Lean On Me by Red Box is a wonderful pop song so it's great to see it top your chart.

Lean On Me by Red Box is a wonderful pop song so it's great to see it top your chart.

 

Thanks Rollo, it's a forgotten goodie these days, needs getting used in a movie to bring it back to life! :)

24th September 1985

 

It's Red Box for a second week on top as Stevie Wonder shoots up to get his last top 3 with new material, after a 17 year-run. Midge Ure is up to 4, beating his 1982 No Regrets cover, Madonna makes it 5 top 10's in 1985 with Angel, and The Cure get a 5th top 10 up 32 places. Greg Phillinganes and David Cassidy stride into the 20, and the highest new entry is a classic at 37 as A-Ha debut with Take On Me. That spearheads a mass invasion of new tracks, many of them inspired by the new pop TV show Jonathan King's No Limits - the theme tune itself debuts at 75, as new young presenters win an X-Factor type race to host the show.

 

In at 38, The Style Council are back with one of their best tracks, The Lodgers, and Dead Or Alive make it 4 hits in a row at 40, My Heart Goes Bang. At 42, Colonel Abrams funky dance Trapped, 44 is a recharting 1982 hit from America, and Kim Carnes is back 5 years since her debut with More Love, in at 50 and she's crazy in the night. Aren't we all.

 

Journey are massive in the 21st Century thanks to Don't Stop Believin', but back in 1985 they meant very little in the UK, though they had a few charting hits for me starting with Anyway You Want It in 1980. Steve Perrie steps out here for a solo hit, at 57, Cameo bung in some Single Life funk to follow up the fab She's Strange, future monster hit in the UK (but not her home USA) Jennifer Rush enters with The Power Of Love, the 3rd song within 12 months to use the title.

 

The Smiths near the end of their chart journey as The Boy With The Thorn In His Side sneaks in at 64, and Twiggy returns 9 years on from her chart debut, and 20 years since she burst onto the iconic British fashion scene, Jennifer Holliday is back 3 years on from her show-stopping, and unsurpassable, version of And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going from Dream Girls - being sung these days by Amber Riley, former Glee star, Glee of course covering Journey's Don't Stop Believin' to huge success, and causing the original to finally chart big in the UK.

 

Elaine Page returns, 4 years since Memories started her showtune singles chart career, and fresh off her UK chart-topper with Babs Dickson. That leaves Lou Reed making a chart comeback after quite a gap of time, some 12 years since Walk On The Wild Side, and Hall & Oates also back with a cover - in this case a Temptations medley. Phew! Loads of drop outs!

 

1 ( 1 ) LEAN ON ME (AH-LI-AYO) Red Box

2 ( 9 ) PART TIME LOVER Stevie Wonder

3 ( 3 ) RUNNING UP THAT HILL Kate Bush

4 ( 12 ) IF I WAS Midge Ure

5 ( 2 ) DANCING IN THE STREET David Bowie & Mick Jagger

6 ( 8 ) WHAT’S YOUR PROBLEM? Blancmange

7 ( 4 ) DON’T MESS WITH DR. DREAM The Thompson Twins

8 ( 29 ) ANGEL Madonna

9 ( 5 ) SUFFER THE CHILDREN Tears For Fears

10 ( 48 ) CLOSE TO ME The Cure

 

11 ( 7 ) TARZAN BOY Baltimora

12 ( 6 ) DON’T STOP THE DANCE Bryan Ferry

13 ( 10 ) DRIVE The Cars

14 ( 16 ) THE LOVE PARADE Dream Academy

15 ( 17 ) YESTERDAY’S MEN Madness

16 ( 36 ) BEHIND THE MASK Greg Phillinganes

17 ( 15 ) YOU AND YOUR HEART SO BLUE Bucks Fizz

18 ( 33 ) SOMEONE David Cassidy

19 ( 14 ) INTO THE GROOVE Madonna

20 ( 26 ) MAGICAL Bucks Fizz

 

21 ( 13 ) KNOCK ON WOOD/ LIGHT MY FIRE Amii Stewart

22 ( 31 ) REBEL YELL Billy Idol

23 ( 21 ) HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO Bonnie Tyler

24 ( 20 ) HOLIDAY Madonna

25 ( 18 ) SAY I’M YOUR NUMBER ONE Princess

26 ( 40 ) BRAND NEW FRIEND Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

27 ( 19 ) I CAN DREAM ABOUT YOU Dan Hartman

28 ( 11 ) STORIES OF JOHNNY Marc Almond

29 ( 38 ) BODY ROCK Maria Vidal

30 ( 39 ) LAVENDER Marillion

 

31 ( 46 ) I’LL BE GOOD Rene And Angela

32 ( 24 ) WHITE WEDDING Billy Idol

33 ( 23 ) MONEY FOR NOTHING Dire Straits

34 ( 28 ) THERE MUST BE AN ANGEL (PLAYING WITH MY HEART) Eurythmics

35 ( 35 ) MY BEST BOYFRIEND Carly Simon

36 ( 32 ) I WONDER IF I TAKE YOU HOME Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force

37 ( NEW ) TAKE ON ME A-Ha

38 ( NEW ) THE LODGERS The Style Council

39 ( 75 ) IS IT A DREAM The Damned

40 ( NEW ) MY HEART GOES BANG Dead Or Alive

 

41 ( 25 ) ST. ELMO’S FIRE (MAN IN MOTION) John Parr

42 ( NEW ) TRAPPED Colonel Abrams

43 ( 34 ) WE DON’T NEED ANOTHER HERO (THUNDERDOME) Tina Turner

44 ( NEW ) THE BORDER America

45 ( 22 ) ALONE WITHOUT YOU King

46 ( 30 ) POWER OF LOVE Huey Lewis & The News

47 ( 50 ) PERFECT WAY Scritti Politti

48 ( 57 ) SHE’S SO BEAUTIFUL Cliff Richard

49 ( 49 ) JOLENE Strawberry Switchblade

50 ( NEW ) CRAZY IN THE NIGHT Kim Carnes

 

51 ( 47 ) GETCHA BACK The Beach Boys

52 ( 52 ) THE LAST KISS David Cassidy

53 ( 51 ) “19” Paul Hardcastle

54 ( 27 ) PALE SHELTER Tears For Fears

55 ( 66 ) WHEN YOUR HEART RUNS OUT OF TIME Glen Gregory and Claudia Brucken

56 ( 37 ) YOU’RE THE ONE FOR ME D. Train

57 ( NEW ) OH SHERRIE Steve Perry

58 ( 60 ) EATEN ALIVE Diana Ross

59 ( 59 ) MEGAREX T.Rex

60 ( 53 ) IN TOO DEEP Dead Or Alive

 

61 ( NEW ) SINGLE LIFE Cameo

62 ( NEW ) THE POWER OF LOVE Jennifer Rush

63 ( 58 ) SO IN LOVE OMD

64 ( NEW ) THE BOY WITH THE THORN IN HIS SIDE The Smiths

65 ( 43 ) BODY AND SOUL Mai Tai

66 ( NEW ) FEEL EMOTION Twiggy

67 ( NEW ) YOU DID CUT ME China Crisis

68 ( 54 ) YOU’RE MY HEART YOU’RE MY SOUL Modern Talking

69 ( NEW ) HARD TIME FOR LOVERS Jennifer Holliday

70 ( NEW ) LOVE TAKE OVER Five Star

 

71 ( 45 ) I GOT YOU BABE UB40 and Chrissie Hynde

72 ( NEW ) HEAVEN HELP MY HEART Elaine Page

73 ( NEW ) SEPTEMBER SONG Lou Reed

74 ( NEW ) THE WAY YOU DO THE THINGS YOU DO/MY GIRL Daryl Hall & John Oates

75 ( NEW ) NO LIMITS Jonathan King

oh great memories here!

actually thought behind the mask was an eric clapton song, but i see this is the original?

