8th July 1986

 

It's 4 weeks on top for the Fizz, as Bananarama join Wham! in challenging for the top spot - but Madonna grabs a 4th top 5 and speeding up behind her is Stevie Winwood's Higher Love, his first top 5 as his early stuff predates my charts. The Real Roxanne is Bang Zoom! rapping it to the moon at 9, and Haywoode's Roses are blooming at last at 10.

 

Highest new entry is the fab veterans Archie Bell & The Drells, an 80's variation on their fab 60's/early 70's Philly soul sounds. Don't Let Me Get You Down is their first new hit in a decade, and extends their run to 14 years (or, in my retro charts of 1967/68 which I created 50 years late, 19 years). They topped my chart in 1972 with Here I Go Again. Brilliant! It's Somebody in at 36 for an early look-in for Youth & the KLF man, as the 15-year-old recording, finally released in 1977, is back again for another try at 37 for Suzy & The Red Stripes - aka Linda McCartney, and her own song Seaside Woman, with a little help from her (Wings) friends. technically she co-wrote Live And Let Die (like this song, the reggae bit) so she had form and it was a nice nose-thumb to the music critics. And of course, a huge American chart-topper with hubbie Paul in the brilliant Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey 15 years earlier, but tragically not one I got to hear at the time - though it has since topped my charts.

 

Rod Stewart is back with a celtic-sounding ballad, Nick Heyward is keeping the minor entries dribbling out, Drum Theatre are back with a song I heard them do in concert. They were good live. Records never really matched the in concert experience though. Warning Will Robinson! Yes, Lady In Red enters with a 69 as the torture of wedding dances for the next decade looms from Chris De Burgh. I'll take the Ferryman track anyday 9 years earlier, or the Spaceman one. Sam Fox makes it a double top, err 75, It's Immaterial aren't quite as endearing when they stop driving away from home, and The Blow Monkeys keep it funky, but less jazzy and memorable than Digging Your Scene.

 

1 ( 1 ) NEW BEGINNING (MAMBA SEYRA) Bucks Fizz

2 ( 2 ) THE EDGE OF HEAVEN Wham!

3 ( 10 ) VENUS Bananarama

4 ( 5 ) LET’S GO ALL THE WAY Sly Fox

5 ( 12 ) PAPA DON’T PREACH Madonna

6 ( 26 ) HIGHER LOVE Stevie Winwood

7 ( 3 ) I CAN’T WAIT Nu Shooz

8 ( 9 ) GOING DOWN TO LIVERPOOL The Bangles

9 ( 32 ) (BANG ZOOM) LET’S GO GO The Real Roxanne with Hitman Howie T

10 ( 13 ) ROSES Haywoode

 

11 ( 4 ) I WANNA BE A COWBOY Boys Don’t Cry

12 ( 8 ) OPPORTUNITIES (LET’S MAKE LOTS OF MONEY) Pet Shop Boys

13 ( 6 ) WHEN TOMORROW COMES Eurythmics

14 ( 7 ) VIENNA CALLING Falco

15 ( 11 ) HUNTING HIGH AND LOW a-ha

16 ( 17 ) NO CONVERSATION A View From The Hill

17 ( 22 ) THE PROMISE YOU MADE Cock Robin

18 ( 14 ) PAPERBACK WRITER The Beatles

19 ( 19 ) BOOGIE WONDERLAND Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions

20 ( 23 ) TOO GOOD TO BE FORGOTTEN Amazulu

 

21 ( 18 ) SPIRIT IN THE SKY Doctor & The Medics

22 ( 15 ) HAPPY HOUR The Housemartins

23 ( 25 ) UNDERGROUND David Bowie

24 ( 28 ) CAMOUFLAGE Stan Ridgway

25 ( 37 ) THE TEACHER Big Country

26 ( 16 ) ARE YOU READY TO BE HEARTBROKEN Sandie Shaw

27 ( 21 ) SET ME FREE Jaki Graham

28 ( NEW ) DON’T LET LOVE GET YOU DOWN Archie Bell & The Drells

29 ( 20 ) AMITYVILLE (HOUSE ON THE HILL) Lovebug Starski

30 ( 35 ) CALL OF THE WILD Midge Ure

 

31 ( 52 ) PARANOIMIA Art Of Noise and Max Headroom

32 ( 27 ) SLEDGEHAMMER Peter Gabriel

33 ( 31 ) MOUNTAINS Prince

34 ( 47 ) LISTEN LIKE THIEVES INXS

35 ( 44 ) LEFT OF CENTRE Suzanne Vega

36 ( NEW ) SOMEBODY Brilliant

37 ( NEW ) SEASIDE WOMAN Suzy & The Red Stripes

38 ( 36 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

39 ( 29 ) SINFUL Pete Wylie

40 ( 34 ) (I’LL NEVER BE) MARIA MAGDALENA Sandra

 

41 ( 30 ) FRIENDS WILL BE FRIENDS Queen

42 ( 39 ) CAN’T GET BY WITHOUT YOU (REMIX) The Real Thing

43 ( 56 ) I KEEP FORGETTIN’ Michael McDonald

44 ( 41 ) MY FAVOURITE WASTE OF TIME Owen Paul

45 ( 38 ) YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE (REMIX) Candi Staton

46 ( 73 ) I CAN’T STOP Gary Numan

47 ( 33 ) NASTY Janet Jackson

48 ( 45 ) I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Marvin Gaye

49 ( 57 ) BRILLIANT MIND Furniture

50 ( 69 ) SMILE Audrey Hall

 

51 ( 40 ) WHO’S JOHNNY El DeBarge

52 ( 67 ) IRRESISTIBLE Steve Harley

53 ( 24 ) THE MEDICINE SHOW Big Audio Dynamite

54 ( NEW ) EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART Rod Stewart

55 ( 43 ) ON MY OWN Patti Labelle & Michael MacDonald

56 ( 53 ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite

57 ( 42 ) BAD BOYS Miami Sound Machine

58 ( 66 ) HEADLINES Midnight Star

59 ( NEW ) GOODBYE YESTERDAY Nick Heyward

60 ( 46 ) LESSONS IN LOVE Level 42

 

61 ( 70 ) SUN STREET Katrina & The Waves

62 ( 55 ) ROCK LOBSTER The B52’s

63 ( 59 ) YOU KEEP ME HANGIN’ ON Diana Ross & The Supremes

64 ( 54 ) WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY Janet Jackson

65 ( 65 ) HOUNDS OF LOVE Kate Bush

66 ( NEW ) HOME (IS WHERE THE HEART IS) Drum Theatre

67 ( 64 ) ROCK ME AMADEUS Falco

68 ( 68 ) CALLING AMERICA Electric Light Orchestra

69 ( NEW ) LADY IN RED Chris De Burgh

70 ( NEW ) DO YA DO YA (WANNA PLEASE ME) Samantha Fox

 

71 ( 71 ) THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV A-ha

72 ( NEW ) ED’S FUNKY DINER It’s Immaterial

73 ( NEW ) DON’T BE SCARED OF ME The Blow Monkeys

74 ( 62 ) CAN’T WAIT ANOTHER MINUTE Five Star

75 ( 75 ) THE LAST KISS David Cassidy

 

Playlist Oldies Of The Week

1 WIRED FOR SOUND Cliff Richard

2 MARRAKESH EXPRESS Crosby, Stills & Nash

3 ROCK ON T.Rex

15th July 1986

 

It's a first week on top for Madonna after 2 years of singles coming close - Papa Don't Preach was a step-up in class right from the get go with the strings intro. This was the track that converted me into a fan, as opposed to an act I liked a lot. Biggest rival is Stevie Winwood at 3 as Higher Love does what it says on the label. Literally. A View From The Hill get the fab No Conversation into the top 10 too.

