Bring Me Edelweiss :lol: :wub:

One of the funniest tracks of all time! ^_^

Bring Me Edelweiss :lol: :wub:

One of the funniest tracks of all time! ^_^

 

Hi Jason, yes, I have to admit it's going higher in my chart, it's funny and it's nicked a great Abba tune :lol:

 

7th May 1989

 

A second and final week on top for the Bee Gees while Stevie Nicks biggest solo hit fires up at 2, closely followed by Transvision Vamp’s 2nd Top 10, and Edelweiss’ novelty Abba tune at 7, and The Cure’s return to the 10 after a few relative failures, gives them 7 Top 10’s and 14 hits in 9 years.

 

Sam Brown gets her witness to confirm she’s gone from 70 to 14, while Bobby Brown gets a high entry at 20 with the great dance track Every Little Step, only 6 years since he was in New Edition with a voice that hadn’t broken. Macca’s up to 22 putting on a brave face at not being in the 20 yet, while Debbie Gibson is electrifying at 29 (not really!) and Rod just can’t say no at 33 (I think we all knew that already). Cyndi meanwhile drove all night to get to 37 and De La Soul annoyingly just miss the 40 at 41 with me, myself and I. I lie, it was them, not me. Two legends struggle with new singles, Stevie Wonder and Queen, not to mention Morrissey’s not-so interesting drug, leaving PIL disappointed at 61 11 years on from their debut hit. Meanwhile comebacks from ABC and Diana Ross, Animotion’s follow-up to Number One Obsession 3 years late, Bon Jovi, Natalie Cole and Carly Simon all slip in amongst the much superior Manchild from Neneh Cherry, a lovely record.

 

 

1 ( 1 ) ORDINARY PEOPLE The Bee Gees

2 ( 24 ) ROOMS ON FIRE Stevie Nicks

3 ( 2 ) ETERNAL FLAME The Bangles

4 ( 8 ) THE LOOK Roxette

5 ( 13 ) BABY I DON'T CARE Transvision Vamp

6 ( 10 ) BEDS ARE BURNING Midnight Oil

7 ( 30 ) BRING ME EDELWEISS Edelweiss

8 ( 3 ) DAYDREAM BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ MONKEES THEME The Monkees

9 ( 5 ) GOOD THING Fine Young Cannibals

10 ( 16 ) LULLABY The Cure

 

11 ( 4 ) AMERICANOS Holly Johnson

12 ( 25 ) I'M EVERY WOMAN '89 Chaka Khan

13 ( 19 ) YOU ON MY MIND Swing Out Sister

14 ( 70 ) CAN I GET A WITNESS Sam Brown

15 ( 11 ) WHO'S IN THE HOUSE Beatmasters featuring Merlin

16 ( 9 ) I BEG YOUR PARDON Kon Kan

17 ( 17 ) REQUIEM The London Boys

18 ( 7 ) GOT TO KEEP ON The Cookie Crew featuring Edwin Starr

19 ( 6 ) GET BACK The Beatles with Billy Preston

20 ( NEW ) EVERY LITTLE STEP Bobby Brown

 

21 ( 12 ) OF COURSE I'M LYING Yello

22 ( 31 ) MY BRAVE FACE Paul McCartney

23 ( 14 ) PEOPLE HOLD ON Coldcut featuring Lisa Stansfield

24 ( 71 ) HAND ON YOUR HEART Kylie Minogue

25 ( 33 ) I WON'T BACK DOWN Tom Petty

26 ( 21 ) THIS TIME I KNOW IT'S FOR REAL Donna Summer

27 ( 39 ) WHERE HAS ALL THE LOVE GONE Yazz

28 ( 15 ) AIN'T NOBODY BETTER Inner City

29 ( 46 ) ELECTRIC YOUTH Debbie Gibson

30 ( 26 ) STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE Diana Ross & The Supremes

 

 

31 ( 29 ) NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVED Dusty Springfield

32 ( 22 ) LIKE A PRAYER Madonna

33 ( 50 ) MY HEART CAN'T TELL YOU NO Rod Stewart

34 ( 23 ) THIS TIME Kiara with Shanice Wilson

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

36 ( 27 ) KEEP ON MOVIN' Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler

37 ( 59 ) I DROVE ALL NIGHT Cyndi Lauper

38 ( 20 ) THROUGH THE STORM Aretha Franklin and Elton John

39 ( 18 ) ONLY THE LONELY T'Pau

40 ( 34 ) SHE'S A MYSTERY TO ME Roy Orbison

 

41 ( 57 ) ME MYSELF AND I De La Soul

42 ( 37 ) ELISABETH'S EYES Nik Kershaw

43 ( 48 ) THE THRILL HAS GONE Texas

44 ( 43 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

45 ( 38 ) END OF THE LINE Traveling Wilbury's

46 ( NEW ) WALKIN' ON SUNSHINE Eddy Grant

47 ( 45 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

48 ( 40 ) CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

49 ( NEW ) THAT'S WHEN I THINK OF YOU 1927"

50 ( 36 ) I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW '89 Johnny Nash

 

 

51 ( 68 ) LOLLY LOLLY Wendy And Lisa

52 ( 28 ) MYSTIFIED INXS

53 ( 73 ) FREE Stevie Wonder

54 ( 53 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

55 ( 51 ) YOU GOT IT Roy Orbison

56 ( 49 ) STOP Sam Brown

57 ( 42 ) HEY MUSIC LOVER S'Express

58 ( 74 ) I WANT IT ALL Queen

59 ( 75 ) INTERESTING DRUG Morrissey

60 ( 58 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

 

61 ( NEW ) DISAPPOINTED Public Image Limited

62 ( 62 ) MOVE CLOSER Tom Jones

63 ( 61 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

64 ( 54 ) LOVE IN THE NATURAL WAY Kim Wilde

65 ( NEW ) ONE BETTER WORLD ABC

66 ( NEW ) WORKIN' OVERTIME Diana Ross

67 ( 66 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde

68 ( 67 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

69 ( 32 ) MUSICAL FREEDOM (MOVIN' ON UP) Paul Simpson featuring Adeva

70 ( NEW ) ROOM TO MOVE Animotion

 

 

71 ( NEW ) I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU Bon Jovi

72 ( NEW ) MANCHILD Neneh Cherry

73 ( 72 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

74 ( NEW ) MISS YOU LIKE CRAZY Natalie Cole

75 ( RE ) LET THE RIVER RUN Carly Simon

Edited May 25, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

14th May 1989

 

Stevie Nicks gets her only solo Number One, to add to her 2 Fleetwood Mac chart-toppers in 1979 and 1987, though she’d written many that came close for Mac, and deserves more. Bobby Brown steps up to 3, and Chaka Khan takes her 1978 Top 20 hit further second-time round and goes to 4 albeit in plinkety-plonk 1989 stylee, as remixing oldies (and not improving them in retrospect) continues as the rage: witness Style Council’s classic 1983 Long Hot summer at 14, and Gibson Brothers 1979 Que Sera Mi Vida at 18.

 

Macca goes top 10, Neneh Top 40, and highest proper new entry at 38 is the fab Pink Sunshine giving Fuzzbox two pop gems in a row. Eddy Grant takes his own cover of his song covered and a hit for Rockers Revenge in 1982 in to the Top 40 - Walkin’ On Sunshine, for 20 years of hits.

 

Flicking through the other new entries though I’m not inspired to wax lyrical on the quality music being produced, or nostalgia tinting my appreciation - frankly, it was a music scene desperately in need of a new youth movement. The old-timers were dominating my chart, give or take the odd OK dance track. Topping the real chart were charity records like Ferry Cross The Mersey, a great 60’s song and fave from my days living in Liverpool. One of my friends has a relative who died at Hillsborough, so I know what it means in Merseyside, and approve of the sentiment.

 

 

1 ( 2 ) ROOMS ON FIRE Stevie Nicks

2 ( 1 ) ORDINARY PEOPLE The Bee Gees

3 ( 20 ) EVERY LITTLE STEP Bobby Brown

4 ( 12 ) I'M EVERY WOMAN '89 Chaka Khan

5 ( 7 ) BRING ME EDELWEISS Edelweiss

6 ( 3 ) ETERNAL FLAME The Bangles

7 ( 4 ) THE LOOK Roxette

8 ( 22 ) MY BRAVE FACE Paul McCartney

9 ( 5 ) BABY I DON'T CARE Transvision Vamp

10 ( 13 ) YOU ON MY MIND Swing Out Sister

 

11 ( 14 ) CAN I GET A WITNESS Sam Brown

12 ( 6 ) BEDS ARE BURNING Midnight Oil

13 ( 8 ) DAYDREAM BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ MONKEES THEME The Monkees

14 ( NEW ) THE LONG HOT SUMMER 89 The Style Council

15 ( 9 ) GOOD THING Fine Young Cannibals

16 ( 24 ) HAND ON YOUR HEART Kylie Minogue

17 ( 11 ) AMERICANOS Holly Johnson

18 ( NEW ) QUE SERA MI VIDA 89 The Gibson Brothers

19 ( 17 ) REQUIEM The London Boys

20 ( 27 ) WHERE HAS ALL THE LOVE GONE Yazz

 

21 ( 16 ) I BEG YOUR PARDON Kon Kan

22 ( 10 ) LULLABY The Cure

23 ( 29 ) ELECTRIC YOUTH Debbie Gibson

24 ( 25 ) I WON'T BACK DOWN Tom Petty

25 ( 18 ) GOT TO KEEP ON The Cookie Crew featuring Edwin Starr

26 ( 15 ) WHO'S IN THE HOUSE Beatmasters featuring Merlin

27 ( 21 ) OF COURSE I'M LYING Yello

28 ( 42 ) ELISABETH'S EYES Nik Kershaw

29 ( 33 ) MY HEART CAN'T TELL YOU NO Rod Stewart

30 ( 19 ) GET BACK The Beatles with Billy Preston

 

31 ( 26 ) THIS TIME I KNOW IT'S FOR REAL Donna Summer

32 ( 71 ) I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU Bon Jovi

33 ( 23 ) PEOPLE HOLD ON Coldcut featuring Lisa Stansfield

34 ( 72 ) MANCHILD Neneh Cherry

35 ( 31 ) NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVED Dusty Springfield

36 ( 30 ) STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE Diana Ross & The Supremes

37 ( 37 ) I DROVE ALL NIGHT Cyndi Lauper

38 ( NEW ) PINK SUNSHINE Fuzzbox

39 ( 46 ) WALKIN' ON SUNSHINE Eddy Grant

40 ( 65 ) ONE BETTER WORLD ABC

 

 

41 ( 28 ) AIN'T NOBODY BETTER Inner City

42 ( NEW ) MY TELEPHONE Coldcut

43 ( 34 ) THIS TIME Kiara with Shanice Wilson

44 ( 32 ) LIKE A PRAYER Madonna

45 ( 44 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

46 ( 49 ) THAT'S WHEN I THINK OF YOU 1927"

47 ( 53 ) FREE Stevie Wonder

48 ( 47 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

49 ( 61 ) DISAPPOINTED Public Image Limited

50 ( 40 ) SHE'S A MYSTERY TO ME Roy Orbison

 

51 ( 58 ) I WANT IT ALL Queen

52 ( NEW ) FERRY CROSS THE MERSEY The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden & Stock, Aitken & Waterman

53 ( NEW ) VIOLENTLY Hue And Cry

54 ( 54 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

55 ( NEW ) CIRCLE Edie Brickell & New Bohemians

56 ( 66 ) WORKIN' OVERTIME Diana Ross

57 ( 41 ) ME MYSELF AND I De La Soul

58 ( 45 ) END OF THE LINE Traveling Wilbury's

59 ( 36 ) KEEP ON MOVIN' Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler

60 ( 55 ) YOU GOT IT Roy Orbison

 

61 ( 60 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

62 ( 38 ) THROUGH THE STORM Aretha Franklin and Elton John

63 ( 56 ) STOP Sam Brown

64 ( 63 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

65 ( NEW ) GOOD GOOD FEELING Good Good Feeling

66 ( 35 ) DON'T WORRY BABY The Everley Brothers and The Beach Boys

67 ( NEW ) VOICES OF BABYLON The Outfield

68 ( 67 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde

69 ( 68 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

70 ( 48 ) CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

 

71 ( 43 ) THE THRILL HAS GONE Texas

72 ( NEW ) CALLING OUT TO CAROL Stan Ridgeway

73 ( 73 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

74 ( NEW ) FUNKY COLD MEDINA Tone Loc

75 ( NEW ) LOVE ATTACK Shakin' Stevens

 

 

Edited May 25, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

21st May 1989

 

Another new number one, Bobby Brown for the first time, while Paul McCartney goes Top 3 not for the first time - but for 21 years to date. The Style Council go Top 5 for the second time with Long Hot Summer, while Gibson Brothers go higher than they did first time round for a third Top 10 hit.

 

Sealed With A Kiss is back - not the top 5 1975 reissue of the Brian Hyland original, though, it’s an inferior identical Jason Donovan cover nestling cosily next to Kylie at 13. Neneh goes to 15, Fuzzbox 20, and Cappella debut at 27 to kickstart a 90’s dance run of hits. Madonna’s back, and with a great single, expressing herself at 37, showcasing what a great album Like A Prayer is, chock full of great tracks.

 

Robert Palmer’s in at 39, Malcolm McLaren is waltzing at 47 - he did like mixing his musical styles - and Sinitta butchers another 1975 classic at 51. SAW obviously flicking through Hits of 1975 looking for ideas. Enya waethers some storms in Africa at 70, a pleasant new entry, and The Jacksons are back - minus Michael - sounding more like Janet than Michael. The Bible take a visit to Graceland, in the footsteps of Paul Simon presumably, but their track is pretty good.