 

good stuff!

Twiggy is very underrated pop singer, the one from the best in 70s decade.

"Angel" will be your next # 1 or I'm wrong. Best year in all long Madonna's career.

oh great memories here!

actually thought behind the mask was an eric clapton song, but i see this is the original?

 

good stuff!

Thanks Toffo, yes Greg Philinganes was the original version, more funky than Clappo's cover, Jonathan King played it a bit on No Limits, and that was pretty much it aprt from Gambo's US chart rundown I think!

Twiggy is very underrated pop singer, the one from the best in 70s decade.

"Angel" will be your next # 1 or I'm wrong. Best year in all long Madonna's career.

Hi Alex, I was very fond of Twiggy, right from being a kiddie. A good try about Madonna's Angel, but not quite one of my total Madonna faves, but a good one anyway :)

1st October 1985

 

3 weeks on top for Red Box, as The Style Council rocket up to 2 with the great melody of the otherwise a bit political The Lodgers, their 4th top 3, and Paul Weller's 4th. Amii Stewart makes the top 10 as airplay starts favouring Light My Fire a bit more (the better track), and Dead Or Alive make it 4 top 10's in a row, and Billy Idol 3 out of 4.

 

A-ha shoot up into the top 20 as the classic video starts to get TV plays, Colonel Abrams is trapped just outside the 20, and Jolene takes Strawberry Switchblade and Dolly Parton's song back into the 40. Marc Bolan is the highest new entry at 36 with a rare early song given a release as his loyal fans kept the T.Rex legend living on. It's a Brilliant song at 45, a cover of the James Brown 60's classic done female vocal stylee by the cool future KLF member Jimmy Cauty and ex-Killing Joke and future record producer Youth, drafting in the terrific vocalist JUne Montana. Their A&R Manager was Bill Drummond (the other half of KLF), and they were produced by err Stock Aitken Waterman who also had a hand in the songwriting. It can be NO coincidence that the KLF had a fab song called Kylie Said To Jason, just before the Timelords alter-ego took them to the top of the charts.

 

14 years of chart entries and Elton is in with his pretty ballad Nikita - yes it is a boys name, wonder if he was trying to tell us something at the time.... Meanwhile Depeche are back, ditto The Cars, Level 42 and Matt Bianco.

 

1 ( 1 ) LEAN ON ME (AH-LI-AYO) Red Box

2 ( 38 ) THE LODGERS The Style Council

3 ( 4 ) IF I WAS Midge Ure

4 ( 2 ) PART TIME LOVER Stevie Wonder

5 ( 10 ) CLOSE TO ME The Cure

6 ( 21 ) KNOCK ON WOOD/ LIGHT MY FIRE Amii Stewart

7 ( 8 ) ANGEL Madonna

8 ( 3 ) RUNNING UP THAT HILL Kate Bush

9 ( 40 ) MY HEART GOES BANG Dead Or Alive

10 ( 22 ) REBEL YELL Billy Idol

 

11 ( 6 ) WHAT’S YOUR PROBLEM? Blancmange

12 ( 14 ) THE LOVE PARADE Dream Academy

13 ( 12 ) DON’T STOP THE DANCE Bryan Ferry

14 ( 11 ) TARZAN BOY Baltimora

15 ( 7 ) DON’T MESS WITH DR. DREAM The Thompson Twins

16 ( 5 ) DANCING IN THE STREET David Bowie & Mick Jagger

17 ( 20 ) MAGICAL Bucks Fizz

18 ( 37 ) TAKE ON ME A-Ha

19 ( 13 ) DRIVE The Cars

20 ( 26 ) BRAND NEW FRIEND Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

 

21 ( 9 ) SUFFER THE CHILDREN Tears For Fears

22 ( 42 ) TRAPPED Colonel Abrams

23 ( 49 ) JOLENE Strawberry Switchblade

24 ( 17 ) YOU AND YOUR HEART SO BLUE Bucks Fizz

25 ( 31 ) I’LL BE GOOD Rene And Angela

26 ( 19 ) INTO THE GROOVE Madonna

27 ( 15 ) YESTERDAY’S MEN Madness

28 ( 29 ) BODY ROCK Maria Vidal

29 ( 16 ) BEHIND THE MASK Greg Phillinganes

30 ( 44 ) THE BORDER America

 

31 ( 18 ) SOMEONE David Cassidy

32 ( 24 ) HOLIDAY Madonna

33 ( 25 ) SAY I’M YOUR NUMBER ONE Princess

34 ( 39 ) IS IT A DREAM The Damned

35 ( 27 ) I CAN DREAM ABOUT YOU Dan Hartman

36 ( NEW ) SUNKEN RAGS Marc Bolan

37 ( 48 ) SHE’S SO BEAUTIFUL Cliff Richard

38 ( 62 ) THE POWER OF LOVE Jennifer Rush

39 ( 36 ) I WONDER IF I TAKE YOU HOME Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force

40 ( 61 ) SINGLE LIFE Cameo

 

41 ( 41 ) ST. ELMO’S FIRE (MAN IN MOTION) John Parr

42 ( 23 ) HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO Bonnie Tyler

43 ( 34 ) THERE MUST BE AN ANGEL (PLAYING WITH MY HEART) Eurythmics

44 ( 33 ) MONEY FOR NOTHING Dire Straits

45 ( NEW ) IT’S A MANS MANS MANS MANS WORLD Brilliant

46 ( 32 ) WHITE WEDDING Billy Idol

47 ( 47 ) PERFECT WAY Scritti Politti

48 ( 57 ) OH SHERRIE Steve Perry

49 ( 64 ) THE BOY WITH THE THORN IN HIS SIDE The Smiths

50 ( 70 ) LOVE TAKE OVER Five Star

 

51 ( 28 ) STORIES OF JOHNNY Marc Almond

52 ( NEW ) NIKITA Elton John

53 ( 52 ) THE LAST KISS David Cassidy

54 ( 58 ) EATEN ALIVE Diana Ross

55 ( 53 ) “19” Paul Hardcastle

56 ( 59 ) MEGAREX T.Rex

57 ( 46 ) POWER OF LOVE Huey Lewis & The News

58 ( 30 ) LAVENDER Marillion

59 ( 43 ) WE DON’T NEED ANOTHER HERO (THUNDERDOME) Tina Turner

60 ( 67 ) YOU DID CUT ME China Crisis

 

61 ( 51 ) GETCHA BACK The Beach Boys

62 ( 35 ) MY BEST BOYFRIEND Carly Simon

63 ( RE ) SHE SELLS SANCTUARY The Cult

64 ( 69 ) HARD TIME FOR LOVERS Jennifer Holliday

65 ( NEW ) IT’S CALLED A HEART Depeche Mode

66 ( 63 ) SO IN LOVE OMD

67 ( 50 ) CRAZY IN THE NIGHT Kim Carnes

68 ( NEW ) I BELIEVE (A SOULFUL RECORDING) Tears For Fears

69 ( 60 ) IN TOO DEEP Dead Or Alive

70 ( NEW ) RUGGED AND MEAN Pee Bee Squad

 

71 ( 68 ) YOU’RE MY HEART YOU’RE MY SOUL Modern Talking

72 ( 65 ) BODY AND SOUL Mai Tai

73 ( NEW ) HEARTBEAT CITY The Cars

74 ( NEW ) YEH YEH Matt Bianco

75 ( NEW ) SOMETHING ABOUT YOU Level 42

8th October 1985

 

It's a first week on top for Midge Ure, rather appropriately cos I saw him perform this wonderful song last night as I write (14th Oct 2017) heading a triple bill of fab Clare Crogan's Altered Images, still in fine voice, and ditto The Christians smooth rocksoul. Great to hear them all with more hits than you think you know!

