80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

Will never get into the top 40
#48 Jeffrey Osborne "We're Going All The Way"
#49 Genesis "Illegal Alien"
#52 Debarge "Love Me In A Special Way"
#55 Shannon "Give Me Tonight"
#57 John Lennon "I'm Steppin' Out"
#58 Billy Rankin "Baby Come Back"
#59 Mr Mister "Hunters Of The Night"
#61 Spandau Ballet "Communication"
#65 Cameo "She's Strange"
#67 Missing Persons "Give"
#69 Nik Kershaw "Wouldn't It Be Good"
#70 Sergio Mendes "Olympia"
#71 Billy Idol "Rebel Yell"
#73 Temptations "Sail Away"
#77 Stacy Lattisaw/Johnny Gill "Perfect Combination"
#78 James Ingram "There's No Easy Way"
#79 David Gilmour "Blue Light"
#82 Adam Ant "Strip"
#83 Sheena Easton "Devil in a Fast Car"
#84 Midnight Star "No Parking (On The Dance Floor)"
#86 Dazz Band "Joystick"
#87 Josie Cotton "Jimmy Loves Maryann"
#88 Bobby Womack/Patti LaBelle "Love Has Finally Come At Last"
#89 Dolly Parton "Downtown"
#90 Michael Gore "Terms Of Endearment"
#91 Modern English "Hands Across The Sea"
#92 Yarbough & People "Don't Waste Your Time"
#93 Roger Daltry "Walking In My Sleep"
#96 Golden Earring "When the Lady Smiles"
#100 Stephen Bishop "Unfaithfully Yours"
 
Bubbling Under for The Week Ending 14th April, 1984


TW

LW

Artist

Title

Record Company

Week on Chart

Hot 100 Debut

Peak

Other Charts

101

101

Dennis Edwards (Featuring Siedah Garrett)

Don't Look Any Further

Motown

8

#81 4/28/84

72

#2 R&B, #45 UK

102

109
Luther Vandross
Superstar/Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)

Epic

4

#95 4/28/84

87

#5 R&B

103

103
Con Funk Shun
Don't Let Your Love Grow Cold

Mercury

2

-

103

#33 R&B

104

107
The Art Of Noise
Beat Box

Island

2

-

101

# 1 Dance,
#92 UK

105

106
Bryan Loren
Lollipop Luv

Philly World

2

-

105

#23 R&B

106

108

Alisha

All Night Passion

Vanguard

2

-

103

#4 Dance

107

-

The Alarm

Sixty Eight Guns

IRS

1

-

106

#17 UK, #39 Rock

108

-
Shakin' Stevens
I Cry Just A Little Bit

Epic

1

#83 4/21/84

67

#3 UK

109

-
Sandy Stewart
Saddest Victory

Modern

1

-

105

110

-

Spinners

Right Or Wrong

Atlantic

1

-

104

#22 R&B

Chart busters and drops from last week (4/7/84):


Tw Lw Artist/Title
92 102 Yarbrough And Peoples - Don't Waste Your Time
-- 104 Pat Wilson - Bop Girl
90 105 Michael Gore - Theme From "Terms Of Endearment"
-- 110 Johnny Mathis (With Deniece Williams) - Love Won't Let Me Wait


Comments:
  • Siedah Garrett sang on "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" with Michael Jackson. There a hilarious parody of "Don't Look Any Further" on YouTube and a telling interview from Siedah about Dennis Edwards gyrating behind her without her knowledge. Also, the song was sampled by Eric B. & Rakim on "Paid in Full".
  • Shakin' Stevens was huge in the UK, but was virtually unknown here.
  • Sandy Stewart sang on "Nightbirds" with Stevie Nicks.

Playlist:
 
#49 Genesis "Illegal Alien"
Didn't age well but I still like it

#71 Billy Idol "Rebel Yell"

As the kids say these days, catJAM!

#82 Adam Ant "Strip"

Still dig this one, heard it last week in my big 'default mix' (10,000 songs on shuffle)
 
26 seems to be the magic number.

1 1 FOOTLOOSE –•– Kenny Loggins – 12 (1)
2 3 AGAINST ALL ODDS –•– Phil Collins – 8 (2)
3 2 SOMEBODY’S WATCHING ME –•– Rockwell – 12 (2)
4 10 HELLO –•– Lionel Richie – 8 (4)
5 6 AUTOMATIC –•– The Pointer Sisters – 12 (5)
7 4 HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN –•– Eurythmics – 12 (4)
8 11 HOLD ME NOW –•– Thompson Twins – 10 (8)
9 8 ADULT EDUCATION –•– Daryl Hall & John Oates – 9 (8)
10 5 JUMP –•– Van Halen – 14 (1)
11 9 GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN –•– Cyndi Lauper – 18 (2)
12 13 EAT IT –•– ‘Weird’ Al Yankovic – 6 (12)
13 20 LOVE SOMEBODY –•– Rick Springfield – 6 (13)
15 19 YOU MIGHT THINK –•– The Cars – 6 (15)
16 12 I WANT A NEW DRUG –•– Huey Lewis & The News – 14 (6)
18 16 RADIO GA GA –•– Queen – 9 (16)
21 25 DON’T ANSWER ME –•– Alan Parsons Project – 7 (21)
22 27 HEAD OVER HEELS –•– The Go-Go’s – 5 (22)
25 29 THE AUTHORITY SONG –•– John Cougar Mellencamp – 5 (25)
26 28 LEAVE IT –•– Yes – 7 (26)
28 14 99 LUFTBALLONS –•– Nena – 19 (2)
29 40 THE LONGEST TIME –•– Billy Joel – 4 (29)
32 38 SHOW ME –•– Pretenders – 5 (32)
34 35 HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO –•– Bonnie Tyler – 8 (34)
35 39 NO MORE WORDS –•– Berlin – 6 (35)
36 47 OH, SHERRIE –•– Steve Perry – 2 (36)
40 46 BORDERLINE –•– Madonna – 6 (40)
 
A loose 20.

1 1 FOOTLOOSE –•– Kenny Loggins – 12 (1)
3 2 SOMEBODY’S WATCHING ME –•– Rockwell – 12 (2)
7 4 HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN –•– Eurythmics – 12 (4)
8 11 HOLD ME NOW –•– Thompson Twins – 10 (8)
9 8 ADULT EDUCATION –•– Daryl Hall & John Oates – 9 (8)
10 5 JUMP –•– Van Halen – 14 (1)
11 9 GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN –•– Cyndi Lauper – 18 (2)
12 13 EAT IT –•– ‘Weird’ Al Yankovic – 6 (12)
15 19 YOU MIGHT THINK –•– The Cars – 6 (15)
16 12 I WANT A NEW DRUG –•– Huey Lewis & The News – 14 (6)
18 16 RADIO GA GA –•– Queen – 9 (16)
22 27 HEAD OVER HEELS –•– The Go-Go’s – 5 (22)
25 29 THE AUTHORITY SONG –•– John Cougar Mellencamp – 5 (25)
26 28 LEAVE IT –•– Yes – 7 (26)
28 14 99 LUFTBALLONS –•– Nena – 19 (2)
29 40 THE LONGEST TIME –•– Billy Joel – 4 (29)
32 38 SHOW ME –•– Pretenders – 5 (32)
34 35 HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO –•– Bonnie Tyler – 8 (34)
35 39 NO MORE WORDS –•– Berlin – 6 (35)
40 46 BORDERLINE –•– Madonna – 6 (40) - Borderline to make the cut. It's a nostalgic meh.
 
#49 Genesis "Illegal Alien" - A bit of a surprise
#69 Nik Kershaw "Wouldn't It Be Good" - A surprise
#71 Billy Idol "Rebel Yell" - A surprise
#82 Adam Ant "Strip" - A bit of a surprise
#84 Midnight Star "No Parking (On The Dance Floor)" - A bit of a surprise
 
24 for 1984. Movie soundtracks always bring the total up.

1 1 FOOTLOOSE –•– Kenny Loggins – 12 (1)
2 3 AGAINST ALL ODDS –•– Phil Collins – 8 (2)
7 4 HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN –•– Eurythmics – 12 (4)
8 11 HOLD ME NOW –•– Thompson Twins – 10 (8)
10 5 JUMP –•– Van Halen – 14 (1)
11 9 GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN –•– Cyndi Lauper – 18 (2)
12 13 EAT IT –•– ‘Weird’ Al Yankovic – 6 (12)
14 15 THEY DON’T KNOW –•– Tracey Ullman – 8 (14)
15 19 YOU MIGHT THINK –•– The Cars – 6 (15)
16 12 I WANT A NEW DRUG –•– Huey Lewis & The News – 14 (6)
18 16 RADIO GA GA –•– Queen – 9 (16)
21 25 DON’T ANSWER ME –•– Alan Parsons Project – 7 (21)
22 27 HEAD OVER HEELS –•– The Go-Go’s – 5 (22)
24 18 GOT A HOLD ON ME –•– Christine McVie – 12 (10)
25 29 THE AUTHORITY SONG –•– John Cougar Mellencamp – 5 (25)
26 28 LEAVE IT –•– Yes – 7 (26)
28 14 99 LUFTBALLONS –•– Nena – 19 (2)
29 40 THE LONGEST TIME –•– Billy Joel – 4 (29)
31 41 BREAKDANCE –•– Irene Cara – 4 (31)
32 38 SHOW ME –•– Pretenders – 5 (32)
35 39 NO MORE WORDS –•– Berlin – 6 (35)
36 47 OH, SHERRIE –•– Steve Perry – 2 (36)
38 56 LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE BOY –•– Deniece Williams – 2 (38)
40 46 BORDERLINE –•– Madonna – 6 (40)
 
3 2 SOMEBODY’S WATCHING ME –•– Rockwell – 12 (2)

You know you're doing pretty good when you can get Michael Jackson to be a backup singer.
 
When is dad was the head of Motown, these little perks show up!

