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 Jan 5 2018, 07:04 PM
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7th January 1986
It's new in at 1 with another oldie - the 20 year anniversary reissue recharting Beatles double A side classic, keeping up the run of charting oldies, mostly. That means the actual top new track, West End Girls, has still only had 1 week on top in what otherwise would have been a 6 week-run on top if not for oldies. A-ha rocket into the top 10 for 2 in a row, The Cars do it for the 3rd time, and Go West shoot into the 20 for the 3rd time. Highest new track is Pat Benatar, while Steve Harley, 12 years on from Judy Teen, teams up with ex-1978 chart-topper Sarah Brightman, now a serious musical star, for the Phantom duet. Fine Young Cannibals cover Elvis, Dire Straits dig deeper into Brothers In Arms, ABC enter a bit blue, and Grace Jones is besides herself at being a new entry with an old Edith Piaf French classic ballad. Literally. As is kate Bush, literally beside herself. 1 ( NEW ) WE CAN WORK IT OUT/ DAY TRIPPER The Beatles 2 ( 1 ) LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS Mud 3 ( 2 ) WEST END GIRLS Pet Shop Boys 4 ( 3 ) RUSSIANS Sting 5 ( 22 ) THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV A-ha 6 ( 4 ) LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 7 ( 6 ) SHE’S STRANGE Cameo 8 ( 8 ) I’M YOUR MAN Wham! 9 ( 9 ) AFTER THE LOVE HAS GONE Princess 10 ( 12 ) TONIGHT SHE COMES The Cars 11 ( 13 ) WE ALL STAND TOGETHER Paul McCartney 12 ( 5 ) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY Slade 13 ( 7 ) SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU Whitney Houston 14 ( 19 ) HIT THAT PERFECT BEAT Bronski Beat 15 ( 25 ) IT’S ALRIGHT (BABY’S COMING BACK) Eurythmics 16 ( 10 ) DO THEY KNOW IT’S CHRISTMAS? Band Aid 17 ( 17 ) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE Shakin’ Stevens 18 ( 15 ) MATED David Grant & Jaki Graham 19 ( 14 ) DRESS YOU UP Madonna 20 ( 42 ) DON’T LOOK DOWN (THE SEQUEL) Go West 21 ( 18 ) DON’T BREAK MY HEART UB40 22 ( 39 ) WHO’S ZOOMIN' WHO Aretha Franklin 23 ( 40 ) GIRLIE GIRLIE Sophia George 24 ( 16 ) SPIES LIKE US Paul McCartney 25 ( 27 ) WRAP HER UP Elton John 26 ( 11 ) BECAUSE Julian Lennon 27 ( 29 ) MY GUY MY GIRL Amii Stewart & Deon Estus 28 ( 28 ) IT’S IN EVERY ONE OF US Cliff Richard 29 ( 34 ) LEAVING ME NOW Level 42 30 ( 24 ) ROAD TO NOWHERE Talking Heads 31 ( 23 ) WE BUILT THIS CITY Starship 32 ( 21 ) SEE THE DAY Dee C. Lee 33 ( 20 ) SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN Bruce Springsteen 34 ( 38 ) BROKEN WINGS Mr. Mister 35 ( NEW ) SEX AS A WEAPON Pat Benatar 36 ( 36 ) SISTERS ARE DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin 37 ( 26 ) THE SHOW Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew 38 ( 47 ) RING OF ICE Jennifer Rush 39 ( 31 ) DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES Slade 40 ( 37 ) A GOOD HEART Feargal Sharkey 41 ( 33 ) SUN CITY Artists Against Apartheid 42 ( 45 ) THE POWER OF LOVE Jennifer Rush 43 ( 43 ) THE WHOLE OF THE MOON The Waterboys 44 ( 30 ) YOU’RE A FRIEND OF MINE Clarence Clemons & Jackson Browne 45 ( 32 ) WHITE CHRISTMAS Bing Crosby 46 ( NEW ) NAUGHTY NAUGHTY John Parr 47 ( 67 ) YOU LITTLE THIEF Feargal Sharkey 48 ( 35 ) OH LOUISE Junior 49 ( 55 ) WALKING IN THE AIR Aled Jones 50 ( 41 ) JEALOUS GUY John Lennon 51 ( 49 ) STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN Far Corporation 52 ( 48 ) TAKE ON ME A-Ha 53 ( 53 ) THE LAST KISS David Cassidy 54 ( 50 ) CITIES IN DUST Siouxsie & The Banshees 55 ( 51 ) DON’T YOU JUST KNOW IT Amazulu 56 ( 46 ) SEPARATE LIVES Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin 57 ( 57 ) EASIER SAID THAN DOWN Jon Anderson 58 ( NEW ) THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Steve Harley & Sarah