March 7, 20187 yr Author 4th March 1986 It's a classic Hounds Of Love barking on top for Kate Bush, her 2nd chart-topper, and presiding over a frantic chart choc-a-bloc with goodies. Sigue Sigue Sputnik shoot it up to 2 from 26, all glammed up with synth riffs, and ELO call America at 4, 24 a 24-place climb for what is 14 years on from topping my chart with 10538 Overture, for around the 20th time making the top 5 - and the final time for 30 years, bar oldies. Billy Joel finally goes top 10 8 years late, Blow Monkeys climb to 13, and some great tracks are treading water due to the leapfrogging going on: Bangles, Mike + The Mechanics (it would top my chart in the 90's) and many more. Highest new entry is Culture Club, at 18, with the pleasant Move Away. Looked like they were here for the long haul...errr sadly not, relationships are complex, and substance abuse worse. Pet Shop Boys get the highest climber 59 to 20, and have two tracks in the 40 for the first time. Not for the last time though. Pretty much a regular thing actually for the next 35 years, and then some. At least I banned album tracks, largely, in those days, or else the lads, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Prince and a few select others would dominate the charts Ed Sheeran style. In at 24, the title song from the movie Absolute Beginners, David Bowie back on critical form, and the best thing about the movie. sadly Bowie also decided he'd had enough of being great, and it was at best just good until the mid-90's an the Pet Shop Boys helped make him sound great again for a bit (hit singles-wise) after the Tin Machine career-killer. Whistle kept on buggin' me - in at 39 with a very familiar riff, oh yes it's the theme tune to 60's surreal sitcom Green Acres. Not only one of the greatest TV themes of all time, but the greatest sitcom of the 60's. Ask Matt Groening... Grace Jones covers Roxy Music, Bryan Adams keeps the hits swiftly coming, The Stones are back covering Bob & Earl (not very well), and Shaky sneaks in with a song I have utterly forgotten. No idea. 1 ( 6 ) HOUNDS OF LOVE Kate Bush 2 ( 26 ) LOVE MISSILE F1-11 Sigue Sigue Sputnik 3 ( 1 ) EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD Tears For Fears 4 ( 28 ) CALLING AMERICA Electric Light Orchestra 5 ( 5 ) HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL Tavares 6 ( 9 ) VOICES Russ Ballard 7 ( 3 ) THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV A-ha 8 ( 8 ) SILENT RUNNING Mike + The Mechanics 9 ( 11 ) JUST THE WAY YOU ARE/ SHE’S ALWAYS A WOMAN Billy Joel 10 ( 2 ) ELOISE The Damned 11 ( 4 ) CHAIN REACTION Diana Ross 12 ( 12 ) MANIC MONDAY The Bangles 13 ( 23 ) DIGGING YOUR SCENE The Blow Monkeys 14 ( 7 ) SYSTEM ADDICT Five Star 15 ( 20 ) PAIN Betty Wright 16 ( 13 ) AND SHE WAS Talking Heads 17 ( 10 ) THE CAPTAIN OF HER HEART Double 18 ( NEW ) MOVE AWAY Culture Club 19 ( 19 ) POWER OF LOVE/ DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE Huey Lewis & The News 20 ( 59 ) LOVE COMES QUICKLY Pet Shop Boys 21 ( 14 ) WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH THE TOUGH GET GOING Billy Ocean 22 ( 15 ) RISE PIL 23 ( 16 ) SEX AS A WEAPON Pat Benatar 24 ( NEW ) ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS David Bowie 25 ( 30 ) DON’T WASTE MY TIME Paul Hardcastle 26 ( 62 ) ANOTHER NIGHT Aretha Franklin 27 ( 38 ) KYRIE Mr. Mister 28 ( 17 ) BORDERLINE Madonna 29 ( 35 ) ONE STEP Kissing The Pink 30 ( 36 ) HOW WILL I KNOW Whitney Houston 31 ( 53 ) ONE DANCE WON’T DO Audrey Hall 32 ( 22 ) BEHIND THE MASK Greg Philinganes 33 ( 33 ) HEARTACHE NUMBER 9 Hot Chocolate 34 ( 18 ) LIFE’S WHAT YOU MAKE IT Talk Talk 35 ( NEW ) IF YOU WERE HERE TONIGHT Alexander O’Neal 36 ( 24 ) THE SWEETEST GIRL Madness 37 ( 32 ) WEST END GIRLS Pet Shop Boys 38 ( 25 ) I CAN’T WAIT Stevie Nicks 39 ( NEW ) JUST BUGGIN’ Whistle 40 ( 27 ) IT’S ALRIGHT (BABY’S COMING BACK) Eurythmics 41 ( 21 ) RADIO AFRICA Latin Quarter 42 ( 29 ) BROKEN WINGS Mr. Mister 43 ( NEW ) LOVE IS THE DRUG Grace Jones 44 ( 57 ) I JUST CAN’T STAND IT Matt Bianco 45 ( 45 ) STRIPPED Depeche Mode 46 ( 51 ) THEME FROM NEW YORK NEW YORK Frank Sinatra 47 ( 43 ) WE CAN WORK IT OUT/ DAY TRIPPER The Beatles 48 ( 44 ) LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS Mud 49 ( 63 ) MOON OVER BOURBON STREET Sting 50 ( 66 ) CRY TO HEAVEN Elton John 51 ( 47 ) I’M YOUR MAN Wham! 52 ( 34 ) LIVING IN AMERICA James Brown 53 ( 40 ) IF YOU’RE READY (COME GO WITH ME) Ruby Turner 54 ( 39 ) BURNING HEART Survivor 55 ( 55 ) THE LAST KISS David Cassidy 56 ( 37 ) IMAGINATION Belouis Some 57 ( 73 ) ROCK ME TONIGHT Freddie Jackson 58 ( 50 ) YOU’VE GOT THE POWER Win 59 ( 42 ) SOMETHING TO FALL BACK ON Todd Rundgren 60 ( NEW ) THIS TIME Bryan Adams 61 ( 75 ) MY CLEOPATRA The Flaming Mussolinis 62 ( 31 ) SANCTIFY YOURSELF Simple Minds 63 ( 68 ) HERE COMES THE MAN Boom Boom Room 64 ( NEW ) HARLEM SHUFFLE The Rolling Stones 65 ( 65 ) THE HONEY THIEF Hipsway 66 ( 58 ) DON’T LOOK DOWN (THE SEQUEL) Go West 67 ( 60 ) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY Slade 68 ( 70 ) STARTING TOGETHER Su Pollard 69 ( 46 ) FEMALE INTUITION Mai Tai 70 ( NEW ) I’M NOT GOING TO LET YOU Colonel Abrams 71 ( 48 ) LA VIE EN ROSE/ PULL UP TO THE BUMPER Grace Jones 72 ( RE ) DON’T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME) Simple Minds 73 ( 41 ) SHOULDN’T HAVE TO BE LIKE THAT Fra Lippo Lippi 74 ( 71 ) DRIVE The Cars 75 ( NEW ) TURNING AWAY Shakin’ Stevens 4TH MARCH PLAYLIST OLDIES 1 SUNSHINE The Archies 2 (I’LL NEVER BE) MARIA MAGDALENA Sandra 3 SOS Abba