 

Jennifer Rush powers into the 10, The Smiths make a thorny dash into the 20, and Level 42 have something about going top 40. Highest new entry is the brilliant Trevor Horn-produced Grace Jones Slave To The Rhythm, at 44, The Cult follow-up with Rain, Sade keeps the jazzsoul coming, Prince has another psychedelic-soul single off Around The World In A Day, and a classic Simple Minds movie song pops in. One to have a Breakfast Club to.

 

Woodpeckers From Space? No, I don't remember it either, but I had fond movies of being in the Micky Mouse club in Singapore (Woody Woodpecker shorts on film shown to RAF kids in Siglap, presumably unable to finance Disney shorts). Certainly no other excuse for charting it. One place higher than Erasure's debut of a flop single first time round, the former Depeche Mode Vince is also lower than his ex-bandmates. Bobby Womack follows his brother and sister-in-law into my charts, Kaja have dropped the googooo - they needent have bothered - The Alarm are strong at 75, and The Jesus And Mary Chain are just like honey at 74. Sweet.

 

1 ( 3 ) IF I WAS Midge Ure

2 ( 1 ) LEAN ON ME (AH-LI-AYO) Red Box

3 ( 2 ) THE LODGERS The Style Council

4 ( 5 ) CLOSE TO ME The Cure

5 ( 6 ) KNOCK ON WOOD/ LIGHT MY FIRE Amii Stewart

6 ( 4 ) PART TIME LOVER Stevie Wonder

7 ( 10 ) REBEL YELL Billy Idol

8 ( 9 ) MY HEART GOES BANG Dead Or Alive

9 ( 38 ) THE POWER OF LOVE Jennifer Rush

10 ( 22 ) TRAPPED Colonel Abrams

 

11 ( 18 ) TAKE ON ME A-Ha

12 ( 7 ) ANGEL Madonna

13 ( 8 ) RUNNING UP THAT HILL Kate Bush

14 ( 20 ) BRAND NEW FRIEND Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

15 ( 23 ) JOLENE Strawberry Switchblade

16 ( 11 ) WHAT’S YOUR PROBLEM? Blancmange

17 ( 12 ) THE LOVE PARADE Dream Academy

18 ( 25 ) I’LL BE GOOD Rene And Angela

19 ( 49 ) THE BOY WITH THE THORN IN HIS SIDE The Smiths

20 ( 41 ) ST. ELMO’S FIRE (MAN IN MOTION) John Parr

 

21 ( 13 ) DON’T STOP THE DANCE Bryan Ferry

22 ( 28 ) BODY ROCK Maria Vidal

23 ( 14 ) TARZAN BOY Baltimora

24 ( 19 ) DRIVE The Cars

25 ( 24 ) YOU AND YOUR HEART SO BLUE Bucks Fizz

26 ( 17 ) MAGICAL Bucks Fizz

27 ( 15 ) DON’T MESS WITH DR. DREAM The Thompson Twins

28 ( 30 ) THE BORDER America

29 ( 40 ) SINGLE LIFE Cameo

30 ( 36 ) SUNKEN RAGS Marc Bolan

 

31 ( 16 ) DANCING IN THE STREET David Bowie & Mick Jagger

32 ( 50 ) LOVE TAKE OVER Five Star

33 ( 26 ) INTO THE GROOVE Madonna

34 ( 64 ) HARD TIME FOR LOVERS Jennifer Holliday

35 ( 54 ) EATEN ALIVE Diana Ross

36 ( 37 ) SHE’S SO BEAUTIFUL Cliff Richard

37 ( 21 ) SUFFER THE CHILDREN Tears For Fears

38 ( 75 ) SOMETHING ABOUT YOU Level 42

39 ( 32 ) HOLIDAY Madonna

40 ( 52 ) NIKITA Elton John

 

41 ( 27 ) YESTERDAY’S MEN Madness

42 ( 39 ) I WONDER IF I TAKE YOU HOME Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force

43 ( 29 ) BEHIND THE MASK Greg Phillinganes

44 ( NEW ) SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM Grace Jones

45 ( 45 ) IT’S A MANS MANS MANS MANS WORLD Brilliant

46 ( 35 ) I CAN DREAM ABOUT YOU Dan Hartman

47 ( NEW ) RAIN The Cult

48 ( 43 ) THERE MUST BE AN ANGEL (PLAYING WITH MY HEART) Eurythmics

49 ( 31 ) SOMEONE David Cassidy

50 ( 33 ) SAY I’M YOUR NUMBER ONE Princess

 

51 ( NEW ) SWEETEST TABOO Sade

52 ( 53 ) THE LAST KISS David Cassidy

53 ( 46 ) WHITE WEDDING Billy Idol

54 ( 44 ) MONEY FOR NOTHING Dire Straits

55 ( 65 ) IT’S CALLED A HEART Depeche Mode

56 ( 56 ) MEGAREX T.Rex

57 ( 55 ) “19” Paul Hardcastle

58 ( 70 ) RUGGED AND MEAN Pee Bee Squad

59 ( 34 ) IS IT A DREAM The Damned

60 ( 57 ) POWER OF LOVE Huey Lewis & The News

 

61 ( NEW ) POP LIFE Prince

62 ( 68 ) I BELIEVE (A SOULFUL RECORDING) Tears For Fears

63 ( 47 ) PERFECT WAY Scritti Politti

64 ( 61 ) GETCHA BACK The Beach Boys

65 ( 74 ) YEH YEH Matt Bianco

66 ( NEW ) DON’T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME) Simple Minds

67 ( NEW ) WOODPECKERS FROM SPACE Video Kids

68 ( NEW ) WHO NEEDS LOVE LIKE THAT Erasure

69 ( 69 ) IN TOO DEEP Dead Or Alive

70 ( 66 ) SO IN LOVE OMD

 

71 ( NEW ) I WISH HE DIDN’T TRUST ME SO MUCH Bobby Womack

72 ( 59 ) WE DON’T NEED ANOTHER HERO (THUNDERDOME) Tina Turner

73 ( NEW ) SHOULDN’T DO THAT Kaja

74 ( NEW ) JUST LIKE HONEY The Jesus And Mary Chain

75 ( NEW ) STRENGTH The Alarm

If I Was is a great song and a well deserved no.1 (on the real chart as well as yours). Wastelands from the same album only got to no.46. It should have been a top 40 hit.

 

I agree Slave To The Rhythm is brilliant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

If I Was is a great song and a well deserved no.1 (on the real chart as well as yours). Wastelands from the same album only got to no.46. It should have been a top 40 hit.

 

I agree Slave To The Rhythm is brilliant.

 

Thanks for the comment Rollo, yes totally deserved to be number one (especially since Vienna was denied by Joe Dolce)! Wastelends I havent heard in 30-odd years I think, must check it out - I can't even recall where it peaked in my chart! :lol:

i'll have to dig out my 1985 charts, but from memory most of your top20 was in my top 20!

you may be aware, midge was in a group called slik with billy mcisaac who just happens to be the missus' cousin...

i'll have to dig out my 1985 charts, but from memory most of your top20 was in my top 20!

you may be aware, midge was in a group called slik with billy mcisaac who just happens to be the missus' cousin...