Brightman 59 ( 59 ) RAISE THE ROOF The Conway Brothers 60 ( NEW ) SUSPICIOUS MINDS Fine Young Cannibals 61 ( 60 ) DRIVE The Cars 62 ( 75 ) ALICE I WANT YOU JUST FOR ME Full Force 63 ( 54 ) HEART AND SOUL Huey Lewis & The News 64 ( 63 ) IF I WAS Midge Ure 65 ( NEW ) WALK OF LIFE Dire Straits 66 ( 52 ) THAT’S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR Dionne Warwick & Friends 67 ( 61 ) LOST WEEKEND Lloyd Cole & The Commotions 68 ( 68 ) MEGAREX T.Rex 69 ( NEW ) OCEAN BLUE ABC 70 ( 58 ) P-MACHINERY (REMIX) Propaganda 71 ( 44 ) WINDSWEPT Bryan Ferry 72 ( NEW ) LA VIE EN ROSE Grace Jones 73 ( 73 ) SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM Grace Jones 74 ( 71 ) RUNNING UP THAT HILL Kate Bush 75 ( 74 ) CLOUDBUSTING Kate Bush Oldies playlist 1 IT’S FOR YOU Cilla Black 2 I’M GONNA BE STRONG Gene Pitney 3 SABRE DANCE Love Sculpture |
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Jan 5 2018, 08:12 PM
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My faves in your chart that are on the rise are Sun Always Shines On TV and Hit That Perfect Beat, the latter definitely one of the best dance songs of the 80s imo. Sounds dancier and less poppy than most of the 80s Ni-NRG songs that made the chart.
As for Sun Always Shines On TV, it is definitely my favourite A-ha song. This post has been edited by The Snake : Jan 5 2018, 08:15 PM |
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Jan 7 2018, 09:24 AM
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QUOTE(The Snake @ Jan 5 2018, 08:12 PM)  My faves in your chart that are on the rise are Sun Always Shines On TV and Hit That Perfect Beat, the latter definitely one of the best dance songs of the 80s imo. Sounds dancier and less poppy than most of the 80s Ni-NRG songs that made the chart. As for Sun Always Shines On TV, it is definitely my favourite A-ha song. Thanks Snakey, did you know The Snake the old Al Wilson soulfunk track? Fun. I like the Bronski Beat track but the change of lead vocalist left me a bit uncertain whether i approved or not - he had a less grating voice than Jimmy Somerville and had a cute appeal but I sometimes almost look at new singers as a new act and the "real" Bronski Beat became The Communards. I like HiNRG though anyway, when done well  |
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Jan 7 2018, 06:04 PM
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QUOTE(Popchartfreak @ Jan 7 2018, 09:24 AM) Thanks Snakey, did you know The Snake the old Al Wilson soulfunk track? Fun. I like the Bronski Beat track but the change of lead vocalist left me a bit uncertain whether i approved or not - he had a less grating voice than Jimmy Somerville and had a cute appeal but I sometimes almost look at new singers as a new act and the "real" Bronski Beat became The Communards. I like HiNRG though anyway, when done well Never heard that Al Wilson track before I don't think, must listen. Hi-NRG is good when done well, stuff like Bronski Beat, Communards and the Kim Wilde cover coming later in 1986 are excellent (the production of this latter one being rather similar in style to the New Rules 80s style Initial Talk remix that was released recently). I guess the Pet Shop Boys were Hi-NRG too and they made the sound much less cheesy of course with It's A Sin and Heart particularly. Of course as you probably know there was another big game-changing track in dance coming later in 1986, this time bringing in a different new genre that is still popular today. This post has been edited by The Snake : Jan 7 2018, 06:21 PM |
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Jan 10 2018, 02:33 PM
