Posted March 9, 201312 yr Quite a few pop classics you may recognise, lots of oldies, and a few obscuries JANUARY 1988 3rd Jan ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys 1 2 6 10 15 SHAME Eurythmics 2 1 1 4 7 HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles 3 3 4 1 4 I FOUND SOMEONE Cher 4 4 10 15 18 I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU Dusty Springfield 5 12 20 27 36 THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL MIchael Jackson 6 6 12 17 21 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues/ Kirsty Maccoll 7 13 21 34 44 TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne 8 11 5 5 1 FAMILY MAN Fleetwood Mac 9 9 2 2 8 ESP The Bee Gees 10 21 41 48 59 WHEN I FALL IN LOVE Nat 'King' Cole 11 20 27 40 49 JINGO Jellybean 12 7 11 18 26 LETTER FROM AMERICA The Proclaimers 13 16 23 35 47 HOUSE ARREST Krush 14 8 8 11 13 LOVE LETTERS Alison Moyet 15 18 25 41 51 HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH Belinda Carlisle 16 10 9 7 17 LET ME BE THE ONE Expose 17 30 42 50 56 LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 18 22 26 33 38 IDEAL WORLD The Christians 19 15 14 21 31 TURN BACK THE CLOCK Johnny Hates Jazz 20 19 33 58 YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees 21 26 30 32 35 ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE Mel (Smith) & Kim (Wilde) 22 42 EV'RY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE Simply Red 23 49 THERE'S THE GIRL Heart 24 17 29 51 THE LOOK OF LOVE Madonna 25 38 52 TOUCHED BY THE HAND OF GOD New Order 26 36 51 SUGAR SUGAR The Archies 27 29 31 31 33 BAD Michael Jackson 28 33 36 39 41 CRITICIZE Alexander O'Neal 29 37 47 53 62 RISE TO THE OCCASION Climie Fisher 30 25 16 9 16 TUNNEL OF LOVE Bruce Springsteen 31 31 58 I CAN'T HELP IT Bananarama 32 24 19 13 24 ANGEL EYES Wet Wet Wet 33 28 45 WHO FOUND WHO Jellybean/ Elisa Fiorello 34 41 55 67 TIGHTEN UP Wally Jump Junior & The Criminal Element 35 35 PACKJAMMED WITH THE PARTY POSSE Stock, Aitken & Waterman 36 32 56 CHILDREN SAY Level 42 37 52 I'VE BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE Cutting Crew 38 51 WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield 39 40 40 42 42 THE TIDE IS TURNING Roger Waters 40 44 50 I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW Tiffany 41 27 13 6 11 MY BAG Lloyd Cole & The Commotions 42 56 67 72 RENT Pet Shop Boys 43 50 53 56 58 KID (REMIX) The Pretenders 44 55 59 61 ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT The Stranglers 45 34 24 24 53 THE ONE I LOVE REM 46 IN GOD'S COUNTRY U2 47 45 39 64 JUST TO GET BY Babakoto 48 47 43 DEVIL'S BALL Double 49 64 THE WISHING WELL GOSH 50 43 35 46 FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN' AWAY Sly & The Family Stone 51 54 54 55 55 PAID IN FULL Eric B & Rakim 52 61 CARS/ARE 'FRIENDS' ELECTRIC Gary Numan 53 58 60 62 69 HOT IN THE CITY Billy Idol 54 23 15 14 9 GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU George Harrison 55 73 ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles 56 60 62 63 65 I COULD NEVER TAKE THE PLACE OF YOUR MAN Prince 57 PUMP UP THE VOLUME M/A/R/R/S 58 65 LOVE POWER Dionne Warwick/ Jeffrey Osbourne 59 63 64 65 67 MONY MONY (HUNG LIKE A PONY REMIX) Billy Idol 60 ONCE UPON A LONG AGO Paul McCartney 61 NEED YOU TONIGHT INXS 62 62 71 73 73 O L'AMOUR Dollar 63 59 22 16 10 CHINA IN YOUR HAND T'Pau 64 HUMAN The Human League 65 67 69 69 71 JENNIFER SHE SAID Lloyd Cole & The Commotions 66 57 28 25 39 HERE I GO AGAIN Whitesnake 67 69 74 70 75 I SAY NOTHING Voice Of The Beehive 68 46 HOLIDAY The Other Ones 69 71 (IVE HAD) THE TIME OF MY LIFE Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes 70 WHEN I FALL IN LOVE Rick Astley 71 LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING Climie Fisher 72 72 LAST NIGHT I DREAMT SOMEBODY LOVED ME The Smiths 73 NEW SENSATION INXS 74 62 37 28 61 ROCK AND ROLL PART 3 Gary Glitter 75 10th Jan YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers 5 3 8 23 SIGN YOUR NAME Terence Trent D'Arby 14 7 3 3 FATHER FIGURE George Michael 39 18 12 30 MANDINKA Sinead O'Connor 48 34 22 19 COME INTO MY LIFE Joyce Sims 53 32 23 20 LOVE OVERBOARD Gladys Knight & The Pips 68 65 57 SHAKE YOUR LOVE Debbie Gibson 70 70 36 25 CANDLE IN THE WIND (LIVE) Elton John 74 38 30 27 BEHIND THE WHEEL Depeche Mode 75 48 47 17th Jan NEVER NEVER GONNA GIVE YA UP Barry White 17 44 STUCK ON YOU Elvis Presley 44 20 43 GIMME HOPE JO'ANNA Eddy Grant 46 37 28 ROK DA HOUSE Beatmasters/ Cookie Crew 49 29 5 WHEN WILL I BE FAMOUS Bros 57 19 6 GTO Sinitta 61 I WANNA BE A FLINTSTONE The Screaming Blue Messiahs 63 54 34 YOU WILL KNOW Stevie Wonder 66 66 PROMISES Basia 68 59 52 PARADISE Black 72 45 40 SIDESHOW Wendy & Lisa 73 52 45 TIRED OF GETTING PUSHED AROUND 2 Men, A Drum Machine & A Trumpet 75 43 22 24th Jan SAY IT AGAIN Jermaine Stewart 26 12 WHEN WE WAS FAB George Harrison 38 29 VALENTINE T'Pau 49 37 ALL SYSTEMS GO Donna Summer 60 50 HAZY SHADE OF WINTER The Bangles 68 57 WILD HEARTED WOMAN All About Eve 71 48 A LITTLE PIECE OF HEAVEN Godley & Creme 74 68 SAID SHE WAS A DANCER Jethro Tull 75 31st Jan MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson 2 THE JACK THAT HOUSE BUILT Jack 'n' Chill 14 I DON'T MIND AT ALL Bourgeois Tag 32 I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY Kylie Minogue 46 HUNGRY EYES Eric Carmen 54 ASIMBONANGA Johnny Clegg & Savuka 60 ARE YOU SURE So 63 MORE LOVE Feargal Sharkey 64 GIVE ME THE REASON Luther Vandross 66 INSIDE OUT The Mighty Lemon Drops 70 HE'S JUST NO GOOD FOR YOU Mental As Anything 72 NO MORE LIES Sharpe & Numan 74 Edited March 9, 201312 yr by popchartfreak
March 9, 201312 yr Author FEBRUARY 1988 - in the last week of the month, the pop scene really started moving... 7th FEB TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne 1 2 2 9 MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson 2 1 1 10 WHEN WILL I BE FAMOUS Bros 3 4 7 14 SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Was (Not Was) 4 3 3 11 ROCK DA HOUSE Beatmasters/ Cookie Crew 5 7 12 24 THE JACK THAT HOUSE BUILT Jack 'n' Chill 6 6 14 21 HOT IN THE CITY Billy Idol 7 11 21 47 SIGN YOUR NAME Terence Trent D'Arby 8 12 23 46 HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles 9 13 19 31 CRAZY Icehouse 10 5 4 6 O L'AMOUR Dollar 11 22 51 SAY IT AGAIN Jermaine Stewart 12 8 5 7 SHAME Eurythmics 13 19 26 39 HOUSE ARREST Krush 14 18 27 44 FAMILY MAN Fleetwood Mac 15 27 44 64 I DON'T MIND AT ALL Bourgeois Tag 16 10 9 22 TIRED OF GETTING PUSHED AROUND 2 Men, A Drum Machine & A Trumpet 17 17 31 66 COME INTO MY LIFE Joyce Sims 18 28 54 MANDINKA Sinead O'Connor 19 15 10 28 ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys 20 23 30 34 HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH Belinda Carlisle 21 31 58 GIMME HOPE JO'ANNA Eddy Grant 22 16 11 16 RISE TO THE OCCASION Climie Fisher 23 44 I FOUND SOMEONE Cher 24 37 50 72 WHEN WE WAS FAB George Harrison 25 20 16 12 THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL MIchael Jackson 26 30 37 41 CANDLE IN THE WIND (LIVE) Elton John 27 25 64 SHAKE YOUR LOVE Debbie Gibson 28 45 65 THE LAST TIME Agnetha Faltskog 29 9 20 54 I WANNA BE A FLINTSTONE The Screaming Blue Messiahs 30 21 47 I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY Kylie Minogue 31 14 8 23 I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW Tiffany 32 52 YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers 33 47 55 50 SUGAR SUGAR The Archies 34 34 36 36 VALENTINE T'Pau 35 35 33 YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees 36 41 41 42 I CAN'T HELP IT Bananarama 37 54 GET OUTTA MY DREAMS GET INTO MY CAR Billy Ocean 38 29 28 57 WILD HEARTED WOMAN All About Eve 39 70 LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 40 42 42 43 JINGO Jellybean 41 56 WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield 42 33 34 35 I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU Dusty Springfield 43 39 46 53 BAD Michael Jackson 44 48 53 56 SIDESHOW Wendy & Lisa 45 STUCK ON YOU Elvis Presley 46 61 FATHER FIGURE George Michael 47 36 44 49 IDEAL WORLD The Christians 48 62 HAZY SHADE OF WINTER The Bangles 49 49 39 32 YOU WILL KNOW Stevie Wonder 50 55 40 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues/ Kirsty Maccoll 51 64 853-5937 Squeeze 52 50 72 HUNGRY EYES Eric Carmen 53 46 35 LETTER FROM AMERICA The Proclaimers 54 JENNIFER SHE SAID Lloyd Cole & The Commotions 55 MORE LOVE Feargal Sharkey 56 ASIMBONANGA Johnny Clegg & Savuka 57 FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN' AWAY Sly & The Family Stone 58 58 59 62 GIVE ME THE REASON Luther Vandross 59 40 60 RENT Pet Shop Boys 60 60 62 67 PARADISE Black 61 LOVE LETTERS Alison Moyet 62 75 WHEN I FALL IN LOVE Nat 'King' Cole 63 DREAMING OMD 64 38 61 ALL SYSTEMS GO Donna Summer 65 ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles 66 67 68 71 WE CARE A LOT Faith No More 67 59 38 59 LOVE POWER Dionne Warwick/ Jeffrey Osbourne 68 69 70 LET ME BE THE ONE Expose 69 NEVER KNEW LOVE LIKE THIS Cherrelle/ Alexander O'Neal 70 63 29 26 NO MORE LIES Sharpe & Numan 71 HUMAN The Human League 72 73 74 73 KISS AND TELL Bryan Ferry 73 68 67 65 HOW MEN ARE Aztec Camera 74 65 52 40 I SEE RED The Silencers 75 14th FEB NEVER NEVER GONNA GIVE YA UP (REMIX) Barry White 24 69 C'MON EVERYBODY Eddie Cochran 26 24 19 HEAVEN KNOWS Robert Plant 32 32 70 LET'S GET BRUTAL Nitro Deluxe 43 25 CRAZY FOR YOUR LOVE The Bee Gees 51 48 37 JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis 53 22 13 DIGNITY Deacon Blue 57 56 51 TOWER OF STRENGTH The Mission 66 43 33 DON'T SHED A TEAR Paul Carrack 71 63 HOW CAN I FORGET YOU Elisa Fiorello 72 HOT HOT HOT The Cure 74 66 63 21st FEB DOCTORIN' THE HOUSE Coldcut/ Yazz & The Plastic Population 6 2 BEAT DIS Bomb The Bass 13 8 TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin 15 5 MY GENERATION The Who 17 15 I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN Roger 18 4 TWO HEARTS Cliff Richard 45 38 NEVER Heart 57 55 AN ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK Sting 71 52 I GET WEAK Belinda Carlisle 73 17 SHOULD'VE KNOWN BETTER Richard Marx 75 28th FEB LOVE CHANGES (EVERYTHING) Climie Fisher 1 EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac 3 HEART OF GOLD Johnny Hates Jazz 18 SUEDEHEAD Morrissey 20 THAT'S THE WAY IT IS Mel & Kim 25 DOMINION Sisters Of Mercy 27 CRASH The Primitives 29 LOVE IS CONTAGIOUS Taja Seville 30 LIVE MY LIFE Boy George 45 RECKLESS Afrika Bambaata/ UB40 48 I'M NOT SCARED Eighth Wonder 58 SHIP OF FOOLS Erasure 60 GOODGROOVE Derek B 61 TOGETHER FOREVER Rick Astley 68 CARS AND GIRLS Prefab Sprout 69 CHECK IT OUT John Cougar Mellencamp 74 PEOPLE ARE STRANGE Echo & The Bunnymen 75
March 14, 201312 yr Favourite songs : Eight Wonder - I'm Not Scared (Very underrated and forgotten group) Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky Vanessa Paradis - Joe Le Taxi
