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.

 

Thanks Snakey, though "cheese" isn't a dirty word for me :lol: I love Modern Talking records, at their best, and they remain catchy. I've often been tempted to enter You're My Heart You're My Soul into BJSC just to see how it does with a young audience who have never heard of it :) I think they come over as "cheese" due to the campy vocals & visuals, and hook in this case. I was always a fan of europop despite critics slagging it off, cos what do critics know, they slagged off Abba and I loved them from day one. I was right and they were wrong :lol:

 

I love "If You Leave Me Now", just gorgeous that one. I like quite a few of their ballads, but Glory Of Love never quite convinced me to the same degree, though I obviously liked it enough to chart it :lol:

 

I haven't heard that Depeche track in decades, one I never got round to buying, this period I need to review for Depeche tracks as they have faded in my mind, whereas 1981-84 are very fixed and firm, as is 1989-90.

 

cheers! B-)

25th August 1986

 

It's a first week on top for the Jam & Lewis Human League, their 7th chart-topper, while the Jam & Lewis Janet Jackson is up to 3, with Human and When I Think Of You respectively. It's Janet Jackson's 2nd top 5. Modern Talking follow-up a chart-topper with a second top 5 hit, Phil Fearon returns to the top 10 for the first time in 2 years with the Tony Etoria minor classic. The Stranglers are nicely inside the top 20 with a leap, followed by Depeche Mode, Prince and Jermaine Stewart inside the 30.

 

Highest new entry is Eurythmics with a more funkrock anthemic style Thorn In My Side at 32, with The The's Heartland just behind. Bucks Fizz take the Stephen Stills oldie into the 40 with a mighty bound, while new entries lower down from Killing Joke, Frankie and Psychedelic Furs give a more indie feel to the chart. The Furs is a re-record of an oldie for a movie, I think, and Frankie are Trevor Horn-less, and it shows. Michael MacDonald is back with jolly tune that flopped - till 1987 - and the monster Communards "song of 1986" cover of Harold Melvin's Don't Leave Me This Way enters quite low. I'm in a minority in preferring the original over all other versions.

 

9 years on, Jean-Michel Jarre is back, with a chart-topper still 30 years in the future, OMD have a lovely new entry, Genesis mine Invisible Touch, and Bananarama release one of their less remembered singles.

 

 

1 ( 2 ) HUMAN Human League

2 ( 1 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross

3 ( 6 ) WHEN I THINK OF YOU Janet Jackson

4 ( 12 ) BROTHER LOUIE Modern Talking

5 ( 5 ) BURN Doctor & The Medics

6 ( 7 ) PANIC The Smiths

7 ( 3 ) CRY Godley & Creme

8 ( 9 ) AIN’T NOTHIN’ GOING’ ON BUT THE RENT Gwen Guthrie

9 ( 4 ) OH PEOPLE Patti Labelle

10 ( 16 ) I CAN PROVE IT Phil Fearon & Galaxy

 

11 ( 14 ) THE WAY IT IS Bruce Hornsby & The Range

12 ( 18 ) BREAKING AWAY Jaki Graham

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

14 ( 25 ) I WANT TO WAKE UP WITH YOU Boris Gardiner

15 ( 10 ) SHOUT Lulu

16 ( 11 ) PAPA DON’T PREACH Madonna

17 ( 28 ) HAPPY TOGETHER Sophie & Peter Johnson

18 ( 20 ) DREAMTIME Daryl Hall

19 ( 15 ) I DIDN’T MEAN TO TURN YOU ON Robert Palmer

20 ( 51 ) NICE IN NICE The Stranglers

 

21 ( 8 ) WE WALKED IN LOVE Dollar

22 ( 34 ) DON’T WALK The Big Supreme

23 ( 36 ) CARVE YOU IN MARBLE Tim Finn

24 ( 17 ) CALLING ALL THE HEROES It Bites

25 ( 47 ) WE DON’T HAVE TO TAKE OUR CLOTHES OFF Jermaine Stewart

26 ( 49 ) A QUESTION OF TIME Depeche Mode

27 ( 40 ) GIRLS AND BOYS Prince

28 ( 19 ) FIND THE TIME Five Star

29 ( 38 ) NO MORE ‘I LOVE YOU’S A Lover Speaks

30 ( 24 ) (BANG ZOOM) LET’S GO GO The Real Roxanne with Hitman Howie T

 

31 ( 35 ) DANCING ON THE CEILING Lionel Richie

32 ( NEW ) THORN IN MY SIDE Eurythmics

33 ( 26 ) NEW BEGINNING (MAMBA SEYRA) Bucks Fizz

34 ( 69 ) LOVE THE ONE YOU’RE WITH Bucks Fizz

35 ( 37 ) YOUR WILDEST DREAMS The Moody Blues

36 ( 21 ) PRESS Paul McCartney

37 ( NEW ) HEARTLAND The The

38 ( 22 ) THE LADY IN RED Chris De Burgh

39 ( 45 ) YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME Bon Jovi

40 ( 31 ) CAMOUFLAGE Stan Ridgway

 

41 ( 30 ) HIGHER LOVE Stevie Winwood

42 ( 41 ) OPPORTUNITIES (LET’S MAKE LOTS OF MONEY) Pet Shop Boys

43 ( 43 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

44 ( 27 ) AIN’T NOBODY EVER LOVED YOU Aretha Franklin

45 ( NEW ) ADORATIONS Killing Joke

46 ( 39 ) I CAN’T WAIT Nu Shooz

47 ( NEW ) SWEET FREEDOM Michael MacDonald

48 ( 32 ) WHAT’S THE COLOUR OF MONEY Hollywood Beyond

49 ( 57 ) EVERYDAY I WRITE THE BOOK Winston Reedy

50 ( NEW ) RAGE HARD Frankie Goes To Hollywood

 

51 ( 29 ) RED SKY Status Quo

52 ( 23 ) SOME CANDY TALKING Jesus & Mary Chain

53 ( 73 ) GLORY OF LOVE Peter Cetera

54 ( 75 ) TYPICAL MALE Tina Turner

55 ( 44 ) THE EDGE OF HEAVEN Wham!

56 ( 42 ) VENUS Bananarama

57 ( NEW ) DON’T LEAVE ME THIS WAY The Communards

58 ( 33 ) FALLIN’ IN LOVE (UH-UH) Miami Sound Machine featuring Gloria Estefan

59 ( NEW ) PRETTY IN PINK The Psychedelic Furs

60 ( 60 ) COME ON HOME Everything But The Girl

 

61 ( 64 ) (I JUST) DIED IN YOUR ARMS Cutting Crew

62 ( 67 ) ANYONE CAN FALL IN LOVE Anita Dobson

63 ( NEW ) FOURTH RENDEZVOUS Jean-Michel Jarre

64 ( 63 ) I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Marvin Gaye

65 ( 65 ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite

66 ( 46 ) ROSES Haywoode

67 ( 72 ) STUCK WITH YOU Huey Lewis & The News

68 ( NEW ) TWISTING THE NIGHT AWAY Sam Cooke

69 ( NEW ) FOREVER (LIVE AND DIE) OMD

70 ( 58 ) SOMEBODY Brilliant

 

71 ( 71 ) HOUNDS OF LOVE Kate Bush

72 ( NEW ) IN TOO DEEP Genesis

73 ( 66 ) VIENNA CALLING Falco

74 ( 50 ) PRIME TIME TV Basia

75 ( NEW ) MORE THAN PHYSICAL Bananarama

 

Oldies

1 LOVE COMES QUICKLY Pet Shop Boys

2 BEHIND THE MASK Greg Phillinganes

3 SHOULD I LAUGH OR CRY Abba

That's an awful #1! :lol:

 

(sorry)

 

I love Human League but that is comfortably their most cringe worthy track... "While we were apart, I was human too..." :lol:

The original version of Don't Leave Me This Way is very good too. There was another Hi-NRG version by Jeanie Tracy from 1985 which I discovered too recently, maybe The Communards heard this version and were inspired by this!

