Billboard 1989: The Rankdown (Winner Revealed)

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#97

When The Children Cry

White Lion

Total Points: 574

Billboard Hot 100: 3⁽¹⁾

Billboard Top 100 of 1989: 60

From: Pride

Reaching its peak of No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week ending February 4, 1989, this was the groups final Top 10 hit in the US. In addition, it managed a peak of No. 2 in Canada.

Doc Indie Party Rock becomes the first of us to lose a Top 20 placement with this leaving the rankdown...

@phillippe - 80
craziaskowboi - 59
singingrulebritannia - 75
God - 99
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 91
newpower - 80
gonecountry - 92
mamooshka - 89
tallen2001 - 97
Doc Indie Party Rock - 20
astorknight - 86
rgreen0625 - 34
Cody Wants Out...  - 87
rowellfarm490 - 78
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 64
campbellssoup  - 53
Sambalada - 96
Mic Technique - 82
Az Paynter - 72
Red - 92
Alex1901 - 100
Mirago - 88
Juanca - 76
House Lannister - 94
peacebone - 97
Glove Slap - 82
Unhinged - 100

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[tallen2001]

Hey a perfect ranking. This was easily the worst out of all the hair metal songs this year.

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Dec 18, 2018 12:53:11 GMT -5 peacebone said:

Absolutely excruciating on every level. The falsetto on this song is one of the worst sounds I've ever heard.

I'd seriously love to know what we were collectively smoking as a country letting this be a #1 hit.

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[Glove Slap]

This was originally in the bottom 10 for me and then moved up a bit.

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#96

Surrender To Me

Ann Wilson & Robin Zander

Total Points: 603

Billboard Hot 100: 6

Billboard Top 100 of 1989: 98

From: Tequila Sunrise Soundtrack

Released in December of 1988 from the soundtrack to the film Tequila Sunrise starring Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell, "Surrender To Me" was a moderate success, reaching No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 March 11, 1989. It was written by Richard Marx and Ross Vanelli.

Congratulations @phillippe and God on your perfect placements!

@phillippe - 96
craziaskowboi  - 95
singingrulebritannia - 93
God - 96
Butterflies & Hurricanes  - 83
newpower - 70
gonecountry  - 78
mamooshka - 98
tallen2001 - 53
Doc Indie Party Rock - 57
astorknight - 94
rgreen0625 - 95
Cody Wants Out...  - 93
rowellfarm490 - 89
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 48
campbellssoup  - 70
Sambalada - 90
Mic Technique - 85
Az Paynter - 24
Red - 85
Alex1901 - 98
Mirago - 48
Juanca - 78
House Lannister - 69
peacebone - 91
Glove Slap - 54
Unhinged  - 94

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#95

After All

Cher & Peter Cetera

Total Points: 612

Billboard Hot 100: 6

Billboard Top 100 of 1989: 79

From: Heart Of Stone

First single from the album Heart Of Stone (Cher's 19^th studio release), "After All" was also used as the love theme for the movie Chances Are (starring Cybill Shepherd, Robert Downey Jr., Ryan O'Neal, and Mary Stuart Masterson). It was nominated for Best Original Song at the Academy Awards in 1989.

singingrulebritannia and peacebone snatch perfect ranks with this leaving...

@phillippe - 46
craziaskowboi - 92
singingrulebritannia - 95
God - 29
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 78
newpower - 98
gonecountry - 25
mamooshka - 84
tallen2001 - 94
Doc Indie Party Rock  - 87
astorknight - 89
rgreen0625 - 94
Cody Wants Out... - 86
rowellfarm490 - 90
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 76
campbellssoup - 84
Sambalada - 87
Mic Technique - 77
Az Paynter - 45
Red - 97
Alex1901 - 94
Mirago - 65
Juanca - 89
House Lannister - 71
peacebone - 95
Glove Slap - 60
Unhinged  - 98

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[House Lannister]

I thought that NKOTB was even worse with another song in this rankdown.

I'll Be Loving You would be, as the kids say, too pitchy for its own good.

[tallen2001]

Damn one spot away from a perfect ranking. I would’ve put this a bit lower but I don’t mind Cher.

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#94

Baby Don't Forget My Number

Milli Vanilli

Total Points: 629

Billboard Hot 100: 1⁽¹⁾

Billboard Top 100 of 1989: 28

From: Girl You Know It's True

Tossing another Milli Vanilli song today, "Baby Don't Forget My Number" continued the string of hits for the duo, reaching the top of Billboard Hot 100 the week ending July 1, 1989.

Saying good-bye to a few more No. 100 ranks and another Top 20 falls with this leaving the rankdown, sorry craziaskowboi...

