Lost Hits III: The Late 1980s Rankdown (Finished)

[rowellfarm490]

Welcome to the third and final Lost Hits of the Late 1980s rankdown! This rankdown features 50 noteworthy songs that peaked on the Hot 100 during the Late 80s time frame (i.e. after August 1986). The first 5 songs on the list peaked during 1986, the next 15 during 1987, followed by 15 more from 1988, and finally another 15 from 1989. This is the same format as the second Late 80s rankdown. However, whereas the songs in part II had a ranking in the top 100 based on chart points, the songs in this rankdown had a ranking of 101 or greater for their respective year.

If you've participated in any other rankdowns you know how these work. Just listen to all of the songs and rank them from 1 (best) to 50 (worst) based on your personal preference. PM me your list, and I will compile everyone's rankings and present the results. The final due date is set for Sunday, February 7th at 9PM EST. Have fun and happy ranking!!!

Here is the song list for the Lost Hits of the Late 80s rankdown Part III:
Midnight Star - Midas Touch
Queen - A Kind of Magic
Heart - If Looks Could Kill
Pet Shop Boys - Love Comes Quickly
Eurythmics - Thorn in My Side
Curiosity Killed the Cat - Misfit
Yello - Oh Yeah
a-ha - Cry Wolf
Wendy & Lisa - Waterfall
Run-D.M.C. - It's Tricky
'Til Tuesday - Coming Up Close
The Hooters - Satellite
Prince - If I Was Your Girlfriend
Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush - Don't Give Up
Robert Cray - Right Next Door (Because of Me)
Nocera - Summertime, Summertime
Def Leppard - Women
Level 42 - Running in the Family
LL Cool J - I'm Bad
Paul Simon - The Boy in the Bubble
Terence Trent D'Arby - Dance Little Sister
L'Trimm - Cars with the Boom
Kim Wilde - You Came
Crowded House - Better Be Home Soon
Bananarama - Love in the First Degree
The Communards - Never Can Say Goodbye
Alexander O'Neal - Criticize
Wet Wet Wet - Wishing I Was Lucky
Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again
10,000 Maniacs - Like the Weather
Ice-T - Colors
Sting - Englishman in New York
S'Express - Theme from S-Express
The Adventures - Broken Land
Yazz and The Plastic Population - The Only Way Is Up
Martika - I Feel the Earth Move
Traveling Wilburys - Handle with Care
Tracy Chapman - Baby Can I Hold You
Beastie Boys - Hey Ladies
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - Circle
Alphaville - Forever Young
Indigo Girls - Closer to Fine
Sam Brown - Stop
Inner City - Good Life
Fine Young Cannibals - I'm Not the Man I Used to Be
Fairground Attraction - Perfect
U2 - All I Want Is You
R.E.M. - Pop Song 89
The Cult - Edie (Ciao Baby)
Skid Row - Youth Gone Wild

Spotify playlist:








One song is missing from Spotify but you can listen to it in the link below:

S'Express - Theme from S-Express:


Tag list (All are welcome to participate. If anybody else is interested and would like to be added to this list please let me know!):

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Participants:
rowellfarm490
Troy
gonecountry
singingrulebritannia
wrip
American Idiot
newpower
Doc Indie Party Rock
mamooshka
Mirago
Juanca
aerodynamite
BB🌕
peacebone

[gonecountry]

I'm thinking you've bugged my Spotify. There are so many of my favorite minor hits on this list that I am probably going to implode trying to figure out which is my #1.

[Troy]

some good songs here

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

"Colors" is what it is, but gets mad nostalgic points for the movie.

There are some songs on this list I gave top 10 action to so count me in.

[gonecountry]

I am only 18 songs in and I have 3 songs tied for #1 with perfect scores. Damn, the programmers left (at least) three incredible songs off the radio. Tens out of ten.

And to make it worse my favorite Crowded House song isn't even in the Top 10.  And I haven't ranked Pet Shop Boys yet. 

Damn this is a solid list rowellfarm490

[gonecountry]

just submitted. for the most part, a very solid group of songs. My #50 was laughable - starting w/ the questionable name of the group.

