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18th February 2019, 05:46 PM
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BuzzJack Legend
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17th February 1987
It's 3 weeks on top for Aretha & George as The Blow Monkeys reach number 2 again, copying Digging Your Scene - always the Bridesmaids! - and then there are 2 classic 60's soul oldies from an advert (Percy Sledge) & a film of the same name (Ben E. King). When A man Loves A Woman had long been popular on Radio One Top 100 Singles lists, and Stand By Me had already topped my charts in 1975 for the cover by John Lennon which was almost as great as Ben's version. Mental As Anything finally make the top 20 months after first charting, Duran Duran get a big climb for their relatively floppy single, and the camp Male Stripper exposes itself at 36, a good 20 years ahead of me getting grabbed by the first of three strippers on different occasions. I think it's my grinning not leering that makes me a target, oops! Simply Red are back and well into a long run of future success, clearly onto the Right Thing, Level 42 also return, and World Party pop back with possibly their best record, Ship Of Fools, in at 68. It's a rap! The Beastie Boys fighting debut was bad news for Volkswagen owners across the country, including my mate who got fed up with his car badge getting nicked, and white rappers became the new thing - if one discounts Debbie Harry, Adam Ant, Billie Davies in the 60's, and any number of other music acts who'd already dabbled as opposed to making a career out of 80's urban rap. Talking of Debbie harry - she's back at 75, Iggy Pop has a second current chart entry at 73, and View From A Hill get a follow-up entry. 1 ( 1 ) I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING (FOR ME) Aretha Franklin & George Michael 2 ( 7 ) IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY The Blow Monkeys 3 ( NEW ) STAND BY ME Ben E. King 4 ( NEW ) WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN Percy Sledge 5 ( 5 ) FORGOTTEN TOWN The Christians 6 ( 3 ) COMING AROUND AGAIN Carly Simon 7 ( 2 ) YOU SEXY THING (BEN LIEBRAND REMIX) Hot Chocolate 8 ( 6 ) YOU DON’T KNOW Berlin 9 ( 10 ) BEST KEPT SECRET China Crisis 10 ( 8 ) ALMAZ Randy Crawford 11 ( 14 ) ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY Vesta Williams 12 ( 4 ) SOMETHING IN MY HOUSE Dead Or Alive 13 ( 11 ) C’EST LA VIE Robbie Nevil 14 ( 9 ) NO MORE THE FOOL Elkie Brooks 15 ( 19 ) DOWN TO EARTH Curiosity Killed The Cat 16 ( 13 ) BEHIND THE MASK Eric Clapton 17 ( 18 ) HEARTACHE Pepsi & Shirlie 18 ( 33 ) LIVE IT UP Mental As Anything 19 ( 12 ) THE EP (HOW CAN I BE SURE/ I’M A CLOWN/ COULD IT BE FOREVER) David Cassidy 20 ( 25 ) MAGIC SMILE Rosie Vela 21 ( 16 ) I LOVE MY RADIO Taffy 22 ( 29 ) THE KING’S CALL Philip Lynott 23 ( 54 ) SKIN TRADE Duran Duran 24 ( 26 ) SOUL MAN Lou Reed and Sam Moore 25 ( 35 ) FUTURE’S SO BRIGHT (GOTTA WEAR SHADES) Timbuk 3 26 ( 30 ) MISSIONARY MAN Eurythmics 27 ( 27 ) JACK THE GROOVE Raze 28 ( 39 ) CRUSH ON YOU The Jets 29 ( 20 ) REAL WILD CHILD (WILD ONE) Iggy Pop 30 ( 17 ) WHEELS ON FIRE Siouxsie & The Banshees 31 ( 15 ) WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES The Doobie Brothers 32 ( 24 ) OPEN YOUR HEART Madonna 33 ( 21 ) RAT IN MI KITCHON UB40 34 ( 22 ) HYMN TO HER The Pretenders 35 ( 51 ) ROCK THE NIGHT Europe 36 ( NEW ) MALE STRIPPER Man 2 Man Meet Parrish 37 ( 57 ) GIGOLO The Damned 38 ( 23 ) WASTELAND The Mission 39 ( 61 ) STAY OUT OF MY LIFE Five Star 40 ( 28 ) JACK YOUR BODY Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley 41 ( 31 ) REET PETITE Jackie Wilson 42 ( 34 ) SOMEBODY’S COMING Little Richard 43 ( 48 ) LOVE LIKE A ROCKET Bob Geldof 44 ( 38 ) IS THIS LOVE Alison Moyet 45 ( 59 ) SHOPLIFTERS OF THE WORLD UNITE The Smiths 46 ( 42 ) CANDY Cameo 47 ( 63 ) SONIC BOOM BOY Westworld 48 ( 40 ) THE BOY IN THE BUBBLE Paul Simon 49 ( 47 ) HUMAN Human League 50 ( NEW ) THE RIGHT THING Simply Red 51 ( 37 ) CROSS THAT BRIDGE The Ward Brothers 52 ( 46 ) SOMETIMES Erasure 53 ( 50 ) TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin 54 ( 32 ) IOU (REMIX) Freeez 55 ( 56 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 56 ( NEW ) RUNNING IN THE FAMILY Level 42 57 ( 44 ) CRY WOLF a-ha 58 ( 58 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross 59 ( 70 ) HOW MANY LIES Spandau Ballet 60 ( 60 ) TRUE BLUE Madonna 61 ( 36 ) TRAMPOLINE Julian Cope 62 ( 41 ) BEAUTIFUL IMBALANCE Thrashing Doves 63 ( 43 ) ROCK YOUR BABY (REMIX) George McCrae 64 ( 64 ) LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 65 ( 74 ) TEASER George Benson 66 ( 67 ) A TRICK OF THE NIGHT Bananarama 67 ( 68 ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite 68 ( NEW ) SHIP OF FOOLS World Party 69 ( 65 ) LAND OF CONFUSION Genesis 70 ( 53 ) BIG FUN The Gap Band 71 ( NEW ) (YOU GOTTA) FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT TO PARTY The Beastie Boys 72 ( NEW ) I’M NO REBEL View From A Hill 73 ( NEW ) SHADES Iggy Pop 74 ( 49 ) SURRENDER Swing Out Sister 75 ( NEW ) FREE TO FALL Debbie Harry Playlist oldies of the week 1 HOUND DOG Elvis Presley 2 SOMEBODY Brilliant 3 ODE TO BILLIE JOE Bobbie Gentry |
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18th February 2019, 08:38 PM
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Say that hiss with your chest, and...
