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Posted by: Popchartfreak 1st January 2020, 10:47 AM

3rd January 1988

It's a 3rd week on top for Pet Shop Boys on my 30th birthday, a quiet chart, and the annual Gary Glitter rousing Xmas/New Years concert with support from Westworld popping up in my weekly playlist mentions. The Bee Gees make it 2 top 10's in a row, and make it another year they can tick off a top 10 hit: so that'll be 1968-1972, 1975-1981, 1987-1988, though if you include top 20's, solo records, and acts they wrote and produced for they only missed out on 1973 and 1985, I think.

Bananarama make it 3 top 40 in a row off the new album, highest new entry is a charity track at 50, Lloyd Cole follows up My Bag, and INXS get a second Kick track in the chart....and that's it. Not much happening!


1 ( 1 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys
2 ( 3 ) SHAME Eurythmics
3 ( 2 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
4 ( 6 ) I FOUND SOMEONE Cher
5 ( 4 ) I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU Dusty Springfield
6 ( 5 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson
7 ( 7 ) FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl
8 ( 10 ) TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne
9 ( 9 ) FAMILY MAN Fleetwood Mac
10 ( 12 ) ESP The Bee Gees

11 ( 8 ) WHEN I FALL IN LOVE Nat ‘King’ Cole
12 ( 18 ) JINGO Jellybean
13 ( 11 ) LETTER FROM AMERICA The Proclaimers
14 ( 23 ) HOUSE ARREST Krush
15 ( 13 ) LOVE LETTERS Alison Moyet
16 ( 20 ) HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH Belinda Carlisle
17 ( 15 ) LET ME BE THE ONE/ (REMIX) Expose
18 ( 14 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
19 ( 21 ) IDEAL WORLD The Christians
20 ( 22 ) TURN BACK THE CLOCK Johnny Hates Jazz

21 ( 19 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
22 ( 17 ) ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE Mel (Smith) & Kim (Wilde)
23 ( 28 ) EV’RY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE Simply Red
24 ( 34 ) THERE’S THE GIRL Heart
25 ( 16 ) THE LOOK OF LOVE Madonna
26 ( 30 ) TOUCHED BY THE HAND OF GOD New Order
27 ( 27 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
28 ( 26 ) BAD Michael Jackson
29 ( 29 ) CRITICIZE Alexander O’Neal
30 ( 39 ) RISE TO THE OCCASION Climie Fisher

31 ( 25 ) TUNNEL OF LOVE Bruce Springsteen
32 ( 58 ) I CAN’T HELP IT Bananarama
33 ( 35 ) ANGEL EYES Wet Wet Wet
34 ( 24 ) WHO FOUND WHO Jellybean featuring Lisa Fiorillo
35 ( 38 ) TIGHTEN UP Wally Jump Junior & The Criminal Element
36 ( 42 ) PACKJAMMED (WITH THE PARTY POSSE) Stock Aitken Waterman
37 ( 31 ) CHILDREN SAY Level 42
38 ( 32 ) I’VE BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE Cutting Crew
39 ( 37 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
40 ( 45 ) THE TIDE IS TURNING Roger Waters

41 ( 36 ) I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW Tiffany
42 ( 56 ) MY BAG Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
43 ( 41 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys
44 ( 40 ) KID (REMIX) The Pretenders
45 ( 52 ) ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT The Stranglers
46 ( 33 ) THE ONE I LOVE R.E.M.
47 ( 66 ) IN GOD’S COUNTRY U2
48 ( 50 ) JUST TO GET BY Babakoto
49 ( 44 ) DEVIL’S BALL Double
50 ( NEW ) THE WISHING WELL GOSH

51 ( 51 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone
52 ( 47 ) PAID IN FULL Eric B & Rakim
53 ( 53 ) CARS (E REG MODEL)/ ARE ‘FRIENDS’ ELECTRIC Gary Numan & Tubeway Army
54 ( 54 ) HOT IN THE CITY Billy Idol
55 ( 49 ) GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU George Harrison
56 ( 65 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles
57 ( 43 ) I COULD NEVER TAKE THE PLACE OF YOUR MAN Prince
58 ( 55 ) PUMP UP THE VOLUME M/A/R/R/S
59 ( 61 ) LOVE POWER Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osbourne
60 ( 48 ) MONY MONY (US SINGLE VERSION/LIVE VERSION/HUNG LIKE A PONY REMIX) Billy Idol

61 ( 46 ) ONCE UPON A LONG AGO Paul McCartney
62 ( 59 ) NEED YOU TONIGHT INXS
63 ( 73 ) O L’AMOUR Dollar
64 ( 57 ) CHINA IN YOUR HAND T’Pau
65 ( 68 ) HUMAN Human League
66 ( NEW ) JENNIFER SHE SAID Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
67 ( 67 ) HERE I GO AGAIN Whitesnake
68 ( 63 ) I SAY NOTHING Voice Of The Beehive
69 ( 69 ) HOLIDAY The Other Ones
70 ( 70 ) (I’VE HAD THE) TIME OF MY LIFE Jennifer Warnes & Bill Medley

71 ( 60 ) WHEN I FALL IN LOVE Rick Astley
72 ( 72 ) LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING Climie Fisher
73 ( 62 ) LAST NIGHT I DREAMT SOMEBODY LOVES ME The Smiths
74 ( NEW ) NEW SENSATION INXS
75 ( 64 ) ROCK AND ROLL PART 3 Gary Glitter


PLAYIST OLDIES

1 METAL GURU T.Rex
2 I DIDN’T KNOW I LOVED YOU (TILL I SAW YOU ROCK’N’ROLL) Gary Glitter Live at BIC Bournemouth
3 SONIC BOOM BOY Westworld Live at BIC Bournemouth

Posted by: ChristmaSteve201 1st January 2020, 11:36 AM

😀 glad this is back for 1988!!

Posted by: Bjork 1st January 2020, 12:12 PM

yes

great top 2 love both Always On My Mind and Shame

good to see Cher, Belinda Carlisle, Johnny Hates Jazz, Heart and Krush all climbing

nice debut for New Sensation, love the song

Posted by: Popchartfreak 8th January 2020, 07:24 PM

QUOTE(ChristmaSteve201 @ Jan 1 2020, 11:36 AM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 8th January 2020, 07:25 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Jan 1 2020, 12:12 PM)

yes

great top 2 love both Always On My Mind and Shame

good to see Cher, Belinda Carlisle, Johnny Hates Jazz, Heart and Krush all climbing

nice debut for New Sensation, love the song

Posted by: Popchartfreak 8th January 2020, 08:12 PM

10th January 1988

It's a first week on top for the gorgeous under-rated Eurythmics single, Shame, their 3rd chart-topper after Sex Crime (1984) and There Must Be An Angel, though Sweet Dreams almost did it, and most of their earlier singles went top 5. In at 5 2 years early for the UK charts, it's the Righteous Brothers classic from 1965, You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin', a record I liked as a kid (and charted in in 1969 when it was a hit again), liked some more when it charted again in 1975, and by 1988 it had turned to love and a new chart peak. By the time it became the follow-up to Ghost-reissued Unchained Melody I was on full-on adoration and have remained so ever since. The greatest recorded vocal pop performance by a male duet, bar none. Not even close.

Jellybean finally gets a top 10, by Jingo, Krush are arresting some House, and Belinda Carlisle gets her first solo top 10. In at 14, Terence Trent D'Arby gets his third top 20, with his best record, Sign Your Name, and George Michael finally releases one of the classic tracks off Faith, the brilliant Father Figure - and is rewarded by a UK under-performance chartwise, presumably everyone sick of the OTT ballad-filled Xmas charts and just wanting to dance in the New Year. This curse also did for Jacko's Man In The Mirror, inexplicably, and both huge US hits to boot.

At 48 Sinead O'Connor debuts baldly where no woman has debuted before - with Mandinka, a quirky ethnic-tinged pop ditty which wasn't a sign of things to come. Joyce Sims smoothly beckons you to come into her life, veteran Gladys Knight is back chucking love overboard 20 years into her career, and still going 32 years on from 1988. Debbie Gibson prefers to shake her love, which is quite catchy, Elton John does a live version of Candle In The Wind, which I never liked much in 1974 (the B side Bennie & The Jets was a chart-topper for me) and doesn't entirely bring on loathing from me. It took 1997 to do that. Depeche Mode drive into the top 75, just about passing their test.



1 ( 2 ) SHAME Eurythmics
2 ( 1 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys
3 ( 3 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
4 ( 4 ) I FOUND SOMEONE Cher
5 ( NEW ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers
6 ( 6 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson
7 ( 12 ) JINGO Jellybean
8 ( 14 ) HOUSE ARREST Krush
9 ( 9 ) FAMILY MAN Fleetwood Mac
10 ( 16 ) HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH Belinda Carlisle

11 ( 8 ) TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne
12 ( 5 ) I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU Dusty Springfield
13 ( 7 ) FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl
14 ( NEW ) SIGN YOUR NAME Terence Trent D'Arby
15 ( 19 ) IDEAL WORLD The Christians
16 ( 13 ) LETTER FROM AMERICA The Proclaimers
17 ( 24 ) THERE’S THE GIRL Heart
18 ( 15 ) LOVE LETTERS Alison Moyet
19 ( 20 ) TURN BACK THE CLOCK Johnny Hates Jazz
20 ( 11 ) WHEN I FALL IN LOVE Nat ‘King’ Cole

21 ( 10 ) ESP The Bee Gees
22 ( 18 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
23 ( 54 ) HOT IN THE CITY Billy Idol
24 ( 32 ) I CAN’T HELP IT Bananarama
25 ( 30 ) RISE TO THE OCCASION Climie Fisher
26 ( 21 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
27 ( 41 ) I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW Tiffany
28 ( 33 ) ANGEL EYES Wet Wet Wet
29 ( 27 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
30 ( 17 ) LET ME BE THE ONE/ (REMIX) Expose

31 ( 31 ) TUNNEL OF LOVE Bruce Springsteen
32 ( 36 ) PACKJAMMED (WITH THE PARTY POSSE) Stock Aitken Waterman
33 ( 28 ) BAD Michael Jackson
34 ( 45 ) ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT The Stranglers
35 ( 35 ) TIGHTEN UP Wally Jump Junior & The Criminal Element
36 ( 26 ) TOUCHED BY THE HAND OF GOD New Order
37 ( 29 ) CRITICIZE Alexander O’Neal
38 ( 25 ) THE LOOK OF LOVE Madonna
39 ( NEW ) FATHER FIGURE George Michael
40 ( 39 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

41 ( 34 ) WHO FOUND WHO Jellybean featuring Lisa Fiorillo
42 ( 22 ) ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE Mel (Smith) & Kim (Wilde)
43 ( 50 ) THE WISHING WELL GOSH
44 ( 40 ) THE TIDE IS TURNING Roger Waters
45 ( 47 ) IN GOD’S COUNTRY U2
46 ( 68 ) I SAY NOTHING Voice Of The Beehive
47 ( 48 ) JUST TO GET BY Babakoto
48 ( NEW ) MANDINKA Sinead O'Connor
49 ( 23 ) EV’RY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE Simply Red
50 ( 43 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys

51 ( 38 ) I’VE BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE Cutting Crew
52 ( 37 ) CHILDREN SAY Level 42
53 ( NEW ) COME INTO MY LIFE Joyce Sims
54 ( 51 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone
55 ( 44 ) KID (REMIX) The Pretenders
56 ( 42 ) MY BAG Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
57 ( 66 ) JENNIFER SGE SAID Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
58 ( 53 ) CARS (E REG MODEL)/ ARE ‘FRIENDS’ ELECTRIC Gary Numan & Tubeway Army
59 ( 63 ) O L’AMOUR Dollar
60 ( 56 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles

61 ( 52 ) PAID IN FULL Eric B & Rakim
62 ( 62 ) NEED YOU TONIGHT INXS
63 ( 74 ) NEW SENSATION INXS
64 ( 59 ) LOVE POWER Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osbourne
65 ( 49 ) DEVIL’S BALL Double
66 ( 58 ) PUMP UP THE VOLUME M/A/R/R/S
67 ( 65 ) HUMAN Human League
68 ( NEW ) LOVE OVERBOARD Gladys Knight & The Pips
69 ( 67 ) HERE I GO AGAIN Whitesnake
70 ( NEW ) SHAKE YOUR LOVE Debbie Gibson

71 ( 69 ) HOLIDAY The Other Ones
72 ( 72 ) LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING Climie Fisher
73 ( 55 ) GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU George Harrison
74 ( NEW ) CANDLE IN THE WIND (LIVE) Elton John
75 ( NEW ) BEHIND THE WHEEL Depeche Mode



Playlist oldies and album tracks of that week
1 SHIP OF FOOLS World Party
2 SITTING IN THE PARK Georgie Fame
3 MOVE ON Abba

Posted by: King Rollo 8th January 2020, 08:51 PM

Good to see Shame finally top your chart. It's my favourite Eurythmics song,starting with those wonderful bell chimes. It should really have been a top 40 hit for them.

Posted by: Bjork 8th January 2020, 09:13 PM

yes for Shame, agree, phenomenal song, not my #1 Eurythmics song, that would be The Miracle of Love, another under-dog like Shame

also great climbs for Krush and Belinda into the top 10, loved both, House Arrest I think was the 1st dance song that I really liked, all those house songs from early 88 were great

also love Sign Your Name, what a song, should have been a #1 in the charts, such a classic... Father Figure is also great, one of the highlights from the Faith album. The album was a mixed bag with the ballads being great but the faster tracks being kinda meh especially I Want Your Sex and Monkey.

and great to see Mandinka debuting. I also discovered Sinead in early 88, bought the vinyl, one of the first albums I ever bought as a kid, and it made a huge impression on me, was a huge Sinead fan for her first 2 albums, then she kinda lost me as the quality of her music never matched the first 2 albums. The songs are so simple (mostly 2 super easy chords, maximum 3) but yet so powerful. My fav song of hers is Troy, which I often play on guitar although the lyrics are hard to remember. There is a live version of Troy from Pinkpop which might be the best Youtube video ever. So intense.

Posted by: JanuarySaleSnake 8th January 2020, 10:36 PM

House Arrest by Krush is brilliant, one of the best early house tracks imo, sounding big with the 80s beats, unpoppy compared to a lot of the other stuff at the time in the charts and has a good bassline 'drop' too which is why I recently nominated it in the best basslines thread on here.

Posted by: Crazy Chris 9th January 2020, 04:17 PM

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Posted by: Crazy Chris 9th January 2020, 04:20 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Jan 8 2020, 09:13 PM)

Posted by: Bjork 9th January 2020, 05:47 PM

of course but still Sign your name is the album highlight and best thing he ever did

Posted by: Crazy Chris 11th January 2020, 03:44 PM

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Posted by: Popchartfreak 14th January 2020, 03:35 PM

QUOTE(King Rollo @ Jan 8 2020, 08:51 PM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 14th January 2020, 03:41 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Jan 8 2020, 09:13 PM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 14th January 2020, 03:43 PM

QUOTE(JanuarySaleSnake @ Jan 8 2020, 10:36 PM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 14th January 2020, 03:53 PM

QUOTE(Crazy Chris @ Jan 9 2020, 04:20 PM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 14th January 2020, 04:36 PM

17th January 1988

It's 2 weeks on top for Eurythmics lovely Shame, and some sudden reversals for both Family Man (Fleetwood Mac up to a new peak of 2, as still-album-track Everywhere enters at 76) and Tell It To My Heart (Taylor Dayne hitting a new peak of 5). One of them will top my chart next next week. Ooh, the suspense! Terence Trent D'Arby hits 7 as he gets his girlfriend to signs her name across his heart, I'm not sure that's a recognised medical procedure mind you, and Tiffany joins the yo-yo club too, heading back yet again into the 20 with I Think We're Alone Now.

Billy Idol's early 80's Hot In The City also is in the 20, and highest new entry is a reactivated Barry White lush oldie, Never Never Gonna Give You Up, which had charted for me in 1974 before Bazza really had caught on much, but now is deservedly back at a respectable 15. Father Figure leaps into the 20, making it 3 in a row from Faith for George Michael, Climie Fisher make it 2 top 20's in a row, and the 'Nana's 3 in a row.

Dollar rocket Erasure's O L'Amour into the 30, at 22 from 59, and Lloyd Cole makes it 2 top 30's in a row as Jennifer She Said joins My Bag in doing so. INXS create a New Sensation with a Kick into the 40 for the 2nd track, Elton is blowing his own Candle, the live version on the verge of outdoing the original at 38, and U2 make it another Joshua Tree top 40. Newies this week: Elvis is back with oldie Stuck On You, one of his big hits that had never charted for me, at 44, Eddy Grant returns with his last big hit, the jolly anti-apartheid Gimme Hope Jo'Anna, and a career of 20 years since The Equals were Baby Come Back-ing.

The Beatmasters drag in The Cookie Crew for some more House dancing, there was a lot of it about, Bros debut a bit late with When Will I Be Famous - answers on a postcard not needed, as the correct response was "any day now" - and Sinitta, rides her GTO. I assume she had to sell it as she ended up Hitchin' A Ride some time later. The Screaming Blue Messiah's pop in with I Wanna Be A Flintstone - rather sadly never used in the big 90's movie version of the great 60's animated sitcom - and I have to say at one time as a boy (around the time I had a Flintstones Annual for Christmas) I probably did wanna be a Flintstone, but not Fred, he was too loud. Probably Pebbles or Dino.

Stevie Wonder was well into his "minor chart entry" phase by 1988, resolutely flagging his intentions for the next 30 years, Basia had abandoned Matt Bianco for a solo career that never took off, despite her Promises, Black get a 3rd chart entry, and it's Paradise, Wendy & Lisa return with a Sideshow, and The Beat return at 75. I mean, Fine Young Cannibals return. Doh! I mean Dave and Andy from both bands return with a quirky dance instrumental, mostly.


1 ( 1 ) SHAME Eurythmics
2 ( 9 ) FAMILY MAN Fleetwood Mac
3 ( 5 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers
4 ( 3 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
5 ( 11 ) TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne
6 ( 2 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys
7 ( 14 ) SIGN YOUR NAME Terence Trent D'Arby
8 ( 8 ) HOUSE ARREST Krush
9 ( 10 ) HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH Belinda Carlisle
10 ( 4 ) I FOUND SOMEONE Cher

11 ( 7 ) JINGO Jellybean
12 ( 6 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson
13 ( 27 ) I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW Tiffany
14 ( 15 ) IDEAL WORLD The Christians
15 ( 23 ) HOT IN THE CITY Billy Idol
16 ( 25 ) RISE TO THE OCCASION Climie Fisher
17 ( NEW ) NEVER NEVER GONNA GIVE YA UP Barry White
18 ( 39 ) FATHER FIGURE George Michael
19 ( 24 ) I CAN’T HELP IT Bananarama
20 ( 12 ) I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU Dusty Springfield

21 ( 13 ) FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl
22 ( 59 ) O L’AMOUR Dollar
23 ( 16 ) LETTER FROM AMERICA The Proclaimers
24 ( 34 ) ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT The Stranglers
25 ( 18 ) LOVE LETTERS Alison Moyet
26 ( 22 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
27 ( 20 ) WHEN I FALL IN LOVE Nat ‘King’ Cole
28 ( 57 ) JENNIFER SHE SAID Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
29 ( 17 ) THERE’S THE GIRL Heart
30 ( 26 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

31 ( 29 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
32 ( 53 ) COME INTO MY LIFE Joyce Sims
33 ( 19 ) TURN BACK THE CLOCK Johnny Hates Jazz
34 ( 48 ) MANDINKA Sinead O'Connor
35 ( 43 ) THE WISHING WELL GOSH
36 ( 33 ) BAD Michael Jackson
37 ( 62 ) NEW SENSATION INXS
38 ( 74 ) CANDLE IN THE WIND (LIVE) Elton John
39 ( 45 ) IN GOD’S COUNTRY U2
40 ( 40 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

41 ( 21 ) ESP The Bee Gees
42 ( 30 ) LET ME BE THE ONE/ (REMIX) Expose
43 ( 47 ) JUST TO GET BY Babakoto
44 ( NEW ) STUCK ON YOU Elvis Presley
45 ( 28 ) ANGEL EYES Wet Wet Wet
46 ( NEW ) GIMME HOPE JO'ANNA Eddy Grant
47 ( 37 ) CRITICIZE Alexander O’Neal
48 ( 75 ) BEHIND THE WHEEL Depeche Mode
49 ( NEW ) ROK DA HOUSE Beatmasters/ Cookie Crew
50 ( 44 ) THE TIDE IS TURNING Roger Waters

51 ( 36 ) TOUCHED BY THE HAND OF GOD New Order
52 ( 38 ) THE LOOK OF LOVE Madonna
53 ( 50 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys
54 ( 54 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone
55 ( 41 ) WHO FOUND WHO Jellybean featuring Lisa Fiorillo
56 ( 32 ) PACKJAMMED (WITH THE PARTY POSSE) Stock Aitken Waterman
57 ( NEW ) WHEN WILL I BE FAMOUS Bros
58 ( 31 ) TUNNEL OF LOVE Bruce Springsteen
59 ( 55 ) KID (REMIX) The Pretenders
60 ( 58 ) CARS (E REG MODEL)/ ARE ‘FRIENDS’ ELECTRIC Gary Numan & Tubeway Army

61 ( NEW ) GTO Sinitta
62 ( 60 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles
63 ( NEW ) I WANNA BE A FLINTSTONE The Screaming Blue Messiahs
64 ( 63 ) LOVE POWER Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osbourne
65 ( 68 ) LOVE OVERBOARD Gladys Knight & The Pips
66 ( NEW ) YOU WILL KNOW Stevie Wonder
67 ( 56 ) MY BAG Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
68 ( NEW ) PROMISES Basia
69 ( 67 ) HUMAN Human League
70 ( 70 ) SHAKE YOUR LOVE Debbie Gibson

71 ( 62 ) NEED YOU TONIGHT INXS
72 ( NEW ) PARADISE Black
73 ( NEW ) SIDESHOW Wendy & Lisa
74 ( 69 ) HERE I GO AGAIN Whitesnake
75 ( NEW ) TIRED OF GETTING PUSHED AROUND 2 Men, A Drum Machine & A Trumpet
76 ( NEW ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac




Playlist oldies of the week
1 EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac
2 CHIQUITITA Abba
3 JUST THE WAY YOU ARE Billy Joel

Posted by: dandy* 14th January 2020, 06:43 PM

Always On My Mind is falling away quicker than I expected it to!

Posted by: Crazy Chris 14th January 2020, 06:48 PM

QUOTE(Popchartfreak @ Jan 14 2020, 03:53 PM)

Hi Chris - I got that album free with one of the papers when they were all going mad giving away free CD's - I bought bucketloads of papers round about then for some reason

Posted by: Bjork 14th January 2020, 08:34 PM

Fleetwood Mac back in the top 3, not that crazy about this one, would much prefer Taylor Dayne going to #1
lots of good climbers, good to see Sign your Name in the top 10. Terence Trent D'arby really did a "Duffy" after such a brilliant debut.

Posted by: Steve201 18th January 2020, 11:24 PM

Love that Terrence song the only one I know as a classic before it's totp performance. Must check out Shame by the Eurythmics as it's not one I know and because it wasn't a single it didn't get played on totp.

Glad Fleetwood Mac have an upturn in fortunes after it looked like stalling at 9 over Xmas!

Posted by: Bjork 19th January 2020, 08:32 AM

^Shame was a single, a flop single, but still a single

Posted by: Steve201 19th January 2020, 10:42 AM

Oh right, strange they didn't show the video on totp or anything then they usually support them even if they didn't come on much by this stage.

Posted by: Popchartfreak 21st January 2020, 07:33 PM

QUOTE(dandy* @ Jan 14 2020, 06:43 PM)

Always On My Mind is falling away quicker than I expected it to!

Posted by: Popchartfreak 21st January 2020, 07:35 PM

QUOTE(Crazy Chris @ Jan 14 2020, 06:48 PM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 21st January 2020, 07:37 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Jan 14 2020, 08:34 PM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 21st January 2020, 07:38 PM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Jan 18 2020, 11:24 PM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 21st January 2020, 07:55 PM

24th Jan 1988

It's back on top for a 3rd week for The Beatles fab 1967 Hello Goodbye - I'm not sure why, maybe Magical Mystery Tour had a 20th anniversary showing on TV or summat - leaving The Mac stranded at 2 and Terence Trent D'Arby reaching a new peak of 3. Tiffany finally reaches the top 10 after 2 or 3 months of trying, at 6, and Climie Fisher make it 2 top 10's in a row as they rise to the occasion. New act Bros make a giant leap asking when will they be famous, up to 19, just ahead of a Presley oldie I'd never noticed much but out on reissue instead of hidden amongst a grouping of better singles.

Jermaine Stewart gets another decent-sized chart hit, say it again? In at 26 2 years since he didn't take his clothes off. Debbie Gibson leaps into the 40, shaking my love, apparently, Eddy Grant gets his first top 40 in 4 or 5 years (with new stuff), and George Harrison follows-up his big ol' cover with a big ol' Beatles-sounding Fabs-tribute, Jeff Lynne setting the stage for his work on the Beatles 1995 Anthology-inspired "new" tracks. When We Were Fab in at 38. T'Pau get a 3rd, Donna Summer extends to 12 years with a track I don't recall, and The Bangles cover Simon & Garfunkel 3 years after they started off with a cover of Katrina & The Waves Going Down To Liverpool.

All About Eve also follow-up, Godley & Creme return with a hit extension as an act to 10 years give or take, or 16 years as 10C.C., or 18 years as Hotlegs. Take Your Pick. Jethro Tull also return, 19 years since I was big on Living In The Past, their finest moment by quite some distance. It's not even close. Said she was a dancer, presumably around a maypole with a minstrel fluting away.


1 ( 4 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
2 ( 2 ) FAMILY MAN Fleetwood Mac
3 ( 7 ) SIGN YOUR NAME Terence Trent D'Arby
4 ( 1 ) SHAME Eurythmics
5 ( 5 ) TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne
6 ( 13 ) I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW Tiffany
7 ( 9 ) HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH Belinda Carlisle
8 ( 3 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers
9 ( 16 ) RISE TO THE OCCASION Climie Fisher
10 ( 6 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys

11 ( 8 ) HOUSE ARREST Krush
12 ( 18 ) FATHER FIGURE George Michael
13 ( 19 ) I CAN’T HELP IT Bananarama
14 ( 15 ) HOT IN THE CITY Billy Idol
15 ( 10 ) I FOUND SOMEONE Cher
16 ( 22 ) O L’AMOUR Dollar
17 ( 12 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson
18 ( 11 ) JINGO Jellybean
19 ( 57 ) WHEN WILL I BE FAMOUS Bros
20 ( 44 ) STUCK ON YOU Elvis Presley

21 ( 14 ) IDEAL WORLD The Christians
22 ( 34 ) MANDINKA Sinead O'Connor
23 ( 32 ) COME INTO MY LIFE Joyce Sims
24 ( 24 ) ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT The Stranglers
25 ( 28 ) JENNIFER SHE SAID Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
26 ( NEW ) SAY IT AGAIN Jermaine Stewart
27 ( 20 ) I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU Dusty Springfield
28 ( 37 ) NEW SENSATION INXS
29 ( 49 ) ROK DA HOUSE Beatmasters/ Cookie Crew
30 ( 38 ) CANDLE IN THE WIND (LIVE) Elton John

31 ( 31 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
32 ( 30 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
33 ( 26 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
34 ( 21 ) FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl
35 ( 23 ) LETTER FROM AMERICA The Proclaimers
36 ( 70 ) SHAKE YOUR LOVE Debbie Gibson
37 ( 46 ) GIMME HOPE JO'ANNA Eddy Grant
38 ( NEW ) WHEN WE WAS FAB George Harrison
39 ( 36 ) BAD Michael Jackson
40 ( 27 ) WHEN I FALL IN LOVE Nat ‘King’ Cole

41 ( 25 ) LOVE LETTERS Alison Moyet
42 ( 40 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
43 ( 75 ) TIRED OF GETTING PUSHED AROUND 2 Men, A Drum Machine & A Trumpet
44 ( 17 ) NEVER NEVER GONNA GIVE YA UP Barry White
45 ( 72 ) PARADISE Black
46 ( 35 ) THE WISHING WELL GOSH
47 ( 48 ) BEHIND THE WHEEL Depeche Mode
48 ( 41 ) ESP The Bee Gees
49 ( NEW ) VALENTINE T'Pau
50 ( 42 ) LET ME BE THE ONE/ (REMIX) Expose

51 ( 29 ) THERE’S THE GIRL Heart
52 ( 73 ) SIDESHOW Wendy & Lisa
53 ( 47 ) CRITICIZE Alexander O’Neal
54 ( 63 ) I WANNA BE A FLINTSTONE The Screaming Blue Messiahs
55 ( 54 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone
56 ( 53 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys
57 ( 65 ) LOVE OVERBOARD Gladys Knight & The Pips
58 ( 33 ) TURN BACK THE CLOCK Johnny Hates Jazz
59 ( 68 ) PROMISES Basia
60 ( NEW ) ALL SYSTEMS GO Donna Summer

61 ( 59 ) KID (REMIX) The Pretenders
62 ( 60 ) CARS (E REG MODEL)/ ARE ‘FRIENDS’ ELECTRIC Gary Numan & Tubeway Army
63 ( 62 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles
64 ( 39 ) IN GOD’S COUNTRY U2
65 ( 64 ) LOVE POWER Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osbourne
66 ( 66 ) YOU WILL KNOW Stevie Wonder
67 ( 55 ) WHO FOUND WHO Jellybean featuring Lisa Fiorillo
68 ( NEW ) HAZY SHADE OF WINTER The Bangles
69 ( 69 ) HUMAN Human League
70 ( 74 ) HERE I GO AGAIN Whitesnake

71 ( NEW ) WILD HEARTED WOMAN All About Eve
72 ( 67 ) MY BAG Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
73 ( 71 ) NEED YOU TONIGHT INXS
74 ( NEW ) A LITTLE PIECE OF HEAVEN Godley & Creme
75 ( NEW ) SAID SHE WAS A DANCER Jethro Tull
76 ( 76 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac

Playlist faves of that week
1 THE STRAIGHT LIFE Glen Campbell
2 EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac
3 LOVE IS HERE AND NOW YOU’RE GONE The Supremes

Posted by: Bjork 21st January 2020, 08:12 PM

yes for All About Eve returning, Wild Hearted Woman is one of my fav songs of them and one of my fav songs from 1988
also great to see T'Pau returning with Valentine, it's no China in Your Hand but was great too
also liked the Bangles cover, was always a big fan of the band
the rest of newies, not really a fan

nice to see Tiffany and Debbie Gibson moving up, I remember buying both albums but was definitely team Debbie Gibson!!!! She was so talented, crazy how she wrote all her songs solo and played piano, can't recall any other big pop star doing that since then.
Lots of great songs on the way up (Sinead O'Connor, Bros, Terence, Belinda, George Michael, INXS, Climie Fisher)

Posted by: Steve201 21st January 2020, 11:32 PM

QUOTE(Popchartfreak @ Jan 21 2020, 07:38 PM)

Hope you like Shame, Steve!

Glad you like the Family Man track too, it's very Lindsey Buckingham through and through which is always a good thing to my ears

Posted by: Bjork 22nd January 2020, 07:26 AM

the main problem with the 2nd terence Trent d'Arby album is that they picked the wrong lead single
the album has an amazing track called Billy Don't Fall, if chosen, I'm sure the album would have done better

his album 3 was pretty good and the 4 singles were all great especially the 2 ballads, Delicate and Let her down easy

Posted by: dandy* 22nd January 2020, 05:46 PM

Agree with the comment that Delicate and (especially) Let Her Down Easy were great songs.

Posted by: Crazy Chris 22nd January 2020, 05:52 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Jan 22 2020, 07:26 AM)

Posted by: dandy* 22nd January 2020, 05:58 PM

It was the second one that was absolutely panned.

Posted by: Crazy Chris 22nd January 2020, 06:20 PM

QUOTE(dandy* @ Jan 22 2020, 05:58 PM)

Posted by: Bjork 23rd January 2020, 06:54 AM

but check this Billy Don't Fall track from album 2, I think the album's fortune would have changed if picked as lead single

Posted by: Popchartfreak 31st January 2020, 01:02 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Jan 21 2020, 08:12 PM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 31st January 2020, 02:09 PM

31st January 1988

It's a first week on top for the fab Tell It To My Heart, Taylor Dayne on full-dance-diva mode, just holding off Michael Jackson's Man In The Mirror, written by Siedah Garrett and I'd always assumed she got to duet with him on t'other Bad ballad by virtue of gifting this one, which was huge in the USA but not the UK. Following his death, of course it was the big posthumous seller of all his back-catalogue, rightly so as one of the best tracks on the album. Beatmasters & The Cookie Crew bring some House into my top 5, and Bros bring some boyband pop into the top 10 - not their last top 10, but very much their best record. Billy Idol makes it a 7th top 10 or so with the belatedly big Hot In The City, and Dollar get their first top 10 since 1985, and their 8th, O L'Amour going where Erasure failed to go.

Jermaine Stewart gets his 2nd top 20, and another House track enters at 14 for Jack'Chill, I must have felt like dancing this week! Bourgeois Tagg enter at 32 with the nice I Don't Mind At All, and oh hang on, future superstar alert as teenage Aussie soap star Kylie Minogue debuts at 45, and I think most of us wouldn't have predicted over 30 years of chart success - SHE should be so lucky, starting with this catchy but disposable bit of SAW pop fluff. Eric Carmen is back after quite a long gap, 11 years or so, and some 13 years since he took The Raspberries into my charts, and solo with All By Myself. It's due to Dirty Dancing of course, the movie not the hobby.

Johnny Clegg is back again, 5 years on from Scatterlings Of Africa, Feargal Sharkey is still singing rather than A&R'ing as he makes it a decade of chart entries, Luther Vandross is also back with Give Me The Reason, Mental As Anything get a 3rd song into my list, and Sharpe & Numan keep the partnership going 3 years on from the fab debut hit Change Your Mind. Michael Jackson is also back again, like Man In The Mirror having charted in the lower reaches as an album playlist track in 1987 for a few weeks (I've retroactively added those in as chart bonafide tracks because I banned album tracks in those days when they would clearly have been at least at number 75 and most-likely way higher, for much longer, had I allowed them.


1 ( 5 ) TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne
2 ( NEW ) MAN IN THE MIRROR Michael Jackson
3 ( 3 ) SIGN YOUR NAME Terence Trent D'Arby
4 ( 1 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
5 ( 29 ) ROK DA HOUSE Beatmasters/ Cookie Crew
6 ( 19 ) WHEN WILL I BE FAMOUS Bros
7 ( 4 ) SHAME Eurythmics
8 ( 2 ) FAMILY MAN Fleetwood Mac
9 ( 14 ) HOT IN THE CITY Billy Idol
10 ( 16 ) O L’AMOUR Dollar

11 ( 6 ) I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW Tiffany
12 ( 26 ) SAY IT AGAIN Jermaine Stewart
13 ( 11 ) HOUSE ARREST Krush
14 ( NEW ) THE JACK THAT HOUSE BUILT Jack 'n' Chill
15 ( 10 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys
16 ( 9 ) RISE TO THE OCCASION Climie Fisher
17 ( 7 ) HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH Belinda Carlisle
18 ( 15 ) I FOUND SOMEONE Cher
19 ( 22 ) MANDINKA Sinead O'Connor
20 ( 23 ) COME INTO MY LIFE Joyce Sims

21 ( 17 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson
22 ( 43 ) TIRED OF GETTING PUSHED AROUND 2 Men, A Drum Machine & A Trumpet
23 ( 8 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers
24 ( 13 ) I CAN’T HELP IT Bananarama
25 ( 36 ) SHAKE YOUR LOVE Debbie Gibson
26 ( 18 ) JINGO Jellybean
27 ( 30 ) CANDLE IN THE WIND (LIVE) Elton John
28 ( 37 ) GIMME HOPE JO'ANNA Eddy Grant
29 ( 38 ) WHEN WE WAS FAB George Harrison
30 ( 12 ) FATHER FIGURE George Michael

31 ( 21 ) IDEAL WORLD The Christians
32 ( NEW ) I DON'T MIND AT ALL Bourgeois Tag
33 ( 31 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
34 ( 54 ) I WANNA BE A FLINTSTONE The Screaming Blue Messiahs
35 ( 32 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
36 ( 27 ) I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU Dusty Springfield
37 ( 49 ) VALENTINE T'Pau
38 ( 33 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
39 ( 25 ) JENNIFER SHE SAID Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
40 ( 45 ) PARADISE Black

41 ( 39 ) BAD Michael Jackson
42 ( 42 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
43 ( 20 ) STUCK ON YOU Elvis Presley
44 ( 34 ) FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl
45 ( 52 ) SIDESHOW Wendy & Lisa
46 ( NEW ) I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY Kylie Minogue
47 ( 35 ) LETTER FROM AMERICA The Proclaimers
48 ( 71 ) WILD HEARTED WOMAN All About Eve
49 ( 40 ) WHEN I FALL IN LOVE Nat ‘King’ Cole
50 ( 60 ) ALL SYSTEMS GO Donna Summer

51 ( 41 ) LOVE LETTERS Alison Moyet
52 ( 59 ) PROMISES Basia
53 ( 24 ) ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT The Stranglers
54 ( NEW ) HUNGRY EYES Eric Carmen
55 ( 55 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone
56 ( 50 ) LET ME BE THE ONE/ (REMIX) Expose
57 ( 68 ) HAZY SHADE OF WINTER The Bangles
58 ( 56 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys
59 ( 48 ) ESP The Bee Gees
60 ( NEW ) ASIMBONANGA Johnny Clegg & Savuka

61 ( 28 ) NEW SENSATION INXS
62 ( 53 ) CRITICIZE Alexander O’Neal
63 ( NEW ) ARE YOU SURE So
64 ( NEW ) MORE LOVE Feargal Sharkey
65 ( 63 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles
66 ( NEW ) GIVE ME THE REASON Luther Vandross
67 ( 65 ) LOVE POWER Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osbourne
68 ( 74 ) A LITTLE PIECE OF HEAVEN Godley & Creme
69 ( 62 ) CARS (E REG MODEL)/ ARE ‘FRIENDS’ ELECTRIC Gary Numan & Tubeway Army
70 ( NEW ) INSIDE OUT The Mighty Lemon Drops

71 ( 69 ) HUMAN Human League
72 ( NEW ) HE'S JUST NO GOOD FOR YOU Mental As Anything
73 ( 73 ) NEED YOU TONIGHT INXS
74 ( NEW ) NO MORE LIES Sharpe & Numan
75 ( 70 ) HERE I GO AGAIN Whitesnake
76 ( NEW ) ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson
77 ( 76 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac


FAVE OLDIES/ALBUM TRACKS OF THE WEEK
1 ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson
2 EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac
3 SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Was (Not Was)

Posted by: Bjork 1st February 2020, 07:11 AM

oh was expecting Sign Your Name to climb to the top but don't mind the Taylor song is a great one, loved it back then, pop perfection
Man in the Mirror is also great, always amazed at how it bombed in the UK not even going top 20, must have been the lack of video?

Cannot recall any of the newies besides Kylie. I Should be so Lucky was a cute little song but a kinda disposable SAW track. I always thought they gave Kylie a bunch of lacklustre tracks, and think they write much better tracks for other artists.

Good to see Mandinka slowly climbing into the top 20 and slow but nice climbs for T'Pau and All About Eve. and of course, Shake Your Love, hope it's a future #1. Thinking about it, it's true what you said that Debbie could have been another Sia. Not sure how prolific she was, but she could have given some songs to others... even Tiffany

Posted by: Crazy Chris 2nd February 2020, 09:02 AM

Love the Taylor Dayne track too. Man In The Mirror only peaked at 22 but then re-peaked of course when he died.

Posted by: Steve201 2nd February 2020, 12:58 PM

Human league leavig the top 70!

Posted by: The S***e 2nd February 2020, 01:13 PM

QUOTE(Crazy Chris @ Feb 2 2020, 09:02 AM)

Posted by: Steve201 2nd February 2020, 01:17 PM

Yeh the 2002 version is the one I remember as I grew up listening to it!

Posted by: Popchartfreak 7th February 2020, 08:04 PM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Feb 2 2020, 12:58 PM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 7th February 2020, 08:10 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Feb 1 2020, 07:11 AM)

oh was expecting Sign Your Name to climb to the top but don't mind the Taylor song is a great one, loved it back then, pop perfection
Man in the Mirror is also great, always amazed at how it bombed in the UK not even going top 20, must have been the lack of video?

Cannot recall any of the newies besides Kylie. I Should be so Lucky was a cute little song but a kinda disposable SAW track. I always thought they gave Kylie a bunch of lacklustre tracks, and think they write much better tracks for other artists.

Good to see Mandinka slowly climbing into the top 20 and slow but nice climbs for T'Pau and All About Eve. and of course, Shake Your Love, hope it's a future #1. Thinking about it, it's true what you said that Debbie could have been another Sia. Not sure how prolific she was, but she could have given some songs to others... even Tiffany

Posted by: Popchartfreak 7th February 2020, 08:33 PM

7th February 1988

It's a second week on top for Taylor Dayne and a second week at 2 for Jacko as Bros go top 3 - to my surprise, as I didn't recall them getting that high, but it was a good single. Back in at 4, Was (Not Was) bring Spy In The House Of Love back as it starts to sell in the UK at last, and it instantly peaks higher, and quite right too, helped by me buying it in the bargain bins in between releases. Icehouse are also back in again for the same reissued reasons, and a new peak of 10 and a 3rd top 10 to boot. Another House track in the top 10 and 3 in the 20, I was more into the new sound of music than I remembered.

Highest actual newly-debuted track is from Abba's Agnetha, 14 years a total fave of mine, and the lead single off her Peter Cetera-produced (he of Chicago) album, more MOR than previous solo stuff, giving her 5 years of solo chart entries outside Abba. About as prolific as Kate Bush on the album front, she'd stretch that out another 25 years or so with an assist from Gary Barlow on the most-recent. Billy Ocean pops back with yet another in his 12-years-long run of hit singles (with a gap in the middle), the catchy Get Outta My Dreams. Pity about the creepy Get Into My Car stalker-ish sentence-end!

Stevie Wonder is back with You Will Know, one of his more memorable post-1986 singles (not that that says much), for 20 years of hits! Squeeze take a telephone number into the charts for 10 years of hits, and immediately ruin their chances of a hit as the number is not remotely memorable, even if the tune is OK. OMD are Dreaming, but the reality is the singles are getting less-memorable 8 years on, Faith No More pop back with We Care A Lot, Cherrelle & Alexander O'Neal double-up again, not Saturday Love this time, as they never knew love like this one before. Bryan Ferry enjoys a bit of Kiss & Tell 16 years on, Aztec Camera, though, know How Men Are and look down on that sort of thing 5 years on from feeling Oblivious to it.


1 ( 1 ) TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne
2 ( 2 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
3 ( 6 ) WHEN WILL I BE FAMOUS Bros
4 ( NEW ) SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Was (Not Was)
5 ( 5 ) ROK DA HOUSE Beatmasters/ Cookie Crew
6 ( 14 ) THE JACK THAT HOUSE BUILT Jack 'n' Chill
7 ( 9 ) HOT IN THE CITY Billy Idol
8 ( 3 ) SIGN YOUR NAME Terence Trent D'Arby
9 ( 4 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
10 ( NEW ) CRAZY Icehouse

11 ( 10 ) O L’AMOUR Dollar
12 ( 12 ) SAY IT AGAIN Jermaine Stewart
13 ( 7 ) SHAME Eurythmics
14 ( 13 ) HOUSE ARREST Krush
15 ( 8 ) FAMILY MAN Fleetwood Mac
16 ( 32 ) I DON'T MIND AT ALL Bourgeois Tag
17 ( 22 ) TIRED OF GETTING PUSHED AROUND 2 Men, A Drum Machine & A Trumpet
18 ( 20 ) COME INTO MY LIFE Joyce Sims
19 ( 19 ) MANDINKA Sinead O'Connor
20 ( 15 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys

21 ( 17 ) HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH Belinda Carlisle
22 ( 28 ) GIMME HOPE JO'ANNA Eddy Grant
23 ( 16 ) RISE TO THE OCCASION Climie Fisher
24 ( 18 ) I FOUND SOMEONE Cher
25 ( 29 ) WHEN WE WAS FAB George Harrison
26 ( 21 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson
27 ( 27 ) CANDLE IN THE WIND (LIVE) Elton John
28 ( 25 ) SHAKE YOUR LOVE Debbie Gibson
29 ( NEW ) THE LAST TIME Agnetha Faltskog
30 ( 34 ) I WANNA BE A FLINTSTONE The Screaming Blue Messiahs

31 ( 46 ) I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY Kylie Minogue
32 ( 11 ) I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW Tiffany
33 ( 23 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers
34 ( 33 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
35 ( 37 ) VALENTINE T'Pau
36 ( 35 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
37 ( 24 ) I CAN’T HELP IT Bananarama
38 ( NEW ) GET OUTTA MY DREAMS GET INTO MY CAR Billy Ocean
39 ( 48 ) WILD HEARTED WOMAN All About Eve
40 ( 38 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

41 ( 26 ) JINGO Jellybean
42 ( 42 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
43 ( 36 ) I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU Dusty Springfield
44 ( 41 ) BAD Michael Jackson
45 ( 45 ) SIDESHOW Wendy & Lisa
46 ( 43 ) STUCK ON YOU Elvis Presley
47 ( 30 ) FATHER FIGURE George Michael
48 ( 31 ) IDEAL WORLD The Christians
49 ( 57 ) HAZY SHADE OF WINTER The Bangles
50 ( NEW ) YOU WILL KNOW Stevie Wonder

51 ( 44 ) FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl
52 ( NEW ) 853-5937 Squeeze
53 ( 54 ) HUNGRY EYES Eric Carmen
54 ( 47 ) LETTER FROM AMERICA The Proclaimers
55 ( 39 ) JENNIFER SHE SAID Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
56 ( 64 ) MORE LOVE Feargal Sharkey
57 ( 60 ) ASIMBONANGA Johnny Clegg & Savuka
58 ( 55 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone
59 ( 66 ) GIVE ME THE REASON Luther Vandross
60 ( 58 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys

61 ( 40 ) PARADISE Black
62 ( 51 ) LOVE LETTERS Alison Moyet
63 ( 49 ) WHEN I FALL IN LOVE Nat ‘King’ Cole
64 ( NEW ) DREAMING OMD
65 ( 50 ) ALL SYSTEMS GO Donna Summer
66 ( 65 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles
67 ( NEW ) WE CARE A LOT Faith No More
68 ( 67 ) LOVE POWER Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osbourne
69 ( 56 ) LET ME BE THE ONE/ (REMIX) Expose
70 ( NEW ) NEVER KNEW LOVE LIKE THIS Cherrelle/ Alexander O'Neal

71 ( 74 ) NO MORE LIES Sharpe & Numan
72 ( 71 ) HUMAN Human League
73 ( NEW ) KISS AND TELL Bryan Ferry
74 ( NEW ) HOW MEN ARE Aztec Camera
75 ( NEW ) I SEE RED The Silencers

7th Feb
PLAYIST OLDIES

1 HEAVEN HELP MY HEART Elaine Page
2 HOT LOVE T.Rex
3 TEENAGE DREAM T.Rex

Posted by: Bjork 7th February 2020, 10:54 PM

yesterday I was in the library and accidentally found a book on Michael Jackson, where all his songs are explained
I checked Man in the Mirror and there they explain that Siedah Garrett was Quincy Jones' protegé, she had been singing in some band
but also writing songs... and in early 87 she went to a meeting at Quincy Jones' house with other songwriters and they were told that Michael was
short on songs and needed more tracks for Bad. So next day Siedah Garrett met with Glen Ballard, who came up with the melody, and then they
added some random lyrics Siedah had already written in her journal about some man in the mirror, and that became the song,
which was then pitched to MJ and accepted for Bad.
They also explain how a few months later, Siedah was told to go to Quincy¨s studio and she thought it was related to Man in the mirror
but when she arrived, MJ was also there and she had been called to sing on I Just Cant Stop Loving You, which was a surprise to her, and they
recorded it right away. They also explain how MJ was a bit of a chameleon so he was kinda singing imitating Siedah's voice so
the voices ended up sounding pretty similar.

sorry, long post

Posted by: Popchartfreak 8th February 2020, 03:58 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Feb 7 2020, 10:54 PM)

yesterday I was in the library and accidentally found a book on Michael Jackson, where all his songs are explained
I checked Man in the Mirror and there they explain that Siedah Garrett was Quincy Jones' protegé, she had been singing in some band
but also writing songs... and in early 87 she went to a meeting at Quincy Jones' house with other songwriters and they were told that Michael was
short on songs and needed more tracks for Bad. So next day Siedah Garrett met with Glen Ballard, who came up with the melody, and then they
added some random lyrics Siedah had already written in her journal about some man in the mirror, and that became the song,
which was then pitched to MJ and accepted for Bad.
They also explain how a few months later, Siedah was told to go to Quincy¨s studio and she thought it was related to Man in the mirror
but when she arrived, MJ was also there and she had been called to sing on I Just Cant Stop Loving You, which was a surprise to her, and they
recorded it right away. They also explain how MJ was a bit of a chameleon so he was kinda singing imitating Siedah's voice so
the voices ended up sounding pretty similar.

sorry, long post

Posted by: Bjork 8th February 2020, 07:41 PM

I Think I only know Glen Ballard from Jagged Little Pill, I got the audio-commentary
and they explain how they mostly wrote a song a day, him and Alanis,
they were meeting for lunch, talking about some topic, like wouldn't it be ironic if you win the lottery
and day the next day? then they were hitting the studio and boom, writing a song about it,
mostly Alanis lyrics and him the music for what I understood.

