Posted May 12, 201114 yr Ultimate 80s Number Ones Rate 1983 1. +225 Michael Jackson “Billie Jean” 2. +189 David Bowie “Let’s Dance” 3. +174 Bonnie Tyler “Total Eclipse Of The Heart” 4. +162 Culture Club “Karma Chameleon” 5. +141 Men At Work “Down Under” 6. +121 The Police “Every Breath You Take” 6. +121 Spandau Ballet “True” 8. +104 KC & The Sunshine Band “Give It Up” 9. +89 Duran Duran “Is There Something I Should Know” 10. +85 The Flying Pickets “Only You” 11. +75 Kajagoogoo “Too Shy” 12. +64 UB40 “Red Red Wine” 13. +63 Rod Stewart “Baby Jane” 13. +63 Paul Young “Wherever I Lay My Hat (That’s My Home)” 15. +60 Billy Joel “Uptown Girl” 16. +50 Phil Collins “You Can’t Hurry Love” 17. +11 New Edition “Candy Girl” Final Round +285 1981 The Human League "Don't You Want Me" +261 1982 The Jam "A Town Called Malice/Precious" +247 1981 Soft Cell "Tainted Love" +225 1983 Michael Jackson "Billie Jean" +209 1980 ABBA "The Winner Takes It All" +209 1982 Kraftwerk "The Model/Computer Love" +207 1980 Blondie "Atomic" +199 1981 The Specials "Ghost Town" +191 1982 Dexy's Midnight Runners with The Emerald Express "Come On Eileen" +189 1983 David Bowie "Let's Dance" +176 1980 The Jam "Going Underground/Dreams of Children" +174 1983 Bonnie Tyler "Total Eclipse of The Heart" +169 1982 Culture Club "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?" +166 1980 David Bowie "Ashes To Ashes" +162 1983 Culture Club "Karma Chameleon" +154 1981 John Lennon "Imagine" Wildcard Round +161 1980 Blondie "Call Me" +157 1982 Madness "House of Fun" +144 1981 Roxy Music "Jealous Guy" +144 1981 Queen & David Bowie "Under Pressure" +141 1983 Men At Work "Down Under" +139 1982 Survivor "Eye Of The Tiger" +138 1981 Adam & The Ants "Stand And Deliver" +132 1982 Irene Cara "Fame" +121 1983 The Police "Every Breath You Take" +121 1983 Spandau Ballet "True" +117 1980 ABBA "Super Trouper" +107 1980 Blondie "The Tide Is High" This is an 80s number ones rate using every song that hit number 1 in the 1980s. What will happen is there will be 10 rounds, the first being 1980, then 1981 etc. up to round 10 which will be 1989. The top 4 from each round will go straight to the final, and 5th to 7th placed will go in a "wildcard" round. The top ten songs from the "wildcard" round will be put into the final round to make a top 50 of the decade. After the final the next rate will be 00s number 2s How you rate the songs; exactly the same as last time, you do not rate every song that hit number one, you just rate your ten favourites and your least favourite. You give +15 points to your favourite song, and the rest are as follows; This is to hopefully stop ties from happening inside the top 3. +15 Favourite Song +12 2nd Favourite Song +10 3rd Favourite Song +08 4th Favourite +06 5th Favourite +05 6th Favourite +04 7th Favourite +03 8th Favourite +02 9th Favourite +01 10th Favourite -02 Least Favourite, or Most Hated depending on what way you look at it These are the songs you need to rate from. You have 2 days for every round to rate. This means the deadline is Thursday morning and hopefully round 5 (1984) will be up by then. Ultimate 80s Number Ones Rate 1984 1. Paul McCartney “Pipes Of Peace” 2. Frankie Goes To Hollywood “Relax” 3. Nena “99 Red Balloons” 4. Lionel Richie “Hello” 5. Duran Duran “The Reflex” 6. Wham! “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” 7. Frankie Goes To Hollywood “Two Tribes” 8. George Michael “Careless Whisper” 9. Stevie Wonder “I Just Called To Say I Love You” 10. Wham! “Freedom” 11. Chaka Khan “I Feel For You” 12. Jim Diamond “I Should Have Known Better” 13. Frankie Goes To Hollywood “The Power Of Love” 14. Band Aid “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”
May 12, 201114 yr +15 'Do they know it's Christmas?' Band Aid +12 'The power of love' Frankie Goes To Hollywood +10 'Just called to say I love you' Stevie Wonder +08 'Wake me up before you go-go' Wham! +06 '99 red balloons' Nena +05 'Hello' Lione Ritchie +04 'I feel for you' Chaka Khan +03 'Careless whisper' George Michael +02 'The reflex' Duran Duran +01 'I should have known better' Jim Diamond -02 'Freedom' Wham!
