1st Jan 1989

 

Pop (specifically Stock Aitken Waterman and assorted manufactured dance pop acts) reigned supreme in the charts, I was ticking along nicely working on Parks surveying and creating plans for contracts at Bournemouth Council in a great team of 4, but the year was one of ups and downs personally. I had family living with me, including nephew (4) and niece (6) but I also had no permanent job and it was now almost 9 years since I’d left College, or pretty much the whole of the 80’s with no career, while my brother’s coal-mine had closed and there were no jobs in Mansfield much, taxi driving that sort of thing mostly. A bit like 2014 then…

 

Kim Wilde, meanwhile got her 2nd chart-topper in 6 months. A sweet ballad, but not necessarily as good as her earlier hits but she deserved the comeback success. I saw her in concert a few years ago and she was deliciously fired-up and excited to be there. Kylie & Jason go top 3 with another sweet ballad, regarded as cheese by many, it’s got a great ol’ toon. Boy Meets Girl leap up into the 20, keeping up the sweet pop ballad (albeit uptempo in this case) and U2 finally crack the 20 too with the bluesy Angel of Harlem.

 

The usual Christmas slowdown, though, means few new entries, just Enya, Bobby Brown and old-timers Crosby Stills Nash & Young get an unexpected chart return with a catchy harmony track. Not quite Marrakesh Express or Heart Of Gold, admittedly, but decent enough. Some of the bigger UK chart hits of the day languish down the bottom end of my chart though and things were a bit stale generally.

 

 

 

1 ( 5 ) FOUR LETTER WORD Kim Wilde

2 ( 2 ) KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE Freiheit

3 ( 7 ) ESPECIALLY FOR YOU Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan

4 ( 1 ) IMAGINE/ JEALOUS GUY/ HAPPY CHRISTMAS (WAR IS OVER) John Lennon / John & Yoko

5 ( 6 ) TWO HEARTS Phil Collins

6 ( 4 ) DOWNTOWN '88 Petula Clark

7 ( 3 ) MARY'S BOY CHILD '88 Boney M

8 ( 8 ) LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES Pet Shop Boys

9 ( 21 ) SMOOTH CRIMINAL Michael Jackson

10 ( 15 ) BUFFALO STANCE Neneh Cherry

 

11 ( 19 ) BURNING BRIDGES (ON AND OFF AND ON AGAIN) Status Quo

12 ( 12 ) TRUE LOVE WAYS Buddy Holly

13 ( 10 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

14 ( 41 ) WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL Boy Meets Girl

15 ( 11 ) NOTHING LESS THAN BRILLIANT Sandie Shaw

16 ( 33 ) ANGEL OF HARLEM U2

17 ( 24 ) GOOD LIFE Inner City

18 ( 9 ) WILD WILD WEST The Escape Club

19 ( 25 ) STOP Erasure

20 ( 17 ) AIN'T NO SUNSHINE '88 Bill Withers

 

 

 

21 ( 23 ) YOU ARE THE ONE a-ha

22 ( 22 ) YOU GOT IT Roy Orbison

23 ( 16 ) RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

24 ( 14 ) AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW Fleetwood Mac

25 ( 30 ) LOCO IN ACAPULCO The Four Tops

26 ( 29 ) TAMA Mory Kante

27 ( 20 ) HEART OF STONE Bucks Fizz

28 ( 13 ) PHIL SPECTOR'S CHRISTMAS MIX The Ronettes, The Crystals and Darlene Love

29 ( 26 ) PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART Annie Lennox/ Al Green

30 ( 39 ) DOWNTOWN One 2 Many

 

31 ( 18 ) DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Chris Rea

32 ( 27 ) LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS Human League

33 ( 28 ) I WISH U HEAVEN Prince

34 ( 40 ) SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY Fine Young Cannibals

35 ( 35 ) LOVE HANGOVER '88 Diana Ross

36 ( 31 ) CAT AMONGST THE PIGEONS Bros

37 ( 43 ) TIED UP Yello

38 ( 32 ) KISSING A FOOL George Michael

39 ( 53 ) TAKE ME TO YOUR HEART Rick Astley

40 ( 36 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

 

41 ( 34 ) KOKOMO The Beach Boys

42 ( 45 ) FINE TIME New Order

43 ( 37 ) SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Bomb The Bass

44 ( 42 ) REAL GONE KID Deacon Blue

45 ( 44 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies

46 ( 50 ) DECEMBER '63 ('88 REMIX) The Four Seasons

47 ( 47 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

48 ( 56 ) INTUITION '88 David Grant

49 ( 48 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys

50 ( NEW ) EVENING FALLS Enya

 

51 ( 49 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

52 ( 70 ) JOHN KETTLEY IS A WEATHERMAN Tribe Of Toffs

53 ( 38 ) MISTLETOE AND WINE Cliff Richard

54 ( 67 ) THINKING ABOUT YOUR BODY Bobby McFerrin

55 ( 54 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde

56 ( 51 ) WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND (PURE ENERGY) Information Society

57 ( 57 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

58 ( 46 ) ORINOCO FLOW Enya

59 ( 72 ) I LIVE FOR YOUR LOVE Natalie Cole

60 ( 55 ) JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI Kylie Minogue

 

61 ( 61 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

62 ( 58 ) NEED YOU TONIGHT (MENDOHLSON MIX) INXS

63 ( 59 ) LOVELY DAY (SUNSHINE MIX) Bill Withers

64 ( 64 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

65 ( 66 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

66 ( 68 ) THE CHRISTMAS SONG Alexander O'Neal

67 ( 63 ) ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds

68 ( NEW ) AMERICAN DREAM Crosby Stills And Nash

69 ( 60 ) BORN TO BE MY BABY Bon Jovi

70 ( 69 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael

 

 

 

71 ( 65 ) LET'S STICK TOGETHER '88 Bryan Ferry

72 ( 52 ) NATHAN JONES Bananarama

73 ( 75 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson

74 ( 74 ) TRUE LOVE Shakin' Stevens

75 ( NEW ) MY PREROGATIVE Bobby Brown

Edited January 22, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

8th JAN 1989

 

2nd week for Kim on top, Fleetwood Mac go back up and the late Roy Orbison gets a Top 10, incredibly his first since I started my charts. Certainly not his last, though, even though he died a few weeks earlier. Yello shoot up into the 20 with one of their characteristically quirky EDM singles (as they would call it these days), while CSN&Y join them. They all also had enjoyed solo hits and various combinations thereof, and scored hits as parts of bands like The Hollies.

 

Highest new entry the forgotten Brother Beyond hit Be My Twin, just ahead of Marc Almond’s well-remembered cover of (and duet with) Gene Pitney. I loved the original, this version wasn’t bad. A lack of new singles equals lots of re-entries including the fab Proclaimers minor hit, and American hit The Flame from returning band Cheap Trick 10 years on from their first hit I Want You To Want Me.

 

1 ( 1 ) FOUR LETTER WORD Kim Wilde

2 ( 3 ) ESPECIALLY FOR YOU Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan

3 ( 24 ) AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW Fleetwood Mac

4 ( 2 ) KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE Freiheit

5 ( 14 ) WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL Boy Meets Girl

6 ( 9 ) SMOOTH CRIMINAL Michael Jackson

7 ( 8 ) LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES Pet Shop Boys

8 ( 6 ) DOWNTOWN '88 Petula Clark

9 ( 10 ) BUFFALO STANCE Neneh Cherry

10 ( 22 ) YOU GOT IT Roy Orbison

 

11 ( 4 ) IMAGINE/ JEALOUS GUY/ HAPPY CHRISTMAS (WAR IS OVER) John Lennon / John & Yoko

12 ( 17 ) GOOD LIFE Inner City

13 ( 5 ) TWO HEARTS Phil Collins

14 ( 37 ) TIED UP Yello

15 ( 11 ) BURNING BRIDGES (ON AND OFF AND ON AGAIN) Status Quo

16 ( 19 ) STOP Erasure

17 ( 12 ) TRUE LOVE WAYS Buddy Holly

18 ( 7 ) MARY'S BOY CHILD '88 Boney M

19 ( 13 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

20 ( 68 ) AMERICAN DREAM Crosby Stills Nash & Young

 

 

 

21 ( NEW ) BE MY TWIN Brother Beyond

22 ( 16 ) ANGEL OF HARLEM U2

23 ( 30 ) DOWNTOWN One 2 Many

24 ( 25 ) LOCO IN ACAPULCO The Four Tops

25 ( 21 ) YOU ARE THE ONE a-ha

26 ( 20 ) AIN'T NO SUNSHINE '88 Bill Withers

27 ( 34 ) SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY Fine Young Cannibals

28 ( 15 ) NOTHING LESS THAN BRILLIANT Sandie Shaw

29 ( 18 ) WILD WILD WEST The Escape Club

30 ( NEW ) SOMETHING'S GOTTEN HOLD OF MY HEART Marc Almond and Gene Pitney

 

 

 

31 ( 23 ) RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

32 ( RE ) SUNSHINE ON LEITH The Proclaimers

33 ( 39 ) TAKE ME TO YOUR HEART Rick Astley

34 ( 26 ) TAMA Mory Kante

35 ( 27 ) HEART OF STONE Bucks Fizz

36 ( 42 ) FINE TIME New Order

37 ( 32 ) LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS Human League

38 ( 33 ) I WISH U HEAVEN Prince

39 ( 50 ) EVENING FALLS Enya

40 ( 40 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

 

41 ( 38 ) KISSING A FOOL George Michael

42 ( 29 ) PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART Annie Lennox/ Al Green

43 ( 36 ) CAT AMONGST THE PIGEONS Bros

44 ( 41 ) KOKOMO The Beach Boys

45 ( 31 ) DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Chris Rea

46 ( 45 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies

47 ( 28 ) PHIL SPECTOR'S CHRISTMAS MIX The Ronettes, The Crystals and Darlene Love

48 ( 47 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

49 ( RE ) BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY/ FREEBIRD Will To Power

50 ( 49 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys

 

51 ( RE ) ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE Monthy Python

52 ( 46 ) DECEMBER '63 ('88 REMIX) The Four Seasons

53 ( 51 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

54 ( 54 ) THINKING ABOUT YOUR BODY Bobby McFerrin

55 ( 55 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde

56 ( 56 ) WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND (PURE ENERGY) Information Society

57 ( 57 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

58 ( 35 ) LOVE HANGOVER '88 Diana Ross

59 ( 61 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

60 ( NEW ) THE FLAME Cheap Trick

 

 

 

61 ( 44 ) REAL GONE KID Deacon Blue

62 ( 60 ) JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI Kylie Minogue

63 ( 63 ) LOVELY DAY (SUNSHINE MIX) Bill Withers

64 ( NEW ) IF LOVE WAS A TRAIN Michelle-Shocked

65 ( 65 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

66 ( 64 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

67 ( 72 ) NATHAN JONES Bananarama

68 ( 67 ) ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds

69 ( 62 ) NEED YOU TONIGHT (MENDOHLSON MIX) INXS

70 ( 70 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael

 

71 ( 73 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson

72 ( NEW ) ALL SHE WANTS IS Duran Duran

73 ( NEW ) WHERE IS THE LOVE Mica Paris and Will Downing

74 ( NEW ) LOVE GOES UP AND DOWN Errol Brown

75 ( NEW ) LOVE LIKE A RIVER Climie Fisher

Edited January 22, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

15th JAN 1989

 

Inner City groove into the Top 10 with the new sound of dance music, and Robert Howard (Blow Monkeys) duets on a dance stomper with Kim Mazelle for a new entry low down. Gene Pitney joins Roy Orbison in the Top 10, so two 60’s vocal & song writing legends at once, hooray!, and The Four Tops legendary Levi Stubbs makes it a trio of all-time great singers in the Top 20.

 

Sheena Easton makes it 9 years of hits, and Mike Rutherford and Paul Carrack make it 15 years (with Genesis, Ace in 1974 and Mike + The Mechanics in 1989), and a few more poppier new entries spring-clean the charts a bit, though not much of great excitement generally.

