80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

[sadchild]

NOTE: ONE WEEK OFF

Won't make the top 40
#49 Fleetwood Mac "As Long As You Follow"
#52 Tracy Chapman "Baby Can I Hold You"
#56 Eighth Wonder "Cross My Heart"
#59 Basia "New Day For You"
#63 Tommy Conwell And The Young Rumblers "If We Never Meet Again"
#66 Michelle Shocked "Anchorage"
#70 Sir Mix-a-Lot "Posse On Broadway"
#72 Traveling Wilburys "End Of The Line"
#73 Starship "Wild Again"
#74 Alphaville "Forever Young" the #499 most-streamed song on Spotify
#76 Georgia Satellites "Hippy Hippy Shake"
#77 Timelords "Doctorin' The Tardis"
#79 Camouflage "The Great Commandment"
#80 Fairground Attraction "Perfect"
#83 Randy Newman "It's Money That Matters"
#86 Ratt "Way Cool Jr"
#87 Al B Sure "Killing Me Softly"
#90 House Of Lords "I Wanna Be Loved"
#92 DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince "Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble"
#95 Siouxsie & The Banshees "Peek-A-Boo"
#97 Kiss "Let's Put The X In Sex"
#98 Mike & The Mechanics "Nobody's Perfect"

 

[Channel98]

Let's Put The X In Sex. I now you're all wondering what was the first number-one song with a title containing the letter X. It was Billy Murray's Alexander, which, per record industry magazine Talking Machine World, was the best-selling phonograph record for three weeks in October 1904. Dressed as a woman, Murray often sang the song in Vaudeville shows. Hey, at least he didn't wear blackface! Between 1903 and 1927, Murray had 169 chart hits (including duets), 157 top tens and 18 number ones.

 

[HecticArt]

Fifteen

-- 40. Duran Duran - All She Wants Is
-- 39. Mike & The Mechanics - The Living Years - Silent Running is better.
25 38. Guns N Roses - Welcome To The Jungle
-- 33. Erasure - A Little Respect
26 32. Maxi Priest - Wild World
31 31. Art Of Noise with Tom Jones - Kiss
33 25. U2 - Angel Of Harlem
32 24. Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - What I Am
20 19. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Little Liar
22 15. Tone Loc - Wild Thing
21 13. Paula Abdul - Straight Up - Woogida Woogida Woogida!
09 10. Annie Lennox & Al Green - Put A Little Love In Your Heart
14 09. White Lion - When The Children Cry
01 04. Bobby Brown - My Prerogative
05 03. Def Leppard - Armageddon It

 

[HecticArt]

#72 Traveling Wilburys "End Of The Line" - Not a surprise, but the closest thing to one on this list.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

7 good/ok from 1989:

-- 39. Mike & The Mechanics - The Living Years
25 38. Guns N Roses - Welcome To The Jungle
33 25. U2 - Angel Of Harlem
22 15. Tone Loc - Wild Thing
07 07. Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal
03 06. Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn
05 03. Def Leppard - Armageddon It

1 known channel changers from 1989:
21 13. Paula Abdul - Straight Up

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Won't make the top 40
#72 Traveling Wilburys "End Of The Line"
#73 Starship "Wild Again"
#74 Alphaville "Forever Young" the #499 most-streamed song on Spotify
#76 Georgia Satellites "Hippy Hippy Shake"

This week's surprises. Each better than most of the stuff on the top 40 this week.

 

[Channel98]

George Harrison. Tom Petty. Bob Dylan. Jeff Lynne. Roy Orbison. And End Of The Line stalled at #63 on the Billboard Hot 100. It fared better on the Cash Box Top 100, peaking at #53. It should have been top-ten. The Traveling Wilburys' album Volume One did win a Grammy for best rock album. Their second album was titled Vol. 3.

 

[sadchild]

1 known channel changers from 1989:
21 13. Paula Abdul - Straight Up

TOTALLY AGREE

And it's rare I find anyone else who feels this way

Her mom told her about Wolff’s demo [of "Straight Up"], calling it “the most God-awful thing you’ve ever heard.” Still, her mom played Abdul the cassette. “It was like an eight-track recording with someone plunking on a computer and singing notes that I’ve never heard of, like in-between notes. It was strange. We were laughing and crying, and my mother threw it in the trash can. And I dug it out of the trash can and said, ‘There’s something really cool about this song.’”

Shoulda left it in the trash!

