Sirius' flashback countdowns (New 90s countdown)

[friday]

This week they did 1985.

9/28/1985
22 40 Tears for Fears - Shout
23 39 Eurythmics - There Must Be an Angel
-- 38 Thompson Twins - Lay Your Hands on Me
-- 37 Hooters - And We Danced
-- 36 Starship - We Built This City
38 35 ABC - Be Near Me
-- 34 Glenn Frey - You Belong to the City
19 33 Billy Joel - You're Only Human (Second Wind)
33 32 UB40 with Chrissie Hynde - I Got You Babe
40 31 Bryan Adams - One Night Love Affair
34 30 Night Ranger - Four in the Morning
36 29 Don Henley - Sunset Grill
32 28 Paul Young - I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down
29 27 Hall & Oates and David Ruffin & Eddie Kendricks - The Way You Do the Things You Do/My Girl
35 26 Tears for Fears - Head Over Heels
27 25 John Waite - Every Step of the Way
30 24 Jan Hammer - Miami Vice Theme
25 23 John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band - C-I-T-Y
26 22 Loverboy - Lovin' Every Minute of It
28 21 Bruce Springsteen - I'm Goin' Down
09 20 Pat Benatar - Invincible
21 19 Godley & Creme - Cry
08 18 Aretha Franklin - Freeway of Love
24 17 Stevie Wonder - Part-Time Lover
18 16 Sting - Fortress Around Your Heart
07 15 Prince & the Revolution - Pop Life
17 14 Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love for You
15 13 John Cougar Mellencamp - Lonely Ol' Night
13 12 The Pointer Sisters - Dare Me
16 11 Mick Jagger and David Bowie - Dancing in the Street
11 10 Wham! - Freedom
14 09 Ready for the World - Oh Sheila
10 08 Madonna - Dress You Up
12 07 A-ha - Take on Me
06 06 Huey Lewis & the News - The Power of Love
05 05 Phil Collins - Don't Lose My Number
03 04 Tina Turner - We Don't Need Another Hero
04 03 Kool & the Gang - Cherish
02 02 John Parr - St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)
01 01 Dire Straits - Money for Nothing

[friday]

This week they did 1983. This is actually the same chart they featured this weekend last year. It's also the first time I can remember them going more than three months in a calendar year between featuring one year (the last 1983 show was on June 25). Kinda makes you wonder why they didn't just wait another week or two for this year, if they couldn't feature it sooner.

10/8/1983
29 40 Juice Newton - Tell Her No
-- 39 Stacy Lattisaw - Miracles
39 38 Rod Stewart - What Am I Gonna Do (I'm So In Love With You)
-- 37 Bryan Adams - This Time
-- 36 Men At Work - Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive
32 35 Elton John - Kiss the Bride
37 34 The Kinks - Don't Forget to Dance
34 33 Madness - It Must Be Love
36 32 Stevie Nicks - If Anyone Falls
35 31 The Moody Blues - Sitting at the Wheel
40 30 David Bowie - Modern Love
20 29 Culture Club - I'll Tumble 4 Ya
23 28 Rick Springfield - Human Touch
30 27 Robert Plant - Big Log
31 26 The Motels - Suddenly Last Summer
19 25 Michael Jackson - Human Nature
14 24 Asia - Don't Cry
27 23 Prince - Delirious
18 22 Donna Summer - She Works Hard for the Money
25 21 Sheena Easton - Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)
22 20 Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack - Tonight I Celebrate My Love
24 19 Talking Heads - Burning Down the House
16 18 Shalamar - Dead Giveaway
28 17 Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night)
10 16 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
21 15 The Fixx - One Thing Leads to Another
17 14 Laura Branigan - How Am I Supposed to Live Without You
06 13 The Police - Every Breath You Take
13 12 Naked Eyes - Promises Promises
15 11 Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton - Islands in the Stream
11 10 Frank Stallone - Far from Over
08 09 Michael Sembello - Maniac
12 08 Spandau Ballet - True
09 07 The Police - King of Pain
04 06 Taco - Puttin' on the Ritz
07 05 Air Supply - Making Love Out of Nothing at All
05 04 The Stray Cats - (She's) Sexy and 17
03 03 Billy Joel - Tell Her About It
01 02 Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance
02 01 Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart

[friday]

This week it was 1989. I'm sure it's tough to find decent copies of some of the more obscure tracks that are played here. Still, the quality on "Sunshine" sounded almost like someone found the video on Youtube and held a microphone to the computer while it played.

