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Popchartfreak View member profile	Aug 26 2015, 07:08 PM Post #41
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 22,812 User: 17,376	24th June 1990 2 weeks on top for You’ve Got A Friend as the highest new entry is a 1966 classic from The Rolling Stones, and quite possibly their best record, Paint It, Black, re-issued after featuring in Vietnam War TV series Tour Of Duty, and a chart entry in the UK and chart-topper in the Netherlands. Dark, inventive use of the sitar (shortly after George Harrison brought it into western pop music) and aggressive, it never gets boring, which is why it still periodically enters the UK singles charts. Into the top 10, Don Pablo’s Animals get the 3rd top 10 version of Venus, and Jeff Lynne keeps his run going (for most ELO singles releases, and The Move singles dating back to 1971. Meanwhile, Diana Ross’ period-common oldies remix (usually with a Soul II Soul shuffle beat) brings I’m Still Waiting back into the 20 for the 3rd time, though the pedestrian dance version isn’t a patch on the lush orchestral original arrangement that hit my top spot in 1976 on re-issue 5 years after first charting. That could also apply to Promised Land and their cover of Something In The Air, the 1969 Thunderclap Newman number one that was also my 3rd ever purchased single. The Bangles actual original version also goes top 20, I’m relieved to say, as they keep on walking like an Egyptian. In at 31, it’s a charity cover version of the 1949 Hank Snow record Nobody’s Child, though the version I knew was Karen Young’s 1969 hit cover. George Harrison also recorded it with Tony Sheridan and George’s mates John and Paul. Tom Petty is also a new entry at 48 with Yer So Bad, as well as a Wilbury, and ditto Jeff Lynne at 10 and as a Wilbury. MC Tunes vs 808 State hit the 40 along with Maxi Priest, and also Craig McClaghlan, while lower down Bob Geldof gets a solo entry 5 years since his first one, and 13 years after his debut Boomtown Rats entry, but he seems indifferent about it. 1 ( 1 ) YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND Big Fun and Sonia featuring Gary Barnacle 2 ( 2 ) SACRIFICE/ HEALING HANDS Elton John 3 ( NEW ) PAINT IT BLACK The Rolling Stones 4 ( 4 ) IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE Roxette 5 ( 3 ) IT’S MY LIFE Talk Talk 6 ( 9 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR The Chimes 7 ( 6 ) HOLD ON Wilson Philips 8 ( 18 ) VENUS Don Pablo’s Animals 9 ( 7 ) DON’T WANNA FALL IN LOVE Jane Child 10 ( 20 ) EVERY LITTLE THING Jeff Lynne -MZBLnk9YOk 11 ( 8 ) DOIN’ THE DO Betty Boo 12 ( 11 ) KILLER Adamski featuring Seal 13 ( 16 ) THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO FAB featuring MC Parker 14 ( 5 ) ROAM The B52’s 15 ( 12 ) DIRTY CASH Adventures Of Stevie V 16 ( 19 ) OOOPS UP Snap! 17 ( 45 ) I’M STILL WAITING (REMIX) Diana Ross 18 ( 10 ) WOULDN’T IT BE NICE The Beach Boys 19 ( 21 ) WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN The Bangles 20 ( NEW ) SOMETHING IN THE AIR Promised Land mtRcJOuWkZQ 21 ( 25 ) THINKING OF YOU Maureen Walsh 22 ( 13 ) REPUTATION Dusty Springfield 23 ( 14 ) THE ONLY ONE I KNOW The Charlatans 24 ( 17 ) STILL GOT THE BLUES Gary Moore 25 ( 15 ) BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW Kylie Minogue 26 ( 26 ) TIME Kim Wilde 27 ( 39 ) U CAN’T TOUCH THIS MC Hammer 28 ( 43 ) LOVE DON’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE Double Trouble 29 ( 29 ) ALRIGHT Janet Jackson 30 ( 23 ) ALL THE YOUNG DUDES Bruce Dickinson 6SqF56nj2LU 31 ( NEW ) NOBODY’S CHILD The Traveling Wilburys 32 ( 35 ) BLACK VELVET Alannah Myles 33 ( 33 ) ESCAPADE Janet Jackson 34 ( 24 ) BODYGUARD The Bee Gees 35 ( 40 ) SPRINGTIME FOR THE WORLD Blow Monkeys 36 ( 49 ) MONA Craig McClaghlan 37 ( 27 ) TIME AFTER TIME The Beloved 38 ( 57 ) THE ONLY RHYME THAT BITES MC Tunes vs 808 State 39 ( 28 ) WON’T TALK ABOUT IT Beats International 40 ( 69 ) CLOSE TO YOU Maxi Priest AN25cGQUPRI 41 ( 41 ) LET IT BE The Beatles 42 ( 32 ) ALL I WANNA DO IS MAKE LOVE TO YOU Heart 43 ( 34 ) VOGUE Madonna 44 ( 42 ) THE POWER Snap! 45 ( 31 ) TEXAS Chris Rea 46 ( 38 ) PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE Was (Not Was) 47 ( 46 ) PERSONAL JESUS Depeche Mode 48 ( NEW ) YER SO BAD Tom Petty 49 ( 30 ) CUTS BOTH WAYS Gloria Estefan 50 ( 75 ) NESSUN DORMA Luciano Pavarotti 51 ( 22 ) YAAAH/ TECHNO TRANCE D-Shake 52 ( NEW ) THE MASTERPLAN Diana Brown and Barrie K. Sharpe 53 ( 58 ) GHETTO HEAVEN The Family Stand 54 ( 52 ) BLUE SAVANNAH Erasure 55 ( 55 ) LOADED Primal Scream 56 ( 63 ) ENJOY THE SILENCE Depeche Mode 57 ( 56 ) JUST LIKE JESSE JAMES Cher 58 ( 48 ) OPPOSITES ATTRACT Paula Abdul featuring The Wild Pair 59 ( 71 ) OH GIRL Paul Young 60 ( 50 ) KINGSTON TOWN UB40 61 ( 67 ) FREE-STYLE MEGAMIX Bobby Brown 62 ( 36 ) HEAR THE DRUMMER (GO WICKED) Chad Jackson 63 ( RE ) MESSAGE IN THE BOX World Party 64 ( 62 ) HERE WE ARE Gloria Estefan 65 ( 66 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 66 ( 59 ) LOVE SHACK The B52’s 67 ( 64 ) DANGEROUS Roxette 68 ( 60 ) LOVE WILL LEAD YOU BACK Taylor Dayne 69 ( 37 ) ISTANBUL (NOT CONSTANTINOPLE) They Might Be Giants 70 ( NEW ) WHO’S LAW IS IT ANYWAY Guru Josh 71 ( NEW ) MOVE AWAY JIMMT BLUE Del Amitri 72 ( NEW ) GREAT SONG OF INDIFFERENCE Bob Geldof 73 ( 74 ) THIS WOMAN’S WORK Kate Bush 74 ( 61 ) MADLY IN LOVE Bros 75 ( NEW ) STEP BY STEP New Kids On The Block In real life, the niece and nephew were back at home with me and their mum, and Vicki said she missed me when they were away (aaah, sweet!). Having wasted my money on an MSX music computer 5 years earlier which was neither one thing nor the other, I opted for a new Amstrad 9512 for the hugely expensive price of £576 - bear in mind they were glorified typewriters in those days and that would be like paying a couple of thousand for one now while on low wages! Ouch!


Popchartfreak View member profile	Nov 28 2015, 04:18 PM Post #42
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 22,812 User: 17,376	1st July 1990 Only a top 40 for 3 weeks, as I foolishly decided to join the modern world and switch to a long-dead PC format for my charts, and print out my top 75. After 3 weeks I decided I didn’t like it and reverted back, just as well as I can’t find the print-outs for the full top 75 at the mo, so I only have the top 40 in pencil notepad format. There’s a lot to be said for pencil! So anyway, joining the dance remix party, and straight in at 1, it’s the classic Timmy Thomas 1973 UK hit, Why Can’t We Live Together. The original is still the best, and had peaked at 2, but that gooooorgeous organ sound and sentiment are still on show here with Soul II Soul shuffles, and mixed with sound footage of Martin Luther King Jr classic speeches for added impact. Sadly, both the original video and record are subject to copyright disputes (I assume) as the versions online have removed all of the MLK speeches - yes, in the true spirit of unity, MLK’s family feel that the speeches designed to bring equality to all, are not historical news items for the betterment of mankind, they need paying first, even though the writer has been dead nearly 50 years. I’m sure it’s what he would have wanted.... Timmy Thomas is still alive, and I’m sure Drake has given him credit for sampling the classic organ riffs, speeding them up and still end up being the best part of current hit Hotline Bling. Jeff Lynne goes top 5, with Every Little Thing, just ahead of the Something In The Air remake at 6, 60’s TV show theme Thunderbirds Are Go remake at 7, and a new peak for the joint UK and US mix of Alright for Janet Jackson. The UK dance scene was splitting away from the US in a big way, meaning big names like Janet had to remix album tracks to get a hit, this time with Heavy D rap. The Jam & Lewis original is the best. Meanwhile Double Trouble go top 10 with an update of Rose Royce. At number 12 it’s an original song! It was a flop, sadly, but it’s gorgeous, a cowboy themed ethereal harmonic gem. Ms Inga Humpe is German, and Trevor Horn is on production duties, so it is of course immaculate. In the UK Inga and her older sis Annette were known as Swimming With Sharks, and had charted in 1988 with Careless Love. Meanwhile, don’t worry, it’s another soul cover Soul II Soul style as Joanna Law does a good version of Roberta Flack at 18, First Time Ever - no face to see in the title though. Maureen Walsh goes top 20 with her Sister Sledge cover, Luciano Pavarotti goes top 40 with his rousing cover of Nessun Dorma, and we finally get 3 actual new songs: Aztec Camera’s Crying Scene at 33, An Emotional Fish Celebrate at 35 and The Rolling Stones join their own classic Paint It Black, at 38 with Almost Hear You Sigh. Almost hear me sigh when comparing 60’s classic to 90’s MOR. Doh! tndKfuih4aM 1 ( NEW ) WHU CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas 2 ( 1 ) YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND Big Fun and Sonia featuring Gary Barnacle 3 ( 4 ) IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE Roxette 4 ( 2 ) SACRIFICE/ HEALING HANDS Elton John 5 ( 10 ) EVERY LITTLE THING Jeff Lynne 6 ( 20 ) SOMETHING IN THE AIR Promised Land 7 ( 13 ) THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO FAB featuring MC Parker 8 ( 29 ) ALRIGHT (UK/USA versions) Janet Jackson 9 ( 3 ) PAINT IT BLACK The Rolling Stones 10 ( 28 ) LOVE DON’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE Double Trouble 11 ( 17 ) I’M STILL WAITING (REMIX) Diana Ross 12 ( NEW ) RIDING INTO BLUE Inga 13 ( 5 ) IT’S MY LIFE Talk Talk 14 ( 7 ) HOLD ON Wilson Philips 15 ( 16 ) OOOPS UP Snap! 16 ( 11 ) DOIN’ THE DO Betty Boo 17 ( 9 ) DON’T WANNA FALL IN LOVE Jane Child 18 ( NEW ) FIRST TIME EVER Joanna Law 19 ( 21 ) THINKING OF YOU Maureen Walsh 20 ( 6 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR The Chimes 2D3VS2_F7k4 21 ( 8 ) VENUS Don Pablo’s Animals 22 ( 12 ) KILLER Adamski featuring Seal 23 ( 27 ) U CAN’T TOUCH THIS MC Hammer 24 ( 15 ) DIRTY CASH Adventures Of Stevie V 25 ( 14 ) ROAM The B52’s 26 ( 18 ) WOULDN’T IT BE NICE The Beach Boys 27 ( 50 ) NESSUN DORMA Luciano Pavarotti 28 ( 31 ) NOBODY’S CHILD The Traveling Wilburys 29 ( 40 ) CLOSE TO YOU Maxi Priest 30 ( 35 ) SPRINGTIME FOR THE WORLD Blow Monkeys 31 ( 38 ) THE ONLY RHYME THAT BITES MC Tunes vs 808 State 32 ( 22 ) REPUTATION Dusty Springfield 33 ( NEW ) THE CRYING SCENE Aztec Camera 34 ( 19 ) WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN The Bangles 35 ( 36 ) MONA Craig McClaghlan 36 ( NEW ) CELEBRATE An Emotional Fish 37 ( 24 ) STILL GOT THE BLUES Gary Moore 38 ( NEW ) ALMOST HEAR YOU SIGH The Rolling Stones 39 ( 25 ) BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW Kylie Minogue 40 ( 63 ) MESSAGE IN THE BOX World Party Jeg4mQMVGNg 41 ( 32 ) BLACK VELVET Alannah Myles 42 ( 33 ) ESCAPADE Janet Jackson 43 ( 26 ) TIME Kim Wilde 44 ( RE ) ANOTHER NIGHT Jason Donovan 45 ( 41 ) LET IT BE The Beatles 46 ( 34 ) BODYGUARD The Bee Gees 47 ( NEW ) SHE AIN’T WORTH IT Glen Medeiros and Bobby Brown 48 ( 48 ) YER SO BAD Tom Petty 49 ( 47 ) PERSONAL JESUS Depeche Mode 50 ( 44 ) THE POWER Snap! 51 ( 42 ) ALL I WANNA DO IS MAKE LOVE TO YOU Heart 52 ( 23 ) THE ONLY ONE I KNOW The Charlatans 53 ( 43 ) VOGUE Madonna 54 ( 39 ) WON’T TALK ABOUT IT Beats International 55 ( 30 ) ALL THE YOUNG DUDES Bruce Dickinson 56 ( 56 ) ENJOY THE SILENCE Depeche Mode 57 ( 57 ) JUST LIKE JESSE JAMES Cher 58 ( 59 ) OH GIRL Paul Young 59 ( 54 ) BLUE SAVANNAH Erasure 60 ( 53 ) GHETTO HEAVEN The Family Stand 61 ( 72 ) GREAT SONG OF INDIFFERENCE Bob Geldof 62 ( 55 ) LOADED Primal Scream 63 ( 45 ) TEXAS Chris Rea 64 ( 71 ) MOVE AWAY JIMMY BLUE Del Amitri 65 ( 65 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 66 ( 46 ) PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE Was (Not Was) 67 ( 66 ) LOVE SHACK The B52’s 68 ( 64 ) HERE WE ARE Gloria Estefan 69 ( 37 ) TIME AFTER TIME The Beloved 70 ( 58 ) OPPOSITES ATTRACT Paula Abdul featuring The Wild Pair 71 ( NEW ) BIRD ON A WIRE The Neville Brothers 72 ( 52 ) THE MASTERPLAN Diana Brown and Barrie K. Sharpe 73 ( 73 ) THIS WOMAN’S WORK Kate Bush 74 ( 60 ) KINGSTON TOWN UB40 75 ( NEW ) TREAT ME RIGHT Yazz OLDIES/PLAYLIST 1 REPUTATION (LP) Dusty Springfield 2 ANGIE The Rolling Stones 3 LOOK SHARP (LP) Roxette In my world, lots of checking and sorting stuff in the parks and schools of the Council, in my new role as contracts supervisor, at home I tried to get the niece and nephew into DC Comics. It didn’t work, though more recent ones like Batman, at least! On TV The Terminator, a film I’d avoided cos it had Arnold Schwarzenegger in it, turned out to be rather good, and has improved with age.


