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 Dec 20 2020, 05:57 PM
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QUOTE(Road Salt Mixer @ Dec 20 2020, 05:37 PM)  I like Masterblaster Jammin, one of Stevie Wonder's best songs, the cover in 2000 by DJ Luck and MC Neat I like too. XTC in the chart, I only know the excellent 'Senses Working Overtime' by them. Masterblaster's a great song. Making Plans For Nigel is arguably XTC's best song. |
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Dec 26 2020, 02:42 PM
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QUOTE(Road Salt Mixer @ Dec 20 2020, 05:37 PM) I like Masterblaster Jammin, one of Stevie Wonder's best songs, the cover in 2000 by DJ Luck and MC Neat I like too. XTC in the chart, I only know the excellent 'Senses Working Overtime' by them. All Out Of Love is a very good ballad, there was a rather cheesy eurodance cover of it in 2003 which I quite like too but it only just made top 40. Masterblaster is fab, very Bob Marley, XTC's best track by some distance is Making Plans For Nigel, but they were always interesting, even when they weren't having hits. I've prob heard those covers but they don't ring a bell.... 
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Dec 26 2020, 03:02 PM
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30th September 1980
It's 2 weeks on top for The Police as Split-Enz peak at 2 with the fab I Got You. The Brothers Finn would eventually top my chart with Don't Dream It's Over as Crowded House. Madness get a 3rd top 5 in a row, Diana Ross makes it two Chic top 10's, and Ottawan dance in at 8 with D.I.S.C.O, already a huge European hit. Cheesy in a fun way. In at 24, Black Slate bring some cool reggae in with Amigo, one of those many forgotten reggae tracks that never gets oldies plays. Unless your name is Bob Marley, pretty much it's like you don't exist anymore, very annoyingly. For instance, it's as good as Three Little Birds which is world famous and at 30 in my charts. Man Tran make it 4 years of chart hits since Tuxedo Junction, in at 44 and there's nothing you can do about it, while I've gotta pull myself together as The Nolans start making decent pop tracks and enter at 45. At 50, The Specials return with their best track since Gangsters, the under-rated Stereotypes at 50, with the immortal line "he drinks his age in pints". Leo Sayer has a quick follow-up as one drops out, Kate Bush is beside herself with excitement as Army Dreamers pulls in ahead of Babooshka, both of them very different and very fab, and at 69, Thin Lizzy pull out their best single in 3 years with the menacing Killer On The Loose giving them a 7-year-run since Whisky In The Jar. Showaddywaddy revamp another rock 'n' roll-era golden oldie, for a solid 5 years of doing the same after a year when they had original material (which I preferred). Donna Summer has a new track called The Wanderer (not The Dion song) but shoulda gone for a better album The Wanderer track I recently charted in remixed form, Grand Illusion, which sounds far more experimental, nothing like Donna Summer, and way more interesting. Linx debut at 74 with the utterly fab You're Lying, Brit soul as good as any American soul for the future pop star David Grant, and The Pointer Sisters are still looking for a proper UK breakthrough 8 years after their US career hit the bigger time, with He's So Shy at 75. 