Billboard's Year End Pop Singles Charts Revised Versions

[vince]

Next is 1982. The survey period is 10/31/1981 to 10/30/1982. The methodology is reverse rank with summation #1 bonus points based on consecutive weeks at #1. Unlike 1981, BB went back to calculating the bonus points based on combined consecutive stays for non-consecutive #1s. This was based on the placement of “Abracadabra” at #9. It got 200 bonus points instead of 300 like other 2 weeks #1s. I got exact match with BB for positions #18 to #100. “Key Largo” picked up more points ranking at #12. “Eye of the Tiger” dropped down to #4.

Points (* indicates a #1 song) POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
6299 *1 PHYSICAL Olivia Newton-John (MCA) (#1, Nov 1981)
4328 *2 I LOVE ROCK 'N' ROLL Joan Jett and the Blackhearts (Boardwalk) (#1, March)
4319 *3 EBONY AND IVORY Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder (Columbia) (#1, May)
3997 *4 EYE OF THE TIGER Survivor (Scotti Brothers) (#1, July)
3966 *5 CENTERFOLD The J. Geils Band (EMI-America) (#1, Feb)
2630 *6 DON'T YOU WANT ME The Human League (A&M/Virgin) (#1, July)
2281 *7 JACK AND DIANE John Cougar (Mellencamp) (Riva) (#1, Oct)
2157 8 HURTS SO GOOD John Cougar (Mellencamp) (Riva) (#2, Aug)
2141 *9 ABRACADABRA The Steve Miller Band (Capitol) (#1, Sept)
2093 *10 HARD TO SAY I'M SORRY Chicago (Full Moon) (#1, Sept)
1869 11 TAINTED LOVE / WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO Soft Cell (Sire) (#8, July)
1763 12 KEY LARGO Bertie Higgins (Kat Family) (#8, April)
1736 *13 CHARIOTS OF FIRE - TITLES Vangelis (Polydor) (#1, May)
1730 14 HARDEN MY HEART Quarterflash (Geffen) (#3, Feb)
1719 15 ROSANNA Toto (Columbia) (#2, July)
1713 *16 I CAN'T GO FOR THAT (No Can Do) Daryl Hall and John Oates (RCA) (#1, Jan)
1700 17 867-5309/JENNY Tommy Tutone (Columbia) (#4, May)
1651 18 YOU SHOULD HEAR HOW SHE TALKS ABOUT YOU Melissa Manchester (Arista) (#5, Sept)
1595 19 WAITING FOR A GIRL LIKE YOU Foreigner (Atlantic) (#2, Nov 1981)
1579 20 DON'T TALK TO STRANGERS Rick Springfield (RCA) (#2, May)
1563 21 THE SWEETEST THING (I've Ever Known) Juice Newton (Capitol) (#7, Feb)
1553 22 ALWAYS ON MY MIND Willie Nelson (Columbia) (#5, June)
1543 23 SHAKE IT UP The Cars (Elektra) (#4, Feb)
1539 24 LET IT WHIP The Dazz Band (Motown) (#5, July)
1463 25 WE GOT THE BEAT The Go-Go's (I.R.S.) (#2, April)
1461 26 THE OTHER WOMAN Ray Parker Jr. (Arista) (#4, June)
1455 27 TURN YOUR LOVE AROUND George Benson (Warner Brothers) (#5, Feb)
1450 28 SWEET DREAMS Air Supply (Arista) (#5, March)
1437 29 ONLY THE LONELY The Motels (Capitol) (#9, July)
1409 *30 WHO CAN IT BE NOW? Men At Work (Coulmbia) (#1, Oct)
1381 31 HOLD ME Fleetwood Mac (Warner Brothers) (#4, July)
1381 32 EYE IN THE SKY The Alan Parsons Project (Arista) (#3, Oct)
1373 33 LET'S GROOVE Earth, Wind, and Fire (ARC) (#3, Dec 1981)
1357 34 OPEN ARMS Journey (Columbia) (#2, Feb)
1328 35 LEADER OF THE BAND Dan Fogelberg (Full Moon/Epic) (#9, March)
1315 36 LEATHER AND LACE Stevie Nicks and Don Henley (Modern) (#6, Jan)
1313 37 EVEN THE NIGHTS ARE BETTER Air Supply (Arista) (#5, Sept)
1311 38 I'VE NEVER BEEN TO ME Charlene (Motown) (#3, May)
1300 39 '65 LOVE AFFAIR Paul Davis (Arista) (#6, May)
1275 40 HEAT OF THE MOMENT Asia (Geffen) (#4, June)
1270 41 TAKE IT EASY ON ME The Little River Band (Capitol) (#10, March)
1255 42 PAC-MAN FEVER Buckner and Garcia (Columbia) (#9, March)
1251 43 THAT GIRL Stevie Wonder (Tamla) (#4, March)
1250 *44 PRIVATE EYES Daryl Hall and John Oates (RCA) (#1, Nov 1981)
1217 45 TROUBLE Lindsay Buckingham (Elektra) (#9, Jan)
1216 46 MAKING LOVE Roberta Flack (Atlantic) (#13, June)
1214 47 LOVE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT HARD ON ME Juice Newton (Capitol) (#7, July)
1201 48 YOUNG TURKS Rod Stewart (Warner Brothers) (#5, Dec 1981)
1200 49 FREEZE-FRAME The J. Geils Band (EMI-America) (#4, April)
1177 50 KEEP THE FIRE BURNIN' REO Speedwagon (Epic) (#7, Aug)
1171 51 DO YOU BELEIVE IN LOVE Huey Lewis and the News (Chrysalis) (#7, April)
1148 52 COOL NIGHT Paul Daivs (Arista) (#11, Feb)
1147 53 CAUGHT UP IN YOU .38 Special (A&M) (#10, July)
1143 54 WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE Diana Ross (RCA) (#7, Dec 1981)
1140 55 LOVE IN THE FIRST DEGREE Alabama (RCA) (#15, March)
1133 56 HOOKED ON CLASSICS The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Louis Clark (RCA) (#10, Jan)
1123 57 WASTED ON THE WAY Crosby, Stills and Nash (Atlantic) (#9, Aug)
1118 58 THINK I'M IN LOVE Eddie Money (Columbia) (#16, Sept)
1105 59 LOVE IS IN CONTROL (Finger On the Trigger) Donna Summer (Geffen) (#10, Sept)
1102 60 PERSONALLY Karla Bonoff (Columbia) (#19, Aug)
1087 61 ONE HUNDRED WAYS Quincy Jones Featuring James Ingram (A&M) (#14, April)
1083 62 BLUE EYES Elton John (Geffen) (#12, Oct)
1082 63 OUR LIPS ARE SEALED The Go-Go's (I.R.S.) (#20, Dec 1981)
1082 64 YOU COULD HAVE BEEN WITH ME Sheena Easton (EMI-America) (#15, Feb)
1079 65 YOU CAN DO MAGIC America (Capitol) (#8, Oct)
1078 66 DID IN A MINUTE Daryl Hall and John Oates (RCA) (#9, May)
1075 67 I RAN (So Far Away) A Flock Of Seagulls (Jive) (#9, Oct)
1069 68 SOMEBODY'S BABY Jackson Browne (Asylum) (#7, Oct)
1068 69 OH NO The Commodores (Motown) (#4, Dec 1981)
1052 70 TAKE IT AWAY Paul McCartney (Columbia) (#10, Aug)
1048 71 IT'S GONNA TAKE A MIRACLE Denice Williams (ARC) (#10, June)
1040 72 LOVE WILL TURN YOU AROUND Kenny Rogers (Liberty) (#13, Aug)
1033 73 DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' Jouney (Columbia) (#9, Dec 1981)
1027 74 COMIN' IN AND OUT OF YOUR LIFE Barbra Streisand (Columbia) (#11, Jan)
1024 75 GLORIA Laura Branigan (Atlantic) (#2, Nov)
1023 76 EMPTY GARDEN (Hey Hey Johnny) Elton John (Geffen) (#13, May)
1023 77 YESTERDAY'S SONGS Neil Diamond (Columbia) (#11, Jan)
1018 78 CRIMSON AND CLOVER Joan Jett and the Blackhearts (Boardwalk) (#7, June)
1002 79 EVERY LITTLE THING SHE DOES IS MAGIC The Police (A&M) (#3, Dec 1981)
998 80 HERE I AM (Just When I Thought I Was Over You) Air Supply (Arista) (#5, Nov 1981)
993 81 I KEEP FORGETTIN' (Every Time You're Near) Michael McDonald (Warner Brothers (#4, Oct)
985 82 GET DOWN ON IT Kool and the Gang (De-Lite) (#10, May)
984 83 ANY DAY NOW Ronnie Milsap (RCA) (#14, July)
982 84 MAKE A MOVE ON ME Olivia Newton-John (MCA) (#5, April)
975 85 TAKE MY HEART (You Can Have It If You Want It) Kool and the Gang (#17, Dec 1981)
971 86 MIRROR MIRROR Diana Ross (RCA) (#8, March)
962 87 VACATION The Go-Go's (I.R.S.) (#8, Aug)
956 88 (Oh) PRETTY WOMAN Van Halen (Warner Brothers) (#12, April)
955 89 SHOULD I DO IT The Pointer Sisters (Planet) (#13, April)
954 90 HOT IN THE CITY Billy Idol (Chysalis) (#23, Sept)
946 91 KIDS IN AMERICA Kim Wilde (EMI-America) (#25, Aug)
945 92 MAN ON YOUR MIND The Little River Band (Capitol) (#14, May)
944 93 WHAT'S FOREVER FOR Michael Martin Murphey (Liberty) (#19, Oct)
938 94 WAITING ON A FRIEND The Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones) (#13, Feb)
931 95 DO I DO Stevie Wonder (Motown) (#13, July)
930 96 WORKING FOR THE WEEKEND Loverboy (Columbia) (#29, Feb)
929 97 GOIN' DOWN Greg Guidry (Badlands) (#17, May)
924 *98 ARTHUR'S THEME (Best That You Can Do) Christopher Cross (Warner Brothers) (#1, Oct 1981)
920 99 THROUGH THE YEARS Kenny Rogers (Liberty) (#13, March)
912 100 EDGE OF SEVENTEEN (Just Like the White Winged Dove) Stevie Nicks (Modern) (#11, April)

[Mike]

I'm kind of curious about "Heart Attack". Since its point split certainly caused it to fall short of both the 1982 and 1983 surveys, how many points does its full run leave it with?