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QUOTE 36 ( NEW ) MALE STRIPPER Man 2 Man Meet Parrish 37 ( 57 ) GIGOLO The Damned at these sexualised song titles appearing together in your chart! Male Stripper does remind me of Sigue Sigue Sputnik's Love Missile F1-11 from the previous year, the production is quite similar in style and they are both fun tracks. As with Jack Your Body, its quite something that it reached the top 5 in the charts officially as it sounds very uncommercial and the lyrics aren't very radio friendly . Not sure I like the lyrics about stripping much but the production in the less poppy form of Hi-NRG is great. The Purple Disco Machine remix of it which was quite big last year I really liked. As for your #1 by George and Aretha it is very nice, and as a duet works well despite them having very different singing styles. 'Mental As Anything', you couldn't call a band that name now! Live It Up is a good pop song though. This post has been edited by The Snake: 18th February 2019, 10:03 PM |
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20th February 2019, 07:44 PM
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BuzzJack Legend
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at these sexualised song titles appearing together in your chart! Male Stripper does remind me of Sigue Sigue Sputnik's Love Missile F1-11 from the previous year, the production is quite similar in style and they are both fun tracks. As with Jack Your Body, its quite something that it reached the top 5 in the charts officially as it sounds very uncommercial and the lyrics aren't very radio friendly . Not sure I like the lyrics about stripping much but the production in the less poppy form of Hi-NRG is great. The Purple Disco Machine remix of it which was quite big last year I really liked. As for your #1 by George and Aretha it is very nice, and as a duet works well despite them having very different singing styles. 'Mental As Anything', you couldn't call a band that name now! Live It Up is a good pop song though. Hi Snakey Yes oops at those naughty songs together, I may have realised, or may have not, I was very naive back then! You're right about Mental as Anything, hadn't occurred to me that! George had a honey-smooth voice, but powerful, and Aretha, as John Peel once said before introducing the record, could make any old piece of rubbish sound good "and I think she just has". Or something to that effect, it's been 30 years, but I remember it cos I disagreed and loved the song and record |
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20th February 2019, 07:59 PM
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BuzzJack Legend
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25th February 1987
It's a first week on top for Ben E. King 12 years since John Lennon took his version of Stand By Me to the top of my charts, and 26 years since it came out, making it the longest wait from release to topping my chart to date, and the second-oldest track to top my charts since 1959's Oh Carol reissue for Neil Sedaka topped in 1972, a mere 13 years old. Live It Up finally breaks into the top 10, The Jets Crush their way in too, Eurythmics tell us not to mess with the Missionary Man as they add another top 10 to their growing total, and Curiosity catwalk their way to 10, not for the last time. Highest new entry is the fab You Are My World, one of The Communards best records that wasn't the big hit I hoped, at 11, with a-ha continuing their streak with the glorious Manhattan Skyline at 27, pure class, though I under-appreciated it a little for a time. Two great climbs for Westworld and World Party (THEME!) and The Smiths, Geldof, the Nana's and Simply Red all go top 40. New entries lower down include Bruce Willis, fresh off the fabulous Moonlighting TV comedy-drama (still one of the greatest TV shows of all-time) taking a soul cover-version diversion of The Staple Singers' Respect Yourself, closely followed by 2 future UK chart-toppers, Mel & Kim's fab Respectable (THEME!), and Boy George's reggae cover of Ken Boothe's UK chart-topping reggae cover of