Posted May 16, 201510 yr 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: +20 +19 +18 +17 +16 +15 +14 +13 +12 +11 +10 +9 +8 +7 +6 +5 +4 +3 +2 +1 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. Edited May 22, 201510 yr by AH Gold
May 16, 201510 yr Author +20 Bananarama - I Heard A Rumour +19 Genesis - Land Of Confusion +18 Philip Lynott - Yellow Pearl (Theme From Top Of The Pops) +17 Brother Beyond - Be My Twin +16 Madonna - Lucky Star +15 Kirsty MacColl - There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis +14 Change - The Glow Of Love/A Lover's Holiday +13 Dusty Springfield - In Private +12 We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It - Pink Sunshine +11 Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime +10 Shannon - Let The Music Play +9 Donna Summer - State Of Independence +8 Bucks Fizz - Run For Your Life +7 Bon Jovi - You Give Love A Bad Name +6 Dead Or Alive - In Too Deep +5 Ultravox - The Thin Wall +4 Donna Summer - Unconditional Love +3 Beatmasters With P.P Arnold - Burn It Up +2 Duran Duran - I Don't Want Your Love +1 Dire Straits - Twisting By The Pool
May 17, 201510 yr 20 Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime 19 Freiheit - Keeping The Dream Alive 18 Womack & Womack - Love Wars 17 Dusty Springfield - In Private 16 Bananarama - I Heard A Rumour 15 Genesis - Land Of Confusion 14 Donna Summer - State Of Independence 13 David Bowie & Pat Metheny Group - This Is Not America 12 Creatures - Right Now 11 Nick Heyward - Blue Hat For A Blue Day 10 We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It - Pink Sunshine 9 Siouxsie & The Banshees - This Wheel's On Fire 8 Billy Joel - It's Still Rock And Roll To Me 7 De La Soul - Eye Know 6 Shannon - Let The Music Play 5 Cure - The Caterpillar 4 Philip Lynott - Yellow Pearl (Theme From Top Of The Pops) 3 Madonna - Lucky Star 2 INXS - Mystify 1 Bucks Fizz - Run For Your Life
May 17, 201510 yr +20 : Madonna - Lucky Star +18 : Kirsty MacColl - There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis +16 : Bucks Fizz - Run For Your Life +14 : We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It - Pink Sunshine +12 : Nolans - Don't Love Me Too Hard +10 : Heart - What About Love +8 : Dusty Springfield - In Private +6 : Debbie Gibson - Electric Youth +4 : Bananarama - I Heard A Rumour +2 : Sheena Easton - One Man Woman
May 17, 201510 yr +20 Siouxsie & The Banshees - This Wheel's On Fire +19 Creatures - Right Now +18 Smiths - Ask +17 Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime +16 Spear Of Destiny - Never Take Me Alive +15 Kirsty MacColl - There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis +14 We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It - Pink Sunshine +13 Ultravox - The Thin Wall +12 Beastie Boys - No Sleep Till Brooklyn +11 Madness - Cardiac Arrest +10 Cure - The Caterpillar +9 Tears For Fears - Mother's Talk +8 Prince - Partyman +7 Talk Talk - Today +6 Philip Lynott - Yellow Pearl (Theme From Top Of The Pops) +5 INXS - Mystify +4 Bon Jovi - You Give Love A Bad Name +3 Duran Duran - My Own Way +2 China Crisis - Black Man Ray +1 Bananarama - I Heard A Rumour
