Shadoey Top 40 - 5/18/91

[Daniel Shywaoub]

01 03 I LIKE THE WAY Hi-Five
02 05 TOUCH ME (ALL NIGHT LONG) Cathy Dennis
03 04 HERE WE GO LET'S ROCK & ROLL C & C Music Factory
04 06 I TOUCH MYSELF Divinyls
05 07 RHYTHM OF MY HEART Rod Stewart
06 01 JOYRIDE Roxette
07 02 BABY BABY Amy Grant
08 08 I DON'T WANNA CRY Mariah Carey
09 09 MORE THAN WORDS Extreme
10 12 I WANNA SEX YOU UP Color Me Badd
11 11 SILENT LUCIDITY Queensrÿche
12 18 LOVE IS A WONDERFUL THING Michael Bolton
13 16 LOSING MY RELIGION R.E.M.
14 17 YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO HOME TONIGHT The Triplets
15 14 MORE THAN EVER Nelson
16 15 SAVE SOME LOVE Keedy
17 21 MIRACLE Whitney Houston
18 23 WRITTEN ALL OVER YOUR FACE Rude Boys
19 13 VOICES THAN CARE Voices That Care
20 24 WHAT COMES NATURALLY Sheena Easton
21 10 CRY FOR HELP Rick Astley
22 25 DON'T TREAT ME BAD Firehouse
23 36 RUSH RUSH Paula Abdul
24 28 STRIKE IT UP Black Box
25 32 UNBELIEVABLE EMF
26 33 THE POWER OF LOVE/LOVE POWER Luther Vandross
27 27 MY HEART IS FAILING ME Riff
28 19 YOU'RE IN LOVE Wilson Phillips
29 26 IT'S A SHAME Monie Love
30 34 COUPLE DAYS OFF Huey Lewis and The News
31 30 SHE TALKS TO ANGELS The Black Crowes
32 20 I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT YOU Londonbeat
33 39 MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT L.L. Cool J
34 22 HOLD YOU TIGHT Tara Kemp
35 40 DO YOU WANT ME Salt-N-Pepa
36 38 PEOPLE ARE STILL HAVING SEX LaTour
37 35 HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH The Fixx
38 -> PLAYGROUND Another Bad Creation
39 -> HERE I AM UB40
40 -> LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT Styx

LDD
A SHOULDER TO CRY ON Tommy Page

DROPPERS
SADENESS PART 1 Enigma
JUST THE WAY IT IS BABY The Rembrandts
IESHA Another Bad Creation

And this weeks cute coincidences: Keedy (her last name) right next to Nelson (their last name), and then Nelson (twins) right next to The Triplets.

[Libra]

:) I have the show from the week before this one. (That was also their second of three from Walt Disney World.)

SPOILER: Click to show

May 11, 1991
40 -- Salt-N-Pepa - Do You Want Me (21)
39 -- LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out (17)
38 40 LaTour - People Are Still Having Sex (35)
37 22 The Rembrandts - Just the Way it Is, Baby (14)
36 -- Paula Abdul - Rush Rush (1)
35 39 The Fixx - How Much is Enough (35)
34 -- Huey Lewis & The News - Couple Days Off (11)
33 -- Luther Vandross - Power of Love/Love Power (4)
32 -- EMF - Unbelievable (1)
31 17 Enigma - Sadness (Part 1) (5)
30 32 The Black Crowes - She Talks to Angels (30)
29 25 Another Bad Creation - Iesha (9)
28 37 Black Box - Strike it Up (8)
27 31 Riff - My Heart is Failing Me (25)
26 30 Monie Love featuring True Image - It's a Shame (My Sister) (26)
25 28 Firehouse - Don't Treat Me Bad (19)
24 27 Sheena Easton - What Comes Naturally (19)
23 23 The Rude Boys - Written All Over Your Face (16)
22 14 Tara Kemp - Hold You Tight (3)
21 26 Whitney Houston - Miracle (9)
AT40 Flashback: May 7, 1977
20 12 Londonbeat - I've Been Thinking About You (1)
19 09 Wilson Phillips - You're in Love (1)
18 24 Michael Bolton - Love is a Wonderful Thing (4)
17 19 The Triplets - You Don't Have to Go Home Tonight (14)
16 21 R.E.M. - Losing My Religion (4)
LDD: Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram "Somewhere Out There" from Julia Romlee in Singapore to Danny, who she met waiting in line at Disneyland with her cousins; they were only able to spend those few hours together, and unable to exchange addresses, she sends this dedication to him now in hopes that it'll reach him
15 18 Keedy - Save Some Love (15)
14 15 Nelson - More Than Ever (14)
13 11 Voices That Care - Voices That Care (11)
12 20 Color Me Badd - I Wanna Sex You Up (2)
11 13 Queensryche - Silent Lucidity (9)
10 07 Rick Astley - Cry For Help (7)
09 16 Extreme - More Than Words (1)
08 10 Mariah Carey - I Don't Wanna Cry (1)
07 08 Rod Stewart - Rhythm of My Heart (5)
06 06 The Divinyls - I Touch Myself (4)
05 05 Cathy Dennis - Touch Me (All Night Long) (2)
04 04 C&C Music Factory featuring Freedom Williams & Zelma Davis - Here We Go (Let's Rock and Roll) (3)
03 03 Hi-Five - I Like the Way (The Kissing Game) (1)
02 01 Amy Grant - Baby, Baby (1)
01 02 Roxette - Joyride (1)

