The Top 40 "Re-Poll" ... June 9, 1984 (VOTES TABULATED)

Re: The Top 40 "Re-Poll" ... June 9, 1984 (VOTING IS OPEN)



1. When Doves Cry, Prince (second week in chart)
2. The Heart Of Rock & Roll, Huey Lewis & The News
3. Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now), Phil Collins
4. Dancing In The Dark, Bruce Springsteen
5. Borderline, Madonna
6. Jump (For My Love), Pointer Sisters
7. Hello, Lionel Richie
8. Self Control, Laura Branigan
9. I Can Dream About You, Dan Hartman
10. White Horse, Laid Back
11. Sunglasses At Night, Corey Hart
12. What's Love Got To Do With It, Tina Turner
13. Time After Time, Cyndi Lauper
14. Let's Hear It For The Boy, Deniece Williams
15. The Reflex, Duran Duran
16. Magic, Cars
17. Legs, ZZ Top
18. Dance Hall Days, Wang Chung
19. Dancing In The Sheets, Shalamar
20. Holding Out For A Hero, Bonnie Tyler


Worst song
To All The Girls I've Loved Before, Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson

 

Re: The Top 40 "Re-Poll" ... June 9, 1984 (VOTING IS OPEN)

You sir, have no taste. ;D

 

Re: The Top 40 "Re-Poll" ... June 9, 1984 (VOTING IS OPEN)

Modern Day Deliah was awesome!
I remember hearing it on the radio once. Once! Never again.
None of my friends in college had ever heard of the song either. Now here, finally, someone else heard that song. I'm not crazy. I heard it. I really heard it.

She'll cut you to the quick,
stab you in the heart!
She'll love you like a lion
And leave you like a lamb!

 

Re: The Top 40 "Re-Poll" ... June 9, 1984 (VOTING IS OPEN)

1. Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now), Phil Collins
2. Time After Time, Cyndi Lauper
3. Oh Sherrie, Steve Perry
4. The Longest Time, Billy Joel
5. Rock You Like A Hurricane, Scorpions
6. The Heart Of Rock & Roll, Huey Lewis & The News
7. Dancing In The Dark, Bruce Springsteen
8. Footloose, Kenny Loggins
9. Sunglasses At Night, Corey Hart
10. What's Love Got To Do With It, Tina Turner
11. Eyes Without A Face, Billy Idol
12. No Way Out, Jefferson Starship
13. Sister Christian, Night Ranger
14. Legs, ZZ Top
15. Jump (For My Love), Pointer Sisters
16. Holding Out For A Hero, Bonnie Tyler
17. When Doves Cry, Prince
18. Infatuation, Rod Stewart
19. Dance Hall Days, Wang Chung
20. I'll Wait, Van Halen

The worst, in a rout: To All The Girls I've Loved Before, Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson

 

Re: The Top 40 "Re-Poll" ... June 9, 1984 (VOTING IS OPEN)

 

Re: The Top 40 "Re-Poll" ... June 9, 1984 (VOTING IS OPEN)

1. Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now), Phil Collins (Yeah, I know ... I know ... )
2. When Doves Cry, Prince (Couldn't turn the dial to get away from this one. And it still didn't get annoying.)
3. The Reflex, Duran Duran (More of my bias here ... and it's my list, right?)
4. The Longest Time, Billy Joel (Not bad for a cappella ... )
5. You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want), Joe Jackson (Criminally underrated ... "Steppin' Out" was terrific, but this one got overlooked)
6. The Heart Of Rock & Roll, Huey Lewis & The News (Huey in the '80s, Hootie in the '90s ... )
7. Rock You Like A Hurricane, Scorpions (Those of you who have been to a hockey game in the ESA know)
8. Borderline, Madonna (If we knew then what we do now ... )
9. Magic, The Cars
10. Time After Time, Cyndi Lauper (Should have done more atmospheric, reflective sort of tracks like this, Cyndi)
11. Footloose, Kenny Loggins
12. Sister Christian, Night Ranger (Just for you, BYH ... Just for you ... )
13. Dancing In The Dark, Bruce Springsteen

