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Post by vince on Jan 10, 2015 16:22:11 GMT -5
Here is 1987. The eligibility period is 12/13/86 to 12/5/87. Records are credited through 12/26/87. 798 *1 WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN The Bangles (Columbia) (#1, Dec 1986) 716 *2 LIVIN' ON A PRAYER Bon Jovi (Mercury) (#1, Feb) 705 *3 ALONE Heart (Capitol) (#1, July) 668 *4 I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (Who Loves Me) Whitney Houston (Arista) (#1, June) 666 *5 LA BAMBA Los Lobos (Slash) (#1, Aug) 664 *6 NOTHING'S GONNA STOP US NOW Starship (Grunt) (#1, April) 661 *7 AT THIS MOMENT Billy Vera and the Beatlers (Rhino) (#1, Jan) 655 *8 SHAKE YOU DOWN Gregory Abbott (Columbia) (#1, Jan) 647 *9 WITH OR WITHOUT YOU U2 (Island) (#1, May) 629 *10 THE WAY IT IS Bruce Hornsby and the Range (RCA) (#1, Dec 1986) 628 11 C'EST LA VIE Robbie Nevil (EMI-Manhattan) (#2, Jan) 627 *12 HERE I GO AGAIN Whitesnake (Geffen) (#1, Oct) 617 *13 I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW Tiffany (MCA) (#1, Nov) 609 *14 SHAKEDOWN Bob Segar (MCA) (#1, Aug) 593 *15 I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR U2 (Island) (#1, Aug) 592 *16 DIDN'T WE ALMOST HAVE IT ALL Whitney Houston (Arista) (#1, Sept) 588 17 EVERYBODY HAVE FUN TONIGHT Wang Chung (Geffen) (#2, Dec 1986) 586 18 DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER Crowded House (Capitol) (#2, April) 584 *19 ALWAYS Atlantic Starr (Warner Brothers) (#1, June) 565 *20 HEAD TO TOE Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam (Columbia) (#1, June) 562 *21 (I've Had) THE TIME OF MY LIFE Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes (RCA) (#1, Nov) 559 *22 (I Just) DIED IN YOUR ARMS The Cutting Crew (Virgin) (#1, May) 559 *23 HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH Belinda Carlisle (MCA) (#1, Dec) 558 *24 LEAN ON ME Club Nouveau (Warner Brothers) (#1, March) 556 25 LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE Jody Wately (MCA) (#2, May) 551 *26 MONY MONY "LIVE" Billy Idol (Chrysalis) (#1, Nov) 548 *27 I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING (For Me) Aretha Franklin and George Michael (Arista) (#1, April) 546 28 THE LADY IN RED Chris DeBurgh (A&M) (#3, May) 546 *29 OPEN YOUR HEART Madonna (Sire) (#1, Feb) 544 30 ONLY IN MY DREAMS Debbie Gibson (Atlantic) (#4, Sept) 542 31 I WANT YOUR SEX George Michael (Columbia) (#2, Aug) 539 32 NOTORIOUS Duran Duran (Capitol) (#2, Jan) 528 *33 LOST IN EMOTION Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam (Columbia) (#1, Oct) 526 34 HEART AND SOUL T'Pau (Virgin) (#4, Aug) 520 35 LAND OF CONFUSION Genesis (Altantic) (#4, Jan) 520 36 CONTROL Janet Jackson (A&M) (#5, Jan) 516 37 KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF The Georgia Satellites (Elektra) (#2, Feb) 511 *38 YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ON Kim Wilde (MCA) (#1, June) 498 *39 JACOB'S LADDER Huey Lewis and the News (Chrysalis) (#1, March) 495 *40 I JUST CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU Michael Jackson (with Siedah Garrett) (#1, Sept) 489 *41 WHO'S THAT GIRL Madonna (Sire) (#1, Aug) 487 42 U GOT THE LOOK Prince (Paisley Park) (#2, Oct) 484 43 TOUCH ME (I Want Your Body) Samantha Fox (Jive) (#4, Feb) 482 44 SOMEWHERE OUT THERE Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram (MCA) (#2, March) 481 45 YOU GOT IT ALL The Jets (MCA) (#3, March) 471 *46 BAD Michael Jackson (Epic) (#1, Oct) 467 47 LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac (Warner Brothers) (#4, Nov) 460 48 STAND BY ME Ben E. King (Atlantic) (#9, Dec 1986) (#4, June 1961) 459 49 CAUSING A COMMOTION Madonna (Sire) (#2, Oct) 459 50 IN TOO DEEP Genesis (Altantic) (#3, June) 459 51 WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME Chicago (Warner Brothers) (#3, Feb) 456 52 SONGBIRD Kenny G (Arista) (#4, July) 454 53 I HEARD A RUMOUR Bananarama (London) (#4, Sept) 450 54 DON'T MEAN NOTHING Richard Marx (EMI-Manhattan) (#3, Aug) 449 55 CARRIE Europe (Epic) (#3, Oct) 448 56 TO BE A LOVER Billy Idol (Chrysalis) (#6, Dec 1986) 447 57 LUKA Suzanne Vega (A&M) (#3, Aug) 445 58 DON'T DISTURB THIS GROOVE The System (Atlantic) (#4, July) 442 59 COME GO WITH ME Expose (Arista) (#5, April) 442 60 CHANGE OF HEART Cyndi Lauper (Portrait) (#3, Feb) 441 61 THE FINER THINGS Steve Winwood (Island) (#8, April) 437 62 LA ISLA BONITA Madonna (Sire) (#4, May) 431 63 SIGN 'O' THE TIMES Prince (Paisley Park) (#3, April) 429 64 CAN'T WE TRY Dan Hill with Vonda Shepard (Columbia) (#6, Sept) 426 65 IS THIS LOVE Survivor (Scotti Brothers) (#9, Jan) 424 66 BREAKOUT Swing Out Sister (Mercury) (#6, Nov) 421 67 CASANOVA Levert (Atlantic) (#5, Oct) 420 68 WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE Bon Jovi (Mercury) (#7, June) 419 69 MANDOLIN RAIN Bruce Hornsby and the Range (RCA) (#4, March) 418 70 ROCK STEADY The Whispers (Solar) (#7, Aug) 417 71 RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine (Epic) (#5, Aug) 417 72 WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC (Mercury) (#5, Sept) 414 73 LET ME BE THE ONE Expose (Arista) (#7, Oct) 414 74 SOMEDAY Glass Tiger (EMI-Manhattan) (#7, Jan) 404 75 BIG TIME Peter Gabriel (Geffen) (#8, March) 402 76 