 

Seems like Hi-NRG/dance covers of old soul/pop songs were a bit of a trend in the late 80s anyway, first Venus, then Don't Leave Me This Way, then Never Can Say Goodbye and then finally The Only Way Is Up.

 

The best part of the Communards version for me is the 'breakdown' bit just after the middle of the song, which has some interesting wobble bass effects before a rather housey-sounding piano part kicks in. The Communards version is a great energetic dance tune anyway I think, it was good that it and the equally energetic and fun (but of course more influential in the long run) dance track 'Love Can't Turn Around' were in the charts at the same time.

 

Elsewhere in your chart 'The Way It Is' is a great if rather sad tune. Thorn In My Side is a great song too (I used to assume it was called something like 'Run Away From You' though! I prefer it to 'Must be An Angel' I think, but I still prefer the synthpop era Eurythmics.

 

I agree with dandy* that Human while being a rather nice chilled song is rather cheesy, it goes too far down the path that would lead to the likes of Hue and Cry's 'Looking For Linda' (but 'Human' is nowhere near as cheesy as that thankfully)! :lol:

Edited August 31, 20186 yr by TheSnake

That's an awful #1! :lol:

 

(sorry)

 

I love Human League but that is comfortably their most cringe worthy track... "While we were apart, I was human too..." :lol:

 

No need apologise, it's not remotely anything like their other stuff, but what's wrong with a love song where both parties have been unfaithful slags :lol:

The original version of Don't Leave Me This Way is very good too. There was another Hi-NRG version by Jeanie Tracy from 1985 which I discovered too recently, maybe The Communards heard this version and were inspired by this!

 

Seems like Hi-NRG/dance covers of old soul/pop songs were a bit of a trend in the late 80s anyway, first Venus, then Don't Leave Me This Way, then Never Can Say Goodbye and then finally The Only Way Is Up.

 

The best part of the Communards version for me is the 'breakdown' bit just after the middle of the song, which has some interesting wobble bass effects before a rather housey-sounding piano part kicks in. The Communards version is a great energetic dance tune anyway I think, it was good that it and the equally energetic and fun (but of course more influential in the long run) dance track 'Love Can't Turn Around' were in the charts at the same time.

 

Elsewhere in your chart 'The Way It Is' is a great if rather sad tune. Thorn In My Side is a great song too (I used to assume it was called something like 'Run Away From You' though! I prefer it to 'Must be An Angel' I think, but I still prefer the synthpop era Eurythmics.

 

I agree with dandy* that Human while being a rather nice chilled song is rather cheesy, it goes too far down the path that would lead to the likes of Hue and Cry's 'Looking For Linda' (but 'Human' is nowhere near as cheesy as that thankfully)! :lol:

 

 

Everyone loves that Communards record, and it was quite bold reversing the male and female roles vocally, probably a first, and yes House was a biggie that lives on :)

 

I also prefer synth era Eurythmics, while the appeal of Human for me was the production and melody, which was just so lush. I quite liked the idea of taking a love song and making it one party confessing infidelity, only to find the other one had been too, and both regret it. That's not a cliche in pop music by any means, though the spoken words segment may come over a bit cheesy in a Sheffield accent :lol: Janet Jackson could easily have done a duet version that would have been acceptable in the 80's...

Everyone loves that Communards record, and it was quite bold reversing the male and female roles vocally, probably a first, and yes House was a biggie that lives on :)

 

Sarah Jane Morris' vocal is great and goes well with Jimmy Somerville's in the song.

 

I can see why it was so big in the charts at the time, it definitely stands out with its energy and fun from most of the chart at the time.

2nd September 1986

 

It's Human League on top for a second week, presiding over a Jam & Lewis top 2, and a big pop week for me: the week I got on Radio 1 on Mike Read's Pop Quiz, backstage with The Real Thing, and the week I bought my first Now That's What I Call Music which boosted tracks in my chart which were on it. Highest new entry is the brilliant 20th anniversary of Eleanor Rigby (the reason for the high chart position, Yellow Submarine is for completion purposes only by that time, though I loved it as a kid), the Fabs keeping up with the reissues.

 

Big climbs for Tina Turner, The Communards, The Psychedelic Furs, OMD and Cutting Crew into the 40, with big new tracks entering lower down: You Can Call Me Al, Paul Simon back with a biggie to signal classic Graceland; Chairmen Of The Board back with their first fab track in 13 years, having topped my chart in 1973; House arrives proper with Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk; Cameo do that much-covered future codpiece classic Word Up; Run DMC innovate a rap/rock combo with Aerosmith, and boost the 70's rockers back into fashion in the US, and chart success at last in the UK setting up the rest of the decade and the 90's; INXS' best early single, the fab Kiss The Dirt; and yet another 1976 disco remix from Tina Charles, which pretty much pushed me into overload saturation for the once-loved disco chart-topper, and I've yet to get back to it in the same way.

 

 

1 ( 1 ) HUMAN Human League

2 ( 3 ) WHEN I THINK OF YOU Janet Jackson

3 ( NEW ) ELEANOR RIGBY/ YELLOW SUBMARINE The Beatles

4 ( 4 ) BROTHER LOUIE Modern Talking

5 ( 2 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross

6 ( 5 ) BURN Doctor & The Medics

7 ( 6 ) PANIC The Smiths

8 ( 14 ) I WANT TO WAKE UP WITH YOU Boris Gardiner

9 ( 12 ) BREAKING AWAY Jaki Graham

10 ( 8 ) AIN’T NOTHIN’ GOING’ ON BUT THE RENT Gwen Guthrie

 

11 ( 7 ) CRY Godley & Creme

12 ( 9 ) OH PEOPLE Patti Labelle

13 ( 18 ) DREAMTIME Daryl Hall

14 ( 25 ) WE DON’T HAVE TO TAKE OUR CLOTHES OFF Jermaine Stewart

15 ( 10 ) I CAN PROVE IT Phil Fearon & Galaxy

16 ( 20 ) NICE IN NICE The Stranglers

17 ( 11 ) THE WAY IT IS Bruce Hornsby & The Range

18 ( 13 ) CAN YOU FEEL THE FORCE (REMIX) The Real Thing

19 ( 23 ) CARVE YOU IN MARBLE Tim Finn

20 ( 22 ) DON’T WALK The Big Supreme

 

21 ( 15 ) SHOUT Lulu

22 ( 16 ) PAPA DON’T PREACH Madonna

23 ( 26 ) A QUESTION OF TIME Depeche Mode

24 ( 37 ) HEARTLAND The The

25 ( 32 ) THORN IN MY SIDE Eurythmics

26 ( 34 ) LOVE THE ONE YOU’RE WITH Bucks Fizz

27 ( 29 ) NO MORE ‘I LOVE YOU’S A Lover Speaks

28 ( 19 ) I DIDN’T MEAN TO TURN YOU ON Robert Palmer

29 ( 39 ) YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME Bon Jovi

30 ( 54 ) TYPICAL MALE Tina Turner

 

31 ( 17 ) HAPPY TOGETHER Sophie & Peter Johnson

32 ( 57 ) DON’T LEAVE ME THIS WAY The Communards

33 ( 69 ) FOREVER (LIVE AND DIE) OMD

34 ( 27 ) GIRLS AND BOYS Prince

35 ( 53 ) GLORY OF LOVE Peter Cetera

36 ( 50 ) RAGE HARD Frankie Goes To Hollywood

37 ( 21 ) WE WALKED IN LOVE Dollar

38 ( 59 ) PRETTY IN PINK The Psychedelic Furs

39 ( 61 ) (I JUST) DIED IN YOUR ARMS Cutting Crew

40 ( 33 ) NEW BEGINNING (MAMBA SEYRA) Bucks Fizz

 