[vince]

Mike,

Going by BB's methodology from 1982 and 1983, "Heat Attack"'s full chart run has 1398 points not counting the frozen week of 1/1/1983. With the frozen week counted it has 1453 points.

[vince]

Now for 1983. The survey period is 11/6/1982 to 10/29/1983. The methodology is reverse rank with summation #1 bonus points. It was not possible to tell if the #1 bonus points were different for consecutive and non-consecutive stays at #1. “Down Under” is the only record affected and it ranks at #4 regardless of whether it has 2504 points or 2804 points. This one I got a 94% match. Positions #39 to #44 were out of BB’s order.

Points (* indicates a #1 song) POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
5474 *1 EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE The Police (A&M) (#1, July)
4588 *2 BILLIE JEAN Michael Jackson (Epic) (#1, March)
4125 *3 FLASHDANCE...WHAT A FEELING Irene Cara (Casablanca) (#1, May)
2804 *4 DOWN UNDER Men At Work (Columbia) (#1, Jan)
2440 *5 BEAT IT Michael Jackson (Epic) (#1, April)
2245 *6 TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART Bonnie Tyler (Columbia) (#1, Oct)
2102 *7 MANEATER Daryl Hall and John Oates (RCA) (#1, Dec 1982)
2068 *8 BABY COME TO ME Patti Austin and James Ingram (Qwest) (#1, Feb)
1926 *9 MANIAC Michael Sembello (Casablanca) (#1, Sept)
1904 *10 SWEET DREAMS (Are Made Of This) The Eurythmics (RCA) (#1, Sept)
1765 11 DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT ME Culture Club (Virgin) (#2, March)
1754 12 YOU AND I Eddie Rabbitt with Crystal Gayle (Elektra) (#7, Feb)
1652 *13 COME ON EILEEN Dexy's Midnight Runner's (Mercury) (#1, April)
1635 14 SHAME ON THE MOON Bob Segar and the Silver Bullet Band (Capitol) (#2, Feb)
1633 15 SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY Donna Summer (Mercury) (#3, Aug)
1631 16 NEVER GONNA LET YOU GO Sergio Mendes (A&M) (#4, July)
1619 17 HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF Duran Duran (Capitol) (#3, March)
1617 *18 LET'S DANCE David Bowie (EMI-America) (#1, May)
1603 19 TWILIGHT ZONE Golden Earring (21 Records) (#10, March)
1568 20 I KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON Frida (Atlantic) (#13, March)
1566 21 JEOPARDY The Greg Kihn Band (Beserkley) (#2, May)
1564 22 ELECTRIC AVENUE Eddy Grant (Portrait/Ice) (#2, July)
1529 23 SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE Thomas Dolby (Capitol) (#5, May)
1518 *24 AFRICA Toto (Columbia) (#1, Feb)
1510 25 LITTLE RED CORVETTE Prince (Warner Brothers) (#6, May)
1508 26 BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG The Pretenders (Sire) (#5, March)
1474 *27 UP WHERE WE BELONG Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes (Island) (#1, Nov 1982)
1469 28 MR. ROBOTO Styx (A&M) (#3, April)
1468 29 YOU ARE Lionel Richie (Motown) (#4, March)
1431 30 DER KOMMISAR After The Fire (Epic) (#5, April)
1412 31 PUTTIN' ON THE RITZ Taco (RCA) (#4, Sept)
1400 32 SEXUAL HEALING Marvin Gaye (Columbia) (#3, Jan)
1395 33 (Keep Feelin') FASCINATION The Human League (A&M) (#8, Aug)
1394 34 TIME Culture Club (Virgin) (#2, June)
1391 35 THE SAFETY DANCE Men Without Hats (Backstreet) (#3, Sept)
1387 *36 MICKEY Toni Basil (Chysalis) (#1, Dec 1982)
1373 37 YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE Phil Collins (Atlantic) (#10, Feb)
1370 38 SEPERATE WAYS (Worlds Apart) Journey (Columbia) (#8, March)
1366 39 1999 Prince (Warner Brothers) (#12, July)
1363 40 STAND BACK Stevie Nicks (Modern) (#5, Aug)
1362 41 ONE ON ONE Daryl Hall and John Oates (RCA) (#7, April)
1349 42 WE'VE GOT TONIGHT Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton (Liberty) (#6, March)
1335 43 STRAY CAT STRUT The Stray Cats (EMI-America) (#3, Feb)
1333 44 ALLENTOWN Billy Joel (Columbia) (#17, Feb)
1320 *45 TELL HER ABOUT IT Billy Joel (Columbia) (#1, Sept)
1313 46 ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME Naked Eyes (EMI-America) (#8, June)
1306 *47 TRULY Lionel Richie (Motown) (#1, Nov 1982)
1294 48 DIRTY LAUNDRY Don Henley (Asylum) (#3, Jan)
1264 49 THE GIRL IS MINE Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney (Epic) (#2, Jan)
1262 50 TOO SHY Kajagoogoo (EMI-America) (#5, July)
1261 51 GOODY TWO SHOES Adam Ant (Epic) (#12, Feb)
1260 52 ROCK THE CASBAH The Clash (Epic) (#8, Jan)
1252 53 OUR HOUSE Madness (Geffen) (#7, July)
1252 54 OVERKILL Men At Work (Columbia) (#3, June)
1239 55 IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW Duran Duran (Capitol) (#4, Aug)
1207 56 GLORIA Laura Branigan (Atlantic) (#2, Nov 1982)
1194 57 AFFAIR OF THE HEART Rick Springfield (RCA) (#9, June)
1192 58 SHE'S A BEAUTY The Tubes (Capitol) (#10, July)
1191 59 SOLITAIRE Laura Branigan (Atlantic) (#7, May)
1188 60 DON'T LET IT END Styx (A&M) (#6, July)
1181 61 HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO LIVE WITHOUT YOU Laura Branigan (Atlantic) (#12, Oct)
1173 62 CHINA GIRL David Bowie (EMI-America) (#10, Aug)
1168 63 COME DANCING The Kinks (Arista) (#6, July)
1160 64 PROMISES, PROMISES Naked Eyes (EMI-America) (#11, Oct)
1159 65 THE OTHER GUY The Little River Band (Capitol) (#11, Feb)
1149 66 MAKING LOVE OUT OF NOTHING AT ALL Air Supply (Arista) (#2, Oct)
1144 67 FAMILY MAN Daryl Hall and John Oates (RCA) (#6, June)
1141 68 WANNA BE STARTING SOMETHING Michael Jackson (Epic) (#5, July)
1139 69 I WON'T HOLD YOU BACK Toto (Columbia) (#10, May)
1131 70 ALL RIGHT Christopher Cross (Warner Brothers) (#12, March)
1127 71 STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART Bryan Adams (A&M) (#10, May)
1119 72 HEART TO HEART Kenny Loggins (Columbia) (#15, Jan)
1115 73 MY LOVE Lionel Richie (Motown) (#5, June)
1114 74 I'M STILL STANDING Elton John (Geffen) (#12, July)
1112 75 HOT GIRLS IN LOVE Loverboy (Columbia) (#11, Aug)
1110 76 IT'S A MISTAKE Men At Work (Columbia) (#6, Aug)
1105 77 I'LL TUMBLE 4 YA Culture Club (Virgin) (#9, Aug)
1086 78 ALL THIS LOVE DeBarge (Gordy) (#17, July)
1085 79 YOUR LOVE IS DRIVING ME CRAZY Sammy Hagar (Geffen) (#13, Feb)
1082 80 HEARTBREAKER Dionne Warwick (Arista) (#10, Jan)
1077 81 FAITHFULLY Journey (Columbia) (#12, June)
1062 82 STEPPIN' OUT Joe Jackson (A&M) (#6, Dec 1982)
1058 83 TAKE ME TO HEART Quarterflash (Geffen) (#14, Aug)
1049 84 SHE'S SEXY + 17 The Stray Cats (EMI-America) (#5, Oct)
1044 85 TRY AGAIN Champaign (Columbia) (#23, June)
1041 86 DEAD GIVEAWAY Shalamar (Solar) (#22, Sept)
1041 87 LAWYERS IN LOVE Jackson Browne (Asylum) (#13, Sept)
1036 88 WHAT ABOUT ME Moving Pictures (Network) (#29, Feb)
1033 89 HUMAN NATURE Michael Jackson (Epic) (#7, Sept)
1029 90 PHOTOGRAPH Def Leppard (Mercury) (#12, May)
1027 91 PASS THE DUTCHIE Musical Youth (MCA) (#10, Feb)
1019 92 TRUE Spandau Ballet (Chrysalis) (#4, Oct)
1009 93 FAR FROM OVER Frank Stallone (RSO) (#10, Oct)
1008 94 I'VE GOT A ROCK 'N' ROLL HEART Eric Clapton (Duck) (#18, March)
1006 95 IT MIGHT BE YOU Stephen Bishop (Warner Brothers) (#25, May)
1000 96 TONIGHT I CELEBRATE MY LOVE Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack (Atlantic) (#16, Nov)
996 97 YOU GOT LUCKY Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (Backstreet) (#20, Jan)
993 98 DON'T CRY Asia (Geffen) (#10, Sept)
984 99 BREAKING US IN TWO Joe Jackson (A&M) (#18, March)
971 100 FALL IN LOVE WITH ME Earth, Wind, and Fire (Columbia) (#17, March)

[vince]

Next is 1984. This year there were changes to the methodology and the survey period which ended in mid-November. Reverse rank was used for the raw points, but now bonus points were awarded to positions in the top 10. BB described it as three tier bonus points. 100 points were given for each week at #1, 50 points were given for each week at positions #2 – #5, and 25 points were given for each week at positions #6 - #10. The survey period was 11/5/1983 to 11/17/1984. For the first time the frozen week was counted by counting the week of 12/24/1983 twice to compensate for no chart on 12/31/1983.
I was able to match positions #4 to #71 with BB official list. I got “On The Dark Side” at #72 and BB had it at #94. It had a split chart run and I think BB only credited one run. As for the top 3, BB seems to have over credited “When Doves Cry” . If the 1983 methodology had been used “When Doves Cry “ would have had the most points.

