Post Your Chart From 1980 - 1991

[blfdguy1]

Sept 20, 2009 7:53:04 GMT -5 WotUNeed said:

Sept 19, 2009 10:03:08 GMT -5 blfdguy1 said:

I'm sure you could probably tell that the soundtrack to Purple Rain did very well in my chart..lol.

Out of curiosity, did "Take Me With U" ever impact? Love that one.

"Take Me With You" only made it to #15 for me...it never really hit me big at the beginning and when it was finally released as a single, it didn't help.

Sometimes I'll hear a song on a CD (or album back in the day), and not think anything of it. But then I'll hear it on the radio and think 'wow, how did I miss this one'..lol. Sometimes songs just sound better on the radio to me.

[blfdguy1]

Sept 20, 2009 11:36:04 GMT -5 Vic said:

Sept 8, 1984

02 01 She Bop - Cyndi Lauper
07 02 The Warrior - Scandal
01 03 When Doves Cry - Prince
06 04 Turn To you - Go-Go's
03 05 New Romance - Holly Woods & Toronto
04 06 Sad Songs Say So Much - Elton John
09 07 What's Love Got To Do With It - Tina Turner
11 08 10-9-8 - Face To Face
15 09 Round And Round - Ratt
05 10 State of Shock - Jacksons w/Mick Jagger
13 11 All Of You - Julio Iglesias & Diana Ross
08 12 Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr.
18 13 If Ever You're In My Arms Again - Peabo Bryson
17 14 Cooling The Medium - M+M
10 15 Boys Do Fall In Love - Robin Gibb
27 16 Cruel Summer - Bananarama
12 17 Jump (For My Love) - Pointer Sisters
19 18 My, Oh My - Slade
28 19 New Girl Now - Honeymoon Suite
23 20 Panama - Van Halen
16 21 Legs - ZZ Top
14 22 Sunglasses At Night - Corey Hart
25 23 If This Is It - Huey Lewis & the News
24 24 Rock Me Tonite - Billy Squier
33 25 Cover Me - Bruce Springsteen
20 26 Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen
30 27 I Can Dream About You - Dan Hartman
32 28 Leave A Tender Moment Alone - Billy Joel
22 29 Se;f Control - Laura Branigan
--- 30 Go Insane - Lindsey Buckingham
--- 31 The Lucky One - Laura Branigan
--- 32 Drive - Cars
34 33 Stuck On You - Lionel Richie
21 34 Almost Paradise - Mike Reno & Ann Wilson
--- 35 Go For Soda - Kim Mitchell
38 36 Missing You - John Waite
40 37 Lights Out - Peter Wolf
--- 38 Two Tribes - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
26 39 Infatuation - Rod Stewart
29 40 A Little Love - Juice Newton




"Drive" hit #6 for me. That was good for the Cars for me. Their best was thier #2 "You Might Think"

"Sunglasses At Night" took a LONG time for me to catch on. It was a hit here in Canada months before....but it was the video that really won me over. It hit #3

The summer of 1984 was really awesome in my book...so many groups and artists clicking for me. At this time with Cyndi already scored her 2nd # 1 here for me, I thought she would be the more successful over Madonna. "Holiday" hit #2 and "Borderline" #3

Nice chart....liking the Peabo Bryson love. Hit #8 for me earlier in the year. I don't see "There Goes My Baby" on there. Sure not one of Donna's better efforts, in my opinion, but couldn't you show it a little love? lol

[Vic]

aaah yes...."There Goes My Baby" only hit #20 for me. I do love Donna...but that was just ok with me at the time.

(Can I say freakin' love this thread!)

[soundmagazine]

Sept 20, 2009 11:36:04 GMT -5 Vic said:

Sept 8, 1984


"Drive" hit #6 for me. That was good for the Cars for me. Their best was thier #2 "You Might Think"

"Sunglasses At Night" took a LONG time for me to catch on. It was a hit here in Canada months before....but it was the video that really won me over. It hit #3

The summer of 1984 was really awesome in my book...so many groups and artists clicking for me. At this time with Cyndi already scored her 2nd # 1 here for me, I thought she would be the more successful over Madonna. "Holiday" hit #2 and "Borderline" #3

Glad you had some love for the Cars tune!

Your '84 chart had some additional unique entries to our charts. Toronto's final single "New Romance" was riding high. I charted the version by Spider back in 1980. And M+M (Martha & The Muffins) at #14! Their earlier '84 hit "Black Stations/White Stations" was especially good. The Honeymoon Suite tune is a lost classic. And there's one of my favorite classic rock songs debuting, "Go For Soda" by Kim Mitchell! How I wish I heard this song back when it was originally released as it would have done very well on my chart.

