Posted May 18, 201114 yr Ultimate 80s Number Ones Rate 1986 1. +292 Pet Shop Boys “West End Girls” 2. +249 A-ha “The Sun Always Shines on TV” 3. +190 Berlin “Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From “Top Gun”) 4. +188 Madonna “Papa Don’t Preach” 5. +143 The Communards “Don’t Leave Me This Way” 6. +100 Europe “The Final Countdown” 7. +95 Madonna “True Blue” 8. +90 Diana Ross “Chain Reaction” 9. +85 Falco “Rock Me Amadeus” 10. +76 George Michael “A Different Corner” 11. +68 The Housemartins “Caravan of Love” 12. +56 Doctor and The Medics “Spirit In The Sky” 13. +54 Wham! “The Edge Of Heaven” 13. +54 Billy Ocean “When The Going Gets Tough… The Tough Gets Going” 15. +52 Jackie Wilson “Reet Petite” 16. +28 Cliff Richard and The Young Ones “Living Doll” 17. +20 Spitting Image “The Chicken Song” 18. +14 Chris de Burgh “The Lady In Red” 19. +02 Boris Gardiner “I Want To Wake Up With You” 19. +02 Nick Berry “Every Loser Wins” Final Round +292 1986 Pet Shop Boys "West End Girls" +285 1981 The Human League "Don't You Want Me" +263 1985 Madonna "Into The Groove" +261 1982 The Jam "A Town Called Malice/Precious" +249 1985 Dead or Alive "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)" +249 1986 A-ha "The Sun Always Shines on TV" +247 1981 Soft Cell "Tainted Love" +225 1983 Michael Jackson "Billie Jean" +225 1984 Frankie Goes To Hollywood "Relax" +209 1980 ABBA "The Winner Takes It All" +209 1982 Kraftwerk "The Model/Computer Love" +208 1985 Eurythmics "There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)" +207 1980 Blondie "Atomic" +199 1981 The Specials "Ghost Town" +198 1984 George Michael "Careless Whisper" +191 1982 Dexy's Midnight Runners with The Emerald Express "Come On Eileen" +190 1984 Frankie Goes To Hollywood "Two Tribes" +190 1986 Berlin "Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From "Top Gun")" +189 1983 David Bowie "Let's Dance" +189 1984 Nena "99 Red Balloons" +188 1986 Madonna "Papa Don't Preach" +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" +147 1985 Foreigner "I Want To Know What Love Is" Wildcard Round +189 1984 Band Aid "Do They Know It's Christmas?" +161 1980 Blondie "Call Me" +157 1982 Madness "House of Fun" +154 1984 Frankie Goes To Hollywood "The Power Of Love" +151 1984 Duran Duran "The Reflex" +146 1985 Paul Hardcastle "19" +144 1981 Roxy Music "Jealous Guy" +144 1981 Queen & David Bowie "Under Pressure" +143 1986 The Communards "Don't Leave Me This Way" +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" +104 1985 Wham! "I'm Your Man" +103 1985 Jennifer Rush "The Power Of Love" +100 1986 Europe "The Final Countdown" +095 1986 Madonna "True Blue" 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 Friday morning and hopefully round 8 (1988) will be up by then. Ultimate 80s Number Ones Rate 1987 1. Steve “Silk” Hurley “Jack Your Body” 2. George Michael and Aretha Franklin “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)” 3. Ben E King “Stand By Me” 4. Boy George “Everything I Own” 5. Mel and Kim “Respectable” 6. Ferry Aid “Let it Be” 7. Madonna “La Isla Bonita” 8. Starship “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” 9. Whitney Houston “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)” 10. The Firm “Star Trekkin” 11. Pet Shop Boys “It’s a Sin” 12. Madonna “Who’s That Girl” 13. Los Lobos “La Bamba” 14. Michael Jackson with Siedah Garrett “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” 15. Rick Astley “Never Gonna Give You Up” 16. M/A/R/R/S “Pump Up The Volume/Anita (The First Time I See She Dance)” 17. The Bee Gees “You Win Again” 18. T’Pau “China In Your Hand” 19. Pet Shop Boys “Always On My Mind”
May 18, 201114 yr Author +15 Pet Shop Boys "It's A Sin" +12 Pet Shop Boys "Always On My Mind" +10 M/A/R/R/S "Pump Up The Volume" +08 Rick Astley "Never Gonna Give You Up" +06 Los Lobos "La Bamba" +05 Steve "Silk" Hurley "Jack Your Body" +04 Starship "Nothings Gonna Stop Us Now" +03 Whitney Houston "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" +02 George Michael / Aretha Franklin "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" +01 Madonna "Whos That Girl" -2 The Firm "Star Trekkin"
