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Popchartfreak View member profile	Feb 8 2015, 07:37 PM Post #1
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 22,798 User: 17,376	7th January 1990 A new decade, and Distant Cousins return to the top for a second soulful week, and Jason Donovan goes back up to 2, too. The 49‘ers Touch Me at 6, Soul II Soul Get A Life and a third top 10 at 9, Wet Wet Wet meanwhile have Broke Away at 8, returning them to the top 10 3 years since Wishing I Was Lucky started the ball rolling. Band Aid II belatedly get their christmas charity cover into the 10, as Kylie also gets the highest new entry at 14 with a decent cover of a much better 1950’s classic: Tears On My Pillow promoted her movie, but I never loved it as much I loved the Little Anthony & The Imperials version. Still don’t. D Mob are back, with a reworking of an O’Jays song, at 23, so Put Your Hands Together, though De La Soul think 24 is the Magic Number now that it’s a double A with Buddy. Some classic new entries lower, though, headed by Cher following up her big return (If I Could Turn Back Time) with the fantastic cowboy-inspired rock track Just Like Jesse James, a song written by Diane Warren and Desmond Child. Desmond of late had been writing hits for Bon Jovi and Aerosmith, among others, Diane for, well, EVERYTHING! She’s done Eurovision with Andrew Lloyd-Webber, written a million-seller for Aerosmith, got awards and movie songs coming out of her ears, Paloma Faith’s latest single (Feb 2015) is one of hers, so is Cher’s previous hit, and one of her biggest accolades (for me) Pet Shop Boys recorded her brilliant song Numb, the playout song England went out of the world cup with to dramatic effect. Pet Shop Boys just don’t record other people’s songs, except as covers, so that was pretty rare. Take a google at the list of songs, and acts recording them, from Roy Orbison to Rihanna, and gasp for breath. Talking of brilliant songwriters, Prince. Sinead O’Connor follows up Mandinka with a heart-breaking cover of Prince’s Nothin’ Compares 2 U, complete with world-dominating tearful video, and instant world-wide fame. Classic? Absolutely! In at 57 in the first chart of the year, not a bad start. Rod Stewart meanwhile covers Tom Waits, Downtown Train, and unusually for a Rod cover it’s not bad at all, though Tom is another songwriter (like Prince) who can be, shall we say, uniquely protective when it comes to their own work? That would be worth pursuing if one were immortal, but copyright is harder to govern from beyond the grave. Unless you’re the estate of Elvis Presley. Returning, Smokie, 15 years on, without lead singer Chris Singer, instead it was Black Lace singer Alan Barton on lead, and who died a couple of years later on a Smokie tour coach crash, effectively ending their career, barring the Roy Chubby Brown monstrosity version of Living Next Door To Alice. Candidate for the worst record ever that one, not because of the song though. Finally, a legend returns: Quincy Jones having been dumped by Michael Jackson as producer (and ending his classic period to boot) had some time on his hands, so got Ray Charles and Chaka Khan on featuring vocals. As you do. As he does anyway. I’ll Be Good To You is good. 1 ( 2 ) YOU USED TO Distant Cousins 2 ( 5 ) WHEN YOU COME BACK TO ME Jason Donovan 3 ( 4 ) GOT TO GET Rob ‘n’ Raz featuring Leila K 4 ( 3 ) DEAR JESSIE Madonna 5 ( 1 ) IN PRIVATE Dusty Springfield 6 ( 13 ) TOUCH ME The 49ers 7 ( 8 ) WORDS The Christians 8 ( 11 ) BROKE AWAY Wet Wet Wet 9 ( 17 ) GET A LIFE Soul II Soul 10 ( 12 ) DO THEY KNOW IT’S CHRISTMAS Band Aid II cbJuOs4JkoU 11 ( 6 ) THIS WOMAN’S WORK Kate Bush 12 ( 7 ) HITMIX Alexander O’Neal 13 ( 9 ) CHEER DOWN George Harrison 14 ( NEW ) TEARS ON MY PILLOW Kylie Minogue 15 ( 34 ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL) Jimmy Somerville 16 ( 16 ) FOREVER BLUE Swing Out Sister 17 ( 14 ) I DON’T WANT TO LOSE YOU Tina Turner 18 ( 20 ) OH PRETTY WOMAN Roy Orbison and Friends 19 ( 10 ) BURNING THE GROUND Duran Duran 20 ( 28 ) HANGING TOUGH New Kids On The Block B4plzDUg-cs 21 ( 56 ) HEY YOU The Quireboys 22 ( 15 ) GETTING AWAY WITH IT Electronic 23 ( NEW ) PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER D Mob 24 ( 43 ) THE MAGIC NUMBER/ BUDDY De La Soul 25 ( 19 ) ALL AROUND THE WORLD Lisa Stansfield 26 ( 38 ) GOING BACK TO MY ROOTS/ RICH IN PARADISE The FPI Project 27 ( 35 ) LISTEN TO YOUR HEART Sonia 28 ( 18 ) LET’S PARTY Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers 29 ( 55 ) VOLARE The Gypsy Kings 30 ( 21 ) EVE OF THE WAR (DEEPSPACE MIX) Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds featuring Justin Heyward 31 ( 24 ) HOUSE OF THE BLUE DANUBE Malcolm McLaren 32 ( 25 ) TELL ME WHEN THE FEVER ENDED Electribe 101 33 ( NEW ) JUST LIKE JESSE JAMES Cher 34 ( 29 ) RHYTHM NATION Janet Jackson 35 ( NEW ) QUEEN OF THE NEW YEAR Deacon Blue 36 ( 46 ) 20 SECONDS TO COMPLY Silver Bullet 37 ( 26 ) LAMBADA Kaoma 38 ( 23 ) LA LUNA Belinda Carlisle 39 ( 32 ) ROOM IN YOUR HEART Living In A Box 40 ( 53 ) FREE FALLIN’ Tom Petty 41 ( 33 ) PACIFIC - 707 808 State 42 ( 42 ) LAY ME DOWN EASY Sinitta 43 ( 37 ) DEEP HEAT ’89 Various Artists 44 ( 31 ) DIFFERENT AIR Living In A Box 45 ( 40 ) DON’T ASK ME WHY Eurythmics 46 ( 22 ) BLAME IT ON THE RAIN (US REMIX) Milli Vanilli 47 ( 41 ) YOU SURROUND ME Erasure 48 ( 30 ) SISTER Bros 49 ( 48 ) THE SENSUAL WORLD Kate Bush 50 ( 50 ) SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears For Fears 51 ( 47 ) SACRIFICE Elton John 52 ( 39 ) SIT AND WAIT Sydney Youngblood 53 ( 44 ) WOMAN IN CHAINS Tears For Fears featuring Oleta Adams 54 ( NEW ) DOWNTOWN TRAIN Rod Stewart 55 ( 27 ) HEY GIRL DON’T BOTHER ME ’89 The Tams 56 ( 51 ) SOMETHING/ COME TOGETHER The Beatles 57 ( NEW ) NOTHING COMPARES 2 U Sinead O’Connor 58 ( 45 ) MY LOVE The London Boys 59 ( NEW ) BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS Smokie 60 ( 60 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles iUiTQvT0W_0 61 ( NEW ) I’LL BE GOOD TO YOU Quincy Jones featuring Ray Charles and Chaka Khan 62 ( 52 ) SMOKE ON THE WATER Rock Aid Armenia 63 ( 64 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 64 ( 49 ) INNER CITY MAMMA Neneh Cherry 65 ( 61 ) OH WELL Oh Well 66 ( 63 ) PUMP UP THE JAM Technotronic featuring Felly (Ya Kid K) 67 ( 67 ) BRITE SIDE Deborah Harry 68 ( 36 ) (SEXUAL) HEALING ’89 Marvin Gaye 69 ( 68 ) SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan 70 ( 58 ) I’LL SAIL THIS SHIP ALONE The Beautiful South kl4BWx0fyjw 71 ( 59 ) SIGN O’ THE TIMES Simple Minds 72 ( 69 ) LEAN ON YOU Cliff Richard 73 ( 65 ) LEAVE A LIGHT ON Belinda Carlisle 74 ( 74 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies 75 ( 75 ) TALK IT OVER Grayson Hugh For me the new decade started on several sleepless nights, missing grandma on the first birthday without her, both her birthday and my 32nd. At home, the smoking and general upheaval of kids in the house was getting to me a bit, too. On TV, The Road To Singapore (Hope and Crosby movie), David Attenborough dinosaurs programme (who doesn’t love dinosaurs!), and worried about being too old for the new squash courses I’d joined. 32, old? Pah!


