May 30, 20223 yr Never a fan of the Rick track, it's OK though, Madonna's Crazy I've never got, again it's OK but overplayed and how it got to 2 twice is a mystery. Chas & Dave is a guilty pleasure for me, it's a great tune and great fun. Masterblaster is a goodie from a period when Stevie could do no wrong, Its Raining Men I'm just so sick of. It's not a bad record in any way, just certain pubs and clubs never stopped playing it. Homer Simpsons favourite record :lol: Happy Birthday is pleasantly catchy, I Can't Wait is fab, Slade is epic singalong, Thompson Twins and uplifting forgotten goodie.
May 30, 20223 yr Together Forever is a great pop record, shame it never made number 1. Also the Thompson Twins always reminds me of a wedding disco when I was 7 or so, I annoyed the DJ until he played it :lol:
May 30, 20223 yr As well-intentioned as Stevie's Happy Birthday was, I'm glad both the Altered Images song of that name and his homage to Bob Marley have placed higher in this rate.
May 30, 20223 yr Masterblaster is a great tune from Stevie. I agree that It's Raining Men is overplayed but still a classic. Not a fan of that Rick Astley song.
May 31, 20223 yr Author NO 64- 56 POINTS Modern Love David Bowie (Voters: West- 21 pts, Jason- 22 pts, *Dandy- 13 pts) (#2 for 1 week in October 1983 behind “Karma Chameleon” by Culture Club) Rounding off his best year of the decade, this was his third top 2 single in a row with only the million selling Karma Chameleon denying it. jLMUZahN7NU
May 31, 20223 yr Author NO 63- 56 POINTS China Girl David Bowie (Voters: Fiesta- 24 pts, West- 17 pts, Popchartfreak- 15 pts) (#2 for 1 week in June 1983 behind “Every Breath You Take” by The Police) And just like that Bowie exits the rate with the 24 pts given to it by Fiesta placing it above “Modern Love”. wTvuXDLWalg
May 31, 20223 yr Author NO 62- 57 POINTS Antmusic Adam & The Ants (Voters: Jade- 24 pts, Chez Wombat- 4 pts, King Rollo- 16 pts, Gezza- 4 pts, *Dandy- 9 pts) (#2 for 2 weeks in January 1981 behind “Imagine” by John Lennon) Our preferred Adam & The Ants runner up track just misses out on the top 50 and was a victim of Lennon mania at the time. iyz4ObQCwDc
May 31, 20223 yr I couldn’t choose between Modern Love and China Girl so I didn’t vote for either of them haha
May 31, 20223 yr Happy to see 5 people voting for 'Antmusic' :wub: love that TOTP performance - I can only hope that one day a better quality version of the music video will be uploaded to YouTube 😭 I was introduced to 'Master Blaster (Jammin')' via the DJ Luck & MC Neat version :lol: the original is gorgeous, 2 points doesn't feel like very much but competition was very tough. Sadly didn't have enough room for those Bowie singles.
May 31, 20223 yr Master Blaster was released before Bob Marley died wasn’t it? Any record of what he thought of it?
May 31, 20223 yr Author Master Blaster was released before Bob Marley died wasn’t it? Any record of what he thought of it? Yes. They had been touring together earlier that year so i's an ode. :D
May 31, 20223 yr Love that TOTP performance by Adam and the Ants, you can see the early features of the TOTP studio that would characterise the 80s!
June 1, 20223 yr Author NO 61- 57 POINTS Abracadabra Steve Miller Band (Voters: JulianT- 13 pts, Jade- 3 pts, King Rollo- 10 pts, West- 27 pts, Jason- 4 pts) (#2 for 2 weeks in July 1982 behind “Happy Talk” by Captain Sensible, and “Fame” by Irene Cara) Their biggest hit before “The Joker” went all the way in 1990 J3uqwdhCIHo
June 1, 20223 yr Author NO 60- 59 POINTS All Night Long (All Night) Lionel Richie (Voters: AaronTM- 8 pts, Mack- 11 pts, …Ready for it- 25 pts, Torple- 15 pts) (#2 for 3 weeks in October/November 1983 behind “Karma Chameleon” by Culture Club, and “Uptown Girl” by Billy Joel) Missed out on the top spot by under 500 copies but the follow up went to No 1 so I doubt he was too bothered. XTrCDZgdD80
June 1, 20223 yr Author NO 59- 60 POINTS Got To Be Certain Kylie Minogue (Voters: JackJones- 7 pts, Gooddelta- 24 pts, Jester- 7 pts, AH Gold- 10 pts, …Ready For it- 12 pts) (#2 for 3 weeks in May/June 1988 behind “With A Little Help From My Friends” By Wet, Wet, Wet) So Kylie’s second favourite No 2 of the 80s is this one. First of three instances that the wets held Kylie off. gsg1fwqIdPo
June 1, 20223 yr glad Lionel Richie isn’t very high. hot take but for a so called party song its rather slow and dull.
June 1, 20223 yr I think All Night Long is a certified classic everyone knows today so surprised it wasn’t too 10!
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