January 1, 201411 yr Author 18th DEC 1988 It’s pre-Christmas and a Christmassy record headed the list, Freiheit shooting up from 35, a great minor hit that should have been enormous. Sandie Shaw gets her 3rd Top 5 of the 80’s and 4th in total up to that point (but those 60’s classics would pop up sometime too!). Fleetwood Mac’s surprise flop single (also great, and a Greatest Hits promotion) goes Top 20, highest new entry is newcomer Neneh Cherry with the fresh sounds of her Buffalo stancing. A-ha and U2 had both been slow climbers but finally made the 40, and elsewhere loads more remixes and covers of oldies. w9aYrHzEW-w 1 ( 35 ) KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE Freiheit 2 ( 5 ) IMAGINE/ JEALOUS GUY/ HAPPY CHRISTMAS (WAR IS OVER) John Lennon / John & Yoko 3 ( 1 ) DOWNTOWN '88 Petula Clark 4 ( 16 ) NOTHING LESS THAN BRILLIANT Sandie Shaw 5 ( 8 ) FOUR LETTER WORD Kim Wilde 6 ( 2 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies 7 ( 3 ) LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES Pet Shop Boys 8 ( 4 ) TRUE LOVE WAYS Buddy Holly 9 ( 6 ) MARY'S BOY CHILD '88 Boney M 10 ( 17 ) HEART OF STONE Bucks Fizz 11 ( 14 ) PHIL SPECTOR'S CHRISTMAS MIX The Ronettes, The Crystals and Darlene Love 12 ( 7 ) AIN'T NO SUNSHINE '88 Bill Withers 13 ( 9 ) TWO HEARTS Phil Collins 14 ( 24 ) AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW Fleetwood Mac 15 ( 10 ) SMOOTH CRIMINAL Michael Jackson 16 ( 37 ) WILD WILD WEST The Escape Club 17 ( 32 ) ESPECIALLY FOR YOU Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan 18 ( 18 ) RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine 19 ( 19 ) PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART Annie Lennox/ Al Green 20 ( 12 ) MISTLETOE AND WINE Cliff Richard 21 ( 11 ) KISSING A FOOL George Michael 22 ( 13 ) I WISH U HEAVEN Prince 23 ( 21 ) LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS Human League 24 ( 22 ) WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL Boy Meets Girl 25 ( 34 ) CAT AMONGST THE PIGEONS Bros 26 ( 75 ) GOOD LIFE Inner City 27 ( 15 ) SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Bomb The Bass 28 ( NEW ) BUFFALO STANCE Neneh Cherry 29 ( 48 ) BURNING BRIDGES (ON AND OFF AND ON AGAIN) Status Quo 30 ( NEW ) LOVE HANGOVER '88 Diana Ross JWsRz3TJDEY 31 ( 20 ) KOKOMO The Beach Boys 32 ( 30 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 33 ( 47 ) TAMA Mory Kante 34 ( 67 ) STOP Erasure 35 ( 23 ) ORINOCO FLOW Enya 36 ( 27 ) NATHAN JONES Bananarama 37 ( 42 ) YOU ARE THE ONE a-ha 38 ( 58 ) ANGEL OF HARLEM U2 39 ( 28 ) REAL GONE KID Deacon Blue 40 ( 52 ) LOCO IN ACAPULCO The Four Tops 41 ( 43 ) DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Chris Rea 42 ( 36 ) WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND (PURE ENERGY) Information Society 43 ( 39 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies 44 ( 33 ) JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI Kylie Minogue 45 ( 41 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys 46 ( 29 ) NEED YOU TONIGHT (MENDOHLSON MIX) INXS 47 ( 45 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 48 ( 46 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies 49 ( 25 ) TWIST IN MY SOBRIETY Tanita Tikarim 50 ( RE ) DECEMBER '63 ('88 REMIX) The Four Seasons 51 ( 26 ) BREATHE LIFE INTO ME Mica Paris 52 ( 74 ) FINE TIME New Order 53 ( 51 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde 54 ( 49 ) LOVELY DAY (SUNSHINE MIX) Bill Withers 55 ( 50 ) ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds 56 ( 56 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield 57 ( 44 ) LET'S STICK TOGETHER '88 Bryan Ferry 58 ( NEW ) INTUITION '88 David Grant 59 ( 55 ) HANDLE WITH CARE Traveling Wilbury's 60 ( 63 ) TAKE ME TO YOUR HEART Rick Astley 61 ( 59 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles 62 ( 65 ) THE CHRISTMAS SONG Alexander O'Neal 63 ( 61 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees 64 ( 64 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys 65 ( 62 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael 66 ( 38 ) RADIO ROMANCE Tiffany 67 ( 31 ) ENCHANTED LADY The Pasadenas 68 ( 40 ) DENIS (DENEE) '88 Blondie 69 ( NEW ) BORN TO BE MY BABY Bon Jovi 70 ( NEW ) THINKING ABOUT YOUR BODY Bobby McFerrin 71 ( RE ) MINNIE THE MOOCHER Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra 72 ( 53 ) LOVE NEVER DIES Belinda Carlisle 73 ( NEW ) 9 A.M. Londonbeat 74 ( 72 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson 75 ( NEW ) TRUE LOVE Shakin' Stevens Edited January 1, 201411 yr by popchartfreak
