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Posted on 03/08/2015 7:18:56 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel
ROUND 7 - THE FINAL - OF THE '80S TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS COMMENCES!
Votes due: Sunday, March 15 @ 6:00 pm Eastern.
The Final Pair! Vote for your favorite!
No reply, no vote.
A tie will be broken with a run-off which will end (hopefully) the following Monday.
Centerfold
I want a recount. Can’t believe Queen didn’t win over Centerfold. Oh well.
Centerfold
7 1985 “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” Tears for Fears
Completely wrong decade.
Unless you’re thinking of another “greatest song ever” that happens to begin with “s”, “Sister Christian”....
LOL
Possibly also including “Sister Golden Hair” (not ‘80s, just generally)...
Centerfold
I can’t believe Queen made it past the second round. It’s fun and harmless, but generic and unexceptional. They were too early to be nominated, but every song from the Grease soundtrack is superior.
OK, personal opinion of the most significant chart-toppers of the 1980s by decade:
1980: Another Brick in the Wall, pt. 2
1981: Rapture
1982: I Love Rock and Roll. (Tough choice over Eye of the Tiger.)
1983: Billie Jean
1984: Owner of a Lonely Heart (Lots of competition: When Doves Cry, All Night Long, 99 Luftballons)
1985: Take On Me (Money for Nothing, Don’t You (Forget About Me), Everybody Wants to Rule the World)
1986: Rock Me, Amadeus (Kiss)
1987: Living On a Prayer
1988: Sweet Child O’ Mine
1989: Like a Prayer
Um, this is an 80s competition. Stairway was an oldie by the time the 80s rolled around (1971 to be exact).
I like your list. (I think you meant “by year”.)
“Centerfold”
“Everybody Wants to Rule the World” FTW, please.
Tears for Fears because it has more meaning.
5 1982 "Centerfold" The J. Geils Band
VERSUS
7 1985 "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" Tears for Fears
Oh, Sandy.
Thanks. And yes, of course, I did.
I recognize you chose the top 7 hits of each year as an impartial starting point... and that was a very sensible decision! The tough part is that is that Billboard’s year-end ranking methodology often promoted the blandest songs. Actual sales, weeks at the top, etc., were actually not considered as much as market penetration. If you ever try doing this again (next year?), now that you’re identified the weeklings, maybe you could nominate additions to the competition? It was fun, and I appreciate your effort.
OK: single-length (3:00 or longer) song from the Grease Soundtrack that wasn’t for comedy (”Beauty School Drop Out). (Sandy, at 2:31 was filler.) You’re very kind; you didn’t bring up “Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing!!!!!”
Grease
Summer Nights
You’re the One that I Want.
Hopelessly Devoted to You.
Greased Lightning
Born to Hand Jive
7 1985 “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” Tears for Fears
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