December 31, 20186 yr Author Great chart Pop!! Wham for 3 years in a row - the equilivant of One More Sleep these days!! Such a culturally defining Xmas hit these days it's no surprise to see it at no1 3 christmases in a row. I assume christmases after the songs got better as you heard them more! George Michael could write a great song!! Lol at the Spitting Image track - I just knew it because it's usually on totp 2 at Christmas - seemed to be a quick cash boost after a summer no1 single, bit like the Cheeky Girls from a different era, not really a classic!! Human Leagues follow up to Human doesn't seem to have floor much traction - haven't seen it on totp yet! Hi Steve! Yes, back in the 70's and 80's I got very nostalgic for recent xmas songs and there were so many classics coming out, I loved Xmas and the whole holiday thing TVfest, records, family indulgence and prezzies, cos all I had to do was by a few gifts and turn up. Nowadays the whole thing is a huge stress, organising and doing so much that I wish I could run away to a tropical island for a month! Still like fresh xmas songs though, and tend to go for the newer ones or more obscure ones still, give or take Chris Rea :lol: Playing Spitting Image now, it's not funny, what was I thinking! Must have been pissed when I compiled that chart! And I didn't drink in those days :lol: Red Dwarf writers wrote the lyrics (I love them) and Philip Pope did the music as per usual for Spitting Image - I never forgave him for the Hee Bee Gee Bees pisstake given his own records are so dreadful! :lol: Human League utterly chose the wrong follow-up to Human - the obvious next single was the fab Love Is All That Matters, which didn't get released until 1988 by which time they'd lost the impetus and Jam & Lewis had been overtaken by other dance genres.
January 3, 20196 yr Author 30th December 1986 It's the final chart of 1986 and Madonna is back up on top for a second week on top. Notably Shaky & Chris De Burgh's christmas classics scraped into the 40 for me, and A Spaceman Came Travelling has peaked higher this christmas in 2018 in my charts than back in the day, while Merry Christmas Everyone was getting a second bite of christmas chart action in a row. Cameo reach a new career chart peak of 2 with Candy, and Gregoray Abbott gets his only moment in the top 10. Elkie Brooks goes top 20 for the first time in 3 years, 9 years after her first time, Bad Company for the first time in 11 years with This Love, snuggling up to Is This Love, Alison Moyet's climbing hit. To which the answer from those who hounded her off twitter in 2018 for asking people to be nice to women and listen and support their needs is a resounding "no". Paul Simon makes it 2 top 20's in a row for the first time in about 13 years, Elton & Cliff also add to their extensive run of top 20's, 1971 and 1968 respectively, with a song no-one remembers but which was quite pleasant. Iggy Pop gets his first ever top 40, 13 years later than one might have expected, but got there in the end. Highest new entry is Eric Clapton's cover of his bandmate's non-hit, Behind The Mask was big in my charts for Greg Philinganes, and Eric's version was pedestrian to my ears, but fine to anyone who hadn't heard the superior original. Latin Quarter return with a 3rd song, Barclay James Harvest adapt to the end of Prog Rock by charting in the 80's after stiffing in the 70's, Vesta Williams has a decent dance song, Go West don't cover Cyndi, this song has an extra "u", Lionel Richie tries a ballerina, presumably dancing on the ceiling, and Sheena pops in with a Christmas record no-one has ever heard, except those that have seen Santa Claus: The Movie. As I've not heard it in 32 years I can't comment whether that is fair or not...until I just played it. So 80's, so dreary. I liked Sheena. The only reason it charted! 