 

 

 

1 ( 1 ) FOUR LETTER WORD Kim Wilde

2 ( 5 ) WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL Boy Meets Girl

3 ( 10 ) YOU GOT IT Roy Orbison

4 ( 2 ) ESPECIALLY FOR YOU Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan

5 ( 3 ) AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW Fleetwood Mac

6 ( 12 ) GOOD LIFE Inner City

7 ( 4 ) KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE Freiheit

8 ( 7 ) LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES Pet Shop Boys

9 ( 8 ) DOWNTOWN '88 Petula Clark

10 ( 30 ) SOMETHING'S GOTTEN HOLD OF MY HEART Marc Almond and Gene Pitney

 

11 ( 9 ) BUFFALO STANCE Neneh Cherry

12 ( 14 ) TIED UP Yello

13 ( 6 ) SMOOTH CRIMINAL Michael Jackson

14 ( 20 ) AMERICAN DREAM Crosby Stills Nash & Young

15 ( 21 ) BE MY TWIN Brother Beyond

16 ( 16 ) STOP Erasure

17 ( 11 ) IMAGINE/ JEALOUS GUY/ HAPPY CHRISTMAS (WAR IS OVER) John Lennon / John & Yoko

18 ( 13 ) TWO HEARTS Phil Collins

19 ( 19 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

20 ( 24 ) LOCO IN ACAPULCO The Four Tops

 

 

 

21 ( RE ) SYMPTOMS OF TRUE LOVE Tracie Spencer

22 ( 32 ) SUNSHINE ON LEITH The Proclaimers

23 ( 27 ) SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY Fine Young Cannibals

24 ( 17 ) TRUE LOVE WAYS Buddy Holly

25 ( 15 ) BURNING BRIDGES (ON AND OFF AND ON AGAIN) Status Quo

26 ( 33 ) TAKE ME TO YOUR HEART Rick Astley

27 ( 18 ) MARY'S BOY CHILD '88 Boney M

28 ( 36 ) FINE TIME New Order

29 ( 22 ) ANGEL OF HARLEM U2

30 ( 26 ) AIN'T NO SUNSHINE '88 Bill Withers

 

 

 

31 ( 23 ) DOWNTOWN One 2 Many

32 ( 28 ) NOTHING LESS THAN BRILLIANT Sandie Shaw

33 ( 49 ) BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY/ FREEBIRD Will To Power

34 ( 31 ) RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

35 ( 29 ) WILD WILD WEST The Escape Club

36 ( 40 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

37 ( NEW ) THE LOVER IN ME Sheena Easton

38 ( 38 ) I WISH U HEAVEN Prince

39 ( 37 ) LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS Human League

40 ( 51 ) ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE Monthy Python

 

 

 

41 ( 35 ) HEART OF STONE Bucks Fizz

42 ( 25 ) YOU ARE THE ONE a-ha

43 ( 41 ) KISSING A FOOL George Michael

44 ( NEW ) THE LIVING YEARS Mike + The Mechanics

45 ( NEW ) TELL ME WHY Nick Heyward

46 ( 48 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

47 ( 46 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies

48 ( 50 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys

49 ( 60 ) THE FLAME Cheap Trick

50 ( NEW ) CUDDLY TOY Roachford

 

51 ( 34 ) TAMA Mory Kante

52 ( 45 ) DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Chris Rea

53 ( 42 ) PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART Annie Lennox/ Al Green

54 ( 53 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

55 ( 52 ) DECEMBER '63 ('88 REMIX) The Four Seasons

56 ( 59 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

57 ( 55 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde

58 ( 57 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

59 ( RE ) MY PREROGATIVE Bobby Brown

60 ( 44 ) KOKOMO The Beach Boys

 

61 ( 73 ) WHERE IS THE LOVE Mica Paris and Will Downing

62 ( 62 ) JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI Kylie Minogue

63 ( 63 ) LOVELY DAY (SUNSHINE MIX) Bill Withers

64 ( 64 ) IF LOVE WAS A TRAIN Michelle-Shocked

65 ( 65 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

66 ( 56 ) WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND (PURE ENERGY) Information Society

67 ( 66 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

68 ( 72 ) ALL SHE WANTS IS Duran Duran

69 ( NEW ) CELEBRATION (1988 REMIX) Kool And The Gang

70 ( 71 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson

 

71 ( NEW ) LOVE GROOVE Squeezebrain and the Machine featuring J.J. Jones

72 ( 68 ) ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds

73 ( NEW ) HIT THE GROUND The Darling Buds

74 ( NEW ) CATHEDRAL SONG Tanita Tikaram

75 ( NEW ) WAIT Robert Howard and Kym Mazelle

 

 

Edited January 22, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

22nd JAN 1989

 

Roy Orbison gets his first number one, posthumously, with more than a little help from Jeff Lynne (who has had 13 number ones with ELO). In fine voice, he becomes to date the third act to get a posthumous number one with new or current material , Mama Cass Elliot and John Lennon previously doing the same. Fine Young Cannibals meanwhile rocket into the Top 5 with a great single, soon to be huge in the States, and Frankie’s Holly Johnson gets an instant Top 20 new entry.

 

Roachford rocks upwards to 21, The Stranglers re-do an early punk single, Mica Paris and Will Downing cover Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway’s soul classic, Duran Duran whisper up my chart, and Bobby Brown asserts it’s his Prerogative, all grown up since his New Edition days. At least physically grown-up, that is.

 

 

 

 

1 ( 3 ) YOU GOT IT Roy Orbison

2 ( 2 ) WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL Boy Meets Girl

3 ( 1 ) FOUR LETTER WORD Kim Wilde

4 ( 6 ) GOOD LIFE Inner City

5 ( 23 ) SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY Fine Young Cannibals

6 ( 5 ) AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW Fleetwood Mac

7 ( 21 ) SYMPTOMS OF TRUE LOVE Tracie Spencer

8 ( 10 ) SOMETHING'S GOTTEN HOLD OF MY HEART Marc Almond and Gene Pitney

9 ( 14 ) AMERICAN DREAM Crosby Stills Nash & Young

10 ( 15 ) BE MY TWIN Brother Beyond

 

11 ( 11 ) BUFFALO STANCE Neneh Cherry

12 ( 4 ) ESPECIALLY FOR YOU Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan

13 ( 8 ) LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES Pet Shop Boys

14 ( 9 ) DOWNTOWN '88 Petula Clark

15 ( 75 ) WAIT Robert Howard and Kym Mazelle

16 ( 7 ) KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE Freiheit

17 ( NEW ) LOVE TRAIN Holly Johnson

18 ( 12 ) TIED UP Yello

19 ( 13 ) SMOOTH CRIMINAL Michael Jackson

20 ( 16 ) STOP Erasure

 

 

 

21 ( 50 ) CUDDLY TOY Roachford

22 ( 19 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

23 ( 20 ) LOCO IN ACAPULCO The Four Tops

24 ( 18 ) TWO HEARTS Phil Collins

25 ( 22 ) SUNSHINE ON LEITH The Proclaimers

26 ( 17 ) IMAGINE/ JEALOUS GUY/ HAPPY CHRISTMAS (WAR IS OVER) John Lennon / John & Yoko

27 ( 37 ) THE LOVER IN ME Sheena Easton

28 ( 45 ) TELL ME WHY Nick Heyward

29 ( NEW ) GRIP '89 The Stranglers

30 ( 68 ) ALL SHE WANTS IS Duran Duran

 

31 ( 61 ) WHERE IS THE LOVE Mica Paris and Will Downing

32 ( 24 ) TRUE LOVE WAYS Buddy Holly

33 ( 33 ) BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY/ FREEBIRD Will To Power

34 ( 59 ) MY PREROGATIVE Bobby Brown

35 ( 30 ) AIN'T NO SUNSHINE '88 Bill Withers

36 ( 36 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

37 ( 32 ) NOTHING LESS THAN BRILLIANT Sandie Shaw

38 ( 34 ) RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

39 ( 27 ) MARY'S BOY CHILD '88 Boney M

40 ( NEW ) BREAK 4 LOVE Raze

 

 

 

41 ( 25 ) BURNING BRIDGES (ON AND OFF AND ON AGAIN) Status Quo

42 ( 38 ) I WISH U HEAVEN Prince

43 ( 39 ) LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS Human League

44 ( 35 ) WILD WILD WEST The Escape Club

45 ( 64 ) IF LOVE WAS A TRAIN Michelle-Shocked

46 ( 46 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

47 ( 48 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys

48 ( 47 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies

49 ( NEW ) GET ON THE DANCE FLOOR Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock

50 ( 41 ) HEART OF STONE Bucks Fizz

 

51 ( 43 ) KISSING A FOOL George Michael

52 ( 31 ) DOWNTOWN One 2 Many

53 ( 26 ) TAKE ME TO YOUR HEART Rick Astley

54 ( 29 ) ANGEL OF HARLEM U2

55 ( 54 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

56 ( 56 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

57 ( 28 ) FINE TIME New Order

58 ( 58 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

59 ( 57 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde

60 ( RE ) LOVE LIKE A RIVER Climie Fisher

 

61 ( 71 ) LOVE GROOVE Squeezebrain and the Machine featuring J.J. Jones

62 ( 44 ) THE LIVING YEARS Mike + The Mechanics

63 ( 55 ) DECEMBER '63 ('88 REMIX) The Four Seasons

64 ( NEW ) NOW YOU'RE GONE Black

65 ( RE ) I LIVE FOR YOUR LOVE Natalie Cole

66 ( 65 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

67 ( 67 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

68 ( NEW ) FISHERMAN'S BLUES The Waterboys

69 ( 63 ) LOVELY DAY (SUNSHINE MIX) Bill Withers

70 ( 70 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson

 

71 ( NEW ) FINE TIME Yazz

72 ( NEW ) RESPECT Adeva

73 ( 66 ) WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND (PURE ENERGY) Information Society

74 ( 62 ) JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI Kylie Minogue

75 ( NEW ) 5 O'CLOCK WORLD Julian Cope

Edited January 22, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

29th JAN 1989

 

2nd week at 1 for Roy, Mac at 2, Doctor Robert at 6 (giving him 3 Top 10’s including Blow Monkeys), and highest new entry is yet another dance remix of a 70’s classic - this time Bryan Ferry’s cover of the Everley Brothers from 1976 which hit my Top 10 first-time round. Back in a few months after debuting, Joe Brown’s daughter is back with the song that should have been big in 1988, Stop. Still the best song named Stop (beating Erasure’s attempt lower down and The Spice Girls pop effort in the 90’s), Sam gives a great soulful performance of a great song.

 

Also back with an early 80’s chart hit (at least in the US and mine) Journey’s plaintiff Who’s Crying Now. Journey of course, made much more of a comeback re-entry splash 20 years later… Other oldies? Sam Fox covers Dusty and makes the Bay City Rollers version look decent and Georgia Satellites cover Swinging Blue Jean’s 60’s childhood fave. Simply Red, Ten City and Then Jerico add a bit of much-needed new life into the chart.

 

1 ( 1 ) YOU GOT IT Roy Orbison

2 ( 6 ) AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW Fleetwood Mac

3 ( 2 ) WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL Boy Meets Girl

4 ( 4 ) GOOD LIFE Inner City

5 ( 5 ) SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY Fine Young Cannibals

6 ( 15 ) WAIT Robert Howard and Kym Mazelle

7 ( 7 ) SYMPTOMS OF TRUE LOVE Tracie Spencer

8 ( 3 ) FOUR LETTER WORD Kim Wilde

9 ( 10 ) BE MY TWIN Brother Beyond

10 ( 17 ) LOVE TRAIN Holly Johnson

 

11 ( 8 ) SOMETHING'S GOTTEN HOLD OF MY HEART Marc Almond and Gene Pitney

12 ( 27 ) THE LOVER IN ME Sheena Easton

13 ( 13 ) LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES Pet Shop Boys

14 ( 11 ) BUFFALO STANCE Neneh Cherry

15 ( NEW ) THE PRICE OF LOVE '89 Bryan Ferry

16 ( 9 ) AMERICAN DREAM Crosby Stills Nash & Young

17 ( 14 ) DOWNTOWN '88 Petula Clark

18 ( 30 ) ALL SHE WANTS IS Duran Duran

19 ( 12 ) ESPECIALLY FOR YOU Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan

20 ( 21 ) CUDDLY TOY Roachford

 

 

 

21 ( 16 ) KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE Freiheit

22 ( 40 ) BREAK 4 LOVE Raze

23 ( 31 ) WHERE IS THE LOVE Mica Paris and Will Downing

24 ( 19 ) SMOOTH CRIMINAL Michael Jackson

25 ( 22 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

26 ( 29 ) GRIP '89 The Stranglers

27 ( 28 ) TELL ME WHY Nick Heyward

28 ( NEW ) STOP Sam Brown

29 ( 24 ) TWO HEARTS Phil Collins

30 ( NEW ) IT'S ONLY LOVE Simply Red

 

31 ( NEW ) WHO'S CRYING NOW Journey

32 ( 34 ) MY PREROGATIVE Bobby Brown

33 ( 18 ) TIED UP Yello

34 ( 26 ) IMAGINE/ JEALOUS GUY/ HAPPY CHRISTMAS (WAR IS OVER) John Lennon / John & Yoko

35 ( 25 ) SUNSHINE ON LEITH The Proclaimers

36 ( NEW ) BIG AREA Then Jerico

37 ( 20 ) STOP Erasure

38 ( NEW ) THAT'S THE WAY LOVE IS Ten City

39 ( 32 ) TRUE LOVE WAYS Buddy Holly

40 ( 36 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

 

 

41 ( 49 ) GET ON THE DANCE FLOOR Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock

42 ( 33 ) BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY/ FREEBIRD Will To Power

43 ( 23 ) LOCO IN ACAPULCO The Four Tops

44 ( 42 ) I WISH U HEAVEN Prince

45 ( 43 ) LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS Human League

46 ( 35 ) AIN'T NO SUNSHINE '88 Bill Withers

47 ( 46 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

48 ( 47 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys

49 ( 37 ) NOTHING LESS THAN BRILLIANT Sandie Shaw

50 ( 48 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies

 