Pop filler ...
14. It's A Miracle, Culture Club
15. Almost Paradise, Mike Reno & Ann Wilson
16. Let's Hear It For The Boy, Deniece Williams
17. Oh Sherrie, Steve Perry
18. Hello, Lionel Richie
19. Jump (For My Love), Pointer Sisters
20. Head Over Heels, Go-Go's

Craptastic Hall of Fame: To All The Girls I've Loved Before, Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson
(As much as I wanted to give it to Chicago for its insane fall from outstanding music to complete crap, it couldn't overrule the above)

 

Re: The Top 40 "Re-Poll" ... June 9, 1984 (VOTING IS OPEN)

This was by far the favorite summer of my life.

1. White Horse, Laid Back
2. Let's Hear It For The Boy, Deniece Williams
3. Dancing In The Sheets, Shalamar
4. It's A Miracle, Culture Club
5. The Reflex, Duran Duran
6. Jump (For My Love), Pointer Sisters
7. Legs, ZZ Top
8. Doctor! Doctor!, Thompson Twins
9. Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly), Icicle Works
10. Love Will Show Us How, Christine McVie
11. No Way Out, Jefferson Starship
12. Footloose, Kenny Loggins (20th week in chart)
13. I Can Dream About You, Dan Hartman
14. What's Love Got To Do With It, Tina Turner
15. Time After Time, Cyndi Lauper
16. Magic, Cars
17. Dance Hall Days, Wang Chung
18. The Heart Of Rock & Roll, Huey Lewis & The News
19. Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now), Phil Collins
20. I'll Wait, Van Halen

Worst: Breakin' vs. Iglesias/Nelson, pick 'em.

 

Re: The Top 40 "Re-Poll" ... June 9, 1984 (VOTING IS OPEN)

1. When Doves Cry, Prince
2. Dancing In The Dark, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
3. So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry), R.E.M. (rel. 05-15-1984)
4. Borderline, Madonna
5. Legs, ZZ Top
6. Head Over Heels, the Go-Go's
7. Hero Takes A Fall, the Bangles (rel. 05-22-1984)
8. Jump (For My Love), Pointer Sisters
9. Run Runaway, Slade
10. The Reflex, Duran Duran
11. The Heart Of Rock & Roll, Huey Lewis & The News
12. Magic, Cars
13. No More Words, Berlin
14. Out of the Darkness, Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul
15. Dance Hall Days, Wang Chung
16. What's Love Got To Do With It, Tina Turner
17. Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now), Phil Collins
18. Who's That Girl?, Eurythmics
19. Borrowed Time, John Lennon (03-09-1984)
20. Rock You Like A Hurricane, Scorpions

Worst Song: Anything involving anyone from Loverboy (with the astonishing exception of their debut single, "The Kid Is Hot Tonite," which was OK).

 

Re: The Top 40 "Re-Poll" ... June 9, 1984 (VOTING IS OPEN)

My list ... I went through the songs three times. The first seven I picked right away, spots 8-18 were on the next sortie, then there were about five or six additional songs that fought for the final two spots.

