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(VANITY) TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS ('80S) TIE-BREAKER FOR ROUND 2
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Posted on 02/08/2015 5:00:50 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel

We have a TIE from Round 2 to BREAK!

#3 1983 "Flashdance... What a Feeling" Irene Cara

versus

#5 1983 "Beat It" Michael Jackson


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To: Gamecock

Beat it


21 posted on 02/08/2015 7:04:00 PM PST by Personal Responsibility (Changing the name of a thing doesn't change the thing. A liberal or a rose by any other name...)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

I vote either:

Working for the Weekend: Loverboy

Paperlate: Genesis

No One Like Toy: Scorpions

Wait....What, those aren’t choices? In what world?


22 posted on 02/08/2015 7:20:57 PM PST by occamrzr06 (A great life is but a series of dogs!)
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To: occamrzr06

No One Like You, not Toy.....


23 posted on 02/08/2015 7:21:37 PM PST by occamrzr06 (A great life is but a series of dogs!)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Irene Cara Oh what a Feeling -Flashdance


24 posted on 02/08/2015 9:01:23 PM PST by Mozilla
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Another version of BEAT IT — mocking Anthony Weiner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJfA7QjWpLw


25 posted on 02/08/2015 9:07:05 PM PST by doug from upland (Obama and the leftists - destroying our country one day at a time)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

WHAT? There’s even a question? Beat it, hands down!

(I do realize that beating anything with one’s hands down would be tricky...)


26 posted on 02/08/2015 9:09:54 PM PST by To Hell With Poverty (All freedom must be transported in bottles of 3 oz or less. - Freeper relictele)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

“Beat It” Michael Jackson


27 posted on 02/09/2015 3:31:58 AM PST by heylady
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Flashdance. Never fails to turn a bad mood around.


28 posted on 02/09/2015 8:02:41 AM PST by Bookwoman ("...and I am unanimous in this...")
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To: the OlLine Rebel

“Beat It” may have been the more iconic song, but going on “what I’d rather hear today”, I’ll vote for: #3 1983 “Flashdance... What a Feeling” Irene Cara


29 posted on 02/09/2015 11:47:30 AM PST by kevkrom (I'm not an unreasonable man... well, actually, I am. But hear me out anyway.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; 2CAVTrooper; mountn man; Liberty Valance; olepap; TangledUpInBlue; ...
Thanks for voting, everyone, to take care of this run-off!

I voted for What a Feeling and my DH again for Beat It.

Either way, What a Feeling WINS by 11 to 8 over Beat It!

30 posted on 02/09/2015 4:12:20 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; 2CAVTrooper; mountn man; Liberty Valance; olepap; TangledUpInBlue; ...
RESULTS OF ROUND 2 OF OUR TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS ('80S) (winners in bold; year rank/seed - year - song - act - votes)

6 1980 "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" Queen 8 over 1 1980 "Call Me" Blondie 7

4 1980 "Rock with You" Michael Jackson 9 over 3 1980 "Magic" Olivia Newton-John 6

2 1980 "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" Pink Floyd 12 over 5 1980 "Do That to Me One More Time" Captain & Tennille 3

5 1981 "Jessie's Girl" Rick Springfield 8 over 2 1981 "Endless Love" Diana Ross & Lionel Richie 6

6 1981 "Celebration" Kool & the Gang 8 over 1 1981 "Bette Davis Eyes" Kim Carnes 7

3 1981 "Lady" Kenny Rogers 11 over 4 1981 "(Just Like) Starting Over" John Lennon 3

2 1982 "Eye of the Tiger" Survivor 11 over 6 1982 "Don't You Want Me" The Human League 3

7 1982 "Jack & Diane" John Cougar 12 over 1 1982 "Physical" Olivia Newton-John 3

5 1982 "Centerfold" The J. Geils Band 8 over 3 1982 "I Love Rock 'n Roll" Joan Jett & the Blackhearts 6

6 1983 "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Bonnie Tyler 10 over 2 1983 "Billie Jean" Michael Jackson 4

4 1983 "Down Under" Men at Work 13 over 4 1982 "Ebony and Ivory" Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder 2

1 1983 "Every Breath You Take" The Police 13 over 7 1983 "Maneater" Daryl Hall & John Oates 2

3 1983 "Flashdance... What a Feeling" Irene Cara 7; run-off 11 over 5 1983 "Beat It" Michael Jackson 7; run-off 8

6 1984 "Jump" Van Halen 10 over 1 1984 "When Doves Cry" Prince 5

2 1984 "What's Love Got to Do with It" Tina Turner 9 over 5 1984 "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" Phil Collins 6

4 1984 "Footloose" Kenny Loggins 14 over 3 1984 "Say Say Say" Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson 1

7 1985 "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" Tears for Fears 12 over 1 1985 "Careless Whisper" Wham! 3

4 1985 "I Want To Know What Love Is" Foreigner 12 over 4 1987 "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Whitney Houston 2

5 1985 "I Feel For You" Chaka Khan 9 over 3 1985 "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" Wham! 6

6 1985 "Out of Touch" Daryl Hall & John Oates 8 over 2 1985 "Like a Virgin" Madonna 6

6 1986 "How Will I Know" Whitney Houston 13 over 1 1986 "That's What Friends are For" Dionne and Friends 1

4 1986 "On My Own" Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald 13 over 3 1986 "I Miss You" Klymaxx 1

2 1986 "Say You, Say Me" Lionel Richie 9 over 5 1986 "Broken Wings" Mr. Mister 5

7 1987 "Here I Go Again" Whitesnake 10 over 1 1987 "Walk Like An Egyptian" The Bangles 5

1 1988 "Faith" George Michael 8 over 6 1988 "So Emotional" Whitney Houston 6

5 1987 "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" Starship 8 over 3 1987 "Shake You Down" Gregory Abbott 6

2 1987 "Alone" Heart 9 over 6 1987 "C'est La Vie" Robbie Nevil 5

2 1988 "Need You Tonight" INXS 8 over 5 1988 "Sweet Child o' Mine" Guns N' Roses 7

4 1988 "Never Gonna Give You Up" Rick Astley 8 over 3 1988 "Got My Mind Set on You" George Harrison 6

1 1989 "Look Away" Chicago 8 over 6 1989 "Cold Hearted" Paula Abdul 6

3 1989 "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" Poison 11 over 4 1989 "Straight Up" Paula Abdul 3

5 1989 "Miss You Much" Janet Jackson 9 over 2 1989 "My Prerogative" Bobby Brown 4

31 posted on 02/09/2015 4:31:37 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Can I pleeeeeease get off this ‘tournament’ ping list?


32 posted on 02/10/2015 2:37:49 AM PST by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
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To: the OlLine Rebel
Either way, What a Feeling WINS by 11 to 8 over Beat It!

Sounds like a little innuendo.

What A Feeling
Beat It

33 posted on 02/10/2015 5:41:16 AM PST by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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