TheThorne
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Post by TheThorne on Apr 4, 2016 19:19:57 GMT 1
# 166. Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger (1982 - 4 weeks)
# 167. Aswad - Don't Turn Around (1988 - 2 weeks)
# 168. David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes (1980 - 2 weeks)
# 169. Paul Hardcastle - 19 (1985 - 5 weeks)
# 170. David Bowie - Let's Dance (1983 - 3 weeks) 166 damn good, 167 meh, 168 brilliant, 169 ok, 170 brilliant as well |
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Post by Earl Purple on Apr 4, 2016 21:39:33 GMT 1
I class it as worse than Nick Berry. It was extremely disappointing after having done great songs in the past and then went and got to #1 with it.
Similar to Stevie Wonder getting my choice of 1984, the fact he'd previously done music I really liked possibly weighted my decision. I hadn't expected anything better from Nick Berry. "Every Loser Wins" reached #9 in my chart at the time, and when we get to this point in the retro personal charts from the 80s topic, we'll see if I adjust that, although on the whole I'm sticking fairly faithfully to my chart of the time.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2016 15:26:21 GMT 1
# 161. Europe - The Final Countdown (1986 - 2 weeks)
# 162. Lisa Stansfield - All Around The World (1989 - 2 weeks)
# 163. U2 - Desire (1988 - 1 week)
# 164. Eddy Grant - I Don't Wanna Dance (1982 - 3 weeks)
# 165. Phyllis Nelson - Move Closer (1985 - 1 week) |
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Post by Earl Purple on Apr 5, 2016 17:01:40 GMT 1
161. Great rock song.
162. Best #1 in the second half of the year and a great song
163. Good but they've done a lot better songs
164. I like this too
165. Agree this is dull, albeit slightly better than the song it replaced.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2016 13:48:21 GMT 1
# 156. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes (1984 - 9 weeks)
# 157. Detroit Spinners - Working My Way Back To You (1980 - 2 weeks)
# 158. Los Lobos - La Bamba (1987 - 2 weeks)
# 159. Sister Sledge - Frankie (1985 - 4 weeks)
# 160. Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love For You (1985 - 2 weeks)
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Post by Whitneyfan on Apr 7, 2016 20:02:29 GMT 1
A lot of my absolute favourites have gone already.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2016 7:50:46 GMT 1
# 151. Ben E. King - Stand By Me (1987 - 3 weeks)
# 152. Sonia - You'll Never Stop Me Loving You (1989 - 2 weeks)
# 153. Aretha Franklin and George Michael - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) (1987 - 2 weeks)
# 154. Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me (1980 - 4 weeks)
# 155. Enya - Orinoco Flow (1988 - 3 weeks)
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Post by Whitneyfan on Apr 10, 2016 17:56:23 GMT 1
# 151. Ben E. King - Stand By Me (1987 - 3 weeks)
# 152. Sonia - You'll Never Stop Me Loving You (1989 - 2 weeks)
Interesting that these 2 songs are together when I would put them as absolute total opposites in terms of quality. 'Stand by me' would be in my top 10 songs of all-time. |
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Post by Earl Purple on Apr 10, 2016 20:35:55 GMT 1
151: this single currently holds the record for the longest gap between getting to #1 in my chart and in the uk, now I have retro charts.
152: yeah formulaic S/A/W and thankfully that trio never wrote another #1 after this
153: Not their most popular work but I do like this song.
154. Wasn't the best song about a school at the time but it has interesting lyrics.
155. Sail away, sail away, sail away... ah, beautiful song...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2016 6:40:53 GMT 1
# 146. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (1984 - 5 weeks)
# 147. New Edition - Candy Girl (1983 - 1 week)
# 148. Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure (1981 - 2 weeks)
# 149. KC and the Sunshine Band - Give It Up (1983 - 3 weeks)
# 150. Whitney Houston - One Moment In Time (1988 - 2 weeks) |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2016 6:27:23 GMT 1
# 141. Soft Cell - Tainted Love (1981 - 2 weeks)
# 142. Boris Gardiner - I Want To Wake Up With You (1986 - 3 weeks)
# 143. Adam and the Ants - Stand And Deliver (1981 - 5 weeks)
# 144. Duran Duran - The Reflex (1984 - 4 weeks)
# 145. Goombay Dance Band - Seven Tears (1982 - 3 weeks) |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2016 16:24:47 GMT 1
# 136. Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (1981 - 1 week)
# 137. Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite (The Sweetest Girl in Town) (1986 - 4 weeks)
# 138. Smokey Robinson - Being With You (1981 - 2 weeks)
# 139. Eurythmics - There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) (1985 - 1 week)
# 140. Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (1983 - 1 week)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2016 16:07:53 GMT 1
# 131. Lionel Richie - Hello (1984 - 6 weeks)
# 132. Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me (1982 - 3 weeks)
# 133. Billy Ocean - When The Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going (1986 - 4 weeks)
# 134. The Special A.K.A. - Too Much Too Young (1980 - 2 weeks)
# 135. Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin - It's My Party (1981 - 4 weeks)
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SheriffFatman
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Post by SheriffFatman on Feb 3, 2017 17:37:02 GMT 1
Forgot about this thread. I can try to finish it, if anybody have the interest. Sort of interested, sort of horrified. Pump Up The Volume would be in my top 5! |
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