These are the top songs from 1975 through 1986 that have food and drink in their titles. Enjoy, and happy Thanksgiving, everyone.
1. MARGARITAVILLE...Jimmy Buffett 2. ESCAPE (The Pina Colada Song)...Rupert Holmes 3. CUT THE CAKE...The Average White Band 4. SUKIYAKI...A Taste of Honey 5. LADY MARMALADE...Labelle 6. CRACKERBOX PALACE...George Harrison 7. I LOVE ROCKY ROAD..."Weird Al" Yankovic 8. I WANT CANDY...Bow Wow Wow 9. CANDY GIRL...New Edition 10. CHEESEBURGER IN PARADISE...Jimmy Buffett 11. TANGERINE...The Salsoul Orchestra 12. JUNK FOOD JUNKIE...Larry Groce 13. BEER BARREL POLKA...Bobby Vinton 14. RUBBER BISCUIT...The Blues Brothers 15. CUTIE PIE...One Way 16. RED RED WINE...UB40 17. BUTTER BOY...Fanny 18. PRETZEL LOGIC...Steely Dan 19. YOUR BULLDOG DRINKS CHAMPAGNE...Jim Stafford 20. LEFTOVERS...Millie Jackson
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Here are my top songs with at least one boy's name in the title. Again, no occasion -- except that I thought about my three-year-old son the whole time I was typing this.
Survey period: 1/4/75 through 12/27/86; ranking compiled using the point scale devised by chart reference book authors Dann Isbell and Bill Carroll
#
Title and artist
Year
Score
1
THE WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD...Gordon Lightfoot
1976
6,617
2
EMPTY GARDEN (Hey Hey Johnny)...Elton John
1982
5,382
3
CHUCK E.'S IN LOVE...Rickie Lee Jones
1979
5,297
4
ARTHUR'S THEME...Christopher Cross
1981
5,147
5
YOU CAN CALL ME AL...Paul Simon
1986
5,144
6
SIR DUKE...Stevie Wonder
1977
5,017
7
JACK & DIANE...John Cougar
1982
4,661
8
ROCK ME AMADEUS...Falco
1986
4,448
9
ST. ELMO'S FIRE...John Parr
1985
3,830
10
JESSIE'S GIRL...Rick Springfield
1981
3,650
11
JACK AND JILL...Raydio
1978
3,525
12
TOM SAWYER...Rush
1981
2,289
13
LIDO SHUFFLE...Boz Scaggs
1977
2,125
14
TARZAN BOY...Baltimora
1986
1,812
15
MICKEY...Toni Basil
1982
1,800
16
JOJO...Boz Scaggs
1980
1,688
17
MAJOR TOM...Peter Schilling
1983
1,403
18
WHO'S JOHNNY...El DeBarge
1986
1,361
19
ROMEO'S TUNE...Steve Forbert
1980
1,018
20
THE BELLE OF ST. MARK...Sheila E.
1984
925
Last Edit: Dec 4, 2020 15:28:39 GMT -5 by doofus67: "(Coming Home)" is coming out
Most FT20 hits: Female...Olivia Newton-John, 17 Male...Billy Joel, 24 Duo...Daryl Hall & John Oates, 19 Group...Earth, Wind & Fire and Electric Light Orchestra, 14
Most FT20 hits without a #1: The Cars, 12
Most #1s: The Bee Gees, Foreigner, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Billy Joel, 4
Most cumulative weeks at #1: The Bee Gees, 16
-- SONG RECORDS
Longest run on FT20: "When Doves Cry," 21 wks. "Stayin' Alive," 18 wks. "I Can't Go for That," 18 wks. "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover," 16 wks. "Let's Go Crazy," 16 wks. "You're No Good," 15 wks. "Let's Dance," 15 wks.
Longest run in the Top 10: "When Doves Cry," 19 wks.
Longest run at #1: "Stayin' Alive," 8 wks. "When Doves Cry," 7 wks. "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover," 6 wks. "Rise," 6 wks. "Biggest Part of Me," 6 wks. "I Can't Go for That," 6 wks. "Let's Dance," 6 wks. "Tell Her About It," 6 wks. "Let's Go Crazy," 6 wks. "The Power of Love," 6 wks. "Take On Me," 6 wks.