 

Linda McCartney gets a solo (ish) top 20 hit as Seaside Woman leaps over the incoming waves - actually Katrina is stalled - leaving a remixed Junior and a re-entered Dhar Braxton to take the highest new-ish spots inside the 40. Brilliant get a 3rd top 20, and the highest actual new track is Paul McCartney's Press, Macca going dance and booting out his Paperback Writer in the process. Rod Stewart makes it 15 years of top 40's, Chris De Burgh 9 years, Michael McDonald 7 years, Gary Numan 7 years. And that concludes the Pop Stars Longevity results.

 

Hollywood Beyond debut, at 40, SOS Band are back again, Van Halen are having big Dreams, Princess is procrastinating, and debuting dubiously asking for a spot of immolation is Willie Colon. His name isn't pronounced like the body part, that would be silly and childish. No it's pronounced as in the perfume Cologne. As a product it could well be an untapped market. Billy Bragg is singing an ode to one of the greatest vocalists of all-time, Levi Stubbs of The Four Tops, which is somewhat ironic as Billy's vocals are on a par with Bob Dylan's - songs sung better by others. Dollar are back after a gap, with the flop We Walked In Love, a minor gem of a ballad that was under-rated, giving them 8 years of success in my charts - if not actually anywhere else - as a duo, or 11 years including Guys & Dolls tracks. From There's A Whole Lot Of Loving to We Walked In Love, but David Van Day was already eyeing up Bucks Fizz from below in more ways than one - watch out guys!

 

 

1 ( 5 ) PAPA DON’T PREACH Madonna

2 ( 1 ) NEW BEGINNING (MAMBA SEYRA) Bucks Fizz

3 ( 6 ) HIGHER LOVE Stevie Winwood

4 ( 3 ) VENUS Bananarama

5 ( 2 ) THE EDGE OF HEAVEN Wham!

6 ( 9 ) (BANG ZOOM) LET’S GO GO The Real Roxanne with Hitman Howie T

7 ( 10 ) ROSES Haywoode

8 ( 7 ) I CAN’T WAIT Nu Shooz

9 ( 16 ) NO CONVERSATION A View From The Hill

10 ( 4 ) LET’S GO ALL THE WAY Sly Fox

 

11 ( 11 ) I WANNA BE A COWBOY Boys Don’t Cry

12 ( 8 ) GOING DOWN TO LIVERPOOL The Bangles

13 ( 12 ) OPPORTUNITIES (LET’S MAKE LOTS OF MONEY) Pet Shop Boys

14 ( 17 ) THE PROMISE YOU MADE Cock Robin

15 ( 15 ) HUNTING HIGH AND LOW a-ha

16 ( 37 ) SEASIDE WOMAN Suzy & The Red Stripes

17 ( 28 ) DON’T LET LOVE GET YOU DOWN Archie Bell & The Drells

18 ( 36 ) SOMEBODY Brilliant

19 ( 14 ) VIENNA CALLING Falco

20 ( 13 ) WHEN TOMORROW COMES Eurythmics

 

21 ( 24 ) CAMOUFLAGE Stan Ridgway

22 ( 22 ) HAPPY HOUR The Housemartins

23 ( 31 ) PARANOIMIA Art Of Noise and Max Headroom

24 ( 20 ) TOO GOOD TO BE FORGOTTEN Amazulu

25 ( 34 ) LISTEN LIKE THIEVES INXS

26 ( NEW ) OH LOUISE (REMIX) Junior

27 ( 21 ) SPIRIT IN THE SKY Doctor & The Medics

28 ( RE ) JUMP BACK (SET ME FREE) Dhar Braxton

29 ( 54 ) EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART Rod Stewart

30 ( 35 ) LEFT OF CENTRE Suzanne Vega

 

31 ( 23 ) UNDERGROUND David Bowie

32 ( 69 ) LADY IN RED Chris De Burgh

33 ( 50 ) SMILE Audrey Hall

34 ( NEW ) PRESS Paul McCartney

35 ( 27 ) SET ME FREE Jaki Graham

36 ( 32 ) SLEDGEHAMMER Peter Gabriel

37 ( 43 ) I KEEP FORGETTIN’ Michael McDonald

38 ( 38 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

39 ( 46 ) I CAN’T STOP Gary Numan

40 ( NEW ) WHAT’S THE COLOUR OF MONEY Hollywood Beyond

 

41 ( 30 ) CALL OF THE WILD Midge Ure

42 ( 19 ) BOOGIE WONDERLAND Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions

43 ( 18 ) PAPERBACK WRITER The Beatles

44 ( 25 ) THE TEACHER Big Country

45 ( 40 ) (I’LL NEVER BE) MARIA MAGDALENA Sandra

46 ( 26 ) ARE YOU READY TO BE HEARTBROKEN Sandie Shaw

47 ( 49 ) BRILLIANT MIND Furniture

48 ( 29 ) AMITYVILLE (HOUSE ON THE HILL) Lovebug Starski

49 ( 45 ) YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE (REMIX) Candi Staton

50 ( 39 ) SINFUL Pete Wylie

 

51 ( NEW ) BORROWED LOVE SOS Band

52 ( 42 ) CAN’T GET BY WITHOUT YOU (REMIX) The Real Thing

53 ( 33 ) MOUNTAINS Prince

54 ( 72 ) ED’S FUNKY DINER It’s Immaterial

55 ( 48 ) I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Marvin Gaye

56 ( NEW ) DREAMS Van Halen

57 ( 58 ) HEADLINES Midnight Star

58 ( 59 ) GOODBYE YESTERDAY Nick Heyward

59 ( 44 ) MY FAVOURITE WASTE OF TIME Owen Paul

60 ( 56 ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite

 

