Billboard 1988: The Rankdown (Winner Revealed)

[peacebone]

Are you kidding me with this being the first one out

[Unhinged]

#33

I Hate Myself For Loving You

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

Total Points: 1768

Billboard Hot 100: 8

Billboard Top 100 of 1988: 85

From: Up Your Alley

Written by Desmond Child and Joan Jett, this was released in June of 1988 as the lead single from the album Up Your Alley. It received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1989.  

It was her first Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 since "Crimson and Clover" in 1982.

Handing out a perfect rank with this leaving, congrats rowellfarm490 ...

🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 - 24 
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 20
craziaskowboi - 81
mamooshka - 86
campbellssoup - 61
gonecountry - 22

newpower  - 77 
tallen2001 - 18
singingrulebritannia - 28
God - 35
@crapkuki23 - 11
astorknight - 30
Alex1901 - 23
Doc Indie Party Rock - 29
Mic Technique - 53
Sambalada - 64
narp - 35
Az Paynter - 76
rgreen0625 - 38
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 75
Cody Wants Out... - 4
peacebone - 24
Mirago - 70
rowellfarm490 - 33
Red - 25
Ky - 67
Glove Slap - 93
@antigonerising - 51
Zeebz - 16
Juanca - 37
Unhinged  - 57

[Glove Slap]

And finally my bottom 10 is cleared.

I think I only have one in my bottom 40, and it's the song I expected to last the longest from that range.

[Unhinged]

#32

I Found Someone

Cher

Total Points: 1779

Billboard Hot 100: 10

Billboard Top 100 of 1988: 94

From: Cher

Laura Branigan took this song (which was written specifically for her by the underrated Michael Bolton) to No. 90 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1986 but it was Cher who would make it a Top 10 hit the week ending March 5, 1988.

It was the first single from her 18^th solo album Cher and it would also land inside the Top 10 in 5 other countries including the UK where it also out peaked the original.

Sorry God but you become the second of us to lose your No. 1 with this leaving the rankdown (though don't feel too bad because the next reveal will also send another No. 1 rank out the door)...

🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 - 37
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 86
craziaskowboi - 30
mamooshka - 16
campbellssoup - 79
gonecountry - 50
newpower  - 55 
tallen2001 - 46
singingrulebritannia - 62
God - 1
@crapkuki23 - 27
astorknight - 56
Alex1901 - 54
Doc Indie Party Rock - 82
Mic Technique - 13
Sambalada - 22
narp - 59
Az Paynter - 11
rgreen0625 - 62
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 68
Cody Wants Out... - 82
peacebone - 63
Mirago - 20
rowellfarm490 - 37
Red - 72
Ky - 41
Glove Slap - 13
@antigonerising - 24
Zeebz - 15
Juanca - 42
Unhinged - 27

[Unhinged]

#31

Don't Be Cruel

Bobby Brown

Total Points: 1797

Billboard Hot 100: 8

Billboard Top 100 of 1988: 79

From: Don't Be Cruel

Climbing the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time as Cheap Trick's "Don't Be Cruel" this peaked at No. 8 the week ending October 15, 1988. Written by L.A. Reid and Babyface, this was the first single released from Bobby's sophomore album of the same name which was eventually certified 7x platinum in the US.

Sorry @antigonerising but you lose your No. 1 with this exiting the rankdown...

Revealing 30-21 tomorrow...

🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 - 21
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 74
craziaskowboi - 63
mamooshka - 32
campbellssoup - 89
gonecountry - 45
newpower - 21
tallen2001 - 59
singingrulebritannia - 36
God - 44
@crapkuki23 - 46
astorknight - 41
Alex1901 - 74
Doc Indie Party Rock  - 27
Mic Technique - 14
Sambalada - 66
narp - 9
Az Paynter - 68
rgreen0625  - 40
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 2
Cody Wants Out...  - 51
peacebone - 15
Mirago - 80
rowellfarm490  - 41
Red - 59
Ky - 13
Glove Slap  - 58
@antigonerising - 1
Zeebz - 49
Juanca - 78
Unhinged - 38

Revealed so far...