March 16, 20187 yr Author 11th March 1986 2 weeks on top for Kate Bush as Blow Monkeys go top 5, digging her scene, and Prince gets The Bangles a top 10 entry and a new entry for himself the same week - he deserves a classic Kiss! Whistle take the Green Acres TV theme into my top 10 (hey I'm a fan!), and the highest new entry is the Rock-in Me Amadeus from Austrian popstar Falco, mostly sung in German, which was something of an achievement in the UK charts. Still is. 1976, The Real Thing finally got a deserved belated UK chart-topper, and a decade on their run of hit singles had tapered off - until the 80's disco remix mania brought them back, and onto the Radio One Roadshow in Bournemouth starring with....me! Yes I was on Mike Read's Pop Quiz, gaping like a fish, mouth open unable to answer the question "what's the title of Genesis' current album?" My mind went blank. "You can't see me" said Mike helpfully as he touched my arm. "Invisible Touch" screamed the audience. Ah well, at least I won the quiz eventually, got a mug and sweatshirt and got to see The Real Thing backstage. In at 32, and a gorgeous version of Neil Young's Only Love Can Break Your Heart from The Mint Juleps. Saint Etienne eventually had a minor hit with same, but this may be the definitive. Stevie Wonder is overjoyed to have his last great single for 32 years enter my chart, while Love Is War is Brilliant, back again, and a year ahead of a UK hit Aussies Mental As Anything pop in at 59 living it up. Siouxsie follows up a chart-topper rather modestly, and The Housemartins debut with sheep. Luckily the Mint Juleps didn't call themselves The Mint Sauce or it would frightened the little lambs away. A Fox bursts in at the bottom. Boom boom! No, not Basil Brush, the Page 3 pin-up using her attributes up front in a pop career. 1 ( 1 ) HOUNDS OF LOVE Kate Bush 2 ( 2 ) LOVE MISSILE F1-11 Sigue Sigue Sputnik 3 ( 4 ) CALLING AMERICA Electric Light Orchestra 4 ( 5 ) HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL Tavares 5 ( 13 ) DIGGING YOUR SCENE The Blow Monkeys 6 ( 8 ) SILENT RUNNING Mike + The Mechanics 7 ( 12 ) MANIC MONDAY The Bangles 8 ( 11 ) CHAIN REACTION Diana Ross 9 ( 7 ) THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV A-ha 10 ( 39 ) JUST BUGGIN’ Whistle 11 ( 3 ) EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD Tears For Fears 12 ( 6 ) VOICES Russ Ballard 13 ( 20 ) LOVE COMES QUICKLY Pet Shop Boys 14 ( 14 ) SYSTEM ADDICT Five Star 15 ( 18 ) MOVE AWAY Culture Club 16 ( 10 ) ELOISE The Damned 17 ( 26 ) ANOTHER NIGHT Aretha Franklin 18 ( 25 ) DON’T WASTE MY TIME Paul Hardcastle 19 ( 24 ) ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS David Bowie 20 ( 31 ) ONE DANCE WON’T DO Audrey Hall 21 ( 29 ) ONE STEP Kissing The Pink 22 ( 9 ) JUST THE WAY YOU ARE/ SHE’S ALWAYS A WOMAN Billy Joel 23 ( 33 ) HEARTACHE NUMBER 9 Hot Chocolate 24 ( 27 ) KYRIE Mr. Mister 25 ( 19 ) POWER OF LOVE/ DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE Huey Lewis & The News 26 ( NEW ) ROCK ME AMADEUS Falco 27 ( 30 ) HOW WILL I KNOW Whitney Houston 28 ( 17 ) THE CAPTAIN OF HER HEART Double 29 ( NEW ) KISS Prince & The Revolution 30 ( NEW ) YOU TO ME ARE EVERYTHING (REMIX) The Real Thing 31 ( 16 ) AND SHE WAS Talking Heads 32 ( NEW ) ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART The Mint Juleps 33 ( 35 ) IF YOU WERE HERE TONIGHT Alexander O’Neal 34 ( 22 ) RISE PIL 35 ( 21 ) WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH THE TOUGH GET GOING Billy Ocean 36 ( 58 ) YOU’VE GOT THE POWER Win 37 ( 15 ) PAIN Betty Wright 38 ( 43 ) LOVE IS THE DRUG Grace Jones 39 ( 23 ) SEX AS A WEAPON Pat Benatar 40 ( 57 ) ROCK ME TONIGHT Freddie Jackson 41 ( 37 ) WEST END GIRLS Pet Shop Boys 42 ( 65 ) THE HONEY THIEF Hipsway 43 ( 28 ) BORDERLINE Madonna 44 ( 46 ) THEME FROM NEW YORK NEW YORK Frank Sinatra 45 ( 45 ) STRIPPED Depeche Mode 46 ( 32 ) BEHIND THE MASK Greg Philinganes 47 ( 40 ) IT’S ALRIGHT (BABY’S COMING BACK) Eurythmics 48 ( 38 ) I CAN’T WAIT Stevie Nicks 49 ( 60 ) THIS TIME Bryan Adams 50 ( 50 ) CRY TO HEAVEN Elton John 51 ( 34 ) LIFE’S WHAT YOU MAKE IT Talk Talk 52 ( NEW ) OVERJOYED Stevie Wonder 53 ( 47 ) WE CAN WORK IT OUT/ DAY TRIPPER The Beatles 54 ( 48 ) LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS Mud 55 ( 55 ) THE LAST KISS David Cassidy 56 ( 51 ) I’M YOUR MAN Wham! 57 ( 64 ) HARLEM SHUFFLE The Rolling Stones 58 ( NEW ) LOVE IS WAR Brilliant 59 ( NEW ) LIVE IT UP Mental As Anything 60 ( 42 ) BROKEN WINGS Mr. Mister 61 ( 41 ) RADIO AFRICA Latin Quarter 62 ( 44 ) I JUST CAN’T STAND IT Matt Bianco 63 ( 63 ) HERE COMES THE MAN Boom Boom Room 64 ( 70 ) I’M NOT GOING TO LET YOU Colonel Abrams 65 ( 52 ) LIVING IN AMERICA James Brown 66 ( 54 ) BURNING HEART Survivor 67 ( NEW ) CANDY MAN Siouxsie & The Banshees 68 ( 75 ) TURNING AWAY Shakin’ Stevens 69 ( NEW ) SHEEP The Housemartins 70 ( 59 ) SOMETHING TO FALL BACK ON Todd Rundgren 71 ( 36 ) THE SWEETEST GIRL Madness 72 ( NEW ) TOUCH ME Samantha Fox 73 ( 66 ) DON’T LOOK DOWN (THE SEQUEL) Go West 74 ( NEW ) NO-ONE IS TO BLAME Howard Jones 75 ( 67 ) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY Slade Playlist Oldies Of The Week 1 ROCK ON T.Rex 2 (I’LL NEVER BE) MARIA MAGDALENA Sandra 3 I’M GONNA BE STRONG Gene Pitney
