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Subject: Class of '86 Needs Your Help!
I am throwing a "Class of 1986" party. I choose that year because I graduated that year, and that I am an 80s freak. I want to know any and all great songs, in anyones' opinion, from 1985 through 1986. (a little give or take is acceptable!) You guys are, like, totally awesome! Thanks!
Linders
Subject: Re: Class of '86 Needs Your Help!
> I am throwing a "Class of 1986" party. I choose that year
> because I graduated that year, and that I am an 80s freak. I want to know
> any and all great songs, in anyones' opinion, from 1985 through 1986. (a
> little give or take is acceptable!) You guys are, like, totally awesome!
> Thanks!
> Linders
Well, this "80smusicfreak" also happened to graduate HS in '86. :-) There is actually a book available that lists all of the singles that hit "Billboard" magazine's "Hot 100" chart in any given year (including the peak position + the exact week the songs peaked on that chart). I own a copy of that book, which I find myself using constantly. :-) Since you're dealing w/ the '85-'86 school year, here's a chronological list of ALL the songs that made the Top 10 on the pop chart here in the U.S. at that time:
First semester (Sept. '85 - Jan. '86):
01) "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" - JOHN PARR (#1, 09/07/85);
02) "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" - TINA TURNER (#2, 09/14/85);
03) "Invincible" - PAT BENATAR (#10, 09/14/85);
04) "Money for Nothing" - DIRE STRAITS (#1, 09/21/85);
05) "Cherish" - KOOL & THE GANG (#2, 09/21/85);
06) "Pop Life" - PRINCE (#7, 09/21/85);
07) "Freedom" - WHAM! (#3, 09/28/85);
08) "Don't Lose My Number" - PHIL COLLINS (#4, 09/28/85);
09) "Dress You Up" - MADONNA (#5, 10/05/85);
10) "Oh Sheila" - READY FOR THE WORLD (#1, 10/12/85);
11) "Lonely Ol' Night" - JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP (#6, 10/12/85);
12) "Dancing in the Street" - MICK JAGGER/DAVID BOWIE (#7, 10/12/85);
13) "Take on Me" - A-HA (#1, 10/19/85);
14) "Saving All My Love for You" - WHITNEY HOUSTON (#1, 10/26/85);
15) "Fortress Around Your Heart" - STING (#8, 10/26/85);
16) "I'm Goin' Down" - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (#9, 10/26/85);
17) "Part-Time Lover" - STEVIE WONDER (#1, 11/02/85);
18) "Lovin' Every Minute of It" - LOVERBOY (#9, 11/02/85);
19) "Miami Vice Theme" - JAN HAMMER (#1, 11/09/85);
20) "Head Over Heels" - TEARS FOR FEARS (#3, 11/09/85);
21) "Be Near Me" - ABC (#9, 11/09/85);
22) "We Built This City" - STARSHIP (#1, 11/16/85);
23) "You Belong to the City" - GLENN FREY (#2, 11/16/85);
24) "Lay Your Hands on Me" - THOMPSON TWINS (#6, 11/23/85);
25) "Separate Lives" - PHIL COLLINS & MARILYN MARTIN (#1, 11/30/85);
26) "Who's Zoomin' Who" - ARETHA FRANKLIN (#7, 11/30/85);
27) "Broken Wings" - MR. MISTER (#1, 12/07/85);
28) "Never" - HEART (#4, 12/07/85);
29) "Election Day" - ARCADIA (#6, 12/14/85);
30) "Sleeping Bag" - ZZ TOP (#8, 12/14/85);
31) "Say You, Say Me" - LIONEL RICHIE (#1, 12/21/85);
32) "Party All the Time" - EDDIE MURPHY (#2, 12/28/85);
33) "Alive & Kicking" - SIMPLE MINDS (#3, 12/28/85);
34) "I Miss You" - KLYMAXX (#5, 12/28/85);
35) "Small Town" - JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP (#6, 12/28/85);
36) "Tonight She Comes" - CARS (#7, 01/11/86);
37) "That's What Friends are For" - DIONNE WARWICK & FRIENDS (#1, 01/18/86);
38) "Talk to Me" - STEVIE NICKS (#4, 01/25/86);
39) "My Hometown" - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (#6, 01/25/86);
40) "Walk of Life" - DIRE STRAITS (#7, 01/25/86).
