February 3, 20187 yr Author Great chart mate love how loads of oldies make random re entries! Thanks Steve, my charts are usually full of oldies :lol:
February 3, 20187 yr Author The Sun Always Shines On TV is a great song. Good to see it top your chart. Broken Wings and Captain Of Your Heart are also top quality. Thanks Rollo, A-ha is still one of my all-time fave records, and Broken Wings. Double both still sound good. cheers! john B-)
February 3, 20187 yr Author 28th January 1986 2 weeks on top for the classic a-ha shining on, heading a relatively static top 10, though Eurythmics get another top 5 the same week Aretha follows up her Eurythmics top 10 with a solo effort. Five Star get a big climb into the 20, Madonna finally gets Borderline into the 20, and Grace Jones does Edith Piaf chanson and funk both for a big climb. I prefer La Vie En Rose these days. Top go Alexander O'Neal for the first time, Talk Talk for the 4th time (ish), James Brown for the second time, and Clannad and Bono (U2 having had several over 5 years). New in are The Damned with a decent cover of Barry Ryan's classic histrionic ambitious epic chart-topper (for me) from 1968, Eloise at 26. At 37, Russ Ballard debuts with Voices, a great obscure track that gives him a solo chart career of 11 years, or 14 years including Argent. In the interim he wrote loads of classic songs like So You Win Again for Hot Chocolate, and Substitute for Clout. Fra Lippo Lippi overcome a silly name to enter, Elvis Costello hides unsuccessfully behind a pseudonym for an Animals cover, Nana Mouskouri enters with her only ever chart song - though had I been charting in the early 60's her fabulous Greek-themed White Rose Of Athens would have been big, cos it's still a fab toon. Divas are the order of the day down the tail-end and playlist, though, as Diana Ross gets a Bee Gees gift and a half for a Chain Reaction smash, Whitney has a hum ho follow-up, and Nancy, Shirley and Abba grab my playlist oldies. Vinyl playlist, though call it Streaming had it been invented. 2 70's fave acts return: Betty Wright clean-up woman is back 11 years on from Shoorah Shoorah and Where Is The Love, and Peter Frampton has a 10-year span of hits since topping with Show Me The Way - or 19 years had I been charting in 1967 when The Herd emerged with a teen vocalist. 1 ( 1 ) THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV A-ha 2 ( 3 ) IMAGINATION Belouis Some 3 ( 2 ) WEST END GIRLS Pet Shop Boys 4 ( 5 ) BROKEN WINGS Mr. Mister 5 ( 8 ) IT’S ALRIGHT (BABY’S COMING BACK) Eurythmics 6 ( 9 ) RADIO AFRICA Latin Quarter 7 ( 4 ) YOU’VE GOT THE POWER Win 8 ( 7 ) LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS Mud 9 ( 6 ) WE CAN WORK IT OUT/ DAY TRIPPER The Beatles 10 ( 11 ) WHO’S ZOOMIN' WHO Aretha Franklin 11 ( 31 ) CAPTAIN OF YOUR HEART Double 12 ( 32 ) SYSTEM ADDICT Five Star 13 ( 27 ) BORDERLINE Madonna 14 ( 15 ) YOU LITTLE THIEF Feargal Sharkey 15 ( 23 ) SOMETHING TO FALL BACK ON Todd Rundgren 16 ( 12 ) I’M YOUR MAN Wham! 17 ( 10 ) SHE’S STRANGE Cameo 18 ( 35 ) LA VIE EN ROSE/ PULL UP TO THE BUMPER Grace Jones 19 ( 19 ) ALICE I WANT YOU JUST FOR ME Full Force 20 ( 14 ) RUSSIANS Sting 21 ( 13 ) DON’T LOOK DOWN (THE SEQUEL) Go West 22 ( 43 ) SATURDAY LOVE Cherrelle & Alexander O’Neal 23 ( 26 ) THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Steve Harley & Sarah Brightman 24 ( 50 ) LIFE’S WHAT YOU MAKE IT Talk Talk 25 ( 17 ) LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 26 ( NEW ) ELOISE The Damned 27 ( 40 ) WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH THE TOUGH GET GOING Billy Ocean 28 ( 36 ) NAUGHTY NAUGHTY John Parr 29 ( 16 ) GIRLIE GIRLIE Sophia George 30 ( 38 ) SUSPICIOUS MINDS Fine Young Cannibals 31 ( 20 ) AFTER THE LOVE HAS GONE Princess 32 ( 22 ) TORTURE King 33 ( 39 ) I CAN’T WAIT Stevie Nicks 34 ( 21 ) SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU Whitney Houston 35 ( 18 ) I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU Stevie Wonder 36 ( 59 ) LIVING IN AMERICA James Brown 37 ( NEW ) VOICES