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 17th March 2020, 11:37 AM
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QUOTE(Bjork @ Mar 17 2020, 06:55 AM)  pretty sure Madness continued having hits until much later, I remember a song called Lovestruck that peaked at #10 in the late 90s I think I always thought that was more of a comeback a bit like they following the Olympics ceremony in 2012, albums wise anyway. |
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19th March 2020, 02:21 PM
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QUOTE(Steve201 @ Mar 16 2020, 06:45 PM) Great wee track - their most famous legacy track? Anyways great to hear Madness have a NE in 1988, I assume this didn't chart officially, always thought 1986 was the last of them! It peaked at 44 and then they split up, Suggs had an early/mid 90's solo career with lots of hits following a career revival with It Must Be Love charting again, but the band stayed split until 1998 (I think) as Bjork said when they had an offiicial comeback tour and album (I was there for the tour) and big hit with Lovestruck, though to be honest they'd never really dropped out of public notice with the back catalogue and Suggs' solo career. They've had plenty of chart entries right up until the end of the noughties, and albums still chart even these days, all helped by periodic TV moments like the Olympics and the Buck Pal gig, and touring. They've had a dozen chart entries in my charts with new material since Lovestruck, though it's been 3 or 4 years since the last stuff... 
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19th March 2020, 02:44 PM
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20th March 1988
It's a new entry as Heart finally gets a single issue, slightly remixed and with a fab Ian McKellan vampire video, giving the Pet Shop Boys a 7th chart-topper, and the 3rd off Actually. Another track that's been around a while too, from a great album too, has a sudden leap to 2 from 52 as Father Figure gets maximum appreciation belatedly for George Michael. Another Pet Shop boys song off the soon-to-come album goes top 10 for Eighth Wonder, I'm Not Scared. Debbie Gibson gets an instant top 20 at 17 with Only In My Dreams returning on reissue, making it a twice top 20 track in two consecutive years, as Brenda Russell leaps into the 30 with Piano In The Dark, and The Clash take I Fought The Law back into the 30 9 years on. Sinitta shock releases a decent pop single, Cross My Broken Heart, and gets her biggest hit at 36 as she goes full SAW-pop, as opposed to cheesy novelty pop. a-ha return with another melodramatic goodie, Stay On These Roads, Bros Drop The Boy and drop the quality, Jellybean's back with newie Just A Mirage, Pebbles is back with Girlfriend, Taylor Dayne has a low-key follow-up to a number one, Zodiac Mindwarp continues with some sci-fi glamrock entering, and Tiffany and Wet Wet Wet under-achieve down the bottom-end of the chart. Debuting, though, is future-massive rap track Push It from Salt 'N' Pepa, not a duo despite appearances as DJ Spinderella doesn't get mentioned in the group name. Unless she's "N". 1 ( NEW ) HEART Pet Shop Boys 2 ( 52 ) FATHER FIGURE George Michael 3 ( 1 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis 4 ( 2 ) BEAT DIS Bomb The Bass 5 ( 5 ) LOVE IS CONTAGIOUS Taja Seville 6 ( 11 ) I'M NOT SCARED Eighth Wonder 7 ( 3 ) I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN Roger 8 ( 4 ) DOCTORIN' THE HOUSE Coldcut/ Yazz & The Plastic Population 9 ( 12 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac 10 ( 6 ) THESE DREAMS/NEVER Heart 11 ( 9 ) THAT'S THE WAY IT IS Mel & Kim 12 ( 8 ) HEART OF GOLD Johnny Hates Jazz 13 ( 21 ) DON’T TURN AROUND Aswad 14 ( 14 ) CRASH The Primitives 15 ( 7 ) LOVE CHANGES (EVERYTHING) Climie Fisher 16 ( 10 ) I GET WEAK Belinda Carlisle 17 ( NEW ) ONLY IN MY DREAMS Debbie Gibson 18 ( 30 ) I KNOW YOU GOT SOUL Eric B & Rakim 19 ( 15 ) TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne 20 ( 22 ) RECKLESS Afrika Bambaata/ UB40 21 ( 13 ) CRAZY Icehouse 22 ( 18 ) HOW MEN ARE Aztec Camera 23 ( 20 