Posted November 17, 200717 yr 1984 RETRO RECORDS OF THE YEAR :cheer: :yahoo: :w00t: :dance: Vote for your favourite Top20 (or minimum Top10) from the list of 50 Records from 1984. Your First choice (Favourite) song will score 20 pts, 2nd = 19 Pts....down to 20th = 1 point. Please state in your list if you are scoring by position or Points. I am playing this game across both BuzzJack & UKMix. Therefore if you vote please can you only vote in one of the sites threads especially if you have a different name on each site (like me). For each year 1964 to 1997 inclusive & games (*) for the years 1960-1; 1962-3 & two alphabetically track name split lists for the 1950s. There are 50 tracks that I feel best represent the year* in popular music. This certainly does not always mean the biggest hits of the year, but tracks (including album tracks) that over time have come to best represent the year. Please note songs will only feature once for the most well-known or definitive version of a song (example “Without You” will only appear in 1972 for Nilsson, but will be absent in 1994 for Mariah Carey). Also please don’t mention that I have put the song in the wrong year as the year the track was recorded, released (on an album), a hit (peaked) in the UK, a hit (peaked) in the USA can result in three of four different answers, and there will be literally hundreds of songs that fall into that category. For each game you will have four weeks to get your votes in (two weeks for the vote from the shortlist of 50 songs, then two weeks to vote from the "Missing" songs that you have nominated). I will be posting two of these Games a Week at the weekend. (VOTING RULES FOR SPECIFIC GAME 1950s: Top25 make the Record of The Decade Final; 1960s & 1990s: Top 4 From Each Game make the Final, 5th to 10th make the Play-offs; 1970s & 1980s: Top 3 each year make the Final, 4th to 8th make the Play-Offs. PLUS: Your choices of missing songs being included in the relevant Play-offs) Phase 2: The Record Of The Decades Finals will result in the following numbers making the Final 200 (1950s: Top20; 1960s: Top50, 1970s Top45; 1980s Top45; 1990s Top40), where they will be split into 4 Quarter Finals, leading to the Final 50 Songs of the Retro Record Game A: Vote for your favourite 20 (minimum 10 out of the following:) Bananarama - Robert De Niro's Waiting Band Aid - Do They Know Its Christmas? Bob Marley & Wailers - One Love/ People Get Ready Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy Chaka Khan - I Feel For You Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time Deniece Williams - Let's Hear It For The Boy Duran Duran - The Reflex Duran Duran - Wild Boys Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon Fiction Factory - (Feels Like) Heaven Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love George Michael - Careless Whisper Giorgio Moroder & Phillip Oakey - Together In Electric Dreams Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't Do It) Howard Jones - What Is Love? John Waite - Missing You Kenny Loggins - Footloose Lionel Richie - Hello Madonna - Holiday Madonna - Like A Virgin Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride Miami Sound Machine - Dr. Beat Nena - 99 Red Balloons Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Take A Look...) Pointer Sisters - Automatic Prince - Purple Rain Prince - When Doves Cry Queen - Radio Ga Ga Queen - I Want To Break Free Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me Sade - Smooth Operator Shannon - Let The Music Play Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now Special AKA - Nelson Mandela Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love) Van Halen - Jump Weather Girls - It's Raining Men Wham! - Freedom Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go Wham! - Last Christmas Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin' B: Nominate Two songs from 1984 MISSING from this 50 track shortlist. The Top 3 Songs from each year (1980-1989) will go through to the Record Of The Decade Final. The songs finishing 4th - 8th position will go into a Play-off, where the Top20 Songs will join the other 30 in the Final. While your selection of missing songs will be put to a vote with the winning track (or tracks in event of a tie) joining the Record of The Decade Play-Off. You have until Saturday 1st December to vote for your favourite Top 20 (minimum Top 10) songs of the Year. I will then reveal the results of the vote along with your selections of the "missing songs" from the original list for you to vote for an extra song for a place in the Record of The Decade (1980s) play-offs
November 17, 200717 yr 1 Fiction Factory - (Feels Like) Heaven (20pts) 2 Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy 3 George Michael - Careless Whisper 4 Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time 5 Wham! - Last Christmas 6 Prince - Purple Rain 7 Wham! - Freedom 8 Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon 9 Duran Duran - Wild Boys 10 Giorgi Moroder & Phil Oakey - Together In Electric Dreams 11 Sade - Smooth Operator 12 Duran Duran - The Reflex 13 Bananarama - Robert De Niro's Waiting 14 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? 15 Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go 16 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love 17 Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good 18 Phil Collins - Against All Odds 19 Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters 20 U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love) Add: Thompson Twins - Doctor! Doctor! Thompson Twins - You Take Me Up
