December 8, 20195 yr I don't remember that Expose track, I can only remember the one that goes What You Don't Know/Won't Hurt You/lalala... and that ballad Seasons Change that was a US #1... crazy how big they were in the US but they never ever had a UK Top 40...
December 8, 20195 yr Always annoyed me that no Bee Gees singles charted following You Win again, I guess they only promoted hard before the album. Is this Alison Moyets final single of the 1980s?
December 8, 20195 yr Always annoyed me that no Bee Gees singles charted following You Win again, I guess they only promoted hard before the album. ESP was a minor hit, reaching No.51.
December 8, 20195 yr Is this Alison Moyets final single of the 1980s? Yes, no more UK chart action until 1991 and no big hit until with Whispering Your Name which reached No.18.in 1994.
December 8, 20195 yr Sadly not, a flop in the UK, but big in America. They were part of the Florida dance scene that was happening and influencing, but the UK had gone full-on piano-tinkling House to set up the 90's dance movement, the USA was more about setting up the huge r'n'b 90's movement. Pet Shop Boys were listening though, as Domino Dancing would shortly demonstrate.... :) Just had a listen on Youtube and it's not bad at all.
December 8, 20195 yr Yes, no more UK chart action until 1991 and no big hit until with Whispering Your Name which reached No.18.in 1994. She's an absolute legend like!
December 9, 20195 yr Bee Gees always had 1 big hit per album in the late 80s and 90s but that's it, all the effort was in 1 single 1987: ESP album- You Win Again #1 1989: One album - One #7 in the US, although it flopped surprisingly in the UK 1991: High Civilisation album - Secret Love #5 1993: Size isn't everything album - For whom the Bells Toll #4 1997: Still waters album - Alone #5
December 10, 20195 yr Pretty impressive they kept the hits going right up until 1997, surprised they didn't chart with the 1989 lead single, musnt have got any airplay on radio 1?
December 10, 20195 yr Even the biggest groups can have flops breaking up a string of hits. Look at Cliff he had quite a few flops that I bet most people haven't heard of.
December 12, 20195 yr Author 12th December 1987 It's 2 weeks on top for the mighty Fabs, still holding off Pet Shop Boys Always On My Mind, still not available to buy but almost on top (bearing in mind I bought the charity single at 20 this week, I think that's a given!). Dusty's duet with Neil & Chris is still in the charts and on the back of that she gets reactivated chart action with classic early 60's hit I Only Want To Be With You in at 5. Long a childhood fave, it had already charted for Bay City Rollers in 1976 and The Tourists in 1979, the latter version making my top 10 and starring...Dave Stewart & Annie Lennox, who just happen to be up to 4 with Shame. I love a Musical Connections anecdote. Up 30 to 7 Fleetwood Mac make it 3 top 10's out of 4 from Tango In The Night, the flop Family Man doing better here than in the real world, and ditto ESP up to 12 for The Bee Gees, both following-up chart-toppers. The Pogues & Kirsty go top 20 for the first time - and not for the last time! Mel & Kim go top 20 for the first time - and the last time as a duet. I'll be seeing Kim day after tomorrow and I'm hoping she does Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree as Ive never seen her do that one. Cher meanwhile leaps into the 20 for her first solo top 20 in, gasp, 13 years! The gaps won't be that long again until the 21st century. Jellybean gets a quick 3rd top 40 hit with a spruced-up cover of a 1969 Santana latin