Russ Ballard 38 ( 41 ) WALK OF LIFE Dire Straits 39 ( 29 ) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY Slade 40 ( 68 ) IN A LIFETIME Clannad featuring Bono 41 ( 24 ) HIT THAT PERFECT BEAT Bronski Beat 42 ( 25 ) DRESS YOU UP Madonna 43 ( 30 ) DO THEY KNOW IT’S CHRISTMAS? Band Aid 44 ( 42 ) MATED David Grant & Jaki Graham 45 ( 37 ) DON’T BREAK MY HEART UB40 46 ( 28 ) TONIGHT SHE COMES The Cars 47 ( NEW ) SHOULDN’T HAVE TO BE LIKE THAT Fra Lippo Lippi 48 ( 48 ) LIVING IN THE PAST Drum Theatre 49 ( 33 ) LEAVING ME NOW Level 42 50 ( 46 ) A GOOD HEART Feargal Sharkey 51 ( 44 ) RAPPER’S DELIGHT The Sugarhill Gang 52 ( NEW ) PLEASE DON’T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD The Costello Show (Elvis Costello) 53 ( 47 ) SISTERS ARE DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin 54 ( 62 ) PARTY ALL THE TIME Eddie Murphy 55 ( 54 ) THE LAST KISS David Cassidy 56 ( 56 ) OCEAN BLUE ABC 57 ( 75 ) IF I RULED THE WORLD Kurtis Blow 58 ( NEW ) CUT ME DOWN Lloyd Cole & The Commotions 59 ( 34 ) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE Shakin’ Stevens 60 ( NEW ) ONLY LOVE Nana Mouskouri 61 ( 49 ) ROAD TO NOWHERE Talking Heads 62 ( RE ) MY GUY MY GIRL Amii Stewart & Deon Estus 63 ( 74 ) ONE NATION Masquerade 64 ( 58 ) TAKE ON ME A-Ha 65 ( 70 ) SMALLTOWN John Cougar Mellencamp 66 ( 65 ) DRIVE The Cars 67 ( RE ) NEW YORK EYES Nicole with Timmy Thomas 68 ( 64 ) CITIES IN DUST Siouxsie & The Banshees 69 ( NEW ) CHAIN REACTION Diana Ross 70 ( 57 ) THE WHOLE OF THE MOON The Waterboys 71 ( 67 ) IF I WAS Midge Ure 72 ( NEW ) PAIN Betty Wright 73 ( NEW ) HOW WILL I KNOW Whitney Houston 74 ( 55 ) WE ALL STAND TOGETHER Paul McCartney 75 ( NEW ) LYING Peter Frampton Playlist Oldies of the Week 1 YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE Nancy Sinatra 2 AS LONG AS HE NEEDS ME Shirley Bassey 3 SOS Abba
February 9, 20187 yr Author 4th February 1986 3 weeks on top for a-ha, as Eurythmics get their highest charting single since chart-topper There Must Be An Angel, and Diana Ross rockets Bee Gee style up 60 places to 9 with Chain Reaction, for an 18-year run of top 10's. Madonna ticks off yet another top 10, Five Star get a first, and Russ Ballard has a big climb for Voices, his biggest solo hit and first top 20 as an artist since Argent's God Gave Rock 'N' Roll To You in 1973. A big top 40 climb for The Costello Show, and Johnny Rotten is the highest new entry as Public Image Limited get an 8-year-span of hits, John Lydon gets 9 years. Madness cover Scritti Politti and are rewarded with an instant top 40 hit outdoing the previous single, their first top 40 failure in 7 years. Talking Heads get a fab follow-up, Arcadia keep the Duran spin-off ball rolling, and Ruby Turner arrives 2 decades ahead of her Jools Holland career with a Staple Singers cover of a 1974 US chart-topper and Popchartfreak top 30. Simple Minds keep the hits coming, Leo Sayer covers a standard over a decade after The Righteous did the definitive version, and 4 years ahead of Ghost making that classic a reactivated UK chart-topper. Poor Leo, timing is everything. Leo is great live, catch him if you can, even if not a huge fan, well worth it. Early Madonna-producer Jellybean enters a year ahead of his chart breakthroughs, Survivor return with another Rocky song, 4 years later, and it's not a patch on Tiger. Finally, The Bangles breakthrough with a Prince-song, and it's quality time with Manic Monday. 