These are from the time, as always with my charts, not retro-creations.

 

Up this time.. "30 Years Ago" chart - from Sept 28th 1982..

 

1. (-) PASS THE DUTCHIE - Musical Youth

2. (1) EYE OF THE TIGER - Survivor

3. (2) PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS - Dire Straits

4. (12) THERE IT IS - Shalamar

5. (3) ALL OF MY HEART - ABC

6. (10) LEAVE IN SILENCE - Depeche Mode

7. (17) THE BITTEREST PILL (I EVER SWALLOWED) - Jam

8. (7) AND I'M TELLING YOU I'M NOT GOING - Jennifer Holliday

9. (5) WALKING ON SUNSHINE - Rockers' Revenge

10. (11) JUST WHAT I'VE ALWAYS WANTED - Mari Wilson

 

11. (6) WHY - Carly Simon

12. (30) HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN - Animals

13. (9) COME ON EILEEN - Dexy's Midnight Runners

14. (14) TUG OF WAR - Paul McCartney

15. (22) ZOOM - Fat Larry's Band

16. (4) NOBODY'S FOOL - Haircut 100

17. (26) GLITTERING PRIZE - Simple Minds

18. (23) LOVE COME DOWN - Evelyn King

19. (15) RUFF MIX - Wonder Dog

20. (8) HI-FIDELITY - Kids From Fame

 

21. (13) THE MESSAGE - Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five

22. (-) DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT - Culture Club

23. (34) FRIEND OR FOE - Adam Ant

24. (24) REAP THE WILD WIND - Ultravox

25. (20) IT STARTED WITH A KISS - Hot Chocolate

26. (18) JOHN WAYNE IS BIG LEGGY - Haysi fantayzee

27. (19) SO HERE I AM - UB40

28. (16) SADDLE UP - David Christie

29. (-) CHANCES - Hot Chocolate

30. (36) HARD TO SAY I'M SORRY - Chicago

 

31. (21) I KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON - Frida

32. (73) GIVE ME SOME KIND OF MAGIC - Dollar

33. (35) WHO'S CRYING NOW - Journey

34. (31) TODAY - Talk Talk

35. (-) RED LIGHT - Linda Clifford

36. (25) INVITATIONS - Shakatak

37. (39) SAVE A PRAYER - Duran Duran

38. (38) SUMMERTIME - Fun Boy 3

39. (-) TAKE A CHANCE WITH ME - Roxy Music

40. (-) DO YOU WANNA FUNK - Sylvester

 

What a great chart, full of classic singles, the top of my chart wasnt too far from the BBC chart, just mine was minus the cheesier numbers and plus the ones that should have been big hits: the awesome Jennifer Holliday original, the brilliant Phil-Collins track from Frida, and the mystifying chart failure of a good Macca track.

 

There's also that rarity: straight in at 1 for a debut record: Musical Youth. That Rocky perennial that just wont go away. Dire Straits best record. ABC at the end of an awesome run of singles from one of the greatest albums. Depeche Mode staring to get into their stride. Jam about to end with one of their best. Rockers Revenge great Eddy Grant cover. Carly Simon's fabulous Chic-track. One of the greatest early rap hits The Message. A debut for soon-to-be-famous Boy george. Ultravox' best record, some thanks to Beatles-producer George Martin. Hot Chocolate coming near the end of a great 13-year chart run of fabulous and varied hits. Journey in my Top 40 25 years before they finally made it.

 

Hope that's fun!

Great Chart, John!

I like it a lot, except for one thing: low position of SAVE A PRAYER. I think it would be my long-time Number One had i compiled the Chart then. Absolutely fantastic song!

Almost 20 years ago, when i heard BCC Vintage Chart Show from September 1982, i fell in love with THE BITTEREST PILL by Jam. Then it had been my favourite Jam's track for quite a long period. Still love it. Good video as well. Who was that girl in it? Wasn't it Tracie, a Paul Weller protégée at the time?

Great track by Dire Straits. I love rough guitar sound in the middle of the song. Sounds a bit like Dave Guilmore for me.

 

Great Chart, John!

I like it a lot, except for one thing: low position of SAVE A PRAYER. I think it would be my long-time Number One had i compiled the Chart then. Absolutely fantastic song!

