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22ND NOVEMBER



"The Tide Is High" seems to have caught the public imagination as sales swell to 132,000 this week which is more copies sold in a week than either of their other 1980 chart toppers "Call Me" and "Atomic" though of course TTIH has the advantage of not being available on any album and also the additional sales that the run in to Christmas always provides. The song has sold 305,000 copies in just 3 weeks but still has some way to go to beat their biggest seller of the year, that being "Atomic" which has sales of over 475,000 to date.





Debuting sensationally at No 1 over on the album charts with "Super Trouper" ABBA prove that that is no hold back to the title track which made its presence felt last week when it debuted at No 13 and this week bounds to No 2 with 86,000 being convinced enough to purchase it. Only 4 previous ABBA singles have been as high as "Super Trouper" is on their second week and of them two went on to be No 1 hits ("Waterloo" and "Take A Chance On Me") whilst two never made it there ("Chiquitita" and "I Have A Dream") so it's 50/50 on this ones chances next week.



ABBA are the only new entry in the entire top 10 this week though there are two climbers, David Bowie rises 6-5 (63,000) and Stephanie Mills jumps 9-6 (53,000) whilst Dennis Waterman holds at No 4 though does increase sales wise by 27% to 67,000, indeed he almost overtook a falling Barbra Streisand whose "Woman In Love" drops 2-3 (74,000) and which has now sold 578,000 copies rising to No 7 in the YTD's and should make the top 4 next week on that list.

Fallers make up the bottom of the big 10, Bad Manners drop 3-7 (46,000), Adam & The Ants move 7-8 (43,000), OMD are in reverse again 8-9 (43,000) whilst Status Quo cling on 5-10 (36,0000)

1- THE TIDE IS HIGH- Blondie (132,000)
2- SUPER TROUPER- Abba (86,000)
3- WOMAN IN LOVE- Barbra Streisand (74,000)
4- I COULD BE SO GOOD FOR YOU- Dennis Waterman (67,000)
5- FASHION- David Bowie (63,000)
6- I NEVER KNEW A LOVE LIKE THIS BEFORE- Stephanie Mills (53,000)
7- SPECIAL BREW- Bad Manners (46,000)
8- DOG EAT DOG- Adam & The Ants (43,000)
9- ENOLA GAY- O,M.D (43,000)
10- WHAT YOU’RE PROPOSING- Status Quo (36,000)