Points (* indicates a #1 song) POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
2519 *1 WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT Tina Turner (Capitol) (#1, Sept)
2479 *2 SAY, SAY, SAY Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson (#1, Dec 1983)
2404 *3 WHEN DOVES CRY Prince and the Revolution (Warner Brothers) (#1, July)
2334 *4 FOOTLOOSE Kenny Loggins (Columbia) (#1, March)
2328 *5 AGAINST ALL ODDS (Take a Look at Me Now) Phil Collins (Atlantic) (#1, April)
2301 *6 JUMP Van Halen (Warner Brothers) (#1, Feb)
2277 *7 HELLO Lionel Richie (#1, May)
2258 *8 OWNER OF A LONELY HEART Yes (Atco) (#1, Jan)
2137 *9 GHOSTBUSTERS Ray Parker Jr. (Arista) (#1, Aug)
2120 *10 KARMA CHAMELEON Culture Club (Virgin) (#1, Feb)
2086 *11 MISSING YOU John Waite (EMI-America) (#1, Sept)
2015 *12 ALL NIGHT LONG (All Night) Lionel Richie (Motown) (#1, Nov 1983)
1980 *13 LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE BOY Denise Williams (Columbia) (#1, May)
1974 14 DANCING IN THE DARK Bruce Springsteen (Columbia) (#2, June)
1972 15 GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN Cyndi Lauper (Portrait) (#2, March)
1959 *16 THE REFLEX Duran Duran (Capitol) (#1, June)
1886 *17 TIME AFTER TIME Cyndi Lauper (Portrait) (#1, June)
1879 18 JUMP (For My Love) The Pointer Sisters (Planet) (#3, July)
1868 19 TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP The Romantics (Nemporer) (#3, Jan)
1834 20 SELF CONTROL Laura Branigan (Atlantic) (#4, June)
1828 *21 LET'S GO CRAZY Prince and the Revolution (Warner Brothers) (#1, Oct)
1827 22 SAY IT ISN'T SO Daryl Hall and John Oates (RCA) (#2, Dec 1983)
1812 23 HOLD ME NOW The Thompson Twins (Arista) (#3, May)
1810 24 JOANNA Kool and the Gang (De-Lite) (#2, Feb)
1780 *25 I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU Stevie Wonder (Tamla) (#1, Oct)
1764 26 SOMEBODY'S WATCHING ME Rockwell (Motown) (#2, March)
1754 27 BREAK MY STRIDE Matthew Wilder (Private I) (#5, Jan)
1735 28 99 LUFTBALLONS Nena (Epic) (#2, March)
1697 29 I CAN DREAM ABOUT YOU Dan Hartman (MCA) (#6, Aug)
1696 30 THE GLAMOROUS LIFE Sheila E. (Warner Brothers) (#7, Oct)
1689 31 OH SHERRY Steve Perry (Columbia) (#3, June)
1687 32 STUCK ON YOU Lionel Richie (Motown) (#3, Aug)
1682 33 I GUESS THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT THE BLUES Elton John (Geffen) (#4, Jan)
1679 34 SHE BOP Cyndi Lauper (Portrait) (#3, Sept)
1666 35 BORDERLINE Madonna (Sire) (#10, June)
1628 36 SUNGLASSES AT NIGHT Corey Hart (EMI-America) (#7, Sept)
1618 37 EYES WITHOUT A FACE Billy Idol (Chrysalis) (#4, July)
1611 38 HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN The Eurythmics (RCA) (#4, March)
1593 39 UPTOWN GIRL Billy Joel (Columbia) (#3, Nov 1983)
1590 40 SISTER CHRISTIAN Night Ranger (Camel) (#5, June)
1584 41 DRIVE The Cars (Elektra) (#3, Sept)
1576 42 TWIST OF FATE / TAKE A CHANCE Olivia Newton-John (MCA) (#5, Jan)
1559 43 UNION OF THE SNAKE Duran Duran (Capitol) (#3, Dec 1983)
1549 44 THE HEART OF ROCK & ROLL Huey Lewis and the News (Chrysalis) (#6, June)
1546 45 HARD HABIT TO BREAK Chicago (Full Moon) (#3, Oct)
1536 46 THE WARRIOR Scandal Featuring Patty Smyth (Columbia) (#7, Sept)
1529 47 IF EVER YOU'RE IN MY ARMS AGAIN Peabo Bryson (Elektra) (#10, Aug)
1527 48 AUTOMATIC The Pointer Sisters (Planet) (#5, April)
1506 49 LET THE MUSIC PLAY Shannon (Emergency/Mirage) (#8, Feb)
1503 50 TO ALL THE GIRLS I'VE LOVED BEFORE Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson (Columbia) (#5, May)
1495 *51 CARIBBEAN QUEEN (No More Love On the Run) Billy Ocean (Jive) (#1, Nov)
1481 52 THAT'S ALL Genesis (Atlantic) (#6, Feb)
1475 53 RUNNING WITH THE NIGHT Lionel Richie (Motown) (#7, Feb)
1450 54 SAD SONGS (Say So Much) Elton John (Geffen) (#5, Aug)
1429 55 I WANT A NEW DRUG Huey Lewis and the News (Chrysalis) (#6, March)
1425 *56 ISLANDS IN THE STREAM Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton (RCA) (#1, Oct 1983)
1391 57 LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD Pat Benatar (Chrysalis) (#5, Dec 1983)
1385 58 INFATUATION Rod Stewart (Warner Brothers) (#6, July)
1350 59 ALMOST PARADISE Mick Reno and Ann Wilson (Columbia) (#7, July)
1347 60 LEGS ZZ Top (Warner Brothers) (#8, July)
1336 61 STATE OF SHOCK The Jacksons (Epic) (#3, Aug)
1332 62 LOVE SOMEBODY Rick Springfield (RCA) (#5, May)
1330 63 MISS ME BLIND Culture CLub (Virgin) (#5, April)
1314 64 IF THIS IS IT Huey Lewis and the News (Chrysalis) (#6, Sept)
1284 65 YOU MIGHT THINK The Cars (Elektra) (#7, April)
1269 66 LUCKY STAR Madonna (Sire) (#4, Oct)
1262 67 COVER ME Bruce Springsteen (Columbia) (#7, Oct)
1257 68 CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE Quiet Riot (Pasha) (#5, Nov 1983)
1254 69 BREAKDANCE Irene Cara (Geffen) (#8, June)
1238 70 ADULT EDUCATION Daryl Hall and John Oates (RCA) (#8, April)
1218 71 THEY DON'T KNOW Tracey Ullman (MCA) (#8, April)
1193 72 ON THE DARK SIDE John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band(Scotti Brothers) (#7, Oct)
1183 73 AN INNOCENT MAN Billy Joel (Columbia) (#10, Feb)
1166 74 CRUEL SUMMER Bananarama (London) (#9, Sept)
1162 75 DANCE HALL DAYS Wang Chung (Geffen) (#16, July)
1159 76 GIVE IT UP K.C. (Meca) (#18, March)
1156 77 I'M SO EXCITED The Pointer Sisters (Planet) (#9, Oct)
1154 78 I STILL CAN'T GET OVER LOVING YOU Ray Parker Jr. (Arista) (#12, Feb)
1131 79 THRILLER Michael Jackson (Epic) (#4, March)
1126 80 HOLIDAY Madonna (Sire) (#16, Jan)
1126 81 BREAKIN'...THERE'S NO STOPPIN' US Ollie and Jerry (Polydor) (#9, Aug)
1118 82 NOBODY TOLD ME John Lennon (Polydor) (#5, March)
1117 83 CHURCH OF THE POISONED MIND Culture Club (Virgin) (#10, Dec 1983)
1112 84 THINK OF LAURA Christopher Cross (Warner Brothers) (#9, Feb)
1109 85 TIME WILL REVEAL DeBarge (Gordy) (#18, Jan)
1109 86 WRAPPED AROUND YOUR FINGER The Police (A&M) (#8, March)
1095 87 PINK HOUSES John Cougar Mellencamp (Riva) (#8, Feb)
1090 88 ROUND AND ROUND Ratt (Atlantic) (#12, Aug)
1088 89 HEAD OVER HEELS The Go-Go's (I.R.S.) (#11, May)
1084 90 THE LONGEST TIME Billy Joel (Columbia) (#14, May)
1083 91 TONIGHT Kool and the Gang (De-Lite) (#13, May)
1082 92 GOT A HOLD ON ME Christine McVie (Warner Brothers) (#10, March)
1061 93 DANCING IN THE SHEETS The Shalamar (Columbia) (#17, May)
1058 94 UNDERCOVER OF THE NIGHT The Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones) (#9, Dec 1983)
1055 95 NEW MOON ON MONDAY Duran Duran (Capitol) (#10, March)
1054 96 MAJOR TOM (Coming Home) Peter Schilling (Elektra) (#14, Dec 1983)
1043 97 MAGIC The Cars (Elektra) (#12, July)
1040 98 WHEN YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES Night Ranger (Camel) (#14, Sept)
1026 99 ROCK ME TONITE Billy Squier (Capitol) (#15, Sept)
1023 100 YA MO BE THERE James Ingram with Michael McDonald (Quest) (#19, March)

[vince]

1985 is the first time BB counted a records full chart funs instead of just performance in a defined survey period. AT40 counted full chart runs since their first time they did their own ranking in 1972. BB methodology was reverse rank with tiered bonus points just like in 1984. BB credited the full chart run to records ascending on the 11/17/1984 chart or later. They did estimates for records that did not complete their chart run by the end of the year. Records ascending on the 12/7/1985 chart were held over to the next year. I was not going to arbitrarily make up point so I credited records through the last survey of the year. This will account for some differences between my ranking and BB’s official ranking. For the frozen week of 12/29/1984, 1/5/1985 is credited twice as it gave a closer match to BB official ranking. Had 11/22/1984 been credited twice, “Like A Virgin” would have been #1.