Don't Be Cruel - Bobby Brown
I Found Someone - Cher
I Hate Myself For Loving You - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Kissing A Fool - George Michael
Is This Love - Whitesnake
Got My Mind Set On You - George Harrison
Girlfriend - Pebbles
Hungry Eyes - Eric Carmen
I Get Weak - Belinda Carlisle
Catch Me (I'm Falling) - Pretty Poison
The Flame - Cheap Trick
Seasons Change - Expose
Roll With It - Steve Winwood
If It Isn't Love - New Edition
Mercedes Boy - Pebbles
Nite And Day - Al B. Sure!
Candle In The Wind - Elton John
Simply Irresistible - Robert Palmer
Prove Your Love - Taylor Dayne
I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That - Elton John
Everything Your Heart Desires - Daryl Hall & John Oates
Piano In The Dark - Brenda Russell
Cherry Bomb - John Cougar Mellencamp
Don't Shed A Tear - Paul Carrack
Together Forever - Rick Astley
Should've Known Better - Richard Marx
Endless Summer Nights - Richard Marx
Pink Cadillac - Natalie Cole
Angel - Aerosmith
Say You Will - Foreigner
Wild, Wild West - Escape Club
The Loco-Motion - Kylie Minogue
We'll Be Together - Sting
1-2-3 - Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
I Want Her - Keith Sweat
Red Red Wine - UB40
Bad Medicine - Bon Jovi
Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car - Billy Ocean
Where Do Broken Hearts Go - Whitney Houston
Out Of The Blue - Debbie Gibson
Kokomo - Beach Boys
Foolish Beat - Debbie Gibson
The Valley Road - Bruce Hornsby & The Range
Shake Your Love - Debbie Gibson
Don't You Know What The Night Can Do - Steve Winwood
Can't Stay Away From You - Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
Anything For You - Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
One Moment In Time - Whitney Houston
Hands To Heaven - Breathe
Perfect World - Huey Lewis & The News
I Want To Be Your Man - Roger
She's Like The Wind - Patrick Swayze
Nothin' But A Good Time - Poison
Rocket 2 U - Jets
When It's Love - Van Halen
Naughty Girls (Need Love Too) - Samantha Fox
Don't Be Cruel - Cheap Trick
Make Me Lose Control - Eric Carmen
I'll Always Love You - Taylor Dayne
I Don't Want To Live Without You - Foreigner
Hold On To The Nights - Richard Marx
A Groovy Kind Of Love - Phil Collins
Make It Real - Jets
Just Like Paradise - David Lee Roth
I Still Believe - Brenda K. Starr
Don't Worry, Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin
One Good Woman - Peter Cetera
Wait - White Lion
Could've Been - Tiffany
I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love - Chicago

The Top 30 (in alphabetical order)...

Always On My Mind - Pet Shop Boys
Desire - U2
Devil Inside - INXS
Dirty Diana - Michael Jackson
Don't You Want Me - Jody Watley
Electric Blue - Icehouse
Faith - George Michael
Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
Father Figure - George Michael
Hazy Shade Of Winter - Bangles
Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle
Love Bites - Def Leppard
Man In The Mirror - Michael Jackson
Monkey - George Michael
Need You Tonight - INXS
Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
Never Tear Us Apart - INXS
New Sensation - INXS
One More Try - George Michael
Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard
Shattered Dreams - Johnny Hates Jazz
Sign Your Name - Terence Trent d'Arby
So Emotional - Whitney Houston*
Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
Tell It To My Heart - Taylor Dayne
The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson
Valerie - Steve Winwood
What Have I Done To Deserve This? - Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
What's On Your Mind - Information Society
Wishing Well - Terence Trent d'Arby

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DAMN ALL OF YOU CRUSTY SLEW FOOTED HUSSIES

[Glove Slap]

[Red]

Nov 30, 2018 9:39:39 GMT -5 @antigonerising said:

Nov 30, 2018 9:17:09 GMT -5 Az Paynter said:

Oh s**t Cynthia lmao!