Posted by: Steve201 9th February 2020, 02:24 AM

QUOTE(Popchartfreak @ Feb 7 2020, 08:04 PM)

won't be long now, just another 2 months

Posted by: Popchartfreak 9th February 2020, 10:05 AM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Feb 9 2020, 02:24 AM)

Posted by: Steve201 9th February 2020, 01:06 PM

Class, they do get a top 10 hit in the official chart in 1995 but the 1988 comeback only peaked at 54 or something, hope to discover it when it charts in your chart this year 😜

Posted by: Popchartfreak 14th February 2020, 03:08 PM

14th February 1988

It's a new number one as Man In The Mirror gives Jacko his 3rd chart-topper off Bad and his 8th solo chart-topper, plus another with Rockwell and 3 more with his brothers. Agnetha Faltskog gets her first solo top 10, Kylie her first top 20, and as a Barry White oldie makes my current charts this week - so he did in 1988 too, his 1974 Top 20 Never Never Gonna Give Ya Up. An even older classic, previously a Sex Pistols hit, debuts for Eddie Cochran, C'Mon Everybody being around 28 years old at the time. In at 26.

The Led Zep man is back again with a solo track, Heaven Knows, Vanessa Paradis, the French 14-year-old (if even that) debuts with the brilliant Joe Le Taxi. Future Mrs Kravitz I think. The Mission & Deacon Blue both add a little dignity to their list of chart entries, Paul Carrack grabs another solo hit to add to his 14-year-long run with other acts since he was asking How Long in 1974 with Ace. The Cure also return and my album tracks of the week get honorary pre-single chart spots of 76 and 77, they would both be much higher, and Heart would be out very soon for Pet Shop Boys.



1 ( 2 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
2 ( 1 ) TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne
3 ( 4 ) SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Was (Not Was)
4 ( 3 ) WHEN WILL I BE FAMOUS Bros
5 ( 10 ) CRAZY Icehouse
6 ( 6 ) THE JACK THAT HOUSE BUILT Jack 'n' Chill
7 ( 5 ) ROK DA HOUSE Beatmasters/ Cookie Crew
8 ( 12 ) SAY IT AGAIN Jermaine Stewart
9 ( 29 ) THE LAST TIME Agnetha Faltskog
10 ( 16 ) I DON'T MIND AT ALL Bourgeois Tag

11 ( 7 ) HOT IN THE CITY Billy Idol
12 ( 8 ) SIGN YOUR NAME Terence Trent D'Arby
13 ( 9 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
14 ( 31 ) I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY Kylie Minogue
15 ( 19 ) MANDINKA Sinead O'Connor
16 ( 22 ) GIMME HOPE JO'ANNA Eddy Grant
17 ( 17 ) TIRED OF GETTING PUSHED AROUND 2 Men, A Drum Machine & A Trumpet
18 ( 14 ) HOUSE ARREST Krush
19 ( 13 ) SHAME Eurythmics
20 ( 25 ) WHEN WE WAS FAB George Harrison

21 ( 30 ) I WANNA BE A FLINTSTONE The Screaming Blue Messiahs
22 ( 11 ) O L’AMOUR Dollar
23 ( 20 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys
24 ( NEW ) NEVER NEVER GONNA GIVE YA UP (REMIX) Barry White
25 ( 27 ) CANDLE IN THE WIND (LIVE) Elton John
26 ( NEW ) C'MON EVERYBODY Eddie Cochran
27 ( 15 ) FAMILY MAN Fleetwood Mac
28 ( 18 ) COME INTO MY LIFE Joyce Sims
29 ( 38 ) GET OUTTA MY DREAMS GET INTO MY CAR Billy Ocean
30 ( 26 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson

31 ( 21 ) HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH Belinda Carlisle
32 ( NEW ) HEAVEN KNOWS Robert Plant
33 ( 42 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
34 ( 34 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
35 ( 35 ) VALENTINE T'Pau
36 ( 47 ) FATHER FIGURE George Michael
37 ( 24 ) I FOUND SOMEONE Cher
38 ( 64 ) DREAMING OMD
39 ( 43 ) I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU Dusty Springfield
40 ( 59 ) GIVE ME THE REASON Luther Vandross

41 ( 36 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
42 ( 40 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
43 ( NEW ) LET'S GET BRUTAL Nitro Deluxe
44 ( 23 ) RISE TO THE OCCASION Climie Fisher
45 ( 28 ) SHAKE YOUR LOVE Debbie Gibson
46 ( 53 ) HUNGRY EYES Eric Carmen
47 ( 33 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers
48 ( 44 ) BAD Michael Jackson
49 ( 49 ) HAZY SHADE OF WINTER The Bangles
50 ( 52 ) 853-5937 Squeeze

51 ( NEW ) CRAZY FOR YOUR LOVE The Bee Gees
52 ( 32 ) I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW Tiffany
53 ( NEW ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis
54 ( 37 ) I CAN’T HELP IT Bananarama
55 ( 50 ) YOU WILL KNOW Stevie Wonder
56 ( 41 ) JINGO Jellybean
57 ( NEW ) DIGNITY Deacon Blue
58 ( 58 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone
59 ( 67 ) WE CARE A LOT Faith No More
60 ( 60 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys

61 ( 46 ) STUCK ON YOU Elvis Presley
62 ( 48 ) IDEAL WORLD The Christians
63 ( 70 ) NEVER KNEW LOVE LIKE THIS Cherrelle/ Alexander O'Neal
64 ( 51 ) FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl
65 ( 74 ) HOW MEN ARE Aztec Camera
66 ( NEW ) TOWER OF STRENGTH The Mission
67 ( 66 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles
68 ( 73 ) KISS AND TELL Bryan Ferry
69 ( 68 ) LOVE POWER Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osbourne
70 ( 39 ) WILD HEARTED WOMAN All About Eve

71 ( NEW ) DON'T SHED A TEAR Paul Carrack
72 ( NEW ) HOW CAN I FORGET YOU Elisa Fiorello
73 ( 72 ) HUMAN Human League
74 ( NEW ) HOT HOT HOT The Cure
75 ( 62 ) LOVE LETTERS Alison Moyet
76 ( NEW ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
77 ( RE ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac

Playlist oldies and album tracks of that week
1 HEART Pet Shop Boys
2 EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac
3 FORGOTTEN TOWN The Christians

Posted by: Steve201 15th February 2020, 02:48 AM

Valentine seems to be stalling for T'Pau! 🙁

Posted by: Popchartfreak 21st February 2020, 03:34 PM

21st February 1988

It's 2 weeks on top for Man In The Mirror and highest new entry at 6 is Yazz & The Plastic Population with yet another House track in the upper echelons - courtesy of Coldcut - and the fab Doctorin' The House, outdoing Kylie Minogue who climbs to 8 with I Should Be So Lucky and Sinead O'Connor at 10 with Mandinka. They'll both get the last laugh though in the long run...

Another dance great enters at 13 for Bomb The Bass, Beat Dis, as 2 oldies return - Berlin back after a short break with chart-topper Take My Breath Away at 15, and 60's anthem My Generation from The Who at 17 debuting 20-odd years late and 19 years since Pinball Wizard introduced them to my charts. In at 18, a soul winner from Roger sounding all futuristic on I Want To Be Your Man back in at 18 after a 1987 chart-run.

Big climbs for Vanessa Paradis, Nitro Deluxe, Cherrelle & Alexander O'Neal, Eric Carmen, Faith No More, The Bangles & Stevie Wonder all going top 40. Cliff has Two Hearts in at 46 - not the Phil Collins song - Heart are Never stopping have new entries with older tracks, Sting has An Englishman In New York a few years before the remixed version does much better, Belinda Carlisle follows up her biggie as she gets weak at the effort, and Richard Marx pops in quietly ahead of some much bigger chart action in 1989 and 1992.



1 ( 1 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR Michael Jackson
2 ( 2 ) TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne
3 ( 3 ) SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Was (Not Was)
4 ( 5 ) CRAZY Icehouse
5 ( 8 ) SAY IT AGAIN Jermaine Stewart
6 ( NEW ) DOCTORIN' THE HOUSE Coldcut/ Yazz & The Plastic Population
7 ( 4 ) WHEN WILL I BE FAMOUS Bros
8 ( 14 ) I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY Kylie Minogue
9 ( 10 ) I DON'T MIND AT ALL Bourgeois Tag
10 ( 15 ) MANDINKA Sinead O'Connor

11 ( 16 ) GIMME HOPE JO'ANNA Eddy Grant
12 ( 7 ) ROK DA HOUSE Beatmasters/ Cookie Crew
13 ( NEW ) BEAT DIS Bomb The Bass
14 ( 6 ) THE JACK THAT HOUSE BUILT Jack 'n' Chill
15 ( NEW ) TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin
16 ( 20 ) WHEN WE WAS FAB George Harrison
17 ( NEW ) MY GENERATION The Who
18 ( NEW ) I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN Roger
19 ( 13 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
20 ( 9 ) THE LAST TIME Agnetha Faltskog

21 ( 11 ) HOT IN THE CITY Billy Idol
22 ( 53 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis
23 ( 12 ) SIGN YOUR NAME Terence Trent D'Arby
24 ( 26 ) C'MON EVERYBODY Eddie Cochran
25 ( 43 ) LET'S GET BRUTAL Nitro Deluxe
26 ( 19 ) SHAME Eurythmics
27 ( 18 ) HOUSE ARREST Krush
28 ( 29 ) GET OUTTA MY DREAMS GET INTO MY CAR Billy Ocean
29 ( 63 ) NEVER KNEW LOVE LIKE THIS Cherrelle/ Alexander O'Neal
30 ( 23 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys

31 ( 17 ) TIRED OF GETTING PUSHED AROUND 2 Men, A Drum Machine & A Trumpet
32 ( 32 ) HEAVEN KNOWS Robert Plant
33 ( 35 ) VALENTINE T'Pau
34 ( 33 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
35 ( 46 ) HUNGRY EYES Eric Carmen
36 ( 34 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
37 ( 30 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson
38 ( 59 ) WE CARE A LOT Faith No More
39 ( 49 ) HAZY SHADE OF WINTER The Bangles
40 ( 55 ) YOU WILL KNOW Stevie Wonder

41 ( 41 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
42 ( 42 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
43 ( 66 ) TOWER OF STRENGTH The Mission
44 ( 27 ) FAMILY MAN Fleetwood Mac
45 ( 36 ) FATHER FIGURE George Michael
46 ( NEW ) TWO HEARTS Cliff Richard
47 ( 39 ) I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU Dusty Springfield
48 ( 21 ) I WANNA BE A FLINTSTONE The Screaming Blue Messiahs
49 ( 51 ) CRAZY FOR YOUR LOVE The Bee Gees
50 ( 37 ) I FOUND SOMEONE Cher

51 ( 22 ) O L’AMOUR Dollar
52 ( 65 ) HOW MEN ARE Aztec Camera
53 ( 48 ) BAD Michael Jackson
54 ( 28 ) COME INTO MY LIFE Joyce Sims
55 ( 47 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers
56 ( 57 ) DIGNITY Deacon Blue
57 ( NEW ) NEVER Heart
58 ( 31 ) HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH Belinda Carlisle
59 ( 58 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone
60 ( 40 ) GIVE ME THE REASON Luther Vandross

61 ( 38 ) DREAMING OMD
62 ( 60 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys
63 ( 71 ) DON'T SHED A TEAR Paul Carrack
64 ( 25 ) CANDLE IN THE WIND (LIVE) Elton John
65 ( 45 ) SHAKE YOUR LOVE Debbie Gibson
66 ( 74 ) HOT HOT HOT The Cure
67 ( 68 ) KISS AND TELL Bryan Ferry
68 ( 67 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles
69 ( 24 ) NEVER NEVER GONNA GIVE YA UP (REMIX) Barry White
70 ( 69 ) LOVE POWER Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osbourne

71 ( NEW ) AN ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK Sting
72 ( 50 ) 853-5937 Squeeze
73 ( NEW ) I GET WEAK Belinda Carlisle
74 ( 73 ) HUMAN Human League
75 ( NEW ) SHOULD'VE KNOWN BETTER Richard Marx



Playlist oldies of the week
1 ISN’T IT TIME The Baby’s
2 CAN’T LET YOU GO Barry Ryan
3 MAGIC FLY Space

Posted by: Popchartfreak 21st February 2020, 03:35 PM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Feb 15 2020, 02:48 AM)

Posted by: Steve201 22nd February 2020, 02:28 AM

Human so close to leaving 😮

Posted by: Steve201 22nd February 2020, 02:29 AM

Human so close to leaving 😮

Posted by: Bjork 22nd February 2020, 07:06 AM

great to see Mandinka top 10
also nice to see Doctorin'the House debut so high already, loved it back then

Joe le Taxi was such a guilty pleasure song, what's bizarre is that I still remember all the lyrics!! in French!!!!

Posted by: Popchartfreak 28th February 2020, 05:36 PM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Feb 22 2020, 02:29 AM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 28th February 2020, 05:41 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Feb 22 2020, 07:06 AM)

great to see Mandinka top 10
also nice to see Doctorin'the House debut so high already, loved it back then

Joe le Taxi was such a guilty pleasure song, what's bizarre is that I still remember all the lyrics!! in French!!!!

Posted by: Popchartfreak 28th February 2020, 06:03 PM

28th February 1988

It's a brand new entry on top - sort of - as the Top 10 has one of the biggest turn-outs of the 80's, with new entries climbers and big droppers, as Climie Fisher return with the 1987 top 10 track Love Changes (Everything) finally getting to be a UK hit second-time around. They hold off Coldcut & Yazz who climb to 2 with Doctorin' The House, and Fleetwood Mac who finally get a single release and can stop pottering around the 76 and 77 spots as a playlist fave and enter at 3, the chart position it would have been hovering around for a couple of months had I allowed album tracks.

Berlin's 1986 chart-topper is back in the top 5, and Roger's 1987 top 20 hits a new peak of 4 as last week's entire top 5 drops out of this week's top 5. Bomb The Bass Beat Dis to 8, Belinda Carlisle rockets from 73 to 17 for her second solo top 20, as she gets a bit weak, and Johnny Hates Jazz get an instant top 20 with Heart Of Gold at 18. 50's rocker Eddie Cochran gets a posthumous top 20 just ahead of newly-solo'd Smiths singer Morrissey, who debuts at 20 with Suedehead. The song that is, not with the Buzzjacker guesting on the track.

Mel & Kim return with their final single before Mel's untimely death, the good That's The Way It Is at 25, The Sisters Of Mercy are grabbing another hit with Dominion at 27, The Primitives crash in at 29, and Taja Seville's sultry and wonderful Love Is Contagious is close behind at 30. Boy George is back at 45 living his life, and the unlikely collab between Afrika bambaata and UB40 results in a reckless new entry at 48. Eighth Wonder do the gifted Pet Shop Boys song (and soon to be album track) I'm Not Scared, bringing Patsy Kensit to fame and a cracking pop single to boot, in at 58, Prefab Sprout return with one of their best singles, the lovely Cars And Girls at 69, Erasure's Ship Of Fools enters at 60, Rick Astley is back again with Together Forever at 68, and John Cougar and Echo & The Bunnymen extend their run of entries too. Heart's 1986 top 40 track These Dreams returns just ahead of it's reissue as a double A side with Never, in at 76 by way of featuring in my Playlist that week.


1 ( NEW ) LOVE CHANGES (EVERYTHING) Climie Fisher
2 ( 6 ) DOCTORIN' THE HOUSE Coldcut/ Yazz & The Plastic Population
3 ( RE ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac
4 ( 18 ) I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN Roger
5 ( 15 ) TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin
6 ( 4 ) CRAZY Icehouse
7 ( 5 ) SAY IT AGAIN Jermaine Stewart
8 ( 13 ) BEAT DIS Bomb The Bass
9 ( 2 ) TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne
10 ( 1 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson

11 ( 3 ) SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Was (Not Was)
12 ( 16 ) WHEN WE WAS FAB George Harrison
13 ( 22 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis
14 ( 7 ) WHEN WILL I BE FAMOUS Bros
15 ( 17 ) MY GENERATION The Who
16 ( 11 ) GIMME HOPE JO'ANNA Eddy Grant
17 ( 73 ) I GET WEAK Belinda Carlisle
18 ( NEW ) HEART OF GOLD Johnny Hates Jazz
19 ( 24 ) C'MON EVERYBODY Eddie Cochran
20 ( NEW ) SUEDEHEAD Morrissey

21 ( 14 ) THE JACK THAT HOUSE BUILT Jack 'n' Chill
22 ( 9 ) I DON'T MIND AT ALL Bourgeois Tag
23 ( 8 ) I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY Kylie Minogue
24 ( 12 ) ROK DA HOUSE Beatmasters/ Cookie Crew
25 ( NEW ) THAT'S THE WAY IT IS Mel & Kim
26 ( 29 ) NEVER KNEW LOVE LIKE THIS Cherrelle/ Alexander O'Neal
27 ( NEW ) DOMINION Sisters Of Mercy
28 ( 10 ) MANDINKA Sinead O'Connor
29 ( NEW ) CRASH The Primitives
30 ( NEW ) LOVE IS CONTAGIOUS Taja Seville

31 ( 19 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
32 ( 39 ) HAZY SHADE OF WINTER The Bangles
33 ( 43 ) TOWER OF STRENGTH The Mission
34 ( 30 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys
35 ( 34 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
36 ( 36 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
37 ( 48 ) CRAZY FOR YOUR LOVE The Bee Gees
38 ( 45 ) TWO HEARTS Cliff Richard
39 ( 26 ) SHAME Eurythmics
40 ( 52 ) HOW MEN ARE Aztec Camera

41 ( 37 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson
42 ( 41 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
43 ( 42 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
44 ( 27 ) HOUSE ARREST Krush
45 ( NEW ) LIVE MY LIFE Boy George
46 ( 23 ) SIGN YOUR NAME Terence Trent D'Arby
47 ( 21 ) HOT IN THE CITY Billy Idol
48 ( NEW ) RECKLESS Afrika Bambaata/ UB40
49 ( 44 ) FATHER FIGURE George Michael
50 ( 55 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers

51 ( 56 ) DIGNITY Deacon Blue
52 ( 71 ) AN ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK Sting
53 ( 46 ) I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU Dusty Springfield
54 ( 20 ) THE LAST TIME Agnetha Faltskog
55 ( 57 ) NEVER Heart
56 ( 53 ) BAD Michael Jackson
57 ( 28 ) GET OUTTA MY DREAMS GET INTO MY CAR Billy Ocean
58 ( NEW ) I'M NOT SCARED Eighth Wonder
59 ( 38 ) WE CARE A LOT Faith No More
60 ( NEW ) SHIP OF FOOLS Erasure

61 ( NEW ) GOODGROOVE Derek B
62 ( 59 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone
63 ( 66 ) HOT HOT HOT The Cure
64 ( 44 ) FAMILY MAN Fleetwood Mac
65 ( 67 ) KISS AND TELL Bryan Ferry
66 ( 31 ) TIRED OF GETTING PUSHED AROUND 2 Men, A Drum Machine & A Trumpet
67 ( 62 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys
68 ( NEW ) TOGETHER FOREVER Rick Astley
69 ( NEW ) CARS AND GIRLS Prefab Sprout
70 ( 32 ) HEAVEN KNOWS Robert Plant

71 ( 68 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles
72 ( 50 ) I FOUND SOMEONE Cher
73 ( 74 ) HUMAN Human League
74 ( NEW ) CHECK IT OUT John Cougar Mellencamp
75 ( NEW ) PEOPLE ARE STRANGE Echo & The Bunnymen
76 ( NEW ) THESE DREAMS Heart


Playlist faves of that week
1 TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS The Beatles
2 SOLID GOLD EASY ACTION T.Rex
3 BE MY BABY The Ronettes

Posted by: Bjork 28th February 2020, 07:36 PM

so many great newies, so many classics
my fav has to be Crash by Primitives, love that track
can't believe how many amazing girl-fronted bands we had in the late 80s (Primitives, Transvision Vamp, T'Pau, Swing Out Sister, Sade, Voice of the Beehive, Everything but the Girl, All About Eve, Eurythmics,...) why we don't have any now?

Also loved Ship of Fools, possibly my #1 Erasure song ever... also love that Love is Contagious song, pity it was her only hit
Suedehead was also a great debut solo single from Morrissey. Also loved Cars and Girls, great band

and Heart of Gold, Love Changes, That's the Way It Is, Together Forever and I'm not Scared are all great songs too, so lots of amazing tracks this week...

and great climbed for I Get Weak, I think I even prefer it to Heaven is a Place...

Posted by: Steve201 29th February 2020, 01:07 AM

QUOTE(Popchartfreak @ Feb 28 2020, 05:36 PM)

Not as close as you might think N'other 5 weeks yet 'fore it's history

Posted by: The S***e 4th March 2020, 07:21 PM

Yazz started off with 'pure' house with Doctorin the House before a sort of house/Communards style Hi NRG hybrid with The Only Way is Up. Doctorin the House I actually prefer of the two. Beat Dis is also a good house track, the first 'acid' house hit in the UK with the distinctive synths of that subgenre. Love Changes Everything is one of the two good classic middle of the road pop tunes of 1988 (the other being Somewhere In My Heart).

Both of the Sisters of Mercy singles from this era are very good. The Eighth Wonder song is great and stands out as sounding much less cheesy than most of the pop around at this time, the Pet Shop Boys producing it being the main reason for this of course.

Posted by: Popchartfreak 5th March 2020, 01:50 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Feb 28 2020, 07:36 PM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 5th March 2020, 01:51 PM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Feb 29 2020, 01:07 AM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 5th March 2020, 01:57 PM

QUOTE(The S***e @ Mar 4 2020, 07:21 PM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 5th March 2020, 02:26 PM

6th March 1988

It's 2 weeks on top for Climie Fisher, presiding over a still-volatile chart as Heart's double-A oldie rises 53 places to give them a second number 2 in 6 months, with Joe Le taxi going top 10 for Vanessa Paradis' debut, and Belinda Carlisle makes it 2 in a row with I get Weak, and Taja Seville shoots up 20 to 10 for her only big record, the fab Love Is Contagious.

Mel & Kim and Sisters Of Mercy add to their top 20 tally, Eighth Wonder takes Pet Shop Boys to 21 (more or less, bar Patsy Kensit's vocals), with the generously-donated I'm Not Scared, Afrika Bambaata is back in the 40 after a bit of a gap, and UB40 just keep on a-coming, 8 years of non-stop singles success. Voice Of The Beehive return with an instant top 40 walking the earth at 38, while Aswad's cover of Don't Turn Around gives them a long-overdue big smash and a run of success, in at 51. The song is an Albert Hammond and Diane Warren song, originally recorded by Tina Turner a couple of years earlier - Albert has hits spanning the 60's to 80's Diane the 80's to the 10's.

David Lee Roth keeps his ex-Van Halen career ticking over a while, The Proclaimers fly in just below, Saxon ride like the wind where Christopher Cross first blew top 20 in 1980, and extend their career longer than Christopher Cross managed, to 8 years, and finally INXS sneak in with another Kick track, Devil Inside.


1 ( 1 ) LOVE CHANGES (EVERYTHING) Climie Fisher
2 ( 55 ) NEVER/ THESE DREAMS Heart
3 ( 4 ) I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN Roger
4 ( 2 ) DOCTORIN' THE HOUSE Coldcut/ Yazz & The Plastic Population
5 ( 3 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac
6 ( 13 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis
7 ( 8 ) BEAT DIS Bomb The Bass
8 ( 17 ) I GET WEAK Belinda Carlisle
9 ( 9 ) TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne
10 ( 30 ) LOVE IS CONTAGIOUS Taja Seville

11 ( 7 ) SAY IT AGAIN Jermaine Stewart
12 ( 18 ) HEART OF GOLD Johnny Hates Jazz
13 ( 6 ) CRAZY Icehouse
14 ( 15 ) MY GENERATION The Who
15 ( 20 ) SUEDEHEAD Morrissey
16 ( 25 ) THAT'S THE WAY IT IS Mel & Kim
17 ( 27 ) DOMINION Sisters Of Mercy
18 ( 5 ) TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin
19 ( 10 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR Michael Jackson
20 ( 11 ) SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Was (Not Was)

21 ( 58 ) I'M NOT SCARED Eighth Wonder
22 ( 29 ) CRASH The Primitives
23 ( 23 ) I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY Kylie Minogue
24 ( 40 ) HOW MEN ARE Aztec Camera
25 ( 37 ) CRAZY FOR YOUR LOVE The Bee Gees
26 ( 14 ) WHEN WILL I BE FAMOUS Bros
27 ( 12 ) WHEN WE WAS FAB George Harrison
28 ( 19 ) C'MON EVERYBODY Eddie Cochran
29 ( 16 ) GIMME HOPE JO'ANNA Eddy Grant
30 ( 32 ) HAZY SHADE OF WINTER The Bangles

31 ( 21 ) THE JACK THAT HOUSE BUILT Jack 'n' Chill
32 ( 22 ) I DON'T MIND AT ALL Bourgeois Tag
33 ( 48 ) RECKLESS Afrika Bambaata/ UB40
34 ( 31 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
35 ( 24 ) ROCK DA HOUSE Beatmasters/ Cookie Crew
36 ( 36 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies
37 ( 35 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield
38 ( NEW ) I WALK THE EARTH Voice Of The Beehive
39 ( 34 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys
40 ( 45 ) LIVE MY LIFE Boy George

41 ( 26 ) NEVER KNEW LOVE LIKE THIS Cherrelle/ Alexander O'Neal
42 ( 42 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
43 ( 51 ) DIGNITY Deacon Blue
44 ( 43 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
45 ( 41 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL MIchael Jackson
46 ( 61 ) GOODGROOVE Derek B
47 ( 52 ) AN ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK Sting
48 ( 39 ) SHAME Eurythmics
49 ( 49 ) FATHER FIGURE George Michael
50 ( 68 ) TOGETHER FOREVER Rick Astley

51 ( 60 ) SHIP OF FOOLS Erasure
52 ( 33 ) TOWER OF STRENGTH The Mission
53 ( 50 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers
54 ( 28 ) MANDINKA Sinead O'Connor
55 ( 65 ) KISS AND TELL Bryan Ferry
56 ( 69 ) CARS AND GIRLS Prefab Sprout
57 ( 44 ) HOUSE ARREST Krush
58 ( 56 ) BAD Michael Jackson
59 ( 46 ) SIGN YOUR NAME Terence Trent D'Arby
60 ( 63 ) HOT HOT HOT The Cure

61 ( NEW ) DON’T TURN AROUND Aswad
62 ( 62 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN' AWAY Sly & The Family Stone
63 ( 38 ) TWO HEARTS Cliff Richard
64 ( 53 ) I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU Dusty Springfield
65 ( NEW ) JUST LIKE PARADISE David Lee Roth
66 ( NEW ) MAKE MY HEART FLY The Proclaimers
67 ( 67 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys
68 ( NEW ) RIDE LIKE THE WIND Saxon
69 ( 74 ) CHECK IT OUT John Cougar Mellencamp
70 ( 75 ) PEOPLE ARE STRANGE Echo & The Bunnymen

71 ( 64 ) FAMILY MAN Fleetwood Mac
72 ( 72 ) I FOUND SOMEONE Cher
73 ( 73 ) HUMAN The Human League
74 ( NEW ) DEVIL INSIDE INXS
75 ( 71 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles

6th March
PLAYIST OLDIES

1 SO FAR AWAY Carole King
2 REMEMBER YOU’RE A WOMBLE The Wombles
3 WHITE ROSE OF ATHENS Nana Mouskouri

Posted by: Bjork 6th March 2020, 08:32 PM

impressive climb for Heart, were one of my fave bands in that year, Alone being one of first records I ever bought as a a kid
both Never and These Dreams are great, think I might prefer the latter...
all the other climbers into the top 10 are great too

out of the newies I loved I walk the earth, think it was my favourite single from VOTB and should have been a bigger hit in the charts. Also loved Devil Inside
and the Aswad song was ok. The rest of newies I never heard...

Posted by: Steve201 8th March 2020, 02:43 PM

QUOTE(Popchartfreak @ Mar 5 2020, 01:51 PM)

Won't be long till Love Is All That Matters

Posted by: Steve201 8th March 2020, 03:25 PM

Hope the Echo & the Bunnymen track climbs higher!

Posted by: Popchartfreak 15th March 2020, 11:14 AM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Mar 6 2020, 08:32 PM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 15th March 2020, 11:30 AM

13th March 1988

It's French teen chanteuse Vanessa Paradis getting a cool Joe Le Taxi to the top slot this week - she's not the youngest act (at 15 years old) to top my chart - that honour goes to Michael Jackson, either 12 years old with the Jackson 5, or 14 years old solo - but she is still the youngest solo female to have done it. Johnny Hates Jazz get a second top 10 and Mel & Kim a 3rd.

A big climb for Aswad to 21 from 61, and INXS to 28 from 74, and the highest new entry is a second hit for Eric B & Rakim at 30. Madness return and extend their run to 9 years, at 38 with a "The" in front of the name (so wrong), and I Pronounce You may be their last top 40 for a decade. Fischer Z debut with The Perfect Day, Keith Sweat wants her, Brenda Russell plays piano in the dark (anti-social but a great record), The Clash oldie I Fought The Law returns 9 years on, a cover of the 60's garage-rock Bobby Fuller Four hit, and Richard Marx pops back in 3 weeks after sneaking in at 75 for a week. He'll be back with bigger tracks quite soon...

1 ( 6 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis
2 ( 7 ) BEAT DIS Bomb The Bass
3 ( 3 ) I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN Roger
4 ( 4 ) DOCTORIN' THE HOUSE Coldcut/ Yazz & The Plastic Population
5 ( 10 ) LOVE IS CONTAGIOUS Taja Seville
6 ( 2 ) THESE DREAMS/NEVER Heart
7 ( 1 ) LOVE CHANGES (EVERYTHING) Climie Fisher
8 ( 12 ) HEART OF GOLD Johnny Hates Jazz
9 ( 16 ) THAT'S THE WAY IT IS Mel & Kim
10 ( 8 ) I GET WEAK Belinda Carlisle

11 ( 21 ) I'M NOT SCARED Eighth Wonder
12 ( 5 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac
13 ( 13 ) CRAZY Icehouse
14 ( 22 ) CRASH The Primitives
15 ( 9 ) TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne
16 ( 17 ) DOMINION Sisters Of Mercy
17 ( 15 ) SUEDEHEAD Morrissey
18 ( 24 ) HOW MEN ARE Aztec Camera
19 ( 11 ) SAY IT AGAIN Jermaine Stewart
20 ( 19 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson

21 ( 61 ) DON’T TURN AROUND Aswad
22 ( 33 ) RECKLESS Afrika Bambaata/ UB40
23 ( 23 ) I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY Kylie Minogue
24 ( 14 ) MY GENERATION The Who
25 ( 20 ) SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Was (Not Was)
26 ( 38 ) I WALK THE EARTH Voice Of The Beehive
27 ( 18 ) TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin
28 ( 74 ) DEVIL INSIDE INXS
29 ( 29 ) GIMME HOPE JO'ANNA Eddy Grant
30 ( NEW ) I KNOW YOU GOT SOUL Eric B & Rakim

31 ( 34 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
32 ( 36 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
33 ( 25 ) CRAZY FOR YOUR LOVE The Bee Gees
34 ( 51 ) SHIP OF FOOLS Erasure
35 ( 37 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
36 ( 42 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
37 ( 26 ) WHEN WILL I BE FAMOUS Bros
38 ( NEW ) I PRONOUNCE YOU Madness
39 ( 27 ) WHEN WE WAS FAB George Harrison
40 ( 50 ) TOGETHER FOREVER Rick Astley

41 ( 31 ) THE JACK THAT HOUSE BUILT Jack 'n' Chill
42 ( 39 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys
43 ( 32 ) I DON'T MIND AT ALL Bourgeois Tag
44 ( 35 ) ROK DA HOUSE Beatmasters/ Cookie Crew
45 ( 44 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
46 ( 46 ) GOODGROOVE Derek B
47 ( 45 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson
48 ( 28 ) C'MON EVERYBODY Eddie Cochran
49 ( 30 ) HAZY SHADE OF WINTER The Bangles
50 ( 65 ) JUST LIKE PARADISE David Lee Roth

51 ( 43 ) DIGNITY Deacon Blue
52 ( 49 ) FATHER FIGURE George Michael
53 ( 56 ) CARS AND GIRLS Prefab Sprout
54 ( 40 ) LIVE MY LIFE Boy George
55 ( 48 ) SHAME Eurythmics
56 ( 53 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers
57 ( 70 ) PEOPLE ARE STRANGE Echo & The Bunnymen
58 ( NEW ) THE PERFECT DAY Fischer Z
59 ( 58 ) BAD Michael Jackson
60 ( 59 ) SIGN YOUR NAME Terence Trent D'Arby

61 ( 68 ) RIDE LIKE THE WIND Saxon
62 ( 62 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone
63 ( 66 ) MAKE MY HEART FLY The Proclaimers
64 ( 71 ) FAMILY MAN Fleetwood Mac
65 ( 41 ) NEVER KNEW LOVE LIKE THIS Cherrelle/ Alexander O'Neal
66 ( NEW ) I WANT HER Keith Sweat
67 ( 67 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys
68 ( 57 ) HOUSE ARREST Krush
69 ( NEW ) PIANO IN THE DARK Brenda Russell
70 ( 73 ) HUMAN Human League

71 ( 64 ) I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU Dusty Springfield
72 ( 72 ) I FOUND SOMEONE Cher
73 ( NEW ) I FOUGHT THE LAW The Clash
74 ( RE ) SHOULD'VE KNOWN BETTER Richard Marx
75 ( 75 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles



Playlist oldies and album tracks of that week
1 DEEP AND WIDE AND TALL Aztec Camera
2 BLUE Wham!
3 SHOULD I LAUGH OR CRY Abba

Posted by: Popchartfreak 15th March 2020, 11:33 AM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Mar 8 2020, 03:25 PM)

Posted by: Bjork 15th March 2020, 01:24 PM

wasn't expecting Joe le TAXI to climb to #1
I loved the song back in the day but not sure if it has aged that well

great climb for Love is Contagious too, I loved the song back then but don't think I've heard it much
hardly ever gets played or recognised as the little gem it was

Posted by: Steve201 16th March 2020, 06:45 PM

QUOTE(Popchartfreak @ Mar 15 2020, 11:33 AM)

Posted by: The S***e 16th March 2020, 07:20 PM

QUOTE(Popchartfreak @ Mar 15 2020, 11:14 AM)

I prefer These Dreams too, it was def the side I played as I already had the single from a previous release, but didn't have Never, and These Dreams was the heavier playlisted on radio. I Walk The Earth is doing quite well in a retro weekly 1988 chart amalgamation of personal charts on another forum (top 10) so it's still highly regarded I think

Posted by: Bjork 17th March 2020, 06:55 AM

pretty sure Madness continued having hits until much later, I remember a song called Lovestruck that peaked at #10 in the late 90s I think

Posted by: Steve201 17th March 2020, 11:37 AM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Mar 17 2020, 06:55 AM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 19th March 2020, 02:21 PM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Mar 16 2020, 06:45 PM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 19th March 2020, 02:44 PM

20th March 1988

It's a new entry as Heart finally gets a single issue, slightly remixed and with a fab Ian McKellan vampire video, giving the Pet Shop Boys a 7th chart-topper, and the 3rd off Actually. Another track that's been around a while too, from a great album too, has a sudden leap to 2 from 52 as Father Figure gets maximum appreciation belatedly for George Michael. Another Pet Shop boys song off the soon-to-come album goes top 10 for Eighth Wonder, I'm Not Scared.

Debbie Gibson gets an instant top 20 at 17 with Only In My Dreams returning on reissue, making it a twice top 20 track in two consecutive years, as Brenda Russell leaps into the 30 with Piano In The Dark, and The Clash take I Fought The Law back into the 30 9 years on. Sinitta shock releases a decent pop single, Cross My Broken Heart, and gets her biggest hit at 36 as she goes full SAW-pop, as opposed to cheesy novelty pop.

a-ha return with another melodramatic goodie, Stay On These Roads, Bros Drop The Boy and drop the quality, Jellybean's back with newie Just A Mirage, Pebbles is back with Girlfriend, Taylor Dayne has a low-key follow-up to a number one, Zodiac Mindwarp continues with some sci-fi glamrock entering, and Tiffany and Wet Wet Wet under-achieve down the bottom-end of the chart. Debuting, though, is future-massive rap track Push It from Salt 'N' Pepa, not a duo despite appearances as DJ Spinderella doesn't get mentioned in the group name. Unless she's "N".

1 ( NEW ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
2 ( 52 ) FATHER FIGURE George Michael
3 ( 1 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis
4 ( 2 ) BEAT DIS Bomb The Bass
5 ( 5 ) LOVE IS CONTAGIOUS Taja Seville
6 ( 11 ) I'M NOT SCARED Eighth Wonder
7 ( 3 ) I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN Roger
8 ( 4 ) DOCTORIN' THE HOUSE Coldcut/ Yazz & The Plastic Population
9 ( 12 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac
10 ( 6 ) THESE DREAMS/NEVER Heart

11 ( 9 ) THAT'S THE WAY IT IS Mel & Kim
12 ( 8 ) HEART OF GOLD Johnny Hates Jazz
13 ( 21 ) DON’T TURN AROUND Aswad
14 ( 14 ) CRASH The Primitives
15 ( 7 ) LOVE CHANGES (EVERYTHING) Climie Fisher
16 ( 10 ) I GET WEAK Belinda Carlisle
17 ( NEW ) ONLY IN MY DREAMS Debbie Gibson
18 ( 30 ) I KNOW YOU GOT SOUL Eric B & Rakim
19 ( 15 ) TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne
20 ( 22 ) RECKLESS Afrika Bambaata/ UB40

21 ( 13 ) CRAZY Icehouse
22 ( 18 ) HOW MEN ARE Aztec Camera
23 ( 20 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
24 ( 28 ) DEVIL INSIDE INXS
25 ( 26 ) I WALK THE EARTH Voice Of The Beehive
26 ( 16 ) DOMINION Sisters Of Mercy
27 ( 19 ) SAY IT AGAIN Jermaine Stewart
28 ( 73 ) I FOUGHT THE LAW The Clash
29 ( 69 ) PIANO IN THE DARK Brenda Russell
30 ( 34 ) SHIP OF FOOLS Erasure

31 ( 23 ) I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY Kylie Minogue
32 ( 32 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
33 ( 31 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
34 ( 38 ) I PRONOUNCE YOU Madness
35 ( 17 ) SUEDEHEAD Morrissey
36 ( NEW ) CROSS MY BROKEN HEART Sinitta
37 ( 40 ) TOGETHER FOREVER Rick Astley
38 ( 35 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
39 ( 36 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
40 ( 25 ) SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Was (Not Was)

41 ( 50 ) JUST LIKE PARADISE David Lee Roth
42 ( 27 ) TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin
43 ( 42 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys
44 ( NEW ) DREAMING Glen Goldsmith
45 ( 29 ) GIMME HOPE JO'ANNA Eddy Grant
46 ( 45 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
47 ( 47 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson
48 ( 66 ) I WANT HER Keith Sweat
49 ( 37 ) WHEN WILL I BE FAMOUS Bros
50 ( 53 ) CARS AND GIRLS Prefab Sprout

51 ( 24 ) MY GENERATION The Who
52 ( NEW ) STAY ON THESE ROADS a-ha
53 ( 39 ) WHEN WE WAS FAB George Harrison
54 ( 54 ) LIVE MY LIFE Boy George
55 ( 41 ) THE JACK THAT HOUSE BUILT Jack 'n' Chill
56 ( 61 ) RIDE LIKE THE WIND Saxon
57 ( 56 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers
58 ( 44 ) ROK DA HOUSE Beatmasters/ Cookie Crew
59 ( NEW ) BASS (HOW LOW CAN YOU GO) Simon Harris
60 ( 59 ) BAD Michael Jackson

61 ( 43 ) I DON'T MIND AT ALL Bourgeois Tag
62 ( 55 ) SHAME Eurythmics
63 ( 62 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone
64 ( 33 ) CRAZY FOR YOUR LOVE The Bee Gees
65 ( NEW ) DROP THE BOY Bros
66 ( 60 ) SIGN YOUR NAME Terence Trent D'Arby
67 ( 67 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys
68 ( NEW ) JUST A MIRAGE Jellybean/ Adele Bertei
69 ( NEW ) PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa
70 ( 70 ) HUMAN Human League

71 ( NEW ) GIRLFRIEND Pebbles
72 ( NEW ) PROVE YOUR LOVE Taylor Dayne
73 ( NEW ) PLANET GIRL Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction
74 ( NEW ) COULD'VE BEEN Tiffany
75 ( NEW ) TEMPTATION Wet Wet Wet
76 ( NEW ) ONE MORE CHANCE Pet Shop Boys


Playlist oldies of the week
1 DANNY’S SONG Anne Murray
2 ONE MORE CHANCE Pet Shop Boys
3 EMOTIONS Samantha Sang

Posted by: Bjork 19th March 2020, 03:51 PM

great chart! and unexpected top 2! Quite like climb for Father Figure, the song peaked for me over Xmas I think
Crazy how popular PSB were that they made #1 with Heart, which was the 4th single off Actually... for me, it's ok but not on the same league as Rent for instance or the other 1987 singles

great newies too, loved Debbie Gibson as a kid and Only in my Dreams is a perfect little pop song

and there's 2 of my fav of the year among the newies... loved Pebbles-Girlfriend, should have been a #1 had she charted before? think this was the first I heard from her, I recall a couple of later singles but nothing from before... the other one is Push it by Salt N Pepa, amazing track

decent songs by Tiffany, A-ha, Taylor Dayne, Bros and even Sinitta

Posted by: Popchartfreak 19th March 2020, 07:51 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Mar 19 2020, 03:51 PM)

great chart! and unexpected top 2! Quite like climb for Father Figure, the song peaked for me over Xmas I think
Crazy how popular PSB were that they made #1 with Heart, which was the 4th single off Actually... for me, it's ok but not on the same league as Rent for instance or the other 1987 singles

great newies too, loved Debbie Gibson as a kid and Only in my Dreams is a perfect little pop song

and there's 2 of my fav of the year among the newies... loved Pebbles-Girlfriend, should have been a #1 had she charted before? think this was the first I heard from her, I recall a couple of later singles but nothing from before... the other one is Push it by Salt N Pepa, amazing track

decent songs by Tiffany, A-ha, Taylor Dayne, Bros and even Sinitta

Posted by: Steve201 19th March 2020, 08:30 PM

QUOTE(Popchartfreak @ Mar 19 2020, 02:21 PM)

It peaked at 44 and then they split up, Suggs had an early/mid 90's solo career with lots of hits following a career revival with It Must Be Love charting again, but the band stayed split until 1998 (I think) as Bjork said when they had an offiicial comeback tour and album (I was there for the tour) and big hit with Lovestruck, though to be honest they'd never really dropped out of public notice with the back catalogue and Suggs' solo career. They've had plenty of chart entries right up until the end of the noughties, and albums still chart even these days, all helped by periodic TV moments like the Olympics and the Buck Pal gig, and touring. They've had a dozen chart entries in my charts with new material since Lovestruck, though it's been 3 or 4 years since the last stuff...

Posted by: Popchartfreak 27th March 2020, 07:47 PM

27th March 1988

It's 2 weeks on top for Heart as Pet Shop Boys stop George getting another chart-topper with Father Figure. Highest new entry, as per usual for the Beatles 20th anniversary reissues, is the Fabs Lady Madonna at 6 - never one of my fave Beatles singles, you'd have to go back to Paperback Writer to find one I loved less, but then again a lesser-Beatles track is still top quality. Aswad finally get that deserved top 10, with Don't Turn Around, a-ha rocket into the 20 with the fab Stay On These Roads, and The Clash peak higher 2nd time around with I Fought The Law - I still prefer the Bobby Fuller Four original though.

After a lesser hit, the Nanas are back on form with I Want You Back at 35, Simon Harris has a big ol Bass climb into the 40, how high can he go? Quo ain't complainin' that 20 years on from Pictures Of Matchstick Men they still make my top 40, The Adventures bring their epic ballad Broken Land in at 62 - their best record - and errr Engelbert Humperdinck returns to my chart for the first time in oooh 16 years with a cover of the Glenn Medeiros cover of the George Benson original. I must have been getting nostalgic for the old crooners.

Natalie Cole is back with her soon-to-be biggest hit 13 years after debuting with This Will Be - Pink cadillac was a Bruce Springsteen song, which is always a good sign for a new track. Nina Simone is also back 20 years on with a 20-year-pld song, Mr Bojangles being a Jerry Jeff Walker 1968 future standard which became a hit for the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in the US, and the signature song of Sammy Davis Jr, and a future Robbie Williams crooning goodie. Finally, Iron Maiden ask, Can I Play With Madness? Well, Madness are at 29 so it wasn't out of the question - sadly it never happened, though, I would have enjoyed seeing them do Baggy Trousers....


