Sometimes you don't need to reach the #1 spot in the charts to become more iconic than most of those #1 hits. Here are some examples: We Don't Need Another Hero (Tina Turner), Material Girl (Madonna), Express Yourself (Madonna), Purple Rain (Prince), Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper), Gloria (Laura Branigan), The Wild Boys (Duran Duran), Open Arms (Journey), Don't Dream It's Over (Crowded House) etc
The feeling has gone, only you and I, it means nothing to me This means nothing to me Oh, Vienna Oh, shaddup ya face! That one pretty much proves your point. Oddly this was exactly the moment that teenage me stopped caring about the charts.
Love this! Thank you for putting this list together! You should do a #2 of the 70's list also! Let the good music play on, and take care! Ms. Elizabeth 📻🎶🎧📻🎶🎧
I love the 80's🎶 Rick Springfield is my fav😍 when I was in 5 & 6 grade((1985-1986) i would go roller 🛼 skating on on a Friday night and coming home to see Miami Vice🌴you belong to the city,is one my favorites 😎 phenomenal flashback ✨thanks SRG✌️💖🤩
Foreigner should have had a #1 hit with Waiting For A Girl Like You, but it got held out of the top spot by an 80s juggernaut of a song: Olivia Newton John's Physical which was at#1 for 10 weeks.
@@maxaroni15 I was following the charts (via Casey Kasem's American Top 40) religiously at that time (I was about 16 when it charted). I remember being frustrated, week after week, waiting for Foreigner to overtake ON-J's dreadful song (I normally liked at least SOME of her hits, but I couldn't stand that one)! Then, that last week, I think she fell to #4, and I thought, "FINALLY! It's long overdue!" And then Casey got to #2, and it was STILL Foreigner!!! And then I saw that H&O had moved ahead of them! BTW, the following week, both songs dropped. At least Foreigner finally got a #1 with the next album (Agent Provocateur's "I Want to Know What Love is"), but I've always felt Waiting for a Girl Like You was their best ballad.
The #2 hits of the 90's don't speak to me (besides some few, very few exceptions); but for the #2 hits of the 80's, it's very different. There are a lot of songs I can relate with. Songs from John Lennon, George Harrison, Prince, John Mellencamp, Journey, Tina Turner, Cyndi Lauper, Bruce Springsteen, Glass Tiger, Billy Ocean, Duran Duran, Crowded House, The Go-Go's, The Bangles, Belinda Carlisle, INXS, Survivor, Def Leppard, The Cure, Tears For Fears are still strong in my personal 80's playlist and just show how diverse was mainstream music in the 80's.
Well, if these songs didn't top the US chart, that just demonstrates the unparalleled power of 80's music. So nice to remember 6:29 and 7:33, such a classic American sound of the late 80's. And there's still something new to discover - 8:09 not only covers the 60's hit but also rips 5:42 and 7:58 videos off :):):)
Besides her many US #1s, Madonna had four US #2 hits in the 80s: Material Girl, Causing a Commotion, Express Yourself and Cherish, followed by Prince with three: Purple Rain, Raspberry Beret and U Got The Look. The 80s were so good musically speaking that reaching the Top 5 (and in several cases even the Top 10) was enough of an honor for a hit song to become a timeless classic.
Many a great song died in the #2 spot in 1984… The #1 spot changed the fewest times that year… That shows not only how damn good the #1’s were but also the quality of #2’s were amazing! Lucky to have grown up in the 80’s… Thankfully we have our own time machine -RUclips!
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@@arturoromero951 Yes, but his Spotify account is closed so he can't post it anymore. But I hope that he will put up Original and Cover songs for a Part 6 soon
@@carl-emilsteenfordsmand1544 I know; he emailed Spotify to help resolve the situation with the hacker, but until then he cannot post the playlists or access his account anymore in the meantime.
Air Supply's "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" was blocked from #1 by Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart." Both songs were written by Jim Steinman.
"I get weak" by Belinda Carlisle is one of the sexiest songs ever. As a solid 3 out of 10, I always imagine what it must be like for handsome guys to have that effect on a girl.