51 ( 71 ) FINE TIME Yazz

52 ( 38 ) RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

53 ( 39 ) MARY'S BOY CHILD '88 Boney M

54 ( 72 ) RESPECT Adeva

55 ( 56 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

56 ( 55 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

57 ( 44 ) WILD WILD WEST The Escape Club

58 ( 50 ) HEART OF STONE Bucks Fizz

59 ( 59 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde

60 ( 58 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

 

61 ( 62 ) THE LIVING YEARS Mike + The Mechanics

62 ( 64 ) NOW YOU'RE GONE Black

63 ( 65 ) I LIVE FOR YOUR LOVE Natalie Cole

64 ( 68 ) FISHERMAN'S BLUES The Waterboys

65 ( 75 ) 5 O'CLOCK WORLD Julian Cope

66 ( 51 ) KISSING A FOOL George Michael

67 ( 66 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

68 ( 67 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

69 ( 63 ) DECEMBER '63 ('88 REMIX) The Four Seasons

70 ( 45 ) IF LOVE WAS A TRAIN Michelle-Shocked

 

71 ( 70 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson

72 ( NEW ) SKIN I'M IN Cameo

73 ( NEW ) I ONLY WANNA BE WITH YOU Samantha Fox

74 ( 69 ) LOVELY DAY (SUNSHINE MIX) Bill Withers

75 ( NEW ) HIPPY HIPPY SHAKE Georgia Satellites

 

 

Edited January 22, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

5th FEB 1989

 

Big jump for Joe’s girl Sam Brown, a brilliant soulful performance of a great song that had charted in my 1988 charts but not been a UK hit until 1989. Fabulous, and also the same tale for Gloria Estefan straight in at 7 with a more laidback ballad after finally making the UK charts. The Top 10 full of activity as teen American dance pop act Tracie Spencer hits 2, Ten City dance to 5, Raze glide to 6 with the sultry and gorgeous Break 4 Love dance rhythms, and Bryan Ferry takes the Everley Brothers song into the Top 10 for a second time, 13 years on.

 

Significant new entries from Texas, debuting with their classic twangy-rock classic I Don’t Want A Lover, Jesus Jones sneaking in with the fabulously distorted debut Info Freako, Edie Brickell pops in with the well-known future Emma Bunton hit, What I Am, XTC are back for a 10th year of hits, and Lynyrd Skynyrd come back again with Freebird, hippie rock anthem. Milli Vanilli enter at 75 for one week. I think I over-rated it.

 

 

1 ( 28 ) STOP Sam Brown

2 ( 7 ) SYMPTOMS OF TRUE LOVE Tracie Spencer

3 ( 1 ) YOU GOT IT Roy Orbison

4 ( 6 ) WAIT Robert Howard and Kym Mazelle

5 ( 38 ) THAT'S THE WAY LOVE IS Ten City

6 ( 22 ) BREAK 4 LOVE Raze

7 ( NEW ) CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

8 ( 3 ) WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL Boy Meets Girl

9 ( 15 ) THE PRICE OF LOVE '89 Bryan Ferry

10 ( 5 ) SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY Fine Young Cannibals

 

 

11 ( 2 ) AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW Fleetwood Mac

12 ( 12 ) THE LOVER IN ME Sheena Easton

13 ( 9 ) BE MY TWIN Brother Beyond

14 ( 4 ) GOOD LIFE Inner City

15 ( 8 ) FOUR LETTER WORD Kim Wilde

16 ( 30 ) IT'S ONLY LOVE Simply Red

17 ( 10 ) LOVE TRAIN Holly Johnson

18 ( 32 ) MY PREROGATIVE Bobby Brown

19 ( 20 ) CUDDLY TOY Roachford

20 ( 13 ) LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES Pet Shop Boys

 

21 ( 33 ) TIED UP Yello

22 ( 11 ) SOMETHING'S GOTTEN HOLD OF MY HEART Marc Almond and Gene Pitney

23 ( 17 ) DOWNTOWN '88 Petula Clark

24 ( 26 ) GRIP '89 The Stranglers

25 ( 14 ) BUFFALO STANCE Neneh Cherry

26 ( 36 ) BIG AREA Then Jerico

27 ( 19 ) ESPECIALLY FOR YOU Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan

28 ( 54 ) RESPECT Adeva

29 ( 25 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

30 ( 21 ) KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE Freiheit

 

31 ( 31 ) WHO'S CRYING NOW Journey

32 ( 51 ) FINE TIME Yazz

33 ( 16 ) AMERICAN DREAM Crosby Stills Nash & Young

34 ( 24 ) SMOOTH CRIMINAL Michael Jackson

35 ( 23 ) WHERE IS THE LOVE Mica Paris and Will Downing

36 ( 18 ) ALL SHE WANTS IS Duran Duran

37 ( 27 ) TELL ME WHY Nick Heyward

38 ( 29 ) TWO HEARTS Phil Collins

39 ( 65 ) 5 O'CLOCK WORLD Julian Cope

40 ( NEW ) I DON'T WANT A LOVER Texas

 

 

41 ( 40 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

42 ( 34 ) IMAGINE/ JEALOUS GUY/ HAPPY CHRISTMAS (WAR IS OVER) John Lennon / John & Yoko

43 ( 35 ) SUNSHINE ON LEITH The Proclaimers

44 ( NEW ) WHAT I AM Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians

45 ( 39 ) TRUE LOVE WAYS Buddy Holly

46 ( 41 ) GET ON THE DANCE FLOOR Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock

47 ( NEW ) LOOKING FOR LINDA Hue And Cry

48 ( 44 ) I WISH U HEAVEN Prince

49 ( 47 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

50 ( 45 ) LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS Human League

 

51 ( 48 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys

52 ( 50 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies

53 ( 64 ) FISHERMAN'S BLUES The Waterboys

54 ( NEW ) FREEBIRD Lynyrd Skynyrd

55 ( 55 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

56 ( 56 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

57 ( 46 ) AIN'T NO SUNSHINE '88 Bill Withers

58 ( 43 ) LOCO IN ACAPULCO The Four Tops

59 ( 37 ) STOP Erasure

60 ( 59 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde

 

61 ( 60 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

62 ( 57 ) WILD WILD WEST The Escape Club

63 ( 58 ) HEART OF STONE Bucks Fizz

64 ( 72 ) SKIN I'M IN Cameo

65 ( 73 ) I ONLY WANNA BE WITH YOU Samantha Fox

66 ( NEW ) LOVEGROOVE Squeezebrain

67 ( 67 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

68 ( NEW ) ONE STEP AHEAD Nik Kershaw

69 ( 68 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

70 ( NEW ) INFO FREAKO Jesus Jones

 

 

71 ( NEW ) MAYOR OF SIMPLETON XTC

72 ( 71 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson

73 ( 49 ) NOTHING LESS THAN BRILLIANT Sandie Shaw

74 ( NEW ) CLARE Fairground Attraction

75 ( NEW ) BABY DON'T FORGET MY NUMBER Milli Vanilli

Edited February 17, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

12th FEB 1989

 

2nd week at 1 for Sam Brown, but the Top 40 is invaded with new entries to challenge, highest at 4 the 7-year-old reissued Hold Me from Fleetwood Mac, which had flopped first time round, and the fab Pet Shop Boys “Scandal” movie track for Dusty, Nothing Has Been Proved. So gorgeous it’s straight in at 10. Robert “Blow Monkeys” Howard equals “Digging Your Scene” at 2, Jacko enters with the “Bad” bonus track that wasn’t on the vinyl album version I’d bought 2 years previously, but was on the CD. I have still refused to ever buy the track as it pissed me off, ripping off fans who had already bought the album. Yes, it was an early example of “Deluxe Edition” money-grabbing.

 

The Four Tops also get re-pushed, and second-time hit for me, Kim’s high at 20, and Bananarama do Comic Relief with French & Saunders & Kathy Burke , cover the Beatles, and it works a s pop record (without the comedy) or with (double A side, effectively). Stock Aitken Waterman also produce Donna Summer’s classic comeback single at 38. Elsewhere, bit of metal from Def Leppard (good) and Poison (dreary), a bit of early 80’s acts hanging in there, with new singles, and not listed 3 records I was playing a lot that week (Shooting Star (Dollar), Tightrope (ELO) and Brother Louie (Hot Choc)).

 

1 ( 1 ) STOP Sam Brown

2 ( 4 ) WAIT Robert Howard and Kym Mazelle

3 ( 5 ) THAT'S THE WAY LOVE IS Ten City

4 ( NEW ) HOLD ME Fleetwood Mac

5 ( 3 ) YOU GOT IT Roy Orbison

6 ( 2 ) SYMPTOMS OF TRUE LOVE Tracie Spencer

7 ( 7 ) CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

8 ( 9 ) THE PRICE OF LOVE '89 Bryan Ferry

9 ( 6 ) BREAK 4 LOVE Raze

10 ( NEW ) NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVED Dusty Springfield

 

 

 

11 ( 12 ) THE LOVER IN ME Sheena Easton

12 ( 16 ) IT'S ONLY LOVE Simply Red

13 ( 8 ) WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL Boy Meets Girl

14 ( 10 ) SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY Fine Young Cannibals

15 ( 17 ) LOVE TRAIN Holly Johnson

16 ( NEW ) LEAVE ME ALONE MIchael Jackson

17 ( NEW ) INDESTRUCTIBLE The Four Tops featuring Smokey Robinson

18 ( 18 ) MY PREROGATIVE Bobby Brown

19 ( 32 ) FINE TIME Yazz

20 ( NEW ) LOVE IN THE NATURAL WAY Kim Wilde

 

 

 

21 ( 11 ) AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW Fleetwood Mac

22 ( 15 ) FOUR LETTER WORD Kim Wilde

23 ( 40 ) I DON'T WANT A LOVER Texas

24 ( 14 ) GOOD LIFE Inner City

25 ( 26 ) BIG AREA Then Jerico

26 ( 20 ) LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES Pet Shop Boys

27 ( 13 ) BE MY TWIN Brother Beyond

28 ( 28 ) RESPECT Adeva

29 ( 19 ) CUDDLY TOY Roachford

30 ( NEW ) HELP! Bananarama and La Na Nee Nee Noo Noo

 

 

 

31 ( 29 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

32 ( 23 ) DOWNTOWN '88 Petula Clark

33 ( 21 ) TIED UP Yello

34 ( 22 ) SOMETHING'S GOTTEN HOLD OF MY HEART Marc Almond and Gene Pitney

35 ( 27 ) ESPECIALLY FOR YOU Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan

36 ( 47 ) LOOKING FOR LINDA Hue And Cry

37 ( 25 ) BUFFALO STANCE Neneh Cherry

38 ( NEW ) THIS TIME I KNOW IT'S FOR REAL Donna Summer

39 ( 34 ) SMOOTH CRIMINAL Michael Jackson

40 ( 44 ) WHAT I AM Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians

 

41 ( 41 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

42 ( 30 ) KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE Freiheit

43 ( 24 ) GRIP '89 The Stranglers

44 ( 31 ) WHO'S CRYING NOW Journey

45 ( NEW ) ROCKET Def Leppard

46 ( 38 ) TWO HEARTS Phil Collins

47 ( 64 ) SKIN I'M IN Cameo

48 ( 48 ) I WISH U HEAVEN Prince

49 ( 49 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

50 ( 42 ) IMAGINE/ JEALOUS GUY/ HAPPY CHRISTMAS (WAR IS OVER) John Lennon / John & Yoko

 

51 ( 45 ) TRUE LOVE WAYS Buddy Holly

52 ( 51 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys

53 ( NEW ) LAST OF THE FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL PLAYBOYS Morrissey

54 ( 52 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies

55 ( 50 ) LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS Human League

56 ( 55 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

57 ( 65 ) I ONLY WANNA BE WITH YOU Samantha Fox

58 ( 56 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

59 ( 71 ) MAYOR OF SIMPLETON XTC

60 ( 60 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde

 

61 ( 54 ) FREEBIRD Lynyrd Skynyrd

62 ( 61 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

63 ( 35 ) WHERE IS THE LOVE Mica Paris and Will Downing

64 ( 33 ) AMERICAN DREAM Crosby Stills Nash & Young

65 ( 37 ) TELL ME WHY Nick Heyward

66 ( NEW ) EVERLASTING LOVE Howard Jones

67 ( 67 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

68 ( NEW ) CELEBRATE THE WORLD Womack And Womack

69 ( NEW ) EVERY ROSE HAS IT'S THORN Poison

70 ( NEW ) LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING Michael Ball

 

71 ( 69 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

72 ( NEW ) BLOW THE HOUSE DOWN Living In A Box

73 ( NEW ) HOLD ME IN YOUR ARMS Rick Astley

74 ( NEW ) I'M ON MY WAY The Proclaimers

75 ( NEW ) BRING IT BACK AGAIN The Stray Cats

Edited February 23, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

19th FEB 1989

 

In from nowhere at the top…an oldie! It recharged in the UK singles chart under the extended billing Diana Ross & The Supremes, but really it’s a Supremes classic from 1966, American chart-topper Stop! In The Name Of Love, making that 2 Stop’s in a row at Number One! It’s a brilliant Motown oldie, pure class, pure heartbreak, and The Supremes 4th Number One. Diana sang on 3 of those, and had another 3 solo, 6 in total.

