1988 Countdown: #75-51 Roundup
Back in 1988, I videotaped the MTV year-end top-100 countdown. Back in 2008, I unearthed the tapes and started watching them for the first time in two decades. For the past two years, I’ve been working my way through the broadcast, dissecting every single video, ad break, and Kevin Seal smirk. We’re now five hours into the countdown–halfway done.
If you want to catch up, this is your chance.
#75: Jody Watley, “Some Kind of Lover”
#74: Steve Winwood, “Don’t You Know What the Night Can Do?”
#73: Tracy Chapman, “Fast Car”
#72: Kenny Loggins, “Nobody’s Fool”
#71: Terence Trent D’Arby, “Sign Your Name”
#70: Debbie Gibson, “Out of the Blue”
#69: Midnight Oil, “Beds Are Burning”
Commercial Break #13
#68: Rod Stewart, “Forever Young”
Commercial Break #14
#66: Richard Marx, “Endless Summer Nights”
Commercial Break #15
#64: Belinda Carlisle, “I Get Weak”
#62: John Cougar Mellencamp, “Check It Out”
Commercial Break #16
#61: Heart, “There’s the Girl”
#60: Michael Jackson, “Smooth Criminal”
#59: Huey Lewis and the News, “Perfect World”
Commercial Break #17
#58: Paul Carrack, “Don’t Shed a Tear”
#57: Bobby Brown, “My Prerogative”
#55: Bruce Springsteen, “One Step Up”
Commercial Break #19
#54: Whitesnake, “Give Me All Your Love”
#53: Chicago, “Look Away”
#52: INXS, “Never Tear Us Apart”
Commercial Break #20
#51: Bobby McFerrin, “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”
And the first quarter (#100 through #76) of the countdown.
posted 26 August 2010 in 1988 and tagged roundups. 4 comments
August 26th, 2010 at 10:40 pm
I’ll be taking some time away from my computer; Rule Forty-Two’s regular programming will resume after Labor Day.
August 27th, 2010 at 1:10 pm
Does this mean no Scrabble?
August 27th, 2010 at 7:58 pm
Awww, bummer. In the meantime, having located every last yearly top 100, I’ve engaged in the admittedly pointless hobby of weekly top 20 chart hunting. Related to both of these, I’ve found that Whitesnake’s “Gimme All Your Love” was once at #3, if not higher. Wow.
February 6th, 2011 at 11:27 pm
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