Can you please make a video "All German #2s of the 70s/ nr.2 Hits Deutschland 1970 - 1979". And then you have a video "#2 hit in Germany" from the 80s and 90s, but not from the 70s. 🙂
Yo, Some random dude... How about a video of songs that were in both the #1 and #2 slots (either order) consecutively? Or songs that were in the top 10 for more than 4 weeks at a time (regardless of position)?
To this day, I'm still shocked that Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar on Me" is the band's signature song while a lesser-known single from the iconic "Hysteria" album, "Love Bites," went #1 here in the US. Also, "Friends and Lovers" from Gloria Loring and the late Carl Anderson was supposed to hit the airwaves in '85, but it didn't hit the airwaves until the 2nd quarter of '86 due to legal issues.
No. 1 songs that got the no. 2 only in the charts. FOREIGNER, JOURNEY, DEF LEPPARD, START ME UP by THE ROLLING STONES, ROSSANA by TOTO are good examples about unforgetable songs ever.
@@somerandomguy_music Ah, okay. I prefer the older version myself. It's cool that you actually put in the effort to put this all together. My dumbass wouldn't have a clue how to do stuff like this.
My older brother used to tell me "2nd place is 1st loser" all of the time... pretty sure he got it from a No Fear shirt. Yes, he's 100% a douchebag even today. His name is Chad too.
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Every Number 2 Hits Songs Of The 80's
0:07 1980
0:45 1981
1:45 1982
2:23 1983
3:11 1984
3:50 1985
4:52 1986
5:56 1987
6:59 1988
8:05 1989
RIP Laura Brannigan
Ah the 1980s the 🥇golden era🥇 of music
Great Music in the 80s ✨
Sometimes you don't need to reach the #1 spot in the charts to become more iconic than most of those #1 hits. Here are some examples: We Don't Need Another Hero (Tina Turner), Material Girl (Madonna), Express Yourself (Madonna), Purple Rain (Prince), Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper), Gloria (Laura Branigan), The Wild Boys (Duran Duran), Open Arms (Journey), Don't Dream It's Over (Crowded House) etc
And yet "We Don't Need Another Hero" and "Wild Boys" achieved just that in Germany.
The feeling has gone, only you and I, it means nothing to me
This means nothing to me
Oh, Vienna
Oh, shaddup ya face!
That one pretty much proves your point.
Oddly this was exactly the moment that teenage me stopped caring about the charts.
DANGER ZONE!!!
Queen The show must go on #16 in charts😮
@@RestLer- Exactly!
As always, thanks maestro you made an "eighties kid" happy again!!!
🙏
RIP Tina Turner
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@@halfbloodprince7840 Greetings, we meet again in another RUclips comment section, Half-blood Prince!
Perhaps the most surprising example of a legendary song not reaching # 1 is Purple Rain.
Right after Girls Just Want to Have Fun and Gloria.
Love this! Thank you for putting this list together! You should do a #2 of the 70's list also! Let the good music play on, and take care! Ms. Elizabeth 📻🎶🎧📻🎶🎧
A video with all #2 of the 70s will be uploaded within the next few weeks.
I love the 80's🎶 Rick Springfield is my fav😍 when I was in 5 & 6 grade((1985-1986) i would go roller 🛼 skating on on a Friday night and coming home to see Miami Vice🌴you belong to the city,is one my favorites 😎 phenomenal flashback ✨thanks SRG✌️💖🤩
These #2 songs are awesome! I can't even imagine what the #1 songs were.
The first 8 tunes, are all absolute classics. Cant wait to watch the rest ❤
I Miss The 80's
I JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN!
The Heat Is On
And Every Time I Hear The Music Makes Me Get Up And Dance
Woooow great video.Great music. Madonna big performer, pop icon a many classic songs like Cherish, Express yourself in this selection
Foreigner should have had a #1 hit with Waiting For A Girl Like You, but it got held out of the top spot by an 80s juggernaut of a song: Olivia Newton John's Physical which was at#1 for 10 weeks.
It's Criminal Foreigner is Not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
It was #2 for 9 of Physical’s 10 weeks, then got leapfrogged by I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do) by Hall & Oates on its 10th week.
Foreigner is the best-selling act not yet in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in fact.
Physical is a cool song, but I don't get why it was as popular as it was. The Foreigner song should have been #1.