41 ( 24 ) CALLING ALL THE HEROES It Bites

42 ( 30 ) (BANG ZOOM) LET’S GO GO The Real Roxanne with Hitman Howie T

43 ( 45 ) ADORATIONS Killing Joke

44 ( 43 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

45 ( 42 ) OPPORTUNITIES (LET’S MAKE LOTS OF MONEY) Pet Shop Boys

46 ( 36 ) PRESS Paul McCartney

47 ( 47 ) SWEET FREEDOM Michael MacDonald

48 ( 40 ) CAMOUFLAGE Stan Ridgway

49 ( NEW ) I LOVE TO LOVE (REMIX) Tina Charles

50 ( NEW ) WORD UP Cameo

 

51 ( 38 ) THE LADY IN RED Chris De Burgh

52 ( 28 ) FIND THE TIME Five Star

53 ( 46 ) I CAN’T WAIT Nu Shooz

54 ( 41 ) HIGHER LOVE Stevie Winwood

55 ( 31 ) DANCING ON THE CEILING Lionel Richie

56 ( 67 ) STUCK WITH YOU Huey Lewis & The News

57 ( 55 ) THE EDGE OF HEAVEN Wham!

58 ( NEW ) LOVE CAN’T TURN AROUND Farley ‘Jackmaster’ Funk

59 ( NEW ) YOU CAN CALL ME AL Paul Simon

60 ( 56 ) VENUS Bananarama

 

61 ( 35 ) YOUR WILDEST DREAMS The Moody Blues

62 ( 44 ) AIN’T NOBODY EVER LOVED YOU Aretha Franklin

63 ( 68 ) TWISTING THE NIGHT AWAY Sam Cooke

64 ( NEW ) LOVERBOY Chairmen Of The Board

65 ( 65 ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite

66 ( 64 ) I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Marvin Gaye

67 ( 72 ) IN TOO DEEP Genesis

68 ( 48 ) WHAT’S THE COLOUR OF MONEY Hollywood Beyond

69 ( 49 ) EVERYDAY I WRITE THE BOOK Winston Reedy

70 ( NEW ) KISS THE DIRT (FALLING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN) INXS

 

71 ( 60 ) COME ON HOME Everything But The Girl

72 ( 71 ) HOUNDS OF LOVE Kate Bush

73 ( NEW ) WALK THIS WAY Run DMC featuring Aerosmith

74 ( 75 ) MORE THAN PHYSICAL Bananarama

75 ( 52 ) SOME CANDY TALKING Jesus & Mary Chain

 

 

 

PLAYIST OLDIES

 

1 I KNOW THERE’S SOMETHING GOING ON Frida

2 YOU JUST MAY BE THE ONE (ORIGINAL VERSION) The Monkees

3 BEHIND THE MASK Greg Philinganes

9th September 1986

 

3 weeks on top for Human, as my top 10 goes mad, with a massive leap for Killing Joke, far and away their biggest track for me, Adorations at 5, and INXS get a first top 10 with the fab Kiss The Dirt, up a whopping 64 places to 6. The Communards become the 3rd act to get a big hit out of Dont Leave Me This Way at 8, and highest new entry is the title track from Madonna's fab True Blue album, in at 9.

 

Big climbs for Frankie, their 5th top 20, Bon Jovi get the first of a few top 20's, novelty Holiday Rap enters at 16 for some European rapping, Cameo go top 30, and Five Star's best and most charming record is in at 29, Rain Or Shine. Run DMC rock-et into the 40 helped by that fab video, and Farley takes House into the 40 too. The Ramones are back with some crummy stuff 8 years into their chart career, Amazulu cover Bobby Bloom, Pete Wylie is into diamonds, Elvis Costello makes it 9 years of chart success, Cyndi Lauper pops in with True Colors, not one of my faves of hers if I'm honest, Dead Or Alive make it 2 years and running, Falco makes it a hat trick of hits, and XTC are into grass, presumably having given up on making plans for Nigel after 7 years of trying.

 

 

1 ( 1 ) HUMAN Human League

2 ( 3 ) ELEANOR RIGBY/ YELLOW SUBMARINE The Beatles

3 ( 2 ) WHEN I THINK OF YOU Janet Jackson

4 ( 4 ) BROTHER LOUIE Modern Talking

5 ( 43 ) ADORATIONS Killing Joke

6 ( 70 ) KISS THE DIRT (FALLING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN) INXS

7 ( 14 ) WE DON’T HAVE TO TAKE OUR CLOTHES OFF Jermaine Stewart

8 ( 32 ) DON’T LEAVE ME THIS WAY The Communards

9 ( NEW ) TRUE BLUE Madonna

10 ( 5 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross

 

11 ( 7 ) PANIC The Smiths

12 ( 36 ) RAGE HARD Frankie Goes To Hollywood

13 ( 20 ) DON’T WALK The Big Supreme

14 ( 6 ) BURN Doctor & The Medics

15 ( 29 ) YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME Bon Jovi

16 ( NEW ) HOLIDAY RAP MC MIker G & Deejay Sven

17 ( 10 ) AIN’T NOTHIN’ GOING’ ON BUT THE RENT Gwen Guthrie

18 ( 9 ) BREAKING AWAY Jaki Graham

19 ( 24 ) HEARTLAND The The

20 ( 25 ) THORN IN MY SIDE Eurythmics

 

21 ( 11 ) CRY Godley & Creme

22 ( 8 ) I WANT TO WAKE UP WITH YOU Boris Gardiner

23 ( 12 ) OH PEOPLE Patti Labelle

24 ( 13 ) DREAMTIME Daryl Hall

25 ( 39 ) (I JUST) DIED IN YOUR ARMS Cutting Crew

26 ( 33 ) FOREVER (LIVE AND DIE) OMD

27 ( 15 ) I CAN PROVE IT Phil Fearon & Galaxy

28 ( 50 ) WORD UP Cameo

29 ( NEW ) RAIN OR SHINE Five Star

30 ( 30 ) TYPICAL MALE Tina Turner

 

31 ( 17 ) THE WAY IT IS Bruce Hornsby & The Range

32 ( 16 ) NICE IN NICE The Stranglers

33 ( 22 ) PAPA DON’T PREACH Madonna

34 ( 73 ) WALK THIS WAY Run-DMC featuring Aerosmith

35 ( 35 ) GLORY OF LOVE Peter Cetera

36 ( 38 ) PRETTY IN PINK The Psychedelic Furs

37 ( 26 ) LOVE THE ONE YOU’RE WITH Bucks Fizz

38 ( 23 ) A QUESTION OF TIME Depeche Mode

39 ( 58 ) LOVE CAN’T TURN AROUND Farley ‘Jackmaster’ Funk

40 ( 21 ) SHOUT Lulu

 

41 ( 18 ) CAN YOU FEEL THE FORCE (REMIX) The Real Thing

42 ( 28 ) I DIDN’T MEAN TO TURN YOU ON Robert Palmer

43 ( 47 ) SWEET FREEDOM Michael MacDonald

44 ( 40 ) NEW BEGINNING (MAMBA SEYRA) Bucks Fizz

45 ( 19 ) CARVE YOU IN MARBLE Tim Finn

46 ( 59 ) YOU CAN CALL ME AL Paul Simon

47 ( 27 ) NO MORE ‘I LOVE YOU’S A Lover Speaks

48 ( 44 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

49 ( 45 ) OPPORTUNITIES (LET’S MAKE LOTS OF MONEY) Pet Shop Boys

50 ( 42 ) (BANG ZOOM) LET’S GO GO The Real Roxanne with Hitman Howie T

 

51 ( 34 ) GIRLS AND BOYS Prince

52 ( NEW ) CRUMMY STUFF The Ramones

53 ( 64 ) LOVERBOY Chairmen Of The Board

54 ( 56 ) STUCK WITH YOU Huey Lewis & The News

55 ( RE ) FOURTH RENDEZVOUS Jean-Michel Jarre

56 ( 37 ) WE WALKED IN LOVE Dollar

57 ( NEW ) MONTEGO BAY Amazulu

58 ( 41 ) CALLING ALL THE HEROES It Bites

59 ( 48 ) CAMOUFLAGE Stan Ridgway

60 ( NEW ) DIAMOND GIRL Pete Wylie

 

61 ( 53 ) I CAN’T WAIT Nu Shooz

62 ( 31 ) HAPPY TOGETHER Sophie & Peter Johnson

63 ( 49 ) I LOVE TO LOVE (REMIX) Tina Charles

64 ( 67 ) IN TOO DEEP Genesis

65 ( 65 ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite

66 ( 57 ) THE EDGE OF HEAVEN Wham!

