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20th January 1987

It's a first week on top for the highest entry, a remix of Hot Chocolate's 12-year-old goodie which failed to top my charts first-time round, despite being a huge Hot Choc fan, and becomes a belated 5th number one for them. Lots of yet more 70's new entries from The Doobie Brothers 1979 top tenner, cashing in on Michael McDonald's recent big hits, in at 9, Freeez' remixed 1983 top 10 enters lower down, the late Phil Lynott's 1980 track is back, Barbara Jones reggae cover of Olivia Newton-John's 1975 top 30 track sneaks in, Age Of Chance sort-of cover Prince ahead of Art Of Noise, and the chart goes ballistic as 1987 arrives with a bang and 18 new entries, and big climbs into the top 10 for Robbie Nevil, Little Richard and an instant new entry for Aretha & George on a fab duet, Aretha's best track since her glorious Atlantic days, and George's best track since his previous record.

Dead Or Alive rocket into the 20, Carly Simon into the 30, and new entries galore between 42 and 75, the most notable being the fab debut of Curioisty Killed The Cat bringing jazzpop into teen idol branding, The Style Council returning, the bouncy pop of The Jets, Rosie Vela's delicious sultry Magic Smile, The Blow Monkeys brilliant It Doesn't Have To be This Way (note sax very much the thing in 1987), and another Jack-track for Raze, who would return in a year with the fab Break 4 Love. Stevie Wonder makes it 19 years of charting in my charts, and Kool & The Gang a mere 8 years.

1 ( NEW ) YOU SEXY THING (BEN LIEBRAND REMIX) Hot Chocolate
2 ( 1 ) THE EP (HOW CAN I BE SURE/ I’M A CLOWN/ COULD IT BE FOREVER) David Cassidy
3 ( 6 ) NO MORE THE FOOL Elkie Brooks
4 ( 17 ) C’EST LA VIE Robbie Nevil
5 ( 2 ) OPEN YOUR HEART Madonna
6 ( 24 ) SOMEBODY’S COMING Little Richard
7 ( 10 ) IS THIS LOVE Alison Moyet
8 ( 3 ) REET PETITE Jackie Wilson
9 ( NEW ) WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES The Doobie Brothers
10 ( NEW ) I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING (FOR ME) Aretha Franklin & George Michael

11 ( 5 ) CANDY Cameo
12 ( 16 ) REAL WILD CHILD (WILD ONE) Iggy Pop
13 ( 4 ) CARAVAN OF LOVE The Housemartins
14 ( 8 ) CRY WOLF a-ha
15 ( 19 ) WHEELS ON FIRE Siouxsie & The Banshees
16 ( 18 ) YOU DON’T KNOW Berlin
17 ( 65 ) SOMETHING IN MY HOUSE Dead Or Alive
18 ( 20 ) HYMN TO HER The Pretenders
19 ( 23 ) BIG FUN The Gap Band
20 ( 13 ) SOMETIMES Erasure

21 ( 9 ) THE BOY IN THE BUBBLE Paul Simon
22 ( 14 ) THE RAIN Oran ‘Juice’ Jones
23 ( 11 ) SO COLD THE NIGHT The Communards
24 ( 15 ) LAND OF CONFUSION Genesis
25 ( 7 ) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY Slade
26 ( 30 ) SURRENDER Swing Out Sister
27 ( 53 ) COMING AROUND AGAIN Carly Simon
28 ( 29 ) CROSS THAT BRIDGE The Ward Brothers
29 ( 12 ) THE MIRACLE OF LOVE Eurythmics
30 ( 33 ) DREAMING Status Quo

31 ( 36 ) ALMAZ Randy Crawford
32 ( 32 ) BEHIND THE MASK Eric Clapton
33 ( 38 ) ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY Vesta Williams
34 ( NEW ) IOU (REMIX) Freeez
35 ( 44 ) JACK YOUR BODY Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley
36 ( 22 ) LAST CHRISTMAS Wham!
37 ( 40 ) OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY Gary Moore
38 ( 27 ) TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin
39 ( 26 ) FALLIN’ IN LOVE (UH-UH) Miami Sound Machine
40 ( 48 ) RAT IN MI KITCHON UB40

41 ( 31 ) HUMAN Human League
42 ( NEW ) I LOVE MY RADIO Taffy
43 ( 21 ) SHAKE YOU DOWN Gregory Abbott
44 ( 70 ) TRAMPOLINE Julian Cope
45 ( NEW ) DOWN TO EARTH Curiosity Killed The Cat
46 ( 42 ) TRUE BLUE Madonna
47 ( 61 ) HEARTACHE Pepsi & Shirlie
48 ( 55 ) BALLERINA GIRL Lionel Richie
49 ( 25 ) THE FINAL COUNTDOWN Europe
50 ( NEW ) IT DIDN’T MATTER The Style Council