Looks like all of us had lots of love for "She Bop" as it was in the Top 10 in ALL of our charts on this week in 1984. I think that may be the first time all us had the same song in the Top 10 in the same week. And very deserving because it stills sounds great today.

[soundmagazine]

Sept 20, 2009 18:45:38 GMT -5 blfdguy1 said:

Sept 20, 2009 7:53:04 GMT -5 WotUNeed said:

Out of curiosity, did "Take Me With U" ever impact? Love that one.

"Take Me With You" only made it to #15 for me...it never really hit me big at the beginning and when it was finally released as a single, it didn't help.

"Take Me With U" made it to #2 on my chart. It tied with the title cut as being the biggest hit from the "Purple Rain" soundtrack on my chart. But not the biggest hit from the film. There was one song from the film that wasn't performed by Prince that was a #1 smash on my chart.

[prenatt1166]

Sept 21, 2009 0:10:20 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

Toronto's final single "New Romance" was riding high. I charted the version by Spider back in 1980.

How interesting! I have learned something new. I charted the version by Spider as well (#7 in June 1980). I never knew there was another successful version.

[soundmagazine]

Sept 21, 2009 7:15:07 GMT -5 prenatt1166 said:

Sept 21, 2009 0:10:20 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

Toronto's final single "New Romance" was riding high. I charted the version by Spider back in 1980.

How interesting! I have learned something new. I charted the version by Spider as well (#7 in June 1980). I never knew there was another successful version.

Definitely a classic song.

And speaking of 1980, Classic AT40 is airing the show from 9/13/1980 this weekend. So it looks like we are going back in time! So it's time for us to dig through another pile of charts that have turned even more yellow than the ones we have referenced the past two weekends! :)

Since Classic AT40 does not go beyond 1988 and there may be some old chart makers that don't go back to September of 1980, I thought we could also go 10 years after the program scheduled for this weekend. So those who were charting on 9/15/1990, let's see that chart as well! I was charting during both years, so I have my work cut out for me. I'll try to post one of the two charts before this weekend.

[soundmagazine]

Here's the first of the two charts for this week. I started with the 1990 chart. It would be a major fight for the #1 spot in the weeks to come with "Dirty Cash", "Praying For Time" & "Suicide Blonde" all songs I was absolutely crazy about moving into the Top 5 about the same time. Ultimately, all three would end up reaching the top.

TW = This Week
LW = Last Week
TWK = Total Weeks
* = Gold record award

September 14, 1990

TW LW TWK
.1....4....6...Dirty Cash (Money Talks) - Adventures Of Stevie V
.2....7....4...Praying For Time - George Michael
.3....3....7...Blue Eyes Are Sensitive To The Light - Sara Hickman
.4....5....6...Tell Me Something - Indecent Obsession
.5...10....4...Suicide Blonde - INXS
.6....6....7...Hearts In Trouble - Chicago
.7....1...12...Falling - Julee Cruise *
.8....8....6...Black Betty (1990 remix) - Ram Jam
.9....2....9...Tonight - New Kids On The Block
10...11....5...Fly To The Angels - Slaughter
11...16....4...Black Cat - Janet Jackson
12...13....5...Love And Affection - Nelson
13...19....4...I Don't Love You Anymore - London Quireboys
14...12...13...Make You Sweat - Keith Sweat *
15...18....4...Policy Of Truth - Depeche Mode
16...17....7...Papa Was A Rolling Stone - Was (Not Was)
17....9....8...Same Old Look - Jimmy Ryser
18...24....3...Time For Letting Go - Jude Cole
19...21....4...Do Me - Bel Biv Devoe
20...25....3...Real Wild Child - Chris Ocasek
21...23....4...L.A. Woman - Billy Idol
22...26....3...Tired Of Sleeping - Suzanne Vega
23...31....2...Pray - MC Hammer
24...32....2...This Is The Right Time - Lisa Stansfield
25...33....2...Shining Star - Stryper
26...14....8...I Found Out - Christians
27...15...10...Live It Up - Crosby, Stills & Nash
28...34....2...And So It Goes - Billy Joel
29...35....2...Thieves In The Temple - Prince
30..---....1...Lisa - Lita Ford
31..---....1...All I Want - Lightning Seeds
32...22...10...Release Me - Wilson Phillips
33..---....1...Violence Of Summer - Duran Duran
34..---....6...Can't Stop Fallin' Into Love - Cheap Trick
35...36....2...I Melt With You (1990 version) - Modern English
36..---....1...Romeo - Dino
37...37....2...Love And Emotion - Stevie B
38...27...10...If Wishes Came True - Sweet Sensation
39...39...15...Come Back To Me - Janet Jackson *
40...38....7...Ridin' The Rails - K.D.Lang

[Vic]

Very cool to see Sara Hickman high up there. she was at #42 for this week but would eventually hit #4

I was in a real AC state of mind here. As you can see I got caught up in the New Kids phenomenal. Mariah Carey explodes up my chart. I loved everything Mariah did in ther early part of her career. When she turned skarnk....her songs are mediocre hit or miss.