1 ( 1 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
2 ( 2 ) FATHER FIGURE George Michael
3 ( 3 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis
4 ( 9 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac
5 ( 6 ) I'M NOT SCARED Eighth Wonder
6 ( NEW ) LADY MADONNA The Beatles
7 ( 7 ) I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN Roger
8 ( 13 ) DON’T TURN AROUND Aswad
9 ( 4 ) BEAT DIS Bomb The Bass
10 ( 10 ) THESE DREAMS/NEVER Heart

11 ( 5 ) LOVE IS CONTAGIOUS Taja Seville
12 ( 11 ) THAT'S THE WAY IT IS Mel & Kim
13 ( 17 ) ONLY IN MY DREAMS Debbie Gibson
14 ( 52 ) STAY ON THESE ROADS a-ha
15 ( 8 ) DOCTORIN' THE HOUSE Coldcut/ Yazz & The Plastic Population
16 ( 15 ) LOVE CHANGES (EVERYTHING) Climie Fisher
17 ( 29 ) PIANO IN THE DARK Brenda Russell
18 ( 12 ) HEART OF GOLD Johnny Hates Jazz
19 ( 16 ) I GET WEAK Belinda Carlisle
20 ( 28 ) I FOUGHT THE LAW The Clash

21 ( 18 ) I KNOW YOU GOT SOUL Eric B & Rakim
22 ( 20 ) RECKLESS Afrika Bambaata/ UB40
23 ( 44 ) DREAMING Glen Goldsmith
24 ( 24 ) DEVIL INSIDE INXS
25 ( 30 ) SHIP OF FOOLS Erasure
26 ( 19 ) TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne
27 ( 36 ) CROSS MY BROKEN HEART Sinitta
28 ( 23 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
29 ( 34 ) I PRONOUNCE YOU Madness
30 ( 14 ) CRASH The Primitives

31 ( 21 ) CRAZY Icehouse
32 ( 32 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
33 ( 22 ) HOW MEN ARE Aztec Camera
34 ( 33 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
35 ( NEW ) I WANT YOU BACK Bananarama
36 ( 37 ) TOGETHER FOREVER Rick Astley
37 ( 27 ) SAY IT AGAIN Jermaine Stewart
38 ( 59 ) BASS (HOW LOW CAN YOU GO) Simon Harris
39 ( NEW ) AIN'T COMPLAININ' Status Quo
40 ( 48 ) I WANT HER Keith Sweat

41 ( 38 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
42 ( 39 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
43 ( 43 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys
44 ( 50 ) CARS AND GIRLS Prefab Sprout
45 ( 31 ) I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY Kylie Minogue
46 ( 46 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
47 ( 25 ) I WALK THE EARTH Voice Of The Beehive
48 ( 47 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson
49 ( 75 ) TEMPTATION Wet Wet Wet
50 ( 40 ) SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Was (Not Was)

51 ( 65 ) DROP THE BOY Bros
52 ( 71 ) GIRLFRIEND Pebbles
53 ( 72 ) PROVE YOUR LOVE Taylor Dayne
54 ( 42 ) TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin
55 ( 68 ) JUST A MIRAGE Jellybean/ Adele Bertei
56 ( 26 ) DOMINION Sisters Of Mercy
57 ( 57 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers
58 ( 35 ) SUEDEHEAD Morrissey
59 ( 74 ) COULD'VE BEEN Tiffany
60 ( 60 ) BAD Michael Jackson

61 ( 49 ) WHEN WILL I BE FAMOUS Bros
62 ( NEW ) BROKEN LAND The Adventures
63 ( 63 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone
64 ( 62 ) SHAME Eurythmics
65 ( NEW ) GENE AND JIM ARE INTO SHAKES Gene and Jim
66 ( NEW ) NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE MY LOVE FOR YOU Engelbert Humperdinck
67 ( 67 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys
68 ( 41 ) JUST LIKE PARADISE David Lee Roth
69 ( 69 ) PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa
70 ( 55 ) THE JACK THAT HOUSE BUILT Jack 'n' Chill

71 ( 70 ) HUMAN Human League
72 ( NEW ) PINK CADILLAC Natalie Cole
73 ( 58 ) ROK DA HOUSE Beatmasters/ Cookie Crew
74 ( NEW ) MR BOJANGLES Nina Simone
75 ( NEW ) CAN I PLAY WITH MADNESS Iron Maiden



Playlist faves of that week
1 ISLAND GIRL Elton John
2 DANCING IN THE CITY Marshall-Hain
3 MORE THAN A FEELING Boston

Posted by: Bjork 28th March 2020, 07:06 AM

Bananarama's I want you back was great, a return to form after the disappointing I Can't help it
my fav of the newies was Adventures-Broken land, such a great little song... just checked wiki, and it says its the most-played song on BBC Radio 1 in 1988!!
is this true?

Posted by: Steve201 29th March 2020, 02:47 PM

Yeh the Adventurers track was brillant, love hearing classics like this and finding out about a band I had never heard of.

Posted by: Popchartfreak 3rd April 2020, 04:17 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Mar 28 2020, 08:06 AM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 3rd April 2020, 04:19 PM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Mar 29 2020, 03:47 PM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 3rd April 2020, 04:35 PM

3rd April 1988

It's 3 weeks on top for Pet Shop Boys' Heart - keeping their own I'm Not Scared off the top, peaking now at 2 for Eighth Wonder, with new top 10 climbs for a-ha, Debbie Gibson and Brenda Russell. Top 40 climbs for Wet Wet Wet (their biggest since Wishing I was Lucky), Pebbles, Jellybean's 4th, The Adventures, and two new entries, Paul Hardcastle returning with a cover of Junior Walker's fabulous Walk In The Night at 38, and Eurythmics following-up the sublime Shame with the more-perfunctory I Need A Man at 40 ( a much bigger hit for them in the UK charts - go figure!).

Neal Hefti brings the 22-year-old TV theme into the charts for the first time (though it would have charted in 1967 for me had I been charting as a kiddie), probably during one of the regular TV-repeat-runs of the show, in at 49. Jermaine Stewart is beside himself as he gets lucky at 54, and Wally Jump Jnr follows-up at 59. Danny Wilson return with the yet-to-hit Mary's Prayer, which had charted for me in 1987, Cher insists We All Sleep Alone at 66 - I'll let you know in 4 years if that's true - and Smokey Robinson extends his chart run to a sweet 19 years, Cher to 17 years. Robert Palmer pops in briefly with Sweet Lies, and Hazell Dean is back 4 years after a couple of biggie SAW hits - with another SAW hit. I saw her in a gay bar performance back in the early 00's, back when local bars & clubs were an actual thing before topping-up booze at home, internet phones, Grindr and other factors combined to kill them off.



1 ( 1 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
2 ( 5 ) I'M NOT SCARED Eighth Wonder
3 ( 4 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac
4 ( 3 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis
5 ( 2 ) FATHER FIGURE George Michael
6 ( 6 ) LADY MADONNA The Beatles
7 ( 8 ) DON’T TURN AROUND Aswad
8 ( 14 ) STAY ON THESE ROADS a-ha
9 ( 13 ) ONLY IN MY DREAMS Debbie Gibson
10 ( 17 ) PIANO IN THE DARK Brenda Russell

11 ( 10 ) THESE DREAMS/NEVER Heart
12 ( 16 ) LOVE CHANGES (EVERYTHING) Climie Fisher
13 ( 7 ) I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN Roger
14 ( 23 ) DREAMING Glen Goldsmith
15 ( 27 ) CROSS MY BROKEN HEART Sinitta
16 ( 9 ) BEAT DIS Bomb The Bass
17 ( 12 ) THAT'S THE WAY IT IS Mel & Kim
18 ( 11 ) LOVE IS CONTAGIOUS Taja Seville
19 ( 15 ) DOCTORIN' THE HOUSE Coldcut/ Yazz & The Plastic Population
20 ( 20 ) I FOUGHT THE LAW The Clash

21 ( 19 ) I GET WEAK Belinda Carlisle
22 ( 22 ) RECKLESS Afrika Bambaata/ UB40
23 ( 18 ) HEART OF GOLD Johnny Hates Jazz
24 ( 35 ) I WANT YOU BACK Bananarama
25 ( 40 ) I WANT HER Keith Sweat
26 ( 49 ) TEMPTATION Wet Wet Wet
27 ( 52 ) GIRLFRIEND Pebbles
28 ( 39 ) AIN'T COMPLAININ' Status Quo
29 ( 26 ) TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne
30 ( 28 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson

31 ( 55 ) JUST A MIRAGE Jellybean/ Adele Bertei
32 ( 32 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
33 ( 24 ) DEVIL INSIDE INXS
34 ( 38 ) BASS (HOW LOW CAN YOU GO) Simon Harris
35 ( 21 ) I KNOW YOU GOT SOUL Eric B & Rakim
36 ( 62 ) BROKEN LAND The Adventures
37 ( 34 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
38 ( NEW ) WALK IN THE NIGHT Paul Hardcastle
39 ( 31 ) CRAZY Icehouse
40 ( NEW ) I NEED A MAN Eurythmics

41 ( 41 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
42 ( 42 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
43 ( 43 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys
44 ( 72 ) PINK CADILLAC Natalie Cole
45 ( 30 ) CRASH The Primitives
46 ( 33 ) HOW MEN ARE Aztec Camera
47 ( 46 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
48 ( 51 ) DROP THE BOY Bros
49 ( NEW ) BATMAN THEME Neil Hefti
50 ( 48 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson

51 ( 53 ) PROVE YOUR LOVE Taylor Dayne
52 ( 25 ) SHIP OF FOOLS Erasure
53 ( 29 ) I PRONOUNCE YOU Madness
54 ( NEW ) GET LUCKY Jermaine Stewart
55 ( 37 ) SAY IT AGAIN Jermaine Stewart
56 ( 59 ) COULD'VE BEEN Tiffany
57 ( 57 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers
58 ( 36 ) TOGETHER FOREVER Rick Astley
59 ( NEW ) PRIVATE PARTY Wally Jump Jnr
60 ( 60 ) BAD Michael Jackson

61 ( 50 ) SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Was (Not Was)
62 ( 54 ) TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin
63 ( 63 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone
64 ( 64 ) SHAME Eurythmics
65 ( NEW ) MARY’S PRAYER Danny Wilson
66 ( NEW ) WE ALL SLEEP ALONE Cher
67 ( 44 ) CARS AND GIRLS Prefab Sprout
68 ( 67 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys
69 ( 69 ) PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa
70 ( NEW ) LOVE DON’T GIVE A REASON Smokey Robinson

71 ( 71 ) HUMAN Human League
72 ( 45 ) I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY Kylie Minogue
73 ( 61 ) WHEN WILL I BE FAMOUS Bros
74 ( NEW ) SWEET LIES Robert Palmer
75 ( NEW ) WHO’S LEAVING WHO Hazell Dean

3rd Apr
PLAYIST OLDIES

1 DIGGING YOUR SCENE Blow Monkeys
2 IF IT WASN’T FOR THE NIGHTS Abba
3 DON’T LET IT FADE AWAY Darts

Posted by: Bjork 4th April 2020, 07:56 AM

so #1 & 2 for PSB then Might prefer Im not Scared good climbs for Debbie Gibson and Pebbles!!

from the newies I really liked the Cher single,
also Sweet Lies, probably my fav Robert Palmer song, I always preferred his slow tracks

Posted by: Steve201 6th April 2020, 02:38 PM

I love the new Eurythmics track and 'Shame' also, thanks for introducing me to the later!

Posted by: Bjork 7th April 2020, 10:40 AM

loved Shame but not a fan of I Need a Man, too bold and shouty, I much prefer their ballads and slow tempos

Posted by: Popchartfreak 10th April 2020, 03:23 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Apr 4 2020, 08:56 AM)

so #1 & 2 for PSB then Might prefer Im not Scared good climbs for Debbie Gibson and Pebbles!!

from the newies I really liked the Cher single,
also Sweet Lies, probably my fav Robert Palmer song, I always preferred his slow tracks

Posted by: Popchartfreak 10th April 2020, 03:24 PM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Apr 6 2020, 03:38 PM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 10th April 2020, 03:50 PM

10th April 1988

It's 4 weeks on top for Heart as the Eighth Wonder threat subsides, though more than likely One More Chance would have been pushing it hard had I allowed album tracks in the chart - topping my non-current-single playlist that week I've slipped it in again as a number 76 - as I can't say for sure where in the chart it would have charted, it has to settle for 76. Fleetwood Mac finally get up to 2 and is one of 3 tracks threatening, as Louis Armstrong's gorgeously heart-warming What A Wonderful World is re-issued 20 years on, entering at 3. I hadn't started charting in early 1968, but it probably would have topped my chart as I loved it as a kid. In at 4, it's an instant high new entry for a Giorgio Moroder girl band project, When The Love Is Good is utterly fab. They had an album, 3 singles, a tour, lead singer Bobbi Eakes (a former Miss Georgia) had a powerful voice and this song was one of Moroder's best - and it stiffed, the band didn't catch on. I suspect it's down to the sudden change in musical climate in 1988.

Jermaine Stewart has a big climb, into the 20 for the 3rd time, and George Michael pulls another Faith album track out as a single, the sublime gospel-ish One More Try, in at 22, as Cher leaps into the 30. Natalie Cole, Tiffany and Taylor Dayne all bring some female vocal action to the 40, and among the 14 new entries are DJ's Pat & Mick killing, oops I mean covering, 1978 Michael Zager Band hit Let's All Chant, Jesus & Mary Chain sidewalking, presumably like crabs, and the brilliant Israeli dance vibe of I'm Nin Alu from Ofra Haza. Even more significant is the debut from S-Express, sampling the achingly brilliant Rose Royce riff from 1979's Is It Love You're After, and creating an even more brilliant very different cut 'n' paste dance smash, Theme From S-Express with that all-important hyphen.

The Christians' 4-year-run of great singles continues with Born Again, Born Again Christians, arf, the Christian Brothers must have been having a Scouse laugh at that one, Expose get another Miami-dance-vibe charter, T'Pau do a live single, S-Ex Talk, oh hang on, not Essex Talk, there's no hyphen, and Aerosmith keep the revival strong with Angel. That leaves Lloyd Cole entering with From The Hip as I was about to see him live at Poole Arts Centre with his Commotions - more next week - and Def Leppard Armageddin' It, a bad pun to be proud of.

1 ( 1 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
2 ( 3 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac
3 ( NEW ) WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD Louis Armstrong
4 ( NEW ) WHEN THE LOVE IS GOOD Big Trouble
5 ( 2 ) I'M NOT SCARED Eighth Wonder
6 ( 10 ) PIANO IN THE DARK Brenda Russell
7 ( 8 ) STAY ON THESE ROADS a-ha
8 ( 7 ) DON’T TURN AROUND Aswad
9 ( 4 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis
10 ( 14 ) DREAMING Glen Goldsmith

11 ( 9 ) ONLY IN MY DREAMS Debbie Gibson
12 ( 5 ) FATHER FIGURE George Michael
13 ( 11 ) THESE DREAMS/NEVER Heart
14 ( 6 ) LADY MADONNA The Beatles
15 ( 15 ) CROSS MY BROKEN HEART Sinitta
16 ( 27 ) GIRLFRIEND Pebbles
17 ( 12 ) LOVE CHANGES (EVERYTHING) Climie Fisher
18 ( 24 ) I WANT YOU BACK Bananarama
19 ( 54 ) GET LUCKY Jermaine Stewart
20 ( 40 ) I NEED A MAN Eurythmics

21 ( 13 ) I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN Roger
22 ( NEW ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael
23 ( 36 ) BROKEN LAND The Adventures
24 ( 17 ) THAT'S THE WAY IT IS Mel & Kim
25 ( 26 ) TEMPTATION Wet Wet Wet
26 ( 16 ) BEAT DIS Bomb The Bass
27 ( 19 ) DOCTORIN' THE HOUSE Coldcut/ Yazz & The Plastic Population
28 ( 28 ) AIN'T COMPLAININ' Status Quo
29 ( 66 ) WE ALL SLEEP ALONE Cher
30 ( 18 ) LOVE IS CONTAGIOUS Taja Seville

31 ( 31 ) JUST A MIRAGE Jellybean/ Adele Bertei
32 ( 44 ) PINK CADILLAC Natalie Cole
33 ( 32 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
34 ( 21 ) I GET WEAK Belinda Carlisle
35 ( 23 ) HEART OF GOLD Johnny Hates Jazz
36 ( 56 ) COULD'VE BEEN Tiffany
37 ( 30 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
38 ( 37 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
39 ( 51 ) PROVE YOUR LOVE Taylor Dayne
40 ( 29 ) TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne

41 ( 65 ) MARY’S PRAYER Danny Wilson
42 ( 20 ) I FOUGHT THE LAW The Clash
43 ( 42 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
44 ( 41 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
45 ( 49 ) BATMAN THEME Neil Hefti
46 ( 69 ) PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa
47 ( 43 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys
48 ( 75 ) WHO’S LEAVING WHO Hazell Dean
49 ( NEW ) LET'S ALL CHANT Pat and Mick
50 ( 47 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

51 ( 22 ) RECKLESS Afrika Bambaata/ UB40
52 ( NEW ) SIDEWALKING Jesus And Mary Chain
53 ( 50 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson
54 ( 25 ) I WANT HER Keith Sweat
55 ( NEW ) I'M NIN ALU Ofra Haza
56 ( 39 ) CRAZY Icehouse
57 ( NEW ) THEME FROM S-EXPRESS S-Express
58 ( 57 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers
59 ( 38 ) WALK IN THE NIGHT Paul Hardcastle
60 ( NEW ) BORN AGAIN The Christians

61 ( 35 ) I KNOW YOU GOT SOUL Eric B & Rakim
62 ( 60 ) BAD Michael Jackson
63 ( 33 ) DEVIL INSIDE INXS
64 ( 63 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone
65 ( 64 ) SHAME Eurythmics
66 ( 59 ) PRIVATE PARTY Wally Jump Jnr
67 ( NEW ) SEASONS CHANGE Expose
68 ( 34 ) BASS (HOW LOW CAN YOU GO) Simon Harris
69 ( 68 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys
70 ( NEW ) SEX TALK (LIVE) T'Pau

71 ( NEW ) TELL THAT GIRL TO SHUT UP Transvision Vamp
72 ( 55 ) SAY IT AGAIN Jermaine Stewart
73 ( NEW ) ANGEL Aerosmith
74 ( NEW ) FROM THE HIP Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
75 ( NEW ) ARMAGEDDIN' IT Def Leppard
76 ( RE ) ONE MORE CHANCE Pet Shop Boys


Playlist oldies and album tracks of that week
1 ONE MORE CHANCE Pet Shop Boys
2 SOMEBODY WANTS TO LOVE YOU The Partridge Family
3 HERE I GO AGAIN Archie Bell & The Drells
4 DANNY’S SONG Anne Murray

Posted by: Bjork 10th April 2020, 09:24 PM

lots of nice newies, very eclectic bunch
my favourite is Transvision Vamp's first single... I was totally obsessed with Wendy James for a while, they were one of my fav bands, they were great, but they made 2 amazing albums and disappeared as quick as they have arrived.
also liked One More Try, easily the best track from Faith. The Ofra Haza song was genious, and nice to see another non-English song in the charts. The Christians, S'Express, T'Pau, The Jesus & Mary Chain, all good singles. I even like the Expose song even if it was a bit too sappy.
The T'Pau song was good but I reckon they chose the wrong single, I would have picked the title track, Bridge of Spies, similar but much better.

Posted by: Popchartfreak 17th April 2020, 03:17 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Apr 10 2020, 10:24 PM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 17th April 2020, 03:35 PM

we may be moving these to the personal chart files as part of the revamp, but as I can't work out how to shift them, for the mo I'll Carry On Regardless (ooo no missus)

17th April 1988

It's 5 weeks on top for Pet Shop Boys, this week Heart sees off a threat from highest new entry I Want You Back, 2nd-time around for the 1969 Jackson 5 debut classic, albeit largely due to the inferior remix version, and also sees off high new entries from last week in Big Trouble and Louis Armstrong. George Michael gets a 3rd top 10 off Faith as One More Try climbs to 6, and Theme From S'Express rockets 50 spots to 7, one of them will top the chart next week, place your bets now....

Bananarama make it 3 out of 4 singles top 10's with the not-a-Jackson-5-cover song, and The Adventures just miss out. Natalie Cole finally gets a top 20 track after 13 years of trying, The Kane Gang cover Don't Look Any Further, the Dennis Edwards & Siedah Garrett oldie, in at 27, and The Christians keep the top 40's regular for the 4th year. Lloyd Cole shoots into the 40 with From The Hip as I go to see him live in concert - I think it was my very first-ever gig on my own with no-mates along. Johnny-No-Mates as I was that night. Having survived the night, it was the start of zillions more, including both Pet Shop Boys and Katy Perry in Barcelona. It's either that or never go to acts I really want to see just cos friends have no taste for great music.

John Cougar checks it out, new, Godley & Creme are pushing a decade with 10,000 angels, or 16 years with 10CC included. 10's whichever you look at it then. Sade is also Class of 1984 returning, Aussie band Midnight Oil pop in with burning beds a year or so ahead of having a hit with it, and Roachford debuts with Family Man, while All About Eve add to their list.



1 ( 1 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
2 ( NEW ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5
3 ( 2 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac
4 ( 4 ) WHEN THE LOVE IS GOOD Big Trouble
5 ( 3 ) WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD Louis Armstrong
6 ( 22 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael
7 ( 57 ) THEME FROM S-EXPRESS S-Express
8 ( 6 ) PIANO IN THE DARK Brenda Russell
9 ( 18 ) I WANT YOU BACK Bananarama
10 ( 10 ) DREAMING Glen Goldsmith

11 ( 5 ) I'M NOT SCARED Eighth Wonder
12 ( 23 ) BROKEN LAND The Adventures
13 ( 16 ) GIRLFRIEND Pebbles
14 ( 7 ) STAY ON THESE ROADS a-ha
15 ( 9 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis
16 ( 20 ) I NEED A MAN Eurythmics
17 ( 19 ) GET LUCKY Jermaine Stewart
18 ( 17 ) LOVE CHANGES (EVERYTHING) Climie Fisher
19 ( 32 ) PINK CADILLAC Natalie Cole
20 ( 13 ) THESE DREAMS/NEVER Heart

21 ( 8 ) DON’T TURN AROUND Aswad
22 ( 12 ) FATHER FIGURE George Michael
23 ( 14 ) LADY MADONNA The Beatles
24 ( 39 ) PROVE YOUR LOVE Taylor Dayne
25 ( 29 ) WE ALL SLEEP ALONE Cher
26 ( 31 ) JUST A MIRAGE Jellybean/ Adele Bertei
27 ( NEW ) DON'T LOOK ANY FURTHER The Kane Gang
28 ( 11 ) ONLY IN MY DREAMS Debbie Gibson
29 ( 49 ) LET'S ALL CHANT Pat and Mick
30 ( 41 ) MARY’S PRAYER Danny Wilson

31 ( 48 ) WHO’S LEAVING WHO Hazell Dean
32 ( 60 ) BORN AGAIN The Christians
33 ( 36 ) COULD'VE BEEN Tiffany
34 ( 33 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
35 ( 24 ) THAT'S THE WAY IT IS Mel & Kim
36 ( 21 ) I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN Roger
37 ( 74 ) FROM THE HIP Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
38 ( 37 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
39 ( 45 ) BATMAN THEME Neil Hefti
40 ( 38 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

41 ( 46 ) PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa
42 ( 27 ) DOCTORIN' THE HOUSE Coldcut/ Yazz & The Plastic Population
43 ( 26 ) BEAT DIS Bomb The Bass
44 ( 55 ) I'M NIN ALU Ofra Haza
45 ( 40 ) TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne
46 ( 43 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
47 ( 44 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
48 ( 15 ) CROSS MY BROKEN HEART Sinitta
49 ( NEW ) CHECK IT OUT John Cougar Mellencamp
50 ( 30 ) LOVE IS CONTAGIOUS Taja Seville

51 ( 50 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
52 ( 52 ) SIDEWALKING Jesus And Mary Chain
53 ( 47 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys
54 ( NEW ) 10,000 ANGELS Godley And Creme
55 ( 34 ) I GET WEAK Belinda Carlisle
56 ( 53 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson
57 ( 35 ) HEART OF GOLD Johnny Hates Jazz
58 ( 58 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers
59 ( 75 ) ARMAGEDDIN' IT Def Leppard
60 ( 73 ) ANGEL Aerosmith

61 ( 28 ) AIN'T COMPLAININ' Status Quo
62 ( 25 ) TEMPTATION Wet Wet Wet
63 ( 70 ) SEX TALK (LIVE) T'Pau
64 ( 62 ) BAD Michael Jackson
65 ( 64 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone
66 ( 71 ) TELL THAT GIRL TO SHUT UP Transvision Vamp
67 ( NEW ) LOVE IS STRONGER THAN PRIDE Sade
68 ( 65 ) SHAME Eurythmics
69 ( NEW ) NITE AND DAY Al B. Sure
70 ( 67 ) SEASONS CHANGE Expose

71 ( NEW ) BEDS ARE BURNING Midnight Oil
72 ( 69 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys
73 ( NEW ) FAMILY MAN Roachford
74 ( NEW ) EVERY ANGEL All About Eve
75 ( NEW ) THE COLOURS Men They Couldn't Hang



Playlist oldies of the week Lloyd Cole & The Commotions Live at Poole Arts Centre
1 MY BAG
2 ARE YOU READY TO BE HEARTBROKEN
3 RATTLESNAKES

Posted by: dandy* 17th April 2020, 06:14 PM

IT'S GONE!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Steve201 17th April 2020, 11:36 PM

I'm so sad 'Human' is gone, the end of an era!!

Always wondered where Godley & Creme went after their fantastic early 80s totp appearances *checks this out*!

Great to see PSBs get another well deserved week on top.

Posted by: Popchartfreak 18th April 2020, 07:07 AM

QUOTE(dandy* @ Apr 17 2020, 07:14 PM)

IT'S GONE!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Popchartfreak 18th April 2020, 07:13 AM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Apr 18 2020, 12:36 AM)

Posted by: Steve201 19th April 2020, 01:22 AM

I'm looking forward to the new Human League stuff as they commercially went awol until the 1990s

Posted by: Popchartfreak 24th April 2020, 07:10 PM

24th April 1988

It's a new number one as S-Express climb from 7 with the old Rose Royce classic Is It Love You're After as the backbone to an exciting new creation which worked beautifully. Still fab. The Adventures finally go top 10 with the wonderful Broken Land, and Ofra Haza rockets to 7 with I'm Nin Alu as Pebbles gets her only top 10 - unless you count The 52's Meet The Flintstones - and Natalie Cole at long last gets a top 10 13 years after starting her chart career, and does it with a Springsteen song - Natalie beat Bruce into the 1975 charts by mere weeks.

Danny Wilson get much higher than first time round as Mary's Prayer is up at 12, Hazell Dean gets a 2nd top 20 4 years late, Cher adds to her long list of top 20's, and Godley & Creme rocket up with 10,000 Angels, making it 16 years'-worth including 10CC. Highest new entry is New Order, back with a remix of Blue Monday at 37, 5 years on from first-time round, Swimming With Sharks debut with Careless Love, and singer Inga would go on to top my chart in 2 years time.

Fairground Attraction debut with future UK chart-topper Perfect, Will Downing with A Love Supreme, Billy Ocean makes it another entry 14 years since he was aka Scorched Earth, this time Calypso Crazy, and Prince returns with a forthcoming new album and the fab single Alphabet Street. 50's rock 'n' roll classic Something Else is a hit all over again thanks to a TV commercial, having already charted for The Sex Pistols cover in 1979, but now it's the original Eddie Cochran version 29 years old - not the oldest track to make my chart at the time, but well up there. Narada has dropped his Michael Walden, Aztec Camera resurge 5 years on from Oblivious thanks to the fab Somewhere In My Heart, Belinda Carlisle's on a great hit streak as her best-yet Circle In The Sand pops quietly in, James Brown extends his hits run, and Deacon Blue add to theirs too.


1 ( 7 ) THEME FROM S-EXPRESS S-Express
2 ( 2 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5
3 ( 6 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael
4 ( 1 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
5 ( 3 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac
6 ( 12 ) BROKEN LAND The Adventures
7 ( 45 ) I'M NIN ALU Ofra Haza
8 ( 9 ) I WANT YOU BACK Bananarama
9 ( 13 ) GIRLFRIEND Pebbles
10 ( 19 ) PINK CADILLAC Natalie Cole

11 ( 4 ) WHEN THE LOVE IS GOOD Big Trouble
12 ( 30 ) MARY’S PRAYER Danny Wilson
13 ( 5 ) WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD Louis Armstrong
14 ( 8 ) PIANO IN THE DARK Brenda Russell
15 ( 31 ) WHO’S LEAVING WHO Hazell Dean
16 ( 17 ) GET LUCKY Jermaine Stewart
17 ( 25 ) WE ALL SLEEP ALONE Cher
18 ( 10 ) DREAMING Glen Goldsmith
19 ( 54 ) 10,000 ANGELS Godley And Creme
20 ( 24 ) PROVE YOUR LOVE Taylor Dayne

21 ( 15 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis
22 ( 11 ) I'M NOT SCARED Eighth Wonder
23 ( 29 ) LET'S ALL CHANT Pat and Mick
24 ( 18 ) LOVE CHANGES (EVERYTHING) Climie Fisher
25 ( 14 ) STAY ON THESE ROADS a-ha
26 ( 33 ) COULD'VE BEEN Tiffany
27 ( 27 ) DON'T LOOK ANY FURTHER The Kane Gang
28 ( 20 ) THESE DREAMS/NEVER Heart
29 ( 16 ) I NEED A MAN Eurythmics
30 ( 37 ) FROM THE HIP Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

31 ( 69 ) NITE AND DAY Al B. Sure
32 ( 32 ) BORN AGAIN The Christians
33 ( 23 ) LADY MADONNA The Beatles
34 ( 26 ) JUST A MIRAGE Jellybean/ Adele Bertei
35 ( 34 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
36 ( 59 ) ARMAGEDDIN' IT Def Leppard
37 ( NEW ) BLUE MONDAY (REMIX) New Order
38 ( NEW ) CARELESS LOVE Swimming With Sharks
39 ( 74 ) EVERY ANGEL All About Eve
40 ( 21 ) DON’T TURN AROUND Aswad

41 ( 40 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
42 ( 38 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
43 ( 60 ) ANGEL Aerosmith
44 ( 71 ) BEDS ARE BURNING Midnight Oil
45 ( 47 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
46 ( NEW ) PERFECT Fairground Attraction
47 ( 35 ) THAT'S THE WAY IT IS Mel & Kim
48 ( 22 ) FATHER FIGURE George Michael
49 ( 75 ) THE COLOURS Men They Couldn't Hang
50 ( 47 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

51 ( 51 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
52 ( NEW ) A LOVE SUPREME Will Downing
53 ( NEW ) CALYPSO CRAZY Billy Ocean
54 ( NEW ) ALPHABET STREET Prince
55 ( 73 ) FAMILY MAN Roachford
56 ( NEW ) SOMETHIN' ELSE Eddie Cochran
57 ( 56 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson
58 ( 58 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers
59 ( 28 ) ONLY IN MY DREAMS Debbie Gibson
60 ( NEW ) WHEN WILL YOU MAKE MY TELEPHONE RING Deacon Blue

61 ( 46 ) TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne
62 ( 53 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys
63 ( NEW ) CHANGES Alan Price
64 ( NEW ) KING OF ROCK 'N' ROLL Prefab Sprout
65 ( 65 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone
66 ( 64 ) BAD Michael Jackson
67 ( 43 ) BEAT DIS Bomb The Bass
68 ( 42 ) DOCTORIN' THE HOUSE Coldcut/ Yazz & The Plastic Population
69 ( NEW ) DIVINE EMOTIONS Narada
70 ( NEW ) SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART Aztec Camera

71 ( NEW ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle
72 ( 36 ) I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN Roger
73 ( NEW ) I STILL LOVE YA Judy Cheeks
74 ( NEW ) PAYBACK MIX James Brown
75 ( NEW ) IS THIS THE LIFE The Cardiacs

Playlist faves of that week
1 YEAR OF THE CAT Al Stewart
2 LONELY DAYS LONELY NIGHTS Don Downing
3 THE LAST TIME Agnetha Faltskog

Posted by: Bjork 24th April 2020, 07:23 PM

great climbs for Adventures, Ofra Haza and Pebbles, all big favourites

also lots of great newies, Fairground Attraction, Circle in the Sand,
Aztec Camera, Prefab Sprout...

funnily I also loved Swimming with Sharks, but guess we were the only 2 fans, as the song did nothing on the charts

Posted by: Bjork 25th April 2020, 05:42 AM

just had a listen to the Swimming with sharks song now

Posted by: Popchartfreak 1st May 2020, 03:31 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Apr 24 2020, 08:23 PM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 1st May 2020, 03:58 PM

1st May 1988

It's 2 weeks on top for S-Express as Ofra Haza nearly topples them with I'm Nin Alu at 2, Hazell Dean gets a second top 10, and Danny Wilson finally go top 10 after first charting in 1987 with Mary's Prayer. Blue Monday is remixed back into the 20 for about the 3rd time for New Order, Belinda Carlisle rockets in for her 3rd top as Circle In The Sand rises 71 to 16, Faurground Attraction climb into the 40 with Perfect, and Aztec Camera add to their snaps of singles doing the same, with a mighty bound on Somewhere In My Heart.

Narada Michael Walden gets his 3rd top 40, and highest new entry is from Joyce Sims, in with Walk Away at 48, followed by The Housemartins not doing a cover of Bacharach/David's Always Something There To Remind Me at 56 (just nicking the title). Gloria Estefan is back with Can't Stay Away From You, by now more or less a solo act doing her husbands' material as he phases out Miami Sound Machine to greater success. Second-time lucky for the song it will be, though. Heart are back with another old track, What About Love, Was Not Was are back with a remix of the fab non-hit Out Come The Freaks, Icehouse add Electric Blue to their list of chart entries here, even if not in the UK charts, The Primitives follow-up, and Scritti Politti makes it 4 years of chart gems with Oh Patti popping in at 75.

This was the week I bought my first CD player, as far as I can recall, cos the Playlist includes 2 Blow Monkeys remix tracks from the first maxi-single CD I ever bought - and the only way I could have heard them was on a brand-new Philips DC player. CD was a revolution in sound, in some ways, as hits albums squeezing too many tracks onto vinyl were a bit tinny in sound, and vinyl singles quality wasn't what it used to be either as they got produced more cheaply. I didn't miss the crackles and pops of vinyl, but the widescreen sound of quality vinyl was definitely superior to a cheap CD player and early CD's of older recordings in the days before remastering - some times they were cheap crappy covers by the listed act, sometimes they'd been bunged onto CD direct from a CD or substandard master, and as I was to find out to my horror years later, the lie that CD's would "last forever" was nonsense - many of them reacted to inks in the sleeve and turned discoloured and the sound disintegrated or jumped. The plastic wallets were just awful, I still hate the tacky packaging, and the only affection I hold for actual CD's I bought are those I bought abroad, or those that have great packaging. The rest can happily be replaced and upgraded, unlike Vinyl where I love my own copies, clicks and all, cos they are special time-related sentimental objects.

1 ( 1 ) THEME FROM S-EXPRESS S-Express
2 ( 7 ) I'M NIN ALU Ofra Haza
3 ( 3 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael
4 ( 6 ) BROKEN LAND The Adventures
5 ( 4 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
6 ( 2 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5
7 ( 8 ) I WANT YOU BACK Bananarama
8 ( 15 ) WHO’S LEAVING WHO Hazell Dean
9 ( 5 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac
10 ( 12 ) MARY’S PRAYER Danny Wilson

11 ( 13 ) WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD Louis Armstrong
12 ( 9 ) GIRLFRIEND Pebbles
13 ( 37 ) BLUE MONDAY (REMIX) New Order
14 ( 14 ) PIANO IN THE DARK Brenda Russell
15 ( 10 ) PINK CADILLAC Natalie Cole
16 ( 71 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle
17 ( 31 ) NITE AND DAY Al B. Sure
18 ( 27 ) DON'T LOOK ANY FURTHER The Kane Gang
19 ( 16 ) GET LUCKY Jermaine Stewart
20 ( 23 ) LET'S ALL CHANT Pat and Mick

21 ( 17 ) WE ALL SLEEP ALONE Cher
22 ( 32 ) BORN AGAIN The Christians
23 ( 46 ) PERFECT Fairground Attraction
24 ( 11 ) WHEN THE LOVE IS GOOD Big Trouble
25 ( 30 ) FROM THE HIP Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
26 ( 70 ) SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART Aztec Camera
27 ( 69 ) DIVINE EMOTIONS Narada
28 ( 21 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis
29 ( 24 ) LOVE CHANGES (EVERYTHING) Climie Fisher
30 ( 36 ) ARMAGEDDIN' IT Def Leppard

31 ( 18 ) DREAMING Glen Goldsmith
32 ( 19 ) 10,000 ANGELS Godley And Creme
33 ( 38 ) CARELESS LOVE Swimming With Sharks
34 ( 64 ) KING OF ROCK 'N' ROLL Prefab Sprout
35 ( 54 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince
36 ( 52 ) A LOVE SUPREME Will Downing
37 ( 22 ) I'M NOT SCARED Eighth Wonder
38 ( 44 ) BEDS ARE BURNING Midnight Oil
39 ( 35 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
40 ( 28 ) THESE DREAMS/NEVER Heart

41 ( 53 ) CALYPSO CRAZY Billy Ocean
42 ( 41 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
43 ( 33 ) LADY MADONNA The Beatles
44 ( 20 ) PROVE YOUR LOVE Taylor Dayne
45 ( 45 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
46 ( 42 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
47 ( 39 ) EVERY ANGEL All About Eve
48 ( NEW ) WALK AWAY Joyce Sims
49 ( 49 ) THE COLOURS Men They Couldn't Hang
50 ( 25 ) STAY ON THESE ROADS a-ha

51 ( 51 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
52 ( 50 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
53 ( 60 ) WHEN WILL YOU MAKE MY TELEPHONE RING Deacon Blue
54 ( 56 ) SOMETHIN' ELSE Eddie Cochran
55 ( 74 ) PAYBACK MIX James Brown
56 ( NEW ) ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME The Housemartins
57 ( 26 ) COULD'VE BEEN Tiffany
58 ( 29 ) I NEED A MAN Eurythmics
59 ( 57 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson
60 ( 63 ) CHANGES Alan Price

61 ( 48 ) FATHER FIGURE George Michael
62 ( 58 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers
63 ( 47 ) THAT'S THE WAY IT IS Mel & Kim
64 ( NEW ) I CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan/ Miami Sound Machine
65 ( 65 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone
66 ( 66 ) BAD Michael Jackson
67 ( NEW ) WHAT ABOUT LOVE Heart
68 ( 43 ) ANGEL Aerosmith
69 ( 62 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys
70 ( NEW ) OUT COME THE FREAKS (REMIX) Was (Not Was)

71 ( 40 ) DON’T TURN AROUND Aswad
72 ( NEW ) ELECTRIC BLUE Icehouse
73 ( 34 ) JUST A MIRAGE Jellybean/ Adele Bertei
74 ( NEW ) OUT OF REACH The Primitives
75 ( NEW ) OH PATTI (DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR LOVERBOY) Scritti Politti

1st May
PLAYIST OLDIES

1 DIGGING YOUR SCENE (CD REMIX) Blow Monkeys
2 I CLOSE MY EYES AND COUNT TO TEN Dusty Springfield
3 IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY (CD REMIX) Blow Monkeys

Posted by: Bjork 1st May 2020, 05:48 PM

from the newies, really liked Heart-About Love and Scritti Politti-Oh Patti, also Primitives-Out of Reach was ok although Crash was difficult to match

I was myself very reticent about CDs. I found the covers too small, sure a practical thing but not as nice as vinyl so I thought they were not gonna last so I didn't buy a CD player until 1992 I think cos I thought it was gonna be a temporary format.

Posted by: Steve201 3rd May 2020, 04:20 PM

Only just getting to see the last two charts now and there are so real gems in there as 1988 really gets going. Only 7 more weeks before Bananarama reach the top with the wonderful 'I Want You Back' I assume Pop?

Love so much of the top 10 including a multiple week No1 for S'Express, The Adventurers, Danny Wilson, Fleetwood, George Michael & Pet Shop Boys.

Also love the risers from Prefab Sprout, Aztec Camera ❤️, New Order, Belinda Carlisle, Fairground Attraction & The Housemartins!

Great chart and interesting to hear this was the point when you bought a CD player. Was vinyl still the main singles market until this time?

Posted by: Popchartfreak 8th May 2020, 04:12 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ May 1 2020, 06:48 PM)

from the newies, really liked Heart-About Love and Scritti Politti-Oh Patti, also Primitives-Out of Reach was ok although Crash was difficult to match

I was myself very reticent about CDs. I found the covers too small, sure a practical thing but not as nice as vinyl so I thought they were not gonna last so I didn't buy a CD player until 1992 I think cos I thought it was gonna be a temporary format.

Posted by: Popchartfreak 8th May 2020, 04:24 PM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ May 3 2020, 05:20 PM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 8th May 2020, 04:48 PM

8th May 1988

It's George Michael finally getting a chart-topper from Faith with One More Try ( ), his 3rd solo chart-topper, 4th including Aretha Franklin duets, and 6th including Wham!, 7th including Band Aid. Take your pick. Poor ol' Ofra gets leap-frogged at 2, but Prince is driving Alphabet Street right into the top 10, and Narada is having some divine emotions doing the same. Rocketing up even higher it's Gloria Estefan - not her first top 20, but I Can't Stay Away From You has a sweet 48-place climb.

The Clash are back with another oldie, London Calling at 29 equalling it's peak in 1979, Heart get a 5th top 40 with a big climb, and the big Eurovision song from 1988 enters at 35 for Hothouse Flowers - not that Don't Go had been entered, they were the interval act. Cry Before Dawn also enter the top 40 with a song I've completely forgotten - truly, gone if not forever-then-for-32-years. Scritti Politti get a pleasing bound to 39 from 75 with Patti, Hall & Oates return for 12 years of chart activity, and just for charity-mates, Wet Wet Wet mangle a Sgt Pepper Beatles song that had already charted for Joe Cocker 20 years earlier, and Billy Bragg murders the gorgeous She's Leaving Home, which should have been released as a single in 1976 for The Beatles around the time that Bryan Ferry did a great cover on one of his B sides in 1977. Still, both songs died for a good cause.

If you'd asked me if Magnum had ever made my charts I would have said "not likely!", but there you are, Start talking Love enters at 68, even ahead of Kim Wilde's latest album cut from Close to make single. In what must have been a desperately bad week for new music Harry Enfield annoys at 73, Dirty Dancing tedium enters at 72 for Patrick Swayze, Luther Vandross meanders in at 74, and Eddy Grant remains forgettable at 75 - his glory days started in 1968 with The Equals, and solo in 1979 through to Jo'Anna, but I don't recall this one, so I guess it does what it says on the tin. So, of the new entries, one is old, 2 I dont recall, 4 are various scales of OK, and 4 I wouldnt mind never hearing again. Quality down-turn!

1 ( 3 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael
2 ( 2 ) I'M NIN ALU Ofra Haza
3 ( 1 ) THEME FROM S-EXPRESS S-Express
4 ( 4 ) BROKEN LAND The Adventures
5 ( 8 ) WHO’S LEAVING WHO Hazell Dean
6 ( 6 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5
7 ( 5 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
8 ( 35 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince
9 ( 7 ) I WANT YOU BACK Bananarama
10 ( 27 ) DIVINE EMOTIONS Narada

11 ( 9 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac
12 ( 10 ) MARY’S PRAYER Danny Wilson
13 ( 13 ) BLUE MONDAY (REMIX) New Order
14 ( 23 ) PERFECT Fairground Attraction
15 ( 16 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle
16 ( 64 ) I CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan/ Miami Sound Machine
17 ( 18 ) DON'T LOOK ANY FURTHER The Kane Gang
18 ( 20 ) LET'S ALL CHANT Pat and Mick
19 ( 26 ) SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART Aztec Camera
20 ( 22 ) BORN AGAIN The Christians

21 ( 11 ) WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD Louis Armstrong
22 ( 12 ) GIRLFRIEND Pebbles
23 ( 36 ) A LOVE SUPREME Will Downing
24 ( 17 ) NITE AND DAY Al B. Sure
25 ( 34 ) KING OF ROCK 'N' ROLL Prefab Sprout
26 ( 14 ) PIANO IN THE DARK Brenda Russell
27 ( 33 ) CARELESS LOVE Swimming With Sharks
28 ( 15 ) PINK CADILLAC Natalie Cole
29 ( NEW ) LONDON CALLING The Clash
30 ( 19 ) GET LUCKY Jermaine Stewart

31 ( 25 ) FROM THE HIP Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
32 ( 67 ) WHAT ABOUT LOVE Heart
33 ( 24 ) WHEN THE LOVE IS GOOD Big Trouble
34 ( 28 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis
35 ( NEW ) DON'T GO Hothouse Flowers
36 ( 48 ) WALK AWAY Joyce Sims
37 ( NEW ) GONE FOREVER Cry Before Dawn
38 ( 39 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
39 ( 75 ) OH PATTI (DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR LOVERBOY) Scritti Politti
40 ( 29 ) LOVE CHANGES (EVERYTHING) Climie Fisher

41 ( 41 ) CALYPSO CRAZY Billy Ocean
42 ( 56 ) ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME The Housemartins
43 ( 42 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
44 ( 38 ) BEDS ARE BURNING Midnight Oil
45 ( 21 ) WE ALL SLEEP ALONE Cher
46 ( 45 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
47 ( 70 ) OUT COME THE FREAKS (REMIX) Was (Not Was)
48 ( 43 ) LADY MADONNA The Beatles
49 ( 40 ) THESE DREAMS/NEVER Heart
50 ( 46 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson

51 ( 51 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
52 ( 37 ) I'M NOT SCARED Eighth Wonder
53 ( 52 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
54 ( 31 ) DREAMING Glen Goldsmith
55 ( 55 ) PAYBACK MIX James Brown
56 ( NEW ) EVERYTHING YOUR HEART DESIRES Daryl Hall & John Oates
57 ( 74 ) OUT OF REACH The Primitives
58 ( 32 ) 10,000 ANGELS Godley And Creme
59 ( NEW ) WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS/SHE'S LEAVING HOME Wet Wet Wet/ Billy Bragg
60 ( 59 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson

61 ( 50 ) STAY ON THESE ROADS a-ha
62 ( 53 ) WHEN WILL YOU MAKE MY TELEPHONE RING Deacon Blue
63 ( 54 ) SOMETHIN' ELSE Eddie Cochran
64 ( 62 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers
65 ( 30 ) ARMAGEDDIN' IT Def Leppard
66 ( 65 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone
67 ( 66 ) BAD Michael Jackson
68 ( NEW ) START TALKING LOVE Magnum
69 ( 61 ) FATHER FIGURE George Michael
70 ( NEW ) HEY MR HEARTACHE Kim Wilde

71 ( 69 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys
72 ( NEW ) SHE'S LIKE THE WIND Patrick Swayze/ Wendy Fisher
73 ( NEW ) LOADSAMONEY Harry Enfield
74 ( NEW ) I GAVE IT UP (WHEN I FELL IN LOVE) Luther Vandross
75 ( NEW ) HARMLESS PIECE OF FUN Eddy Grant



Playlist oldies and album tracks of that week
1 WHO’S LOVING YOU The Jackson 5
2 EAGLE Abba
3 WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE Abba

Posted by: Bjork 8th May 2020, 05:52 PM

I really liked the Cry Before Dawn song, but haven't heard it since back then probably... Don't Go was great too

Hey Mr Heartache is actually the 1st single from Close, weird choice as lead, and I remember a lot of people were disappointed, me included...

Posted by: dandy* 8th May 2020, 09:39 PM

Somewhere In My Heart I can't remember that at all from the time but it was one of my favourites when I first started listening to some 80s songs.

