The results are in, and the winner of this year’s Return to the ’80s March Madness Tournament is “In the Air Tonight”.
The finals was between “In the Air Tonight” and “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)”.
“In the Air Tonight” received just about 2/3 of the vote, winning 65.2% – 34.8%.
This was a great tournament with a lot of great Phil Collins music. Thank you so much for everybody who took the time to vote! I’m looking forward to next year!
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We have arrived to the Finals for the Phil Collins March Madness Tournament. And we really should not be surprised by the finalists. Although “In the Air Tonight” was not a #1 hit, it is definitely one of the most popular ’80s tunes – thanks to Miami Vice and to the iconic drum riff. And “Against All Odds (Take a Look At Me Now)” is one of the more popular ballads of the decade. So, this should be an interesting ballad. This could be a close one!
If you have not heard our Phil Collins podcast episode yet, feel free to check it out. Also, don’t forget to check out RealWeegieMidget Reviews for the Buster movie review.
Voting for this round will be done right here in the comments if you’d like, on Twitter – @Returntothe80s, and the Return to the ’80s group page on Facebook, and will be open until Friday.
“Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)” vs. “In the Air Tonight“
Well things are getting down to the nitty gritty as we arrive at the Final Four of the Phil Collins March Madness tournament!
If you have not heard our Phil Collins podcast episode yet, feel free to check it out. Also, don’t forget to check out RealWeegieMidget Reviews for the Buster movie review.
Here are the Final Four matchups. Voting for this round will be done right here on Twitter – @Returntothe80s, And the Return to the ’80s group page on Facebook, and will be open until Friday.
Matchup 1
“Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)” vs. “I Wish It Would Rain Down”
Matchup 2
“In the Air Tonight” vs. “Sussudio“
The Sweet Sixteen results are in, and it appears that there may be a couple of upsets. The Buster songs did not fare very well.
If you have not heard our Phil Collins podcast episode yet, feel free to check it out. Also, don’t forget to check out RealWeegieMidget Reviews for the Buster movie review.
Here are the Elite Eight matchups. Voting will be done right here on the site, Twitter – @Returntothe80s, And the Return to the ’80s group page on Facebook, and will be open until Wednesday.
Bracket 1
“Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)” vs. “Take Me Home”
Bracket 2
“In the Air Tonight” vs. “Easy Lover” (with Philip Bailey)
Bracket 3
“You Can’t Hurry Love” vs. “Sussudio”
Bracket 4
“Separate Lives” (with Marilyn Martin) vs. “I Wish It Would Rain Down“
It’s that time of year again! Welcome to the 5th Annual Return to the ’80s March Madness Tournament. If you are new to this site, each year one artist is chosen for the March Madness Tournament. We pit their own hit songs against each other. As with last year, voting will be done right here on the site, Twitter – @Returntothe80s, And the Return to the ’80s group page on Facebook.
Previous winners have been:
2018 – “Out of Touch” in the Hall & Oates March Madness
2019 – “Purple Rain” in the Prince March Madness
2020 – “Crazy For You” in the Madonna March Madness
2021 – “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)” in Whitney Houston March Madness
This year we are going t=with the legendary Phil Collins. This will be his solo hits, and not Genesis songs, as he had enough to make the Sweet Sixteen on his own.
This Tournament is in collaboration with RealWeegieMidget Reviews as Gilll from that site reviews the Phil Collins film, Buster. Collins had a couple of hit songs from that movie. It was not widely seen in the U.S., so you may be interested in reading the review. So go check it out!
First, check out the podcast episode as we review each song in the tournament.
Now, let’s get going with the Sweet Sixteen! Voting will be open for this round until Sunday, April 3. The Elite 8 will be posted on Monday, April 4. In addition to voting on Twitter – @Returntothe80s and the Return to the ’80s group page on Facebook, feel free to comment your picks below. 1 vote per battle please. You can click on the song titles to see each music video.
Bracket 1
“Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)” vs. “I Don’t Care Anymore“
“Something Happened on the Way to Heaven” vs. “Take Me Home“
Bracket 2
“One More Night” vs. “In the Air Tonight”
“Another Day in Paradise” vs “Easy Lover” (with Philip Bailey)
Bracket 3
“A Groovy Kind of Love” vs. “You Can’t Hurry Love“
“Sussudio” vs. “Don’t Lose My Number“
Bracket 4
“Separate Lives” (with Marilyn Martin) vs. “I Missed Again“
“Two Hearts” vs. “I Wish It Would Rain Down“
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The Whitney Houston March Madness is coming to a close! The Final Four matches were not even close. This final should be interesting. We have:
“How Will I Know” vs. “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)”
Due to techniucal complications, voting will be held on Twitter and/or the Return to the ’80s group page.