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson 24 ( 28 ) DEVIL INSIDE INXS 25 ( 26 ) I WALK THE EARTH Voice Of The Beehive 26 ( 16 ) DOMINION Sisters Of Mercy 27 ( 19 ) SAY IT AGAIN Jermaine Stewart 28 ( 73 ) I FOUGHT THE LAW The Clash 29 ( 69 ) PIANO IN THE DARK Brenda Russell 30 ( 34 ) SHIP OF FOOLS Erasure 31 ( 23 ) I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY Kylie Minogue 32 ( 32 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies 33 ( 31 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles 34 ( 38 ) I PRONOUNCE YOU Madness 35 ( 17 ) SUEDEHEAD Morrissey 36 ( NEW ) CROSS MY BROKEN HEART Sinitta 37 ( 40 ) TOGETHER FOREVER Rick Astley 38 ( 35 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield 39 ( 36 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees 40 ( 25 ) SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Was (Not Was) 41 ( 50 ) JUST LIKE PARADISE David Lee Roth 42 ( 27 ) TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin 43 ( 42 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys 44 ( NEW ) DREAMING Glen Goldsmith 45 ( 29 ) GIMME HOPE JO'ANNA Eddy Grant 46 ( 45 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 47 ( 47 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson 48 ( 66 ) I WANT HER Keith Sweat 49 ( 37 ) WHEN WILL I BE FAMOUS Bros 50 ( 53 ) CARS AND GIRLS Prefab Sprout 51 ( 24 ) MY GENERATION The Who 52 ( NEW ) STAY ON THESE ROADS a-ha 53 ( 39 ) WHEN WE WAS FAB George Harrison 54 ( 54 ) LIVE MY LIFE Boy George 55 ( 41 ) THE JACK THAT HOUSE BUILT Jack 'n' Chill 56 ( 61 ) RIDE LIKE THE WIND Saxon 57 ( 56 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers 58 ( 44 ) ROK DA HOUSE Beatmasters/ Cookie Crew 59 ( NEW ) BASS (HOW LOW CAN YOU GO) Simon Harris 60 ( 59 ) BAD Michael Jackson 61 ( 43 ) I DON'T MIND AT ALL Bourgeois Tag 62 ( 55 ) SHAME Eurythmics 63 ( 62 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone 64 ( 33 ) CRAZY FOR YOUR LOVE The Bee Gees 65 ( NEW ) DROP THE BOY Bros 66 ( 60 ) SIGN YOUR NAME Terence Trent D'Arby 67 ( 67 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys 68 ( NEW ) JUST A MIRAGE Jellybean/ Adele Bertei 69 ( NEW ) PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa 70 ( 70 ) HUMAN Human League 71 ( NEW ) GIRLFRIEND Pebbles 72 ( NEW ) PROVE YOUR LOVE Taylor Dayne 73 ( NEW ) PLANET GIRL Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction 74 ( NEW ) COULD'VE BEEN Tiffany 75 ( NEW ) TEMPTATION Wet Wet Wet 76 ( NEW ) ONE MORE CHANCE Pet Shop Boys Playlist oldies of the week 1 DANNY’S SONG Anne Murray 2 ONE MORE CHANCE Pet Shop Boys 3 EMOTIONS Samantha Sang |
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19th March 2020, 03:51 PM
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great chart! and unexpected top 2! Quite like climb for Father Figure, the song peaked for me over Xmas I think
Crazy how popular PSB were that they made #1 with Heart, which was the 4th single off Actually... for me, it's ok but not on the same league as Rent for instance or the other 1987 singles great newies too, loved Debbie Gibson as a kid and Only in my Dreams is a perfect little pop song and there's 2 of my fav of the year among the newies... loved Pebbles-Girlfriend, should have been a #1 had she charted before? think this was the first I heard from her, I recall a couple of later singles but nothing from before... the other one is Push it by Salt N Pepa, amazing trackdecent songs by Tiffany, A-ha, Taylor Dayne, Bros and even Sinitta 
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19th March 2020, 07:51 PM