May 17, 201510 yr + 20 Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime + 19 Smiths - Ask + 18 Dusty Springfield - In Private + 17 Freiheit - Keeping The Dream Alive + 16 Hithouse - Jack To The Sound Of The Underground + 15 Jimmy Somerville Feat. June Miles-Kingston - Comment Te Dire Adieu + 14 Cure - The Caterpillar + 13 We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It - Pink Sunshine + 12 Royal House - Can You Party + 11 T'Pau - I Will Be With You + 10 Firm - Arthur Daley (E's Alright) + 9 Whitney Houston - Didn't We Almost Have It All + 8 Deacon Blue - Fergus Sings The Blues + 7 Beatmasters With P.P Arnold - Burn It Up + 6 Debbie Gibson - Electric Youth + 5 Talk Talk - Today + 4 De La Soul - Eye Know + 3 Whitney Houston - Where Do Broken Hearts Go + 2 David Bowie & Pat Metheny Group - This Is Not America + 1 Tears For Fears - Mother's Talk
May 17, 201510 yr +20 De La Soul - Eye Know +19 Beastie Boys - No Sleep Till Brooklyn +18 Shannon - Let The Music Play +17 Deacon Blue - Fergus Sings The Blues +16 Smiths - Ask +15 Womack & Womack - Love Wars +14 Beatmasters With P.P Arnold - Burn It Up +13 Transvision Vamp - Landslide Of Love +12 Kool & The Gang -Big Fun +11 Change - The Glow Of Love/A Lover's Holiday +10 Prince - Partyman +9 Madness - Cardiac Arrest +8 Donna Summer - Unconditional Love +7 Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy - Icing On The Cake +6 Style Council - Have You Ever Had It Blue +5 Creatures - Right Now +4 Curiosity - Name And Number +3 Quincy Jones - Ai No Corrida (I-No-Ko-Ree-Da) +2 Donna Summer - State Of Independence +1 Kirsty MacColl - There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis
May 17, 201510 yr +20 Whitney Houston - Where Do Broken Hearts Go +18 Whitney Houston - Didn't We Almost Have It All +16 Dusty Springfield - In Private +14 Madonna - Lucky Star +12 Bananarama - I Heard A Rumour +10 T'Pau - I Will Be With You +8 Queen - Play The Game +6 Jennifer Rush - Ring Of Ice +4 Chaka Khan - This Is My Night +2 Heart - What About Love
May 17, 201510 yr I don't know anywhere near as many of these so I dare say I'm missing out some classics. 20 Dusty Springfield - In Private 19 Smiths - Ask 18 Kirsty MacColl - There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis 17 Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime 16 Talk Talk - Today 15 Cure - The Caterpillar 14 We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It - Pink Sunshine 13 Duran Duran - My Own Way 12 Womack & Womack - Love Wars 11 Billy Joel - It's Still Rock And Roll To Me 10 Deacon Blue - Fergus Sings The Blues 09 Tears For Fears - Mother's Talk 08 Beastie Boys - No Sleep Till Brooklyn 07 Bananarama - I Heard A Rumour 06 Toyah - Four More From Toyah (EP) 05 China Crisis - Black Man Ray 04 Madonna - Lucky Star 03 Whitney Houston - Didn't We Almost Have It All 02 Transvision Vamp - Landslide Of Love 01 De La Soul - Eye Know
May 17, 201510 yr Was gutted I missed the 1st one- lay all your love on me is one of my favourite songs ever and I also adore phsycial and rock with you :heart: +20 Madonna- Lucky Star +18 Queen- Friends Will Be Friends +16 Dusty Springfield- In Private +14 Donna Summer- Unconditional Love +12 Philip Lynott- Yellow Pearl (Theme From Top Of The Pops) +10 Whitney Houston- Didn't We Almost Have It All +8 Whitney Houston- Where Do Broken Hearts Go +6 Queen- Play The Game +4 Kirsty MacColl - There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis +2 Bananarama- I Heard A Rumour
