Mark Wyman
@markwyman.bsky.social
Former pop chart aficionado, slowly recreating my 400-track singles chart from 1980 via Spotify. Used to know lots about (and write stuff on) television. Now back in London after a spring/summer in Vancouver. Once produced a CD-ROM for Oliver Postgate.
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My top 400 singles of 1980: #200 to #161
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Right then: new year, new 1980 playlist. Quite a few tracks that should be here are missing from Spotify, but still there's plenty of variety here. Just the letter B gives you Bowie, Bush, Buggles and Bow Wow Wow... (not to mention Brass in Pocket and Bear Cage).
open.spotify.com/playlist/0Uy...
open.spotify.com/playlist/0Uy...
Track 190 of 400: “TIME AND TIME AGAIN” by Mike Rutherford
The second single taken from “Smallcreep's Day”, the Top 20 album from the (bass and lead) guitarist of #Genesis, was—like the first, listed below at #338 —not a hit. Which is rather a shame, as it's a gorgeously gentle-yet-powerful song.
The second single taken from “Smallcreep's Day”, the Top 20 album from the (bass and lead) guitarist of #Genesis, was—like the first, listed below at #338 —not a hit. Which is rather a shame, as it's a gorgeously gentle-yet-powerful song.
Time And Time Again - Mike Rutherford (HQ Audio)
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January 20, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Track 190 of 400: “TIME AND TIME AGAIN” by Mike Rutherford
The second single taken from “Smallcreep's Day”, the Top 20 album from the (bass and lead) guitarist of #Genesis, was—like the first, listed below at #338 —not a hit. Which is rather a shame, as it's a gorgeously gentle-yet-powerful song.
The second single taken from “Smallcreep's Day”, the Top 20 album from the (bass and lead) guitarist of #Genesis, was—like the first, listed below at #338 —not a hit. Which is rather a shame, as it's a gorgeously gentle-yet-powerful song.
Track 191 of 400: “NEWS OF THE WORLD” by The Jam
A real rarity among Jam singles, in that the vocals and songwriting were by Bruce Foxton, rather than #PaulWeller, but it worked just as well. This non-album track was another reissue in 1980; it first peaked at #27 two years earlier.
#NewWave80s
A real rarity among Jam singles, in that the vocals and songwriting were by Bruce Foxton, rather than #PaulWeller, but it worked just as well. This non-album track was another reissue in 1980; it first peaked at #27 two years earlier.
#NewWave80s
The Jam - News Of The World - Top of the Pops 1978
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January 20, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Track 191 of 400: “NEWS OF THE WORLD” by The Jam
A real rarity among Jam singles, in that the vocals and songwriting were by Bruce Foxton, rather than #PaulWeller, but it worked just as well. This non-album track was another reissue in 1980; it first peaked at #27 two years earlier.
#NewWave80s
A real rarity among Jam singles, in that the vocals and songwriting were by Bruce Foxton, rather than #PaulWeller, but it worked just as well. This non-album track was another reissue in 1980; it first peaked at #27 two years earlier.
#NewWave80s
Track 192 of 400: “DEAR MISS LONELY HEARTS” by Philip Lynott
Usually just called Phil, on his debut solo LP in 1980 the charismatic vocalist / leader of Thin Lizzy preferred to be Philip. He hadn't left his bandmates behind though: most of them played on this lyrically so-clever song.
#SongsFrom1980
Usually just called Phil, on his debut solo LP in 1980 the charismatic vocalist / leader of Thin Lizzy preferred to be Philip. He hadn't left his bandmates behind though: most of them played on this lyrically so-clever song.
#SongsFrom1980
Thin Lizzy - Dear Miss Lonely Hearts (Official Music Video)
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January 18, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Track 192 of 400: “DEAR MISS LONELY HEARTS” by Philip Lynott
Usually just called Phil, on his debut solo LP in 1980 the charismatic vocalist / leader of Thin Lizzy preferred to be Philip. He hadn't left his bandmates behind though: most of them played on this lyrically so-clever song.