@phillippe - 100
craziaskowboi - 13
singingrulebritannia - 69
God - 47
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 82
newpower - 81
gonecountry - 56
mamooshka - 93
tallen2001 - 95
Doc Indie Party Rock  - 100
astorknight - 95
rgreen0625 - 84
Cody Wants Out...  - 85
rowellfarm490 - 86
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 94
campbellssoup  - 41
Sambalada - 61
Mic Technique - 48
Az Paynter - 96
Red - 91
Alex1901  - 82
Mirago - 100
Juanca - 65
House Lannister  - 96
peacebone - 78
Glove Slap - 78
Unhinged - 80

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[House Lannister]

When they're uptempo, the musicians behind "Milli Vanilli" and New Kids are fine.

When the beat slows down, their flaws become apparent pretty quickly.

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#93

Cover Girl

New Kids On The Block

Total Points: 661

Billboard Hot 100: 2⁽¹⁾

Billboard Top 100 of 1989: 73

From: Hangin' Tough

Fifth single from the album Hangin' Tough, this reached its peak of No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week ending November 4, 1989.

@phillippe - 49
craziaskowboi - 74
singingrulebritannia - 98
God - 76
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 86
newpower - 82
gonecountry - 61
mamooshka - 74
tallen2001 - 84
Doc Indie Party Rock  - 93
astorknight - 98
rgreen0625 - 97
Cody Wants Out...  - 82
rowellfarm490 - 52
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 91
campbellssoup  - 73
Sambalada - 70
Mic Technique - 97
Az Paynter - 70
Red - 96
Alex1901  - 48
Mirago - 71
Juanca - 33
House Lannister - 95
peacebone - 92
Glove Slap - 47
Unhinged - 77

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[Glove Slap]

I think this and Step By Step are their songs that register the highest for me. The teen-pop generally did better for me relative to the previous year, aside from one song I put in my bottom 5.

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#92

Thinking Of You

Sa-Fire

Total Points: 699

Billboard Hot 100: 12

Billboard Top 100 of 1989: 96

From: Sa-Fire

Third single from Sa-Fire's self-titled debut album, this peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 4 on Adult Contemporary.

I score my first perfect rank with this leaving and gonecountry and House Lannister lose Top 20 placements...

@phillippe - 95
craziaskowboi - 68
singingrulebritannia - 65
God - 86
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 96
newpower - 88
gonecountry  - 19
mamooshka - 91
tallen2001 - 88
Doc Indie Party Rock  - 65
astorknight - 75
rgreen0625 - 88
Cody Wants Out...  - 78
rowellfarm490 - 91
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 49
campbellssoup  - 77
Sambalada - 95
Mic Technique - 73
Az Paynter - 52
Red - 79
Alex1901  - 95
Mirago - 25
Juanca - 97
House Lannister - 18
peacebone - 89
Glove Slap - 94
Unhinged - 92

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#91

All This Time

Tiffany

Total Points: 747

Billboard Hot 100: 6

Billboard Top 100 of 1989: 78

From: Hold an Old Friend's Hand

"All This Time" was released in September of 1988, reaching its peak of No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 February 11, 1989. It would be Tiffany's last visit to the Top 10 in the US.

 That's it for today, revealing 90-81 tomorrow...

@phillippe - 65
craziaskowboi  - 67
singingrulebritannia - 81
God - 70
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 77
newpower - 89
gonecountry  - 39
mamooshka - 85
tallen2001 - 78
Doc Indie Party Rock  - 44
astorknight - 65
rgreen0625 - 72
Cody Wants Out...  - 76
rowellfarm490 - 97
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 70
campbellssoup  - 81
Sambalada - 78
Mic Technique - 89
Az Paynter - 61
Red - 76
Alex1901 - 57
Mirago - 97
Juanca - 88
House Lannister - 81
peacebone - 69
Glove Slap - 63
Unhinged - 65

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[Glove Slap]

The only Tiffany single I kinda like.

[filthy]

Fine start

[Mirago]

Dec 18, 2018 13:13:10 GMT -5 Unhinged said:

#96

Surrender To Me

Ann Wilson & Robin Zander

Despite some dramatic vocal moments this is essentially 1989’s waste of two great singers.

[House Lannister]

Sa-Fire's Thinking of You was my favorite first time listen for 1989. You could feel the passion, the emotion.

Was hoping this would go farther, but oh well.

[Red]

No real complaints with the first set. "I'll Be Loving You (Forever)" is hilariously bad. Arguably one of the worst songs we've listened to in the 80s.

Let's see how long I have to wait for my #99.

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

Dec 18, 2018 13:01:26 GMT -5 tallen2001 said:

Hey a perfect ranking. This was easily the worst out of all the hair metal songs this year.

the words worst and Hair Metal should never appear in the same sentence.  Besides, "When The Children Cry"  is a powerballad. You people have no heart. 


