Currently Booming: Billboard's Top 40 for 5-12-1984

Daily Boom 80's Throwback: Eddie Murphy 'Party All the Time'

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December of 1985 was a pretty cheesy month for music. Lots of sappy songs hit Billboard's Hot 100 and then there were some tracks that were a bit weird. Eddie Murphy's "Party All the Time" was one of those strange ones. It hit number 2 on the charts and was pretty darn catchy. While Murphy wasn't exactly known for his singing ability this song came at a point in time when he could really do no wrong.

Murphy was coming off of four successful years on Saturday Night Live and he had just struck box office gold with Beverly Hills Cop so if he wanted to make a song then no one was going to say no. Murphy teamed up with the legendary Rick James and the rest was easy. At the time James was also riding a nice wave of success, both with his own album and with his girl group, The Mary Jane Girls.

Murphy's name was going to sell records and putting James in the mix ensured that "Party All the Time" would be worth the airplay that it eventually received.

Daily Boom 80's Throwback: Eddie Murphy 'Party All the Time'

(Photo: Twitter)

December of 1985 was a pretty cheesy month for music. Lots of sappy songs hit Billboard's Hot 100 and then there were some tracks that were a bit weird. Eddie Murphy's "Party All the Time" was one of those strange ones. It hit number 2 on the charts and was pretty darn catchy. While Murphy wasn't exactly known for his singing ability this song came at a point in time when he could really do no wrong.

Murphy was coming off of four successful years on Saturday Night Live and he had just struck box office gold with Beverly Hills Cop so if he wanted to make a song then no one was going to say no. Murphy teamed up with the legendary Rick James and the rest was easy. At the time James was also riding a nice wave of success, both with his own album and with his girl group, The Mary Jane Girls.

Murphy's name was going to sell records and putting James in the mix ensured that "Party All the Time" would be worth the airplay that it eventually received.

Daily Boom 80's Throwback: Eddie Murphy & Rick James- 'Party All the Time'

"Girl I can't understand it, why you want to hurt me
After all of the things I've done for you
I buy you champagne, roses and put diamonds on your fingers
But still you hang out all night, what am I to do

My girl wants to party all the time,
party all the time, party all the time
My girl wants to party all the time,
party all the time, she parties all the time
Whoooohooohoohoo (party all the time)
She likes to party all the time (party all the time)
Whoooohooohoohoo (party all the time)
She likes to party all the time (party all the time)"

December of 1985 was a pretty cheesy month for music. Lots of sappy songs hit Billboard's Hot 100 and then there were some tracks that were a bit weird. Eddie Murphy's "Party All the Time" was one of those strange ones. It hit number 2 on the charts and was pretty darn catchy. While Murphy wasn't exactly known for his singing ability this song came at a point in time when he could really do no wrong.

Murphy was coming off of four successful years on Saturday Night Live and he had just struck box office gold with Beverly Hills Cop so if he wanted to make a song then no one was going to say no. Murphy teamed up with the legendary Rick James and the rest was easy. At the time James was also riding a nice wave of success, both with his own album and with his girl group, The Mary Jane Girls.

Murphy's name was going to sell records and putting James in the mix ensured that "Party All the Time" would be worth the airplay that it eventually received.

Daily Boom 80's Throwback: Eddie Murphy & Rick James- 'Party All the Time'

"Girl I can't understand it, why you want to hurt me
After all of the things I've done for you
I buy you champagne, roses and put diamonds on your fingers
But still you hang out all night, what am I to do

My girl wants to party all the time,
party all the time, party all the time
My girl wants to party all the time,
party all the time, she parties all the time
Whoooohooohoohoo (party all the time)
She likes to party all the time (party all the time)
Whoooohooohoohoo (party all the time)
She likes to party all the time (party all the time)"

December of 1985 was a pretty cheesy month for music. Lots of sappy songs hit Billboard's Hot 100 and then there were some tracks that were a bit weird. Eddie Murphy's "Party All the Time" was one of those strange ones. It hit number 2 on the charts and was pretty darn catchy. While Murphy wasn't exactly known for his singing ability this song came at a point in time when he could really do no wrong.

Murphy was coming off of four successful years on Saturday Night Live and he had just struck box office gold with Beverly Hills Cop so if he wanted to make a song then no one was going to say no. Murphy teamed up with the legendary Rick James and the rest was easy. At the time James was also riding a nice wave of success, both with his own album and with his girl group, The Mary Jane Girls.

Murphy's name was going to sell records and putting James in the mix ensured that "Party All the Time" would be worth the airplay that it eventually received.

