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 Jul 13 2019, 11:14 AM
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2nd September 1980
OK, it's been a rather shocking 3 years since I added to my 1980 charts, and following a request from Snakey I thought I'd restart them, about time too! No more youtube links though they slow my laptop down to a crawl when I try to reopen the thread! It's 2 weeks on top for Bowie's classic Ashes To Ashes, and that fab Steve Strange-featuring video, while Gazza Numan shoots up to 4 for a 4th top 5 with I Die You Die, The Clash get their first-ever top 5 with Bankrobber, and Split-Enz go top 10 with the brilliant I Got You, 7 years ahead of topping my charts as Crowded House (more or less) and 39 years ahead of Neil Finn standing in for the much-missed Lindsay Buckingham for Fleetwood Mac's 2019 tour. I didn't buy a ticket this time. Big leaps for The Beat, and The Skids, into the top 20, joined by 10-year-old Paranoid for Ozzy & crew, and new entry It's Only Love lower down also of that vintage for the still fairly-recently-late Elvis as RCA worked that back catalogue of UK flops. Highest new entry is from Genesis, Misunderstanding at 22, in those days charting higher than later in their career, by and large, in my charts - the other way round in the UK charts. Into the 40, The Selecter keeping the big ska acts going, Shaky gets his first top 40 with Marie Marie, Peter Gabriel gets political with Biko, and The Korgis get a 3rd with the forgotten lovely If It's Alright With You Baby. Newies: The Hee Bee Gee Bees taking the piss out of The Bee Gees to their not-surprising displeasure (it was unfair criticism, but it was the start of the anti-disco anti-Bee Gees backlash following World Domination). The man behind Meaningless Songs (Philip Pope) starred in minor roles in various UK comedy shows, and was also behind Spitting Image songs, and inflicted The Chicken Song on an unsuspecting world, for which he deserves a methaphorical slap. I know it was supposed to annoy with it's banality, Philip, but you didn't have to release it and become the thing it was mocking! Randy Crawford enters with the fab cool One Day I'll Fly Away and kicks her solo jazz-soul career off a year since The Crusaders hit, Streetlife, Shalamar return for a 3rd year of chart hits and still ahead of their big phase - I Owe You One, guys; Ian Dury wants to be straight, 2 years on from What A Waste, and finally Irene Cara is heading for Fame, the title song from Alan Parker's good movie about wannabe stars at an academy. Quality, but it took 2 years and a watered-down soap TV series based on the film to top the UK charts. What was on TV that week? Well I was still worshipping Star Trek, as I hadn't overdosed on the episodes in those days - repeats tended to be years later, once only, and we didn't have video-recorders - but actually dad bought an expensive VHS Phillips2000 around this time, one of the first things I recorded on my own £20 tape (an absolute fortune then) was the TOTP top 10 rundown leading down to Ashes To Ashes on top with the full video. The other thing I recorded were episodes of Star Trek, watched them more, then erased them as I didnt have the space to keep all but the best. US sitcoms were strong, Doctor Who still popped in, Buck Rogers was fluff, I was and am into science stuff with Arthur C. Clarke (a hero of mine) and Sky At Night with Patrick Moore, and errr Chopper Squad, the Aussie adventure rescue show. Let's just say it was an early version of Baywatch, only not quite as trashy, and people didn't watch for the plots. I was unemployed. That's my excuse! 1 ( 1 ) ASHES TO ASHES David Bowie 2 ( 2 ) THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL Abba 3 ( 3 ) MAGIC Olivia Newton-John 4 ( 32 ) I DIE YOU DIE Gary Numan 5 ( 12 ) BANKROBBER The Clash 6 ( 6 ) IT’S STILL ROCK ‘N’ ROLL TO ME Billy Joel 7 ( 11 ) I GOT YOU Split-Enz 8 ( 5 ) TOM HARK The Piranhas 9 ( 9 ) SUNSHINE OF YOUR SMILE Mike Berry 10 ( 4 ) ALL OVER THE WORLD E.L.O. 11 ( 14 ) START The Jam 12 ( 13 ) MODERN GIRL Sheena Easton 13 ( 8 ) XANADU Olivia Newton-John & The Electric Light Orchestra 14 ( 7 ) FEELS LIKE I’M IN LOVE Kelly Marie 15 ( 59 ) BEST FRIEND The Beat 16 ( 74 ) CIRCUS GAMES The Skids 17 ( 10 ) UPSIDE DOWN Diana Ross 18 ( 18 ) DREAMING Cliff Richard 19 ( 24 ) SLEEPWALKING Ultravox 20 ( 40 ) PARANOID Black Sabbath 21 ( 20 ) GIVE ME THE NIGHT George Benson 22 ( NEW ) MISUNDERSTANDING Genesis 23 ( 15 ) MARIANA The Gibson Brothers 24 ( 27 ) A WALK IN THE PARK Nick Straker Band 25 ( 36 ) SARTORIAL ELOQUENCE Elton John 26 ( 33 ) EIGHTH DAY Hazel O’Connor 27 ( 30 ) SUMMER FUN The Barracudas 28 ( 16 ) OH YEAH Roxy Music 29 ( 17 ) PRIVATE LIFE Grace Jones 30 ( 22 ) BABOOSHKA Kate Bush 31 ( 23 ) FUNKIN’ FOR JAMAICA Tom Browne 32 ( 19 ) THERE THERE MY DEAR Dexy’s Midnight Runners 33 ( 53 ) THE WHISPER The Selecter 34 ( 21 ) SANCTUARY New Musik 35 ( 25 ) C30 C60 C90 GO Bow Wow Wow 36 ( 26 ) YOU GOTTA BE A HUSTLER Sue Wilkinson 37 ( 42 ) MARIE MARIE Shakin’ Stevens 38 ( 75 ) BIKO Peter Gabriel 39 ( 37 ) MORE THAN I CAN SAY Leo Sayer 40 ( 51 ) IF IT’S ALRIGHT WITH YOU BABY The Korgis 41 ( 28 ) LIP UP FATTY Bad Manners 