Posted February 14, 201312 yr So, having started doing a Top 75 at the same time as the official charts in 1978, I also went for a 100 briefly (as it was published in Record Mirror in early 1983). I didn't keep it up though as it was too much work, and cut it back to 75 after a few weeks. As it tuned out, there was an invasion of Jam singles in the charts, so they qualified for mine (along with other oldies) so I needed the extra positions to chart what were actually some rather classic records. 1983 is a fave year of mine, some corkers in the charts, and the pop video was becoming an artform... JAN 4TH I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS Greg Lake 1 5 14 23 UNDER ATTACK Abba 2 1 2 4 HAPPY XMAS. WAR IS OVER John & Yoko 3 9 15 22 OUR HOUSE Madness 4 6 12 15 HEARTACHE AVENUE The Maisonettes 5 2 3 3 I FEEL LOVE (REMIX) Donna Summer 6 3 4 9 MIRROR MAN Human League 7 11 16 19 YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE Phil Collins 8 4 5 7 BUFFALO GALS Malcolm McLaren 9 10 10 13 THEME FROM "E.T." John Williams 10 8 8 16 CACHARPAYA Incantation 11 7 13 25 IF YOU CAN'T STAND THE HEAT Bucks Fizz 12 14 20 30 THE DAY BEFORE YOU CAME Abba 13 15 18 21 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY Slade 14 27 50 76 MY MAN Yoko Ono 15 24 40 64 LITTLE TOWN Cliff Richard 16 25 51 LIVING ON THE CEILING Blancmange 17 19 25 35 TIME (CLOCK OF THE HEART) Culture Club 18 17 17 29 DEAR ADDY Kid Creole & The Coconuts 19 28 52 86 A WINTER'S TALE David Essex 20 16 19 32 BEAT SURRENDER The Jam 21 31 34 53 LET'S GET THIS STRAIGHT FROM THE START Dexy's Midnight Runners 22 32 37 73 YOUNG GUNS (GO FOR IT) Wham! 23 21 28 45 HYMN Ultravox 24 26 30 54 OH DIANE Fleetwood Mac 25 22 9 6 ALL THE LOVE IN THE WORLD Dionne Warwick 26 18 23 43 CHRISTMAS BOP Marc Bolan 27 43 67 WISHING (IF I HAD A PHOTOGRAPH OF YOU) A Flock Of Seagulls 28 34 44 65 CHEERS THEN Bananarama 29 33 55 87 CHANGES Imagination 30 30 26 52 BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES Modern Romance 31 29 31 51 MANEATER Daryl Hall & John Oates 32 38 43 56 DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT ME Culture Club 33 35 39 42 (SEXUAL) HEALING Marvin Gaye 34 41 49 62 WHERE THE HEART IS Soft Cell 35 47 79 PEACE ON EARTH/ LITTLE DRUMMER BOY David Bowie/ Bing Crosby 36 39 57 LOVE John Lennon 37 44 68 MAD WORLD Tears For Fears 38 42 45 60 STEPPIN' OUT Joe Jackson 39 13 6 5 DOWN UNDER Men At Work 40 20 7 2 FRIENDS Shalamar 41 36 41 78 HI DE HI HI DE HO Kool & The Gang 42 50 56 SAVE YOUR LOVE Renee & Renata 43 49 66 THE BIRDIE SONG The Tweets 44 55 83 PARTY PARTY Elvis Costello 45 45 75 GLORIA Laura Branigan 46 46 33 27 LOVE ME DO The Beatles 47 51 60 70 HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS David Grant 48 67 94 HEARTBREAKER Dionne Warwick 49 54 71 NIGHTPORTER Japan 50 76 92 STATE OF INDEPENDENCE Donna Summer 51 59 72 CHRISTMAS WRAPPING The Waitresses 52 77 99 PASS THE DUTCHIE Musical Youth 53 56 65 91 BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG The Pretenders 54 53 61 82 ANNIE I'M NOT YOUR DADDY Kid Creole & The Coconuts 55 52 62 95 COME DANCING The Kinks 56 40 46 72 LAYLA Derek & The Dominoes 57 57 59 63 IT STARTED WITH A KISS Hot Chocolate 58 58 70 94 CHRISTMAS RAPPING Dizzy Heights 59 THE STORY OF THE BLUES Wah 60 12 1 1 IT'S RAINING AGAIN Supertramp 61 63 85 HI HO SILVER LINING Jeff Beck Group 62 62 74 THEME FROM "HARRY'S GAME" Clannad 63 65 77 COME ON EILEEN Dexy's Midnight Runners 64 68 82 SHADOWS OF THE NIGHT Pat Benatar 65 TRULY Lionel Richie 66 61 88 PARTY FEARS TWO The Associates 67 64 64 69 BLUE CHRISTMAS Shakin' Stevens 68 80 98 YOU CAN DO MAGIC America 69 48 54 61 HEARTLIGHT Neil Diamond 70 71 100 JOHN WAYNE IS BIG LEGGY Haysi Fantayzee 71 73 78 84 THE OTHER SIDE OF LOVE Yazoo 72 TAINTED LOVE Soft Cell 73 72 81 RIO Duran Duran 74 74 87 THEM Neil Innes 75 LOVE IS A STRANGER Eurythmics 76 HOLDING ME TIGHT The Pinkees 77 75 97 I DON'T WANNA DANCE Eddy Grant 78 78 I'M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN AND WRITE MYSELF A LETTER Barry Manilow 79 WHAM RAP Wham! 80 70 80 98 11TH JAN I HONESTLY LOVE YOU Olivia Newton-John 23 22 26 EUROPEAN FEMALE The Stranglers 37 11 8 MY LOVE IS WAITING Marvin Gaye 60 47 37 MANNEQUIN Kids From Fame 66 95 THE YOUTH OF TODAY Musical Youth 69 90 ORVILLE'S SONG Keith Harris & Orville 79 86 18TH JAN SILVER MACHINE Hawkwind 21 14 ONE ON ONE Daryl Hall & John Oates 24 24 IN THE NAME OF LOVE Sharon Redd 27 17 SIGN OF THE TIMES The Belle Stars 29 10 MY KIND OF GIRL Supertramp 32 31 WONDERFUL YOU ARE Sleeping Lions 35 47 UP WHERE WE BELONG Joe Cocker/ Jennifer Warnes 36 36 GASOLINE ALLEY Elkie Brooks 38 18 ELECTRIC AVENUE Eddy Grant 42 34 THE HARDER THEY COME Rocker's Revenge 48 48 NATURE BOY Central Line 53 46 FRONTLINE Stevie Wonder 58 58 WALKING ON SUNSHINE Rocker's Revenge 63 83 THE LOOK OF LOVE ABC 69 85 HOLD ME TIGHTER IN THE RAIN Billy Griffin 73 28 HURTS SO GOOD John Cougar 76 89 MIND UP TONIGHT Melba Moore 84 33 DIRTY LAUNDRY Don Henley 89 79 LET'S DANCE Rockolas/ Mike Reid 91 THE CHINESE WAY Level 42 93 71 PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE Cindy & The Saffrons 96 25TH JAN PLEASE PLEASE ME The Beatles 11 GOING UNDERGROUND The Jam 20 TOO SHY Kajagoogoo 38 ETON RIFLES The Jam 39 A TOWN CALLED MALICE The Jam 40 DOWN IN THE TUBE STATION AT MIDNIGHT The Jam 41 BILLIE JEAN Michael Jackson 44 STRANGE TOWN The Jam 49 WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG The Jam 50 FUNERAL PYRE The Jam 55 START The Jam 57 NEW YEAR'S DAY U2 59 HEY LITTLE GIRL Icehouse 66 ALRIGHT Christopher Cross 67 THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT The Jam 68 DAVID WATTS The Jam 74 THE CUTTER Echo & The Bunnymen 75 BABY COME TO ME Patti Austin/ James Ingram 77 LET'S STAY TOGETHER Bobby M 80 CHRISTIAN China Crisis 81 YOU ARE Lionel Richie 88 IN THE CITY The Jam 90 LAST NIGHT A DJ SAVED MY LIFE Indeep 92 CHANGE Tears For Fears 93 ALL AROUND THE WORLD The Jam 96 THE MODERN WORLD The Jam 97 SHINY SHINY Haysi Fantayzee 99 NEWS OF THE WORLD The Jam 100