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QUOTE(The Snake @ Jan 7 2018, 06:04 PM) Never heard that Al Wilson track before I don't think, must listen. Hi-NRG is good when done well, stuff like Bronski Beat, Communards and the Kim Wilde cover coming later in 1986 are excellent (the production of this latter one being rather similar in style to the New Rules 80s style Initial Talk remix that was released recently). I guess the Pet Shop Boys were Hi-NRG too and they made the sound much less cheesy of course with It's A Sin and Heart particularly. Of course as you probably know there was another big game-changing track in dance coming later in 1986, this time bringing in a different new genre that is still popular today. I've gone blank on the track you mean! I usually see MARRS as the next New Thing so obv forgot one 
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Jan 10 2018, 03:20 PM
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QUOTE(Popchartfreak @ Jan 10 2018, 02:33 PM) I've gone blank on the track you mean! I usually see MARRS as the next New Thing so obv forgot one You missed three.  Firstly Love Can't Turn Around in 1986 (which was the first house track to make the UK chart, I can see why this was the first as it is more fun and camp, fitting in more with the HI-NRG songs by the likes of the Communards) and then the more underground sounding Jack Your Body and Jack The Groove in early 1987. But yes it wasn't until after Pump Up The Volume that house really started to become big in the charts as a trend.
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Jan 12 2018, 11:34 PM
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Surprised to see a lot of the Christmas songs maintaining their position in this chart John, did you continue listening in January?
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Jan 13 2018, 12:44 PM
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QUOTE(The Snake @ Jan 10 2018, 03:20 PM) You missed three. Firstly Love Can't Turn Around in 1986 (which was the first house track to make the UK chart, I can see why this was the first as it is more fun and camp, fitting in more with the HI-NRG songs by the likes of the Communards) and then the more underground sounding Jack Your Body and Jack The Groove in early 1987. But yes it wasn't until after Pump Up The Volume that house really started to become big in the charts as a trend.Ah yes, Jack-ing as a thing. I've tried to block it out my mind as it annoyed me! Love Can't Turn Around was a great record though, pumping dance much more to my taste 
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Jan 13 2018, 12:50 PM
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QUOTE(Steve201 @ Jan 12 2018, 11:34 PM) Surprised to see a lot of the Christmas songs maintaining their position in this chart John, did you continue listening in January? My charts tend to grow and gently decline, abrupt departures are quite unusual from inside the upper reaches, though the date of the chart is also a bit deceptive as I stupidly never dated my charts for a good 15 years and had to retrospectively align them with the BBC chart date based on backtracking So the chart date may or may not be the day I did the chart  I did though tend to love xmas songs in those days and they hung around for ages frequently as they didn't chart in the UK charts that frequently (except Slade & John & Yoko), which meant most years they didn't qualify for mine - I only let oldies in if they made the UK chart listings. These days I'm sick to death of hearing most of them!
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Jan 13 2018, 07:10 PM
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Shakin Stevens
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lol I sure. I'm the same these days my xmas songs fall by 10 places and stay until the end of January even though I don't listen to them after the 6th Jan - I like gradual falls!
