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Posted by: Ne Plus Ultra Jul 23 2018, 01:53 PM

A List
Pat Benetar - All Fired Up [A-A]
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car [A-A]
Deacon Blue - Chocolate Girl [A-A]
Def Leppard - Love Bites [A-A]
Everything But The Girl - I Don't Want To Talk About It [A-A]
Fairground Attraction - Find My Love [A-A]
Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana [A-A]
Glenn Medeiros - Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You [A-A]
George Michael - Monkey [A-A]
Kylie Minogue - The Locomotion [A-A]
Alexander O'Neal - What Can I Say To Make You Love Me [A-A]
The Pogues - Fiesta [A-A]
Prince - Glam Slam [A-A]
Salt 'N' Pepa - Push It [A-A]
^ S-Express - Superfly Guy [B-A]
^ Siouxsie & The Banshees - Peek-A-Boo [B-A]
* Rod Stewart - Forever Young [A]
Tanita Tikaram - Good Tradition [A-A]
Voice Of The Beehive - I Say Nothing [A-A]
Kim Wilde - You Came [A-A]
Yazz & The Plastic Population - The Only Way Is Up [A-A]

B List
* Big Audio Dynamite - Other 99 [B]
* Breathe - Hands To Heaven [B]
Catherine Buchanan - Love Is [B-B]
* B.V.S.M.P. - I Need You [B]
Steven Dante - I'm Too Scared [B-B]
* Steve Earle - I Ain't Ever Satisfied [B]
^ Four Tops - Reach Out (I'll Be There) [C-B]
Debbie Gibson - Foolish Beat [B-B]
Hard Rain - Diamonds [B-B]
Hothouse Flowers - I'm Sorry [B-B]
* Mory Kante - Ye Ke Ye Ke [B]
Huey Lewis & The News - Perfect World [B-B]
Living Colour - Glamour Boys [B-B]
Mac Band & The McCampbell Brothers - Roses Are Red [B-B]
* Donny Osmond - Soldier Of Love [B]
Mica Paris - Like Dreamers Do [B-B]
Pretty Poison - Catch Me (I'm Falling) [B-B]
Robbie Robertson - Somewhere Down The Crazy River [B-B]
* Joyce Sims - Love Makes A Woman [B]
Van Halen - When It's Love [B-B]
* Jane Wiedlin - Rush Hour [B]
The Wonderstuff - A Wish Away [B-B]

C List
Bros - I Owe You Nothing [C-C]
James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good) [C-C]
The Communards - There's More To Love [C-C]
v Dollar - It's Nature's Way (No Problem) [B-C]
v Eighth Wonder - Cross My Heart [A-C]
Denis Graves & The Truth - God Gave Rock & Roll To You [C-C]
* Julia Fordham - Happy Ever After [C]
* Local Hero - Daydream Believer [C]
v Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers - Tomorrow People [A-C]
Martha Reeves - Nowhere To Run [C-C]
Shakin' Stevens - Feel The Need In Me [C-C]
v Style Council - How She Threw It All Away [B-C]
v UB40 & Chrissie Hynde - Breakfast In Bed [B-C]
v Wee Papa Girl Rappers - Heat It Up [A-C]

OUT
Billy Idol - Catch My Fall
Prefab Sprout - Hey Manhattan

Posted by: danG Jul 23 2018, 02:45 PM

I was born in '97 and here's what I remember

A List
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car [A-A]
Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana [A-A]
Kylie Minogue - The Locomotion [A-A]
Salt 'N' Pepa - Push It [A-A]
Yazz & The Plastic Population - The Only Way Is Up [A-A]

B List
^ Four Tops - Reach Out (I'll Be There) [C-B]
* Jane Wiedlin - Rush Hour [B]

C List
James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good) [C-C]

wow at how big the playlist was back then though, wish it was a similar size now. clearly not a lot has aged well as I can only recall 8 songs on the entire playlist. though I suppose it'll be the same for the next generation looking back on 2018.

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn Jul 23 2018, 02:52 PM

It is a shame the playlists now are so much smaller and more restrictive. Even comparing to how it used to be earlier this century too.

