Billboard 1986: The Rankdown (Winner Revealed)

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

#32. Tonight She Comes - The Cars
Yup. This was easily gonna be my #1 song. I was kinda afraid you guys might under rank it for the lyrics. I love the lyrics here. Ric always had a way to play with the meaning of certain words. The Cars were the perfect vehicle for Pop rock. Greg Hawks brought the detail work with his catchy synths , the Precise driving force ,came with Elliot Easton's guitar solos, David Robinson kept the horsepower in line with his percussion skills, Ben Orr kept the wheels in motion with his bass guitar, and Ric was the man behind the wheel by bringing on, the quircky, New Wave vibe to the songs with his vocals. I also charted two songs from Ric's Solo album; which also came out in 1986.

#12. Ric Ocasek - Emotion In Motion (Doc #1) (BB #15)


#67. Ric Ocasek - True To You (DOC #5) (BB #75)



Ok here comes a big update from my own personal Top 100. Most of these came in shy of the top 10 on Billboard's Hot 100.

#65. Erasure - Oh L´amour (DOC #5) (BB N/A)
Out of all the countries where it charted; I gave it its highest peak.



#61. Nu Shooz - Point Of No Return (DOC #6) (BB #28)



#57. Stacey Q - We Connect (!2' Version) (DOC #6) (BB Maxi singles sales #1)
High Energy will alwyas be my favorite dance music.



#51. The Blow Monkeys - Digging Your Scene (DOC #5) (BB #14)


#46. Culture Club - Move Away (DOC #4) (BB #12)


#44. Nancy Martinez - For Tonight (DOC #4) (BB #32)


#41. The Psychedelic Furs - Pretty In Pink (DOC #3) (BB #41)
Originaly recorded in 1981; the song got a make over in 1986, for the soundtrack for the movie of the same name. Out of all their singles, they only hit the U.S. Top 40 once with "Heartbreak Beat" Can you believe that?

[craziaskowboi]

"Point Of No Return" by Nu Shooz is awesome. It would have easily been in my Top 20 on this rankdown, and possibly even in my Top 10.

[Unhinged]

Jul 17, 2018 9:46:55 GMT -5 Butterflies & Hurricanes said:

my condolences Unhinged

Jul 17, 2018 10:29:31 GMT -5 newpower said:

So sorry about your loss Unhinged

Jul 17, 2018 11:28:47 GMT -5 Red said:

First, just want to say that I'm thinking about you and your family right now, Unhinged . Can't imagine the pain you're feeling right now. Take your time with this. I think we'll all understand if you need to take a break.

Jul 17, 2018 14:23:28 GMT -5 craziaskowboi said:

I hope everybody will be OK. Coping with death is never easy, but it becomes exponentially worse when a young person dies, or when it's totally unexpected.

Jul 17, 2018 19:44:37 GMT -5 House Lannister said:

I'm very sorry to hear about your family, Unhinged . My condolences are with you.

I get that routine can maybe help things to an extent. But if things get too much, feel free to take some time off.

Jul 18, 2018 1:07:29 GMT -5 Doc Indie Party Rock said:

Unhinged . Sorry to hear about your loss. Keep strong. I've had to deal with my own loss this year, but the music keeps me going. Music always brings the spirit up. Especially 80's music.

Thank you everyone for your support. Much appreciated. My apologies if I forgot to include anyone...

After I finished yesterdays reveal I left work for the day and visited with family, which really helped.

I'm gonna start with the reveal again today (30-21) as I found it was helpful yesterday and I really want to finish this by Friday cause that's my last day of work and I'm off for two weeks and I will not be around much to do this.

My nephew was a huge music lover and an especially big fan of '80's music (and metal in particular - Mötley Crüe was his favorite and a group him and I bonded over) so I feel I'm doing this for him, somewhat...

So with that, let's continue...

[Unhinged]

#30

Invisible Touch

Genesis

Total Points: 1457

Billboard Hot 100: 1⁽¹⁾

Billboard Top 100 of 1986: 54

From: Invisible Touch

Released in May of 1986, this song was a huge success, becoming the groups first and only No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week ending July 19, 1986.

