I Love #1's - 1985

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Throw your hands up at me! Last week you picked Destiny's Child as your top number one of 2000, just pipping Kylie and Britney with 36 ticks. Unsurprisingly Westloife were shunned by you all. This week - oh man! Could this be the best year for number ones that we've had so far? Just typing it out has had me going "OMG!" every two seconds. 1985, people!


[Poll #883082]
*left off from the 1986 poll. For shame!

Comments

Cos Iiiiii'm yer LAYYYYYDEEEHHH

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Is this the best Power Of Love?

Huey Lewis vs Frankie Goes To Hollywood vs J Rush vs 10CC vs CORONA?

Re: Cos Iiiiii'm yer LAYYYYYDEEEHHH

[mippy.livejournal.com]

Frankie RULES THEM ALL.

And you are my maaaaaaaaaan

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Yes. Yes it is.

Re: Cos Iiiiii'm yer LAYYYYYDEEEHHH

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

Deee-Lite come close.

Worst year for pop ever

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Proven by Science IIRC (on ILX, ages ago). I ticked less than half of these.

Re: Worst year for pop ever

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

We will have to prove otherwise by ACTUAL science when I've finished the #1 polls.

Re: Worst year for pop ever

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

It wasn't proven by science! It was DISPROVED conclusively after I posted the CDRGo! tracklist for '85 on that thread!

She's the kind of girl you dream of

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Cis! I can't believe you've never heard Easy Lover!

"It's the only way-ay, you oughta KNOW-Oh-oh-oh..."

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Old FT essay on I Want To Know What Love Is: http://freakytrigger.co.uk/old-ft/essays/2001/01/foreigner/

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Foreigner is a brilliant song (artist & band are interchangeable in my eyes) but not as good as Easy Lover. Is there an essay on that? SHALL I WRITE ONE?

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

No. YES.

Also, why are Elaine and Barbara not doing well enough? :(

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

When I finally get round to my Top Songs Ever list (currently being compiled) then I shall do it properly. It's by far the best thing Phil Collins has ever been involved in.

America-land

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

Madonna - "Like a Virgin" (carryover #1 from 1984)
Foreigner - "I Wanna Know What Love Is"
Wham! featuring George Michael - "Carless Whisper"
REO Speedwagon - "Can't Fight This Feeling"
Phil Collins - "One More Night"
USA for Africa - "We Are the World"
Madonna - "Crazy For You"
Simple Minds - "Don't You (Forget About Me)"
Wham! - "Everything She Wants"
Tears for Fears - "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
Bryan Adams - "Heaven"
Phil Collins - "Sussudio"
Duran Duran - "A View to a Kill"
Paul Young - "Every Time You Go Away"
Tears for Fears - "Shout"
Huey Lewis & the News - "The Power of Love"
John Parr - "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)"
Dire Straits - "Money for Nothing"
Ready For the World - "Oh Sheila"
a-ha - "Take on Me"
Whitney Houston - "Saving All My Love for You"
Stevie Wonder - "Part-Time Lover"
Jan Hammer - "Miami Vice Theme"
Starship - "We Built This City"
Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin - "Separate Lives"
Mr. Mister - "Broken Wings"
Lionel Richie - "Say You, Say Me"

Not very much overlap at all (only Whitney Houston, and inevitably "We Are the World"). "West End Girls" also hit #1 in 1986 in America, so that's an overlap too, I guess. I'd say the USA list has more really great songs but also more terrible songs. Overall probably a win for Britain.

As for the quality of the year, 1986 was much better for #1's, at least in America.

Re: America-land

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

But then again the UK poll does have "Into the Groove" which is better than any here. "West End Girls" does not count for this analysis as it did hit #1 in 1986 in the UK.

The visual age!

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Suddenly everyone and their dog was spending actual money on music videos, not just yr Madonnas and yr Durans. Big hair, slow motion, shoulderpads and incomprehensible plots. HURRAH!

Re: America-land

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Thing is, all of those - except "O Sheila" and "Heaven" and maybe the Lionel Richie - were big big hits in the UK too, they just missed the top somehow.

CALL ME SAD

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

Call me sad but I remember writing my own top 10 most weeks at this point after listening to the top 40 countdown most if not every Sunday. 'Easy Lover', 'West End Girls' and 'The Sun Always Shines On TV' were the only songs to occupy both the #1 spot in the real chart and on my own far superior chart. I thought Madonna was merely okay and I remember hating both 'Frankie' and, bizarrely for me, '19' at the time.

Re: CALL ME SAD

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Easy Lover is in my top 20 songs OF ALL TIME.

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

Eurythmics are being diddled here. Surely one of the most recognisable openings ever?

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Agreed that Annie & Dave should be more tickified. I'm quite surprised that Dead Or Alive is in the lead! Isn't everyone sick of that by now?

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

I would've thought one of the hallmarks of a True Poptimist is that they never get tired of anything.

(ALso, thirding Dave and Annie love. This was definitely my favorite Eurorythmic album.)