Sept 1, 90

02 01 Tonight - New Kids On The Block
01 02 Release Me - Wilson Phillips
03 03 Heart Of Stone - Taylor Dayne
05 04 Heaven Give Me Words - Propaganda
08 05 I Don't Have The Heart - James Ingram
10 06 Co0uld This Be Love - Seduction
13 07 Can't stop - After 7
04 08 The Right Combination - Seiko & Donnie Wahlberg
11 09 If Wishes Came True - Sweet Sensation
06 10 Skies The Limit - Fleetwood Mac
07 11 Close To You - Maxi Priest
16 12 That's Life - Sue Medley
15 13 Givin' It All We Got - Lorraine Segato
20 14 Feed This Fire - Anne Murray
09 15 The Emporer's New Clothes - Sinead O'Connor
17 16 Angel Of Love - Ana & Jordan Knight
45 17 Love Takes Time - Mariah Carey
22 18 Time For Letting Go - Jude Cole
12 19 The Girl I Used To Know - Brother Beyond
23 20 Come Back To Me - Janet Jackson
30 21 Smoke - Crash Vegas
14 22 Vision Of Love - Mariah Carey
25 23 Oh Girl - Paul Young
32 24 Until You Come Back To Me - Basia
36 25 Joey - Concrete Blonde
18 26 Step By Step - New Kids On The Block
27 27 Hearts In Trouble - Chicago
24 28 Rhythm Of Life - Oleta Adams
31 29 Give It Up - Colin James & Bonnie Raitt
19 30 I Will Give You Everything - Skydiggers
34 31 Stop Running Away - brenda Russell
33 32 Something Happened On The Way To Heaven - Phil Collins
35 33 Adios - Linda Ronstadt
26 34 I'll Be Your Shelter - Taylor Dayne
21 35 Every Little Thing - Jeff Lynne
37 36 And So It Goes - Billy Joel
39 37 All I'm Missing Is You - Glen Medeiros & Ray Parker Jr.
41 38 Gypsy Woman - Santana
40 39 I Wanna Get Back With You - Louie Louie
46 40 Was It Just The Moonlight - Timothy B Schmidt.

[prenatt1166]

UU-BRU Radio Playlist
For Week Ending September 15, 1990

01 01 Phil Collins Something Happened On The Way To Heaven
02 02 George Michael Praying For Time
03 05 Paul Young Oh, Girl
04 04 Wilson Phillips Release Me
05 06 Dino Romeo
06 08 Janet Jackson Black Cat
07 07 Mariah Carey Vision Of Love
08 10 Glenn Mederios & Ray Parker, Jr. All I'm Missing Is You
09 03 Janet Jackson Come Back To Me
10 12 Taylor Dayne Heart Of Stone
11 11 Johnny Gill Rub You The Right Way
12 14 James Ingram I Don't Have The Heart
13 25 Pebbles Giving You The Benefit
14 21 Winger Can't Get Enuff
15 ** MC Hammer Pray
16 19 Linda Ronstadt Adios
17 33 Warrant Cherry Pie
18 20 Snap Ooops Up!
19 22 Michael Bolton Georgia On My Mind
20 32 Mariah Carey Love Takes Time
21 09 Jon Bon Jovi Blaze Of Glory
22 15 Glenn Mederios & Bobby Brown She Ain't Worth It
23 18 Paula Abdul Knocked Out (UK Mix)
24 28 Jeff Healey Band While My Guitar Gently Weeps
25 27 Michel'le Keep Watching
26 31 Billy Idol LA Woman
27 26 Alannah Myles Lover Of Mine
28 29 Sinead O'Connor Three Babies
29 35 Heart Stranded
30 16 Snap The Power
31 30 Duran Duran Violence Of Summer
32 37 Carly Simon Better Not Tell Her
33 ** Asia Days Like These
34 34 INXS Suicide Blonde
35 38 Tiffany New Inside
36 40 Laura Branigan Never In A Million Years
37 ** Johnny Gill My, My, My
38 17 New Kids On The Block Tonight
39 ** Maxi Priest Close To You
40 ** Alias More Than Words Can Say


Without seeing Cesar's chart yet, I think this is the first week our charts have been so different.

Phil Collins did extremely well for me in 1990, SHOTWTH followed "I Wish It Would Rain Down" (#1) and "Do You Remember" (#2). Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson were also charting with two songs that would reach number one.

If I remember correctly I was charting "Knocked Out" by Paula Abdul because of a new mix that was released as a single in the UK, but was only available in the US on "Shut Up And Dance".

