I did a special last night on my show of the top 40 summersongs of the 80's. I compiled the list myself. I used all of Billboards top 10 charts from june 21st to September 22nd for each year in the 80's. Each position was assigned a different number. #10 got 1 point #9 got 2 points....so on....#1 got 10 points. Ties were broken by peak position then weeks at peak position then # of weeks top 10. There were no ties after that. I thought you folks would like to see how it all came out.

40 Dancing on the ceiling-Lionel Richie
39 Don't you want me-Human League
38 The one that you love-Air Supply
37 Cold hearted-Paula Abdul
36 Sailing-Christopher Cross
35 A view to a kill-Duran Duran
34 Everytime you go away-Paul Young
33 St. Elmo's fire (man in motion)-John Parr
32 Papa don't preach-Madonna
31 Right here waiting-Richard Marx
30 Bette Davis eyes-Kim Carnes
29 Shout-Tears for Fears
28 Alone-Heart
27 La Bamba-Los Lobos
26 Roll with it-Steve Winwood
25 Little Jeanny-Elton John
24 Slow hand-Pointer Sisters
23 The power of love-Huey Lewis and the News
22 Electric avenue-Eddy Grant
21 Theme from "The greatest American hero" (believe it or not)-Joey Scarbury
20 Coming up (live at Glascow)-Paul McCartney
19 Rosana-Toto
18 Hold me-Fleetwood Mac
17 Dancing in the dark-Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
16 Maniac-Michael Sembello
15 Upside down-Diana Ross
14 Flashdance...what a feeling-Irene Cara
13 Hard to say I'm sorry-Chicago
12 Magic-Olivia Newton-John
11 What's love got to do with it-Tina Turner
10 Sweet dreams (are made of this)-Eurythmics
9 Jessie's girl-Rick Springfield
8 Ghostbusters-Ray Parker Jr
7 It's still rock 'n' roll to me-Billy Joel
6 Endless love-Lionel Richie and Diana Ross
5 Abracadabra-Steve Miller Band
4 When doves cry-Prince and the Revolution
3 Hurts so good-John Cougar
2 Eye of the tiger-Survivor
1 Every breath you take-Police


It took a lot of time to compile this. So now that my special is over I didn't want it to go to waste so I'm sharing it with all my 80's friends. What are you're thoughts? Did any of the songs bring back summer memories? Lots of them did for me.

A lot of those songs brought back lots of memories. I remember listening to a show called "Nightime America". It was a syndicated show via satellite. The local FM station aired it from 2 am to 6 am. I would keep the radio on at low volume so if I woke up I could listen to it. Ah, the memories. <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0">

All of those are great songs.

They sure are!!!

I remember Wham being big with Wham Rap in '82. I just wish that they would play that on the 80's channels!!

~G