February 15, 201312 yr Author FEBRUARY 1983....You may recognise a few of these... 1st FEB DOWN UNDER Men At Work 1 1 3 3 STEPPING OUT Joe Jackson 2 5 7 18 THE STORY OF THE BLUES Wah 3 6 11 19 SIGN OF THE TIMES The Belle Stars 4 3 4 4 AFRICA Toto 5 2 2 2 OH DIANE Fleetwood Mac 6 4 10 15 HEARTACHE AVENUE The Maisonettes 7 11 21 30 GOING UNDERGROUND The Jam 8 8 19 29 PLEASE PLEASE ME The Beatles 9 15 25 35 YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE Phil Collins 10 10 20 27 UNDER ATTACK Abba 11 18 24 33 GASOLINE ALLEY Elkie Brooks 12 27 40 56 EUROPEAN FEMALE The Stranglers 13 29 53 69 IN THE NAME OF LOVE Sharon Redd 14 22 46 64 I FEEL LOVE (REMIX) Donna Summer 15 23 35 43 BILLIE JEAN Michael Jackson 16 7 1 1 BUFFALO GALS Malcolm McLaren 17 21 30 37 TOO SHY Kajagoogoo 18 17 17 24 DOWN IN THE TUBE STATION AT MIDNIGHT The Jam 19 13 9 23 HOLD ME TIGHTER IN THE RAIN Billy Griffin 20 20 33 54 OUR HOUSE Madness 21 34 42 55 WHAM RAP Wham! 22 9 8 12 ELECTRIC AVENUE Eddy Grant 23 19 27 39 THE CUTTER Echo & The Bunnymen 24 12 5 7 MIRROR MAN Human League 25 33 37 42 THE DAY BEFORE YOU CAME Abba 26 32 34 36 UP WHERE WE BELONG Joe Cocker/ Jennifer Warnes 27 37 55 58 ONE ON ONE Daryl Hall & John Oates 28 26 26 45 GLORIA Laura Branigan 29 31 51 66 MY KIND OF LADY Supertramp 30 57 67 81 THEME FROM "E.T." John Williams 31 49 62 74 HEY LITTLE GIRL Icehouse 32 30 18 6 MIND UP TONIGHT Melba Moore 33 52 77 HAPPY XMAS. WAR IS OVER John & Yoko 34 43 44 46 I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS Greg Lake 35 44 45 47 SILVER MACHINE Hawkwind 36 59 65 76 CHRISTIAN China Crisis 37 16 6 5 CACHARPAYA Incantation 38 56 69 82 A TOWN CALLED MALICE The Jam 39 36 49 60 SHINY SHINY Haysi Fantayzee 40 24 16 10 1999" Prince 41 28 12 9 THE CHINESE WAY Level 42 42 41 32 44 NATURE BOY Central Line 43 40 38 52 LIVING ON THE CEILING Blancmange 44 51 56 61 THE HARDER THEY FALL Rocker's Revenge 45 25 13 11 WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG The Jam 46 45 63 79 STRANGE TOWN The Jam 47 47 68 83 TIME (CLOCK OF THE HEART) Culture Club 48 68 80 85 DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT ME Culture Club 49 53 57 62 DAVID WATTS The Jam 50 71 82 95 LAST NIGHT A DJ SAVED MY LIFE Indeep 51 46 61 77 ETON RIFLES The Jam 52 42 28 49 ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS The Jam 53 50 66 80 NEW YEAR'S DAY U2 54 14 14 21 A WINTER'S TALE David Essex 55 76 90 JODY America 56 48 48 48 I HONESTLY LOVE YOU Olivia Newton-John 57 80 96 IF YOU CAN'T STAND THE HEAT Bucks Fizz 58 82 THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT The Jam 59 64 87 BABY COME TO ME Patti Austin/ James Ingram 60 60 31 26 FUNERAL PYRE The Jam 61 69 81 98 YOUNG GUNS (GO FOR IT) Wham! 62 77 84 START The Jam 63 55 72 86 ALL AROUND THE WORLD The Jam 64 62 86 LET'S STAY TOGETHER Bobby M 65 93 MY LOVE IS WAITING Marvin Gaye 66 87 ALRIGHT Christopher Cross 67 63 59 59 MANEATER Daryl Hall & John Oates 68 78 78 84 ALL THE LOVE IN THE WORLD Dionne Warwick 69 100 DIRTY LAUNDRY Don Henley 70 70 54 63 YOU CAN DO MAGIC America 71 79 83 87 TWISTING BY THE POOL Dire Straits 72 67 74 88 NEWS OF THE WORLD The Jam 73 73 97 PARTY FEARS TWO The Associates 74 75 75 75 WISHING (IF I HAD A PHOTOGRAPH OF YOU) A Flock Of Seagulls 75 84 89 92 LAYLA Derek & The Dominoes 76 81 85 89 MAD WORLD Tears For Fears 77 88 98 FRONTLINE Stevie Wonder 78 86 (SEXUAL) HEALING Marvin Gaye 79 85 88 91 YOU ARE Lionel Richie 80 65 52 41 LOVE ME DO The Beatles 81 94 93 96 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY Slade 82 90 92 94 CHANGE Tears For Fears 83 35 15 14 MY MAN Yoko Ono 84 IN THE CITY The Jam 85 97 LOVE ON YOUR SIDE Thompson Twins 86 39 23 13 BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES Modern Romance 87 COME DANCING The Kinks 88 JOHN WAYNE IS BIG LEGGY Haysi Fantayzee 89 92 94 99 SWEET DREAMS (ARE MADE OF THIS) Eurythmics 90 54 47 32 WONDERFUL YOU ARE Sleeping Lions 91 BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG The Pretenders 92 99 HYMN Ultravox 93 THE MODERN WORLD The Jam 94 98 IT STARTED WITH A KISS Hot Chocolate 95 95 95 100 NEW FRONTIER Donald Fagen 96 72 76 CHANGES Imagination 97 THE LOVE PARADE The Undertones 98 SO CLOSE Diana Ross 99 PASS THE DUTCHIE Musical Youth 100 8th FEB JAILHOUSE ROCK Elvis Presley 38 22 22 THE BITTEREST PILL (I EVER SWALLOWED) The Jam 58 41 38 NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP Musical Youth 61 29 17 THE TUNNEL OF LOVE Fun Boy Three 66 36 16 I KNEW YOU WHEN Linda Ronstadt 74 64 68 I'VE GOT MINE UB40 83 71 71 FALL IN LOVE WITH ME Earth, Wind & Fire 89 43 65 BROTHER BRIGHT Ca Va Ca Va 91 91 78 WE'VE GOT TONITE Kenny Rogers & Sheena Easton 96 79 70 15th FEB GENETIC ENGINEERING OMD 39 20 IF YOU WANT TO BE HAPPY Rocky Sharpe & The Replays 50 50 TOMORROW'S JUST ANOTHER DAY Madness 58 28 TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART Bonnie Tyler 60 31 NEVER TOO MUCH Luther Vandross 70 40 COMMUNICATION Spandau Ballet 73 67 GET THE BALANCE RIGHT Depeche Mode 99 57 WAVES Blancmange 100 51 22nd FEB GENO Dexy's Midnight Runners 8 DROP THE PILOT Joan Armatrading 25 SHE MEANS NOTHING TO ME Clif Richard/ Phil Everley 34 AM I NORMAL David 53 SCATTERLINGS OF AFRICA Jaluka 72 COLD SWEAT Thin Lizzy 73 HE KNOWS YOU KNOW Marillion 90 EYES OF ICE Scarlet Party 93 I'LL BE THERE The Pinkees 97
February 19, 201312 yr I was born in 1983. :) I know, that 1983 is in most favourite years for many music fans, but I don't share this opinion. 1983 was weak music year for me, especially after ABBA and Blondie's domination in previous 5 years. Rocky Sharpe & The Replays here. I really like "If You Want To Be Happy", even if it's not ultimate "Martian Hop". Olivia Newton John was my # 1 in 1974. Another hits : Renee and Renato - Just One More Kiss Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart (# 1) Bananarama - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