Points (* indicates a #1 song)POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
2158 *1 CARELESS WHISPER Wham! Featuring George Michael (Columbia) (#1, Feb)
2151 *2 LIKE A VIRGIN Madonna (Sire) (#1, Dec 1984)
2097 *3 WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO-GO Wham! (Columbia) (#1, Nov 1984)
2062 4 I FEEL FOR YOU Chaka Khan (Warner Brothers) (#3, Nov 1984)
2061 *5 I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS Foreigner (Atlantic) (#1, Feb)
2041 *6 OUT OF TOUCH Daryl Hall and John Oates (RCA) (#1, Dec 1984)
2019 *7 EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD Tears For Fears (Mercury) (#1, June)
2001 *8 MONEY FOR NOTHING Dire Straits (Warner Brothers) (#1, Sept)
1969 *9 CRAZY FOR YOU Madonna (Sire) (#1, May)
1959 *10 TAKE ON ME A-Ha (Warner Brothers) (#1, Oct)
1940 *11 EVERY TIME YOU GO AWAY Paul Young (Columbia) (#1, July)
1932 12 EASY LOVER Philip Bailey with Phil Collins (Columbia) (#2, Feb)
1910 *13 CAN'T FIGHT THIS FEELING REO Speedwagon (Epic) (#1, March)
1890 *14 THE POWER OF LOVE Huey Lewis and the News (Chysalis) (#1, Aug)
1873 15 CHERISH Kool and the Gang (De-Lite) (#2, Sept)
1872 *16 DON'T YOU (Forget About Me) Simple Minds (A&M) (#1, May)
1834 *17 ST. ELMO'S FIRE (Man In Motion) John Parr (Atlantic) (#1, Sept)
1828 *18 PART-TIME LOVER Stevie Wonder (Tamla) (#1, Nov)
1827 *19 WE BUILT THIS CITY Starship (Grunt) (#1, Nov)
1824 *20 WE ARE THE WORLD USA For Africa (Columbia) (#1, April)
1822 21 THE HEAT IS ON Glenn Frey (MCA) (#2, March)
1820 *22 SHOUT Tears For Fears (Columbia) (#1 , Aug)
1819 *23 EVERYTHING SHE WANTS Wham! (Columbia) (#1, May)
1799 *24 SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU Whitney Houston (Arista) (#1, Oct)
1786 25 COOL IT NOW New Edition (MCA) (#4, Jan)
1769 *26 HEAVEN Bryan Adams (A&M) (#1, June)
1722 27 LOVER BOY Billy Ocean (Jive) (#2, Feb)
1720 *28 MIAMI VICE THEME Jan Hammer (MCA) (#1, Nov)
1714 29 RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT DeBarge (Gordy) (#3, April)
1711 30 LOVER GIRL Teena Marie (Epic) (#4, March)
1704 *31 ONE MORE NIGHT Phil Collins (Atlantic) (#1, March)
1703 *32 OH SHEILA Ready For the World (MCA) (#1, Oct)
1702 33 SEA OF LOVE The Honeydrippers (Es Paranza) (#3, Jan)
1685 *34 A VIEW TO A KILL Duran Duran (Capitol) (#1, July)
1684 35 THE WILD BOYS Duran Duran (Capitol) (#2, Dec 1984)
1665 36 YOU'RE THE INSPIRATION Chicago (Full Moon) (#3, Jan)
1652 37 NEUTRON DANCE The Pointer Sisters (Planet) (#6, Feb)
1637 38 WE BELONG Pat Benatar (Chrysalis) (#5, Jan)
1630 39 NIGHTSHIFT The Commodores (Motown) (#3, April)
1629 40 THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER Howard Jones (Elektra) (#5, June)
1626 *41 SEPARATE LIVES Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin (Atlantic) (#1, Nov)
1611 42 FREEWAY OF LOVE Aretha Franklin (Arista) (#3, Aug)
1609 43 STRUT Sheena Easton (EMI-America) (#7, Nov 1984)
1607 44 NEVER SURRENDER Corey Hart (EMI-America) (#3, Aug)
1600 45 YOU BELONG TO THE CITY Glenn Frey (MCA) (#2, Nov)
1598 46 YOU GIVE GOOD LOVE Whitney Houston (Arista) (#3, July)
1592 47 ALL I NEED Jack Wagner (Qwest) (#2, Jan)
1581 *48 SUSSUDIO Phil Collins (Atlantic) (#1, July)
1577 49 THE SEARCH IS OVER Survivor (Scotti Brothers) (#4, July)
1569 50 MISSING YOU Diana Ross (RCA) (#10, April)
1566 51 RASPBERRY BERET Prince and the Revolution (Paisley Park) (#2, July)
1564 52 SUDDENLY Billy Ocean (Jive) (#4, June)
1563 53 ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK Murray Head (RCA) (#3, May)
1562 54 THE BOYS OF SUMMER Don Henley (Geffen) (#5, Feb)
1560 55 IF YOU LOVE SOMEBODY SET THEM FREE Sting (A&M) (#3, Aug)
1556 56 OBSESSION Animotion (Mercury) (#6, May)
1525 57 WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER HERO (Thunderdome) Tina Turner (Capitol) (#2, Sept)
1504 58 MATERIAL GIRL Madonna (Sire) (#2, March)
1503 59 BETTER BE GOOD TO ME Tina Turner (Capitol) (#5, Nov 1984)
1498 60 HEAD OVER HEELS Tears For Fears (Mercury) (#3, Nov)
1477 61 AXEL F Harold Faltermeyer (MCA) (#3, June)
1470 62 SMOOTH OPERATOR Sade (Portrait) (#5, May)
1461 63 IN MY HOUSE The Mary Jane Girls (Gordy) (#7, June)
1450 64 DON'T LOSE MY NUMBER Phil Collins (Atlantic) (#4, Sept)
1443 65 ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT Cyndi Lauper (Portrait) (#5, Dec 1984)
1419 66 RUN TO YOU Bryan Adams (A&M) (#6, Jan)
1408 67 GLORY DAYS Bruce Springsteen (Columbia) (#5, Aug)
1405 68 VOICES CARRY 'Til Tuesday (Epic) (#8, July)
1396 69 MISLED Kool and the Gang (De-Lite) (#10, March)
1388 70 WOULD I LIE TO YOU The Eurythmics (RCA) (#5, July)
1366 71 NO MORE LONELY NIGHTS Paul McCartney (Columbia) (#6, Dec 1984)
1365 72 BE NEAR ME ABC (Mercury) (#9, Nov)
1353 73 I CAN'T HOLD BACK Survivor (Scotti Brothers) (#13, Dec 1984)
1348 74 SUMMER OF '69 Bryan Adams (A&M) (#5, Aug)
1346 75 WALKING ON SUNSHINE Katrina and the Waves (Capitol) (#9, June)
1340 76 FREEDOM Wham! (Columbia) (#3, Sept)
1326 77 PENNY LOVER Lionel Richie (Motown) (#8, Dec 1984)
1322 78 TOO LATE FOR GOODBYES Julian Lennon (Atlantic) (#5, March)
1321 79 LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME The Thompson Twins (Arista) (#6, Nov)
1311 80 WHAT ABOUT LOVE Heart (Capitol) (#10, Aug)
1310 81 SOME LIKE IT HOT The Power Station (Capitol) (#6, May)
1307 82 ANGEL Madonna (Sire) (#5, June)
1307 83 I'M ON FIRE Bruce Springsteen (Columbia) (#6, April)
1307 84 LONELY OL' NIGHT John Cougar Mellencamp (Riva) (#6, Oct)
1306 85 SOLID Ashford and Simpson (Capitol) (#12, Feb)
1302 86 WHO'S HOLDING DONNA NOW DeBarge (Gordy) (#6, Aug)
1300 87 METHOD OF MODERN LOVE Daryl Hall and John Oates (RCA) (#5, Feb)
1287 88 VALOTTE Julian Lennon (Atlantic) (#9, Jan)
1269 89 CALIFORNIA GIRLS David Lee Roth (Warner Brothers) (#3, March)
1253 90 FRESH Kool and the Gang (De-Lite) (#9, June)
1252 91 DO WHAT YOU DO Jermaine Jackson (Arista) (#13, Jan)
1252 92 JUNGLE LOVE The Time (Warner Brothers) (#20, Feb)
1249 93 FORTRESS AROUND YOUR HEART Sting (A&M) (#8, Oct)
1240 94 PRIVATE DANCER Tina Turner (Capitol) (#7, March)
1223 95 WHO'S ZOOMIN' WHO Aretha Franklin (Arista) (#7, Nov)
1215 96 BORN IN THE U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen (Columbia) (#9, Jan)
1203 97 ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS DANCE Don Henley (Geffen) (#9, May)
1198 98 DRESS YOU UP Madonna (Sire) (#5, Oct)
1175 99 SENTIMENTAL STREET Night Ranger (Camel) (#8, July)
1170 100 SUGAR WALLS Sheena Easton (EMI-America) (#9, March)

[OnWithTheCountdown]

After 31 years and 8 days of being side-by-side, "Loverboy" and "Lovergirl" are now broken up. How sad.

Haha, just kidding, vince - absolutely phenomenal work with these. Thanks for your time and efforts, and for sharing! Looking forward to the remaining years.

[Mike]

I recall that I posted an alternate survey period computation (calendar year) for 1985 several years ago and want to reference that, but want to double-check my point totals before I do.

For now, though, I'll bring up "Purple Rain". Simply put, the only reason this was left off the year-end surveys completely was due to Billboard's disqualifying it from the 1985 survey - likely due to being bulletless on 11/17/84, the end of 1984's survey period and beginning of 1985's. Never mind that it was #2 for 11/17 and 11/24.

By my count, it didn't have enough points to rank in 1984 - no surprise there, given that 11/17 was just its 7th week on the entire Hot 100. Its point total was still impressive for that short lifespan though, 865 points.

For its full lifespan, however, it would have had 1460 points in total (using the 1/5 chart twice as vince did above; when using 12/29 twice instead, the total is 1478), which would place it at #64 in vince's 1985 survey.

