M10 show week 142

 

Elvis:  What the heck're we doing here NOW?  It's Tuesday mornin'!

But the computer crash last week kept us off the air, and Friday is Black Friday, so we're doing the new show today!  A brand new chart, the songs of target year 1983, it'll be fun!'

Black Friday... say, that gets me ta thinkin' are we doin' a Christmas special?

I haven't really thought about it- it's been a struggle this year just to do a weekly show!  Best I can say is... I'm thinking on it.

Well, just don' stick it all on me like ya did last time!

No, at this point it'll have to be a group effort, for sure... but anyway, we have one debut...

Yup, it comes in at 7- here's the Black Keys, with Beck...

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Okay, so we are in 1983 this week, and Lionel Richie rules the Cashbox chart with All Night Long. It was also tops at some point for our friends in Canada and Australia.  In Australia, though, this only-there hit was at the top:

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That was differnt... not what I was expectin'...

Agreed there!  We move on to the big movers this week in 1983 here on Cashbox.  

4 (tie)- Barbra Streisand, The Way He Makes Me Feel.  I really don't know this one- given the singer, I probably won't be trying to find out.  It topped out 26 on CB (though only 40 on Billboard), 34 in Canada, while Australia was spared. It climbed to 35 this week, up 9.

4 (tie)- Police, Synchronicity II.  Easily one of my favorite Police tunes, it was up 9 to 25 this week.  Peaked 15 here, 21 Canada, but again didn't hit Australia...

3- Yes, Owner Of A Lonely Heart.  A thundering #1 here, 2 in Canada, and 14 in Australia, it moved up 11 spots to 34.

And a first place tie...

1(tie)- The Romantics, Talking In Your Sleep.  Up 14 to 36, it peaked 4 here, topped the chart in Canada- and in Australia, another 14.

1(tie)- Duran Duran, Union Of The Snake.  Jumping to 14 this week, it would top CB, 2 in Canada, and 4 in Australia.

So whut's yer top song o' the week this time?

This is really hard right here.  It was only a few months ago that the 1,2,3,and 4 on my charts were 1,2,3,and 5 on Billboard.  Those songs have moved down now... the #1 (Total Eclipse Of The Heart by Bonnie Tyler) is at 7, the 2 (Air Supply's Making Love Out Of Nothing At All) is at 21, the 3 (Spandau Ballet's True) at 23, and the 4/5 (The Fixx and One Thing Leads To Another) at 8.  Of the songs actually climbing, I'd say Synchronicity II, closely followed by new top 40 member The Smile Has Left Your Eyes by Asia.

You ready to do the top ten?

Yup!  Here we go...

Phantogram holds at 10 with Come Alive...

Back down ta 9 fer The Tragically Hip an' Wait so Long...

Up one ta 8 fer Amira Elfeky an' Will You Love Me When I'm Dead...

Up one ta 6 with The Perfect Pair by Beabadoobee...

Down 2 ta 5 fer Linkin Park an' Heavy Is The Crown...

Up 2 ta 4 fer matt Berry an' I Gotta Limit...

Up one fer Nothing More at 3 with Jenny...

Down a spot ta 2 fer Leon Bridges an' That's What I Love....

An' the new number one,,,

...Lucinda Williams an' While My Guitar Gently Weeps!!!!

That's it for this week, see you here next Friday!