Lost Hits of 1978 Rankdown (Finished)

[rowellfarm490]

Artist - Song	Peak	Audio
Mick Jackson - Blame It on the Boogie	61	Link
Millie Jackson - If You're Not Back in Love by Monday	43	Link
The Moody Blues - Driftwood	59	Link
Neil Diamond - Desirée	16	Link
Nick Gilder - Here Comes the Night	44	Link
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - In for the Night	86	Link
Odyssey - Weekend Lover	57	Link
The O'Jays - Brandy	79	Link
deleted Cruise - Don't Want to Live Without It	21	Link
deleted Cruise - Never Had a Love	87	Link

Notes:

• Blame It on the Boogie: original version of the song by the Jacksons featured in this rankdown; only charter for the English singer-songwriter
• If You're Not Back in Love by Monday: R&B cover of the country song by Merle Haggard (1977)
• Desirée: #1 hit on the Adult Contemporary chart
• Here Comes the Night: follow up single to the Sweeney Todd frontman's #1 hit "Hot Child in the City"
• Weekend Lover: track by the disco group from New York City

[rowellfarm490]

Artist - Song	Peak	Audio
Paul Anka - This Is Love	35	Link
Paul Davis - Sweet Life	17	Link
Paul Davis and Susan Collins - Darlin'	51	Link
Paul Nicholas - On the Strip	67	Link
Paul Stanley - Hold Me, Touch Me (Think of Me When We're Apart)	46	Link
Peter Brown - You Should Do It	54	Link
Peter Frampton - Tried to Love	41	Link
Player - Prisoner of Your Love	27	Link
Pockets - Come Go with Me	84	Link
Prism - Take Me to the Kaptin	59	Link

Notes:

• Darlin': cover of the Beach Boys R&B song (1967)
• On the Strip: follow up single to the English singer and actor's top 10 hit "Heaven on the 7th Floor"
• Hold Me, Touch Me: solo single from the KISS rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist
• You Should Do It: track features backing vocals from Betty Wright
• Come Go with Me: only charter for the R&B band from Baltimore, Maryland

[rowellfarm490]

Artist - Song	Peak	Audio
Ramones - Do You Wanna Dance?	86	Link
Rare Earth - Warm Ride	39	Link
Rita Coolidge - The Way You Do the Things You Do	20	Link
Rita Coolidge - You	25	Link
Rita Coolidge - Love Me Again	68	Link
Roberta Flack - If Ever I See You Again	24	Link
Robin Gibb - Oh! Darling	15	Link
Ronnie McDowell - I Love You, I Love You, I Love You	81	Link
Ronnie Milsap - Only One Love in My Life	63	Link
Ronnie Milsap - What a Difference You've Made in My Life	80	Link

Notes:

• Do You Wanna Dance?: cover of the rock & roll song by Bobby Freeman (1958)
• Warm Ride: Bee Gees cover (1977); final Hot 100 appearance for the Detroit-based band
• The Way You Do the Things You Do: remake of the soul hit by the Temptations (1964)
• You: Tom Snow cover (1975); track was most successful on the Adult Contemporary charts reaching the top spot in Canada and peaking at #3 in the US
• If Ever I See You Again: theme song for the romantic drama film If Ever I See You Again; #1 hit on the Adult Contemporary chart
• Oh! Darling: Beatles cover (1969); track was the biggest solo hit for the Bee Gees member and was recorded for the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band soundtrack
• Only One Love in My Life: reached #1 on the Country chart in both the US and Canada
• What a Difference You've Made in My Life: also went to #1 on both the US and Canadian Country charts

[rowellfarm490]

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Artist - Song	Peak	Audio
Rose Royce - Ooh Boy	72	Link
Rubicon - I'm Gonna Take Care of Everything	28	Link
Rufus & Chaka Khan - Stay	38	Link
Rupert Holmes - Let's Get Crazy Tonight	72	Link
Samantha Sang - You Keep Me Dancing	56	Link
Sammy Hagar - You Make Me Crazy	62	Link
Santa Esmeralda - The House of the Rising Sun	78	Link
Santana - Well All Right	69	Link
Seals and Crofts - You're the Love	18	Link
Seals and Crofts - Takin' It Easy	79	Link

Notes:

• I'm Gonna Take Care of Everything: only Hot 100 appearance for the funk rock band from San Francisco
• You Keep Me Dancing: follow up single to the Australian singer's top 3 hit "Emotion"
• You Make Me Crazy: first charting solo single for the future Van Halen vocalist
• The House of the Rising Sun: remake of the traditional folk song made famous by the Animals (1964) performed by the American-French disco group
• Well All right: Buddy Holly cover (1958)
• Takin' It Easy: final charting single for the soft rock duo

