You didn't think I'd forgotten about the "Popular Songs Of..." series, did you? Well, I sort of did. But now that I've remembered, here's part 1 of what will be a 4-part series featuring the best and most Popular Songs of 1980. Lots of good stuff here! Enjoy!~JH
1) Lipps Inc. ~ "Funky Town"
2) Pink Floyd ~ "Another Brick In The Wall, Part Two"
3) Barbra Streisand ~ "Woman In Love"
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4) John Lennon ~ "(Just Like) Starting Over"
5) Diana Ross ft. Michael Jackson ~ "Upside Down"
6) KC & The Sunshine Band ~ "Please Don't Go"
7) Captain & Tennille ~ "Do That To Me One More Time"
8) Rupert Holmes ~ "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)"
9) Blondie ~ "Call Me"
10) Queen ~ "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
11) Olivia Newton-John ~ "Magic"
12) Billy Joel ~ "It's Still Rock And Roll To Me"
13) The Pretenders ~ "Brass In Pocket"
14) Paul McCartney ~ "Coming Up"
15) ABBA ~ "The Winner Takes It All"
16) Christopher Cross ~ "Sailing"
17) Irene Cara ~ "Fame"
18) Kenny Rogers ~ "Lady"
19) Pointer Sisters ~ "She's So Shy"
20) The Spinners ~ "Working My Way Back To You"
21) Anne Murray ~ "Broken Hearted Me"
22) The Police ~ "Don't Stand So Close To Me"
23) Crystal Gayle ~ "It's Like We Never Said Goodbye"
This is either an ill-advised or brilliantly conceived two-part series. I haven't figured that out just yet. Either way, I'm almost certain you will...enjoy!~JH
1) Belinda Carlisle ~ "Heaven Is A Place On Earth" (It's actually not, but okay...)
2) Meat Loaf ~ "Bat Out Of Hell" (I guess he had to leave in a hurry?)
3) Fats Domino ~ "My Blue Heaven"
4) Billie Eilish ~ "All The Good Girls Go To Hell" (Something about this doesn't seem logical.)
5) Bryan Adams ~ "Heaven" (First song I thought of when coming up with the idea for this post!)
6) Lizzo ~ "Good As Hell" (A bit of an oxymoron, don't you think?)
7) Breathe ~ "Hands To Heaven"
8) T. Graham Brown ~ "Hell And High Water" (When I was a kid, I used to wonder who Helen Highwater was. I still haven't found out!)
9) Los Lonely Boys ~ "Heaven"
10) Tegan and Sara ~ "Hell"
11) Led Zeppelin ~ "Stairway To Heaven"
12) The All-American Rejects ~ "Gives You Hell"
13) Florence + The Machine ~ "All This And Heaven Too"
14) AC/DC ~ "Highway To Hell" (I hear it's broad and paved with good intentions.)
15) Alice In Chains ~ "Heaven Beside You"
16) Dua Lipa ~ "Hotter Than Hell" (Is anything really, though?)
17) MARINA ~ "Handmade Heaven"
18) The Pretty Reckless ~ "Going To Hell" (Fun fact: Taylor Momsen, the lead singer of this band, portrayed Cindy Lou Who in the Jim Carrey version of How The Grinch Stole Christmas way back in the early '00s. On a song-related note, going to hell is no joke. It really sucks! Avoid at all costs!)
19) Kane Brown ~ "Heaven"
20) Metallica ~ "Hell And Back" (I don't think it really has a revolving door. Once you're there, you're stuck there.)
21) Charlotte Gainsbourg ft. Beck ~ "Heaven Can Wait" (There are more weird images in this video than I can shake a stick at!)
22) Pat Benatar ~ "Hell Is For Children" (At first, the title of this song makes no sense whatsoever. But when you figure out what she's really singing about, it makes perfect sense!)