51 ( 45 ) BECAUSE I LOVE YOU Shakin’ Stevens
52 ( 52 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross
53 ( 73 ) LIVE IT UP Mental As Anything
54 ( 74 ) FACTS AND FIGURES Hugh Cornwell
55 ( 28 ) CHANGE OF HEART Cyndi Lauper
56 ( 34 ) THIS LOVE Bad Company
57 ( 56 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael
58 ( 58 ) EL DORADO Drum Theatre
59 ( 39 ) ALL I ASK OF YOU Cliff Richard & Sarah Brightman
60 ( 69 ) WALKING DOWN YOUR STREET The Bangles

61 ( NEW ) CRUSH ON YOU The Jets
62 ( NEW ) KING’S CALL Philip Lynott
63 ( 37 ) LIVIN’ ON A PRAYER Bon Jovi
64 ( 67 ) SOUL MAN Lou Reed and Sam Moore
65 ( NEW ) KISS Age Of Chance
66 ( NEW ) MAGIC SMILE Rosie Vela
67 ( 64 ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite
68 ( 54 ) SUBURBIA Pet Shop Boys
69 ( NEW ) IT SHOULDN’T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY The Blow Monkeys
70 ( NEW ) PLEASE MISTER PLEASE Barbara Jones

71 ( NEW ) VICTORY Kool & The Gang
72 ( NEW ) BEAUTIFUL IMBALANCE Thrashing Doves
73 ( NEW ) STRANGER ON THE SHORE OF LOVE Stevie Wonder
74 ( NEW ) WASTELAND The Mission
75 ( NEW ) JACK THE GROOVE Raze

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1 SECONDS Human League
2 LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN Dream Academy
3 NIGHT IN THE CITY E.L.O.
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The Jets' Crush On You is great. Yes that kind of 'bouncy pop' production you refer to seems to have been popular in the mid to late 80s, the genre is called 'freestyle'. Shannon (whose style of freestyle had a bassline similar to that which would be used in acid house) and Gloria Estefan (who we will see later in 1987 with 'Rhythm Is Gonna Get You') is also of that genre.

Robbie Nevil's 'C'est la Vie' is good, but it is overshadowed for me by the epic 'Dominoes' which I am surprised to see underperformed in the charts in 1987. It is quite a popular 80s classic anyway now, despite not doing so well in the charts.

As for Raze, if it is incredible that Steve 'Silk' Hurley's Jack Your Body went to #1 it is perhaps even more incredible that 'Jack the Groove' went top 40 and stayed around in it for a while, it sounds very uncommercial for the time, is mostly instrumental and more minimal than Jack Your Body and without any novelty factor. It is an early example of deep house.


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1987 has not started well. If you were going to have a NE at #1 then Aretha & George >>>>>>>
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post Jan 27 2019, 08:46 AM
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QUOTE(The Snake @ Jan 26 2019, 03:42 PM) *
The Jets' Crush On You is great. Yes that kind of 'bouncy pop' production you refer to seems to have been popular in the mid to late 80s, the genre is called 'freestyle'. Shannon (whose style of freestyle had a bassline similar to that which would be used in acid house) and Gloria Estefan (who we will see later in 1987 with 'Rhythm Is Gonna Get You') is also of that genre.

Robbie Nevil's 'C'est la Vie' is good, but it is overshadowed for me by the epic 'Dominoes' which I am surprised to see underperformed in the charts in 1987. It is quite a popular 80s classic anyway now, despite not doing so well in the charts.

As for Raze, if it is incredible that Steve 'Silk' Hurley's Jack Your Body went to #1 it is perhaps even more incredible that 'Jack the Groove' went top 40 and stayed around in it for a while, it sounds very uncommercial for the time, is mostly instrumental and more minimal than Jack Your Body and without any novelty factor. It is an early example of deep house.


Hi Snakey, I was a big fan of florida-based latin and pop music in the 80's and 90's especially Gloria Estefan (though hadn't realised it had a name biggrin.gif ) and Shannon was an influence on Pet Shop Boys and 80's dance, huge beats!

I havent heard Dominoes in years and years, though I liked it for sure, looking forward to revisiting it!