TONIGHT, TONIGHT, TONIGHT Genesis (Altantic) (#3, April) 398 77 DIAMONDS Herb Alpert (with Janet Jackson and Lisa Keith) (A&M) (#5, June) 396 78 POINT OF NO RETURN Expose (Arista) (#5, July) 395 79 LET'S WAIT AWHILE Janet Jackson (A&M) (#2, March) 390 80 SOMETHING SO STRONG Crowded House (Capitol) (#7, July) 387 81 BIG LOVE Fleetwood Mac (Warner Brothers) (#5, May) 384 82 NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE MY LOVE FOR YOU Glenn Mederios (Amherst) (#12, June) 382 83 HEAT OF THE NIGHT Bryan Adams (A&M) (#6, May) 382 84 MIDNIGHT BLUE Lou Gramm (Atlantic) (#5, April) 382 85 JUST TO SEE HER Smokey Robinson (Motown) (#8, July) 381 86 WE'LL BE TOGETHER Sting (A&M) (#7, Dec) 375 87 VICTORY Kool and the Gang (Mercury) (#10, Jan) 374 88 DON'T GET ME WRONG The Pretenders (Sire) (#10, Dec 1986) 372 89 BRILLIANT DISGUISE Bruce Springsteen (Columbia) (#5, Nov) 366 90 WHO WILL YOU RUN TO Heart (Capitol) (#7, Oct) 361 91 RESPECT YOURSELF Bruce Willis (Motown) (#5, March) 361 92 DOING IT ALL FOR MY BABY Huey Lewis and the News (Chrysalis) (#6, Sept) 361 93 CROSS MY BROKEN HEART The Jets (MCA) (#7, Aug) 354 94 THE ONE I LOVE R.E.M. (IRS) (#9, Dec) 350 95 RIGHT ON TRACK The Breakfast Club (MCA) (#7, May) 349 96 BALLERINA GIRL Lionel Richie (Motown) (#7, Feb) 339 97 I'VE BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE The Cutting Crew (Virgin) (#9, Nov) 338 98 MEET ME HALF WAY Kenny Loggins (Columbia) (#11, June) 335 99 FUNKYTOWN Pseudo Echo (RCA) (#6, July) 331 100 LOVE YOU DOWN Ready For the World (MCA) (#9, Feb)
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Post by vince on Jan 13, 2015 0:47:12 GMT -5
This is 1988. The eligibility period runs from 12/12/87 to 12/3/88. Records are credited through 12/24/88. The top 16 all hit #1. 748 *1 FAITH George Michael (Columbia) (#1, Dec 1987) 710 *2 ROLL WITH IT Steve Winwood (Virgin) (#1, July) 675 *3 NEED YOU TONIGHT INXS (Atlantic) (#1, Jan) 655 *4 ONE MORE TRY George Michael (Columbia) (#1, May) 636 *5 COULD'VE BEEN Tiffany (MCA) (#1, Feb) 635 *6 NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP Rick Astley (RCA) (#1, March) 635 *7 GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU George Harrison (Dark Horse) (#1, Jan) 634 *8 SWEET CHILD O' MINE Guns N' Roses (Geffen) (#1, Sept) 628 *9 SO EMOTIONAL Whitney Houston (Arista) (#1, Jan) 622 *10 GET OUTTA MY DREAMS, GET INTO MY CAR Billy Ocean (Jive) (#1, April) 617 *11 ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine (Epic) (#1, May) 612 *12 THE FLAME Cheap Trick (Epic) (#1, July) 611 *13 SEASONS CHANGE Expose (Arista) (#1, Feb) 605 *14 WILD, WILD WEST The Escape Club (Atlantic) (#1, Nov) 596 *15 MAN IN THE MIRROR Michael Jackson (Epic) (#1, March) 594 *16 WISHING WELL Terence Trent D'Arby (Columbia) (#1, May) 588 17 HANDS TO HEAVEN Breathe (A&M) (#2, Aug) 582 *18 GROOVY KIND OF LOVE Phil Collins (Altantic) (#1, Oct) 574 *19 FATHER FIGURE George Michael (Columbia) (#1, Feb) 573 *20 WHERE DO BROKEN HEARTS GO Whitney Houston (Arista) (#1, April) 567 21 SHAKE YOUR LOVE Debbbie Gibson (Atlantic) (#4, Dec 1987) 565 *22 HOLD ON TO THE NIGHTS Richard Marx (EMI-Manhattan) (#1, July) 562 23 IS THIS LOVE Whitesnake (Geffen) (#2, Dec 1987) 562 24 I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU Taylor Dayne (Arista) (#3, Sept) 560 *25 LOVE BITES Def Leppard (Mercury) (#1, Oct) 558 26 POUR SOME SUGAR ON ME Def Leppard (Mercury) (#2, July) 556 *27 DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY Bobby McFerrin (EMI-Manhattan) (#1, Sept) 556 *28 BAD MEDICINE Bon Jovi (Mercury) (#1, Nov) 556 29 HUNGRY EYES Eric Carmen (RCA) (#4, Feb) 546 30 SIMPLY IRRESISTABLE Robert Palmer (EMI-Manhattan) (#2, Sept) 543 *31 BABY, I LOVE YOUR WAY / FREE BIRD (Free Baby) Will To Power (Epic) (#1, Dec) 542 *32 FOOLISH BEAT Debbie Gibson (Atlantic) (#1, June) 541 *33 KOKOMO The Beach Boys (Elektra) (#1, Nov) 540 *34 MONKEY George Michael (Columbia) (#1, Aug) 539 *35 THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson (Epic) (#1, Jan) 531 36 ENDLESS SUMMER NIGHTS Richard Marx (EMI-Manhattan) (#2, March) 529 37 HAZY SHADE OF WINTER The Bangles (Def Jam) (#2, Feb) 527 38 SHATTERED DREAMS Johnny Hates Jazz (Virgin) (#2, May) 527 39 NAUGHTY GIRLS (Need Love Too) Samantha Fox (Jive) (#3, June) 525 40 ANGEL Aerosmith (Geffen) (#3, April) 522 41 HOW CAN I FALL Breathe (A&M) (#3, Dec) 520 42 MAKE ME LOSE CONTROL Eric Carmen (Arista) (#3, Aug) 516 *43 TOGETHER FOREVER Rick Astley (RCA) (#1, June) 513 44 I GET WEAK Belinda Carlisle (MCA) (#2, March) 512 *45 RED RED WINE UB40 (A&M) (#1, Oct) 506 46 SHE'S LIKE THE WIND Patrick Swayze Featuring Wendy Frazer (RCA) (#3, Feb) 504 47 I DON'T WANNA GO ON WITH YOU LIKE THAT Elton John (MCA) (#2, Aug) 499 48 TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne (Arista) (#7, Jan) 492 49 SHOULD'VE KNOWN BETTER Richard Marx (EMI-Manhattan) (#3, Dec 1987) 485 50 DON'T YOU WANT ME Jody Wately (MCA) (#6, Dec 1987) 483 51 DEVIL INSIDE INXS (Atlantic) (#2, April) 482 52 THE LOCO-MOTION Kylie Minogue (Geffen) (#3, Nov) 480 53 MAKE IT REAL The Jets (MCA) (#4, June) 479 54 WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS The Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield (EMI-Manhattan) (#2, Feb) 477 55 OUT OF THE