November 17, 200717 yr Author 1984 = A Greatest Year in music for pop songs IMHO (I originally had a shortlist of 137 songs for this game - the most for any year except 1967)... 1st Duran Duran - The Reflex (20 Pts) 2. Prince - When Doves Cry 3. Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time 4. Fiction Factory - (Feels Like) Heaven 5. Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon 6. Duran Duran - Wild Boys 7. George Michael - Careless Whisper 8. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes 9. Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good 10. Prince - Purple Rain 11. Special AKA - Nelson Mandela 12. Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Take A Look...) 13. Queen - I Want To Break Free 14. Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride 15. Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now 16. Shannon - Let The Music Play 17. Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It 18. Bananarama - Robert De Niro's Waiting 19. Band Aid - Do They Know Its Christmas? 20. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax Missing: Scritti Politti - Wood Beez Paul McCartney - No More Lonely Nights
November 17, 200717 yr Prince - When Doves Cry..................................20pts Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon Fiction Factory - (Feels Like) Heaven Madonna - Holiday Sade - Smooth Operator Special AKA - Nelson Mandela Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart Band Aid - Do They Know Its Christmas? Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time Giorgio Moroder & Phillip Oakey - Together In Electric Dreams Chaka Khan - I Feel For You Shannon - Let The Music Play Madonna - Like A Virgin Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax Howard Jones - What Is Love? Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin' Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes missing.... carmel 'more more more', wham! 'everything she wants'
November 18, 200717 yr Queen - Radio Ga Ga... 20pts Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love) Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now Madonna - Like A Virgin Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes Fiction Factory - (Feels Like) Heaven Duran Duran - Wild Boys Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax Queen - I Want To Break Free Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It John Waite - Missing You Howard Jones - What Is Love? Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love Duran Duran - The Reflex Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun Bananarama - Robert De Niro's Waiting ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin' nominate Tears for fears - Shout Icicle Works - Love is a wonderful colour
November 18, 200717 yr Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love (20Pts) Queen - I Want To Break Free U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love) Duran Duran - The Reflex George Michael - Careless Whisper Queen - Radio Ga Ga Sade - Smooth Operator Prince - Purple Rain Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It Bananarama - Robert De Niro's Waiting Wham! – Freedom Duran Duran - Wild Boys Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun Prince - When Doves Cry Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes Howard Jones - What Is Love? Deniece Williams - Let's Hear It For The Boy ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin' Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters Van Halen – Jump Nominations Eurythmics – Here Comes The Rain Again Style Council – My Ever Changing Moods
November 21, 200717 yr 17 songs..... ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin' 20 points Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love) Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart Sade - Smooth Operator Madonna - Holiday Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time Madonna - Like A Virgin Miami Sound Machine - Dr. Beat Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good John Waite - Missing You Nena - 99 Red Balloons Howard Jones - What Is Love? Prince - Purple Rain Prince - When Doves Cry
November 21, 200717 yr 1. U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love) (20 points) 2. Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart 3. Prince - Purple Rain 4. Queen - Radio Ga Ga 5. Van Halen - Jump 6. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax 7. Giorgio Moroder & Phillip Oakey - Together In Electric Dreams 8. Duran Duran - The Reflex 9. Lionel Richie - Hello 10. Queen - I Want To Break Free 11. Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now 12. Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time 13. Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't Do It) 14. Bob Marley & Wailers - One Love/ People Get Ready 15. Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon 16. Miami Sound Machine - Dr. Beat 17. Bananarama - Robert De Niro's Waiting 18. Nena - 99 Red Balloons 19. George Michael - Careless Whisper 20. Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good (1 point)
