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jollymoon — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:26:43 -0000

Songs trigger memories?

still the smoothest operator... !!

Great comments, but no Sade "Your Love is King" ?

Sade Still ROCKS

Just got to give kudos to the most wonderful singer in the world. More music please...any news on a new album? www.sade-usa.com

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Sara G — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:50:16 -0000

Since John Belushi was no more he had to do it. I would like to see a revival of WE ARE THE WORLD for Darfur or something like that.
Pretty sad about El DeBarge, hope he is found not guilty. Chico worked in the band with Bobby who was an AIDS victim.

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Ray — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 05:19:15 -0000

One thing about 1985, there were a lot of "night" songs in the charts (of course two of them were on this top 10!). This provided a little wordplay fun that year, such as "One More Night... In Bangkok", "Rhythm of the Night... In Bangkok", "Just Another Night... in Bangkok", and (a little further down the Top 40) "One Lonely Night... in Bangkok".

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Joel — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:02:53 -0000

"John Candy sang in the chorus, though, fulfilling his role as — of course — Dan Aykroyd’s Canadian equivalent."

Ummm...But Dan Aykroyd's Canadian too.

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DwDunphy — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:39:09 -0000

Sharday. Shahday. De doo doo doo, de dah dah dah.

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DwDunphy — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:38:18 -0000

So I took my position in the Hands Across America line when who should I notice standing next to me, waiting to grasp my palm? Paul Reubens!!

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DwDunphy — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:36:42 -0000

Go ahead. We'll be out of ammo over in Iraq soon enough and will need something to drop.

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Breadalbane — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:11:46 -0000

Hmmm... still no apology for the baseless slam against Canadian musicians.

I'd tread very carefully if I were you. You don't want to piss us off -- we could send another Celine Dion down your way like *that*.

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Pete — Mon, 19 May 2008 17:28:15 -0000

Ahh-just noticed as I scroll down the comments someone else pointed this out...

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Pete — Mon, 19 May 2008 17:19:53 -0000

Her record label actually put "pronounced Shar-day" on the first album spine next to the name of the band. Blame Sony for the mispronunciation!

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Pete — Mon, 19 May 2008 17:17:03 -0000

"No More Words" was featured in the film Vision Quest but wasn't included on the soundtrack album...

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sini — Mon, 19 May 2008 13:15:53 -0000

"Human Nature" and "Slow Hand" are so much better than "Crazy for You."

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StevenMurphy — Mon, 19 May 2008 06:54:09 -0000

I am glad someone else spotted that gaffe... my work is done.

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jasonhare — Sun, 18 May 2008 22:49:33 -0000

The American version had Ray Charles jumping up and down because he couldn't contain his excitement. Cyndi Lauper ruined about three takes because her jewelry was rattling in the background. Kim Carnes was invited to sing ONE WORD. Michael Jackson had his "sha-la, sha-lingay" idea shot down in front of hundreds of stars. Al Jarreau started a singalong of "Day-O" at 4 in the morning. I stand by my previous comment.

I will agree with you regarding Oscar Peterson. It's been years since I've listened to "Tears Are Not Enough," but unless there's a two-minute Peterson solo in the middle, I'm still giving this song the finger.

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jasonhare — Sun, 18 May 2008 22:43:18 -0000

Thanks, Elaine. Always nice to see you on here. On this day in 1985, I was eight years (and two days) old. I was a Top 40 sponge from '84 until about '91. This was a good week to soak in a lot of music.

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David Ragland — Sat, 17 May 2008 23:24:15 -0000

Thanks for this. I love every song on this list . . . they all bring back memories.

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jabartlett — Sat, 17 May 2008 09:45:38 -0000

I concur that this is one of the all-time great editions of Chart Attack. I was program director of a Top 40 station in an Illinois college town in 1985, and I can manage to remember the following, albeit little else:

--My station participated in the nationwide "We Are the World" thing. (We also participated in "Hands Across America," but that's a story for another time.)

--Of all the songs on the radio that spring, practically nothing sounded hotter than "One Night in Bangkok," probably because it was just so damn weird. (I'm surprised nobody else has observed that Murray Head had scored a hit previously, with the title song from "Jesus Christ Superstar" in 1971.)

--"Beverly Hills Cop" played on one screen of our local two-screen theater for something like six months straight.

Also, the "We Are the World" album includes Bruce Springsteen's live version of "Trapped," which is far from crappy.

Nice work, Jason.

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crane — Sat, 17 May 2008 04:44:28 -0000

But at least Dan Aykroyd was a Blues Brother. What was John Candy's band?

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Retro_Remixes — Sat, 17 May 2008 02:48:07 -0000

Fabulous column !

Don't forget that the We Are The World album also featured a who's who roster of popular artists all contributing their best crappy songs that were left off of their proper albums. Although the Pointer Sisters track rocks quite nicely, thank you so much.

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JonCummings — Sat, 17 May 2008 01:17:44 -0000

Yeah, well, David Archuletta you! (Best I could come up with on no notice.)

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sini — Sat, 17 May 2008 00:35:07 -0000

I love Chart Attack from top to bottom.

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Bill LaLonde — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:27:43 -0000

Murray Head is also the brother of Anthony Stewart Head, who played Giles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

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Beau — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:42:31 -0000

Geddy!!!

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Breadalbane — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:27:09 -0000

Rock has indeed produced some schlock, but he merely engineered some Loverboy records while in the employ of producer Bruce Fairbairn. Which, come on, it's hard to blame him for -- his Payola$ records sold about 6 copies outside of Canada, and a man's gotta eat. Anyway, he only became a producer after the Payola$ broke up. Which means that maybe if we had all just gotten together and bought a few more copies of No Stranger To Danger, Bob Rock could have stayed a Payola and the 90s would have sounded a whole lot different...

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jefito — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:44:44 -0000

Didn't Bob Rock produce some Loverboy records? He doesn't deserve anyone's apology.