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Jan 13 2018, 07:24 PM
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QUOTE(Popchartfreak @ Jan 13 2018, 12:44 PM) Ah yes, Jack-ing as a thing. I've tried to block it out my mind as it annoyed me! Love Can't Turn Around was a great record though, pumping dance much more to my taste Love Can't Turn Around and Don't Leave Me This Way were the top 10 at the same time one week, great week for dance music in the charts! |
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Jan 19 2018, 03:44 PM
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QUOTE(Popchartfreak @ Jan 13 2018, 12:44 PM) Ah yes, Jack-ing as a thing. I've tried to block it out my mind as it annoyed me! Yes I prefer the slightly later song (early 1988) The Jack That House Built by Jack n Chill. Has much more power and energy to it I think with the production! This post has been edited by The Snake : Jan 19 2018, 03:45 PM |
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Jan 19 2018, 05:47 PM
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QUOTE(The Snake @ Jan 19 2018, 03:44 PM) Yes I prefer the slightly later song (early 1988) The Jack That House Built by Jack n Chill. Has much more power and energy to it I think with the production! Yes much better than Jack Your Body! |
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Jan 19 2018, 05:51 PM
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Hoping Hit That Perfect Beat makes your personal chart top 10 in your next chart here, despite your reservations about the new singer!
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Jan 19 2018, 06:02 PM
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14th January 1986
It's back on top after a break of over a month, to give Pet Shop Boys one week on top in both 1985 and 1986 - it's unusual for records to do that in my chart, but hey it's a classic! Even holding off a brand new classic at 2 from a-ha. Go West get a second top 10 and Eurythmics an umpteenth, rare that they didn't hit my top 10. Broken Wings gets a big climb into the 20, and highest "new" entry is Radio Africa starting the theme of flops becoming hits second time round in 1986, and for this week the trend of loads of re-entries which get called "new" because it's a new year and I like to see chart runs in different years with as not part of the initial run. King have yet another top 40 track - who recalled they had so many! Steve Harley and Sarah Brightman both get a first top 40 hit in years, thanks to Andrew Lloyd Webber (never hurts to have your hubbie write the songs), and Full Force rocket into the 30 with Alice, hip-hopping away, in mood if not literally. Fine Young Cannibals cover Elvis - Pet Shop Boys please take note! Sade overtakes Slade, new at 45 - that only works if you pronounce Slade as Slahday - and a famous Billy Ocean chart-topper debuts quite low-down: Romancing The Stone was the film, and indeed, at a 2017 Uptown Country Park 80's festival, Billy in fine voice, I decided to get going as it was getting tough anticipating the rush for the exit as his encore arrived. Stevie Nicks fabulous I Can't Wait is new in at 58, as good as a Mac track, 5 Star's best single is at 61, give or take Rain Or Shine, Alexander O'Neal is in with Cherrelle - he will be back quite a lot, she won't. Talking of films, Eddie Murphy has a decent stab at a pop career, the recently sad loss of Phil Lynnot brings 19 into the chart, and Timmy Thomas is back for his only other chart entry that wasn't his awesome 1973 classic Why Can't We Live Together - as covered by Sade, in fact, on her album but never a single. A Remix would top my chart for Timmy in 1990. 