February 19, 201312 yr Author I was born in 1983. :) I know, that 1983 is in most favourite years for many music fans, but I don't share this opinion. 1983 was weak music year for me, especially after ABBA and Blondie's domination in previous 5 years. Rocky Sharpe & The Replays here. I really like "If You Want To Be Happy", even if it's not ultimate "Martian Hop". Olivia Newton John was my # 1 in 1974. Another hits : Renee and Renato - Just One More Kiss Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart (# 1) Bananarama - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye Thanks Alex, Bananarama will feature soon, I dont know that Renee & Renata, and I'm fond of that Martian Hop record too, its fun. 1983 was a great year, long hot summer in the UK, and I was a young 25:) Wish I was 25 again (or 30 this year like you)! Being young is much more fun than being older....enjoy it all you younger people, I say! It flies by.... :) cheers john
March 23, 201312 yr Author Some brilliant stuff at the top of the charts, as the music video era really got cracking and British acts revitalised world music. Hooray! I recall fondly John Peel introducing new act Big Country on Top Of The Pops to the quip which slipped past censors: "up next the band that put the tree back into Big Country...) or something along those lines.. MARCH 1983: 1st March: BILLIE JEAN Michael Jackson 1 1 3 2 5 HEY LITTLE GIRL Icehouse 2 5 8 16 24 AFRICA Toto 3 10 13 17 23 TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART Bonnie Tyler 4 3 1 1 2 GENETIC ENGINEERING OMD 5 4 4 11 19 THE TUNNEL OF LOVE Fun Boy Three 6 7 11 21 37 DOWN UNDER Men At Work 7 11 14 20 21 SIGN OF THE TIMES The Belle Stars 8 14 17 22 32 SWEET DREAMS (ARE MADE OF THIS) Eurythmics 9 2 2 7 7 GENO Dexy's Midnight Runners 10 21 40 44 52 CHRISTIAN China Crisis 11 17 20 28 46 THE CUTTER Echo & The Bunnymen 12 22 24 35 42 SHE MEANS NOTHING TO ME Cliff Richard/ Phil Everley 13 9 9 6 13 SHINY SHINY Haysi Fantayzee 14 19 21 33 50 NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP Musical Youth 15 12 18 26 45 LOVE ON YOUR SIDE Thompson Twins 16 15 19 24 34 DROP THE PILOT Joan Armatrading 17 13 7 3 6 WAVES Blancmange 18 8 6 5 9 TOMORROW'S JUST ANOTHER DAY Madness 19 16 15 14 29 CHANGE Tears For Fears 20 24 28 46 64 WHAM RAP Wham! 21 25 25 37 56 OH DIANE Fleetwood Mac 22 28 34 45 61 THE STORY OF THE BLUES Wah 23 29 33 39 43 THE HARDER THEY FALL Rocker's Revenge 24 32 50 64 80 1999" Prince 25 26 35 50 65 BABY COME TO ME Patti Austin/ James Ingram 26 23 22 36 51 NA NA HEY HEY KISS HIM GOODBYE Bananarama 27 20 10 13 16 STEPPING OUT Joe Jackson 28 31 42 49 57 JAILHOUSE ROCK Elvis Presley 29 34 54 63 81 NEW YEAR'S DAY U2 30 36 48 61 83 TOO SHY Kajagoogoo 31 27 30 48 63 RUN FOR YOUR LIFE Bucks Fizz 32 18 12 12 12 YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE Phil Collins 33 33 44 56 69 ROCK THE BOAT Forrest 34 6 5 4 8 GET THE BALANCE RIGHT Depeche Mode 35 30 47 71 96 DOWN IN THE TUBE STATION AT MIDNIGHT The Jam 36 52 69 NEVER TOO MUCH Luther Vandross 37 43 74 83 HEARTACHE AVENUE The Maisonettes 38 44 56 69 78 DIRTY LAUNDRY Don Henley 39 54 72 91 UNDER ATTACK Abba 40 42 46 55 59 THE DAY BEFORE YOU CAME Abba 41 41 41 41 41 GOING UNDERGROUND The Jam 42 51 60 77 87 IF YOU WANT TO BE HAPPY Rocky Sharpe & The Replays 43 38 43 38 48 BUFFALO GALS Malcolm McLaren 44 53 61 67 77 SCATTERLINGS OF AFRICA Jaluka 45 45 79 100 MIRROR MAN Human League 46 48 55 58 62 COMMUNICATION Spandau Ballet 47 47 67 79 93 HAPPY XMAS. WAR IS OVER John & Yoko 48 49 51 52 53 I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS Greg Lake 49 50 52 53 54 PLEASE PLEASE ME The Beatles 50 60 77 89 I FEEL LOVE (REMIX) Donna Summer 51 55 63 73 84 ELECTRIC AVENUE Eddy Grant 52 68 91 98 THE BITTEREST PILL (I EVER SWALLOWED) The Jam 53 57 70 80 88 AM I NORMAL David 54 70 88 YOU ARE Lionel Richie 55 67 97 OUR HOUSE Madness 56 59 62 68 72 I FEEL LOVE (REMIX) Daryl Hall & John Oates 57 61 76 95 UP WHERE WE BELONG Joe Cocker/ Jennifer Warnes 58 63 85 WE'VE GOT TONITE Kenny Rogers & Sheena Easton 59 46 29 32 47 ETON RIFLES The Jam 60 66 81 92 HIGH LIFE Modern Romance 61 40 31 31 30 HOLD ME TIGHTER IN THE RAIN Billy Griffin 62 82 LIVING ON THE CEILING Blancmange 63 65 65 65 71 DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT ME Culture Club 64 64 66 66 68 HAPPY XMAS. WAR IS OVER Earth, Wind & Fire 65 94 GASOLINE ALLEY Elkie Brooks 66 79 94 THE CHINESE WAY Level 42 67 88 A TOWN CALLED MALICE The Jam 68 73 80 87 95 JODY America 69 76 93 NATURE BOY Central Line 70 AM I NORMAL Scarlet Party 71 71 98 COLD SWEAT Thin Lizzy 72 62 100 PARTY FEARS TWO The Associates 73 75 78 81 82 IN THE NAME OF LOVE Sharon Redd 74 86 PHONE HOME Johnny Chingas 75 39 49 57 76 GLORIA Laura Branigan 76 96 EUROPEAN FEMALE The Stranglers 77 89 ALRIGHT Christopher Cross 78 THEME FROM "E.T." John Williams 79 93 MANEATER Daryl Hall & John Oates 80 81 83 86 89 HE KNOWS YOU KNOW Marillion 81 SILVER MACHINE Hawkwind 82 84 BOXERBEAT Joboxers 83 83 82 54 17 WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG The Jam 84 87 ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS The Jam 85 85 89 97 I'LL BE THERE The Pinkees 86 77 I KNEW YOU WHEN Linda Ronstadt 87 YOU CAN DO MAGIC America 88 92 OUT ON THE FLOOR Dobie Grey 89 95 I'VE GOT MINE UB40 90 LAYLA Derek & The Dominoes 91 91 TIME (CLOCK OF THE HEART) Culture Club 92 (SEXUAL) HEALING Marvin Gaye 93 99 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY Slade 94 THE WOMAN IN ME Donna Summer 95 80 MY KIND OF LADY Supertramp 96 STRANGE TOWN The Jam 97 WISHING (IF I HAD A PHOTOGRAPH OF YOU) A Flock Of Seagulls 98 98 LOVED ONE'S AN ANGEL Blue Zoo 99 BROTHER BRIGHT Ca Va Ca Va 100 8th March new entries RIP IT UP Orange Juice 35 16 8 4 SHAME ON THE MOON Bob Seger 37 36 43 66 BREAKAWAY Tracey Ullman 56 26 18 15 DER KOMMISAR After The Fire 58 27 27 27 BREAKING US IN TWO Joe Jackson 69 59 59 79 DO YOU WANNA HOLD ME Bow Wow Wow 72 45 25 25 SPEAK LIKE A CHILD The Style Council 74 57 10 3 YOU CAN'T HIDE YOUR LOVE David Joseph 78 37 29 22 MIDNIGHT SUMMER DREAM The Stranglers 90 58 72 NO PROBLEM Powell Family 97 ORCHARD ROAD Leo Sayer 100 87 40 10 15th March new entries SOWETO Malcolm McLaren 23 30 49 NUMBERS Soft Cell 32 42 75 LET'S DANCE David Bowie 38 9 1 WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND Nick Heyward 39 19 18 DON'T LET HIM STEAL YOUR HEART AWAY Phil Collins 53 51 70 CATH The Bluebells 64 78 98 SO GOOD SO PURE SO KIND Landscape III 68 76 100 OBLIVIOUS Aztec Camera 71 84 HANGIN' Chic 73 85 SLIPPING AWAY Dave Edmunds 75 70 20 LET IT LOOSE Chris Rea 84 75 73 MAGGIE Foster & Allen 86 82 74 GARDEN PARTY