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Post by Hervard on Oct 7, 2017 16:39:52 GMT -5
American Top 40: The 80s - October 7, 2017
This week's presentation - October 13, 1984
LW#1: LET'S GO CRAZY - PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION 40: THE LAST TIME I MADE LOVE - JOYCE KENNEDY & JEFFREY OSBORNE (40) - Like most R&B duets from the early-80s, I thought this was a great song and it was a shame that it didn't get any higher than #40 on the charts. 39: THE LUCKY ONE - LAURA BRANIGAN (20) - The follow-up to one of her biggest hits, "Self-Control". This was one of two songs that charted around this time that started off slow and then became upbeat (the other would be "There Goes My Baby" by Donna Summer, which is coming up later in the countdown). I liked this song, but slightly preferred the Donna Summer song. 38: PENNY LOVER - LIONEL RICHIE (debut) - The album Can't Slow Down sure got a lot of mileage, didn't it? This was the fifth single from the album, and all five songs hit the Top Ten. It's a fairly close race between this and "Hello" as my favorite song from the album. 37: SHINE SHINE - BARRY GIBB (37) - His only solo Top 40 hit. It was a good one, but I preferred his two duets with Barbra Streisand, especially "What Kind Of Fool". 36: WHEN YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES - NIGHT RANGER (18) - They had a slew of great songs in the 80s. There is not a single Top 40 hit of theirs that I don't like - the only one that doesn't quite get "great song" status is their first Top 40 entry, "Don't Tell Me You Love Me", from early 1983. 35: ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT - CYNDI LAUPER (debut) - The fourth Top Ten single from She's So Unusual, and possibly my favorite of them. It's a great song and too bad they cut out the instrumental bridge. 34: TORTURE - THE JACKSONS (17) - One of two 1984 songs from the Jacksons as a group. This one was IMO much better than the other song from earlier in the year, "State Of Shock", which often gets a "No. Just no" in my critiques. 33: WHAT ABOUT ME - KENNY ROGERS WITH KIM CARNES AND JAMES INGRAM (debut) - Definitely a great superstar trio! Possibly my favorite song on the entire chart this week, and one of my favorite songs of the entire year! 32: OUT OF TOUCH - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES (38) - This song was on its way to giving Hall & Oates the record for the male act with the most #1 songs of the 80s. They were currently in a tie with Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson for that honor (though Jackson would pull way ahead into first place a few years later. OPTIONAL EXTRA: NO MORE LONELY NIGHTS - PAUL MCCARTNEY - 31: STRUT - SHEENA EASTON (35) - This is a song that I hated back in the day. Now, I think it's pretty good, though I generally prefer her earlier hits (save for "Morning Train"). 30: I FEEL FOR YOU - CHAKA KHAN (33) - I was never crazy about this song. I preferred her follow-up, "Through The Fire", which was a Top 20 AC hit (and wasn't it once an Optional Extra, since it spent 19 weeks on the Hot 100 despite never having even cracked the Top 40)? 29: FLESH FOR FANTASY - BILLY IDOL (29) - One of Idol's more obscure hits. I thought it was pretty good, but, as we all know, my favorite song from him is "Sweet Sixteen", from the summer of 1987. 28: BETTER BE GOOD TO ME - TINA TURNER (34) - The second of two songs by her on this week's countdown. I prefer the other one, but this one's a good one too. 27: DESERT MOON - DENNIS DeYOUNG (31) - Styx may not have broken up, but they were noticeably absent from the chart for over six years. Meanwhile, two members of the band would hit with solo hits in 1984 - Dennis was here with his first solo hit (a great song, might I add), and Tommy Shaw would chart three weeks later with "Girls With Guns". 26: WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO-GO – WHAM (32) - I liked this song back in the day, since it was sort of a teenybopper song, but now, it's just OK. I still like it better than "Careless Whisper" for reasons I have explained here before. LDD: DO IT OR DIE – THE ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION - Very inspirational dedication story there, with a good song to go along with it. 25: WHO WEARS THESE SHOES - ELTON JOHN (27) - The second single from Breaking Hearts, though not quite as successful as the first one, "Sad Songs (Say So Much)". I thought it was a good song (and at least it did manage one week in the Top Ten on the R&R chart). 24: SWEPT AWAY - DIANA ROSS (26) - After 1982, she sort of burned out, as she could only manage a few mid-chart hits - until she hit the Top Ten with her tribute to Marvin Gaye, which turned out to be her last Top 40 hit. As for this song, it was a pretty good song, but I prefer several others by her, mainly her slower ones. 23: GO INSANE - LINDSAY BUCKINGHAM (23) - Of course, he took turns with Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie singing lead on songs by his band Fleetwood Mac, but he did have a few solo songs. This one was pretty good, though I did prefer "Trouble" (but I still liked this better than his annoying earworm "Holiday Road". 22: BOP 'TIL YOU DROP - RICK SPRINGFIELD (25) - The third of three Top 40 hits from the movie in which Rick starred, Hard To Hold. It was a good song, but I preferred the other two singles. 21: THERE GOES MY BABY - DONNA SUMMER (22) - This is the song I mentioned earlier - one of several songs by Summer that starts off slow and then picks up a little ways into the song. This one was actually one of my favorites from her (though I remember disliking it during its chart run). 20: BLUE JEAN - DAVID BOWIE (23) - Considering I'm not a huge David Bowie fan, this song was actually pretty good. 19: IF THIS IS IT - HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS (14) - Anyone notice how this sounds somewhat like a doo-wop version of "Don't Do Me Like That" by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers? Perhaps that's why it's such a good song, as both songs are among my favorite from their respective artists. 18: PURPLE RAIN - PRINCE (28) - The title track to the blockbuster movie, whose soundtrack was just as successful. This song, oddly enough, did not hit #1 on the Hot 100 (though it did sneak in two weeks at the top spot of the R&R chart). That's probably because so many people had the Purple Rain soundtrack and, since the single version was the same as on the album, there was no need to buy it - although some people did buy the 45 anyway, for the novelty of the purple vinyl. 17: SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCK - ROD STEWART (21) - The story of my life! The song itself is a good one. 16: ARE WE OURSELVES - THE FIXX (19) - This was their second biggest hit, behind the overplayed "One Thing Leads To Another". It's a good song, but my two favorites from them are "Saved By Zero" and "Secret Separation". 15: WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT - TINA TURNER (13) - Wow, very shortly after her comeback, she snagged the biggest song of her career! This was also true on the R&R chart - even though this song peaked at #2 and "Typical Male" made it to #1, this song spent a month longer on the chart. I wasn't crazy about this song back in the day, but now, I think it's a great one. Like fine wine, it's one of those songs that gets better with age! 14: CRUEL SUMMER - BANANARAMA (12) - Of their three Top 40 hits, this one is right in the middle - I prefer it over their remake of the Shocking Blue's "Venus" but, of course, my favorite song from them is "I Heard A Rumour" 13: I'M SO EXCITED - THE POINTER SISTERS (15) - Another song that, like the Wham song, has a teenybopper air to it. But I still like the song. 12: ON THE DARK SIDE - JOHN CAFFERTY & THE BEAVER BROWN BAND (16) - A song I remember from both of its chart runs (as, when it was credited to Eddie & The Cruisers the year before, B96 played it in medium rotation. It was a good one, though I preferred "Tough All Over", which charted in the spring of 1985. 11: THE WARRIOR - SCANDAL FEATURING PATTY SMYTH (9) - Hard to believe that this was their only Top 40 hit (on Billboard). I like it, but prefer a few of their near-misses. 10: SHE BOP - CYNDI LAUPER (5) - Cyndi, you naughty girl! But I did like this song - definitely my favorite upbeat song from She's So Unusual and my second favorite from the album, behind her hit that debuted on the chart back at #35. 9: THE GLAMOROUS LIFE - SHEILA E. (7) - The first of a handful of hits for the daughter of famed musician Pete Escovedo. It wasn't bad, but I preferred the follow-up, "The Belle Of St. Mark". 8: COVER ME - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (10) - The second of an incredible seven Top Ten singles from Born In The USA. This one is possibly the one of those songs that gets the least amount of recurrent airplay, but is still a good one. 7: MISSING YOU - JOHN WAITE (4) - This song is kind of depressing for me due to personal problems I was going through around this time. I do rather like the version of the song where you can hear John chanting "Missing You" at the beginning of the song, but AT40 tended to play the other version, without the chants. LDD: CHLOE – ELTON JOHN - Definitely one of Elton's most obscure songs - the only time I've ever heard it was on AT40: The 80s, when they chose a September, 1981 show. It's a good song, IMO. 6: CARIBBEAN QUEEN (NO MORE LOVE ON THE RUN) - BILLY OCEAN (11) - He seemed destined to be a one-hit wonder, as "Love Really Hurts Without You" was his only hit for over eight years. But Billy came back with a vengeance in 1984 and there was a lot more where that came from. As for the song, it wasn't bad, but I preferred many others from him. 5: LUCKY STAR - MADONNA (8) - I remember, on the following week's show, Casey told an interesting story about how horseshoes and four-leaf clovers became good luck charms. He did, however forget to mention that you should never iron a four-leaf clover, as it's not good to press your luck. But seriously, as for the song, it's OK, but definitely not one of my favorites from her. 4: HARD HABIT TO BREAK - CHICAGO (6) - As this song, with lead vocals shared by Peter Cetera and Bill Champlin, was gearing up to hit #1 on the R&R chart, it would peak on AT40 then as well, at #3, to be exact. Definitely my favorite of the four hits from Chicago 17! 3: DRIVE - THE CARS (3) - Another song that, like "Missing You", I find depressing, for the same reasons. I did like the song before this one, "Magic" - by far, my favorite of the five Heartbeat City singles. 2: LET'S GO CRAZY - PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION (1) - As always, they played the version with the shortened intro. This is my third favorite song from the Purple Rain soundtrack, behind the title cut and "Take Me With U". 1: I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU - STEVIE WONDER (2) - My favorite version of this song was the one where he used a voice alternator as he repeated part of the first verse. Not sure if AT40 ever played that one, but I do remember hearing it on his AC version of his show in early 1995 when he played it as an extra or LDD. Either way, it was a good song and one that put him in second place for solo artist with the most #1s (of course, Elvis Presley was comfortably in the lead).
Coming up next week: Well, we know that one of the shows next week is 10/18/80. Not sure if that's the "A" or "B" show, however.
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Post by FreakyFlyBry on Oct 20, 2017 11:44:43 GMT -5
Recycled commentary from 7 years ago.... October 22, 1983Falling off: Rod Stewart - What Am I Gonna Do (39) - good song, one of his most underrated The Police - Every Breath You Take (34) - great song! A definite 80's classic, and one of my favourites Madness - It Must Be Love (33) - wtf did this sound like again? Asia - Don't Cry (28) - good song but I prefer their 1982 hits Michael Sembello - Maniac (23) - great song! One of the best 80's movie hits 40. Stacy Lattisaw - Miracles (debut) - I hadn't heard this before... but given how crappy her first 2 hits were, this was surprisingly good! Sounded more like a 90's R&B ballad to me 39. Jackson Browne - Tender Is The Night (debut) - good song, but I prefer many others by him 38. Journey - Send Her My Love (debut) - good song! They've had better though 37. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - Everyday People (40) - again, good song, but they've had better 36. Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Everyday I Write The Book (38) - I like this but prefer "Veronica" 35. Taco - Puttin' On The Ritz (21) - great song! One of the best re-interpretations of a classic show tune 34. John Mellencamp - Crumblin' Down (debut) - great song! One of his best 33. Agnetha Faltskog - Can't Shake Loose (37) - good song, but I generally prefer her with ABBA 32. Michael Jackson - P.Y.T. (debut) - good song, but I like most of the other "Thriller" singles more 31. Def Leppard - Foolin' (36) - great song! One of their best 30. Moody Blues - Sitting At The Wheel (27) - good song but I prefer a few others by them 29. Eurythmics - Love Is A Stranger (32) - it's alright but they've had better 28. Men At Work - Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive (29) - alright song, but their bigger hits were better 27. Laura Branigan - How Am I Supposed To Live Without You (16) - not bad but I prefer her uptempos in general 26. Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield (35) - great song! One of her best, and one of the best on the entire chart 25. Bryan Adams - This Time (25) - a.k.a. "This Love" good song, but I like most of his other hits better LDD: Debby Boone - You Light Up My Life - No. Just no. 24. Frank Stallone - Far From Over (14) - not bad but there's better on the chart 23. Huey Lewis & the News - Heart And Soul (30) - great song! One of their best 22. Naked Eyes - Promises, Promises (15) - great song! I prefer "Always Something There To Remind Me" slightly though 21. Quiet Riot - Cum On Feel The Noize (31) - great song! One of the best 80's hard rock songs 20. Robert Plant - Big Log (20) - not bad but I prefer him when he rocks out, like in Led Zeppelin 19. Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson - Say Say Say (26) - great song! One of my favourites from both artists 18. David Bowie - Modern Love (22) - a.k.a. "Nodern Nove" Great song, one of my favourites from him 17. Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack - Tonight, I Celebrate My Love (19) - I normally don't like this kind of slow duet in the 80's, but for some reason, despite my general hate for Roberta Flack's music, I actually like this one. Go figure! 16. Stevie Nicks - If Anyone Falls (18) - great song! Underrated in comparison to some of her other hits 15. Billy Joel - Uptown Girl (24) - great song! A definite karaoke classic 14. Stray Cats - (She's) Sexy + 17 (10) - great song! One of their best 13. Billy Joel - Tell Her About It (9) - great song! One of his best 12. The Motels - Suddenly Last Summer (17) - good song, I like this about the same as "Only The Lonely" 11. Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance (8) - great song! An 80's mix show essential 10. Sheena Easton - Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair) (11) - good song! I prefer a few others by her though, interesting story about her and frogs, and how she eventually duetted with Kermit too! 9. The Talking Heads - Burning Down The House (12) - great song! Another 80's mix show essential 8. Prince - Delirious (13) - not bad, but he's definitely had many better 7. The Police - King of Pain (3) - great song! One of their best 6. The Fixx - One Thing Leads To Another (6) - great song! An 80's mix show essential LDD: Queen - We Are The Champions - classic! One of their best, and one of the best sporting songs ever 5. Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night) (7) - great song! One of his best 4. Spandau Ballet - True (4) - great song! One of the best on the chart 3. Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton - Islands In The Stream (5) - great song! My favourite from both artists 2. Air Supply - Making Love Out Of Nothing At All (2) - great song! One of their best, but given what it sounds like, it was quite ironic what blocked it from #1 1. Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart (1) - great song! One of the best of the entire 80's, and one of Jim Steinman's best productions Chicago update: Nothing to be seen! I guess that's what happens when they're working on another album... Next week's prediction: I think it'll be 1981 though I wouldn't mind 1987 either.