61 ( 61 ) SUN STREET Katrina & The Waves

62 ( 41 ) FRIENDS WILL BE FRIENDS Queen

63 ( 55 ) ON MY OWN Patti Labelle & Michael MacDonald

64 ( NEW ) TELL ME TOMORROW Princess

65 ( NEW ) SET FIRE TO ME Willie Colon

66 ( 63 ) YOU KEEP ME HANGIN’ ON Diana Ross & The Supremes

67 ( 65 ) HOUNDS OF LOVE Kate Bush

68 ( NEW ) SECRET SEPARATION The Fixx

69 ( 62 ) ROCK LOBSTER The B52’s

70 ( 68 ) CALLING AMERICA Electric Light Orchestra

 

71 ( 71 ) THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV A-ha

72 ( 67 ) ROCK ME AMADEUS Falco

73 ( 73 ) DON’T BE SCARED OF ME The Blow Monkeys

74 ( NEW ) WE WALKED IN LOVE Dollar

75 ( NEW ) LEVI STUBB’S TEARS Billy Bragg

 

PLAYLIST OLDIES

1 LONELY DAYS LONELY NIGHTS Don Downing

2 HOLD TIGHT Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich

3 WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO Donnie Elbert

Dollar are a throwback entry for 1986!

'What's The Colour Of Money' is a great upbeat tune! In terms of instrumental and tune it sounds inspired by medieval/folk music.

Dollar are a throwback entry for 1986!

 

Hi Steve, yes I always feel as though I shouldn't like them, but I generally love their records :lol:

'What's The Colour Of Money' is a great upbeat tune! In terms of instrumental and tune it sounds inspired by medieval/folk music.

 

Hi Snakey, and yes it sounded like nothing else much around at that time, so it's not really a period track so much as some styles of 80's music. Havent heard it in ages, never gets played on the radio....

22nd July 1986

 

It's 2 weeks on top for Madonna as some serious Stan-ning is going on - that's a Camouflage, though, in the top 10, along with Who Killed Cock Robin - oh no that was my toddler poem that mum used to read to me, I loved that poem, one of my earliest memories. It wasn't the sparrow with his bow & arrow, though. This one is a ballad though, and I'm surprised to see it made my top 10 as my memory of it was "S'OK".

 

Macca is Im-press-ed to be top 20, Hollywood Beyond rocket up to 19, Dollar are up a whopping 50 places for their first top 30 entry in 4 years, and UB40 are the highest new entry at 25, singing their own song this time, as opposed to a cover. Unlike Robert Palmer and his good cover of the Jam & Lewis track for Cherrelle, in at 29 with another video lookalike, I Didn't Mean To Turn You On he claims - I think he very much did mean to, judging by the video models. Lulu is also back, after 4 years away, and with a cover - of her own Shout. The original version started to sell immediately and for chart purposes both were combined. The 1964 teenage original is WAY better...

 

Also covering himself, sort of, is Jack Bruce, covering the Cream classic I Feel Free, a 60's classic. I've forgotten this version though! Five Star are bangin' out the quick hit singles, Kirsty MacColl and Chris Rea are both beach bound, Chaka Khan is still getting her I Feel For You boosted follow-up entries, while It Bites lower in the chart: Calling All The Heroes. Heaven knows we need them these days. Finally, my fave of the new tracks, maybe, is Rockin' With Rita, under-appreciated at the time, but both amusing, and a cracking unusual non-80's-sounding combo of acts on the Vindaloo label.

 

 

1 ( 1 ) PAPA DON’T PREACH Madonna

2 ( 3 ) HIGHER LOVE Stevie Winwood

3 ( 2 ) NEW BEGINNING (MAMBA SEYRA) Bucks Fizz

4 ( 7 ) ROSES Haywoode

5 ( 6 ) (BANG ZOOM) LET’S GO GO The Real Roxanne with Hitman Howie T

6 ( 4 ) VENUS Bananarama

7 ( 21 ) CAMOUFLAGE Stan Ridgway

8 ( 9 ) NO CONVERSATION A View From The Hill

9 ( 14 ) THE PROMISE YOU MADE Cock Robin

10 ( 5 ) THE EDGE OF HEAVEN Wham!

 

11 ( 8 ) I CAN’T WAIT Nu Shooz

12 ( 22 ) HAPPY HOUR The Housemartins

13 ( 18 ) SOMEBODY Brilliant

14 ( 16 ) SEASIDE WOMAN Suzy & The Red Stripes

15 ( 10 ) LET’S GO ALL THE WAY Sly Fox

16 ( 34 ) PRESS Paul McCartney

17 ( 17 ) DON’T LET LOVE GET YOU DOWN Archie Bell & The Drells

18 ( 13 ) OPPORTUNITIES (LET’S MAKE LOTS OF MONEY) Pet Shop Boys

19 ( 40 ) WHAT’S THE COLOUR OF MONEY Hollywood Beyond

20 ( 11 ) I WANNA BE A COWBOY Boys Don’t Cry

 

21 ( 23 ) PARANOIMIA Art Of Noise and Max Headroom

22 ( 15 ) HUNTING HIGH AND LOW a-ha

23 ( 29 ) EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART Rod Stewart

24 ( 74 ) WE WALKED IN LOVE Dollar

25 ( NEW ) SING OUR OWN SONG UB40

26 ( 26 ) OH LOUISE (REMIX) Junior

27 ( 12 ) GOING DOWN TO LIVERPOOL The Bangles

28 ( 32 ) LADY IN RED Chris De Burgh

29 ( NEW ) I DIDN’T MEAN TO TURN YOU ON Robert Palmer

30 ( 19 ) VIENNA CALLING Falco

 

31 ( 20 ) WHEN TOMORROW COMES Eurythmics

32 ( 33 ) SMILE Audrey Hall

33 ( 51 ) BORROWED LOVE SOS Band

34 ( 25 ) LISTEN LIKE THIEVES INXS

35 ( NEW ) SHOUT/SHOUT (1986) Lulu

36 ( 27 ) SPIRIT IN THE SKY Doctor & The Medics

37 ( 37 ) I KEEP FORGETTIN’ Michael McDonald

38 ( 59 ) MY FAVOURITE WASTE OF TIME Owen Paul

39 ( 38 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

40 ( 35 ) SET ME FREE Jaki Graham

 

41 ( 24 ) TOO GOOD TO BE FORGOTTEN Amazulu

42 ( 36 ) SLEDGEHAMMER Peter Gabriel

43 ( 47 ) BRILLIANT MIND Furniture

44 ( 49 ) YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE (REMIX) Candi Staton

45 ( 52 ) CAN’T GET BY WITHOUT YOU (REMIX) The Real Thing

46 ( NEW ) I FEEL FREE Jack Bruce

47 ( 65 ) SET FIRE TO ME Willie Colon

48 ( 45 ) (I’LL NEVER BE) MARIA MAGDALENA Sandra

49 ( 64 ) TELL ME TOMORROW Princess

50 ( 30 ) LEFT OF CENTRE Suzanne Vega

 