Second semester (Feb. '86 - Jun. '86):
41) "Burning Heart" - SURVIVOR (#2, 02/01/86);
42) "I'm Your Man" - WHAM! (#3, 02/01/86);
43) "Go Home" - STEVIE WONDER (#10, 02/01/86);
44) "Spies Like Us" - PAUL McCARTNEY (#7, 02/08/86);
45) "Conga" - MIAMI SOUND MACHINE (#10, 02/08/86);
46) "How Will I Know" - WHITNEY HOUSTON (#1, 02/15/86);
47) "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" - BILLY OCEAN (#2, 02/15/86);
48) "Life in a Northern Town" - DREAM ACADEMY (#7, 02/22/86);
49) "Kyrie" - MR. MISTER (#1, 03/01/86);
50) "Living in America" - JAMES BROWN (#4, 03/01/86);
51) "The Sweetest Taboo" - SADE (#5, 03/01/86);
52) "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)" - MIKE + THE MECHANICS (#6, 03/08/86);
53) "Sara" - STARSHIP (#1, 03/15/86);
54) "These Dreams" - HEART (#1, 03/22/86);
55) "Secret Lovers" - ATLANTIC STARR (#3, 03/22/86);
56) "Nikita" - ELTON JOHN (#7, 03/22/86);
57) "King for a Day" - THOMPSON TWINS (#8, 03/22/86);
58) "Rock Me Amadeus" - FALCO (#1, 03/29/86);
59) "This Could Be the Night" - LOVERBOY (#10, 03/29/86);
60) "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A." - JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP (#2, 04/05/86);
61) "What You Need" - INXS (#5, 04/12/86);
62) "Let's Go All the Way" - SLY FOX (#7, 04/12/86);
63) "Tender Love" - FORCE M.D.'S (#10, 04/12/86);
64) "Kiss" - PRINCE (#1, 04/19/86);
65) "Manic Monday" - BANGLES (#2, 04/19/86);
66) "Addicted to Love" - ROBERT PALMER (#1, 05/03/86);
67) "Harlem Shuffle" - ROLLING STONES (#5, 05/03/86);
68) "West End Girls" - PET SHOP BOYS (#1, 05/10/86);
69) "Your Love" - OUTFIELD (#6, 05/10/86);
70) "Take Me Home" - PHIL COLLINS (#7, 05/10/86);
71) "Bad Boy" - MIAMI SOUND MACHINE (#8, 05/10/86);
72) "Greatest Love of All" - WHITNEY HOUSTON (#1, 05/17/86);
73) "Why Can't This Be Love" - VAN HALEN (#3, 05/17/86);
74) "What Have You Done for Me Lately" - JANET JACKSON (#4, 05/17/86);
75) "If You Leave" - ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK (#4, 05/31/86);
76) "Something About You" - LEVEL 42 (#7, 05/31/86);
77) "Is it Love" - MR. MISTER (#8, 05/31/86);
78) "Be Good to Yourself" - JOURNEY (#9, 05/31/86);
79) "Live to Tell" - MADONNA (#1, 06/07/86);
80) "All I Need is a Miracle" - MIKE + THE MECHANICS (#5, 06/07/86);
81) "On My Own" - PATTI LaBELLE & MICHAEL McDONALD (#1, 06/14/86);
82) "I Can't Wait" - NU SHOOZ (#3, 06/14/86);
83) "A Different Corner" - GEORGE MICHAEL (#7, 06/14/86);
84) "Crush on You" - JETS (#3, 06/21/86);
85) "Nothin' At All" - HEART (#10, 06/21/86).
Well, that's 85 songs to choose from! Enjoy the trip down memory lane, and live it up at that party!!! :-)
Subject: Re: Class of '86 Needs Your Help!
