27th August 1989

 

2 weeks for Elton on top, KLF up to 8 for their first Top 10 under that name (and 2nd under various names), while Madonna makes it 3 in a row in the 10. Lisa Stansfield reverses back up to a new peak of 16, and ditto Dion at 20. Queen are slightly less invisible at 26, while Alyson Williams dances up to 34.

 

One of Liza’s album track covers pops in as a cover from Hazell Dean at 57 - the fab Love Pains, originally an Yvonne Elliman goodie that I never actually got to hear. Partyman for Prince, another Batman song, enters at 60, and Ziggy Marley continues in the tradition of his dad, and pops in at 62 with Look Who’s Dancing.

 

ON TV pissed myself laughing at Josie Lawrence on Who’s Line Is It Anyway? Enjoyed US sitcom Sledge Hammer.

 

 

 

1 ( 1 ) HEALING HANDS Elton John

2 ( 5 ) SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears For Fears

3 ( 4 ) SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan

4 ( 3 ) I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

5 ( 2 ) LOSING MY MIND Liza Minelli

6 ( 7 ) SOMETHING'S JUMPIN' IN YOUR SHIRT Malcolm McLaren featuring The Bootzilla Orchestra and Lisa Marie

7 ( 8 ) RIDE ON TIME Black Box

8 ( 24 ) KYLIE SAID TO JASON The KLF

9 ( 6 ) YOU'RE HISTORY Shakespear's Sister

10 ( 21 ) CHERISH Madonna

 

11 ( 14 ) LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME Bon Jovi

12 ( 12 ) MENTAL Manic MC's

13 ( 11 ) TOY SOLDIERS Martika

14 ( 19 ) THE TIME WARP Damian

15 ( 23 ) WE COULD BE TOGETHER Debbie Gibson

16 ( 34 ) THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME Lisa Stansfield

17 ( 9 ) PURE The LIghtning Seeds

18 ( 13 ) KISSES ON THE WIND Neneh Cherry

19 ( 10 ) THIS ONE Paul McCartney

20 ( 47 ) KING OF THE NEW YORK STREETS Dion

 

 

 

21 ( 25 ) REVIVAL Eurythmics

22 ( 22 ) POISON Alice Cooper

23 ( 26 ) IF ONLY I COULD Sydney Youngblood

24 ( 27 ) I JUST DON'T HAVE THE HEART Cliff Richard

25 ( 17 ) 101" Sheena Easton

26 ( 32 ) INVISIBLE MAN Queen

27 ( 20 ) LIBERIAN GIRL Michael Jackson

28 ( 28 ) IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME Cher

29 ( 18 ) ON OUR OWN Bobby Brown

30 ( 15 ) TOO MUCH Bros

 

 

 

31 ( 31 ) HEY DJ Beatmasters featuring Betty Boop

32 ( 16 ) ON AND ON Aswad

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

34 ( 67 ) I NEED YOUR LOVIN' Alyson Williams

35 ( 36 ) DO THE RIGHT THING Redhead Kingpin And The FBI

36 ( 49 ) LOVE'S ABOUT TO CHANGE MY HEART Donna Summer

37 ( 29 ) MY FIRST NIGHT WITHOUT YOU Cyndi Lauper

38 ( 51 ) A BIT OF U2 Kiss AMC

39 ( 30 ) IT'S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys

40 ( 42 ) BE FREE WITH YOUR LOVE Spandau Ballet

 

 

 

41 ( 35 ) RUNNING DOWN THE DREAM Tom Petty

42 ( 38 ) LONG WAY TO GO Stevie Nicks

43 ( 54 ) FRIENDS Jody Watley featuring Eric B

44 ( 37 ) CHOICE The Blow Monkeys featuring Sylvia Teller

45 ( 39 ) LONDON NIGHTS The London Boys

46 ( 44 ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO The Beatles

47 ( 52 ) KNOCKED OUT Paula Abdul

48 ( 55 ) ONE The Bee Gees

49 ( 56 ) RIGHT HERE WAITING Richard Marx

50 ( 48 ) POP MUSIK '89 M

 

 

51 ( 57 ) I WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING Kylie Minogue

52 ( 60 ) LOVE SONG The Cure

53 ( 45 ) BATDANCE Prince

54 ( 59 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

55 ( 40 ) BLAZING SADDLES Yello

56 ( 46 ) AIN'T NOBODY '89 Rufus featuring Chaka Khan

57 ( NEW ) LOVE PAINS Hazell Dean

58 ( 43 ) SELF Fuzzbox

59 ( 41 ) LANDSLIDE OF LOVE Transvision Vamp

60 ( NEW ) PARTYMAN Prince

 

61 ( 61 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

62 ( NEW ) LOOK WHO'S DANCING Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers

63 ( 64 ) BACK TO LIFE Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler

64 ( NEW ) WARNING Adeva

65 ( 62 ) BE WITH YOU The Bangles

66 ( 66 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

67 ( 73 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

68 ( 63 ) DAYDREAM BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ MONKEES THEME The Monkees

69 ( 69 ) MISS YOU MUCH Janet Jackson

70 ( 70 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

 

71 ( 74 ) EVERY LITTLE STEP Bobby Brown

72 ( 72 ) TALK IT OVER Grayson Hugh

73 ( 58 ) LICENCE TO KILL Gladys Knight

74 ( NEW ) NUMERO UNO Starlight

75 ( 65 ) SECOND SUMMER OF LOVE Danny Wilson

Edited September 3, 201410 yr by popchartfreak

3rd September 1989

 

Tears For Fears get their 2nd absolute classic chart-topper, the Beatles-tastic Sowing The Seeds Of Love, 4 years on from the even-more-classic Everybody Wants To Rule The World (and 3 years on from the Sport Aid version which also hit 1). All summer of love-ish, it’s bad news for actual flower-power song Sunshine Superman which peaks at 2 for Donovan. Malcolm McLaren gets his 2nd-biggest hit at 4, and The KLF their first Top 5 (excluding Doctorin’ The Tardis). Kylie Said To Jason? Funnily enough Jason’s in at 43 with one of his best SAW hits, oh everyday, Jason, I love you more!

 

The Time Warp goes top 10! Well it’s a step to the left..! So does Lisa Stansfield, again, bringing back 70’s soul to the (nearly) 90’s, as she does starring in movie Northern Soul any day now. About time that had a revival! So, what do I think about Tina Turner? Simply The Best! In at 18 with the one that has now become her signature song, a stormin’ pop song and much better than Bonnie Tyler’s earlier version. 20 years of hits, and one number one with Ike in 1973.

 

Janet Jackson misses me much, so I respond with a leap to 27 from 69 for her. Gloria follows up her number one ballad, as usual, which means a latino-dance-pop track, at 35: O Ye Mi Canto! S’Express return at 38, the Stones get 20 years of hits which leaves me with Mixed Emotions, as it ain’t no Honky Tonk Women. At 66, Amazulu chuck out another cover, this time one place behind the original (and it’s 1987 remix) by The Archies, which is well into it’s 2-year run 3rd-time round. Oh, yes New Kids On The Block debut at 75. Hangin’ Tough? Hangin’ A Bit Insipidly, mostly.

In life, Paul & Sheila visited while my brother visited Sue & the kids, which took a bit of juggling. Paul had a new MG, and it was lovely seeing them, and showing them round the countryside, and coastal walks, and meeting two of their friends also holidaying in Poole, which was fun. To the Dormers pub in Wimborne, which I visited almost weekly in the 90’s. On TV? Elton on Wogan; The Time Tunnel repeats; reading Arthur C. Clarke’s Sentinel. Pre-holiday jitters...

 

 

1 ( 2 ) SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears For Fears

2 ( 3 ) SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan

3 ( 1 ) HEALING HANDS Elton John

4 ( 6 ) SOMETHING'S JUMPIN' IN YOUR SHIRT Malcolm McLaren featuring The Bootzilla Orchestra and Lisa Marie

5 ( 8 ) KYLIE SAID TO JASON The KLF

6 ( 4 ) I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU Gloria Estefan

7 ( 10 ) CHERISH Madonna

8 ( 7 ) RIDE ON TIME Black Box

9 ( 16 ) THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME Lisa Stansfield

10 ( 14 ) THE TIME WARP Damian

 

11 ( 5 ) LOSING MY MIND Liza Minelli

12 ( 15 ) WE COULD BE TOGETHER Debbie Gibson

13 ( 12 ) MENTAL Manic MC's

14 ( 11 ) LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME Bon Jovi

15 ( 9 ) YOU'RE HISTORY Shakespear's Sister

16 ( 13 ) TOY SOLDIERS Martika

17 ( 21 ) REVIVAL Eurythmics

18 ( NEW ) THE BEST Tina Turner

19 ( 23 ) IF ONLY I COULD Sydney Youngblood

20 ( 24 ) I JUST DON'T HAVE THE HEART Cliff Richard

 

 

21 ( 17 ) PURE The LIghtning Seeds

22 ( 18 ) KISSES ON THE WIND Neneh Cherry

23 ( 28 ) IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME Cher

24 ( 34 ) I NEED YOUR LOVIN' Alyson Williams

25 ( 49 ) RIGHT HERE WAITING Richard Marx

26 ( 36 ) LOVE'S ABOUT TO CHANGE MY HEART Donna Summer

27 ( 69 ) MISS YOU MUCH Janet Jackson

28 ( 19 ) THIS ONE Paul McCartney

29 ( 22 ) POISON Alice Cooper

30 ( 41 ) RUNNING DOWN THE DREAM Tom Petty

 

31 ( 27 ) LIBERIAN GIRL Michael Jackson

32 ( 25 ) 101" Sheena Easton

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

34 ( 26 ) INVISIBLE MAN Queen

35 ( NEW ) O YE MI CANTO (HEAR MY VOICE) Gloria Estefan

36 ( 20 ) KING OF THE NEW YORK STREETS Dion

37 ( 42 ) LONG WAY TO GO Stevie Nicks

38 ( NEW ) MANTRA FOR A STATE OF MIND S'Express

39 ( 39 ) IT'S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys

40 ( 29 ) ON OUR OWN Bobby Brown

 

 

 

41 ( 31 ) HEY DJ Beatmasters featuring Betty Boop

42 ( 47 ) KNOCKED OUT Paula Abdul

43 ( NEW ) EVERYDAY (I LOVE YOU MORE) Jason Donovan

44 ( 30 ) TOO MUCH Bros

45 ( 60 ) PARTYMAN Prince

46 ( 48 ) ONE The Bee Gees

47 ( 46 ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO The Beatles

48 ( 32 ) ON AND ON Aswad

49 ( 37 ) MY FIRST NIGHT WITHOUT YOU Cyndi Lauper

50 ( 50 ) POP MUSIK '89 M

 

51 ( 64 ) WARNING Adeva

52 ( 52 ) LOVE SONG The Cure

53 ( NEW ) MIXED EMOTIONS The Rolling Stones

54 ( 54 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

55 ( 35 ) DO THE RIGHT THING Redhead Kingpin And The FBI

56 ( 74 ) NUMERO UNO Starlight

57 ( 38 ) A BIT OF U2 Kiss AMC

58 ( 40 ) BE FREE WITH YOUR LOVE Spandau Ballet

59 ( 44 ) CHOICE The Blow Monkeys featuring Sylvia Teller

60 ( 61 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

 

61 ( 53 ) BATDANCE Prince

62 ( 62 ) LOOK WHO'S DANCING Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers

63 ( 63 ) BACK TO LIFE Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler

64 ( NEW ) NAME AND NUMBER Curiosity Killed The Cat

65 ( 45 ) LONDON NIGHTS The London Boys

66 ( 67 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

67 ( 66 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

68 ( NEW ) SUGAR SUGAR Amazulu

69 ( 43 ) FRIENDS Jody Watley featuring Eric B

70 ( 70 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

 

71 ( NEW ) NEVER GONNA BE THE SAME Danny Wilson

72 ( 57 ) LOVE PAINS Hazell Dean

73 ( NEW ) NATURE OF LOVE Waterfront

74 ( 71 ) EVERY LITTLE STEP Bobby Brown

75 ( NEW ) HANGING TOUGH New Kids On The Block

Edited October 15, 201410 yr by popchartfreak

 

10th September 1989

 

So, this week was spent in Massachussets, New York State and Vermont, not to mention Canada, with mates Bob & Jason. That had a wobbly effect on some records (current on radio stations round about) as they went back up, and re-entered. It also meant loads of US hits making my charts. However, no change at 1, 2 weeks for Tears For Fears, but Madonna again makes the Top 5, not missing it since Causing A Commotion underperformed. The Bee Gees get One back up to 7, Richard Marx is up to 12, and the Cure make the Top 40 with Love Song.

 

New entries, though? Highest is Elton n Aretha’s Through The Storm, a re-entry hitting a new holiday peak at 14, while the highest new actual entry is, of all people, Donny Osmond on a George Michael-a-like ballad Sacred Emotion, emoting at 28, 17 years on from Puppy Love. Donny’s about a week older than me, which makes me feel special. I mentioned I stood next to him in HMV Bournemouth didn’t I?

 

Rod’s back: He’s Crazy About Her at 39. No change there then! At 45, it’s the new entry of the week, the mega-brilliant Personal Jesus as Depeche Mode come back on fire with their best record to date, albeit more of a grower than a show-er. Eurythmics, don’t ask me why, are at 54 with a ballad, just ahead of the great George Harrison. Cheer Down, luv, right, la? At 60, does anyone recall Harry Houdini? Not even Kon Kan is my guess, so youtube ahoy! Don Henley keeps the solo hits coming, one spot behind Aerosmith who enjoy Love In An Elevator, a great fun rock track, and one that takes me back to Aerosmith’s Rocknrollercoaster ride at Disney MGM (a decade later!). Lastly, Paula Abdul’s back, Martika covers Carole King (not that well) and Roxette are back with Listen To Your Heart, a great ballad.

How about some holiday nostalgia? No? Well I’m going to anyway! Due to heavy winds we landed at Gander, Newfoundland to refuel and get off the plane. Bonus! Forests and lakes galore, and Lumberjack-style fashions. On the downside it meant we landed in Boston in darkness, but we got some advice from an American on the bus to Alamo car hire to leave Boston and get cheap motels in Manchester. I drove, in the dark, on busy freeways in a city, my armpits like waterfalls! We got there, found a cheap motel, Neil Diamond’s Love On The Rocks playing, and errr it became instantly obvious to me it was a businessman’s knocking shop, underlined by the response when we asked for a room. “All night?” the motel clerk enquired. Fortunately the sticky stuff on the bedspread was fresh cream cake. Honestly, I kid not!

 

Next day, Montpelier, lovely Vermont state capitol, all golden-domed and classy. Picturesque forested riverside sandwich lunch-break, so I could generously offer myself up to the local mosquitos for a snack (they never refuse). Burlington: student college town by a lake, great atmosphere, Whole Of The Moon playing in a record store, and a grotty run-down motel run by 2 sweet Polish ladies charging a fortune for nothing much. The toilet wouldn’t flush so I lifted up the lid to fiddle with the workings. Bad move. I dropped the lid into the cistern which immediately cracked and water flooded onto the bathroom floor. We tied it up to not flush, and next morning, despite me wanting to pay, I was outvoted and we did a runner. At least we didn’t use my credit card!

 

Car ferry across windy Lake Champlain to New York State (which meant we got out of the car), Baker Street (of course) on the car radio as we headed for Swiss-styled Lake Placid, not snow-covered, nor ski-ing, but mountainously pretty, forested and laked: the thing with the NE States is how long you can drive and still see trees - in the UK, 20 minutes tops! Lake Placid, though was very expensive! Bought Arthur C Clarke & James White sci-fi novels, Cheers, Moonlighting and Star Trek on TV (again).

 

Over a bridge to Canada, next day, questioned by customs (way friendlier than guestapo-influenced US and Australian customs in the 90’s), and a switch to the Canadian dollar as we drove the billboard tedium highways to Ottawa, a London in miniature architecturally, but prettier, and very British in many ways. We all loved Ottawa. We lucked it into a luxury hotel, The Embassy, it was another world to me (yet only £16 each per night!), it had a living room, iamspamspamami and was a FAB place to spend 2 nights! Ottawa at night was fab. The boat trip downriver was fab. The parliament buildings fab. Rick Astley was in concert in Ottawa the first night. Happily we didn’t find out in time, as Bob would have liked to have gone (to have a concert experience rather than listen to one decent song).

