Posted January 19, 200916 yr a great era in chart pop music.... lets see what was around!!! Top 40 Hits of Late January 1980 1 The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket 2 The Specials - Too Much Too Young (The Special AKA Live! EP) 3 Billy Preston & Syreeta - With You I'm Born Again 4 Madness - My Girl 5 The Nolans - I'm In The Mood For Dancing 6 KC & The Sunshine Band - Please Don't Go 7 Styx -Babe 8 Joe Jackson - It's Different For Girls 9 Booker T & The MGs -Green Onions 10 Dollar - I Wanna Hold Your Hand 11 Dr Hook - Better Love Next Time 12 The Beat - Tears Of A Clown / Ranking Full Stop 13 The Clash - London Calling 14 Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall 15 The Regents - 7 Teen 16 Jon & Vangelis - I Hear You Now 17 Kenny Rogers - Coward Of The County 18 Abba - I Have A Dream 19 The Bee Gees - Spirits (Having Flown) 20 Sheila & B Devotion - Spacer 21 Azymuth - Jazz Carnival 22 Positive Force - We Got The Funk 23 The Boomtown Rats - Someone's Looking At You 24 New Musik - Living By Numbers 25 Rose Royce - Is It Love You're After 26 Matchbox - Buzz Buzz A Diddle It 27 Kool & The Gang - Too Hot 28 Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Pina Colada Song) 29 The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight 30 The Tourists - I Only Want To Be With You 31 Fiddler's Dram - Day Trip To Bangor 32 Sad Cafe - Strange Little Girl 33 Sister Sledge - I've Got To Love Somebody 34 The Skids - Working For The Yankee Dollar 35 Fleetwood Mac - Sarah 36 Amii Stewart - Paradise Bird / The Letter 37 Suzi Quatro - Mama's Boy 38 UFO - Young Blood 39 The Buggles - Living In The Plastic Age 40 Chic - My Feet Keep Dancing
January 19, 200916 yr Author fantastic chart for variety.... just look at how many different styles you have in there... mod, ska, rockabilly, rock, aor, pop, romantic, old prog rock pop, disco, country n western, novelty.... you dont get that choice nowdays chartwise. my favs 1 The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket ............. class track 2 The Specials - Too Much Too Young .... another class track! 3 Billy Preston & Syreeta - With You I'm Born Again .... pass the sick bucket! 4 Madness - My Girl .......................................... good track 5 The Nolans - I'm In The Mood For Dancing ........ oh hell.... 6 KC & The Sunshine Band - Please Don't Go .... no please DO go! awful imho. 7 Styx -Babe ................................................. aor 8 Joe Jackson - It's Different For Girls ............... overlooked track 9 Booker T & The MGs -Green Onions ......... thanks to 'quadrophenia' 10 Dollar - I Wanna Hold Your Hand ............. awful sickly kids cover 11 Dr Hook - Better Love Next Time ............... they dont come much wetter then this tripe. 12 The Beat - Tears Of A Clown / Ranking Full Stop .... poor cover prefered ranking full stop 13 The Clash - London Calling ....................... anthemic punkrock track 14 Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall ..... pretty poor tbh 15 The Regents - 7 Teen ...................... brilliant contemporary pop track 16 Jon & Vangelis - I Hear You Now ........ prog rockers pop era 17 Kenny Rogers - Coward Of The County .......... awful 'hero' story 18 Abba - I Have A Dream ............................. good track 19 The Bee Gees - Spirits (Having Flown) ....... ok 20 Sheila & B Devotion - Spacer ............ good disco, later sampled by rachel stevens 21 Azymuth - Jazz Carnival ..................? 22 Positive Force - We Got The Funk ...? 23 The Boomtown Rats - Someone's Looking At You .... ok 24 New Musik - Living By Numbers .................. ok pop... 25 Rose Royce - Is It Love You're After .......... good disco track, imho her best? 26 Matchbox - Buzz Buzz A Diddle It ......... love this rockabilly track! 27 Kool & The Gang - Too Hot ................. never liked them 28 Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Pina Colada Song) .... oh god, i hate this type of shyte 29 The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight ........ the one that started it 30 The Tourists - I Only Want To Be With You .... :) not their best but good 31 Fiddler's Dram - Day Trip To Bangor ............. fuk off folky pillocks 32 Sad Cafe - Strange Little Girl ...................... i like this, good track 33 Sister Sledge - I've Got To Love Somebody .......? 34 The Skids - Working For The Yankee Dollar ...... :) i like skids 35 Fleetwood Mac - Sarah ............................. :) ok for aor 36 Amii Stewart - Paradise Bird / The Letter ........? 37 Suzi Quatro - Mama's Boy ............................? 38 UFO - Young Blood ......................................? 39 The Buggles - Living In The Plastic Age .... trevor horn bemoaning the technology thatll make him rich!!! 40 Chic - My Feet Keep Dancing ..................?