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Post by Hervard on Oct 22, 2017 16:21:19 GMT -5
American Top 40: The 80s - October 21, 2017 This week's presentation - October 22, 1983 DROPPERS: WHAT AM I GONNA DO (I’M SO IN LOVE WITH YOU) - ROD STEWART (39) - Long title, short chart run. I remember U93 had this song in regular rotation, so I was surprised that it peaked so low. I would have assumed it was a Top Ten song, but it only got as high as #35, which I felt was a shame. Indeed an underrated song! EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE - THE POLICE (34) - The song that wouldn't die! Even after it fell off the charts, it continued to be played to death - even today, you still hear it every single day on the oldies stations. At least it drops off this week. IT MUST BE LOVE - MADNESS (33) - Well, "Our House" was indeed a big hit, but this one, on the other hand, didn't even touch the Top 30. I thought it was pretty good, but I preferred the first one. DON’T CRY - ASIA (28) - They were somewhat of a flash in the pan, as they only had three Top 20 hits, in the span of slightly over a year. This was a good one, though my least favorite of their Top 40 hits. MANIAC - MICHAEL SEMBELLO (23) - One of two #1 songs from the movie Flashdance. I preferred the title track over this one. LW#1: TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART – BONNIE TYLER 40: MIRACLES – STACY LATTISAW (debut) - This was the last of her three Top 40 hits. This was its only week in the Top 40, which I felt was a shame. 39: TENDER IS THE NIGHT – JACKSON BROWNE (debut) - This was the follow-up to his Top 20 hit "Lawyers In Love" and his tenth Top 40 hit overall. It was so/so, but one of my least favorite of his hits. 38: SEND HER MY LOVE - JOURNEY (debut) - The fourth Top 40 hit from Frontiers. I remember WLS played this as an album cut in the early spring of 1983, around the time "Separate Ways" was climbing the chart 37: EVERYDAY PEOPLE – JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS (40) - Of course, we all know that this song was originally done by Sly & The Family Stone. I may be in the minority here, but I actually prefer this updated version. Of course, that's not saying much, since I'm not a huge fan of either version. The chorus sounds too much like the familiar playground chant (i.e. "Johnny’s got a girlfriend, Johnny’s got a girlfriend...") 36: EVERYDAY I WRITE THE BOOK – ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS (38) - Meh, for some reason, this song never really did anything for me. 35: PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ - TACO (21) - The man is Dutch and he named himself after a Mexican food - go figure! Anyway, this song, originally a hit over 50 years before, was updated so as not to sound out of place by 1983 standards. It was a good song. I must say, it's #4 peak was quite a far cry from its run on the R&R chart, where it only got as high as #17. I wonder if it would have been #1 on the Sales chart, had it existed back then. Moreover, I'm quite surprised that it didn't hit the Top Ten on the Pop chart, as the radio stations I listened to all played this song regularly. 34: CRUMBLIN’ DOWN – JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP (debut) - This was his first hit with his real last name tacked on the end. I thought it was mediocre at best. I honestly thought at first, now that he added his real last name, that his musical quality was going to start going down. Fortunately, that wasn’t true, as his next few hits were good ones. 33: CAN’T SHAKE LOOSE – AGNETHA FALTSKOG (37) - Back in the early spring, Abba member Frida charted with her solo hit "I Know There's Something Going On" - now another member of the Swedish group tried her luck. This one didn't quite match up to the success of the Frida song, however. I thought it was a good song - I like both songs about the same, but prefer several other songs by Abba. 32: P.Y.T. (PRETTY YOUNG THING) – MICHAEL JACKSON (debut) - The sixth hit from his smash Thriller album. In the intro to this, Casey mentioned that this song put Jackson's Thriller album in a tie with the soundtrack to Urban Cowboy as the album that generated the most hit singles, with six so far. The following February, Michael would have that record all to himself, when the title cut from Thriller debuted on the chart, giving him seven hits from Thriller a- nd all of them hit the Top Ten to boot. This one just barely made it, peaking at #10 for a single week (which some people have mentioned sounds suspicious). As for the song, I was never a big fan of it - my least favorite of the Thriller singles. 31: FOOLIN’ – DEF LEPPARD (36) - After two rockers, they decided to release a power ballad. Unfortunately, it wasn’t quite as successful as the predecessors, but Def Leppard would end up having more success with power ballads in the future, including one that went to #1 almost exactly five years later (That, of course, was "Love Bites"). As for this song, it was a pretty good one. OPTIONAL EXTRA: TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP - THE ROMANTICS - Oddly enough, WMGN, which usually does their own Optional Extras, played this song, and as the first Extra. Casual listeners might be surprised that this was their first Top 40 hit, since "What I Like About You", which possibly gets more recurrent airplay than this one, surely must have hit the Top 40. But, as we all know, the song peaked at #49 on the chart. This song hit the Top Five and was their first of two Top 40 hits. The second one, "One In A Million", was my favorite of their charted hits. 30: SITTING AT THE WHEEL – THE MOODY BLUES (27) - "Running On Empty" meets "Sister Goldenhair", as I hear elements of both songs in this song, which was the Moody Blues' comeback hit after two years off. Because of that, many people thought it would do better than it did but, unfortunately, it didn't even make the Top 20. 29: LOVE IS A STRANGER - EURYTHMICS (32) - They hit #1 almost two months before with their first hit "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)", and they were shooting for two. However, this song did not even make the Top 20 and I, along with others, I'm sure, figured this song was riding on the coattails of the first song and they would never chart again, but they recovered nicely in early 1984 and ended up having a decent string of hits. This song was not bad, but definitely not one of my favorites from them. 28: DR. HECKYLL & MR. JIVE – MEN AT WORK (29) - This was very different sounding for Men At Work. It seems to border on being a novelty song, which might have something to do with how it tanked so fast (that, along with the fact that Men At Work had already had their day in the sun. It seems that the popularity of Aussie bands had faded away, because this was also around the time that Air Supply and the Little River Band had their last big hits (although Air Supply would have a minor resurgence a few years later). 27: HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO LIVE WITHOUT YOU – LAURA BRANIGAN (16) - Of course, it's pretty common knowledge that Michael Bolton wrote this one (and later on recorded his own version). This is my favorite of Laura's 1983 hits (including "Gloria", which ranked on 1983's year-end list), but I slightly prefer Bolton's version. 26: LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD – PAT BENATAR (35) - Well what is it - a stranger or a battlefield? Those are two completely different things! But seriously, this song was on its way to becoming her second Top Ten hit (yes, I also thought she'd had more Top Ten hits up to this point). It was OK, but one of my least favorite songs by her. 25: THIS TIME – BRYAN ADAMS (25) - Adams' third and final Top 40 hit from Cuts Like A Knife. It is my favorite of those three hits, though I preferred a few of his later hits. LDD: YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE – DEBBY BOONE - Definitely a guilty pleasure, as many people are turned off by this song, especially people who listened to the radio a lot back in 1977, when this song was played ad nauseum. Fitting for the dedication, as it was from a girl whose older brother just went off to college and she already misses him. 24: FAR FROM OVER – FRANK STALLONE (14) - Older brother Sylvester was a big movie star and it looked like Frankie was starting a singing career. However, this ended up being his only Top 40 hit, but a great song it was! 23: HEART AND SOUL – HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS (30) - His/their third of many Top 40 hits. It was a good song, but far from being my favorite from them. 22: PROMISES, PROMISES – NAKED EYES (15) - 1983 was definitely their heyday, as they had their two biggest hits that year (along with a minor hit at the very end). This was my favorite of their two Top 20 hits (I forget how "When The Lights Go Out" goes at the moment). 21: CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE – QUIET RIOT (31) - I was never a huge heavy metal fan, but for some reason, I loved this song! I would crank it up whenever it came on the radio. OPTIONAL EXTRA: SAY IT ISN'T SO - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES - WMGN played this one as well. I guess they decided to just play the same songs in the same order, just with no announcement by Larry Morgan. Anyway, this was the first of two new hits from their greatest hits package, entitled Rock 'N Soul Part 1. It looked like it was going to be another #1 hit for them, but the song just missed, peaking at #2. It was OK, but I generally preferred their earlier hits. 20: BIG LOG – ROBERT PLANT (20) - The first solo hit by the lead singer of the legendary band Led Zeppelin. I've always wondered how high their hit "Stairway To Heaven" would have climbed had it been released as a single. As for this song, it was a good one, but I generally prefer his Led Zeppelin singles, including the one mentioned above. 19: SAY SAY SAY – PAUL McCARTNEY AND MICHAEL JACKSON (26) - This is the song that prevented the aforementioned Hall & Oates song from hitting #1. This song had a lock on the top spot that nobody could loosen for six weeks. IMO, the song is pretty good, but kinda cheesy. 18: MODERN LOVE – DAVID BOWIE (22) - The week before, this song made a huge, fourteen-place leap to #22 and it looked like it might hit #1, like "Let's Dance" earlier in the year, or at least hit the Top Ten, like his prior single "China Girl", but as a matter of fact, it only got four spots higher. For some reason, I just never really got into this one. You know the songs by him that I prefer, don't you? 17: TONIGHT I CELEBRATE MY LOVE – PEABO BRYSON & ROBERTA FLACK (19) - This was one of several duets from them, though it was the only one that charted on AT40 (the second, "You're Looking Like Love To Me" just missed, in early 1983). I preferred that song, though this one was a great one as well. 16: IF ANYONE FALLS – STEVIE NICKS (18) - The second hit from The Wild Heart album. Strange that none of the singles, even the biggest one, "Stand Back", get much recurrent airplay. This would be my favorite single from the album. 15: UPTOWN GIRL – BILLY JOEL (24) - Joel's salute to Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons. It was a good song (I did prefer it over "Tell Her About It"), but I preferred a few other songs from "An Innocent Man", including album cuts. 14: (SHE’S SEXY) + 17 – STRAY CATS (10) - Their final Top Ten hit (although the lead singer did have a hit with his new band in 1998 called "Jump, Jive An' Wail"). This song wasn't bad, but I preferred the Stray Cats' three other Top 40 hits. 13: TELL HER ABOUT IT – BILLY JOEL (9) - Earlier in the show, Casey mentioned that Michael Jackson's Thriller was tied with Urban Cowboy as the biggest hit generator. Little did anyone know that this album would eventually pull into a tie for second place with Urban Cowboy - especially since there was such a long gap before the sixth single. Anyway, this album was just getting started - and a good start at that, with the first single hitting #1. However, it was one of my least favorites, due to overplay (and I wasn't too crazy about it to begin with). 12: SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER – THE MOTELS (17) They had four Top 40 hits, and I liked all of them. This one would peak at #9, like their first hit "Only The Lonely". I think that we all know that my favorite song from them was "Remember The Nights. 11: THE SAFETY DNCE – MEN WITHOUT HATS (8) - As usual, they played the single version of the song, which of course is my favorite. The other one just doesn't cut it, IMO. 10: TELEFONE (LONG DISTANCE LOVE AFFAIR) – SHEENA EASTON (11) - This song was somewhat of a departure from her more "innocent" songs like "Morning Train", "Modern Girl" and "For Your Eyes Only" (but her naughtiest song yet was about a year away from being released). As for this song, it was a great one - possibly my favorite of her upbeat hits. OPTIONAL EXTRA: IN A BIG COUNTRY - BIG COUNTRY - Indeed, WMGN went with the same OE's as the show, as they played this one as well, of which, for some reason, I was never a big fan. 9: BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE – TALKING HEADS (12) - OH HELL NO!! If you're gonna burn down the house, make sure that as many copies of this song are inside said house! 8: DELIRIOUS - PRINCE (13) - Geez, are you trying to make me sick? Not a fan of this one at all. Give me "Little Red Corvette" any day! 7: KING OF PAIN – THE POLICE (3) - Ah, that's better. It, of course, was the follow-up to their ad nauseum played song that dropped out this week. 6: ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER – THE FIXX (6) - Here's another song that overplay sort of ruined (as I do remember liking this one at first). I preferred "Save By Zero" by a fairly wide margin. LDD: WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS - QUEEN - Indeed fitting for the dedication, and one of my all-time favorites from Queen. 5: ALL NIGHT LONG (ALL NIGHT) – LIONEL RICHIE (7) - This may have been his biggest hit, but not in my book it wasn't! Of course, the overplay may have had something to do with it, but I don't know; I never really liked it in the first place. 4: TRUE – SPANDAU BALLET (4) - PM Dawn and Nelly apparently like this song, as both artists sampled it in their songs. I think the song's pretty good, too, though I didn't like it too much during its chart run. 3: ISLANDS IN THE STREAM – KENNY ROGERS DUET WITH DOLLY PARTON (5) - I wasn't too much for this song (and I don't think I need to tell you my opinion on Getto Superstar!), but I've grown to like this song a lot better than I have over the past few years. This song made for a very funny joke about Dolly Parton taking a bath. OPTIONAL EXTRA: CHURCH OF THE POISON MIND - CULTURE CLUB - WMGN played this song as well - only it was immediately following the broadcast instead of before the final segment. This song was kinda just there, since I neither liked it nor hated it. The song peaked at #10 on the Hot 100, and I'm wondering if it would have peaked higher than it did had "Karma Chameleon" not been rush-released 2: MAKING LOVE OUT OF NOTHING AT ALL – AIR SUPPLY (2) - Wow! Three weeks in a row that the Top Two songs were written and produced by the same person (Jim Steinman) - the first time that had ever happened. 1: TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART – BONNIE TYLER (1) - The other Steinman-composed song on the chart this week, and this one ended up going all the way (in fact, it was the song to block the other one from the #1 spot!) As I've mentioned before, I liked both songs about the same - both are great ones! Still no word on what show is on deck for next week. It's been longest since we've had shows from 1985. I'm hoping that they'll hold off on that year until November 30 - that way, they can run both of the yet-unplayed, but somehow, I sort of doubt that they're going to go another month without 1985, especially since the last show from that year was nearly two months ago. I'd make that my guess for next week, but the 10/26 show was guest-hosted, so it would likely be November 2 and they seem to hesitate on playing shows from a different month, even if it's only by a few days. So, I'll guess 10/30/82 as my primary prediction, with 10/25/86 as a back-up prediction (actually, it wouldn't surprise me to see both shows as an A/B pairing. though since 1986 was the last "B" show, I'm thinking they'd go with 10/31/87 if 10/30/82 was assigned "A" show status.
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Post by FreakyFlyBry on Oct 27, 2017 23:39:16 GMT -5
October 31, 1981Recycled commentary from 7 years agoFalling off: Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Medley (39) - not bad, but I'd take the original songs over this any day Moody Blues - The Voice (36) - good song, though I prefer many of their other hits Juice, Go To Your Room - Queen of Hearts (34) - Uh oh, Juice went to her room! Great song though, definitely my favourite from her Lulu - I Could Never Miss You (32) - not bad but it's no "To Sir With Love" 40. Chilliwack - My Girl (debut) - great song! Surprised this wasn't a bigger hit, but then again, since I'm in Canada, it was bigger here. 39. The Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed (40) - great song! One of their best, surprised it only moved up 1 given it would be a bigger hit! 38. Pat Benatar - Promises In The Dark (debut) - great song! One of her most underrated (in fact, on another site I'm on, this won the Pat Benatar singles survivor!) 37. Burton Cummings - You Saved My Soul (37) - good song, though I'm surprised he didn't have more solo success in the US given how big the Guess Who were (and he had many more solo hits in Canada than just this and "Stand Tall") 36. Earth, Wind & Fire - Let's Groove (debut) - great song! Definitely one of their best, disco continued to influence their sound into the 80's here 35. Billy Squier - In The Dark (35) - good song, underrated compared to his bigger hits 34. Bee Gees - He's A Liar (30) - not bad but they definitely had better... I can definitely see how this ended their #1 hits streak (which, ironically enough, might've ended earlier had they released "More Than A Woman" as a single) 33. Electric Light Orchestra - Hold On Tight (28) - great song! One of my favourites from them 32. Foreigner - Urgent (25) - great song! Again, one of my favourites from them 31. Diesel - Sausalito Summernight (33) - This is one of those songs I'd known for years, but didn't know who sang it until AT40 shows started re-airing. Good song! Archive: Tommy Roe - Dizzy - not really a fan of this one 30. Rod Stewart - Young Turks (debut) - great song! One of my favourite 80's songs from him, matches up with his 70's and 90's classics 29. Atlanta Rhythm Section - Alien (29) - not bad, then again, I'm not THAT familiar with them as a whole so I don't really know what my favourite would be 28. Diana Ross - Why Do Fools Fall In Love (38) - good song, I like this better than the original version... still, Diana's had many better 27. Marty Balin - Atlanta Lady (27) - not bad, but I prefer "Hearts" and some of his Jefferson Starship lead vocals 26. Barry Manilow - The Geezerly Songs (31) - No. Just no. 25. Journey - Who's Crying Now (12) - great song! I prefer a few others by them that were still to come, but the 1981-83 era was definitely their best 24. Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty - Stop Draggin' My Heart Around (7) - great song! One of my favourites from BOTH artists 23. Olivia Newton-John - Physical (26) - great song! One of my favourites from her, but the move up does seem kinda modest for the eventual #1 hit of the entire decade! LDD: Firefall - Just Remember I Love You - good song, probably my favourite from them (since I can't remember how any of their others go!) 22. Carl Carlton - She's A Bad Mama Jama (22) - good song, very catchy Archive: The 5th Dimension - Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In - great song! One of the best songs from a musical ever, and one of the best "medley" hits 21. The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (24) - great song! One of my favourites from them 20. The Commodores - Oh No (23) - I like this one, probably because it reminds me of Lionel Richie's later ballads 19. Quincy Jones & James Ingram - Just Once (20) - not bad, but I prefer many later James Ingram songs 18. Billy Joel - Say Goodbye To Hollywood (19) - good song, but far from his best 17. Al Jarreau - We're in This Love Together (18) - No. Just no. 16. Rick James - Super Freak (16) - great song, but I think I prefer "U Can't Touch This". 15. Foreigner - Wf*gLY (21) - great song! Definitely one of my favourites from them, though really, pretty much all of their big hits were fantastic. 14. Kenny Rogers - Share Your Love With Me (14) - probably my favourite of his Lionel Richie-produced songs, though really, given how crappy some of the others were, that doesn't honestly say much! 13. Mike Post - Theme From Hill Street Blues (17) - No. Just no. 12. Four Tops - When She Was My Girl (13) - Really? They had hits in the 80's? This song's not bad though, but I prefer their 60's Motown classics 11. Air Supply - Here I Am (15) - not bad, but probably my least favourite out of their top 10 hits Archive: Beatles - Get Back - great song! One of my favourites from them 10. Eddie Rabbitt - Step By Step (5) - not bad but I prefer a few other songs from him (primarily the 2 hits before this) 9. Rick Springfield - I've Done Everything For You (10) - great song! One of my favourites from him though most of his early 80's songs sound the same 8. Little River Band - The Night Owls (9) - good song! One of their best LDD: Beatles - Getting Better - good song, but they've had many better (including the archive song this week) Still, it fit the dedication given how the student really started to trust the teacher after bad experiences in the past! 7. Dan Fogelberg - Hard To Say (8) - not bad but I prefer many others from him 6. Bob Seger - Tryin' To Live My Life Without You (11) - not bad, but again, far from his best 5. Diana Ross & Lionel Richie - Endless Love (2) - good song! Not sure it deserved to be #1 for THAT long, but it was a deserving #1 regardless 4. Sheena Easton - For Your Eyes Only (4) - good song! There were a few other better James Bond themes though 3. Hall & Oates - Private Eyes (6) - great song! Definitely one of my favourites from them, 1981-85 were my favourite years for them 2. Rolling Stones - Start Me Up (3) - great song! One of my favourites from them, it's amazing how they continued to put out classic songs well into the 80's 1. Christopher Cross - Arthur's Theme (1) - good song! One of my favourites from him Chicago update: While their career appeared dead in the water, Peter Cetera was about to release his first solo album, which would flop. Next week: 1986