Posted by: Bjork 11th May 2020, 07:39 AM

never had a chart myself, but my favourites from early 88 were a mix of indie (All About Eve-Wild Hearted Woman, Sinead O'Connor - Mandinka)
and pure pop (Debbie Gibson - Shake your love, Pebbles. Girlfriend, Taja Sevelle - Love is contagious, Belinda Carlisle - I get weak, Taylor Dayne - Tell it to my Heart)... probably all of these would have been #1 for me

Posted by: Popchartfreak 15th May 2020, 10:30 AM

QUOTE(Bjork @ May 8 2020, 06:52 PM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 15th May 2020, 10:32 AM

QUOTE(dandy* @ May 8 2020, 10:39 PM)

Somewhere In My Heart I can't remember that at all from the time but it was one of my favourites when I first started listening to some 80s songs.

Posted by: Popchartfreak 15th May 2020, 10:40 AM

QUOTE(Bjork @ May 11 2020, 08:39 AM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 15th May 2020, 11:02 AM

15th May 1988

It's a first week on top for Alphabet Street, as Prince gets his first chart-topper after numerous big hits and some runners-up, belatedly deserved despite the annoying Lovesexy album CD version being one long track with no individual track skipping ability. Talk about annoying! Blue Monday goes top 10 again, albeit remixed, and Fairground Attraction grab a Perfect top 10 debut, and Belinda Carlisle makes it a hat-trick of the same, and Gloria Estefan adds to hers too.

Heart shoot into the 20 with What About Love, Prefab Sprout get another top 20 4 years on from When Love Breaks Down, and The Clash second-time round also peak higher than 1979's peak of 29, at 19. Highest new entry is Debbie Gibson at 26 with Out Of The Blue, while in at 29 it's another track I don't recall, hot on the heels of Cry Before Dawn last week, it's Won Ton Ton and I Lie And I Cheat. Playing it now and I'd swear I've never heard it in my life, oops! It's not aged that well.....

Aerosmith pop back in at 33 with Angel, a much more realistic chart position for a track I do remember, and ditto Icehouse at 35 with Electric Blue - a big week for that colour - while Aswad follow-up with Give A Little Love at 39. Kylie is back with another production-line track off her album, Got To Be Certain, and Derek B is a Bad Young Brother at 58. Quo turn up with a track I dont recall either, Who Gets The Love marking a move towards a more AOR sound, Climie Fisher get a 3rd entry, Richard Marx gets another ballad sneaking in - his current single is pretty good as I've started following him on Twitter as he's not one to mince his words Voice Of The Beehive are back with Don't Call Me Baby, and sneaking in as a bonus 76 it's my airplay album track Dirty Diana, soon to be the next single off Bad from Michael Jackson. safe to say it would have charted much higher had I permitted album tracks in my chart.

1 ( 8 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince
2 ( 1 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael
3 ( 2 ) I'M NIN ALU Ofra Haza
4 ( 4 ) BROKEN LAND The Adventures
5 ( 10 ) DIVINE EMOTIONS Narada
6 ( 13 ) BLUE MONDAY (REMIX) New Order
7 ( 3 ) THEME FROM S-EXPRESS S-Express
8 ( 14 ) PERFECT Fairground Attraction
9 ( 15 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle
10 ( 16 ) I CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan/ Miami Sound Machine

11 ( 5 ) WHO’S LEAVING WHO Hazell Dean
12 ( 7 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
13 ( 32 ) WHAT ABOUT LOVE Heart
14 ( 6 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5
15 ( 9 ) I WANT YOU BACK Bananarama
16 ( 25 ) KING OF ROCK 'N' ROLL Prefab Sprout
17 ( 19 ) SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART Aztec Camera
18 ( 23 ) A LOVE SUPREME Will Downing
19 ( 29 ) LONDON CALLING The Clash
20 ( 11 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac

21 ( 12 ) MARY’S PRAYER Danny Wilson
22 ( 18 ) LET'S ALL CHANT Pat and Mick
23 ( 21 ) WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD Louis Armstrong
24 ( 20 ) BORN AGAIN The Christians
25 ( 35 ) DON'T GO Hothouse Flowers
26 ( NEW ) OUT OF THE BLUE Debbie Gibson
27 ( 26 ) PIANO IN THE DARK Brenda Russell
28 ( 17 ) DON'T LOOK ANY FURTHER The Kane Gang
29 ( NEW ) I LIE AND I CHEAT Won Ton Ton
30 ( 39 ) OH PATTI (DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR LOVERBOY) Scritti Politti

31 ( 28 ) PINK CADILLAC Natalie Cole
32 ( 27 ) CARELESS LOVE Swimming With Sharks
33 ( RE ) ANGEL Aerosmith
34 ( 41 ) CALYPSO CRAZY Billy Ocean
35 ( RE ) ELECTRIC BLUE Icehouse
36 ( 22 ) GIRLFRIEND Pebbles
37 ( 37 ) GONE FOREVER Cry Before Dawn
38 ( 38 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
39 ( NEW ) GIVE A LITTLE LOVE Aswad
40 ( 47 ) OUT COME THE FREAKS (REMIX) Was (Not Was)

41 ( 24 ) NITE AND DAY Al B. Sure
42 ( 34 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis
43 ( 56 ) EVERYTHING YOUR HEART DESIRES Daryl Hall & John Oates
44 ( 43 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
45 ( 45 ) WE ALL SLEEP ALONE Cher
46 ( 46 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
47 ( NEW ) GOT TO BE CERTAIN Kylie Minogue
48 ( 44 ) BEDS ARE BURNING Midnight Oil
49 ( 57 ) OUT OF REACH The Primitives
50 ( 50 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson

51 ( 51 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
52 ( 40 ) LOVE CHANGES (EVERYTHING) Climie Fisher
53 ( 53 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
54 ( 48 ) LADY MADONNA The Beatles
55 ( 59 ) WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS/SHE'S LEAVING HOME Wet Wet Wet/ Billy Bragg
56 ( 49 ) THESE DREAMS/NEVER Heart
57 ( 30 ) GET LUCKY Jermaine Stewart
58 ( NEW ) BAD YOUNG BROTHER Derek B
59 ( 31 ) FROM THE HIP Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
60 ( 70 ) HEY MR HEARTACHE Kim Wilde

61 ( 36 ) WALK AWAY Joyce Sims
62 ( 60 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson
63 ( 33 ) WHEN THE LOVE IS GOOD Big Trouble
64 ( 68 ) START TALKING LOVE Magnum
65 ( 73 ) LOADSAMONEY Harry Enfield
66 ( 66 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone
67 ( 64 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers
68 ( 67 ) BAD Michael Jackson
69 ( NEW ) WHO GETS THE LOVE Status Quo
70 ( 52 ) I'M NOT SCARED Eighth Wonder

71 ( 71 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys
72 ( NEW ) THIS IS ME Climie Fisher
73 ( 54 ) DREAMING Glen Goldsmith
74 ( NEW ) ENDLESS SUMMER NIGHTS Richard Marx
75 ( NEW ) DON'T CALL ME BABY Voice Of The Beehive
76 ( NEW ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson


Playlist oldies of the week
1 DEVIL’S BALL Double
2 WHY DID YOU DO IT Stretch
3 DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson

Posted by: Bjork 15th May 2020, 11:39 AM

never herd of this Won Ton Ton, did they chart in the UK?

Surprising #1, for me Alphabet St is ok but not #1-deserving, it's kinda 2nd-class Prince compared to past singles like Kiss or When doves cry or Purple rain.
Nice climbs for Fairground Attraction, Belinda Carlisle, Heart and Prefab Sprout. Was never a big fan of Gloria Estefan, found her very cheesy.
Good debut for Debbie Gibson - Out of the Blue. Another decent pop song from her. Much better than Kylie's Got to be certain. I still remember being hugely disappointed at the time and perplexed at how SAW could give her such a weak song. If given to Sinitta it would have charted at 200

Posted by: Steve201 16th May 2020, 03:12 PM

QUOTE(Popchartfreak @ May 15 2020, 11:40 AM)

I've always loved pop, pure or otherwise, and often had to defend loving it from male mates who had more "street cred" tastes in music. There's an inbuilt chauvinism towards pop that has always bubbled under, as if men or boys admitting they like a good pop record beloved of women or girls is in some way reducing their testosterone levels and ability to show their face in public! I recognise no musical boundaries, I just think there are some good examples and some less good examples of any sort of music

Posted by: dandruff* 16th May 2020, 07:51 PM

Ofra Haza was of course sampled in Pump Up The Volume which must have helped make her more popular in the UK. Im Nin' Alu is very good and different to anything else in the charts at the time. Theme From S'Express and its bassline are brilliant, Somewhere In My Heart and Love Changes Everything are both good pop songs. What A Wonderful World is nice. For Hazell Dean, I prefer her follow up single Maybe (We Should Call It A Day), sounds rather less cheesy than Who's Leaving Who. For Aerosmith Angel is OK but Cryin' is easily my favourite of their singles, and for Fleetwood Mac Little Lies I much prefer to the overplayed Everywhere. For Aswad that song I haven't heard much before but it sounds good, but of course I prefer Don't Turn Around. Ah Magnum, my dad has a few CDs of their's. The vocalist is good. Magnum's Start Talking Love is a bit cheesy (and the lyrics before the chorus are a bit Rick Astley ) but also has the late 80s nostalgia value (rather like Jane Weidin - Rush Hour in that regard). Dirty Diana is one of Michael Jackson's best songs, I like how dramatic it is.

Posted by: dandy* 18th May 2020, 04:07 PM

Don’t Call Me Baby! I hope that goes on to smash!

Posted by: Popchartfreak 22nd May 2020, 07:27 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ May 15 2020, 12:39 PM)

never herd of this Won Ton Ton, did they chart in the UK?

Surprising #1, for me Alphabet St is ok but not #1-deserving, it's kinda 2nd-class Prince compared to past singles like Kiss or When doves cry or Purple rain.
Nice climbs for Fairground Attraction, Belinda Carlisle, Heart and Prefab Sprout. Was never a big fan of Gloria Estefan, found her very cheesy.
Good debut for Debbie Gibson - Out of the Blue. Another decent pop song from her. Much better than Kylie's Got to be certain. I still remember being hugely disappointed at the time and perplexed at how SAW could give her such a weak song. If given to Sinitta it would have charted at 200

Posted by: Popchartfreak 22nd May 2020, 07:29 PM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ May 16 2020, 04:12 PM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 22nd May 2020, 07:35 PM

QUOTE(dandy* @ May 18 2020, 05:07 PM)

Don’t Call Me Baby! I hope that goes on to smash!

Posted by: Popchartfreak 22nd May 2020, 07:57 PM

22nd May 1988

It's 2 weeks on top for Prince as Belinda Carlisle starts to threaten with her first top 3, Circling In The Sand you might say, as Heart grab a 3rd top 10 and Aztec Camera a 2nd. Kylie shoots up to 12, her 3rd top 20, and Cher makes it two in a row too - or her 5th in total over 17 years - Rod Stewart has had many more than that over the same period, and his latest try enters at 60. Highest new entry is LA Mix at 18 with Check This Out, another cut 'n' paste dance track, as I vaguely recall.

Kim Wilde bolts up to 22 with Hey Mr Heartache, 7 years-worth of top 40's and the biggest still to come, Hall & Oates are back in the 40 12 years since She's Gone, and 6 years since they topped my charts, while new into the 40 goes Maxi Priest's lover's rock version of Jimmy Cliff's reggae version of Cat Stevens Wild World, Mica Paris debuts with My One Temptation, smooth, and Merry Clayton says Yes at 38. I liked that track much more than record buyers did.

Sam Brown debuts at 53 with the fabulous Stop, a full year of it becoming a hit, outrageously not hitting first-time round, all diva soul from Joe Brown's little girl. I've seen Joe Brown in concert a few times, sometimes Sam supports him, which is lovely to see and hear, as her career never really took off properly after Stop, unlike Joe who was around through the 60's, and beyond in light entertainment, until he re-invented himself a musicians musician and a live draw.

Quietly in at 65, a terrific French dance track, Voyage Voyage from Desireless, while Stevie returns with Michael on tow, Get Up being a tit for tat for appearing on the weakest track on Bad with Michael. I mean, I'm always going to have time for Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson, bot childhood and teen faves when one was not much older than, and the other younger than, moi. It's not the best track either appeared on though.

Alexander O'Neal is back with another Jam & Lewis dance gem, The Lovers, Basia has left her Matt Bianco days behind her and gone solo - though she was more notable for noticeably being amongst the first EU-era movement of Polish folk to the UK than her solo career - and finally Samantha Fox pops in yet again, somehow managing to get a mention with another bit of tat.

1 ( 1 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince
2 ( 2 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael
3 ( 9 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle
4 ( 5 ) DIVINE EMOTIONS Narada
5 ( 13 ) WHAT ABOUT LOVE Heart
6 ( 6 ) BLUE MONDAY (REMIX) New Order
7 ( 3 ) I'M NIN ALU Ofra Haza
8 ( 4 ) BROKEN LAND The Adventures
9 ( 17 ) SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART Aztec Camera
10 ( 10 ) I CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan/ Miami Sound Machine

11 ( 7 ) THEME FROM S-EXPRESS S-Express
12 ( 47 ) GOT TO BE CERTAIN Kylie Minogue
13 ( 16 ) KING OF ROCK 'N' ROLL Prefab Sprout
14 ( 45 ) WE ALL SLEEP ALONE Cher
15 ( 12 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
16 ( 26 ) OUT OF THE BLUE Debbie Gibson
17 ( 14 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5
18 ( NEW ) CHECK THIS OUT LA Mix
19 ( 11 ) WHO’S LEAVING WHO Hazell Dean
20 ( 30 ) OH PATTI (DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR LOVERBOY) Scritti Politti

21 ( 8 ) PERFECT Fairground Attraction
22 ( 60 ) HEY MR HEARTACHE Kim Wilde
23 ( 25 ) DON'T GO Hothouse Flowers
24 ( 18 ) A LOVE SUPREME Will Downing
25 ( 20 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac
26 ( 15 ) I WANT YOU BACK Bananarama
27 ( 39 ) GIVE A LITTLE LOVE Aswad
28 ( 35 ) ELECTRIC BLUE Icehouse
29 ( 29 ) I LIE AND I CHEAT Won Ton Ton
30 ( 24 ) BORN AGAIN The Christians

31 ( 21 ) MARY’S PRAYER Danny Wilson
32 ( 23 ) WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD Louis Armstrong
33 ( 43 ) EVERYTHING YOUR HEART DESIRES Daryl Hall & John Oates
34 ( 34 ) CALYPSO CRAZY Billy Ocean
35 ( NEW ) WILD WORLD Maxi Priest
36 ( 19 ) LONDON CALLING The Clash
37 ( NEW ) MY ONE TEMPTATION Mica Paris
38 ( NEW ) YES Merry Clayton
39 ( 38 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
40 ( 55 ) WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS/SHE'S LEAVING HOME Wet Wet Wet/ Billy Bragg

41 ( 27 ) PIANO IN THE DARK Brenda Russell
42 ( 42 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis
43 ( 22 ) LET'S ALL CHANT Pat and Mick
44 ( 31 ) PINK CADILLAC Natalie Cole
45 ( 44 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
46 ( 32 ) CARELESS LOVE Swimming With Sharks
47 ( 53 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
48 ( 46 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
49 ( 75 ) DON'T CALL ME BABY Voice Of The Beehive
50 ( 72 ) THIS IS ME Climie Fisher

51 ( 51 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
52 ( 50 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
53 ( NEW ) STOP Sam Brown
54 ( 28 ) DON'T LOOK ANY FURTHER The Kane Gang
55 ( 58 ) BAD YOUNG BROTHER Derek B
56 ( 36 ) GIRLFRIEND Pebbles
57 ( 54 ) LADY MADONNA The Beatles
58 ( 69 ) WHO GETS THE LOVE Status Quo
59 ( 37 ) GONE FOREVER Cry Before Dawn
60 ( NEW ) LOST IN YOU Rod Stewart

61 ( 52 ) LOVE CHANGES (EVERYTHING) Climie Fisher
62 ( 33 ) ANGEL Aerosmith
63 ( 62 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson
64 ( 56 ) THESE DREAMS/NEVER Heart
65 ( NEW ) VOYAGE VOYAGE Desireless
66 ( NEW ) GET IT Stevie Wonder/ Michael Jackson
67 ( 66 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone
68 ( 68 ) BAD Michael Jackson
69 ( 67 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers
70 ( NEW ) THE LOVERS Alexander O'Neal

71 ( 71 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys
72 ( 74 ) ENDLESS SUMMER NIGHTS Richard Marx
73 ( NEW ) TIME AND TIDE Basia
74 ( NEW ) NAUGHTY GIRLS (NEED LOVE TOO) Samantha Fox
75 ( 63 ) WHEN THE LOVE IS GOOD Big Trouble
76 ( 76 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson


Playlist faves of that week
1 DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson
2 THE ANGELS CRY Agnetha Flatskog
3 I FOUND SOMEONE Cher

Posted by: Bjork 22nd May 2020, 08:25 PM

love Stop, one of the best songs of the 80s. It's a pity she never managed another big hit and kinda disappeared after album 2. But that's kinda the pattern for many uk female singers sadly. Same goes with Mica Paris, My One Temptation was a great single too.

and Voyage Voyage was so huge. And 2 hits from France crossing over to the Uk in a matter of months is kinda unique I guess.

Posted by: Steve201 24th May 2020, 12:32 AM

Stop was indeed fantastic as were many of Mica Paris tracks that I've heard on totp!

Posted by: Popchartfreak 29th May 2020, 10:31 AM

29th May 1988

It's back on top for a 2nd week for George Michael's One More Try, while at the other end of the chart it's a mention for my top album track of the week (also from Faith, the fab Hand To Mouth which should also have been a single) by virtue of topping my list of other non-single criminally-ignored tracks of the 80's. LA Mix Check this Out at 4, Scritti Politti make it a 3rd top 10 with Oh Patti, and Cher makes it two in a row at 10, her 4th solo, 6th including duets.

Alexander O'Neal bounds into the 20 with The Lovers, and highest new entry is KLF's Doctorin' The Tardis - under the pseudonym The Timelords - their debut, though Jimmy Cauty had charted as part of Brilliant several times already, in at 20. Essentially a mash-up of the Doctor Who theme (one of the greatest TV themes ever), Sweet's Blockbuster sirens and Gary Glitter's Rock And Roll Part 2 as the hook. What's not to like! Glam Rock and House Music! Ish.

Other newies: Eurythmics second-best best track off their latest album, You have Placed A Chill In My Heart at 26, one of Erasure's very best singles in at 29 with Chains Of Love, and an old Brass Construction funk groove Housed-up, Movin' in at 30. At 38, Elton returns with a great track, I Don't Want To Go On With You Like That, not the hit it deserved to be as he was well out of fashion by 1988, Sade is in Paradise at 44, one of her/their best tracks. Yes, confusing plurals were a thing back then too, albeit limited to bands named after the lead singer, or bands with a name that became acquired by the lead singer. Yes, I'm looking at you Alice Cooper.

The Sytle Council are nearing the end of their time in the chart sun, albeit with a healthy track, Whitney's looking for something to save the day, not that she'd have listened if she'd found it, and musically at least not for another decade. Fleetwood Mac pop back in with a lesser Tango In The Night track, Big Audio Dynamite keep plugging away, and Nick Kamen has a last fling at chart action.

1 ( 2 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael
2 ( 1 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince
3 ( 3 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle
4 ( 18 ) CHECK THIS OUT LA Mix
5 ( 4 ) DIVINE EMOTIONS Narada
6 ( 5 ) WHAT ABOUT LOVE Heart
7 ( 9 ) SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART Aztec Camera
8 ( 6 ) BLUE MONDAY (REMIX) New Order
9 ( 20 ) OH PATTI (DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR LOVERBOY) Scritti Politti
10 ( 14 ) WE ALL SLEEP ALONE Cher

11 ( 16 ) OUT OF THE BLUE Debbie Gibson
12 ( 12 ) GOT TO BE CERTAIN Kylie Minogue
13 ( 10 ) I CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan/ Miami Sound Machine
14 ( 7 ) I'M NIN ALU Ofra Haza
15 ( 11 ) THEME FROM S-EXPRESS S-Express
16 ( 8 ) BROKEN LAND The Adventures
17 ( 13 ) KING OF ROCK 'N' ROLL Prefab Sprout
18 ( 70 ) THE LOVERS Alexander O'Neal
19 ( 22 ) HEY MR HEARTACHE Kim Wilde
20 ( NEW ) DOCTORIN' THE TARDIS The Timelords (KLF)

21 ( 35 ) WILD WORLD Maxi Priest
22 ( 15 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
23 ( 23 ) DON'T GO Hothouse Flowers
24 ( 17 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5
25 ( 33 ) EVERYTHING YOUR HEART DESIRES Daryl Hall & John Oates
26 ( NEW ) YOU HAVE PLACED A CHILL IN MY HEART Eurythmics
27 ( 27 ) GIVE A LITTLE LOVE Aswad
28 ( 37 ) MY ONE TEMPTATION Mica Paris
29 ( NEW ) CHAINS OF LOVE Erasure
30 ( NEW ) MOVIN' 1988 Brass Construction

31 ( 19 ) WHO’S LEAVING WHO Hazell Dean
32 ( 60 ) LOST IN YOU Rod Stewart
33 ( 25 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac
34 ( 38 ) YES Merry Clayton
35 ( 50 ) THIS IS ME Climie Fisher
36 ( 49 ) DON'T CALL ME BABY Voice Of The Beehive
37 ( 40 ) WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS/SHE'S LEAVING HOME Wet Wet Wet/ Billy Bragg
38 ( NEW ) I DON'T WANT TO GO ON WITH YOU LIKE THAT Elton John
39 ( 26 ) I WANT YOU BACK Bananarama
40 ( 39 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies

41 ( 28 ) ELECTRIC BLUE Icehouse
42 ( 32 ) WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD Louis Armstrong
43 ( NEW ) I STILL LOVE YOU Judy Cheeks
44 ( NEW ) PARADISE Sade
45 ( 21 ) PERFECT Fairground Attraction
46 ( NEW ) LIFE ON A TOP PEOPLE'S HEALTH FARM The Style Council
47 ( 45 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
48 ( 47 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
49 ( 42 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis
50 ( 48 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

51 ( 65 ) VOYAGE VOYAGE Desireless
52 ( 31 ) MARY’S PRAYER Danny Wilson
53 ( 51 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
54 ( 53 ) STOP Sam Brown
55 ( 52 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
56 ( 24 ) A LOVE SUPREME Will Downing
57 ( 29 ) I LIE AND I CHEAT Won Ton Ton
58 ( 74 ) NAUGHTY GIRLS (NEED LOVE TOO) Samantha Fox
59 ( 58 ) WHO GETS THE LOVE Status Quo
60 ( 36 ) LONDON CALLING The Clash

61 ( 66 ) GET IT Stevie Wonder/ Michael Jackson
62 ( 57 ) LADY MADONNA The Beatles
63 ( 63 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson
64 ( 30 ) BORN AGAIN The Christians
65 ( 41 ) PIANO IN THE DARK Brenda Russell
66 ( NEW ) LOVE WILL SAVE THE DAY Whitney Houston
67 ( 68 ) BAD Michael Jackson
68 ( 61 ) LOVE CHANGES (EVERYTHING) Climie Fisher
69 ( 67 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone
70 ( 73 ) TIME AND TIDE Basia

71 ( 71 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys
72 ( NEW ) ISN'T IT MIDNIGHT Fleetwood Mac
73 ( 64 ) THESE DREAMS/NEVER Heart
74 ( NEW ) JUST PLAY MUSIC Big Audio Dynamite
75 ( NEW ) TELL ME Nick Kamen
76 ( NEW ) HAND TO MOUTH George Michael

FAVE OLDIES/ALBUM TRACKS OF THE WEEK
1 HAND TO MOUTH George Michael
2 MISS ME BLIND Culture Club
3 PANINARO Pet Shop Boys

Thanks to all for the comments!

Posted by: Bjork 29th May 2020, 12:32 PM

oh Out of the Blue almost top 10!! the Script Politti song was very good too

Posted by: Steve201 31st May 2020, 01:08 AM

Maxi Priests version of 'Wild World' really is fantastic. Also really love the number one!

Posted by: Popchartfreak 6th June 2020, 09:54 AM

Thanks Steve n Bjork for the comments, here's the latest...

5th June 1988

It's a first week on top for Circle In The Sand, Belinda Carlisle's first chart-topper, holding off a big climb from KLF aka The Timelords "How To get A Number One Record" as the subsequent book claimed. Half of them had been there before in the top 10 with Brilliant. Eurythmics get another top 10, for the 6th year in succession, Sam Brown has a massive climb into the 20 for Stop, Brass Construction outperform the original's chart position by 13 places, Desireless get a nice climb into the 40, and the highest new entry is another duet between Chrissie Hynde & UB40, a cover of Dusty Springfield's Dusty In Memphis track, Breakfast In Bed, which should have been a single in 1969, and the cover version being much better than their version of I Got You Babe.

Julian Clary treats Leader Of The Pack with affectionate humour, under his then stage-pseudonym, and on his way to stand-up top-billing, always good with his quick-wit and innuendo, give or take the odd political fist-up to interrupt his ascendence. Bros owe me nothing, apparently, new in at 59 - though I'd argue they owe me thanks for buying one of their later better singles once the fanclub evaporated. At 65, Chubby Checker is back with the rapping Fat Boys, with a souped-up The Twist, which had always been less popular than Let's Twist Again in the UK. It did chart as the other side of Let's twist Again, though, for me in 1975 on reissue, while a cover version of Let's Twist Again topped my chart thanks to a DJ. A childhood fave song, that one.

Tiffany's back with another 60's cover - this time The Beatles I Saw Her Standing There, which was never a UK single but which charted in 1981 in the wake of John Lennon's murder as a live version with Elton John, for John Lennon's last public concert while guesting with Elton after losing a bet that Whatever Gets You Thru The Night wouldn't top the US charts. Sabrina brings some Eurocheese action, Matt Bianco pop in as Basia taunts her ex-band a little bit higher, Five Star have another weekend, and Jacko returns with two more mentions for future singles off Bad.

1 ( 3 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle
2 ( 1 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael
3 ( 20 ) DOCTORIN' THE TARDIS The Timelords (KLF)
4 ( 4 ) CHECK THIS OUT LA Mix
5 ( 7 ) SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART Aztec Camera
6 ( 2 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince
7 ( 5 ) DIVINE EMOTIONS Narada
8 ( 6 ) WHAT ABOUT LOVE Heart
9 ( 9 ) OH PATTI (DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR LOVERBOY) Scritti Politti
10 ( 26 ) YOU HAVE PLACED A CHILL IN MY HEART Eurythmics

11 ( 18 ) THE LOVERS Alexander O'Neal
12 ( 21 ) WILD WORLD Maxi Priest
13 ( 10 ) WE ALL SLEEP ALONE Cher
14 ( 28 ) MY ONE TEMPTATION Mica Paris
15 ( 11 ) OUT OF THE BLUE Debbie Gibson
16 ( 8 ) BLUE MONDAY (REMIX) New Order
17 ( 30 ) MOVIN' 1988 Brass Construction
18 ( 32 ) LOST IN YOU Rod Stewart
19 ( 53 ) STOP Sam Brown
20 ( 29 ) CHAINS OF LOVE Erasure

21 ( 13 ) I CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan/ Miami Sound Machine
22 ( 15 ) THEME FROM S-EXPRESS S-Express
23 ( 14 ) I'M NIN ALU Ofra Haza
24 ( 12 ) GOT TO BE CERTAIN Kylie Minogue
25 ( 27 ) GIVE A LITTLE LOVE Aswad
26 ( 16 ) BROKEN LAND The Adventures
27 ( 19 ) HEY MR HEARTACHE Kim Wilde
28 ( 35 ) THIS IS ME Climie Fisher
29 ( 22 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
30 ( 38 ) I DON'T WANT TO GO ON WITH YOU LIKE THAT Elton John

31 ( 17 ) KING OF ROCK 'N' ROLL Prefab Sprout
32 ( 25 ) EVERYTHING YOUR HEART DESIRES Daryl Hall & John Oates
33 ( 36 ) DON'T CALL ME BABY Voice Of The Beehive
34 ( 50 ) VOYAGE VOYAGE Desireless
35 ( 43 ) PARADISE Sade
36 ( 24 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5
37 ( 45 ) LIFE ON A TOP PEOPLE'S HEALTH FARM The Style Council
38 ( NEW ) BREAKFAST IN BED UB40/ Chrissie Hynde
39 ( 75 ) TELL ME Nick Kamen
40 ( 40 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies

41 ( 33 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac
42 ( 23 ) DON'T GO Hothouse Flowers
43 ( 42 ) WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD Louis Armstrong
44 ( 57 ) NAUGHTY GIRLS (NEED LOVE TOO) Samantha Fox
45 ( 58 ) WHO GETS THE LOVE Status Quo
46 ( 31 ) WHO’S LEAVING WHO Hazell Dean
47 ( 46 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
48 ( NEW ) LEADER OF THE PACK Joan Collins Fan Club (Julian Clary)
49 ( 47 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
50 ( 49 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

51 ( 48 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis
52 ( 60 ) GET IT Stevie Wonder/ Michael Jackson
53 ( 52 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
54 ( 54 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
55 ( 34 ) YES Merry Clayton
56 ( 66 ) LOVE WILL SAVE THE DAY Whitney Houston
57 ( 62 ) I STILL LOVE YOU Judy Cheeks
58 ( 44 ) PERFECT Fairground Attraction
59 ( NEW ) I OWE YOU NOTHING Bros
60 ( 72 ) ISN'T IT MIDNIGHT Fleetwood Mac

61 ( 39 ) I WANT YOU BACK Bananarama
62 ( 61 ) LADY MADONNA The Beatles
63 ( 63 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson
64 ( 41 ) ELECTRIC BLUE Icehouse
65 ( NEW ) THE TWIST The Fat Boys/ Chubby Checker
66 ( 70 ) TIME AND TIDE Basia
67 ( 67 ) BAD Michael Jackson
68 ( NEW ) I SAW HIM STANDING THERE Tiffany
69 ( 51 ) MARY’S PRAYER Danny Wilson
70 ( NEW ) BOYS (SUMMERTIME LOVE) Sabrina

71 ( NEW ) I'M REAL James Brown
72 ( 69 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone
73 ( 71 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys
74 ( NEW ) ANOTHER WEEKEND Five Star
75 ( NEW ) DON'T BLAME IT ON THAT GIRL Matt Bianco
76 ( RE ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson
77 ( RE ) ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson

5th June
PLAYIST OLDIES

1 DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson
2 HONALOOCHIE BOOGIE Mott The Hoople
3 ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson

Posted by: Bjork 6th June 2020, 11:19 AM

nice for Circle in the sand, great track, very Rick Nowels, also great climb for Stop.

was not crazy about Tifanny's covering The Beatles, didn't work as well as I Think we're Alone Now

Posted by: Crazy Chris 6th June 2020, 04:40 PM

QUOTE(Popchartfreak @ May 22 2020, 08:29 PM)

They'll grow out it! My brother hated George Michael back in the day, now he appreciates just how fab he was.

Posted by: Steve201 7th June 2020, 01:02 AM

Best move of the week in the chart was 'Somewhere In My Heart' easing into the top 5 for the first time, wonderful pop song!

Posted by: Popchartfreak 12th June 2020, 09:46 AM

QUOTE(Crazy Chris @ Jun 6 2020, 05:40 PM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 12th June 2020, 09:47 AM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Jun 6 2020, 12:19 PM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 12th June 2020, 09:51 AM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Jun 7 2020, 02:02 AM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 12th June 2020, 10:12 AM

12th July 1988

It's 2 weeks on top for Belinda as The Timelords Glamrock the Tardis up to 2, and Rose Royce is back with a super-double-A-side single reissue of their 1977/1979 hits - Is It Love You're After is the real A side though, following on from the S-Express sample, and is a top hit again second time around. Erasure bound into the 10 with Chains Of Love, very popular pastime in some quarters, as does Alexander O'Neal still on an r'n'b roll, and Maxi Priest gives Cat Stevens his first top 10 song since err Wild World in 1970.

George Michael is back with yet another Faith track, this time it's a Jam & Lewis remix of Monkey, which is way better than the album version, straight in at 14, giving both George & Jam & Lewis 2 in the 20. Newly-solo Morrissey is back with possibly his best solo single, Everyday Is Like Sunday, in at 16, and The Pasadenas debut with the fab 70's-Philly-referencing Tribute at 17. The Communards return with There's More To Love, Tracey Chapman drives in with her evergreen fast car, The Silencers get another flop single in my chart, with Painted Moon, and Boy George gets all political about Clause 28 which banned mentioning the "Gay" word to children, Thatcher preferring to pretend there's no such thing.

George Harrison insists that This Is Love, and extends his solo run to 18 years, Bob's boy Ziggy Marley debuts with Tomorrow People, sounding not entirely unlike his late father, 60's oldie Do You Love Me enters for The Contours thanks to Dirty Dancing, I think, though it was more familiar to me via UK covers up to this point. Loose Ends return with what is more Tail-Ends as far as their career is concerned, sadly, and finally Sisters Of Mercy sneak in with Lucretia My Reflection - quite modest by their recent standards, but expect it to go up.

1 ( 1 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle
2 ( 3 ) DOCTORIN' THE TARDIS The Timelords (KLF)
3 ( 2 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael
4 ( 4 ) CHECK THIS OUT LA Mix
5 ( NEW ) IS IT LOVE YOU'RE AFTER/ CAR WASH Rose Royce
6 ( 10 ) YOU HAVE PLACED A CHILL IN MY HEART Eurythmics
7 ( 20 ) CHAINS OF LOVE Erasure
8 ( 11 ) THE LOVERS Alexander O'Neal
9 ( 5 ) SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART Aztec Camera
10 ( 12 ) WILD WORLD Maxi Priest

11 ( 6 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince
12 ( 14 ) MY ONE TEMPTATION Mica Paris
13 ( 19 ) STOP Sam Brown
14 ( NEW ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael
15 ( 7 ) DIVINE EMOTIONS Narada
16 ( NEW ) EVERY DAY IS LIKE SUNDAY Morrissey
17 ( NEW ) TRIBUTE (RIGHT ON) The Pasadenas
18 ( 8 ) WHAT ABOUT LOVE Heart
19 ( 9 ) OH PATTI (DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR LOVERBOY) Scritti Politti
20 ( 25 ) GIVE A LITTLE LOVE Aswad

21 ( 39 ) TELL ME Nick Kamen
22 ( 38 ) BREAKFAST IN BED UB40/ Chrissie Hynde
23 ( 35 ) PARADISE Sade
24 ( 34 ) VOYAGE VOYAGE Desireless
25 ( 13 ) WE ALL SLEEP ALONE Cher
26 ( 17 ) MOVIN' 1988 Brass Construction
27 ( NEW ) THERE'S MORE TO LOVE The Communards
28 ( 30 ) I DON'T WANT TO GO ON WITH YOU LIKE THAT Elton John
29 ( 33 ) DON'T CALL ME BABY Voice Of The Beehive
30 ( 60 ) ISN'T IT MIDNIGHT Fleetwood Mac

31 ( 22 ) THEME FROM S-EXPRESS S-Express
32 ( 18 ) LOST IN YOU Rod Stewart
33 ( 16 ) BLUE MONDAY (REMIX) New Order
34 ( 71 ) I'M REAL James Brown
35 ( 21 ) I CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan/ Miami Sound Machine
36 ( 15 ) OUT OF THE BLUE Debbie Gibson
37 ( NEW ) FAST CAR Tracey Chapman
38 ( 29 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
39 ( NEW ) PAINTED MOON The Silencers
40 ( 40 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies

41 ( 23 ) I'M NIN ALU Ofra Haza
42 ( NEW ) NO CLAUSE 28 Boy George
43 ( 36 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5
44 ( 26 ) BROKEN LAND The Adventures
45 ( 65 ) THE TWIST The Fat Boys/ Chubby Checker
46 ( 41 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac
47 ( 59 ) I OWE YOU NOTHING Bros
48 ( 48 ) LEADER OF THE PACK Joan Collins Fan Club (Julian Clary)
49 ( 47 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
50 ( 49 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

51 ( 53 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
52 ( 75 ) DON'T BLAME IT ON THAT GIRL Matt Bianco
53 ( 32 ) EVERYTHING YOUR HEART DESIRES Daryl Hall & John Oates
54 ( 51 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis
55 ( 50 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
56 ( 43 ) WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD Louis Armstrong
57 ( 54 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
58 ( 24 ) GOT TO BE CERTAIN Kylie Minogue
59 ( NEW ) THIS IS LOVE George Harrison
60 ( 70 ) BOYS (SUMMERTIME LOVE) Sabrina

61 ( 31 ) KING OF ROCK 'N' ROLL Prefab Sprout
62 ( 27 ) HEY MR HEARTACHE Kim Wilde
63 ( 37 ) LIFE ON A TOP PEOPLE'S HEALTH FARM The Style Council
64 ( 58 ) PERFECT Fairground Attraction
65 ( 28 ) THIS IS ME Climie Fisher
66 ( 63 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson
67 ( 62 ) LADY MADONNA The Beatles
68 ( 68 ) I SAW HIM STANDING THERE Tiffany
69 ( 67 ) BAD Michael Jackson
70 ( NEW ) TOMORROW PEOPLE Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers

71 ( NEW ) DO YOU LOVE ME The Contours
72 ( NEW ) MR BACHELOR Loose Ends
73 ( 73 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys
74 ( NEW ) LUCRETIA MY REFLECTION The Sisters Of Mercy
75 ( 72 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone
76 ( 76 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson


Playlist oldies and album tracks of that week
1 THAT’S THE WAY IT IS Mel and Kim
2 DANNY’S SONG Anne Murray
3 DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson

Posted by: Bjork 12th June 2020, 01:49 PM

Really think Everyday is like Sunday is Morrissey's best sigle ever, melody, lyrics, everything works
Always thought it was funny how he is such great songwriter but uses "Everyday" wrong in the title of the song should be "Every day"

Also loved Tracy Chapman, one of my fav albums ever, still now I could tell you the lyrics to every song on that album
curious to see how high Fast Car can go in your chart

Posted by: Popchartfreak 19th June 2020, 03:23 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Jun 12 2020, 02:49 PM)

Really think Everyday is like Sunday is Morrissey's best sigle ever, melody, lyrics, everything works
Always thought it was funny how he is such great songwriter but uses "Everyday" wrong in the title of the song should be "Every day"

Also loved Tracy Chapman, one of my fav albums ever, still now I could tell you the lyrics to every song on that album
curious to see how high Fast Car can go in your chart

Posted by: Popchartfreak 19th June 2020, 03:41 PM

19th July 1988

It's three weeks on top for Circle In The Sand, suddenly under threat from Erasure up to 2 with Chains Of Love, their highest since topping with Sometimes in 1986, Eurythmics getting a second top 3 of the year with You Have Placed A Chill, and highest new entry at 4 being Phil Collins' number 2 from 1981, the awesome In The Air Tonight undergoing a revamp that didn't actually ruin it. George Michael goes top 10 with a Monkey on his back, Sade get a big top 10 with Paradise, their first in a while, Morrissey gets his first solo top 10, and Mica Paris her first too, My One Temptation for a busy week at the top end. One of them will knock Belinda off the perch next week.

Sisters Of Mercy get another huge leap, with Lucretia My Reflection up 50 places to 24, along with a batch of top 40 climbers from The Fat Boys & Chubby Checker, Bros, Sabrina, George Harrison, Matt Bianco, Boy George, and if you can find a genre connection there between them all you must be delusional! In a quiet week for new entries veterans The Moody Blues return with I Know You're Out There Somewhere, I knew them back when I was a kiddie, T'Pau keep the singles coming I Will Be With You, Tracie Spencer's Symptoms Of True Love returns, Springsteen is still Tougher Than The Rest 13 years on, a-ha have The Blood That Moves The Body, and Dee Lewis pops in briefly with Best Of My Love, sister of the fab Linda Lewis, and vocalist with the likes of Jamiroquai in the 90's.


1 ( 1 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle
2 ( 7 ) CHAINS OF LOVE Erasure
3 ( 6 ) YOU HAVE PLACED A CHILL IN MY HEART Eurythmics
4 ( NEW ) IN THE AIR TONIGHT (1988) Phil Collins
5 ( 10 ) WILD WORLD Maxi Priest
6 ( 2 ) DOCTORIN' THE TARDIS The Timelords (KLF)
7 ( 14 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael
8 ( 23 ) PARADISE Sade
9 ( 16 ) EVERY DAY IS LIKE SUNDAY Morrissey
10 ( 12 ) MY ONE TEMPTATION Mica Paris

11 ( 5 ) IS IT LOVE YOU'RE AFTER/ CAR WASH Rose Royce
12 ( 17 ) TRIBUTE (RIGHT ON) The Pasadenas
13 ( 3 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael
14 ( 24 ) VOYAGE VOYAGE Desireless
15 ( 22 ) BREAKFAST IN BED UB40/ Chrissie Hynde
16 ( 9 ) SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART Aztec Camera
17 ( 4 ) CHECK THIS OUT LA Mix
18 ( 21 ) TELL ME Nick Kamen
19 ( 11 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince
20 ( 27 ) THERE'S MORE TO LOVE The Communards

21 ( 13 ) STOP Sam Brown
22 ( 8 ) THE LOVERS Alexander O'Neal
23 ( 29 ) DON'T CALL ME BABY Voice Of The Beehive
24 ( 74 ) LUCRETIA MY REFLECTION The Sisters Of Mercy
25 ( 30 ) ISN'T IT MIDNIGHT Fleetwood Mac
26 ( 37 ) FAST CAR Tracey Chapman
27 ( 15 ) DIVINE EMOTIONS Narada
28 ( 18 ) WHAT ABOUT LOVE Heart
29 ( 19 ) OH PATTI (DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR LOVERBOY) Scritti Politti
30 ( 39 ) PAINTED MOON The Silencers

31 ( 45 ) THE TWIST The Fat Boys/ Chubby Checker
32 ( 47 ) I OWE YOU NOTHING Bros
33 ( 60 ) BOYS (SUMMERTIME LOVE) Sabrina
34 ( 59 ) THIS IS LOVE George Harrison
35 ( 52 ) DON'T BLAME IT ON THAT GIRL Matt Bianco
36 ( 20 ) GIVE A LITTLE LOVE Aswad
37 ( 42 ) NO CLAUSE 28 Boy George
38 ( 38 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
39 ( 40 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
40 ( 31 ) THEME FROM S-EXPRESS S-Express

41 ( 28 ) I DON'T WANT TO GO ON WITH YOU LIKE THAT Elton John
42 ( 25 ) WE ALL SLEEP ALONE Cher
43 ( 34 ) I'M REAL James Brown
44 ( 33 ) BLUE MONDAY (REMIX) New Order
45 ( 36 ) OUT OF THE BLUE Debbie Gibson
46 ( 26 ) MOVIN' 1988 Brass Construction
47 ( 35 ) I CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan/ Miami Sound Machine
48 ( 43 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5
49 ( 32 ) LOST IN YOU Rod Stewart
50 ( 50 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

51 ( 51 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
52 ( 49 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
53 ( 46 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac
54 ( NEW ) I KNOW YOU'RE OUT THERE SOMEWHERE The Moody Blues
55 ( 54 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis
56 ( 55 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
57 ( NEW ) I WILL BE WITH YOU T'Pau
58 ( 57 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
59 ( 70 ) TOMORROW PEOPLE Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers
60 ( NEW ) SYMPTOMS OF TRUE LOVE Tracie Spencer

61 ( 56 ) WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD Louis Armstrong
62 ( 68 ) I SAW HIM STANDING THERE Tiffany
63 ( 48 ) LEADER OF THE PACK Joan Collins Fan Club (Julian Clary)
64 ( 41 ) I'M NIN ALU Ofra Haza
65 ( 44 ) BROKEN LAND The Adventures
66 ( 64 ) PERFECT Fairground Attraction
67 ( 71 ) DO YOU LOVE ME The Contours
68 ( 69 ) BAD Michael Jackson
69 ( 66 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson
70 ( NEW ) TOUGHER THAN THE REST Bruce Springsteen

71 ( 67 ) LADY MADONNA The Beatles
72 ( NEW ) THE BLOOD THAT MOVES THE BODY a-ha
73 ( 73 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys
74 ( 75 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone
75 ( NEW ) BEST OF MY LOVE Dee Lewis



Playlist oldies of the week
1 HEART OF GOLD Johnny Hates Jazz
2 COME SEE ABOUT ME Shakin’ Stevens
3 FALLIN’ IN LOVE (UH-UH) Miami Sound Machine

Posted by: Bjork 19th June 2020, 07:39 PM

Very good top 3, and I also love the 8-10 section. Always been a big fan of Sade and Paradise was nice although Stronger than Pride is probably my least favourite Sade album.
from the newies, I really liked the T' Pau song and Thought than the Rest is the only Bruce song that I really like...

Posted by: Steve201 21st June 2020, 01:27 AM

Love the new peak for Maxi Priest, a really underrated version of 'Wild World' imo.

Please let is be Eurythmics at no1??

Loving most of the rest of the top 10, 1988 really got things back on track even if the theme was still House and cheesy saw pop chart wise.

Posted by: Popchartfreak 26th June 2020, 10:36 AM

Thanks Bjork and Steve, sorry it's not Eurythmics at 1 I'm afraid - though Shame got on top earlier in the year

Posted by: Popchartfreak 26th June 2020, 11:01 AM

26th June 1988

It's a first week on top for Phil Collins, with the slight reworking of his 1981 number 2 classic In The Air Tonight - the remix isn't as good as the original, let's be clear on that, but it's compensation for being denied first-time round. In the interim Genesis topped my chart with Mama in 1983, both of them classically haunting rhythmically. That denies a topper for Maxi Priest's fab cover of Wild World at 2, while new into the top 10 go The Pasadenas' early 70's-sounding Tribute, UB40 & Chrissie Hynde getting another top 10 together with a much better cover version, this time the fab Dusty In Memphis album track, and The Communards grab another to add to their growing list with There's More To Love.

T'Pau climb 30 places, Springsteen does even better up to 32, and Gloria Estefan enters at 36 with Anything For You, the track that boosted her into the big league for the next few years as Miami Sound Machine becomes the supporting name rather than the focus - nothing had changed though, her only-ever boyfriend and husband Emilio was and is still the guiding force behind her career and records. 1971 Who classic Won't Get Fooled Again debuts (I didn't know it at the time, it wasn't played in Singapore) at 42, Midnight Oil follow-up Beds Are Burning with Dead Heart, and Salt'n'Pepa debut with the much-loved Push It, bringing female rap an actual focal point with the band - Salt, Pepa & Spinderella aka 'n'. I made that last bit up.

Steve Winwood returns with a huge US hit, Roll With It, 20-odd years into his career and giving us that classic starter-soup question "Roll with it?". I made that bit up too. INXS bring yet another fab track from the brilliant Kick album into the chart - Never Tear Us Apart, remixed and covered in later decades by the likes of Paloma Faith. Glen Medeiros pops in with his UK chart-topper, I still remain mystified by it's popularity 30 years later, the same week he had his 20th birthday. 50 now, hard to believe, but Happy Birthday Glen! Hothouse Flowers follow-up, Joy Division oldie Atmosphere sneaks in, and rather lowly at 74, Transvision Vamp enter with another pop goodie, I Want Your Love.