10/14/1989
-- 40 Sharon Bryant - Let Go
33 39 Soul II Soul - Keep on Movin'
-- 38 Dino - Sunshine
23 37 Surface - Shower Me with Your Love
22 36 Tom Petty - Runnin' Down a Dream
19 35 Gloria Estefan - Don't Wanna Lose You
-- 34 Richard Marx - Angelia
37 33 Living Colour - Glamour Boys
11 32 Neneh Cherry - Kisses on the Wind
35 31 New Kids on the Block - (Didn't I) Blow Your Mind
34 30 Martika - I Feel the Earth Move
09 29 The Bee Gees - One
36 28 Paula Abdul - The Way That You Love Me
32 27 Poco - Call It Love
31 26 The B-52's - Love Shack
26 25 Michael Morales - What I Like About You
27 24 Seduction - You're My One and Only (True Love)
06 23 Milli Vanilli - Girl I'm Gonna Miss You
29 22 Tina Turner - The Best
30 21 Bad English - When I See You Smile
28 20 New Kids on the Block - Cover Girl
05 19 Skid Row - 18 and Life
24 18 Elton John - Healing Hands
25 17 Young MC - Bust a Move
21 16 Bobby Brown - Rock Wit'cha
15 15 Prince - Partyman
18 14 Aerosmith - Love in an Elevator
16 13 Expose - When I Looked at Him
17 12 Babyface - It's No Crime
13 11 Starship - It's Not Enough
10 10 Fine Young Cannibals - Don't Look Back
20 09 Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood
04 08 Warrant - Heaven
14 07 Tears for Fears - Sowing the Seeds of Love
12 06 Roxette - Listen to Your Heart
03 05 Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time
08 04 The Cure - Lovesong
07 03 The Rolling Stones - Mixed Emotions
01 02 Madonna - Cherish
02 01 Janet Jackson - Miss You Much

[friday]

This week it was 1986.

10/18/1986
20 40 Steve Winwood - Higher Love
13 39 Berlin - Take My Breath Away
36 38 Nu Shooz - Point of No Return
37 37 New Edition - Earth Angel
-- 36 Bruce Hornsby & the Range - The Way It Is
-- 35 Lionel Richie - Love Will Conquer All
40 34 Aretha Franklin - Jumpin' Jack Flash
-- 33 Cameo - Word Up
32 32 The Art of Noise with Max Headroom - Paranoimia
-- 31 Oran "Juice" Jones - The Rain
38 30 Ric Ocasek - Emotion in Motion
39 29 Peter Cetera and Amy Grant - The Next Time I Fall
35 28 Corey Hart - I Am by Your Side
22 27 Run-DMC with Aerosmith - Walk This Way
28 26 Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes
29 25 Toto - I'll Be Over You
34 24 Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name
10 23 Billy Ocean - Love Zone
18 22 Van Halen - Love Walks In
12 21 Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson - Friends and Lovers
23 20 Journey - Girl Can't Help It
27 19 Madonna - True Blue
25 18 Eddie Money - Take Me Home Tonight
26 17 Boston - Amanda
19 16 Billy Joel - A Matter of Trust
15 15 Eurythmics - Missionary Man
17 14 Anita Baker - Sweet Love
16 13 Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - All Cried Out
21 12 The Human League - Human
14 11 Robert Palmer - I Didn't Mean to Turn You On
11 10 Loverboy - Heaven in Your Eyes
05 09 Daryl Hall - Dreamtime
03 08 Glass Tiger - Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)
07 07 Stacey Q - Two of Hearts
08 06 Cyndi Lauper - True Colors
09 05 Tina Turner - Typical Male
04 04 Don Johnson - Heartbeat
06 03 Genesis - Throwing It All Away
02 02 Huey Lewis & the News - Stuck with You
01 01 Janet Jackson - When I Think of You

[friday]

80s on 8 did 1981 this past weekend. Sorry for the delay in posting, but the nor'easter knocked out my power and internet access for a few days.