[vince]

For 1986, BB more or less did the same thing they did for 1985. The methodology is reverse rank with three tiered bonus points. The survey period, just like 1985, includes records full chart runs. BB was not clear about the start date of their 1986 year end pop singles chart. The 1986 year end issue had the survey period as running from 11/17/1985 to 12/6/1986. There is no chart dated 11/17/1985. It looks like BB actually started the survey period with either 11/30/1985 or 12/7/1985. For records at the end of the year, I did not want to make up projected points so I credited records through the last chart of 1986 which will account for some differences from BB’s official ranking. This time BB counted the week of 12/28/1985 twice for the frozen week on 1/4/1986.

Points (* indicates a #1 song) POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
2370 *1 THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR Dionne and Friends (Arista) (#1, Jan)
2226 *2 SAY YOU, SAY ME Lionel Richie (Motown) (#1, Dec 1985)
2147 3 I MISS YOU Klymaxx (Constellation) (#5, Dec 1985)
2057 *4 ON MY OWN Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald (MCA) (#1, June)
2053 *5 BROKEN WINGS Mr. Mister (MCA) (#1, Dec 1985)
2032 *6 HOW WILL I KNOW Whitney Houston (Arista) (#1, Feb)
1927 7 PARTY ALL THE TIME Eddie Murphy (Columbia) (#2, Dec 1985)
1860 8 BURNING HEART Survivor (Scotti Brothers) (#2, Feb)
1839 *9 KYRIE Mr. Mister (MCA) (#1, March)
1833 *10 ADDICTED TO LOVE Robert Palmer (Island) (#1, May)
1819 *11 GREATEST LOVE OF ALL Whitney Houston (Arista) (#1, May)
1810 12 SECRET LOVERS Atlantic Starr (A&M) (#3, March)
1810 13 FRIENDS AND LOVERS Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson (USA Carrere) (#2, Sept)
1809 *14 GLORY OF LOVE Peter Cetera (Warner Brothers) (#1, Aug)
1809 *15 WEST END GIRLS The Pet Shop Boys (EMI-America) (#1, May)
1805 *16 THERE'LL BE SAD SONGS (To Make You Cry) Billy Ocean (Jive) (#1, July)
1802 17 ALIVE AND KICKING Simple Minds (Virgin) (#3, Dec 1985)
1785 18 NEVER Heart (Capitol) (#4, Dec 1985)
1783 *19 KISS Prince and the Revolution (Paisley Park) (#1, April)
1775 *20 HIGHER LOVE Steve Winwood (Island) (#1, Aug)
1764 *21 STUCK WITH YOU Huey Lewis and the News (Chrysalis) (#1, Sept)
1755 *22 HOLDING BACK THE YEARS Simply Red (Elektra) (#1, July)
1749 *23 SLEDGEHAMMER Peter Gabriel (Geffen) (#1, July)
1742 24 I CAN'T WAIT Nu Shooz (Atlantic) (#3, June)
1739 *25 SARA Starship (Grunt) (#1, March)
1732 *26 TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin (Columbia) (#1, Sept)
1716 *27 ROCK ME AMADEUS Falco (A&M) (#1, March)
1713 *28 PAPA DON'T PREACH Madonna (Sire) (#1, Aug)
1698 *29 HUMAN The Human League (Virgin) (#1, Nov)
1697 30 WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GET GOING Billy Ocean (Jive) (#2, Feb)
1692 *31 WHEN I THINK OF YOU Janet Jackson (A&M) (#1, Oct)
1686 32 DON'T FORGET ME (When I'm Gone) Glass Tiger (Manhattan) (#2, Oct)
1684 *33 THESE DREAMS Heart (Capitol) (#1, March)
1678 *34 LIVE TO TELL Madonna (Sire) (#1, June)
1667 35 MAD ABOUT YOU Belinda Carlisle (I.R.S.) (#3, Aug)
1646 *36 VENUS Bananarama (London) (#1, Sept)
1645 37 SOMETHING ABOUT YOU Level 42 (Polydor) (#7, May)
1642 38 DANCING ON THE CEILING Lionel Richie (Motown) (#2, Sept)
1620 39 CONGA The Miami Sound Machine (Epic) (#10, Feb)
1619 *40 YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME Bon Jovi (Mercury) (#1, Nov)
1599 *41 TRUE COLORS Cyndi Lauper (Portrait) (#1, Oct)
1598 42 DANGER ZONE Kenny Loggins (Columbia) (#2, July)
1576 43 I DIDN'T MEAN TO TURN YOU ON Robert Palmer (Island) (#2, Nov)
1575 44 WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY Janet Jackson (A&M) (#4, May)
1573 45 NO ONE IS TO BLAME Howard Jones (Elektra) (#4, July)
1558 46 LET'S GO ALL THE WAY Sly Fox (Capitol) (#7, April)
1546 47 WORDS GET IN THE WAY The Miami Sound Machine (Epic) (#5, Sept)
1545 48 MANIC MONDAY The Bangles (Columbia) (#2, April)
1540 49 WALK OF LIFE Dire Straits (Warner Brothers) (#7, Jan)
1533 50 TWO OF HEARTS Stacey Q (Atlantic) (#3, Oct)
1524 *51 AMANDA Boston (MCA) (#1, Nov)
1520 52 CRUSH ON YOU The Jets (MCA) (#3, June)
1513 53 IF YOU LEAVE Orchestral Manoeuvers In the Dark (A&M) (#4, May)
1513 54 ALL CRIED OUT Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force (Columbia) (#8, Oct)
1510 *55 INVISIBLE TOUCH Genesis (Atlantic) (#1, July)
1508 56 THE SWEETEST TABOO Sade (Portrait) (#5, March)
1500 57 WHAT YOU NEED INXS (Atlantic) (#5, April)
1493 58 NASTY Janet Jackson (A&M) (#3, July)
1484 59 TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT Eddie Money (Columbia) (#4, Nov)
1480 60 WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE OUR CLOSE OFF Jermaine Stewart (Arista) (#5, Aug)
1472 61 TALK TO ME Stevie Nicks (Modern) (#4, Jan)
1465 62 YOUR LOVE The Outfield (Columbia) (#6, May)
1452 63 PERFECT WAY Scritti Politti (Warner Brothers) (#11, Dec 1985)
1446 64 I'M YOUR MAN Wham! (Columbia) (#3, Feb)
1433 65 LIVING IN AMERICA James Brown (Scotti Brothers) (#4, Feb)
1433 66 R.O.C.K. IN THE U.S.A. (A Salute To 60's Rock) John Cougar Mellencamp (Riva) (#2, April)
1427 67 WHO'S JOHNNY El DeBarge (Gordy) (#3, July)
1425 68 WHY CAN'T THIS BE LOVE Van Halen (Warner Brothers) (#3, May)
1421 69 SMALL TOWN John Cougar Mellencamp (Riva) (#6, Dec 1985)
1420 70 SILENT RUNNING (On Dangerous Ground) Mike + the Mechanics (Atlantic) (#6, March)
1412 71 TYPICAL MALE Tina Turner (Capitol) (#2, Oct)
1395 72 TARZAN BOY Baltimora (Manhattan) (#13, Feb)
1386 73 ALL I NEED IS A MIRACLE Mike + the Mechanics (Atlantic) (#5, June)
1383 74 WORD UP Cameo (Atlanta Artists) (#6, Nov)
1375 75 SWEET FREEDOM Michael McDonald (MCA) (#7, Aug)
1347 76 RUMORS The Timex Social Club (Jay) (#8, Aug)
1336 77 LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN The Dream Academy (Warner Brothers) (#7, Feb)
1334 78 BAD BOYS The Miami Sound Machine (Epic) (#8, May)
1327 79 TRUE BLUE Madonna (Sire) (#3, Nov)
1319 80 ELECTION DAY Arcadia (Capitol) (#6, Dec 1985)
1315 81 SLEEPING BAG Z.Z. Top (Warner Brothers) (#8, Dec 1985)
1303 82 TONIGHT SHE COMES The Cars (Elektra) (#7, Jan)
1301 83 LOVE TOUCH Rod Stewart (Warner Brothers) (#6, Aug)
1300 84 THROWING IT ALL AWAY Genesis (Atlantic) (#4, Oct)
1299 85 A LOVE BIZARRE Sheila E. (Paisley Park) (#11, March)
1293 86 BABY LOVE Regina (Atlantic) (#10, Sept)
1284 87 NIKITA Elton John (Geffen) (#7, March)
1274 88 TAKE ME HOME Phil Collins (Atlantic) (#7, May)
1264 89 WALK THIS WAY Run-D.M.C. (Profile) (#4, Sept)
1264 90 SWEET LOVE Anita Baker (Elektra) (#8, Nov)
1257 91 YOUR WILDEST DREAMS The Moody Blues (Polydor) (#9, July)
1252 92 SPIES LIKE US Paul McCartney (Capitol) (#7, Feb)
1211 93 OBJECT OF MY DESIRE Starpoint (Elektra) (#25, Dec 1985)
1197 94 I'LL BE OVER YOU Toto (Columbia) (#11, Nov)
1193 95 DREAMTIME Daryl Hall (RCA) (#5, Oct)
1174 96 TENDER LOVE The Force M.D.'s (Tommy Blue) (#10, April)
1169 97 KING FOR A DAY The Thompson Twins (Arista) (#8, March)
1163 98 A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael (Columbia) (#7, June)
1152 99 GO HOME Stevie Wonder (Tamla) (#10, Feb)
1135 100 HEARTBEAT Don Johnson (Epic) (#5, Oct)

[OnWithTheCountdown]

Hey, vince - I wonder if 11/17/1985 is really the chart week of 11/23/1985. I remember Shadoe mentioning in the credits of the 1989 year-end, he said the chart period was from 12/4/1988 to 12/2/1989. The latter was a chart date, but the former was the day after the chart period for 1988 ended. Not often we hear it mentioned that way, instead of using the first chart of 12/10/1988. So I'm wondering if this is the case with the 1986 year-end.

My thoughts, anyway...

[vince]

Next is 1987. BB had a big change in their methodology were they switched form a methodology based on reverse rank to a complex inverse point system. Exactly what they did is not possible to reproduce without inside information.