BLUE Debbie Gibson (Altantic) (#3, April) 475 56 1-2-3 Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine (Epic) (#3, Aug) 474 57 WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND (Pure Energy) The Information Society (Tommy Boy) (#3, Oct) 470 58 I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN Roger (Reprise) (#3, Feb) 467 59 DESIRE U2 (Island) (#3, Nov) 462 60 GIRLFRIEND Pebbles (MCA) (#5, April) 455 61 IF IT ISN'T LOVE New Edition (MCA) (#7, Sept) 454 62 SIGN YOUR NAME Terance Trent D'Arby (Columbia) (#4, Aug) 453 *63 DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson (Epic) (#1, July) 450 64 CATCH ME (I'm Falling) Pretty Poison (Virgin) (#8, Dec 1987) 443 65 I DON'T WANNA LIVE WITHOUT YOUR LOVE Chicago (Reprise) (#3, Aug) 439 66 ROCKET 2 U The Jets (MCA) (#6, April) 438 67 MERCEDES BOY Pebbles (MCA) (#2, July) 437 68 PERFECT WORLD Huey Lewis and the News (Chrysalis) (#3, Sept) 436 69 ONE GOOD WOMAN Peter Cetera (Full Moon) (#4, Oct) 436 70 CANDLE IN THE WIND Elton John (MCA) (#6, Jan) 435 71 NEW SENSATION INXS (Atlantic) (#3, July) 429 72 DON'T BE CRUEL Cheap Trick (Epic) (#4, Oct) 429 73 SAY YOU WILL Foreigner (Atlantic) (#6, Feb) 423 74 I WANT HER Keith Sweat (Vintertainment) (#5, April) 421 75 ELECTRIC BLUE Icehouse (Chrysalis) (#7, May) 419 76 DON'T BE CRUEL Bobby Brown (MCA) (#8, Oct) 418 77 EVERYTHING YOUR HEART DESIRES Daryl Hall John Oates (Arista) (#3, June) 417 78 PINK CADILLAC Natalie Cole (EMI-Manhattan) (#5, May) 412 79 FAST CAR Tracy Chapman (Elektra) (#6, Aug) 410 80 THE VALLEY ROAD Bruce Hornsby and the Range (RCA) (#5, July) 400 81 NITE AND DAY Al B. Sure! (Warner Brothers) (#7, July) 395 82 ALWAYS ON MY MIND The Pet Shop Boys (EMI-Manhattan) (#4, May) 394 83 DON'T SHED A TEAR Paul Carrack (Chrysalis) (#9, Feb) 392 84 WHEN IT'S LOVE Van Halen (Warner Brothers) (#5, Sept) 390 85 PIANO IN THE DARK Brenda Russell Featuring Joe Esposito (A&M) (#6, June) 382 86 I DON'T WANT TO LIVE WITHOUT YOU Foreigner (Atlantic) (#5, May) 382 87 DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT THE NIGHT CAN DO Steve Winwood (Virgin) (#6, Oct) 381 88 I HATE MYSELF FOR LOVING YOU Joan Jett and the Blackhearts (Blackheart) (#8, Oct) 379 89 ONE MOMENT IN TIME Whitney Houston (Arista) (#5, Nov) 377 90 CHERRY BOMB John Cougar Mellencamp (Mercury) (#8, Jan) 376 91 VALERIE Steve Winwood (Island) (#9, Dec 1987) 374 92 I STILL BELIEVE Brenda K. Starr (MCA) (#13, July) 371 93 I DON'T WANT YOUR LOVE Duranduran (Capitol) (#4, Dec) 371 94 NEVER TEAR US APART INXS (Atlantic) (#7, Nov) 371 95 CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine (Epic) (#6, March) 368 96 JUST LIKE PARADISE David Lee Roth (Warner Brothers) (#6, March) 368 97 I FOUND SOMEONE Cher (Geffen) (#10, March) 367 98 PROVE YOUR LOVE Taylor Dayne (Arista) (#7, May) 360 99 NOTHIN' BUT A GOOD TIME Poison (Enigma) (#6, July) 360 100 NOBODY'S FOOL Kenny Loggins (Columbia) (#8, Sept)
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Post by vince on Jan 14, 2015 22:30:52 GMT -5
This is the last one, 1989. The #1 song is different from what BB had. BB’s #1 single of 1989 comes in at #4 here. The eligibility period is 12/10/88 to 12/2/89. Records are credited though 12/23/89.
740 *1 MISS YOU MUCH Janet Jackson (A&M) (#1, Oct) 707 *2 EVERY ROSE HAS ITS THORN Poison (Enigma) (#1, Dec 1988) 704 *3 STRAIGHT UP Paula Abdul (Virgin) (#1, Feb) 700 *4 LOOK AWAY Chicago (Reprise) (#1, Dec 1988) 649 *5 RIGHT HERE WAITING Richard Marx (EMI) (#1, Aug) 645 *6 LOST IN YOUR EYES Debbie Gibson (Atlantic) (#1, March) 639 *7 MY PEROGATIVE Bobby Brown (MCA) (#1, Jan) 630 *8 COLD HEARTED Paula Abdul (Virgin) (#1, Sept) 620 *9 LIKE A PRAYER Madonna (Sire) (#1, April) 609 *10 WIND BENEATH MY WINGS Bette Midler (Atlantic) (#1, June) 597 *11 GIRL I'M GONNA MISS YOU Milli Vanelli (Arista) (#1, Sept) 596 *12 TWO HEARTS Phil Collins (Atlantic) (#1, Jan) 589 13 GIVING YOU THE BEST THAT I GOT Anita Baker (Elektra) (#3, Dec 1988) 587 *14 FOREVER YOUR GIRL Paula Abdul (Virgin) (#1, May) 587 15 WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL Boy Meets Girl (RCA) (#5, Dec 1988) 587 16 BUST A MOVE Young M.C. (Delicious Vinyl) (#7, Oct) 585 *17 TOY SOLDIERS Martika (Columbia) (#1, July) 583 18 GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE Milli Vanelli (Arista) (#2, April) 579 *19 WHEN I SEE YOU SMILE Bad English (Epic) (#1, Nov) 576 *20 DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU Gloria Estefan (Epic) (#1, Sept) 568 *21 SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY Fine Young Cannibals (I.R.S.) (#1, April) 565 *23 THE LOOK Roxette (EMI) (#1, April) 565 *22 BABY DON'T FORGET MY NUMBER Milli Vanelli (Arista) (#1, July) 564 *24 I'LL BE LOVING YOU (Forever) The New Kids On the Block (Columbia) (#1, June) 563 *25 IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW Simply Red (Elektra) (#1, July) 561 *26 BLAME IT ON THE RAIN Milli Vanelli (Arista) (#1, Nov) 560 *27 I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU Bon Jovi (Mercury) (#1, May) 557 *28 LISTEN TO YOUR HEART Roxette (EMI) (#1, Nov) 557 29 HEAVEN Warrant (Columbia) (#2, Sept) 553 *30 THE LIVING YEARS Mike + the Mechanics (Atlantic) (#1, March) 549 31 ON OUR OWN Bobby Brown (MCA) (#2, Aug) 532 32 DON'T