Popchartfreak View member profile	Feb 9 2015, 07:21 PM Post #2
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 22,798 User: 17,376	14th January 1990 3 weeker for Distant Cousins at 1, and a quiet chart otherwise, bar a batch of mostly uneventful new entries. Happily, though, Cher’s shooting her 6-guns at 6 with one of her great records, and Sinead O’Connor cries her way up into the top 40. Kylie gets her 4th Top 10, and De la Soul find 12 is this week’s magic number. Living In A Box stop yo-yo-ing and make a firm dive into the 20, their 4th time. New entries start with the Mission at 41, and the good Butterfly On A Wheel, more melodic than usual for them, while just behind is Lloyd Cole and the pretty No Blue Skies, 6 years on and without his Commotions anymore. Cyndi Lauper’s Heading West for one solitary chart week at 49 - oops! - and so might Everything But The Girl be, as they are Driving at 52, and like Lloyd Cole part of the Class of ’84 still plugging away classily, if not exactly on fire. A bit more lively, UB40 cover Al Green, and do a nice enough reggae version of a great soul song, Here I Am (Come And Take Me), giving them a cool decade of pretty much non-stop chart entries. Best new entry by far though is Mantronix featuring Wondress and rthe sublime Got To Have Your Love, one of the few contemporary dance tracks in the chart that doesn’t sound horribly dated. At 61, The Happy Mondays Hallelujah is in remix form (apparently), but I’m sticking with the original on the video, as it has Kirsty MaColl on Top Of The Pops with them, and that’s good enough for me! Eurythmics are back with a spot of lesser royalty, just below them, Phil Collins is hoping for some rain, 9 years on from In The Air Tonight, and no comparison. Megadeth take on Alice Cooper and lose, of course. Fish’s Marillion days are in the past, but he swims in briefly with a Big Wedge. Finally janet Jackson’s latest Rhythm Nation track is a sweet ballad, Come Back To Me at 75. 1 ( 1 ) YOU USED TO Distant Cousins 2 ( 2 ) WHEN YOU COME BACK TO ME Jason Donovan 3 ( 6 ) TOUCH ME The 49ers 4 ( 3 ) GOT TO GET Rob ‘n’ Raz featuring Leila K 5 ( 4 ) DEAR JESSIE Madonna 6 ( 33 ) JUST LIKE JESSE JAMES Cher 7 ( 9 ) GET A LIFE Soul II Soul 8 ( 7 ) WORDS The Christians 9 ( 5 ) IN PRIVATE Dusty Springfield 10 ( 14 ) TEARS ON MY PILLOW Kylie Minogue 11 ( 11 ) THIS WOMAN’S WORK Kate Bush 12 ( 24 ) THE MAGIC NUMBER/ BUDDY De La Soul 13 ( 16 ) FOREVER BLUE Swing Out Sister 14 ( 44 ) DIFFERENT AIR Living In A Box 15 ( 15 ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL) Jimmy Somerville 16 ( 18 ) OH PRETTY WOMAN Roy Orbison and Friends 17 ( 23 ) PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER D Mob featuring Nuff Juice 18 ( 21 ) HEY YOU The Quireboys 19 ( 8 ) BROKE AWAY Wet Wet Wet 20 ( 27 ) LISTEN TO YOUR HEART Sonia 21 ( 20 ) HANGING TOUGH New Kids On The Block 22 ( 26 ) GOING BACK TO MY ROOTS/ RICH IN PARADISE The FPI Project 23 ( 12 ) HITMIX Alexander O’Neal 24 ( 10 ) DO THEY KNOW IT’S CHRISTMAS Band Aid II 25 ( 17 ) I DON’T WANT TO LOSE YOU Tina Turner 26 ( 13 ) CHEER DOWN George Harrison 27 ( 22 ) GETTING AWAY WITH IT Electronic 28 ( 29 ) VOLARE The Gypsy Kings 29 ( 19 ) BURNING THE GROUND Duran Duran 30 ( 25 ) ALL AROUND THE WORLD Lisa Stansfield 31 ( 35 ) QUEEN OF THE NEW YEAR Deacon Blue 32 ( 36 ) 20 SECONDS TO COMPLY Silver Bullet 33 ( 34 ) RHYTHM NATION Janet Jackson 34 ( 31 ) HOUSE OF THE BLUE DANUBE Malcolm McLaren 35 ( 40 ) FREE FALLIN’ Tom Petty 36 ( 32 ) TELL ME WHEN THE FEVER ENDED Electribe 101 37 ( 57 ) NOTHING COMPARES 2 U Sinead O’Connor 38 ( 39 ) ROOM IN YOUR HEART Living In A Box 39 ( 54 ) DOWNTOWN TRAIN Rod Stewart 40 ( 30 ) EVE OF THE WAR (DEEPSPACE MIX) Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds featuring Justin Heyward q6yk9wWNB08 41 ( NEW ) BUTTERFLY ON A WHEEL The Mission 42 ( 37 ) LAMBADA Kaoma 43 ( 43 ) DEEP HEAT ’89 Various Artists 44 ( 28 ) LET’S PARTY Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers 45 ( 49 ) THE SENSUAL WORLD Kate Bush 46 ( 41 ) PACIFIC - 707 808 State 47 ( 50 ) SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears For Fears 48 ( NEW ) NO BLUE SKIES Lloyd Cole 49 ( NEW ) HEADING WEST Cyndi Lauper 50 ( 45 ) DON’T ASK ME WHY Eurythmics -AeRMrZCPGk 51 ( 51 ) SACRIFICE Elton John 52 ( NEW ) DRIVING Everything But The Girl 53 ( 53 ) WOMAN IN CHAINS Tears For Fears featuring Oleta Adams 54 ( NEW ) HERE I AM (COME AND TAKE ME) UB40 55 ( 59 ) BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS Smokie 56 ( 61 ) I’LL BE GOOD TO YOU Quincy Jones featuring Ray Charles and Chaka Khan 57 ( 46 ) BLAME IT ON THE RAIN (US REMIX) Milli Vanilli 58 ( 60 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 59 ( 56 ) SOMETHING/ COME TOGETHER The Beatles 60 ( NEW ) GOT TO HAVE YOUR LOVE Mantronix featuring Wondress pPDoqDlTf3k 61 ( NEW ) HALLELUJAH (REMIX) The Happy Mondays 62 ( NEW ) KING AND QUEEN OF AMERICA Eurythmics 63 ( 63 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 64 ( 52 ) SIT AND WAIT Sydney Youngblood 65 ( 38 ) LA LUNA Belinda Carlisle 66 ( NEW ) I WISH IT WOULD RAIN DOWN Phil Collins 67 ( 69 ) SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan 68 ( NEW ) MORE THAN YOU KNOW Martika 69 ( 65 ) OH WELL Oh Well 70 ( NEW ) NO MORE MR NICE GUY Megadeth aKmUIEs10O4 71 ( 66 ) PUMP UP THE JAM Technotronic featuring Felly (Ya Kid K) 72 ( 74 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies 73 ( NEW ) BIG WEDGE Fish 74 ( 75 ) TALK IT OVER Grayson Hugh 75 ( NEW ) COME BACK TO ME Janet Jackson In the 1990 world, still not sleeping at night, feeling my life isn’t my own and having bouts of lowness and anxiety, not helped by a good news bad news situation at work: good news Parks were giving me a permanent job (yay!) along with Andy and Cathy, bad news it was a salary drop of £1300, quite a bit of cash, which made the likelihood of getting my own place more difficult. The new Tower Park cinema/bowls/ice-skating/swimming/clubs/food outlets was great though for me - I went off to see Back To The Future 2 again, my top film of 1989.


Popchartfreak View member profile	Feb 11 2015, 08:04 PM Post #3
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 22,798 User: 17,376	21st January 1990 Cher finally grabs another solo chart-topper 16 years after Dark Lady got there, and her third in total (one with Sonny in 1972). Just Like Jesse James is fab, Cher is at her best when she’s being mega dramatic. Up from 37 to 6, Sinead O’Connor is finding not much compares 2 her, and a well deserved even bigger hit for her than Mandinka. Jimmy Somerville follows Sylvester’s original into the Top 10, while the highest new entry at 9, wham bam thank you ma’am, it’s Lisa Stansfield’s follow-up to a classic number one, this one Live Together almost as good. In at 16, Stock Aitken Waterman’s production-line keeps on churning out hits, with Lonnie Gordon the happy beneficiary of one of their better songs, Happenin’ All Over Again, Silver Bullet go top 20 with the good 20 Seconds To Comply, going all rap Robocop with attitude, and one second less than a future less good UK number one. Good climbs for Mantronix and Quincy Jones into the 40, but the best news is The Beloved returning with a terrific slow-groove funky list of celebrities, Hello at 30: Leslie Crowther, as they say, come on down! Great record. Another great new entry at 39, the not-that-well-known (but fab) House Of Love’s Shine On, summoning up the spirit of classic Lloyd Cole and The Smiths, jangly indie rock that needs revisiting. Meanwhile Terry Hall is back with yet another collaboration of new mates, this time as Terry, Blair and Anoushka. Ultra Modern Nursery Rhymes, and not bad at 74. At 64, Dion is back, his late 50’s and early 60’s teen heart-throb doowop pop far behind him now, as Written On The Subway Wall is more Springsteen than his 1976 revived biggie The Wanderer. Produced by the great Dave Edmunds, that can only be a good thing. obVMS4Q7N2k 1 ( 6 ) JUST LIKE JESSE JAMES Cher 2 ( 3 ) TOUCH ME The 49ers 3 ( 1 ) YOU USED TO Distant Cousins 4 ( 4 ) GOT TO GET Rob ‘n’ Raz featuring Leila K 5 ( 2 ) WHEN YOU COME BACK TO ME Jason Donovan 6 ( 37 ) NOTHING COMPARES 2 U Sinead O’Connor 7 ( 10 ) TEARS ON MY PILLOW Kylie Minogue 8 ( 15 ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL) Jimmy Somerville 9 ( NEW ) LIVE TOGETHER Lisa Stansfield 10 ( 17 ) PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER D Mob featuring Nuff Juice 11 ( 5 ) DEAR JESSIE Madonna 12 ( 7 ) GET A LIFE Soul II Soul 13 ( 9 ) IN PRIVATE Dusty Springfield 14 ( 12 ) THE MAGIC NUMBER/ BUDDY De La Soul 15 ( 8 ) WORDS The Christians 16 ( NEW ) HAPPENIN’ ALL OVER AGAIN Lonnie Gordon 17 ( 11 ) THIS WOMAN’S WORK Kate Bush 18 ( 22 ) GOING BACK TO MY ROOTS/ RICH IN PARADISE The FPI Project 19 ( 32 ) 20 SECONDS TO COMPLY Silver Bullet 20 ( 13 ) FOREVER BLUE Swing Out Sister 0InSlbNakOs 21 ( 14 ) DIFFERENT AIR Living In A Box 22 ( 60 ) GOT TO HAVE YOUR LOVE Mantronix featuring Wondress 23 ( 56 ) I’LL BE GOOD TO YOU Quincy Jones featuring Ray Charles and Chaka Khan 24 ( 20 ) LISTEN TO YOUR HEART Sonia 25 ( NEW ) NOTHING EVER HAPPENS Del Amitri 26 ( 61 ) HALLELUJAH (REMIX) The Happy Mondays 27 ( NEW ) COULD HAVE TOLD YOU SO Halo James 28 ( 52 ) DRIVING Everything But The Girl 29 ( 18 ) HEY YOU The Quireboys 30 ( NEW ) HELLO The Beloved b27M_Hq6FLY 31 ( 19 ) BROKE AWAY Wet Wet Wet 32 ( 39 ) DOWNTOWN TRAIN Rod Stewart 33 ( 16 ) OH PRETTY WOMAN Roy Orbison and Friends 34 ( 54 ) HERE I AM (COME AND TAKE ME) UB40 35 ( 30 ) ALL AROUND THE WORLD Lisa Stansfield 36 ( 23 ) HITMIX Alexander O’Neal 37 ( 41 ) BUTTERFLY ON A WHEEL The Mission 38 ( 25 ) I DON’T WANT TO LOSE YOU Tina Turner 39 ( NEW ) SHINE ON The House Of Love 40 ( 38 ) ROOM IN YOUR HEART Living In A Box rJIbRa-65_8 41 ( 27 ) GETTING AWAY WITH IT Electronic 42 ( 33 ) RHYTHM NATION Janet Jackson 43 ( 31 ) QUEEN OF THE NEW YEAR Deacon Blue 44 ( 29 ) BURNING THE GROUND Duran Duran 45 ( 45 ) THE SENSUAL WORLD Kate Bush 46 ( 34 ) HOUSE OF THE BLUE DANUBE Malcolm McLaren 47 ( 47 ) SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears For Fears 48 ( 48 ) NO BLUE SKIES Lloyd Cole 49 ( 36 ) TELL ME WHEN THE FEVER ENDED Electribe 101 50 ( 21 ) HANGING TOUGH New Kids On The Block 51 ( 26 ) CHEER DOWN George Harrison 52 ( 66 ) I WISH IT WOULD RAIN DOWN Phil Collins 53 ( 28 ) VOLARE The Gypsy Kings 54 ( 68 ) MORE THAN YOU KNOW Martika 55 ( 51 ) SACRIFICE Elton John 56 ( 70 ) NO MORE MR NICE GUY Megadeth 57 ( 35 ) FREE FALLIN’ Tom Petty 58 ( 62 ) KING AND QUEEN OF AMERICA Eurythmics 59 ( 58 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 60 ( NEW ) JUICY Wrecks ‘N’ Effect 61 ( 59 ) SOMETHING/ COME TOGETHER The Beatles 62 ( NEW ) I CALLED U Lil Louis 63 ( 40 ) EVE OF THE WAR (DEEPSPACE MIX) Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds featuring Justin Heyward 64 ( NEW ) WRITTEN ON THE SUBWAY WALL Dion 65 ( RE ) HOUSE OF FIRE Alice Cooper 66 ( 63 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 67 ( 73 ) BIG WEDGE Fish 68 ( 67 ) SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan 69 ( 75 ) COME BACK TO ME Janet Jackson 70 ( 53 ) WOMAN IN CHAINS Tears For Fears featuring Oleta Adams 71 ( 24 ) DO THEY KNOW IT’S CHRISTMAS Band Aid II 72 ( 46 ) PACIFIC - 707 808 State 73 ( NEW ) INSTANT REPLAY Yell 74 ( NEW ) ULTRA MODERN NURSERY RHYMES Terry, Blair and Anoushka 75 ( 72 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies In life, surveying Bournemouth’s parks still, and at home teaching the kids how to draw. Buying loads of albums in sales and raving about the forgotten UK historical sit-com Chelmsford 1-2-3, a Roman invasion laugh starring Jimmy Mulville and Rory McGrath. It deserves to be better remembered as it’s still funny, and being period set it doesn’t date! Played an actual game of squash with cool Peter from work - and lost. Fun though. Had a strange dream about Janet Jackson, which if nothing else is a pop culture reference! Saw When Harry Met Sally at the cinema, a pleasant romcom, and decided to myself it was time I started looking around at possibly maybe moving out and sort of maybe getting into a relationship, as I wasn’t especially happy with my lot in life. Maybe. On the other hand, I wouldn’t hold my breath on that one this century if I were you...!