March 18, 20187 yr Author 18th March 1986 It's a first week on top for ELO's 13th and final chart-topper (barring recharting oldies), as it all turns a bit summer of 76 disco with The Real Thing and Tavares side by side, and the Pet Shop Boys get a second top 10 - the days when they would have topped my chart not yet arrived (I certainly love it enough to have a chart-topper out of Love Comes Quickly). A big leap for The Mint Juleps, and the highest new entry is a Comic Relief single of Cliff covering his 50's topper for a bit of a laugh. Yes, back in those days he wasn't regarded as a joke, he joined in with the fun, helped by The Young Ones, which gives 'hippie" neil (aka actor Nigel Planer) a second top 20. Cliff extends his run to 18 years. Another actor, Aussie US soap star Rick Springfield, pops back to Celebrate Youth a few years after he'd wished he had Jessie's Girl. Stevie Nicks gets a second top 30 in a row, Belouis Some a follow-up, and Supertramp arrive like a Cannonball bringing their 11-year-run of entries to a close, give or take. Another 50's song returns for Duane Eddy, assisting the Art Of Noise's cover of his superior original, the TV show theme Peter Gunn. That leaves Johnny Cash's daughter Roseanne to follow in her dad's footsteps, and Suzanne Vega, in debuting, while Talk Talk, The Pogues and Dee C. Lee add to their runs and Tom Waits grumbles in at the rear end. In the oldies scene, I'm still into my Bubblegum TV heroes, bringing a bit of 1970 Sunshine, and the same years' Laura Nyro sweet gospel harmony cover from The Fifth Dimension - if ever a song needed covering and becoming a huge hit in the States it's that one in 2018 - and also a bit of Rock with a message, Free's best record Wishing Well, and boy oh boy do we need that message in 2018 as well. 1 ( 3 ) CALLING AMERICA Electric Light Orchestra 2 ( 2 ) LOVE MISSILE F1-11 Sigue Sigue Sputnik 3 ( 5 ) DIGGING YOUR SCENE The Blow Monkeys 4 ( 1 ) HOUNDS OF LOVE Kate Bush 5 ( 6 ) SILENT RUNNING Mike + The Mechanics 6 ( 4 ) HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL Tavares 7 ( 30 ) YOU TO ME ARE EVERYTHING (REMIX) The Real Thing 8 ( 8 ) CHAIN REACTION Diana Ross 9 ( 13 ) LOVE COMES QUICKLY Pet Shop Boys 10 ( 15 ) MOVE AWAY Culture Club 11 ( 7 ) MANIC MONDAY The Bangles 12 ( 26 ) ROCK ME AMADEUS Falco 13 ( 32 ) ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART The Mint Juleps 14 ( 9 ) THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV A-ha 15 ( 17 ) ANOTHER NIGHT Aretha Franklin 16 ( 19 ) ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS David Bowie 17 ( NEW ) LIVIN’ DOLL Cliff Richard & The Young Ones 18 ( 29 ) KISS Prince & The Revolution 19 ( 11 ) EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD Tears For Fears 20 ( 42 ) THE HONEY THIEF Hipsway 21 ( 10 ) JUST BUGGIN’ Whistle 22 ( 14 ) SYSTEM ADDICT Five Star 23 ( 12 ) VOICES Russ Ballard 24 ( 24 ) KYRIE Mr. Mister 25 ( 36 ) YOU’VE GOT THE POWER Win 26 ( NEW ) CELEBRATE YOUTH Rick Springfield 27 ( 33 ) IF YOU WERE HERE TONIGHT Alexander O’Neal 28 ( 16 ) ELOISE The Damned 29 ( NEW ) TALK TO ME Stevie Nicks 30 ( 18 ) DON’T WASTE MY TIME Paul Hardcastle 31 ( 20 ) ONE DANCE WON’T DO Audrey Hall 32 ( 59 ) LIVE IT UP Mental As Anything 33 ( 25 ) POWER OF LOVE/ DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE Huey Lewis & The News 34 ( 23 ) HEARTACHE NUMBER 9 Hot Chocolate 35 ( 44 ) THEME FROM NEW YORK NEW YORK Frank Sinatra 36 ( 38 ) LOVE IS THE DRUG Grace Jones 37 ( 58 ) LOVE IS WAR Brilliant 38 ( NEW ) SOME PEOPLE Belouis Some 39 ( 22 ) JUST THE WAY YOU ARE/ SHE’S ALWAYS A WOMAN Billy Joel 40 ( 40 ) ROCK ME TONIGHT Freddie Jackson 41 ( 21 ) ONE STEP Kissing The Pink 42 ( NEW ) CANNONBALL Supertramp 43 ( 28 ) THE CAPTAIN OF HER HEART Double 44 ( 35 ) WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH THE TOUGH GET GOING Billy Ocean 45 ( 52 ) OVERJOYED Stevie Wonder 46 ( 41 ) WEST END GIRLS Pet Shop Boys 47 ( NEW ) PETER GUNN Art Of Noise & Duane Eddy 48 ( 57 ) HARLEM SHUFFLE The Rolling Stones 49 ( 49 ) THIS TIME Bryan Adams 50 ( 67 ) CANDY MAN Siouxsie & The Banshees 51 ( 27 ) HOW WILL I KNOW Whitney Houston 52 ( 34 ) RISE PIL 53 ( 31 ) AND SHE WAS Talking Heads 54 ( 74 ) NO-ONE IS TO BLAME Howard Jones 55 ( 55 ) THE LAST KISS David Cassidy 56 ( 53 ) WE CAN WORK IT OUT/ DAY TRIPPER The Beatles 57 ( 54 ) LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS Mud 58 ( 47 ) IT’S ALRIGHT (BABY’S COMING BACK) Eurythmics 59 ( 39 ) SEX AS A WEAPON Pat Benatar 60 ( 37 ) PAIN Betty Wright 61 ( 56 ) I’M YOUR MAN Wham! 62 ( 46 ) BEHIND THE MASK Greg Philinganes 63 ( 69 ) SHEEP The Housemartins 64 ( 43 ) BORDERLINE Madonna 65 ( 48 ) I CAN’T WAIT Stevie Nicks 66 ( NEW ) I DON’T KNOW WHY YOU DON’T WANT ME Roseanne Cash 67 ( 51 ) LIFE’S WHAT YOU MAKE IT Talk Talk 68 ( 50 ) CRY TO HEAVEN Elton John 69 ( NEW ) COME HELL OR WATERS HIGH Dee C. Lee 70 ( 60 ) BROKEN WINGS Mr. Mister 71 ( NEW ) LONDON GIRL The Pogues 72 ( NEW ) LIVING IN ANOTHER WORLD Talk Talk 73 ( 73 ) DON’T LOOK DOWN (THE SEQUEL) Go West 74 ( NEW ) IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD Tom Waits 75 ( NEW ) MARLENE ON THE WALL Suzanne Vega PLAYLIST OLDIES 1 SUNSHINE The Archies 2 SAVE THE COUNTRY The Fifth Dimension 3 WISHING WELL Free
