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Post by House Lannister on Oct 13, 2021 5:18:56 GMT -5
Up next is the lead single from Earth, Wind & Fire's 9th album. Featuring backing vocals from the Emotions, this song performed better on the Hot 100 (#6 peak) but only managed to reach #2 on the Soul chart.
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Boogie Wonderland
Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions
Year-End Rank: 370 | Peak: #48 | Weeks: 1
Album: I Am
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Oct 13, 2021 9:16:06 GMT -5
This next extra made the APRA's 2001 list of the top 30 Australian songs of all time. A top 10 hit on the Hot 100 (#10 peak), we ranked this song in the 1980 Hot 100 rankdown where it finished at #84.
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Cool Change
Little River Band
Year-End Rank: 259 | Peak: #34 | Weeks: 4
Album: First Under the Wire
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Oct 13, 2021 9:26:40 GMT -5
Nigel Olsson was a drummer for the Elton John Band and his song here made the 1979 Hot 100 year-end list. "Hot Summer Nights" is a cover of the Walter Egan song from 1978. There are 3 songs in this set from the E Street Band member Nils Lofgren and his 5th solo album Nils. "Baltimore" is his take on the Randy Newman song and Patti Smith's song here is a remake of the song by the Byrds (1967). Orleans are a New York based band fronted by John Hall, though he was not with the band this album era. | YE Rank | Artist - Song | Peak | Weeks | Audio | Hot 100 | | 269 | Nigel Olsson - Dancin' Shoes | 44 | 7 | Link | 18 | | 182 | Night - Hot Summer Nights | 36 | 11 | Link | 18 | | 268 | Nils Lofgren - Baltimore | 29 | 2 | Link | - | | 109 | Nils Lofgren - No Mercy | 15 | 8 | Link | - | | 282 | Nils Lofgren - Steal Away | 19 | 1 | Link | - | | 111 | Orleans - Love Takes Time | 18 | 16 | Link | 11 | | 148 | Patti Smith Group - So You Want to Be (A Rock 'N' Roll Star) | 9 | 4 | Link | - | | 223 | Poco - Legend | 28 | 3 | Link | - | | 324 | Prism - Virginia | 44 | 4 | Link | - |
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Oct 13, 2021 9:37:33 GMT -5
The 2 live songs in this set from Queen are off of their first live album Live Killers. There are also a pair of songs from the American composer Randy Newman's 6th album Born Again. "Just When I Needed You Most" was the biggest hit for the American singer-songwriter. It made the 1979 Hot 100 year-end list and was a #1 hit on the Adult Contemporary chart. Finally, there's a song here from a founding member of the McCoys, Rick Derringer, who is best known for his 1973 cover of "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo". | YE Rank | Artist - Song | Peak | Weeks | Audio | Hot 100 | | 200 | Queen - If You Can't Beat Them | 16 | 3 | Link | - | | 258 | Queen - We Are the Champions (Live) | 29 | 2 | Link | - | | 179 | Queen - We Will Rock You (Live) | 26 | 4 | Link | - | | 236 | Randy Newman - It's Money That I Love | 36 | 4 | Link | - | | 328 | Randy Newman - The Story of a Rock and Roll Band | 35 | 1 | Link | - | | 359 | Randy VanWarmer - Just When I Needed You Most | 47 | 2 | Link | 4 | | 209 | REO Speedwagon - Heavy on Your Love | 12 | 2 | Link | - | | 261 | REO Speedwagon - Only the Strong Survive | 13 | 1 | Link | - | | 230 | REO Speedwagon - Take Me | 9 | 2 | Link | - | | 314 | Rick Derringer - Something Warm | 42 | 4 | Link | - |
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Post by gonecountry on Oct 13, 2021 13:39:00 GMT -5
Time for a total rant here from a long time Kiss Army member. I just realized that songs off Kiss's 'Dynasty' were completely glance over on Mainstream. I kept thinking I would eventually run into it as I was previewing songs of the list. Unless by some twist of fate it's on mainstream 1978 this seems like a complete diss by the U.S. rock format? The song in question is "I Was made For Lovin' You". The song was a global top 2 hit even nearly top 10 on Billboard Hot 100. To add further salt to the injury it seems this format was even playing straight out disco hits like Earth Wind and Fire? WTF? Not too mention Blondie's and Rod Stewart's most Disco- ish hits ever gor Rock radio play. Not dissing on those disco hits. If anything rock artists proved that rock acts made better disco hits that disco acts. The Kiss song would have fit like a glove on this RD. Kiss was right when they said the Rock format always kept them down for fear of scoring the crown song of the year. It's the one song missing to build my perfect 1979 Top 10. Even some of the rock 80's metal dissers gotta admit this rocks proper. This song more than rocks proper. It kicks ass, to a disco beat. That is quite an undertaking |
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Post by Mirago on Oct 13, 2021 21:09:47 GMT -5
Doesn’t Gene Simmons hate the song, perhaps rock radio felt the same way and couldn’t readily get behind it? I agree it has an undeniable groove to it and a glaring miss with Rod being here.