Almost 20 years ago, when i heard BCC Vintage Chart Show from September 1982, i fell in love with THE BITTEREST PILL by Jam. Then it had been my favourite Jam's track for quite a long period. Still love it. Good video as well. Who was that girl in it? Wasn't it Tracie, a Paul Weller protégée at the time?

Great track by Dire Straits. I love rough guitar sound in the middle of the song. Sounds a bit like Dave Guilmore for me.

 

Thanks Andrey, yes I liked Save A Prayer, it worked it's way up to my Top 10 eventually, but Simon Le Bon usually put me off them so they had to work hard to convince me. They eventually had 3 Number Ones in my chart, and Ive seen them live:) Bitterest Pill is also my fave Jam track, Tracie joined them in Style Council for the equally fab Speak Like A Child which kicked off 2 years of fab singles (Weller's also had 3 Number Ones in my charts in various guises). I saw the Jam live about this time (they were great), and recently saw Paul Weller bore an audience showing us how "contemporary" and "not a greatest hits" act he is. Or, how I see it, making a casual fan pay £40 for an advert for the new album and very little classic stuff....it'll be another 30 years before I pay up again!

 

thanks for the comments!

cheers

john

I wonder which Duran Duran tracks went to No.1 in your Chart?

I so envy you that you saw the Jam live. I love Paul Weller in all of his phases. Though his solo works after Stanley Road were quite disappointing. And Sonik Kicks is an awful album, in my opinion. So i see your regret on his latest gig perfectly well.

 

I wonder which Duran Duran tracks went to No.1 in your Chart?

I so envy you that you saw the Jam live. I love Paul Weller in all of his phases. Though his solo works after Stanley Road were quite disappointing. And Sonik Kicks is an awful album, in my opinion. So i see your regret on his latest gig perfectly well.

 

Hi Andrey,

 

The No. 1's were Wild Boys, Ordinary World and Come Undone, but Reflex almost made it too, and they had loads of Top 10's.

 

The Jam got no.1 with Going Underground, Style Council with You're The Best Thing (and lots of 2's), Weller with Wild Wood. I still like the odd single he does, it's just his attitude that annoys. Other older still-just-as-relevant rock stars (eg Springsteen) manage to do crackin' live shows of their best material AND do a bit of pluggin' for new stuff. He even threw a comment aimed at the audience that they weren't moving much. That's because most of us barely recognised anything he was playing...:)

Well, probably it's his record company's policy in order to raise the latest album sales. :unsure:

You're not the first person telling how good the recent Boss' shows are. I bought Wrecking Ball album this Summer and i think it's his greatest work in years.

 

Great choice for Number Ones, John! I think i was a bigger Duranist than you. :D I loved Rio, Is There Something I Should Know?, Union of the Snake, New Moon on Monday, The Reflex, A View to a Kill and Notorious as much that it would surely have been the charttoppers.

 

Absolutely agree with you on Weller's solo and Style Council Number One choice.

And what about the Jam's "Start" single? Could you forgive Taxman's rip off to Godfather of Mod? :D

Edited September 25, 201212 yr by Andrey71

Well, probably it's his record company's policy in order to raise the latest album sales. :unsure:

You're not the first person telling how good the recent Boss' shows are. I bought Wrecking Ball album this Summer and i think it's his greatest work in years.

 

Great choice for Number Ones, John! I think i was a bigger Duranist than you. :D I loved Rio, Is There Something I Should Know?, Union of the Snake, New Moon on Monday, The Reflex, A View to a Kill and Notorious as much that it would surely have been the charttoppers.

 

Absolutely agree with you on Weller's solo and Style Council Number One choice.

And what about the Jam's "Start" single? Could you forgive Taxman's rip off to Godfather of Mod? :D

 

Thanks Andrey,

 

I forgive Weller for the Taxman tribute. I don't forgive him for the 10538 Overture (ELO) rip-off though (Changingman)...:)

 

I like all the singles you list: their other big ones in mycharts:

Planet Earth 6

Girls On Film 7

Save A Prayer 9

Union Of The Snake 4

The Reflex 3

Burning The Ground 10

Reach Up For The Sunrise 6

What Happens Tomorrow 5

 

Almost all their other big hits just missed my Top 10 (and a lot of their minor hits too)

 

cheers!

john:)

 

Evelyn King Love Come Down is a good song, one of her best.

Evelyn King Love Come Down is a good song, one of her best.

 

thanks Fiesta, yes I think it's prob my fave of hers:)