The 10 Worst Charting Hits from May 10, 1986

[@TheCHR83]

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[@MikeNicholsonThomas]

7:11 Wow, that's a rather spot-on Reagan impression there. Kinda reminds me of Mr. Burns for some reason... (yes, I know that Burns's voice was inspired from Reagan, don't @ me) 13:37 Yeah, "Glory of Love", Cetera's first post-Chicago solo hit, was released this year, but it wouldn't be released until June, the same month that the Karate Kid sequel came out. Had you waited a couple of months later to cover 1986, you would've had the chance to give it (the song, its artist and probably the movie too, depending on your thoughts on the latter) its fair share of bashing. Ah well, c'est la vie... Speaking of whom, I am now totally convinced that Peter Cetera has a long lost British cousin, and it's the guy from The Hollies, aka the third guy from Crosby Stills & Nash (and sometimes Young). Thanks again, Chris!

[@safsd6358]

In some european countries „Rough boy" is a signature song of ZZ Top.

[@femboy-gardevoir]

To those countries, I am so, so sorry.

[@Genghis_Pro]

That Graham Nash album cover looks like my Trapper Keeper in 3rd grade.

[@stevegeorge6880]

I think the entire point of hands across America was to demonstrate that we at least had solidarity enough for that and could therefore also work together to solve homelessness. Unfortunately, the line was broken, though the causal link with homelessness today has yet to be determined. Yes, I did join hands with people at that time.

[@sheilaholmes996]

So did I.

[@aaronthegraduate]

You dodged a huge bullet by Glory Of Love not being on the charts that week

[@whenfatkillsfat803]

Yep, Karate Kid II was a June release. Be very lucky.

[@davestewart2067]

Second half of the year, it recieved almost constant airplay. Yep I thought it was Chicago then too.

[@alanwhite9466]

Check out Gunclemark's Worst Number One Songs Of The '80s (spoiler alert!) for that song.

[@Fluteboy]

7:32 - This was one of those "holiday" hits. Picture fat, sunburnt Brits in Ibiza, sloshed on sangria! Eight weeks at #1 in Austria, and a UK #6. There was also a cover in 2002 by the *Herpes House Band.*

[@shocksystem8675]

There was also a Stargo cover of that song as well.

[@safsd6358]

„Life is live" by Opus is probably the same genre as „Susanna" by The Art Company and both singers wear the same kind of moustache.

[@shocksystem8675]

I think it's that kind of a pop reggae blend with some Schläger on it.

[@matijamaksan4344]

I am Croat living in Croatia. I know and like both songs. For Susanna i know Italian version too.

[@chrono817]

Didn't know V.O.F. De Kunst got translated to The Art Company lol

[@SweptAway529]

The name of the song is "Live is Life"

[@SomeRPGFan]

Life is Life sounds more like the kind of song you hear at Oktoberfest to me. In fact, I'm pretty sure it is still played there to this day.

[@SweptAway529]

The name of the song is "Live is Life"

[@liamrondeau4675]

Mom, can we have Bruce Springsteen? We have Bruce Springsteen at home. Bruce Springsteen at home: 5:08

[@bigguys45s29]

In the words of Nu Shooz, “I can’t wait” to see what’s on this list. This week in May of 1986 had a lot of interesting stuff, both good and bad.

[@frankly7761]

The reason the 80s were awesome is everyone in charge was on coke. They made epic Ninja movies where Ninjas shot lasers at army guys, we got Dolph Lundgren as not one, but two superhero guilty pleasure flicks, Chuck Norris on motorcycles that shot rockets and bombs out of the tailpipe, Stallone in an arm wrestling movie and 65 year olds (Charles Bronson) waging a one man war against street gangs. Those who missed it in the multiplexes, got to see these glorious films on TV every week because there were only 23 channels in 1995. The fact then Howard The Duck came out this year, and gave us duck boobs is where the coke peaked, and therefore the music got wussier simply to counter the sheer madness on screen.

[@jeanoboyle2439]

💯

[@femboy-gardevoir]

Never watched "Howard the Duck" so reading "duck boobs" felt like getting kicked in the balls.

[@safsd6358]

I wonder if Kenny Loggins was not mentioned here because he had a strong competition or he is destined to be on the best list.

[@whenfatkillsfat803]

I know, right? Top Gun came out in May.

[@animerocksautistic]

*Sees Jimmy Barnes* As an Australian, its not one of my personal favourites but thats considered a classic here. Also, surprised you didn't mention hes that guy from the "Ahhhhhhhh" meme a few years back.

[@Betta66]

OHHHHHH I didn't make that connection.

[@jetfan925]

Dude was born in Scotland, not Australia by the way.