He played a demo of the song for his father, but he was not impressed. So Kennedy then sang the song for long-time childhood friend Michael Jackson, who liked it so much he asked Kennedy to perform it multiple times, each time adding more of his own family members to the audience. When Jackson then asked who Kennedy planned to have sing backups, he asked Jackson to do it.
 
The 80's is my era. Still working on alternative words. To me Okay and Alright is almost similar, but I would think saying Okay is better then Alright.

Here is my ratings:


Great
1 1 FOOTLOOSE –•– Kenny Loggins – 12 (1)
12 13 EAT IT –•– ‘Weird’ Al Yankovic – 6 (12)
13 20 LOVE SOMEBODY –•– Rick Springfield – 6 (13)
15 19 YOU MIGHT THINK –•– The Cars – 6 (15)
34 35 HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO –•– Bonnie Tyler – 8 (34)
35 39 NO MORE WORDS –•– Berlin – 6 (35)
36 47 OH, SHERRIE –•– Steve Perry – 2 (36)
38 56 LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE BOY –•– Deniece Williams – 2 (38)
39 45 DANCING IN THE SHEETS –•– Shalamar – 5 (39)
40 46 BORDERLINE –•– Madonna – 6 (40)


Good
2 3 AGAINST ALL ODDS –•– Phil Collins – 8 (2)
3 2 SOMEBODY’S WATCHING ME –•– Rockwell – 12 (2)
4 10 HELLO –•– Lionel Richie – 8 (4)
6 7 MISS ME BLIND –•– Culture Club – 7 (6)
7 4 HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN –•– Eurythmics – 12 (4)
8 11 HOLD ME NOW –•– Thompson Twins – 10 (8)
10 5 JUMP –•– Van Halen – 14 (1)
11 9 GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN –•– Cyndi Lauper – 18 (2)
16 12 I WANT A NEW DRUG –•– Huey Lewis & The News – 14 (6)
22 27 HEAD OVER HEELS –•– The Go-Go’s – 5 (22)
25 29 THE AUTHORITY SONG –•– John Cougar Mellencamp – 5 (25)
27 21 THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE –•– Dan Fogelberg – 11 (13)
29 40 THE LONGEST TIME –•– Billy Joel – 4 (29)


Okay
5 6 AUTOMATIC –•– The Pointer Sisters – 12 (5)
17 17 GIRLS –•– Dwight Twilley – 9 (17)
18 16 RADIO GA GA –•– Queen – 9 (16)
24 18 GOT A HOLD ON ME –•– Christine McVie – 12 (10)
26 28 LEAVE IT –•– Yes – 7 (26)
30 32 A FINE FINE DAY –•– Tony Carey – 7 (30)


Alright = Blah
9 8 ADULT EDUCATION –•– Daryl Hall & John Oates – 9 (8)
20 24 TONIGHT –•– Kool & The Gang – 8 (20)
21 25 DON’T ANSWER ME –•– Alan Parsons Project – 7 (21)
23 22 COME BACK AND STAY –•– Paul Young – 11 (22)
31 41 BREAKDANCE –•– Irene Cara – 4 (31)
32 38 SHOW ME –•– Pretenders – 5 (32)
33 33 THE KID’S AMERICAN –•– Matthew Wilder – 9 (33)
37 37 ONE IN A MILLION –•– The Romantics – 8 (37)


Bad = :poo:
14 15 THEY DON’T KNOW –•– Tracey Ullman – 8 (14)
19 31 TO ALL THE GIRLS I’VE LOVED BEFORE –•– Julio/Willie – 7 (19)
28 14 99 LUFTBALLONS –•– Nena – 19 (2)
 
I love the songs that came out of the film Footloose. To me personally the movie is alright.

"99 LUFTBALLONS" might be a classic to some people. It probably over played on the radio and the language barrier doesn't help.

Madonna has some great songs, but she is a cunt. I saw her at a concert years ago and she was over two hours late and didn't play any of her classics. Then I was goanna give her another chance when she was on tour again. I bought tickets for my partner and I and she cancelled her show because she was sick. The bitch is a fucking CUNT!!! But I will enjoy her music on the radio, but not her personally.
 
There is an English version released. I much prefer that one.
I prefer that one as well. I would rate that as a "Blah" again it's a song that I never got into. Personally if I hear it on the radio, it's a channel changer for me.
 
Mein friend, iff you like der Cherman-language songs, maybe you vill like Morgen by Ivo Robić und der Song-Masters. This reached #13 on the Hot 100 in September 1959. Und here are der lyrics if you vant to sing along:

Morgen, morgen, lacht uns wieder das Gluck
Gestern, gestern, liegt schon so weit zuruck
War es auch eine schone, schone Zeit
Morgen, morgen, sind wir wieder dabei
Gestern, gestern, ist uns heut einerlei
War es auch eine schone, schone Zeit

Sind wir heut auch arm und klein
Sind wir heut auch ohne Sonnenschein
Sind wir heut auch noch allein
Morgen, morgen, wird das alles vergehn
Morgen, morgen, wird das Leben endlich wieder schon

 
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