Hello again. Can you believe I've gone nearly the month of January without posting a flashback, so I guess now's just as good as time to post one. For this week, I'm going back 35 years to my freshman year of high school. I had just moved from one town to the other side of the county line; a school consolidation issue at the time was the impetus for it, as well as a LOT of misinformation that was disseminated about where kids that didn't live in a city limit would go to school. Long story short, we moved from St. Pauls, NC to rural Hoke County just nine miles to the west near the community of Lumber Bridge. And this after flirting with the prospect of moving back to Orlando (which we wound up doing anyway midway through my junior year, thank you Operation Desert Storm).
Anyway, enough waxing nostalgic, here were the Top 40 songs according to Radio and Records Magazine for the week ending January 27, 1989:
40. Little Liar by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts. As I recall, the video for this song featured Joanie in a Baltimore Orioles uniform shirt, which was interesting because this was a few years before fans wearing jerseys of a particular team became popular and somewhat commonplace. The Orioles by the way were AWFUL in 1988, by far the worst team in baseball, but they had quite the turnaround in '89.
39. The Love In Your Eyes by Eddie Money. Before he tragically passed, Mr. Money actually followed me on Twitter. How cool is that?
38. Put A Little Love In Your Heart by Annie Lennox & Al Green. This was featured in the movie "Scrooged," which was arguably the most popular Christmas movie of 1988.
37. Just Because by Anita Baker
36. Girl You Know It's True by Phony Baloney Milli Vanilli. Crazy to think that if not for a hiccup during a "live" performance at a concert sponsored by MTV, we probably would have figured out that Rob and Fab was all an act and didn't sing their songs anyway. If more people used critical thinking back then, they probably would've seen through their bullsh*t from the outset.
35. I Beg Your Pardon by Kon Kan. This was supposedly a reboot of a classic song from the 1960's by Lynn Anderson, there was too much going on.
34. I Remember Holding You by Boys Club. A personal favorite of mine. Didn't quite reach the top ten.
33. You're Not Alone by Chicago. One of their last hits in a long chart career. They weren't really the same after Peter Cetera left.
32. It's No Secret by Kylie Minogue. This would be the last top 40 hit stateside for Kylie until 2002, when "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" was released, and I actually had to call WFLZ radio in Tampa to give the DJ a little backstory on her (as well as the correct pronunciation of her last name).
31. Don't Tell Me Lies by Breathe. My favorite track of theirs from them, primarily because it wasn't a sappy ballad.
30. Every Rose Has Its Thorn by Poison. Speaking of ballads, Poison's biggest hit was this ballad, though not really their signature song ("Nothing But A Good Time").
29. All She Wants Is by Duran Duran
28. My Heart Can't Tell You No by Rod Stewart. The video for this song, if I remember correctly, was an update of sorts of a previous video of his ("Lost In You") where he falls back in love with an exotic dancer. In this one, I believe the dancer in question winds up with someone else, and Rod is heartbroken over it. You know, that kinda sounds somewhat similar to real life for me (UPDATE: that situation actually happened...again). Moving on...
27. Roni by Bobby Brown. This song, as I would find out later in life, as pulled from a lyric from Michael Jackson's "Pretty Young Thing." I also remember a radio parody of this song where instead of talking about his boo, Bobby is singing about macaroni. No, not Macaroni Grille, those weren't in existence yet.
26. Shake For The Sheik by Escape Club
25. My Prerogative by Bobby Brown. First song in memory that railed against celebrity paparazzi culture. It would only get worse from this point on, right TMZ??
24. Paradise City by Guns N' Roses. Far and away my favorite GnR song. I never was a big fan of them, but I like this track and "Patience."
23. Surrender To Me by Ann Wilson & Robin Zander. Ann's sister Nancy had a duet smash (with Loverboy's Mike Reno) five years earlier with "Almost Paradise" from the movie "Footloose." This one with the frontman of Cheap Trick was from a lesser-known movie, "Tequila Sunrise."
22. Holding On by Steve Winwood. Another personal favorite of mine. Thought it could have been more popular.
21. The Living Years by Mike & The Mechanics. I despised this song, and I don't understand how it went to number 1...
20. Dial My Heart by The Boys. I had an issue here. I remember The Boys as a bunch of young African American men, but per Billboard's website, this is their photo:
7. Armageddon It by Def Leppard
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