51 ( 28 ) JUMP BACK (SET ME FREE) Dhar Braxton

52 ( 54 ) ED’S FUNKY DINER It’s Immaterial

53 ( 31 ) UNDERGROUND David Bowie

54 ( 56 ) DREAMS Van Halen

55 ( NEW ) FIND THE TIME Five Star

56 ( 55 ) I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Marvin Gaye

57 ( NEW ) DOWN ON THE BEACH Kirsty MacColl

58 ( 61 ) SUN STREET Katrina & The Waves

59 ( 46 ) ARE YOU READY TO BE HEARTBROKEN Sandie Shaw

60 ( 60 ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite

 

61 ( 50 ) SINFUL Pete Wylie

62 ( 39 ) I CAN’T STOP Gary Numan

63 ( NEW ) LOVE OF A LIFETIME Chaka Khan

64 ( 42 ) BOOGIE WONDERLAND Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions

65 ( 68 ) SECRET SEPARATION The Fixx

66 ( 66 ) YOU KEEP ME HANGIN’ ON Diana Ross & The Supremes

67 ( 48 ) AMITYVILLE (HOUSE ON THE HILL) Lovebug Starski

68 ( 67 ) HOUNDS OF LOVE Kate Bush

69 ( 43 ) PAPERBACK WRITER The Beatles

70 ( 41 ) CALL OF THE WILD Midge Ure

 

71 ( 53 ) MOUNTAINS Prince

72 ( NEW ) CALLING ALL THE HEROES It Bites

73 ( 71 ) THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV A-ha

74 ( NEW ) ON THE BEACH Chris Rea

75 ( NEW ) ROCKIN’ WITH RITA Vindaloo Summer Special (featuring Fuzzbox, Ted Chippington & The Nightingales)

 

Playlist Oldies

1 DANIEL Elton John

2 WIRED FOR SOUND Cliff Richard

3 TONIGHT The Move

'On The Beach' is a great tune from Chris Rea! I do prefer the York cover from 2000 though!

 

Can't find that Kirsty MacColl song 'Down on The Beach' but here 'He's On The Beach' is a nice tune. My fave from her is 'A New England'.

 

Oh and 'My Favourite Waste Of Time' I just noticed in your chart. I remember seeing the infamous live performance fail on a TV show about TV mess-ups when I was younger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bXIL0DTJGo Good song though!

Edited July 26, 20186 yr by The Snake

'On The Beach' is a great tune from Chris Rea! I do prefer the York cover from 2000 though!

 

Can't find that Kirsty MacColl song 'Down on The Beach' but here 'He's On The Beach' is a nice tune. My fave from her is 'A New England'.

 

Oh and 'My Favourite Waste Of Time' I just noticed in your chart. I remember seeing the infamous live performance fail on a TV show about TV mess-ups when I was younger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bXIL0DTJGo Good song though!

 

Hi Snakey, I think I prefer the York cover too :)

 

Thanks for the title correction, I forgot to check it - I used to guess titles sometimes when DJ's didn't back announce them and I probably mis-remembered the old Drifters song title :lol: I'll correct it next week

 

Owen Paul was cute but I got a bit fed up of the song in the end, for some reason it bounced back up my chart this week, no idea why! :lol:

 

cheers

john

Hi snakey, yes now you mention it theres a tropical sound to it. Someone should do a list of 20th century tropical sounding oldies, might be interesting....!

 

There are a few tropical sounding dance/dancepop songs in the 80s, C'mon C'mon by Bronski Beat, Intuition by Linx and DeBarge's Rhythm Of The Night.

 

There are also definitely some parallels between late 80s and today's chart music, especially with the poppy dance now like M22 and Medina's First Time which is rather like Spagna's 'Call Me' in style, it even has the instrumental 'drop' in place of the chorus and the cutesy lyrics.

29th July 1986

 

It's 3 weeks on top for Madonna as The Real Roxanne peaks at 2 - Bang Zoom, almost at the Moon! Lulu's Shouts about rocketing almost to the Moon, 22 years late and her highest-charting single since Boom Bang A Bang 17 years earlier. Dollar get a 3rd top 5, and Macca extends his run of top 10's to 18 years (including The Beatles) or 15 years actual solo. Robert Palmer outdoes Addicted To Love, Chris De Burgh takes a lady in red into the 20, and there's a deluge of new tracks:

 

Doctor & The Medics return with their own song, Burn is pretty good at 24. Phil Fearon is back with a cover of the fab 1977 Tony Etoria UK soul minor hit, always under-rated, I Can Prove It - cos I said so! Sandie Shaw is also a 60's veteran returning with Frederick, a Patti Smith song. Anita Baker debuts with the fab Sweet Love, bringing smooth Jazz into the 86 charts, Bruce Hornsby's well-remembered The Way It Is is in at 42, Jesus & Mary Chain have Some Candy Talking, sweet fuzzy guitar! An 80's funk classic is in for Gwen Guthrie, the ever-charting Beach Boys add to the 60's veterans who were there in my first 1968 chart, Patti Labelle is solo with the lovely Oh People, Sinitta debuts with the trite So Macho (what was I thinking!?), 60's soul goddess Aretha is also back, 70's Hall is back with no Oates, Dreamtime, Lionel & Spandau enter with very poor efforts, 60's Quo are also back, and best of all it's The Smiths with one of their great singles, Panic.

 

 

1 ( 1 ) PAPA DON’T PREACH Madonna

2 ( 5 ) (BANG ZOOM) LET’S GO GO The Real Roxanne with Hitman Howie T

3 ( 35 ) SHOUT/SHOUT (1986) Lulu

4 ( 2 ) HIGHER LOVE Stevie Winwood

5 ( 24 ) WE WALKED IN LOVE Dollar

6 ( 16 ) PRESS Paul McCartney

7 ( 7 ) CAMOUFLAGE Stan Ridgway

8 ( 6 ) VENUS Bananarama

9 ( 3 ) NEW BEGINNING (MAMBA SEYRA) Bucks Fizz

10 ( 19 ) WHAT’S THE COLOUR OF MONEY Hollywood Beyond

 

11 ( 4 ) ROSES Haywoode

12 ( 9 ) THE PROMISE YOU MADE Cock Robin

13 ( 10 ) THE EDGE OF HEAVEN Wham!