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post Jan 27 2019, 08:49 AM
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QUOTE(dandy* @ Jan 26 2019, 11:10 PM) *
1987 has not started well. If you were going to have a NE at #1 then Aretha & George >>>>>>>


I was in my 20's and people in their 20's tend to get all nostalgic for music from their youth (even though it wasnt long ago, it seems a long time ago! laugh.gif ) so I guess that's why the 80's had loads of 70's remixes and covers. As for George & Aretha....watch this space! laugh.gif
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post Jan 31 2019, 07:35 PM
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27th January 1987

It's 2 weeks on top for Hot Choc as Aretha gets her highest chart position since 1971, and her highest to date, and George almost makes it his 5th chart-topper. Dead Or Alive grab yet another top 10 single, having not missed at all since Spin Me Round, and Iggy Pop gets his first ever. Siouxsie adds to her long list of top 10's over 9 years, and Steve Hurley jacks it up to 14, surprising me at how much I liked it when I thought I didn't rate it. Memory is such a fickle thing!

Lots of big climbs this week from the rush of new entries last week, and before, including UB40 into the 20, Style Council, Curiosity, Phil Lynott, Rosie Vela into the 40, while new entries from China Crisis, Heaven 17, Red Box and Stevie Winwood extends their runs of entries, but more interesting are the debuts from Georgia Satellites, and Timbuk 3, both goodies. I was clearly into a rock frame of mind when it comes to spinning singles in my bedroom, especially the Wishing Well remix which I'd not charted, having missed it when it came out, but which is fab Free at their best.

1 ( 1 ) YOU SEXY THING (BEN LIEBRAND REMIX) Hot Chocolate
2 ( 10 ) I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING (FOR ME) Aretha Franklin & George Michael
3 ( 2 ) THE EP (HOW CAN I BE SURE/ I’M A CLOWN/ COULD IT BE FOREVER) David Cassidy
4 ( 17 ) SOMETHING IN MY HOUSE Dead Or Alive
5 ( 3 ) NO MORE THE FOOL Elkie Brooks
6 ( 4 ) C’EST LA VIE Robbie Nevil
7 ( 6 ) SOMEBODY’S COMING Little Richard
8 ( 9 ) WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES The Doobie Brothers
9 ( 12 ) REAL WILD CHILD (WILD ONE) Iggy Pop
10 ( 15 ) WHEELS ON FIRE Siouxsie & The Banshees

11 ( 5 ) OPEN YOUR HEART Madonna
12 ( 16 ) YOU DON’T KNOW Berlin
13 ( 18 ) HYMN TO HER The Pretenders
14 ( 35 ) JACK YOUR BODY Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley
15 ( 8 ) REET PETITE Jackie Wilson
16 ( 27 ) COMING AROUND AGAIN Carly Simon
17 ( 7 ) IS THIS LOVE Alison Moyet
18 ( 19 ) BIG FUN The Gap Band
19 ( 40 ) RAT IN MI KITCHON UB40
20 ( 26 ) SURRENDER Swing Out Sister

21 ( 21 ) THE BOY IN THE BUBBLE Paul Simon
22 ( 11 ) CANDY Cameo
23 ( 33 ) ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY Vesta Williams
24 ( 31 ) ALMAZ Randy Crawford
25 ( 32 ) BEHIND THE MASK Eric Clapton
26 ( 14 ) CRY WOLF a-ha
27 ( 20 ) SOMETIMES Erasure
28 ( 28 ) CROSS THAT BRIDGE The Ward Brothers
29 ( 22 ) THE RAIN Oran ‘Juice’ Jones
30 ( 13 ) CARAVAN OF LOVE The Housemartins

31 ( 50 ) IT DIDN’T MATTER The Style Council
32 ( 45 ) DOWN TO EARTH Curiosity Killed The Cat
33 ( 62 ) KING’S CALL Philip Lynott
34 ( 34 ) IOU (REMIX) Freeez
35 ( 47 ) HEARTACHE Pepsi & Shirlie
36 ( 42 ) I LOVE MY RADIO Taffy
37 ( 24 ) LAND OF CONFUSION Genesis
38 ( 44 ) TRAMPOLINE Julian Cope
39 ( 23 ) SO COLD THE NIGHT The Communards
40 ( 66 ) MAGIC SMILE Rosie Vela

41 ( 25 ) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY Slade
42 ( 38 ) TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin
43 ( 41 ) HUMAN Human League
44 ( NEW ) BEST KEPT SECRET China Crisis
45 ( 53 ) LIVE IT UP Mental As Anything
46 ( 36 ) LAST CHRISTMAS Wham!
47 ( 74 ) WASTELAND The Mission
48 ( 39 ) FALLIN’ IN LOVE (UH-UH) Miami Sound Machine
49 ( 60 ) WALKING DOWN YOUR STREET The Bangles
50 ( 64 ) SOUL MAN Lou Reed and Sam Moore

