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Post by slf on Jun 4, 2020 12:00:35 GMT -5
CHART DATE: June 4 Here's my "enlightened assessment." Spin it however you want. A turntable is strongly recommended. 1 | 3 | LITTLE RED CORVETTE...Prince | 2 | 1 | LET'S DANCE...David Bowie | 3 | 2 | SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE...Thomas Dolby | 4 | 4 | GIMME ALL YOUR LOVIN'...ZZ Top | 5 | 7 | PHOTOGRAPH...Def Leppard | 6 | 8 | FLASHDANCE...WHAT A FEELING...Irene Cara | 7 | 9 | ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME...Naked Eyes | 8 | 6 | OVERKILL...Men at Work | 9 | 10 | THE ONE THING...INXS | 10 | 13 | AFFAIR OF THE HEART...Rick Springfield | 11 | 5 | JEOPARDY...The Greg Kihn Band | 12 | 20 | SHE'S A BEAUTY...The Tubes | 13 | 18 | TIME (Clock of the Heart)...Culture Club | 14 | 16 | RICKY..."Weird Al" Yankovic | 15 | --> | I'M STILL STANDING...Elton John | 16 | 17 | LOVE ON YOUR SIDE...Thompson Twins | 17 | --> | ROLL ME AWAY...Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band | 18 | 11 | MORNIN'...Al Jarreau | 19 | --> | ELECTRIC AVENUE...Eddy Grant | 20 | --> | FAMILY MAN...Daryl Hall & John Oates |
"Enlightened assessment"? Is that an inside joke? Let me in.
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Post by doofus67 on Jun 11, 2020 1:01:13 GMT -5
CHART DATE: June 11 1 | 2 | LET'S DANCE...David Bowie [4th week at #1] | 2 | 1 | LITTLE RED CORVETTE...Prince | 3 | 3 | SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE...Thomas Dolby | 4 | 6 | FLASHDANCE...WHAT A FEELING...Irene Cara | 5 | 5 | PHOTOGRAPH...Def Leppard | 6 | 7 | ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME...Naked Eyes | 7 | 10 | AFFAIR OF THE HEART...Rick Springfield | 8 | 12 | SHE'S A BEAUTY...The Tubes | 9 | 9 | THE ONE THING...INXS | 10 | 15 | I'M STILL STANDING...Elton John | 11 | 13 | TIME (Clock of the Heart)…Culture Club | 12 | 8 | OVERKILL...Men at Work | 13 | 17 | ROLL ME AWAY...Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band | 14 | 14 | RICKY..."Weird Al" Yankovic | 15 | 19 | ELECTRIC AVENUE...Eddy Grant | 16 | 4 | GIMME ALL YOUR LOVIN'...ZZ Top | 17 | --> | MORE THAN THIS...Roxy Music | 18 | 20 | FAMILY MAN...Daryl Hall & John Oates | 19 | --> | MY LOVE...Lionel Richie | 20 | --> | KEEP ON LOVIN' ME...The Whispers |
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Post by doofus67 on Jun 18, 2020 6:09:06 GMT -5
CHART DATE: June 18 Billboard's last issue with "superstars." If, for some weird reason, such a system were in place here, about eight songs would get one. A "star" would go to another four. 1 | 1 | LET'S DANCE...David Bowie [5th week at #1] | 2 | 2 | LITTLE RED CORVETTE...Prince | 3 | 6 | ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME...Naked Eyes | 4 | 4 | FLASHDANCE...WHAT A FEELING...Irene Cara | 5 | 7 | AFFAIR OF THE HEART...Rick Springfield | 6 | 8 | SHE'S A BEAUTY...The Tubes | 7 | 10 | I'M STILL STANDING...Elton John | 8 | 11 | TIME (Clock of the Heart)...Culture Club | 9 | 15 | ELECTRIC AVENUE...Eddy Grant | 10 | 3 | SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE...Thomas Dolby | 11 | 13 | ROLL ME AWAY...Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band | 12 | 5 | PHOTOGRAPH...Def Leppard | 13 | 18 | FAMILY MAN...Daryl Hall & John Oates | 14 | 14 | RICKY..."Weird Al" Yankovic | 15 | 12 | OVERKILL...Men at Work | 16 | 9 | THE ONE THING...INXS | 17 | 17 | MORE THAN THIS...Roxy Music | 18 | --> | TOO SHY...Kajagoogoo | 19 | 20 | KEEP ON LOVIN' ME...The Whispers | 20 | 16 | GIMME ALL YOUR LOVIN'...ZZ Top |
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Post by doofus67 on Jun 25, 2020 3:39:38 GMT -5