May 18, 201114 yr 15. Ben E King “Stand By Me” (I know it's not strictly 80s but it was when it got to number one, and it's one of my favourite songs of all time) 12. Whitney Houston “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)” 10. Starship “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” 8. Mel and Kim “Respectable” 6. Pet Shop Boys “It’s a Sin” 5. T’Pau “China In Your Hand” 4. Rick Astley “Never Gonna Give You Up” 3. George Michael and Aretha Franklin “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)” 2. Pet Shop Boys “Always On My Mind” 1. Boy George “Everything I Own” -2 Madonna “La Isla Bonita” Edited May 18, 201114 yr by Leonardo
May 18, 201114 yr Author 15. Ben E King “Stand By Me” (I know it's not strictly 80s but it was when it got to number one, and it's one of my favourite songs of all time) 12. Whitney Houston “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)” 10. Starship “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” 8. Mel and Kim “Respectable” 6. Pet Shop Boys “It’s a Sin” 5. T’Pau “China In Your Hand” 4. Rick Astley “Never Gonna Give You Up” 3. T’Pau “China In Your Hand” 2. George Michael and Aretha Franklin “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)” 1. Pet Shop Boys “Always On My Mind” -2 Madonna “La Isla Bonita” You might wanna change your votes, you've voted for T'Pau twice :P
May 18, 201114 yr +15 'Stand by me' Ben E. King +12 'I wanna dance with somebody' Whitney Houston +10 'It's a sin' Pet Shop Boys +08 'Who's that girl' Madonna +06 'Never gonna give you up' Rick Astley +05 'La Bamba' Los Lobos +04 'La isla bonita' Madonna +03 'Always on my mind' Pet Shop Boys +02 'Nothing's gonna stop us now' Starship +01 'Pump up the volume' MARRS -02 'Startrekkin' The Firm Awesome year! I'd also like to give points to T'Pau, Bee Gees and Mel & Kim. Oh well...
May 18, 201114 yr + 15 Madonna “La Isla Bonita” + 12 Madonna “Who’s That Girl” + 10 Whitney Houston “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)” + 8 Los Lobos “La Bamba” + 6 Rick Astley “Never Gonna Give You Up” + 5 Mel and Kim “Respectable” + 4 George Michael and Aretha Franklin “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)” + 3 Michael Jackson with Siedah Garrett “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” + 2 Starship “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” + 1 Pet Shop Boys “Always On My Mind” - 2 The Firm “Star Trekkin”
May 18, 201114 yr PSB with a new points record perhaps? +15 Pet Shop Boys “It’s a Sin” Their best ever work, dramatic pop at its very best +12 M/A/R/R/S “Pump Up The Volume/Anita (The First Time I See She Dance)” A huge landmark on the chronology of dance music +10 Pet Shop Boys “Always On My Mind” Hated because it kept the Pogues off number one - I don't care, I love it +8 Mel and Kim “Respectable” One of the few S/A/W successes - great pop music +6 The Bee Gees “You Win Again” A guilty pleasure even to this day, altogether now "ooooohhhh girrrllll" +5 Steve “Silk” Hurley “Jack Your Body” Aged very badly but important nonetheless +4 Whitney Houston “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)” One of the best songs from Witless +3 George Michael and Aretha Franklin “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)” I'm running out of songs now, this is ok I suppose +2 The Firm “Star Trekkin” Well, I thought it was funny when I was 10 +1 Los Lobos “La Bamba” Worth a point simply for the experience of listening to people trying to sing along - four pizzas hey! four pizzas yay! -2 Starship “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” As welcome as a fart under the duvet Edited May 18, 201114 yr by richie
May 18, 201114 yr +15 Starship “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” (#1 the day I was born! Long live 1987!) +12 Pet Shop Boys “Always On My Mind” +10 Pet Shop Boys “It’s a Sin” +8 Madonna “La Isla Bonita” +6 The Bee Gees “You Win Again” +5 T’Pau “China In Your Hand” +4 Mel and Kim “Respectable” +3 Whitney Houston “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)” +2 Ben E King “Stand By Me” +1 M/A/R/R/S "Pump Up The Volume" -2 The Firm “Star Trekkin” That top six is amazing. Incredibly hard to separate...
