Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks Tourney-1988

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1988:

January 16-"On the Turning Away" by Pink Floyd-1 week


January 23-"Just Like Paradise" by David Lee Roth-4 weeks


February 20-"Heaven Knows" by Robert Plant-6 weeks


April 2-"I Wish I Had A Girl" by Henry Lee Summer-1 week


April 9-"Tall Cool One" by Robert Plant-4 weeks


May 7-"Only a Memory" by The Smithereens-1 week


May 14-"The Valley Road" by Bruce Hornsby and the Range-3 weeks


June 4-"Black and Blue" by Van Halen-3 weeks


June 25-"Roll With It" by Steve Winwood-4 weeks


July 23-"When It's Love" by Van Halen-1 week


July 30-"Simply Irresistible" by Robert Palmer-3 weeks


August 20-"Hate to Lose Your Love" by Little Feat-4 weeks


September 17-"Don’t You Know What the Night Can Do?" by Steve Winwood-2 weeks


October 1-"I'm Not Your Man" by Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers-1 week


October 8-"Desire" by U2-5 weeks


November 12-"It's the Money That Matters" by Randy Newman-2 weeks


November 26-"Orange Crush" by R.E.M.-2 weeks


December 10-"Angel of Harlem" by U2-6 weeks

I voted for Orange Crush, Desire and Angel of Harlem. I voted for Orange Crush because I am a big fan of R.E.M. I voted for the two U2 songs because while they may not be my favorite U2 songs, they are still better than most of the artists on this list.

I voted for "On the Turning Away," "Orange Crush," and "Desire."

On the Turning Away I never really liked, it always felt like it lacked something.

I can see how you think that, but I like it.

Here is a quick list of songs that have qual'd so far:

1981-
1st-Tied:
"Burnin' For You" by Blue Öyster Cult-3 votes, 23%
"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" by Police-3 votes, 23%
2nd-Tied:
"Start Me Up" by The Rolling Stones-2 votes, 15%
"You Better Bet" by The Who- 2 votes, 15%

1982-
1st:
"You Got Lucky" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers-3 votes, 25%
2nd-Tied:
"Shock the Monkey" by Peter Gabriel-2 votes, 16%
"Down Under" by Men at Work-2 votes, 16%

1983-
1st-Tied:
"Hungry Like a Wolf" by Duran Duran-4 votes, 26%
"Every Breath You Take" by The Police-4 votes, 26%
2nd:
"Owner of a Lonely Heart" by Yes-3 votes, 20%

1984-
1st:
"Jump" by Van Halen-3 votes,30%
2nd-Tied:
"You Might Think" by The Cars-2 votes, 20%
"The Boys Of Summer" by Don Henley-2 votes, 20%

1985-
1st:
"Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds-4 votes, 33%
2nd-Tied:
"The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis and the News-2 votes, 16%
"Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits-2 votes, 16%

1986-
1st:
"Hip to Be Square" by Huey Lewis and the News-5 votes, 31%
2nd:
"Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel-3 votes, 18%
3rd-Tied:
"Amanda" by Boston-2 votes, 12%
"In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel-2 votes, 12%

1987-
1st:
"Learning to Fly" by Pink Floyd-3 votes, 33%
2nd-Tied:
"Jammin' Me" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers-2 votes, 22%
"With or Without You" by U2-2 votes, 22%

Here the records of the tournament so far:

Band with the most songs qualifying:
1. Peter Gabriel with 3 songs
2. The Police with 2 songs
3. Huey Lewis and the News with 2 songs
4. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with 2 songs


Band with the most 1st places: The Police with 2 First Places-
"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"-1981
"Every Breath You Take"-1983


Song with the most votes:
1."Hip to Be Square" by Huey Lewis and the News with 5 votes-1986
2-tied."Every Breath You Take" by The Police with 4 votes-1983
2-tied. "Hungry Like a Wolf" by Duran Duran with 4 votes-1983
2-tied. "Don't You (Forget About Me" by Simple Minds with 4 votes-1985


Top Three Artists with the most votes in the tournament:
1st-The Police has 8 votes overall with 3 songs
2nd-Huey Lewis and the News has 7 votes overall with 3 songs
2nd-Peter Gabriel has 7 votes overall with 3 songs

One more day to vote! Please vote if you haven't yet! Express your opinion! Have your thoughts be heard!

This vote was a stretch for me, but, I ended up going with "Heaven Knows," "Orange Crush," and "Angel of Harlem."