Yeahhhh I can't stand Eric Carmen apparently! Lose Control was my #99.

It's hard to explain but it's not that his were bad songs on their face, but that the production/melody was too on the nose, to the point of being completely devoid of human feeling. The verses start off fine, if unremarkable, but when both songs flip into the hook something about it sounds like the music I would hear in an elevator on the way to the second circle of hell.

This is me, but Chicago.

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24
28 | 34 | 41 | 45 | 48
61 | 63
88

That's a pretty good ratio, though I guess we just have to make room for one song in my lower ranks making it to the top 30 in every one of these 80s RDs now. Considering that almost every song in my top 25 made the top 30, I'm fine with that, I suppose.

[campbellssoup]

I’m very glad to see that Icehouse and both Terence Trent D’Arby songs made it to the top 30

[Unhinged]

Over 1/3 of the Top 30 real estate is owned by INXS, George Michael and Michael Jackson.

[singingrulebritannia]

I truly did not realize this many people liked that Cher song. It was the only one of my bottom half rankings I was surprised was still around. But with how 80s Heart has been treated I guess this makes sense.

After that, I have 7 bottom 50s left. All but one are from multiple-song artists. 3 of these artists are/were also present in my top half.

[Glove Slap]

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 25, 28, 30, 31, 34, 35, 37, 40, 43, 44, 71

No real surprises.

[Alex1901]

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20
30,33,34,38
41
57,59
72,73,75 (surprised 73 is still in)
85 (better not make it in the top 10)

Im impressed I have 19 of my top 20 still in.

[Unhinged]

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,17,18,19,20,23,24,26,34,34,35,37,41,42,51,52 and 62.

Not too shabby.

[Butterflies & Hurricanes]

VERY good Top 30!!! but Dirty Diana & Love Bites have stayed around waaaaay too long

[Mic Technique]

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 31, 22, 33, 39, 44, 54, 60, 66, 69, 71, 73, 84. Whatever!

I can't help but suspect my no. 1 is out next here in this homophobic slaughterhouse known to most as the Games section.

In memoriam: Mercedes Boy (#9), Nite And Day (#10), Catch Me (I'm Falling) (#11), I Found Someone (#13), Don't Be Cruel (#14), If It Isn't Love (#19), and Prove Your Love (#20).

[Cody Wants Out...]

1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 32, 33, 46, 47, 55, 58, 60, 62, 63, 64, 74, 75, 76, 93, 94, and 100.

[Ky]

Nov 30, 2018 12:07:38 GMT -5 campbellssoup said:

I’m very glad to see that Icehouse and both Terence Trent D’Arby songs made it to the top 30

Very surprised that both Terence songs are left!

[Mirago]

Nov 30, 2018 8:39:18 GMT -5 Unhinged said:

#40

Catch Me (I'm Falling)

Pretty Poison

I should have ranked this higher based off the "I am descending from heaven above" lyric alone.


And what do all you 'Hungry Eyes' tankers have against Yacht Rock?

While ranking and relistening to these songs I came to see (hear) how much sax there was in 1988.
Richard Marx, Beach Boys, Eric Carmen, etc.

[Mirago]

A few more '88 extras

Don't Walk Away - Toni Childs
Hot 100: #72





Should I Say Yes - Nu Shooz
Hot 100: # 41





Talkin' Bout A Revolution - Tracy Chapman
Hot 100: #75





Front 242 - Headhunter
Hot 100: --

[Red]

Nov 30, 2018 13:03:22 GMT -5 Butterflies & Hurricanes said:

VERY good Top 30!!! but Dirty Diana & Love Bites have stayed around waaaaay too long

You bite your tongue.

[newpower]

Not doing too well in this one.