Popchartfreak View member profile	Feb 16 2015, 03:16 PM Post #4
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 22,798 User: 17,376	28th January 1990 2 weeks for Cher at 1, and The 49‘ers at 2, leaving Lisa Stansfield as the next bet to replace Cher at 4, Live Together making it a 3rd cool top 5 for Lisa. Sinead O’Connor also moves to 5 with her Prince cover classic. FPI Project’s Odyssey cover is at 7, showing their roots, and Mantronix just miss the top 10 at 11. Quincy Jones, The Beloved (Hello!) and Rod’s train all chug in to the 20, as Janet Jackson gets another top 30 hit with ballad Come Back To Me. Highest new entry, though, is at 27 and it’s the band who made the song that became an anthem for the London Special Olympics: Public Enemy who Welcome you To The Terrordome, not Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s Pleasuredome. A hugely influential rap act, but not a band I ever became passionate about so it comes as a pleasant surprise to see Public Enemy managed to beat out the competition for at least one week! There’s another welcome, albeit a dance welcome, too, at 29, from Gino Latino. Sybil! Sybil!! No it’s not Fawlty Towers, it’s a dance soul shuffle cover of Dionne Warwick’s definitive version of Bacharach/David’s Walk On By. It’s a song that is impossible to ruin, so classic is it, but it’s also a song where no-one can better the cool heartbreak of the original, though Sybil does a fine job at 32. In the week that I went to see an Ex-Beatle live in concert, he drops by with a tuneful optmistic new ditty, Put It There Macca mate, at 49! It’s a spot of awesome though at 55, as Depeche Mode enter with their finest moment a full 9 years into their career, Enjoy The Silence is moody, tuneful, mysterious and brilliant, the Mode hitting new mature career highs worldwide and setting themselves up to be another influential act. Finally, it’s yet another dance cover at 59 - but this one’s different: Beats International was Norman Cook evolving his solo dance music career ex-Housemartins into a rave-dance DJ legend, starting with this very good cover of The SOS Band’s Jam & Lewis brilliant Just Be Good To Me. Dub Be Good To Me isn’t quite as good, but it does the job and tops the UK chart! 1 ( 1 ) JUST LIKE JESSE JAMES Cher 2 ( 2 ) TOUCH ME The 49ers 3 ( 3 ) YOU USED TO Distant Cousins 4 ( 9 ) LIVE TOGETHER Lisa Stansfield 5 ( 6 ) NOTHING COMPARES 2 U Sinead O’Connor 6 ( 4 ) GOT TO GET Rob ‘n’ Raz featuring Leila K 7 ( 18 ) GOING BACK TO MY ROOTS/ RICH IN PARADISE The FPI Project 8 ( 8 ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL) Jimmy Somerville 9 ( 7 ) TEARS ON MY PILLOW Kylie Minogue 10 ( 5 ) WHEN YOU COME BACK TO ME Jason Donovan uyR7NK9ykPo 11 ( 22 ) GOT TO HAVE YOUR LOVE Mantronix featuring Wondress 12 ( 16 ) HAPPENIN’ ALL OVER AGAIN Lonnie Gordon 13 ( 10 ) PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER D Mob featuring Nuff Juice 14 ( 23 ) I’LL BE GOOD TO YOU Quincy Jones featuring Ray Charles and Chaka Khan 15 ( 30 ) HELLO The Beloved 16 ( 25 ) NOTHING EVER HAPPENS Del Amitri 17 ( 17 ) THIS WOMAN’S WORK Kate Bush 18 ( 13 ) IN PRIVATE Dusty Springfield 19 ( 12 ) GET A LIFE Soul II Soul 20 ( 32 ) DOWNTOWN TRAIN Rod Stewart 21 ( 11 ) DEAR JESSIE Madonna 22 ( 27 ) COULD HAVE TOLD YOU SO Halo James 23 ( 28 ) DRIVING Everything But The Girl 24 ( 14 ) THE MAGIC NUMBER/ BUDDY De La Soul 25 ( 69 ) COME BACK TO ME Janet Jackson 26 ( 20 ) FOREVER BLUE Swing Out Sister 27 ( NEW ) WELCOME TO THE TERRORDOME Public Enemy 28 ( 15 ) WORDS The Christians 29 ( NEW ) WELCOME Gino Latino 30 ( 34 ) HERE I AM (COME AND TAKE ME) UB40 lWTE1Uj9Z8c 31 ( 39 ) SHINE ON The House Of Love 32 ( NEW ) WALK ON BY Sybil 33 ( 19 ) 20 SECONDS TO COMPLY Silver Bullet 34 ( 60 ) JUICY Wrecks ‘N’ Effect 35 ( 54 ) MORE THAN YOU KNOW Martika 36 ( 74 ) ULTRA MODERN NURSERY RHYMES Terry, Blair and Anoushka 37 ( 52 ) I WISH IT WOULD RAIN DOWN Phil Collins 38 ( 62 ) I CALLED U Lil Louis and The World 39 ( 29 ) HEY YOU The Quireboys 40 ( 56 ) NO MORE MR NICE GUY Megadeth U9phuxX52jo 41 ( 40 ) ROOM IN YOUR HEART Living In A Box 42 ( 35 ) ALL AROUND THE WORLD Lisa Stansfield 43 ( 48 ) NO BLUE SKIES Lloyd Cole 44 ( 21 ) DIFFERENT AIR Living In A Box 45 ( 24 ) LISTEN TO YOUR HEART Sonia 46 ( 47 ) SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears For Fears 47 ( 45 ) THE SENSUAL WORLD Kate Bush 48 ( 59 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 49 ( NEW ) PUT IT THERE Paul McCartney 50 ( 38 ) I DON’T WANT TO LOSE YOU Tina Turner 51 ( 36 ) HITMIX Alexander O’Neal 52 ( 58 ) KING AND QUEEN OF AMERICA Eurythmics 53 ( 42 ) RHYTHM NATION Janet Jackson 54 ( 33 ) OH PRETTY WOMAN Roy Orbison and Friends 55 ( NEW ) ENJOY THE SILENCE Depeche Mode 56 ( 26 ) HALLELUJAH (REMIX) The Happy Mondays 57 ( 31 ) BROKE AWAY Wet Wet Wet 58 ( 55 ) SACRIFICE Elton John 59 ( NEW ) DUB BE GOOD TO ME Beats International 60 ( 41 ) GETTING AWAY WITH IT Electronic -MnELifX3sQ 61 ( 46 ) HOUSE OF THE BLUE DANUBE Malcolm McLaren 62 ( 44 ) BURNING THE GROUND Duran Duran 63 ( 61 ) SOMETHING/ COME TOGETHER The Beatles 64 ( 43 ) QUEEN OF THE NEW YEAR Deacon Blue 65 ( 65 ) HOUSE OF FIRE Alice Cooper 66 ( 75 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies 67 ( 66 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 68 ( 73 ) INSTANT REPLAY Yell 69 ( 68 ) SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan 70 ( NEW ) BLUE SKY MINE Midnight Oil 71 ( NEW ) NRG Adamski 72 ( 49 ) TELL ME WHEN THE FEVER ENDED Electribe 101 73 ( 51 ) CHEER DOWN George Harrison 74 ( NEW ) THE FACE And Why Not 75 ( NEW ) WHEN THE NIGHT COMES Joe Cocker London Wembley Arena Paul McCartney Live In Concert January 24th 1990 Took my mum to see an Ex-Beatle, Ex-Wings legend after a day at Oxford Street record stores shopping and the like, or PAUL MCCARTNEY!!!! as I noted it in my diary. We weren’t too far from the stage, on the flat, but a 12-foot-tall woman was sat in front of me which was very annoying. Tall people should be made to sit or stand at the back, and tickets should be issued on a height-proximity-to-stage basis! Large numbers of old people in the crowd, I age-istly noted (some of them must have been, ooh pushing 50, I guess, speaking now as someone who pushed 50 some time ago!). Not the most exciting concert I’d been to, but it was “certainly the largest collection of classic songs you’ll ever see this century” as Paul ran through Beatles classics, and fab solo Macca grooves, with revolving platforms for Paul and for the now-much-missed Linda, some 60’s psychedelic backdrop videos and some nostalgic eye-moistening from me over 2 and a half hours. Ignoring a few Flowers In The Dirt album tracks which were a bit out of place amongst the jewels, songs like Fool On The Hill, Eleanor Rigby, Let It Be, and the like, though some uptempo numbers would have been even better, to add to Sgt Pepper, Jet, Got To Get You Into My Life etc. Live And Let Die came over powerfully, and Hey Jude was spine-tingling, though the crowd singalong was somewhat interrupted by a bloke just behind fainting and causing a commotion. Admittedly it was a very special moment for me - my first ever memory of record getting to UK number one, the first to top my own personal charts, and a Beatles highlight - but fainting is going one step too far for me! The encore? Yesterday (bit of a biggie that one), Get Back (brilliant), and Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/ The End. I wished I’d had a better seat, and a delayed drive back to moan about, but all in all... it was one of The Beatles! yay! 4_5H42OahI8 Above: Macc’s current song, but here’s the rated highlights: 1st: Hey Jude 2nd: Live And Let Die 3rd: Sgt. Pepper 4th: Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End 5th: Can’t Buy Me Love 6th: Jet 7th: Back In The USSR 8th: Band On The Run 9th: Get Back 10th: Eleanor Rigby/This One/My Brave Face/Fool On The Hill/Let It Be Phew! That’s quite a line-up of songs! In the real world, I showed my gratitude at being given a full-time job by getting wound-up about the drop in wages and starting a meeting about the new role going straight to the point. I’d forgotten how stroppy I could be when stressed! Turns out they agreed to keep me on the same wage, which then pissed off colleagues. Oh dear! Had another game of squash (lost) with Peter, and at work Andy and I were dealing with tree damage from storms as we went out in the lashing rain and wind to note what needed attention in various parks. At home, I took the neice and nephew into the neighbouring woods to see all of the trees that had come down in the high winds. On TV: Whose Line Is It Anyway, The Golden Girls, A Day At The Races (Marx Brothers), Chelmsford 1-2-3...


