January 25, 20196 yr Author 20th January 1987 It's a first week on top for the highest entry, a remix of Hot Chocolate's 12-year-old goodie which failed to top my charts first-time round, despite being a huge Hot Choc fan, and becomes a belated 5th number one for them. Lots of yet more 70's new entries from The Doobie Brothers 1979 top tenner, cashing in on Michael McDonald's recent big hits, in at 9, Freeez' remixed 1983 top 10 enters lower down, the late Phil Lynott's 1980 track is back, Barbara Jones reggae cover of Olivia Newton-John's 1975 top 30 track sneaks in, Age Of Chance sort-of cover Prince ahead of Art Of Noise, and the chart goes ballistic as 1987 arrives with a bang and 18 new entries, and big climbs into the top 10 for Robbie Nevil, Little Richard and an instant new entry for Aretha & George on a fab duet, Aretha's best track since her glorious Atlantic days, and George's best track since his previous record. Dead Or Alive rocket into the 20, Carly Simon into the 30, and new entries galore between 42 and 75, the most notable being the fab debut of Curioisty Killed The Cat bringing jazzpop into teen idol branding, The Style Council returning, the bouncy pop of The Jets, Rosie Vela's delicious sultry Magic Smile, The Blow Monkeys brilliant It Doesn't Have To be This Way (note sax very much the thing in 1987), and another Jack-track for Raze, who would return in a year with the fab Break 4 Love. Stevie Wonder makes it 19 years of charting in my charts, and Kool & The Gang a mere 8 years. 1 ( NEW ) YOU SEXY THING (BEN LIEBRAND REMIX) Hot Chocolate 2 ( 1 ) THE EP (HOW CAN I BE SURE/ I’M A CLOWN/ COULD IT BE FOREVER) David Cassidy 3 ( 6 ) NO MORE THE FOOL Elkie Brooks 4 ( 17 ) C’EST LA VIE Robbie Nevil 5 ( 2 ) OPEN YOUR HEART Madonna 6 ( 24 ) SOMEBODY’S COMING Little Richard 7 ( 10 ) IS THIS LOVE Alison Moyet 8 ( 3 ) REET PETITE Jackie Wilson 9 ( NEW ) WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES The Doobie Brothers 10 ( NEW ) I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING (FOR ME) Aretha Franklin & George Michael 11 ( 5 ) CANDY Cameo 12 ( 16 ) REAL WILD CHILD (WILD ONE) Iggy Pop 13 ( 4 ) CARAVAN OF LOVE The Housemartins 14 ( 8 ) CRY WOLF a-ha 15 ( 19 ) WHEELS ON FIRE Siouxsie & The Banshees 16 ( 18 ) YOU DON’T KNOW Berlin 17 ( 65 ) SOMETHING IN MY HOUSE Dead Or Alive 18 ( 20 ) HYMN TO HER The Pretenders 19 ( 23 ) BIG FUN The Gap Band 20 ( 13 ) SOMETIMES Erasure 21 ( 9 ) THE BOY IN THE BUBBLE Paul Simon 22 ( 14 ) THE RAIN Oran ‘Juice’ Jones 23 ( 11 ) SO COLD THE NIGHT The Communards 24 ( 15 ) LAND OF CONFUSION Genesis 25 ( 7 ) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY Slade 26 ( 30 ) SURRENDER Swing Out Sister 27 ( 53 ) COMING AROUND AGAIN Carly Simon 28 ( 29 ) CROSS THAT BRIDGE The Ward Brothers 29 ( 12 ) THE MIRACLE OF LOVE Eurythmics 30 ( 33 ) DREAMING Status Quo 31 ( 36 ) ALMAZ Randy Crawford 32 ( 32 ) BEHIND THE MASK Eric Clapton 33 ( 38 ) ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY Vesta Williams 34 ( NEW ) IOU (REMIX) Freeez 35 ( 44 ) JACK YOUR BODY Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley 36 ( 22 ) LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 37 ( 40 ) OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY Gary Moore 38 ( 27 ) TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin 39 ( 26 ) FALLIN’ IN LOVE (UH-UH) Miami Sound Machine 40 ( 48 ) RAT IN MI KITCHON UB40 41 ( 31 ) HUMAN Human League 42 ( NEW ) I LOVE MY RADIO Taffy 43 ( 21 ) SHAKE YOU DOWN Gregory Abbott 44 ( 70 ) TRAMPOLINE Julian Cope 45 ( NEW ) DOWN TO EARTH Curiosity Killed The Cat 46 ( 42 ) TRUE BLUE Madonna 47 ( 61 ) HEARTACHE Pepsi & Shirlie 48 ( 55 ) BALLERINA GIRL Lionel Richie 49 ( 25 ) THE FINAL COUNTDOWN Europe 50 ( NEW ) IT DIDN’T MATTER The Style Council 51 ( 45 ) BECAUSE