The 10 Worst Charting Hits from January 26, 1985

[@TheCHR83]

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[@safsd6358]

Tommy Shaw is like a guy from your first job at KFC who pities you and the rest of workers while leaving it for more ambitious work only to find an employment at McDonald’s.

[@jeroenwarner4834]

Like David Lee Roth then - leaving Van Halen for using keys.and going pop then making a solo pop album...with keys

[@stevegeorge6880]

As someone who has always loved the inspiration, I can still agree with basically every critique you have leveled at it. Whenever I get to the end of it, I expect the vocals to keep layering over each other over and over and over till the end of time.

[@gunclemark8440]

When I saw you listed Two Tribes, I had to stifle a "WHAT?!" but your reasoning makes sense. I had to look up Nolan Thomas in Wikipedia regarding Yo' Little Brother...turns out he didn't sing that track. This was a total Milli Vanilli moment! Finally, as I've said in my other video reviews: Peter...Cetera.

[@gigakac5110]

I doubted you would be able to find something weird for #4 this time like „Don Quichotte” but you proved me wrong in a big way.

[@Genghis_Pro]

The video for #4 looks like an anti-drug PSA that got out of control.

[@Flamingbro69]

It specifically reminds me of this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnyvoWtqbppgY8Usi=kTTF56TUgyOu3jk5

[@gigakac5110]

Those boys from „Yo’ little brother” are more scary than kids from 1984 horror movie „Children of the corn”.

[@AdamBounty]

I wonder if George Michael liked the Christmas song because he was a part of it, or if he hated it because it prevented "Last Christmas" from reaching number one on the charts.

[@RealBarefootIsLegal]

IMO, Frankie Goes To Hollywood's "Two Tribes" IMO was good enough to not make the list. It should have been their 2nd Top 40 hit at least.

[@gigakac5110]

The first 4 minutes of „No more lonely nights” suck but the last 30 seconds of it rock.

[@johnrudan9699]

The guitar stylings of David Gilmour!

[@bigguys45s29]

Some facts about Nolan Thomas: His real name is Marko Kalfa (born in August 1966). Nowadays, he is a fashion photographer. Get this: He didn’t even SING on, “Yo, Little Brother”, it was another BLACK singer instead, Elan Langier, who I don’t even know if he got credit for the song. Ugh. Thomas (or Kalfa) also had two other singles, even WORSE than this: a cover version of the No. 1 1971 Osmonds hit, “One Bad Apple” that made the Bubbling Under Charts at No. 105, and a track called (oh HELL no!): “Too White” LMFAO

[@AdamBounty]

This Elan Langier is totally ungoogleable. Is he alive?

[@safsd6358]

Why did Band Aid have only Bananarama as a female representation of British artists? They had a fiew popular names that time like Annie Lennox, Alison Moyet, Kim Wilde, Bonnie Tyler, Kate Bush or Sade. Didn’t they respect gender parity or had female singers a better intuition about the song?

[@jeroenwarner4834]

Them and Jody Watley

[@lmlanigan]

Very few people of color as well. We Are The World sucked ass, too, but it at least had a more diverse lineup of artists than Do We Know It's Christmas?

[@AlligatorArms]

I was three years old when these songs were the current hits. I mean, I look at today’s “stars” in music…Jack Harlow, Doja Cat, Tate McRae, Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa…etc…I just can’t wrap my head around how there was actually a time where old ass white dudes like Peter Cetera who was the same age as I am right now, and sounds like *that*, could be one of the most in-demand pop stars on the planet.

[@gigakac5110]

„I just call to say I love you”- in many non-english-speaking countries those are the english words everybody’s grandmother knows the meaning of.

[@gigakac5110]

The closing song sounds like something Level 42 would have recorded.

[@applewoodandearth]

And yet Pete Cetera is wearing a bauhaus t-shirt. I really hope they weren't the inspiration.

[@KylieWilson]

Well, as someone who prefers Two Tribes to Relax, this is awkward…

[@safsd6358]

Everything Barbra Streisand recorded throughout the 80’s sounds like the outtakes from her 1980 „Guilty” album. Say what you like about the 80’s Diana Ross but at least she tried to fit in the new trends. Barbra Streisand stayed in the safe 1980 for the whole decade.

[@Betta66]

Props for the Celine Dion reference

[@SmangItDrums]

I think it’s safe to say that 1985 was the year where adult contemporary hit its ultimate stride. That’s the only way I can explain why so many other big hits became so prominent on the charts alongside Chicago. Hell for them, they were just hitting their stride; it started in 1981, and it ultimately culminated with their biggest hit in 1985. It makes sense, though it still sucks big floppy donkey dick. Also, I distinctly remember Todd mentioning “Naughty Naughty” in his Jon Parr One Hit Wonderland episode. I remember hearing it and his commentary on it. Talk about wild!

[@thegregbooyah]

It's funny No More Lonely Nights is my favorite of his 80s catalog. I remember really vibing with it as a kid whenever my parents would play his greatest hits album.

[@lmlanigan]

My biggest bone to pick with Do They Know It's Christmas? is the notion that somehow, people in Ethiopia didn't know what Christmas was. I believe the official religion of Ethiopia is Ethiopian Orthodox. They may celebrate Orthodox Christmas instead, but it's still Christmas! Like, I know there was no Internet or Google back then, but there were public libraries with encyclopedias! Just cringe.

