July 1, 20223 yr I gave it 19 points although it's not my favourite song of theirs (that's Mad World), and even from that album I've probably given Shout and Head Over Heels more plays over the years, but it's such an accessible and catchy song that piques interest in the deeper message - the best 80s pop artists were good at that. Speaking of which, please by some miracle, PSB/Dusty for the win!
July 2, 20223 yr I think I want PSB to win out of those two tbh despite predicting A-ha. 'Sun Always Shines On TV' is far superior imo.
July 2, 20223 yr Author The big reveal this afternoon! Who will become buzzjack's favourite No 2 hit of the 80s?
July 2, 20223 yr I’d prefer a-ha to win but I know the PSB’s have such a following amongst those who voted (myself included!) that I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see them win
July 2, 20223 yr Yeah I don’t mind obvious wins when the song in question is one of the most enduring pop songs ever written
July 2, 20223 yr Tears For Fears have so many classics but that track is one of the greatest records of all time, there's about 3 hooks for th price of one, and the synth chords are achingly brilliant. a-ha is a pop classic, but yeah Sun Always Shines On TV is their perfect record, Take On Me has always been about the video sending pop greatness into the stratosphere. What have I Done has the melodic sumptuousness of Tears For Fears' but with added upbeat diva brightness...
July 2, 20223 yr Author Recap No 3- Everybody Wants To Rule The World Tears For Fears 339pts No 4- Vienna Ultravox- 327pts No 5- Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) Eurythmics- 323 pts No 6- In The Air Tonight Phil Collins- 309 pts No 7- Radio Gaga Queen- 268pts No 8- Fairytale Of New York The Pogues Featuring Kirsty MacColl- 261pts No 9- Golden Brown The Stranglers- 204pts No 10- Push It Salt N Pepa- 191 pts No 11- Holding Out For A Hero Bonnie Tyler- 191pts No 12- Funky Town Lipps Inc- 190pts No 13- Flashdance (What a Feeling) Irene Cara- 184pts No 14- The Living Years Mike & The Mechanics- 179pts No 15- Temptation Heaven 17- 176pts No 16- Save A Prayer Duran Duran- 174pts No 17- Kids In America Kim Wilde- 168pts No 18- Borderline Madonna- 166pts No 19- Manic Monday The Bangles- 164pts No 20- Only You Yazoo- 162pts No 21- Little Red Corvette Prince- 161pts No 22- Poison Alice Cooper- 157pts No 23- Live To Tell Madonna- 156pts No 24- Sometimes Erasure- 155pts No 25- Need You Tonight INXS- 155pts No 26- Upside Down Diana Ross- 154pts No 27- Got My Mind Set On You George Harrison- 154 pts No 28- Pump Up The Jam Technotronic Featuring Felly- 147pts No 29- 1999 Prince- 146pts No 30- Crockett's Theme Jan Hammer- 146pts No 31- O Superman Laurie Anderson- 146pts No 32- Faith George Michael- 144pts No 33- Electric Avenue Eddy Grant- 143 pts No 34- Gold Spandau Ballet- 134pts No 35- You Keep Me Hangin On Kim Wilde- 128pts No 36- In The Army Now Status Quo- 117pts No 37- Beat Dis Bomb The Bass- 103pts No 38- They Don't Know Tracey Ullman- 100 pts No 39- Holiday Madonna- 100pts No 40- Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi Kylie Minogue- 99pts No 41- Another Day In Paradise Phil Collins- 98 pts No 42- Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Cyndi Lauper- 96 pts No 43- Song For Whoever Beautiful South- 95pts No 44- Happy Xmas (War Is Over) John Lennon & Yoko Ono- 87 pts No 45- I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me Nik Kershaw- 86pts No 46- Axel F Harold Faltermayer- 84pts No 47- Call Me Spagna- 81pts No 48- Holding Back The Years Simply Red- 77pts No 49- Walk Of Life Dire Straits- 70pts No 50- Love Of The Common People Paul Young- 67pts 51 Everything She Wants Wham!