1 | 3 | 4 | 5 |6 | 9
11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17
24 | 26 | 29 | 30
32 | 34 | 35 | 39 | 40
41 | 42 | 44 | 46
53 | 71 | 75 | 84 | 92

My #92 will probably be Top 10. It's by an artist that I really like but this song I don't.

[🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲]

Nov 30, 2018 9:54:53 GMT -5 Unhinged said:

#36

Got My Mind Set On You

George Harrison

Total Points: 1731

Billboard Hot 100: 1⁽¹⁾

Billboard Top 100 of 1988: 3

From: Cloud Nine

Cover of the original 1962 song by James Ray which was titled "I've Got My Mind Set on You", this was a big hit, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 January 16, 1988.

It was Harrison's last No. 1 and also the last from any of the ex-Beatles. It also hit No. 1 in Canada, Australia, Belgium and Ireland.

 6 Top 20's fall with this leaving the rankdown...

I honestly never thought this song would make it this far. Pfft. 😏

[🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲]

Nov 30, 2018 13:56:36 GMT -5 Mic Technique said:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 31, 22, 33, 39, 44, 54, 60, 66, 69, 71, 73, 84. Whatever!

I can't help but suspect my no. 1 is out next here in this homophobic slaughterhouse known to most as the Games section.

In memoriam: Mercedes Boy (#9), Nite And Day (#10), Catch Me (I'm Falling) (#11), I Found Someone (#13), Don't Be Cruel (#14), If It Isn't Love (#19), and Prove Your Love (#20).

I lost some of those as well. 😢

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

Nov 30, 2018 10:27:14 GMT -5 @antigonerising said:

Tell the truth Doc Indie Party Rock , how many chicks did you pick up with this song?

HAHA! Considering I was only a pre teen....I mostly picked up nudie magazines, , but I did hang out with the older rockers on the block and they always had hot babes with them.

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

Nov 30, 2018 15:37:09 GMT -5 Red said:

Nov 30, 2018 13:03:22 GMT -5 Butterflies & Hurricanes said:

VERY good Top 30!!! but Dirty Diana & Love Bites have stayed around waaaaay too long

You bite your tongue.

yeah, Bite that sucker right off. 

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

I'll showcase a few of these MV's when I post them in my own YE list.


#40. Catch Me (I'm Falling) - Pretty Poison
Really happy this song made the top 40. Dance Pop with a bit of Freestyle thrown in. I loved the fact that most Freestyle artists pretty much dressed like Glam Rockers. Plus the songs also featured a fierce Guitar solo.

#39. I Get Weak - Belinda Carlisle
Decent little song. I'm glad "You Give Love A Bad Nna....sorry, I mean "Heaven Is A Place On Earth is still in. I always confuse the two.

#38. Hungry Eyes - Eric Carmen
This song has its moments. Sounds good every three years or so.

#37. Girlfriend - Pebbles
Hot babe Alert. I always liked this song. I believe Paula Abdul ripped off her style, but made a better version of this song with "Cold Hearted"

#36. Got My Mind Set On You - George Harrison
singingrulebritannia said it best when he uttered the words "hokey As hell'

#35. Is This Love - Whitesnake
A better showing than I expected. A beautiful Power Ballad. I only got to see this world through the eyes of a 10-14 year old before it all ended, but If I could go back in time right now, I would choose this era, To live the Glam Rock dream and date babes like Tawny Kitaen.

#34. Kissing A Fool - George Michael
This song is alright. Great vocals. At least the correct one is out first.

#33. Hate Myself For Loving You - Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Damn, This is out a bit too early. I always thought Joan Jett waited too long in between releasing records. She could have been a mean driving force in the Glam Metal years too.

#32. I Found Someone - Cher
Truthfully, Cher never did it for me. She took on the Glam Rock look, but so did everyone in pop, except she looked better than most Pop artists. Too bad her songs didn't have more "POW WOW"

#31. Don't Be Cruel - Bobby Brown
Ooh great song. More or less where it should fall. I was a faithful Bobby Brown listener from New Edition to this solo album. He kinda lost me when he went full rap.

