Here's the top 40 from Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending January 24, 1987.

This Week * Last Week * Weeks on Chart * Song * Performer
01 * 05 * 12 * At This Moment * Billy Vera & The Beaters
02 * 02 * 16 * C'est La Vie * Robbie Nevil
03 * 01 * 15 * Shake You Down * Gregory Abbott
04 * 07 * 08 * Open Your Heart * Madonna
05 * 06 * 13 * Control * Janet Jackson
06 * 08 * 13 * Land of Confusion * Genesis
07 * 12 * 13 * Someday * Glass Tiger
08 * 13 * 09 * Change of Heart * Cyndi Lauper
09 * 09 * 14 * Is This Love * Survivor
10 * 11 * 13 * Victory * Kool & the Gang
11 * 04 * 18 * Walk Like an Egyptian * Bangles
12 * 16 * 13 * Touch Me (I Want Your Body) * Samantha Fox
13 * 03 * 13 * Notorious * Duran Duran
14 * 20 * 10 * Keep Your Hands to Yourself * Georgia Satellites
15 * 22 * 07 * Livin' on a Prayer * Bon Jovi
16 * 23 * 08 * We're Ready * Boston
17 * 26 * 11 * Will You Still Love Me? * Chicago
18 * 21 * 13 * Coming Around Again * Carly Simon
19 * 27 * 08 * Ballerina Girl * Lionel Richie
20 * 29 * 09 * Love You Down * Ready for the World
21 * 28 * 11 * This Is the Time * Billy Joel
22 * 10 * 17 * Everybody Have Fun Tonight * Wang Chung
23 * 91 * 13 * All I Wanted * Kansas
24 * 31 * 11 * Stop to Love * Luther Vandross
25 * 32 * 11 * You Got It All * The Jets
26 * 33 * 12 * Nobody's Fool * Cinderella
27 * 15 * 19 * The Way It Is * Bruce Hornsby & The Range
28 * 25 * 13 * Falling in Love (Uh-Oh) * Miami Sound Machine
29 * 34 * 12 * Talk to Me * Chico DeBarge
30 * 37 * 12 * Stay the Night * Benjamin Orr
31 * 18 * 17 * Stand by Me * Ben E. King
32 * 42 * 09 * Big Time * Peter Gabriel
33 * 44 * 08 * Jimmy Lee * Aretha Franklin
34 * 40 * 02 * Jacob's Ladder * Huey Lewis & The News
35 * 14 * 10 * War * Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
36 * 45 * 06 * Somewhere Out There * Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram
37 * 43 * 08 * I'll Be Alright Without You * Journey
38 * 17 * 14 * Love is Forever * Billy Ocean
39 * 52 * 06 * (You gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!) * Beastie Boys
40 * 46 * 06 * I Wanna Go Back * Eddie Money

That's only 40.

Cloudbuster said:

And that's what the text of my message says

RipHer2Shreds said:

So it does.

Favorites from the list:

C'est La Vie * Robbie Nevil
Shake You Down * Gregory Abbott
Open Your Heart * Madonna
Control * Janet Jackson
Land of Confusion * Genesis
Someday * Glass Tiger
Change of Heart * Cyndi Lauper
Touch Me (I Want Your Body) * Samantha Fox
Notorious * Duran Duran
Keep Your Hands to Yourself * Georgia Satellites
Livin' on a Prayer * Bon Jovi
Love You Down * Ready for the World
Stop to Love * Luther Vandross
Nobody's Fool * Cinderella (I just listened to this one in the car a few days ago)
The Way It Is * Bruce Hornsby & The Range
Falling in Love (Uh-Oh) * Miami Sound Machine
Talk to Me * Chico DeBarge
Big Time * Peter Gabriel
Jimmy Lee * Aretha Franklin
Jacob's Ladder * Huey Lewis & The News
I'll Be Alright Without You * Journey


no Billy Ocean edit
[Edited 1/18/07 7:59am]

RipHer2Shreds said:

I`ve thought about making a thread about this song for so long, but i was sure people didn`t know the song.