1 ( 4 ) IN THE AIR TONIGHT (1988) Phil Collins
2 ( 5 ) WILD WORLD Maxi Priest
3 ( 1 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle
4 ( 3 ) YOU HAVE PLACED A CHILL IN MY HEART Eurythmics
5 ( 2 ) CHAINS OF LOVE Erasure
6 ( 8 ) PARADISE Sade
7 ( 7 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael
8 ( 12 ) TRIBUTE (RIGHT ON) The Pasadenas
9 ( 15 ) BREAKFAST IN BED UB40/ Chrissie Hynde
10 ( 20 ) THERE'S MORE TO LOVE The Communards

11 ( 9 ) EVERY DAY IS LIKE SUNDAY Morrissey
12 ( 13 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael
13 ( 14 ) VOYAGE VOYAGE Desireless
14 ( 6 ) DOCTORIN' THE TARDIS The Timelords (KLF)
15 ( 11 ) IS IT LOVE YOU'RE AFTER/ CAR WASH Rose Royce
16 ( 16 ) SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART Aztec Camera
17 ( 26 ) FAST CAR Tracey Chapman
18 ( 32 ) I OWE YOU NOTHING Bros
19 ( 34 ) THIS IS LOVE George Harrison
20 ( 31 ) THE TWIST The Fat Boys/ Chubby Checker

21 ( 10 ) MY ONE TEMPTATION Mica Paris
22 ( 23 ) DON'T CALL ME BABY Voice Of The Beehive
23 ( 19 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince
24 ( 24 ) LUCRETIA MY REFLECTION The Sisters Of Mercy
25 ( 41 ) I DON'T WANT TO GO ON WITH YOU LIKE THAT Elton John
26 ( 17 ) CHECK THIS OUT LA Mix
27 ( 57 ) I WILL BE WITH YOU T'Pau
28 ( 35 ) DON'T BLAME IT ON THAT GIRL Matt Bianco
29 ( 25 ) ISN'T IT MIDNIGHT Fleetwood Mac
30 ( 30 ) PAINTED MOON The Silencers

31 ( 18 ) TELL ME Nick Kamen
32 ( 70 ) TOUGHER THAN THE REST Bruce Springsteen
33 ( 33 ) BOYS (SUMMERTIME LOVE) Sabrina
34 ( 21 ) STOP Sam Brown
35 ( 22 ) THE LOVERS Alexander O'Neal
36 ( NEW ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan
37 ( 28 ) WHAT ABOUT LOVE Heart
38 ( 39 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
39 ( 38 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
40 ( 27 ) DIVINE EMOTIONS Narada

41 ( 29 ) OH PATTI (DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR LOVERBOY) Scritti Politti
42 ( NEW ) WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN The Who
43 ( NEW ) THE DEAD HEART Midnight Oil
44 ( 40 ) THEME FROM S-EXPRESS S-Express
45 ( NEW ) PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa
46 ( 59 ) TOMORROW PEOPLE Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers
47 ( 54 ) I KNOW YOU'RE OUT THERE SOMEWHERE The Moody Blues
48 ( 48 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5
49 ( 51 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
50 ( 50 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

51 ( 52 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
52 ( 42 ) WE ALL SLEEP ALONE Cher
53 ( 36 ) GIVE A LITTLE LOVE Aswad
54 ( 53 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac
55 ( 47 ) I CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan/ Miami Sound Machine
56 ( 60 ) SYMPTOMS OF TRUE LOVE Tracie Spencer
57 ( 55 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis
58 ( 58 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
59 ( 56 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
60 ( 44 ) BLUE MONDAY (REMIX) New Order

61 ( NEW ) ROLL WITH IT Steve Winwood
62 ( NEW ) NEVER TEAR US APART INXS
63 ( NEW ) NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE MY LOVE FOR YOU Glen Medeiros
64 ( 45 ) OUT OF THE BLUE Debbie Gibson
65 ( 61 ) WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD Louis Armstrong
66 ( 37 ) NO CLAUSE 28 Boy George
67 ( 72 ) THE BLOOD THAT MOVES THE BODY a-ha
68 ( 68 ) BAD Michael Jackson
69 ( 46 ) MOVIN' 1988 Brass Construction
70 ( NEW ) I'M SORRY Hothouse Flowers

71 ( 69 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson
72 ( 73 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys
73 ( NEW ) ATMOSPHERE Joy Division
74 ( NEW ) I WANT YOUR LOVE Transvision Vamp
75 ( 74 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone

Playlist faves of that week
1 REMEMBER ME Cliff Richard
2 DIGGING YOUR SCENE Blow Monkeys
3 DIZZY Tommy Roe

Posted by: Bjork 26th June 2020, 11:17 AM

some of my fav songs ever debuting...
Push It, loved that song, one of my fav songs of the 80s
then Transvision Vamp- I Want Your Love, loved that too, was super obsessed with Wendy James at the time
and there's INXS - Never tear us apart, another incredible track from Kick, the UK were so crazy slow getting into INXS...

Posted by: Steve201 28th June 2020, 10:08 PM

They were also slow to get into a lot of bands like R.E.M.!

What stopped 'In The Air' get the top spot in 81 Pop?

Posted by: Popchartfreak 3rd July 2020, 07:22 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Jun 26 2020, 12:17 PM)

some of my fav songs ever debuting...
Push It, loved that song, one of my fav songs of the 80s
then Transvision Vamp- I Want Your Love, loved that too, was super obsessed with Wendy James at the time
and there's INXS - Never tear us apart, another incredible track from Kick, the UK were so crazy slow getting into INXS...

Posted by: Popchartfreak 3rd July 2020, 07:29 PM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Jun 28 2020, 11:08 PM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 3rd July 2020, 07:46 PM

3rd July 1988

It's straight in on top for Michael Jackson's Dirty Diana, as it gets an official single release (it had been pottering around the bottom end of my extended chart excluded from the 75 as it was an album track) and becomes the 4th number one off Bad, Jacko's 8th solo topper, or his 11th including his brothers, 12th including his uncredited vocal and song on Rockwell's Somebody's Watching You. Desireless gets into the top 10 with her fab French dance track, T'Pau shoot up to 12 for a 3rd top 20, & Springsteen makes it 13 years of top 20's.

Cheap Trick are back some 9 years after debuting with a very different-sounding ballad for them, The Flame in at 23, Hazell Dean gets a 4th or 5th top 40, OMD an umpteenth in 8 years of hardly-ever not making the top 40, and Johnny Hates Jazz keep the run going longer than I recalled! Transvision Vamp are the highest climbers to 41, Eric B & Rakim return, The Adventures follow-up their biggie, Debbie Gibson goes all George Michael Careless Whisper-ish, Everything But The Girl cover Rod Stewart's cover of I Don't Want To Talk About It, and do the Crazy Horse song justice. Natalie Cole & Eighth Wonder follow-up hits, and You Came follows the first single off the new Kim Wilde album, far and away the jewel in the lovely crown that is Close. At the time it was my all-time fave Kim track, though I MAY prefer Cambodia these days. Depends how I'm feeling.


1 ( RE ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson
2 ( 1 ) IN THE AIR TONIGHT (1988) Phil Collins
3 ( 2 ) WILD WORLD Maxi Priest
4 ( 3 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle
5 ( 6 ) PARADISE Sade
6 ( 4 ) YOU HAVE PLACED A CHILL IN MY HEART Eurythmics
7 ( 7 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael
8 ( 9 ) BREAKFAST IN BED UB40/ Chrissie Hynde
9 ( 5 ) CHAINS OF LOVE Erasure
10 ( 13 ) VOYAGE VOYAGE Desireless

11 ( 8 ) TRIBUTE (RIGHT ON) The Pasadenas
12 ( 27 ) I WILL BE WITH YOU T'Pau
13 ( 10 ) THERE'S MORE TO LOVE The Communards
14 ( 20 ) THE TWIST The Fat Boys/ Chubby Checker
15 ( 17 ) FAST CAR Tracey Chapman
16 ( 12 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael
17 ( 18 ) I OWE YOU NOTHING Bros
18 ( 11 ) EVERY DAY IS LIKE SUNDAY Morrissey
19 ( 19 ) THIS IS LOVE George Harrison
20 ( 32 ) TOUGHER THAN THE REST Bruce Springsteen

21 ( 16 ) SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART Aztec Camera
22 ( 15 ) IS IT LOVE YOU'RE AFTER/ CAR WASH Rose Royce
23 ( NEW ) THE FLAME Cheap Trick
24 ( 14 ) DOCTORIN' THE TARDIS The Timelords (KLF)
25 ( 25 ) I DON'T WANT TO GO ON WITH YOU LIKE THAT Elton John
26 ( 30 ) PAINTED MOON The Silencers
27 ( 23 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince
28 ( 28 ) DON'T BLAME IT ON THAT GIRL Matt Bianco
29 ( 36 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan
30 ( 21 ) MY ONE TEMPTATION Mica Paris

31 ( NEW ) MAYBE (WE SHOULD CALL IT A DAY) Hazell Dean
32 ( 26 ) CHECK THIS OUT LA Mix
33 ( 45 ) PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa
34 ( 62 ) NEVER TEAR US APART INXS
35 ( 42 ) WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN The Who
36 ( 43 ) THE DEAD HEART Midnight Oil
37 ( 39 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
38 ( 38 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
39 ( NEW ) DREAMING OMD
40 ( NEW ) DON'T SAY IT'S LOVE Johnny Hates Jazz

41 ( 74 ) I WANT YOUR LOVE Transvision Vamp
42 ( 35 ) THE LOVERS Alexander O'Neal
43 ( 70 ) I'M SORRY Hothouse Flowers
44 ( 37 ) WHAT ABOUT LOVE Heart
45 ( NEW ) FOLLOW THE LEADER Eric B & Rakim
46 ( 40 ) DIVINE EMOTIONS Narada
47 ( 34 ) STOP Sam Brown
48 ( 49 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
49 ( 50 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
50 ( 48 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5

51 ( 51 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
52 ( 63 ) NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE MY LOVE FOR YOU Glen Medeiros
53 ( 44 ) THEME FROM S-EXPRESS S-Express
54 ( 22 ) DON'T CALL ME BABY Voice Of The Beehive
55 ( NEW ) DROWNING IN A SEA OF LOVE The Adventures
56 ( 29 ) ISN'T IT MIDNIGHT Fleetwood Mac
57 ( 61 ) ROLL WITH IT Steve Winwood
58 ( 58 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
59 ( 59 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
60 ( 57 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis

61 ( 31 ) TELL ME Nick Kamen
62 ( 24 ) LUCRETIA MY REFLECTION The Sisters Of Mercy
63 ( NEW ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde
64 ( 54 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac
65 ( NEW ) BEATIN' THE HEAT Jack 'n' Chill
66 ( NEW ) FOOLISH BEAT Debbie Gibson
67 ( 52 ) WE ALL SLEEP ALONE Cher
68 ( 68 ) BAD Michael Jackson
69 ( 46 ) TOMORROW PEOPLE Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers
70 ( NEW ) I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU Taylor Dayne

71 ( NEW ) I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT Everything But The Girl
72 ( 72 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys
73 ( NEW ) EVERLASTING Natalie Cole
74 ( NEW ) CROSS MY HEART Eighth Wonder
75 ( 71 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson


3rd July
PLAYIST OLDIES

1 CLOSE TO YOU Carpenters
2 EAGLE Abba
3 KISSES OF FIRE Abba
4 WONDERFUL LAND The Shadows

Posted by: Steve201 4th July 2020, 12:17 AM

QUOTE(Popchartfreak @ Jul 3 2020, 08:29 PM)

John Lennon dominated early January as I was still in shock and grief over his murder, and then there was a total 3-way tussle for the top spot (I actually made a note that week that they should all be on top! I hate ties though... ) but Blondie's Rapture was given it over Ultravox Vienna and In The Air Tonight. The following week Visage's Fade To Grey beat them all off and it was all over for Phil from there really! Rapture has never charted again, while Vienna also topped my chart at a later date (90's), so it all worked out really

Posted by: Steve201 4th July 2020, 12:53 AM

Did you not enjoy 'Fast Car' as much in 1988?

Posted by: Bjork 4th July 2020, 06:59 AM

great for Dirty Diana, one of the many album jewels and a deserved #1

lots of great newies my fav being Foolish Beat, which was Debbie's first US #1, beautiful ballad, sounds very adult and grown up, quite Elton John-esque
loved Kim Wilde's You Came, great single, I remember at first I thought it was a SAW single
also liked the new Adventures, the new Eighth Wonder was less classy but good too

The Flame did nothing in the UK, right? maybe it was too American-sounding

Posted by: Popchartfreak 10th July 2020, 03:59 PM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Jul 4 2020, 01:53 AM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 10th July 2020, 04:03 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Jul 4 2020, 07:59 AM)

great for Dirty Diana, one of the many album jewels and a deserved #1

lots of great newies my fav being Foolish Beat, which was Debbie's first US #1, beautiful ballad, sounds very adult and grown up, quite Elton John-esque
loved Kim Wilde's You Came, great single, I remember at first I thought it was a SAW single
also liked the new Adventures, the new Eighth Wonder was less classy but good too

The Flame did nothing in the UK, right? maybe it was too American-sounding

Posted by: Popchartfreak 10th July 2020, 04:19 PM

10th July 1988

It's 2 weeks on top for Dirty Diana, as Monkey takes George Michael into the top 5, and is joined by T'Pau getting a 3rd biggie at 5, and US chart-topper The Flame shooting up to 6 for Cheap Trick, their first and last 9 years after debuting in my charts. Tracy Chapman goes top 10 with future Jonas Blue cover Fast Car, and INXS take Never Tear Us Apart up 22 to 12. New at 14 is the wonderful No Conversation from View From A Hill, never the hit it deserved to be, and Debbie Gibson grabs another top 20 in one fell swoop with Careless Whisper, I mean Foolish Beat! Up from 66 to 17, and Elton John also goes top 20 for the 18th consecutive year, bar 1979 - though Are You Ready For Love would eventually top my charts (and the UK charts) so that's good enough for me!

Transvision Vamp grab a 2nd top 20, Kim Wilde rockets up from 63 to 24 with You Came, and Ziggy Marley 69 to 30 in a big week for big chart climbers. Also moving fast, Eighth Wonder's 2nd top 40, while Sydney Youngblood is back with a Bill Withers classic cover that had already topped my chart in 1972 for Michael Jackson, and would do so for Bill too. Talking of classic early 70's songs, Dennis Greaves & The Truth cover the brilliant Argent song God Gave Rock 'n' Roll To You before Kiss mugged it in the 90's, The Four Tops Motown anthem Reach Out I'll Be There is assaulted by a 1988 remix but is still strong enough to survive the indignity, Fairground Attraction follow-up a biggie with an even better song, Find My Love, and Will Downing pops back in too.

1 ( 1 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson
2 ( 2 ) IN THE AIR TONIGHT (1988) Phil Collins
3 ( 3 ) WILD WORLD Maxi Priest
4 ( 7 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael
5 ( 12 ) I WILL BE WITH YOU T'Pau
6 ( 23 ) THE FLAME Cheap Trick
7 ( 8 ) BREAKFAST IN BED UB40/ Chrissie Hynde
8 ( 4 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle
9 ( 5 ) PARADISE Sade
10 ( 15 ) FAST CAR Tracey Chapman

11 ( 6 ) YOU HAVE PLACED A CHILL IN MY HEART Eurythmics
12 ( 34 ) NEVER TEAR US APART INXS
13 ( 13 ) THERE'S MORE TO LOVE The Communards
14 ( NEW ) NO CONVERSATION View From A Hill
15 ( 17 ) I OWE YOU NOTHING Bros
16 ( 9 ) CHAINS OF LOVE Erasure
17 ( 66 ) FOOLISH BEAT Debbie Gibson
18 ( 10 ) VOYAGE VOYAGE Desireless
19 ( 25 ) I DON'T WANT TO GO ON WITH YOU LIKE THAT Elton John
20 ( 41 ) I WANT YOUR LOVE Transvision Vamp

21 ( 16 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael
22 ( 11 ) TRIBUTE (RIGHT ON) The Pasadenas
23 ( 20 ) TOUGHER THAN THE REST Bruce Springsteen
24 ( 63 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde
25 ( 28 ) DON'T BLAME IT ON THAT GIRL Matt Bianco
26 ( 31 ) MAYBE (WE SHOULD CALL IT A DAY) Hazell Dean
27 ( 18 ) EVERY DAY IS LIKE SUNDAY Morrissey
28 ( 14 ) THE TWIST The Fat Boys/ Chubby Checker
29 ( 21 ) SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART Aztec Camera
30 ( 69 ) TOMORROW PEOPLE Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers

31 ( 26 ) PAINTED MOON The Silencers
32 ( 19 ) THIS IS LOVE George Harrison
33 ( 74 ) CROSS MY HEART Eighth Wonder
34 ( 27 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince
35 ( 40 ) DON'T SAY IT'S LOVE Johnny Hates Jazz
36 ( 22 ) IS IT LOVE YOU'RE AFTER/ CAR WASH Rose Royce
37 ( 52 ) NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE MY LOVE FOR YOU Glen Medeiros
38 ( 45 ) FOLLOW THE LEADER Eric B & Rakim
39 ( 38 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
40 ( 24 ) DOCTORIN' THE TARDIS The Timelords (KLF)

41 ( 37 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
42 ( 30 ) MY ONE TEMPTATION Mica Paris
43 ( 43 ) I'M SORRY Hothouse Flowers
44 ( 29 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan
45 ( 33 ) PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa
46 ( 55 ) DROWNING IN A SEA OF LOVE The Adventures
47 ( 71 ) I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT Everything But The Girl
48 ( 32 ) CHECK THIS OUT LA Mix
49 ( 49 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
50 ( 48 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

51 ( 39 ) DREAMING OMD
52 ( 51 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
53 ( 50 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5
54 ( 57 ) ROLL WITH IT Steve Winwood
55 ( 36 ) THE DEAD HEART Midnight Oil
56 ( 73 ) EVERLASTING Natalie Cole
57 ( 59 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
58 ( 58 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
59 ( 46 ) DIVINE EMOTIONS Narada
60 ( 53 ) THEME FROM S-EXPRESS S-Express

61 ( 35 ) WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN The Who
62 ( 60 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis
63 ( 44 ) WHAT ABOUT LOVE Heart
64 ( 42 ) THE LOVERS Alexander O'Neal
65 ( 65 ) BEATIN' THE HEAT Jack 'n' Chill
66 ( NEW ) AIN'T NO SUNSHINE Sydney Youngblood
67 ( 64 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac
68 ( NEW ) GOD GAVE ROCK 'N' ROLL TO YOU Dennis Greaves & The Truth
69 ( 68 ) BAD Michael Jackson
70 ( NEW ) ROSES ARE RED The Mac Band/ McCampbell Brothers

71 ( NEW ) REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE (REMIX) The Four Tops
72 ( 72 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys
73 ( NEW ) FIND MY LOVE Fairground Attraction
74 ( NEW ) IN MY DREAMS Will Downing
75 ( 75 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson



Playlist oldies and album tracks of that week
1 VOULEZ-VOUS Abba
2 KISSES OF FIRE Abba
3 TUNNEL OF LOVE Bruce Springsteen

Posted by: Bjork 11th July 2020, 09:52 AM

Just checked and don't think I've ever heard that View From A Hill song, doesn't ring a bell
lots of great climbers that I love, Fast Car, T'Pau, T. Vamp, INXS, nice to see

Is Foolish Beat really so similar to Careless Whisper? never occurred to me but maybe my love for Debbie Gibson was blinding me

Posted by: Steve201 11th July 2020, 12:44 PM

Great to see 'Fast Car' edging into the top 10!

Posted by: Bjork 11th July 2020, 02:57 PM

but I would have never thought to compare Tracy Chapman and Joan Armatrading, pretty different for me

Posted by: Popchartfreak 12th July 2020, 03:26 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Jul 11 2020, 10:52 AM)

Just checked and don't think I've ever heard that View From A Hill song, doesn't ring a bell
lots of great climbers that I love, Fast Car, T'Pau, T. Vamp, INXS, nice to see

Is Foolish Beat really so similar to Careless Whisper? never occurred to me but maybe my love for Debbie Gibson was blinding me

Posted by: Popchartfreak 12th July 2020, 03:32 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Jul 11 2020, 03:57 PM)

Posted by: Bjork 12th July 2020, 07:16 PM

^yes, you're right, I can hear the similarity in the vocal delivery

Posted by: Popchartfreak 17th July 2020, 07:24 PM

17th July 1988

It's a first week on top for George Michael's 2nd chart-topper from Faith, his dancetastic Jam & Lewis Monkey remix, giving George a 4th solo, and 7th in total including duos & duets. Debbie Gibson leaps into the top 10 with her career-biggest single Foolish Beat at 6, Transvision Vamp get a second top 10 with I want Your Love, View From A Hill peak bigger second-time around at 9, and INXS get a second top 10 with Never Tear Us Apart. Highest new entry is Al B Sure!'s Nite and Day, banging in at 8 with an actual exclamation mark and a smooth soul goodie.

In at 12, Copenhagen band Gangway with a not un-Smiths-ish vocal-sound My Girl And Me - apparently MTV were playing it a lot, which might explain it's high new entry as I'll be honest I don't recall much, at best a slight vague familiarity for a track I prob heard a few times and liked - and then never heard again until today 32 years later. It's not bad. Sam Brown dropped out last week, and pops back big at 17 as I bought the single in the bargain bins and realised how fab it is - setting her up for 1989 when I didn't have to pay full price for a current hit I bought cheap on vinyl.

Gloria Estefan gets a big climb to 18 for Anything For You, her 5th top 20, which I'd also buy cheap in a couple of weeks - on CD single with cardboard sleeve, a much better format than tacky cheap plastic that broke at the drop of a hat. Salt 'n' Pepa push it into the 40, and Wee Papa Girl Rappers enter at 30 with Heat It Up, featuring 2 Men & a Future Fine Young Cannibals ex-Beat david & Andy on their second top 40 hit of the year, giving them 9 years of chart action with more to come.

Martha & The Vandellas classic Nowhere To Run is 20-odd years late and still fab, in at 35, with Tracie Spencer returning with UK undeserved flop Symptom Of True Love after peaking at 56 a few weeks back, now at 36. The Adventures get yet another top 40 that flopped in the charts everywhere else, while UK band Breathe pop in with their US smash Hands To Heaven, ballad-emoting with strings on it, while 1971 classic Move On Up brings Curtis Mayfield back into my charts 17 years on, though his career predates that with lots of US success for the classy Impressions.

Another oldie is back after dropping out a few weeks ago - The Contours Do You Love Me - The Pogues return with the joyous Fiesta, their best record after a certain Christmas single, in at 60, Prince mines his album with Glam Slam, thank you ma'am (Slade reference), Def Leppard have a problem with Love Bites (my own personal problem has always been mosquito bites, I'm irresistible, but at least I dont sing ballads about it), S'Express have a great follow-up to their fab single, Superfly Guy, and Donny Osmond is back and proper having a comeback UK hit with the very George Michael-ish Soldier Of Love. Let's be honest, it worked for David Cassidy with actual George on board, and it worked for Donny with the new mature pop sound. I stood next to him in HMV Bournemouth while he was on local radio promoting it. He's a few days older than me, though my teeth aren't in the same league. Finally Huey Lewis is back 6 years on from Heart And Soul with another minor entry - it's taken Huey 38 years to get another top 10 in my charts since his debut, the fab current When We're Young which you won't hear anywhere on radio. He's suffering hearing loss these days which is sad.

1 ( 4 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael
2 ( 1 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson
3 ( 2 ) IN THE AIR TONIGHT (1988) Phil Collins
4 ( 6 ) THE FLAME Cheap Trick
5 ( 5 ) I WILL BE WITH YOU T'Pau
6 ( 17 ) FOOLISH BEAT Debbie Gibson
7 ( 20 ) I WANT YOUR LOVE Transvision Vamp
8 ( NEW ) NITE AND DAY Al B. Sure!
9 ( 14 ) NO CONVERSATION View From A Hill
10 ( 12 ) NEVER TEAR US APART INXS

11 ( 3 ) WILD WORLD Maxi Priest
12 ( NEW ) MY GIRL AND ME Gangway
13 ( 7 ) BREAKFAST IN BED UB40/ Chrissie Hynde
14 ( 24 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde
15 ( 8 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle
16 ( 9 ) PARADISE Sade
17 ( RE ) STOP Sam Brown
18 ( 44 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan
19 ( 11 ) YOU HAVE PLACED A CHILL IN MY HEART Eurythmics
20 ( 30 ) TOMORROW PEOPLE Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers

21 ( 13 ) THERE'S MORE TO LOVE The Communards
22 ( 10 ) FAST CAR Tracey Chapman
23 ( 33 ) CROSS MY HEART Eighth Wonder
24 ( 45 ) PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa
25 ( 21 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael
26 ( 15 ) I OWE YOU NOTHING Bros
27 ( 16 ) CHAINS OF LOVE Erasure
28 ( 26 ) MAYBE (WE SHOULD CALL IT A DAY) Hazell Dean
29 ( 19 ) I DON'T WANT TO GO ON WITH YOU LIKE THAT Elton John
30 ( NEW ) HEAT IT UP Wee Papa Girl Rappers featuring 2 Men & A Drum Machine

31 ( 18 ) VOYAGE VOYAGE Desireless
32 ( 27 ) EVERY DAY IS LIKE SUNDAY Morrissey
33 ( 22 ) TRIBUTE (RIGHT ON) The Pasadenas
34 ( 23 ) TOUGHER THAN THE REST Bruce Springsteen
35 ( NEW ) NOWHERE TO RUN Martha & The Vandellas
36 ( RE ) SYMPTOM OF TRUE LOVE Tracie Spencer
37 ( 46 ) DROWNING IN A SEA OF LOVE The Adventures
38 ( 29 ) SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART Aztec Camera
39 ( 47 ) I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT Everything But The Girl
40 ( 39 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies

41 ( 41 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
42 ( 25 ) DON'T BLAME IT ON THAT GIRL Matt Bianco
43 ( 34 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince
44 ( 73 ) FIND MY LOVE Fairground Attraction
45 ( 36 ) IS IT LOVE YOU'RE AFTER/ CAR WASH Rose Royce
46 ( 31 ) PAINTED MOON The Silencers
47 ( 32 ) THIS IS LOVE George Harrison
48 ( 35 ) DON'T SAY IT'S LOVE Johnny Hates Jazz
49 ( 68 ) GOD GAVE ROCK 'N' ROLL TO YOU Dennis Greaves & The Truth
50 ( 49 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

51 ( 50 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
52 ( 37 ) NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE MY LOVE FOR YOU Glen Medeiros
53 ( NEW ) HAND TO HEAVEN Breathe
54 ( 52 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
55 ( NEW ) MOVE ON UP Curtis Mayfield
56 ( RE ) DO YOU LOVE ME The Contours
57 ( 57 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
58 ( 53 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5
59 ( 38 ) FOLLOW THE LEADER Eric B & Rakim
60 ( NEW ) FIESTA The Pogues

61 ( 59 ) DIVINE EMOTIONS Narada
62 ( 58 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
63 ( 70 ) ROSES ARE RED The Mac Band/ McCampbell Brothers
64 ( NEW ) GLAM SLAM Prince
65 ( NEW ) SOLDIER OF LOVE Donny Osmond
66 ( NEW ) LOVE BITES Def Leppard
67 ( 62 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis
68 ( 28 ) THE TWIST The Fat Boys/ Chubby Checker
69 ( 42 ) MY ONE TEMPTATION Mica Paris
70 ( 69 ) BAD Michael Jackson

71 ( 67 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac
72 ( 40 ) DOCTORIN' THE TARDIS The Timelords (KLF)
73 ( NEW ) PERFECT WORLD Huey Lewis & The News
74 ( 72 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys
75 ( NEW ) SUPERFLY GUY S'Express



Playlist oldies of the week
1 HAVE YOU SEEN HER The Chi-Lites
2 IT MUST BE LOVE Labi Siffre
3 SAD SWEET DREAMER Sweet Sensation

Posted by: Bjork 18th July 2020, 06:42 AM

nice climbs for Debbie Gibson and Transvision Vamp, they were probably my favourite artists in summer 1988
also nice climbs for Stop and Push It

Posted by: Steve201 21st July 2020, 10:52 PM

One song is all that matters 'Fiesta' by The Pogues ❤️

Posted by: Sergej 23rd July 2020, 09:39 AM

Hi John!
Never heard the Monkey remix yet, only heard the radio edit version of this.
Also great to see "The Flame" in the top 5 and "Foolish Beat" gaining huge!
Other gains that I like are: "Anything For You" and "Push It"!
From the debuts and returns I like: "Hands To Heaven", "Love Bites" and "Perfect World" from the debuts and the return for "Stop"!
Great chart!

Posted by: Popchartfreak 24th July 2020, 04:24 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Jul 18 2020, 07:42 AM)

nice climbs for Debbie Gibson and Transvision Vamp, they were probably my favourite artists in summer 1988
also nice climbs for Stop and Push It

Posted by: Popchartfreak 24th July 2020, 04:25 PM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Jul 21 2020, 11:52 PM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 24th July 2020, 04:29 PM

QUOTE(Sergej @ Jul 23 2020, 10:39 AM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 24th July 2020, 04:50 PM

24th July 1988

It's 2 weeks on top for that Monkey as Kim Wilde comes galloping into the top 10 for the first time in 2 years, You Came. But will she Veni Vidi Vici? Gangway go top 10 too, with a track I'd forgotten till I played it last week, and Martha & The Vandellas get a first top 10 since earlier Motown reissue Dancing In The Street went top 10 19 years earlier. Appropriately enough fellow Motown act The Four Tops bring Reach Out I'll Be There (remixed) back into the charts, the second version to make my top 10 - the first was Gloria Gaynor's chart-topping stint in disco-mad 1975.

Voice Of The Beehive return with I Say Nothing - it went top 40 in 1987 - and is back at 23, as God Gave Rock n Roll To You brings the year 1973 back into the top 40 along with 1973 UK chart-topper Donny Osmond's new track, Soldier Of Love. Alexander O'Neal's run of Jamtastic singles continues with the fab What Can I Say To make You Love Me at 29, Fairground Attraction climb up to 30, while The Pogues and Prince leap into the 40.

There's a significant entry at 60 for Yazz & The Plastic Population, I suspect the only way is up, as a Belinda carlisle oldie sneaks back in with Mad About You joining the new stuff, and Groove Train debut with the funky cover of Stretch's 1975 funk gem Why Did You Do It pops in at 66. Shaky's also in the mood for 1973 covers - this time The Detroit Emeralds Feel The Need In Me top 5 track which was so good it charted again in a re-recorded version in 1977. Shaky hits were generally inversely-liked by me - the bigger they were the more meh! The smaller, the more interesting to me. Pat Benatar also returns all fired up. Don't blame her.


1 ( 1 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael
2 ( 2 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson
3 ( 3 ) IN THE AIR TONIGHT (1988) Phil Collins
4 ( 6 ) FOOLISH BEAT Debbie Gibson
5 ( 14 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde
6 ( 12 ) MY GIRL AND ME Gangway
7 ( 7 ) I WANT YOUR LOVE Transvision Vamp
8 ( 4 ) THE FLAME Cheap Trick
9 ( 10 ) NEVER TEAR US APART INXS
10 ( 35 ) NOWHERE TO RUN Martha & The Vandellas

11 ( 5 ) I WILL BE WITH YOU T'Pau
12 ( 30 ) HEAT IT UP Wee Papa Girl Rappers featuring 2 Men & A Drum Machine
13 ( 20 ) TOMORROW PEOPLE Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers
14 ( 8 ) NITE AND DAY Al B. Sure!
15 ( 18 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan
16 ( 23 ) CROSS MY HEART Eighth Wonder
17 ( 11 ) WILD WORLD Maxi Priest
18 ( RE ) REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE (REMIX) The Four Tops
19 ( 36 ) SYMPTOM OF TRUE LOVE Tracie Spencer
20 ( 24 ) PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa

21 ( 9 ) NO CONVERSATION View From The Hill
22 ( 13 ) BREAKFAST IN BED UB40/ Chrissie Hynde
23 ( NEW ) I SAY NOTHING Voice Of The Beehive
24 ( 15 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle
25 ( 16 ) PARADISE Sade
26 ( 49 ) GOD GAVE ROCK 'N' ROLL TO YOU Dennis Greaves & The Truth
27 ( 17 ) STOP Sam Brown
28 ( 65 ) SOLDIER OF LOVE Donny Osmond
29 ( NEW ) WHAT CAN I SAY TO MAKE YOU LOVE ME Alexander O'Neal
30 ( 44 ) FIND MY LOVE Fairground Attraction

31 ( 25 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael
32 ( 19 ) YOU HAVE PLACED A CHILL IN MY HEART Eurythmics
33 ( 60 ) FIESTA The Pogues
34 ( 64 ) GLAM SLAM Prince
35 ( 39 ) I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT Everything But The Girl
36 ( 21 ) THERE'S MORE TO LOVE The Communards
37 ( 63 ) ROSES ARE RED The Mac Band/ McCampbell Brothers
38 ( 55 ) MOVE ON UP Curtis Mayfield
39 ( 40 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
40 ( 53 ) HAND TO HEAVEN Breathe

41 ( 22 ) FAST CAR Tracey Chapman
42 ( 41 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
43 ( 56 ) DO YOU LOVE ME The Contours
44 ( 32 ) EVERY DAY IS LIKE SUNDAY Morrissey
45 ( 27 ) CHAINS OF LOVE Erasure
46 ( 33 ) TRIBUTE (RIGHT ON) The Pasadenas
47 ( 38 ) SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART Aztec Camera
48 ( 75 ) SUPERFLY GUY S'Express
49 ( 43 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince
50 ( 50 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

51 ( 51 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
52 ( 29 ) I DON'T WANT TO GO ON WITH YOU LIKE THAT Elton John
53 ( 37 ) DROWNING IN A SEA OF LOVE The Adventures
54 ( 28 ) MAYBE (WE SHOULD CALL IT A DAY) Hazell Dean
55 ( 54 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
56 ( 26 ) I OWE YOU NOTHING Bros
57 ( 31 ) VOYAGE VOYAGE Desireless
58 ( 57 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
59 ( 52 ) NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE MY LOVE FOR YOU Glen Medeiros
60 ( NEW ) THE ONLY WAY IS UP Yazz & The Plastic Population

61 ( 58 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5
62 ( NEW ) MAD ABOUT YOU Belinda Carlisle
63 ( 45 ) IS IT LOVE YOU'RE AFTER/ CAR WASH Rose Royce
64 ( 62 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
65 ( 66 ) LOVE BITES Def Leppard
66 ( NEW ) WHY DID YOU DO IT Groove Train
67 ( 73 ) PERFECT WORLD Huey Lewis & The News
68 ( 61 ) DIVINE EMOTIONS Narada
69 ( RE ) I'M SORRY Hothouse Flowers
70 ( 70 ) BAD Michael Jackson

71 ( 67 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis
72 ( NEW ) I'M TOO SCARED Steven Dante
73 ( NEW ) FEEL THE NEED IN ME Shakin' Stevens
74 ( 74 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys
75 ( NEW ) ALL FIRED UP Pat Benatar
76 ( RE ) WHEN THE LOVE IS GOOD Big Trouble


Playlist faves of that week
1 CRAZY Patsy Cline
2 WHEN THE LOVE IS GOOD Big Trouble
3 HOLIDAY The Other Ones

Posted by: Bjork 25th July 2020, 09:11 AM

great to see Foolish beat nearly top 3 and Kim Wilde top 5, sure my favourites in that top 10 together with I Want your Love

I loved that Voice of the Beehive song, one of the best bands of the late 80s for me
also really liked that Alexander Oneal song

Posted by: Steve201 26th July 2020, 11:18 AM

Hope Everything But The Girl continues to rise, beautiful song!

Posted by: Popchartfreak 31st July 2020, 06:16 PM

Thanks Bjork & Steve

Posted by: Popchartfreak 31st July 2020, 06:51 PM

30th July 1988

It's a first week on top for Kim Wilde - ever! Not even Kids In America had managed to top my chart, but she finally got one in the bag 7 years on with the fab You Came, a big comeback for her. This week I went to Wembley Stadium where Kim was supporting Michael Jackson. I should specify I went with 2 mates, with the idea of parking near Wembley Stadium, because we couldn't get tickets to the bloody concert, so we had a day going round record megastores looking for rarities, and then headed back to catch the gig listening outside, where Kim duly did You Came. Does that sound sad? Whatever! Paul Young walked by us sat on a wall with a beautiful leggy model attached to him. I got to see Jacko (still at 2 in my chart) a few years later but Kim took a lot longer - an 80's tour after she'd been away from music gardening and bringing up kids. She was fab and have since seen her about 4 times, including literally 5 minutes walk away at Upton Country Park, and in rural Dorset for an acoustic-ish Xmas album and song singalong.

The Four Tops shoot into the top 5 for the first time since 1981, Donny Osmond into the top 10 for the first time since Puppy Love in 1972 (or 1973 if you include Osmonds records, and the rockin' Going Home), and B.V.S.M.P. enter at 8 with I Need You, which I don't recall hearing since I obviously went big on it rather quickly. Playing it now - rap/dance, very 1988, teenage boys. Err, not that great, presumably why it never went higher than it's entry position. In at 20, though, a genuine classic. Mory Kante's timeless dance banger with Guinea rhythms and lyrics, Ye Ke Ye Ke, which may well be the best track in this top 40 from the lofty viewpoint of 32 years.

Julia Fordham enters with the lovely Happy Ever After, one I bought as an early budget CD designed to get it to chart, at 23, and Yazz' monster roars up to 31 the only way truly is up. S'Express get a second top 40, and Gogo's Jane Wiedlin gets a big solo hit with the fab Rush Hour 5 years after getting her co-write Fun Boy 3 song Our Lips Are Sealed on top of my chart. Rod Stewart is Forever Young at 38. Chart position, not age. He was older than 38. All About Eve return with their infamously silent-mimed on TOTP Martha's Harbour, their best track, but catastrophically the sound in the studio went off on a live show and they sat their like goldfish unable to hear a thing.

Dollar bounce back, It's Nature's Way (No Problem) - I caught them on the aforementioned 80's tour with Kim Wilde, and later David Van Day escaped to star in a disastrously bad stage comedy farce. When I say "bad" I don't mean in the Michael Jackson sense, I mean in the "ohmygod this is torturously bad" sense. I think it both opened and closed in Bournemouth. I hope so anyway. Still love Dollar records though. Hey ho. The Band's Robbie Robertson gets a solo debut 20 years after their heyday, and 17 years since Joan Baez went top 10 with his song The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down. Somewhere Down The Lazy River is pure sultry Delta Blues and fab.



1 ( 5 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde
2 ( 2 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson
3 ( 1 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael
4 ( 3 ) IN THE AIR TONIGHT (1988) Phil Collins
5 ( 18 ) REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE (REMIX) The Four Tops
6 ( 9 ) NEVER TEAR US APART INXS
7 ( 4 ) FOOLISH BEAT Debbie Gibson
8 ( NEW ) I NEED YOU B.V.S.M.P.
9 ( 28 ) SOLDIER OF LOVE Donny Osmond
10 ( 10 ) NOWHERE TO RUN Martha & The Vandellas

11 ( 7 ) I WANT YOUR LOVE Transvision Vamp
12 ( 8 ) THE FLAME Cheap Trick
13 ( 6 ) MY GIRL AND ME Gangway
14 ( 23 ) I SAY NOTHING Voice Of The Beehive
15 ( 20 ) PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa
16 ( 12 ) HEAT IT UP Wee Papa Girl Rappers featuring 2 Men & A Drum Machine
17 ( 29 ) WHAT CAN I SAY TO MAKE YOU LOVE ME Alexander O'Neal
18 ( 19 ) SYMPTOM OF TRUE LOVE Tracie Spencer
19 ( 11 ) I WILL BE WITH YOU T'Pau
20 ( NEW ) YE KE YE KE Mory Kante

21 ( 30 ) FIND MY LOVE Fairground Attraction
22 ( 37 ) ROSES ARE RED The Mac Band/ McCampbell Brothers
23 ( NEW ) HAPPY EVER AFTER Julia Fordham
24 ( 13 ) TOMORROW PEOPLE Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers
25 ( 17 ) WILD WORLD Maxi Priest
26 ( 26 ) GOD GAVE ROCK 'N' ROLL TO YOU Dennis Greaves & The Truth
27 ( 40 ) HAND TO HEAVEN Breathe
28 ( 33 ) FIESTA The Pogues
29 ( 14 ) NITE AND DAY Al B. Sure!
30 ( 24 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle

31 ( 60 ) THE ONLY WAY IS UP Yazz & The Plastic Population
32 ( 48 ) SUPERFLY GUY S'Express
33 ( 15 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan
34 ( 34 ) GLAM SLAM Prince
35 ( 16 ) CROSS MY HEART Eighth Wonder
36 ( 31 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael
37 ( NEW ) RUSH HOUR Jane Wiedlin
38 ( NEW ) FOREVER YOUNG Rod Stewart
39 ( 39 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
40 ( 22 ) BREAKFAST IN BED UB40/ Chrissie Hynde

41 ( 25 ) PARADISE Sade
42 ( 42 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
43 ( NEW ) MARTHA'S HARBOUR All About Eve
44 ( 35 ) I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT Everything But The Girl
45 ( 21 ) NO CONVERSATION View From The Hill
46 ( 32 ) YOU HAVE PLACED A CHILL IN MY HEART Eurythmics
47 ( RE ) BEATIN' THE HEAT Jack 'n' Chill
48 ( NEW ) IT'S NATURE'S WAY (NO PROBLEM) Dollar
49 ( 62 ) MAD ABOUT YOU Belinda Carlisle
50 ( 27 ) STOP Sam Brown

51 ( 50 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
52 ( 51 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
53 ( NEW ) SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LAZY RIVER Robbie Robertson
54 ( 55 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
55 ( 36 ) THERE'S MORE TO LOVE The Communards
56 ( 49 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince
57 ( NEW ) HUSTLE (TO THE MUSIC) Funky Worm
58 ( 44 ) EVERY DAY IS LIKE SUNDAY Morrissey
59 ( 58 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
60 ( 67 ) PERFECT WORLD Huey Lewis & The News

61 ( 47 ) SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART Aztec Camera
62 ( 65 ) LOVE BITES Def Leppard
63 ( 61 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5
64 ( 64 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
65 ( 66 ) WHY DID YOU DO IT Groove Train
66 ( 46 ) TRIBUTE (RIGHT ON) The Pasadenas
67 ( 45 ) CHAINS OF LOVE Erasure
68 ( 73 ) FEEL THE NEED IN ME Shakin' Stevens
69 ( 70 ) BAD Michael Jackson
70 ( 75 ) ALL FIRED UP Pat Benatar

71 ( 63 ) IS IT LOVE YOU'RE AFTER/ CAR WASH Rose Royce
72 ( 71 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis
73 ( 41 ) FAST CAR Tracey Chapman
74 ( NEW ) WORKING IN A GOLDMINE Aztec Camera
75 ( 74 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys


FAVE OLDIES/ALBUM TRACKS OF THE WEEK
1 ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC The Archies
2 WAY OF LIFE Family Dogg
3 YOU CAME (Live at Wembley Stadium) Kim Wilde
4 ANOTHER PART OF ME (Live at Wembley Stadium) Michael Jackson

Posted by: Bjork 1st August 2020, 10:38 AM

great for Kim Wilde, You Came is easily her best single ever so totally deserved success

oh nice to see Martha's Harbour in, possibly my fav song of the entire 80s <3 I was totally obsessed with All About Eve back then Still amazed to this date Martha's Harbour managed to go top 10 in the UK, crazy for such a little song from such a kinda "uncool" band

I was a big fan of both Debbie Gibson and All About Eve back then, my top 2 acts back then
that's probably I like the new Taylor Swift album so much its kinda like a combo of those 2

Also liked a lot Julia Fordham-Happy ever after, another great UK female singer that deserved much better in the charts...
Also always liked Yeke yeke, very cool song and nice to have so much diversity in the charts

Posted by: Steve201 2nd August 2020, 09:41 PM

Cool to see Mory Kante in the chart for the first time - was shocked that it was released so early always thought it was more like 1993-96 time, showed how dance music was developing.

I echo Bjorks thoughts on All About Eve, loved their lead singer!

Posted by: Popchartfreak 7th August 2020, 06:31 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Aug 1 2020, 11:38 AM)

great for Kim Wilde, You Came is easily her best single ever so totally deserved success

oh nice to see Martha's Harbour in, possibly my fav song of the entire 80s <3 I was totally obsessed with All About Eve back then Still amazed to this date Martha's Harbour managed to go top 10 in the UK, crazy for such a little song from such a kinda "uncool" band

I was a big fan of both Debbie Gibson and All About Eve back then, my top 2 acts back then
that's probably I like the new Taylor Swift album so much its kinda like a combo of those 2

Also liked a lot Julia Fordham-Happy ever after, another great UK female singer that deserved much better in the charts...
Also always liked Yeke yeke, very cool song and nice to have so much diversity in the charts

Posted by: Popchartfreak 7th August 2020, 06:33 PM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Aug 2 2020, 10:41 PM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 7th August 2020, 06:47 PM

6th August 1988

It's 2 weeks on top Kim, as suddenly Yazz challenges with the The Only Way Is Up, leaping from 31 - well, there's only one more up she can go, and then the only way is down! Mory Kante also leaps up to 5, the minor hit that keeps coming back as a minor hit, but a club success every time. Julia Fordham gets her one and only top 10 with the sweet Happy Ever After, and in a busy week at the top S'Express make it another top 10 and Voice Of The Beehive finally go top 10 with I Say Nothing. They'll be back in 2 years.

Highest new entry is a remix of a 1976 top 10 fave from the Climax Blues Band, in at 18, with Robbie Robertson's sultry Lazy River swirling upstream to 19. All About Eve go top 40, Dollar add to their 10-year-run of top 40's, and UB40 enter with the latest in their non-stop run of charting singles, 8 years without missing a beat. Siouxise missed one or two along the way, but most of her singles charted, another decade-long performer, this time with Peek A Boo. Meanwhile the affectionately remembered Tanita Tikarim debuts with Good Tradition, though I preferred her moody follow-up.

Kylie follows-up with a cheesy version of The Locomotion, not worthy to be mentioned in the same breath as Little Eva for Carole King & Gerry Goffin's party masterpiece - and yes Eva really was their babysitter! That made my top 3 in 1972 as a reissued hit, while Grand Funk Railroad's heavy version went top 5 in 1974. At this stage I would have been pressed to see Kylie lasting into the 90's, much less becoming a huge fan for 30 years. You never can tell! At 71, the acceptable face of SAW, though, as Brother Beyond enter with the catchy The Harder I Try, the term "eye candy" applies to the lead singer Nathan.

