80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

[MonoStereo]

1983/10/15
(16) 11: TELEFONE (LONG DISTANCE LOVE AFFAIR) – SHEENA EASTON

"She used to do stuff like this, that you might hear in a Crystal Light commercial...a few years later, she meets Prince. And the next thing you know, she's doing songs about her pussy." - Me, in the car earlier today

 

[Jon]

"She used to do stuff like this, that you might hear in a Crystal Light commercial...a few years later, she meets Prince. And the next thing you know, she's doing songs about her pussy." - Me, in the car earlier today

I remember 'Strut' being in a health club advertisement back in the 80's.

 

[MonoStereo]

I remember 'Strut' being in a health club advertisement back in the 80's.

I think I do, too - I wanna say they were for Bally's Gym. I guess that was the transitional period between "I date someone who gets to work on mass transit" and "you wouldn't believe how good my hoo-hah feels".

 

[MonoStereo]

Also - confirmed.

 

[Jon]

Therein lies the reason for my childhood crush.

 

[HecticArt]

Therein lies the reason for my childhood crush.

Precisely!
One just sounds more compelling than the other.

 

[sadchild]

Good 24
Okay 7
Bad 9

Viva 1983!

19: TONIGHT I CELEBRATE MY LOVE - PEABO BRYSON & ROBERTA FLACK

Songwriting session, early 1983:

"Tonight, there'll be no distance between us. Because of where I'll be sticking my-"
NO! *ERASE ERASE ERASE* "What I want most to do is to get close to you tonight."
BUT THAT DOESN'T RHYME!
OH DO SHUT UP!

11: TELEFONE (LONG DISTANCE LOVE AFFAIR) - SHEENA EASTON

I used to think this was "no more business love affair" - which also works.

5: ISLANDS IN THE STREAM - KENNY ROGERS & DOLLY PARTON

1: TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART - BONNIE TYLER

All three of us picked this.

#84 Genesis "Mama"

HAHA!
haha.
eowww.

Won't reach the top 40
#43 Donna Summer "Unconditional Love"
#60 Quaterflash "Take Another Picture"
#63 Commodores "Only You"
#64 SOS Band "Just Be Good To Me"
#67 Klique "Stop Doggin' Me Around"
#68 Tubes "The Monkey Time"
#69 Glenn Shorrock "Doin't Girls Get Lonely"
#71 Herbie Hancock "Rockit"
#74 Anne Murray "A Little Good News"
#75 Roman Holliday "Don't Try to Stop It"
#77 Paul Young "Wherever I Lay My Hat"
#79 Pointer Sisters "I Need You"
#83 Cee Farrow "Should I Love You"
#84 Genesis "Mama"
#85 AC/DC "Guns For Hire"
#88 Carly Simon "You Know What to Do"
#90 New Edition "Is This the End"
#92 Cliff Richard "Never Say Die"
#96 Heart "How Can I Refuse"
#98 Wham "Bad Boys"
#98 Kansas "Fight Fire With Fire"
#99 Al Jarreau "Trouble in Paradise"
#100 Animals "The Night"

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Won't reach the top 40
#71 Herbie Hancock "Rockit"

This week's mild surprise.

 

[sadchild]

#100 Animals "The Night"

BTW this one fell a "whopping" 43 spots from last week. I think it hit its head on the diving board on the way down too.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

BTW this one fell a "whopping" 43 spots from last week. I think it hit its head on the diving board on the way down too.

I thought "The Animals" were long since dead with their one hit being "House Of The Rising Sun" in 1964. However, looking at the discography this is another artist which has been incorrectly slotted into the OHW category. Several other hits in top 40. Of course, I have heard none of them since they are never played anymore.

 

[Channel98]

The Animals had 13 top-40 hits including Don't Bring Me Down, San Franciscan Nights, See See Rider, It's My Life, Help Me Girl, We Gotta Get Out Of This Place and Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood. Teri and I saw the Animals live in concert in 1999. Eric Burdon sounded fine on the uptempo songs but when he sang a ballad it was obvious he was drunk. He slurred his words and at one point even forgot some of the lyrics and asked the audience to sing!