Alannah Myles and Michel'le each had several hits from their breakthrough albums, but never did much afterwards. I don't even recall Tiffany or Laura Branigan's songs by name.

I noticed Jude Cole at #18 on both of your charts. I thought he had done as well on mine, but I was wrong! TFLG had peaked at #38 two weeks earlier. "Baby, It's Tonight" did much better, reaching #8 in June.

[soundmagazine]

Sept 23, 2009 23:04:49 GMT -5 prenatt1166 said:

Without seeing Cesar's chart yet, I think this is the first week our charts have been so different.

I'll reply to everyone's chart this evening. I am holding out hope that our resident disco enthusiast will show some love for the Adventures Of Stevie V on his chart. I know that one had me acting like a madman on the dance floor!

[WotUNeed]

Kind of off topic, but as long as we're talking about songs that mean something to us - soundmagazine, any particular reason why you chose a Peter, Paul, and Mary b-side to be the side spinning in your avatar?

[soundmagazine]

Sept 24, 2009 11:51:32 GMT -5 WotUNeed said:

Kind of off topic, but as long as we're talking about songs that mean something to us - soundmagazine, any particular reason why you chose a Peter, Paul, and Mary b-side to be the side spinning in your avatar?

You are good! My spinning 45s either pay tribute or reflect recent subjects that have been on my mind in various message boards. In this case, it was a tribute to the passing of Mary Travers. I heard the news late one evening and selected the first 45 I found in my inventory by the group as I had little time before retiring for the evening, not paying particular attention to which side of the 45 I was using.

[blfdguy1]

Sept 24, 2009 11:47:45 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

Sept 23, 2009 23:04:49 GMT -5 prenatt1166 said:

Without seeing Cesar's chart yet, I think this is the first week our charts have been so different.

I'll reply to everyone's chart this evening. I am holding out hope that our resident disco enthusiast will show some love for the Adventures Of Stevie V on his chart. I know that one had me acting like a madman on the dance floor!

Ugh...I couldn't find my charts last night for that period of time and I'm going away tomorrow night so unless I find them tonight, it'll probably be next week before I can post the 1990 chart. I know it's somewhere in the mess that is my spare room. But I'm pretty sure "Dirty Cash" didn't do that well

I did find my 1980 chart so when those start going up...I'll be there

[soundmagazine]

Sept 23, 2009 21:28:56 GMT -5 Vic said:

Very cool to see Sara Hickman high up there. she was at #42 for this week but would eventually hit #4

I was in a real AC state of mind here. As you can see I got caught up in the New Kids phenomenal. Mariah Carey explodes up my chart. I loved everything Mariah did in ther early part of her career. When she turned skarnk....her songs are mediocre hit or miss.

Great to know that someone else appreciated that Sara Hickman song! Although it became the first promo video I could not watch (I hate spiders!). This was actually Sara's second visit to my Top 3. Her single earlier in 1990, "Simply", went to #1.

Yes, the New Kids appreciation was alive and well on your chart with not only the latest two singles by the group riding high, but also the duets by Wahlberg & Knight. Both of us had "Tonight" at #2 the prior week. Mine dropped while you took it to #1. It is my highest charting NKOTB song and has a cool retro feel.

The Propaganda song is good and I was surprised to find that it didn't make my Top 40. Probably not enough exposure at the time.

#12 thru #15 showed your appreciation to female singers . I never heard the Lorraine Segato selection. Only know her from the Parachute Club and the Northern Lights charity song "Tears Are Not Enough"

Mariah Carey was a lot like Whitney Houston for me and didn't have nearly the same success on my chart. But I completely agree that her earlier work far surpasses what she has offered this century.

My favorite obscurity (at least from an American chart perspective) is the Skydiggers song. Really wish that would have had more exposure in the states because it is excellent.

[soundmagazine]

Sept 23, 2009 23:04:49 GMT -5 prenatt1166 said:

Without seeing Cesar's chart yet, I think this is the first week our charts have been so different.

Phil Collins did extremely well for me in 1990, SHOTWTH followed "I Wish It Would Rain Down" (#1) and "Do You Remember" (#2). Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson were also charting with two songs that would reach number one.

If I remember correctly I was charting "Knocked Out" by Paula Abdul because of a new mix that was released as a single in the UK, but was only available in the US on "Shut Up And Dance".

Alannah Myles and Michel'le each had several hits from their breakthrough albums, but never did much afterwards. I don't even recall Tiffany or Laura Branigan's songs by name.

I noticed Jude Cole at #18 on both of your charts. I thought he had done as well on mine, but I was wrong! TFLG had peaked at #38 two weeks earlier. "Baby, It's Tonight" did much better, reaching #8 in June.