 

 

1 ( 3 ) EVERY LITTLE STEP Bobby Brown

2 ( 1 ) ROOMS ON FIRE Stevie Nicks

3 ( 8 ) MY BRAVE FACE Paul McCartney

4 ( 11 ) CAN I GET A WITNESS Sam Brown

5 ( 14 ) THE LONG HOT SUMMER 89 The Style Council

6 ( 2 ) ORDINARY PEOPLE The Bee Gees

7 ( 4 ) I'M EVERY WOMAN '89 Chaka Khan

8 ( 5 ) BRING ME EDELWEISS Edelweiss

9 ( 18 ) QUE SERA MI VIDA 89 The Gibson Brothers

 

10 ( 7 ) THE LOOK Roxette

11 ( 6 ) ETERNAL FLAME The Bangles

12 ( NEW ) SEALED WITH A KISS Jason Donovan

13 ( 16 ) HAND ON YOUR HEART Kylie Minogue

14 ( 12 ) BEDS ARE BURNING Midnight Oil

15 ( 34 ) MANCHILD Neneh Cherry

16 ( 10 ) YOU ON MY MIND Swing Out Sister

17 ( 24 ) I WON'T BACK DOWN Tom Petty

18 ( 15 ) GOOD THING Fine Young Cannibals

19 ( 9 ) BABY I DON'T CARE Transvision Vamp

20 ( 38 ) PINK SUNSHINE Fuzzbox

 

21 ( 13 ) DAYDREAM BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ MONKEES THEME The Monkees

22 ( 17 ) AMERICANOS Holly Johnson

23 ( 23 ) ELECTRIC YOUTH Debbie Gibson

24 ( 52 ) FERRY CROSS THE MERSEY The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden & Stock, Aitken & Waterman

25 ( 37 ) I DROVE ALL NIGHT Cyndi Lauper

26 ( 21 ) I BEG YOUR PARDON Kon Kan

27 ( NEW ) HELLYOM HABIB Cappella

28 ( 19 ) REQUIEM The London Boys

29 ( 67 ) VOICES OF BABYLON The Outfield

30 ( 39 ) WALKIN' ON SUNSHINE Eddy Grant

 

31 ( 25 ) GOT TO KEEP ON The Cookie Crew featuring Edwin Starr

32 ( 20 ) WHERE HAS ALL THE LOVE GONE Yazz

33 ( 40 ) ONE BETTER WORLD ABC

34 ( 26 ) WHO'S IN THE HOUSE Beatmasters featuring Merlin

35 ( 42 ) MY TELEPHONE Coldcut

36 ( 49 ) DISAPPOINTED Public Image Limited

37 ( NEW ) EXPRESS YOURSELF Madonna

38 ( 27 ) OF COURSE I'M LYING Yello

39 ( NEW ) CHANGE HIS WAYS Robert Palmer

40 ( 47 ) FREE Stevie Wonder

 

41 ( 36 ) STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE Diana Ross & The Supremes

42 ( 35 ) NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVED Dusty Springfield

43 ( 31 ) THIS TIME I KNOW IT'S FOR REAL Donna Summer

44 ( 30 ) GET BACK The Beatles with Billy Preston

45 ( 28 ) ELISABETH'S EYES Nik Kershaw

46 ( 53 ) VIOLENTLY Hue And Cry

47 ( NEW ) WALTZ DARLING Malcolm McLaren

48 ( 45 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

49 ( 51 ) I WANT IT ALL Queen

50 ( 22 ) LULLABY The Cure

 

 

51 ( NEW ) RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM Sinitta

52 ( 48 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

53 ( 33 ) PEOPLE HOLD ON Coldcut featuring Lisa Stansfield

54 ( RE ) ROOM TO MOVE Animotion

55 ( 55 ) CIRCLE Edie Brickell & New Bohemians

56 ( 54 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

57 ( 32 ) I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU Bon Jovi

58 ( 44 ) LIKE A PRAYER Madonna

59 ( 50 ) SHE'S A MYSTERY TO ME Roy Orbison

60 ( 74 ) FUNKY COLD MEDINA Tone Loc

 

61 ( NEW ) GOOD TIMES Reid

62 ( NEW ) STORMY LOVE Boy Meets Girl

63 ( NEW ) FERGUS SINGS THE BLUES Deacon Blue

64 ( 64 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

65 ( 61 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

66 ( 29 ) MY HEART CAN'T TELL YOU NO Rod Stewart

67 ( NEW ) GRACELAND The Bible

68 ( NEW ) NOTHIN' (THAT COMPARES 2 U) The Jacksons

69 ( 60 ) YOU GOT IT Roy Orbison

70 ( NEW ) STORMS IN AFRICA PART II Enya

 

 

 

71 ( 68 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde

72 ( 75 ) LOVE ATTACK Shakin' Stevens

73 ( 73 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

74 ( NEW ) AGENT '00' SOUL The Untouchables

75 ( NEW ) STILL TOO YOUNG TO REMEMBER It Bites

 

 

Edited May 25, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

28th May 1989

 

Another week another new number one, and Paul McCartney’s first to go beyond runners-up spot since Mull Of Kintyre - he’d had at least 5 peak at 2 in between - which makes it an 11-year gap, though it was also his 5th chart-topper since the Beatles split and a minor pop gem. Madonna meanwhile gets another top 5 with a bullet, and Guns ‘n’ Roses classic 1988 single is reissued and comes back with a bang at 6, beating it’s original peak of 12. Yet another remix, yet another oldie hit, this time M and Pop Musik at 15. Happily, it was already synthtastic and the remix didn’t mess it up too much, so 10 years on a hit all over again.

 

Neneh Cherry and Fuzzbox get 2 top 10’s in a row, Tone Loc gets all funky rocketing up to 19, and Donna Summer meets SAW and follows-up her great topper with I Don’t Wanna Get Hurt at 22. James Bond time = hit single, invariably, and this time Licence To Kill gives Gladys Knight a welcome chart return at 39 for a 17-year run and a great Bond theme tune.

 

The Beautiful South debut lowly - although it’s really The Housemartins Plus and Minus members (notably minus Norman Cook) - and Youssou N’Dour debuts with Peter Gabriel. One of those three acts would get a 90’s chart-topper. Hint: Senegal. UB40 keep their run of hits up to 9 years non-stop and Led Zep enter. Actually, unlike the fabulous CCS hit version, this version of Whole Lotta Love is a plodding 80’s dance version. 75 is about right...

 

On the social front I had two concerts this week in 1989: Bananarama live in Southampton, though not the full Siobhan-inclusive line-up, this is the post-SAW version, which meant they had a good 8 years of hits to do, and they did them very well, surpassing my expectations actually. The concert details have faded a bit from memory (and I’m not digging out the notes of the time, will do that someday), but I recall it being camp, dancing-heavy and great fun. Top songs on the night? 1. Venus 2. Cruel Summer 3. Love Truth And Honesty

 

The other concert was at Wembley Arena, Elton John in concert. It was my sister-in-law’s birthday and she’d never been to a concert so it was a treat for her and for my mum (who’d also never been to one). Elton was having a low period of success (“my last album went cardboard” he quipped) quite undeservedly (he hit the big time again a year later), but he gave a great concert. Nik Kershaw was support, I’d seen him in 1984 when he was a current pop star, now his career was struggling a bit, but it boosted his current single in my charts. The stars were out in force for Elton though (we sat a few rows away from Phil Collin) and he ran through a selection of classic hits, was amusing, and was fabulous. Top 3 tracks? 1. Philadelphia Freedom 2. I’m Still Standing 3. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word. The last one was a surprise as it’d never been a particular fave of mine...

 

 

1 ( 3 ) MY BRAVE FACE Paul McCartney

2 ( 2 ) ROOMS ON FIRE Stevie Nicks

3 ( 1 ) EVERY LITTLE STEP Bobby Brown

4 ( 37 ) EXPRESS YOURSELF Madonna

5 ( 4 ) CAN I GET A WITNESS Sam Brown

6 ( NEW ) SWEET CHILD O' MINE Guns 'n' Roses

7 ( 15 ) MANCHILD Neneh Cherry

8 ( 6 ) ORDINARY PEOPLE The Bee Gees

9 ( 5 ) THE LONG HOT SUMMER 89 The Style Council

10 ( 20 ) PINK SUNSHINE Fuzzbox

 

11 ( 12 ) SEALED WITH A KISS Jason Donovan

12 ( 10 ) THE LOOK Roxette

13 ( 7 ) I'M EVERY WOMAN '89 Chaka Khan

14 ( 8 ) BRING ME EDELWEISS Edelweiss

15 ( NEW ) POP MUSIK '89 M

16 ( 13 ) HAND ON YOUR HEART Kylie Minogue

17 ( 25 ) I DROVE ALL NIGHT Cyndi Lauper

18 ( 9 ) QUE SERA MI VIDA 89 The Gibson Brothers

19 ( 60 ) FUNKY COLD MEDINA Tone Loc

20 ( 14 ) BEDS ARE BURNING Midnight Oil

 

21 ( 11 ) ETERNAL FLAME The Bangles

22 ( NEW ) I DON'T WANNA GET HURT Donna Summer

23 ( 17 ) I WON'T BACK DOWN Tom Petty

24 ( 35 ) MY TELEPHONE Coldcut

25 ( 27 ) HELLYOM HABIB Cappella

26 ( 45 ) ELISABETH'S EYES Nik Kershaw

27 ( 47 ) WALTZ DARLING Malcolm McLaren

28 ( 24 ) FERRY CROSS THE MERSEY The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden & Stock, Aitken & Waterman

29 ( 68 ) NOTHIN' (THAT COMPARES 2 U) The Jacksons

30 ( 33 ) ONE BETTER WORLD ABC

 

 

31 ( 21 ) DAYDREAM BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ MONKEES THEME The Monkees

32 ( 18 ) GOOD THING Fine Young Cannibals

33 ( 51 ) RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM Sinitta

34 ( 16 ) YOU ON MY MIND Swing Out Sister

35 ( 30 ) WALKIN' ON SUNSHINE Eddy Grant

36 ( 39 ) CHANGE HIS WAYS Robert Palmer

37 ( 22 ) AMERICANOS Holly Johnson

38 ( 29 ) VOICES OF BABYLON The Outfield

39 ( NEW ) LICENCE TO KILL Gladys Knight

40 ( 49 ) I WANT IT ALL Queen

 

 

41 ( NEW ) FOREVER YOUR GIRL Paula Abdul

42 ( 26 ) I BEG YOUR PARDON Kon Kan

43 ( NEW ) SAY IT'S NOT TOO LATE Matt Bianco

44 ( 19 ) BABY I DON'T CARE Transvision Vamp

45 ( 42 ) NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVED Dusty Springfield

46 ( 41 ) STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE Diana Ross & The Supremes

47 ( 62 ) STORMY LOVE Boy Meets Girl

48 ( 63 ) FERGUS SINGS THE BLUES Deacon Blue

49 ( 54 ) ROOM TO MOVE Animotion

50 ( 38 ) OF COURSE I'M LYING Yello

 

51 ( 48 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

52 ( 43 ) THIS TIME I KNOW IT'S FOR REAL Donna Summer

53 ( 28 ) REQUIEM The London Boys

54 ( 52 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

55 ( 31 ) GOT TO KEEP ON The Cookie Crew featuring Edwin Starr

56 ( 70 ) STORMS IN AFRICA PART II Enya

57 ( 56 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

58 ( NEW ) SONG FOR WHOEVER The Beautiful South

59 ( 36 ) DISAPPOINTED Public Image Limited

60 ( NEW ) JUST KEEP ROCKIN' Double Trouble

 

61 ( 44 ) GET BACK The Beatles with Billy Preston

62 ( 40 ) FREE Stevie Wonder

63 ( 23 ) ELECTRIC YOUTH Debbie Gibson

64 ( NEW ) SPANISH HUSTLE/BUS STOP Paul Hardcastle

65 ( 64 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

66 ( NEW ) THE REAL ME Wasp

67 ( 67 ) GRACELAND The Bible

68 ( 65 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

69 ( 58 ) LIKE A PRAYER Madonna

70 ( NEW ) SHAKIN' THE TREE Peter Gabriel and Youssou N'Dour

 

71 ( NEW ) I WILL DO FOR YOU UB40

72 ( NEW ) IT IS TIME TO GET FUNKY D Mob

73 ( 71 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde

74 ( 73 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

75 ( NEW ) WHOLE LOTTA LOVE Love Child Orchestra

Edited May 26, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

4th June 1989

 

The run of one-weekers on top continues as Guns ‘n’ Roses finally get that rock classic to the top, Sweet Child ‘o’ Mine is still an awesome record. Sealed With A Kiss makes my top 10 for the second time, this time for Jason Donovan, but not as high as Brian Hyland’s version. M, meantime also get a second run in the top 10, Popping upwards.

 

Bananarama’s 1983 goodie is also back, as Cruel Summer ’89 heads into the 20 for the second time, highest new entry at 18, just ahead of Gladys Knight’s Bond theme goodie. That gave her 17 years of top 20 hits. In at 36, Soul II Soul’s 2nd hit is a bonafide classic, Back To Life shuffling it’s way gloriously in as the highest actual “new” new entry.

 

Big leaps for UB40, up to 32, ever-chartbound in the 80’s and 90’s, well, I will do for you, I daresay. Two great follow-up singles from The Bangles and The Bee Gees enter into the 50, both fell far short of the UK chart positions they deserved, but happily did better here. Meanwhile Prince’s Batman movie theme enters at 60, though it’s more of a montage than a song. Cliff’s back with a Richard Marx song for his 100th single, I think it was. Despite the claim of the lyric it really wasn’t the Best of him. U2 meanwhile scrape in with a track that’s also not even the best track on the album, ballad All I Want Is You, though it’s not bad.