March 14, 201312 yr Author Favourite songs : Eight Wonder - I'm Not Scared (Very underrated and forgotten group) Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky Vanessa Paradis - Joe Le Taxi Thanks Alex, 8th Wonder was a Pet Shop Boys song/production so I loved it of course, and Joe Le Taxi a number one. Kylie was fun, though I did overdose on hearing it everywhere all the time, and quite like the slow version she did in concert last time I saw her...:) cheers john
March 26, 201312 yr Author MARCH, 25 years ago, Pet Shop Boys rule my roost. Plus ca change...etc MAR 6th 1988 LOVE CHANGES (EVERYTHING) Climie Fisher 1 7 15 16 THESE DREAMS/ NEVER Heart 2 6 10 10 I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN Roger 3 3 7 7 DOCTORIN' THE HOUSE Coldcut/ Yazz & The Plastic Population 4 4 8 15 EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac 5 12 9 4 JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis 6 1 3 3 BEAT DIS Bomb The Bass 7 2 4 9 I GET WEAK Belinda Carlisle 8 10 16 19 TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne 9 15 19 26 LOVE IS CONTAGIOUS Taja Seville 10 5 5 11 SAY IT AGAIN Jermaine Stewart 11 19 27 37 HEART OF GOLD Johnny Hates Jazz 12 8 12 18 CRAZY Icehouse 13 13 21 31 MY GENERATION The Who 14 24 51 SUEDEHEAD Morrissey 15 17 35 58 THAT'S THE WAY IT IS Mel & Kim 16 9 11 12 DOMINION Sisters Of Mercy 17 16 26 56 TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin 18 27 42 54 MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson 19 20 23 28 SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Was (Not Was) 20 25 40 50 I'M NOT SCARED Eighth Wonder 21 11 6 5 CRASH The Primitives 22 14 14 30 I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY Kylie Minogue 23 23 31 45 HOW MEN ARE Aztec Camera 24 18 22 33 CRAZY FOR YOUR LOVE The Bee Gees 25 33 64 WHEN WILL I BE FAMOUS Bros 26 37 49 61 WHEN WE WAS FAB George Harrison 27 39 53 C'MON EVERYBODY Eddie Cochran 28 48 GIMME HOPE JO'ANNA Eddy Grant 29 29 45 HAZY SHADE OF WINTER The Bangles 30 49 THE JACK THAT HOUSE BUILT Jack 'n' Chill 31 41 55 70 I DON'T MIND AT ALL Bourgeois Tag 32 43 61 RECKLESS Afrika Bambaata/ UB40 33 22 20 22 HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles 34 31 33 34 ROCK DA HOUSE Beatmasters/ Cookie Crew 35 44 58 73 SUGAR SUGAR The Archies 36 32 32 32 WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield 37 35 38 41 I WALK THE EARTH Voice Of The Beehive 38 26 25 47 ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys 39 42 43 43 LIVE MY LIFE Boy George 40 54 54 NEVER KNEW LOVE LIKE THIS Cherrelle/ Alexander O'Neal 41 65 YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees 42 36 39 42 DIGNITY Deacon Blue 43 51 LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 44 45 46 46 THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL MIchael Jackson 45 47 47 48 GOODGROOVE Derek B 46 46 AN ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK Sting 47 SHAME Eurythmics 48 55 62 64 FATHER FIGURE George Michael 49 52 2 2 TOGETHER FOREVER Rick Astley 50 40 37 36 SHIP OF FOOLS Erasure 51 34 30 25 TOWER OF STRENGTH The Mission 52 YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers 53 56 57 57 MANDINKA Sinead O'Connor 54 KISS AND TELL Bryan Ferry 55 CARS AND GIRLS Prefab Sprout 56 53 50 44 HOUSE ARREST Krush 57 68 BAD Michael Jackson 58 59 60 60 SIGN YOUR NAME Terence Trent D'Arby 59 60 66 HOT HOT HOT The Cure 60 DON'T TURN AROUND Aswad 61 21 13 8 FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN' AWAY Sly & The Family Stone 62 62 63 63 TWO HEARTS Cliff Richard 63 I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU Dusty Springfield 64 71 JUST LIKE PARADISE David Lee Roth 65 50 41 68 MAKE MY HEART FLY The Proclaimers 66 63 RENT Pet Shop Boys 67 67 67 67 RIDE LIKE THE WIND Saxon 68 61 56 CHECK IT OUT John Cougar Mellencamp 69 PEOPLE ARE STRANGE Echo & The Bunnymen 70 57 FAMILY MAN Fleetwood Mac 71 64 I FOUND SOMEONE Cher 72 72 HUMAN The Human League 73 70 70 71 DEVIL INSIDE INXS 74 28 24 24 ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles 75 75 13th MARCH new entries I KNOW YOU GOT SOUL Eric B & Rakim 30 18 21 I PRONOUNCE YOU Madness 38 34 29 THE PERFECT DAY Fischer Z 58 I WANT HER Keith Sweat 66 48 40 PIANO IN THE DARK Brenda Russell 69 29 17 I FOUGHT THE LAW The Clash 73 28 20 SHOULD'VE KNOWN BETTER Richard Marx 74 20th MARCH new entries HEART Pet Shop Boys 1 1 ONLY IN MY DREAMS Debbie Gibson 17 13 CROSS MY BROKEN HEART Sinitta 36 27 DREAMING Glen Goldsmith 44 23 STAY ON THESE ROADS a-ha 52 14 BASS (HOW LOW CAN YOU GO) Simon Harris 59 38 DROP THE BOY Bros 65 51 JUST A MIRAGE Jellybean/ Adele Bertei 68 55 PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa 69 69 GIRLFRIEND Pebbles 71 52 PROVE YOUR LOVE Taylor Dayne 72 53 PLANET GIRL Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction 73 COULD'VE BEEN Tiffany 74 59 TEMPTATION Wet Wet Wet 75 49 27th MARCH new entries LADY MADONNA The Beatles 6 I WANT YOU BACK Bananarama 35 AIN'T COMPLAININ' Status Quo 39 BROKEN LAND The Adventures 62 GENE AND JIM ARE INTO SHAKES Gene and Jim 65 NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE MY LOVE FOR YOU Engelbert Humperdinck 66 PINK CADILLAC Natalie Cole 72 MR BOJANGLES Nina Simone 74 CAN I PLAY WITH MADNESS Iron Maiden 75
May 3, 201312 yr Author APRIL 1988 and Pet Shop Boys do a 1-2 (Eighth Wonder being a PSB record more or less), while reactivated Mac peaked at 2 too. The charts were quite volatile actually lots of movement as I scoured all the local record shops for out of chart bargains and new release bargains 3rd APRIL HEART Pet Shop Boys 1 1 1 4 I'M NOT SCARED Eighth Wonder 2 5 11 22 EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac 3 2 3 5 JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis 4 9 15 21 FATHER FIGURE George Michael 5 12 22 48 LADY MADONNA The Beatles 6 14 23 33 DON'T TURN AROUND Aswad 7 8 21 40 STAY ON THESE ROADS a-ha 8 7 14 25 ONLY IN MY DREAMS Debbie Gibson 9 11 28 59 PIANO IN THE DARK Brenda Russell 10 6 8 14 THESE DREAMS/ NEVER Heart 11 13 20 28 LOVE CHANGES (EVERYTHING) Climie Fisher 12 17 18 24 I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN Roger 13 21 36 72 DREAMING Glen Goldsmith 14 10 10 18 CROSS MY BROKEN HEART Sinitta 15 15 48 BEAT DIS Bomb The Bass 16 26 43 67 THAT'S THE WAY IT IS Mel & Kim 17 24 35 47 LOVE IS CONTAGIOUS Taja Seville 18 30 50 DOCTORIN' THE HOUSE Coldcut/ Yazz & The Plastic Population 19 27 42 68 I FOUGHT THE LAW The Clash 20 42 I GET WEAK Belinda Carlisle 21 34 55 RECKLESS Afrika Bambaata/ UB40 22 51 HEART OF GOLD Johnny Hates Jazz 23 35 57 I WANT YOU BACK Bananarama 24 18 9 8 I WANT HER Keith Sweat 25 54 TEMPTATION Wet Wet Wet 26 25 62 GIRLFRIEND Pebbles 27 16 13 9 AIN'T COMPLAININ' Status Quo 28 28 61 TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne 29 40 46 61 MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson 30 37 38 42 JUST A MIRAGE Jellybean/ Adele Bertei 31 31 26 34 SUGAR SUGAR The Archies 32 33 34 35 DEVIL INSIDE INXS 33 63 BASS (HOW LOW CAN YOU GO) Simon Harris 34 68 I KNOW YOU GOT SOUL Eric B & Rakim 35 61 BROKEN LAND The Adventures 36 23 12 6 HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles 37 38 40 41 WALK IN THE NIGHT Paul Hardcastle 38 59 CRAZY Icehouse 39 56 I NEED A MAN Eurythmics 40 20 16 29 WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield 41 44 47 50 YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees 42 43 47 45 ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys 43 47 53 62 PINK CADILLAC Natalie Cole 44 32 19 10 CRASH The Primitives 45 HOW MEN ARE Aztec Camera 46 LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 47 50 51 51 DROP THE BOY Bros 48 THEME FROM BATMAN Neil Hefti 49 45 39 THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL MIchael Jackson 50 53 56 57 PROVE YOUR LOVE Taylor Dayne 51 39 24 20 SHIP OF FOOLS Erasure 52 I PRONOUNCE YOU Madness 53 GET LUCKY Jermaine Stewart 54 19 17 16 SAY IT AGAIN Jermaine Stewart 55 72 COULD'VE BEEN Tiffany 56 36 33 26 YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers 57 58 58 58 TOGETHER FOREVER Rick Astley 58 PRIVATE PARTY Wally Jump Junior 59 66 BAD Michael Jackson 60 62 64 66 SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Was (Not Was) 61 TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin 62 FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN' AWAY Sly & The Family Stone 63 SHAME Eurythmics 64 65 68 MARY'S PRAYER Danny Wilson 65 41 30 12 WE ALL SLEEP ALONE Cher 66 29 25 17 CARS AND GIRLS Prefab Sprout 67 RENT Pet Shop Boys 68 69 72 PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa 69 46 41 LOVE DON'T GIVE NO REASON Smokey Robinson 70 HUMAN The Human League 71 I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY Kylie Minogue 72 WHEN WILL I BE FAMOUS Bros 73 SWEET LIES Robert Palmer 74 WHO'S LEAVING WHO Hazell Dean 75 48 31 15 10th APRIL new entries WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD Louis Armstrong 3 5 13 WHEN THE LOVE IS GOOD Big Trouble 4 4 11 ONE MORE TRY George Michael 22 6 3 LET'S ALL CHANT Pat and Mick 49 29 23 SIDEWALKING Jesus And Mary Chain 52 52 I'M NIN ALU Ofra Haza 55 45 7 THEME FROM S-EXPRESS S-Express 57 7 1 BORN AGAIN The Christians 60 32 32 SEASONS CHANGE Expose 67 70 SEX TALK (LIVE) T'Pau 70 63 TELL THAT GIRL TO SHUT UP Transvision Vamp 71 66 ANGEL Aerosmith 73 60 43 FROM THE HIP Lloyd Cole & The Commotions 74 37 30 ARMAGEDDIN' IT Def Leppard 75 59 36 17th APRIL new entries I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5 2 2 DON'T LOOK ANY FURTHER The Kane Gang 27 27 CHECK IT OUT John Cougar Mellencamp 49 10,000 ANGELS Godley And Creme 54 19 LOVE IS STRONGER THAN PRIDE Sade 67 NITE AND DAY Al B! Sure 69 BEDS ARE BURNING Midnight Oil 71 44 FAMILY MAN Roachford 73 55 EVERY ANGEL All About Eve 74 39 THE COLOURS Men They Couldn't Hang 75 49 24th APRIL new entries BLUE MONDAY (REMIX) New Order 37 CARELESS LOVE Swimming With Sharks 38 PERFECT Fairground Attraction 46 A LOVE SUPREME Will Downing 52 CALYPSO CRAZY Billy Ocean 53 ALPHABET STREET Prince 54 SOMETHIN' ELSE Eddie Cochran 56 CHANGES Alan Price 63 KING OF ROCK 'N' ROLL Prefab Sprout 64 DIVINE EMOTIONS Narada 69 SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART Aztec Camera 70 CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle 71 I STILL LOVE YA Judy Cheeks 73 PAYBACK MIX James Brown 74 IS THIS THE LIFE The Cardiacs 75