Popchartfreak View member profile	Mar 14 2015, 12:57 PM Post #5
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 22,798 User: 17,376	4th february 1990 3 weeks for Cher on top, as the great Lisa Stansfield hits 3, and fabulous Sinead 4. The wonderful under-rated House Of Love’s Shine On gleams at 8, brightening up the top 10, and Hello! So do The Beloved, at 10, and a trio of veterans, Ray, Chaka and Quincy at 9. Leaving the highest new entry at 13 for a less-good but similar-sounding Technotronic follow-up, only this time Ya Kid K gets the justly-deserved featuring credit, not a model pretending to be her. At 16, Chris Rea enters with a lush, cinematic, heart-breaking gentle song. If you’ve never heard Tell Me There’s A Heaven, click on the Youtube link and pay attention to the words, essentially a child dealing with death. It’s tender and affecting, and just plain gorgeously sad. Pure class. As is Paul McCartney’s under-stated up-beat ballad Put It There, up 35 spots to 14. Sybil, meanwhile Walks On By into the 20, Driving past Everything But The Girl and Janet Jackson. Lloyd Cole goes Top 30, and Madonna enters at 35 with one of the best tracks on Like A Prayer, another lushly-orchestrated and sad-themed bit of class, Oh Father. Not a UK single until 1996, it was out in the USA in 1989 instead of Dear Jessie, and didn’t make the Top 10 in either country, sadly. Cos it’s fab. At 39, it’s a new return from Gilbert O’Sullivan, 20 years since debuting, in a contemporary dance stylee - pushed out on a white label to DJ’s with no artist credit, I think, which gave him a buzz he hadn’t had since 1972/3. It’s one of his best records, actually, and has a great video with the late lovely long-time comic actor Eric Sykes lending a hand. Gilbert changed the music biz the next year when he sued and won a case against Biz Markie for sampling Alone Again (Naturally) - since then people rightly pay for sampling. Barry Manilow’s at 50 with Elvis’ 1969 Top 10 huge ballad, If I Can Dream, giving Bazza 15 years of covering other people’s songs. Another cover, from Tina Turner, at 56, as she brings Tony Joe’s bluesy swamprock great Steamy Windows into the charts but keeps the feel just right. One of her best solo records too. Fab. At 60, Faith No More enter with the raprocking Epic, a terrific blend of the genres, insistent and exciting. Seduction’s good US girl dance hit Two To Make It Right enters at 62, The Stranglers cover ? And The Mysterions (pronounced Question Mark!) the delightfully organtastic odd 1966 hit 96 Tears, and do it very well. Cliff’s at 69, though he’s Stronger Than That, while 5 years since his last hit Adam Ant’s got a room at the top, but it’s located at the bottom - 75. 1 ( 1 ) JUST LIKE JESSE JAMES Cher 2 ( 2 ) TOUCH ME The 49ers 3 ( 4 ) LIVE TOGETHER Lisa Stansfield 4 ( 5 ) NOTHING COMPARES 2 U Sinead O’Connor 5 ( 7 ) GOING BACK TO MY ROOTS/ RICH IN PARADISE The FPI Project 6 ( 9 ) TEARS ON MY PILLOW Kylie Minogue 7 ( 11 ) GOT TO HAVE YOUR LOVE Mantronix featuring Wondress 8 ( 31 ) SHINE ON The House Of Love 9 ( 14 ) I’LL BE GOOD TO YOU Quincy Jones featuring Ray Charles and Chaka Khan 10 ( 15 ) HELLO The Beloved 11 ( 12 ) HAPPENIN’ ALL OVER AGAIN Lonnie Gordon 12 ( 6 ) GOT TO GET Rob ‘n’ Raz featuring Leila K 13 ( NEW ) GET UP (BEFORE THE NIGHT IS OVER) Technotronic featuring Ya Kid K 14 ( 49 ) PUT IT THERE Paul McCartney 15 ( 3 ) YOU USED TO Distant Cousins 16 ( NEW ) TELL ME THERE’S A HEAVEN Chris Rea 17 ( 32 ) WALK ON BY Sybil 18 ( 13 ) PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER D Mob featuring Nuff Juice 19 ( 25 ) COME BACK TO ME Janet Jackson 20 ( 23 ) DRIVING Everything But The Girl T-6FmYqIeps 21 ( 17 ) THIS WOMAN’S WORK Kate Bush 22 ( 10 ) WHEN YOU COME BACK TO ME Jason Donovan 23 ( 8 ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL) Jimmy Somerville 24 ( 35 ) MORE THAN YOU KNOW Martika 25 ( 18 ) IN PRIVATE Dusty Springfield 26 ( 20 ) DOWNTOWN TRAIN Rod Stewart 27 ( 43 ) NO BLUE SKIES Lloyd Cole 28 ( 19 ) GET A LIFE Soul II Soul 29 ( 16 ) NOTHING EVER HAPPENS Del Amitri 30 ( 34 ) JUICY Wrecks ‘N’ Effect qvVvN0QvzTk 31 ( 21 ) DEAR JESSIE Madonna 32 ( 28 ) WORDS The Christians 33 ( 29 ) WELCOME Gino Latino 34 ( 26 ) FOREVER BLUE Swing Out Sister 35 ( NEW ) OH FATHER Madonna 36 ( 36 ) ULTRA MODERN NURSERY RHYMES Terry, Blair and Anoushka 37 ( 37 ) I WISH IT WOULD RAIN DOWN Phil Collins 38 ( NEW ) HIGHER THAN HEAVEN Age Of Chance 39 ( NEW ) SO WHAT Gilbert O’Sullivan 40 ( 52 ) KING AND QUEEN OF AMERICA Eurythmics bYTfz8dscgA 41 ( 71 ) NRG Adamski 42 ( 22 ) COULD HAVE TOLD YOU SO Halo James 43 ( 48 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 44 ( 57 ) BROKE AWAY Wet Wet Wet 45 ( 27 ) WELCOME TO THE TERRORDOME Public Enemy 46 ( 46 ) SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears For Fears 47 ( 42 ) ALL AROUND THE WORLD Lisa Stansfield 48 ( 41 ) ROOM IN YOUR HEART Living In A Box 49 ( 55 ) ENJOY THE SILENCE Depeche Mode 50 ( NEW ) IF I CAN DREAM Barry Manilow 51 ( 47 ) THE SENSUAL WORLD Kate Bush 52 ( 59 ) DUB BE GOOD TO ME Beats International 53 ( 24 ) THE MAGIC NUMBER/ BUDDY De La Soul 54 ( 30 ) HERE I AM (COME AND TAKE ME) UB40 55 ( NEW ) BEACH BUMP Baby Ford 56 ( NEW ) STEAMY WINDOWS Tina Turner 57 ( 58 ) SACRIFICE Elton John 58 ( 68 ) INSTANT REPLAY Yell 59 ( 39 ) HEY YOU The Quireboys 60 ( NEW ) EPIC Faith No More 3cTq2nh8xzI 61 ( 33 ) 20 SECONDS TO COMPLY Silver Bullet 62 ( NEW ) TWO TO MAKE IT RIGHT Seduction 63 ( NEW ) TENDER LOVE Babyface 64 ( 62 ) BURNING THE GROUND Duran Duran 65 ( NEW ) 96 TEARS The Stranglers 66 ( 66 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies 67 ( 74 ) THE FACE And Why Not 68 ( 67 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 69 ( NEW ) STRONGER THAN THAT Cliff Richard 70 ( NEW ) MY DOCS Kiss AMC 71 ( 69 ) SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan 72 ( NEW ) ALL 4 LOVE Raze 73 ( NEW ) BAD LOVE Eric Clapton 74 ( NEW ) RUNAWAY HORSES Belinda Carlisle 75 ( NEW ) ROOM AT THE TOP Adam Ant At work, there was lots of storm tree damage and lots of inspecting of parks and open spaces to do, having to make decisions on which trees needed attention which was a bit daunting. Got some good photos of fallen trees in the woods round and about home, and took the kids to look at them. Even more gales and storms made it a busy time! This was one of those “once in a generation” storm events that was actually the second time in 3 years. Played squash with Peter (lost of course)and a good chat after, popped round Bob’s for a chat, and watched a lot of TV: Chelmsford 123, Cheers, Whose Line Is It Anyway, Golden Girls, TOTP etc.