42 ( 38 ) WATERFALLS Paul McCartney 43 ( 43 ) MESSAGES Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 44 ( 31 ) COULD YOU BE LOVED Bob Marley And The Wailers 45 ( 34 ) A LOVER’S HOLIDAY Change 46 ( 39 ) REST OF YOUR LIFE Racey 47 ( 29 ) ME MYSELF I Joan Armatrading 48 ( 48 ) CRYING Don McLean 49 ( 57 ) LATE IN THE EVENING Paul Simon 50 ( 41 ) SANTA ANA WINDS The Beach Boys 51 ( 35 ) OOPS UPSIDE YOUR HEAD The Gap Band 52 ( 46 ) 747 (STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT) Saxon 53 ( NEW ) MEANINGLESS SONGS The Hee Bee Gee Bees 54 ( 54 ) NO DOUBT ABOUT IT Hot Chocolate 55 ( 55 ) MONKEES EP (LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE/ I’M A BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ DAYDREAM BELIEVER) The Monkees 56 ( 61 ) DON'T BRING ME DOWN E.L.O. 57 ( 62 ) GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME Gerry Rafferty 58 ( NEW ) ONE DAY I’LL FLY AWAY Randy Crawford 59 ( 45 ) USE IT UP AND WEAR IT OUT Odyssey 60 ( 65 ) SOUND OF CONFUSION Secret Affair 61 ( 44 ) SINCE I DON’T HAVE YOU Don McLean 62 ( 49 ) CAN’T STOP THE MUSIC The Village People 63 ( 60 ) RUNNING FROM PARADISE Daryl Hall & John Oates 64 ( NEW ) IT’S ONLY LOVE Elvis Presley 65 ( 52 ) WEDNESDAY WEEK The Undertones 66 ( 56 ) JUMP TO THE BEAT Stacey Lattisaw 67 ( 50 ) FREE ME Roger Daltrey 68 ( NEW ) I OWE YOU ONE Shalamar 69 ( 47 ) 9 TO 5 (MY BABY TAKES THE MORNING TRAIN) Sheena Easton 70 ( NEW ) FAME Irene Cara 71 ( 58 ) THEME FROM INVADERS Yellow Magic Orchestra 72 ( 69 ) BACK TOGETHER AGAIN Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway 73 ( 68 ) CHRISTINE Siouxsie And The Banshees 74 ( 67 ) BED’S TOO BIG WITHOUT YOU (6 PACK) The Police 75 ( NEW ) I WANT TO BE STRAIGHT Ian Dury TV Aug 30th to 5th Sept 1 Star Trek: Patterns Of Force 2 Soap 3 The New Avengers 4 Rhoda 5 The Mary Tyler Moore Show 6 Top Of The Pops 7 Goodbye Gutenberg 8 Mork And Mindy 9 The Morecambe & Wise Show 10 The Outer Limits 11 Chopper Squad 12 Doctor Who 13 Buck Rogers In The 25th Century 14 Arthur C. 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Jul 13 2019, 06:47 PM
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Yay. Looking forward to these early 80s personal charts.
Just looked back at the last page: 'Coming Up' by Paul McCartney did well in your personal chart, I really liked it and its weird vocal effect from when I first discovered it a few years ago, it's my favourite Paul McCartney solo song (that I have heard anyway). Other tracks from earlier in 1980 I like are New Musik - This World Of Water (a bit of a groundbreaker I think as its one of the first charting pop songs to have electronically pitched vocals in them - and pitched vocals have been everywhere in the charts this decade). John Foxx - Underpass is brilliant (and perhaps influential on later dance music) with its euphoric synths. As for this chart, 'C30 C60 C90 GO' is a good mix of punk and hop hop. 'Paranoid' is great, definitively one of the best rock songs ever I think. 'Feels Like I'm In Love' - what a classic, great fun, and it sounds like a real precursor to the brief Hi-NRG trend in 1984. This post has been edited by TheSnake: Jul 13 2019, 06:49 PM |
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Jul 13 2019, 06:58 PM
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QUOTE(TheSnake @ Jul 13 2019, 07:47 PM)  Yay. Looking forward to these early 80s personal charts. Just looked back at the last page: 'Coming Up' by Paul McCartney did well in your personal chart, I really liked it and its weird vocal effect from when I first discovered it a few years ago, it's my favourite Paul McCartney solo song (that I have heard anyway). Other tracks from earlier in 1980 I like are New Musik - This World Of Water (a bit of a groundbreaker I think as its one of the first charting pop songs to have electronically pitched vocals in them - and pitched vocals have been everywhere in the charts this decade). John Foxx - Underpass is brilliant (and perhaps influential on later dance music) with its euphoric synths. As for this chart, 'C30 C60 C90 GO' is a good mix of punk and hop hop. 'Paranoid' is great, definitively one of the best rock songs ever I think. 'Feels Like I'm In Love' - what a classic, great fun, and it sounds like a real precursor to the brief Hi-NRG trend in 1984. Thanks Snakey, I was shocked to see it'd been 3 years nearly since I last did a 1980 chart  I really enjoy revisiting 1980 too, it's a great year for music! Coming Up was terrific, macca totally moving into the 80's with joy in his step. The US went for a poor live version though, they hadnt embraced the oncoming synth storm yet - and it topped the charts. Go figure!Now you mention it yes This World Of Water did do pitched vocals and I can't offhand think of any previous example, very underrated band New Musik, that album was terrific. Underpass I affectionately sang along to back then as "UNDERPANTS". Just because.  Kelly Marie should have covered another Mungo Jerry song as follow-up, a hiNRG Baby Jump would have sounded fab - they could have done a combo together and called themselves Mungo Kelly. It would have been better than the actual follow-up at any rate... 