Popchartfreak View member profile	Dec 29 2015, 07:55 PM Post #43
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 22,812 User: 17,376	8th July 1990 2 weeks on top for Timmy Thomas’ remix, presiding over a deluge of covers and remixes and reissues in the top 40 - there’s another week of missing chart data to go before normal top 75 service is resumed! Jeff Lynne is up to 3, beating a host of ELO big hits, with Every Little Thing, and months late Janet Jackson’s Alright at 4 as it becomes a UK hit. Inga Humpe (to give her full name) is into the top 10 with the brilliant Trevor Horn Riding Into Blue, and Nessun Dorma brings opera into the top 20. Aztec Camera have 7 years of top 20 entries as The Crying Scene leaps to 19, and Maxi Priest has 6 years as Close To You hits 20. River City People cover The Mamas & The Papas 60’s classic and are rewarded with the highest new entry - it’s not a patch on the original, witness it finally going into the UK top 10 in 1997, and topping my chart for 15 consecutive weeks, still a record. Bob Geldof finally stops being indifferent and enters the 40 4 years since he last did it, and 13 years since he first hit the Boomtown. Tom Petty, also of the Class of ’77, adds to his growing list Yer So Bad, Michael Bolton whacks off another entry, one of his better ones, and Glenn Medeiros makes my charts where his big UK chart-topper failed, with a bit of an assist from Bobby Brown, another Class Of ’83, along with Aztec Camera. 1 ( 1 ) WHU CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas 2 ( 2 ) YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND Big Fun and Sonia featuring Gary Barnacle 3 ( 5 ) EVERY LITTLE THING Jeff Lynne 4 ( 8 ) ALRIGHT (UK/USA versions) Janet Jackson 5 ( 3 ) IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE Roxette 6 ( 4 ) SACRIFICE/ HEALING HANDS Elton John 7 ( 7 ) THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO FAB featuring MC Parker 8 ( 10 ) LOVE DON’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE Double Trouble 9 ( 12 ) RIDING INTO BLUE Inga 10 ( 6 ) SOMETHING IN THE AIR Promised Land QnG4MrPAgMY 11 ( 11 ) I’M STILL WAITING (REMIX) Diana Ross 12 ( 9 ) PAINT IT BLACK The Rolling Stones 13 ( 18 ) FIRST TIME EVER Joanna Law 14 ( 19 ) THINKING OF YOU Maureen Walsh 15 ( 13 ) IT’S MY LIFE Talk Talk 16 ( 27 ) NESSUN DORMA Luciano Pavarotti 17 ( 14 ) HOLD ON Wilson Philips 18 ( 15 ) OOOPS UP Snap! 19 ( 33 ) THE CRYING SCENE Aztec Camera 20 ( 29 ) CLOSE TO YOU Maxi Priest otCpCn0l4Wo 21 ( 31 ) THE ONLY RHYME THAT BITES MC Tunes vs 808 State 22 ( 23 ) U CAN’T TOUCH THIS MC Hammer 23 ( 22 ) KILLER Adamski featuring Seal 24 ( 16 ) DOIN’ THE DO Betty Boo 25 ( 35 ) MONA Craig McClaghlan 26 ( NEW ) CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ River City People 27 ( 17 ) DON’T WANNA FALL IN LOVE Jane Child 28 ( 38 ) ALMOST HEAR YOU SIGH The Rolling Stones 29 ( 36 ) CELEBRATE An Emotional Fish 30 ( ? ) GREAT SONG OF INDIFFERENCE Bob Geldof WdRViFCvvUo 31 ( 24 ) DIRTY CASH Adventures Of Stevie V 32 ( 32 ) REPUTATION Dusty Springfield 33 ( 20 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR The Chimes 34 ( 26 ) WOULDN’T IT BE NICE The Beach Boys 35 ( ? ) YER SO BAD Tom Petty 36 ( 40 ) MESSAGE IN THE BOX World Party 37 ( NEW ) SHE AIN’T WORTH IT Glen Medeiros and Bobby Brown 38 ( 21 ) VENUS Don Pablo’s Animals 39 ( NEW ) BACK ON MY FEET AGAIN Michael Bolton 40 ( 25 ) ROAM The B52’s ALU23yoRPm4 41 ( 41 ) BLACK VELVET Alannah Myles 42 ( 44 ) ANOTHER NIGHT Jason Donovan 43 ( 42 ) ESCAPADE Janet Jackson 44 ( RE ) I WANNA BE RICH Calloway 45 ( 45 ) LET IT BE The Beatles 46 ( 28 ) NOBODY’S CHILD The Traveling Wilburys 47 ( 39 ) BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW Kylie Minogue 48 ( 58 ) OH GIRL Paul Young 49 ( 34 ) WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN The Bangles 50 ( 30 ) SPRINGTIME FOR THE WORLD Blow Monkeys 51 ( 49 ) PERSONAL JESUS Depeche Mode 52 ( 50 ) THE POWER Snap! 53 ( 37 ) STILL GOT THE BLUES Gary Moore 54 ( NEW ) I’M FREE The Soup Dragons featuring Junior Reid 55 ( 56 ) ENJOY THE SILENCE Depeche Mode 56 ( NEW ) SHE COMES IN THE FALL The Inspiral Carpets 57 ( 46 ) BODYGUARD The Bee Gees 58 ( 57 ) JUST LIKE JESSE JAMES Cher 59 ( NEW ) THIS CAN BE REAL Candy Flip 60 ( 51 ) ALL I WANNA DO IS MAKE LOVE TO YOU Heart 61 ( 60 ) GHETTO HEAVEN The Family Stand 62 ( 59 ) BLUE SAVANNAH Erasure 63 ( 53 ) VOGUE Madonna 64 ( NEW ) NAKED IN THE RAIN Blue Pearl 65 ( 65 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 66 ( 62 ) LOADED Primal Scream 67 ( NEW ) I LOVE MUSIC Daryl Pandy 68 ( 54 ) WON’T TALK ABOUT IT Beats International 69 ( 67 ) LOVE SHACK The B52’s 70 ( 43 ) TIME Kim Wilde 71 ( 68 ) HERE WE ARE Gloria Estefan 72 ( NEW ) KNOCKED OUT Paula Abdul 73 ( 73 ) THIS WOMAN’S WORK Kate Bush 74 ( NEW ) ONLY YOUR LOVE Bananarama 75 ( 70 ) OPPOSITES ATTRACT Paula Abdul featuring The Wild Pair playlist 1 DAYDREAMING Dusty Springfield 2 WINDY The Association 3 DOWNEASTER ALEXA Billy Joel At work, in Bournemouth’s coastal cliffside Alum Chine Tropical Gardens, I picked up some Trachycarpus fortunei (Chusan Palm) seeds, took ‘em home, and indulged my new hobby of growing exotic plants from seeds - one of them sprouted, shooted, lived happily indoors in a pot for a few years and then stepped outside into the back garden. It’s now 30 years old and 30 foot high, hooray! Played Peter at tennis, unlike squash where he thrashes me, t’other way around for tennis - 6-0, 6-1, 2-1. England lost to West Germany in the World Cup, and on TV it was Sticky Moments With Julian Clary, MASH, Top Of The Pops, LA Law, and Blackadder II, while at Wimbledon Steffi Graf went out to Zina Garrison.