14 ( 14 ) SEASIDE WOMAN Suzy & The Red Stripes

15 ( 29 ) I DIDN’T MEAN TO TURN YOU ON Robert Palmer

16 ( 11 ) I CAN’T WAIT Nu Shooz

17 ( 8 ) NO CONVERSATION A View From The Hill

18 ( 28 ) LADY IN RED Chris De Burgh

19 ( 13 ) SOMEBODY Brilliant

20 ( 23 ) EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART Rod Stewart

 

21 ( 25 ) SING OUR OWN SONG UB40

22 ( 15 ) LET’S GO ALL THE WAY Sly Fox

23 ( 12 ) HAPPY HOUR The Housemartins

24 ( NEW ) BURN Doctor & The Medics

25 ( 18 ) OPPORTUNITIES (LET’S MAKE LOTS OF MONEY) Pet Shop Boys

26 ( 26 ) OH LOUISE (REMIX) Junior

27 ( NEW ) I CAN PROVE IT Phil Fearon & Galaxy

28 ( 32 ) SMILE Audrey Hall

29 ( NEW ) FREDERICK Sandie Shaw

30 ( 55 ) FIND THE TIME Five Star

 

31 ( 38 ) MY FAVOURITE WASTE OF TIME Owen Paul

32 ( 20 ) I WANNA BE A COWBOY Boys Don’t Cry

33 ( 33 ) BORROWED LOVE SOS Band

34 ( 17 ) DON’T LET LOVE GET YOU DOWN Archie Bell & The Drells

35 ( 22 ) HUNTING HIGH AND LOW a-ha

36 ( 21 ) PARANOIMIA Art Of Noise and Max Headroom

37 ( 37 ) I KEEP FORGETTIN’ Michael McDonald

38 ( NEW ) SWEET LOVE Anita Baker

39 ( 58 ) SUN STREET Katrina & The Waves

40 ( 30 ) VIENNA CALLING Falco

 

41 ( 39 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

42 ( NEW ) THE WAY IT IS Bruce Hornsby & The Range

43 ( 31 ) WHEN TOMORROW COMES Eurythmics

44 ( 36 ) SPIRIT IN THE SKY Doctor & The Medics

45 ( NEW ) SOME CANDY TALKING Jesus & Mary Chain

46 ( 27 ) GOING DOWN TO LIVERPOOL The Bangles

47 ( 40 ) SET ME FREE Jaki Graham

48 ( NEW ) AIN’T NOTHIN’ GOING’ ON BUT THE RENT Gwen Guthrie

49 ( 44 ) YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE (REMIX) Candi Staton

50 ( 52 ) ED’S FUNKY DINER It’s Immaterial

 

51 ( 72 ) CALLING ALL THE HEROES It Bites

52 ( 34 ) LISTEN LIKE THIEVES INXS

53 ( 48 ) (I’LL NEVER BE) MARIA MAGDALENA Sandra

54 ( 42 ) SLEDGEHAMMER Peter Gabriel

55 ( 63 ) LOVE OF A LIFETIME Chaka Khan

56 ( 45 ) CAN’T GET BY WITHOUT YOU (REMIX) The Real Thing

57 ( 56 ) I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Marvin Gaye

58 ( 75 ) ROCKIN’ WITH RITA Vindaloo Summer Special (featuring Fuzzbox, Ted Chippington & The Nightingales)

59 ( NEW ) ROCK ‘N’ ROLL TO THE RESCUE The Beach Boys

60 ( 60 ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite

 

61 ( 46 ) I FEEL FREE Jack Bruce

62 ( NEW ) OH PEOPLE Patti Labelle

63 ( NEW ) SO MACHO Sinitta

64 ( NEW ) BREAKING AWAY Jaki Graham

65 ( NEW ) AIN’T NOBODY EVER LOVED YOU Aretha Franklin

66 ( 66 ) YOU KEEP ME HANGIN’ ON Diana Ross & The Supremes

67 ( 43 ) BRILLIANT MIND Furniture

68 ( 68 ) HOUNDS OF LOVE Kate Bush

69 ( NEW ) DANCING ON THE CEILING Lionel Richie

70 ( NEW ) FIGHT FOR OURSELVES Spandau Ballet

 

71 ( 57 ) HE’S ON THE BEACH Kirsty MacColl

72 ( NEW ) DREAMTIME Daryl Hall

73 ( 73 ) THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV A-ha

74 ( NEW ) PANIC The Smiths

75 ( NEW ) RED SKY Status Quo

 

FAVE OLDIES OF THE WEEK

1 GET ON THE LINE The Archies

2 SUNSHINE The Archies

3 I’M GONNA BE STRONG Gene Pitney

So Macho has a lot to answer for, it really sounds like a precursor of some of the more cheesy and dated sounding dancepop and pop we would see in the late 80s. It is cheesy and dated sounding with the production and cringeworthy with the lyrics, the B side 'Cruising' is considerably better though, pity that wasn't the one that became a hit.

 

I quite like that Real Roxeanne track, she was one of the first female rappers to get a UK hit!

Edited August 4, 20186 yr by Gríma Wormtongue

So Macho has a lot to answer for, it really sounds like a precursor of some of the more cheesy and dated sounding dancepop and pop we would see in the late 80s. It is cheesy and dated sounding with the production and cringeworthy with the lyrics, the B side 'Cruising' is considerably better though, pity that wasn't the one that became a hit.

 

I quite like that Real Roxeanne track, she was one of the first female rappers to get a UK hit!

 

Hi Tonguey :lol:

 

Yes Real Roxanne seemed really fresh & exciting in 1986, and Sinitta....didn't :lol: I don't know Cruising that I recall though, it may well have been better, must check it out!

5th August 1986

 

It's the oldest record to top my chart to date at 1 - the 22-year-old Shout, giving Lulu her first chart-topper after 18 years of trying. There are lots of big climbers, big droppers, and new entries in a volatile chart week. Doctor & The Medics make it 2 top 5's in a row with a big leap, and yes, someone had to like it, Chris De Burgh also goes top 5 here. I loathe the record these days, got sick of hearing it very quickly, and have never gone back to it, it was all those wedding dances that did it...!

 

Robert Palmer gets his first top 10, Patti Labelle rockets into the 20, and Bruce Hornsby & Jesus & Mary Chain both leap strongly into the 20 too. The Smiths rocket into the 30, along with 2 soul divas in Aretha Franklin & Gwen Guthrie. The highest new entry is Miami Sound Machine, back again with the rather lovely Fallin In Love at 28. Yello have a European Goldrush into the 40, & The Real Thing get a 3rd 70's remix into my 40, still feeling that force 7 years on. Tim Finn, ex of Split Enz and brother of forthcoming Crowded House ex-Split Enz Neil Finn, gets a solo entry, Prince is close behind, a bit of Boris Gardiner debuting his lover's rock future UK chart-topper, Basia goes solo of Matt Bianco, Everything But The Girl have another newie, and the fabulous record and future Annie Lennox fabness (supporting Eurythmics on tour as it happens, A Lover Speaks) is No More 'I Love You's. Jefferey Osbourne also returns, popping to Soweto.