67 ( 46 ) PRESS Paul McCartney

68 ( NEW ) TOKYO STORM WARNING Elvis Costello

69 ( 54 ) HIGHER LOVE Stevie Winwood

70 ( NEW ) TRUE COLORS Cyndi Lauper

 

71 ( NEW ) BRAND NEW LOVER Dead Or Alive

72 ( NEW ) THE SOUND OF MUSIC Falco

73 ( 72 ) HOUNDS OF LOVE Kate Bush

74 ( NEW ) HOLD ON TIGHT Samantha Fox

75 ( NEW ) GRASS XTC

 

Playlist Oldies Of The Week

1 WHITE ROSE OF ATHENS Nana Mouskouri

2 IT’S FOUR IN THE MORNING Faron Young

3 THE LEGEND OF XANADU Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich

 

16th September 1986

 

It's 4 weeks on top for Human, as Bon Jovi get a first top 5 along with INXS. Run DMC and Aerosmith have a big climb for a first top 10, while Cameo make it a second with Word Up. Big climbs into the 20 for Psychedelic Furs & Five Star, and highest new entry is one-hit wonders Timex Social Club with the great Rumors. Dead Or Alive keep the top 40 run going strong, and Michael MacDonald takes Sweet Freedom into the 40, Chairmen Of The Board do the same for the first time since Finder's Keepers in 1973, Pete Wylie adds to his occasional top 40 forays, Paul Simon makes his list longer, and Amazulu keep 'em coming.

 

UB40 keep the 6-year-run strong as they enter with All I Want To Do, and The Bangles come back strongly walking like an Egyptian. Meat Loaf pairs with Parr for a spot of mercenary chart attacking, Big Country, Talking Heads and Ultravox have minor returns, and Queen's Highlander anthem Who wants To Live Forever sneaks in quietly.

 

 

1 ( 1 ) HUMAN Human League

2 ( 2 ) ELEANOR RIGBY/ YELLOW SUBMARINE The Beatles

3 ( 9 ) TRUE BLUE Madonna

4 ( 6 ) KISS THE DIRT (FALLING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN) INXS

5 ( 15 ) YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME Bon Jovi

6 ( 8 ) DON’T LEAVE ME THIS WAY The Communards

7 ( 7 ) WE DON’T HAVE TO TAKE OUR CLOTHES OFF Jermaine Stewart

8 ( 34 ) WALK THIS WAY Run-DMC featuring Aerosmith

9 ( 3 ) WHEN I THINK OF YOU Janet Jackson

10 ( 28 ) WORD UP Cameo

 

11 ( 5 ) ADORATIONS Killing Joke

12 ( 12 ) RAGE HARD Frankie Goes To Hollywood

13 ( 16 ) HOLIDAY RAP MC MIker G & Deejay Sven

14 ( 25 ) (I JUST) DIED IN YOUR ARMS Cutting Crew

15 ( 29 ) RAIN OR SHINE Five Star

16 ( 4 ) BROTHER LOUIE Modern Talking

17 ( 36 ) PRETTY IN PINK The Psychedelic Furs

18 ( 13 ) DON’T WALK The Big Supreme

19 ( 20 ) THORN IN MY SIDE Eurythmics

20 ( 11 ) PANIC The Smiths

 

21 ( 10 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross

22 ( 26 ) FOREVER (LIVE AND DIE) OMD

23 ( 14 ) BURN Doctor & The Medics

24 ( 39 ) LOVE CAN’T TURN AROUND Farley ‘Jackmaster’ Funk

25 ( 19 ) HEARTLAND The The

26 ( NEW ) RUMORS Timex Social Club

27 ( 30 ) TYPICAL MALE Tina Turner

28 ( 71 ) BRAND NEW LOVER Dead Or Alive

29 ( 17 ) AIN’T NOTHIN’ GOING’ ON BUT THE RENT Gwen Guthrie

30 ( 18 ) BREAKING AWAY Jaki Graham

 

31 ( 21 ) CRY Godley & Creme

32 ( 43 ) SWEET FREEDOM Michael MacDonald

33 ( 23 ) OH PEOPLE Patti Labelle

34 ( 53 ) LOVERBOY Chairmen Of The Board

35 ( 33 ) PAPA DON’T PREACH Madonna

36 ( 60 ) DIAMOND GIRL Pete Wylie

37 ( 57 ) MONTEGO BAY Amazulu

38 ( 27 ) I CAN PROVE IT Phil Fearon & Galaxy

39 ( 22 ) I WANT TO WAKE UP WITH YOU Boris Gardiner

40 ( 46 ) YOU CAN CALL ME AL Paul Simon

 

41 ( 32 ) NICE IN NICE The Stranglers

42 ( 24 ) DREAMTIME Daryl Hall

43 ( 37 ) LOVE THE ONE YOU’RE WITH Bucks Fizz

44 ( 38 ) A QUESTION OF TIME Depeche Mode

45 ( 52 ) CRUMMY STUFF The Ramones

46 ( 44 ) NEW BEGINNING (MAMBA SEYRA) Bucks Fizz

47 ( 55 ) FOURTH RENDEZVOUS Jean-Michel Jarre

48 ( 48 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

49 ( 40 ) SHOUT Lulu

50 ( 35 ) GLORY OF LOVE Peter Cetera

 

51 ( NEW ) ALL I WANT TO DO UB40

52 ( 49 ) OPPORTUNITIES (LET’S MAKE LOTS OF MONEY) Pet Shop Boys

53 ( 42 ) I DIDN’T MEAN TO TURN YOU ON Robert Palmer

54 ( NEW ) WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN The Bangles

55 ( 47 ) NO MORE ‘I LOVE YOU’S A Lover Speaks

56 ( 45 ) CARVE YOU IN MARBLE Tim Finn

57 ( 72 ) THE SOUND OF MUSIC Falco

58 ( 41 ) CAN YOU FEEL THE FORCE (REMIX) The Real Thing

59 ( 64 ) IN TOO DEEP Genesis

60 ( 31 ) THE WAY IT IS Bruce Hornsby & The Range

 

61 ( NEW ) ROCK ‘N’ ROLL MERCENARIES Meat Loaf and John Parr

62 ( 68 ) TOKYO STORM WARNING Elvis Costello

63 ( NEW ) ONE GREAT THING Big Country

64 ( 65 ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite

65 ( NEW ) SAME OLD STORY Ultravox

66 ( 66 ) THE EDGE OF HEAVEN Wham!

