June 12, 201510 yr +20 Sister Sledge - Lost In Music (Remix) +19 Diana Ross - Why Do Fools Fall In Love +18 Madonna - Open Your Heart +17 Wham! - Club Tropicana +16 Elton John - I'm Still Standing +15 Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock 'N' Roll +14 Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana +13 Prince - When Doves Cry +12 U2 - With Or Without You +11 Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died In Your Arms +10 Madness - It Must Be Love +9 Bill Withers - Lovely Day ('88 Remix) +8 Marvin Gaye - (Sexual) Healing +7 Kylie Minogue - Never Too Late +6 Labi Siffre - (Something Inside) So Strong +5 Debarge - Rhythm Of The Night +4 Cars - Drive +3 Bananarama - Shy Boy +2 Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer +1 Madness - Driving In My Car
June 12, 201510 yr Author That's two separate releases I would say, and that's how polyhex.com has it listed. The 1988 remix by Quincy Jones was very different - a good bit faster, poppier and shorter. But it does stop us voting Blue Monday in twice! Mind you, I don't think the 88 version would be my favourite 80s no.3 ever anyway. Yeah, it was a tricky decision to make, but all tracks which made the Top 40 during the 80s twice or more only feature in their highest peak rates, so Blue Monday will end up in the No.3 rate (ditto Madonna - Holiday which will be in the No.2 rate rather than the No.6 one, although of course that wasn't a remix). The original version of Blue Monday apparently did contribute to its '88 sales, so it will just be listed as Blue Monday rather than Blue Monday '88 when the No.3 rate occurs.
June 12, 201510 yr +40 Inner City - Good Life +39 Fun Boy Three & Bananarama - It Ain't What You Do It's The Way That You Do It +38 Alexander O'Neal - Criticize +37 Madness - Driving In My Car +36 Specials - Do Nothing/Maggie's Farm +35 Nat 'King' Cole - When I Fall In Love +34 Salt-N-Pepa - Twist And Shout +33 Detroit Spinners - Cupid-I've Loved You For A Long Time (Medley) +32 Madness - Embarrassment +31 Pet Shop Boys - Left To My Own Devices +30 Madness - It Must Be Love +29 Marvin Gaye - (Sexual) Healing +28 Odyssey - Going Back To My Roots +27 Diana Ross - Why Do Fools Fall In Love +26 Sinitta - Right Back Where We Started From +25 Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana +24 Billy Ocean - Suddenly +23 Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy - Kiss Me +22 New Order - True Faith +21 Frank Sinatra - Theme From New York, New York +20 Prince - When Doves Cry +19 Madonna - Causing A Commotion +18 Madness - Grey Day +17 Haircut 100 - Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) +16 Stephanie Mills - Never Knew Love Like This Before +15 Andy Stewart - Donald Where's Your Troosers +14 Elvis Costello - I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down +13 Tracey Ullman - Breakaway +12 The Jam - Absolute Beginners +11 Imagination - Body Talk +10 Madonna - Open Your Heart +9 Sister Sledge - Lost In Music (Remix) +8 Bananarama - Shy Boy +7 Sugar Minott - Good Thing Going +6 Bill Withers - Lovely Day ('88 Remix) +5 The Jam - Funeral Pyre +4 Sinitta - Toy Boy +3 Toyah - Thunder In The Mountains +2 Style Council - Speak Like A Child +1 Kylie Minogue - Never Too Late
June 13, 201510 yr +40 U2 - With Or Without You +39 Belinda Carlisle - Leave A Light On +38 U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name +37 Tiffany - Could've Been +36 Belinda Carlisle - Circle In The Sand +35 Kaoma - Lambada +34 Breathe - Hands To Heaven +33 Cars - Drive +32 Mr Mister - Broken Wings +31 Phil Collins - One More Night +30 Madonna - Open Your Heart +29 Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died In Your Arms +28 Sam Brown - Stop +27 Mike Oldfield Feat Maggie Reilly - Moonlight Shadow +26 U2 - All I Want Is You +25 Alison Moyet - Love Letters +24 Tears For Fears - Shout +23 Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin - Seperate Lives +22 Communards - Never Can Say Goodbye +21 Roachford - Cuddly Toy +20 Labi Siffre - (Something Inside) So Strong +19 Modern Talking - Brother Louie +18 Debarge - Rhythm Of The Night +17 Elton John - I'm Still Standing +16 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark +15 Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer +14 Tracey Ullman - Breakaway +13 Madonna - Causing A Commotion +12 Kiss - Crazy Crazy Nights +11 Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere +10 Sinitta - Toy Boy +9 Kylie Minogue - Never Too Late +8 London Boys - Requiem +7 Paul Young - Every Time You Go Away +6 Tourists - I Only Want To Be With You +5 New Order - True Faith +4 Sinitta - Right Back Where We Started From +3 Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al +2 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing +1 Chicago - Hard To Say I'm Sorry