It`s one of my favorite songs from her Arista years...


"I grew up and had my share of adventures
boy, i had some fun"

RipHer2Shreds said:

The only songs I own of these.

At This Moment * Billy Vera & The Beaters---Hated it, played to ever-living death.

C'est La Vie * Robbie Nevil--Loved it!

Shake You Down * Gregory Abbott--Great one hit wonder.

Open Your Heart * Madonna--Loved the video!

Control * Janet Jackson--Janet was my second favorite artist at the time so loved it!

Land of Confusion * Genesis---Great video!

Someday * Glass Tiger--Go back to Canada!

Change of Heart * Cyndi Lauper---Blah!

Is This Love * Survivor---Double Blah!

Victory * Kool & the Gang--Don't remember this song.

Walk Like an Egyptian * Bangles--Catchy as hell!

Touch Me (I Want Your Body) * Samantha Fox--Eh...she was so hot though!

Notorious * Duran Duran--Pretty funky for DD...love the bass.

Keep Your Hands to Yourself * Georgia Satellites--Annoying.

Livin' on a Prayer * Bon Jovi--I hated and still hate Bon Jovi.

We're Ready * Boston--Bland

Will You Still Love Me? * Chicago--This was without Cetera so no interest.

Coming Around Again * Carly Simon--Like this song.

Ballerina Girl * Lionel Richie---Lionel jumping the shark.

Love You Down * Ready for the World--Dug it at the time...too sugary now.

This Is the Time * Billy Joel--Not a fave from the piano man.

Everybody Have Fun Tonight * Wang Chung--Definitive 80's classic.

All I Wanted * Kansas---Yuuuuuccckkkk!

Stop to Love * Luther Vandross---Great song!

You Got It All * The Jets---The Jets had 47 members...true story.

Nobody's Fool * Cinderella--Hair metal at its worst.

The Way It Is * Bruce Hornsby & The Range--Really liked this song.

Falling in Love (Uh-Oh) * Miami Sound Machine--Boring

Talk to Me * Chico DeBarge---I preferred then stuff from Groucho DeBarge.

Stay the Night * Benjamin Orr---Loved this song...don't really know why.

Stand by Me * Ben E. King--Timeless classic.

Big Time * Peter Gabriel---He went to the freaky video well too many times.

Jimmy Lee * Aretha Franklin---Do not remember at all.

Jacob's Ladder * Huey Lewis & The News---Liked the song but the beginning of the end for Huey.

War * Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band---Prefer Edwin's version.

Somewhere Out There * Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram--Still find myself sing this.

I'll Be Alright Without You * Journey--We were soon alright without Journey.

Love is Forever * Billy Ocean---Um...

(You gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!) * Beastie Boys---The Beastie Boys when they were still sophmoric pricks...loved it.

I Wanna Go Back * Eddie Money--Okay song

I think the intersting thing about that list is take a look at the "age" of those perfromers at the time and compare them to todays artists in the top 40 and whats played and promoted. The youngest person on the chart from 1987 would be Samantha Fox, and i believe at the time she was 20-21 yrs old, everyone else on that chart was easily middle to late 20's and alot were 30's and up.
[Edited 1/18/07 11:51am]

Icicle said:[quote]

RipHer2Shreds said:

I`ve thought about making a thread about this song for so long, but i was sure people didn`t know the song.




Who don't know Jimmy Lee ???


History, biology and that magical december , hey boy

banks said:

See gottaletitgo's post, two above yours.

RipHer2Shreds said:

RipHer2Shreds said:

Damn it, I'll go on Napster and download it okay?

old I am, yes, yes, yes.....

I like most of these songs

Oh, how the jams were getting scarcer and scarcer during this era.....




Decent.



These two were some pretty good jams.

1

It's a good song but it sure as hell ain't as good as earlier Kool and the Gang.



OK



Hell naw! Shit naw! Fuck naw! Hell fuckin' naw! Hell motherfuckin' naw!!!!!