I will set this up for 3 days to give time for people to vote.
Unfortunately, much like Whitney’s life, this year’s Return to the ’80s March Madness has been a bit of a train wreck. First, we had recorded a great podcast episode about this tournament. After we were done, I went to click the ‘Stop Recording’ button, only to find that I never started it!!!
To add insult to injury, I use WordPress for web hosting, and they changed the way the polls are done. All I can see is that 8 people voted, and it will not show me the results. And on the main Facebook page, there is no longer an option to add a poll. So, I posted the Facebook poll on the Return to the ’80s group page.
Twitter is the only consistent platform. Unfortunately, my account had been hacked this year, so I only have a fraction of the followers I once had. Luckily, the Twitter followers are very cool and active! So I was able to get some results. There was no close matchup in the Elite 8 this time. So, even though I was unable to see the results on the web site, it doesn’t matter because the results would be the same.
So, I present to you, this year’s Final Four, which can be voted for on Twitter or the Return to the ’80s group page.
“Saving All My Love For You” vs. “How Will I Know”
“I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)” vs. “So Emotional”
I will announce the championship match on Wednesday.
Better late than never, but the 4th annual Return to the ’80s March Madness tournament is here! If you are new to this site, each year one artist is chosen for the March Madness Tournament. We pit their own hit songs against each other. As with last year, voting will be done right here on the site, Twitter – @Returntothe80s, And the Return to the ’80s group page on Facebook.
Previous winners have been:
2018 – “Out of Touch” in the Hall & Oates March Madness
2019 – “Purple Rain” in the Prince March Madness
2020 – “Crazy For You” in the Madonna March Madness
This year, I was going to go with Phil Collins, but with my busy schedule, I have to jump right into the elite 8. And Collins had way too many top 40 hits to limit it to just 8.
Since Whitney had 7 number one hits in the ’80s, a Wild Card tournament was held to fill in the final slot. The winner was “You Give Good Love.”
Since this tournament will go into April, there is literally no time to waste! So let’s get this party started!
This round will close on Friday April 2.
You can click on the song titles to get the YouTube videos. The poll is at the bottom.
“You Give Good Love” vs. “Saving All My Love For You”
“How Will I Know” vs. “The Greatest Love of All”
“I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)” vs. “Didn’t We Almost Have It All”
Hi Everybody! It’s that time of year again! This will be the 4th annual Return to the ’80s March Madness. If you are new to this site, each year one artist is chosen for the March Madness Tournament. We pit their own hit songs against each other. As with last year, voting will be done right here on the site and on Twitter – @Returntothe80s.
Previous winners have been:
2018 – “Out of Touch” in the Hall & Oates March Madness
2019 – “Purple Rain” in the Prince March Madness
2020 – “Crazy For You” in the Madonna March Madness
This year, I was going to go with Phil Collins, but with my busy schedule, I have to jump right into the elite 8. And Collins had way too many top 40 hits to limit it to just 8.
However, Whitney is the perfect fit this year. She had 7 straight number 1 hits. And now we can have 4 songs battle it out in this wild card for the final slot.
Voting will close on Sunday March 14.
Here are the songs that will be doing battle this week. You can vote on the poll at the bottom. You can click on the song title to get the YouTube video.
This was Whitney’s first single released from her debut album. And what a start! It didn’t top the mainstream chart, but it did land at #3. The song won Favorite Soul/R&B Single at the 13th American Music Awards, and was nominated for Best R&B Song and Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female at the 28th Grammy Awards in 1986.
I was shocked to discover that “All At Once” was not released as an official single in the U.S. I think I remember hearing it on the radio a lot. This was always one of my favorites by her.
This song from Whitney’s sophomore album ended her streak of seven straight #1s. While it did not make the eight in a row, it still managed to hit the top 10, peaking at #9, despite the fact that there was no music video for the song.
And last, but certainly not least, here is the song for the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea. The song was Houston’s third number one in the UK Singles Chart, and reached number five on the US Billboard Hot 100. I couldn’t name another Olympic theme song. Any of them would pale in comparison to this.
So there you have it. Let the voting begin!
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Return to the ’80s Nation has spoken, and it is official. They are crazy about “Crazy for You”!!!
It was an extremely close matchup. There were 91 Twitter votes,a d “Crazy for You” beat “Like a Prayer” 53.8% – 46.2%. And on this web site “Crazy for You” won by a count of 4-3.
This tournament was so much fun! Thank you so much to everybody who participated! I truly appreciate it. It is much more fun when a lot of people partcipate.
I’m looking forward to next year’s tournament!
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