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Jul 13 2019, 07:12 PM
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There are so many classic songs here. I was 15 in 1980 and bought my first transistor radio with my pocket money so I was able to listen to all these songs in my bedroom on Radio 1 or Radio Luxembourg.
Tom Hark by the Piranhas is currently one of the songs being played every day at the Cricket World Cup after a wicket falls or a boundary is scored (a few seconds of it anyway). It was also the Arsenal fans' chant for Thierry Henry when he was at the club as it has the right number of notes to fit his name. |
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Jul 14 2019, 09:33 AM
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QUOTE(King Rollo @ Jul 13 2019, 08:12 PM) There are so many classic songs here. I was 15 in 1980 and bought my first transistor radio with my pocket money so I was able to listen to all these songs in my bedroom on Radio 1 or Radio Luxembourg. Tom Hark by the Piranhas is currently one of the songs being played every day at the Cricket World Cup after a wicket falls or a boundary is scored (a few seconds of it anyway). It was also the Arsenal fans' chant for Thierry Henry when he was at the club as it has the right number of notes to fit his name. Hi Rollo, ah memories of having a tranny under the bedsheets at night with Luxey on Tuesday night chartshows - albeit 7 years earlier for me. Those days mobile phone playlists equivalents I suppose  Tom Hark was great fun, a song from mum & dad's teen years back for my early 20's watching it on TOTP together with my finger hovering over video-record... |
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Jul 26 2019, 04:09 PM
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You have 'new romantic' in the title but that was more prevalent in 1981-1982 than 1980 I thought. It is however a difficult thing to define and those bands which have been defined as 'new romantic' seem to have been a mix of genres with Brit-funk, disco and synthpop influences.
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Jul 27 2019, 06:31 PM
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QUOTE(TheSnake @ Jul 26 2019, 05:09 PM) You have 'new romantic' in the title but that was more prevalent in 1981-1982 than 1980 I thought. It is however a difficult thing to define and those bands which have been defined as 'new romantic' seem to have been a mix of genres with Brit-funk, disco and synthpop influences. hi Snakey yes the new romantic explosion was 1981 but it's generally thought to be ashes to ashes that kicked it off though actual new acts it was Spandau and visage as the new year approached. Some might argue ultravox with midge ure joining human league Adam and the ants were also pseudo new romantic from this point on. Steve strange and the blitz kids were really the core though I think
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Jul 28 2019, 10:50 AM
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Ashes to Ashes!
 Definitely one of the very best 80s songs.I've cut out loads that I do quite like but these are all particularly great... 2 ( 2 ) THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL Abba 5 ( 12 ) BANKROBBER The Clash 11 ( 14 ) START The Jam 14 ( 7 ) FEELS LIKE I’M IN LOVE Kelly Marie 17 ( 10 ) UPSIDE DOWN Diana Ross 20 ( 40 ) PARANOID Black Sabbath 21 ( 20 ) GIVE ME THE NIGHT George Benson 29 ( 17 ) PRIVATE LIFE Grace Jones 30 ( 22 ) BABOOSHKA Kate Bush 44 ( 31 ) COULD YOU BE LOVED Bob Marley And The Wailers 47 ( 29 ) ME MYSELF I Joan Armatrading 59 ( 45 ) USE IT UP AND WEAR IT OUT Odyssey 69 ( 47 ) 9 TO 5 (MY BABY TAKES THE MORNING TRAIN) Sheena Easton |
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Jul 28 2019, 02:08 PM
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QUOTE(dandy* @ Jul 28 2019, 11:50 AM) Ashes to Ashes! Definitely one of the very best 80s songs.I've cut out loads that I do quite like but these are all particularly great... 2 ( 2 ) THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL Abba 5 ( 12 ) BANKROBBER The Clash 11 ( 14 ) START The Jam 14 ( 7 ) FEELS LIKE I’M IN LOVE Kelly Marie 17 ( 10 ) UPSIDE DOWN Diana Ross 20 ( 40 ) PARANOID Black Sabbath 21 ( 20 ) GIVE ME THE NIGHT George Benson 29 ( 17 ) PRIVATE LIFE Grace Jones 30 ( 22 ) BABOOSHKA Kate Bush 44 ( 31 ) COULD YOU BE LOVED Bob Marley And The Wailers 47 ( 29 ) ME MYSELF I Joan Armatrading 59 ( 45 ) USE IT UP AND WEAR IT OUT Odyssey 69 ( 47 ) 9 TO 5 (MY BABY TAKES THE MORNING TRAIN) Sheena Easton Ashes To Ashes is one of the greatest 80's tracks, too right, and it'll feature in my all-time top 600 pretty much at some point Just when I complimented you on your cheese-free taste, you go and prove you are a little bit partial to a slice after all, now and again - Kelly Marie & Sheena Easton being a couple of best cheddar examples. |
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Jul 29 2019, 06:20 PM