 

Thanks Toffo, yes I was hoping Midge would do one of his Slik hits (no such luck!) :lol: They even had a number one. I prob knew about his cousin at the time, and then forgot about it for 40 years! Thanks for the info :)

15th October 1985

 

2 weeks on top for Midge as a-ha challenge at 2. Brilliant vault up to 12 with their utterly different James Brown cover (sung from the point of view of a woman), Jennifer Holliday grabs a second top 20 hit, Grace Jones gets her second top 20 too - 5 years after the first - and ditto The Cult 5 weeks after the first (or so). Simple Minds are the highest of a pile of new tracks as the autumn pre-xmas deluge gets biting, with the great Alive And Kicking. In 1985 Madonna could fart into a microphone and get a hit, and sure enough The Gambler enters at 30, The Three Degrees return after a 5-year gap, Talking Heads after a 4-year gap (with the fab Road To Nowhere), The Clash after a 2-year rest, and The Thompson Twins keep the run of singles coming.

 

Kate Bush chucks out another winner, the one with the Donald Sutherland video, the great Cloudbusting, following a chart-topper as do The Cars and Godley & Creme. A Miami Vice theme track charts for Jan Hammer, better than the TV show at any rate (though it did have Sheena Easton in it), and some of Duran Duran decide it's time for an Election Day. Duran without the rhythm oomph, effectively. Modern Talking and Pat Benatar follow-up great singles with much less great tracks....

 

1 ( 1 ) IF I WAS Midge Ure

2 ( 11 ) TAKE ON ME A-Ha

3 ( 3 ) THE LODGERS The Style Council

4 ( 2 ) LEAN ON ME (AH-LI-AYO) Red Box

5 ( 4 ) CLOSE TO ME The Cure

6 ( 9 ) THE POWER OF LOVE Jennifer Rush

7 ( 10 ) TRAPPED Colonel Abrams

8 ( 7 ) REBEL YELL Billy Idol

9 ( 5 ) KNOCK ON WOOD/ LIGHT MY FIRE Amii Stewart

10 ( 6 ) PART TIME LOVER Stevie Wonder

 

11 ( 8 ) MY HEART GOES BANG Dead Or Alive

12 ( 45 ) IT’S A MANS MANS MANS MANS WORLD Brilliant

13 ( 12 ) ANGEL Madonna

14 ( 19 ) THE BOY WITH THE THORN IN HIS SIDE The Smiths

15 ( 20 ) ST. ELMO’S FIRE (MAN IN MOTION) John Parr

16 ( 18 ) I’LL BE GOOD Rene And Angela

17 ( 34 ) HARD TIME FOR LOVERS Jennifer Holliday

18 ( 13 ) RUNNING UP THAT HILL Kate Bush

19 ( 44 ) SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM Grace Jones

20 ( 47 ) RAIN The Cult

 

21 ( 38 ) SOMETHING ABOUT YOU Level 42

22 ( NEW ) ALIVE AND KICKING Simple Minds

23 ( 15 ) JOLENE Strawberry Switchblade

24 ( 16 ) WHAT’S YOUR PROBLEM? Blancmange

25 ( 40 ) NIKITA Elton John

26 ( 14 ) BRAND NEW FRIEND Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

27 ( 32 ) LOVE TAKE OVER Five Star

28 ( 22 ) BODY ROCK Maria Vidal

29 ( 29 ) SINGLE LIFE Cameo

30 ( NEW ) THE GAMBLER Madonna

 

31 ( 17 ) THE LOVE PARADE Dream Academy

32 ( 24 ) DRIVE The Cars

33 ( NEW ) THE HEAVEN I NEED The Three Degrees

34 ( 25 ) YOU AND YOUR HEART SO BLUE Bucks Fizz

35 ( 26 ) MAGICAL Bucks Fizz

36 ( 61 ) POP LIFE Prince

37 ( 23 ) TARZAN BOY Baltimora

38 ( 21 ) DON’T STOP THE DANCE Bryan Ferry

39 ( 27 ) DON’T MESS WITH DR. DREAM The Thompson Twins

40 ( 51 ) THE SWEETEST TABOO Sade

 

41 ( 30 ) SUNKEN RAGS Marc Bolan

42 ( 33 ) INTO THE GROOVE Madonna

43 ( NEW ) ROAD TO NOWHERE Talking Heads

44 ( NEW ) HOT FUN Seventh Heaven

45 ( NEW ) THIS IS ENGLAND The Clash

46 ( 39 ) HOLIDAY Madonna

47 ( NEW ) KING FOR A DAY The Thompson Twins

48 ( 31 ) DANCING IN THE STREET David Bowie & Mick Jagger

49 ( NEW ) CLOUDBUSTING Kate Bush

50 ( 36 ) SHE’S SO BEAUTIFUL Cliff Richard

 

51 ( 35 ) EATEN ALIVE Diana Ross

52 ( 62 ) I BELIEVE (A SOULFUL RECORDING) Tears For Fears

53 ( 52 ) THE LAST KISS David Cassidy

54 ( 48 ) THERE MUST BE AN ANGEL (PLAYING WITH MY HEART) Eurythmics

55 ( 42 ) I WONDER IF I TAKE YOU HOME Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force

56 ( 28 ) THE BORDER America

57 ( 65 ) YEH YEH Matt Bianco

58 ( 46 ) I CAN DREAM ABOUT YOU Dan Hartman

59 ( 56 ) MEGAREX T.Rex

60 ( 57 ) “19” Paul Hardcastle

 

61 ( 37 ) SUFFER THE CHILDREN Tears For Fears

62 ( NEW ) HEARTBEAT CITY The Cars

63 ( 41 ) YESTERDAY’S MEN Madness

64 ( 53 ) WHITE WEDDING Billy Idol

65 ( 50 ) SAY I’M YOUR NUMBER ONE Princess

66 ( NEW ) MIAMI VICE THEME Jan Hammer

67 ( 54 ) MONEY FOR NOTHING Dire Straits

68 ( 49 ) SOMEONE David Cassidy

69 ( 64 ) GETCHA BACK The Beach Boys

70 ( NEW ) GOLDEN BOYS Godley & Creme

 

71 ( 60 ) POWER OF LOVE Huey Lewis & The News

72 ( NEW ) ELECTION DAY Arcadia

73 ( 70 ) SO IN LOVE OMD

74 ( NEW ) YOU CAN WIN IF YOU WANT Modern Talking

75 ( NEW ) INVINCIBLE Pat Benatar

 

22nd October 1985

 

It's a first week on top for a-ha's timeless Take On Me, as one fab creative video knocks off another one - from Midge's pin-cushion effect to a-ha's animation-strip style. Grace JOnes gets her biggest-ever hit as Slave To The Rhythm jumps to 5, and The Clash rocket almost 30 places to 6 for their first top 10 since Bankrobber in 1980. Elton John's Nikita saunters into the 10 to give Reg 15 consecutive years of top 10 hits, while the highest new entry is Mrs Cretu, German singer Sandra who's hubbie was to become mega as Enigma (and he often brought in the missus to help): in at 16 Maria Magdalena was a huge European smash (and UK flop) owing more than a bit to Laura Branigan's Self Control. I recently entered it into the Buzzjack Song Contest as an obscure oldie amongst a host of new tracks and it did spectacularly well with a new younger generation of music fans. It sounds very relevant in 2017, obviously....!