Mezzoforte 90 47 31 VISIONS IN BLUE Ultravox 92 62 35 TAINTED LOVE Dave Phillips & The Hot Rod Gang 95 90 TELEPHONE OPERATOR Pete Shelley 96 93 90 JOY Band AKA 99 34 33 22nd March new entries DO YOU FEEL MY LOVE/LIVING ON THE FRONTLINE Eddy Grant 15 14 DON'T TALK TO ME ABOUT LOVE Altered Images 23 11 IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW Duran Duran 60 39 CRY ME A RIVER Mari Wilson 74 60 THE SIAMESE CAT SONG Dave Stewart/ Barabara Gaskin 94 67 YOU DISAPPEAR FROM VIEW The Teardrop Explodes 96 ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES Japan 99 29th March new entries WORDS FR David 26 CELTIC SOUL BROTHERS Dexy's Midnight Runners 28 FIELDS OF FIRE Big Country 36 ROSANNA Toto 38 WORDS The Tremeloes 40 BEAT IT Michael Jackson 44 HOPE (I WISH YOU'D BELIEVE ME) Wah! 55 TOO MUCH LOVE L.G.T. 58 2 HEARTS BEAT AS ONE U2 85 YOU ARE IN MY SYSTEM Robert Palmer 86 OVERKILL Motorhead 92 LAST FILM Kissing The PInk 94 MR ROBOTO Styx 97 24 HOURS 10CC 99
April 12, 201312 yr Author I'm biased but 1983 was just fabulous for great big pop singles, and fun videos. Witnesses up next: APRIL 1983 6TH APRIL LET'S DANCE David Bowie 1 1 1 2 SPEAK LIKE A CHILD The Style Council 2 6 10 15 BREAKAWAY Tracey Ullman 3 5 8 12 TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART Bonnie Tyler 4 8 16 22 BOXERBEAT Joboxers 5 13 19 29 DON'T TALK TO ME ABOUT LOVE Altered Images 6 4 11 17 RIP IT UP Orange Juice 7 11 21 35 BILLIE JEAN Michael Jackson 8 9 15 18 SWEET DREAMS (ARE MADE OF THIS) Eurythmics 9 17 24 31 ORCHARD ROAD Leo Sayer 10 14 22 34 DROP THE PILOT Joan Armatrading 11 21 32 46 DO YOU FEEL MY LOVE/LIVING ON THE FRONTLINE Eddy Grant 12 18 27 44 IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW Duran Duran 13 16 12 14 CELTIC SOUL BROTHERS Dexy's Midnight Runners 14 10 14 26 ROCK THE BOAT Forrest 15 22 29 42 FIELDS OF FIRE Big Country 16 15 13 21 CHURCH OF THE POISONED MIND Culture Club 17 2 2 3 WAVES Blancmange 18 25 33 45 WORDS FR David 19 7 6 5 SLIPPING AWAY Dave Edmunds 20 29 41 54 WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND Nick Heyward 21 19 26 37 NA NA HEY HEY KISS HIM GOODBYE Bananarama 22 26 36 48 JOY Band AKA 23 30 51 RUN FOR YOUR LIFE Bucks Fizz 24 36 52 SHE MEANS NOTHING TO ME Cliff Richard/ Phil Everley 25 37 48 71 VISIONS IN BLUE Ultravox 26 35 61 GARDEN PARTY Mezzoforte 27 31 54 DOWN UNDER Men At Work 28 33 39 43 BEAT IT Michael Jackson 29 12 9 7 YOU CAN'T HIDE YOUR LOVE David Joseph 30 46 BLUE MONDAY New Order 31 24 23 23 GENETIC ENGINEERING OMD 32 43 50 52 AFRICA Toto 33 42 46 51 ROSANNA Toto 34 34 31 20 LAST FILM Kissing The PInk 35 23 5 11 2 HEARTS BEAT AS ONE U2 36 28 35 61 HOPE (I WISH YOU'D BELIEVE ME) Wah! 37 51 HEY LITTLE GIRL Icehouse 38 45 47 50 DER KOMMISAR After The Fire 39 58 58 WORDS The Tremeloes 40 57 70 THE DAY BEFORE YOU CAME Abba 41 41 42 41 LOVE ON YOUR SIDE Thompson Twins 42 61 SIGN OF THE TIMES The Belle Stars 43 48 65 THE TUNNEL OF LOVE Fun Boy Three 44 62 THE STORY OF THE BLUES Wah 45 47 56 59 THE CUTTER Echo & The Bunnymen 46 52 63 70 TOMORROW'S JUST ANOTHER DAY Madness 47 70 DO YOU WANNA HOLD ME Bow Wow Wow 48 65 YOUNG FREE AND SINGLE Sunfire 49 39 34 32 CRY ME A RIVER Mari Wilson 50 40 59 MIGHTY HANDS OF LOVE Animal Nightlife 51 37 43 CHRISTIAN China Crisis 52 59 68 MAGGIE Foster & Allen 53 YOU ARE IN MY SYSTEM Robert Palmer 54 32 30 24 HAPPY XMAS. WAR IS OVER John & Yoko 55 55 55 56 I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS Greg Lake 56 56 57 58 TOO MUCH LOVE L.G.T. 57 OOH TO BE AH Kajagoogoo 58 50 44 66 HIGH LIFE Modern Romance 59 TELEGRAPH OMD 60 54 28 27 NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP Musical Youth 61 MIRROR MAN Human League 62 63 67 69 GENO Dexy's Midnight Runners 63 71 UNDER ATTACK Abba 64 66 71 SHINY SHINY Haysi Fantayzee 65 DON'T LET HIM STEAL YOUR HEART AWAY Phil Collins 66 24 HOURS 10CC 67 67 WE'VE GOT TONITE Kenny Rogers & Sheena Easton 68 DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT ME Culture Club 69 69 72 72 OVERKILL Men At Work 70 27 7 6 OH DIANE Fleetwood Mac 71 STEPPING OUT Joe Jackson 72 THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT Tracie 73 20 20 28 IF YOU WANNA BE HAPPY Rocky Sharpe & The Replays 74 SNOT RAP Kenny Everett 75 60 74 New Entries 13th APRIL LOVE IS A STRANGER Eurythmics 3 3 4 TRUE LOVE WAYS Cliff Richard 44 25 19 SWEET MEMORY The Belle Stars 49 49 WAR PARTY Eddy Grant 53 38 38 I'M NEVER GIVING UP Sweet Dreams 64 64 62 SERIOUS DANCING Via Marconi 68 STAND BY Roman Holliday 72 WHERE I STAND The Maisonettes 73 62 57 MY JAMAICAN GUY Grace Jones 75 New Entries 20th APRIL (KEEP FEELING) FASCINATION Human League 4 1 FROM ME TO YOU The Beatles 17 8 FAMILY MAN Daryl Hall & John Oates 18 9 OUR LIPS ARE SEALED Fun Boy Three 37 10 WE ARE DETECTIVE The Thompson Twins 40 13 TRUE" Spandau Ballet 45 33 CHANGE OF HEART Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 53 49 CANDY GIRL New Edition 60 60 SHE'S IN PARTIES Bauhaus 66 40 JEOPARDY The Greg Kihn Band 69 36 HEARTBREAKER Musical Youth 73 65 TWIST (ROUND 'N' ROUND) Chil-Fac-Torr 75 39 New Entries 27th APRIL TEMPTATION Heaven 17 16 CAN'T GET USED TO LOSING YOU The Beat 25 FRIDAY NIGHT (LIVE) The Kids From Fame 30 DOOT DOOT Freur 47 STREET CAFE Icehouse 53 SOLITAIRE Laura Branigan 55 MR ROBOTO Styx 63 CAN'T GO BACK Fleetwood Mac 64 I'LL SLAP YOUR FACE Jonathan King 67 I AM (I'M ME) Twisted Sister 68 WAITING FOR A TRAIN Flash & The Pan 73 NOW AND THEN B.A. Robertson 74 JOHNNY B. GOODE Peter Tosh 75
April 15, 201312 yr Good night, John. I was sure in Bonnie's first place. No doubt, "I'm Never Giving Up" is my huge favourite from the last part. Another hit for Bucks Fizz :cheer: Which position was a peak for "The Day Before You Came" ? Will listen Mary Wilson songs, when I find a little free time. :)
April 15, 201312 yr Author Good night, John. I was sure in Bonnie's first place. No doubt, "I'm Never Giving Up" is my huge favourite from the last part. Another hit for Bucks Fizz :cheer: Which position was a peak for "The Day Before You Came" ? Will listen Mary Wilson songs, when I find a little free time. :) Hi Alex, Hope you having a good evening too:) The Day Before You Came was number one for 6 weeks and hung around my charts for 2 years. I liked it! I'm interested to see what position Sweet Dreams got to after the eurovision contest in the May list because Ive forgotten!:) cheers! john