1 ( 1 ) DON’T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME The Police 2 ( 8 ) I GOT YOU Split-Enz 3 ( 3 ) ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST Queen 4 ( 9 ) BAGGY TROUSERS Madness 5 ( 5 ) MASTERBLASTER (JAMMIN’) Stevie Wonder 6 ( 2 ) ASHES TO ASHES David Bowie 7 ( 15 ) MY OLD PIANO Diana Ross 8 ( NEW ) D.I.S.C.O. Ottawan 9 ( 4 ) IT’S ONLY LOVE Elvis Presley 10 ( 7 ) THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL Abba 11 ( 11 ) ONE DAY I’LL FLY AWAY Randy Crawford 12 ( 6 ) I DIE YOU DIE Gary Numan 13 ( 16 ) ROCK AND ROLL PART 2 Gary Glitter 14 ( 12 ) START The Jam 15 ( 20 ) GENERALS & MAJORS XTC 16 ( 10 ) PARANOID Black Sabbath 17 ( 29 ) SEARCHING Change featuring Luther Vandross 18 ( 26 ) TEMPORARY SECRETARY Paul McCartney 19 ( 13 ) MAGIC Olivia Newton-John 20 ( 24 ) ALL OUT OF LOVE Air Supply 21 ( 22 ) FAME Irene Cara 22 ( 14 ) MISUNDERSTANDING Genesis 23 ( 31 ) TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME Supertramp 24 ( NEW ) AMIGO Black Slate 25 ( 28 ) I OWE YOU ONE Shalamar 26 ( 19 ) TOM HARK The Piranhas 27 ( 25 ) FEELS LIKE I’M IN LOVE Kelly Marie 28 ( 21 ) DREAMING Cliff Richard 29 ( 17 ) BEST FRIEND The Beat 30 ( 39 ) THREE LITTLE BIRDS Bob Marley And The Wailers 31 ( 18 ) A WALK IN THE PARK Nick Straker Band 32 ( 27 ) MODERN GIRL Sheena Easton 33 ( 23 ) SUNSHINE OF YOUR SMILE Mike Berry 34 ( 37 ) YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG AC/DC 35 ( 36 ) JOHNNY AND MARY Robert Palmer 36 ( 32 ) IT’S STILL ROCK ‘N’ ROLL TO ME Billy Joel 37 ( 41 ) IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT Odyssey 38 ( 33 ) EIGHTH DAY Hazel O’Connor 39 ( 34 ) XANADU Olivia Newton-John & The Electric Light Orchestra 40 ( 56 ) BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU’VE GOT (1980 VERSION) William De Vaughan 41 ( 35 ) UPSIDE DOWN Diana Ross 42 ( 68 ) A WOMAN IN LOVE Barbra Streisand 43 ( 30 ) MEANINGLESS SONGS The Hee Bee Gee Bees 44 ( NEW ) NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT Manhattan Transfer 45 ( NEW ) GOTTA PULL MYSELF TOGETHER The Nolans 46 ( 65 ) ARE EVERYTHING Buzzcocks 47 ( 47 ) TWO LITTLE BOYS Splodgenessabounds 48 ( 48 ) WATERFALLS Paul McCartney 49 ( 50 ) WHAT’S IN A KISS Gilbert O’Sullivan 50 ( NEW ) STEREOTYPES The Specials 51 ( 42 ) ALL OVER THE WORLD E.L.O. 52 ( 38 ) CIRCUS GAMES The Skids 53 ( 53 ) MONKEES EP (LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE/ I’M A BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ DAYDREAM BELIEVER) The Monkees 54 ( 54 ) GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME Gerry Rafferty 55 ( 55 ) DON'T BRING ME DOWN E.L.O. 56 ( 75 ) THE QUARTER MOON The V.I.P.’s 57 ( 57 ) CRYING Don McLean 58 ( 58 ) MESSAGES Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 59 ( 46 ) SARTORIAL ELOQUENCE Elton John 60 ( 60 ) NO DOUBT ABOUT IT Hot Chocolate 61 ( 49 ) GIVE ME THE NIGHT George Benson 62 ( 72 ) WAITING FOR THE WEEKEND The Vapors 63 ( NEW ) ONCE IN A WHILE Leo Sayer 64 ( 40 ) TASTE OF BITTER LOVE Gladys Knight 65 ( 43 ) BANKROBBER The Clash 66 ( 44 ) DON’T MAKE ME WAIT TOO LONG Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway 67 ( NEW ) ARMY DREAMERS Kate Bush 68 ( 59 ) BABOOSHKA Kate Bush 69 ( NEW ) KILLER ON THE LOOSE Thin Lizzy 70 ( NEW ) WHY DO LOVERS BREAK EACH OTHERS HEARTS Showaddywaddy 71 ( 45 ) MARIE MARIE Shakin’ Stevens 72 ( NEW ) THE WANDERER Donna Summer 73 ( 52 ) TOUCH AND GO The Cars 74 ( NEW ) YOU’RE LYING Linx 75 ( NEW ) HE’S SO SHY The Pointer Sisters TV 27th Sept- Oct 3rd 1 Star Trek: The Ultimate Computer 2 M*A*S*H 3 Soap 4 Parkinson (Sat) 5 TISWAS 6 Top Of The Pops 7 Parkinson (Wed) 8 Rhoda 9 Happy Days 10 Clapperboard 11 Film ’80 12 Arthur C. 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Dec 26 2020, 03:14 PM
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I don't remember Gary Glitter being back in the Top 20 in 1980. Was it re-issued or something?