May 18, 201510 yr +20 Philip Lynott - Yellow Pearl (Theme From Top Of The Pops) +19 Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime +18 The Smiths - Ask +17 De La Soul - Eye Know +16 The Cure - The Caterpillar +15 Hithouse - Jack To The Sound Of The Underground +14 The Creatures - Right Now +13 Siouxsie & The Banshees - This Wheel's On Fire +12 We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It - Pink Sunshine +11 Jimmy Somerville Feat. June Miles-Kingston - Comment Te Dire Adieu +10 Beastie Boys - No Sleep Till Brooklyn +09 Kirsty MacColl - There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis +08 Shannon - Let The Music Play +07 Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock - Get On The Dance Floor +06 Bananarama - I Heard A Rumour +05 Beatmasters With P.P Arnold - Burn It Up +04 Royal House - Can You Party +03 Madness - Cardiac Arrest +02 Power Station - Some Like It Hot +01 Roland Rat Superstar - Rat Rapping (Brilliant Isn't It)
May 19, 201510 yr +20 Debbie Gibson - Electric Youth +19 Dusty Springfield - In Private +18 Bon Jovi - You Give Love A Bad Name +17 Whitney Houston - Where Do Broken Hearts Go +16 Siouxsie & The Banshees - This Wheel's On Fire +15 Bananarama - I Heard A Rumour +14 Queen - Friends Will Be Friends +13 Nolans - Don't Love Me Too Hard +12 Shakin' Stevens - Breaking Up My Heart +11 Curiosity - Name And Number +10 Jimmy Somerville Feat. June Miles-Kingston - Comment Te Dire Adieu +09 Shakin' Stevens - Because I Love You +08 Quincy Jones - Ai No Corrida (I-No-Ko-Ree-Da) +07 T'Pau - I Will Be With You +06 Will Downing - A Love Supreme +05 Heart - What About Love +04 Shannon - Let The Music Play +03 Modern Romance - Don't Stop That Crazy Rhythm +02 Whitney Houston - Didn't We Almost Have It All +01 UB40 - Maybe Tomorrow
May 20, 201510 yr 20 Bucks Fizz - Run For Your Life 19 Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime 18 Brother Beyond - Be My Twin 17 Freiheit - Keeping The Dream Alive 16 Jimmy Somerville Feat. June Miles-Kingston - Comment Te Dire Adieu 15 Dusty Springfield - In Private 14 Madonna - Lucky Star 13 Whitney Houston - Where Do Broken Hearts Go 12 Genesis - Land Of Confusion 11 Barry White - Sho' You Right 10 Bananarama - I Heard A Rumour 9 Whitney Houston - Didn't We Almost Have It All 8 De La Soul - Eye Know 7 T'Pau - I Will Be With You 6 Debbie Gibson - Electric Youth 5 Philip Lynott - Yellow Pearl (Theme From Top Of The Pops) 4 We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It - Pink Sunshine 3 Beatmasters With P.P Arnold - Burn It Up 2 Christians - Ideal World 1 Beastie Boys - No Sleep Till Brooklyn
May 20, 201510 yr Author Very interesting results so far. Two tracks have crossed the 100 points barrier, with another four very close. Just a few more days to vote. For the next rate, we're going back to the top ten, top five in fact. Because there's so many classic tracks, would anyone like a +40, +39 etc system, or should we stick with the +20, +19 etc one?
May 20, 201510 yr +20 Bananarama – I Heard A Rumour +19 Madonna – Lucky Star +18 Kirsty MacColl - There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis +17 Shannon – Let The Music Play +16 Transvision Vamp – Landslide Of Love +15 Prince - Partyman +14 Queen – Friends Will Be Friends +13 Phil Collins – I Missed Again +12 Whitney Houston – Where Do Broken Hearts Go +11 Duran Duran – I Don’t Want Your Love +10 Debbie Gibson – Electric Youth +09 Dusty Springfield – In Private +08 Duran Duran – My Own Way +07 Donna Summer – Unconditional Love +06 Chaka Khan – This Is My Night +05 Whitney Houston – Didn’t We Almost Have It All +04 Womack and Womack – Love Wars +03 Jennifer Rush – Ring Of Ice +02 Bucks Fizz – Run For Your Life +01 Beastie Boys – No Sleep Till Brooklyn
May 21, 201510 yr Author We have a clear winner so far. Results will be coming either Friday or Saturday morning, depending on last minute voters.
