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Subject: Anyone remember these 80s hits?
Written By: whistledog on 06/12/09 at 2:11 am
In my ongoing chart musings, I have collected this list over the years: Artists who are NOT from Canada, but had popular hits in Canada that didn't chart in the USA or the UK. To put my mind at ease, does anyone remember any of these songs? I know some of them were hits in other countries overseas
Cutting Crew - Everything But My Pride
In Canada, you don't need to be in the Top 40 to be on the radio. Oh I remember this song very well!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKHCbyBdDaw
Exude - Boys Just Want to Have Sex
A product from the Dr. Demento Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP0X53-ORiY
Leilah and Jeordie - There's No One Quite Like Grandma
The daughters of Melanie "Brand New Key" Safka. Clip begins acapella. Actual recording can be heard beginning at 1:55
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BTErZnyO3A
Huey 'Baby' Harris - You've Got to Be A Winner
Clip is the 12' Version. Just a beautiful song!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ics-DTo1kVA
Roni Griffith - Desire
Produced by the great Bobby O
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnsDIcJTC8w
Nils Lofgren - Night Fades Away
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu2YqZwkuDs
Pete Shelley - Homosapien
Ironically enough, The Buzzcocks never had a hit in Canada
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3KzwpihR_U
Mental As Anything - Too Many Times
I know it was a hit in Australia for sure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9LA-FOGEIk
Taco - Singin' in the Rain
Did reached #98 in the UK, which is technically not considered a hit as the UK chart is a weekly Top 75
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTAjEIzDKMY
Jon and Vangelis - The Friends of Mr. Cairo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ph8hNljOXE
Billy Thorpe - In My Room
Perhaps a hit in his native Australia? Can't find any info on that
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz8ImMIRWtI
Hall and Oates - Italian Girls
Released to Canada in place of 'Family Man'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JALuUGomUo
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - The French Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbPPKnY1tuU
Carl Carlton - Baby I Need Your Loving
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x9d4lBTYUc
10cc - Don't Turn Me Away
No Godley or Creme on this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDgXVSI2iOE
Tim Finn - Through the Years
I know this one was a smash in Australia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRV-BTqgFLo
Nacht Und Nebel - Ready to Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OYM8u0Q-wc
The A's - A Woman's Got the Power
Appears on Volume 6 of the excellent American CD series 'Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the 80s'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtVxZMUbwOU
Lords of the New Church - Open Your Eyes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZKkYpa2NA4
Mike Rutherford - Maxine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1wwfsKUXWg
Nick Lowe - Stick it Where the Sun Don't Shine
Paul Carrack appears on the single/album version as well
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKpuO2NUm2g
Subject: Re: Anyone remember these 80s hits?
Written By: Frank on 06/12/09 at 2:28 am
In my ongoing chart musings, I have collected this list over the years: Artists who are NOT from Canada, but had popular hits in Canada that didn't chart in the USA or the UK. To put my mind at ease, does anyone remember any of these songs? I know some of them were hits in other countries overseas
Cutting Crew - Everything But My Pride
In Canada, you don't need to be in the Top 40 to be on the radio. Oh I remember this song very well!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKHCbyBdDaw
Exude - Boys Just Want to Have Sex
A product from the Dr. Demento Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP0X53-ORiY
Leilah and Jeordie - There's No One Quite Like Grandma
The daughters of Melanie "Brand New Key" Safka. Clip begins acapella. Actual recording can be heard beginning at 1:55
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BTErZnyO3A
Huey 'Baby' Harris - You've Got to Be A Winner
Clip is the 12' Version. Just a beautiful song!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ics-DTo1kVA
Roni Griffith - Desire
Produced by the great Bobby O
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnsDIcJTC8w
Nils Lofgren - Night Fades Away
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu2YqZwkuDs
Pete Shelley - Homosapien
Ironically enough, The Buzzcocks never had a hit in Canada
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3KzwpihR_U
Mental As Anything - Too Many Times
I know it was a hit in Australia for sure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9LA-FOGEIk
Taco - Singin' in the Rain
Did reached #98 in the UK, which is technically not considered a hit as the UK chart is a weekly Top 75
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTAjEIzDKMY
Jon and Vangelis - The Friends of Mr. Cairo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ph8hNljOXE
Billy Thorpe - In My Room
Perhaps a hit in his native Australia? Can't find any info on that
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz8ImMIRWtI
Hall and Oates - Italian Girls
Released to Canada in place of 'Family Man'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JALuUGomUo
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - The French Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbPPKnY1tuU
Carl Carlton - Baby I Need Your Loving
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x9d4lBTYUc
10cc - Don't Turn Me Away
No Godley or Creme on this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDgXVSI2iOE
Tim Finn - Through the Years
I know this one was a smash in Australia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRV-BTqgFLo
Nacht Und Nebel - Ready to Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OYM8u0Q-wc
The A's - A Woman's Got the Power
Appears on Volume 6 of the excellent American CD series 'Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the 80s'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtVxZMUbwOU
Lords of the New Church - Open Your Eyes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZKkYpa2NA4
Mike Rutherford - Maxine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1wwfsKUXWg
Nick Lowe - Stick it Where the Sun Don't Shine
Paul Carrack appears on the single/album version as well
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKpuO2NUm2g
I remember these:
Nick Lowe - Stick it Where the Sun Don't Shine
Jon and Vangelis - The Friends of Mr. Cairo
Pete Shelley - Homosapien
If I listened to the others, maybe I might know them too
Subject: Re: Anyone remember these 80s hits?