I actually preferred 1974 Showaddywaddy when they were doing their originals. You can't deny they were hugely popular with their re-makes though with one huge No.1, now a million-seller, and several No.2 and No.3's. |
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Dec 26 2020, 04:34 PM
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QUOTE(CHRIS-TMAS @ Dec 26 2020, 03:14 PM) I don't remember Gary Glitter being back in the Top 20 in 1980. Was it re-issued or something? I actually preferred 1974 Showaddywaddy when they were doing their originals. You can't deny they were hugely popular with their re-makes though with one huge No.1, now a million-seller, and several No.2 and No.3's. Yes ol Glitter didn't make the UK top 40, but it was an EP re-issue of 4 tracks I think, that made it to 57. I think it had his big 3 rockers from 1973 on it too, but I cherry-picked his best track. Showaddywaddy did better with the oldies TBH (though I liked Hey Rock n Roll, hey Mr Christmas and they did well) as they bunged out a few duffs like Trocadero when they stopped doing the 50's/60's covers. |
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Dec 27 2020, 07:18 PM
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QUOTE(Popchartfreak @ Dec 26 2020, 04:34 PM) Yes ol Glitter didn't make the UK top 40, but it was an EP re-issue of 4 tracks I think, that made it to 57. LOL. I keep confusing your chart with the official one. 
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Dec 27 2020, 07:27 PM
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Of course a Gary Glitter song was covered in 1987 and made the charts with A Little Boogie Woogie (In the Back of My Mind) by Shakin' Stevens, I really like Shakin' Stevens version of the song.
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Dec 27 2020, 11:21 PM
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Hi there!
Nice to see "Don't Stand So Close To Me" at the top, as well as "D.I.S.C.O" in the top 10! The big gain for "Woman In Love" is great, as are the debuts for "The Wanderer" and "He's So Shy"! Great chart! |
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Dec 28 2020, 10:17 AM
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QUOTE(CHRIS-TMAS @ Dec 27 2020, 07:18 PM) LOL. I keep confusing your chart with the official one. hah! if only it was, my wildest dream would have been to have my personal charts as the official charts 
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Dec 28 2020, 10:18 AM
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QUOTE(Road Salt Mixer @ Dec 27 2020, 07:27 PM) Of course a Gary Glitter song was covered in 1987 and made the charts with A Little Boogie Woogie (In the Back of My Mind) by Shakin' Stevens, I really like Shakin' Stevens version of the song. ...and the plus side is they can still play the Shaky version! |
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Dec 28 2020, 10:19 AM
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QUOTE(Sergej @ Dec 27 2020, 11:21 PM) Hi there! Nice to see "Don't Stand So Close To Me" at the top, as well as "D.I.S.C.O" in the top 10! The big gain for "Woman In Love" is great, as are the debuts for "The Wanderer" and "He's So Shy"! Great chart! Thanks Sergej, though DISCO was months behind your chart entry with it. better late than never!
