Thread by @porpster

It's Caturday, Jonesy! That means it's time for another Casey Kasem American Top 40 flashback (#AT40). This week, we travel thru time and space back to 1979. Who will be #1?

Listen to Casey on SiriusXM 70s, and follow this 🧵 to find out!

Sit back. It's 1979. That means it's an extended program. Casey is reviewing the top 3 from last week. We don't do that on Twitter. We sit and chill. We'll get started shortly. #AT40

#40. A debut. Let's go!

Guess where this band is from? It's New England - "Don't Ever Wanna Lose Ya". #AT40

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Engla…

Casey says we have 5 debuts. Here's our second at #39: ARS, Atlanta Rhythm Section - "Do It or Die" #AT40

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_It_or_…

Once I had a love, and it was a gas
Soon turned out, it was a pain in the ass
Seemed like the real thing only to find
Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind 🎤💜

Blondie falls to #38 - written by Debbie Harry & Chris Stein #AT40
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_of_…

Long distance dedication time!

A lady misses a man who's far away.. but he's even closer to her heart. This one's for you, Frank, from Laurie in West Virginia #AT40

(DJ Note: I've never heard this song in my damn life.)

Back to the countdown.

Foxy - "Hot Number" falls sixteen spots to #37, from Hialeah, Florida!

¡Dale! #AT40

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxy_(ban…

Been in pain, and I've been in shame
But ain't love a bitch
I been in fights, locked away for nights
But ain't love a bitch 🎤 💜

Rod the Mod drops fourteen notches to #36 - produced by the legendary Tom Dowd #AT40

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain%27t_L…

(I kinda, shamefully, like this Disco Kiss song. And I don't really dig Kiss. That's probably why I like this one. 🪩)

"I Was Made for Lovin' You" debuts at #35. #AT40

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Was_Mad…

"Shakedown cruise is a nautical term in which the performance of a ship is tested."

Here's Jay Ferguson at #34 with "Shakedown Cruise". #AT40
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakedown…

Our first #AT40 XTRA

Here's a #1 from the 70s. Gordon Lightfoot (RIP) - "Sundown"

Well, I can dance with you, honey
If you think it's funny
Does your mother know that you're out?
And I can chat with you, baby
Flirt a little, maybe
Does your mother know that you're out? 🎤

ABBA 🇸🇪 climbs four spots to #33 #AT40
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Does_Your…

Hey, Ray Parker, Jr. is on the countdown again. Raydio - "You Can't Change That" jumps seven spots to #32 - written and produced by Ray with Jack Ashford and Ollie E. Brown on percussion. #AT40

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Can%2…

Poco - "Heart of the Night" debuts at #31 - written by Paul Cotton with a sax solo by Phil Kenzie (Al Stewart's "Year of the Cat") #AT40

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_of_…

From Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, it's Gerry Rafferty - "Days Gone Down", debuting at #30. #AT40

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Owl…

Hey, it's #AT40's sweet and gentle animal lover. 💜 Olivia Newton-John's "Deeper Than The Night" falls eighteen huge spots to #29 - produced by John Farrar (of course).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deeper_Th…

Peter Frampton - "I Can't Stand It No More" is #28.

Didn't Popeye used to say that? "That's all I can stands, cuz I can't stands no more?" 🤣#AT40

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_I_S…

Okay, Gene McFadden & John Whitehead's gonna liven this countdown up. "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" is #27. #AT400

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain%27t_N…

Dr. Hook's disco song, "When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman", climbs seven spots to #26. It peaks at #6. #AT40

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_You%…

Where can you find pleasure
Search the world for treasure
Learn science technology
Where can you begin to make your dreams all come true
On the land or on the sea
Where can you learn to fly
Play in sports and skin dive 🎤🫡

"In the Navy" is #25 #AT40

John Stewart from the Kingston Trio has the #24 song, "Gold" #AT40

"(Although the guitar solo in "Gold" is similar in style to Buckingham's, it was actually played by Stewart.)"

