Pulse Rankdown: 1982 Year-End Mainstream Rock (complete)

[singingrulebritannia]

1) PM me (singingrulebritannia) your rankings of the top 100 Mainstream Rock songs of 1982. Rank the songs by your preference from #1 (best) down to #100 (worst).
2) An inverse point system will be used to determine the point total for each song. Song #1 gets 100 points, #2 gets 99 points... all the way down to #100 which gets 1 point.
3) The due date for submission is Tuesday, May 18 at 11:59PM CT.
4) ALL songs must be ranked.
5) To avoid sending me a list with extra lines, please click BBCode below the text box before you paste your list.
6) The rankings of each participant will be posted when a song is revealed during this Rankdown.
7) You can make changes to your list but try not to do so excessively. Edits will not be accepted after reveals start.
8) For reference, here are the top 100 Mainstream Rock songs of 1982. The full list was calculated by peacebone

1. The J. Geils Band - Freeze Frame
2. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - I Love Rock 'n Roll
3. The J. Geils Band - Centerfold
4. Aldo Nova - Fantasy
5. Loverboy - Working for the Weekend
6. John Mellencamp - Hurts So Good
7. Ozzy Osbourne - Flying High Again
8. The Cars - Shake it Up
9. Asia - Heat of the Moment
10. Billy Squier - Everybody Wants You
11. Robert Plant - Burning Down One Side
12. Tommy Tutone - 867-5309 / Jenny
13. A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)
14. Genesis - Abacab
15. Scorpions - No One Like You
16. Quarterflash - Harden My Heart
17. The Police - Spirits in the Material World
18. Judas Priest - You've Got Another Thing Coming
19. Asia - Only Time Will Tell
20. Sammy Hagar - I'll Fall in Love Again
21. The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
22. .38 Special - Caught Up in You
23. Quarterflash - Find Another Fool
24. The Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go
25. Prism - Don't Let Him Know
26. Genesis - Paperlate
27. Van Halen - (Oh) Pretty Woman
28. Survivor - Eye of the Tiger
29. Kansas - Play the Game Tonight
30. Eddie Money - Think I'm in Love
31. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - Crimson and Clover
32. Rainbow - Stone Cold
33. AC/DC - For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)
34. Fleetwood Mac - Gypsy
35. Steve Winwood - Still in the Game
36. Van Halen - Dancing in the Street
37. The Human League - Don't You Want Me
38. Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra
39. Loverboy - When It's Over
40. Don Henley - Dirty Laundry
41. John Hall Band - Crazy (Keep on Falling)
42. Fleetwood Mac - Hold Me
43. Rush - New World Man
44. Bryan Adams - Lonely Nights
45. REO Speedwagon - Keep the Fire Burnin'
46. The Who - Athena
47. The Motels - Only the Lonely
48. .38 Special - Chain Lightnin'
49. Peter Cetera - Livin' in the Limelight
50. Triumph - Fight the Good Fight
51. Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure
52. Bad Company - Electricland
53. Red Rider - Lunatic Fringe
54. Asia - Sole Survivor
55. Donnie Iris - Love Is Like a Rock
56. Glenn Frey - Partytown
57. Toto - Rosanna
58. Kenny Loggins & Steve Perry - Don't Fight It
59. Robert Plant - Pledge Pin
60. The Who - Eminence Front
61. Rick Springfield - Calling All Girls
62. Eddie Money - Shakin'
63. Triumph - Magic Power
64. LeRoux - Addicted
65. Gamma - Right the First Time
66. Robert Plant - Worse Than Detroit
67. April Wine - Enough Is Enough
68. Peter Gabriel - Shock the Monkey
69. The Rolling Stones - Waiting on a Friend
70. Bob & Doug McKenzie - Take Off
71. David Bowie - Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
72. The Greg Kihn Band - Testify
73. Soft Cell - Tainted Love
74. 707 - Mega Force
75. Santana - Nowhere to Run
76. AC/DC - Let's Get It Up
77. The Rolling Stones - Going to a Go-Go
78. The Charlie Daniels Band - Still in Saigon
79. Jackson Browne - Somebody's Baby
80. Lindsey Buckingham - Trouble
81. Steel Breeze - You Don't Want Me Anymore
82. Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out
83. The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky
84. Rainbow - Jealous Lover
85. The Go-Go's - Vacation
86. Crosby, Stills & Nash - Wasted on the Way
87. The Go-Go's - We Got the Beat
88. Survivor - Poor Man's Son
89. The Clash - Rock the Casbah
90. Billy Joel - Pressure
91. The Alan Parsons Project - You're Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned
92. Van Halen - Where Have All the Good Times Gone!
93. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Southern Pacific
94. John Waite - Change
95. Rush - Closer to the Heart (Live)
96. Huey Lewis & the News - Workin for a Livin'
97. Foreigner - Waiting for a Girl Like You
98. Gary U.S. Bonds - Out of Work
99. Rod Stewart - Young Turks
100. The Motels - Mission of Mercy