 

Toronto: big city. CN Tower, glass elevator on the side of the building: sweating buckets at the sheer drop in front of me, it was soooooo high! Terrific views though. Then, Niagara Falls, I wanted to look around the Canadian side but we ended up driving over into the States to get customs checks out of the way - the irritable guard warmed when he realised we were British. SO handy being British in the USA... As if to welcome us, local TV had Dr Who and Are You Being Served, EWhose Line Is It Anyway on show! Found a motel, saw the Falls by night, lit up: stunning! They really are impressive, well-worth going to see, the speed of the water is deafening...TBC

 

1 ( 1 ) SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears For Fears

2 ( 3 ) HEALING HANDS Elton John

3 ( 6 ) I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU Gloria Estefan

4 ( 4 ) SOMETHING'S JUMPIN' IN YOUR SHIRT Malcolm McLaren featuring The Bootzilla Orchestra and Lisa Marie

5 ( 7 ) CHERISH Madonna

6 ( 5 ) KYLIE SAID TO JASON The KLF

7 ( 46 ) ONE The Bee Gees

8 ( 2 ) SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan

9 ( 18 ) THE BEST Tina Turner

10 ( 10 ) THE TIME WARP Damian

 

11 ( 9 ) THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME Lisa Stansfield

12 ( 25 ) RIGHT HERE WAITING Richard Marx

13 ( 8 ) RIDE ON TIME Black Box

14 ( RE ) THROUGH THE STORM Aretha Franklin and Elton John

15 ( 11 ) LOSING MY MIND Liza Minelli

16 ( 17 ) REVIVAL Eurythmics

17 ( 12 ) WE COULD BE TOGETHER Debbie Gibson

18 ( 22 ) KISSES ON THE WIND Neneh Cherry

19 ( 14 ) LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME Bon Jovi

20 ( 24 ) I NEED YOUR LOVIN' Alyson Williams

 

21 ( 13 ) MENTAL Manic MC's

22 ( 23 ) IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME Cher

23 ( 15 ) YOU'RE HISTORY Shakespear's Sister

24 ( 26 ) LOVE'S ABOUT TO CHANGE MY HEART Donna Summer

25 ( 20 ) I JUST DON'T HAVE THE HEART Cliff Richard

26 ( 16 ) TOY SOLDIERS Martika

27 ( 27 ) MISS YOU MUCH Janet Jackson

28 ( NEW ) SACRED EMOTION Donny Osmond

29 ( 43 ) EVERYDAY (I LOVE YOU MORE) Jason Donovan

30 ( RE ) EVERLASTING LOVE Howard Jones

 

31 ( 19 ) IF ONLY I COULD Sydney Youngblood

32 ( 56 ) NUMERO UNO Starlight

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

34 ( 38 ) MANTRA FOR A STATE OF MIND S'Express

35 ( 35 ) O YE MI CANTO (HEAR MY VOICE) Gloria Estefan

36 ( 52 ) LOVE SONG The Cure

37 ( 21 ) PURE The LIghtning Seeds

38 ( 62 ) LOOK WHO'S DANCING Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers

39 ( NEW ) CRAZY ABOUT HER Rod Stewart

40 ( 40 ) ON OUR OWN Bobby Brown

 

 

 

41 ( 28 ) THIS ONE Paul McCartney

42 ( 31 ) LIBERIAN GIRL Michael Jackson

43 ( 32 ) 101" Sheena Easton

44 ( RE ) GOOD THING Fine Young Cannibals

45 ( NEW ) PERSONAL JESUS Depeche Mode

46 ( 39 ) IT'S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys

47 ( 29 ) POISON Alice Cooper

48 ( RE ) KEEP ON MOVIN' Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler

49 ( 30 ) RUNNING DOWN THE DREAM Tom Petty

50 ( 37 ) LONG WAY TO GO Stevie Nicks

 

 

 

51 ( 45 ) PARTYMAN Prince

52 ( 53 ) MIXED EMOTIONS The Rolling Stones

53 ( 47 ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO The Beatles

54 ( NEW ) DON'T ASK ME WHY Eurythmics

55 ( 54 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

56 ( NEW ) CHEER DOWN George Harrison

57 ( 36 ) KING OF THE NEW YORK STREETS Dion

58 ( 34 ) INVISIBLE MAN Queen

59 ( 50 ) POP MUSIK '89 M

60 ( NEW ) HARRY HOUDINI Kon Kan

 

 

 

61 ( 60 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

62 ( 41 ) HEY DJ Beatmasters featuring Betty Boop

63 ( 63 ) BACK TO LIFE Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler

64 ( 64 ) NAME AND NUMBER Curiosity Killed The Cat

65 ( 66 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

66 ( 67 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

67 ( NEW ) THE END OF THE INNOCENCE Don Henley

68 ( NEW ) LOVE IN AN ELEVATOR Aerosmith

69 ( 69 ) FRIENDS Jody Watley featuring Eric B

70 ( 61 ) BATDANCE Prince

 

 

71 ( 70 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

72 ( NEW ) COLD HEARTED Paula Abdul

73 ( 42 ) KNOCKED OUT Paula Abdul

74 ( NEW ) I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE Martika

75 ( NEW ) LISTEN TO YOUR HEART Roxette

Edited October 16, 201410 yr by popchartfreak

17th September 1989

 

3 weeks for Tears For Fears, I loved it so much I bought the US cd picture sleeve version in New York City at Tower Records, along with Elton’s fab new album Sleeping With The Past which eventually made it big in the UK in 1990. Quite a slow chart actually, as I did it on the 14th during a quiet day in a Middletown motel - I needed a break!

 

Cher goes Top 20, as do S’Express, and back, and higher, are 10000 Maniacs and the lovely Trouble Me. Depeche Mode and The Cure shoot up to just outside the 20 (the injustice!) and girl group Expose (never did make it in the UK) get a 4th hit or so in my charts at 41, When I Look At Him. The London Boys add to their chart run, George H goes top 50, and Katrina And The Waves get another hit (4th or 5th) 4 years on since Walking On Sunshine - That’s The Way!

OK, I left it at Niagara Falls on a Sunday: I had a day taking photo after photo after photo, I couldn’t stop, of the Falls from above, from below (you go through tunnels down to a platform, put on waterproofs and walk through a minor section of it: Fab adrenalin rush!), by the river and rapids, of the rocks, of the buildings. I chickened out of a helicopter ride, but Jason didn’t and he lurved it! Maid Of The Mist Tour, a boat tour round the falls was excellent, if very damp and noisy. Loved the 50’s-themed restaurant too.

 

Middletown, Pennsylvania: sad at missing Stevie Nicks in concert in Buffalo by a day, we stopped for 4 nights in a town with a rail connection to New York, rather than pay extortionate prices in the city. It kind of worked out OK, a truckstop joint on the way, me in loud purple shirt in a sea of truckers. I felt a bit visible! The motel was fine, 3 beds and an outdoor jacuzzi, near stores and opposite the road to the station: Middletown Motel. The rail station was actually just a platform!! No buildings, just a parking lot. Bizarre, and it meant you paid on the train. I got kinda sulky though, as the areas I most wanted to see were getting very squeezed: Cape Cod, Plymouth, Boston were all at the end of the holiday.

 

New York City: very early train (5am), dawn breaking, ticket guard all self-assured gave us our $11 return tickets, and I loved the names of the towns we passed: Tuxedo! Suffern! (Pronounced Suffrin’) all very 1940’s stylee. Down in the steamy subway system to Manhattan, and seedy misty Times Square, hookers, pimps, down n outs, police and even worse buying slide film from a small shop, not only expensive it turned out to be 2 years out of date and the colours of my New York slides were like sepia-tinted period pieces. Tragedy! Welcome to New York where one-third of cars have dents and crossing the road is an adventure! The boat tour round Manhattan was great though, leisurely and terrific views of world-famous buildings and of course the Statue Of Liberty. The Empire State Building was great, especially views towards the Twin Towers. Looking down was very dizzying, it was WELL high! By the time we got back to Middletown it was 8.30 pm and I was wiped out!

 

Day 2: deja vu, repeat, Groundhog Day! Sort of. Not quite as good, but sunnier, so the photos were way better today. To The World Trade Centre: Jason loved it. I quote me: “so tall they were awesome!” I was happy not to go up them, after The Towering Inferno movie I’d never been comfortable in skyscrapers, and too many guards and yuppies for my taste everywhere. Wall Street, then the ferry to Liberty island for a great couple of hours climbing the spiral staircase inside Lady Liberty and getting fab photos. The downside is it’s so slow-going climbing my face was permanently stuck facing the arse of the man in front. Bob was much more lucky: he got to stare at my arse during the climb (not lucky from his point of view though!).

 

Greenwich Village and Soho were disappointing, the subway was hot and smelly, maps were shite, and it was a relief to get off in Central Park. By chance we ended up walking past the Dakota Building, which put me on a downer, as I couldn’t help think about John Lennon, my hero, walking past the spot he was murdered. The lake in the centre of Central Park was a loooong walk on top of a long-walking day, and it was stagnant. Jason & I were both knackered by now, and not impressed with NYC enough to want to come back the next day - Bob was getting that vibe when we did our souvenir buying in Tower Records. Poor Bob had to go on his own next day, as he had buildings to explore...

 

1 ( 1 ) SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears For Fears

2 ( 3 ) I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU Gloria Estefan

3 ( 2 ) HEALING HANDS Elton John

4 ( 7 ) ONE The Bee Gees

5 ( 5 ) CHERISH Madonna

6 ( 4 ) SOMETHING'S JUMPIN' IN YOUR SHIRT Malcolm McLaren featuring The Bootzilla Orchestra and Lisa Marie

7 ( 6 ) KYLIE SAID TO JASON The KLF

8 ( 8 ) SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan

9 ( 9 ) THE BEST Tina Turner

10 ( 10 ) THE TIME WARP Damian

 

11 ( 12 ) RIGHT HERE WAITING Richard Marx

12 ( 20 ) I NEED YOUR LOVIN' Alyson Williams

13 ( 11 ) THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME Lisa Stansfield

14 ( 18 ) KISSES ON THE WIND Neneh Cherry

15 ( 13 ) RIDE ON TIME Black Box

16 ( 16 ) REVIVAL Eurythmics

17 ( 22 ) IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME Cher

18 ( 15 ) LOSING MY MIND Liza Minelli

19 ( 34 ) MANTRA FOR A STATE OF MIND S'Express

20 ( 14 ) THROUGH THE STORM Aretha Franklin and Elton John

 

 

21 ( 36 ) LOVE SONG The Cure

22 ( 45 ) PERSONAL JESUS Depeche Mode

23 ( 30 ) EVERLASTING LOVE Howard Jones

24 ( 29 ) EVERYDAY (I LOVE YOU MORE) Jason Donovan

25 ( 27 ) MISS YOU MUCH Janet Jackson

26 ( 26 ) TOY SOLDIERS Martika

27 ( 17 ) WE COULD BE TOGETHER Debbie Gibson

28 ( 28 ) SACRED EMOTION Donny Osmond

29 ( 23 ) YOU'RE HISTORY Shakespear's Sister

30 ( 35 ) O YE MI CANTO (HEAR MY VOICE) Gloria Estefan

 

31 ( 19 ) LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME Bon Jovi

32 ( 21 ) MENTAL Manic MC's

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

34 ( RE ) TROUBLE ME 10000 Maniacs

35 ( 39 ) CRAZY ABOUT HER Rod Stewart

36 ( 25 ) I JUST DON'T HAVE THE HEART Cliff Richard

37 ( 31 ) IF ONLY I COULD Sydney Youngblood

38 ( 38 ) LOOK WHO'S DANCING Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers

39 ( 48 ) KEEP ON MOVIN' Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler

40 ( 24 ) LOVE'S ABOUT TO CHANGE MY HEART Donna Summer

 

 

41 ( NEW ) WHEN I LOOKED AT HIM Expose

42 ( 32 ) NUMERO UNO Starlight

43 ( NEW ) HARLEM DESIRE The London Boys

44 ( 60 ) HARRY HOUDINI Kon Kan

45 ( 37 ) PURE The LIghtning Seeds

46 ( 40 ) ON OUR OWN Bobby Brown

47 ( 56 ) CHEER DOWN George Harrison

48 ( 42 ) LIBERIAN GIRL Michael Jackson

49 ( 43 ) 101" Sheena Easton

50 ( 68 ) LOVE IN AN ELEVATOR Aerosmith

 

 

51 ( 46 ) IT'S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys

52 ( 52 ) MIXED EMOTIONS The Rolling Stones

53 ( 44 ) GOOD THING Fine Young Cannibals

54 ( 41 ) THIS ONE Paul McCartney

55 ( 55 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

56 ( 54 ) DON'T ASK ME WHY Eurythmics

57 ( 53 ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO The Beatles

58 ( 47 ) POISON Alice Cooper

59 ( 49 ) RUNNING DOWN THE DREAM Tom Petty

60 ( 50 ) LONG WAY TO GO Stevie Nicks

 

61 ( 61 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

62 ( 67 ) THE END OF THE INNOCENCE Don Henley

63 ( 51 ) PARTYMAN Prince

64 ( 65 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

65 ( 66 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

66 ( RE ) SUGAR SUGAR Annie Amazulu

67 ( 59 ) POP MUSIK '89 M

68 ( 62 ) HEY DJ Beatmasters featuring Betty Boop

69 ( 63 ) BACK TO LIFE Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler

70 ( 72 ) COLD HEARTED Paula Abdul

 

71 ( 64 ) NAME AND NUMBER Curiosity Killed The Cat

72 ( 71 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies

73 ( 74 ) I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE Martika

74 ( NEW ) THAT'S THE WAY Katrina And The Waves

75 ( 75 ) LISTEN TO YOUR HEART Roxette

 

 

Edited October 17, 201410 yr by popchartfreak

24th September 1989

 

Back from the States this week and back to UK radio, which means an invasion of unheard new tracks, and lots of movement, 4th week at 1 for Tears For Fears, and after several weeks pottering around the Top 40 Sydney Youngblood gets a leap from 37 to 2 with his delicious If Only I Could. Ride On Time is also back into the Top 10 at 3, still having a long run at 1 in the UK charts. Cher gets her 5th Top 10 solo hit, and Richard Marx his first.

 

New entries are led by Lady Kate herself, into the Sensual World at 14. Mmmmm indeed, yes! Seductively fabulous. Ziggy Marley follows his dad into my Top 20, and Billy Joel makes it 14 years of hits with his fantastic We Didn’t Start The Fire at 23 - a political and social history lesson can, it proves, give you tingles down the spine. Curiosity curiously back at 26, New Kids On The Block cover version of The Delfonics 1971 hit pops in higher than their soon-to-be huge Hangin’ Tough, at 27, and Belinda’s back on form at 30 with the terrific Leave A Light On.

 

Milli Vanilli enter at 43. I say Milli Vanilli, actually they were going to be revealed any day now as not having anything to do with records released under their name, not even sing. Talking of attractive models fronting singers, there’s Black Box at 3, and “Felly” on the otherwise great Pump Up The Jam at 53, Technotronic having actually hired Ya Kid K to do the rapping, but gone with the busty singer for the video instead. Liza Minelli’s Pet Shop Boys song and production follow-up, the exciting Don’t Drop Bombs, explodes in at 48, and Cliff’s lovely Lean On You keeps his run of great (non-christmas) 80‘s singles going at 63. Finally, at 75, Betty Wright sneaks in 14 years after she had a couple of good UK hits, and 18 years since she was a US hitting Clean-Up Woman.

The last few days of the US holiday: A break at Mark Twain’s house in Hartford Connecticut - he wasn’t in, probably out quashing exaggerated rumours of his death or something. Providence, Rhode Island, err run-down and tourist unfriendly so we gave up and went to Pawtucket and Taunton, having been moved from Somerset, but it did have a roundabout. Or traffic circle as they called it. Worth mentioning it, as it’s the only one I’ve ever seen in the USA, and Americans often get very confused when faced with them! Plymouth, Massachussets: quaint, pretty, historical, I loved it. Did Plymouth Rock, the Mayflower replica, beach, and a real bonus, an actual Comic Shop stocked with DC Comics back issues: Spent 20 dollars on missing Legion Of Super-Heroes comics I’d been after for 15 to 20 years. Hooray! I sulked at the motel though cos I was outvoted on my anticipated Cape Cod day - they wanted to go on a whale-watching boat tour instead.

 

Next morning I gave in and decided whales would be worth missing Cape Cod for - it was! The boat ride out to see was bumpy, Bob not so keen on the grounds that he went green, not quite getting the same thrill I did out of the bumpy waves and riding up at the front like I Leo n Kate in Titanic. Poor Bob, chucking up! Still, I was enjoying myself now! The scientist host gave us the low-down on Minkie’s, Humpbacks, Blue Fin’s, the whales we saw, and I tried to get as many photos as I could, hoping some would be good. Bob kept dashing to the toilets at the crucial moments. Fab morning out though, glad we did it! The afternoon was spent at Plymouth plantation, everyone dressed in period garb and speaking as they did at the time of the Mayflower and as if they were still there, all very interesting. Off to Boston, a motel, and I watched geekily excited, a new episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Yay!

 

Boston: the last day, car drop-off by 2pm, having gotten grumpy when we found nowhere at the airport to leave luggage we basically had to do Boston in 4 hours which pissed me off. The Freedom Trail, all from the outside as we had no time to go inside any of the historic buildings. I was appalled at the small historic buildings dwarfed by adjacent huge modern monstrosities, especially the concrete thing next to Fanieul Hall. Paul Revere, Ben Franklin, Boston Tea Party, the “Cheers” bar, all a rush quick-march, tragically.

 

Worse, at the airport we were told that the flight was delayed till midnight. The staff messed up Bob’s boarding pass (and wouldn’t take the blame insisting he’d lost it - he hadn’t) and gave him a replacement pass for a seat that a woman we talked to already had. This was not reassuring. North-West Orient Airlines, however, only got worse. We’d got bumped it turned out, our original flight took off on time. They’d overbooked the flight, so it was a 16-hour airport drudge, till we boarded the replacement plane, Bob cacking himself he wouldn’t have a seat - the hostesses had to sort out the double-booking and move him. Jason got very chatty to a girl from Mansfield, so he was very happy, I got stuck with an old tit who listed the numbers of things that could go wrong and cause the plane to crash. You couldn’t make it up! So, we spent 4 hours sat in the plane not moving, till 4am, till they announced they were waiting for spare parts from Chicago which hadn’t arrived, so we had to get off, collect luggage, get vouchers for taxi’s, breakfast and a luxury Hilton room.

 

No chance to enjoy it, of course, as we got a manic insane taxi driver, doing 70mph in Boston streets, “Dead Jimi” at full blast (Hendrix), in bed at 5.30 am, knocked-up at 7.45 am, half-zombie, and back to Logan International again. Where we went through customs AGAIN, luggage again, and another wait again. 11.35 we finally took off to passenger cheers, Jason and Mansfield girl pissed on free booze. One bright-spot: British rail were running late so we actually managed to catch the last train to Bournemouth, arriving a day late, and having missed a day’s work. Phew! Still, gotta laugh!

 

1 ( 1 ) SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears For Fears

2 ( 37 ) IF ONLY I COULD Sydney Youngblood

3 ( 15 ) RIDE ON TIME Black Box

4 ( 4 ) ONE The Bee Gees

5 ( 5 ) CHERISH Madonna

6 ( 9 ) THE BEST Tina Turner

7 ( 2 ) I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU Gloria Estefan

8 ( 3 ) HEALING HANDS Elton John

9 ( 11 ) RIGHT HERE WAITING Richard Marx

10 ( 17 ) IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME Cher

 

11 ( 10 ) THE TIME WARP Damian

12 ( 6 ) SOMETHING'S JUMPIN' IN YOUR SHIRT Malcolm McLaren featuring The Bootzilla Orchestra and Lisa Marie

13 ( 7 ) KYLIE SAID TO JASON The KLF

14 ( NEW ) THE SENSUAL WORLD Kate Bush

15 ( 12 ) I NEED YOUR LOVIN' Alyson Williams

16 ( 8 ) SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan

17 ( 19 ) MANTRA FOR A STATE OF MIND S'Express

18 ( 24 ) EVERYDAY (I LOVE YOU MORE) Jason Donovan

19 ( 22 ) PERSONAL JESUS Depeche Mode

20 ( 38 ) LOOK WHO'S DANCING Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers

 

 

21 ( 30 ) O YE MI CANTO (HEAR MY VOICE) Gloria Estefan

22 ( 13 ) THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME Lisa Stansfield

23 ( NEW ) WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE Billy Joel

24 ( 20 ) THROUGH THE STORM Aretha Franklin and Elton John

25 ( 43 ) HARLEM DESIRE The London Boys

26 ( 71 ) NAME AND NUMBER Curiosity Killed The Cat

27 ( NEW ) DIDN'T I BLOW YOUR MIND New Kids On The Block

28 ( 18 ) LOSING MY MIND Liza Minelli

29 ( 14 ) KISSES ON THE WIND Neneh Cherry

30 ( NEW ) LEAVE A LIGHT ON Belinda Carlisle

 

 

31 ( 21 ) LOVE SONG The Cure

32 ( 35 ) CRAZY ABOUT HER Rod Stewart

33 ( 25 ) MISS YOU MUCH Janet Jackson

34 ( 50 ) LOVE IN AN ELEVATOR Aerosmith

35 ( 56 ) DON'T ASK ME WHY Eurythmics

36 ( 16 ) REVIVAL Eurythmics

37 ( 26 ) TOY SOLDIERS Martika

38 ( 69 ) BACK TO LIFE Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler

39 ( 41 ) WHEN I LOOKED AT HIM Expose

40 ( 44 ) HARRY HOUDINI Kon Kan

 

 

41 ( 42 ) NUMERO UNO Starlight

42 ( 28 ) SACRED EMOTION Donny Osmond

43 ( NEW ) GIRL I'M GONNA MISS YOU Milli Vanilli

44 ( 29 ) YOU'RE HISTORY Shakespear's Sister

45 ( NEW ) AFRO DIZZI ACK Cry Sisco!