51 ( 29 ) THE MIRACLE OF LOVE Eurythmics
52 ( 46 ) TRUE BLUE Madonna
53 ( 54 ) FACTS AND FIGURES Hugh Cornwell
54 ( 37 ) OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY Gary Moore
55 ( 52 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross
56 ( 65 ) KISS Age Of Chance
57 ( 57 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael
58 ( 58 ) EL DORADO Drum Theatre
59 ( NEW ) KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF Georgia Satellites
60 ( 69 ) IT SHOULDN’T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY The Blow Monkeys

61 ( 61 ) CRUSH ON YOU The Jets
62 ( NEW ) TROUBLE Heaven 17
63 ( NEW ) FUTURE’S SO BRIGHT (GOTTA WEAR SHADES) Timbuk 3
64 ( 73 ) STRANGER ON THE SHORE OF LOVE Stevie Wonder
65 ( 43 ) SHAKE YOU DOWN Gregory Abbott
66 ( 51 ) BECAUSE I LOVE YOU Shakin’ Stevens
67 ( 67 ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite
68 ( 72 ) BEAUTIFUL IMBALANCE Thrashing Doves
69 ( 71 ) VICTORY Kool & The Gang
70 ( 30 ) DREAMING Status Quo

71 ( 63 ) LIVIN’ ON A PRAYER Bon Jovi
72 ( 75 ) JACK THE GROOVE Raze
73 ( 68 ) SUBURBIA Pet Shop Boys
74 ( NEW ) HEART OF THE SUN Red Box
75 ( NEW ) BACK IN THE HIGHLIFE AGAIN Stevie Winwood


Oldies Playlist of that week
1 WISHING WELL (REMIX) Free
2 SHE SELLS SANCTUARY The Cult
3 FIREBALL Deep Purple
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I've just noticed what is still at #43!!!!!!!!!!! laugh.gif
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QUOTE(dandy* @ Jan 31 2019, 08:00 PM) *
I've just noticed what is still at #43!!!!!!!!!!! laugh.gif


I knew you'd be impressed! laugh.gif I had only just seen them in concert 2 weeks before though, so I have an excuse laugh.gif
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Oh it's good to see Dead or Alive's 'Something In My House' does a lot better in your chart than officially. biggrin.gif

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Hi Snakey, I was a big fan of florida-based latin and pop music in the 80's and 90's especially Gloria Estefan (though hadn't realised it had a name biggrin.gif ) and Shannon was an influence on Pet Shop Boys and 80's dance, huge beats!


Another good freestyle track that I discovered recently is Taylor Dayne's 'Prove Your Love' in 1988, great until the cheesy key change near the end which it definitely could have done without. Still looking forward to seeing it on TOTP on BBC4 when it comes to that stage.
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QUOTE(The Snake @ Feb 3 2019, 03:48 PM) *
Oh it's good to see Dead or Alive's 'Something In My House' does a lot better in your chart than officially. biggrin.gif
Another good freestyle track that I discovered recently is Taylor Dayne's 'Prove Your Love' in 1988, great until the cheesy key change near the end which it definitely could have done without. Still looking forward to seeing it on TOTP on BBC4 when it comes to that stage.


Hi Snakey, yes DOA shoulda done way better! Taylor Dayne I was mad on for a while, especially one track which topped my charts. I also have an Expose album, which few people in the UK can claim! laugh.gif
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SO SO many I love and adore here, and your charts would probably echo mine if I had done them at the time. For nostaglia's sake and because I've come across my old 7" vinyl box, I bought (well, actually my parents did, as I was 5 at the time) these:

OPEN YOUR HEART Madonna
REET PETITE Jackie Wilson
CANDY Cameo
THE MIRACLE OF LOVE Eurythmics
SOMETIMES Erasure
CRY WOLF a-ha
THE FINAL COUNTDOWN Europe
LAND OF CONFUSION Genesis
TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin
YOU DON’T KNOW Berlin
SANTA CLAUS IS ON THE DOLE Spitting Image
BIG FUN The Gap Band
LIVIN’ ON A PRAYER Bon Jovi
SHOWIN’ OUT (GET FRESH AT THE WEEKEND) Mel & Kim
FRENCH KISSING IN THE USA Debbie Harry
YOU KEEP ME HANGIN’ ON Kim Wilde
WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN The Bangles
IN THE ARMY NOW Status Quo
STEP RIGHT UP Jaki Graham
EACH TIME YOU BREAK MY HEART Nick Kamen
RAIN OR SHINE Five Star
JACK YOUR BODY Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley
I LOVE MY RADIO Taffy

Only Europe I'd say I'm not particularly fond of these days. Looking forward to reading the rest of your 1987 charts!
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'I Love My Radio' is very cheesy, but it is quite catchy I suppose. It is 'Italo-disco' which Stock Aitken Waterman were apparently influenced by for their productions such as those for Rick Astley later on in the year.

