Can you name the artist and song:
You know you can’t fool me
I’ve been loving you too long
It started so easy
You want to carry on
Last Song: “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” by Starship from No Protection (1987)
Great job Tim (@TimReavley)!!!
Let ’em say we’re crazy
What do they know?
Put your arms around me
Baby, don’t ever let go
Today’s Song of the Day, “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” by Starship hit #1 on this day in 1987. It was co-written by Diane Warren and Albert Hammond, and was Warren’s first chart-topper. The song was on Starship’s album No Protection, and was also the theme to the romantic comedy film Mannequin (starring Andrew McCarthy and Kim Cattrall.
This song received a nomination for Best Original Song at the 60th Academy Awards (losing to “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” from Dirty Dancing).
At the time that this song hit #1, Grace Slick became, at age 47, the oldest woman to attain a number-one single in the United States, surpassed only by Cher, who was 52 when her song “Believe” reached number one in early 1999.
On this day in 1986, today’s Song of the Day, “Sara” by Starship hit the #1 spot on the Billboard charts. The song is from Knee Deep in the Hoopla, the band’s first album under the name Starship. In June 1984, Paul Kantner, the last remaining founding member of Jefferson Airplane, left Jefferson Starship (while Grace Slick put the band on the map in the ’60s, she was not a founding member). After Kantner left, there were lawsuits in place to prevent the band from using the words “Jefferson” or “Airplane” in their name. It didn’t matter. The Knee Deep in the Hoopla album proved to be successful as it certified platinum and generated two #1 hits – “Sara” and “We Built This City“.
Mickey Thomas sang lead on this song. Although written by Peter and Ina Wolf, the song was named for Thomas’s wife at the time. The music video stars Rebecca De Mornay, and was directed by directed by Francis Delia.
Can you name the artist and song:
I need you to need me
I wanna hold you, but you’re holdin’ someone else in your arms
Last Song: “We Built This City” by Starship from Knee Deep in the Hoopla (1986)
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Someone’s always playing corporation games
Who cares, they’re always changing corporation names
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Can you name the artist and song:
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused
Last Song: “It’s Not Enough” by Starship from Love Among the Cannibals (1989)
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We can make it last if we hold on till tomorrow
Or will we throw it away
Empty words you say you want to please me
But half a heart won’t make it right
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Hi Everybody! Welcome back to this week’s countdown! Some things that happened around this time were:
– Martina Navratilova earns 8th Wimbledon singles title with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Steffi Graf
– Also at Wimbledon, Pat Cash of Australia scores his only Grand Slam singles success 7-6, 6-2, 7-5 over Ivan Lendl
– A’s 1st baseman Mark McGwire becomes first rookie to hit 30 HRs before the MLB All-Star Game
– Nazi Klaus Barbie, “Butcher of Lyon” sentenced to life in France
– Kitty Dukakis reveals an addiction to amphetamines for 26 years
– Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North begins public testimony at Iran-Contra hearing
– Kiwanis Clubs end men-only tradition, vote to admit women
Today’s list of songs will have some songs that you know very well, as well as other songs that you may have never heard of, or may have forgotten about. So let’s Return to the week ending July 12, 1987, and continue the UK countdown
That wraps up today’s list of songs. I think I like today’s even more than yesterday’s. What are some of your favorites this week? I hope you are enjoying this countdown. We are halfway through. Come back tomorrow as we continue the countdown.
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Welcome back as we continue the countdown! If you missed the previous songs, you can go back and check out songs 40-31 and 30-21. The hits are getting bigger and bigger. However, there are still two songs on today’s list that I was unfamiliar with. That’s always exciting for me. Now, let’s Return to the week ending and move on with the countdown. And as usual, if you’d like to listen to the song on YouTube, click on the song title. And if you want to listen or buy this song on Amazon, you can click on the album cover.
That wraps up today’s list of songs. Come back Friday as we wrap up this weeks awesome countdown!
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Welcome back to this week’s countdown! If you missed the previous songs, you can go back and check them out. We were off to a great start yesterday. So, let’s Return to the week ending February 28, 1987, and see if it continues to be just as good.
That wraps up today’s list of songs. So far I’m loving it this week! How about you? Come back tomorrow as we continue the countdown.
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Your table manners are a crying shame
You’re playing with your food, this ain’t some kind of game
Last Song: “We Built This City
Great job Jim (@JimVilk)!!!!
We just want to dance here
Someone stole the stage
They call us irresponsible
Write us off the page
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Welcome back everybody! If you missed the previous songs, you can check out songs 40-31 and 30-21. I don’t know about you, but I’m loving the countdown this week! And as usual, if you want to watch/listen to the YouTube video, you can click on the song title. If you’d like to listen to/purchase this song from Amazon, you can click onthe album cover. Now let’s Return to the week ending August 8, 1987, and continue the countdown!
I love all of Fleetwood Mac’s stuff, no matter who’s singing. But, Stevie Nicks is definitely my favorite. She takes the lead on this awesome song from Mac’s final studio album with the classic lineup, Tango in the Night.
This is my favorite Starship song. And just as Fleetwood Mac had come out with their final album with the classic lineup, No Protection was Starship’s final album with Grace Slick. So, I guess it was over for her.
I had never heard this version of the song in my life, and I never heard of this group. But, I’m loving this! This a cappella group covers the classic Steam song, “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye,” here. And I think they do a helluva job!
This is Whitney’s second entry this week. This song was the first single released off of her second album, Whitney. This song proved that her debut album was no fluke.
Even though Steve Winwood had been around for a while, this was the first time I was aware of him. Even though I was more into hard rock in these days, I did like all of Winwood’s music. He also gets a little help from James Taylor on backing vocals in this song.
Janet was staying strong as this was the sixth single released from her classic Control album.
Seven years after the Whispers had cracked the top 20, with “And the Beat Goes On”, they had an incredible comeback with this awesome hit.
And so begins Paul’s huge ’80s crush!
In the previous song, while I was crushing on Debbie, I forgot to mention that “Only in My Dreams” was her debut single. And now we have another debut single. Richard Marx was already a great songwriter. But, he went on a great run, in the late ’80s, as a performer.
This is the song that I mumble and struggle to the lyrics…until the chorus. Then I can sing the shit out of it at the top of my lungs!
That wraps up today’s list. I would love to hear what you think of these songs, and these countdowns in general. We will wrap up the countdown on Friday.
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