Ha, PSP as your No.1 as I thought it would be.

yes, great for Always on My Mind, also nice to see Eurythmics - Shame top 3

 

from the newies, really like the dark mood of The Smiths song

, also nice to see Eurythmics - Shame top 3

 

 

Yeah not one of their well-known songs. Only reached No.41 in the UK charts.

Edited December 21, 20195 yr by Crazy Chris-tmas

Fantastic no1 and also brillant to see The Pogues in the top 10 on its first year charting!!

 

I'd rather it be no1 but PSBs were huge then and the popular band wins out in the end and your a huge fan yourself I know.

Ha, PSP as your No.1 as I thought it would be.

 

I am very predictable when it comes to PSB's :lol:

yes, great for Always on My Mind, also nice to see Eurythmics - Shame top 3

 

from the newies, really like the dark mood of The Smiths song

 

Thanks Bjork, and all holding in the new year chart.... :D

Fantastic no1 and also brillant to see The Pogues in the top 10 on its first year charting!!

 

I'd rather it be no1 but PSBs were huge then and the popular band wins out in the end and your a huge fan yourself I know.

 

It's going to be interesting to see who does best in my all-time top 800 - PSB's had 2 big runs, but Pogues has hit loads of christmases :lol:

27th December 1987

 

It's 2 weeks on top for Pet Shop Boys in a very quiet post-Xmas chart, just a top 10 move for Cher - her first solo top 10 since Dark Lady in 1974 - and Taylor Dayne debuts inside the 10 too. New Order get the biggest climber to the top 30, Climie Fisher get the biggest climber in the chart, to 39, for a second top 40, and the highest new entry is Heart, There's The Girl.

 

Other newies: Roger Waters gets a solo non-Floyd track, 8 years since topping with Another Brick, The Stranglers cover The Kinks, Billy Idol returns with Hot In The City, U2 get a 4th track off the Joshua Tree, and Los Lobos cover Ritchie Valens again, this time Donna some months after the original was reissued. In my playlist I was into Roy Orbison and Abba, beating the future chart-topping hits albums.

 

1 ( 1 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys

2 ( 2 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

3 ( 3 ) SHAME Eurythmics

4 ( 5 ) I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU Dusty Springfield

5 ( 4 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson

6 ( 16 ) I FOUND SOMEONE Cher

7 ( 7 ) FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl

8 ( 8 ) WHEN I FALL IN LOVE Nat ‘King’ Cole

9 ( 6 ) FAMILY MAN Fleetwood Mac

10 ( 17 ) TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne

 

11 ( 14 ) LETTER FROM AMERICA The Proclaimers

12 ( 12 ) ESP The Bee Gees

13 ( 9 ) LOVE LETTERS Alison Moyet

14 ( 10 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

15 ( 15 ) LET ME BE THE ONE/ (REMIX) Expose

16 ( 19 ) THE LOOK OF LOVE Madonna

17 ( 11 ) ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE Mel (Smith) & Kim (Wilde)

18 ( 20 ) JINGO Jellybean

19 ( 13 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

20 ( 23 ) HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH Belinda Carlisle

 

21 ( 29 ) IDEAL WORLD The Christians

22 ( 26 ) TURN BACK THE CLOCK Johnny Hates Jazz

23 ( 34 ) HOUSE ARREST Krush

24 ( 18 ) WHO FOUND WHO Jellybean featuring Lisa Fiorillo

25 ( 27 ) TUNNEL OF LOVE Bruce Springsteen

26 ( 21 ) BAD Michael Jackson

27 ( 30 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies

28 ( 36 ) EV’RY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE Simply Red

29 ( 22 ) CRITICIZE Alexander O’Neal

30 ( 54 ) TOUCHED BY THE HAND OF GOD New Order

 

31 ( 38 ) CHILDREN SAY Level 42

32 ( 28 ) I’VE BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE Cutting Crew

33 ( 24 ) THE ONE I LOVE R.E.M.

34 ( NEW ) THERE’S THE GIRL Heart

35 ( 37 ) ANGEL EYES Wet Wet Wet

36 ( 48 ) I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW Tiffany

37 ( 31 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

38 ( 58 ) TIGHTEN UP Wally Jump Junior & The Criminal Element

39 ( 70 ) RISE TO THE OCCASION Climie Fisher

40 ( 35 ) KID (REMIX) The Pretenders

 

41 ( 40 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys

42 ( 45 ) PACKJAMMED (WITH THE PARTY POSSE) Stock Aitken Waterman

43 ( 25 ) I COULD NEVER TAKE THE PLACE OF YOUR MAN Prince

44 ( 32 ) DEVIL’S BALL Double

45 ( NEW ) THE TIDE IS TURNING Roger Waters

46 ( 33 ) ONCE UPON A LONG AGO Paul McCartney

47 ( 41 ) PAID IN FULL Eric B & Rakim

48 ( 39 ) MONY MONY (US SINGLE VERSION/LIVE VERSION/HUNG LIKE A PONY REMIX) Billy Idol

49 ( 44 ) GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU George Harrison

50 ( 50 ) JUST TO GET BY Babakoto

 

51 ( 51 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone

52 ( NEW ) ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT The Stranglers

53 ( 52 ) CARS (E REG MODEL)/ ARE ‘FRIENDS’ ELECTRIC Gary Numan & Tubeway Army

54 ( NEW ) HOT IN THE CITY Billy Idol

55 ( 55 ) PUMP UP THE VOLUME M/A/R/R/S

56 ( 56 ) MY BAG Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

57 ( 49 ) CHINA IN YOUR HAND T’Pau

58 ( 66 ) I CAN’T HELP IT Bananarama

59 ( 59 ) NEED YOU TONIGHT INXS

60 ( 60 ) WHEN I FALL IN LOVE Rick Astley

 

