Billboard #1 Soul Songs: Best Of The '80s RD (COMPLETE)

[Mirago]

Hope we see something more surprising/interesting than a When Doves Cry meets Billie Jean showdown

[CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker]

I think the first year that's gonna be wiped out is 85, anyone else wanna make bets?

[Glove Slap]

Sept 1, 2021 15:12:41 GMT -5 CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker said:

I think the first year that's gonna be wiped out is 85, anyone else wanna make bets?

I agree with that. I expect Pulse to make HWIK the top Nippy entry and use it as justification to bomb the slower ones. And I can’t see the Aretha track going much farther.

Or at least that’s what I’m hoping because I have Aretha really low and Rick James really high on mine.

[Soulsista]

Today's extra was the first charted solo single by this member of The Doobie Brothers. Released in 1982, it peaked at #4 on the Hot 100 and was his biggest solo hit on the soul chart, peaking at #7. It was notably sampled in Warren G and Nate Dogg's 1994 hit "Regulate".

I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) - Michael McDonald

[singingrulebritannia]

[gonecountry]

I'm thinking 81 or 82 will be out first...

Hopefully The Way You Make Me Feel will be out by then. It's not THAT good of a song.

[Soulsista]

Welcome back!

We kick off today's reveals with 2 Top 10 losses. Six others will lose a bottom 10.

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{'80s Soul Reunion}legend1982 Private Dancer singingrulebritannia aerodynamite ccarter1023 rowellfarm490 #LisaRinna back2blk gonecountry SHOOTER mamooshka wyckyd jtd Thee Stallion BB🌕 Gonza'90 annoymous1 Mirago Ky Glove Slap samo🦕 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker .indulgecountry Ivy Leegue™ peacebone newpower divasummer Jay D83

[Soulsista]

Wanna see you with it
Sure could treat you right
Give me just a minute
Of your time tonight
We both are here to have good fun
So let it whip



35. Let It Whip - The Dazz Band

Points: 580
Average: 29.52
Standard Deviation: 11.185 (9th lowest)

1982 Rank: #4

peacebone - 7
CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker - 8

🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 17
aerodynamite - 18
singingrulebritannia - 20

mamooshka - 22
jtd Thee Stallion - 22
Private Dancer - 23
BB🌕 - 23
Glove Slap - 24
rowellfarm490 - 25
legend1982 - 27
gonecountry - 27
Soulsista - 28
wyckyd - 28
Ky - 28

Ivy Leegue™ - 33
Gonza'90 - 36
annoymous1 - 37
.indulgecountry - 37
Mirago - 40

back2blk - 42
ccarter1023 - 44
newpower - 44
#LisaRinna - 45
SHOOTER - 46
samo🦕 - 46

Observing
divasummer
Jay D83


Next: the first Jackson song to leave us. It's got 5 Top 10s and 8 bottom 10s.

[gonecountry]

Sept 2, 2021 10:25:07 GMT -5 Soulsista said:

Next: the first Jackson song to leave us. It's got 5 Top 10s and 8 bottom 10s.

Thank you sweet lord Jesus.  Too bad it was after the Dazz Band.

[Soulsista]

I'm gonna make a change for once in my life
It's gonna feel real good, gonna make a difference
Gonna make it right



34. Man In The Mirror - Michael Jackson

Points: 581
Average: 29.48
Standard Deviation: 14.07 (14th highest)

1988 Rank: #1

ccarter1023 - 3
jtd Thee Stallion - 5
legend1982 - 7
samo🦕 - 8
gonecountry - 10

annoymous1 - 11
mamooshka - 20

back2blk - 25
Ky - 26
Ivy Leegue™ - 27
#LisaRinna - 30
newpower - 30

Soulsista - 32
.indulgecountry - 32
Mirago - 33
CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker - 33
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 35
singingrulebritannia - 36
peacebone - 36

rowellfarm490 - 42
wyckyd - 42
Private Dancer - 43
BB🌕 - 44
Gonza'90 - 45
Glove Slap - 45
aerodynamite - 47
SHOOTER - 49

Observing
divasummer
Jay D83


Two more Top 10s go down with the next reveal, along with four bottom 10s. One lucky person will get a perfect ranking.

[gonecountry]

stunned that this was the first MJ to go...