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QUOTE(Bjork @ Mar 19 2020, 03:51 PM) great chart! and unexpected top 2! Quite like climb for Father Figure, the song peaked for me over Xmas I think Crazy how popular PSB were that they made #1 with Heart, which was the 4th single off Actually... for me, it's ok but not on the same league as Rent for instance or the other 1987 singles great newies too, loved Debbie Gibson as a kid and Only in my Dreams is a perfect little pop song and there's 2 of my fav of the year among the newies... loved Pebbles-Girlfriend, should have been a #1 had she charted before? think this was the first I heard from her, I recall a couple of later singles but nothing from before... the other one is Push it by Salt N Pepa, amazing trackdecent songs by Tiffany, A-ha, Taylor Dayne, Bros and even Sinitta Thanks Bjork, glad you like so much in the chart. The Pet Shop Boys themselves don't always do Heart on their setlists, it's more of an occasional treat for them, but I still adore it - I prefer it to Always On My Mind by quite some distance, for example, but they always have to do that one it's so popular. Sadly, I'm expecting them to postpone the concert I have booked for June  Yes, Pebbles is a debut - I thought I'd already charted it when I visitd the States in late 87, but I just checked and no I didn't! Good single I've not heard in nearly 30 years or so...! I always thought Pebbles should have done a track called Bam Bam 
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19th March 2020, 08:30 PM
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QUOTE(Popchartfreak @ Mar 19 2020, 02:21 PM) It peaked at 44 and then they split up, Suggs had an early/mid 90's solo career with lots of hits following a career revival with It Must Be Love charting again, but the band stayed split until 1998 (I think) as Bjork said when they had an offiicial comeback tour and album (I was there for the tour) and big hit with Lovestruck, though to be honest they'd never really dropped out of public notice with the back catalogue and Suggs' solo career. They've had plenty of chart entries right up until the end of the noughties, and albums still chart even these days, all helped by periodic TV moments like the Olympics and the Buck Pal gig, and touring. They've had a dozen chart entries in my charts with new material since Lovestruck, though it's been 3 or 4 years since the last stuff... Thanks Pop, love a quick overview of classic pop bands, so many instant classics in their early days. Your chart symbolises how the quality in the chart was increasing after a dire 1986/87 period imo. |
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27th March 2020, 07:47 PM
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27th March 1988
It's 2 weeks on top for Heart as Pet Shop Boys stop George getting another chart-topper with Father Figure. Highest new entry, as per usual for the Beatles 20th anniversary reissues, is the Fabs Lady Madonna at 6 - never one of my fave Beatles singles, you'd have to go back to Paperback Writer to find one I loved less, but then again a lesser-Beatles track is still top quality. Aswad finally get that deserved top 10, with Don't Turn Around, a-ha rocket into the 20 with the fab Stay On These Roads, and The Clash peak higher 2nd time around with I Fought The Law - I still prefer the Bobby Fuller Four original though. After a lesser hit, the Nanas are back on form with I Want You Back at 35, Simon Harris has a big ol Bass climb into the 40, how high can he go? Quo ain't complainin' that 20 years on from Pictures Of Matchstick Men they still make my top 40, The Adventures bring their epic ballad Broken Land in at 62 - their best record - and errr Engelbert Humperdinck returns to my chart for the first time in oooh 16 years with a cover of the Glenn Medeiros cover of the George Benson original. I must have been getting nostalgic for the old crooners. Natalie Cole is back with her soon-to-be biggest hit 13 years after debuting with This Will Be - Pink cadillac was a Bruce Springsteen song, which is always a good sign for a new track. Nina Simone is also back 20 years on with a 20-year-pld song, Mr Bojangles being a Jerry Jeff Walker 1968 future standard which became a hit for the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in the US, and the signature song of Sammy Davis Jr, and a future Robbie Williams crooning goodie. Finally, Iron Maiden ask, Can I Play With Madness? Well, Madness are at 29 so it wasn't out of the question - sadly it never happened, though, I would have enjoyed seeing them do Baggy Trousers.... 