[@animerocksautistic]

@@jetfan925 A lot of our music icons in that 70s and 80s period were born in the British Isles and Europe (John Farnham, most of AC/DC, etc.)

[@alclarke]

@@jetfan925He does not call himself Scottish. Nor do AC/DC.

[@alclarke]

@@animerocksautisticOlivia Newton-John also. Tons of them.

[@RainbowBrite80]

I was 6 in 86, so I just think I probably wore waaay to many acid washed jumper dresses and side ponytails with those yarn hair ribbons 😂

[@ihavecooties]

Same. Although I think my mom wouldn’t buy is those yarn ribbons.

[@margaretfogler1848]

I graduated from high school in 1986. And I'm pretty into music charts. So I am stumped as to how there are 3 songs on this list I never heard (Jimmy Barnes, Don Quixote song and Graham Nash.)

[@jeanoboyle2439]

I didn't hear it ever until a few years ago - I was more into rock ** shrugs **

[@timmy841212]

I liked 86 but it was a bizarre year to say the least! 😂

[@JustinSevenTwo]

A lot of what was getting played in around 86 seemed to be the 70s acts who came back with mellower, 'grown-up' sounds, sometimes approaching adult contemporary. Sometimes with haircuts and suits. Glen Frey, Don Henley, Robert Plant, Yes, Van Halen... and yeah, definitely Peter Cetera. And dude, props for Space Harrier ref! That game was definitely my jam in '86 (with the full-motion sitdown cockpit!)

[@RelaxBear1974]

Nikita is greatly improved if you imagine he's singing about Nikita Koloff.

[@gigakac5110]

The only reason this ballad of Billy Ocean reached #1 was the fact, that he was at his absolute peak at the time, directly after having his signature song „When the going gets tough" released.

[@whenfatkillsfat803]

Love Zone is a much better follow up to Sad Songs. Nice mid tempo quiet storm jam.

[@JustinSevenTwo]

18:30 My wife actually participated in HAA as a young teen! It went somewhere through our town (she lived here at the time but I didn't). She and her mom both did it, she said it was fun. They were both just too sweet and probably really liked the idea of charity and unity and all that jazz. But yeah, kinda silly, maybe it raised a good amount of money though

[@Fluteboy]

4:21 - _"My fellow... outpatients. I can't tell you how glad I am to be here... because I've forgotten. Nevertheless I am still full of the spirit of '76. Formaldehyde."_

[@josephfernandez8015]

Move move move away from the Dalek

[@Avrysatos]

i hurt so badly thank you for taking my mind off of it.

[@ospero7681]

Ooh, Polka Party beatdown! To be completely fair to that album, it suffered from a very unusual lapse in Weird Al's choice of songs to parody. The style parodies on that album - "Dog Eat Dog", "Good Enough for Now", "Christmas at Ground Zero" - are fantastic, but whatever possessed Al to parody Mick Jagger's "Ruthless People"? And while "Who's Johnny" is not on that level, it's not good either.

[@matthewvulpe3302]

That "Don Quichotte" song was a true What The Hell Is This Thing?! song if there ever was one. Perfect number 4 pick! 27:05 And the last shot of the "I Do What I Do" video was in front of the Odeon movie theater. Fitting, considering that song was odious (hee-hee-hee😐).

[@brmc5381]

Ugh, I had forgotten "Rough Boy" even existed

[@FionaOfMountLawley]

"Working Class Man" was used for an Optus (Australian phone company) ad in 2015. I'm pretty sure there was a previous use in the 1990s, but I can't find any corroboration for that. The song was written by Jonathon Cain, founding member of The Babies, keyboardist for Journey from 1980 and founding member of Bad English. Cain has been married to that prosperity gospel ghoul, Paula White, since 2015.

[@gunclemark8440]

You always have a weird one for your #4, and "Don Quichotte" is truly weird. I don't love the song, but its oddness works in the right mood. Hands Across America was a much weaker charity effort, and song for that matter.

[@anadraham2995]

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[@thevarietykid686]

So out of all the decades since the 1950s (or maybe 60s) which one was your favorite and which one was your least favorite?

[@JonahDoesTransit]

This was the year that had Glory Of Love, which might be my least favourite hit of the 80s and the worst #1 hit in billboard history

[@aaronthegraduate]

Just wait until he does the 70s again

[@JonahDoesTransit]

@@aaronthegraduate YHMB is a very, VERY close second

[@AdamLeeNichols]

​@@JonahDoesTransitI really don't want to know what YHMB is. I do agree on Glory of Love. Peter Cetera is terrible.

[@JonahDoesTransit]

@@AdamLeeNichols your having my baby

[@gunclemark8440]

When I get around to ranking the worst #1 songs of the 80's on my channel, you can be sure to find it there. But does it top Ebony and Ivory, or the horrible cover of Lean on Me by Club Nouveau? I can't believe I'm saying this, but Milli Vanilli is better than that?!