 

[Channel98]

Straight Up was written by Elliot Wolff, who also wrote Paula Abdul's 1989 number-one hit Cold Hearted and co-wrote A'me Lorain's 1990 #9 hit Whole Wide World. More than 30 artists have recorded Straight Up. Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox featuring Sara Niemetz, Olivia Kuper Harris & Vonzell Solomon recorded the song for their Jazz Me Outside album, released February 14, 2018. Here is a live performance. They do their very best Manhattan Transfer impression:

 

[HecticArt]

I didn't think much of the song when it came out.
Those were my Van Halen & Scorpions days.

The song was on the radio a lot at this furniture shop that I used to work at when I was in high school.
I always thought that the "woogida woogida woogida" sound just before the chorus was always funny to me.

I loved working at that shop.
Even though I didn't think much of the song at the time,
it was the right time and the right place for it.

 

[sadchild]

I can't think of the March #1s. I know "We Are The World" and "Don't You Forget About Me" are April, and probably not on the Hot 100 yet. Total mind blank.

JAN/FEB 1984

EARLIER
Bonnie Tyler "Total Eclipse"
Kenny/Dolly "Islands In The Stream"
Lionel "All Night Long"
Michael/Paul "Say Say Say"

CANDIDATES
Yes "Owner Of A Lonely Heart"
Culture Club "Karma Chameleon"

LATER
?
Van Halen "Jump"
?

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Think its Yes.

 

[goreds2]

Anyone know why there was not a Big 40 countdown this weekend?

 

[Channel98]

I can't think of the March #1s.

On the Billboard Hot 100, March 1984: Jump (March 3, 10, 17, 24), Footloose (March 31)

On the Cash Box Top 100: Jump (March 3), 99 Luftballons (March 10), Girls Just Want To Have Fun (March 17, 24), Footloose (March 31)

99 Luftballons and Girls Just Want To Have Fun peaked at #2 on the Billboard chart.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Anyone know why there was not a Big 40 countdown this weekend?

Was it not aired or just not posted on demand?

 

[goreds2]

Was it not aired or just not posted on demand?

Good point. Not posted on demand.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

The countdown is on SXM. Laziness in the online department.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

1984/01/28

Repeat countdown:

• 2023/01/28

The bottom 60:
(87) 96. TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART - BONNIE TYLER **
(--) 94. TENDER YEARS - JOHN CAFFERTY & THE BEAVER BROWN BAND
(--) 93. REMEBER WHAT YOU LIKE - JENNY BURTON
(--) 89. VITAMIN L - B.E. TAYLOR GROUP
(--) 88. LOOK AT THE CADILLAC
(--) 87. REBEL YELL _BILLY IDOL
(--) 83. RED RED WINE - UB40
(--) 82. AUTOMATIC - POINTER SISTERS
(--) 73. SOMEBODY'S WATCHING ME - ROCKWELL
(62) 67. ISLANDS IN THE STREAM - KENNY ROGERS DUET WITH DOLLY PARTON **
(--) 56. FOOTLOOSE - KENNY LOGGINS *
(--) 53. HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN - EURYTHMICS
(--) 44. GOT A HOLD ON ME - CHRISTINE MCVIE

The week's drops:
(40) 63. UPTOWN GIRL - BILLY JOEL [3]
(39) 61. IN THE MOOD - ROBERT PLANT [39]
(29) 57. GOLD - SPANDAU BALLET [29]
(20) 49. UNDERCOVER OF THE NIGHT - THE ROLLING STONES [9]
(23) 47. ALL NIGHT LONG (ALL NIGHT) - LIONAL RICHIE **