10/31/1981
37 40 Blue Oyster Cult - Burnin' for You
-- 39 Earth, Wind & Fire - Let's Groove
-- 38 Chilliwack - My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)
-- 37 Pat Benatar - Promises in the Dark
39 36 The Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed
-- 35 Rod Stewart - Young Turks
20 34 Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty - Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
29 33 The Bee Gees - He's a Liar
35 32 Burton Cummings - You Saved My Soul
38 31 Barry Manilow - The Old Songs
33 30 Diesel - Sausalito Summernight
-- 29 Diana Ross - Why Do Fools Fall in Love
30 28 Atlanta Rhythm Section - Alien
17 27 Lulu - I Could Never Miss You (More Than I Do)
28 26 Marty Balin - Atlanta Lady
31 25 Foreigner - Waiting for a Girl Like You
08 24 Juice Newton - Queen of Hearts
23 23 Carl Carlton - She's a Bad Mama Jama
24 22 Mike Post - Theme from Hill Street Blues
27 21 The Commodores - Oh No
22 20 Billy Joel - Say Goodbye to Hollywood
25 19 Air Supply - Here I Am
26 18 Olivia Newton-John - Physical
18 17 Rick James - Super Freak
19 16 The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
16 15 Quincy Jones and James Ingram - Just Once
15 14 Kenny Rogers - Share Your Love with Me
14 13 Al Jarreau - We're in This Love Together
13 12 The Four Tops - When She Was My Girl
12 11 Rick Springfield - I've Done Everything for You
11 10 Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - Tryin' to Live My Life Without You
10 09 The Little River Band - The Night Owls
09 08 Dan Fogelberg - Hard to Say
06 07 Eddie Rabbitt - Step by Step
07 06 The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up
04 05 Journey - Who's Crying Now
05 04 Hall & Oates - Private Eyes
03 03 Sheena Easton - For Your Eyes Only
02 02 Diana Ross and Lionel Richie - Endless Love
01 01 Christopher Cross - Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)

[friday]

This week they did 1984. Like the 1983 episode a few weeks ago, this chart was also featured last year.

11/3/1984
-- 40 Pat Benatar - We Belong
-- 39 Sam Harris - Sugar Don't Bite
-- 38 Huey Lewis & the News - Walking on a Thin Line
-- 37 Barbra Streisand - Left in the Dark
16 36 Rod Stewart - Some Guys Have All the Luck
38 35 .38 Special - Teacher Teacher
39 34 Sammy Hagar - I Can't Drive 55
36 33 Tommy Shaw - Girls with Guns
-- 32 New Edition - Cool It Now
40 31 The Honeydrippers - Sea of Love
31 30 Romeo Void - A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)
33 29 Corey Hart - It Ain't Enough
35 28 Survivor - I Can't Hold Back
11 27 Cyndi Lauper - She Bop
17 26 Sheila E. - The Glamorous Life
27 25 Kenny Rogers with Kim Carnes and James Ingram - What About Me?
28 24 Lionel Richie - Penny Lover
24 23 Elton John - Who Wears These Shoes?
23 22 Diana Ross - Swept Away
30 21 Paul McCartney - No More Lonely Nights
25 20 Cyndi Lauper - All Through the Night
22 19 Culture Club - The War Song
08 18 John Waite - Missing You
20 17 Hall & Oates - Out of Touch
21 16 Sheena Easton - Strut
18 15 Dennis DeYoung - Desert Moon
13 14 Bruce Springsteen - Cover Me
19 13 Tina Turner - Better Be Good to Me
14 12 John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band - On the Dark Side
15 11 Chaka Khan - I Feel for You
12 10 The Pointer Sisters - I'm So Excited
04 09 The Cars - Drive
03 08 Prince & the Revolution - Let's Go Crazy
07 07 Madonna - Lucky Star
10 06 Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
06 05 David Bowie - Blue Jean
09 04 Prince & the Revolution - Purple Rain
05 03 Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen
02 02 Chicago - Hard Habit to Break
01 01 Stevie Wonder - I Just Called to Say I Love You

[Libra]

^ Barbra didn't reach AT40 with that one (maybe the first such record in months).

[friday]

^Thanks. Honestly, I just copied and pasted last year's post, so I didn't think to look that one up.

This week they did 1982. This is one of the rare times where you'll see a song played on consecutive weeks.

11/13/1982
-- 40 Jeffery Osborne - On the Wings of Love
-- 39 Survivor - American Heartbeat
25 38 Kenny Loggins and Steve Perry - Don't Fight It
-- 37 Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing
26 36 Paul Carrack - I Need You
-- 35 Don Henley - Dirty Laundry
16 34 A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)
36 33 The Pointer Sisters - I'm So Excited
37 32 Dan Fogelberg - Missing You
39 31 Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney - The Girl Is Mine
33 30 The Stray Cats - Rock This Town
32 29 Dionne Warwick - Heartbreaker
31 28 ABC - The Look of Love
28 27 Evelyn 'Champagne' King - Love Come Down
30 26 Tony Basil - Mickey
29 25 Donald Fagen - I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)
27 24 Chicago - Love Me Tomorrow
34 23 Supertramp - It's Raining Again
24 22 Billy Joel - Pressure
23 21 Linda Ronstadt - Get Closer
22 20 Crosby, Stills & Nash - Southern Cross
21 19 Steel Breeze - You Don't Want Me Anymore
15 18 The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky
13 17 Fleetwood Mac - Gypsy
20 16 Hall & Oates - Maneater
18 15 Diana Ross - Muscles
17 14 Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out
09 13 Juice Newton - Break It to Me Gently
12 12 Glenn Frey - The One You Love
14 11 Laura Branigan - Gloria
11 10 Neil Diamond - Heartlight
10 09 Sylvia - Nobody
08 08 America - You Can Do Magic
06 07 Jackson Browne - Somebody's Baby
05 06 Michael McDonald - I Keep Forgettin'
04 05 John Cougar - Jack and Diane
07 04 Lionel Richie - Truly
02 03 Men at Work - Who Can It Be Now
03 02 Olivia Newton-John - Heart Attack
01 01 Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes - Up Where We Belong

