#Top40

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2026-03-10
2026-03-09

40 years ago this week, "I Can't Wait" by #StevieNicks entered the #Top40 at 40. It peaked at 16 on 12 Apr 1986. youtube.com/watch?v=aYrgcUojxLE #1980s #MusicHistory #MusicVideo

"Never Be the Same" is the title of the third single by singer-songwriter #ChristopherCross, released from his debut Grammy Award-winning album Christopher Cross. It was the singer's third consecutive single to reach the #top40 on the #Billboard #Hot100 chart, where it peaked at No. 15 in 1980. The song was also a No. 1 hit on the #AdultContemporaryChart, remaining there for two weeks.
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"We're Not Gonna Take It" is a song by American #heavyMetal band #TwistedSister from their album #StayHungry. It was first released as a single (with "You Can't Stop Rock & Roll" as the B-side) in May 1984. The single reached No. 21 on the #Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, making it Twisted Sister's only #Top40 single. It is the band's highest-selling single in the United States, having been certified Gold on June 3, 2009, for sales of over 500,000 units.
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"Meet Me Half Way" is a song by American singer #KennyLoggins written by #GiorgioMoroder and #TomWhitlock for the film #OverTheTop. It also appears as the final track on his sixth studio album #BackToAvalon. It was his sixth soundtrack single and also his 13th #Top40 single, peaking at number 11, while it was more successful on the #AdultContemporary chart, peaking at number two.
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2026-02-25

40 years ago this week, "Night Moves" by #MarilynMartin entered the #Top40 at 38. It peaked at 28 on 22 Mar 1986. This was her only solo entry on the charts, but "Separate Lives" had been a hit the year before for her and #PhillCollins youtube.com/watch?v=QGD77VsaCLs #1980s #MusicHistory #MusicVideo

"Never My Love" is a pop standard written by American siblings Don and Dick Addrisi, and best known from a hit 1967 recording by #theAssociation. The #AddrisiBrothers had two #Top40 hits as recording artists, but their biggest success as songwriters was "Never My Love". Recorded by dozens of notable artists in the decades since, in 1999 the music publishing rights organization #BroadcastMusicInc (BMI) announced it was the second most-played song on radio.
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"Make Your Own Kind of Music" is a song by American singer #CassElliot released in September 1969 by #DunhillRecords. It was written by #BarryMann and #CynthiaWeil, with production by #SteveBarri. In the United States, "Make Your Own Kind of Music" was a #Top40 hit, peaking at number 36 on the #Billboard #Hot100. Largely viewed as a commercial disappointment despite strong airplay on U.S. Top 40 radio stations in November 1969.
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"Garden Party" is a 1972 song written by #RickNelson and recorded by him and the Stone Canyon Band for the album #GardenParty. The song tells the story of Nelson being booed at a concert at #MadisonSquareGarden. It was Nelson's last #top40 hit, reaching No. 6 on the #USBillboardPopChart.
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2026-02-11

40 years ago this week, "Sanctify Yourself" by #SimpleMinds entered the #Top40 at 40. It peaked at 14 on 15 Mar 1986. youtube.com/watch?v=sGQNRyxmhhg #1980s #MusicHistory #MusicVideo

"Cowboys to Girls" is a 1968 R&B single written by #KennyGamble and #LeonHuff and performed by #TheIntruders. The single was a crossover hit becoming The Intruders' first #Top40 single. "Cowboys to Girls" was also The Intruders' only #1 song on the R&B singles chart. and a Top 10 smash on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #6, making it the biggest hit of The Intruders' career.
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"Crazy Love" is a 1979 hit single for the #countryRock group #Poco introduced on the 1978 album #Legend. Written by founding group member #RustyYoung, "Crazy Love" was the first single by Poco to reach the #Top40 and remained the group's biggest hit, with a special impact as an #AdultContemporary hit, being ranked by #Billboard as the #1 AC song for the year 1979.
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2026-02-02

40 years ago this week, "Russians" by #Sting entered the #Top40 at 38. It peaked at 16 on 01 Mar 1986. The music video had the same director as "Boys of Summer". youtube.com/watch?v=wHylQRVN2Qs #1980s #MusicHistory #MusicVideo

"FM (No Static at All)" is a song by American #jazzrock band #SteelyDan and the title theme for the 1978 film FM. It made the US #Top40 the year of its release as a single. A jazz-rock composition of bass, guitar and piano, its lyrics criticize the album-oriented rock format of many FM radio stations at that time, in contrast to the film's celebration of the medium. "FM" was the first single Steely Dan released on #MCARecords (which had released the #soundtrack).
youtube.com/watch?v=wdoCQn_Tjac

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