1 ( 2 ) OPEN YOUR HEART Madonna 2 ( 3 ) CANDY Cameo 3 ( 1 ) LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 4 ( 5 ) REET PETITE Jackie Wilson 5 ( 7 ) SO COLD THE NIGHT The Communards 6 ( 4 ) THE RAIN Oran ‘Juice’ Jones 7 ( 9 ) THE MIRACLE OF LOVE Eurythmics 8 ( 6 ) SOMETIMES Erasure 9 ( 10 ) CARAVAN OF LOVE The Housemartins 10 ( 16 ) SHAKE YOU DOWN Gregory Abbott 11 ( 8 ) LAND OF CONFUSION Genesis 12 ( 11 ) THE FINAL COUNTDOWN Europe 13 ( 12 ) FALLIN’ IN LOVE (UH-UH) Miami Sound Machine 14 ( 15 ) CRY WOLF a-ha 15 ( 31 ) NO MORE THE FOOL Elkie Brooks 16 ( 19 ) IS THIS LOVE Alison Moyet 17 ( 24 ) THIS LOVE Bad Company 18 ( 13 ) CHANGE OF HEART Cyndi Lauper 19 ( 26 ) THE BOY IN THE BUBBLE Paul Simon 20 ( 22 ) SLOW RIVERS Elton John & Cliff Richard 21 ( 21 ) TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin 22 ( 17 ) LIVIN’ ON A PRAYER Bon Jovi 23 ( 14 ) SHOWIN’ OUT (GET FRESH AT THE WEEKEND) Mel & Kim 24 ( 23 ) THE POWER OF LOVE Jennifer Rush 25 ( 28 ) YOU DON’T KNOW Berlin 26 ( 29 ) SANTA CLAUS IS ON THE DOLE Spitting Image 27 ( 30 ) BIG FUN The Gap Band 28 ( 20 ) KEEP EACH OTHER WARM Bucks Fizz 29 ( 32 ) C’EST LA VIE Robbie Nevil 30 ( 39 ) ONLY LOVE REMAINS Paul McCartney 31 ( 18 ) I WASN’T BORN YESTERDAY Daryl Hall 32 ( 33 ) IN MY LIFE Rod Stewart 33 ( 49 ) REAL WILD CHILD Iggy Pop 34 ( 40 ) HYMN TO HER The Pretenders 35 ( 27 ) BECAUSE I LOVE YOU Shakin’ Stevens 36 ( 36 ) DREAMING Status Quo 37 ( 62 ) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE Shakin’ Stevens 38 ( 35 ) ALL I ASK OF YOU Cliff Richard & Sarah Brightman 39 ( 25 ) FRENCH KISSING IN THE USA Debbie Harry 40 ( 50 ) A SPACEMAN CAME TRAVELLING Chris De Burgh 41 ( 41 ) HUMAN Human League 42 ( 42 ) TRUE BLUE Madonna 43 ( 38 ) YOU KEEP ME HANGIN’ ON Kim Wilde 44 ( 51 ) STEP RIGHT UP Jaki Graham 45 ( 37 ) SWEET LOVE Anita Baker 46 ( 46 ) SUBURBIA Pet Shop Boys 47 ( NEW ) BEHIND THE MASK Eric Clapton 48 ( 45 ) (WAITING FOR) THE GHOST TRAIN Madness 49 ( 48 ) WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN The Bangles 50 ( 56 ) CROSS THAT BRIDGE The Ward Brothers 51 ( 34 ) I NEED YOUR LOVIN’ Human League 52 ( 52 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross 53 ( 44 ) EACH TIME YOU BREAK MY HEART Nick Kamen 54 ( 47 ) IN THE ARMY NOW Status Quo 55 ( 65 ) YOU CAN DANCE Go Go Lorenzo 56 ( 57 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 57 ( 60 ) RADIO MUSICOLA Nik Kershaw 58 ( 54 ) THIS IS THE WORLD CALLING Bob Geldof 59 ( 53 ) SOUL LOVE/SOUL MAN Womack & Womack 60 ( 75 ) BIG IN AMERICA The Stranglers 61 ( NEW ) NO ROPE AS LONG AS TIME Latin Quarter 62 ( 55 ) DANGER ZONE Kenny Loggins 63 ( 67 ) GOLDMINE The Pointer Sisters 64 ( 43 ) THROUGH THE BARRICADES Spandau Ballet 65 ( 72 ) OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY Gary Moore 66 ( 66 ) BECAUSE OF YOU Dexy’s Midnight Runners 67 ( 68 ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite 68 ( NEW ) HE SAID LOVE Barclay james Harvest 69 ( 71 ) VICTORY Kool & The Gang 70 ( 64 ) DON’T GET ME WRONG The Pretenders 71 ( NEW ) ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY Vesta Williams 72 ( 70 ) RAIN OR SHINE Five Star 73 ( NEW ) TRUE COLOURS Go West 74 ( NEW ) BALLERINA Lionel Richie 75 ( NEW ) CHRISTMAS ALL OVER THE WORLD Sheena Easton FAVE OLDIES OF THE WEEK 1 LIFE’S TOO SHORT Rescue Company No.1 2 CAN’T LET YOU GO Barry Ryan 3 IT’S TOO LATE Carole King
January 3, 20196 yr Didn't realise it was Sheena Easton on that Santa Claus The Movie track and I hear it every year when I watch it!! Interesting to see new Nik Keeshaw in the chart haven't heard much of him on totp since 1984!! Must check out the Communards track as it wasn't on totp over the course of December!
January 4, 20196 yr John, you didn't include some big hits of my chart. Catherine Stock - To Have And To Hold 3q-lG0a7Rzk Kim Wilde - Schoolgirl (possibly because this single wasn't released in UK) PV-Qv26iVgE My second favourite from all her singles, only behind "You Came".
January 4, 20196 yr Also Stacey Q's 'Two of Hearts' probably should have been a hit in the UK in 1986, it was a big hit in America but only flopped at #87 in the UK.
