(Finished February 21st, 2022) Part 1 of Great Songs That Didn't Chart In The American Top 40

Hello,

These are mainly 80s songs that are great but never made the Top 40. I was and you'll be shocked by some of these songs. These are some amazing songs. As the foundation for this series of blogs I'm going to start off with a two part huffpost article. Then from there I'll will be finding songs on my own. There are likely dozens, if not more, amazing songs that never made the Top 40. I get where the song peaks at from wikipedia.org- most of those rankings come from Billboard. The didn't chart at all meant the song didn't even make the Top 100. Otherwise the number in parenthesis is the songs peak on the Billboard Hot 100 in America.

1) Joan Jett and the Blackhearts "Bad Reputation" (Didn't chart at all):

2) Alphaville "Forever Young" (#93):

3) New Order "Bizarre Love Triangle" (#98):

4) New Order "Round and Round" (#64):

Another great song from the "Pretty In Pink" soundtrack. 5) New Order "Shell Shock" (Didn't chart at all.)

It didn't chart at all in 1983, but now has 167 million YouTube views. 6) New Order "Blue Monday" (Didn't chart at all.):

7) New Order "Temptation" (Didn't chart at all.):

8) Def Leppard "Bringin' On The Heartbreak" (#61):

This might be my favorite Def Leppard song. 9) Def Leppard "Women" (#80):

10) Def Leppard "Too Late For Love" (Didn't chart at all): 

11) Def Leppard "Action! Not Words" (Didn't chart at all):

12) Def Leppard "Don't Shoot Shotgun":

13) Def Leppard "Are You Excitable" (Not even released as a single.)

14) Dire Straits "Tunnel of Love" (Didn't chart at all):

15) Dire Straits "Romeo and Juliet" (Didn't chart at all):

16) Dire Straits "Twisting By The Pool": (Didn't chart at all):

17) Dire Straits "Tunnel of Love" (Didn't chart at all.):

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