Written By: gibbo on 06/12/09 at 5:35 am
Mostly only ones I knew were with an obvious Aussie connection...
Mental As Anything, Tim Finn, Billy Thorpe......I also know the Hall and Oates tune as well as 10CC's song.
Subject: Re: Anyone remember these 80s hits?
Written By: Paul on 06/12/09 at 1:42 pm
Know some of the names, but not the titles...
Subject: Re: Anyone remember these 80s hits?
Written By: CeramicsFanatic on 06/12/09 at 1:47 pm
I can't say I know any of those! ???
Subject: Re: Anyone remember these 80s hits?
Written By: nally on 06/12/09 at 3:53 pm
I can't say I know any of those! ???
Me neither. I am familiar with some of the artists, but not the songs. :-\\
Subject: Re: Anyone remember these 80s hits?
Written By: Midas on 06/12/09 at 4:12 pm
I know the Pete Shelley song and recognize a few other artists, but not the songs. :P
I'd probably know more of them if I actually lived in Canada in the 80s :D
Subject: Re: Anyone remember these 80s hits?
Written By: Paul on 06/12/09 at 4:21 pm
Leilah and Jeordie - There's No One Quite Like Grandma
The daughters of Melanie "Brand New Key" Safka. Clip begins acapella. Actual recording can be heard beginning at 1:55
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BTErZnyO3A
Ah! Hold on...this seems familiar! (Though not in this version!)
In the hands of the St. Winifred's School Choir, this became the #1 record in Britain over the Christmas of 1980!
The sentimental value was obvious, but there are some people who say it shouldn't have been a chart-topper (something to do with the way the chart returns were calculated over that holiday period) and that the recently-murdered John Lennon should have claimed it with 'Happy Xmas (War Is Over)'
Subject: Re: Anyone remember these 80s hits?
Written By: whistledog on 06/12/09 at 8:02 pm
I knew alot of these wouldn't be recognizable ;D
In all honesty, there are a few of these I don't even remember, just wondered if anyone did LOL
There's about two dozen more Top 40s I could have put in here that were minor hits in the USA (and some in the UK as well), but I stuck with the uncharted ones just to see what kind of response I'd get :D
Ah! Hold on...this seems familiar! (Though not in this version!)
In the hands of the St. Winifred's School Choir, this became the #1 record in Britain over the Christmas of 1980!
The sentimental value was obvious, but there are some people who say it shouldn't have been a chart-topper (something to do with the way the chart returns were calculated over that holiday period) and that the recently-murdered John Lennon should have claimed it with 'Happy Xmas (War Is Over)'
The song in general is somewhat odd to be a chart hit, let alone a #1 single, but stranger things did happen in the charts during the 80s. The Chicken Song was a UK #1; The always dreadful Surfin' Bird became a Canadian Top 40 hit for Pee Wee Herman and the Chicago Bears took their Super Bowl win into the US chart ;D ;D
Subject: Re: Anyone remember these 80s hits?
Written By: zcrito on 06/13/09 at 12:28 pm
Most of the artist names are familiar but the songs are not.
"Jon and Vangelis - The Friends of Mr. Cairo" is the only one I heard before.
A good obscure one from the '80s.
And I do believe its melody was used in the 1987 movie "The Untouchables".
Out of the rest, these (to me) are the best...
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - The French Song
The A's - A Woman's Got the Power
Lords of the New Church - Open Your Eyes
Subject: Re: Anyone remember these 80s hits?
Written By: Henk on 06/13/09 at 1:41 pm
Taco - Singin' in the Rain
Did reached #98 in the UK, which is technically not considered a hit as the UK chart is a weekly Top 75
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTAjEIzDKMY
One might expect this was a hit in his homeland Holland - but no. It never even made bubbling under section.
Wouldn't be surprised if it was a hit in Germany, though.
Tim Finn - Through the Years
I know this one was a smash in Australia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRV-BTqgFLo
Ah yes, I remember this one. The follow up to "Fraction Too Much Friction" (a #2 hit in Holland). Sadly, this didn't fare as well and only made #34 in our Top 40.
Subject: Re: Anyone remember these 80s hits?
Written By: mooster on 06/16/09 at 1:59 am
Pete Shelley - Homosapien
Ironically enough, The Buzzcocks never had a hit in Canada
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3KzwpihR_U
Mental As Anything - Too Many Times
I know it was a hit in Australia for sure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9LA-FOGEIk
Taco - Singin' in the Rain
Did reached #98 in the UK, which is technically not considered a hit as the UK chart is a weekly Top 75
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTAjEIzDKMY
Tim Finn - Through the Years
I know this one was a smash in Australia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRV-BTqgFLo
I remember these ^
Subject: Re: Anyone remember these 80s hits?
Written By: apollonia1986 on 06/19/09 at 9:14 pm
I remember the Carl Carlton tune. ;)
Subject: Re: Anyone remember these 80s hits?
Written By: Womble on 06/25/09 at 9:13 pm
Yeah. I remember Pete Shelley's Homosapien and LOTNC's Open your eyes. I've always liked those songs. How about Combo Audio - Romanticide or The Plimsouls - A Million Miles Away? Great songs too.