(Finished October 29th, 2022) Part 6 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. From there I'll be finding songs on my own. There are likely dozens, if not more, amazing songs that never made the Top 40. I get the song peak info 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.

The most amazing thing about Skid Row on the charts is that they had two top ten hits at all, that's not something typical for most rock bands. Def Leppard who is still around has only had for Top Ten hits. Skid Row's "18 and Life" went to #4 and "I Will Remember You" went to #6. 

86) Skid Row "Youth Gone Wild" (#99):

87) Skid Row "Sweet Little Sister" (Wasn't even released at the single. With the lyrical content that makes sense.):

88) Skid Row "Monkey Business" (Didn't chart at all.):

89) Skid Row "Slave To The Grind" (Didn't chart at all.):

90) Skid Row "Wasted Time" (#88) 

91) Skid Row "In A Darkened Room" (Didn't chart at all.):

A complete change of pace here, going from Skid Row to Yello. This song wasn't a big hit, but it is a great offbeat song and has been in a lot of movies. 92) Yello "Oh Yeah" (#51):

The bad girl of 80s pop, 93) Miss Samantha Fox "Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me)" (#87):

94) Samantha Fox "Hold On Tight" (Didn't chart at all.)

95) Samantha Fox "Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now" (#80):

96) Samantha Fox "I Surrender To The Spirit of The Night" (Didn't chart at all)":

97) Samantha Fox "Love House" (Didn't chart at all.):

Only the amazing "Nothing Compares 2 U" went to America's Top 40, but at least that went to #1. "Emperor's New Clothes" went to # 60, but none of her other songs even made the Top 100. She's one of those artists that many would consider a one hit wonder, however she has several amazing songs. Sinead O'Connor from her amazing CDs "The Lion and the Cobra" and "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got". Except "Emperor's New Clothes" none of these songs made it on to the Top 100 at all.

Songs 98 to 99 are all by the incomparable vocalist Sinead O'Connor 98) "Mandinka":

99) "Jackie" 

100) "Troy":

101) "Just Like You Said It Would B":

102) "I Want Your Hands On Me":

103) "Emperor's New Clothes" (#60)

104) "Black Boys On Mopeds":

105) "The Last Day of Our Acquaintance":