I Love #1's - 1986

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Last week this very community declared that Steve Harley & his Cockerny Rebellion and those Swedish songsters ABBA were on equal footing as the best number one of 1975 (see below for the tie-breaker)! Your main poll action however today features the Golden Pop Year of 1986:

[Poll #777608]

Comments

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Chain Reaction gets remarkably high airplay on Hits!TV for a twenty year old song.

BLOODY KIDS

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

how can ppl not be voting for edge of heaven???? i didn't expect it to beat PDP, but why is it down on 35%???!!?!?!?!

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

Corblimey did The Final Countdown REALLY topple Take My Breath Away?!

WHAT A GLORIOUS YEAR THAT MUST HAVE BEEN.

QUESTION

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Did you have to be under 10 at the time to enjoy The Chicken Song?

I loved it.

Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

[jel-bugle.livejournal.com]

Which year did Starship get to number one in? I coulda sworn it was 1986...

[the-roofdog.livejournal.com]

Haha, I am the only thing standing between Halle Straw Nick Berry and 0 vote humiliation!

[mippy.livejournal.com]

I thought my friend had made up The Chicken Song and it was NOT A REAL SONG.

First song I heard on the radio this morning: Home Thoughts From Abroad by Clifford T Ward. Man, that's a stinker.

Spirit Level

[jel-bugle.livejournal.com]

Spirit in the Sky should be doing better!

Housemartins should be doing even worse.