Posted by: gavindeejay Jul 23 2018, 05:13 PM

Amazing! I love seeing these old playlists. Would love to see this become a regular feature

Posted by: HarryEzra Jul 23 2018, 05:17 PM

From WHat I know and like (born in 96 oops)

A List
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car [A-A]
Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana [A-A]
Kylie Minogue - The Locomotion [A-A]
Prince - Glam Slam [A-A]
Salt 'N' Pepa - Push It [A-A]
Yazz & The Plastic Population - The Only Way Is Up [A-A]

I second this!

Posted by: Steve201 Jul 24 2018, 09:20 PM

Amazing seeing the playlist from this far back! I always thought the radio 1 playlist started in the mid 90s!!

I take it all these songs entered the playlist high up of is that just the info you have?

Is that Mory Kante that famous dance track?

Posted by: Ne Plus Ultra Jul 24 2018, 09:52 PM

Yep that's all I have for now, including some from August of '88. There are also some Radio 1 playlists available on the net from parts of '81 to early '83.

On the second question, yes it is! It was recently remixed 7 years ago too:

Posted by: gavindeejay Jul 25 2018, 08:06 AM

Wow! I never realised it was that old. I always though it was about 98/99.

Posted by: Euphorique Jul 25 2018, 09:20 AM

Where did you find this playlist?

Posted by: Ne Plus Ultra Jul 25 2018, 01:59 PM

It's incredibly rare to find a full Radio 1 playlist this old. Some are available on old issues of the Music Week & Record Business magazines on the American Radio History website: https://www.americanradiohistory.com/index.htm

You can find the playlists for August '88 on Music Week and parts of '81 and 1982 on Record Business.

Posted by: Steve201 Jul 25 2018, 07:06 PM

Same here although I thought it was more 1992/93 time - here's its official chart run -


23/07/1988 Mory Kante Yeke Yeke 29 73-56-53-42-39-{29}-30-41-57->9
11/03/1995 Mory Kante Yeke Yeke {1995} 25 {25}-40-56->3
30/11/1996 Mory Kante Yeke Yeke - 96 Remixes

Posted by: Steve201 Jul 25 2018, 07:07 PM

Same here although I thought it was more 1992/93 time - here's its official chart run -


23/07/1988 Mory Kante Yeke Yeke 29 73-56-53-42-39-{29}-30-41-57->9
11/03/1995 Mory Kante Yeke Yeke {1995} 25 {25}-40-56->3
30/11/1996 Mory Kante Yeke Yeke - 96 Remixes

The 1995 one is the one we hear in clubs traditionally I assume.

Also on the playlist - are most of these songs high A List new entries?

Posted by: Doctor Blind Jul 25 2018, 07:18 PM

Here's the chart from exactly 30 years ago too: http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19880724/7501/

With Bruno Brookes presenting that Top 40: https://www.mixcloud.com/1869300/uk-top-40-radio-1-bruno-brookes-24-07-1988/

Posted by: Ne Plus Ultra Jul 25 2018, 07:22 PM

Miraculously, they're just stagnant. Only Rod Stewart's song was an instant A-List add.

Posted by: The Snake Jul 25 2018, 07:43 PM

Must listen to that!

I love Def Leppard's 'Love Bites' on that chart, its quite an epic, as is 'Dirty Diana' by Michael Jackson. As for S'express' Superfly Guy, 'ain't this the mother!....'. 'Push It' by Salt n Pepa is a bop and the number 1 from Glenn Medieros is very cheesy but nice enough though.

Posted by: Steve201 Jul 25 2018, 08:14 PM

And it would eventually peak at 57 lol

Posted by: DalekTurret32 Jul 26 2018, 09:48 AM

Wow! Very interesting

Posted by: hlavkus Aug 22 2018, 08:25 AM

Anyone knows why the James Brown track, which was 23 years old at the time, was playlisted?

Posted by: Shaky Fan Aug 22 2018, 06:22 PM

I know it featured in Good Morning Vietnam but that came out at the start of 1988,