[rowellfarm490]

Friendly reminder that your rankings are due in 3 weeks.

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[newpower]

I love this list. Lately I've been playing a lot of late 80s songs

[rowellfarm490]

Friendly reminder that your rankings are due in 2 weeks.

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[rowellfarm490]

I will give an extension for this but just the one. The final due date will be Sunday, February 7th.

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[Juanca]

For some reason I’ve only now realized this is on! This will be my next priority playlist. Already see a handful of personal favorites, and a group of strong songs. Several will be new ones —looking forward to the discoveries!

[rowellfarm490]

10 more days to send in your rankings!

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[rowellfarm490]

Just one week left to get your rankings in!

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[rowellfarm490]

5 more days to send in your rankings!

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[Doc Indie Party Rock]

edit:
Actually I found my list in progress. Just sent in.

[rowellfarm490]

3 more days! I am able to give more time though. If you think you'll need an extension just let me know.

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[rowellfarm490]

Less than 36 HOURS left to get your rankings in!

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[rowellfarm490]

Final reminder that your rankings are due at 9PM EST tonight. So if you are still planning on submitting you have about 10.5 hours left.

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[peacebone]

Would it be ok if I got this in a little beyond the deadline? Should be no later than midnight.

[rowellfarm490]

Feb 7, 2021 19:30:11 GMT -5 peacebone said:

Would it be ok if I got this in a little beyond the deadline? Should be no later than midnight.

Yes, that will be fine.

[gonecountry]

Looking forward to the reveals. My top 5 are full on classics and the top 10 are incredibly strong.

[rowellfarm490]

Submissions are now officially closed. Thanks again to everyone who sent in a ranking! You can expect reveals to begin sometime today, not exactly sure when at this moment.

Participants:
rowellfarm490
Troy
gonecountry
singingrulebritannia
wrip
American Idiot
newpower
Doc Indie Party Rock
mamooshka
Mirago
Juanca
aerodynamite
BB🌕
peacebone

[Deleted]

I'd like to be tagged in the reveals, please.

[rowellfarm490]

I got a bit behind today but if all goes well I'll get the bottom 10 up tonight after work starting around 10PM EST.

[rowellfarm490]

Stats to consider for #50:

Unfortunately 2 people lose a top 10 right off the bat. 3 others will start off the rankdown with a perfecto. This song received more bottom 10 rankings than any other.

Best rankdown position: 35
Worst rankdown position: 50
Average position: 47.2
SD Rank: 2ND HIGHEST

Ranking distribution:
Top 10s: 2
11 to 20s: 1
21 to 30s: 0
31 to 40s: 1
Bottom 10s: 10

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Troy
gonecountry
singingrulebritannia
wrip
American Idiot
newpower
Doc Indie Party Rock
mamooshka
Mirago
Juanca
aerodynamite
BB🌕
peacebone
Geometrical

[rowellfarm490]

At least now all 7 singles from this album have gotten a chance to be ranked.

#50


Women
Def Leppard

179 points
Standard Deviation: 16.216 (2ND HIGHEST)
Average Rank: 38.21

gonecountry : 7
Doc Indie Party Rock : 8
Juanca : 12




Mirago : 38
rowellfarm490 : 43
mamooshka : 43
singingrulebritannia : 45
newpower : 45
peacebone : 47
aerodynamite : 48
American Idiot : 49
Troy : 50
wrip : 50
BB🌕 : 50

Movements:

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{50 35 42 45 49 50 49 49 49 47 49 49 50}
Troy : 50
gonecountry : 35
singingrulebritannia : 42
wrip : 45
American Idiot : 49
newpower : 50
Doc Indie Party Rock : 49
mamooshka : 49
Mirago : 49
Juanca : 47
aerodynamite : 49
BB🌕 : 49
peacebone : 50

Hot 100 chart info:
Peaked at #80 for 1 week
Reached peak on September 5, 1987
Weeks on Chart: 5

Other Lost Hits performances:
#11 Late 80s I (Hysteria)  |  #20 Late 80s I (Animal)  |  #42 Mid 80s I (Rock of Ages)