#'s 100-90.
Not much to say about these reveals. The majoraty really suck except Sa-Fire and White Lion. BTW, two more Milli Vanilli travesties and my work here is done.
;)

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Dec 19, 2018 1:29:04 GMT -5 Doc Indie Party Rock said:

Dec 18, 2018 13:01:26 GMT -5 tallen2001 said:

Hey a perfect ranking. This was easily the worst out of all the hair metal songs this year.

the words worst and Hair Metal should never appear in the same sentence.  Besides, "When The Children Cry"  is a powerballad. You people have no heart. 


#'s 100-90.
Not much to say about these reveals. The majoraty really suck except Sa-Fire and White Lion. BTW, two more Milli Vanilli travesties and my work here is done.

I ranked some other hair metal songs decently high. This one just didn’t really make me feel anything. I’m also here for Milli Vanilli leaving sooner rather than later.

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

So its time to showcase my personal top 100 of 1989.  My three favorite genres at the time. Freestyle, Hair Metal and Hi -Energy were all trying to cram in as much music as possible into the final year of the 80's decade. This made it super hard for me to compile my top 50 weekly chart, but at the same time guaranteed one of my favorite personal top 100's ever.  Very versatile, but always with my ever going Party music theme.


91. Michael Morales - Who You Give Your Love To (Billboard HOT 100 #15) (DOC #14)
I remember catching this one on MTV, but don't recall much airplay. Only on Casey Kasem's American Top 40. This one reminded me of the Poprock songs on Andy Taylor's solo album.



92. Corina - Give Me Back My Heart (DOC #9)
Corina was on Cutting Edge records. Another force in Freestyle music. This is a Video mix of the highlights of her 1988 live performance. This song also had strong Synths between the chorus and verses.



93. Cynthia - Endless Nights (Billboard Sales USA Dance #28) (DOC #22)
By the time her Mic Mac debut album was released Cynthia already had scored 3 big Freestyle dance singles on the dance charts. This is the 1989 live performance of the song. The back round dancers could be TKA minus George Lamond who was already pursuing a solo career. 



94. Def Leppard - Love and Affection (DOC #22)
Hysteria was such a monster album I decided to chart another song off it. This was track #12. It had a "Hysteria" style to it and it stayed on my charts for over 25 weeks. It was also a staple song during their "Hysteria" world tour concerts
 


95. Noel - Change (DOC #15)
This was the fourth single of his self titled debut album. It didn't chart on billboard was was underground club favorite. This is the album version of the song



96. Barduex - Hold Me Hold Me (Hi-Energy) (DOC #16)
The last time I charted this Hi-Energy duo was with this club favorite. This one still had that James St. James Stacey Q NRG style. After this song Jaz left the group and Acacia pursued other music genres. This is the extended 12' mix.


97. ? (Billboard HOT 100 #9) (DOC #17)




98. Enuff Z' Nuff - New Thing (Billboard HOT 100 #67) (DOC #12)
This Illinois based Glam Powerpopl band starts the Metal onslaught in my top 100


99. ? (Billboard HOT 100 #6) (DOC #15)

100. ? (Billboard HOT 100 #3) (DOC #20)

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#90

Baby, I Love You Way/Freebird Medley

Will To Power

Total Points: 774

Billboard Hot 100: 1⁽¹⁾

Billboard Top 100 of 1989: 9

From: Will To Power

Combining elements of Peter Frampton's "Baby I Love Your Way" and Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird" this peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week ending December 3, 1988.

🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 becomes the first victim of a Top 10 loss with this exiting the rankdown...

@phillippe - 78
craziaskowboi - 19
singingrulebritannia - 86
God - 68
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 84
newpower - 93
gonecountry - 83
mamooshka - 69
tallen2001 - 80
Doc Indie Party Rock  - 66
astorknight - 85
rgreen0625 - 98
Cody Wants Out...  - 59
rowellfarm490 - 70
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 6
campbellssoup  - 85
Sambalada - 85
Mic Technique - 74
Az Paynter - 80
Red - 95
Alex1901 - 73
Mirago - 20
Juanca - 41
House Lannister - 73
peacebone - 99
Glove Slap - 95
Unhinged - 89

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Dec 18, 2018 12:53:11 GMT -5 peacebone said:

I'd seriously love to know what we were collectively smoking as a country letting this be a #1 hit.

And I still can't believe I actually found a song worse than this. Already a terrible idea to mash up two completely random 70s rock songs into adult contemporary mush, and the results ended up being as bad as expected. I guess the female vocalist here is passable, but the male vocalist...no, just no.

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#89

Hangin' Tough

New Kids On The Block

Total Points: 801

Billboard Hot 100: 1⁽¹⁾

Billboard Top 100 of 1989: 49

From: Hangin' Tough

Featuring lead vocals by Donnie Wahlberg, this Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit was released as the 4^th single from the album of the same name. It was the first No. 1 of the 1990's in the UK.