@@maxaroni15 I was following the charts (via Casey Kasem's American Top 40) religiously at that time (I was about 16 when it charted). I remember being frustrated, week after week, waiting for Foreigner to overtake ON-J's dreadful song (I normally liked at least SOME of her hits, but I couldn't stand that one)! Then, that last week, I think she fell to #4, and I thought, "FINALLY! It's long overdue!" And then Casey got to #2, and it was STILL Foreigner!!! And then I saw that H&O had moved ahead of them! BTW, the following week, both songs dropped. At least Foreigner finally got a #1 with the next album (Agent Provocateur's "I Want to Know What Love is"), but I've always felt Waiting for a Girl Like You was their best ballad.
The #2 hits of the 90's don't speak to me (besides some few, very few exceptions); but for the #2 hits of the 80's, it's very different. There are a lot of songs I can relate with. Songs from John Lennon, George Harrison, Prince, John Mellencamp, Journey, Tina Turner, Cyndi Lauper, Bruce Springsteen, Glass Tiger, Billy Ocean, Duran Duran, Crowded House, The Go-Go's, The Bangles, Belinda Carlisle, INXS, Survivor, Def Leppard, The Cure, Tears For Fears are still strong in my personal 80's playlist and just show how diverse was mainstream music in the 80's.
What do yoiu mean ?
I loved The Greatest American Hero.❤
Absolutely brilliant music.💯💚
Yet another excellent 80's compilation SRG 👌 🎉
Wow! That brings back a flood of memories and emotions. Thank you for posting. 😊
There are so many great performers on this list who have passed on! 😢
My elementary school through high school years in a nutshell. Ah, such memories! ❤
And my Saturday evening is complete...
You could have told me this was a number ones list and I wouldn't have questioned it.
Excellent!!!! What about a video of all #2 hits of the 1970's?
I will upload it within the next few weeks.
@@somerandomguy_music Thank's So Much!!!! You Rule👍
Muchas gracias 🥰 maravillosa época los 80 🤗💗😻😘😘😘
Well, if these songs didn't top the US chart, that just demonstrates the unparalleled power of 80's music. So nice to remember 6:29 and 7:33, such a classic American sound of the late 80's. And there's still something new to discover - 8:09 not only covers the 60's hit but also rips 5:42 and 7:58 videos off :):):)
I love vieos like this, as many times as I heard these songs on the radio I would swear they are #1. Thank you Random for another great vid:)
I'd sell my soul to go back to that time again, the 80's were so great!!
Besides her many US #1s, Madonna had four US #2 hits in the 80s: Material Girl, Causing a Commotion, Express Yourself and Cherish, followed by Prince with three: Purple Rain, Raspberry Beret and U Got The Look.
The 80s were so good musically speaking that reaching the Top 5 (and in several cases even the Top 10) was enough of an honor for a hit song to become a timeless classic.
Felt it more jealousy
Many a great song died in the #2 spot in 1984… The #1 spot changed the fewest times that year… That shows not only how damn good the #1’s were but also the quality of #2’s were amazing! Lucky to have grown up in the 80’s… Thankfully we have our own time machine -RUclips!
Love your posts. Thanks for the Memories!
Classic 80's
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Nr.1 or Nr.2. 80s music is the best❤
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How is your situation with Spotify doing?
@@arturoromero951 Yes, but his Spotify account is closed so he can't post it anymore. But I hope that he will put up Original and Cover songs for a Part 6 soon
@@carl-emilsteenfordsmand1544 I know; he emailed Spotify to help resolve the situation with the hacker, but until then he cannot post the playlists or access his account anymore in the meantime.
Podría agregarse en gota de agua o letra más pequeña, quién era el primer lugar en cada caso.
Thanks. Searching through your lists I remembered few songs I liked in the past.
*#TIMELESS** CLASSICS !!!*
Danke wie immer ❤❤
Remember these songs oh so well. Living as a young adult in the 80's was awesome.
I Don’t Wanna go on With you Like That 🔥 # 2 at the end of August 1988. Forgotten Elton John classic.
after see all your videos i still don't found 2 music's i have in my head from my chilhood from 90's xD
Thanks For Sharing!
Sometimes getting silver instead of gold can be a good thing.