April 18, 201312 yr The Day Before You Came was number one for 6 weeks and hung around my charts for 2 years. I liked it! I'm interested to see what position Sweet Dreams got to after the eurovision contest in the May list because Ive forgotten!:) ABBA :yahoo: Predict : top 40 for Sweet Dreams "Fresh" video from my favourite Youtube channel : Vulcano - Een Beetje Van Dit (March 1983) bDm00EOSY0Q Mixed pop groups :wub: Sad, that we don't have any group in ABBA's style today. Edited April 18, 201312 yr by AlexRange
April 19, 201312 yr Author ABBA :yahoo: Predict : top 40 for Sweet Dreams "Fresh" video from my favourite Youtube channel : Vulcano - Een Beetje Van Dit (March 1983) bDm00EOSY0Q Mixed pop groups :wub: Sad, that we don't have any group in ABBA's style today. Thanks Alex, they'll probably be back in vogue again one day, things run in cycles. Thanks for the video, perms on men is a fashion crime many of us were guilty of back then:) cheers john
May 15, 201312 yr Author Into May and 1983 keeps on with the classic pop singles, dominated by the Fun Boy 3/Gogos song collaboration, and what a brilliant song to go out with in both cases. So good it kept the truly awesome Heaven 17 single off the top. Temptation sounds as exciting and fresh as the day it was released. To me... It might have been the video age, but Beatles, Presley, Marley, Lennon oldies still in there. MAY 3rd chart (KEEP FEELING) FASCINATION Human League 1 2 2 6 OUR LIPS ARE SEALED Fun Boy Three 2 1 1 1 TEMPTATION Heaven 17 3 3 3 2 FAMILY MAN Daryl Hall & John Oates 4 4 7 8 LET'S DANCE David Bowie 5 6 9 12 CHURCH OF THE POISONED MIND Culture Club 6 11 12 20 FROM ME TO YOU The Beatles 7 19 27 39 WORDS FR David 8 12 15 23 LAST FILM Kissing The PInk 9 8 21 35 LOVE IS A STRANGER Eurythmics 10 16 20 27 OVERKILL Men At Work 11 14 18 26 WE ARE DETECTIVE The Thompson Twins 12 10 19 29 BEAT IT Michael Jackson 13 21 24 33 TRUE" Spandau Ballet 14 9 11 18 CAN'T GET USED TO LOSING YOU The Beat 15 5 4 7 TRUE LOVE WAYS Cliff Richard 16 30 32 55 STREET CAFE Icehouse 17 13 23 9 BLUE MONDAY New Order 18 28 29 42 ROSANNA Toto 19 31 35 53 BREAKAWAY Tracey Ullman 20 26 28 44 MISS THE GIRL The Creatures 21 7 8 17 BILLIE JEAN Michael Jackson 22 25 26 32 IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW Duran Duran 23 36 42 63 JEOPARDY The Greg Kihn Band 24 20 17 11 SPEAK LIKE A CHILD The Style Council 25 33 33 41 CANDY GIRL New Edition 26 23 10 19 TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART Bonnie Tyler 27 34 36 47 PALE SHELTER Tears For Fears 28 15 6 5 DANCING TIGHT Galaxy 29 17 16 22 DON'T TALK TO ME ABOUT LOVE Altered Images 30 38 41 52 FRIDAY NIGHT (LIVE) The Kids From Fame 31 37 37 58 TWIST (ROUND 'N' ROUND) Chil-Fac-Torr 32 29 43 65 FIELDS OF FIRE Big Country 33 48 65 YOU ARE IN MY SYSTEM Robert Palmer 34 45 57 69 FLIGHT OF ICARUS Iron Maiden 35 32 31 54 WAR PARTY Eddy Grant 36 35 55 BOXERBEAT Joboxers 37 47 61 SHE'S IN PARTIES Bauhaus 38 54 WHAT KIND OF BOY YOU LOOKING FOR (GIRL) Hot Chocolate 39 24 5 3 I GUESS THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT THE BLUES Elton John 40 22 22 14 SWEET DREAMS (ARE MADE OF THIS) Eurythmics 41 44 47 57 THE DAY BEFORE YOU CAME Abba 42 43 44 46 ORCHARD ROAD Leo Sayer 43 51 51 59 CELTIC SOUL BROTHERS Dexy's Midnight Runners 44 58 74 SOLITAIRE Laura Branigan 45 52 68 DOWN UNDER Men At Work 46 49 52 56 RIP IT UP Orange Juice 47 55 63 71 MR ROBOTO Styx 48 39 56 THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT Tracie 49 65 I'LL SLAP YOUR FACE Jonathan King 50 50 48 64 YOUNG FREE AND SINGLE Sunfire 51 68 WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND Nick Heyward 52 67 I'M NEVER GIVING UP Sweet Dreams 53 40 60 DOOT DOOT Freur 54 71 HEY LITTLE GIRL Icehouse 55 60 62 68 HAPPY XMAS. WAR IS OVER John & Yoko 56 57 58 61 TELEGRAPH OMD 57 TWILIGHT ZONE Golden Earring 58 61 DO YOU FEEL MY LOVE/LIVING ON THE FRONTLINE Eddy Grant 59 63 69 I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS Greg Lake 60 62 64 67 ROCK THE BOAT Forrest 61 75 71 75 THE STORY OF THE BLUES Wah 62 64 67 70 WAVES Blancmange 63 CAN'T GO BACK Fleetwood Mac 64 59 I AM (I'M ME) Twisted Sister 65 LITTLE RED CORVETTE Prince 66 27 14 13 SLIPPING AWAY Dave Edmunds 67 WAITING FOR A TRAIN Flash & The Pan 68 42 30 30 DROP THE PILOT Joan Armatrading 69 GENETIC ENGINEERING OMD 70 AFRICA Toto 71 73 73 74 FEEL THE NEED IN ME Forrest 72 72 59 36 CHANGE OF HEART Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 73 DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT ME Culture Club 74 74 72 72 EVEN NOW Bob Seger 75 10th MAY new entries JULIET Robin Gibb 18 13 10 SWEET MEMORY The Belle Stars 41 39 34 WHIRLEY GIRL Oxo 46 34 43 BLIND VISION Blancmange 53 25 15 SHIPBUILDING Robert Wyatt 56 38 31 HEY Julio Iglesias 66 STOP AND GO David Grant 69 50 38 NOW AND THEN B.A. Robertson 70 17th MAY new entries BABY I DON'T CARE Elvis Presley 40 48 NOT NOW JOHN Pink Floyd 45 45 I'LL NEVER LOVE THIS WAY AGAIN Dionne Warwick 46 37 COMO ESTA USTED Coati Mundi 49 49 JULIE Daniel 53 51 BUFFALO SOLDIER Bob Marley & The Wailers 54 28 DON'T STOP THAT CRAZY RHYTHM Modern Romance 66 60 BAD BOYS Wham! 70 25 STUBBORN KIND OF FELLOW Fat Larry's Band 75 24th MAY new entries CHINA GIRL David Bowie 4 EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE The Police 16 NOBODY'S DIARY Yazoo 21 JUST GOT LUCKY Joboxers 24 THE HEAT IS ON Agnetha Faltskog 40 MUSIC D Train 50 I LOVE IT WHEN YOU CALL ME NAMES Joan Armatrading 62 MORNING Al Jarreau 66 IT MIGHT BE YOU Stephen Bishop 73
May 15, 201312 yr Same time period, which I listen for my retro thread. Sweet Dreams, They did it :cheer: "Our Lips Are Sealed" were top 10 hit for Go-Gos. 1983 wasn't so bad, as I predict in past, even if most my # 1s didn't reach top 50 in official charts. I found nice Russian archive with full UK Singles Chart history (even with top 100 for some years , UKMix forum used only top 75 in that period) Agnetha's song is very dance for me, will wait "Wrap Your Arms Around Me".