6 of you lose a Top 50 placement with this leaving the rankdown...

@phillippe  - 35
craziaskowboi  - 45
singingrulebritannia - 87
God - 69
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 61
newpower - 37
gonecountry - 98
mamooshka - 43
tallen2001 - 92
Doc Indie Party Rock  - 74
astorknight - 99
rgreen0625 - 99
Cody Wants Out...  - 97
rowellfarm490 - 61
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 45
campbellssoup  - 79
Sambalada - 46
Mic Technique - 75
Az Paynter - 60
Red  - 87
Alex1901  - 78
Mirago - 67
Juanca - 67
House Lannister - 72
peacebone - 96
Glove Slap - 85
Unhinged - 72

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[peacebone]

"Don't cross our path 'cause you're gonna get stomped"

Scary

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Dec 19, 2018 8:43:01 GMT -5 Unhinged said:

#90

Baby, I Love You Way/Freebird Medley

Will To Power

Total Points: 774

Billboard Hot 100: 1⁽¹⁾

Billboard Top 100 of 1989: 9

From: Will To Power

Combining elements of Peter Frampton's "Baby I Love Your Way" and Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird" this peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week ending December 3, 1988.

🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 becomes the first victim of a Top 10 loss with this exiting the rankdown...

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What???? 😑😐

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#88

Blame It On The Rain

Milli Vanilli

Total Points: 815

Billboard Hot 100: 1⁽²⁾

Billboard Top 100 of 1989: 21

From: Girl You Know It's True

Written by Diane Warren, "Blame It On The Rain" was their 3^rd No. 1 in the US, reaching the top of the Billboard Hot 100 November 25, 1989. It was kicked out of No. 1 by "When I See You Smile" by Bad English which was another song written by Diane Warren.

craziaskowboi becomes the first of us to lose a Top 5 with this leaving the rankdown and Red grabs the days first perfect rank...

@phillippe - 99
craziaskowboi - 4
singingrulebritannia - 78
God  - 57
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 41
newpower - 92
gonecountry - 51
mamooshka - 97
tallen2001 - 99
Doc Indie Party Rock  - 94
astorknight - 64
rgreen0625 - 81
Cody Wants Out...  - 52
rowellfarm490 - 77
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 54
campbellssoup  - 67
Sambalada - 74
Mic Technique - 29
Az Paynter - 98
Red - 88
Alex1901  - 64
Mirago - 96
Juanca - 51
House Lannister - 70
peacebone - 58
Glove Slap - 91
Unhinged  - 76

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#87

When I'm With You

Sheriff

Total Points: 831

Billboard Hot 100: 3(1)

Billboard Top 100 of 1989: 60

From: Sheriff

Originally released in 1983 (peaking at No. 8 in Canada and No. 60 in the US), "When I'm With You" gained traction after being played by a DJ in Minneapolis in late 1988 and eventually topped the Billboard Hot 100 the week ending February 4, 1989. By that time the group had been disbanded for 4 years.

Lead vocalist Freddy Curci holds the final note for 19.4 seconds, making it the longest-held note for a male pop singer (on a recording).

@phillippe - 70
craziaskowboi - 26
singingrulebritannia - 96
God - 94
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 97
newpower - 69
gonecountry - 36
mamooshka - 24
tallen2001 - 98
Doc Indie Party Rock  - 81
astorknight - 84
rgreen0625 - 90
Cody Wants Out...  - 60
rowellfarm490 - 98
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 72
campbellssoup  - 18
Sambalada - 98
Mic Technique - 22
Az Paynter - 62
Red - 93
Alex1901 - 74
Mirago - 47
Juanca - 77
House Lannister - 84
peacebone - 90
Glove Slap - 76
Unhinged - 70

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#86

I Wanna Have Some Fun

Samantha Fox

Total Points: 848

Billboard Hot 100: 8

Billboard Top 100 of 1989: 87

From: I Wanna Have Some Fun

Written and produced by Full Force, this peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and also managed a Top 10 peak in Canada. It was her final Top 10 hit in the US.

7 more Top 50 placements fall with this leaving the rankdown...

@phillippe - 34
craziaskowboi - 100
singingrulebritannia - 48
God - 28
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 46
newpower - 38
gonecountry - 49
mamooshka - 68
tallen2001 - 96
Doc Indie Party Rock  - 84
astorknight - 80
rgreen0625 - 62
Cody Wants Out...  - 89
rowellfarm490 - 88
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 57
campbellssoup  - 97
Sambalada - 80
Mic Technique - 24
Az Paynter - 99
Red  - 77
Alex1901  - 66
Mirago - 92
Juanca - 58
House Lannister - 68
peacebone - 60
Glove Slap - 96
Unhinged - 95

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