Bread's original Everything I Own. It's not as good as either version, but pleasant enough. The Big Supreme get a second entry, Please Yourself said Frankie Howard, Gwen Guthrie makes it 3, Paul Simon makes it 3 off Graceland, and The Icicle Works are back after a short time out in the freezing cold. 1 ( 3 ) STAND BY ME Ben E. King 2 ( 1 ) I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING (FOR ME) Aretha Franklin & George Michael 3 ( 4 ) WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN Percy Sledge 4 ( 5 ) FORGOTTEN TOWN The Christians 5 ( 2 ) IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY The Blow Monkeys 6 ( 18 ) LIVE IT UP Mental As Anything 7 ( 6 ) COMING AROUND AGAIN Carly Simon 8 ( 28 ) CRUSH ON YOU The Jets 9 ( 26 ) MISSIONARY MAN Eurythmics 10 ( 15 ) DOWN TO EARTH Curiosity Killed The Cat 11 ( NEW ) YOU ARE MY WORLD The Communards 12 ( 7 ) YOU SEXY THING (BEN LIEBRAND REMIX) Hot Chocolate 13 ( 9 ) BEST KEPT SECRET China Crisis 14 ( 10 ) ALMAZ Randy Crawford 15 ( 23 ) SKIN TRADE Duran Duran 16 ( 25 ) FUTURE’S SO BRIGHT (GOTTA WEAR SHADES) Timbuk 3 17 ( 8 ) YOU DON’T KNOW Berlin 18 ( 24 ) SOUL MAN Lou Reed and Sam Moore 19 ( 11 ) ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY Vesta Williams 20 ( 13 ) C’EST LA VIE Robbie Nevil 21 ( 20 ) MAGIC SMILE Rosie Vela 22 ( 14 ) NO MORE THE FOOL Elkie Brooks 23 ( 47 ) SONIC BOOM BOY Westworld 24 ( 12 ) SOMETHING IN MY HOUSE Dead Or Alive 25 ( 16 ) BEHIND THE MASK Eric Clapton 26 ( 36 ) MALE STRIPPER Man 2 Man Meet Parrish 27 ( NEW ) MANHATTAN SKYLINE a-ha 28 ( 19 ) THE EP (HOW CAN I BE SURE/ I’M A CLOWN/ COULD IT BE FOREVER) David Cassidy 29 ( 68 ) SHIP OF FOOLS World Party 30 ( 17 ) HEARTACHE Pepsi & Shirlie 31 ( 21 ) I LOVE MY RADIO Taffy 32 ( 50 ) THE RIGHT THING Simply Red 33 ( 29 ) REAL WILD CHILD (WILD ONE) Iggy Pop 34 ( 30 ) WHEELS ON FIRE Siouxsie & The Banshees 35 ( 35 ) ROCK THE NIGHT Europe 36 ( 66 ) A TRICK OF THE NIGHT Bananarama 37 ( 32 ) OPEN YOUR HEART Madonna 38 ( 43 ) LOVE LIKE A ROCKET Bob Geldof 39 ( 39 ) STAY OUT OF MY LIFE Five Star 40 ( 45 ) SHOPLIFTERS OF THE WORLD UNITE The Smiths 41 ( 31 ) WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES The Doobie Brothers 42 ( 22 ) THE KING’S CALL Philip Lynott 43 ( 37 ) GIGOLO The Damned 44 ( 33 ) RAT IN MI KITCHON UB40 45 ( 27 ) JACK THE GROOVE Raze 46 ( 56 ) RUNNING IN THE FAMILY Level 42 47 ( 40 ) JACK YOUR BODY Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley 48 ( 46 ) CANDY Cameo 49 ( 49 ) HUMAN Human League 50 ( 75 ) FREE TO FALL Debbie Harry 51 ( 41 ) REET PETITE Jackie Wilson 52 ( 42 ) SOMEBODY’S COMING Little Richard 53 ( 59 ) HOW MANY LIES Spandau Ballet 54 ( NEW ) PLEASE YOURSELF The Big Supreme 55 ( 55 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 56 ( 53 ) TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin 57 ( RE ) STILL THE SAME Slade 58 ( 58 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross 59 ( 71 ) (YOU GOTTA) FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT TO PARTY The Beastie Boys 60 ( 34 ) HYMN TO HER The Pretenders 61 ( 44 ) IS THIS LOVE Alison Moyet 62 ( 72 ) I’M NO REBEL View From A Hill 63 ( 60 ) TRUE BLUE Madonna 64 ( NEW ) GOOD TO GO LOVER Gwen Guthrie 65 ( 73 ) SHADES Iggy Pop 66 ( 64 ) LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 67 ( 48 ) THE BOY IN THE BUBBLE Paul Simon 68 ( 67 ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite 69 ( NEW ) RESPECT YOURSELF Bruce Willis 70 ( NEW ) DIAMONDS ON THE SOLES OF HER SHOES Paul Simon 71 ( NEW ) HAVE YOU EVER LOVED SOMEBODY Freddie Jackson 72 ( NEW ) WHEN LOVE COMES CALLING Paul Johnson 73 ( NEW ) RESPECTABLE Mel & Kim 74 ( NEW ) EVANGELINE The Icicle Works 75 ( NEW ) EVERYTHING I OWN Boy George Oldies Playlist 1 EVE OF THE WAR Jeff Wayne 2 ADORATIONS Killing Joke 3 I’M GONNA BE STRONG Gene Pitney |
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22nd February 2019, 10:42 PM
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Shakin Stevens
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Sad that Spandau became such flops post band Aid, one of the great new romantic break throughs of the decade.
