What chart topping song stopped the Rolling Stones number two hit "Start Me Up" from rising into the number one spot?

Trooper2196

Japanese Boy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_number-one_singles_from_the_1980s_%28UK%29 Dec 04 07, 12:37 PM

knud77

I thought it was "Sailing" by Christopher Cross. Dec 04 07, 2:43 PM

MonkeyOnALeash

Sailing 1980 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_(Christopher_Cross_song) Start Me Up 1981 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Start_Me_Up These songs would NOT have been charted on the same chart. Dec 04 07, 3:52 PM

AyatollahK

First, Start Me Up, which was released on August 14, 1981, only reached #2 in the US. In the UK it stalled at #7. So a list of UK number-one hits is meaningless here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Start_Me_Up "The song reached No. 2 in the US and No. 7 on the UK Singles Charts." The song that blocked it from #1 was indeed by Christopher Cross, but it wasn't "Sailing", which reached #1 on August 30, 1980. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_%28Christopher_Cross_song%29 Instead, according to Fred Bronson's book on Billboard #2 hits, it was Cross's "Arthur's Theme (The Best That You Can Do)", which spent three weeks at #1 in October 1981: http://chris.molanphy.com/pop/?p=153 "#2: The Rolling Stones, “Start Me Up” (1981) "Stopped by #1: Christopher Cross, “Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)”" Here's the list of #1 hits for 1981. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_100_number-one_hits_of_1981_%28USA%29 Dec 05 07, 12:04 AM