From the Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Chart Archives

week of May 21, 1986 when LRC peaked on the Hot 100

1. Let's Dance-David Bowie

2. Beat It-Michael Jackson

3. Flashdance-Irene Cara

4. Overkill-Men At Work

5. She Blinded Me With Science-Thomas Dolby

6. Little Red Corvette-Prince

7. Solitaire-Laura Branigan

8. Jeopardy-Greg Kihn Band

9. My Love-Lionel Richie

10. Time (Clock of My Heart)-Culture Club

I think "Synchronicity" by The Police was selling pretty well too.

I love every last song in that top ten.

Efan said:

I love every last song in that top ten.

Well, except for My Love by Lionel Richie. That I could take or leave.

bashraka said:

From the Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Chart Archives

week of May 21, 1986 when LRC peaked on the Hot 100

1. Let's Dance-David Bowie

2. Beat It-Michael Jackson

3. Flashdance-Irene Cara

4. Overkill-Men At Work

5. She Blinded Me With Science-Thomas Dolby

6. Little Red Corvette-Prince

7. Solitaire-Laura Branigan

8. Jeopardy-Greg Kihn Band

9. My Love-Lionel Richie

10. Time (Clock of My Heart)-Culture Club

I think "Synchronicity" by The Police was selling pretty well too.

Fuck me in the ring piece......Men at work 4th?

bashraka said:

From the Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Chart Archives

week of May 21, 1986 when LRC peaked on the Hot 100

1. Let's Dance-David Bowie

2. Beat It-Michael Jackson

3. Flashdance-Irene Cara

4. Overkill-Men At Work

5. She Blinded Me With Science-Thomas Dolby

6. Little Red Corvette-Prince

7. Solitaire-Laura Branigan

8. Jeopardy-Greg Kihn Band

9. My Love-Lionel Richie

10. Time (Clock of My Heart)-Culture Club

I think "Synchronicity" by The Police was selling pretty well too.

#'s 1, 2, 3, 6 & 10.

I own all those songs and i'm familiar with two more. WTF happened to the charts?

Prince has the best song on that list...the only song that comes close to it is..surprise, MJ!

Look at the diversity of styles on the chart that week.

Now look at what you have now and tell me that music is as good now as it was then.

Damn shame what has happened.

DaphneLovesPR1NCE said:

Prince has the best song on that list...the only song that comes close to it is..surprise, MJ!

Let's Dance is just as good

and as I've said many times, the "charts" died in 2004 (the illness was diagnosed in 1998)...

What's fascinating to me about the charts back then was just what someone said a few posts ago, the diversity of musical styles and artists that had a CHANCE to be heard. There was no Internet, youtube, so main way people learned about other kinds of music and get turned on by it was through radio. It's easy to take for granted now, but the single "Little Red Corvette" was a major hit that transformed his fan demographics and the way he was seen by even the most narrow-minded tastemakers. I think this song even more than "1999" gave him the classic pop/rock song that til this day he hasn't topped.

Secondly, "Let's Dance" is pure eighties in its production, pretty much all those songs did, but Nile Rogers doesn't get even recognition for producing great pop artists, especially for someone who came uop during the disco era, and was disco died, he had enough savvy to go into producing artists that had artistic credibility. Lastly, Lionel Richie, is a paradox, because for a guy that is so soulful and came from a great funk band like The Commodores, his music in the eighties was so devoid of soulfulness, he made (no disrespect) corny rock bands sound like James Brown.

Efan said:

I love every last song in that top ten.

it's amazing how great pop music was back then!

muleFunk said:

Look at the diversity of styles on the chart that week.

Now look at what you have now and tell me that music is as good now as it was then.

Damn shame what has happened.

a damn shame indeed!

JoeTyler said:

DaphneLovesPR1NCE said:

Prince has the best song on that list...the only song that comes close to it is..surprise, MJ!

Let's Dance is just as good

and don't forget "Time (Clock Of The Heart)" that's one of the best songs of the 80s.

loooove time clock of the heart so much

this chart was just a few days before I was born

what's wrong with Men At Work..?

I love their 2 first albums

I'm surprised Laura Branigan had so many hits.

thedance said:

what's wrong with Men At Work..?

I love their 2 first albums

I like a few of their songs "Overkill" is my favorite.

The year of my birth..what a great time for music

Also, culturally, "Little Red Corvette", paved the way along with other videos by Black artists, for more Black artists to be on MTV. Ironically, since 2004, Prince has been anti-MTV, starting with his interview with Tavis Smiley and his press interviews around this time.