1 ( 1 ) THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV A-ha 2 ( 2 ) IMAGINATION Belouis Some 3 ( 5 ) IT’S ALRIGHT (BABY’S COMING BACK) Eurythmics 4 ( 4 ) BROKEN WINGS Mr. Mister 5 ( 3 ) WEST END GIRLS Pet Shop Boys 6 ( 6 ) RADIO AFRICA Latin Quarter 7 ( 11 ) THE CAPTAIN OF HER HEART Double 8 ( 13 ) BORDERLINE Madonna 9 ( 69 ) CHAIN REACTION Diana Ross 10 ( 12 ) SYSTEM ADDICT Five Star 11 ( 27 ) WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH THE TOUGH GET GOING Billy Ocean 12 ( 18 ) LA VIE EN ROSE/ PULL UP TO THE BUMPER Grace Jones 13 ( 24 ) LIFE’S WHAT YOU MAKE IT Talk Talk 14 ( 30 ) SUSPICIOUS MINDS Fine Young Cannibals 15 ( 15 ) SOMETHING TO FALL BACK ON Todd Rundgren 16 ( 22 ) SATURDAY LOVE Cherrelle & Alexander O’Neal 17 ( 10 ) WHO’S ZOOMIN' WHO Aretha Franklin 18 ( 7 ) YOU’VE GOT THE POWER Win 19 ( 37 ) VOICES Russ Ballard 20 ( 26 ) ELOISE The Damned 21 ( 8 ) LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS Mud 22 ( 9 ) WE CAN WORK IT OUT/ DAY TRIPPER The Beatles 23 ( 23 ) THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Steve Harley & Sarah Brightman 24 ( 16 ) I’M YOUR MAN Wham! 25 ( 52 ) PLEASE DON’T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD The Costello Show (Elvis Costello) 26 ( 40 ) IN A LIFETIME Clannad featuring Bono 27 ( 14 ) YOU LITTLE THIEF Feargal Sharkey 28 ( 19 ) ALICE I WANT YOU JUST FOR ME Full Force 29 ( 17 ) SHE’S STRANGE Cameo 30 ( 36 ) LIVING IN AMERICA James Brown 31 ( 21 ) DON’T LOOK DOWN (THE SEQUEL) Go West 32 ( 20 ) RUSSIANS Sting 33 ( 33 ) I CAN’T WAIT Stevie Nicks 34 ( NEW ) RISE PIL 35 ( 25 ) LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 36 ( 47 ) SHOULDN’T HAVE TO BE LIKE THAT Fra Lippo Lippi 37 ( NEW ) THE SWEETEST GIRL Madness 38 ( 38 ) WALK OF LIFE Dire Straits 39 ( 57 ) IF I RULED THE WORLD Kurtis Blow 40 ( 60 ) ONLY LOVE Nana Mouskouri 41 ( 39 ) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY Slade 42 ( NEW ) AND SHE WAS Talking Heads 43 ( NEW ) THE PROMISE Arcadia 44 ( NEW ) IF YOU’RE READY (COME GO WITH ME) Ruby Turner 45 ( 44 ) MATED David Grant & Jaki Graham 46 ( 45 ) DON’T BREAK MY HEART UB40 47 ( 31 ) AFTER THE LOVE HAS GONE Princess 48 ( 34 ) SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU Whitney Houston 49 ( 43 ) DO THEY KNOW IT’S CHRISTMAS? Band Aid 50 ( 58 ) CUT ME DOWN Lloyd Cole & The Commotions 51 ( 28 ) NAUGHTY NAUGHTY John Parr 52 ( 35 ) I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU Stevie Wonder 53 ( 50 ) A GOOD HEART Feargal Sharkey 54 ( 42 ) DRESS YOU UP Madonna 55 ( 55 ) THE LAST KISS David Cassidy 56 ( 41 ) HIT THAT PERFECT BEAT Bronski Beat 57 ( 73 ) HOW WILL I KNOW Whitney Houston 58 ( 29 ) GIRLIE GIRLIE Sophia George 59 ( 62 ) MY GUY MY GIRL Amii Stewart & Deon Estus 60 ( 32 ) TORTURE King 61 ( NEW ) IT DOESN’T REALLY MATTER Zapp 62 ( 53 ) SISTERS ARE DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin 63 ( NEW ) SANCTIFY YOURSELF Simple Minds 64 ( 46 ) TONIGHT SHE COMES The Cars 65 ( 65 ) SMALLTOWN John Cougar Mellencamp 66 ( NEW ) UNCHAINED MELODY Leo Sayer 67 ( 66 ) DRIVE The Cars 68 ( 64 ) TAKE ON ME A-Ha 69 ( 75 ) LYING Peter Frampton 70 ( NEW ) SIDEWALK TALK Jellybean 71 ( 68 ) CITIES IN DUST Siouxsie & The Banshees 72 ( NEW ) BURNING HEART Survivor 73 ( NEW ) MANIC MONDAY The Bangles 74 ( 51 ) RAPPER’S DELIGHT The Sugarhill Gang 75 ( NEW ) DON’T WASTE MY TIME Paul Hardcastle OLDIES PLAYLIST 1 BOGART Nik Kershaw 2 SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY U2 3 JACKIE Scott Walker
February 9, 20187 yr Oh I notice that Paul Hardcastle new entry at #75 for your chart, not quite as experimental for him compared to his previous two singles, more standard 80s post-disco, but an excellent track, found out recently the singer for Don't Waste my time, Carol Kenyon appeared on Heaven 17's temptation too! Chain Reaction is good, but in a time of electronic post-disco (like the aforementioned Don't Waste My Time) it does sound a little bit dated for 1985 (when it was first released in the US) tbh, I assumed it was a few years earlier at least until I found out it was a 1985 song and charted in early 1986 in the UK. And She Was is a good track, I may prefer it to The Road to Nowhere actually which while I still like, I find a little too droney :o . My fave from Talking Heads is of course 'Once In A Lifetime'! Captain Of Her Heart is a very nice and relaxing track. Apparently Double on looking them up on wikipedia are pronounced 'dou-blay' wouldn't have guessed that by looking at their name on the chart! Edited February 9, 20187 yr by The Snake