1 ( 3 ) WEST END GIRLS Pet Shop Boys 2 ( 5 ) THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV A-ha 3 ( 1 ) WE CAN WORK IT OUT/ DAY TRIPPER The Beatles 4 ( 2 ) LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS Mud 5 ( 7 ) SHE’S STRANGE Cameo 6 ( 8 ) I’M YOUR MAN Wham! 7 ( 4 ) RUSSIANS Sting 8 ( 20 ) DON’T LOOK DOWN (THE SEQUEL) Go West 9 ( NEW ) YOU’VE GOT THE POWER Win 10 ( 15 ) IT’S ALRIGHT (BABY’S COMING BACK) Eurythmics 11 ( 9 ) AFTER THE LOVE HAS GONE Princess 12 ( 6 ) LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 13 ( 34 ) BROKEN WINGS Mr. Mister 14 ( 13 ) SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU Whitney Houston 15 ( 22 ) WHO’S ZOOMIN' WHO Aretha Franklin 16 ( NEW ) RADIO AFRICA Latin Quarter 17 ( 23 ) GIRLIE GIRLIE Sophia George 18 ( 10 ) TONIGHT SHE COMES The Cars 19 ( 19 ) DRESS YOU UP Madonna 20 ( 12 ) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY Slade 21 ( 17 ) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE Shakin’ Stevens 22 ( 11 ) WE ALL STAND TOGETHER Paul McCartney 23 ( 14 ) HIT THAT PERFECT BEAT Bronski Beat 24 ( 16 ) DO THEY KNOW IT’S CHRISTMAS? Band Aid 25 ( 18 ) MATED David Grant & Jaki Graham 26 ( 47 ) YOU LITTLE THIEF Feargal Sharkey 27 ( 62 ) ALICE I WANT YOU JUST FOR ME Full Force 28 ( 21 ) DON’T BREAK MY HEART UB40 29 ( 29 ) LEAVING ME NOW Level 42 30 ( 24 ) SPIES LIKE US Paul McCartney 31 ( 25 ) WRAP HER UP Elton John 32 ( NEW ) I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU Stevie Wonder 33 ( NEW ) TORTURE King 34 ( 58 ) THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Steve Harley & Sarah Brightman 35 ( 35 ) SEX AS A WEAPON Pat Benatar 36 ( 38 ) RING OF ICE Jennifer Rush 37 ( 28 ) IT’S IN EVERY ONE OF US Cliff Richard 38 ( 30 ) ROAD TO NOWHERE Talking Heads 39 ( 46 ) NAUGHTY NAUGHTY John Parr 40 ( 60 ) SUSPICIOUS MINDS Fine Young Cannibals 41 ( 36 ) SISTERS ARE DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin 42 ( 27 ) MY GUY MY GIRL Amii Stewart & Deon Estus 43 ( 40 ) A GOOD HEART Feargal Sharkey 44 ( 42 ) THE POWER OF LOVE Jennifer Rush 45 ( NEW ) IS IT A CRIME Sade 46 ( 43 ) THE WHOLE OF THE MOON The Waterboys 47 ( 65 ) WALK OF LIFE Dire Straits 48 ( 32 ) SEE THE DAY Dee C. Lee 49 ( NEW ) WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH THE TOUGH GET GOING Billy Ocean 50 ( 26 ) BECAUSE Julian Lennon 51 ( 41 ) SUN CITY Artists Against Apartheid 52 ( 52 ) TAKE ON ME A-Ha 53 ( 53 ) THE LAST KISS David Cassidy 54 ( 39 ) DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES Slade 55 ( 31 ) WE BUILT THIS CITY Starship 56 ( 54 ) CITIES IN DUST Siouxsie & The Banshees 57 ( 51 ) STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN Far Corporation 58 ( NEW ) I CAN’T WAIT Stevie Nicks 59 ( 37 ) THE SHOW Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew 60 ( 50 ) JEALOUS GUY John Lennon 61 ( NEW ) SYSTEM ADDICT Five Star 62 ( 61 ) DRIVE The Cars 63 ( 69 ) OCEAN BLUE ABC 64 ( NEW ) DON’T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME) Simple Minds 65 ( 64 ) IF I WAS Midge Ure 66 ( NEW ) ALIVE AND KICKING Simple Minds 67 ( 55 ) DON’T YOU JUST KNOW IT Amazulu 68 ( NEW ) SATURDAY LOVE Cherrelle & Alexander O’Neal 69 ( 72 ) LA VIE EN ROSE/ PULL UP TO THE BUMPER Grace Jones 70 ( 33 ) SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN/ MY HOMETOWN Bruce Springsteen 71 ( NEW ) PARTY ALL THE TIME Eddie Murphy 72 ( 68 ) MEGAREX T.Rex 73 ( NEW ) THE OAK TREE Morris Day 74 ( NEW ) 19’ Phil Lynnot 75 ( NEW ) NEW YORK EYES Nicole with Timmy Thomas Playlist Oldies Of The Week 1 I KNOW THERE’S SOMETHING GOING ON Frida 2 IT’S A MAN’S MAN’S MAN’S MAN’S WORLD Brilliant 3 BABY BOOMERANG T.Rex |
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Jan 19 2018, 06:52 PM
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That Win track apparently flopped officially but did well in your chart
decent tune!The King track sounds very good on listening to it now. Don't remember hearing it before. |
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Jan 19 2018, 07:56 PM
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QUOTE(The Snake @ Jan 19 2018, 06:52 PM) That Win track apparently flopped officially but did well in your chart decent tune!The King track sounds very good on listening to it now. Don't remember hearing it before. Oops yes I forgot to comment on the Win track, thanks for the assist! I just played it for the first time in 30 years and it sounds of it's time, but jolly enough and I liked it a lot way back!