 

 

1 ( 6 ) SWEET CHILD O' MINE Guns 'n' Roses

2 ( 4 ) EXPRESS YOURSELF Madonna

3 ( 1 ) MY BRAVE FACE Paul McCartney

4 ( 3 ) EVERY LITTLE STEP Bobby Brown

5 ( 2 ) ROOMS ON FIRE Stevie Nicks

6 ( 7 ) MANCHILD Neneh Cherry

7 ( 5 ) CAN I GET A WITNESS Sam Brown

8 ( 11 ) SEALED WITH A KISS Jason Donovan

9 ( 10 ) PINK SUNSHINE Fuzzbox

10 ( 15 ) POP MUSIK '89 M

 

11 ( 8 ) ORDINARY PEOPLE The Bee Gees

12 ( 17 ) I DROVE ALL NIGHT Cyndi Lauper

13 ( 9 ) THE LONG HOT SUMMER 89 The Style Council

14 ( 19 ) FUNKY COLD MEDINA Tone Loc

15 ( 22 ) I DON'T WANNA GET HURT Donna Summer

16 ( 12 ) THE LOOK Roxette

17 ( 24 ) MY TELEPHONE Coldcut

18 ( NEW ) CRUEL SUMMER '89 Bananarama

19 ( 39 ) LICENCE TO KILL Gladys Knight

20 ( 29 ) NOTHIN' (THAT COMPARES 2 U) The Jacksons

 

21 ( 13 ) I'M EVERY WOMAN '89 Chaka Khan

22 ( 14 ) BRING ME EDELWEISS Edelweiss

23 ( 27 ) WALTZ DARLING Malcolm McLaren

24 ( 18 ) QUE SERA MI VIDA 89 The Gibson Brothers

25 ( 23 ) I WON'T BACK DOWN Tom Petty

26 ( 20 ) BEDS ARE BURNING Midnight Oil

27 ( 30 ) ONE BETTER WORLD ABC

28 ( 33 ) RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM Sinitta

29 ( RE ) DOWNTOWN One 2 Many

30 ( 16 ) HAND ON YOUR HEART Kylie Minogue

 

31 ( 21 ) ETERNAL FLAME The Bangles

32 ( 71 ) I WILL DO FOR YOU UB40

33 ( 36 ) CHANGE HIS WAYS Robert Palmer

34 ( 25 ) HELLYOM HABIB Cappella

35 ( 31 ) DAYDREAM BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ MONKEES THEME The Monkees

36 ( NEW ) BACK TO LIFE Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler

37 ( 41 ) FOREVER YOUR GIRL Paula Abdul

38 ( 28 ) FERRY CROSS THE MERSEY The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden & Stock, Aitken & Waterman

39 ( 58 ) SONG FOR WHOEVER The Beautiful South

40 ( 35 ) WALKIN' ON SUNSHINE Eddy Grant

 

 

 

41 ( 26 ) ELISABETH'S EYES Nik Kershaw

42 ( 32 ) GOOD THING Fine Young Cannibals

43 ( 43 ) SAY IT'S NOT TOO LATE Matt Bianco

44 ( NEW ) BE WITH YOU The Bangles

45 ( 37 ) AMERICANOS Holly Johnson

46 ( NEW ) ONE The Bee Gees

47 ( 45 ) NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVED Dusty Springfield

48 ( NEW ) GOOD GOOD FEELING Eric and The Good Good Feeling

49 ( 60 ) JUST KEEP ROCKIN' Double Trouble

50 ( 46 ) STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE Diana Ross & The Supremes

 

 

51 ( 62 ) FREE Stevie Wonder

52 ( 65 ) THE REAL ME Wasp

53 ( 51 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

54 ( 42 ) I BEG YOUR PARDON Kon Kan

55 ( 54 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

56 ( 56 ) STORMS IN AFRICA PART II Enya

57 ( 34 ) YOU ON MY MIND Swing Out Sister

58 ( 57 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

59 ( 70 ) SHAKIN' THE TREE Peter Gabriel and Youssou N'Dour

60 ( NEW ) BATDANCE Prince

 

 

 

61 ( 38 ) VOICES OF BABYLON The Outfield

62 ( 69 ) LIKE A PRAYER Madonna

63 ( 52 ) THIS TIME I KNOW IT'S FOR REAL Donna Summer

64 ( 64 ) SPANISH HUSTLE/BUS STOP Paul Hardcastle

65 ( 65 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

66 ( 61 ) GET BACK The Beatles with Billy Preston

67 ( 72 ) IT IS TIME TO GET FUNKY D Mob

68 ( 68 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

69 ( 40 ) I WANT IT ALL Queen

70 ( NEW ) CRY Waterfront

 

71 ( NEW ) THE BEST OF ME Cliff Richard

72 ( NEW ) POP SINGER John Cougar Mellencamp

73 ( 73 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde

74 ( 74 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

75 ( NEW ) ALL I WANT IS YOU U2

Edited June 19, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

 

11th June 1989

 

A batch of oldies back again, joining the oldies and remixes already in the chart, topped by the Beatles, in at 1 with The Ballad Of John And Yoko for it’s 20th birthday re-issue. First-time round I loved it but it didn’t quite get to the top, although it topped my oldies chart in 1976 when the Beatles re-issue invasion forced me to banish most of them to a separate chart, but justice served anyway at last. Joining the Fabs, Carly Simon’s Chic-tastic Why pops back into the top 10 7 years on. And Why not, Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards were fab.

 

In 1989 proper, though, Tone Loc goes Top 10 funkily, while back in 1983 mode the Nana’s improve on first-time round at 8 with their great Cruel Summer. Big climber for The Bee Gees One, up 30 places to 16 ahead of Malcolm McLaren’s waltzing, darling, and Nik Kershaw’s Elisabeth’s Eyes, one of his better singles but the ever-fickle pop-chart had decided he was yesterday’s news by now.

 

Clannad and Bono duet on a moody Celtic ballad and are rewarded with yet another oldie (1985) re-charting. REM sprint in with some Orange Crush, one of their great early singles, at 38. 10,000 Maniacs were an under-rated band, and the sweet Trouble Me pops in at 73, just behind follow-up singles for Holly Johnson and Transvision Vamp. All the oldies, though, suggest a music scene still gagging for some excitement....

 

 

 

1 ( NEW ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO The Beatles

2 ( 1 ) SWEET CHILD O' MINE Guns 'n' Roses

3 ( 2 ) EXPRESS YOURSELF Madonna

4 ( 6 ) MANCHILD Neneh Cherry

5 ( 4 ) EVERY LITTLE STEP Bobby Brown

6 ( 8 ) SEALED WITH A KISS Jason Donovan

7 ( 10 ) POP MUSIK '89 M

8 ( 18 ) CRUEL SUMMER '89 Bananarama

9 ( 14 ) FUNKY COLD MEDINA Tone Loc

10 ( NEW ) WHY Carly Simon

 

 

11 ( 5 ) ROOMS ON FIRE Stevie Nicks

12 ( 3 ) MY BRAVE FACE Paul McCartney

13 ( 9 ) PINK SUNSHINE Fuzzbox

14 ( 7 ) CAN I GET A WITNESS Sam Brown

15 ( 15 ) I DON'T WANNA GET HURT Donna Summer

16 ( 46 ) ONE The Bee Gees

17 ( 23 ) WALTZ DARLING Malcolm McLaren

18 ( 41 ) ELISABETH'S EYES Nik Kershaw

19 ( 19 ) LICENCE TO KILL Gladys Knight

20 ( 12 ) I DROVE ALL NIGHT Cyndi Lauper

 

21 ( 11 ) ORDINARY PEOPLE The Bee Gees

22 ( 16 ) THE LOOK Roxette

23 ( 29 ) DOWNTOWN One 2 Many

24 ( 36 ) BACK TO LIFE Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler

25 ( 13 ) THE LONG HOT SUMMER 89 The Style Council

26 ( 28 ) RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM Sinitta

27 ( 32 ) I WILL DO FOR YOU UB40

28 ( 44 ) BE WITH YOU The Bangles

29 ( 17 ) MY TELEPHONE Coldcut

30 ( NEW ) IN A LIFETIME Clannad and Bono

 

 

31 ( 20 ) NOTHIN' (THAT COMPARES 2 U) The Jacksons

32 ( 31 ) ETERNAL FLAME The Bangles

33 ( 21 ) I'M EVERY WOMAN '89 Chaka Khan

34 ( 37 ) FOREVER YOUR GIRL Paula Abdul

35 ( NEW ) JOY AND PAIN Donna Allen

36 ( NEW ) ROCK ON (SHEP PETTIBONE MIX) David Essex

37 ( 22 ) BRING ME EDELWEISS Edelweiss

38 ( 39 ) SONG FOR WHOEVER The Beautiful South

39 ( NEW ) ORANGE JUICE REM

40 ( 71 ) THE BEST OF ME Cliff Richard

 

 

41 ( 35 ) DAYDREAM BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ MONKEES THEME The Monkees

42 ( 25 ) I WON'T BACK DOWN Tom Petty

43 ( 49 ) JUST KEEP ROCKIN' Double Trouble

44 ( 26 ) BEDS ARE BURNING Midnight Oil

45 ( 24 ) QUE SERA MI VIDA 89 The Gibson Brothers

46 ( 56 ) STORMS IN AFRICA PART II Enya

47 ( 27 ) ONE BETTER WORLD ABC

48 ( 48 ) GOOD GOOD FEELING Eric and The Good Good Feeling

49 ( 61 ) VOICES OF BABYLON The Outfield

50 ( 47 ) NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVED Dusty Springfield

 

51 ( 33 ) CHANGE HIS WAYS Robert Palmer

52 ( 50 ) STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE Diana Ross & The Supremes

53 ( 42 ) GOOD THING Fine Young Cannibals

54 ( 53 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

55 ( 70 ) CRY Waterfront

56 ( 55 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

57 ( 30 ) HAND ON YOUR HEART Kylie Minogue

58 ( 58 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

59 ( 60 ) BATDANCE Prince

60 ( 45 ) AMERICANOS Holly Johnson

 

61 ( 38 ) FERRY CROSS THE MERSEY The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden & Stock, Aitken & Waterman

62 ( 34 ) HELLYOM HABIB Cappella

63 ( 63 ) THIS TIME I KNOW IT'S FOR REAL Donna Summer

64 ( 62 ) LIKE A PRAYER Madonna

65 ( 54 ) I BEG YOUR PARDON Kon Kan

66 ( 65 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

67 ( 67 ) IT IS TIME TO GET FUNKY D Mob

68 ( NEW ) ATOMIC CITY Holly Johnson

69 ( 68 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

70 ( 40 ) WALKIN' ON SUNSHINE Eddy Grant

 

71 ( NEW ) THE ONLY ONE Transvision Vamp

72 ( NEW ) IKO IKO The Belle Stars

73 ( NEW ) TROUBLE ME 10,000 Maniacs

74 ( 74 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

75 ( 73 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde

Edited June 23, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

18th June 1989

 

Things pick up a bit this week, as Madonna goes one higher than classic Like A Prayer managed, getting her 6th Number One in just over 5 years with Express Yourself, a great pop dance track. The Bangles also peaked at 2 with their classic Eternal Flame, but follow-up Be With You rockets to 4 in compensation. Donna Summer meanwhile follows-up her SAW number one with a SAW number 10 for 12 years-worth of them.

 

Soul II Soul represent the new sound of British Urban soul, shooting to 9 as they come Back To Life. Back to reality? It’s a welcome breath of fresh air, though Danny Wilson also herald in the new sounds a-coming with Second Summer Of Love at 61, 2 years on from Mary’s Prayer. Gladys Knight is the last new Top Tenner, her final Bond fling in her occasional big time hits over 16 years.

 

Highest new entry is the fabulous Pet Shop Boys at 19, a remixed shortened version of the epic album cover version of a Sterling Void political song. Neil Tennant added in another verse dealing with environmental issues to give a powerful single. PSB nay-sayers, as always, completely miss the point (“they all sound the same”). No they don’t. Pet Shop Boys records cover a wealth of (sometimes eternal) topics, literate, intelligent, inventive, and if you pay attention, no they don’t all sound the same. They just have the same lead singer and are based in dance.

 

Clannad and Bono go top 20 as U2 stay away from it. Living In A Box have another go with the withdrawn Gatecrashing (following the Hillsborough tragedy), and REM get a Top 20 hit ahead of Prince who suddenly Batdances to 22. The Batusi, I assume. Holly Johnson gets a 3rd Top 40 solo hit, Enya gets another too, and Suzi Quatro pops in at 39 with Baby You’re A Star, her first Top 40 hit in years to give her 16 years of them in the week oldie If You Can’t Give Me Love was my non-chart oldie of the week.

 

Baby Ford covers T.Rex at 60, Jennifer Rush-es back with Placido Domingo for a bit of class-ical 4 years on from Power Of Love. Then the rockers return, with Queen, Guns ‘n’ Roses and Vixen hogging the lower-end new entries, all of them fine, but not classic, rock.