RUSH ME Taylor Dayne (Arista) (#2, Jan) 531 *33 WHEN I'M WITH YOU Sheriff (Capitol) (#1, Feb) 529 *34 ETERNAL FLAME The Bangles (Columbia) (#1, April) 524 *35 GOOD THING Fine Young Cannibals (I.R.S.) (#1, July) 523 36 IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME Cher (Geffen) (#3, Sept) 521 37 BUFFALO STANCE Neneh Cherry (Virgin) (#3, June) 519 38 LOVE SHACK The B-52's (Reprise) (#3, Nov) 519 39 BORN TO BE MY BABY Bon Jovi (Mercury) (#3, Feb) 508 40 THE LOVER IN ME Sheena Easton (MCA) (#2, March) 506 *41 ROCK ON Michael Damian (Cypress) (#1, June) 506 42 WILD THING Tone Loc (Delicious Vinyl) (#2, Feb) 503 *43 BATDANCE Prince (Warner Brothers) (#1, Aug) 500 44 ONCE BITTEN, TWICE SHY Great White (Capitol) (#5, Aug) 498 *45 HANGIN' TOUGH The New Kids On the Block (Columbia) (#1, Sept) 497 46 EVERY LITTLE STEP Bobby Brown (MCA) (#3, June) 491 *47 SATISFIED Richard Marx (EMI) (#1, June) 482 48 MY HEART CAN'T TELL YOU NO Rod Stewart (Warner Brothers) (#4, April) 480 49 REAL LOVE Jody Wately (MCA) (#2, May) 480 50 SO ALIVE Love & Rockets (Big Time) (#3, Aug) 478 51 I LIKE IT Dino (4th & Broadway) (#7, Aug) 476 52 ARMAGEDDON IT Def Leppard (Mercury) (#3, Jan) 466 53 YOU GOT IT (The Right Stuff) The New Kids On the Block (Columbia) (#3, March) 460 54 18 AND LIFE Skid Row (Atlantic) (#4, Sept) 453 55 WHEN THE CHILDREN CRY White Lion (Atlantic) (#3, Feb) 453 56 SECOND CHANCE Thirty Eight Special (A&M) (#6, May) 452 57 EXPRESS YOURSELF Madonna (Sire) (#2, July) 450 58 SOLDIER OF LOVE Donny Osmond (Virgin) (#2, June) 450 59 THE WAY YOU LOVE ME Karyn White (Warner Brothers) (#7, Feb) 447 60 CHERISH Madonna (Sire) (#2, Oct) 440 61 SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears For Fears (Fontana) (#2, Oct) 436 62 MISS YOU LIKE CRAZY Natalie Cole (EMI) (#7, July) 434 63 IN YOUR ROOM The Bangles (Columbia) (#5, Jan) 428 64 WALK ON WATER Eddie Money (Columbia) (#9, Dec 1988) 419 65 SECRET RENDEZVOUS Karyn White (Warner Brothers) (#6, Aug) 418 66 FUNKY COLD MEDINA Tone Loc (Delicious Vinyl) (#3, April) 416 67 LOVE SONG The Cure (Elektra) (#2, Oct) 416 68 ANGEL EYES The Jeff Healey Band (Arista) (#5, Sept) 415 69 WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE Guns N' Roses (Geffen) (#7, Jan) 411 70 ALL THIS TIME Tiffany (MCA) (#6, Feb) 402 71 STAND R.E.M. (Warner Brothers) (#6, April) 398 72 PATIENCE Guns N' Roses (Geffen) (#4, June) 394 73 SHOWER ME WITH YOUR LOVE Surface (Columbia) (#5, Sept) 392 74 CLOSE MY EYES FOREVER Lita Ford (with Ozzy Osbourne) (RCA) (#8, June) 387 76 COVER GIRL The New Kids On the Block (Columbia) (#2, Nov) 387 75 LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME Bon Jovi (Mercury) (#7, July) 384 77 AFTER ALL Cher and Peter Cetera (Geffen) (#6, May) 384 78 I REMEMBER HOLDING YOU The Boys Club (MCA) (#8, Jan) 381 79 RONI Bobby Brown (MCA) (#3, March) 380 80 LOVE IN AN ELEVATOR Aerosmith (Geffen) (#5, Oct) 380 81 THE PROMISE When In Rome (Virgin) (#11, Dec 1988) 376 82 WHAT I AM Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians (Geffen) (#7, March) 371 83 PARADISE CITY Guns N' Roses (Geffen) (#5, March) 367 84 I WANNA HAVE SOME FUN Samantha Fox (Jive) (#8, Feb) 365 85 SHE WANTS TO DANCE WITH ME Rick Astley (RCA) (#6, Feb) 365 86 DREAMIN' Vanessa Williams (Wing) (#8, April) 363 87 IT'S NO CRIME Babyface (Solar) (#7, Oct) 363 88 SMOOTH CRIMINAL Michael Jackson (Epic) (#7, Jan) 362 89 WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW Expose (Arista) (#8, July) 356 90 THIS TIME I KNOW IT'S FOR REAL Donna Summer (Atlantic) (#7, June) 356 91 ROCK WIT'CHA Bobby Brown (MCA) (#7, Nov) 356 92 THE END OF THE INNOCENCE Don Henley (Geffen) (#8, Aug) 355 93 HEAVEN HELP ME Deon Estus (with George Michael) (Mika) (#5, April) 352 94 THINKING OF YOU Sa-Fire (Cutting) (#12, May) 345 95 SURRENDER TO ME Ann Wilson and Robin Zander (Capitol) (#6, March) 339 96 WHEN I LOOK AT HIM Expose (Arista) (#10, Oct) 339 97 WALKING AWAY Information Society (Tommy Boy) (#9, Feb) 336 98 I DROVE ALL NIGHT Cyndi Lauper (Epic) (#6, July) 334 99 KEEP ON MOVIN' Soul II Soul (Featuring Caron Wheeler) (Virgin) (#11, Sept) 331 100 FRIENDS Jody Watley with Eric B. & Rakim (MCA) (#9, Aug)
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Post by dukelightning on Jan 15, 2015 9:45:31 GMT -5
What happened with songs that hit #1 in the previous calendar year is something. While no such song was the #1 or #2 song of the year from 1970- 1976, the #1 or #2 songs of the year from 1977 to 1989 were a song that hit #1 in December or earlier 10 out of those 13 years. All but 1980, 81 and 83. Nice work vince.
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Post by jmack19 on Jan 15, 2015 14:55:38 GMT -5
I found this interesting. The number on the left is Billboard's year end ranking. The number on the right is Vince's year end ranking.
1985: 20 We Are The World - USA For Africa 3 1986: 1 That's What Friends Are For - Dionne & Friends 1 1987: 10 Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi 2 1988: 10 Roll With It - Steve Winwood 2 1989: 5 Miss You Much - Janet Jackson 1
These are the songs that spent the most weeks at #1 after the October 1984 chart change that are not tied to frozen weeks during their run at the top of the chart(thru 1989).