46 ( 52 ) MIXED EMOTIONS The Rolling Stones

47 ( 23 ) EVERLASTING LOVE Howard Jones

48 ( NEW ) DON'T DROP BOMBS Liza Minelli

49 ( 63 ) PARTYMAN Prince

50 ( RE ) HANGING TOUGH New Kids On The Block

 

 

51 ( 34 ) TROUBLE ME 10000 Maniacs

52 ( 40 ) LOVE'S ABOUT TO CHANGE MY HEART Donna Summer

53 ( NEW ) PUMP UP THE JAM Technotronic featuring Felly (Ya Kid K)

54 ( 48 ) LIBERIAN GIRL Michael Jackson

55 ( NEW ) TALK IT OVER Grayson Hugh

56 ( 55 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

57 ( 49 ) 101" Sheena Easton

58 ( 57 ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO The Beatles

59 ( 31 ) LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME Bon Jovi

60 ( 75 ) LISTEN TO YOUR HEART Roxette

 

61 ( 61 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

62 ( 51 ) IT'S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys

63 ( NEW ) LEAN ON YOU Cliff Richard

64 ( 47 ) CHEER DOWN George Harrison

65 ( 70 ) COLD HEARTED Paula Abdul

66 ( NEW ) SWEET SURRENDER Wet Wet Wet

67 ( 54 ) THIS ONE Paul McCartney

68 ( 64 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

69 ( 65 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

70 ( NEW ) SOUL PROVIDER Michael Bolton

 

71 ( 27 ) WE COULD BE TOGETHER Debbie Gibson

72 ( 45 ) PURE The LIghtning Seeds

73 ( NEW ) YOU KEEP IT ALL IN The Beautiful South

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

75 ( NEW ) KEEP LOVE NOW Betty Wright

Edited October 18, 201410 yr by popchartfreak

 

1st October 1989

 

5 weeks sowing them seeds on top, with Cher going top 5 18 years since Gypsies Tramps And Thieves first did it (if only she could turn back time!), Belinda’s light is still on with yet another top 10 single, and Billy Joel gets his first since 1983. Curiosity Killed The Cat get a third Top 20 hit, and Technotronic pump up that jam 35 places to 18.

 

Milli Vanilli get another Top 40 entry, somehow, while Roxette more understandably grab another as Listen To Your Heart starts to bite. New Kids On The Block get 2 simultaneous top 40 entries as Hangin’ Tough pops in. Trust me, that will never happen again! Highest new entry at 38 is a good Erasure single, Drama! At 55 Living In A Box get a second great single, a ballad and nothing like their eponymous number one. Wax sneak back 2 years after 2 great pop singles, anchors aweigh at 65, Bros and Bobby Brown follow-up better singles, The Wonder Stuff have a debut at 72, with more to come from them in the years that followed, ABC make it 7 years of chart entries at 75, it’s The Real Thing. Finally, Debbie Harry’s back with another solo hit, cos she Wants That Man - essentially a Thompson Twins record, written and produced by Alannah Currie and Tom Bailey, pretty much their last hurrah.

Post American-holiday, I remained jetlagged, caught up on new pop music, watched TV (Sledge Hammer, a great redneck cop comedy series; Juke Box Jury (Jools Holland and Julian Clary slagged off Sinitta, though it hardly hurt any of their careers); Time Tunnel and Batman 60’s classics; Blackadder Goes Forth; Police Squad. At work, the car broke down on the way in so I had to call for help from Frizzells Road Rescue. Parks boss Mr Hunt gave me a hard time, interrupting our Parks measuring on a mis-filed old plans wild-goose-chase. Popped round to Bob’s on Sunday to swap holiday photos, and his mum and dad, Ray and Iris, liked them too - some stunning shots amongst them of New York, Niagara and so on. At home, got fed up with all the second-hand smoke choking me and the kids going through a rowdy phase, but gave the go-ahead to mum and dad to organise a trip to Florida with the kids and me.

 

1 ( 1 ) SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears For Fears

2 ( 2 ) IF ONLY I COULD Sydney Youngblood

3 ( 14 ) THE SENSUAL WORLD Kate Bush

4 ( 3 ) RIDE ON TIME Black Box

5 ( 10 ) IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME Cher

6 ( 30 ) LEAVE A LIGHT ON Belinda Carlisle

7 ( 5 ) CHERISH Madonna

8 ( 23 ) WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE Billy Joel

9 ( 9 ) RIGHT HERE WAITING Richard Marx

10 ( 17 ) MANTRA FOR A STATE OF MIND S'Express

 

11 ( 4 ) ONE The Bee Gees

12 ( 26 ) NAME AND NUMBER Curiosity Killed The Cat

13 ( 19 ) PERSONAL JESUS Depeche Mode

14 ( 6 ) THE BEST Tina Turner

15 ( 18 ) EVERYDAY (I LOVE YOU MORE) Jason Donovan

16 ( 8 ) HEALING HANDS Elton John

17 ( 7 ) I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU Gloria Estefan

18 ( 53 ) PUMP UP THE JAM Technotronic featuring Felly (Ya Kid K)

19 ( 21 ) O YE MI CANTO (HEAR MY VOICE) Gloria Estefan

20 ( 11 ) THE TIME WARP Damian

 

21 ( 13 ) KYLIE SAID TO JASON The KLF

22 ( 15 ) I NEED YOUR LOVIN' Alyson Williams

23 ( 12 ) SOMETHING'S JUMPIN' IN YOUR SHIRT Malcolm McLaren featuring The Bootzilla Orchestra and Lisa Marie

24 ( 43 ) GIRL I'M GONNA MISS YOU Milli Vanilli

25 ( 25 ) HARLEM DESIRE The London Boys

26 ( 39 ) WHEN I LOOKED AT HIM Expose

27 ( 27 ) DIDN'T I BLOW YOUR MIND New Kids On The Block

28 ( 16 ) SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan

29 ( 41 ) NUMERO UNO Starlight

30 ( 34 ) LOVE IN AN ELEVATOR Aerosmith

 

31 ( 20 ) LOOK WHO'S DANCING Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers

32 ( 60 ) LISTEN TO YOUR HEART Roxette

33 ( 22 ) THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME Lisa Stansfield

34 ( 50 ) HANGING TOUGH New Kids On The Block

35 ( 28 ) LOSING MY MIND Liza Minelli

36 ( 40 ) HARRY HOUDINI Kon Kan

37 ( 32 ) CRAZY ABOUT HER Rod Stewart

38 ( NEW ) DRAMA Erasure

39 ( 29 ) KISSES ON THE WIND Neneh Cherry

40 ( 45 ) AFRO DIZZI ACK Cry Sisco!

 

 

41 ( 24 ) THROUGH THE STORM Aretha Franklin and Elton John

42 ( 31 ) LOVE SONG The Cure

43 ( NEW ) SECRET RENDEZVOUS Karyn White

44 ( 38 ) BACK TO LIFE Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler

45 ( 48 ) DON'T DROP BOMBS Liza Minelli

46 ( 44 ) YOU'RE HISTORY Shakespear's Sister

47 ( 73 ) YOU KEEP IT ALL IN The Beautiful South

48 ( 33 ) MISS YOU MUCH Janet Jackson

49 ( 65 ) COLD HEARTED Paula Abdul

50 ( RE ) I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE Martika

 

51 ( 37 ) TOY SOLDIERS Martika

52 ( NEW ) ROCK WITCHA Bobby Brown

53 ( 66 ) SWEET SURRENDER Wet Wet Wet

54 ( 35 ) DON'T ASK ME WHY Eurythmics

55 ( NEW ) ROOM IN YOUR HEART Living In A Box

56 ( 56 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

57 ( 54 ) LIBERIAN GIRL Michael Jackson

58 ( NEW ) GLAMOUR BOYS Living Colour

59 ( 42 ) SACRED EMOTION Donny Osmond

60 ( 58 ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO The Beatles

 

 

61 ( 51 ) TROUBLE ME 10000 Maniacs

62 ( 61 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

63 ( 63 ) LEAN ON YOU Cliff Richard

64 ( 57 ) 101" Sheena Easton

65 ( NEW ) ANCHORS AWEIGH Wax

66 ( NEW ) CHOCOLATE BOX Bros

67 ( 36 ) REVIVAL Eurythmics

68 ( 55 ) TALK IT OVER Grayson Hugh

69 ( 68 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

70 ( 47 ) EVERLASTING LOVE Howard Jones

 

71 ( 69 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

72 ( NEW ) DON'T LET ME DOWN GENTLY The Wonder Stuff

73 ( NEW ) I WANT THAT MAN Deborah Harry

74 ( NEW ) THE WAY TO YOUR HEART Soul Sister

75 ( NEW ) THE REAL THING ABC

 

 

Edited November 16, 201410 yr by popchartfreak

8th October 1989

 

6 weeks for Tears For Fears, 2 for Sydney Youngblood at 2, and Cher gets het first Top 3 since Dark Lady hit 1 in 1974. In the charts that same week was Devil Gate Drive, and Suzi Quatro tops my playlist chart this week ahead of Pet Shop Boys I Get Excited, which wasn’t chart-eligible (B sides and album tracks had been excluded by 1989 till I saw the error of my ways). It would pretty much certainly have been a top 10 track, though.

 

Pump Up The Jam hits 6, and the sublime Personal Jesus gives Depeche Mode a top 10 hit for the first time in 5 years (Blasphemous Rumours being the last time) and for the 9th time in total. I, too, suffered from Milli Vanilli madness, along with the world, at 10, while the Pet Shop Boys are at 16, as sung by Liza Minelli. Cliff rockets 50 places to 13 with his best record in 2 years, and most likely his last great pop single, though he had 21 years of big hits in my charts by then, not to mention an extra 6 years had I been charting as a nipper, as it’s absolutely certain that tracks like Bachelor Boy, Summer Holiday, All My Love and The Day I Met Marie would have been chart-toppers being as I was mad on them age 5, 6, 7, 8, 9...

 

Highest new entry, soul great Al Green’s back again 18 years on, this time with hip-hop biggie Arthur Baker, and as suits his Reverend status, The Message Is Love. Oh Well. Yes, it’s Fleetwood Mac’s 60’s rock classic done 80’s club stylee, and in at 37. Oh Well. Oh dear! Shakespear’s Sister’s follow-up runs free at 42, Frankie’s Holly has a spot of heaven at 46, and Lisa Stansfield’s 3rd hit is THE big one, All Around The World, massive in all it’s sexy mid-Atlantic Barry White strings-tastic gorgeousness. I love it, but occasionally I enjoy singing along to it in Lisa’s natural Rochdale accent: Avv bin aroun’t worrld and ah cahn’t fahnd me barebih.

 

The Thompson Twins get Debbie Harry up to 40, and for good measure get themselves in a bit lower at 64 with a Sugar Daddy. The Jackson 5 also had a minor hit with Sugar Daddy in my 1972 charts, and they pop back (well minus the two most-important singers Michael and Jermaine) at 75.

At home, I started an evening course in garden design (more for work reasons than actual interest, I had an eye on a career in Parks if nothing else came along). Clive, the hippie lecturer showed a tedious video on the history of gardening, but by then sadly I’d already paid and couldn’t back out of the dullness. Monty Python’s great Graham Chapman died this week, I commented: No more Python sadly. Well, 30 years on, and that’s not quite so accurate now, the recent live shows were fun (on TV, I couldn’t get tickets). Hooray! On TV, it was MASH, Red Dwarf, Police Squad, Top Of The Pops, Blackadder Goes Forth, Doctor Who (the best episode in 3 years), and over the weekend I planted up my new pond, and bought a small eucalyptus to plant next to it. Oh was that an expensive mistake when the bloody thing grew and grew when I didn’t bother pruning it - tree surgeons eventually cut it down.

 

1 ( 1 ) SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears For Fears

2 ( 2 ) IF ONLY I COULD Sydney Youngblood

3 ( 5 ) IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME Cher

4 ( 3 ) THE SENSUAL WORLD Kate Bush

5 ( 6 ) LEAVE A LIGHT ON Belinda Carlisle

6 ( 18 ) PUMP UP THE JAM Technotronic featuring Felly (Ya Kid K)

7 ( 8 ) WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE Billy Joel

8 ( 13 ) PERSONAL JESUS Depeche Mode

9 ( 7 ) CHERISH Madonna

10 ( 24 ) GIRL I'M GONNA MISS YOU Milli Vanilli

 

11 ( 9 ) RIGHT HERE WAITING Richard Marx

12 ( 4 ) RIDE ON TIME Black Box

13 ( 63 ) LEAN ON YOU Cliff Richard

14 ( 14 ) THE BEST Tina Turner

15 ( 11 ) ONE The Bee Gees

16 ( 45 ) DON'T DROP BOMBS Liza Minelli

17 ( 19 ) O YE MI CANTO (HEAR MY VOICE) Gloria Estefan

18 ( 12 ) NAME AND NUMBER Curiosity Killed The Cat

19 ( 10 ) MANTRA FOR A STATE OF MIND S'Express

20 ( 25 ) HARLEM DESIRE The London Boys

 

 

21 ( 16 ) HEALING HANDS Elton John

22 ( 17 ) I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU Gloria Estefan

23 ( 68 ) TALK IT OVER Grayson Hugh

24 ( 15 ) EVERYDAY (I LOVE YOU MORE) Jason Donovan

25 ( 26 ) WHEN I LOOKED AT HIM Expose

26 ( 20 ) THE TIME WARP Damian

27 ( 27 ) DIDN'T I BLOW YOUR MIND New Kids On The Block

28 ( 21 ) KYLIE SAID TO JASON The KLF

29 ( 22 ) I NEED YOUR LOVIN' Alyson Williams

30 ( 43 ) SECRET RENDEZVOUS Karyn White

 

 

31 ( 38 ) DRAMA Erasure

32 ( 23 ) SOMETHING'S JUMPIN' IN YOUR SHIRT Malcolm McLaren featuring The Bootzilla Orchestra and Lisa Marie

33 ( 47 ) YOU KEEP IT ALL IN The Beautiful South

34 ( NEW ) THE MESSAGE IS LOVE Arthur Baker and The Backbeat Disciples featuring Al Green

35 ( 53 ) SWEET SURRENDER Wet Wet Wet

36 ( 28 ) SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan

37 ( NEW ) OH WELL Oh Well

38 ( 55 ) ROOM IN YOUR HEART Living In A Box

39 ( 66 ) CHOCOLATE BOX Bros

40 ( 73 ) I WANT THAT MAN Deborah Harry

 

 

41 ( 30 ) LOVE IN AN ELEVATOR Aerosmith

42 ( NEW ) RUN WILD RUN FREE Shakespear's Sister

43 ( 31 ) LOOK WHO'S DANCING Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers

44 ( 32 ) LISTEN TO YOUR HEART Roxette

45 ( 35 ) LOSING MY MIND Liza Minelli

46 ( NEW ) HEAVEN'S HERE Holly Johnson

47 ( 39 ) KISSES ON THE WIND Neneh Cherry

48 ( 44 ) BACK TO LIFE Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler

49 ( 34 ) HANGING TOUGH New Kids On The Block

50 ( 50 ) I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE Martika

 

51 ( 52 ) ROCK WITCHA Bobby Brown

52 ( 33 ) THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME Lisa Stansfield

53 ( 29 ) NUMERO UNO Starlight

54 ( 46 ) YOU'RE HISTORY Shakespear's Sister

55 ( 58 ) GLAMOUR BOYS Living Colour

56 ( 56 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

57 ( NEW ) ALL AROUND THE WORLD Lisa Stansfield

58 ( 36 ) HARRY HOUDINI Kon Kan

59 ( 37 ) CRAZY ABOUT HER Rod Stewart

60 ( 57 ) LIBERIAN GIRL Michael Jackson

 

61 ( 62 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

62 ( 60 ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO The Beatles

63 ( 49 ) COLD HEARTED Paula Abdul

64 ( NEW ) SUGAR DADDY The Thompson Twins

65 ( NEW ) FACTS OF LIFE Climie Fisher

66 ( 64 ) 101" Sheena Easton

67 ( NEW ) THIS LOVE AFFAIR Stefan Dennis

68 ( NEW ) STREET TUFF Double Trouble featuring the Rebel MC

69 ( 69 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

70 ( NEW ) IT'S THE SAME OLD SONG Third World

 

71 ( 71 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

72 ( 42 ) LOVE SONG The Cure

73 ( NEW ) CAN'T FORGET YOU Sonia

74 ( NEW ) I FEEL FOR YOU (REMIX) Chaka Khan

75 ( NEW ) 2300 JACKSON STREET The Jacksons

 

 

NON-CHART ELIGIBLE PLAYLIST

1 DEVIL GATE DRIVE Suzi Quatro

2 I GET EXCITED Pet Shop Boys

3 PINBALL Brian Protheroe

Edited November 17, 201410 yr by popchartfreak

15th October 1989

 

It’s a new number one as Sydney Youngblood’s catchy soulpop dance tune knocks off Tears For Fears after 6 weeks on top, and Belinda Carlisle gets her 2nd-biggest hit (behind number one Circle In The Sand) at 3. Cliff does what he used to do so often - go top 10 - while Grayson Hugh’s fab gospel pop tune shoots up to 7, an American hit if not the UK. Living In A Box have plenty of room in their heart to go up 13, and Al Green keeps the top 20 hits running on for 18 years, yes Love IS the Message. In at 18 with a bluesy gnarl, it’s the Road To Hell, probably Chris Rea’s best record, and 11 years after his previous best record Fool (If You Think It’s Over). Biggest climber is our Lisa at 21, she’s been all around the world....or at least from number 57.

 

Re-entries, at 20 for Eurythmics single finally out in the UK - Don’t Ask Me Why it wasn’t sooner, and Soul Sister’s bouncy The Way To Your Heart at 31. Double Trouble are Street Tuff into the 40, with the Rebel MC in tow, Bros haven’t mentioned the chocolate box yet, but there it is, at 29 and doing quite well for my charts! De La Soul are welcome back with the good Eye Know at 38, Fuzzbox do a decent cover of Yoko Ono’s classic 1981 Number One, at 48, while Fresh Four don’t so the same to Rose Royce’s 1978 classic Wishing On A Star. Queen continue their string of minor hits, Scandal at 54, really for the first time since 1982 Queen not really grabbing me with their singles off an album.