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The J. Geils Band - Freeze Frame
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - I Love Rock 'n Roll
The J. Geils Band - Centerfold
Aldo Nova - Fantasy
Loverboy - Working for the Weekend
John Mellencamp - Hurts So Good
Ozzy Osbourne - Flying High Again
The Cars - Shake it Up
Asia - Heat of the Moment
Billy Squier - Everybody Wants You
Robert Plant - Burning Down One Side
Tommy Tutone - 867-5309 / Jenny
A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)
Genesis - Abacab
Scorpions - No One Like You
Quarterflash - Harden My Heart
The Police - Spirits in the Material World
Judas Priest - You've Got Another Thing Coming
Asia - Only Time Will Tell
Sammy Hagar - I'll Fall in Love Again
The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
.38 Special - Caught Up in You
Quarterflash - Find Another Fool
The Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go
Prism - Don't Let Him Know
Genesis - Paperlate
Van Halen - (Oh) Pretty Woman
Survivor - Eye of the Tiger
Kansas - Play the Game Tonight
Eddie Money - Think I'm in Love
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - Crimson and Clover
Rainbow - Stone Cold
AC/DC - For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)
Fleetwood Mac - Gypsy
Steve Winwood - Still in the Game
Van Halen - Dancing in the Street
The Human League - Don't You Want Me
Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra
Loverboy - When It's Over
Don Henley - Dirty Laundry
John Hall Band - Crazy (Keep on Falling)
Fleetwood Mac - Hold Me
Rush - New World Man
Bryan Adams - Lonely Nights
REO Speedwagon - Keep the Fire Burnin'
The Who - Athena
The Motels - Only the Lonely
.38 Special - Chain Lightnin'
Peter Cetera - Livin' in the Limelight
Triumph - Fight the Good Fight
Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure
Bad Company - Electricland
Red Rider - Lunatic Fringe
Asia - Sole Survivor
Donnie Iris - Love Is Like a Rock
Glenn Frey - Partytown
Toto - Rosanna
Kenny Loggins & Steve Perry - Don't Fight It
Robert Plant - Pledge Pin
The Who - Eminence Front
Rick Springfield - Calling All Girls
Eddie Money - Shakin'
Triumph - Magic Power
LeRoux - Addicted
Gamma - Right the First Time
Robert Plant - Worse Than Detroit
April Wine - Enough Is Enough
Peter Gabriel - Shock the Monkey
The Rolling Stones - Waiting on a Friend
Bob & Doug McKenzie - Take Off
David Bowie - Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
The Greg Kihn Band - Testify
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
707 - Mega Force
Santana - Nowhere to Run
AC/DC - Let's Get It Up
The Rolling Stones - Going to a Go-Go
The Charlie Daniels Band - Still in Saigon
Jackson Browne - Somebody's Baby
Lindsey Buckingham - Trouble
Steel Breeze - You Don't Want Me Anymore
Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out
The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky
Rainbow - Jealous Lover
The Go-Go's - Vacation
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Wasted on the Way
The Go-Go's - We Got the Beat
Survivor - Poor Man's Son
The Clash - Rock the Casbah
Billy Joel - Pressure
The Alan Parsons Project - You're Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned
Van Halen - Where Have All the Good Times Gone!
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Southern Pacific
John Waite - Change
Rush - Closer to the Heart (Live)
Huey Lewis & the News - Workin for a Livin'
Foreigner - Waiting for a Girl Like You
Gary U.S. Bonds - Out of Work
Rod Stewart - Young Turks
The Motels - Mission of Mercy