67 ( 74 ) HOLD ON TIGHT Samantha Fox

68 ( NEW ) WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER Queen

69 ( 56 ) WE WALKED IN LOVE Dollar

70 ( 61 ) I CAN’T WAIT Nu Shooz

 

71 ( 50 ) (BANG ZOOM) LET’S GO GO The Real Roxanne with Hitman Howie T

72 ( 73 ) HOUNDS OF LOVE Kate Bush

73 ( NEW ) WILD WILD LIFE Talking Heads

74 ( 59 ) CAMOUFLAGE Stan Ridgway

75 ( NEW ) NO MORE TEARS Hollywood Beyond

 

PLAYLIST OLDIES

 

1 TELSTAR The Tornadoes

2 KEEP ON Bruce Channel

3 HERE IT COMES AGAIN The Fortunes

23rd September 1986

 

It's 5 weeks on top for Human, on track to be my biggest record of 1986, and Five Star get into the top 5 with the lovely Rain Or Shine. Eurythmics get their almost obligatory top 10 in my charts, they rarely fail to make it, and Timex Social Club leap up to 10 for the first and last time with a top 10 track. Outside the top 10 things are very volatile with big drops, big climbers and loads of new entries:

 

Dead Or Alive continue the run of top 20's, Paul Simon leaps Al up to 13, for his highest placing in 13 years, House hits my top 20 with the Jackmaster, OMD sneak another top 20, and highest new entry at 20 is a comeback for The Monkees, or rather 2 of them with vocals from Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork, and the first Monkees tracks to chart in 6 years, but actually the first new stuff ever to make my charts - as all their previous chart-toppers were reissues of stuff I adored before I began charting in 1968. They most-recently charted with a Paul Weller/Noel Gallagher song in 2017, their best stuff since their heyday 50 years earlier.

 

Big climbers into the 40 for Meatloaf, Big Country, Falco, Ultravox and The Bangles, all returning from previous hits, while the 20-year-old That'll Be The Day brings Buddy Holly back into my charts - a semi-regular event over the decades which is pretty good considering they all date from the year I was born or earlier, being as he died around my first birthday. Others extending the runs of hits: Elton John (15 years), Billy Idol (8 years), Billy Joel (11 years), Ashford & Simpson (18 years as writers). Notable newies from Black, with the gorgeous Wonderful Life, Pet Shop Boys entering relatively low with Suburbia, following on from 2 chart-toppers & a top 10 - the B side was equally as good (Paninaro) and should have been the next single instead, but in those days B sides were ineligible for my charts or else it would certainly have topped my chart.

 

1 ( 1 ) HUMAN Human League

2 ( 2 ) ELEANOR RIGBY/ YELLOW SUBMARINE The Beatles

3 ( 3 ) TRUE BLUE Madonna

4 ( 5 ) YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME Bon Jovi

5 ( 15 ) RAIN OR SHINE Five Star

6 ( 10 ) WORD UP Cameo

7 ( 8 ) WALK THIS WAY Run-DMC featuring Aerosmith

8 ( 19 ) THORN IN MY SIDE Eurythmics

9 ( 14 ) (I JUST) DIED IN YOUR ARMS Cutting Crew

10 ( 26 ) RUMORS Timex Social Club

 

11 ( 18 ) DON’T WALK The Big Supreme

12 ( 28 ) BRAND NEW LOVER Dead Or Alive

13 ( 40 ) YOU CAN CALL ME AL Paul Simon

14 ( 9 ) WHEN I THINK OF YOU Janet Jackson

15 ( 17 ) PRETTY IN PINK The Psychedelic Furs

16 ( 24 ) LOVE CAN’T TURN AROUND Farley ‘Jackmaster’ Funk featuring Daryl Pandy

17 ( 7 ) WE DON’T HAVE TO TAKE OUR CLOTHES OFF Jermaine Stewart

18 ( 22 ) FOREVER (LIVE AND DIE) OMD

19 ( 6 ) DON’T LEAVE ME THIS WAY The Communards

20 ( NEW ) THAT WAS THEN THIS IS NOW The Monkees

 

21 ( 4 ) KISS THE DIRT (FALLING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN) INXS

22 ( 13 ) HOLIDAY RAP MC MIker G & Deejay Sven

23 ( 11 ) ADORATIONS Killing Joke

24 ( 16 ) BROTHER LOUIE Modern Talking

25 ( 25 ) HEARTLAND The The

26 ( 12 ) RAGE HARD Frankie Goes To Hollywood

27 ( 36 ) DIAMOND GIRL Pete Wylie

28 ( 20 ) PANIC The Smiths

29 ( 32 ) SWEET FREEDOM Michael MacDonald

30 ( 21 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross

 

31 ( 37 ) MONTEGO BAY Amazulu

32 ( 23 ) BURN Doctor & The Medics

33 ( 61 ) ROCK ‘N’ ROLL MERCENARIES Meat Loaf and John Parr

34 ( 34 ) LOVERBOY Chairmen Of The Board

35 ( 63 ) ONE GREAT THING Big Country

36 ( 54 ) WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN The Bangles

37 ( NEW ) THAT’LL BE THE DAY Buddy Holly & The Crickets

38 ( 31 ) CRY Godley & Creme

39 ( 57 ) THE SOUND OF MUSIC Falco

40 ( 65 ) SAME OLD STORY Ultravox

 

41 ( 35 ) PAPA DON’T PREACH Madonna

42 ( 33 ) OH PEOPLE Patti Labelle

43 ( 29 ) AIN’T NOTHIN’ GOING’ ON BUT THE RENT Gwen Guthrie

44 ( 51 ) ALL I WANT TO DO UB40

45 ( 30 ) BREAKING AWAY Jaki Graham

46 ( 59 ) IN TOO DEEP Genesis

47 ( 68 ) WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER Queen

48 ( NEW ) HEARTACHE ALL OVER THE WORLD Elton John

49 ( NEW ) TO BE A LOVER Billy Idol

50 ( 48 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

 

51 ( 39 ) I WANT TO WAKE UP WITH YOU Boris Gardiner

52 ( 46 ) NEW BEGINNING (MAMBA SEYRA) Bucks Fizz

53 ( RE ) STUCK WITH YOU Huey Lewis & The News

54 ( 27 ) TYPICAL MALE Tina Turner

55 ( 38 ) I CAN PROVE IT Phil Fearon & Galaxy

56 ( 52 ) OPPORTUNITIES (LET’S MAKE LOTS OF MONEY) Pet Shop Boys

57 ( NEW ) WONDERFUL LIFE Black

58 ( NEW ) BA BA BANKROBBERY Eav

59 ( 49 ) SHOUT Lulu

60 ( NEW ) SUBURBIA Pet Shop Boys

 

61 ( 50 ) GLORY OF LOVE Peter Cetera

62 ( 41 ) NICE IN NICE The Stranglers

63 ( 67 ) HOLD ON TIGHT Samantha Fox

64 ( 64 ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite

65 ( 42 ) DREAMTIME Daryl Hall

66 ( 43 ) LOVE THE ONE YOU’RE WITH Bucks Fizz

67 ( NEW ) COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS Ashford & Simpson

68 ( RE ) TRUE COLORS Cyndi Lauper

69 ( NEW ) A MATTER OF TRUST Billy Joel

70 ( NEW ) I WANT EVERYTHING The Godfathers

 

71 ( NEW ) RUNAWAY Luis Gardenas

72 ( 72 ) HOUNDS OF LOVE Kate Bush

73 ( NEW ) I’VE BEEN LOSING YOU a-ha

74 ( 66 ) THE EDGE OF HEAVEN Wham!

75 ( NEW ) GOOD VIBRATIONS Psychic TV

 

Oldies

1 THE LEGEND OF XANADU Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich

2 SECRET LOVE Kathy Kirby

3 RACE WITH THE DEVIL Gun

30th September 1986

 

It's 6 weeks on top for Human, their longest run at 1, as Big Supreme get a well-deserved top 10 placing in the absence of an actual chart placing in the real world, and The Police try a comeback which goes horribly acrimoniously leaving only the new version of their 1980 number one in at 8 - they really did mean it when they said don't stand so close to me. Dead Or Alive get a full-set of top 10's since You spin me Round.

