Our “Close But No Cigar” series for the 1980s is almost over. Here are the first four songs from 1989 that reached No. 2 on the charts but no higher, including tunes by Tone Loc, Taylor Dayne and Sheena Easton. Special thanks to our frequent guest host Chuck Coverly for coming up with the list of No. 2 hits. He’ll be back on the new installment.
Stuck in the ’80s is sponsored by The 80s Cruise. The 2023 lineup has been announced. Join Steve and Brad on the Royal Caribbean Navigator of the Seas on March 3-10 for a weeklong trip back to the ’80s. The lineup includes: Devo, Bret Michaels, The Church, Kim Wilde, Morris Day and the Time, Howard Jones, Living Colour, Lou Gramm, The Smithereens, Vixen, Tone Loc, Cutting Crew, Midge Ure, John Parr, Autograph, China Crisis and EXTC. The MTV veejays will be there to host, including Alan Hunter, Mark Goodman and Downtown Julie Brown. Soon we’ll have the lineup for 2024 so stay tuned.
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