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50+ Music<p>There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) 🆑 <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BillyOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillyOcean</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5o4kguUTBM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=H5o4kguUTBM</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>Loverboy 💗 <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BillyOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillyOcean</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Zzp1ObTnI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Zzp1ObTnI</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) 🏩 <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BillyOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillyOcean</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0kNMGsrmrE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=W0kNMGsrmrE</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>Suddenly ⚡ <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BillyOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillyOcean</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-cIcVXnD-A" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=a-cIcVXnD-A</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>Love Is Forever 🏩 <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BillyOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillyOcean</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wf3hgTHBzU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=5wf3hgTHBzU</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going 🎲 <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BillyOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillyOcean</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n3sUWR4FV4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=-n3sUWR4FV4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" is a 1985 song co-written and originally recorded by English singer <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BillyOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillyOcean</span></a> in 1985. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcgO57POn3I" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=vcgO57POn3I</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>Love Is Forever 🌼 <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BillyOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillyOcean</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY5YIsQRvlk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=wY5YIsQRvlk</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) 🤗 <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BillyOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillyOcean</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIP_1f12gzs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=pIP_1f12gzs</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>Suddenly 😯 <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BillyOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillyOcean</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrot6Bx5qEU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=yrot6Bx5qEU</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" is a song by Trinidadian-English singer <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BillyOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillyOcean</span></a> from his sixth studio album, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LoveZone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoveZone</span></a> (1986). The song was written and produced by Wayne Brathwaite and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BarryEastmond" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BarryEastmond</span></a>; Ocean was also credited as a co-writer for the song. The song reached number one on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Billboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billboard</span></a> Hot 100 for the week beginning 5 July 1986, where it remained for one week, becoming the 600th different song to ascend to that position. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5o4kguUTBM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=H5o4kguUTBM</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Love Is Forever" is the final track from <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LoveZone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoveZone</span></a>, the 1986 album by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BillyOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillyOcean</span></a>. The song was written by Ocean along with <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BarryEastmond" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BarryEastmond</span></a> and Wayne Braithwaite and was the last of his three number ones on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AdultContemporary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdultContemporary</span></a> chart. "Love Is Forever" spent three weeks at number one and peaked at number 16 on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Billboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billboard</span></a> Hot 100. "Love Is Forever" also peaked at number 10 on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RAndB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RAndB</span></a> chart. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGV3xm57FbY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=cGV3xm57FbY</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car 🚕 <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BillyOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillyOcean</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNgcYGgtf8M" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=zNgcYGgtf8M</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>Loverboy ▶︎ •၊၊||၊|။|||| | <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BillyOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillyOcean</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmhjXEkI5Lg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=CmhjXEkI5Lg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Hard Habit to Break" is a song written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SteveKipner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SteveKipner</span></a> and John Lewis Parker, produced and arranged by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DavidFoster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidFoster</span></a> and recorded by the group Chicago for their 1984 album <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Chicago17" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chicago17</span></a>, with <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BillChamplin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillChamplin</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PeterCetera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterCetera</span></a> sharing lead vocals. Released as the second single from the album, it reached No. 3 on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BillboardHot100" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillboardHot100</span></a> and was prevented from charting higher by "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CaribbeanQueen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CaribbeanQueen</span></a>" by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BillyOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillyOcean</span></a> and "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/IJustCalledToSayILoveYou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IJustCalledToSayILoveYou</span></a>" by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/StevieWonder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StevieWonder</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aCAZNcTVeo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=_aCAZNcTVeo</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Loverboy" is <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BillyOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillyOcean</span></a>'s second single from his 1984 album, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Suddenly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Suddenly</span></a>. It was <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/produced" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>produced</span></a> by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/KeithDiamond" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KeithDiamond</span></a> and reached number 2 on the US <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Billboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billboard</span></a> Hot 100 as well as hitting number 20 on the soul chart, and number 15 on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UKSinglesChart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKSinglesChart</span></a> in February 1985. It also reached the top spot of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HotDanceMusicClubPlay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HotDanceMusicClubPlay</span></a> chart in the US, in an extended version. The track was released on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Jive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/label" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>label</span></a> under the catalogue reference, JIVE 80. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Zzp1ObTnI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Zzp1ObTnI</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Andrew Flegg<p>Saw <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/BillyOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillyOcean</span></a> at <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/GodivaFestival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GodivaFestival</span></a> in Cov a few years ago and he _rocked_.</p><p><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/TOTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TOTO</span></a></p>
Weaver<p>Billy Ocean - "When the going gets tough, the tough get going"</p><p>Billy's brought a very large backing band, so huge that we almost lose track of who is the star and who is the hired help.</p><p>Taken from the soundtrack to "The Jewel in the Nile", it'll go on to spend the next month at number one. They're probably playing it on Heart right now.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/TOTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TOTP</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BillyOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillyOcean</span></a></p>
Top 40 Years Ago<p>40 years ago this week, "Lover Boy" by <a href="https://musician.social/tags/BillyOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillyOcean</span></a> entered the <a href="https://musician.social/tags/Top10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Top10</span></a> at 9. It peaked at 2 on 23 Feb 1985. The scifi music video looks like they spent a lot of money on it, but not enough. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyrowWnlNnQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=tyrowWnlNn</span><span class="invisible">Q</span></a> <a href="https://musician.social/tags/1980s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1980s</span></a> <a href="https://musician.social/tags/MusicHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MusicHistory</span></a> <a href="https://musician.social/tags/MusicVideo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MusicVideo</span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>Suddenly 😯 <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BillyOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillyOcean</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrot6Bx5qEU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=yrot6Bx5qEU</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>