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Jan 27 2018, 09:10 AM
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21st January 1986
It's a first week on top for a-ha's brilliant Sun Always Shines On TV, proper epic pop, and their second chart-topper in a row. Highest new entry is a return for a great flop track from 1985 (theme of the year again and again), Belouis Some's Imagination at 3, as Mr. Mister make the top 5. Another '85 flop hits the top 10, for Latin Quarter, Todd Rundgren is back at 23 with his biggest "hit" since the brilliant Hello It's Me went top 5 12 years earlier, and the equally brilliant I Saw The Light started his chart career in 1972. Madonna's back with another minor hit back bigger, 1984's Borderline, Double's charming single enters at 31, and Five Star, Grace Jones, and Stevie Nicks all get deserved big leaps into the 40, and it's a 1979 Rapper's Return as the one that kick-started a whole genre returns at 44, while fellow early rap pioneer Kurtis Blow finally follows up his Christmas Rapping with If I Ruled The World just over 6 years on. Drum Theatre were a good support band I saw at the time, and enter at 48, with the great Talk Talk single in at 50, Life's What You Make It making it 4 years of good singles. James Brown's last big hit is in with Living In America, a decade on since his last chart entry - though his song is still on my playlist as done by Brilliant. Gloria Estefan does the Conga, though not getting billing yet 2 years on from Dr. Beat, John Cougar is also back 4 years on from Jack And Diane, with extra unnecessary Mellencamp, and Clannad have a fab duet with Bono. 1 ( 2 ) THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV A-ha 2 ( 1 ) WEST END GIRLS Pet Shop Boys 3 ( NEW ) IMAGINATION Belouis Some 4 ( 9 ) YOU’VE GOT THE POWER Win 5 ( 13 ) BROKEN WINGS Mr. Mister 6 ( 3 ) WE CAN WORK IT OUT/ DAY TRIPPER The Beatles 7 ( 4 ) LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS Mud 8 ( 10 ) IT’S ALRIGHT (BABY’S COMING BACK) Eurythmics 9 ( 16 ) RADIO AFRICA Latin Quarter 10 ( 5 ) SHE’S STRANGE Cameo 11 ( 15 ) WHO’S ZOOMIN' WHO Aretha Franklin 12 ( 6 ) I’M YOUR MAN Wham! 13 ( 8 ) DON’T LOOK DOWN (THE SEQUEL) Go West 14 ( 7 ) RUSSIANS Sting 15 ( 26 ) YOU LITTLE THIEF Feargal Sharkey 16 ( 17 ) GIRLIE GIRLIE Sophia George 17 ( 12 ) LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 18 ( 32 ) I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU Stevie Wonder 19 ( 27 ) ALICE I WANT YOU JUST FOR ME Full Force 20 ( 11 ) AFTER THE LOVE HAS GONE Princess 21 ( 14 ) SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU Whitney Houston 22 ( 33 ) TORTURE King 23 ( NEW ) SOMETHING TO FALL BACK ON Todd Rundgren 24 ( 23 ) HIT THAT PERFECT BEAT Bronski Beat 25 ( 19 ) DRESS YOU UP Madonna 26 ( 34 ) THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Steve