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It's such an amazing pop song and I will jump at any great HL track post 1983 because the 'classic' bands of that era seemed to flop hard post 1985 and we are left in that weird 1986-92 era when house came alongside pure cheese and metal bands going pop. I'm enjoying it but the 1979-84 era was the best and most creative in British music for me.

Thanks steve yes i agree with you about 79- 84 in terms of sheer volume of varied high quality pop. I also feel the same about 64-69 when most modern pop music has roots established and boundaries broken. My own fave era is 71-74 but thats prob more to do withbeing 13 through 16 years old which are impressionable nostalgic years for most people.

 

Mind you every year has great records, though whther they are all chart hits is another topic.... :)

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12th May 1987

 

It's swap around in the top 2, as Living In A Box edge out Crowded House after just one week on top, and T.Rex get another posthumous remix at 3. I'm not sure that Marc Bolan would have approved of his fan club updates, but it gives the brilliant Get It On more chart points/"sales" for the all-time charts. Zodiac Mindwarp (great name!) leaps up to 6 and is indeed the prime mover inside the 40 in a quiet week. OMD get yet another top 10, 7 years-worth and counting, and Johnny Hates Jazz get a first.

 

Jesus & Mary Chain go top 20, Elvis gets a Bossa Nova Baby Fun In Acapulco boost from the Tube I think, and Sly & Robbie Boops up to 19. Big jumps into the 40 for Mint Juleps, The Cult & Robbie Nevil, while Carly Simon gets another top 40 new entry, and The Housemartins come over all excited about it. Darn the lower end lots of minor entries for long-running acts & a re-record for Johnny Clegg of his 1983 minor hit.

1 ( 2 ) LIVING IN A BOX Living In A Box

2 ( 1 ) DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER Crowded House

3 ( NEW ) GET IT ON (’87 REMIX) T.Rex

4 ( 4 ) WISHING I WAS LUCKY Wet Wet Wet

5 ( 3 ) LA ISLA BONITA Madonna

6 ( 38 ) PRIME MOVER Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction

7 ( 11 ) SHAME OMD

8 ( 9 ) ALONE AGAIN OR The Damned

9 ( 12 ) SHATTERED DREAMS Johnny Hates Jazz

10 ( 6 ) NOTHING’S GONNA STOP US NOW Starship

 

11 ( 8 ) SPANISH HARLEM Ben E. King

12 ( 13 ) BIG LOVE Fleetwood Mac

13 ( 5 ) MOVE OVER DARLING Doris Day

14 ( 27 ) APRIL SKIES Jesus And Mary Chain

15 ( 15 ) A BOY FROM NOWHERE Tom Jones

16 ( 7 ) (SOMETHING INSIDE) SO STRONG Labi Siffre

17 ( 10 ) KEEP YOUR EYE ON ME Herb Alpert

18 ( 37 ) BOSSA NOVA BABY Elvis Presley

19 ( 41 ) BOOPS (HERE TO GO) Sly & Robbie

20 ( 25 ) ANOTHER STEP (CLOSER TO YOU) Kim Wilde & Junior

 

21 ( 14 ) BIG DECISION That Petrol Emotion

22 ( 19 ) CAN’T BE WITH YOU TONIGHT Judy Boucher

23 ( 33 ) REAL FASHION REGGAE STYLE Carey Johnson

24 ( 31 ) EMOTIONAL Falco

25 ( 30 ) SHEILA TAKE A BOW The Smiths

26 ( 40 ) YOU’RE SO STRONG Mental As Anything

27 ( 28 ) THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH Five Star

28 ( 18 ) RADIO HEART Radio Heart & Gary Numan

29 ( 20 ) EVER FALLEN IN LOVE Fine Young Cannibals

30 ( 23 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson

 