[Juanca]

Sorry for derailing the groove a bit, as I was unable to check Pulse for 1.5 weeks (work trip to London after personal commitments in Lima).

100. I don’t wanna live without your love (88): kinda flop back home, and didn’t do much in my personal chart either. I’m a Chicago supporter most of the times, but I couldn’t put this higher

99. Could’ve been (70): This one didn’t make my personal chart. I wasn’t too much into this kind of ballads. She did a not-so-bad job with this one, though. I mean her voice wasn’t that well suited for this type of song but at least she emoted very well. Wasn’t that bad to end up in bottom 5 IMO.
Tiffany’s biggest hit back home came in 1988, with her feminine cover of The Beatles’ hit. It reached the top of our national charts and it was her second personal chart-topper back in June ‘88.

Plus, later that year the second favorite pop radio station added Out of my Heart to their playlist and managed to get a top 10 position in its weekly chart. In my chart it reached the runner-up spot in October. Only now I’ve found out that it wasn’t a single in the US but the b-side to her final single of this album (!)


98. Wait (99): Ew! Lol. A clear bottom 5 to me. I saw this as them trying to rock but failing miserably in their attempt

97. One good woman (60): this one made my personal top 5, Peter’s second and last one. I still like the melody and music of this one... but I predicted this was gonna be bottom 5 anyway :/

96. Don’t worry be happy (25): huh?? This is a guilty pleasure. It didn’t make my personal ranking that year as I didn’t quite get this song back then, but soon afterwards I got to like it. The whole melody and happy / positive feelings that it triggered were enough factors to make me like it and still bop to it once in awhile. Surprised it’s this hated here...

95. I still believe (83): this wasn’t played back home. I only learned about it after Mariah’s version. I’ve never been a big fan of the song itself in either version though. It’s worth noting that she did manage a top 5 back home with What you see is what you get, a song that reached the top of my personal chart in November :) she was considered as another Madonna-influenced female pop singer because of this song. I actually liked the extended mix better, as it had some Spanish in the second bridge :)



94. Just like paradise (98): Blah of a song. Clear bottom 5 for me.

93. Make it real (87): I like the chorus melody but that’s pretty much it. The verses seem to be after thoughts...

92. A groovy kind of love (68): a personal and national top 5 back in the day. I still think he did a good job with this cover, making it his version

91. Hold on to the nights (96): meh song at that time and still meh now... he’s had several much better songs tho

90. I don’t wanna live without you (69): This was a personal top 3. I really liked it back then and it brought lots of good memories listening to it again for this RD. They will manage to get another personal top 5 a few years later with Until the end of time.

89. I’ll always love you (79): like other r&b ballads, this one didn’t make my personal chart. With time, I’ve grown to like it a bit more, although still outside my top 5 TD songs. A cover of this song by Tito Nieves was popular in Latin America, and made the top 5 of my personal Tropical chart


88. Make me lose control (73): it made my personal top 10, and I thought I was gonna put this around my top 50... but the verses were too cheesy for me now the chorus still sounds good to me tho

87. Don’t be cruel (51): this was a hit back home and a runner-up in my personal chart. Really good cover that brought new life to this classic -sad to see it this low here

86. Naughty girls need love too (17): WTF??!!! I was a fan of this song back then. It became her second top 5 in my personal chart, following Touch Me. It wasn’t even a popular song back home, but after I heard the song and watched the video I became a BIG fan of it (and I’d pay attention to the last seconds of the video ). I still like the song quite a bit. The beat, production, melody are ace. And my partner is a huge SF fan so I play her music more often :) in any case, this is FAR better than many songs in this chart. Hey, if this were recorded by Britney I’m sure Pulse would consider it better than Slave

[mamooshka]

Nov 30, 2018 9:54:53 GMT -5 Unhinged said:

#36

Got My Mind Set On You

George Harrison

Cover of the original 1962 song by James Ray which was titled "I've Got My Mind Set on You", this was a big hit, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Had no idea this was a cover. I assumed that being prolific songwriters (except for Ringo), each Beatle had written most of their solo hits. 