I LOVE YOU Shakin’ Stevens 52 ( 52 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross 53 ( 73 ) LIVE IT UP Mental As Anything 54 ( 74 ) FACTS AND FIGURES Hugh Cornwell 55 ( 28 ) CHANGE OF HEART Cyndi Lauper 56 ( 34 ) THIS LOVE Bad Company 57 ( 56 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 58 ( 58 ) EL DORADO Drum Theatre 59 ( 39 ) ALL I ASK OF YOU Cliff Richard & Sarah Brightman 60 ( 69 ) WALKING DOWN YOUR STREET The Bangles 61 ( NEW ) CRUSH ON YOU The Jets 62 ( NEW ) KING’S CALL Philip Lynott 63 ( 37 ) LIVIN’ ON A PRAYER Bon Jovi 64 ( 67 ) SOUL MAN Lou Reed and Sam Moore 65 ( NEW ) KISS Age Of Chance 66 ( NEW ) MAGIC SMILE Rosie Vela 67 ( 64 ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite 68 ( 54 ) SUBURBIA Pet Shop Boys 69 ( NEW ) IT SHOULDN’T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY The Blow Monkeys 70 ( NEW ) PLEASE MISTER PLEASE Barbara Jones 71 ( NEW ) VICTORY Kool & The Gang 72 ( NEW ) BEAUTIFUL IMBALANCE Thrashing Doves 73 ( NEW ) STRANGER ON THE SHORE OF LOVE Stevie Wonder 74 ( NEW ) WASTELAND The Mission 75 ( NEW ) JACK THE GROOVE Raze Playlist oldies 1 SECONDS Human League 2 LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN Dream Academy 3 NIGHT IN THE CITY E.L.O.
January 26, 20196 yr The Jets' Crush On You is great. Yes that kind of 'bouncy pop' production you refer to seems to have been popular in the mid to late 80s, the genre is called 'freestyle'. Shannon (whose style of freestyle had a bassline similar to that which would be used in acid house) and Gloria Estefan (who we will see later in 1987 with 'Rhythm Is Gonna Get You') is also of that genre. Robbie Nevil's 'C'est la Vie' is good, but it is overshadowed for me by the epic 'Dominoes' which I am surprised to see underperformed in the charts in 1987. It is quite a popular 80s classic anyway now, despite not doing so well in the charts. As for Raze, if it is incredible that Steve 'Silk' Hurley's Jack Your Body went to #1 it is perhaps even more incredible that 'Jack the Groove' went top 40 and stayed around in it for a while, it sounds very uncommercial for the time, is mostly instrumental and more minimal than Jack Your Body and without any novelty factor. It is an early example of deep house. Edited January 26, 20196 yr by The Snake
January 26, 20196 yr 1987 has not started well. If you were going to have a NE at #1 then Aretha & George >>>>>>>
January 27, 20196 yr Author The Jets' Crush On You is great. Yes that kind of 'bouncy pop' production you refer to seems to have been popular in the mid to late 80s, the genre is called 'freestyle'. Shannon (whose style of freestyle had a bassline similar to that which would be used in acid house) and Gloria Estefan (who we will see later in 1987 with 'Rhythm Is Gonna Get You') is also of that genre. Robbie Nevil's 'C'est la Vie' is good, but it is overshadowed for me by the epic 'Dominoes' which I am surprised to see underperformed in the charts in 1987. It is quite a popular 80s classic anyway now, despite not doing so well in the charts. As for Raze, if it is incredible that Steve 'Silk' Hurley's Jack Your Body went to #1 it is perhaps even more incredible that 'Jack the Groove' went top 40 and stayed around in it for a while, it sounds very uncommercial for the time, is mostly instrumental and more minimal than Jack Your Body and without any novelty factor. It is an early example of deep house. Hi Snakey, I was a big fan of florida-based latin and pop music in the 80's and 90's especially Gloria Estefan (though hadn't realised it had a name :D ) and Shannon was an influence on Pet Shop Boys and 80's dance, huge beats! I havent heard Dominoes in years and years, though I liked it for sure, looking forward to revisiting it! cheers for the info! B-)