Phil Collins has stated that this is his favorite Genesis song. Interestingly, the song was kicked out of No. 1 by former Genesis frontman Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer."

8 of you lose a Top 20 with this leaving the rankdown...

Sambalada - 8
singingrulebritannia - 84 
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 30 
filthy - 72 
rgreen0625  - 3 
newpower - 38 
🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾  - 82 
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 47 

Tea-why - 7 
craziaskowboi  - 75 
Doc Indie Party Rock  - 58 
mamooshka - 52 
aerodynamite - 31 
rowellfarm490 - 11 
Cody Wants Out...  - 9 
Red - 6 

Mirago  - 48 
Glove Slap  - 15 
Ky - 70 
House Lannister  - 55 
Az Paynter  - 14
Juanca - 24 
peacebone  - 66    
Unhinged - 33 

[Glove Slap]

One single from this album is guaranteed a top 10 placement on the next year for me. If we do rankings for the early 90s, the singles from WCD will do good as well.

[Unhinged]

#29

Manic Monday

The Bangles

Total Points: 1488

Billboard Hot 100: 2⁽¹⁾

Billboard Top 100 of 1986: 48

From: Different Light

Written by Prince and released in late January of 1986, this was a turning point for the group as far as chart success was concerned as it reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week ending April 19, 1986.

It was held out of the top by none-other than Prince himself who hit No. 1 that very same week with "Kiss."

This made the Top 50 on 17 of your lists and two of us lose a Top 10...

Sambalada - 16 
singingrulebritannia - 85 
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 33 
filthy - 43 
rgreen0625  - 33 
newpower - 36 
🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾  - 28 
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 13 

Tea-why - 86 
craziaskowboi  - 89 
Doc Indie Party Rock  - 56 
mamooshka - 55 
aerodynamite - 30 
rowellfarm490 - 39 
Cody Wants Out...  - 74 
Red - 8 

Mirago  - 21 
Glove Slap  - 19 
Ky - 21 
House Lannister  - 16 
Az Paynter  - 51 
Juanca - 30 
peacebone  - 44 
Unhinged - 10 

[Unhinged]

#28

Word Up!

Cameo

Total Points: 1503

Billboard Hot 100: 6

Billboard Top 100 of 1986: 68

From: Word Up!

Peaking at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week ending November 22, 1986 (where it stayed for three weeks), this song was the only Top 10 hit for the group on that chart.

It was later sampled by Mariah Carey for the 2001 single "Loverboy" on which Cameo was featured. The song went on to peak at No. 2.

Someone loses their No. 2 and a few more Top 10's fall with this leaving the rankdown...

Sambalada - 72 
singingrulebritannia - 20 
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 26   
filthy - 80 
rgreen0625  - 6 
newpower - 61 
🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾  - 35 
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲  - 2  

Tea-why  - 9 
craziaskowboi  - 67 
Doc Indie Party Rock  - 65 
mamooshka - 24 
aerodynamite - 28 
rowellfarm490 - 50 
Cody Wants Out...  - 11 
Red - 18 

Mirago - 59 
Glove Slap  - 12 
Ky - 24 
House Lannister  - 51 
Az Paynter  - 61 
Juanca - 96 
peacebone  - 17 
Unhinged - 27 

[Unhinged]

#27

True Colors

Cyndi Lauper

Total Points: 1513

Billboard Hot 100: 1⁽²⁾

Billboard Top 100 of 1986: 41

From: True Colors

Released in late August of 1986, this was Cyndi's last No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching the top the week ending October 25^th.

It spent a total of two weeks at the summit and received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

Sambalada - 30 
singingrulebritannia - 35 
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 17 
filthy - 12 
rgreen0625  - 24 
newpower - 4 
🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾  - 11 
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲  - 62

Tea-why - 79 
craziaskowboi  - 30 
Doc Indie Party Rock  - 53 
mamooshka - 61 
aerodynamite - 37 
rowellfarm490 - 26 
Cody Wants Out...  - 67 
Red - 11 

Mirago - 19 
Glove Slap  - 81 
Ky - 35 
House Lannister  - 68 
Az Paynter  - 66 
Juanca - 3 
peacebone  - 58 
Unhinged - 22 

[filthy]

This deserved better

[Glove Slap]

I go back and forth on TC; Sometimes I think it's really pretty and delicate, and other times it leans too much towards baby talk. Change Of Heart is my favorite single from this album.