 

Keeping up the veteran theme, Dusty at 2, another Fleetwood Mac re-issue for Albatross (3rd-time round (1969, 1973) for 4 in the chart, David Essex remixed Rockin’ On, and Paul Carrack getting a solo hit after numerous hits with bands starting with Ace in 1974. Back in newcomer land, REM are in, Jesus Jones re-enter with the fab Info Freako, S’Express get a 3rd hit, and Simple Minds change style again for an EP with more than one great track on it. Value For Money, modern pop stars take note… Outside my charts I was bopping to Pet Shop Boys Paninaro and It’s Alright, from the remix album Disco, both future singles, and getting all retro with Sandie Shaw’s Girl Don’t Come.

 

 

1 ( NEW ) STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE Diana Ross & The Supremes

2 ( 10 ) NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVED Dusty Springfield

3 ( 1 ) STOP Sam Brown

4 ( 4 ) HOLD ME Fleetwood Mac

5 ( 7 ) CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

6 ( 2 ) WAIT Robert Howard and Kym Mazelle

7 ( 3 ) THAT'S THE WAY LOVE IS Ten City

8 ( 8 ) THE PRICE OF LOVE '89 Bryan Ferry

9 ( 12 ) IT'S ONLY LOVE Simply Red

10 ( 11 ) THE LOVER IN ME Sheena Easton

 

11 ( 5 ) YOU GOT IT Roy Orbison

12 ( 20 ) LOVE IN THE NATURAL WAY Kim Wilde

13 ( 17 ) INDESTRUCTIBLE The Four Tops featuring Smokey Robinson

14 ( NEW ) ALBATROSS Fleetwood Mac

15 ( 16 ) LEAVE ME ALONE MIchael Jackson

16 ( 6 ) SYMPTOMS OF TRUE LOVE Tracie Spencer

17 ( 9 ) BREAK 4 LOVE Raze

18 ( 23 ) I DON'T WANT A LOVER Texas

19 ( 19 ) FINE TIME Yazz

20 ( 15 ) LOVE TRAIN Holly Johnson

 

21 ( 18 ) MY PREROGATIVE Bobby Brown

22 ( 30 ) HELP! Bananarama and La Na Nee Nee Noo Noo

23 ( NEW ) ROCK ON (1989) David Essex

24 ( 14 ) SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY Fine Young Cannibals

25 ( 13 ) WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL Boy Meets Girl

26 ( NEW ) PROMISED LAND The Style Council

27 ( 22 ) FOUR LETTER WORD Kim Wilde

28 ( RE ) INFO FREAKO Jesus Jones

29 ( 40 ) WHAT I AM Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians

30 ( 21 ) AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW Fleetwood Mac

 

 

 

31 ( NEW ) HEY MUSIC LOVER S'Express

32 ( 26 ) LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES Pet Shop Boys

33 ( NEW ) BELFAST CHILD/ MANDELA DAY Simple Minds

34 ( 31 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

35 ( 45 ) ROCKET Def Leppard

36 ( 53 ) LAST OF THE FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL PLAYBOYS Morrissey

37 ( 24 ) GOOD LIFE Inner City

38 ( 38 ) THIS TIME I KNOW IT'S FOR REAL Donna Summer

39 ( 32 ) DOWNTOWN '88 Petula Clark

40 ( 68 ) CELEBRATE THE WORLD Womack And Womack

 

 

 

41 ( 41 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

42 ( 36 ) LOOKING FOR LINDA Hue And Cry

43 ( 25 ) BIG AREA Then Jerico

44 ( NEW ) DON'T SHED A TEAR Paul Carrack

45 ( 28 ) RESPECT Adeva

46 ( 33 ) TIED UP Yello

47 ( 42 ) KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE Freiheit

48 ( 39 ) SMOOTH CRIMINAL Michael Jackson

49 ( 59 ) THE MAYOR OF SIMPLETON XTC

50 ( 49 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

 

51 ( 48 ) I WISH U HEAVEN Prince

52 ( 34 ) SOMETHING'S GOTTEN HOLD OF MY HEART Marc Almond and Gene Pitney

53 ( 29 ) CUDDLY TOY Roachford

54 ( 56 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

55 ( 52 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys

56 ( 74 ) I'M ON MY WAY The Proclaimers

57 ( 35 ) ESPECIALLY FOR YOU Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan

58 ( 54 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies

59 ( 58 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

60 ( NEW ) AS ALWAYS Farley and Ricky Dillard

 

61 ( 60 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde

62 ( 62 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

63 ( 50 ) IMAGINE/ JEALOUS GUY/ HAPPY CHRISTMAS (WAR IS OVER) John Lennon / John & Yoko

64 ( 51 ) TRUE LOVE WAYS Buddy Holly

65 ( 46 ) TWO HEARTS Phil Collins

66 ( NEW ) CAN U DIG IT Pop Will Eat Itself

67 ( 27 ) BE MY TWIN Brother Beyond

68 ( NEW ) KISSED YOU IN THE RAIN Freiheit

69 ( 70 ) LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING Michael Ball

70 ( 67 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

 

71 ( NEW ) FIGHT The Bunburys

72 ( 73 ) HOLD ME IN YOUR ARMS Rick Astley

73 ( 55 ) LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS Human League

74 ( NEW ) JEZEBEL Shakin' Stevens

75 ( NEW ) STAND R.E.M

Edited February 23, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

26th FEB 1989

 

I was in a more sombre mood this week, having spent the weekend before in Liverpool visiting my lovely grandma who was seriously ill in hospital. Living in a damp, concrete monstrosity of a council flat with no bedroom heating in no way helped. As I got ready to leave the hospital and drive back to Poole, a journey I’d made every few months, she said “I’ve been silly”, meaning trying to avoid hospital for so long. “You were just frightened” I said, trying to make her feel better about it. “Drive carefully” was the last thing she said as I left. “I always do” I replied. We never told her some yuppie tw*t crashed into me at 80 or so on the M5 near Bristol, speeding in major hailstorm conditions and skidding out of control, the back of my car was caved in, I spun out of control and by some miracle ended up on the hard shoulder facing the wrong way. So did yuppie T. “who’s fault is it?” he said to me when we got out of the cars, my hands bleeding from flying glass. Unbelievable! On the plus side, using my car as a cushion probably saved his life, and I could easily have killed me if he’d hit me side-on. On the downside it was an additional trauma I didn’t need at that time.

 

So, a low-key, all-female top 6, headed by the truly great Dusty. Elvis Costello’s highest entry has a Paul McCartney connection, the song that I listened to driving to Liverpool (Donna Summer) shoots up to 4, and the song that I listened to when my car was being ploughed into is totally absent (I’d Rather Jack). Extremes of Stock Aitken Waterman, one utter tripe and loathsome, one great. All of these songs for the next few weeks are bitter-sweet, and I find it difficult to look at them objectively. Also ingrained in my mind is a Four Tops concert I went to the same week: The original classic line-up, the great Levi Stubbs on lead, and in the Top 10 with their final hit. The songs they did that meant the most to me: Baby I Need Your Loving, Reach Out I’ll Be There and Indestructible.

 

 

1 ( 2 ) NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVED Dusty Springfield

2 ( 1 ) STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE Diana Ross & The Supremes

3 ( 5 ) CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

4 ( 38 ) THIS TIME I KNOW IT'S FOR REAL Donna Summer

5 ( 3 ) STOP Sam Brown

6 ( 12 ) LOVE IN THE NATURAL WAY Kim Wilde

7 ( 13 ) INDESTRUCTIBLE The Four Tops featuring Smokey Robinson

8 ( 4 ) HOLD ME Fleetwood Mac

9 ( 22 ) HELP! Bananarama and La Na Nee Nee Noo Noo

10 ( 33 ) BELFAST CHILD/ MANDELA DAY Simple Minds

 

 

11 ( 6 ) WAIT Robert Howard and Kym Mazelle

12 ( 18 ) I DON'T WANT A LOVER Texas

13 ( 15 ) LEAVE ME ALONE MIchael Jackson

14 ( 14 ) ALBATROSS Fleetwood Mac

15 ( 7 ) THAT'S THE WAY LOVE IS Ten City

16 ( 11 ) YOU GOT IT Roy Orbison

17 ( 19 ) FINE TIME Yazz

18 ( 8 ) THE PRICE OF LOVE '89 Bryan Ferry

19 ( 10 ) THE LOVER IN ME Sheena Easton

20 ( 31 ) HEY MUSIC LOVER S'Express

 

21 ( 9 ) IT'S ONLY LOVE Simply Red

22 ( 23 ) ROCK ON (1989) David Essex

23 ( 28 ) INFO FREAKO Jesus Jones

24 ( 17 ) BREAK 4 LOVE Raze

25 ( 29 ) WHAT I AM Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians

26 ( 26 ) PROMISED LAND The Style Council

27 ( 20 ) LOVE TRAIN Holly Johnson

28 ( 44 ) DON'T SHED A TEAR Paul Carrack

29 ( 16 ) SYMPTOMS OF TRUE LOVE Tracie Spencer

30 ( NEW ) VERONICA Elvis Costello

 

31 ( 24 ) SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY Fine Young Cannibals

32 ( 32 ) LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES Pet Shop Boys

33 ( 27 ) FOUR LETTER WORD Kim Wilde

34 ( 40 ) CELEBRATE THE WORLD Womack And Womack

35 ( 35 ) ROCKET Def Leppard

36 ( 34 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

37 ( 21 ) MY PREROGATIVE Bobby Brown

38 ( NEW ) HEARSAY '89 Alexander O'Neal

39 ( 25 ) WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL Boy Meets Girl

40 ( NEW ) EVERYTHING COUNTS (LIVE) Depeche Mode

 

41 ( 41 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

42 ( 30 ) AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW Fleetwood Mac

43 ( 66 ) CAN U DIG IT Pop Will Eat Itself

44 ( RE ) EVERLASTING LOVE Howard Jones

45 ( 39 ) DOWNTOWN '88 Petula Clark

46 ( NEW ) STRAIGHT UP Paula Abdul

47 ( 37 ) GOOD LIFE Inner City

48 ( 56 ) I'M ON MY WAY The Proclaimers

49 ( 50 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

50 ( 60 ) AS ALWAYS Farley and Ricky Dillard

 

51 ( 51 ) I WISH U HEAVEN Prince

52 ( 47 ) KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE Freiheit

53 ( NEW ) INTERNATIONAL RESCUE Fuzzbox

54 ( 54 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

55 ( 36 ) LAST OF THE FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL PLAYBOYS Morrissey

56 ( NEW ) BABY I NEED YOUR LOVING Ruby Turner and The Four Tops

57 ( NEW ) DON'T TAKE MY MIND ON A TRIP Boy George

58 ( 59 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

59 ( 55 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys

60 ( 48 ) SMOOTH CRIMINAL Michael Jackson

 

 

61 ( NEW ) WILD THING Tone Loc

62 ( 61 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde

63 ( 62 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

64 ( 58 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies

65 ( 71 ) FIGHT The Bunburys

66 ( NEW ) FAMILY MAN Roachford

67 ( 46 ) TIED UP Yello

68 ( 68 ) KISSED YOU IN THE RAIN Freiheit

69 ( 43 ) BIG AREA Then Jerico

70 ( 57 ) ESPECIALLY FOR YOU Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan

 

71 ( 70 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

72 ( 72 ) HOLD ME IN YOUR ARMS Rick Astley

73 ( NEW ) WORKING ON IT Chris Rea

74 ( RE ) BLOW THE HOUSE DOWN Living In A Box

75 ( 73 ) LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS Human League

Edited February 24, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

5th March 1989

 

Donna Summer gets her first chart-topper since I Feel Love, 12 years earlier, with this joyous and yet sad song (for me, sad memories). A great melody, and even the SAW hit machine helped with the bursting enthusiasm. A welcome break from anxiety and worry was the Nana’s Top 5 Beatles cover, Help! In with a bang, though, it’s Madonna, a new look, flowing locks, controversial video and an awesome gospel song in at 7.

 

S’Express get a third Top 10, Jacko keeps his Top 10 run going, and Jesus Jones freak it at 16. In from nowhere, a novelty hit - Kon Kan at 18. Oh it was yodellingly funny, and not least for sampling Lynn Anderson’s Rose Garden, an old fave. Def Lep meanwhile rock it to 20.

 

A supergroup return at 28, the Wilbury’s, but minus the late great Roy. A great singalong gem. Inexplicably flopped, just like Jesus Jones. Gene Pitney, another great, gets a solo hit with a cover of Roy Orbison’s 60’s classic, so he’s there in spirit if not in fact. Jason Donovan follows up his Kylie duet with his own (lesser) SAW pop ditty, Randy Newman and Lou Reed add a bit of non-chart class to my list, 20 years on from making waves in the late 60’s, albeit waves that didn’t sell much at the time. Meanwhile I was playing The Fifth Dimension’s hits album a lot as my golden oldie.