Harley & Sarah Brightman 27 ( NEW ) BORDERLINE Madonna 28 ( 18 ) TONIGHT SHE COMES The Cars 29 ( 20 ) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY Slade 30 ( 24 ) DO THEY KNOW IT’S CHRISTMAS? Band Aid 31 ( NEW ) CAPTAIN OF YOUR HEART Double 32 ( 61 ) SYSTEM ADDICT Five Star 33 ( 29 ) LEAVING ME NOW Level 42 34 ( 21 ) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE Shakin’ Stevens 35 ( 69 ) LA VIE EN ROSE/ PULL UP TO THE BUMPER Grace Jones 36 ( 39 ) NAUGHTY NAUGHTY John Parr 37 ( 28 ) DON’T BREAK MY HEART UB40 38 ( 40 ) SUSPICIOUS MINDS Fine Young Cannibals 39 ( 58 ) I CAN’T WAIT Stevie Nicks 40 ( 49 ) WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH THE TOUGH GET GOING Billy Ocean 41 ( 47 ) WALK OF LIFE Dire Straits 42 ( 25 ) MATED David Grant & Jaki Graham 43 ( 68 ) SATURDAY LOVE Cherrelle & Alexander O’Neal 44 ( NEW ) RAPPER’S DELIGHT The Sugarhill Gang 45 ( 45 ) IS IT A CRIME Sade 46 ( 43 ) A GOOD HEART Feargal Sharkey 47 ( 41 ) SISTERS ARE DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin 48 ( NEW ) LIVING IN THE PAST Drum Theatre 49 ( 38 ) ROAD TO NOWHERE Talking Heads 50 ( NEW ) LIFE’S WHAT YOU MAKE IT Talk Talk 51 ( 31 ) WRAP HER UP Elton John 52 ( 30 ) SPIES LIKE US Paul McCartney 53 ( NEW ) DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE Huey Lewis & The News 54 ( 53 ) THE LAST KISS David Cassidy 55 ( 22 ) WE ALL STAND TOGETHER Paul McCartney 56 ( 63 ) OCEAN BLUE ABC 57 ( 46 ) THE WHOLE OF THE MOON The Waterboys 58 ( 52 ) TAKE ON ME A-Ha 59 ( NEW ) LIVING IN AMERICA James Brown 60 ( NEW ) PICTURES IN THE DARK Mike Oldfield with Aled Jones 61 ( 35 ) SEX AS A WEAPON Pat Benatar 62 ( 71 ) PARTY ALL THE TIME Eddie Murphy 63 ( 36 ) RING OF ICE Jennifer Rush 64 ( 56 ) CITIES IN DUST Siouxsie & The Banshees 65 ( 62 ) DRIVE The Cars 66 ( NEW ) CONGA Miami Sound Machine 67 ( 65 ) IF I WAS Midge Ure 68 ( NEW ) IN A LIFETIME Clannad featuring Bono 69 ( 37 ) IT’S IN EVERY ONE OF US Cliff Richard 70 ( NEW ) SMALLTOWN John Cougar Mellencamp 71 ( 60 ) JEALOUS GUY John Lennon 72 ( 57 ) STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN Far Corporation 73 ( 72 ) MEGAREX T.Rex 74 ( NEW ) ONE NATION Masquerade 75 ( NEW ) IF I RULED THE WORLD Kurtis Blow OLDIES PLAYLIST 1 DREAM WEAVER Gary Wright 2 IT’S A MAN’S MAN’S MAN’S MAN’S WORLD Brilliant 3 HARD WOMAN Mick Jagger |
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Jan 28 2018, 11:41 PM
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Great chart mate love how loads of oldies make random re entries!
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Jan 29 2018, 03:23 PM
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The Sun Always Shines On TV is a great song. Good to see it top your chart. Broken Wings and Captain Of Your Heart are also top quality.
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