November 15, 20195 yr Author I didn’t even notice the Beehive way down there! I Say Nothing is one of my favourite 80s pop songs, hope it climbs! Hi dandy*, yes it will climb, I always thought they were fab :)
November 15, 20195 yr Author did you chart All About Eve - In the Clouds? was one of my favs from that time of the year in 87 you must have read my mind.... :lol: (see below)
November 15, 20195 yr Author 15th November 1987 It's 4 weeks on top for The Bee Gees as the top 3 stranglehold continues with Mac & Jacko for the 7th week in a row, it's rare that the same 3 dominate for that long in my charts. Donna Summer gets her first top 5 since McArthur Park in 1978, discounting the remix of I Feel Love, and Alexander O'Neal rockets into the top 10 league with Criticize up 31 to 6, and Eric B & Rakim outdo that with a 50-place climb to 10. That keeps out a remix of The Pretenders' fab 1979 top 10 track Kid, in at 11, as Labi Siffre gets his 5th top 20 in 16 years. T'Pau get a 2nd top 20, and that Dirty Dancing blockbuster hits 20 for a Righteous Brother getting his first for 18 years, and Jennifer Warnes getting a first in 10 years of trying. Mirage Jack in at 37, The Housemartins career continues to Build (though not for that much longer) at 40, and ABC get a 3rd great track off Alphabeat City at 48 - King Without A Crown. Donny Osmond is Grooving in at 57, and a chart return for the first time as an adult - that'll be 11 years away, and a chart career stretching back to 1972. It would be fair to say that Donny, who I stood next to in Bournemouth when he opened the branch of HMV that I still shop in, had been on the same road as David Cassidy - as in a teen idol comeback inspired by George Michael's music. There's another ex-Beatle in the chart, as Paul joins George, Once Upon A Long Ago. George's is the better one. Prince gets another Sign O' The Times track in, the good I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man, Martha's Harbour genteel goth enters with In The Clouds, and Alison Moyet does another classic cover, in Love Letters, a hit for Ketty Lester and Elvis among others pre-dating my charts. Sneaking briefly in at the bottom end it's the fab Chris Isaak and fab Blue Hotel. It would take just over 3 years to chart in the UK and get a top 10 slot here, after Wicked Game paves the way. Boy George has a low-key start for a fabulous touching sweeping ballad that never got the success it deserved, and Soho drop in at 75. No idea either, but they were on the RAK record label, I still adore that blue yacht logo. 1 ( 1 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees 2 ( 2 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 3 ( 3 ) BAD Michael Jackson 4 ( 5 ) GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU George Harrison 5 ( 10 ) DINNER WITH GERSHWIN Donna Summer 6 ( 37 ) CRITICIZE Alexander O’Neal 7 ( 8 ) HERE I GO AGAIN Whitesnake 8 ( 4 ) LOVE IN THE FIRST DEGREE Bananarama 9 ( 6 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys 10 ( 60 ) PAID IN FULL Eric B & Rakim 11 ( NEW ) KID The Pretenders 12 ( 15 ) I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW Tiffany 13 ( 7 ) FAITH George Michael 14 ( 22 ) NOTHING’S GONNA CHANGE Labi Siffre 15 ( 9 ) PUMP UP THE VOLUME M/A/R/R/S 16 ( 20 ) WHO FOUND WHO Jellybean featuring Lisa Fiorillo 17 ( 24 ) CHINA IN YOUR HAND T’Pau 18 ( 14 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield 19 ( 30 ) LET ME BE THE ONE Expose 20 ( 45 ) (I’VE HAD THE) TIME OF MY LIFE Jennifer Warnes & Bill Medley 21 ( 11 ) WHEN THE FINGERS POINT The Christians 22 ( 13 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone 23 ( 23 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies 24 ( 12 ) REMEMBER ME Cliff Richard 25 ( 16 ) CROCKETT’S THEME Jan Hammer 26 ( 27 ) I’VE BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE Cutting Crew 27 ( 29 ) HE’S GONNA STEP ON YOU AGAIN The Party Boys 28 ( 19 ) HOLIDAY The Other Ones 29 ( 17 ) NEED YOU TONIGHT INXS 30 ( 50 ) SHO YOU RIGHT Barry White 31 ( 21 ) NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE The Communards 32 ( 26 ) CARS (E REG MODEL)/ ARE ‘FRIENDS’ ELECTRIC Gary Numan & Tubeway Army 33 ( 18 ) MONY MONY (US SINGLE VERSION/LIVE VERSION) Billy Idol 34 ( 68 ) DEVIL’S BALL Double 35 ( 63 ) I SAY NOTHING Voice Of The Beehive 36 ( 69 ) I STARTED SOMETHING I COULDN’T FINISH The Smiths 37 ( NEW ) JACK MIX IV Mirage 38 ( 71 ) SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCK Maxi Priest 39 ( 49 ) DEEP AND WIDE AND TALL Aztec Camera 40 ( NEW ) BUILD The Housemartins 41 ( 25 ) TEARS FROM HEAVEN Heartbeat 42 ( 33 ) MY BAG Lloyd Cole & The Commotions 43 ( 36 ) LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING Climie Fisher 44 ( 31 ) COME SEE ABOUT ME Shakin’ Stevens 45 ( 35 ) DUDE (LOOKS LIKE A LADY) Aerosmith 46 ( 32 ) ONLY IN MY DREAMS Debbie Gibson 47 ( 38 ) THE NIGHT YOU MURDERED LOVE ABC 48 ( NEW ) KING WITHOUT A CROWN ABC 49 ( 74 ) LETTER FROM AMERICA The Proclaimers 50 ( 64 ) MY BABY JUST CARES FOR ME Nina Simone 51 ( 39 ) LOST IN EMOTION Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam 52 ( 40 ) TIME STAND STILL Rush 53 ( 28 ) THE RIGHT STUFF Bryan Ferry 54 ( 51 ) WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC 55 ( 34 ) WANTED The Style Council 56 ( 44 ) NO MEMORY Scarlet Fantastic 57 ( NEW ) GROOVE Donny Osmond 58 ( 54 ) LOVE POWER Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osbourne 59 ( 53 ) I HEARD A RUMOUR Bananarama 60 ( 55 ) I JUST CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU Michael Jackson featuring Siedah Garrett 61 ( 61 ) BARCELONA Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballe 62 ( 42 ) THIS CORROSION Sisters Of Mercy 63 ( 73 ) WAY OUT The La’s 64 ( NEW ) ONCE UPON A LONG AGO Paul McCartney 65 ( 65 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles 66 ( NEW ) I COULD NEVER TAKE THE PLACE OF YOUR MAN Prince 67 ( NEW ) IN THE CLOUDS Martha’s Harbour 68 ( 67 ) HUMAN Human League 69 ( 75 ) I WON’T CRY Glen Goldsmith 70 ( NEW ) LOVE LETTERS Alison Moyet 71 ( 66 ) IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys 72 ( NEW ) BLUE HOTEL Chris Isaak 73 ( NEW ) TO BE REBORN Boy George 74 ( 56 ) HEART AND SOUL T’Pau 75 ( NEW ) MONA LISA SMILE Soho Playlist oldies of the week 1 HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART The Bee Gees 2 YOU CAME YOU SAW YOU CONQUERED The Pearls 3 CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUASION Tommy James & The Shondells
November 22, 20195 yr Author 22nd November 1987 So, for the 9th week in a row the top 3 is the same acts - it's Little Lies returning to the top slot for a 4th week, meaning essentially that Bad, Little Lies and You Win Again would ordinarily all have had a 9-week run on top of my charts if they hadn't collided release schedules - except that Bad would anyway have been overtaken after 8 weeks by another album track, The Way You Make Me Feel re-entering at 3. The Pretenders hit the top 10 for the second time with Kid, Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes get their only name-check on a top 10, and The Proclaimers rocket up with a letter from America. First Class post presumably, up to 18 from outside the 40. Fab. Barry White gets his first top 20 since Just The Way You Are in 1979, Sho You Right just happy to have him back, albeit not in the same league as his string-drenched classics. Highest new entry is Pet Shop Boys cover of Elvis' cover of Always On My Mind, originally just a contribution to a TV show of artists covering Elvis hits to celebrate his 10th deathiversary. The great reaction convinced them to record it and release it as a single, and it enters at 24. The song was originally recorded by B.J. Thomas who Elvis had a habit of grabbing UK hit single covers from - B.J. only ever had one UK hit, but over a decade of singles successes in the USA. ABC make it 3 top 40 hits in '87, Paul McCartney gets to be the second Beatle in the 40, and Donny Osmond gets his biggest solo single since errr Why in 1972. Yes, I didn't rate most of his solo singles beyond 1972 even the big ones. Johnny Hates Jazz a 3rd time, The Hooters flash their satellite, and soulpop acts Janet, Whitney and Luther all get minor entries. 