#SongsFrom1980
Usually just called Phil, on his debut solo LP in 1980 the charismatic vocalist / leader of Thin Lizzy preferred to be Philip. He hadn't left his bandmates behind though: most of them played on this lyrically so-clever song.
#SongsFrom1980
Track 193 of 400: “READY AN' WILLIN' (SWEET SATISFACTION)” by Whitesnake.
First of two singles from 1980 for this band, led by vocalist David Coverdale. For my money, there were few better voices in melodic hard rock. His bluesy tone and soulfulness elevated Whitesnake above the rest.
#80sRock
First of two singles from 1980 for this band, led by vocalist David Coverdale. For my money, there were few better voices in melodic hard rock. His bluesy tone and soulfulness elevated Whitesnake above the rest.
#80sRock
Whitesnake - Ready An' Willing GOOD QUALITY
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January 15, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Track 193 of 400: “READY AN' WILLIN' (SWEET SATISFACTION)” by Whitesnake.
First of two singles from 1980 for this band, led by vocalist David Coverdale. For my money, there were few better voices in melodic hard rock. His bluesy tone and soulfulness elevated Whitesnake above the rest.
#80sRock
First of two singles from 1980 for this band, led by vocalist David Coverdale. For my money, there were few better voices in melodic hard rock. His bluesy tone and soulfulness elevated Whitesnake above the rest.
#80sRock
Furthest I've been:
N: Bergen 🇳🇴 and Helsinki 🇫🇮
E: Rotorua 🇳🇿
S: Also Rotorua
W: Hawai'i (Big Island) 🇺🇸
N: Bergen 🇳🇴 and Helsinki 🇫🇮
E: Rotorua 🇳🇿
S: Also Rotorua
W: Hawai'i (Big Island) 🇺🇸
Furthest I've been:
N: Kirkenes 🇳🇴
E: Tokyo 🇯🇵
S: Maputo 🇲🇿
W: Seattle 🇺🇲
N: Kirkenes 🇳🇴
E: Tokyo 🇯🇵
S: Maputo 🇲🇿
W: Seattle 🇺🇲
Furthest I've been:
N: Iceland 🇮🇸
E: Tokyo 🇯🇵
S: uluru-kata tjuta national park 🇦🇺
W: Wilmington 🇺🇲
N: Iceland 🇮🇸
E: Tokyo 🇯🇵
S: uluru-kata tjuta national park 🇦🇺
W: Wilmington 🇺🇲
January 14, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Furthest I've been:
N: Bergen 🇳🇴 and Helsinki 🇫🇮
E: Rotorua 🇳🇿
S: Also Rotorua
W: Hawai'i (Big Island) 🇺🇸
N: Bergen 🇳🇴 and Helsinki 🇫🇮
E: Rotorua 🇳🇿
S: Also Rotorua
W: Hawai'i (Big Island) 🇺🇸
Track 194 of 400: “BRASS IN POCKET” by The Pretenders
A classic song that needs little or no introduction, it was the first 7" by #ChrissieHynde and co. to break into the UK Top 30 and then, 46 years ago this month, it duly reached No. 1 for a fortnight. I also ranked it as #104 in my 1979 chart.
A classic song that needs little or no introduction, it was the first 7" by #ChrissieHynde and co. to break into the UK Top 30 and then, 46 years ago this month, it duly reached No. 1 for a fortnight. I also ranked it as #104 in my 1979 chart.
Pretenders - Brass In Pocket (Official Music Video)
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January 13, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Track 194 of 400: “BRASS IN POCKET” by The Pretenders
A classic song that needs little or no introduction, it was the first 7" by #ChrissieHynde and co. to break into the UK Top 30 and then, 46 years ago this month, it duly reached No. 1 for a fortnight. I also ranked it as #104 in my 1979 chart.
A classic song that needs little or no introduction, it was the first 7" by #ChrissieHynde and co. to break into the UK Top 30 and then, 46 years ago this month, it duly reached No. 1 for a fortnight. I also ranked it as #104 in my 1979 chart.
