Lost Hits of 1978 Rankdown (Finished)

[singingrulebritannia]

I hate to say this but the Bee Gees really did sing this song better

[rowellfarm490]

#24


Hot Shot
Karen Young

327 points
Standard Deviation: 14.798 (5th highest)
Average Rank: 25.85

Juanca : 3
DJDaveMick69 : 7
aerodynamite : 11
Mirago : 16
samo🦕 : 17
Doc Indie Party Rock : 23
wrip : 25
BB🌕 : 26



Butterflies & Hurricanes : 36
singingrulebritannia : 38
rowellfarm490 : 41
Soulsista : 44
gonecountry : 49

Movements:
48 47 45 43 44 38 33 31 28 27 25 24

Song notes/accolades:
-only Hot 100 appearance for the disco singer originally from Philadelphia
-it was a #1 hit on Dance/disco chart

Hot 100 chart info:
Peaked at #67 for 1 week
Reached peak on October 21, 1978
Weeks on chart: 13

Other Lost Hits performances:
Debut

Spectators:
mamooshka
razorshark

SPOILER: Click to show

{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
I Love You
Josie
Kings and Queens
Lovely Day
Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
Mr. Blue Sky
Psycho Killer
Rockaway Beach
Runnin' with the Devil
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With a Little Help from My Friends
Soft and Wet
Supernature
Trans-Europe Express

[rowellfarm490]

#23 STATS

SD rank: 14th highest
Total points: 342
Points ahead of #24: 15
Points behind #22: 1
Perfect rankings: 1

[rowellfarm490]

#23


Kings and Queens
Aerosmith

342 points
Standard Deviation: 13.622
Average Rank: 24.69

Doc Indie Party Rock : 7
singingrulebritannia : 11
rowellfarm490 : 13
Soulsista : 17
BB🌕 : 17
aerodynamite : 19
wrip : 20
Juanca : 23
samo🦕 : 24




Mirago : 36
gonecountry : 37
Butterflies & Hurricanes : 48
DJDaveMick69 : 49

Movements:
25 21 27 21 21 19 26 23 24 23 23 23

Song notes/accolades:
-the title track from the band's 5th studio album Draw the Line also charted on the Hot 100 (#42 peak)

Hot 100 chart info:
Peaked at #70 for 2 weeks
Reached peak on April 1, 1978
Weeks on chart: 5

Other Lost Hits performances:
#39 Late 80s I (Dude (Looks Like a Lady))

Spectators:
mamooshka
razorshark

SPOILER: Click to show

{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
I Love You
Josie
Lovely Day
Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
Mr. Blue Sky
Psycho Killer
Rockaway Beach
Runnin' with the Devil
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With a Little Help from My Friends
Soft and Wet
Supernature
Trans-Europe Express

[rowellfarm490]

#22 STATS

SD rank: 15th lowest
Total points: 343
Points ahead of #23: 1
Points behind #21: 8
Perfect rankings: 0

[singingrulebritannia]

It's so funny that the same band made this and shit like "Cryin'"

[rowellfarm490]

#22


Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody
Brick

343 points
Standard Deviation: 10.634
Average Rank: 24.62

Soulsista : 8
aerodynamite : 9
wrip : 12
singingrulebritannia : 18
BB🌕 : 19
gonecountry : 24
Juanca : 26
rowellfarm490 : 28
samo🦕 : 31
Butterflies & Hurricanes : 35
DJDaveMick69 : 35
Mirago : 37
Doc Indie Party Rock : 38

Movements:
27 25 26 31 25 20 24 22 23 22 22 22

Song notes/accolades:
-this is the first song to be revealed that did not receive any bottom 10 rankings
-the song was later sampled in 1991 by Kid 'n Play on their #1 Rap chart hit "Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody"

Hot 100 chart info:
Peaked at #92 for 1 week
Reached peak on February 18, 1978
Weeks on chart: 4

Other Lost Hits performances:
Debut

Spectators:
mamooshka
razorshark

SPOILER: Click to show

{Remaining songs}
As
Blame It on the Boogie
Boogie Shoes
Breakdown
Ça Plane Pour Moi
Dance (Disco Heat)
Dance Across the Floor
Everybody Dance
Fantasy
I Love You
Josie
Lovely Day
Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
Mr. Blue Sky
Psycho Killer
Rockaway Beach
Runnin' with the Devil
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With a Little Help from My Friends
Soft and Wet
Supernature
Trans-Europe Express