Popchartfreak View member profile	Dec 30 2015, 05:44 PM Post #44
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 22,812 User: 17,376	15th July 1990 3 weeks for Timmy Thomas’ classic on top, albeit remixed, and Inga rides the top 5, as the highest new entry is in at 10, and it’s another Rolling Stones song, covered baggy rave stylee by Soup Dragons, I’m Free Mr. Humphreys, and it’s rather fab, irreverent, joyful and lively, with a bit of toasting to boot. River City People dream into the 20, and Paul Young finally gets his Chi-Lites cover of Oh Girl into the top 20 after a few weeks pottering about outside the 40. The Beloved pop back to a new peak, Time After Time, 22, and new at 24 Suzanne Vega is back after a while away, but she’s been remixed! Of course she has, it’s 1990, everything was remixed, but this one took the slightly annoying acapella original and added groovy dance beats, so improving Tom’s Diner. Blue Pearl debut with the great danceclub soul of Naked In The Rain at 28, and Inspiral Carpets return with follow-up She Comes In The Fall at 30. At 35, Go West come back after a break for 5 years of hits, with a song from the Pretty Woman soundtrack, a ballad, and their best song, the fabulous King Of Wishful Thinking. I still haven’t seen the movie so I have not been swayed by the soundtrack, it’s just a great record, and still sounded good when they did it a couple of months ago in concert, late 2015! That leaves only new entry Lovely Thing from the Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra, who are what they say on the label, and why not?! 1 ( 1 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas 2 ( 3 ) EVERY LITTLE THING Jeff Lynne 3 ( 2 ) YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND Big Fun and Sonia featuring Gary Barnacle 4 ( 4 ) ALRIGHT (UK/USA versions) Janet Jackson 5 ( 9 ) RIDING INTO BLUE Inga 6 ( 5 ) IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE Roxette 7 ( 8 ) LOVE DON’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE Double Trouble 8 ( 6 ) SACRIFICE/ HEALING HANDS Elton John 9 ( 7 ) THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO FAB featuring MC Parker 10 ( NEW ) I’M FREE The Soup Dragons featuring Junior Reid ZVGf3ePIO04 11 ( 13 ) FIRST TIME EVER Joanna Law 12 ( 19 ) THE CRYING SCENE Aztec Camera 13 ( 12 ) PAINT IT BLACK The Rolling Stones 14 ( 26 ) CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ River City People 15 ( ? ) OH GIRL Paul Young 16 ( 16 ) NESSUN DORMA Luciano Pavarotti 17 ( 20 ) CLOSE TO YOU Maxi Priest 18 ( 21 ) THE ONLY RHYME THAT BITES MC Tunes vs 808 State 19 ( 10 ) SOMETHING IN THE AIR Promised Land 20 ( 25 ) MONA Craig McClaghlan e2ZW_uTlhEQ 21 ( 17 ) HOLD ON Wilson Philips 22 ( ? ) TIME AFTER TIME The Beloved 23 ( 15 ) IT’S MY LIFE Talk Talk 24 ( NEW ) TOM’S DINER DNA featuring Suzanne Vega 25 ( 11 ) I’M STILL WAITING (REMIX) Diana Ross 26 ( 39 ) BACK ON MY FEET AGAIN Michael Bolton 27 ( 35 ) YER SO BAD Tom Petty 28 ( NEW ) NAKED IN THE RAIN Blue Pearl 29 ( 14 ) THINKING OF YOU Maureen Walsh 30 ( NEW ) SHE COMES IN THE FALL The Inspiral Carpets 31 ( 23 ) KILLER Adamski featuring Seal 32 ( 24 ) DOIN’ THE DO Betty Boo 33 ( 37 ) SHE AIN’T WORTH IT Glen Medeiros and Bobby Brown 34 ( 18 ) OOOPS UP Snap! 35 ( NEW ) KING OF WISHFUL THINKING Go West 36 ( 22 ) U CAN’T TOUCH THIS MC Hammer 37 ( 27 ) DON’T WANNA FALL IN LOVE Jane Child 38 ( NEW ) LOVELY THING Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra 39 ( 31 ) DIRTY CASH Adventures Of Stevie V 40 ( 34 ) WOULDN’T IT BE NICE The Beach Boys MLSGYZpsg9k 41 ( 41 ) BLACK VELVET Alannah Myles 42 ( NEW ) THE DOWNEASTER ALEXA Billy Joel 43 ( 29 ) CELEBRATE An Emotional Fish 44 ( 43 ) ESCAPADE Janet Jackson 45 ( 45 ) LET IT BE The Beatles 46 ( 40 ) ROAM The B52’s 47 ( 72 ) KNOCKED OUT Paula Abdul 48 ( 28 ) ALMOST HEAR YOU SIGH The Rolling Stones 49 ( 32 ) REPUTATION Dusty Springfield 50 ( 33 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR The Chimes 51 ( NEW ) WEAR YOU TO THE BALL UB40 52 ( 38 ) VENUS Don Pablo’s Animals 53 ( 42 ) ANOTHER NIGHT Jason Donovan 54 ( 44 ) I WANNA BE RICH Calloway 55 ( 51 ) PERSONAL JESUS Depeche Mode 56 ( 30 ) GREAT SONG OF INDIFFERENCE Bob Geldof 57 ( NEW ) GIMME SOME LOVIN’ Thunder 58 ( 55 ) ENJOY THE SILENCE Depeche Mode 59 ( 59 ) THIS CAN BE REAL Candy Flip 60 ( 52 ) THE POWER Snap! 61 ( 58 ) JUST LIKE JESSE JAMES Cher 62 ( NEW ) MORE THAN ONE KIND OF LOVE Joan Armatrading 63 ( 61 ) GHETTO HEAVEN The Family Stand 64 ( 65 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 65 ( NEW ) VISION OF YOU Belinda Carlisle 66 ( 62 ) BLUE SAVANNAH Erasure 67 ( 47 ) BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW Kylie Minogue 68 ( NEW ) STRUNG OUT Wendy & Lisa 69 ( 69 ) LOVE SHACK The B52’s 70 ( NEW ) MEGACHIC - CHIC MEDLEY Chic 71 ( 73 ) THIS WOMAN’S WORK Kate Bush 72 ( 66 ) LOADED Primal Scream 73 ( NEW ) I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW The Hothouse Flowers 74 ( NEW ) ONE LOVE The Stone Roses 75 ( NEW ) LOVING YOU Massivo featuring Tracie playlist 1 DAYDREAMING Dusty Springfield 2 BAMBOLEO Gypsy Kings 3 I JUST WANT TO STAY HERE Dusty Springfield PRINCE AT WEMBLEY ARENA 1 Take Me With U 2 1999 3 Nothin’ Compares 2 U 4 Kiss 5 Batdance At home, I decided I didn’t like how time-consuming doing my charts on the computer was, so that was that for 7 years until technology caught up enough to speed things up, and I went back to paper and pencil, fortunately, as the technology is long dead. I’m still trying to convert Microsoft Works spreadsheets and documents from 1997 through 2014 to so-called Microsoft 360. 360 is the number of days it takes to open your old files cos Works is also a dead system apparently. The PC biz, like the music biz, like to keep changing formats to keep their profits healthy, very annoyingly. At Wimbledon, Martina Navratilova beat Zina Garrison, Edberg over Becker, and on Monday it was a day in London, at art gallery’s (David Shepherd, among others), Virgin Records (Magnum, the band, were signing records) before tubing it to... PRINCE IN CONCERT AT WEMBLEY ARENA, LONDON, JULY 9TH 1990 It got off to a bad start as I had my radio-cassette taken off me by security, having to check it in. Prince, even in those days, was and is obsessive over copyright, even shittily-recorded tinny souvenir copies, and photographs taken from a mile away. This anti-fan attitude eventually killed his career on record (having gone media insane with squiggle/TAFKAP), I think I only bothered buying one more Prince album after this Graffiti Bridge tour. To his credit Mavis Staples was the support, and terrific to hear 18-years-old fave of mine I’ll Take You There, and Respect Yourself. Less creditable was the long, bloody wait for Prince to hit the stage, but once he did....! Everything written about Prince and his brilliant live performances is true, he’s charismatic, visually impressive, inventive, professional, a great dancer, an erotic mover, and great sets. Nothing Compares 2 U, 1999, both highlights, Housequake funky, Purple Rain (never a fave of mine) sounded like a real Stadium Anthem in it’s natural environment, and the mostly-young audience were well into the whole mood by now. Take Me With U was instantly a new fave of mine, I was converted to it’s appeal, Kiss was excellent, though his newer piano-ballads were less appealing to me. Alphabet Street, Batdance, Partyman and that was that. “Probably the best concert I’ve seen” was my closing remark - and this is despite NOT doing When Doves Cry, Sign O The Times, Let’s Go Crazy, U Got The Look and so on. Had he done those and dropped the more forgettable album tracks, the “probably” would have become “definitely”. At work, we had yet another reorganisation (this happens all the time in local government, at regular intervals every few years) which meant some would be moved out of the Town Hall, but not me. At home I did some drawings with young Gavin, and mate Jason popped round to organise our Paris trip. We met up again last week, it’s rather reassuring to find some things can last 25 years, yay! I now do drawings for Gav’s kids, he’s kinda grown out of that himself...


Popchartfreak View member profile	Dec 31 2015, 08:15 PM Post #45
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 22,812 User: 17,376	22nd July 1990 4 weeks or Timmy Thomas topping, as the full 75 countdown comes back, without any last week figures for those outside the top 40, except the new entries, or those that entered inside the 40 for the first time (which are treated as new entries). Highest new entry is Cher in rockin’ mode at 2, with an album track I already loved, You Wouldn’t Know Love, keeping Janet Jackson at 3, and both already having topped the chart in 1990. I never thought it would happen, but Michael ‘Mullet’ Bolton shoots into my top 10 with a good single, as Paula Abdul reissues Knocked Out to improved chart position, in at 17. Fresh from the concert, Prince enters at 23 with the fab Thieves In The Temple - no youtube obviously - and Thunder roar in at 24 with a cover of The Spencer Davis Group’s Gimme Some Lovin’, a Steve Winwood song. Calloway finally make the 40, Candy Flip follow-up at 39, and The Stone Roses hit 40, with One Love. Lower down, UB40 are wearing us to the ball, at 45, Gun shoot in at 52, some superhero leatherbacks pop in with a kiddie tune at 59, Sinead O’Connor baldly follows up her classic cover, and Dream Warriors are apparently wearing our face, albeit tunefully, in their sink. It sounds distasteful, but isn’t at all. ZZ Top return with a song from fab classic movie Back To The Future III - they perform it old-western-style in the fillum, to boot - Doubleback, and finally Madonna is also in a new movie, the fairly dull Dick Tracy with beau Warren Beatty, and treats us all to her worst-ever single, the awful Hanky Panky. It is supposed to be pastiche 40’s, but is just childishly annoying - I have the soundtrack album, and there are actually really nice 40’s pastiche tracks like Now I’m Following You or Sooner Or Later which might not have sold as much but would have left no nasty after-taste! 1 ( 1 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas 2 ( NEW ) YOU WOULDN’T KNOW LOVE Cher 3 ( 4 ) ALRIGHT (UK/USA versions) Janet Jackson 4 ( 3 ) YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND Big Fun and Sonia featuring Gary Barnacle 5 ( 2 ) EVERY LITTLE THING Jeff Lynne 6 ( 6 ) IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE Roxette 7 ( 5 ) RIDING INTO BLUE Inga 8 ( 26 ) BACK ON MY FEET AGAIN Michael Bolton 9 ( 10 ) I’M FREE The Soup Dragons featuring Junior Reid 10 ( 8 ) SACRIFICE/ HEALING HANDS Elton John eKhxAGUtTok 11 ( 14 ) CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ River City People 12 ( 7 ) LOVE DON’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE Double Trouble 13 ( 9 ) THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO FAB featuring MC Parker 14 ( 15 ) OH GIRL Paul Young 15 ( 28 ) NAKED IN THE RAIN Blue Pearl 16 ( 22 ) TIME AFTER TIME The Beloved 17 ( NEW ) KNOCKED OUT Paula Abdul 18 ( 20 ) MONA Craig McClaghlan 19 ( 24 ) TOM’S DINER DNA featuring Suzanne Vega 20 ( 11 ) FIRST TIME EVER Joanna Law 21 ( 12 ) THE CRYING SCENE Aztec Camera 22 ( 13 ) PAINT IT BLACK The Rolling Stones 23 ( NEW ) THIEVES IN THE TEMPLE Prince 24 ( NEW ) GIMME SOME LOVIN’ Thunder 25 ( 30 ) SHE COMES IN THE FALL The Inspiral Carpets 26 ( 35 ) KING OF WISHFUL THINKING Go West 27 ( 21 ) HOLD ON Wilson Philips 28 ( 18 ) THE ONLY RHYME THAT BITES MC Tunes vs 808 State 29 ( 23 ) IT’S MY LIFE Talk Talk 30 ( 17 ) CLOSE TO YOU Maxi Priest 31 ( 19 ) SOMETHING IN THE AIR Promised Land 32 ( 16 ) NESSUN DORMA Luciano Pavarotti 33 ( RE ) I WANNA BE RICH Calloway 34 ( 38 ) LOVELY THING Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra 35 ( 33 ) SHE AIN’T WORTH IT Glen Medeiros and Bobby Brown 36 ( ? ) LOVE WILL LEAD YOU BACK Taylor Dayne 37 ( 31 ) KILLER Adamski featuring Seal 38 ( 25 ) I’M STILL WAITING (REMIX) Diana Ross 39 ( NEW ) THIS CAN BE REAL Candy Flip 40 ( NEW ) ONE LOVE The Stone Roses 60qyfdcAOGE 41 ( ? ) BLACK VELVET Alannah Myles 42 ( 32 ) DOIN’ THE DO Betty Boo 43 ( ? ) ESCAPADE Janet Jackson 44 ( 40 ) WOULDN’T IT BE NICE The Beach Boys 45 ( NEW ) WEAR YOU TO THE BALL UB40 46 ( 36 ) U CAN’T TOUCH THIS MC Hammer 47 ( ? ) LET IT BE The Beatles 48 ( 39 ) DIRTY CASH Adventures Of Stevie V 49 ( ? ) VISION OF YOU Belinda Carlisle 50 ( 27 ) YER SO BAD Tom Petty 51 ( 37 ) DON’T WANNA FALL IN LOVE Jane Child 52 ( NEW ) SHAME ON YOU GUN 53 ( 34 ) OOOPS UP Snap! 54 ( ? ) ALMOST HEAR YOU SIGH The Rolling Stones 55 ( NEW ) HANKY PANKY Madonna 56 ( ? ) REPUTATION Dusty Springfield 57 ( ? ) ROAM The B52’s 58 ( ? ) PERSONAL JESUS Depeche Mode 59 ( NEW ) TURTLE POWER Partners In Kryme 60 ( ? ) ENJOY THE SILENCE Depeche Mode 61 ( 29 ) THINKING OF YOU Maureen Walsh 62 ( ? ) THE DOWNEASTER ALEXA Billy Joel 63 ( ? ) JUST LIKE JESSE JAMES Cher 64 ( ? ) THE POWER Snap! 65 ( ? ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 66 ( ? ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR The Chimes 67 ( NEW ) EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES Sinead O’Connor 68 ( ? ) GHETTO HEAVEN The Family Stand 69 ( NEW ) WEAR YOUR FACE IN MY SINK Dream Warriors 70 ( ? ) LOVE SHACK The B52’s 71 ( ? ) THIS WOMAN’S WORK Kate Bush 72 ( NEW ) ROCKIN’ OVER THE BEAT Technotronic featuring Ya Kid K 73 ( NEW ) UNSKINNY BOP Poison 74 ( ? ) LOADED Primal Scream 75 ( NEW ) DOUBLEBACK ZZ Top y9zw_79tlgM Pmk2G7sn_00 OLDIES CHART 1 THE LEGEND OF XANADU Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 2 SECRET LOVE Kathy Kirby 3 GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME Tom Jones u81CTfbc99c On my oldies chart, I’ve clearly reverted to childhood, as all 3 would have been chart-toppers in the 60’s when I loved them to bits, and Xanadu actually did top my chart in the 21st century. Kathy Kirby’s uptempo cover of Doris Day’s brilliant Secret Love was gloriously OTT, and I was mad on Kathy Kirby when I was 5 or 6 years old. Tom’s dark execution ballad Green Grass is still well known, and high-time I charted it! A new greatest hits CD please Tom! The weather this week was scorching hot, and we had friends of mum’s down, Pat, Gary & Nathan, while at the cinema I went to see the final part of the Back To The Future trilogy, a near-perfect trio of films that I love to this day, NEVER tire of seeing them. The western setting of the 3rd slightly disappointed me at the time, but as Western romp these days I love it. Lots of college friends getting in touch a decade on, Alan, Sue rang me, and Paul & Sheila arranged to come down next week. In my pond, I noticed one of the river-caught fish was still alive, and HUGE - I watched it eat a wasp! At work, I was surveying schools in Bournemouth, and on TV an episode of Cheers I’d seen in Florida in March aired in the UK.