Popchartfreak View member profile	Mar 14 2015, 05:01 PM Post #6
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 22,798 User: 17,376	11th February 1990 Straight in at number 1, it’s the single release of an album track I already loved (bought the album in the States Autumn 1989) Here We Are, Gloria Estefan’s second chart-topper. I really did like her a lot, nice singer, lovely person, and was very happy to see Latino music get a big push through her and hubby Emilio’s Miami Sound Machine, 6 years on since Doctor Beat. It’s a sweetly sad ballad. Lonnie Gordon takes SAW back into the 10, and Rod Stewart gets his biggest hit in 6 years or so, as Downtown Train hits 8, just ahead of Sybil (Basil!) and Macca. Put It There, Paul! Lloyd Cole returns to the 20 after a 3-year gap, No Blue Skies is another good ballad, so many of them dotted around the chart! Beats International rocket to 19, as Dub Be Good To Me gives Norman Cook his biggest post-Housemartins track, chasing the position of the SOS Band original. Seduction slide sultrily into the 40, showing it takes two to make it right at 23, and Depeche Mode’s classic Enjoy The Silence is right behind at 24, quietly working their way up. More loudly, Faith No More’s Epic is 26. Tina’s getting steamy at 38, as windows do when you get sweaty. Next new entry is a 1990 dance remix of classic 1977 rock hit Black Betty, from Ram Jam at 31, ahead of Tears For Fears’ good Advice For The Young At Heart. I think I followed that advice, at 33, and also did a bit of gardening as Lenny Kravitz enters at 37, I Built This Garden For Us, bringing him chart-bound not for the last-time. I’m Not Satisfied, exclaim the Fine Young Cannibals, oh well, says I, noting they are in at 53 and have a decade of hits (with The Beat), and move on to Marc Almond’s A Lover Spurned, all drama at 61, 9 years on since Tainted Love. At 65, a great rock new entry from Aerosmith, who rightly warn us that Janie’s Got A Gun, and finally Spandau Ballet do a spot of crashing into love at 75. More like a very slight bump, actually. Wf9DYeePLJY 1 ( NEW ) HERE WE ARE Gloria Estefan 2 ( 1 ) JUST LIKE JESSE JAMES Cher 3 ( 3 ) LIVE TOGETHER Lisa Stansfield 4 ( 2 ) TOUCH ME The 49ers 5 ( 8 ) SHINE ON The House Of Love 6 ( 11 ) HAPPENIN’ ALL OVER AGAIN Lonnie Gordon 7 ( 7 ) GOT TO HAVE YOUR LOVE Mantronix featuring Wondress 8 ( 26 ) DOWNTOWN TRAIN Rod Stewart 9 ( 17 ) WALK ON BY Sybil 10 ( 14 ) PUT IT THERE Paul McCartney 11 ( 5 ) GOING BACK TO MY ROOTS/ RICH IN PARADISE The FPI Project 12 ( 19 ) COME BACK TO ME Janet Jackson 13 ( 13 ) GET UP (BEFORE THE NIGHT IS OVER) Technotronic featuring Ya Kid K 14 ( 16 ) TELL ME THERE’S A HEAVEN Chris Rea 15 ( 6 ) TEARS ON MY PILLOW Kylie Minogue 16 ( 4 ) NOTHING COMPARES 2 U Sinead O’Connor 17 ( 10 ) HELLO The Beloved 18 ( 27 ) NO BLUE SKIES Lloyd Cole 19 ( 52 ) DUB BE GOOD TO ME Beats International 20 ( 9 ) I’LL BE GOOD TO YOU Quincy Jones featuring Ray Charles and Chaka Khan zr7EJa6qR_A 21 ( 39 ) SO WHAT Gilbert O’Sullivan 22 ( 12 ) GOT TO GET Rob ‘n’ Raz featuring Leila K 23 ( 62 ) TWO TO MAKE IT RIGHT Seduction 24 ( 49 ) ENJOY THE SILENCE Depeche Mode 25 ( 21 ) THIS WOMAN’S WORK Kate Bush 26 ( 60 ) EPIC Faith No More 27 ( 18 ) PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER D Mob featuring Nuff Juice 28 ( 38 ) HIGHER THAN HEAVEN Age Of Chance 29 ( 22 ) WHEN YOU COME BACK TO ME Jason Donovan 30 ( 40 ) KING AND QUEEN OF AMERICA Eurythmics ZG_k5CSYKhg 31 ( NEW ) BLACK BETTY ’90 Ram Jam 32 ( 37 ) I WISH IT WOULD RAIN DOWN Phil Collins 33 ( NEW ) ADVICE FOR THE YOUNG AT HEART Tears For Fears 34 ( 25 ) IN PRIVATE Dusty Springfield 35 ( 20 ) DRIVING Everything But The Girl 36 ( 30 ) JUICY Wrecks ‘N’ Effect 37 ( NEW ) I BUILD THIS GARDEN FOR US Lenny Kravitz 38 ( 56 ) STEAMY WINDOWS Tina Turner 39 ( 15 ) YOU USED TO Distant Cousins 40 ( 23 ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL) Jimmy Somerville Ju2cWGvmLJI 41 ( 31 ) DEAR JESSIE Madonna 42 ( 44 ) BROKE AWAY Wet Wet Wet 43 ( 34 ) FOREVER BLUE Swing Out Sister 44 ( 32 ) WORDS The Christians 45 ( 28 ) GET A LIFE Soul II Soul 46 ( 35 ) OH FATHER Madonna 47 ( 43 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 48 ( 46 ) SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears For Fears 49 ( 29 ) NOTHING EVER HAPPENS Del Amitri 50 ( 50 ) IF I CAN DREAM Barry Manilow 51 ( 48 ) ROOM IN YOUR HEART Living In A Box 52 ( 47 ) ALL AROUND THE WORLD Lisa Stansfield 53 ( NEW ) I’M NOT SATISFIED Fine Young Cannibals 54 ( 24 ) MORE THAN YOU KNOW Martika 55 ( 55 ) BEACH BUMP Baby Ford 56 ( 51 ) THE SENSUAL WORLD Kate Bush 57 ( 58 ) INSTANT REPLAY Yell 58 ( 36 ) ULTRA MODERN NURSERY RHYMES Terry, Blair and Anoushka 59 ( 69 ) STRONGER THAN THAT Cliff Richard 60 ( 57 ) SACRIFICE Elton John 61 ( NEW ) A LOVER SPURNED Marc Almond 62 ( NEW ) TALKING WITH MYSELF Electribe 101 63 ( 33 ) WELCOME Gino Latino 64 ( 65 ) 96 TEARS The Stranglers 65 ( NEW ) JANIE’S GOT A GUN Aerosmith 66 ( 67 ) THE FACE And Why Not 67 ( 72 ) ALL 4 LOVE Raze 68 ( 66 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies 69 ( 68 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 70 ( 63 ) TENDER LOVE Babyface 71 ( 71 ) SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan 72 ( 73 ) BAD LOVE Eric Clapton 73 ( 75 ) ROOM AT THE TOP Adam Ant 74 ( 64 ) BURNING THE GROUND Duran Duran 75 ( NEW ) CRASHED INTO LOVE Spandau Ballet At home, big Bob (driver from work of 5 years back) and his new girlfriend dropped by, and overlapped into the chart show, oops! Nice to catch up on news, and to see him get a girl after years of good-natured trying. More gales, rain, flooding, as we got measuring at work, for plans for a big Council reorganisation, the first of millions I’ve gone through since. Every new administration or leader likes to stamp their authority by changing things, cutting things, finding it backfires, doesn’t save money, and then hire in expensive temps to do the work that cheaper pissed-off staff used to do. It’s endlessly circular because the councillors who make these sort of decisions are not experts, largely they are morons with a vision who fail to listen to people who know better. I digress, 5-year-old Gavin was sick over mum’s bed, I watched TV Horizon shows on Neptune and Triton, as more and more images and knowledge of the planets gripped my imagination. I cancelled a works ice-skating evening due to apathy from confirmees changing their minds. Nelson Mandela was finally released from prison, giving some brightness and optimism to a world where injustice seemed to rule. I swore at the previous South African regimes, at this point, so I won’t repeat, but optimistically noted “Thatcher to go must be a possibility now”. When you’re right, you’re right....


Colm View member profile	Mar 15 2015, 12:54 PM Post #7
Yes, it's me. Joined: 4 November 2009 Posts: 19,810 User: 9,885	Cool. My fave decade. Deffo comment on these later.


Popchartfreak View member profile	Mar 15 2015, 01:38 PM Post #8
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 22,798 User: 17,376	QUOTE(AntoineTTe @ Mar 15 2015, 12:54 PM) Cool. My fave decade. Deffo comment on these later. thanks, the 90's have reached the nostagiafied point for me, and I'm rediscovering stuff I'd forgotten I liked.


