Posted June 18, 201510 yr 1980s Top 40 Wildcard Round In the final Ultimate Top 40 (scheduled for late July), 41 classic tracks will be eligible. We've already crowned certain winners which peaked at No.21 - No.40, while those which won the No.11 - No.20 rates still have one more obstacle to face before they can guarantee their place in the final. But which tracks undeservedly failed to reach the UK Top 40 at all during the 80s? For this round, nominate (as many or as few as you like) singles which peaked outside the Top 40 (41-75) during the decade. You'll have a little over two weeks for this. After that, the Wildcard Rate will take place, and we'll throw in another contender for the Ultimate 80s Top 40. The only rule is that your nominated tracks must have reached the Top 75. So no album tracks please. (If a track didn't chart in its own right but appeared on an EP which did, then please specify) Good luck. I'll post my nominations (if no one else has nominated them) at the end. Edited June 18, 201510 yr by AH Gold
June 18, 201510 yr doh! I'll have to do some research :o Lost In Love - Air Supply Ride Like The Wind - Christopher Cross Longer - Dan Fogelberg I'm wasting my time aren't I, no-one will have heard of these 1980 tracks... :lol: 101 - Sheena Easton Don't Stop believin' - Journey (clearly this should win sales in the 21st century permitting) and loads of others. some of the above may not have charted....
June 18, 201510 yr The Lover Speaks - No More "I Love You's" This is the best song not to make the top 75... The KLF-Kylie Said To Jason
June 18, 201510 yr gypsy - fleetwood mac (omg brilliant!) i know there's something going on - frida (ditto) hungry heart - springsteen out of touch - hall and oates charting oldies: move over darling - doris day get back - beatles hey jude - beatles hello goodbye - beatles penny lane/strawberry fields - beatles elanor rigby - beatles ticket to ride - beatles all you need is love - beatles what a wonderful world - louis armstrong stop! In the name of love - diana ross & supremes you get the idea....more to follow
June 18, 201510 yr Author doh! I'll have to do some research :o Lost In Love - Air Supply Ride Like The Wind - Christopher Cross Longer - Dan Fogelberg I'm wasting my time aren't I, no-one will have heard of these 1980 tracks... :lol: 101 - Sheena Easton Don't Stop believin' - Journey (clearly this should win sales in the 21st century permitting) and loads of others. some of the above may not have charted.... Only the one that didn't chart, John. But I certainly approve of these choices!: gypsy - fleetwood mac (omg brilliant!) i know there's something going on - frida (ditto) hungry heart - springsteen out of touch - hall and oates
June 19, 201510 yr Belinda Carlisle - Mad About You Belinda Carlisle - Love Never Dies Bryan Adams - Heat Of The Night Bryan Adams - Hearts On Fire Bryan Adams - Straight From The Heart Bryan Adams - Summer of "69" Cher - We All Sleep Alone Cyndi Lauper - All Through The Night Cyndi Lauper - Change Of Heart Cyndi Lauper - She Bop Debbie Gibson - Staying Together Enya - Storms in Africa (Part II) Janet Jackson - Control Paula Abdul - Cold Hearted Paula Abdul - (It's Just) The Way That You Love Me Sabrina Salerno - Like a Yo-Yo Sinitta - Lay Me Down Easy Taylor Dayne - Don't Rush Me Taylor Dayne - With Every Beat Of My Heart Texas - Everyday Now Texas - Prayer For You The Bangles - I 'll Set You Free Tiffany - All This Time
June 19, 201510 yr OK I flicked through my year-end top 100 charts and came up with these: Jesus Jones - Info freako Bee Gees - One Bee Gees - Ordinary Lives Stevie Nicks - I Can't Wait The La's - There She Goes Vindaloo Summer Special - Rockin With Rita Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Coming Home) Liza Minelli - Don't Drop Bombs Liza Minelli - Love Pains Millie - My Boy lollipop Elton John - Nobody Wins Elton John - Healing Hands Elton John - Sacrifice John Lennon - Jealous Guy Midnight Cowboy Soundtrack (John Barry) - Theme From Midnight Cowboy The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping America - You Can Do Magic Huey Lewis & The News - Heart And Soul Eurythmics - Shame Modern talking - You're My Heart You're My Soul Bucks Fizz - You And Your Heart So Blue Bucks Fizz - Heart Of Stone Sandie Shaw - Are You Ready To Be heartbroken Dollar - We Walked In Love Wax - Right Between The Eyes Don McLean - Castles In The Air Mike Oldfield - Family Man Paul McCartney - Tug Of War Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osbourne - Love Power OMD - Shame Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - My Bag Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas Human League - Love Is All That Matters Roger - I Wanna Be Your Man Nick Heyward - You're My World The Proclaimers - Sunshine On Leith INXS - Kiss The Dirt World Party - Ship Of Fools Big Supreme - Don't Walk Billy Joel - She's Always A Womna The Bangles - Going Down To Liverpool Brilliant - It's A Man's Man's man's Man's World Don Henley - Dirty laundry Phew! B-)