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Dec 29 2020, 11:56 AM
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7th October 1980
It's 3 weeks on top for The Police as Queen move into runners-up slot and Ottawan are threatening the D.I.S.C.O. as Another One Bites The Dust. Black Slate get their only top 10 with Amigo, and Change get a 2nd, with Luther Vandross having to wait until the 90's to get his 2nd top 10 credit. Babs Streisand leaps in the top 20 courtesy Barry Gibb, Linx shoot into the 40, You're Lying, oh no I'm not! Thin Lizzy also get a huge climb with Killer On The Loose, and it's a quiet week for new entries: Gillan debut with a cover of Trouble, the band headed by Ian Gillan formerly of Deep Purple and Jesus in the original Jesus Christ Superstar both doing well 10 years earlier, as Matchbox keep their terrific little run of rockabilly with When You Ask About Love, a Crickets cover dating from 1959. Sweet People bring some instrumental musak with tweeting on it. Clearly looking into the Internet future there, as tweeting was destined to get even more annoying than this record after a few plays. Dave Edmunds is also 10 years into his career, with Wrong Way, and The Motors return with Metropolis, both Dave & Motors former chart-toppers. 1 ( 1 ) DON’T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME The Police 2 ( 3 ) ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST Queen 3 ( 8 ) D.I.S.C.O. Ottawan 4 ( 5 ) MASTERBLASTER (JAMMIN’) Stevie Wonder 5 ( 7 ) MY OLD PIANO Diana Ross 6 ( 4 ) BAGGY TROUSERS Madness 7 ( 2 ) I GOT YOU Split-Enz 8 ( 24 ) AMIGO Black Slate 9 ( 17 ) SEARCHING Change featuring Luther Vandross 10 ( 6 ) ASHES TO ASHES David Bowie 11 ( 9 ) IT’S ONLY LOVE Elvis Presley 12 ( 23 ) TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME Supertramp 13 ( 10 ) THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL Abba 14 ( 18 ) TEMPORARY SECRETARY Paul McCartney 15 ( 20 ) ALL OUT OF LOVE Air Supply 16 ( 25 ) I OWE YOU ONE Shalamar 17 ( 15 ) GENERALS & MAJORS XTC 18 ( 42 ) A WOMAN IN LOVE Barbra Streisand 19 ( 16 ) PARANOID Black Sabbath 20 ( 11 ) ONE DAY I’LL FLY AWAY Randy Crawford 21 ( 12 ) I DIE YOU DIE Gary Numan 22 ( 30 ) THREE LITTLE BIRDS Bob Marley And The Wailers 23 ( 74 ) YOU’RE LYING Linx 24 ( 13 ) ROCK AND ROLL PART 2/I’M THE LEADER OF THE GANG EP Gary Glitter 25 ( 44 ) NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT Manhattan Transfer 26 ( 19 ) MAGIC Olivia Newton-John 27 ( 14 ) START The Jam 28 ( 49 ) WHAT’S IN A KISS Gilbert O’Sullivan 29 ( 45 ) GOTTA PULL MYSELF TOGETHER The Nolans 30 ( 37 ) IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT Odyssey 31 ( 22 ) MISUNDERSTANDING Genesis 32 ( 27 ) FEELS LIKE I’M IN LOVE Kelly Marie 33 ( 69 ) KILLER ON THE LOOSE Thin Lizzy 34 ( 21 ) FAME Irene Cara 35 ( 40 ) BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU’VE GOT (1980 VERSION) William De Vaughan 36 ( 26 ) TOM HARK The Piranhas 37 ( 36 ) IT’S STILL ROCK ‘N’ ROLL TO ME Billy Joel 38 ( 32 ) MODERN GIRL Sheena Easton 39 ( 28 ) DREAMING Cliff Richard 40 ( 50 ) STEREOTYPES The Specials 41 ( 29 ) BEST FRIEND The Beat 42 ( 31 ) A WALK IN THE PARK Nick Straker Band 43 ( 39 ) XANADU Olivia Newton-John & The Electric Light Orchestra 44 ( 41 ) UPSIDE DOWN Diana Ross 45 ( 33 ) SUNSHINE OF YOUR SMILE Mike Berry 46 ( 38 ) EIGHTH