 

The Adventures pop back from Washington, 5 years after their debut hits now, and The Creatures take a break, as they do occasionally, from Siouxsie And The Banshees, and hit 63 just Standing There! 10 years on and Rickie Lee Jones has swapped Chuck E for a Satellite, so can’t grumble. Jive Bunny make my charts purely for the Hawaii 5-0 segment, The Blow Monkeys are slaves no more at 71, Prince and Sheena are back together again with the hit ballad The Arms Of Orion from Batman - it’s not a patch on 101 or U Got The Look though, in at 74, just ahead of Alice Cooper resting on a bed of nails.

 

 

1 ( 2 ) IF ONLY I COULD Sydney Youngblood

2 ( 1 ) SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears For Fears

3 ( 5 ) LEAVE A LIGHT ON Belinda Carlisle

4 ( 6 ) PUMP UP THE JAM Technotronic featuring Felly (Ya Kid K)

5 ( 3 ) IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME Cher

6 ( 13 ) LEAN ON YOU Cliff Richard

7 ( 23 ) TALK IT OVER Grayson Hugh

8 ( 10 ) GIRL I'M GONNA MISS YOU Milli Vanilli

9 ( 9 ) CHERISH Madonna

10 ( 4 ) THE SENSUAL WORLD Kate Bush

 

 

11 ( 7 ) WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE Billy Joel

12 ( 8 ) PERSONAL JESUS Depeche Mode

13 ( 38 ) ROOM IN YOUR HEART Living In A Box

14 ( 11 ) RIGHT HERE WAITING Richard Marx

15 ( 34 ) THE MESSAGE IS LOVE Arthur Baker and The Backbeat Disciples featuring Al Green

16 ( 16 ) DON'T DROP BOMBS Liza Minelli

17 ( 12 ) RIDE ON TIME Black Box

18 ( NEW ) THE ROAD TO HELLPART 2 Chris Rea

19 ( 15 ) ONE The Bee Gees

20 ( RE ) DON'T ASK ME WHY Eurythmics

 

 

 

21 ( 57 ) ALL AROUND THE WORLD Lisa Stansfield

22 ( 18 ) NAME AND NUMBER Curiosity Killed The Cat

23 ( 14 ) THE BEST Tina Turner

24 ( 19 ) MANTRA FOR A STATE OF MIND S'Express

25 ( 37 ) OH WELL Oh Well

26 ( 21 ) HEALING HANDS Elton John

27 ( 22 ) I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU Gloria Estefan

28 ( 31 ) DRAMA Erasure

29 ( 39 ) CHOCOLATE BOX Bros

30 ( 17 ) O YE MI CANTO (HEAR MY VOICE) Gloria Estefan

 

31 ( RE ) THE WAY TO YOUR HEART Soul Sister

32 ( 40 ) I WANT THAT MAN Deborah Harry

33 ( 24 ) EVERYDAY (I LOVE YOU MORE) Jason Donovan

34 ( 68 ) STREET TUFF Double Trouble featuring the Rebel MC

35 ( 35 ) SWEET SURRENDER Wet Wet Wet

36 ( 25 ) WHEN I LOOKED AT HIM Expose

37 ( 20 ) HARLEM DESIRE The London Boys

38 ( NEW ) EYE KNOW De La Soul

39 ( 42 ) RUN WILD RUN FREE Shakespear's Sister

40 ( 28 ) KYLIE SAID TO JASON The KLF

 

41 ( 26 ) THE TIME WARP Damian

42 ( 36 ) SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan

43 ( 43 ) LOOK WHO'S DANCING Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers

44 ( 55 ) GLAMOUR BOYS Living Colour

45 ( NEW ) WISHING ON A STAR Fresh Four featuring Lizz E

46 ( 27 ) DIDN'T I BLOW YOUR MIND New Kids On The Block

47 ( 30 ) SECRET RENDEZVOUS Karyn White

48 ( NEW ) WALKING ON THIN ICE Fuzzbox

49 ( 32 ) SOMETHING'S JUMPIN' IN YOUR SHIRT Malcolm McLaren featuring The Bootzilla Orchestra and Lisa Marie

50 ( NEW ) LET THE DAY BEGIN The Call

 

 

51 ( 29 ) I NEED YOUR LOVIN' Alyson Williams

52 ( 48 ) BACK TO LIFE Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler

53 ( 47 ) KISSES ON THE WIND Neneh Cherry

54 ( NEW ) SCANDAL Queen

55 ( 33 ) YOU KEEP IT ALL IN The Beautiful South

56 ( 46 ) HEAVEN'S HERE Holly Johnson

57 ( 56 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

58 ( 45 ) LOSING MY MIND Liza Minelli

59 ( 41 ) LOVE IN AN ELEVATOR Aerosmith

60 ( NEW ) WASHINGTON DECEASED The Adventures

 

61 ( 61 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

62 ( 60 ) LIBERIAN GIRL Michael Jackson

63 ( NEW ) STANDING THERE The Creatures

64 ( 64 ) SUGAR DADDY The Thompson Twins

65 ( 62 ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO The Beatles

66 ( 50 ) I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE Martika

67 ( 73 ) CAN'T FORGET YOU Sonia

68 ( NEW ) SATELLITE Rickie Lee Jones

69 ( 69 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

70 ( NEW ) C'MON EVERYBODY Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers

 

 

71 ( NEW ) SLAVES NO MORE The Blow Monkeys featuring Sylvia Teller

72 ( 71 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

73 ( 54 ) YOU'RE HISTORY Shakespear's Sister

74 ( NEW ) THE ARMS OF ORION Prince and Sheena Easton

75 ( NEW ) BED OF NAILS Alice Cooper

 

 

NON-CHART ELIGIBLE PLAYLIST

1 THE WEDDING Julie Rogers

2 I JUST CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU MIchael Jackson featuring Siedah Garrett

3 FOREVER Cliff Richard

Edited November 17, 201410 yr by popchartfreak

22nd October 1989

 

A return to the top gives the brilliant Sowing The Seeds Of Love a rare 7th week at number one, just ahead of a massive high new entry at 2 for Elton John, with his sweet, affecting ballad Sacrifice, follow-up to Number One Healing Hands. The Uk public were unmoved by both till they were re-issued as a double A side in 1990, at which point the UK agreed with me and made them a chart-topper, the record that reinvigorated Elton’s unfairly unfashionable and declining popularity. Since then, of course, he’s made a career out of back catalogue classics getting to number one!

 

Elsewhere: Oh Well up to 8. Oh well. Soul Sister leap to 11 with a bouncy track, Expose and Lisa Stansfield go top 20, Queen top 30, and new at 31 Norman Cook is back with the good For Spacious Lies. Who needs The Housemartins, eh, Norman? At 36 Sybil updates the lesser-known (and brilliant) Dionne Warwick/ Burt Bacharach song Don’t Make Me Over, and it’s not bad. Raze are back again with Break 4 Love re-charting at 38, while Martika takes Carole King’s lovely I Feel The Earth Move and removes all passion, but you can dance to it at 39, ditto D Mob debuting Cathy Dennis at 40 with C’mon And Get My Love. Two of the above went on to be successful song-writers, of many a pop and dance classic of the 90’s and 00’s: Clue: it’s Fatboy Slim and Cathy Dennis.

 

The Temptations, or at least a few of the original line-up, are back at 56 with All I Want Is You 21 years on from their first hit, Janet Jackson ‘s second single from Rhythm Nation, the Jam n Lewis-tastic album (ignoring the annoying spoken mini-tracks) marches forcefully in at 67, and Adeva’s back at 74. I Thank You. On TV? New sitcom “Nutt House” which I’ve forgotten all about - wikipedia reminds me it was 12-episode Mel Brooks series with the fabulous Brooks faves Harvey Korman and Cloris Leachman as the stars. That’s good enough for me! I now need to buy them...sadly not available, of course! Julian Clary’s Sticky Moment’s funny, and Doctor Who another goodie, frustratingly about to be cancelled thanks to a nonce Exec.

In life, mum was poorly with bad flu, I was irritable from woken up by the nephew and niece at 6am every morning, and because mum was ill I opted out of going to my cousin’s wedding in Weymouth, which caused guilt and family ill-will. Quite rightly actually, I should have gone. Tit. At worked, tried to pep up a depressed friend/colleague Peter, who was wondering what was the point in life, generally speaking. For the wonders, and art, if nothing else, suggested I, life is it’s own point. Joined the Broadstone gymn, hired a squash court to try and improve before playing others, and was brave enough to use male changing-room shower facilities, something I wouldn’t have done 10 years earlier, what with all the hang-ups I had. The way to deal with hang-ups is to confront them and get over them, seemed to work pretty well with that one, as I don’t give a toss these days!

 

In news: San Fransisco earthquake happened, big news obviously, while at home I got the kids teas ready while Sue at the doctors. Vicki said “I don’t like you looking after me”, humph, so I told her she was being horrible, and let her eat what she wanted. Made her happier. Parenting skills, eh?! Gardening evening course at Bournemouth Uni again with mature lady students, enjoyed the Uni bar though, still miss student days, much better than working for a living in every way bar one: money. Heavy weekend rain, and took mum to see new movie Star Trek V: The Final Frontier: Shatner did OK with the direction, but the slow script and ageing cast “need young folks to help things along”. In the comics world, it’s the debut of of the “5-year gap” Legion of Super-Heroes issue 1, all grim and gritty and mysterious, but well-written, our heroes now well into their late 20’s and 30’s, keeping up with my real age, unique in the comics world by ageing along with their readership.

1 ( 2 ) SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears For Fears

2 ( NEW ) SACRIFICE Elton John

3 ( 4 ) PUMP UP THE JAM Technotronic featuring Felly (Ya Kid K)

4 ( 1 ) IF ONLY I COULD Sydney Youngblood

5 ( 3 ) LEAVE A LIGHT ON Belinda Carlisle

6 ( 6 ) LEAN ON YOU Cliff Richard

7 ( 7 ) TALK IT OVER Grayson Hugh

8 ( 25 ) OH WELL Oh Well

9 ( 13 ) ROOM IN YOUR HEART Living In A Box

10 ( 5 ) IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME Cher

 

 

 

11 ( 31 ) THE WAY TO YOUR HEART Soul Sister

12 ( 18 ) THE ROAD TO HELLPART 2 Chris Rea

13 ( 8 ) GIRL I'M GONNA MISS YOU Milli Vanilli

14 ( 9 ) CHERISH Madonna

15 ( 15 ) THE MESSAGE IS LOVE Arthur Baker and The Backbeat Disciples featuring Al Green

16 ( 11 ) WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE Billy Joel

17 ( 21 ) ALL AROUND THE WORLD Lisa Stansfield

18 ( 10 ) THE SENSUAL WORLD Kate Bush

19 ( 36 ) WHEN I LOOKED AT HIM Expose

20 ( 20 ) DON'T ASK ME WHY Eurythmics

 

21 ( 12 ) PERSONAL JESUS Depeche Mode

22 ( 14 ) RIGHT HERE WAITING Richard Marx

23 ( 50 ) LET THE DAY BEGIN The Call

24 ( 38 ) EYE KNOW De La Soul

25 ( 32 ) I WANT THAT MAN Deborah Harry

26 ( 17 ) RIDE ON TIME Black Box

27 ( 19 ) ONE The Bee Gees

28 ( 54 ) SCANDAL Queen

29 ( 34 ) STREET TUFF Double Trouble featuring the Rebel MC

30 ( 26 ) HEALING HANDS Elton John

 

 

31 ( NEW ) FOR SPACIOUS LIES Norman Cook featuring Lester

32 ( 22 ) NAME AND NUMBER Curiosity Killed The Cat

33 ( 45 ) WISHING ON A STAR Fresh Four featuring Lizz E

34 ( 27 ) I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU Gloria Estefan

35 ( 16 ) DON'T DROP BOMBS Liza Minelli

36 ( NEW ) DON'T MAKE ME OVER Sybil

37 ( 24 ) MANTRA FOR A STATE OF MIND S'Express

38 ( NEW ) BREAK 4 LOVE Raze

39 ( 66 ) I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE Martika

40 ( NEW ) C'MON AND GET MY LOVE D Mob featuring Cathy Dennis

 

 

 

41 ( 30 ) O YE MI CANTO (HEAR MY VOICE) Gloria Estefan

42 ( 23 ) THE BEST Tina Turner

43 ( 63 ) STANDING THERE The Creatures

44 ( 44 ) GLAMOUR BOYS Living Colour

45 ( 42 ) SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan

46 ( 29 ) CHOCOLATE BOX Bros

47 ( 39 ) RUN WILD RUN FREE Shakespear's Sister

48 ( 48 ) WALKING ON THIN ICE Fuzzbox

49 ( NEW ) REAL WILD HOUSE Raul Orellano

50 ( 28 ) DRAMA Erasure

 

51 ( 40 ) KYLIE SAID TO JASON The KLF

52 ( 60 ) WASHINGTON DECEASED The Adventures

53 ( 33 ) EVERYDAY (I LOVE YOU MORE) Jason Donovan

54 ( 52 ) BACK TO LIFE Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler

55 ( 43 ) LOOK WHO'S DANCING Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers

56 ( NEW ) ALL I WANT FROM YOU The Temptations

57 ( 57 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

58 ( 35 ) SWEET SURRENDER Wet Wet Wet

59 ( 74 ) THE ARMS OF ORION Prince and Sheena Easton

60 ( 75 ) BED OF NAILS Alice Cooper

 

61 ( 61 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

62 ( RE ) ANCHORS AWEIGH Wax

63 ( 53 ) KISSES ON THE WIND Neneh Cherry

64 ( 62 ) LIBERIAN GIRL Michael Jackson

65 ( 71 ) SLAVES NO MORE The Blow Monkeys featuring Sylvia Teller

66 ( 59 ) LOVE IN AN ELEVATOR Aerosmith

67 ( NEW ) RHYTHM NATION Janet Jackson

68 ( 70 ) C'MON EVERYBODY Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers

69 ( 65 ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO The Beatles

70 ( 69 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

 

 

 

71 ( 37 ) HARLEM DESIRE The London Boys

72 ( 72 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

73 ( 46 ) DIDN'T I BLOW YOUR MIND New Kids On The Block

74 ( NEW ) I THANK YOU Adeva

75 ( 58 ) LOSING MY MIND Liza Minelli

 

 

NON-CHART ELIGIBLE PLAYLIST

1 MYSTERY GIRL (LP) Roy Orbison

2 SLEEPING WITH THE PAST (LP) Elton John

3 I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU Gary Shearston

Edited November 19, 201410 yr by popchartfreak

29th October 1989

 

Elton John’s second topper of the year, Sacrifice becomes his 8th Number One, and the last one before his voice changed, I loved young Elton’s soulful vocals, not so much a fan of deeper-voiced later-Elton. All change at the top end, as Living In A Box climb to 3, and Grayson Hugh’s great track at 4. Lisa Stansfield gets her 3rd top 10 in a row, and Eurythmics just miss out by a whisker with a good ballad. Liza Minelli bounces back, must be bouncing bombs at 15! Debbie Harry gets another top 20 solo hit while Imagination remix an illusion at 26, new 7 years on from the original. This is long before I got a kiss and hug from Leee John, so no bias involved!

 

Another actual oldie enters at 34, and it’s a rare fifties classic, the 1956 doowop UK number one Why Do Fools Fall In Love, which was back out, and purchased by me in 12inch vinyl format. I always did like this one (despite Diana Ross’ 1981 massacre), though a lot of fifties tracks tended to pass me by until I got older, they sounded too old in the 70’s and 80’s as production values improved. These days, I appreciate the period charm of many of ‘em, though. At 38, great moody The Sun Rising enters for The Beloved, the first of quite a few. Rod Stewart’s back with a cover of his own cover of an Isley Brothers classic - This Old Heart Of Mine - along with Ronald Isley, at 49. The good news is it’s better than his 1975 turgid version, the bad news is it’s not a patch on the earnest gorgeousness of the 1966 Motown original which hit my Top 5 in 1968, and number one in 1976.

 

Boy George is back, this time as Jesus Loves You, after the love hits 53, Tina Turner’s back with I Don’t Want To Lose You at 57, Simply Red are back 63, yes you’ve got it, and The Bangles claim they’ll set you free at 66. That’s not all, though, The Eagles Don Henley gets another entry with New York Minute, a sprawling classy cinematic ballad, at 69, New Kids get a third hit with The Right Stuff (so they claim), Luther Vandross finally charts Never Too Much, remixed, and Bob Dylan lengthens his run of hits to 20 years cos everything, apparently, is broken.

 

On My playlist, I’d rediscovered a little-heard ballad from 1972 by Middle Of The Road that stiffed, the very touching and politically correct Union Silver, a sad ballad if ever there was one, and very under-rated to say the least. At home, planting a willow tree in the back garden, poor old 5-years-dead budgie got dug up - he’d been put into a plastic bag. Ick! The final Entertainment USA on TV, busy videoing Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes season 1 as I got hold of them, not exactly classic Trek but a good substitute add-on at this stage. Squash at the gymn, the last week at work for the team leader Kevin, who’d found gainful (better paid) employment outside the Council, and we bought him an Erasure album as a going away prezzie (Wild). We all missed him, and as a consequence of his going I got made up to unofficial team-leader (no extra cash or written responsibility of course). Sent a card to Aunty Eileen, off into hospital for an operation, went to Uni evening course, which was of no long-term consequence in my life, and joined up following an invitation to Apa247, the new Legion Of Super-Heroes fanzine, which meant I had to get back into writing (every two months) and which opened up new lifestyle changes and gave me a great group of friends for 25 years. We had our 25th anniversary do the other week, perhaps not as young and gorgeous as were back in 89, and with four tragically having passed away far too young, but still having a ball every 2 months thankfully. Hooray!

