Casey Skeets-Em
@every80spopsong.bsky.social
Every 80s Billboard Hot 100, Bubbling Under or Single Pick + Cash Box/Record World chart singles and picks. Playlist at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5PC0rpT8Hh8uH4FV69tZCo
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Every 80s Pop Song · Playlist · 202 songs
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Hey everyone, I made a Spotify playlist where you can listen to the songs I post to this account!
Everything available on Spotify is there, with the 7" edit preferred (if different than the album cut), and the parent album preferred as a source, in that order. Updated daily as I post songs here.
Everything available on Spotify is there, with the 7" edit preferred (if different than the album cut), and the parent album preferred as a source, in that order. Updated daily as I post songs here.
Don Schlitz - Walkin' the Walk
Billboard Recommended Single Pick on August 23, 1980
Did Not Chart
6/10🎧
Schlitz wrote The Gambler; this is from his solo record Dreamers Matinee and features JJ Cale's guitar
Billboard Recommended Single Pick on August 23, 1980
Did Not Chart
6/10🎧
Schlitz wrote The Gambler; this is from his solo record Dreamers Matinee and features JJ Cale's guitar
November 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Don Schlitz - Walkin' the Walk
Billboard Recommended Single Pick on August 23, 1980
Did Not Chart
6/10🎧
Schlitz wrote The Gambler; this is from his solo record Dreamers Matinee and features JJ Cale's guitar
Billboard Recommended Single Pick on August 23, 1980
Did Not Chart
6/10🎧
Schlitz wrote The Gambler; this is from his solo record Dreamers Matinee and features JJ Cale's guitar
Tough day to be a
November 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Tough day to be a
The 80's had a decent number of songs that directly reference the 80's in the title, what did I miss?
Loverboy - Lady of the 80's
Kris Kristofferson - Shipwrecked in the Eighties
K.T. Oslin - 80's Ladies
Rodney Crowell - Here Come the 80's
Village People - Ready for the 80's
Loverboy - Lady of the 80's
Kris Kristofferson - Shipwrecked in the Eighties
K.T. Oslin - 80's Ladies
Rodney Crowell - Here Come the 80's
Village People - Ready for the 80's
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The 80's had a decent number of songs that directly reference the 80's in the title, what did I miss?
Loverboy - Lady of the 80's
Kris Kristofferson - Shipwrecked in the Eighties
K.T. Oslin - 80's Ladies
Rodney Crowell - Here Come the 80's
Village People - Ready for the 80's
Loverboy - Lady of the 80's
Kris Kristofferson - Shipwrecked in the Eighties
K.T. Oslin - 80's Ladies
Rodney Crowell - Here Come the 80's
Village People - Ready for the 80's
Billboard Album Radio Action, WHFS-FM Bethesda, August 23, 1980
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Billboard Album Radio Action, WHFS-FM Bethesda, August 23, 1980
New Adventures - Come On
Billboard Recommended Pop Single Pick and Cash Box Singles Feature Pick on August 23, 1980
Did Not Chart
6/10🎧
Dutch band championed by Golden Earring doing a Chuck Berry cover
Billboard Recommended Pop Single Pick and Cash Box Singles Feature Pick on August 23, 1980
Did Not Chart
6/10🎧
Dutch band championed by Golden Earring doing a Chuck Berry cover
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
New Adventures - Come On
Billboard Recommended Pop Single Pick and Cash Box Singles Feature Pick on August 23, 1980
Did Not Chart
6/10🎧
Dutch band championed by Golden Earring doing a Chuck Berry cover
Billboard Recommended Pop Single Pick and Cash Box Singles Feature Pick on August 23, 1980
Did Not Chart
6/10🎧
Dutch band championed by Golden Earring doing a Chuck Berry cover
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Could You Be Loved
Billboard Recommended Single Pick and Cash Box Single to Watch on August 23, 1980
Billboard Dance #6 / R&B #56
UK #9 / Australia #95
8/10🎧
Billboard Recommended Single Pick and Cash Box Single to Watch on August 23, 1980
Billboard Dance #6 / R&B #56
UK #9 / Australia #95
8/10🎧
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Could You Be Loved
Billboard Recommended Single Pick and Cash Box Single to Watch on August 23, 1980
Billboard Dance #6 / R&B #56
UK #9 / Australia #95
8/10🎧
Billboard Recommended Single Pick and Cash Box Single to Watch on August 23, 1980
Billboard Dance #6 / R&B #56
UK #9 / Australia #95
8/10🎧
The Amazing Rhythm Aces - What Kind of Love is This?