31 ( 32 ) SERIOUS Donna Allen

32 ( 16 ) YOU’RE THE VOICE John Farnham

33 ( 17 ) DIAMOND LIGHTS Glen & Chris

34 ( 34 ) TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN Level 42

35 ( 69 ) EVERY KINDA PEOPLE The Mint Juleps

36 ( 60 ) L’L DEVIL The Cult

37 ( 21 ) SIGN O’ THE TIMES Prince

38 ( NEW ) GIVE ME ALL NIGHT Carly Simon

39 ( 58 ) DOMINOES Robbie Nevil

40 ( NEW ) FIVE GET OVER EXCITED The Housemartins

 

41 ( 24 ) LET MY PEOPLE GOGO The Rainmakers

42 ( 26 ) EVE’S VOLCANO Julian Cope

43 ( 22 ) IF YOU LET ME STAY Terence Trent D’Arby

44 ( 61 ) BACK AND FORTH Cameo

45 ( 29 ) EVERYONE’S A WINNER (REMIX) Hot Chocolate

46 ( 42 ) FORGOTTEN TOWN The Christians

47 ( 53 ) NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE Spear Of Destiny

48 ( 43 ) STAND BY ME Ben E. King

49 ( 39 ) RESPECT YOURSELF Bruce Willis

50 ( 44 ) DON’T NEED A GUN Billy Idol

 

51 ( 47 ) I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING (FOR ME) Aretha Franklin & George Michael

52 ( 52 ) CARRIE Europe

53 ( 63 ) BA-NA-NA BAM BOO Westworld

54 ( 36 ) DAY-IN DAY-OUT David Bowie

55 ( 51 ) PENNY LANE/STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles

56 ( 56 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

57 ( 71 ) IN LOVE WITH LOVE Debbie Harry

58 ( 55 ) SHIP OF FOOLS World Party

59 ( 64 ) TWILIGHT WORLD Swing Out Sister

60 ( 35 ) WHY CAN’T I BE YOU The Cure

 

61 ( 45 ) WITH OR WITHOUT YOU U2

62 ( 68 ) LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE Jody Watley

63 ( 57 ) WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN Percy Sledge

64 ( NEW ) STONE LOVE Kool And The Gang

65 ( 49 ) NO LIES The SOS Band

66 ( 66 ) HUMAN Human League

67 ( 70 ) FRIDAY ON MY MIND Gary Moore

68 ( 67 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross

69 ( 73 ) WHAT’S GOING ON Cyndi Lauper

70 ( NEW ) WATCHDOGS UB40

 

71 ( NEW ) STRANGE LOVE Depeche Mode

72 ( 59 ) THAT’S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR Slade

73 ( NEW ) SCATTERLINGS OF AFRICA Johnny Clegg

74 ( NEW ) LOVE AND MONEY Love And Money

75 ( NEW ) MEET EL PRESIDENTE Duran Duran

 

 

Playlist Oldies of that week

1 DOWNTOWN Petula Clark

2 WAY OF LIFE Family Dogg

3 DANNY’S SONG Anne Murray

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19th May 1987

 

It's 2 weeks on top for Living In A Box presiding over a quiet top 10, just Fleetwood Mac and Tom Jones adding to their tallies both running at 19 years to date. Robbie Nevil & The Housemartins both leap into the 20, and Jody Watley, Westworld, Cameo, Spear Of Destiny & Debbie Harry all go up into the 40 while new Act are snobbish about being highest at 31 - essentially Claudia Brucken from Propaganda and Thomas Leer, still on the ZTT label - and The Fall cover R.Dean Taylor's classic 1967 single which was a big Northern Soul hit in 1974 in the UK in at 35.

 

Lots of new acts lower down debuting, plus Springsteen charting with an inferior live cover of his epic Spectoresque 1975 top 20 single and future chart-topper, Born To Run. It's criminal that this charted in the UK and the original never has gotten higher than 76. Some people prefer this version, of course, but not me, the majesty and excitement of the original was the single track that propelled Bruce into stardom. Little Steven (Van Zandt) also enters, at 70, sometime member of Bruce's E-Street Band when not making political solo music statements.