February 10, 20187 yr Author Oh I notice that Paul Hardcastle new entry at #75 for your chart, not quite as experimental for him compared to his previous two singles, more standard 80s post-disco, but an excellent track, found out recently the singer for Don't Waste my time, Carol Kenyon appeared on Heaven 17's temptation too! Chain Reaction is good, but in a time of electronic post-disco (like the aforementioned Don't Waste My Time) it does sound a little bit dated for 1985 (when it was first released in the US) tbh, I assumed it was a few years earlier at least until I found out it was a 1985 song and charted in early 1986 in the UK. And She Was is a good track, I may prefer it to The Road to Nowhere actually which while I still like, I find a little too droney :o . My fave from Talking Heads is of course 'Once In A Lifetime'! Captain Of Her Heart is a very nice and relaxing track. Apparently Double on looking them up on wikipedia are pronounced 'dou-blay' wouldn't have guessed that by looking at their name on the chart! Hi Snakey, Carol Kenyon gave an epic performance on Temptation, and never got the solo career I hoped for her, but good singer always. Chain Reaction is pure Bee Gees at a time when they had become scarred by the disco backlash that killed their career stone dead overnight, which is why it sounds 1980 - plus it was intended to sound a bit 60's retro (check out the fun video) Supremes. My fave Talking Heads is also Once In a Lifetime, and And She Was is pretty good too. Double on the radio at the time were called "Dooobluh" so Dou-blay just sounds so wrong to me now and there's no accent over the "e" so I'm ignoring Wikipedia :lol: Mind you British DJ's spent years saying En-Sink instead of In-sync, totally missing the musical play on words and making the name 'N Sync a nonsense so what do DJ's know.. :lol:
February 10, 20187 yr Must be the first New Entry by madness for a couple of years, seemed to fade away after 84! Bee Gees would be back with a no1 in late 87!
February 11, 20187 yr Author Must be the first New Entry by madness for a couple of years, seemed to fade away after 84! Bee Gees would be back with a no1 in late 87! Hi Steve, Madness had a couple of singles in 85, Yesterday's Men hit 15 in my chart but Uncle Sam (which I didn't rate) peaked at 42. Yes, Bee Gees came back in 87 with a sound update - Maurice essentially nicked a Depeche Mode-styled backing track slowed down and suddenly they were back! :cheer:
February 11, 20187 yr The Sun Always Shines On TV is such a great track, a deserving #1 both here and of course officially! :wub:
February 12, 20187 yr You Win Again - great track! Both You Win Again and For Whom The Bell Tolls are amongst the Bee Gees best imo. They kind of went back to their 60s soulful ballad style for both. Actually yes listening to it now popchartfreak the backing track for You Win Again is a bit reminiscent of Depeche Mode's mid 80s industrial style slowed down. Edited February 12, 20187 yr by The Snake
February 15, 20187 yr Author 11th February 1986 It's 4 weeks on top for a-ha presiding over a volatile chart, Billy Ocean leaping to 2 for a career-best chart position after 12 years of trying, starting from 1974's Top 5 On The Run (under the pseudonym Scorched Earth, and as good as later gems). Five Star go top 3, Eloise takes the Damned to a career-high after 9 years of trying for a top 5 - and also reactivates the former original chart-topper, still the best version, in my oldies playlist. As does Stevie Nicks going top 20 with I Can't Wait reactivating an oldie on the playlist. Talk Talk get a first Top 10 in 4 years, since Today did it, and the highest new entry is a new peak for a record that pottered about my chart in 1985 - the awesome Behind The Mask in at 10. PIL, Clannad, James Bown and Bono all return to the top 20 - except James Brown who does it for the actual first time after 16 years of occasional minor hits, admittedly past his 60's pre-chart peak. Genesis spin-off project of Mike Rutherford, and featuring the smooth vocals of former Ace vocalist Paul Carrack, gives a fab new