DAY Hazel O’Connor 47 ( NEW ) TROUBLE Gillan 48 ( NEW ) WHEN YOU ASK ABOUT LOVE Matchbox 49 ( 48 ) WATERFALLS Paul McCartney 50 ( 75 ) HE’S SO SHY The Pointer Sisters 51 ( 53 ) MONKEES EP (LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE/ I’M A BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ DAYDREAM BELIEVER) The Monkees 52 ( 54 ) GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME Gerry Rafferty 53 ( 55 ) DON'T BRING ME DOWN E.L.O. 54 ( 35 ) JOHNNY AND MARY Robert Palmer 55 ( 67 ) ARMY DREAMERS Kate Bush 56 ( 63 ) ONCE IN A WHILE Leo Sayer 57 ( 60 ) NO DOUBT ABOUT IT Hot Chocolate 58 ( 57 ) CRYING Don McLean 59 ( 58 ) MESSAGES Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 60 ( NEW ) AND THE BIRDS WERE SINGING Sweet People 61 ( 51 ) ALL OVER THE WORLD E.L.O. 62 ( 34 ) YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG AC/DC 63 ( 59 ) SARTORIAL ELOQUENCE Elton John 64 ( 70 ) WHY DO LOVERS BREAK EACH OTHERS HEARTS Showaddywaddy 65 ( 72 ) THE WANDERER Donna Summer 66 ( 61 ) GIVE ME THE NIGHT George Benson 67 ( NEW ) WRONG WAY Dave Edmunds’ Rockpile 68 ( 43 ) MEANINGLESS SONGS The Hee Bee Gee Bees 69 ( 52 ) CIRCUS GAMES The Skids 70 ( 46 ) ARE EVERYTHING Buzzcocks 71 ( 47 ) TWO LITTLE BOYS Splodgenessabounds 72 ( NEW ) METROPOLIS The Motors 73 ( 62 ) WAITING FOR THE WEEKEND The Vapors 74 ( 68 ) BABOOSHKA Kate Bush 75 ( 65 ) BANKROBBER The Clash TV Oct 4th - 10th 1 Star Trek: Friday’s Child 2 M*A*S*H 3 25 Years Of Rock ‘n’ Roll 4 Soap (Thurs) 5 Soap (Fri) 6 Top Of The Pops 7 Police In The East 8 Friday Night Saturday Morning: Tim Rice, Allan Clarke, David Bowie 9 At The Manor 10 Rhoda 11 Film ’80 12 Tomorrow’s World 13 Horizon 14 Butterflies 15 Arthur C. Clarke’s Mysterious World 16 Where Are They Now? 17 Buck Rogers In The 25th Century 18 Blankety Blank 19 Man Alive 20 Parkinson |
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Jun 21 2021, 12:13 PM
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it's a wet day so here's a new oldies chart..
14th October 1980 It's 4 weeks on top for The Police, leaving Queen biting the dust at 2 still, but Madness pull up their Baggy Trousers to 3 - I've been watching Youtube interviews of the lad reflecting on their life before and during this period, all fascinating. The Specials shoot up the Stereotypes to 4 for a bit of a ska-reggae top 5. Highest new entry is the 1969 classic theme from Midnight Cowboy, selling again in 1980 - John Barry's harmonica instrumental is just gorgeous, and in at 6. Thin Lizzy get a 4th top 10 as Killer On The Loose stalks, and Kate Bush's Army Dreamers also stalk at 15, up 40 places in a busy week. Coffee have a disco Casanova in at 16, The Quo are back with another biggie as What You're Proposing takes my fancy at 29. Tha Cars are also driving back in, and it's Touch And Go, Bad Manners have a Special Brew and a big hit a few months ahead of me reviewing their gig in Lincoln for Record Mirror. OMD debut with a 2nd hit, Enola Gay being all about the Atomic Bomb plane, and it's back this very week (June 2021) in the Sales Chart following more vinyl re-issues after doing pretty well for OMD during lockdown this year, and online gigs and back-catalogue reviews. George Benson is continuing his run of cool souldance, longtime friends Cliff & Livvie get together on the Xanadu soundtrack Suddenly, actually