May 22, 201312 yr Author MAY 1988 Nobody dominating this month, though Prince & George Michael sharing the limelight with S-Express.. MAY 1st Chart THEME FROM S-EXPRESS S-Express 1 3 7 11 15 I'M NIN ALU Ofra Haza 2 2 3 7 14 ONE MORE TRY George Michael 3 1 2 2 1 BROKEN LAND The Adventures 4 4 4 8 16 HEART Pet Shop Boys 5 7 12 15 22 I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5 6 6 14 17 24 I WANT YOU BACK Bananarama 7 9 15 26 39 WHO'S LEAVING WHO Hazell Dean 8 5 11 19 31 EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac 9 11 20 25 33 MARY'S PRAYER Danny Wilson 10 12 21 31 51 WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD Louis Armstrong 11 21 23 32 42 GIRLFRIEND Pebbles 12 22 36 56 BLUE MONDAY ('88 REMIX) New Order 13 13 6 6 8 PIANO IN THE DARK Brenda Russell 14 26 27 41 65 PINK CADILLAC Natalie Cole 15 28 31 44 CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle 16 15 9 3 3 NITE AND DAY Al B. Sure 17 24 41 DON'T LOOK ANY FURTHER The Kane Gang 18 17 28 54 GET LUCKY Jermaine Stewart 19 30 57 LET'S ALL CHANT Pat and Mick 20 18 22 43 WE ALL SLEEP ALONE/ REMIX Cher 21 45 45 14 10 BORN AGAIN The Christians 22 20 24 30 64 PERFECT Fairground Attraction 23 14 8 21 44 WHEN THE LOVE IS GOOD Big Trouble 24 33 63 75 FROM THE HIP Lloyd Cole & The Commotions 25 31 59 SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART Aztec Camera 26 19 17 9 7 DIVINE EMOTIONS Narada 27 10 5 4 5 JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis 28 34 42 42 48 LOVE CHANGES (EVERYTHING) Climie Fisher 29 40 52 61 68 ARMAGEDDIN' IT Def Leppard 30 65 DREAMING Glen Goldsmith 31 54 73 10,000 ANGELS Godley And Creme 32 58 CARELESS LOVE Swimming With Sharks 33 27 32 46 KING OF ROCK 'N' ROLL Prefab Sprout 34 25 16 13 17 ALPHABET STREET Prince 35 8 1 1 2 A LOVE SUPREME Will Downing 36 23 18 24 55 I'M NOT SCARED Eighth Wonder 37 52 70 BEDS ARE BURNING Midnight Oil 38 44 48 SUGAR SUGAR The Archies 39 38 38 39 40 THESE DREAMS/ NEVER Heart 40 49 56 64 73 CALYPSO CRAZY Billy Ocean 41 41 34 34 HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles 42 43 44 45 46 LADY MADONNA The Beatles 43 48 54 57 61 PROVE YOUR LOVE Taylor Dayne 44 YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees 45 46 46 48 49 MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson 46 50 50 52 54 EVERY ANGEL All About Eve 47 WALK AWAY Joyce Sims 48 36 61 THE COLOURS Men They Couldn't Hang 49 STAY ON THESE ROADS a-ha 50 61 LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 51 51 51 51 52 WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield 52 53 53 47 47 WHEN WILL YOU MAKE MY TELEPHONE RING Deacon Blue 53 62 SOMETHIN' ELSE Eddie Cochran 54 63 THE PAYBACK MIX James Brown 55 55 ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME The Housemartins 56 42 COULD'VE BEEN Tiffany 57 I NEED A MAN Eurythmics 58 THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL MIchael Jackson 59 60 62 63 63 CHANGES Alan Price 60 FATHER FIGURE George Michael 61 69 YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers 62 64 67 69 THAT'S THE WAY IT IS Mel & Kim 63 I CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan/ Miami Sound Machine 64 16 10 10 13 FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN' AWAY/EVERYDAY PEOPLE Sly & The Family Stone 65 66 66 67 69 BAD Michael Jackson 66 67 68 68 67 WHAT ABOUT LOVE Heart 67 32 13 5 6 ANGEL Aerosmith 68 out 33 62 ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys 69 71 71 71 71 OUT COME THE FREAKS (REMIX) Was (Not Was) 70 47 40 DON'T TURN AROUND Aswad 71 ELECTRIC BLUE Icehouse 72 out 35 28 41 JUST A MIRAGE Jellybean/ Adele Bertei 73 OUT OF REACH The Primitives 74 57 49 OH PATTI (DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR LOVERBOY) Scritti Politti 75 39 30 20 9 8th MAY new entries LONDON CALLING The Clash 29 19 36 59 DON'T GO Hothouse Flowers 35 25 23 23 GONE FOREVER Cry Before Dawn 37 37 59 EVERYTHING YOUR HEART DESIRES Daryl Hall & John Oates 56 43 33 25 WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS/SHE'S LEAVING HOME Wet Wet Wet/ Billy Bragg 59 55 40 37 START TALKING LOVE Magnum 68 64 HEY MR HEARTACHE Kim Wilde 70 60 22 19 SHE'S LIKE THE WIND Patrick Swayze/ Wendy Fisher 72 LOADSAMONEY Harry Enfield 73 65 I GAVE IT UP (WHEN I FELL IN LOVE) Luther Vandross 74 HARMLESS PIECE OF FUN Eddy Grant 75 15th MAY new entries OUT OF THE BLUE Debbie Gibson 26 16 11 I LIE AND I CHEAT Won Ton Ton 29 29 56 GIVE A LITTLE LOVE Aswad 39 27 27 GOT TO BE CERTAIN Kylie Minogue 47 12 12 BAD YOUNG BROTHER Derek B 58 55 WHO GETS THE LOVE Status Quo 69 58 58 THIS IS ME Climie Fisher 72 50 35 ENDLESS SUMMER NIGHTS Richard Marx 74 72 DON'T CALL ME BABY Voice Of The Beehive 75 49 36 22nd MAY new entries CHECK THIS OUT LA Mix 18 4 WILD WORLD Maxi Priest 35 21 MY ONE TEMPTATION Mica Paris 37 28 YES Merry Clayton 38 34 STOP Sam Brown 53 53 LOST IN YOU Rod Stewart 60 32 VOYAGE VOYAGE Desireless 65 50 GET IT Stevie Wonder/ Michael Jackson 66 60 THE LOVERS Alexander O'Neal 70 18 TIME AND TIDE Basia 73 70 NAUGHTY GIRLS (NEED LOVE TOO) Samantha Fox 74 57 29th MAY DOCTORIN' THE TARDIS The Timelords (KLF) 20 YOU HAVE PLACED A CHILL IN MY HEART Eurythmics 26 CHAINS OF LOVE Erasure 29 MOVIN' 1988 Brass Construction 30 I DON'T WANT TO GO ON WITH YOU LIKE THAT Elton John 38 I STILL LOVE YOU Judy Cheeks 42 PARADISE Sade 43 LIFE ON A TOP PEOPLE'S HEALTH FARM The Style Council 45 LOVE WILL SAVE THE DAY Whitney Houston 66 ISN'T IT MIDNIGHT Fleetwood Mac 72 JUST PLAY MUSIC Big Audio Dynamite 74 TELL ME Nick Kamen 75 Edited May 22, 201312 yr by popchartfreak
June 15, 201312 yr Author JUNE 1988... ..and Belinda Carlisle rules, just ahead of some oldies, remixes and revamps, and a sudden chart invasion of some great singles on the 12th.. JUNE 5th chart CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle 1 1 1 3 ONE MORE TRY George Michael 2 3 13 12 DOCTORIN' THE TARDIS The Timelords (KLF) 3 2 6 14 CHECK THIS OUT LA Mix 4 4 17 26 SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART Aztec Camera 5 9 16 16 ALPHABET STREET Prince 6 11 19 23 DIVINE EMOTION Narada 7 15 27 40 WHAT ABOUT LOVE Heart 8 18 28 37 OH PATTI (DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR LOVERBOY) Scritti Politti 9 19 29 41 YOU HAVE PLACED A CHILL IN MY HEART Eurythmics 10 6 3 4 THE LOVERS Alexander O'Neal 11 8 22 35 WILD WORLD Maxi Priest 12 10 5 2 WE ALL SLEEP ALONE/ REMIX Cher 13 25 42 52 MY ONE TEMPTATION Mica Paris 14 12 10 21 OUT OF THE BLUE Debbie Gibson 15 36 45 64 BLUE MONDAY ('88 REMIX) New Order 16 33 44 60 MOVIN' 1988 Brass Construction 17 26 46 69 LOST IN YOU Rod Stewart 18 32 49 STOP Sam Brown 19 13 21 34 CHAINS OF LOVE Erasure 20 7 2 5 I CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan/ Miami Sound Machine 21 35 47 55 THEME FROM S-EXPRESS S-Express 22 31 40 44 I'M NIN ALU Ofra Haza 23 41 64 GOT TO BE CERTAIN Kylie Minogue 24 58 GIVE A LITTLE LOVE Aswad 25 20 36 53 BROKEN LAND The Adventures 26 44 65 HEY MR HEARTACHE Kim Wilde 27 62 THIS IS ME Climie Fisher 28 65 HEART Pet Shop Boys 29 38 38 39 I DON'T WANT TO GO ON WITH YOU LIKE THAT Elton John 30 28 41 25 KING OF ROCK 'N' ROLL Prefab Sprout 31 61 EVERYTHING YOUR HEART DESIRES Daryl Hall & John Oates 32 53 DON'T CALL ME BABY Voice Of The Beehive 33 29 23 22 VOYAGE VOYAGE Desireless 34 24 14 13 PARADISE Sade 35 23 8 6 I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5 36 43 48 48 LIFE ON A TOP PEOPLE'S HEALTH FARM The Style Council 37 63 BREAKFAST IN BED UB40/ Chrissie Hynde 38 22 15 9 TELL ME Nick Kamen 39 21 18 31 SUGAR SUGAR The Archies 40 40 39 38 EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac 41 46 53 54 DON'T GO Hothouse Flowers 42 WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD Louis Armstrong 43 56 61 65 NAUGHTY GIRLS (NEED LOVE TOO) Samantha Fox 44 WHO GETS THE LOVE Status Quo 45 WHO'S LEAVING WHO Hazell Dean 46 HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles 47 49 52 51 LEADER OF THE PACK Joan Collins Fan Club (Julian Clary) 48 48 63 WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield 49 50 50 50 YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees 50 55 56 59 JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis 51 54 55 57 GET IT Stevie Wonder/ Michael Jackson 52 LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 53 51 51 49 MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson 54 57 58 58 YES Merry Clayton 55 LOVE WILL SAVE THE DAY Whitney Houston 56 I STILL LOVE YOU Judy Cheeks 57 PERFECT Fairground Attraction 58 64 66 I OWE YOU NOTHING Bros 59 47 32 18 ISN'T IT MIDNIGHT Fleetwood Mac 60 30 25 29 I WANT YOU BACK Bananarama 61 LADY MADONNA The Beatles 62 67 71 THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL MIchael Jackson 63 66 69 71 ELECTRIC BLUE Icehouse 64 THE TWIST The Fat Boys/ Chubby Checker 65 45 31 20 TIME AND TIDE Basia 66 BAD Michael Jackson 67 69 68 68 I SAW HIM STANDING THERE Tiffany 68 68 62 MARY'S PRAYER Danny Wilson 69 BOYS (SUMMERTIME LOVE) Sabrina 70 60 33 33 I'M REAL James Brown 71 34 43 FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN' AWAY/EVERYDAY PEOPLE Sly & The Family Stone 72 75 74 75 ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys 73 73 73 72 ANOTHER WEEKEND Five Star 74 DON'T BLAME IT ON THAT GIRL Matt Bianco 75 52 35 28 12th JUNE new entries IS IT LOVE YOU'RE AFTER/ CAR WASH Rose Royce 5 11 15 MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael 14 7 7 EVERY DAY IS LIKE SUNDAY Morrissey 16 9 11 TRIBUTE (RIGHT ON) The Pasadenas 17 12 8 THERE'S MORE TO LOVE The Communards 27 20 10 FAST CAR Tracey Chapman 37 26 17 PAINTED MOON The Silencers 39 30 30 NO CLAUSE 28 Boy George 42 37 66 THIS IS LOVE George Harrison 59 34 19 TOMORROW PEOPLE Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers 70 59 46 DO YOU LOVE ME The Contours 71 67 MR BACHOLER Loose Ends 72 LUCRETIA MY REFLECTION The Sisters Of Mercy 74 24 24 19th JUNE new entries IN THE AIR TONIGHT (1988) Phil Collins 4 1 I KNOW YOU'RE OUT THERE SOMEWHERE The Moody Blues 54 47 I WILL BE WITH YOU T'Pau 57 27 SYMPTOMS OF TRUE LOVE Tracie Spencer 60 56 TOUGHER THAN THE REST Bruce Springsteen 70 32 THE BLOOD THAT MOVES THE BODY a-ha 72 67 BEST OF MY LOVE Dee Lewis 75 26th JUNE new entries ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan 36 WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN The Who 42 THE DEAD HEART Midnight Oil 43 PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa 45 ROLL WITH IT Steve Winwood 61 NEVER TEAR US APART INXS 62 NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE MY LOVE FOR YOU Glen Medeiros 63 I'M SORRY Hothouse Flowers 70 ATMOSPHERE Joy Division 73 I WANT YOUR LOVE Transvision Vamp 74