 

Talking Heads rocket into the 20, ditto Kate Bush (later to be sampled by Utah Saints to great effect), as Bucks Fizz singer Bobby G leads an inrush of ex-group singers to the chart: Roger Daltrey gets 12 years of solo hits, or 16 years including The Who; Sting enters Police-less with a lesser track; Feargal Sharkey gets another solo hit, his best ever record (written by Maria McKee), and I include the classic Teenage Kicks Undertones debut from 1978 in that; Jimmy Somerville pops in with The Communards, a Bronski Beat nevermore, as You Are My World turns out to be the best thing he's done since Smalltown Boy. It got to be a hit eventually in 1987. 

 

UB40 enter right into the 40 with one of their great singles 5 years into their non-stop run of hits, and Siouxsie enters with her greatest single 7 years into her career, Cities In Dust still sounds fabulous. Twiggy's back 9 years on, and Tina Turner keeps the Mad Max coming.

 

1 ( 2 ) TAKE ON ME A-Ha

2 ( 1 ) IF I WAS Midge Ure

3 ( 3 ) THE LODGERS The Style Council

4 ( 6 ) THE POWER OF LOVE Jennifer Rush

5 ( 19 ) SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM Grace Jones

6 ( 45 ) THIS IS ENGLAND The Clash

7 ( 12 ) IT’S A MANS MANS MANS MANS WORLD Brilliant

8 ( 15 ) ST. ELMO’S FIRE (MAN IN MOTION) John Parr

9 ( 4 ) LEAN ON ME (AH-LI-AYO) Red Box

10 ( 25 ) NIKITA Elton John

 

11 ( 8 ) REBEL YELL Billy Idol

12 ( 7 ) TRAPPED Colonel Abrams

13 ( 20 ) RAIN The Cult

14 ( 5 ) CLOSE TO ME The Cure

15 ( 22 ) ALIVE AND KICKING Simple Minds

16 ( NEW ) (I’LL NEVER BE) MARIA MAGDALENA Sandra

17 ( 30 ) THE GAMBLER Madonna

18 ( 43 ) ROAD TO NOWHERE Talking Heads

19 ( 10 ) PART TIME LOVER Stevie Wonder

20 ( 21 ) SOMETHING ABOUT YOU Level 42

 

21 ( 13 ) ANGEL Madonna

22 ( 9 ) KNOCK ON WOOD/ LIGHT MY FIRE Amii Stewart

23 ( 49 ) CLOUDBUSTING Kate Bush

24 ( 14 ) THE BOY WITH THE THORN IN HIS SIDE The Smiths

25 ( 18 ) RUNNING UP THAT HILL Kate Bush

26 ( 33 ) THE HEAVEN I NEED The Three Degrees

27 ( 27 ) LOVE TAKE OVER Five Star

28 ( 11 ) MY HEART GOES BANG Dead Or Alive

29 ( NEW ) BIG DEAL Bobby G

30 ( 16 ) I’LL BE GOOD Rene And Angela

 

31 ( 17 ) HARD TIME FOR LOVERS Jennifer Holliday

32 ( 40 ) THE SWEETEST TABOO Sade

33 ( 29 ) SINGLE LIFE Cameo

34 ( 47 ) KING FOR A DAY The Thompson Twins

35 ( 66 ) MIAMI VICE THEME Jan Hammer

36 ( 36 ) POP LIFE Prince

37 ( NEW ) DON’T BREAK MY HEART UB40

38 ( NEW ) A GOOD HEART Feargal Sharkey

39 ( 24 ) WHAT’S YOUR PROBLEM? Blancmange

40 ( 34 ) YOU AND YOUR HEART SO BLUE Bucks Fizz

 

41 ( 32 ) DRIVE The Cars

42 ( NEW ) FORTRESS AROUND MY HEART Sting

43 ( 57 ) YEH YEH Matt Bianco

44 ( NEW ) CITIES IN DUST Siouxsie & The Banshees

45 ( 28 ) BODY ROCK Maria Vidal

46 ( 38 ) DON’T STOP THE DANCE Bryan Ferry

47 ( 23 ) JOLENE Strawberry Switchblade

48 ( 39 ) DON’T MESS WITH DR. DREAM The Thompson Twins

49 ( 52 ) I BELIEVE (A SOULFUL RECORDING) Tears For Fears

50 ( 46 ) HOLIDAY Madonna

 

51 ( 37 ) TARZAN BOY Baltimora

52 ( 31 ) THE LOVE PARADE Dream Academy

53 ( 42 ) INTO THE GROOVE Madonna

54 ( 35 ) MAGICAL Bucks Fizz

55 ( 53 ) THE LAST KISS David Cassidy

56 ( 26 ) BRAND NEW FRIEND Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

57 ( NEW ) FEEL EMOTION Twiggy

58 ( 55 ) I WONDER IF I TAKE YOU HOME Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force

59 ( 54 ) THERE MUST BE AN ANGEL (PLAYING WITH MY HEART) Eurythmics

60 ( NEW ) THE TASTE OF MY TEARS King

 

61 ( 59 ) MEGAREX T.Rex

62 ( NEW ) ONE OF THE LIVING Tina Turner

63 ( 60 ) “19” Paul Hardcastle

64 ( NEW ) YOU ARE MY WORLD The Communards

65 ( NEW ) THEY SAY IT’S GONNA RAIN Hazell Dean

66 ( NEW ) BRING ON THE DANCING HORSES Echo & The Bunnymen

67 ( 41 ) SUNKEN RAGS Marc Bolan

68 ( 44 ) HOT FUN Seventh Heaven

69 ( 48 ) DANCING IN THE STREET David Bowie & Mick Jagger

70 ( 62 ) HEARTBEAT CITY The Cars

 

71 ( 58 ) I CAN DREAM ABOUT YOU Dan Hartman

72 ( 72 ) ELECTION DAY Arcadia

73 ( 51 ) EATEN ALIVE Diana Ross

74 ( 75 ) INVINCIBLE Pat Benatar

75 ( NEW ) AFTER THE FIRE Roger Daltrey

29th October 2017

 

 

 

A-ha on top in a busy week, for a second week. I had a long chart rundown but Virgin is playing up and erased it all the b*st*rds won’t even answer the bloody calls about the rubbish connections. So, I don’t have time to run down on returning legends Aretha & Johnny Nash Class of 68, the manic leaps and drops of numerous tracks as Oct 1985 turns out to be magnificently fab.

 

Stairway To Heaven is the highest new entry, Siouxsie rockets to 2, and OMD are in at 30 (I’m off to see them next week in Southampton).

 

1 ( 1 ) TAKE ON ME A-Ha

2 ( 44 ) CITIES IN DUST Siouxsie & The Banshees

3 ( NEW ) STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN Far Corporation

4 ( 5 ) SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM Grace Jones

5 ( 10 ) NIKITA Elton John

6 ( 16 ) (I’LL NEVER BE) MARIA MAGDALENA Sandra

7 ( 2 ) IF I WAS Midge Ure

8 ( 6 ) THIS IS ENGLAND The Clash

9 ( 13 ) RAIN The Cult

10 ( 8 ) ST. ELMO’S FIRE (MAN IN MOTION) John Parr

 

11 ( 3 ) THE LODGERS The Style Council

12 ( 18 ) ROAD TO NOWHERE Talking Heads

13 ( 17 ) THE GAMBLER Madonna

14 ( 37 ) DON’T BREAK MY HEART UB40

15 ( 4 ) THE POWER OF LOVE Jennifer Rush

16 ( 66 ) BRING ON THE DANCING HORSES Echo & The Bunnymen

17 ( 7 ) IT’S A MANS MANS MANS MANS WORLD Brilliant

18 ( 20 ) SOMETHING ABOUT YOU Level 42

19 ( 9 ) LEAN ON ME (AH-LI-AYO) Red Box

20 ( 23 ) CLOUDBUSTING Kate Bush

 