Popchartfreak View member profile	Jan 1 2016, 04:26 PM Post #46
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 22,812 User: 17,376	29th July 1990 It’s a new entry at 1 for Roxette - or 2 re-entries, depending on how you view it - as 2 previous American big hits that didn’t hit in the UK, but made my charts, are issued together. Dangerous was the one I preferred, but Listen To Your Heart grew on me more. That gives Roxette 3 tracks in my top 6, not bad! Fresh off seeing him live, Prince shoots up to 3, while his Mavis Staples track enters at 60, her first chart action since 1974! Suzanne Vega remixed hits the top 5, while Sting remixed by top remixer Ben Liebrand enters at 52, improving on the more laid-back original song about gay cultural icon Quentin Crisp - well, at the time it seemed like an improvement, the original sounds good these days. Paula Abdul gets a 3rd top 10, knocked out she is, while old-timers Elton and Phil go straight into my 20 with fairly average tracks, for some reason, at 20 and 19 respectively. For another mystifying reason, some Turtles shoot up to 25, and Technotronic go top 40, as do the much more welcome Human League having a comeback minor UK hit with Heart Like A Wheel, and I was very happy to see ‘em back. Heart, Blow Monkeys, and Jon Bon Jovi’s solo cowboy movie theme all pop in fresh, but the best of the new bunch lower down is Bananarama’s Only Your Love - essentially a cheeky nick of the Rolling Stones Sympathy For The Devil’s “woo-hoo”s grafted over a new dance track, and it works beautifully. VFNRh26TPmM 1 ( NEW ) LISTEN TO YOUR HEART/ DANGEROUS Roxette 2 ( 1 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas 3 ( 23 ) THIEVES IN THE TEMPLE Prince 4 ( 2 ) YOU WOULDN’T KNOW LOVE Cher 5 ( 19 ) TOM’S DINER DNA featuring Suzanne Vega 6 ( 6 ) IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE Roxette 7 ( 9 ) I’M FREE The Soup Dragons featuring Junior Reid 8 ( 4 ) YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND Big Fun and Sonia featuring Gary Barnacle 9 ( 3 ) ALRIGHT (UK/USA versions) Janet Jackson 10 ( 17 ) KNOCKED OUT Paula Abdul 11 ( 7 ) RIDING INTO BLUE Inga 12 ( 15 ) NAKED IN THE RAIN Blue Pearl 13 ( 8 ) BACK ON MY FEET AGAIN Michael Bolton 14 ( 5 ) EVERY LITTLE THING Jeff Lynne 15 ( 11 ) CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ River City People 16 ( 13 ) THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO FAB featuring MC Parker 17 ( 10 ) SACRIFICE/ HEALING HANDS Elton John 18 ( 26 ) KING OF WISHFUL THINKING Go West 19 ( NEW ) THAT’S JUST THE WAY IT IS Phil Collins 20 ( NEW ) CLUB AT THE END OF THE STREET/ WHISPERS Elton John 21 ( 12 ) LOVE DON’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE Double Trouble 22 ( 16 ) TIME AFTER TIME The Beloved 23 ( 14 ) OH GIRL Paul Young 24 ( 24 ) GIMME SOME LOVIN’ Thunder 25 ( 59 ) TURTLE POWER Partners In Kryme 26 ( 72 ) ROCKIN’ OVER THE BEAT Technotronic featuring Ya Kid K 27 ( 20 ) FIRST TIME EVER Joanna Law 28 ( 27 ) HOLD ON Wilson Philips 29 ( 34 ) LOVELY THING Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra 30 ( 18 ) MONA Craig McClaghlan 31 ( 29 ) IT’S MY LIFE Talk Talk 32 ( 36 ) LOVE WILL LEAD YOU BACK Taylor Dayne 33 ( 25 ) SHE COMES IN THE FALL The Inspiral Carpets 34 ( 21 ) THE CRYING SCENE Aztec Camera 35 ( NEW ) DOIN’ OUR OWN DANG The Jungle Brothers 36 ( 22 ) PAINT IT BLACK The Rolling Stones 37 ( 40 ) ONE LOVE The Stone Roses 38 ( 37 ) KILLER Adamski featuring Seal 39 ( NEW ) HEART LIKE A WHEEL Human League 40 ( NEW ) I DIDN’T WANT TO NEED YOU Heart nz-_FFb6OQU 41 ( 41 ) BLACK VELVET Alannah Myles 42 ( 43 ) ESCAPADE Janet Jackson 43 ( 33 ) I WANNA BE RICH Calloway 44 ( 39 ) THIS CAN BE REAL Candy Flip 45 ( 38 ) I’M STILL WAITING (REMIX) Diana Ross 46 ( 67 ) EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES Sinead O’Connor 47 ( 47 ) LET IT BE The Beatles 48 ( 44 ) WOULDN’T IT BE NICE The Beach Boys 49 ( 45 ) WEAR YOU TO THE BALL UB40 50 ( 28 ) THE ONLY RHYME THAT BITES MC Tunes vs 808 State vWTYvvj3JNM 51 ( 31 ) SOMETHING IN THE AIR Promised Land 52 ( NEW ) ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK (BEN LIEBRAND REMIX) Sting 53 ( 55 ) HANKY PANKY Madonna 54 ( NEW ) ONLY YOUR LOVE Bananarama 55 ( 60 ) ENJOY THE SILENCE Depeche Mode 56 ( 51 ) DON’T WANNA FALL IN LOVE Jane Child 57 ( 35 ) SHE AIN’T WORTH IT Glen Medeiros and Bobby Brown 58 ( 58 ) PERSONAL JESUS Depeche Mode 59 ( 42 ) DOIN’ THE DO Betty Boo 60 ( NEW ) MELODY COOL Mavis Staples RomSuTvlU64 61 ( 48 ) DIRTY CASH Adventures Of Stevie V 62 ( 46 ) U CAN’T TOUCH THIS MC Hammer 63 ( 69 ) WEAR YOUR FACE IN MY SINK Dream Warriors 64 ( 63 ) JUST LIKE JESSE JAMES Cher 65 ( NEW ) LA PASSIONARA The Blow Monkeys 66 ( 65 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 67 ( 75 ) DOUBLEBACK ZZ Top 68 ( NEW ) LET LOVE RULE Lenny Kravitz 69 ( NEW ) POISON Bell Biv Devoe 70 ( 64 ) THE POWER Snap! 71 ( 30 ) CLOSE TO YOU Maxi Priest 72 ( 71 ) THIS WOMAN’S WORK Kate Bush 73 ( NEW ) CAN’T STOP THE RAP Smiley Culture 74 ( 32 ) NESSUN DORMA Luciano Pavarotti 75 ( NEW ) BLAZE OF GLORY Jon Bon Jovi I’ve mislead my diaries again from here-on, hooray! So little in the way of gossip of the time, for now. It was, however, the week I went to see a Blonde Ambition Tour.... MADONNA LIVE AT WEMBLEY STADIUM 21st/22nd July 1990 I went mate Bob, we got their early and spent the day standing in the elements on the steps of Wembley Stadium to make sure we got good seats. I wanted no repeat of the previous tour, where we stood and were surrounded by piss-heads chucking bottles of piss at little kiddie Madonna lookalikes sitting on their dad’s shoulders and blocking everybody’s view behind. This one, we got seats not to far from the stage, half-way down, and it was a whole new experience, we had an overview of the whole stadium, which at times was electric, most of all on Like A Prayer, which had the whole place singing along joyously and movingly, ciggie lighters glowing - I’ll be honest I got goosebumps and it became my new Greatest Moment At A Live Concert Ever. A clip of another evening off the Truth Or Dare movie is attached. Sadly, I can’t give any insights of the moment, except to say, Madonna put on a show that took on Prince (seen a week or so earlier) and won. Raunchy, controversial, great sets and costumes, and the list of the best tracks goes as: 3Xvjnay4kS8 1. Like A Prayer 2. Papa Don’t Reach 3. Holiday 4. Open Your Heart 5. Express Yourself 6. Live To Tell 7. Like A Virgin 8. Vogue


