The Winner Takes It All isn't that good either :( ABBA's best song by far is 'Lay All Your Love On Me', it's a shame they only got #7 with that when some of their #1s are absolutely terrible.

 

Lay All Your Love On Me is my joint favourite ABBA song, it's a bit outrageous that it peaked at #7 but I read somewhere that it was only released on one format or something which hindered its sales.

 

her? Blondie were and still are in fact a group though.

 

*their

Blondie is a group :P

 

yep - already pointed that couple days ago

02 - Madonna "Into The Groove" (1985) (+104)

 

(4-1-1-1-1-2-4-7-12-20-29-37-49-71-x-96-99-x) (16 weeks)

 

After near misses with hit singles 'Like A Virgin', 'Material Girl' and 'Crazy For You', this shot up to the top and spent 4 weeks there.

 

 

01 - Madonna "Like A Prayer" (1989) (+142)

 

(2-1-1-1-3-8-18-25-27-43-58-74-80-x) (13 weeks)

 

This was the 'Bad Romance' of the 80s. If Buzzjack had been around back then, it would be all over this song and LAP would spent many weeks as the Multichart No.1. In the UK, this was her sixth number one out of 13. Madonna breaks a record for the highest points scored in a 'final' round in this game, which is unlikely to be broken in the next game in the series (21st Century Number Twos)

 

 

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Final Scores:

 

1. +142 1989 Madonna "Like A Prayer"

2. +104 1985 Madonna "Into The Groove"

3. +92 1980 ABBA "The Winner Takes It All"

4. +89 1980 Blondie "Atomic"

5. +84 1989 Black Box "Ride On Time"

6. +69 1987 Pet Shop Boys "It's A Sin"

7. +59 1981 The Human League "Don't You Want Me" (+285 indv.)

8. +59 1986 A-ha "The Sun Always Shines on TV" (+249 indv.)

9. +52 1988 Belinda Carlisle "Heaven Is A Place on Earth"

10. +51 1983 Michael Jackson "Billie Jean"

11. +50 1986 Pet Shop Boys "West End Girls"

12. +46 1981 The Specials "Ghost Town"

13. +43 1984 George Michael "Careless Whisper"

14. +39 1981 Soft Cell "Tainted Love" (+247 indv.)

15. +39 1981 John Lennon "Imagine" (+154 indv.)

16. +36 1987 Madonna "La Isla Bonita" (+212 indv.)

17. +36 1988 Kylie Minogue "I Should Be So Lucky" (+176 indv.)

18. +35 1985 Dead or Alive "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)"

19. +33 1987 Pet Shop Boys "Always On My Mind"

20. +32 1989 Soul II Soul "Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)"

21. +31 1980 David Bowie "Ashes To Ashes"

22. +29 1987 M/A/R/R/S "Pump Up The Volume/Antina (The First Time I See She Dance)"

23. +28 1989 The Bangles "Eternal Flame"

24. +26 1984 Nena "99 Red Balloons"

25. +25 1988 Yazz & The Plastic Population "The Only Way Is Up"

26. +24 1982 The Jam "A Town Called Malice/Precious" (+261 indv.)

27. +24 1985 Eurythmics "There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)" (+208 indv.)

28. +24 1982 Dexy's Midnight Runners with The Emerald Express "Come On Eileen" (+191 indv.)

29. +22 1986 Berlin "Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From "Top Gun")"

30. +21 1981 Queen & David Bowie "Under Pressure"

31. +20 1984 Band Aid "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (+189 indv.)

32. +20 1980 The Jam "Going Underground/Dreams of Children" (+176 indv.)

33. +18 1986 Madonna "Papa Don't Preach"

34. +17 1982 Kraftwerk "The Model/Computer Love" (+209 indv.)

35. +17 1983 Bonnie Tyler "Total Eclipse of The Heart" (+174 indv.)

36. +17 1982 Culture Club "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?" (+169 indv.)

37. +16 1988 Tiffany "I Think We're Alone Now" (+170 indv.)

38. +16 1987 T'Pau "China In Your Hand" (+158 indv.)

39. +14 1981 Adam & The Ants "Stand And Deliver"

40. +13 1986 Madonna "True Blue"

41. +12 1988 Pet Shop Boys "Heart"

42. +10 1980 ABBA "Super Trouper"

43. +09 1983 Culture Club "Karma Chameleon"

44. +07 1980 Blondie "Call Me"

45. +06 1984 Frankie Goes To Hollywood "Two Tribes" (+190 indv.)