Six debuts this week as we count 'em down from Walt Disney World, and the hits that couldn't make the trip are:
"Rico Suave" (LW: 29),
the medley of "Mercy Mercy Me" and "I Want You" (LW: 33),
"One More Try" (LW: 35),
"Signs" (LW: 36),
"Round and Round" (LW: 37), and
"Coming Out of the Dark" (LW: 38).

NOTES:

• This is the second of three American Top 40 shows from Walt Disney World. Unlike the first one, this one doesn't have the advance promos included. Although...looking at them on the cue sheet, there really isn't much to them other than hosting from Disney World (whereas in 90, two of the three focused on current chart happenings).
• In my copy, whoever tried to edit the commercials out of this show did a really bad job of it; they all abruptly cut off after only a few seconds.
• Ludwig Von Drake joins Shadoe right in the show's opening.
• You gotta love it when chart circumstances conspire to cause awkward countdown events...like "People Are Still Having Sex", "I Wanna Sex You Up", "I Touch Myself", and "Touch Me (All Night Long)" all in this week's countdown, plus the first of those is the new #1 song on the Dance chart. And we're at Walt Disney World this week, folks!
• This show seemed to move at a rather fast pace, moving from one song to the next without wasting much time.
• The cue sheet didn't have a mention of a question letter inbetween #31 and #30, asking what the biggest-selling Disney album was. It was the Mary Poppins soundtrack, which sold over 7 million copies.
• All station mentions throughout the show weren't given by Shadoe himself, but instead by different listeners who happened to be at Walt Disney World at the time. They were also scattered individually throughout the show rather than given in once-per-hour batches.
• Unlike last year, Shadoe remembered to plan for the AT40 Wayback Machine this time. ;)
• Roger Rabbit kept pestering Shadoe to read a special LDD from him to his wife Jessica, and even handed him a letter to read. Shadoe began reading this letter, only to find it didn't fit as a LDD - not surprising, given that it was word-for-word a letter Roger had written during Who Framed Roger Rabbit?. So instead, Shadoe read the week's dedication and also said that he'd dedicate it to the two of them. (Irony : The song is from a Don Bluth-animated film.)
• Come to think of it, though, that dedication seems oddly placed right after "Losing My Religion".
• From the "Sign of the Times (no connection to Prince)" Files: Shadoe stated that "Save Some Love" was one of 25 singles this week that were not available as 7-inch vinyl singles, a sign that that format was on its last legs. (Turns out that wasn't true; on 6/1 there was a correction pointing out that the song did have a vinyl release.)
• "No Nuttin' ": #14 and #7.
• "I Wanna Sex You Up", of all songs, received the softer jingle, while "Cry For Help", a much slower-paced song, did not.
• The third hour had a cartoon-sounding closing in place of the usual end-of-hour piece.
• Strangely, half of the first verse of "Baby, Baby" repeated twice before the first chorus. I'm not sure that there is a normal (as in, outside of the show) version of the song that does this.
• Shadoe ended his closing in a different way than usual this week, instead giving a nod to the upcoming holiday by saying, "so long for now and Happy Mother's Day!"
• #1 R&B: "Call Me" by Phil Currie
• #1 Country: "If I Know Me" by George Strait
• #1 Album: Mariah Carey

[johnnywest]

This was a great time for music! I probably have most of this taped on cassette somewhere.