 

 

1 ( 2 ) SACRIFICE Elton John

2 ( 1 ) SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears For Fears

3 ( 9 ) ROOM IN YOUR HEART Living In A Box

4 ( 7 ) TALK IT OVER Grayson Hugh

5 ( 3 ) PUMP UP THE JAM Technotronic featuring Felly (Ya Kid K)

6 ( 8 ) OH WELL Oh Well

7 ( 17 ) ALL AROUND THE WORLD Lisa Stansfield

8 ( 4 ) IF ONLY I COULD Sydney Youngblood

9 ( 5 ) LEAVE A LIGHT ON Belinda Carlisle

10 ( 11 ) THE WAY TO YOUR HEART Soulsister

 

11 ( 20 ) DON'T ASK ME WHY Eurythmics

12 ( 12 ) THE ROAD TO HELLPART 2 Chris Rea

13 ( 6 ) LEAN ON YOU Cliff Richard

14 ( 15 ) THE MESSAGE IS LOVE Arthur Baker and The Backbeat Disciples featuring Al Green

15 ( 35 ) DON'T DROP BOMBS Liza Minelli

16 ( 10 ) IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME Cher

17 ( 14 ) CHERISH Madonna

18 ( 13 ) GIRL I'M GONNA MISS YOU Milli Vanilli

19 ( 25 ) I WANT THAT MAN Deborah Harry

20 ( 29 ) STREET TUFF Double Trouble featuring the Rebel MC

 

21 ( 16 ) WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE Billy Joel

22 ( 24 ) EYE KNOW De La Soul

23 ( 23 ) LET THE DAY BEGIN The Call

24 ( 28 ) SCANDAL Queen

25 ( 19 ) WHEN I LOOKED AT HIM Expose

26 ( NEW ) JUST AN ILLUSION ('89) Imagination

27 ( 18 ) THE SENSUAL WORLD Kate Bush

28 ( 36 ) DON'T MAKE ME OVER Sybil

29 ( 31 ) FOR SPACIOUS LIES Norman Cook featuring Lester

30 ( 40 ) C'MON AND GET MY LOVE D Mob featuring Cathy Dennis

 

 

31 ( 26 ) RIDE ON TIME Black Box

32 ( 21 ) PERSONAL JESUS Depeche Mode

33 ( 22 ) RIGHT HERE WAITING Richard Marx

34 ( NEW ) WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers

35 ( 49 ) REAL WILD HOUSE Raul Orellano

36 ( 30 ) HEALING HANDS Elton John

37 ( 39 ) I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE Martika

38 ( NEW ) THE SUN RISING The Beloved

39 ( 68 ) THAT'S WHAT I LIKE Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers

40 ( 27 ) ONE The Bee Gees

 

 

41 ( 67 ) RHYTHM NATION Janet Jackson

42 ( 34 ) I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU Gloria Estefan

43 ( 33 ) WISHING ON A STAR Fresh Four featuring Lizz E

44 ( 38 ) BREAK 4 LOVE Raze

45 ( 48 ) WALKING ON THIN ICE Fuzzbox

46 ( 56 ) ALL I WANT FROM YOU The Temptations

47 ( 50 ) DRAMA Erasure

48 ( 44 ) GLAMOUR BOYS Living Colour

49 ( NEW ) THIS OLD HEART OF MINE Rod Stewart featuring Ronald Isley

50 ( 45 ) SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan

 

51 ( 59 ) THE ARMS OF ORION Prince and Sheena Easton

52 ( 32 ) NAME AND NUMBER Curiosity Killed The Cat

53 ( NEW ) AFTER THE LOVE Jesus Loves You

54 ( 62 ) ANCHORS AWEIGH Wax

55 ( 37 ) MANTRA FOR A STATE OF MIND S'Express

56 ( 74 ) I THANK YOU Adeva

57 ( NEW ) I DON'T WANT TO LOSE YOU Tina Turner

58 ( 57 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

59 ( 61 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

60 ( 42 ) THE BEST Tina Turner

 

61 ( 41 ) O YE MI CANTO (HEAR MY VOICE) Gloria Estefan

62 ( 54 ) BACK TO LIFE Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler

63 ( NEW ) YOU'VE GOT IT Simply Red

64 ( 52 ) WASHINGTON DECEASED The Adventures

65 ( NEW ) DRIVE ON Brother Beyond

66 ( NEW ) I'LL SET YOU FREE The Bangles

67 ( 70 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys/ Dusty Springfield

68 ( 64 ) LIBERIAN GIRL Michael Jackson

69 ( NEW ) NEW YORK MINUTE Don Henley

70 ( 69 ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO The Beatles

 

 

 

71 ( NEW ) THE RIGHT STUFF (YOU GOT IT) New Kids On The Block

72 ( NEW ) NEVER TOO MUCH ('89) Luther Vandross

73 ( 72 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

74 ( NEW ) EVERYTHING IS BROKEN Bob Dylan

75 ( 55 ) LOOK WHO'S DANCING Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers

 

 

NON-CHART ELIGIBLE PLAYLIST

1 IF I WAS Midge Ure

2 UNION SILVER Middle Of The Road

3 THE YEAR OF THE CAT Al Stewart

 

Edited November 19, 201410 yr by popchartfreak

5th November 1989

 

Living In A Box get their second and final number one 2 years after the very different eponymous topper. Room In Your Heart is a slushy romantic big ballad, great melody. Keeping off Lisa Stansfield hitting a new peak of 2, for the moment. Liza Minelli gets a Pet Shop Boys top tenner, swapping losing her mind for bomb dropping, while both Chris Rea’s classic Road To hell and Eurythmics fab Don’t Ask Me Why follow her into the 10 too.

 

Buzzcocks return 11 years on at 13, in the shadow of the Fine Young cannibals cover, with an EP of their best singles, but notably Ever Fallen Love With Someone for the sales and Everybody’s Happy Nowadays for me. After faffing about a bit, Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation leaps into the 20, as those percussion beats just sound better on repeat, and Martika also gets Carole King’s earth-moving song digging upwards.

 

Highest proper new song is Forever Blue, at 27, and Swing Out Sister getting more 60’s and lush with each single release. And gorgeous! Homely Girl is back, this time for UB40 at 35 pleasant but matching the original much-better Chi-Lites version from 1974. Tears For Fears do a soul ballad duet with Oleta Adams at 39. Actually that makes it sound sweet, it’s more bluesy than soul-ey, but Woman In Chains is great either way.

 

Malcolm McLaren waltzes his way back into my charts, this time with a bit of Strauss assistance. He certainly did like to mine the classical formats along with the punk dance and rap formats, thank goodness say I. Variety is the spice of life and House Of The Blue Danube is fun. Barry Blue returns with his 1973 number 2, dancing on a 1989 saturday night this time, while beating his 1979 peak of 75, Robert Palmer’s Doctor Doctor give me the news, I got a bad case of loving you does a bit better remixed along with a dose of 1979 USA holiday nostalgia, at 57. Barry Blue debuted in 1973 along with Barry White. It’s only right Mr White joins him this time too, at 60, while another gangleader from 1973 was Mr Gadd, back at 65 with a Gene Vincent cover, live version cos Gary Glitter was a huge live draw each christmas at the time.

 

 

1 ( 3 ) ROOM IN YOUR HEART Living In A Box

2 ( 7 ) ALL AROUND THE WORLD Lisa Stansfield

3 ( 1 ) SACRIFICE Elton John

4 ( 2 ) SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears For Fears

5 ( 6 ) OH WELL Oh Well

6 ( 10 ) THE WAY TO YOUR HEART Soul Sister

7 ( 4 ) TALK IT OVER Grayson Hugh

8 ( 15 ) DON’T DROP BOMBS Liza Minelli

9 ( 11 ) DON’T ASK ME WHY Eurythmics

10 ( 12 ) THE ROAD TO HELL (PART 2) Chris Rea

 

11 ( 5 ) PUMP UP THE JAM Technotronic featuring Felly (Ya Kid K)

12 ( 14 ) THE MESSAGE IS LOVE Arthur Baker and The Backstreet Disciples featuring Al Green

13 ( NEW ) THE FAB FOUR EP (EVERYBODY’S HAPPY NOWADAYS) Buzzcocks

14 ( 8 ) IF ONLY I COULD Sydney Youngblood

15 ( 9 ) LEAVE A LIGHT ON Belinda Carlisle

16 ( 41 ) RHYTHM NATION Janet Jackson

17 ( 20 ) STREET TUFF Double Trouble featuring the Rebel MC

18 ( 13 ) LEAN ON YOU Cliff Richard

19 ( 22 ) EYE KNOW De La Soul

20 ( 37 ) I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE Martika

 

21 ( 16 ) IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME Cher

22 ( 17 ) CHERISH Madonna

23 ( 34 ) WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers

24 ( 26 ) JUST AN ILLUSION ’89 Imagination

25 ( 30 ) C’MON AND GET MY LOVE D Mob featuring Cathy Dennis

26 ( 38 ) THE SUN RISING The Beloved

27 ( NEW ) FOREVER BLUE Swing Out Sister

28 ( 19 ) I WANT THAT MAN Deborah Harry

29 ( 18 ) GIRL I’M GONNA MISS YOU Milli Vanilli

30 ( 21 ) WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE Billy Joel

 

 

 

31 ( RE ) DIDN’T I BLOW YOUR MIND (THIS TIME) New Kids On The Block

32 ( 24 ) SCANDAL Queen

33 ( 72 ) NEVER TOO MUCH ’89 Luther Vandross

34 ( 39 ) THAT’S WHAT I LIKE Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers

35 ( NEW ) HOMELY GIRL UB40

36 ( 49 ) THIS OLD HEART OF MINE Rod Stewart featuring Ronald Isley

37 ( 45 ) WALKING ON THIN ICE Fuzzbox

38 ( 27 ) THE SENSUAL WORLD Kate Bush

39 ( NEW ) WOMAN IN CHAINS Tears For Fears featuring Oleta Adams

40 ( 57 ) I DON’T WANT TO LOSE YOU Tina Turner

 

 

41 ( 31 ) RIDE ON TIME Black Box

42 ( 23 ) LET THE DAY BEGIN The Call

43 ( 36 ) HEALING HANDS Elton John

44 ( 32 ) PERSONAL JESUS Depeche Mode

45 ( 42 ) I DON’T WANT TO LOSE YOU Gloria Estefan

46 ( 33 ) RIGHT HERE WAITING Richard Marx

47 ( 65 ) DRIVE ON Brother Beyond

48 ( 28 ) DON’T MAKE ME OVER Sybil

49 ( 69 ) NEW YORK MINUTE Don Henley

50 ( 25 ) WHEN I LOOKED AT HIM Expose

 

51 ( 40 ) ONE The Bee Gees

52 ( NEW ) HOUSE OF THE BLUE DANUBE Malcolm McLaren

53 ( 44 ) BREAK 4 LOVE Raze

54 ( 71 ) THE RIGHT STUFF (YOU GOT IT) New Kids On The Block

55 ( NEW ) DANCING ON A SATURDAY NIGHT ’89 Barry Blue

56 ( 50 ) SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan

57 ( NEW ) BAD CASE OF LOVING YOU ’89 Robert Palmer

58 ( 29 ) FOR SPACIOUS LIES Norman Cook featuring Lester

59 ( NEW ) GET ON YOUR FEET Gloria Estefan

60 ( NEW ) FOLLOW THAT AND SEE Barry White

 

 

 

61 ( 58 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

62 ( 59 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

63 ( 63 ) YOU’VE GOT IT Simply Red

64 ( 53 ) AFTER THE LOVE Jesus Loves You

65 ( NEW ) BE BOP A LULA (LIVE) Gary Glitter

66 ( 35 ) REAL WILD HOUSE Raul Orellano

67 ( NEW ) PIANO GROOVE Grand Piano

68 ( 67 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys featuring Dusty Springfield

69 ( NEW ) JOY The Lightning Seeds

70 ( 56 ) I THANK YOU Adeva

 

71 ( 70 ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO The Beatles

72 ( 73 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

73 ( NEW ) WATERFALL ’89 Wendy And Lisa

74 ( NEW ) KEEP THE FIRE BURNING Michael Rose (of Black Uhuru)

75 ( NEW ) ON THE GREENER SIDE Michelle Shocked

In Bournemouth Parks, boss Kevin left us, and big boss Sue told me and Andy that full-time jobs for both of us looked likely for 1990, committee-approval-assuming, which was good news. Horticultural Technicians. How grand! Poor old Cathy got less certainty about her future, and felt a bit left out, and in the absence of Kevin I was put in charge of the team, of sorts.

 

At home, I wrote my first fandom article for my first fanzine in our first ever issue of Apa247, Legion Of Super-Heroes UK-based fanzine. We just had our 150th mailing get-together (2014) all 25 years older, from youth to middle-age in one fell-swoop. Still great fun though. Aunty Eileen was off to hospital so tried to cheer her up on the phone, my brother had ended up living from a car homeless while Sue and the kids lived with me, and family rifts had developed over nothing much, people take the hump so easily. So I resolved to go back to Mansfield before xmas to try and smooth things over. Fireworks night was a damp squib though Sue's mum and friend were down visiting

Edited December 27, 201410 yr by popchartfreak

12th November 1989

 

Lisa Stansfield goes all the way around the world, cos she can’t find her baby. Look harder dear! Great soul record, smooth and wonderful and Lisa had her own niche for quite some years after this big hit. Janet Jackson gets another Top 3 hit after the relative flop of Miss You Much, keeping up the 3-year run of great singles, while Tears For Fears take their woman in chains into the top 5, for their 7th visit. Highest new entry at 8 is the fab Electribe 101 dance track, a newer modern sound for the forthcoming decade, Tell Me When The Fever Ended. Billie Ray Martin was the German (female) vocalist, having popped up already on S ‘Express’ Hey Music Lover.

 

Malcolm McLaren shoots up the Danube to 10, his oohhh must be 5th or 6th top 10, while The Beatles are back with Something 20 years on from it’s first run, and 13 years since it’s last one. Come Together, though, is the part of the double A side that charts for the first time, in at 17. Another oldie, remixed, at 19, as Jeff Wayne’s War Of The World signature tune is in at 19 11 years on and still sounding great. Liza Minelli has another new track, So Sorry I Said, it’s about as different from Don’t Drop Bombs as you can get, a low-key subtle, minimalist ballad, and in at 36. Other ballads: veterans Phil Collins, Linda & Aaron. Other even more veteran new entries from Paul McCartney being outdone by his own oldies, and more surprisngly The Supremes back at 70. I say The Supremes - actually former members of the Supremes but none of the original three, a bit like The Sugababes of recent times. It did at least have Jean Terrell in the line-up though, who featured in many a classic Supremes record from the late-60’s to mid-70’s.

 

 

 

1 ( 2 ) ALL AROUND THE WORLD Lisa Stansfield

2 ( 1 ) ROOM IN YOUR HEART Living In A Box

3 ( 16 ) RHYTHM NATION Janet Jackson

4 ( 3 ) SACRIFICE Elton John

5 ( 39 ) WOMAN IN CHAINS Tears For Fears featuring Oleta Adams

6 ( 8 ) DON’T DROP BOMBS Liza Minelli

7 ( 27 ) FOREVER BLUE Swing Out Sister

8 ( NEW ) TELL ME WHEN THE FEVER ENDED Electribe 101

9 ( 9 ) DON’T ASK ME WHY Eurythmics

10 ( 52 ) HOUSE OF THE BLUE DANUBE Malcolm McLaren

 

 

11 ( 4 ) SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears For Fears

12 ( 6 ) THE WAY TO YOUR HEART Soul Sister

13 ( 5 ) OH WELL Oh Well

14 ( 7 ) TALK IT OVER Grayson Hugh

15 ( 10 ) THE ROAD TO HELL (PART 2) Chris Rea

16 ( 15 ) LEAVE A LIGHT ON Belinda Carlisle

17 ( NEW ) SOMETHING/ COME TOGETHER The Beatles

18 ( 20 ) I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE Martika

19 ( NEW ) EVE OF THE WAR (DEEPSPACE MIX) Jeff Wayne featuring Justin Heyward

20 ( 11 ) PUMP UP THE JAM Technotronic featuring Felly (Ya Kid K)

 

21 ( 26 ) THE SUN RISING The Beloved

22 ( 12 ) THE MESSAGE IS LOVE Arthur Baker and The Backstreet Disciples featuring Al Green

23 ( 17 ) STREET TUFF Double Trouble featuring the Rebel MC

24 ( 25 ) C’MON AND GET MY LOVE D Mob featuring Cathy Dennis

25 ( 14 ) IF ONLY I COULD Sydney Youngblood

26 ( 54 ) THE RIGHT STUFF (YOU GOT IT) New Kids On The Block

27 ( 33 ) NEVER TOO MUCH ’89 Luther Vandross

28 ( 18 ) LEAN ON YOU Cliff Richard

29 ( 35 ) HOMELY GIRL UB40

30 ( 36 ) THIS OLD HEART OF MINE Rod Stewart featuring Ronald Isley

 

31 ( 22 ) CHERISH Madonna

32 ( 47 ) DRIVE ON Brother Beyond

33 ( 40 ) I DON’T WANT TO LOSE YOU Tina Turner

34 ( 21 ) IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME Cher

35 ( 49 ) NEW YORK MINUTE Don Henley

36 ( NEW ) SO SORRY I SAID Liza Minelli

37 ( 41 ) RIDE ON TIME Black Box

38 ( 13 ) THE FAB FOUR EP (EVERYBODY’S HAPPY NOWADAYS) Buzzcocks

39 ( NEW ) GOLDEN GREEN The Wonder Stuff

40 ( 55 ) DANCING ON A SATURDAY NIGHT ’89 Barry Blue

 

 

41 ( 34 ) THAT’S WHAT I LIKE Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers

42 ( 30 ) WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE Billy Joel

43 ( NEW ) ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE Phil Collins

44 ( 23 ) WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers

45 ( 38 ) THE SENSUAL WORLD Kate Bush

46 ( 28 ) I WANT THAT MAN Deborah Harry

47 ( 29 ) GIRL I’M GONNA MISS YOU Milli Vanilli

48 ( 43 ) HEALING HANDS Elton John

49 ( NEW ) DON’T KNOW MUCH Aaron Neville and Linda Ronstadt

50 ( 45 ) I DON’T WANT TO LOSE YOU Gloria Estefan

 

51 ( 59 ) GET ON YOUR FEET Gloria Estefan

52 ( 57 ) BAD CASE OF LOVING YOU ’89 Robert Palmer

53 ( 53 ) BREAK 4 LOVE Raze

54 ( 19 ) EYE KNOW De La Soul

55 ( 67 ) GRAND PIANO Mixmaster

56 ( 31 ) DIDN’T I BLOW YOUR MIND (THIS TIME) New Kids On The Block

57 ( 44 ) PERSONAL JESUS Depeche Mode

58 ( 46 ) RIGHT HERE WAITING Richard Marx

59 ( 56 ) SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan

60 ( NEW ) COMMENT TE DIRE ADIEU Jimmy Somerville

 

61 ( 61 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

62 ( 62 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

63 ( NEW ) NEVER TOO LATE Kylie Minogue

64 ( 51 ) ONE The Bee Gees

65 ( 32 ) SCANDAL Queen

66 ( NEW ) LOVE TAKES OVER YOU Donna Summer

67 ( NEW ) I DON’T KNOW WHY I LOVE YOU The House Of Love

68 ( 68 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys featuring Dusty Springfield

69 ( NEW ) BORN TO BE SOLD Transvision Vamp

70 ( NEW ) CRAZY BOUT THE GUY The Supremes

 

 

71 ( 72 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

72 ( 71 ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO The Beatles

73 ( NEW ) 7 O’CLOCK The Quireboys

74 ( NEW ) RESTLESS DAYS And Why Not

75 ( NEW ) FIGURE OF EIGHT Paul McCartney

 

 

On TV: Golden Girls, 60’s nostalgia with Land Of The Giants, sci fi fun and great cool fashions, the last ever Blackadder (very sad end), Sticky Moments with Julian Clary, Dr Who. At home, feeling unusually tired, lots of fag (cigarette) smoke from guests and family to suffer, had a works outing of ten-pin bowling which was good fun, and I won one game of 3. I was pissed off with one unhelpful member of staff in Highways, who controlled data until the day he left a few years ago - by which time I was picking faults galore in the data, not out of spite, out of frustration at the inaccuracies I kept finding.

