NO 22- 157 POINTS

 

Poison Alice Cooper (Voter: JackJones- 27pts, Fiesta- 6pts, Chez Wombat- 15pts, Mack- 22pts, Leonardo- 28pts, Jason- 23pts, Jimwatts- 14pts, Gezza- 13pts, Gooddelta- 3pts, Daan- 6pts)

(#2 for 1 week in August 1989 behind “Swing The Mood” by Jive Bunny)

 

 

Who knew rock would be so popular? Well we certainly love this one enough to be our 2nd favourite No 2 of 1989.

 

NO 21- 161 POINTS

 

Little Red Corvette Prince (Voter: Fiesta- 27pts, Jade- 14pts, Chartjack2- 28pts, Leonardo- 27pts, West- 25pts, Jimwatts- 10pts, Gezza- 6pts, *Dandy- 11 pts, Torple- 13pts)

(#2 for 1 week in January 1985 behind “I Want To Know What Love Is” by Foreigner)

 

 

Prince just misses out on the top 20 then but this one does better than “1999” which surprised me a little!

 

Year by year breakdown of what's left

 

1980- 1

1981- 3

1982- 3

1983- 3

1984- 1

1985- 3

1986- 2

1987- 2

1988- 1

1989- 1

 

Voters league (figures in brackets indicate postion at start of top 30)

 

1 (2) Jimwatts 296pts

2 (5) Colm 295pts

3 (6) Chez Wombat 276pts

4 (3) Daan 260pts

5 (1) *Dandy 256pts

6 (12) Popchartfreak 250pts

7 (7) Jade 240pts

8 (11) Jester 229pts

9 (18) King Rollo 223pts

10 (14) JulianT 217pts

 

11 (4) Torple 213pts

12 (8) Bjork 209pts

13 (13) Chartjack2 199pts

14 (9) Leonardo 197pts

15 (16) AaronTM 189pts

16 (15) Gooddelta 182pts

17 (10) West 175pts

18 (19) Mack 174pts

19 (17) JackJones 166pts

20 (21) …Ready For it 147pts

 

21 (20) Jason 138pts

22 (23) Gezza 128pts

23 (22) AH Gold 123pts

24 (24) Fiesta 87pts

 

 

That’s my top 3 all gone :(

:D think I'm giving up on this rate/rates in general :D

Yes, please do it! :P

 

No at Alice Cooper's masterpiece missing out the top 20. Poison should be number 1 on Halloween playlists haha. :D

Poison is iconic, not quite as good as his 70s work, but stood out for miles in that SAW and bland pop infested year that was 1989

 

Great top 20, really pleased to still have only lost one of my really big hitters -cue all of them going out in 11-20-

 

Didn't anticipate how well 'Little Red Corvette' would do on here! I thought '1999' would be Prince's best performing. I think I'm the only one who voted for all three of his songs here :lol:

 

Happy that my top 4 are all still to come :wub:

Top of the league *.* but that consistency of songs per year remaining is most pleasing.

 

I had been expecting both those songs to drop out for a while. Poison is pure guilty pleasure, rock repurposed via the spirit of Spinal Tap and returned even better. Little Red Corvette (all the best songs mention Corvettes of a certain colour) got 8 of the same voters as 1999 with just one more to 1999's two, but it seems many of us prefer it - maybe it's all those car metaphors, or maybe it's just a fine tune.

Nice that every year’s represented in the Top 20. Nothing that I don’t like in there.

 

Prince still hasn’t quite clicked with me generally, but I’d have rated Little Red Corvette above 1999 too. Poison wasn’t far off my votes.

I'm pleased to be the highest climber, up from 18 to 9.

 

Also good to see 11 out of the top 20 are from the first half of the decade.

Oh no I’ve hit ACR :cry:

Well that’s the first two of my top 5 out :D, both absolute gems in completely different ways of course.

I think 'Little Red Corvette' is my favourite of the Prince songs here so correct result there although yes a little surprised it beat '1999'!

'Poison' is classic rock at its finest :wub: I prefer it to his 70's stuff. 'Hey Stoopid' is another good one for singing to in the car from the same album :kink:

Edited June 17, 20223 yr by Roba.

Need You Tonight is pure Prince. The funky riff and the spindly guitar.

NO 20- 162 POINTS

 

Only You Yazoo (Voter: JulianT- 26pts, King Rollo- 8pts, Chartjack2- 17pts, Leonardo- 30pts, Colm- 24pts, Jimwatts- 11pts, Gezza- 2pts, *Dandy- 19pts, Daan- 8pts, Bjork- 17pts)

(#2 for 1 week in May 1982 behind “A Little Peace” by Nicole)

 

 

A short but illustrious career for Yazoo saw this become their biggest hit. It’s our 3rd Favourite No 2 of 1982 but it gets the full 30pts from Leonardo.

 

NO 19- 164 POINTS

Manic Monday The Bangles (Voter: Fiesta- 20pts, AaronTM- 16pts, Chez Wombat- 23pts, Chartjack2- 11pts, Leonardo- 1pt, Colm- 20pts, West- 9pts, Jason- 12pts, Gezza- 5pts, Gooddelta- 21pts, Bjork- 25pts, …Ready for it- 1pt)

(#2 for 1 week in March 1986 behind “Chain Reaction” by Diana Ross)

 

 

This Prince written track was gifted to the girls because he was attracted to lead singer Suzanna Hoffs, it’s our 2nd favourite No 2 of 1986.

 

I loved Alice having a comeback and i went to see his ear splitting tour. Enjoyed Poison but its no Schools Out! Its not even an Elected or No More Mr Nice Guy.

 

Little Red Corvette has exceeded expectations. Its very good Prince but its not major classic Prince. Manic Monday deservedly higher. 1999 should be higher than Corvette so i guess everyones jusdt fed up of heasring it.

 

Only You is fab.

 

We slowly climbing the list as we head top 10. Is Bonnie Tyler never gonna go out! Well flattered to be this high. Give Its A Heartache anyday! :lol:

Manic Monday is lovely but I ran out of votes. Gained a newfound affection for it when it was my birthday Heardle last month!

 

Only You I still find very moving. There’s a beautiful simplicity about it.

Edited June 18, 20223 yr by JulianT