JULY 5th

 

1. HAPPY TALK - Captain Sensible

2. HEART (STOP BEATING IN TIME) - Leo Sayer

3. TORCH - Soft Cell

4. NOW THOSE DAYS ARE GONE - Bucks Fizz

5. ABRACADABRA - Steve Miller Band

6. BEATLES MOVIE MEDLEY - The Beatles

7. NO REGRETS - Midge Ure

8. SPACE AGE LOVE SONG - A Flock Of Seagulls

9. THE LOOK OF LOVE - ABC

10. FAME - IRENE CARA

 

11. MUSIC AND LIGHTS - Imagination

12. VIDEOTHEQUE - Dollar

13. DO I DO - Stevie Wonder

14. FAMILY MAN - Mike Oldfield

15. AVALON - Roxy Music

16. TAKE IT AWAY - Paul McCartney

17. A NIGHT TO REMEMBER - Shalamar

18. AFTER THE GOLDRUSH (1982 VERSION) - Prelude

19. LAS PALABRAS DE AMOUR - Queen

20. I'M A WONDERFUL THING (BABY) - Kid Creole & The Coconuts

 

Some oldies cover versions, some New Romantic classics, a dash of 80's soul. The Leo sayer song is a Bee Gees cover, The Mike Oldfield became a Hall & Oates cover, Prelude a Neil Young cover, etc etc. I stand by Bucks Fizz, much maligned, but beautifully crafted pop songs, and ABC's The Lexicon Of Love is one of the greatest albums of all time, bar very few other contenders. Immaculate. Pop music was great fun in the early MTV video 80's...

 

 

 

 

It's been a while, so here's another "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!

 

 

 

NOV 30th 1982:

 

1. (2) THE DAY BEFORE YOU CAME - Abba

2. (5) MIRROR MAN - Human League

3. (1) LIVING ON THE CEILING - Blancmange

4. (6) (SEXUAL) HEALING - Marvin gaye

5. (3) MANEATER - Hall & Oates

6. (9) WISHING (IF I HAD A PHOTOGRAPH OF YOU) - A Flock Of Seagulls

7. (4) STATE OF INDEPENDENCE - Donna Summer

8. (10) YOUNG GUNS (GO FOR IT) - Wham!

9. (7) MAD WORLD - Tears For Fears

10. (8) HEARTBREAKER - Dionne Warwick

 

11. (16) BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES - Modern Romance

12. (14) CRY BOY CRY - Blue Zoo

13. (--) TIME (CLOCK OF THE HEART) - Culture Club

14. (11) DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT ME - Culture Club

15. (17) THEME FOR HARRY'S GAME - Clannad

16. (27) SAVE YOUR LOVE - Renee & renate

17. (12) THE GIRL IS MINE - Paul McCartney/ Michael Jackson

18. (13) I DON'T WANNA DANCE - Eddy Grant

19. (40) TALK TALK - Talk Talk

20.(25) IT'S RAINING AGAIN - Supertramp

 

21. (18) LOVE ME DO - The Beatles

22. (19) MUSCLES - Diana Ross

23. (--) OUR HOUSE - Madness

24. (--) PEACE ON EARTH/LITTLE DRUMMER BOY - David Bowie/Bing Crosby

25. (--) THE YOUTH OF TODAY - Musical Youth

26. (15) YOU CAN DO MAGIC - America

27. (22) BACK ON TH3E CHAIN GANG - Pretenders

28. (23) REAP THE WILD WIND - Ultravox

29. (31) WHO CAN IT BE NOW - Men At Work

30. (20) JACK AND DIANE - John Cougar

 

31. (21) ANNIE I'M NOT YOUR DADDY - Kid Creole & The Coconuts

32. (--) DEAR ADDIE - Kid Creole & The Coconuts

33. (26) PASS THE DUTCHIE - Musical Youth

34. (35) RIO - Duran Duran

35. (--) CHEERS THEN - Bananarama

36. (32) HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN - Animals

37. (--) HYMN - Ultravox

38. (24) DO IT TO THE MUSIC - Raw Sil

39. (--) LOUISE - Phil Everley

40. (--) LOVE - John Lennon

 

 

So...30 years ago I was having a clear-out of the charts, lots of new entries - while there are some classics in the Top 10 I can see why the clear-out was going on with the likes of Renee & Renata & The Girl Is Mine in there lower down - ouch! Phil Everley was having a final chartfling attempt (of the Everley Brothers), Wham! debuted, still active acts like Human League, Madness, Duran and Bananarama were on a roll, and bad haircuts were much in evidence, most classically of all via A Flock Of Seagulls, the likes of which were never to be seen again!