[friday]

This week it was 1987.

11/14/1987
-- 40 Stevie Wonder - Skeletons
-- 39 John Cougar Mellencamp - Cherry Bomb
-- 38 Michael Bolton - That's What Love Is All About
-- 37 Yes - Love Will Find a Way
-- 36 Aerosmith - Dude (Looks Like a Lady)
37 35 Wa Wa Nee - Sugar Free
-- 34 George Harrison - Got My Mind Set on You
19 33 REO Speedwagon - In My Dreams
16 32 U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name
20 31 Kenny G - Don't Make Me Wait for Love
14 30 Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - Lost in Emotion
32 29 Timothy B. Schmit - Boys Night Out
36 28 The Jets - I Do You
39 27 Steve Winwood - Valerie
38 26 Whitney Houston - So Emotional
35 25 Pretty Poison - Catch Me (I'm Falling)
27 24 Los Lobos - Come On, Let's Go
34 23 Jody Watley - Don't You Want Me
28 22 Squeeze - Hourglass
31 21 Whitesnake - Is This Love
29 20 R.E.M. - The One I Love
26 19 Debbie Gibson - Shake Your Love
25 18 George Michael - Faith
22 17 Poison - I Won't Forget You
21 16 Sting - We'll Be Together
17 15 Cutting Crew - I've Been in Love Before
13 14 Prince and Sheena Easton - U Got the Look
10 13 Expose - Let Me Be the One
12 12 Pet Shop Boys - It's a Sin
15 11 Richard Marx - Should've Known Better
06 10 Levert - Casanova
09 09 Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies
04 08 Madonna - Causing a Commotion
11 07 Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is a Place on Earth
02 06 Michael Jackson - Bad
07 05 Swing Out Sister - Breakout
05 04 Bruce Springsteen - Brilliant Disguise
08 03 Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes - (I've Had) The Time of My Life
03 02 Billy Idol - Mony Mony (Live)
01 01 Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now

[Libra]

^ This surprises me. I would've thought they'd have done 11/21 since that's much closer to the date.

On the other hand, since that's what AT40 did, it means that between the two, both Tommy James remakes were on top this weekend...

[friday]

This week 80s on 8 aired a special Thanksgiving countdown featuring the Top 40 "Turkeys" of the 80s, as determined by listeners' votes.

40 Toto Coelo - I Eat Cannibals
39 Skid Row - 18 and Life
38 Men Without Hats - Pop Goes the World
37 Bob & Doug McKenzie - Take Off
36 Starship - We Built This City
35 A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)
34 Bertie Higgins - Key Largo
33 Paul Hardcastle - 19
32 Rebbie Jackson - Centipede
31 The Vapors - Turning Japanese
30 Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
29 Air Supply - Making Love Out of Nothing at All
28 Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu
27 Frank and Moon Unit Zappa - Valley Girl
26 Frankie Smith - Double Dutch Bus
25 Diesel - Sausalito Summernight
24 Eddie Murphy - Party All the Time
23 The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian
22 Poison - Talk Dirty to Me
21 Murray Head - One Night in Bangkok
20 The Oak Ridge Boys - Elvira
19 Lindsey Buckingham - Holiday Road
18 Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy
17 Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever
16 Oran "Juice" Jones - The Rain
15 Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy
14 Toni Basil - Mickey
13 Boys Don't Cry - I Wanna Be a Cowboy
12 Charlene - I've Never Been to Me
11 Ray Parker, Jr. - Ghostbusters
10 Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton - Islands in the Stream
09 Milli Vanilli - Blame It on the Rain
08 Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew - The Super Bowl Shuffle
07 Europe - The Final Countdown
06 Pseudo Echo - Funkytown
05 Andy Taylor - Take It Easy
04 Baltimora - Tarzan Boy
03 Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder - Ebony and Ivory
02 Great White - Once Bitten Twice Shy
01 Taco - Puttin' on the Ritz

[Libra]

^ That seems like a pretty randomly put-together list, if you ask me...