 

[Aaron]

Yeah the Animals had plenty good songs in the 1960’s. Classic Rock mostly plays one.

 

[scotchandcigar]

We Gotta Get Out Of This Place

According to the musical I just saw, this was written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. They offered it to The Monkees, but they chose Carole King's Pleasant Valley Sunday instead. So it ended up with The Animals.

 

[Channel98]

Some musical trivia I didn't know! I know Janet Jackson turned down How Will I Know, which became a number-one hit for Whitney Houston, and Céline Dion turned down I Don't Want To Miss A Thing, which became a number-one hit for Aerosmith.

Husband-and-wife songwriting team Felice and Boudleaux Bryant wrote Bye Bye Love in 1956. The song was turned down by 30 artists including Elvis Presley and the country duo Johnnie (Wright) & Jack (Anglin). Finally, in March 1957, the Everly Brothers recorded it – and it went to #2 on the Top 100, number one on the country chart and #5 on the R&B chart.

 

[seasalt43]

Also - confirmed.

I hadn't seen this in years....

 

[seasalt43]

"She used to do stuff like this, that you might hear in a Crystal Light commercial...a few years later, she meets Prince. And the next thing you know, she's doing songs about her pussy." - Me, in the car earlier today

I stumbled upon a video that chronicled the beginning of her career. I guess sales started to dip so the execs made her go the "sex symbol" route.

 

[seasalt43]

19: TONIGHT I CELEBRATE MY LOVE - PEABO BRYSON & ROBERTA FLACK

Songwriting session, early 1983:

"Tonight, there'll be no distance between us. Because of where I'll be sticking my-"
NO! *ERASE ERASE ERASE* "What I want most to do is to get close to you tonight."
BUT THAT DOESN'T RHYME!
OH DO SHUT UP!

11: TELEFONE (LONG DISTANCE LOVE AFFAIR) - SHEENA EASTON

I used to think this was "no more business love affair" - which also works.

It sure does....

Won't reach the top 40
#43 Donna Summer "Unconditional Love"

I really liked this one.

#64 SOS Band "Just Be Good To Me"

The was huge in the UK.

#71 Herbie Hancock "Rockit"

This is crazy considering the amount of video airplay.

#74 Anne Murray "A Little Good News"

The is the track that discovered bubbled under after falling out of the 100.

#90 New Edition "Is This the End"

The was a popular on my town's old Urban station.

 

[Channel98]

Hey, Mon, the background vocalists on Donna Summer's Unconditional Love were not credited. They were the Musical Youth, a British reggae quintet. Their 1982 song Pass The Dutchie was adapted from the Mighty Diamonds' Pass The Kouchie – look it up – and went to number one in the UK and #10 in the US.

 

[seasalt43]

Here's the US Bubbling Under The HOT 100 For Week Ending 10/15/83:

TW	LW	Artist	Title	Record Company	Week on Chart	Hot 100 Debut	Peak
101	-	Jennifer Holliday	I Am Love	Warner Bros.	1	10/22/83 #89	49
102	102	Billy Idol	Dancing With Myself	Chrysalis	6	-	102
103	105	Joe "Bean" Esposito	Lady, Lady, Lady	Casablanca	2	10/22/83 #91	86
104	109	Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings	Take It To The Limit	Columbia	2	-	102
105	-	Survivor	Caught In The Game	Scotti Bros. (Epic)	1	10/22/83 #95	77
106	-	Four Tops	I Just Can't Walk Away	Motown	1	10/22/83 #93	71
107	110	Miquel Brown	So Many Men, So Little Time	TSR	2	-	107
108	106	Alabama	Lady Down On Love	RCA	3	10/29/83 #87	76
109	108	Madonna	Holiday	Sire	2	10/29/83 #88	16
110	107	Dave Edmunds	Information	Columbia	5	-	106

Playlist:

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

102

102

Billy Idol

Dancing With Myself

Chrysalis

6

-

102

Shocking.