November 22, 200717 yr 1st (20 points) - Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power of Love 2 Echo and the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon 3 Madonna - Holiday 4 Bananarama - Robert de Niro's Waiting 5 Bronski Beat -Smalltown Boy 6 Prince - When Doves Cry 7 The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now 8 Sade - Smoothe Operator 9 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two tribes 10 Duran Duran - Wild Boys 11 Fiction Factory - Feels like heaven 12 Moroder / Oakey - Together in electric dreams 13 Grandmaster Flash / Melle Mel - White Lines 14 Band Aid - Do They know it's Christmas? 15 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax 16 Bob Marley - One Love 17 Prince - Purple Rain 18 Wham - Last Christmas 19 Queen - Radio Ga-Ga 20 yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart (surprise) missing two: Alison Moyet - All Cried Out Alison Moyet - Love Resurrection
November 26, 200717 yr One of the best years in music ever! 1st Band Aid - Do they know it's Xmas? (20 pts) 2 Tina Turner - What's love got to with it 3 Madonna - Holiday 4 Stevie Wonder - I just called 5 Cyndi Lauper - Girls just wanna have fun 6 Cyndi Lauper - Time after time 7 Wham - Last Xmas 8 Phil Collins -Against all odds 9 Lionel Richie - Hello 10 Madonna - Like a virgin 11 Weather Girls - It's raining men 12 FGTH - Power of love 13 Prince - When doves cry 14 Moroder & oakley - Electric dreams 15 Sade - Smooth operator 16 U2 - Pride 17 Rockwell - Somebody's watchin me 18 Duran Duran - Wild boys 19 Nena - 99 Red balloons 20 Wham - wake me up Missing Pointer Sisters - I'm so excited Paul McCartney - We all stand together
November 29, 200717 yr 1. George Michael - Careless Whisper 2. Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time 3. Nena - 99 Red Balloons 4. Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good 5. Wham! - Last Christmas 6. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax 7. Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go 8. Shannon - Let The Music Play 9. Prince - When Doves Cry 10. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love 11. Madonna - Like A Virgin 12. Band Aid - Do They Know Its Christmas? 13. Van Halen - Jump 14. Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It 15. Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun 16. U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love) 17. Madonna - Holiday 18. Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You 19. Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters 20. Wham! - Freedom Nominate: Laura Branigan: Self Control Alphaville: Big In Japan
December 1, 200717 yr Author Many Thanks to the 29 of you who voted The 1984 Record Of The Year Results are: Position / Artist - Song Title / Points 50th Deniece Williams - Let's Hear It For The Boy 27 49th Weather Girls - It's Raining Men 33 48th Howard Jones - What Is Love? 38 46th Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't Do It) 39 46th Miami Sound Machine - Dr. Beat 39 45th Special AKA - Nelson Mandela 44 43rd Kenny Loggins - Footloose 49 43rd Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride 49 42nd Bananarama - Robert De Niro's Waiting 51 41st Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me 57 39th Lionel Richie - Hello 60 39th Chaka Khan - I Feel For You 60 38th John Waite - Missing You 63 37th Pointer Sisters - Automatic 66 35th Bob Marley & Wailers - One Love/ People Get Ready 69 35th Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now 69 34th Giorgio Moroder & Phillip Oakey - Together In Electric Dreams 71 33rd Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love 73 32nd Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You 80 30th ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin' 86 30th Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters 86 29th Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go 93 28th Wham! - Freedom 95 27th Fiction Factory - (Feels Like) Heaven 97 26th Shannon - Let The Music Play 104 25th Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes 106 24th Duran Duran - Wild Boys 115 23rd Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon 116 22nd Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart 127 21st Madonna - Holiday 139 19th Nena - 99 Red Balloons 140 19th Duran Duran - The Reflex 140 18th Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy 141 17th Band Aid - Do They Know Its Christmas? 143 16th Sade - Smooth Operator 145 15th Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good 146 14th Wham! - Last Christmas 148 13th Queen - I Want To Break Free 167 12th Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It 168 11th Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax 177 10th Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Take A Look...) 182 9th Prince - Purple Rain 184 The following songs qualify for the Record Of The Decade (1980s) play-offs 8th Queen - Radio Ga Ga 199 7th Madonna - Like A Virgin 203 6th Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun 213 5th Van Halen - Jump 218 4th George Michael - Careless Whisper 224 While the Top 3 Songs of 1984 all qualify for Record Of The Decade (1980s) Final 3rd Prince - When Doves Cry 266 2nd U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love) 288 1st Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time 320 7ZYxsUDZQ4Q I will reveal the Missing 1984 Nominations for you to vote on next.....