I suppose it shouldn't surprise us that our charts began to stray so much since there were so many more outlets to locate and listen to many more songs. Half of my chart are songs that never reached AT40. And ironically, one of the songs that did (my #1) is missing on everyone elses chart. We did share the #2 song, so that was great to see.

The Phil Collins "But Seriously" singles did well on my chart considering I was shunning commercial radio so much around this time. "Another Day In Paradise" was a #1, "I Wish It Would Rain Down" was a #5. and "Do You Remember" at #8. SHOTWTH made it also, but only peaked in the 30's. Funny video.

The Paula Abdul was an interesting addition. Kinda like me charting the remix for "Black Betty", although mine was 13 years after the original!

How well did Alannah Myles song, "Song Instead Of A Kiss", perform on your chart? I stopped charting by that time but it would have been a guaranteed #1 on my chart if I had been. Absolutely haunting. And once again showing just how far I had strayed from commercial radio.

I also charted "Baby It's Tonight", but it was the two follow-up singles ("Time For Letting Go" and "House Full Of Reasons") that ended up reaching my Top 10.

That was quite an impressive debut for MC Hammer on your chart! As you saw on my chart, "Pray" was moving up pretty fast also, although it ended up only reaching #13. But considering I did not like rap music, it was noteworthy. Did it reach #1 on your chart?

The common obscurity we shared on this chart is Billy Idol's "LA Woman". He did a fine remake. An even bigger obscurity we shared is the Sinead O'Connor song "Three Babies", but it was a few weeks away from debuting on my chart and it would end up going to #1.

[robrt30]

Aaaaah, (way way) back before my chart became all country and (way way) back before every song stayed on my chart for 30-40-50-100-150 weeks :)

Rob's Top 30 -- September 15, 1990

TW LW 2W Weeks Song-Artist
01 02 04 12 Release Me-Wilson Phillips (1st week at #1)
02 01 01 12 If Wishes Came True-Sweet Sensation
03 03 05 09 (Can't Live Without Your) Love And Affection-Nelson
04 04 06 08 Something Happened On The Way To Heaven-Phil Collins
05 07 09 06 Heart Of Stone-Taylor Dayne
06 06 08 11 Could This Be Love-Seduction
07 09 10 07 Can't Stop Falling Into Love-Cheap Trick
08 11 13 05 Do Me-Bell Biv Devoe
09 12 17 03 Tell Me Something-Indecent Obsession
10 20 28 03 Praying For Time-George Michael
11 13 16 04 This Is The Right Time-Lisa Stansfield
12 15 22 04 Giving You The Benefit-Pebbles
13 08 03 08 Vision Of Love-Mariah Carey
14 05 02 13 Come Back To Me-Janet Jackson
15 00 00 01 Say A Prayer-Breathe
16 16 19 04 All I'm Missing Is You-Glenn Medeiros/Ray Parker Jr.
17 18 20 05 My, My, My-Johnny Gill
18 21 00 02 Romeo-Dino
19 22 29 03 Epic-Faith No More
20 10 07 10 Unskinny Bop-Poison
21 19 15 13 King Of Wishful Thinking-Go West
22 14 14 06 How Much Love-Vixen
23 23 00 02 The Girl I Used To Know-Brother Beyond
24 24 27 04 Can't Get Enuff-Winger
25 17 12 11 The Other Side-Aeorsmith
26 29 00 02 Time For Letting Go-Jude Cole
27 30 00 02 Cuts Both Ways-Gloria Estefan
28 00 00 01 Policy Of Truth-Depeche Mode
29 00 00 01 I Don't Have The Heart-James Ingram
30 00 00 01 Black Cat-Janet Jackson

[prenatt1166]

soundmagazine wrote:

How well did Alannah Myles song, "Song Instead Of A Kiss", perform on your chart? I stopped charting by that time but it would have been a guaranteed #1 on my chart if I had been.

SIOSK only spent a single week at #40 in 1992. It was her fifth and last appearance on my chart.

That was quite an impressive debut for MC Hammer on your chart! As you saw on my chart, "Pray" was moving up pretty fast also, although it ended up only reaching #13. But considering I did not like rap music, it was noteworthy. Did it reach #1 on your chart?

"Pray" peaked at #3, though it's funny you mentioned #13. "U Can't Touch This" had spent 10 weeks at #13 and ranked at #13 for the year.

By 1992, I was becoming more and more discouraged with most pop music. My chart was becoming increasingly country influenced. Five of the number one songs of the year during the 1990's were crossovers from country radio.

[prenatt1166]

Sept 25, 2009 20:44:36 GMT -5 robrt30 said:

15 00 00 01 Say A Prayer-Breathe

Nice debut for group that seemed to come and go rather quickly after a handful of hits. They charted five times for me but never got higher than #25 ("Say A Prayer").