I was able to come up with a complex inverse point system that estimates what BB did get and most records within a few positions of their position on the official chart. What I came up with awards a position 95% of the points of the next higher position. For example #1 gets 100 points, #2 gets 95 points, and #3 gets 90.25 points. The point for a position can be calculated using the following formula: points = 100*.95^(position-1). Bonus points are not awarded with this methodology. After totaling a records points they are rounded to the nearest whole number.

Records ascending on 12/6/1986 were included. Records ascending on 12/5/1987 were held over to 1988. The frozen week of 1/3/1987 was covered by counting 12/27/1986 twice. Just as BB I counted a records full chart run. Instead of estimating points for records late in the year I credited through the last survey of the year.

Points (* indicates a #1 song) POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
1020 *1 WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN The Bangles (Columbia) (#1, Dec 1986)
957 *2 SHAKE YOU DOWN Gregory Abbott (Columbia) (#1, Jan)
952 *3 ALONE Heart (Capitol) (#1, July)
948 *4 I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (Who Loves Me) Whitney Houston (Arista) (#1, June)
943 *5 NOTHING'S GONNA STOP US NOW Starship (Grunt) (#1, April)
932 6 C'EST LA VIE Robbie Nevil (EMI-Manhattan) (#2, Jan)
929 *7 HERE I GO AGAIN Whitesnake (Geffen) (#1, Oct)
922 *8 THE WAY IT IS Bruce Hornsby and the Range (RCA) (#1, Dec 1986)
901 *9 SHAKEDOWN Bob Segar (MCA) (#1, Aug)
898 *10 LIVIN' ON A PRAYER Bon Jovi (Mercury) (#1, Feb)
889 11 EVERYBODY HAVE FUN TONIGHT Wang Chung (Geffen) (#2, Dec 1986)
884 *12 LA BAMBA Los Lobos (Slash) (#1, Aug)
878 13 DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER Crowded House (Capitol) (#2, April)
860 *14 WITH OR WITHOUT YOU U2 (Island) (#1, May)
854 *15 ALWAYS Atlantic Starr (Warner Brothers) (#1, June)
848 *16 I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW Tiffany (MCA) (#1, Nov)
843 17 LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE Jody Wately (MCA) (#2, May)
842 *18 HEAD TO TOE Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam (Columbia) (#1, June)
827 *19 AT THIS MOMENT Billy Vera and the Beatlers (Rhino) (#1, Jan)
818 *20 DIDN'T WE ALMOST HAVE IT ALL Whitney Houston (Arista) (#1, Sept)
817 *21 I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR U2 (Island) (#1, Aug)
815 22 THE LADY IN RED Chris DeBurgh (A&M) (#3, May)
814 *23 MONY MONY "LIVE" Billy Idol (Chrysalis) (#1, Nov)
809 *24 (I've Had) THE TIME OF MY LIFE Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes (RCA) (#1, Nov)
809 25 NOTORIOUS Duran Duran (Capitol) (#2, Jan)
808 26 I WANT YOUR SEX George Michael (Columbia) (#2, Aug)
799 *27 THE NEXT TIME I FALL Peter Cetera with Amy Grant (Warner Brothers) (#1, Dec 1986)
799 28 ONLY IN MY DREAMS Debbie Gibson (Atlantic) (#4, Sept)
787 *29 LOST IN EMOTION Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam (Columbia) (#1, Oct)
782 *30 LEAN ON ME Club Nouveau (Warner Brothers) (#1, March)
771 *31 OPEN YOUR HEART Madonna (Sire) (#1, Feb)
769 32 HEART AND SOUL T'Pau (Virgin) (#4, Aug)
751 33 KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF The Georgia Satellites (Elektra) (#2, Feb)
748 *34 I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING (For Me) Aretha Franklin and George Michael (Arista) (#1, April)
746 *35 YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ON Kim Wilde (MCA) (#1, June)
745 *36 (I Just) DIED IN YOUR ARMS The Cutting Crew (Virgin) (#1, May)
740 37 CONTROL Janet Jackson (A&M) (#5, Jan)
738 38 U GOT THE LOOK Prince (Paisley Park) (#2, Oct)
736 39 LAND OF CONFUSION Genesis (Altantic) (#4, Jan)
730 40 SOMEWHERE OUT THERE Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram (MCA) (#2, March)
723 *41 JACOB'S LADDER Huey Lewis and the News (Chrysalis) (#1, March)
713 *42 WHO'S THAT GIRL Madonna (Sire) (#1, Aug)
708 43 YOU GOT IT ALL The Jets (MCA) (#3, March)
694 44 TOUCH ME (I Want Your Body) Samantha Fox (Jive) (#4, Feb)
693 *45 I JUST CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU Michael Jackson (with Siedah Garrett) (#1, Sept)
690 46 CAUSING A COMMOTION Madonna (Sire) (#2, Oct)
689 47 HIP TO BE SQUARE Huey Lewis and the News (Chrysalis) (#3, Dec 1986)
684 48 LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac (Warner Brothers) (#4, Nov)
682 49 IN TOO DEEP Genesis (Altantic) (#3, June)
676 50 LET'S WAIT AWHILE Janet Jackson (A&M) (#2, March)
675 51 WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME Chicago (Warner Brothers) (#3, Feb)
673 52 I HEARD A RUMOUR Bananarama (London) (#4, Sept)
666 53 SONGBIRD Kenny G (Arista) (#4, July)
662 54 LUKA Suzanne Vega (A&M) (#3, Aug)
662 55 CARRIE Europe (Epic) (#3, Oct)
661 56 DON'T MEAN NOTHING Richard Marx (EMI-Manhattan) (#3, Aug)
648 57 CAN'T WE TRY Dan Hill with Vonda Shepard (Columbia) (#6, Sept)
646 58 TO BE A LOVER Billy Idol (Chrysalis) (#6, Dec 1986)
646 59 LA ISLA BONITA Madonna (Sire) (#4, May)
642 60 SIGN 'O' THE TIMES Prince (Paisley Park) (#3, April)
637 61 COME GO WITH ME Expose (Arista) (#5, April)
637 *62 BAD Michael Jackson (Epic) (#1, Oct)
634 63 SOMEDAY Glass Tiger (EMI-Manhattan) (#7, Jan)
636 64 DON'T DISTURB THIS GROOVE The System (Atlantic) (#4, July)
633 65 STAND BY ME Ben E. King (Atlantic) (#9, Dec 1986) (#4, June 1961)
632 66 CHANGE OF HEART Cyndi Lauper (Portrait) (#3, Feb)
624 67 MANDOLIN RAIN Bruce Hornsby and the Range (RCA) (#4, March)
620 68 BREAKOUT Swing Out Sister (Mercury) (#6, Nov)
606 69 WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE Bon Jovi (Mercury) (#7, June)
605 70 RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine (Epic) (#5, Aug)
604 71 CASANOVA Levert (Atlantic) (#5, Oct)
603 72 WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC (Mercury) (#5, Sept)
596 73 IS THIS LOVE Survivor (Scotti Brothers) (#9, Jan)
596 74 ROCK STEADY The Whispers (Solar) (#7, Aug)
594 75 TONIGHT, TONIGHT, TONIGHT Genesis (Altantic) (#3, April)
591 76 LET ME BE THE ONE Expose (Arista) (#7, Oct)
590 77 THE FINER THINGS Steve Winwood (Island) (#8, April)
590 78 BIG TIME Peter Gabriel (Geffen) (#8, March)
573 79 DIAMONDS Herb Alpert (with Janet Jackson and Lisa Keith) (A&M) (#5, June)
569 80 MIDNIGHT BLUE Lou Gramm (Atlantic) (#5, April)
565 81 POINT OF NO RETURN Expose (Arista) (#5, July)
561 82 BIG LOVE Fleetwood Mac (Warner Brothers) (#5, May)
556 83 SOMETHING SO STRONG Crowded House (Capitol) (#7, July)
555 84 HEAT OF THE NIGHT Bryan Adams (A&M) (#6, May)
547 85 JUST TO SEE HER Smokey Robinson (Motown) (#8, July)
537 86 NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE MY LOVE FOR YOU Glenn Mederios (Amherst) (#12, June)
537 87 BRILLIANT DISGUISE Bruce Springsteen (Columbia) (#5, Nov)
525 88 WHO WILL YOU RUN TO Heart (Capitol) (#7, Oct)
522 89 DON'T GET ME WRONG The Pretenders (Sire) (#10, Dec 1986)
522 90 RESPECT YOURSELF Bruce Willis (Motown) (#5, March)
520 91 VICTORY Kool and the Gang (Mercury) (#10, Jan)
510 92 CROSS MY BROKEN HEART The Jets (MCA) (#7, Aug)
508 93 DOING IT ALL FOR MY BABY Huey Lewis and the News (Chrysalis) (#6, Sept)
506 94 RIGHT ON TRACK The Breakfast Club (MCA) (#7, May)
504 95 BALLERINA GIRL Lionel Richie (Motown) (#7, Feb)
501 96 FUNKYTOWN Pseudo Echo (RCA) (#6, July)
485 97 MEET ME HALF WAY Kenny Loggins (Columbia) (#11, June)
482 98 I'VE BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE The Cutting Crew (Virgin) (#9, Nov)
472 99 (You Gotta) FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT (To Party) The Beastie Boys (Def Jam) (#7, March)
465 100 WAR Bruce Springsteen (Columbia) (#8, Dec 1986)

[vince]

Jan 14, 2017 17:19:59 GMT -5 OnWithTheCountdown said:

Hey, vince - I wonder if 11/17/1985 is really the chart week of 11/23/1985. I remember Shadoe mentioning in the credits of the 1989 year-end, he said the chart period was from 12/4/1988 to 12/2/1989. The latter was a chart date, but the former was the day after the chart period for 1988 ended. Not often we hear it mentioned that way, instead of using the first chart of 12/10/1988. So I'm wondering if this is the case with the 1986 year-end.

My thoughts, anyway...

Onwiththecountdown,

11/23/1985 may have been the week BB meant to identify. What made it confusing was "Separate Lives" was still climbing the chart on 11/23 & 11/30, and it was included in 1985. Then "Never" climbed to #4 on 12/7 without a bullet and it was included in 1986 while as Mike mentioned earlier "Purple Rain" was not bulleted on 11/17/1984 and was not included in 1985.

[OnWithTheCountdown]

vince - My guess on "Separate Lives" was that since it peaked prior to 1985's cut-off date of 12/7, that BB included it in 1985, even if the 1986 survey period overlapped it some - in which I think AT40/BB didn't want songs to appear in two year-end surveys. (Which has happened quite a bit in the last 20-plus years.) I think in the case of "Never", because it was still ascending on 12/7 (even bulletless), that it was held over to 1986. Just guesses on my part.

Glad that AT40 did their own chart for 1984, otherwise we'd have never heard "Purple Rain" on a year-end countdown. It was just bad timing for it to peak when it did, with all the rules in place. Even if, let's just say, "PR" took 2-3 months to descend through the 40 after its peak, it still wouldn't have factored in the rankings, even though its point total clearly says it should make the top 100 of the year (and as illustrated, it would have). I'm not really a fan of that rule. Great example there, Mike.

[vince]

On to 1988. BB used a complex inverse point system based on the average number of points a record got for the positions on the weekly survey. These points were not made available to BB’s readers. I used the same methodology that I used for 1987. It gave a ranking that was close to BB’s official survey likely because the point distribution was similar. The survey period was from 12/5/1987 to 12/3/1988. Records ascending on 12/5/1987 are credited for their full chart run. Records descending on 12/3/1988 were estimated by BB, I credited those records to the end of the year. Records ascending on 12/3/1988 were held over to 1989. The frozen week of 1/2/1988 was credited by counting the week of 12/26/1987 twice.

Points (* indicates a #1 song) POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
984 *1 FAITH George Michael (Columbia) (#1, Dec 1987)
972 *2 NEED YOU TONIGHT INXS (Atlantic) (#1, Jan)
934 *3 GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU George Harrison (Dark Horse) (#1, Jan)
906 *4 NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP Rick Astley (RCA) (#1, March)
899 *5 SWEET CHILD O' MINE Guns N' Roses (Geffen) (#1, Sept)
899 *6 SO EMOTIONAL Whitney Houston (Arista) (#1, Jan)
894 *7 HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH Belinda Carlisle (MCA) (#1, Dec 1987)
891 *8 COULD'VE BEEN Tiffany (MCA) (#1, Feb)
876 9 HANDS TO HEAVEN Breathe (A&M) (#2, Aug)
875 *10 ROLL WITH IT Steve Winwood (Virgin) (#1, July)
873 *11 WISHING WELL Terence Trent D'Arby (Columbia) (#1, May)
868 *12 ONE MORE TRY George Michael (Columbia) (#1, May)
867 *13 GET OUTTA MY DREAMS, GET INTO MY CAR Billy Ocean (Jive) (#1, April)
865 *14 SEASONS CHANGE Expose (Arista) (#1, Feb)
864 *15 ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine (Epic) (#1, May)
861 *16 WILD, WILD WEST The Escape Club (Atlantic) (#1, Nov)
858 *17 THE FLAME Cheap Trick (Epic) (#1, July)
846 18 IS THIS LOVE Whitesnake (Geffen) (#2, Dec 1987)
834 *19 MAN IN THE MIRROR Michael Jackson (Epic) (#1, March)
833 20 POUR SOME SUGAR ON ME Def Leppard (Mercury) (#2, July)
831 21 I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU Taylor Dayne (Arista) (#3, Sept)
814 22 SHAKE YOUR LOVE Debbbie Gibson (Atlantic) (#4, Dec 1987)
812 23 SIMPLY IRRESISTABLE Robert Palmer (EMI-Manhattan) (#2, Sept)
809 24 HUNGRY EYES Eric Carmen (RCA) (#4, Feb)
807 *25 HOLD ON TO THE NIGHTS Richard Marx (EMI-Manhattan) (#1, July)
801 *26 A GROOVY KIND OF LOVE Phil Collins (Altantic) (#1, Oct)
795 27 SHATTERED DREAMS Johnny Hates Jazz (Virgin) (#2, May)
790 *28 WHERE DO BROKEN HEARTS GO Whitney Houston (Arista) (#1, April)
788 *29 LOVE BITES Def Leppard (Mercury) (#1, Oct)
787 30 NAUGHTY GIRLS (Need Love Too) Samantha Fox (Jive) (#3, June)
785 *31 FATHER FIGURE George Michael (Columbia) (#1, Feb)
784 32 ENDLESS SUMMER NIGHTS Richard Marx (EMI-Manhattan) (#2, March)
781 *33 FOOLISH BEAT Debbie Gibson (Atlantic) (#1, June)
778 34 HAZY SHADE OF WINTER The Bangles (Def Jam) (#2, Feb)
775 *35 THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson (Epic) (#1, Jan)
774 36 ANGEL Aerosmith (Geffen) (#3, April)
772 *37 DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY Bobby McFerrin (EMI-Manhattan) (#1, Sept)
767 38 MAKE ME LOSE CONTROL Eric Carmen (Arista) (#3, Aug)
763 *39 RED RED WINE UB40 (A&M) (#1, Oct)
760 *40 KOKOMO The Beach Boys (Elektra) (#1, Nov)
760 41 SHE'S LIKE THE WIND Patrick Swayze Featuring Wendy Frazer (RCA) (#3, Feb)
746 42 I DON'T WANNA GO ON WITH YOU LIKE THAT Elton John (MCA) (#2, Aug)
740 *43 BAD MEDICINE Bon Jovi (Mercury) (#1, Nov)
737 *44 TOGETHER FOREVER Rick Astley (RCA) (#1, June)
737 *45 MONKEY George Michael (Columbia) (#1, Aug)
726 46 DEVIL INSIDE INXS (Atlantic) (#2, April)
717 47 SHOULD'VE KNOWN BETTER Richard Marx (EMI-Manhattan) (#3, Dec 1987)
715 48 I DON'T WANNA LIVE WITHOUT YOUR LOVE Chicago (Reprise) (#3, Aug)
714 49 TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne (Arista) (#7, Jan)
707 50 DON'T YOU WANT ME Jody Wately (MCA) (#6, Dec 1987)
705 51 THE LOCO-MOTION Kylie Minogue (Geffen) (#3, Nov)
705 52 OUT OF THE BLUE Debbie Gibson (Altantic) (#3, April
703 53 MAKE IT REAL The Jets (MCA) (#4, June)
702 54 WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND (Pure Energy) The Information Society (Tommy Boy) (#3, Oct)
701 55 WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS The Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield (EMI-Manhattan) (#2, Feb)
680 56 I GET WEAK Belinda Carlisle (MCA) (#2, March)
675 57 DESIRE U2 (Island) (#3, Nov)
673 58 GIRLFRIEND Pebbles (MCA) (#5, April)
671 59 SIGN YOUR NAME Terance Trent D'Arby (Columbia) (#4, Aug)
665 60 I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN Roger (Reprise) (#3, Feb)
661 61 DON'T BE CRUEL Cheap Trick (Epic) (#4, Oct)
659 62 1-2-3 Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine (Epic) (#3, Aug)
658 *63 DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson (Epic) (#1, July)
648 64 MERCEDES BOY Pebbles (MCA) (#2, July)
646 65 CATCH ME (I'm Falling) Pretty Poison (Virgin) (#8, Dec 1987)
641 66 PERFECT WORLD Huey Lewis and the News (Chrysalis) (#3, Sept)
638 67 IF IT ISN'T LOVE New Edition (MCA) (#7, Sept)
634 68 NEW SENSATION INXS (Atlantic) (#3, July)
629 69 THE VALLEY ROAD Bruce Hornsby and the Range (RCA) (#5, July)
623 70 ROCKET 2 U The Jets (MCA) (#6, April)
621 71 ONE GOOD WOMAN Peter Cetera (Full Moon) (#4, Oct)
620 72 CANDLE IN THE WIND Elton John (MCA) (#6, Jan)
610 73 EVERYTHING YOUR HEART DESIRES Daryl Hall & John Oates (Arista) (#3, June)
607 74 SAY YOU WILL Foreigner (Atlantic) (#6, Feb)
605 75 PINK CADILLAC Natalie Cole (EMI-Manhattan) (#5, May)
600 76 FAST CAR Tracy Chapman (Elektra) (#6, Aug)
596 77 ELECTRIC BLUE Icehouse (Chrysalis) (#7, May)
594 78 I WANT HER Keith Sweat (Vintertainment) (#5, April)
586 79 DON'T BE CRUEL Bobby Brown (MCA) (#8, Oct)
576 80 ALWAYS ON MY MIND The Pet Shop Boys (EMI-Manhattan) (#4, May)
565 81 PIANO IN THE DARK Brenda Russell Featuring Joe Esposito (A&M) (#6, June)
560 82 DON'T SHED A TEAR Paul Carrack (Chrysalis) (#9, Feb)
559 83 WE'LL BE TOGETHER Sting (A&M) (#7, Dec 1987)
556 84 WHEN IT'S LOVE Van Halen (Warner Brothers) (#5, Sept)
556 85 I DON'T WANT TO LIVE WITHOUT YOU Foreigner (Atlantic) (#5, May)
555 86 I HATE MYSELF FOR LOVING YOU Joan Jett and the Blackhearts (Blackheart) (#8, Oct)
547 87 DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT THE NIGHT CAN DO Steve Winwood (Virgin) (#6, Oct)
544 88 ONE MOMENT IN TIME Whitney Houston (Arista) (#5, Nov)
539 89 CHERRY BOMB John Cougar Mellencamp (Mercury) (#8, Jan)
535 90 NEVER TEAR US APART INXS (Atlantic) (#7, Nov)
532 91 CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine (Epic) (#6, March)
531 92 NITE AND DAY Al B. Sure! (Warner Brothers) (#7, July)
528 93 VALERIE Steve Winwood (Island) (#9, Dec 1987)
521 94 JUST LIKE PARADISE David Lee Roth (Warner Brothers) (#6, March
519 95 I STILL BELIEVE Brenda K. Starr (MCA) (#13, July)
519 96 NOTHIN' BUT A GOOD TIME Poison (Enigma) (#6, July)
517 97 I FOUND SOMEONE Cher (Geffen) (#10, March)
515 98 PROVE YOUR LOVE Taylor Dayne (Arista) (#7, May)
513 99 WAIT White Lion (Atlantic) (#8, May)
502 100 THE ONE I LOVE R.E.M. (I.R.S.) (#9, Dec 1987)

[vince]

Now for 1989. BB used the same methodology they used for 1988. I will use the methodology I came up with to estimate BB’s late 80’s rankings. Records were credited for their full chart run with those ascending on 12/3/1988 or later and records descending on 2/2/1989 included. Record ascending on 12/2/1989 were scheduled to be held over but there was a change in 1990 that I will discuss later. Records were credited for their full chart run . BB estimated points for records late in the year. I credited though the last survey of the year. The week of 12/24/1988 was counted twice to credit the frozen week of 12/31/1988.
A lot has been discussed in other threads about “Look Away” being BB’s #1 song of 1989. It was already descending by the last week of 1988, but the methodology and crediting songs for their full chart runs is what resulted in “Look Away”s placement. When I applied AT40’s methodology to 1989 with a similar survey period, I got “Miss You Much” at #1.

Points (* indicates a #1 song) POS-TITLE-Artist (Peak Position-Peak Month)
992 *1 LOOK AWAY Chicago (Reprise) (#1, Dec 1988)
944 *2 MY PEROGATIVE Bobby Brown (MCA) (#1, Jan)
943 *3 EVERY ROSE HAS ITS THORN Poison (Enigma) (#1, Dec 1988)
934 *4 MISS YOU MUCH Janet Jackson (A&M) (#1, Oct)
932 *5 STRAIGHT UP Paula Abdul (Virgin) (#1, Feb)
919 *6 COLD HEARTED Paula Abdul (Virgin) (#1, Sept)
891 *7 BABY, I LOVE YOUR WAY/FREEBIRD MEDLEY (Free Baby) Will To Power (Epic) (#1, Dec 1988)
887 *8 WIND BENEATH MY WINGS Bette Midler (Atlantic) (#1, June)
880 9 GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE Milli Vanelli (Arista) (#2, April)
877 10 GIVING YOU THE BEST THAT I GOT Anita Baker (Elektra) (#3, Dec 1988)
872 *11 RIGHT HERE WAITING Richard Marx (EMI) (#1, Aug)
863 12 WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL Boy Meets Girl (RCA) (#5, Dec 1988)
852 *13 LOST IN YOUR EYES Debbie Gibson (Atlantic) (#1, March)
846 *14 DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU Gloria Estefan (Epic) (#1, Sept)
835 *15 GIRL I'M GONNA MISS YOU Milli Vanelli (Arista) (#1, Sept)
834 16 HEAVEN Warrant (Columbia) (#2, Sept)
831 *17 SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY Fine Young Cannibals (I.R.S.) (#1, April)
829 *18 TWO HEARTS Phil Collins (Atlantic) (#1, Jan)
829 *19 THE LOOK Roxette (EMI) (#1, April)
826 20 ON OUR OWN Bobby Brown (MCA) (#2, Aug)
824 21 HOW CAN I FALL Breathe (A&M) (#3, Dec 1988)
819 *22 LIKE A PRAYER Madonna (Sire) (#1, April)
818 *23 I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU Bon Jovi (Mercury) (#1, May)
817 *24 IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW Simply Red (Elektra) (#1, July)
816 *25 I'LL BE LOVING YOU (Forever) The New Kids On the Block (Columbia) (#1, June)
813 *26 BABY DON'T FORGET MY NUMBER Milli Vanelli (Arista) (#1, July)
811 *27 FOREVER YOUR GIRL Paula Abdul (Virgin) (#1, May)
808 *28 TOY SOLDIERS Martika (Columbia) (#1, July)
803 *29 LISTEN TO YOUR HEART Roxette (EMI) (#1, Nov)
802 30 BUST A MOVE Young M.C. (Delicious Vinyl) (#7, Oct)
797 *31 THE LIVING YEARS Mike + the Mechanics (Atlantic) (#1, March)
789 *32 BLAME IT ON THE RAIN Milli Vanelli (Arista) (#1, Nov)
777 33 DON'T RUSH ME Taylor Dayne (Arista) (#2, Jan)
771 *34 ETERNAL FLAME The Bangles (Columbia) (#1, April)
771 *35 WHEN I SEE YOU SMILE Bad English (Epic) (#1, Nov)
770 36 BUFFALO STANCE Neneh Cherry (Virgin) (#3, June)
769 37 IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME Cher (Geffen) (#3, Sept)
763 38 WILD THING Tone Loc (Delicious Vinyl) (#2, Feb)
758 *39 WHEN I'M WITH YOU Sheriff (Capitol) (#1, Feb)
757 40 BORN TO BE MY BABY Bon Jovi (Mercury) (#3, Feb)
751 *41 GOOD THING Fine Young Cannibals (I.R.S.) (#1, July)
748 42 LOVE SHACK The B-52's (Reprise) (#3, Nov)
743 43 THE LOVER IN ME Sheena Easton (MCA) (#2, March)
742 44 ONCE BITTEN, TWICE SHY Great White (Capitol) (#5, Aug)
737 *45 BATDANCE Prince (Warner Brothers) (#1, Aug)
734 *46 ROCK ON Michael Damian (Cypress) (#1, June)
730 47 EVERY LITTLE STEP Bobby Brown (MCA) (#3, June)
728 48 REAL LOVE Jody Wately (MCA) (#2, May)
722 *49 HANGIN' TOUGH The New Kids On the Block (Columbia) (#1, Sept)
711 50 SO ALIVE Love & Rockets (Big Time) (#3, Aug)
708 51 MY HEART CAN'T TELL YOU NO Rod Stewart (Warner Brothers) (#4, April)
698 52 ARMAGEDDON IT Def Leppard (Mercury) (#3, Jan)
696 *53 SATISFIED Richard Marx (EMI) (#1, June)
693 54 YOU GOT IT (The Right Stuff) The New Kids On the Block (Columbia) (#3, March)
688 55 I LIKE IT Dino (4th & Broadway) (#7, Aug)
680 56 EXPRESS YOURSELF Madonna (Sire) (#2, July)
680 57 SOLDIER OF LOVE Donny Osmond (Virgin) (#2, June)
664 58 CHERISH Madonna (Sire) (#2, Oct)
658 59 I DON'T WANT YOUR LOVE DuranDuran (Capitol) (#4, Dec 1988)
658 60 18 AND LIFE Skid Row (Atlantic) (#4, Sept)
653 61 SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears For Fears (Fontana) (#2, Oct)
646 62 WHEN THE CHILDREN CRY White Lion (Atlantic) (#3, Feb)
642 63 SECOND CHANCE Thirty Eight Special (A&M) (#6, May)
633 64 THE WAY YOU LOVE ME Karyn White (Warner Brothers) (#7, Feb)
622 65 FUNKY COLD MEDINA Tone Loc (Delicious Vinyl) (#3, April)
618 66 MISS YOU LIKE CRAZY Natalie Cole (EMI) (#7, July)
615 67 IN YOUR ROOM The Bangles (Columbia) (#5, Jan)
614 68 WALK ON WATER Eddie Money (Columbia) (#9, Dec 1988)
604 69 SECRET RENDEZVOUS Karyn White (Warner Brothers) (#6, Aug)
603 70 LOVE SONG The Cure (Elektra) (#2, Oct)
602 71 WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE Guns N' Roses (Geffen) (#7, Jan)
600 72 ANGEL EYES The Jeff Healey Band (Arista) (#5, Sept)
592 73 PATIENCE Guns N' Roses (Geffen) (#4, June)
579 74 SHOWER ME WITH YOUR LOVE Surface (Columbia) (#5, Sept)
577 75 COVER GIRL The New Kids On the Block (Columbia) (#2, Nov)
566 76 CLOSE MY EYES FOREVER Lita Ford (with Ozzy Osbourne) (RCA) (#8, June)
566 77 STAND R.E.M. (Warner Brothers) (#6, April)
563 78 ALL THIS TIME Tiffany (MCA) (#6, Feb)
556 79 RONI Bobby Brown (MCA) (#3, March)
555 80 AFTER ALL Cher and Peter Cetera (Geffen) (#6, May)
551 81 LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME Bon Jovi (Mercury) (#7, July)
549 82 LOVE IN AN ELEVATOR Aerosmith (Geffen) (#5, Oct)
537 83 WHAT I AM Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians (Geffen) (#7, March)
536 84 THE PROMISE When In Rome (Virgin) (#11, Dec 1988)
536 85 PARADISE CITY Guns N' Roses (Geffen) (#5, March)
525 86 I REMEMBER HOLDING YOU The Boys Club (MCA) (#8, Jan)
520 87 SHE WANTS TO DANCE WITH ME Rick Astley (RCA) (#6, Feb)
516 88 IT'S NO CRIME Babyface (Solar) (#7, Oct)
514 89 DREAMIN' Vanessa Williams (Wing) (#8, April)
512 90 SMOOTH CRIMINAL Michael Jackson (Epic) (#7, Jan)
511 91 I WANNA HAVE SOME FUN Samantha Fox (Jive) (#8, Feb)
510 92 THIS TIME I KNOW IT'S FOR REAL Donna Summer (Atlantic) (#7, June)
505 93 WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW Expose (Arista) (#8, July)
503 94 ROCK WIT'CHA Bobby Brown (MCA) (#7, Nov)
502 95 HEAVEN HELP ME Deon Estus (with George Michael) (Mika) (#5, April)
497 96 THE END OF THE INNOCENCE Don Henley (Geffen) (#8, Aug)
496 97 SURRENDER TO ME Ann Wilson and Robin Zander (Capitol) (#6, March)
490 98 THINKING OF YOU Sa-Fire (Cutting) (#12, May)
479 99 I DROVE ALL NIGHT Cyndi Lauper (Epic) (#6, July)
477 100 KEEP ON MOVIN' Soul II Soul (Featuring Caron Wheeler) (Virgin) (#11, Sept)