Just like last year, we have our annual countdown coming up for My Top 20 songs that turn 40 years old this year, 2021. If you want to know about my criteria for this countdown, view this post and then you’ll know why even though Tainted Love by Soft Cell is one of the biggest hits of the 80s, it won’t make this countdown because it was originally released by Gloria Jones in 1964.
So, with that said, as we wait for April 1st, here are the list of songs that were considered, but did not make the countdown, including five (marked by *) that almost made it:
The Stroke – Billy Squire
Rapture – Blondie
She’s a Bad Mamma Jama – Carl Carlton
How ‘Bout Us – Champagne
Lady – Commodores*
Private Eyes – Daryl Hall & John Oates*
Bringin’ On The Heartbreak – Def Leppard
Let’s Groove – Earth Wind & Fire*
Waiting For a Girl Like You – Foreigner
Urgent – Foreigner
Abacab – Genesis
No Reply at All – Genesis
Turn Your Love Around – George Benson
Our Lips Are Sealed – The Go Gos
Woman – John Lennon
Queen of Hearts – Juice Newton
Bette Davis Eyes – Kim Carnes
Kids in America – Kim Wilde
Fantastic Voyage – Lakeside
America – Neil Diamond
Physical – Olivia Newton John
Flying High Again – Ozzy Osborne
Harden My Heart – Quarterflash
Flash Theme – Queen
Take It On The Run – REO Speedwagon
Give It to Me Baby – Rick James*
Young Turks – Rod Stewart
Yyz – Rush
Morning Train 9 to 5 – Sheena Easton
Being With You – Smokey Robinson
Tempted – Squeeze
While You See a Chance – Steve Winwood
Stop Dragging my Heart Around – Stevie Nicks
Leather and Lace – Stevie Nicks/Don Henley
Shake It Up – The Cars
The Break Up Song – The Greg Kihn Band
Slow Hand – The Pointer Sisters
Chariots of Fire – Vangelis*
Rapture – Blondie
She’s a Bad Mamma Jama – Carl Carlton
How ‘Bout Us – Champagne
Lady – Commodores*
Private Eyes – Daryl Hall & John Oates*
Bringin’ On The Heartbreak – Def Leppard
Let’s Groove – Earth Wind & Fire*
Waiting For a Girl Like You – Foreigner
Urgent – Foreigner
Abacab – Genesis
No Reply at All – Genesis
Turn Your Love Around – George Benson
Our Lips Are Sealed – The Go Gos
Woman – John Lennon
Queen of Hearts – Juice Newton
Bette Davis Eyes – Kim Carnes
Kids in America – Kim Wilde
Fantastic Voyage – Lakeside
America – Neil Diamond
Physical – Olivia Newton John
Flying High Again – Ozzy Osborne
Harden My Heart – Quarterflash
Flash Theme – Queen
Take It On The Run – REO Speedwagon
Give It to Me Baby – Rick James*
Young Turks – Rod Stewart
Yyz – Rush
Morning Train 9 to 5 – Sheena Easton
Being With You – Smokey Robinson
Tempted – Squeeze
While You See a Chance – Steve Winwood
Stop Dragging my Heart Around – Stevie Nicks
Leather and Lace – Stevie Nicks/Don Henley
Shake It Up – The Cars
The Break Up Song – The Greg Kihn Band
Slow Hand – The Pointer Sisters
Chariots of Fire – Vangelis*