- 65pts 52 Heartbreaker Dionne Warwick- 65 pts 53 Say Say Say Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson- 64pts 54 Right Here Waiting Richard Marx- 63 pts 55 What Is Love? Howard Jones- 63pts 56 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jnr- 62 pts 58 Love Changes (Everything) Climie Fisher- 61pts 57 Stop Erasure- 61 pts 59 Got To Be Certain Kylie Minogue- 60 pts 60 All Night Long (All Night) Lionel Richie- 59pts 61 Abracadabra Steve Miller Band- 57pts 62 Antmusic Adam & The Ants- 57pts 63 China Girl David Bowie- 56 pts 64 Modern Love David Bowie- 56pts 65 Together Forever Rick Astley- 54pts 66 Masterblaster Stevie Wonder- 53 pts 67 It's Raining Men Weather Girls- 52 pts 68 Happy Birthday Altered Images- 51 pts 69 I Can't Wait Nu Shooz- 50 pts 70 Ain't No Pleasing You Chas N Dave- 50 pts 71 Crazy For You Madonna- 46 pts 72 My Oh My Slade- 46 pts 73 You Take Me Up Thompson Twins- 45 pts 74 (Keep Feeling) Fascination Human League- 44pts 75 French kiss Lil Louis- 42 pts 76 A Winter's Tale David Essex- 42 pts 77 Mirror Man Human League- 41 pts 78 So Macho Sinitta- 41 pts 79 Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me) Phil Collins- 40pts 80 Sign Your Name Terence Trent D'Arby- 39pts 81 Wouldn't Change A Thing Kylie Minogue 37pts 82 When Will I Be Famous Bros- 37pts 83 Invisible Sun The Police- 37 pts 84 Leave Me Alone Michael Jackson- 36pts 85 Absolute Beginners David Bowie- 36 pts 86 Love & Pride King- 35pts 87 A View To A Kill Duran Duran- 33pts 88 When A Man Loves A Woman Percy Sledge- 32pts 89 Wild Boys Duran Duran- 31 pts 90 The Loco-Motion Kylie Minogue- 30 pts 91 Kings Of The Wild Frontier Adam & The Ants- 30pts 92 Da Da Da Trio- 29 pts 93 Coming Up Paul McCartney- 29 pts 94 Church Of The Poison Mind Culture Club- 28 pts 95 Happy Birthday Stevie Wonder 28pts 96 One Step Further Bardo- 28 pts 97 London Nights London Boys- 28 pts 98 Private Investigations Dire Straits- 27 pts 99 No Doubt About It Hot Chocolate- 26pts 100 Torch Soft Cell- 25pts NO 101- 25 POINTS Words F R David Let's Hear It For The Boy Deniece Williams Welcome To The Pleasuredome Frankie Goes To Hollywood NO 104- 24 POINTS Zoom Fat Larry's Band NO 105- 21 POINTS ChI Mai (Theme From "The Life And Times Of David Lloyd George") Ennio Morricone Mickey Toni Basil Only Love Nana Mouskouri Wonderful World Sam Cooke Heartache Pepsi & Shirlie If You Don't Know Me By Now Simply Red NO 111- 20 POINTS Stars On 45 Starsound We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off Jermaine Stewart NO 113- 19 POINTS Kayleigh Marillion NO 114- 18 POINTS IOU Freeez Everyday (I Love You More) Jason Donovan When You Come Back To Me Jason Donovan NO 117- 16 POINTS One Day I'll Fly Away Randy Crawford Wings Of A Dove Madness NO 119- 13 POINTS Batdance Prince NO 120- 12 POINTS Dance Yourself Dizzy Liquid Gold A Boy From Nowhere Tom Jones NO 122- 11 POINTS Don't Worry Be Happy Bobby McFerrin Love Changes Everything Michael Ball NO 124- 10 POINTS With You I'm Born Again Billy Preston & Syretta Automatic Pointer Sisters NO 126- 9 POINTS Rain Or Shine Five Star Hold Me Now Johnny Logan NO 128- 5 POINTS No More Lonely Nights Paul McCartney NO 129- 4 POINTS Don't Know Much Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville NO 130- 3 POINTS Hooked On Classics Louis Clark/ RPO Birdie Song The Tweets Agadoo Black Lace Tonight Kool & The Gang Every Beat Of My Heart Rod Stewart NO 135- 2 POINTS Annie I'm Not Your Daddy Kid Creole & Coconuts Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow) The Jam NO 137- 1 POINT And The Beat Goes On Whispers The Harder I Try Brother Beyond Stand Up For Your Love Rights Yazz NO 140- ZERO POINTS More Than I Can Say Leo Sayer DISCO Ottowan What You're Proposing Status Quo Daddy's Home Cliff Richard More Than In Love Kate Robbins & Beyond You Drive Me Crazy Shakin Stevens Stars On 45 Vol 2 Starsound This Time (We'll Get It Right) England World Cup Squad Just An Illusion Imagination Blue Christmas Shakin Stevens Tonight I Celebrate My Love Peablo Bryson & Roberta Flack Bad Boys Wham! The War Song Culture Club Joanna Kool & The Gang Hole In My Shoe Neil A Love Worth Waiting For Shakin Stevens That Ole Devil Called Love Alison Moyet On My Own Michael McDonald & Patti La Belle Starting Together Su Pollard Under The Boardwalk Bruce Willis Wipeout Fat Boys & Beach Boys Can't Be With You Tonight Judy Boucher Full Metal Jacket Nigel Goulding & Abigail Mead When I Fall In Love Rick Astley Drop the Boy Bros Cat Among The Pigeons Bros Silent Night Bros The Twist (Yo Twist) Fat Boys & Chubby Checker Tramp Salt N Pepa Too Much Bros Best Of Me Cliff Richard Girl I'm Gonna Miss You Milli Vanilli Miss You Like Crazy Natalie Cole