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Post by vince on Dec 26, 2015 13:25:52 GMT -5
It's that time of year to bump this one up. Last year when I posted these countdowns, the early 70's ranking were based on the same time frame AT40 used when they ranked their 1972 or 1973 countdowns. The survey period for 1972 began the 1st week of January and 1973's survey period began in mid December which resulted in records that peaked in late November or December getting short changed and not appearing in the top 100 of any year. I am going to post alternate version for 1970 through 1974 where records peaking in late November of December of the previous year are held over to the following year with their full chart run counted. These countdowns will still be done as if they had to be ready by then end of year. The same methodology is used to compute the rankings.
Here is the first one, 1970. The survey period runs from 11/29/69 to 11/28/1970.
Points Pos. TITLE Artist (peak pos., peak month)
2394 *1 RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN' ON MY HEAD B. J. Thomas (#1, Jan) 1888 *2 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER Simon & Garfunkel (#1, Feb) 1865 *3 (They Long To Be) CLOSE TO YOU The Carpenters (#1, July) 1630 *4 I WANT YOU BACK Jackson 5 (#1, Jan) 1608 *5 AMERICAN WOMAN / NO SUGAR TONIGHT The Guess Who (#1, May) 1591 *6 WAR Edwin Starr (#1, Aug) 1541 *7 AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross (#1, Sept) 1539 *8 COME TOGETHER / SOMETHING The Beatles (#1, Nov 1969) 1533 *9 I'LL BE THERE Jackson 5 (#1, Oct) 1518 *10 LEAVING ON A JET PLANE Peter, Paul & Mary (#1, Dec 1969) 1516 *11 NA NA HEY HEY KISS HIM GOODBYE Steam (#1, Dec 1969) 1501 *12 SOMEDAY WE'LL BE TOGETHER Diana Ross & the Supremes (#1, Dec 1969) 1489 13 GET READY Rare Earth (#4, June) 1487 *14 LET IT BE The Beatles (#1, April) 1483 15 BAND OF GOLD Freda Payne (#3, July) 1460 *16 MAMA TOLD ME (Not To Come) Three Dog Night (#1, July) 1410 *17 EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL Ray Stevens (#1, May) 1407 *18 MAKE IT WITH YOU Bread (#1, Aug) 1403 19 HITCHIN' A RIDE The Vanity Fair (#5, June) 1384 *20 ABC Jackson 5 (#1, April) 1369 *21 THE LOVE YOU SAVE / I FOUND THAT GIRL Jackson 5 (#1, June) 1360 *22 CRACKLIN' ROSIE Neil Diamond (#1, Oct) 1313 23 CANDIDA Dawn (#3, Oct) 1307 *24 THANK YOU (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) / EVERYBODY IS A STAR Sly And The Family Stone (#1, Feb) 1303 25 SPILL THE WINE Eric Burdon and War (#3, Aug) 1297 *26 VENUS The Shocking Blue (#1, Feb) 1292 27 O-O-H CHILD / DEAR PRUDENCE The Five Stairsteps (#8, July) 1273 28 SPIRIT IN THE SKY Norman Greenbaum (#3, April) 1265 29 LAY DOWN (Candles In the Rain) Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers (#6, July) 1253 30 BALL OF CONFUSION (That's What the World Is Today) The Temptations (#3, June) 1240 31 LOVE ON A TWO-WAY STREET The Moments (#3, May) 1215 32 ALL RIGHT NOW Free (#4, Oct) 1212 33 DOWN ON THE CORNER / FORTUNATE SON Creedence Clearwater Revival (#3, Dec 1969) 1206 34 WHICH WAY YOU GOIN' BILLY The Poppy Family Featuring Susan Jacks (#2, June) 1202 35 WHOLE LOTTA LOVE Led Zeppelin (#4, Jan) 1187 36 JULIE, DO YA LOVE ME Bobby Sherman (#5, Sept) 1186 37 GREEN-EYED LADY Sugarloaf (#3, Oct) 1173 38 SIGNED, SEALED, DELIEVERED I'M YOURS Stevie Wonder (#3, Aug) 1147 39 RIDE CAPTAIN RIDE Blues Image (#4, July) 1121 40 INSTANT KARMA (We All Shine On) John Ono Lennon (#3, March) 1111 41 ELI'S COMING Three Dog Night (#10, Nov 1969) 1110 42 PATCHES Clarence Carter (#4, Sept) 1109 43 LOOKIN' OUT MY BACK DOOR / LONG AS I CAN SEE THE LIGHT Creedence Clearwater Revival (#2, Oct) 1103 44 HEY THERE LONELY GIRL Eddie Holman (#2, Feb) 1102 45 AND WHEN I DIE Blood, Sweat & Tears (#2, Nov 1969) 1102 46 BABY, I'M FOR REAL The Originals (#14, Nov 1969) 1101 47 RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA Brook Benton (#4, March) 1098 48 SOMETHING'S BURNING Kenny Rogers And The First Edition (#11, May) 1097 49 HOLLY HOLY Neil Diamond (#6, Dec 1969) 1096 50 GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME The Chairmen Of The Board (#3, March) 1096 51 LOVE GROWS (Where My Rosemary Goes) Edison Lighthouse (#5, March) 1096 52 BACKFIELD IN MOTION Mel & Tim (#10, Dec 1969) 1094 *53 THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD / FOR YOU BLUE The Beatles (#1, June) 1089 54 SNOWBIRD Anne Murray (#8, Sept) 1079 55 REFLECTIONS OF MY LIFE Marmalade (#10, May) 1063 56 ARIZONA Mark Lindsay (#10, Feb) 1060 57 THE RAPPER The Jaggerz (#2, March) 1060 58 HE AIN'T HEAVY, HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies (#7, March) 1054 59 TIGHTER, TIGHTER Alive and Kicking (#7, Aug) 1050 60 COME AND GET IT Badfinger (#7, April) 1049 61 CECILIA Simon and Garfunkel (#4, May) 1041 62 YESTER-ME, YESTER-YOU, YESTERDAY Stevie Wonder (#7, Dec 1969) 1040 63 LOVE LAND Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (#16, July) 1036 64 TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME Tyrone Davis (#3, May) 1036 65 MIDNIGHT COWBOY Ferrante & Teicher (#10, Jan) 1028 66 LOLA The Kinks (#9, Oct) 1027 67 IN THE SUMMERTIME Mungo Jerry (#3, Sept) 1027 68 INDIANA WANTS ME R. Dean Taylor (#5, Nov) 1025 69 (I Know) I'M LOSING YOU Rare Earth (#7, Oct) 1024 70 EASY COME, EASY GO Bobby Sherman (#9, April) 1013 71 DON'T CRY DADDY / RUBBERNECKIN' Elvis Presley (#6, Jan) 1001 72 EXPRESS YOURSELF Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (#12, Oct) 