**Deep Track**
Can you name the artist and song:
I hold you in my arms as the band plays
What are those words whispered baby just as you turn away
Last Song: “Human” by Human League from Crash (1986)
Great job Adora (@Adora2000)!!!
Come on, baby, dry your eyes
Wipe your tears
Never like to see you cry
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Welcome back to a new Top 40 countdown! This week we will jump back over to the UK, and see what was charting over there at this time in 1985. There will be some familiar songs for the US audience, but there are also many songs that we may not have heard over here. Now, let’s Return to the week ending January 12, 1985, and begin the countdown!
<h3>40. “Atmosphere” by Russ Abbot
Well, I don’t want to end today’s countdown on a sour note, so here is a more wholesome Christmas song for us to enjoy:
That wraps up today’s list of songs. I hope you are enjoying these so far. Let me know what you think. Do you have any favorites so far? Come back tomorrow as we continue the countdown.
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Now our dreams are comin’ true
Through the good times and the bad
Yeah I’ll be standin’ there by you
Last Song: “Don’t You Want Me” by The Human League from the album Dare (1982)
Great job Roy (@rbutt14) and Jim (@JimVilk)!!!
But don’t forget it’s me who put you where you are now,
And I can put you back there too
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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.
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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.
Follow @returntothe80sCan you name the artist and song:
Hear the DJ say love’s a game of easy come and easy go
But I wonder does he know
Has it ever felt like this
Last Song: “Human” by The Human League from the album Crash (1986)
Great job Andrew (@WassyTLO)!!!
So many nights I longed to hold you
So many times I looked and saw your face
Nothing could change the way I feel
No one else could ever take your place
Can you name the artist and song:
Where were you when I needed you
Well you could not be found
What can I do, oh I believed in you
You’re running me around
Last Song: “(Keep Feeling) Fascination” by The Human League from Fascination! (1983)
Great job, Jim (@JimVilk)!!!
If it seems a little time is needed
Decisions to be made
The good advice of friends unheeded
For the best of plans mislaid
Can you name the artist and song:
In time we could’ve been so much more
But time is precious I know
Last Song: “Don’t You Want Me” by The Human League from Dare (1981)
Great job Emma (@emmakwall), Jim (@JimVilk), Andy (@andytorah)!!!
You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar, when I met you.
I picked you out, I shook you up
Can you name the artist and song:
We lie about each other’s drinks
We live without each other
Thinking what anyone would do
Without me and you
Last Song: “Mirror Man” by The Human League from Fascination! (1983)
You know I’ll change
If change is what you require
Your every wish
Your every dream, hope, desire
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