entry for Silent Running at 23, 12 years after both first charted. Betty Wright pops back in with her first top 30 in 11 years, Manic Monday rockets into the 40 for The Bangles, Huey Lewis is back yet again with the Back To The Future theme, and John Cougar also climbs high with Smalltown - a song which I co-incidentally saw on The Cleveland Show this week. Ozzy Osbourne is back 16 years since he went Paranoid with Black Sabbath, but not quite So Tired this time as he tries A Shot In The Dark. Midge has a 4th solo entry a decade since his chart career started with Slik-ness, and Kissing The Pink come back after a 3 year-break from The Last Film. 1 ( 1 ) THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV A-ha 2 ( 11 ) WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH THE TOUGH GET GOING Billy Ocean 3 ( 10 ) SYSTEM ADDICT Five Star 4 ( 7 ) THE CAPTAIN OF HER HEART Double 5 ( 20 ) ELOISE The Damned 6 ( 13 ) LIFE’S WHAT YOU MAKE IT Talk Talk 7 ( 9 ) CHAIN REACTION Diana Ross 8 ( 8 ) BORDERLINE Madonna 9 ( 4 ) BROKEN WINGS Mr. Mister 10 ( NEW ) BEHIND THE MASK Greg Philinganes 11 ( 3 ) IT’S ALRIGHT (BABY’S COMING BACK) Eurythmics 12 ( 6 ) RADIO AFRICA Latin Quarter 13 ( 5 ) WEST END GIRLS Pet Shop Boys 14 ( 14 ) SUSPICIOUS MINDS Fine Young Cannibals 15 ( 2 ) IMAGINATION Belouis Some 16 ( 19 ) VOICES Russ Ballard 17 ( 33 ) I CAN’T WAIT Stevie Nicks 18 ( 34 ) RISE PIL 19 ( 30 ) LIVING IN AMERICA James Brown 20 ( 26 ) IN A LIFETIME Clannad featuring Bono 21 ( 12 ) LA VIE EN ROSE/ PULL UP TO THE BUMPER Grace Jones 22 ( 23 ) THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Steve Harley & Sarah Brightman 23 ( NEW ) SILENT RUNNING Mike + The Mechanics 24 ( RE ) PAIN Betty Wright 25 ( 25 ) PLEASE DON’T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD The Costello Show (Elvis Costello) 26 ( 16 ) SATURDAY LOVE Cherrelle & Alexander O’Neal 27 ( 36 ) SHOULDN’T HAVE TO BE LIKE THAT Fra Lippo Lippi 28 ( 15 ) SOMETHING TO FALL BACK ON Todd Rundgren 29 ( 42 ) AND SHE WAS Talking Heads 30 ( 18 ) YOU’VE GOT THE POWER Win 31 ( 73 ) MANIC MONDAY The Bangles 32 ( 17 ) WHO’S ZOOMIN' WHO Aretha Franklin 33 ( 37 ) THE SWEETEST GIRL Madness 34 ( 22 ) WE CAN WORK IT OUT/ DAY TRIPPER The Beatles 35 ( 21 ) LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS Mud 36 ( 24 ) I’M YOUR MAN Wham! 37 ( NEW ) POWER OF LOVE Huey Lewis & The News 38 ( 39 ) IF I RULED THE WORLD Kurtis Blow 39 ( 65 ) SMALLTOWN John Cougar Mellencamp 40 ( 43 ) THE PROMISE Arcadia 41 ( 44 ) IF YOU’RE READY (COME GO WITH ME) Ruby Turner 42 ( NEW ) MY MAGIC MAN Rochelle 43 ( 63 ) SANCTIFY YOURSELF Simple Minds 44 ( 35 ) LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 45 ( 57 ) HOW WILL I KNOW Whitney Houston 46 ( 32 ) RUSSIANS Sting 47 ( 29 ) SHE’S STRANGE Cameo 48 ( 31 ) DON’T LOOK DOWN (THE SEQUEL) Go West 49 ( 75 ) DON’T WASTE MY TIME Paul Hardcastle 50 ( 27 ) YOU LITTLE THIEF Feargal Sharkey 51 ( 41 ) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY Slade 52 ( 45 ) MATED David Grant & Jaki Graham 53 ( 40 ) ONLY LOVE Nana Mouskouri 54 ( 70 ) SIDEWALK TALK Jellybean 55 ( 55 ) THE LAST KISS David Cassidy 56 ( 28 ) ALICE I WANT YOU JUST FOR ME Full Force 57 ( 72 ) BURNING HEART Survivor 58 ( 46 ) DON’T BREAK MY HEART UB40 59 ( 53 ) A GOOD HEART Feargal Sharkey 60 ( NEW ) SHOT IN THE DARK Ozzy Osbourne 61 ( 61 ) IT DOESN’T REALLY MATTER Zapp 62 ( 49 ) DO THEY KNOW IT’S CHRISTMAS? Band Aid 63 ( NEW ) WASTELANDS Midge Ure 64 ( 38 ) WALK OF LIFE Dire Straits 65 ( 48 ) SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU Whitney Houston 66 ( 66 ) UNCHAINED MELODY Leo Sayer 67 ( 47 ) AFTER THE LOVE HAS GONE Princess 68 ( 69 ) LYING Peter Frampton 69 ( 67 ) DRIVE The Cars 70 ( 68 ) TAKE ON ME A-Ha 71 ( 59 ) MY GUY MY GIRL Amii Stewart & Deon Estus 72 ( NEW ) DON’T TELL ME LIES Breathe 73 ( 71 ) CITIES IN DUST Siouxsie & The Banshees 74 ( 62 ) SISTERS ARE DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin 75 ( NEW ) ONE STEP Kissing The Pink Playlist Oldies Of The Week 1 ELOISE Barry Ryan 2 TALK TO ME Stevie Nicks 3 METHOD OF MODERN LOVE Hall & Oates