January 20, 200916 yr 1 The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket....great single 2 The Specials - Too Much Too Young (The Special AKA Live! EP)....stonking good song 4 Madness - My Girl :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: 5 The Nolans - I'm In The Mood For Dancing :puke2: 7 Styx -Babe <_< 8 Joe Jackson - It's Different For Girls....excellent song by good songwriter 9 Booker T & The MGs -Green Onions 12 The Beat - Tears Of A Clown / Ranking Full Stop :cheer: 13 The Clash - London Calling :dance: 14 Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall 15 The Regents - 7 Teen 20 Sheila & B Devotion - Spacer....great track, sampled a few times :cheer: 23 The Boomtown Rats - Someone's Looking At You 24 New Musik - Living By Numbers....Love it :dance: 29 The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight :) 30 The Tourists - I Only Want To Be With You....Pre Eurythmics, an OK cover version 31 Fiddler's Dram - Day Trip To Bangor :puke2: 32 Sad Cafe - Strange Little Girl 34 The Skids - Working For The Yankee Dollar :cheer: 35 Fleetwood Mac - Sarah....don't mind a bit of FMac 39 The Buggles - Living In The Plastic Age.....catchy song,preferred Video killed the radio star though 40 Chic - My Feet Keep Dancing .....always liked their music,great disco :)
January 22, 200916 yr a few comments... 1 The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket... excellent song and it was a nice surprise when it reached #1 2 The Specials - Too Much Too Young (The Special AKA Live! EP)... brilliant record, I can still picture the cover now 3 Billy Preston & Syreeta - With You I'm Born Again :puke2: 4 Madness - My Girl... the first big hit for Madness, good song 5 The Nolans - I'm In The Mood For Dancing :puke2: 6 KC & The Sunshine Band - Please Don't Go :puke2: 7 Styx -Babe :puke2: a US number one that sounded dreadful 8 Joe Jackson - It's Different For Girls ... I remember having to pay 80p for this record when I bought it, my local Woolies had just increased the prices from 75p! 9 Booker T & The MGs -Green Onions 10 Dollar - I Wanna Hold Your Hand :puke2: 11 Dr Hook - Better Love Next Time :puke2: 12 The Beat - Tears Of A Clown / Ranking Full Stop... another 2 Tone single and another great song 13 The Clash - London Calling I love this song but never got around to actually buying it 14 Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall :lol: I detested this song at the time, thought it was a song for thickos. I don't mind it these days. 15 The Regents - 7 Teen and they sang "a permamnent reaction" on TOTP but they certainly didn't on the single! 16 Jon & Vangelis - I Hear You Now :puke2: 17 Kenny Rogers - Coward Of The County :puke2: and I bought this for my mum, for Mother's Day 18 Abba - I Have A Dream :puke2: 19 The Bee Gees - Spirits (Having Flown) I loved this song at the time, a bit of a belated release as the last single released from the album was some 8 months previous 20 Sheila & B Devotion - Spacer :thumbup: I still have this on 12". Such a brilliant song. 21 Azymuth - Jazz Carnival -_- a bit bland 22 Positive Force - We Got The Funk used to have this, good party song 23 The Boomtown Rats - Someone's Looking At You better than Mondays or Diamond Smiles 24 New Musik - Living By Numbers had this on 10" vinyl. Great song but the band look like furniture removal men or something! 25 Rose Royce - Is It Love You're After :puke2: S Express took the only good bit of the song and made something better out of it 26 Matchbox - Buzz Buzz A Diddle It :puke2: :puke2: :puke2: 27 Kool & The Gang - Too Hot :) OK 28 Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Pina Colada Song) :) another US number one, not too bad 29 The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight the longer version on the 12" was 15 minutes long but what a song! 30 The Tourists - I Only Want To Be With You -_- OK 31 Fiddler's Dram - Day Trip To Bangor :puke2: 32 Sad Cafe - Strange Little Girl -_- OK 33 Sister Sledge - I've Got To Love Somebody :puke2: one song too many for the Chic gang 34 The Skids - Working For The Yankee Dollar great song 35 Fleetwood Mac - Sarah I loved this song 36 Amii Stewart - Paradise Bird / The Letter :puke2: 37 Suzi Quatro - Mama's Boy :( boring 38 UFO - Young Blood :puke2: 39 The Buggles - Living In The Plastic Age :) OK song 40 Chic - My Feet Keep Dancing "my mama said my brains were in my feet". Excellent song and Chic's last top 40 hit, save a 1987 remix.
January 22, 200916 yr I had the following 1 The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket 2 The Specials - Too Much Too Young (The Special AKA Live! EP) 4 Madness - My Girl 8 Joe Jackson - It's Different For Girls 9 Booker T & The MGs -Green Onions 12 The Beat - Tears Of A Clown / Ranking Full Stop 20 Sheila & B Devotion - Spacer (12") 22 Positive Force - We Got The Funk 23 The Boomtown Rats - Someone's Looking At You 24 New Musik - Living By Numbers (10") 29 The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight (12") 40 Chic - My Feet Keep Dancing (12")
January 22, 200916 yr mushy - which Rachel Stevens song samples Spacer? Alcazar sampled it on "Crying At The Discoteque" and reached #13 in December 2001.