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[Juanca]

85 When it’s love (71): Their last great song was Why can’t this be love. This had a good chorus and guitars but verses were letdown and overall just not as strong.

84 Rocket 2 u (85): I thought I was gonna rank this a bit lower, but it kept growing on me. Sounds a bit like a Kool and the Gang song. Don’t recall hearing this in the 80s

83 Nothing but a good time (97): this has always sounded a bit laughable to me. I liked it a bit more back in the day, but now it’s just too bland for me. However, their next single was something else. A big hit back home and a personal chart topper that I still use once in a while. Maybe not really rock but catchy pop-rock, with a good video- also in high rotation back home

82 She’s like the wind (45): I know there’s usually little love for ballads in 80s rankdowns, but I was hoping the quality of this song could help avoid misfortune. He did a great job singing, as did Wendy Fraser in background vocals. The melody and production are also spot on IMO. Surprisingly good. It wasn’t popular back home in 1988, but it made a splash in the 1989 charts when for some random reason was added to the playlist of a popular radio station ( they also added songs like Nazareth’s Love Hurts and Rockwell’s Knife, which became big hits as well...)

81 I want to be your man (100): I really tried to like it better than in the NJS rankdown but man I’m clearly not into this one at all

80 Perfect world (64): this was HL&TN’s last hit back home and their last song to reach the top of my personal chart. I hadn’t heard it in a long time and still sounds kinda cool.

79 Hands to heaven (92): I liked it a bit more back in 88, but still wasn’t a big fan of this ballad. Kinda too much cheese for me...

78 One moment in time (26): this one reached the top of my personal chart, and I still like its epic ness including that key change and those crisp and clear, effortless vocals. And I’m always up for a positive, optimistic song :)

77 Anything for you (38): A song that I really liked back in the day, but in Spanish (No te olvidaré or I won’t forget you), as that was the version played back home the most. It reached the top of my personal Latin Pop chart. The lyrics in Spanish are less submissive (? Lol) tho: “No te olvidare a pesar que sufri, No me arrepentire porque de ti aprendi, Que a veces el amor no es lo que esperas” (I won’t forget you even though I hurt, I won’t regret it because I learned from you, that sometimes love ain’t what you expect). Quite low for this good song with pretty vocals and that final brass-based minute.


76 Can’t stay away from you (56): a top 20 of my personal (English) chart that I’ve liked more with time. I really like the instrumentation, vibe and vocals here. Gloria was done dirty in this set!!

75 Don’t you know what the night can do (93): this one has never done anything for me. Even now I tried to be open but nope, not my cup of tea. It was clearly my bottom SW song.

74 Shake your love (95): I’m a DG fan, but this may be her worst single. It didn’t make my personal chart back then, and it has aged like milk. How on earth is this higher than Samantha Fox, Beach Boys or Gloria Estefan??!!

73 The valley road (90): I love TWII, and like Mandolin Rain. This one barely made my personal top 25 back then. The music is good but the melody isn’t as strong and the verses are almost disposable IMO.

72 Foolish beat (20): WHAT?!! Another top 20 loss this was DG’s first personal chart topper. The song wasn’t that popular back home but I loved it since I first heard it. The melody and music (sax included) are pretty good, and that unusual lower key at the beginning of the chorus made it even more distinct. Plus she sang it greatly. A nice little gem of the 80s. This doesn’t bode well for Lost in your Eyes :’(

71 Kokomo (22): a big hit back home and a personal chart-topper. My class of the institute to learn English chose this song to perform live, and I had the solo for the final part of the chorus :) great memories!! Plus the tropical beach sound was great too. Come on people, this is a top 50 type of song!