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Post by jlthorpe on Jul 5, 2023 19:27:44 GMT -5
Chic spent the last of six weeks on the Hot 100 this week in 1982 with "Soup for One"; at #94 that week, it peaked at #80. The title song from a failed 1982 movie, "Soup for One" would later be sampled by the French duo Modjo for 2000's "Lady (Hear Me Tonight)" (posted in the Lost 2000s Classic thread back in 2019).
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Post by jlthorpe on Jul 9, 2023 10:58:29 GMT -5
Debuting on the July 11, 1987 Hot 100 at #89 was the first chart hit for LL Cool J. Unlike the follow-up "I Need Love", which was his first Top 40 hit, "I'm Bad" only got to #84.
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Post by jlthorpe on Jul 12, 2023 20:39:55 GMT -5
This week's Hot 100 from 1983 involves a little trip through the cities in Europe.
First at #58 we're taking "The Metro" to Berlin. #58 turned out to be the end of the line for "The Metro", spending the second of two weeks at that stop before turning around.
Then at #61 we "Stand By" for a Roman Holliday. This "Stand By" would end two weeks later at #54, after which it was time to head back home.
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Post by jlthorpe on Jul 16, 2023 11:57:57 GMT -5
Years before playing a cop on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, Ice-T provided the theme song for the police film Colors. On the July 16, 1988 Hot 100, "Colors" was down from #84 to #85 after having peaked at #70.
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Post by jlthorpe on Jul 19, 2023 20:23:09 GMT -5
Dropping from its peak of #85, "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" by R.E.M. was down to #91 on the July 21, 1984 Hot 100.
Also from the same album (Reckoning), here's bonus R.E.M. with "Pretty Persuasion" and "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville".
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Post by jlthorpe on Jul 23, 2023 14:32:22 GMT -5
At its peak of #23 for the second week on the Album Rock Tracks chart this week in 1986 was the title track from AC/DC's album Who Made Who (which was also the soundtrack album to the film Maximum Overdrive).
Also on the chart at its peak of #18 was a song that debuted at #93 on the Hot 100 that same week. Although a single remix of this song would reach #14 the following year, the original album version of "Every Little Kiss" by Bruce Hornsby and the Range only got to #72 (the remix is also included for comparison).
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Post by jlthorpe on Jul 26, 2023 20:26:53 GMT -5
The polar opposite of Rage Against the Machine in the Lost 90s Classic thread, Ted Nugent debuted at #87 on the July 26, 1980 Hot 100 with "Wango Tango", and tangoed up to an #86 peak the following week.
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Post by jlthorpe on Jul 30, 2023 10:46:44 GMT -5
From the Dare to Be Stupid album, "Weird Al" Yankovic's parody of Madonna's "Like a Virgin" - "Like a Surgeon" - fell from #68 to #79 on the Hot 100 this week in 1985, previously peaking at #47.
As a bonus, here's another song from the album which is a favorite of mine, although it's not a favorite of Al's because it was forced on him by his record label. Parodying Cyndi Lauper and "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", here's "Girls Just Want to Have Lunch".
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Post by jlthorpe on Aug 2, 2023 20:44:29 GMT -5
At #106 on the August 1, 1981 Bubbling Under chart, "Pull Up to the Bumper" by Grace Jones spent six weeks at its peak of #101 beginning the week ending June 20.
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Post by jlthorpe on Aug 6, 2023 16:16:00 GMT -5
After finding success with their cover of Aerosmith's "Walk This Way", Run-D.M.C. attempted the same thing with a song from The Monkees; instead of hitting the Top 10, their rap remake of "Mary, Mary" would only peak at #75. On the August 6, 1988 Hot 100, it was two weeks away from reaching that position, climbing from #86 to #85 in its second week on the chart.
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Post by jlthorpe on Aug 9, 2023 20:24:56 GMT -5
Dropping from their peak of #45 to #58 on the Hot 100 this week in 1983 is the funk band Mtume with "Juicy Fruit", a song that was later sampled by The Notorious B.I.G. for his 90s hit "Juicy".
And keeping with the theme of repeated names from the 90s thread is the British duo Haysi Fantayzee with "Shiny Shiny", at its peak of #74 that same week.
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Post by mga707 on Aug 9, 2023 22:18:47 GMT -5
Dropping from their peak of #45 to #58 on the Hot 100 this week in 1983 is the funk band Mtume with "Juicy Fruit", a song that was later sampled by The Notorious B.I.G. for his 90s hit "Juicy". "Juicy Fruit" was #1 for multiple weeks on Billboard's R&B/Black/Soul (whatever they were calling it at that point) and would've undoubtedly charted higher on the Hot 100 had there not still been some lingering 'disco backlash' on pop radio even in '83.
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Post by jlthorpe on Aug 13, 2023 14:01:30 GMT -5
This week in 1984, "Jam on It" by the rap-dance group Newcleus was down to #79 on the Hot 100 after climbing as high as #56 a month earlier.
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Post by dth1971 on Aug 13, 2023 15:28:46 GMT -5
This week in 1984, "Jam on It" by the rap-dance group Newcleus was down to #79 on the Hot 100 after climbing as high as #56 a month earlier. Another good 1984 dance song by Newcleus is "Computer Age (Push the Button): www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbO5NG2LzLc
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Post by jlthorpe on Aug 16, 2023 20:06:32 GMT -5
Down from #62 to #91 on the August 16, 1980 Hot 100 was Kiss' highest-charting song of the 80s - the #47-peaking "Shandi".
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