46. +06 1985 Foreigner "I Want To Know What Love Is" (+147 indv.)

47. +03 1984 Frankie Goes To Hollywood "Relax"

48. +02 1983 David Bowie "Let's Dance"

49. +00 1985 Paul Hardcastle "19"

50. -01 1984 Duran Duran "The Reflex"

 

Thanks you guys again for voting and being a part of the game :D The Ultimate Series been very successful on it's third game, which is great for any series. I'm happy with the winner, it's one of my favourite early Madge songs.

 

Lay All Your Love On Me is my joint favourite ABBA song, it's a bit outrageous that it peaked at #7 but I read somewhere that it was only released on one format or something which hindered its sales.

 

issued only on 12" single (vinyl), no proper video and third single taken from a big selling album (UK).

 

 

Lay All Your Love On Me is my joint favourite ABBA song, it's a bit outrageous that it peaked at #7 but I read somewhere that it was only released on one format or something which hindered its sales.

Yes it was only released on 12" hence its comparatively low chart position....Though it was the first single to ever make the top 10 with no 7" version available since the format was introduced back in the 50s

 

EDIT: Beaten to it :D

Edited June 3, 201114 yr by gezza76

FANTASTIC result is all I can say

Gah, Blondie 4th! One of these days my favourite will actually win one of these god damn things - mind you, my favourite #1 of the 80s (Chaka Khan - I Feel For You) didn't even make it out of the yearly round!! :lol:

 

Didn't vote for ANY of the top 3 but I like them all to varying degrees. Glad Like a Prayer won over Into The Groove. The latter would have been a bit of an anti-climatic winner. I think overall I prefer 6-10 over 1-5 though!

 

Just noticed it's an all-female vocal top 5 - back to typical BJ? :kink:

Edited June 3, 201114 yr by superbossanova

Great winner, Into The Groove is decent but I've always preferred the backing track to the rest of the song. Like A Prayer is genius, a true pop classic and a deserved if inevitable winner.

Gah, Blondie 4th! One of these days my favourite will actually win one of these god damn things - mind you, my favourite #1 of the 80s (Chaka Khan - I Feel For You) didn't even make it out of the yearly round!! :lol:

 

Didn't vote for ANY of the top 3 but I like them all to varying degrees. Glad Like a Prayer won over Into The Groove. The latter would have been a bit of an anti-climatic winner. I think overall I prefer 6-10 over 1-5 though!

 

Just noticed it's an all-female vocal top 5 - back to typical BJ? :kink:

 

I wouldn't be surprised if the whole top ten were females in the 21st Century Rate. ;)

Can't really complain about that result (a shame Mel & Kim never got a look-in) but I prefer 'Into The Groove' just that tiny bit more. I love 'Atomic' however it's popularity astounds me on this forum considering it's not a strictly conventional pop song (which thus makes it's high result all the more better!).

 

Really don't like Abba, on pen to paper I should, but I just can't stick 'em!

Edited June 3, 201114 yr by ScottyEm

a predictable but nonetheless very good winner- Like a Prayer is a classic of course, don't think I voted for a lot of the top 10, but there all still great songs, I'm very surprised A-ha made it that high :o

 

and thanks again for this Daniel, been an interesting rate :D

Edited June 3, 201114 yr by chart wizard

'Like A Prayer' winning gets a :D from me. Would've been nice to see Black Box top 2 but top 5 is still a great result for an 80s dance anthem.

 

I must be one of the few Buzzjackers who think 'The Winner Takes It All' by ABBA is vastly overrated. :(

worthy winner (plus my #1 choice too) in my opinion, great single, great video from a great era.

Ugh! Madonna top 2. Oi Buzzjack! :wacko:

 

Whatever, the best song was top 10. The sun always shines on TV :wub:

 

Thanks for doing this Daniel but I forgot to tell you that Kylie song at #17 is 'I should be so lucky'. ^_^

Ugh! Madonna top 2. Oi Buzzjack! :wacko:

 

Whatever, the best song was top 10. The sun always shines on TV :wub:

 

Thanks for doing this Daniel but I forgot to tell you that Kylie song at #17 is 'I should be so lucky'. ^_^

 

oops, typo :lol: I'll leave it as it is though. Today's round will be starting shortly! :D

Tut - still, thanks for running this Daniel. I really wish Madonna was as good as people on BJ seem to think.