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QUOTE(Popchartfreak @ Jul 27 2019, 07:31 PM) hi Snakey yes the new romantic explosion was 1981 but it's generally thought to be ashes to ashes that kicked it off though actual new acts it was Spandau and visage as the new year approached. Some might argue ultravox with midge ure joining human league Adam and the ants were also pseudo new romantic from this point on. Steve strange and the blitz kids were really the core though I think I didn't know it was 'Ashes to Ashes' that was considered to have kicked it off. Roxy Music, Gary Numan/Tubeway Army and Sparks possibly all inspired it too though! I like Visage and I generally prefer Spandau's output pre -1983 to after it I think (with the exception of the classic 'Gold' of course). And speaking of new romantics, I am looking forward to seeing how my recent BJSC Legends entry does in your chart once you reach 1982! I also think Adam and the Ants also owed a lot to glam rock back in the early 70s too though (especially 'Antmusic')! This post has been edited by TheSnake: Jul 29 2019, 06:56 PM |
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Jul 30 2019, 12:01 PM
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QUOTE(TheSnake @ Jul 29 2019, 07:20 PM) I didn't know it was 'Ashes to Ashes' that was considered to have kicked it off. Roxy Music, Gary Numan/Tubeway Army and Sparks possibly all inspired it too though! I like Visage and I generally prefer Spandau's output pre -1983 to after it I think (with the exception of the classic 'Gold' of course). And speaking of new romantics, I am looking forward to seeing how my recent BJSC Legends entry does in your chart once you reach 1982! I also think Adam and the Ants also owed a lot to glam rock back in the early 70s too though (especially 'Antmusic')! Oh yes lots of synth inspirations like those you mention - Bowie went to the Blitz and met Steve Strange I think, and was directly influenced by the new movement on the video to Ashes To Ashes, and follow-up fashion. I also prefer pre-83 Spandau - I'd go so far as the say I prefer I Don't Need This Pressure On-era Spandau (Chant No 1) and everything that followed wasn't as good Ooh I didnt look at the Legends entries, must find out what it was....! Pretty much all the New Romantics/synth bands of the 80's were big into Glam Rock, especially T.Rex and Bowie, and Adam had a tribal feel that was almost Glitter-esque, the most drum-based of all the glam rockers. |
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Jul 30 2019, 06:15 PM
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QUOTE(Popchartfreak @ Jul 30 2019, 01:01 PM) Oh yes lots of synth inspirations like those you mention - Bowie went to the Blitz and met Steve Strange I think, and was directly influenced by the new movement on the video to Ashes To Ashes, and follow-up fashion. I also prefer pre-83 Spandau - I'd go so far as the say I prefer I Don't Need This Pressure On-era Spandau (Chant No 1) and everything that followed wasn't as good Ooh I didnt look at the Legends entries, must find out what it was....! Pretty much all the New Romantics/synth bands of the 80's were big into Glam Rock, especially T.Rex and Bowie, and Adam had a tribal feel that was almost Glitter-esque, the most drum-based of all the glam rockers. 'I Don't Need This Pressure On' is good - very disco/funk influenced too I think. 'Instinction' is still good, 'Communication' is probably when they started to become too middle of the road for my liking, and definitively 'True', although 'Gold' I very much like. My Legends entry was 'Is It A Dream' of course, also a very much disco influenced new romantic track. The guitar solo in Adam's 'Antmusic' in particular is very 70s glam rock in style I think! I do like Adam and the Ants, good fun - the dandy* highwayman! |
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QUOTE(TheSnake @ Jul 30 2019, 07:15 PM) 'I Don't Need This Pressure On' is good - very disco/funk influenced too I think. 'Instinction' is still good, 'Communication' is probably when they started to become too middle of the road for my liking, and definitively 'True', although 'Gold' I very much like. My Legends entry was 'Is It A Dream' of course, also a very much disco influenced new romantic track. The guitar solo in Adam's 'Antmusic' in particular is very 70s glam rock in style I think! I do like Adam and the Ants, good fun - the dandy* highwayman! Ah Classix Nouveau, good choice - still sounds pretty good that one Instinction and Gold I rate as in amongst their better singles, True I really rated at the time, but am so sick of hearing it now I groan every time I accidentally catch it - but it did at least inspire Set Adrift On Memory Bliss which I still love.
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Aug 20 2019, 06:48 PM
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9th September 1980