[friday]

Yeah, there's definitely some questionable entries on the list. "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" certainly isn't a favorite of mine, but it doesn't immediately jump to my mind when determining a list like this. Nor do songs like "Take It Easy," "18 and Life," or "Holiday Road," for that matter. It seems like there was some ambiguity as to what "turkey" meant here, whether it was novelty records or guilty pleasures or some combination of both.

To me, it's more telling when you consider some of the songs that were not included. I mean, how does "Pop Goes the World" make the list, but "The Safety Dance," by far a more well-known song and more qualified for this list, miss the cut?

[lasvegaskid]

What year is this weekend's show?

[friday]

Nov 29, 2011 22:31:49 GMT -5 lasvegaskid said:

What year is this weekend's show?

Don't know; there was no mention of it at the end of either last week's or the week before's shows. The rotation would suggest that either 1980 or 1988 is due, however.

[lasvegaskid]

It's 1980!

[friday]

12/6/1980
24 40 Jimmy Hall - I'm Happy That You Found Love
23 39 Roger Daltrey - Without Your Love
20 38 Carly Simon - Jesse
-- 37 Andy Gibb - Time Is Time
-- 36 Barry Manilow - I Made It Through the Rain
-- 35 The Doobie Brothers - One Step Closer
36 34 Harry Chapin - Sequel
-- 33 Kool & the Gang - Celebration
-- 32 Steely Dan - Hey Nineteen
35 31 Diana Ross - It's My Turn
32 30 Don Williams - I Believe in You
19 29 Stephanie Mills - Never Knew Love Like This Before
30 28 John Cougar - This Time
29 27 Randy Meisner - Deep Inside My Heart
28 26 Korgis - Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime
17 25 The Pointer Sisters - He's So Shy
33 24 Olivia Newton-John and Cliff Richard - Suddenly
25 23 Waylon Jennings - Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard
27 22 Heart - Tell It Like It Is
38 21 Rod Stewart - Passion
-- 20 Blondie - The Tide Is High
22 19 Air Supply - Every Woman in the World
26 18 The Police - De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
13 17 Devo - Whip It
10 16 The Jacksons - Lovely One
16 15 Christopher Cross - Never Be the Same
18 14 Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb - Guilty
15 13 Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart
14 12 Neil Diamond - Love on the Rocks
12 11 Pat Benatar - Hit Me with Your Best Shot
11 10 Hall & Oates - You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling
09 09 Cliff Richard - Dreaming
07 08 Diana Ross - I'm Coming Out
08 07 John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over
05 06 Barbra Streisand - Woman in Love
04 05 Queen - Another One Bites the Dust
06 04 Leo Sayer - More Than I Can Say
02 03 Donna Summer - The Wanderer
01 02 Kenny Rogers - Lady
03 01 Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster (Jammin')

A pretty big screwup on the Sunday night broadcast saw the host segments for #12 and #10 playing simultaneously, which ultimately wound up skipping over #12 and #11.

I could be wrong, but I think "Master Blaster" is the lowest-peaking Hot 100 song that hit #1 on Cashbox during the 80's; it hit #5 on Billboard, but interrupted a 5-week non-consecutive run for "Lady" at the top.

[Libra]

Dec 4, 2011 23:17:40 GMT -5 friday said:

I could be wrong, but I think "Master Blaster" is the lowest-peaking Hot 100 song that hit #1 on Cashbox during the 80's; it hit #5 on Billboard, but interrupted a 5-week non-consecutive run for "Lady" at the top.

It actually shares that honor with, of all songs, "Elvira"! "Elvira" was their #1 song on 8/1/81. They only spent one week on top though compared to Stevie's two.

How about that high debut for "The Tide is High", though? Is that the highest Top 40 debut during the decade on the Cash Box chart (other than maybe "We Are the World")?

[friday]

Dec 5, 2011 16:31:11 GMT -5 Libra said:

Dec 4, 2011 23:17:40 GMT -5 friday said:

I could be wrong, but I think "Master Blaster" is the lowest-peaking Hot 100 song that hit #1 on Cashbox during the 80's; it hit #5 on Billboard, but interrupted a 5-week non-consecutive run for "Lady" at the top.

It actually shares that honor with, of all songs, "Elvira"! "Elvira" was their #1 song on 8/1/81. They only spent one week on top though compared to Stevie's two.