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Post by Hervard on Oct 28, 2017 17:51:40 GMT -5
American Top 40: The 80s - October 28, 2017 This week's presentation - October 31, 1981 Droppers: THE BEACH BOYS MEDLEY - THE BEACH BOYS (39) - This song was apparently sales-fueled, as the song was long gone from the R&R chart, where it had peaked at #18 in August. As always, this was part of the medley craze with a good selection of the Beach Boys' many hits. THE VOICE - THE MOODY BLUES (36) - They were indeed most famous for their hits from the '60s and early 70s, but I actually preferred their 80s hits, this one included - one of my favorites from them. QUEEN OF HEARTS - JUICE NEWTON (34) - Her second Top 40 hit, and my favorite of her two 1981 hits. Of course, I preferred all three of her 1982 hits over this one. I COULD NEVER MISS YOU (MORE THAN I DO) - LULU (32) - aka "The Immigrant" part 2 (as it sounds very much like Neil Sedaka's #22 hit from 1975). I liked this and her #1 hit "To Sir With Love" about the same. LW#1: ARTHUR’S THEME – CHRISTOPHER CROSS - Goody! I get to hear one of my personal faves twice on this show! 40: MY GIRL (GONE, GONE, GONE) - CHILLIWACK (debut) - A CanCon band named after the city in British Columbia where they were formed. They had a handful of chart singles here in the states, and this one was definitely my favorite of them. An all-around great song with a very catchy chorus! 39: OUR LIPS ARE SEALED - THE GO-GO'S (39) - Based on the small chart move this week, as well as the fact that it had lost its bullet, one would think that this might be it for the Go-Go's debut single., but it actually went quite a long way (peaked at #20, but held on so long that it managed to make the Top 100 of 1982). This was my favorite of their five Top 40 hits. 38: PROMISES IN THE DARK - PAT BENATAR (debut) - Her last five Top 40 hits made the Top 40, but this is all the higher this song got. It was a good song, but I preferred several others from her. 37: YOU SAVED MY SOUL - BURTON CUMMINGS (37) - Another song that spent two weeks at its debut position and that was it for its Top 40 run - only this one debuted the week before. This was the second of two Top 40 hits from the former lead singer of the Guess Who. I liked this song - sort of reminds me a little of “Thank You For Being A Friend” by Andrew Gold (and it has sort of the same message). 36: LET'S GROOVE - EARTH, WIND & FIRE (debut) - This is one of songs that recently grew on me after several years of not really liking it. 35: IN THE DARK - BILLY SQUIER (35) - His second of four Top 40 hits. Too bad this one only got as high as #35, while his annoying first hit "The Stroke" sailed right into the Top 20. This would be my favorite of his hits. 34: HE'S A LIAR - THE BEE GEES (30) - They had definitely lost their touch by this point - their last six hits had gone to #1 while this song barely touched the Top 30. The song was OK, though I found the way they basically growled "He's A Li-yar" kind of annoying - I can see why it broke their streak of consecutive #1s. 33: HOLD ON TIGHT - ELO (28) - Casey mentioned how this song sounded a little like Elvis and the Beatles, with a touch of Jerry Lee Lewis thrown in. Either way, it's definitely one of my least favorite songs from them. Like Queen, their musical quality dropped notably in the 80s, IMO. 32: URGENT - FOREIGNER (25) - Their first of four Top 40 hits from the album 4 (and, to boot, this song had just recently spent four weeks at #4 - how about that?). It was a pretty good song, but, to tell the truth, as big an album as it was, I was never too crazy about any of the singles from 4, for some reason. 31: SAUSALITO SUMMERNIGHT – DIESEL (33) - The only Top 40 hit for this Dutch act. I've heard this song plenty of times, as it's the song that kicks off the Barry Scott's Lost 45's CD that I've listened to so often that I'm surprised I haven't worn it out yet. OPTIONAL EXTRA: HARDEN MY HEART - QUARTERFLASH - A song with an instantly recognizable saxophone solo. I liked it, but preferred "Take Me To Heart", which charted the following summer. ARCHIVES: DIZZY – TOMMY ROE - Meh, never been a big fan of this song, or Tommy Roe in general. 30: YOUNG TURKS - ROD STEWART (debut) - Casey mentioned how Rod Stewart had three #1s so far. This one didn't quite make it, but it would peak at #5 at the end of 1981. This was one of my favorite Rod Stewart hits of the 1980s. I did prefer it over "Tonight I'm Yours", although that song is pretty much Part 2 of this song. 29: ALIEN - THE ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION (29) - I could tell by the beginning of this song that it was an Atlanta Rhythm Section tune, based on the synthesized piano that's heard in several of their big hits. ARS had a handful of hits in the 1970s, but had pretty much burned out by the '80s, as this was their final Top 40 hit. I liked this song; had the typical MOR sound of the early-80s. 28: WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE - DIANA ROSS (38) - This is a cover of a song that charted three times in the fifties, so I'm not sure who originally did it. Anyway, it's pretty good, but far from being her best. Much better than her hokey nursery rhyme hit that charted after this one. I'm kind of surprised that the song she recorded with Marvin, Stevie and Smokey, "Pops We Love You", which Casey talked about (and played a drop piece of) going into this song wasn't a bigger song than it was, considering the fact that they were all big name Motown artists and the song had the typical disco beat that was more popular than ever at the time. As Casey mentioned, there is no such thing as a sure-fire hit. 27: ATLANTA LADY - MARTY BALIN (27) - Wow, two Atlanta songs almost back-to-back on the countdown (for a second week in a row). His first hit, "Hearts", was a big Top Ten hit, but he didn't quite live up to his success with the Jefferson Starship. This was his second and final Top 40 hit, and this was all the higher it got. I liked it, but preferred "Hearts". 26: THE OLD SONGS - BARRY MANILOW (30) - The beginning of this song reminds me a little of "Going Home", Kenny G's AC hit from early 1990. As you may have guessed, I liked this song, like many Barry Manilow songs. 25: WHO'S CRYING NOW - JOURNEY (12) - Even though Journey had been charting for three years, with many songs that still get regular airplay, this was their very first Top Ten hit (yes, I was just as surprised as you were). They would have many others, though. I liked this song, especially Neil Schon's guitar solo at the end. 24: STOP DRAGGIN' MY HEART AROUND - STEVIE NICKS WITH TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS (7) - Interesting that this song was never in the teens during its chart run. Two months earlier, it moved 21-6, and this week, they take a similar big drop out of the Top Ten. This song was pretty good, but I preferred Nicks' two other Top 20 hits from Bella Donna. 23: PHYSICAL - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN (26) - Wow, based on its average chart run thus far, one would never guess that it would spent ten weeks at #1 and ultimately become the biggest song of the 1980s. Anyway, this is a pretty good song, but I prefer many others by her. LDD: JUST REMEMBER I LOVE YOU - FIREFALL If this letter had been written a year or more later, then "Hard To Say I'm Sorry" just might have been the requested song (since the author of the dedication said those very words at one point). Needless to say, I prefer this song (as the Chicago song was way overplayed). 22: SHE'S A BAD MAMA JAMA - CARL CARLTON (22) - No relation to Larry, I'm assuming. He had a Top Ten hit back in 1974, his rendition of the oft-covered "Everlasting Love", and this was his second offering. It peaked at #21 later in the month. Of his two hits, this one would be my favorite. The Spice Girls' "Say You'll Be There" greatly resembles this song, especially the chords. ARCHIVES: AQUARIUS (LET THE SUN SHINE IN)– THE 5th DIMENSION - Good song, or actually I should say songs, as it's a medley. OPTIONAL EXTRA: TROUBLE - LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM - It was kind of interesting how this song, along with a hit by another Fleetwood Mac member ("Leather And Lace" by Stevie Nicks) would more or less climb the chart together, as during their ascent, they were never more than three spots away from one another. Not sure which of the two songs that I prefer, but this would definitely be my favorite solo hit from Lindsey by far. I'm kind of surprised that the Stevie Nicks song was not chosen as an extra this week, seeing that it was also on the Hot 100 (in fact, both songs had debuted the week before). 21: EVERY LITTLE THING SHE DOES IS MAGIC - THE POLICE (24) - This band had a ton of chart success in the 1980s, including one of the biggest hits of that decade. This song was their very first Top Five hit. I liked it, but my favorite of their 1981 hits was "Don't Stand So Close To Me". 20: OH NO - THE COMMODORES (23) - Little did anyone know that this song was their final Top 40 hit with Lionel Richie on lead, as the following year, he would begin a very successful solo career, with four #1 songs, in addition to the one he had on the countdown this week. 19: JUST ONCE - QUINCY JONES FEATURING JAMES INGRAM (20) - This was Ingram's first placement on the chart, and he was usually either the featured artist or part of a duet (or trio, in the case of "What About Me"). It was also the first of two Top 40 hits by Quincy Jones on which Ingram provided the vocals. Of course, I preferred the other one ("One Hundred Ways", which charted the following spring). 18: SAY GOODBYE TO HOLLYWOOD - BILLY JOEL (19) - One of his more obscure hits, and, IMO, one of his weaker songs. Don't get me wrong; it is pretty good, but I preferred many others over this. 17: WE'RE IN THIS LOVE TOGETHER - AL JARREAU (18) - He was mainly a smooth jazz singer, but he did have a few Top 40 crossover hits, this one being his most successful. I liked it, but preferred a few others from him, including a few that did not chart on AT40. 16: SUPER FREAK - RICK JAMES (16) - Of course, the bass for this song was used in "U Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer. That's probably the only reason that I somewhat like it, though it's nothing I'd go out of my way to listen to. 15: WAITING FOR A GIRL LIKE YOU - FOREIGNER (21) - Ah, good ol' Wf*gLY. As we all know, this song was stuck at #2 for ten weeks, behind "Physical" by ONJ. Due to the lyrical content of the latter, the Foreigner song won out on the R&R chart, spending a total of six weeks on top. This song was good, but quite overplayed. 14: SHARE YOUR LOVE - KENNY ROGERS (14) - This song featured Gladys Knight & The Pips singing backup. Though not his best song, it was still a great one. 13: THE THEME FROM HILL STREET BLUES - MIKE POST FEATURING LARRY CARLTON (17) - TV show themes were most popular in 1976, but they seemed to have a resurgence in 1981 and 1982, though the former year contained at least two of them that hit the Top Ten. I have a 45 on the Elektra Spun Gold label with this as the "B" side of the other Top Ten TV show theme from 1981, "Greatest American Hero". I really liked this song - especially Larry Carlton's killer guitar solo in the bridge! 12: WHEN SHE WAS MY GIRL - THE FOUR TOPS (13) - Amazing how they had been together for 27 years without any changes in memberships! Like the Moody Blues, they're known for their earlier hits, but this comeback hit was among their best, IMO. 11: HERE I AM - AIR SUPPLY (15) - This one could be called a guilty pleasure, as many people I know don't like this song at all (some consider it their least favorite Air Supply song). According to me, however, it is one of their best. Too bad they chopped the song down this week, though. ARCHIVES: GET BACK – THE BEATLES - One of several songs during the AT40 era that debuted in the Top Ten. It was an OK song, but definitely not one of their best by any means. OPTIONAL EXTRA: NO REPLY AT ALL - GENESIS - They were definitely not a big singles act at first, as many of their earlier songs peaked much lower on the Hot 100 than on the airplay charts. On the latter, this song climbed all the way to #13, yet barely hit the Top 30 on the former. This was one of several songs by them that used Earth, Wind & Fire's horn section. I liked it, but it definitely wasn't their best by any means, IMO. 10: STEP BY STEP - EDDIE RABBITT (5) - Of course, this song definitely lived up to its name when it was scaling the Top Ten, as it moved one spot at a time, all the way up to its #5 peak position, where it held the past two weeks. I never used to like this song at all, but now I think it's a great one. I still slightly preferred his other big 1981 hit, though. 9: I'VE DONE EVERYTHING FOR YOU - RICK SPRINGFIELD (10) - Earlier, I mentioned how much "Young Turks" by Rod Stewart sounds a lot like his follow-up. Here is another example of that - this song sounds a lot like his next song, "Love Is Alright Tonite". Although I prefer the latter, this one is pretty good too. 8: THE NIGHT OWLS - THE LITTLE RIVER BAND (9) - Aussie acts abound in the countdown this week (and, in a four-song stretch of the chart, three acts are from down under). This was a good song - one I remember quite well from its chart run, but I preferred a few others from them (is it me, or did they play a slightly longer version of this song than usual?) LDD: GETTING BETTER – THE BEATLES - Based on the lyrics of this song, it was fitting for the dedication, from a teenager who had always felt distrust and resentment towards teachers. 7: HARD TO SAY - DAN FOGELBERG (8) - This was technically the first release from Fogelberg's Innocent Age album, which had come out about a month before. "Same Old Lang Syne", which had never been on any album, was tacked onto it after it had had its chart run earlier in the year. Anyway, like most of Fogelberg's hits, this was a great one, IMO. 6: TRYIN' TO LIVE MY LIFE WITHOUT YOU - BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND (11) - The first of two releases from Seger's album live album Nine Tonight (the second, a live version of "Feel Like A Number", originally on his Stranger In Town album, peaked at #48). I really liked this song - very energetic sounding, like many live recordings. 5: ENDLESS LOVE - DIANA ROSS AND LIONEL RICHIE (2) - At this point, people were wondering whether the top song of the year would be this one or "Bette Davis Eyes", as it was indeed a horse race between the two (and Casey even mentioned the possibility of this coming out on top). I used to despise this song, but now I think it's pretty good, despite the cheese factor. 4: FOR YOUR EYES ONLY - SHEENA EASTON (4) - Sheena's second Top Ten hit, following "Morning Train" from earlier in the year. I much preferred this one. 3: PRIVATE EYES - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES (6) - One of two #1 songs from the duo in 1981. Though they both sounded somewhat alike, I preferred "Kiss On My List" by a fairly wide margin. OPTIONAL EXTRA: DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' - JOURNEY - This song could be the song from them that receives the most recurrent airplay on oldies stations (though many AC-based ones still play "Faithfully" on a regular basis). Anyway, this song has held up quite well despite overplay. 2: START ME UP - THE ROLLING STONES (2) - They started out 17 years before and were still on a roll, as this song climbed as high as #2. I'm sort of burned out on this one, due to overplay, but it's still not bad. 1: ARTHUR'S THEME - CHRISTOPHER CROSS (1) - Movie themes, as always, were quite popular chart hits, like this song, which had recently spent three weeks on top. This was definitely my favorite movie song of 1981, as well as one of my favorite songs of the entire decade! Well, we all know that November 8, 1986 is one of the shows slated for next week, and it is almost certainly the "A" show. Many of us are thinking that 1980 will be the "B" show, but are not sure whether or not it will be 11/1 or 11/8 (as, based on next Saturday's date, it could be either one of them).
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Post by Hervard on Oct 28, 2017 17:52:21 GMT -5
Recycled commentary time...
American Top 40: The 80s - October 28, 2017
This week's presentation - October 31, 1987
I'll be listening to this a little oddly today, starting with the Top 20 and then finishing up with 40 to 21 later on tonight, so I can accomodate the ghosts and goblins tonight.
LET'S WORK - MICK JAGGER (39) - A one-week wonder on AT40, and one we'll never hear on the series, as the previous week's show had a guest host. No big loss, however, as I wasn't a big fan of this song. I preferred him with the Rolling Stones over his solo material. NOTORIOUS - LOVERBOY (38) - Totally underrated song here. It is one of my favorites from them, yet it didn't get any higher than #38. I'm surprised that this one doesn't get a lot of recurrent airplay because, with their songs, it seems that the lower they peaked, the more they get played on 80s stations today. ONE HEARTBEAT - SMOKEY ROBINSON (32) - This was his second Top Ten during 1987. Not bad for a man who had been charting since the early-60s. JUMP START - NATALIE COLE (27) - This was her first hit in seven years, since she was out of commission for most of the 80s, due to addiction problems. Glad she overcame those, as she had many great hits in the late-80s and early 90s. This was a good one, but not quite her best.