 

At the cinema, The Abyss, a good sci-fi adventure yarn with already dated “cold war” attitudes given the Berlin Wall collapsed this week - my comment: “probably the most significant development of the last 20 years, other than Apollo 11... a chance for some real optimism, I hope”. Well, sort of, but also sort of not, as it happened. The movie though, had convinced me by the end, the fast pace, cliff-hanging plots, good cast and a surprisingly good film.

Edited December 27, 201410 yr by popchartfreak

19th November 1989

 

2 weeks for Lisa on top, in a static top 10 excepting Jeff Wayne going top 10 for the second time with the Ben Liebrand remix which, shall we say, does not improve on the original in any way whatsoever and sounds more dated. Highest new entry is mellow rave instrumental Pacific 707, very nice too at 15 for 808 State, while 2nd highest is the Brazilian-flavoured (vocalist) worldwide monster Lambada, complete with dance craze. In at 27 for French group Kaoma. Huge jump for the Communards to 18, err I mean Jimmy Somerville and June Miles-Kingston doing some French-language dance pop decent cover of Francoise Hardy’s classy 1968 track Comment Te Dire Adieu?, while Indie band House Of Love follow up Shine On with a leap to 26 with I Don’t Know Why I Love You.

 

2 huge classics as far as I’m concerned at 29 and 38 for Dusty Springfield (courtesy of Pet Shop Boys again, song and production, and deliciously 60’s tinted 80’s dance) and Kate Bush (her beautifully touching and aching gentle-ballad This Woman’s Work). Prince duets with Sheena again at 40, with the Batman movie duet Arms Of Orion, while Simple MInds cover his 1987 classic Sign O’ The Times pretty well as part of an EP at 60. Erasure and Tom Petty drop by with You Surround Me and Free Fallin’ respectively, both good singles, while Roger Christian has a solo entry at 75 (ex-Christians).

 

1 ( 1 ) ALL AROUND THE WORLD Lisa Stansfield

2 ( 2 ) ROOM IN YOUR HEART Living In A Box

3 ( 3 ) RHYTHM NATION Janet Jackson

4 ( 9 ) DON’T ASK ME WHY Eurythmics

5 ( 5 ) WOMAN IN CHAINS Tears For Fears featuring Oleta Adams

6 ( 7 ) FOREVER BLUE Swing Out Sister

7 ( 10 ) HOUSE OF THE BLUE DANUBE Malcolm McLaren

8 ( 8 ) TELL ME WHEN THE FEVER ENDED Electribe 101

9 ( 4 ) SACRIFICE Elton John

10 ( 19 ) EVE OF THE WAR (DEEPSPACE MIX) Jeff Wayne featuring Justin Heyward

 

 

 

11 ( 18 ) I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE Martika

12 ( 17 ) SOMETHING/ COME TOGETHER The Beatles

13 ( 12 ) THE WAY TO YOUR HEART Soul Sister

14 ( 6 ) DON’T DROP BOMBS Liza Minelli

15 ( NEW ) PACIFIC 707 808 State

16 ( 11 ) SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears For Fears

17 ( 14 ) TALK IT OVER Grayson Hugh

18 ( 60 ) COMMENT TE DIRE ADIEU Jimmy Somerville and June Miles-Kingston

19 ( 16 ) LEAVE A LIGHT ON Belinda Carlisle

20 ( 30 ) THIS OLD HEART OF MINE Rod Stewart featuring Ronald Isley

 

 

 

21 ( 33 ) I DON’T WANT TO LOSE YOU Tina Turner

22 ( 29 ) HOMELY GIRL UB40

23 ( 13 ) OH WELL Oh Well

24 ( 15 ) THE ROAD TO HELL (PART 2) Chris Rea

25 ( 26 ) THE RIGHT STUFF (YOU GOT IT) New Kids On The Block

26 ( 67 ) I DON’T KNOW WHY I LOVE YOU The House Of Love

27 ( NEW ) LAMBADA Kaoma

28 ( 20 ) PUMP UP THE JAM Technotronic featuring Felly (Ya Kid K)

29 ( NEW ) IN PRIVATE Dusty Springfield

30 ( 36 ) SO SORRY I SAID Liza Minelli

 

 

 

31 ( 39 ) GOLDEN GREEN The Wonder Stuff

32 ( 24 ) C’MON AND GET MY LOVE D Mob featuring Cathy Dennis

33 ( 43 ) ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE Phil Collins

34 ( 40 ) DANCING ON A SATURDAY NIGHT ’89 Barry Blue

35 ( 22 ) THE MESSAGE IS LOVE Arthur Baker and The Backstreet Disciples featuring Al Green

36 ( 23 ) STREET TUFF Double Trouble featuring the Rebel MC

37 ( 21 ) THE SUN RISING The Beloved

38 ( NEW ) THIS WOMAN’S WORK Kate Bush

39 ( 25 ) IF ONLY I COULD Sydney Youngblood

40 ( NEW ) ARMS OF ORION Prince and Sheena Easton

 

41 ( 28 ) LEAN ON YOU Cliff Richard

42 ( 31 ) CHERISH Madonna

43 ( 49 ) DON’T KNOW MUCH Aaron Neville and Linda Ronstadt

44 ( 34 ) IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME Cher

45 ( 37 ) RIDE ON TIME Black Box

46 ( 51 ) GET ON YOUR FEET Gloria Estefan

47 ( 55 ) GRAND PIANO Mixmaster

48 ( 27 ) NEVER TOO MUCH ’89 Luther Vandross

49 ( 35 ) NEW YORK MINUTE Don Henley

50 ( 38 ) THE FAB FOUR EP (EVERYBODY’S HAPPY NOWADAYS) Buzzcocks

 

51 ( 50 ) I DON’T WANT TO LOSE YOU Gloria Estefan

52 ( 45 ) THE SENSUAL WORLD Kate Bush

53 ( 48 ) HEALING HANDS Elton John

54 ( 47 ) GIRL I’M GONNA MISS YOU Milli Vanilli

55 ( 42 ) WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE Billy Joel

56 ( 63 ) NEVER TOO LATE Kylie Minogue

57 ( RE ) BE BOP A LULA (LIVE) Gary Glitter

58 ( 73 ) 7 O’CLOCK The Quireboys

59 ( 46 ) I WANT THAT MAN Deborah Harry

60 ( NEW ) SIGN O’ THE TIMES Simple Minds

 

61 ( 61 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

62 ( 62 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

63 ( 59 ) SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan

64 ( 53 ) BREAK 4 LOVE Raze

65 ( 74 ) RESTLESS DAYS And Why Not

66 ( 52 ) BAD CASE OF LOVING YOU ’89 Robert Palmer

67 ( NEW ) YOU SURROUND ME Erasure

68 ( NEW ) FREE FALLIN’ Tom Petty

69 ( 68 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys featuring Dusty Springfield

70 ( NEW ) EMPTY SPACES Spandau Ballet

 

 

71 ( 71 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

72 ( 72 ) THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO The Beatles

73 ( 32 ) DRIVE ON Brother Beyond

74 ( NEW ) I’M NOT THE MAN I USED TO BE Fine Young Cannibals

75 ( NEW ) WORLD’S APART Roger Christian

 

 

At work, Lucy (who I gave lifts in to) got a job at Christchurch Council and was leaving, very much order of the day with local government changes on the way, while my brother wasn’t in a happy place, largely homeless still and in a relationship that was going nowhere. I told him to come down to Poole along with the rest of us as Mansfield has no prospects for the future. He did eventually - 9 years later.

 

I packed in the evening garden design course, nothing special, preferring instead to take up squash at the local leisure centre. On TV Dame Edna met Dusty, Monty Python had a 20-year anniversary, future fave Whose Line Is It Anyway was good. My niece had me up till 1am and up again at 6am, which did nothing for my mood on saturday, compounded with mum & dad having an argument while out, so I picked mum up in Poole after shopping in Southampton. Got back to find my nephew had damaged my pond, so sent him to bed (what a meany I was!) and took mum and niece out to the local shop. Sunday popped to mate Bob’s for a break from family problems.

26th November 1989

 

3 weeks for All Around The World at 1, but look at Madonna in at 2 with the endearingly melodic, largely strings-driven children’s song, Dear Jessie. One of her best singles, and ignored as a single in the USA bizarrely, where it remained as one of the highlights on her best 80‘s album Like A Prayer. The video is also sweet. The Beatles go top 10 with Something (for the 3rd time), and the Lambada toon hits 11. Shall I mention Boney M’s comeback 13 years on from debuting at a paltry 69? Josephine Baker, not Ma Baker this time, and not a hit...

 

Dusty gets a second solo top 20 entry in 1989, 21 years after sitting nicely in my first ever chart with the epic I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten. When I say “epic” I say it without a hint of hyperbole or modern over-use: I mean EPIC in the orchestral and vocal dramatic sense. Cathy Dennis and New Kids get their first top 20 entries, not for the last time. For Cathy that is. Down the bottom end, a minor Madchester act called The Stone Roses slip in with a bit of shining Fool’s Gold, far and away their best record in a career that leaves me largely bemused. I get that they were influential in mixing dance and indie rhythms in a laid-back aceeeeed way, but the songs tended to wash over me like a gentle waterfall, leaving a pleasant if forgettable feeling afterwards. Must be a generation thing...

 

1 ( 1 ) ALL AROUND THE WORLD Lisa Stansfield

2 ( NEW ) DEAR JESSIE Madonna

3 ( 3 ) RHYTHM NATION Janet Jackson

4 ( 8 ) TELL ME WHEN THE FEVER ENDED Electribe 101

5 ( 6 ) FOREVER BLUE Swing Out Sister

6 ( 2 ) ROOM IN YOUR HEART Living In A Box

7 ( 12 ) SOMETHING/ COME TOGETHER The Beatles

8 ( 7 ) HOUSE OF THE BLUE DANUBE Malcolm McLaren

9 ( 4 ) DON’T ASK ME WHY Eurythmics

10 ( 15 ) PACIFIC STATE State 808

 

 

11 ( 27 ) LAMBADA Kaoma

12 ( 5 ) WOMAN IN CHAINS Tears For Fears featuring Oleta Adams

13 ( 10 ) EVE OF THE WAR (DEEPSPACE MIX) Jeff Wayne featuring Justin Heyward

14 ( 29 ) IN PRIVATE Dusty Springfield

15 ( 9 ) SACRIFICE Elton John

16 ( 26 ) I DON’T KNOW WHY I LOVE YOU The House Of Love

17 ( 18 ) COMMENT TE DIRE ADIEU? Jimmy Somerville and June Miles-Kingston

18 ( 22 ) HOMELY GIRL UB40

19 ( 32 ) C’MON AND GET MY LOVE D Mob featuring Cathy Dennis

20 ( 25 ) THE RIGHT STUFF (YOU GOT IT) New Kids On The Block

 

 

21 ( 30 ) SO SORRY I SAID Liza Minelli

22 ( 16 ) SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears For Fears

23 ( 14 ) DON’T DROP BOMBS Liza Minelli

24 ( 11 ) I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE Martika

25 ( 13 ) THE WAY TO YOUR HEART Soul Sister

26 ( 23 ) OH WELL Oh Well

27 ( 19 ) LEAVE A LIGHT ON Belinda Carlisle

28 ( 33 ) ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE Phil Collins

29 ( 20 ) THIS OLD HEART OF MINE Rod Stewart featuring Ronald Isley

30 ( 17 ) TALK IT OVER Grayson Hugh

 

31 ( 31 ) GOLDEN GREEN The Wonder Stuff

32 ( 34 ) DANCING ON A SATURDAY NIGHT ’89 Barry Blue

33 ( 38 ) THIS WOMAN’S WORK Kate Bush

34 ( 28 ) PUMP UP THE JAM Technotronic featuring Felly (Ya Kid K)

35 ( 40 ) ARMS OF ORION Prince and Sheena Easton

36 ( 21 ) I DON’T WANT TO LOSE YOU Tina Turner

37 ( 24 ) THE ROAD TO HELL (PART 2) Chris Rea

38 ( NEW ) WHATCHA GONNA DO WITH MY LOVIN’ Inner City

39 ( NEW ) RONI Bobby Brown

40 ( 46 ) GET ON YOUR FEET Gloria Estefan

 

 

 

41 ( 36 ) STREET TUFF Double Trouble featuring the Rebel MC

42 ( 60 ) SIGN O’ THE TIMES Simple Minds

43 ( 67 ) YOU SURROUND ME Erasure

44 ( 52 ) THE SENSUAL WORLD Kate Bush

45 ( 47 ) GRAND PIANO Mixmaster

46 ( 39 ) IF ONLY I COULD Sydney Youngblood

47 ( 74 ) I’M NOT THE MAN I USED TO BE Fine Young Cannibals

48 ( RE ) FOLLOW THAT AND SEE Barry White

49 ( 42 ) CHERISH Madonna

50 ( NEW ) CAN’T SHAKE THE FEELING Big Fun

 

51 ( NEW ) SIT AND WAIT Sydney Youngblood

52 ( 43 ) DON’T KNOW MUCH Aaron Neville and Linda Ronstadt

53 ( 35 ) THE MESSAGE IS LOVE Arthur Baker and The Backstreet Disciples featuring Al Green

54 ( 51 ) I DON’T WANT TO LOSE YOU Gloria Estefan

55 ( 37 ) THE SUN RISING The Beloved

56 ( 41 ) LEAN ON YOU Cliff Richard

57 ( 53 ) HEALING HANDS Elton John

58 ( 70 ) EMPTY SPACES Spandau Ballet

59 ( 45 ) RIDE ON TIME Black Box

60 ( RE ) WATERFALL ’89 Wendy And Lisa

 

61 ( 61 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

62 ( 62 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

63 ( 50 ) THE FAB FOUR EP (EVERYBODY’S HAPPY NOWADAYS) Buzzcocks

64 ( 63 ) SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan

65 ( 44 ) IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME Cher

66 ( 59 ) I WANT THAT MAN Deborah Harry

67 ( 54 ) GIRL I’M GONNA MISS YOU Milli Vanilli

68 ( NEW ) FOOL’S GOLD/ WHAT THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR The Stone Roses

69 ( NEW ) EVERYBODY WANTS TO DANCE LIKE JOSEPHINE BAKER Boney M

70 ( 69 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys featuring Dusty Springfield

 

 

71 ( NEW ) BLAME IT ON THE RAIN (US REMIX) Milli Vanilli

72 ( RE ) FIGURE OF EIGHT Paul McCartney

73 ( 71 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

74 ( NEW ) OUIJA BOARD OUIJA BOARD Morrissey

75 ( 55 ) WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE Billy Joel

 

 

At work, windy cold site visits to sports sites and measurements checking, had a cold, and bought my first Now Album CD (16) which was a double for £17. Mega-expensive relative to the cost of living today (and still £4 more than 2014 Now albums)!! My ponds frozen over, and my niece was misbehaving so much I put her outside for 3 seconds and shut the door after threatening for an hour to do it in a marathon battles of wills at 9.45 pm. She was asleep by 10 and has no traumatic memory of it at all these days, so I guess it was all’s well etc..!

 

Went to see Back To The Future II: critics say it was hard to follow the plot, but I had no problem, loved the darkness in contrast the light-heartedness of the original, and enjoyed picking holes in the time-lines plotting (old biff changes the future and then returns to a future that shouldn’t exist, nor he, as he a multi-millionaire-megalomaniac by then) so each of the alternate realities must all exist simultaneously. Which should be bad news for Jennifer stranded in the wrong future...! Loved the film anyway (especially Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd), but, and I quote: “I REFUSE to believe that inventions such as Hover-boards, airtraffic cars, unlimited ‘safe’ instant fuel etc could be invented over the next 25 years. More like 125, I’d say.” Well, so far, so right.

3rd December 1989

 

3 weeks at 1 for Lisa Stansfield as the top 10 becomes very female-vocal-dominated, barring just 808 State, Jeff Wayne’s remix, and Living In A Box. Before the 80’s that state of events would have been unlikely! Biggest movers into the 10, Dusty Springfield at 2 and Kate Bush at 8, veterans of 21 years and 11 years since their first top 10’s.

 

In at 15, highest new entry is Rob n Raz, not to mention Leila K doing a bit of a catchy impression of Neneh Cherry. At 19, a re-entry a couple of places behind his own Something, it’s ol’ George himself, assisted in no small part by Jeff Lynne on production Wilbury duties, with Cheer Down, a great record that should have been big. Apparently it’s from Lethal Weapon 2. As I have yet to see Mel Gibson’s lethal weapon, pistol or shotgun-sized, I can’t comment on the quality. While at 24, Jason Donovan performs the unexpected, and gets Stock Aitken and Waterman-ed up to the point where they actually make a great pop record together. It can’t possibly last, but enjoy it while it lasted!

 

At 26, it’s the absolutely classic ultimate part-singalong record from the quirky B52’s, 10 years on from Rock Lobster and even more fun, and a track I’d heard on my USA holiday without registering much. Oops! Brilliance missed! Awesome, as they used to say. Erasure surround the top 40, while The Stone Roses are no fools at 29, up almost 40 places, and in at 31 it’s a super group. I mean supergroup. I prefer to think of them as New Smiths Shop Boys, though others may prefer Bernard Sumner, Johnny Marr and Neil Tennant. 3 perfectly good reasons to love this record anyway! Other top 40 climbs? Milli Vanilli (blame it on the rain, I say), Sydney Youngblood (sat waiting) and Big Fun (very rarely).

 

41 to 75 new entries include Soul II Soul at 50, Got A Life? Just as well, really, as the hit singles career wasn’t for much longer. Belinda Carlisle is singing to the moon, La Luna at 52, Chris Rea’s at 58 - that’s what they always say - while Alice Cooper’s on fire at 67, or at least his house is, 17 years after his school was out. Careless! It’s a miracle for Queen at 69, The Happy Mondays are at 71 - Hallelujah! - the Beautiful South are sailing at 74 and the Stones are caught between a rock and nearly missing out on a chart placing. Phew!