2 of them would eventually duet together to bigger and better effect. Not Whitney. Finally, veterans bunch together: Sting, Errol Brown, Peter Gabriel with his old song done live, and and Joe Cocker covering Ray Charles. 1 ( 2 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 2 ( 1 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees 3 ( RE ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson 4 ( 3 ) BAD Michael Jackson 5 ( 6 ) CRITICIZE Alexander O’Neal 6 ( 5 ) DINNER WITH GERSHWIN Donna Summer 7 ( 4 ) GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU George Harrison 8 ( 10 ) PAID IN FULL Eric B & Rakim 9 ( 11 ) KID The Pretenders 10 ( 20 ) (I’VE HAD THE) TIME OF MY LIFE Jennifer Warnes & Bill Medley 11 ( 14 ) NOTHING’S GONNA CHANGE Labi Siffre 12 ( 17 ) CHINA IN YOUR HAND T’Pau 13 ( 7 ) HERE I GO AGAIN Whitesnake 14 ( 9 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys 15 ( 16 ) WHO FOUND WHO Jellybean featuring Lisa Fiorillo 16 ( 26 ) I’VE BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE Cutting Crew 17 ( 8 ) LOVE IN THE FIRST DEGREE Bananarama 18 ( 49 ) LETTER FROM AMERICA The Proclaimers 19 ( 18 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield 20 ( 30 ) SHO YOU RIGHT Barry White 21 ( 13 ) FAITH George Michael 22 ( 15 ) PUMP UP THE VOLUME M/A/R/R/S 23 ( 12 ) I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW Tiffany 24 ( NEW ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys 25 ( 23 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies 26 ( 21 ) WHEN THE FINGERS POINT The Christians 27 ( 48 ) KING WITHOUT A CROWN ABC 28 ( 38 ) SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCK Maxi Priest 29 ( 57 ) GROOVE Donny Osmond 30 ( 36 ) I STARTED SOMETHING I COULDN’T FINISH The Smiths 31 ( 22 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone 32 ( 34 ) DEVIL’S BALL Double 33 ( 64 ) ONCE UPON A LONG AGO Paul McCartney 34 ( 35 ) I SAY NOTHING Voice Of The Beehive 35 ( 37 ) JACK MIX IV Mirage 36 ( 40 ) BUILD The Housemartins 37 ( 32 ) CARS (E REG MODEL)/ ARE ‘FRIENDS’ ELECTRIC Gary Numan & Tubeway Army 38 ( 19 ) LET ME BE THE ONE Expose 39 ( NEW ) I WANNA BE YOUR PROPERTY Blue Mercedes 40 ( 28 ) HOLIDAY The Other Ones 41 ( 29 ) NEED YOU TONIGHT INXS 42 ( 25 ) CROCKETT’S THEME Jan Hammer 43 ( 66 ) I COULD NEVER TAKE THE PLACE OF YOUR MAN Prince 44 ( 27 ) HE’S GONNA STEP ON YOU AGAIN The Party Boys 45 ( 50 ) MY BABY JUST CARES FOR ME Nina Simone 46 ( 24 ) REMEMBER ME Cliff Richard 47 ( 69 ) I WON’T CRY Glen Goldsmith 48 ( 73 ) TO BE REBORN Boy George 49 ( 33 ) MONY MONY (US SINGLE VERSION/LIVE VERSION) Billy Idol 50 ( 43 ) LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING Climie Fisher 51 ( 42 ) MY BAG Lloyd Cole & The Commotions 52 ( NEW ) ON FIRE Blue Zone 53 ( NEW ) TURN BACK THE CLOCK Johnny Hates Jazz 54 ( NEW ) CITY LIGHTS William Pitt 55 ( 31 ) NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE The Communards 56 ( 44 ) COME SEE ABOUT ME Shakin’ Stevens 57 ( RE ) I FOUND SOMEONE Cher 58 ( 47 ) THE NIGHT YOU MURDERED LOVE ABC 59 ( NEW ) SATELLITE The Hooters 60 ( 54 ) WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC 61 ( 67 ) IN THE CLOUDS All About Eve 62 ( 58 ) LOVE POWER Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osbourne 63 ( 60 ) I JUST CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU Michael Jackson featuring Siedah Garrett 64 ( 59 ) I HEARD A RUMOUR Bananarama 65 ( 70 ) LOVE LETTERS Alison Moyet 66 ( 65 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles 67 ( NEW ) SO AMAZING Luther Vandross 68 ( 68 ) HUMAN Human League 69 ( NEW ) FUNNY HOW TIME FLIES Janet Jackson 70 ( NEW ) SO EMOTIONAL Whitney Houston 71 ( NEW ) BIKO (LIVE) Peter Gabriel 72 ( NEW ) WE’LL BE TOGETHER Sting 73 ( NEW ) UNCHAIN MY HEART Joe Cocker 74 ( 74 ) HEART AND SOUL T’Pau 75 ( NEW ) BODY ROCKIN’ Errol Brown playlist oldies 1 PRETTY WOMAN Roy Orbison 2 HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE The Bee Gees 3 IN DREAMS Roy Orbison 4 UNION SILVER Middle Of The Road
November 23, 20195 yr great for Always on my Mind, best thing the PSB have ever done also really like the Blue Mercedes song, sure I haven't heard it since back then :) and also liked Turn back the Clock, was a big fan of Johnny Hates Jazz, too bad they didn't last long