1. Head Over Heels, Go Go's -- Great slice of power pop
2. No More Words, Berlin -- A song I enjoyed then and enjoy even more now
3. Sister Christian, Night Ranger -- My favorite song at that time, still think it's a great pop song
4. Against All Odds, Phil Collins -- Without question, Collins' master opus. Great song.
5. White Horse, Laid Back -- Kick ass and unique on the radio at the time (though rarely played). Kind of like Kraftwerk filtered through a whiskey barrel. Great tune.
6. When Doves Cry, Prince -- The opening guitar blast from this song alone made me consider it for No. 1, but truthfully, once you get past that, it's pretty average by Prince standards. There's at least three or four songs on Purple Rain I like better.
7. Run Runaway, Slade -- Mindless fun.
8. Borderline, Madonna -- Song I like more now than I did then.
9. Eyes Without A Face, Billy Idol -- Song I like more then than I do now, but it's Idol's best besides Dancing With Myself.
10. My Ever Changing Moods, Style Council -- Would have hated it in '84, but I like it a lot now.
11. Who's That Girl, Eurthymics -- Good groove to this song.
12. Infatuation, Rod Stewart -- In '84, this would have been in my top 3. It's not that good, but definitely better than most of the other dreck Stewart put out from '82 onward. People Get Ready excepted.
13. Stay The Night, Chicago -- As BYH mentioned, a good cheesy video accompanies a song that was "hard" among all their syrupy ballads.
14. What's Love Got To Do With It, Tina Turner -- An undeniably great song, though overplayed to the point where I don't have as much fondness for it as I probably should.
15. Dance Hall Days, Wang Chung -- Decent tune.
16. Oh Sherrie, Steve Perry -- I had a crush on the chick in the video, which is cathartic, because otherwise I'd think my tolerance for this song might make put my sexual orientation into question.
17. I'll Wait, Van Halen -- Low-key, Eddie Van Halen dicking around on the keyboard filler, but not a bad song. Still better than most Van Hagar songs.
18. Love Will Show Us How, Christine McVie -- A forgotten song that shouldn't be. McVie's solo turn was pleasant (and she got played a lot on Milwaukee radio, so I heard a ton of it).
19. Rock You Like A Hurricane, Scorpions -- Didn't really like it then, don't revere it now, but it is an all-time Big Dumb Rock Song.
20. Dancing In The Dark, Bruce Springsteen -- Bruce is overrated and so is this song. I considered not ranking it at all, but if I'm truthful with myself, it's better than the songs it beat out for the 20th spot (Heart Of Rock 'n Roll, Magic).

Worst: I'm not picking To All The Girls ... deserving though it may be. To me it's an anomaly that it made the chart at all, probably fueled by record company payola. It's not as if it was a pop radio or MTV staple.

That leaves Almost Paradise, Obscene Phone Caller, Holding Out For A Hero and Hold Me Now on my short list. Holding Out For A Hero is out because its uber-cheesiness puts it in so bad it's good territory. Hold Me Now is out because my hate for the Thompson Twins isn't a good enough reason.

My initial instinct was to go with the sappy Almost Paradise, but then I Youtubed Obscene Phone Caller and it was a no-brainer.

Factor in the fact that it's a terrible song, it has a terribly hilarious video, the "artist" only has a record contract because he was Berry Gordy's son and Michael Jackson's buddy, plus given all of that, having the temerity to call himself Rockwell, and well, Obscene Phone Caller is the worst.

 

Re: The Top 40 "Re-Poll" ... June 9, 1984 (VOTING IS OPEN)

We are, we are, we are we're just children
Finding our way around indecision.
We are, we are, we are all but helpless
Take this forever,
Whisper to a scream.



1 Sister Christian, Night Ranger
2 Run Runaway, Slade - See chameleon lying in the sun!!!!
3 Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly), Icicle Works - I have the album somewhere
4 My Ever Changing Moods, Style Council - I have a cassette somewhere
5 Dancing In The Dark, Bruce Springsteen - Bad Bruce still rates high
6 What Is Love, Howard Jones - My first concert
7 The Ghost In You, Psychedelic Furs - Great band from the 80s
8 Oh Sherrie, Steve Perry
9 Borderline, Madonna - Her best song
10. Magic, Cars - Uh-oh it's magic
11. Head Over Heels, Go-Go's
11 Hold Me Now, Thompson Twins
12 You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want), Joe Jackson
13 No More Words, Berlin
14 When Doves Cry, Prince (second week in chart)
15 Bob Marley & The Wailers One Love / People Get Ready
16 Ultravox Dancing With Tears in My Eyes
17 Frankie Goes to Hollywood Relax
18 Rufus & Chaka Khan Ain't Nobody
19 New Order Thieves Like Us
20 Duran Duran The Reflex

So much crap on that list, but Lionel singing to the blind girl in Hello has to be the worst.