The Mel and Kim version of Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree has got to be one of the most TERRIFYING songs of all time. It doesn't beat Sheryl Crow's All I Wanna Do though!

I like Mel & Kim's Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree more than the original :kink:

 

09.01.1988 : Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is a Place on Earth (1 week # 1)

 

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"Heaven Is a Place on Earth" is a song recorded by Belinda Carlisle, the lead singer of The Go-Go's. Written by Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley, and interpolating the aria "Schlafe, mein Liebster, genieße der Ruh'" from Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio, it hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on December 5, 1987, becoming Carlisle's only U.S. chart-topper with or without The Go-Go's. A month later it hit number one on the UK Singles Chart and held the spot for two weeks. The song reached number one in many other countries, among them Switzerland, Ireland, Sweden, South Africa and Norway. The song also reached number three in Germany, number two in Australia, and number six in Italy. It is widely considered to be Carlisle's signature song because of its success on the charts and its continued relevance today. The song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

 

16.01.1988 : Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky (5 weeks # 1)

 

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"I Should Be So Lucky" is a song performed by Australian recording artist and songwriter Kylie Minogue from her debut studio album Kylie (1988). It was Kylie's worldwide breakthrough hit. The song was the first written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman for Kylie, and they went on to produce her first four albums.

 

"I Should Be So Lucky" was released on 29 December 1987. It was a commercial success, reaching atop the Australian Kent Music Report chart for six consecutives weeks, and became her second number-one single after Locomotion. The song was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) and ranked at number five on the Year-end chart for 1988. In New Zealand, the song entered at number 15 on New Zealand Top 40 and peaked at number three on 27 March 1988, spending twelve weeks on the chart. In United Kingdom, "I Should Be So Lucky" was released on 29 December 1987. The song entered at number 90 on the UK Singles Chart, climbing to 54 the following week and three weeks later, it was number 1 and remained at the top position for five weeks. It spent seventeen weeks on the chart. It was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for the shipment of 600,000 copies. The song was one of the best-selling singles of 1988, with estimated sales of over 675,000.

 

Across Europe, "I Should Be So Lucky" also topped the singles charts in Germany, Ireland and Switzerland. It became a top-five hit in Austria, France and Norway, as well as a top-thirty hit in Belgium, Netherlands and Sweden. The song was certified silver by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP) and gold in Germany.

Edited July 13, 201312 yr by AlexRange

 

20.02.1988 : Bonnie Tyler - The Best (2 weeks # 1)

 

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"The Best" is a song written by Mike Chapman and Holly Knight, originally recorded by Bonnie Tyler on her 1988 release "Hide Your Heart". The single reached #10 in Norway and Portugal, #34 in Spain and #95 in the UK.

Edited July 13, 201312 yr by AlexRange

 

05.03.1988 : Eight Wonder - I´m Not Scared (3 weeks # 1)

 

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"I'm Not Scared" is a 1988 song recorded by British pop band Eighth Wonder. It was the first single from the album Fearless and group's fifth single, and was released in 1988. It achieved success in France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany and UK, where it was a top ten hit. Written by the Pet Shop Boys, the original version contains several words in French-language. "J'ai pas peur", the B-side of the vinyl, is the French adaptation of "I'm Not Scared".

Edited July 13, 201312 yr by AlexRange

 

12.03.1988 : Primitives - Crash (4 weeks # 1)

 

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The Primitives are a British indie pop band from Coventry, best known for their 1988 international hit single "Crash". Formed in 1985, disbanded in 1991 and reformed in 2009, the band's two constants throughout their recording career have been vocalist Tracy Tracy and guitarist Paul Court. Drummer Tig Williams has been a constant since 1988, and the reformed line-up is completed by bassist Raph Moore.

 

"Crash" is a song written by The Primitives band members Paul Court, Steve Dullaghan and Tracy Spencer. The song was first recorded by The Primitives for their 1988 debut album Lovely. This version of the song was released as a single and a cassette in 1988 and peaked at number five on United Kingdom singles chart and number three on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks.