a lovely duet, tastefully subtle, and another soundtrack single from Irene Cara, Out Here On MY Own being an emotional piano ballad from a stark moment in Fame. Again, 2 years ahead of making the UK charts. Finally The Gap Band row back, and XTC sing the praises of a London landmark with ravens. Sort of. 1 ( 1 ) DON’T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME The Police 2 ( 2 ) ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST Queen 3 ( 6 ) BAGGY TROUSERS Madness 4 ( 40 ) STEREOTYPES The Specials 5 ( 3 ) D.I.S.C.O. Ottawan 6 ( NEW ) THEME FROM “MIDNIGHT COWBOY” John Barry 7 ( 5 ) MY OLD PIANO Diana Ross 8 ( 7 ) I GOT YOU Split-Enz 9 ( 8 ) AMIGO Black Slate 10 ( 33 ) KILLER ON THE LOOSE Thin Lizzy 11 ( 4 ) MASTERBLASTER (JAMMIN’) Stevie Wonder 12 ( 9 ) SEARCHING Change featuring Luther Vandross 13 ( 10 ) ASHES TO ASHES David Bowie 14 ( 15 ) ALL OUT OF LOVE Air Supply 15 ( 55 ) ARMY DREAMERS Kate Bush 16 ( NEW ) CASANOVA Coffee 17 ( 23 ) YOU’RE LYING Linx 18 ( 18 ) A WOMAN IN LOVE Barbra Streisand 19 ( 13 ) THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL Abba 20 ( 11 ) IT’S ONLY LOVE Elvis Presley 21 ( 12 ) TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME Supertramp 22 ( 48 ) WHEN YOU ASK ABOUT LOVE Matchbox 23 ( 60 ) AND THE BIRDS WERE SINGING Sweet People 24 ( 29 ) GOTTA PULL MYSELF TOGETHER The Nolans 25 ( 17 ) GENERALS & MAJORS XTC 26 ( 28 ) WHAT’S IN A KISS Gilbert O’Sullivan 27 ( 14 ) TEMPORARY SECRETARY Paul McCartney 28 ( 30 ) IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT Odyssey 29 ( NEW ) WHAT YOU’RE PROPOSING Status Quo 30 ( 19 ) PARANOID Black Sabbath 31 ( 25 ) NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT Manhattan Transfer 32 ( 16 ) I OWE YOU ONE Shalamar 33 ( 47 ) TROUBLE Gillan 34 ( NEW ) TOUCH AND GO The Cars 35 ( 21 ) I DIE YOU DIE Gary Numan 36 ( 26 ) MAGIC Olivia Newton-John 37 ( NEW ) SPECIAL BREW Bad Manners 38 ( NEW ) ENOLA GAY Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 39 ( 22 ) THREE LITTLE BIRDS Bob Marley And The Wailers 40 ( 20 ) ONE DAY I’LL FLY AWAY Randy Crawford 41 ( 32 ) FEELS LIKE I’M IN LOVE Kelly Marie 42 ( 27 ) START The Jam 43 ( NEW ) AM I NORMAL? Eye To Eye 44 ( 35 ) BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU’VE GOT (1980 VERSION) William De Vaughan 45 ( 24 ) ROCK AND ROLL PART 2/I’M THE LEADER OF THE GANG EP Gary Glitter 46 ( 50 ) HE’S SO SHY The Pointer Sisters 47 ( 43 ) XANADU Olivia Newton-John & The Electric Light Orchestra 48 ( 31 ) MISUNDERSTANDING Genesis 49 ( 37 ) IT’S STILL ROCK ‘N’ ROLL TO ME Billy Joel 50 ( NEW ) LOVE X LOVE George Benson 51 ( 34 ) FAME Irene Cara 52 ( 36 ) TOM HARK The Piranhas 53 ( NEW ) SUDDENLY Cliff Richard & Olivia Newton-John 54 ( NEW ) OUT HERE ON MY OWN Irene Cara 55 ( 51 ) MONKEES EP (LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE/ I’M A BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ DAYDREAM BELIEVER) The Monkees 56 ( 52 ) GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME Gerry Rafferty 57 ( 53 ) DON'T BRING ME DOWN E.L.O. 58 ( 49 ) WATERFALLS Paul McCartney 59 ( 64 ) WHY DO LOVERS BREAK EACH OTHERS HEARTS Showaddywaddy 60 ( 65 ) THE WANDERER Donna Summer 61 ( 44 ) UPSIDE DOWN Diana Ross 62 ( 57 ) NO DOUBT ABOUT IT Hot Chocolate 63 ( 58 ) CRYING Don McLean 64 ( 59 ) MESSAGES Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 