Currently Booming: Billboard's Top 15 on This Week in 1987

Daily Boom 80's Throwback: Eddie Murphy 'Party All the Time'

(Photo: Twitter)

December of 1985 was a pretty cheesy month for music. Lots of sappy songs hit Billboard's Hot 100 and then there were some tracks that were a bit weird. Eddie Murphy's "Party All the Time" was one of those strange ones. It hit number 2 on the charts and was pretty darn catchy. While Murphy wasn't exactly known for his singing ability this song came at a point in time when he could really do no wrong.

Murphy was coming off of four successful years on Saturday Night Live and he had just struck box office gold with Beverly Hills Cop so if he wanted to make a song then no one was going to say no. Murphy teamed up with the legendary Rick James and the rest was easy. At the time James was also riding a nice wave of success, both with his own album and with his girl group, The Mary Jane Girls.

Murphy's name was going to sell records and putting James in the mix ensured that "Party All the Time" would be worth the airplay that it eventually received.

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Currently Booming: Billboard's Top 100 of 1984

Who doesn't love a good playlist? I know that you all do because I get a lot of email about the ones that are featured on Daily Boom. I'm working this afternoon and stumbled onto this playlist. I'm enjoying revisiting the soundtrack of 1984 and I think that you will too!

On This Day in Pop Culture History...

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Nick Jonas Debuts Funky New Single 'Levels'

Nick Jonas must have known that I was needing something new to groove to and thankfully, his new single "Levels" totally fits the bill. He just dropped the funky little track and he is scheduled to perform it for the first time on MTV's VMA pre-show next Sunday. If you haven't already heard this then give "Levels" a listen and tell me your thoughts. Will it have the same success as "Jealous"?

The Weeknd Offers a Preview of Tracks on Upcoming 'Beauty Behind the Madness'

The Weeknd has been front and center on Billboard's charts for about the last six months and his current track "I Can't Feel My Face" has been dominating for weeks. Fans that  have been anticipating his upcoming album, Beauty Behind the Madness are in for a real treat because the artist has just leaked a preview of pretty much every track on the album. Check it out here and tell me your thoughts. Are you looking forward to the album's full release on Aug. 28? Do you think that the Weeknd is going to be around for a long time to come?

Happy 57th Birthday to Madonna!

The fact that Madonna turns 57 years old today is probably going to make a lot of us kids of the 80's feel old, right? Just how long has she been dominating he charts and been a major player on the touring circuit? Well, on this week way back in 1986 her song "Papa Don't Preach" was at the top of Billboard's Hot 100.  Chances are if you were a teen in the 80's then you remember the video well and also the controversy that surrounded it. Back then discussing teen pregnancy in such an open forum was not really done and the starlet's own personal issues with Catholicism were often discussed. Madonna kind of forced people to start acknowledging issues that until then were more likely to be swept under the rug. It made her hated by parents while being a spokesperson for an up-and-coming generation.

Boom Daily 80's Throwback- Phil Collins and Phillip Bailey "Easy Lover"

It's hard o believe that it has been 30 years since Phil Collins first agreed to duet with Earth, Wind & Fire's Phillip Bailey on "Easy Lover", a song that topped Billboard's Hot 100 back in 1985. The video to the track showcased he friendship between the two and was in heavy rotation on MTV. Ironically, this song came out just a few months before Collins most successful album, No Jacket Required was released. Four singles off of that hit the top ten making this easily one of Collins best years in music history.

Boom Daily 80's Throwback- Tears for Fears "Shout"

Way back in 1985 there was one song that sat atop Billboard's Hot 100 for nearly the whole month of August. Nope, it wasn't by Madonna, Prince, Huey Lewis & the News or any of the other acts that were completely dominating music at the time. Instead, Tears for Fears found themselves sitting in the top spot with "Shout", a song that went a little deeper than many thought. At the time of its release both Tears for Fears vocalists were quick to offer up an explanation of what "Shout" was really about.

A lot of people think that 'Shout' is just another song about primal scream theory, continuing the themes of the first album. It is actually more concerned with political protest. It came out in 1984 when a lot of people were still worried about the aftermath of The Cold War and it was basically an encouragement to protest.

—Roland Orzabal

It concerns protest inasmuch as it encourages people not to do things without actually questioning them. People act without thinking because that's just the way things go in society. So it's a general song, about the way the public accepts any old grief which is thrown at them.

—Curt Smith

80's music buffs will remember hat this was the first in a series of tracks that made Tears for Fears a musical force to be reckoned with.