 

 

 

1 ( 3 ) EXPRESS YOURSELF Madonna

2 ( 1 ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO The Beatles

3 ( 2 ) SWEET CHILD O' MINE Guns 'n' Roses

4 ( 28 ) BE WITH YOU The Bangles

5 ( 6 ) SEALED WITH A KISS Jason Donovan

6 ( 9 ) FUNKY COLD MEDINA Tone Loc

7 ( 10 ) WHY Carly Simon

8 ( 19 ) LICENCE TO KILL Gladys Knight

9 ( 24 ) BACK TO LIFE Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler

10 ( 15 ) I DON'T WANNA GET HURT Donna Summer

 

11 ( 4 ) MANCHILD Neneh Cherry

12 ( 5 ) EVERY LITTLE STEP Bobby Brown

13 ( 17 ) WALTZ DARLING Malcolm McLaren

14 ( 8 ) CRUEL SUMMER '89 Bananarama

15 ( 13 ) PINK SUNSHINE Fuzzbox

16 ( 16 ) ONE The Bee Gees

17 ( 30 ) IN A LIFETIME Clannad and Bono

18 ( 11 ) ROOMS ON FIRE Stevie Nicks

19 ( NEW ) IT'S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys

20 ( 39 ) ORANGE JUICE REM

 

21 ( 23 ) DOWNTOWN One 2 Many

22 ( 59 ) BATDANCE Prince

23 ( 14 ) CAN I GET A WITNESS Sam Brown

24 ( 12 ) MY BRAVE FACE Paul McCartney

25 ( 20 ) I DROVE ALL NIGHT Cyndi Lauper

26 ( 70 ) WALKIN' ON SUNSHINE Eddy Grant

27 ( 43 ) JUST KEEP ROCKIN' Double Trouble and the Rebel MC

28 ( 35 ) JOY AND PAIN Donna Allen

29 ( 7 ) POP MUSIK '89 M

30 ( 68 ) ATOMIC CITY Holly Johnson

 

 

31 ( 18 ) ELISABETH'S EYES Nik Kershaw

32 ( RE ) GATECRASHING Living In A Box

33 ( 21 ) ORDINARY PEOPLE The Bee Gees

34 ( RE ) SPIRIT OF THE FOREST Spirit Of The Forest

35 ( 46 ) STORMS IN AFRICA PART II Enya

36 ( 40 ) THE BEST OF ME Cliff Richard

37 ( 22 ) THE LOOK Roxette

38 ( 71 ) THE ONLY ONE Transvision Vamp

39 ( NEW ) BABY YOU'RE A STAR Suzi Quatro

40 ( 25 ) THE LONG HOT SUMMER 89 The Style Council

 

 

41 ( 32 ) ETERNAL FLAME The Bangles

42 ( 27 ) I WILL DO FOR YOU UB40

43 ( 37 ) BRING ME EDELWEISS Edelweiss

44 ( 41 ) DAYDREAM BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ MONKEES THEME The Monkees

45 ( 38 ) SONG FOR WHOEVER The Beautiful South

46 ( 26 ) RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM Sinitta

47 ( 36 ) ROCK ON (SHEP PETTIBONE MIX) David Essex

48 ( 55 ) CRY Waterfront

49 ( 33 ) I'M EVERY WOMAN '89 Chaka Khan

50 ( RE ) CALLING OUT TO CAROL Stan Ridgeway

 

51 ( 29 ) MY TELEPHONE Coldcut

52 ( 50 ) NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVED Dusty Springfield

53 ( 34 ) FOREVER YOUR GIRL Paula Abdul

54 ( 42 ) I WON'T BACK DOWN Tom Petty

55 ( 54 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

56 ( 52 ) STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE Diana Ross & The Supremes

57 ( 73 ) TROUBLE ME 10,000 Maniacs

58 ( 56 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

59 ( 58 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

60 ( NEW ) CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION Baby Ford

 

 

61 ( NEW ) SECOND SUMMER OF LOVE Danny Wilson

62 ( 48 ) GOOD GOOD FEELING Eric and The Good Good Feeling

63 ( NEW ) TILL I LOVED YOU Placido Domingo and Jennifer Rush

64 ( 63 ) THIS TIME I KNOW IT'S FOR REAL Donna Summer

65 ( 31 ) NOTHIN' (THAT COMPARES 2 U) The Jacksons

66 ( 66 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

67 ( 64 ) LIKE A PRAYER Madonna

68 ( NEW ) LOVE MADE ME Vixen

69 ( 60 ) AMERICANOS Holly Johnson

70 ( 44 ) BEDS ARE BURNING Midnight Oil

 

71 ( 69 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

72 ( NEW ) PATIENCE Guns 'n' Roses

73 ( 53 ) GOOD THING Fine Young Cannibals

74 ( NEW ) BREAKTHRU Queen

75 ( 74 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

Edited June 25, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

25th June 1989

 

It’s a shock new Number One, keeping off my beloved Pet Shop Boys at 2, and it’s Michael Jackson’s Bad album track. Two years on, the album that was my 1987 USA holiday album, along with Pet Shop Boys, Actually, and singles are still coming off it - while the PSB’s are into their next album (and there were plenty more worthy singles on Actually). Librarian Girl, actually it was a sweet superstar-full cameo video that made it excusable, that, and the fact that it had originally been one of my fave tracks on the album. It still felt like an oldie though, which is why it could enter at 1, being as I’d already been very familiar with it for 2 years. It's also MJ's 16th chart-topper in various guises in 19 years.

 

Spirit Of The Forest meanwhile rocket to 3, as an all-star charity record fails to have the same impact as others. A tree-huggers new age wanna-be anthem. That’ll be me then, cos every warning that was given then has come true in spades since. Or, more accurately, in buzzsaws since. Money rules everything and damn the consequences. All those Sting-quipping, Bono-hating, cynical do-nothing-but-whinge-about-those-that-try-to-do-something crap stand-ups can just piss off. The record's not as good as it's intentions though, not even with Kate Bush on it. I refer back to the previous weeks Pet Shop Boys song comments, they do it WAY better. Kudos though, to all those involved.

 

Talking of Bono, he’s back again with U2 as well as Clannad. Bee Gees and Prince get their umpteenth Top 10 hit, the Gibbs being at 2 in my first-ever chart in 1968, but looking for One this time. Talking of Prince, highest new entry is Sheena Easton, 9 years on from being a Modern Girl, and looking very different. 101 is her best record. It should have been massive. Prince wrote and produced it, and it sounds like classic Prince, moody, percussive, building to a climax, and Sheena certainly has one at the end. Fab.

 

Lots of records upping and downing and back-upping - I have no idea why, to be honest, it looks like I’m all over the place emotionally still. UB40 go top 20, Rufus and Chaka remix it back 5 years on and Ain’t Nobody can argue with that at 26. Baby Ford’s Second-summer-of-love dance version of T.Rex shoots to 33, just behind similarly-titled Danny Wilson’s popfun at 29. At 45, the much-missed great Kirsty Maccoll covers the Kinks Days, and improves on it. Simply Red switch to cha-cha rhythms at 53, while Eartha Kitt and Bronski Beat actually quote them at 74. The great Rev. Al Green is back for one of his occasional comebacks outside the church at 63, 18 years on from his great debut. Finally it’s Tin Machine at 71. Eh? David Bowie. 71 is about right....

 

 

1 ( NEW ) LIBERIAN GIRL Michael Jackson

2 ( 19 ) IT'S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys

3 ( 34 ) SPIRIT OF THE FOREST Spirit Of The Forest

4 ( 4 ) BE WITH YOU The Bangles

5 ( 9 ) BACK TO LIFE Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler

6 ( 22 ) BATDANCE Prince

7 ( 8 ) LICENCE TO KILL Gladys Knight

8 ( 2 ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO The Beatles

9 ( 1 ) EXPRESS YOURSELF Madonna

10 ( 16 ) ONE The Bee Gees

 

 

11 ( 29 ) POP MUSIK '89 M

12 ( 3 ) SWEET CHILD O' MINE Guns 'n' Roses

13 ( 17 ) IN A LIFETIME Clannad and Bono

14 ( 5 ) SEALED WITH A KISS Jason Donovan

15 ( 13 ) WALTZ DARLING Malcolm McLaren

16 ( NEW ) 101" Sheena Easton

17 ( 11 ) MANCHILD Neneh Cherry

18 ( 15 ) PINK SUNSHINE Fuzzbox

19 ( 28 ) JOY AND PAIN Donna Allen

20 ( 42 ) I WILL DO FOR YOU UB40

 

21 ( 7 ) WHY Carly Simon

22 ( 12 ) EVERY LITTLE STEP Bobby Brown

23 ( 32 ) GATECRASHING Living In A Box

24 ( 6 ) FUNKY COLD MEDINA Tone Loc

25 ( 25 ) I DROVE ALL NIGHT Cyndi Lauper

26 ( NEW ) AIN'T NOBODY '89 Rufus featuring Chaka Khan

27 ( 10 ) I DON'T WANNA GET HURT Donna Summer

28 ( 30 ) ATOMIC CITY Holly Johnson

29 ( 61 ) SECOND SUMMER OF LOVE Danny Wilson

30 ( 18 ) ROOMS ON FIRE Stevie Nicks

 

31 ( 14 ) CRUEL SUMMER '89 Bananarama

32 ( 27 ) JUST KEEP ROCKIN' Double Trouble and the Rebel MC

33 ( 60 ) CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION Baby Ford

34 ( 21 ) DOWNTOWN One 2 Many

35 ( 20 ) ORANGE JUICE REM

36 ( 23 ) CAN I GET A WITNESS Sam Brown

37 ( 39 ) BABY YOU'RE A STAR Suzi Quatro

38 ( 74 ) BREAKTHRU Queen

39 ( 24 ) MY BRAVE FACE Paul McCartney

40 ( 48 ) CRY Waterfront

 

 

 

41 ( NEW ) DEAD HEART Midnight Oil

42 ( 33 ) ORDINARY PEOPLE The Bee Gees

43 ( 26 ) WALKIN' ON SUNSHINE Eddy Grant

44 ( 50 ) CALLING OUT TO CAROL Stan Ridgeway

45 ( NEW ) DAYS Kirsty Maccoll

46 ( 44 ) DAYDREAM BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ MONKEES THEME The Monkees

47 ( 38 ) THE ONLY ONE Transvision Vamp

48 ( 31 ) ELISABETH'S EYES Nik Kershaw

49 ( 63 ) TILL I LOVED YOU Placido Domingo and Jennifer Rush

50 ( 40 ) THE LONG HOT SUMMER 89 The Style Council

 

 

51 ( 37 ) THE LOOK Roxette

52 ( 41 ) ETERNAL FLAME The Bangles

53 ( NEW ) A NEW FLAME Simply Red

54 ( 57 ) TROUBLE ME 10,000 Maniacs

55 ( 52 ) NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVED Dusty Springfield

56 ( 55 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

57 ( 36 ) THE BEST OF ME Cliff Richard

58 ( 43 ) BRING ME EDELWEISS Edelweiss

59 ( NEW ) LOOKING FOR A LOVE Joyce Sims

60 ( 59 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

 

61 ( 56 ) STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE Diana Ross & The Supremes

62 ( 58 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

63 ( NEW ) AS LONG AS WE'RE TOGETHER Al Green

64 ( 35 ) STORMS IN AFRICA PART II Enya

65 ( NEW ) I'M THAT KIND OF GUY LL Cool J

66 ( 66 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

67 ( 45 ) SONG FOR WHOEVER The Beautiful South

68 ( RE ) ALL I WANT IS YOU U2

69 ( 64 ) THIS TIME I KNOW IT'S FOR REAL Donna Summer

70 ( 46 ) RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM Sinitta

 

71 ( NEW ) UNDER THE GOD Tin Machine

72 ( 72 ) PATIENCE Guns 'n' Roses

73 ( 71 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

74 ( NEW ) CHA CHA HEELS Eartha Kitt and Bronski Beat

75 ( 75 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

Edited June 25, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

1st July 1989

 

A 10-years-old track (albeit remixed) goes one place higher 2nd time around, as Pop Musik tops for Robin Scott aka M. Quite right too! Still, he had his other job in Bond movies to keep him going in between hits. Sheena Easton breaks into the top 3 for the first time with Prince’s 101 and a sexy image, something that seemed most unlikely when she was the wholesome Modern Girl in jumpers in 1980.

 

Baby Ford takes T.Rex into the 20, and Danny Wilson bring the Second Summer Of Love in too, while new (to my charts) Ella Fitzgerald’s classic version of the brilliant standard Summertime enters at 26, 7 years after Fun Boy Three last charted it. Just behind are the London Boys, and their best record, London Nights, while Queen Breakthru into the 30 at 29. Yello have a great new entry at 52 (Blazing Saddles) while yet another SAW act, Sonia, belts in at 49. Some good low entries though, for Swing Out Sister, Gloria Estefan and Bobby Brown, all going higher, and one which wasn’t - Public Enemy’s Fight The Power. I wasn’t a huge fan of their confrontational rap, and the lack of airplay meant I never really got a chance to reconsider - which is deservedly far more well-known and respected now than it was in 1989.

So, my life, taken from actual diary notes? I’ll try to be interesting, as I was working on a temporary contract surveying Parks, with local Councils mid-way through a major Thatcher-imposed reorganisation and tendering processes. Cost savings were the aim - but awful standards tended to follow in the 90’s for those Council’s that prepared rubbish contractor-friendly contracts, as they just stuck to the word of the contract and charged for all sorts of extras. Our Council was actually very well prepared with a fairly water-tight one carried out by ex-council-staff (those left at any rate after job-cuts).

So, everyone I worked with was getting itchy feet and applying for jobs, I played tennis; had a dilemma about forthcoming strike-action (being one of the few union people, while also being aware I was on a temporary contract...); my sis-in-law and 6-year-old niece Vicki, 4-year-old nephew Gavin were living with me (and wearing me out!), Vicki needed hospital treatment for a hearing problem; I got a new comics fanzine to read, Inertron, having recently joined-up, and as it turns out shortly to split acrimoniously in two, with Legion Of Super Heroes fans setting up their own fanzine, Apa247. I joined them with issue 1 and am there still to this day, lots of long-time friends now all 25-years-older like myself but still refusing to go on-line like everyone. We prefer to meet-up in person not virtually, and at times professional writers and artists for Comics have been members which makes for interesting gossip about people in the industry. Hah!

