'll Be There For You"
Paula Abdul "Forever Your Girl"
Simply Red "If You Don't Know Me By Now"
Bette Midler "Wind Beneath My Wings"
Martika "Toy Soldiers"
Milli Vanilli "Baby Don't Forget My Number"
Richard Marx "Satisfied"
Fine Young Cannibals "Good Thing"
Prince "Batdance"
New Kids On The Block "Hanging Tough"
Richard Marx "Right Here Waiting"
Paula Abdul "Cold Hearted"
Roxette "Listen To Your Heart"
New Kids On The Block "I'll Be Loving You Forever"
Milli Vanilli "Girl I'm Gonna Miss You"
Bad English "When I See You Smile"
Billy Joel "We Didn't Start The Fire"
Milli Vanilli "Blame It On The Rain"

Phil Collins "Another Day In Paradise" 89/90
 
Results. My order is off, but I named them all from Sept 23 on.

EARLIER
Roxette "Listen To Your Heart" #44
New Kids On The Block "I'll Be Loving You Forever" (a May peak, oops)
Milli Vanilli "Girl I'm Gonna Miss You" #87
Janet Jackson "Miss You Much" #56
Bad English "When I See You Smile" #24
Billy Joel "We Didn't Start The Fire" #1
Milli Vanilli "Blame It On The Rain" #6

CANDIDATE
Phil Collins "Another Day In Paradise" 89/90 #2
 
Don't have the top 40 to analyze, but I have a ton of info about the bottom 60 this week. So I'll start there.

Will never get into the top 40
#52 Jaya "If You Leave Me Now"
#55 Eric Clapton "Pretending"
#57 Fiona/Kip Winger "Everything You Do (You're Sexing Me)"
#62 Lil Louis "French Kiss"
#63 Pajama Party "Over and Over"
#64 Bonham "Wait For You"
#66 Kiss "Hide Your Heart"
#69 DJ Jazzy Jeff/Fresh Prince "I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson"
#71 Saraya "Back To The Bullet"
#73 Marcia Griffiths "Electric Boogie"
#74 Cure "Lullaby"
#75 Starship "I Didn't Mean to Stay All Night"
#76 Christopher Max "Serious Kinda Girl"
#77 Chunky A "Owwww!"
#78 Stevie B "Girl I Am Searching For You"
#80 Safire "I Will Survive"
#81 Michael Morales "I Don't Know"
#82 Neneh Cherry "Heart"
#85 Shooting Star "Touch Me Tonight"
#86 Diving For Pearls "I Don't Want To Cry"
#89 Christopher Williams "Talk To Myself"
#90 Sharon Bryant "Foolish Heart"
#92 Alarm "Sold Me Down The River"
#96 Dino "Never 2 Much of U"
#97 Hooters "500 Miles"
#99 Fine Young Cannibals "I'm Not the Man I Used to Be"
#100 White Lion "Radar Love"

Won't get into the top 40 in the 1980s, but will in the 1990s
#43 Shana "I Want You"
#49 Young MC "Principal's Office"
#51 Motley Crue "Kickstart My Heart"
#53 Tina Turner "Steamy Windows"
#54 Michel'le "No More Lies"
#59 Poco "Nothin' To Hide"
#60 Cover Girls "We Can't Go Wrong"
#65 Roxette "Dangerous"
#67 Tears For Fears "Woman In Chains"
#68 Gloria Estefan "Here We Are"
#72 Paula Abdul "Opposite Attract"
#83 Smithereens "A Girl Like You"
#84 Depeche Mode "Personal Jesus"
#91 D-Mob/Cathy Dennis "C'mon And Get My Love"

Will only hear when the VJ 40 plays the very last chart of the 1980s (next week's chart)
#41 -> #32 Babyface "Tender Lover"
#42 -> #34 Eddie Money "Peace In Our Time"
#46 -> #38 Chicago "What Kind Of Man Would I Be"
#47 -> #39 Michael Damien "Was It Nothing At All"
#50 -> #40 Expose "Tell Me Why"
 
#51 Motley Crue "Kickstart My Heart"

If I'd made my list of 333 fav songs of all ever ten years earlier, this would have been on it. It is on my 700+ expanded list though.

#57 Fiona/Kip Winger "Everything You Do (You're Sexing Me)"

Wow forgot about this forgettable collab. I think I heard it twice back in the day, and not since.