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{Remaining songs}
A Kind of Magic
All I Want Is You
Baby Can I Hold You
Better Be Home Soon
Broken Land
Cars with the Boom
Circle
Closer to Fine
Colors
Coming Up Close
Criticize
Cry Wolf
Dance Little Sister
Don't Give Up
Edie (Ciao Baby)
Englishman in New York
Forever Young
Good Life
Handle with Care
Hey Ladies
I Feel the Earth Move
If I Was Your Girlfriend
If Looks Could Kill
I'm Bad
I'm Not the Man I Used to Be
It's Tricky
Like the Weather
Love Comes Quickly
Love in the First Degree
Midas Touch
Misfit
Never Can Say Goodbye
Never Let Me Down Again
Oh Yeah
Perfect
Pop Song 89
Right Next Door (Because of Me)
Running in the Family
Satellite
Stop
Summertime, Summertime
The Boy in the Bubble
The Only Way Is Up
Theme from S-Express
Thorn in My Side
Waterfall
Wishing I Was Lucky
You Came
Youth Gone Wild

[gonecountry]

Feb 8, 2021 21:51:25 GMT -5 rowellfarm490 said:

At least now all 7 singles from this album have gotten a chance to be ranked.

#50


Women
Def Leppard

179 points
Standard Deviation: 16.216 (2ND HIGHEST)
Average Rank: 38.21

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Are you fucking kidding me?  This song kicks ASS!   

[rowellfarm490]

Stats to consider for #49:

This next song spent more time in last place than any other. Although nobody ranked it top 10, it did receive a pair of top 15 rankings. Only one other song from this artist charted on the Hot 100 and that song will likely be in an upcoming Lost Hits rankdown.

Best rankdown position: 48
Worst rankdown position: 50
Average position: 49.5
SD Rank: 21st highest

Ranking distribution:
Top 10s: 0
11 to 20s: 2
21 to 30s: 3
31 to 40s: 2
Bottom 10s: 7

[wrip]

Yeah I can’t say I cared for this like at all haha

[rowellfarm490]

For better or worse, "Love Is All Around" will probably be in the Mid 90s I rankdown.

#49


Wishing I Was Lucky
Wet Wet Wet

211 points
Standard Deviation: 13.100
Average Rank: 35.93

peacebone : 13
Juanca : 15
newpower : 21
Doc Indie Party Rock : 24
aerodynamite : 29


BB🌕 : 36
singingrulebritannia : 39
gonecountry : 42
Troy : 44
American Idiot : 45
rowellfarm490 : 48
mamooshka : 48
wrip : 49
Mirago : 50

Movements:

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Troy : 49
gonecountry : 49
singingrulebritannia : 48
wrip : 50
American Idiot : 50
newpower : 49
Doc Indie Party Rock : 50
mamooshka : 50
Mirago : 50
Juanca : 50
aerodynamite : 50
BB🌕 : 50
peacebone : 49

Hot 100 chart info:
Peaked at #58 for 2 weeks
Reached peak on June 25, 1988
Weeks on Chart: 8

Other Lost Hits performances:
Debut

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{Remaining songs}
A Kind of Magic
All I Want Is You
Baby Can I Hold You
Better Be Home Soon
Broken Land
Cars with the Boom
Circle
Closer to Fine
Colors
Coming Up Close
Criticize
Cry Wolf
Dance Little Sister
Don't Give Up
Edie (Ciao Baby)
Englishman in New York
Forever Young
Good Life
Handle with Care
Hey Ladies
I Feel the Earth Move
If I Was Your Girlfriend
If Looks Could Kill
I'm Bad
I'm Not the Man I Used to Be
It's Tricky
Like the Weather
Love Comes Quickly
Love in the First Degree
Midas Touch
Misfit
Never Can Say Goodbye
Never Let Me Down Again
Oh Yeah
Perfect
Pop Song 89
Right Next Door (Because of Me)
Running in the Family
Satellite
Stop
Summertime, Summertime
The Boy in the Bubble
The Only Way Is Up
Theme from S-Express
Thorn in My Side
Waterfall
You Came
Youth Gone Wild