Just heard the IOU remix recently following the discussion on the TOTP on BBC4 thread about why it reappeared in the chart in 1987 and sadly isn't as good as the original I think. The original IOU is very good (yet another early 80s proto-dance track i like!), I especially like the bit near the end with the pitched vocals in it, perhaps an inspiration for late 80s house tracks such as the one by Jack N'Chill that I mentioned earlier in this thread which used those kind of pitched vocals in them.


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QUOTE(AH Gold @ Feb 5 2019, 05:39 PM) *
SO SO many I love and adore here, and your charts would probably echo mine if I had done them at the time. For nostaglia's sake and because I've come across my old 7" vinyl box, I bought (well, actually my parents did, as I was 5 at the time) these:

OPEN YOUR HEART Madonna
REET PETITE Jackie Wilson
CANDY Cameo
THE MIRACLE OF LOVE Eurythmics
SOMETIMES Erasure
CRY WOLF a-ha
THE FINAL COUNTDOWN Europe
LAND OF CONFUSION Genesis
TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin
YOU DON’T KNOW Berlin
SANTA CLAUS IS ON THE DOLE Spitting Image
BIG FUN The Gap Band
LIVIN’ ON A PRAYER Bon Jovi
SHOWIN’ OUT (GET FRESH AT THE WEEKEND) Mel & Kim
FRENCH KISSING IN THE USA Debbie Harry
YOU KEEP ME HANGIN’ ON Kim Wilde
WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN The Bangles
IN THE ARMY NOW Status Quo
STEP RIGHT UP Jaki Graham
EACH TIME YOU BREAK MY HEART Nick Kamen
RAIN OR SHINE Five Star
JACK YOUR BODY Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley
I LOVE MY RADIO Taffy

Only Europe I'd say I'm not particularly fond of these days. Looking forward to reading the rest of your 1987 charts!


Hi AH, thanks! no wonder you love pop so much, your parents had great taste and bought as many singles as me! laugh.gif Did they rifle through the record store bargain bins like me? I tended only to buy my current number one at full price, the rest I went searching for on a Saturday at all the local record shops, I literally used to drive to Wimborne, Ferndown, Parkstone, Bournemouth, Boscombe & Poole on a rota looking for 'em, plus Gillingham, Shaftesbury, Yeovil, Swanage, Blandford if I was working out that way of a lunchtime. I love my vinyl!
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QUOTE(The Snake @ Feb 5 2019, 06:22 PM) *
'I Love My Radio' is very cheesy, but it is quite catchy I suppose. It is 'Italo-disco' which Stock Aitken Waterman were apparently influenced by for their productions such as those for Rick Astley later on in the year.

Just heard the IOU remix recently following the discussion on the TOTP on BBC4 thread about why it reappeared in the chart in 1987 and sadly isn't as good as the original I think. The original IOU is very good (yet another early 80s proto-dance track i like!), I especially like the bit near the end with the pitched vocals in it, perhaps an inspiration for late 80s house tracks such as the one by Jack N'Chill that I mentioned earlier in this thread which used those kind of pitched vocals in them.


Yes the IOU remix was very much love for the original rather than the remix, and it's chart position was a bit flattering! Taffy I recall as cheesy, I think that's a fair description! I never bought that single though so I havent heard it in years! Just playing it now. Yes. Cheesy! laugh.gif Italian-house (if thats a thing) was better than the pop end, Black Box especially.
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Hi AH, thanks! no wonder you love pop so much, your parents had great taste and bought as many singles as me! laugh.gif Did they rifle through the record store bargain bins like me? I tended only to buy my current number one at full price, the rest I went searching for on a Saturday at all the local record shops, I literally used to drive to Wimborne, Ferndown, Parkstone, Bournemouth, Boscombe & Poole on a rota looking for 'em, plus Gillingham, Shaftesbury, Yeovil, Swanage, Blandford if I was working out that way of a lunchtime. I love my vinyl!



They certainly did, but what I meant was I bought them, they paid laugh.gif Looking back, I must have whinged and nagged relentlessly to get them to part with their hard earned cash just to keep my record buying addiction going. I was not an easy child! laugh.gif I'm sure they bought a few aswell which just ended up in my collection. I remember us going on a weekly pilgrimage to Woolworths (R.I.P) and Crusin Records (indie shop). Car boots and out of town stores came many years later.