[@thecinematicmind]

What also gets me is the fact they wrote Ethiopia in the lyrics which is so easy to sing before changing it to Africa. The frustration.

[@lansesteiner3563]

The guy singing the original “Sea of Love” looks like E.T. 😂😂

[@rjramone4051]

If suck had a sound, 80's Chicago was it. And I loved the original Chicago Transit Authority when they had balls as big as church bells.

[@DavidDykes-dm9lc]

The tragic passing of the great Terry Kath doomed Chicago 😢

[@mattw8332]

Re: Chicago - I think the same thing happens to a lot of bands that peaked in the 1970s. Their eighties material becomes a bit 'Meh!' Pink Floyd is another example.

[@LJ2000Phen1]

I personally like no more lonely nights. A very underrated song in the McCartney discography even better than most Beatles songs

[@AskDrannik]

The plague of charity singles in the mid 80s was so virulent, even Ronnie James Dio wasn't immune. Look up "Hear'n Aid - Stars" sometime.

[@nustant5832]

For Two Tribes, producer Trevor Horn really took over the song, as with a lot of the other songs on that album. In some ways, it isn't really even a proper Frankie Goes to Hollywood album with how little input the band had on it. It's more of a showcase for Trevor Horn's production style, which was better demonstrated on albums like ABC's Lexicon of Love.

[@neesi1570]

(Kris Bluth) To be honest, "Do They Know It's Christmas?" never really bothered me that much. Yes, it's stuffed with ego and being sardonic doesn't really fit with the type of Christmas song they were trying to make, but it has a decent pulse and anyone who says they don't sing along at the end is a damned liar. I'd take it over "We Are the World" any day. That said, what the hell was it still doing in the Top Twenty at the end of January? Oh, and the video for "Call to the Heart" is worth a laugh. The love interest looks like she should be his mom.

[@chrisollis1483]

no more lonely nights is a pure bop

[@riahlexington]

That 2 tribes song is a perfect example of the overproduced nightmare of the 80s

[@Avrysatos]

Why am I waking up to weird Celine Dion references..... I can't wait for the best list. I'm the weird one that likes those more.

[@johnrudan9699]

Oh man, I loved the Honeydrippers EP! Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, produced by Ahmet Ertegun! The strings on Sea Of Love? 🥰

[@safsd6358]

Up until today I thought John Parr is an American singer since he did well on Billboard and had a song from American soundtrack. After hearing „Naughty” I started doubting it so I decided to check him out and of course he is British.

[@iamsoverybored878]

My brother liked wussy Chicago. I would tease him about it. He normally liked metal.

[@AdamBounty]

Did FGTH's "The power of love" not make the HOT 100 or was it not released in the US? They should have let it be their single in America over Christmas like everywhere else, instead of the belatedly released "Two Tribes".

[@riahlexington]

What’s the bumper music?

[@AdamLeeNichols]

The Old Man Down the Road by John Fogerty

[@grilledricky86]

Number five could be something with some heavy AGC processing...

[@riahlexington]

I will take a Tommy Shaw ballad over having to listen to Dennis’ on anything.

[@alexnejako777]

there are better Frankie songs. naughty naughty does have the screeching brake synths which is a cool effect.

[@alexnejako777]

no more lonely nights is hard to sit through. however, Give My regards to broad street has a really cool game for the C64 where you drive around london and stop at all the tube stops so it's a good way to learn your way around!

[@rrsaga]

I just called to say I love you was MY song back then! Blasphemy

[@callumfraser4645]

2022 has a great summer because it was fun

[@bobparker8294]

"Children in the vulnerable age bracket have a natural love for music. If, as a parent, you believe they should be exposed to something more uplifting than 'Sugar Walls,' support Music Appreciation programs in schools." (Frank Zappa)

[@riahlexington]

Not sure why this video is showing up in my recommend now, but sure I’ll give a watch! FYI my name is pronounced Rye-uh like rye bread or like Mariah Carey. You’re not the first to make that mistake, no worries.

[@riahlexington]

Chicago really is the maroon 5 of the 80s.

[@thecinematicmind]

That is one hot take with Two Tribes I’ll give you credit for that. But I disagree with the reasons why.

[@lansesteiner3563]

Live Is Life - Opus Getcha Back - Beach Boys CRINGE !!

[@pandaeyes42]

#10 was a bunch of tree hugging hippie crap!!!

[@pandaeyes42]

.daed si luaP

[@mjtallon7101]

You kids with your crowdfunding and your Patreons. You have literally no idea how groundbreaking Band-aid and Live-aid actually were, giving people a way to. raise awareness and a lot of money to at least try to help other people. Yeah, it was a terrible song. Worse than I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus? I think not. Nor any of a swack of other Christmas songs released expressly to exploit emotions to make record companies money. Oh, and that Bono line? Yeah, once upon a time you could actually just tell the truth in a lyric. Yeah, dude, you are still better off in your one-bedroom apartment than pretty much any kid in Ethiopia in the 1980s. You don't have to thank God for it, but it doesn't hurt to remember it.