 

I bought lots of vinyl and cd’s, went to the pictures to see Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade, noting it was a re-run of Raiders but Sean Connery being in it saved it, giving it comedic and characterisation input, well-acted, well-directed enjoyable film. Connery and Harrison, I opined, are both Stars. 2 of my mates were considering the possibility of an American holiday adventure tour (North-East) so that was being discussed, through me, as they didn’t know each other. My garden pond was getting established, put fish in it. Chris Evert’s final Wimbledon game (lost to Steffi Graf) while the weather was hot, humid and thundery in Dorset - just like today! Finally, my Pet Shop Boys tickets arrived in the post, hooray!

 

 

1 ( 11 ) POP MUSIK '89 M

2 ( 2 ) IT'S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys

3 ( 16 ) 101" Sheena Easton

4 ( 1 ) LIBERIAN GIRL Michael Jackson

5 ( 5 ) BACK TO LIFE Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler

6 ( 6 ) BATDANCE Prince

7 ( 4 ) BE WITH YOU The Bangles

8 ( 10 ) ONE The Bee Gees

9 ( 34 ) DOWNTOWN One 2 Many

10 ( 3 ) SPIRIT OF THE FOREST Spirit Of The Forest

 

11 ( 7 ) LICENCE TO KILL Gladys Knight

12 ( 8 ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO The Beatles

13 ( 13 ) IN A LIFETIME Clannad and Bono

14 ( 9 ) EXPRESS YOURSELF Madonna

15 ( 12 ) SWEET CHILD O' MINE Guns 'n' Roses

16 ( 33 ) CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION Baby Ford

17 ( 23 ) GATECRASHING Living In A Box

18 ( 19 ) JOY AND PAIN Donna Allen

19 ( 26 ) AIN'T NOBODY '89 Rufus featuring Chaka Khan

20 ( 29 ) SECOND SUMMER OF LOVE Danny Wilson

 

21 ( 15 ) WALTZ DARLING Malcolm McLaren

22 ( 14 ) SEALED WITH A KISS Jason Donovan

23 ( 18 ) PINK SUNSHINE Fuzzbox

24 ( 28 ) ATOMIC CITY Holly Johnson

25 ( 17 ) MANCHILD Neneh Cherry

26 ( NEW ) SUMMERTIME Ella Fitzgerald

27 ( NEW ) LONDON NIGHTS The London Boys

28 ( 21 ) WHY Carly Simon

29 ( 38 ) BREAKTHRU Queen

30 ( 22 ) EVERY LITTLE STEP Bobby Brown

 

 

31 ( 40 ) CRY Waterfront

32 ( 20 ) I WILL DO FOR YOU UB40

33 ( 30 ) ROOMS ON FIRE Stevie Nicks

34 ( 45 ) DAYS Kirsty Maccoll

35 ( 27 ) I DON'T WANNA GET HURT Donna Summer

36 ( 25 ) I DROVE ALL NIGHT Cyndi Lauper

37 ( 41 ) DEAD HEART Midnight Oil

38 ( 24 ) FUNKY COLD MEDINA Tone Loc

39 ( 32 ) JUST KEEP ROCKIN' Double Trouble and the Rebel MC

40 ( 31 ) CRUEL SUMMER '89 Bananarama

 

41 ( 39 ) MY BRAVE FACE Paul McCartney

42 ( 36 ) CAN I GET A WITNESS Sam Brown

43 ( 53 ) A NEW FLAME Simply Red

44 ( 59 ) LOOKING FOR A LOVE Joyce Sims

45 ( 42 ) ORDINARY PEOPLE The Bee Gees

46 ( 46 ) DAYDREAM BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ MONKEES THEME The Monkees

47 ( 35 ) ORANGE JUICE REM

48 ( 37 ) BABY YOU'RE A STAR Suzi Quatro

49 ( NEW ) YOU'LL NEVER STOP ME FROM LOVING YOU Sonia

50 ( 44 ) CALLING OUT TO CAROL Stan Ridgeway

 

51 ( 50 ) THE LONG HOT SUMMER 89 The Style Council

52 ( NEW ) BLAZING SADDLES Yello

53 ( 48 ) ELISABETH'S EYES Nik Kershaw

54 ( 68 ) ALL I WANT IS YOU U2

55 ( 43 ) WALKIN' ON SUNSHINE Eddy Grant

56 ( 56 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

57 ( 65 ) I'M THAT KIND OF GUY LL Cool J

58 ( 58 ) BRING ME EDELWEISS Edelweiss

59 ( 55 ) NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVED Dusty Springfield

60 ( 60 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

 

 

61 ( 74 ) CHA CHA HEELS Eartha Kitt and Bronski Beat

62 ( 62 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

63 ( 63 ) AS LONG AS WE'RE TOGETHER Al Green

64 ( 66 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

65 ( 61 ) STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE Diana Ross & The Supremes

66 ( 72 ) PATIENCE Guns 'n' Roses

67 ( 67 ) SONG FOR WHOEVER The Beautiful South

68 ( NEW ) WHERE IN THE WORLD Swing Out Sister

69 ( 51 ) THE LOOK Roxette

70 ( NEW ) FIGHT THE POWER Public Enemy

 

 

71 ( NEW ) GRANDPA'S PARTY Monie Love

72 ( 75 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

73 ( 73 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

74 ( NEW ) I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

75 ( NEW ) ON OUR OWN Bobby Brown

Edited August 2, 201410 yr by popchartfreak

8th July 1989

 

10th number one for Pet Shop Boys, out of 12 singles, plus a couple written/produced for Dusty and Liza. That’s pretty consistent for under 4 years. It's Alright isn't one of their own songs, but the video and message remain relevant to 2014. I can think of many politicians who should be forced to sit and watch it. Meanwhile, The London Boys club it up to 7, while Ain’t Nobody goes top 10 for the second time in 5 years. Yello are Blazin’ up to 16, pity it wasn’t a hit, while late legend Roy Orbison gets another Top 20 hit off his terrific posthumous album, California Blue.

 

De La Soul are new at 26, continuing the run of good singles with Say No Go (sampling Hall & Oates and others), and Aswad cover a 70’s MOR goodie and do it reggae well. Norman Cook pops in with a future Beats International hit, Won’t Talk About It but shhh that’s him under another name. Paul “Beatle” Somebody is in at 57 with one of his most-melodic singles in 5 or 6 years, the Beatlestastic This One, while soul great Roberta Flack is back again 17 years on from the first time ever I saw her face. Uh uh? Ooh Ooh! Comedy great Bette Midler lets the wind beneath her wings escape into the charts, and it’s not even slightly amusing! Rip-off! Apparently she’s had a cheque for over 100 dollars off a streaming site for over 5 million plays of her songs. Can’t say they aren’t generous. No, you really can’t. Karyn White takes a Superwoman into my charts, but I’ll take Supergirl (Graham Bonney), Superman (Laurie Anderson) or Superboy (yet to be written) over this one. Or the Blow Monkeys good Choice 2 places lower.

Me, I bought Now 11 - gosh up to 11th in the series! I wonder if it’ll go on to ooh maybe as high as 20 or even 30!! The new boy at work was a bit difficult for our team to adjust to, as we’d been a great team of 4 up to then, but bloody ambitious chatty youngsters, come in and think they’re bloody experts right away, eh!? Err, actually he runs that department now, so doff of the cap to him. Mel Blanc, he of Bugs Bunny and man of a thousand voices, passed away, which meant a lot more to me than Laurence Olivier dying. On TV Star Trek: The Next Generation was getting into it’s stride at long last, and I was re-enjoying 60’s Mel Brooks TV series Get Smart. After being an 8 and a half-stone weakling most of my life, and tiring of sand being kicked in my face (hypothetical sand, mostly) I’d taken up doing weights to build up my bod a bit to show off at the beach. Amazingly I succeeded. I became a 9 and a half-stone weakling. Hah! What do I care now though, I’m still only 10-stone-ish! Not bad for 95-year-old. Joking.....!

 

 

 

1 ( 2 ) IT'S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys

2 ( 4 ) LIBERIAN GIRL Michael Jackson

3 ( 3 ) 101" Sheena Easton

4 ( 5 ) BACK TO LIFE Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler

5 ( 6 ) BATDANCE Prince

6 ( 1 ) POP MUSIK '89 M

7 ( 27 ) LONDON NIGHTS The London Boys

8 ( 7 ) BE WITH YOU The Bangles

9 ( 19 ) AIN'T NOBODY '89 Rufus featuring Chaka Khan

10 ( 20 ) SECOND SUMMER OF LOVE Danny Wilson

 

11 ( 11 ) LICENCE TO KILL Gladys Knight

12 ( 8 ) ONE The Bee Gees

13 ( 13 ) IN A LIFETIME Clannad and Bono

14 ( 17 ) GATECRASHING Living In A Box

15 ( 12 ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO The Beatles

16 ( 52 ) BLAZING SADDLES Yello

17 ( NEW ) CALIFORNIA BLUE Roy Orbison

18 ( 9 ) DOWNTOWN One 2 Many

19 ( 14 ) EXPRESS YOURSELF Madonna

20 ( 26 ) SUMMERTIME Ella Fitzgerald

 

 

21 ( 15 ) SWEET CHILD O' MINE Guns 'n' Roses

22 ( 29 ) BREAKTHRU Queen

23 ( 10 ) SPIRIT OF THE FOREST Spirit Of The Forest

24 ( 34 ) DAYS Kirsty Maccoll

25 ( 22 ) SEALED WITH A KISS Jason Donovan

26 ( NEW ) SAY NO GO De La Soul

27 ( 18 ) JOY AND PAIN Donna Allen

28 ( 16 ) CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION Baby Ford

29 ( 49 ) YOU'LL NEVER STOP ME FROM LOVING YOU Sonia

30 ( 23 ) PINK SUNSHINE Fuzzbox

 

 

31 ( 25 ) MANCHILD Neneh Cherry

32 ( 75 ) ON OUR OWN Bobby Brown

33 ( 31 ) CRY Waterfront

34 ( 24 ) ATOMIC CITY Holly Johnson

35 ( 21 ) WALTZ DARLING Malcolm McLaren

36 ( 28 ) WHY Carly Simon

37 ( 43 ) A NEW FLAME Simply Red

38 ( 33 ) ROOMS ON FIRE Stevie Nicks

39 ( 30 ) EVERY LITTLE STEP Bobby Brown

40 ( NEW ) ON AND ON Aswad

 

41 ( 36 ) I DROVE ALL NIGHT Cyndi Lauper

42 ( 37 ) DEAD HEART Midnight Oil

43 ( 35 ) I DON'T WANNA GET HURT Donna Summer

44 ( 32 ) I WILL DO FOR YOU UB40

45 ( 40 ) CRUEL SUMMER '89 Bananarama

46 ( 38 ) FUNKY COLD MEDINA Tone Loc

47 ( 39 ) JUST KEEP ROCKIN' Double Trouble and the Rebel MC

48 ( 71 ) GRANDPA'S PARTY Monie Love

49 ( 46 ) DAYDREAM BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ MONKEES THEME The Monkees

50 ( 54 ) ALL I WANT IS YOU U2

 

51 ( 45 ) ORDINARY LIVES The Bee Gees

52 ( 74 ) I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

53 ( 41 ) MY BRAVE FACE Paul McCartney

54 ( 42 ) CAN I GET A WITNESS Sam Brown

55 ( NEW ) WON'T TALK ABOUT IT/ BASSLINE Norman Cook

56 ( 56 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

57 ( NEW ) THIS ONE Paul McCartney

58 ( 61 ) CHA CHA HEELS Eartha Kitt and Bronski Beat

59 ( 68 ) WHERE IN THE WORLD Swing Out Sister

60 ( 60 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

 

 

61 ( 59 ) NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVED Dusty Springfield

62 ( 51 ) THE LONG HOT SUMMER 89 The Style Council

63 ( 62 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

64 ( 64 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

65 ( NEW ) UH UH OOH OOH LOOK OUT (HERE IT COMES) Roberta Flack

66 ( 66 ) PATIENCE Guns 'n' Roses

67 ( 53 ) ELISABETH'S EYES Nik Kershaw

68 ( 65 ) STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE Diana Ross & The Supremes

69 ( 58 ) BRING ME EDELWEISS Edelweiss

70 ( NEW ) UNDER THE GOD Tin Machine

 

71 ( NEW ) WIND BENEATH MY WINGS Bette Midler

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

73 ( NEW ) SUPERWOMAN Karyn White

74 ( 73 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

75 ( NEW ) CHOICE The Blow Monkeys featuring Sylvia Teller

Edited August 2, 201410 yr by popchartfreak

15th July 1989

 

Sheena Easton gets her one and only chart-topper, the very-obviously Prince-dominated dance track 101, and it’s fabulous, the song builds and builds and then climaxes mightily. Criminally never a big hit. It, frankly, pisses all over 9 To 5 (My Baby Takes The Yawning Train). Almost there are Soul II Soul’s classic Back To Life at 3, and lots of huge jumps, topped by Gloria Estefan, and another classy ballad up from 52 to 5.

 

Macca’s fab This One almost leaps 50 places to 8, his second Top 10 of the year, while Blow Monkeys choose number 13, up from 75. Funkay! De La Soul, Kirsty and Bobby Brown go top 20, and Swing Out Sister’s increasingly 60’s-cocktailjazz-pop sound slides into the 30. Few new entries, highest being The Darling Buds at 50, joined by Roxette, Bros and nothing much else of note. All fine, but none great.