1 ( 1 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys 2 ( 2 ) FATHER FIGURE George Michael 3 ( 3 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis 4 ( 9 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac 5 ( 6 ) I'M NOT SCARED Eighth Wonder 6 ( NEW ) LADY MADONNA The Beatles 7 ( 7 ) I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN Roger 8 ( 13 ) DON’T TURN AROUND Aswad 9 ( 4 ) BEAT DIS Bomb The Bass 10 ( 10 ) THESE DREAMS/NEVER Heart 11 ( 5 ) LOVE IS CONTAGIOUS Taja Seville 12 ( 11 ) THAT'S THE WAY IT IS Mel & Kim 13 ( 17 ) ONLY IN MY DREAMS Debbie Gibson 14 ( 52 ) STAY ON THESE ROADS a-ha 15 ( 8 ) DOCTORIN' THE HOUSE Coldcut/ Yazz & The Plastic Population 16 ( 15 ) LOVE CHANGES (EVERYTHING) Climie Fisher 17 ( 29 ) PIANO IN THE DARK Brenda Russell 18 ( 12 ) HEART OF GOLD Johnny Hates Jazz 19 ( 16 ) I GET WEAK Belinda Carlisle 20 ( 28 ) I FOUGHT THE LAW The Clash 21 ( 18 ) I KNOW YOU GOT SOUL Eric B & Rakim 22 ( 20 ) RECKLESS Afrika Bambaata/ UB40 23 ( 44 ) DREAMING Glen Goldsmith 24 ( 24 ) DEVIL INSIDE INXS 25 ( 30 ) SHIP OF FOOLS Erasure 26 ( 19 ) TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne 27 ( 36 ) CROSS MY BROKEN HEART Sinitta 28 ( 23 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson 29 ( 34 ) I PRONOUNCE YOU Madness 30 ( 14 ) CRASH The Primitives 31 ( 21 ) CRAZY Icehouse 32 ( 32 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies 33 ( 22 ) HOW MEN ARE Aztec Camera 34 ( 33 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles 35 ( NEW ) I WANT YOU BACK Bananarama 36 ( 37 ) TOGETHER FOREVER Rick Astley 37 ( 27 ) SAY IT AGAIN Jermaine Stewart 38 ( 59 ) BASS (HOW LOW CAN YOU GO) Simon Harris 39 ( NEW ) AIN'T COMPLAININ' Status Quo 40 ( 48 ) I WANT HER Keith Sweat 41 ( 38 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield 42 ( 39 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees 43 ( 43 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys 44 ( 50 ) CARS AND GIRLS Prefab Sprout 45 ( 31 ) I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY Kylie Minogue 46 ( 46 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 47 ( 25 ) I WALK THE EARTH Voice Of The Beehive 48 ( 47 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson 49 ( 75 ) TEMPTATION Wet Wet Wet 50 ( 40 ) SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Was (Not Was) 51 ( 65 ) DROP THE BOY Bros 52 ( 71 ) GIRLFRIEND Pebbles 53 ( 72 ) PROVE YOUR LOVE Taylor Dayne 54 ( 42 ) TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin 55 ( 68 ) JUST A MIRAGE Jellybean/ Adele Bertei 56 ( 26 ) DOMINION Sisters Of Mercy 57 ( 57 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers 58 ( 35 ) SUEDEHEAD Morrissey 59 ( 74 ) COULD'VE BEEN Tiffany 60 ( 60 ) BAD Michael Jackson 61 ( 49 ) WHEN WILL I BE FAMOUS Bros 62 ( NEW ) BROKEN LAND The Adventures 63 ( 63 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone 64 ( 62 ) SHAME Eurythmics 65 ( NEW ) GENE AND JIM ARE INTO SHAKES Gene and Jim 66 ( NEW ) NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE MY LOVE FOR YOU Engelbert Humperdinck 67 ( 67 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys 68 ( 41 ) JUST LIKE PARADISE David Lee Roth 69 ( 69 ) PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa 70 ( 55 ) THE JACK THAT HOUSE BUILT Jack 'n' Chill 71 ( 70 ) HUMAN Human League 72 ( NEW ) PINK CADILLAC Natalie Cole 73 ( 58 ) ROK DA HOUSE Beatmasters/ Cookie Crew 74 ( NEW ) MR BOJANGLES Nina Simone 75 ( NEW ) CAN I PLAY WITH MADNESS Iron Maiden Playlist faves of that week 1 ISLAND GIRL Elton John 2 DANCING IN THE CITY Marshall-Hain 3 MORE THAN A FEELING Boston |
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28th March 2020, 07:06 AM
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Bananarama's I want you back was great, a return to form after the disappointing I Can't help it
my fav of the newies was Adventures-Broken land, such a great little song... just checked wiki, and it says its the most-played song on BBC Radio 1 in 1988!! is this true? |
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29th March 2020, 02:47 PM
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Yeh the Adventurers track was brillant, love hearing classics like this and finding out about a band I had never heard of.
