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Jun 17, 20211 min read
1987 Summer Song
1987 "Alone" Heart Released as the first single from the Bad Animals album, and spent three weeks at #1 and was #2 for the year. Did you...
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Jun 16, 20211 min read
1986 Summer Song
1986 "Papa Don't Preach" Madonna Released as the second single from True Blue, it was her fourth #1 and stayed there for two weeks. List...
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Jun 15, 20211 min read
1985 Summer Song
1985 "Shout" Tears for Fears This was the second single from Song from the Big Chair and was a three week #1 and the biggest song of the...
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Jun 14, 20211 min read
1984 Summer Song
1984 "When Doves Cry" Prince From the soundtrack to the movie Purple Rain, this was the first single from Prince's sixth album. This was...
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Jun 12, 20211 min read
?2021? Summer Song?
?2021? Summer Song? The Quest for the Summer Song of 2021 is underway, we break from the past and look at the contenders for this year....
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bribriny
Jun 11, 20211 min read
1983 Summer Song
1983 "Every Breath You Take" The Police Stalker song alert!!!! #1 for eight weeks, and #1 for the year. (#5 for the decade.) It won Song...
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bribriny
Jun 11, 20211 min read
1982 Summer Song
1982 "Eye of the Tiger" Survivor Featured in the film Rocky 3, (after Queen said no to using "Another One Bites the Dust"), it spent six...
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Jun 9, 20211 min read
1981 Summer Song
1981 "Jessie's Girl" Rick Springfield The song was slow to break out. It debuted on Billboard's Hot 100 chart on March 28th but took 19...
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Jun 8, 20211 min read
1980 Summer Song
1980 "It's Still Rock And Roll To Me" Billy Joel #1 for two weeks, and #7 for the year. List from Insider.com
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bribriny
Jun 7, 20211 min read
1979 Summer Song
1979 "Bad Girls" Donna Summer This song spent five weeks at #1 and was the second biggest song of the year. (beaten by "My Sharona.")...
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bribriny
Jun 5, 20211 min read
?2021?'s Summer Song?
?2021?'s Summer Song? The Quest for the Summer Song of 2021 is underway, we break from the past and look at the contenders for this year....
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bribriny
Jun 4, 20211 min read
1978 Summer Song
Back again a year later, Andy Gibb took the Summer Song with "Shadow Dancing." From his second album, the song was a seven week #1, and...
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Jun 3, 20211 min read
1977 Summer Song
1977 "I Just Want To Be Your Everything" Andy Gibb The first single from his debut album was a smash! It spent four non consecutive weeks...
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Jun 2, 20211 min read
1976 Summer Song
1976 Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John & Kiki Dee Written by Elton John with Bernie Taupin under the pseudonyms "Ann Orson" and...
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bribriny
Jun 1, 20211 min read
Song of the Summer - Beginning
Summer is unofficially here, and the race to see what the Summer Song is on. Lately, this has become a big thing..but it goes all the way...
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