Popchartfreak View member profile	Mar 15 2015, 03:02 PM Post #9
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 22,798 User: 17,376	18th February 1990 2 weeks for Gloria, here we are... as Lisa Stansfield almost gets a second number one - doh! Ram Jam bring up the spirit of ’77 as Black Betty goes top 5 for the second time, the remix admittedly not as good as the original, but good enough for 3. Paul McCartney is on a top 5 roll, as the third track from Flowers In The Dirt goes top 5, all of them under-appreciated in the world at large. Pah! Depeche Mode are also on a roll, a second consecutive top 10, Enjoy The Silence giving them a bit of consistency of chart position unseen since 1984, and their 10th top 10. Faith No More hit 13, Gilbert O’Sullivan hits 14, his highest-ranked since 1974. So what? Well, a 16-year gap, that’s what. Back at 19, having been a less big chart hit in 1989, suddenly Love Shack takes off in the UK (hooray!) and gives The B52’s their first top 20 since the reissue of Rock Lobster in 1985, and 11 years of chart activity. It’s a party classic, still, but took some time to grow on everyone. Fine Young Cannibals are unsatisfied with their final record of note, more or less - they pretty much split at the top of their game, shockingly. The Stranglers 96 Tears don’t dampen by appreciation of a good cover version, it suited them perfectly at 27, and Black Box come back with a new single - I don’y know anybody else either. 3 veterans scrape inside the 40: Cliff, Marc and Adam, but not their finest hours, truth be told, my preference these days is for A Lover Spurned of the 3. Leaving Kate Bush, Love And Anger, and The Creatures, Billy Fury Eyes as new entries - OK I”m just wishful thinking The Creatures had called it that, and done a 60’s styled version instead of opting for the dance sound of the time, which has dated badly. 1 ( 1 ) HERE WE ARE Gloria Estefan 2 ( 3 ) LIVE TOGETHER Lisa Stansfield 3 ( 31 ) BLACK BETTY ’90 Ram Jam 4 ( 2 ) JUST LIKE JESSE JAMES Cher 5 ( 10 ) PUT IT THERE Paul McCartney 6 ( 5 ) SHINE ON The House Of Love 7 ( 8 ) DOWNTOWN TRAIN Rod Stewart 8 ( 9 ) WALK ON BY Sybil 9 ( 24 ) ENJOY THE SILENCE Depeche Mode 10 ( 6 ) HAPPENIN’ ALL OVER AGAIN Lonnie Gordon 11 ( 4 ) TOUCH ME The 49ers 12 ( 14 ) TELL ME THERE’S A HEAVEN Chris Rea 13 ( 26 ) EPIC Faith No More 14 ( 21 ) SO WHAT Gilbert O’Sullivan 15 ( 19 ) DUB BE GOOD TO ME Beats International 16 ( 13 ) GET UP (BEFORE THE NIGHT IS OVER) Technotronic featuring Ya Kid K 17 ( 7 ) GOT TO HAVE YOUR LOVE Mantronix featuring Wondress 18 ( 12 ) COME BACK TO ME Janet Jackson 19 ( NEW ) LOVE SHACK The B52’s 20 ( 23 ) TWO TO MAKE IT RIGHT Seduction 9SOryJvTAGs 21 ( 18 ) NO BLUE SKIES Lloyd Cole 22 ( 11 ) GOING BACK TO MY ROOTS/ RICH IN PARADISE The FPI Project 23 ( 53 ) I’M NOT SATISFIED Fine Young Cannibals 24 ( 16 ) NOTHING COMPARES 2 U Sinead O’Connor 25 ( 33 ) ADVICE FOR THE YOUNG AT HEART Tears For Fears 26 ( 17 ) HELLO The Beloved 27 ( 64 ) 96 TEARS The Stranglers 28 ( 38 ) STEAMY WINDOWS Tina Turner 29 ( 25 ) THIS WOMAN’S WORK Kate Bush 30 ( 15 ) TEARS ON MY PILLOW Kylie Minogue hrU0YuJ47uA 31 ( 20 ) I’LL BE GOOD TO YOU Quincy Jones featuring Ray Charles and Chaka Khan 32 ( 22 ) GOT TO GET Rob ‘n’ Raz featuring Leila K 33 ( NEW ) I DON’T KNOW ANYBODY ELSE Black Box 34 ( 37 ) I BUILD THIS GARDEN FOR US Lenny Kravitz 35 ( 27 ) PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER D Mob featuring Nuff Juice 36 ( 29 ) WHEN YOU COME BACK TO ME Jason Donovan 37 ( 34 ) IN PRIVATE Dusty Springfield 38 ( 59 ) STRONGER THAN THAT Cliff Richard 39 ( 61 ) A LOVER SPURNED Marc Almond 40 ( 73 ) ROOM AT THE TOP Adam Ant jwK_lMZBxBw 41 ( 32 ) I WISH IT WOULD RAIN DOWN Phil Collins 42 ( 28 ) HIGHER THAN HEAVEN Age Of Chance 43 ( 30 ) KING AND QUEEN OF AMERICA Eurythmics 44 ( 42 ) BROKE AWAY Wet Wet Wet 45 ( 36 ) JUICY Wrecks ‘N’ Effect 46 ( 35 ) DRIVING Everything But The Girl 47 ( 39 ) YOU USED TO Distant Cousins 48 ( 47 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 49 ( 41 ) DEAR JESSIE Madonna 50 ( 43 ) FOREVER BLUE Swing Out Sister 51 ( 40 ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL) Jimmy Somerville 52 ( 48 ) SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears For Fears 53 ( RE ) RUNAWAY HORSES Belinda Carlisle 54 ( 52 ) ALL AROUND THE WORLD Lisa Stansfield 55 ( 51 ) ROOM IN YOUR HEART Living In A Box 56 ( 57 ) INSTANT REPLAY Yell 57 ( 56 ) THE SENSUAL WORLD Kate Bush 58 ( 65 ) JANIE’S GOT A GUN Aerosmith 59 ( NEW ) LOVE AND ANGER Kate Bush 60 ( 60 ) SACRIFICE Elton John xyEHKGDSg5I 61 ( 44 ) WORDS The Christians 62 ( 62 ) TALKING WITH MYSELF Electribe 101 63 ( 45 ) GET A LIFE Soul II Soul 64 ( 49 ) NOTHING EVER HAPPENS Del Amitri 65 ( 72 ) BAD LOVE Eric Clapton 66 ( 50 ) IF I CAN DREAM Barry Manilow 67 ( NEW ) PROBABLY A ROBBERY Renegade Soundwave 68 ( 68 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies 69 ( 69 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 70 ( NEW ) WALK ON THE WILD SIDE Jamie J. Morgan 71 ( 71 ) SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan 72 ( 54 ) MORE THAN YOU KNOW Martika 73 ( 75 ) CRASHED INTO LOVE Spandau Ballet 74 ( 74 ) BURNING THE GROUND Duran Duran 75 ( NEW ) FURY EYES The Creatures A flat tyre to sort for my car, a room shift about at work, lost at squash 4-2, then chatted to Peter afterwards about his life, and at home caught a new TV show, Quantum Leap, which promised much with it’s premise of being sent back in time as other people. The BRITS were on, and I went to see Honey I Shrunk The Kids at the new impressive UCI cinema at the new Tower Park, Rick Moranis and Matt Frewer I enjoyed, good-humoured movie too, but some stupid plotting made it a bit too silly.


Colm View member profile	Mar 15 2015, 08:55 PM Post #10
Yes, it's me. Joined: 4 November 2009 Posts: 19,810 User: 9,885	2 ( 5 ) WHEN YOU COME BACK TO ME Jason Donovan 3 ( 4 ) GOT TO GET Rob ‘n’ Raz featuring Leila K 4 ( 3 ) DEAR JESSIE Madonna 5 ( 1 ) IN PRIVATE Dusty Springfield 11 ( 6 ) THIS WOMAN’S WORK Kate Bush 23 ( NEW ) PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER D Mob 26 ( 38 ) GOING BACK TO MY ROOTS/ RICH IN PARADISE The FPI Project 30 ( 21 ) EVE OF THE WAR (DEEPSPACE MIX) Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds featuring Justin Heyward 32 ( 25 ) TELL ME WHEN THE FEVER ENDED Electribe 101 33 ( NEW ) JUST LIKE JESSE JAMES Cher 39 ( 32 ) ROOM IN YOUR HEART Living In A Box 41 ( 33 ) PACIFIC - 707 808 State 43 ( 37 ) DEEP HEAT ’89 Various Artists 45 ( 40 ) DON’T ASK ME WHY Eurythmics 47 ( 41 ) YOU SURROUND ME Erasure 49 ( 48 ) THE SENSUAL WORLD Kate Bush 50 ( 50 ) SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears For Fears 51 ( 47 ) SACRIFICE Elton John 52 ( 39 ) SIT AND WAIT Sydney Youngblood 53 ( 44 ) WOMAN IN CHAINS Tears For Fears featuring Oleta Adams 57 ( NEW ) NOTHING COMPARES 2 U Sinead O’Connor 65 ( 61 ) OH WELL Oh Well 66 ( 63 ) PUMP UP THE JAM Technotronic featuring Felly (Ya Kid K) 70 ( 58 ) I’LL SAIL THIS SHIP ALONE The Beautiful South What a great time for music - these are my pics for the start of the 1990s.