June 15, 201510 yr Author Number 4s - The Results! An extended +40 rate means a lot more tracks gaining over 100 points (26 of them to be precise, including two getting over 200 points!). But before we get to that, spare a thought for all these which got nil points: Cliff Richard - Carrie Dr Hook - Sexy Eyes Sweet People - And The Birds Were Singing (Et Les Oiseaaux Chantaient) Matchbox - When You Ask About Love Red Sovine - Teddy Bear Tight Fit - Back To The Sixties Tears For Fears - Change Forrest - Rock The Boat Galaxy Feat Phil Fearon - Dancing Tight Marilyn - Calling Your Name Oran 'Juice' Jones - The Rain Randy Crawford - Almaz Mirage - Jack Mix II Morris Minor & The Majors - Stutter Rap (No Sleep Til Bedtime) Bros - I Quit As for these: 2. Madonna - Open Your Heart 215 3. Erasure - A Little Respect 190 4. Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere 179 5. Madness - It Must Be Love 174 6. New Order - True Faith 172 7. Pet Shop Boys - Left To My Own Devices 160 8. Elton John - I'm Still Standing 159 9. Belinda Carlisle - Leave A Light On 157 10. ABC - The Look Of Love 140 U2 - With Or Without You 140 12. Alexander O'Neal - Criticize 136 13. Communards - Never Can Say Goodbye 133 14. Inner City - Good Life 131 Cars - Drive 131 Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer 131 17. Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer 130 18. U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name 129 19. Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana 128 20. Tears For Fears - Shout 125 21. T'Pau - Heart And Soul 111 Mike Oldfield Feat Maggie Reilly - Moonlight Shadow 111 23. Diana Ross - Why Do Fools Fall In Love 106 24. Soft Cell - Bedsitter 101 Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died In Your Arms 101 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 101 27. Kylie Minogue - Never Too Late 99 28. Wham! - Club Tropicana 98 Marvin Gaye - (Sexual) Healing 98 30. Madness - Embarrassment 97 31. Swing Out Sister - Breakout 95 Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers 95 33. Belinda Carlisle - Circle In The Sand 94 Sam Brown - Stop 94 35. Fun Boy Three & Bananarama - It Ain't What You Do It's The Way That You Do It 92 36. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock 'N' Roll 91 37. London Boys - Requiem 90 38. Labi Siffre - (Something Inside) So Strong 89 39. Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now 87 Sister Sledge - Lost In Music (Remix) 87 41. Madness - Driving In My Car 86 42. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Maid Of Orleans (The Waltz Joan Of Arc) 85 Eurythmics - Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty Four) 85 44. Stephanie Mills - Never Knew Love Like This Before 83 Debarge - Rhythm Of The Night 83 46. Nat 'King' Cole - When I Fall In Love 78 47. Kiss - Crazy Crazy Nights 75 48. Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al 74 49. Alison Moyet - Love Letters 72 50. Odyssey - Going Back To My Roots 71 51. Breathe - Hands To Heaven 69 Sinitta - Toy Boy 69 53. Specials - Do Nothing/Maggie's Farm 66 54. Madonna - Causing A Commotion 62 55. Toy Dolls - Nellie The Elephant 61 56. Erasure - Drama! 59 57. Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom 58 Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good 58 Roachford - Cuddly Toy 58 Tracey Ullman - Breakaway 58 61. Cliff Richard - Wired For Sound 56 62. Frank Sinatra - Theme From New York, New York 55 63. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Buffalo Soldier 51 64. Stan Ridgway - Camouflage 50 65. Salt-N-Pepa - Twist And Shout 49 66. Limahl - Never Ending Story 47 67. Bananarama - Shy Boy 46 68. Hazell Dean - Who's Leaving Who 45 Madness - Grey Day 45 70. Hazell Dean - Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go) 44 71. Billy Joel - Tell Her About It 43 72. Derek & The Dominoes - Layla 42 73. Dollar - Mirror Mirror (Mon Amour) 41 74. Five Star - The Slightest Touch 40 Squeeze - Labelled With Love 40 76. Kaoma - Lambada 37 Elvis Costello - I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down 37 Tiffany - Could've Been 37 Phil Collins - One More Night 37 80. Genesis - Mama 34 81. Anita Dobson - Anyone Can Fall In Love 33 Detroit Spinners - Cupid-I've Loved You For A Long Time (Medley) 33 83. Mr Mister - Broken Wings 32 84. Electric Light Orchestra - Hold On Tight 31 85. Harry Enfield - Loadsamoney (Doin' Up The House) 30 Sinitta - Right Back Where We Started From 30 87. David Essex - Silver Dream Machine 29 88. Adam & The Ants - Dog Eat Dog 28 Style Council - Speak Like A Child 28 90. Bobby Brown - On Our Own (Theme From Ghostbusters II) 27 Freddie Mercury - The Great Pretender 27 Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin - Seperate Lives 27 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing 27 94. Holly Johnson - Americanos 26 U2 - All I Want Is You 26 96. Kim Wilde - Chequered Love 25 Billy Ocean - Suddenly 25 98. Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride 24 UB40 - King/Food For Thought 24 100. Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy - Kiss Me 23 101. Depeche Mode - People Are People 22 Beatles - Love Me Do 22 103. Dollar - Give Me Back My Heart 21 Alvin Stardust - Pretend 21 Terence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well 21 106. Assembly - Never Never 20 Rockers Revenge Feat Donnie Calvin - Walking On Sunshine 20 The Jam - Absolute Beginners 20 109. Man 2 Man Meets Man Parrish - Male Stripper 19 Kool & The Gang - Cherish 19 Modern Talking - Brother Louie 19 112. Culture Club - It's A Miracle 18 113. Boystown Gang - Can't Take My Eyes Off You 17 Boomtown Rats - Somebody's Looking At You 17 Haircut 100 - Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) 17 116. Paul Young - Come Back And Stay 16 The Jam - Funeral Pyre 16 118. Big Fun - Blame It On The Boogie 15 Andy Stewart - Donald Where's Your Troosers 15 Bill Withers - Lovely Day ('88 Remix) 15 Paul Young - Every Time You Go Away 15 122. Toyah - Thunder In The Mountains 13 123. Gap Band - Big Fun 12 Holly Johnson - Love Train 12 125. Imagination - Body Talk 11 126. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Rage Hard 9 Toyah - Four From Toyah (EP) 9 Tourists - I Only Want To Be With You 9 129. Madonna - Gambler 8 130. Sugar Minott - Good Thing Going 7 131. Howard Jones - Like To Get To Know You Well 5 132. Keith Harris & Orville - Orville's Song 4 Chicago - Hard To Say I'm Sorry 4 134. Modern Romance - Best Years Of Our Lives 3 135. Kid Creole & The Coconuts - I'm A Wonderful Thing, Baby 2 So, Madonna finally gets a chance to appear in the final, but she'll have stiff competition in the form of: 1. Prince - When Doves Cry 235 _2qtAh0HuJA So, the non youtube friendly Prince joins the Ultimate 80s Top 40, along with Eartha Kitt and erm...The Fraggles who replaced Weird Al Yankovic and Abba respectively in the Synth Off: 1. 2. 3. 4. Prince - When Doves Cry 5. Kate Bush - Babooshka 6. 7. Prefab Sprout - The King Of Rock N Roll 8. 9. Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush - Don't Give Up 10. 11. Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money) 12. 13. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart 14. Dusty Springfield - In Private 15. 16. Eurythmics - You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart 17. 18. 19. Pet Shop Boys - Love Comes Quickly 20. Kate Bush - Cloudbusting 21. The Jam - That's Entertainment 22. De La Soul - Me Myself I 23. The Smiths - The Boy With The Thorn In His Side 24. The Smiths - How Soon Is Now? 25. The Smiths - This Charming Man 26. The Smiths - Big Mouth Strikes Again 27. Cure - Catch 28. Wonder Stuff - Who Wants To Be The Disco King? 29. New Order - Temptation 30. Clash - Rock The Casbah 31. Cure - A Forest 32. Abba - The Day Before You Came 33. Fraggles - Fraggle Rock Theme 34. Joy Division - Atmosphere 35. The Fall - Victoria 36. Eartha Kitt - Where Is My Man 37. Kate Bush - The Big Sky 38. New Order - Procession/Everything's Gone Green 39. Blondie - War Child 40. Chris De Burgh - A Spaceman Came Travelling/The Ballroom Of Romance
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