 

But just look at the top 10, one of Abba's greatest, most subtle records at 1 (even if it failed to chart anywhere much in the real world, it was so obviously a great record), not to mention Marvin gaye's final classic, Blancmange brilliant hit, Hall & Oates in full swing, awesome Tears For Fears, and the late Donna with a fab version of Jon & Vangelis song.

"Videotheque" was the first song from Dollar, which I heard. It was a recomendation from another music forum, when I said, that I like Bucks Fizz and ABBA.

I love Bucks Fizz, they are the next stop for ABBA fans. [same connection for Scooch and Steps]

 

Like:

Bucks Fizz - Now Those Days Are Gone (it's not their best, but good song)

Dollar - Videotheque

Dollar - Give Me Some King Of Magic

Frida - I Know There's Something Going On [My favourite from her solo material: En Tango I Det Grönna]

ABBA - The Day Before You Came (# 1 again :wub:)

Renee & Renato - Save Your Love

 

Don't know this song from Pretenders.

ABC's The Lexicon Of Love is one of the greatest albums of all time, bar very few other contenders.

 

Absolutely! :) One of my favourite albums of all-time. And The Look of Love is one of the greatest songs of the 80's. I love video for this song too.

 

Nice to see original version of Family Man in your Charts. Can't say that Hall & Oates cover was any worse than the original, but i was always a bit upset that Oldfield has never charted with that one. And vocals performed by Maggie Reilly are brilliant there.

 

I'm agreed with Alex on Videotheque. Though my favourite Dollar song is Love's Gotta Hold on Me, this one is a solid pop song. And the title... Everybody's been so excited over the home video in the beginning of the 80's :D

 

I love A Flock of Seagulls, but haven't been familiar with "Space Age Love Song".

 

 

ABBA really deserved a No.1 hit with The Day Before You Came. Perhaps, ABBA's best love song.

 

"Videotheque" was the first song from Dollar, which I heard. It was a recomendation from another music forum, when I said, that I like Bucks Fizz and ABBA.

I love Bucks Fizz, they are the next stop for ABBA fans. [same connection for Scooch and Steps]

 

Like:

Bucks Fizz - Now Those Days Are Gone (it's not their best, but good song)

Dollar - Videotheque

Dollar - Give Me Some King Of Magic

Frida - I Know There's Something Going On [My favourite from her solo material: En Tango I Det Grönna]

ABBA - The Day Before You Came (# 1 again :wub:)

Renee & Renato - Save Your Love

 

Don't know this song from Pretenders.

thanks Alex, yes Bucks Fizz made some great records (their writers went on to write for Cher, Celine & others) & Dollar too (Trevor Horn went on to do ABC, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Seal among many) so the public image was all wrong, just as it was for Abba (but not quite so glaringly!) That Frida track is also my fave of hers, it's brilliant. I bought that Renee & Renata hit for my grandma 3 years ago, just before she died, she loved it.

 

cheers!

john

Absolutely! :) One of my favourite albums of all-time. And The Look of Love is one of the greatest songs of the 80's. I love video for this song too.

 

Nice to see original version of Family Man in your Charts. Can't say that Hall & Oates cover was any worse than the original, but i was always a bit upset that Oldfield has never charted with that one. And vocals performed by Maggie Reilly are brilliant there.

 

I'm agreed with Alex on Videotheque. Though my favourite Dollar song is Love's Gotta Hold on Me, this one is a solid pop song. And the title... Everybody's been so excited over the home video in the beginning of the 80's :D

 

I love A Flock of Seagulls, but haven't been familiar with "Space Age Love Song".

ABBA really deserved a No.1 hit with The Day Before You Came. Perhaps, ABBA's best love song.

 

Thanks Andrey I agree with every word you say there. My fave Dollar song may be Hand Held In Black & White or Shooting Star.:)

 

Maggie Reillyb was a great vocalist for Mike Oldfield yes, all great stuff:)

 

cheers john