May 12, 201114 yr Oh dear, how did that Bonnie Tyler rubbish get through? 1984 is a bit better than 1983 at least. Wonder if I'm the first person ever to put the same band at +15 and -2? +15 Frankie Goes To Hollywood “Two Tribes” Higher NRG than Relax and with an iconic video +12 Jim Diamond “I Should Have Known Better” Call it cheesy, but the combo of the over the top guitar, the I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I... lyrics and the ridiculous ending of the video makes it a real winner for me +10 Frankie Goes To Hollywood “Relax” Classic Mike Reid-bothering sauce +8 Band Aid “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” I do genuinely think the original version was a great pop song +6 Paul McCartney “Pipes Of Peace” I like the WW1 video +5 Chaka Khan “I Feel For You” or chuck a can as Morris Minor and the Majors would later parody +4 Duran Duran “The Reflex” Not their best record - their best songs never made it to the top it seems +3 Wham! “Freedom” Probably Wham!'s best song, much better than that Wake Me Up rubbish +2 Nena “99 Red Balloons” I used to think I quite liked this, but I don't - for some reason always the first song played when some American TV show or film wants to go ironically '80s' +1 George Michael “Careless Whisper” The best one from what's left - just because the saxophone is so over the top -2 Frankie Goes To Hollywood “The Power Of Love” Always hated this record, can't find a positive in it Edited May 12, 201114 yr by richie
May 12, 201114 yr 15 Chaka Khan “I Feel For You” 12 Frankie Goes To Hollywood “The Power Of Love” 10 Duran Duran “The Reflex” 8 Frankie Goes To Hollywood “Relax” 6 George Michael “Careless Whisper” 5 Nena “99 Red Balloons” 4 Frankie Goes To Hollywood “Two Tribes” 3 Band Aid “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” 2 Jim Diamond “I Should Have Known Better” 1 Wham! “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” -2 Paul McCartney “Pipes Of Peace”
May 12, 201114 yr + 15 George Michael “Careless Whisper” + 12 Wham! “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” + 10 Chaka Khan “I Feel For You” + 8 Wham! “Freedom” + 6 Band Aid “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” + 5 Lionel Richie “Hello + 4 Frankie Goes To Hollywood “Relax” + 3 Frankie Goes To Hollywood “The Power Of Love” + 2 Frankie Goes To Hollywood “Two Tribes” + 1 Stevie Wonder “I Just Called To Say I Love You” - 2 Paul McCartney “Pipes Of Peace”
May 12, 201114 yr 15. George Michael “Careless Whisper” ("Guilty feet have got no rhythm"- best line in pop) 12. Wham! “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”- a day glo extravaganza of 80s fun 10. Wham! “Freedom” 8. Frankie Goes To Hollywood “Two Tribes” 6. Frankie Goes To Hollywood “Relax” 5. Duran Duran “The Reflex” 4. Frankie Goes To Hollywood “The Power Of Love” 3. Paul McCartney “Pipes Of Peace” 2. Nena “99 Red Balloons” 1. Stevie Wonder “I Just Called To Say I Love You” -2. Lionel Richie “Hello”- DROSS
May 12, 201114 yr +15 Band Aid “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” +12 Wham! “Freedom” +10 Wham! “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” +8 Lionel Richie “Hello” +6 Nena “99 Red Balloons” +5 Stevie Wonder “I Just Called To Say I Love You” +4 George Michael “Careless Whisper” +3 Frankie Goes To Hollywood “Relax” +2 Frankie Goes To Hollywood “The Power Of Love” +1 Frankie Goes To Hollywood “Two Tribes”
May 12, 201114 yr 15. Duran Duran “The Reflex” 12. Nena “99 Red Balloons” 10. Band Aid “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” 8. Frankie Goes To Hollywood “Two Tribes” 6. Wham! “Freedom” 5. Paul McCartney “Pipes Of Peace” 4. Wham! “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” 3. Frankie Goes To Hollywood “Relax” 2. George Michael “Careless Whisper” 1. Stevie Wonder “I Just Called To Say I Love You” -2. Lionel Richie “Hello”
May 12, 201114 yr +15 Nena “99 Red Balloons” +12 Band Aid “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” +10 George Michael “Careless Whisper” +8 Duran Duran “The Reflex” +6 Frankie Goes To Hollywood “The Power Of Love” +5 Wham! “Freedom” +4 Frankie Goes To Hollywood “Relax” +3 Chaka Khan “I Feel For You” +2 Wham! “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” +1 Frankie Goes To Hollywood “Two Tribes” -2 Paul McCartney “Pipes Of Peace”
May 12, 201114 yr 15 - Frankie Goes To Hollywood - "Two Tribes" 12 - Frankie Goes To Hollywood - "Relax" 10 - George Michael - "Careless Whisper" 8 - Duran Duran - "The Reflex" 6 - Nena - "99 Red Ballons" - Original german version would have had 10 points 5 - Jim Diamond - "I Should Have known Better" 4 - Band Aid - "Do They Know It's Christmas?" 3 - Frankie Goes To Hollywood - "The Power Of Love" 2 - Wham! - "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" 1 - Stevie Wonder - "I Just Called To Say I Love You" -2 Wham! - "Freedom"
May 12, 201114 yr Yay, Spandau Ballet made the wildcard round :D +15 Chaka Khan - I Feel For You :wub: Anthem! It won't qualify but c'est la vie. +12 George Michael - Careless Whisper +10 Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go +8 Jim Diamond - I Should Have Known Better +6 Nena - 99 Red Balloons +5 Wham! - Freedom +4 Duran Duran - The Reflex +3 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love +2 Lionel Richie - Hello +1 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? -2 Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You Adore my top 2 but the rest are just fairly good.