WU is amazing.

[Unhinged]

#26

Your Love

The Outfield

Total Points: 1519

Billboard Hot 100: 6

Billboard Top 100 of 1986: 62

From: Play Deep

Big hit for the group in the US, this peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Mainstream Rock charts.

Sorry rgreen0625 and rowellfarm490 , you both lose your No. 1 with this leaving the rankdown.

Someone else will lose their No. 1 before the day is up as well...

Sambalada - 91 
singingrulebritannia - 5 
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 57 
filthy - 18 
rgreen0625  - 1 
newpower - 23 
🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾  - 46 
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲  - 59  

Tea-why - 28 
craziaskowboi  - 68 
Doc Indie Party Rock  - 44 
mamooshka - 74 
aerodynamite - 46 
rowellfarm490 - 1 
Cody Wants Out...  - 20 
Red - 14 

Mirago - 37 
Glove Slap  - 18 
Ky - 88 
House Lannister  - 34 
Az Paynter  - 7 
Juanca - 6 
peacebone - 4 
Unhinged - 43 

[Glove Slap]

[Unhinged]

#25

Addicted To Love

Robert Palmer

Total Points: 1529

Billboard Hot 100: 1⁽¹⁾

Billboard Top 100 of 1986: 10

From: Riptide

 A massive hit which peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, it was one of the last 45 RPM singles to receive a million-selling Gold certification.

The song is most famous for its music video which was directed by British photographer Terence Donovan and features Palmer performing the song with an abstract "band", being a group of female models who follow the style of women in Patrick Nagel paintings.

Sambalada - 6 
singingrulebritannia  - 79 
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 75 
filthy - 19 
rgreen0625  - 17 
newpower - 25 
🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 - 54 
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲  - 67  

Tea-why - 33 
craziaskowboi  - 58    
Doc Indie Party Rock  - 12 
mamooshka - 6 
aerodynamite - 25 
rowellfarm490 - 37 
Cody Wants Out...  - 46 
Red - 12 

Mirago - 6 
Glove Slap  - 52 
Ky - 48 
House Lannister  - 2 
Az Paynter  - 86 
Juanca - 46 
peacebone  - 55 
Unhinged - 29 

[Az Paynter]

I was introduced to 'Your Love' through Katy Perry's cover version, it's a good song. I'm meh on 'True Colours'; that and 'Time After Time' are a couple of Cyndi's most recognizable songs but I'm not into either of them.

[Glove Slap]

Venus needs to exit soon. It's good, but not THAT good.

[Unhinged]

#24

Broken Wings

Mr. Mister

Total Points: 1533

Billboard Hot 100: 1⁽²⁾

Billboard Top 100 of 1986: 5

From: Mr. Mister

Released in September of 1985, this was the first of two consecutive No. 1's for the group (the other being "Kyrie" which we have already seen leave the rankdown).

With this we have now said good-bye to all but one of the Top 10 songs (according to Billboard) of 1986 and 5 of you lose a Top 10 ranking...

Sambalada - 74 
singingrulebritannia - 32 
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 23 
filthy - 23 
rgreen0625  - 16 
newpower - 53 
🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾  - 51 
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 32 

Tea-why - 73 
craziaskowboi  - 41 
Doc Indie Party Rock  - 8 
mamooshka - 73 
aerodynamite - 27 
rowellfarm490 - 2 
Cody Wants Out...  - 33 
Red - 21 

Mirago - 30 
Glove Slap  - 83 
Ky - 66 
House Lannister  - 53 
Az Paynter  - 9 
Juanca - 4 
peacebone - 6 
Unhinged - 58 

[Glove Slap]

Still surprised that this finished above Kyrie.

My bottom 30 is cleared now I think, and I have one more from my bottom 40.

[Unhinged]

#23

Danger Zone

Kenny Loggins

Total Points: 1536

Billboard Hot 100: 2⁽¹⁾

Billboard Top 100 of 1986: 42

From: Top Gun Soundtrack

Originally offered to Bryan Adams, who turned it down due to its connection to the film Top Gun which he thought glorified war, this song was a big hit, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Top 10 in almost a half dozen other countries.