Track 195 of 400: “UNDERSTANDING” by Judy Tzuke
You probably won't know this, unless you have “Sports Car”, the Top 10 album it comes from, but my my, what an underrated talent. The ballad “Stay With Me Till Dawn” from 1979 was Judie Tzuke's only hit single; this and many others should have been.
You probably won't know this, unless you have “Sports Car”, the Top 10 album it comes from, but my my, what an underrated talent. The ballad “Stay With Me Till Dawn” from 1979 was Judie Tzuke's only hit single; this and many others should have been.
Judie Tzuke Understanding
YouTube video by drucer
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January 10, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Track 195 of 400: “UNDERSTANDING” by Judy Tzuke
You probably won't know this, unless you have “Sports Car”, the Top 10 album it comes from, but my my, what an underrated talent. The ballad “Stay With Me Till Dawn” from 1979 was Judie Tzuke's only hit single; this and many others should have been.
You probably won't know this, unless you have “Sports Car”, the Top 10 album it comes from, but my my, what an underrated talent. The ballad “Stay With Me Till Dawn” from 1979 was Judie Tzuke's only hit single; this and many others should have been.
Track 196 of 400: “ARMY DREAMERS” by Kate Bush
My singles charts from 1979 and 1980 were about 45rpm vinyl, with one exception, and I began reconstructing them 45 years on. This week, it's a full 45 years since I bought “Never for Ever”, the third album by Kate Bush, on vinyl. Yes, it still plays.
My singles charts from 1979 and 1980 were about 45rpm vinyl, with one exception, and I began reconstructing them 45 years on. This week, it's a full 45 years since I bought “Never for Ever”, the third album by Kate Bush, on vinyl. Yes, it still plays.
Kate Bush - Army Dreamers - Official Music Video
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January 9, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Track 196 of 400: “ARMY DREAMERS” by Kate Bush
My singles charts from 1979 and 1980 were about 45rpm vinyl, with one exception, and I began reconstructing them 45 years on. This week, it's a full 45 years since I bought “Never for Ever”, the third album by Kate Bush, on vinyl. Yes, it still plays.
My singles charts from 1979 and 1980 were about 45rpm vinyl, with one exception, and I began reconstructing them 45 years on. This week, it's a full 45 years since I bought “Never for Ever”, the third album by Kate Bush, on vinyl. Yes, it still plays.
Track 197 of 400: “TAKE THIS TOWN” by XTC
I'm a massive XTC fan and I couldn't recall how this tune went, so you may divine that this Andy Partridge song has become pretty obscured. “Take This Town” was written for the 1980 movie "Times Square", a punk-fuelled tale of teen runaways in New York City.
I'm a massive XTC fan and I couldn't recall how this tune went, so you may divine that this Andy Partridge song has become pretty obscured. “Take This Town” was written for the 1980 movie "Times Square", a punk-fuelled tale of teen runaways in New York City.
Times square soundtrack Take This Town by XTC 1980
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January 9, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Track 197 of 400: “TAKE THIS TOWN” by XTC
I'm a massive XTC fan and I couldn't recall how this tune went, so you may divine that this Andy Partridge song has become pretty obscured. “Take This Town” was written for the 1980 movie "Times Square", a punk-fuelled tale of teen runaways in New York City.
I'm a massive XTC fan and I couldn't recall how this tune went, so you may divine that this Andy Partridge song has become pretty obscured. “Take This Town” was written for the 1980 movie "Times Square", a punk-fuelled tale of teen runaways in New York City.
Track 198 of 400: “I TRAVEL” by Simple Minds
It was a slow burn before #SimpleMinds became UK Top 10 regulars. In 1980 we were still five years away from their first hit at that level (yes, with that #BreakfastClub song). Still, it's startling just how relentless and austere their early work was.
It was a slow burn before #SimpleMinds became UK Top 10 regulars. In 1980 we were still five years away from their first hit at that level (yes, with that #BreakfastClub song). Still, it's startling just how relentless and austere their early work was.
