The Number Fortys: Lionel Richie - "Hello"

In The Number Fortys, we review every song that was sitting at #40 on the Billboard chats, starting in the first week of January 1984, right around the time this writer became cognizant/obsessive about music. The seeds for the idea came from Tom Breihan's Number Ones column over at Stereogum. However, we here at k-postpunk believe that the bottom is more interesting than the top (and obscurity is more interesting than either).

Hey, didn't we see you a few columns ago at #1?

Goodbye.

THE NUMBER ONE.

Duran Duran holds on for a second week with their PSA about doing cocaine.