Speaking of disco beats will we be listening to The Stones’, Miss You in ‘78?
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Oct 13, 2021 21:28:47 GMT -5
Speaking of disco beats will we be listening to The Stones’, Miss You in ‘78? Yes. It was the third biggest hit of the year, in fact. |
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Oct 13, 2021 23:45:22 GMT -5
Doesn’t Gene Simmons hate the song, perhaps rock radio felt the same way and couldn’t readily get behind it? I agree it has an undeniable groove to it and a glaring miss with Rod being here. Speaking of disco beats will we be listening to The Stones’, Miss You in ‘78? It was really Ace who hated it. Gene can sometimes be a tool, and wants to seem cool ,and say he hates it. gene can talk all the crap he wants, but the song mostly rides on his bassline.  It did turn out to be one of their biggest pop hits. Just right below "Beth" and "Forever", and it has always been on their concert playlists |
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Post by Pyjamarama on Oct 14, 2021 7:27:44 GMT -5
easily my favorite Kiss song…but then I’ve never been a fan of the band
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Oct 14, 2021 8:57:58 GMT -5
This next grouping of extras contains a rockabilly cover of the 1958 Conway Twitty song "It's Only Make Believe". Also here are a pair of songs off of the Memphis-based blues guitarist Robert Johnson's debut album Close Personal Friend. "Can We Still Be Freinds?" is a remake of the Todd Rundgren song. And "Get Used to It" was the biggest and only charter for the singer-songwriter from San Francisco Roger Voudouris (it also made the 1979 Hot 100 year-end list). | YE Rank | Artist - Song | Peak | Weeks | Audio | Hot 100 | | 127 | Rickie Lee Jones - Danny's All-Star Joint | 2 | 5 | Link | - | | 175 | Rickie Lee Jones - Young Blood | 25 | 6 | Link | 40 | | 364 | Robert Gordon - It's Only Make Believe | 46 | 1 | Link | - | | 276 | Robert Johnson - Guide My Energy | 34 | 2 | Link | - | | 197 | Robert Johnson - I'll Be Waiting | 31 | 6 | Link | - | | 311 | Robert Palmer - Can We Still Be Friends? | 29 | 1 | Link | 52 | | 354 | Robert Palmer - Jealous | 44 | 2 | Link | - | | 273 | Rod Stewart - Blondes (Have More Fun) | 16 | 1 | Link | - | | 369 | Roger Voudouris - Get Used to It | 49 | 2 | Link | 21 |
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Oct 14, 2021 9:07:49 GMT -5
Included in this next set is a Bob Dylan cover performed by a member of the Rolling Stones, Ron Wood. Sammy Hagar's cover of the 1968 soul song by Otis Redding features backup vocals from 3 members of the band Boston. His other 2 songs here are off of his 4th album Street Machine. All 3 of Santana's extras are from his 11th album Marathon. | YE Rank | Artist - Song | Peak | Weeks | Audio | Hot 100 | | 165 | Ron Wood - Seven Days | 26 | 6 | Link | - | | 343 | Sad Café - Take Me to the Future | 40 | 1 | Link | - | | 219 | Sammy Hagar - (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay | 31 | 7 | Link | 65 | | 303 | Sammy Hagar - Growing Pains | 25 | 1 | Link | - | | 102 | Sammy Hagar - Plain Jane | 17 | 11 | Link | 77 | | 133 | Santana - All I Ever Wanted | 11 | 5 | Link | - | | 262 | Santana - Aqua Marine | 13 | 1 | Link | - | | 283 | Santana - Lightning in the Sky | 19 | 1 | Link | - | | 352 | Scorpions - Loving You Sunday Morning | 42 | 1 | Link | - |
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Oct 14, 2021 9:19:28 GMT -5
Here's the title track from the German band's 6th studio album. This song's parent album was included on IGN's 2007 listing of the Top 25 metal albums of all time.
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Lovedrive
Scorpions
Year-End Rank: 344 | Peak: #40 | Weeks: 1
Album: Lovedrive
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Oct 14, 2021 9:21:32 GMT -5
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Post by razorshark on Oct 14, 2021 12:52:21 GMT -5
Hoping we get to rank some 70s Scorpions at some point. Underrated era for that band.
