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Post by Mike on Dec 24, 2022 0:36:06 GMT -5
OK, first. The actual countdown stats for the special-denoted songs. "Two Steps Behind" and "Both Sides of the Story" were affected by AT40 counting down the 1/1/94 chart on January 8, then skipping the 1/8 chart (where they both fell out) to catch back up on January 15 - the rest all reflect the chart change from the Top 40 Radio Monitor to Top 40/Mainstream to begin 1993. - "Ordinary World": 24 weeks
- "I Will Always Love You": 20 weeks
- "Do You Believe in Us": 28 weeks, #9
- "Rhythm is a Dancer": 34 weeks, #5
- "In the Still of the Nite": 23 weeks
- "A Whole New World": 19 weeks
- "Good Enough": 23 weeks, #6
- "When She Cries": 20 weeks
- "Saving Forever For You": 26 weeks
- "Two Steps Behind": 20 weeks
- "If I Ever Fall in Love": 25 weeks, #4
- "Deeper and Deeper": 15 weeks
- "To Love Somebody": 16 weeks, #11
- "Mr. Wendal": 28 weeks
- "Walk on the Ocean": 16 weeks
- "Love is on the Way": 15 weeks, #20
- "Layla": 14 weeks, #12
- "Give it Up, Turn it Loose": 20 weeks
- "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong": 15 weeks, #18
- "Where You Goin' Now": 11 weeks, #17
- "Never a Time": 15 weeks, #17
- "Steam": 9 weeks
- "Here We Go Again!": 14 weeks
- "Both Sides of the Story": 10 weeks
- "Drive": 8 weeks, #30
Now, onto song inclusion choices. AT40 quite clearly exercised extra judgment as to which songs to include and which ones not to. What do I mean by this? The best way to explain this is to go song by song: "How Do You Talk to an Angel" by The Heights - I only mention this one since, in the countdown, its 6 weeks at #3 ran through December 12. That could lead to placing it in either 1992 or 1993, depending on one's judgment - obviously, AT40 included it in 1992. On Top 40/Mainstream, it spent 6 weeks at #1, the last being the first week of December. That leans slightly more in favor of them putting it in 1992, as they did. I will say that with inclusion in 1993, the #1 heap at the top of the survey would have expanded by one, but with this song at the bottom instead of "All That She Wants". (Its chart run gives it 1195 points.) "What About Your Friends" by TLC - this peaked on the Top 40 Radio Monitor in November 1992, but did not peak on Top 40/Mainstream until December 5. It also stayed on the chart through February 6. It would have finished right below "In These Arms" by Bon Jovi as the two songs tied in points (but Bon Jovi wins the tiebreaker) - but seeing as it peaked 11 notches lower on the Mainstream chart and didn't have extraordinary longevity, AT40 clearly saw fit to leave it out. This also can't be explained by them starting the survey eligibility period at December 12 rather than December 5: "Layla" by Eric Clapton, "Love is on the Way" by Saigon Kick - these both peaked on Top 40/Mainstream on November 28, which would ostensibly be considered the last week of a 1992 survey period. Yet, these two were included while "Friends" was not. These two also made it to the Top 10 on the Mainstream chart, but didn't get there on the Radio Monitor - nor was either one ranked in AT40's 1992 (as "Friends" also was). "Real Love" by Mary J. Blige - peaked on Mainstream the same week as Eric Clapton and Saigon Kick, and actually would rank right above them both, and right below "Rain" (9 points below Madonna). But, like TLC, she peaked earlier in November on the Radio Monitor, and peaked higher there, and was ranked in 1992 - these all being the likely justification for disqualifying her from 1993. "Good Enough" by Bobby Brown, "Rhythm is a Dancer" by Snap! - these both were ranked in AT40's 1992 survey, but also in 1993's as well. Both were included in 1992 since AT40 obviously thought they'd both peaked before December on the Radio Monitor. (As an aside: Turns out, neither one had! Snap! would finally peak at #4 on the Monitor for the first three weeks of January, while Bobby Brown would reach #5 on January 30.) But, the reasons to include each in 1993 are different: For Bobby Brown, he would peak at #5 on the Mainstream chart on December 19, and when AT40 switched over in January, he was #6 - still higher than he'd been in the countdown (#8) by the close of 1992. While Snap! peaked lower on Mainstream (#12), they didn't peak on that chart until January 16 - and then they rode the chart through May 1! With a run that long, there's no way they could justify leaving that out without looking completely foolish and inaccurate. And then, there is the very curious case of "Anniversary". Notice how it's not listed on my survey calculations above - they wildly overestimated on this one. When it dropped from #20 to #24 on the last week of November, that should perhaps have been a warning sign that "hey, maybe this one wouldn't be likely to make it in on its own." Because that is exactly what happened - it would then slide to #32 the very next week, then out of the countdown two weeks later. If one were to plot it on the above-posted survey with its actual points, it would rank at #111. That major oversight is one reason why I decided to instead include "Both Sides of the Story" - because even though that peaked on the first week of December in what was only its 5th week on the chart, it was a VERY fast-rise, fast-fall hit. (It also amounts to an even song swap, essentially.) But in fairness, if we instead disqualify that one due to that peak JUST past the 1993 survey period, then everything below it goes up one place, and #100 instead becomes "I Wish the Phone Would Ring" by Expose, with 236 points (which is its own interesting case: That song peaked at #21 on both the Radio Monitor AND on the Mainstream chart. But on the Radio Monitor, it did that on November 28, while on the Mainstream chart, that wasn't until December 12 - which makes it JUST this side of eligible, for 1993). Lastly: "All That She Wants". The point total you see above is indeed its actual point total as earned through the end of the 1993 calendar year (12/25). I'm not sure if that's all the more that AT40 decided to estimate for or if they decided it made the most sense to rank it there, seeing as it'd have just 13 weeks on the chart at the close of 1993, but nonetheless, its point total proves that it wasn't necessarily a totally arbitrary decision to rank it way up at #7. But with all this in mind, it made the most sense to me to fall along the same lines. As it happens, 13 weeks makes up exactly half of its 26-week chart run. But here's the catch: If I had instead credited it with its full chart run, then it and not "Two Princes" would be #1 for the year, as it finishes with 1760 points with the full run credited. Which might sound all well and good for those who are decidedly not fond of "Two Princes" - but I must also draw attention to the two other huge hits that themselves spent 10 and 9 weeks at #1 during the 1993 chart year: "I Will Always Love You" and "That's the Way Love Goes". (NOTE: Whitney spent 10 weeks on top in the countdown, but spent 9 weeks atop the Mainstream chart. 9 weeks is what her point total is credited with.) Does it seem fair to grant Ace of Base their full chart run when half of it lands past the end of the calendar year, when Whitney is also granted her full run with just her first few weeks coming from the 1992 year, or when Janet undisputably lands her entire chart run inside of 1993? There is also the pitfall of, let's say AT40 had gone full tilt and projected Ace of Base would have earned enough points to surpass Spin Doctors with a full chart run? Suppose they'd projected that - and turned out to be wrong? What happens then? (As, indeed, they were wrong in putting Mariah Carey ahead of Janet - if just barely.) Since 1994 will have two versions posted, I will save those for tomorrow.