> Well, this "80smusicfreak" also happened to graduate HS in '86.
> :-) There is actually a book available that lists all of the singles that
> hit "Billboard" magazine's "Hot 100" chart in any
> given year (including the peak position + the exact week the songs peaked
> on that chart). I own a copy of that book, which I find myself using
> constantly. :-) Since you're dealing w/ the '85-'86 school year, here's a
> chronological list of ALL the songs that made the Top 10 on the pop chart
> here in the U.S. at that time:
> First semester (Sept. '85 - Jan. '86):
> 01) "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" - JOHN PARR (#1,
> 09/07/85);
> 02) "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" - TINA TURNER
> (#2, 09/14/85);
> 03) "Invincible" - PAT BENATAR (#10, 09/14/85);
> 04) "Money for Nothing" - DIRE STRAITS (#1, 09/21/85);
> 05) "Cherish" - KOOL & THE GANG (#2, 09/21/85);
> 06) "Pop Life" - PRINCE (#7, 09/21/85);
> 07) "Freedom" - WHAM! (#3, 09/28/85);
> 08) "Don't Lose My Number" - PHIL COLLINS (#4, 09/28/85);
> 09) "Dress You Up" - MADONNA (#5, 10/05/85);
> 10) "Oh Sheila" - READY FOR THE WORLD (#1, 10/12/85);
> 11) "Lonely Ol' Night" - JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP (#6, 10/12/85);
> 12) "Dancing in the Street" - MICK JAGGER/DAVID BOWIE (#7,
> 10/12/85);
> 13) "Take on Me" - A-HA (#1, 10/19/85);
> 14) "Saving All My Love for You" - WHITNEY HOUSTON (#1,
> 10/26/85);
> 15) "Fortress Around Your Heart" - STING (#8, 10/26/85);
> 16) "I'm Goin' Down" - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (#9, 10/26/85);
> 17) "Part-Time Lover" - STEVIE WONDER (#1, 11/02/85);
> 18) "Lovin' Every Minute of It" - LOVERBOY (#9, 11/02/85);
> 19) "Miami Vice Theme" - JAN HAMMER (#1, 11/09/85);
> 20) "Head Over Heels" - TEARS FOR FEARS (#3, 11/09/85);
> 21) "Be Near Me" - ABC (#9, 11/09/85);
> 22) "We Built This City" - STARSHIP (#1, 11/16/85);
> 23) "You Belong to the City" - GLENN FREY (#2, 11/16/85);
> 24) "Lay Your Hands on Me" - THOMPSON TWINS (#6, 11/23/85);
> 25) "Separate Lives" - PHIL COLLINS & MARILYN MARTIN (#1,
> 11/30/85);
> 26) "Who's Zoomin' Who" - ARETHA FRANKLIN (#7, 11/30/85);
> 27) "Broken Wings" - MR. MISTER (#1, 12/07/85);
> 28) "Never" - HEART (#4, 12/07/85);
> 29) "Election Day" - ARCADIA (#6, 12/14/85);
> 30) "Sleeping Bag" - ZZ TOP (#8, 12/14/85);
> 31) "Say You, Say Me" - LIONEL RICHIE (#1, 12/21/85);
> 32) "Party All the Time" - EDDIE MURPHY (#2, 12/28/85);
> 33) "Alive & Kicking" - SIMPLE MINDS (#3, 12/28/85);
> 34) "I Miss You" - KLYMAXX (#5, 12/28/85);
> 35) "Small Town" - JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP (#6, 12/28/85);
> 36) "Tonight She Comes" - CARS (#7, 01/11/86);
> 37) "That's What Friends are For" - DIONNE WARWICK & FRIENDS
> (#1, 01/18/86);
> 38) "Talk to Me" - STEVIE NICKS (#4, 01/25/86);
> 39) "My Hometown" - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (#6, 01/25/86);
> 40) "Walk of Life" - DIRE STRAITS (#7, 01/25/86).