Billboard Recommended Single Pick and Cash Box Single to Watch on August 23, 1980 / Record World Pop Single Pick on August 30, 1980
Did Not Chart
6/10🎧
Billboard Recommended Single Pick and Cash Box Single to Watch on August 23, 1980 / Record World Pop Single Pick on August 30, 1980
Did Not Chart
6/10🎧
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The Amazing Rhythm Aces - What Kind of Love is This?
Billboard Recommended Single Pick and Cash Box Single to Watch on August 23, 1980 / Record World Pop Single Pick on August 30, 1980
Did Not Chart
6/10🎧
Billboard Recommended Single Pick and Cash Box Single to Watch on August 23, 1980 / Record World Pop Single Pick on August 30, 1980
Did Not Chart
6/10🎧
Gino Soccio - Heartbreaker
Billboard Recommended Pop Single Pick and Cash Box Single to Watch on August 23, 1980
Billboard Dance #4 (w/ S-Beat)
6/10🎧
Canada's second-most-famous Gino is here to boogie. His only Hot 100 hit was 1979's Dancer (#48)
Billboard Recommended Pop Single Pick and Cash Box Single to Watch on August 23, 1980
Billboard Dance #4 (w/ S-Beat)
6/10🎧
Canada's second-most-famous Gino is here to boogie. His only Hot 100 hit was 1979's Dancer (#48)
November 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Gino Soccio - Heartbreaker
Billboard Recommended Pop Single Pick and Cash Box Single to Watch on August 23, 1980
Billboard Dance #4 (w/ S-Beat)
6/10🎧
Canada's second-most-famous Gino is here to boogie. His only Hot 100 hit was 1979's Dancer (#48)
Billboard Recommended Pop Single Pick and Cash Box Single to Watch on August 23, 1980
Billboard Dance #4 (w/ S-Beat)
6/10🎧
Canada's second-most-famous Gino is here to boogie. His only Hot 100 hit was 1979's Dancer (#48)
Utopia - Second Nature
Billboard Recommended Pop Single Pick, Cash Box Single to Watch, and Record World Pop Single Pick on August 23, 1980
Did Not Chart
5/10🎧
Prog-frosted A/C wandering into the 80s from 1974 or so, asking where everyone went
Billboard Recommended Pop Single Pick, Cash Box Single to Watch, and Record World Pop Single Pick on August 23, 1980
Did Not Chart
5/10🎧
Prog-frosted A/C wandering into the 80s from 1974 or so, asking where everyone went
November 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Utopia - Second Nature
Billboard Recommended Pop Single Pick, Cash Box Single to Watch, and Record World Pop Single Pick on August 23, 1980
Did Not Chart
5/10🎧
Prog-frosted A/C wandering into the 80s from 1974 or so, asking where everyone went
Billboard Recommended Pop Single Pick, Cash Box Single to Watch, and Record World Pop Single Pick on August 23, 1980
Did Not Chart
5/10🎧
Prog-frosted A/C wandering into the 80s from 1974 or so, asking where everyone went
America - You Could've Been the One
Billboard Recommended SIngle Pick on August 23, 1980 / Record World Pop Single Pick on August 30, 1980
Record World #114
Smooth-enough sailing
5/10🎧
Billboard Recommended SIngle Pick on August 23, 1980 / Record World Pop Single Pick on August 30, 1980
Record World #114
Smooth-enough sailing
5/10🎧
November 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
America - You Could've Been the One
Billboard Recommended SIngle Pick on August 23, 1980 / Record World Pop Single Pick on August 30, 1980
Record World #114
Smooth-enough sailing
5/10🎧
Billboard Recommended SIngle Pick on August 23, 1980 / Record World Pop Single Pick on August 30, 1980
Record World #114
Smooth-enough sailing
5/10🎧
Reposted by Casey Skeets-Em
#OneHitHistory The week ending November 2, 1991, Mick Jones’s Big Audio Dynamite II earned US #OneHitWonder honors when their rock-infused sample platter “Rush” entered the US #Billboard #Top40 at #39. The single spent 4 weeks on the chart, peaking at #32. #BigAudioDynamiteII #OneHitWondered
Big Audio Dyunamite II - Rush
YouTube video by OneHitWondered
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November 3, 2025 at 5:49 AM