May 18, 201114 yr 15 Pet Shop Boys “It’s a Sin” 12 Madonna “La Isla Bonita” 10 Pet Shop Boys “Always On My Mind” 08 M/A/R/R/S “Pump Up The Volume/Anita (The First Time I See She Dance)” 06 Whitney Houston “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)” 05 Madonna “Who’s That Girl” 04 T’Pau “China In Your Hand” 03 Rick Astley “Never Gonna Give You Up” 02 Michael Jackson with Siedah Garrett “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” 01 Mel and Kim “Respectable” -2 Ferry Aid “Let it Be”
May 18, 201114 yr +15 Michael Jackson 'I Just Can't Stop Loving You' +12 T'Pau 'China In Your Hand' +10 Los Lombos 'La Bamba' +08 Pet Shop Boys 'Always On My Mind' +06 Starship 'Nothing's Going To Stop Us Now' +05 Pet Shop Boys 'It's A Sin' +04 The Bee Gees 'You Win Again' +03 Madonna 'La Isla Bonita' +02 George Michael & Aretha Franklin 'I Knew You Were Waiting For Me' +01 Whitney Houston 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody' -02 Ben E King 'Stand By Me'
May 18, 201114 yr Loving 1987! Too many good songs to choose from though, had to leave out songs I really like... +15 Pet Shop Boys “It’s a Sin” +12 Madonna “La Isla Bonita” +10 Pet Shop Boys “Always On My Mind” +8 Rick Astley “Never Gonna Give You Up” +6 Michael Jackson with Siedah Garrett “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” +5 Whitney Houston “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)” +4 Los Lobos “La Bamba” +3 Starship “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” +2 The Bee Gees “You Win Again” +1 Mel and Kim “Respectable” -2 George Michael and Aretha Franklin “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)”
May 18, 201114 yr +15- Pet Shop Boys/ Always On My Mind +12- Madonna/ Who's That Girl? +10- Ben E King/ Stand By Me +8- Michael Jackson with Siedah Garrett “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” +6- Los Lombos/ La Bamba +5- Madonna/ La Isla Bonits +4- Pet Shop Boys/ It's A Sin +3- T'Pau/ China In Your Hand +2- Whitney Houston/ I Wanna Dance With Somebody +1- Steve "Silk" Hurley/ Jack Your Body -2 The Firm/ Star Trekkin'
May 18, 201114 yr The year my obsession with music and the charts truly kicked in. Over 7000 vinyl singles, 500+ CD singles, 1000+ downloads later...... +15 Pet Shop Boys “It’s a Sin” The song that I feel was mainly responsible for my obsession to start just as it hit No.1 +12 Madonna “La Isla Bonita” Still my favourite Madonna song +10 Pet Shop Boys “Always On My Mind” Not that keen on the Pogues song anyway, so chuffed to bits when this got Xmas No.1 +8 M/A/R/R/S “Pump Up The Volume/Anita (The First Time I See She Dance)” +6 Michael Jackson with Siedah Garrett “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” +5 Madonna “Who’s That Girl” +4 Steve “Silk” Hurley “Jack Your Body” +3 T’Pau “China In Your Hand” Not as good as 'Heart And Soul' +2 The Bee Gees “You Win Again” +1 The Firm “Star Trekkin” -2 Ferry Aid “Let it Be” Probably the one Beatles song I truly dislike so a cover wasn't going to go down well, even if it was for charity
May 18, 201114 yr Europe qualified :D (to the play off round at least :kink: ) +15 Starship “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” +12 Rick Astley “Never Gonna Give You Up” come on, don't pretend you hate it :lol: +10 Ben E King “Stand By Me” +8 Madonna “Who’s That Girl” +6 T’Pau “China In Your Hand” +5 Pet Shop Boys “Always On My Mind”this committed a dastardly act by keeping the Pogues off number 1, but its a good song by a great act so I'll allow it this one :P +4 George Michael and Aretha Franklin “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)” +3 Pet Shop Boys “It’s a Sin” +2 The Bee Gees “You Win Again” +1 M/A/R/R/S “Pump Up The Volume/Anita (The First Time I See She Dance)” -2 Michael Jackson with Siedah Garrett “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” very boring -_- Edited May 18, 201114 yr by chart wizard