[rowellfarm490]

#21 STATS

SD rank: 11th highest
Total points: 351
Points ahead of #22: 8
Points behind #20: 4
Perfect rankings: 0

[rowellfarm490]

#21


Ça plane pour moi
Plastic Bertrand

351 points
Standard Deviation: 13.934
Average Rank: 24.00

Butterflies & Hurricanes : 4
singingrulebritannia : 13
aerodynamite : 13
BB🌕 : 13
gonecountry : 14
rowellfarm490 : 19
DJDaveMick69 : 22
wrip : 23
Mirago : 26
Doc Indie Party Rock : 28





Juanca : 44
Soulsista : 45
samo🦕 : 48

Movements:
16 13 11 13 18 17 17 16 16 16 20 21

Song notes/accolades:
-only Hot 100 appearance for the Belgian punk rock musician Roger François Jouret
-the song's title translates to the French expression "everything's going well for me"
-it holds the distinction of being one of the only French language songs to ever chart on the Hot 100

Hot 100 chart info:
Peaked at #47 for 1 week
Reached peak on June 17, 1978
Weeks on chart: 10

Other Lost Hits performances:
Debut

Spectators:
mamooshka
razorshark

SPOILER: Click to show

{Remaining songs}
As
Blame It on the Boogie
Boogie Shoes
Breakdown
Dance (Disco Heat)
Dance Across the Floor
Everybody Dance
Fantasy
I Love You
Josie
Lovely Day
Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
Mr. Blue Sky
Psycho Killer
Rockaway Beach
Runnin' with the Devil
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With a Little Help from My Friends
Soft and Wet
Supernature
Trans-Europe Express

[rowellfarm490]

THE TOP 20

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With a Little Help from My Friends
Bill Withers - Lovely Day
Billy Joel - Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
Cerrone - Supernature
Chic - Everybody Dance
Donna Summer - I Love You
Earth, Wind & Fire - Fantasy
Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky
The Jacksons - Blame It on the Boogie
Jimmy "Bo" Horne - Dance Across the Floor
KC & The Sunshine Band - Boogie Shoes
Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express
Prince - Soft and Wet
Ramones - Rockaway Beach
Steely Dan - Josie
Stevie Wonder - As
Sylvester - Dance (Disco Heat)
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Breakdown
Van Halen - Runnin' with the Devil

SPOILER: Click to show

{REVEALED SO FAR}
50. Peter Tosh and Mick Jagger - (You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back
49. Steve Martin and The Toot Uncommons - King Tut
48. Lindisfarne - Run for Home
47. Belle Epoque - Miss Broadway
46. Journey - Lights
45. John Travolta - Greased Lightnin'
44. Boney M. - Rivers of Babylon
43. Trooper - Raise a Little Hell
42. Fotomaker - Where Have You Been All My Life
41. Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson - Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
40. Kansas - Portrait (He Knew)
39. Linda Ronstadt - Poor, Poor Pitiful Me
38. Andrew Gold - Thank You for Being a Friend
37. Musique - In the Bush
36. Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight
35. REO Speedwagon - Time for Me to Fly
34. Clout - Substitute
33. Village People - Macho Man
32. Justin Hayward - Forever Autumn
31. War - Galaxy
30. The Michael Zager Band - Let's All Chant
29. Styx - Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)
28. Foreigner - Long, Long Way from Home
27. Queen - It's Late
26. Meat Loaf - Paradise By the Dashboard Light
25. Tavares - More Than a Woman
24. Karen Young - Hot Shot
23. Aerosmith - Kings and Queens
22. Brick - Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody
21. Plastic Bertrand - Ça Plane Pour Moi

SPOILER: Click to show

{STATS 50-21}

[wrip]

Would’ve been nice if Brick made top 20 but honestly these results are surprisingly really solid! My 3 lowest ranks are my 46, 35, and 26, so like most of my bottom ranks are gone which is nice 🥳 Also pleasantly surprised that my top 10 is still intact, i’m probably gonna lose a couple of those before the top 10 but i’ll take what i can get.