[rowellfarm490]

Artist - Song	Peak	Audio
Shaun Cassidy - Do You Believe in Magic	31	Link
Shaun Cassidy - Our Night	80	Link
Smokey Robinson - Daylight and Darkness	75	Link
Snail - The Joker	93	Link
Spellbound - Rumor at the Honky Tonk	89	Link
The Spinners - If You Wanna Do a Dance (All Night)	49	Link
Spyro Gyra - Shaker Song	90	Link
Starbuck - Searching for a Thrill	58	Link
Stargard - Disco Rufus	88	Link

Notes:

• Do You Believe in Magic: cover of the folk rock song by the Lovin' Spoonful (1965)
• The Joker: lone charter for the rock band from Santa Cruz, California
• Rumor at the Honky Tonk: only Hot 100 appearance for the country rock band from San Francisco
• Shaker Song: first charting single for the jazz-fusion band from Buffalo, NY
• Searching for a Thrill: track by the Atlanta-based rock band
  
• Disco Rufus: follow up single to the girl group's #1 Soul chart hit "Theme from 'Which Way Is Up'"

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[DJDaveMick69]

So many great honorable mentions! Too bad deleted Cruise DWTLWI is not in here, would make my top 5 for the year. Also love Rita Coolidge You and ED&JFC WNHTSGA (hit #9 but only 8 weeks in the top 40--sad it missed the 1978 YE).

[rowellfarm490]

Artist - Song	Peak	Audio
Starz - Hold on to the Night	78	Link
Starz - (Any Way That You Want It) I'll Be There	79	Link
Starz - So Young, So Bad	81	Link
Stephen Bishop - Everybody Needs Love	32	Link
Stillwater - Mind Bender	46	Link
Stonebolt - I Will Still Love You	29	Link
Sweet - California Nights	76	Link
Switch - There'll Never Be	36	Link
Tarney/Spencer Band - It's Really You	86	Link
Ted Nugent - Yank Me, Crank Me (Live)	58	Link
Ted Nugent - Homebound	70	Link

Notes:

• Hold on to the Night/I'll Be There/So Young, So Bad: trio of songs by the hard rock band from New Jersey
• Mind Bender: only Hot 100 appearance for the southern rock band from Warner Robbins, Georgia
• I Will Still Love You: biggest hit for the Canadian rock band from Vancouver
• There'll Never Be: best performing single for the R&B/funk band originally from Mansfield, Ohio
• Yank Me, Crank Me: track was recorded live at the Taylor County Coliseum in Abilene, TX in November 1977
• Homebound: instrumental track that was later sampled by the Beastie Boys and Biz Markie on their 1992 song "The Biz vs. the Nuge"

[rowellfarm490]

Artist - Song	Peak	Audio
Teri DeSario - Ain't Nothing Gonna Keep Me from You	43	Link
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Listen to Her Heart	59	Link
Tuxedo Junction - Chattanooga Choo Choo	32	Link
Walter Egan - Hot Summer Nights	55	Link
Wendy Waldman - Long Hot Summer Nights	76	Link
Wet Willie - Street Corner Serenade	30	Link
Wet Willie - Make You Feel Love Again	45	Link
Wild Cherry - I Love My Music	69	Link
Willie Nelson - Georgia on My Mind	84	Link
Wings - London Town	39	Link
Zwol - New York City	76	Link

Notes:

• Ain't Nothing Gonna Keep Me from You: disco track and debut single for the singer-songwriter from Miami, FL
• Chattanooga Choo Choo: disco remake of the big band/swing tune by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra (1941)
• Hot Summer Nights: original version of the song later covered by the band Night that was a top 20 hit in 1979
• Long Hot Summer Nights: only charting single for the singer-songwriter and record producer originally from Los Angeles
• I Love My Music: track by the funk rock band best known for their #1 hit "Play That Funky Music"
• Georgia on My Mind: Hoagy Carmichael cover (1930); #1 hit on both the US and Canadian Country charts
• New York City: first charting solo single for the frontman of the Canadian rock band Brutus

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[gonecountry]

Thanks rowellfarm490 for including all the extras.  I just got through all them.  Really enjoyed the Rose Royce song Ooh Boy as well as the Millie Jackson cover of If You're Not Back in Love by Monday (miles better than Merle, who I usually love but his version doesn't hold a candle to hers).   Mick Jackson's Blame It on the Boogie was good, but damn I love the Jackson's version (one of my favorites of theirs, how it didn't do better I don't know).  Rita Coolidge's You was better than I expected.  Stillwater's Mindbender was a great rocking southern rock find, but not on Spotify (unfortunately).  Love Walter Egan's Hot Summer Nights (check out his version of Unloved from the same album which was produced by Lindsey Buckingham and I'm pretty sure has Stevie Nicks on background vocals and sounds just like it came off a Fleetwood Mac album) and Zwol's New York City was enjoyable too.  Petty's Listen to Her Heart is good, but not one of my favorites.  Wet Willie had some talent as well.