> Second semester (Feb. '86 - Jun. '86):
> 41) "Burning Heart" - SURVIVOR (#2, 02/01/86);
> 42) "I'm Your Man" - WHAM! (#3, 02/01/86);
> 43) "Go Home" - STEVIE WONDER (#10, 02/01/86);
> 44) "Spies Like Us" - PAUL McCARTNEY (#7, 02/08/86);
> 45) "Conga" - MIAMI SOUND MACHINE (#10, 02/08/86);
> 46) "How Will I Know" - WHITNEY HOUSTON (#1, 02/15/86);
> 47) "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" - BILLY
> OCEAN (#2, 02/15/86);
> 48) "Life in a Northern Town" - DREAM ACADEMY (#7, 02/22/86);
> 49) "Kyrie" - MR. MISTER (#1, 03/01/86);
> 50) "Living in America" - JAMES BROWN (#4, 03/01/86);
> 51) "The Sweetest Taboo" - SADE (#5, 03/01/86);
> 52) "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)" - MIKE + THE
> MECHANICS (#6, 03/08/86);
> 53) "Sara" - STARSHIP (#1, 03/15/86);
> 54) "These Dreams" - HEART (#1, 03/22/86);
> 55) "Secret Lovers" - ATLANTIC STARR (#3, 03/22/86);
> 56) "Nikita" - ELTON JOHN (#7, 03/22/86);
> 57) "King for a Day" - THOMPSON TWINS (#8, 03/22/86);
> 58) "Rock Me Amadeus" - FALCO (#1, 03/29/86);
> 59) "This Could Be the Night" - LOVERBOY (#10, 03/29/86);
> 60) "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A." - JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP (#2,
> 04/05/86);
> 61) "What You Need" - INXS (#5, 04/12/86);
> 62) "Let's Go All the Way" - SLY FOX (#7, 04/12/86);
> 63) "Tender Love" - FORCE M.D.'S (#10, 04/12/86);
> 64) "Kiss" - PRINCE (#1, 04/19/86);
> 65) "Manic Monday" - BANGLES (#2, 04/19/86);
> 66) "Addicted to Love" - ROBERT PALMER (#1, 05/03/86);
> 67) "Harlem Shuffle" - ROLLING STONES (#5, 05/03/86);
> 68) "West End Girls" - PET SHOP BOYS (#1, 05/10/86);
> 69) "Your Love" - OUTFIELD (#6, 05/10/86);
> 70) "Take Me Home" - PHIL COLLINS (#7, 05/10/86);
> 71) "Bad Boy" - MIAMI SOUND MACHINE (#8, 05/10/86);
> 72) "Greatest Love of All" - WHITNEY HOUSTON (#1, 05/17/86);
> 73) "Why Can't This Be Love" - VAN HALEN (#3, 05/17/86);
> 74) "What Have You Done for Me Lately" - JANET JACKSON (#4,
> 05/17/86);
> 75) "If You Leave" - ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK (#4,
> 05/31/86);
> 76) "Something About You" - LEVEL 42 (#7, 05/31/86);
> 77) "Is it Love" - MR. MISTER (#8, 05/31/86);
> 78) "Be Good to Yourself" - JOURNEY (#9, 05/31/86);
> 79) "Live to Tell" - MADONNA (#1, 06/07/86);
> 80) "All I Need is a Miracle" - MIKE + THE MECHANICS (#5,
> 06/07/86);
> 81) "On My Own" - PATTI LaBELLE & MICHAEL McDONALD (#1,
> 06/14/86);
> 82) "I Can't Wait" - NU SHOOZ (#3, 06/14/86);
> 83) "A Different Corner" - GEORGE MICHAEL (#7, 06/14/86);
> 84) "Crush on You" - JETS (#3, 06/21/86);
> 85) "Nothin' At All" - HEART (#10, 06/21/86).
> Well, that's 85 songs to choose from! Enjoy the trip down memory lane, and
> live it up at that party!!! :-)
Dude! Thanks for all the cool info! Cool, I will be looking for you on the message board. We will talk.
Linders21