I didn't venture out like you though, that's serious dedication! laugh.gif
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QUOTE(AH Gold @ Feb 5 2019, 09:00 PM) *
They certainly did, but what I meant was I bought them, they paid laugh.gif Looking back, I must have whinged and nagged relentlessly to get them to part with their hard earned cash just to keep my record buying addiction going. I was not an easy child! laugh.gif I'm sure they bought a few aswell which just ended up in my collection. I remember us going on a weekly pilgrimage to Woolworths (R.I.P) and Crusin Records (indie shop). Car boots and out of town stores came many years later.

I didn't venture out like you though, that's serious dedication! laugh.gif

Wow! You were advanced for your age - I'd have loved to have had records at that age, I was 8 before we got our first record player - and the first records dad bought was stuff like Beatles, Ronettes so I had plenty to love there anyway smile.gif
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QUOTE(Popchartfreak @ Feb 5 2019, 07:34 PM) *
Italian-house (if thats a thing) was better than the pop end, Black Box especially.


Yes Italo-house is definitively a thing, from Black Box who helped make it popular to Jinny's 'Keep Warm' in 1995!

My favourite Italo-house group is the 49ers, 'Touch me' and 'Don't You Love Me' are fab dance tunes which were hits in 1990, the latter should have done better in the charts I think.
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Yes Italo-house is definitively a thing, from Black Box who helped make it popular to Jinny's 'Keep Warm' in 1995!

My favourite Italo-house group is the 49ers, 'Touch me' and 'Don't You Love Me' are fab dance tunes which were hits in 1990, the latter should have done better in the charts I think.


Yes, Black Box and The 49'ers both did well in my charts - can't recall where Don't You Love Me got to (just checked, oops 65!) and I haven't heard it in years I'd guess ohmy.gif
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4th February 1987

It's a first week on top for Aretha's first-ever chart-topper (after trying for 19 years) and George Michael gets a 5th, including Wham!. Carly Simon gets her 5th top 10, and The Christians debut at 15 from nowhere with the brilliant Forgotten Town, the Christian brothers from Liverpool followed in the tradition of The Real Thing's early stuff for me, great soul records. China Crisis, The Mission and Lou Reed all go top 40 again - Lou hadn't done that since 1973! Talking about oldies, a remix of Rock Your Baby brings George McCrae back after a gap of 12 years, while remixes is the theme of the week as recent flops from Stacey Q, This Island Earth, join Freeez and Hot Choc in the charts.

Geldof, Europe, Paul Young all follow-up with minor entries, Springsteen does his own Pointer Sisters gift 8 years late, Slade join their annual Xmas oldie with a newie, which gives them 16 years of entries, and Tina Turner makes it 14 years of chart hits as album title track Break Every Rule enters before I realised it wasn't a single and excluded it. As I now include album tracks at least I know it's position is fair and so I am keeping it!


1 ( 2 ) I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING (FOR ME) Aretha Franklin & George Michael
2 ( 1 ) YOU SEXY THING (BEN LIEBRAND REMIX) Hot Chocolate
3 ( 4 ) SOMETHING IN MY HOUSE Dead Or Alive
4 ( 8 ) WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES The Doobie Brothers
5 ( 5 ) NO MORE THE FOOL Elkie Brooks
6 ( 6 ) C’EST LA VIE Robbie Nevil
7 ( 3 ) THE EP (HOW CAN I BE SURE/ I’M A CLOWN/ COULD IT BE FOREVER) David Cassidy
8 ( 10 ) WHEELS ON FIRE Siouxsie & The Banshees
9 ( 14 ) JACK YOUR BODY Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley
10 ( 16 ) COMING AROUND AGAIN Carly Simon

11 ( 12 ) YOU DON’T KNOW Berlin
12 ( 13 ) HYMN TO HER The Pretenders
13 ( 19 ) RAT IN MI KITCHON UB40
14 ( 9 ) REAL WILD CHILD (WILD ONE) Iggy Pop
15 ( NEW ) FORGOTTEN TOWN The Christians
16 ( 24 ) ALMAZ Randy Crawford
17 ( 11 ) OPEN YOUR HEART Madonna
18 ( 23 ) ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY Vesta Williams
19 ( 25 ) BEHIND THE MASK Eric Clapton
20 ( 36 ) I LOVE MY RADIO Taffy

21 ( 15 ) REET PETITE Jackie Wilson
22 ( 35 ) HEARTACHE Pepsi & Shirlie
23 ( 7 ) SOMEBODY’S COMING Little Richard
24 ( 18 ) BIG FUN The Gap Band
25 ( 32 ) DOWN TO EARTH Curiosity Killed The Cat
26 ( 17 ) IS THIS LOVE Alison Moyet
27 ( 44 ) BEST KEPT SECRET China Crisis
28 ( 28 ) CROSS THAT BRIDGE The Ward Brothers
29 ( 31 ) IT DIDN’T MATTER The Style Council
30 ( 40 ) MAGIC SMILE Rosie Vela