40: LOVE WILL FIND A WAY - YES (debut) - Generally an album rock band, they did have a handful of pop hits. This one got as high as #30 on the chart. It was a good one, though I preferred the next release, which hit in early 1988. 39: SUGAR FREE - WA WA NEE (debut) - This was their only Top 40 hit - and with a name like that, I can see why. As for the song, it's your typical mid/late 1980s dance tune. Nothing I'd go out of my way to listen to. 38: CATCH ME (I'M FALLING) - PRETTY POISON (debut) - The first of two hits from the film Hiding Out. I preferred the second one ("Live My Life" by Boy George), but this one's pretty good too. 37: FAITH - GEORGE MICHAEL (debut) - Many people don't know this, but the song playing on the church organ at the beginning of the song was "Freedom", one of Michael's hits when he was still with Wham! And, coincidentally, this song debuted at the same position as that song. However, the song was much bigger, spending a month at #1 and going on to become the top song of 1988. Not my favorite song from him by any means (overplay had a lot to do with that). At least they edited the song down somewhat (cutting out the instrumental bridge, I believe). 36: BETCHA SAY THAT - GLORIA ESTEFAN & MIAMI SOUND MACHINE (36) - This has got to be their most underrated hit ever! This is all the higher it got, yet nearly all of their others, as well as the first few of her solo hits, made the Top 20. Anyway, this is one of my favorite songs from her/them. Anyway, I was glad to finally hear it on AT40 (although they did cut out the second verse, but IIRC, most countdown shows did not play the second verse). 35: DIDN'T WE ALMOST HAVE IT ALL - WHITNEY HOUSTON (24) - aka "All At Once Pt 2". Only difference is, this song was actually released as a single and flew straight up to the top. It's a good song, but far from being her best. 34: DON'T YOU WANT ME - JODY WATLEY (40) - She seems to have pairs of songs that sound alike. Her next hit, "Some Kind Of Lover" sounds a lot like this one (and "Real Love" is a dead ringer for "Looking For A New Love". I thought this song was pretty good. 33: SHAKE YOUR LOVE - DEBBIE GIBSON (37) - I like most of her hits, but always thought this one was a little too teenybopper sounding for my tastes. At least they edited this song down. 32: HOLIDAY - THE OTHER ONES (31) - This one had sort of an odd chart run. It debuted at #36, made a nice move to #29, then dropped back to #31. One would expect it to either fall off the chart or drop to near the bottom, but it actually dropped one spot this week. It was a pretty good song - their only Top 40 hit. 31: BOYS NIGHT OUT - TIMOTHY B. SCHMIT (35) - He doesn't sound as feminine in this song as he did in his two Top 40 hits with the Eagles. I thought this was a good song - had sort of a haunting sound to it. EXTRA: GHOSTBUSTERS - HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWSRAY PARKER, JR. - I loved Casey's evil laugh in the tease to this story, and interesting story about famous ghosts in history. OPTIONAL EXTRA: CHERRY BOMB - JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP - One of Mellencamp's story songs (although, as Larry mentioned, it was a fictional story). This one was pretty good, but I preferred many others from him. 30: I HEARD A RUMOUR - BANANARAMA (21) - Of course, we all know that, of their three Top 40 hits, this one is my favorite. 29: HOURGLASS - SQUEEZE (33) - Before playing this song, Casey played a drop piece of their 1981 hit "Tempted" which, of course, now gets way more recurrent airplay than this song. Paul Carrack sang lead on that one, but had left the group by the time this song came around. The lead singer on this one reminds me of Paul McCartney. 28: WE'LL BE TOGETHER - STING (34) - The first hit from Sting's second solo album Nothing Like The Sun. It wasn't bad, but not quite his best. I preferred many songs on his other solo albums. 27: COME ON, LET'S GO - LOS LOBOS (30) - Their second hit and, like the first, it was a remake of a Ritchie Valens song (since it was from the Ritchie Valens Story). This was by far my favorite of their two chart hits. 26: PAPER IN FIRE - JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP (14) - As the second Extra was gearing up to hit the chart, this one was still in the countdown. Not sure which of the two I prefer. 25: I WON'T FORGET YOU - POISON (29) - This song reminded me a little of "Missing You" by John Waite - and the subject matter wasn't all that different. I preferred most of their other hits, though this one wasn't bad either. 24: THE ONE I LOVE - R.E.M. (28) - This one had a little hint of folk music to it. It wasn't bad, but I preferred most of their 90s hits. 23: WHO WILL YOU RUN TO - HEART (12) - Even though they had gone the pop way, they revisited their classic rock side with this song, and it apparently worked, as the song went Top Ten. I liked it - one of my favorite of their upbeat songs. 22: IN MY DREAMS - REO SPEEDWAGON (19) - About half of their Top 40 hits were ballads, and this is one of them. One of my favorites from them! 21: I'VE BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE - CUTTING CREW (25) - Pretty much the only song from them we heard anymore is the tired, overplayed "(I Just) Died In Your Arms". I have heard this one on the radio a time or two in the past few years. It's a pretty good one. LDD: SCARBOROUGH FAIR - SIMON & GARFUNKEL - This definitely fit the dedication, as the music of Simon & Garfunkel helped the author of the letter, a college student, through his first year of college - the melody of their songs was soothing and just what he needed. This was his favorite song from them. OPTIONAL EXTRA: GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU - GEORGE HARRISON - His first hit in over six years, and he picked up right where he left off, as this was a big hit like his last one before this (only this one went to #1 on the Hot 100). I liked the song when it first came out, but to this day, I'm still a tad burned out on it due to overplay. 20: CARRIE - EUROPE (10) - They didn't have a very long chart career, but 1987 was definitely their heyday, with three Top 40 hits, and this one was their biggest. It was also my favorite song by them - a great power ballad! 19: HERE I GO AGAIN - WHITESNAKE (11) - Another hard rock group that only charted four times. And 1987 was definitely their year, as their two biggest hits charted and peaked within the year. I believe they played the single version this week, which I slightly preferred over the album version. 18: YOU ARE THE GIRL - THE CARS (17) - They were definitely big back in the late '70s (their two 1978 hits seem to get more recurrent airplay than any of their others) and first half of the 80s (Heartbeat City was indeed a smash album, with five Top 40 hits), but they began losing their momentum soon after. This was their last Top 40 hit. I wasn't a huge fan of it - I preferred most of their other Top 40 hits. 17: SHOULD'VE KNOWN BETTER - RICHARD MARX (26) - I often compare this song to Kenny Loggins' "I'm Free (Heaven Helps The Man)" since they both sound alike. I prefer the Kenny Loggins song, but this is also a great one - my favorite from his self-titled album. And they played the album version, which contains the longer instrumental bridge. 16: DON'T MAKE ME WAIT FOR LOVE - KENNY G. (VOCAL BY LENNY WILLIAMS) (22) - They played the album version of this as well, but this is one of those cases where I prefer the single, since the album version is schmaltzed up. The vocals are more oversung, it doesn't contain as much saxophone and it seems to have an echo to it (from being overdubbed, I assume). They cut out the second verse, but it's just as well. Indeed, the single version of this is far superior, IMO. 15: HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH - BELINDA CARLISLE (23) - This was the beginning of her second wave of popularity, and her best, as she had three Top Ten songs from her Heaven On Earth album. This was the biggest one, hitting #1 in early December. It's a great song; my second favorite from this album, behind "I Get Weak". 14: WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME - U2 (18) - The third and final Top 40 single from their monster album The Joshua Tree (the fourth, "In God's Country" just barely missed). This was my favorite song from the album, most likely since it wasn't overplayed like the two that preceded it. 13: LOST IN EMOTION - LISA LISA & CULT JAM (4) - One of two number one songs from them, both in 1987. This was my favorite of the two, but it didn't hold a candle to "All Cried Out", which remains one of my favorite songs of all-time. 12: (I'VE HAD) THE TIME OF MY LIFE - BILL MEDLEY & JENNIFER WARNES (20) - Dirty Dancing fever was just getting started, with this song, which would hit #1 a month later. I like the song, but for some reason, I hated it with a passion when it was on its way up the chart. Probably because of the overplay, but I never liked it in the first place. Now I think it's a good one, though I wouldn't want to hear it on a regular basis. 11: IT'S A SIN - PET SHOP BOYS (15) - This song has been compared to "Wild World" by Cat Stevens. Jonathon King, a British DJ accused the Pet Shop Boys of plagiarizing the song and went so far as to record his own cover version of "Wild World" as a single, using musical arrangement that was similar to "It's a Sin", in an attempt to demonstrate his claims. He released the single only to have it backfire on him. Not only did the single go absolutely nowhere, but the Pet Shop Boys sued King and won. As for the song, I liked it - one of my favorite songs by the Pet Shop Boys. OPTIONAL EXTRA: SO EMOTIONAL - WHITNEY HOUSTON - This would become Whitney's sixth number one in a row (limited to songs that hit the Hot 100, that is), setting a record. I liked this one, but much preferred the next release, which would extend her #1 streak to seven. 10: BRILLIANT DISGUISE - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (16) - Of his two 1987 hits, this was definitely my favorite. His other one, from his live greatest hits album, was a mediocre cover of a mediocre song, IMO. 9: BREAKOUT - SWING OUT SISTER (13) - They seemed destined to be a two-hit wonder, until "Am I The Same Girl" charted in 1992 (I assume it hit the AT40 chart, which by then was not going by the Hot 100, where the song peaked at #45). Anyway, I thought this song was pretty good, but I preferred their next hit, the underrated "Twilight World". 8: U GOT THE LOOK - PRINCE w/SHEENA EASTON (3) - This one looked like it might hit #1, with its 5-2 jump the week before, but it was pushed back due to the heavy traffic in the Top Five. BTW, I'm award that Sheena Easton did not receive label credit, but she should have, since her voice was prominently heard on the song. During its chart run, I thought this song was mediocre, but it's a song that gets better with age, like fine wine. I think it's a great one now. LDD: HERE I AM - AIR SUPPLY - Great song, and what a LDD! The beginning of the story sort of implied that the author was still looking for his lost love, but he eventually did find her. I wonder if they're still together? 7: LET ME BE THE ONE - EXPOSE (12) - This was their third hit. Of their three 1987 hits (I regard "Seasons Change" as a 1988 song), this is my second favorite. "Point Of No Return" was by far my favorite. 6: LITTLE LIES - FLEETWOOD MAC (13) - For some reason, I never liked this song. It was my least favorite song from "Tango In The Night". My favorite was the one that preceded it, "Seven Wonders", which was a Top 20 hit in August. 5: CASANOVA - LeVERT (8) - They were definitely more of a soul act than Pop, as this was their only Top 40 hit. It was pretty good, but I preferred Gerald's solo hit from 1994, "I'd Give Anything". 4: MONY MONY - BILLY IDOL (7) - One of two Tommy James covers that rode up the chart side by side. They debuted the same week, hit the Top Ten the same week, and came so close to dropping off the same week as well. They were #1 back-to-back as well. It was my favorite of the two - especially the live version. 3: I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW - TIFFANY (5) - I wasn't a big fan of this remake. This was likely my least favorite of her Top 40 hits. Her new song, "Could've Been" was starting to get early action on B96 about now. That song was far better, IMO. OPTIONAL EXTRA: IS THIS LOVE - WHITESNAKE - This song was indeed knocking on the door to the Top 40, as it was right outside at #41 and would debut at #30 the following week. It was a good song - not sure if I preferred this or "Here I Go Again". 2: CAUSING A COMMOTION - MADONNA (2) - This song almost hit #1, but instead, was stuck at #2 for three weeks, while the two Tommy James remakes leapfrogged over her. While I'm glad that the two songs made chart history, I preferred this song by a fair margin. 1: BAD - MICHAEL JACKSON (1) - Amazing that Michael had three of the five #1 songs that only contained three letters. He definitely wasn't like Bryan Adams, who would become known for his long song titles a few years later. As for this song, it was a good one, but it sure had a short chart run! On the R&R chart, it only spent ten weeks - possibly the shortest chart run for a #1 song on that chart (while it was a Top 40 chart, that is).
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Post by FreakyFlyBry on Nov 3, 2017 12:25:49 GMT -5
#laziness #recycledcommentary #at40 #caseykasem #1986 #quotingmyself In celebration of my 1,000th post (YAY!), I decided to post this week's AT40 commentary: Congratulations on finally reaching 1000 posts after over 5 years! ;D I'm listening to the show right now... I'll comment on the songs as I go along: Dropoff time: 33: HEAVEN IN YOUR EYES - LOVERBOY - OK song, but no big loss, as we heard it on the last 1986 show. I like "This Could Be The Night" and a few of their upbeat numbers better. I actually think this is one of their best... probably because it's not as overplayed as their earlier songs. 34: STUCK WITH YOU - HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS - We heard this song on the last show as well. This was R&R's #1 song of 1986 (Cool!), but it didn't even rank in BB's Top Ten for the year. And given the fact that borefests like "On My Own" and "I Miss You" beat it out on Billboard, I definitely prefer R&R's top 10 of the year, as I like all of R&R's top 10 songs of the year, this one of course included. One of my favourites from them! Rather oddly, the only song both publications ranked in the top 10 was "How Will I Know" by Whitney Houston. 35: FRIENDS AND LOVERS - CARL ANDERSON & GLORIA LORING - Guess what? We also heard this song on the September 20 show earlier this year. I liked this song when it first came out, but then overplay prevailed and I got tired of it. Now it's pretty good to hear every now and then. I find this one rather boring... but not quite "No. Just no." status. And now, on with the countdown... 40: SHAKE YOU DOWN - GREGORY ABBOTT - I liked this song. Your typical mid-80s slow jam. It hit #1 in early 1987. Meh, nothing really special. Still, don't mind hearing it occasionally. This is one #1 hit that really doesn't get much play anymore. 39: YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU…DON'T YOU - HOWARD JONES - Meh, probably my least favorite Hojo song, but still passable. The disparity between R&R and BB, as far as peak position goes, was representative of the early-80s, as this song only got as high as #17 on the latter and hit the Top Ten on the former. I like this one... but yeah, I like all of his other R&R top 10's (and probably "Lift Me Up" and "Life In One Day" (more on that one later)) better. 38: WILD WILD LIFE - TALKING HEADS - Much better than that repulsive crap that is "Burning Down The House". I like this as well as their non-Top 40 hit "And She Was", from 1985. This is one band where some of their non-top 40 hits (such as "And She Was" that you mentioned, as well as "Once In A Lifetime") are better known than this one! I like them generally, this song included, but they had better. 37: DON'T GET ME WRONG - THE PRETENDERS - Pretty good song. I personally prefer "Back On The Chain Gang" and "Brass In Pocket". Agreed. I generally like their music, this song included, but I do prefer those you mentioned as well as "I'll Stand By You". 36: IN YOUR EYES - PETER GABRIEL - Meh, no thanks. Give me "Shock The Monkey" anytime (hopefully on a 1982 show in the near-future. I like most of his big hits about the same... this is quite good but I think "Big Time" is his best (partially because it isn't as overplayed as "Sledgehammer") 35: DON'T FORGET ME WHEN I'M GONE - GLASS TIGER - Possibly my favorite Glass Tiger song (and, how about that, it was their biggest!). Today, the label would be credited "Glass Tiger f/Bryan Adams" I prefer "Someday" over this but I like this one too despite overplay. I also like a few of their Canada-only hits. LDD: LIFE IN ONE DAY - HOWARD JONES- Wow, another Hojo song, and in the same hour as the other one. Surprised that they didn't place this in a different hour, but maybe that was before people got all bent out of shape hearing two different songs by the same artist so close together. Anyway, I liked this song and felt that it was underrated, although U93 did give this moderate airplay. This one does get occasional airplay these days, but not as much as some other songs of his. I like this one and felt it was a very appropriate LDD song given the letter (and that it was this song specifically that changed the writer's life!) 34: (FOREVER) LIVE AND DIE - ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK - Of their four songs, this is probably my third favorite. My least favorite, of course, was the overplayed "If You Leave" and my favorite - it would be a toss-up between "So In Love" (yes, I know that's basically "If You Leave pt. 1") and "Dreaming". I prefer their previous 2 hits (and yes, I think they both sound the same). This one was alright too though. 33: WHAT ABOUT LOVE - 'TIL TUESDAY - I liked this one better than "Voices Carry" (or is that "Boys Are Scary" - I keep forgetting). Anyway, this is another song that I felt was overrated. Don't you mean underrated? I like this one but I prefer "Voices Carry". 32: TWO OF HEARTS - STACEY Q - No. Just no. I like this one, probably the best on 80's mix shows. 31: STAND BY ME - BEN E. KING - This one has stood the test of time and has been remade several times. I think this is the best, though. Agreed, this is definitely the best version of the song, and it didn't sound dated in 1986! Definitely beats Sean Kingston's sampling of this (and I bet you never thought I'd mention Sean Kingston in an AT40 Flashback topic as he wasn't even born yet in the 80's!) 30: A MATTER OF TRUST - BILLY JOEL - One two, uh ONE TWO THREE FOUR!!! This one's good, but I prefer "This Is The Time" My favourite song from this album. Still, I prefer many other songs from him. 29: THROWING IT ALL AWAY - GENESIS - As we all know, this was my least favorite song from the "Invisible Touch" album. I sort of learned to like it during its chart run (because I knew it would be all I heard on the radio for a few months), but now, I don't really like it, especially due to a few personal situations, at least one of them beyond my control) I like most of their stuff... this was pretty good but I preferred all the other "Invisible Touch" singles too. 28: HEARTBEAT - DON JOHNSON - Great song! Takes me back to the beginning of my Freshman year in High School, one of the best! A good song, so definitively 80's. Another song that's best on 80's mix shows. 27: SOMEBODY'S OUT THERE - TRIUMPH - I like this one, as I do several other songs by them that didn't quite make the Top 40, like "Magic Power" from 1981, and "World Of Fantasy" from early 1983. Is it wrong for me to generally not be that familiar with a Canadian band like this? This song's pretty good though, reminded me of something Survivor would do. 26: FREEDOM OVERSPILL - STEVE WINWOOD - Another Stev(i)e remade this one a year later, but this one's a good one - much better than his previous hit, which remains one of the ten most overplayed 80s hits today. My least favourite of the "Back In The High Life" singles, but it's still pretty good, as are all of his solo top 40 hits. 25: WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN - BANGLES - This is another overplayed song that I never really liked in the first place. Why couldn't their last hit, "If She Knew What She Wants" hit #1 and let this one barely touch the Top 30? Not sure what the Top 40 audience was smoking I prefer "Eternal Flame" and "Hazy Shade of Winter", but this one was quite good too. I haven't got tired of it, but maybe because I was 4 years old when this was out. 24: GIRL CAN'T HELP IT - JOURNEY - A good song that I'm surprised doesn't get recurrent airplay on classic rock stations, since it sounds like it would be radio-friendly at that format. Agreed. Seems like they ignore any Journey songs after 1983, which is a shame, as many of my favourites from them (this song included) are quite good too. 23: EVERYBODY HAVE FUN TONIGHT - WANG CHUNG - Wow, hour 2 seems to have its share of overplayed songs, although this isn't as played out as several of the other songs I've mentioned. Great song! This is one of those classic 80's "feel-good" songs. 22: TO BE A LOVER - BILLY IDOL - Oh Billy, how sorry I am that I slighted this song in my Top 1000 list of the 1980s. Anyway, this one was not bad, but he's had many better. What he said. 21: JUMPIN' JACK FLASH - ARETHA FRANKLIN - This one was an OK remake of the classic Rolling Stones hits, but nothing can possibly beat the original. Agreed. It's hard to top the Stones, and Aretha tried and did a good job but doesn't come close to the original. Britney Spears, take note... because THIS is how you remake the Stones, not how you did your crap remake of "Satisfaction"! 20: I AM BY YOUR SIDE - COREY HART - This one's pretty good, but he's had better songs, like "Never Surrender". He was pretty much passe by late 1986, as this, I believe, was his last Top 20 hit. Indeed it was. I prefer pretty much all of his earlier songs but this was good too. 19: WHEN I THINK OF YOU- JANET JACKSON - This is sort of "in-between", as far as the Control album goes. It's not really my favorite from that album, nor is it my least favorite. I'd say it's my second or third favourite. But I do generally prefer Janet's 89-95 stuff over this. 18: THE WAY IT IS- BRUCE HORNSBY & THE RANGE - This one has held up rather well, despite the overplay. Still, I like "Mandolin Rain" and "Every LIttle Kiss" better. I like this but I prefer some of his other big hits. "Mandolin Rain" and "The Valley Road" being those I prefer from the 80's, as well as his obscure 90's hit "Walk In The Sun". 17: ALL CRIED OUT - LISA LISA & CULT JAM WITH FULL FORCE - Easily my favorite song on this show. Too bad it didn't get any higher than it did. Yes, I know #8 is good, but this should have been at least a Top Five hit, possibly even #1. Well, they did get two #1's the year after This song was good but I preferred Allure's remake from 1997. 16: EMOTION IN MOTION - RIC OCASEK - Good song, but I preferred his stuff with the Cars. Agreed. 15: HIP TO BE SQUARE - HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS - Don't like this one at all - possibly my least favorite song by Huey Lewis - definitely my least favorite from "Fore!", released or not. I generally like their stuff... this one included. My least favourite from that album was "I Know What I Like" though. 14: LOVE WILL CONQUER ALL - LIONEL RICHIE - Good song, even if he did remake one of his own songs off of "Can't Slow Down". Was it "Penny Lover" that this reminded you of? This one was okay, but I like most of his other solo songs better. 13: I'LL BE OVER YOU - TOTO - Good song, one of my favorites from them. Mine too, I prefer some of their earlier stuff but this is good too. 12: THE NEXT TIME I FALL - PETER CETERA WITH AMY GRANT - Pretty good song, but both have had better. Agreed. I like Amy's big 1991 hits, as well as "One Good Woman" better. 11: SWEET LOVE - ANITA BAKER - This one's good, but I prefer the other three released songs from "Rapture", as well as some of the album cuts. I like this one, probably my favourite from her (although "Just Because" is close behind). LDD: IMAGINE - JOHN LENNON - Good song, but I prefer his 80s stuff. Classic! I really like this one, probably even more than any Beatles song As for the dedication, very touching, and the issue of nuclear disarmament is still very much relevant to this day. 10: THE RAIN - ORAN "JUICE" JONES - I liked this one, especially at the end, when he was giving his girlfriend the what-for. The spoken word part is also my favourite part of this. But I like the song throughout. 9: WORD UP - CAMEO - Didn't like this one, or really, anything by Cameo. I like this one... ironically enough, it was Korn's remake that got me into this (and I normally don't like Korn at all!) Similarly, Mariah Casey's sampling got me into "Candy" more. 8: TYPICAL MALE - TINA TURNER - One of my favorites by Ms. Turner. Was glad she finally made it to #1 in R&R after coming so close with "What's Love Got To Do With It". This is also one of my favourites from her. If I were to guess her only #1, I'd have guessed easily "What's Love Got To Do With It" (which was indeed her only Billboard #1). But radio programmers should wake up and realize she had more songs than that, and play stuff like this more. 7: YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME - BON JOVI - This was the one that put Bon Jovi on the map, although I liked their more mellow stuff, like "Never Say Goodbye" and "Edge Of A Broken Heart". And neither of the songs you mentioned made AT40 (although they both made R&R, and in fact, I have Rick Dees shows with both songs on there). I really like this one, but I do prefer several other songs from them, including some of their 90's stuff. 6: TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT - EDDIE MONEY - Nope, didn't like this one. Probably my least favorite song by the Money Man. I really like this one... in my top 5 from him likely, but I do prefer a few others. 5: TRUE BLUE - MADONNA - Loved this one. My favorite from the "True Blue" album. Surprisingly, I disagree with you here. I preferred "Papa Don't Preach", "Open Your Heart" and "La Isla Bonita", but this was good too. 4: HUMAN - HUMAN LEAGUE - Good song, but I preferred their earlier-80s music. This is a close favourite from them for me, just ahead of "Don't You Want Me". 3: TRUE COLORS - CYNDI LAUPER - Don't you mean "Twoo Cuh-wers"? I liked this one when it was on the charts, and it's still tolerable, but she's had better. I like this one, but I prefer the 4 big hits from "She's So Unusual". 2: I DIDN'T MEAN TO TURN YOU ON - ROBERT PALMER - Don't worry Robert, you didn't turn me on, with this song anyway. I preferred "Hyperactive". I really like this one... but I do prefer a few others from him like "Bad Case of Loving You", "Addicted To Love" and "Simply Irresistible". 1: AMANDA - BOSTON - Amazing comeback hit by the band that most people had pretty much given up for dead. Too bad it didn't last long, as they only had one more Top Ten hit after this. Agreed... as much as I enjoy their 70's classics, this is my favourite from them. And once again, after this, they had a long gap between hits, as after this album, they didn't hit again until 1994 (but they flopped that time). Predictions for next week: I have a feeling they'll do 1982 next week, either the 10/30/82 show we heard last year (as well as on a Flashback in 2001) or perhaps they'll surprise us and do the show from November 6, which would indeed be a pleasant surprise for JessieLou (where has she been lately, btw?), because that's the show where "Shadows Of The Night by Pat Benatar debuted. Plus, "New World Man" by Rush is also on that show! No Heart or Lita, however If not 1982, then possibly 1980 - in that case, it would likely be the November 1, 1980 show. We'll have to wait and see next week. Yeah, I think it's 1982's turn next week. Maybe 1983 (they could end up doing the show you sent me), but I know 11/6/1982 would be a good choice. Who knows, maybe it's 1980's turn too. Hmm 1984 or 1985 is possible for next week, not sure. I know JessieLou would be happy with either because of "We Belong" and "Never"/"We Built This City".