Simple Minds - I travel 1980
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January 5, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Track 198 of 400: “I TRAVEL” by Simple Minds
It was a slow burn before #SimpleMinds became UK Top 10 regulars. In 1980 we were still five years away from their first hit at that level (yes, with that #BreakfastClub song). Still, it's startling just how relentless and austere their early work was.
It was a slow burn before #SimpleMinds became UK Top 10 regulars. In 1980 we were still five years away from their first hit at that level (yes, with that #BreakfastClub song). Still, it's startling just how relentless and austere their early work was.
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In my capacity as an actual Dalek who was born in Aberdeen and regularly visited Stonehaven as a boy, I’d just like to say to this young humanoid: ‘YOU HAVE MADE A GOOD DALEK.’ Magnificent work!
My niece in Stonehaven, near Aberdeen, has made a snow dalek that's featured in the Aberdeen Press and Journal. #proudaunt
January 5, 2026 at 8:07 AM
In my capacity as an actual Dalek who was born in Aberdeen and regularly visited Stonehaven as a boy, I’d just like to say to this young humanoid: ‘YOU HAVE MADE A GOOD DALEK.’ Magnificent work!
Track 199 of 400: “SING OUT - LOVE IS EASY” by VOYAGER
A rather gorgeous soft-rock tune that should have been a hit … is all you can hear of this single on Spotify, for now. That's in an instrumental version credited to its composer Paul French. The lyrics are there on YouTube versions though.
A rather gorgeous soft-rock tune that should have been a hit … is all you can hear of this single on Spotify, for now. That's in an instrumental version credited to its composer Paul French. The lyrics are there on YouTube versions though.
Voyager - Sing Out Love Is Easy 1980
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January 4, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Track 199 of 400: “SING OUT - LOVE IS EASY” by VOYAGER
A rather gorgeous soft-rock tune that should have been a hit … is all you can hear of this single on Spotify, for now. That's in an instrumental version credited to its composer Paul French. The lyrics are there on YouTube versions though.
A rather gorgeous soft-rock tune that should have been a hit … is all you can hear of this single on Spotify, for now. That's in an instrumental version credited to its composer Paul French. The lyrics are there on YouTube versions though.
Right then: new year, new 1980 playlist. Quite a few tracks that should be here are missing from Spotify, but still there's plenty of variety here. Just the letter B gives you Bowie, Bush, Buggles and Bow Wow Wow... (not to mention Brass in Pocket and Bear Cage).
open.spotify.com/playlist/0Uy...
open.spotify.com/playlist/0Uy...
My top 400 singles of 1980: #200 to #161
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January 4, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Right then: new year, new 1980 playlist. Quite a few tracks that should be here are missing from Spotify, but still there's plenty of variety here. Just the letter B gives you Bowie, Bush, Buggles and Bow Wow Wow... (not to mention Brass in Pocket and Bear Cage).
open.spotify.com/playlist/0Uy...
open.spotify.com/playlist/0Uy...
Track 200 of 400: “JOHN I'M ONLY DANCING (AGAIN)” by David Bowie
In the week marking the anniversary of both his birth and death, let's start the second half of this marathon countdown with the second of four #DavidBowie tracks from 1980 scattered through it—although this one has an odd chronology.
In the week marking the anniversary of both his birth and death, let's start the second half of this marathon countdown with the second of four #DavidBowie tracks from 1980 scattered through it—although this one has an odd chronology.
John, I'm Only Dancing (Again) (2016 Remaster)
YouTube video by David Bowie - Topic
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January 4, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Track 200 of 400: “JOHN I'M ONLY DANCING (AGAIN)” by David Bowie
In the week marking the anniversary of both his birth and death, let's start the second half of this marathon countdown with the second of four #DavidBowie tracks from 1980 scattered through it—although this one has an odd chronology.
In the week marking the anniversary of both his birth and death, let's start the second half of this marathon countdown with the second of four #DavidBowie tracks from 1980 scattered through it—although this one has an odd chronology.