[Soulsista]

Cherry blossom kiss
What you're givin'
Makes my body rock
Keeps me sizzlin'
Do what you want
I don't care
I'll be your lollipop
You can lick me everywhere



33. Juicy Fruit - Mtume

Points: 599
Average: 28.81
Standard Deviation: 11.506 (15th lowest)

1983 Rank: #4

Gonza'90 - 3
back2blk - 10

#LisaRinna - 14
CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker - 14
jtd Thee Stallion - 17
Soulsista - 18

rowellfarm490 - 21
.indulgecountry - 26
Ivy Leegue™ - 26
wyckyd - 27
Glove Slap - 27
newpower - 27
singingrulebritannia - 28
peacebone - 28
aerodynamite - 29
samo🦕 - 29
mamooshka - 30

BB🌕 - 32
Ky - 33
Mirago - 37
gonecountry - 38
Private Dancer - 40
SHOOTER - 40

annoymous1 - 42
legend1982 - 46
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 47
ccarter1023 - 49

Observing
divasummer
Jay D83


Another Top 10 will be lost with the next reveal. Five others will shed a bottom 10.

[back2blk]

Let it Whip accidentally landed too low on my list. My bad boys.

[Jay D83]

"The Way You Make Me Feel" OVER "Man In The Mirror"??? Y'alls taste is weird!!

[Soulsista]

Easy, ready, willing, overtime
Where does it stop
Where do you dare me
To draw the line
You've got the body
Now you want my soul
Don't even think about it
Say no go



32. I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) - Hall & Oates

Points: 619
Average: 28.07
Standard Deviation: 12.36 (21st lowest)

1982 Rank: #2

peacebone - 6

singingrulebritannia - 12
BB🌕 - 12
annoymous1 - 12
SHOOTER - 14
Gonza'90 - 14
rowellfarm490 - 15
aerodynamite - 19
newpower - 20

Glove Slap - 21
Mirago - 25
samo🦕 - 25
legend1982 - 26
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 30

mamooshka - 31
jtd Thee Stallion - 32
#LisaRinna - 34
Ivy Leegue™ - 36
Soulsista - 37
ccarter1023 - 37
CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker - 38
Ky - 40

back2blk - 41
gonecountry - 41
wyckyd - 43
Private Dancer - 47
.indulgecountry - 50

Observing
divasummer
Jay D83


The next reveal will see 4 Top 10s go down...along with 5 bottom 5s.

[Soulsista]

Never you mind the exit signs
We got lots of time
We can't quit till we get
To the other side



31. Freeway Of Love - Aretha Franklin

Points: 626
Average: 27.81
Standard Deviation: 15.184 (7th highest)

1985 Rank: #2

gonecountry - 3
Mirago - 3
Private Dancer - 7
.indulgecountry - 8

mamooshka - 12
annoymous1 - 14
jtd Thee Stallion - 15
wyckyd - 16
SHOOTER - 17
newpower - 17
ccarter1023 - 20

Gonza'90 - 24
samo🦕 - 26
#LisaRinna - 29

🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 33
Ky - 35
legend1982 - 36
CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker - 36
aerodynamite - 38
BB🌕 - 38
Soulsista - 40

rowellfarm490 - 43
back2blk - 48
Glove Slap - 48
Ivy Leegue™ - 48
peacebone - 48
singingrulebritannia - 49

Observing
divasummer
Jay D83

[Soulsista]

The remaining 30 songs:

Rock With You - Michael Jackson
Upside Down - Diana Ross
And The Beat Goes On - The Whispers
Take Your Time (Do It Right) - The S.O.S. Band

Let's Groove - Earth, Wind & Fire
Never Too Much - Luther Vandross
Give It To Me Baby - Rick James

Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye
Love Come Down - Evelyn "Champagne" King

Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
Ain't Nobody - Rufus & Chaka Khan
Beat It - Michael Jackson

I Feel For You - Chaka Khan
When Doves Cry - Prince
Let's Go Crazy - Prince & The Revolution

Saving All My Love For You - Whitney Houston
You Give Good Love - Whitney Houston

Kiss - Prince & The Revolution
How Will I Know - Whitney Houston
What Have You Done For Me Lately - Janet Jackson
Nasty - Janet Jackson

Control - Janet Jackson
The Pleasure Principle - Janet Jackson
The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson
Looking For a New Love - Jody Watley

Giving You The Best That I Got - Anita Baker
Paradise - Sade

Miss You Much - Janet Jackson
Back To Life - Soul II Soul
Every Little Step - Bobby Brown


Five more will be revealed tomorrow...more #1 losses are coming!

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{'80s Soul Reunion}legend1982 Private Dancer singingrulebritannia aerodynamite ccarter1023 rowellfarm490 #LisaRinna back2blk gonecountry SHOOTER mamooshka wyckyd jtd Thee Stallion BB🌕 Gonza'90 annoymous1 Mirago Ky Glove Slap samo🦕 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker .indulgecountry Ivy Leegue™ peacebone newpower divasummer Jay D83

[gonecountry]

Some of y'all have done Detroit wrong. What have we ever done to you? Other than gave you some sweet ass cars, Motown, the Red Wings and the Pistons (when they were good) and Aretha, the Queen of Soul.

Hell, we even gave you Anita Baker.  And Diana.

[back2blk]

Anita Baker is really the only one I'm monitoring right now.