June 22, 201510 yr Here's a stack from me - shame it's only 41-75 as there are some great records that never reached those heights. R.E.M. - Stand The Wonder Stuff - Give Give Give Me More More More The Wonder Stuff - A Wish Away Pop Will Eat Itself - Def Con One Pop Will Eat Itself - There is no Love Between Us Anymore Happy Mondays - WFL Inspiral Carpets - Move Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven Pixies - Here Comes Your Man The Jesus and Mary Chain - Never Understand The Jesus and Mary Chain - You Trip Me Up The Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love Talking Heads - Slippery People Barrington Levy - Here I Come The Fall - Hit the North The Wedding Present - Nobody's Twisting Your Arm The Wedding Present - Why Are You Being So Reasonable Now? The Sugarcubes - Birthday The Sugarcubes - Regina King Sun & D Moet - Hey Love The House of Love - I Don't Know Why I Love You Frankie Knuckles - Your Love
June 22, 201510 yr Tina Turner - Better Be Good To Me Tina Turner - I Can't Stand The Rain Tina Turner - Addicted To Love (Live) Kate Bush - The Dreaming
June 24, 201510 yr Here's a stack from me - shame it's only 41-75 as there are some great records that never reached those heights. R.E.M. - Stand The Wonder Stuff - Give Give Give Me More More More The Wonder Stuff - A Wish Away Pop Will Eat Itself - Def Con One Pop Will Eat Itself - There is no Love Between Us Anymore Happy Mondays - WFL Inspiral Carpets - Move Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven Pixies - Here Comes Your Man The Jesus and Mary Chain - Never Understand The Jesus and Mary Chain - You Trip Me Up The Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love Talking Heads - Slippery People Barrington Levy - Here I Come The Fall - Hit the North The Wedding Present - Nobody's Twisting Your Arm The Wedding Present - Why Are You Being So Reasonable Now? The Sugarcubes - Birthday The Sugarcubes - Regina King Sun & D Moet - Hey Love The House of Love - I Don't Know Why I Love You Frankie Knuckles - Your Love :thumbs up:
June 25, 201510 yr My selections.. Echo & The Bunnymen - A Promise All About Eve - In The Clouds Altered Images - Dead Pop Stars The Damned - I Just Can't Be Happy Today The Cure - Charlotte Sometimes Siouxsie And The Banshees - Israel Siouxsie And The Banshees - The Killing Jar Siouxsie And The Banshees - Slowdive Peter Gabriel - Shock The Monkey Peter Gabriel - Red Rain The Photos - Irene Psychdelic Furs - Love My Way Simple Minds - Love Song Depeche Mode - Dreaming Of Me B-Movie - Nowhere Girl B-Movie - Remembrence Day Public Image Ltd - Seattle Public Image Litd - Home The Stranglers - La Folie The The - Uncertain Smile Spear Of Destiny - Liberator The Cramps - Can Your Pussy Do The Dog? The The - Infected The The - This Is The Day Pop Will Eat Itself - Wise Up! Sucker Pop Will Eat Itself - Very Metal Noise Pollution Crazyhead - Time Has Taken Its Toll On You Darling Buds - Burst Faith No More - We Care A Lot Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - Goodbye Mr Mackenzie The Men They Couldn't Hang - The Colours Sugarcubes - Deus Silver Bullet - Bring Forth The Guillotine Birdland - Hollow Heart And pretty much everything Richie already nominated
June 26, 201510 yr And pretty much everything Richie already nominated Thanks for filling in my blanks - I forgot Birdland and somehow didn't notice that the Poppies failed to hit the 40 with Wise Up and Very Metal. I'll chuck these in too... Birdland - Paradise We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It - Rules and Regulations We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It - What's the Point The Darling Buds - Let's Go Round There The Darling Buds - You've Got to Choose The Sundays - Can't Be Sure The Soup Dragons - Can't Take No More The Soup Dragons - Soft As Your Face Age of Chance - Kiss Age of Chance - Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Noise This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren Cocteau Twins - Aikea Guinea Cocteau Twins - Tiny Dynamite Cocteau Twins - Echoes in a Shallow Bay Cocteau Twins - Love's Easy Tears
June 26, 201510 yr Erasure - Who Needs Love Like That Jennifer Rush and Elton John - Flames of Paradise
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