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3rd April 2020, 04:17 PM
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QUOTE(Bjork @ Mar 28 2020, 08:06 AM) Bananarama's I want you back was great, a return to form after the disappointing I Can't help it my fav of the newies was Adventures-Broken land, such a great little song... just checked wiki, and it says its the most-played song on BBC Radio 1 in 1988!! is this true? Ooh not sure if it was the most-played track of 1988 but I can sort of believe it - it was around a while and had a slow climb without hitting higher than 20, so it wasn't over-exposed
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3rd April 2020, 04:19 PM
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QUOTE(Steve201 @ Mar 29 2020, 03:47 PM) Yeh the Adventurers track was brillant, love hearing classics like this and finding out about a band I had never heard of. goodo, I do love sharing my love of music
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3rd April 2020, 04:35 PM
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3rd April 1988
It's 3 weeks on top for Pet Shop Boys' Heart - keeping their own I'm Not Scared off the top, peaking now at 2 for Eighth Wonder, with new top 10 climbs for a-ha, Debbie Gibson and Brenda Russell. Top 40 climbs for Wet Wet Wet (their biggest since Wishing I was Lucky), Pebbles, Jellybean's 4th, The Adventures, and two new entries, Paul Hardcastle returning with a cover of Junior Walker's fabulous Walk In The Night at 38, and Eurythmics following-up the sublime Shame with the more-perfunctory I Need A Man at 40 ( a much bigger hit for them in the UK charts - go figure!). Neal Hefti brings the 22-year-old TV theme into the charts for the first time (though it would have charted in 1967 for me had I been charting as a kiddie), probably during one of the regular TV-repeat-runs of the show, in at 49. Jermaine Stewart is beside himself as he gets lucky at 54, and Wally Jump Jnr follows-up at 59. Danny Wilson return with the yet-to-hit Mary's Prayer, which had charted for me in 1987, Cher insists We All Sleep Alone at 66 - I'll let you know in 4 years if that's true - and Smokey Robinson extends his chart run to a sweet 19 years, Cher to 17 years. Robert Palmer pops in briefly with Sweet Lies, and Hazell Dean is back 4 years after a couple of biggie SAW hits - with another SAW hit. I saw her in a gay bar performance back in the early 00's, back when local bars & clubs were an actual thing before topping-up booze at home, internet phones, Grindr and other factors combined to kill them off. 1 ( 1 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys 2 ( 5 ) I'M NOT SCARED Eighth Wonder 3 ( 4 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac 4 ( 3 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis 5 ( 2 ) FATHER FIGURE George Michael 6 ( 6 ) LADY MADONNA The Beatles 7 ( 8 ) DON’T TURN AROUND Aswad 8 ( 14 ) STAY ON THESE ROADS a-ha 9 ( 13 ) ONLY IN MY DREAMS Debbie Gibson 10 ( 17 ) PIANO IN THE DARK Brenda Russell 11 ( 10 ) THESE DREAMS/NEVER Heart 12 ( 16 ) LOVE CHANGES (EVERYTHING) Climie Fisher 13 ( 7 ) I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN Roger 14 ( 23 ) DREAMING Glen Goldsmith 15 ( 27 ) CROSS MY BROKEN HEART Sinitta 16 ( 9 ) BEAT DIS Bomb The Bass 17 ( 12 ) THAT'S THE WAY IT IS Mel & Kim 18 ( 11 ) LOVE IS CONTAGIOUS Taja Seville 19 ( 15 ) DOCTORIN' THE HOUSE Coldcut/ Yazz & The Plastic Population 20 ( 20 ) I FOUGHT THE LAW The Clash 21 ( 19 ) I GET WEAK Belinda Carlisle 22 ( 22 ) RECKLESS Afrika Bambaata/ UB40 23 ( 18 ) HEART OF GOLD Johnny Hates Jazz 24 ( 35 ) I WANT YOU BACK