July 29, 201311 yr Author JULY 1988 Several singles in and Michael Jackson was still getting number ones in my chart (4th so far) off Bad. Ditto George Michael, this Jam & Lewis remix was way better than the album version though. Kim Wilde finally got that elusive number one after a string of great pop hits dating back to 1981, and her brother Ricky (in the band and co-writer often) was having hits in my charts (but not the real ones) from 1972 to 1974 as a teenybop wannabe. 3rd July Chart DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson 1 1 2 2 2 IN THE AIR TONIGHT (1988) Phil Collins 2 2 3 3 4 WILD WORLD Maxi Priest 3 3 11 17 25 CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle 4 8 15 24 30 PARADISE Sade 5 9 16 25 41 YOU HAVE PLACED A CHILL IN MY HEART Eurythmics 6 11 19 32 46 MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael 7 4 1 1 3 BREAKFAST IN BED UB40/ Chrissie Hynde 8 7 13 22 40 CHAINS OF LOVE Erasure 9 16 27 45 67 VOYAGE VOYAGE Desireless 10 18 31 57 TRIBUTE (RIGHT ON) The Pasadenas 11 22 33 46 66 I WILL BE WITH YOU T'Pau 12 5 5 11 19 THERE'S MORE TO LOVE The Communards 13 13 21 36 55 THE TWIST (YO TWIST) The Fat Boys/ Chubby Checker 14 28 68 FAST CAR Tracey Chapman 15 10 22 41 73 ONE MORE TRY George Michael 16 21 25 31 36 I OWE YOU NOTHING Bros 17 15 26 56 EVERY DAY IS LIKE SUNDAY Morrissey 18 27 32 44 58 THIS IS LOVE George Harrison 19 32 47 TOUGHER THAN THE REST Bruce Springsteen 20 23 34 SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART Aztec Camera 21 29 38 47 61 IS IT LOVE YOU'RE AFTER/ CAR WASH Rose Royce 22 36 45 63 71 THE FLAME Cheap Trick 23 6 4 8 12 DOCTORIN' THE TARDIS The Timelords (KLF) 24 40 72 I DON'T WANT TO GO ON WITH YOU LIKE THAT Elton John 25 19 29 52 PAINTED MOON The Silencers 26 31 46 ALPHABET STREET Prince 27 34 43 49 56 DON'T BLAME IT ON THAT GIRL Matt Bianco 28 25 42 ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan / Miami Sound Machine 29 44 18 15 33 MY ONE TEMPTATION Mica Paris 30 42 69 MAYBE (WE SHOULD CALL IT A DAY) Hazell Dean 31 26 28 54 CHECK THIS OUT LA Mix 32 48 PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa 33 45 24 20 15 NEVER TEAR US APART INXS 34 12 10 9 6 WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN The Who 35 61 THE DEAD HEART Midnight Oil 36 55 HEART Pet Shop Boys 37 41 41 42 42 SUGAR SUGAR The Archies 38 39 40 39 39 DREAMING OMD 39 51 DON'T SAY IT'S LOVE Johnny Hates Jazz 40 35 48 I WANT YOUR LOVE Transvision Vamp 41 20 7 7 11 THE LOVERS Alexander O'Neal 42 64 I'M SORRY Hothouse Flowers 43 43 out 69 WHAT ABOUT LOVE Heart 44 63 FOLLOW THE LEADER Eric B & Rakim 45 38 59 DIVINE EMOTION Narada 46 59 61 68 STOP Sam Brown 47 out 17 27 50 LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 48 50 51 51 52 WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield 49 49 50 50 51 I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5 50 53 58 61 63 HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles 51 52 54 55 54 NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE MY LOVE FOR YOU Glen Medeiros 52 37 52 59 THEME FROM S-EXPRESS S-Express 53 60 DON'T CALL ME BABY Voice Of The Beehive 54 DROWNING IN A SEA OF LOVE The Adventures 55 46 37 53 ISN'T IT MIDNIGHT Fleetwood Mac 56 ROLL WITH IT Steve Winwood 57 54 MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson 58 58 62 64 64 YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees 59 57 57 58 59 JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis 60 62 67 71 72 TELL ME Nick Kamen 61 LUCRETIA MY REFLECTION The Sisters Of Mercy 62 YOU CAME Kim Wilde 63 24 14 5 1 EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac 64 67 71 BEATIN' THE HEAT Jack 'n' Chill 65 65 out out 47 FOOLISH BEAT Debbie Gibson 66 17 6 4 7 WE ALL SLEEP ALONE/ REMIX Cher 67 BAD Michael Jackson 68 69 70 70 69 TOMORROW PEOPLE Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers 69 30 20 13 24 I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU Taylor Dayne 70 I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT Everything But The Girl 71 47 39 35 44 ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys 72 72 74 74 75 EVERLASTING Natalie Cole 73 56 CROSS MY HEART Eighth Wonder 74 33 23 16 35 THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL MIchael Jackson 75 75 10th July New Entries NO CONVERSATION View From A Hill 14 9 21 45 AIN'T NO SUNSHINE Sydney Youngblood 66 GOD GAVE ROCK 'N' ROLL TO YOU Dennis Greaves & The Truth 68 49 26 26 ROSES ARE RED The Mac Band/ McCampbell Brothers 70 63 37 22 REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE (REMIX) The Four Tops 71 out 18 5 FIND MY LOVE Fairground Attraction 73 44 30 21 IN MY DREAMS Will Downing 74 17th July New Entries NITE AND DAY Al B. Sure! 8 14 29 MY GIRL AND ME Gangway 12 6 13 HEAT IT UP Wee Papa Girl Rappers 30 12 16 NOWHERE TO RUN Martha & The Vandellas 35 10 10 SYMPTOM OF TRUE LOVE Tracie Spencer 36 19 18 HAND TO HEAVEN Breathe 53 40 27 MOVE ON UP Curtis Mayfield 55 38 DO YOU LOVE ME The Contours 56 43 FIESTA The Pogues 60 33 28 GLAM SLAM Prince 64 34 34 SOLDIER OF LOVE Donny Osmond 65 28 9 LOVE BITES Def Leppard 66 65 62 PERFECT WORLD Huey Lewis & The News 73 67 60 SUPERFLY GUY S'Express 75 48 32 24th July New Entries I SAY NOTHING Voice Of The Beehive 23 14 WHAT CAN I SAY TO MAKE YOU LOVE ME Alexander O'Neal 29 17 THE ONLY WAY IS UP Yazz & The Plastic Population 60 31 MAD ABOUT YOU Belinda Carlisle 62 49 WHY DID YOU DO IT Groove Train 66 65 I'M TOO SCARED Steven Dante 72 FEEL THE NEED IN ME Shakin' Stevens 73 68 ALL FIRED UP Pat Benatar 75 70 31st July New Entries I NEED YOU B.V.S.M.P. 8 YE KE YE KE Mory Kante 20 HAPPY EVER AFTER Julia Fordham 23 RUSH HOUR Jane Wiedlin 37 FOREVER YOUNG Rod Stewart 38 MARTHA'S HARBOUR All About Eve 43 IT'S NATURE'S WAY (NO PROBLEM) Dollar 48 SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LAZY RIVER Robbie Robertson 53 HUSTLE (TO THE MUSIC) Funky Worm 57 WORKING IN A GOLDMINE Aztec Camera 74
August 17, 201311 yr Author AUGUST 1988 The traditional summer drought of hot exciting new records well in evidence till the last week of the month, as it was left to ongoing album tracks and old-timers to dominate. Kim Wilde & Michael Jackson's umpteenth Bad track topped - to be honest not one of his greatest, but I still had vivid memories of his Captain Eo 3D mini-sci-fi-epic movie from visiting Disneyland a year earlier, this track was used a basis for the movie and seemed much better in 3D! Bad news for Mory Kante, who had 3 weeks at 2 with the best record in the chart, one of the greatest pop records to come out of Africa, and one periodically remixed and recharted, but never ever made the Top 20. Boo! 7th August chart YOU CAME Kim Wilde 1 1 1 4 THE ONLY WAY IS UP Yazz & The Plastic Population 2 4 7 11 DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson 3 8 14 21 MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael 4 6 11 15 YE KE YE KE Mory Kante 5 2 2 2 SOLDIER OF LOVE Donny Osmond 6 12 12 12 HAPPY EVER AFTER Julia Fordham 7 3 3 5 I NEED YOU B.V.S.M.P. 8 16 19 33 SUPERFLY GUY S'Express 9 5 6 13 I SAY NOTHING Voice Of The Beehive 10 25 41 IN THE AIR TONIGHT (1988) Phil Collins 11 21 23 32 WHAT CAN I SAY TO MAKE YOU LOVE ME Alexander O'Neal 12 26 37 61 FOOLISH BEAT Debbie Gibson 13 23 26 34 REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE (REMIX) The Four Tops 14 24 31 42 FIND MY LOVE Fairground Attraction 15 10 9 14 HAND TO HEAVEN Breathe 16 13 10 8 NEVER TEAR US APART INXS 17 27 39 58 COULDN'T GET IT RIGHT '88 Climax Blues Band 18 11 21 41 SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LAZY RIVER Robbie Robertson 19 9 5 3 NOWHERE TO RUN Martha & The Vandellas 20 42 54 I WANT YOUR LOVE Transvision Vamp 21 33 45 66 THE FLAME Cheap Trick 22 32 44 MY GIRL AND ME Gangway 23 31 43 MARTHA'S HARBOUR All About Eve 24 15 17 31 FOREVER YOUNG Rod Stewart 25 19 18 26 RUSH HOUR Jane Wiedlin 26 14 13 10 PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa 27 48 59 GLAM SLAM Prince 28 55 I WILL BE WITH YOU T'Pau 29 44 52 HUSTLE (TO THE MUSIC) Funky Worm 30 29 25 51 ROSES ARE RED The Mac Band/ McCampbell Brothers 31 20 34 SYMPTOM OF TRUE LOVE Tracie Spencer 32 53 HEAT IT UP Wee Papa Girl Rappers 33 70 BEATIN' THE HEAT Jack 'n' Chill 34 65 WILD WORLD Maxi Priest 35 47 56 ONE MORE TRY George Michael 36 38 38 43 IT'S NATURE'S WAY (NO PROBLEM) Dollar 37 50 WHERE DID I GO WRONG UB40 38 34 22 17 SUGAR SUGAR The Archies 39 40 40 39 CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle 40 45 49 55 PEEK A BOO Siouxsie & The Banshees 41 41 55 HEART Pet Shop Boys 42 43 42 44 ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan / Miami Sound Machine 43 22 8 6 BREAKFAST IN BED UB40/ Chrissie Hynde 44 60 65 MAD ABOUT YOU Belinda Carlisle 45 64 NITE AND DAY Al B. Sure! 46 TOMORROW PEOPLE Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers 47 FIESTA The Pogues 48 GOOD TRADITION Tanita Tikarim 49 28 20 18 GOD GAVE ROCK 'N' ROLL TO YOU Dennis Greaves & The Truth 50 WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield 51 51 47 49 LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 52 52 48 48 PARADISE Sade 53 67 70 HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles 54 54 53 54 NO CONVERSATION View From A Hill 55 ALPHABET STREET Prince 56 57 57 65 PERFECT WORLD Huey Lewis & The News 57 WORKING IN A GOLDMINE Aztec Camera 58 18 16 25 YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees 59 59 58 60 YOU HAVE PLACED A CHILL IN MY HEART Eurythmics 60 CROSS MY HEART Eighth Wonder 61 CHAINS OF LOVE Erasure 62 EVERY DAY IS LIKE SUNDAY Morrissey 63 MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson 64 61 61 62 I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5 65 66 66 70 I'LL BE THERE Robe 66 THE LOCOMOTION Kylie Minogue 67 63 51 BAD Michael Jackson 68 69 69 71 SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART Aztec Camera 69 RETURN TO YESTERDAY The Lilac Time 70 THE HARDER I TRY Brother Beyond 71 17 15 7 JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis 72 73 73 LIKE DREAMERS DO Mica Paris/ Courtney Pine 73 ON THE BEACH '88 Chris Rea 74 62 50 46 ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys 75 75 75 14th August new entries EASY The Commodores 7 4 9 JUMP START Natalie Cole 30 24 20 RUNNIN' ALL OVER THE WORLD Status Quo 35 30 30 I HATE MYSELF FOR LOVING YOU Joan Jett & The Blackhearts 36 28 28 MY LOVE Julio Iglesias/ Stevie Wonder 37 29 47 TEARDROPS Womack & Womack 39 27 16 I WON'T BLEED FOR YOU Climie Fisher 46 36 27 TOUCHY a-ha 49 35 29 LOVE AND MERCY Brian Wilson 56 32 45 DON'T BE CRUEL Bobby Brown 58 33 53 MISSED OPPORTUNITY Daryl Hall & John Oates 68 68 WHEN ITS LOVE Van Halen 71 64 OFF ON YOUR OWN (GIRL) Al B! Sure 72 72 KING OF EMOTION Big Country 74 67 21st August new entries ELECTRA Jibaro 46 64 TEARS RUN RINGS Marc Almond 60 56 GOOD TIMES Matt Bianco 62 57 FIRST BOY IN THIS TOWN (LOVESICK) Scritti Politti 63 68 DON'T MAKE ME WAIT Bomb The Bass 71 36 BAD TIMES Ellis, Beggs & Howard (Kajagoogoo) 74 28th August new entries ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson 1 GROOVY KIND OF LOVE Phil Collins 19 SWEET CHILD O' MINE Guns 'n' Roses 22 EVERY GIRL AND BOY Spagna 23 HOTEL CALIFORNIA The Eagles 24 INDESTRUCTIBLE The Four Tops/ Smokey Robinson 35 CHILDHOOD DAYS Barry Gibb 37 CATCH MY FIRE Billy Idol 38 YOU'RE MY WORLD Nick Heyward 40 THE RACE Yello 50 RAW Spandau Ballet 52 TOWN OF PLENTY Elton John 59 MANNISH BOY Muddy Waters 63 WORLD WITHOUT YOU Belinda Carlisle 67 SIGNED SEALED DELIVER'D (I'M YOURS) Ruby Turner 69 SUPERSTITIOUS Europe 72 ROOTY TOOT TOOT John Cougar Mellencamp 73 MARY MARY Run-DMC 74 STATIC James Brown 75