 

 

1 ( 4 ) THIS TIME I KNOW IT'S FOR REAL Donna Summer

2 ( 2 ) STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE Diana Ross & The Supremes

3 ( 1 ) NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVED Dusty Springfield

4 ( 9 ) HELP! Bananarama and La Na Nee Nee Noo Noo

5 ( 6 ) LOVE IN THE NATURAL WAY Kim Wilde

6 ( 5 ) STOP Sam Brown

7 ( NEW ) LIKE A PRAYER Madonna

8 ( 20 ) HEY MUSIC LOVER S'Express

9 ( 3 ) CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

10 ( 13 ) LEAVE ME ALONE MIchael Jackson

 

 

11 ( 10 ) BELFAST CHILD/ MANDELA DAY Simple Minds

12 ( 12 ) I DON'T WANT A LOVER Texas

13 ( 7 ) INDESTRUCTIBLE The Four Tops featuring Smokey Robinson

14 ( 14 ) ALBATROSS Fleetwood Mac

15 ( 22 ) ROCK ON (1989) David Essex

16 ( 23 ) INFO FREAKO Jesus Jones

17 ( 8 ) HOLD ME Fleetwood Mac

18 ( NEW ) I BEG YOUR PARDON Kon Kan

19 ( 11 ) WAIT Robert Howard and Kym Mazelle

20 ( 35 ) ROCKET Def Leppard

 

21 ( 16 ) YOU GOT IT Roy Orbison

22 ( 15 ) THAT'S THE WAY LOVE IS Ten City

23 ( 30 ) VERONICA Elvis Costello

24 ( 34 ) CELEBRATE THE WORLD Womack And Womack

25 ( 28 ) DON'T SHED A TEAR Paul Carrack

26 ( 38 ) HEARSAY '89 Alexander O'Neal

27 ( 18 ) THE PRICE OF LOVE '89 Bryan Ferry

28 ( NEW ) END OF THE LINE Traveling Wilbury's

29 ( 19 ) THE LOVER IN ME Sheena Easton

30 ( 40 ) EVERYTHING COUNTS (LIVE) Depeche Mode

 

 

 

31 ( 17 ) FINE TIME Yazz

32 ( 24 ) BREAK 4 LOVE Raze

33 ( 44 ) EVERLASTING LOVE Howard Jones

34 ( 32 ) LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES Pet Shop Boys

35 ( 21 ) IT'S ONLY LOVE Simply Red

36 ( 33 ) FOUR LETTER WORD Kim Wilde

37 ( 36 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

38 ( 46 ) STRAIGHT UP Paula Abdul

39 ( 53 ) INTERNATIONAL RESCUE Fuzzbox

40 ( 27 ) LOVE TRAIN Holly Johnson

 

41 ( 41 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

42 ( 26 ) PROMISED LAND The Style Council

43 ( 56 ) BABY I NEED YOUR LOVING Ruby Turner and The Four Tops

44 ( 25 ) WHAT I AM Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians

45 ( NEW ) TURN UP THE BASS Tyree and Kool Rock Steady

46 ( 29 ) SYMPTOMS OF TRUE LOVE Tracie Spencer

47 ( 31 ) SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY Fine Young Cannibals

48 ( 37 ) MY PREROGATIVE Bobby Brown

49 ( 39 ) WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL Boy Meets Girl

50 ( NEW ) IT'S OVER Gene Pitney

 

51 ( 49 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

52 ( 45 ) DOWNTOWN '88 Petula Clark

53 ( 42 ) AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW Fleetwood Mac

54 ( 68 ) KISSED YOU IN THE RAIN Freiheit

55 ( 66 ) FAMILY MAN Roachford

56 ( 54 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

57 ( 57 ) DON'T TAKE MY MIND ON A TRIP Boy George

58 ( 51 ) I WISH U HEAVEN Prince

59 ( 61 ) WILD THING Tone Loc

60 ( 58 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

 

61 ( 59 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys

62 ( 62 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde

63 ( NEW ) TOO MANY BROKEN HEARTS Jason Donovan

64 ( 63 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

65 ( 43 ) CAN U DIG IT Pop Will Eat Itself

66 ( 64 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies

67 ( 74 ) BLOW THE HOUSE DOWN Living In A Box

68 ( NEW ) FALLING IN LOVE Randy Newman

69 ( 47 ) GOOD LIFE Inner City

70 ( NEW ) CAN YOU KEEP A SECERET Brother Beyond

 

71 ( 71 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

72 ( NEW ) WHERE DOES THE TIME GO Julia Fordham

73 ( 52 ) KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE Freiheit

74 ( NEW ) DIRTY BOULEVARD Lou Reed

75 ( NEW ) WHEN I GROW UP Michelle-Shocked

Edited March 27, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

12th March 1989

 

2 weeks for Donna, and Tom, Jeff, George and Bob line up at the end of 7. Kon Kan apologise at 10, and Paul Carrack gets a rare top 20 solo hit, getting a day off from Mike + The Mechanics at the time.

 

Highest new entry, perennial faves The Bee Gees with a great obscure flop track, Ordinary People being infused with the sadness of recent loss, younger brother Andy Gibb. Don’t do drugs! Elsewhere Randy Newman gets a bonafide Top 40 entry - and it’s not from Toy Story! New Order enter at 50, better quality than the hideous Poison bleating on about rose thorns at 67 for one week only. Thankfully not much longer till Nirvana did away with hair-do bland pomp metal.

 

 

1 ( 1 ) THIS TIME I KNOW IT'S FOR REAL Donna Summer

2 ( 2 ) STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE Diana Ross & The Supremes

3 ( 7 ) LIKE A PRAYER Madonna

4 ( 3 ) NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVED Dusty Springfield

5 ( 8 ) HEY MUSIC LOVER S'Express

6 ( 5 ) LOVE IN THE NATURAL WAY Kim Wilde

7 ( 28 ) END OF THE LINE Traveling Wilbury's

8 ( 10 ) LEAVE ME ALONE MIchael Jackson

9 ( 4 ) HELP! Bananarama and La Na Nee Nee Noo Noo

10 ( 18 ) I BEG YOUR PARDON Kon Kan

 

 

11 ( 6 ) STOP Sam Brown

12 ( 9 ) CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

13 ( 14 ) ALBATROSS Fleetwood Mac

14 ( 12 ) I DON'T WANT A LOVER Texas

15 ( 13 ) INDESTRUCTIBLE The Four Tops featuring Smokey Robinson

16 ( 11 ) BELFAST CHILD/ MANDELA DAY Simple Minds

17 ( 25 ) DON'T SHED A TEAR Paul Carrack

18 ( 23 ) VERONICA Elvis Costello

19 ( 26 ) HEARSAY '89 Alexander O'Neal

20 ( 15 ) ROCK ON (1989) David Essex

 

21 ( 20 ) ROCKET Def Leppard

22 ( 24 ) CELEBRATE THE WORLD Womack And Womack

23 ( NEW ) ORDINARY PEOPLE The Bee Gees

24 ( 17 ) HOLD ME Fleetwood Mac

25 ( 19 ) WAIT Robert Howard and Kym Mazelle

26 ( 50 ) IT'S OVER Gene Pitney

27 ( 21 ) YOU GOT IT Roy Orbison

28 ( 33 ) EVERLASTING LOVE Howard Jones

29 ( 22 ) THAT'S THE WAY LOVE IS Ten City

30 ( 38 ) STRAIGHT UP Paula Abdul

 

31 ( 16 ) INFO FREAKO Jesus Jones

32 ( 39 ) INTERNATIONAL RESCUE Fuzzbox

33 ( 45 ) TURN UP THE BASS Tyree and Kool Rock Steady

34 ( 55 ) FAMILY MAN Roachford

35 ( 35 ) IT'S ONLY LOVE Simply Red

36 ( 68 ) FALLING IN LOVE Randy Newman

37 ( 63 ) TOO MANY BROKEN HEARTS Jason Donovan

38 ( 37 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

39 ( 27 ) THE PRICE OF LOVE '89 Bryan Ferry

40 ( 30 ) EVERYTHING COUNTS (LIVE) Depeche Mode

 

41 ( 41 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

42 ( 36 ) FOUR LETTER WORD Kim Wilde

43 ( 34 ) LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES Pet Shop Boys

44 ( 43 ) BABY I NEED YOUR LOVING Ruby Turner and The Four Tops

45 ( 40 ) LOVE TRAIN Holly Johnson

46 ( 32 ) BREAK 4 LOVE Raze

47 ( 29 ) THE LOVER IN ME Sheena Easton

48 ( NEW ) DON'T BE CRUEL Bobby Brown

49 ( 31 ) FINE TIME Yazz

50 ( NEW ) ROUND AND ROUND New Order

 

51 ( 51 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

52 ( 48 ) MY PREROGATIVE Bobby Brown

53 ( 47 ) SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY Fine Young Cannibals

54 ( 59 ) WILD THING Tone Loc

55 ( 56 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

56 ( 46 ) SYMPTOMS OF TRUE LOVE Tracie Spencer

57 ( 52 ) DOWNTOWN '88 Petula Clark

58 ( 49 ) WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL Boy Meets Girl

59 ( 58 ) I WISH U HEAVEN Prince

60 ( 67 ) BLOW THE HOUSE DOWN Living In A Box

 

 

61 ( 60 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

62 ( 62 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde

63 ( 61 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys

64 ( 53 ) AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW Fleetwood Mac

65 ( NEW ) CRYIN' Vixen

66 ( 64 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

67 ( NEW ) EVERY ROSE HAS IT'S THORN Poison

68 ( 66 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies

69 ( 70 ) CAN YOU KEEP A SECERET Brother Beyond

70 ( 75 ) WHEN I GROW UP Michelle-Shocked

 

71 ( 71 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

72 ( 72 ) WHERE DOES THE TIME GO Julia Fordham

73 ( 54 ) KISSED YOU IN THE RAIN Freiheit

74 ( NEW ) WAGES DAY Deacon Blue

75 ( NEW ) DAYS LIKE THESE Sheena Easton

Edited March 28, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

19th March 1989

 

3 weeks for Donna, keeps off Ma-Donna at 2, and her 3rd number 2, and what a classic. If it ever makes the UK charts again, I wouldn’t bet against it getting to number 1! Big leap for Jesus Jones and their deliciously distorted racket of pumping guitars to 8, and not the last time they’d go Top 10. Fuzzbox and their Thunderbirds tribute up to 15, Sheena Easton having a massive jump to 17 (spot TV Highlander Brit actor Adrian Paul in the video), Guns ‘n’ Roses in at 39, INXS 45, and the late great Roy with a Bono song at 47. Quietly in at 50, the influential Soul II Soul...

 

 

 

1 ( 1 ) THIS TIME I KNOW IT'S FOR REAL Donna Summer

2 ( 3 ) LIKE A PRAYER Madonna

3 ( 2 ) STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE Diana Ross & The Supremes

4 ( 10 ) I BEG YOUR PARDON Kon Kan

5 ( 5 ) HEY MUSIC LOVER S'Express

6 ( 4 ) NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVED Dusty Springfield

7 ( 7 ) END OF THE LINE Traveling Wilbury's

8 ( 31 ) INFO FREAKO Jesus Jones

9 ( 6 ) LOVE IN THE NATURAL WAY Kim Wilde

10 ( 8 ) LEAVE ME ALONE MIchael Jackson

 

 

 

11 ( 14 ) I DON'T WANT A LOVER Texas

12 ( 12 ) CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

13 ( 15 ) INDESTRUCTIBLE The Four Tops featuring Smokey Robinson

14 ( 11 ) STOP Sam Brown

15 ( 32 ) INTERNATIONAL RESCUE Fuzzbox

16 ( 18 ) VERONICA Elvis Costello

17 ( 75 ) DAYS LIKE THESE Sheena Easton

18 ( 9 ) HELP! Bananarama and La Na Nee Nee Noo Noo

19 ( 22 ) CELEBRATE THE WORLD Womack And Womack

20 ( 16 ) BELFAST CHILD/ MANDELA DAY Simple Minds

 

21 ( 17 ) DON'T SHED A TEAR Paul Carrack

22 ( 23 ) ORDINARY PEOPLE The Bee Gees

23 ( 19 ) HEARSAY '89 Alexander O'Neal

24 ( NEW ) THIS TIME Kiara with Shanice Wilson

25 ( 30 ) STRAIGHT UP Paula Abdul

26 ( 26 ) IT'S OVER Gene Pitney

27 ( 34 ) FAMILY MAN Roachford

28 ( 13 ) ALBATROSS Fleetwood Mac

29 ( 20 ) ROCK ON (1989) David Essex

30 ( 50 ) ROUND AND ROUND New Order

 

