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It’s time for another edition of our show the Hit Song Redux where we travel back to a week in the golden era of the rock and roll and re-rank the top 10 songs of THAT SPECIFIC week based on how much the world has listened to them since THEIR PEAK POSITION ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100. As always, we’re including artist interviews, in-depth commentary, as well as your stories and dedications. Just to clarify, this is not my personal top 10. It’s the actual top 10 from this exact week 40 years ago. First, we count them down as they were, then and then we run them through a recalibration process to find out the real top 10 based on all time streams and views. This one has one to the best top fives in history. You’ll see
Before we get started though I have to give a shout out to my hero, the great Casey Kasem and his program the American Top 40 countdown. This show is a tribute him. So, to place us in the proper pop culture context of the day, if you wanted to catch a movie on this exact week in the year 1982, if you stood in a very long line at the cinema, you could see the box office leader, E.T which would become the #1 movie ever at least for awhile., or you could witness Sylvester Stallone's third installment of the Rocky franchise, or Harrison Ford’s Blade Runner.
On the boob tube you could catch the first season of Late Night with David Letterman or watch summer reruns from the first season of T. J. Hooker and the last season of WKRP in Cincinnati. Saturday morning cartoons were also fun with Spiderman and his amazing friends and the Smurfs! while trying to figure out your Rubik’s Cube. Alright, let’s get started.
So, coming in at #10, it’s a southern rock band that started to make some noise in the top 10 after their stellar song Hold On Loosely came up a bit short. it’s a Caught Up in You by .38 Special.
‘Caught Up in You’ was the first single released from 38 Special's 1982 album, Special Forces. Though it would rise to #1 on the Billboard Rock chart, it would peak here at the 10-spot on the Hot 100. Here’s what the songs writers had to say about the song.
In at #9 it’s a remake of a 60s soul song that became one of the defining song of the 80s with it’s synth pop magic: It’s Soft Cell with Tainted Love.
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Poll: What are your picks for the greatest single and album for 1982?
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The funny thing about growing up in the 80s is even the songs you weren't really that into at the time, you look back and appreciate them.
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"Keep your feet on the ground, and keep reaching for the stars."
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The moment I knew I hadn't gone completely wrong in how I raised my kids: youngest son was out riding his bicycle (~8 years ago), saw a person jogging who looked to be seriously struggling. Kid pulled up Eye of the Tiger on his phone, rode beside the jogger blasting the song. He said the guy picked up his pace and made it all the way to the end of the song with a huge smile on his face. Said it gave him the boost he needed to finish his run. :)
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Tainted Love! I was in 6th grade when it came out. Six years later, after graduating high school, I got to travel in Europe on my own. I was on an overnight ferry from Italy to Greece crowded with young people from all over speaking dozens of languages. All of a sudden, under a starry Adriatic sky, someone started playing Tainted Love, and everyone started singing and stomp stomp-ing along. It didn't matter who you were, where you were from or what language you spoke. All that mattered was being together and this song. It was the first time I really felt the power of music to unite people and I'll never forget it.
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...and the smell of reefer filled the air everywhere you went. We've gone from a carefree, stress-free life to a stress-induced chaos. "How far we've fallen" indeed.
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I soooooo miss the 80's.
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Your 'lightbulb moment' with Eye of The Tiger - that's what Bohemian Rhapsody does to me 🤣👌
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The 70’s and 80’s were by far the best decades for music. Music today just can’t compare, Case in point, most advertisement today uses music from the 70’s and 80’s. Something I miss in current music is key changes, they just aren’t done. Glad I grew up in these decades, they were and will always be the best!
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Ebony and Ivory, Eye of the Tiger, Rosanna.....so many hits so little time. I WANT MY 80s!!
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I was 17 in 82, just graduated with my whole life ahead of me 🎉
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Asia was so underrated. I always thought their sound was haunting.
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WKRP BABY!!!! Cincy in the 80’s was everything!!!🔥❤️❤️
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I was 17 in 82. Great time to be a teenager.
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In 1982 I was installing a car stereo in my 1967 chevy Camaro. I had a really hard time connecting the wires. Finally, when I connect them right the song Don't You Want Me came on. I always remember this song for success in installing a car stereo.
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My younger millennial nephews are totally in to the 80’s. They love how original everything was! Music, movies, fashion…. My proudest accomplishment is their appreciation of an amazing time in pop culture. 👏👏👏
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Oh man! The 80s! Never be another decade of music like it again. And it didn't matter what genre it came from, I soaked it ALL up! From 8 to 18, I was into it all!!
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I remember when Eye of the Tiger came out, my friend had a small battery-operated boom box. He put in Eye of the Tiger and blasted it while we rode our bikes around the neighborhood thinking we were soooo coooool, lol. '82 was a great year for music!
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I was 20 years old in 1982, and I worked during the day, went to college at night, and surfing, arcades, and riding my motorcycle on the weekends. It was a great time to be alive!
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I saw Til Tuesday when they opened for Rick Springfield. I attended this concert solely for Aimee Mann and Til Tuesday. It was a really hard time in my life and this song played a big role in helping me Find my voice and stand up in the face of abuse.