Bananarama 25 ( 40 ) I WANT HER Keith Sweat 26 ( 49 ) TEMPTATION Wet Wet Wet 27 ( 52 ) GIRLFRIEND Pebbles 28 ( 39 ) AIN'T COMPLAININ' Status Quo 29 ( 26 ) TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne 30 ( 28 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson 31 ( 55 ) JUST A MIRAGE Jellybean/ Adele Bertei 32 ( 32 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies 33 ( 24 ) DEVIL INSIDE INXS 34 ( 38 ) BASS (HOW LOW CAN YOU GO) Simon Harris 35 ( 21 ) I KNOW YOU GOT SOUL Eric B & Rakim 36 ( 62 ) BROKEN LAND The Adventures 37 ( 34 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles 38 ( NEW ) WALK IN THE NIGHT Paul Hardcastle 39 ( 31 ) CRAZY Icehouse 40 ( NEW ) I NEED A MAN Eurythmics 41 ( 41 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield 42 ( 42 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees 43 ( 43 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys 44 ( 72 ) PINK CADILLAC Natalie Cole 45 ( 30 ) CRASH The Primitives 46 ( 33 ) HOW MEN ARE Aztec Camera 47 ( 46 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 48 ( 51 ) DROP THE BOY Bros 49 ( NEW ) BATMAN THEME Neil Hefti 50 ( 48 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson 51 ( 53 ) PROVE YOUR LOVE Taylor Dayne 52 ( 25 ) SHIP OF FOOLS Erasure 53 ( 29 ) I PRONOUNCE YOU Madness 54 ( NEW ) GET LUCKY Jermaine Stewart 55 ( 37 ) SAY IT AGAIN Jermaine Stewart 56 ( 59 ) COULD'VE BEEN Tiffany 57 ( 57 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers 58 ( 36 ) TOGETHER FOREVER Rick Astley 59 ( NEW ) PRIVATE PARTY Wally Jump Jnr 60 ( 60 ) BAD Michael Jackson 61 ( 50 ) SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Was (Not Was) 62 ( 54 ) TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin 63 ( 63 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone 64 ( 64 ) SHAME Eurythmics 65 ( NEW ) MARY’S PRAYER Danny Wilson 66 ( NEW ) WE ALL SLEEP ALONE Cher 67 ( 44 ) CARS AND GIRLS Prefab Sprout 68 ( 67 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys 69 ( 69 ) PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa 70 ( NEW ) LOVE DON’T GIVE A REASON Smokey Robinson 71 ( 71 ) HUMAN Human League 72 ( 45 ) I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY Kylie Minogue 73 ( 61 ) WHEN WILL I BE FAMOUS Bros 74 ( NEW ) SWEET LIES Robert Palmer 75 ( NEW ) WHO’S LEAVING WHO Hazell Dean 3rd Apr PLAYIST OLDIES 1 DIGGING YOUR SCENE Blow Monkeys 2 IF IT WASN’T FOR THE NIGHTS Abba 3 DON’T LET IT FADE AWAY Darts |
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4th April 2020, 07:56 AM
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so #1 & 2 for PSB then
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6th April 2020, 02:38 PM
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I love the new Eurythmics track and 'Shame' also, thanks for introducing me to the later!
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7th April 2020, 10:40 AM
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loved Shame but not a fan of I Need a Man, too bold and shouty, I much prefer their ballads and slow tempos
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10th April 2020, 03:23 PM
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QUOTE(Bjork @ Apr 4 2020, 08:56 AM) so #1 & 2 for PSB then Might prefer Im not Scared good climbs for Debbie Gibson and Pebbles!!from the newies I really liked the Cher single, also Sweet Lies, probably my fav Robert Palmer song, I always preferred his slow tracks The PSB's do a great version on their next album of I'm Not Scared - sadly not allowed in my charts of the time as it wasnt a single, doh! Sweet Lies is one I'd forgotten!