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Post by Mike on Dec 25, 2022 1:20:04 GMT -5
Now, for 1994. The first version posted will credit songs through 12/31/94, while the second will credit them for their full chart run. Each one will consist of a top 100, with the unknown factor of how the bottom 50 would shake out providing an impetus for posting two tabulations. We know that AT40 skipped Billboard's January 8 chart - they counted down the January 1 chart on the 8th, then caught back up on the 15th - but they absolutely still counted that week's chart in their year-end tabulations. Remove that chart, and it screws up the rankings either way.
As I was finishing up 1994, I was debating where to cut it off - as stated in The Countdown of the Century, AT40 recorded their Top 50 of 1994 fairly early, over a month ahead of time to be "exact". (Best guess? Somewhere around November 19. It's the November 26 countdown where Shadoe starts referring specifically to a Top 50 for the year.) So my initial thought was for my 1994 tabulation to best reflect what they would have done with that circumstance. But in the end, given their point estimations for songs charting at the end of the year, it makes more sense to not pull the plug early, so to speak.
Song inclusion choices defer to what they did, at least as far as the Top 50 is concerned. This means "Another Night" gets held out since it was initially #1 into December, then bounced back to #1 in January. (Though I will note, at the close of the survey period in November, it had JUST enough points to rank in the top half before checking eligibility, standing at #47 at that time.) "I'm the Only One" actually SHOULD also be held out under the strictest eligibility check as that returned to #4 in December and held there into January - BUT AT40 chose to rank it, so I will as well. (And, that also had enough points through just the end of November to rank within the top 50 - she was standing at #50.)
I will also say that perhaps it is just as well that AT40 did do just a Top 50 for this year - because the number of eligible records for inclusion in the year-end survey isn't particularly large for a Top 100: Just 136 records qualify! Keep in mind, this is excluding those that peaked in 1993 and ranked there - and also those that didn't peak until after the close of the 1994 survey period. (More on this at the end.) For comparison purposes, 1993 had a pool of 148 records vying for year-end chart position. Things like this are what longer chart lives, overall, caused.
Songs with a weeks count marked with a * were charting on 12/31. Two songs also peaked for a single week on the Billboard chart that AT40 skipped, 1/8 - those two, by Michael Bolton and Gabrielle, will be indicated with a ! below. Skipping that chart also caused "The Sign" to spend one less week and "Both Sides of the Story" to spend one more week inside the countdown than each did on the chart; their weeks counts below reflect this. Lastly, for whatever reason, "Don't Turn Around" and "I'll Stand By You" were flip-flopped on the 10/15 countdown, so Ace of Base gets one more point and The Pretenders get one less point than each should have. (This causes The Pretenders to lose a tiebreaker in the 40s on this first listing, but doesn't affect them at all on the other.)
Points POS. TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month-Weeks Charted)
2518 *1 THE SIGN Ace of Base (#1, Feb, 26 wks) 1556 *2 DON'T TURN AROUND Ace of Base (#1, July, 26 wks) 1453 *3 STAY (I MISSED YOU) Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories (#1, Aug, 29 wks) 1357 *4 ALL I WANNA DO Sheryl Crow (#1, Oct, 20 wks*) 1294 *5 I SWEAR All-4-One (#1, May, 23 wks) 1205 *6 HERO Mariah Carey (#1, Jan, 23 wks) 1189 *7 I'LL MAKE LOVE TO YOU Boyz II Men (#1, Sept, 21 wks*) 1186 8 MR. JONES Counting Crows (#2, April, 26 wks) 1139 9 WILD NIGHT John Mellencamp & Me'shell Ndegeocello (#2, Sept, 26 wks) 1135 10 PLEASE FORGIVE ME Bryan Adams (#2, Jan, 26 wks) 1134 *11 BABY, I LOVE YOUR WAY Big Mountain (#1, May, 26 wks) 1130 12 SHINE Collective Soul (#4, Aug, 26 wks) 1068 13 I'LL REMEMBER Madonna (#2, May, 25 wks) 1057 14 FOUND OUT ABOUT YOU Gin Blossoms (#6, March, 30 wks) 1049 15 AGAIN Janet Jackson (#2, Nov 1993, 25 wks) 1027 16 BREATHE AGAIN Toni Braxton (#2, Feb, 25 wks) 997 17 YOU MEAN THE WORLD TO ME Toni Braxton (#4, June, 26 wks) 988 18 WHEN CAN I SEE YOU Babyface (#4, Oct, 26 wks*) 987 19 IF YOU GO Jon Secada (#5, July, 26 wks) 982 20 THE POWER OF LOVE Celine Dion (#2, Feb, 24 wks) 965 21 THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (#3, May, 25 wks) 946 22 WITHOUT YOU Mariah Carey (#2, March, 22 wks) 898 23 RETURN TO INNOCENCE Enigma (#6, May, 26 wks) 896 *24 ALL FOR LOVE Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, & Sting (#1, Feb, 20 wks) 893 25 BECAUSE THE NIGHT 10,000 Maniacs (#7, Jan, 26 wks) 874 26 COME TO MY WINDOW Melissa Etheridge (#13, Sept, 32 wks) 871 27 CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT Elton John (#3, Aug, 23 wks) 810 28 I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW Jimmy Cliff (#7, Jan, 26 wks) 807 29 I'M THE ONLY ONE Melissa Etheridge (#4, Oct, 19 wks*) 798 30 BECAUSE OF LOVE Janet Jackson (#4, March, 20 wks) 790 31 CRAZY Aerosmith (#7, Aug, 23 wks) 788 32 100% PURE LOVE Crystal Waters (#7, Nov, 21 wks*) 774 33 ANYTIME YOU NEED A FRIEND Mariah Carey (#5, July, 22 wks) 745 34 DECEMBER, 1963 (OH WHAT A NIGHT!) [Remix] The Four Seasons (#6, Oct, 21 wks*) 740 35 NOW AND FOREVER Richard Marx (#9, April, 23 wks) 726 36 LINGER The Cranberries (#7, Feb, 22 wks) 724 37 WHATTA MAN Salt-N-Pepa & En Vogue (#10, May, 26 wks) 703 38 AMAZING Aerosmith (#9, Feb, 23 wks) 699 39 UNTIL I FALL AWAY Gin Blossoms (#13, Aug, 25 wks) 687 40 ANY TIME, ANY PLACE Janet Jackson (#6, Aug, 18 wks) 670 41 DREAMS Gabrielle (#20!, Jan, 26 wks) 