January 1, 201411 yr Author 25th DEC 1988 It’s Christmas day, it’s Top Of The Pops 1988, and it’s…err John Lennon back on top for about the 5th time (Happy Xmas) 2nd time (Imagine) and sort of 1st time (Jealous Guy, though that was over-shadowed by the other 2 tracks, Roxy’s cover being the definitive version surprisingly). Kylie & Jason go Top 10, Chris Rea enters the 40 with a jump to 19 (and happy to say I liked it more than the general public did, peaking as it did at 53 or thereabouts), and the recently late Roy Orbison has a whopping return to form on the highest new entry, Jeff Lynn produced and written You Got It. Such a shame he didn’t get to appreciate the love! What a singer! Fine Young Cannibals, meanwhile, debut at 40 with a corker. 1 ( 2 ) IMAGINE/ JEALOUS GUY/ HAPPY CHRISTMAS (WAR IS OVER) John Lennon / John & Yoko 2 ( 1 ) KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE Freiheit 3 ( 9 ) MARY'S BOY CHILD '88 Boney M 4 ( 3 ) DOWNTOWN '88 Petula Clark 5 ( 5 ) FOUR LETTER WORD Kim Wilde 6 ( 13 ) TWO HEARTS Phil Collins 7 ( 17 ) ESPECIALLY FOR YOU Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan 8 ( 7 ) LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES Pet Shop Boys 9 ( 16 ) WILD WILD WEST The Escape Club 10 ( 6 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies 11 ( 4 ) NOTHING LESS THAN BRILLIANT Sandie Shaw 12 ( 8 ) TRUE LOVE WAYS Buddy Holly 13 ( 11 ) PHIL SPECTOR'S CHRISTMAS MIX The Ronettes, The Crystals and Darlene Love 14 ( 14 ) AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW Fleetwood Mac 15 ( 28 ) BUFFALO STANCE Neneh Cherry 16 ( 18 ) RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine 17 ( 12 ) AIN'T NO SUNSHINE '88 Bill Withers 18 ( 41 ) DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Chris Rea 19 ( 29 ) BURNING BRIDGES (ON AND OFF AND ON AGAIN) Status Quo 20 ( 10 ) HEART OF STONE Bucks Fizz Fq3eSlttxn0 21 ( 15 ) SMOOTH CRIMINAL Michael Jackson 22 ( NEW ) YOU GOT IT Roy Orbison 23 ( 37 ) YOU ARE THE ONE a-ha 24 ( 26 ) GOOD LIFE Inner City 25 ( 34 ) STOP Erasure 26 ( 19 ) PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART Annie Lennox/ Al Green 27 ( 23 ) LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS Human League 28 ( 22 ) I WISH U HEAVEN Prince 29 ( 33 ) TAMA Mory Kante 30 ( 40 ) LOCO IN ACAPULCO The Four Tops Wut994fxYA8 31 ( 25 ) CAT AMONGST THE PIGEONS Bros 32 ( 21 ) KISSING A FOOL George Michael 33 ( 38 ) ANGEL OF HARLEM U2 34 ( 31 ) KOKOMO The Beach Boys 35 ( 30 ) LOVE HANGOVER '88 Diana Ross 36 ( 32 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 37 ( 27 ) SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Bomb The Bass 38 ( 20 ) MISTLETOE AND WINE Cliff Richard 39 ( RE ) DOWNTOWN One 2 Many 40 ( NEW ) SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY Fine Young Cannibals majFrn3j1Co 41 ( 24 ) WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL Boy Meets Girl 42 ( 39 ) REAL GONE KID Deacon Blue 43 ( NEW ) TIED UP Yello 44 ( 43 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies 45 ( 52 ) FINE TIME New Order 46 ( 35 ) ORINOCO FLOW Enya 47 ( 47 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 48 ( 45 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys 49 ( 48 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies 50 ( 50 ) DECEMBER '63 ('88 REMIX) The Four Seasons yYYYfrdufV8 51 ( 42 ) WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND (PURE ENERGY) Information Society 52 ( 36 ) NATHAN JONES Bananarama 53 ( 60 ) TAKE ME TO YOUR HEART Rick Astley 54 ( 53 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde 55 ( 44 ) JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI Kylie Minogue 56 ( 58 ) INTUITION '88 David Grant 57 ( 56 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield 58 ( 46 ) NEED YOU TONIGHT (MENDOHLSON MIX) INXS 59 ( 54 ) LOVELY DAY (SUNSHINE MIX) Bill Withers 60 ( 69 ) BORN TO BE MY BABY Bon Jovi 61 ( 61 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles 62 ( 49 ) TWIST IN MY SOBRIETY Tanita Tikarim 63 ( 55 ) ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds 64 ( 63 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees 65 ( 57 ) LET'S STICK TOGETHER '88 Bryan Ferry 66 ( 64 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys 67 ( 70 ) THINKING ABOUT YOUR BODY Bobby McFerrin 68 ( 62 ) THE CHRISTMAS SONG Alexander O'Neal 69 ( 65 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael 70 ( NEW ) JOHN KETTLEY IS A WEATHERMAN Tribe Of Toffs 71 ( 71 ) MINNIE THE MOOCHER Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra 72 ( RE ) I LIVE FOR YOUR LOVE Natalie Cole 73 ( 59 ) HANDLE WITH CARE Traveling Wilbury's 74 ( 75 ) TRUE LOVE Shakin' Stevens 75 ( 74 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson Edited January 1, 201411 yr by popchartfreak
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