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10th April 2020, 03:24 PM
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QUOTE(Steve201 @ Apr 6 2020, 03:38 PM) I love the new Eurythmics track and 'Shame' also, thanks for introducing me to the later! Ooh my pleasure, I love it when someone likes something I love, it's a kind of sharing the enthusiasm which is addictive 
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10th April 2020, 03:50 PM
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10th April 1988
It's 4 weeks on top for Heart as the Eighth Wonder threat subsides, though more than likely One More Chance would have been pushing it hard had I allowed album tracks in the chart - topping my non-current-single playlist that week I've slipped it in again as a number 76 - as I can't say for sure where in the chart it would have charted, it has to settle for 76. Fleetwood Mac finally get up to 2 and is one of 3 tracks threatening, as Louis Armstrong's gorgeously heart-warming What A Wonderful World is re-issued 20 years on, entering at 3. I hadn't started charting in early 1968, but it probably would have topped my chart as I loved it as a kid. In at 4, it's an instant high new entry for a Giorgio Moroder girl band project, When The Love Is Good is utterly fab. They had an album, 3 singles, a tour, lead singer Bobbi Eakes (a former Miss Georgia) had a powerful voice and this song was one of Moroder's best - and it stiffed, the band didn't catch on. I suspect it's down to the sudden change in musical climate in 1988. Jermaine Stewart has a big climb, into the 20 for the 3rd time, and George Michael pulls another Faith album track out as a single, the sublime gospel-ish One More Try, in at 22, as Cher leaps into the 30. Natalie Cole, Tiffany and Taylor Dayne all bring some female vocal action to the 40, and among the 14 new entries are DJ's Pat & Mick killing, oops I mean covering, 1978 Michael Zager Band hit Let's All Chant, Jesus & Mary Chain sidewalking, presumably like crabs, and the brilliant Israeli dance vibe of I'm Nin Alu from Ofra Haza. Even more significant is the debut from S-Express, sampling the achingly brilliant Rose Royce riff from 1979's Is It Love You're After, and creating an even more brilliant very different cut 'n' paste dance smash, Theme From S-Express with that all-important hyphen. The Christians' 4-year-run of great singles continues with Born Again, Born Again Christians, arf, the Christian Brothers must have been having a Scouse laugh at that one, Expose get another Miami-dance-vibe charter, T'Pau do a live single, S-Ex Talk, oh hang on, not Essex Talk, there's no hyphen, and Aerosmith keep the revival strong with Angel. That leaves Lloyd Cole entering with From The Hip as I was about to see him live at Poole Arts Centre with his Commotions - more next week - and Def Leppard Armageddin' It, a bad pun to be proud of. 1 ( 1 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys 2 ( 3 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac 3 ( NEW ) WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD Louis Armstrong 4 ( NEW ) WHEN THE LOVE IS GOOD Big Trouble 5 ( 2 ) I'M NOT SCARED Eighth Wonder 6 ( 10 ) PIANO IN THE DARK Brenda Russell 7 ( 8 ) STAY ON THESE ROADS a-ha 8 ( 7 ) DON’T TURN AROUND Aswad 9 ( 4 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis 10 ( 14 ) DREAMING Glen Goldsmith 11 ( 9 ) ONLY IN MY DREAMS Debbie Gibson 12 ( 5 ) FATHER FIGURE George Michael 13 ( 11 ) THESE DREAMS/NEVER Heart 14 ( 6 ) LADY MADONNA The Beatles 15 ( 15 ) CROSS MY BROKEN HEART Sinitta 16 ( 27 ) GIRLFRIEND Pebbles 17 ( 12 ) LOVE CHANGES (EVERYTHING) Climie Fisher 18 ( 24 ) I WANT YOU BACK Bananarama 19 ( 54 ) GET LUCKY Jermaine Stewart 20 ( 40 ) I NEED A MAN Eurythmics 21 ( 13 ) I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN Roger 22 ( NEW ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael 23 ( 36 ) BROKEN LAND The Adventures 24 ( 17 ) THAT'S THE WAY IT IS Mel & Kim 25 ( 26 ) TEMPTATION Wet Wet Wet 26 ( 16 ) BEAT DIS Bomb The Bass 27 ( 19 ) DOCTORIN' THE HOUSE Coldcut/ Yazz & The Plastic Population 28 ( 28 ) AIN'T COMPLAININ' Status Quo 29 ( 66 ) WE ALL SLEEP ALONE Cher 30 ( 18 ) LOVE IS CONTAGIOUS Taja Seville 31 ( 31 ) JUST A MIRAGE Jellybean/ Adele Bertei 32 ( 44 ) PINK CADILLAC