999 73 STILL WATER (Love) The Four Tops (#11, Oct) 995 74 NO TIME The Guess Who (#5, Feb) 995 75 MAKE ME SMILE Chicago (#9, June) 993 76 JAM UP JELLY TIGHT Tommy Roe (#8, Jan) 991 77 HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN Frijid Pink (#7, April) 987 78 25 OR 6 TO 4 Chicago (#4, Sept) 987 79 MY BABY LOVES LOVIN' White Plains (#13, June) 982 80 LOVE OR LET ME BE LONELY The Friends Of Distinction (#6, May) 975 81 UNITED WE STAND The Brotherhood Of Man (#13, July) 973 82 WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN The Carpenters (#2, Oct) 957 83 FIRE AND RAIN James Taylor (#3, Oct) 956 84 GROOVY SITUATION Gene Chandler (#12, Sept) 950 85 EVIL WAYS Santana (#9, March) 949 86 CHERRY HILL PARK Billy Joe Royal (#15, Nov 1969) 942 87 DIDN'T I (Blow Your Mind This Time) The Delfonics (#10, March) 939 88 JINGLE JANGLE The Archies (#10, Feb) 937 89 THE WONDER OF YOU / MAMA LIKED THE ROSES Elvis Presley (#9, June) 932 90 UP AROUND THE BEND / RUN THROUGH THE JUNGLE Creedence Clearwater Revival (#4, June) 930 91 (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) WHY CAN'T I TOUCH YOU Ronnie Dyson (#8, Aug) 930 92 I JUST CAN'T HELP BELIEVING B. J. Thomas (#9, Aug) 923 93 IT'S A SHAME The Spinners (#14, Oct) 921 94 FOR THE LOVE OF HIM Bobbi Martin (#13, May) 913 95 I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER Ike and Tina Turner and The Ikettes (#34, Aug) 910 96 THE LETTER Joe Cocker (#7, May) 907 97 MISSISSIPPI QUEEN Mountain (#21, July) 906 98 WITHOUT LOVE (There Is Nothing) Tom Jones (#5, Jan) 904 99 FRIENDSHIP TRAIN Gladys Knight & the Pips (#17, Dec 1969) 903 100 MA BELLE AMIE The Tee Set (#5, March)
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Post by vince on Dec 28, 2015 21:23:09 GMT -5
Here is 1971. This time "I Think I Love You" and "Tears of the Clown" are included along with a few other holdovers from late 1970. The survey period is 12/5/1970 though the cut off of 11/27/1971.
2100 *1 JOY TO THE WORLD Three Dog Night (#1, April) 1975 *2 MAGGIE MAY / REASON TO BELIEVE Rod Stewart (#1, Oct) 1950 *3 IT'S TOO LATE / I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE Carole King (#1, June) 1911 *4 I THINK I LOVE YOU The Partridge Family (#1, Nov 1970) 1814 *5 KNOCK THREE TIMES Dawn (#1, Jan) 1714 *6 ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds (#1 Feb) 1698 *7 HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART The Bee Gees (#1, Aug) 1666 *8 INDIAN RESEVATION (The Lament Of the Cherokee Resevation Indian) The Raiders (#1, July) 1652 *9 MY SWEET LORD / ISN'T IT A PITY George Harrison (#1, Dec 1970) 1571 *10 GO AWAY LITTLE GIRL Donny Osmond (#1, Sept) 1568 *11 TEARS OF THE CLOWN Smokie Robinson & the Miracles (#1, Dec 1970) 1521 12 ONE LESS BELL TO ANSWER The Fifth Dimension (#2, Dec 1970) 1479 13 TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS John Denver with Fat City (#2, Aug) 1476 *14 JUST MY IMAGINATION (Running Away With Me) The Temptations (#1, April) 1402 *15 ME AND BOBBY MCGEE Janis Joplin (#1, March) 1376 16 TIRED OF BEING ALONE Al Green (#11, Nov) 1355 17 AMOS MOSES Jerry Reed (#8, Feb) 1355 18 GYPSY WOMAN Brian Hyland (#3, Dec 1970) 1351 *19 WANT ADS The Honey Cone (#1, June) 1319 20 GROOVE ME King Floyd (#6 Jan) 1314 21 SMILING FACES SOMETIMES The Undisputed Truth (#2, Sept) 1304 22 TREAT HER LIKE A LADY Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose (#3, July) 1288 23 ROSE GARDEN Lynn Anderson (#3, Feb) 1285 *24 BROWN SUGAR The Rolling Stones (#1, May) 1282 *25 YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND James Taylor (#1, July) 1281 26 MR. BIG STUFF Jean Knight (#2, Aug) 1267 27 MR. BOJANGLES The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (#9 Feb) 1236 28 DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN Lee Michaels (#6, Oct) 1233 29 THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN Joan Baez (#3, Oct) 1232 30 WHAT'S GOING ON Marvin Gaye (#2, April) 1221 *31 UNCLE ALBERT/ADMIRAL HALSEY Paul and Linda McCartney (#1, Sept) 1216 32 STONEY END Barbra Steisand (#6, Jan) 1208 33 AIN'T NO SUNSHINE Bill Withers (#3, Sept) 1200 34 SIGNS The Five Man Electrical Band (#3, Aug) 1192 35 SHE'S A LADY Tom Jones (#2, March) 1190 36 I FOUND SOMEONE OF MY OWN The Free Movement (#5, Nov) 1170 37 SUPERSTAR Murray Head And The Trinidad Singers (#14, May) 1161 38 TEMPTATION EYES The Grass Roots (#15, April) 1159 39 SUPERSTAR The Carpenters (#2, Oct) 1152 40 IT'S IMPOSSIBLE Perry Como (#10, Jan) 1137 41 SWEET AND INNOCENT Donny Osmond Of the Osmonds (#7, June) 1133 42 STONED LOVE The Supremes (#7, Dec 1970) 1109 43 PUT YOUR HAND IN THE HAND Ocean (#2, May) 1103 44 BLACK MAGIC WOMAN Santana (#4, Jan) 1099 45 IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND Gordon Lightfoot (#5, Feb) 1097 46 CHICK-A-BOOM (Don't Ya Jes' Love It) Daddy Dewdrop (#9, May) 1093 47 IF I WERE YOUR WOMAN Gladys Knight and the Pips (#9, Feb) 1085 48 LONELY DAYS The Bee Gees (#3, Jan) 1076 49 FOR ALL WE KNOW The Carpenters (#3, March) 1073 50 HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT Sammi Smith (#8, March) 1072 51 RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS The Carpenters (#2, June) 1068 *52 GYPSIES, TRAMPS AND THIEVES Cher (#1, Nov) 1068 53 NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE The Jackson Five (#2, May) 1058 54 DON'T PUL YOUR LOVE Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds (#4, July) 1043 55 IT DON'T COME EASY Ringo Starr (#4, June) 1041 56 I LOVE YOU FOR ALL SEASONS The Fuzz (#21, May) 1036 57 WHATCHA SEE IS WHATCHA GET The Dramatics (#9, Sept) 1036 58 THAT'S THE WAY I'VE ALWAYS HEARD IT SHOULD BE Carly Simon (#10, July) 1023 59 IF YOU REALLY LOVE ME Stevie Wonder (#8, Oct) 1019 60 SPANISH HARLEM Aretha Franklin (#2, Sept) 1019 61 DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS? Chicago (#7, Jan) 1018 62 I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM Helen Reddy (#13, June) 1014 63 YOUR SONG Elton John (#8, Jan) 1009 64 YO-YO The Osmonds (#3, Oct) 1009 65 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER / BRAND NEW ME Aretha Franklin (#6, June) 1009 66 DOESN'T SOMEBODY WANT TO BE WANTED The Partridge Family (#6, March) 1002 67 DRAGGIN' THE LINE Tommy James (#4, Aug) 983 68 PROUD MARY Ike and Tina Turner (#4 March) 983 69 BEGINNINGS / COLOUR MY WORLD Chicago (#7 Aug) 981 70 STAY AWHILE The Bells (#7 May) 981 71 SWEET CITY WOMAN The Stampeders (#8 Oct) 978 72 ME AND YOU AND A DOG NAMED BOO Lobo (#5, May) 978 73 ANOTHER DAY / OH WOMAN OH WHY Paul McCartney (#5, April) 958 74 IF Bread (#4, May) 958 75 MERCY MERCY ME (The Ecology) Marvin Gaye (#4, Aug) 958 76 ONE TOKE OVER THE LINE Brewer & Shipley (#10, April) 945 77 SHE'S NOT JUST ANOTHER WOMAN The 8th Day (#11 July) 943 78 BRING THE BOYS HOME Freda Payne (#12, Aug) 941 79 I JUST WANT TO CELEBRATE Rare Earth (#7, Sept) 938 80 NEVER ENDING SONG OF LOVE Delaney and Bonnie and Friends (#13, July) 935 81 EASY LOVING Freddie Hart (#17, Nov) 924 82 LIAR Three Dog Night (#7, Aug) 918 83 WATCHING SCOTTY GROW Bobby Goldsboro (#11, Feb) 917 84 STICK-UP The Honey Cone (#11, Sept) 916 85 CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP Matt And Katie Kissoon (#20, Oct) 914 86 (Where Do I Begin) LOVE STORY Andy Williams (#9, April) 910 87 WILD WORLD Cat Stevens (#11, April) 906 88 WHEN YOU'RE HOT, YOU'RE HOT Jerry Reed (#9, June) 904 89 FUNKY NASSAU (Part 1) The Beginning Of The End (#15, July) 901 90 IF NOT FOR YOU Olivia Newton-John (#25, Sept) 897 91 I HEAR YOU KNOCKING Dave Edmunds (#4, Feb) 892 92 WOODSTOCK Matthews' Southern Comfort (#23, May) 891 93 AMAZING GRAVE Judy Collins (#15, Feb) 882 94 HERE COMES THAT RAINY DAY FEELING AGAIN The Fortunes (#15, July) 880 95 WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN The Who (#15, Sept) 874 96 NO MATTER WHAT Badfinger (#8, Dec 1970) 865 97 TRAPPED BY A THING CALLED LOVE Denice LaSalle (#13, Oct) 862 98 IMMIGRANT SONG Led Zeppelin (#16, Jan) 859 99 PAY TO THE PIPER Chairman Of The Board (#13, Jan) 851 100 MAMA'S PEARL The Jackson Five (#2, Feb)
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Post by dukelightning on Dec 29, 2015 16:40:50 GMT -5
That's a surprise that a #2 hit barely made the survey like that. "I Think I Love You" has to be the highest ranked song on one of your recalculated lists that did not make a Billboard or AT40 survey originally. May not even be close and "The Tears of a Clown" may be the second highest such song.
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Post by benjaminm1970 on Dec 30, 2015 13:45:33 GMT -5
Billboard's Top 100 songs of 1982 had ..
Working For The Weekend .. Loverboy Kids In America .. Kim Wilde Hot In The City .. Billy Idol Man On The Mind .. Little River Band
Where will these songs rank on American Top 40 Yearend Countdown of 1982
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Post by dukelightning on Dec 30, 2015 14:12:27 GMT -5
AT40 DID their own year end survey that year and none of those songs made it. 3 of those songs peaked in the 20s and no song that peaked in the 20s made the AT40 year end survey.
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Post by Hervard on Dec 30, 2015 21:22:10 GMT -5
AT40 DID their own year end survey that year and none of those songs made it. 3 of those songs peaked in the 20s and no song that peaked in the 20s made the AT40 year end survey. Except for "Our Lips Are Sealed" by the Go-Go's, which peaked right at #20 and ranked 78th on AT40's survey - the lowest peaking song on the chart. But it did spend an unusually long time on the chart (15 weeks in the Top 40 and 30 on the Hot 100), so that's obviously what helped.
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Post by benjaminm1970 on Dec 31, 2015 16:59:58 GMT -5
I have a question about American Top 40 yearend countdown of 1983 How many points away from the top 100 of 1983 was Straight From The Heart by Bryan Adams and Pass The Duchie by Musicial Youth? The songs reached the top 10 but never made it to the top 100 of 1983
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Post by vince on Jan 1, 2016 15:29:54 GMT -5
I have a question about American Top 40 yearend countdown of 1983 How many points away from the top 100 of 1983 was Straight From The Heart by Bryan Adams and Pass The Duchie by Musicial Youth? The songs reached the top 10 but never made it to the top 100 of 1983 Neither of these songs had enough points to make AT40's 1983 year-end survey. "Straight From The Heart" had 328 points and "Pass the Dutchie" 323 points based on AT40's methodology. "Far From Over", the #100 song, had 335 points.
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Post by vince on Jan 1, 2016 15:36:19 GMT -5
This is the alternate version for 1972. The most notable difference is "Family Affair" making the top 10 and "Theme From Shaft" making the top 20. The survey period is 11/20/1971 to 11/25/1972, 11/25/1972 is the cut off.
