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Interesting there were 40 songs that peaked at #40 in the 80s. Some of these songs are classics. Some of these songs are songs and bands that quickly faded away after this inauspicious chart performance. Since I like blogs of 17 songs I’m going to fill out these blogs with songs that didn’t even reach the Top 40 but are great songs.
My thanks to Billboard, Charlie’s 80’s Attic Radio Station and this website:
https://totalmusicawards.com/in-depth-features/best-songs-never-hit-top-40/
The first 13 songs are from February 1980 to October 1981. Then the rest of the songs from the Total Music Awards website.
1) Bonnie Pointer “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)”:
2) Alice Cooper “Clones (We’re All)”:
3) Change “A Lover’s Holiday”:
4) Kansas “Hold On”:
5) Paul Simon “One Trick Pony”:
6) L.T.D. featuring Jeffrey Osborne “Shine On”:
7) Con Funk Shun “Too Tight”:
8) Donna Summer “Who Do You Think You’re Foolin”:
9) Andy Gibb “Me (Without You)”:
10) Stephanie Mills and Teddy Pendergrass “Two Hearts”:
Yes he has more songs than just “Super Freak”, although that and this song are both jams. 11) Rick James “Give It To Me Baby”:
12) Evelyn “Champagne” King “I’m In Love”:
One of my all time favorite songs and my favorite Blue Oyster Cult song. 13) Blue Oyster Cult “Burnin’ For You”:
These songs peaked at #94:
14) Lady Gaga “Speechless”:
One of the catchiest songs ever. 15) Black Keys “Gold On The Ceiling”:
16) R.E.M. “Fall On Me”:
17) Suzanne Vega “Solitude Standing”:
Songs that peaked at #93:
18) The Beastie Boys “So What’cha Want”:
This quite simply is one of their best songs. 19) Guns N’ Roses “Nightrain”:
I’ve never heard this song but who doesn’t love Dua Lipa? 20) Dua Lipa and Blackpink “Kiss and Make Up”:
21) Madonna “Nothing Really Matters”:
I took this as a sign that I should add this song as it just played on shuffle on my iTunes. 22) Lady Gaga featuring Gesaffelstein “Killah”:
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