M10 show week #145

 Elvis:  Well, working just a half-day today certainly gives ya a chance ta get things right this week!

Yes, and I've got the M10 done, the research done- can't do nothing with the sluggish early 80s charts, though! We do have two 'new' M10 hits- neither one from 2024- so why don't you kick us off with the first one?

Yep!  This'n has been floating around the shuffle since the start of October- the only one older are the two that lost their spots this week!  From the middle of the ABC game Chris 'n' Laurie played, it comes in at #10 this week.  They are Midlake, an' their song from 2006 is called... Roscoe...

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The very concept of a slow grower, it took from October 5th to November 19th just to make it into the extended 15!  Anyway, we are in 1980, and on Cashbox, the #1 song this week is Lady by Kenny Rogers.  A #2 in Canada, it made 16 in Australia.  Up north, the top spot was held- as it would be in all 3 countries soon- by John Lennon's Just Like Starting Over, which was just about to make its move to the top when John was killed.  I would place that as my favorite for the week- heady territory for me, as I've never been a big Lennon fan.

In Australia, it was a crazy novelty song by Joe Dolce, Shaddup You Face.  It never really caught on- unless you were a Dr Demento fan- in the US, with a peak of 43 on CB and 53 on Billboard; in Canada it made it's way to #2, but that was nothing compared to Australia.  It was in the midst of an 8-week run that would see it become-briefly- the biggest selling song ever in Australia.

Our big mover chart is much like last week- and not just because nothing was moving!  FIVE songs managed a 4-notch move; only three moved more than that!

3- Up 6 to 25 for Barry Manilow's I Made It Through The Rain.  It peaked 18 on CB, 10 on BB, 34 in Canada, and sorry Charlie in Australia.

2- Once again this year, we have an Eddie Rabbit sighting!  This time it's I Love A Rainy Night, up 9 to 32.  Better than last week's six, but still no picture!  It would hit the top here, 6 in Australia, and 11 in Canada.

And at the top...

 

...Boz Skaggs with Miss Sun!  An 11-spot climber to 38, and a personal favorite, it peaked at 18 here and 33 in Canada, and once again no Australian love.  Ready for that next debut?

I am!  Chris found this reading a twisted tale of how this came to be recorded.  Imagine a band once popular, but thought so outdated, when an A&R man tried to pitch them, the boss loved the single- and fired him when he told the boss who it was!  From 2007, here are the Cowsills...at #7...

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Okay, so next week we'll have the results of the Song of the Year, and just maybe we'll do a New Year's Eve special...

In other words, ya never did put yer mind to it...

No I did not.  But, I'll have a lot more time to do so next week!  In the meantime, the top ten...

9- Nothing More falls from 2 in week #8 with Jenny- another alphabet song that got held out at #2.

8- Up one for Linkin Park and Cut The Bridge. 

6- Up a pair for Maggie Rogers and Don't Forget Me.

5- Holding this week, Black Keys with Beck and I'm With The Band.

4- Up 3 for Geowulf and Dreaming.  

3- Matt and Kitty still at this spot with I Gotta Limit (and this might be theirs!).

2- Lucinda Williams steps down a spot with While My Guitar Gently Weeps.

And the new #1 earworm.... 

...Junior Senior with Move Your Feet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Until next time...