21 ( 38 ) A GOOD HEART Feargal Sharkey

22 ( 15 ) ALIVE AND KICKING Simple Minds

23 ( 11 ) REBEL YELL Billy Idol

24 ( 29 ) BIG DEAL Bobby G

25 ( 12 ) TRAPPED Colonel Abrams

26 ( 35 ) MIAMI VICE THEME Jan Hammer

27 ( 14 ) CLOSE TO ME The Cure

28 ( 19 ) PART TIME LOVER Stevie Wonder

29 ( 34 ) KING FOR A DAY The Thompson Twins

30 ( 32 ) THE SWEETEST TABOO Sade

 

31 ( NEW ) LA FEMME ACCIDENT OMD

32 ( 25 ) RUNNING UP THAT HILL Kate Bush

33 ( 21 ) ANGEL Madonna

34 ( 36 ) POP LIFE Prince

35 ( 43 ) YEH YEH Matt Bianco

36 ( 64 ) YOU ARE MY WORLD The Communards

37 ( 60 ) THE TASTE OF MY TEARS King

38 ( 42 ) FORTRESS AROUND MY HEART Sting

39 ( 22 ) KNOCK ON WOOD/ LIGHT MY FIRE Amii Stewart

40 ( NEW ) SISTERS ARE DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin

 

41 ( 41 ) DRIVE The Cars

42 ( 33 ) SINGLE LIFE Cameo

43 ( 57 ) FEEL EMOTION Twiggy

44 ( 24 ) THE BOY WITH THE THORN IN HIS SIDE The Smiths

45 ( 40 ) YOU AND YOUR HEART SO BLUE Bucks Fizz

46 ( 72 ) ELECTION DAY Arcadia

47 ( 26 ) THE HEAVEN I NEED The Three Degrees

48 ( 39 ) WHAT’S YOUR PROBLEM? Blancmange

49 ( NEW ) SLEEPING BAG ZZ Top

50 ( 28 ) MY HEART GOES BANG Dead Or Alive

 

51 ( 30 ) I’LL BE GOOD Rene And Angela

52 ( 75 ) AFTER THE FIRE Roger Daltrey

53 ( 31 ) HARD TIME FOR LOVERS Jennifer Holliday

54 ( 27 ) LOVE TAKE OVER Five Star

55 ( 55 ) THE LAST KISS David Cassidy

56 ( 50 ) HOLIDAY Madonna

57 ( 46 ) DON’T STOP THE DANCE Bryan Ferry

58 ( NEW ) OH SHEILA Take On The World

59 ( NEW ) LOVE LETTER Marc Almond

60 ( 59 ) THERE MUST BE AN ANGEL (PLAYING WITH MY HEART) Eurythmics

 

61 ( 61 ) MEGAREX T.Rex

62 ( 62 ) ONE OF THE LIVING Tina Turner

63 ( 48 ) DON’T MESS WITH DR. DREAM The Thompson Twins

64 ( 63 ) “19” Paul Hardcastle

65 ( 58 ) I WONDER IF I TAKE YOU HOME Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force

66 ( 51 ) TARZAN BOY Baltimora

67 ( NEW ) LOST WEEKEND Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

68 ( 53 ) INTO THE GROOVE Madonna

69 ( 65 ) THEY SAY IT’S GONNA RAIN Hazell Dean

70 ( NEW ) ROCK ME BABY Johnny Nash

 

71 ( 52 ) THE LOVE PARADE Dream Academy

72 ( 54 ) MAGICAL Bucks Fizz

73 ( NEW ) THE WIND OF CHANGE Robert Wyatt & The Swapo Singers

74 ( NEW ) UNCLE SAM Madness

75 ( NEW ) WHO’S THAT GIRL A Flock Of Seagulls

 

 

 

FAVE OLDIES OF THE WEEK

1 EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL Ray Stevens

2 IT’S FOR YOU Cilla Black

3 GET DOWN TONIGHT KC & The Sunshine Band

3rd November 1985

 

It's a first week on top for Cities In Dust, Siouxsie's 2nd chart-topper, and a relatively unknown corker. UB40 climb to 4 - their 2nd highest charting single to date, after debut Food For Thought peaked at 2. Talking Heads get a 2nd top 10, Feargal Sharkey leaps to 9, and his first solo top 10 and goes where 3 Undertones singles have been. Kate Bush completes a fabulous top 10 - as usual in her case, it's more remarkable if she doesn't go top 10.

 

Lloyd Cole has a mighty quantum leap into the 40, as he searches for a Lost Weekend and his best track that isn't called Perfect Skin. Marc Almond keeps the long run of top 40's going and ZZ Top make it 4 in a row. After the previous week invasion of new entries, it's a bit calmer this time, but still room for some classics: The Waterboys enter at 66 with future 1991 Number 1 in my chart (on reissue) The Whole Of The Moon, a track I heard in a record store in 1989 in a College town in Vermont, and it still sounded fab. Music is memories....

 

Prefab Sprout have a good return single as the highest new entry, Paul Hardcastle disappoints following up a unique huge single, Tina Turner & Bryan Adams cap of a good year for them both with a rocky duet, Patsy Kensit debuts with Eighth Wonder, better times lie ahead chartwise (cough, Pet Shop Boys, cough), Dee C. Lee ex-of Wham! backing singers, and Paul Weller's better-half of the time brings a lush fab ballad into the lower reaches and on it's way up - though one I grew to love more in later years. There's also Shaky.

 

1 ( 2 ) CITIES IN DUST Siouxsie & The Banshees

2 ( 1 ) TAKE ON ME A-Ha

3 ( 3 ) STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN Far Corporation

4 ( 14 ) DON’T BREAK MY HEART UB40

5 ( 5 ) NIKITA Elton John

6 ( 6 ) (I’LL NEVER BE) MARIA MAGDALENA Sandra

7 ( 4 ) SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM Grace Jones

8 ( 12 ) ROAD TO NOWHERE Talking Heads

9 ( 21 ) A GOOD HEART Feargal Sharkey

10 ( 20 ) CLOUDBUSTING Kate Bush

 

11 ( 18 ) SOMETHING ABOUT YOU Level 42

12 ( 16 ) BRING ON THE DANCING HORSES Echo & The Bunnymen

13 ( 7 ) IF I WAS Midge Ure

14 ( 9 ) RAIN The Cult

15 ( 8 ) THIS IS ENGLAND The Clash

16 ( 22 ) ALIVE AND KICKING Simple Minds

17 ( 29 ) KING FOR A DAY The Thompson Twins

18 ( 15 ) THE POWER OF LOVE Jennifer Rush

19 ( 10 ) ST. ELMO’S FIRE (MAN IN MOTION) John Parr

20 ( 11 ) THE LODGERS The Style Council

 

21 ( 24 ) BIG DEAL Bobby G

22 ( 17 ) IT’S A MANS MANS MANS MANS WORLD Brilliant

23 ( 26 ) MIAMI VICE THEME Jan Hammer

24 ( 40 ) SISTERS ARE DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin

25 ( 13 ) THE GAMBLER Madonna

26 ( 19 ) LEAN ON ME (AH-LI-AYO) Red Box

27 ( 46 ) ELECTION DAY Arcadia

28 ( 31 ) LA FEMME ACCIDENT OMD

29 ( 23 ) REBEL YELL Billy Idol

30 ( 36 ) YOU ARE MY WORLD The Communards

 