January 22, 200916 yr 1 The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket... classic 3 Billy Preston & Syreeta - With You I'm Born Again... you'd never know this was Motown would you? The label REALLY went downhill in the 80s :( 5 The Nolans - I'm In The Mood For Dancing... love 'em :wub: :heehee: :dance: Biggest selling western act in Japan EVER, you know? 6 KC & The Sunshine Band - Please Don't Go... not their best, but definitely better than Basshunter's version! 9 Booker T & The MGs -Green Onions... why was this in the charts in 1980? Mod revival I guess... classic Southern soul jam 10 Dollar - I Wanna Hold Your Hand... I liked them better with Trever Horn 12 The Beat - Tears Of A Clown / Ranking Full Stop... I actually always thought it was a really terrible version... 13 The Clash - London Calling... absolute classic again :) 14 Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall... ditto 18 ABBA - I Have A Dream... my least favourite ABBA single. The Spanish version Estoy Sonando is good though (and the Westlife version is OK, for the first time ever!) 20 Sheila & B Devotion - Spacer... amazing Chic-produced French disco. Daft Punk have nothing on this. 24 New Musik - Living By Numbers... good band. Can't remember this song off hand though. Tony Mansfield = LEGEND. 29 The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight... first rap song, although in a way it's more disco... good anyway 30 The Tourists - I Only Want To Be With You... Not a patch on Dusty but it did show early promise from Dave and Annie... 33 Sister Sledge - I've Got To Love Somebody... great group, but I don't remember this at all... 35 Fleetwood Mac - Sarah... as above... 39 The Buggles - Living In The Plastic Age... Trevor Horn = GENIUS. This wasn't bad. 40 Chic - My Feet Keep Dancing... as 33/35!
January 22, 200916 yr Author mushy - which Rachel Stevens song samples Spacer? Alcazar sampled it on "Crying At The Discoteque" and reached #13 in December 2001. ooops.... you are correct, it was 'more more more' by andrea true connection that the stevens bint covered.. :)
January 23, 200916 yr What a great chart full of variety and diverse genres of music. A far cry from today's charts... (goes into old git patronising mode) it makes me feel sorry for teenagers today .... I like: 1 The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket 2 The Specials - Too Much Too Young (The Special AKA Live! EP) - I'm so pleased they are coming back in 2009. Terry Hall is criminally underrated as a singer/songwriter. T6fkHZzlFUA 3 Billy Preston & Syreeta - With You I'm Born Again 4 Madness - My Girl 6 KC & The Sunshine Band - Please Don't Go 8 Joe Jackson - It's Different For Girls 12 The Beat - Tears Of A Clown / Ranking Full Stop 13 The Clash - London Calling - The late Lily Allen's godfather's most famous tune. Although I always preferred Mick Jones' compositions. Then again I prefer McCartney to Lennon... MqO1b-5RsAs 14 Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall 15 The Regents - 7 Teen 16 Jon & Vangelis - I Hear You Now 17 Kenny Rogers - Coward Of The County 18 Abba - I Have A Dream 19 The Bee Gees - Spirits (Having Flown) - I don't care how uncool this track is, I just love it as it is an immense tune. No wonder I like Take That & Gary Barlow today.... aYTGQ7lFVBw 20 Sheila & B Devotion - Spacer 29 The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight 30 The Tourists - I Only Want To Be With You 34 The Skids - Working For The Yankee Dollar 35 Fleetwood Mac - Sarah 39 The Buggles - Living In The Plastic Age 40 Chic - My Feet Keep Dancing
January 26, 200916 yr My picks 1 The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket 2 The Specials - Too Much Too Young (The Special AKA Live! EP) 3 Billy Preston & Syreeta - With You I'm Born Again 4 Madness - My Girl 5 The Nolans - I'm In The Mood For Dancing 8 Joe Jackson - It's Different For Girls 10 Dollar - I Wanna Hold Your Hand 11 Dr Hook - Better Love Next Time 13 The Clash - London Calling 14 Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall 15 The Regents - 7 Teen 17 Kenny Rogers - Coward Of The County 18 Abba - I Have A Dream 19 The Bee Gees - Spirits (Having Flown) 20 Sheila & B Devotion - Spacer 23 The Boomtown Rats - Someone's Looking At You 24 New Musik - Living By Numbers 25 Rose Royce - Is It Love You're After 27 Kool & The Gang - Too Hot 28 Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Pina Colada Song) 29 The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight 30 The Tourists - I Only Want To Be With You 32 Sad Cafe - Strange Little Girl 35 Fleetwood Mac - Sarah 37 Suzi Quatro - Mama's Boy 40 Chic - My Feet Keep Dancing
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