Delighted to find that I started my cinema-going for 2026 with the very same film that @stephenkb.bsky.social chose to start his movie year with.
It wasn't flawless for me but still very satisfied to have seen it. Would recommend.
It wasn't flawless for me but still very satisfied to have seen it. Would recommend.
1) Sentimental Value. Flawless movie about family, intergenerational trauma, and movie-making.
January 4, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Delighted to find that I started my cinema-going for 2026 with the very same film that @stephenkb.bsky.social chose to start his movie year with.
It wasn't flawless for me but still very satisfied to have seen it. Would recommend.
It wasn't flawless for me but still very satisfied to have seen it. Would recommend.
And as the setting sun fades with the last light of New Year's Eve, heavens above, I have finally got to the halfway point of posting my way through 400 #SongsFrom1980 on here. So that's something.
Happy New Year to all! The countdown will continue in 2026.
#Forgotten80s
Happy New Year to all! The countdown will continue in 2026.
#Forgotten80s
December 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
And as the setting sun fades with the last light of New Year's Eve, heavens above, I have finally got to the halfway point of posting my way through 400 #SongsFrom1980 on here. So that's something.
Happy New Year to all! The countdown will continue in 2026.
#Forgotten80s
Happy New Year to all! The countdown will continue in 2026.
#Forgotten80s
Track 201 of 400: “SARA” by Fleetwood Mac
Sublime. What more need I say? It's the standout track from their patchy album “Tusk”, so I'm perturbed to see how low a placing this beautiful, shimmering song had as 1980 ended. It was perhaps caught on the cusp of two years' charts (as released Dec 1979).
Sublime. What more need I say? It's the standout track from their patchy album “Tusk”, so I'm perturbed to see how low a placing this beautiful, shimmering song had as 1980 ended. It was perhaps caught on the cusp of two years' charts (as released Dec 1979).
Fleetwood Mac Sara Album Version Audio Remastered
YouTube video by Eric van Oosterhout
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December 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Track 201 of 400: “SARA” by Fleetwood Mac
Sublime. What more need I say? It's the standout track from their patchy album “Tusk”, so I'm perturbed to see how low a placing this beautiful, shimmering song had as 1980 ended. It was perhaps caught on the cusp of two years' charts (as released Dec 1979).
Sublime. What more need I say? It's the standout track from their patchy album “Tusk”, so I'm perturbed to see how low a placing this beautiful, shimmering song had as 1980 ended. It was perhaps caught on the cusp of two years' charts (as released Dec 1979).
Track 202 of 400: “WHO WANTS THE WORLD” by The Stranglers
It would be hard to see 1980 as a vintage year for the #Stranglers. After four Top 5 albums and five Top 20 singles in the late '70s, there was no new studio LP (in the UK) and just two pretty average non-album singles, this being the second.
It would be hard to see 1980 as a vintage year for the #Stranglers. After four Top 5 albums and five Top 20 singles in the late '70s, there was no new studio LP (in the UK) and just two pretty average non-album singles, this being the second.
The Stranglers - Who Wants the World
YouTube video by stranglersofficial
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December 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Track 202 of 400: “WHO WANTS THE WORLD” by The Stranglers
It would be hard to see 1980 as a vintage year for the #Stranglers. After four Top 5 albums and five Top 20 singles in the late '70s, there was no new studio LP (in the UK) and just two pretty average non-album singles, this being the second.
It would be hard to see 1980 as a vintage year for the #Stranglers. After four Top 5 albums and five Top 20 singles in the late '70s, there was no new studio LP (in the UK) and just two pretty average non-album singles, this being the second.
Track 203 of 400: “ROMEO'S TUNE” by Steve Forbert
Back so soon? Yes, and with the lead track from his best-selling second album “Jackrabbit Slim”. In the winter of 1980, this became Forbert's biggest hit in North America (#11 in the US, #8 in Canada) but he never appeared in the UK #SinglesChart.