January 27, 20196 yr Author 1987 has not started well. If you were going to have a NE at #1 then Aretha & George >>>>>>> I was in my 20's and people in their 20's tend to get all nostalgic for music from their youth (even though it wasnt long ago, it seems a long time ago! :lol: ) so I guess that's why the 80's had loads of 70's remixes and covers. As for George & Aretha....watch this space! :lol:
January 31, 20196 yr Author 27th January 1987 It's 2 weeks on top for Hot Choc as Aretha gets her highest chart position since 1971, and her highest to date, and George almost makes it his 5th chart-topper. Dead Or Alive grab yet another top 10 single, having not missed at all since Spin Me Round, and Iggy Pop gets his first ever. Siouxsie adds to her long list of top 10's over 9 years, and Steve Hurley jacks it up to 14, surprising me at how much I liked it when I thought I didn't rate it. Memory is such a fickle thing! Lots of big climbs this week from the rush of new entries last week, and before, including UB40 into the 20, Style Council, Curiosity, Phil Lynott, Rosie Vela into the 40, while new entries from China Crisis, Heaven 17, Red Box and Stevie Winwood extends their runs of entries, but more interesting are the debuts from Georgia Satellites, and Timbuk 3, both goodies. I was clearly into a rock frame of mind when it comes to spinning singles in my bedroom, especially the Wishing Well remix which I'd not charted, having missed it when it came out, but which is fab Free at their best. 1 ( 1 ) YOU SEXY THING (BEN LIEBRAND REMIX) Hot Chocolate 2 ( 10 ) I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING (FOR ME) Aretha Franklin & George Michael 3 ( 2 ) THE EP (HOW CAN I BE SURE/ I’M A CLOWN/ COULD IT BE FOREVER) David Cassidy 4 ( 17 ) SOMETHING IN MY HOUSE Dead Or Alive 5 ( 3 ) NO MORE THE FOOL Elkie Brooks 6 ( 4 ) C’EST LA VIE Robbie Nevil 7 ( 6 ) SOMEBODY’S COMING Little Richard 8 ( 9 ) WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES The Doobie Brothers 9 ( 12 ) REAL WILD CHILD (WILD ONE) Iggy Pop 10 ( 15 ) WHEELS ON FIRE Siouxsie & The Banshees 11 ( 5 ) OPEN YOUR HEART Madonna 12 ( 16 ) YOU DON’T KNOW Berlin 13 ( 18 ) HYMN TO HER The Pretenders 14 ( 35 ) JACK YOUR BODY Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley 15 ( 8 ) REET PETITE Jackie Wilson 16 ( 27 ) COMING AROUND AGAIN Carly Simon 17 ( 7 ) IS THIS LOVE Alison Moyet 18 ( 19 ) BIG FUN The Gap Band 19 ( 40 ) RAT IN MI KITCHON UB40 20 ( 26 ) SURRENDER Swing Out Sister 21 ( 21 ) THE BOY IN THE BUBBLE Paul Simon 22 ( 11 ) CANDY Cameo 23 ( 33 ) ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY Vesta Williams 24 ( 31 ) ALMAZ Randy Crawford 25 ( 32 ) BEHIND THE MASK Eric Clapton 26 ( 14 ) CRY WOLF a-ha 27 ( 20 ) SOMETIMES Erasure 28 ( 28 ) CROSS THAT BRIDGE The Ward Brothers 29 ( 22 ) THE RAIN Oran ‘Juice’ Jones 30 ( 13 ) CARAVAN OF LOVE The Housemartins 31 ( 50 ) IT DIDN’T MATTER The Style Council 32 ( 45 ) DOWN TO EARTH Curiosity Killed The Cat 33 ( 62 ) KING’S CALL Philip Lynott 34 ( 34 ) IOU (REMIX) Freeez 35 ( 47 ) HEARTACHE Pepsi & Shirlie 36 ( 42 ) I LOVE MY RADIO Taffy 37 ( 24 ) LAND OF CONFUSION Genesis 38 ( 44 ) TRAMPOLINE Julian Cope 39 ( 23 ) SO COLD THE NIGHT The Communards 40 ( 66 ) MAGIC SMILE Rosie Vela 41 ( 25 ) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY Slade 42 ( 38 ) TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin 43 ( 41 ) HUMAN Human League 44 ( NEW ) BEST KEPT SECRET China Crisis 45 ( 53 ) LIVE IT UP Mental As Anything 46 ( 36 ) LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 47 ( 74 ) WASTELAND The Mission 48 ( 39 ) FALLIN’ IN LOVE (UH-UH) Miami Sound Machine 49 ( 60 ) WALKING DOWN YOUR STREET The Bangles 50 ( 64 ) SOUL MAN Lou Reed and Sam Moore 51 ( 29 ) THE MIRACLE OF LOVE Eurythmics 52 ( 46 ) TRUE BLUE Madonna 53 ( 54 ) FACTS