#OneHitHistory The week ending November 2, 1991, Mick Jones’s Big Audio Dynamite II earned US #OneHitWonder honors when their rock-infused sample platter “Rush” entered the US #Billboard #Top40 at #39. The single spent 4 weeks on the chart, peaking at #32. #BigAudioDynamiteII #OneHitWondered
Carole King - Oh No Not My Baby
Billboard Top Single Pick on August 23, 1980 / Record World Single Pick on September 6, 1980
Did Not Chart
7/10🎧
Hit for Maxine Brown (#24 in 1965) and Rod Stewart (#59 in 1973, recorded by almost everyone else
Billboard Top Single Pick on August 23, 1980 / Record World Single Pick on September 6, 1980
Did Not Chart
7/10🎧
Hit for Maxine Brown (#24 in 1965) and Rod Stewart (#59 in 1973, recorded by almost everyone else
November 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Carole King - Oh No Not My Baby
Billboard Top Single Pick on August 23, 1980 / Record World Single Pick on September 6, 1980
Did Not Chart
7/10🎧
Hit for Maxine Brown (#24 in 1965) and Rod Stewart (#59 in 1973, recorded by almost everyone else
Billboard Top Single Pick on August 23, 1980 / Record World Single Pick on September 6, 1980
Did Not Chart
7/10🎧
Hit for Maxine Brown (#24 in 1965) and Rod Stewart (#59 in 1973, recorded by almost everyone else
Every week, Billboard’s panel spun the latest slabs of promotional vinyl and predicted what would chart, and how high. Let's see how their August 23, 1980 picks fared, and shine a spotlight on the ones that never charted
This week, Eddie Money and Bob Marley miss and Devo overperforms
This week, Eddie Money and Bob Marley miss and Devo overperforms
October 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Every week, Billboard’s panel spun the latest slabs of promotional vinyl and predicted what would chart, and how high. Let's see how their August 23, 1980 picks fared, and shine a spotlight on the ones that never charted
This week, Eddie Money and Bob Marley miss and Devo overperforms
This week, Eddie Money and Bob Marley miss and Devo overperforms
Reupping this now that Bluesky has, at last, reached peak Look Away discourse
My favorite fact about Look Away is that it was turned down by both Cheap Trick and Europe before Chicago took it
October 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Reupping this now that Bluesky has, at last, reached peak Look Away discourse
The bottom 20 of the 1989 Hot 100 is actually MUCH more banger-packed than the top 20
October 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The bottom 20 of the 1989 Hot 100 is actually MUCH more banger-packed than the top 20
Does anyone want to argue that 1989 *wasn't* the worst year of the 80s for the Hot 100?
People need to stop retconning literally the worst era in American popular music history into something it wasn't, just because there were also some amazing records that like 250 people happened to be hunting down and listening to
October 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Does anyone want to argue that 1989 *wasn't* the worst year of the 80s for the Hot 100?
Isaac Hayes - It's All In The Game
Billboard debut at #108 on August 23, 1980
Peaked at #107 / R&B #86
Record World #115
6/10🎧
Billboard debut at #108 on August 23, 1980
Peaked at #107 / R&B #86
Record World #115
6/10🎧
October 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Isaac Hayes - It's All In The Game
Billboard debut at #108 on August 23, 1980
Peaked at #107 / R&B #86
Record World #115
6/10🎧
Billboard debut at #108 on August 23, 1980
Peaked at #107 / R&B #86
Record World #115
6/10🎧
Reposted by Casey Skeets-Em
Some Echo And The Bunnyman music for your Monday RS
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RON SINGS "BRING ON THE DANCING HORSES" BY ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN
YouTube video by Rawnboy
youtu.be
October 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Some Echo And The Bunnyman music for your Monday RS
youtu.be/BXxX4mHxqyk?...
youtu.be/BXxX4mHxqyk?...
