Top 40 weeks of specials

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12/25/1982 (first half of year-end countdown)

1. "Maneater" - Hall & Oates
2. "Mickey" - Toni Basil
3. "The Girl Is Mine" - Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney
4. "Dirty Laundry" - Don Henley
5. "Gloria" - Laura Branigan
6. "Steppin' Out" - Joe Jackson
7. "Sexual Healing" - Marvin Gaye
8. "Down Under" - Men At Work
9. "Rock This Town" - Stray Cats
10. "Truly" - Lionel Richie
11. "It's Raining Again" - Supertramp
12. "Heartbreaker" - Dionne Warwick
13. "Shadows Of The Night" - Pat Benatar
14. "Africa" - Toto
15. "Rock The Casbah" - Clash
16. "You And I" - Eddie Rabbitt & Crystal Gayle
17. "Baby, Come To Me" - Patti Austin & James Ingram
18. "The Other Guy" - Little River Band
19. "The Look Of Love" - ABC
20. "You Can't Hurry Love" - Phil Collins
21. "Up Where We Belong" - Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
22. "Heart To Heart" - Kenny Loggins
23. "Missing You" - Dan Fogelberg
24. "Hand To Hold On To" - John Cougar
25. "Goody Two Shoes" - Adam Ant
26. "I Do" - J. Geils Band
27. "Love In Store" - Fleetwood Mac
28. "You Got Lucky" - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
29. "On The Wings Of Love" - Jeffrey Osborne
30. "Shame On The Moon" - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
31. "Let's Go Dancin'" - Kool & The Gang
32. "Everybody Wants You" - Billy Squier
33. "A Penny For Your Thoughts" - Tavares
34. "What About Me" - Moving Pictures
35. "Shock The Monkey" - Peter Gabriel
36. "Heart Of The Night" - Juice Newton
37. "Allentown" - Billy Joel
38. "Does It Make You Remember" - Kim Carnes DEBUT
39. "Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy" - Sammy Hagar DEBUT
40. "Two Less Lonely People In The World" - Air Supply DEBUT

[jdelachjr2002]

7/2/1983 (Top 40 Songs Of The '80s So Far)

1. "Flashdance ... What A Feeling" - Irene Cara
2. "Electric Avenue" - Eddy Grant
3. "Every Breath You Take" - The Police
4. "Time" - Culture Club
5. "Never Gonna Let You Go" - Sergio Mendes
6. "Don't Let It End" - Styx
7. "Too Shy" - Kajagoogoo
8. "Family Man" - Hall & Oates
9. "Wanna Be Startin' Something" - Michael Jackson
10. "She's A Beauty" - The Tubes
11. "Come Dancing" - The Kinks
12. "Affair Of The Heart" - Rick Springfield
13. "Our House" - Madness
14. "I'm Still Standing" - Elton John
15. "Let's Dance" - David Bowie
16. "Beat It" - Michael Jackson
17. "Is There Something I Should Know" - Duran Duran
18. "All This Love" - DeBarge
19. "Stand Back" - Stevie Nicks
20. "Always Something There To Remind Me" - Naked Eyes
21. "Baby Jane" - Rod Stewart
22. "Faithfully" - Journey
23. "1999" - Prince
24. "The Woman In You" - Bee Gees
25. "She Works Hard For The Money" - Donna Summer
26. "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of These)" - Eurythmics
27. "Roll Me Away" - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
28. "Wishing" - A Flock Of Seagulls
29. "We Two" - Little River Band
30. "Try Again" - Champaign
31. "Overkill" - Men At Work
32. "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" - Human League DEBUT
33. "Cuts Like A Knife" - Bryan Adams
34. "Don't Pay The Ferryman" - Chris DeBurgh
35. "Hot Girls In Love" - Loverboy DEBUT
36. "White Wedding" - Billy Idol
37. "My Love" - Lionel Richie
38. "Take Me To Heart" - Quarterflash DEBUT
39. "Maniac" - Michael Sembello DEBUT
40. "Stop In The Name Of Love" - Hollies DEBUT

Note: This was the last instance of the Billboard era at least when AT40 did not air a regular countdown.

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What about the 90's when Shadoe was doing the show?

