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1980s Top 40 Rate

Part Two: Number 14s

Below is a chronological list of all the singles which peaked at No.14 in the UK during the 1980s. Rate your faves, and the winner will go through to the final Ultimate Top 40 (where it will join the best No.1, No.2, No.3 etc).

Sad Cafe - My Oh My
Matchbox - Midnight Dynamos
Queen - Play The Game
Change - The Glow Of Love/A Lover's Holiday
Billy Joel - It's Still Rock And Roll To Me
Gillan - Trouble
Sheena Easton - One Man Woman
Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
Phil Collins - I Missed Again
Quincy Jones - Ai No Corrida (I-No-Ko-Ree-Da)
Kirsty MacColl - There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis
Bill Wyman - (Si Si) Je Suis Un Rock Star
Ultravox - The Thin Wall
Fureys & Davie Arthur - When You Were Sweet Sixteen
Toyah - Four More From Toyah (EP)
Duran Duran - My Own Way
Philip Lynott - Yellow Pearl (Theme From Top Of The Pops)
George Benson - Never Give Up On A Good Thing
Madness - Cardiac Arrest
Star Sound - Stars On Stevie
Nolans - Don't Love Me Too Hard
Firm - Arthur Daley (E's Alright)
Kool & The Gang -Big Fun
Talk Talk - Today
Donna Summer - State Of Independence
Dire Straits - Twisting By The Pool
Bucks Fizz - Run For Your Life
Modern Romance - Don't Stop That Crazy Rhythm
Roman Holliday - Don't Try To Stop It
Creatures - Right Now
Monyaka - Go Deh Yaka (Go To The Top)
Nick Heyward - Blue Hat For A Blue Day
Lydia Murdock - Superstar
Donna Summer - Unconditional Love
Roland Rat Superstar - Rat Rapping (Brilliant Isn't It)
Shannon - Let The Music Play
Madonna - Lucky Star
Cure - The Caterpillar
Womack & Womack - Love Wars
Jacksons With Mick Jagger - State Of Shock
Tears For Fears - Mother's Talk
Chaka Khan - This Is My Night
David Bowie & Pat Metheny Group - This Is Not America
Chicago - You're The Inspiration
Shakin' Stevens - Breaking Up My Heart
Power Station - Some Like It Hot
China Crisis - Black Man Ray
Everton 1985 - Here We Go
Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy - Icing On The Cake
Howard Jones - Life In One Day
Dead Or Alive - In Too Deep
Jennifer Rush - Ring Of Ice
Style Council - Have You Ever Had It Blue
Queen - Friends Will Be Friends
Audrey Hall - Smile
Bon Jovi - You Give Love A Bad Name
Smiths - Ask
Shakin' Stevens - Because I Love You
Genesis - Land Of Confusion
Siouxsie & The Banshees - This Wheel's On Fire
Vesta Williams - Once Bitten Twice Shy
Spear Of Destiny - Never Take Me Alive
Beastie Boys - No Sleep Till Brooklyn
Bananarama - I Heard A Rumour
Whitney Houston - Didn't We Almost Have It All
UB40 - Maybe Tomorrow
Barry White - Sho' You Right
Christians - Ideal World
Whitney Houston - Where Do Broken Hearts Go
Will Downing - A Love Supreme
Heart - What About Love
T'Pau - I Will Be With You
Duran Duran - I Don't Want Your Love
Beatmasters With P.P Arnold - Burn It Up
Royal House - Can You Party
Hithouse - Jack To The Sound Of The Underground
Freiheit - Keeping The Dream Alive
Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock - Get On The Dance Floor
Brother Beyond - Be My Twin
INXS - Mystify
Debbie Gibson - Electric Youth
Deacon Blue - Fergus Sings The Blues
We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It - Pink Sunshine
Transvision Vamp - Landslide Of Love
Prince - Partyman
Curiosity - Name And Number
De La Soul - Eye Know
Jimmy Somerville Feat. June Miles-Kingston - Comment Te Dire Adieu
Dusty Springfield - In Private

Because I'm so kind and thoughtful, you have a choice. You can vote for 20 tracks, the voting of which looks like this:

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or if you can only do 10 tracks, you can vote like this:

+20
+18
+16
+14
+12
+10
+8
+6
+4
+2

And if you wish to add a -1, you are free to do so.

Voting closes Friday 22nd May 23:59 pm. Results will follow on Saturday morning, followed by Part 3 where a chart position will be randomly drawn. Enjoy.

This post has been edited by AH Gold: 22nd May 2015, 04:23 AM