May 15, 201312 yr Author Same time period, which I listen for my retro thread. Sweet Dreams, They did it :cheer: "Our Lips Are Sealed" were top 10 hit for Go-Gos. 1983 wasn't so bad, as I predict in past, even if most my # 1s didn't reach top 50 in official charts. I found nice Russian archive with full UK Singles Chart history (even with top 100 for some years , UKMix forum used only top 75 in that period) Agnetha's song is very dance for me, will wait "Wrap Your Arms Around Me". Thanks Alex, You were actually bang on with Sweet Dreams, exactly number 40! Good guess! :lol: I always liked The Heat Is On but I never loved it the way I did Abba stuff, and UK radio didnt really play the follow-ups (and I didnt have enough money for albums in those days, poor me) so all of Agnetha's under-performed in my charts. Not any more of course, there will be 3 in next weeks chart :yahoo: cheers john
June 9, 201312 yr Author JUNE 1983 gorgeous hot sunny weather, Bowie Police and a forgotten Bucks Fizz goodie at the top..and loads elsewhere, great times for pop... 1st JUNE chart CHINA GIRL David Bowie 1 2 1 4 7 EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE The Police 2 1 2 2 2 WHAT KIND OF BOY YOU LOOKING FOR (GIRL) Hot Chocolate 3 7 11 18 25 OUR LIPS ARE SEALED Fun Boy Three 4 6 10 13 19 I GUESS THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT THE BLUES Elton John 5 3 3 10 14 TEMPTATION Heaven 17 6 13 16 22 28 JUST GOT LUCKY Joboxers 7 5 9 12 26 NOBODY'S DIARY Yazoo 8 4 4 9 15 LITTLE RED CORVETTE Prince 9 22 26 37 44 BAD BOYS Wham! 10 11 18 28 33 (KEEP FEELING) FASCINATION Human League 11 15 17 20 22 FEEL THE NEED IN ME Forrest 12 10 19 29 43 BLIND VISION Blancmange 13 19 25 44 61 PALE SHELTER Tears For Fears 14 23 31 42 54 CAN'T GET USED TO LOSING YOU The Beat 15 20 24 32 38 LET'S DANCE David Bowie 16 18 20 21 24 CANDY GIRL New Edition 17 25 27 34 46 BUFFALO SOLDIER Bob Marley & The Wailers 18 12 13 24 31 FAMILY MAN Daryl Hall & John Oates 19 28 34 40 45 SHIPBUILDING Robert Wyatt 20 17 28 43 59 STREET CAFE Icehouse 21 29 36 47 56 WAITING FOR A TRAIN Flash & The Pan 22 8 6 5 9 TRUE" Spandau Ballet 23 31 33 51 JULIET Robin Gibb 24 49 57 THE HEAT IS ON Agnetha Faltskog 25 14 14 14 32 JEOPARDY The Greg Kihn Band 26 44 53 72 CHURCH OF THE POISONED MIND Culture Club 27 33 39 45 53 MISS THE GIRL The Creatures 28 39 46 66 DANCING TIGHT Galaxy 29 41 44 71 WORDS FR David 30 37 43 53 65 OVERKILL Men At Work 31 36 49 59 69 SWEET MEMORY The Belle Stars 32 55 STOP AND GO David Grant 33 27 23 52 I'LL NEVER LOVE THIS WAY AGAIN Dionne Warwick 34 34 51 BILLIE JEAN Michael Jackson 35 38 40 41 41 LOVE IS A STRANGER Eurythmics 36 45 48 55 60 IN A BIG COUNTRY Big Country 37 16 12 27 37 BEAT IT Michael Jackson 38 46 55 58 67 MUSIC D Train 39 48 66 FLASHDANCE...WHAT A FEELING Irene Cara 40 9 5 3 3 NOT NOW JOHN Pink Floyd 41 68 MONEY-GO-ROUND The Style Council 42 42 42 WE ARE DETECTIVE The Thompson Twins 43 60 71 FROM ME TO YOU The Beatles 44 56 63 LAST FILM Kissing The PInk 45 64 THE DAY BEFORE YOU CAME Abba 46 47 47 46 47 SPEAK LIKE A CHILD The Style Council 47 54 60 68 73 MORNING Al Jarreau 48 53 67 BLUE MONDAY New Order 49 69 75 TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART Bonnie Tyler 50 50 50 49 51 BREAKAWAY Tracey Ullman 51 59 56 64 71 WHIRLEY GIRL Oxo 52 73 I LOVE IT WHEN YOU CALL ME NAMES Joan Armatrading 53 61 DON'T STOP THAT CRAZY RHYTHM Modern Romance 54 JULIE Daniel 55 DOWN UNDER Men At Work 56 58 58 62 64 BABY I DON'T CARE Elvis Presley 57 COUNTDOWN Rush 58 71 ORCHARD ROAD Leo Sayer 59 65 68 SWEET DREAMS (ARE MADE OF THIS) Eurythmics 60 66 69 HAPPY XMAS. WAR IS OVER John & Yoko 61 62 62 63 63 BRING ME CLOSER Altered Images 62 30 22 19 30 DON'T TALK TO ME ABOUT LOVE Altered Images 63 70 73 MOONLIGHT SHADOW Mike Oldfield 64 35 35 25 6 COMO ESTA USTED Coati Mundi 65 LADY LOVE ME (ONE MORE TIME) George Benson 66 43 32 16 18 FLIGHT OF ICARUS Iron Maiden 67 GLORY GLORY Manchester United Football Club 68 67 IT MIGHT BE YOU Stephen Bishop 69 HEY LITTLE GIRL Icehouse 70 I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS Greg Lake 71 DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT ME Culture Club 72 72 72 IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW Duran Duran 73 THE SMILE David Essex 74 THAT'LL DO NICELY Bad Manners 75 8th JUNE new entries SHE'S A BEAUTY The Tubes 21 21 31 52 I DREAM TO SLEEP H2O 24 7 7 11 BABY JANE Rod Stewart 26 8 6 4 WANNA BE STARTIN' SOMETHING Michael Jackson 32 15 8 5 LOVE TOWN Booker Newbury III 40 38 30 39 (I JUST CAN'T) FORGIVE AND FORGET Blue Zoo 51 45 73 JUICY FRUIT M'Tume 52 37 61 HANG ON NOW Kajagoogoo 57 30 26 20 WE CAME TO DANCE Ultravox 63 52 39 49 LET'S LIVE IT UP (NITE PEOPLE) David Joseph 74 54 35 42 THE KIDS ARE BACK Twisted Sister 75 59 67 15th JUNE new entries WHEN WE WERE YOUNG Bucks Fizz 29 1 1 LOOKING AT MIDNIGHT Imagination 41 36 34 WONDERFUL Mari Wilson 61 50 48 PILLS AND SOAP The Imposter (Elvis Costello) 64 33 55 DARK IS THE NIGHT Shakatak 65 11 10 DON'T TRY TO STOP IT Roman Holiday 70 69 68 DEAD GIVEAWAY Shalamar 74 23 16 22nd JUNE new entries HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN Bonnie Tyler 15 8 ROCK 'N' ROLL IS KING E.L.O. 17 13 ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME Naked Eyes 38 36 I WON'T HOLD BACK Toto 48 35 WHEREVER I LAY MY HAT (THAT'S MY HOME) Paul Young 54 12 CONFUSION (HITS US EVERY TIME) The Truth 56 40 HERE WE'LL STAY STRANGERS Frida 57 57 GARDEN PARTY Marillion 60 27 WAR BABY Tom Robinson 65 21 TAKE THAT SITUATION Nick Heyward 70 23 IT'S A MISTAKE Men At Work 74 72 DON'T LET IT END Styx 75 74 29th JUNE new entries A.E.I.O.U. Freeez 17 COME LIVE WITH ME Heaven 17 29 THE WOMAN IN YOU The Bee Gees 50 SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY Donna Summer 58 DOUBLE DUTCH Malcolm McLaren 62 TANTALISE (WO WO EE YEH YEH) Jimmy The Hoover 66 FORGET HIM Billy Fury 70 FLESH OF MY FLESH Orange Juice 75
June 10, 201312 yr Good day, John Highlights (my favourite songs from new entries): Mari Wilson - Wonderful (Best !!!!) My # 2 for some weeks in row behind "Moonlight Shadow" and "Pal of My Cradle Days" Bonnie Tyler - Have You Ever Seen The Rain Frida - Here We'll Stay Bucks Fizz - When We Were Young [my least favourite Bucks Fizz single] Altered Images ? Dutch chart news: Star Sisters were # 1 with their 50s medley "Stars on 45" (also my retro # 1) Audrey Landers - Manuel Goodbye (# 4) KfyQ7g7pwds Rock band Normaal and their "Heidi" (# 2) 7Sje0zBpZ-Q Bennet & Bee - I've got you babe (cover version on Sonny & Cher superhit, only # 40) qZWMh6K1jCY