31 ( 20 ) SURRENDER Swing Out Sister
32 ( 21 ) THE BOY IN THE BUBBLE Paul Simon
33 ( 47 ) WASTELAND The Mission
34 ( 34 ) IOU (REMIX) Freeez
35 ( 60 ) IT SHOULDN’T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY The Blow Monkeys
36 ( 22 ) CANDY Cameo
37 ( 72 ) JACK THE GROOVE Raze
38 ( 38 ) TRAMPOLINE Julian Cope
39 ( 50 ) SOUL MAN Lou Reed and Sam Moore
40 ( 26 ) CRY WOLF a-ha

41 ( 27 ) SOMETIMES Erasure
42 ( 29 ) THE RAIN Oran ‘Juice’ Jones
43 ( 33 ) KING’S CALL Philip Lynott
44 ( 45 ) LIVE IT UP Mental As Anything
45 ( NEW ) ROCK YOUR BABY (REMIX) George McCrae
46 ( 42 ) TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin
47 ( 43 ) HUMAN Human League
48 ( 30 ) CARAVAN OF LOVE The Housemartins
49 ( 68 ) BEAUTIFUL IMBALANCE Thrashing Doves
50 ( 61 ) CRUSH ON YOU The Jets

51 ( 37 ) LAND OF CONFUSION Genesis
52 ( NEW ) TWO OF HEARTS (Q MIX) Stacey Q
53 ( 41 ) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY Slade
54 ( 62 ) TROUBLE Heaven 17
55 ( 46 ) LAST CHRISTMAS Wham!
56 ( 57 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael
57 ( 55 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross
58 ( 39 ) SO COLD THE NIGHT The Communards
59 ( 59 ) KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF Georgia Satellites
60 ( 52 ) TRUE BLUE Madonna

61 ( 74 ) HEART OF THE SUN Red Box
62 ( 63 ) FUTURE’S SO BRIGHT (GOTTA WEAR SHADES) Timbuk 3
63 ( 64 ) STRANGER ON THE SHORE OF LOVE Stevie Wonder
64 ( NEW ) SEE THAT GLOW (REMIX) This Island Earth
65 ( NEW ) LOVE LIKE A ROCKET Bob Geldof
66 ( NEW ) ROCK THE TOWN Europe
67 ( 67 ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite
68 ( 69 ) VICTORY Kool & The Gang
69 ( NEW ) BREAK EVERY RULE Tina Turner
70 ( NEW ) DON’T COME TO STAY Hothouse

71 ( 51 ) THE MIRACLE OF LOVE Eurythmics
72 ( NEW ) WHY DOES A MAN HAVE TO BE STRONG Paul Young
73 ( 48 ) FALLIN’ IN LOVE (UH-UH) Miami Sound Machine
74 ( NEW ) FIRE Bruce Springsteen
75 ( NEW ) STILL THE SAME Slade

4th Feb
PLAYIST OLDIES

1 HOLD YOUR HEAD UP Argent
2 NO FEAR NO HATE NO PAIN Eurythmics
3 ADORATIONS Killing Joke
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11th February 1987

It's 2 weeks on top for George & Aretha as they preside over a busy top 10, a middling middle, and a busy bottom end with lots of new entries. Carly Simon gets her highest-charting record to date, The Christians a first top 5, Berlin a second top 10, The Blow Monkeys a 2nd top 10 and a big climb, Randy Crawford a second top 10, and China Crisis a 3rd top 10. Highest new entry is Eurythmics dropping the synths and opting for gospel rock, at 30. It's chart returns for Duran, the Nana's, The Damned making it 8 years of chart entries, The Smiths petering out ahead of the big bust-up never to return, Spandau 7 years and still going, Five Star, Big Audio Dynamite, Anita baker & George Benson making it, ooh 12 years since Supership.