Popchartfreak View member profile	Feb 23 2017, 02:26 PM Post #47
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 22,812 User: 17,376	5th August 1990 Oops over a year since I last posted any charts from 1990 - as I'm off work sick, that's an opportunity to try and catch up then! 16 new entries, 6 of them cover versions (not usually a healthy sign in any given music scene) and one oldie, and it's Roxette all the way with 3 songs dominating the top 3, as they replace themselves on top with the Pretty Woman soundtrack song. I have never seen the film so can't say that swayed me one way or the other! Inga's brilliant Riding Into Blue goes top 5 a few years after her band Swimming With Sharks introduced her to my charts, and in at 9 it's a record that made my top 20 in 1974, and topped the US charts, but criminally never charted in the UK. Thanks to an advert, that all changed 16 years late for The Steve Miller Band, who had to wait until 1976 to chart in the UK, and 1982 to get a huge hit. The Joker was and is quirky and cool. In at 17, no more teen videos, all serious and grown-up, it's the late great George Michael and his move into social comment with the brilliant Praying For Time. He sings it with passion (as he always did on ballads) and the words remain even more true than they did in 1990. Meanwhile Cliff delves deep into the archives for a rocknroll era song that was more familiar to me with Hermans Hermits version, a childhood fave. It's decent, but not as good as older versions, and ditto Hothouse Flowers' Johnny Nash cover, Big Fun's Eddie Holman cover, Deacon Blue's Bobbie Gentry cover and Lindy Layton's Janet Kay cover. Timmy Mallet, meanwhile, gets a huge UK chart-topper with a charming kiddie fave from Brian Hyland, disguised (badly) as Bombalurina. It's awful. Happily, a great new pop single from Betty Boo, and a debut from Mariah Carey that gives no indication of future atrocities committed to tape, the sweet Vision Of Love, compensate somewhat. Mariah Carey has an amazing vocal range (as she likes showing off inappropriately at times) and can write good pop songs (see her xmas classic) or really get into a groove - but too often is distracted by bland overblown ballads. Please excuse the Hanky Panky movement into the top 40 - in my defence I was fresh off seeing Madonna in concert the week before, and it seemed fun for about a week. I realise now I was wrong, and it isn't. Madonna's worst single no contest! No video links anymore, as they just get out of date (and who has time to find new ones!) and my old computer struggles with more than one Youtube link before going into never-ending staring-at-a-circle-spinning mode... 1 ( 6 ) IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE Roxette 2 ( 1 ) LISTEN TO YOUR HEART/ DANGEROUS Roxette 3 ( 3 ) THIEVES IN THE TEMPLE Prince 4 ( 11 ) RIDING INTO BLUE Inga 5 ( 7 ) I’M FREE The Soup Dragons featuring Junior Reid 6 ( 2 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas 7 ( 10 ) KNOCKED OUT Paula Abdul 8 ( 8 ) YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND Big Fun and Sonia featuring Gary Barnacle 9 ( NEW ) THE JOKER The Steve Miller Band 10 ( 5 ) TOM’S DINER DNA featuring Suzanne Vega 11 ( 4 ) YOU WOULDN’T KNOW LOVE Cher 12 ( 12 ) NAKED IN THE RAIN Blue Pearl 13 ( 18 ) KING OF WISHFUL THINKING Go West 14 ( 19 ) THAT’S JUST THE WAY IT IS Phil Collins 15 ( 15 ) CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ River City People 16 ( 9 ) ALRIGHT (UK/USA versions) Janet Jackson 17 ( NEW ) PRAYING FOR TIME George Michael 18 ( 16 ) THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO FAB featuring MC Parker 19 ( 39 ) HEART LIKE A WHEEL Human League 20 ( 20 ) CLUB AT THE END OF THE STREET/ WHISPERS Elton John 21 ( 17 ) SACRIFICE/ HEALING HANDS Elton John 22 ( 35 ) DOIN’ OUR OWN DANG The Jungle Brothers 23 ( 13 ) BACK ON MY FEET AGAIN Michael Bolton 24 ( NEW ) SILHOUETTES Cliff Richard 25 ( 26 ) ROCKIN’ OVER THE BEAT Technotronic featuring Ya Kid K 26 ( 14 ) EVERY LITTLE THING Jeff Lynne 27 ( NEW ) I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW The Hothouse Flowers 28 ( 25 ) TURTLE POWER Partners In Kryme 29 ( 22 ) TIME AFTER TIME The Beloved 30 ( 32 ) LOVE WILL LEAD YOU BACK Taylor Dayne 31 ( NEW ) HEY THERE LONELY GIRL Big Fun 32 ( 75 ) BLAZE OF GLORY Jon Bon Jovi 33 ( 28 ) HOLD ON Wilson Philips 34 ( 69 ) POISON Bell Biv Devoe 35 ( 21 ) LOVE DON’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE Double Trouble 36 ( 31 ) IT’S MY LIFE Talk Talk 37 ( 49 ) WEAR YOU TO THE BALL UB40 38 ( 52 ) ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK (BEN LIEBRAND REMIX) Sting 39 ( 23 ) OH GIRL Paul Young 40 ( 53 ) HANKY PANKY Madonna 41 ( 41 ) BLACK VELVET Alannah Myles 42 ( 38 ) KILLER Adamski featuring Seal 43 ( 42 ) ESCAPADE Janet Jackson 44 ( 36 ) PAINT IT BLACK The Rolling Stones 45 ( 40 ) I DIDN’T WANT TO NEED YOU Heart 46 ( 54 ) ONLY YOUR LOVE Bananarama 47 ( 63 ) WASH YOUR FACE IN MY SINK Dream Warriors 48 ( 47 ) LET IT BE The Beatles 49 ( 27 ) FIRST TIME EVER Joanna Law 50 ( 29 ) LOVELY THING Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra 51 ( 34 ) THE CRYING SCENE Aztec Camera 52 ( 48 ) WOULDN’T IT BE NICE The Beach Boys 53 ( NEW ) LOOK ME IN THE HEART Tina Turner 54 ( 24 ) GIMME SOME LOVIN’ Thunder 55 ( NEW ) VISION OF LOVE Mariah Carey 56 ( NEW ) ITSY BITSY TEENY WEENY YELLOW POLKA DOT BIKINI Bombalurina 57 ( 55 ) ENJOY THE SILENCE Depeche Mode 58 ( 60 ) MELODY COOL Mavis Staples 59 ( 68 ) LET LOVE RULE Lenny Kravitz 60 ( NEW ) HOW THE HEART BEHAVES Was (Not Was) 61 ( 58 ) PERSONAL JESUS Depeche Mode 62 ( 56 ) DON’T WANNA FALL IN LOVE Jane Child 63 ( 46 ) EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES Sinead O’Connor 64 ( NEW ) I’LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Deacon Blue 65 ( 65 ) LA PASSIONARA The Blow Monkeys 66 ( 64 ) JUST LIKE JESSE JAMES Cher 67 ( 66 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 68 ( NEW ) SILLY GAMES Lindy Layton 69 ( 30 ) MONA Craig McClaghlan 70 ( NEW ) VIOLENCE OF SUMMER Duran Duran 71 ( 61 ) DIRTY CASH Adventures Of Stevie V 72 ( NEW ) TONIGHT New Kids On The Block 73 ( 72 ) THIS WOMAN’S WORK Kate Bush 74 ( NEW ) WHERE ARE YOU BABY Betty Boo 75 ( NEW ) CHANNEL Z The B52’s


King Rollo View member profile	Feb 23 2017, 03:05 PM Post #48
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 3 January 2017 Posts: 10,139 User: 23,961	I still have the Swimming With Sharks album on cassette. Careless Love and No Longer Friends are great songs. I didn't buy Inga Humpe's 1990 solo album but I see it's on Spotify so I might listen to it. I also bought Every Little Thing as a CD single which has an extended version of the song. It's unusual for Jeff Lynne to record a longer version of any song. Any ELO 12 inch singles just have the same version of the main song as the 7 inch. His solo album from that year,Armchair Theatre,was quite good.


Popchartfreak View member profile	Feb 23 2017, 05:10 PM Post #49
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 22,812 User: 17,376	QUOTE(King Rollo @ Feb 23 2017, 03:05 PM) I still have the Swimming With Sharks album on cassette. Careless Love and No Longer Friends are great songs. I didn't buy Inga Humpe's 1990 solo album but I see it's on Spotify so I might listen to it. I also bought Every Little Thing as a CD single which has an extended version of the song. It's unusual for Jeff Lynne to record a longer version of any song. Any ELO 12 inch singles just have the same version of the main song as the 7 inch. His solo album from that year,Armchair Theatre,was quite good. Thanks Rollo, Careless Love was a goodie, I've not heard the other one must check it out. Inga's single was a Trevor Horn production,and tastefully low-key lush, not heard the album sadly. I also bought that Jeff Lynne CD single and the vinyl album, bit of a fan I am


Popchartfreak View member profile	Feb 23 2017, 05:34 PM Post #50
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 22,812 User: 17,376	12th August 1990 Roxette return to the top, replacing themselves on top for the second time. In my main singles chart there have been a few occasions where acts replace themselves with oldies, but few with new or recent material. Prior to 1990 I don't think there were any, not even Abba! Go West overtake one Pretty Woman soundtrack single with the best one (and also their best record) the fab King Of Wishful Thinking up to 2. Saw them not long ago (2015-ish) and still in fine fettle. Ditto Human League in 2016, up to 4 with a comeback lesser hit that hasn't worn as well as Go West's. George into the 10, Jon Bon Jovi getting an increasingly rare top 20 hit (by this time), also a movie soundtrack (Western) song, with Sting's classy remix at last getting the attention it deserves for the cool jazz ode to Quentin Crisp. Sting should revisit his 80's heyday for some tips on how to make great records. Highest new entry is Aswad, or as I know them, Partial Double-deckers. I'm old. Google it. By this time they were hitting a great lovers-rock string of pleasant singles, and Next To You is no exception. Big climbs into the 40 for Tina Turner, hot off her recent anthems, Betty Boo, New Kids On The Block (a reasonable pop record, honest), Mariah Carey, Lindy Layton (now ex-Beats International) and Bananarama on a fab Stones rifftastic dancegroove that was under-appreciated. Only Your Love was to become a Paris city-getaway holiday memory for me in the autumn, hooray! In at 32, Wilson Philips follow up a still-selling future-movie-song monster with a pleasant US chart-topper, Release Me. Thankfully not the Engelbert song. That leaves new entries from Tears For Fears, with some last words that peaked at a low 83 in the UK charts. Still, higher in mine, eh? Sonia, coming off the back of a number one for me, also did good covering the brilliant End Of The World and introducing it to a younger audience - granted it's not a patch on Skeeter Davis' original hit version, but it's not ruined. Primal Scream get a second hit, Come Together (not The Beatles song) anda second KLF chart-entry for me the future hit classic What Time Is Love, in at 69. I loved every single from Kylie Said To Jason, through to America: What Time Is Love, and including The Timelords' Doctorin' The Tardis, which no doubt boosted this version of What Time Is Love into my charts. 1 ( 2 ) LISTEN TO YOUR HEART/ DANGEROUS Roxette 2 ( 13 ) KING OF WISHFUL THINKING Go West 3 ( 3 ) THIEVES IN THE TEMPLE Prince 4 ( 19 ) HEART LIKE A WHEEL Human League 5 ( 5 ) I’M FREE The Soup Dragons featuring Junior Reid 6 ( 1 ) IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE Roxette 7 ( 9 ) THE JOKER The Steve Miller Band 8 ( 17 ) PRAYING FOR TIME George Michael 9 ( 6 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas 10 ( 10 ) TOM’S DINER DNA featuring Suzanne Vega 11 ( 12 ) NAKED IN THE RAIN Blue Pearl 12 ( 20 ) CLUB AT THE END OF THE STREET/ WHISPERS Elton John 13 ( 4 ) RIDING INTO BLUE Inga 14 ( 8 ) YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND Big Fun and Sonia featuring Gary Barnacle 15 ( 11 ) YOU WOULDN’T KNOW LOVE Cher 16 ( 7 ) KNOCKED OUT Paula Abdul 17 ( 32 ) BLAZE OF GLORY Jon Bon Jovi 18 ( 38 ) ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK (BEN LIEBRAND REMIX) Sting 19 ( 22 ) DOIN’ OUR OWN DANG The Jungle Brothers 20 ( NEW ) NEXT TO YOU Aswad 21 ( 23 ) BACK ON MY FEET AGAIN Michael Bolton 22 ( 27 ) I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW The Hothouse Flowers 23 ( 24 ) SILHOUETTES Cliff Richard 24 ( 21 ) SACRIFICE/ HEALING HANDS Elton John 25 ( 14 ) THAT’S JUST THE WAY IT IS Phil Collins 26 ( 37 ) WEAR YOU TO THE BALL UB40 27 ( 16 ) ALRIGHT (UK/USA versions) Janet Jackson 28 ( 53 ) LOOK ME IN THE HEART Tina Turner 29 ( 18 ) THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO FAB featuring MC Parker 30 ( 34 ) POISON Bell Biv Devoe 31 ( 15 ) CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ River City People 32 ( NEW ) RELEASE ME Wilson Philips 33 ( 74 ) WHERE ARE YOU BABY Betty Boo 34 ( 28 ) TURTLE POWER Partners In Kryme 35 ( 29 ) TIME AFTER TIME The Beloved 36 ( 72 ) TONIGHT New Kids On The Block 37 ( 55 ) VISION OF LOVE Mariah Carey 38 ( 33 ) HOLD ON Wilson Philips 39 ( 46 ) ONLY YOUR LOVE Bananarama 40 ( 68 ) SILLY GAMES Lindy Layton 41 ( 26 ) EVERY LITTLE THING Jeff Lynne 42 ( 41 ) BLACK VELVET Alannah Myles 43 ( 36 ) IT’S MY LIFE Talk Talk 44 ( 43 ) ESCAPADE Janet Jackson 45 ( 64 ) I’LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Deacon Blue 46 ( 44 ) PAINT IT BLACK The Rolling Stones 47 ( 31 ) HEY THERE LONELY GIRL Big Fun 48 ( 42 ) KILLER Adamski featuring Seal 49 ( 48 ) LET IT BE The Beatles 50 ( 30 ) LOVE WILL LEAD YOU BACK Taylor Dayne 51 ( 56 ) ITSY BITSY TEENY WEENY YELLOW POLKA DOT BIKINI Bombalurina 52 ( 60 ) HOW THE HEART BEHAVES Was (Not Was) 53 ( 35 ) LOVE DON’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE Double Trouble 54 ( 52 ) WOULDN’T IT BE NICE The Beach Boys 55 ( 59 ) LET LOVE RULE Lenny Kravitz 56 ( 25 ) ROCKIN’ OVER THE BEAT Technotronic featuring Ya Kid K 57 ( 70 ) VIOLENCE OF SUMMER Duran Duran 58 ( 57 ) ENJOY THE SILENCE Depeche Mode 59 ( NEW ) NOBODY Tongue n’ Cheek 60 ( 49 ) FIRST TIME EVER Joanna Law 61 ( NEW ) HARDLINE UPROAR Together 62 ( NEW ) FAMOUS LAST WORDS Tears For Fears 63 ( 61 ) PERSONAL JESUS Depeche Mode 64 ( RE ) DOUBLEBACK ZZ Top 65 ( 75 ) CHANNEL Z The B52’s 66 ( 62 ) DON’T WANNA FALL IN LOVE Jane Child 67 ( 67 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 68 ( 66 ) JUST LIKE JESSE JAMES Cher 69 ( NEW ) WHAT TIME IS LOVE The KLF 70 ( 40 ) HANKY PANKY Madonna 71 ( NEW ) END OF THE WORLD Sonia 72 ( 39 ) OH GIRL Paul Young 73 ( NEW ) COME TOGETHER Primal Scream 74 ( 73 ) THIS WOMAN’S WORK Kate Bush 75 ( NEW ) AMANDA Craig McClaghlan & Check 1-2