 

Age Of Chance, Georgia Satellites, Suzanne Vega and Whitney Houston all return with follow-ups at the tail-end of my chart - but which will go on to become bigger chart hits? Well, Whitney will, even though I'm fed up to the teeth of hearing it these days over the years. Everytime it comes on the radio or TV I want to change channels.

 

1 ( 1 ) LIVING IN A BOX Living In A Box

2 ( 2 ) DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER Crowded House

3 ( 3 ) GET IT ON (’87 REMIX) T.Rex

4 ( 4 ) WISHING I WAS LUCKY Wet Wet Wet

5 ( 6 ) PRIME MOVER Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction

6 ( 9 ) SHATTERED DREAMS Johnny Hates Jazz

7 ( 7 ) SHAME OMD

8 ( 5 ) LA ISLA BONITA Madonna

9 ( 12 ) BIG LOVE Fleetwood Mac

10 ( 15 ) A BOY FROM NOWHERE Tom Jones

 

11 ( 8 ) ALONE AGAIN OR The Damned

12 ( 10 ) NOTHING’S GONNA STOP US NOW Starship

13 ( 16 ) (SOMETHING INSIDE) SO STRONG Labi Siffre

14 ( 14 ) APRIL SKIES Jesus And Mary Chain

15 ( 11 ) SPANISH HARLEM Ben E. King

16 ( 20 ) ANOTHER STEP (CLOSER TO YOU) Kim Wilde & Junior

17 ( 19 ) BOOPS (HERE TO GO) Sly & Robbie

18 ( 13 ) MOVE OVER DARLING Doris Day

19 ( 39 ) DOMINOES Robbie Nevil

20 ( 40 ) FIVE GET OVER EXCITED The Housemartins

 

21 ( 27 ) THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH Five Star

22 ( 23 ) REAL FASHION REGGAE STYLE Carey Johnson

23 ( 36 ) L’L DEVIL The Cult

24 ( 17 ) KEEP YOUR EYE ON ME Herb Alpert

25 ( 31 ) SERIOUS Donna Allen

26 ( 35 ) EVERY KINDA PEOPLE Mint Juleps

27 ( 62 ) LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE Jody Watley

28 ( 44 ) BACK AND FORTH Cameo

29 ( 53 ) BA-NA-NA BAM BOO Westworld

30 ( 18 ) BOSSA NOVA BABY Elvis Presley

 

31 ( NEW ) SNOBBERY AND DECAY Act

32 ( 34 ) TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN Level 42

33 ( 38 ) GIVE ME ALL NIGHT Carly Simon

34 ( 30 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson

35 ( NEW ) THERE’S A GHOST IN MY HOUSE The Fall

36 ( 32 ) YOU’RE THE VOICE John Farnham

37 ( 22 ) CAN’T BE WITH YOU TONIGHT Judy Boucher

38 ( 57 ) IN LOVE WITH LOVE Debbie Harry

39 ( 24 ) EMOTIONAL Falco

40 ( 47 ) NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE Spear Of Destiny

 

41 ( 21 ) BIG DECISION That Petrol Emotion

42 ( 28 ) RADIO HEART Radio Heart & Gary Numan

43 ( 59 ) TWILIGHT WORLD Swing Out Sister

44 ( 26 ) YOU’RE SO STRONG Mental As Anything

45 ( 37 ) SIGN O’ THE TIMES Prince

46 ( 52 ) CARRIE Europe

47 ( 25 ) SHEILA TAKE A BOW The Smiths

48 ( 29 ) EVER FALLEN IN LOVE Fine Young Cannibals

49 ( 64 ) STONE LOVE Kool And The Gang

50 ( 43 ) IF YOU LET ME STAY Terence Trent D’Arby

 

