May 16, 20223 yr Chi Mai is a beautiful piece of music. The Toni Basil, Simply Red and Sam Cooke songs are all quite good as well.
May 16, 20223 yr Boo nobody else voting for Pepsi & Shirlie Its the most buzzjack-esque song abd band of the 80s 😍
May 16, 20223 yr Wonderful World is lovely by the way, but songs that are from an earlier decade seem to be cursed in these rates.
May 16, 20223 yr 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight' and 'Mickey', what a top 2 x (both slight guilty pleasures).
May 16, 20223 yr 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight' and 'Mickey', what a top 2 x (both slight guilty pleasures). :lol: There was something in the water evidently in 1982 if you think these songs and Goombay Dance were no1 for a month, all a bit early 80s randomness before the more professional pop songs started dominating a few years later!
May 17, 20223 yr 1983 certainly felt like the year “the grown ups” took back control if that makes sense
May 17, 20223 yr I was over 30 and still thought When You Come back To Me is Jason Donovan's best single. Still do, and I've seen Jason in drag and become a part of a Priscilla musical by sitting in a theatre box (it was cheap! No wonder, they took the piss out of you!). T'other track is OK. Batdance is fun but mad, appropriately enough given The Joker, Liquid Gold is good, IOU OK, One Day I'll Fly Away is lovely, and shame! shame! shame! on everyone for not voting for a gem of a Madness record. Just me loving it (and Bre liking it)! Kayleigh is nice, Stars On 45 is cheese, but hey it pushed The Beatles so forgiven, Clothes Off is good, Chi Mai is lovely (pleasantly surprised it got some points!), Mickey is fun, Nana Mouskouri is OK (but had her 60's gem White Rose Of Athens been a number 2 I'd have voted for it!). Sam Cooke, 60's classic, and if only A Change Is Gonna Come and You Send Me had also peaked at 2! Heartache is OK, Simply Red isn't a patch on the Harold Melvin/Teddy Pendergrass original, though that applies to every single Harold Melvin cover. Sorry Not Sorry.
May 18, 20223 yr Author NO 104- 24 POINTS Zoom Fat Larry's Band (Voter: JulianT- 19 points, Gezza- 1 point, Gooddelta- 4 points) (#2 for 1 week in October 1982 behind “Pass The Dutchie” by Musical Youth Just such a sweet song I had to give it some points.
May 18, 20223 yr Author NO 103- 25 POINTS Words F R David (Voter: JackJones- 4 points, Colm- 21 points) (#2 for 2 weeks in April/May 1983 behind “True” by Spandau Ballet) A big hit all over Europe before we finally gave in! Let's Hear It For The Boy Deniece Williams (Voter: AaronTM- 4 points, West- 10 points, …Ready For it- 11 points) (#2 for 2 weeks behind “Wake Me Up Before You Go Go” by Wham! Another song that has maybe been overplayed since but it’s still a bop for sure Welcome To The Pleasuredome Frankie Goes To Hollywood (Voter: King Rollo) (#2 for 2 weeks in April 1985 behind “Easy Lover” by Philip Bailey and Phil Collins Their bid for a fourth straight No 1 narrowly missed the top spot
May 18, 20223 yr Author Recap 101- 172 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
May 18, 20223 yr Author THE TOP 100 1980 Coming Up- Paul McCartney No Doubt About It- Hot Chocolate Funky Town- Lipps Inc Upside Down- Diana Ross Masterblaster- Stevie Wonder Happy Xmas (War Is Over)- John Lennon 1981 Antmusic- Adam & The Ants In The Air Tonight- Phil Collins Vienna- Ultravox Kings Of The Wild Frontier- Adam & The Ants Kids In America- Kim Wilde Happy Birthday- Stevie Wonder Invisible Sun- The Police O Superman- Laurie Anderson Happy Birthday- Altered Images 1982 Golden Brown- The Stranglers Ain't No Pleasing You- Chas N Dave One Step Further- Bardo Only You- Yazoo Torch- Soft Cell Abracadabra- Steve Miller Band Da Da Da- Trio Save A Prayer- Duran Duran Private Investigations- Dire Straits Heartbreaker- Dionne Warwick Mirror Man- Human League 1983 A Winter's Tale- David Essex Electric Avenue- Eddy Grant Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)- Eurythmics Church Of The Poison Mind- Culture Club (Keep Feeling) Fascination- Human League Temptation- Heaven 17 China Girl- David Bowie Flashdance (What a Feeling)- Irene Cara Gold- Spandau Ballet Modern Love- David Bowie They Don't Know- Tracey Ullman All Night Long (All Night)- Lionel Richie Say Say Say- Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson Love Of The Common People- Paul Young My Oh My- Slade 1984 What Is Love?