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Post by FreakyFlyBry on Nov 10, 2017 13:35:49 GMT -5
Recycling my commentary from 5 years ago: November 17, 1984 40 -- Rebbie Jackson - Centipede (24) This was alright but I prefer songs by her siblings (well, maybe not La Toya). 39 -- Peter Wolf - I Need You Tonight (36) wtf did this sound like again? 38 40 John Waite - Tears (37) wtf did this sound like again? 37 -- REO Speedwagon - I Do'Wanna Know (29) This was alright but I prefer their power ballads. 36 36 Sam Harris - Sugar Don't Bite (36) No. Just no. 35 21 Elton John - Who Wears These Shoes? (16) Good song but he's had better. 34 37 Dan Hartman - We Are the Young (25) This was alright but I prefer his two other 80's hits. 33 35 Tommy Shaw - Girls With Guns (33) Good song! Very underrated and just as good as many Styx songs. 32 -- Jermaine Jackson - Do What You Do (13) Good song, one of my favourite solo hits from him. 31 38 The Cars - Hello Again (20) Good song, but I prefer the previous three "Heartbeat City" singles. 30 17 Madonna - Lucky Star (4) Shame to see this drop so much but at least it became her first top 5. It's a pretty good song too, and of course its follow-up would help catapult her to superstardom. Flashback Extra: Van Halen "Hot For Teacher", which was moving up to #57 that week Odd to have an extra that didn't make the top 40 but since it still gets played on classic rock stations, it makes sense. Good song! 29 33 Julian Lennon - Valotte (10) Good song, though I prefer his follow-up. This had more of a Beatles feel to it. 28 29 .38 Special - Teacher, Teacher (25) Good song, though they've had better. Bryan Adams wrote this. 27 30 Sammy Hager - I Can't Drive 55 (26) Good song! One of my favourite solo hits from him. LDD: Kenny Rogers "Through the Years" from Sherry, going to the United States to go to college, to her mother (who's back in Germany with the rest of their family along with Sherry's stepfather who's stationed there in the Army), as a way of showing her appreciation for the struggles she's had in raising Sherry and her sibling Well, at least they didn't pick one of his 1981 songs as I hate all of his 1981 hits. This one was okay, but not great either. Still, fit the dedication quite well. 26 16 Rod Stewart - Some Guys Have All the Luck (10) Good song! It's the only version I've heard, as it was a cover of a previous obscure hit. 25 31 Pat Benatar - We Belong (5) JessieLou alert! Great song - still one of my favourites from her! 24 15 The Pointer Sisters - I'm So Excited (9) Great song! Glad it got a second chance after the "Breakout" hits as it got the top 10 position it deserved. 23 27 Huey Lewis & The News - Walking on a Thin Line (18) Good song! I really like all five of the "Sports" hits. 22 26 Corey Hart - It Ain't Enough (17) Good song! I like pretty much all of his top 40 hits, as well as his late 90's comeback in Canada. 21 14 John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band - On the Dark Side (7) Good song, though slightly overplayed. 20 24 Survivor - I Can't Hold Back (13) I like this but prefer most of their other 80's hits. Flashback Extra: U2 "Pride (In the Name of Love)", which was "two weeks away from becoming their first Top 40 hit" Great song! Surprised it didn't go far in the top 40 considering its enduring popularity. 19 28 Duran Duran - Wild Boys (2) Great song! While this fell short of #1 on Billboard, it made it to #1 on R&R. 18 25 The Honeydrippers - Sea of Love (3) Good song, easily my favourite version of the song (Casey played clips of the previous chart versions.) 17 20 Culture Club - The War Song (17) Despite the message, this wasn't one of my favourites from them... I feel they were almost over by then (as they'd have just 2 more hits after this.) 16 22 New Edition - Cool it Now (4) Great song! One of my favourites from them, though I think they have some good songs too in their later years. 15 18 Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes, & James Ingram - What About Me? (15) Well... what about them? Not a fan of this despite the fact that Richard Marx wrote it - all three artists have had better. 14 19 Paul McCartney - No More Lonely Nights (6) Good song! Interesting how Casey mentioned how many recorded versions of "Yesterday" there were - including a solo Paul version for the same soundtrack as this! 13 09 Chicago - Hard Habit to Break (3) Great song! Another one that hit #1 on R&R despite missing out on Billboard. 12 10 Dennis DeYoung - Desert Moon (10) Good song - Casey mentioned that Styx was just merely on a hiatus and hadn't split up... took them 7 more years to reunite where they got their last top 10 hit, "Show Me The Way". 11 08 David Bowie - Blue Jean (8) Great song! I feel David had many great 80's songs. 10 13 Lionel Richie - Penny Lover (8) Good song, I like all of the "Can't Slow Down" singles. Interesting how Casey said how rare it was to get 5 top 10's from an album, it's a lot more common now! Flashback Extra: Bryan Adams "Run to You" Great song! The "Reckless" era really made him one of the greatest artists of the 90's. 09 12 Cyndi Lauper - All Through the Night (5) Great song! 1984 really was her year. 08 11 Sheena Easton - Strut (7) Great song! One of my favourites from her. 07 07 Tina Turner - Better Be Good to Me (5) Great song! This showed her comeback was no fluke as she remained a chart force for the rest of the 80's. LDD: Barbra Streisand "Memories" (The Way We Were) from Jenny, better known as "Miss Robinson", to those in Baccus Marsh, Australia, who she was a teacher for many years ago, and for all the memories The song fit the dedication quite well, but I'm not a fan of the song at all - found it quite boring, much like many of her others. 06 06 Hall & Oates - Out of Touch (1) Great song! Surprised it stalled on its way up to #1. 05 02 Stevie Wonder - I Just Called to Say I Love You (1) Great song! Definitely a deserving #1 for him. 04 05 Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (3) Speaking of Stevie... here he is again with his harmonica! Great song - loved the funky feel to this, contrasted a lot with Prince's version (of which a clip was played.) 03 01 Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) (1) Great song! Glad that, after several years of not hitting the chart, this really put his career into overdrive and he'd have many more hits in the 80's. Flashback Extra: Madonna "Like a Virgin", which made the highest debut that week at #48 Great song! One of my favourites from her. 02 03 Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain (2) Great song! This was another that hit #1 on R&R but not Billboard (as sales weren't as high due to high sales of the album, most likely) 01 04 Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (1) [/b] [/quote] Great song, and interesting story about how a note to Andrew Ridgeley's mother inspired the song's title. Four songs debuted in this week's survey. The four songs that fall out are: "Swept Away" by Diana Ross (LW: 23), A pretty decent song, though I prefer her 60's-70's-earlier 80's hits. "Let's Go Crazy" by Prince (LW: 32), Great song! Shame to see it fall off. "Drive" by The Cars (LW: 34), and Again, great song, but much like Prince, at least they still had a song charting. "Cover Me" by Bruce Springsteen (LW: 39). Almost the same story here... though "Born In The U.S.A." had yet to debut. It would carry on his hit streak, and be the third of 7 straight top 10's from his album. [/li][li]Another one from the "Diminishing Returns" files: A #1, two Top 10s, and a Top 20 all fall out to be replaced by a pack of four led by just one Top 20.[/quote] Would've made sense to air the previous week's show - if only Charlie Van Dyke didn't guest-host it. I have heard that show though. [/li][li]Speaking of which, get a load of that bottom ten - only three Top 20s in that bunch, only one of which would make it onto a year-end chart.[/quote] No wonder AT40 Flashback just aired three hours. And said year-end chart song, "Do What You Do", isn't even heard much anymore either. [/li][li]Take note of both Sammy Hagar and Van Halen both appearing in this show - albeit, the latter due to Premiere including them as an extra. Only during one instance, ever, did the two naturally appear separately within the show - during the three-week run of Sammy's "Two Sides of Love" earlier in the year, and only one week of which, 9-1, has ever been aired by Premiere (back in 2010).[/quote] To contrast, David Lee Roth charted in 1986 with "Yankee Rose" while Van Halen had "Love Walks In" on the chart. It happened both ways for them! [/li][li]Speaking of Sammy, "I Can't Drive 55" makes a very odd lead-in to the first LDD, but given that it's a "Through the Years" dedication, it's not necessarily completely inappropriate (while other odd lead-ins have been!).[/quote] Thankfully it wasn't a death dedication... especially one about a death in a car accident caused by speeding! Would've really been awful if that happened considering Sammy's song was about not driving a slower speed limit. Incidentally, in his intro for "Hard Habit to Break", Casey opined that Chicago themselves could be a "hard habit to break" for their fans. The same can very much be said of the recurring "Chicago update" in this thread. Yeah, we seem to do these even if Chicago isn't in the chart. Even though they did have "Hard Habit To Break" in the chart, "You're The Inspiration" would debut fairly soon as well. Prediction for next week: Well, we got a 1984 show finally! They've had a fairly even distribution of years lately... I'll say 1985 for next week as it's been the longest since they aired 1985. 11/23/1985 last aired in 2008, so it's quite likely they'll air it again. 1987 for backup prediction.[/quote]
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Post by Hervard on Nov 11, 2017 10:53:38 GMT -5
^Not sure if you just didn't change your predictions (as they were the same as last time this show aired), but it was implied over on the AT40 Message Boards that 11/30/85 was coming up the first week in December, so I'm thinking they'll hold off on 1985 until then. You're probably right about 1987, though, since it's been second longest since we've heard from that year. 1980 would be my back-up prediction, though it would have to be November 15, since 11/22 was done last year, but 1987 seems more likely.
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Post by FreakyFlyBry on Nov 11, 2017 13:44:36 GMT -5
I didn't change my predictions, was too lazy. Besides, we now know what next week's show is.
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Post by FreakyFlyBry on Nov 17, 2017 12:15:48 GMT -5
Recycling my commentary from 8 years ago... November 14, 1987Falling off: Heart - Who Will You Run To (39) - good song but they've had better Europe - Carrie (34) - good song, one of their best The Cars - You Are The Girl (33) - good song, underrated REO Speedwagon - In My Dreams (31) - I like this but prefer others from them Whitesnake - Here I Go Again (28) - great song! Shame to see it fall off 40. John Mellencamp - Cherry Bomb (debut) - I like this but prefer many others from him 39. Taylor Dayne - Tell It To My Heart (debut) - great song! One of my favourites from her, if not my favourite 38. George Harrison - Got My Mind Set On You (debut) - great song! One of the surprise comebacks of the late 80's 37. The Jets - I Do You (debut) - filthy! Catchy song though 36. Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - Lost In Emotion (22) - good song, one of their best 35. Wa Wa Nee - Sugar Free (36) - what a STUPID band name! The song's alright though 34. Yes - Love Will Find A Way (37) - good song, but they've had better 33. Aerosmith - Dude (Looks Like A Lady) (debut) - great song! One of their best 32. Michael Bolton - That's What Love Is All About (40) - not bad but I prefer his 90's hits LDD: Phil Collins - Take Me Home - sad that she treated her brother badly when he returned from Vietnam... but the song's pretty good 31. Steve Winwood - Valerie (35) - great song! One of his best 30. Prince & Sheena Easton - U Got The Look (17) - I like this but prefer many other Prince songs 29. Whitney Houston - So Emotional (38) - great song! One of her best 28. Stevie Wonder - Skeletons (32) - I like this but prefer many of his other songs, primarily 70's and 80's 27. Pretty Poison - Catch Me (I'm Falling) (29) - good song, always nice to hear on 80's mix shows 26. Timothy B. Schmit - Boys Night Out (25) - it's alright but I prefer him in the Eagles 25. Whitesnake - Is This Love (30) - great song! One of the best 80's power ballads 24. Levert - Casanova (12) - catchy song! Another one that's best on 80's mix shows 23. Jody Watley - Don't You Want Me (26) - I like this but prefer others by them, interesting how she had to audition to stay in Shalamar though! 22. Squeeze - Hourglass (23) - good song, but I prefer "Tempted" 21. Los Lobos - Come On, Let's Go (21) - I prefer "La Bamba" but this is good too 20. Kenny G - Don't Make Me Wait For Love (15) - nothing special, but the decent vocals prevent this from Kenny G's usual "No. Just no." 19. George Michael - Faith (27) - great song! One of his best 18. Debbie Gibson - Shake Your Love (24) - I like this but prefer others by her 17. Sting - We'll Be Together (20) - great song! One of his best solo songs 16. Expose - Let Me Be The One (9) - good song but I prefer Jeanette's songs over Gioia's 15. Poison - I Won't Forget You (19) - great song! One of their best 14. R.E.M. - The One I Love (18) - great song! The dedication was quite sad, as he hadn't seen his family in Iran for 9 years 13. U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name (13) - great song! One of their best 12. Cutting Crew - I've Been In Love Before (16) - great song, definitely underrated compared to "(I Just) Died In Your Arms", which has to be one of the most overplayed 80's songs ever though I like it still 11. Michael Jackson - Bad (5) - great song! One of his best 10. Richard Marx - Should've Known Better (14) - great song! Interesting how he wrote songs for artists like Kenny Rogers before he started his own career 9. Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin (10) - great song! One of their best 8. Madonna - Causing A Commotion (2) - I like this but she's had better 7. Bruce Springsteen - Brilliant Disguise (8) - good song! Interesting story about how he defaced his own billboard though! 6. Swing Out Sister - Breakout (7) - good song! Definitely got a unique sound 5. Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth (11) - great song! An 80's mix show essential 4. Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies (4) - great song! One of their best though I prefer some of their 70's hits LDD: Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman - I like this, not sure whether I prefer this or Michael Bolton's remake 3. Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes - (I've Had) The Time Of My Life (6) - great song! A karaoke essential 2. Billy Idol - Mony Mony (3) - great song, one of my favourites from him 1. Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now (1) - great song! An 80's mix show essential... and Tommy James was making history as remakes of his songs dominated the top 2! Chicago update: Must've been working on Chicago 19 by now... Next week prediction: I'd like 1984, but I think they'll go with 1980... and in that case, I'd hope for 11/15/1980 just because it has better archive songs. Well, we just had 1984 but I'd say 1980 is possible.
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Post by Hervard on Nov 19, 2017 16:13:37 GMT -5
American Top 40: The 80s - November 11, 2017
This week's presentation - November 17, 1984
Droppers: COVER ME - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (39) - The second of an incredible seven Top Ten singles from Born In The USA. This one is possibly the one of those songs that gets the least amount of recurrent airplay, but is still a good one. DRIVE - THE CARS (34) - Meh, no big loss. I found this one quite depressing. I did like the song before this one, "Magic" - by far, my favorite of the five Heartbeat City singles. LET'S GO CRAZY - PRINCE (32) - The second of five Top 40 hits from the Purple Rain soundtrack (and the second of two #1's). This is my third favorite song from the Purple Rain soundtrack, behind the title cut and "Take Me With U". SWEPT AWAY - DIANA ROSS (23) - This song was OK, but the back-up singers sounded a little robotic.