2130 *1 THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE Roberta Flack (#1, April) 2102 *2 ALONE AGAIN (Naturally) Gilbert O'Sullivan (#1, July) 2024 *3 AMERICAN PIE (Parts 1 and 2) Don MacLean (#1, Jan) 1827 *4 WITHOUT YOU Nilsson (#1, Feb) 1792 *5 THE CANDY MAN Sammy Davis Jr. with the Mike Curb Congregation (#1, June) 1716 *6 BRAND NEW KEY Melanie (#1, Dec 1971) 1690 *7 LEAN ON ME Bill Withers (#1, July) 1668 *8 BABY DON'T GET HOOKED ON ME Mac Davis (#1, Sept) 1621 9 I GOTCHA Joe Tex (#2, May) 1552 *10 FAMILY AFFAIR Sly & the Family Stone (#1, Dec 1971) 1504 *11 A HORSE WITH NO NAME America (#1, March) 1474 *12 LET'S STAY TOGETHER Al Green (#1, Feb) 1473 *13 BRANDY (You're a Fine Girl) Looking Glass (#1, Aug) 1396 *14 MY DING-A-LING Chuck Berry (#1, October) 1382 15 DADDY DON'T YOU WALK SO FAST Wayne Newton (#4, Aug) 1373 *16 I'LL TAKE YOU THERE The Staple Singers (#1, June) 1363 *17 THEME FROM SHAFT Isaac Hayes (#1, Nov 1971) 1354 *18 OH GIRL The Chi-Lites (#1, May) 1354 19 SCORPIO Dennis Coffey and the Detroit Guitar Band (#6, Jan) 1327 20 NICE TO BE WITH YOU Gallery (#4, June) 1317 21 (If Loving You Is Wrong) I DON'T WANT TO BE RIGHT Luther Ingram (#3, Aug) 1305 *22 HEART OF GOLD Neil Young (#1, March) 1273 23 BETCHA BY GOLLY WOW The Stylistics Fraturing Russell Tompkins Jr. (#3, May) 1272 *24 BEN Michael Jackson (#1, Oct) 1268 25 THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT (Wimoweh) Robert John (#3, March) 1261 26 OUTA-SPACE Billy Preston (#2, July) 1260 *27 I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW Johnny Nash (#1, Nov) 1248 28 NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN The Moody Blues (#2, Nov) 1227 29 SLIPPIN' INTO DARKNESS War (#16, May) 1215 30 LONG COOL WOMAN (In a Black Dress) The Hollies (#2, Sept) 1212 31 YOU ARE EVERYTHING Stylistics (#9, Jan) 1208 32 HOW DO YOU DO Mouth and MacNeal (#8, July) 1204 33 HAVE YOU SEEN HER The Chi-Lites (#3, Dec 1971) 1202 34 SUNSHINE Jonathan Edwards (#4, Jan) 1201 *35 SONG SUNG BLUE Neil Diamond (#1, July) 1196 36 EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FOOL The Main Ingredient (#3, Oct) 1196 37 POPCORN Hot Butter (#9, Oct) 1176 38 PRECIOUS AND FEW Climax (#3, Feb) 1173 39 GOT TO BE THERE Michael Jackson (#4, Dec 1971) 1158 40 (Last Night) I DIDN'T GET TO SLEEP AT ALL The 5th Dimension (#8, June) 1151 41 GO ALL THE WAY The Raspberries (#5, Oct) 1141 42 TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose (#2, July) 1140 43 BACK STABBERS The O'Jays (#3, Oct) 1136 44 GARDEN PARTY Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band (#6, Nov) 1134 45 BURNING LOVE / IT'S A MATTER OF TIME Elvis Presley (#2, Oct) 1131 46 STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN Mel and Tim (#19, Nov) 1127 47 DOWN BY THE LAZY RIVER The Osmonds (#4 March) 1098 48 DAY AFTER DAY Badfinger (#4, Feb) 1095 49 ROCKET MAN Elton John (#6, July) 1087 50 ROCKIN' ROBIN Michael Jackson (#2, April) 1074 51 CLEAN UP WOMAN Betty Wright (#6, Jan) 1070 52 BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY Daniel Boone (#15, Sept) 1068 53 A NATURAL MAN Lou Rawls (#18, Dec 1971) 1066 54 MORNING HAS BROKEN Cat Stevens (#6, May) 1058 55 ALL I EVER NEED IS YOU Sonny & Cher (#7, Dec 1971) 1043 56 HOLD YOUR HEAD UP Argent (#5, Aug) 1043 57 JUNGLE FEVER The Chakachas (#8, March) 1030 58 EVERYTHING I OWN Bread (#5, March) 1026 59 IN THE RAIN The Dramatics (#5, April) 1022 60 LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR ME Al Green (#4, May) 1022 61 HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WHOLE U.S.A. Donna Fargo (#11, Aug) 1021 62 WHERE IS THE LOVE Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway (#5, Aug) 1014 63 BANG A GONG (Get It On) T. Rex (#10, March) 1014 64 THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS Arlo Guthrie (#18, Oct) 1010 65 MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION Paul Simon (#4, April) 1008 66 I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU Al Green (#3, Sept) 1007 67 FREDDIE'S DEAD (Theme From "Superfly") Curtis Mayfield (#4, Nov) 1001 68 LAYLA Derek And The Dominos (#10, Aug) 996 69 KISS AN ANGEL GOOD MORNIN' Charley Pride (#21, Feb) 995 70 DAY DREAMING Aretha Franklin (#5, May) 992 71 THE WAY OF LOVE Cher (#7, March) 990 *72 BLACK AND WHITE Three Dog Night (#1, Sept) 987 73 SYLVIA'S MOTHER Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show (#5, June) 986 74 HURTING EACH OTHER The Carpenters (#2, Feb) 984 75 COCONUT Nilsson (#8, Aug) 980 76 DON'T SAY YOU DON'T REMEMBER Beverly Bremmers (#15, Feb) 977 77 PUPPY LOVE Donny Osmond (#3, April) 975 78 YOU DON'T MESS AROUND WITH JIM Jim Croce (#8, Sept) 975 79 HOT ROD LINCOLN Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen (#9, June) 973 80 A COWBOY'S WORK IS NEVER DONE Sonny and Cher (#8, April) 972 81 JOY Apollo 100 (#6, Feb) 967 82 BABY I'M A-WANT YOU Bread (#3, Nov 1971) 957 83 DROWNING IN THE SEA OF LOVE Joe Simon (#11, Jan) 956 84 NEVER BEEN TO SPAIN Three Dog Night (#5, Feb) 949 85 SCHOOL'S OUT Alice Cooper (#7, July) 942 86 RESPECT YOURSELF The Staple Singers (#12, Dec, 1971) 939 87 SATURDAY IN THE PARK Chicago (#3, Sept) 938 88 THE WITCH QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS Redbone (#21, Feb) 936 89 CHERISH David Cassidy (#9, Dec 1971) 933 90 USE ME Bill Withers (#2, Oct) 932 91 TROGLODYTE (Cave Man) Jimmy Castor Bunch (#6, June) 904 92 LISTEN TO THE MUSIC The Doobie Brothers (#11, Nov) 900 93 POWER OF LOVE Joe Simon (#11, Sept) 899 94 AIN'T UNDERSTANDING MELLOW Jerry Butler and Brenda Lee Eager (#21, March) 897 95 TAXI Harry Chapin (#24, June) 896 96 SEALED WITH A KISS Bobby Vinton (#19, Aug) 894 97 I BELIEVE IN MUSIC Gallary (#22, Nov) 893 98 I SAW THE LIGHT Todd Rundgren (#16, June) 887 99 MOTORCYCLE MAMA Sailcat (#12, Aug) 884 100 AN OLD FASHIONED LOVE SONG Three Dog Night (#4, Dec 1971)
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Post by dukelightning on Jan 1, 2016 16:44:48 GMT -5
Wish AT40 did that Top 100. That's why I bought the Opus 72 which is 100 songs. BTW, Three Dog Night has to be the only artist to have 3 songs in a year end survey that are all in the bottom third.
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