How about that high debut for "The Tide is High", though? Is that the highest Top 40 debut during the decade on the Cash Box chart (other than maybe "We Are the World")?

Yikes. I was wondering if that 8/1/81 chart would be featured this summer in honor of MTV's 30th annivesary, but now I'm glad they didn't. Hopefully, they'll avoid it next year, though.

As for "The Tide Is High," that's the highest debut I can recall since I started keeping track of these shows. "We Are the World" debuted straight onto the top 100 at #14 on March 23, 1985, which was the highest top 100 debut during the decade. If there were any other top 20 debuts during the decade, they must've worked their way up the chart like Blondie did.

An interesting footnote about that 1985 chart: the week before saw three songs debut straight into the top 40; "Some Like It Hot" by The Power Station at #38, "Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid" by Hall & Oates at #35, and "That Was Yesterday" by Foreigner at #23. On the corresponding Hot 100, those songs debuted at #57, #55, and #47, respectively.

[saltrek]

There were screw ups the entire weekend concerning songs 12 thru 10.

Friday nights show skipped them entirely.

Not sure about Saturday morning, but some skip must have happened. I thought I tuned in at about when #13 should have been playing, but they were in the middle of #10.

On Sunday morning, during the fade out of "Love On The Rocks" (#12), Mark Goodman came on and was talking as if "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" had just played and then on to #10 - without ever hearing Pat Benatar.

[mkarns]

Dec 4, 2011 23:17:40 GMT -5 friday said:

I could be wrong, but I think "Master Blaster" is the lowest-peaking Hot 100 song that hit #1 on Cashbox during the 80's; it hit #5 on Billboard, but interrupted a 5-week non-consecutive run for "Lady" at the top.

That's one of the most glaring differences between sales and airplay I know of. While topping the Cashbox chart which seems based on sales with some radio airplay points factored in, "Master Blaster" never made the airplay-based Radio & Records survey (then a top 30) at all. I don't know why; not only were the song and its parent album ("Hotter than July") big sellers, but Stevie was of course an established superstar and the song's reggae sound wasn't that exotic or uncommercial for 1980.

[friday]

This week it was 1985.

12/7/1985
-- 40 Ta Mara & the Seen - Everybody Dance
-- 39 Jellybean featuring Madonna - Sidewalk Talk
-- 38 Wang Chung - To Live and Die in L.A.
-- 37 Paul McCartney - Spies Like Us
-- 36 Wham! - I'm Your Man
38 35 Clarence Clemons and Jackson Browne - You're a Friend of Mine
40 34 Bryan Adams and Tina Turner - It's Only Love
36 33 Sting - Love Is the Seventh Wave
35 32 Starpoint - Object of My Desire
34 31 Kool & the Gang - Emergency
32 30 Survivor - Burning Heart
31 29 Sheena Easton - Do It for Love
29 28 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
14 27 Freddie Jackson - You Are My Lady
18 26 Stevie Wonder - Part-Time Lover
27 25 The Cars - Tonight She Comes
28 24 Dire Straits - Walk of Life
25 23 Klymaxx - I Miss You
23 22 Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin - Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves
30 21 Stevie Nicks - Talk to Me
21 20 Olivia Newton-John - Soul Kiss
33 19 Dionne Warwick & Friends - That's What Friends Are For
10 18 ABC - Be Near Me
19 17 Elton John - Wrap Her Up
24 16 John Cougar Mellencamp - Small Town
17 15 Scritti Politti - Perfect Way
22 14 Eddie Murphy - Party All the Time
06 13 Tears for Fears - Head Over Heels
05 12 Jan Hammer - Miami Vice Theme
13 11 Arcadia - Election Day
12 10 ZZ Top - Sleeping Bag
09 09 Thompson Twins - Lay Your Hands on Me
08 08 Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who
11 07 Simple Minds - Alive and Kicking
07 06 Heart - Never
15 05 Lionel Richie - Say You, Say Me
03 04 Glenn Frey - You Belong to the City
02 03 Starship - We Built This City
01 02 Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin - Separate Lives
04 01 Mr. Mister - Broken Wings

[friday]

This week it was 1987.