March 18, 20187 yr Sorry, missed your last few personal chart updates for 1986. Hounds of Love is my favourite Kate Bush song (should have done much better than #18 officially) and Love Missile F1-11 is good fun. Just heard that Alexander O'Neal song and it is nice enough but no Criticize. Criticize, along with Living In A Box - Living In A Box, seems to have that Colonel Abrams - Trapped style of production. 1986 seems to get better for the charts imo as it heads towards the summer of that year, looking forward to seeing that on here. Edited March 18, 20187 yr by The Hissmobile
March 28, 20187 yr Author 25th March 1986 2 weeks on top for ELO as The Real Thing hit the top 3 for the first time, outdoing their original 1976 peak. Cliff & The Comics go top 5 outrageously leapfrogging the brilliant underrated Pet Shop Boys stuck at 9, and Falco enters the top 10, but the biggest news is the fabulous instant top 10 for highest new entry E=MC2, a haunting rhythmic raprock track from Big Audio Dynamite aka Mick Jones from The Clash & friends. I love the rhythm, the lyrics, the snippets from cult movies and the hook. It still sounds like nothing before or since. Duane Eddy gets his first top 30 entry in 11 years, and Sam Cooke gets his chart debut with Wonderful World, the early 60's minor UK chart hit much-covered at the time, and now used in a Jeans advert which sent it into overdrive chartwise 24 years late. As poor Sam had been very late for 20 years already, it was long overdue, though I would have preferred his greatest single (see my Playlist Oldies of the week). Stevie Wonder is top 30, and in a case of "I couldve sworn I never ever liked that track" Sam Fox is at 29 proving my memory has been conveniently rewritten as I don't rate it much at all these days. Howard Jones gets another top 40, and Queen debut with one of their great tracks from the very dark Highlander movie - quite a contrast to the joy of A Kind Of Magic, one of my mums favourite records. Viola Wills enters at 40 with one I don't remember, some 7 years after one I do - her cover of Trini Lopez' Gonna Get Along Without You Now. Heart finally get a substantial chart entry years late, with the fab These Dreams, and George Michael has a second solo single with the still-heartbreakingly brilliant A Different Corner, understated, sincere and immensely moving, still his greatest creation for me. If anyone had doubts that he was a major talent up to this point, think again. Bryan Ferry keeps the tracks coming 13 years since his first solo, Atlantic Starr smooth in, Roger Daltrey also has 13 years of solo success, and The Style Council have another goodie in at 75. Which leaves Lick The Tins quirky clanky cover of the much-hit-covered Elvis chart-topper, as done last by The Stylistics in 1976. 1 ( 1 ) CALLING AMERICA Electric Light Orchestra 2 ( 3 ) DIGGING YOUR SCENE The Blow Monkeys 3 ( 7 ) YOU TO ME ARE EVERYTHING (REMIX) The Real Thing 4 ( 4 ) HOUNDS OF LOVE Kate Bush 5 ( 17 ) LIVIN’ DOLL Cliff Richard & The Young Ones 6 ( 12 ) ROCK ME AMADEUS Falco 7 ( 2 ) LOVE MISSILE F1-11 Sigue Sigue Sputnik 8 ( NEW ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite 9 ( 9 ) LOVE COMES QUICKLY Pet Shop Boys 10 ( 8 ) CHAIN REACTION Diana Ross 11 ( 10 ) MOVE AWAY Culture Club 12 ( 24 ) KYRIE Mr. Mister 13 ( 13 ) ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART The Mint Juleps 14 ( 5 ) SILENT RUNNING Mike + The Mechanics 15 ( 6 ) HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL Tavares 16 ( 16 ) ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS David Bowie 17 ( 26 ) CELEBRATE YOUTH Rick Springfield 18 ( 18 ) KISS Prince & The Revolution 19 ( 20 ) THE HONEY THIEF Hipsway 20 ( 14 ) THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV A-ha 21 ( 29 ) TALK TO ME Stevie Nicks 22 ( 47 ) PETER GUNN Art Of Noise & Duane Eddy 23 ( NEW ) WONDERFUL WORLD Sam Cooke 24 ( 11 ) MANIC MONDAY The Bangles 25 ( 19 ) EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD Tears For Fears 26 ( 45 ) OVERJOYED Stevie Wonder 27 ( 15 ) ANOTHER NIGHT Aretha Franklin 28 ( 50 ) CANDYMAN Siouxsie & The Banshees 29 ( RE ) TOUCH ME Samantha Fox 30 ( 35 ) THEME FROM NEW YORK NEW YORK Frank Sinatra 31 ( 22 ) SYSTEM ADDICT Five Star 32 ( 32 ) LIVE IT UP Mental As Anything 33 ( 23 ) VOICES Russ Ballard 34 ( 37 ) LOVE IS WAR Brilliant 35 ( 38 ) SOME PEOPLE Belouis Some 36 ( 54 ) NO-ONE IS TO BLAME Howard Jones 37 ( 40 ) ROCK ME TONIGHT Freddie Jackson 38 ( NEW ) A KIND OF MAGIC Queen 39 ( 28 ) ELOISE The Damned 40 ( NEW ) DARE TO DREAM Viola Wills 41 ( 21 ) JUST BUGGIN’ Whistle 42 ( 49 ) THIS TIME Bryan Adams 43 ( 48 ) HARLEM SHUFFLE The Rolling Stones 44 ( 62 ) BEHIND THE MASK Greg Philinganes 45 ( NEW ) THESE DREAMS Heart 46 ( 31 ) ONE DANCE WON’T DO Audrey Hall 47 ( 41 ) ONE STEP Kissing The Pink 48 ( 39 ) JUST THE WAY YOU ARE/ SHE’S ALWAYS A WOMAN Billy Joel 49 ( 46 ) WEST END GIRLS Pet Shop Boys 50 ( 75 ) MARLENE ON THE WALL Suzanne Vega 51 ( 25 ) YOU’VE GOT THE POWER Win 52 ( 33 ) POWER OF LOVE/ DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE Huey Lewis & The News 53 ( 27 ) IF YOU WERE HERE TONIGHT Alexander O’Neal 54 ( 42 ) CANNONBALL Supertramp 55 ( 55 ) THE LAST KISS David Cassidy 56 ( 36 ) LOVE IS THE DRUG Grace Jones 57 ( 30 ) DON’T WASTE MY TIME Paul Hardcastle 58 ( 57 ) LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS Mud 59 ( 56 ) WE CAN WORK IT OUT/ DAY TRIPPER The Beatles 60 ( 44 ) WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH THE TOUGH GET GOING Billy Ocean 61 ( 43 ) THE CAPTAIN OF HER HEART Double 62 ( NEW ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 63 ( 58 ) IT’S ALRIGHT (BABY’S COMING BACK) Eurythmics 64 ( NEW ) IS YOUR LOVE STRONG ENOUGH Bryan Ferry 65 ( 63 ) SHEEP The Housemartins 66 ( NEW ) SECRET LOVERS Atlantic Starr 67 ( 34 ) HEARTACHE NUMBER 9 Hot Chocolate 68 ( 69 ) COME HELL OR WATERS HIGH Dee C. Lee 69 ( 61 ) I’M YOUR MAN Wham! 70 ( NEW ) CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE Lick The Tins 71 ( NEW ) UNDER A RAGING MOON Roger Daltrey 72 ( 72 ) LIVING IN ANOTHER WORLD Talk Talk 73 ( 52 ) RISE PIL 74 ( 64 ) BORDERLINE Madonna 75 ( NEW ) HAVE YOU EVER HAD IT BLUE The Style Council Oldies 1 SUNSHINE The Archies 2 BANG A BOOMERANG Abba 3 YOU SEND ME Sam Cooke