51 ( 49 ) RESPECT YOURSELF Bruce Willis

52 ( 46 ) FORGOTTEN TOWN The Christians

53 ( 48 ) STAND BY ME Ben E. King

54 ( 56 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

55 ( 51 ) I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING (FOR ME) Aretha Franklin & George Michael

56 ( 63 ) WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN Percy Sledge

57 ( 50 ) DON’T NEED A GUN Billy Idol

58 ( 45 ) EVERYONE’S A WINNER (REMIX) Hot Chocolate

59 ( 55 ) PENNY LANE/STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles

60 ( 75 ) MEET EL PRESIDENTE Duran Duran

 

61 ( 71 ) STRANGE LOVE Depeche Mode

62 ( 41 ) LET MY PEOPLE GOGO The Rainmakers

63 ( 69 ) WHAT’S GOING ON Cyndi Lauper

64 ( 58 ) SHIP OF FOOLS World Party

65 ( 70 ) WATCHDOGS UB40

66 ( NEW ) HEY LOVE King Sun-D Moet

67 ( 66 ) HUMAN Human League

68 ( NEW ) BORN TO LOVE (LIVE) Bruce Springsteen

69 ( NEW ) WHAT’S MY SCENE Hoodoo Gurus

70 ( NEW ) BITTER FRUIT Little Steven

 

71 ( 68 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross

72 ( NEW ) BATTLESHIP CHAINS The Georgia Satellites

73 ( NEW ) WHO’S AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD NOISE Age Of Chance

74 ( NEW ) I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME) Whitney Houston

75 ( NEW ) LUKA Suzanne Vega

 

 

Playlist oldies of the week

1 WAY OF LIFE Family Dogg

2 I KNOW THERE’S SOMETHING GOING ON Frida

3 SUMMERTIME Fun Boy Three

Serious by Donna Allen I only discovered quite recently and was surprised to hear that I recognized the chorus - which was sampled in the 90s dance track U Sure Do by Strike.

 

Serious is a good track though, although I do prefer U Sure Do!

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Fingers cross for El Presidente and Strange Love to rise!!

 

Oops! I just checked and both have already peaked :o Drowned out by other tracks I liked more I'm afraid....

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Serious by Donna Allen I only discovered quite recently and was surprised to hear that I recognized the chorus - which was sampled in the 90s dance track U Sure Do by Strike.

 

Serious is a good track though, although I do prefer U Sure Do!

 

Not played it for decades, just done it now - it's very "What Have You Done For Me Lately", and I had no idea it was sampled for Strike, didn't spot that one at the time I think. I think I like both of them equally, now, but not sure how well Strike did in my charts, I know I liked it but my complete chart file starts in late 1997 and only 1994 has been added to it so far. They hit 28 with I Have Peace in 1997 though (no I don't remember it either!) :lol:

Oops! I just checked and both have already peaked :o Drowned out by other tracks I liked more I'm afraid....

 

Sounds a bit like the story of their career by this stage!

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Sounds a bit like the story of their career by this stage!

 

true but they came back better than ever in a year or 3 :yahoo: :)

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26th May 1987

 

It's back in the glam nostalgia groove again as T.Rex get a second chart-topper remix of the year, and again with a track that missed out topping my chart first-time round, the brilliant Get It On (Bang A Gong), a decade since Marc Bolan's very untimely death. That's their 8th chart-topper. No messing about from U2 this time, it's straight in at 20 with one of their greatest records, from their greatest album The Joshua Tree. Act shoot up 20 places to 11, and UB40 have a massive top 40 climb.

 

Bruce Willis is back with another soul classic, this time The Drifters 1964 hit, but recorded with The Temptations on assist, giving them 19 years of chart action. War are also back 11 years on with a remix of Low Rider, Broken English debut with the goodie Coming On Strong, the best Rolling Stones record since Undercover Of The Night 4 years earlier. OK it's not them, but it's a great reminder of what they ought to sound like. In at 39, it's a welcome return to form for the fab ABC, and When Smokey Sings - an ode to Mr. Robinson. Paul Carrack extends his chart run to 13 years (How Long? Yes 1974. Ace!) doing a decent cover of The Searchers best record (probably) When You Walk In The Room, a song from my childhood that I always liked.