40: CENTIPEDE – REBBIE JACKSON (debut) - The first of two of the Jackson siblings on this week's chart. I preferred the other one, as I was never a huge fan of this song at all. 39: I NEED YOU TONIGHT – PETER WOLF (debut) - The former lead singer of the J. Geils Band tried a solo career and got three hits out of it. I liked all three of them about the same. 38: TEARS – JOHN WAITE (40) - Well, he definitely wasn't a one-hit wonder as a solo artist after leaving the Babys, but he certainly never measured up to the success of his first hit. Anyway, I definitely preferred this over his depressing first hit, but generally preferred him with the Babys and Bad English. 37: I DO’WANNA KNOW – REO SPEEDWAGON (debut) - I generally preferred their power ballads, as did many other people, as their three biggest hits were power ballads. This, however, would definitely be one of my favorite of their upbeat hits. 36: SUGAR DON’T BITE – SAM HARRIS (36) - Meh, I can see why this one tanked so fast. His voice was sort of annoying. The tune itself wasn't bad, though. 35: WHO WEARS THESE SHOES – ELTON JOHN (21) - The second single from Breaking Hearts, and, though not quite as successful as the first, it did peak at #16, just two weeks prior (and it did sneak in a Top Ten week on the R&R chart). I didn't like the song very much during its chart run, but now, I think it's a great one. 34: WE ARE THE YOUNG – DAN HARTMAN (37) - After hitting big with the frankly overplayed "I Can Dream About You", this one didn't even hit the Top 20, which was a shame, as I really liked this song - reminded me a little of Ollie & Jerry's "There's No Stopping Us" from earlier in the year. 33: GIRLS WITH GUNS – TOMMY SHAW (35) - As Casey mentioned, Styx was on hiatus and the band members were doing their own thing. One of their lead singers was featured here with his lone Top 40 hit. It was a good one, but I preferred two of his follow-ups, "Lonely School" (his next release), and "Ever Since The World Began". 32: DO WHAT YOU DO – JERMAINE JACKSON (debut) - According to Casey, this was the first time that a brother and sister were on the chart at the same time, and the two songs debut the same week, to boot. As mentioned before, this is my favorite of the two on this week's chart - also one of my favorite Jermaine Jackson songs of all time! 31: HELLO AGAIN – THE CARS (38) - A somewhat obscure song by the Cars (although, I say "somewhat" only because the song was used as a TV channel promo for a short time - not sure which channel, though). Anyway, this would be my second least favorite of the Heartbeat City singles (my least favorite was one of this week's droppers) 30: LUCKY STAR - MADONNA (17) - The final of her three singles from her self-titled album, as she had released her follow-up Like A Virgin the week before. The song was OK, but definitely not one of her best, IMO. OPTIONAL EXTRA: HOT FOR TEACHER - VAN HALEN - Interesting choice for an Extra, since it never made the chart, and doesn't receive much in the way of recurrent airplay. The song was OK, but not one of my favorite of their hits by any means. 29: VALOTTE – JULIAN LENNON (33) - He definitely had his father's voice. When I first heard this song, I thought it was another posthumous hit from the late John Lennon (since he'd had a Top Ten hit earlier in the year). This was my favorite song from Julian's album of the same name 28: TEACHER TEACHER - .38 SPECIAL (29) - Wow, two songs about teachers played almost back-to-back. Anyway, this song, the theme song from the movie Teachers, wasn't bad, but was one of my least favorite songs by 38 Special. 27: I CAN’T DRIVE 55 – SAMMY HAGAR (30) - This song had gone totally forgotten by me until I heard it in Back To The Future II, in early 1990, in the scene where Marty was trying to make sense of the altered 1985, brought on by his buying the Grey's Sports Almanac in 2015. Anyway, this is a pretty good song, though my least favorite of his four Top 40 hits LDD: THROUGH THE YEARS – KENNY ROGERS - Of course, this was possibly THE most requested LDD of the 1980s, and rightfully so, as it was fitting for many LDDs, including this one. 26: SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCK – ROD STEWART (16) - The story of my life! The song itself is a good one. 25: WE BELONG – PAT BENATAR (31) - She never quite made it to #1, but this was one of her biggest hits ever. I like it, but prefer several others from her. 24: I’M SO EXCITED – POINTER SISTERS (15) - For those lucky enough to catch last week's "B" show, like me, we got to hear this one two weeks in a row! I liked this song back in the day, since it was sort of a teenybopper song. It's still a pretty good song - better than their other 1984 hits (though the fact that this song was recorded back in the early-80s might have something to do with that). 23: WALKING ON A THIN LINE – HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS (27) - The fifth and final single from Sports, his/their biggest singles album ever. While "If This Is It" is by far my favorite song from the album, I'm not quite sure where to rank this song. 22: IT AIN’T ENOUGH – COREY HART (26) - The second Top 40 hit for this man from Canada. It didn't quite match the success of his first hit "Sunglasses At Night", but it did peak at #17, which ain't half bad. As for the song, it's one of my favorites from Mr. Hart. 21: ON THE DARK SIDE – JOHN CAFFERTY & THE BEAVER BROWN BAND (14) - A song I remember from both of its chart runs (as, when it was credited to Eddie & The Cruisers the year before, B96 played it in medium rotation). It was a good one, though I preferred "Tough All Over", which charted in the summer of 1985. 20: I CAN’T HOLD BACK - SURVIVOR (24) - This was my favorite song in the world for quite a long time, from about this time to the beginning of 1985. I heard it many times on the radio (especially WLS, from Survivor's hometown Chicago), but I never got tired of it. It still remains one of my favorite songs from Survivor! OPTIONAL EXTRA: PRIDE (IN THE NAME OF LOVE) - U2 - They had been hitting the rock charts for several years, but they were gearing up for a decent Top 40 chart career as well. This song was OK, but nothing exceptional Given how much recurrent airplay this song receives, it's hard to believe that this song didn't even hit the Top 30. 19: THE WILD BOYS – DURAN DURAN (28) - Meh, I was not a fan of this song. 1984 was definitely not their best year, IMO (though "New Moon On Monday" was a good one). 18: SEA OF LOVE – THE HONEYDRIPPERS (25) - Del Shannon did an awesome cover of this song back in early 1982. This version was pretty good, but it certainly was overplayed back in the day! 17: THE WAR SONG – CULTURE CLUB (20) - They definitely were on their way out, as this, the first hit from their new album, only got as high as #17, and it was downhill from there. The song wasn't bad (it definitely had a great message), but melodically, it was kind of dull, IMO. 16: COOL IT NOW – NEW EDITION (22) - This song could be heard every single day in the small gym at the middle school I went to, as the girls did aerobics to the song. So glad I didn't have to do that, as I never liked this song, but hearing it several times every day would have driven me nuts (actually, we didn't have gym class every day, but that's beside the point). Anyway, I preferred their next two hits, which hit the AT40 chart in 1985. 15: WHAT ABOUT ME – KENNY ROGERS WITH KIM CARNES & JAMES INGRAM (18) - Definitely a great superstar trio! Possibly my favorite song on the entire chart this week, and one of my favorite songs of the entire year! 14: NO MORE LONELY NIGHTS – PAUL MCCARTNEY (19) - This song is from the movie "Give My Regards To Broad Street", which wasn't a box office smash, but the album sold quite well, especially in the UK, where it hit #1. As for the song, it was a good one. 13: HARD HABIT TO BREAK - CHICAGO (9) - Peter Cetera generally handled the lead vocals on their songs at this point, but on this one, he shared them with Bill Champlin, who would eventually become their lead singer after Cetera left the band. This was my favorite song from their Chicago 17 album! Kind of weird that this song was still high up the chart, seeing that it was spending its final week on the R&R chart. 12: DESERT MOON – DENNIS DeYOUNG (10) - We heard Styx member back at #33 with his solo hit, and here, we have their other lead singer, Dennis DeYoung with his sole Top 40 hit "Desert Moon", which was by far my favorite of the two songs. Sounds very much like his material with Styx, who would return to the charts a little over six years later. 11: BLUE JEAN – DAVID BOWIE (8) - Even though I'm generally not a huge fan of his (and we all know my favorite songs from him were his two 1987 Top 40 hits), this one was actually pretty good. 10: PENNY LOVER – LIONEL RICHIE (13) - This song put Lionel Richie's Can't Slow Down album in second place for most Top Ten hits from an album. This was the fifth (and, as it turned out, final) Top Ten hit from Can't Slow Down. It was looking like Huey Lewis might come along and tie the second place record, but "Walking On A Thin Line" ran out of gas at #18. As for this song, it's a fairly close race between it and "Hello" as my favorite song from the album. OPTIONAL EXTRA: RUN TO YOU - BRYAN ADAMS - Here's another artist who almost tied second place record for most Top Ten singles from an album. Bryan actually released six singles from Reckless, which kept him on the chart for most of 1985, but only three of them hit the Top Ten. This was the first of them. I liked it, but preferred a few others from Adams. 9: ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT – CYNDI LAUPER (12) - This was the fourth release from She's So Unusual. The first and third songs were upbeat songs, while #2 and #4 were ballads. And, of couse, the fifth was an upbeat song, but it didn't do anywhere near as well as the others. Anyway, this was my favorite of the She's So Unusual singles. 8: STRUT – SHEENE EASTON (11) - This was the second of two hits during 1984 for Ms. Easton (though both were from different albums). I preferred the more obscure other hit, "Almost Over You" by a fair margin. 7: BETTER BE GOOD TO ME – TINA TURNER (7) - Her comeback was in full swing, with her second of three consecutive Top Ten hits. I like this song about the same as "What's Love Got To Do With It". LDD: THE WAY WE WERE – BARBRA STREISAND - Hmm, I'm wondering if the author of the LDD, who requested the song "Memories" meant this song or Barbra's version of "Memory", from the musical Cats? 6: OUT OF TOUCH – DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES (6) - This must have been a somewhat tight spot in the chart, as this song, in holding pattern, definitely wasn't done yet, as it went all the way to #1. 5: I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU – STEVIE WONDER (1) - A question about this song - did AT40 ever play the long version of the song, with the voice alternator repeating a few lines from the first verse? I seem to remember hearing that on the radio every now and then, but nowadays, stations go with the single version - which isn't bad either. 4: I FEEL FOR YOU – CHAKA KHAN (5) - I was never crazy about this song. I preferred her follow-up, "Through The Fire", which was a Top 20 AC hit (and I seem to remember it being an Optional Extra a few years back, since it spent 19 weeks on the Hot 100 despite never having even cracked the Top 40) 3: CARIBBEAN QUEEN – BILLY OCEAN (1) - He seemed destined to be a one-hit wonder, as "Love Really Hurts Without You" was his only hit for over eight years. But Billy came back with a vengeance in 1984 and there was a lot more where that came from. As for the song, it wasn't bad, but I preferred many others from him. OPTIONAL EXTRA: LIKE A VIRGIN - MADONNA - This song was making the highest debut on the Hot 100 that week (at #48) and no surprise, as it was by possibly THE best new artist of 1984 (although technically, she'd debuted in 1983, but let's not nitpick...) This was on the way to becoming one of her biggest hits ever! A great song indeed! 2: PURPLE RAIN - PRINCE (3) - The title track to the blockbuster movie, whose soundtrack was just as successful. This song, oddly enough, did not hit #1 on the Hot 100 (though it did sneak in two weeks at the top spot of the R&R chart). 1: WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO-GO - WHAM (4) - Their first of six hits, all of them Top Tens. This song was OK, but not my favorite by them. I preferred "Everything She Wants". But I'd rather listen to this than "Careless Whisper", on account of the school dance incident, which happened several months later, as that song was on its way down the chart.
WMGN EXTRAS: STUCK ON YOU - LIONEL RICHIE THEY DON'T KNOW - TRACEY ULLMAN HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN - THE EURYTHMICS THE CURLY SHUFFLE - JUMP 'N THE SADDLE
Coming up next week: As many of us suspected, next week's show is going to be from November 14, 1987, which was last played back in 2009, so it's definitely not too soon. Since they didn't go with a 1985 show, that's another indication that the November 30, 1985 show will be played in a few weeks.
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Post by Hervard on Nov 19, 2017 16:14:17 GMT -5
American Top 40: The 80s - November 18, 2017 This week's presentation - November 14, 1987 Droppers: WHO WILL YOU RUN TO - HEART (39) - Even though they had gone the pop way, they revisited their classic rock side with this song, and it apparently worked, as the song went Top Ten. I liked it - one of my favorite of their upbeat songs. CARRIE - EUROPE (34) - They didn't have a very long chart career, but 1987 was definitely their heyday, with three Top 40 hits, and this one was their biggest. It was also my favorite song by them - a great power ballad! YOU ARE THE GIRL - THE CARS (33) - They were definitely big back in the late '70s (their two 1978 hits seem to get more recurrent airplay than any of their others) and first half of the 80s (Heartbeat City was indeed a smash album, with five Top 40 hits), but they began losing their momentum soon after. This was their last Top 40 hit. I wasn't a huge fan of it, however - I preferred most of their other Top 40 hits. IN MY DREAMS - REO SPEEDWAGON (31) - About half of their Top 40 hits were ballads, and this is one of them. One of my favorites from them! HERE I GO AGAIN - WHITESNAKE (28) - Another hard rock group that only charted four times, like Europe. And 1987 was definitely their year, as their two biggest hits charted and peaked within the year. Not sure which of those I prefer. 40: CHERRY BOMB - JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP (debut) - One of Mellencamp's story songs. This one was pretty good, but I preferred many others from him. I used to hate this song during its chart run, but now I think it’s a good one. Still, my favorite song from Lonesome Jubilee was “Check It Out”. 39: TELL IT TO MY HEART - TAYLOR DAYNE (debut) - I'd been hearing this one on Chicago's B96 about a month before it hit the chart, and I always thought that, based on the opening synth notes, it sounded like a dance version of Glenn Frey's "The One You Love". This was probably my favorite song from the album that I believe she was in the studio recording at the time. 38: GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU - GEORGE HARRISON (debut) - This was George's first hit in over six years, and he picked up right where he left off, as this was a big hit like "All Those Years Ago", his last one before this (only this one went to #1 on the Hot 100). I liked the song a lot when it first came out, but to this day, I'm still a tad burned out on it due to overplay. 37: I DO YOU - THE JETS (debut) - A song whose title could be misconstrued, LOL! As for my opinion of the song, I'm not a huge fan of it, such is the case with all of their other dance songs. Two weeks later, they sort of pulled the same thing as on the 9/14/85 show and placed this right before a very depressing LDD. Hadn't they learned by now?? 36: LOST IN EMOTION – LISA LISA & CULT JAM (22) - One of two number one songs from them, both in 1987. This was my favorite of the two, but it didn't hold a candle to "All Cried Out", which remains one of my favorite songs of all-time. 35: SUGAR FREE – WA WA NEE (36) - What kind of a moronic band name is Wa Wa Nee anyway? Sounds like a little kid talking about an arthritic ailment. The song was typical late-80s dance music - nothing I'd go out of my way to listen to. 34: LOVE WILL FIND A WAY – YES (37) - Generally an album rock band, they did have a handful of pop hits. This one got as high as #30 on the chart. It was a good one, though I preferred the next release, "Rhythm Of Love", which hit in early 1988. 33: DUDE (Looks Like A Lady) - AEROSMITH (debut) - Wow, I keep forgetting how long they were absent from the charts! Anyway, some people wondered if they were talking about Boy George in this song, but I doubt it, as I seem to remember that he had dropped the female image by then. This song wasn't bad, but definitely not one of my favorites from them. I preferred their next hit "Angel", which became their biggest hit (well, up to that point, anyway). 32: THAT'S WHAT LOVE IS ALL ABOUT - MICHAEL BOLTON (40) - This was the first of many Top 40 hits that Michael would chalk up over the next ten or so years. It was a great song - one of my favorite songs from him! LDD: TAKE ME HOME – PHIL COLLINS - Though not quite as sad as the LDD I mentioned earlier in this show, it was indeed moving. At least it was placed after a mellow song. As for this song, I liked it a lot! This song closes out most of Collins' concerts. OPTIONAL EXTRA: NEED YOU TONIGHT - INXS - The first of four Top 40 hits from what would become their best singles album, Kick. I wasn't a huge fan of it, or INXS in general, but they did have a few good songs (this just wasn't one of them). 31: VALERIE – STEVE WINWOOD (35) - A song that originally charted in 1982, when it was released from Winwood's album Talking Back To The Night, but it didn't quite make the Top 40. But it became a Top Ten hit its second time around, and deservedly so, as it was a great song! 30: U GOT THE LOOK – PRINCE with SHEENA EASTON (17) - This one looked like it might hit #1, but it was pushed back due to the heavy traffic in the Top Five at the time. BTW, I'm aware that Sheena Easton did not receive label credit, but she should have, since her voice was prominently heard on the song. During its chart run, I thought this song was mediocre, but it's a song that gets better with age, like fine wine. I think it's a great one now. 29: SO EMOTIONAL - WHITNEY HOUSTON (38) - This would become Whitney's sixth number one in a row (limited to songs that hit the Hot 100, that is), setting a record. I liked this one, but much preferred the next release, which would extend her #1 streak to seven. 28: SKELETONS - STEVIE WONDER (32) - Interesting story about how the term "skeletons in ones closet" came to be. As for the song, it's pretty good, but sounds suspiciously like "Freedom Overspill" by another Stev(i)e whose last name also begins with W - coincidence? You decide! 27: CATCH ME (I'M FALLING) - PRETTY POISON (29) - This song played during the skating rink scene in the movie Hiding Out, which I went to see a few weeks later. It's a pretty good song, but I preferred the other hit that the soundtrack spawned ("Live My Life" by Boy George, which I thought was totally underrated). 26: BOYS NIGHT OUT – TIMOTHY B. SCHMIT (25) - Unfortunately, this one was not quite as successful as his two songs that he sang lead on with the Eagles (yes, I know “Love Will Keep Us Alive” only got as high as #29 on CT40, but it spent 14 weeks on the chart, as opposed to 5 weeks for this song, so the former would be the bigger hit, despite peaking four spots lower). Anyway, I liked this song - had sort of a haunting sound to it. 25: IS THIS LOVE - WHITESNAKE (30) - Their second hit, and both of them hit the Top Ten. In fact, they came close to having their first two hits make it all the way to the top, as this song made it to #2, shut out by "Faith" by George Michael, which was pretty much unstoppable. Anyway, as stated earlier, I like this song about the same as their first hit "Here I Go Again" - both are good songs. 24: CASANOVA – LEVERT (12) - They were definitely more of a soul act than Pop, as this was their only Top 40 hit. It was pretty good, but I preferred Gerald's solo hit from 1994, "I'd Give Anything". 23: DON'T YOU WANT ME - JODY WATLEY (26) - She seems to have pairs of songs that sound alike. Her next hit, "Some Kind Of Lover" sounds a lot like this one (and "Real Love" is a dead ringer for "Looking For A New Love"), plus A-minor seems to be her favorite key in which to sing, as most of her songs are in that key. I thought this song was pretty good. 22: HOURGLASS - SQUEEZE (23) - Paul Carrack used to be the lead singer of this band, back when they reached the mid-chart area with "Tempted", but by now, he'd left the band to pursue a solo career (in fact, a solo hit by him, "Don't Shed A Tear" was debuting on the Hot 100 this very week). The lead singer on this one sounds a litte like Paul McCartney. I liked this song - it had a very catchy chorus! 