Edited July 7, 201312 yr by AlexRange

 

16.04.1988 : Bananarama - I Want You Back (2 weeks # 1)

 

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"I Want You Back" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album "Wow!" and was released as its fourth and final single. with the 1988 compilation album "Greatest Hits Collection". The track was co-written and produced by the Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW) trio. Keren Woodward played bass guitar on the track.

 

Originally recorded with Siobhan Fahey for the Wow! album, "I Want You Back" is the first Bananarama release to feature new group member Jacquie O'Sullivan who replaced Fahey in March 1988. The song was then re-recorded with O'Sullivan for its release as a single.

 

The song became one of Bananarama's highest-charting hits, peaking at number five in the UK singles chart. It also climbed into the top three in Australia and the top ten in New Zealand. "I Want You Back" was not released in the United States.

Edited July 13, 201312 yr by AlexRange

 

07.05.1988 : Belinda Carlisle - Circle In The Sand (1 week # 1)

 

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"Circle in the Sand" is a song recorded by Belinda Carlisle and released in 1988 from her album "Heaven on Earth".

 

The third single, "Circle in the Sand", reached the top 10 position in many countries among them U.K. (#4), U.S. (#7) and Canada (#5).

 

"Circle in the Sand" was written by Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley, who wrote many of Carlisle's hit singles in the late 1980s and into the early 1990s. The first known appearance of the song in progress is from the Lost Heaven Demos bootleg which features a solid drum beat, lead keyboard line and simple bass with no guitars present, and completed lyrics. The final album version of the song features a unique lead keyboard theme provided by Thomas Dolby, combined with a thumping bassline and accentuated with swirling and shimmering guitar effects. The combined effect has been compared to songs by the Shangri-Las, such as their song "Remember (Walking in the Sand)".

Edited July 13, 201312 yr by AlexRange

 

14.05.1988 : Kylie Minogue - Got To Be Certain (4 weeks # 1)

 

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"Got to Be Certain" is a song by Australian recording artist and songwriter Kylie Minogue from her debut studio album Kylie (1988). It was written and produced by Stock, Aitken and Waterman, who also produced Minogue's first four albums. The song was released as the second single from Kylie in most territories outside Australia and was released on 2 May 1988 in Australia and the UK.

 

The song became Minogue's second top five hit when it debuted at number fifteen on the singles chart before climbing the chart in the weeks that followed, peaking at number two and remaining there for three weeks. It eventually sold 278,000 copies. Outside of the UK, the song was also widely successful. It reached top 10 in many countries (Ireland, Germany, France, Norway, Switzerland, Austria). In New Zealand, it peaked at number two and stayed in the charts for 14 weeks, making it her most successful single in the country at that time.

 

In Australia, "Got to Be Certain" became the second single to enter the singles chart at number one, remaining in the top spot for three weeks.

Edited September 5, 201311 yr by AlexRange

 

11.06.1988 : Darling Buds - It's All Up To You (2 weeks # 1)

 

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The Darling Buds were a rock band from Newport, South Wales. The band formed in 1986 and were named after the H. E. Bates novel "The Darling Buds of May" – a title taken in turn, from the third line of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18: "Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May".

 

Influenced by the catchy simple sound of the early Beatles, the band created melodic, hook-driven, short-duration singles. They were considered part of the short lived "Blonde" movement (indie rock band fronted by blonde female singer with all other members being dark-haired males) along with the likes of The Primitives and Transvision Vamp, but also referenced the C86 scene of a few years earlier.

 

The Darling Buds formed in Caerleon near Newport, South Wales, in 1986, by the then 19-year-old Andrea Lewis. Their debut single, "If I Said", was released on February 1987 and was well received.