[razorshark]

Kings & Queens was an early contender for #1 on my list, probably one of my top 5 Aerosmith songs.

[DJDaveMick69]

Sad to see disco greats by Tavares and Karen Young go.

GO Cerrone!!!

[Butterflies & Hurricanes]

this is a VERY good Top 20...maybe only 1 or 2 songs that i don't feel are deserving

[rowellfarm490]

It's time to find out which songs made this year's top 10!

#20 STATS

SD rank: 10th lowest
Total points: 355
Points ahead of #21: 4
Points behind #19: 9
Perfect rankings: 1

SPOILER: Click to show

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

[rowellfarm490]

#20


Dance Across the Floor
Jimmy "Bo" Horne

355 points
Standard Deviation: 10.012 (10th lowest)
Average Rank: 23.69

DJDaveMick69 : 4
Soulsista : 14
BB🌕 : 16
Mirago : 19
singingrulebritannia : 20
gonecountry : 22
rowellfarm490 : 25
aerodynamite : 26
wrip : 26
Butterflies & Hurricanes : 27
Juanca : 30
samo🦕 : 34
Doc Indie Party Rock : 45

Movements:
24 23 24 29 27 26 21 20 19 21 21 20

Song notes/accolades:
-only Hot 100 appearance for the disco musician originally from West Palm Beach, Florida
-track was a top 10 hit on the Soul chart (#8 peak)
-another song of his, "Let Me (Let Me Be Your Lover)", was sampled by the Stereo MCs in their hit song "Connected"

Hot 100 chart info:
Peaked at #38 for 1 week
Reached peak on June 24, 1978
Weeks on chart: 18

Other Lost Hits performances:
Debut

Spectators:
mamooshka
razorshark

SPOILER: Click to show

{Remaining songs}
As
Blame It on the Boogie
Boogie Shoes
Breakdown
Dance (Disco Heat)
Everybody Dance
Fantasy
I Love You
Josie
Lovely Day
Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
Mr. Blue Sky
Psycho Killer
Rockaway Beach
Runnin' with the Devil
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With a Little Help from My Friends
Soft and Wet
Supernature
Trans-Europe Express

[rowellfarm490]

#19 STATS

SD rank: 4th highest
Total points: 364
Points ahead of #20: 9
Points behind #18: 36
Perfect rankings: 0

[rowellfarm490]

#19


Runnin' with the Devil
Van Halen

364 points
Standard Deviation: 14.810 (4th highest)
Average Rank: 23.00

Doc Indie Party Rock : 1
rowellfarm490 : 6
gonecountry : 7
Butterflies & Hurricanes : 10
Mirago : 12



singingrulebritannia : 22
Soulsista : 24
aerodynamite : 25
BB🌕 : 31
DJDaveMick69 : 36
Juanca : 39
samo🦕 : 40
wrip : 46

Movements:
4 10 7 4 6 8 12 15 13 15 19 19

Song notes/accolades:
-the inspiration behind this track's lyrics came from the Ohio Players song "Runnin' from the Devil" (1974)
-this song made VH1's 2009 list of the Top 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs of All Time where it was ranked at #9

Hot 100 chart info:
Peaked at #84 for 1 week
Reached peak on May 20, 1978
Weeks on chart: 4

Other Lost Hits performances:
#21 Mid 80s I (Panama)  |  #42 Mid 80s III (Hot for Teacher)  |  #44 LH 1979 (Beautiful Girls)  |  #46 Late 80s I (Finish What Ya Started)  |  #54 Mid 80s I (I'll Wait)

Spectators:
mamooshka
razorshark

SPOILER: Click to show

{Remaining songs}
As
Blame It on the Boogie
Boogie Shoes
Breakdown
Dance (Disco Heat)
Everybody Dance
Fantasy
I Love You
Josie
Lovely Day
Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
Mr. Blue Sky
Psycho Killer
Rockaway Beach
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With a Little Help from My Friends
Soft and Wet
Supernature
Trans-Europe Express

[rowellfarm490]