Longest climb to #1: "The Second Time Around," #1 in its 10th week in the top 20 "So in to You," #1 in its 9th week "How Deep Is Your Love," #1 in its 9th week "What You Won't Do for Love," #1 in its 9th week "We're in This Love Together," #1 in its 9th week
Biggest one-week jump to #1: "Hotel California," #8 to #1 on 4/16/77 "What You Need," #8 to #1 on 4/5/86
Biggest one-week drop from #1: "At Seventeen," #1 to #12 on 10/18/75 "Ballroom Blitz," #1 to #12 on 10/25/75 "Go Home," #1 to #12 on 2/22/86
Fantasy #1s that missed the top 20 on AT40: "Ah! Leah!," peaked at #29 on AT40 "Ain't Nobody," peaked at #22 on AT40 "It's My Life," peaked at #31 on AT40 "Pride (In the Name of Love)," peaked at #33 on AT40 "Into the Groove," not released as a single "You Can Call Me Al," peaked at #23 on AT40 "In Your Eyes," peaked at #26 on AT40
-- INDIVIDUAL WEEKLY CHART RECORDS
Most one-hit wonders in an FT20: 5/29/76...7 7/3/76...7 7/17/76...7 7/24/76...7 6/20/81...7
Most songs by female acts: 10 FT20s tied with 7, almost all in 1979 and 1984
Most songs with one-word titles: 3/1/80 and 3/8/80...7 ("Desire", "Heartbreaker", "Him", "Longer", "99", "Refugee", "Sara")
Chart that had the most songs in common with AT40's top 20 for the same week: 3/1/86...18 8/23/75...17 6/26/76...17 7/24/76...17 5/14/77...17 8/19/78...17 6/28/86...17
Chart that had the fewest songs in common with AT40's top 20 for the same week: 2/14/81...8 2/21/81...8 3/14/81...8 3/21/81...8 7/11/81...8 8/28/82...8
Calendar months with a different #1 song each week: April, 1976 July, 1985
Calendar months with the same #1 song every week: December, 1975 February, 1976 March, 1977 June, 1977 February, 1978 June, 1980 January, 1984 July, 1984 October, 1984 September, 1985 April, 1986
Two celebrate Twosday, 12/22/20 (a day late), here are the top songs that peaked at #2 on FT20. Of all the Specials, this was the one I looked forward two the most.
Survey period: 1/4/75 through 12/27/86; ranking compiled using the point scale devised by chart reference book authors Dann Isbell and Bill Carroll
#
Title and artist
Year
Score
Wks
1
MORE LOVE...Kim Carnes
1980
6,694
4
2
MORE THAN A FEELING...Boston
1976
6,284
3
3
TAKE IT TWO THE LIMIT...The Eagles
1976
6,130
3
4
THE HEART OF ROCK & ROLL...Huey Lewis & the News
1984
5,990
4
5
COVER ME...Bruce Springsteen
1984
5,978
3
6
DON'T YOU WANT ME...The Human League
1982
5,940
3
7
ALL NIGHT LONG...Lionel Richie
1983
5,850
3
8
EVIL WOMAN...Electric Light Orchestra
1976
5,829
2
9
ESCAPE (The Pina Colada Song)...Rupert Holmes
1979
5,810
3
10
METHOD OF MODERN LOVE...Daryl Hall & John Oates
1985
5,800
3
11
BABY COME BACK...Player
1978
5,754
5
12
RICH GIRL...Daryl Hall & John Oates
1977
5,363
2
13
DON'T YOU (Forget About Me)...Simple Minds
1985
5,312
2
14
BLACK WATER...The Doobie Brothers
1975
5,299
3
15
LONELY BOY...Andrew Gold
1977
5,278
2
16
TROUBLE...Lindsey Buckingham
1982
5,152
2
17
TURN YOUR LOVE AROUND...George Benson
1982
5,116
2
18
NEVER...Heart
1985
5,099
3
19
SIR DUKE...Stevie Wonder
1977
5,017
2
20
STRAWBERRY LETTER 23...The Brothers Johnson
1977
5,007
2
21
EVERYTHING SHE WANTS...Wham!
1985
4,996
2
22
THANK GOD I'M A COUNTRY BOY...John Denver
1975
4,982
2
23
INFATUATION...Rod Stewart
1984
4,970
3
24
SWEET LOVE...Anita Baker
1986
4,945
3
25
STRUT...Sheena Easton
1984
4,885
1
26
THE THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE...10cc
1977
4,864
1
27
CALYPSO...John Denver
1975
4,846
2
28
DON'T STAND SO CLOSE TWO ME...The Police
1981
4,834
2
29
HER TOWN TWO...James Taylor and J.D. Souther
1981
4,822
3
30
ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TWO REMIND ME...Naked Eyes
1983
4,779
2
31
HOT LINE...The Sylvers
1977
4,675
2
32
YOU'RE ONLY LONELY...J.D. Souther
1979
4,638
1
33
NO REPLY AT ALL...Genesis
1981
4,622
3
34
HUNGRY HEART...Bruce Springsteen
1981
4,610
3
35
THE SPIRIT OF RADIO...Rush
1980
4,610
2
36
STRAY CAT STRUT...The Stray Cats
1983
4,572
2
37
THIS IS IT...Kenny Loggins
1980
4,571
3
38
HOLD ME...Fleetwood Mac
1982
4,539
3
39
GO YOUR OWN WAY...Fleetwood Mac
1977
4,487
3
40
GENIUS OF LOVE...Tom Tom Club
1982
4,455
1
Last Edit: Feb 15, 2021 5:06:28 GMT -5 by doofus67
In the Fantasy Top 100, 1975-1986, I had to make a correction. Seems I forgot "Another One Bites the Dust"! I was typing out the top songs of 1980 and wondered where the heck it was. It's now #85 overall. Sorry about that...