July 2, 20223 yr Author NO 2- 376 POINTS What Have I Done To Deserve This Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield (Voter: JackJones- 24pts, AaronTM- 22pts, Chartjack2- 27pts, Colm- 27pts, West- 22pts, Popchartfreak- 29pts, Jason- 30pts, Jimwatts- 17pts, Gezza- 30pts, Gooddelta- 28pts, Jester- 26pts, AH Gold- 25pts, *Dandy- 28pts, Bjork- 14pts, Torple- 27pts) (#2 for 2 weeks in August/ September 1987 behind “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley) Well I’ve not won this rate either as my 30 pointer exits along with 1987 and Jason’s maximum pointer. Still it was clear in 2nd place and is a worthy runner up. C8JalbLLiTE
July 2, 20223 yr Author NO 1- 517 POINTS Take On Me A-Ha! (Voter: JackJones- 30pts, JulianT- 29pts, Jade- 29pts, AaronTM- 26pts, Chez Wombat- 30pts, Mack- 28pts, King Rollo- 21pts, Chartjack2- 16pts, Leonardo- 17pts, Colm- 30pts, West- 18pts, Popchartfreak- 24pts, Jason- 29pts, Gezza- 26pts, Gooddelta- 14pts, Jester- 27pts, AH Gold- 13pts, *Dandy- 30pts, Daan- 25pts, Bjork- 26pts, ..Ready for it- 29pts) (#2 for 3 weeks in October/ November 1985 behind “The Power Of Love” by Jennifer Rush) Another rate where the leader was seldom in doubt. Only 3 of you gave this no points at all, JackJones, Chez Wombat, Colm, and * Dandy gave it their maximum points and 12 of us put it in their top 10- All of which means this is by some stretch Buzzjack’s favourite No 2 of the 80s! -PzSb3yPUkc
July 2, 20223 yr wow not even close! No mealworm points and overwhelmingly beloved of all and sundry. Very happy with the top 3 TBH, my numbers 1, 2 and 7... :wub: Thanks for organising and running Gezza, and what great taste BJ music fans have! :o :yahoo:
July 2, 20223 yr Whoa, not only were there just 3 of us who didn't vote for Take On Me, there were just 3 of us who didn't put it in the top 20 :o It did seem the obvious winner from the start and if I'd number-crunched to see there were almost 900 points left in the top 2, that would have given it away. It's a good song and was a big seller in 1985 so its victory is well-deserved - it's just also one of those that I don't seem to love as much as almost everyone else here (see also Frozen, Pure Shores, Telephone, We Found Love and various other Buzzjack faves) but I can live with that. What Have I Done To Deserve This has exceeded all my expectations and it's great to see it get the recognition of runner-up. Thanks Gezza for running this over the last few months!
July 2, 20223 yr Great winner! Number 2 and 3 (which I didn’t vote for) did surprise me, but I’ve listened to WHIDTDT a few more times over the past few days and it is certainly growing on me. Thanks very much for this Gezza! It’s always a bittersweet day when the winner’s revealed and it’s all over. Inevitable question - any more to come? 90s #2s? 70s #1s? Feel free to say no more obviously. :)
July 2, 20223 yr What a landslide :cheeseblock: A deserved one naturally, it could've been a lot of songs as my 30 (and I suppose it didn't need the points), but none quite have stuck with me like that has, I discovered it way back in my mid-teens and it still is such a joyful and wonderfully produced track, will never get old for me. Thanks for running this, very enjoyable as always! (I would love one of these for the 90s later if you have the time!)
July 2, 20223 yr Yes! The correct winner, there are some truly amazing pop songs from the 80s but Take On Me really is pop perfection. I don’t remember it from the time but I can remember hearing it in a retro night in about 2000 and thinking OMG what is this slice of perfection?!!!! Definitely the correct winner. The band are so underrated in general too, their first two albums are great and they were equally great when they came back in the 00s
July 2, 20223 yr That's a great top 9. I didn't vote for the Eurythmics or the Pet Shop Boys but they were close to being included in my top 30. Thanks for running this, Gezza. Edited July 2, 20223 yr by King Rollo
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