21: COME ON, LET’S GO – LOS LOBOS (21) - Their second hit and, like the first, it was a remake of a Ritchie Valens song (since it was from the Ritchie Valens Story). This was by far my favorite of their two chart hits. OPTIONAL EXTRA: JUST LIKE HEAVEN - THE CURE - This song might have only gotten as high as #40 (a peak it took its sweet time to reach, might I add), but it still gets quite a lot of airplay on 80s stations. I thought it was a good song. 20: DON’T MAKE ME WAIT FOR LOVE - KENNY G f/LENNY WILLIAMS (15) - My opinion on this song depends on which version they play. I prefer the single version, since the the album version is schmaltzed up. The vocals are more oversung, it doesn't contain as much saxophone and it seems to have an echo to it (from being overdubbed, I assume). I think that AT40 used both versions intermittently during its chart run. This week, they played the single version. 19: FAITH - GEORGE MICHAEL (27) - Not one of his best songs by any means. Too bad this one had to go and become the biggest hit of 1988. 18: SHAKE YOUR LOVE - DEBBIE GIBSON (24) - I like most of her hits, but always thought this one was a little too teenybopper sounding for my tastes. 17: WE'LL BE TOGETHER - STING (20) - The first hit from Sting's second solo album Nothing Like The Sun. It wasn't bad, but not quite his best. I preferred many songs on his other solo albums. I still remember the one time I heard an AT40 with this song on it. I had fallen asleep during this song and had a dream that I was in a store with this song playing and I kept humming the instrumental part that kept repeating throughout the song and getting weird looks from customers, lol! 16: LET ME BE THE ONE - EXPOSE (9) - This was their third hit. Of their three 1987 hits (I regard "Seasons Change" as a 1988 song), this is my second favorite. "Point Of No Return" was by far my favorite. 15: I WON'T FORGET YOU - POISON (19) - This song reminded me a little of "Missing You" by John Waite - and the subject matter wasn't all that different. I preferred most of their other hits, though this one wasn't bad either. 14/LDD: “THE ONE I LOVE” – R.E.M. (18) - This one had a little hint of folk music to it. It wasn't bad, but I preferred most of their 90s hits. 13: WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME - U2 (13) - The third and final Top 40 single from their monster album The Joshua Tree (the fourth, "In God's Country" just barely missed). This was my favorite song from the album, most likely since it wasn't overplayed like the two that preceded it. 12: I'VE BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE - CUTTING CREW (16) - Pretty much the only song from them we heard anymore is the tired, overplayed "(I Just) Died In Your Arms". I have heard this one on the radio a time or two in the past few years. It's a pretty good one - I noticed that they played a slightly different version than usual this week (with a longer intro). 11: BAD- MICHAEL JACKSON (5) - I believe this song was in a three-way tie with two of his other songs (from the same album no less) for the #1 song to spend the least amount of weeks on the Hot 100 within the 1980s (which I believe was asubject of a Question Letter on AT40 in early 1990). This, along with "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" and "Dirty Diana" were on the Hot 100 for only 14 weeks, which, around this time, was the average Top 40 stay for a #1 song. But, since Bad was a huge album that sold millions of copies, people were buying it instead of the singles. I liked this song, but I preferred his next hit, which would debut in the Top 40 two weeks later. 10: SHOULD'VE KNOWN BETTER - RICHARD MARX (14) - I often compare this song to Kenny Loggins' "I'm Free (Heaven Helps The Man)" since they both sound alike. I prefer the Kenny Loggins song, but this is also a great one - my favorite from his self-titled album. OPTIONAL EXTRA: HAZY SHADE OF WINTER - THE BANGLES - Their take on the old Simon & Garfunkel classic was pretty good, though they omitted a verse - I guess they don't want people to think that they're boozers. 9: IT’S A SIN – PET SHOP BOYS (10) - This song has been compared to "Wild World" by Cat Stevens. Jonathon King, a British DJ accused the Pet Shop Boys of plagiarizing the song and went so far as to record his own cover version of "Wild World" as a single, using musical arrangement that was similar to "It's a Sin", in an attempt to demonstrate his claims. He released the single only to have it backfire on him. Not only did the single go absolutely nowhere, but the Pet Shop Boys sued King and won. As for the song, I liked it - one of my favorite songs by the Pet Shop Boys. 8: CAUSING A COMMOTION - MADONNA (2) - This song almost hit #1, but instead, was stuck at #2 for three weeks, while the two Tommy James remakes leapfrogged over her. While I'm glad that the two songs made chart history, I preferred this song by a fair margin. 7: BRILLIANT DISGUISE – BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (8) - LOL @ the story about Bruce defacing his own billboard! As for the song - of his two 1987 hits, this was definitely my favorite. His other one, from his live greatest hits album, was a mediocre cover of a mediocre song, IMO. Casey sort of hinted that he thought this might go to #1. It didn’t go quite that far, however. The song did peak at #5, which isn't too shabby at all. 6: BREAKOUT – SWING OUT SISTER (7) - They seemed destined to be a two-hit wonder, until "Am I The Same Girl" charted in 1992 (I assume it hit the AT40 chart, which by then was not going by the Hot 100, where the song peaked at #45). Anyway, I thought this song was pretty good, but I preferred their next hit, the underrated "Twilight World". 5: HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH - BELINDA CARLISLE (11) - This was the beginning of her second wave of popularity, and her best, as she had three Top Ten songs from her Heaven On Earth album. This was the biggest one, hitting #1 in early December. It's a great song; my second favorite from this album, behind "I Get Weak". 4: LITTLE LIES – FLEETWOOD MAC (4) - A song that Lindsey Buckingham co-produced before leaving the band. You can even hear him singing on this - he's the one that goes "Tell me, tell me lies" in the chorus. The song's OK, but one of my least favorite songs from them. LDD: WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN – PERCY SLEDGE - Michael Bolton, who we heard earlier on this week's show, did a great cover of this song in 1991. In fact, I prefer that one over this, which is also good. 3: (I'VE HAD) THE TIME OF MY LIFE - BILL MEDLEY & JENNIFER WARNES (6) - Dirty Dancing fever was just getting started, with this song, which I like, but for some reason, I hated it with a passion when it was on its way up the chart. Probably because of the overplay, but I didn't like it in the first place. Now I think it's a good one, though I wouldn't want to hear it on a regular basis. OPTIONAL EXTRA: I WANNA BE YOUR MAN - ROGER - Meh, not a big fan of this one. R.I.P., though. 2: MONY MONY “LIVE” - BILLY IDOL (3) - One of two Tommy James covers that rode up the chart side by side. They debuted the same week, hit the Top Ten the same week, and came so close to dropping off the same week as well. They were #1 back-to-back as well, and wound up back-to-back on the year-ender It was my favorite of the two - especially the live version. 1: I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW - TIFFANY (1) - And this was the other Tommy James cover. I wasn't a big fan of this remake, though. This was likely my least favorite of her Top 40 hits. Her new song, "Could've Been" was starting to get early action on B96 about now. That song was far better, IMO. The WMGN Extras were as follows: "Need You Tonight" and "Hazy Shade Of Winter" were played in their respective hours of the show. "Just Like Heaven" was replaced by "La Bamba", though I certainly don't know why, as there was another Los Lobos song played immediately before (of course, that might be the very reason they chose that one). Finally, instead of "I Wanna Be Your Man", listeners heard the reprise of "The One I Love" by R.E.M., which was heard at #14. Perhaps they wanted to play that song without a LDD attached to it? Coming up next week: KOLA FM still hasn't updated, so we don't yet know what show will be played next week. I'm still holding out hope that they'll hold off on 1985 until late November or early December so they'll play the 11/30/85 show, but I'm kinda having my doubts, especially for a reason I explained in the AT40: The 80s thread. So I'll go with November 23, 1985, with November 19, 1983 as a back-up prediction. Really - those are pretty much the only likely candidates, unless they stray from the date. November 22, 1980 was done just last year, we just had 1981 several weeks ago (placed not far from another 1981 show), there are rumors that 1982 is going to be played sometime in early December, and we've had 1984, 1986 and 1987 over the past three weeks. Since the 1983 show hasn't been run since 2009, there's a good chance that they'll go with that one, and I'm hoping so.
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Post by Hervard on Nov 24, 2017 19:00:00 GMT -5
American Top 40: The 80s - November 24, 2017
This week's presentation - November 30, 1985
LOVIN' EVERY MINUTE OF IT - LOVERBOY (34) - Their most successful hit here in the States and one that gets quite a lot of recurrent airplay (defying the general rule as the lower peaking their songs are, the less recurrent airplay they receive). ONE NIGHT LOVE AFFAIR - BRYAN ADAMS (29) - The fifth of six hits from Reckless, all of which hit the Top 20, which is definitely impressive. It was a good song, but my favorite song from the album would be "Heaven" (and that, of course, was the most successful of the six). SO IN LOVE - ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK (27) - The first of four Top 40 hits for this band from northwest England. Though the follow-up bears a resemblance to this song, I prefer this one by a sizeable margin.
40: EVERYBODY DANCE - TAMARA & THE SEEN (debut) - The only hit for this Minneapolis-based R&B act - pretty much your run-of-the-mill mid-80s dance club song. 39: DO IT FOR LOVE - SHEENA EASTON (debut) - She definitely wasn't quite as successful as she'd been over the past few years, at this point, as this song barely touched the Top 30. It was a pretty good song, IMO. 38: SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU - WHITNEY HOUSTON (24) - Her career, on the other hand, was just getting started. This was her first of many #1 songs. It was a good one, but I preferred many, many others from her. 37: YOU'RE A FRIEND OF MINE - CLARENCE CLEMONS W/ JACKSON BROWNE (38) - One of two friendship anthems on this week's chart - the other one is coming up a little bit later. This definitely has the typical E Street Band sound, with Clarence's saxophone. It's a good song indeed. 36: CONGA - MIAMI SOUND MACHINE (37) - Their debut hit became their first Top Ten (despite its initially slow climb). It was OK, but I preferred many other songs from both MSM and Gloria Estefan as a solo artist. 35: LOVE IS THE SEVENTH WAY - STING (40) - Sting's first attempt at reggae definitely wasn't a strong point in his career, as this song tanked kinda fast, peaking at #17 a month later. This song wasn't bad, but I can see why this song didn't do quite as good as his first two solo hits. 34: BURNING HEART - SURVIVOR (36) - Wow, was this a tight spot in the chart or something? With a jump like that, who knew this would end up going all the way to #2? Well, anyway, of their Rocky soundtrack hits, it would be my favorite. 33: TALK TO ME - STEVIE NICKS (debut) - One of her most successful solo hits. I liked this song a lot, but preferred her next release "I Can't Wait". 32: TAKE ON ME - AHA (23) - Contrary to many lists, Aha was not a one-hit wonder (their follow-up, "The Sun Always Shines On TV" actually hit the Top 20). I liked that song, but preferred this one. It was a great song - glad it made it to #1! 31: EMERGENCY - KOOL & THE GANG (35) - The fourth and final Top 40 hit from the album of the same name. This would probably be my least favorite of the singles, as this song just never did anything for me, for some reason, and I'm so glad that I didn't have to do aerobics to the song in Physical Education class (only the girls had to do that) - hearing this song over and over again would have driven me nuts. 30: RUNNING UP THAT HILL - KATE BUSH (31) - OPTIONAL EXTRA: SILENT RUNNING (ON DANGEROUS GROUND) - MIKE + THE MECHANICS - This was their first Top 40 single, but such was not the case with the lead singer Paul Carrack, who had charted as the lead singer of groups like Ace and Squeeze, and as a solo artist as well. I liked this song, but preferred their next two singles. 29: OBJECT OF MY DESIRE - STARPOINT (32) - Another R&B dance act with their only Top 40 hit. This song only got as high as #24 on the chart, yet managed to place among 1986's Top 100 songs, due to its tenacity on the Hot 100, 28: WALK OF LIFE - DIRE STRAITS (33) - They had been a one hit wonder until earlier this year when they charted with their biggest hit "Money For Nothing". This was their third hit and, like the first two, it was a Top Ten hit. It was a good song, IMO. 27: THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR - DIONNE & FRIENDS (39) - This song was on its way to a four week stay at #1, which was enough for it to become 1986's top hit. It's a great song for a great cause! 26: WRAP HER UP - ELTON JOHN (28) - Elton has back-to-back #1 hits (as he, of course, was one of the "Friends" in the above Dionne Warwick song) 25: TONIGHT SHE COMES - THE CARS (30) - Meh, I never was a fan of this song. Not sure how the song would be received today, given the title. 24: SISTERS ARE DOING FOR THEMSELVES - THE EURYTHMICS & ARETHA FRANKLIN (26) - A one-time pairing of these two popular acts at the time made for a great, energetic song! 23: LOVE THEM FROM "ST. ELMO'S FIRE" - DAVID FOSTER (16) - One of two instrumentals on this week's chart. It was my favorite of the two as well (there is a vocal version of the song, but it's a little too depressing for me). 22: SOUL KISS - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN (22) - This was the song that kept alive her streak of at least one Top 40 hit a year. Casey mentioned this and it might have been a jinx, as this turned out to be Olivia's last Top 40 hit ("Grease Megamix" doesn't count) 21: SMALL TOWN - JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP (25) - One of many Top Ten singles for this Hoosier, though not one of my favorites from him. It is passable, though. LDD: CHERISH - KOOL & THE GANG - Wow, this was a sad LDD! The song, which fell off the chart earlier in the month, definitely fit the dedication! Didn't they play a slightly different version than usual, or was it just me? EXTRA: I'M YOUR MAN - WHAM! - This song was debuting on the Hot 100 this week, en route to #3. Around that time, we found out that Wham! would be splitting up. 20: YOU ARE MY LADY - FREDDY JACKSON (12) - Jackson had the most success on the R&B chart, but he did have a few pop crossovers, like this one. I liked it, though it was a little cheesy. My favorite song from him would probably be his Christmas song "One Wish". 19: PERFECT WAY - SCRITTI POLITTI (21) - One of a handful of one-hit wonders on this week's chart. This song does get a decent amount of recurrent airplay on 80s stations. I thought it was a pretty good song. 18: PART-TIME LOVER - STEVIE WONDER (10) - Casey mentioned how he was in a tie for second place as the artist with the most #1 hits on the Soul chart (Aretha Franklin was the one ahead of him, though I forget how far ahead she was). Anyway, Wonder had quite a few #1s here on the Hot 100, including this one. It was a good one, IMO, but I preferred many others from him, including a few said #1s. 17: HEAD OVER HEELS - TEARS FOR FEARS (7) - No case of Third Single Syndrome here! Though it didn't hit #1 like the last two, it did get as high as #3. This is by far my favorite of the three Top 40 hits from Songs From The Big Chair. 16: I MISS YOU - KLYMAXX (19) - This song definitely got a lot of chart mileage - so much that it ranked on 1986's year-end Top 100 higher than it peaked on the weekly charts. It's a great song, though I preferred their other two Top 40 hits. 15: ONE OF THE LIVING - TINA TURNER (15) - The second of two of her hits from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. It was pretty good, but I preferred the other Thunderdome song. 14: THEME FROM "MIAMI VICE" - JAN HAMMER (8) - The second of two instrumentals on this week's survey, which, by the way, hadn't happened since the summer of 1982. Anyway, I liked this song, but, as stated earlier, I preferred the other instrumental. 13: BE NEAR ME - ABC (11) - This was the first of two Top Ten hits for this English group. It wasn't bad, but I preferred their two earlier hits. 12: SAY YOU, SAY ME - LIONEL RICHIE (22) - Quite a few movie hits on this week's chart. This was the first of two from White Nights. I liked it, but I preferred the other by a considerable margin. 11: ALIVE AND KICKING - SIMPLE MINDS (18) - I preferred this song over the overplayed "Don't You (Forget About Me)", but the follow-up to this, "Sanctify Yourself" was my favorite song in the world for quite awhile the following spring. This was a good song, too IMO. Given how big it was, I'm surprised it doesn't get much in the way of recurrent airplay. OPTIONAL EXTRA: WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GET GOING - BILLY OCEAN - Yet another movie hit, though it wasn't quite on the chart yet. This song, from Jewel Of The Nile was my favorite Billy Ocean tune back during its chart run, but I've since heard many other songs that I prefer. It's still a good song, though. 10: SLEEPING BAG - ZZ TOP (14) - Their Afterburner album seemed to have more of a pop sound than their traditional southern rock. Perhaps that's why it generated more Top 40 singles than any of their other albums. This was the first of three hits from Afterburner, and the most successful. I liked it, but preferred the other two. 9: PARTY ALL THE TIME - EDDIE MURPHY (17) - Not a bad song, but Murphy was much better as a comedian, IMO. 8: ELECTION DAY - ARCADIA (13) - Meh, pretty much watered-down Duran Duran here. I can see why they didn't last very long. 7: WHO'S ZOOMIN' WHO - ARETHA FRANKLIN (9) - Two records that Aretha Franklin had set were mentioned on this week's show. The first one was about how she had the most #1 hits on the soul chart, and this song put her in a two-way tie for the most Top Ten hits by a female singer (I'm sure the record has since been broken many times over). Anyway, this was the title track from Franklin's big comeback album - and my favorite song from that album, as one of my favorites from Franklin overall. 6: LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME - THE THOMPSON TWINS (6) - For years, I had no idea where they got this name, since they're a trio (and not even related) nor is anyone named Thompson (I have since found out from a fellow poster (thanks, @bestmusicexpert), that they were named after the two bumbling detectives Thomson and Thompson in Hergé's comic strip The Adventures of Tintin). Anyhoo, I'm not a big fan of this song - my least favorite of their charted hits. LDD: YOU'RE THE INSPIRATION - CHICAGO - Great LDD about a man losing contact with a friend who moved, but ended up running into another friend of that friend and got her address, and planned to spend the New Year with his friend. As for the song, it was a good one - became quite popular in the LDD department, as I recall. 5: NEVER - HEART (5) - They were enjoying their biggest chart success yet with their mid-80s comeback, as this would become their second Top Five hit (and they'd have two more after this). Anyway, it would be a toss-up between this and "These Dreams" as my favorite song from their self-titled album - both are great songs! BTW, refresh my memory: which is the single version and which is the album version? 4: YOU BELONG TO THE CITY - GLENN FREY (2) - His second of two contributions to Miami Vice (in fact, this was written for the second season premiere of the show, according to Casey). My favorite of the two would probably be the other one, "Smuggler's Blues", which charted earlier in the year. OPTIONAL EXTRA: IT'S ONLY LOVE - BRYAN ADAMS w/TINA TURNER - As stated earlier, Bryan Adams had six Top 40 hits from the Reckless album and, for the sixth, he teamed up with a singer he'd admired as a teenager. I figured that, with such a team, the song would be a Top Ten hit, but it ran out of steam at #15 (since Reckless had been out for a year, most fans had the album, which usually resulted in low singles sales for the last few hits). 3: BROKEN WINGS - MR MISTER (4) - This song was poised to hit #1 the following week. Of their two #1's, this was definitely my favorite. 2: WE BUILT THIS CITY - STARSHIP (1) - Their first hit under their name without Jefferson attached to it. It was a great song - one of their best, under any of their names. 1: SEPARATE LIVES - PHIL COLLINS AND MARILYN MARTIN (3) - This was the other White Nights song - the love theme, in fact. I never saw the movie, but I heard the song many, many times in the fall of 1985. It was a great one!