1 ( 1 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde
2 ( 31 ) THE ONLY WAY IS UP Yazz & The Plastic Population
3 ( 2 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson
4 ( 3 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael
5 ( 20 ) YE KE YE KE Mory Kante
6 ( 9 ) SOLDIER OF LOVE Donny Osmond
7 ( 23 ) HAPPY EVER AFTER Julia Fordham
8 ( 8 ) I NEED YOU B.V.S.M.P.
9 ( 32 ) SUPERFLY GUY S'Express
10 ( 14 ) I SAY NOTHING Voice Of The Beehive

11 ( 4 ) IN THE AIR TONIGHT (1988) Phil Collins
12 ( 17 ) WHAT CAN I SAY TO MAKE YOU LOVE ME Alexander O'Neal
13 ( 7 ) FOOLISH BEAT Debbie Gibson
14 ( 5 ) REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE (REMIX) The Four Tops
15 ( 21 ) FIND MY LOVE Fairground Attraction
16 ( 27 ) HAND TO HEAVEN Breathe
17 ( 6 ) NEVER TEAR US APART INXS
18 ( NEW ) COULDN'T GET IT RIGHT '88 Climax Blues Band
19 ( 53 ) SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LAZY RIVER Robbie Robertson
20 ( 10 ) NOWHERE TO RUN Martha & The Vandellas

21 ( 11 ) I WANT YOUR LOVE Transvision Vamp
22 ( 12 ) THE FLAME Cheap Trick
23 ( 13 ) MY GIRL AND ME Gangway
24 ( 43 ) MARTHA'S HARBOUR All About Eve
25 ( 38 ) FOREVER YOUNG Rod Stewart
26 ( 37 ) RUSH HOUR Jane Wiedlin
27 ( 15 ) PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa
28 ( 34 ) GLAM SLAM Prince
29 ( 19 ) I WILL BE WITH YOU T'Pau
30 ( 57 ) HUSTLE (TO THE MUSIC) Funky Worm

31 ( 22 ) ROSES ARE RED The Mac Band/ McCampbell Brothers
32 ( 18 ) SYMPTOM OF TRUE LOVE Tracie Spencer
33 ( 16 ) HEAT IT UP Wee Papa Girl Rappers featuring 2 Men & A Drum Machine
34 ( 47 ) BEATIN' THE HEAT Jack 'n' Chill
35 ( 25 ) WILD WORLD Maxi Priest
36 ( 36 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael
37 ( 48 ) IT'S NATURE'S WAY (NO PROBLEM) Dollar
38 ( NEW ) WHERE DID I GO WRONG UB40
39 ( 39 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
40 ( 30 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle

41 ( NEW ) PEEK A BOO Siouxsie & The Banshees
42 ( 42 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
43 ( 33 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan
44 ( 40 ) BREAKFAST IN BED UB40/ Chrissie Hynde
45 ( 49 ) MAD ABOUT YOU Belinda Carlisle
46 ( 29 ) NITE AND DAY Al B. Sure!
47 ( 24 ) TOMORROW PEOPLE Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers
48 ( 28 ) FIESTA The Pogues
49 ( NEW ) GOOD TRADITION Tanita Tikarim
50 ( 26 ) GOD GAVE ROCK 'N' ROLL TO YOU Dennis Greaves & The Truth

51 ( 51 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
52 ( 52 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
53 ( 41 ) PARADISE Sade
54 ( 54 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
55 ( 45 ) NO CONVERSATION View From The Hill
56 ( 56 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince
57 ( 60 ) PERFECT WORLD Huey Lewis & The News
58 ( 74 ) WORKING IN A GOLDMINE Aztec Camera
59 ( 59 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
60 ( 46 ) YOU HAVE PLACED A CHILL IN MY HEART Eurythmics

61 ( 35 ) CROSS MY HEART Eighth Wonder
62 ( 67 ) CHAINS OF LOVE Erasure
63 ( 58 ) EVERY DAY IS LIKE SUNDAY Morrissey
64 ( 64 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
65 ( 63 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5
66 ( NEW ) I'LL BE THERE Robe
67 ( NEW ) THE LOCOMOTION Kylie Minogue
68 ( 69 ) BAD Michael Jackson
69 ( 61 ) SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART Aztec Camera
70 ( NEW ) RETURN TO YESTERDAY The Lilac Time

71 ( NEW ) THE HARDER I TRY Brother Beyond
72 ( 72 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis
73 ( NEW ) LIKE DREAMERS DO Mica Paris/ Courtney Pine
74 ( NEW ) ON THE BEACH '88 Chris Rea
75 ( 75 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys


6th Aug
PLAYIST OLDIES

1 WE’VE ONLY JUST BEGUN Carpenters
2 LOVE IN A WORLD GONE MAD Bucks Fizz
3 HAVE YOU SEEN HER Chi-Lites

Posted by: Bjork 7th August 2020, 09:49 PM

lots of action into the top 10, glad I Say Nothing and Happy Ever After made it. I think I listened to Julia Fordham's album the other day and I was positively surprised, was pretty good, really liked another song from the album called Where does the time go, but not sure if it was a single...

from the newies I really liked Tanita Tikaram's Good Tradition, her voice was a bit out there but she was good. Sadly another UK female singer that only was popular for just the 1 album.

Posted by: Popchartfreak 14th August 2020, 01:36 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Aug 7 2020, 10:49 PM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 14th August 2020, 01:57 PM

13th August 1988

It's a 3rd week on top for Kim, holding off the serious challenge from Ye Ke Ye Ke up to 2, with Julia Fordham happy ever after with a peak of 3. S'Express grab another top 5, Robbie Robertson does what The Band never managed, by going top 10, though The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (his song) did it for Joan Baez in 1971, Fairground Attraction get a 2nd top 10, and The Commodores finally make the top 10 as the highest entry, with the reactivated (due to an advert) Easy, which hit my top 20 in 1977.

Brother Beyond have a massive climb from 71 to 17, as do Aztec Camera from 58 to 18, while Rod The Mod gets his 25th top 20, including Faces hits, which is a pretty good hit ratio. Tanita Tikarim is up to the top 40, while new into the 40 go Nat's daughter with Jump Start at 30 - something my car needs lately - Quo with a charity re-record of their big 1977 hit, Joan Jett back 6 years on from her Arrows cover, Julio Iglesias back 7 years since he began the Beguine towing along Stevie Wonder (or is it the other way around?) who thus gets 20 years of chart entries, and the fab Womack & Womack debut with the fab Teardrops - that'll be Cecil, Bobby Womack's brother, and his wife Linda aka Sam Cooke's daughter, the second singing-legend daughter in the rundown.

Climie Fisher keep the run going, a-ha are a bit touchy about not going straight into the 40, Brian Wilson now back recording and having non-Beach Boys hits with Love And Mercy (I bought it on 3inch cd - yes such a thing existed once upon a time), for 20 years of chart entries, Bobby Brown begs Don't Be Cruel 5 years after Candy Girl, New Edition's debut, Hall & Oates almost have a Missed Opportunity but make it 12 years of chart entries since She's Gone, Van Halen pop back with one I don't remember, ditto Al B. Sure!, and ditto Big Country now also into a 5th year of chart action (or 9 years including The Skids).

1 ( 1 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde
2 ( 5 ) YE KE YE KE Mory Kante
3 ( 7 ) HAPPY EVER AFTER Julia Fordham
4 ( 2 ) THE ONLY WAY IS UP Yazz & The Plastic Population
5 ( 9 ) SUPERFLY GUY S'Express
6 ( 4 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael
7 ( NEW ) EASY The Commodores
8 ( 3 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson
9 ( 19 ) SOMEWHERE DOWN THE CRAZY RIVER Robbie Robertson
10 ( 15 ) FIND MY LOVE Fairground Attraction

11 ( 18 ) COULDN'T GET IT RIGHT '88 Climax Blues Band
12 ( 6 ) SOLDIER OF LOVE Donny Osmond
13 ( 16 ) HAND TO HEAVEN Breathe
14 ( 26 ) RUSH HOUR Jane Wiedlin
15 ( 24 ) MARTHA'S HARBOUR All About Eve
16 ( 8 ) I NEED YOU B.V.S.M.P.
17 ( 71 ) THE HARDER I TRY Brother Beyond
18 ( 58 ) WORKING IN A GOLDMINE Aztec Camera
19 ( 25 ) FOREVER YOUNG Rod Stewart
20 ( 31 ) ROSES ARE RED The Mac Band/ McCampbell Brothers

21 ( 11 ) IN THE AIR TONIGHT (1988) Phil Collins
22 ( 43 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan
23 ( 13 ) FOOLISH BEAT Debbie Gibson
24 ( 14 ) REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE (REMIX) The Four Tops
25 ( 10 ) I SAY NOTHING Voice Of The Beehive
26 ( 12 ) WHAT CAN I SAY TO MAKE YOU LOVE ME Alexander O'Neal
27 ( 17 ) NEVER TEAR US APART INXS
28 ( 49 ) GOOD TRADITION Tanita Tikarim
29 ( 30 ) HUSTLE (TO THE MUSIC) Funky Worm
30 ( NEW ) JUMP START Natalie Cole

31 ( 23 ) MY GIRL AND ME Gangway
32 ( 22 ) THE FLAME Cheap Trick
33 ( 21 ) I WANT YOUR LOVE Transvision Vamp
34 ( 38 ) WHERE DID I GO WRONG UB40
35 ( NEW ) RUNNIN' ALL OVER THE WORLD Status Quo
36 ( NEW ) I HATE MYSELF FOR LOVING YOU Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
37 ( NEW ) MY LOVE Julio Iglesias/ Stevie Wonder
38 ( 36 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael
39 ( NEW ) TEARDROPS Womack & Womack
40 ( 39 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies

41 ( 41 ) PEEK A BOO Siouxsie & The Banshees
42 ( 20 ) NOWHERE TO RUN Martha & The Vandellas
43 ( 42 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
44 ( 29 ) I WILL BE WITH YOU T'Pau
45 ( 40 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle
46 ( NEW ) I WON'T BLEED FOR YOU Climie Fisher
47 ( 35 ) WILD WORLD Maxi Priest
48 ( 27 ) PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa
49 ( NEW ) TOUCHY a-ha
50 ( 37 ) IT'S NATURE'S WAY (NO PROBLEM) Dollar

51 ( 51 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
52 ( 52 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
53 ( 32 ) SYMPTOM OF TRUE LOVE Tracie Spencer
54 ( 54 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
55 ( 28 ) GLAM SLAM Prince
56 ( NEW ) LOVE AND MERCY Brian Wilson
57 ( 56 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince
58 ( NEW ) DON'T BE CRUEL Bobby Brown
59 ( 59 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
60 ( 44 ) BREAKFAST IN BED UB40/ Chrissie Hynde

61 ( 64 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
62 ( 74 ) ON THE BEACH '88 Chris Rea
63 ( 67 ) THE LOCOMOTION Kylie Minogue
64 ( 45 ) MAD ABOUT YOU Belinda Carlisle
65 ( 34 ) BEATIN' THE HEAT Jack 'n' Chill
66 ( 65 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5
67 ( 53 ) PARADISE Sade
68 ( NEW ) MISSED OPPORTUNITY Daryl Hall & John Oates
69 ( 68 ) BAD Michael Jackson
70 ( 33 ) HEAT IT UP Wee Papa Girl Rappers featuring 2 Men & A Drum Machine

71 ( NEW ) WHEN ITS LOVE Van Halen
72 ( NEW ) OFF ON YOUR OWN (GIRL) Al B. Sure!
73 ( 72 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis
74 ( NEW ) KING OF EMOTION Big Country
75 ( 75 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys



Playlist oldies and album tracks of that week
1 RIDE A WHITE SWAN T.Rex
2 SOME PEOPLE Cliff Richard
3 JET Paul McCartney & Wings

Posted by: Sergej 14th August 2020, 02:30 PM

Hi John!
Nice to see "You Came" at #1, as well as "Ye Ke Ye Ke" in the top 3, the big gains for "Anything For You" and "On The Beach" and the debuts for "Teardrops", "Missed Opportunity" and "When It's Love"!
Great chart!

Posted by: Bjork 15th August 2020, 10:28 AM

great top 3 and you can't get more diversity than Kim Wilde, More Kante and Julia Fordham.
From the newies, Teardrops is the clear standout.

Posted by: Steve201 16th August 2020, 12:45 PM

Teardrops, what a track!

Glad to see Dollar in there, that song wasn't a hit in the uk I don't think?

Posted by: Popchartfreak 21st August 2020, 07:16 PM

Thanks Sergej, Bjork, Steve, that Teardrops is mighty popular

The Dollar track scraped into the top 75 but that was bout it for Dollar and the UK charts!

Posted by: Popchartfreak 21st August 2020, 07:32 PM

20th August 1988

It's a 4th week on top for Kim Wilde, with Ye Ke Ye Ke stuck at 2, and Julia Fordham at 3. Gloria Estefan is on the rebound and gets a top 10 out of Anything For You, which I'd bought on CD single. It's on CBS. I mention that because they, and some of the budget labels, seem to have had problems with the lacquer used on discs reacting with the inks used on sleeves and they started discolouring and eventually becoming unplayable. So all the BS about CD's being essentially indestructible was PR nonsense. Vinyl is much more stable as long as you don't make the mistake of putting your most precious singles into PVC "protective" sleeves, like I did, and then leaving them secure in the knowledge that you'd done your best to secure their future. Only to find they also reacted to the PVC and gone dirty white, and ruined the sound. Absolute tragedy. Cardboard only, trust me.

In a quiet week for new entries, Jibaro is the highest. No I don't remember it either. It's a very-1988-dance-track, before morphing late on into a tune i recognise - it's the fab 1971 Santana-esque latin instrumental Sultana, by Titanic. Marc Almond enters lower, but I do recall Tears Runs Rings as good, and it extends his chart run to 7 years. Matt Bianco battles on 4 years into chart entrues, as do Scritti Politti, Bomb The Bass return looking to beat dat, and Kajagoogoo (more or less) pop up 5 years later.


1 ( 1 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde
2 ( 2 ) YE KE YE KE Mory Kante
3 ( 3 ) HAPPY EVER AFTER Julia Fordham
4 ( 7 ) EASY The Commodores
5 ( 9 ) SOMEWHERE DOWN THE CRAZY RIVER Robbie Robertson
6 ( 5 ) SUPERFLY GUY S'Express
7 ( 4 ) THE ONLY WAY IS UP Yazz & The Plastic Population
8 ( 22 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan
9 ( 10 ) FIND MY LOVE Fairground Attraction
10 ( 13 ) HAND TO HEAVEN Breathe

11 ( 6 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael
12 ( 12 ) SOLDIER OF LOVE Donny Osmond
13 ( 14 ) RUSH HOUR Jane Wiedlin
14 ( 8 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson
15 ( 17 ) THE HARDER I TRY Brother Beyond
16 ( 18 ) WORKING IN A GOLDMINE Aztec Camera
17 ( 15 ) MARTHA'S HARBOUR All About Eve
18 ( 19 ) FOREVER YOUNG Rod Stewart
19 ( 16 ) I NEED YOU B.V.S.M.P.
20 ( 28 ) GOOD TRADITION Tanita Tikarim

21 ( 11 ) COULDN'T GET IT RIGHT '88 Climax Blues Band
22 ( 34 ) WHERE DID I GO WRONG UB40
23 ( 21 ) IN THE AIR TONIGHT (1988) Phil Collins
24 ( 30 ) JUMP START Natalie Cole
25 ( 29 ) HUSTLE (TO THE MUSIC) Funky Worm
26 ( 23 ) FOOLISH BEAT Debbie Gibson
27 ( 39 ) TEARDROPS Womack & Womack
28 ( 36 ) I HATE MYSELF FOR LOVING YOU Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
29 ( 37 ) MY LOVE Julio Iglesias/ Stevie Wonder
30 ( 35 ) RUNNIN' ALL OVER THE WORLD Status Quo

31 ( 24 ) REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE (REMIX) The Four Tops
32 ( 56 ) LOVE AND MERCY Brian Wilson
33 ( 58 ) DON'T BE CRUEL Bobby Brown
34 ( 20 ) ROSES ARE RED The Mac Band/ McCampbell Brothers
35 ( 49 ) TOUCHY a-ha
36 ( 46 ) I WON'T BLEED FOR YOU Climie Fisher
37 ( 26 ) WHAT CAN I SAY TO MAKE YOU LOVE ME Alexander O'Neal
38 ( 38 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael
39 ( 27 ) NEVER TEAR US APART INXS
40 ( 40 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies

41 ( 25 ) I SAY NOTHING Voice Of The Beehive
42 ( 43 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
43 ( 31 ) MY GIRL AND ME Gangway
44 ( 32 ) THE FLAME Cheap Trick
45 ( 33 ) I WANT YOUR LOVE Transvision Vamp
46 ( NEW ) ELECTRA Jibaro
47 ( 51 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
48 ( 52 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
49 ( 45 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle
50 ( 62 ) ON THE BEACH '88 Chris Rea

51 ( 63 ) THE LOCOMOTION Kylie Minogue
52 ( 44 ) I WILL BE WITH YOU T'Pau
53 ( 54 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
54 ( 42 ) NOWHERE TO RUN Martha & The Vandellas
55 ( 41 ) PEEK A BOO Siouxsie & The Banshees
56 ( 47 ) WILD WORLD Maxi Priest
57 ( 57 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince
58 ( 59 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
59 ( 48 ) PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa
60 ( NEW ) TEARS RUN RINGS Marc Almond

61 ( 61 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
62 ( NEW ) GOOD TIMES Matt Bianco
63 ( NEW ) FIRST BOY IN THIS TOWN (LOVESICK) Scritti Politti
64 ( 71 ) WHEN ITS LOVE Van Halen
65 ( 60 ) BREAKFAST IN BED UB40/ Chrissie Hynde
66 ( 66 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5
67 ( 74 ) KING OF EMOTION Big Country
68 ( 68 ) MISSED OPPORTUNITY Daryl Hall & John Oates
69 ( 69 ) BAD Michael Jackson
70 ( 67 ) PARADISE Sade

71 ( NEW ) DON'T MAKE ME WAIT Bomb The Bass
72 ( 72 ) OFF ON YOUR OWN (GIRL) Al B. Sure!
73 ( 73 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis
74 ( NEW ) BAD TIMES Ellis, Beggs & Howard (Kajagoogoo)
75 ( 75 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys
76 ( RE ) ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson


Playlist oldies of the week
1 JEALOUS MIND Alvin Stardust
2 THIRD FINGER LEFT HAND The Pearls
3 WAY OF LIFE Family Dogg
4 ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson

Posted by: Steve201 21st August 2020, 11:54 PM

Nice chart Pop!

What was your thoughts on 'Marthas Harbour'? I see it only peaked at 15 for you!

What was the background to Kajagoogoo, thought they ended in 1984 as they didn't have any hits after that on TOTP?

Posted by: Bjork 22nd August 2020, 07:42 AM

was that its peak? hoping for a re-climb
Marthas harbour might be my favourite song of the entire 80s

Posted by: Steve201 22nd August 2020, 08:57 AM

I loved it on the TOTP repeats of 88, even with the performance everyone remembers!

Posted by: Popchartfreak 22nd August 2020, 10:54 AM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Aug 22 2020, 12:54 AM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 22nd August 2020, 10:55 AM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Aug 22 2020, 08:42 AM)

was that its peak? hoping for a re-climb
Marthas harbour might be my favourite song of the entire 80s

Posted by: Bjork 22nd August 2020, 11:47 AM

poor Eves :/ they should totally re-form now like all these 80s bands are doing

Posted by: Steve201 22nd August 2020, 12:28 PM

QUOTE(Popchartfreak @ Aug 22 2020, 11:54 AM)

Ta Steve It's a lovely track Martha's Harbour, should have been a top 10 for me easily, but my charts are always a reflection of my mood at the time and there were 5 ballads I liked even more and lots of uptempo stuff. If I were to compile a chart from what I like now it would be quite different, some in the top 10 wouldnt be in it, and some out of it would be higher. That's why I often rechart oldies if they underperformed, given an excuse

Kajagoogoo got all backstabby at their peak, I think Limahl was dumped in a coup (or he just got fed up and left) both had success for a year or two, Limahls not bad, Kaja not so much but they limped on losing the googoo (which was always silly as a band name) and then tried it without the band name at all, which by that time was a hindrance as they had become a bit of a laughing stock. Limahl, not having the brand, didnt have that disadvantage.

In hindsight some people love Too Shy, and remember it with fondness, but they weren't generally loved for a long time....

Posted by: Popchartfreak 22nd August 2020, 03:22 PM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Aug 22 2020, 01:28 PM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 28th August 2020, 07:38 PM

27th August 1988

It's another week, another Michael Jackson number one from Bad - Another Part Of Me had been popping into my playlists over the last 12 months after seeing Captain Eo at Epcot, but had finally been released as a single, albeit without the sci-fi extravaganza and just a live concert footage video, sadly. It was a new entry at 1, technically, but I've retrospectively given playlisted album tracks chart positions of 76-78, so it goes to show that they should in fact be much much higher than that had I changed my chart rules. It's Jacko's 5th consecutive number one off the album, his 10th solo and 14th in total.

Brother Beyond and Jane Wieldin get top 10 slots, and Phil Collins does a rather lovely, subtle version of the fab 60's Mindbenders track, A Groovy Kind Of Love, which I loved as a kid, taken from his Buster movie, in at 19. Also from the film, The Four Tops & Smokey Robinson return to hit chart-dom 20-odd years on from Baby I Need Your Loving, truly Indestructible at 35. Guns 'n' Roses jump in at 22 with a rock classic, Sweet Child 'O' Mine changing the face of US rock music into a punkier, more aggressive version, as one of the bands responsible for AOR Rock, The Eagles, return with classic oldie Hotel California, which made my top 10 in 1977, this time in at 24.

Spagna gets a decent follow-up, though not a decent haircut, Barry Gibb has another solo entry without his brothers 20 years almost to the day since debuting in my first "official" chart as a Bee Gee, and Billy Idol is still fiery after 9 years. Nick Heyward's flop but good single, You're My World, extends his run to 7 years since he had his 100th haircut, and Swiss duo Yello debut with The Race at 50, as they are back in action with a new track in my charts this week some 32 years later and still sounding quirky.

Spandau are reaching the end of the line with Raw, Elton John is awaiting his chart resurrection with Town Of Plenty not doing it, Blues star Muddy Waters debuts with his Mannish Boy, then a very-old 33 years-old recording selling due to a jeans advert (probably) - at the time one of the longest chronological gaps from recording to debuting in my chart. Only Winifred Shaw's Lullaby Of Broadway (41 years) and Laurel & Hardy's Trail Of The Lonesome Pine (39 years) bested it.

Belinda Carlisle pops in with another, Ruby Turner covers Stevie Wonder, Europe are back 2 years on from a final countdown feeling superstitious, John Cougar is Rooty Tooting, James Brown is Static, and Run-DMC cover The Monkees' Mary Mary, a Michael Nesmith song just to show that supposed "boybands" and "manufactured" acts can actually create their own quality material thank you very much.


1 ( 76 ) ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson
2 ( 2 ) YE KE YE KE Mory Kante
3 ( 5 ) SOMEWHERE DOWN THE CRAZY RIVER Robbie Robertson
4 ( 1 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde
5 ( 3 ) HAPPY EVER AFTER Julia Fordham
6 ( 8 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan
7 ( 15 ) THE HARDER I TRY Brother Beyond
8 ( 10 ) HAND TO HEAVEN Breathe
9 ( 4 ) EASY The Commodores
10 ( 13 ) RUSH HOUR Jane Wiedlin

11 ( 7 ) THE ONLY WAY IS UP Yazz & The Plastic Population
12 ( 12 ) SOLDIER OF LOVE Donny Osmond
13 ( 6 ) SUPERFLY GUY S'Express
14 ( 9 ) FIND MY LOVE Fairground Attraction
15 ( 11 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael
16 ( 27 ) TEARDROPS Womack & Womack
17 ( 22 ) WHERE DID I GO WRONG UB40
18 ( 20 ) GOOD TRADITION Tanita Tikarim
19 ( NEW ) GROOVY KIND OF LOVE Phil Collins
20 ( 24 ) JUMP START Natalie Cole

21 ( 14 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson
22 ( NEW ) SWEET CHILD O' MINE Guns 'n' Roses
23 ( NEW ) EVERY GIRL AND BOY Spagna
24 ( NEW ) HOTEL CALIFORNIA The Eagles
25 ( 16 ) WORKING IN A GOLDMINE Aztec Camera
26 ( 18 ) FOREVER YOUNG Rod Stewart
27 ( 36 ) I WON'T BLEED FOR YOU Climie Fisher
28 ( 28 ) I HATE MYSELF FOR LOVING YOU Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
29 ( 35 ) TOUCHY a-ha
30 ( 30 ) RUNNIN' ALL OVER THE WORLD Status Quo

31 ( 17 ) MARTHA'S HARBOUR All About Eve
32 ( 23 ) IN THE AIR TONIGHT (1988) Phil Collins
33 ( 19 ) I NEED YOU B.V.S.M.P.
34 ( 26 ) FOOLISH BEAT Debbie Gibson
35 ( NEW ) INDESTRUCTIBLE The Four Tops/ Smokey Robinson
36 ( 71 ) DON'T MAKE ME WAIT Bomb The Bass
37 ( NEW ) CHILDHOOD DAYS Barry Gibb
38 ( NEW ) CATCH MY FIRE Billy Idol
39 ( 40 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
40 ( NEW ) YOU'RE MY WORLD Nick Heyward

41 ( 21 ) COULDN'T GET IT RIGHT '88 Climax Blues Band
42 ( 31 ) REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE (REMIX) The Four Tops
43 ( 38 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael
44 ( 42 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
45 ( 32 ) LOVE AND MERCY Brian Wilson
46 ( 50 ) ON THE BEACH '88 Chris Rea
47 ( 29 ) MY LOVE Julio Iglesias/ Stevie Wonder
48 ( 48 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
49 ( 47 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
50 ( NEW ) THE RACE Yello

51 ( 25 ) HUSTLE (TO THE MUSIC) Funky Worm
52 ( NEW ) RAW Spandau Ballet
53 ( 33 ) DON'T BE CRUEL Bobby Brown
54 ( 53 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
55 ( 49 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle
56 ( 60 ) TEARS RUN RINGS Marc Almond
57 ( 62 ) GOOD TIMES Matt Bianco
58 ( 39 ) NEVER TEAR US APART INXS
59 ( NEW ) TOWN OF PLENTY Elton John
60 ( 58 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

61 ( 37 ) WHAT CAN I SAY TO MAKE YOU LOVE ME Alexander O'Neal
62 ( 61 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
63 ( NEW ) MANNISH BOY Muddy Waters
64 ( 46 ) ELECTRA Jibaro
65 ( 57 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince
66 ( 45 ) I WANT YOUR LOVE Transvision Vamp
67 ( NEW ) WORLD WITHOUT YOU Belinda Carlisle
68 ( 63 ) FIRST BOY IN THIS TOWN (LOVESICK) Scritti Politti
69 ( NEW ) SIGNED SEALED DELIVER'D (I'M YOURS) Ruby Turner
70 ( 66 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5

71 ( 69 ) BAD Michael Jackson
72 ( NEW ) SUPERSTITIOUS Europe
73 ( NEW ) ROOTY TOOT TOOT John Cougar Mellencamp
74 ( NEW ) MARY MARY Run-DMC
75 ( NEW ) STATIC James Brown

Playlist faves of that week
1 SPEAK LIKE A CHILD The Style Council
BUCKS FIZZ LIVE AT SOUTHAMPTON MAYFAIR THEATRE
1 NEW BEGINNING (MAMBA SEYRA)
2 THE LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE
3 ROCK MEDLEY

Posted by: Bjork 29th August 2020, 05:54 AM

poor Yeke Yeke stuck at #2 again but love Another Part of Me so cannot complain
from the newies, Sweet child o'Mine is a classic, also liked the latest Belinda Carlisle, the 4 singles from Heaven on Earth were all great

Posted by: Steve201 29th August 2020, 01:33 PM

Didn't they re-release 'Sweet Child O Mine' in 1989 too? Why was that? Got into the top 10 officially.

Love 'The Race' always reminds me of Nuns On The Run! Yello have a new album out on 2/10/20.

Always nice to see Spandau and Nick Heywood on your charts as they didn't make it onto TOTP any this stage ☹️

Posted by: Bjork 31st August 2020, 05:51 AM

yes in the UK the original release of Sweet child o'mine didn't do much, went top 40 but didn't set the charts on fire like in the US (#1 I believe)
so in the UK it got re-released in mid 89

this is how the first era charted for Guns n Roses in the UK:

It's so easy/84
Welcome to the jungle/67
Sweet child o’mine/24
Welcome to the jungle/24 (re-issue)
Paradise city/6
Sweet child o’mine/6 (re-issue)
Patience/10
Nightrain/17

Posted by: Steve201 31st August 2020, 02:56 PM

I'm on to Nightrain on the TOTP 1989 episodes!

Posted by: Popchartfreak 4th September 2020, 07:25 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Aug 29 2020, 06:54 AM)

poor Yeke Yeke stuck at #2 again but love Another Part of Me so cannot complain
from the newies, Sweet child o'Mine is a classic, also liked the latest Belinda Carlisle, the 4 singles from Heaven on Earth were all great

Posted by: Popchartfreak 4th September 2020, 07:27 PM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Aug 29 2020, 02:33 PM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 4th September 2020, 07:52 PM

4th September 1988

It's a beer commercial re-issued instant number one for The Hollies' He Ain't Heavy...He's My Brother, a record I missed first-time round as I was out the country in Singapore, but one I got to know from 1974 onwards and grew to love, so that given a chance it smashes in at 1. 19 years to wait to top the chart is a long span for a song, but not the longest (see Doris Day Move Over Darling in 1987), while The Hollies having to wait 20 years from debut to get a chart-topper is a record at this point in time. Womack & Womack get a 2nd top 10 4 years after the fab Love Games hit 2, Phil Collins gets a groovy top 10, his 2nd of the year, a 7-year-span solo or 10 years since Genesis' Follow You Follow Me.

Spagna does what Call Me didn't, going top 10, and Giant Steps enter at 19 with a track I draw a blank on, Another Lover. Playing it now, oh yes it comes back to me, I like this one, think I bought it. 550 views on YouTube in 3 years, so not many remember it, clearly. Sounds very like Scritti Politti, so that's a shame it flopped. Bill Withers' 1978 classic Lovely Day gets an 80's spruce-up which doesn't ruin it, but doesn't improve on the original, in at 23, Marc Almond gets a huge leap up from 56 to 25 with Tears Run Rings as 32 years later he releases a T.Rex cover of Teenage Dream.

Belinda Carlisle has an even bigger leap with World Without You making it 4 for 4 top 40's off the album, Yello get a debut top 40, not their last, and they feature in my current chart with a new track, as wacky as ever in 2020. The Primitives go in at 39 with a pleasantly 60's-ish jangly Way Behind Me, Coldcut return with vocalist Junior Reid this time on Stop This Crazy Thing, Cher's back with Skin Deep, giving her 17 years of solo action, though it's really 23 years from me first loving Sonny & Cher. Rocky Horror gives us The Time Warp 13 years late in my charts, via Damien, Vanessa Paradis follows-up, Level 42 still churn them out 5 years in, Salt'n'Pepa work-out to an Isley Brothers oldie, Righteous Brother Bill Medley bottoms out the chart with the same song that's on top, which makes almost 20 years of chart entries for him, and rather neatly Unchained Melody will take that record off The Hollies in 1990 for The Righteous Brothers. That just leaves The Pasadenas debuting with a pure Philly groove throwback-alike, the fab Riding On A Train.


1 ( NEW ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies
2 ( 1 ) ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson
3 ( 2 ) YE KE YE KE Mory Kante
4 ( 7 ) THE HARDER I TRY Brother Beyond
5 ( 16 ) TEARDROPS Womack & Womack
6 ( 3 ) SOMEWHERE DOWN THE CRAZY RIVER Robbie Robertson
7 ( 19 ) GROOVY KIND OF LOVE Phil Collins
8 ( 4 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde
9 ( 5 ) HAPPY EVER AFTER Julia Fordham
10 ( 23 ) EVERY GIRL AND BOY Spagna

11 ( 10 ) RUSH HOUR Jane Wiedlin
12 ( 6 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan
13 ( 8 ) HANDS TO HEAVEN Breathe
14 ( 17 ) WHERE DID I GO WRONG UB40
15 ( 11 ) THE ONLY WAY IS UP Yazz & The Plastic Population
16 ( 40 ) YOU'RE MY WORLD Nick Heyward
17 ( 24 ) HOTEL CALIFORNIA The Eagles
18 ( 22 ) SWEET CHILD O' MINE Guns 'n' Roses
19 ( NEW ) ANOTHER LOVER Giant Steps
20 ( 12 ) SOLDIER OF LOVE Donny Osmond

21 ( 9 ) EASY The Commodores
22 ( 13 ) SUPERFLY GUY S'Express
23 ( NEW ) LOVELY DAY (SUNSHINE MIX) Bill Withers
24 ( 14 ) FIND MY LOVE Fairground Attraction
25 ( 56 ) TEARS RUN RINGS Marc Almond
26 ( 15 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael
27 ( 67 ) WORLD WITHOUT YOU Belinda Carlisle
28 ( 18 ) GOOD TRADITION Tanita Tikarim
29 ( 29 ) TOUCHY a-ha
30 ( 38 ) CATCH MY FIRE Billy Idol

31 ( 21 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson
32 ( 36 ) DON'T MAKE ME WAIT Bomb The Bass
33 ( 35 ) INDESTRUCTIBLE The Four Tops/ Smokey Robinson
34 ( 28 ) I HATE MYSELF FOR LOVING YOU Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
35 ( 26 ) FOREVER YOUNG Rod Stewart
36 ( 20 ) JUMP START Natalie Cole
37 ( 37 ) CHILDHOOD DAYS Barry Gibb
38 ( 50 ) THE RACE Yello
39 ( NEW ) WAY BEHIND ME The Primitives
40 ( 39 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies

41 ( 32 ) IN THE AIR TONIGHT (1988) Phil Collins
42 ( 25 ) WORKING IN A GOLDMINE Aztec Camera
43 ( NEW ) STOP THIS CRAZY THING Coldcut/ Junior Reid
44 ( 43 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael
45 ( 44 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
46 ( 52 ) RAW Spandau Ballet
47 ( 47 ) MY LOVE Julio Iglesias/ Stevie Wonder
48 ( 34 ) FOOLISH BEAT Debbie Gibson
49 ( 48 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
50 ( 49 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

51 ( NEW ) SKIN DEEP Cher
52 ( NEW ) THE TIME WARP Damien II
53 ( 57 ) GOOD TIMES Matt Bianco
54 ( 42 ) REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE (REMIX) The Four Tops
55 ( 54 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
56 ( 63 ) MANNISH BOY Muddy Waters
57 ( 59 ) TOWN OF PLENTY Elton John
58 ( 68 ) FIRST BOY IN THIS TOWN (LOVESICK) Scritti Politti
59 ( 60 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
60 ( NEW ) MARILYN AND JOHN Vanessa Paradis

61 ( 31 ) MARTHA'S HARBOUR All About Eve
62 ( 62 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
63 ( 55 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle
64 ( 33 ) I NEED YOU B.V.S.M.P.
65 ( 69 ) SIGNED SEALED DELIVER'D (I'M YOURS) Ruby Turner
66 ( 27 ) I WON'T BLEED FOR YOU Climie Fisher
67 ( NEW ) HEAVEN IN MY HANDS Level 42
68 ( 30 ) RUNNIN' ALL OVER THE WORLD Status Quo
69 ( 58 ) NEVER TEAR US APART INXS
70 ( 70 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5

71 ( NEW ) SHAKE YOUR THANG (IT'S YOUR THING) Salt 'n' Pepa
72 ( 65 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince
73 ( NEW ) RIDING ON A TRAIN The Pasadenas
74 ( 71 ) BAD Michael Jackson
75 ( NEW ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER Bill Medley


4th Sept
PLAYIST OLDIES

1 LOVE IN A WORLD GONE MAD Bucks Fizz
2 LA LA MEANS I LOVE YOU The Delfonics
3 ALMOST THERE Andy Williams
4 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU Dolly Parton

Posted by: Bjork 4th September 2020, 09:13 PM

Oh I do remember that Giant Steps song, The world don't need another love, but didn't know they were British
I remember it as huge in the US, so always assumed they were Americans
Crazy it flopped in their home country

I also liked the Hollies song, and from the newies I really liked Way Behind me by Primitives, not as good as Crash but nice enough,
also liked the Vanessa Paradis one, too bad it did nothing in the charts

Posted by: Steve201 4th September 2020, 10:47 PM

Is the Damien song ‘The Time Warp’ the song played on TOTP 1989 the other week?

Posted by: Popchartfreak 5th September 2020, 07:21 AM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Sep 4 2020, 10:13 PM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 5th September 2020, 07:25 AM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Sep 4 2020, 11:47 PM)

Posted by: Steve201 5th September 2020, 02:09 PM

Apparently he sadly passed away 2/3 years ago unfort

Posted by: Popchartfreak 12th September 2020, 09:48 AM

11th September 1988

It's another 60's classic in at 1 for the second week in a row, this time The Beatles Hey Jude back on top for the 3rd occasion, after topping my first ever chart - I SAY first-ever, what I mean is my first-ever retro chart that I retroactively compiled a few years later as I considered Hey Jude ground zero for my chart obsession - I discovered Alan Freeman's Sunday chart rundown and became an avid listener 20 years earlier when it got to number one in the UK charts, then it topped my chart in 1976 during the mass invasion of Beatles singles reissues, and now again for the 20th anniversary release as it charted again.

Meanwhile Bill Withers makes it top 5 for the second time, 10 years later and remixed, UB40 add to their long list of top 10's, and Nick Heyward gets a top 10 with a UK flop single, one of his best solo records that was quite annoying. Highest new song is Pet Shop Boys' Domino Dancing, the video hinting that the duo might not be quite the hetero-pop act they never claimed to be, in at 14 and produced in Florida as the dance scene was hot with the latino-tinged productions originating there. In at 20, Beach Boy legend Brian Wilson was back and producing music on his own. The voice might have been changed by the drugs and lack of use, but Love And Mercy still entered high, as The Beach Boys had appeared on my first chart rundown 20 years earlier.

Elton has a big climb into the 30 with Town Of Plenty, as I remained faithful while the hits dried up, ditto Midge Ure new in at 57 12 years since he debuted in Slik, before morphing through Rich Kids, Ultravox, Visage, Band Aid and solo. Answers To Nothing, Midge. Carly Simon is back with a live version of her signature tune, You're So Vain, that Warren Beatty commentary, and Dead Or Alive scrape in with Turn Around And Count To 10.


1 ( NEW ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
2 ( 1 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies
3 ( 2 ) ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson
4 ( 5 ) TEARDROPS Womack & Womack
5 ( 23 ) LOVELY DAY (SUNSHINE MIX) Bill Withers
6 ( 7 ) GROOVY KIND OF LOVE Phil Collins
7 ( 4 ) THE HARDER I TRY Brother Beyond
8 ( 3 ) YE KE YE KE Mory Kante
9 ( 14 ) WHERE DID I GO WRONG UB40
10 ( 16 ) YOU'RE MY WORLD Nick Heyward

11 ( 27 ) WORLD WITHOUT YOU Belinda Carlisle
12 ( 6 ) SOMEWHERE DOWN THE CRAZY RIVER Robbie Robertson
13 ( 8 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde
14 ( NEW ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys
15 ( 12 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan
16 ( 25 ) TEARS RUN RINGS Marc Almond
17 ( 18 ) SWEET CHILD O' MINE Guns 'n' Roses
18 ( 11 ) RUSH HOUR Jane Wiedlin
19 ( 15 ) THE ONLY WAY IS UP Yazz & The Plastic Population
20 ( NEW ) LOVE AND MERCY Brian Wilson

21 ( 13 ) HANDS TO HEAVEN Breathe
22 ( 9 ) HAPPY EVER AFTER Julia Fordham
23 ( 19 ) ANOTHER LOVER Giant Steps
24 ( 30 ) CATCH MY FIRE Billy Idol
25 ( 10 ) EVERY GIRL AND BOY Spagna
26 ( 43 ) STOP THIS CRAZY THING Coldcut/ Junior Reid
27 ( 29 ) TOUCHY a-ha
28 ( 20 ) SOLDIER OF LOVE Donny Osmond
29 ( 57 ) TOWN OF PLENTY Elton John
30 ( 33 ) INDESTRUCTIBLE The Four Tops/ Smokey Robinson

31 ( 26 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael
32 ( 28 ) GOOD TRADITION Tanita Tikarim
33 ( 24 ) FIND MY LOVE Fairground Attraction
34 ( 51 ) SKIN DEEP Cher
35 ( 21 ) EASY The Commodores
36 ( 32 ) DON'T MAKE ME WAIT Bomb The Bass
37 ( 22 ) SUPERFLY GUY S'Express
38 ( 40 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
39 ( 31 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson
40 ( 53 ) GOOD TIMES Matt Bianco

41 ( 58 ) FIRST BOY IN THIS TOWN (LOVESICK) Scritti Politti
42 ( 38 ) THE RACE Yello
43 ( 17 ) HOTEL CALIFORNIA The Eagles
44 ( 39 ) WAY BEHIND ME The Primitives
45 ( 35 ) FOREVER YOUNG Rod Stewart
46 ( 49 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
47 ( 45 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
48 ( 44 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael
49 ( 50 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
50 ( 36 ) JUMP START Natalie Cole

51 ( RE ) WHY DID YOU DO IT Groove Train
52 ( 41 ) IN THE AIR TONIGHT (1988) Phil Collins
53 ( 46 ) RAW Spandau Ballet
54 ( 34 ) I HATE MYSELF FOR LOVING YOU Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
55 ( 73 ) RIDING ON A TRAIN The Pasadenas
56 ( 55 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
57 ( NEW ) ANSWERS TO NOTHING Midge Ure
58 ( 37 ) CHILDHOOD DAYS Barry Gibb
59 ( 59 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
60 ( 71 ) SHAKE YOUR THANG (IT'S YOUR THING) Salt 'n' Pepa

61 ( NEW ) YOU'RE SO VAIN (LIVE) Carly Simon
62 ( 62 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
63 ( 48 ) FOOLISH BEAT Debbie Gibson
64 ( 52 ) THE TIME WARP II Damian
65 ( 65 ) SIGNED SEALED DELIVER'D (I'M YOURS) Ruby Turner
66 ( 67 ) HEAVEN IN MY HANDS Level 42
67 ( 63 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle
68 ( 54 ) REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE (REMIX) The Four Tops
69 ( 75 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER Bill Medley
70 ( 70 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5

71 ( 42 ) WORKING IN A GOLDMINE Aztec Camera
72 ( 56 ) MANNISH BOY Muddy Waters
73 ( NEW ) TURN AROUND AND COUNT TO 10 Dead Or Alive
74 ( 72 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince
75 ( 74 ) BAD Michael Jackson



Playlist oldies and album tracks of that week
1 GET ON THE LINE The Archies
2 HOLIDAY The Other Ones
3 HURTING EACH OTHER Carpenters

Posted by: Steve201 13th September 2020, 09:50 AM

There’s plenty of oldies hitting the top of your charts in the late 80s Pop!

Is it due to a nostalgia for the era?

‘Teardrops’ is the best song in your chart imo!

Posted by: Popchartfreak 18th September 2020, 01:17 PM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Sep 13 2020, 10:50 AM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 18th September 2020, 01:58 PM

18th September 1988

It's 2 weeks on top, and 4 in total, for Hey Jude, as Domino Dancing challenges at 2 for Pet Shop Boys looking for their second hat-trick of chart-toppers, with the fab Teardrops giving Womack & Womack a second top 3 hit. Belinda carlisle makes it 4 top 10's in a row, and Marc Almond extends his run of top 10's to 7 years with Tears Run Rings. Cher adds to her long list if top 20's, Skin Deep, and Alexander O'Neal is highest new entry with a remix of Fake, already outdoing it's 1987 peak of 30 at 20.

In at 24 is the brilliant non-hit Anchorage from Michelle-Shocked who adapted a letter from a close friend into a wonderful song - and then didn't credit her and got taken to court, years later. Oops! Being inspired by a line or phrase is one thing, but a letter is still a creation as much as this paragraph is, and if someone copied it and put it to song without crediting me I'd be pissed off too. Admittedly it would be a dreadfully dull song, but the principle applies! The Pasadenas get a nice leap into the 40, meanwhile.

In a big inrush of new entries, Amy Grant debuts with Lead Me On at 39, she'll be back in 1991, Inner City enter with Big Fun. Not the boyband, the song. Livvy returns with The Rumour, 17 years into her chart career, and Bobby McFerrin debuts with a well-remembered upbeat tune, Don't Worry Be Happy. Not sure that would wash in 2020, but in 1988 things weren't quite as glum as they had been, or would be. Still a great pop record. Transvision Vamp keep the hits coming fast, Revolution Baby? The way things are going, yes.

Future UK chart-topper (albeit far future) I'm Gonna Be enters for The Proclaimers, I mean it was decent enough but it's not in the same league as Sunshine On Leith or Letter from America, so I'm still mystified by it's popularity! Cheap Trick are back after their comeback, with Don't Be Cruel making it 9 years of entries, Bananarama also keep the runs going, Truth, Honesty and that other elusive quality in 2020, Love, for 7 years of hits. Kevin Rowland has dropped the Dexy's, Tonight making it 8 years, Tracey Chapman is also talking about a revolution - about a year early, actually, but relevant - Bros say I Quit not too far ahead of making it so, Duran Duran join the 7-year-run club, and ditto Kim Wilde who follows up her chart-topper with a fabulous pop stomper but enters at a modest 75. It will go much higher....

1 ( 1 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
2 ( 14 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys
3 ( 4 ) TEARDROPS Womack & Womack
4 ( 2 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies
5 ( 5 ) LOVELY DAY (SUNSHINE MIX) Bill Withers
6 ( 3 ) ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson
7 ( 11 ) WORLD WITHOUT YOU Belinda Carlisle
8 ( 6 ) GROOVY KIND OF LOVE Phil Collins
9 ( 7 ) THE HARDER I TRY Brother Beyond
10 ( 16 ) TEARS RUN RINGS Marc Almond

11 ( 8 ) YE KE YE KE Mory Kante
12 ( 17 ) SWEET CHILD O' MINE Guns 'n' Roses
13 ( 10 ) YOU'RE MY WORLD Nick Heyward
14 ( 9 ) WHERE DID I GO WRONG UB40
15 ( 15 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan
16 ( 13 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde
17 ( 23 ) ANOTHER LOVER Giant Steps
18 ( 12 ) SOMEWHERE DOWN THE CRAZY RIVER Robbie Robertson
19 ( 34 ) SKIN DEEP Cher
20 ( NEW ) FAKE ('88 REMIX) Alexander O' Neal

21 ( 26 ) STOP THIS CRAZY THING Coldcut/ Junior Reid
22 ( 18 ) RUSH HOUR Jane Wiedlin
23 ( 19 ) THE ONLY WAY IS UP Yazz & The Plastic Population
24 ( NEW ) ANCHORAGE Michelle-Shocked
25 ( 25 ) EVERY GIRL AND BOY Spagna
26 ( 29 ) TOWN OF PLENTY Elton John
27 ( 27 ) TOUCHY a-ha
28 ( 22 ) HAPPY EVER AFTER Julia Fordham
29 ( 30 ) INDESTRUCTIBLE The Four Tops/ Smokey Robinson
30 ( 36 ) DON'T MAKE ME WAIT Bomb The Bass

31 ( 21 ) HANDS TO HEAVEN Breathe
32 ( 31 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael
33 ( 32 ) GOOD TRADITION Tanita Tikarim
34 ( 33 ) FIND MY LOVE Fairground Attraction
35 ( 20 ) LOVE AND MERCY Brian Wilson
36 ( 55 ) RIDING ON A TRAIN The Pasadenas
37 ( 28 ) SOLDIER OF LOVE Donny Osmond
38 ( 38 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
39 ( NEW ) LEAD ME ON Amy Grant
40 ( 39 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson

41 ( 35 ) EASY The Commodores
42 ( NEW ) BIG FUN Inner City/ Kevin Saunderson
43 ( 60 ) SHAKE YOUR THANG (IT'S YOUR THING) Salt 'n' Pepa
44 ( 24 ) CATCH MY FIRE Billy Idol
45 ( 46 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
46 ( 49 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
47 ( NEW ) THE RUMOUR Olivia Newton-John
48 ( 61 ) YOU'RE SO VAIN (LIVE) Carly Simon
49 ( 47 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
50 ( 57 ) ANSWERS TO NOTHING Midge Ure

51 ( 48 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael
52 ( 37 ) SUPERFLY GUY S'Express
53 ( 51 ) WHY DID YOU DO IT Groove Train
54 ( 40 ) GOOD TIMES Matt Bianco
55 ( NEW ) DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY Bobby McFerrin
56 ( 41 ) FIRST BOY IN THIS TOWN (LOVESICK) Scritti Politti
57 ( 56 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
58 ( 59 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
59 ( 44 ) WAY BEHIND ME The Primitives
60 ( NEW ) REVOLUTION BABY Transvision Vamp

61 ( NEW ) I'M GONNA BE (500 MILES) The Proclaimers
62 ( 62 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
63 ( 45 ) FOREVER YOUNG Rod Stewart
64 ( NEW ) DON'T BE CRUEL Cheap Trick
65 ( NEW ) LOVE TRUTH AND HONESTY Bananarama
66 ( 50 ) JUMP START Natalie Cole
67 ( NEW ) DON'T WALK AWAY Toni Childs
68 ( NEW ) TONIGHT Kevin Rowland
69 ( NEW ) TALKING 'BOUT A REVOLUTION Tracey Chapman
70 ( 70 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5

71 ( 67 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle
72 ( NEW ) I QUIT Bros
73 ( NEW ) I DON'T WANT YOUR LOVE Duran Duran
74 ( 75 ) BAD Michael Jackson
75 ( NEW ) NEVER TRUST A STRANGER Kim Wilde



Playlist oldies of the week
1 AMERICAN GENERATION The Ritchie Family
2 WHAT AM I DOING HANGING ROUND? The Monkees
3 LA VIE EN ROSE Grace Jones

Posted by: Bjork 18th September 2020, 03:26 PM

nice top 3, all classics, Domino Dancing is one of my fav PSB songs, and Teardrops is just pure class
also nice climbs for Belinda and GNRoses

lots of interesting newies, Transvision Vamp, Kim Wilde, Alexander O'Neal, Proclaimers, Tracy chapman, all great tracks

Posted by: Colm 18th September 2020, 09:12 PM

I'm way behind on this but I will comment

10th January 1988

1 ( 2 ) SHAME Eurythmics - not very familar with this song because it's not on their Greatest Hits and didn't make the Top 40. I expect it's a grower. The follow up singles all made the Top 40. I would have thought a January chart would be an easy challenge.