1 ( 1 ) I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING (FOR ME) Aretha Franklin & George Michael
2 ( 2 ) YOU SEXY THING (BEN LIEBRAND REMIX) Hot Chocolate
3 ( 10 ) COMING AROUND AGAIN Carly Simon
4 ( 3 ) SOMETHING IN MY HOUSE Dead Or Alive
5 ( 15 ) FORGOTTEN TOWN The Christians
6 ( 11 ) YOU DON’T KNOW Berlin
7 ( 35 ) IT SHOULDN’T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY The Blow Monkeys
8 ( 16 ) ALMAZ Randy Crawford
9 ( 5 ) NO MORE THE FOOL Elkie Brooks
10 ( 27 ) BEST KEPT SECRET China Crisis

11 ( 6 ) C’EST LA VIE Robbie Nevil
12 ( 7 ) THE EP (HOW CAN I BE SURE/ I’M A CLOWN/ COULD IT BE FOREVER) David Cassidy
13 ( 19 ) BEHIND THE MASK Eric Clapton
14 ( 18 ) ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY Vesta Williams
15 ( 4 ) WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES The Doobie Brothers
16 ( 20 ) I LOVE MY RADIO Taffy
17 ( 8 ) WHEELS ON FIRE Siouxsie & The Banshees
18 ( 22 ) HEARTACHE Pepsi & Shirlie
19 ( 25 ) DOWN TO EARTH Curiosity Killed The Cat
20 ( 14 ) REAL WILD CHILD (WILD ONE) Iggy Pop

21 ( 13 ) RAT IN MI KITCHON UB40
22 ( 12 ) HYMN TO HER The Pretenders
23 ( 33 ) WASTELAND The Mission
24 ( 17 ) OPEN YOUR HEART Madonna
25 ( 30 ) MAGIC SMILE Rosie Vela
26 ( 39 ) SOUL MAN Lou Reed and Sam Moore
27 ( 37 ) JACK THE GROOVE Raze
28 ( 9 ) JACK YOUR BODY Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley
29 ( 43 ) KING’S CALL Philip Lynott
30 ( NEW ) MISSIONARY MAN Eurythmics

31 ( 21 ) REET PETITE Jackie Wilson
32 ( 34 ) IOU (REMIX) Freeez
33 ( 44 ) LIVE IT UP Mental As Anything
34 ( 23 ) SOMEBODY’S COMING Little Richard
35 ( 62 ) FUTURE’S SO BRIGHT (GOTTA WEAR SHADES) Timbuk 3
36 ( 38 ) TRAMPOLINE Julian Cope
37 ( 28 ) CROSS THAT BRIDGE The Ward Brothers
38 ( 26 ) IS THIS LOVE Alison Moyet
39 ( 50 ) CRUSH ON YOU The Jets
40 ( 32 ) THE BOY IN THE BUBBLE Paul Simon

41 ( 49 ) BEAUTIFUL IMBALANCE Thrashing Doves
42 ( 36 ) CANDY Cameo
43 ( 45 ) ROCK YOUR BABY (REMIX) George McCrae
44 ( 40 ) CRY WOLF a-ha
45 ( 52 ) TWO OF HEARTS (Q MIX) Stacey Q
46 ( 41 ) SOMETIMES Erasure
47 ( 47 ) HUMAN Human League
48 ( 65 ) LOVE LIKE A ROCKET Bob Geldof
49 ( 31 ) SURRENDER Swing Out Sister
50 ( 46 ) TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin

51 ( 66 ) ROCK THE TOWN Europe
52 ( 61 ) HEART OF THE SUN Red Box
53 ( 24 ) BIG FUN The Gap Band
54 ( NEW ) SKIN TRADE Duran Duran
55 ( 42 ) THE RAIN Oran ‘Juice’ Jones
56 ( 56 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael
57 ( NEW ) GIGOLO The Damned
58 ( 57 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross
59 ( NEW ) SHOPLIFTERS OF THE WORLD UNITE The Smiths
60 ( 60 ) TRUE BLUE Madonna

61 ( NEW ) STAY OUT OF MY LIFE Five Star
62 ( 29 ) IT DIDN’T MATTER The Style Council
63 ( NEW ) SONIC BOOM BOY Westworld
64 ( 55 ) LAST CHRISTMAS Wham!
65 ( 51 ) LAND OF CONFUSION Genesis
66 ( 72 ) WHY DOES A MAN HAVE TO BE STRONG Paul Young
67 ( NEW ) A TRICK OF THE NIGHT Bananarama
68 ( 67 ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite
69 ( 69 ) BREAK EVERY RULE Tina Turner
70 ( NEW ) HOW MANY LIES Spandau Ballet

71 ( 53 ) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY Slade
72 ( NEW ) V13 Big Audio Dynamite
73 ( 58 ) SO COLD THE NIGHT The Communards
74 ( NEW ) TEASER George Benson
75 ( NEW ) CAUGHT UP IN THE RAPTURE Anita Baker

Playlist oldies of that week
1 I’M GONNA BE STRONG Gene Pitney
2 NO PROMISES Icehouse
3 THESE DREAMS Heart
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