 

Run DMC find it tricky, but they finally get into my chart, and Herb Alpert extends his run to 19 years too with his 2nd dance workout of the year, this one with Ms. Jackson on vocal assist - only fair since he signed her to his label. Diamonds is a goodie. Marillion and Simply Red sneak in with lesser tracks, Boys Don't Cry follow-up (just about), and Go West scrape in at 75 as the hits start to run out. For 3 years or so.

 

1 ( 3 ) GET IT ON (’87 REMIX) T.Rex

2 ( 1 ) LIVING IN A BOX Living In A Box

3 ( 2 ) DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER Crowded House

4 ( 4 ) WISHING I WAS LUCKY Wet Wet Wet

5 ( 5 ) PRIME MOVER Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction

6 ( 7 ) SHAME OMD

7 ( 6 ) SHATTERED DREAMS Johnny Hates Jazz

8 ( 8 ) LA ISLA BONITA Madonna

9 ( 9 ) BIG LOVE Fleetwood Mac

10 ( 12 ) NOTHING’S GONNA STOP US NOW Starship

 

11 ( 31 ) SNOBBERY AND DECAY Act

12 ( 10 ) A BOY FROM NOWHERE Tom Jones

13 ( 13 ) (SOMETHING INSIDE) SO STRONG Labi Siffre

14 ( 11 ) ALONE AGAIN OR The Damned

15 ( 21 ) THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH Five Star

16 ( 17 ) BOOPS (HERE TO GO) Sly & Robbie

17 ( 20 ) FIVE GET OVER EXCITED The Housemartins

18 ( 28 ) BACK AND FORTH Cameo

19 ( 25 ) SERIOUS Donna Allen

20 ( NEW ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2

 

21 ( 26 ) EVERY KINDA PEOPLE Mint Juleps

22 ( 74 ) I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME) Whitney Houston

23 ( 23 ) L’L DEVIL The Cult

24 ( 18 ) MOVE OVER DARLING Doris Day

25 ( 15 ) SPANISH HARLEM Ben E. King

26 ( 16 ) ANOTHER STEP (CLOSER TO YOU) Kim Wilde & Junior

27 ( 27 ) LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE Jody Watley

28 ( 14 ) APRIL SKIES Jesus And Mary Chain

29 ( 33 ) GIVE ME ALL NIGHT Carly Simon

30 ( NEW ) UNDER THE BOARDWALK Bruce Willis with The Temptations

 

31 ( 35 ) THERE’S A GHOST IN MY HOUSE The Fall

32 ( 32 ) TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN Level 42

33 ( 19 ) DOMINOES Robbie Nevil

34 ( 65 ) WATCHDOGS UB40

35 ( NEW ) LOW RIDER (REMIX) War

36 ( 24 ) KEEP YOUR EYE ON ME Herb Alpert

37 ( NEW ) COMING ON STRONG Broken English

38 ( 46 ) CARRIE Europe

39 ( NEW ) WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC

40 ( 34 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson

 

41 ( 68 ) BORN TO LOVE (LIVE) Bruce Springsteen

42 ( 22 ) REAL FASHION REGGAE STYLE Carey Johnson

43 ( 29 ) BA-NA-NA BAM BOO Westworld

44 ( NEW ) WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM Paul Carrack

45 ( 36 ) YOU’RE THE VOICE John Farnham

46 ( 37 ) CAN’T BE WITH YOU TONIGHT Judy Boucher

47 ( 30 ) BOSSA NOVA BABY Elvis Presley

48 ( 54 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

49 ( 63 ) WHAT’S GOING ON Cyndi Lauper

50 ( RE ) BREAK EVERY RULE Tina Turner

 