It's 2 weeks on top for the fab Ashes To Ashes as Randy Crawford flies up the chart in 7 days, not one, that'll be a fine 53 spots to 5 and a debut top 10 for her. The Jam are well into their peak era, Start-ing as they mean to go on - for 2 years at any rate, up to 7 and their 2nd top 10 in a row. Black Sabbath keep the spirit of 1970 alive, getting Paranoid at 8, and Elvis does the same, even though he's not keeping his own spirit alive, as It's Only Love shoots up to 23. The Beat also get a top 10 with Best Friend making it 2 in a row too for the ska lads. Highest new entry is Queen going all Chic in the rhythm section, Another One Bites The Dust being an incredible change of style that was totally unexpected - John Deacon starting to affect hit singles now, and not just Freddie & Brian. In at 26, and fab. Irene Cara not only reaches the heights of Fame at 27, her touching ballad from the movie also enters at 60. It's quite possible I saw the film around this time! Shalamar get a second time around, and owe me one - or actually 3 under the name, or 2 with the hit-era lineup of Jeffrey, Howard & Jody. Paul McCartney damages his own chances of a follow-up to the follow-up hit off his latest album, as the very quirky Temporary Secretary was released as a 25000 limited-edition 12" - a shame as it's very upbeat electro-pop and not what you'd expect from a Beatle at this stage in his career. In at 62 as my own "sales" charts are not limited-editions. The Cars are back again with a fourth hit, and it's Touch And Go. Literally. Judas Priest are United. I'm usually united in not rating Judas Priest, but there you go in at 69. Joan Armatrading is still all Me Myself I as she goes all the way to America at 73, leaving bottom rung a quiet early entry for a new track from Barbra Streisand, written by Barry Gibb, and called A Woman In Love. It drops out next week - but it'll be back once it gets some airplay.... Meanwhile on TV, cos I was unemployed and had time to watch lots of TV, and then rate it, Soap is the top show of the week, cos it was mad, irreverent and a huge piss-take, and enormously funny. I needed cheering up. I'm shocked to see how high I rated Laverne & Shirley! Then again their brand of amiable slapstick set in the 50's was adorable at times. Think French & Saunders in a US sitcom setting of dumb-but-loveable characters. TISWAS is at 4: back when Chris Tarrant took the pee out of kids, and was funny, and Lenny Henry did impressions and was funny, and pop stars turned up to get custard pies in the face and join in the fun. Abba and Marc Bolan had specials, TOTP wasn't as hugh-up as you might think, and Arthur C. Clarke analyses various phenomena (doot-doooo-de-do-do, Mah Na Mah Na...etc). I'm reading Dr Brian Cox at the mo, still a huge interest in the universe. 1 ( 1 ) ASHES TO ASHES David Bowie 2 ( 2 ) THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL Abba 3 ( 4 ) I DIE YOU DIE Gary Numan 4 ( 3 ) MAGIC Olivia Newton-John 5 ( 58 ) ONE DAY I’LL FLY AWAY Randy Crawford 6 ( 9 ) SUNSHINE OF YOUR SMILE Mike Berry 7 ( 11 ) START The Jam 8 ( 20 ) PARANOID Black Sabbath 9 ( 15 ) BEST FRIEND The Beat 10 ( 7 ) I GOT YOU Split-Enz 11 ( 8 ) TOM HARK The Piranhas 12 ( 6 ) IT’S STILL ROCK ‘N’ ROLL TO ME Billy Joel 13 ( 18 ) DREAMING Cliff Richard 14 ( 10 ) ALL OVER THE WORLD E.L.O. 15 ( 5 ) BANKROBBER The Clash 16 ( 16 ) CIRCUS GAMES The Skids 17 ( 12 ) MODERN GIRL Sheena Easton 18 ( 24 ) A WALK IN THE PARK Nick Straker Band 19 ( 22 ) MISUNDERSTANDING Genesis 20 ( 26 ) EIGHTH DAY Hazel O’Connor 21 ( 13 ) XANADU Olivia Newton-John & The Electric Light Orchestra 22 ( 17 ) UPSIDE DOWN Diana Ross 23 ( 64 ) IT’S ONLY LOVE Elvis Presley 24 ( 25 ) SARTORIAL ELOQUENCE Elton John 25 ( 14 ) FEELS LIKE I’M IN LOVE Kelly Marie 26 ( NEW ) ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST Queen 27 ( 70 ) FAME Irene Cara 28 ( 19 ) SLEEPWALKING Ultravox 29 ( 21 ) GIVE ME THE NIGHT George Benson 30 ( 23 ) MARIANA The Gibson Brothers 31 ( 33 ) THE WHISPER The Selecter 32 ( 27 ) SUMMER FUN The Barracudas 33 ( 40 ) IF IT’S ALRIGHT WITH YOU BABY The Korgis 34 ( 37 ) MARIE MARIE Shakin’ Stevens 35 ( 68 ) I OWE YOU ONE Shalamar 36 ( 28 ) OH YEAH Roxy Music 37 ( 31 ) FUNKIN’ FOR JAMAICA Tom Browne 38 ( 30 ) BABOOSHKA Kate Bush 39 ( 39 ) MORE THAN I CAN SAY Leo Sayer 40 ( 29 ) PRIVATE LIFE Grace Jones 41 ( 53 ) MEANINGLESS SONGS The Hee Bee Gee Bees 42 ( 34 ) SANCTUARY New Musik 43 ( 32 ) THERE THERE MY DEAR Dexy’s Midnight Runners 44 ( 60 ) SOUND OF CONFUSION Secret Affair 45 ( 42 ) WATERFALLS Paul McCartney 46 ( 49 ) LATE IN THE EVENING Paul Simon 47 ( 38 ) BIKO Peter Gabriel 48 ( 43 ) MESSAGES Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 49 ( 48 ) CRYING Don McLean 50 ( 36 ) YOU GOTTA BE A HUSTLER Sue Wilkinson 51 ( 46 ) REST OF YOUR LIFE Racey 52 ( 50 ) SANTA ANA WINDS The Beach Boys 53 ( 45 ) A LOVER’S HOLIDAY Change 54 ( 44 ) COULD YOU BE LOVED Bob Marley And The Wailers 55 ( 55 ) MONKEES EP (LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE/ I’M A BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ DAYDREAM BELIEVER) The Monkees 56 ( 56 ) DON'T BRING ME DOWN E.L.O. 57 ( 57 ) GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME Gerry Rafferty 58 ( 54 ) NO DOUBT ABOUT IT Hot Chocolate 59 ( 35 ) C30 C60 C90 GO Bow Wow Wow 60 ( NEW ) OUT HERE ON MY OWN Irene Cara 61 ( 52 ) 747 (STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT) Saxon 62 ( NEW ) TEMPORARY SECRETARY Paul McCartney 63 ( 51 ) OOPS UPSIDE YOUR HEAD The Gap Band 64 ( 75 ) I WANT TO BE STRAIGHT Ian Dury 65 ( 47 ) ME MYSELF I Joan Armatrading 66 ( NEW ) TOUCH AND GO The Cars 67 ( 59 ) USE IT UP AND WEAR IT OUT Odyssey 68 ( 63 ) RUNNING FROM PARADISE Daryl Hall & John Oates 69 ( NEW ) UNITED Judas Priest 70 ( 66 ) JUMP TO THE BEAT Stacey Lattisaw 71 ( 62 ) CAN’T STOP THE MUSIC The Village People 72 ( 69 ) 9 TO 5 (MY BABY TAKES THE MORNING TRAIN) Sheena Easton 73 ( NEW ) ALL THE WAY FROM AMERICA Joan Armatrading 74 ( 41 ) LIP UP FATTY Bad Manners 75 ( NEW ) A WOMAN IN LOVE Barbra Streisand fave TV Sept 5-12th 1 Soap 2 Star Trek: The Immunity Syndrome 3 Laverne & Shirley 4 TISWAS 5 Rhoda 6 Abba In Concert 7 The New Avengers 8 M*A*S*H 9 Top Of The Pops 10 Arthur C. 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16th September 1980