track, Springsteen gets another hit at 41 with Tunnel Of Love, SAW do it alone again and are Packjammed With The Party Posse this time, presumably avoiding any roadblocks on the way. Sneaking in with a slightly amusing mickey-take of the Pet Shop Boys It's A Sin, Jonathan King returns for possibly the last chart entry in his 22-year-career (I was mad on Everyone's Gone To The Moon as a kid, and would have charted it high hypothetically) with Cat Stevens Wild World. It's supposed to underline the melodic similarity between the 2 songs, though actually it serves to show they aren't much alike apart from one short melody line. I mean it has ALL the same notes, but not necessarily in the right order.... Finally the Nanas get a 3rd SAW-track in a row in 1987, the lesser I Can't Help It following on two smashes, and taylor Dayne is stuck at 76 as she's still not officially announced as a UK single but is topping my fave non-single playlist (she would otherwise be very high in the chart). 1 ( 1 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles 2 ( 5 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys 3 ( 2 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson 4 ( 11 ) SHAME Eurythmics 5 ( NEW ) I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU Dusty Springfield 6 ( 3 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 7 ( 37 ) FAMILY MAN Fleetwood Mac 8 ( 4 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees 9 ( 7 ) LETTER FROM AMERICA The Proclaimers 10 ( 10 ) LOVE LETTERS Alison Moyet 11 ( 9 ) LET ME BE THE ONE/ (REMIX) Expose 12 ( 28 ) ESP The Bee Gees 13 ( 6 ) CRITICIZE Alexander O’Neal 14 ( 17 ) WHEN I FALL IN LOVE Nat ‘King’ Cole 15 ( 8 ) WHO FOUND WHO Jellybean featuring Lisa Fiorillo 16 ( 33 ) FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl 17 ( 18 ) I COULD NEVER TAKE THE PLACE OF YOUR MAN Prince 18 ( 12 ) BAD Michael Jackson 19 ( 38 ) I FOUND SOMEONE Cher 20 ( 36 ) ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE Mel (Smith) & Kim (Wilde) 21 ( 15 ) ONCE UPON A LONG AGO Paul McCartney 22 ( 40 ) THE LOOK OF LOVE Madonna 23 ( 23 ) THE ONE I LOVE R.E.M. 24 ( 13 ) I’VE BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE Cutting Crew 25 ( 16 ) DEVIL’S BALL Double 26 ( 14 ) KID The Pretenders 27 ( 29 ) TO BE REBORN Boy George 28 ( 27 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies 29 ( 26 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield 30 ( 19 ) SATELLITE The Hooters 31 ( 22 ) PAID IN FULL Eric B & Rakim 32 ( 39 ) TURN BACK THE CLOCK Johnny Hates Jazz 33 ( 20 ) MONY MONY (US SINGLE VERSION/LIVE VERSION/HUNG LIKE A PONY REMIX) Billy Idol 34 ( NEW ) JINGO Jellybean 35 ( 42 ) HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH Belinda Carlisle 36 ( 31 ) (I’VE HAD THE) TIME OF MY LIFE Jennifer Warnes & Bill Medley 37 ( 35 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys 38 ( 32 ) GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU George Harrison 39 ( 54 ) IDEAL WORLD The Christians 40 ( 44 ) THERE AIN’T NOTHIN’ LIKE SHAGGING The Tams 41 ( NEW ) TUNNEL OF LOVE Bruce Springsteen 42 ( 21 ) CHINA IN YOUR HAND T’Pau 43 ( 24 ) NOTHING’S GONNA CHANGE Labi Siffre 44 ( 52 ) HOUSE ARREST Krush 45 ( 47 ) WHAT DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THOSE EYES AT ME FOR? Shakin’ Stevens 46 ( 25 ) DINNER WITH GERSHWIN Donna Summer 47 ( 58 ) ANGEL EYES Wet Wet Wet 48 ( 30 ) I WANNA BE YOUR PROPERTY Blue Mercedes 49 ( 70 ) CHILDREN SAY Level 42 50 ( 50 ) ROCK AND ROLL PART 3 Gary Glitter 51 ( 48 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone 52 ( 46 ) PUMP UP THE VOLUME M/A/R/R/S 53 ( 41 ) HERE I GO AGAIN Whitesnake 54 ( 51 ) CARS (E REG MODEL)/ ARE ‘FRIENDS’ ELECTRIC Gary Numan & Tubeway Army 55 ( NEW ) PACKJAMMED (WITH THE PARTY POSSE) Stock Aitken Waterman 56 ( 55 ) MY BAG Lloyd Cole & The Commotions 57 ( 45 ) I SAY NOTHING Voice Of The Beehive 58 ( 34 ) I WON’T CRY Glen Goldsmith 59 ( 59 ) NEED YOU TONIGHT INXS 60 ( 43 ) KING WITHOUT A CROWN ABC 61 ( 66 ) WHEN I FALL IN LOVE Rick Astley 62 ( NEW ) JUST TO GET BY Babakoto 63 ( 61 ) LOVE POWER Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osbourne 64 ( 57 ) SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCK Maxi Priest 65 ( 60 ) HOLIDAY The Other Ones 66 ( 63 ) I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW Tiffany 67 ( 67 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles 68 ( 68 ) HUMAN Human League 69 ( 49 ) SHO YOU RIGHT Barry White 70 ( 53 ) GROOVE Donny Osmond 71 ( 62 ) BUILD The Housemartins 72 ( NEW ) WILD WORLD Jonathan King 73 ( 65 ) WHEN THE FINGERS POINT The Christians 74 ( 72 ) LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING Climie Fisher 75 ( NEW ) I CAN’T HELP IT Bananarama 76 ( 76 ) TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne Playlist oldies and album tracks of that week 1 TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne 2 SOME OF YOUR LOVIN’ Dusty Springfield 3 WEDDING BELLS Godley & Creme
December 12, 20195 yr PSB nearly there, and great climb for Shame after two amazing Bananarama tracks, I can't help it was really terrible, huge disappointment
December 12, 20195 yr PSB nearly there, and great climb for Shame after two amazing Bananarama tracks, I can't help it was really terrible, huge disappointment Yeah it was pretty forgettable.
December 20, 20195 yr Author Was the Dusty song re-released then? Can't remember now, getting old. Hi Chris, yes it was reissued now she was back in vogue :)
December 20, 20195 yr Author 20th December 1987 It's a first week on top for my Xmas chart-topper of the year, and Pet Shop Boys' Always On My Mind outdoes the Elvis version while giving them a 6th number one inside 24 months. Only the likes of Abba, Beatles, Roy Wood & Wizzard had managed that to date. Meanwhile it's a big ol' ballad xmas, with little new and modest chart moves, though Fairytale Of New York also makes the Xmas top 10, the first of many occasions, and the Nat 'King' Cole standard also becomes one of the oldest recordings to make my top 10 at 35 years old. The only older is Laurel & Hardy's Trail Of The Lonesome Pine which did it Xmas 1975 with a 1937 recording. Both records would be smashed eventually, though the only charted recording older than Laurel & Hardy is Winifred Shaw's The Lullaby Of Broadway from 1935 which charted in 1976. Taylor Dayne finally gets released and is rewarded with a massive climb to 17 (or a new entry ignoring the bonus weeks at 76) for the fab Tell It To My Heart. Jellybean takes Jingo to 2 consecutive top 20 singles, Springsteen makes it 12 years of top 40's, and Simply Red join the classic blues cover trend and nick Ella Fitzgerald's Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye, in at 36. New Order are touched by the hand of God, which can get you 6 months inside these days, Wally Jump Junior covers Archie Bell & The Drells House-style, and The Smiths get another quick entry as the clock ticks on their career. 