Billboard 1985: The Rankdown (Winner Revealed)

[Unhinged]

Ranking Billboard's Top 100 Songs of 1985

More to come...

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

Another one I'm definitely doing.

[🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾]

I'll do this too.

[Unhinged]

Billboard's Top Songs of 1985

Seeing as though this is a big rankdown with 100 songs I am going to make the deadline for this April 21^st, 2018.

1. Inverse Point system will be used (i.e. rank singles 1-100).

2. You must rank all the singles (if there's a remix you prefer, you can use that for your ranking instead, you don't have to specify whether you did)

3. PM me your rankings. Please do not use numbers. I will know the first song on your list is No. 1 and so on...it makes it easier for me when I spreadsheet it.

4. Submissions will be due by April 21^st, 2018.

5. Manage your time wisely please. Deadlines are deadlines. I will send plenty of reminders, don't worry...

Preference Revealer

1. Careless Whisper - Wham!
2. Like A Virgin - Madonna
3. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - Wham!
4. I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner
5. I Feel For You - Chaka Khan
6. Out Of Touch - Daryl Hall & John Oates
7. Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears
8. Money For Nothing - Dire Straits
9. Crazy For You - Madonna
10. Take On Me - A-Ha
11. Everytime You Go Away - Paul Young
12. Easy Lover - Phil Collins & Philip Bailey
13. Can't Fight This Feeling - REO Speedwagon
14. We Built This City - Starship
15. The Power Of Love - Huey Lewis & The News
16. Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds
17. Cherish - Kool & The Gang
18. St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion) - John Parr
19. The Heat Is On - Glenn Frey
20. We Are The World - U.S.A. For Africa
21. Shout - Tears For Fears
22. Part-Time Lover - Stevie Wonder
23. Saving All My Love For You - Whitney Houston
24. Heaven - Bryan Adams
25. Everything She Wants - Wham!
26. Cool It Now - New Edition
27. Miami Vice Theme - Jan Hammer
28. Lover Boy - Billy Ocean
29. Lover Girl - Teena Marie
30. You Belong To The City - Glenn Frey
31. Oh Sheila - Ready For The World
32. Rhythm Of The Night - Debarge
33. One More Night - Phil Collins
34. Sea Of Love - Honeydrippers
35. A View To A Kill - Duran Duran
36. The Wild Boys - Duran Duran
37. You're The Inspiration - Chicago
38. Neutron Dance - Pointer Sisters
39. We Belong - Pat Benatar
40. Nightshift - Commodores
41. Things Can Only Get Better - Howard Jones
42. All I Need - Jack Wagner
43. Freeway Of Love - Aretha Franklin
44. Never Surrender - Corey Hart
45. Sussudio - Phil Collins
46. Strut - Sheena Easton
47. You Give Good Love - Whitney Houston
48. The Search Is Over - Survivor
49. Missing You - Diana Ross
50. Separate Lives - Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin
51. Raspberry Beret - Prince & The Revolution
52. Suddenly - Billy Ocean
53. The Boys Of Summer - Don Henley
54. One Night In Bangkok - Murray Head
55. If You Love Somebody Set Them Free - Sting
56. Obsession - Animotion
57. We Don't Need Another Hero - Tina Turner
58. Material Girl - Madonna
59. Better Be Good To Me - Tina Turner
60. Head Over Heels - Tears For Fears
61. Axel F - Harold Faltermeyer
62. Smooth Operator - Sade
63. In My House - Mary Jane Girls
64. Don't Lose My Number - Phil Collins
65. All Through The Night - Cyndi Lauper
66. Run To You - Bryan Adams
67. Glory Days - Bruce Springsteen
68. Voices Carry - 'Til Tuesday
69. Misled - Kool & The Gang
70. Would I Lie To You? - Eurythmics
71. Be Near Me - ABC
72. No More Lonely Nights - Paul McCartney
73. I Can't Hold Back - Survivor
74. Summer Of '69 - Bryan Adams
75. Walking On Sunshine - Katrina & The Waves
76. Freedom - Wham!
77. Too Late For Goodbyes - Julian Lennon
78. Valotte - Julian Lennon
79. Some Like It Hot - Power Station
80. Solid - Ashford & Simpson
81. Angel - Madonna
82. I'm On Fire - Bruce Springsteen
83. Method Of Modern Love - Daryl Hall & John Oates
84. Lay Your Hands On Me - Thompson Twins
85. Who's Holding Donna Now - Debarge
86. Lonely Ol' Night - John Cougar Mellencamp
87. What About Love - Heart
88. California Girls - David Lee Roth
89. Fresh - Kool & The Gang
90. Do What You Do - Jermaine Jackson
91. Jungle Of Love - The Time
92. Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen
93. Private Dancer - Tina Turner
94. Who's Zoomin' Who - Aretha Franklin
95. Fortress Around Your Heart - Sting
96. Penny Lover - Lionel Richie
97. All She Wants To Do Is Dance - Don Henley
98. Dress You Up - Madonna
99. Sentimental Street - Night Ranger
100. Sugar Walls - Sheena Easton

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[Unhinged]

Bump. This is next in line for me...