51 ( 40 ) NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE Spear Of Destiny

52 ( 72 ) BATTLESHIP CHAINS The Georgia Satellites

53 ( 42 ) RADIO HEART Radio Heart & Gary Numan

54 ( 45 ) SIGN O’ THE TIMES Prince

55 ( 53 ) STAND BY ME Ben E. King

56 ( 73 ) WHO’S AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD NOISE Age Of Chance

57 ( 75 ) LUKA Suzanne Vega

58 ( 55 ) I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING (FOR ME) Aretha Franklin & George Michael

59 ( 39 ) EMOTIONAL Falco

60 ( 52 ) FORGOTTEN TOWN The Christians

 

61 ( 51 ) RESPECT YOURSELF Bruce Willis

62 ( 59 ) PENNY LANE/STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles

63 ( NEW ) IT’S TRICKY Run DMC

64 ( 64 ) SHIP OF FOOLS World Party

65 ( 56 ) WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN Percy Sledge

66 ( NEW ) DIAMONDS Herb Alpert featuring Janet Jackson

67 ( 67 ) HUMAN Human League

68 ( RE ) FRIDAY ON MY MIND Gary Moore

69 ( 58 ) EVERYONE’S A WINNER (REMIX) Hot Chocolate

70 ( 57 ) DON’T NEED A GUN Billy Idol

 

71 ( 71 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross

72 ( NEW ) INCOMMUNICADO Marillion

73 ( NEW ) INFIDELITY Simply Red

74 ( NEW ) WHO THE AM DAM DO YOU THINK YOU AM Boys Don’t Cry

75 ( NEW ) I WANT TO HEAR IT FROM YOU Go West

 

 

Oldies Playlist

1 STONED LOVE The Supremes

2 DOWNTOWN Petula Clark

3 I’M NOT IN LOVE 10cc

true but they came back better than ever in a year or 3 :yahoo: :)

 

Ordinary World :heart:

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2nd June 1987

 

It's 2 weeks on top for T.Rex as another golden oldie is straight in at 2 - Tom Jones is reactivated chart-wise and a hit all over again is his signature tune, It's Not Unusual - a track I loved as a kid and would def have topped my charts had I been compiling them in 1965. Better late than never! After 4 weeks at 4 Wet Wet Wet finally drop, but it's better than some chart-toppers in 1987, and just to prove the point the over-rated Whitney monster gives her a second top 10, ahead of it suffering 32 years of over-playing. U2 OTOH is a classic, and up to 6, and still fresh.

 

Herb Alpert & Tina Turner both bound into the 20, 24 Carat Diamonds, and Breaking Every Rule still being chart successful 2 decades on. In at 30, errr, Star Trekkin'. It was amusing the first couple of times, and anything Star Trek would meet with my approval. Until I got quickly sick of it and grew to dislike it. Ah, well, proof I liked it for a while. A bunch of old covers enter the 40, The Beastie Boys get a second top 40, and Suzanne Vega gets a second too. Pepsi & Shirlie get a second chart entry minus the Wham! boys, Erasure keep on with the run, Boy George is back, Living In A Box get a quick foillow-up, LL Cool J returns, Alison Moyet has a subdued entry, Billy Idol's fab gentle Sweet Sixteen is a change in direction for him, The Kane Gang are back 3 years on, and The BLow Monkeys team up with soul legend Curtis Mayfield 2 years after his stage fall left him paralysed for the rest of his life. He first charted in 1971 with Move On Up.