September 26, 201311 yr Author SEPTEMBER 1988 A Quarter of a century ago and I was getting nostalgic for the 60's, as a beer advert rocketed the Hollies classic to the top of the Uk and my charts. Actually, I missed it in 1969 as I was living in Singapore (didnt make the radio there) so I'd only heard it as an occasional oldie. 20 years on and my first ever Number One was back in the charts on an anniversary reissue, good enough for me to chart it for the 3rd run at the top! Not the last one either.... Back in 1988 Pet Shop Boys ruled, clearly top act of that time (and since), but lots of great singles from Womack & Womack, and obscure classic flop Anchorage. I may stick it in BJSC one day:) 4th Sept chart HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies 1 2 4 4 ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson 2 3 6 10 YE KE YE KE Mory Kante 3 8 11 15 THE HARDER I TRY Brother Beyond 4 7 9 13 TEARDROPS Womack & Womack 5 4 3 5 SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LAZY RIVER Robbie Robertson 6 12 18 22 GROOVY KIND OF LOVE Phil Collins 7 6 8 14 YOU CAME Kim Wilde 8 13 16 21 HAPPY EVER AFTER Julia Fordham 9 22 28 32 EVERY GIRL AND BOY Spagna 10 25 25 51 RUSH HOUR Jane Wiedlin 11 18 22 26 ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan / Miami Sound Machine 12 15 15 11 HAND TO HEAVEN Breathe 13 21 31 42 WHERE DID I GO WRONG UB40 14 9 14 24 THE ONLY WAY IS UP Yazz & The Plastic Population 15 19 23 27 YOU'RE MY WORLD Nick Heyward 16 10 13 8 HOTEL CALIFORNIA The Eagles 17 43 SWEET CHILD O' MINE Guns 'n' Roses 18 17 12 12 ANOTHER LOVER Giant Steps 19 23 17 28 SOLDIER OF LOVE Donny Osmond 20 28 37 44 EASY The Commodores 21 35 41 55 SUPERFLY GUY S'Express 22 37 52 LOVELY DAY (SUNSHINE MIX) Bill Withers 23 5 5 3 FIND MY LOVE Fairground Attraction 24 33 34 47 TEARS RUN RINGS Marc Almond 25 16 10 16 MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael 26 31 32 35 WORLD WITHOUT YOU Belinda Carlisle 27 11 7 7 GOOD TRADITION Tanita Tikarim 28 32 33 48 TOUCHY a-ha 29 27 27 52 CATCH MY FALL Billy Idol 30 24 44 69 DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson 31 39 40 40 DON'T MAKE ME WAIT Bomb The Bass 32 36 30 43 INDESTRUCTIBLE The Four Tops/ Smokey Robinson 33 30 29 20 I HATE MYSELF FOR LOVING YOU Joan Jett & The Blackhearts 34 54 FOREVER YOUNG Rod Stewart 35 45 63 JUMP START Natalie Cole 36 50 66 71 CHILDHOOD DAYS Barry Gibb 37 58 THE RACE Yello 38 42 WAY BEHIND ME The Primitives 39 44 59 SUGAR SUGAR The Archies 40 38 38 38 IN THE AIR TONIGHT (1988) Phil Collins 41 52 WORKING IN A GOLDMINE Aztec Camera 42 71 STOP THIS CRAZY THING Coldcut/ Junior Reid 43 26 21 17 ONE MORE TRY George Michael 44 48 51 53 HEART Pet Shop Boys 45 47 49 50 RAW Spandau Ballet 46 53 MY LOVE Julio Iglesias/ Stevie Wonder 47 FOOLISH BEAT Debbie Gibson 48 63 LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 49 46 45 45 WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield 50 49 46 46 SKIN DEEP Cher 51 34 19 23 THE TIME WARP Damien II 52 64 GOOD TIMES Matt Bianco 53 40 54 REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE (REMIX) The Four Tops 54 68 HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles 55 56 57 58 MANNISH BOY Muddy Waters 56 72 TOWN OF PLENTY Elton John 57 29 26 41 FIRST BOY IN THIS TOWN (LOVESICK) Scritti Politti 58 41 56 30 YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees 59 59 58 59 MARILYN AND JOHN Vanessa Paradis 60 MARTHA'S HARBOUR All About Eve 61 MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson 62 62 62 62 CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle 63 67 71 I NEED YOU B.V.S.M.P. 64 SIGNED SEALED DELIVER'D (I'M YOURS) Ruby Turner 65 65 I WON'T BLEED FOR YOU Climie Fisher 66 HEAVEN IN MY HANDS Level 42 67 66 RUNNIN' ALL OVER THE WORLD Status Quo 68 NEVER TEAR US APART INXS 69 I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5 70 70 70 72 SHAKE YOUR THANG (IT'S YOUR THING) Salt 'n' Pepa 71 60 43 57 ALPHABET STREET Prince 72 74 RIDING ON A TRAIN The Pasadenas 73 55 36 25 BAD Michael Jackson 74 75 74 75 HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER Bill Medley 75 69 11th Sept new entries HEY JUDE The Beatles 1 1 2 DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys 14 2 1 LOVE AND MERCY Brian Wilson 20 35 61 WHY DID YOU DO IT Groove Train 51 53 ANSWERS TO NOTHING Midge Ure 57 50 YOU'RE SO VAIN (LIVE) Carly Simon 61 48 TURN AROUND AND COUNT TO 10 Dead Or Alive 73 18th Sept new entries FAKE ('88 REMIX) Alexander O' Neal 20 18 ANCHORAGE Michelle-Shocked 24 9 LEAD ME ON Amy Grant 39 31 BIG FUN Inner City/ Kevin Saunderson 42 19 THE RUMOUR Olivia Newton-John 47 33 DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY Bobby McFerrin 55 6 REVOLUTION BABY Transvision Vamp 60 49 I'M GONNA BE (500 MILES) The Proclaimers 61 60 DON'T BE CRUEL Cheap Trick 64 64 LOVE TRUTH AND HONESTY Bananarama 65 56 DON'T WALK AWAY Toni Childs 67 TONIGHT Kevin Rowland 68 67 TALKING 'BOUT A REVOLUTION Tracey Chapman 69 I QUIT Bros 72 68 I DON'T WANT YOUR LOVE Duran Duran 73 65 NEVER TRUST A STRANGER Kim Wilde 75 34 25th Sept new entries PLEASE HELP THE CAUSE AGAINST LONELINESS Sandie Shaw 29 SPARE PARTS Bruce Springsteen 36 A LITTLE RESPECT Erasure 37 MAYA Errol Brown 39 DESIRE U2 54 IF IT ISN'T LOVE New Edition 63 NOTHING CAN DIVIDE US Jason Donovan 66 TURN IT INTO LOVE Hazell Dean 70 BAD MEDICINE Bon Jovi 73 IT'S YER MONEY I'M AFTER BABY The Wonder Stuff 74
October 16, 201311 yr Author OCTOBER 1988 Early October was a bit quiet for good new stuff so oldies dominate the chart in a big way, especially the new obsession with dance remixes of oldies. Even the Human League, biggest single of the month, was a two-year-old Jam & Lewis dance track belatedly released as a single. Had it come out as follow-up to Human in 1986, as it should have done, it would have been a hit. In the vacuum of good UK releases American monster hit Information Society get to the top, too, it's a great synth-pop-rock track utterly obscure in the UK. Best of the other newies, Enya, the brilliant (but flopped) Michelle-Shocked, Kylie & Milli Vanilli. Err yeah, think we all missed that last one and it all ended in farce and tragedy. 2nd Oct chart LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS Human League 1 1 1 1 2 HEY JUDE The Beatles 2 6 9 12 12 DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys 3 3 5 11 16 ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds 4 2 3 3 8 LOVELY DAY (SUNSHINE MIX) Bill Withers 5 4 8 15 17 DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY Bobby McFerrin 6 12 14 19 23 YOU'RE MY WORLD Nick Heyward 7 5 11 20 27 HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies 8 13 13 16 19 ANCHORAGE Michelle-Shocked 9 8 4 9 20 TEARDROPS Womack & Womack 10 10 12 17 21 DEEP AND WIDE AND TALL Aztec Camera 11 11 17 25 28 WORLD WITHOUT YOU Belinda Carlisle 12 20 31 50 69 ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan / Miami Sound Machine 13 17 21 26 41 A LITTLE RESPECT Erasure 14 7 6 6 15 FAKE ('88 REMIX) Alexander O' Neal 15 15 23 23 31 NEVER TRUST A STRANGER Kim Wilde 16 9 7 5 9 ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson 17 22 30 32 40 YE KE YE KE Mory Kante 18 18 24 30 43 RIDING ON A TRAIN The Pasadenas 19 14 16 22 30 GROOVY KIND OF LOVE Phil Collins 20 25 35 35 50 THE HARDER I TRY Brother Beyond 21 24 29 31 45 DESIRE U2 22 16 10 8 14 FIRST BOY IN THIS TOWN (LOVESICK) Scritti Politti 23 19 26 36 51 BIG FUN Inner City/ Kevin Saunderson 24 29 32 48 71 TEARS RUN RINGS Marc Almond 25 33 41 68 YOU CAME Kim Wilde 26 31 34 34 39 SWEET CHILD O' MINE Guns 'n' Roses 27 38 45 63 SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LAZY RIVER Robbie Robertson 28 32 36 44 49 PLEASE HELP THE CAUSE AGAINST LONELINESS Sandie Shaw 29 45 68 THE RUMOUR Olivia Newton-John 30 53 75 ANOTHER LOVER Giant Steps 31 27 37 45 57 STOP THIS CRAZY THING Coldcut/ Junior Reid 32 34 40 INDESTRUCTIBLE The Four Tops/ Smokey Robinson 33 51 65 SKIN DEEP Cher 34 42 51 MAYA Errol Brown 35 41 54 SPARE PARTS Bruce Springsteen 36 55 RUSH HOUR Jane Wiedlin 37 37 42 HARVEST FOR THE WORLD The Christians 38 28 20 14 10 I DON'T WANT YOUR LOVE Duran Duran 39 26 25 24 62 SUGAR SUGAR The Archies 40 39 39 39 37 HAPPY EVER AFTER Julia Fordham 41 44 47 52 63 MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael 42 43 44 46 46 WHERE DID I GO WRONG UB40 43 57 63 66 LOVE TRUTH AND HONESTY Bananarama 44 40 38 29 68 DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson 45 49 53 57 61 THE ONLY WAY IS UP Yazz & The Plastic Population 46 54 61 LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 47 47 43 43 42 WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield 48 48 46 47 47 GOODBYE TO LOVE AGAIN Maxi Priest 49 46 64 LEAD ME ON Amy Grant 50 I'M GONNA BE (500 MILES) The Proclaimers 51 HEART Pet Shop Boys 52 52 52 53 53 TRUE LOVE Glen Frey 53 50 48 HAND TO HEAVEN Breathe 54 64 73 SOLDIER OF LOVE Donny Osmond 55 61 71 ONE MORE TRY George Michael 56 56 60 60 58 TURN IT INTO LOVE Hazell Dean 57 30 28 42 HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles 58 58 58 56 56 FIND MY LOVE Fairground Attraction 59 65 YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees 60 59 59 59 59 DON'T MAKE ME WAIT Bomb The Bass 61 GOOD TRADITION Tanita Tikarim 62 MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson 63 62 57 54 54 TOWN OF PLENTY Elton John 64 EASY The Commodores 65 70 70 NOTHING CAN DIVIDE US Jason Donovan 66 60 BAD MEDICINE Bon Jovi 67 BURN IT UP Beastmasters/ P.P. Arnold 68 35 27 27 35 I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5 69 68 66 65 66 LISTEN TO THE VOICES Labi Siffre 70 69 out out 52 ONE MOMENT IN TIME Whitney Houston 71 out out 69 64 HALLELUJAH MAN Love And Money 72 THE BIG ONE Black 73 JUMP START Natalie Cole 74 74 BAD Michael Jackson 75 75 74 72 73 9th Oct new entries ORINOCO FLOW Enya 21 15 7 3 WEE RULE Wee Papa Girl Rappers 23 19 21 36 WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND (PURE ENERGY) Information Society 36 2 2 1 JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI Kylie Minogue 63 33 18 7 ONE STEP FROM HEAVEN The Adventures 66 55 41 44 SHE WANTS TO DANCE WITH ME Rick Astley 67 1-2-3 Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine 71 50 33 33 KISS Tom Jones & The Art Of Noise 72 56 40 26 TUMBLIN' DOWN Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers 73 16th Oct new entries DECEMBER '63 (OH WHAT A NIGHT) '88 The Four Seasons 18 4 6 GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE Milli Vanilli 22 10 5 FALLEN ANGEL Robbie Robertson 49 49 STAND UP FOR YOUR LOVE RIGHTS Yazz & The Plastic Population 62 58 55 MR. LEE Diana Ross 67 64 MY EYES DON'T CRY Stevie Wonder 69 67 WE CALL IT ACIEED D Mob/ Gary Hartman 72 61 23rd Oct new entries NEED YOU TONIGHT (MENDOHLSON MIX) INXS 13 13 SHE MAKES MY DAY Robert Palmer 28 24 I WISH U HEAVEN Prince 37 25 NOTHING AT ALL Heart 38 38 TWIST IN MY SOBRIETY Tanita Tikarim 51 22 INSIDE A DREAM Jane Wiedlin 55 48 CHARLOTTE ANN Julian Cope 62 I CAN HEAR YOUR HEARTBEAT Chris Rea 70 67 DON'T WALK AWAY Pat Benatar 71 LIFE IS JUST A BALLGAME Womack & Womack 73 70 REAL GONE KID Deacon Blue 74 18 SECRET GARDEN T'Pau 75 30th Oct new entries LET'S STICK TOGETHER '88 Bryan Ferry 4 BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY The Four Seasons 11 PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART Annie Lennox/ Al Green 29 HANDLE WITH CARE Traveling Wilbury's 32 CAN YOU PARTY Royal House 34 WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE Guns 'N' Roses 60 FIRST TIME Robin Beck 65 PUT A HOLD ON IT Eddy Grant 72 BOOM! THERE SHE WAS Scritti Politti 74 LOUIE LOUIE The Fat Boys 75