2 ( 1 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys - although I liked this a lot back then I didn't grow to love it until decades later. I really dont think anyone can match the 5 single run they produced in 1987/88

3 ( 3 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles - not really bothered with the whimsy
4 ( 4 ) I FOUND SOMEONE Cher - this was always my preference from the late 80s/early 90s resurgence. That voice.
5 ( NEW ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers - this is in my all time top 100. That's all that needs to be said.
6 ( 6 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson - The later singles from Bad are much better than the first two, for me.
7 ( 12 ) JINGO Jellybean - Even as a new convert to following the chart, I was puzzled by the release strategy, if you could call it that, of Jellybean.
8 ( 14 ) HOUSE ARREST Krush - this was the first dance song I ever loved. I followed it up the charts and was so delighted when it became a hit. 1988 was such a rollercoaster for amazing dance music. Exciting, innovative and taking over the charts.
9 ( 9 ) FAMILY MAN Fleetwood Mac - does anyone know why the success of the 5 singles from Tango in the Night was so inconsistent? It went Hit, Flop, Hit, Flop, Hit.
10 ( 16 ) HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH Belinda Carlisle - I was always slightly baffled by how big this was. Didn't really do much for me.

11 ( 8 ) TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne - well, this is utter genius. Powerhouse vocal, up to the second production. This is what Madonna should have been aiming for, back then.
12 ( 5 ) I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU Dusty Springfield - classic and my favourite of her 60s singles.
13 ( 7 ) FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl - as a 12 year old I though this was awful. I grew up and now obviously it's one of the greatest songs of any kind, ever.
14 ( NEW ) SIGN YOUR NAME Terence Trent D'Arby - his best single. Hypnotic.
15 ( 19 ) IDEAL WORLD The Christians - I've just put this on Spotify to see if it prompts any memories apart from the chorus, which I remember. It's a pleasant song - let's say that.
16 ( 13 ) LETTER FROM AMERICA The Proclaimers - I love songs that feature the actual speaking accent of the singers. And this is a great example. This had been tipped for Christmas number 1.
17 ( 24 ) THERE’S THE GIRL Heart - I don't recall this at all, now that I check it out on Spotify.
18 ( 15 ) LOVE LETTERS Alison Moyet - love this. She's always great.
19 ( 20 ) TURN BACK THE CLOCK Johnny Hates Jazz - I always felt these guys were in the shadow of Wet Wet Wet. Inoffensive stuff
20 ( 11 ) WHEN I FALL IN LOVE Nat ‘King’ Cole - so classy - showed Rick Astley's version for what it was.

21 ( 10 ) ESP The Bee Gees - I don't remember this at all. Doesn't sound great, now that I listen to it.
22 ( 18 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac - wonderful song. Probably my favourite of the Tango in the Night era.
23 ( 54 ) HOT IN THE CITY Billy Idol - nothing remarkable.
24 ( 32 ) I CAN’T HELP IT Bananarama - nowhere near as good as Love in the First Degree.
25 ( 30 ) RISE TO THE OCCASION Climie Fisher - the hit version is better than the album version but sounded like the music didn't really suit the vocals.
26 ( 21 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees - I didn't really get this at the time. It's now one of my favourite 80s singles. There's flashes of ELO in there.
27 ( 41 ) I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW Tiffany - I keep promising to do a mash up of this and Blue Monday. Some day.
28 ( 33 ) ANGEL EYES Wet Wet Wet - I think they're actually underrated.
29 ( 27 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies - not really my sorta thing
30 ( 17 ) LET ME BE THE ONE/ (REMIX) Expose - I have no recollection of this at all

31 ( 31 ) TUNNEL OF LOVE Bruce Springsteen - I've never been much of a Bruce fan and this never changed that.
32 ( 36 ) PACKJAMMED (WITH THE PARTY POSSE) Stock Aitken Waterman - no comment
33 ( 28 ) BAD Michael Jackson - quite an improvement on the lead single
34 ( 45 ) ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT The Stranglers - Not my favourite Strangers song.
35 ( 35 ) TIGHTEN UP Wally Jump Junior & The Criminal Element
36 ( 26 ) TOUCHED BY THE HAND OF GOD New Order - probably well down the list of my favourite NO songs. Like, lower than 40
37 ( 29 ) CRITICIZE Alexander O’Neal - love this. Brings me right back. I must add this to my 1987 play list.
38 ( 25 ) THE LOOK OF LOVE Madonna - one of her better 80s songs. This and Who's That Girl are up their with her best, for me.
39 ( NEW ) FATHER FIGURE George Michael - excellent, probably my favourite GM single and that's no small feat.
40 ( 39 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield - it goes without saying that this is also genius

41 ( 34 ) WHO FOUND WHO Jellybean featuring Lisa Fiorillo - definitely the best of his rash of hits
42 ( 22 ) ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE Mel (Smith) & Kim (Wilde) - As Christmas songs go, this is far from the worst.
43 ( 50 ) THE WISHING WELL GOSH - I dont remember this. Charity song. Lots of voices that don't mix well with each other, but that's not the point.
44 ( 40 ) THE TIDE IS TURNING Roger Waters - never heard this before. It's quite nice
45 ( 47 ) IN GOD’S COUNTRY U2 - I found it very hard to get on board with 80s U2.
46 ( 68 ) I SAY NOTHING Voice Of The Beehive - their best song, almost Smithsian levels of juxtaposition of jangle-pop and harsh reality lyrics.
47 ( 48 ) JUST TO GET BY Babakoto
48 ( NEW ) MANDINKA Sinead O'Connor - love the riff so much in this. As a teenager who had only just got into music I couldn't understand how anyone could like a song that was this our of tune
49 ( 23 ) EV’RY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE Simply Red - one of their better efforts
50 ( 43 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys - one of the greatest lyrics by anyone. The detail, the storytelling. The sadness and yet they have more love than most conventional relationships.

51 ( 38 ) I’VE BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE Cutting Crew - not my cup of tea at all
52 ( 37 ) CHILDREN SAY Level 42 - never ever worked out the popularity of Level 42
53 ( NEW ) COME INTO MY LIFE Joyce Sims - classic, such a voice, that intro
54 ( 51 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone - classic
55 ( 44 ) KID (REMIX) The Pretenders - I dont think I like many Pretenders' songs.
56 ( 42 ) MY BAG Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - not as much of a fan of this as Jennifer She Said
57 ( 66 ) JENNIFER SGE SAID Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - great song. I need to check out more of their stuff.
58 ( 53 ) CARS (E REG MODEL)/ ARE ‘FRIENDS’ ELECTRIC Gary Numan & Tubeway Army - two pieces of synth legend. I've been listening to a lot more synth stuff this year
59 ( 63 ) O L’AMOUR Dollar - I had not heard the Erasure version at this point but I did like this. I always though the male vocalist sound like Cliff Richard, only higher pitched.
60 ( 56 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles - needs no comment. Classic.

61 ( 52 ) PAID IN FULL Eric B & Rakim - I didn't really appreciate, at the time, the impact that all these songs made to hip hop and dance music.
62 ( 62 ) NEED YOU TONIGHT INXS - definitely my favourite INXS song. It sounds so Prince, with the funk and the spindly guitar, and the wooing
63 ( 74 ) NEW SENSATION INXS - not up to the level of Need You Tonight
64 ( 59 ) LOVE POWER Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osbourne
65 ( 49 ) DEVIL’S BALL Double
66 ( 58 ) PUMP UP THE VOLUME M/A/R/R/S - of all the sample based hits in 87/88 this never struck me as a number 1 single.
67 ( 65 ) HUMAN Human League - listening back to this, it's quite new jack swing with the percussion. Produced by Jam and Lewis. That explains it.
68 ( NEW ) LOVE OVERBOARD Gladys Knight & The Pips - sounds like filler 4th single standard stuff. She's better than that.
69 ( 67 ) HERE I GO AGAIN Whitesnake - I remember all the metal lads going mad for this at the teenage discos
70 ( NEW ) SHAKE YOUR LOVE Debbie Gibson - I shook my love. World went on unchanged.

71 ( 69 ) HOLIDAY The Other Ones - sounds like a dance pop B-52s
72 ( 72 ) LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING Climie Fisher - Lovely song. They sounded quite unique to me back then.
73 ( 55 ) GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU George Harrison - Great song. I love the lift in the pre-chorus. Goes down well in a club, surprisingly.
74 ( NEW ) CANDLE IN THE WIND (LIVE) Elton John - Life versions of songs seemed like a strange thing to release, to me.
75 ( NEW ) BEHIND THE WHEEL Depeche Mode - This was the first time I had heard of this band. I wasn't really in a musical place to appreciate this.

Posted by: Popchartfreak 22nd September 2020, 06:45 PM

QUOTE(Colm @ Sep 18 2020, 10:12 PM)

I'm way behind on this but I will comment

10th January 1988

1 ( 2 ) SHAME Eurythmics - not very familar with this song because it's not on their Greatest Hits and didn't make the Top 40. I expect it's a grower. The follow up singles all made the Top 40. I would have thought a January chart would be an easy challenge.

2 ( 1 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys - although I liked this a lot back then I didn't grow to love it until decades later. I really dont think anyone can match the 5 single run they produced in 1987/88

3 ( 3 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles - not really bothered with the whimsy
4 ( 4 ) I FOUND SOMEONE Cher - this was always my preference from the late 80s/early 90s resurgence. That voice.
5 ( NEW ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers - this is in my all time top 100. That's all that needs to be said.
6 ( 6 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson - The later singles from Bad are much better than the first two, for me.
7 ( 12 ) JINGO Jellybean - Even as a new convert to following the chart, I was puzzled by the release strategy, if you could call it that, of Jellybean.
8 ( 14 ) HOUSE ARREST Krush - this was the first dance song I ever loved. I followed it up the charts and was so delighted when it became a hit. 1988 was such a rollercoaster for amazing dance music. Exciting, innovative and taking over the charts.
9 ( 9 ) FAMILY MAN Fleetwood Mac - does anyone know why the success of the 5 singles from Tango in the Night was so inconsistent? It went Hit, Flop, Hit, Flop, Hit.
10 ( 16 ) HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH Belinda Carlisle - I was always slightly baffled by how big this was. Didn't really do much for me.

11 ( 8 ) TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne - well, this is utter genius. Powerhouse vocal, up to the second production. This is what Madonna should have been aiming for, back then.
12 ( 5 ) I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU Dusty Springfield - classic and my favourite of her 60s singles.
13 ( 7 ) FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl - as a 12 year old I though this was awful. I grew up and now obviously it's one of the greatest songs of any kind, ever.
14 ( NEW ) SIGN YOUR NAME Terence Trent D'Arby - his best single. Hypnotic.
15 ( 19 ) IDEAL WORLD The Christians - I've just put this on Spotify to see if it prompts any memories apart from the chorus, which I remember. It's a pleasant song - let's say that.
16 ( 13 ) LETTER FROM AMERICA The Proclaimers - I love songs that feature the actual speaking accent of the singers. And this is a great example. This had been tipped for Christmas number 1.
17 ( 24 ) THERE’S THE GIRL Heart - I don't recall this at all, now that I check it out on Spotify.
18 ( 15 ) LOVE LETTERS Alison Moyet - love this. She's always great.
19 ( 20 ) TURN BACK THE CLOCK Johnny Hates Jazz - I always felt these guys were in the shadow of Wet Wet Wet. Inoffensive stuff
20 ( 11 ) WHEN I FALL IN LOVE Nat ‘King’ Cole - so classy - showed Rick Astley's version for what it was.

21 ( 10 ) ESP The Bee Gees - I don't remember this at all. Doesn't sound great, now that I listen to it.
22 ( 18 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac - wonderful song. Probably my favourite of the Tango in the Night era.
23 ( 54 ) HOT IN THE CITY Billy Idol - nothing remarkable.
24 ( 32 ) I CAN’T HELP IT Bananarama - nowhere near as good as Love in the First Degree.
25 ( 30 ) RISE TO THE OCCASION Climie Fisher - the hit version is better than the album version but sounded like the music didn't really suit the vocals.
26 ( 21 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees - I didn't really get this at the time. It's now one of my favourite 80s singles. There's flashes of ELO in there.
27 ( 41 ) I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW Tiffany - I keep promising to do a mash up of this and Blue Monday. Some day.
28 ( 33 ) ANGEL EYES Wet Wet Wet - I think they're actually underrated.
29 ( 27 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies - not really my sorta thing
30 ( 17 ) LET ME BE THE ONE/ (REMIX) Expose - I have no recollection of this at all

31 ( 31 ) TUNNEL OF LOVE Bruce Springsteen - I've never been much of a Bruce fan and this never changed that.
32 ( 36 ) PACKJAMMED (WITH THE PARTY POSSE) Stock Aitken Waterman - no comment
33 ( 28 ) BAD Michael Jackson - quite an improvement on the lead single
34 ( 45 ) ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT The Stranglers - Not my favourite Strangers song.
35 ( 35 ) TIGHTEN UP Wally Jump Junior & The Criminal Element
36 ( 26 ) TOUCHED BY THE HAND OF GOD New Order - probably well down the list of my favourite NO songs. Like, lower than 40
37 ( 29 ) CRITICIZE Alexander O’Neal - love this. Brings me right back. I must add this to my 1987 play list.
38 ( 25 ) THE LOOK OF LOVE Madonna - one of her better 80s songs. This and Who's That Girl are up their with her best, for me.
39 ( NEW ) FATHER FIGURE George Michael - excellent, probably my favourite GM single and that's no small feat.
40 ( 39 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield - it goes without saying that this is also genius

41 ( 34 ) WHO FOUND WHO Jellybean featuring Lisa Fiorillo - definitely the best of his rash of hits
42 ( 22 ) ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE Mel (Smith) & Kim (Wilde) - As Christmas songs go, this is far from the worst.
43 ( 50 ) THE WISHING WELL GOSH - I dont remember this. Charity song. Lots of voices that don't mix well with each other, but that's not the point.
44 ( 40 ) THE TIDE IS TURNING Roger Waters - never heard this before. It's quite nice
45 ( 47 ) IN GOD’S COUNTRY U2 - I found it very hard to get on board with 80s U2.
46 ( 68 ) I SAY NOTHING Voice Of The Beehive - their best song, almost Smithsian levels of juxtaposition of jangle-pop and harsh reality lyrics.
47 ( 48 ) JUST TO GET BY Babakoto
48 ( NEW ) MANDINKA Sinead O'Connor - love the riff so much in this. As a teenager who had only just got into music I couldn't understand how anyone could like a song that was this our of tune
49 ( 23 ) EV’RY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE Simply Red - one of their better efforts
50 ( 43 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys - one of the greatest lyrics by anyone. The detail, the storytelling. The sadness and yet they have more love than most conventional relationships.

51 ( 38 ) I’VE BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE Cutting Crew - not my cup of tea at all
52 ( 37 ) CHILDREN SAY Level 42 - never ever worked out the popularity of Level 42
53 ( NEW ) COME INTO MY LIFE Joyce Sims - classic, such a voice, that intro
54 ( 51 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone - classic
55 ( 44 ) KID (REMIX) The Pretenders - I dont think I like many Pretenders' songs.
56 ( 42 ) MY BAG Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - not as much of a fan of this as Jennifer She Said
57 ( 66 ) JENNIFER SGE SAID Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - great song. I need to check out more of their stuff.
58 ( 53 ) CARS (E REG MODEL)/ ARE ‘FRIENDS’ ELECTRIC Gary Numan & Tubeway Army - two pieces of synth legend. I've been listening to a lot more synth stuff this year
59 ( 63 ) O L’AMOUR Dollar - I had not heard the Erasure version at this point but I did like this. I always though the male vocalist sound like Cliff Richard, only higher pitched.
60 ( 56 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles - needs no comment. Classic.

61 ( 52 ) PAID IN FULL Eric B & Rakim - I didn't really appreciate, at the time, the impact that all these songs made to hip hop and dance music.
62 ( 62 ) NEED YOU TONIGHT INXS - definitely my favourite INXS song. It sounds so Prince, with the funk and the spindly guitar, and the wooing
63 ( 74 ) NEW SENSATION INXS - not up to the level of Need You Tonight
64 ( 59 ) LOVE POWER Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osbourne
65 ( 49 ) DEVIL’S BALL Double
66 ( 58 ) PUMP UP THE VOLUME M/A/R/R/S - of all the sample based hits in 87/88 this never struck me as a number 1 single.
67 ( 65 ) HUMAN Human League - listening back to this, it's quite new jack swing with the percussion. Produced by Jam and Lewis. That explains it.
68 ( NEW ) LOVE OVERBOARD Gladys Knight & The Pips - sounds like filler 4th single standard stuff. She's better than that.
69 ( 67 ) HERE I GO AGAIN Whitesnake - I remember all the metal lads going mad for this at the teenage discos
70 ( NEW ) SHAKE YOUR LOVE Debbie Gibson - I shook my love. World went on unchanged.

71 ( 69 ) HOLIDAY The Other Ones - sounds like a dance pop B-52s
72 ( 72 ) LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING Climie Fisher - Lovely song. They sounded quite unique to me back then.
73 ( 55 ) GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU George Harrison - Great song. I love the lift in the pre-chorus. Goes down well in a club, surprisingly.
74 ( NEW ) CANDLE IN THE WIND (LIVE) Elton John - Life versions of songs seemed like a strange thing to release, to me.
75 ( NEW ) BEHIND THE WHEEL Depeche Mode - This was the first time I had heard of this band. I wasn't really in a musical place to appreciate this.

Posted by: Popchartfreak 22nd September 2020, 06:46 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Sep 18 2020, 04:26 PM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 22nd September 2020, 07:10 PM

25th September 1988

It's a hat-trick of number ones for Pet shop Boys again, as Domino Dancing gives them an 8th chart-topper inside 3 years. Loved the video. Bill Withers reaches a new peak from first-time round, Bobby McFerrin rockets up 49 places to 6, he's really not worried about it, Nick Heyward bounces up to a new peak for You're My World - his biggest since Blue Hat For A Blue Day 5 years earlier, and Michelle-Shocked goes top 10 with the wonderful Anchorage. Inner City have the Big Fun streaking into the 20, and both The Four Tops and Smokey Robinson get a first top 20 for about 7 years.

New at 29, Sandie Shaw bounds in helping the cause against Loneliness for 19 years of chart entries since Monsieur Dupont went top 10, and 4 years since her chart career re-started, like this one thanks to a Morrissey song. Scritti Politti and Kim Wilde bound into the top 40, both going where both have gone many times before, and Bruce Springsteen is reduced to Spare Parts, but still charts, in at 36 for 13 years of hits. Erasure enter at 37 with probably their most-loved, and arguably their best, song - A Little Respect has charted for them, Bjorn Again, Wheatus, and currently this week in 2020, Erasure again.

Errol Brown has another solo entry with Maya, 18 years on from Love Is Life starting the ball rolling for Hot Chocolate, and U2 enter with a gem - Desire at 54 showcasing their first post-Joshua Tree material. New Edition are back again, 5 years on from Candy Girl, but the boys are grown-up now and on the verge of splitting. Cue Bobby Brown! Jason Donovan says "If Kylie can do it, I can also have a neighbours-throw-off pop career with Stock Aitken Waterman". Sadly the best material had gone to other acts by this point and he ended up with sloppy seconds. Hazell Dean is still on a roll, and funnily enough I've seen Hazell performing in gay bar, and seen Jason dragged up to the eyeballs in Priscilla. The show I mean. Finally Bon Jovi's current single in 2020 Do What You Can is much better than bad Medicine in 1988, and The Wonder Stuff also pop in.

1 ( 2 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys
2 ( 1 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
3 ( 5 ) LOVELY DAY (SUNSHINE MIX) Bill Withers
4 ( 4 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies
5 ( 3 ) TEARDROPS Womack & Womack
6 ( 55 ) DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY Bobby McFerrin
7 ( 7 ) WORLD WITHOUT YOU Belinda Carlisle
8 ( 13 ) YOU'RE MY WORLD Nick Heyward
9 ( 24 ) ANCHORAGE Michelle-Shocked
10 ( 6 ) ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson

11 ( 15 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan
12 ( 12 ) SWEET CHILD O' MINE Guns 'n' Roses
13 ( 9 ) THE HARDER I TRY Brother Beyond
14 ( 8 ) GROOVY KIND OF LOVE Phil Collins
15 ( 11 ) YE KE YE KE Mory Kante
16 ( 10 ) TEARS RUN RINGS Marc Almond
17 ( 21 ) STOP THIS CRAZY THING Coldcut/ Junior Reid
18 ( 20 ) FAKE ('88 REMIX) Alexander O' Neal
19 ( 42 ) BIG FUN Inner City/ Kevin Saunderson
20 ( 29 ) INDESTRUCTIBLE The Four Tops/ Smokey Robinson

21 ( 16 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde
22 ( 18 ) SOMEWHERE DOWN THE CRAZY RIVER Robbie Robertson
23 ( 19 ) SKIN DEEP Cher
24 ( 14 ) WHERE DID I GO WRONG UB40
25 ( 36 ) RIDING ON A TRAIN The Pasadenas
26 ( 22 ) RUSH HOUR Jane Wiedlin
27 ( 23 ) THE ONLY WAY IS UP Yazz & The Plastic Population
28 ( 17 ) ANOTHER LOVER Giant Steps
29 ( NEW ) PLEASE HELP THE CAUSE AGAINST LONELINESS Sandie Shaw
30 ( 56 ) FIRST BOY IN THIS TOWN (LOVESICK) Scritti Politti

31 ( 39 ) LEAD ME ON Amy Grant
32 ( 28 ) HAPPY EVER AFTER Julia Fordham
33 ( 47 ) THE RUMOUR Olivia Newton-John
34 ( 75 ) NEVER TRUST A STRANGER Kim Wilde
35 ( 32 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael
36 ( NEW ) SPARE PARTS Bruce Springsteen
37 ( NEW ) A LITTLE RESPECT Erasure
38 ( 38 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
39 ( NEW ) MAYA Errol Brown
40 ( 40 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson

41 ( 26 ) TOWN OF PLENTY Elton John
42 ( 31 ) HANDS TO HEAVEN Breathe
43 ( 30 ) DON'T MAKE ME WAIT Bomb The Bass
44 ( 37 ) SOLDIER OF LOVE Donny Osmond
45 ( 45 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
46 ( 46 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
47 ( 34 ) FIND MY LOVE Fairground Attraction
48 ( 33 ) GOOD TRADITION Tanita Tikarim
49 ( 60 ) REVOLUTION BABY Transvision Vamp
50 ( 49 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

51 ( 25 ) EVERY GIRL AND BOY Spagna
52 ( 27 ) TOUCHY a-ha
53 ( 51 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael
54 ( NEW ) DESIRE U2
55 ( 41 ) EASY The Commodores
56 ( 65 ) LOVE TRUTH AND HONESTY Bananarama
57 ( 43 ) SHAKE YOUR THANG (IT'S YOUR THING) Salt 'n' Pepa
58 ( 57 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
59 ( 58 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
60 ( 61 ) I'M GONNA BE (500 MILES) The Proclaimers

61 ( 35 ) LOVE AND MERCY Brian Wilson
62 ( 62 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
63 ( NEW ) IF IT ISN'T LOVE New Edition
64 ( 64 ) DON'T BE CRUEL Cheap Trick
65 ( 73 ) I DON'T WANT YOUR LOVE Duran Duran
66 ( NEW ) NOTHING CAN DIVIDE US Jason Donovan
67 ( 68 ) TONIGHT Kevin Rowland
68 ( 72 ) I QUIT Bros
69 ( 44 ) CATCH MY FIRE Billy Idol
70 ( NEW ) TURN IT INTO LOVE Hazell Dean

71 ( 66 ) JUMP START Natalie Cole
72 ( 70 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5
73 ( NEW ) BAD MEDICINE Bon Jovi
74 ( NEW ) IT'S YER MONEY I'M AFTER BABY The Wonder Stuff
75 ( 74 ) BAD Michael Jackson

Playlist faves of that week
1 ONE BAD APPLE (MEGAMIX) The Osmonds
2 HAVE YOU SEEN HER The Chi-Lites
3 “Kick” INXS

Posted by: Steve201 27th September 2020, 12:40 AM

Inner City had two absolute classic dance hits with their first two releases! Love Domino Dancing as well although we are coming to the end of their imperial phase by this point!

Posted by: Bjork 27th September 2020, 07:03 AM

yes for Domino Dancing, I did love it myself, but I think it wasn't that well received at the time?

Posted by: Steve201 27th September 2020, 08:54 AM

Wasn’t sure where to ask this but I was thinking of starting a top 75 for my personal chart like yourself Pop and wanted to know whether it has pros and cons? There’s some songs I find miss out on my top 40 as there’s too much competition. When did you start a top 75 or has it always been that and does it just end up having old fallers more than anything?

Posted by: Popchartfreak 2nd October 2020, 06:55 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Sep 27 2020, 08:03 AM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 2nd October 2020, 07:06 PM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Sep 27 2020, 09:54 AM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 2nd October 2020, 07:26 PM

2nd October 1988

It's straight in at 1 for the 2-year-old Love Is All That Matters as it finally gets a belated single release from the Jam & Lewis dance album collaboration. The Human League's 8th number one was so bleedingly obvious a stand-out track it should have been the second single in 1986 and it would have been much bigger than it was in 1988, and I Need Your Loving was. One of the first CD singles I bought, too. In at 4, a fave Osmonds record from 1971 when they their own cartoon TV show and tried to sound like The Jackson 5, now out on 12-inch, One Bad Apple is just delicious and was a UK flop and US chart-topper, bizarrely.

Back at 11, Aztec Camera give Deep And Wide And Tall a second release and enter at 11, higher than first-time, while Erasure shoot up into the 20 with the thrice-hit-song A Little Respect (Bjorn Again after Erasure did Abbaesque, and Wheatus). Kim Wilde also gets a decent top 20 climb with Never Trust A stranger, U2 shoot up with Desire, and Duran Duran OTOH don;t want your love. The Christians cover The Isley Brothers 1976 top 3, Harvest For The World, and enter at 38, as Maxi Priest follows-up nicely at 49.

The Eagles' Glen Frey adds True Love to his solo hits, for 16 years of chart activity, and The Beatmasters hook up with 60's UK soul songstress the fab PP Arnold and introduce her to a new audience. Labi Siffre gets a third comeback entry, someone I currently follow on twitter, with his poetry and social commentary, having suffered some years of personal difficulties. Whitney sneaks in with her Olympic UK chart-topper, but fear not it'll drop out next week, being as it's overblown, while Black return with one I don't remember but it's probably very decent.

In my life I went to see Belinda Carlisle in concert this week, and was very surprised at how good she was (my mate was a fan, so I went along cos he wanted to see her), especially stuff from her current album that hadn't been a single (Cream's I Feel Free especially), and her cover of the Gogo's/Fun Boy Three co-write Our Lips Are Sealed. The singles were obviously all fab in a live setting and she had more than enough good material for a great night out.

1 ( NEW ) LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS Human League
2 ( 2 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
3 ( 1 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys
4 ( NEW ) ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds
5 ( 3 ) LOVELY DAY (SUNSHINE MIX) Bill Withers
6 ( 6 ) DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY Bobby McFerrin
7 ( 8 ) YOU'RE MY WORLD Nick Heyward
8 ( 4 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies
9 ( 9 ) ANCHORAGE Michelle-Shocked
10 ( 5 ) TEARDROPS Womack & Womack

11 ( NEW ) DEEP AND WIDE AND TALL Aztec Camera
12 ( 7 ) WORLD WITHOUT YOU Belinda Carlisle
13 ( 11 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan
14 ( 37 ) A LITTLE RESPECT Erasure
15 ( 18 ) FAKE ('88 REMIX) Alexander O' Neal
16 ( 34 ) NEVER TRUST A STRANGER Kim Wilde
17 ( 10 ) ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson
18 ( 15 ) YE KE YE KE Mory Kante
19 ( 25 ) RIDING ON A TRAIN The Pasadenas
20 ( 14 ) GROOVY KIND OF LOVE Phil Collins

21 ( 13 ) THE HARDER I TRY Brother Beyond
22 ( 54 ) DESIRE U2
23 ( 30 ) FIRST BOY IN THIS TOWN (LOVESICK) Scritti Politti
24 ( 19 ) BIG FUN Inner City/ Kevin Saunderson
25 ( 16 ) TEARS RUN RINGS Marc Almond
26 ( 21 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde
27 ( 12 ) SWEET CHILD O' MINE Guns 'n' Roses
28 ( 22 ) SOMEWHERE DOWN THE CRAZY RIVER Robbie Robertson
29 ( 29 ) PLEASE HELP THE CAUSE AGAINST LONELINESS Sandie Shaw
30 ( 33 ) THE RUMOUR Olivia Newton-John

31 ( 28 ) ANOTHER LOVER Giant Steps
32 ( 17 ) STOP THIS CRAZY THING Coldcut/ Junior Reid
33 ( 20 ) INDESTRUCTIBLE The Four Tops/ Smokey Robinson
34 ( 23 ) SKIN DEEP Cher
35 ( 39 ) MAYA Errol Brown
36 ( 36 ) SPARE PARTS Bruce Springsteen
37 ( 26 ) RUSH HOUR Jane Wiedlin
38 ( NEW ) HARVEST FOR THE WORLD The Christians
39 ( 65 ) I DON'T WANT YOUR LOVE Duran Duran
40 ( 38 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies

41 ( 32 ) HAPPY EVER AFTER Julia Fordham
42 ( 35 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael
43 ( 24 ) WHERE DID I GO WRONG UB40
44 ( 56 ) LOVE TRUTH AND HONESTY Bananarama
45 ( 40 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson
46 ( 27 ) THE ONLY WAY IS UP Yazz & The Plastic Population
47 ( 45 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
48 ( 46 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
49 ( NEW ) GOODBYE TO LOVE AGAIN Maxi Priest
50 ( 31 ) LEAD ME ON Amy Grant

51 ( 60 ) I'M GONNA BE (500 MILES) The Proclaimers
52 ( 50 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
53 ( NEW ) TRUE LOVE Glen Frey
54 ( 42 ) HANDS TO HEAVEN Breathe
55 ( 44 ) SOLDIER OF LOVE Donny Osmond
56 ( 53 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael
57 ( 70 ) TURN IT INTO LOVE Hazell Dean
58 ( 58 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
59 ( 47 ) FIND MY LOVE Fairground Attraction
60 ( 59 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

61 ( 43 ) DON'T MAKE ME WAIT Bomb The Bass
62 ( 48 ) GOOD TRADITION Tanita Tikarim
63 ( 62 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
64 ( 41 ) TOWN OF PLENTY Elton John
65 ( 55 ) EASY The Commodores
66 ( 66 ) NOTHING CAN DIVIDE US Jason Donovan
67 ( 73 ) BAD MEDICINE Bon Jovi
68 ( NEW ) BURN IT UP Beastmasters/ P.P. Arnold
69 ( 72 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5
70 ( NEW ) LISTEN TO THE VOICES Labi Siffre

71 ( NEW ) ONE MOMENT IN TIME Whitney Houston
72 ( NEW ) HALLELUJAH MAN Love And Money
73 ( NEW ) THE BIG ONE Black
74 ( 71 ) JUMP START Natalie Cole
75 ( 75 ) BAD Michael Jackson



PLAYIST OLDIES
Belinda Carlisle Live at Bournemouth International Centre
1 I FEEL FREE
2 SHOULD I LET YOU IN?
3 OUR LIPS ARE SEALED

Posted by: Steve201 2nd October 2020, 10:04 PM

QUOTE(Popchartfreak @ Oct 2 2020, 08:06 PM)

Hi Steve,

I've been doing a top 75 since 1978 and find it about the right length - it takes more time than a 40 (especially if you play them all like I do, at least in part, while I'm doing it to get the places about right), that's the downside - but like you I find 40 isn't enough. Back in 1974 I started doing a top 30 and opened it up to all records currently available which meant it got very very volatile and I had to chuck tracks out way too early just to make room for new stuff, and loads of great stuff didn't chart at all, so I expanded it to 50 in 1975 and never looked back.

For me 75 is the right length, I'm currently doing 90 cos there's so much new stuff I'm buying but it's a bind mostly cos it takes so long to do! I like classic records having good chart runs too since I started doing an all-time chart based on chart "sales" I nicked off the BBC for one random week in 1976, as it's a useful comparison with other faves from different years, so I hate chucking them out until they've stopped being fresh

Good luck if you do! If it gets to be too many you can always cut it back to a 60 or 50?

Posted by: Steve201 2nd October 2020, 10:28 PM

*** Goes to check out how that Human League song sounds!!

Lovely to see it jump straight in at the top spot!

Posted by: Popchartfreak 6th October 2020, 06:38 PM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Oct 2 2020, 11:28 PM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 6th October 2020, 07:00 PM

9th October 1988

It's a second week on top for Love Is All That Matters (though food doesn't hurt too) as The Osmonds hit 2 17 years late and get their highest chart position to boot, outdoing 1973's top 5 Goin' Home. Nick Heyward gets his biggest solo chart hit since Blue Hat For A Blue Day also hit 5 in 1983, and his 4th top 5 in total including Haircut 100's Nobody's Fool and Love Plus One which both peaked at 2. Erasure get a 3rd top 10, though Vince has another 5 previous in different guises, as they get into their classic period, and Kim Wilde makes it a 2nd top 10 from Close, and her 7th to date.

Highest new entry is a debut for Enya at 21, the fab Orinoco Flow bringing her beautifully-produced Celtic-tinged harmonies to world music, and just behind are the Wee Papa Girl Rappers, who didn't make quite the same splash on the world stage with Wee Rule at 23. Hazell Dean makes it 4 top 40's, and in at 36 is a debut for the huge US hit What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) from Information Society, as US bands learn from the Second British synth-based Invasion. It's a great track, I got mum & dad to buy me it in the USA while they were touring on holiday as it wasn't available in the UK at the time. It samples Leonard Nimoy aka Star Trek's Mr Spock, reason enough to buy it anyway!

Bananarama get their 16th top 40 track with only 3 singles peaking between 41 and 75 since their first hit in 1981, meanwhile the future-even-longer-chart-runner Kylie is back with Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi and her best single to date at 63, and The Adventures keep the run going with One Step From Heaven at 66. Rick Astley is already running out decent material with She Wants To Dance With Me new at 67, Gloria Estefan is back in latin-bop mode with 1-2-3 at 71, Tom Jones is also back - not a huge ballad this time though, it's an Art Of Noise collaboration cover of Prince's Kiss that kicks in at 72, just ahead of Ziggy Marley's latest Tumblin' Down. Next week, tumbin' down and out as it happens!

1 ( 1 ) LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS Human League
2 ( 4 ) ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds
3 ( 3 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys
4 ( 5 ) LOVELY DAY (SUNSHINE MIX) Bill Withers
5 ( 7 ) YOU'RE MY WORLD Nick Heyward
6 ( 2 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
7 ( 14 ) A LITTLE RESPECT Erasure
8 ( 9 ) ANCHORAGE Michelle-Shocked
9 ( 16 ) NEVER TRUST A STRANGER Kim Wilde
10 ( 10 ) TEARDROPS Womack & Womack

11 ( 11 ) DEEP AND WIDE AND TALL Aztec Camera
12 ( 6 ) DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY Bobby McFerrin
13 ( 8 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies
14 ( 19 ) RIDING ON A TRAIN The Pasadenas
15 ( 15 ) FAKE ('88 REMIX) Alexander O' Neal
16 ( 22 ) DESIRE U2
17 ( 13 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan
18 ( 18 ) YE KE YE KE Mory Kante
19 ( 23 ) FIRST BOY IN THIS TOWN (LOVESICK) Scritti Politti
20 ( 12 ) WORLD WITHOUT YOU Belinda Carlisle

21 ( NEW ) ORINOCO FLOW Enya
22 ( 17 ) ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson
23 ( NEW ) WEE RULE Wee Papa Girl Rappers
24 ( 21 ) THE HARDER I TRY Brother Beyond
25 ( 20 ) GROOVY KIND OF LOVE Phil Collins
26 ( 39 ) I DON'T WANT YOUR LOVE Duran Duran
27 ( 31 ) ANOTHER LOVER Giant Steps
28 ( 38 ) HARVEST FOR THE WORLD The Christians
29 ( 24 ) BIG FUN Inner City/ Kevin Saunderson
30 ( 57 ) TURN IT INTO LOVE Hazell Dean

31 ( 26 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde
32 ( 28 ) SOMEWHERE DOWN THE CRAZY RIVER Robbie Robertson
33 ( 25 ) TEARS RUN RINGS Marc Almond
34 ( 32 ) STOP THIS CRAZY THING Coldcut/ Junior Reid
35 ( 68 ) BURN IT UP Beastmasters/ P.P. Arnold
36 ( NEW ) WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND (PURE ENERGY) Information Society
37 ( 37 ) RUSH HOUR Jane Wiedlin
38 ( 27 ) SWEET CHILD O' MINE Guns 'n' Roses
39 ( 40 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
40 ( 44 ) LOVE TRUTH AND HONESTY Bananarama

41 ( 35 ) MAYA Errol Brown
42 ( 34 ) SKIN DEEP Cher
43 ( 42 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael
44 ( 41 ) HAPPY EVER AFTER Julia Fordham
45 ( 29 ) PLEASE HELP THE CAUSE AGAINST LONELINESS Sandie Shaw
46 ( 49 ) GOODBYE TO LOVE AGAIN Maxi Priest
47 ( 47 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
48 ( 48 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
49 ( 45 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson
50 ( 53 ) TRUE LOVE Glen Frey

51 ( 33 ) INDESTRUCTIBLE The Four Tops/ Smokey Robinson
52 ( 52 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
53 ( 30 ) THE RUMOUR Olivia Newton-John
54 ( 46 ) THE ONLY WAY IS UP Yazz & The Plastic Population
55 ( 36 ) SPARE PARTS Bruce Springsteen
56 ( 56 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael
57 ( 43 ) WHERE DID I GO WRONG UB40
58 ( 58 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
59 ( 60 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
60 ( 66 ) NOTHING CAN DIVIDE US Jason Donovan

61 ( 55 ) SOLDIER OF LOVE Donny Osmond
62 ( 63 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
63 ( NEW ) JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI Kylie Minogue
64 ( 54 ) HANDS TO HEAVEN Breathe
65 ( 59 ) FIND MY LOVE Fairground Attraction
66 ( NEW ) ONE STEP FROM HEAVEN The Adventures
67 ( NEW ) SHE WANTS TO DANCE WITH ME Rick Astley
68 ( 69 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5
69 ( 70 ) LISTEN TO THE VOICES Labi Siffre
70 ( 65 ) EASY The Commodores

71 ( NEW ) “1-2-3” Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
72 ( NEW ) KISS Tom Jones & The Art Of Noise
73 ( NEW ) TUMBLIN' DOWN Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers
74 ( 74 ) JUMP START Natalie Cole
75 ( 75 ) BAD Michael Jackson



Playlist oldies and album tracks of that week
1 ALL I EVER NEED IS YOU Sonny & Cher
2 SOMETHING IS HAPPENING Herman’s Hermits
3 IT MUST BE LOVE Labi Siffre

Posted by: Bjork 6th October 2020, 07:29 PM

good newies in the top 10, both A Little Respect and Never Trust a Stranger are great pop songs
love Orinoco flow, was so different from everything else around

Posted by: Sergej 9th October 2020, 01:56 PM

Nice to see "Orinoco Flow" debut!
I also like the debuts for "What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)", "She Wants To Dance With Me", "1-2-3" and "Kiss"!
Great chart!

Posted by: Steve201 11th October 2020, 10:10 PM

The Enya track is one of my favourite number ones of the entire decade, wonderful stuff

Posted by: Poptarttreat 16th October 2020, 07:14 PM

QUOTE(Sergej @ Oct 9 2020, 02:56 PM)

Posted by: Poptarttreat 16th October 2020, 07:15 PM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Oct 11 2020, 11:10 PM)

Posted by: Poptarttreat 16th October 2020, 07:35 PM

16th October 1988

It's 3 weeks on top for Love Is All That Matters as US biggie Information Society's What's On Your Mind leaps up to 2 to challenge for the top spot along with Michelle-Shocked's wonderful Anchorage. U2 add another top 10 to the growing list as Desire is up 6, while highest new entry is a remix (yet another) of a 70's classic, the Four Seasons December '63, at 18 12 years since topping my chart. The Christians get a 4th year of top 20's following The Isley Brothers 1976 Harvest For The World into the upper tier.

Milli Vanilli debut at 22 with Girl You Know It's True. I say Milli Vanilli - it's actually Frank "Boney M" Farian & session singers. As he'd gotten away with singing the Boney M male parts himself, and had a dancer lipsynch them on stage, he had form with the concept. It all ended tragically with suicide, as Americans weren't as accepting of the well-established European concept of hiring good-looking people to mime along to better singers. Which all sours any enjoyment for the pop song these days.

Kylie leaps 30 places to 33, I don't know why? Robbie Robertson follows-up his stroll down the lazy river with a fallen angel, Yazz follows the only way is up by standing up for her love rights - you go girl! - and Diana Ross pops in with one I'd forgotten, Mr Lee, giving her 20 years of chart entries. Ditto Stevie Wonder, with one I still don't remember, and finally it's a debut for that very very irritating big hit We call It ACIIEEEEEEEED, from D Mob. I expect they meant to use an apostrophe to make it make sense, as 'NSync did, as in here's a hit from de mob, but punctuation clearly not a thing. Not that that made any difference to UK radio in the case of "In Sync", a clever play on the musical and social meaning, which became a meaningless En Sync to most people. Still annoys me that.

1 ( 1 ) LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS Human League
2 ( 36 ) WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND (PURE ENERGY) Information Society
3 ( 2 ) ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds
4 ( 8 ) ANCHORAGE Michelle-Shocked
5 ( 3 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys
6 ( 7 ) A LITTLE RESPECT Erasure
7 ( 9 ) NEVER TRUST A STRANGER Kim Wilde
8 ( 4 ) LOVELY DAY (SUNSHINE MIX) Bill Withers
9 ( 6 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
10 ( 16 ) DESIRE U2

11 ( 5 ) YOU'RE MY WORLD Nick Heyward
12 ( 10 ) TEARDROPS Womack & Womack
13 ( 13 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies
14 ( 12 ) DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY Bobby McFerrin
15 ( 21 ) ORINOCO FLOW Enya
16 ( 14 ) RIDING ON A TRAIN The Pasadenas
17 ( 11 ) DEEP AND WIDE AND TALL Aztec Camera
18 ( NEW ) DECEMBER '63 (OH WHAT A NIGHT) '88 The Four Seasons
19 ( 23 ) WEE RULE Wee Papa Girl Rappers
20 ( 28 ) HARVEST FOR THE WORLD The Christians

21 ( 17 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan
22 ( NEW ) GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE Milli Vanilli
23 ( 15 ) FAKE ('88 REMIX) Alexander O' Neal
24 ( 18 ) YE KE YE KE Mory Kante
25 ( 26 ) I DON'T WANT YOUR LOVE Duran Duran
26 ( 19 ) FIRST BOY IN THIS TOWN (LOVESICK) Scritti Politti
27 ( 35 ) BURN IT UP Beastmasters/ P.P. Arnold
28 ( 30 ) TURN IT INTO LOVE Hazell Dean
29 ( 24 ) THE HARDER I TRY Brother Beyond
30 ( 22 ) ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson

31 ( 20 ) WORLD WITHOUT YOU Belinda Carlisle
32 ( 29 ) BIG FUN Inner City/ Kevin Saunderson
33 ( 63 ) JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI Kylie Minogue
34 ( 31 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde
35 ( 25 ) GROOVY KIND OF LOVE Phil Collins
36 ( 32 ) SOMEWHERE DOWN THE CRAZY RIVER Robbie Robertson
37 ( 27 ) ANOTHER LOVER Giant Steps
38 ( 40 ) LOVE TRUTH AND HONESTY Bananarama
39 ( 39 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
40 ( 34 ) STOP THIS CRAZY THING Coldcut/ Junior Reid

41 ( 33 ) TEARS RUN RINGS Marc Almond
42 ( 37 ) RUSH HOUR Jane Wiedlin
43 ( 47 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
44 ( 43 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael
45 ( 38 ) SWEET CHILD O' MINE Guns 'n' Roses
46 ( 48 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
47 ( 44 ) HAPPY EVER AFTER Julia Fordham
48 ( 50 ) TRUE LOVE Glen Frey
49 ( NEW ) FALLEN ANGEL Robbie Robertson
50 ( 71 ) “1-2-3” Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

51 ( 42 ) SKIN DEEP Cher
52 ( 52 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
53 ( 49 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson
54 ( 41 ) MAYA Errol Brown
55 ( 66 ) ONE STEP FROM HEAVEN The Adventures
56 ( 72 ) KISS Tom Jones & The Art Of Noise
57 ( 62 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
58 ( 58 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
59 ( 59 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
60 ( 56 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael

61 ( 54 ) THE ONLY WAY IS UP Yazz & The Plastic Population
62 ( NEW ) STAND UP FOR YOUR LOVE RIGHTS Yazz & The Plastic Population
63 ( 57 ) WHERE DID I GO WRONG UB40
64 ( 46 ) GOODBYE TO LOVE AGAIN Maxi Priest
65 ( 51 ) INDESTRUCTIBLE The Four Tops/ Smokey Robinson
66 ( 68 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5
67 ( NEW ) MR. LEE Diana Ross
68 ( 45 ) PLEASE HELP THE CAUSE AGAINST LONELINESS Sandie Shaw
69 ( NEW ) MY EYES DON'T CRY Stevie Wonder
70 ( 70 ) EASY The Commodores

71 ( 61 ) SOLDIER OF LOVE Donny Osmond
72 ( NEW ) WE CALL IT ACIEED D Mob/ Gary Hartman
73 ( 64 ) HANDS TO HEAVEN Breathe
74 ( 75 ) BAD Michael Jackson
75 ( 53 ) THE RUMOUR Olivia Newton-John



Playlist oldies of the week
1 THE BEAUTIFUL ONES Prince
2 AMOUREUSE Kiki Dee
3 I’LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Bobbie Gentry

Posted by: Poptarttreat 23rd October 2020, 07:19 PM

23rd October 1988

It's 4 weeks on top as Human League hold off Information Society from the top slot, Kim Wilde gets a second top 5 off Close and Milli Vanilli get a top 10 along with Enya's gem Orinoco Flo. Presumably Orinoco Flo was a womble of some sorts. The Four Seasons meanwhile take December '63 into the top 5 for a second time. Highest new entry is a spruced-up version of INXS's brilliant Need You Tonight, which had underperformed first time round in the UK, but which properly Kick's off album sales along with a big UK hit 2nd-time round. In at 13, peaking higher than the 17 it hit in 1987 in my charts.

