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Phil Collins March Madness: Elite Eight

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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“

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Phil Collins March Madness – Sweet Sixteen

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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“

Del can be found on the show 80s at 8 on 91.1 WEDM FM as well the 80s at 8 Facebook page where he posts 80s news.

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Whitney Houston March Madness – Elite 8

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Whitney March MadnessBetter 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”

“So Emotional” vs. “Where Do Broken Hearts Go”

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Whitney Houston March Madness

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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.

You Give Good Love

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.

All at Once

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.

Love Will Save the Day

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.

One Moment in Time

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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Madonna March Madness – The Winner is…

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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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Madonna March Madness Finals

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Madonna March Madness FinalsWell, the big moment has arrived! We have reached the finals of the Madonna March Madness Tournament. The Final Four was amazing as both match-ups were very close. And I’m sure this one will be a nail-biter as well. Here are results from the Final Four

Bracket 1

Twitter
88 Votes
Like a Prayer 59.1%
Material Girl 40.9%

Web Site
Like a Prayer 4 votes
Material Girl 3 votes

Winner: Like a Prayer

Bracket 2

Twitter
83 Votes
Crazy for You 54.2%
Into the Groove 45.8%

Web Site
Crazy for You 4 votes
Into the Groove 3 votes

Winner: Crazy for You

Finals

Voting open until 12 noon Eastern time on Thursday, April 2

Like a Prayer vs. Crazy For You

[poll id=”33″]

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Madonna March Madness – Final Four

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Madonna March MadnessWe have arrived at the Final Four of the Madonna March Madness tournament. This has been a great tournament so far. These Final Four songs are going to be involved in a great battle. The voting for the Elite Eight was a little light on the web site with only between 3-4 votes. The voting on Twitter ranged between 53-78 votes.

Here are the Elite Eight results:

Bracket 1

Twitter
66 votes
Like a Prayer 57.6%
Live to Tell 42.4%

Web site
Like a Prayer 3 votes
Live to Tell 0 votes

Winner: Like a Prayer

Bracket 2

Twitter
78 votes
Material Girl 59%
Papa Don’t Preach 41%

Web Site
Material Girl 3 votes
Papa Don’t Preach 1 vote

Winner: Material Girl

Bracket 3

Twitter
54 votes
Crazy For You 74.1%
Open Your Heart 25.9%

Web Site
Crazy For You 3 votes
Open Your Heart 1 vote

Winner: Crazy For You

Bracket 4

Twitter
53 votes
Into the Groove 62.3%
Like a Virgin 37.7%

Web Site
Like a Virgin 3 votes
Into the Groove 1 vote

Winner: Into the Groove

Final Four

Voting is open until noon Eastern time on Friday, March 27

Bracket 1

Like a Prayer vs. Material Girl

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Bracket 2

Crazy For You vs. Into the Groove

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Madonna March Madness – Elite 8

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Madonna-March-Madness-2 Time for the next round of the Madonna March Madness! The Sweet Sixteen was very interesting, and the Elite Eight is going to be very tough to predict. In the last round, there were only 5 votes in each battle. I thank you five very much for taking the time to come to this page and vote. I truly appreciate it.

Most of the voting took place on Twitter. There weren’t any battles with close enough results for the web page results to make a difference. That could change this round. The numbers on the Twitter voting ranged from 67 to 88 votes per battle.

You can vote on the Elite Eight matchups down below. You can click on the song title to see the YouTube video. Voting will be open until midnight on Monday March 23.

If you’re curious, here are the Sweet Sixteen results:

Bracket 1A

Twitter
79 votes
Like a Prayer 57%
Borderline 43%

RTT80s
Borderline 3 votes
Like a Prayer 2 votes

Winner: Like a Prayer

Bracket 1B

Twitter
71 votes
Live to Tell 60.6%
Cherish 39.4%

RTT80s
Live to Tell 3 votes
Cherish 2 votes

Winner: Live to Tell

Bracket 2A

Twitter
84 votes
Papa Don’t Preach 57.1%
Lucky Star 42.9%

RTT80s
Pap Don’t Preach 3 votes
Lucky Star 2 votes

Winner: Papa Don’t Preach

Bracket 2B

Twitter
86 votes

Material Girl 65.1%
True Blue 34.9%

RTT80s
Material Girl 4 votes
True Blue 1 vote

Winner: Material Girl

Bracket 3A

Twitter
88 votes

Crazy For You 71.6%
La Isla Bonita 28.4%

RTT80s
Crazy For You 4 votes
La Isla Bonita 1 vote

Winner: Crazy For You

Bracket 3B

Twitter
80 votes

Open Your Heart 65%
Who’s That Girl 35%

RTT80s
Open Your Heart 4 votes
Who’s That Girl 1 vote

Winner: Open Your Heart

Bracket 4A

Twitter
75 Votes
Like a Virgin 58.7%
Holiday 41.3%

RTT80s
Like a Virgin 3 votes
Holiday 2 votes

Winner: Like a Virgin

Bracket 4B

Twitter
67 votes
Into the Groove 76.1%
Express Yourself 23.9%

RTT80s
Into the Groove 3 votes
Express Yourself 2 votes

Winner: Into the Groove

Elite Eight

Voting open until 23:59 on Monday, March 23, 2020

Bracket 1

Like a Prayer vs. Live to Tell

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Bracket 2

Papa Don’t Preach vs. Material Girl

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Bracket 3

Crazy For You vs. Open Your Heart

[poll id=”29″]

Bracket 4

Like a Virgin Vs. Into the Groove

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Madonna March Madness – Sweet 16

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It’s that time of year again! While all sporting events, and pretty much everything else in life is on hold right now, Return to the 80s March Madness lives on! This year’s March Madness will feature the 80s Queen of Pop, Madonna.
Voting in the Sweet 16 begins right now, and will close at midnight on March 19. Also, if you are on Twitter, you can look for the polls on @ReturnToThe80s.
Also, please check out the special podcast where Paul and Lizzie (from the podcast Liz Laugh Cry), where we cover each song. Lizzie, an “elder Millennial” (and huge Madonna fan) has a very fun and unique perspective on these songs.
So, check out the podcast episode and vote below. You can click on the song title of each song to see its video.

Bracket 1

[poll id=”18″]

Like a Prayer     vs      Borderline

   

[poll id=”19″]

Live to Tell         vs      Cherish

    

Bracket 2

[poll id=”20″]

Papa Don’t Preach      vs   Lucky Star

             

[poll id=”21″]

Material Girl         vs    True Blue

      

Bracket 3

[poll id=”22″]

Crazy For You     vs    La Isla Bonita

     

[poll id=”23″]

Open Your Heart   vs    Who’s That Girl

         

Bracket 4

[poll id=”24″]

Like a Virgin      vs          Holiday

       

[poll id=”26″]

Into the Groove    vs    Express Yourself

         

You can find Lizzie on Instagram at @LizzieDNewton
And check out her podcast Liz, Laugh, Cry on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

And you can subscribe to Return to the ’80s on:

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or anywhere else you get your podcasts.

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Hall & Oates March Madness Tournament: Final Four

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Wow! What a finish to the Elite 8! There were two blowouts, and two tight matches. And one of those matches had to go into overtime! And the overtime was very exciting. I posted the overtime poll on Twitter, the 80s Fans Unite!!! Facebook group, and the Return to the ’80s Facebook group. “Kiss On My List” defeated “You Make My Dreams” by the narrow margin of 23-22. On the the 80s Fans Unite!!! page, “Dreams” squeaked by 5-4. The tie breaker was on the Return to the ’80s Facebook group page where “Dreams” won handily 6-0, moving it on to the next round. We’re getting down to the nitty gritty now! You can place a vote in each bracket

Out of Touch Maneater

Out of Touch (1) def Method of Modern Love (2) (14-3)

Maneater (1) def One on One (2) (14-2)

You Can’t Make My Dreams Go for That (No Can Do)

I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do) (2) def Private Eyes (1) (10-7)

You Make My Dreams (3) def Kiss on My List (1) (9-9 regulation, 33-27 in overtime)