641 42 SECRET Madonna (#3, Oct, 13 wks*) 628 43 SAID I LOVED YOU...BUT I LIED Michael Bolton (#8!, Jan, 19 wks) 626 44 ALWAYS Erasure (#8, Aug, 20 wks) 626 45 I'LL STAND BY YOU The Pretenders (#11, Oct, 19 wks*) 621 46 CHOOSE Color Me Badd (#5, Feb, 17 wks) 585 47 I'LL TAKE YOU THERE General Public (#9, May, 19 wks) 584 48 MMM MMM MMM MMM Crash Test Dummies (#6, April, 16 wks) 570 49 SO MUCH IN LOVE All-4-One (#6, March, 16 wks) 553 50 MARY JANE'S LAST DANCE Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (#5, March, 16 wks) 551 51 MR. VAIN Culture Beat (#11, Jan, 19 wks) 536 52 ROUND HERE Counting Crows (#10, Sept, 19 wks) 532 53 CANTALOOP (FLIP FANTASIA) Us3 (#15, April, 21 wks) 528 54 PRAYER FOR THE DYING Seal (#11, Aug, 17 wks) 484 55 CAN WE TALK Tevin Campbell (#14, Dec 1993, 18 wks) 483 56 SHOOP Salt-N-Pepa (#15, Jan, 18 wks) 463 57 BLACK HOLE SUN Soundgarden (#9, Sept, 15 wks) 458 58 I'M READY Tevin Campbell (#13, June, 17 wks) 445 59 NEW AGE GIRL Deadeye Dick (#15, Nov, 15 wks*) 423 60 BACK & FORTH Aaliyah (#16, July, 15 wks) 412 61 ROCK & ROLL DREAMS COME THROUGH Meat Loaf (#10, March, 14 wks) 412 62 LOSER Beck (#17, April, 16 wks) 406 63 BASKET CASE Green Day (#16, Oct, 16 wks*) 384 64 MISLED Celine Dion (#14, June, 14 wks) 383 65 ENDLESS LOVE Luther Vandross & Mariah Carey (#7, Oct, 11 wks) 383 66 STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA Bruce Springsteen (#13, April, 13 wks) 372 67 STAY Eternal (#11, March, 12 wks) 368 68 FAR BEHIND Candlebox (#19, Oct, 17 wks) 362 69 QUEEN OF THE NIGHT Whitney Houston (#17, Feb, 14 wks) 357 70 YOU BETTER WAIT Steve Perry (#10, Sept, 11 wks) 345 71 SOMETHING'S ALWAYS WRONG Toad the Wet Sprocket (#14, Nov, 12 wks*) 341 72 LIFE Haddaway (#14, Feb, 13 wks) 341 73 LOVE SNEAKIN' UP ON YOU Bonnie Raitt (#15, May, 13 wks) 338 74 I'LL BE LOVING YOU Collage (#28, Aug, 20 wks) 334 75 MISS YOU IN A HEARTBEAT Def Leppard (#17, Jan, 13 wks) 332 76 LUCKY ONE Amy Grant (#16, Oct, 13 wks) 331 77 INTERSTATE LOVE SONG Stone Temple Pilots (#22, Oct, 14 wks*) 326 78 HEY MR. DJ Zhane (#16, Dec 1993, 13 wks) 315 79 TURN THE BEAT AROUND Gloria Estefan (#20, Nov, 13 wks*) 307 80 MOVING ON UP M People (#14, July, 11 wks) 301 81 BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY Phil Collins (#8, Dec 1993, 10 wks) 301 82 ALL ABOUT SOUL Billy Joel (#17, Jan, 12 wks) 285 83 SOMETHING IN COMMON Bobby Brown & Whitney Houston (#12, Dec 1993, 10 wks) 277 84 FADE INTO YOU Mazzy Star (#19, Nov, 12 wks) 274 85 THE WAY SHE LOVES ME Richard Marx (#23, July, 12 wks) 272 86 JESSIE Joshua Kadison (#23, Jan, 12 wks) 256 87 HIGHER GROUND UB40 (#16, Jan, 10 wks) 248 88 DAUGHTER Pearl Jam (#28, Jan, 16 wks) 242 89 JUST KICKIN' IT Xscape (#23, Dec 1993, 12 wks) 237 90 I WANT YOU Juliet Roberts (#19, April, 9 wks) 233 91 WILL YOU BE THERE (IN THE MORNING) Heart (#25, Feb, 12 wks) 222 92 LETITGO Prince (#17, Oct, 8 wks) 219 93 FALL DOWN Toad the Wet Sprocket (#24, July, 10 wks) 212 94 HARD LUCK WOMAN Garth Brooks (#26, Aug, 10 wks) 199 95 BUMP N' GRIND R. Kelly (#24, May, 9 wks) 198 96 YOU LET YOUR HEART GO TOO FAST Spin Doctors (#22, Aug, 8 wks) 196 97 FANTASTIC VOYAGE Coolio (#28, Aug, 10 wks) 194 98 REGULAR THANG Ovis (#27, May, 10 wks) 185 99 DANCE NAKED John Mellencamp (#22, Dec, 8 wks*) 184 100 BEAUTIFUL IN MY EYES Joshua Kadison (#28, June, 10 wks)
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Post by Mike on Dec 25, 2022 1:22:33 GMT -5
Two things stand out at the bottom of the rankings: 1) The #100 threshold drops way down, losing almost a full fourth of 1993's #100 total. This means 2) We get lots of 20s-peaking songs down there. "I'll Be Loving You" and "Daughter", the two longer-running #28 peakers, each have no trouble making it in, and two more not-as-long-running #28 songs nudge in as well. But before anyone asks, we were not at any real risk of a 30s-peaker making it in - you'd have to go through another ten songs below the Top 100 before you get to such a song. (You'd have to go through at least six of those just to get to a #29, even.) With regards to "Secret": I'm not sure whether AT40 just didn't estimate enough points for it to rank in the Top 50, or if they did in fact withhold it from consideration. Either of those are entirely possible, as it was just 8 weeks old as of the end of November, and it also spent three non-consecutive weeks at its peak of #3 - the third landing on the first week of December. Because its status is so borderline, I chose to rank it to see where it would end up. Even though I put "Both Sides of the Story" on my 1993 list, I'm also putting it on my 1994 lists since its peaking on the first week of December 1993 would mean it would belong here anyway. I also included "Dance Naked" as, even though that peaked on 12/10/94, it would fall quickly and drop out on Billboard's first chart of 1995 (counted down on January 14) - essentially, it feels like about as much of a 1995 song as "Both Sides" does a 1994 song. ("Both Sides" fell out on Billboard's January 8 chart.) If we remove "Naked", that does create a small issue, as it forces #100 to be decided by a tiebreaker - both "Right Beside You" by Sophie B. Hawkins and "Circle of Life" by Elton John finish with 172 points, but Sophie wins the tiebreaker as she hit #24 versus Elton's #26. Personally, I'm not fond of having a tie for the bottom ranking. (Though, I suppose removing both "Secret" - see the second paragraph - and "Dance Naked" would also rectify the issue...and if we remove both of those AND "Both Sides", then the next song down is "I'm in the Mood" by CeCe Pen!ston, with 169 points.) One last fun fact: Before doing the eligibility check, the two "Always"es actually tie in points through the end of the calendar year (making theirs a three-way tie with The Pretenders). But since Bon Jovi, of course, peaked in December, they get left out of 1994.