[@jayo.7086]

10. Hate it. 9. Never heard it. 8. Love it! (But fully acknowledge it’s probably horrible) 7. Not a fan. 6. Love it! Seriously! 5. Yikes. Don’t touch me. 4. Never heard it. Thank God. 3. I like it, but mostly just the chorus. 2. It’s… not good. Honorable mentions: Meh; Never heard it; Meh; Never heard it; Don’t remember it; It’s OK; Never heard it; Love it!, Meh. 1. Never heard it. All in all, not much disagreement, but you should be tarred and feathered for even referencing “If She Knew What She Wants” in the segment. That is probably in my Top 3 of the week.

[@michelled701]

yay, 1986, my birth year! Great video as always. A few things: I never really liked Live Is Life. It sounds like one of those songs that got popular off of Eurovision that SNEAKILY entered the American charts. I saw a clip of the song on American Bandstand recently (on video) where teenagers were dancing to it, and I couldn't wait to skip it. Also, I feel guilty for liking some of the songs on the dishonorable mentions. I won't say which ones though.

[@pandaeyes42]

Why does Jimmy Barnes SCREAM on EVERY NOTE???

[@biivamunner3122]

now the bumper music is stuck in my head

[@jesusrox4u]

I personally enjoy the song “Kyrie.” Maybe it might be partly due to nostalgia. I’m not sure.

[@michaelavanessian8558]

Pretty funny how one of the songs it related to a movie with a character named Johnny 5 considering there is a real-life guitarist named John 5 who's played in the backing bands of artists like David Lee Roth and Rob Zombie (and, regrettably, Marilyn Manson) and most recently as touring member of Motley Crue, plus collaborations with an absurd variety of musical artists. Based on the Wikipedia page, however, the genesis of his stage name doesn't seem to have been at all related to that movie. Still funny though.

[@AskDrannik]

"Live is Life" worked better when Laibach did it. Although, "Tanz Mit Laibach" is much better.

[@jandzban2988]

I have always thought „Who’s Johnny” was a Scritti Politti song.

[@alanwhite9466]

My first exposure to Jimmy Barnes was his collaboration with INXS on their song Good Times which was featured in The Lost Boys movie which came out around this time, before INXS were even really heard of over here. That's probably the only other song of his I've ever heard. However the song really only got big in the early '90s by which time INXS were huge.

[@GeneSavage]

Hands Across America which I was gullible enough to want to be apart of) CHANGED DIRECTIONS to avoid my state of Oklahoma. Obnoxious, and pointless.

[@Chelaxim]

Considering that Elton didn't come out until 1988, he really just used a Slavic male name and the heteros STILL couldn't figure it out. While Nikita is a girl's name in India, the song is about the USSR. Think of every Russian,Ukrainian,Belarusian,Latvian,Serbian and Romanian person named Nikita...can you think of any women?

[@SomeRPGFan]

Did he do it on purpose?

[@Chelaxim]

@alhlux He has said in interviews he knows it's a male Slavic name.

[@connortoale9932]

Good series

[@aspalovin]

I remember hands across America.. For me it was the first BS virtue signal I actually saw... and was forced to participate in at school. We all gave ourselves a nice pat on the back for that one..... Then hit ShowBiz Pizza (Chucky Cheese if yer not old enough) for a fat dinner LOL!!!!

[@armandovaldivia3054]

You also forgot to mention The Howard the Duck song

[@lisakobarandaspastickraut714]

Never heard of number 8 either!

[@LuciferXFallen290]

That 13 year old was Mandy Smith.

[@alclarke]

Yes, Jimmy Barnes is Australian and originally from Scotland. The song resonated with blue collar workers in Australia. Yes, the song was written by an American (Great Western Sky. Is he in Fremantle? ) Yes, Jimmy sang in a band called Cold Chisel. And all the songs were about Australians and Australia. We were fighting in Vietnam too so your argument is moot.

[@derekwilliams1660]

Yeah, that Opus song is ridiculous.

[@TheGamecock366]

There's nothing wrong with ZZ Top's song Rough Boy.

[@jameskennedy721]

At least in my area , the Elton song was never even played once .

[@Spitfirethedragon]

The Don whatever you spell it song never got mainstream radio action. Never hit the top 40 radio airplay for mainstream. The dance charts it hit, but we all got lucky not hearing the song on the mainstream.

[@lisakobarandaspastickraut714]

I've never heard of Number 9.