AND FIGURES Hugh Cornwell 54 ( 37 ) OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY Gary Moore 55 ( 52 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross 56 ( 65 ) KISS Age Of Chance 57 ( 57 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 58 ( 58 ) EL DORADO Drum Theatre 59 ( NEW ) KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF Georgia Satellites 60 ( 69 ) IT SHOULDN’T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY The Blow Monkeys 61 ( 61 ) CRUSH ON YOU The Jets 62 ( NEW ) TROUBLE Heaven 17 63 ( NEW ) FUTURE’S SO BRIGHT (GOTTA WEAR SHADES) Timbuk 3 64 ( 73 ) STRANGER ON THE SHORE OF LOVE Stevie Wonder 65 ( 43 ) SHAKE YOU DOWN Gregory Abbott 66 ( 51 ) BECAUSE I LOVE YOU Shakin’ Stevens 67 ( 67 ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite 68 ( 72 ) BEAUTIFUL IMBALANCE Thrashing Doves 69 ( 71 ) VICTORY Kool & The Gang 70 ( 30 ) DREAMING Status Quo 71 ( 63 ) LIVIN’ ON A PRAYER Bon Jovi 72 ( 75 ) JACK THE GROOVE Raze 73 ( 68 ) SUBURBIA Pet Shop Boys 74 ( NEW ) HEART OF THE SUN Red Box 75 ( NEW ) BACK IN THE HIGHLIFE AGAIN Stevie Winwood Oldies Playlist of that week 1 WISHING WELL (REMIX) Free 2 SHE SELLS SANCTUARY The Cult 3 FIREBALL Deep Purple
January 31, 20196 yr Author I've just noticed what is still at #43!!!!!!!!!!! :lol: I knew you'd be impressed! :lol: I had only just seen them in concert 2 weeks before though, so I have an excuse :lol:
February 3, 20196 yr Oh it's good to see Dead or Alive's 'Something In My House' does a lot better in your chart than officially. :D Hi Snakey, I was a big fan of florida-based latin and pop music in the 80's and 90's especially Gloria Estefan (though hadn't realised it had a name biggrin.gif ) and Shannon was an influence on Pet Shop Boys and 80's dance, huge beats! Another good freestyle track that I discovered recently is Taylor Dayne's 'Prove Your Love' in 1988, great until the cheesy key change near the end which it definitely could have done without. Still looking forward to seeing it on TOTP on BBC4 when it comes to that stage.
February 3, 20196 yr Author Oh it's good to see Dead or Alive's 'Something In My House' does a lot better in your chart than officially. :D Another good freestyle track that I discovered recently is Taylor Dayne's 'Prove Your Love' in 1988, great until the cheesy key change near the end which it definitely could have done without. Still looking forward to seeing it on TOTP on BBC4 when it comes to that stage. Hi Snakey, yes DOA shoulda done way better! Taylor Dayne I was mad on for a while, especially one track which topped my charts. I also have an Expose album, which few people in the UK can claim! :lol:
February 5, 20196 yr SO SO many I love and adore here, and your charts would probably echo mine if I had done them at the time. For nostaglia's sake and because I've come across my old 7" vinyl box, I bought (well, actually my parents did, as I was 5 at the time) these: OPEN YOUR HEART Madonna REET PETITE Jackie Wilson CANDY Cameo THE MIRACLE OF LOVE Eurythmics SOMETIMES Erasure CRY WOLF a-ha THE FINAL COUNTDOWN Europe LAND OF CONFUSION Genesis TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin YOU DON’T KNOW Berlin SANTA CLAUS IS ON THE DOLE Spitting Image BIG FUN The Gap Band LIVIN’ ON A PRAYER Bon Jovi SHOWIN’ OUT (GET FRESH AT THE WEEKEND) Mel & Kim FRENCH KISSING IN THE USA Debbie Harry YOU KEEP ME HANGIN’ ON Kim Wilde WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN The Bangles IN THE ARMY NOW Status Quo STEP RIGHT UP Jaki Graham EACH TIME YOU BREAK MY HEART Nick Kamen RAIN OR SHINE Five Star JACK YOUR BODY Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley I LOVE MY RADIO Taffy Only Europe I'd say I'm not particularly fond of these days. Looking forward to reading the rest of your 1987 charts!