Back so soon? Yes, and with the lead track from his best-selling second album “Jackrabbit Slim”. In the winter of 1980, this became Forbert's biggest hit in North America (#11 in the US, #8 in Canada) but he never appeared in the UK #SinglesChart.
Steve Forbert - Romeo's Tune (Live On Fridays)
YouTube video by ShoutFactoryMusic
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December 29, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Track 203 of 400: “ROMEO'S TUNE” by Steve Forbert
Back so soon? Yes, and with the lead track from his best-selling second album “Jackrabbit Slim”. In the winter of 1980, this became Forbert's biggest hit in North America (#11 in the US, #8 in Canada) but he never appeared in the UK #SinglesChart.
Back so soon? Yes, and with the lead track from his best-selling second album “Jackrabbit Slim”. In the winter of 1980, this became Forbert's biggest hit in North America (#11 in the US, #8 in Canada) but he never appeared in the UK #SinglesChart.
Track 204 of 400: “1-30 2-30 3-35” by Lew Lewis
A pretty obscure one, I concede. A slice of punky pub rock from Stiff Records, with Lewis on vocals and harmonica. If it sounds like Dr Feelgood, that's no surprise: Lewis was taught harp by their singer Lee Brilleaux, and both lived on Canvey Island.
A pretty obscure one, I concede. A slice of punky pub rock from Stiff Records, with Lewis on vocals and harmonica. If it sounds like Dr Feelgood, that's no surprise: Lewis was taught harp by their singer Lee Brilleaux, and both lived on Canvey Island.
1-30, 2-30, 3-35
YouTube video by Lew Lewis - Topic
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December 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Track 204 of 400: “1-30 2-30 3-35” by Lew Lewis
A pretty obscure one, I concede. A slice of punky pub rock from Stiff Records, with Lewis on vocals and harmonica. If it sounds like Dr Feelgood, that's no surprise: Lewis was taught harp by their singer Lee Brilleaux, and both lived on Canvey Island.
A pretty obscure one, I concede. A slice of punky pub rock from Stiff Records, with Lewis on vocals and harmonica. If it sounds like Dr Feelgood, that's no surprise: Lewis was taught harp by their singer Lee Brilleaux, and both lived on Canvey Island.
Track 205 of 400: “TRACKS OF MY TEARS” by Q-Tips
It take a fair degree of chutzpah to cover a song that was sung so beautifully on the 1969 original by #Smokey Robinson, but this cover version has much to commend it. Paul Young's voice has its own soulful beauty and the bassline is on another level.
It take a fair degree of chutzpah to cover a song that was sung so beautifully on the 1969 original by #Smokey Robinson, but this cover version has much to commend it. Paul Young's voice has its own soulful beauty and the bassline is on another level.
Q-Tips-Tracks of my Tears
YouTube video by Stefan Gats
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December 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Track 205 of 400: “TRACKS OF MY TEARS” by Q-Tips
It take a fair degree of chutzpah to cover a song that was sung so beautifully on the 1969 original by #Smokey Robinson, but this cover version has much to commend it. Paul Young's voice has its own soulful beauty and the bassline is on another level.
It take a fair degree of chutzpah to cover a song that was sung so beautifully on the 1969 original by #Smokey Robinson, but this cover version has much to commend it. Paul Young's voice has its own soulful beauty and the bassline is on another level.
Track 206 of 400: “TROUBLE” by Gillan
A Lieber-Stoller song with a long pedigree, this cover was the 2nd in a trio of tracks by Ian Gillan's self-titled band to appear in my Top 400 chart. It was first performed by Elvis in 1958—and recently by Austin Butler in Baz Luhrmann's biopic (on TV tonight!)
A Lieber-Stoller song with a long pedigree, this cover was the 2nd in a trio of tracks by Ian Gillan's self-titled band to appear in my Top 400 chart. It was first performed by Elvis in 1958—and recently by Austin Butler in Baz Luhrmann's biopic (on TV tonight!)