February 23, 20187 yr Author 18th February 1986 5 weeks on top for the mighty a-ha, keeping The Damned at 2, the same position the Barry Ryan original reached in the UK chart, and one place lower than it reached in mine. Kate Bush is the highest new entry, outdoing Cloudbusting and making it 3 top 10's in a row, with the exciting and brilliant Hounds Of Love, candidate for my fave Bush track. PIL get another top 10 3 years on from the last one, 8 years on from the first one, and 9 years on since The Sex Pistols burst onto my charts for Johnny Rotten. Billy Joel has a double 70's oldies blast from the past, one having been uncharted at the time (but fab) and the other having been under-appreciated by me in 1978 (Just The Way You Are). 16 is still an under-rating for both songs. Hot Chocolate return for the last time, 16 years on from their amazing run of singles, though not one of their better efforts sadly. Starship and Mr. Mister get quick follow-ups, and the fab Blow Monkeys debut with the equally fab Digging Your Scene, the first CD single I ever bought (OK technically it was a later maxi single featuring a lesser Blow Monkeys single as the lead track, but I bought it for Digging Your Scene). CD's were on the way... The mad, glam, and Mad Max-styled Sigue Sigue Sputnik debut with the unusual Love Missile F1-11. I liked it for being different to anything else, and they were having a laugh. It's a Hi-De-Hi to comic actor Su Pollard not being very amusing in song, and it's a Heeeere's Johnny to Prefab Sprout too. 1 ( 1 ) THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV A-ha 2 ( 5 ) ELOISE The Damned 3 ( 3 ) SYSTEM ADDICT Five Star 4 ( 4 ) THE CAPTAIN OF HER HEART Double 5 ( 7 ) CHAIN REACTION Diana Ross 6 ( 2 ) WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH THE TOUGH GET GOING Billy Ocean 7 ( 10 ) BEHIND THE MASK Greg Philinganes 8 ( 8 ) BORDERLINE Madonna 9 ( NEW ) HOUNDS OF LOVE Kate Bush 10 ( 18 ) RISE PIL 11 ( 6 ) LIFE’S WHAT YOU MAKE IT Talk Talk 12 ( 23 ) SILENT RUNNING Mike + The Mechanics 13 ( 16 ) VOICES Russ Ballard 14 ( 17 ) I CAN’T WAIT Stevie Nicks 15 ( 12 ) RADIO AFRICA Latin Quarter 16 ( NEW ) JUST THE WAY YOU ARE/ SHE’S ALWAYS A WOMAN Billy Joel 17 ( 9 ) BROKEN WINGS Mr. Mister 18 ( 11 ) IT’S ALRIGHT (BABY’S COMING BACK) Eurythmics 19 ( 29 ) AND SHE WAS Talking Heads 20 ( 24 ) PAIN Betty Wright 21 ( 19 ) LIVING IN AMERICA James Brown 22 ( 31 ) MANIC MONDAY The Bangles 23 ( 14 ) SUSPICIOUS MINDS Fine Young Cannibals 24 ( 13 ) WEST END GIRLS Pet Shop Boys 25 ( RE ) SEX AS A WEAPON Pat Benatar 26 ( 15 ) IMAGINATION Belouis Some 27 ( 27 ) SHOULDN’T HAVE TO BE LIKE THAT Fra Lippo Lippi 28 ( 37 ) POWER OF LOVE/ DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE Huey Lewis & The News 29 ( 33 ) THE SWEETEST GIRL Madness 30 ( 49 ) DON’T WASTE MY TIME Paul Hardcastle 31 ( RE ) LIVING IN THE PAST Drum Theatre 32 ( 21 ) LA VIE EN ROSE/ PULL UP TO THE BUMPER Grace Jones 33 ( 28 ) SOMETHING TO FALL BACK ON Todd Rundgren 34 ( 39 ) SMALLTOWN John Cougar Mellencamp 35 ( 42 ) MY MAGIC MAN Rochelle 36 ( 41 ) IF YOU’RE READY (COME GO WITH ME) Ruby Turner 37 ( 43 ) SANCTIFY YOURSELF Simple Minds 38 ( 20 ) IN A LIFETIME Clannad featuring Bono 39 ( 45 ) HOW WILL I KNOW Whitney Houston 40 ( NEW ) HEARTACHE NUMBER 9 Hot Chocolate 41 ( 25 ) PLEASE DON’T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD The Costello Show (Elvis Costello) 42 ( 34 ) WE CAN WORK IT OUT/ DAY TRIPPER The Beatles 43 ( 35 ) LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS Mud 44 ( 36 ) I’M YOUR MAN Wham! 45 ( 57 ) BURNING HEART Survivor 46 ( 30 ) YOU’VE GOT THE POWER Win 47 ( 22 ) THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Steve Harley & Sarah Brightman 48 ( 26 ) SATURDAY LOVE Cherrelle & Alexander O’Neal 49 ( 32 ) WHO’S ZOOMIN' WHO Aretha Franklin 50 ( 60 ) SHOT IN THE DARK Ozzy Osbourne 51 ( 38 ) IF I RULED THE WORLD Kurtis Blow 52 ( 48 ) DON’T LOOK DOWN (THE SEQUEL) Go West 53 ( 44 ) LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 