 

Critics who claimed every Quo song sounded the same (they don't) had no response to their cover of In The Army Now, sounding nothing like Quo and fab, in at 18. Pet Shop Boys make it 4 top 20's in a row as Suburbia rockets up to 17, and Elton is still leaping into the 20 15 years on. The Pretenders have an Avengers-themed 60's moment with the great Don't Get Me Wrong in at 30, while lower end hits continue to enter for Loose Ends, Julian Cope and his best post-Teardrops Explode single, Howard Jones, Marti Webb, 15 years of Rod Stewart, Paul Young, The Housemartins, and New Order.

 

 

1 ( 1 ) HUMAN Human League

2 ( 3 ) TRUE BLUE Madonna

3 ( 8 ) THORN IN MY SIDE Eurythmics

4 ( 5 ) RAIN OR SHINE Five Star

5 ( 10 ) RUMORS Timex Social Club

6 ( 6 ) WORD UP Cameo

7 ( 11 ) DON’T WALK The Big Supreme

8 ( NEW ) DON’T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME ’86 The Police

9 ( 7 ) WALK THIS WAY Run-DMC featuring Aerosmith

10 ( 12 ) BRAND NEW LOVER Dead Or Alive

 

11 ( 2 ) ELEANOR RIGBY/ YELLOW SUBMARINE The Beatles

12 ( 13 ) YOU CAN CALL ME AL Paul Simon

13 ( 18 ) FOREVER (LIVE AND DIE) OMD

14 ( 15 ) PRETTY IN PINK The Psychedelic Furs

15 ( 16 ) LOVE CAN’T TURN AROUND Farley ‘Jackmaster’ Funk featuring Daryl Pandy

16 ( 20 ) THAT WAS THEN THIS IS NOW The Monkees

17 ( 60 ) SUBURBIA Pet Shop Boys

18 ( NEW ) IN THE ARMY NOW Status Quo

19 ( 4 ) YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME Bon Jovi

20 ( 48 ) HEARTACHE ALL OVER THE WORLD Elton John

 

21 ( 14 ) WHEN I THINK OF YOU Janet Jackson

22 ( 9 ) (I JUST) DIED IN YOUR ARMS Cutting Crew

23 ( 39 ) THE SOUND OF MUSIC Falco

24 ( 19 ) DON’T LEAVE ME THIS WAY The Communards

25 ( 31 ) MONTEGO BAY Amazulu

26 ( 21 ) KISS THE DIRT (FALLING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN) INXS

27 ( 29 ) SWEET FREEDOM Michael MacDonald

28 ( 17 ) WE DON’T HAVE TO TAKE OUR CLOTHES OFF Jermaine Stewart

29 ( 34 ) LOVERBOY Chairmen Of The Board

30 ( NEW ) DON’T GET ME WRONG The Pretenders

 

31 ( 27 ) DIAMOND GIRL Pete Wylie

32 ( 35 ) ONE GREAT THING Big Country

33 ( 33 ) ROCK ‘N’ ROLL MERCENARIES Meat Loaf and John Parr

34 ( 24 ) BROTHER LOUIE Modern Talking

35 ( 36 ) WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN The Bangles

36 ( 30 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross

37 ( 46 ) IN TOO DEEP Genesis

38 ( 40 ) SAME OLD STORY Ultravox

39 ( 28 ) PANIC The Smiths

40 ( 53 ) STUCK WITH YOU Huey Lewis & The News

 

41 ( 25 ) HEARTLAND The The

42 ( 32 ) BURN Doctor & The Medics

43 ( 22 ) HOLIDAY RAP MC MIker G & Deejay Sven

44 ( 44 ) ALL I WANT TO DO UB40

45 ( 41 ) PAPA DON’T PREACH Madonna

46 ( 49 ) TO BE A LOVER Billy Idol

47 ( 47 ) WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER Queen

48 ( 38 ) CRY Godley & Creme

49 ( 26 ) RAGE HARD Frankie Goes To Hollywood

50 ( 50 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

 

51 ( NEW ) SLOW DOWN Loose Ends

52 ( NEW ) WORLD SHUT YOUR MOUTH Julian Cope

53 ( 23 ) ADORATIONS Killing Joke

54 ( 42 ) OH PEOPLE Patti Labelle

55 ( 57 ) WONDERFUL LIFE Black

56 ( 52 ) NEW BEGINNING (MAMBA SEYRA) Bucks Fizz

57 ( 73 ) I’VE BEEN LOSING YOU a-ha

58 ( 43 ) AIN’T NOTHIN’ GOING’ ON BUT THE RENT Gwen Guthrie

59 ( NEW ) ALL I WANT Howard Jones

60 ( 56 ) OPPORTUNITIES (LET’S MAKE LOTS OF MONEY) Pet Shop Boys

 

61 ( 68 ) TRUE COLORS Cyndi Lauper

62 ( 37 ) THAT’LL BE THE DAY Buddy Holly & The Crickets

63 ( 69 ) A MATTER OF TRUST Billy Joel

64 ( NEW ) ANOTHER HEARTACHE Rod Stewart

65 ( 45 ) BREAKING AWAY Jaki Graham

66 ( 64 ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite

67 ( 67 ) COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS Ashford & Simpson

68 ( 55 ) I CAN PROVE IT Phil Fearon & Galaxy

69 ( NEW ) ALWAYS THERE Marti Webb

70 ( 59 ) SHOUT Lulu

 

71 ( NEW ) TWO OF HEARTS Stacey Q

72 ( NEW ) WONDERLAND Paul Young

73 ( NEW ) DREAMER B B & Q

74 ( NEW ) THINK FOR A MINUTE The Housemartins

75 ( NEW ) STATE OF THE NATION New Order

 

 

FAVE OLDIES OF THE WEEK

1 HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART The Bee Gees

2 EMMA Hot Chocolate

3 THE WEDDING Julie Rogers

4 I STARTED A JOKE The Bee Gees

5 YOU’LL ALWAYS BE A FRIEND Hot Chocolate

7th October 1986

 

7th and final week on top for Human (phew!) leaving Madonna at 2, Quo shooting up to 3, or Pet Shop Boys up to 7 to take over next week. Madonna had just had her first chart-topper, Pet Shop Boys 2 of 3, and Quo never ever topped my chart to date. The Monkees get a new track into the 10 for the first time ever, Paul Simon his first since Love Me Like A Rock in 1973, and The Pretenders make it 7 years of top 20's.

 

Highest new entry is a stonking Hi-NRG version of the Supremes You Keep Me hanging On to give Kim Wilde her first biggie in a few years, in at 32, while Paul hardcastle takes the new TOTP theme tune in at 40. Red Box are all For America (not really, it's a slagging off), and Wax are systematic at 59 - but presumably not their car is not hydromatic, nor greased lightning. Shakatak & Gary Numan are back at 71 together again, and two veterans return - James Brown, and Jackson Browne, the man who had Doctor My Eyes back in 1972 before The Jackson 5 covered it.

 

1 ( 1 ) HUMAN Human League

2 ( 2 ) TRUE BLUE Madonna

3 ( 18 ) IN THE ARMY NOW Status Quo

4 ( 4 ) RAIN OR SHINE Five Star

5 ( 3 ) THORN IN MY SIDE Eurythmics

6 ( 8 ) DON’T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME ’86 The Police

7 ( 17 ) SUBURBIA Pet Shop Boys

8 ( 16 ) THAT WAS THEN THIS IS NOW The Monkees

9 ( 5 ) RUMORS Timex Social Club

10 ( 12 ) YOU CAN CALL ME AL Paul Simon

 

11 ( 10 ) BRAND NEW LOVER Dead Or Alive

12 ( 13 ) FOREVER (LIVE AND DIE) OMD

13 ( 15 ) LOVE CAN’T TURN AROUND Farley ‘Jackmaster’ Funk featuring Daryl Pandy

14 ( 30 ) DON’T GET ME WRONG The Pretenders

15 ( 7 ) DON’T WALK The Big Supreme

16 ( 6 ) WORD UP Cameo

17 ( 9 ) WALK THIS WAY Run-DMC featuring Aerosmith

18 ( 23 ) THE SOUND OF MUSIC Falco

19 ( 25 ) MONTEGO BAY Amazulu

20 ( 20 ) HEARTACHE ALL OVER THE WORLD Elton John

 

21 ( 14 ) PRETTY IN PINK The Psychedelic Furs

22 ( 11 ) ELEANOR RIGBY/ YELLOW SUBMARINE The Beatles

23 ( 29 ) LOVERBOY Chairmen Of The Board

24 ( 24 ) DON’T LEAVE ME THIS WAY The Communards

25 ( 21 ) WHEN I THINK OF YOU Janet Jackson

26 ( 27 ) SWEET FREEDOM Michael MacDonald

27 ( 40 ) STUCK WITH YOU Huey Lewis & The News

28 ( 28 ) WE DON’T HAVE TO TAKE OUR CLOTHES OFF Jermaine Stewart

29 ( 35 ) WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN The Bangles

30 ( 19 ) YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME Bon Jovi

 

31 ( 22 ) (I JUST) DIED IN YOUR ARMS Cutting Crew

32 ( NEW ) YOU KEEP ME HANGIN’ ON Kim Wilde

33 ( 26 ) KISS THE DIRT (FALLING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN) INXS

34 ( 37 ) IN TOO DEEP Genesis

35 ( 34 ) BROTHER LOUIE Modern Talking

36 ( 38 ) SAME OLD STORY Ultravox

37 ( 52 ) WORLD SHUT YOUR MOUTH Julian Cope

38 ( 51 ) SLOW DOWN Loose Ends

39 ( 39 ) PANIC The Smiths

40 ( NEW ) THE WIZARD Paul Hardcastle

 

41 ( 36 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross

42 ( 46 ) TO BE A LOVER Billy Idol

43 ( 47 ) WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER Queen

44 ( RE ) BA BA BANKROBBERY Eav

45 ( 57 ) I’VE BEEN LOSING YOU a-ha

46 ( 45 ) PAPA DON’T PREACH Madonna

47 ( 61 ) TRUE COLORS Cyndi Lauper

48 ( 48 ) CRY Godley & Creme

49 ( 42 ) BURN Doctor & The Medics

50 ( 50 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

 

51 ( 63 ) A MATTER OF TRUST Billy Joel

52 ( 31 ) DIAMOND GIRL Pete Wylie

53 ( NEW ) FOR AMERICA Red Box

54 ( 59 ) ALL I WANT Howard Jones

55 ( 33 ) ROCK ‘N’ ROLL MERCENARIES Meat Loaf and John Parr

56 ( 32 ) ONE GREAT THING Big Country

57 ( 41 ) HEARTLAND The The

58 ( 56 ) NEW BEGINNING (MAMBA SEYRA) Bucks Fizz

59 ( NEW ) SYSTEMATIC Wax

60 ( 60 ) OPPORTUNITIES (LET’S MAKE LOTS OF MONEY) Pet Shop Boys

 

61 ( 69 ) ALWAYS THERE Marti Webb

62 ( 54 ) OH PEOPLE Patti Labelle

63 ( NEW ) WHOLE NEW WORLD It Bites

64 ( 44 ) ALL I WANT TO DO UB40

65 ( 72 ) WONDERLAND Paul Young

66 ( 71 ) TWO OF HEARTS Stacey Q

67 ( 66 ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite

68 ( 73 ) DREAMER B B & Q

69 ( 64 ) ANOTHER HEARTACHE Rod Stewart

70 ( 75 ) STATE OF THE NATION New Order

 

71 ( NEW ) NEW THING FROM LONDON TOWN Sharpe & Numan

72 ( NEW ) IN THE SHAPE OF A HEART Jackson Browne

73 ( NEW ) GRAVITY James Brown

74 ( 74 ) THINK FOR A MINUTE The Housemartins

75 ( 53 ) ADORATIONS Killing Joke

 

7th Oct

PLAYIST OLDIES

 

1 I STARTED A JOKE The Bee Gees

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

3 THE LEGEND OF XANADU Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich

Welcome back Popchartfreak (or should that be our Halloween username 'Choppartfreak' this month! :o ), haven't seen you around on the site in a while.

 

'Kim's version of 'You Keep Me Hanging On' is very good I think. I really like the epic production in it, and it isn't cheesy unlike a lot of late 80s Hi-NRG/dance-pop songs!

 

'Love Can't Turn Around' is much more fun and funky than many of the house hits to come in 1987 and 1988. Very good track.

 

As for Dead or Alive, 'Brand New Lover' is very good but, naturally, I prefer the more dancey sounding 'Something In My House'.

 

'Suburbia' I definitely much prefer to 'Opportunities....' Great song.

 

'Don't Get Me Wrong' by The Pretenders is a lovely song as is 'Wonderful Life' by Black and your oldie The Bee Gees 'I Started A Joke'. I really like Bon Jovi's track 'You Give Love A Bad Name' too, probably more than 'Living On A Prayer'.

 

Finally the Sharpe and Numan track 'New Thing From London Town' I have just listened to, and it sounds great for the time, pity it wasn't a hit.

Edited October 6, 20186 yr by The Pus 👽

SEVEN WEEKS?!!!!! This is simply unforgivable :P

 

Suburbia though :wub:

 

Welcome back Popchartfreak (or should that be our Halloween username 'Choppartfreak' this month! :o ), haven't seen you around on the site in a while.

 

'Kim's version of 'You Keep Me Hanging On' is very good I think. I really like the epic production in it, and it isn't cheesy unlike a lot of late 80s Hi-NRG/dance-pop songs!

 

'Love Can't Turn Around' is much more fun and funky than many of the house hits to come in 1987 and 1988. Very good track.

 

As for Dead or Alive, 'Brand New Lover' is very good but, naturally, I prefer the more dancey sounding 'Something In My House'.

 

'Suburbia' I definitely much prefer to 'Opportunities....' Great song.

 

'Don't Get Me Wrong' by The Pretenders is a lovely song as is 'Wonderful Life' by Black and your oldie The Bee Gees 'I Started A Joke'. I really like Bon Jovi's track 'You Give Love A Bad Name' too, probably more than 'Living On A Prayer'.

 

Finally the Sharpe and Numan track 'New Thing From London Town' I have just listened to, and it sounds great for the time, pity it wasn't a hit.

Cheers and yes i should use choppartfreak again well remembered! :) sorry for the gap in services been dealing with a spot of carcinoma now removed, parent caring issues, and a bit of panic anxiety stuff but am now on a weeks break in sunny hot gran canaria to get factor 50 away from it all. No more sunshine without cream for me :)

 

Kim did a fab version of you keep me hangin on at bournemouth not long ago, shes on cracking form. I have yet to check out that sharpe n numan track as i literslly havent heard it since 1986 and am curious :lol:

 

All those tracks you list are fab and i agre about the dead or alive tracks too

 

Cheers!

 

John

SEVEN WEEKS?!!!!! This is simply unforgivable :P

 

Suburbia though :wub:

Hi dandy :)

 

A bit over rated by me i agree, but at least i didnt keep you on tenterhooks wondering how long the torture would carry on with human on top :lol:

 

Suburbia is a better record, and the best track in the upper reaches i agree. This marked the changeover from human league being my fave act of the 80s to pet shop boys being my fave act of the second half of the 80s, 90s, 00s and 10s.