December 14, 1991 (show used wrong chart)
December 26, 1992 (first part of year-end countdown)
January 2, 1993 (second part of year-end countdown)
January 8, 1994 (show used January 1 chart)
January 28, 1995 (the final four shows used the previous week's chart)

[somelikeitwhen]

January 28, 1995

1. Boyz II Men - On Bended Knee
2. Real McCoy - Another Night
3. Bon Jovi - Always
4. Madonna - Take a Bow
5. Ini Kamoze - Here Comes the Hotstepper
6. 4 P.M. - Sukiyaki
7. Hootie and the Blowfish - Hold my Hand
8. Melissa Etheridge - I'm the Only One
9. Des'ree - You Gotta Be
10. Corona - The Rhythm of the Night
11. Tom Petty - You Don't Know How It Feels
12. Jade - Every Day of the Week
13. TLC - Creep
14. Green Day - When I Come Around
15. Janet Jackson - You Want This
16. Crystal Waters - 100% Pure Love
17. R.E.M. - Bang and Blame
18. The Cranberries - Zombie
19. Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do
20. Boyz II Men - I'll Make Love to You
21. Gin Blossoms - Allison Road
22. Andru Donalds - Mishale
23. Vanessa Williams - The Sweetest Days
24. Weezer - Buddy Holly
25. Pretenders - I'll Stand By You
26. Stone Temple Pilots - Interstate Love Song
27. Madonna - Secret
28. Deadeye Dick - New Age Girl
29. 2 Unlimited - Get Ready For This
30. Four Seasons - December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)
31. Jon Secada - Mental Picture
32. Toni Braxton - I Belong to You
33. Pearl Jam - Better Man (debut)
34. Freddy Johnston - Bad Reputation
35. Ace of Base - Living in Danger
36. Dionne Farris - I Know (debut)
37. R.E.M. - What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
38. Sheryl Crow - Strong Enough (debut)
39. Counting Crows - Rain King
40. Aerosmith - Blind Man

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Here's one from Shadoe's tenure. By then the show was using the Billboard's Top 40 Mainstream chart.

January 8, 1994 (show used January 1 chart)

1. "Hero" - Mariah Carey
2. "Please Forgive Me" - Bryan Adams
3. "All That She Wants" - Ace Of Base
4. "Again" - Janet Jackson
5. "All For Love" - Brian Adams, Rod Stewart & Sting
6. "Breathe Again" - Toni Braxton
7. "I Can See Clearly Now" - Jimmy Cliff
8. "Said I Loved You…But I Lied" - Michael Bolton
9. "Because The Night" - 10,000 Maniacs
10. " What Is Love" - Haddaway
11. "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" - Meat Loaf
12. "Linger" - The Cranberries
13. "Mr. Vain" - Culture Beat
14. "Can We Talk" - Tevin Campbell
15. "Found Out About You" - Gin Blossoms
16. "Choose" - Color Me Badd
17. "Higher Ground" - UB40
18. "Shoop" - Salt-N-Pepa
19. "No Rain" - Blind Melon
20. "Dreams" - Gabrielle
21. "Miss You In A Heartbeat" - Def Leppard
22. "Amazing" - Aerosmith
23. "Jessie" - Joshua Kadison
24. "Something In Common" - Bobby Brown & Whitney Houston
25. "All About Soul" - Billy Joel
26. "Hey Mr. D.J." - Zhane
27. "Queen Of The Night" - Whitney Houston
28. "Sweat (A La La La La Long)" - Inner Circle
29. "Cryin'" - Aerosmith
30. "Dreamlover" - Mariah Carey
31. "The Power Of Love" - Celine Dion
32. "Life (Everybody Needs Somebody To Love)" - Haddaway
33. "Daughter" - Pearl Jam
34. "Will You Be There (In The Morning)" - Heart
35. "Just Kickin' It" - Xscape
36. "If" - Janet Jackson
37. "The River Of Dreams" - Billy Joel
38. "The Sign" - Ace Of Base DEBUT
39. "Another Sad Love Song" - Toni Braxton
40. "Hey Jealousy" - Gin Blossoms

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I also find it an interesting bit of trivia that both the first and last shows' countdowns differed from the actual Billboard charts published those weeks. The first show (July 4, 1970) used the top 40 portion of the following week's Hot 100 while the last show (January 28, 1995) was a week behind, using the previous week's Top 40 Mainstream chart.