 

1 ( 3 ) SHOUT Lulu

2 ( 1 ) PAPA DON’T PREACH Madonna

3 ( 24 ) BURN Doctor & The Medics

4 ( 18 ) LADY IN RED Chris De Burgh

5 ( 5 ) WE WALKED IN LOVE Dollar

6 ( 6 ) PRESS Paul McCartney

7 ( 2 ) (BANG ZOOM) LET’S GO GO The Real Roxanne with Hitman Howie T

8 ( 15 ) I DIDN’T MEAN TO TURN YOU ON Robert Palmer

9 ( 4 ) HIGHER LOVE Stevie Winwood

10 ( 10 ) WHAT’S THE COLOUR OF MONEY Hollywood Beyond

 

11 ( 7 ) CAMOUFLAGE Stan Ridgway

12 ( 30 ) FIND THE TIME Five Star

13 ( 9 ) NEW BEGINNING (MAMBA SEYRA) Bucks Fizz

14 ( 8 ) VENUS Bananarama

15 ( 26 ) OH LOUISE (REMIX) Junior

16 ( 62 ) OH PEOPLE Patti Labelle

17 ( 51 ) CALLING ALL THE HEROES It Bites

18 ( 11 ) ROSES Haywoode

19 ( 42 ) THE WAY IT IS Bruce Hornsby & The Range

20 ( 45 ) SOME CANDY TALKING Jesus & Mary Chain

 

21 ( 20 ) EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART Rod Stewart

22 ( 16 ) I CAN’T WAIT Nu Shooz

23 ( 13 ) THE EDGE OF HEAVEN Wham!

24 ( 12 ) THE PROMISE YOU MADE Cock Robin

25 ( 27 ) I CAN PROVE IT Phil Fearon & Galaxy

26 ( 17 ) NO CONVERSATION A View From The Hill

27 ( 48 ) AIN’T NOTHIN’ GOING’ ON BUT THE RENT Gwen Guthrie

28 ( NEW ) FALLIN’ IN LOVE (UH-UH) Miami Sound Machine featuring Gloria Estefan

29 ( 39 ) SUN STREET Katrina & The Waves

30 ( 74 ) PANIC The Smiths

 

31 ( 14 ) SEASIDE WOMAN Suzy & The Red Stripes

32 ( 25 ) OPPORTUNITIES (LET’S MAKE LOTS OF MONEY) Pet Shop Boys

33 ( 19 ) SOMEBODY Brilliant

34 ( 65 ) AIN’T NOBODY EVER LOVED YOU Aretha Franklin

35 ( 21 ) SING OUR OWN SONG UB40

36 ( 28 ) SMILE Audrey Hall

37 ( 29 ) FREDERICK Sandie Shaw

38 ( NEW ) GOLDRUSH Yello

39 ( 22 ) LET’S GO ALL THE WAY Sly Fox

40 ( NEW ) CAN YOU FEEL THE FORCE (REMIX) The Real Thing

 

41 ( 23 ) HAPPY HOUR The Housemartins

42 ( 41 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

43 ( 35 ) HUNTING HIGH AND LOW a-ha

44 ( 72 ) DREAMTIME Daryl Hall

45 ( 40 ) VIENNA CALLING Falco

46 ( NEW ) CARVE YOU IN MARBLE Tim Finn

47 ( NEW ) GIRLS AND BOYS Prince

48 ( 64 ) BREAKING AWAY Jaki Graham

49 ( 32 ) I WANNA BE A COWBOY Boys Don’t Cry

50 ( 50 ) ED’S FUNKY DINER It’s Immaterial

 

51 ( NEW ) I WANT TO WAKE UP WITH YOU Boris Gardiner

52 ( 38 ) SWEET LOVE Anita Baker

53 ( 75 ) RED SKY Status Quo

54 ( NEW ) PRIME TIME TV Basia

55 ( 49 ) YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE (REMIX) Candi Staton

56 ( 44 ) SPIRIT IN THE SKY Doctor & The Medics

57 ( 53 ) (I’LL NEVER BE) MARIA MAGDALENA Sandra

58 ( 47 ) SET ME FREE Jaki Graham

59 ( 57 ) I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Marvin Gaye

60 ( NEW ) COME ON HOME Everything But The Girl

 

61 ( NEW ) NO MORE ‘I LOVE YOU’S A Lover Speaks

62 ( 60 ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite

63 ( 63 ) SO MACHO Sinitta

64 ( 31 ) MY FAVOURITE WASTE OF TIME Owen Paul

65 ( 69 ) DANCING ON THE CEILING Lionel Richie

66 ( 36 ) PARANOIMIA Art Of Noise and Max Headroom

67 ( 56 ) CAN’T GET BY WITHOUT YOU (REMIX) The Real Thing

68 ( 37 ) I KEEP FORGETTIN’ Michael McDonald

69 ( 68 ) HOUNDS OF LOVE Kate Bush

70 ( 70 ) FIGHT FOR OURSELVES Spandau Ballet

 

71 ( 66 ) YOU KEEP ME HANGIN’ ON Diana Ross & The Supremes

72 ( 43 ) WHEN TOMORROW COMES Eurythmics

73 ( NEW ) SOWETO Jeffery Osbourne

74 ( 33 ) BORROWED LOVE SOS Band

75 ( 34 ) DON’T LET LOVE GET YOU DOWN Archie Bell & The Drells

 

PLAYIST OLDIES

 

1 LAST NIGHT IN SOHO Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich

2 JACKIE Scott Walker

3 YAMASUKI The Yamasukis

I know what you mean about Lady In Red. The first time I heard it,I liked it a lot and thought it would be a no.1 single,which it was,but I soon got tired of it.

In terms of the three cheesy ballads of August 1986 for me its :

 

Glory Of Love >>> I Wanna Wake Up To You >>>>>>> Lady In Red.

 

Luckily with all those slow ballads, there were not one but two iconic dance singles on their way to liven up the top 10 later in August!

Edited August 10, 20186 yr by Gríma Wormtongue

In terms of the three cheesy ballads of August 1986 for me its :

 

Glory Of Love >>> I Wanna Wake Up To You >>>>>>> Lady In Red.

 

Luckily with all those slow ballads, there were not one but two iconic dance singles on their way to liven up the top 10 later in August!

 

Ooh look forward to the Big Reveal! :D

12th August 1986

 

A few weeks since The Supremes oldie hit the top, in comes Diana Ross with her first major solo hit, the definitive OTT cover of Ain't No Mountain High Enough, the Marvin & Tammi oldie, a hit in 1970 while I lived out the country and was blissfully unaware of it until a few years later - I grew to love it more and more over the years until it was a 1986 reissue, giving her a 3rd solo topper, or 5 including The Supremes. The chart is as volatile as last week, tracks shooting up and dropping back, and entering high, such as the highest new track at 8 from the Human league doing Jam & Lewis, the gorgeous Human, and another Jam & Lewis classic for Janet Jackson, When I Think Of You, at 47.