CHART DATE: June 25 1 | 1 | LET'S DANCE...David Bowie [6th week at #1] | 2 | 3 | ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME...Naked Eyes | 3 | 6 | SHE'S A BEAUTY...The Tubes | 4 | 7 | I'M STILL STANDING...Elton John | 5 | 5 | AFFAIR OF THE HEART...Rick Springfield | 6 | 9 | ELECTRIC AVENUE...Eddy Grant | 7 | 8 | TIME (Clock of the Heart)...Culture Club | 8 | 2 | LITTLE RED CORVETTE...Prince | 9 | 4 | FLASHDANCE...WHAT A FEELING...Irene Cara | 10 | 11 | ROLL ME AWAY...Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band | 11 | 13 | FAMILY MAN...Daryl Hall & John Oates | 12 | 12 | PHOTOGRAPH...Def Leppard | 13 | 10 | SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE...Thomas Dolby | 14 | 18 | TOO SHY...Kajagoogoo | 15 | --> | CUTS LIKE A KNIFE...Bryan Adams | 16 | 19 | KEEP ON LOVIN' ME...The Whispers | 17 | 17 | MORE THAN THIS...Roxy Music | 18 | --> | EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE...The Police | 19 | --> | WHITE WEDDING...Billy Idol | 20 | --> | OUR HOUSE...Madness |
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Post by doofus67 on Jul 2, 2020 1:13:04 GMT -5
CHART DATE: July 2 1 | 3 | SHE'S A BEAUTY...The Tubes | 2 | 2 | ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME...Naked Eyes | 3 | 4 | I'M STILL STANDING...Elton John | 4 | 6 | ELECTRIC AVENUE...Eddy Grant | 5 | 5 | AFFAIR OF THE HEART...Rick Springfield | 6 | 1 | LET'S DANCE...David Bowie | 7 | 7 | TIME (Clock of the Heart)...Culture Club | 8 | 18 | EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE...The Police | 9 | 10 | ROLL ME AWAY...Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band | 10 | 11 | FAMILY MAN...Daryl Hall & John Oates | 11 | 8 | LITTLE RED CORVETTE...Prince | 12 | 14 | TOO SHY...Kajagoogoo | 13 | 15 | CUTS LIKE A KNIFE...Bryan Adams | 14 | 9 | FLASHDANCE...WHAT A FEELING...Irene Cara | 15 | 16 | KEEP ON LOVIN' ME...The Whispers | 16 | 20 | OUR HOUSE...Madness | 17 | 19 | WHITE WEDDING...Billy Idol | 18 | --> | COME DANCING...The Kinks | 19 | --> | WANNA BE STARTIN' SOMETHIN'...Michael Jackson | 20 | --> | WE TWO...The Little River Band |
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Post by doofus67 on Jul 9, 2020 4:38:22 GMT -5
CHART DATE: July 9 All of two American artists in our top 10. 1 | 4 | ELECTRIC AVENUE...Eddy Grant | 2 | 1 | SHE'S A BEAUTY...The Tubes | 3 | 3 | I'M STILL STANDING...Elton John | 4 | 2 | ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME...Naked Eyes | 5 | 8 | EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE...The Police | 6 | 5 | AFFAIR OF THE HEART...Rick Springfield | 7 | 6 | LET'S DANCE...David Bowie | 8 | 13 | CUTS LIKE A KNIFE...Bryan Adams | 9 | 12 | TOO SHY...Kajagoogoo | 10 | 10 | FAMILY MAN...Daryl Hall & John Oates | 11 | 19 | WANNA BE STARTIN' SOMETHIN'...Michael Jackson | 12 | 16 | OUR HOUSE...Madness | 13 | 7 | TIME (Clock of the Heart)...Culture Club | 14 | 9 | ROLL ME AWAY...Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band | 15 | --> | 1999...Prince | 16 | 17 | WHITE WEDDING...Billy Idol | 17 | 18 | COME DANCING...The Kinks | 18 | --> | NEVER GONNA LET YOU GO...Sergio Mendes; Vocals: Joe Pizzulo and Leza Miller | 19 | --> | SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY...Donna Summer | 20 | --> | CANDY GIRL...New Edition |
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Post by laura on Jul 9, 2020 10:23:00 GMT -5
CHART DATE: July 9 All of two American artists in our top 10. 1 | 4 | ELECTRIC AVENUE...Eddy Grant | 2 | 1 | SHE'S A BEAUTY...The Tubes | 3 | 3 | I'M STILL STANDING...Elton John | 4 | 2 | ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME...Naked Eyes | 5 | 8 | EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE...The Police | 6 | 5 | AFFAIR OF THE HEART...Rick Springfield | 7 | 6 | LET'S DANCE...David Bowie | 8 | 13 | CUTS LIKE A KNIFE...Bryan Adams | 9 | 12 | TOO SHY...Kajagoogoo | 10 | 10 | FAMILY MAN...Daryl Hall & John Oates | 11 | 19 | WANNA BE STARTIN' SOMETHIN'...Michael Jackson | 12 | 16 | OUR HOUSE...Madness | 13 | 7 | TIME (Clock of the Heart)...Culture Club | 14 | 9 | ROLL ME AWAY...Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band | 15 | --> | 1999...Prince | 16 | 17 | WHITE WEDDING...Billy Joel | 17 | 18 | COME DANCING...The Kinks | 18 | --> | NEVER GONNA LET YOU GO...Sergio Mendes; Vocals: Joe Pizzulo and Leza Miller | 19 | --> | SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY...Donna Summer | 20 | --> | CANDY GIRL...New Edition |
You know, I always wondered what Billy Joel's version of "White Wedding" sounded like.