So, 2 members of our team of 4 had job interviews, which depressed Cathy and me, potentially left behind. I went to see Cathy last week, as it happens, happily, so we got over it! I was getting stressed at not having any “me-time” at home, so I got a day’s break from the kids, and took them to Arne nature reserve with mum on Saturday to make up for it, as the long hot summer continued. On TV, LA Law, Hooperman, Top Of The Pops, , and my beloved Legion Of Super Heroes comic was being given a grim n gritty “5 year gap” and creative team change. Effectively this was the end of the classic days. Booo! Someone mentioned their impression of me was self-confident and balanced, which shows how good I must have been at covering up my shyness, insecurity and emotional crises! Played tennis, and yay, Pet Shop Boys at Wembley Arena with mate Bob on Thursday 20th, a scorching hot day, shopping in record megastores (ah memories!) , marvelled at interesting Londoners passing by Pizzaland, had lots of laughs, and then off to Wembley.

 

PET SHOP BOYS LIVE AT WEMBLEY ARENA

Seated near the side back of the venue, my review: “Overall an enjoyable, OTT, camp, fast-paced run through of (most) highlights of their career, certain criticisms of of the show (too much happening with dancers, mega-screen Jarman films, and loads of costume changes)....plus the heat, the poor sound quality, Neil Tennant’s awful singing voice and too-fast tempo, plus being dog-tired, didn’t stop it being a really good concert; had we been nearer the stage, p’raps THE best (!).” Not to worry, they just got better and better with age as a live draw, Neil learnt to sing, and they remain my all-time fave live act, and one of my three all-time greats. Best songs: One More Chance, Opportunities, Left To My Own Devices, Heart, Rent, Love Comes Quickly. A Highlight was Chris Lowe’s Paninaro, plus casual dance! Brilliant. It’s A Sin really good, Sound Of The Atom Splitting not. Later Tonight, Nothing Has Been Proved, Shopping, King’s Cross, Domino Dancing, Always On My Mind and then to the encore’s West End Girls, It’s Alright. I must have been getting into it, as I moved my legs and hands to the beats. Not dancing, of course, I have to be drunk for that in public. A late drive back to Dorset 1.20 meant I was (apparently) semi-comatose all day at work friday. Hopefully not literally.

 

 

1 ( 3 ) 101" Sheena Easton

2 ( 1 ) IT'S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys

3 ( 4 ) BACK TO LIFE Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler

4 ( 2 ) LIBERIAN GIRL Michael Jackson

5 ( 52 ) I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

6 ( 7 ) LONDON NIGHTS The London Boys

7 ( 6 ) POP MUSIK '89 M

8 ( 57 ) THIS ONE Paul McCartney

9 ( 5 ) BATDANCE Prince

10 ( 10 ) SECOND SUMMER OF LOVE Danny Wilson

 

11 ( 9 ) AIN'T NOBODY '89 Rufus featuring Chaka Khan

12 ( 11 ) LICENCE TO KILL Gladys Knight

13 ( 75 ) CHOICE The Blow Monkeys featuring Sylvia Teller

14 ( 8 ) BE WITH YOU The Bangles

15 ( 17 ) CALIFORNIA BLUE Roy Orbison

16 ( 16 ) BLAZING SADDLES Yello

17 ( 26 ) SAY NO GO De La Soul

18 ( 24 ) DAYS Kirsty Maccoll

19 ( 12 ) ONE The Bee Gees

20 ( 32 ) ON OUR OWN Bobby Brown

 

 

21 ( 13 ) IN A LIFETIME Clannad and Bono

22 ( 15 ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO The Beatles

23 ( 37 ) A NEW FLAME Simply Red

24 ( 19 ) EXPRESS YOURSELF Madonna

25 ( 59 ) WHERE IN THE WORLD Swing Out Sister

26 ( 14 ) GATECRASHING Living In A Box

27 ( 40 ) ON AND ON Aswad

28 ( 28 ) CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION Baby Ford

29 ( 29 ) YOU'LL NEVER STOP ME FROM LOVING YOU Sonia

30 ( 22 ) BREAKTHRU Queen

 

31 ( 20 ) SUMMERTIME Ella Fitzgerald

32 ( 55 ) WON'T TALK ABOUT IT/ BASSLINE Norman Cook

33 ( 33 ) CRY Waterfront

34 ( 21 ) SWEET CHILD O' MINE Guns 'n' Roses

35 ( 31 ) MANCHILD Neneh Cherry

36 ( 25 ) SEALED WITH A KISS Jason Donovan

37 ( 27 ) JOY AND PAIN Donna Allen

38 ( 71 ) WIND BENEATH MY WINGS Bette Midler

39 ( 48 ) GRANDPA'S PARTY Monie Love

40 ( 18 ) DOWNTOWN One 2 Many

 

41 ( 39 ) EVERY LITTLE STEP Bobby Brown

42 ( 36 ) WHY Carly Simon

43 ( 30 ) PINK SUNSHINE Fuzzbox

44 ( 23 ) SPIRIT OF THE FOREST Spirit Of The Forest

45 ( 38 ) ROOMS ON FIRE Stevie Nicks

46 ( 35 ) WALTZ DARLING Malcolm McLaren

47 ( 41 ) I DROVE ALL NIGHT Cyndi Lauper

48 ( 34 ) ATOMIC CITY Holly Johnson

49 ( 49 ) DAYDREAM BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ MONKEES THEME The Monkees

50 ( NEW ) YOU'VE GOT TO CHOOSE The Darling Buds

 

51 ( 51 ) ORDINARY LIVES The Bee Gees

52 ( 46 ) FUNKY COLD MEDINA Tone Loc

53 ( 42 ) DEAD HEART Midnight Oil

54 ( 45 ) CRUEL SUMMER '89 Bananarama

55 ( 47 ) JUST KEEP ROCKIN' Double Trouble and the Rebel MC

56 ( 56 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

57 ( 43 ) I DON'T WANNA GET HURT Donna Summer

58 ( 60 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

59 ( NEW ) VOODOO RAY A Guy Called Gerald

60 ( 53 ) MY BRAVE FACE Paul McCartney

 

61 ( 61 ) NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVED Dusty Springfield

62 ( NEW ) TOO MUCH Bros

63 ( 54 ) CAN I GET A WITNESS Sam Brown

64 ( 64 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

65 ( 65 ) UH UH OOH OOH LOOK OUT (HERE IT COMES) Roberta Flack

66 ( 63 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

67 ( NEW ) DRESSED FOR SUCCESS Roxette

68 ( NEW ) I NEED YOUR LOVE June Montana

69 ( 44 ) I WILL DO FOR YOU UB40

70 ( 50 ) ALL I WANT IS YOU U2

 

71 ( 68 ) STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE Diana Ross & The Supremes

72 ( 73 ) SUPERWOMAN Karyn White

73 ( 72 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

74 ( 74 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

75 ( NEW ) GET LOOSE LA Mix featuring Jazzy P

Edited August 4, 201410 yr by popchartfreak

Danny Wilson Second Summer Of Love such a forgotten pop gem and much better than their first hit Mary's Prayer imo

Danny Wilson Second Summer Of Love such a forgotten pop gem and much better than their first hit Mary's Prayer imo

I agree! B-) much better...

cheers!

 

22nd July 1989

 

Gloria Estefan (and Miami Sound Machine aka husband Emilio) has her first chart-topper after several near-misses, and it’s a nice old-fashioned mildly-latin-flavoured ballad. I was always partial to the very affable Gloria. Meanwhile, Chaka goes higher with Ain’t Nobody 2nd-time around, and Yello get a 2nd Top 10, Blow Monkeys a 4th.

 

Simply Red virtually tango into the 20 with A New Flame, and Aswad reggae it in too, while Norman Cook gets an early Top 20 hit of a later bigger version. Highest new entry is for the clips of old songs contained it, rather than the combination of them for the enormously popular Jive Bunny “single”. Ah well, at least it introduced 50’s oldies to kids, so shouldn’t grumble. Much more impressive, though is Shakespear’s Sister at 26. Didn’t even know he had one, much less one who was in Bananarama, but You’re History is a quirky delight. At 43 it’s a debut for The Lightning Seeds, consistently under-rated, and beautifully perfect and melodic pop singles, like Pure, which was. 47, it’s Martika, Toy Soldiers step by stepping into my charts, and rather good too.

 

Other stuff: Bros get a rare Top 40 hit, Kylie enters at 39, The Cult say Ciao Baby, Inner City shuffle back, Stevie Nicks gets another solo hit, Fine Young cannibals keep hits a coming, Cyndi has her 5-year-run continuing, and Roachford sneaks in at 75. More of note, is Dion at 61, his first street-cred single in 20 years, and his first hit bar a 1976 reissue of The Wanderer, one of his many early-60’s goodies.

In life, tennis with mate Bob, holiday estimates going on, me getting stroppy with my lovely niece and nephew, especially considering the unemployed young pyscho neighbour opposite had a garden with a helpful rusty nail for Vicki to fall on while playing with his kids, so that meant a trip to the hospital out-patients. “Psycho” is a fair (if slightly-overstated) description of the twat as will become more obvious in an anecdote or two yet to come. I went out for a coastal walk on the hottest day since 1976, took off my shirt it was so hot (well, until I saw other people, that is, then popped it back on) a great rarity for me in those days. I also got all optimistic about George Bush Senior’s announcement for funds for NASA for a proposed moonbase and manned trip to Mars project to celebrate 20 years since Apollo 11. Ah well, come back in another 50 years, most likely, not going to happen any time soon.

 

 

1 ( 5 ) I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

2 ( 1 ) 101" Sheena Easton

3 ( 2 ) IT'S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys

4 ( 4 ) LIBERIAN GIRL Michael Jackson

5 ( 11 ) AIN'T NOBODY '89 Rufus featuring Chaka Khan

6 ( 8 ) THIS ONE Paul McCartney

7 ( 3 ) BACK TO LIFE Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler

8 ( 6 ) LONDON NIGHTS The London Boys

9 ( 16 ) BLAZING SADDLES Yello

10 ( 13 ) CHOICE The Blow Monkeys featuring Sylvia Teller

 

11 ( 10 ) SECOND SUMMER OF LOVE Danny Wilson

12 ( 20 ) ON OUR OWN Bobby Brown

13 ( 7 ) POP MUSIK '89 M

14 ( 9 ) BATDANCE Prince

15 ( 12 ) LICENCE TO KILL Gladys Knight

16 ( 17 ) SAY NO GO De La Soul

17 ( 18 ) DAYS Kirsty Maccoll

18 ( 23 ) A NEW FLAME Simply Red

19 ( 27 ) ON AND ON Aswad

20 ( 32 ) WON'T TALK ABOUT IT/ BASSLINE Norman Cook

 

21 ( 14 ) BE WITH YOU The Bangles

22 ( 29 ) YOU'LL NEVER STOP ME FROM LOVING YOU Sonia

23 ( 15 ) CALIFORNIA BLUE Roy Orbison

24 ( NEW ) SWING THE MOOD Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers

25 ( 25 ) WHERE IN THE WORLD Swing Out Sister

26 ( NEW ) YOU'RE HISTORY Shakespear's Sister

27 ( 22 ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO The Beatles

28 ( 19 ) ONE The Bee Gees

29 ( 24 ) EXPRESS YOURSELF Madonna

30 ( 39 ) GRANDPA'S PARTY Monie Love

 

 

31 ( 62 ) TOO MUCH Bros

32 ( 38 ) WIND BENEATH MY WINGS Bette Midler

33 ( 33 ) CRY Waterfront

34 ( 21 ) IN A LIFETIME Clannad and Bono

35 ( 35 ) MANCHILD Neneh Cherry

36 ( 50 ) YOU'VE GOT TO CHOOSE The Darling Buds

37 ( 28 ) CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION Baby Ford

38 ( 36 ) SEALED WITH A KISS Jason Donovan

39 ( NEW ) I WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING Kylie Minogue

40 ( 34 ) SWEET CHILD O' MINE Guns 'n' Roses

 

 

41 ( 41 ) EVERY LITTLE STEP Bobby Brown

42 ( 31 ) SUMMERTIME Ella Fitzgerald

43 ( NEW ) PURE The LIghtning Seeds

44 ( 26 ) GATECRASHING Living In A Box

45 ( 69 ) I WILL DO FOR YOU UB40

46 ( NEW ) EDIE (CIAO BABY) The Cult

47 ( NEW ) TOY SOLDIERS Martika

48 ( 37 ) JOY AND PAIN Donna Allen

49 ( 49 ) DAYDREAM BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ MONKEES THEME The Monkees

50 ( 45 ) ROOMS ON FIRE Stevie Nicks

 

 

51 ( 30 ) BREAKTHRU Queen

52 ( 42 ) WHY Carly Simon

53 ( NEW ) DO YOU LOVE WHAT YOU FEEL Inner City

54 ( 51 ) ORDINARY LIVES The Bee Gees

55 ( 43 ) PINK SUNSHINE Fuzzbox

56 ( 68 ) I NEED YOUR LOVE June Montana

57 ( 56 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

58 ( 59 ) VOODOO RAY A Guy Called Gerald

59 ( 58 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

60 ( 67 ) DRESSED FOR SUCCESS Roxette

 

61 ( NEW ) KING OF THE NEW YORK STREETS Dion

62 ( 61 ) NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVED Dusty Springfield

63 ( NEW ) LONG WAY TO GO Stevie Nicks

64 ( 40 ) DOWNTOWN One 2 Many

65 ( 64 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

66 ( 46 ) WALTZ DARLING Malcolm McLaren

67 ( 66 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

68 ( 75 ) GET LOOSE LA Mix featuring Jazzy P

69 ( NEW ) DON'T LOOK BACK Fine Young Cannibals

70 ( 60 ) MY BRAVE FACE Paul McCartney

 

71 ( NEW ) MY FIRST NIGHT WITHOUT YOU Cyndi Lauper

72 ( 73 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

73 ( 71 ) STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE Diana Ross & The Supremes

74 ( 74 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

75 ( NEW ) KATHLEEN Roachford

Edited August 6, 201410 yr by popchartfreak

29th July 1989

 

A deluge of new entries, 6 of them female fronted bands, as Gloria gets a second week on top, and keeps Paul McCartney from his 2nd Number One in a row. Shakespear’s Sister rocket to 5, beating most of Bananarama’s hits in a swoop, while Simply Red get a rare Top 10 as Bobby Brown follows up his chart-topper with another Top 10 hit.