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Participants:
singingrulebritannia
gonecountry
razorshark
Daryl the Beryl
rowellfarm490
aerodynamite
Doc Indie Party Rock
Troy
DadJokes
wheatsquares33
Red
Mirago
Gonza'90
thethirdcurry
peacebone
craziaskowboi

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[singingrulebritannia]

[razorshark]

Oh hell ya, this may be familiarity bias but I am seeing a whole lot more I like here than on the Alt list for this year. I should be able to get started on this sometime this weekend

[gonecountry]

Oh My God. Mind blown. This is going to be challenging. So many incredible classics. Scorpions. Judas Priest. AC/DC. Queen/Bowie. John Cougar. Bob & Doug McKenzie.

[Red]

Please let my #1 not do as poorly as it normally does, please let my #1 not do as poorly as it normally does, please let my #1 not do as poorly as it

[Troy]

wait! no Jack & Diane? no Who Can It Be Now?

[gonecountry]

I'm feeling confident to say that Peter Cetera has this rankdown in the bag. #1 or bust.

[singingrulebritannia]

Apr 12, 2021 10:27:15 GMT -5 Troy said:

wait! no Jack & Diane? no Who Can It Be Now?

Jack & Diane just barely missed out. Who Can It Be Now, on the other hand, wasn't very close to the top 100 at all. I'll have more info on both runs when I start rolling out extras.

[Troy]

i've got my preliminary list done...now to relisten to everything to finalize the list

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

man that actual Top 10 looks juicy

[Troy]

i remember most every rock song from my HS era (83-87), even if i didn't know the songs at the time, i've heard most of them since...but from this point on in these retro Mainstream Rock rankdowns, i'm guessing i'll start encountering a few discoveries, especially in the extras

[gonecountry]

Okay, I'll admit I like a good number of Rick Springfield songs, but this Calling All Girls song blows.

[singingrulebritannia]

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[Doc Indie Party Rock]

Apr 20, 2021 14:03:51 GMT -5 gonecountry said:

Okay, I'll admit I like a good number of Rick Springfield songs, but this Calling All Girls song blows.

As the biggest Rick Springfield fan on PULSE I say to you   

[razorshark]

Did Eye In The Sky get paired with Sirius back during the song's peak. I ask because it would actually change my ranking if they were together.

[singingrulebritannia]

Apr 21, 2021 10:47:08 GMT -5 razorshark said:

Did Eye In The Sky get paired with Sirius back during the song's peak. I ask because it would actually change my ranking if they were together.

Rock stations usually played the combined Sirius/Eye In The Sky.

[razorshark]

Apr 21, 2021 10:58:42 GMT -5 singingrulebritannia said:

Apr 21, 2021 10:47:08 GMT -5 razorshark said:

Did Eye In The Sky get paired with Sirius back during the song's peak. I ask because it would actually change my ranking if they were together.

Rock stations usually played the combined Sirius/Eye In The Sky.

I'm going to rank them together then.  Thank you.

[Troy]

i've heard them played together & separate...in '82 i normally heard them together, but not as much anymore...Sirius is some serious good music!

[razorshark]

Apr 21, 2021 11:52:01 GMT -5 Troy said:

i've heard them played together & separate...in '82 i normally heard them together, but not as much anymore...Sirius is some serious good music!

I thought about it because my gym(of all places) had a playlist that played them together.  I've actually only heard them seperate on spotify tbh.

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

Apr 21, 2021 11:56:28 GMT -5 razorshark said:

Apr 21, 2021 11:52:01 GMT -5 Troy said:

i've heard them played together & separate...in '82 i normally heard them together, but not as much anymore...Sirius is some serious good music!