Natalie Cole 33 ( 32 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies 34 ( 21 ) I GET WEAK Belinda Carlisle 35 ( 23 ) HEART OF GOLD Johnny Hates Jazz 36 ( 56 ) COULD'VE BEEN Tiffany 37 ( 30 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson 38 ( 37 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles 39 ( 51 ) PROVE YOUR LOVE Taylor Dayne 40 ( 29 ) TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne 41 ( 65 ) MARY’S PRAYER Danny Wilson 42 ( 20 ) I FOUGHT THE LAW The Clash 43 ( 42 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees 44 ( 41 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield 45 ( 49 ) BATMAN THEME Neil Hefti 46 ( 69 ) PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa 47 ( 43 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys 48 ( 75 ) WHO’S LEAVING WHO Hazell Dean 49 ( NEW ) LET'S ALL CHANT Pat and Mick 50 ( 47 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 51 ( 22 ) RECKLESS Afrika Bambaata/ UB40 52 ( NEW ) SIDEWALKING Jesus And Mary Chain 53 ( 50 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson 54 ( 25 ) I WANT HER Keith Sweat 55 ( NEW ) I'M NIN ALU Ofra Haza 56 ( 39 ) CRAZY Icehouse 57 ( NEW ) THEME FROM S-EXPRESS S-Express 58 ( 57 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers 59 ( 38 ) WALK IN THE NIGHT Paul Hardcastle 60 ( NEW ) BORN AGAIN The Christians 61 ( 35 ) I KNOW YOU GOT SOUL Eric B & Rakim 62 ( 60 ) BAD Michael Jackson 63 ( 33 ) DEVIL INSIDE INXS 64 ( 63 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone 65 ( 64 ) SHAME Eurythmics 66 ( 59 ) PRIVATE PARTY Wally Jump Jnr 67 ( NEW ) SEASONS CHANGE Expose 68 ( 34 ) BASS (HOW LOW CAN YOU GO) Simon Harris 69 ( 68 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys 70 ( NEW ) SEX TALK (LIVE) T'Pau 71 ( NEW ) TELL THAT GIRL TO SHUT UP Transvision Vamp 72 ( 55 ) SAY IT AGAIN Jermaine Stewart 73 ( NEW ) ANGEL Aerosmith 74 ( NEW ) FROM THE HIP Lloyd Cole & The Commotions 75 ( NEW ) ARMAGEDDIN' IT Def Leppard 76 ( RE ) ONE MORE CHANCE Pet Shop Boys Playlist oldies and album tracks of that week 1 ONE MORE CHANCE Pet Shop Boys 2 SOMEBODY WANTS TO LOVE YOU The Partridge Family 3 HERE I GO AGAIN Archie Bell & The Drells 4 DANNY’S SONG Anne Murray |
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10th April 2020, 09:24 PM
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BuzzJack Legend
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lots of nice newies, very eclectic bunch
my favourite is Transvision Vamp's first single... I was totally obsessed with Wendy James for a while, they were one of my fav bands, they were great, but they made 2 amazing albums and disappeared as quick as they have arrived. also liked One More Try, easily the best track from Faith. The Ofra Haza song was genious, and nice to see another non-English song in the charts. The Christians, S'Express, T'Pau, The Jesus & Mary Chain, all good singles. I even like the Expose song even if it was a bit too sappy. The T'Pau song was good but I reckon they chose the wrong single, I would have picked the title track, Bridge of Spies, similar but much better. |
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17th April 2020, 03:17 PM
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QUOTE(Bjork @ Apr 10 2020, 10:24 PM) lots of nice newies, very eclectic bunch my favourite is Transvision Vamp's first single... I was totally obsessed with Wendy James for a while, they were one of my fav bands, they were great, but they made 2 amazing albums and disappeared as quick as they have arrived. also liked One More Try, easily the best track from Faith. The Ofra Haza song was genious, and nice to see another non-English song in the charts. The Christians, S'Express, T'Pau, The Jesus & Mary Chain, all good singles. I even like the Expose song even if it was a bit too sappy. The T'Pau song was good but I reckon they chose the wrong single, I would have picked the title track, Bridge of Spies, similar but much better. Thanks Bjork, Transvision vamp had 2 great singles but never quite managed the switch to a run of big singles which was a shame. Ofra Haza I also loved it being non-English, I always like hearing foreign-language songs (though some languages sound better than others ) |
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