February 5, 20196 yr 'I Love My Radio' is very cheesy, but it is quite catchy I suppose. It is 'Italo-disco' which Stock Aitken Waterman were apparently influenced by for their productions such as those for Rick Astley later on in the year. Just heard the IOU remix recently following the discussion on the TOTP on BBC4 thread about why it reappeared in the chart in 1987 and sadly isn't as good as the original I think. The original IOU is very good (yet another early 80s proto-dance track i like!), I especially like the bit near the end with the pitched vocals in it, perhaps an inspiration for late 80s house tracks such as the one by Jack N'Chill that I mentioned earlier in this thread which used those kind of pitched vocals in them. Edited February 5, 20196 yr by The Snake
February 5, 20196 yr Author SO SO many I love and adore here, and your charts would probably echo mine if I had done them at the time. For nostaglia's sake and because I've come across my old 7" vinyl box, I bought (well, actually my parents did, as I was 5 at the time) these: OPEN YOUR HEART Madonna REET PETITE Jackie Wilson CANDY Cameo THE MIRACLE OF LOVE Eurythmics SOMETIMES Erasure CRY WOLF a-ha THE FINAL COUNTDOWN Europe LAND OF CONFUSION Genesis TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin YOU DON’T KNOW Berlin SANTA CLAUS IS ON THE DOLE Spitting Image BIG FUN The Gap Band LIVIN’ ON A PRAYER Bon Jovi SHOWIN’ OUT (GET FRESH AT THE WEEKEND) Mel & Kim FRENCH KISSING IN THE USA Debbie Harry YOU KEEP ME HANGIN’ ON Kim Wilde WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN The Bangles IN THE ARMY NOW Status Quo STEP RIGHT UP Jaki Graham EACH TIME YOU BREAK MY HEART Nick Kamen RAIN OR SHINE Five Star JACK YOUR BODY Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley I LOVE MY RADIO Taffy Only Europe I'd say I'm not particularly fond of these days. Looking forward to reading the rest of your 1987 charts! Hi AH, thanks! no wonder you love pop so much, your parents had great taste and bought as many singles as me! :lol: Did they rifle through the record store bargain bins like me? I tended only to buy my current number one at full price, the rest I went searching for on a Saturday at all the local record shops, I literally used to drive to Wimborne, Ferndown, Parkstone, Bournemouth, Boscombe & Poole on a rota looking for 'em, plus Gillingham, Shaftesbury, Yeovil, Swanage, Blandford if I was working out that way of a lunchtime. I love my vinyl!
February 5, 20196 yr Author 'I Love My Radio' is very cheesy, but it is quite catchy I suppose. It is 'Italo-disco' which Stock Aitken Waterman were apparently influenced by for their productions such as those for Rick Astley later on in the year. Just heard the IOU remix recently following the discussion on the TOTP on BBC4 thread about why it reappeared in the chart in 1987 and sadly isn't as good as the original I think. The original IOU is very good (yet another early 80s proto-dance track i like!), I especially like the bit near the end with the pitched vocals in it, perhaps an inspiration for late 80s house tracks such as the one by Jack N'Chill that I mentioned earlier in this thread which used those kind of pitched vocals in them. Yes the IOU remix was very much love for the original rather than the remix, and it's chart position was a bit flattering! Taffy I recall as cheesy, I think that's a fair description! I never bought that single though so I havent heard it in years! Just playing it now. Yes. Cheesy! :lol: Italian-house (if thats a thing) was better than the pop end, Black Box especially.
February 5, 20196 yr Hi AH, thanks! no wonder you love pop so much, your parents had great taste and bought as many singles as me! :lol: Did they rifle through the record store bargain bins like me? I tended only to buy my current number one at full price, the rest I went searching for on a Saturday at all the local record shops, I literally used to drive to Wimborne, Ferndown, Parkstone, Bournemouth, Boscombe & Poole on a rota looking for 'em, plus Gillingham, Shaftesbury, Yeovil, Swanage, Blandford if I was working out that way of a lunchtime. I love my vinyl! They certainly did, but what I meant was I bought them, they paid :lol: Looking back, I must have whinged and nagged relentlessly to get them to part with their hard earned cash just to keep my record buying addiction going. I was not an easy child! :lol: I'm sure they bought a few aswell which just ended up in my collection. I remember us going on a weekly pilgrimage to Woolworths (R.I.P) and Crusin Records (indie shop). Car boots and out of town stores came many years later. I didn't venture out like you though, that's serious dedication! :lol:
February 6, 20196 yr Author They certainly did, but what I meant was I bought them, they paid :lol: Looking back, I must have whinged and nagged relentlessly to get them to part with their hard earned cash just to keep my record buying addiction going. I was not an easy child! :lol: I'm sure they bought a few aswell which just ended up in my collection. I remember us going on a weekly pilgrimage to Woolworths (R.I.P) and Crusin Records (indie shop). Car boots and out of town stores came many years later. I didn't venture out like you though, that's serious dedication! :lol: Wow! You were advanced for your age - I'd have loved to have had records at that age, I was 8 before we got our first record player - and the first records dad bought was stuff like Beatles, Ronettes so I had plenty to love there anyway :)
February 6, 20196 yr Italian-house (if thats a thing) was better than the pop end, Black Box especially. Yes Italo-house is definitively a thing, from Black Box who helped make it popular to Jinny's 'Keep Warm' in 1995! My favourite Italo-house group is the 49ers, 'Touch me' and 'Don't You Love Me' are fab dance tunes which were hits in 1990, the latter should have done better in the charts I think.