Good songs!
So many good songs 😊
Air Supply's "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" was blocked from #1 by Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart." Both songs were written by Jim Steinman.
Kinda poetic that Milli Vanilli went #1 on April Fool's Day.
Now that we have the US #2s marathon will you do also for the 60s and the 2000s?
Don't know yet, probably yes.
"I get weak" by Belinda Carlisle is one of the sexiest songs ever. As a solid 3 out of 10, I always imagine what it must be like for handsome guys to have that effect on a girl.
Madonna had the most number 2's.
Can you please make a video "All German #2s of the 70s/ nr.2 Hits Deutschland 1970 - 1979". And then you have a video "#2 hit in Germany" from the 80s and 90s, but not from the 70s. 🙂
I will check out which songs went to #2 and consider it.
@@somerandomguy_music Oh thank you. That would be great.
Amazingggggg❤❤❤
Gold my friend
8:25 Look at the date it hit #2.
Absolute poetic justice!
This theme is very unique~~~~~
Yo, Some random dude... How about a video of songs that were in both the #1 and #2 slots (either order) consecutively? Or songs that were in the top 10 for more than 4 weeks at a time (regardless of position)?
By then, I was really into new wave music. Don't remember Blame it on the Moon by Seger.
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To this day, I'm still shocked that Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar on Me" is the band's signature song while a lesser-known single from the iconic "Hysteria" album, "Love Bites," went #1 here in the US. Also, "Friends and Lovers" from Gloria Loring and the late Carl Anderson was supposed to hit the airwaves in '85, but it didn't hit the airwaves until the 2nd quarter of '86 due to legal issues.
Should do one featuring every #3 Hit of the 80s
No. 1 songs that got the no. 2 only in the charts. FOREIGNER, JOURNEY, DEF LEPPARD, START ME UP by THE ROLLING STONES, ROSSANA by TOTO are good examples about unforgetable songs ever.
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Is this a different version of what you'd posted before, with all these number two songs?
Yes. In 2020 I already had made a video showing all US #2 hits of the 80s. This is a new version.
@@somerandomguy_music Ah, okay. I prefer the older version myself. It's cool that you actually put in the effort to put this all together. My dumbass wouldn't have a clue how to do stuff like this.
My older brother used to tell me "2nd place is 1st loser" all of the time... pretty sure he got it from a No Fear shirt. Yes, he's 100% a douchebag even today. His name is Chad too.
I SEEN DEF LEPPARD TOO MY FRIEND 🎸🎸🎸🎸 AND AWESOME TOO
Damn 3:20 to 3:42 all very iconic 80s songs!
Jodi Watley Was So Fine
How about Every Canadian #1 hit song from the 2000s and 2010s?
0:12 sounds beautiful 😮
When will you start with the 2010's serie?
How is Foreigner Not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Rick springfeild ❤
Please, numbers 2 of 2000 and 2010
The first and last #2 songs of the decade were duets..
Ha I totally forgot about that Donny Osmond song.
1:03 that should be May 23, 1981, not May 20
Now all the songs are number two
Prince wrote 4 number 2 hits of the 80s
7:41 😍
Video request
Musicians who died in 2023
My Cousin and I went to see Purple Rain in the Movie Theater
Realizes from this that the us didn’t like Queen in the 1980s
3:20 ©2012-2020 universal pictures ©2012 mattel entertainment opening song
Promo horror
Milli Vanilli makes me sad
1:40 Not the full 10 weeks 😮
It was behind Physical.
@@Asukenick I thought so.
How many of these songs moved up to #1?
None, this video only features songs that peaked at no.2.
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I'm saddened with the omission of "Roll With It" in 1988, and yet a dumpsterfire that is "Milli Vanilli" (or whatever, who cares) is allowed. 🤨
Roll with It went to number one, this video only features songs that peaked at number 2.
Joniroxanne96:This is #2 songs, not #1 songs. Please read the video title.
many of these song did go to #1 on different weeks.
None of them did on the US Billboard Hot 100, which is what this video is based on. They all peaked at #2.
Some songs like Easy Lover and Do You Really Want to Hurt Me went to one in England.
@@perseusjoppa426why ?
First
And?
You get nothing for that comment
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