December 1, 200717 yr Author 1984 Missing Nominations are: Alarm - Absolute Reality Alison Moyet - All Cried Out Alison Moyet - Love Resurrection Alphaville - Forever Young Alphaville: Big In Japan Black Lace - Agadoo Carmel - More more more Deep Purple - Knocking At Your Backdoor Dio - Last In Line Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again Genesis - That's All Icicle Works - Love is a wonderful colour Iron Maiden - Aces High Jim Diamond - I Should Have Known Better Judas Priest - The Sentinel Laura Branigan - Self Control Limahl - Never Ending Story Lionel Richie - Stuck On You Madonna - Borderline Malcolm McLaren - Madam Butterfly Metallica - For whom the bell tolls Murray Head - One night in Bangkok Nik Kershaw - The Riddle Paul McCartney - No More Lonely Nights Paul McCartney and the Frog Chorus - We All Stand Together Pointer Sisters - I'm So Excited Pointer Sisters - Jump (For My Love) Police - Wrapped Around Your Finger Prince - Lets Go Crazy Rufus & Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody Russ Abbot ~ Atmosphere Scritti Politti - Wood Beez Steve Perry - Oh Sherrie Style Council – My Ever Changing Moods Style Council - Shout To The Top Thompson Twins - Doctor! Doctor! Thompson Twins - You Take Me Up (Ineligible nominations: Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark, Cars - Drive, Tears for fears - Shout & Wham! - Everything she wants are in the 1985 ROTY game) Please vote for your five favourites in order (1st, 2nd, etc) from that list of nominations within the next two weeks. The winning song will qualify for the Plays offs of the Record Of Decade (1980s)
December 1, 200717 yr 1984 Missing Nominations are: Alarm - Absolute Reality Alphaville - Forever Young Alphaville: Big In Japan Black Lace - Agadoo Carmel - More more more Deep Purple - Knocking At Your Backdoor Dio - Last In Line Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again Genesis - That's All Icicle Works - Love is a wonderful colour Iron Maiden - Aces High Jim Diamond - I Should Have Known Better Judas Priest - The Sentinel Laura Branigan - Self Control Limahl - Never Ending Story Lionel Richie - Stuck On You Madonna - Borderline Malcolm McLaren - Madam Butterfly Metallica - For whom the bell tolls Murray Head - One night in Bangkok Nik Kershaw - The Riddle Paul McCartney - No More Lonely Nights Paul McCartney and the Frog Chorus - We All Stand Together Pointer Sisters - I'm So Excited Pointer Sisters - Jump (For My Love) Police - Wrapped Around Your Finger Prince - Lets Go Crazy Rufus & Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody Russ Abbot ~ Atmosphere Scritti Politti - Wood Beez Steve Perry - Oh Sherrie Style Council – My Ever Changing Moods Style Council - Shout To The Top Thompson Twins - Doctor! Doctor! Thompson Twins - You Take Me Up (Ineligible nominations: Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark, Cars - Drive, Tears for fears - Shout & Wham! - Everything she wants are in the 1985 ROTY game) Please vote for your five favourites in order (1st, 2nd, etc) from that list of nominations within the next two weeks. The winning song will qualify for the Plays offs of the Record Of Decade (1980s) you're missing the 2 Alison Moyet tracks thisispop....
December 1, 200717 yr Author you're missing the 2 Alison Moyet tracks thisispop.... Doh....... Amended...........
December 1, 200717 yr Author 1st Nik Kershaw - The Riddle (5 Pts) 2. Paul McCartney - No More Lonely Nights 3. Scritti Politti - Wood Beez 4. Icicle Works - Love is a wonderful colour 5. Style Council – My Ever Changing Moods
December 1, 200717 yr 1st Madonna - Borderline 2nd Paul McCartney - No More Lonely Nights 3rd Nik Kershaw - The Riddle 4th Limahl - Never Ending Story 5th Laura Branigan - Self Control
December 1, 200717 yr Carmel - More more more.................. 5 pts Madonna - Borderline Laura Branigan - Self Control Icicle Works - Love is a wonderful colour Alphaville: Big In Japan wheres my second nomination? wham, 'everything she wants'? not in the list :unsure:
December 1, 200717 yr Laura Branigan - Self Control 5pts Icicle Works - Love is a wonderful colour Scritti Politti - Wood Beez Murray Head - One night in Bangkok Alphaville: Big In Japan
December 2, 200717 yr 1 Alison Moyet - Love Resurrection 2 Alison Moyet - All Cried Out 3 Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again 4 Malcolm mcLaren - Madam Butterfly 5 The Police - Wrapped Around Your Finger
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