Last year of Smiths hits as well Interesting to see Slade with a RE there - the mini revival of 1981-84 had gone again a where they still getting hits/airplay? |
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23rd February 2019, 09:51 AM
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BuzzJack Legend
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Sad that Spandau became such flops post band Aid, one of the great new romantic break throughs of the decade. Last year of Smiths hits as well Interesting to see Slade with a RE there - the mini revival of 1981-84 had gone again a where they still getting hits/airplay? Hi Steve! Yes Spandau had lost there way by this time, all self-introspective instead of energy, I think they were tired pre-break-up, while The Smiths had the energy still, but Morrissey isn't the easiest person to get along with creatively, he's always done things the way he wants when he can. Slade indeed struggled to get airplay by this time - I think I usually heard them on video chart shows or something like that, and recorded the video for playback Thanks for commenting! cheers John |
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23rd February 2019, 10:17 AM
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BuzzJack Legend
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3rd March 1987
It's straight in on top for a remix of Children Of The Revolution as 1972 and 60's nostalgia takes a firm hold on me in the absence of any new mighty classics. I missed Marc Bolan terribly by this time, and the record had under-performed first-time round, so now they get a 6th chart-topper keeping off Jackie Wilson's 1972 big hit reissue of I Get The Sweetest Feeling as I got nostalgic for the music of my teens and childhood. Throw in The Beatles epic anniversary reissue of a previous chart-topper and that's 80% of my top 5 oldies. I'll be honest if Mental as Anything and The Jets were at 2 and 3 I would have been over-rating them, though Christians & a-ha have lost out as 4 and 5 would still have been too low.. Big Audio Dynamite rocket in at 27 as V13 is the highest new song, Cyndi covers Marvin Gaye quite nicely and is in at 35, and The Cult get a 3rd top 40. The Beastie Boys get a big climb into the 40, and the Rainmakers debut at 53 with a great song title (and song). Freddie Mercury goes solo again, as he put his heart on his sleeve with his choice of Platters cover - he really was telling the whole world what he had, but no-one realised. Erasure return quickly, and it's a hugely welcome return from the fab Labi Siffre, absent since 1972, although Madness had made a big hit of his gorgeous It Must Be Love in 1981, 10 years on. This time it's a South African political commentary, and powerful with it. 1 ( NEW ) CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION ’87 T.Rex 2 ( NEW ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson 3 ( 2 ) I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING (FOR ME) Aretha Franklin & George Michael 4 ( 1 ) STAND BY ME Ben E. King 5 ( NEW ) PENNY LANE/STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles 6 ( 6 ) LIVE IT UP Mental As Anything 7 ( 3 ) WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN Percy Sledge 8 ( 8 ) CRUSH ON YOU The Jets 9 ( 4 ) FORGOTTEN TOWN The Christians 10 ( 27 ) MANHATTAN SKYLINE a-ha 11 ( 7 ) COMING AROUND AGAIN Carly Simon 12 ( 5 ) IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY The Blow Monkeys 13 ( 9 ) MISSIONARY MAN Eurythmics 14 ( 26 ) MALE STRIPPER Man 2 Man Meet Parrish 15 ( 15 ) SKIN TRADE Duran Duran 16 ( 11 ) YOU ARE MY WORLD The Communards 17 ( 23 ) SONIC BOOM BOY Westworld 18 ( 18 ) SOUL MAN Lou Reed and Sam Moore 19 ( 10 ) DOWN TO EARTH Curiosity Killed The Cat 20 ( 13 ) BEST KEPT SECRET China Crisis 21 ( 12 ) YOU SEXY THING (BEN LIEBRAND REMIX) Hot Chocolate 22 ( 14 ) ALMAZ Randy Crawford 23 ( 32 ) THE RIGHT THING Simply Red 24 ( 29 ) SHIP OF FOOLS World Party 25 ( 16 ) FUTURE’S SO BRIGHT (GOTTA WEAR SHADES) Timbuk 3 26 ( 17 ) YOU DON’T KNOW Berlin 27 ( NEW ) V13 Big Audio Dynamite 28 ( 20 ) C’EST LA VIE Robbie Nevil 29 ( 19 ) ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY Vesta Williams 30 ( 22 ) NO MORE THE FOOL Elkie Brooks 31 ( 21 ) MAGIC SMILE Rosie Vela 32 ( 59 ) (YOU GOTTA) FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT TO PARTY The Beastie Boys 33 ( 36 ) A TRICK OF THE NIGHT Bananarama 34 ( 46 ) RUNNING IN THE FAMILY Level 42 35 ( NEW ) WHAT’S GOING ON Cyndi Lauper 36 ( 28 ) THE EP (HOW CAN I BE SURE/ I’M A CLOWN/ COULD IT BE FOREVER) David Cassidy 37 ( 24 ) SOMETHING IN MY HOUSE Dead Or Alive 38 ( NEW ) LOVE REMOVAL MACHINE The Cult 39 ( 54 ) PLEASE YOURSELF The Big Supreme 40 ( 53 ) HOW MANY LIES Spandau Ballet 41 ( 39 ) STAY OUT OF MY LIFE Five Star 42 ( 25 ) BEHIND THE MASK Eric Clapton 43 ( 50 ) FREE TO FALL Debbie Harry 44 ( 37 ) OPEN YOUR HEART Madonna 45 ( 73 ) RESPECTABLE Mel & Kim 46 ( 70 ) DIAMONDS ON THE SOLES OF HER SHOES Paul Simon 47 ( 69 ) RESPECT YOURSELF Bruce Willis 48 ( 33 ) REAL WILD CHILD (WILD ONE) Iggy Pop 49 ( 57 ) STILL THE SAME Slade 50 ( 75 ) EVERYTHING I OWN Boy George 51 ( 34 ) THIS WHEELS ON FIRE Siouxsie & The Banshees 52 ( 49 ) HUMAN Human League 53 ( NEW ) LET MY PEOPLE GOGO The Rainmakers 54 ( 31 ) I LOVE MY RADIO Taffy 55 ( 55 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 56 ( 30 ) HEARTACHE Pepsi & Shirlie 57 ( 41 ) WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES The Doobie Brothers 58 ( 58 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross 59 ( 35 ) ROCK THE NIGHT Europe 60 ( 56 ) TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin 61 ( 48 ) CANDY Cameo 62 ( 64 ) GOOD TO GO LOVER Gwen Guthrie 63 ( 52 ) SOMEBODY’S COMING Little Richard 64 ( 72 ) WHEN LOVE COMES CALLING Paul Johnson 65 ( 63 ) TRUE BLUE Madonna 66 ( 66 ) LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 67 ( 71 ) HAVE YOU EVER LOVED SOMEBODY Freddie Jackson 68 ( 68 ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite 69 ( 38 ) LOVE LIKE A ROCKET Bob Geldof 70 ( 51 ) REET PETITE Jackie Wilson 71 ( NEW ) I GOT THE FEELING (IT’S OVER) Gregory Abbott 72 ( NEW ) THE GREAT PRETENDER Freddie Mercury 73 ( NEW ) (SOMETHING INSIDE) SO STRONG Labi Siffre 74 ( 40 ) SHOPLIFTERS OF THE WORLD UNITE The Smiths 75 ( NEW ) IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE Erasure PLAYIST OLDIES 1 CITY LIGHTS David Essex 2 THESE DREAMS Heart 3 OH PEOPLE Patti Labelle |
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27th February 2019, 08:06 PM
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Say that hiss with your chest, and...
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Yep not a big lot of classic tunes at this stage in 1987, but by April of that year there are quite a few.
'Respectable' is good fun though, and you can certainly hear the House influence in it. |
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15th March 2019, 07:32 PM
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BuzzJack Legend
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Yep not a big lot of classic tunes at this stage in 1987, but by April of that year there are quite a few. 'Respectable' is good fun though, and you can certainly hear the House influence in it. Yes it picks up late in the year from what I recall I think Big albums Bad, PSB, Mac, U2, Bee Gees, MARRS, & Respectable is certainly a goodie. |
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15th March 2019, 07:47 PM
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BuzzJack Legend
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10th March 1987
It's yet another oldie on top as they take turns, The Beatles replacing T.Rex with their 1967 classic double A that last topped my charts in 1976. Cyndi lauper joins the oldies vibe rocketing up to 10 with her Marvin Gaye cover, making only 3 of the top 10 actually being released on single in 1987 as new songs. Talking of oldies, Boy George shoots into the 20 with his Ken Boothe cover of his reggae cover of the Bread ballad. The Beastie Boys launch nicely into my top 20. Now I may be wrong, and stand to be corrected (if I spot one one day) but this was their one and only top 20 track I think, for me. Mel & Kim get a respectable leap into the 30, Prince enters at 26 with one of his very greatest tracks, Sign O' The Times - though the line about the rocketship exploding as if the Challenger disaster was in some way responsible for the world's ills still bugs me. Bruce Willis also gets a respect-able top 40 climb, as his TV show theme enters at 38 for Al Jarreau - far and away the best hour-long US TV show of the time (hard to call it drama, except during that turgid 3rd season) - and The Rainmakers Let My People Go Go at 31. Alison Moyet enters at 34 with one she didn't bother doing when I saw her the