#64 Bonham "Wait For You"

Total Zep rip-off but his dad was in the band so I'll give him a pass. Fortunately it's a real good song, not like Greta Van Fuckingawful.

#66 Kiss "Hide Your Heart"

Great story-song!

#69 DJ Jazzy Jeff/Fresh Prince "I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson"

Still really enjoy this one.

One punch, that's all it took (oooh)
He hit me in my ribs and my insides shook
Now how can I say this and be a little discreet?
Let's just say that my bowels released

#73 Marcia Griffiths "Electric Boogie"

See "most hated songs" thread.

#74 Cure "Lullaby"
#84 Depeche Mode "Personal Jesus"

See "sadchild's 333 fav songs of all ever" thread

#76 Christopher Max "Serious Kinda Girl"

No wiki page, hardly a word about him on the internet!

#77 Chunky A "Owwww!"

This is Arsenio Hall. I know this because one of my high school friends liked this song (and probably still does). Sounds kinda like a parody of Cameo "Word Up".

#80 Safire "I Will Survive"

Terribly dated (and terrible) remake of the Gloria Gaynor hit.
 
12/16/89

1 1 WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE – Billy Joel
2 2 ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE – Phil Collins
3 5 DON’T KNOW MUCH – Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville
4 6 BACK TO LIFE – Soul II Soul Featuring Caron Wheeler
5 8 WITH EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART – Taylor Dayne
6 3 BLAME IT ON THE RAIN – Milli Vanilli
7 10 PUMP UP THE JAM – Technotronic Featuring Felly
8 13 RHYTHM NATION – Janet Jackson
9 14 LIVING IN SIN – Bon Jovi
10 17 JUST LIKE JESSE JAMES – Cher
11 12 DON’T CLOSE YOUR EYES – Kix
12 4 (IT’S JUST) THE WAY THAT YOU LOVE ME – Paula Abdul
13 22 THIS ONE’S FOR THE CHILDREN – New Kids On The Block
14 7 ANGELIA – Richard Marx
15 18 EVERYTHING – Jody Watley
16 26 HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO LIVE WITHOUT YOU – Michael Bolton
17 9 LOVE SHACK – The B-52’s
18 11 LEAVE A LIGHT ON – Belinda Carlisle
19 23 SWING THE MOOD – Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers
20 20 LOVE SONG – Tesla
21 24 JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME – Lou Gramm
22 21 THE LAST WORTHLESS EVENING – Don Henley
23 28 FREE FALLIN’ – Tom Petty
24 15 WHEN I SEE YOU SMILE – Bad English
25 33 WHEN THE NIGHT COMES – Joe Cocker
26 31 ROCK AND A HARD PLACE – Rolling Stones
27 30 OH FATHER – Madonna
28 38 TWO TO MAKE IT RIGHT – Seduction
29 25 DON’T MAKE ME OVER – Sybil
30 36 DOWNTOWN TRAIN – Rod Stewart
31 32 I LIVE BY THE GROOVE – Paul Carrack
32 16 POISON – Alice Cooper
33 27 BUST A MOVE – Young M.C.
34 40 I REMEMBER YOU – Skid Row
35 19 DON’T SHUT ME OUT – Kevin Paige
36 39 THE ARMS OF ORION – Prince & Sheena Easton
37 42 I’LL BE GOOD TO YOU – Quincy Jones Featuring Ray Charles & Chaka Khan
38 37 ME SO HORNY – 2 Live Crew
39 41 FOOL FOR YOUR LOVING – Whitesnake
40 49 JANIE’S GOT A GUN – Aerosmith

THIS WEEKS DROPS:

44 35 LISTEN TO YOUR HEART – Roxette
45 29 GET ON YOUR FEET – Gloria Estefan
48 34 THE ANGEL SONG – Great White
 
Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers reached #11 on the Hot 100 in January 1990 with Swing The Mood, which sampled Glenn Miller's In The Mood, Chubby Checker's Let's Twist Again and seven 1950s rock'n'roll hits including Rock Around The Clock and Wake Up Little Susie. The recording also included three Elvis Presley songs sung by Elvis impersonator Pete Willcox. RCA refused to allow Presley's recordings to be sampled. Here is a video showing Willcox's many guest roles on television series and his stage show featuring impersonators of Dean Martin, Tony Bennett, Tom Jones, Willie Nelson, Sammy Davis Jr. and many others:

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