31 ( 27 ) YOU GOT IT Roy Orbison

32 ( 25 ) WAIT Robert Howard and Kym Mazelle

33 ( 24 ) HOLD ME Fleetwood Mac

34 ( 37 ) TOO MANY BROKEN HEARTS Jason Donovan

35 ( 36 ) FALLING IN LOVE Randy Newman

36 ( 29 ) THAT'S THE WAY LOVE IS Ten City

37 ( 48 ) DON'T BE CRUEL Bobby Brown

38 ( 38 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

39 ( NEW ) PARADISE CITY Guns 'n' Roses

40 ( 35 ) IT'S ONLY LOVE Simply Red

 

41 ( 41 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

42 ( 21 ) ROCKET Def Leppard

43 ( 54 ) WILD THING Tone Loc

44 ( 43 ) LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES Pet Shop Boys

45 ( NEW ) MYSTIFIED INXS

46 ( 28 ) EVERLASTING LOVE Howard Jones

47 ( NEW ) SHE'S A MYSTERY TO ME Roy Orbison

48 ( 39 ) THE PRICE OF LOVE '89 Bryan Ferry

49 ( 42 ) FOUR LETTER WORD Kim Wilde

50 ( NEW ) KEEP ON MOVIN' Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler

 

 

51 ( 33 ) TURN UP THE BASS Tyree and Kool Rock Steady

52 ( 51 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

53 ( 60 ) BLOW THE HOUSE DOWN Living In A Box

54 ( 55 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

55 ( NEW ) SLEEP TALK Alyson Williams

56 ( 59 ) I WISH U HEAVEN Prince

57 ( 65 ) CRYIN' Vixen

58 ( 45 ) LOVE TRAIN Holly Johnson

59 ( 46 ) BREAK 4 LOVE Raze

60 ( 57 ) DOWNTOWN '88 Petula Clark

 

61 ( 62 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde

62 ( 61 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

63 ( 63 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys

64 ( 53 ) SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY Fine Young Cannibals

65 ( 58 ) WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL Boy Meets Girl

66 ( 66 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

67 ( 47 ) THE LOVER IN ME Sheena Easton

68 ( 71 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

69 ( 72 ) WHERE DOES THE TIME GO Julia Fordham

70 ( 68 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies

 

71 ( 64 ) AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW Fleetwood Mac

72 ( NEW ) ONE MAN Chanelle

73 ( 69 ) CAN YOU KEEP A SECERET Brother Beyond

74 ( NEW ) DON'T WALK AWAY Toni Childs

75 ( 40 ) EVERYTHING COUNTS (LIVE) Depeche Mode

Edited March 29, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

26th March 1989

 

In at number one, not for the first time, a bundle of Monkees tracks on an EP, headed by major classic Daydream Believer. The Monkees were one of my huge childhood obsessions, TV show, records, bubblegum cards, and the rock fraternity welcomed them in (rightly) as credible musicians and songwriters. The British scummy press, however, took offence that they had been CREATED, shock horror, and pounded that theme relentlessly for decades, sniffily ignoring the substantial body of work. By the time of punk, they were being quoted as influences and an EP charted again in 1980 and topped my chart. By 1989 they were touring the UK (I was there) back together, minus Mike, and this EP charted.

 

Straight in at 9, a dance classic from Coldcut which introduced Lisa Stansfield, still releasing good northern-soul/Philly-inspired records in 2014. New at 23, and really a final fling from The Bangles, but Eternal Flame is a great ballad. Back again at 34, 1988 flop Midnight Oil, Roy leaps to 18, just behind new Order, and at the tail-end of the chart a brace of variable cover versions. Pat & Mick sounds like the punchline to a very non-PC joke from the 70’s, but it was actually 2 DJ’s who should have known better. Slap!

 

 

1 ( NEW ) DAYDREAM BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ MONKEES THEME The Monkees

2 ( 2 ) LIKE A PRAYER Madonna

3 ( 1 ) THIS TIME I KNOW IT'S FOR REAL Donna Summer

4 ( 3 ) STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE Diana Ross & The Supremes

5 ( 4 ) I BEG YOUR PARDON Kon Kan

6 ( 5 ) HEY MUSIC LOVER S'Express

7 ( 7 ) END OF THE LINE Traveling Wilbury's

8 ( 6 ) NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVED Dusty Springfield

9 ( NEW ) PEOPLE HOLD ON Coldcut featuring Lisa Stansfield

10 ( 15 ) INTERNATIONAL RESCUE Fuzzbox

 

 

11 ( 10 ) LEAVE ME ALONE MIchael Jackson

12 ( 9 ) LOVE IN THE NATURAL WAY Kim Wilde

13 ( 8 ) INFO FREAKO Jesus Jones

14 ( 13 ) INDESTRUCTIBLE The Four Tops featuring Smokey Robinson

15 ( 12 ) CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

16 ( 17 ) DAYS LIKE THESE Sheena Easton

17 ( 30 ) ROUND AND ROUND New Order

18 ( 47 ) SHE'S A MYSTERY TO ME Roy Orbison

19 ( 11 ) I DON'T WANT A LOVER Texas

20 ( 25 ) STRAIGHT UP Paula Abdul

 

21 ( 14 ) STOP Sam Brown

22 ( 22 ) ORDINARY PEOPLE The Bee Gees

23 ( NEW ) ETERNAL FLAME The Bangles

24 ( 16 ) VERONICA Elvis Costello

25 ( 27 ) FAMILY MAN Roachford

26 ( 18 ) HELP! Bananarama and La Na Nee Nee Noo Noo

27 ( 31 ) YOU GOT IT Roy Orbison

28 ( 37 ) DON'T BE CRUEL Bobby Brown

29 ( 20 ) BELFAST CHILD/ MANDELA DAY Simple Minds

30 ( 39 ) PARADISE CITY Guns 'n' Roses

 

 

31 ( 24 ) THIS TIME Kiara with Shanice Wilson

32 ( 19 ) CELEBRATE THE WORLD Womack And Womack

33 ( 34 ) TOO MANY BROKEN HEARTS Jason Donovan

34 ( NEW ) BEDS ARE BURNING Midnight Oil

35 ( 72 ) ONE MAN Chanelle

36 ( 38 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

37 ( 32 ) WAIT Robert Howard and Kym Mazelle

38 ( 55 ) SLEEP TALK Alyson Williams

39 ( 21 ) DON'T SHED A TEAR Paul Carrack

40 ( 28 ) ALBATROSS Fleetwood Mac

 

41 ( 41 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

42 ( 36 ) THAT'S THE WAY LOVE IS Ten City

43 ( 33 ) HOLD ME Fleetwood Mac

44 ( 50 ) KEEP ON MOVIN' Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler

45 ( 45 ) MYSTIFIED INXS

46 ( 23 ) HEARSAY '89 Alexander O'Neal

47 ( 26 ) IT'S OVER Gene Pitney

48 ( 40 ) IT'S ONLY LOVE Simply Red

49 ( 44 ) LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES Pet Shop Boys

50 ( 35 ) FALLING IN LOVE Randy Newman

 

51 ( 29 ) ROCK ON (1989) David Essex

52 ( 52 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

53 ( 43 ) WILD THING Tone Loc

54 ( 54 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

55 ( 48 ) THE PRICE OF LOVE '89 Bryan Ferry

56 ( 56 ) I WISH U HEAVEN Prince

57 ( NEW ) HAVEN'T STOPPED DANCING YET Pat & Mick

58 ( 49 ) FOUR LETTER WORD Kim Wilde

59 ( NEW ) ONLY THE LONELY T'Pau

60 ( 42 ) ROCKET Def Leppard

 

61 ( 62 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

62 ( 61 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde

63 ( 63 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys

64 ( 60 ) DOWNTOWN '88 Petula Clark

65 ( 73 ) CAN YOU KEEP A SECERET Brother Beyond

66 ( 66 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

67 ( 68 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

68 ( NEW ) IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW Simply Red

69 ( 51 ) TURN UP THE BASS Tyree and Kool Rock Steady

70 ( NEW ) GOT TO GET YOU BACK Kym Mazelle

 

71 ( 70 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies

72 ( 67 ) THE LOVER IN ME Sheena Easton

73 ( NEW ) THE GOLDEN CALF Prefab Sprout

74 ( 74 ) DON'T WALK AWAY Toni Childs

75 ( 59 ) BREAK 4 LOVE Raze

Edited March 29, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

2nd April 1989

 

My grandma was still ill in hospital in Liverpool, and by now I’d got a hire car to replace my nearly-written-off car crashed metro. I really felt I ought to go and see Grandma, but my parents were arranging to bring her down to Dorset as soon as she was well enough to travel. That sounded positive so I felt guilty, but stayed local to see my childhood heroes The Monkees, who were playing Bournemouth (minus Mike Nesmith), my last chance to see them I thought. They were fabulous, entertaining, and nostalgic all at once, and dia host of fave album tracks along withe singles. The net effect was Like A Prayer, a major classic Madonna single was held at 2 for a third week behind the Monkees EP.

 

Lisa Stansfield announced her Top 5 presence with Coldcut, The Bangles were back with a great ballad at 8, their 5th Top 10 and The Bee Gees extended their run of Top 10’s to 21 years with the flop Ordinary People.

 

New entries, Johnny Nash’s 1972 classic was back at 13, Holly Johnson gets his 2nd Top 20 hit of the year at 16 and Yello come back on a great run of singles with their best record, Of Course I’m Lying, at 24. The The get one of their occasional Top 40 hits, cynically, at 29, and Fine Young Cannibals on a roll enter at 36 with the fab Good Thing. Transvision Vamp get a 2nd great Top 40 hit at 39, Roxette debut at 44 with the Look, and give the chart quite the European flavour, one of many acts peppering the charts. Lots of other fave chart act comebacks lower down, the one holding up the best these days being Swing Out Sister’s 60’s retro You On My Mind.

 

 

1 ( 1 ) DAYDREAM BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ MONKEES THEME The Monkees

2 ( 2 ) LIKE A PRAYER Madonna

3 ( 3 ) THIS TIME I KNOW IT'S FOR REAL Donna Summer

4 ( 9 ) PEOPLE HOLD ON Coldcut featuring Lisa Stansfield

5 ( 5 ) I BEG YOUR PARDON Kon Kan

6 ( 22 ) ORDINARY PEOPLE The Bee Gees

7 ( 4 ) STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE Diana Ross & The Supremes

8 ( 23 ) ETERNAL FLAME The Bangles

9 ( 6 ) HEY MUSIC LOVER S'Express

10 ( 31 ) THIS TIME Kiara with Shanice Wilson

 

11 ( 10 ) INTERNATIONAL RESCUE Fuzzbox

12 ( 18 ) SHE'S A MYSTERY TO ME Roy Orbison

13 ( NEW ) I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW '89 Johnny Nash

14 ( 7 ) END OF THE LINE Traveling Wilbury's

15 ( 8 ) NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVED Dusty Springfield

16 ( NEW ) AMERICANOS Holly Johnson

17 ( 17 ) ROUND AND ROUND New Order

18 ( 15 ) CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

19 ( 20 ) STRAIGHT UP Paula Abdul

20 ( 25 ) FAMILY MAN Roachford

 

 

 

21 ( 11 ) LEAVE ME ALONE MIchael Jackson

22 ( 13 ) INFO FREAKO Jesus Jones

23 ( 12 ) LOVE IN THE NATURAL WAY Kim Wilde

24 ( NEW ) OF COURSE I'M LYING Yello

25 ( 28 ) DON'T BE CRUEL Bobby Brown

26 ( 16 ) DAYS LIKE THESE Sheena Easton

27 ( 21 ) STOP Sam Brown

28 ( 14 ) INDESTRUCTIBLE The Four Tops featuring Smokey Robinson

29 ( NEW ) THE BEAT(EN) GENERATION The The

30 ( 30 ) PARADISE CITY Guns 'n' Roses

 

 

 

31 ( 19 ) I DON'T WANT A LOVER Texas

32 ( 34 ) BEDS ARE BURNING Midnight Oil

33 ( 27 ) YOU GOT IT Roy Orbison

34 ( 26 ) HELP! Bananarama and La Na Nee Nee Noo Noo

35 ( 57 ) HAVEN'T STOPPED DANCING YET Pat & Mick

36 ( NEW ) GOOD THING Fine Young Cannibals

37 ( NEW ) MUSICAL FREEDOM (MOVIN' ON UP) Paul Simpson featuring Adeva

38 ( 38 ) SLEEP TALK Alyson Williams

39 ( NEW ) BABY I DON'T CARE Transvision Vamp

40 ( 44 ) KEEP ON MOVIN' Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler

 

 

 

41 ( 36 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

42 ( 41 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

43 ( 33 ) TOO MANY BROKEN HEARTS Jason Donovan

44 ( NEW ) THE LOOK Roxette

45 ( 45 ) MYSTIFIED INXS

46 ( NEW ) FIREWOMAN The Cult

47 ( 29 ) BELFAST CHILD/ MANDELA DAY Simple Minds

48 ( 37 ) WAIT Robert Howard and Kym Mazelle

49 ( 65 ) CAN YOU KEEP A SECERET Brother Beyond

50 ( 59 ) ONLY THE LONELY T'Pau

 