 

Cheers!

John

Hi John.

 

So sorry to hear of recent issues. I hope you are ok. Missed you in BJSC last month.

 

As for 1986, this was the year where I became obsessed with the charts and TOTP for the first time, so will need to set aside a couple of hours to go through this thread. I'm sure I will approve :lol:

 

Glad to have you back :wub:

Hi John.

 

So sorry to hear of recent issues. I hope you are ok. Missed you in BJSC last month.

 

As for 1986, this was the year where I became obsessed with the charts and TOTP for the first time, so will need to set aside a couple of hours to go through this thread. I'm sure I will approve :lol:

 

Glad to have you back :wub:

Thanks AH thats kind of you to say :) BJSC was the top thing i missed out on i think so hope to be back when ive caught up with stuff. Hope the 1986 chart positions match some of yours at the time! :)

 

Thanks again AH :wub:

14th October 1986

 

It's Madonna grabbing a second chart-topper and not the Pet Shop Boys who have to make do with 4 for now, their 3rd top 5 (2 of them number 1's). I love the video for True Blue, Madonna was all 50's-stylee in love with Sean Penn. Possibly why she excludes the track at every opportunity from compilations and concerts. It's not as if it's as awful as Hanky Panky...

 

The Pretenders make it 7 years of top 10 hits, since Kid became the first, and OMD 6 years after a slow climb with Forever (Live And Die). Red Box rocket up For America and a second top 20, The Bangles get a 3rd, and Chairmen Of The Board do it for the 7th time after a gap of 13 years. Highest new entry is a bit of a classic from Berlin, Take My Breath Away from a film I've never seen, Top something or other starring Tom somebody. Probably obscure. New at 34 it's DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince, both debuting for the start of a lengthy chart runs as kids. Not sure what happened to Will someone, I think he went into acting and had some modest success.

 

The Stranglers are back with Always The Sun, very tuneful and not at all like Peaches some 9 years earlier, in at 47. Kissing The Pink get a 3rd entry, presumably It should have been Kissing The Green as pink is worth 6. Aretha covers the Stones and keeps her 80's run going, 18 years on, as Boris & Gwen get some follow-up action. Little Richard is also back over 30 years into his career with a good single in Operator, and just above them, sneaking in quietly it's Erasure with Sometimes. Much lower than it may have been expected to debut given it's rather fab. Vince thus makes it 5 years of hit songs.

 

 

1 ( 2 ) TRUE BLUE Madonna

2 ( 1 ) HUMAN Human League

3 ( 3 ) IN THE ARMY NOW Status Quo

4 ( 7 ) SUBURBIA Pet Shop Boys

5 ( 4 ) RAIN OR SHINE Five Star

6 ( 8 ) THAT WAS THEN THIS IS NOW The Monkees

7 ( 5 ) THORN IN MY SIDE Eurythmics

8 ( 6 ) DON’T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME ’86 The Police

9 ( 14 ) DON’T GET ME WRONG The Pretenders

10 ( 12 ) FOREVER (LIVE AND DIE) OMD

 

11 ( 9 ) RUMORS Timex Social Club

12 ( 53 ) FOR AMERICA Red Box

13 ( 20 ) HEARTACHE ALL OVER THE WORLD Elton John

14 ( 19 ) MONTEGO BAY Amazulu

15 ( 11 ) BRAND NEW LOVER Dead Or Alive

16 ( 10 ) YOU CAN CALL ME AL Paul Simon

17 ( 16 ) WORD UP Cameo

18 ( 13 ) LOVE CAN’T TURN AROUND Farley ‘Jackmaster’ Funk featuring Daryl Pandy

19 ( 23 ) LOVERBOY Chairmen Of The Board

20 ( 29 ) WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN The Bangles

 

21 ( 18 ) THE SOUND OF MUSIC Falco

22 ( 15 ) DON’T WALK The Big Supreme

23 ( 32 ) YOU KEEP ME HANGIN’ ON Kim Wilde

24 ( 17 ) WALK THIS WAY Run-DMC featuring Aerosmith

25 ( NEW ) TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin

26 ( 25 ) WHEN I THINK OF YOU Janet Jackson

27 ( 22 ) ELEANOR RIGBY/ YELLOW SUBMARINE The Beatles

28 ( 40 ) THE WIZARD Paul Hardcastle

29 ( 37 ) WORLD SHUT YOUR MOUTH Julian Cope

30 ( 45 ) I’VE BEEN LOSING YOU a-ha

 

31 ( 63 ) WHOLE NEW WORLD It Bites

32 ( 24 ) DON’T LEAVE ME THIS WAY The Communards

33 ( 27 ) STUCK WITH YOU Huey Lewis & The News

34 ( NEW ) GIRLS AIN’T NOTHIN’ BUT TROUBLE DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

35 ( 21 ) PRETTY IN PINK The Psychedelic Furs

36 ( 31 ) (I JUST) DIED IN YOUR ARMS Cutting Crew

37 ( 42 ) TO BE A LOVER Billy Idol

38 ( 35 ) BROTHER LOUIE Modern Talking

39 ( 28 ) WE DON’T HAVE TO TAKE OUR CLOTHES OFF Jermaine Stewart

40 ( 33 ) KISS THE DIRT (FALLING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN) INXS

 

41 ( 41 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross

42 ( 44 ) BA BA BANKROBBERY Eav

43 ( 30 ) YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME Bon Jovi

44 ( 39 ) PANIC The Smiths

45 ( 26 ) SWEET FREEDOM Michael MacDonald

46 ( 54 ) ALL I WANT Howard Jones

47 ( NEW ) ALWAYS THE SUN The Stranglers

48 ( 46 ) PAPA DON’T PREACH Madonna

49 ( NEW ) NEVER TOO LATE TO LOVE YOU Kissing The Pink

50 ( 48 ) CRY Godley & Creme

 

51 ( 50 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

52 ( 38 ) SLOW DOWN Loose Ends

53 ( 47 ) TRUE COLORS Cyndi Lauper

54 ( NEW ) JUMPING JACK FLASH Aretha Franklin

55 ( 49 ) BURN Doctor & The Medics

56 ( 34 ) IN TOO DEEP Genesis

57 ( 72 ) IN THE SHAPE OF A HEART Jackson Browne

58 ( 58 ) NEW BEGINNING (MAMBA SEYRA) Bucks Fizz

59 ( 59 ) SYSTEMATIC Wax

60 ( 60 ) OPPORTUNITIES (LET’S MAKE LOTS OF MONEY) Pet Shop Boys

 

61 ( 36 ) SAME OLD STORY Ultravox

62 ( 43 ) WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER Queen

63 ( 73 ) GRAVITY James Brown

64 ( 65 ) WONDERLAND Paul Young

65 ( NEW ) YOU’RE EVERYTHING TO ME Boris Gardiner

66 ( 62 ) OH PEOPLE Patti Labelle

67 ( 67 ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite

68 ( NEW ) CLOSE TO YOU Gwen Guthrie

69 ( 51 ) A MATTER OF TRUST Billy Joel

70 ( 57 ) HEARTLAND The The

 

71 ( NEW ) MIDAS TOUCH Midnight Star

72 ( 52 ) DIAMOND GIRL Pete Wylie

73 ( NEW ) C’MON EVERY BEATBOX Big Audio Dynamite

74 ( NEW ) SOMETIMES Erasure

75 ( NEW ) OPERATOR Little Richard

 

Playlist Oldies Of The Week

1 EMMA Hot Chocolate

2 THE LEGEND OF XANADU Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich

3 LOVE IS LIFE Hot Chocolate