 

Patti Labelle gets a second top tenner, Oh people at 4, and The Smiths grab one of their occasional top 10's with the fab Panic up to 9. Bon Jovi debut in my charts with You Give Love A Bad Name, at 51, Jermaine Stewart dances in without having to take his clothes off, Winston Reedy does a good reggae cover of Elvis Costello, Stevie Nicks slips in with the understated and utter gorgeousness of Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You, The The sneak in, and somehow Anita Dobson escapes from Eastenders, bungs some lyrics on the theme tune, and got future hubbie Brian May on production duties, hey presto a big UK hit in the year when Angie ruled the Queen Vic.

 

1 ( NEW ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross

2 ( 1 ) SHOUT Lulu

3 ( 5 ) WE WALKED IN LOVE Dollar

4 ( 16 ) OH PEOPLE Patti Labelle

5 ( 3 ) BURN Doctor & The Medics

6 ( 2 ) PAPA DON’T PREACH Madonna

7 ( 8 ) I DIDN’T MEAN TO TURN YOU ON Robert Palmer

8 ( NEW ) HUMAN Human League

9 ( 30 ) PANIC The Smiths

10 ( 4 ) LADY IN RED Chris De Burgh

 

11 ( 12 ) FIND THE TIME Five Star

12 ( 6 ) PRESS Paul McCartney

13 ( 27 ) AIN’T NOTHIN’ GOING’ ON BUT THE RENT Gwen Guthrie

14 ( 17 ) CALLING ALL THE HEROES It Bites

15 ( 7 ) (BANG ZOOM) LET’S GO GO The Real Roxanne with Hitman Howie T

16 ( 19 ) THE WAY IT IS Bruce Hornsby & The Range

17 ( 40 ) CAN YOU FEEL THE FORCE (REMIX) The Real Thing

18 ( 10 ) WHAT’S THE COLOUR OF MONEY Hollywood Beyond

19 ( 25 ) I CAN PROVE IT Phil Fearon & Galaxy

20 ( 20 ) SOME CANDY TALKING Jesus & Mary Chain

 

21 ( 13 ) NEW BEGINNING (MAMBA SEYRA) Bucks Fizz

22 ( 9 ) HIGHER LOVE Stevie Winwood

23 ( 11 ) CAMOUFLAGE Stan Ridgway

24 ( 15 ) OH LOUISE (REMIX) Junior

25 ( 28 ) FALLIN’ IN LOVE (UH-UH) Miami Sound Machine featuring Gloria Estefan

26 ( 44 ) DREAMTIME Daryl Hall

27 ( 34 ) AIN’T NOBODY EVER LOVED YOU Aretha Franklin

28 ( 14 ) VENUS Bananarama

29 ( 18 ) ROSES Haywoode

30 ( 22 ) I CAN’T WAIT Nu Shooz

 

31 ( 23 ) THE EDGE OF HEAVEN Wham!

32 ( 51 ) I WANT TO WAKE UP WITH YOU Boris Gardiner

33 ( 29 ) SUN STREET Katrina & The Waves

34 ( 48 ) BREAKING AWAY Jaki Graham

35 ( 53 ) RED SKY Status Quo

36 ( 26 ) NO CONVERSATION A View From The Hill

37 ( 32 ) OPPORTUNITIES (LET’S MAKE LOTS OF MONEY) Pet Shop Boys

38 ( 38 ) GOLDRUSH Yello

39 ( 24 ) THE PROMISE YOU MADE Cock Robin

40 ( 46 ) CARVE YOU IN MARBLE Tim Finn

 

41 ( 37 ) FREDERICK Sandie Shaw

42 ( 33 ) SOMEBODY Brilliant

43 ( 42 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

44 ( 60 ) COME ON HOME Everything But The Girl

45 ( 21 ) EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART Rod Stewart

46 ( 47 ) GIRLS AND BOYS Prince

47 ( NEW ) WHEN I THINK OF YOU Janet Jackson

48 ( 39 ) LET’S GO ALL THE WAY Sly Fox

49 ( 61 ) NO MORE ‘I LOVE YOU’S A Lover Speaks

50 ( 54 ) PRIME TIME TV Basia

 

51 ( NEW ) YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME Bon Jovi

52 ( 65 ) DANCING ON THE CEILING Lionel Richie

53 ( 31 ) SEASIDE WOMAN Suzy & The Red Stripes

54 ( 45 ) VIENNA CALLING Falco

55 ( 73 ) SOWETO Jeffery Osbourne

56 ( 43 ) HUNTING HIGH AND LOW a-ha

57 ( 36 ) SMILE Audrey Hall

58 ( 49 ) I WANNA BE A COWBOY Boys Don’t Cry

59 ( 63 ) SO MACHO Sinitta

60 ( 59 ) I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Marvin Gaye

 

61 ( 35 ) SING OUR OWN SONG UB40

62 ( NEW ) I HAD A FRIEND Rain And Tears

63 ( 62 ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite

64 ( 55 ) YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE (REMIX) Candi Staton

65 ( 57 ) (I’LL NEVER BE) MARIA MAGDALENA Sandra

66 ( NEW ) WE DON’T HAVE TO TAKE OUR CLOTHES OFF Jermaine Stewart

67 ( NEW ) ANYONE CAN FALL IN LOVE Anita Dobson

68 ( 41 ) HAPPY HOUR The Housemartins

69 ( NEW ) EVERYDAY I WRITE THE BOOK Winston Reedy

70 ( 69 ) HOUNDS OF LOVE Kate Bush

 

71 ( 52 ) SWEET LOVE Anita Baker

72 ( 58 ) SET ME FREE Jaki Graham

73 ( NEW ) HAS ANYONE WRITTEN ANYTHING FOR YOU Stevie Nicks

74 ( NEW ) HEARTLAND The The

75 ( 67 ) CAN’T GET BY WITHOUT YOU (REMIX) The Real Thing

 

Playlist Oldies Of The Week

1 BEHIND THE MASK Greg Phillinganes

2 HELL IN PARADISE Yoko Ono

3 I LOVE ALL OF ME Yoko Ono

19th August 1986

 

It's 2 weeks on top for Diana Ross' 1970 classic, just holding off Human at 2, and a return for Godley & Creme's 1985 chart-topper Cry, thanks to a re-entry in the UK top 75 validating it. Janet Jackson adds another Jam & Lewis goodie into the 10 as one departs (Robert Palmer), up 41 places for When I Think Of You to 6. Highest new song is in at 12 for Modern Talking, a nice slice of Eurocheese as opposed to a brilliant drink of Hot Chocolate 70's soul. Likewise, Sophie & Peter Johnson, John Peel faves are in at 28, a new song as opposed to The Turtles classic Happy Together. Melodic 80's pop ballad, that deserved more.

