Other Mixes By RetroJoe
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6 to 31 in 88
| Artist | Song | |
| Huey Lewis & The News |
Small World (Part One) (#25) 
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| Erasure | Chains Of Love (#12) | |
| The Church | Under The Milky Way (#24) | |
| Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music | Kiss and Tell (#31) | |
| The Contours | Do You Love Me (#11, 1962 #3) | |
| George Harrison | When We Was Fab (#23) | |
| INXS | Never Tear Us Apart (#7) | |
| Eddie Money | Walk On Water (#9) | |
| When in Rome | The Promise (#11) | |
| Fleetwood Mac | Everywhere (#14) | |
| Moody Blues | I Know You're Out There Somewhere (#30) | |
| Basia | Time And Tide (#26) | |
| Al B. Sure! | Nite and Day (#7) | |
| D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince | Parents Just Don't Understand (#12) | |
| Sade | Paradise (#16) | |
| Bruce Springsteen | One Step Up (#13) | |
| Van Halen | Finish What Ya Started (#13) | |
| Bruce Springsteen | Tunnel of Love (#9) | |
| Tracy Chapman | Fast Car (#6) | |
Comment:
Another installment from 1988. This one climbs further up the U.S. pop charts with songs reaching from the #31 to #6 spot. Whereas the last mix of songs for 1988 charted in from #92 to #32 averaging #61.67 or about the same as the mean of #62.0, this one averaged a chart rating of #15.74 (with mean at #18.5).I was barely able to insert track 5 into the mix, a song that was featured in the movie Dirty Dancing (originally a hit in 1962).This mix, just barely fits on a CD (79m57s) if you don't leave any space between tracks. Some people may have to edit out a second off the end of say the Bruce Springsteen song of Tunnel of Love to make it fit. Speaking of Bruce, or "The Boss", he's the only artist here that I used more than one song by and chose him for the pic that follows. Hope you enjoy (you can access the mix from the link on the first song title).<!-- -->
Feedback:
When We Was Fab, One Step Up, Tunnel of Love and Fast Car were songs I go into back then.
fast car is a top 25 favorite all time. the bruce is fine, the rest i can live without.
Erasure, When In Rome, Moody Blues, Al B. Sure and DJ Jazzy Jeff w/ the Fresh Prince tracks are all guilty pleasures for me. Sade, Tracy Chapman, Fleetwood Mac and The Church are just plain pleasures. as always, I'm totally fascinated by the chart data. would never have guessed that "Parents Just Don't Understand" and "The Promise" didn't crack the top 10. they were both so over-played, I figured they must have been at #1 for 8 weeks each. and I didn't know Eddie Money had a top 10 hit that late in the '80s. thanks for the data and the link.
This is the year I graduated. It reminds me of what was playing in the kitchen when we painted the walls (tracy chapman) or on a walkman casette player while flying over the atlantic (the church). working at the musicland full time to get money to buy cds (erasure) even though i worked full time at mcdonalds that same summer (never tear us apart certainly could have been blasting after close, as we scrubbed the grills and emptied the grease traps).
thanks for the trek down memory lane.
thanks for the trek down memory lane.