Coming up next week: KOLA FM posted next week's show unusually early this week. As the 1985 drought finally ends, that of 1982 will do the same, as the 12/4/82 show is on deck next weekend. That will be the third run of the show, but I'll be sure to listen just the same, as 1982 had tons of great songs!
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Post by FreakyFlyBry on Nov 24, 2017 19:42:36 GMT -5
This week's presentation - November 30, 1985 LOVIN' EVERY MINUTE OF IT - LOVERBOY (34) - Their most successful hit here in the States and one that gets quite a lot of recurrent airplay (defying the general rule as the lower peaking their songs are, the less recurrent airplay they receive). There's always an exception to every rule, isn't there? Great song - one of their best! ONE NIGHT LOVE AFFAIR - BRYAN ADAMS (29) - The fifth of six hits from Reckless, all of which hit the Top 20, which is definitely impressive. It was a good song, but my favorite song from the album would be "Heaven" (and that, of course, was the most successful of the six). Yeah, I really like the entire "Reckless" album, this included. SO IN LOVE - ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK (27) - The first of four Top 40 hits for this band from northwest England. Though the follow-up bears a resemblance to this song, I prefer this one by a sizeable margin. Great song, one of their best! 40: EVERYBODY DANCE - TAMARA & THE SEEN (debut) - The only hit for this Minneapolis-based R&B act - pretty much your run-of-the-mill mid-80s dance club song. Indeed - easy to tell they had the "Minneapolis sound" for this one. Good song! 39: DO IT FOR LOVE - SHEENA EASTON (debut) - She definitely wasn't quite as successful as she'd been over the past few years, at this point, as this song barely touched the Top 30. It was a pretty good song, IMO. I like this too, but I can see why it wasn't as big as her previous hits - though I do like some of her later stuff like "U Got The Look" and "The Lover In Me", I prefer her 1981-84 hits. 38: SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU - WHITNEY HOUSTON (24) - Her career, on the other hand, was just getting started. This was her first of many #1 songs. It was a good one, but I preferred many, many others from her. Great song! I do indeed like many others more though, including other #1's. 37: YOU'RE A FRIEND OF MINE - CLARENCE CLEMONS W/ JACKSON BROWNE (38) - One of two friendship anthems on this week's chart - the other one is coming up a little bit later. This definitely has the typical E Street Band sound, with Clarence's saxophone. It's a good song indeed. Yeah, this was a good one, I can see why it was an LDD favourite. 36: CONGA - MIAMI SOUND MACHINE (37) - Their debut hit became their first Top Ten (despite its initially slow climb). It was OK, but I preferred many other songs from both MSM and Gloria Estefan as a solo artist. Great song - one of her best! 35: LOVE IS THE SEVENTH WAY - STING (40) - Sting's first attempt at reggae definitely wasn't a strong point in his career, as this song tanked kinda fast, peaking at #17 a month later. This song wasn't bad, but I can see why this song didn't do quite as good as his first two solo hits. Yeah, this wasn't bad, but I prefer pretty much all of his other top 40 hits over this. 34: BURNING HEART - SURVIVOR (36) - Wow, was this a tight spot in the chart or something? With a jump like that, who knew this would end up going all the way to #2? Well, anyway, of their Rocky soundtrack hits, it would be my favorite. Great song! One of their best. 33: TALK TO ME - STEVIE NICKS (debut) - One of her most successful solo hits. I liked this song a lot, but preferred her next release "I Can't Wait". I prefer her "Bella Donna" and "The Wild Heart" singles, but this one was good too. My favourite from this album was "Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You", which sadly missed the top 40. 32: TAKE ON ME - AHA (23) - Contrary to many lists, Aha was not a one-hit wonder (their follow-up, "The Sun Always Shines On TV" actually hit the Top 20). I liked that song, but preferred this one. It was a great song - glad it made it to #1! Great song - one of the ultimate 80's classics! 31: EMERGENCY - KOOL & THE GANG (35) - The fourth and final Top 40 hit from the album of the same name. This would probably be my least favorite of the singles, as this song just never did anything for me, for some reason, and I'm so glad that I didn't have to do aerobics to the song in Physical Education class (only the girls had to do that) - hearing this song over and over again would have driven me nuts. Yeah, the previous three singles from this album were all better. This was alright though. 30: RUNNING UP THAT HILL - KATE BUSH (31) - Despite being an underground favourite for years (especially in her native UK), this was her only top 40 pop hit in the US. While I do like several songs from her, this is most likely my favourite, and I can see why it was a pop hit. OPTIONAL EXTRA: SILENT RUNNING (ON DANGEROUS GROUND) - MIKE + THE MECHANICS - This was their first Top 40 single, but such was not the case with the lead singer Paul Carrack, who had charted as the lead singer of groups like Ace and Squeeze, and as a solo artist as well. I liked this song, but preferred their next two singles. Great song, one of their best! 29: OBJECT OF MY DESIRE - STARPOINT (32) - Another R&B dance act with their only Top 40 hit. This song only got as high as #24 on the chart, yet managed to place among 1986's Top 100 songs, due to its tenacity on the Hot 100, This was alright, but a lot of freestyle dance hits from this time kinda blend together in my mind. 28: WALK OF LIFE - DIRE STRAITS (33) - They had been a one hit wonder until earlier this year when they charted with their biggest hit "Money For Nothing". This was their third hit and, like the first two, it was a Top Ten hit. It was a good song, IMO. Great song! I do like some of their songs from their years when they were mostly an AOR band though. 27: THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR - DIONNE & FRIENDS (39) - This was the song's fourth and last week on top, but that was enough for it to become 1986's top hit. It's a great song for a great cause! Um... this hadn't quite hit #1 yet by this point. The song was alright, but I prefer "Then Came You", her #1 hit when she spelled her name "Dionne Warwicke". 26: WRAP HER UP - ELTON JOHN (28) - Elton has back-to-back #1 hits (as he, of course, was one of the "Friends" in the above Dionne Warwick song) This was alright, but Elton had many better songs (including his duet with George Michael, the backing singer on this song, on a remake of his "Don't Let THe Sun Go Down On Me"). 25: TONIGHT SHE COMES - THE CARS (30) - Meh, I never was a fan of this song. Not sure how the song would be received today, given the title. Great song - definitely had that "greatest hits" feel, it was a perfect addition to said album as it became a greatest hit itself. 24: SISTERS ARE DOING FOR THEMSELVES - THE EURYTHMICS & ARETHA FRANKLIN (26) - A one-time pairing of these two popular acts at the time made for a great, energetic song! Great song, one of the all time greatest feminist anthems! 23: LOVE THEM FROM "ST. ELMO'S FIRE" - DAVID FOSTER (16) - One of two instrumentals on this week's chart. It was my favorite of the two as well (there is a vocal version of the song, but it's a little too depressing for me). I prefer the vocal version myself (it was on my Discover Weekly playlist some week) as a lot of slower instrumentals don't do anything for me. 22: SOUL KISS - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN (22) - This was the song that kept alive her streak of at least one Top 40 hit a year. Casey mentioned this and it might have been a jinx, as this turned out to be Olivia's last Top 40 hit ("Grease Megamix" doesn't count) Yeah, it's a shame that her career stalled after this (on pop, at least), as I do like her 1988 AC hit "The Rumour" as well. But this was a good song. 21: SMALL TOWN - JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP (25) - One of many Top Ten singles for this Hoosier, though not one of my favorites from him. It is passable, though. Great song - one of his best! LDD: CHERISH - KOOL & THE GANG - Wow, this was a sad LDD! The song, which fell off the chart earlier in the month, definitely fit the dedication! Didn't they play a slightly different version than usual, or was it just me? Great song - one of their best! EXTRA: I'M YOUR MAN - WHAM! - This song was debuting on the Hot 100 this week, en route to #3. Around that time, we found out that Wham! would be splitting up. Great song - one of his best! 20: YOU ARE MY LADY - FREDDY JACKSON (12) - Jackson had the most success on the R&B chart, but he did have a few pop crossovers, like this one. I liked it, though it was a little cheesy. My favorite song from him would probably be his Christmas song "One Wish". I like most of his big hits, this included - had a very smooth slow jam feel (and I feel Bruno Mars may have been inspired by him on "Versace On The Floor" this year!) 19: PERFECT WAY - SCRITTI POLITTI (21) - One of a handful of one-hit wonders on this week's chart. This song does get a decent amount of recurrent airplay on 80s stations. I thought it was a pretty good song. Ooh, Scritti Politti! Great song - one of my favourite 80's one hit wonders! 18: PART-TIME LOVER - STEVIE WONDER (10) - Casey mentioned how he was in a tie for second place as the artist with the most #1 hits on the Soul chart (Aretha Franklin was the one ahead of him, though I forget how far ahead she was). Anyway, Wonder had quite a few #1s here on the Hot 100, including this one. It was a good one, IMO, but I preferred many others from him, including a few said #1s. I generally prefer his 70's stuff but this was a great one too. 17: HEAD OVER HEELS - TEARS FOR FEARS (7) - No case of Third Single Syndrome here! Though it didn't hit #1 like the last two, it did get as high as #3. This is by far my favorite of the three Top 40 hits from Songs From The Big Chair. Great song - glad they had such a huge era and this is one of many reasons why. 16: I MISS YOU - KLYMAXX (19) - This song definitely got a lot of chart mileage - so much that it ranked on 1986's year-end Top 100 higher than it peaked on the weekly charts. It's a great song, though I preferred their other two Top 40 hits. No. Just no. 15: ONE OF THE LIVING - TINA TURNER (15) - The second of two of her hits from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. It was pretty good, but I preferred the other Thunderdome song. Great song - very underrated! 14: THEME FROM "MIAMI VICE" - JAN HAMMER (8) - The second of two instrumentals on this week's survey, which, by the way, hadn't happened since the summer of 1982. Anyway, I liked this song, but, as stated earlier, I preferred the other instrumental. Great song - I tend to like a lot of the synth-based instrumental hits (yes, even Billy Preston's 70's instrumentals had a similar feel to them.) 13: BE NEAR ME - ABC (11) - This was the first of two Top Ten hits for this English group. It wasn't bad, but I preferred their two earlier hits. Yeah, I really like this one too - but the "Lexicon of Love" singles are better. 12: SAY YOU, SAY ME - LIONEL RICHIE (22) - Quite a few movie hits on this week's chart. This was the first of two from White Nights. I liked it, but I preferred the other by a considerable margin. I really like both of them - but I do slightly prefer this one. 11: ALIVE AND KICKING - SIMPLE MINDS (18) - I preferred this song over the overplayed "Don't You (Forget About Me)", but the follow-up to this, "Sanctify Yourself" was my favorite song in the world for quite awhile the following spring. This was a good song, too IMO. Given how big it was, I'm surprised it doesn't get much in the way of recurrent airplay. Great song - while I do hear "Don't You (Forget About Me)" more of course, this still does pick up some recurrent airplay here. OPTIONAL EXTRA: WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GET GOING - BILLY OCEAN - Yet another movie hit, though it wasn't quite on the chart yet. This song, from Jewel Of The Nile was my favorite Billy Ocean tune back during its chart run, but I've since heard many other songs that I prefer. It's still a good song, though. Love this one! He sure had a great hit streak in the 80's, I like all of his top 40 hits. 10: SLEEPING BAG - ZZ TOP (14) - Their Afterburner album seemed to have more of a pop sound than their traditional southern rock. Perhaps that's why it generated more Top 40 singles than any of their other albums. This was the first of three hits from Afterburner, and the most successful. I liked it, but preferred the other two. Yeah, it definitely felt like a natural progression from "Eliminator" which was easily their biggest album to date. Great song - despite a more pop feel, still had that Texas rock and roll sound they were known for. 9: PARTY ALL THE TIME - EDDIE MURPHY (17) - Not a bad song, but Murphy was much better as a comedian, IMO. Great song! A guilty pleasure for me (the Rick James production plays a hand in it too.) 8: ELECTION DAY - ARCADIA (13) - Meh, pretty much watered-down Duran Duran here. I can see why they didn't last very long. Arcadia seemed like the members' attempt to be faceless... still, I like this one but prefer their main band. 7: WHO'S ZOOMIN' WHO - ARETHA FRANKLIN (9) - Two records that Aretha Franklin had set were mentioned on this week's show. The first one was about how she had the most #1 hits on the soul chart, and this song put her in a two-way tie for the most Top Ten hits by a female singer (I'm sure the record has since been broken many times over). Anyway, this was the title track from Franklin's big comeback album - and my favorite song from that album, as one of my favorites from Franklin overall. Great song - one of her best ever! 6: LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME - THE THOMPSON TWINS (6) - For years, I had no idea where they got this name, since they're a trio (and not even related) nor is anyone named Thompson (I have since found out from a fellow poster (thanks, @bestmusicexpert), that they were named after the two bumbling detectives Thomson and Thompson in Hergé's comic strip The Adventures of Tintin). Anyhoo, I'm not a big fan of this song - my least favorite of their charted hits. Great song - one of my favourites from them. LDD: YOU'RE THE INSPIRATION - CHICAGO - Great LDD about a man losing contact with a friend who moved, but ended up running into another friend of that friend and got her address, and planned to spend the New Year with his friend. As for the song, it was a good one - became quite popular in the LDD department, as I recall. Great song, I can see why it was such a big LDD song. 5: NEVER - HEART (5) - They were enjoying their biggest chart success yet with their mid-80s comeback, as this would become their second Top Five hit (and they'd have two more after this). Anyway, it would be a toss-up between this and "These Dreams" as my favorite song from their self-titled album - both are great songs! BTW, refresh my memory: which is the single version and which is the album version? I'm not even sure which version is which, would have to re-listen to the album version. Great song - one of their best! 4: YOU BELONG TO THE CITY - GLENN FREY (2) - His second of two contributions to Miami Vice (in fact, this was written for the second season premiere of the show, according to Casey). My favorite of the two would probably be the other one, "Smuggler's Blues", which charted earlier in the year. Great song, one of his best solo songs! OPTIONAL EXTRA: IT'S ONLY LOVE - BRYAN ADAMS w/TINA TURNER - As stated earlier, Bryan Adams had six Top 40 hits from the Reckless album and, for the sixth, he teamed up with a singer he'd admired as a teenager. I figured that, with such a team, the song would be a Top Ten hit, but it ran out of steam at #15 (since Reckless had been out for a year, most fans had the album, which usually resulted in low singles sales for the last few hits). Great song! I'd say all six singles from this album (as well as the AOR hit "Kids Wanna Rock") have endured well as I still hear all of them regularly. 3: BROKEN WINGS - MR MISTER (4) - This song was poised to hit #1 the following week. Of their two #1's, this was definitely my favorite. Great song - another that has endured very well and sounds great on 80's mix shows. 2: WE BUILT THIS CITY - STARSHIP (1) - Their first hit under their name without Jefferson attached to it. It was a great song - one of their best, under any of their names. Agreed, I don't care what the critics think, I've always loved this one and still do (though clearly our resident Grace Slick fan JessieLou loves this even more!) 1: SEPARATE LIVES - PHIL COLLINS AND MARILYN MARTIN (3) - This was the other White Nights song - the love theme, in fact. I never saw the movie, but I heard the song many, many times in the fall of 1985. It was a great one! This was pretty good but I prefer his "No Jacket Required" singles. JessieLou update: Heart, Grace and Stevie were all on the chart, and Pat was #56 with "Sex As A Weapon". Coming up next week: KOLA FM posted next week's show unusually early this week. As the 1985 drought finally ends, that of 1982 will do the same, as the 12/4/82 show is on deck next weekend. That will be the third run of the show, but I'll be sure to listen just the same, as 1982 had tons of great songs! So many great songs on that 1982 show - and even some Pat and Grace for JessieLou.
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