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« on: April 20, 2009, 02:04:35 PM »
How well do you remember the 80's? Or, put another way, how much has your perception been altered by AOR & AAA radio formats since?
Here are 12 songs from the 80's. One charted at #1 on the Hot 100. one at #11, one at #21, etc. down to #91. Now I know what you're thinking, "that only accounts for 10 tracks & you said there were 12" There's also one song that "bubbled under" at #101, and another track that never even managed to "bubble under" at all. Place them in the proper order.
The Alarm - "Strength"
The Fixx - "Red Skies"
Huey Lewis - "Jacob's Ladder"
Joe Jackson - "Is She Really Going Out With Him?"
Rockpile - "Teacher, Teacher"
Scritti Politti - "Perfect Way"
Tim Curry - "I Do The Rock"
Tom Tom Club - "Genius of Love"
U2 - "I Will Follow"
Ultravox - "Reap The Wild Wind"
Wang Chung - "To Live & Die In L.A."
XTC - "Making Plans For Nigel"
* my arbitrary scoring works as follows: 2 pts for exactly right, 1 pt for +/- 1 chart position. If you are +/- 2 positions you break even, +/- 3 positions is -1 pt, and +/- 4 or more positions is -2 pts.
#1 ____
#11 ____
#21 ____
#31 ____
#41 ____
#51 ____
#61 ____
#71 ____
#81 ____
#91 ____
#101 ____
didn't chart ____
For a special bonus, 10 of these songs have multiple Db entires. For 5 frink points each, which has never appeared in the Db for the past 5 years? ...and which has only appeared as a sample in another song (said song having multiple entries as well)?