May 18, 201114 yr +15 Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin +12 T'Pau - China In Your Hand +10 Madonna - La Isla Bonita +08 George Michael & Aretha Franklin - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) +06 Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now +05 Bee Gees - You Win Again +04 Boy George - Everything I Own +03 Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) +02 Mel & Kim - Respectable +01 Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up -2 Michael Jackson with Siedah Garrett - I Just Can’t Stop Loving You
May 18, 201114 yr +15 M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up The Volume +12 Mel & Kim - Respectable +10 Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind +08 Bee Gees - You Win Again +06 Madonna - Who's That Girl +05 Steve Silk Hurley - Jack Your Body +04 T'Pau - China In Your Hand +03 Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin +02 Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up +01 Madonna - La Isla Bonita -02 Los Lobos - La Bamba
May 18, 201114 yr You might wanna change your votes, you've voted for T'Pau twice :P OOOPS!, On way to edit!
May 18, 201114 yr +15 The Bee Gees “You Win Again” +12 Pet Shop Boys “It’s a Sin” +10 Madonna “La Isla Bonita” +08 Steve “Silk” Hurley “Jack Your Body” +06 George Michael and Aretha Franklin “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)” +05 Michael Jackson with Siedah Garrett “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” +04 T’Pau “China In Your Hand” +03 M/A/R/R/S “Pump Up The Volume/Anita (The First Time I See She Dance)” +02 Mel and Kim “Respectable” +01 The Firm “Star Trekkin” :lol: -02 Boy George “Everything I Own” Interesting bit of trivia. Steve "Silk" Hurley's "Jack Your Body" might never have officially reached number 1. According to Wikipedia most of it's sales were from the 12 inch. The total running time of the 12 inch exceeded 25 minutes and technically should have been classifed as an album. The chart folk hadn't noticed this until the track was already number 1!!! :rolleyes:
May 18, 201114 yr +15 Madonna “La Isla Bonita” +12 M/A/R/R/S “Pump Up The Volume/Anita (The First Time I See She Dance)” +10 Michael Jackson with Siedah Garrett “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” +08 Mel and Kim “Respectable” +06 Madonna “Who’s That Girl” +05 Pet Shop Boys “Always On My Mind +04 George Michael and Aretha Franklin “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)” +03 Rick Astley “Never Gonna Give You Up” +02 Starship “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” +01 Whitney Houston “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)” -02 The Firm “Star Trekkin”
May 18, 201114 yr 15 Madonna “La Isla Bonita” 12 The Bee Gees “You Win Again” 10 T’Pau “China In Your Hand” 08 Starship “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” 06 Whitney Houston “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)” 05 The Firm “Star Trekkin” 04 Michael Jackson with Siedah Garrett “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” 03 Pet Shop Boys “It’s a Sin” 02 Madonna “Who’s That Girl” 01 Mel and Kim “Respectable” -2 Ferry Aid “Let it Be”
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