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_(Joh…

Van Halen- "Dance the Night Away" is #23 #AT40

"Roth claimed that he wrote this song in tribute to an intoxicated woman who was having sex in the back of a truck and ran with her pants on backwards while escaping police officers."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_the…

Back to the #AT40 archive for another XTRA.. this ship is still sailing. Here's Hues Corporation with a former #1 hit

The jig is up. The news is out
They finally found me
The renegade who had it made
Retrieved for a bounty
Nevermore to go astray
This'll be the end today
Of the wanted man 🎤

Styx falls six to #22 #AT40

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renegade_…

Co-written by Michael Omartian and produced by him, Roger Voudouris - "Get Used To It" climbs two spots to #21. #AT40

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Used_…

Here comes Otis Wilbury's disco period. 🪩🛸

Electric Light Orchestra - "Shine a Little Love" jumps five spots to #20 - written and produced by Jeff Lynne's hair, of course. #AT40

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shine_a_L…

Everybody, SING!

I want you to want me
I need you to need me
I'd love you to love me
I'm beggin' you to beg me

I want you to want me
I need you to need me
I'd love you to love me 🎤

Cheap Trick is #19 #AT40 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Want_Yo…

I'm solid gold
I've got the goods
They stand when I walk
Through the neighborhoods 🎤

You tell 'em, David Naughton. You're "Makin' It", baby! #18 #AT40

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makin%27_…

This English lad was in a little boy band in the 60s. He's back on the charts this week at #17 with "Goodnight Tonight". #AT40

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodnight…

The McDonald DoooOoobies are #16 with "Minute by Minute" - produced by Ted Templeman. #AT40

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minute_by…

Here's a long distance dedication from a Toledo, Ohio public swim pool team to itself. This one's for the Higland Park Swim Team, from a former member of the team named Barbie (can't make this shit up). #AT40

From the Bronx, GQ - "Disco Nights (Rock Freak)" falls three to #15, a #1 soul song, the first for Arista Records. #AT40

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Nig…

Let's dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground
Let's dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground 🎤🕺💃 🪩

The Jacksons are #14 with a dance floor classic. 💜#AT40

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shake_You…

Nice. Bad Company, from England - "Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy" climbs one spot to #13 - written by Paul Rodgers #AT40

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_%27n…

Oh dear. It's actor Rex Smith! He's gonna take our breath away with the song from the made-for-TV film, "You Take My Breath Away". This guy was in Sreet Hawk (1985), folks. #AT40

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Take_…

Ahhhh! Another #AT40 XTRA. At least it's a good one.

It's "Rock You Baby" 🪩

Toot toot, hey, beep beep, toot toot, hey, beep beep

Bad girls, talking ’bout the sad girls
Sad girls, talking ’bout bad, bad girls, yeah 🎤 💜

Save us Miss Donna Summer at #11 #AT40

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Girls…

And, finally, it's time for this week's Top Ten list! Coming in at #10, it's Earth, Wind & Fire - "Boogie Wonderland" - written by Allee Willis & Jon Lind and produced by Maurice White & Al McKay. 💜 #AT40

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boogie_Wo…

Casey tells us the Herb Fame walking story. At #9, it's Herb and the third of seven Peaches, Linda Greene, with "Reunited" - written by Dino Fekaris & Freddie Perren and produced by Freddie. #AT40

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reunited_…

Perfect. It's the gamblin' Chicken Roaster, Kenny Rogers, at #8 with "She Believes in Me" - produced by Larry Butler. #AT40

"Rickie Lee Jones and her lover/fellow songwriter Tom Waits spent a lot of time hanging out with their friend Chuck E. Weiss at the seedy Tropicana Motel in Los Angeles.." read the rest on Wiki.

"Chuck E.'s in Love" is #7 #AT40

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_E.%…

From England, Supertramp! - "The Logical Song" climbs one spot to #6 - written by Roger Hodgson #AT40

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Logic…

Baby, I can't figure it out
Your kisses taste like honey
Sweet lies don't gimme no rise
Oh, oh what you're trying to do? 🎤

Last week's #1 falls to #5, Bee Gees - "Love You Inside Out" #AT40

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_You_…

"Just When I Needed You Most" by Randy VanWarmer moves up one to #4. #AT40

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_When…

"The song was originally written for then eleven-year-old Stacy Lattisaw, as a teenybopper song about kids talking on the telephone."

Anita Ward's only major hit, "Ring My Bell", is #3 - written by Frederick Knight #AT40

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_My_B…

And at #2 -- this one never makes it to #1 -- it's Sister Sledge - "We Are Family" - written and produced by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards. #AT40
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_Fa…

Lookin' for some hot stuff, baby, this evenin'
I need some hot stuff, baby, tonight 🎤

Donna Summer is #1 with the song from The Full Monty and The Martian🤣 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Stuff…

Welp, that's it, folks. It was a long one. Thanks for hangin'. #AT40