[Red]

Just what I needed, another super tough 80's RD. :kii:

But I'm, obviously, in.

[carriefan15]

I’ve been LOVING Take On Me lately!!! Really gives me Head Over Heels vibes, and I’ve always loved that song

[Deleted]

Won't be doing this but will be rooting for Take On Me.

[Cody Wants Out...]

I'll begin working on it this weekend.

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

submitted

[Butterflies & Hurricanes]

this went over a month w/o a post & it fell off my radar ... I need to start ranking immediately!

[Juanca]

^Idem
Also, I wonder if we can space out a bit the 80s rankdowns :) They are just so good years that I hope we can enjoy the preparation and reveals one by one with some extra time 1984 and 1983 were kind of very close to each other, and I hope the reveals don't overlap much so that there's also opportunity to comment on the songs... just sayin'

[Unhinged]

K hold up, I haven’t even set a deadline yet...when I do it’s gonna be far off...relax :)

[singingrulebritannia]

Mar 5, 2018 7:11:50 GMT -5 Unhinged said:

K hold up, I haven’t even set a deadline yet...when I do it’s gonna be far off...relax

You should edit out this, then.

Jan 31, 2018 13:30:27 GMT -5 Unhinged said:

Seeing as though this is a big rankdown with 100 songs I am going to make the deadline for this March 10^th, 2018.

[Unhinged]

Mar 5, 2018 7:17:27 GMT -5 singingrulebritannia said:

Mar 5, 2018 7:11:50 GMT -5 Unhinged said:

K hold up, I haven’t even set a deadline yet...when I do it’s gonna be far off...relax

You should edit out this, then.

Jan 31, 2018 13:30:27 GMT -5 Unhinged said:

Seeing as though this is a big rankdown with 100 songs I am going to make the deadline for this March 10^th, 2018.

oh crap...lol

[Unhinged]

Deadline is now April 7th...:)

Sorry folks, totally forgot that I set a deadline for this rankdown. That’s why I haven’t been sending reminders. That said, anyone who has submitted who felt rushed thinking the deadline was this Saturday can resubmit. :)

[Unhinged]

First reminder that submissions are due April 7^th, 2018.

I have received submissions from:

🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾

Doc Indie Party Rock

mamooshka

Butterflies & Hurricanes

SPOILER: Click to show

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[🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲]

I'll give it a shot!

[🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲]

Wow! This is even harder than 1984!! So many of my favorites are on this list!!!

[craziaskowboi]

Is it just me, or are all these 1980s rankdowns off by a month? The 1983 rankdown seems like a set of songs that reached peak from December 1982-November 1983. Likewise, 1984 seemed like December 1983-November 1984, and this here seems like December 1984-November 1985.

[craziaskowboi]

Ha, "Lover Boy" and "Lover Girl" are #28 and #29!

[singingrulebritannia]

Mar 15, 2018 22:10:58 GMT -5 craziaskowboi said:

Is it just me, or are all these 1980s rankdowns off by a month? The 1983 rankdown seems like a set of songs that reached peak from December 1982-November 1983. Likewise, 1984 seemed like December 1983-November 1984, and this here seems like December 1984-November 1985.

That's the way the Billboard chart year goes

[craziaskowboi]

Mar 15, 2018 22:36:11 GMT -5 singingrulebritannia said:

Mar 15, 2018 22:10:58 GMT -5 craziaskowboi said:

Is it just me, or are all these 1980s rankdowns off by a month? The 1983 rankdown seems like a set of songs that reached peak from December 1982-November 1983. Likewise, 1984 seemed like December 1983-November 1984, and this here seems like December 1984-November 1985.

That's the way the Billboard chart year goes

Weird.

[singingrulebritannia]

I found this playlist



As the creator mentions in the description, "All I Need" by Jack Wagner is the only Spotify-unavailable track (they put in a generic cover version--watch out for that if you're shuffling like I did)

[Unhinged]

^Thanks!

[Butterflies & Hurricanes]

Mar 2, 2018 20:02:01 GMT -5 carriefan15 said:

I’ve been LOVING Take On Me lately!!! Really gives me Head Over Heels vibes, and I’ve always loved that song

Go-Gos or Tears For Fears?

[craziaskowboi]

I submitted my list for this, right?

[Unhinged]

Mar 21, 2018 23:37:58 GMT -5 craziaskowboi said:

I submitted my list for this, right?

Yup :)

[Unhinged]

Friendlily reminder that submissions are due April 7^th...

I'm watching for when the '83 rankdown commences and if it's around the time of the deadline for this I will hold off with the reveal until '83 is done...

Also, I'm wondering if some of you would like to include other things related to 1985 to discuss or rank? Maybe we could talk about our favorite movies or other stuff from that year? Just a thought...

So far I have received lists from:

🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾

Butterflies & Hurricanes

Doc Indie Party Rock

mamooshka

craziaskowboi

singingrulebritannia

SPOILER: Click to show

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[Butterflies & Hurricanes]

here's my favorite song of 1985 (a shame it didn't make the cut):