February 8, 20196 yr Author Yes Italo-house is definitively a thing, from Black Box who helped make it popular to Jinny's 'Keep Warm' in 1995! My favourite Italo-house group is the 49ers, 'Touch me' and 'Don't You Love Me' are fab dance tunes which were hits in 1990, the latter should have done better in the charts I think. Yes, Black Box and The 49'ers both did well in my charts - can't recall where Don't You Love Me got to (just checked, oops 65!) and I haven't heard it in years I'd guess :o
February 8, 20196 yr Author 4th February 1987 It's a first week on top for Aretha's first-ever chart-topper (after trying for 19 years) and George Michael gets a 5th, including Wham!. Carly Simon gets her 5th top 10, and The Christians debut at 15 from nowhere with the brilliant Forgotten Town, the Christian brothers from Liverpool followed in the tradition of The Real Thing's early stuff for me, great soul records. China Crisis, The Mission and Lou Reed all go top 40 again - Lou hadn't done that since 1973! Talking about oldies, a remix of Rock Your Baby brings George McCrae back after a gap of 12 years, while remixes is the theme of the week as recent flops from Stacey Q, This Island Earth, join Freeez and Hot Choc in the charts. Geldof, Europe, Paul Young all follow-up with minor entries, Springsteen does his own Pointer Sisters gift 8 years late, Slade join their annual Xmas oldie with a newie, which gives them 16 years of entries, and Tina Turner makes it 14 years of chart hits as album title track Break Every Rule enters before I realised it wasn't a single and excluded it. As I now include album tracks at least I know it's position is fair and so I am keeping it! 1 ( 2 ) I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING (FOR ME) Aretha Franklin & George Michael 2 ( 1 ) YOU SEXY THING (BEN LIEBRAND REMIX) Hot Chocolate 3 ( 4 ) SOMETHING IN MY HOUSE Dead Or Alive 4 ( 8 ) WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES The Doobie Brothers 5 ( 5 ) NO MORE THE FOOL Elkie Brooks 6 ( 6 ) C’EST LA VIE Robbie Nevil 7 ( 3 ) THE EP (HOW CAN I BE SURE/ I’M A CLOWN/ COULD IT BE FOREVER) David Cassidy 8 ( 10 ) WHEELS ON FIRE Siouxsie & The Banshees 9 ( 14 ) JACK YOUR BODY Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley 10 ( 16 ) COMING AROUND AGAIN Carly Simon 11 ( 12 ) YOU DON’T KNOW Berlin 12 ( 13 ) HYMN TO HER The Pretenders 13 ( 19 ) RAT IN MI KITCHON UB40 14 ( 9 ) REAL WILD CHILD (WILD ONE) Iggy Pop 15 ( NEW ) FORGOTTEN TOWN The Christians 16 ( 24 ) ALMAZ Randy Crawford 17 ( 11 ) OPEN YOUR HEART Madonna 18 ( 23 ) ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY Vesta Williams 19 ( 25 ) BEHIND THE MASK Eric Clapton 20 ( 36 ) I LOVE MY RADIO Taffy 21 ( 15 ) REET PETITE Jackie Wilson 22 ( 35 ) HEARTACHE Pepsi & Shirlie 23 ( 7 ) SOMEBODY’S COMING Little Richard 24 ( 18 ) BIG FUN The Gap Band 25 ( 32 ) DOWN TO EARTH Curiosity Killed The Cat 26 ( 17 ) IS THIS LOVE Alison Moyet 27 ( 44 ) BEST KEPT SECRET China Crisis 28 ( 28 ) CROSS THAT BRIDGE The Ward Brothers 29 ( 31 ) IT DIDN’T MATTER The Style Council 30 ( 40 ) MAGIC SMILE Rosie Vela 31 ( 20 ) SURRENDER Swing Out Sister 32 ( 21 ) THE