November 24, 20195 yr Can't wait to see who get the Xmas no1 in your 1987 chart Pop! Pet Shop Boys? T'Pau? The Pogues? Edited November 24, 20195 yr by Steve201
November 24, 20195 yr Author great for Always on my Mind, best thing the PSB have ever done also really like the Blue Mercedes song, sure I haven't heard it since back then :) and also liked Turn back the Clock, was a big fan of Johnny Hates Jazz, too bad they didn't last long Hi Bjork :) I think I got onto AOMY before it was released - and I loved it more than I liked the Elvis version (and that went top 10 for me). Blue Mercedes I have totally forgotten. Just playing it now, hang on a min....yes, it sounds familiar now - a bit ABC as done by a bouncing hyperactive teen as opposed to smooth stylish cool.... :lol:
November 24, 20195 yr Author Can't wait to see who get the Xmas no1 in your 1987 chart Pop! Pet Shop Boys? T'Pau? The Pogues? Me, too, I can't remember and my current 1987 chart notepad only goes to the end of Nov - haven't dug out the next one yet for Dec 87 through summer 88. It's not going to be T'Pau or The Pogues though - the latter didn't top my chart till the 90's, oops!
November 24, 20195 yr Author Surely PSB! This is PCF after all! well, I'm nothing if not PSB consistent :lol: I'd put money on it being PSB's too on the basis that there are 2 more tracks dating from 1987 to top my chart during the year and only 4 weeks total listed for them - so there is also one more oldie for one week to come :kink:
November 24, 20195 yr Always on my Mind is one of the beast #1s ever, for me I always count the PSB version as the definitive version as I'm not an Elvis fan at all I love playing the song on guitar, the chord sequence is really nice and the lyrics are beautiful although I always mess them up when I play the song
November 24, 20195 yr Me, too, I can't remember and my current 1987 chart notepad only goes to the end of Nov - haven't dug out the next one yet for Dec 87 through summer 88. It's not going to be T'Pau or The Pogues though - the latter didn't top my chart till the 90's, oops! The 91 re release?
November 25, 20195 yr Author Always on my Mind is one of the beast #1s ever, for me I always count the PSB version as the definitive version as I'm not an Elvis fan at all I love playing the song on guitar, the chord sequence is really nice and the lyrics are beautiful although I always mess them up when I play the song Oh, now I'm just envious that you can play guitar! :D I bought a guitar in my teens and realised I was never going to be Eric Clapton fairly quickly. It was a bit like playing guitar with unopened tins of meat instead of fingers on your hand... :lol:
November 25, 20195 yr Author The 91 re release? Good question, I think that was the one! I don't think I allowed oldies into my chart unless they made the official UK charts until the noughties when I relaxed the rules a bit to include uncharted tracks on charting albums, or tracks making download charts, and eventually, oldies in BJSC, films & adverts, and "goodbyes" to departing artists.
November 25, 20195 yr great for Always on my Mind, best thing the PSB have ever done I disagree. It's great but It's A Sin is better
November 26, 20195 yr but despite having such a long (and still-ongoing) career I really think they peaked in 87 and never done anything remotely similar in terms of quality to their four 1987 singles
November 26, 20195 yr Author The boys refer to 1987 as their Imperial Phase, when they could do no wrong and they were at their peak commercially, which is pretty accurate if you take Heart to be 1987 not 1988 too. My fave was the Dusty duet. Frankly they gave away some stunning stuff to Dusty, Eighth Wonder and Liza Minelli as well as Left To My Own Devices for themselves, that I'd say the peak was 1986 through 1988, more or less. I'm not necessarily talking about the singles either, Dusty's Daydreaming was fab but wasn't a single for some reason, and Liza's If There Was Love was gorgeous.
Create an account or sign in to comment