The Big 80s · Weekly report · Week of Jul 27 - Aug 2, 2026
WEEKLY REPORT
The Big 80s
Week of Jul 27 - Aug 2, 2026
Prepared Aug 5, 2026
New York (EDT)
On-air music analytics
Executive summary
Tracks in rotation
911
▲ +23 vs prev
Total spins
2,469
▼ -4 vs prev
Avg POP
51.8
▼ -0.3 vs prev
Tune-out vs ambient
-0.046
▲ +0.001 vs prev
Avg listeners
476
▲ +9 vs prev
Peak listeners
759
▼ -5 vs prev
New adds
0
no change
What changed this week
Rising hold
Cure · Love Song ▲ +32.0 to 64.2
Junior · Mama Used To Say ▲ +19.6 to 45.6
Sheila E · The Glamorous Life ▲ +16.7 to 60.2
Sheila E · A Love Bizarre ▲ +15.0 to 41.9
Modern English · I Melt With You ▲ +13.9 to 54.7
Slipping hold
Scritti Politti · Perfect Way ▼ −29.4 to 21.1
O'Bryan · The Gigolo ▼ −20.4 to 11.3
Billy Joel · Uptown Girl ▼ −17.4 to 35.7
Erasure · Chains of Love ▼ −16.8 to 24.9
Taylor Dayne · Love Will Lead You Back ▼ −16.0 to 36.8
Recommended actions
INCREASE — Madonna · Dress You Up (POP 93)
Increase airplay. Strong hold, light exposure.
REST — Stephanie Mills · Never Knew Love Like This (POP 43)
Rest or loosen rotation. Heavy exposure, hold eroding.
WATCH — Scritti Politti · Perfect Way (POP 21)
Watch. Biggest POP drop this period.
Movers top 25 of 911 in rotation, by POP change
#
Track
Spins
Rotation
POP
Move
Cross
Appeal
1
Cure · Love Song
12 (+3)
Early
64
▲ +32.0
48
85
2
Scritti Politti · Perfect Way
14 (+3)
Early
21
▼ −29.4
29
16
3
O'Bryan · The Gigolo
2 (+1)
Early
11
▼ −20.4
2
16
4
Junior · Mama Used To Say
6 (+2)
Early
46
▲ +19.6
42
45
5
Billy Joel · Uptown Girl
3 (+1)
Early
36
▼ −17.4
29
34
6
Erasure · Chains of Love
11 (+2)
Early
25
▼ −16.8
39
35
7
Sheila E · The Glamorous Life
5
Early
60
▲ +16.7
47
57
8
Taylor Dayne · Love Will Lead You Back
1
Early
37
▼ −16.0
24
39
9
Sheila E · A Love Bizarre
5 (+1)
Early
42
▲ +15.0
33
38
10
Modern English · I Melt With You
9 (-3)
Early
55
▲ +13.9
42
54
11
Big Country · In A Big Country
10
Early
47
▲ +13.9
49
51
12
David Bowie · Day-In Day-Out
1 (+1)
Early
39
▼ −13.5
31
39
13
Romeo Void · A Girl In Trouble (Is A Temporary Thing)
1 (+1)
Early
41
▼ −13.4
36
37
14
Smithereens · Only A Memory
1 (+1)
Early
38
▼ −13.4
28
35
15
Talk Talk · It's My Life
12 (+3)
Early
73
▼ −13.0
60
55
16
Billy Ocean · Love Zone
1 (+1)
Early
33
▼ −12.9
24
41
17
New Order · Blue Monday
10
Early
64
▲ +12.7
52
68
18
Taco · Puttin' On The Ritz (Big 80s mix)
13 (+5)
Early
64
▲ +12.5
38
61
19
Stevie Nicks · Edge Of Seventeen
3 (-1)
Early
42
▼ −12.4
42
44
20
Whispers · Rock Steady
5 (+2)
Early
49
▼ −12.3
49
42
21
Bangles · If She Knew What She Wants
1
Early
30
▼ −12.3
27
27
22
Power Station · Some Like It Hot
12 (+3)
Early
38
▼ −12.1
41
41
23
Richard 'Dimples' Fields · If It Ain't One Thing, It's Another
1 (+1)
Early
28
▼ −12.1
21
27
24
Psychedelic Furs · Love My Way
13 (-1)
Early
64
▲ +11.6
53
63
25
Paul Young · Everytime You Go Away
3 (+1)
Early
53
▼ −11.5
48
55
Exposure vs Hold 60 most-played tracks
Rotation profile observed airplay pattern, all in rotation
Early
911 tracks
Genre performance by genre (most-played), by appeal · catalog avg 49.1
Genre
Tracks
Score
vs catalog
Electronic
6
57.4
▲ +8.3
New Wave
128
55.3
▲ +6.2
Pop
212
52.0
▲ +2.9
Classic Rock
103
49.7
▲ +0.6
Rock
106
49.4
▲ +0.3
Progressive Rock
20
49.4
▲ +0.3
Disco
27
46.5
▼ −2.6
Synth-pop
5
45.5
▼ −3.6
Funk
57
44.6
▼ −4.5
Hard Rock
22
41.8
▼ −7.3
R&B
21
40.2
▼ −8.9
Soul
89
40.1
▼ −9.0
Audience average and peak online listeners
BY DAY · avg fill, peak cap
DAYPART HOLD · avg listeners by hour
Methodology
POP is Airplay Live's 0-100 measure of how well a track holds listeners during actual broadcasts; Move is its change across the period. Cross is the channel-comparable version; Appeal is the track's raw pull. Rotation describes the observed airplay pattern since the track entered our airplay (Early / Heavy / Steady / Sparse / Building), not the station's own rotation categories or a song's chart lifecycle. Song-level plays only (60-1140s, non-music and long mixes excluded). Audience is the average and peak concurrent online listeners for the period, not cume. Times are in the station's home timezone (New York (EDT)).
Song-level plays only (60-1140s, non-showmix, non-break). Tune-out rate is mean ratio_adj (signed, lower is better). No cume: audience is average/peak concurrent online listeners.