Hey Everybody! Welcome to this week’s Top 40 Countdown! If you missed the previous songs, you can go back and check out songs 40-31 and 30-21. We had an amazing list of songs yesterday. Will it be just as good today? Let’s Return to the week ending January 19, 1985, and continue the countdown to find out.
20. “Neutron Dance” by The Pointer Sisters
I love the Pointer Sisters! If this song doesn’t get you pumped and moving, you have no soul.
19. “Valotte” by Julian Lennon
It’s kind of chilling how much Julian sounds like his father, vocally.
18. “Do What You Do” by Jermaine Jackson
A downside of being Michael’s brother is that songs like this get overlooked.
17. “Jamie” by Ray Parker, Jr.
A downside of having a hit called “Ghostbusters” is that songs like this get overlooked.
16. “Loverboy” by Billy Ocean
This was a huge hit for Billy Ocean. It peaked at #2, and was kept out of the top spot by “Careless Whisper”.
15. “Cool It Now” by New Edition
A boy band that I can tolerate!
14. “I Would Die 4 U” by Prince & The Revolution
And the hits keep on coming from the Purple Rain soundtrack. Further proof that this was one of the most iconic albums of the ’80s.
13. “Do They Know It’s Christmas” by Band Aid
Or does Billboard not know that it isn’t Christmas anymore? Or that it is 340 days til Christmas at this point in 1985? It doesn’t matter. I still love this song anyway.
12. “The Boys of Summer” by Don Henley
Billboard really had their seasons screwed up! It’s not Christmas anymore (see last song), and this deep freeze we’re in now tells me that we are nowhere near summer either! Wishful thinking, I guess.
11. “Sea of Love” by The Honeydrippers
Meh. I prefer Plant teamed with Paige.
That concludes today’s list of songs. We are almost at the top of the charts. I think this is one of my favorite countdowns so far. Come back tomorrow as we wrap up the countdown.
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