other week, a goodie regardless, Iggy Pop shades himself lower down the chart, Nick Kamen jumps on the classic soul cover bandwagon (Four Tops), Berlin get a 3rd hit and a 3rd in the chart simultaneously. That won't last, mark my words! Frankie taper out watching wildlife, Billy Idol starts a good year for him with a good single 9 years on from Generation X, Tina Turner shoves out another album track single, and Genesis do the same. 1 ( 5 ) PENNY LANE/STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles 2 ( 2 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson 3 ( 4 ) STAND BY ME Ben E. King 4 ( 3 ) I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING (FOR ME) Aretha Franklin & George Michael 5 ( 1 ) CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION ’87 T.Rex 6 ( 6 ) LIVE IT UP Mental As Anything 7 ( 7 ) WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN Percy Sledge 8 ( 9 ) FORGOTTEN TOWN The Christians 9 ( 10 ) MANHATTAN SKYLINE a-ha 10 ( 35 ) WHAT’S GOING ON Cyndi Lauper 11 ( 24 ) SHIP OF FOOLS World Party 12 ( 14 ) MALE STRIPPER Man 2 Man Meet Parrish 13 ( 17 ) SONIC BOOM BOY Westworld 14 ( 50 ) EVERYTHING I OWN Boy George 15 ( 15 ) SKIN TRADE Duran Duran 16 ( 8 ) CRUSH ON YOU The Jets 17 ( 13 ) MISSIONARY MAN Eurythmics 18 ( 12 ) IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY The Blow Monkeys 19 ( 27 ) V THIRTEEN Big Audio Dynamite 20 ( 32 ) (YOU GOTTA) FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT TO PARTY The Beastie Boys 21 ( 11 ) COMING AROUND AGAIN Carly Simon 22 ( 23 ) THE RIGHT THING Simply Red 23 ( 16 ) YOU ARE MY WORLD ’87 The Communards 24 ( 34 ) RUNNING IN THE FAMILY Level 42 25 ( 45 ) RESPECTABLE Mel & Kim 26 ( NEW ) SIGN O’ THE TIMES Prince 27 ( 47 ) RESPECT YOURSELF Bruce Willis 28 ( 38 ) LOVE REMOVAL MACHINE The Cult 29 ( 20 ) BEST KEPT SECRET China Crisis 30 ( 33 ) A TRICK OF THE NIGHT Bananarama 31 ( 53 ) LET MY PEOPLE GOGO The Rainmakers 32 ( 21 ) YOU SEXY THING (BEN LIEBRAND REMIX) Hot Chocolate 33 ( 18 ) SOUL MAN Lou Reed and Sam Moore 34 ( NEW ) WEAK IN THE PRESENCE OF BEAUTY Alison Moyet 35 ( 19 ) DOWN TO EARTH Curiosity Killed The Cat 36 ( 22 ) ALMAZ Randy Crawford 37 ( 39 ) PLEASE YOURSELF The Big Supreme 38 ( NEW ) MOONLIGHTING Al Jarreau 39 ( 46 ) DIAMONDS ON THE SOLES OF HER SHOES Paul Simon 40 ( 28 ) C’EST LA VIE Robbie Nevil 41 ( 25 ) FUTURE’S SO BRIGHT (GOTTA WEAR SHADES) Timbuk 3 42 ( 26 ) YOU DON’T KNOW Berlin 43 ( 43 ) FREE TO FALL Debbie Harry 44 ( 36 ) THE EP (HOW CAN I BE SURE/ I’M A CLOWN/ COULD IT BE FOREVER) David Cassidy 45 ( NEW ) SHADES Iggy Pop 46 ( 30 ) NO MORE THE FOOL Elkie Brooks 47 ( 72 ) THE GREAT PRETENDER Freddie Mercury 48 ( 44 ) OPEN YOUR HEART Madonna 49 ( 63 ) SOMEBODY’S COMING Little Richard 50 ( 31 ) MAGIC SMILE Rosie Vela 51 ( 29 ) ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY Vesta Williams 52 ( 75 ) IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE Erasure 53 ( 55 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 54 ( 52 ) HUMAN Human League 55 ( 37 ) SOMETHING IN MY HOUSE Dead Or Alive 56 ( 67 ) HAVE YOU EVER LOVED SOMEBODY Freddie Jackson 57 ( NEW ) LOVING YOU IS SWEETER THAN EVER Nick Kamen 58 ( 58 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross 59 ( 48 ) REAL WILD CHILD (WILD ONE) Iggy Pop 60 ( 64 ) WHEN LOVE COMES CALLING Paul Johnson 61 ( 40 ) HOW MANY LIES Spandau Ballet 62 ( 51 ) THIS WHEELS ON FIRE Siouxsie & The Banshees 63 ( 60 ) TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin 64 ( 49 ) STILL THE SAME Slade 65 ( 71 ) I GOT THE FEELING (IT’S OVER) Gregory Abbott 66 ( 66 ) LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 67 ( 65 ) TRUE BLUE Madonna 68 ( 68 ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite 69 ( NEW ) LIKE FLAMES Berlin 70 ( NEW ) WATCHING THE WILDLIFE Frankie Goes To Hollywood 71 ( NEW ) DON’T NEED A GUN Billy Idol 72 ( 54 ) I LOVE MY RADIO Taffy 73 ( NEW ) WHAT YOU GET IS WHAT YOU SEE Tina Turner 74 ( 41 ) STAY OUT OF MY LIFE Five Star 75 ( NEW ) TONIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT Genesis PLAYLISTED TRACKS OF THE WEEK 1 I’M INTO SOMETHING GOOD Herman’s Hermits 2 I’LL BE THERE The Jackson 5 3 HELL IN PARADISE Yoko Ono |
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16th March 2019, 10:27 PM
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Shakin Stevens
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Good to see this chart back Pop!