BOY IN THE BUBBLE Paul Simon 33 ( 47 ) WASTELAND The Mission 34 ( 34 ) IOU (REMIX) Freeez 35 ( 60 ) IT SHOULDN’T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY The Blow Monkeys 36 ( 22 ) CANDY Cameo 37 ( 72 ) JACK THE GROOVE Raze 38 ( 38 ) TRAMPOLINE Julian Cope 39 ( 50 ) SOUL MAN Lou Reed and Sam Moore 40 ( 26 ) CRY WOLF a-ha 41 ( 27 ) SOMETIMES Erasure 42 ( 29 ) THE RAIN Oran ‘Juice’ Jones 43 ( 33 ) KING’S CALL Philip Lynott 44 ( 45 ) LIVE IT UP Mental As Anything 45 ( NEW ) ROCK YOUR BABY (REMIX) George McCrae 46 ( 42 ) TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin 47 ( 43 ) HUMAN Human League 48 ( 30 ) CARAVAN OF LOVE The Housemartins 49 ( 68 ) BEAUTIFUL IMBALANCE Thrashing Doves 50 ( 61 ) CRUSH ON YOU The Jets 51 ( 37 ) LAND OF CONFUSION Genesis 52 ( NEW ) TWO OF HEARTS (Q MIX) Stacey Q 53 ( 41 ) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY Slade 54 ( 62 ) TROUBLE Heaven 17 55 ( 46 ) LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 56 ( 57 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 57 ( 55 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross 58 ( 39 ) SO COLD THE NIGHT The Communards 59 ( 59 ) KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF Georgia Satellites 60 ( 52 ) TRUE BLUE Madonna 61 ( 74 ) HEART OF THE SUN Red Box 62 ( 63 ) FUTURE’S SO BRIGHT (GOTTA WEAR SHADES) Timbuk 3 63 ( 64 ) STRANGER ON THE SHORE OF LOVE Stevie Wonder 64 ( NEW ) SEE THAT GLOW (REMIX) This Island Earth 65 ( NEW ) LOVE LIKE A ROCKET Bob Geldof 66 ( NEW ) ROCK THE TOWN Europe 67 ( 67 ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite 68 ( 69 ) VICTORY Kool & The Gang 69 ( NEW ) BREAK EVERY RULE Tina Turner 70 ( NEW ) DON’T COME TO STAY Hothouse 71 ( 51 ) THE MIRACLE OF LOVE Eurythmics 72 ( NEW ) WHY DOES A MAN HAVE TO BE STRONG Paul Young 73 ( 48 ) FALLIN’ IN LOVE (UH-UH) Miami Sound Machine 74 ( NEW ) FIRE Bruce Springsteen 75 ( NEW ) STILL THE SAME Slade 4th Feb PLAYIST OLDIES 1 HOLD YOUR HEAD UP Argent 2 NO FEAR NO HATE NO PAIN Eurythmics 3 ADORATIONS Killing Joke
February 15, 20196 yr Author 11th February 1987 It's 2 weeks on top for George & Aretha as they preside over a busy top 10, a middling middle, and a busy bottom end with lots of new entries. Carly Simon gets her highest-charting record to date, The Christians a first top 5, Berlin a second top 10, The Blow Monkeys a 2nd top 10 and a big climb, Randy Crawford a second top 10, and China Crisis a 3rd top 10. Highest new entry is Eurythmics dropping the synths and opting for gospel rock, at 30. It's chart returns for Duran, the Nana's, The Damned making it 8 years of chart entries, The Smiths petering out ahead of the big bust-up never to return, Spandau 7 years and still going, Five Star, Big Audio Dynamite, Anita baker & George Benson making it, ooh 12 years since Supership. 