Top Mainstream Rock Tracks Number One Hit Song's Tournament-1985

1984 is long gone! Now we begin 1985!
Remember, a maximum of 3 votes only!

HEADS UP:
There are twenty two songs this year, and the poll has a max of 20. So if you want to vote for "Talk to Me" by Stevie Nicks or "Silent Running" by Mike and the Mechanics, they will be write ins and you must post your votes for them on the thread.


1985:

January 19-"I Want to Know What Love Is" by Foreigner-1 week


January 26-"The Old Man Down the Road" by John Fogerty-3 weeks


February 16-"Somebody" by Bryan Adams-2 weeks


March 2-"Just Another Night" by Mick Jagger-2 weeks


March 16-"The Radioactive" by The Firm-1 week


March 23-"All She Wants to Do Is Dance" by Don Henley-2 weeks


April 6-"Forever Man" by Eric Clapton-2 weeks


April 20-"Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds-3 weeks


May 11-"Trapped" by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band-3 weeks


June 1-"Little By Little" by Robert Plant-2 weeks


June 15-"Tough All Over" by John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band-2 weeks


June 29-"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" by Sting-3 weeks


July 20-"The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis and the News-2 weeks


August 3-"Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits-3 weeks


August 24-"Fortress Around Your Heart" by Sting-2 weeks


September 7-"Lonely Ol' Night" by John Mellencamp-5 weeks


October 12-"We Built This City" by Starship-1 week


October 19-"You Belong to the City" by Glen Frey- 3 weeks


November 9-"Sleeping Bag" by ZZ Top-2 weeks


November 23-"Tonight She Comes" by The Cars-3 weeks


December 14-"Talk to Me" by Stevie Nicks-2 weeks


December 28-"Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)" by Mike and the Mechanics-5 weeks

Poll count max has been increased to 30.

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%



Here the records of the tournament so far:

Band with the most songs qualifying: The Police with 2 songs

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

Song with the most votes: Tied with 4 votes are the songs,
"Hungry Like a Wolf" by Duran Duran and
"Every Breath You Take" by The Police

Top Three Artists with the most votes in the tournament:
1st-The Police has 8 votes overall with 3 songs
2nd-Duran Duran has 4 votes overall with 1 song
3rd-Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers has 4 votes overall with 2 songs

Cjanz wrote:Poll count max has been increased to 30.

Oh, thanks. This is only one of like two or three that went over twenty, but thank you!

I voted for "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds. That is definitely one of my most favorites songs of the 80's.

I also went with "The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis and the News, and I went with "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits.

Don't You Forget About Me, The Old Man Down the Road, The Power of Love

Man...these last two years have really had songs I have no interest in. I'll try to come up with a vote...

I find most of the songs on these charts to be songs I'm not a big fan of but I can usually find three that are good enough for me to vote on.

Eh, not a great year, in my opinion. By this time the rugged sound of the seventies had evanesced to the poor production of the eighties..but, after much contemplation, I came up with these three votes.

"Don't you forget about me" by Simple Minds- (This vote was heavily influences by "The Breakfast Club"

"Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits, Eh, it's not my favorite from Dire Straits, but, eh, it's one of the better ones on the list.

"Somebody" by Bryan Adams...This one was a stretch.

My votes went to:

All She Wants to do is Dance: This brings back a lot of childhood memories since my Mom was really into this song.

Don't You (Forget About Me): The Breakfast Club, need I say more?

Sleeping Bag: I generally like ZZ Top's sound. They have their 80's moments, but there are is also a strong tinge of the 70's which is something I enjoy to a certain extent.

Not the best year for me, but there was merit in the votes.

I picked the Old Man Down the Road because it's the one solo Fogerty song I enjoy because it sounds like classic CCR. Don't You Forget About Me is obvious why I picked it. And The Power of Love I chose because of Back to the Future

I happy for the postive turnout for "Don't You" as that is a major favorite and what I see as one of the greatest of the 80's. I am expecting this to be a big player in the grand finale.

Not much more time left to vote! Have your opinion be heard!