June 10, 201312 yr Author Good day, John Highlights (my favourite songs from new entries): Mari Wilson - Wonderful (Best !!!!) My # 2 for some weeks in row behind "Moonlight Shadow" and "Pal of My Cradle Days" Bonnie Tyler - Have You Ever Seen The Rain Frida - Here We'll Stay Bucks Fizz - When We Were Young [my least favourite Bucks Fizz single] Altered Images ? Dutch chart news: Star Sisters were # 1 with their 50s medley "Stars on 45" (also my retro # 1) Hi Alex, I dont know any of the Dutch tracks, though they sound very much like they'd go down well in Germany too, got that oompah sound I still hear in German bars abroad. Altered Images you may like (if you havent checked them out) Clare Grogan was the lead singer, they had a string of great pop singles like Happy Birthday, I Could Be Happy, Pinky Blue and the two in my chart here. She went on star on film (Gregory's Girl) and TV (Red Dwarf) and was all bubbly and likeable. You might also like TV comedienne Tracey Ullman, her singles were fun, Breakaway, They Don't Know (Kirsty Maccoll song, Paul McCartney in the video), Move Over darling (Doris Day song) and her version of Madness' My Girl (My Guy) among others. She became huge in America as a TV comic. cheers! john
July 27, 201311 yr Author JULY 1983 The weather was gorgeous sunny and hot, and Rod & Paul Young topped the charts with great singles - but had to settle for 2 in mine as Bucks Fizz and Mike Oldfield had the edge. Don't laugh, they made great pop singles! A lot of tracks that never charted (or charted low) feature, from James Brown to Icehouse, and big hit in mine the band with one of the greatest pop group names - Jimmy The Hoover! Listen to it if you dont know it, it's fab! 7th July Chart WHEN WE WERE YOUNG Bucks Fizz 1 4 7 12 BABY JANE Rod Stewart 2 3 2 4 FLASHDANCE...WHAT A FEELING Irene Cara 3 5 10 13 MOONLIGHT SHADOW Mike Oldfield 4 1 1 1 EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE The Police 5 11 16 25 WHEREVER I LAY MY HAT (THAT'S MY HOME) Paul Young 6 2 3 3 HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN Bonnie Tyler 7 16 20 29 WANNA BE STARTIN' SOMETHING Michael Jackson 8 20 28 47 IOU Freeez 9 8 14 21 CHINA GIRL David Bowie 10 14 18 24 COME LIVE WITH ME Heaven 17 11 6 8 16 DEAD GIVEAWAY Shalamar 12 21 31 48 ROCK 'N' ROLL IS KING E.L.O. 13 12 26 35 I GUESS THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT THE BLUES Elton John 14 18 22 28 I'M STILL STANDING Elton John 15 13 5 5 WAITING FOR A TRAIN Flash & The Pan 16 28 35 46 WAR BABY Tom Robinson 17 7 11 15 DARK IS THE NIGHT Shakatak 18 27 43 56 GARDEN PARTY Marillion 19 40 53 71 NOBODY'S DIARY Yazoo 20 26 34 44 I DREAM TO SLEEP H2O 21 39 48 58 TAKE THAT SITUATION Nick Heyward 22 32 41 57 OUR LIPS ARE SEALED Fun Boy Three 23 31 38 43 ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME Naked Eyes 24 35 51 53 (KEEP FEELING) FASCINATION Human League 25 33 39 42 LET'S DANCE David Bowie 26 30 32 37 DON'T TRY TO STOP IT Roman Holiday 27 24 24 20 LADY LOVE ME (ONE MORE TIME) George Benson 28 48 61 TANTALISE (WO WO EE YEH YEH) Jimmy The Hoover 29 15 12 6 WHAT KIND OF BOY YOU LOOKING FOR (GIRL) Hot Chocolate 30 43 56 64 BUFFALO SOLDIER Bob Marley & The Wailers 31 46 58 70 HANG ON NOW Kajagoogoo 32 53 IT'S OVER Funkmasters 33 17 9 11 TEMPTATION Heaven 17 34 42 52 61 I WON'T HOLD YOU BACK Toto 35 56 CONFUSION (HITS US EVERY TIME) The Truth 36 41 JUST GOT LUCKY Joboxers 37 50 60 66 SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY Donna Summer 38 38 36 41 DOUBLE DUTCH Malcolm McLaren 39 19 13 10 HERE WE'LL STAY STRANGERS Frida 40 36 49 67 BAD BOYS Wham! 41 52 74 BILLIE JEAN Michael Jackson 42 44 46 49 BRING ME CLOSER Altered Images 43 61 THE HEAT IS ON Agnetha Faltskog 44 58 CAN'T GET USED TO LOSING YOU The Beat 45 51 67 73 IN A BIG COUNTRY Big Country 46 62 64 69 EVERY DAY I WRITE THE BOOK Elvis Costello 47 34 30 32 THE DAY BEFORE YOU CAME Abba 48 49 50 51 THE WOMAN IN YOU The Bee Gees 49 47 72 75 WHO'S THAT GIRL? Eurythmics 50 25 17 8 LOOKING AT MIDNIGHT Imagination 51 TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART Bonnie Tyler 52 54 57 60 FAMILY MAN Daryl Hall & John Oates 53 60 70 LITTLE RED CORVETTE Prince 54 65 LOVE TOWN Booker Newbury III 55 CANDY GIRL New Edition 56 FEEL THE NEED IN ME Forrest 57 IT'S A MISTAKE Men At Work 58 23 19 36 SHE'S A BEAUTY The Tubes 59 CHURCH OF THE POISONED MIND Culture Club 60 68 LET'S LIVE IT UP (NITE PEOPLE) David Joseph 61 SHIPBUILDING Robert Wyatt 62 ALL NIGHT LONG Mary Jane Girls 63 37 29 34 HAPPY XMAS. WAR IS OVER John & Yoko 64 66 68 68 DOWN UNDER Men At Work 65 63 65 65 PALE SHELTER Tears For Fears 66 69 73 72 STREET CAFE Icehouse 67 LOVE IS A STRANGER Eurythmics 68 WONDERFUL Mari Wilson 69 PILLS AND SOAP The Imposter (Elvis Costello) 70 WE CAME TO DANCE Ultravox 71 BEAT IT Michael Jackson 72 SPEAK LIKE A CHILD The Style Council 73 CRUEL SUMMER Bananarama 74 22 21 18 FIRST PICTURE OF YOU The Lotus Eaters 75 45 37 23 14th July New Entries TEENAGE KICKS The Undertones 9 6 22 WRAPPED AROUND YOUR FINGER The Police 10 4 2 TELL ME WHY Musical Youth 29 25 17 SISTER FRICTION Haysi Fantayzee 55 62 62 FEEL LIKE MAKING LOVE George Benson 57 44 33 BRING IT ON...BRING IT ON James Brown 59 42 55 THE WALK The Cure 64 23 9 THE TROOPER Iron Maiden 67 55 54 MY HEART'S BEATING WILD The Gibson Brothers 70 45 63 ACKEE 1-2-3 The Beat 71 71 NEVER GONNA LET YOU GO Sergio Mendes 72 75 WATCHING YOU WATCHING ME David Grant 73 63 52 TRANSFER AFFECTION A Flock Of Seagulls 74 69 FORBIDDEN COLOURS Sylvian & Sakamoto 75 40 30 21st July New Entries SIX MONTHS IN A LEAKY BOAT Split Enz 15 7 SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE Thomas Dolby 27 19 GIVE IT UP K.C. & The Sunshine Band 33 14 COME DANCING The Kinks 47 39 NEVER STOP Echo & The Bunnymen 54 38 RIGHT NOW The Creatures 59 26 FEEL THE LOVE 10C.C. 66 45 28th July New Entries THE CROWN Gary Byrd & The GB Experience 27 DO IT AGAIN/BILLIE JEAN Club House 31 LOVE TO STAY Altered Images 40 AFTER A FASHION Midge Ure/ Mick Karn 50 GIVE IT SOME EMOTION Tracie 59 GET DOWN SATURDAY NIGHT Oliver Cheatham 74
August 8, 201311 yr Author AUGUST 1983 The gorgeous Long Hot Summer was a reality, as The Style Council's equally gorgeous record throbbed to the near-top. As my first niece was born KC topped the UK chart and was held off by Elton John's storming proclamation in my chart. Music videos were dominating the music scene as they started to become the norm, and they started to get inventive, and that's why 1983 is so colourful in my mind (even though the economy was wrecked, there were few jobs and I was doing a factory stores job and Thatcher & Reagan were busy sowing nasty seeds that would come to grow and mess most of us up in 2008). Right at the end of the month as I visited my parents in Winchester for a holiday (on an army base!) Madness popped up with yet another great record. Oddly, Police, one of my favourite bands of the early 80's peaked at 2 with a great ballad... 