Duran Duran really did go down hill in terms of releases after Notorious! Their next decent song for me was Ordinary World in 1993! |
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18th March 2019, 08:49 PM
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Mansonette
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Manhattan Skyline
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20th March 2019, 07:47 PM
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BuzzJack Legend
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20th March 2019, 07:49 PM
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BuzzJack Legend
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Good to see this chart back Pop! Duran Duran really did go down hill in terms of releases after Notorious! Their next decent song for me was Ordinary World in 1993! Thanks Steve! Yes, I think Ordinary World was the huge chart-topping comeback for me for them and set up the 90's nicely |
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20th March 2019, 08:18 PM
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BuzzJack Legend
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17th March 1987
It's another week, another oldie on top - this time Jackie Wilson makes it third time lucky after I get The Sweetest feeling peaked inside my top 10 in 1972 (4 years after it's US chart-run), then top 30 in 1975, and finally peaking with a spiffy new video (there were no performances or videos for the track at all for either run). Percy Sledge goes back up to a new peak of 2, but it's not all oldies, there's a mass influx of new tracks, including many fab ones, the highest of which is a belated entry for La Isla Bonita (I'd already loved it for months but couldn't chart it till it was released as a single, due to my daft chart rules), in at 4. Mel & Kim get a second top 10, Prince an umpteenth with a big climb for his brilliant Sign O' The Times, and The Beastie Boys also bring some life to a previously stagnant oldies-dominated top 10. Herb Alpert is the first of 2 Jam & Lewis entries, as they make the veteran trumpeter go all 80's dance - not as unlikely as you might think if you bear in mind that he owned the label Janet Jackson was signed to, who also appears on Herb's album, and new in at 74 with a Jam & Lewis ballad. That's Herb's first chart entry in 7 years and a chart run of 19 years almost (he was high in my first chart in 1968 with This Guy's In Love). Aretha's back with a solo, for 2 in the chart, Ruby Turner covers Chicken Shack aka Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac 18 years on for I'd Rather Go Blind, and there's a Magician popping up at 34 - from Scottish band Secession, a tune that sounds very familiar, the instrumental riff is SO Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, Ryuichi Sakamoto's fab movie theme. Gary Moore's back, still in rock mode (yawn) his much better Blues period coming in the 90's. John Farnham gets a debut solo biggie, You're The Voice on the way to being as big as his top 10 1979 Little River Band vocal for Lonesome Loser, which I bought on holiday in California with student friends after working most of the summer to pay for it. U2 return with a classic..and I'm bizarrely under-whelmed. Think I was expecting another Pride, not a subdued starter. Club Nouveau enter with a danced-up cover of Bill Wither's brilliant 1972 chart-topper Lean On Me. To be honest it's not even as good as Mud's pretty good cover from 1976. The Pretenders return for an 8th year, Lionel Richie for a 13th year (or 6th year solo), Lone Justice pop in with another forgotten goodie, and Wet Wet Wet take bottom rung with a perfect pop record, all tuneful, bouncy and wistful at the same time. Nothing they did was ever as good, as they decided warbling dreary ballads was the way forward (or godawful covers of 60's songs), though when they showed restraint and a bit more class they could pull it off. 1 ( 2 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson 2 ( 7 ) WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN Percy Sledge 3 ( 1 ) PENNY LANE/STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles 4 ( NEW ) LA ISLA BONITA Madonna 5 ( 3 ) STAND BY ME Ben E. King 6 ( 10 ) WHAT’S GOING ON Cyndi Lauper 7 ( 25 ) RESPECTABLE Mel & Kim 8 ( 26 ) SIGN O’ THE TIMES Prince 9 ( 4 ) I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING (FOR ME) Aretha Franklin & George Michael 10 ( 20 ) (YOU GOTTA) FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT TO PARTY The Beastie Boys 11 ( 6 ) LIVE IT UP Mental As Anything 12 ( 13 ) SONIC BOOM BOY Westworld 13 ( 8 ) FORGOTTEN TOWN The Christians 14 ( 14 ) EVERYTHING I OWN Boy George 15 ( 27 ) RESPECT YOURSELF Bruce Willis 16 ( 9 ) MANHATTAN SKYLINE a-ha 17 ( 34 ) WEAK IN THE PRESENCE OF BEAUTY Alison Moyet 18 ( 5 ) CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION ’87 T.Rex 19 ( 37 ) PLEASE YOURSELF The Big Supreme 20 ( 11 ) SHIP OF FOOLS World Party 21 ( 12 ) MALE STRIPPER Man 2 Man Meet Parrish 22 ( 31 ) LET MY PEOPLE GOGO The Rainmakers 23 ( 17 ) MISSIONARY MAN Eurythmics 24 ( NEW ) KEEP YOUR EYE ON ME Herb Alpert 25 ( 39 ) DIAMONDS ON THE SOLES OF HER SHOES Paul Simon 26 ( 16 ) CRUSH ON YOU The Jets 27 ( 21 ) COMING AROUND AGAIN Carly Simon 28 ( 15 ) SKIN TRADE Duran Duran 29 ( 18 ) IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY The Blow Monkeys 30 ( RE ) (SOMETHING INSIDE) SO STRONG Labi Siffre 31 ( 22 ) THE RIGHT THING Simply Red 32 ( 19 ) V THIRTEEN Big Audio Dynamite 33 ( 23 ) YOU ARE MY WORLD ’87 The Communards 34 ( NEW ) THE MAGICIAN Secession 35 ( 38 ) MOONLIGHTING Al Jarreau 36 ( 24 ) RUNNING IN THE FAMILY Level 42 37 ( 52 ) IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE Erasure 38 ( 57 ) LOVING YOU IS SWEETER THAN EVER Nick Kamen 39 ( 32 ) YOU SEXY THING (BEN LIEBRAND REMIX) Hot Chocolate 40 ( 47 ) THE GREAT PRETENDER Freddie Mercury 41 ( 49 ) SOMEBODY’S COMING Little Richard 42 ( NEW ) SEVERINA The Mission 43 ( 71 ) DON’T NEED A GUN Billy Idol 44 ( NEW ) JIMMY LEE Aretha Franklin 45 ( 69 ) LIKE FLAMES Berlin 46 ( NEW ) I’D RATHER GO BLIND Ruby Turner 47 ( 36 ) ALMAZ Randy Crawford 48 ( 40 ) C’EST LA VIE Robbie Nevil 49 ( 70 ) WATCHING THE WILDLIFE Frankie Goes To Hollywood 50 ( 73 ) WHAT YOU GET IS WHAT YOU SEE Tina Turner 51 ( 29 ) BEST KEPT SECRET China Crisis 52 ( 48 ) OPEN YOUR HEART Madonna 53 ( 44 ) THE EP (HOW CAN I BE SURE/ I’M A CLOWN/ COULD IT BE FOREVER) David Cassidy 54 ( 28 ) LOVE REMOVAL MACHINE The Cult 55 ( 53 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 56 ( 54 ) HUMAN Human League 57 ( 75 ) TONIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT Genesis 58 ( 35 ) DOWN TO EARTH Curiosity Killed The Cat 59 ( 46 ) NO MORE THE FOOL Elkie Brooks 60 ( 58 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross 61 ( 33 ) SOUL MAN Lou Reed and Sam Moore 62 ( NEW ) WILD FRONTIER Gary Moore 63 ( 30 ) A TRICK OF THE NIGHT Bananarama 64 ( NEW ) YOU’RE THE VOICE John Farnham 65 ( NEW ) WITH OR WITHOUT YOU U2 66 ( 45 ) SHADES Iggy Pop 67 ( 66 ) LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 68 ( 68 ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite 69 ( NEW ) LEAN ON ME Club Nouveau 70 ( 67 ) TRUE BLUE Madonna 71 ( NEW ) MY BABY The Pretenders 72 ( NEW ) SELA Lionel Richie 73 ( NEW ) I FOUND LOVE Lone Justice 74 ( NEW ) LET’S WAIT AWHILE Janet Jackson 75 ( NEW ) WISHING I WAS LUCKY Wet Wet Wet Playlist oldies of the week 1 NO FEAR NO HATE NO PAIN Eurythmics 2 HOUND DOG Elvis Presley 3 KITES Simon Dupree & The Big Sound 50's 60's 80's this week. 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22nd March 2019, 06:34 PM
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Mansonette
Joined: 7 March 2006
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Yes I SO under-rated it, it could quite easily top my chart these days given an excuse, like a film spot or advert.... It's definitely one of a-ha's best tracks, even if it is almost universally forgotten these days. Scoundrel Days has always been my favourite a-ha album from that era too... although I think they improved with their albums when they later returned. Major Earth Minor Sky in particular. |
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24th March 2019, 08:51 PM
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Shakin Stevens
Joined: 29 December 2007
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Good chart there Pop!
I love how Last Christmas was ever present in your chart until well into the first half of the year. Disappointing to see the epic 'With or Without You' entering so low - one of my favourite U2 tracks. Hope it rises!! Great to see Beastie Boys entering the top 10, was their style quite radical for 1987 or had rap been making headway over a few years? |
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24th March 2019, 09:31 PM
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Say that hiss with your chest, and...
Joined: 24 May 2016
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'You're the Voice' is great, perhaps influenced by fellow rock ballad Foreigner's I Want To Know What Love Is two years earlier with the epic sound and the choir coming in at the end and everything, but I think I prefer 'You're The Voice'. Such an anthem!
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28th March 2019, 08:23 PM
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BuzzJack Legend
Joined: 18 July 2012
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It's definitely one of a-ha's best tracks, even if it is almost universally forgotten these days. Scoundrel Days has always been my favourite a-ha album from that era too... although I think they improved with their albums when they later returned. Major Earth Minor Sky in particular. I have to say I only know the early stuff, albums-wise, though I have seen them in concert twice in the 21st century so I've at least heard some of the later albums tracks. I don't think I've ever heard a bad track from them. |
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28th March 2019, 08:29 PM
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BuzzJack Legend
Joined: 18 July 2012
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Good chart there Pop! I love how Last Christmas was ever present in your chart until well into the first half of the year. Disappointing to see the epic 'With or Without You' entering so low - one of my favourite U2 tracks. Hope it rises!! Great to see Beastie Boys entering the top 10, was their style quite radical for 1987 or had rap been making headway over a few years? Hi Steve, yes it's bizarre how Last Christmas is still in - it was still fresh in those days and I still loved it. These days I don't even bother to chart it cos it's just saturation everywhere every xmas! A good rise for U2 coming up, though shockingly Wet Wet Wet drop out after one week - though they'll be back, I must have been early on it before it started charting White aggressive rap was a novelty, prior to that rap broke through proper in 1979 with the Sugarhill Gang, and Kurtis Blow, then everyone had a go Blondie and Adam Ant both had fab rap-based tracks, and synth-urban rap became hoooge with Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel and others. Beastie Boys were the first sort-of pop-rap band to breakthrough, though they got more hardcore as they went on, and much less poppy. |
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