American Top 40 With Casey Kasem-October 4 1986:
40.True Blue-Madonna
39.Word Up-Cameo
38.Amanda-Boston
37.I'll Be Over You-Toto
36.Sweet Freedom(Theme From "Running Scared")-Michael
McDonald
35.In Your Eyes-Peter Gabriel
34.Paranoimia-Art Of Noise With Max Headroom
33.Take Me Home Tonight-Eddie Money
32.Girl Can't Help It-Journey
31.The Captain Of Her Heart-Double
30.Point Of No Return-Nu Shooz
29.Human-Human League
28.Money$ Too Tight(To Mention)-Simply Red
27.Higher Love-Steve Winwood
26.Twist And Shout-Beatles
25.Venus-Bananarama
24.Baby Love-Regina
23.Earth Angel(From "The Karate Kid Part II")-New Edition
22.Love Walks In-Van Halen
21.Sweet Love-Anita Baker
20.A Matter Of Trust-Billy Joel
19.I Didn't Mean To Turn You On-Robert Palmer
18.Take My Breath Away(Love Theme From "Top Gun")-Berlin
17.Words Get In The Way-Miami Sound Machine
16.Heaven In Your Eyes-Loverboy
15.Missionary Man-Eurythmics
14.True Colors-Cyndi Lauper
13.All Cried Out-Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam With Full Force
12.Heartbeat-Don Johnson
11.Love Zone-Billy Ocean
10.Dancing On The Ceiling-Lionel Richie
9.Typical Male-Tina Turner
8.Walk This Way-Run-D.M.C.
7.Throwing It All Away-Genesis
6.Two Of Hearts-Stacey Q
5.Dreamtime-Daryl Hall
4.Don't Forget Me(When I'm Gone)-Glass Tiger
3.When I Think Of You-Janet Jackson
2.Friends And Lovers-Carl Anderson & Gloria Loring
1.Stuck With You-Huey Lewis & The News

from that list, I love #'s 40, 33, 29, 28, 27, 25, 24, 20, 19, 18, 17, 15, 14, 13, 12, 9, 6 and 3

even the weakest week of the 1980's has more songs I like than the best week now

24.Baby Love-Regina - the best Madonna song Madonna never did, it sounds just like what Madonna was doing at that time. I think it was produced by one of Mad's producers (Stephen Bray and/or Patrick Leonard)

Originally posted by vashti1999
24.Baby Love-Regina - the best Madonna song Madonna never did, it sounds just like what Madonna was doing at that time. I think it was produced by one of Mad's producers (Stephen Bray and/or Patrick Leonard)

lol, I had VH1 Classic playing in the background one night and this video came on, and with my head turned from the camera, I was thinking this is such a good song by Madonna, then it dawned on me about halfway through it that I don't have that on any Madonna cd, then I turned around and it was some brunette chick who WASN'T Madonna, LOL

I cannot believe half of these songs were hits!:lol:

Don Johnson and Huey Lewis and the News in the top 20 ahead of a Beatle song, unbelieveble.:lol:

I don't remember Baby Love, I was so busy with school during that time. :wave:

Thanks for posting this list. :wave:

Originally posted by Jrnygrl
Don Johnson and Huey Lewis and the News in the top 20 ahead of a Beatle song, unbelieveble.:lol:

well, wasn't it impressive as is that a then-23 year old Beatles song made the top 40 again? It had to do with Ferris Bueller.

But even then, I wanna know why people hate Huey Lewis so badly. Don Johnson's song is nowhere as bad as people make it out to be either. I actually like the song sorta.

Originally posted by BuffySlayer79
well, wasn't it impressive as is that a then-23 year old Beatles song made the top 40 again? It had to do with Ferris Bueller.

But even then, I wanna know why people hate Huey Lewis so badly. Don Johnson's song is nowhere as bad as people make it out to be either. I actually like the song sorta.

Yes I think it is impressive that a 23 year old Beatle song made it to the top 40, it shows what a great band they were. Which is why it is shocking that Don Johnson has a song closer to number one than they do. :wave:

I don't hate Huey Lewis and the News, I just think this is not one of their best songs. The Journey song at number 32 is better than that.

Again JMO! :wave:

Some records I either don't like, don't know or don't care enough about to comment. The others:

40.True Blue-Madonna- I'm not big on Madonna, but this is not so bad

37.I'll Be Over You-Toto- This is pleasant, but there is a Peabo Bryson version from 1995 I like more

36.Sweet Freedom(Theme From "Running Scared")-Michael
McDonald- OK, but not great

33.Take Me Home Tonight-Eddie Money - Having Ronnie Spector helps

30.Point Of No Return-Nu Shooz- their other single was better

29.Human-Human League- this is pleasant harmony wise and was a rare hit on the "black" chart at that time by a non-black act

28.Money$ Too Tight(To Mention)-Simply Red- OK

27.Higher Love-Steve Winwood- Enjoyable, well produced


23.Earth Angel(From "The Karate Kid Part II")-New Edition - showed they had a bit more talent than on a lot of their other records

21.Sweet Love-Anita Baker- I like Baker but I don't like this song

19.I Didn't Mean To Turn You On-Robert Palmer- Cherelle's original is less comical- this is tongue in cheek

14.True Colors-Cyndi Lauper- her voice is scratchy, but it somehow enhances the record

13.All Cried Out-Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam With Full Force - this is not great at all but better than j-lo dueting with ja-rule. I could just imagine their cover

12.Heartbeat-Don Johnson- terrible tune, every era has some actor milking his fame in a record deal

11.Love Zone-Billy Ocean - this is not too good, his next single Love is Forever was an improvement

10.Dancing On The Ceiling-Lionel Richie- not one of his better songs at all


7.Throwing It All Away-Genesis- OK, sticks in the head like chewing gum in your hair

1.Stuck With You-Huey Lewis & The News - this is a bit dull to be a number one single (I think it held there for 3 weeks). That group was like a corporate rock/pop band. I remember the follow-up single Hip to Be Square was used in schools at the time.