 

1 ( 1 ) ALL AROUND THE WORLD Lisa Stansfield

2 ( 14 ) IN PRIVATE Dusty Springfield

3 ( 2 ) DEAR JESSIE Madonna

4 ( 5 ) FOREVER BLUE Swing Out Sister

5 ( 10 ) PACIFIC - 707 808 State

6 ( 13 ) EVE OF THE WAR (DEEPSPACE MIX) Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds featuring Justin Heyward

7 ( 4 ) TELL ME WHEN THE FEVER ENDED Electribe 101

8 ( 33 ) THIS WOMAN’S WORK Kate Bush

9 ( 3 ) RHYTHM NATION Janet Jackson

10 ( 6 ) ROOM IN YOUR HEART Living In A Box

 

11 ( 11 ) LAMBADA Kaoma

12 ( 12 ) WOMAN IN CHAINS Tears For Fears featuring Oleta Adams

13 ( 8 ) HOUSE OF THE BLUE DANUBE Malcolm McLaren

14 ( 17 ) COMMENT TE DIRE ADIEU? Jimmy Somerville and June Miles-Kingston

15 ( NEW ) GOT TO GET Rob ‘n’ Raz featuring Leila K

16 ( 9 ) DON’T ASK ME WHY Eurythmics

17 ( 7 ) SOMETHING/ COME TOGETHER The Beatles

18 ( 21 ) SO SORRY I SAID Liza Minelli

19 ( RE ) CHEER DOWN George Harrison

20 ( 28 ) ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE Phil Collins

 

 

21 ( 16 ) I DON’T KNOW WHY I LOVE YOU The House Of Love

22 ( 19 ) C’MON AND GET MY LOVE D Mob featuring Cathy Dennis

23 ( 18 ) HOMELY GIRL UB40

24 ( NEW ) WHEN YOU COME BACK TO ME Jason Donovan

25 ( 15 ) SACRIFICE Elton John

26 ( NEW ) LOVE SHACK The B52’s

27 ( 26 ) OH WELL Oh Well

28 ( 43 ) YOU SURROUND ME Erasure

29 ( 68 ) FOOL’S GOLD/ WHAT THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR The Stone Roses

30 ( 23 ) DON’T DROP BOMBS Liza Minelli

 

 

31 ( NEW ) GETTING AWAY WITH IT Electronic

32 ( 22 ) SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears For Fears

33 ( 50 ) CAN’T SHAKE THE FEELING Big Fun

34 ( 38 ) WHATCHA GONNA DO WITH MY LOVIN’ Inner City

35 ( 51 ) SIT AND WAIT Sydney Youngblood

36 ( 27 ) LEAVE A LIGHT ON Belinda Carlisle

37 ( 20 ) THE RIGHT STUFF (YOU GOT IT) New Kids On The Block

38 ( 36 ) I DON’T WANT TO LOSE YOU Tina Turner

39 ( 71 ) BLAME IT ON THE RAIN (US REMIX) Milli Vanilli

40 ( 25 ) THE WAY TO YOUR HEART Soul Sister

 

 

41 ( 35 ) ARMS OF ORION Prince and Sheena Easton

42 ( 44 ) THE SENSUAL WORLD Kate Bush

43 ( 34 ) PUMP UP THE JAM Technotronic featuring Felly (Ya Kid K)

44 ( 30 ) TALK IT OVER Grayson Hugh

45 ( 47 ) I’M NOT THE MAN I USED TO BE Fine Young Cannibals

46 ( 39 ) RONI Bobby Brown

47 ( 29 ) THIS OLD HEART OF MINE Rod Stewart featuring Ronald Isley

48 ( 40 ) GET ON YOUR FEET Gloria Estefan

49 ( 42 ) SIGN O’ THE TIMES Simple Minds

50 ( NEW ) GOT A LIFE Soul II Soul

 

51 ( 41 ) STREET TUFF Double Trouble featuring the Rebel MC

52 ( NEW ) LA LUNA Belinda Carlisle

53 ( 37 ) THE ROAD TO HELL (PART 2) Chris Rea

54 ( RE ) FREE FALLIN’ Tom Petty

55 ( 74 ) OUIJA BOARD OUIJA BOARD Morrissey

56 ( 56 ) LEAN ON YOU Cliff Richard

57 ( 53 ) THE MESSAGE IS LOVE Arthur Baker and The Backstreet Disciples featuring Al Green

58 ( NEW ) THAT’S WHAT THEY ALWAYS SAY Chris Rea

59 ( 54 ) I DON’T WANT TO LOSE YOU Gloria Estefan

60 ( RE ) ON THE GREENER SIDE Michelle Shocked

 

61 ( 24 ) I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE Martika

62 ( 62 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

63 ( 61 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

64 ( 49 ) CHERISH Madonna

65 ( 57 ) HEALING HANDS Elton John

66 ( 64 ) SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan

67 ( NEW ) HOUSE OF FIRE Alice Cooper

68 ( 46 ) IF ONLY I COULD Sydney Youngblood

69 ( NEW ) THE MIRACLE Queen

70 ( NEW ) THE BENNY HILL BOOGIE The Highliners

 

71 ( NEW ) HALLELUJAH The Happy Mondays

72 ( NEW ) I’LL SAIL THIS SHIP ALONE The Beautiful South

73 ( NEW ) ROCK AND A HARD PLACE The Rolling Stones

74 ( 48 ) FOLLOW THAT AND SEE Barry White

75 ( 73 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

 

At work, I was on a playground maintenance course - planning for the future job role - and surveying some big parks plans. I also had a word with boss Sue about friend Cathy’s suitability for a new job post as Technical assistant when her contract expired (I supported her). At home I was still whinging about the kids and watching telly - Doctor Who, Sticky Moments (fab), TOTP, Damed Edna (with guest Jason Donovan). Still doing squash in the evenings, still unfit, and writing some Legion of Super-Heroes pieces for the fanzine. Went to the cinema to see Ghostbusters 2, 5 years after seeing the first one. Not as good, though entertaining, Bill Murray and Sigourney Weaver were good. Just for a laugh I applied for a job as a BSkyB satellite channel “Powerstation” presenter. Fortunately I didn’t get an interview, as I would have been crap!

10th December 1989

 

 

Kate Bush gets her 2nd number one as the heartbreakingly gorgeous and tender This Woman’s Work puts her on top for the first time in 3 years, following Hounds Of Love, her only previous chart-topper in 1986, though Wuthering Heights hit 2 and was only denied by having the misfortune to peak the same weeks as my all-time fave Baker Street. At odds with the mood, Jason Donovan gets his biggest solo hit at 3, When You Come Back To Me, it had a good tune! Rob n Raz help the top 10 get a bit more poppy, too, while George Harrison gets his 7th solo top 10.

 

Tina Turner has a sudden reversal leap to 13, I Don’t Want To Lose You, a bit MOR but pleasant. Highest new entry though is from the terrific Distant Cousins, and their sultry soulful ballad You Used To, a song that shoulda woulda coulda been a hit given a break. At 21, it’s Jive Bunny’s least-bad record Let’s Party, thanks to a) being a christmas party track b) featuring March Of The Mods and c) err...there is no c. The carbon copy versions of Slade and Wizzard are pretty ropey by any standard. Not to be outdone by knocking clips of records together, it’s Alexander O’Neal at 22, and various dance tracks at 49.

 

The Tams 1971 UK chart-topper former flop from 1964 is remixed for 1989 and pops back, cos I loved it to bits when I got back from 2 years in Singapore, classic Northern Soul. At 33, The Christians get 5 years of hits with the celtic-sounding (and lovely) Words - actually one of the Christian brothers is missing, but he drops by a bit lower on his own, Roger Christian being Worlds Apart at 63. That leaves Band Aid II (it’s for a good cause), Wet Wet Wet, The Gypsy Kings spanish-flavoured cover of Eurovision’s Volare, Van and Cliff, Alvin Stardust, half of Slade covering the Everley Brothers and Andy Stewart’s 60’s novelty Scottish trousers largely adding a mixed bag of fairly forgettable tracks, and all ahead of one genuinely good record that only peaked at 74: Billy Joel’s Leningrad. I underestimated the Billy Joel songbook more often than not, but he really was a great songwriter (I say “was” because he decided to pack up on the music biz in 1993 or so, and has stuck with his decision, preferring classical composition, his first love as a child along with pop).

 

 

1 ( 8 ) THIS WOMAN’S WORK Kate Bush

2 ( 3 ) DEAR JESSIE Madonna

3 ( 24 ) WHEN YOU COME BACK TO ME Jason Donovan

4 ( 2 ) IN PRIVATE Dusty Springfield

5 ( 1 ) ALL AROUND THE WORLD Lisa Stansfield

6 ( 4 ) FOREVER BLUE Swing Out Sister

7 ( 15 ) GOT TO GET Rob ‘n’ Raz featuring Leila K

8 ( 6 ) EVE OF THE WAR (DEEPSPACE MIX) Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds featuring Justin Heyward

9 ( 5 ) PACIFIC - 707 808 State

10 ( 19 ) CHEER DOWN George Harrison

 

11 ( 11 ) LAMBADA Kaoma

12 ( 7 ) TELL ME WHEN THE FEVER ENDED Electribe 101

13 ( 38 ) I DON’T WANT TO LOSE YOU Tina Turner

14 ( 12 ) WOMAN IN CHAINS Tears For Fears featuring Oleta Adams

15 ( 13 ) HOUSE OF THE BLUE DANUBE Malcolm McLaren

16 ( 9 ) RHYTHM NATION Janet Jackson

17 ( NEW ) YOU USED TO Distant Cousins

18 ( 10 ) ROOM IN YOUR HEART Living In A Box

19 ( 31 ) GETTING AWAY WITH IT Electronic

20 ( 28 ) YOU SURROUND ME Erasure

 

 

21 ( NEW ) LET’S PARTY Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers

22 ( NEW ) HITMIX Alexander O’Neal

23 ( 16 ) DON’T ASK ME WHY Eurythmics

24 ( NEW ) HEY GIRL DON’T BOTHER ME ’89 The Tams

25 ( 49 ) SIGN O’ THE TIMES Simple Minds

26 ( 17 ) SOMETHING/ COME TOGETHER The Beatles

27 ( 35 ) SIT AND WAIT Sydney Youngblood

28 ( 14 ) COMMENT TE DIRE ADIEU? Jimmy Somerville and June Miles-Kingston

29 ( 18 ) SO SORRY I SAID Liza Minelli

30 ( 33 ) CAN’T SHAKE THE FEELING Big Fun

 

31 ( 20 ) ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE Phil Collins

32 ( 29 ) FOOL’S GOLD/ WHAT THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR The Stone Roses

33 ( NEW ) WORDS The Christians

34 ( 39 ) BLAME IT ON THE RAIN (US REMIX) Milli Vanilli

35 ( 26 ) LOVE SHACK The B52’s

36 ( 25 ) SACRIFICE Elton John

37 ( NEW ) DO THEY KNOW IT’S CHRISTMAS Band Aid II

38 ( 27 ) OH WELL Oh Well

39 ( 50 ) GOT A LIFE Soul II Soul

40 ( 69 ) THE MIRACLE Queen

 

 

41 ( 23 ) HOMELY GIRL UB40

42 ( 32 ) SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears For Fears

43 ( 30 ) DON’T DROP BOMBS Liza Minelli

44 ( 22 ) C’MON AND GET MY LOVE D Mob featuring Cathy Dennis

45 ( 42 ) THE SENSUAL WORLD Kate Bush

46 ( 36 ) LEAVE A LIGHT ON Belinda Carlisle

47 ( 34 ) WHATCHA GONNA DO WITH MY LOVIN’ Inner City

48 ( 21 ) I DON’T KNOW WHY I LOVE YOU The House Of Love

49 ( NEW ) DEEP HEAT ’89 Various Artists

50 ( 43 ) PUMP UP THE JAM Technotronic featuring Felly (Ya Kid K)

 

51 ( 37 ) THE RIGHT STUFF (YOU GOT IT) New Kids On The Block

52 ( 52 ) LA LUNA Belinda Carlisle

53 ( 40 ) THE WAY TO YOUR HEART Soul Sister

54 ( 44 ) TALK IT OVER Grayson Hugh

55 ( NEW ) BROKE AWAY Wet Wet Wet

56 ( NEW ) VOLARE The Gypsy Kings

57 ( 58 ) THAT’S WHAT THEY ALWAYS SAY Chris Rea

58 ( 45 ) I’M NOT THE MAN I USED TO BE Fine Young Cannibals

59 ( NEW ) WHENEVER GOD SHINES HIS LIGHT Van Morrison and Cliff Richard

60 ( 56 ) LEAN ON YOU Cliff Richard

 

61 ( 51 ) STREET TUFF Double Trouble featuring the Rebel MC

62 ( 62 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

63 ( NEW ) WORLDS APART Roger Christian

64 ( 63 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

65 ( 59 ) I DON’T WANT TO LOSE YOU Gloria Estefan

66 ( NEW ) CHRISTMAS Alvin Stardust

67 ( 66 ) SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan

68 ( 47 ) THIS OLD HEART OF MINE Rod Stewart featuring Ronald Isley

69 ( NEW ) CRYING IN THE RAIN Blessings In Disguise (Noddy Holder and Dave Hill of Slade)

70 ( 72 ) I’LL SAIL THIS SHIP ALONE The Beautiful South

 

71 ( 57 ) THE MESSAGE IS LOVE Arthur Baker and The Backstreet Disciples featuring Al Green

72 ( NEW ) DONALD WHERE’S YOUR TROUSERS Andy Stewart

73 ( 64 ) CHERISH Madonna

74 ( NEW ) LENINGRAD Billy Joel

75 ( 75 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

 

 

At work it was young Lucy’s goodbye presentation, I was sad to see her leave, but she coped with the presentations and speeches and joined a select few of us in the BIC bar afterwards. Out to the River Stour to draw up maps, great to be out in the countryside (almost). At home, my little nephew was poorly, and I started reviewing 1960’s Adventure Comics Legion of Super-Heroes stories for the fanzine. Sunday was a day out in London with Bob and Jason, parking at Wembley Stadium and getting the tube in. Good laughs all day, including Carnaby Street, HMV and Virgin Superstores, and bought the latest Legion issue, where legionnaire Blok is killed off quite violently. Forbidden Planet, the Tate Gallery (Turner’s works), Oxford Street christmas lights and home for 11....busy day!

17th December 1989

After hanging around the top 3 a few weeks, Madonna’ s sweet and under-rated Dear Jessie becomes her 7th chart-topper. If nothing else, it shows that pop stars can make credible quality stringstastic records that appeal to kids (and grown-ups). I still haven’t bought the Immaculate Collection though, as I have a grudge against a hits collection that so obviously omits great records like True Blue and Dear Jessie and bungs inferior remixes of others on it. Still waiting for that ultimate Madonna hits collection...

 

Distant Cousins go top 5, Tina makes it 2 in a row in the 10, and Kaoma get a 4th week at 11, just not managing to go that extra place, a shame as it’s better than a couple of tracks higher than it. The Christians get top 20 words, and Queen crawl up a few places seemingly struggling with all their records in 1989, though The Miracle was actually pretty good and the video is sweet. Highest new entry is Duran Duran’s Burning The Ground at 38, a pretty good 8 years-and-counting compilation remix of their best moments, totally not cheap and cheesy, while Living In A Box have another crooning ballad at 39, Different Air still not bad, albeit not as good as Room In Your Heart’s number 1.

 

Lower down, Bros’ tribute to the Goss twins sister is in at 48, Jimmy Somerville is still redoing gay disco anthems, this time Sylvester at 50 feeling Mighty Real, and the New Kids are Hanging Tough at 54. I’ll take their word for that, but I’m a trifle dubious. Neneh Cherry’s back with her mamma, inner city bound at 60, while Cyndi Lauper is more westward bound at 63. A forgotten xmas record from Coldcut, and Sinitta laying down for rest at 74 (presumably before she returns again to Simon Cowell’s mansion for X Factor) round off the less than thrilling charts, outside the top 10.

 

 

 

 

1 ( 2 ) DEAR JESSIE Madonna

2 ( 3 ) WHEN YOU COME BACK TO ME Jason Donovan

3 ( 1 ) THIS WOMAN’S WORK Kate Bush

4 ( 4 ) IN PRIVATE Dusty Springfield

5 ( 17 ) YOU USED TO Distant Cousins

6 ( 6 ) FOREVER BLUE Swing Out Sister

7 ( 7 ) GOT TO GET Rob ‘n’ Raz featuring Leila K

8 ( 5 ) ALL AROUND THE WORLD Lisa Stansfield

9 ( 13 ) I DON’T WANT TO LOSE YOU Tina Turner

10 ( 10 ) CHEER DOWN George Harrison

 

11 ( 11 ) LAMBADA Kaoma

12 ( 21 ) LET’S PARTY Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers

13 ( 19 ) GETTING AWAY WITH IT Electronic

14 ( 8 ) EVE OF THE WAR (DEEPSPACE MIX) Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds featuring Justin Heyward

15 ( 15 ) HOUSE OF THE BLUE DANUBE Malcolm McLaren

16 ( 12 ) TELL ME WHEN THE FEVER ENDED Electribe 101

17 ( 20 ) YOU SURROUND ME Erasure

18 ( 9 ) PACIFIC - 707 808 State

19 ( 33 ) WORDS The Christians

20 ( 22 ) HITMIX Alexander O’Neal

 

21 ( 25 ) SIGN O’ THE TIMES Simple Minds

22 ( 27 ) SIT AND WAIT Sydney Youngblood

23 ( 16 ) RHYTHM NATION Janet Jackson

24 ( 24 ) HEY GIRL DON’T BOTHER ME ’89 The Tams

25 ( 14 ) WOMAN IN CHAINS Tears For Fears featuring Oleta Adams

26 ( 34 ) BLAME IT ON THE RAIN (US REMIX) Milli Vanilli

27 ( 39 ) GET A LIFE Soul II Soul

28 ( 18 ) ROOM IN YOUR HEART Living In A Box

29 ( 30 ) CAN’T SHAKE THE FEELING Big Fun

30 ( 23 ) DON’T ASK ME WHY Eurythmics

 

 

31 ( 49 ) DEEP HEAT ’89 Various Artists

32 ( 55 ) BROKE AWAY Wet Wet Wet

33 ( 40 ) THE MIRACLE Queen

34 ( 57 ) THAT’S WHAT THEY ALWAYS SAY Chris Rea

35 ( 37 ) DO THEY KNOW IT’S CHRISTMAS Band Aid II

36 ( 56 ) VOLARE The Gypsy Kings

37 ( 26 ) SOMETHING/ COME TOGETHER The Beatles

38 ( NEW ) BURNING THE GROUND Duran Duran

39 ( NEW ) DIFFERENT AIR Living In A Box

40 ( 36 ) SACRIFICE Elton John

 

 

41 ( 38 ) OH WELL Oh Well

42 ( 31 ) ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE Phil Collins

43 ( 42 ) SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears For Fears

44 ( 35 ) LOVE SHACK The B52’s

45 ( 45 ) THE SENSUAL WORLD Kate Bush

46 ( 52 ) LA LUNA Belinda Carlisle

47 ( 32 ) FOOL’S GOLD/ WHAT THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR The Stone Roses

48 ( NEW ) SISTER Bros

49 ( 29 ) SO SORRY I SAID Liza Minelli

50 ( NEW ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL) Jimmy Somerville

 

 

51 ( 46 ) LEAVE A LIGHT ON Belinda Carlisle

52 ( 44 ) C’MON AND GET MY LOVE D Mob featuring Cathy Dennis

53 ( 59 ) WHENEVER GOD SHINES HIS LIGHT Van Morrison and Cliff Richard

54 ( NEW ) HANGING TOUGH New Kids On The Block

55 ( 28 ) COMMENT TE DIRE ADIEU? Jimmy Somerville and June Miles-Kingston

56 ( NEW ) HEY YOU The Quireboys

57 ( 50 ) PUMP UP THE JAM Technotronic featuring Felly (Ya Kid K)

58 ( 66 ) CHRISTMAS Alvin Stardust

59 ( 43 ) DON’T DROP BOMBS Liza Minelli

60 ( NEW ) INNER CITY MAMMA Neneh Cherry

 

61 ( 41 ) HOMELY GIRL UB40

62 ( 62 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

63 ( NEW ) HEADING WEST Cyndi Lauper

64 ( 64 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

65 ( 54 ) TALK IT OVER Grayson Hugh

66 ( 53 ) THE WAY TO YOUR HEART Soul Sister

67 ( 47 ) WHATCHA GONNA DO WITH MY LOVIN’ Inner City

68 ( 67 ) SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan

69 ( NEW ) COLDCUT’S CHRISTMAS BREAK Coldcut

70 ( 60 ) LEAN ON YOU Cliff Richard

 

71 ( 61 ) STREET TUFF Double Trouble featuring the Rebel MC

72 ( NEW ) LITTLE DREAMER Status Quo

73 ( 65 ) I DON’T WANT TO LOSE YOU Gloria Estefan

74 ( NEW ) LAY ME DOWN EASY Sinitta

75 ( 75 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

 

At home, I heard that one of my college friends had split up with her husband which came out of the blue, and I was generally into my regular pre-xmas blues, and watched The Apartment, Shirley MacLaine and Jack Lemmon long-time New Year season favourite feel-good movie. On TV Sticky Moments, Red Dwarf, MASH, Monty Python to keep me amused, while Sue broke my fish tank accidentally, which meant the old plastic one was called into use for the goldfish. Then heard about another divorce, my boyhood friend Jane, with two kids. Must be that age for it turning 30....

