Top 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 - October 23 1982

oh yes - that’s George Benson • Inside Love (So Personal)

keep ‘em coming (down)!

...or maybe here? Kashif tributes

c+p’d the current convo there

How I ranked the #22 songs in this period.

clear winner from that list: Stephanie Mills – What’cha Gonna Do with My Lovin’ - but that’s 1979

Top Eight:
Michael McDonald - I Keep Forgettin'
Laura Branigan - Gloria
Evelyn King - Love Come Down
The Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra
Flock of Seagulls - I Ran So Far Away
Survivor - Eye of the Tiger
Kool & The Gang - Big Fun
John Cougar Mellencamp - Jack and Diane
Fleetwood Mac - Gypsy

Bottom Five:
The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky
Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes - Up Where We Belong
Olivia Newton-John - Heart Attack
Juice Newton - Break It To Me Gently
Neil Diamond - Heartlight

First Time Listens:
Santana - Hold On
Michael Martin Murphey - What's Forever For
Glen Frey - The One You Love

thread needs more I Keep Forgettin' love

agree

Bottom Five:
Olivia Newton-John - Heart Attack

Sorry? not a fan.

I'm with Sunder, I was obsessed with "Eye In The Sky" when it came out. Still dig it mightily.

I was thinking I might vote Eye in the Sky, I Keep Forgettin', or Love Come Down, but I thought about it some more, and this is definitely "I Ran"

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Was this purposely pushed to 22 because forks knew it would win?

22 is the new 77