31 ( 25 ) TRAPPED Colonel Abrams

32 ( 67 ) LOST WEEKEND Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

33 ( 37 ) THE TASTE OF MY TEARS King

34 ( 38 ) FORTRESS AROUND MY HEART Sting

35 ( 35 ) YEH YEH Matt Bianco

36 ( 28 ) PART TIME LOVER Stevie Wonder

37 ( 32 ) RUNNING UP THAT HILL Kate Bush

38 ( 59 ) LOVE LETTER Marc Almond

39 ( 62 ) ONE OF THE LIVING Tina Turner

40 ( 49 ) SLEEPING BAG ZZ Top

 

41 ( 27 ) CLOSE TO ME The Cure

42 ( 33 ) ANGEL Madonna

43 ( 41 ) DRIVE The Cars

44 ( 58 ) OH SHEILA Take On The World

45 ( 52 ) AFTER THE FIRE Roger Daltrey

46 ( 30 ) THE SWEETEST TABOO Sade

47 ( 34 ) POP LIFE Prince

48 ( 39 ) KNOCK ON WOOD/ LIGHT MY FIRE Amii Stewart

49 ( 42 ) SINGLE LIFE Cameo

50 ( 45 ) YOU AND YOUR HEART SO BLUE Bucks Fizz

 

51 ( NEW ) WHEN LOVE BREAKS DOWN Prefab Sprout

52 ( 43 ) FEEL EMOTION Twiggy

53 ( NEW ) JUST FOR THE MONEY Paul Hardcastle

54 ( 44 ) THE BOY WITH THE THORN IN HIS SIDE The Smiths

55 ( 55 ) THE LAST KISS David Cassidy

56 ( 48 ) WHAT’S YOUR PROBLEM? Blancmange

57 ( 56 ) HOLIDAY Madonna

58 ( NEW ) IT’S ONLY LOVE Tina Turner & Bryan Adams

59 ( 61 ) MEGAREX T.Rex

60 ( 50 ) MY HEART GOES BANG Dead Or Alive

 

61 ( 60 ) THERE MUST BE AN ANGEL (PLAYING WITH MY HEART) Eurythmics

62 ( 57 ) DON’T STOP THE DANCE Bryan Ferry

63 ( 73 ) THE WIND OF CHANGE Robert Wyatt & The Swapo Singers

64 ( 74 ) UNCLE SAM Madness

65 ( 64 ) “19” Paul Hardcastle

66 ( NEW ) THE WHOLE OF THE MOON The Waterboys

67 ( 47 ) THE HEAVEN I NEED The Three Degrees

68 ( 65 ) I WONDER IF I TAKE YOU HOME Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force

69 ( NEW ) HIT AND RUN Total Contrast

70 ( 70 ) ROCK ME BABY Johnny Nash

 

71 ( 51 ) I’LL BE GOOD Rene And Angela

72 ( 63 ) DON’T MESS WITH DR. DREAM The Thompson Twins

73 ( NEW ) STAY WITH ME Eighth Wonder

74 ( NEW ) SEE THE DAY Dee C. Lee

75 ( NEW ) LIPSTICK POWDER AND PAINT Shakin’ Stevens

 

OLDIES PLAYLIST OF THE WEEK:

1 IT’S FOR YOU Cilla Black

2 LIVERPOOL LULLABY Cilla Black

3 ELENORE The Turtles

10th NOVEMBER 1985

 

Feargal Sharkey does what the Undertones never managed - he tops my chart, with the fab A Good Heart. Meanwhile Huey Lewis is back with a bang with his 1982 non-hit in the UK, the terrific Heart & Soul, outdoing his most-famous song Power Of Love in my charts. Lloyd Cole rockets up to 11, and The Waterboys go into orbit seeing the Whole Of The Moon up 48 places to 18. Classic! The Communards hit the 20 for the first time, and in at 27 it's a significant chart debut for them and for me: West End Girls is still their most famous song, and kick-started a glorious career for the Pet Shop Boys which continues to this day. Far and away easily my top fave act of the last 32 years, on record and in concert, and one of my Big Three along with The Beatles and Abba.

 

Wham! crack back with the great I'm Your Man, while a bunch of pop stars do an anti-Apartheid track (Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, Bob Geldof, Jackson Browne, Bono, some Temptations, Afrika Bambaata, Hall & Oates, Bobby Womack and many many more) and it's pretty good. In at 36 and 37 respectively as at 38 Dire Straits make it 6 years of top 40 hits with the atmospheric Brothers In Arms title track, as the new-format CD took off big-time spearheaded by this album.

 

Fine Young Cannibals are a bit blue, Queen notably didn't play on Sun City as they had recently actually played Sun City and sparked the protest, having just the one vision, and Starship drop the Jefferson and the Airplane and the quality, coming back 5 years on from Jane to build a city. An annoying one by the time it dropped out of the charts. A bunch of follow-up's enter lower, the most notable being David & Jaki's 70's-soul-styled Mated, a bit Philly and a bit fab.

 

1 ( 9 ) A GOOD HEART Feargal Sharkey

2 ( 1 ) CITIES IN DUST Siouxsie & The Banshees

3 ( 3 ) STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN Far Corporation

4 ( 4 ) DON’T BREAK MY HEART UB40

5 ( 8 ) ROAD TO NOWHERE Talking Heads

6 ( 5 ) NIKITA Elton John

7 ( 2 ) TAKE ON ME A-Ha

8 ( 11 ) SOMETHING ABOUT YOU Level 42

9 ( 16 ) ALIVE AND KICKING Simple Minds

10 ( NEW ) HEART AND SOUL Huey Lewis & The News

 

11 ( 32 ) LOST WEEKEND Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

12 ( 7 ) SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM Grace Jones

13 ( 18 ) THE POWER OF LOVE Jennifer Rush

14 ( 17 ) KING FOR A DAY The Thompson Twins

15 ( 10 ) CLOUDBUSTING Kate Bush

16 ( 6 ) (I’LL NEVER BE) MARIA MAGDALENA Sandra

17 ( 13 ) IF I WAS Midge Ure

18 ( 66 ) THE WHOLE OF THE MOON The Waterboys

19 ( 30 ) YOU ARE MY WORLD The Communards

20 ( 24 ) SISTERS ARE DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin

 

21 ( 21 ) BIG DEAL Bobby G

22 ( 12 ) BRING ON THE DANCING HORSES Echo & The Bunnymen

23 ( 27 ) ELECTION DAY Arcadia

24 ( 22 ) IT’S A MANS MANS MANS MANS WORLD Brilliant

25 ( 14 ) RAIN The Cult

26 ( 15 ) THIS IS ENGLAND The Clash

27 ( NEW ) WEST END GIRLS Pet Shop Boys

28 ( 20 ) THE LODGERS The Style Council

29 ( 33 ) THE TASTE OF MY TEARS King

30 ( 19 ) ST. ELMO’S FIRE (MAN IN MOTION) John Parr

 

31 ( 31 ) TRAPPED Colonel Abrams

32 ( 23 ) MIAMI VICE THEME Jan Hammer

33 ( 53 ) JUST FOR THE MONEY Paul Hardcastle

34 ( 51 ) WHEN LOVE BREAKS DOWN Prefab Sprout

35 ( 28 ) LA FEMME ACCIDENT OMD

36 ( NEW ) I’M YOUR MAN Wham!

