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Post by DuckHead on Jul 28, 2004 19:17:50 GMT -5
1988
Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car- Billy Ocean
# 1 on R&R for 2 weeks... # 1 on Billboard for 2 weeks... # 1 on R&B... Top 5 on AC... # 6 for the year in Top 20 points.
Kokomo- Beach Boys
# 1 on R&R for 2 weeks... # 1 on Billboard for 1 week... # 35 for the year in Top 20 points.
Look Away- Chicago
# 1 on R&R for 2 weeks... # 1 on Billboard for 2 weeks... # 8 for the year in Top 20 points.
Need You Tonight- INXS
# 1 on R&R for 1 week... # 1 on Billboard for 1 week... Top 15 on Mainstream Rock... # 9 for the year in Top 20 points.
Never Gonna Give You Up- Rick Astley
# 1 on R&R for 1 week... # 1 on Billboard for 2 weeks... # 3 for the year in Top 20 points.
One More Try- George Michael
# 1 on R&R for 4 weeks... # 1 on Billboard for 3 weeks... # 1 on AC... # 2 on R&B... # 1 for the year in Top 20 points.
Roll With It- Steve Winwood
# 1 on R&R for 3 weeks... # 1 on Billboard for 4 weeks... # 1 on AC... Top 30 on R&B... # 2 for the year in Top 20 points.
Sweet Child O' Mine- Guns N' Roses
# 1 on R&R for 2 weeks... # 1 on Billboard for 2 weeks... Top 10 on Mainstream Rock... # 4 for the year in Top 20 points.
Results (So Far...)
1989 poll is still open. Polls will be open for one week each.
2003: Hey Ya!- OutKast (24%)
2002: Complicated- Avril Lavigne (33%)
2001: Fallin'- Alicia Keys (32%)
2000: Kryptonite- 3 Doors Down (44%)
1999: Smooth- Santana f/ Rob Thomas (27%)
1998: Iris- Goo Goo Dolls (33%)
1997: You Were Meant For Me- Jewel (36%)
1996: Don't Speak- No Doubt (45%)
1995: One Sweet Day- Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men (22%)
1994: The Sign- Ace Of Base (21%)
1993: Dreamlover- Mariah Carey (37%)
1992: I Will Always Love You- Whitney Houston (53%)
1991: Everything I Do, I Do It For You- Bryan Adams (48%)
1990: Nothing Compares 2 U- Sinead O'Connor (26%)
1989: Like A Prayer- Madonna (33%)
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Post by bluenote on Jul 28, 2004 20:53:31 GMT -5
the only one i know is George Michaels "one more try" and I really like it so i vote for that one!
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Post by jond7699 on Jul 28, 2004 21:24:11 GMT -5
"One More Try" followed by "Look Away"
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Post by Matt4319 on Jul 28, 2004 21:36:38 GMT -5
"One More Try" followed by "Look Away" LOL, those are the only two I haven't heard (or don't remember). You do realize that we're voting for the song that we think is the biggest hit, not your favorite song, right? |
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Post by bluenote on Jul 28, 2004 22:09:43 GMT -5
LOL, those are the only two I haven't heard (or don't remember). You do realize that we're voting for the song that we think is the biggest hit, not your favorite song, right? R&B trio "Divnine" remade "one more try" a few years back. Im sure u must have heard it. it says "one more try" was #1 or the year so i figure it must be the biiggest hit. ;) |
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Post by irice22 on Jul 28, 2004 23:28:41 GMT -5
Guns N' Roses
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Post by jond7699 on Jul 29, 2004 1:11:26 GMT -5
LOL, those are the only two I haven't heard (or don't remember). You do realize that we're voting for the song that we think is the biggest hit, not your favorite song, right? Oh yes I do realize but i was young in 88 and one more try was a huge hit and i couldn't go anywhere without hearing look awaywhen it came out. It was pretty big Chicago had a huge fanbase back than |
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Post by jimmy74747 on Jul 29, 2004 7:36:49 GMT -5
This one is the only one that is actually still popular. Plus, look at these guy's album sales. A no-brainer in my book. |
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Post by Hervard on Jul 29, 2004 9:20:18 GMT -5
"Look Away", because, all (R&R CHR/Pop) points totaled (even the ones that carried over into 1989), it completely outshines the song that R&R named top song of the year, "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car".
The song, BTW, was Billboard's #1 song of 1989, due to its points being deferred from 1988 because of cutoff date rules.
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Post by Miguelín on Jul 29, 2004 9:59:28 GMT -5
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Post by Hervard on Jul 29, 2004 11:23:26 GMT -5
Guns 'N Roses?? Come on! You do realize that we're voting for the song that we think is the biggest hit, not your favorite song, right? |
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Post by jimmy74747 on Jul 29, 2004 12:58:58 GMT -5
Absolutely. None of the other songs spent a monster # of weeks at number one. 4 weeks isn't much greater than two weeks, so no big differnce there. Factor in a 15 times platinum album, staying power (I bet that GnR gets more gold airplay on Pop/Hot AC stations than the other songs combined, take away INXS), and influence on music and this is easily the biggest hit. I would also say "Pour Some Sugar On Me" should be on this list as well. |
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Post by Hervard on Jul 29, 2004 16:13:39 GMT -5
I would also say "Pour Some Sugar On Me" should be on this list as well. Either that or "Love Bites", since that hit #1 on both R&R and CHR/Pop. "Pour Some Sugar On Me" came very close on Billboard, but Richard Marx beat them to the punch (almost exactly sixteen years ago) with "Hold Onto The Nights", which IMO is a much better song, so no biggie. I still go with "Look Away" as #1 of 1988. And I already know my pick for 1987 too. But until Duck Head posts that year, the secret is still my own... |
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Post by DuckHead on Jul 29, 2004 17:00:06 GMT -5
"Look Away", because, all (R&R CHR/Pop) points totaled (even the ones that carried over into 1989), it completely outshines the song that R&R named top song of the year, "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car". The song, BTW, was Billboard's #1 song of 1989, due to its points being deferred from 1988 because of cutoff date rules. ulij20, have you tallied up carry-over points for all the years in the 80s (and 70's for that matter)? I wonder how many years it affected the # 1 song. Was "Waiting For A Girl Like You" # 1 in 1981 instead of R&R's top song, "Bette Davis Eyes"? I know Foreigner had 6 weeks at # 1 while Kim Carnes had 5, but Foreigner came late in the year. I already know it affected 1989, "Another Day In Paradise" would take # 1 with carry-over points over "Miss You Much". |
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Post by Hervard on Jul 29, 2004 20:51:27 GMT -5
For the 1980s I did. "Waiting For A Girl Like You" only registered in the 30s for 1981 because it came too late in the year to accumulate enough points. Not sure whether or not it would have become the biggest song of 1981. I compiled a list of the Top 100 hits of the 1980s, but not sure where it is.
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Post by reception on Jul 29, 2004 20:57:59 GMT -5
"Never Gonna Give You Up"
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Post by Gorminako on Aug 1, 2004 0:30:54 GMT -5
I chose "Kokomo" though it could as easily be "Sweet Child Of Mine" with "Roll With It" third. "Love Bites", "Pour Some Sugar On Me", "Shattered Dreams" and "When It's Love" were some other big hits that year. "Look Away" and GOMDGIMC didn't strike me as that big.
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Post by chebingeo on Aug 1, 2004 0:36:34 GMT -5
Who has not heard Kokomo?
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