It is the first of two songs from that soundtrack to leave the rankdown...

Sambalada - 27 
singingrulebritannia - 60 
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 28 
filthy - 8 
rgreen0625  - 2 
newpower - 46 
🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾  - 73 
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲  - 34  

Tea-why - 16 
craziaskowboi  - 73 
Doc Indie Party Rock  - 57    
mamooshka - 54 
aerodynamite - 50 
rowellfarm490 - 7 
Cody Wants Out...  - 8 
Red - 29 

Mirago - 78 
Glove Slap  - 8 
Ky - 53 
House Lannister  - 49 
Az Paynter  - 13 
Juanca - 40 
peacebone  - 56 
Unhinged - 19 

[peacebone]

What the fuck is my #100 still doing here while a bunch of excellent songs continue to fall??

Like, I'm not that surprised that it beat my #1 (a beautiful, ethereal song, but not the most accessible song here either) and my #9, but that's about as far as I thought it would go over my top 10s, especially knowing that it had another #100.

("Venus" can also go, no idea why that's still in here.)

[Glove Slap]

There is no excuse for Danger Zone going before the ballad.

[newpower]

Eddie Money and Miami Sound Machine should leave soon.

[Glove Slap]

I'm expecting WHYDFML to be the first Janet song to go, but it really should be WITOY.

[Unhinged]

#22

The Sweetest Taboo

Sade

Total Points: 1546

Billboard Hot 100: 5

Billboard Top 100 of 1986: 55

From: Promise

While a minor hit in the UK (No. 31), this song faired considerably better in the US where it peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was the groups second No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart after "Smooth Operator."

I have a feeling this ones' exit may be a bit controversial (especially my ranking) but I just don't get the love for Sade I guess...sorry Butterflies & Hurricanes your No. 1 now leaves the rankdown...

Sambalada - 9 
singingrulebritannia  - 9 
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 1 
filthy - 13 
rgreen0625  - 84 
newpower - 37 
🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾  - 16 
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 19 

Tea-why - 68 
craziaskowboi  - 63 
Doc Indie Party Rock  - 75 
mamooshka - 25 
aerodynamite - 10 
rowellfarm490 - 54 
Cody Wants Out...  - 49 
Red - 26 

Mirago - 76 
Glove Slap  - 16 
Ky - 7 
House Lannister  - 47 
Az Paynter  - 10 
Juanca - 50 
peacebone  - 16 
Unhinged - 98 

[Az Paynter]

What the f**k are you bottom half rankers doing.

[filthy]

Expected this to go top 10

[Unhinged]

#21

Take My Breath Away

Berlin

Total Points: 1548

Billboard Hot 100: 1⁽¹⁾

Billboard Top 100 of 1986: 27

From: Top Gun Soundtrack

Love theme from the movie Top Gun, this was a Billboard Hot 100 No. 1, reaching the top the week ending September 13, 1986.

Produced by Giorgio Moroder, it was a massive international hit, peaking within the Top 5 in over 15 countries.

This received zero rankings below #80 and only two below #60 and it placed inside the Top 50 on 17 of your lists...

Sambalada - 76  
singingrulebritannia  - 27 
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 49 
filthy - 3 
rgreen0625  - 30 
newpower - 31 
🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾  - 14 
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 31 

Tea-why - 8 
craziaskowboi  - 39 
Doc Indie Party Rock  - 45 
mamooshka - 57 
aerodynamite - 57 
rowellfarm490 - 30 
Cody Wants Out...  - 58 
Red - 65 

Mirago - 27 
Glove Slap  - 49 
Ky - 56 
House Lannister  - 19 
Az Paynter  - 54 
Juanca - 13 
peacebone  - 14 
Unhinged - 24 

[filthy]

Jul 18, 2018 10:39:49 GMT -5 filthy said:

Expected this to go top 10

[Glove Slap]

Immortalized this all over again.

[Az Paynter]

There were worse, even more schlocky things on this list, but I won't miss this one.

[filthy]

Unhinged do you have a list of the songs that are still in this?