November 18, 201311 yr Author 6th November 1988 Huge US hit Information Society gets a second week at the top - it's a bit Duran Duran and features Spock legend Leonard Nimoy as a Pure Energy sample. Much preferable to that excrement Star Trekkin'...! ** Enya, nearly made it with the lovely Flow ** Tanita Tikarim twists her way into the top 10. I kept hoping Salt n Pepa would do a cover in the style of Twist & Shout... ** Prince up to 8 with the goooorgeous I Wish U Heaven ** Four Seasons exit and enter the top 10 with 60's and 70's classics - hey, I was a good 20 years ahead of the brilliant Jersey Boys west end show! ** Highest new entry the very last famous Beach Boys hit ** new at 39 the marvellous Bucks Fizz track Heart Of Stone, later covered identi-kit style by Cher ** in at 61 the absolutely lovely Sunshine On Leith, so good they made a new movie out of it. Sort of... ijAYN9zVnwg 1 ( 1 ) WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND (PURE ENERGY) Information Society 2 ( 3 ) ORINOCO FLOW Enya 3 ( 2 ) LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS Human League 4 ( 5 ) GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE Milli Vanilli 5 ( 4 ) LET'S STICK TOGETHER '88 Bryan Ferry 6 ( 22 ) TWIST IN MY SOBRIETY Tanita Tikarim 7 ( 7 ) JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI Kylie Minogue 8 ( 25 ) I WISH U HEAVEN Prince 9 ( 11 ) BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY The Four Seasons 10 ( 13 ) NEED YOU TONIGHT (MENDOHLSON MIX) INXS 11 ( 6 ) DECEMBER '63 (OH WHAT A NIGHT) '88 The Four Seasons 12 ( 12 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 13 ( 18 ) REAL GONE KID Deacon Blue 14 ( 8 ) ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds 15 ( 9 ) NEVER TRUST A STRANGER Kim Wilde 16 ( NEW ) KOKOMO The Beach Boys 17 ( 10 ) HARVEST FOR THE WORLD The Christians 18 ( 24 ) SHE MAKES MY DAY Robert Palmer 19 ( 16 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys 20 ( 29 ) PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART Annie Lennox/ Al Green 21 ( 19 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies 22 ( 26 ) KISS Tom Jones & The Art Of Noise 23 ( 14 ) DESIRE U2 24 ( 17 ) LOVELY DAY (SUNSHINE MIX) Bill Withers 25 ( 21 ) TEARDROPS Womack & Womack 26 ( 15 ) A LITTLE RESPECT Erasure 27 ( 34 ) CAN YOU PARTY Royal House 28 ( 20 ) ANCHORAGE Michelle-Shocked 29 ( 23 ) DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY Bobby McFerrin 30 ( 32 ) HANDLE WITH CARE Traveling Wilbury's nasJooOm1b4 31 ( 60 ) WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE Guns 'N' Roses 32 ( 33 ) 1-2-3 Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine 33 ( NEW ) SULTANS OF SWING Dire Straits 34 ( NEW ) BREATHE LIFE INTO ME Mica Paris 35 ( 27 ) YOU'RE MY WORLD Nick Heyward 36 ( 48 ) INSIDE A DREAM Jane Wiedlin 37 ( 28 ) DEEP AND WIDE AND TALL Aztec Camera 38 ( 30 ) RIDING ON A TRAIN The Pasadenas 39 ( NEW ) HEART OF STONE Bucks Fizz 40 ( 37 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies eDtPNJFOFFQ 41 ( 39 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde 42 ( 42 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 43 ( 65 ) FIRST TIME Robin Beck 44 ( 31 ) FAKE ('88 REMIX) Alexander O' Neal 45 ( 40 ) ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson 46 ( 47 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield 47 ( 43 ) YE KE YE KE Mory Kante 48 ( 46 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael 49 ( NEW ) I WALK THE EARTH Voice Of The Beehive 50 ( 35 ) BURN IT UP Beastmasters/ P.P. Arnold 51 ( 36 ) WEE RULE Wee Papa Girl Rappers 52 ( 41 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan / Miami Sound Machine 53 ( 53 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys 54 ( 49 ) SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LAZY RIVER Robbie Robertson 55 ( 55 ) STAND UP FOR YOUR LOVE RIGHTS Yazz & The Plastic Population 56 ( 56 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles 57 ( 54 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson 58 ( 59 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees 59 ( 50 ) GROOVY KIND OF LOVE Phil Collins 60 ( 58 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael 6BDj4mr0fBc 61 ( NEW ) SUNSHINE ON LEITH The Proclaimers 62 ( 57 ) ANOTHER LOVER Giant Steps 63 ( 45 ) THE HARDER I TRY Brother Beyond 64 ( 61 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson 65 ( NEW ) HE AIN'T NO COMPETITION Brother Beyond 66 ( NEW ) NATHAN JONES Bananarama 67 ( 52 ) LISTEN TO THE VOICES Labi Siffre 68 ( 66 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5 69 ( 70 ) LIFE IS JUST A BALLGAME Womack & Womack 70 ( 63 ) HAPPY EVER AFTER Julia Fordham 71 ( NEW ) IT'S MONEY THAT MATTERS Randy Newman 72 ( NEW ) THE PARTY Kraze 73 ( NEW ) WHAT KIND OF FOOL All About Eve 74 ( 73 ) BAD Michael Jackson 75 ( NEW ) COPPERHEAD ROAD Steve earl Edited November 18, 201311 yr by popchartfreak
November 19, 201311 yr Author 13th November 1988 After 5 years of near-misses, the prolific and inventive Prince finally got a number one and followed up Alphabet Street quickly with a second dreamily psychedelic-soul topper. Shockingly, considering the 10 hot years he had, it's his last so far! No video on youtube sadly, so below find the record that actually was lined up to be number one as a reissue from 1972 (when it topped my chart) but in the end failed to go Top 100 and so didn't qualify: Mother And Child Reunion (Paul Simon). Doh! IiMdkY_5Gfw Talking of oldies, Petula Clark, in at 2 with a fair remix of the superior 60's classic, and a childhood fave that made me all gooey and nostalgic for things 1965-ish, like the Tube into London from our Chesham home, Dr Who and the Zarbi, and comics Robin and Playhour, and catching sticklebacks in the river over the road to put in a bucket for pets. They upset me by not eating my bits of bread and dying overnight - so I thought I'd return the survivors, reluctantly. My pet rabbit also died suddenly. Upsetting! Back in 1988 INXS go up to 8 with a classic track from a classic album. I saw them when they were smoking hot in concert, and Michael Hutchence was one of the great live frontmen. I accidentally had a cassette recorder switched on at the BIC, crap sound quality but don't suppose MH would have objected if I copied it one day to mp3. Lots of big names (Jacko, Georgie) entering with album singles a year on from release, and a hot new one from perennial faves Pet Shop Boys. Big leaps for Bucks Fizz and Proclaimers, 1 ( 8 ) I WISH U HEAVEN Prince 2 ( NEW ) DOWNTOWN '88 Petula Clark 3 ( 2 ) ORINOCO FLOW Enya 4 ( 1 ) WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND (PURE ENERGY) Information Society 5 ( 6 ) TWIST IN MY SOBRIETY Tanita Tikarim 6 ( 3 ) LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS Human League 7 ( 4 ) GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE Milli Vanilli 8 ( 10 ) NEED YOU TONIGHT (MENDOHLSON MIX) INXS 9 ( 13 ) REAL GONE KID Deacon Blue 10 ( 5 ) LET'S STICK TOGETHER '88 Bryan Ferry w-rv2BQa2OU 11 ( 7 ) JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI Kylie Minogue 12 ( 18 ) SHE MAKES MY DAY Robert Palmer 13 ( 16 ) KOKOMO The Beach Boys 14 ( 12 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 15 ( NEW ) KISSING A FOOL George Michael 16 ( 9 ) BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY The Four Seasons 17 ( 39 ) HEART OF STONE Bucks Fizz 18 ( NEW ) SMOOTH CRIMINAL Michael Jackson 19 ( 20 ) PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART Annie Lennox/ Al Green 20 ( 34 ) BREATHE LIFE INTO ME Mica Paris 21 ( 15 ) NEVER TRUST A STRANGER Kim Wilde 22 ( 30 ) HANDLE WITH CARE Traveling Wilbury's 23 ( 19 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys 24 ( 21 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies 25 ( 14 ) ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds 26 ( 27 ) CAN YOU PARTY Royal House 27 ( 11 ) DECEMBER '63 (OH WHAT A NIGHT) '88 The Four Seasons 28 ( 32 ) 1-2-3 Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine 29 ( 24 ) LOVELY DAY (SUNSHINE MIX) Bill Withers 30 ( 31 ) WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE Guns 'N' Roses 31 ( 25 ) TEARDROPS Womack & Womack 32 ( 22 ) KISS Tom Jones & The Art Of Noise 33 ( NEW ) LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES Pet Shop Boys 34 ( 35 ) YOU'RE MY WORLD Nick Heyward 35 ( 43 ) FIRST TIME Robin Beck 36 ( 17 ) HARVEST FOR THE WORLD The Christians 37 ( 29 ) DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY Bobby McFerrin 38 ( 61 ) SUNSHINE ON LEITH The Proclaimers 39 ( NEW ) FOUR LETTER WORD Kim Wilde 40 ( 36 ) INSIDE A DREAM Jane Wiedlin 41 ( 40 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies 42 ( 42 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 43 ( 41 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde 44 ( 23 ) DESIRE U2 45 ( 66 ) NATHAN JONES Bananarama 46 ( 26 ) A LITTLE RESPECT Erasure 47 ( 46 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield 48 ( 28 ) ANCHORAGE Michelle-Shocked 49 ( 33 ) SULTANS OF SWING Dire Straits 50 ( 48 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael 51 ( 37 ) DEEP AND WIDE AND TALL Aztec Camera 52 ( 55 ) STAND UP FOR YOUR LOVE RIGHTS Yazz & The Plastic Population 53 ( NEW ) A WORD IN SPANISH Elton John 54 ( 53 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys 55 ( 73 ) WHAT KIND OF FOOL All About Eve 56 ( 56 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles 57 ( 47 ) YE KE YE KE Mory Kante 58 ( 58 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees 59 ( 38 ) RIDING ON A TRAIN The Pasadenas 60 ( 60 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael 61 ( 57 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson 62 ( 45 ) ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson 63 ( 54 ) SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LAZY RIVER Robbie Robertson 64 ( 65 ) HE AIN'T NO COMPETITION Brother Beyond 65 ( 49 ) I WALK THE EARTH Voice Of The Beehive 66 ( NEW ) LOUIE LOUIE The Fat Boys 67 ( 68 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5 68 ( 64 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson 69 ( 70 ) HAPPY EVER AFTER Julia Fordham 70 ( NEW ) MINNIE THE MOOCHER Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra BDGkyzVdUfc 71 ( 52 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan / Miami Sound Machine 72 ( NEW ) IF IT'S LOVE THAT YOU WANT Donny Osmond 73 ( NEW ) TWIST AND SHOUT Salt 'n' Pepa 74 ( NEW ) TILL I LOVED YOU Barbra Streisand & Don Johnson 75 ( NEW ) TWO HEARTS Phil Collins Edited November 19, 201311 yr by popchartfreak
