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Post by Hervard on Jul 15, 2005 10:46:19 GMT -5
"Bette Davis Eyes" was the correct song. Actually, Foreigner never had a chance to top the year-end chart, since that song came way too late in the year. In fact, within the chart year, the song only spent four weeks at number one (back in the late-70s and early 80s, December was never counted for either year-end charts. I can see why they didn't use it for the current year, due to deadlines and all that jazz, but why they didn't think to just tack the December figures onto the following year before they did (1984) will forever remain a mystery to me.
OK, now it's easy, so I'm going to give you all the top three songs all at once.
3) This song came from an album that had something you saw in many educational films on its cover.
2) This song spent multiple weeks at #2 on Billboard
1) This song had a chord progression very similar to "Stand By Me"
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Post by Hervard on Jul 15, 2005 15:13:48 GMT -5
Hmmm, Aaron, Jimmy and Mike must have been offline all afternoon...
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Post by ChartKid on Jul 15, 2005 17:51:08 GMT -5
#2 Open Arms ( 6 weeks at #2)
#1 Every Breath You Take
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Post by ChartKid on Jul 15, 2005 17:54:09 GMT -5
#3 When Doves Cry?
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Post by Libra on Jul 15, 2005 17:55:18 GMT -5
Well, actually, there is a fair amount of ambiguity to these clues. (Although, you are right - I have been offline most of this afternoon.)
I have no idea which of each of the three goes where (even for #2, since two of the last three fit), so...
3. Journey - Open Arms 2. Foreigner - Waiting For a Girl Like You 1. The Police - Every Breath You Take (I'll be shocked if this isn't #1)[/font]
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Post by Libra on Jul 15, 2005 17:56:42 GMT -5
So I guess that means if Journey turns out to be #2, then Foreigner must be #3. [/font]
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Post by ChartKid on Jul 15, 2005 18:05:23 GMT -5
Ok I guess that makes sense. I was wrong about #3. Though I'm 99.9% sure of Journey being #2. I keep thinking of the BillBoard stats for these songs since that's what AT40 used.
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Post by Libra on Jul 15, 2005 18:18:45 GMT -5
Ok I guess that makes sense. I was wrong about #3. Though I'm 99.9% sure of Journey being #2. I keep thinking of the BillBoard stats for these songs since that's what AT40 used. Well, since both Foreigner and Journey fit the clue for 2, one of us has to be right.
I said Journey for 3 because they spent less weeks at #2 than Foreigner did, and I'm thinking that helps translate to an overall chart run that is shorter than Foreigner's (even though they spent 1 more week at #1 on R&R than Foreigner), and like you, I think The Police have to be #1.[/font]
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Post by mst3k on Jul 15, 2005 19:38:27 GMT -5
#3 is "Waiting For A Girl Like You" by Foreigner (the picture on their album 4 was from one of those leader countdowns at the beginning of a film).
Which makes #2 Journey, and #1 The Police.
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Post by mst3k on Jul 15, 2005 19:40:48 GMT -5
Here's the Foreigner album cover, in case you're clueless as to what I was trying to describe:
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Post by jimmy74747 on Jul 15, 2005 23:06:38 GMT -5
Hmmm, Aaron, Jimmy and Mike must have been offline all afternoon... My car was in for repairs all afternoon, so I missed taking part. Three great songs ended up in the top three. No other decade can match this group.
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Post by Hervard on Jul 16, 2005 10:48:48 GMT -5
Wow, I forgot about how "Waiting For A Girl Like You" spent so long at #2 on Billboard. Anyway, after all these guesses, Aaron summed it up correctly. Foreigner was at #3, Journey at #2 and the Police led the pack at number one with the song that spent the most weeks on top for all of the 1980s - eight weeks. That was a record that remained untouched for over ten years.
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Post by Libra on Jul 16, 2005 11:08:21 GMT -5
I'm curious to see the point totals for the Top 100, if it's not too much trouble. :)[/font]
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Post by Cerebro on Jul 17, 2005 18:41:07 GMT -5
Grrr...can't believe I missed this game. >:( I, actually, saved the chart when it was originally posted on the R&R boards, but I hadn't looked at it in years. I was genuinely guessing as I read through the whole thread. S'pose I'll have to join in on the next game. :) I'm curious to see the point totals for the Top 100, if it's not too much trouble. :) [/font][/quote] Over 400 points each, at the very least. Here's ulij20's actual post from the R&R boards (I saved it as a text file). He also listed the songs that just missed the chart:
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Post by johnnywest on Mar 6, 2015 9:25:02 GMT -5
1) This song had a chord progression very similar to "Stand By Me" I would've said "Mercy" by Duffy but that came later.
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