Popchartfreak View member profile	Mar 15 2015, 09:28 PM Post #11
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 22,798 User: 17,376	QUOTE(AntoineTTe @ Mar 15 2015, 08:55 PM) 2 ( 5 ) WHEN YOU COME BACK TO ME Jason Donovan 3 ( 4 ) GOT TO GET Rob ‘n’ Raz featuring Leila K 4 ( 3 ) DEAR JESSIE Madonna 5 ( 1 ) IN PRIVATE Dusty Springfield 11 ( 6 ) THIS WOMAN’S WORK Kate Bush 23 ( NEW ) PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER D Mob 26 ( 38 ) GOING BACK TO MY ROOTS/ RICH IN PARADISE The FPI Project 30 ( 21 ) EVE OF THE WAR (DEEPSPACE MIX) Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds featuring Justin Heyward 32 ( 25 ) TELL ME WHEN THE FEVER ENDED Electribe 101 33 ( NEW ) JUST LIKE JESSE JAMES Cher 39 ( 32 ) ROOM IN YOUR HEART Living In A Box 41 ( 33 ) PACIFIC - 707 808 State 43 ( 37 ) DEEP HEAT ’89 Various Artists 45 ( 40 ) DON’T ASK ME WHY Eurythmics 47 ( 41 ) YOU SURROUND ME Erasure 49 ( 48 ) THE SENSUAL WORLD Kate Bush 50 ( 50 ) SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears For Fears 51 ( 47 ) SACRIFICE Elton John 52 ( 39 ) SIT AND WAIT Sydney Youngblood 53 ( 44 ) WOMAN IN CHAINS Tears For Fears featuring Oleta Adams 57 ( NEW ) NOTHING COMPARES 2 U Sinead O’Connor 65 ( 61 ) OH WELL Oh Well 66 ( 63 ) PUMP UP THE JAM Technotronic featuring Felly (Ya Kid K) 70 ( 58 ) I’LL SAIL THIS SHIP ALONE The Beautiful South What a great time for music - these are my pics for the start of the 1990s. Thanks Tony, yes 1990 was great - i'm three quarters through a comprehensive rate of the year, so by the end of the year I should have a Top 100 Best Of chart


Colm View member profile	Mar 15 2015, 11:01 PM Post #12
Yes, it's me. Joined: 4 November 2009 Posts: 19,810 User: 9,885	Cool. I like your taste a lot so I think there should be some great tunes in it.


Popchartfreak View member profile	Mar 16 2015, 07:52 PM Post #13
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 22,798 User: 17,376	25th February 1990 The second album track to enter at 1 in a row - this time off the Pet Shop Boys-produced fabulous Results album, for Liza Minelli, it’s her version of Yvonne Elliman’s 70’s disco classic Love Pains. Yvonne is still waiting to chart with it, as it was one that bypassed radio of the time, clubs only, so I never got to hear the song until Hazell Dean covered it, and charted in the mid-80’s. Needless to say, it’s Liza, it’s Chris n Neil, it’s a great song, it’s fab. Also, a big huge new entry at 4 for Erasure, the beautifully melodic Blue Savannah, their best track since Sometimes hit 1 in 1986, and hot on the heels of Depeche Mode shooting up to 2 with the sublime Enjoy The Silence for their biggest chart hit to date. Beats International take Just (Dub) Be Good To Me into the top 10, just as did the SOS Band in 1984, while Tina Turner cracks another top tenner with Steamy Windows, and Chris Rea gets only his 3rd or 4th in 12 years with his best record, Tell Me There’s A Heaven. In at 22, it’s Aerosmith with their best record, the immensely exciting and horn-ey Dude (Looks Like A Lady) - watch the video right to the end, it’s just sooo great. Into the top 40, Electribe 101 get cool dance vibes blending with a snatch of Mission: Impossible’s TV theme tune, laid back, smokin’. Kate Bush also gets top 40 bound, just behind a cover of Lou Reid’s 1973 classic Walk On The Wild Side. Which leaves minor entries for 80’s acts, Shaky, Carmel, It Bites and Brother Beyond, and a great buzzing dance track, so good it was remixed and big all over again in the 21st century, Guru Josh’ Infinity. Time For The Guru! ZrhG2hq_cFI 1 ( NEW ) LOVE PAINS Liza Minelli 2 ( 9 ) ENJOY THE SILENCE Depeche Mode 3 ( 1 ) HERE WE ARE Gloria Estefan 4 ( NEW ) BLUE SAVANNAH Erasure 5 ( 2 ) LIVE TOGETHER Lisa Stansfield 6 ( 3 ) BLACK BETTY ’90 Ram Jam 7 ( 4 ) JUST LIKE JESSE JAMES Cher 8 ( 15 ) DUB BE GOOD TO ME Beats International 9 ( 28 ) STEAMY WINDOWS Tina Turner 10 ( 12 ) TELL ME THERE’S A HEAVEN Chris Rea 11 ( 19 ) LOVE SHACK The B52’s 12 ( 7 ) DOWNTOWN TRAIN Rod Stewart 13 ( 5 ) PUT IT THERE Paul McCartney 14 ( 14 ) SO WHAT Gilbert O’Sullivan 15 ( 6 ) SHINE ON The House Of Love 16 ( 8 ) WALK ON BY Sybil 17 ( 23 ) I’M NOT SATISFIED Fine Young Cannibals 18 ( 11 ) TOUCH ME The 49ers 19 ( 27 ) 96 TEARS The Stranglers 20 ( 10 ) HAPPENIN’ ALL OVER AGAIN Lonnie Gordon 21 ( 16 ) GET UP (BEFORE THE NIGHT IS OVER) Technotronic featuring Ya Kid K 22 ( NEW ) DUDE (LOOKS LIKE A LADY) Aerosmith 23 ( 17 ) GOT TO HAVE YOUR LOVE Mantronix featuring Wondress 24 ( 25 ) ADVICE FOR THE YOUNG AT HEART Tears For Fears 25 ( 24 ) NOTHING COMPARES 2 U Sinead O’Connor 26 ( 13 ) EPIC Faith No More 27 ( 39 ) A LOVER SPURNED Marc Almond 28 ( 18 ) COME BACK TO ME Janet Jackson 29 ( 38 ) STRONGER THAN THAT Cliff Richard 30 ( 20 ) TWO TO MAKE IT RIGHT Seduction nf0oXY4nDxE 31 ( 67 ) PROBABLY A ROBBERY Renegade Soundwave 32 ( 29 ) THIS WOMAN’S WORK Kate Bush 33 ( 33 ) I DON’T KNOW ANYBODY ELSE Black Box 34 ( 62 ) TALKING WITH MYSELF Electribe 101 35 ( 40 ) ROOM AT THE TOP Adam Ant 36 ( 22 ) GOING BACK TO MY ROOTS/ RICH IN PARADISE The FPI Project 37 ( 21 ) NO BLUE SKIES Lloyd Cole 38 ( 26 ) HELLO The Beloved 39 ( 70 ) WALK ON THE WILD SIDE Jamie J. Morgan 40 ( 59 ) LOVE AND ANGER Kate Bush HUoeCsLj4aw 41 ( 32 ) GOT TO GET Rob ‘n’ Raz featuring Leila K 42 ( RE ) OH FATHER Madonna 43 ( 36 ) WHEN YOU COME BACK TO ME Jason Donovan 44 ( 30 ) TEARS ON MY PILLOW Kylie Minogue 45 ( 37 ) IN PRIVATE Dusty Springfield 46 ( 31 ) I’LL BE GOOD TO YOU Quincy Jones featuring Ray Charles and Chaka Khan 47 ( 35 ) PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER D Mob featuring Nuff Juice 48 ( 48 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 49 ( 34 ) I BUILD THIS GARDEN FOR US Lenny Kravitz 50 ( 50 ) FOREVER BLUE Swing Out Sister 51 ( 44 ) BROKE AWAY Wet Wet Wet 52 ( 52 ) SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears For Fears 53 ( 53 ) RUNAWAY HORSES Belinda Carlisle 54 ( 49 ) DEAR JESSIE Madonna 55 ( 60 ) SACRIFICE Elton John 56 ( 68 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies 57 ( 55 ) ROOM IN YOUR HEART Living In A Box 58 ( 54 ) ALL AROUND THE WORLD Lisa Stansfield 59 ( 43 ) KING AND QUEEN OF AMERICA Eurythmics 60 ( 57 ) THE SENSUAL WORLD Kate Bush 61 ( 61 ) WORDS The Christians 62 ( 46 ) DRIVING Everything But The Girl 63 ( NEW ) STILL TOO YOUNG TO REMEMBER It Bites 64 ( 47 ) YOU USED TO Distant Cousins 65 ( NEW ) INFINITY Guru Josh 66 ( 73 ) CRASHED INTO LOVE Spandau Ballet 67 ( 41 ) I WISH IT WOULD RAIN DOWN Phil Collins 68 ( 69 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 69 ( 71 ) SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan 70 ( 51 ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL) Jimmy Somerville kKrHEeUKx3I 71 ( 45 ) JUICY Wrecks ‘N’ Effect 72 ( NEW ) I MOVE YOU Carmel 73 ( NEW ) TRUST Brother Beyond 74 ( 74 ) BURNING THE GROUND Duran Duran 75 ( NEW ) I MIGHT Shakin’ Stevens Spandau Ballet Live At Bournemouth International Centre 22nd February 1990 The audience were now averaging mid-20’s, 10-years on from starting their run of hits, Bob’s fave band of the 80’s, I’d seen Spandau before despite not being much of a fan, as Bob went to see Pet Shop Boys and I went to see Spandau, covering each other’s faves. Not much to say, it says in my notes, as they got off to a good start with Raw and Highly Strung before descending into the usual Pop Star Live Disease. Yes, that means sitting through a 45-minute advert for the latest album. This can work out well if it’s a classic album. Sadly, when it’s dreary it kills the mood stone-dead, nil audience participation, and so mundane. Gold livened things up a bit, but still a slowed-down version, and Through The Barricades was the highlight of the concert, only rivalled by the encore songs: To Cut A Long Story Short, and Chant Number 1. They also did True. Never mind. My brother paid a rare visit for this time, having relationship and financial issues, with stuff he’d taken from grandma’s flat following a visit to her partner Jack, mainly sentimental stuff we’d given her, like Singapore cushion covers. I regretted not taking all of the stuff she’d badgered me to take for a couple of years, as it meant a lot to her, but I didn’t want to admit to myself she was getting to the age where she might pass away, and put it off. At the weekend, both niece Vicki and nephew Gavin were sick, Gavin throwing up in the middle of the night, and I decided my small bedroom was full up with stuff. 30-years on, I’ve spilled out into 2 other rooms, and they are all full to brimming. Mostly music, magazines, books...


dandy* View member profile	Mar 18 2015, 08:19 PM Post #14
Mansonette Joined: 7 March 2006 Posts: 35,254 User: 54	Enjoy The Silence had better be heading for #1 next week or there'll be retro forum trouble.