24th December 1989

 

New number one is the Manchester soulful band Distant Cousins and the gorgeous vocals of Doreen Edwards. You Used To is classy, emotive and utterly obscure these days as it never charted - which given the relatively higher-than-normal amount of tripe in the UK charts at the time is criminal! Give it a listen! Not in itunes or spitify though, as according to modern music outlets it never existed. I must dig out my black plastic round thing and remind myself that it did.

 

Duran Duran’s burning ground hitmix goes up to 15, Soul II Soul get a 3rd top 20, Wet Wet Wet get one of their occasional top 20 hits with Broke Away at 18, and Band Aid II clamber into the 20 - though it ain’t a patch on etc - just ahead of The Tams remix of a classic at 20.

 

In at 30, Roy Orbison with some of his mates on backing instruments and vocals, singing live, and released posthumously. Oh Pretty Woman absolutely 100% would have been number one in my charts for weeks in 1964 had I been charting then, my whole family loved it and still do 50 years later. Little 6-year-old me was well into Doctor Who, Juke Box Jury, Thank Your Lucky Stars and comics. So that’ll be sci-fi, pop and comics, and no change much there then! This was a huge record at the time. This version isn’t a patch on the original, of course, Roy’s vocals weren’t what they were, but hey there’s that comeback concert, there’s Elvis’ backing band, there’s Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Jackson Brown, kd Lang, Jennifer Warnes and Bonnie Raitt helping out, so here it is in my charts.

 

At 31 it’s the 49ers with the good dance track Touch Me. Actually it’s two older dance tracks including Aretha Franklin’s Rock-A-Lott and Alisha Warren’s Touch Me sampled and bunged together onto the Italian House jangly piano sounds of the time, and it very much benefits from the great vocalists. Back up to 2, it’s Dusty still hanging on to her privacy, while Alexander O’Neal’s hitmix hits 8, Jive Bunny’s xmasmix hits 9, and Electronic go up to 10, giving Neil Tennant two top 10’s without an actual Pet Shop Boys hit in view.

 

Lower down, Tom Petty free falls in again for the 3rd time in a few weeks, Sonia drops by, The Shadows don’t see why they shouldn’t get in on the sampling remix fad at 54, and if you ignore the annoying clappy backing track banged on top, there are some reminders of great tunes of the 60’s. The always-good De La Soul are back at 57 with a magic number - hopefully better than 57. The Late Joe Cocker pops back in with Jennifer Warnes (giving her two appearances) on 1983 oldie Up Where We Belong, while All About Eve are giving us December. Very timely!

 

 

1 ( 5 ) YOU USED TO Distant Cousins

2 ( 4 ) IN PRIVATE Dusty Springfield

3 ( 1 ) DEAR JESSIE Madonna

4 ( 2 ) WHEN YOU COME BACK TO ME Jason Donovan

5 ( 3 ) THIS WOMAN’S WORK Kate Bush

6 ( 7 ) GOT TO GET Rob ‘n’ Raz featuring Leila K

7 ( 10 ) CHEER DOWN George Harrison

8 ( 20 ) HITMIX Alexander O’Neal

9 ( 12 ) LET’S PARTY Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers

10 ( 13 ) GETTING AWAY WITH IT Electronic

 

11 ( 19 ) WORDS The Christians

12 ( 6 ) FOREVER BLUE Swing Out Sister

13 ( 9 ) I DON’T WANT TO LOSE YOU Tina Turner

14 ( 8 ) ALL AROUND THE WORLD Lisa Stansfield

15 ( 38 ) BURNING THE GROUND Duran Duran

16 ( 14 ) EVE OF THE WAR (DEEPSPACE MIX) Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds featuring Justin Heyward

17 ( 27 ) GET A LIFE Soul II Soul

18 ( 32 ) BROKE AWAY Wet Wet Wet

19 ( 35 ) DO THEY KNOW IT’S CHRISTMAS Band Aid II

20 ( 24 ) HEY GIRL DON’T BOTHER ME ’89 The Tams

 

21 ( 31 ) DEEP HEAT ’89 Various Artists

22 ( 16 ) TELL ME WHEN THE FEVER ENDED Electribe 101

23 ( 11 ) LAMBADA Kaoma

24 ( 15 ) HOUSE OF THE BLUE DANUBE Malcolm McLaren

25 ( 26 ) BLAME IT ON THE RAIN (US REMIX) Milli Vanilli

26 ( 22 ) SIT AND WAIT Sydney Youngblood

27 ( 18 ) PACIFIC - 707 808 State

28 ( 17 ) YOU SURROUND ME Erasure

29 ( 23 ) RHYTHM NATION Janet Jackson

30 ( NEW ) OH PRETTY WOMAN Roy Orbison and Friends

 

 

31 ( NEW ) TOUCH ME The 49ers

32 ( 28 ) ROOM IN YOUR HEART Living In A Box

33 ( 39 ) DIFFERENT AIR Living In A Box

34 ( 30 ) DON’T ASK ME WHY Eurythmics

35 ( 21 ) SIGN O’ THE TIMES Simple Minds

36 ( 36 ) VOLARE The Gypsy Kings

37 ( 54 ) HANGING TOUGH New Kids On The Block

38 ( 48 ) SISTER Bros

39 ( 25 ) WOMAN IN CHAINS Tears For Fears featuring Oleta Adams

40 ( 69 ) COLDCUT’S CHRISTMAS BREAK Coldcut

 

 

41 ( 34 ) THAT’S WHAT THEY ALWAYS SAY Chris Rea

42 ( 33 ) THE MIRACLE Queen

43 ( 40 ) SACRIFICE Elton John

44 ( RE ) FREE FALLIN’ Tom Petty

45 ( 37 ) SOMETHING/ COME TOGETHER The Beatles

46 ( NEW ) LISTEN TO YOUR HEART Sonia

47 ( 50 ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL) Jimmy Somerville

48 ( 45 ) THE SENSUAL WORLD Kate Bush

49 ( 43 ) SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears For Fears

50 ( 74 ) LAY ME DOWN EASY Sinitta

 

51 ( 41 ) OH WELL Oh Well

52 ( 29 ) CAN’T SHAKE THE FEELING Big Fun

53 ( 60 ) INNER CITY MAMMA Neneh Cherry

54 ( NEW ) SHADOWMIX The Shadows

55 ( 58 ) CHRISTMAS Alvin Stardust

56 ( 56 ) HEY YOU The Quireboys

57 ( NEW ) THE MAGIC NUMBER De La Soul

58 ( 63 ) HEADING WEST Cyndi Lauper

59 ( 51 ) LEAVE A LIGHT ON Belinda Carlisle

60 ( 62 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

 

 

61 ( NEW ) GOING BACK TO MY ROOTS/ RICH IN PARADISE The FPI Project

62 ( 42 ) ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE Phil Collins

63 ( 57 ) PUMP UP THE JAM Technotronic featuring Felly (Ya Kid K)

64 ( 64 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

65 ( 46 ) LA LUNA Belinda Carlisle

66 ( 59 ) DON’T DROP BOMBS Liza Minelli

67 ( RE ) LENINGRAD Billy Joel

68 ( 68 ) SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan

69 ( 52 ) C’MON AND GET MY LOVE D Mob featuring Cathy Dennis

70 ( 70 ) LEAN ON YOU Cliff Richard

 

71 ( NEW ) UP WHERE WE BELONG Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes

72 ( 65 ) TALK IT OVER Grayson Hugh

73 ( NEW ) DECEMBER All About Eve

74 ( 66 ) THE WAY TO YOUR HEART Soul Sister

75 ( 75 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

 

The works christmas do, after I’d been up all night and very grumpy from sleeplessness, plus I wasn’t on the fun table (also known as the upbeat characters I tend to get on better with in life). Not to worry we chatted afterwards, fun with Stuart, Peter, Martyn, and returning Lucy. Martyn and Stuart continue to be great fun these days on the odd occasions we meet or chat on the phone. The public gardens in Bournemouth were flooded in heavy rain. As usual, until they sorted out the drainage issues some years later. Christmas Eve at work, lunchtime prezzie shopping and late wrapping. Talk about it leaving it till the last minute. On the news Romanian atrocities were quickly followed by the overthrow of a dictator, the last of the old guard to go in sweeping waves of democracy. Just to make sure he didn’t have a political comeback they shot him. C’est la vie. The 2nd item on the news was the opening of the Brandenburg Gate, 3rd was the American invasion of Panama. Busy times....

31st December 1989

 

New Year’s Eve, and christmas songs started exiting the chart, while Dusty Springfield’s terrific Pet Shop Boys song finally tops my chart, her 3rd number one inside 3 years, all courtesy of Chris n Neil. The boys did their own version of In Private with Elton John, which is also pretty good.

 

The Christians have words with the top 10, 5 years since they first took Forgotten Town into the upper echelons, and Duran Duran extend their run of top 10 hits to 8 years, Planet Earth being the first. Belinda Carlisle has a sudden big reversal with La Luna at 23, a remixed Sexual Healing pulls Marvin Gaye in at 36, just ahead of a cover of Odyssey’s roots. New in, The London Boys, Deborah Harry, a cover of The Sweet’s 1972 number one Wig Wam Bam from Damian, and an all-star Rock Metal Royalty cover of Deep Purple’s Smoke On The Water in aid of the Armenian earthquake. Just imagine members of Purple, Queen, Floyd, Yes, Rush and Sabbath in one room...then click onto the video.

 

 

1 ( 2 ) IN PRIVATE Dusty Springfield

2 ( 1 ) YOU USED TO Distant Cousins

3 ( 3 ) DEAR JESSIE Madonna

4 ( 6 ) GOT TO GET Rob ‘n’ Raz featuring Leila K

5 ( 4 ) WHEN YOU COME BACK TO ME Jason Donovan

6 ( 5 ) THIS WOMAN’S WORK Kate Bush

7 ( 8 ) HITMIX Alexander O’Neal

8 ( 11 ) WORDS The Christians

9 ( 7 ) CHEER DOWN George Harrison

10 ( 15 ) BURNING THE GROUND Duran Duran

 

 

11 ( 18 ) BROKE AWAY Wet Wet Wet

12 ( 19 ) DO THEY KNOW IT’S CHRISTMAS Band Aid II

13 ( 31 ) TOUCH ME The 49ers

14 ( 13 ) I DON’T WANT TO LOSE YOU Tina Turner

15 ( 10 ) GETTING AWAY WITH IT Electronic

16 ( 12 ) FOREVER BLUE Swing Out Sister

17 ( 17 ) GET A LIFE Soul II Soul

18 ( 9 ) LET’S PARTY Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers

19 ( 14 ) ALL AROUND THE WORLD Lisa Stansfield

20 ( 30 ) OH PRETTY WOMAN Roy Orbison and Friends

 

21 ( 16 ) EVE OF THE WAR (DEEPSPACE MIX) Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds featuring Justin Heyward

22 ( 25 ) BLAME IT ON THE RAIN (US REMIX) Milli Vanilli

23 ( 65 ) LA LUNA Belinda Carlisle

24 ( 24 ) HOUSE OF THE BLUE DANUBE Malcolm McLaren

25 ( 22 ) TELL ME WHEN THE FEVER ENDED Electribe 101

26 ( 23 ) LAMBADA Kaoma

27 ( 20 ) HEY GIRL DON’T BOTHER ME ’89 The Tams

28 ( 37 ) HANGING TOUGH New Kids On The Block

29 ( 29 ) RHYTHM NATION Janet Jackson

30 ( 38 ) SISTER Bros

 

31 ( 33 ) DIFFERENT AIR Living In A Box

32 ( 32 ) ROOM IN YOUR HEART Living In A Box

33 ( 27 ) PACIFIC - 707 808 State

34 ( 47 ) YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL) Jimmy Somerville

35 ( 46 ) LISTEN TO YOUR HEART Sonia

36 ( NEW ) (SEXUAL) HEALING ’89 Marvin Gaye

37 ( 21 ) DEEP HEAT ’89 Various Artists

38 ( 61 ) GOING BACK TO MY ROOTS/ RICH IN PARADISE The FPI Project

39 ( 26 ) SIT AND WAIT Sydney Youngblood

40 ( 34 ) DON’T ASK ME WHY Eurythmics

 

41 ( 28 ) YOU SURROUND ME Erasure

42 ( 50 ) LAY ME DOWN EASY Sinitta

43 ( 57 ) THE MAGIC NUMBER De La Soul

44 ( 39 ) WOMAN IN CHAINS Tears For Fears featuring Oleta Adams

45 ( NEW ) MY LOVE The London Boys

46 ( NEW ) 20 SECONDS TO COMPLY Silver Bullet

47 ( 43 ) SACRIFICE Elton John

48 ( 48 ) THE SENSUAL WORLD Kate Bush

49 ( 53 ) INNER CITY MAMMA Neneh Cherry

50 ( 49 ) SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears For Fears

 

51 ( 45 ) SOMETHING/ COME TOGETHER The Beatles

52 ( NEW ) SMOKE ON THE WATER Rock Aid Armenia

53 ( 44 ) FREE FALLIN’ Tom Petty

54 ( 54 ) SHADOWMIX The Shadows

55 ( 36 ) VOLARE The Gypsy Kings

56 ( 56 ) HEY YOU The Quireboys

57 ( 67 ) LENINGRAD Billy Joel

58 ( RE ) I’LL SAIL THIS SHIP ALONE The Beautiful South

59 ( 35 ) SIGN O’ THE TIMES Simple Minds

60 ( 60 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

 

 

61 ( 51 ) OH WELL Oh Well

62 ( 40 ) COLDCUT’S CHRISTMAS BREAK Coldcut

63 ( 63 ) PUMP UP THE JAM Technotronic featuring Felly (Ya Kid K)

64 ( 64 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

65 ( 59 ) LEAVE A LIGHT ON Belinda Carlisle

66 ( 73 ) DECEMBER All About Eve

67 ( NEW ) BRITE SIDE Deborah Harry

68 ( 68 ) SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan

69 ( 70 ) LEAN ON YOU Cliff Richard

70 ( 42 ) THE MIRACLE Queen

 

71 ( 52 ) CAN’T SHAKE THE FEELING Big Fun

72 ( 55 ) CHRISTMAS Alvin Stardust

73 ( NEW ) WIG WAM BAM Damian

74 ( 75 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

75 ( 72 ) TALK IT OVER Grayson Hugh

 

 

On Christmas TV: Blackadder, Cheers, Indian Jones & The Temple Of Doom, Ruthless People, The Man With Two Brains, Whose Line Is It Anyway, The Golden Girls, Red Dwarf, Top Of The Pops, The Flintstones, and yes they were still showing Marx Brothers films and Laurel And Hardy shorts daily on TV. As they get nearer to 100 years old they are more historic curiosities these days, I guess - I mean they looked ancient even then! My brother came for christmas, a pretty stressful event given the various family stuff going on at the time, and they all opened their presents before I came down at 7.30, cheek! I got stroppy.

 

New Years, I looked back on a year of World Events not seen since at least the 60’s, or even the War. I also looked back on the 80’s and came to the conclusion that for the most part it was “good riddance” from me. Watched the fab movie Peggy Sue Got Married in a house all to myself. Luxury! My list of great 80’s movies included Aliens, Star Trek 2, 3 and 4, War Games, A Fish Called Wanda, Airplane II, Superman II, Blade Runner, Jedi and Empire, Future I & II, Fame, 2010... Fave video: Billie Jean. TV saw in the 90’s with a video pop compilation of 80’s classics, which was FAB!

 

Saturday before NYE was Gary Glitter at the Bournemouth International Centre, for the 4th time in 5 years, a rousing good night out that had become an annual event. The gig was packed, as always, and a cross-section of all types of music fans, and despite a bad cold, sore throat, and much flabbiness Mr. Glitter gave nearly 3 hours of fun. The smokers in the audience bloody choked me - yes hundreds of the bast*rds were allowed to smoke in those days and choke everyone else to the point where eyes streamed, clothes stunk, and one’s sense of smell and taste were long-dead. Anyways, Top songs of the night: 1. I Love You Love Me Love 2. I’m The Leader Of The Gang 3. I Didn’t Know I Loved You, plus Rock & Roll, Always Yours and Hello Hello. Gary at one point got members of the audience on stage to take photos of him and the crowd on their cameras, including one kid. I don’t record what sex fortunately, given later events.