51 ( 24 ) VERONICA Elvis Costello

52 ( 52 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

53 ( 49 ) LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES Pet Shop Boys

54 ( NEW ) ONLY THE MOMENT Marc Almond

55 ( 54 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

56 ( 42 ) THAT'S THE WAY LOVE IS Ten City

57 ( NEW ) DANCERAMA Sigue Sigue Sputnik

58 ( 56 ) I WISH U HEAVEN Prince

59 ( 48 ) IT'S ONLY LOVE Simply Red

60 ( 43 ) HOLD ME Fleetwood Mac

 

61 ( 61 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

62 ( 35 ) ONE MAN Chanelle

63 ( 62 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde

64 ( NEW ) BEAUTY'S ONLY SKIN DEEP Aswad

65 ( 67 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

66 ( 66 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

67 ( 63 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys

68 ( 40 ) ALBATROSS Fleetwood Mac

69 ( 70 ) GOT TO GET YOU BACK Kym Mazelle

70 ( NEW ) THIS IS YOUR LIFE The Blow Monkeys

 

71 ( NEW ) MAN NO MORE The Senators

72 ( 71 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies

73 ( NEW ) YOU ON MY MIND Swing Out Sister

74 ( NEW ) FOREST FIRE Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

75 ( NEW ) REAL LOVE Jody Watley

 

THE MONKEES LIVE AT THE BOURNEMOUTH INTERNATIONAL CENTRE

1. Valleri

2. Listen To The Band

3. She

4. Last Train To Clarksville

5. A Little Bit Me A Little Bit You

6. Aunty Grizelda

7. I'm A Believer

8. Daydream Believer

9. Alternate Title

10. The Monkees Theme

Edited April 29, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

9th April 1989

 

After weeks in hospital my grandma died on 4th April, which was pretty much the first traumatic death of my life, as she’d always been there. Mum and dad had rushed up to Liverpool but arrived too late, and I got the call during an episode of MASH, The Nurses, which Ive never been able to sit through since. My sister-in-law and niece and nephew were living with me at the time, and Sue rushed upstairs crying. It hit me shortly afterwards.

 

Music wasn’t uppermost in my mind, except inasmuch as I took refuge in music from the 70’s, oldies, remixes, samples or covers, happier times and those records did better in my chart, which I sort of zombie compiled later in the week. Records I associated with grandma’s illness or reminded me of the forthcoming funeral and cremation with sad lyrics dropped. Not many new entries, as a result of not much radio listening, but notable Yello hitting the right mood with me, up to 4, Marc Almond up to 30 and a bit of oddness at 2 from Kon Kan, which was both diverting and nostalgic (with the Lynn Anderson sample). Videos are those fitting my mood at the time...

 

1 ( 1 ) DAYDREAM BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ MONKEES THEME The Monkees

2 ( 5 ) I BEG YOUR PARDON Kon Kan

3 ( 4 ) PEOPLE HOLD ON Coldcut featuring Lisa Stansfield

4 ( 24 ) OF COURSE I'M LYING Yello

5 ( 6 ) ORDINARY PEOPLE The Bee Gees

6 ( 13 ) I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW '89 Johnny Nash

7 ( 2 ) LIKE A PRAYER Madonna

8 ( 8 ) ETERNAL FLAME The Bangles

9 ( 16 ) AMERICANOS Holly Johnson

10 ( 10 ) THIS TIME Kiara with Shanice Wilson

 

 

 

11 ( 3 ) THIS TIME I KNOW IT'S FOR REAL Donna Summer

12 ( 12 ) SHE'S A MYSTERY TO ME Roy Orbison

13 ( 7 ) STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE Diana Ross & The Supremes

14 ( 9 ) HEY MUSIC LOVER S'Express

15 ( 11 ) INTERNATIONAL RESCUE Fuzzbox

16 ( 29 ) THE BEAT(EN) GENERATION The The

17 ( 36 ) GOOD THING Fine Young Cannibals

18 ( 18 ) CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

19 ( 37 ) MUSICAL FREEDOM (MOVIN' ON UP) Paul Simpson featuring Adeva

20 ( 25 ) DON'T BE CRUEL Bobby Brown

 

 

21 ( 15 ) NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVED Dusty Springfield

22 ( 17 ) ROUND AND ROUND New Order

23 ( 59 ) IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW Simply Red

24 ( 20 ) FAMILY MAN Roachford

25 ( 14 ) END OF THE LINE Traveling Wilbury's

26 ( 19 ) STRAIGHT UP Paula Abdul

27 ( 21 ) LEAVE ME ALONE MIchael Jackson

28 ( 23 ) LOVE IN THE NATURAL WAY Kim Wilde

29 ( 39 ) BABY I DON'T CARE Transvision Vamp

30 ( 54 ) ONLY THE MOMENT Marc Almond

 

 

31 ( 27 ) STOP Sam Brown

32 ( 44 ) THE LOOK Roxette

33 ( 45 ) MYSTIFIED INXS

34 ( 30 ) PARADISE CITY Guns 'n' Roses

35 ( 22 ) INFO FREAKO Jesus Jones

36 ( 40 ) KEEP ON MOVIN' Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler

37 ( 33 ) YOU GOT IT Roy Orbison

38 ( 26 ) DAYS LIKE THESE Sheena Easton

39 ( 28 ) INDESTRUCTIBLE The Four Tops featuring Smokey Robinson

40 ( 31 ) I DON'T WANT A LOVER Texas

 

41 ( 42 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

42 ( 41 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

43 ( 50 ) ONLY THE LONELY T'Pau

44 ( 35 ) HAVEN'T STOPPED DANCING YET Pat & Mick

45 ( 49 ) CAN YOU KEEP A SECERET Brother Beyond

46 ( 46 ) FIREWOMAN The Cult

47 ( 34 ) HELP! Bananarama and La Na Nee Nee Noo Noo

48 ( 73 ) YOU ON MY MIND Swing Out Sister

49 ( 64 ) BEAUTY'S ONLY SKIN DEEP Aswad

50 ( 32 ) BEDS ARE BURNING Midnight Oil

 

 

51 ( 52 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

52 ( 57 ) DANCERAMA Sigue Sigue Sputnik

53 ( 38 ) SLEEP TALK Alyson Williams

54 ( 48 ) WAIT Robert Howard and Kym Mazelle

55 ( 55 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

56 ( 53 ) LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES Pet Shop Boys

57 ( 69 ) GOT TO GET YOU BACK Kym Mazelle

58 ( 58 ) I WISH U HEAVEN Prince

59 ( NEW ) WITH EVERY HEARTBEAT Five Star

60 ( 61 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

 

61 ( 60 ) HOLD ME Fleetwood Mac

62 ( 56 ) THAT'S THE WAY LOVE IS Ten City

63 ( 63 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde

64 ( 47 ) BELFAST CHILD/ MANDELA DAY Simple Minds

65 ( 65 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

66 ( 66 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

67 ( 71 ) MAN NO MORE The Senators

68 ( 67 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys

69 ( 51 ) VERONICA Elvis Costello

70 ( NEW ) DON'T WALK AWAY Toni Childs

 

71 ( NEW ) DEVOTION Ten City

72 ( 68 ) ALBATROSS Fleetwood Mac

73 ( 72 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies

74 ( 75 ) REAL LOVE Jody Watley

75 ( NEW ) LET THE RIVER RUN Carly Simon

Edited May 1, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

two standout tracks for me People Hold On and Family Man (Cuddly Toy was Roachfords worst song and unfortunatley their biggest hit and the one radio always play -_- )

Edited May 2, 201411 yr by fiesta

two standout tracks for me People Hold On and Family Man (Cuddly Toy was Roachfords worst song and unfortunatley their biggest hit and the one radio always play -_- )

 

Hi Fiesta, yes People Hold On is a great record, really should have been a chart-topper, and yes I preferred Family Man to Cuddly Toy too, never really got that one, though I quite liked it it I never loved it. B-)

16th April 1989

 

Things returning chart-wise a little to normal, after grandma's funeral, and glad to be back to work and diverted in our team of 4 surveying Parks and Gardens in Bournemouth, drawing up plans and maintenance schedules.

 

Music-wise, mostly minor shuffling of chart positions, apart from new entries, and still nostalgia is high with Jigsaw's remix of the fab 1975 Top 3 hit for me, Sky High. Roy gets a second posthumous new Top 10 hit, much deserved, and Soul II Soul finally get moving into the 20 along with INXS, who remain mystified at all the great tracks on one album. The Cookie Crew sample classic Edwin Starr and pop in at 24, and the Blow Monkeys re-enter much higher, at 31.

 

Peter Noone covers his old Herman's Hermits classic for a movie comedy and gets a hit (it's not a patch on the original though), while the great Kirsty and Cure enter inside the 50. Two rock acts provide a duet opportunity for veteran soul/blues stars: Elton & Aretha, and U2 & B.B. King, both perfectly fine, but not classic, singles. Finally, two new acts slide in at the bottom, De La Soul and Texas. TBC.

 

 

1 ( 1 ) DAYDREAM BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ MONKEES THEME The Monkees

2 ( 2 ) I BEG YOUR PARDON Kon Kan

3 ( 5 ) ORDINARY PEOPLE The Bee Gees

4 ( 4 ) OF COURSE I'M LYING Yello

5 ( 9 ) AMERICANOS Holly Johnson

6 ( 8 ) ETERNAL FLAME The Bangles

7 ( 3 ) PEOPLE HOLD ON Coldcut featuring Lisa Stansfield

8 ( 10 ) THIS TIME Kiara with Shanice Wilson

9 ( 6 ) I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW '89 Johnny Nash

10 ( 12 ) SHE'S A MYSTERY TO ME Roy Orbison

 

11 ( NEW ) SKY HIGH (REMIX) Jigsaw

12 ( 7 ) LIKE A PRAYER Madonna

13 ( 19 ) MUSICAL FREEDOM (MOVIN' ON UP) Paul Simpson featuring Adeva

14 ( 11 ) THIS TIME I KNOW IT'S FOR REAL Donna Summer

15 ( 17 ) GOOD THING Fine Young Cannibals

16 ( 13 ) STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE Diana Ross & The Supremes

17 ( 36 ) KEEP ON MOVIN' Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler

18 ( 18 ) CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

19 ( 33 ) MYSTIFIED INXS

20 ( 23 ) IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW Simply Red

 

 

 

21 ( 14 ) HEY MUSIC LOVER S'Express

22 ( 15 ) INTERNATIONAL RESCUE Fuzzbox

23 ( 21 ) NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVED Dusty Springfield

24 ( NEW ) GOT TO KEEP ON The Cookie Crew featuring Edwin Starr

25 ( 43 ) ONLY THE LONELY T'Pau

26 ( 20 ) DON'T BE CRUEL Bobby Brown

27 ( 29 ) BABY I DON'T CARE Transvision Vamp

28 ( 50 ) BEDS ARE BURNING Midnight Oil

29 ( 16 ) THE BEAT(EN) GENERATION The The

30 ( 30 ) ONLY THE MOMENT Marc Almond

 

31 ( RE ) THIS IS YOUR LIFE The Blow Monkeys

32 ( 32 ) THE LOOK Roxette

33 ( 25 ) END OF THE LINE Traveling Wilbury's

34 ( 48 ) YOU ON MY MIND Swing Out Sister

35 ( 31 ) STOP Sam Brown

36 ( 67 ) MAN NO MORE The Senators

37 ( 28 ) LOVE IN THE NATURAL WAY Kim Wilde

38 ( 27 ) LEAVE ME ALONE Michael Jackson

39 ( 49 ) BEAUTY'S ONLY SKIN DEEP Aswad

40 ( 22 ) ROUND AND ROUND New Order

 

41 ( 41 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

42 ( 42 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

43 ( 37 ) YOU GOT IT Roy Orbison

44 ( 24 ) FAMILY MAN Roachford

45 ( 26 ) STRAIGHT UP Paula Abdul

46 ( NEW ) I'M INTO SOMETHING GOOD Peter Noone

47 ( 35 ) INFO FREAKO Jesus Jones

48 ( NEW ) FREE WORLD Kirsty Maccoll

49 ( 40 ) I DON'T WANT A LOVER Texas

50 ( NEW ) LULLABY The Cure

 

 

 

51 ( 51 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

52 ( 38 ) DAYS LIKE THESE Sheena Easton

53 ( 39 ) INDESTRUCTIBLE The Four Tops featuring Smokey Robinson

54 ( 55 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

55 ( NEW ) THROUGH THE STORM Aretha Franklin and Elton John

56 ( NEW ) WHAT DOES IT TAKE Then Jericho

57 ( NEW ) WHEN LOVE COMES TO TOWN U2 featuring B.B. King

58 ( 56 ) LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES Pet Shop Boys

59 ( 59 ) WITH EVERY HEARTBEAT Five Star

60 ( 60 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

 

61 ( 58 ) I WISH U HEAVEN Prince

62 ( 74 ) REAL LOVE Jody Watley

63 ( 63 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde

64 ( 65 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

65 ( 71 ) DEVOTION Ten City

66 ( 66 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

67 ( 61 ) HOLD ME Fleetwood Mac

68 ( 54 ) WAIT Robert Howard and Kym Mazelle

69 ( NEW ) ELECTRIC YOUTH Debbie Gibson

70 ( NEW ) MA AND PA Fishbone

 

71 ( NEW ) WHO'S IN THE HOUSE Beatmasters featuring Merlin

72 ( 73 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies

73 ( 68 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys

74 ( NEW ) ME MYSELF AND I De La Soul

75 ( NEW ) THE THRILL HAS GONE Texas

 

 

Edited May 4, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

23rd April 1989

 

5 weeks on top for The Monkees. Daydream Believer had now had 8 weeks in total on top and was one of the all-time long-runs. The Beatles re-enter at 3 with the 20th anniversary re-release of Get Back. Top 10 in 1969, 1974, 1976 this is the 4th occasion for the classic Fabs track, and what with the Bee Gees in the Top, bit of a 60’s bands reunion going on.

