January 12, 20223 yr I like all of those latest three to leave, and they are all very remembered songs from the 80s Eye of the Tiger - This is a good song to drum to!! True - A ballad, so not keen as a kid, but nostalgic for it now Uptown Girl - The video was very well liked I seem to remember. Much prefer to hear Billy Joel's version that Westlife's.
January 12, 20223 yr There has alsoways been amazing covers by very inventive people also 20 or 30 years ago from Tori Amos covering Smells like teen spirit on piano only to the Fugees making a hip-hop version of Killing me softly and if you have a more faithful cover you have to do it from the guts like Jeff Buckley did with Cohen's Hallelujah there are no excuses for cheap useless covers like Westlife or the X Factor did, thats the Louis Walsh/Simon Cowell mentality I only yesterday realised Duran Duran did a cover of ‘Perfect Day’ (before the CIN one) by Lou Reed in 1995!
January 12, 20223 yr Author NO 58- 82 POINTS Easy Lover Phil Bailey & Phil Collins (Voter: Riser- 30 points, King Rollo- 1 point, ..Ready for it- 27 points, Jester- 24 points)- No 1 for 4 weeks in March/ April 1985 Phil Collins’ most popular solo chart topper ends up here with some help from Earth Wind & Fire singer Bailey and came about when Collins agreed to produce Bailey’s third solo album and they ended up writing this together. Riser likes it enough to give it their 30 points. JkRKT6T0QLg
January 12, 20223 yr Author NO 57- 85 POINTS Imagine John Lennon (Voter: West- 9 points, Chez Wombat- 10 points, Jimwatts- 28 points, …Ready for it- 10 points, Bjork- 15 points, Shoat- 13 points)- No 1 for 4 weeks in January 1981 Re-released in the wake of his death in December 1980 it took just a fortnight to make No 1 and fly past its original No 6 peak in 1975. It made No 3 in 1999 as the century came to an end, and is his most popular solo No 1 on the forum. QfgVhE1M6ns
January 12, 20223 yr Author NO 56- 86 POINTS The Only Way Is Up Yazz (Voter: Fiesta- 1 point, Colm- 19 points, Nina West- 16 points, Jason- 23 points, Shoat- 23 points, Jester- 4 points)- No 1 for 5 weeks in August/ September 1988 Taking a flop disco track from 1980 by Otis Clay, producers Coldcut transformed it into this pop classic that saw Yazz spend 5 weeks at the top during the summer of 88. SAJuYmhiOvE
January 12, 20223 yr 3 great songs. That does feel criminally low for Imagine though I can’t really complain having not voted for it!
January 12, 20223 yr Some real classics dropping now, Eye of the Tiger is still wonderful and True/Uptown Girl are good, though admittedly ones that have been a bit too overplayed to make my votes. Imagine that low though, for shame :o
January 12, 20223 yr Didn't expect Yazz to be lower than Communards. I think Yazz's Only Way Is Up sounds stylistically influenced by Communards' versions of Don't Leave Me This Way and Never Can Say Goodbye but with obviously some acid house influence in the bassline added to that. A very good track. Easy Lover I did always like but now I think it is genius. Rock, pop, soul, disco all melded together in one track. Imagine is a nice song too.
January 12, 20223 yr Again 3 mid ranking classics for me there I like Yazz and love Phil. I look at ‘Imagine’ as a 70s track mainly!
January 12, 20223 yr I do like Imagine but im surprised i gave it so many points Also like the Yazz song, much back then than nowto be honest Easy Lover never liked that track one of his worst imho
January 13, 20223 yr Didn't expect Yazz to be lower than Communards. Yes and I don't approve of this insanity. :drama: Also can't believe You Spin Me Round is ahead of Yazz. Not surprised at all though, knowing Buzzjack love these camp songs Don't Leave Me This Way and You Spin Me Round. -_-
January 13, 20223 yr Author NO 55- 86 POINTS The Final Countdown Europe (Voter: Jackjones- 27 points, Riser- 6 points, Donnahjaneymack- 18 points, Chez Wombat- 26 points, Danvember- 3 points, Jason- 6 points)- No 1 for 2 weeks in December 1986 The perms, the leathers, the make up, yes it can only be 80s rock- and few better examples than this one! CXCXgQ9Grtc
January 13, 20223 yr Author NO 54- 92 POINTS A Different Corner George Michael (Voter: Doctor Blind- 23 points, Fiesta- 10 points, Donnahjaneymack- 2 points, n4yr- 5 points, Gezza- 23 points, Popchartfreak- 29 points)- No 1 for 3 weeks in April/ May 1986 Three of us put this in our top 10’s, George has two left in thankfully f8QhrCBDlWg
January 13, 20223 yr Author NO 53- 92 POINTS La Isla Bonita Madonna (Voter: Jade- 14 points, Dot Branning- 5 points, Jackjones- 1 point, Gooddelta- 21 points, …Ready for it- 20 points, Bjork- 23 points, Gezza- 2 points, Jester- 6 points)- No 1 for 2 weeks in April/May 1987 Third Madonna track to leave the rate and means that, for the first time in the rate, she isn’t the act with most entries left to be revealed as she has a mere 3 songs left. eSvTrIywZBo
January 13, 20223 yr A Different Corner is incredible and deserves much higher. La Isla Bonita is brilliant too. Losing these two before the Top 50 is a bit of a shocker!!
January 13, 20223 yr La Isla Bonita is my favourite of those three, great holiday vibes, although A Different Corner is a very good ballad. Jump by Van Halen>>>>>Final Countdown by Europe imo for 80s synth rock. Edited January 13, 20223 yr by AuldSnakeJaw
January 13, 20223 yr oh poor La Isla Bonita :/ it's a quintessential 80s track and deserved top 50 :/ the other 2 I don't mind but don't rate them very highly
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