November 20, 201311 yr Author 20th November 1988 So, Pet gets her first official chart-topper (though she would have had plenty pre-1968). The video is the 60's live performance not the inferior blippety-bop 88 dance remix ** Bucks Fizz go Top 5 for the very last time, but they had quite run of great singles ** Pet Shop Boys shoot up to 6 ** Annie Lennox gets her first hit under her own name, with soul great Al Green, who'd not a had a big hit since 1975 ** Traveling Wilburys sneak up to 17: that's a line-up that includes Roy Orbison, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, and oh, yes, Tom Petty. Talk about supergroup! ** highest new entry (apart from yet another 70's remix) is (I think) Brit band who had a huge American hit with the fab Wild Wild West. Check out the youtube! 4qnV4JnBVII Not a cover, a different song called Downtown, Scandinavian, obscure and quite good, One 2 Many in at 37 ** sneaking in at 73 after one listen a bit of a debut classic, The La's There She Goes, thus qualifying as an 80's classic for me (it was a hit in the 90's after a brief chart UK entry in January 89). I'm not saying I'm ahead of the game, but, OK I am...! ** At 75, the co-written Sandie Shaw and Chris Andrews fab Nothing Less Than Brilliant. Smiths and Pretenders brought her back, and this was Sandie's last album and chart-fling really. Chris Andrews, not only a 60's pop star, he wrote loads of Sandie's great 60's hits, the lyrics are Sandie's own life-statement, and it could almost be a Morrissey or Lloyd Cole song. 1 ( 2 ) DOWNTOWN '88 Petula Clark 2 ( 1 ) I WISH U HEAVEN Prince 3 ( 8 ) NEED YOU TONIGHT (MENDOHLSON MIX) INXS 4 ( 5 ) TWIST IN MY SOBRIETY Tanita Tikarim 5 ( 17 ) HEART OF STONE Bucks Fizz 6 ( 33 ) LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES Pet Shop Boys 7 ( 3 ) ORINOCO FLOW Enya 8 ( 15 ) KISSING A FOOL George Michael 9 ( 6 ) LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS Human League 10 ( 19 ) PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART Annie Lennox/ Al Green 11 ( 9 ) REAL GONE KID Deacon Blue 12 ( 4 ) WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND (PURE ENERGY) Information Society 13 ( 7 ) GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE Milli Vanilli 14 ( 18 ) SMOOTH CRIMINAL Michael Jackson 15 ( 10 ) LET'S STICK TOGETHER '88 Bryan Ferry 16 ( 20 ) BREATHE LIFE INTO ME Mica Paris 17 ( 22 ) HANDLE WITH CARE Traveling Wilbury's 18 ( 12 ) SHE MAKES MY DAY Robert Palmer 19 ( 11 ) JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI Kylie Minogue 20 ( 39 ) FOUR LETTER WORD Kim Wilde 6vE5ewvxdfo 21 ( 14 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 22 ( 13 ) KOKOMO The Beach Boys 23 ( NEW ) DENIS (DENEE) '88 Blondie 24 ( NEW ) WILD WILD WEST The Escape Club 25 ( 38 ) SUNSHINE ON LEITH The Proclaimers 26 ( 21 ) NEVER TRUST A STRANGER Kim Wilde 27 ( 16 ) BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY The Four Seasons 28 ( 24 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies 29 ( 23 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys 30 ( NEW ) MISTLETOE AND WINE Cliff Richard 31 ( 35 ) FIRST TIME Robin Beck 32 ( 28 ) 1-2-3 Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine 33 ( 25 ) ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds 34 ( 29 ) LOVELY DAY (SUNSHINE MIX) Bill Withers 35 ( 55 ) WHAT KIND OF FOOL All About Eve 36 ( 27 ) DECEMBER '63 (OH WHAT A NIGHT) '88 The Four Seasons 37 ( NEW ) DOWNTOWN One 2 Many 38 ( 75 ) TWO HEARTS Phil Collins 39 ( 45 ) NATHAN JONES Bananarama 40 ( RE ) LIFE IS JUST A BALLGAME Womack & Womack 9iPXx-ahXKY 41 ( 26 ) CAN YOU PARTY Royal House 42 ( 42 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 43 ( 41 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies 44 ( 43 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde 45 ( 34 ) YOU'RE MY WORLD Nick Heyward 46 ( 31 ) TEARDROPS Womack & Womack 47 ( 52 ) STAND UP FOR YOUR LOVE RIGHTS Yazz & The Plastic Population 48 ( 37 ) DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY Bobby McFerrin 49 ( NEW ) ENCHANTED LADY The Pasadenas 50 ( 47 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield 51 ( 32 ) KISS Tom Jones & The Art Of Noise 52 ( 53 ) A WORD IN SPANISH Elton John 53 ( 50 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael 54 ( 30 ) WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE Guns 'N' Roses 55 ( 66 ) LOUIE LOUIE The Fat Boys 56 ( 54 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys 57 ( NEW ) RADIO ROMANCE Tiffany 58 ( 56 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles 59 ( NEW ) BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY/ FREEBIRD Will To Power 60 ( 58 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees 61 ( 64 ) HE AIN'T NO COMPETITION Brother Beyond 62 ( NEW ) SUCCESS Sigue Sigue Sputnik 63 ( 61 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson 64 ( 36 ) HARVEST FOR THE WORLD The Christians 65 ( NEW ) IN YOUR ROOM The Bangles 66 ( 73 ) TWIST AND SHOUT Salt 'n' Pepa 67 ( 44 ) DESIRE U2 68 ( NEW ) COME OUT TO PLAY UB40 69 ( 57 ) YE KE YE KE Mory Kante 70 ( NEW ) BROKEN HEART (THIRTEEN VALLEYS) Big Country CZXLLMbJdZ4 71 ( 67 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5 72 ( 60 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael 73 ( NEW ) THERE SHE GOES The La's 74 ( NEW ) MISSING YOU Chris De Burgh 75 ( NEW ) NOTHING LESS THAN BRILLIANT Sandie Shaw Ek3Ybx9IPcY Edited November 20, 201311 yr by popchartfreak
November 22, 201311 yr Nice job, John. Your charts are more viewable now. Many good pop (and not only) artists are represented here. Bucks Fizz's classic again, Kylie's French :) , gorgeous 60s divas Sandie Shaw (didn't heard this single, because the song wasn't in UK charts before 1994) and Petula Clark, my number one "Radio Romance" by Tiffany, "Man In The Mirror" (my second favourite MJ song after "Earth Song"), most adorable Kim Wilde's "You Came" (and another personal # 1 "Four Letter Word"), Will To Power and many others.
November 23, 201311 yr Author Nice job, John. Your charts are more viewable now. Many good pop (and not only) artists are represented here. Bucks Fizz's classic again, Kylie's French :) , gorgeous 60s divas Sandie Shaw (didn't heard this single, because the song wasn't in UK charts before 1994) and Petula Clark, my number one "Radio Romance" by Tiffany, "Man In The Mirror" (my second favourite MJ song after "Earth Song"), most adorable Kim Wilde's "You Came" (and another personal # 1 "Four Letter Word"), Will To Power and many others. Thanks Alex, it takes a bit longer but you're right it looks better, thanks for the tips B-) At least one of the ones you like is going to number one so stay tuned :lol: I've sort fo forgotten Tiffany's so may refresh youtube for that one cheers! john
November 25, 201311 yr Author 27th Nov 1988 Pet Shop Boys get their third topper of the year with the sublime Trevor Horn mix of Left To My Own Devices. Still sounds fresh and exciting to me! ** Jacko goes top 10 with one of his famous tracks, Smooth Criminal ** Bomb The Bass are the highest new entry. I love the song, but it ain't exactly Aretha or Dionne.... ** Big jump for "Buster" track Two Hearts - it was all downhill for Phil after this, really... ** Big Top 40 climber for Will To Power. Hmmm, of the time shall we say, as it's certainly not Peter Frampton or Lynyrd Skynrd! ** U2 and Fleetwood Mac return with low-entry goodies... Ed1tv_gCOUA 1 ( 6 ) LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES Pet Shop Boys 2 ( 2 ) I WISH U HEAVEN Prince 3 ( 5 ) HEART OF STONE Bucks Fizz 4 ( 8 ) KISSING A FOOL George Michael 5 ( 1 ) DOWNTOWN '88 Petula Clark 6 ( 14 ) SMOOTH CRIMINAL Michael Jackson 7 ( 7 ) ORINOCO FLOW Enya 8 ( 4 ) TWIST IN MY SOBRIETY Tanita Tikarim 9 ( 9 ) LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS Human League 10 ( 3 ) NEED YOU TONIGHT (MENDOHLSON MIX) INXS 11 ( 16 ) BREATHE LIFE INTO ME Mica Paris 12 ( NEW ) SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Bomb The Bass 13 ( 11 ) REAL GONE KID Deacon Blue 14 ( 23 ) DENIS (DENEE) '88 Blondie 15 ( 24 ) WILD WILD WEST The Escape Club 16 ( 25 ) SUNSHINE ON LEITH The Proclaimers 17 ( 38 ) TWO HEARTS Phil Collins 18 ( 10 ) PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART Annie Lennox/ Al Green 19 ( 19 ) JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI Kylie Minogue 20 ( 20 ) FOUR LETTER WORD Kim Wilde 21 ( 12 ) WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND (PURE ENERGY) Information Society 22 ( 21 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 23 ( 15 ) LET'S STICK TOGETHER '88 Bryan Ferry 24 ( 13 ) GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE Milli Vanilli 25 ( 17 ) HANDLE WITH CARE Traveling Wilbury's 26 ( 18 ) SHE MAKES MY DAY Robert Palmer 27 ( 59 ) BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY/ FREEBIRD Will To Power 28 ( 28 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies 29 ( 29 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys 30 ( 30 ) MISTLETOE AND WINE Cliff Richard 31 ( 22 ) KOKOMO The Beach Boys 32 ( 26 ) NEVER TRUST A STRANGER Kim Wilde 33 ( 39 ) NATHAN JONES Bananarama 34 ( 27 ) BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY The Four Seasons 35 ( NEW ) LOVE NEVER DIES Belinda Carlisle 36 ( 37 ) DOWNTOWN One 2 Many 37 ( 57 ) RADIO ROMANCE Tiffany 38 ( 34 ) LOVELY DAY (SUNSHINE MIX) Bill Withers 39 ( NEW ) JACK TO THE SOUND OF THE UNDERGROUND Hithouse 40 ( 33 ) ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds 41 ( 32 ) 1-2-3 Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine 42 ( 75 ) NOTHING LESS THAN BRILLIANT Sandie Shaw 43 ( 42 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 44 ( 43 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies 45 ( 44 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde 46 ( 35 ) WHAT KIND OF FOOL All About Eve 47 ( 36 ) DECEMBER '63 (OH WHAT A NIGHT) '88 The Four Seasons 48 ( NEW ) DEAR GOD Midge Ure 49 ( 49 ) ENCHANTED LADY The Pasadenas 50 ( 40 ) LIFE IS JUST A BALLGAME Womack & Womack 51 ( 61 ) HE AIN'T NO COMPETITION Brother Beyond 52 ( 50 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield 53 ( RE ) TILL I LOVED YOU Barbra Streisand & Don Johnson 54 ( 46 ) TEARDROPS Womack & Womack 55 ( 53 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael 56 ( 62 ) SUCCESS Sigue Sigue Sputnik 57 ( 45 ) YOU'RE MY WORLD Nick Heyward 58 ( 58 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles 59 ( 56 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys 60 ( 60 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees 61 ( 48 ) DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY Bobby McFerrin 62 ( 52 ) A WORD IN SPANISH Elton John 63 ( 65 ) IN YOUR ROOM The Bangles 64 ( 47 ) STAND UP FOR YOUR LOVE RIGHTS Yazz & The Plastic Population 65 ( 63 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson 66 ( 66 ) TWIST AND SHOUT Salt 'n' Pepa 67 ( NEW ) LET THERE BE DRUMS Boss Beat 68 ( 68 ) COME OUT TO PLAY UB40 69 ( NEW ) ANGEL OF HARLEM U2 70 ( 31 ) FIRST TIME Robin Beck ROGEHq1WZqU 71 ( NEW ) AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW Fleetwood Mac 72 ( 71 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5 73 ( NEW ) YOU ARE THE ONE a-ha 74 ( NEW ) TAMAR Mory Kante 75 ( NEW ) LET'S DANCE Slade Edited November 25, 201311 yr by popchartfreak