 

There’s also a host of new entries, most bizarrely from Uriah Heep, 70’s prog rockers charting for the first (and last) time ever long after the event with a cover of the 1971 Argent classic. Keeping up with the oldies, Chaka Khan’s 1979 Top 20 comes back remixed at 25, insisting she’s still every woman. I don’t think she is! Veteran comebacks: 50‘s Legends The Shads at 55; 60’s legend Carole King at 40; 60’s legend Diana Ross at 73; 60‘s legend Tom Jones; 70’s acts: Rod, Pretenders, Bryan Ferry, Stevie Nicks. The only one of real consequence though is Stevie Nicks, and she really is on fire with this brilliant single at 30.

 

Back in the 80’s, the late London Boys’ best single enters at 34 with the rather sadly-aptly-titled Requiem, Duran at 35, Cyndi Lauper at 59 with the fab I Drove All Night. Sadly for her, the timeless Roy Orbison had already cut a version which would eventually come out and overshadow hers. Simple Minds have a decent soundalike follow-up to Belfast Child, and Edelweiss follow in the footsteps of Kon Kan’s cut-up, ‘aving a laff, novelty footsteps. How very Swiss.

 

 

1 ( 1 ) DAYDREAM BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ MONKEES THEME The Monkees

2 ( 6 ) ETERNAL FLAME The Bangles

3 ( NEW ) GET BACK The Beatles with Billy Preston

4 ( 5 ) AMERICANOS Holly Johnson

5 ( 3 ) ORDINARY PEOPLE The Bee Gees

6 ( 4 ) OF COURSE I'M LYING Yello

7 ( 2 ) I BEG YOUR PARDON Kon Kan

8 ( 15 ) GOOD THING Fine Young Cannibals

9 ( 24 ) GOT TO KEEP ON The Cookie Crew featuring Edwin Starr

10 ( 7 ) PEOPLE HOLD ON Coldcut featuring Lisa Stansfield

 

11 ( 32 ) THE LOOK Roxette

12 ( 28 ) BEDS ARE BURNING Midnight Oil

13 ( 8 ) THIS TIME Kiara with Shanice Wilson

14 ( 17 ) KEEP ON MOVIN' Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler

15 ( 14 ) THIS TIME I KNOW IT'S FOR REAL Donna Summer

16 ( 12 ) LIKE A PRAYER Madonna

17 ( 19 ) MYSTIFIED INXS

18 ( 13 ) MUSICAL FREEDOM (MOVIN' ON UP) Paul Simpson featuring Adeva

19 ( 27 ) BABY I DON'T CARE Transvision Vamp

20 ( 55 ) THROUGH THE STORM Aretha Franklin and Elton John

 

 

21 ( 16 ) STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE Diana Ross & The Supremes

22 ( 10 ) SHE'S A MYSTERY TO ME Roy Orbison

23 ( 9 ) I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW '89 Johnny Nash

24 ( 34 ) YOU ON MY MIND Swing Out Sister

25 ( NEW ) I'M EVERY WOMAN '89 Chaka Khan

26 ( 23 ) NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVED Dusty Springfield

27 ( 18 ) CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

28 ( 50 ) LULLABY The Cure

29 ( 31 ) THIS IS YOUR LIFE The Blow Monkeys

30 ( NEW ) ROOMS ON FIRE Stevie Nicks

 

31 ( 11 ) SKY HIGH (REMIX) Jigsaw

32 ( 21 ) HEY MUSIC LOVER S'Express

33 ( 36 ) MAN NO MORE The Senators

34 ( NEW ) REQUIEM The London Boys

35 ( NEW ) DO YOU BELIEVE IN SHAME Duran Duran

36 ( 25 ) ONLY THE LONELY T'Pau

37 ( NEW ) AIN'T NOBODY BETTER Inner City

38 ( 33 ) END OF THE LINE Traveling Wilbury's

39 ( 22 ) INTERNATIONAL RESCUE Fuzzbox

40 ( NEW ) CITY LIGHTS Carole King

 

 

41 ( 56 ) WHAT DOES IT TAKE Then Jericho

42 ( 41 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

43 ( 35 ) STOP Sam Brown

44 ( 42 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

45 ( 71 ) WHO'S IN THE HOUSE Beatmasters featuring Merlin

46 ( 48 ) FREE WORLD Kirsty Maccoll

47 ( 43 ) YOU GOT IT Roy Orbison

48 ( 57 ) WHEN LOVE COMES TO TOWN U2 featuring B.B. King

49 ( 20 ) IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW Simply Red

50 ( 37 ) LOVE IN THE NATURAL WAY Kim Wilde

 

51 ( 62 ) REAL LOVE Jody Watley

52 ( NEW ) HOLD YOUR HEAD UP Uriah Heep

53 ( 51 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

54 ( NEW ) WHERE HAS ALL THE LOVE GONE Yazz

55 ( NEW ) MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON The Shadows

56 ( 54 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

57 ( 38 ) LEAVE ME ALONE MIchael Jackson

58 ( 69 ) ELECTRIC YOUTH Debbie Gibson

59 ( NEW ) I DROVE ALL NIGHT Cyndi Lauper

60 ( 75 ) THE THRILL HAS GONE Texas

 

 

61 ( 60 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

62 ( NEW ) MOVE CLOSER Tom Jones

63 ( 74 ) ME MYSELF AND I De La Soul

64 ( 63 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde

65 ( ) FOREST FIRE (REMIX) Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

66 ( 64 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

67 ( NEW ) MY HEART CAN'T TELL YOU NO Rod Stewart

68 ( NEW ) WINDOWS ON YOUR WORLD The Pretenders

69 ( NEW ) HEAVEN HELP ME Deon Estus

70 ( 66 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

 

71 ( NEW ) BRING ME EDELWEISS Edelweiss

72 ( NEW ) THIS IS YOUR LAND Simple Minds

73 ( NEW ) WORKING OVERTIME Diana Ross

74 ( NEW ) ELISABETH'S EYES Nik Kershaw

75 ( NEW ) HE'LL HAVE TO GO Bryan Ferry

Edited May 4, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

30th April 1989

 

An unexpected number one for the Bee Gees latest (flop) single, the lead track off the (flop) album One. It was a sort of tribute to late younger brother Andy, and the theme of loss hit a note with my mood at the time, but it's a good song anyway. At that time, it was the Bee Gees 4th topper, though they had had many runners-up.

 

Dance (House) music starting to make inroads into the generally lacklustre pop music scene, ahead of the 90's surge of piano-tinkly-fused jangly dance tracks. Here, Beatmasters, Inner City and others leading the charge. New entries meanwhile from hero Paul McCartney and his Elvis Costello co-write My Brave Face, Tom Petty and his Jeff Lynne-produced I Won't Back Down, and a Beach Boys oldie duet between the Everly Brothers and the Beach Boys.

 

Nik Kershaw heads back into the 40 with a decent pop single, though as it didn't sell he gave up the pop singing and moved into pop writing and producing, courtesy of Chesney Hawkes. Sam Brown follows up her topper with a fab Marvin Gaye cover, Can I Get A Witness, while superstars drop in low (Kylie, Queen, Stevie, Morrissey) - some will go up, but just how far, given I wasn't that fussed by any of them initially, remains to be seen in May...

 

 

1 ( 5 ) ORDINARY PEOPLE The Bee Gees

2 ( 2 ) ETERNAL FLAME The Bangles

3 ( 1 ) DAYDREAM BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ MONKEES THEME The Monkees

4 ( 4 ) AMERICANOS Holly Johnson

5 ( 8 ) GOOD THING Fine Young Cannibals

6 ( 3 ) GET BACK The Beatles with Billy Preston

7 ( 9 ) GOT TO KEEP ON The Cookie Crew featuring Edwin Starr

8 ( 11 ) THE LOOK Roxette

9 ( 7 ) I BEG YOUR PARDON Kon Kan

10 ( 12 ) BEDS ARE BURNING Midnight Oil

 

11 ( 45 ) WHO'S IN THE HOUSE Beatmasters featuring Merlin

12 ( 6 ) OF COURSE I'M LYING Yello

13 ( 19 ) BABY I DON'T CARE Transvision Vamp

14 ( 10 ) PEOPLE HOLD ON Coldcut featuring Lisa Stansfield

15 ( 37 ) AIN'T NOBODY BETTER Inner City

16 ( 28 ) LULLABY The Cure

17 ( 34 ) REQUIEM The London Boys

18 ( 36 ) ONLY THE LONELY T'Pau

19 ( 24 ) YOU ON MY MIND Swing Out Sister

20 ( 20 ) THROUGH THE STORM Aretha Franklin and Elton John

 

 

21 ( 15 ) THIS TIME I KNOW IT'S FOR REAL Donna Summer

22 ( 16 ) LIKE A PRAYER Madonna

23 ( 13 ) THIS TIME Kiara with Shanice Wilson

24 ( 30 ) ROOMS ON FIRE Stevie Nicks

25 ( 25 ) I'M EVERY WOMAN '89 Chaka Khan

26 ( 21 ) STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE Diana Ross & The Supremes

27 ( 14 ) KEEP ON MOVIN' Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler

28 ( 17 ) MYSTIFIED INXS

29 ( 26 ) NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVED Dusty Springfield

30 ( 71 ) BRING ME EDELWEISS Edelweiss

 

31 ( NEW ) MY BRAVE FACE Paul McCartney

32 ( 18 ) MUSICAL FREEDOM (MOVIN' ON UP) Paul Simpson featuring Adeva

33 ( NEW ) I WON'T BACK DOWN Tom Petty

34 ( 22 ) SHE'S A MYSTERY TO ME Roy Orbison

35 ( NEW ) DON'T WORRY BABY The Everly Brothers and The Beach Boys

36 ( 23 ) I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW '89 Johnny Nash

37 ( 74 ) ELISABETH'S EYES Nik Kershaw

38 ( 38 ) END OF THE LINE Traveling Wilbury's

39 ( 54 ) WHERE HAS ALL THE LOVE GONE Yazz

40 ( 27 ) CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

 

 

 

41 ( 35 ) DO YOU BELIEVE IN SHAME Duran Duran

42 ( 32 ) HEY MUSIC LOVER S'Express

43 ( 42 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

44 ( 29 ) THIS IS YOUR LIFE The Blow Monkeys

45 ( 44 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

46 ( 58 ) ELECTRIC YOUTH Debbie Gibson

47 ( 33 ) MAN NO MORE The Senators

48 ( 60 ) THE THRILL HAS GONE Texas

49 ( 43 ) STOP Sam Brown

50 ( 67 ) MY HEART CAN'T TELL YOU NO Rod Stewart

 

51 ( 47 ) YOU GOT IT Roy Orbison

52 ( 52 ) HOLD YOUR HEAD UP Uriah Heep

53 ( 53 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

54 ( 50 ) LOVE IN THE NATURAL WAY Kim Wilde

55 ( 39 ) INTERNATIONAL RESCUE Fuzzbox

56 ( 72 ) THIS IS YOUR LAND Simple Minds

57 ( 63 ) ME MYSELF AND I De La Soul

58 ( 56 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

59 ( 59 ) I DROVE ALL NIGHT Cyndi Lauper

60 ( 40 ) CITY STREETS Carole King

 

61 ( 61 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

62 ( 62 ) MOVE CLOSER Tom Jones

63 ( 55 ) MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON The Shadows

64 ( 41 ) WHAT DOES IT TAKE Then Jericho

65 ( 48 ) WHEN LOVE COMES TO TOWN U2 featuring B.B. King

66 ( 64 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde

67 ( 66 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

68 ( NEW ) LOLLY LOLLY Wendy And Lisa

69 ( 49 ) IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW Simply Red

70 ( NEW ) CAN I GET A WITNESS Sam Brown

 

 

 

71 ( NEW ) HAND ON YOUR HEART Kylie Minogue

72 ( 70 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

73 ( NEW ) FREE Stevie Wonder

74 ( NEW ) I WANT IT ALL Queen

75 ( NEW ) INTERESTING DRUG Morrissey

Edited May 4, 201411 yr by popchartfreak