March 28, 20187 yr Calling America is not one of my favourite ELO songs but it's good to see it top your chart. It came out about nine years after their other telephone related single.
March 28, 20187 yr I guess I was a bit harsh on that Samantha Fox song, it has become a bit of a classic, and I have generally liked it since I first heard it, it does have a good chorus. At least it is not as cheesy as the likes of Sinitta and the laughably over the top guitar solo is good in it! Edited March 28, 20187 yr by Queef's Throne
March 29, 20187 yr Author Sorry, missed your last few personal chart updates for 1986. Hounds of Love is my favourite Kate Bush song (should have done much better than #18 officially) and Love Missile F1-11 is good fun. Just heard that Alexander O'Neal song and it is nice enough but no Criticize. Criticize, along with Living In A Box - Living In A Box, seems to have that Colonel Abrams - Trapped style of production. 1986 seems to get better for the charts imo as it heads towards the summer of that year, looking forward to seeing that on here. Hi Queefy :lol: Agree about kate Bush, totally should have done much better - I guess her fans had the album already (I bought singles mostly). Criticize is fab, love that one. Have to admit, I'd knwon about Heart but never bothered that much about them in the 70's, it wasn't until These Dreams I was converted. I will have to play that Sam Fox track again just to check it's still cheesy - last time I heard it it was pretty bad, but I do recall liking the guitar on it :lol: cheers! john
March 29, 20187 yr Author Interesting to note that Manic Monday ONLY peaked at no7 in your chart!! Hi Steve, yes it's very very naughty of me to let it peak at 7, and it's Prince too! There were just SO many tracks I adored more at the time though, (well 6 at any rate :lol: ) Queen is still fab. I was there from 7 Seas Of Rhye topping my chart onwards following a fab TOTP performance
March 29, 20187 yr Author Calling America is not one of my favourite ELO songs but it's good to see it top your chart. It came out about nine years after their other telephone related single. Thanks Rollo, I wouldnt put Calling America in my top 20 fave ELO tracks either, but then they had so many great tracks.... :) Telephone Line also topped my chart, in 77 :cheer: as did, 10538 Overture (72) Showdown (73) Evil Woman (76) Livin' Thing (76) Sweet Talking Woman (78) Don't Bring Me Down (79) Confusion/Last Train To London (79) Xanadu (80) Hold On Tight (81) Twilight (81) The Way Life's Meant To Be (82) and then as oldies Mr Blue Sky did it, and plenty of others would top my chart with a reissue or movie soundtrack moment, or Out Of The Blue recharting for the album tracks I love on it. :wub:
April 6, 20187 yr Author 1st April 1986 It's a first week on top for the brilliant E=MC2, presiding over a rapid-moving upper-chart and sluggish lower-end. George Michael rockets up to 8 with his gorgeously touching A Different Corner, as 50's oldie Peter Gunn gives Duane Eddy an updated 80's top 10, his first since 1975, while Sam Cooke gets his first top 10 with the Jeans-advert oldie, and still definitive version of the much-covered song. Stevie Wonder is Overjoyed at just missing the top 10, and Queen are magic at 13, with Stevie Nicks making it 2 top 20's in a row. Heart get that elusive top 40 at last, as Bryan Adams adds to his, and Atlantic Starr leap up. Highest new entry is a Shellshocked New Order, as Tom Waits gruffly enters in the neighbourhood, trombones blazing. Jim Diamond extends his run to 4 years since PhD topped the chart, a-ha get a third, Bronski Beat a 5th-ish, Julian Lennon a 4th (or so), and Jermaine Jackson a 6th or 7th or 8th solo (I can't be arsed to look it up) but a whole plethora of Jackson 5 tracks on top of that. 1 ( 8 ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite 2 ( 1 ) CALLING AMERICA Electric Light Orchestra 3 ( 3 ) YOU TO ME ARE EVERYTHING (REMIX) The Real Thing 4 ( 6 ) ROCK ME AMADEUS Falco 5 ( 5 ) LIVIN’ DOLL Cliff Richard & The Young Ones 6 ( 2 ) DIGGING YOUR SCENE The Blow Monkeys 7 ( 4 ) HOUNDS OF LOVE Kate Bush 8 ( 62 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 9 ( 22 ) PETER GUNN Art Of Noise & Duane Eddy 10 ( 23 ) WONDERFUL WORLD Sam Cooke 11 ( 26 ) OVERJOYED Stevie Wonder 12 ( 9 ) LOVE COMES QUICKLY Pet Shop Boys 13 ( 38 ) A KIND OF MAGIC Queen 14 ( 16 ) ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS David Bowie 15 ( 11 ) MOVE AWAY Culture Club 16 ( 12 ) KYRIE Mr. Mister 17 ( 18 ) KISS Prince & The Revolution 18 ( 7 ) LOVE MISSILE F1-11 Sigue Sigue Sputnik 19 ( 21 ) TALK TO ME Stevie Nicks 20 ( 10 ) CHAIN REACTION Diana Ross 21 ( 17 ) CELEBRATE YOUTH Rick Springfield 22 ( 30 ) THEME FROM NEW YORK NEW YORK Frank Sinatra 23 ( 29 ) TOUCH ME Samantha Fox 24 ( 14 ) SILENT RUNNING Mike + The Mechanics 25 ( 15 ) HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL Tavares 26 ( 20 ) THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV A-ha 27 ( 19 ) THE HONEY THIEF Hipsway 28 ( 28 ) CANDYMAN Siouxsie & The Banshees 29 ( 36 ) NO-ONE IS TO BLAME Howard Jones 30 ( 25 ) EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD Tears For Fears 31 ( 13 ) ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART The Mint Juleps 32 ( 32 ) LIVE IT UP Mental As Anything 33 ( 24 ) MANIC MONDAY The Bangles 34 ( 40 ) DARE TO DREAM Viola Wills 35 ( 35 ) SOME PEOPLE Belouis Some 36 ( 27 ) ANOTHER NIGHT Aretha Franklin 37 ( 45 ) THESE DREAMS Heart 38 ( 31 ) SYSTEM ADDICT Five Star 39 ( 42 ) THIS TIME Bryan Adams 40 ( 66 ) SECRET LOVERS Atlantic Starr 41 ( 41 ) JUST BUGGIN’ Whistle 42 ( 33 ) VOICES Russ Ballard 43 ( 64 ) IS YOUR LOVE STRONG ENOUGH Bryan Ferry 44 ( 44 ) BEHIND THE MASK Greg Philinganes 45 ( 34 ) LOVE IS WAR Brilliant 46 ( 39 ) ELOISE The Damned 47 ( NEW ) SHELLSHOCK New Order 48 ( 43 ) HARLEM SHUFFLE The Rolling Stones 49 ( 50 ) MARLENE ON THE WALL Suzanne Vega 50 ( 37 ) ROCK ME TONIGHT Freddie Jackson 51 ( 49 ) WEST END GIRLS Pet Shop Boys 52 ( 55 ) THE LAST KISS David Cassidy 53 ( 46 ) ONE DANCE WON’T DO Audrey Hall 54 ( 75 ) HAVE YOU EVER HAD IT BLUE The Style Council 55 ( 51 ) YOU’VE GOT THE POWER Win 56 ( 48 ) JUST THE WAY YOU ARE/ SHE’S ALWAYS A WOMAN Billy Joel 57 ( 59 ) WE CAN WORK IT OUT/ DAY TRIPPER The Beatles 58 ( 58 ) LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS Mud 59 ( NEW ) IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD Tom Waits 60 ( 60 ) WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH THE TOUGH GET GOING Billy Ocean 61 ( 52 ) POWER OF LOVE/ DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE Huey Lewis & The News 62 ( 70 ) CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE Lick The Tins 63 ( 57 ) DON’T WASTE MY TIME Paul Hardcastle 64 ( 61 ) THE CAPTAIN OF HER HEART Double 65 ( 68 ) COME HELL OR WATERS HIGH Dee C. Lee 66 ( NEW ) HI HO SILVER Jim Diamond 67 ( NEW ) HELLO DARLING Tippa Irie 68 ( NEW ) TRAIN OF THOUGHT a-ha 69 ( 71 ) UNDER A RAGING MOON Roger Daltrey 70 ( 69 ) I’M YOUR MAN Wham! 71 ( 74 ) BORDERLINE Madonna 72 ( 63 ) IT’S ALRIGHT (BABY’S COMING BACK) Eurythmics 73 ( NEW ) C’MON C’MON Bronski Beat 74 ( NEW ) STICK AROUND Julian Lennon 75 ( NEW ) DO YOU REMEMBER ME Jermaine Jackson 1st April Playlist Oldies 1 TEENAGE DREAM T.Rex 2 I CAN’T WAIT Stevie Nicks 3 HE’S GONNA STEP ON YOU AGAIN John Kongos
April 10, 20187 yr Ah Sam Cooke, that was the first in a long line of tracks to enter/re-enter the charts because of adverts for that jeans company! I do like that song! Peter Gunn is an interesting song, the best bit for me is the ending, which actually sounds ahead of its time almost like a Massive Attack sort of song from the 90s! Pity that tropical sounding Bronski Beat song flopped in the charts, a good tune if not quite as good as HTPB, that was the kind of end of them as a popular group sadly, although they randomly had a low top 40 dance hit in 1989 with Eartha Kitt which is good fun!
April 13, 20187 yr Author Ah Sam Cooke, that was the first in a long line of tracks to enter/re-enter the charts because of adverts for that jeans company! I do like that song! Peter Gunn is an interesting song, the best bit for me is the ending, which actually sounds ahead of its time almost like a Massive Attack sort of song from the 90s! Pity that tropical sounding Bronski Beat song flopped in the charts, a good tune if not quite as good as HTPB, that was the kind of end of them as a popular group sadly, although they randomly had a low top 40 dance hit in 1989 with Eartha Kitt which is good fun! Hi Snakey, Yes I had a thing about those jeans ad songs, I loved that it opened them to new generations of music fans - and I think madonna approved of them too, as she donated a song to one of the models! I think Ive forgotten that Eartha Kitt track - Im aware of it but cant recall how it goes! :o cheers! john
April 13, 20187 yr Author 8th April 1986 It's an utter gem on top as George takes his greatest track to the top for a second solo chart-topper, and a 4th in total (unless you count his contribution to David Cassidy's The Last Kiss, in which case 5th). It's a fab top 40, with Queen up to 5 for 12 years of top 5's, and Bowie's fab Absolute Beginners gives him 14 years of top 10's, and 5 years since both of them topped my chart together. The Style Council make it 3 years of top 20's as Have You Ever Had It Blue whoops up the chart 39 spots, and Sam Fox inexplicably makes my top 20. It's Immaterial have the highest new entry with the fab Driving Away From Home in at 21, and the fab Wax debut at 24 with the cruelly-flopped Right Between The Eyes. It's a terrific pop track with impeccable credentials, being as it's a joint Andrew Gold & Graham Gouldman effort. That'll be 9 years since Lonely Boy for Andrew, and 20 pre-chart years since teenage Graham wrote a bunch of 60's classics like Bus Stop, or 14 years since 10CC debuted with chart-topper Donna. New Order and a-ha both are a bit shellshocked at riding the train into the top 30, and Bryan Ferry cruises smoothly in to boot, also 14 years on since he first did it. Spirit of 72! Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis were already making great smooth, classy dance tracks, and this week they underlined they were the sound of the mid-80's dance soul with Janet Jackson debuting with one of theirs, and the SOS Band returning with another cheek to cheek at 36 and 35 proving they The Finest. Lower down another reggae stalwart debut from Maxi Priest, always smooth n tuneful, a nice soul tune I'd forgotten from Lonnie Hill, a great Simple Minds stormer, and a very Jim Steinman-ish Bonnie Tyler effort. That'll be because he produced it. If it sounds like Bon Jovi's You Give Love A Bad Name (which it totes does) that'll be because Desmond Child rewrote for them after he wasn't happy with the original song. Kerching! Oldies faves of the week, my all-time fave Baker Street, the fab Rod Argent song from late 1971 when I first heard it on Fluff Freeman's Pick Of The Pops, and the South African tribal gem from John Kongos of the same time - influenced his sons if no-one else, happily, check out the good recent KONGOS singles. 1 ( 8 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 2 ( 1 ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite 3 ( 2 ) CALLING AMERICA Electric Light Orchestra 4 ( 4 ) ROCK ME AMADEUS Falco 5 ( 13 ) A KIND OF MAGIC Queen 6 ( 6 ) DIGGING YOUR SCENE The Blow Monkeys 7 ( 10 ) WONDERFUL WORLD Sam Cooke 8 ( 3 ) YOU TO ME ARE EVERYTHING (REMIX) The Real Thing 9 ( 9 ) PETER GUNN Art Of Noise & Duane Eddy 10 ( 14 ) ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS David Bowie 11 ( 11 ) OVERJOYED Stevie Wonder 12 ( 19 ) TALK TO ME Stevie Nicks 13 ( 12 ) LOVE COMES QUICKLY Pet Shop Boys 14 ( 7 ) HOUNDS OF LOVE Kate Bush 15 ( 54 ) HAVE YOU EVER HAD IT BLUE The Style Council 16 ( 17 ) KISS Prince & The Revolution 17 ( 5 ) LIVING DOLL Cliff Richard & The Young Ones 18 ( 23 ) TOUCH ME (I WANT YOUR BODY) Samantha Fox 19 ( 15 ) MOVE AWAY Culture Club 20 ( 20 ) CHAIN REACTION Diana Ross 21 ( NEW ) DRIVING AWAY FROM HOME It’s Immaterial 22 ( 35 ) SOME PEOPLE Belouis Some 23 ( 16 ) KYRIE Mr. Mister 24 ( NEW ) RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES Wax 25 ( 47 ) SHELLSHOCK New Order 26 ( 68 ) TRAIN OF THOUGHT a-ha 27 ( 18 ) LOVE MISSILE F1-11 Sigue Sigue Sputnik 28 ( 43 ) IS YOUR LOVE STRONG ENOUGH Bryan Ferry 29 ( 34 ) DARE TO DREAM Viola Wills 30 ( 37 ) THESE DREAMS Heart 31 ( 26 ) THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV A-ha 32 ( 25 ) HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL Tavares 33 ( 24 ) SILENT RUNNING Mike + The Mechanics 34 ( 40 ) SECRET LOVERS Atlantic Starr 35 ( NEW ) THE FINEST SOS Band 36 ( NEW ) WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY Janet Jackson 37 ( 22 ) THEME FROM NEW YORK NEW YORK Frank Sinatra 38 ( 49 ) MARLENE ON THE WALL Suzanne Vega 39 ( 30 ) EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD Tears For Fears 40 ( 33 ) MANIC MONDAY The Bangles 41 ( 21 ) CELEBRATE YOUTH Rick Springfield 42 ( 61 ) POWER OF LOVE/ DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE Huey Lewis & The News 43 ( 27 ) THE HONEY THIEF Hipsway 44 ( 38 ) SYSTEM ADDICT Five Star 45 ( 29 ) NO-ONE IS TO BLAME Howard Jones 46 ( 28 ) CANDYMAN Siouxsie & The Banshees 47 ( 62 ) CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE Lick The Tins 48 ( NEW ) STROLLIN’ ON Maxi Priest 49 ( 66 ) HI HO SILVER Jim Diamond 50 ( 36 ) ANOTHER NIGHT Aretha Franklin 51 ( 31 ) ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART The Mint Juleps 52 ( 32 ) LIVE IT UP Mental As Anything 53 ( 52 ) THE LAST KISS David Cassidy 54 ( 51 ) WEST END GIRLS Pet Shop Boys 55 ( 44 ) BEHIND THE MASK Greg Philinganes 56 ( 74 ) STICK AROUND Julian Lennon 57 ( 42 ) VOICES Russ Ballard 58 ( 45 ) LOVE IS WAR Brilliant 59 ( 67 ) HELLO DARLING Tippa Irie 60 ( 46 ) ELOISE The Damned 61 ( 41 ) JUST BUGGIN’ Whistle 62 ( 57 ) WE CAN WORK IT OUT/ DAY TRIPPER The Beatles 63 ( 58 ) LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS Mud 64 ( 48 ) HARLEM SHUFFLE The Rolling Stones 65 ( 39 ) THIS TIME Bryan Adams 66 ( NEW ) GALVESTON BAY Lonnie Hill 67 ( 59 ) IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD Tom Waits 68 ( 73 ) C’MON C’MON Bronski Beat 69 ( 56 ) JUST THE WAY YOU ARE/ SHE’S ALWAYS A WOMAN Billy Joel 70 ( 53 ) ONE DANCE WON’T DO Audrey Hall 71 ( NEW ) LOOK AWAY Big Country 72 ( NEW ) ALL THE THE THINGS SHE SAID Simple Minds 73 ( 60 ) WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH THE TOUGH GET GOING Billy Ocean 74 ( NEW ) IF YOU WERE A WOMAN (AND I WAS A MAN) Bonnie Tyler 75 ( 55 ) YOU’VE GOT THE POWER Win Playlist Oldies Of The Week 1 BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 2 HOLD YOUR HEAD UP Argent 3 TOKOLOSHE MAN John Kongos