May 22, 201510 yr Author Right, results time. The best No.14 of the 1980s? Well, not any of these which didn't get any votes: Sad Cafe - My Oh My Matchbox - Midnight Dynamos Gillan - Trouble Bill Wyman - (Si Si) Je Suis Un Rock Star Fureys & Davie Arthur - When You Were Sweet Sixteen George Benson - Never Give Up On A Good Thing Star Sound - Stars On Stevie Roman Holliday - Don't Try To Stop It Monyaka - Go Deh Yaka (Go To The Top) Lydia Murdock - Superstar Jacksons With Mick Jagger - State Of Shock Chicago - You're The Inspiration Everton 1985 - Here We Go Howard Jones - Life In One Day Audrey Hall - Smile Vesta Williams - Once Bitten Twice Shy And the rest that did: 2. Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime 123 3. Bananarama - I Heard A Rumour 113 4. Madonna - Lucky Star 110 5. Kirsty MacColl - There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis 98 6. We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It - Pink Sunshine 93 7. Smiths - Ask 90 8. Whitney Houston - Where Do Broken Hearts Go 73 9. Philip Lynott - Yellow Pearl (Theme From Top Of The Pops) 65 10. Shannon - Let The Music Play 64 11. Cure - The Caterpillar 60 12. Siouxsie & The Banshees - This Wheel's On Fire 58 13. De La Soul - Eye Know 57 14. Whitney Houston - Didn't We Almost Have It All 56 15. Freiheit - Keeping The Dream Alive 53 16. Jimmy Somerville Feat. June Miles-Kingston - Comment Te Dire Adieu 52 17. Beastie Boys - No Sleep Till Brooklyn 51 18. Creatures - Right Now 50 19. Womack & Womack - Love Wars 49 20. Debbie Gibson - Electric Youth 48 21. Bucks Fizz - Run For Your Life 47 22. Genesis - Land Of Confusion 46 Queen - Friends Will Be Friends 46 24. Brother Beyond - Be My Twin 35 Deacon Blue - Fergus Sings The Blues 35 T'Pau - I Will Be With You 35 27. Donna Summer - Unconditional Love 33 Prince - Partyman 33 29. Beatmasters With P.P Arnold - Burn It Up 32 30. Hithouse - Jack To The Sound Of The Underground 31 Transvision Vamp - Landslide Of Love 31 32. Bon Jovi - You Give Love A Bad Name 29 33. Talk Talk - Today 28 34. Change - The Glow Of Love/A Lover's Holiday 25 Donna Summer - State Of Independence 25 Nolans - Don't Love Me Too Hard 25 37. Duran Duran - My Own Way 24 38. Madness - Cardiac Arrest 23 39. Billy Joel - It's Still Rock And Roll To Me 19 Tears For Fears - Mother's Talk 19 41. Ultravox - The Thin Wall 18 42. Heart - What About Love 17 43. Spear Of Destiny - Never Take Me Alive 16 Royal House - Can You Party 16 45. David Bowie & Pat Metheny Group - This Is Not America 15 Curiosity - Name And Number 15 47. Queen - Play The Game 14 48. Duran Duran - I Don't Want Your Love 13 Phil Collins - I Missed Again 13 50. Kool & The Gang - Big Fun 12 Shakin' Stevens - Breaking Up My Heart 12 52. Quincy Jones - Ai No Corrida (I-No-Ko-Ree-Da) 11 Nick Heyward - Blue Hat For A Blue Day 11 Barry White - Sho' You Right 11 55. Chaka Khan - This Is My Night 10 Firm - Arthur Daley (E's Alright) 10 57. Jennifer Rush - Ring Of Ice 9 Shakin' Stevens - Because I Love You 9 59. INXS - Mystify 7 China Crisis - Black Man Ray 7 Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy - Icing On The Cake 7 Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock - Get On The Dance Floor 7 63. Dead Or Alive - In Too Deep 6 Toyah - Four More From Toyah (EP) 6 Style Council - Have You Ever Had It Blue 6 Will Downing - A Love Supreme 6 67. Modern Romance - Don't Stop That Crazy Rhythm 3 68. Sheena Easton - One Man Woman 2 Power Station - Some Like It Hot 2 Christians - Ideal World 2 71. Dire Straits - Twisting By The Pool 1 Roland Rat Superstar - Rat Rapping (Brilliant Isn't It) 1 UB40 - Maybe Tomorrow 1 and AntoineTTe's prediction proved correct: 1. Dusty Springfield - In Private 151 eENaXQai4KQ Thanks to everyone who voted. And so, Dusty joins Prefab, Cure, Abba and erm Chris De Burgh: The Ultimate 80s Top 40: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Prefab Sprout - The King Of Rock N Roll 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Dusty Springfield - In Private 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. Cure - A Forest 32. Abba - The Day Before You Came 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. Chris De Burgh - A Spaceman Came Travelling/The Ballroom Of Romance Edited May 22, 201510 yr by AH Gold
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