The Top 40:
(54) 40. I WANT A NEW DRUG - HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS
(41) 39. THE DREAM - IRENE CARA
(50) 38. BANG YOUR HEAD - QUIET RIOT
(48) 37. NEW MOON ON MONDAY - DURAN DURAN
(37) 36. REMEMBER THE NIGHT - THE MOTELS
(32) 35. THE SIGN OF FIRE - THE FIXX [32]
(30) 34. STAY WITH ME TONIGHT - JEFFREY OSBORNE [30]
(35) 33. NIGHTBIRD - STEVIE NICKS
(38) 32. SEND ME AN ANGEL - REAL LIFE
(45) 31. GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN - CYNDI LAUPER
(19) 30. IF I'D BEEN THE ONE - THIRTY EIGHT SPECIAL [19]
(21) 29. READ 'EM AND WEEP - BARRY MANILOW [18]
(18) 28. TIME WILL REVEAL - DEBARGE [18]
(36) 27. NOBODY TOLD ME - JOHN LENNON
(26) 26. BABY I LIED - DEBORAH ALLEN
(28) 25. SO BAD - PAUL McCARTNEY
(27) 24. YA MO B THERE - JAMES INGRAM W/ MICHAEL McDONALD
(31) 23. WRAPPED AROUND YOUR FINGER - POLICE
(33) 22. 99 LUFTBALLOONS - NENA
(25) 21. MIDDLE OF THE ROAD - PRETENDERS
(34) 20. JUMP - VAN HALEN *
(24) 19. AN INNOCENT MAN - BILLY JOEL
(22) 18. LET THE MUSIC PLAY - SHANNON
(15) 17. THE CURLY SHUFFLE - JUMP'N THE SADDLE [15]
(17) 16. HOLIDAY - MADONNA
(10) 15. SAY IT ISN'T SO - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES [2]
(16) 14. I STILL CAN'T GET OVER LOVING YOU - RAY PARKER, JR
(11) 13. UNION OF THE SNAKE - DURAN DURAN [3]
(13) 12. PINK HOUSES - JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP
(14) 11. THINK OF LAURA - CHRISTOPHER CROSS
(12) 10. THAT'S ALL - GENESIS
( 7) 9. TWIST OF FATE - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN [5]
( 9) 8. RUNNING WITH THE NIGHT - LIONEL RICHIE
( 2) 7. SAY SAY SAY - PAUL McCARTNEY & MICHAEL JACKSON **
( 8) 6. JOANNA - KOOL & THE GANG
( 5) 5. BREAK MY STRIDE - MATTHEW WILDER
( 6) 4. I GUESS THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT THE BLUES - ELTON JOHN
( 4) 3. TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP - ROMANTICS
( 3) 2. KARMA CHAMELEON - CULTURE CLUB *
( 1) 1. OWNER OF A LONELY HEART - YES *

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

21 good/ok from 1984:

(54) 40. I WANT A NEW DRUG - HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS
(50) 38. BANG YOUR HEAD - QUIET RIOT
(48) 37. NEW MOON ON MONDAY - DURAN DURAN
(45) 31. GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN - CYNDI LAUPER
(21) 29. READ 'EM AND WEEP - BARRY MANILOW [18]
(36) 27. NOBODY TOLD ME - JOHN LENNON
(31) 23. WRAPPED AROUND YOUR FINGER - POLICE
(33) 22. 99 LUFTBALLOONS - NENA
(25) 21. MIDDLE OF THE ROAD - PRETENDERS
(34) 20. JUMP - VAN HALEN *
(24) 19. AN INNOCENT MAN - BILLY JOEL
(22) 18. LET THE MUSIC PLAY - SHANNON
(11) 13. UNION OF THE SNAKE - DURAN DURAN [3]
(13) 12. PINK HOUSES - JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP
( 9) 8. RUNNING WITH THE NIGHT - LIONEL RICHIE
( 8) 6. JOANNA - KOOL & THE GANG
( 5) 5. BREAK MY STRIDE - MATTHEW WILDER
( 6) 4. I GUESS THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT THE BLUES - ELTON JOHN
( 4) 3. TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP - ROMANTICS
( 3) 2. KARMA CHAMELEON - CULTURE CLUB *
( 1) 1. OWNER OF A LONELY HEART - YES *

 

[HecticArt]

I'm going to guess Owner....

Twenty Two

(54) 40. I WANT A NEW DRUG - HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS
(50) 38. BANG YOUR HEAD - QUIET RIOT
(48) 37. NEW MOON ON MONDAY - DURAN DURAN
(32) 35. THE SIGN OF FIRE - THE FIXX [32]
(38) 32. SEND ME AN ANGEL - REAL LIFE
(45) 31. GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN - CYNDI LAUPER
(19) 30. IF I'D BEEN THE ONE - THIRTY EIGHT SPECIAL [19]
(36) 27. NOBODY TOLD ME - JOHN LENNON
(31) 23. WRAPPED AROUND YOUR FINGER - POLICE
(33) 22. 99 LUFTBALLOONS - NENA
(25) 21. MIDDLE OF THE ROAD - PRETENDERS
(34) 20. JUMP - VAN HALEN *
(24) 19. AN INNOCENT MAN - BILLY JOEL
(22) 18. LET THE MUSIC PLAY - SHANNON - Nostalgia
(15) 17. THE CURLY SHUFFLE - JUMP'N THE SADDLE [15] - Nostalgia / novelty
(11) 13. UNION OF THE SNAKE - DURAN DURAN [3]
(13) 12. PINK HOUSES - JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP
(12) 10. THAT'S ALL - GENESIS
( 9) 8. RUNNING WITH THE NIGHT - LIONEL RICHIE
( 6) 4. I GUESS THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT THE BLUES - ELTON JOHN
( 4) 3. TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP - ROMANTICS
( 1) 1. OWNER OF A LONELY HEART - YES * - Hey! I was right!!!