It's 4 weeks on top for David Bowie's Ashes To Ashes as his admirer Gary Numan is up to 2 with I Die You Die, the highest chart position since his Tubeway Army topped with Are 'Friends' Electric in 1979. Elvis hits the top 10 with his 1970 flop, It's Only Love being somewhat better than his various cover versions that were big hits in 1970, and Queen have a bit of a revival in my chart, and their first top 10 since Fat Bottomed Girls 2 years earlier, with the funky Chic-tastic Another One Bites The Dust at 10. Highest new entry comes from a revitalised debut from Stevie Wonder at 19, going all Bob Marley with Masterblaster (Jammin') as the man himself gets his last chart entry during his lifetime at 75, with the sweet Three Little Birds. Close behind Stevie comes The Police and also the lead single from the forthcoming album, Don't Stand So Close To Me making it 7 top 20's in a row. Paul McCartney gets a big jump with his unusual flop (limited edition) Temporary Secretary, up to 26. In at 37 it's Madness' 5th chart entry with the wacky and wonderfully British Baggy Trousers. XTC also debut top 40 with Generals & Majors, their first since the brilliant Making Plans For Nigel in 1979, and a host of new entries dot around the lower end, Gladys Knight having the taste of bitter love at 42, but the sweet taste of 8 years of chart entries; Roberta Flack & the late Donny Hathaway bring Don't Make Me Wait Too Long back 8 years after the gorgeous Where Is The Love went top 3, and weeks after Back Together Again gave them a big second top 10. Splodgenessabounds take the Michael out of Rolf's Two Little Boys, a version radio can still play but chooses not to, Diana Ross' second Chic single debuts with My Old Piano at 48, Gilbert O'Sullivan returns after a gap of 5 years with What's In A Kiss, extending his run to a decade, Odyssey are looking for a way out, Buzzcocks are everything, both of them 2 years into their runs, and Chnage also return with a guest vocal from future star Luther Vandross, though not his first appearance as he'd done backing vocals on Bowie's Young Americans. The Dooleys make it 3 years of singles as they start to fizzle out with Body language, The Lambrettas get a follow-up entry, Dr. Hook continue the pleasant MOR housewife-appealing hits with Years From Now 8 years on from the quirky and cooler Sylvia's Mother, AC/DC have a new Geordie vocalist to replace the late Bon Scott, so that's 2 years of entries for the band, and 8 years for Brian Johnson. Meanwhile, on TV this week, the best film was the Oscar-winning Paper Moon, giving it black & white 1930's depression-era nostalgia starring Ryan O'Neal, outgunned by his young daughter Tatum. Bear in mind how long ago it seemed in the 70's to people who weren't born then - and then realise the equivalent would be a film set in the late 1970's now....oops! 1 ( 1 ) ASHES TO ASHES David Bowie 2 ( 3 ) I DIE YOU DIE Gary Numan 3 ( 2 ) THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL Abba 4 ( 8 ) PARANOID Black Sabbath 5 ( 5 ) ONE DAY I’LL FLY AWAY Randy Crawford 6 ( 4 ) MAGIC Olivia Newton-John 7 ( 10 ) I GOT YOU Split-Enz 8 ( 7 ) START The Jam 9 ( 23 ) IT’S ONLY LOVE Elvis Presley 10 ( 26 ) ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST Queen 11 ( 9 ) BEST FRIEND The Beat 12 ( 13 ) DREAMING Cliff Richard 13 ( 6 ) SUNSHINE OF YOUR SMILE Mike Berry 14 ( 18 ) A WALK IN THE PARK Nick Straker Band 15 ( 27 ) FAME Irene Cara 16 ( 19 ) MISUNDERSTANDING Genesis 17 ( 11 ) TOM HARK The Piranhas 18 ( 12 ) IT’S STILL ROCK ‘N’ ROLL TO ME Billy Joel 19 ( NEW ) MASTERBLASTER (JAMMIN’) Stevie Wonder 20 ( NEW ) DON’T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME The Police 21 ( 16 ) CIRCUS GAMES The Skids 22 ( 25 ) FEELS LIKE I’M IN LOVE Kelly Marie 23 ( 14 ) ALL OVER THE WORLD E.L.O. 24 ( 17 ) MODERN GIRL Sheena Easton 25 ( 20 ) EIGHTH DAY Hazel O’Connor 26 ( 62 ) TEMPORARY SECRETARY Paul McCartney 27 ( 22 ) UPSIDE DOWN Diana Ross 28 ( 21 ) XANADU Olivia Newton-John & The Electric Light Orchestra 29 ( 35 ) I OWE YOU ONE Shalamar 30 ( 31 ) THE WHISPER The Selecter 31 ( 15 ) BANKROBBER The Clash 32 ( 24 ) SARTORIAL ELOQUENCE Elton John 33 ( 33 ) IF IT’S ALRIGHT WITH YOU BABY The Korgis 34 ( 34 ) MARIE MARIE Shakin’ Stevens 35 ( 32 ) SUMMER FUN The Barracudas 36 ( 41 ) MEANINGLESS SONGS The Hee Bee Gee Bees 37 ( NEW ) BAGGY TROUSERS Madness 38 ( 29 ) GIVE ME THE NIGHT George Benson 39 ( NEW ) GENERALS & MAJORS XTC 40 ( 46 ) LATE IN THE EVENING Paul Simon 41 ( 30 ) MARIANA The Gibson Brothers 42 ( NEW ) TASTE OF BITTER LOVE Gladys Knight 43 ( 38 ) BABOOSHKA Kate Bush 44 ( NEW ) DON’T MAKE ME WAIT TOO LONG Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway 45 ( 45 ) WATERFALLS Paul McCartney 46 ( 39 ) MORE THAN I CAN SAY Leo Sayer 47 ( NEW ) TWO LITTLE BOYS Splodgenessabounds 48 ( NEW ) MY OLD PIANO Diana Ross 49 ( 49 ) CRYING Don McLean 50 ( 48 ) MESSAGES Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 51 ( 36 ) OH YEAH Roxy Music 52 ( 40 ) PRIVATE LIFE Grace Jones 53 ( NEW ) WHAT’S IN A KISS Gilbert O’Sullivan 54 ( 55 ) MONKEES EP (LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE/ I’M A BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ DAYDREAM BELIEVER) The Monkees 55 ( 66 ) TOUCH AND GO The Cars 56 ( 69 ) UNITED Judas Priest 57 ( 57 ) GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME Gerry Rafferty 58 ( 56 ) DON'T BRING ME DOWN E.L.O. 59 ( 58 ) NO DOUBT ABOUT IT Hot Chocolate 60 ( 28 ) SLEEPWALKING Ultravox 61 ( 64 ) I WANT TO BE STRAIGHT Ian Dury 62 ( 51 ) REST OF YOUR LIFE Racey 63 ( 52 ) SANTA ANA WINDS The Beach Boys 64 ( NEW ) IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT Odyssey 65 ( 42 ) SANCTUARY New Musik 66 ( NEW ) ARE EVERYTHING Buzzcocks 67 ( 37 ) FUNKIN’ FOR JAMAICA Tom Browne 68 ( NEW ) SEARCHING Change featuring Luther Vandross 69 ( 43 ) THERE THERE MY DEAR Dexy’s Midnight Runners 70 ( NEW ) BODY LANGUAGE The Dooleys 71 ( NEW ) ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER GIRL The Lambrettas 72 ( NEW ) YEARS FROM NOW Dr. Hook 73 ( NEW ) YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG AC/DC 74 ( 44 ) SOUND OF CONFUSION Secret Affair 75 ( NEW ) THREE LITTLE BIRDS Bob Marley And The Wailers My TV faves 13th-19th Sept 1980 1 “Paper Moon” 2 Soap 3 Star Trek: The Omega Glory 4 Butterflies 5 Top Of The Pops 6 25 Years Of Not The 9 0'Clock News 7 “Return Of The Pink Panther” 8 Mork And Mindy 9 Rhoda 10 The Outer Limits 11 Arthur C. Clarke’s Mysterious World 12 M*A*S*H 13 Best of Marc (Bolan’s TV Show) 14 Buck Rogers In The 25th Century 15 Doctor Who 16 Panorama 17 Cooke & Co 18 Morecambe & Wise 19 Horizon 20 Where Are They Now |
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Dec 10 2020, 08:04 PM
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With Kristina in heart
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Sue Wilkinson
She released only 5 singles and all were my # 1s."You Gotta Be A Hustler If You Wanna Get On" is the one from only 4 songs, which spent 10 or more weeks at # 1 in my chart. Sadly she died too young. 
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Dec 12 2020, 04:19 PM
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QUOTE(Last Dreamer @ Dec 10 2020, 08:04 PM) Sue Wilkinson She released only 5 singles and all were my # 1s."You Gotta Be A Hustler If You Wanna Get On" is the one from only 4 songs, which spent 10 or more weeks at # 1 in my chart. Sadly she died too young. Hi Alex, yes I recall you liking her a lot! I didn't know she'd died young though, very sad. I just checked and only 9 tracks have done 10 weeks or more on top of my charts, all of them dating from the 60's and 70's (or 12 if you count one of them as 3 songs released on one CD). |
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Dec 12 2020, 04:39 PM
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23rd September 1980
It's a first week on top for the 4th chart-topper from The Police, Don't Stand So Close To Me. As a former school-teacher Sting knew what he was talking about, and this was peak Police (in the UK) as Sting was pin-up of the day. He was on my Uni wall at any rate. Queen get a first top 3 since Somebody To Love in 1976, and Stevie Wonder a first top 5 since 1977, while Madness make it 4 top 10's in a row as Baggy Trousers sprints to 9. Diana Ross tinkles her piano up 33 places to 15, as Gary Glitter brings his debut instrumental back at 16, Rock & Roll Part 2 last heard in Joker, but it was fine to see it as an anthem in 1980. XTC get a second top 20, yes Sir! Generals & Majors. In at 24 Air Supply get a second instant top 40, following the fab Lost In Love with what they call a dollop of Soft Rock these days, for the Aussie band I was partial to. Supertramp mine another Breakfast In America single, Take The Long Way Home in at 31, and the fab Johnny & Mary debuts at 36 for Robert Palmer, his 3rd chart entry in 3 years. Change, AC/DC & Bob Marley all rocket into the 40 in a very volatile week for climbers and fallers. At 56, William De Vaughan decides to re-record his 1974 minor soul classic, Be Thankful For What You've Got still sounding good anyway (I usually am not too fussed about re-recordings), and future biggie Woman In Love bounces back after a brief week in the chart for Barbra Streisand. The Vapors return, Darts' run of hits starts to fade with Peaches scraping in (they never got over Den Hegarty buggering off, really), and Hall & Oates take on The Righteous Brothers classic - and lose. I mean, I love Hall & Oates, I love Cilla (who had a massive hit cover) but just NO. There is only one version, it will never be improved on so just don't even bother! It is, though, better than the Telly Savalas version from 1975. Who Loves Ya Baby? Not music fans! (Mid-70's Kojak topical reference for the over 60's) 1 ( 20 ) DON’T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME The Police 2 ( 1 ) ASHES TO ASHES David Bowie 3 ( 10 ) ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST Queen 4 ( 9 ) IT’S ONLY LOVE Elvis Presley 5 ( 19 ) MASTERBLASTER (JAMMIN’) Stevie Wonder 6 ( 2 ) I DIE YOU DIE Gary Numan 7 ( 3 ) THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL Abba 8 ( 7 ) I GOT YOU Split-Enz 9 ( 37 ) BAGGY TROUSERS Madness 10 ( 4 ) PARANOID Black Sabbath 11 ( 5 ) ONE DAY I’LL FLY AWAY Randy Crawford 12 ( 8 ) START The Jam 13 ( 6 ) MAGIC Olivia Newton-John 14 ( 16 ) MISUNDERSTANDING Genesis 15 ( 48 ) MY OLD PIANO Diana Ross 16 ( NEW ) ROCK AND ROLL PART 2 Gary Glitter 17 ( 11 ) BEST FRIEND The Beat 18 ( 14 ) A WALK IN THE PARK Nick Straker Band 19 ( 17 ) TOM HARK The Piranhas 20 ( 39 ) GENERALS & MAJORS XTC 21 ( 12 ) DREAMING Cliff Richard 22 ( 15 ) FAME Irene Cara 23 ( 13 ) SUNSHINE OF YOUR SMILE Mike Berry 24 ( NEW ) ALL OUT OF LOVE Air Supply 25 ( 22 ) FEELS LIKE I’M IN LOVE Kelly Marie 26 ( 26 ) TEMPORARY SECRETARY Paul McCartney 27 ( 24 ) MODERN GIRL Sheena Easton 28 ( 29 ) I OWE YOU ONE Shalamar 29 ( 68 ) SEARCHING Change featuring Luther Vandross 30 ( 36 ) MEANINGLESS SONGS The Hee Bee Gee Bees 31 ( NEW ) TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME Supertramp 32 ( 18 ) IT’S STILL ROCK ‘N’ ROLL TO ME Billy Joel 33 ( 25 ) EIGHTH DAY Hazel O’Connor 34 ( 28 ) XANADU Olivia Newton-John & The Electric Light Orchestra 35 ( 27 ) UPSIDE DOWN Diana Ross 36 ( NEW ) JOHNNY AND MARY Robert Palmer 37 ( 73 ) YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG AC/DC 38 ( 21 ) CIRCUS GAMES The Skids 39 ( 75 ) THREE LITTLE BIRDS Bob Marley And The Wailers 40 ( 42 ) TASTE OF BITTER LOVE Gladys Knight 41 ( 64 ) IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT Odyssey 42 ( 23 ) ALL OVER THE WORLD E.L.O. 43 ( 31 ) BANKROBBER The Clash 44 ( 44 ) DON’T MAKE ME WAIT TOO LONG Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway 45 ( 34 ) MARIE MARIE Shakin’ Stevens 46 ( 32 ) SARTORIAL ELOQUENCE Elton John 47 ( 47 ) TWO LITTLE BOYS Splodgenessabounds 48 ( 45 ) WATERFALLS Paul McCartney 49 ( 38 ) GIVE ME THE NIGHT George Benson 50 ( 53 ) WHAT’S IN A KISS Gilbert O’Sullivan 51 ( 33 ) IF IT’S ALRIGHT WITH YOU BABY The Korgis 52 ( 55 ) TOUCH AND GO The Cars 53 ( 54 ) MONKEES EP (LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE/ I’M A BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ DAYDREAM BELIEVER) The Monkees 54 ( 57 ) GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME Gerry Rafferty 55 ( 58 ) DON'T BRING ME DOWN E.L.O. 56 ( NEW ) BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU’VE GOT (1980 VERSION) William De Vaughan 57 ( 49 ) CRYING Don McLean 58 ( 50 ) MESSAGES Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 59 ( 43 ) BABOOSHKA Kate Bush 60 ( 59 ) NO DOUBT ABOUT IT Hot Chocolate 61 ( 40 ) LATE IN THE EVENING Paul Simon 62 ( 30 ) THE WHISPER The Selecter 63 ( 35 ) SUMMER FUN The Barracudas 64 ( 46 ) MORE THAN I CAN SAY Leo Sayer 65 ( 66 ) ARE EVERYTHING Buzzcocks 66 ( 41 ) MARIANA The Gibson Brothers 67 ( 70 ) BODY LANGUAGE The Dooleys 68 ( RE ) A WOMAN IN LOVE Barbra Streisand 69 ( 63 ) SANTA ANA WINDS The Beach Boys 70 ( 62 ) REST OF YOUR LIFE Racey 71 ( 56 ) UNITED Judas Priest 72 ( NEW ) WAITING FOR THE WEEKEND The Vapors 73 ( NEW ) PEACHES Darts 74 ( NEW ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ Daryl Hall & John Oates 75 ( NEW ) THE QUARTER MOON The V.I.P.’s TV 20th-26th Sept 1 Star Trek: A Piece Of The Action 2 “The Sugarland Express” 3 Soap 4 The Worst Of It’ll Be Alright On The Night 5 Parkinson (Wed) 6 Top Of The Pops 7 Not The Lot Of The 9 O’Clock News 8 M*A*S*H 9 The New Avengers 10 Rhoda 11 The Outer Limits 12 Film ’80 13 Butterflies 14 Arthur C. 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Dec 12 2020, 05:36 PM
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With Kristina in heart
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QUOTE(Popchartfreak @ Dec 12 2020, 07:19 PM) I just checked and only 9 tracks have done 10 weeks or more on top of my charts, all of them dating from the 60's and 70's (or 12 if you count one of them as 3 songs released on one CD). Honestly I don't know any triple singles from 60s or 70s. Most weeks at # 1 in my chart : 14 weeks : Anmary - Beautiful Song (2012) 11 weeks : YVA - Brunetes Blondines (2007) 10 weeks : Sue Wilkinson - You Gotta Be A Hustler If You Wanna Get On (1980) 10 weeks : Sinead Quinn - I Can't Break Down (2003) 9 weeks : Blondie - Sunday Girl (1979) 9 weeks : Bucks Fizz - The Land Of Make Believe (1981) 9 weeks : Britney Spears - Lucky (2000) 9 weeks : Steps - It's The Way You Make Me Feel (2001) This post has been edited by Last Dreamer: Dec 12 2020, 05:37 PM |
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Dec 20 2020, 05:37 PM
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Say that hiss with your chest, and...
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I like Masterblaster Jammin, one of Stevie Wonder's best songs, the cover in 2000 by DJ Luck and MC Neat I like too.
XTC in the chart, I only know the excellent 'Senses Working Overtime' by them. All Out Of Love is a very good ballad, there was a rather cheesy eurodance cover of it in 2003 which I quite like too but it only just made top 40. |
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