TW LW Artist - Song

1 1 Aretha Franklin & George Michael - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
2 3 Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over
3 4 Prince - Sign 'O' the Times
4 6 Jody Watley - Looking for a New Love
5 10 Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died in Your Arms
6 2 Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
7 12 Madonna - La Isla Bonita
8 8 Steve Winwood - The Finer Things
9 5 Lou Gramm - Midnight Blue
10 13 U2 - With or Without You

11 11 Bangles - Walking Down Your Street
12 15 Kool - Stone Love
13 7 Club Nouveau - Lean on Me
14 16 Robbie Nevil - Dominoes
15 18 Peter Wolf - Come As You Are
16 19 Cyndi Lauper - What's Going On
17 9 Exposé - Come Go With Me
18 21 Bryan Adams - Heat of the Night
19 24 Chris De Burgh - The Lady in Red
20 20 Boston - Can'tcha Say (You Believe in Me)/Still in Love

21 28 Poison - Talk Dirty to Me
22 31 Fleetwood Mac - Big Love
23 25 Donna Allen - Serious
24 32 Glenn Medeiros - Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You
25 34 The Breakfast Club - Right on Track
26 14 Genesis - Tonight, Tonight, Tonight
27 30 World Party - Ship of Fools (Save Me from Tomorrow)
28 35 Huey Lewis & The News - I Know What I Like
29 39 Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hanging On
30 17 Wang Chung - Let's Go!

31 37 Lionel Richie - Se La
32 22 The Robert Cray Band - Smoking Gun
33 42 Atlantic Starr - Always
34 41 Chicago - If She Would Have Been Faithful...
35 40 Simply Red - The Right Thing
36 46 Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive
37 44 Thompson Twins - Get That Love
38 51 David Bowie - Day-In Day-Out
39 50 Kenny Loggins - Meet Me Half Way
40 45 Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al

41 26 Janet Jackson - Let's Wait Awhile
42 48 Psychedelic Furs - Heartbreak Beat
43 23 Hipsway - The Honeythief
44 27 Europe - The Final Countdown
45 54 Company B - Fascinated
46 47 The Cover Girls - Show Me
47 58 Herb Alpert featuring Janet Jackson - Diamonds
48 52 Beastie Boys - Brass Monkey
49 29 Tina Turner - What You Get Is What You See
50 33 Bruce Hornsby - Mandolin Rain

im loving that top 2-10
[Edited 4/19/07 19:50pm]

Simply Amazing, i remember as if it was yesterday, i think i own all the songs. Its just so great to see the diversity, and we should also remember those were ACTUALLY SINGLES, vinyl and Cassette, airplay was not counted that heavy back then.

lastdecember said:

and no downloads either

lastdecember said:

Yep. "Don't Dream It's Over" was #1 in airplay but Capitol thinks it lost a shot at the #1 overall spot because it wasn't titled "Don't Dream It's Over (Hey Now)." Apparently, some people couldn't find it in the stores.

MADONNA
Jody Watley
George Michael
Prince


all on the same chart!!!!

great survey... lots of amazing songs. shows how tragic the Top 40 is these days... just pathetic.

AlexdeParis said:

This is the part where I wish I had a time machine like a TARDIS and go back to March 1987.

muse87 said:

48 52 Beastie Boys - Brass Monkey

THE only rap song in the Top 40 at that moment! It goes to show us all that neither rap or hip-hop was taking over the charts yet. And the few rap songs that did had to be a big hit at the parties.

CHIC0 said:

Not to mention Cyndi!

If you don't have Sirius, you're really missing out. Every weekend, they pick a year in the eighties and run down the Top 40 for the current week. It's awesome but during the early eighties, tends to be kind of stale (lots of Christopher Crossish songs...just not as hip!). It's hosted by Nina Blackwood. I look forward to it every weekend. I mean, as cool as it is to hear memorable hits by eighties favorites, it's really cool to hear not only one hit wonders but rare songs that hit the Top 40 that you never hear anymore.