I thought about it because my gym(of all places) had a playlist that played them together.  I've actually only heard them seperate on spotify tbh.

Rock radio format like KLOS usually played them together just like We Will Rock You /We Are The Champions and Boston's "Foreplay/Longtime". Since we are ranking this like a Rock format I'm going to rank them together as well.

[gonecountry]

Just about to submit. While I love A Flock of Seagulls, Human League, Soft Cell and the Go-Gos, I don't consider them mainstream rock so I can't rank them as high I did on the Modern Rock rankdown.

Hoping to see some love for our handful of Canadian rockers, and likewise expecting to see you wankers tanking Sammy Hagar's best tune.

[razorshark]

I should have this done tonight, I'm going to lose so much sleep over my list though. Everything here is so good T_T

[singingrulebritannia]

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[singingrulebritannia]

It's about time I start showing you all the pre-reveal extras, so here you go. First category is songs that were either also in a Hot 100 Year-End or also in Rowell's Lost Hits series

year-end position	Song	Artist	video	Peak	Weeks	chart points
265	Stray Cat Strut	Stray Cats	Link	41	2	37
276	Hot in the City	Billy Idol	Link	31	1	30
288	Southern Cross	Crosby, Stills & Nash	Link	39	1	22
304	Who Can It Be Now?	Men at Work	Link	46	1	15
321	Space Age Love Song	A Flock of Seagulls	Link	59	2	3

[singingrulebritannia]

LOL at #244

year-end position	Song	Artist	video	Peak	Weeks	chart points
165	Kids in America	Kim Wilde	Link	29	10	148
178	Open Arms	Journey	Link	35	10	134
204	Love Is Alright Tonite	Rick Springfield	Link	40	9	92
231	Take It Away	Paul McCartney	Link	39	7	70
244	Ebony and Ivory	Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder	Link	34	2	49
247	Whatcha Gonna Do	Chilliwack	Link	29	2	45

[singingrulebritannia]

I would've ranked "I Can't Go for That" top 10 with no shame

year-end position	Song	Artist	video	Peak	Weeks	chart points
121	I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)	Daryl Hall & John Oates	Link	28	11	277
133	Don't Talk to Strangers	Rick Springfield	Link	11	9	241
138	Rock This Town	Stray Cats	Link	4	12	224
149	I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)	Donald Fagen	Link	17	12	197
153	Do You Wanna Touch Me	Joan Jett & the Blackhearts	Link	21	9	190

[singingrulebritannia]

If you put together "Valerie's" 1982 and 1987 chart runs, it's probably Mainstream Rock's most successful song to never make a year-end list.

year-end position	Song	Artist	video	Peak	Weeks	chart points
101	Jack and Diane	John Mellencamp	Link	3	10	338
102	Valerie	Steve Winwood	Link	13	11	332
105	Hold On	Santana	Link	17	11	327
113	Do You Believe in Love	Huey Lewis and the News	Link	12	10	302
116	Leather and Lace	Stevie Nicks and Don Henley	Link	26	12	294

[singingrulebritannia]

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[singingrulebritannia]

Today I'll be posting all the extras that also charted on Modern Rock. Some were in the rankdown but some were also merely extras on that format

year-end position	Song	Artist	video	Peak	Weeks	chart points
310	Water On Glass	Kim Wilde	Link	53	2	11
317	Avalon	Roxy Music	Link	59	5	7
320	Heartbeat	King Crimson	Link	57	1	4
323	More than This	Roxy Music	Link	58	1	3
326	Words	Missing Persons	Link	60	1	1

[singingrulebritannia]

Certainly wouldn't have minded ranking Icehouse one more time

year-end position	Song	Artist	video	Peak	Weeks	chart points
275	Hey Little Girl	Icehouse	Link	31	1	30
277	The Look of Love, Pt. 1	ABC	Link	32	1	29
279	Me and the Boys	Dave Edmunds	Link	47	3	28
301	Get Up and Go	The Go-Go's	Link	46	1	15
303	She Sheila	The Producers	Link	48	2	15