 

The Lightning Seeds are Purely up to 12, and highest new entry is Tom Petty with his (as always) minor-UK-hit Running Down The Dream, just edging out glamrock legend Alice Cooper’s big comeback single, Poison. Very 80’s metal ballad, but then he influenced a whole generation of crappy 80‘s imitations, so it’s only fair he get the kudos, and his first Top 20 hit since 1974, and his biggest song since Julie Covington covered Only Women Bleed and took it to the top in 1977. The Primitives, Wendy & Lisa, Texas, Cowboy Junkies, Transvision Vamp and Fuzzbox are the female-fronted bands who enter, while Jonathan King (aka Nemo) gets a reissued hit of his Top 20 1971 1930’s pastiche, a la Noel Coward. I doubt you’ll ever hear it on the radio again, some of the lyrics are not-pc, though it was mildly amusing as a piss-take.

 

Lisa Stansfield has a solo hit, and for the first time ever, so does Liza Minelli, daughter of Judy Garland and showbiz Cabaret legend with an electropop version of a Stephen Sondheim showtune, courtesy of Neil and Chris, who did a great album with her, and appeared on Wogan with her (Pet Shop Boys, natch, and joining Dusty in reinvigorating diva legends using their own style and songs). Amusing to me, Milli Vanilli follow Minelli. All that’s missing is Millie and Molly!

At home, my sis-in-law had a street-shouting match with the psycho neighbour over swearing at the kids, he ended up kicking our front door. The children joined in all the shouting. As if that wasn’t enough, some council estate kids who decided to splash me from a paddling pool while I was working on measuring up for plans. How very dare they! On TV, 50’s repeats of The Honeymooners and Jack Benny really did turn back the clock. Not a chance in hell of ever seeing them on TV again, though, not even one of a zillion digital TV channels broadcasts classic TV shows in the UK. Certainly not black and white ones, at any rate. TV w*nkers!

 

 

1 ( 1 ) I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

2 ( 6 ) THIS ONE Paul McCartney

3 ( 2 ) 101" Sheena Easton

4 ( 4 ) LIBERIAN GIRL Michael Jackson

5 ( 26 ) YOU'RE HISTORY Shakespear's Sister

6 ( 3 ) IT'S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys

7 ( 10 ) CHOICE The Blow Monkeys featuring Sylvia Teller

8 ( 9 ) BLAZING SADDLES Yello

9 ( 18 ) A NEW FLAME Simply Red

10 ( 12 ) ON OUR OWN Bobby Brown

 

11 ( 8 ) LONDON NIGHTS The London Boys

12 ( 43 ) PURE The Lightning Seeds

13 ( 5 ) AIN'T NOBODY '89 Rufus featuring Chaka Khan

14 ( 22 ) YOU'LL NEVER STOP ME FROM LOVING YOU Sonia

15 ( 19 ) ON AND ON Aswad

16 ( 11 ) SECOND SUMMER OF LOVE Danny Wilson

17 ( NEW ) RUNNING DOWN THE DREAM Tom Petty

18 ( 14 ) BATDANCE Prince

19 ( 15 ) LICENCE TO KILL Gladys Knight

20 ( NEW ) POISON Alice Cooper

 

 

 

21 ( 7 ) BACK TO LIFE Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler

22 ( NEW ) SICK OF IT The Primitives

23 ( 13 ) POP MUSIK '89 M

24 ( 24 ) SWING THE MOOD Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers

25 ( 47 ) TOY SOLDIERS Martika

26 ( 31 ) TOO MUCH Bros

27 ( 16 ) SAY NO GO De La Soul

28 ( NEW ) BLUE MOON REVISITED Cowboy Junkies

29 ( 20 ) WON'T TALK ABOUT IT/ BASSLINE Norman Cook

30 ( 32 ) WIND BENEATH MY WINGS Bette Midler

 

 

 

31 ( 39 ) I WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING Kylie Minogue

32 ( 21 ) BE WITH YOU The Bangles

33 ( 17 ) DAYS Kirsty Maccoll

34 ( NEW ) THE SUN HAS GOT HIS HAT ON Nemo

35 ( 71 ) MY FIRST NIGHT WITHOUT YOU Cyndi Lauper

36 ( 27 ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO The Beatles

37 ( NEW ) THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME Lisa Stansfield

38 ( 29 ) EXPRESS YOURSELF Madonna

39 ( 69 ) DON'T LOOK BACK Fine Young Cannibals

40 ( NEW ) SATISFACTION Wendy and Lisa

 

41 ( 23 ) CALIFORNIA BLUE Roy Orbison

42 ( 28 ) ONE The Bee Gees

43 ( NEW ) BETTER DAYS Gun

44 ( 35 ) MANCHILD Neneh Cherry

45 ( 30 ) GRANDPA'S PARTY Monie Love

46 ( 36 ) YOU'VE GOT TO CHOOSE The Darling Buds

47 ( 41 ) EVERY LITTLE STEP Bobby Brown

48 ( 61 ) KING OF THE NEW YORK STREETS Dion

49 ( 53 ) DO YOU LOVE WHAT YOU FEEL Inner City

50 ( NEW ) LOSING MY MIND Liza Minelli

 

 

51 ( 40 ) SWEET CHILD O' MINE Guns 'n' Roses

52 ( 38 ) SEALED WITH A KISS Jason Donovan

53 ( 25 ) WHERE IN THE WORLD Swing Out Sister

54 ( 49 ) DAYDREAM BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ MONKEES THEME The Monkees

55 ( NEW ) BLAME IT ON THE RAIN Milli Vanilli

56 ( 37 ) CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION Baby Ford

57 ( 34 ) IN A LIFETIME Clannad and Bono

58 ( 54 ) ORDINARY LIVES The Bee Gees

59 ( 57 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

60 ( NEW ) LANDSLIDE OF LOVE Transvision Vamp

 

61 ( 59 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

62 ( 50 ) ROOMS ON FIRE Stevie Nicks

63 ( 63 ) LONG WAY TO GO Stevie Nicks

64 ( 45 ) I WILL DO FOR YOU UB40

65 ( NEW ) SELF Fuzzbox

66 ( 65 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

67 ( 46 ) EDIE (CIAO BABY) The Cult

68 ( 67 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

69 ( NEW ) THE DOCTOR The Doobie Brothers

70 ( 62 ) NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVED Dusty Springfield

 

71 ( NEW ) IT ISN'T IT WASN'T IT AIN'T NEVER GONNA BE Aretha Franklin and Whitney Houston

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

73 ( NEW ) FRENCH KISS Li'l Louis

74 ( NEW ) EVERYDAY NOW Texas

75 ( NEW ) KICK IT IN Simple Minds

Edited August 6, 201410 yr by popchartfreak

6th August 1989

 

3 weeks for Gloria, a tad OTT I think, Macca should have been at 1 instead. Apart from Macca, though it’s divas and gals hogging the top 5 as Liza with a Z loses her mind up 45 places to 5, courtesy of Chris n Neil - it’s essentially a PSB cover with Liza singing on top. Fab. Alice Cooper snakes his way into the 10 for the first time in 16 years, and it’s Poison. Pure poison. Pure. Lightning Seeds at 8, breaking into the 10 for the first time, and most definitely not the last time.

 

Martika breaks into the 20, Bros get only a second Top 20 hit, and Cyndi Lauper gets a full 5 years of top 20 hits. Stevie Nicks has a long way to go up to 22, but does it easily, while Transvision Vamp keep the top 40 hits on a landslide. There’s a batch of great new entries though to liven up the charts, headed by Eurythmics getting a 10th anniversary (as The Tourists) Revival at 35 (not the song though, that’s new). Elton John proves he has Healing Hands as the best record he’s done in 6 years shoots in at 36, to UK singles chart indifference. For a year at least, till the gospel marvel of it got a bit more exposure as a double A side number one with Sacrifice.

 

Neneh Cherry has Kisses On The Wind at 39, The Four Tops shine on at 45 (not the famous song, it’s a new one) for 20 years of chart entries, and Jon Bon Jovi begs us to lay our hands on him. I had the opportunity nearly a decade later but managed to restrain myself. Dolly Parton has just released a great version of the song, appropriately enough. Betty Boo raps Hey DJ to the Beatmasters, and starts a brief run of good pop singles, and makes Betty Boop famous again as copyright makes her change her name, ooh any day now.

 

Big debut news though is the KLF, not yet in epic mode, but very much in piss-take mode following The Timelords chart-topper, with the fabulous Kylie Said To Jason. You know you’ve created a great parody record when it’s better than the targets (Kylie and Jason’s current singles) on two levels, as parody, or as borrowing the sound of SAW to make the point yet still make a great pop record. Queen, meanwhile, are a bit invisible at 58 compared to the big comeback singalong thumping rock ballad charm of Cher’s If I Could Turn Back Time, for a sweet 18 years of solo hits. Mustn’t forget Malcolm McLaren’s quirky Shirt Jumping either at 70. Phew! Busy chart.

In the real world: Fun Coastal walk with Cathy and Chris from work to Dancing Ledge. Pre-holiday prep anxieties, but all booked. Ageist quips flying at work, with lovely Cathy, a whole decade older than me, on the receiving end. I was on the receiving end of an eraser, quite rightly. Young Andy, a decade younger than me, got a reverse ageist taunt when I suggested puberty was recent traumatic event. Banter! Mansfield friends of parents holiday camping in the garden at home, though Pat my age really, and a College friend rang with news of breast cancer treatment which made me feel bad at not getting in touch, as I had no idea. She’s fine now, very very happily.

 

 

 

1 ( 1 ) I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

2 ( 2 ) THIS ONE Paul McCartney

3 ( 5 ) YOU'RE HISTORY Shakespear's Sister

4 ( 3 ) 101" Sheena Easton

5 ( 50 ) LOSING MY MIND Liza Minelli

6 ( 20 ) POISON Alice Cooper

7 ( 8 ) BLAZING SADDLES Yello

8 ( 12 ) PURE The Lightning Seeds

9 ( 4 ) LIBERIAN GIRL Michael Jackson

10 ( 6 ) IT'S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys

 

11 ( 15 ) ON AND ON Aswad

12 ( 7 ) CHOICE The Blow Monkeys featuring Sylvia Teller

13 ( 10 ) ON OUR OWN Bobby Brown

14 ( 25 ) TOY SOLDIERS Martika

15 ( 26 ) TOO MUCH Bros

16 ( 17 ) RUNNING DOWN THE DREAM Tom Petty

17 ( 11 ) LONDON NIGHTS The London Boys

18 ( 13 ) AIN'T NOBODY '89 Rufus featuring Chaka Khan

19 ( 35 ) MY FIRST NIGHT WITHOUT YOU Cyndi Lauper

20 ( 14 ) YOU'LL NEVER STOP ME FROM LOVING YOU Sonia

 

21 ( 9 ) A NEW FLAME Simply Red

22 ( 63 ) LONG WAY TO GO Stevie Nicks

23 ( 31 ) I WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING Kylie Minogue

24 ( 24 ) SWING THE MOOD Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers

25 ( 18 ) BATDANCE Prince

26 ( 39 ) DON'T LOOK BACK Fine Young Cannibals

27 ( 16 ) SECOND SUMMER OF LOVE Danny Wilson

28 ( 28 ) BLUE MOON REVISITED Cowboy Junkies

29 ( 19 ) LICENCE TO KILL Gladys Knight

30 ( 37 ) THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME Lisa Stansfield

 

31 ( 22 ) SICK OF IT The Primitives

32 ( 60 ) LANDSLIDE OF LOVE Transvision Vamp

33 ( 23 ) POP MUSIK '89 M

34 ( 40 ) SATISFACTION Wendy and Lisa

35 ( NEW ) REVIVAL Eurythmics

36 ( NEW ) HEALING HANDS Elton John

37 ( 21 ) BACK TO LIFE Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler

38 ( 48 ) KING OF THE NEW YORK STREETS Dion

39 ( NEW ) KISSES ON THE WIND Neneh Cherry

40 ( NEW ) DO YOU LOVE WHAT YOU FEEL Inner City

 

 

41 ( 36 ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO The Beatles

42 ( 43 ) BETTER DAYS Gun

43 ( 41 ) CALIFORNIA BLUE Roy Orbison

44 ( 32 ) BE WITH YOU The Bangles

45 ( NEW ) THE SUN AIN'T GONNA SHINE The Four Tops

46 ( 38 ) EXPRESS YOURSELF Madonna

47 ( NEW ) LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME Bon Jovi

48 ( 34 ) THE SUN HAS GOT HIS HAT ON Nemo

49 ( 29 ) WON'T TALK ABOUT IT/ BASSLINE Norman Cook

50 ( NEW ) HEY DJ Beatmasters featuring Betty Boop

 

51 ( 42 ) ONE The Bee Gees

52 ( 55 ) BLAME IT ON THE RAIN Milli Vanilli

53 ( 27 ) SAY NO GO De La Soul

54 ( 47 ) EVERY LITTLE STEP Bobby Brown

55 ( 30 ) WIND BENEATH MY WINGS Bette Midler

56 ( NEW ) KYLIE SAID TO JASON The KLF

57 ( 54 ) DAYDREAM BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ MONKEES THEME The Monkees

58 ( NEW ) INVISIBLE MAN Queen

59 ( 61 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

60 ( 51 ) SWEET CHILD O' MINE Guns 'n' Roses

 

 

61 ( 59 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

62 ( 33 ) DAYS Kirsty Maccoll

63 ( 75 ) KICK IT IN Simple Minds

64 ( 58 ) ORDINARY LIVES The Bee Gees

65 ( 65 ) SELF Fuzzbox

66 ( 66 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

67 ( 62 ) ROOMS ON FIRE Stevie Nicks

68 ( NEW ) IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME Cher

69 ( 68 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

70 ( NEW ) SOMETHING'S JUMPING IN YOUR SHIRT Malcolm McLaren

 

 

71 ( 71 ) IT ISN'T IT WASN'T IT AIN'T NEVER GONNA BE Aretha Franklin and Whitney Houston

72 ( 74 ) EVERYDAY NOW Texas

73 ( 72 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

74 ( 64 ) I WILL DO FOR YOU UB40

75 ( 52 ) SEALED WITH A KISS Jason Donovan

 

 

Edited August 30, 201410 yr by popchartfreak

13th August 1989

 

An amazingly overlong run at 1 for Gloria keeps Liza at 2. Awwww! Losing My Mind over that one. A quiet week at the top lets Martika, Bobby Brown and Aswad get their 1st, 2nd and third Top 10’s respectively. Elton leaps to 14, something’s Jumpin’ even more - from 70 to 16 it’s Malcolm McLaren’s model-cool dance track. Transvision Vamp and Neneh Cherry both get their 3rd Top 20 hit, meanwhile, as some Classics enter just below, highest at 26 being Black Box, the Italian house classic (with model-fronting Loleatta Holloway Love Sensation-sampling brilliant Ride On Time). Still a classic.