61 ( 63 ) LOVE POWER Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osbourne

62 ( 72 ) LAST NIGHT I DREAMT SOMEBODY LOVES ME The Smiths

63 ( 57 ) I SAY NOTHING Voice Of The Beehive

64 ( 64 ) ROCK AND ROLL PART 3 Gary Glitter

65 ( 67 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles

66 ( NEW ) IN GOD’S COUNTRY U2

67 ( 62 ) HERE I GO AGAIN Whitesnake

68 ( 68 ) HUMAN Human League

69 ( 69 ) HOLIDAY The Other Ones

70 ( 46 ) (I’VE HAD THE) TIME OF MY LIFE Jennifer Warnes & Bill Medley

 

71 ( 53 ) WHAT DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THOSE EYES AT ME FOR? Shakin’ Stevens

72 ( 74 ) LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING Climie Fisher

73 ( 73 ) O L’AMOUR Dollar

74 ( NEW ) DONNA Los Lobos

75 ( 42 ) THERE AIN’T NOTHIN’ LIKE SHAGGING The Tams

 

 

playlist oldies

1 OH PRETTY WOMAN Roy Orbison

2 THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL Abba

3 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU Abba

Good chart - What were The Stranglers doing a Kinks cover for?

Good chart - What were The Stranglers doing a Kinks cover for?

 

 

 

They wanted to?

It was on totp at the time and I wondered if they were still releasing new albums by that stage.

nice to see Heart as highest entry, loved There's the Girl, great single that should have done better even if it wasn't a ballad, sure it's not on the same level as Alone but it's still a great track... also liked In God's Country, was it a US single?

 

also liked all those climbers, Cher, Taylor Dayne, Belinda Carlisle, Johnny Hates Jazz, Christians and Krush

It was on totp at the time and I wondered if they were still releasing new albums by that stage.

 

It was plugging a new live album and the big hits had been drying up gradually, so I guess it was a move away from the post-Golden Brown radio-friendly singles to remind everyone of their punk roots. I liked both versions of The Stranglers and I like acts to be unpredictable so I was on board - plus it's a great Kinks song :)

nice to see Heart as highest entry, loved There's the Girl, great single that should have done better even if it wasn't a ballad, sure it's not on the same level as Alone but it's still a great track... also liked In God's Country, was it a US single?

 

also liked all those climbers, Cher, Taylor Dayne, Belinda Carlisle, Johnny Hates Jazz, Christians and Krush

 

The U2 track was a US single yes, and charted on import in the UK, which is why it qualified for my chart at a time when I excluded album tracks (unless I was in another country and they were released as singles while I was there :lol: ). As vinyl died in the US, cd singles took over for a while, but even they eventually died out and only maxi-singles were issued - mainly dance remixes - or cheaper teen-aimed cardboard-sleeve singles. Once US record labels stopped releasing singles to push album sales (which was a huge success, some terrible albums sold in bucketloads just for one unreleased track) and the US singles chart was adjusted to allow album tracks to chart, it was the death knell for singles until downloading came along. I bought loads of cd maxi-single rarities on holiday from the likes of Prince, Erasure, Depeche Mode so was sad to see them go for the most-part.

It was plugging a new live album and the big hits had been drying up gradually, so I guess it was a move away from the post-Golden Brown radio-friendly singles to remind everyone of their punk roots. I liked both versions of The Stranglers and I like acts to be unpredictable so I was on board - plus it's a great Kinks song :)

 

It's fantastic, always loved that totp performance because I was surprised they were still on it.

it's surprising that U2 didn't milk The Joshua Tree more in the UK and stopped after 3 singles

besides In Gods Country, Bullet the Blue Sky and Running to Stand Still were all single material and possibly better than anything they've done post-1993 :)

 

at that time I wasn't a big U2 fan yet, maybe I was too young, took me a few years to appreciate the album

it's surprising that U2 didn't milk The Joshua Tree more in the UK and stopped after 3 singles

besides In Gods Country, Bullet the Blue Sky and Running to Stand Still were all single material and possibly better than anything they've done post-1993 :)

 

at that time I wasn't a big U2 fan yet, maybe I was too young, took me a few years to appreciate the album

 

 

Yes In God's Country would have been a Top 5 single certainly. Easily U2's best album by far without a duff track.

It's a absolute classic!

8th September 1987

1 ( 2 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies

2 ( 1 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

3 ( 4 ) HEART AND SOUL T’Pau

4 ( 3 ) NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP Rick Astley

 

Kristina Ivanova (my favourite lady from YVA) was born 6th September 1987. :wub:

Honestly I wanted to see PSB and Dusty or Rick Astley (like in official UK chart) at # 1 on that signature week. ;)

Edited October 24, 20204 yr by Last Dreamer

Kristina Ivanova (my favourite lady from YVA) was born 6th September 1987. :wub:

Honestly I wanted to see PSB and Dusty or Rick Astley (like in official UK chart) at # 1 on that signature week. ;)

 

ah well, Pet Shop Boys was still the top NEW track of that week, so that sort of over-rides oldies when you go back and retro-review "Songs of 1987", oldies always get shifted back to the year they came out for me ("Songs Of 1969" in this case) :lol: