80's music trivia question: Can you guess the answer?

[Pale Blue Dot]

I almost feel like disqualifying Night Train from the start, but I won't.

The question is: What song spent the most weeks at #2, without ever getting to #1?

That's all you get for now, besides the hint in the subject line. I'll give more later if I have to.

[grannylib]

1. I'll guess it was something by the Guess Who....

American Woman??

[Pale Blue Dot]

2. Nope! That went to #1.

You're focusing on the wrong part of the subject line....

[SmileyBoy]

3. "Africa" by Toto???

:shrug:

[Pale Blue Dot]

4. Nope. "Africa" was a #1 song.

You've got the right time period, though.

[SmileyBoy]

6. 1984, correct???

Or was that 1982???

[Pale Blue Dot]

8. 1982. One year after our subject song charted.

nt

[Kenneth ken]

5. Bette Davis Eyes

by whoever did it. That song was annoying and seemed to be on the radio for far too long.

edit- actually, by that criteria (annoying and on radio too long) a lot of songs fit.

[Pale Blue Dot]

7. No. This was #1 for 9 weeks. PLUS: FIRST HINT

The song in question stayed at #2 for 10 weeks in the same year.

[Kenneth ken]

9. I win anyway

you said Can I guess the answer; you didn't say Can I guess the correct answer. :P

ok, so a song that was slighlty less annoying, or was on for slightly longer... hmmm

still :think:ing

[SmileyBoy]

10. "Too Shy" by Kajagoogoo. n/t

[Pale Blue Dot]

13. "Too Shy", believe it or not, only got to #5.

Sorry, try again!

[Kenneth ken]

11. My #2 guess

Ebony & Ivory by McCartney & (Jackson?)

[Pale Blue Dot]

17. You keep getting the long #1's from 1981

This spent 7 weeks at the top. :puke: Let me spare you two other guesses: "Endless Love" went to #1, as did "Physical".

[Kenneth ken]

20. spared us both

I don't think I would've ever guessed either of those.

[Pale Blue Dot]

12. 2nd Hint

The band that did this song had a mixture of Englishmen and Americans, which accounted for its name.

[SmileyBoy]

14. "Big Country" by the band of the same name???

???

[Pale Blue Dot]

19. Believe it or not,

"In a Big Country" by Big Country, did not even make the top 10. (#17)

[Kenneth ken]

15. ooh now I'm intrigued.

[RandomKoolzip]

16. Foreigner: "Waiting for a girl like you?"

Jeez, usually I know this stuff off the top of my head...this one, I'm drawing a blank.

[Pale Blue Dot]

18. You edited your answer. But now it's RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats. You got it!

[Kenneth ken]

21. so is Foreigner right?

if so, I have to drop out, I don't know any of their song titles.

[DenverDem]

23. Urgent?!?!

I thought that only went to #4.

[DenverDem]

24. That was fun!

Thanks for the exercise in cultural memory.

[RandomKoolzip]

25. Yay! Do I get fudge?

I want some fudge.

[Pale Blue Dot]

26. No, but you get to hear that song in your head

for the rest of the night!

[RandomKoolzip]

27. Awesome. Thanks, brah!

Now I gotta towel the vomit off the screen...

[nomaco-10]

22. We are the Champions - Queen