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Post by doofus67 on Jul 9, 2020 11:25:21 GMT -5
You know, I always wondered what Billy Joel's version of "White Wedding" sounded like. Hey, can you blame me for trying to slip one more American artist in there? Thanks, laura. The correction is made.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Jul 9, 2020 12:38:54 GMT -5
😂😂😂
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Post by doofus67 on Jul 16, 2020 3:07:14 GMT -5
CHART DATE: July 16 1 | 1 | ELECTRIC AVENUE...Eddy Grant [2nd week at #1] | 2 | 5 | EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE...The Police | 3 | 3 | I'M STILL STANDING...Elton John | 4 | 4 | ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME...Naked Eyes | 5 | 2 | SHE'S A BEAUTY...The Tubes | 6 | 8 | CUTS LIKE A KNIFE...Bryan Adams | 7 | 9 | TOO SHY...Kajagoogoo | 8 | 11 | WANNA BE STARTIN' SOMETHIN'...Michael Jackson | 9 | 12 | OUR HOUSE...Madness | 10 | 15 | 1999...Prince | 11 | 7 | LET'S DANCE...David Bowie | 12 | 6 | AFFAIR OF THE HEART...Rick Springfield | 13 | 17 | COME DANCING...The Kinks | 14 | 19 | SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY...Donna Summer | 15 | --> | STAND BACK...Stevie Nicks | 16 | 18 | NEVER GONNA LET YOU GO...Sergio Mendes | 17 | --> | AFTER THE FALL...Journey | 18 | --> | SWEET DREAMS (Are Made of This)...Eurythmics | 19 | --> | SAVED BY ZERO...The Fixx | 20 | 20 | CANDY GIRL...New Edition |
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Post by doofus67 on Jul 23, 2020 2:19:08 GMT -5
CHART DATE: July 23 1 | 2 | EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE...The Police | 2 | 1 | ELECTRIC AVENUE...Eddy Grant | 3 | 9 | OUR HOUSE...Madness | 4 | 8 | WANNA BE STARTIN' SOMETHIN'...Michael Jackson | 5 | 6 | CUTS LIKE A KNIFE...Bryan Adams | 6 | 10 | 1999...Prince | 7 | 7 | TOO SHY...Kajagoogoo | 8 | 3 | I'M STILL STANDING...Elton John | 9 | 5 | SHE'S A BEAUTY...The Tubes | 10 | 4 | ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME...Naked Eyes | 11 | 15 | STAND BACK...Stevie Nicks | 12 | 13 | COME DANCING...The Kinks | 13 | 14 | SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY...Donna Summer | 14 | 17 | AFTER THE FALL...Journey | 15 | 19 | SAVED BY ZERO...The Fixx | 16 | 16 | NEVER GONNA LET YOU GO...Sergio Mendes | 17 | 18 | SWEET DREAMS...Eurythmics | 18 | --> | SLIPPING AWAY...Dave Edmunds | 19 | --> | IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW...Duran Duran | 20 | --> | PUTTIN' ON THE RITZ...Taco |
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Post by doofus67 on Jul 30, 2020 3:42:38 GMT -5
CHART DATE: July 30 1 | 1 | EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE...The Police [2nd week at #1] | 2 | 3 | OUR HOUSE...Madness | 3 | 4 | WANNA BE STARTIN' SOMETHIN'...Michael Jackson | 4 | 5 | CUTS LIKE A KNIFE...Bryan Adams | 5 | 6 | 1999...Prince | 6 | 2 | ELECTRIC AVENUE...Eddy Grant | 7 | 11 | STAND BACK...Stevie Nicks | 8 | 13 | SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY...Donna Summer | 9 | 8 | I'M STILL STANDING...Elton John | 10 | 7 | TOO SHY...Kajagoogoo | 11 | 14 | AFTER THE FALL...Journey | 12 | 15 | SAVED BY ZERO...The Fixx | 13 | 19 | IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW...Duran Duran | 14 | 17 | SWEET DREAMS (Are Made of This)...Eurythmics | 15 | 16 | NEVER GONNA LET YOU GO...Sergio Mendes | 16 | 18 | SLIPPING AWAY...Dave Edmunds | 17 | 20 | PUTTIN' ON THE RITZ...Taco | 18 | 9 | SHE'S A BEAUTY...The Tubes | 19 | --> | BOOGIE DOWN...Al Jarreau | 20 | 12 | COME DANCING...The Kinks |