Popchartfreak View member profile	Feb 25 2017, 01:46 PM Post #51
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 22,812 User: 17,376	19th August 1990 Go West grab their only chart-topper, 5 years after debuting, with the still-brilliant King Of Wishful Thinking, a song which under-performed in the UK charts of the time but has weathered quite well in popularity terms since. Elton gathers another of his regular top 10 spots with a double A side that also was a minor hit only in sales charts, though the parent album was pretty big. 19 years of top 10's at this stage for Reg. Highest new entry is a 20-year-old remixed cover-version that hit for Jonathan King, albeit minor, that sounded a bit fab n groovy in the Daisy Age/post-Second-Summer-Of-Love/Madchester period. It's still fun. Also firmly with a major "Pure 1990" sticker on it's forehead, the 60's-styled cool-hippie-funk, Groove Is In The Heart enters at 43 for fab Deee-Lite. It sounded fresh, fun and exciting at the time, and 27 years on hasn't lost any of that charm. Fleetwood Mac come back with a long, tribal instrumental-heavy track at 40, but In The Back Of My Mind was post-Buckingham, I think, and suffered from that touch of magic being missing. It was OK, but not exactly Tango In The Night quality, never mind Rumours. Covers of The Eagles from Jam On The Mutha, and The Beatles from Wet Wet Wet, a return from Prefab Sprout, looking for Atlantis (try underwater is my advice), and also World Party, and Frazier Chorus, about whom I have forgotten all. Nothing was their biggest UK hit at 51, and Wikipedia tells me they hail from Brighton and band-member Tim Freeman is the brother of actor Martin Freeman. Who knew!? 1 ( 2 ) KING OF WISHFUL THINKING Go West 2 ( 1 ) LISTEN TO YOUR HEART/ DANGEROUS Roxette 3 ( 4 ) HEART LIKE A WHEEL Human League 4 ( 3 ) THIEVES IN THE TEMPLE Prince 5 ( 7 ) THE JOKER The Steve Miller Band 6 ( 10 ) TOM’S DINER DNA featuring Suzanne Vega 7 ( 8 ) PRAYING FOR TIME George Michael 8 ( 5 ) I’M FREE The Soup Dragons featuring Junior Reid 9 ( 15 ) YOU WOULDN’T KNOW LOVE Cher 10 ( 12 ) CLUB AT THE END OF THE STREET/ WHISPERS Elton John 11 ( 17 ) BLAZE OF GLORY Jon Bon Jovi 12 ( 6 ) IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE Roxette 13 ( 18 ) ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK (BEN LIEBRAND REMIX) Sting 14 ( 9 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas 15 ( 20 ) NEXT TO YOU Aswad 16 ( NEW ) LET IT ALL HANG OUT ’90 Jonathan King 17 ( 32 ) RELEASE ME Wilson Philips 18 ( 13 ) RIDING INTO BLUE Inga 19 ( 14 ) YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND Big Fun and Sonia featuring Gary Barnacle 20 ( 28 ) LOOK ME IN THE HEART Tina Turner 21 ( 33 ) WHERE ARE YOU BABY Betty Boo 22 ( 11 ) NAKED IN THE RAIN Blue Pearl 23 ( 23 ) SILHOUETTES Cliff Richard 24 ( 16 ) KNOCKED OUT Paula Abdul 25 ( 24 ) SACRIFICE/ HEALING HANDS Elton John 26 ( 26 ) WEAR YOU TO THE BALL UB40 27 ( 19 ) DOIN’ OUR OWN DANG The Jungle Brothers 28 ( 25 ) THAT’S JUST THE WAY IT IS Phil Collins 29 ( 21 ) BACK ON MY FEET AGAIN Michael Bolton 30 ( 36 ) TONIGHT New Kids On The Block 31 ( 22 ) I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW The Hothouse Flowers 32 ( 29 ) THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO FAB featuring MC Parker 33 ( 40 ) SILLY GAMES Lindy Layton 34 ( 37 ) VISION OF LOVE Mariah Carey 35 ( 61 ) HARDLINE UPROAR Together 36 ( 27 ) ALRIGHT (UK/USA versions) Janet Jackson 37 ( 45 ) I’LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Deacon Blue 38 ( 34 ) TURTLE POWER Partners In Kryme 39 ( 35 ) TIME AFTER TIME The Beloved 40 ( NEW ) IN THE BACK OF MY MIND Fleetwood Mac 41 ( 42 ) BLACK VELVET Alannah Myles 42 ( 38 ) HOLD ON Wilson Philips 43 ( NEW ) GROOVE IS IN THE HEART Deee-Lite 44 ( 44 ) ESCAPADE Janet Jackson 45 ( 43 ) IT’S MY LIFE Talk Talk 46 ( NEW ) HOTEL CALIFORNIA Jam On The Mutha 47 ( 41 ) EVERY LITTLE THING Jeff Lynne 48 ( 73 ) COME TOGETHER Primal Scream 49 ( 49 ) LET IT BE The Beatles 50 ( 46 ) PAINT IT BLACK The Rolling Stones 51 ( 31 ) CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ River City People 52 ( 52 ) HOW THE HEART BEHAVES Was (Not Was) 53 ( 30 ) POISON Bell Biv Devoe 54 ( 48 ) KILLER Adamski featuring Seal 55 ( 69 ) WHAT TIME IS LOVE The KLF 56 ( 54 ) WOULDN’T IT BE NICE The Beach Boys 57 ( 62 ) FAMOUS LAST WORDS Tears For Fears 58 ( 58 ) ENJOY THE SILENCE Depeche Mode 59 ( 59 ) NOBODY Tongue n’ Cheek 60 ( 51 ) ITSY BITSY TEENY WEENY YELLOW POLKA DOT BIKINI Bombalurina 61 ( 50 ) LOVE WILL LEAD YOU BACK Taylor Dayne 62 ( 47 ) HEY THERE LONELY GIRL Big Fun 63 ( 39 ) ONLY YOUR LOVE Bananarama 64 ( 63 ) PERSONAL JESUS Depeche Mode 65 ( 67 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 66 ( 53 ) LOVE DON’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE Double Trouble 67 ( 66 ) DON’T WANNA FALL IN LOVE Jane Child 68 ( 68 ) JUST LIKE JESSE JAMES Cher 69 ( 60 ) FIRST TIME EVER Joanna Law 70 ( NEW ) LOOKING FOR ATLANTIS Prefab Sprout 71 ( NEW ) NOTHING Frazier Chorus 72 ( 75 ) AMANDA Craig McClaghlan & Check 1-2 73 ( NEW ) LAY DOWN NOW World Party 74 ( 74 ) THIS WOMAN’S WORK Kate Bush 75 ( NEW ) I FEEL FINE Wet Wet Wet


Popchartfreak View member profile	Feb 25 2017, 04:13 PM Post #52
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 22,812 User: 17,376	26th August 1990 It's a sudden reversal and leap back into the top 10 and on top of the chart for Inga, thanks to 12 inches. Yes, I bought the 12" vinyl version of the worldwide flop and got to fully appreciate the cowboy-synth Trevor-Horn-production charm of the record. The video is equally charming. Bad news for Human League who don't get to add another number one to their list, though 2 is quite generous enough in retrospect. JK goes top 10 with his 1970 oldie nd Joe Jackson returns to the top 10 7 years on with the great Steppin' Out. Aswad clock up another top 10, and it won't be the last either, Deee-Lite leap into the 40, Primal Scream ditto, and Sonia re-enters her cover of End Of The World at 35, heading a run of covers to make the 40. Black Cat, Janet J goes all rock-chick, and I wasn't entirely convinced it was up to the standard of the early singles off Rhythm Nation. Had the album, too. There were much better tracks. Happily at 57 it's a classic from Bass-O-Matic, a William Orbit project that heavily sampled Tommy Roe's Dizzy rhythms. Dizzy was the first ever single I bought with my own money, so it could have gone horribly wrong in my affections, but didn't. It's still a fantastic single, sample-heavy, soulful, groovy. Joining the Janet rock-vibe, Whitesnake and Aerosmith add to a long list of older chart entries, Heatwave remix a soul ballad goodie of theirs from 1978, Bob Geldof does a solo entry 5 years after his first one, and Junior extends his run of hits to 8 years with Step Off. DNA slip in while also hogging a top 10 slot with dut-dut-duh-da. 1 ( 18 ) RIDING INTO BLUE Inga 2 ( 3 ) HEART LIKE A WHEEL Human League 3 ( 2 ) LISTEN TO YOUR HEART/ DANGEROUS Roxette 4 ( 1 ) KING OF WISHFUL THINKING Go West 5 ( 7 ) PRAYING FOR TIME George Michael 6 ( 6 ) TOM’S DINER DNA featuring Suzanne Vega 7 ( 16 ) LET IT ALL HANG OUT ’90 Jonathan King 8 ( NEW ) STEPPIN’ OUT Joe Jackson 9 ( 4 ) THIEVES IN THE TEMPLE Prince 10 ( 15 ) NEXT TO YOU Aswad 11 ( 5 ) THE JOKER The Steve Miller Band 12 ( 21 ) WHERE ARE YOU BABY Betty Boo 13 ( 13 ) ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK (BEN LIEBRAND REMIX) Sting 14 ( 20 ) LOOK ME IN THE HEART Tina Turner 15 ( 8 ) I’M FREE The Soup Dragons featuring Junior Reid 16 ( 11 ) BLAZE OF GLORY Jon Bon Jovi 17 ( 17 ) RELEASE ME Wilson Philips 18 ( 14 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas 19 ( 12 ) IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE Roxette 20 ( 23 ) SILHOUETTES Cliff Richard 21 ( 43 ) GROOVE IS IN THE HEART Deee-Lite 22 ( 10 ) CLUB AT THE END OF THE STREET/ WHISPERS Elton John 23 ( 19 ) YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND Big Fun and Sonia featuring Gary Barnacle 24 ( 9 ) YOU WOULDN’T KNOW LOVE Cher 25 ( 34 ) VISION OF LOVE Mariah Carey 26 ( 48 ) COME TOGETHER Primal Scream 27 ( 39 ) TIME AFTER TIME The Beloved 28 ( 25 ) SACRIFICE/ HEALING HANDS Elton John 29 ( 33 ) SILLY GAMES Lindy Layton 30 ( 30 ) TONIGHT New Kids On The Block 31 ( 35 ) HARDLINE UPROAR Together 32 ( 22 ) NAKED IN THE RAIN Blue Pearl 33 ( 24 ) KNOCKED OUT Paula Abdul 34 ( 32 ) THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO FAB featuring MC Parker 35 ( RE ) END OF THE WORLD Sonia 36 ( 37 ) I’LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Deacon Blue 37 ( 46 ) HOTEL CALIFORNIA Jam On The Mutha 38 ( 55 ) WHAT TIME IS LOVE The KLF 39 ( 29 ) BACK ON MY FEET AGAIN Michael Bolton 40 ( 40 ) IN THE BACK OF MY MIND Fleetwood Mac 41 ( 41 ) BLACK VELVET Alannah Myles 42 ( 44 ) ESCAPADE Janet Jackson 43 ( 36 ) ALRIGHT (UK/USA versions) Janet Jackson 44 ( 42 ) HOLD ON Wilson Philips 45 ( 27 ) DOIN’ OUR OWN DANG The Jungle Brothers 46 ( 38 ) TURTLE POWER Partners In Kryme 47 ( 45 ) IT’S MY LIFE Talk Talk 48 ( NEW ) BLACK CAT janet Jackson 49 ( 49 ) LET IT BE The Beatles 50 ( 69 ) FIRST TIME EVER Joanna Law 51 ( 26 ) WEAR YOU TO THE BALL UB40 52 ( 28 ) THAT’S JUST THE WAY IT IS Phil Collins 53 ( 31 ) I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW The Hothouse Flowers 54 ( 50 ) PAINT IT BLACK The Rolling Stones 55 ( 47 ) EVERY LITTLE THING Jeff Lynne 56 ( 56 ) WOULDN’T IT BE NICE The Beach Boys 57 ( NEW ) FASCINATING RHYTHM Bass-O-Matic 58 ( 58 ) ENJOY THE SILENCE Depeche Mode 59 ( 54 ) KILLER Adamski featuring Seal 60 ( NEW ) NOW YOU’RE GONE Whitesnake 61 ( 51 ) CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ River City People 62 ( 65 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 63 ( NEW ) THE OTHER SIDE Aerosmith 64 ( 61 ) LOVE WILL LEAD YOU BACK Taylor Dayne 65 ( 64 ) PERSONAL JESUS Depeche Mode 66 ( NEW ) MIND BLOWING DECISIONS (REMIX) Heatwave 67 ( 53 ) POISON Bell Biv Devoe 68 ( 68 ) JUST LIKE JESSE JAMES Cher 69 ( 67 ) DON’T WANNA FALL IN LOVE Jane Child 70 ( 70 ) LOOKING FOR ATLANTIS Prefab Sprout 71 ( NEW ) LOVE OR SOMETHING Bob Geldof 72 ( 73 ) LAY DOWN NOW World Party 73 ( 74 ) THIS WOMAN’S WORK Kate Bush 74 ( NEW ) LA SERENISSIMA DNA 75 ( NEW ) STEP OFF Junior Giscombe