#18 STATS

SD rank: 22nd lowest
Total points: 400
Points ahead of #19: 36
Points behind #17: 0 (tie)
Perfect rankings: 0

[rowellfarm490]

#18


Rockaway Beach
Ramones

400 points
Standard Deviation: 11.039
Average Rank: 20.23

aerodynamite : 6
singingrulebritannia : 8
rowellfarm490 : 11
Butterflies & Hurricanes : 11
BB🌕 : 11
wrip : 13
Doc Indie Party Rock : 19
Soulsista : 21
gonecountry : 29
Juanca : 31
Mirago : 33
samo🦕 : 33
DJDaveMick69 : 37

Movements:
21 14 13 14 13 13 14 13 14 13 14 18

Song notes/accolades:
-biggest Hot 100 hit for the punk rock band
-it was written about Rockaway Beach in Queens, New York
-the song was later featured in the Wii version of the video game Rock Band

Hot 100 chart info:
Peaked at #66 for 4 weeks
Reached peak on January 21, 1978
Weeks on chart: 14

Other Lost Hits performances:
Debut

Spectators:
mamooshka
razorshark

SPOILER: Click to show

{Remaining songs}
As
Blame It on the Boogie
Boogie Shoes
Breakdown
Dance (Disco Heat)
Everybody Dance
Fantasy
I Love You
Josie
Lovely Day
Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
Mr. Blue Sky
Psycho Killer
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With a Little Help from My Friends
Soft and Wet
Supernature
Trans-Europe Express

[rowellfarm490]

#17 STATS

SD rank: 24th highest
Total points: 400
Points ahead of #18: 0 (tie)
Points behind #16: 1
Perfect rankings: 0

[singingrulebritannia]

hoping Disco Heat and Boogie Shoes both leave tonight

[rowellfarm490]

#17


Boogie Shoes
KC & The Sunshine Band

400 points
Standard Deviation: 11.966
Average Rank: 20.23

gonecountry : 4
Soulsista : 5
Mirago : 5
DJDaveMick69 : 12
Doc Indie Party Rock : 14
wrip : 18
Juanca : 19
samo🦕 : 25
rowellfarm490 : 27
Butterflies & Hurricanes : 28
singingrulebritannia : 29
aerodynamite : 37
BB🌕 : 40

Movements:
14 20 22 19 14 18 16 19 17 14 17 17

Song notes/accolades:
-track was included on the soundtrack to the 1977 drama film Saturday Night Fever
-the song was heavily sampled on Trick Daddy's 2001 hip hop hit "Take It to da House"

Hot 100 chart info:
Peaked at #35 for 2 weeks
Reached peak on April 1, 1978
Weeks on chart: 10

Other Lost Hits performances:
Debut

Spectators:
mamooshka
razorshark

SPOILER: Click to show

{Remaining songs}
As
Blame It on the Boogie
Breakdown
Dance (Disco Heat)
Everybody Dance
Fantasy
I Love You
Josie
Lovely Day
Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
Mr. Blue Sky
Psycho Killer
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With a Little Help from My Friends
Soft and Wet
Supernature
Trans-Europe Express

[rowellfarm490]

#16 STATS

SD rank: 24th lowest
Total points: 401
Points ahead of #17: 1
Points behind #15: 6
Perfect rankings: 1

[rowellfarm490]

#16


Soft and Wet
Prince

401 points
Standard Deviation: 11.704
Average Rank: 20.15

aerodynamite : 7
wrip : 7
samo🦕 : 8
Soulsista : 9
BB🌕 : 14
rowellfarm490 : 16
singingrulebritannia : 17
gonecountry : 21
Butterflies & Hurricanes : 25
Juanca : 29
Mirago : 30
Doc Indie Party Rock : 37
DJDaveMick69 : 42

Movements:
19 16 18 22 19 16 19 18 20 19 15 16

Song notes/accolades:
-Prince's debut single
-it was released on his 20th birthday June 7th, 1978

Hot 100 chart info:
Peaked at #92 for 1 week
Reached peak on November 25, 1978
Weeks on chart: 4