April 19, 20187 yr Author 15th April 1986 It's a second week on top for George Michael as Falco and Queen move closer, It's Immaterial get a fab top 10 worthy slot and Stevie Nicks gets her first solo top 10, though she had already been there before with Dreams, Gypsy and Sara amongst her many classic Mac tracks. Janet Jackson almost makes it a Jam & Lewis top 10, as do Andrew Gold & Graham Gouldman waxing lyrical. Simple Minds rocket into the 20, up 54 places, while the highest new entry is Five Star's Can't Wait Another Minute at 28. Bonnie Tyler takes future Bon Jovi smash You Give Love A Bad Name If You Were A Woman into the 40, and Tavares get a decade-old belated new entry with It Only Takes A Minute, never a hit because I never got to hear it first-time round - though it did top my chart in the violin-riff-led version by Jonathan King working under an alias (100 Ton & A Feather) in 1976. Talking of JK, much of the chart was pushed by his No Limits show, and guess what - he's also back in the pseudonym game covering It's All In The Game in at 45, giving him 16 years-worth of chart action. Or 21 years if I had been charting in 1965 with kiddie fave Everyone's Gone To The Moon. In at 48, it's another charity effort, a metal band get-together featuring stars like Rob Halford of Judas Priest. Check out the video, I guarantee you will never see a greater show of permed hair in your life in a music video, it's the Olympic Event of 80's hairdressing. Icehouse are back, with the fab No Promises - such an under-rated band - as is Sheila E with her latest Prince record, A Love Bizarre. Pretty much a Prince duet and joint songwriting credit. ZZ Top are back with their most touching track, and a fab scifi video, and Billy Ocean adds to his 12 years of hits with one of his most mundane singles. That leaves Gary Glitter and Girlschool, a cover of his 1973 top 10 (in my charts) - I can't imagine what attracted Gary to want to duet with a band called Girlschool, but I'd suggest sticking to the original or preferably playing the HeadSchool duet Please Don't Touch instead.. 1 ( 1 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 2 ( 2 ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite 3 ( 4 ) ROCK ME AMADEUS Falco 4 ( 5 ) A KIND OF MAGIC Queen 5 ( 3 ) CALLING AMERICA Electric Light Orchestra 6 ( 9 ) PETER GUNN Art Of Noise & Duane Eddy 7 ( 7 ) WONDERFUL WORLD Sam Cooke 8 ( 21 ) DRIVING AWAY FROM HOME It’s Immaterial 9 ( 12 ) TALK TO ME Stevie Nicks 10 ( 6 ) DIGGING YOUR SCENE The Blow Monkeys 11 ( 36 ) WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY Janet Jackson 12 ( 24 ) RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES Wax 13 ( 8 ) YOU TO ME ARE EVERYTHING (REMIX) The Real Thing 14 ( 15 ) HAVE YOU EVER HAD IT BLUE The Style Council 15 ( 10 ) ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS David Bowie 16 ( 11 ) OVERJOYED Stevie Wonder 17 ( 13 ) LOVE COMES QUICKLY Pet Shop Boys 18 ( 72 ) ALL THE THE THINGS SHE SAID Simple Minds 19 ( 26 ) TRAIN OF THOUGHT a-ha 20 ( 14 ) HOUNDS OF LOVE Kate Bush 21 ( 35 ) THE FINEST SOS Band 22 ( 22 ) SOME PEOPLE Belouis Some 23 ( 16 ) KISS Prince & The Revolution 24 ( 28 ) IS YOUR LOVE STRONG ENOUGH Bryan Ferry 25 ( 25 ) SHELLSHOCK New Order 26 ( 38 ) MARLENE ON THE WALL Suzanne Vega 27 ( 19 ) MOVE AWAY Culture Club 28 ( NEW ) CAN’T WAIT ANOTHER MINUTE Five Star 29 ( 20 ) CHAIN REACTION Diana Ross 30 ( 18 ) TOUCH ME (I WANT YOUR BODY) Samantha Fox 31 ( 17 ) LIVING DOLL Cliff Richard & The Young Ones 32 ( 47 ) CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE Lick The Tins 33 ( 27 ) LOVE MISSILE F1-11 Sigue Sigue Sputnik 34 ( 34 ) SECRET LOVERS Atlantic Starr 35 ( 74 ) IF YOU WERE A WOMAN (AND I WAS A MAN) Bonnie Tyler 36 ( 31 ) THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV A-ha 37 ( NEW ) IT ONLY TAKES A MINUTE Tavares 38 ( 23 ) KYRIE Mr. Mister 39 ( 48 ) STROLLIN’ ON Maxi Priest 40 ( 32 ) HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL Tavares 41 ( 39 ) EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD Tears For Fears 42 ( 29 ) DARE TO DREAM Viola Wills 43 ( 33 ) SILENT RUNNING Mike + The Mechanics 44 ( 40 ) MANIC MONDAY The Bangles 45 ( NEW ) IT’S ALL IN THE GAME The Man (aka Jonathan King) 46 ( 44 ) SYSTEM ADDICT Five Star 47 ( 30 ) THESE DREAMS Heart 48 ( NEW ) STARS Hear ‘n’ Aid 49 ( 37 ) THEME FROM NEW YORK NEW YORK Frank Sinatra 50 ( 59 ) HELLO DARLING Tippa Irie 51 ( 45 ) NO-ONE IS TO BLAME Howard Jones 52 ( 43 ) THE HONEY THIEF Hipsway 53 ( 53 ) THE LAST KISS David Cassidy 54 ( 54 ) WEST END GIRLS Pet Shop Boys 55 ( 49 ) HI HO SILVER Jim Diamond 56 ( 71 ) LOOK AWAY Big Country 57 ( 41 ) CELEBRATE YOUTH Rick Springfield 58 ( 68 ) C’MON C’MON Bronski Beat 59 ( 55 ) BEHIND THE MASK Greg Philinganes 60 ( 50 ) ANOTHER NIGHT Aretha Franklin 61 ( 58 ) LOVE IS WAR Brilliant 62 ( 57 ) VOICES Russ Ballard 63 ( 62 ) WE CAN WORK IT OUT/ DAY TRIPPER The Beatles 64 ( 63 ) LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS Mud 65 ( 42 ) POWER OF LOVE/ DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE Huey Lewis & The News 66 ( NEW ) NO PROMISES Icehouse 67 ( 46 ) CANDYMAN Siouxsie & The Banshees 68 ( 60 ) ELOISE The Damned 69 ( NEW ) A LOVE BIZARRE Sheila E 70 ( 52 ) LIVE IT UP Mental As Anything 71 ( 51 ) ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART The Mint Juleps 72 ( NEW ) I’M THE LEADER OF THE GANG Gary Glitter & Girlschool 73 ( 66 ) GALVESTON BAY Lonnie Hill 74 ( NEW ) ROUGH BOY ZZ Top 75 ( NEW ) THERE’LL BE SAD SONGS Billy Ocean PLAYLIST OLDIES OF THE WEEK 1 EMMA Hot Chocolate 2 I CAN’T WAIT Stevie Nicks 3 GET IT ON T.Rex
April 19, 20187 yr Driving Away From Home by It's Immaterial is a wonderful song and Right Between The Eyes by Wax should have been a top 40 hit. At least they had a hit single later on with Bridge To Your Heart.
April 19, 20187 yr Author Driving Away From Home by It's Immaterial is a wonderful song and Right Between The Eyes by Wax should have been a top 40 hit. At least they had a hit single later on with Bridge To Your Heart. yes totally agree! :)
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