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Post by Mike on Dec 25, 2022 1:26:10 GMT -5
Here is the second version of 1994, which credits records for their full chart run. You will notice a few songs make dramatic upward moves on this listing, as two of these songs would max out the full minimum lifespan allowed on the Mainstream chart, which at the time was 26 weeks, while the third finished at 29 weeks. These songs - "I'm the Only One", "New Age Girl", "Interstate Love Song" - all rode the chart into March, which lands the former in the Top 10 as the highest-ranking non-#1 record and lands the latter two inside the Top 50. (While Melissa was ranked by AT40, it's safe to say that no one could have guessed that Deadeye Dick and Stone Temple Pilots would each last for THAT long.) Also just like in 1993, AT40 again missed the mark with estimating a late-charting #1 as #2 for the year, and again that's just by inches.
Points POS. TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month-Weeks Charted)
2518 *1 THE SIGN Ace of Base (#1, Feb, 26 wks) 1556 *2 DON'T TURN AROUND Ace of Base (#1, July, 26 wks) 1544 *3 ALL I WANNA DO Sheryl Crow (#1, Oct, 26 wks) 1453 *4 STAY (I MISSED YOU) Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories (#1, Aug, 29 wks) 1352 *5 I'LL MAKE LOVE TO YOU Boyz II Men (#1, Sept, 26 wks) 1294 *6 I SWEAR All-4-One (#1, May, 23 wks) 1231 7 I'M THE ONLY ONE Melissa Etheridge (#4, Oct, 29 wks) 1205 *8 HERO Mariah Carey (#1, Jan, 23 wks) 1186 9 MR. JONES Counting Crows (#2, April, 26 wks) 1139 10 WILD NIGHT John Mellencamp & Me'shell Ndegeocello (#2, Sept, 26 wks) 1135 11 PLEASE FORGIVE ME Bryan Adams (#2, Jan, 26 wks) 1134 *12 BABY, I LOVE YOUR WAY Big Mountain (#1, May, 26 wks) 1130 13 SHINE Collective Soul (#4, Aug, 26 wks) 1068 14 I'LL REMEMBER Madonna (#2, May, 25 wks) 1057 15 FOUND OUT ABOUT YOU Gin Blossoms (#6, March, 30 wks) 1049 16 AGAIN Janet Jackson (#2, Nov 1993, 25 wks) 1027 17 BREATHE AGAIN Toni Braxton (#2, Feb, 25 wks) 997 18 YOU MEAN THE WORLD TO ME Toni Braxton (#4, June, 26 wks) 988 19 WHEN CAN I SEE YOU Babyface (#4, Oct, 26 wks) 987 20 IF YOU GO Jon Secada (#5, July, 26 wks) 982 21 THE POWER OF LOVE Celine Dion (#2, Feb, 24 wks) 973 22 100% PURE LOVE Crystal Waters (#7, Nov, 26 wks) 965 23 THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (#3, May, 25 wks) 946 24 WITHOUT YOU Mariah Carey (#2, March, 22 wks) 898 25 RETURN TO INNOCENCE Enigma (#6, May, 26 wks) 896 *26 ALL FOR LOVE Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, & Sting (#1, Feb, 20 wks) 893 27 BECAUSE THE NIGHT 10,000 Maniacs (#7, Jan, 26 wks) 874 28 COME TO MY WINDOW Melissa Etheridge (#13, Sept, 32 wks) 871 29 CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT Elton John (#3, Aug, 23 wks) 863 30 DECEMBER, 1963 (OH WHAT A NIGHT!) [Remix] The Four Seasons (#6, Oct, 26 wks) 835 31 SECRET Madonna (#3, Oct, 21 wks) 810 32 I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW Jimmy Cliff (#7, Jan, 26 wks) 803 33 I'LL STAND BY YOU The Pretenders (#11, Oct, 26 wks) 798 34 BECAUSE OF LOVE Janet Jackson (#4, March, 20 wks) 790 35 CRAZY Aerosmith (#7, Aug, 23 wks) 774 36 ANYTIME YOU NEED A FRIEND Mariah Carey (#5, July, 22 wks) 740 37 NOW AND FOREVER Richard Marx (#9, April, 23 wks) 726 38 LINGER The Cranberries (#7, Feb, 22 wks) 724 39 WHATTA MAN Salt-N-Pepa & En Vogue (#10, May, 26 wks) 703 40 AMAZING Aerosmith (#9, Feb, 23 wks) 699 41 UNTIL I FALL AWAY Gin Blossoms (#13, Aug, 25 wks) 687 42 ANY TIME, ANY PLACE Janet Jackson (#6, Aug, 18 wks) 675 43 NEW AGE GIRL Deadeye Dick (#15, Nov, 26 wks) 670 44 DREAMS Gabrielle (#20, Jan, 26 wks) 628 45 SAID I LOVED YOU...BUT I LIED Michael Bolton (#8, Jan, 19 wks) 626 46 ALWAYS Erasure (#8, Aug, 20 wks) 621 47 CHOOSE Color Me Badd (#5, Feb, 17 wks) 595 48 INTERSTATE LOVE SONG Stone Temple Pilots (#22, Oct, 26 wks) 585 49 I'LL TAKE YOU THERE General Public (#9, May, 19 wks) 584 50 MMM MMM MMM MMM Crash Test Dummies (#6, April, 16 wks) 570 51 SO MUCH IN LOVE All-4-One (#6, March, 16 wks) 553 52 MARY JANE'S LAST DANCE Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (#5, March, 16 wks) 551 53 MR. VAIN Culture Beat (#11, Jan, 19 wks) 536 54 ROUND HERE Counting Crows (#10, Sept, 19 wks) 532 55 CANTALOOP (FLIP FANTASIA) Us3 (#15, April, 21 wks) 528 56 PRAYER FOR THE DYING Seal (#11, Aug, 17 wks) 484 57 CAN WE TALK Tevin Campbell (#14, Dec 1993, 18 wks) 483 58 SHOOP Salt-N-Pepa (#15, Jan, 18 wks) 463 59 BLACK HOLE SUN Soundgarden (#9, Sept, 15 wks) 458 60 I'M READY Tevin Campbell (#13, June, 17 wks) 446 61 BASKET CASE Green Day (#16, Oct, 19 wks) 423 62 BACK & FORTH Aaliyah (#16, July, 15 wks) 412 63 ROCK & ROLL DREAMS COME THROUGH Meat Loaf (#10, March, 14 wks) 412 64 LOSER Beck (#17, April, 16 wks) 384 65 MISLED Celine Dion (#14, June, 14 wks) 383 66 ENDLESS LOVE Luther Vandross & Mariah Carey (#7, Oct, 11 wks) 383 67 STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA Bruce Springsteen (#13, April, 13 wks) 372 68 STAY Eternal (#11, March, 12 wks) 369 69 SOMETHING'S ALWAYS WRONG Toad the Wet Sprocket (#14, Nov, 14 wks) 368 70 FAR BEHIND Candlebox (#19, Oct, 17 wks) 362 71 QUEEN OF THE NIGHT Whitney Houston (#17, Feb, 14 wks) 357 72 YOU BETTER WAIT Steve Perry (#10, Sept, 11 wks) 356 73 TURN THE BEAT AROUND Gloria Estefan (#20, Nov, 16 wks) 341 74 LIFE Haddaway (#14, Feb, 13 wks) 341 75 LOVE SNEAKIN' UP ON YOU Bonnie Raitt (#15, May, 13 wks) 338 76 I'LL BE LOVING YOU Collage (#28, Aug, 20 wks) 334 77 MISS YOU IN A HEARTBEAT Def Leppard (#17, Jan, 13 wks) 332 78 LUCKY ONE Amy Grant (#16, Oct, 13 wks) 326 79 HEY MR. DJ Zhane (#16, Dec 1993, 13 wks) 307 80 MOVING ON UP M People (#14, July, 11 wks) 301 81 BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY Phil Collins (#8, Dec 1993, 10 wks) 301 82 ALL ABOUT SOUL Billy Joel (#17, Jan, 12 wks) 285 83 SOMETHING IN COMMON Bobby Brown & Whitney Houston (#12, Dec 1993, 10 wks) 277 84 FADE INTO YOU Mazzy Star (#19, Nov, 12 wks) 274 85 THE WAY SHE LOVES ME Richard Marx (#23, July, 12 wks) 272 86 JESSIE Joshua Kadison (#23, Jan, 12 wks) 256 87 HIGHER GROUND UB40 (#16, Jan, 10 wks) 248 88 DAUGHTER Pearl Jam (#28, Jan, 16 wks) 242 89 JUST KICKIN' IT Xscape (#23, Dec 1993, 12 wks) 237 90 I WANT YOU Juliet Roberts (#19, April, 9 wks) 233 91 WILL YOU BE THERE (IN THE MORNING) Heart (#25, Feb, 12 wks) 222 92 LETITGO Prince (#17, Oct, 8 wks) 219 93 FALL DOWN Toad the Wet Sprocket (#24, July, 10 wks) 212 94 HARD LUCK WOMAN Garth Brooks (#26, Aug, 10 wks) 199 95 BUMP N' GRIND R. Kelly (#24, May, 9 wks) 198 96 YOU LET YOUR HEART GO TOO FAST Spin Doctors (#22, Aug, 8 wks) 196 97 FANTASTIC VOYAGE Coolio (#28, Aug, 10 wks) 194 98 REGULAR THANG Ovis (#27, May, 10 wks) 185 99 DANCE NAKED John Mellencamp (#22, Dec, 8 wks) 184 100 BEAUTIFUL IN MY EYES Joshua Kadison (#28, June, 10 wks)
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Post by Mike on Dec 29, 2022 8:04:45 GMT -5
I will also say that perhaps it is just as well that AT40 did do just a Top 50 for this year - because the number of eligible records for inclusion in the year-end survey isn't particularly large for a Top 100: Just 136 records qualify! Keep in mind, this is excluding those that peaked in 1993 and ranked there - and also those that didn't peak until after the close of the 1994 survey period. (More on this at the end.) For comparison purposes, 1993 had a pool of 148 records vying for year-end chart position. Things like this are what longer chart lives, overall, caused. One other stat to go along with this. 1993 would frequently have weeks with as few as two or three songs in the countdown that ended up not ranking in the year's Top 100 - but never quite had a week where the entire countdown was accounted for. Oddly enough, 1994 seems to have had a slightly better average from week-to-week, with just August 27 having as few as two songs not accounted for above. (Those two? "All I Want is You" and "Selling the Drama".) Having said that: It DOES in fact happen where their 1993 survey and my 1994 listing of the Top 100 cover the entire countdown. This happens with the first two weeks of December 1993, as the only song that's not in both of my listings is "Anniversary" - but that is, of course, in their 1993. Then, the first three charts of 1994 (with two of those counted down on the first two weekly countdowns of the year) have this happen as well. Would there be any such overlap with late 1994 and a 1995 listing? That remains to be seen...but between just "About a Girl" and "All I Want For Christmas is You" (to name two), there is definitely no such week on the 1994 side of the matter.
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Post by Michael1973 on Dec 31, 2022 11:34:55 GMT -5
Two things stand out at the bottom of the rankings: 1) The #100 threshold drops way down, losing almost a full fourth of 1993's #100 total. This means 2) We get lots of 20s-peaking songs down there. This of course is why most radio stations eventually stopped doing year-end top 100s. The horrors of playing a bunch of low-peaking songs all together and driving away all your listeners...
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Post by chrislc on Dec 31, 2022 17:30:11 GMT -5
Two things stand out at the bottom of the rankings: 1) The #100 threshold drops way down, losing almost a full fourth of 1993's #100 total. This means 2) We get lots of 20s-peaking songs down there. This of course is why most radio stations eventually stopped doing year-end top 100s. The horrors of playing a bunch of low-peaking songs all together and driving away all your listeners... Listeners ruined radio! Actually there's a lot of truth to that. Programmers just gave listeners what they wanted. I had to get well into my 50s before I became aware of many Top 40 hits from the 1960s, thanks to Rick Sklar's WABC playlists. The real ones not the paper ones. But he just did what worked.