2nd August chart MOONLIGHT SHADOW Mike Oldfield 1 2 5 7 7 WRAPPED AROUND YOUR FINGER The Police 2 3 11 15 23 I'M STILL STANDING Elton John 3 1 1 1 2 WHO'S THAT GIRL? Eurythmics 4 6 6 6 12 RIGHT NOW The Creatures 5 5 9 13 25 THE WALK The Cure 6 11 19 27 33 DOUBLE DUTCH Malcolm McLaren 7 10 12 16 22 BABY JANE Rod Stewart 8 12 17 22 27 THE CROWN Gary Byrd & The GB Experience 9 9 7 12 21 GIVE IT UP K.C. & The Sunshine Band 10 4 2 5 9 WHEREVER I LAY MY HAT (THAT'S MY HOME) Paul Young 11 16 20 24 31 SIX MONTHS IN A LEAKY BOAT Split Enz 12 18 21 32 47 CRUEL SUMMER Bananarama 13 13 15 23 35 TANTALISE (WO WO EE YEH YEH) Jimmy The Hoover 14 24 36 44 53 DO IT AGAIN/BILLIE JEAN Club House 15 15 30 47 65 FLASHDANCE...WHAT A FEELING Irene Cara 16 20 24 28 34 FIRST PICTURE OF YOU The Lotus Eaters 17 17 14 14 26 WHEN WE WERE YOUNG Bucks Fizz 18 23 29 33 36 EVERY DAY I WRITE THE BOOK Elvis Costello 19 19 35 49 COME LIVE WITH ME Heaven 17 20 28 41 54 70 FORBIDDEN COLOURS Sylvian & Sakamoto 21 14 28 39 52 WAR BABY Tom Robinson 22 32 46 58 IT'S OVER Funkmasters 23 38 57 IOU Freeez 24 21 31 31 38 FEEL THE LOVE 10C.C. 25 25 23 45 64 CHINA GIRL David Bowie 26 29 33 35 39 WATCHING The Thompson Twins 27 22 18 30 50 FEEL LIKE MAKING LOVE George Benson 28 35 51 NEVER STOP Echo & The Bunnymen 29 36 48 EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE The Police 30 34 40 42 45 TELL ME WHY Musical Youth 31 55 67 61 74 TEENAGE KICKS The Undertones 32 47 56 66 SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE Thomas Dolby 33 46 61 DON'T TRY TO STOP IT Roman Holiday 34 33 43 HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN Bonnie Tyler 35 41 50 64 73 I GUESS THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT THE BLUES Elton John 36 42 49 53 63 COME DANCING The Kinks 37 27 27 19 14 ROCK 'N' ROLL IS KING E.L.O. 38 54 70 EVERYTHING COUNTS Depeche Mode 39 8 4 4 5 GIVE IT SOME EMOTION Tracie 40 30 13 9 19 LET'S DANCE David Bowie 41 43 44 46 48 AFTER A FASHION Midge Ure/ Mick Karn 42 65 IT'S A MISTAKE Men At Work 43 59 69 (KEEP FEELING) FASCINATION Human League 44 49 53 57 62 OUR LIPS ARE SEALED Fun Boy Three 45 50 55 59 61 TROUBLE IN PARADISE Al Jarreau 46 44 66 SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY Donna Summer 47 60 ROCK OF AGES Def Leppard 48 45 45 43 37 WATCHING YOU WATCHING ME David Grant 49 39 32 26 10 STOP IN THE NAME OF LOVE The Hollies 50 37 37 50 THE DAY BEFORE YOU CAME Abba 51 52 52 52 51 BILLIE JEAN Michael Jackson 52 53 54 56 57 NOBODY'S DIARY Yazoo 53 56 63 63 69 WAITING FOR A TRAIN Flash & The Pan 54 57 64 71 LOVE TO STAY Altered Images 55 WANNA BE STARTIN' SOMETHING Michael Jackson 56 62 BIG LOG Robert Plant 57 26 10 8 15 ALL NIGHT LONG Mary Jane Girls 58 CLUB TROPICANA Wham! 59 7 3 2 4 TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART Bonnie Tyler 60 61 62 65 67 BUFFALO SOLDIER Bob Marley & The Wailers 61 69 74 DARK IS THE NIGHT Shakatak 62 67 ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME Naked Eyes 63 63 I DREAM TO SLEEP H2O 64 64 72 TEMPTATION Heaven 17 65 73 DOWN UNDER Men At Work 66 66 65 69 THE TROOPER Iron Maiden 67 DEAD GIVEAWAY Shalamar 68 HAPPY XMAS. WAR IS OVER John & Yoko 69 70 LOVE BLONDE Kim Wilde 70 40 34 21 24 I JUST CAN'T HELP BELIEVING The Boystown Gang 71 PALE SHELTER Tears For Fears 72 WAIT UNTIL TONIGHT (MY LOVE) Galaxy 73 48 39 18 18 WHAT KIND OF BOY YOU LOOKING FOR (GIRL) Hot Chocolate 74 IT'S LATE Shakin' Stevens 75 71 9th August new entries ROCKIT Herbie Hancock 31 16 10 17 FREAK Bruce Foxton 51 25 25 44 GOLD Spandau Ballet 58 22 20 29 MANIAC Michael Sembello 68 68 WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND ME Agnetha Faltskog 72 38 38 43 GET IT RIGHT Aretha Franklin 74 PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER The O'Jays 75 16th August new entries LONG HOT SUMMER The Style Council 8 3 3 THE SUN GOES DOWN (LIVING IT UP) Level 42 26 17 8 BANG ON YOUR DRUM ALL DAY Todd Rundgren 42 36 58 WINGS OF A DOVE Madness 47 11 1 BLUE MONDAY New Order 58 41 55 BALLERINA (PRIMA DONNA) Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel 59 34 41 DISAPPEARING ACT Shalamar 60 29 11 JUST OUTSIDE OF HEAVEN H2O 71 67 59 BUSY DOING NOTHING Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin 73 PRIME TIME Haircut 100 75 62 60 23rd August new entries TOUR DE FRANCE Kraftwerk 37 13 RED RED WINE UB40 40 6 DON'T CRY Asia 48 30 INDIAN SUMMER The Belle Stars 51 46 (SHE'S) SEXY + 17 The Stray Cats 55 32 IT'S RAINING MEN The Weather Girls 60 56 GUILTY OF LOVE Whitesnake 68 68 MONEY-GO-ROUND The Style Council 70 THE BORDER America 72 49 STAR SISTERS Star Sisters On 45 73 WALKING IN THE RAIN Modern Romance 74 28 BAD DAY Carmel 75 16 30th August new entries WHAT AM I GONNA DO (WITH YOU) Rod Stewart 20 SECRET MESSAGES E.L.O. 40 SHE LOVES YOU The Beatles 42 TONIGHT I CELEBRATE YOUR LOVE Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack 54 JOHNNY FRIENDLY Joboxers 66 STAND BACK Stevie Nicks 71 YOU'RE THE ONE Katie Kissoon 72 BLUE WORLD The Moody Blues 75
August 11, 201311 yr Thank you for sweet memories, John! Some surprises here... HAPPY XMAS. WAR IS OVER John & Yoko 69 70 What did they do in the Chart in the summertime? :D I'M STILL STANDING Elton John 3 1 1 1 2 WINGS OF A DOVE Madness 47 11 1 These ones absolutely deserve to be at No.1! FEEL THE LOVE 10C.C. 66 45 25 25 23 45 64 So nice to see this one in your chart, John! WRAPPED AROUND YOUR FINGER The Police 2 3 11 15 23 I definately prefer this to EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE. It should have been a No.1 in my Chart for several weeks... I'm glad that WRAPPED did so well in your Chart too. BIG LOG Robert Plant 57 26 10 8 15 Robert Plant in Top 10! Great!!! P.S. Still have no clue why they didn't release Moonlight In Samosa (from "Pictures at Eleven" as a single). I think it's even a better song than Big Log.
August 12, 201311 yr Author Thank you for sweet memories, John! Some surprises here... HAPPY XMAS. WAR IS OVER John & Yoko 69 70 What did they do in the Chart in the summertime? :D I'M STILL STANDING Elton John 3 1 1 1 2 WINGS OF A DOVE Madness 47 11 1 These ones absolutely deserve to be at No.1! FEEL THE LOVE 10C.C. 66 45 25 25 23 45 64 So nice to see this one in your chart, John! WRAPPED AROUND YOUR FINGER The Police 2 3 11 15 23 I definately prefer this to EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE. It should have been a No.1 in my Chart for several weeks... I'm glad that WRAPPED did so well in your Chart too. BIG LOG Robert Plant 57 26 10 8 15 Robert Plant in Top 10! Great!!! P.S. Still have no clue why they didn't release Moonlight In Samosa (from "Pictures at Eleven" as a single). I think it's even a better song than Big Log. thanks Andrey, john n yoko i loved so much back in those days it would hang around for months when it recharted in the uk charts - which was quite often! That's why it's top 5 in my all-time chart points totals... I still love elt madness police plant tracks, though i dont know pictures at eleven - i will check it out! 10CC i never managed to buy on vinyl and its one I need to download, its been 30 years since i heard it! im surprised 1983 isnt more highly thought of, its a great year of big names and new names all creatively peaking... cheers john B-)
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