Paul Nicholas' On the Strip was okay, but I really enjoyed his video from the prior year of Heaven on the 7th Floor.  Pretty good for 1977 standards and the song was fun too.

[rowellfarm490]

Reminder that your rankings are due by the end of the day on Sunday, April 10th at 10PM EST. If you are working on this and need some extra time though just let me know and I will wait for your list before closing submissions.

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[wrip]

I might push it close but I plan to send. I've got about half the list ranked so far.

[rowellfarm490]

Final reminder that your rankings are due tonight at 10PM EST. However, if you'd still like to participate but need some extra time just let me know and I will wait for your list before closing submissions.

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[samo🦕]

could i have tomorrow for this as well? it's possible that i'll be able to send tonight, but i'm not sure

[rowellfarm490]

Yeah, you can have tomorrow for this as well.

[samo🦕]

tysm, I wasn’t planning on having four rankdowns due today but this should help a lot

[Juanca]

Close to finish, but appreciate having till tomorrow…
Strong list!

[rowellfarm490]

Submissions are now officially closed. Thanks again to everyone who was able to send in a ranking. I will try to get the reveals started tonight sometime after 10:30 PM EST.

Participants:
rowellfarm490
gonecountry
singingrulebritannia
Butterflies & Hurricanes
Doc Indie Party Rock
Soulsista
aerodynamite
DJDaveMick69
BB🌕
Mirago
wrip
samo🦕
Juanca

[razorshark]

Can you tag me. I planned on doing this but my schedule has been hectic and I couldn't find time.

[rowellfarm490]

Let's get the reveals underway for the Lost Hits of 1978 rankdown!

#50 STATS

SD rank: LOWEST
Total points: 151
Points behind #49: 15
Perfect rankings: 0

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gonecountry
singingrulebritannia
Butterflies & Hurricanes
Doc Indie Party Rock
Soulsista
aerodynamite
DJDaveMick69
BB🌕
Mirago
wrip
samo🦕
Juanca
mamooshka
razorshark

[rowellfarm490]

#50


(You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back
Peter Tosh and Mick Jagger

151 points
Standard Deviation: 7.124 (LOWEST)
Average Rank: 39.38

wrip : 27
BB🌕 : 29
singingrulebritannia : 32
DJDaveMick69 : 34
samo🦕 : 38
Butterflies & Hurricanes : 39
aerodynamite : 41
Mirago : 41
Doc Indie Party Rock : 42
Soulsista : 46
Juanca : 47
rowellfarm490 : 48
gonecountry : 48

Movements:
50 46 46 47 49 50 50 50 50 50 50 50

Song notes/accolades:
-Reggae remake of the Soul song by the Temptations (1965)

Hot 100 chart info:
Peaked at #81 for 2 weeks
Reached peak on November 25, 1978
Weeks on chart: 5

Other Lost Hits performances:
Peter Tosh: #44 Mid 80s III (Johnny B. Goode)

Mick Jagger: #75 Mid 80s I (Just Another Night)

Spectators:
mamooshka
razorshark

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{Remaining songs}
Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody
As
Blame It on the Boogie
Boogie Shoes
Breakdown
Ça Plane Pour Moi
Dance (Disco Heat)
Dance Across the Floor
Everybody Dance
Fantasy
Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)
Forever Autumn
Galaxy
Greased Lightnin'
Hot Shot
I Love You
In the Bush
It's Late
Josie
King Tut
Kings and Queens
Let's All Chant
Lights
Long, Long Way from Home
Lovely Day
Macho Man
Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
Miss Broadway
More Than a Woman
Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
Mr. Blue Sky
Paradise By the Dashboard Light
Poor, Poor Pitiful Me
Portrait (He Knew)
Psycho Killer
Raise a Little Hell
Rivers of Babylon
Rockaway Beach
Run for Home
Runnin' with the Devil
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With a Little Help from My Friends
Soft and Wet
Substitute
Supernature
Thank You for Being a Friend
Time for Me to Fly
Trans-Europe Express
Where Have You Been All My Life
Wonderful Tonight

[singingrulebritannia]

This list had some pretty un-noteworthy or bad songs and yet we're still putting reggae last just for the sake of it?