1 ( 1 ) I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING (FOR ME) Aretha Franklin & George Michael 2 ( 2 ) YOU SEXY THING (BEN LIEBRAND REMIX) Hot Chocolate 3 ( 10 ) COMING AROUND AGAIN Carly Simon 4 ( 3 ) SOMETHING IN MY HOUSE Dead Or Alive 5 ( 15 ) FORGOTTEN TOWN The Christians 6 ( 11 ) YOU DON’T KNOW Berlin 7 ( 35 ) IT SHOULDN’T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY The Blow Monkeys 8 ( 16 ) ALMAZ Randy Crawford 9 ( 5 ) NO MORE THE FOOL Elkie Brooks 10 ( 27 ) BEST KEPT SECRET China Crisis 11 ( 6 ) C’EST LA VIE Robbie Nevil 12 ( 7 ) THE EP (HOW CAN I BE SURE/ I’M A CLOWN/ COULD IT BE FOREVER) David Cassidy 13 ( 19 ) BEHIND THE MASK Eric Clapton 14 ( 18 ) ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY Vesta Williams 15 ( 4 ) WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES The Doobie Brothers 16 ( 20 ) I LOVE MY RADIO Taffy 17 ( 8 ) WHEELS ON FIRE Siouxsie & The Banshees 18 ( 22 ) HEARTACHE Pepsi & Shirlie 19 ( 25 ) DOWN TO EARTH Curiosity Killed The Cat 20 ( 14 ) REAL WILD CHILD (WILD ONE) Iggy Pop 21 ( 13 ) RAT IN MI KITCHON UB40 22 ( 12 ) HYMN TO HER The Pretenders 23 ( 33 ) WASTELAND The Mission 24 ( 17 ) OPEN YOUR HEART Madonna 25 ( 30 ) MAGIC SMILE Rosie Vela 26 ( 39 ) SOUL MAN Lou Reed and Sam Moore 27 ( 37 ) JACK THE GROOVE Raze 28 ( 9 ) JACK YOUR BODY Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley 29 ( 43 ) KING’S CALL Philip Lynott 30 ( NEW ) MISSIONARY MAN Eurythmics 31 ( 21 ) REET PETITE Jackie Wilson 32 ( 34 ) IOU (REMIX) Freeez 33 ( 44 ) LIVE IT UP Mental As Anything 34 ( 23 ) SOMEBODY’S COMING Little Richard 35 ( 62 ) FUTURE’S SO BRIGHT (GOTTA WEAR SHADES) Timbuk 3 36 ( 38 ) TRAMPOLINE Julian Cope 37 ( 28 ) CROSS THAT BRIDGE The Ward Brothers 38 ( 26 ) IS THIS LOVE Alison Moyet 39 ( 50 ) CRUSH ON YOU The Jets 40 ( 32 ) THE BOY IN THE BUBBLE Paul Simon 41 ( 49 ) BEAUTIFUL IMBALANCE Thrashing Doves 42 ( 36 ) CANDY Cameo 43 ( 45 ) ROCK YOUR BABY (REMIX) George McCrae 44 ( 40 ) CRY WOLF a-ha 45 ( 52 ) TWO OF HEARTS (Q MIX) Stacey Q 46 ( 41 ) SOMETIMES Erasure 47 ( 47 ) HUMAN Human League 48 ( 65 ) LOVE LIKE A ROCKET Bob Geldof 49 ( 31 ) SURRENDER Swing Out Sister 50 ( 46 ) TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin 51 ( 66 ) ROCK THE TOWN Europe 52 ( 61 ) HEART OF THE SUN Red Box 53 ( 24 ) BIG FUN The Gap Band 54 ( NEW ) SKIN TRADE Duran Duran 55 ( 42 ) THE RAIN Oran ‘Juice’ Jones 56 ( 56 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 57 ( NEW ) GIGOLO The Damned 58 ( 57 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross 59 ( NEW ) SHOPLIFTERS OF THE WORLD UNITE The Smiths 60 ( 60 ) TRUE BLUE Madonna 61 ( NEW ) STAY OUT OF MY LIFE Five Star 62 ( 29 ) IT DIDN’T MATTER The Style Council 63 ( NEW ) SONIC BOOM BOY Westworld 64 ( 55 ) LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 65 ( 51 ) LAND OF CONFUSION Genesis 66 ( 72 ) WHY DOES A MAN HAVE TO BE STRONG Paul Young 67 ( NEW ) A TRICK OF THE NIGHT Bananarama 68 ( 67 ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite 69 ( 69 ) BREAK EVERY RULE Tina Turner 70 ( NEW ) HOW MANY LIES Spandau Ballet 71 ( 53 ) MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY Slade 72 ( NEW ) V13 Big Audio Dynamite 73 ( 58 ) SO COLD THE NIGHT The Communards 74 ( NEW ) TEASER George Benson 75 ( NEW ) CAUGHT UP IN THE RAPTURE Anita Baker Playlist oldies of that week 1 I’M GONNA BE STRONG Gene Pitney 2 NO PROMISES Icehouse 3 THESE DREAMS Heart
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