Kylie gets a 2nd top 20 of the year, Robert Palmer says she makes his day entering in at 28, his first top 40 since I Didn't Mean To Turn You On in 1986 and a decade on from his chart debut. Kiss and 1-2-3 shoot up into the 40, as Prince rushes in at 38 with I Wish U Heaven, one of his best tracks, albeit not one of his most-remembered, love the video and the melody. Heart have Nothing Art All entering at 39, contradicting reality as it's about the 6th or 7th top 40 in a row.

Tanita Tikarim gets a second hit as the fably dark Twist In My Sobriety is in at 51. I still regret that it wasn't covered in the style of The Beatles Twist & Shout or Salt 'N' Pepa's version of the same. It would have made me laugh, even if no-one else would have. Jane Weidlin follows-up with Inside A Dream, Julian Cope returns with new track Charlotte Ann at 62 7 years since his teardop first exploded, Pat Benatar also returns as she instructs Don;t Walk Away, Womack & Womack's Teardrops have left them pondering Life Is Just A Ball-Game at 73: presumably they mean long periods of inactivity punctuated by occasional spurts of interest. The perfect metaphor for 2020, I say! Deacon Blue pop in with their best record, Real Gone Kid, and T'Pau start to lose steam a bit with a secret garden, looking a bit overgrown these days.



1 ( 1 ) LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS Human League
2 ( 2 ) WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND (PURE ENERGY) Information Society
3 ( 3 ) ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds
4 ( 18 ) DECEMBER '63 (OH WHAT A NIGHT) '88 The Four Seasons
5 ( 7 ) NEVER TRUST A STRANGER Kim Wilde
6 ( 6 ) A LITTLE RESPECT Erasure
7 ( 15 ) ORINOCO FLOW Enya
8 ( 10 ) DESIRE U2
9 ( 4 ) ANCHORAGE Michelle-Shocked
10 ( 22 ) GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE Milli Vanilli

11 ( 5 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys
12 ( 9 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
13 ( NEW ) NEED YOU TONIGHT (MENDOHLSON MIX) INXS
14 ( 20 ) HARVEST FOR THE WORLD The Christians
15 ( 8 ) LOVELY DAY (SUNSHINE MIX) Bill Withers
16 ( 13 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies
17 ( 12 ) TEARDROPS Womack & Womack
18 ( 33 ) JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI Kylie Minogue
19 ( 14 ) DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY Bobby McFerrin
20 ( 11 ) YOU'RE MY WORLD Nick Heyward

21 ( 19 ) WEE RULE Wee Papa Girl Rappers
22 ( 16 ) RIDING ON A TRAIN The Pasadenas
23 ( 23 ) FAKE ('88 REMIX) Alexander O' Neal
24 ( 25 ) I DON'T WANT YOUR LOVE Duran Duran
25 ( 17 ) DEEP AND WIDE AND TALL Aztec Camera
26 ( 21 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan
27 ( 27 ) BURN IT UP Beastmasters/ P.P. Arnold
28 ( NEW ) SHE MAKES MY DAY Robert Palmer
29 ( 38 ) LOVE TRUTH AND HONESTY Bananarama
30 ( 24 ) YE KE YE KE Mory Kante

31 ( 29 ) THE HARDER I TRY Brother Beyond
32 ( 30 ) ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson
33 ( 50 ) “1-2-3” Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
34 ( 34 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde
35 ( 35 ) GROOVY KIND OF LOVE Phil Collins
36 ( 26 ) FIRST BOY IN THIS TOWN (LOVESICK) Scritti Politti
37 ( NEW ) I WISH U HEAVEN Prince
38 ( NEW ) NOTHING AT ALL Heart
39 ( 39 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
40 ( 56 ) KISS Tom Jones & The Art Of Noise

41 ( 55 ) ONE STEP FROM HEAVEN The Adventures
42 ( 28 ) TURN IT INTO LOVE Hazell Dean
43 ( 43 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
44 ( 36 ) SOMEWHERE DOWN THE CRAZY RIVER Robbie Robertson
45 ( 37 ) ANOTHER LOVER Giant Steps
46 ( 44 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael
47 ( 46 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
48 ( 32 ) BIG FUN Inner City/ Kevin Saunderson
49 ( 49 ) FALLEN ANGEL Robbie Robertson
50 ( 31 ) WORLD WITHOUT YOU Belinda Carlisle

51 ( NEW ) TWIST IN MY SOBRIETY Tanita Tikarim
52 ( 47 ) HAPPY EVER AFTER Julia Fordham
53 ( 52 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
54 ( 57 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
55 ( NEW ) INSIDE A DREAM Jane Wiedlin
56 ( 58 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
57 ( 53 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson
58 ( 62 ) STAND UP FOR YOUR LOVE RIGHTS Yazz & The Plastic Population
59 ( 59 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
60 ( 60 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael

61 ( 72 ) WE CALL IT ACIEED D Mob/ Gary Hartman
62 ( NEW ) CHARLOTTE ANN Julian Cope
63 ( 45 ) SWEET CHILD O' MINE Guns 'n' Roses
64 ( 67 ) MR. LEE Diana Ross
65 ( 66 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5
66 ( 63 ) WHERE DID I GO WRONG UB40
67 ( 69 ) MY EYES DON'T CRY Stevie Wonder
68 ( 41 ) TEARS RUN RINGS Marc Almond
69 ( RE ) ONE MOMENT IN TIME Whitney Houston
70 ( NEW ) I CAN HEAR YOUR HEARTBEAT Chris Rea

71 ( NEW ) DON'T WALK AWAY Pat Benatar
72 ( 74 ) BAD Michael Jackson
73 ( NEW ) LIFE IS JUST A BALLGAME Womack & Womack
74 ( NEW ) REAL GONE KID Deacon Blue
75 ( NEW ) SECRET GARDEN T'Pau

Playlist faves of that week
1 I MET HIM ON A SUNDAY Laura Nyro
2 WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER Pet Shop Boys
3 THE BELLS Laura Nyro

Posted by: Bjork 23rd October 2020, 09:40 PM

oh I really liked She Makes My Day, I much preferred his ballads than the more upbeat songs Palmer was famous for
I also really liked Twist in my Sobriety, Tanita's best song

crazy how slow the UK was catching up with INXS. Didn't know the late 88 re-entry was a remix, thought it was the same original version

Posted by: Steve201 25th October 2020, 10:38 AM

So many great songs in late 88 looking back a year after re watching TOTP! Real Gone Kid, Need You Tonight, Twist in My Sobriety,

Posted by: Poptarttreat 30th October 2020, 05:08 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Oct 23 2020, 09:40 PM)

Posted by: Poptarttreat 30th October 2020, 05:10 PM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Oct 25 2020, 10:38 AM)

Posted by: Poptarttreat 30th October 2020, 05:31 PM

30th October 1988

It's a first week on top for Information Society and the Spock-tastic What's On Your Mind. Been sitting in my "contenders for BJSC" pile for years that one. Enya is up to 3 with Orinoco Flow, with Bryan Ferry's remix of a brilliant 1976 cover of a not-that-good series of versions of Let's Work Together in at 4, having peaked at 2 first-time round. Ferry's frantic, sax-dominated version pisses over them all from a great height. Kylie, meanwhile, makes it 2 top 10's of the year, something she'll make a habit of for the next 32 years. The Christians good cover of the great Isley Brothers makes it 3 1976 songs in the top 10.

In at 11, The Four Seasons join themselves with an original version of a 60's classic, Big Girls Don't Cry, in at 11 as I anticipate Jersey Boys a decade or 2 early, one of the great stage shows of a great back-catalogue - you know it's classic when zillions of pop stars have hits with your material, half of them way bigger hits than the originals (in the UK, that is, the US always loved them). Deacon Blue rocket up to 18 from 74, Real Gone Kids, Tanita twists her sobriety into the 30, and new in at 29, Annie Lennox goes solo a bit early (sort of) as she duets on the 60's Jackie De Shannon track Put A Little Love In Your Heart with the reverend Al Green, soulmaster Al returning minus the sexy sounds, but still with the voice, giving him 17 years of chart entries.

At 32, it's a new band. Well, a new superstar band, that is, as Roy, Bob, George, Jeff & Tom get together for an album romp as the Traveling Wilburys & Handle With Care. It was SO great to have Roy Orbison's vocals back in the charts, such a joy, I grew up on his stuff, and still think he's probably the greatest pop vocalist of all-time. Guns 'n' Roses bring Welcome To The Jungle in at 60, Robin Beck brings a plodding soft drinks advert song in, Eddy Grant is 20 years charting, albeit with one I don't recall - but I'm sure it's good. Scritti go Boom! Still doing it well. The Fat Boys cover the 60's garage classic, one might argue Louie Louie was the first punk record, and sneakin in at extra 76, Kissing A Fool is getting album plays from me just ahead of single release (which excluded it from my charts in those days, so it's getting an add-on belatedly)

1 ( 2 ) WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND (PURE ENERGY) Information Society
2 ( 1 ) LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS Human League
3 ( 7 ) ORINOCO FLOW Enya
4 ( NEW ) LET'S STICK TOGETHER '88 Bryan Ferry
5 ( 10 ) GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE Milli Vanilli
6 ( 4 ) DECEMBER '63 (OH WHAT A NIGHT) '88 The Four Seasons
7 ( 18 ) JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI Kylie Minogue
8 ( 3 ) ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds
9 ( 5 ) NEVER TRUST A STRANGER Kim Wilde
10 ( 14 ) HARVEST FOR THE WORLD The Christians

11 ( NEW ) BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY The Four Seasons
12 ( 12 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
13 ( 13 ) NEED YOU TONIGHT (MENDOHLSON MIX) INXS
14 ( 8 ) DESIRE U2
15 ( 6 ) A LITTLE RESPECT Erasure
16 ( 11 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys
17 ( 15 ) LOVELY DAY (SUNSHINE MIX) Bill Withers
18 ( 74 ) REAL GONE KID Deacon Blue
19 ( 16 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies
20 ( 9 ) ANCHORAGE Michelle-Shocked

21 ( 17 ) TEARDROPS Womack & Womack
22 ( 51 ) TWIST IN MY SOBRIETY Tanita Tikarim
23 ( 19 ) DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY Bobby McFerrin
24 ( 28 ) SHE MAKES MY DAY Robert Palmer
25 ( 37 ) I WISH U HEAVEN Prince
26 ( 40 ) KISS Tom Jones & The Art Of Noise
27 ( 20 ) YOU'RE MY WORLD Nick Heyward
28 ( 25 ) DEEP AND WIDE AND TALL Aztec Camera
29 ( NEW ) PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART Annie Lennox/ Al Green
30 ( 22 ) RIDING ON A TRAIN The Pasadenas

31 ( 23 ) FAKE ('88 REMIX) Alexander O' Neal
32 ( NEW ) HANDLE WITH CARE Traveling Wilbury's
33 ( 33 ) “1-2-3” Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
34 ( NEW ) CAN YOU PARTY Royal House
35 ( 27 ) BURN IT UP Beastmasters/ P.P. Arnold
36 ( 21 ) WEE RULE Wee Papa Girl Rappers
37 ( 39 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
38 ( 38 ) NOTHING AT ALL Heart
39 ( 34 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde
40 ( 32 ) ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson

41 ( 26 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan
42 ( 43 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
43 ( 30 ) YE KE YE KE Mory Kante
44 ( 41 ) ONE STEP FROM HEAVEN The Adventures
45 ( 31 ) THE HARDER I TRY Brother Beyond
46 ( 46 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael
47 ( 47 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
48 ( 55 ) INSIDE A DREAM Jane Wiedlin
49 ( 44 ) SOMEWHERE DOWN THE CRAZY RIVER Robbie Robertson
50 ( 35 ) GROOVY KIND OF LOVE Phil Collins

51 ( 36 ) FIRST BOY IN THIS TOWN (LOVESICK) Scritti Politti
52 ( RE ) LISTEN TO THE VOICES Labi Siffre
53 ( 53 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
54 ( 54 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
55 ( 58 ) STAND UP FOR YOUR LOVE RIGHTS Yazz & The Plastic Population
56 ( 56 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
57 ( 45 ) ANOTHER LOVER Giant Steps
58 ( 60 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael
59 ( 59 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
60 ( NEW ) WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE Guns 'N' Roses

61 ( 57 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson
62 ( 24 ) I DON'T WANT YOUR LOVE Duran Duran
63 ( 52 ) HAPPY EVER AFTER Julia Fordham
64 ( 69 ) ONE MOMENT IN TIME Whitney Houston
65 ( NEW ) FIRST TIME Robin Beck
66 ( 65 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5
67 ( 70 ) I CAN HEAR YOUR HEARTBEAT Chris Rea
68 ( 29 ) LOVE TRUTH AND HONESTY Bananarama
69 ( 50 ) WORLD WITHOUT YOU Belinda Carlisle
70 ( 73 ) LIFE IS JUST A BALLGAME Womack & Womack

71 ( 48 ) BIG FUN Inner City/ Kevin Saunderson
72 ( NEW ) PUT A HOLD ON IT Eddy Grant
73 ( 72 ) BAD Michael Jackson
74 ( NEW ) BOOM! THERE SHE WAS Scritti Politti
75 ( NEW ) LOUIE LOUIE The Fat Boys
76 ( NEW ) KISSING A FOOL George Michael

FAVE OLDIES/ALBUM TRACKS OF THE WEEK
1 KISSING A FOOL George Michael
2 LEGEND OF XANADU Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
3 REFLECTIONS OF MY LIFE Marmalade

Posted by: Steve201 31st October 2020, 12:00 AM

QUOTE(Poptarttreat @ Oct 30 2020, 05:10 PM)

I've still got them all on hard-drive waiting for the day I have time to watch them. Probably never (I've got loads of video tapes of pop videos, TOTP, MTV, live performances etc from the 80's and 90's but never had the time to convert them to DVD, though most should now be on youtube anyway hopefully....)

Posted by: Poptarttreat 31st October 2020, 08:22 AM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Oct 31 2020, 12:00 AM)

Posted by: dandy* 31st October 2020, 06:08 PM

Glad to see Real Gone Kid making big gains this time, I've always had a real soft spot for that song.

Posted by: Sixth Sense 1st November 2020, 05:49 PM

QUOTE(dandy* @ Oct 31 2020, 06:08 PM)

Posted by: Sixth Sense 1st November 2020, 05:51 PM

QUOTE(Popchartfreak @ Sep 5 2020, 07:25 AM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 2nd November 2020, 05:22 PM

QUOTE(dandy* @ Oct 31 2020, 06:08 PM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 2nd November 2020, 05:27 PM

QUOTE(Sixth Sense @ Nov 1 2020, 05:51 PM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 6th November 2020, 08:24 PM

6th November 1988

It's 2 weeks on top for my American edition single of Information Society's What's On Your Mind, holding off Enya from the top spot - doh! Tanita Tikarim gets that top 10 with her society getting twisted in the process, as Prince shoots up to 8 with I Wish U Heaven, the 2nd from the album to do that. The Four Seasons replace themselves in the top 10 with another classic oldie as Big Girls Don't Cry gives Frankie & the lads a 4th or 5th, though loads more covers have done it. INXS's brilliant Need You Tonight finally goes top 10 too, a year on since peaking just short.

Straight in at 16 it's The Beach Boys last big worldwide hit, Kokomo, giving them 20 years of top 20's in my charts, as Al Green climbs to 20 with Annie Lennox, making it 16 years of top 20's for him, and 9 for her since debuting with The Tourists. Dire Straits are back with Sultans Of Swing 9 years on, which peaked at 2 in 1979 prior to their taking over the world with Brothers In Arms. Mica Paris is breathing life into me, new at 34, and Bucks Fizz debut with Heart Of Stone at 39, a great rock ballad that Cher covered a year later. Mysteriously flopping, it keeps up the quality pop regardless of sales dropping off since New Beginnings, which ironically wasn't. 30 years on and 3 of original line-up got a proper new beginning as The Fizz, still making great pop.

Voice Of The Beehive exclaim I Walk The Earth, at 49, a track that charts twice, and The Proclaimers bring Sunshine On Leith into the charts, at 61. It's a toss-up between this gorgeous one and Letter From America as their greatest record. 500 Miles is nowhere close, either time it was a hit. Brother Beyond follow-up with a similar, if lesser, He Ain't No Competition; Bananarama cover Nathan Jones - I mean full marks for good taste, I adore The Supremes original too, but it's not in the same class as even their own recent tracks. Randy Newman pops in with one of his "once in a blue moon" entries, but his songs venture where he usually doesn't, starting with his fab Simon Smith & His Amazing Dancing Bear, a kiddie fave of mine by Alan Price.

All About Eve ask What Kind Of Fool, presumably dedicated to how they felt after the miming incident, Steve Earle's Copperhead Road gets a little traffic at 75, and a bonus entry at 76 from George Michael who's Hand To Mouth should have been a single in 1988, a fantastic album track from Faith, topping my playlist that week, but not able to qualify for my chart, so I've retrospectively given George an extra "hit" at 76. It probably would have been at number one though, had I allowed album tracks.


1 ( 1 ) WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND (PURE ENERGY) Information Society
2 ( 3 ) ORINOCO FLOW Enya
3 ( 2 ) LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS Human League
4 ( 5 ) GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE Milli Vanilli
5 ( 4 ) LET'S STICK TOGETHER '88 Bryan Ferry
6 ( 22 ) TWIST IN MY SOBRIETY Tanita Tikarim
7 ( 7 ) JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI Kylie Minogue
8 ( 25 ) I WISH U HEAVEN Prince
9 ( 11 ) BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY The Four Seasons
10 ( 13 ) NEED YOU TONIGHT (MENDOHLSON MIX) INXS

11 ( 6 ) DECEMBER '63 (OH WHAT A NIGHT) '88 The Four Seasons
12 ( 12 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
13 ( 18 ) REAL GONE KID Deacon Blue
14 ( 8 ) ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds
15 ( 9 ) NEVER TRUST A STRANGER Kim Wilde
16 ( NEW ) KOKOMO The Beach Boys
17 ( 10 ) HARVEST FOR THE WORLD The Christians
18 ( 24 ) SHE MAKES MY DAY Robert Palmer
19 ( 16 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys
20 ( 29 ) PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART Annie Lennox/ Al Green

21 ( 19 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies
22 ( 26 ) KISS Tom Jones & The Art Of Noise
23 ( 14 ) DESIRE U2
24 ( 17 ) LOVELY DAY (SUNSHINE MIX) Bill Withers
25 ( 21 ) TEARDROPS Womack & Womack
26 ( 15 ) A LITTLE RESPECT Erasure
27 ( 34 ) CAN YOU PARTY Royal House
28 ( 20 ) ANCHORAGE Michelle-Shocked
29 ( 23 ) DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY Bobby McFerrin
30 ( 32 ) HANDLE WITH CARE Traveling Wilbury's

31 ( 60 ) WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE Guns 'N' Roses
32 ( 33 ) “1-2-3” Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
33 ( NEW ) SULTANS OF SWING Dire Straits
34 ( NEW ) BREATHE LIFE INTO ME Mica Paris
35 ( 27 ) YOU'RE MY WORLD Nick Heyward
36 ( 48 ) INSIDE A DREAM Jane Wiedlin
37 ( 28 ) DEEP AND WIDE AND TALL Aztec Camera
38 ( 30 ) RIDING ON A TRAIN The Pasadenas
39 ( NEW ) HEART OF STONE Bucks Fizz
40 ( 37 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies

41 ( 39 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde
42 ( 42 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
43 ( 65 ) FIRST TIME Robin Beck
44 ( 31 ) FAKE ('88 REMIX) Alexander O' Neal
45 ( 40 ) ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson
46 ( 47 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
47 ( 43 ) YE KE YE KE Mory Kante
48 ( 46 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael
49 ( NEW ) I WALK THE EARTH Voice Of The Beehive
50 ( 35 ) BURN IT UP Beastmasters/ P.P. Arnold

51 ( 36 ) WEE RULE Wee Papa Girl Rappers
52 ( 41 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan
53 ( 53 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
54 ( 49 ) SOMEWHERE DOWN THE CRAZY RIVER Robbie Robertson
55 ( 55 ) STAND UP FOR YOUR LOVE RIGHTS Yazz & The Plastic Population
56 ( 56 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
57 ( 54 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
58 ( 59 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
59 ( 50 ) GROOVY KIND OF LOVE Phil Collins
60 ( 58 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael

61 ( NEW ) SUNSHINE ON LEITH The Proclaimers
62 ( 57 ) ANOTHER LOVER Giant Steps
63 ( 45 ) THE HARDER I TRY Brother Beyond
64 ( 61 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson
65 ( NEW ) HE AIN'T NO COMPETITION Brother Beyond
66 ( NEW ) NATHAN JONES Bananarama
67 ( 52 ) LISTEN TO THE VOICES Labi Siffre
68 ( 66 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5
69 ( 70 ) LIFE IS JUST A BALLGAME Womack & Womack
70 ( 63 ) HAPPY EVER AFTER Julia Fordham

71 ( NEW ) IT'S MONEY THAT MATTERS Randy Newman
72 ( NEW ) THE PARTY Kraze
73 ( NEW ) WHAT KIND OF FOOL All About Eve
74 ( 73 ) BAD Michael Jackson
75 ( NEW ) COPPERHEAD ROAD Steve Earle
76 ( NEW ) HAND TO MOUTH George Michael

6th Nov
PLAYIST OLDIES

1 HAND TO MOUTH George Michael
2 THE BELLS Laura Nyro
3 TOKOLOSHE MAN John Kongos

Posted by: Bjork 7th November 2020, 10:55 AM

not that crazy about your #1
good climbs by Enya, Tanita Tikaram and INXS

the best new is hands down I Walk the Earth by the under appreciated Voice of the Beehive
also nice to see little brave All About Eve at the very bottom

Posted by: Steve201 7th November 2020, 04:25 PM

My favourite track is Voice of the Beehive and All About Eve always find late 80s indie quite in between in terms of eras not new wave but not quite modern Brit pop we would hear a few years later.

Brother Behond were also a strange band along with Bros, it’s like they are trying to find a popular new boy band but haven’t quite formula until Take That came along three years later as people the public could relate to.

Posted by: Popchartfreak 13th November 2020, 08:00 PM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Nov 7 2020, 10:55 AM)

not that crazy about your #1
good climbs by Enya, Tanita Tikaram and INXS

the best new is hands down I Walk the Earth by the under appreciated Voice of the Beehive
also nice to see little brave All About Eve at the very bottom

Posted by: Popchartfreak 13th November 2020, 08:05 PM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Nov 7 2020, 04:25 PM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 13th November 2020, 08:31 PM

13th November 1988

It's a second number one for Prince off Lovesexy as the fab I Wish U Heaven follows Alphabet Street to the top spot, though I'm still pissed off I have to fast forward the album for 5 or 10 minutes to hear the track whenever I want to play it due to Prince's infuriating fan-pissing-off insistence of having no separate tracks on the CD, just one long one. And then he makes himself an artistic liar by releasing singles off the album and making his whole argument a falsehood. No wonder everyone stopped buying his stuff in the 90's after some more pissing-off-fans-incidents. I know I stopped forever around the time of Symbol.

New in at 2, it's dance remix of Downtown. I kid you not, the 60's pop classic gets Pet Clark a hit - it would have topped my theoretical charts when I was 7 years old anyway, as I loved it as a kid, and Pet had a deserved chart-topper in the 2010's with the fab Cut Copy. Deacon Blue get a top 10 at last. They'd get another one, like Petula, in the 2010's with The Hipsters. George Michael's latest single from Faith is in at 15, Kissing A Fool, and Michael Jackson's latest dive into Bad is in ay 18, and the rhythmic Smooth Criminal, the video being way better than the godawful film it came from, Moonwalker.

Best of all, it's a brand new Trevor-Horn-produced sprawling epic from Pet Shop Boys, the wonderful Left To My Own Devices getting a low-ish entry at 33, as it hasn't the advantage of being played for months or familiar oldie of the higher entries. Kim Wilde is a Four-Letter-Word in 1988 as she racks up another gem of a single off Close, at 39, as the biggest climber into the top 40 is The Proclaimers gorgeous Sunshine On Leith. Elton John has A Word In Spanish - Ola Guapo presumably - as 30's standard Minnie The Moocher gets the reggae treatment a bit lower down. Barbra Streisand stages a comeback 17 years on from Stoney End, dragging along Miami Vice's Don Johnson (not that he needs encouragement to rock, crooning maybe not so much), and Phil Collins terrific Motown-pastiche Two Hearts debuts at 75, the latest Buster offcut.

1 ( 8 ) I WISH U HEAVEN Prince
2 ( NEW ) DOWNTOWN '88 Petula Clark
3 ( 2 ) ORINOCO FLOW Enya
4 ( 1 ) WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND (PURE ENERGY) Information Society
5 ( 6 ) TWIST IN MY SOBRIETY Tanita Tikarim
6 ( 3 ) LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS Human League
7 ( 4 ) GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE Milli Vanilli
8 ( 10 ) NEED YOU TONIGHT (MENDOHLSON MIX) INXS
9 ( 13 ) REAL GONE KID Deacon Blue
10 ( 5 ) LET'S STICK TOGETHER '88 Bryan Ferry

11 ( 7 ) JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI Kylie Minogue
12 ( 18 ) SHE MAKES MY DAY Robert Palmer
13 ( 16 ) KOKOMO The Beach Boys
14 ( 12 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
15 ( RE ) KISSING A FOOL George Michael
16 ( 9 ) BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY The Four Seasons
17 ( 39 ) HEART OF STONE Bucks Fizz
18 ( NEW ) SMOOTH CRIMINAL Michael Jackson
19 ( 20 ) PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART Annie Lennox/ Al Green
20 ( 34 ) BREATHE LIFE INTO ME Mica Paris

21 ( 15 ) NEVER TRUST A STRANGER Kim Wilde
22 ( 30 ) HANDLE WITH CARE Traveling Wilbury's
23 ( 19 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys
24 ( 21 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies
25 ( 14 ) ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds
26 ( 27 ) CAN YOU PARTY Royal House
27 ( 11 ) DECEMBER '63 (OH WHAT A NIGHT) '88 The Four Seasons
28 ( 32 ) 1 Feb 0003 Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
29 ( 24 ) LOVELY DAY (SUNSHINE MIX) Bill Withers
30 ( 31 ) WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE Guns 'N' Roses

31 ( 25 ) TEARDROPS Womack & Womack
32 ( 22 ) KISS Tom Jones & The Art Of Noise
33 ( NEW ) LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES Pet Shop Boys
34 ( 35 ) YOU'RE MY WORLD Nick Heyward
35 ( 43 ) FIRST TIME Robin Beck
36 ( 17 ) HARVEST FOR THE WORLD The Christians
37 ( 29 ) DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY Bobby McFerrin
38 ( 61 ) SUNSHINE ON LEITH The Proclaimers
39 ( NEW ) FOUR LETTER WORD Kim Wilde
40 ( 36 ) INSIDE A DREAM Jane Wiedlin

41 ( 40 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies
42 ( 42 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
43 ( 41 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde
44 ( 23 ) DESIRE U2
45 ( 66 ) NATHAN JONES Bananarama
46 ( 26 ) A LITTLE RESPECT Erasure
47 ( 46 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield
48 ( 28 ) ANCHORAGE Michelle-Shocked
49 ( 33 ) SULTANS OF SWING Dire Straits
50 ( 48 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael

51 ( 37 ) DEEP AND WIDE AND TALL Aztec Camera
52 ( 55 ) STAND UP FOR YOUR LOVE RIGHTS Yazz & The Plastic Population
53 ( NEW ) A WORD IN SPANISH Elton John
54 ( 53 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
55 ( 73 ) WHAT KIND OF FOOL All About Eve
56 ( 56 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
57 ( 47 ) YE KE YE KE Mory Kante
58 ( 58 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
59 ( 38 ) RIDING ON A TRAIN The Pasadenas
60 ( 60 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael

61 ( 57 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
62 ( 45 ) ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson
63 ( 54 ) SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LAZY RIVER Robbie Robertson
64 ( 65 ) HE AIN'T NO COMPETITION Brother Beyond
65 ( 49 ) I WALK THE EARTH Voice Of The Beehive
66 ( RE ) LOUIE LOUIE The Fat Boys
67 ( 68 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5
68 ( 64 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson
69 ( 70 ) HAPPY EVER AFTER Julia Fordham
70 ( NEW ) MINNIE THE MOOCHER Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra

71 ( 52 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan / Miami Sound Machine
72 ( NEW ) IF IT'S LOVE THAT YOU WANT Donny Osmond
73 ( NEW ) TWIST AND SHOUT Salt 'n' Pepa
74 ( NEW ) TILL I LOVED YOU Barbra Streisand & Don Johnson
75 ( NEW ) TWO HEARTS Phil Collins



Playlist oldies and album tracks of that week
1 STONEY END Laura Nyro
2 ALL I EVER NEED IS YOU Sonny & Cher
3 WEDDING BELL BLUES Laura Nyro

Posted by: Bjork 13th November 2020, 10:41 PM

Four Letter Word is probably my favourite of the newies, who'd thought Kim Wilde could have a hit with a ballad! Also liked the PSB one, Kissing a Fool and Smooth Criminal.

Posted by: Steve201 14th November 2020, 01:00 PM

Great to see ‘Real Gone Kid’ rising into the top 10!

Also sad that Enya doesn’t look like hitting the top spot but love the remix of Petula as well!

Posted by: Steve201 14th November 2020, 01:09 PM

Also really like ‘Smooth Criminal’ one of the best on Bad! ‘Nathan Jones’ is also one of Banaramas classics for me. Though think this is their final classic era - the 90s stuff kinda fades a bit!

Posted by: Sergej 15th November 2020, 09:35 AM

Hi there!
Glad to see "Twist In My Sobriety" in the top 5, the debuts for "Smooth Criminal", "A Word In Spanish" and "Two Hearts" and the return for "Kissing A Fool"!
Great chart!
Also, I'm thinking after the end of my 1980 charts to ask everyone which chart year archive from the 80s I should post next, what do you think?

Posted by: Sixth Sense 15th November 2020, 11:20 AM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Nov 14 2020, 01:09 PM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 20th November 2020, 07:50 PM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Nov 14 2020, 01:00 PM)

Posted by: Sixth Sense 20th November 2020, 07:53 PM

Orinoco Flow never did anything for me. One of those surprising No.1's

Posted by: Popchartfreak 20th November 2020, 07:55 PM

QUOTE(Sergej @ Nov 15 2020, 09:35 AM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 20th November 2020, 08:00 PM

QUOTE(Sixth Sense @ Nov 15 2020, 11:20 AM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 20th November 2020, 08:29 PM

20th November 1988

It's a 60's classic (more or less) on top some 24 years later than it 100% would have topped my chart when I was 6 years old, I loved Downtown, still do, I get powerful images of living in suburban/rural Chesham and going into London with my parents on the Tube when London was all Swinging 60's. Great record, and the remix didn't kill it. INXS finally get Need You Tonight top 3 and Bucks Fizz get their last top 5 (ahead of Cher's cover) with the fab Heart Of Stone. Of course, 2 of this line-up would be back in 30 years with another run of Fizz hits and a number one.

Pet Shop Boys have a big climb to 6 - but not yet top 5 Will Left To My Own Devices hit the top (hint, it's bloody brilliant)? George is Kissing A Fool with a 5th consecutive top 10 single from Faith, and 6th top 20, though Hand To Mouth (back at 76 as it's listed in my playlist at 2) would absolutely have been higher than Kissing A Fool, most-likely number one or two. Kim Wilde leaps into the 20 for a 4th Close track, and Blondie remix Denis, which topped my charts in 1978, back into entering at 23, just ahead of top new track - another US big hit from British band Escape Club and the gun-shooting Wild Wild West, great fun that one, should have been a UK hit.

Take cover! Mistletoe And Wine is in at 30. The great thing about personal charts is they show that a record you can't stand, and don't recall liking much, can actually have sounded fresh once upon a time. Here's the proof, I liked the Cliff Xmas perennial once upon a time! There's another Downtown in the chart, but it's not a cover, it's a new song that didn't catch on sadly - One 2 Many. Womack & Womack re-enter at a new Ball Game peak of 40, Two Hearts leaps up into the 40, The Pasadenas are back, Sigue Sigue Sputnik are surprisingly active 2 years on, as I don't recall anything beyond 1986, Success presumably not one.

Tiffany's stretching out her 5 minutes of fame to 12 months with a decent enough pop ditty, The Bangles add to their run ahead of a biggie, UB40 make it almost 9 years and are not even half-way through their chart run, Big Country sneak back in, towards the end of their 6-year run, Chris De Burgh charts another turgid ballad, even worse than Lady In Red, and Will To Power do a medley of Peter Frampton and Lynyrd Skynrd, homogenise both songs, and guarantee endless plays on Steve Wright for the next 32 years. I prefer the originals, thanks. That leaves the Nothing Less Than Brilliant Sandie Shaw returning with a very Morrissey-sounding song written by herself and her classic-60's songwriter Chris Andrews. Sandie would have had 3 chart-toppers in my hypothetical 60's kiddie charts. Finally, there's a track called There She Goes by The La's sneaking in. It'll be back again bigger in 1990. And 1998. Fab, fab, fab.


1 ( 2 ) DOWNTOWN '88 Petula Clark
2 ( 1 ) I WISH U HEAVEN Prince
3 ( 8 ) NEED YOU TONIGHT (MENDOHLSON MIX) INXS
4 ( 5 ) TWIST IN MY SOBRIETY Tanita Tikarim
5 ( 17 ) HEART OF STONE Bucks Fizz
6 ( 33 ) LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES Pet Shop Boys
7 ( 3 ) ORINOCO FLOW Enya
8 ( 15 ) KISSING A FOOL George Michael
9 ( 6 ) LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS Human League
10 ( 19 ) PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART Annie Lennox/ Al Green

11 ( 9 ) REAL GONE KID Deacon Blue
12 ( 4 ) WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND (PURE ENERGY) Information Society
13 ( 7 ) GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE Milli Vanilli
14 ( 18 ) SMOOTH CRIMINAL Michael Jackson
15 ( 10 ) LET'S STICK TOGETHER '88 Bryan Ferry
16 ( 20 ) BREATHE LIFE INTO ME Mica Paris
17 ( 22 ) HANDLE WITH CARE Traveling Wilbury's
18 ( 12 ) SHE MAKES MY DAY Robert Palmer
19 ( 11 ) JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI Kylie Minogue
20 ( 39 ) FOUR LETTER WORD Kim Wilde

21 ( 14 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
22 ( 13 ) KOKOMO The Beach Boys
23 ( NEW ) DENIS (DENEE) '88 Blondie
24 ( NEW ) WILD WILD WEST The Escape Club
25 ( 38 ) SUNSHINE ON LEITH The Proclaimers
26 ( 21 ) NEVER TRUST A STRANGER Kim Wilde
27 ( 16 ) BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY The Four Seasons
28 ( 24 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies
29 ( 23 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys
30 ( NEW ) MISTLETOE AND WINE Cliff Richard

31 ( 35 ) FIRST TIME Robin Beck
32 ( 28 ) “1-2-3” Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
33 ( 25 ) ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds
34 ( 29 ) LOVELY DAY (SUNSHINE MIX) Bill Withers
35 ( 55 ) WHAT KIND OF FOOL All About Eve
36 ( 27 ) DECEMBER '63 (OH WHAT A NIGHT) '88 The Four Seasons
37 ( NEW ) DOWNTOWN One 2 Many
38 ( 75 ) TWO HEARTS Phil Collins
39 ( 45 ) NATHAN JONES Bananarama
40 ( RE ) LIFE IS JUST A BALLGAME Womack & Womack

41 ( 26 ) CAN YOU PARTY Royal House
42 ( 42 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
43 ( 41 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
44 ( 43 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde
45 ( 34 ) YOU'RE MY WORLD Nick Heyward
46 ( 31 ) TEARDROPS Womack & Womack
47 ( 52 ) STAND UP FOR YOUR LOVE RIGHTS Yazz & The Plastic Population
48 ( 37 ) DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY Bobby McFerrin
49 ( NEW ) ENCHANTED LADY The Pasadenas
50 ( 47 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

51 ( 32 ) KISS Tom Jones & The Art Of Noise
52 ( 53 ) A WORD IN SPANISH Elton John
53 ( 50 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael
54 ( 30 ) WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE Guns 'N' Roses
55 ( 66 ) LOUIE LOUIE The Fat Boys
56 ( 54 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
57 ( NEW ) RADIO ROMANCE Tiffany
58 ( 56 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
59 ( NEW ) BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY/ FREEBIRD Will To Power
60 ( 58 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

61 ( 64 ) HE AIN'T NO COMPETITION Brother Beyond
62 ( NEW ) SUCCESS Sigue Sigue Sputnik
63 ( 61 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
64 ( 36 ) HARVEST FOR THE WORLD The Christians
65 ( NEW ) IN YOUR ROOM The Bangles
66 ( 73 ) TWIST AND SHOUT Salt 'n' Pepa
67 ( 44 ) DESIRE U2
68 ( NEW ) COME OUT TO PLAY UB40
69 ( 57 ) YE KE YE KE Mory Kante
70 ( NEW ) BROKEN HEART (THIRTEEN VALLEYS) Big Country

71 ( 67 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5
72 ( 60 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael
73 ( NEW ) THERE SHE GOES The La's
74 ( NEW ) MISSING YOU Chris De Burgh
75 ( NEW ) NOTHING LESS THAN BRILLIANT Sandie Shaw
76 ( RE ) HAND TO MOUTH George Michael


Playlist oldies of the week
1 A MAN WITHOUT LOVE Engelbert Humperdinck
2 HAND TO MOUTH George Michael
3 GOTTA SEE JANE R.Dean Taylor

Posted by: Bjork 20th November 2020, 10:02 PM

Lots of newies, the Bangles song was probably my favourite, was kinda obsessed with the Bangles back then, In Your Room was great
think it was quite big in there US but only a small hit in the UK... similar to Wild Wild West, I was following the US charts at the time and that reached #1 in the US
while doing absolutely nothing in the UK...
Also liked the LA's song, the Will to Power song I also liked... and the Tiffany return was not half bad but was the start of her descent from fame
I also liked C>his de Burgh's Missing You although I remember it was very uncool to like him and be a fan

Posted by: Steve201 21st November 2020, 02:28 AM

Bloody love that 'Misletoe and Wine' charted in 1988 for you Pop, great Christmas classic imo. And it entered radio rotation early then!!

Why did The Las not do well in 1988? Was it not given airplay beyond John Peel and is that where you heard it so that it charted for you?

Posted by: Sergej 21st November 2020, 07:32 AM

Hi there!
Great to see "Need You Tonight" in the top 3! I also like seeing "Kissing A Fool" in the top 10!
The huge gains for "Two Hearts" and the debuts for "Radio Romance", "Missing You", "Wild, Wild West" and "Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird" (the latter two being former #1 hits in the US)
Great chart!

Posted by: Bjork 21st November 2020, 08:50 AM

but weren't the 2 versions (1988 vs 1990) of There she goes different? I mean wasn't the 90 version a remix or a re-recording or something?

Posted by: Popchartfreak 21st November 2020, 10:38 AM

QUOTE(Bjork @ Nov 20 2020, 10:02 PM)

Lots of newies, the Bangles song was probably my favourite, was kinda obsessed with the Bangles back then, In Your Room was great
think it was quite big in there US but only a small hit in the UK... similar to Wild Wild West, I was following the US charts at the time and that reached #1 in the US
while doing absolutely nothing in the UK...
Also liked the LA's song, the Will to Power song I also liked... and the Tiffany return was not half bad but was the start of her descent from fame
I also liked C>his de Burgh's Missing You although I remember it was very uncool to like him and be a fan

Posted by: Popchartfreak 21st November 2020, 10:39 AM

QUOTE(Sergej @ Nov 21 2020, 07:32 AM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 21st November 2020, 10:41 AM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Nov 21 2020, 02:28 AM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 27th November 2020, 05:52 PM

27th November 1988

It's a 4th consecutive chart-topper for Pet Shop Boys as the sprawling epic dance Left To My Own Devices becomes their 9th number one. Bucks Fizz get one of their biggest hits with future Cher single Heart Of Stone up to 3, and George Michael makes it a 4th top 5 from Faith. Michael Jackson makes it a 5th Bad top 10, and Bomb The Bass return with Say A Little Prayer with Maureen on vocals, as they cover the brilliant Aretha Franklin version of the Dionne Warwick original version of the Burt Bacharach/Hal David song. Highest new entry at 12. Phil Collins shoots into the 20 with Two Hearts. Must be a Timelord.

Belinda Carlisle continues to mine her album, as ballad Love Never Dies enters at 35, Hithouse do a bit of Jacking (Note To Self, be careful not add an extra S to start of group name) at 39, and Dear God, it's Midge Ure at 48 with a great record that flopped as the fickle music scene had shifted away from early 80's synth. U2 have an Angel Of Harlem, rattling and humming, in at 69, Fleetwood Mac have a single out to promote the first Greatest Hits of the famous incarnation of the band, As Long As You Follow one of Christine McVie's most tuneful - and it flopped! Go figure.

Mory Kante grabs another early Afrobeats hit, Tamar, and Slade had one more final hit than I remembered as they bring the 3-year-old Let's Dance cover (the Chris Montez 1962 hit which hit my top 3 in 1972) back in a 1988 remix. Hard to tell the difference actually.


1 ( 6 ) LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES Pet Shop Boys
2 ( 2 ) I WISH U HEAVEN Prince
3 ( 5 ) HEART OF STONE Bucks Fizz
4 ( 8 ) KISSING A FOOL George Michael
5 ( 1 ) DOWNTOWN '88 Petula Clark
6 ( 14 ) SMOOTH CRIMINAL Michael Jackson
7 ( 7 ) ORINOCO FLOW Enya
8 ( 4 ) TWIST IN MY SOBRIETY Tanita Tikarim
9 ( 9 ) LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS Human League
10 ( 3 ) NEED YOU TONIGHT (MENDOHLSON MIX) INXS

11 ( 16 ) BREATHE LIFE INTO ME Mica Paris
12 ( NEW ) SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Bomb The Bass featuring Maureen
13 ( 11 ) REAL GONE KID Deacon Blue
14 ( 23 ) DENIS (DENEE) '88 Blondie
15 ( 24 ) WILD WILD WEST The Escape Club
16 ( 25 ) SUNSHINE ON LEITH The Proclaimers
17 ( 38 ) TWO HEARTS Phil Collins
18 ( 10 ) PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART Annie Lennox/ Al Green
19 ( 19 ) JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI Kylie Minogue
20 ( 20 ) FOUR LETTER WORD Kim Wilde

21 ( 12 ) WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND (PURE ENERGY) Information Society
22 ( 21 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
23 ( 15 ) LET'S STICK TOGETHER '88 Bryan Ferry
24 ( 13 ) GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE Milli Vanilli
25 ( 17 ) HANDLE WITH CARE Traveling Wilbury's
26 ( 18 ) SHE MAKES MY DAY Robert Palmer
27 ( 59 ) BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY/ FREEBIRD Will To Power
28 ( 28 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies
29 ( 29 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys
30 ( 30 ) MISTLETOE AND WINE Cliff Richard

31 ( 22 ) KOKOMO The Beach Boys
32 ( 26 ) NEVER TRUST A STRANGER Kim Wilde
33 ( 39 ) NATHAN JONES Bananarama
34 ( 27 ) BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY The Four Seasons
35 ( NEW ) LOVE NEVER DIES Belinda Carlisle
36 ( 37 ) DOWNTOWN One 2 Many
37 ( 57 ) RADIO ROMANCE Tiffany
38 ( 34 ) LOVELY DAY (SUNSHINE MIX) Bill Withers
39 ( NEW ) JACK TO THE SOUND OF THE UNDERGROUND Hithouse
40 ( 33 ) ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds

41 ( 32 ) “1-2-3” Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
42 ( 75 ) NOTHING LESS THAN BRILLIANT Sandie Shaw
43 ( 42 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
44 ( 43 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
45 ( 44 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde
46 ( 35 ) WHAT KIND OF FOOL All About Eve
47 ( 36 ) DECEMBER '63 (OH WHAT A NIGHT) '88 The Four Seasons
48 ( NEW ) DEAR GOD Midge Ure
49 ( 49 ) ENCHANTED LADY The Pasadenas
50 ( 40 ) LIFE IS JUST A BALLGAME Womack & Womack

51 ( 61 ) HE AIN'T NO COMPETITION Brother Beyond
52 ( 50 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
53 ( RE ) TILL I LOVED YOU Barbra Streisand & Don Johnson
54 ( 46 ) TEARDROPS Womack & Womack
55 ( 53 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael
56 ( 62 ) SUCCESS Sigue Sigue Sputnik
57 ( 45 ) YOU'RE MY WORLD Nick Heyward
58 ( 58 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
59 ( 56 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
60 ( 60 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

61 ( 48 ) DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY Bobby McFerrin
62 ( 52 ) A WORD IN SPANISH Elton John
63 ( 65 ) IN YOUR ROOM The Bangles
64 ( 47 ) STAND UP FOR YOUR LOVE RIGHTS Yazz & The Plastic Population
65 ( 63 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
66 ( 66 ) TWIST AND SHOUT Salt 'n' Pepa
67 ( NEW ) LET THERE BE DRUMS Boss Beat
68 ( 68 ) COME OUT TO PLAY UB40
69 ( NEW ) ANGEL OF HARLEM U2
70 ( 31 ) FIRST TIME Robin Beck

71 ( NEW ) AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW Fleetwood Mac
72 ( 71 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5
73 ( NEW ) YOU ARE THE ONE a-ha
74 ( NEW ) TAMAR Mory Kante
75 ( NEW ) LET'S DANCE (1988 Remix) Slade

Playlist faves of that week
1 STONEY END Laura Nyro
2 BABY JANE Rod Stewart
3 WHEN WE WERE YOUNG Bucks Fizz