January 1, 201411 yr Author 4th DEC 1988 My 12 month anniversary on a 2 year-contract working for Bournemouth Council measuring open spaces and parks for contracts (competitive tendering aka privatisation of council staff aka jobcuts). I celebrated musically by letting a load of oldies dominate my charts! The Hollies 1974 ballad classic finally topped the chart as follow-up to revived He Ain't Heavy, Buddy Holly got a rare 50's Top 10 hit with True Love Ways, and Bill Withers finally got his Ain't No Sunshine into my Top 10 16 years after Michael Jackson topped my chart with it... Back in 1988, Chris Rea's christmas classic makes a minor debut, Jacko's current hit climbs to 3 (later covered to lesser hit effect by some Ants), and Cliff shockingly goes top 10 with the perennial Mistletoe - I've become so fed up with hearing it over the years that I'd forgotten it went Top 10 first time round! A decade or two free from it would be nice. Phil Spector, on the other hand, always sounds fresh, even if via medley (a sort of retread of 1983's Christmas Spector) ** Phil Collin's Buster 60's retro-sounding pop hits 10, Monty Python's Life Of Brian singalong charts belatedly, and two 60's oldies keep up the good run of hits: Four Tops (Buster, movie, again) and Quo (still rocking 'em out in my 2013 charts). 70rm31ClOiE 1 ( NEW ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies 2 ( 1 ) LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES Pet Shop Boys 3 ( 6 ) SMOOTH CRIMINAL Michael Jackson 4 ( 5 ) DOWNTOWN '88 Petula Clark 5 ( NEW ) TRUE LOVE WAYS Buddy Holly 6 ( NEW ) AIN'T NO SUNSHINE '88 Bill Withers 7 ( 4 ) KISSING A FOOL George Michael 8 ( 2 ) I WISH U HEAVEN Prince 9 ( 30 ) MISTLETOE AND WINE Cliff Richard 10 ( 17 ) TWO HEARTS Phil Collins SidxJz94Svs 11 ( 3 ) HEART OF STONE Bucks Fizz 12 ( 12 ) SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Bomb The Bass 13 ( 7 ) ORINOCO FLOW Enya 14 ( NEW ) PHIL SPECTOR'S CHRISTMAS MIX The Ronettes, The Crystals and Darlene Love 15 ( 9 ) LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS Human League 16 ( 11 ) BREATHE LIFE INTO ME Mica Paris 17 ( 14 ) DENIS (DENEE) '88 Blondie 18 ( 8 ) TWIST IN MY SOBRIETY Tanita Tikarim 19 ( 10 ) NEED YOU TONIGHT (MENDOHLSON MIX) INXS 20 ( 20 ) FOUR LETTER WORD Kim Wilde 9ChADh1zt5I 21 ( 13 ) REAL GONE KID Deacon Blue 22 ( 49 ) ENCHANTED LADY The Pasadenas 23 ( 31 ) KOKOMO The Beach Boys 24 ( 18 ) PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART Annie Lennox/ Al Green 25 ( 19 ) JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI Kylie Minogue 26 ( 22 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 27 ( 27 ) BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY/ FREEBIRD Will To Power 28 ( 21 ) WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND (PURE ENERGY) Information Society 29 ( 37 ) RADIO ROMANCE Tiffany 30 ( 15 ) WILD WILD WEST The Escape Club 31 ( 16 ) SUNSHINE ON LEITH The Proclaimers 32 ( 39 ) JACK TO THE SOUND OF THE UNDERGROUND Hithouse 33 ( 28 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies 34 ( 23 ) LET'S STICK TOGETHER '88 Bryan Ferry 35 ( NEW ) CAT AMONGST THE PIGEONS Bros 36 ( NEW ) RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine 37 ( 29 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys 38 ( 42 ) NOTHING LESS THAN BRILLIANT Sandie Shaw 39 ( 51 ) HE AIN'T NO COMPETITION Brother Beyond 40 ( 53 ) TILL I LOVED YOU Barbra Streisand & Don Johnson 41 ( 36 ) DOWNTOWN One 2 Many 42 ( 62 ) A WORD IN SPANISH Elton John 43 ( 43 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 44 ( 44 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies 45 ( 38 ) LOVELY DAY (SUNSHINE MIX) Bill Withers 46 ( 40 ) ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds 47 ( 48 ) DEAR GOD Midge Ure 48 ( 24 ) GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE Milli Vanilli 49 ( 45 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde 50 ( 67 ) LET THERE BE DRUMS Boss Beat 51 ( 32 ) NEVER TRUST A STRANGER Kim Wilde 52 ( 33 ) NATHAN JONES Bananarama 53 ( 35 ) LOVE NEVER DIES Belinda Carlisle 54 ( 26 ) SHE MAKES MY DAY Robert Palmer 55 ( 52 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield 56 ( 63 ) IN YOUR ROOM The Bangles 57 ( NEW ) NOBOY'S PERFECT Mike And The Mechanics 58 ( 58 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles 59 ( 55 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael 60 ( 47 ) DECEMBER '63 (OH WHAT A NIGHT) '88 The Four Seasons 61 ( 60 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees 62 ( 59 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys 63 ( 73 ) YOU ARE THE ONE a-ha 64 ( 25 ) HANDLE WITH CARE Traveling Wilbury's 65 ( 57 ) YOU'RE MY WORLD Nick Heyward 66 ( 34 ) BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY The Four Seasons 67 ( NEW ) DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Chris Rea 68 ( 69 ) ANGEL OF HARLEM U2 69 ( NEW ) HUMANOID Stakker 70 ( 65 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson czhZbqpyBm8 71 ( NEW ) LOCO IN ACAPULCO The Four Tops 72 ( NEW ) BURNING BRIDGES (ON AND OFF AND ON AGAIN) Status Quo 73 ( 54 ) TEARDROPS Womack & Womack 74 ( 61 ) DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY Bobby McFerrin 75 ( NEW ) ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE Monty Python ZDO6_R_7S0Q Edited January 1, 201411 yr by popchartfreak
January 1, 201411 yr Author 11th DEC 1988 Pet pops back up to the top for a 2nd week but not the last one for the song. In at 5, John Lennon with two former number one classics and one former number one for Roxy Music (covered by them after his murder), meanwhile a minor remix of Mary's Boy Child gets Boney M a 10th anniversary return to the Top 10. Kim Wilde finally makes the Top 10 with a lovely ballad, Sandie Shaw's last great single makes the Top 20, and highest new entry is a pretty good MOR American pop track that's still fairly well known (even if as a sample for a dance hit) for Boy Meets Girl. Especially For You enters for Kylie & Jason - think that one's famous! - while obscure band Freiheit do a Paul McCartney soundalike harmony rockpop ballad that sounds very seasonal and fabulous for an entry at 35 1 ( 4 ) DOWNTOWN '88 Petula Clark 2 ( 1 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies 3 ( 2 ) LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES Pet Shop Boys 4 ( 5 ) TRUE LOVE WAYS Buddy Holly 5 ( NEW ) IMAGINE/ JEALOUS GUY/ HAPPY CHRISTMAS (WAR IS OVER) John Lennon / John & Yoko 6 ( NEW ) MARY'S BOY CHILD '88 Boney M 7 ( 6 ) AIN'T NO SUNSHINE '88 Bill Withers 8 ( 20 ) FOUR LETTER WORD Kim Wilde 9 ( 10 ) TWO HEARTS Phil Collins 10 ( 3 ) SMOOTH CRIMINAL Michael Jackson 11 ( 7 ) KISSING A FOOL George Michael 12 ( 9 ) MISTLETOE AND WINE Cliff Richard 13 ( 8 ) I WISH U HEAVEN Prince 14 ( 14 ) PHIL SPECTOR'S CHRISTMAS MIX The Ronettes, The Crystals and Darlene Love 15 ( 12 ) SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Bomb The Bass 16 ( 38 ) NOTHING LESS THAN BRILLIANT Sandie Shaw 17 ( 11 ) HEART OF STONE Bucks Fizz 18 ( 36 ) RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine 19 ( 24 ) PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART Annie Lennox/ Al Green 20 ( 23 ) KOKOMO The Beach Boys S3J_3mcOwdQ 21 ( 15 ) LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS Human League 22 ( NEW ) WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL Boy Meets Girl 23 ( 13 ) ORINOCO FLOW Enya 24 ( NEW ) AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW Fleetwood Mac 25 ( 18 ) TWIST IN MY SOBRIETY Tanita Tikarim 26 ( 16 ) BREATHE LIFE INTO ME Mica Paris 27 ( 52 ) NATHAN JONES Bananarama 28 ( 21 ) REAL GONE KID Deacon Blue 29 ( 19 ) NEED YOU TONIGHT (MENDOHLSON MIX) INXS 30 ( 26 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 31 ( 22 ) ENCHANTED LADY The Pasadenas 32 ( NEW ) ESPECIALLY FOR YOU Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan 33 ( 25 ) JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI Kylie Minogue 34 ( 35 ) CAT AMONGST THE PIGEONS Bros 35 ( NEW ) KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE Freiheit 36 ( 28 ) WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND (PURE ENERGY) Information Society 37 ( 30 ) WILD WILD WEST The Escape Club 38 ( 29 ) RADIO ROMANCE Tiffany 39 ( 33 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies 40 ( 17 ) DENIS (DENEE) '88 Blondie aGuNsiSZ9RI 41 ( 37 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys 42 ( 63 ) YOU ARE THE ONE a-ha 43 ( 67 ) DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Chris Rea 44 ( 34 ) LET'S STICK TOGETHER '88 Bryan Ferry 45 ( 43 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 46 ( 44 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies 47 ( NEW ) TAMA Mory Kante 48 ( 72 ) BURNING BRIDGES (ON AND OFF AND ON AGAIN) Status Quo 49 ( 45 ) LOVELY DAY (SUNSHINE MIX) Bill Withers 50 ( 46 ) ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds 51 ( 49 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde 52 ( 71 ) LOCO IN ACAPULCO The Four Tops 53 ( 53 ) LOVE NEVER DIES Belinda Carlisle 54 ( 27 ) BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY/ FREEBIRD Will To Power 55 ( 64 ) HANDLE WITH CARE Traveling Wilbury's 56 ( 55 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield 57 ( 39 ) HE AIN'T NO COMPETITION Brother Beyond 58 ( 68 ) ANGEL OF HARLEM U2 59 ( 58 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles 60 ( 32 ) JACK TO THE SOUND OF THE UNDERGROUND Hithouse 61 ( 61 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees 62 ( 59 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael 63 ( NEW ) TAKE ME TO YOUR HEART Rick Astley 64 ( 62 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys 65 ( NEW ) THE CHRISTMAS SONG Alexander O'Neal 66 ( 42 ) A WORD IN SPANISH Elton John 67 ( NEW ) STOP Erasure 68 ( 51 ) NEVER TRUST A STRANGER Kim Wilde 69 ( NEW ) LOVE HOUSE Samantha Fox 70 ( NEW ) SUDDENLY Angry Anderson 71 ( NEW ) I LIVE FOR YOUR LOVE Natalie Cole 72 ( 70 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson 73 ( NEW ) IF LOVE WAS A TRAIN Michelle-Shocked 74 ( NEW ) FINE TIME New Order 75 ( NEW ) GOOD LIFE Inner City KJxJxr9RlKM Edited January 1, 201411 yr by popchartfreak
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