65 ( NEW ) DON’T LOOK DOWN The Planets 66 ( 38 ) MODERN GIRL Sheena Easton 67 ( 39 ) DREAMING Cliff Richard 68 ( 45 ) SUNSHINE OF YOUR SMILE Mike Berry 69 ( 72 ) METROPOLIS The Motors 70 ( NEW ) TOWERS OF LONDON XTC 71 ( 63 ) SARTORIAL ELOQUENCE Elton John 72 ( 42 ) A WALK IN THE PARK Nick Straker Band 73 ( 41 ) BEST FRIEND The Beat 74 ( NEW ) PARTY LIGHTS The Gap Band 75 ( 67 ) WRONG WAY Dave Edmunds’ Rockpile TV Week Oct 11th-17th 1 Star Trek: Assignment Earth 2 Soap 3 M*A*S*H 4 Soap (Thurs) 5 Top Of The Pops 6 Rhoda 7 Best Of British 8 Tiswas 9 Arthur C. Clarke’s Mysterious World 10 Buck Rogers In The 25th Century 11 The Goodies 12 Film ’80 13 A Question Of Sex 14 Butterflies 15 Parkinson 16 It Ain’t Half Hot Mum 17 Question Time 18 THe Benny Hill Show 19 The Muppet Show 20 The Old Grey Whistle Test |
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Jun 23 2021, 06:41 PM
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21st October 1980
It's a 5th and final week on top for The Police, but they'll be back with more chart-toppers - had I been charting album tracks back then, Canary In A Coalmine and When The World Is Running Down would be featuring too, along with a couple of Madness tracks. It's a second top 10 for Air Supply, as All Out Of Love hits 2, and Status Quo keep the top 10's going - What You're Proposing makes it one each year since 1973, except for 1978. Barbra Streisand meanwhile gets her 4th in 9 years with the Barry Gibb song, and Kate Bush gets her 6th. Bad Manners make it 3 top 20's, OMD 2, and Gilbert O'Sullivan his first since 1974, his 7th. Highest new entry is Teena Marie's second fab disco track I Need Your Loving, just ahead of the Stones complaining She's So Cold. Turn up the heating then! It's a significant debut at 40 for growing pop sensation Adam Ant & His band, all Burundi drum beats with Dog Eat Dog. Malcolm McLaren had nicked his band and sound for Bow Wow Wow so I guess you could call this payback. New at 49, The Jacksons still have Michael to pull in the punters, with Lovely One, and Earth, Wind & Fire want to Let Me Talk. I agree. Manfred Mann's Earthband start to reach the end of the chart road after 7 years, with Through The 80's not exactly being prophetic for them, so 7 years was about it, unless you count actual Manfred Mann in which case it's 12 official years, or 16 since I first liked one of their records - 5,4,3,2,1. The Tourists also draw in on the end of their chart run, but fret not, Eurythmics aren't too far away, and they were way better. The new Ultravox line-up debuts - with former Slik/Rich Kid Midge Ure on lead, Passing Strangers being the start of a very long run of success for Midge in the decade, some of them in further guises. Finally, The Kurtis Blow keeps a bit of rap in the chart at a time when it seemed like the novelty had already worn off and it was a passing fad. Think again! 