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Post by jlthorpe on Oct 3, 2021 16:46:56 GMT -5
As requested by dth1971 earlier this year, here is the Tears for Fears song "Mad World". This week in 1982, it was at #47 on the British singles chart, eventually peaking at #3.
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Post by jlthorpe on Oct 6, 2021 9:10:45 GMT -5
Debuting at its peak position of #89 on the Hot 100 this week in 1985 is Ratt with their follow-up to "Lay It Down" - "You're in Love".
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Oct 6, 2021 9:29:55 GMT -5
I wonder if that'll be an extra on AMC 1985. We'll find out in 2-3 weeks. Good song.
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Post by jlthorpe on Oct 10, 2021 15:29:42 GMT -5
Going to the British pop chart this week in 1983, the song at its peak position of #3 was originally recorded by The Beatles for their 1968 "White Album". Here's Siouxsie and the Banshees (with Robert Smith of the Cure as their guitarist) with their biggest hit on the British charts - "Dear Prudence".
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Post by jlthorpe on Oct 13, 2021 8:35:57 GMT -5
I was planning to post this song the next time I featured the year 1986 in the thread, but since I heard Deon Estus passed away I figured it was appropriate to include today. From this week in 1986 was the final single released by Wham! in the United States - "Where Did Your Heart Go?". With Deon Estus on bass, it was at #67 on the Hot 100 this week and would only go to #50.
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Post by jlthorpe on Oct 17, 2021 10:31:21 GMT -5
Debuting at #85 on the Hot 100 this week in 1980, and peaking at #74 the following month, is "Private Idaho" by The B-52's.
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Post by jlthorpe on Oct 20, 2021 8:50:26 GMT -5
At #52 on the Hot 100 this week in 1987, and going on to peak at #47, is a dance song by Noel which managed to spend 22 weeks on the chart pre-Soundscan despite not hitting the Top 40 - "Silent Morning".
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Post by jlthorpe on Oct 24, 2021 17:23:20 GMT -5
At #57 and moving up the Hot 100 this week in 1982 is Missing Persons, with a song that would tie their previous hit "Words" for the highest peak position they reached on the chart (#42) - "Destination Unknown".
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Post by jlthorpe on Oct 27, 2021 19:09:18 GMT -5
I saw this song in doofus67's Fantasy Top 10 from 1989 and thought to include it here. At its peak position of #79 on the Hot 100 (second week at that position) this week in 1989, and from the James Bond movie "Licence to Kill", is a song that later became a Top 5 hit for Celine Dion in 1992 - "If You Asked Me To" by Patti LaBelle.
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Post by jlthorpe on Oct 31, 2021 12:32:39 GMT -5
For Halloween, here's a song by the new wave-turned-industrial rock band Ministry. Released in 1984 as the B-side to a song called "All Day", "(Every Day Is) Halloween" has probably overshadowed the A-side in terms of popularity and became an anthem to the Goth community.
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Post by jlthorpe on Nov 3, 2021 19:01:51 GMT -5
When I posted songs from "The Transformers: The Movie" soundtrack in August, I mentioned one of them - Spectre General's "Hunger" - was previously released by the band King Kobra. Here is their version, released on their debut album "Ready to Strike" this week in 1985.
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Post by jlthorpe on Nov 7, 2021 12:56:38 GMT -5
At #77 on the Hot 100 this week in 1981, and on its way to #70, is Prince with "Controversy".
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Post by jlthorpe on Nov 10, 2021 20:21:18 GMT -5
Clocking in at less than two minutes, the Georgia Satellites took their cover of "Hippy Hippy Shake" from the film "Cocktail" to #45 on the Hot 100. This week in 1988, the song was at #57 on the chart.
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Post by jlthorpe on Nov 14, 2021 17:27:35 GMT -5
This week we go to Billboard's Top Tracks chart (later the Mainstream Rock chart) from this week in 1983. The song at #60 that week was a former #14 hit by Dio, name-dropping lead singer Ronnie James Dio's former band Rainbow in the title - "Rainbow in the Dark".
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Post by jlthorpe on Nov 17, 2021 19:10:01 GMT -5
Once again going to Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart for this week in 1987 (when the chart was called Album Rock Tracks), the song at #29 would eventually reach #1 the following January and was Pink Floyd's followup to "Learning to Fly" from their album "A Momentary Lapse of Reason" - "On the Turning Away".
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