Gillan - Trouble (Rock Goes To College, 23/02/1981) [HD]
YouTube video by Ian Gillan
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December 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Track 206 of 400: “TROUBLE” by Gillan
A Lieber-Stoller song with a long pedigree, this cover was the 2nd in a trio of tracks by Ian Gillan's self-titled band to appear in my Top 400 chart. It was first performed by Elvis in 1958—and recently by Austin Butler in Baz Luhrmann's biopic (on TV tonight!)
A Lieber-Stoller song with a long pedigree, this cover was the 2nd in a trio of tracks by Ian Gillan's self-titled band to appear in my Top 400 chart. It was first performed by Elvis in 1958—and recently by Austin Butler in Baz Luhrmann's biopic (on TV tonight!)
Track 207 of 400: “D-A-A-ANCE” by Lambrettas
Quite possibly holding some kind of record for its trio of hyphens in what is normally a 5-letter word, this energetic short'n'sweet tune was the second Top 20 hit of 1980 from another in the wave of #ModRevival bands who peppered the UK charts that year.
Quite possibly holding some kind of record for its trio of hyphens in what is normally a 5-letter word, this energetic short'n'sweet tune was the second Top 20 hit of 1980 from another in the wave of #ModRevival bands who peppered the UK charts that year.
The Lambrettas "Da-a-a-ance" on TOTP in 1980
YouTube video by The Lambrettas
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December 27, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Track 207 of 400: “D-A-A-ANCE” by Lambrettas
Quite possibly holding some kind of record for its trio of hyphens in what is normally a 5-letter word, this energetic short'n'sweet tune was the second Top 20 hit of 1980 from another in the wave of #ModRevival bands who peppered the UK charts that year.
Quite possibly holding some kind of record for its trio of hyphens in what is normally a 5-letter word, this energetic short'n'sweet tune was the second Top 20 hit of 1980 from another in the wave of #ModRevival bands who peppered the UK charts that year.
Track 208 of 400: “THE SWEET LOVE THAT YOU GIVE” by Steve Forbert
… (Sure Goes A Long Long Way) completes this long title. Here's the first of two closely-ranked tracks - by me in 1980, at least - for this rather neglected singer-songwriter from Mississippi. This one was much brassier than before...
… (Sure Goes A Long Long Way) completes this long title. Here's the first of two closely-ranked tracks - by me in 1980, at least - for this rather neglected singer-songwriter from Mississippi. This one was much brassier than before...
Steve Forbert "The Sweet Love That You Give..." | 1979 Video Shoot
YouTube video by Steve Forbert
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December 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Track 208 of 400: “THE SWEET LOVE THAT YOU GIVE” by Steve Forbert
… (Sure Goes A Long Long Way) completes this long title. Here's the first of two closely-ranked tracks - by me in 1980, at least - for this rather neglected singer-songwriter from Mississippi. This one was much brassier than before...
… (Sure Goes A Long Long Way) completes this long title. Here's the first of two closely-ranked tracks - by me in 1980, at least - for this rather neglected singer-songwriter from Mississippi. This one was much brassier than before...
Track 209 of 400: “HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT” by Pat Benatar
#BoxingDay seems a most suitable juncture for this countdown to proceed to Benatar's confidently confrontational song. It became one of her most famous, marking her Top 10 debut in the US, yet any UK chart success still eluded her.
#BoxingDay seems a most suitable juncture for this countdown to proceed to Benatar's confidently confrontational song. It became one of her most famous, marking her Top 10 debut in the US, yet any UK chart success still eluded her.
Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot (Live On Fridays)
YouTube video by ShoutFactoryMusic
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December 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Track 209 of 400: “HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT” by Pat Benatar
#BoxingDay seems a most suitable juncture for this countdown to proceed to Benatar's confidently confrontational song. It became one of her most famous, marking her Top 10 debut in the US, yet any UK chart success still eluded her.
#BoxingDay seems a most suitable juncture for this countdown to proceed to Benatar's confidently confrontational song. It became one of her most famous, marking her Top 10 debut in the US, yet any UK chart success still eluded her.