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Post by joman on Feb 5, 2023 14:05:20 GMT -5
Here's my interpretation of the Top 100 of 1994. Keep in mind that AT40 estimated the rankings after the 3rd week of November.
1.The Sign-Ace of Base 2.All I Wanna Do-Sheryl Crow 3.Don't Turn Around-Ace of Base 4.Stay (I Missed You)-Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories 5.I'll Make Love to You-Boyz II Men 6.I Swear-All-4-One 7.Wild Night-John Mellencamp with Me'Shell Ndegeocello 8.Hero-Mariah Carey 9.Mr. Jones-Counting Crows 10.Shine-Collective Soul 11.Please Forgive Me-Bryan Adams 12.Baby, I Love Your Way-Big Mountain 13.I'll Remember-Madonna 14.Found Out About You-Gin Blossoms 15.Again-Janet Jackson 16.Breathe Again-Toni Braxton 17.When Can I See You-Babyface 18.You Mean the World to Me-Toni Braxton 19.I'm the Only One-Melissa Etheridge 20.If You Go-Jon Secada 21.The Power of Love-Celine Dion 22.The Most Beautiful Girl in the World-Prince 23.Without You-Mariah Carey 24.Return to Innocence-Enigma 25.Secret-Madonna 26.All for Love-Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart & Sting 27.Because the Night-10,000 Maniacs 28.Come to My Window-Melissa Etheridge 29.December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)-The Four Seasons 30.Can You Feel the Love Tonight-Elton John 31.100% Pure Love-Crystal Waters 32.I Can See Clearly Now-Jimmy Cliff 33.Because of Love-Janet Jackson 34.Crazy-Aerosmith 35.Anytime You Need a Friend-Mariah Carey 36.Now and Forever-Richard Marx 37.Linger-The Cranberries 38.Whatta Man-Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue 39.Until I Fall Away-Gin Blossoms 40.I'll Stand by You-The Pretenders 41.Linger-The Cranberries 42.Any Time, Any Place-Janet Jackson 43.New Age Girl-Deadeye Dick 44.Dreams-Gabrielle 45.Said I Loved You...But I Lied-Michael Bolton 46.Always-Erasure 47.Choose-Color Me Badd 48.I'll Take You There-General Public 49.Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm-Crash Test Dummies 50.So Much in Love-All-4-One 51.Mary Jane's Last Dance-Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers 52.Mr. Vain-Culture Beat 53.Round Here-Counting Crows 54.Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)-US3 55.Prayer for the Dying-Seal 56.Can We Talk-Tevin Campbell 57.Shoop-Salt-N-Pepa 58.Black Hole Sun-Soundgarden 59.I'm Ready-Tevin Campbell 60.Basket Case-Green Day 61.Back and Forth-Aaliyah 62.Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through-Meat Loaf 63.Something's Always Wrong-Toad the Wet Sprocket 64.Loser-Beck 65.Misled-Celine Dion 66.Endless Love-Luther Vandross & Mariah Carey 67.Streets of Philadelphia-Bruce Springsteen 68.Stay-Eternal 69.Far Behind-Candlebox 70.Queen of the Night-Whitney Houston 71.You Better Wait-Steve Perry 72.Turn the Beat Around-Gloria Estefan 73.Interstate Love Song-Stone Temple Pilots 74.Life-Haddaway 75.Love Sneakin' Up on You-Bonnie Raitt 76.I'll Be Loving You-Collage 77.Miss You in a Heartbeat-Def Leppard 78.Lucky One-Amy Grant 79.Hey Mr. DJ-Zhane 80.Moving on Up-M People 81.Both Sides of the Story-Phil Collins 82.All About Soul-Billy Joel 83.Something in Common-Bobby Brown & Whitney Houston 84.Fade into You-Mazzy Star 85.The Way She Loves Me-Richard Marx 86.Jessie-Joshua Kadison 87.Higher Ground-UB40 88.Daughter-Pearl Jam 89.Just Kickin' It-Xscape 90.I Want You-Juliet Roberts 91.Will You Be There (In the Morning)-Heart 92.Letitgo-Prince 93.Fall Down-Toad the Wet Sprocket 94.Hard Luck Woman-Garth Brooks 95.Bump N' Grind-R. Kelly 96.You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast-Spin Doctors 97.Fantastic Voyage-Coolio 98.Regular Thang-Ovis 99.Beautiful in My Eyes-Joshua Kadison 100.I'm in the Mood-CeCe P e n i s t o n
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Post by joman on Feb 10, 2023 11:11:27 GMT -5
"Dance Naked" peaked in December 1994. So it shouldn't be listed here.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Nov 15, 2023 13:12:09 GMT -5
Bump...found this on page 12! Recent discussion has sparked this thread.
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Post by woody on Nov 16, 2023 3:54:55 GMT -5
I found the chart formula very interesting.
What caught my eye was indexing the songs based on their point total divided by the Top 20 points of a chart year.
They said this would past/future proof the song so it could be compared to any song no matter how the songs charted in the future (i.e., longer chart runs).
I'm sure they never thought a song could chart for more than one chart year but now, songs can chart across 2 or 3 chart year periods.
How can you really compare a song like Blinding Lights to any song from the 1970s through the 1990s?
Today, songs are charting for more than 52 weeks when 26 would be considered record territory back in the day.
The index formula just won't work to balance this offset unless you only use one year the songs chart. But wouldn't that punish a song spanning multiple chart years?
I really don't know how we can compare songs today to those of the past.
According to my calculations, Stay by The KID Laroi and Justin Bieber is the #1 song of all time. Blinding Lights is #2. Songs from the 70s, 80s and 90s just don't have a chance for even the Top 100 anymore.
My point system is simple. Songs that chart inside the Top 40 earn points based off the #1 song spin totals for the week relative to 100 pts for #1.
Therefore, if #1 has 20,000 spins and #2 has 10,000 spins, #1 gets 100 and #2 50.
In the early 2000s, songs could reach #1 with only 8,000 spins. Today, that won't get you into the Top 10. So adding spins isn't an accurate way to rank them either.
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Post by vince on Dec 24, 2023 19:58:15 GMT -5
Bumping this up because 'tis the season and there were some questions on another thread this may answer. The 80s countdowns start on page 2 of this thread.