[@SmangItDrums]

33:30 “‘Broken Wings’ was awesome, can we all agree?” Sorry Chris, I can’t agree with this one. “Kyrie” blows “Broken Wings” out of the water. “Kyrie” actually had a build-up that pays off beautifully, and it keeps building, getting bigger and better with each part. It’s an 80’s masterpiece, in my opinion. “Broken Wings” is the exact opposite; it drags, feeling like an infinite build-up with an absolutely weak payoff. Also, the lyrics, despite being inspired by an Arabic book (Kahlil Gibran's novel of the same name), are far more generic.

[@TheCHR83]

fair enough ^.^

[@njmaxrocks]

I crushed pretty hard on Nikita from the video. I just recently found out she was the model/athlete from the famous Apple Macintosh 1984 commercial. #TheMoreYouKnow

[@lisakobarandaspastickraut714]

I do like Live To Tell actually.

[@aspalovin]

I really enjoyed this and will check out more of your content. I hope it's similar. I unfortunately disagree with your 'gr**mer' take in the current climate but that's ok.. Sickos come from all corners... anyway... Awesome work and I thank you for the entertainment.

[@shocksystem8675]

"Live Is Life", "Nikita", "Don Quichotte" and especially "Rough Boy" are my major disagreements here. I also have a soft spot for the overproduction in "Who's Johnny" as well.

[@freeparking301]

I’m a 3D Worldrunner guy myself. Yeah I know…inferior knockoff. Also number 3 reminds me of a song by Michael Bolton called “Can I Touch You There.” Mid 90s Bolton…it’s as bad as it sounds. Pretty sure that thing charted too. I remember it being played on the radio…a lot. And it had a video that got played to death on…wait for it…VH1. Because of course it was on VH1. Guitars and basses without headstocks are indeed stupid looking! I never understood why they became a thing…”hey man this looks so futuristic and tiny!” If Prince played the Super Bowl halftime show and did that pose with the guitar behind the curtain to make it look like his wang with one of those guitars it’ll look a like he was circumcised by a drunk rabbi! That’s why I got a double neck guitar…two wangs!!! Not really…it didn’t hurt though.

[@erichall4548]

I just love...where are you now by synch...sorry

[@katemaloney4296]

The worst 80's song is better than anything on the radio today. Change my mind.

[@nickk6518]

Are you sure that was a ZZ Top song? It sounded more like Don Henley singing something shitty by the Eagles!! And that crappy drum sound on nearly every song in the 80s, like they were playing a cheap drum kit you'd give your kid for Christmas (other festivals are available)!

[@paulmckinney8141]

How about that Mets' song and video, "Let's Go, Mets Go." Classic 80s cheese.

[@lamarjohnson4023]

The Jimmy Harnen with Synch song was really big time wussy alright.There are great love ballads,and there is wuss.Much wuss as there is to Peter Cetera.Just wuss music,the bad kind.

[@patricklauer4452]

Lmao Jimmy Barnes charted over there I had no idea unfortunately as an Aussie I’ve had to hear that annoying song all my life:(

[@Goonerette75]

10) DeBarge: he ran out of ideas by 86. 9) Springsteen ripoff. 8) The type of song you'd hear being sung when pissed (drunk). 7) Nikita isn't that bad, but it's that typical 80s mid power ballad. 6) It's OK for a power ballad, but it's pretty generic. 5) I was 11 in 86 and unaware of this song being a kid in London, but charity songs are shite. generally, including this one. Generic lyrics, generic power ballad, generic vocally, just toilet. 4) This tinny sounding electro beat needs to stay in 86. 3) One soundtrack song that should never have been released. John Taylor should be embarrassed. I'm thinking that he had the storyline of the film in mind, but this is awful. 2) Just no. There are reasons why sometimes covers shouldn't be recorded. This is one of them. 1) Should spoken to Crosby, Stills and Young before releasing this.

[@rjramone4051]

Nikita is an okay song. It's not Sir Elton's best, but it's okay.

[@wiwikijk1606]

Opus was number one in france

[@armandovaldivia3054]

I have to say Don Quixote was a terrible song. That song didn't make any sense.

[@aspalovin]

The Who's Johnny vid is sooo bad. A love triangle in a courtroom for some reason and they could only afford the arm of Johnny 5 and a black n white cardboard cutout of Guttenberg!... yet they could afford Ally Sheedy. ouch. lmfao. 80's drugs ruled.... I guess

[@Betta66]

I respectfully disagree on Nikita, but I will not take this Harlem Shuffle slander

[@TheCHR83]

The original version was great tho.

[@Betta66]

@@TheCHR83 Oh, I'm not denying that

[@lisakobarandaspastickraut714]

10. Oh my freaking GOD that song was/is annoying as f@@k!

[@lisakobarandaspastickraut714]

1986 was a lame year for music for sure!