Can you name the song and the artist who covered it in 1980
When you were so in love with me
I played around like I was free
Thought I could have my cake and eat it, too
But how I cried over losing you
Last Song: “Miss Me Blind” by Culture Club from Colour by Numbers (1984)
Great job Adora (@Adora2000) and Erwin (@erwin_green)!!!
If the way that you need
Is too much like greed
Decide if you are rich or you’re poor
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So if you go away, I know that I will follow
‘Cause there’s a place inside my heart that tells me
Hold out, hold out, hold out
Last Song: “Time (Clock of the Heart)” by Culture Club from Kissing to Be Clever (1983)
Great job Erwin (@erwin_green) and Pauline (@Dopey62)!!!
Touch was the heat too much
I felt I lost you from the start
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I only wish I could read your mind
So I’d know just how you feel
Send me a signal
Tell me your feelings are just as real
Last Song: “Karma Chameleon” by Culture Club from Colour By Numbers (1984)
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Didn’t hear your wicked words every day
And you used to be so sweet I heard you say
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Oh, you’re like the sun chasing all of the rain away
When you come around you bring brighter days
Last Song: “It’s A Miracle” by Culture Club from the album Colour by Numbers (1984)
Great job Missi (@missirocks)!!!
Run to the edge of town
Where Hollywood lay its footprints down
Monroe was there
But do you really care
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There once was a time and there once was a way
We had something going and to my dismay
Attention to me seemed to drift though I don’t know where
Last Song: “Do You Really Want To Hurt Me” by Culture Club from the album Kissing To Be Clever (1983)
Great job Adora (@Adora2000) and Lynne (@LynneAshton2)!!!
Words are few
I have spoken
I could waste a thousand years
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Who propped you up when you were stopped low motivation had you on the ground
I know your first reaction you slide away hide away goodbye
But if there’s a doubt maybe I can give out a thousand reasons why
Last Song: “Church of the Poison Mind” by Culture Club from the album Colour by Numbers (1983)
Great job Great job Adora (@Adora2000)!!!
Who would be the fool to maybe
Trick a kiss in time?
Who am I to say that’s crazy?
Love will make you blind
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Maybe you think it’s cute, but girl, I’m not impressed
I tell you one time only with my business please don’t mess
Last Song: “I’ll Tumble 4 Ya” by Culture Club from the album Kissing to Be Clever (1983)
Great job Karen (@dovey_karen) and Jim (@JimVilk)!!!
I get a crazy feeling that chases in my head
It’s nothing that you do to me
It’s nothing that you said
It’s love in stereo
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Welcome back to a new week of the Top 40 countdown! This will be a slightly different format. My comments will be limited to 1 or 2 sentences. If you would like to hear the song/see the video on YouTube, you can click on the song title. If you’d like to listen or buy the song from Amazon, you can click on the album cover. We are in the heart of the 80s for this countdown, so there will be some great songs this week. So, let’s Return to the week ending January 19, 1985, and begin the countdown.
Mistake No. 2 = Thinking Boy George was a woman, despite his name
That wraps up today’s list of songs. I’m liking this countdown so far. Come back tomorrow as we continue the countdown.
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Hi Everybody! Welcome back as we finally conclude the countdown. I’m sorry it took so long to wrap this up, but sometimes real life happens. If you missed the previous songs, you can check out songs 40-31, 30-21, and 20-11. What a blast going down memory lane! Now, let’s Return to the week ending August 27, 1983, and wrap up the countdown.
And don’t forget, if you click on the song title, you can see the video of the song. If you click on the album cover, you can listen to or purchase the song on Amazon.
The great David Bowie re-invented himself once again with the Let’s Dance album. This classic was the second song released off of that album. Bowie was one of the many of our 80s icons that passed away last year. He is missed.
Culture Club was one of the biggest acts in the early 80s. I was not on board with that at the time. But, now their music brings me some wonderful nostalgia.
In my opinion, The Human League is very underrated. I really like this song a lot. It has that classic 80s sound. I also recommend their 2011 album, Credo. They still sound the same, which is great!
This is a great signature song for Stevie Nicks’ solo career. Stevie is almost 70 and still going strong. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Stevie was asked how it felt to be turning 70 in 2 years. She said:
I don’t like that number. I see lots of people my age, and lots of people who are younger than me, and I think, “Wow, those people look really old.” I think it’s because they didn’t try. If you want to stay young, you have to make an effort. If I wanna walk onstage in a short chiffon skirt and not look completely age-inappropriate, I have to make that happen. Or you just throw in the towel and let your hair turn white and look like a frumpy old woman. I’m never gonna go there.
In the early ’80s, there were very few acts that were as hot as Men at Work. This was the third single released from their Cargo album, and peaked right here at #6.
This cover of the Irving Berlin song was a huge hit for Taco, eventually peaking at #4. This made Irving Berlin, then 95, the oldest ever living songwriter to have one of his compositions enter the top ten.
The disco queen, and fellow New Englander (Boston, MA), transitioned brilliantly into the ’80s, making this her signature song.
This was another huge hit from the Flashdance soundtrack. The following year, he would release another song from a movie soundtrack – “Gremlins…Mega Madness“.
This song was so overplayed that I would cringe every time I’d hear The Eurythmics. Luckily, enough time has been removed that I really love their music. I have no problem skipping over this one though. But, I love anything else they do.
Speaking of overplayed songs, this was the king of them. I clearly remembering listening to the year end countdown in December, and being so disappointed that this was the #1 song of the year. I love just about everything else from the Synchronicity album. But I guess I’m a weirdo. At least it’s better than a stalker.
That wraps up this week’s countdown. I hope you enjoyed this. There will definitely be more countdowns coming up. In the meantime, Keep your feet on the ground, and keep reaching for the stars.
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If I could go back again
Well I know I’d never let you go
Back with some of my friends
To that wonderful
Last Song: “Miss Me Blind
Bet you got a good gun
Bet you know how
To have some fun
And then
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