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Oct 16, 2021 9:04:23 GMT -5
This next set features 4 songs from Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes. They are a band from the Jersey Shore that is closely associated with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. There's a song here from radio personality Steve Dahl and his band who did parodies of songs this one being a parody of the Rod Stewart hit. Also included is a track from the English glam rock band Sweet's 7th album Cut Above the Rest. | YE Rank | Artist - Song | Peak | Weeks | Audio | Hot 100 | | 186 | Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes - All I Want Is Everything | 18 | 3 | Link | - | | 336 | Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes - I Played the Fool | 38 | 1 | Link | - | | 134 | Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes - I'm So Anxious | 21 | 10 | Link | 71 | | 312 | Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes - Trapped Again | 39 | 2 | Link | - | | 362 | Steve Dahl & Teenage Radiation - Do Ya Think I'm Disco | 48 | 2 | Link | 58 | | 244 | Styx - Lights | 3 | 1 | Link | - | | 198 | Styx - Queen of Spades | 11 | 2 | Link | - | | 361 | Sweet - Discophony (Dis-Kof-O-Ne) | 45 | 1 | Link | - | | 204 | Ted Nugent - Need You Bad | 20 | 3 | Link | 84 | | 332 | Ted Nugent - Paralyzed | 36 | 1 | Link | - | | 149 | Ted Nugent - Tight Spots | 18 | 5 | Link | - |
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Oct 16, 2021 9:12:27 GMT -5
"Pegasus" is an instrumental track that was written by guitarist Dickey Betts. "Good Timin'" was a single from the Beach Boys' 23rd album L.A. (Light Album). And "Rubber Biscuit" is a cover of the novelty doo-wop song by the Chips (1956). Also featured here are a couple of fan favorites from Candy-O including the title track. | YE Rank | Artist - Song | Peak | Weeks | Audio | Hot 100 | | 278 | The Alan Parsons Project - You Lie Down with Dogs | 18 | 1 | Link | - | | 330 | The Allman Brothers Band - Can't Take It with You | 35 | 1 | Link | - | | 235 | The Allman Brothers Band - Pegasus | 23 | 2 | Link | - | | 144 | The Babys - Head First | 23 | 11 | Link | 77 | | 373 | The Beach Boys - Good Timin' | 50 | 2 | Link | 40 | | 147 | The Blues Brothers - Rubber Biscuit | 7 | 4 | Link | 37 | | 252 | The Cars - Candy-O | 10 | 1 | Link | - | | 242 | The Cars - Dangerous Type | 2 | 1 | Link | - | | 298 | The Charlie Daniels Band - Passing Lane | 36 | 2 | Link | - | | 377 | The Doors - Roadhouse Blues (Live) | 50 | 1 | Link | - |
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Oct 16, 2021 9:26:16 GMT -5
Getting its own post here is the title track from the British progressive rock band's 6th album. A live version of the song charted on the Hot 100 in 1981 (#62 peak). The 2005 hit "Cupid's Chokehold" by Gym Class Heroes takes its chorus from this song.
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Breakfast in America
Supertramp
Year-End Rank: 329 | Peak: #35 | Weeks: 1
Album: Breakfast in America
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Oct 16, 2021 9:30:09 GMT -5
Up next is Supertramp's only other top 10 hit on the Hot 100 besides "The Logical Song". Peaking at #10, we ranked this song in the Billboard 1980 rankdown where it finished at #30.
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Take the Long Way Home
Supertramp
Year-End Rank: 357 | Peak: #45 | Weeks: 2
Album: Breakfast in America
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Oct 16, 2021 9:36:56 GMT -5
This next extra was Suzi Quatro's biggest and only top 40 Hot 100 hit (#4 peak, made 1979 year-end list). The song was a duet with the lead singer of the English band Smokie: Chris Norman. It did very well abroad as well making it to #2 in Australia, Germany, New Zealand, and South Africa.
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Stumblin' In
Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman
Year-End Rank: 355 | Peak: #49 | Weeks: 5
Album: If You Knew Suzi...
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Oct 16, 2021 23:52:28 GMT -5
I remember KLOS playing almost every song off "Candy-O' way into the mid 80's. Incredible only three get mentioned. "It's All I Can Do" was even a HOT 100 hit at #41. The Babys - Head First was easily my favorite Baby's song. Would have made my top 20 on this list. Here is one of those TOTP "live"  performances. |
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Oct 18, 2021 9:25:07 GMT -5
6 more days to send in your rankings. If anyone is thinking they might need an extension just let me know. |
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Post by gonecountry on Oct 18, 2021 17:37:42 GMT -5
Some interesting stuff in the extras, as well as the albums they came from. Supertramp's Breakfast in America was overall a pretty good album. Listened to the Ron Wood album (Gimme Some Neck) which included the non-single F.U.C. Her (some rather racy lyrics). Sweet's tune was fun and a bit racy as well - the 70's were definitely a bit in your face. The Southside Johnny tunes were pretty good, particularly liked I Played the Fool and Trapped Again. Ted Nugent songs keep getting better as we go back in time, particularly Tight Spots. The Cars songs were both solid, but their first couple albums were solid from front to back. The Doors Roadhouse Blues was great, I need to listen to that whole American Prayer album. Stumblin' In is a very sweet classic from Leather Tuscadero (the singer/actress from the "Happy Days" tv show)
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Oct 18, 2021 23:38:28 GMT -5
...and press send.