[soundmagazine]

Sept 25, 2009 20:44:36 GMT -5 robrt30 said:

Aaaaah, (way way) back before my chart became all country and (way way) back before every song stayed on my chart for 30-40-50-100-150 weeks :)

Rob's Top 30 -- September 15, 1990

Oh yes, back when playlists weren't so restrictive and you could hear lots of new and fresh songs every week. Those were the days!

YES!!! Someone else charted the Indecent Obsession song in their top 10! And considering it was already at #9 after only 3 weeks on your chart, you may have even eventually eclipsed my peak of #4 for the song.

Nice chart! Thanks for sharing.

[soundmagazine]

Sept 25, 2009 21:06:29 GMT -5 prenatt1166 said:

soundmagazine wrote:

That was quite an impressive debut for MC Hammer on your chart! As you saw on my chart, "Pray" was moving up pretty fast also, although it ended up only reaching #13. But considering I did not like rap music, it was noteworthy. Did it reach #1 on your chart?

"Pray" peaked at #3, though it's funny you mentioned #13. "U Can't Touch This" had spent 10 weeks at #13 and ranked at #13 for the year.

By 1992, I was becoming more and more discouraged with most pop music. My chart was becoming increasingly country influenced. Five of the number one songs of the year during the 1990's were crossovers from country radio.

That #13 thing was crazy! I bet you were surprised when you discovered it landed at #13 at year end, assuming you were doing some sort of point system.

I think many of us old-time radio listeners were really struggling in the 90's when it seemed like radio had a major overhaul. While you ventured into country, I nearly stopped listening completely. But then the early days of M2 in the mid-90's revived me a little bit with some good alternative music options.

Looks like we are ready to go with the September 13, 1980 charts. I will get mine posted later this evening.

[soundmagazine]

<sigh> My teenage years. I enjoyed music in the early 80's much more as those years were closest to my favorite decade (the 70's). It was evident by 12 songs that had a gold status on this chart alone. And the following week "Let's Get Serious" would be the first of a handful of songs in the 80's that would receive a platinum status. My love for powerful soul songs definitely carried over from the 70's.

TW = This Week
LW = Last Week
TWK = Total Weeks
* = gold status

September 12, 1980:

TW LW TWK
.1....1....6...Upside Down - Diana Ross
.2....2....7...Give Me The Night - George Benson *
.3....3....6...Someone That I Used To Love - Natalie Cole
.4....5....8...Stand By Me - Mickey Gilley
.5...10....4...Look What You've Done To Me - Boz Scaggs
.6....7....7...Thunder And Lightning - Chicago
.7...14....5...No Night So Long - Dionne Warwick
.8...12....5...How Does It Feel To Be Back - Hall & Oates
.9....9...20...Let's Get Serious - Jermaine Jackson *
10...11....7...You Better Run - Pat Benatar
11...16....5...Why Not Me - Fred Knoblock
12....4...10...King Of The Hill - Rick Pinette & Oak *
13....6...10...Take Your Time - SOS Band *
14...26....2...Woman In Love - Barbra Streisand
15...27....2...You're Supposed To Keep Your Love For Me - Jermaine Jackson
16...18....4...Xanadu - Olivia Newton-John
17...21....3...Don't Ya Wanna Play This Game No More - Elton John
18...23....4...Legend Of Wooley Swamp - Charlie Daniels Band
19...22....5...Another One Bites The Dust - Queen
20...20....5...Lookin' For Love - Johnny Lee
21...25....3...Talk Talk - Alice Cooper
22....8...11...Fame - Irene Cara *
23...15....9...Drivin' My Life Away - Eddie Rabbitt *
24...13....6...You'll Accomp'ny Me - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
25...24...10...Where Did We Go Wrong - Frankie Valli *
26...33....2...Late In The Evening - Paul Simon
27...34....2...He's So Shy - Pointer Sisters
28...28....8...Free Me - Roger Daltry
29...35....2...How Can I Survive - Amy Holland
30...38....2...Who Will Be The Fool Tonight - Larsen-Feiten Band
31..---....1...Turn It On Again - Genesis
32...29...12...Into The Night - Benny Mardones *
33...30...12...Empire Strikes Back - Meco *
34..---....1...I Never Knew Love Like This Before - Stephanie Mills
35...19....6...One More Time For Love - Billy Preston & Syreeta
36...36...12...All Out Of Love - Air Supply *
37..---....1...Jesse - Carly Simon
38...17....8...Hot Rod Hearts - Robbie Dupree
39...39...22...We Live For Love - Pat Benatar *
40...40...13...Sailing - Christopher Cross *

[prenatt1166]