1 ( 2 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys 2 ( 1 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles 3 ( 4 ) SHAME Eurythmics 4 ( 3 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson 5 ( 5 ) I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU Dusty Springfield 6 ( 7 ) FAMILY MAN Fleetwood Mac 7 ( 16 ) FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl 8 ( 14 ) WHEN I FALL IN LOVE Nat ‘King’ Cole 9 ( 10 ) LOVE LETTERS Alison Moyet 10 ( 6 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 11 ( 20 ) ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE Mel (Smith) & Kim (Wilde) 12 ( 12 ) ESP The Bee Gees 13 ( 8 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees 14 ( 9 ) LETTER FROM AMERICA The Proclaimers 15 ( 11 ) LET ME BE THE ONE/ (REMIX) Expose 16 ( 19 ) I FOUND SOMEONE Cher 17 ( 76 ) TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne 18 ( 15 ) WHO FOUND WHO Jellybean featuring Lisa Fiorillo 19 ( 22 ) THE LOOK OF LOVE Madonna 20 ( 34 ) JINGO Jellybean 21 ( 18 ) BAD Michael Jackson 22 ( 13 ) CRITICIZE Alexander O’Neal 23 ( 35 ) HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH Belinda Carlisle 24 ( 23 ) THE ONE I LOVE R.E.M. 25 ( 17 ) I COULD NEVER TAKE THE PLACE OF YOUR MAN Prince 26 ( 32 ) TURN BACK THE CLOCK Johnny Hates Jazz 27 ( 41 ) TUNNEL OF LOVE Bruce Springsteen 28 ( 24 ) I’VE BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE Cutting Crew 29 ( 39 ) IDEAL WORLD The Christians 30 ( 28 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies 31 ( 29 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield 32 ( 25 ) DEVIL’S BALL Double 33 ( 21 ) ONCE UPON A LONG AGO Paul McCartney 34 ( 44 ) HOUSE ARREST Krush 35 ( 26 ) KID (REMIX) The Pretenders 36 ( NEW ) EV’RY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE Simply Red 37 ( 47 ) ANGEL EYES Wet Wet Wet 38 ( 49 ) CHILDREN SAY Level 42 39 ( 33 ) MONY MONY (US SINGLE VERSION/LIVE VERSION/HUNG LIKE A PONY REMIX) Billy Idol 40 ( 37 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys 41 ( 31 ) PAID IN FULL Eric B & Rakim 42 ( 40 ) THERE AIN’T NOTHIN’ LIKE SHAGGING The Tams 43 ( 30 ) SATELLITE The Hooters 44 ( 38 ) GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU George Harrison 45 ( 55 ) PACKJAMMED (WITH THE PARTY POSSE) Stock Aitken Waterman 46 ( 36 ) (I’VE HAD THE) TIME OF MY LIFE Jennifer Warnes & Bill Medley 47 ( 27 ) TO BE REBORN Boy George 48 ( 66 ) I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW Tiffany 49 ( 42 ) CHINA IN YOUR HAND T’Pau 50 ( 62 ) JUST TO GET BY Babakoto 51 ( 51 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone 52 ( 54 ) CARS (E REG MODEL)/ ARE ‘FRIENDS’ ELECTRIC Gary Numan & Tubeway Army 53 ( 45 ) WHAT DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THOSE EYES AT ME FOR? Shakin’ Stevens 54 ( NEW ) TOUCHED BY THE HAND OF GOD New Order 55 ( 52 ) PUMP UP THE VOLUME M/A/R/R/S 56 ( 56 ) MY BAG Lloyd Cole & The Commotions 57 ( 57 ) I SAY NOTHING Voice Of The Beehive 58 ( NEW ) TIGHTEN UP Wally Jump Junior & The Criminal Element 59 ( 59 ) NEED YOU TONIGHT INXS 60 ( 61 ) WHEN I FALL IN LOVE Rick Astley 61 ( 48 ) I WANNA BE YOUR PROPERTY Blue Mercedes 62 ( 53 ) HERE I GO AGAIN Whitesnake 63 ( 63 ) LOVE POWER Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osbourne 64 ( 50 ) ROCK AND ROLL PART 3 Gary Glitter 65 ( 46 ) DINNER WITH GERSHWIN Donna Summer 66 ( 75 ) I CAN’T HELP IT Bananarama 67 ( 67 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles 68 ( 68 ) HUMAN Human League 69 ( 65 ) HOLIDAY The Other Ones 70 ( RE ) RISE TO THE OCCASION Climie Fisher 71 ( 43 ) NOTHING’S GONNA CHANGE Labi Siffre 72 ( NEW ) LAST NIGHT I DREAMT SOMEBODY LOVES ME The Smiths 73 ( RE ) O L’AMOUR Dollar 74 ( 74 ) LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING Climie Fisher 75 ( 73 ) WHEN THE FINGERS POINT The Christians
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