One of my favorite years in rock. My actual top 100 from 1979 featured about 50 of these songs. The rest were from 1980 that I charted a year ahead. I have not compiled any top 100 before 1979.
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Oct 19, 2021 9:14:24 GMT -5
There aren't too many extras left now. This next set features 3 songs from the J. Geils Band's 8th album Sanctuary. There are also a trio of songs from the short-lived West Coast group the Marc Tanner Band and their debut album No Escape. And we also have 3 extras from the South Carolina group the Marshall Tucker Band off of their 9th album Running Like the Wind. | YE Rank | Artist - Song | Peak | Weeks | Audio | Hot 100 | | 300 | The J. Geils Band - Sanctuary | 23 | 1 | Link | - | | 237 | The J. Geils Band - Take It Back | 25 | 2 | Link | 67 | | 274 | The J. Geils Band - Wild Man | 16 | 1 | Link | - | | 122 | The Kinks - Catch Me Now I'm Falling | 6 | 7 | Link | - | | 190 | The Marc Tanner Band - Elena | 25 | 4 | Link | 45 | | 233 | The Marc Tanner Band - Never Again | 21 | 2 | Link | - | | 221 | The Marc Tanner Band - She's So High | 26 | 3 | Link | - | | 161 | The Marshall Tucker Band - Last of the Singing Cowboys | 24 | 8 | Link | 42 | | 110 | The Marshall Tucker Band - My Best Friend | 10 | 6 | Link | - | | 284 | The Marshall Tucker Band - Running Like the Wind | 19 | 1 | Link | - |
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Oct 19, 2021 9:27:53 GMT -5
The Max Demian band were named after a character in the Hermann Hesse novel and their song here is from their debut album Take It to the Max. There are a pair of extras here from both the Outlaws' 4th album Playin' to Win and 5th album In the Eye of the Storm. "Miracle Man" is an Elvis Costello cover (1977). The Detroit band, the Rockets, also give their rocking rendition of the Fleetwood Mac song "Oh Well" (1969). And the Sinceros were a London-based power pop band, their song here coming off of their debut album The Sound of Sunbathing. | YE Rank | Artist - Song | Peak | Weeks | Audio | Hot 100 | | 320 | The Max Demian Band - Paradise | 33 | 1 | Link | - | | 153 | The Outlaws - Blueswater | 16 | 5 | Link | - | | 294 | The Outlaws - Miracle Man | 21 | 1 | Link | - | | 231 | The Outlaws - Take It Anyway You Want It | 33 | 4 | Link | - | | 187 | The Outlaws - You Are the Show | 30 | 5 | Link | - | | 256 | The Police - Truth Hits Everybody | 12 | 1 | Link | - | | 349 | The Rockets - Can't Sleep | 41 | 1 | Link | 51 | | 105 | The Rockets - Oh Well | 21 | 12 | Link | 30 | | 213 | The Rolling Stones - Everything Is Turning to Gold | 42 | 10 | Link | - | | 358 | The Sinceros - Take Me to Your Leader | 46 | 2 | Link | - |
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Oct 19, 2021 9:47:25 GMT -5
Here's another popular track from the English rock band that we could've ranked here. The follow-up single to "Roxanne", it was a #2 hit in the UK.
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Can't Stand Losing You
The Police
Year-End Rank: 275 | Peak: #36 | Weeks: 3
Album: Outlandos d'Amour
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Oct 19, 2021 9:54:45 GMT -5
This next extra appeared in an episode of the sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati which helped propel it to a peak of #45 on the Hot 100. The Sports were a short-lived rock group from Melbourne, Australia.
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Who Listens to the Radio?
The Sports
Year-End Rank: 309 | Peak: #41 | Weeks: 6
Album: Don't Throw Stones
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Post by Pyjamarama on Oct 19, 2021 13:30:18 GMT -5
I can’t stand not ranking a particular extra…somebody at least should add it to a personal rankdown
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Post by razorshark on Oct 19, 2021 13:50:04 GMT -5
I can’t stand not ranking a particular extra…somebody at least should add it to a personal rankdown If I end up continuing my Rock Band series into DLC it will show up pretty early in the DLC sets. |
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Oct 20, 2021 9:11:21 GMT -5
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It did turn out to be one of their biggest pop hits. Just right below "Beth" and "Forever", and it has always been on their concert playlists 