January 11, 20196 yr Author Didn't realise it was Sheena Easton on that Santa Claus The Movie track and I hear it every year when I watch it!! Interesting to see new Nik Keeshaw in the chart haven't heard much of him on totp since 1984!! Must check out the Communards track as it wasn't on totp over the course of December! Hi Steve, My mate was a huge Sheena fan at the time, so I was kept well up-to-date on her movements! :lol: Nik Kershaw is always busy doing something, he was well on his way to Chesney Hawkes and Let Loose hitmaking as his singles stalled in 1986/7 B-) cheers! John
January 11, 20196 yr Author John, you didn't include some big hits of my chart. Catherine Stock - To Have And To Hold 3q-lG0a7Rzk Kim Wilde - Schoolgirl (possibly because this single wasn't released in UK) PV-Qv26iVgE My second favourite from all her singles, only behind "You Came". Hi Alex, I dont remember that Catherine Stock track, but these charts are what I liked at the time - so that's why that Kim Wilde album track didn't chart - I didn't let album tracks in my charts in those days, very annoyingly! If I could turn back time....! would have had an Abba invasion of tracks from 1977 onwards through 1982 :lol:
January 11, 20196 yr Author Also Stacey Q's 'Two of Hearts' probably should have been a hit in the UK in 1986, it was a big hit in America but only flopped at #87 in the UK. Hi Snakey, yes that was a good track, it def made my charts - it might have even done it twice, once on a remix if I'm recalling it correctly (I may not be!) :lol:
January 11, 20196 yr Even in 2019 I don't include album tracks (for preventing the domination of one act in Ed Sheeran's style) in my chars, but "Schoolgirl" was released as single in some countries (Netherlands, Germany and Australia), so it's not against the rules of my chart. From ABBA album tracks two my favourites (That's Me and When I Kissed A Teacher) were included in my chart, because both had the official videos (That's Me also was a single in Japan) and possibly ABBA wanted to release them as singles. Edited January 11, 20196 yr by Good Old Days
October 25, 20195 yr Author Great chart, thank you for sharing :) Thanks Fezzi :) Love the name BTW :)
October 25, 20195 yr oh didn't know you had done this for 86, will check it later loved that Kim Wilde - Schoolgirl song by the way, must have been. single somewhere in Europe cos I knew it back then
October 25, 20195 yr Author oh didn't know you had done this for 86, will check it later loved that Kim Wilde - Schoolgirl song by the way, must have been. single somewhere in Europe cos I knew it back then Hi Bjork, the release strategies of UK record companies back in the olden days was often a complete mystery to me. I've got a ticket to see Kim Wilde in December in Dorset - though I'm also supposed to be in London in the afternoon so it may be a very busy day! If I make it it'll be the 4th time, she's still fab! :)
October 31, 20195 yr Author You'll maybe see her on the train singing freestyle like last Christmas 😜 I must have missed that one! :lol: It's going to be a Xmas-themed family affair I think, more acoustic, as per her recent-ish xmas album, so very different from previous shows! :)
December 9, 20204 yr John, I will compile 1987 retrospective charts soon, so it was interesting to watch the second half of 1986 in your chart. Some your # 1 hits even weren't represented in my top 20 chart (New Beginning, Papa Don't Preach, Take My Breath Away). :lol: Glad to see Sandie Shaw - Frederick here, possibly it's her best track. :wub: My highlights from last 4 months of 1986 year : Lick The Tins - The Belle Of Belfast City [5 weeks at # 1] Bucks Fizz - Keep Each Other Warm [# 1 on Christmas week] Sarah Brightman and Cliff Richard - All I Ask Of You Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin' On Samantha Fox - Hold On Tight Debbie Harry - French Kissin' In The USA From flopped UK singles I included Katrina and the Waves - Lovely Lindsey. ebO2sDPAzHQ Edited December 9, 20204 yr by Last Dreamer
December 10, 20204 yr Author John, I will compile 1987 retrospective charts soon, so it was interesting to watch the second half of 1986 in your chart. Some your # 1 hits even weren't represented in my top 20 chart (New Beginning, Papa Don't Preach, Take My Breath Away). :lol: Glad to see Sandie Shaw - Frederick here, possibly it's her best track. :wub: My highlights from last 4 months of 1986 year : Lick The Tins - The Belle Of Belfast City [5 weeks at # 1] Bucks Fizz - Keep Each Other Warm [# 1 on Christmas week] Sarah Brightman and Cliff Richard - All I Ask Of You Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin' On Samantha Fox - Hold On Tight Debbie Harry - French Kissin' In The USA From flopped UK singles I included Katrina and the Waves - Lovely Lindsey. Hi Alex, Glad you liked some of my charting tracks :D I don't know that Katrina track, I must admit (and I've seen her live in concert, so if she did it I must have forgotten it!). Good luck with 1987 I'll drop in on it with interest if you post, and thanks for resurrecting 1986 further up the pages :lol: By the end of the month I will have completed 1984 through 1990 in this format, and 1983 needs re-presenting, along with finishing 1980 and starting on 1981/82 and I will have actually completed a decade! :cheer:
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