1 ( 1 ) DON’T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME The Police 2 ( 14 ) ALL OUT OF LOVE Air Supply 3 ( 4 ) STEREOTYPES The Specials 4 ( 3 ) BAGGY TROUSERS Madness 5 ( 29 ) WHAT YOU’RE PROPOSING Status Quo 6 ( 2 ) ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST Queen 7 ( 10 ) KILLER ON THE LOOSE Thin Lizzy 8 ( 5 ) D.I.S.C.O. Ottawan 9 ( 18 ) A WOMAN IN LOVE Barbra Streisand 10 ( 15 ) ARMY DREAMERS Kate Bush 11 ( 7 ) MY OLD PIANO Diana Ross 12 ( 11 ) MASTERBLASTER (JAMMIN’) Stevie Wonder 13 ( 37 ) SPECIAL BREW Bad Manners 14 ( 17 ) YOU’RE LYING Linx 15 ( 8 ) I GOT YOU Split-Enz 16 ( 16 ) CASANOVA Coffee 17 ( 13 ) ASHES TO ASHES David Bowie 18 ( 12 ) SEARCHING Change featuring Luther Vandross 19 ( 38 ) ENOLA GAY Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 20 ( 26 ) WHAT’S IN A KISS Gilbert O’Sullivan 21 ( 24 ) GOTTA PULL MYSELF TOGETHER The Nolans 22 ( 6 ) THEME FROM “MIDNIGHT COWBOY” John Barry (Original Soundtrack) 23 ( 19 ) THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL Abba 24 ( 9 ) AMIGO Black Slate 25 ( 28 ) IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT Odyssey 26 ( 50 ) LOVE X LOVE George Benson 27 ( 34 ) TOUCH AND GO The Cars 28 ( 23 ) AND THE BIRDS WERE SINGING Sweet People 29 ( 22 ) WHEN YOU ASK ABOUT LOVE Matchbox 30 ( NEW ) I NEED YOUR LOVING Teena Marie 31 ( NEW ) SHE’S SO COLD The Rolling Stones 32 ( 33 ) TROUBLE Gillan 33 ( 21 ) TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME Supertramp 34 ( 20 ) IT’S ONLY LOVE Elvis Presley 35 ( 54 ) OUT HERE ON MY OWN Irene Cara 36 ( 53 ) SUDDENLY Cliff Richard & Olivia Newton-John 37 ( 65 ) DON’T LOOK DOWN The Planets 38 ( 46 ) HE’S SO SHY The Pointer Sisters 39 ( 59 ) WHY DO LOVERS BREAK EACH OTHERS HEARTS Showaddywaddy 40 ( NEW ) DOG EAT DOG Adam & The Ants 41 ( 43 ) AM I NORMAL? Eye To Eye 42 ( 35 ) I DIE YOU DIE Gary Numan 43 ( 32 ) I OWE YOU ONE Shalamar 44 ( 39 ) THREE LITTLE BIRDS Bob Marley And The Wailers 45 ( 30 ) PARANOID Black Sabbath 46 ( 36 ) MAGIC Olivia Newton-John 47 ( 25 ) GENERALS & MAJORS XTC 48 ( 69 ) METROPOLIS The Motors 49 ( NEW ) LOVELY ONE The Jacksons 50 ( 40 ) ONE DAY I’LL FLY AWAY Randy Crawford 51 ( 27 ) TEMPORARY SECRETARY Paul McCartney 52 ( 31 ) NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT Manhattan Transfer 53 ( 47 ) XANADU Olivia Newton-John & The Electric Light Orchestra 54 ( 70 ) TOWERS OF LONDON XTC 55 ( NEW ) DRIVING MY LIFE AWAY Eddie Rabbit 56 ( NEW ) LET ME TALK Earth, Wind & Fire 57 ( 55 ) MONKEES EP (LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE/ I’M A BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ DAYDREAM BELIEVER) The Monkees 58 ( 56 ) GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME Gerry Rafferty 59 ( 57 ) DON'T BRING ME DOWN E.L.O. 60 ( 42 ) START The Jam 61 ( 60 ) THE WANDERER Donna Summer 62 ( 74 ) PARTY LIGHTS The Gap Band 63 ( NEW ) THROUGH THE 80’S Manfred Mann’s Earthband 64 ( 45 ) ROCK AND ROLL PART 2/I’M THE LEADER OF THE GANG EP Gary Glitter 65 ( 41 ) FEELS LIKE I’M IN LOVE Kelly Marie 66 ( 51 ) FAME Irene Cara 67 ( NEW ) DON’T SAY I TOLD YOU SO The Tourists 68 ( 62 ) NO DOUBT ABOUT IT Hot Chocolate 69 ( 64 ) MESSAGES Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 70 ( 63 ) CRYING Don McLean 71 ( 58 ) WATERFALLS Paul McCartney 72 ( 61 ) UPSIDE DOWN Diana Ross 73 ( NEW ) WHOSE PROBLEM? The Motels 74 ( NEW ) THE BREAKS Kurtis Blow 75 ( NEW ) PASSING STRANGERS Ultravox TV 18th-24th Oct 1980 1 Star Trek: Mirror Mirror 2 The New Avengers 3 Soap (Thurs) 4 Soap (Fri) 5 Top Of The Pops 6 Buck Rogers In The 25th Century 7 The Phil Silvers Show (Bilko) 8 The Goodies 9 “A Killing Affair”: film 10 Parkinson 11 Film ’80 12 Tiswas 13 Rhoda 14 Here Comes Channel 8 15 The World About Us |
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