Other Lost Hits performances:
#4 Mid 80s I (Purple Rain)  |  #6 Early 90s I (Money Don't Matter 2 Night)  |  #9 Mid 80s I (I Would Die 4 U)  |  #12 Late 80s II (Alphabet St.)  |  #13 Mid 80s II (Mountains)  |  #17 Mid 80s I (Pop Life)  |  #17 Late 80s III (If I Was Your Girlfriend)  |  #19 Late 80s I (I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man)  |  #23 Mid 80s I (Delirious)

Spectators:
mamooshka
razorshark

SPOILER: Click to show

{Remaining songs}
As
Blame It on the Boogie
Breakdown
Dance (Disco Heat)
Everybody Dance
Fantasy
I Love You
Josie
Lovely Day
Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
Mr. Blue Sky
Psycho Killer
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With a Little Help from My Friends
Supernature
Trans-Europe Express

[rowellfarm490]

#15 STATS

SD rank: 9th lowest
Total points: 407
Points ahead of #16: 6
Points behind #14: 0 (tie)
Perfect rankings: 0

[rowellfarm490]

#15


Dance (Disco Heat)
Sylvester

407 points
Standard Deviation: 9.970 (9th lowest)
Average Rank: 19.69

DJDaveMick69 : 6
Mirago : 8
wrip : 9
Soulsista : 11
samo🦕 : 11
Doc Indie Party Rock : 16
BB🌕 : 22
aerodynamite : 24
Juanca : 25
singingrulebritannia : 28
Butterflies & Hurricanes : 29
rowellfarm490 : 33
gonecountry : 34

Movements:
35 32 31 30 26 24 20 21 18 17 13 15

Song notes/accolades:
-highest charting single on the Hot 100 for the disco singer-songwriter originally from Los Angeles
-it went to #1 on Dance/disco chart as a combined single with "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)"
-track features backup singers Two Tons O' Fun, Martha Wash and Izora Armstead, who later went on to make up the Weather Girls

Hot 100 chart info:
Peaked at #19 for 1 week
Reached peak on November 25, 1978
Weeks on chart: 18

Other Lost Hits performances:
#1 LH 1979 (You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real))

Spectators:
mamooshka
razorshark

SPOILER: Click to show

{Remaining songs}
As
Blame It on the Boogie
Breakdown
Everybody Dance
Fantasy
I Love You
Josie
Lovely Day
Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
Mr. Blue Sky
Psycho Killer
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With a Little Help from My Friends
Supernature
Trans-Europe Express

[singingrulebritannia]

As much as I adore "Mighty Real", something just felt missing with this song

[rowellfarm490]

#14 STATS

SD rank: 20th lowest
Total points: 407
Points ahead of #15: 0 (tie)
Points behind #13: 13
Perfect rankings: 0

[rowellfarm490]

#14


Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
Billy Joel

407 points
Standard Deviation: 10.919
Average Rank: 19.69

Butterflies & Hurricanes : 6
gonecountry : 10
Doc Indie Party Rock : 12
Juanca : 12
Soulsista : 16
aerodynamite : 16
DJDaveMick69 : 18
samo🦕 : 19
rowellfarm490 : 20
BB🌕 : 21
singingrulebritannia : 24
wrip : 35
Mirago : 47

Movements:
13 15 15 11 11 12 9 11 15 18 18 14

Song notes/accolades:
-track was the Piano Man's second top 20 hit on the Hot 100 following the success of his previous single "Just the Way You Are" which peaked at #3

Hot 100 chart info:
Peaked at #17 for 2 weeks
Reached peak on May 27, 1978
Weeks on chart: 14

Other Lost Hits performances:
#12 Early 80s II (Pressure)  |  #42 LH 1979 (Honesty)  |  #44 Late 80s I (A Matter of Trust)  |  #53 Early 80s I (Say Goodbye to Hollywood)  |  #82 Mid 80s I (Keeping the Faith)  |  #83 Mid 80s I (You're Only Human (Second Wind))

Spectators:
mamooshka
razorshark

SPOILER: Click to show

{Remaining songs}
As
Blame It on the Boogie
Breakdown
Everybody Dance
Fantasy
I Love You
Josie
Lovely Day
Mr. Blue Sky
Psycho Killer
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With a Little Help from My Friends
Supernature
Trans-Europe Express