UU-BRU Radio Playlist
For Week Ending September 13, 1980

01 01 Diana Ross Upside Down
02 02 Johnny Lee Looking For Love
03 08 Kenny Loggins I'm Alright
04 03 Kim Carnes More Love
05 05 Christopher Cross Sailing
06 09 Olivia Newton-John & ELO Xanadu
07 11 Pointer Sisters He's So Shy
08 14 Doobie Brothers Real Love
09 07 Eddie Rabbitt Driving My Life Away
10 04 S.O.S. Band Take Your Time
11 13 Dionne Warwick No Night So Long
12 12 Billy Joel Don’t Ask Me Why
13 15 Electric Light Orchestra All Over The World
14 19 Queen Another One Bites The Dust
15 18 Stephanie Mills Never Knew Love Like This Before
16 17 Boz Scaggs Love What You've Done To Me
17 21 Barbra Streisand Woman In Love
18 06 Pat Benatar You Better Run
19 16 Air Supply All Out Of Love
20 23 Stacy Lattisaw Let Me Be Your Angel
21 24 Carly Simon Jesse
22 10 Fred Knoblock Why Not Me
23 26 Devo Whip It
24 31 Diana Ross I'm Coming Out
25 25 Amy Holland How Do I Survive
26 28 Irene Cara Out Here On My Own
27 20 Daryl Hall & John Oates How Does It Feel To Be Back
28 32 Anne Murray Could I Have This Dance
29 29 Larsen-Fieten Band Who'll Be The Fool Tonight
30 30 Charlie Daniels Band The Legend Of Wooley Swamp
31 33 Willie Nelson On The Road Again
32 39 AC/DC You Shook Me All Night Long
33 ** Donna Summer Walk Away
34 34 The Cars Touch And Go
35 35 Teddy Pendergrass Can't We Try
36 36 Chic Rebels Are We
37 37 Al Stewart Midnight Rocks
38 ** Cliff Richard Dreaming
39 ** Waylon Jennings Theme From "The Dukes Of Hazzard"
40 ** Roger Daltrey Without Your Love

Our first match at number one! Not to mention several songs that did better on our charts (Pat Benatar, Fred Knoblock, Dionne Warwick) than nationally.

Jermaine Jackson's LGS was a number one hit for me as well in June 1980.

[botoxic]

I'm late to the game, but finally a week I can play (my chart started in 1988)!

BRAD'S COUNTDOWN
September 9-15, 1990

LW TW
03 01 PRAYING FOR TIME (George Michael)
04 02 Giving You the Benefit (Pebbles)
07 03 Everybody Everybody (Black Box)
01 04 This Is the Right Time (Lisa Stansfield)
08 05 Crazy (The Boys)
09 06 Say a Prayer (Breathe)
02 07 Thieves in the Temple (Prince)
15 08 Suicide Blonde (INXS)
16 09 Black Cat (Janet Jackson)
06 10 Tell Me Something (Indecent Obsession)
19 11 Love Takes Time (Mariah Carey)
20 12 Unchained Melody (The Righteous Brothers)
21 13 I Don't Have the Heart (James Ingram)
22 14 Feels Good (Tony! Toni! Tone!)
05 15 All I'm Missing Is You (Glen Medeiros and Ray Parker Jr.)
12 16 Heart of Stone (Taylor Dayne)
23 17 Fly to the Angels (Slaughter)
28 18 Ice Ice Baby (Vanilla Ice)
10 19 Can't Stop (After 7)
13 20 Something Happened on the Way to Heaven (Phil Collins)
14 21 Love and Affection (Nelson)
27 22 Georgia on My Mind (Michael Bolton)
11 23 Romeo (Dino)
33 24 More Than Words Can Say (Alias)
34 25 Joey (Concrete Blonde)
35 26 Pray (M.C. Hammer)
36 27 How Much Love (Vixen)
18 28 Violence of Summer (Duran Duran)
24 29 Release Me (Wilson Phillips)
17 30 Time for Letting Go (Jude Cole)
-- 31 Cherry Pie (Warrant)
-- 32 Lies (En Vogue)
-- 33 Second Chance (Tyler Collins)
-- 34 L.A. Woman (Billy Idol)
-- 35 Ooops Up (Snap)
-- 36 Same Ol' Situation (Motley Crue)

OFF:
25. My, My, My (Johnny Gill)
26. Can't Get Enuff (Winger)
29. Policy of Truth (Depeche Mode)
30. Can't Stop Falling Into Love (Cheap Trick)
31. Dirty Cash (The Adventures of Stevie V)
32. Tonight (New Kids on the Block)

[soundmagazine]

Sept 26, 2009 1:39:32 GMT -5 botoxic said:

I'm late to the game, but finally a week I can play (my chart started in 1988)!