Two decent slow jams but they sure as hell ain't sexy and "after midnight sounding" like early 80s slow jams such as "Feel Me" by Cameo.




Best song on the list! A jam and a motherfuckin' ass shaker!



Hell naw! AC sounding shit!




OK

I'm surprised, Andy, that you thought Livin' on a Prayer was even okay. Doesn't seem like something you'd like at all.

Janet on the Top 10.

basically a cheessy week back then in 1987...


HATE


LIKE

Wow how schlocky were some of our favs during this time?

Aretha - 'Jimmy Lee'
Lionel - 'Ballerina Girl' (this song makes my ears bleed)
Miami Sound Machine - 'Falling in Love'

and then theres Billy Vera, Robbie Neville, Greggory Abbot!!!!!

These are all the makings of a Dental Office Soundtrack!

peace

02 * 02 * 16 * C'est La Vie * Robbie Nevil
03 * 01 * 15 * Shake You Down * Gregory Abbott
04 * 07 * 08 * Open Your Heart * Madonna
05 * 06 * 13 * Control * Janet Jackson
06 * 08 * 13 * Land of Confusion * Genesis

08 * 13 * 09 * Change of Heart * Cyndi Lauper
09 * 09 * 14 * Is This Love * Survivor

11 * 04 * 18 * Walk Like an Egyptian * Bangles

13 * 03 * 13 * Notorious * Duran Duran

15 * 22 * 07 * Livin' on a Prayer * Bon Jovi

20 * 29 * 09 * Love You Down * Ready for the World
21 * 28 * 11 * This Is the Time * Billy Joel
22 * 10 * 17 * Everybody Have Fun Tonight * Wang Chung

24 * 31 * 11 * Stop to Love * Luther Vandross
25 * 32 * 11 * You Got It All * The Jets

27 * 15 * 19 * The Way It Is * Bruce Hornsby & The Range
28 * 25 * 13 * Falling in Love (Uh-Oh) * Miami Sound Machine
29 * 34 * 12 * Talk to Me * Chico DeBarge

31 * 18 * 17 * Stand by Me * Ben E. King
32 * 42 * 09 * Big Time * Peter Gabriel
33 * 44 * 08 * Jimmy Lee * Aretha Franklin
34 * 40 * 02 * Jacob's Ladder * Huey Lewis & The News
35 * 14 * 10 * War * Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
36 * 45 * 06 * Somewhere Out There * Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram

39 * 52 * 06 * (You gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!) * Beastie Boys

I do kinda like Carly's 'Coming Around Again' though...

...

peace

Okay, I played Jimmy Lee on Napster and I kind of remember it. I don't know how this one fell between the cracks in my mental rolodex.

GottaLetitgo said:

'Jimmy Lee' followed OR was preceeded by OR sandwiched between her take on 'Jumpin Jack Flash'(from the Whoopi Goldberg movie) and her duet with George Michael 'Knew You We're Waiting For Me' which were both such huge hits that they overshadowed this one.


peace

VANITYSprisonBYTCH said:

You`re not the only one...

Icicle said:

'...I know nothing stays the saaaame.....'

LOVE IT!

VANITYSprisonBYTCH said:

Carly Simon has recorded lots of good music, her standards albums are wonderful...

Icicle said:

She was Oprah on Monday with her son and daughter doing a James Taylor song..it was beautiful! I love Carly...and I love the tone of her voice now.

...

VANITYSprisonBYTCH said:

I love Carly's 70s output, but I do not like this song. I didn't care for her Oscar-winner either, Let the River Run. I saw a bio of her a couple of years ago, and it wasn't until then that I realized she came from big money...Carly Simon, as in Simon & Schuster.

RipHer2Shreds said:

Yes..she did come from a very affluent background. Her perspective on things is what made her songwriting so interesting.

Her son looks just like James Taylor!

peace

VANITYSprisonBYTCH said:

I remember Jumping Jack Flash and I Knew You Were Waiting, of course. But yeah, I wasn't bumping this one.

Test me on just about any other song that made the Top 40 in the 80s and I could give immediate feedback on it.