54 ( NEW ) SARA Starship 55 ( 55 ) THE LAST KISS David Cassidy 56 ( 75 ) ONE STEP Kissing The Pink 57 ( 51 ) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY Slade 58 ( NEW ) KYRIE Mr. Mister 59 ( NEW ) FEMALE INTUITION Mai Tai 60 ( 52 ) MATED David Grant & Jaki Graham 61 ( 40 ) THE PROMISE Arcadia 62 ( 66 ) UNCHAINED MELODY Leo Sayer 63 ( 63 ) WASTELANDS Midge Ure 64 ( NEW ) I JUST CAN’T STAND IT Matt Bianco 65 ( 59 ) A GOOD HEART Feargal Sharkey 66 ( NEW ) DIGGING YOUR SCENE The Blow Monkeys 67 ( 46 ) RUSSIANS Sting 68 ( NEW ) LOVE MISSILE F1-11 Sigue Sigue Sputnik 69 ( NEW ) MOON OVER BOURBON STREET Sting 70 ( 69 ) DRIVE The Cars 71 ( 58 ) DON’T BREAK MY HEART UB40 72 ( NEW ) HERE COMES THE MAN Boom Boom Room 73 ( 70 ) TAKE ON ME A-Ha 74 ( NEW ) STARTING TOGETHER Su Pollard 75 ( NEW ) JOHNNY JOHNNY Prefab Sprout PLAYLIST OLDIES 1 I KNOW THERE’S SOMETHING GOING ON Frida 2 I HEAR TALK Bucks Fizz 3 (I’LL NEVER BE) MARIA MAGDALENA Sandra
February 24, 20187 yr The Sigue Sigue Sputnik song I actually like now, despite my criticisms of it on the 'john's 1985 charts' thread. You really can tell Giorgio Moroder produced it with the synths! Weird mix of Hi-NRG and glam rock!
February 24, 20187 yr Author Madness struggling with one of their final hits in your chart PCF! Oh they would be back with Ghost Train, then some Suggs 90's hits, then the Madness revival 99 with Lovestruck, and then pretty much loads more in the 21st century including 5 top 10's - but yes they had lost the spark by 1985, sadly :)
February 24, 20187 yr Author The Sigue Sigue Sputnik song I actually like now, despite my criticisms of it on the 'john's 1985 charts' thread. You really can tell Giorgio Moroder produced it with the synths! Weird mix of Hi-NRG and glam rock! ooh dyaknow I'd forgotten about Giorgio Moroder producing it! That explains why I liked it so much at the time :lol:
March 2, 20187 yr Author 25th February 1986 Back in at 1, it's a UK chart re-entry giving me an excuse to rechart 1985's greatest single, Tears For Fears' pop masterpiece, giving an oldies theme to the upper chart as Eloise holds at 2, Billy Joel climbs to 11 and Huey Lewis' Back To The Future song hits a new peak belatedly. In at 5, it's 1976 top 10 disco classic Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel, as it charts all over again. Tavares were early cool disco stars. Yes, disco was cool at it's best. Mike + The Mechanics give Mike Rutherford his 4th top 10 (3 with Genesis), and Paul Carrack his first, in 12 years of trying, while Russ Ballard makes it for the first time in 13 years - when Argent took God Gave Rock 'n' Roll To Me a bit higher. The Blow Monkeys have a massive climb, as I am Digging their Scene, and ditto Sigue Sigue Sputnik who shoot like a missile into the 30 as well, while the highest actual new record is ELO having a go at synths with the fab Calling America - their last hit, far too minor, and the end of the road essentially for the band as a unit. Jeff Lynne of course kept on having success in various guises until resurrecting the name recently - and cue more hits in my charts. Depeche Mode are stripped back, Frankie is still doing it his way 17 years on from his first chart entry with My Way - though his best songs predated my charts and would have been big. Audrey Hall has a gentle reggae bop again, and future fave band for the next 30 years have a second entry at a modest 59 - the gorgeous Love Comes Quickly, being very different from West End Girls, as were all the next singles for a few years - despite naysayers at the time who had a problem with Neil's vocals making ludicrous claims that they all sound the same. They all sound like Neil Tennant, yes, but not musically the same. Aretha and Elton are back - not together, that lies a bit in the future, but more notches in the run of solo singles, while Hipsway, a band that might have been successful, debut with The Honey Thief. 