dandy* View member profile	Feb 25 2017, 10:35 PM Post #53
Mansonette Joined: 7 March 2006 Posts: 35,266 User: 54	I went to see the Human League last December and was surprised by how okay they were still - although Heart Like a Wheel isn't a particularly high point for me!!! Out of your latest one, these are my favourites: 2 ( 3 ) HEART LIKE A WHEEL Human League 3 ( 2 ) LISTEN TO YOUR HEART/ DANGEROUS Roxette 4 ( 1 ) KING OF WISHFUL THINKING Go West 5 ( 7 ) PRAYING FOR TIME George Michael 6 ( 6 ) TOM’S DINER DNA featuring Suzanne Vega 9 ( 4 ) THIEVES IN THE TEMPLE Prince 12 ( 21 ) WHERE ARE YOU BABY Betty Boo 15 ( 8 ) I’M FREE The Soup Dragons featuring Junior Reid 19 ( 12 ) IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE Roxette 21 ( 43 ) GROOVE IS IN THE HEART Deee-Lite 26 ( 48 ) COME TOGETHER Primal Scream 27 ( 39 ) TIME AFTER TIME The Beloved 29 ( 33 ) SILLY GAMES Lindy Layton 32 ( 22 ) NAKED IN THE RAIN Blue Pearl 36 ( 37 ) I’LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Deacon Blue 38 ( 55 ) WHAT TIME IS LOVE The KLF 41 ( 41 ) BLACK VELVET Alannah Myles 42 ( 44 ) ESCAPADE Janet Jackson 44 ( 42 ) HOLD ON Wilson Philips 47 ( 45 ) IT’S MY LIFE Talk Talk 48 ( NEW ) BLACK CAT janet Jackson 49 ( 49 ) LET IT BE The Beatles 54 ( 50 ) PAINT IT BLACK The Rolling Stones 57 ( NEW ) FASCINATING RHYTHM Bass-O-Matic 58 ( 58 ) ENJOY THE SILENCE Depeche Mode 59 ( 54 ) KILLER Adamski featuring Seal 62 ( 65 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 65 ( 64 ) PERSONAL JESUS Depeche Mode 73 ( 74 ) THIS WOMAN’S WORK Kate Bush


Popchartfreak View member profile	Feb 26 2017, 10:26 AM Post #54
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 22,812 User: 17,376	QUOTE(dandy* @ Feb 25 2017, 10:35 PM) I went to see the Human League last December and was surprised by how okay they were still - although Heart Like a Wheel isn't a particularly high point for me!!! Thanks for the list dandy! I also saw the Human League last December (for about the 8th or 9th time) and yes they still have it, Phil is cool. I think Heart Like A Wheel was a bit over-rated by me cos, like Pet Shop Boys, I had a bias towards anything new they put out. They were my fave 80's band till PSB's turned up. Pet Shop Boys are still brilliant live and I'm off to see them tonight (Super tour is fab, caught it last year) - and hopefully all going well again in April with Suedey at Royal Albert Hall & Bernard Butler. Hooray!


Popchartfreak View member profile	Nov 3 2018, 02:38 PM Post #55
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 22,812 User: 17,376	3rd September 1990 It's George Michael on top for a 1st week with the spine-tingling Praying For Time, so good it was released without a pop video as that would distract from the words, and gives the much-missed George an 8th chart-topper. Betty Boo gets a 2nd solo top 10, and the fab Deee-Lite leap up to 8, with late 60's psychedelic clothes and imagery that warmed my nostalgic heart. Talking of nostalgia, Talk Talk's 4-year-old top 10 is back at 10, Life's What You Make It should have been bigger both times in the UK charts. Maria McKee's car-race movie theme, and future UK chart-topper that stiffed in the USA, enters at 14, Show Me Heaven, while a huge leap for Bass-o-Matic's Dizzy-sampling gem from 57 to 16 gives William Orbit early success as both artist and producer, before he settles more for producing the likes of Madonna by the end of the decade. The lovely Cocteau Twins Iceblink Luck enters at 19, and Sonia goes top 20 with an old 60's fave song, End Of The World is just a marvellous song though I'll take Skeeter Davis' version overall. New Kids are top 20 the very week as I type (Nov 2018) they have returned with a long list of 90's acts into my top 40. Mavis Staples is also around my current charts as she enters with a Prince-supporting Melody Cool at 50. Jason Donovan also has a 60's oldie song I liked a lot in at 26, Rhythm Of The Rain, DNA climb into the 40, INXS enter with the sadly-titled Suicide Blonde, at 56, S'Express have Nothing To Lose at 48, Richard Marx is back, Soul II Soul's Caron Wheeler goes solo, and a bonus song (due to a miscount omission of Mariah Carey higher up the chart I discovered 3 weeks later. Fancy forgettin' her - GTFO as she currently sings in my current chart!) at 76 it's David Grant back for a Linx-inclusive chart-run of 10 years. 1 ( 5 ) PRAYING FOR TIME George Michael 2 ( 1 ) RIDING INTO BLUE Inga 3 ( 3 ) LISTEN TO YOUR HEART/ DANGEROUS Roxette 4 ( 6 ) TOM’S DINER DNA featuring Suzanne Vega 5 ( 4 ) KING OF WISHFUL THINKING Go West 6 ( 12 ) WHERE ARE YOU BABY Betty Boo 7 ( 2 ) HEART LIKE A WHEEL Human League 8 ( 21 ) GROOVE IS IN THE HEART Deee-Lite 9 ( 9 ) THIEVES IN THE TEMPLE Prince 10 ( NEW ) LIFE’S WHAT YOU MAKE IT Talk Talk 11 ( 8 ) STEPPIN’ OUT Joe Jackson 12 ( 7 ) LET IT ALL HANG OUT ’90 Jonathan King 13 ( 10 ) NEXT TO YOU Aswad 14 ( NEW ) SHOW ME HEAVEN Maria McKee 15 ( 11 ) THE JOKER The Steve Miller Band 16 ( 57 ) FASCINATING RHYTHM Bass-O-Matic 17 ( 13 ) ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK (BEN LIEBRAND REMIX) Sting 18 ( 35 ) END OF THE WORLD Sonia 19 ( NEW ) ICE BLINK LUCK Cocteau Twins 20 ( 30 ) TONIGHT New Kids On The Block 21 ( 25 ) VISION OF LOVE Mariah Carey 22 ( 15 ) I’M FREE The Soup Dragons featuring Junior Reid 23 ( 26 ) COME TOGETHER Primal Scream 24 ( 36 ) I’LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Deacon Blue 25 ( 18 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas 26 ( NEW ) RHTHYM OF THE RAIN Jason Donovan 27 ( 16 ) BLAZE OF GLORY Jon Bon Jovi 28 ( 19 ) IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE Roxette 29 ( 23 ) YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND Big Fun and Sonia featuring Gary Barnacle 30 ( 17 ) RELEASE ME Wilson Philips 31 ( 20 ) SILHOUETTES Cliff Richard 32 ( 38 ) WHAT TIME IS LOVE The KLF 33 ( 40 ) IN THE BACK OF MY MIND Fleetwood Mac 34 ( 74 ) LA SERENISSIMA DNA 35 ( 24 ) YOU WOULDN’T KNOW LOVE Cher 36 ( 14 ) LOOK ME IN THE HEART Tina Turner 37 ( 22 ) CLUB AT THE END OF THE STREET/ WHISPERS Elton John 38 ( 28 ) SACRIFICE/ HEALING HANDS Elton John 39 ( 46 ) TURTLE POWER Partners In Kryme 40 ( 27 ) TIME AFTER TIME The Beloved 41 ( 48 ) BLACK CAT janet Jackson 42 ( 41 ) BLACK VELVET Alannah Myles 43 ( 42 ) ESCAPADE Janet Jackson 44 ( 33 ) KNOCKED OUT Paula Abdul 45 ( 60 ) NOW YOU’RE GONE Whitesnake 46 ( 34 ) THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO FAB featuring MC Parker 47 ( 44 ) HOLD ON Wilson Philips 48 ( NEW ) NOTHING TO LOSE S’Express 49 ( 49 ) LET IT BE The Beatles 50 ( NEW ) MELODY COOL Mavis Staples 51 ( 43 ) ALRIGHT (UK/USA versions) Janet Jackson 52 ( 47 ) IT’S MY LIFE Talk Talk 53 ( 31 ) HARDLINE UPROAR Together 54 ( 29 ) SILLY GAMES Lindy Layton featuring Janet Kay 55 ( 32 ) NAKED IN THE RAIN Blue Pearl 56 ( NEW ) SUICIDE BLONDE INXS 57 ( 39 ) BACK ON MY FEET AGAIN Michael Bolton 58 ( 61 ) CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ River City People 59 ( 56 ) WOULDN’T IT BE NICE The Beach Boys 60 ( 58 ) ENJOY THE SILENCE Depeche Mode 61 ( NEW ) HARD TO HANDLE The Black Crowes 62 ( 37 ) HOTEL CALIFORNIA Jam On The Mutha 63 ( 54 ) PAINT IT BLACK The Rolling Stones 64 ( 62 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 65 ( 50 ) FIRST TIME EVER Joanna Law 66 ( NEW ) ENDLESS SUMMER NIGHTS/ HOLD ON TO THE NIGHTS Richard Marx 67 ( 65 ) PERSONAL JESUS Depeche Mode 68 ( 59 ) KILLER Adamski featuring Seal 69 ( NEW ) TERRIFYING The Rolling Stones 70 ( 68 ) JUST LIKE JESSE JAMES Cher 71 ( 55 ) EVERY LITTLE THING Jeff Lynne 72 ( NEW ) LOVE AND AFFECTION Sinitta 73 ( NEW ) LIVIN’ IN THE LIGHT Caron Wheeler 74 ( 69 ) DON’T WANNA FALL IN LOVE Jane Child 75 ( 73 ) THIS WOMAN’S WORK Kate Bush 76 ( NEW ) LIFE ’90 David Grant PLAYLIST OLDIES 1 THE QUESTION OF U Prince 2 5-7-0-5 City Boy 3 LIVING IN HARMONY Cliff Richard My mate Bob is still pissed-off he had to go to a Uni friend's wedding and miss the Concert I went to this week at Wembley Stadium: Fleetwood Mac plugging their first Post-Lindsey Buckingham album, but happily including a stash of Buckingham-era greats. Support was Hall & Oates, so a twofer me. The Mac were fab, and having both Stevie & Christine still in the band helped compensate for not having Lindsey. And here I stand 28 years later not buying tickets to the latest Lindsey-free version playing Wembley again in 2019. I've seen 2 versions with Lindsey back and Christine missing, and finally got the Big Five all together for the last tour. It's disappointing they have gone all acrimonious and law-suitey with each other again just when we got Christine back and she and Lindsey had done some good stuff together. But this was a great gig, and these were the highlights.... FLEETWOOD MAC/HALL & OATES AT WEMBLEY STADIUM 1st SEPT 1990 1 GO YOUR OWN WAY Fleetwood Mac 2 LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 3 DON’T STOP Fleetwood Mac 4 EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac 5 THE CHAIN Fleetwood Mac 6 SHE’S GONE Daryl Hall & John Oates 7 MANEATER Daryl Hall & John Oates 8 RHIANNON Fleetwood Mac 9 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac 10 I CAN’T GO FOR THAT (NO CAN DO) Daryl Hall & John Oates