 

Even better, the Beatles-inspired epic Sowing The Seeds Of Love announces Tears For Fears 7th year of fantastic hits. Pure 1967 retro video and All You Need Is Love styled chorus, and juuuuust amazing. Just to keep up the new singles, Sydney Youngblood debuts at 34 with the fab If Only I Could, a great song, snuggling in just behind Cher and Bon Jovi into the 40. Oh but that’s not all! Madonna’s 3rd single off Like A Prayer is at 39, the sweet and pretty Cherish. Sir Cliff is also back with a Stock-Aitken-Waterman biggie, the otherwise not bad I Just Don’t Have The Heart.

 

Minor entries for Spandau, Paula Abdul, Art Of Noise, REM, Jody watley, Debbie Gibson and another fairly bland SAW cover (Mick Jackson’s Blame It On The Boogie) for Big Fun.

 

 

1 ( 1 ) I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

2 ( 5 ) LOSING MY MIND Liza Minelli

3 ( 3 ) YOU'RE HISTORY Shakespear's Sister

4 ( 2 ) THIS ONE Paul McCartney

5 ( 8 ) PURE The LIghtning Seeds

6 ( 14 ) TOY SOLDIERS Martika

7 ( 13 ) ON OUR OWN Bobby Brown

8 ( 11 ) ON AND ON Aswad

9 ( 6 ) POISON Alice Cooper

10 ( 4 ) 101" Sheena Easton

 

 

 

11 ( 15 ) TOO MUCH Bros

12 ( 9 ) LIBERIAN GIRL Michael Jackson

13 ( 16 ) RUNNING DOWN THE DREAM Tom Petty

14 ( 36 ) HEALING HANDS Elton John

15 ( 19 ) MY FIRST NIGHT WITHOUT YOU Cyndi Lauper

16 ( 70 ) SOMETHING'S JUMPIN' IN YOUR SHIRT Malcolm McLaren featuring The Bootzilla Orchestra and Lisa Marie

17 ( 7 ) BLAZING SADDLES Yello

18 ( 10 ) IT'S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys

19 ( 32 ) LANDSLIDE OF LOVE Transvision Vamp

20 ( 39 ) KISSES ON THE WIND Neneh Cherry

 

 

 

21 ( 12 ) CHOICE The Blow Monkeys featuring Sylvia Teller

22 ( 22 ) LONG WAY TO GO Stevie Nicks

23 ( 30 ) THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME Lisa Stansfield

24 ( 17 ) LONDON NIGHTS The London Boys

25 ( 18 ) AIN'T NOBODY '89 Rufus featuring Chaka Khan

26 ( NEW ) RIDE ON TIME Black Box

27 ( NEW ) SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears For Fears

28 ( 50 ) HEY DJ Beatmasters featuring Betty Boop

29 ( 47 ) LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME Bon Jovi

30 ( 38 ) KING OF THE NEW YORK STREETS Dion

 

 

 

31 ( 20 ) YOU'LL NEVER STOP ME FROM LOVING YOU Sonia

32 ( 68 ) IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME Cher

33 ( 25 ) BATDANCE Prince

34 ( NEW ) IF ONLY I COULD Sydney Youngblood

35 ( 35 ) REVIVAL Eurythmics

36 ( 21 ) A NEW FLAME Simply Red

37 ( 26 ) DON'T LOOK BACK Fine Young Cannibals

38 ( 33 ) POP MUSIK '89 M

39 ( NEW ) CHERISH Madonna

40 ( 58 ) INVISIBLE MAN Queen

 

 

41 ( 29 ) LICENCE TO KILL Gladys Knight

42 ( 41 ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO The Beatles

43 ( 34 ) SATISFACTION Wendy and Lisa

44 ( 23 ) I WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING Kylie Minogue

45 ( 45 ) THE SUN AIN'T GONNA SHINE The Four Tops

46 ( 37 ) BACK TO LIFE Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler

47 ( 27 ) SECOND SUMMER OF LOVE Danny Wilson

48 ( 24 ) SWING THE MOOD Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers

49 ( 40 ) DO YOU LOVE WHAT YOU FEEL Inner City

50 ( NEW ) I JUST DON'T HAVE THE HEART Cliff Richard

 

51 ( 51 ) ONE The Bee Gees

52 ( 28 ) BLUE MOON REVISITED Cowboy Junkies

53 ( NEW ) DO THE RIGHT THING Redhead Kingpin And The FBI

54 ( 46 ) EXPRESS YOURSELF Madonna

55 ( NEW ) BE FREE WITH YOUR LOVE Spandau Ballet

56 ( 44 ) BE WITH YOU The Bangles

57 ( 43 ) CALIFORNIA BLUE Roy Orbison

58 ( 57 ) DAYDREAM BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ MONKEES THEME The Monkees

59 ( 59 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

60 ( 65 ) SELF Fuzzbox

 

61 ( 61 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

62 ( 56 ) KYLIE SAID TO JASON The KLF

63 ( 54 ) EVERY LITTLE STEP Bobby Brown

64 ( 31 ) SICK OF IT The Primitives

65 ( 60 ) SWEET CHILD O' MINE Guns 'n' Roses

66 ( 66 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

67 ( NEW ) KNOCKED OUT Paula Abdul

68 ( 74 ) I WILL DO FOR YOU UB40

69 ( 69 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

70 ( NEW ) YEBO! The Art Of Noise featuring Mahlatini

 

71 ( NEW ) STAND REM

72 ( NEW ) BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE Big Fun

73 ( 73 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

74 ( NEW ) FRIENDS Jody Watley featuring Eric B

75 ( NEW ) WE COULD BE TOGETHER Debbie Gibson

Edited September 3, 201410 yr by popchartfreak

20th August 1989

 

A new number one, and it’s Elton’s fabulous Healing Hands. I have to admit I was completely baffled how this one managed to flop big time in the UK in 1989. His 7th number one in my chart, about as many in the USA, and yet to get a UK chart-topper on his own. Bizarre. Poor ol’ Liza was the bridesmaid again at 2. Highest new entry at 4, a 1966 classic from hippie Donovan, Sunshine Superman, probably his best record and pop psychedelia royalty giving him a belated second Top 20 hit 20 years on.

 

Tears For Fears sow seeds at 5, Black Box ride it to 8, and it’s a Mental new entry at 12 for some Manic MC’s. Crazy. Bon Jovi have their biggest hit in 3 years, and Rocky Horror classic The Time Warp transports in at 19 for Damian. Party classic or what?! Really drives me insa-a-a-a-ane, as Jameela might say. Meanwhile Debbie Gibson inexplicably rockets to 23, as the KLF explicably shoot up to 24. New: Donna Summer’s 3rd SAW hit of the year, Richard Marx debuts with the pleasant Right Here Waiting, The Cure bounce back with Love Song 9 years into the run of great singles, and Janet Jackson’s big comeback single isn’t Missed that much at a lowly 69.

 

I noted the UK singles charts had some good stuff in, but little classic, in my whinge-book, while my boss was trying to find me a permanent job at work, but it meant having to do horticulture courses. Radio One Roadshow with Simon Mayo at the Bournemouth Pier at lunchtime. Saw the Batman movie, very dark, too much for my tastes really, as it made me depressed. Built a new fish pond, parents not impressed.

 

 

 

1 ( 14 ) HEALING HANDS Elton John

2 ( 2 ) LOSING MY MIND Liza Minelli

3 ( 1 ) I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

4 ( NEW ) SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan

5 ( 27 ) SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears For Fears

6 ( 3 ) YOU'RE HISTORY Shakespear's Sister

7 ( 16 ) SOMETHING'S JUMPIN' IN YOUR SHIRT Malcolm McLaren featuring The Bootzilla Orchestra and Lisa Marie

8 ( 26 ) RIDE ON TIME Black Box

9 ( 5 ) PURE The LIghtning Seeds

10 ( 4 ) THIS ONE Paul McCartney

 

 

 

11 ( 6 ) TOY SOLDIERS Martika

12 ( NEW ) MENTAL Manic MC's

13 ( 20 ) KISSES ON THE WIND Neneh Cherry

14 ( 29 ) LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME Bon Jovi

15 ( 11 ) TOO MUCH Bros

16 ( 8 ) ON AND ON Aswad

17 ( 10 ) 101" Sheena Easton

18 ( 7 ) ON OUR OWN Bobby Brown

19 ( NEW ) THE TIME WARP Damian

20 ( 12 ) LIBERIAN GIRL Michael Jackson

 

21 ( 39 ) CHERISH Madonna

22 ( 9 ) POISON Alice Cooper

23 ( 75 ) WE COULD BE TOGETHER Debbie Gibson

24 ( 62 ) KYLIE SAID TO JASON The KLF

25 ( 35 ) REVIVAL Eurythmics

26 ( 34 ) IF ONLY I COULD Sydney Youngblood

27 ( 50 ) I JUST DON'T HAVE THE HEART Cliff Richard

28 ( 32 ) IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME Cher

29 ( 15 ) MY FIRST NIGHT WITHOUT YOU Cyndi Lauper

30 ( 18 ) IT'S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys

 

31 ( 28 ) HEY DJ Beatmasters featuring Betty Boop

32 ( 40 ) INVISIBLE MAN Queen

33 ( 37 ) DON'T LOOK BACK Fine Young Cannibals

34 ( 23 ) THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME Lisa Stansfield

35 ( 13 ) RUNNING DOWN THE DREAM Tom Petty

36 ( 53 ) DO THE RIGHT THING Redhead Kingpin And The FBI

37 ( 21 ) CHOICE The Blow Monkeys featuring Sylvia Teller

38 ( 22 ) LONG WAY TO GO Stevie Nicks

39 ( 24 ) LONDON NIGHTS The London Boys

40 ( 17 ) BLAZING SADDLES Yello

 

41 ( 19 ) LANDSLIDE OF LOVE Transvision Vamp

42 ( 55 ) BE FREE WITH YOUR LOVE Spandau Ballet

43 ( 60 ) SELF Fuzzbox

44 ( 42 ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO The Beatles

45 ( 33 ) BATDANCE Prince

46 ( 25 ) AIN'T NOBODY '89 Rufus featuring Chaka Khan

47 ( 30 ) KING OF THE NEW YORK STREETS Dion

48 ( 38 ) POP MUSIK '89 M

49 ( NEW ) LOVE'S ABOUT TO CHANGE MY HEART Donna Summer

50 ( 31 ) YOU'LL NEVER STOP ME FROM LOVING YOU Sonia

 

51 ( NEW ) A BIT OF U2 Kiss AMC

52 ( 67 ) KNOCKED OUT Paula Abdul

53 ( 36 ) A NEW FLAME Simply Red

54 ( 74 ) FRIENDS Jody Watley featuring Eric B

55 ( 51 ) ONE The Bee Gees

56 ( NEW ) RIGHT HERE WAITING Richard Marx

57 ( 44 ) I WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING Kylie Minogue

58 ( 41 ) LICENCE TO KILL Gladys Knight

59 ( 59 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

60 ( NEW ) LOVE SONG The Cure

 

 

61 ( 61 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

62 ( 56 ) BE WITH YOU The Bangles

63 ( 58 ) DAYDREAM BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ MONKEES THEME The Monkees

64 ( 46 ) BACK TO LIFE Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler

65 ( 47 ) SECOND SUMMER OF LOVE Danny Wilson

66 ( 66 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

67 ( NEW ) I NEED YOUR LOVIN' Alyson Williams

68 ( 72 ) BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE Big Fun

69 ( NEW ) MISS YOU MUCH Janet Jackson

70 ( 69 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

 

 

 

71 ( 54 ) EXPRESS YOURSELF Madonna

72 ( NEW ) TALK IT OVER Grayson Hugh

73 ( 73 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

74 ( 63 ) EVERY LITTLE STEP Bobby Brown

75 ( NEW ) THE BETTER PART OF ME Jaki Graham

Edited September 3, 201410 yr by popchartfreak