37 ( NEW ) SUN CITY Artists United Against Apartheid

38 ( NEW ) BROTHERS IN ARMS Dire Straits

39 ( 26 ) LEAN ON ME (AH-LI-AYO) Red Box

40 ( 45 ) AFTER THE FIRE Roger Daltrey

 

41 ( 25 ) THE GAMBLER Madonna

42 ( 58 ) IT’S ONLY LOVE Tina Turner & Bryan Adams

43 ( 37 ) RUNNING UP THAT HILL Kate Bush

44 ( 36 ) PART TIME LOVER Stevie Wonder

45 ( 43 ) DRIVE The Cars

46 ( NEW ) BLUE Fine Young Cannibals

47 ( 29 ) REBEL YELL Billy Idol

48 ( 34 ) FORTRESS AROUND MY HEART Sting

49 ( NEW ) ONE VISION Queen

50 ( 35 ) YEH YEH Matt Bianco

 

51 ( 39 ) ONE OF THE LIVING Tina Turner

52 ( 38 ) LOVE LETTERS Marc Almond

53 ( 50 ) YOU AND YOUR HEART SO BLUE Bucks Fizz

54 ( 41 ) CLOSE TO ME The Cure

55 ( 55 ) THE LAST KISS David Cassidy

56 ( 64 ) UNCLE SAM Madness

57 ( 42 ) ANGEL Madonna

58 ( NEW ) WE BUILT THIS CITY Starship

59 ( 40 ) SLEEPING BAG ZZ Top

60 ( 57 ) HOLIDAY Madonna

 

61 ( 59 ) MEGAREX T.Rex

62 ( 61 ) THERE MUST BE AN ANGEL (PLAYING WITH MY HEART) Eurythmics

63 ( NEW ) THAT CERTAIN SMILE Midge Ure

64 ( 48 ) KNOCK ON WOOD/ LIGHT MY FIRE Amii Stewart

65 ( 56 ) WHAT’S YOUR PROBLEM? Blancmange

66 ( 65 ) “19” Paul Hardcastle

67 ( NEW ) LOSE YOUR LOVE Blancmange

68 ( 44 ) OH SHEILA Take On The World

69 ( 74 ) SEE THE DAY Dee C. Lee

70 ( 62 ) DON’T STOP THE DANCE Bryan Ferry

 

71 ( NEW ) GET OUTTA TOWN Dan Hartman

72 ( 68 ) I WONDER IF I TAKE YOU HOME Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force

73 ( NEW ) MATED David Grant & Jaki Graham

74 ( 60 ) MY HEART GOES BANG Dead Or Alive

75 ( NEW ) EMERGENCY Kool & The Gang

 

CLASSIC OLDIES FAVES OF THE WEEK

 

1 HIGH FLY John Miles

2 THE SUN AIN’T GONNA SHINE ANYMORE The Walker Brothers

3 NO. 9 DREAM John Lennon

Nice chart again john!

 

Waterboys where actually my #1 this week in 1985...

 

Hope you don't mind the hi-jack, here's my full chart from 1985 for w/e 23 November 1985...

 

frs top 30 w/e 23 november 1985

 

1 1 The Whole Of The Moon - The Waterboys 3

2 4 A Good Heart - Feargal Sharkey 6

3 3 Alive And Kicking - Simple Minds 7

4 5 Don't Break My Heart - UB40 5

5 7 Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits 5

6 6 Taste Of Your Tears - King 6

7 2 The Power Of Love - Jennifer Rush 16

8 10 Road To Nowhere - Talking Heads 4

9 26 That Certain Smile - Midge Ure 2

10 8 Cloudbusting - Kate Bush 5

11 9 Take On Me - A-ha 9

12 14 Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves - Eurythmics 4

13 12 Trapped - Colonel Abrahms 8

14 11 Slave To The Rhythm - Grace Jones 6

15 18 Blue - Fine Young Cannibals 3

16 22 Lost Weekend - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions 2

17 16 Nikita - Elton John 6

18 13 Gambler - Madonna 7

19 23 Say You Love Me - Lionel Richie 2

20 17 Something About You - Level 42 9

21 15 King For A Day - Thompson Twins 6

22 20 You Are My World - The Communards 5

23 27 See The Day - Dee C Lee 2

24 19 Lean On Me (Ah Li Ayo) - Red Box 10

25 28 When Love Breaks Down - Prefab Sprout 2

26 NEW I'm Your Man - Wham! 1

27 NEW Saving All My Love For You - Whitney Houston 1

28 NEW One Vision - Queen 1

29 29 Sub Culture - New Order 3

30 NEW Don't Look Down - Go West 1

--- The Next 10 Bubblers

31 - Sun City - Artists United Against Apartheid

32 40 Mated - David Grant & Jaki Graham

33 37 Howards Way Theme - Simon May Orchestra

34 - Your Personal Touch - Eveyln 'Champagne' King

35 - The Highest High - China Crisis

36 - Go Home - Stevie Wonder

37 - Please Please Let Me Get What I Want - Dream Academy

38 - That's What Friends Are For - Dionne Warwick

39 32 Stairway To Heaven - Far Corporation

40 34 Just For Money - Paul Hardcastle

 

Nice chart again john!

 

Waterboys where actually my #1 this week in 1985...

 

Hope you don't mind the hi-jack, here's my full chart from 1985 for w/e 23 November 1985...

 

frs top 30 w/e 23 november 1985

 

1 1 The Whole Of The Moon - The Waterboys 3

2 4 A Good Heart - Feargal Sharkey 6

3 3 Alive And Kicking - Simple Minds 7

4 5 Don't Break My Heart - UB40 5

5 7 Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits 5

6 6 Taste Of Your Tears - King 6

7 2 The Power Of Love - Jennifer Rush 16

8 10 Road To Nowhere - Talking Heads 4

9 26 That Certain Smile - Midge Ure 2

10 8 Cloudbusting - Kate Bush 5

11 9 Take On Me - A-ha 9

12 14 Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves - Eurythmics 4

13 12 Trapped - Colonel Abrahms 8

14 11 Slave To The Rhythm - Grace Jones 6

15 18 Blue - Fine Young Cannibals 3

16 22 Lost Weekend - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions 2

17 16 Nikita - Elton John 6

18 13 Gambler - Madonna 7

19 23 Say You Love Me - Lionel Richie 2

20 17 Something About You - Level 42 9

21 15 King For A Day - Thompson Twins 6

22 20 You Are My World - The Communards 5

23 27 See The Day - Dee C Lee 2

24 19 Lean On Me (Ah Li Ayo) - Red Box 10

25 28 When Love Breaks Down - Prefab Sprout 2

26 NEW I'm Your Man - Wham! 1

27 NEW Saving All My Love For You - Whitney Houston 1

28 NEW One Vision - Queen 1

29 29 Sub Culture - New Order 3

30 NEW Don't Look Down - Go West 1

--- The Next 10 Bubblers

31 - Sun City - Artists United Against Apartheid

32 40 Mated - David Grant & Jaki Graham

33 37 Howards Way Theme - Simon May Orchestra

34 - Your Personal Touch - Eveyln 'Champagne' King

35 - The Highest High - China Crisis

36 - Go Home - Stevie Wonder

37 - Please Please Let Me Get What I Want - Dream Academy

38 - That's What Friends Are For - Dionne Warwick

39 32 Stairway To Heaven - Far Corporation

40 34 Just For Money - Paul Hardcastle

 

Hi Toffo, that's a good chart, and no I dont mind at all you posting it, the more the merrier! :D

 

Interesting to see you got big into the Waterboys before me (It finally topped my chart in 1991! :lol: ) and some of the tracks that I didn't chart - like the Dream Academy presumed Smiths cover - are intriguing: I can't even recall if I charted that one as I don't remember hearing it. I'm sure I'll like it though!

 

cheers!

john B-)