12/12/1987
-- 40 New Order - True Faith
33 39 Pet Shop Boys - It's a Sin
-- 38 Laura Branigan - Power of Love
20 37 Bruce Springsteen - Brilliant Disguise
-- 36 Tiffany - Could've Been
-- 35 Eric Carmen - Hungry Eyes
38 34 Icehouse - Crazy
40 33 Expose - Seasons Change
32 32 Stevie Wonder - Skeletons
37 31 Prince - I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
31 30 Def Leppard - Animal
18 29 Swing Out Sister - Breakout
28 28 Poison - I Won't Forget You
30 27 Heart - There's the Girl
13 26 Cutting Crew - I've Been in Love Before
08 25 Billy Idol - Mony Mony (Live)
29 24 The Bangles - Hazy Shade of Winter
24 23 Michael Bolton - That's What Love Is All About
23 22 John Cougar Mellencamp - Cherry Bomb
21 21 The Jets - I Do You
26 20 Elton John - Candle in the Wind
25 19 INXS - Need You Tonight
27 18 Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel
17 17 Squeeze - Hourglass
19 16 Aerosmith - Dude (Looks Like a Lady)
22 15 Taylor Dayne - Tell It to My Heart
05 14 Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now
15 13 Steve Winwood - Valerie
14 12 Pretty Poison - Catch Me (I'm Falling)
16 11 George Harrison - Got My Mind Set on You
11 10 R.E.M. - The One I Love
10 09 Jody Watley - Don't You Want Me
12 08 Whitney Houston - So Emotional
07 07 Sting - We'll Be Together
06 06 Debbie Gibson - Shake Your Love
09 05 Whitesnake - Is This Love
04 04 Richard Marx - Should've Known Better
02 03 Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes - (I've Had) The Time of My Life
01 02 Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is a Place on Earth
03 01 George Michael - Faith

This has to be quickest span between two charts from one calendar year that they've ever done, with the previous 1987 episode only four weeks earlier. (I'm not counting charts between a December-January gap.) To drive the point home, 26 songs appeared on both the 11/14 chart and this one. It really sucks, too, because I was hoping they'd squeeze in a 1989 episode this month, but now that seems all but certain not to happen, since next week they'll do 1983, and I assume the week after will be 1988 so they can avoid playing charts from 3 consecutive months.

[Michael1973]

Random observation: The past three countdowns (1980, 1985 and 1987) have each featured songs by Heart. No other year in the 1980's featured a top 40 song by them in December.

[friday]

This week it was 1983.

12/17/1983
-- 40 Jeffery Osborne - Stay with Me Tonight
23 39 The Motels - Suddenly Last Summer
-- 38 Stray Cats - I Won't Stand in Your Way
28 37 Air Supply - Making Love Out of Nothing at All
-- 36 Genesis - That's All
39 35 .38 Special - If I'd Been the One
34 34 Kim Carnes - Invisible Hands
40 33 Kool & the Gang - Joanna
37 32 DeBarge - Time Will Reveal
32 31 Rick Springfield - Souls
38 30 Barry Manilow - Read 'Em and Weep
35 29 Elton John - I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
33 28 Lionel Richie - Running with the Night
30 27 Madonna - Holiday
27 26 Barbra Streisand - The Way He Makes Me Feel
21 25 Sheena Easton - Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)
26 24 Rufus & Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody
29 23 Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
19 22 Michael Jackson - P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
14 21 Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart
25 20 The Romantics - Talking in Your Sleep
11 19 Huey Lewis & the News - Heart and Soul
22 18 Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride
20 17 Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Coming Home)
18 16 The Police - Synchronicity II
16 15 Irene Cara - Why Me?
17 14 The Rolling Stones - Undercover of the Night
09 13 Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton - Islands in the Stream
12 12 Big Country - In a Big Country
13 11 Olivia Newton-John - Twist of Fate
10 10 Culture Club - Church of the Poison Mind
15 09 Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart
08 08 John Cougar Mellencamp - Crumblin' Down
07 07 Quiet Riot - Cum on Feel the Noize
03 06 Billy Idol - Uptown Girl
06 05 Hall & Oates - Say It Isn't So
04 04 Pat Benatar - Love Is a Battlefield
05 03 Duran Duran - Union of the Snake
02 02 Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night)
01 01 Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson - Say Say Say

[Libra]

Dec 25, 2011 21:22:56 GMT -5 friday said:

This week it was 1983.

12/17/1983

:o Now that's just plain bizarre. They basically had no excuse to not air the same date (12/24).

[friday]

This week it was 1988.