Better late than never! Especially since I see "Dirty Cash" listed, albeit as a song that fell off your chart this week. But I'll take it! Also nice to see the Indecent Obsession song in your Top 10. That's now three charts with the song in the Top 10. But I bet if we consolidated all of 1990 charts, the number one song would probably be "Praying For Time" as it was in the Top 10 in 4 of our 5 charts, with Vic being the one holdout.

[soundmagazine]

Sept 25, 2009 23:58:11 GMT -5 prenatt1166 said:

UU-BRU Radio Playlist
For Week Ending September 13, 1980

Our first match at number one! Not to mention several songs that did better on our charts (Pat Benatar, Fred Knoblock, Dionne Warwick) than nationally.

Jermaine Jackson's LGS was a number one hit for me as well in June 1980.

Woohoo! Not only with "Upside Down" sharing the #1 spot on our charts but also the "Let's Get Serious" connection a few months earlier. Along with the ones you mentioned doing better on our charts than the national chart, I also see the Hall & Oates song joining that list. But I have a feeling you did not have that as the highest charting single from the "Voices" LP like I did. Nice to see the 70's song "Walk Away" as your highest debut. It would reach my Top 10 in the upcoming months.

[prenatt1166]

Sept 26, 2009 12:28:57 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

Along with the ones you mentioned doing better on our charts than the national chart, I also see the Hall & Oates song joining that list. But I have a feeling you did not have that as the highest charting single from the "Voices" LP like I did.

I had to check and see how it fared compared to the other songs. Each single from "Voices" did better than the one before.

#20 How Does It Feel To Be Back
#18 You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling
# 6 Kiss On My List
# 1 You Make My Dreams (also the #2 song of 1981)

How did HDIFTBB become the most successful on your chart?

[Vic]

Sept 13, 1980.

I had a Top 30 Chart at the time.

06 01 Xanadu - Olivia Newton-John & ELO (yay!)
02 02 Play the Game - Queen
03 03 Magic - Olivia Newton-John
01 04 Stop Your Sobbing - Pretenders
10 05 Games Without Frontiers - Peter Gabriel
12 06 Take Your Time/Do It Right - SOS Band
04 07 Emotional Rescue - Rolling Stones
17 08 All Out Of Love - Air Supply
13 09 Drugs In My Pocket -Monks
18 10 All Over The World - Electric Light Orchestra
07 11 I Can't Let Go - Linda Ronstadt
25 12 Into The Night - Benny Mardones
09 13 Union City Blue - Blondie
26 14 Sailing - Christopher Cross
20 15 Upside Down - Diana Ross
24 16 Hot Rod Hearts - Robbie Dupree
08 17 Even The Score - Toronto
11 18 Clones - Alice Cooper
22 19 Don't Ask Me Why - Billy Joel
16 20 Make A Little Magic - Dirt Band w/Nicolette Larson
15 21 Kid - Pretenders
29 22 Another One Bites The Dust - Queen
28 23 Paint By Number Heart - Martha & the Muffins
14 24 Young And Resetless - Prism
30 25 Fame - Irene Cara
21 26 I'm Alive - Electric Light Orchestra
19 27 Misunderstanding - Genesis
27 28 Too Bad - Doug & the Slugs
00 29 Kneed Deep In Love - Klaatu
00 30 Suddenly - Olivia Newton-John & Cliff Richard

[botoxic]

Sept 26, 2009 12:11:01 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

Better late than never! Especially since I see "Dirty Cash" listed, albeit as a song that fell off your chart this week. But I'll take it! Also nice to see the Indecent Obsession song in your Top 10. That's now three charts with the song in the Top 10.

"Dirty Cash" peaked at #12 on my chart. "Tell Me Something" peaked at #2. I actually own the Indecent Obsession CD - I think I found it in a bargain bin for $2.

[soundmagazine]

Sept 26, 2009 14:26:15 GMT -5 prenatt1166 said:

Sept 26, 2009 12:28:57 GMT -5 soundmagazine said:

Along with the ones you mentioned doing better on our charts than the national chart, I also see the Hall & Oates song joining that list. But I have a feeling you did not have that as the highest charting single from the "Voices" LP like I did.

I had to check and see how it fared compared to the other songs. Each single from "Voices" did better than the one before.

#20 How Does It Feel To Be Back
#18 You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling
# 6 Kiss On My List
# 1 You Make My Dreams (also the #2 song of 1981)

How did HDIFTBB become the most successful on your chart?

Here was my story on the singles from that LP:

#7 How Does It Feel To Be Back
#18 You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling
#11 Kiss On My List
#10 You Make My Dreams

Interesting that if not for our different peak for HDIFTOB, we would share in how each single from the LP did better than the prior one. How often do you see that occur from an LP. Really an oddity.