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Post by Shannon Lynn on Jul 14, 2008 10:55:02 GMT -5
and to the top........
40 Red Red Wine - UB40
39 You Keep Me Hangin' On - Kim Wilde
38 Addicted To Love - Robert Palmer
37 Mony Mony - Billy Idol
36 She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals
35 The Reflex - Duran Duran
34 Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard
33 Wild Wild West - Escape Club
32 Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes
Extra - Top British Hit Of 60's - Hey Jude - Beatles
31 Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
30 Do You Really Want To Hurt Me - Culture Club
29 Two Hearts - Phil Collins
28 Invisible Touch - Genesis
27 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - Wham
26 King Of Pain - Police
25 Love Bites - Def Leppard
24 West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys
23 A Groovy Kind Of Love - Phil Collins
22 Higher Love - Steve Winwood
21 Careless Whisper - Wham
20 If You Don't Know Me By Now - Simply Red
19 Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears
18 I Just Died In Your Arms - Cutting Crew
17 Sussudio - Phil Collins
16 Missing You - John Waite
15 Shout - Tears For Fears
Extra - Top British Hit Of 70's - Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John & Kiki Dee
14 Woman - John Lennon
13 Monkey - George Michael
12 Money For Nothing - Dire Straits
11 Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
10 Faith - George Michael
9 Roll With It - Steve Winwood
8 Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
7 Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler
6 Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd
5 Father Figure - George Michael
4 (Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon
3 One More Try - George Michael
2 Against All Odds - Phil Collins
1 Every Breath You Take - Police
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Post by laura on Jul 19, 2008 12:26:46 GMT -5
Just finished listening to the show!!
It was rather interesting, considering the good number of songs by either George Michael and Phil Collins (George had 6, including two with Wham!, and Phil had 5).
It was actually the very first Casey's Top 40 show I heard, and I find it hard to believe that I was only 6 months old when that show was done!!
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Post by shadster on Jul 19, 2008 20:10:03 GMT -5
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Post by laura on Jul 19, 2008 21:31:09 GMT -5
Laura: You actually like 80s music? Most 18 year olds dont. I really like 80s, 90s, and stuff from now, obviously. Not really common for someone my age to like 80s music, but I still do. Don't like every song, btw |
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Post by Adrian on Jul 20, 2008 14:04:50 GMT -5
Interesting list. I wonder how they came up with the rankings. I am guessing the staff must not like "Magic" by Olivia Newton-John that much. That song got the shaft on the Top 40 Movie Hits of the 80s and it received the same treatment here. The song spent 2 weeks at #1 in 1980 and 16 weeks in the Top 30, while song #40 on this countdown, "Red Red Wine" spent only a week at the top and 11 weeks on the Top 40 overall.
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Post by freakyflybry on Jul 20, 2008 15:07:41 GMT -5
Interesting list. I wonder how they came up with the rankings. I am guessing the staff must not like "Magic" by Olivia Newton-John that much. That song got the shaft on the Top 40 Movie Hits of the 80s and it received the same treatment here. The song spent 2 weeks at #1 in 1980 and 16 weeks in the Top 30, while song #40 on this countdown, "Red Red Wine" spent only a week at the top and 11 weeks on the Top 40 overall. Either that, or they considered her Australian.  |
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Post by Caseyfan4everRyanfanNever on Jul 20, 2008 17:03:49 GMT -5
Or maybe they added together the number of weeks in both of "Red Red Wine's" chart runs. Besides the 1988 appearance where the song peaked at #1, there was another run in 1984 where it peaked lower. The total number of weeks would have been 16.
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Post by Adrian on Jul 21, 2008 18:56:48 GMT -5
Or maybe they added together the number of weeks in both of "Red Red Wine's" chart runs. Besides the 1988 appearance where the song peaked at #1, there was another run in 1984 where it peaked lower. The total number of weeks would have been 16. Or maybe they added together the number of weeks in both of "Red Red Wine's" chart runs. Besides the 1988 appearance where the song peaked at #1, there was another run in 1984 where it peaked lower. The total number of weeks would have been 16. Then how do you account for Kim Wilde's "You Keep Me Hangin' On" being at #39 when that song spent only one week at #1 and 12 weeks on the Top 40? That song only had one chart run. Ya know, freakyflybry may have a good point. On Casey's Top 40 Acts of the 80s special, Casey introduced the Bee Gees as the biggest act of the 70s as an extra on the show. So maybe they are not featured as the Top 70s act on this show because they are considered Australian as well. This is sacrilegious, I tell you!   |
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Post by Hervard on Jul 24, 2008 16:47:56 GMT -5
Regarding Adrian and "Magic" - don't forget that it was also shafted on the "Top 40 Summer Hits of the 1980s". But as Bry pointed out, ONJ is actually Australian, so that would be why she's not on this list.
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Post by laura on Jul 29, 2008 13:59:03 GMT -5
There are also songs on here that I thought didn't hit No. 1, like "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me", "Pour Some Sugar On Me", and "King of Pain". I guess they hit No.1 on R&R and not Billboard.
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Post by pzimm7700 on Jul 29, 2008 14:59:19 GMT -5
I think Pour Some Sugar on Me hit #1 on both R&R and Billboard. I wouldn't swear to it, but I think it did.
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Post by laura on Jul 29, 2008 15:02:49 GMT -5
I checked on the Old Radio Shows website's Music Chart section and looked up Def Leppard. It only reached number 2.
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Post by Hervard on Jul 29, 2008 17:08:14 GMT -5
Yeah, "Hold Onto The Nights" was number one on the Hot 100 the same week that "Pour Some Sugar On Me" was number one on the R&R chart. And yes, "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" was number one for two weeks on the R&R chart. That explains how those two songs made it.
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Post by laura on Jul 29, 2008 18:35:49 GMT -5
Thanks for clearing that out, Beefalo.
And, how about King of Pain?
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Post by mkarns on Jul 29, 2008 18:43:28 GMT -5
I remember well what happened in July 1988, when "Hold On to the Nights" broad jumped from 5 to 1 in a week (the top 4 had been the same for the past two weeks.) The Marx surge was a bit odd looking, and was disappointing to me, since I was (and still am) a big Def Leppard fan who was hoping that "Sugar" would claim the top spot. (But DL did top the Billboard survey with "Love Bites" a few months later.)
King of Pain hit #3 in Billboard in October 1983 (Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart" was #1 at that point.) Not sure about R&R, but it sounds plausible as "Eclipse" was dethroned in Billboard by Kenny Rogers/Dolly Parton's "Islands In the Stream", which was probably powered more by sales than airplay.
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