1 ( NEW ) EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD Tears For Fears 2 ( 2 ) ELOISE The Damned 3 ( 1 ) THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV A-ha 4 ( 5 ) CHAIN REACTION Diana Ross 5 ( NEW ) HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL Tavares 6 ( 9 ) HOUNDS OF LOVE Kate Bush 7 ( 3 ) SYSTEM ADDICT Five Star 8 ( 12 ) SILENT RUNNING Mike + The Mechanics 9 ( 13 ) VOICES Russ Ballard 10 ( 4 ) THE CAPTAIN OF HER HEART Double 11 ( 16 ) JUST THE WAY YOU ARE/ SHE’S ALWAYS A WOMAN Billy Joel 12 ( 22 ) MANIC MONDAY The Bangles 13 ( 19 ) AND SHE WAS Talking Heads 14 ( 6 ) WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH THE TOUGH GET GOING Billy Ocean 15 ( 10 ) RISE PIL 16 ( 25 ) SEX AS A WEAPON Pat Benatar 17 ( 8 ) BORDERLINE Madonna 18 ( 11 ) LIFE’S WHAT YOU MAKE IT Talk Talk 19 ( 28 ) POWER OF LOVE/ DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE Huey Lewis & The News 20 ( 20 ) PAIN Betty Wright 21 ( 15 ) RADIO AFRICA Latin Quarter 22 ( 7 ) BEHIND THE MASK Greg Philinganes 23 ( 66 ) DIGGING YOUR SCENE The Blow Monkeys 24 ( 29 ) THE SWEETEST GIRL Madness 25 ( 14 ) I CAN’T WAIT Stevie Nicks 26 ( 68 ) LOVE MISSILE F1-11 Sigue Sigue Sputnik 27 ( 18 ) IT’S ALRIGHT (BABY’S COMING BACK) Eurythmics 28 ( NEW ) CALLING AMERICA Electric Light Orchestra 29 ( 17 ) BROKEN WINGS Mr. Mister 30 ( 30 ) DON’T WASTE MY TIME Paul Hardcastle 31 ( 37 ) SANCTIFY YOURSELF Simple Minds 32 ( 24 ) WEST END GIRLS Pet Shop Boys 33 ( 40 ) HEARTACHE NUMBER 9 Hot Chocolate 34 ( 21 ) LIVING IN AMERICA James Brown 35 ( 56 ) ONE STEP Kissing The Pink 36 ( 39 ) HOW WILL I KNOW Whitney Houston 37 ( 26 ) IMAGINATION Belouis Some 38 ( 58 ) KYRIE Mr. Mister 39 ( 45 ) BURNING HEART Survivor 40 ( 36 ) IF YOU’RE READY (COME GO WITH ME) Ruby Turner 41 ( 27 ) SHOULDN’T HAVE TO BE LIKE THAT Fra Lippo Lippi 42 ( 33 ) SOMETHING TO FALL BACK ON Todd Rundgren 43 ( 42 ) WE CAN WORK IT OUT/ DAY TRIPPER The Beatles 44 ( 43 ) LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS Mud 45 ( NEW ) STRIPPED Depeche Mode 46 ( 59 ) FEMALE INTUITION Mai Tai 47 ( 44 ) I’M YOUR MAN Wham! 48 ( 32 ) LA VIE EN ROSE/ PULL UP TO THE BUMPER Grace Jones 49 ( 23 ) SUSPICIOUS MINDS Fine Young Cannibals 50 ( 46 ) YOU’VE GOT THE POWER Win 51 ( NEW ) THEME FROM NEW YORK NEW YORK Frank Sinatra 52 ( 31 ) LIVING IN THE PAST Drum Theatre 53 ( NEW ) ONE DANCE WON’T DO Audrey Hall 54 ( 34 ) SMALLTOWN John Cougar Mellencamp 55 ( 55 ) THE LAST KISS David Cassidy 56 ( 38 ) IN A LIFETIME Clannad featuring Bono 57 ( 64 ) I JUST CAN’T STAND IT Matt Bianco 58 ( 52 ) DON’T LOOK DOWN (THE SEQUEL) Go West 59 ( NEW ) LOVE COMES QUICKLY Pet Shop Boys 60 ( 57 ) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY Slade 61 ( 53 ) LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 62 ( NEW ) ANOTHER NIGHT Aretha Franklin 63 ( 69 ) MOON OVER BOURBON STREET Sting 64 ( 35 ) MY MAGIC MAN Rochelle 65 ( NEW ) THE HONEY THIEF Hipsway 66 ( NEW ) CRY TO HEAVEN Elton John 67 ( 60 ) MATED David Grant & Jaki Graham 68 ( 72 ) HERE COMES THE MAN Boom Boom Room 69 ( 65 ) A GOOD HEART Feargal Sharkey 70 ( 74 ) STARTING TOGETHER Su Pollard 71 ( 70 ) DRIVE The Cars 72 ( 41 ) PLEASE DON’T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD The Costello Show (Elvis Costello) 73 ( NEW ) ROCK ME TONIGHT Freddie Jackson 74 ( 49 ) WHO’S ZOOMIN' WHO Aretha Franklin 75 ( NEW ) MY CLEOPATRA The Flaming Mussolinis Playlist Oldies 1 CITY LIGHTS David Essex 2 SUNSHINE The Archies 3 RADANCER Marmalade
March 4, 20187 yr W How did Tears for Fears peak at no1 again a year later? Prob one of my fav songs of the decade, their totp performance is such a classic!
March 7, 20187 yr Author W How did Tears for Fears peak at no1 again a year later? Prob one of my fav songs of the decade, their totp performance is such a classic! Hi Steve, I think it made the UK top 75 again as a re-entry, and I used it as an excuse to top my chart again as I still loved it to bits and dropped it out my charts too soon :lol: I've got my tickets for their Bournemouth gig this year, seeing them for the first time at long last!
Create an account or sign in to comment