 

As did The Big Supreme's Don't Walk in at 34, a great pop track better than some of the stuff in the charts, and The Moody Blues' Your Wildest Dreams keeping the Moody's in chart hits for 14 years. Lower newies include Depeche Mode asking another question, rhetorical presumably, The Stranglers on holiday in France 9 years on from hanging about on beaches with Peaches, and a debut from Cutting Crew. Bucks Fizz follow-up an epic single with....err a pedestrian cover of a Stephen Stills 1971 minor hit (albeit a great song). The Writing really was On The Wall, sadly. Peter Cetera enters with a movie song even more turgid than any of Chicago's most turgid of ballad's, but it sold the film I guess. Tina meanwhile has a low opinion of men - can't blame her really. Typical Male.

 

 

 

1 ( 1 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross

2 ( 8 ) HUMAN Human League

3 ( NEW ) CRY Godley & Creme

4 ( 4 ) OH PEOPLE Patti Labelle

5 ( 5 ) BURN Doctor & The Medics

6 ( 47 ) WHEN I THINK OF YOU Janet Jackson

7 ( 9 ) PANIC The Smiths

8 ( 3 ) WE WALKED IN LOVE Dollar

9 ( 13 ) AIN’T NOTHIN’ GOING’ ON BUT THE RENT Gwen Guthrie

10 ( 2 ) SHOUT Lulu

 

11 ( 6 ) PAPA DON’T PREACH Madonna

12 ( NEW ) BROTHER LOUIE Modern Talking

13 ( 17 ) CAN YOU FEEL THE FORCE (REMIX) The Real Thing

14 ( 16 ) THE WAY IT IS Bruce Hornsby & The Range

15 ( 7 ) I DIDN’T MEAN TO TURN YOU ON Robert Palmer

16 ( 19 ) I CAN PROVE IT Phil Fearon & Galaxy

17 ( 14 ) CALLING ALL THE HEROES It Bites

18 ( 34 ) BREAKING AWAY Jaki Graham

19 ( 11 ) FIND THE TIME Five Star

20 ( 26 ) DREAMTIME Daryl Hall

 

21 ( 12 ) PRESS Paul McCartney

22 ( 10 ) LADY IN RED Chris De Burgh

23 ( 20 ) SOME CANDY TALKING Jesus & Mary Chain

24 ( 15 ) (BANG ZOOM) LET’S GO GO The Real Roxanne with Hitman Howie T

25 ( 32 ) I WANT TO WAKE UP WITH YOU Boris Gardiner

26 ( 21 ) NEW BEGINNING (MAMBA SEYRA) Bucks Fizz

27 ( 27 ) AIN’T NOBODY EVER LOVED YOU Aretha Franklin

28 ( NEW ) HAPPY TOGETHER Sophie & Peter Johnson

29 ( 35 ) RED SKY Status Quo

30 ( 22 ) HIGHER LOVE Stevie Winwood

 

31 ( 23 ) CAMOUFLAGE Stan Ridgway

32 ( 18 ) WHAT’S THE COLOUR OF MONEY Hollywood Beyond

33 ( 25 ) FALLIN’ IN LOVE (UH-UH) Miami Sound Machine featuring Gloria Estefan

34 ( NEW ) DON’T WALK The Big Supreme

35 ( 52 ) DANCING ON THE CEILING Lionel Richie

36 ( 40 ) CARVE YOU IN MARBLE Tim Finn

37 ( NEW ) YOUR WILDEST DREAMS The Moody Blues

38 ( 49 ) NO MORE ‘I LOVE YOU’S A Lover Speaks

39 ( 30 ) I CAN’T WAIT Nu Shooz

40 ( 46 ) GIRLS AND BOYS Prince

 

41 ( 37 ) OPPORTUNITIES (LET’S MAKE LOTS OF MONEY) Pet Shop Boys

42 ( 28 ) VENUS Bananarama

43 ( 43 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

44 ( 31 ) THE EDGE OF HEAVEN Wham!

45 ( 51 ) YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME Bon Jovi

46 ( 29 ) ROSES Haywoode

47 ( 66 ) WE DON’T HAVE TO TAKE OUR CLOTHES OFF Jermaine Stewart

48 ( 24 ) OH LOUISE (REMIX) Junior

49 ( NEW ) A QUESTION OF TIME Depeche Mode

50 ( 50 ) PRIME TIME TV Basia

 

51 ( NEW ) NICE IN NICE The Stranglers

52 ( 39 ) THE PROMISE YOU MADE Cock Robin

53 ( 55 ) SOWETO Jeffery Osbourne

54 ( 36 ) NO CONVERSATION A View From The Hill

55 ( 38 ) GOLDRUSH Yello

56 ( 71 ) SWEET LOVE Anita Baker

57 ( 69 ) EVERYDAY I WRITE THE BOOK Winston Reedy

58 ( 42 ) SOMEBODY Brilliant

59 ( 73 ) HAS ANYONE WRITTEN ANYTHING FOR YOU Stevie Nicks

60 ( 44 ) COME ON HOME Everything But The Girl

 

61 ( 33 ) SUN STREET Katrina & The Waves

62 ( 62 ) I HAD A FRIEND Rain And Tears

63 ( 60 ) I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Marvin Gaye

64 ( NEW ) (I JUST) DIED IN YOUR ARMS Cutting Crew

65 ( 63 ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite

66 ( 54 ) VIENNA CALLING Falco

67 ( 67 ) ANYONE CAN FALL IN LOVE Anita Dobson

68 ( 41 ) FREDERICK Sandie Shaw

69 ( NEW ) LOVE THE ONE YOU’RE WITH Bucks Fizz

70 ( 56 ) HUNTING HIGH AND LOW a-ha

 

71 ( 70 ) HOUNDS OF LOVE Kate Bush

72 ( NEW ) STUCK WITH YOU Huey Lewis & The News

73 ( NEW ) GLORY OF LOVE Peter Cetera

74 ( 58 ) I WANNA BE A COWBOY Boys Don’t Cry

75 ( NEW ) TYPICAL MALE Tina Turner

 

PLAYLIST OLDIES

1 I KNOW THERE’S SOMETHING GOING ON Frida

2 BEHIND THE MASK Greg Phillinganes

3 THE LONG MARCH Vangelis

I disagree with you and think Modern Talking's track is great! It isn't very cheesy compared to some of the other dance-pop to come later in the decade and has some interesting synths in it, which are a bit industrial sounding like Depeche Mode's 'It's Called A Heart'.

 

I quite like that Peter Cetera song, despite it being very cheesy. I prefer 'If You Leave Me Now' though, for nostalgia reasons! A cafe I used to go to a lot when I was younger must have had it on their playlist there, as I heard it as background music there a few times!

 

That Depeche Mode track definitely isn't one of their best tracks.

 

Cry is great, very atmospheric.

Edited August 24, 20186 yr by The Hiss.