Popchartfreak View member profile	Jul 12 2019, 04:29 PM Post #56
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 22,812 User: 17,376	OK back after a big break, cos I had 30 mins spare after seeing the new Spiderman movie... 9th September 1990 It's 2 weeks on top for George Michael's brilliant Praying For Time in a quiet week for new entries. Bass-O-Matic aka rhythm track to the first single I ever bought (Dizzy by Tommy Roe) shoots up to 2, Fascinating Rhythm is totally right, while Groove certainly is In The Heart at 3. Maria McKee goes top 10, and quite rightly, with the highest new entry at 12 being a remix of a top 10 Philly Soul classic from 1973 for The Detroit Spinners as we called 'em in the UK. I'd actually forgotten to include Mariah Carey in my chart that week, and added her in later, which pushed everything below 20 down one slot, so I had a top 76 - and in my playlist chart of that week were 2 new album tracks. I excluded album tracks from my charts back then, but as I have an odd number anyway, I've slotted them in at the bottom - they would actually featured much higher, top 20 most likely, but as I can't prove where they resided in my affection then they just get the mention at 77 and 78 as it's only fair they get a chart credit: Prince's 1985 album track on his new Graffiti Bridge album, having caught the tour earlier - with Mavis Staples as support also going up with her Prince-gifted song at 33. Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation album has multiple tracks on the chart, including the new one and best non-single in at 78 for Love Will Never Do Without You, while Black Cat goes top 40. The album is half-terrific. The songs are terrific, the vocal interruption tracks are excruciatingly awful. Faith No More's fab Epic enters at 38, INXS, S'Express join Roxette in bringing the letter X into prominence inside the top 40, while another X-Man Maxi Priest has another Lovers Rock message new at 50, Loose Ends make it 5 years of chart entries, World Party not far behind, Adamski doesn't have a killer follow-up, or does he! Finally Londonbeat are back at 76, giving vocalist Jimmy Helms a sweet 17 years of chart hits, being as he UK hit-charted with Gonna Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse, along with a follow-up or two (in my charts, not the UK singles chart): I've Been Thinking About You is even better. 1 ( 1 ) PRAYING FOR TIME George Michael 2 ( 16 ) FASCINATING RHYTHM Bass-O-Matic 3 ( 8 ) GROOVE IS IN THE HEART Deee-Lite 4 ( 6 ) WHERE ARE YOU BABY Betty Boo 5 ( 3 ) LISTEN TO YOUR HEART/ DANGEROUS Roxette 6 ( 14 ) SHOW ME HEAVEN Maria McKee 7 ( 2 ) RIDING INTO BLUE Inga 8 ( 9 ) THIEVES IN THE TEMPLE Prince 9 ( 5 ) KING OF WISHFUL THINKING Go West 10 ( 4 ) TOM’S DINER DNA featuring Suzanne Vega 11 ( 7 ) HEART LIKE A WHEEL Human League 12 ( NEW ) GHETTO CHILD (REMIX) The Detroit Spinners 13 ( 10 ) LIFE’S WHAT YOU MAKE IT Talk Talk 14 ( 12 ) LET IT ALL HANG OUT ’90 Jonathan King AKA JK25 15 ( 13 ) NEXT TO YOU Aswad 16 ( 18 ) ICE BLINK LUCK Cocteau Twins 17 ( 18 ) END OF THE WORLD Sonia 18 ( 24 ) I’LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Deacon Blue 19 ( 23 ) COME TOGETHER Primal Scream 20 ( 21 ) VISION OF LOVE Mariah Carey 21 ( 15 ) THE JOKER The Steve Miller Band 22 ( 11 ) STEPPIN’ OUT Joe Jackson 23 ( 26 ) RHTHYM OF THE RAIN Jason Donovan 24 ( 39 ) TURTLE POWER Partners In Kryme 25 ( 17 ) ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK (BEN LIEBRAND REMIX) Sting 26 ( 32 ) WHAT TIME IS LOVE The KLF 27 ( 48 ) NOTHING TO LOSE S’Express 28 ( 34 ) LA SERENISSIMA DNA 29 ( 25 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas 30 ( 33 ) IN THE BACK OF MY MIND Fleetwood Mac 31 ( 41 ) BLACK CAT janet Jackson 32 ( 22 ) I’M FREE The Soup Dragons featuring Junior Reid 33 ( 50 ) MELODY COOL Mavis Staples 34 ( 29 ) YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND Big Fun and Sonia featuring Gary Barnacle 35 ( 28 ) IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE Roxette 36 ( NEW ) EPIC Faith No More 37 ( 20 ) TONIGHT New Kids On The Block 38 ( 56 ) SUICIDE BLONDE INXS 39 ( 40 ) TIME AFTER TIME The Beloved 40 ( 38 ) SACRIFICE/ HEALING HANDS Elton John 41 ( 35 ) YOU WOULDN’T KNOW LOVE Cher 42 ( 42 ) BLACK VELVET Alannah Myles 43 ( 43 ) ESCAPADE Janet Jackson 44 ( 27 ) BLAZE OF GLORY Jon Bon Jovi 45 ( 30 ) RELEASE ME Wilson Philips 46 ( 31 ) SILHOUETTES Cliff Richard 47 ( 73 ) LIVIN’ IN THE LIGHT Caron Wheeler 48 ( 49 ) LET IT BE The Beatles 49 ( 47 ) HOLD ON Wilson Philips 50 ( NEW ) PEACE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD Maxi Priest 51 ( 37 ) CLUB AT THE END OF THE STREET/ WHISPERS Elton John 52 ( 36 ) LOOK ME IN THE HEART Tina Turner 53 ( 51 ) ALRIGHT (UK/USA versions) Janet Jackson 54 ( 46 ) THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO FAB featuring MC Parker 55 ( 52 ) IT’S MY LIFE Talk Talk 56 ( 61 ) HARD TO HANDLE The Black Crowes 57 ( 55 ) NAKED IN THE RAIN Blue Pearl 58 ( 69 ) TERRIFYING The Rolling Stones 59 ( 60 ) ENJOY THE SILENCE Depeche Mode 60 ( 59 ) WOULDN’T IT BE NICE The Beach Boys 61 ( 44 ) KNOCKED OUT Paula Abdul 62 ( 72 ) LOVE AND AFFECTION Sinitta 63 ( 64 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 64 ( 75 ) THIS WOMAN’S WORK Kate Bush 65 ( 66 ) ENDLESS SUMMER NIGHTS/ HOLD ON TO THE NIGHTS Richard Marx 66 ( 63 ) PAINT IT BLACK The Rolling Stones 67 ( 67 ) PERSONAL JESUS Depeche Mode 68 ( NEW ) DON’T BE A FOOL Loose Ends 69 ( 65 ) FIRST TIME EVER Joanna Law 70 ( 57 ) BACK ON MY FEET AGAIN Michael Bolton 71 ( 70 ) JUST LIKE JESSE JAMES Cher 72 ( 54 ) SILLY GAMES Lindy Layton featuring Janet Kay 73 ( NEW ) WAY DOWN NOW World Party 74 ( 58 ) CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ River City People 75 ( NEW ) THE SPACE JUNGLE Adamaski 76 ( NEW ) I’VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT YOU Londonbeat 77 ( 77 ) THE QUESTION OF U Prince 78 ( NEW ) LOVE WILL NEVER DO WITHOUT YOU Janet Jackson PLAYLIST ODLIES/ALBUM TRACKS 1 RAINBOW CHASER Nirvana 2 THE QUESTION OF U Prince 3 DAYDREAMING Dusty Springfield 4 LOVE WILL NEVER DO WITHOUT YOU Janet Jackson


Steve201 View member profile	Jul 12 2019, 08:27 PM Post #57
Shakin Stevens Joined: 29 December 2007 Posts: 46,140 User: 5,138	I always consider Englishman in New York to be Stings most famous song as I remember it being played everywhere at the time but it only charted top 15 officially didn't it?!


Popchartfreak View member profile	Jul 13 2019, 08:19 AM Post #58
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 22,812 User: 17,376	QUOTE(Steve201 @ Jul 12 2019, 09:27 PM) I always consider Englishman in New York to be Stings most famous song as I remember it being played everywhere at the time but it only charted top 15 officially didn't it?! Yes I think it was a middling hit and quite popular on radio - though the original version got little airplay when it came out. It's strange how some songs become well-recalled and known and bigger hits get forgotten. Does anyone fondly remember All For Love, When We Dance, or his guest spot on Craig David's Rise & fall? All top 10! I've totally forgotten the latter one and it got to 2 in the chart (Just checked, peaked at 68 in my charts that'll be why) My biggest Sting tracks were Russians (3), Brand New Day (10), Desert Rose (8), This Cowboy Song (top 10), among others, but his most popular are easily Fields Of Gold and Englishman In New York.


TheSnake View member profile	Jul 13 2019, 08:00 PM Post #59
Say that hiss with your chest, and... Joined: 24 May 2016 Posts: 18,442 User: 23,308	A lot of classics here, 'Tom's Diner' is very nice. It has those 'lounge vibes' to it! 'Where Are You Baby' and 'Groove is In The Heart' are cheesy but both fun disco influenced tunes. Betty Boo's put-on voice in the middle part of 'Doin the Do' does remind me a bit of a bit early 10s Nicki Minaj so Mrs Boo might have been ahead of her time! 'Show Me Heaven', another one of those rather cheesy synthpop love ballads that apparently were a trend in the late 80s and early 90s. I do think it's one of the better of them though. Elton's Sacrifice I have a soft spot for as I used to hear it played a few times at my local cafe when i was younger (they must have had it on their playlist). Very nice song , I like the synths in it. 'What Time Is Love' is very good, I only discovered The KLF a year or so ago when reading the 90s dance number 1s thread on Buzzjack. My favorite KLF song is 'Last train to Trancentral' which was featured recently in BJSC Legends. 'Rockin Over The Beat' further up the page is easily my favourite Technotronic song, it has a bit more emotion to it I think than their other singles. 'Life's What You Make It' is another good track from Talk Talk, I like the guitar in it particularly. And finally, 'I've Been Thinking About You' just entering your chart lower down! It's a very charming song. It does remind me of Fine Young Cannibals, the Londonbeat singer does sound a bit like their vocalist I think. I see earlier in this thread that the 49ers Touch me was a big #2 hit for you, great tune, with one of the best uses of pitched vocals in a dance song, there have been some awful uses of pitched vocals in chart dance songs this decade! Their follow up 'Don't You Love Me' is great too. This post has been edited by TheSnake: Jul 13 2019, 08:54 PM


Steve201 View member profile	Jul 13 2019, 11:14 PM Post #60
Shakin Stevens Joined: 29 December 2007 Posts: 46,140 User: 5,138	QUOTE(Popchartfreak @ Jul 13 2019, 09:19 AM) Yes I think it was a middling hit and quite popular on radio - though the original version got little airplay when it came out. It's strange how some songs become well-recalled and known and bigger hits get forgotten. Does anyone fondly remember All For Love, When We Dance, or his guest spot on Craig David's Rise & fall? All top 10! I've totally forgotten the latter one and it got to 2 in the chart (Just checked, peaked at 68 in my charts that'll be why) My biggest Sting tracks were Russians (3), Brand New Day (10), Desert Rose (8), This Cowboy Song (top 10), among others, but his most popular are easily Fields Of Gold and Englishman In New York. I remember the Craig DAvid one as I was into him at the time.