Daryl Hall and John Oates are the most successful and arguably the best pop music duo in music history. They have seven platinum albums and six gold albums along with 34 singles which charted on the Billboard Hot 100. Six of those singles reached #1, but they have not had one reach the Top 40 since 1990. As I mentioned in my last two issues, they just released their most comprehensive greatest hits collection titled Do What You Want, Be What You Are: The Music of Daryl Hall and John Oates.

I have been a big fan of Hall & Oates from the first time I remember hearing one of their songs. I decided to include all of their songs in my list, though most will naturally come from the 80s. There are video links for the top 10 songs. So without further ado, here is OLD SCHOOL'S TOP 10 SONGS BY DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES (+Bonus 5):

Honorable Mention. "Every Time You Go Away" - This is one of my favorite songs from the 80s and it was originally written by Daryl Hall and included on their 1980 album Voices. It was never released as a single, but was covered by Paul Young in 1985 and Young's version hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. I love Young's version of the song. It was included at the end of the film Planes, Trains & Automobiles, but in that case was performed by a group called Blue Room. Hall & Oates would do a great live version on their 1985 concert album Live at the Apollo as well as the 2002 album VH1 Behind the Music: The Daryl Hall and John Oates Collection. Since I associate it most with Paul Young, I decided only to include as honorable mention on this list.

15. "Maneater" (1982) - #1 in December 1982. According to John Oates the inspiration for this song was English model and actress Kelly LeBrock (Weird Science).

14. "Kiss On My List" (1981) - #1 in April 1981.

13. "Private Eyes" (1981) - #1 in November 1981. Yeah, you know you want to do the hand claps along with this song.

12. "Method of Modern Love" (1985)

11. "Ooh Child" (2005) - Cover of the great 1970 song by The Five Stairsteps

10. "So Close" (1990) [link to video]

9. "Out of Touch" (1984) - #1 in December 1984 [link to video]

8. "You've Lost that Loving Feeling" (1980) - Cover of The Righteous Brothers 1965 classic. [link to video]

7. "Rich Girl" (1977) - #1 in March 1977 [link to video of live performance]

6. "Say It Isn't So" (1983) - Remained at #2 for four straight weeks in December 1983 into January of 1984 behind the Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney duet "Say, Say, Say". [link to video]

5. "You Make My Dreams" (1981) [link to song playing]

4. "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)" (1981) - #1 in January 1982 [link to video]

3. "She's Gone" (1974 then reissued in 1976) - Was not successful when originally released, but after "Sara Smile" became a hit it was reissued and went to #7 on the chart. [link to video of live performance]

2. "Sara Smile" (1976) [link to video of live performance]

1. "One on One" (1983) - Was used in NBA commercials back in the mid-80s. [link to video]

There's my list. As you will notice, some of their most popular hits are towards the bottom of my list. I felt those songs like "Maneater" and "Private Eyes" deserved to be on the list even though I don't particularly like them as much as the general public did back then. I like almost anything that these guys put out, but those are my favorites.

According to BMI, there are 14 songs by Hall & Oates which have been played on the radio over 1 million times. Every time I am flipping around the radio stations, you know I am absolutely going to stop when I hear a Hall & Oates song playing. They are responsible for some of my favorite songs from the 80s and from all time. That makes three issues in a row related to them and I promise that will be all for a while.

That's all for this issue of Kickin' it Old School. Thanks as always for reading. If you are interested in reading any of my other 80s related issues, please click there for a summary of those. If you are interested in reading more of my Top 10 lists, please click there for a summary. You can also always click on the Archives in the upper left hand column or use the Google Search Box at the top of the right hand column to find any other issues you may have missed. If you are a fan of Kickin' it, PLEASE CLICK ON THE FACEBOOK LOGO in the upper right hand column. This will take you to the Fan Page where I ask you to then click on "Become a Fan". Even if you are not a Facebook member yet, please consider joining and registering as a fan at that page. You can also now follow Old School on Twitter by clicking on the FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER LOGO also in the upper right hand column. This will take you the page and you can just click on the box that says "Follow". Trying to send daily 80s tweets out via Twitter, so be sure to follow me there. Let other 80s fans know about it as well! Peace and much love.

Check this out: I came across this site called Thereifixedit.com which includes some hilarious photos of interesting and unusual attempts at fixing items. As the site puts it, "We celebrate these iconic images of mankind's eternal struggle to hammer square pegs into round holes (with duct tape.)" I encourage you to visit the site yourself, but I thought I would include two related pictures that made me chuckle. So many uses for a shopping cart that I never realized before...

Quote of the day: "No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist." -Oscar Wilde