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Post by joman on Feb 11, 2024 11:16:15 GMT -5
1985 AT40 went back to using BB, probably because BB started crediting records full chart runs and awarding projected points for records late in the year. I will continue the rankings with AT40’s power point formula for the rest of the 80’s to show what AT40 may have come up with if they continued doing their own year -end surveys in the late 80’s. For 1985, the eligibility period is 12/22/84 to 12/14/85. Records are credited though the 12/28/85. 929 *1 LIKE A VIRGIN Madonna (Sire) (#1, Dec 1984) 789 *2 CARELESS WHISPER Wham! Featuring George Michael (Columbia) (#1, Feb) 735 *3 I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS Foreigner (Atlantic) (#1, Feb) 717 *4 WE ARE THE WORLD USA For Africa (Columbia) (#1, April) 699 *5 CAN'T FIGHT THIS FEELING REO Speedwagon (Epic) (#1, March) 693 *6 MONEY FOR NOTHING Dire Straits (Warner Brothers) (#1, Sept) 668 *7 CRAZY FOR YOU Madonna (Sire) (#1, May) 665 *8 THE POWER OF LOVE Huey Lewis and the News (Chysalis) (#1, Aug) 665 *9 EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD Tears For Fears (Mercury) (#1, June) 660 *10 SHOUT Tears For Fears (Columbia) (#1, Aug) 637 11 EASY LOVER Philip Bailey with Phil Collins (Columbia) (#2, Feb) 633 *12 ST. ELMO'S FIRE (Man In Motion) John Parr (Atlantic) (#1, Sept) 633 *13 EVERYTIME YOU GO AWAY Paul Young (Columbia) (#1, July) 628 *14 HEAVEN Bryan Adams (A&M) (#1, June) 622 *15 WE BUILT THIS CITY Starship (Grunt) (#1, Nov) 620 *16 TAKE ON ME A-Ha (Warner Brothers) (#1, Oct) 617 17 CHERISH Kool and the Gang (De-Lite) (#2, Sept) 616 *18 DON'T YOU (Forget About Me) Simple Minds (A&M) (#1, May) 612 *19 PART-TIME LOVER Stevie Wonder (Tamla) (#1, Nov) 604 *20 BROKEN WINGS Mr. Mister (RCA) (#1, Dec) 604 *21 A VIEW TO A KILL Duran Duran (Capitol) (#1, July) 603 *22 EVERYTHING SHE WANTS Wham! (Columbia) (#1, May) 603 23 THE WILD BOYS Duran Duran (Capitol) (#2, Dec 1984) 599 *24 SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU Whitney Houston (Arista) (#1, Oct) 584 *25 ONE MORE NIGHT Phil Collins (Atlantic) (#1, March) 572 *26 SUSSUDIO Phil Collins (Atlantic) (#1, July) 568 27 SEA OF LOVE The Honeydrippers (Es Paranza) (#3, Jan) 561 28 MIAMI VICE THEME Jan Hammer (MCA) (#1, Nov) 557 *29 SEPERATE LIVES Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin (Atlantic) (#1, Nov) 555 30 COOL IT NOW New Edition (MCA) (#4, Jan) 554 31 LOVER BOY Billy Ocean (Jive) (#2, Feb) 553 32 THE HEAT IS ON Glenn Frey (MCA) (#2, March) 549 *33 OH SHEILA Ready For the World (MCA) (#1, Oct) 547 34 RASPBERRY BERET Prince and the Revolution (Paisley Park) (#2, July) 544 35 YOU'RE THE INSPIRATION Chicago (Full Moon) (#3, Jan) 540 36 IF YOU LOVE SOMEBODY SET THEM FREE Sting (A&M) (#3, Aug) 539 37 RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT DeBarge (Gordy) (#3, April) 536 38 WE BELONG Pat Benatar (Chrysalis) (#5, Jan) 524 39 YOU BELONG TO THE CITY Glenn Frey (MCA) (#2, Nov) 523 40 FREEWAY OF LOVE Aretha Franklin (Arista) (#3, Aug) 520 41 NEVER SURRENDER Corey Hart (EMI-America) (#3, Aug) 512 42 WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER HERO (Thunderdome) Tina Turner (Capitol) (#2, Sept) 507 43 YOU GIVE GOOD LOVE Whitney Houston (Arista) (#3, July) 507 44 NEVER Heart (Capitol) (#4, Nov) 504 45 NEUTRON DANCE The Pointer Sisters (Planet) (#6, Feb) 498 46 MATERIAL GIRL Madonna (Sire) (#2, March) 498 47 THE SEARCH IS OVER Survivor (Scotti Brothers) (#4, July) 495 48 ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK Murray Head (RCA) (#3, May) 495 49 THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER Howard Jones (Elektra) (#5, June) 494 50 ALL I NEED Jack Wagner (Qwest) (#2, Jan) 494 51 NIGHTSHIFT The Commodores (Motown) (#3, April) 489 52 LOVER GIRL Teena Marie (Epic) (#4, March) 482 53 DON'T LOSE MY NUMBER Phil Collins (Atlantic) (#4, Sept) 481 54 SUGAR WALLS Sheena Easton (EMI-America) (#9, March) 480 55 NO MORE LONELY NIGHTS Paul McCartney (Columbia) (#6, Dec 1984) 479 56 OBSESSION Animotion (Mercury) (#6, May) 477 57 GLORY DAYS Bruce Springsteen (Columbia) (#5, Aug) 476 58 HEAD OVER HEELS Tears For Fears (Mercury) (#3, Nov) 474 59 THE BOYS OF SUMMER Don Henley (Geffen) (#5, Feb) 473 60 AXEL F Harold Faltermeyer (MCA) (#3, June) 473 61 SUDDENLY Billy Ocean (Jive) (#4, June) 462 62 SMOOTH OPERATOR Sade (Portrait) (#5, May) 452 63 RUN TO YOU Bryan Adams (A&M) (#6, Jan) 446 64 FREEDOM Wham! (Columbia) (#3, Sept) 442 65 LONELY OL' NIGHT John Cougar Mellencamp (Riva) (#6, Oct) 440 66 SOME LIKE IT HOT The Power Station (Capitol) (#6, May) 438 67 LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME The Thompson Twins (Arista) (#6, Nov) 434 68 IN MY HOUSE The Mary Jane Girls (Gordy) (#7, June) 433 69 WOULD I LIE TO YOU The Eurythmics (RCA) (#5, July) 431 70 TOO LATE FOR GOODBYES Julian Lennon (Atlantic) (#5, March) 427 71 ANGEL Madonna (Sire) (#5, June) 426 72 SUMMER OF '69 Bryan Adams (A&M) (#5, Aug) 425 73 WHO'S ZOOMIN' WHO Aretha Franklin (Arista) (#7, Nov) 424 74 CALIFORNIA GIRLS David Lee Roth (Warner Brothers) (#3, March) 407 75 I'M ON FIRE Bruce Springsteen (Columbia) (#6, April) 406 76 METHOD OF MODERN LOVE Daryl Hall and John Oates (RCA) (#5, Feb) 403 77 VALOTTE Julian