Chart Week: June 9, 1984
\nSong: \u201cEyes Without a Face\u201d – Billy Idol
\nChart Position: #18, 6th week on the chart. Peaked at #4 for two weeks in July.<\/p>\n
As I said, I\u2019ve been sitting on a couple of these posts. And since Spotify and WordPress appear to be fighting again, I\u2019ll knock this one out in place of a Friday playlist.<\/p>\n
This entry is also less about the specific song than something broader. I noticed sometime last summer that I hear Billy Idol songs pretty regularly. I would guess that I hear a Billy Idol song on SiriusXM 5–6 times a week when I\u2019m in the car a lot. When we were still lake goers, the radio station we listened to down there would throw at least a couple of his songs into their eclectic playlist each weekend. I swear I hear \u201cEyes Without a Face\u201d twice a week, every week.<\/p>\n
Which, I don\u2019t know, seems like a lot. Billy was a big artist there for a few years in the mid–80s. But he has a relatively small list of hit songs and I guess I\u2019m a little surprised that they have endured as well as they seem to have done.<\/p>\n
To a certain portion of the modern radio audience, though, I wonder if he is the ultimate representation of the 80s. He had a punk rock look, although his biggest hits were far removed from his punk roots. He had an iconic MTV commercial. His VH1 Behind the Music<\/em> episode was legendary. And his songs were pretty good, too.<\/p>\n