May 12, 201114 yr 15 George Michael “Careless Whisper” 12 Frankie Goes To Hollywood “Relax” 10 Chaka Khan “I Feel For You” 08 Wham! “Freedom” 06 Duran Duran “The Reflex” 05 Nena “99 Red Balloons” 04 Frankie Goes To Hollywood “Two Tribes” 03 Wham! “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” 02 Frankie Goes To Hollywood “The Power Of Love” 01 Stevie Wonder “I Just Called To Say I Love You” -2 Lionel Richie “Hello”
May 12, 201114 yr +15 Chaka Khan - I Feel For You :wub: Anthem! It won't qualify but c'est la vie. It might you know! Sadly I don't think Jim Diamond will.
May 12, 201114 yr +15 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax +12 Chaka Khan - I Feel For You +10 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love +08 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes +06 Duran Duran - The Reflex +05 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas +04 Nena - 99 Red Balloons +03 Wham - Freedom +02 Wham - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go +01 Paul McCartney - Pipes Of Peace -02 Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You - truly awful!
May 12, 201114 yr +15 Frankie Goes To Hollywood “Two Tribes” +12 Frankie Goes To Hollywood “The Power Of Love” +10 Paul McCartney “Pipes Of Peace” +8 Chaka Khan “I Feel For You” +6 Frankie Goes To Hollywood “Relax” +5 George Michael “Careless Whisper” +4 Duran Duran “The Reflex” +3 Lionel Richie “Hello” +2 Wham! “Freedom” +1 Jim Diamond “I Should Have Known Better” -2 Wham! “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”
May 12, 201114 yr 15 George Michael “Careless Whisper” 12 Frankie Goes To Hollywood “Two Tribes” 10 Wham! “Freedom” 08 Duran Duran “The Reflex” 06 Nena “99 Red Balloons” 05 Wham! “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” 04 Frankie Goes To Hollywood “The Power Of Love” 03 Lionel Richie “Hello” 02 Band Aid “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” 01 Paul McCartney “Pipes Of Peace” -2 Stevie Wonder “I Just Called To Say I Love You”
May 12, 201114 yr +15 Band Aid “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” :wub: :wub: :wub: a Christmas classic, one of the few charity songs thats actually good +12 George Michael “Careless Whisper” +10 Wham! “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” +8 Frankie Goes To Hollywood “Relax” +6 Lionel Richie “Hello” +5 Stevie Wonder “I Just Called To Say I Love You” +4 Nena “99 Red Balloons” +3 Frankie Goes To Hollywood “The Power Of Love” +2 Frankie Goes To Hollywood “Two Tribes” +1 Chaka Khan “I Feel For You” -2 Wham! “Freedom” I really like my top 7, but generally this is by far the weakest year :( Edited May 12, 201114 yr by chart wizard
May 12, 201114 yr +15 Duran Duran - The Reflex +12 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax +10 George Michael - Careless Whisper +08 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes +06 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas +05 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love +04 Chaka Khan - I Feel For You +03 Wham! - Freedom +02 Nena - 99 Red Balloons +01 Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You -02 Jim Diamond - I Should Have Known Better
May 12, 201114 yr +15- Band Aid/ Do They Know It's Christmas? +12- Frankie Goes To Hollywood/ Relax +10- Frankie Goes To Hollywood/ Two Tribes +8- George Michael/ Careless Whisper +6- Duran Duran “The Reflex” +5- Wham!/ Wake Me Up Before You Go Go +4- Wham!/ Freedom +3- Stevie Wonder/ I Just Called To Say I Love You +2- Chaka Khan/ I Feel You +1- Lionel Ritchie/ Hello -2 Paul McCartney/ Pipes Of Peace
May 12, 201114 yr It might you know! Sadly I don't think Jim Diamond will. I doubt it'd beat Band Aid, Frankie Goes To Hollywood (x3), George Michael and Nena. Mind you, that's still only 6 songs so it might scrape through on 7th if it's lucky but then there's also Duran Duran and Wham! which are pretty popular so I still can't see it. Too much competition for poor Chaka! :drama: I think it could have got through in 1982 or 1983 though.
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