- Howard Jones Girls Just Wanna Have Fun- Cyndi Lauper Radio Gaga- Queen It's Raining Men- Weather Girls You Take Me Up- Thompson Twins Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me)- Phil Collins I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me- Nik Kershaw Ghostbusters- Ray Parker Jnr Wild Boys- Duran Duran Everything She Wants- Wham! 1985 1999- Prince Little Red Corvette- Prince Love & Pride- King Everybody Wants To Rule The World- Tears For Fears A View To A Kill- Duran Duran Crazy For You- Madonna Axel F- Harold Faltermayer Holiday- Madonna Holding Out For A Hero- Bonnie Tyler Take On Me- A-Ha! 1986 Walk Of Life- Dire Straits Borderline- Madonna Manic Monday- The Bangles Absolute Beginners- David Bowie Live To Tell- Madonna Holding Back The Years- Simply Red I Can't Wait- Nu Shooz So Macho- Sinitta In The Army Now- Status Quo You Keep Me Hangin On- Kim Wilde Sometimes- Erasure 1987 When A Man Loves A Woman- Percy Sledge Call Me- Spagna What Have I Done To Deserve This- Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield Crockett's Theme- Jan Hammer Faith- George Michael Got My Mind Set On You- George Harrison Fairytale Of New York- The Pogues Featuring Kirsty McColl 1988 Sign Your Name- Terence Trent D'Arby When Will I Be Famous- Bros Beat Dis- Bomb The Bass Together Forever- Rick Astley Love Changes (Everything)- Climie Fisher Got To Be Certain- Kylie Minogue Push It- Salt N Pepa The Loco-Motion- Kylie Minogue Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi- Kylie Minogue Need You Tonight- INXS 1989 Stop- Erasure The Living Years- Mike & The Mechanics Leave Me Alone- Michael Jackson Song For Whoever- Beautiful South London Nights- London Boys Wouldn't Change A Thing- Kylie Minogue French kiss- Lil Louis Poison- Alice Cooper Right Here Waiting- Richard Marx Pump Up The Jam- Technotronic Another Day In Paradise- Phil Collins
May 18, 20223 yr Author So we're at the top 100 now. Tracks on equal scores will be separated first by the amount of voters then the highest individual points awarded to that track.
May 18, 20223 yr Author Acts with multiple entries left Kylie Minogue 4 Madonna 4 David Bowie 3 Duran Duran 3 Phil Collins 3 Paul McCartney 2 Prince 2 Adam & The Ants 2 Dire Straits 2 Erasure 2 Human League 2 Kim Wilde 2 Michael Jackson 2 Stevie Wonder 2
May 18, 20223 yr So it was Musical Youth who have thus far denied there to be a #1 beginning with every letter of the alphabet - along with Dean Martin and Dreamweavers who held of Lou Busch - Zambesi in 1956. I've quite enjoyed Zoom (the song, that is) since its use in Car Share, but didn't have room for it. The remaining contingent from 1980 looks strong!
May 18, 20223 yr I knew Zoom wouldn’t get that many votes but it just puts a huge smile on my face! I nearly voted for Words as well. Edited May 19, 20223 yr by JulianT
May 18, 20223 yr Words and Zoom are both good songs. The single version of Welcome To The Pleasuredome is not as good as the 14 minute album version but I'm still disappointed that I was the only person to vote for it.
May 19, 20223 yr Author NO 100- 25 POINTS Torch Soft Cell (Voter: JulianT- 12 points, Popchartfreak- 5 points, AH Gold- 8 point) (#2 for 1 week in June 1982 behind “Goody Two Shoes” by Adam Ant Second biggest hut from the duo according to chart position. Tymc0406Kqk
May 19, 20223 yr Author NO 99- 26 POINTS No Doubt About It Hot Chocolate (Voter: King Rollo- 17 points, Popchartfreak- 9 points) (#2 for 3 weeks in May/June 1980 behind “What’s Another Year” by Johnny Logan and “Theme From MASH”- MASH) More thought of as a 70s band they proved they could still hit it big in the 80s WFdZXoc_-IU
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