I was a senior in high school and I don't I recognize half of those songs. Wierd.
[Edited 4/19/07 22:06pm]

Honestly, that list is shit. I was about to jokingly say where is Europe, and I see they are there. I actually owned that album, I owned the Bullet Boys debut as well. The chart is really God Awful, save for a few cuts...
[Edited 4/19/07 22:19pm]

Stuff I dig now (or have dug in the past)

1 1 Aretha Franklin & George Michael - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
2 3 Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over
3 4 Prince - Sign 'O' the Times
4 6 Jody Watley - Looking for a New Love
5 10 Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died in Your Arms
7 12 Madonna - La Isla Bonita
10 13 U2 - With or Without You
16 19 Cyndi Lauper - What's Going On
19 24 Chris De Burgh - The Lady in Red
21 28 Poison - Talk Dirty to Me
22 31 Fleetwood Mac - Big Love
26 14 Genesis - Tonight, Tonight, Tonight
29 39 Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hanging On
36 46 Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive
40 45 Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al
41 26 Janet Jackson - Let's Wait Awhile
44 27 Europe - The Final Countdown
47 58 Herb Alpert featuring Janet Jackson - Diamonds
48 52 Beastie Boys - Brass Monkey
49 29 Tina Turner - What You Get Is What You See

AlexdeParis said:

You wouldn`t hear her singing those lyrics today

lilgish said:

It's at least a billion times better than what we have now. I don't think this particular chart is that deep, but most of the top 10 is fantastic.

AlexdeParis said:

It was just an amazing time period. Just the fact that you had, Kool and the Gang,Lionel,Aretha,U2,Beastie Boys,Fleetwood Mac etc... all mixed up and in the top 40 is how it should be. Its funny how many people just make fun of the 80's and dismiss it musically, and yet vh1 always is running some 80's show, and Sirus has tons of 80's shows, and all of a sudden everyone is looking for that sound when they "sample" and get their "beats".

SunnySkies said:

JackieBlue said:

But like PRINCE said you can say more by saying LESS, lyrics today are just Sex not Sexy.

Aretha Franklin & George Michael - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) (even though The Queen blows GM up)
Prince - Sign 'O' the Times
Jody Watley - Looking for a New Love
Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died in Your Arms
Steve Winwood - The Finer Things
Lou Gramm - Midnight Blue
Bruce Hornsby - Mandolin Rain


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

those were good days in music, makes me kinda sad, especially when I think about the charts today with Akon and shit.

They had music 20 years ago?! Man I didn't think that music was invented until 1997, when Joey and Lance and the those other two guys and me started our thing!

1 1 Aretha Franklin & George Michael - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
2 3 Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over
3 4 Prince - Sign 'O' the Times
4 6 Jody Watley - Looking for a New Love

7 12 Madonna - La Isla Bonita
8 8 Steve Winwood - The Finer Things

10 13 U2 - With or Without You

13 7 Club Nouveau - Lean on Me

22 31 Fleetwood Mac - Big Love

26 14 Genesis - Tonight, Tonight, Tonight

31 37 Lionel Richie - Se La -

36 46 Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive

38 51 David Bowie - Day-In Day-Out

40 45 Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al
50 33 Bruce Hornsby - Mandolin Rain

Milty picks.

AlexdeParis said:

Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

wonder505 said:

The even greater thing is how many of those artists still exist today, still record, still play shows, regardless of charts or media. It also reminds me how much i used to like looking at a chart, to see a song rising the charts that i really liked, songs dont move up like that anymore, today you debut and then fall, wheres the mystery and fun in that?

Great list of music. What the hell happened? Popular music today is so shit.

JackieBlue said:

I miss the old Janet

wonder505 said:

Akon>

SunnySkies said:

she looks like a little black cabbage patch doll
[Edited 4/20/07 10:05am]

Those were some good times for music.


(sigh.....)

What this also makes me remember looking at this chart, The Cover Girls SHOW ME, that single took forever just to get to 46, i believe it peaked at about 41 and it took months to get there. That Album had 5 charted singles, and it was the first REAL Indie album to have 5 charted singles ever, and that still holds to this day, FEVER RECORDS never had a distributor it did it all on its own, and still does to this day.