If y'all don't respect your elders up in hurrr, I swearT to godT.

[mamooshka]

Sept 2, 2021 11:28:45 GMT -5 gonecountry said:

Some of y'all have done Detroit wrong. What have we ever done to you? Other than gave you some sweet ass cars, Motown, the Red Wings and the Pistons (when they were good) and Aretha, the Queen of Soul.

Hell, we even gave you Anita Baker.  And Diana.

... and Smokey.

[Soulsista]

The first extra for today was their follow-up to the Top 10 soul hit "More Bounce To The Ounce". Peaking at #26 on the soul chart in 1981, it was notably sampled in H-Town's "Knockin' Da Boots", 2Pac's "Keep Ya Head Up", and MoKenStef's "He's Mine".

Be Alright - Zapp

---

Next, the breakthrough hit on the Hot 100 for this teenager from DC. It peaked at #21 on the Hot 100 and #8 on the soul chart in 1980.

Let Me Be Your Angel - Stacy Lattisaw

[SHOOTER]

Sept 2, 2021 11:29:10 GMT -5 back2blk said:

Anita Baker is really the only one I'm monitoring right now.

If y'all don't respect your elders up in hurrr, I swearT to godT.

The way the deceased are being disrespected, I wouldn't hold my breath!

[Private Dancer]

Freeway Of Love??? Apparently yall driving on the Highway of Hate...

[🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲]

Okay..today's reveals weren't so bad, but I'm sad about The Dazz Band leaving.

[.indulgecountry]

Sept 2, 2021 21:13:23 GMT -5 Private Dancer said:

Freeway Of Love??? Apparently yall driving on the Highway of Hate...

Nah I think they done ran out of gas



*footage of posters hitchhiking for the taste that eludes them*

[Soulsista]

Welcome back!

The song at #30 actually has the same number of points as #31, it's just placed higher because it has a #1 rank. Along with that #1 loss, four others will lose a Top 10 and eight others will lose a bottom 10.

SPOILER: Click to show

{'80s Soul Reunion}legend1982 Private Dancer singingrulebritannia aerodynamite ccarter1023 rowellfarm490 #LisaRinna back2blk gonecountry SHOOTER mamooshka wyckyd jtd Thee Stallion BB🌕 Gonza'90 annoymous1 Mirago Ky Glove Slap samo🦕 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker .indulgecountry Ivy Leegue™ peacebone newpower divasummer Jay D83

[Soulsista]

Never stopping, I was always searching
For that perfect love
The kind that girls like me dream of



30. You Give Good Love - Whitney Houston

Apologies to #LisaRinna...

Points: 626
Average: 27.81
Standard Deviation: 15.395 (4th highest)

1985 Rank: #3

#LisaRinna - 1
Ky - 3
ccarter1023 - 6
back2blk - 6
Private Dancer - 10

wyckyd - 12
.indulgecountry - 12
gonecountry - 17
Mirago - 17

Glove Slap - 23
legend1982 - 24
annoymous1 - 25
jtd Thee Stallion - 30

samo🦕 - 31
mamooshka - 32
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 32
Ivy Leegue™ - 32
Soulsista - 35
Gonza'90 - 38

BB🌕 - 43
aerodynamite - 44
singingrulebritannia - 45
CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker - 45
rowellfarm490 - 47
SHOOTER - 47
peacebone - 47
newpower - 47

Observing
divasummer
Jay D83


Four more Top 10s go down with the next reveal. Seven others will shed a bottom 10.

[Soulsista]

No matter what your friends try to tell ya
We were made to fall in love
And we will be together, any kind of weather
It's like that, it's like that



29. Every Little Step - Bobby Brown

Points: 643
Average: 27.19
Standard Deviation: 14.014 (16th highest)

1989 Rank: #3

🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 5
back2blk - 7
Glove Slap - 7
legend1982 - 10

ccarter1023 - 12
SHOOTER - 13
Ky - 15
gonecountry - 18
mamooshka - 18

annoymous1 - 22
newpower - 23
jtd Thee Stallion - 24
aerodynamite - 25
wyckyd - 25
Soulsista - 27
rowellfarm490 - 27
Ivy Leegue™ - 30

#LisaRinna - 32
CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker - 37
samo🦕 - 38

Private Dancer - 42
BB🌕 - 42
singingrulebritannia - 43
peacebone - 44
.indulgecountry - 48
Gonza'90 - 50
Mirago - 50

Observing
divasummer
Jay D83


Two more Top 10s will be lost with the next reveal. Four more will rid themselves of a bottom 10.

[Jay D83]

What'chall done did to Whitney and the ex Mr. Houston??? (and "How Will I Know" over "You Give Good Love"?) BLECH!

For shame!!!!!!!

[back2blk]

The shenanigans I am bearing witness to up in this countdown is NEXT LEVEL