Lennon (Atlantic) (#9, Jan) 401 78 VOICES CARRY 'Til Tuesday (Epic) (#8, July) 398 79 I CAN'T HOLD BACK Survivor (Scotti Brothers) (#13, Dec 1984) 397 80 WALKING ON SUNSHINE Katrina and the Waves (Capitol) (#9, June) 395 81 WHO'S HOLDING DONNA NOW DeBarge (Gordy) (#6, Aug) 392 82 ELECTION DAY Arcadia (Capitol) (#6, Dec) 390 83 DRESS YOU UP Madonna (Sire) (#5, Oct) 389 84 FORTRESS AROUND YOUR HEART Sting (A&M) (#8, Oct) 388 85 BE NEAR ME ABC (Mercury) (#9, Nov) 387 86 PRIVATE DANCER Tina Turner (Capitol) (#7, March) 384 87 BORN IN THE U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen (Columbia) (#9, Jan) 380 88 SLEEPING BAG ZZ Top (Warner Bros.) (#8, Dec) 376 89 MISLED Kool and the Gang (De-Lite) (#10, March) 374 90 DO WHAT YOU DO Jermaine Jackson (Arista) (#13, Jan) 373 91 FRESH Kool and the Gang (De-Lite) (#9, June) 369 92 ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS DANCE Don Henley (Geffen) (#9, May) 368 93 SENTIMENTAL STREET Night Ranger (Camel) (#8, July) 366 94 DARE ME Pointer Sisters (RCA) (#11, Sept) 365 95 WHAT ABOUT LOVE Heart (Capitol) (#10, Aug) 358 96 LOVIN' EVERY MINUTE OF IT Loverboy (Columbia) (#9, Nov) 351 97 POP LIFE Prince (Warner Bros.) (#7, Sept) 348 98 YOU ARE ONLY HUMAN (Second Wind) Billy Joel (Columbia) (#9, Aug) 348 99 INVINCIBLE Pat Benatar (Chrysalis) (#10, Sept) 337 100 GET IT ON The Power Station (Capitol) (#9, Aug) "Sugar Walls" should be lower than it is.
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Post by joman on Feb 11, 2024 11:53:30 GMT -5
Here's how it should look like:
1.Like a Virgin-Madonna 2.Careless Whisper-Wham! featuring George Michael 3.I Want to Know What Love Is-Foreigner 4.We Are the World-USA for Africa 5.Can't Fight This Feeling-REO Speedwagon 6.Money for Nothing-Dire Straits 7.Crazy for You-Madonna 8.The Power of Love-Huey Lewis & the News 9.Everybody Wants to Rule the World-Tears for Fears 10.Shout-Tears for Fears 11.Easy Lover-Philip Bailey with Phil Collins 12.St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)-John Parr 13.Everytime You Go Away-Paul Young 14.Heaven-Bryan Adams 15.We Built This City-Starship 16.Take on Me-a-ha 17.Cherish-Kool & the Gang 18.Don't You (Forget About Me)-Simple Minds 19.Part-Time Lover-Stevie Wonder 20.Broken Wings-Mr. Mister 21.A View to a Kill-Duran Duran 22.Everything She Wants-Wham! 23.The Wild Boys-Duran Duran 24.Saving All My Love for You-Whitney Houston 25.One More Night-Phil Collins 26.Sussudio-Phil Collins 27.Sea of Love-The Honeydrippers 28.Miami Vice Theme-Jan Hammer 29.Separate Lives-Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin 30.Cool it Now-New Edition 31.Loverboy-Billy Ocean 32.The Heat is On-Glenn Frey 33.Oh Sheila-Ready for the World 34.Raspberry Beret-Prince & the Revolution 35.You're the Inspiration-Chicago 36.If You Love Somebody Set Them Free-Sting 37.Rhythm of the Night-DeBarge 38.We Belong-Pat Benatar 39.You Belong to the City-Glenn Frey 40.Freeway of Love-Aretha Franklin 41.Never Surrender-Corey Hart 42.We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)-Tina Turner 43.You Give Good Love-Whitney Houston 44.Never-Heart 45.Neutron Dance-The Pointer Sisters 46.Material Girl-Madonna 47.The Search is Over-Survivor 48.One Night in Bangkok-Murray Head 49.Things Can Only Get Better-Howard Jones 50.All I Need-Jack Wagner 51.Nightshift-The Commodores 52.Lovergirl-Teena Marie 53.Don't Lose My Number-Phil Collins 54.No More Lonely Nights-Paul McCartney 55.Obsession-Animotion 56.Glory Days-Bruce Springsteen 57.Head Over Heels-Tears for Fears 58.The Boys of Summer-Don Henley 59.Axel F-Harold Faltermeyer 60.Suddenly-Billy Ocean 61.Smooth Operator-Sade 62.Run to You-Bryan Adams 63.Freedom-Wham! 64.Lonely Ol' Night-John Cougar Mellencamp 65.Some Like it Hot-The Power Station 66.Lay Your Hands on Me-The Thompson Twins 67.In My House-The Mary Jane Girls 68.Would I Lie to You?-Eurythmics 69.Too Late for Goodbyes-Julian Lennon 70.Angel-Madonna 71.Summer of '69-Bryan Adams 72.Who's Zoomin' Who-Aretha Franklin 73.California Girls-David Lee Roth 74.I'm on Fire-Bruce Springsteen 75.Method of Modern Love-Daryl Hall & John Oates 76.Valotte-Julian Lennon 77.Voices Carry-'Til Tuesday 78.I Can't Hold Back-Survivor 79.Walking on Sunshine-Katrina & the Waves 80.Who's Holding Donna Now-DeBarge 81.Election Day-Arcadia 82.Dress You Up-Madonna 83.Fortress Around Your Heart-Sting 84.Be Near Me-ABC 85.Private Dancer-Tina Turner 86.Born in the USA-Bruce Springsteen 87.Sleeping Bag-ZZ Top 88.Misled-Kool & the Gang 89.Do What You Do-Jermaine Jackson 90.Fresh-Kool & the Gang 91.All She Wants to Do is Dance-Don Henley 92.Sentimental Street-Night Ranger 93.Dare Me-The Pointer Sisters 94.What About Love?-Heart 95.Lovin' Every Minute of It-Loverboy 96.Pop Life-Prince & the Revolution 97.You're Only Human (Second Wind)-Billy Joel 98.Invincible-Pat Benatar 99.Get it On (Bang a Gong)-The Power Station 100.You Are My Lady-Freddie Jackson
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Post by vince on Feb 12, 2024 15:50:48 GMT -5
"Sugar Walls" should be lower than it is. Thanks for pointing this out. It is now corrected in the original post. I got "You Are My Lady" - Freddie Jackson at #100 instead of "High on You".
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