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Post by doofus67 on Jan 1, 2021 21:46:32 GMT -5
THE YEAR-END CHART Including all songs that peaked from 1/1/83 through 12/31/83 # | Title and artist | Peak and date | Score | 1 | TELL HER ABOUT IT...Billy Joel | #1, Sept 17 | 9,675 | 2 | LET'S DANCE...David Bowie | #1, May 14 | 9,044 | 3 | DIRTY LAUNDRY...Don Henley | #1, Jan 1 | 7,752 | 4 | OUR HOUSE...Madness | #1, Aug 6 | 7,686 | 5 | STAND BACK...Stevie Nicks | #1, Aug 27 | 7,233 | 6 | DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT ME...Culture Club | #1, Feb 26 | 7,227 | 7 | UPTOWN GIRL...Billy Joel | #1, Dec 3 | 6,820 | 8 | MODERN LOVE...David Bowie | #1, Nov 12 | 6,770 | 9 | SEPARATE WAYS (Worlds Apart)...Journey | #1, April 2 | 6,739 | 10 | JEOPARDY...The Greg Kihn Band | #1, April 23 | 6,703 | 11 | BILLIE JEAN...Michael Jackson | #1, Mar 19 | 6,557 | 12 | SEXUAL HEALING...Marvin Gaye | #1, Jan 29 | 6,174 | 13 | ALL NIGHT LONG...Lionel Richie | #2, Nov 19 | 5,850 | 14 | HEART TO HEART...Kenny Loggins | #1, Feb 12 | 5,846 | 15 | EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE...The Police | #1, July 23 | 5,352 | 16 | BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE...Talking Heads | #1, Oct 29 | 5,154 | 17 | AIN'T NOBODY...Rufus & Chaka Khan | #1, Dec 24 | 4,898 | 18 | ELECTRIC AVENUE...Eddy Grant | #1, July 9 | 4,882 | 19 | LITTLE RED CORVETTE...Prince | #1, June 4 | 4,790 | 20 | ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME...Naked Eyes | #2, June 25 | 4,779 | 21 | STRAY CAT STRUT...The Stray Cats | #2, Feb 26 | 4,572 | 22 | HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF...Duran Duran | #2, Mar 19 | 4,411 | 23 | SHE'S A BEAUTY...The Tubes | #1, July 2 | 4,228 | 24 | PUTTIN' ON THE RITZ...Taco | #2, Sept 17 | 4,224 | 25 | SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE...Thomas Dolby | #2, May 28 | 4,155 | 26 | DOWN UNDER...Men at Work | #3, Jan 22 | 4,060 | 27 | I'M STILL STANDING...Elton John | #3, July 2 | 4,020 | 28 | UNION OF THE SNAKE...Duran Duran | #2, Dec 31 | 3,703 | 29 | CHURCH OF THE POISON MIND...Culture Club | #2, Dec 10 | 3,687 | 30 | CRUMBLIN' DOWN...John Cougar Mellencamp | #3, Dec 10 | 3,590 | 31 | DER KOMMISSAR...After the Fire | #2, May 7 | 3,505 | 32 | EVERYDAY I WRITE THE BOOK...Elvis Costello & the Attractions | #4, Oct 22 | 3,460 | 33 | MORNIN'...Al Jarreau | #3, May 14 | 3,421 | 34 | IT'S A MISTAKE...Men at Work | #3, Aug 27 | 3,385 | 35 | HUMAN NATURE...Michael Jackson | #4, Sept 24 | 3,348 | 36 | THE SAFETY DANCE...Men Without Hats
| #2, Oct 1 | 3,339 | 37 | 1999...Prince | #3, Aug 13 | 3,288 | 38 | GIMME ALL YOUR LOVIN'...ZZ Top | #4, May 21 | 3,269 | 39 | YOU GOT LUCKY...Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | #2, Jan 15 | 3,143 | 40 | CUTS LIKE A KNIFE...Bryan Adams | #4, July 30 | 3,142 |
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