The Kings - Switchin' To Glide
Billboard debut at #90 on August 23, 1980
Peaked at #43
Cash Box #64 / Record World #54
Canada #59
9/10🎧
This song's relative overperformance on Billboard versus Cash Box/Record World is a strong argument for the superiority of Billboard chart methodology
Billboard debut at #90 on August 23, 1980
Peaked at #43
Cash Box #64 / Record World #54
Canada #59
9/10🎧
This song's relative overperformance on Billboard versus Cash Box/Record World is a strong argument for the superiority of Billboard chart methodology
October 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The Kings - Switchin' To Glide
Billboard debut at #90 on August 23, 1980
Peaked at #43
Cash Box #64 / Record World #54
Canada #59
9/10🎧
This song's relative overperformance on Billboard versus Cash Box/Record World is a strong argument for the superiority of Billboard chart methodology
Billboard debut at #90 on August 23, 1980
Peaked at #43
Cash Box #64 / Record World #54
Canada #59
9/10🎧
This song's relative overperformance on Billboard versus Cash Box/Record World is a strong argument for the superiority of Billboard chart methodology
Reposted by Casey Skeets-Em
Aw fuck. I'd been hoping to go and see Soft Cell when they toured their next album. Really sad news. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Soft Cell co-founder Dave Ball dies, aged 66
The musician, best known for Tainted Love and Say Hello, Wave Goodbye, died in his sleep at home.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Aw fuck. I'd been hoping to go and see Soft Cell when they toured their next album. Really sad news. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Michael Johnson - You Can Call Me Blue
Billboard debut at #89 on August 23, 1980
Peaked at #86 / AC #34
Cash Box #87 / Record World #76
4/10🎧
The lesser blue song in Johnson's catalog
Billboard debut at #89 on August 23, 1980
Peaked at #86 / AC #34
Cash Box #87 / Record World #76
4/10🎧
The lesser blue song in Johnson's catalog
October 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Michael Johnson - You Can Call Me Blue
Billboard debut at #89 on August 23, 1980
Peaked at #86 / AC #34
Cash Box #87 / Record World #76
4/10🎧
The lesser blue song in Johnson's catalog
Billboard debut at #89 on August 23, 1980
Peaked at #86 / AC #34
Cash Box #87 / Record World #76
4/10🎧
The lesser blue song in Johnson's catalog
Split Enz - I Got You
Billboard debut at #88 on August 23, 1980
Peaked at #53
Cash Box #50 / Record World #61
Australia #1 / Canada #5 / UK #12
8/10🎧
Billboard debut at #88 on August 23, 1980
Peaked at #53
Cash Box #50 / Record World #61
Australia #1 / Canada #5 / UK #12
8/10🎧
October 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Split Enz - I Got You
Billboard debut at #88 on August 23, 1980
Peaked at #53
Cash Box #50 / Record World #61
Australia #1 / Canada #5 / UK #12
8/10🎧
Billboard debut at #88 on August 23, 1980
Peaked at #53
Cash Box #50 / Record World #61
Australia #1 / Canada #5 / UK #12
8/10🎧
Reposted by Casey Skeets-Em
HELLO AMERICA!
My book 1984 The Year Pop Went Queer is properly available and in your shops and whatnot RIGHT NOW! Yaroo!
My book 1984 The Year Pop Went Queer is properly available and in your shops and whatnot RIGHT NOW! Yaroo!
October 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
HELLO AMERICA!
My book 1984 The Year Pop Went Queer is properly available and in your shops and whatnot RIGHT NOW! Yaroo!
My book 1984 The Year Pop Went Queer is properly available and in your shops and whatnot RIGHT NOW! Yaroo!
Journey - Good Morning Girl/Stay Awhile
Billboard debut at #87 on August 23, 1980
Peaked at #55
Cash Box #68 / Record World #59
6/10🎧
Billboard debut at #87 on August 23, 1980
Peaked at #55
Cash Box #68 / Record World #59
6/10🎧
October 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Journey - Good Morning Girl/Stay Awhile
Billboard debut at #87 on August 23, 1980
Peaked at #55
Cash Box #68 / Record World #59
6/10🎧
Billboard debut at #87 on August 23, 1980
Peaked at #55
Cash Box #68 / Record World #59
6/10🎧
The O'Jays - Girl, Don't Let It Get You Down
Billboard debut at #84 on August 23, 1980
Peaked at #55 / R&B #3
Cash Box #54 / Record World #43
7/10🎧
Their last Hot 100 hit (I Just Want to Satisfy would reach #101 in '82)
Billboard debut at #84 on August 23, 1980
Peaked at #55 / R&B #3
Cash Box #54 / Record World #43
7/10🎧
Their last Hot 100 hit (I Just Want to Satisfy would reach #101 in '82)
October 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The O'Jays - Girl, Don't Let It Get You Down
Billboard debut at #84 on August 23, 1980
Peaked at #55 / R&B #3
Cash Box #54 / Record World #43
7/10🎧
Their last Hot 100 hit (I Just Want to Satisfy would reach #101 in '82)
Billboard debut at #84 on August 23, 1980
Peaked at #55 / R&B #3
Cash Box #54 / Record World #43
7/10🎧
Their last Hot 100 hit (I Just Want to Satisfy would reach #101 in '82)