Popchartfreak View member profile	Mar 18 2015, 08:28 PM Post #15
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 22,798 User: 17,376	QUOTE(dandystar @ Mar 18 2015, 08:19 PM) Enjoy The Silence had better be heading for #1 next week or there'll be retro forum trouble. It's either Depeche or Erasure at 1 next week. I'm such a tease... Whichever one it isn't tops when I have my first Florida holiday in late March. Phew! Saved!


dandy* View member profile	Apr 9 2015, 08:42 PM Post #16
Mansonette Joined: 7 March 2006 Posts: 35,254 User: 54	BUT WILL IT BE ERASURE OR DEPECHE?


Colm View member profile	Apr 9 2015, 10:18 PM Post #17
Yes, it's me. Joined: 4 November 2009 Posts: 19,810 User: 9,885	Let's assume that there's a joint number 1 for 5 weeks of Enjoy the Silence and Blue Savannah. This post has been edited by AntoineTTe: Apr 9 2015, 10:19 PM


Coral5 View member profile	Apr 10 2015, 03:37 PM Post #18
PTTP Joined: 30 April 2012 Posts: 4,806 User: 16,865	I'm not a fan early 90s (before Shampoo's invasion on the top of girl power), because I hate all those dance club hits. Sadly "Tears On My Pillow" (my favourite Kylie's song with a huge gap over anybody else) didn't reach # 1. Very cute "Dear Jessie" is lovely, my second favourite song from Madonna. John, push "Runaway Horses" for the unpredictable # 1 debut.


Popchartfreak View member profile	Apr 12 2015, 05:31 PM Post #19
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 22,798 User: 17,376	Thanks Alex, Tony, Dandy, all will be revealed soonish, just getting 1980 and 1985 sorted then the big reveal still teasing


Popchartfreak View member profile	Apr 22 2015, 07:33 PM Post #20
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 22,798 User: 17,376	4th March 1990 At 1, it’s the fantastic career-peaking indie synth Enjoy The Silence, Depeche Mode finally getting that elusive chart-topper 9 years after starting a non-stop run of chart entries, and starting to catch up with former Depeche Mode songwriter Vince Clarke’s 2 (with Yazoo - Only You in 1982 - and Erasure - Sometimes in 1986). Talking of fab synth music, the more fab melodic aforesaid Vince is at 2 with his best record, the tuneful Blue Savannah. What were the chances!? Jumping up to 6, it’s Cliff going all Stock Aitken Waterman in sound again, and a bit of video dancing cos he’s Stronger Than That, but it gives him a sweet non-stop run of top 10 entries for most years since 1968. Tears For Fears get a 7th top 10 in 8 years, and Electribe 101 just miss out on a second at 11. Highest new entry at 19 is JT, accompanied by his Big Family. They sound a little suspiciously like sampled Soul II Soul over some Art Of Noise, actually - well not suspiciously like, to be fair, exactly like. It’s a good shuffling soul track though. Shooting up, as well, it’s a dance anthem from Guru Josh at 31 - To Infinity and beyond! Quirky indierock classic Birdhouse In My Soul enters at 34 for They Might Be Giants, still sounds great. Bros start to fade in the UK charts, but register in mine with the decent Madly In Love at 39, Jimmy Somerville is reading lips and keeping the hit singles coming fast at 38, these days solo as opposed to Bronski or Communard hits, while Billy joel is going to extremes to get into the top 40. Not one of his key tracks, but I have a new respect for Bill, having seen Elio Pace doing his songbook twice now (including this weekend April 2015), and the versatility of Billy’s songs (classical-inspired as much as poprocksoul inspired) is undeniable, and Elio Pace is great live (NOT a tribute act as such, he’s a working musician touring the songbook for now out of love for Joel). Lower down and new: Innocence is sweet at 42, Wet Wet Wet a bit gospelly at 47, a mish mash of tracks and artists from the BRITS is at 50, while at 68 Eurythmic Dave Stewart is back with his best solo record 11 years after debuting with The Tourists, in tandem with sax player Candy Dulfer, and Lily Is Here is fab and instrumental. Leaving The Mission seeking deliverance at 75. Wonder if they’ve tried Duelling Banjos... aGSKrC7dGcY 1 ( 2 ) ENJOY THE SILENCE Depeche Mode 2 ( 4 ) BLUE SAVANNAH Erasure 3 ( 1 ) LOVE PAINS Liza Minelli 4 ( 3 ) HERE WE ARE Gloria Estefan 5 ( 11 ) LOVE SHACK The B52’s 6 ( 29 ) STRONGER THAN THAT Cliff Richard 7 ( 9 ) STEAMY WINDOWS Tina Turner 8 ( 8 ) DUB BE GOOD TO ME Beats International 9 ( 6 ) BLACK BETTY ’90 Ram Jam 10 ( 24 ) ADVICE FOR THE YOUNG AT HEART Tears For Fears 11 ( 34 ) TALKING WITH MYSELF Electribe 101 12 ( 12 ) DOWNTOWN TRAIN Rod Stewart 13 ( 5 ) LIVE TOGETHER Lisa Stansfield 14 ( 7 ) JUST LIKE JESSE JAMES Cher 15 ( 17 ) I’M NOT SATISFIED Fine Young Cannibals 16 ( 10 ) TELL ME THERE’S A HEAVEN Chris Rea 17 ( 27 ) A LOVER SPURNED Marc Almond 18 ( 22 ) DUDE (LOOKS LIKE A LADY) Aerosmith 19 ( NEW ) MOMENTS IN SOUL J.T. And The Big Family 20 ( 15 ) SHINE ON The House Of Love FQP9X2TasbM 21 ( 19 ) 96 TEARS The Stranglers 22 ( 13 ) PUT IT THERE Paul McCartney 23 ( 14 ) SO WHAT Gilbert O’Sullivan 24 ( 31 ) PROBABLY A ROBBERY Renegade Soundwave 25 ( 20 ) HAPPENIN’ ALL OVER AGAIN Lonnie Gordon 26 ( 21 ) GET UP (BEFORE THE NIGHT IS OVER) Technotronic featuring Ya Kid K 27 ( 16 ) WALK ON BY Sybil 28 ( 25 ) NOTHING COMPARES 2 U Sinead O’Connor 29 ( 18 ) TOUCH ME The 49ers 30 ( 39 ) WALK ON THE WILD SIDE Jamie J. Morgan 31 ( 65 ) INFINITY (IT'S TIME FOR THE GURU) Guru Josh 32 ( 28 ) COME BACK TO ME Janet Jackson 33 ( 40 ) LOVE AND ANGER Kate Bush 34 ( NEW ) BIRDHOUSE IN YOUR SOUL They Might Be Giants 35 ( 35 ) ROOM AT THE TOP Adam Ant 36 ( 23 ) GOT TO HAVE YOUR LOVE Mantronix featuring Wondress 37 ( 32 ) THIS WOMAN’S WORK Kate Bush 38 ( NEW ) READ MY LIPS Jimmy Somerville 39 ( NEW ) MADLY IN LOVE Bros 40 ( NEW ) I GO TO EXTREMES Billy Joel NhjSzjoU7OQ 41 ( 26 ) EPIC Faith No More 42 ( NEW ) NATURAL THING innocence 43 ( 36 ) GOING BACK TO MY ROOTS/ RICH IN PARADISE The FPI Project 44 ( 30 ) TWO TO MAKE IT RIGHT Seduction 45 ( 38 ) HELLO The Beloved 46 ( 41 ) GOT TO GET Rob ‘n’ Raz featuring Leila K 47 ( NEW ) HOLD BACK THE RIVER Wet Wet Wet 48 ( 75 ) I MIGHT Shakin’ Stevens 49 ( 48 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 50 ( NEW ) BRITS 1990 Various Artists 51 ( 45 ) IN PRIVATE Dusty Springfield 52 ( 55 ) SACRIFICE Elton John 53 ( 53 ) RUNAWAY HORSES Belinda Carlisle 54 ( 50 ) FOREVER BLUE Swing Out Sister 55 ( 52 ) SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears For Fears 56 ( 43 ) WHEN YOU COME BACK TO ME Jason Donovan 57 ( 37 ) NO BLUE SKIES Lloyd Cole 58 ( 47 ) PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER D Mob featuring Nuff Juice 59 ( 51 ) BROKE AWAY Wet Wet Wet 60 ( 63 ) STILL TOO YOUNG TO REMEMBER It Bites 61 ( 61 ) WORDS The Christians 62 ( 66 ) CRASHED INTO LOVE Spandau Ballet 63 ( 57 ) ROOM IN YOUR HEART Living In A Box 64 ( 60 ) THE SENSUAL WORLD Kate Bush 65 ( 56 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies 66 ( 54 ) DEAR JESSIE Madonna 67 ( 58 ) ALL AROUND THE WORLD Lisa Stansfield 68 ( NEW ) LILY WAS HERE David A. Stewart and Candy Dulfer 69 ( 33 ) I DON’T KNOW ANYBODY ELSE Black Box 70 ( 68 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac U15HQJwqsIo 71 ( 69 ) SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan 72 ( 44 ) TEARS ON MY PILLOW Kylie Minogue 73 ( 73 ) TRUST Brother Beyond 74 ( 74 ) BURNING THE GROUND Duran Duran 75 ( NEW ) DELIVERANCE The Mission At work, I spent a few days re-checking input surveying data onto a new computer system, while the culprit was off sick - if you want a job doing right...etc. Work 10-pin bowling evening was fab fun, we were all young and keen and enjoyed social activities, hooray! Young Lucy’s new hairdo was a worthy of comment all round, and with news she had got a job with Christchurch Council, sadly, she was great fun. My top 2 singles this very week came on the video screens while we bowled. Came 2nd in two games, pah! I was moaning about my bedroom being full of crap, to my diary, and I’m happy to report that situation hasn’t changed 25 years later - except I now fill 3 rooms with my “crap”, aka records, books, mags, souvenirs, DVDs and hi fi equipment, computers, TV, blu ray and much much much more. In the news the Poll tax was getting everybody wound up, and on TV I was watching a Horizon special on the awesome Voyager spacecrafts accomplishments, and loving Quantum Leap with future Trek captain Scott Bakula. The weekend was spent getting nervous over preparations for a forthcoming American holiday with mum, dad and my little niece and nephew (7 and 5 years old)...