[rowellfarm490]

#49 STATS

SD rank: 12th lowest
Total points: 166
Points ahead of #50: 15
Points behind #48: 9
Perfect rankings: 1

[rowellfarm490]

#49


King Tut
Steve Martin and The Toot Uncommons

166 points
Standard Deviation: 10.199
Average Rank: 38.23

Butterflies & Hurricanes : 21
DJDaveMick69 : 26
aerodynamite : 27
Soulsista : 32
singingrulebritannia : 33
wrip : 34
rowellfarm490 : 38
BB🌕 : 42
gonecountry : 45
Mirago : 49
Doc Indie Party Rock : 50
samo🦕 : 50
Juanca : 50

Movements:
45 38 36 42 43 41 40 43 44 44 46 49

Song notes/accolades:
-Novelty track about the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun that was first performed on Saturday Night Live
-The Toot Uncommons were actually members of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Hot 100 chart info:
Peaked at #17 for 2 weeks
Reached peak on August 12, 1978
Weeks on chart: 15

Other Lost Hits performances:
Debut

Spectators:
mamooshka
razorshark

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{Remaining songs}
Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody
As
Blame It on the Boogie
Boogie Shoes
Breakdown
Ça Plane Pour Moi
Dance (Disco Heat)
Dance Across the Floor
Everybody Dance
Fantasy
Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)
Forever Autumn
Galaxy
Greased Lightnin'
Hot Shot
I Love You
In the Bush
It's Late
Josie
Kings and Queens
Let's All Chant
Lights
Long, Long Way from Home
Lovely Day
Macho Man
Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
Miss Broadway
More Than a Woman
Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
Mr. Blue Sky
Paradise By the Dashboard Light
Poor, Poor Pitiful Me
Portrait (He Knew)
Psycho Killer
Raise a Little Hell
Rivers of Babylon
Rockaway Beach
Run for Home
Runnin' with the Devil
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With a Little Help from My Friends
Soft and Wet
Substitute
Supernature
Thank You for Being a Friend
Time for Me to Fly
Trans-Europe Express
Where Have You Been All My Life
Wonderful Tonight

[rowellfarm490]

#48 STATS

SD rank: 5th lowest
Total points: 175
Points ahead of #49: 9
Points behind #47: 4
Perfect rankings: 0

[singingrulebritannia]

oh hey a song I didn't move up

[rowellfarm490]

#48


Run for Home
Lindisfarne

175 points
Standard Deviation: 8.069 (5th lowest)
Average Rank: 37.54

Mirago : 22
gonecountry : 27
DJDaveMick69 : 28
samo🦕 : 35
rowellfarm490 : 36
Juanca : 37
aerodynamite : 38
Soulsista : 39
singingrulebritannia : 42
Butterflies & Hurricanes : 43
BB🌕 : 45
Doc Indie Party Rock : 47
wrip : 49

Movements:
33 35 39 46 46 45 46 47 46 48 48 48

Song notes/accolades:
-The biggest hit in the US for the English folk rock band
-The band also charted with "Lady Eleanor" in 1971

Hot 100 chart info:
Peaked at #33 for 2 weeks
Reached peak on December 9, 1978
Weeks on chart: 14

Other Lost Hits performances:
Debut

Spectators:
mamooshka
razorshark

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{Remaining songs}
Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody
As
Blame It on the Boogie
Boogie Shoes
Breakdown
Ça Plane Pour Moi
Dance (Disco Heat)
Dance Across the Floor
Everybody Dance
Fantasy
Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)
Forever Autumn
Galaxy
Greased Lightnin'
Hot Shot
I Love You
In the Bush
It's Late
Josie
Kings and Queens
Let's All Chant
Lights
Long, Long Way from Home
Lovely Day
Macho Man
Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
Miss Broadway
More Than a Woman
Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
Mr. Blue Sky
Paradise By the Dashboard Light
Poor, Poor Pitiful Me
Portrait (He Knew)
Psycho Killer
Raise a Little Hell
Rivers of Babylon
Rockaway Beach
Runnin' with the Devil
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With a Little Help from My Friends
Soft and Wet
Substitute
Supernature
Thank You for Being a Friend
Time for Me to Fly
Trans-Europe Express
Where Have You Been All My Life
Wonderful Tonight