 

"It's All Up To You" was their second single. (# 86 in UK chart)

Edited September 5, 201311 yr by AlexRange

 

25.06.1988 : Eighth Wonder - Cross My Heart (2 weeks # 1)

 

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"Cross My Heart" is a 1987 song recorded by British pop band Eighth Wonder. It was the second single from the album Fearless and group's sixth single, and was released in 1988. It which proved to be almost as successful chart wise as "I'm Not Scared", reaching the top ten in Italy, Norway and Switzerland, and the top twenty in France, Germany and United Kingdom (# 13). It was a minor success in the US, peaking at number 56, but remains the band's only American top 75 hit single.

Edited September 7, 201311 yr by AlexRange

 

09.07.1988 : Big Trouble - Crazy World (1 week # 1)

 

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"Crazy World" is a song by the American female pop group Big Trouble. It was released as the leading single from the band's debut and only album "Big Trouble".

 

The song was released in 1987 within America and the UK, where it peaked at #71 in America for one week but failed to chart in the UK. During 1988, and as the band's last release, the song was issued once again in the UK as a Maxi CD Single. The release attempted to follow the minor success of the 1988 single "When the Love is Good". The CD Single managed to peak at #96 for one week. As a result of the small success for the release, the group dissolved soon after.

Edited September 11, 201311 yr by AlexRange

 

16.07.1988 : Kim Wilde - You Came (4 weeks # 1)

 

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"You Came" is the second single from the Kim Wilde album "Close".

 

The single became one of the biggest hits of her long career topping the charts throughout Europe and reaching #3 in the UK Singles Chart, although it did not continue her success in United States.

 

The song was released during the summer of 1988, while Wilde was supporting Michael Jackson on the European leg of his tour (the video for "You Came" showed material from the concerts as well as backstage footage). With the "Close" album becoming a best-seller, this was arguably the point where Wilde was at the pinnacle of her career as "You Came" reached the top ten in charts all over the world.

Edited September 11, 201311 yr by AlexRange

Hi Alex, surprising (but good) to see Big Trouble in there, and also Kim Wilde - number one in my chart too:)

 

cheers!

john

 

13.08.1988 : Belinda Carlisle - Mad About You (1 week # 1)

 

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"Mad About You" is a pop song written by Paula Jean Brown, James Whelan and Mitchel Young Evans for Belinda Carlisle's debut solo album "Belinda". It was released as the album's first single, in 1986, as a CD single (one of the first ever marketed). It was her first hit after leaving the Go-Go's, peaking at number three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and at number one on the Canadian Singles Chart, but only reached # 67 in UK Singles Chart.

Edited September 13, 201311 yr by AlexRange

I like this idea. I think I will do a Tony's Fictitious Number 1s of the 1990s.

I think I have it - Alex isn't horrendously prejudiced, he's clinically deaf and looks are all he has to go on.

I think I have it - Alex isn't horrendously prejudiced, he's clinically deaf and looks are all he has to go on.

 

using that logic all rap and metal fans are also racist homophobic and the extra bonus of misogynistic to boot....because of course image has nothing to do with either genre. Not. Some people like girlie white pop stars, some people like macho black rappers, some like long-haired shouty rockers with guitars, some like all of them. Some don't. Don't like Alex's list? So why do you keep on reading it surely by now youve got the general feel for the sort of stuff he likes and know you dont agree with it...?

 

Just to point out, Alex's postings get WAY more hits than mine and mine cover 50 years and all genres (albeit mostly just charts) so he must at least be of interest!

 

20.08.1988 : Jane Wiedlin - Rush Hour (1 week # 1)

 

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"Rush Hour" is a pop song by Go Go's guitarist Jane Wiedlin, taken from her second album "Fur". It was backed by a fellow album track, the percussive, melancholy "End of Love".

 

"Rush Hour" was Wiedlin's most successful single, reaching #9 in the USA and #12 in Britain. The song is upbeat and features a mainly programmed backing, with an electric guitar solo. Its central hook is "Oooh you send me".

 

The music video which accompanied the single eschewed the traffic metaphor of the song for a lighter concept; a simple "performance" clip interspersed with footage of Wiedlin swimming with dolphins.