12/31/1988
40 40 Cheryl Pepsii Riley - Thanks for My Child
-- 39 Tracy Chapman - Baby Can I Hold You
34 38 George Michael - Kissing a Fool
-- 37 The Art of Noise featuring Tom Jones - Kiss
33 36 U2 - Desire
31 35 Robert Palmer - Early in the Morning
-- 34 Paula Abdul - Straight Up
37 33 Information Society - Walking Away
30 32 Bon Jovi - Bad Medicine
38 31 Samantha Fox - I Wanna Have Some Fun
32 30 Robbie Nevil - Back on Holiday
21 29 When in Rome - The Promise
19 28 Breathe - How Can I Fall
18 27 Will to Power - Baby I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley
14 26 Van Halen - Finish What Ya Started
27 25 Maxi Priest - Wild World
29 24 White Lion - When the Children Cry
13 23 Eddie Money - Walk on Water
24 22 Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - Little Liar
25 21 Tiffany - All This Time
22 20 Cheap Trick - Ghost Town
26 19 Karyn White - The Way You Love Me
28 18 Sheriff - When I'm with You
20 17 Steve Winwood - Holding On
23 16 Bon Jovi - Born to Be My Baby
09 15 Guns n' Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
16 14 Kenny G - Silhouette
17 13 Annie Lennox and Al Green - Put a Little Love in Your Heart
15 12 Boys Club - I Remember Holding You
07 11 Duran Duran - I Don't Want Your Love
10 10 The Bangles - In Your Room
06 09 Chicago - Look Away
12 08 Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal
02 07 Anita Baker - Giving You the Best That I Got
11 06 Def Leppard - Armageddon It
08 05 Taylor Dayne - Don't Rush Me
04 04 Boy Meets Girl - Waiting for a Star to Fall
05 03 Phil Collins - Two Hearts
03 02 Bobby Brown - My Prerogative
01 01 Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn

If this countdown looks familiar, it's because it was previously done... in 2011. They played the 1/7/89 chart on the first Friday of 2011, which was a frozen version of this chart. Thus, they've played the same chart to start 2011 and finish 2011.

[friday]

This week it was 1986.

1/4/1986
40 40 Sade - The Sweetest Taboo
39 39 A-ha - The Sun Always Shines on TV
38 38 James Brown - Living in America
37 37 The Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town
36 36 Corey Hart - Everything in My Heart
35 35 Elton John - Wrap Her Up
34 34 Pete Townshend - Face the Face
33 33 Night Ranger - Goodbye
32 32 Miami Sound Machine - Conga
31 31 Whitney Houston - How Will I Know
30 30 Billy Ocean - When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going
29 29 Pat Benatar - Sex As a Weapon
28 28 Ta Mara & the Seen - Everybody Dance
27 27 Jellybean - Sidewalk Talk
26 26 Starpoint - Object of My Desire
25 25 Heart - Never
24 24 Bruce Springsteen - My Hometown
23 23 Clarence Clemons and Jackson Browne - You're a Friend of Mine
22 22 Paul McCartney - Spies Like Us
21 21 Stevie Wonder - Go Home
20 20 Sting - Love Is the Seventh Wave
19 19 Kool & the Gang - Emergency
18 18 Bryan Adams and Tina Turner - It's Only Love
17 17 ZZ Top - Sleeping Bag
16 16 Wham! - I'm Your Man
15 15 Survivor - Burning Heart
14 14 Klymaxx - I Miss You
13 13 Dire Straits - Walk of Life
12 12 The Cars - Tonight She Comes
11 11 Starship - We Built This City
10 10 Scritti Politti - Perfect Way
09 09 Stevie Nicks - Talk to Me
08 08 Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin - Separate Lives
07 07 Arcadia - Election Day
06 06 John Cougar Mellencamp - Small Town
05 05 Dionne Warwick & Friends - That's What Friends Are For
04 04 Mr. Mister - Broken Wings
03 03 Simple Minds - Alive and Kicking
02 02 Eddie Murphy - Party All the Time
01 01 Lionel Richie - Say You Say Me

As you can see, this week's chart was frozen from the 12/28/1985 chart. Note that the date is somewhat arbitrary, since the following week was also a frozen chart.

[Libra]

Jan 9, 2012 22:57:42 GMT -5 friday said:

As you can see, this week's chart was frozen from the 12/28/1985 chart. Note that the date is somewhat arbitrary, since the following week was also a frozen chart.

Did they give an exact date during the show?

[friday]

Jan 10, 2012 15:26:51 GMT -5 Libra said:

Jan 9, 2012 22:57:42 GMT -5 friday said:

As you can see, this week's chart was frozen from the 12/28/1985 chart. Note that the date is somewhat arbitrary, since the following week was also a frozen chart.

Did they give an exact date during the show?

I don't know if they did, but if they ever give dates on the show, they'll use that Friday the show premieres (e.g. the week of January 6, 1986) rather than the exact chart date, unless of course they coincide. Given that I suppose the January 4 date is the correct one, but as I implied, it didn't really matter one way or another this week.