 

 

1 ( 1 ) GET IT ON (’87 REMIX) T.Rex

2 ( NEW ) IT’S NOT UNUSUAL Tom Jones

3 ( 2 ) LIVING IN A BOX Living In A Box

4 ( 5 ) PRIME MOVER Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction

5 ( 4 ) WISHING I WAS LUCKY Wet Wet Wet

6 ( 20 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2

7 ( 7 ) SHATTERED DREAMS Johnny Hates Jazz

8 ( 3 ) DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER Crowded House

9 ( 6 ) SHAME OMD

10 ( 22 ) I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME) Whitney Houston

11 ( 10 ) NOTHING’S GONNA STOP US NOW Starship

12 ( 17 ) FIVE GET OVER EXCITED The Housemartins

13 ( 8 ) LA ISLA BONITA Madonna

14 ( 30 ) UNDER THE BOARDWALK Bruce Willis with The Temptations

15 ( 19 ) SERIOUS Donna Allen

16 ( 18 ) BACK AND FORTH Cameo

17 ( 9 ) BIG LOVE Fleetwood Mac

18 ( 66 ) DIAMONDS Herb Alpert featuring Janet Jackson

19 ( 50 ) BREAK EVERY RULE Tina Turner

20 ( 13 ) (SOMETHING INSIDE) SO STRONG Labi Siffre

 

21 ( 37 ) COMING ON STRONG Broken English

22 ( 11 ) SNOBBERY AND DECAY Act

23 ( 34 ) WATCHDOGS UB40

24 ( 12 ) A BOY FROM NOWHERE Tom Jones

25 ( 27 ) LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE Jody Watley

26 ( 14 ) ALONE AGAIN OR The Damned

27 ( 24 ) MOVE OVER DARLING Doris Day

28 ( 16 ) BOOPS (HERE TO GO) Sly & Robbie

29 ( 29 ) GIVE ME ALL NIGHT Carly Simon

30 ( NEW ) STAR TREKKIN’ The Firm

 

31 ( 39 ) WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC

32 ( 15 ) THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH Five Star

33 ( 21 ) EVERY KINDA PEOPLE Mint Juleps

34 ( 68 ) FRIDAY ON MY MIND Gary Moore

35 ( 44 ) WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM Paul Carrack

36 ( 25 ) SPANISH HARLEM Ben E. King

37 ( 41 ) BORN TO LOVE (LIVE) Bruce Springsteen

38 ( NEW ) NO SLEEP TIL BROOKLYN The Beastie Boys

39 ( 57 ) LUKA Suzanne Vega

40 ( NEW ) JACK MIX II Mirage

 

41 ( 31 ) THERE’S A GHOST IN MY HOUSE The Fall

42 ( 33 ) DOMINOES Robbie Nevil

43 ( 40 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson

44 ( 23 ) L’L DEVIL The Cult

45 ( 45 ) YOU’RE THE VOICE John Farnham

46 ( 36 ) KEEP YOUR EYE ON ME Herb Alpert

47 ( 35 ) LOW RIDER (REMIX) War

48 ( 63 ) IT’S TRICKY Run DMC

49 ( 48 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

50 ( NEW ) GOODBYE STRANGER Pepsi & Shirley

 

51 ( 73 ) INFIDELITY Simply Red

52 ( 32 ) TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN Level 42

53 ( NEW ) VICTIM OF LOVE Erasure

54 ( 49 ) WHAT’S GOING ON Cyndi Lauper

55 ( 70 ) DON’T NEED A GUN Billy Idol

56 ( 55 ) STAND BY ME Ben E. King

57 ( NEW ) KEEP ME IN MIND Boy George

58 ( 58 ) I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING (FOR ME) Aretha Franklin & George Michael

59 ( 72 ) INCOMMUNICADO Marillion

60 ( NEW ) SCALES OF JUSTICE Living In A Box

 

61 ( 28 ) APRIL SKIES Jesus And Mary Chain

62 ( 26 ) ANOTHER STEP (CLOSER TO YOU) Kim Wilde & Junior

63 ( 54 ) SIGN O’ THE TIMES Prince

64 ( 62 ) PENNY LANE/STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles

65 ( NEW ) I’M BAD LL Cool J

66 ( 64 ) SHIP OF FOOLS World Party

67 ( 67 ) HUMAN Human League

68 ( NEW ) ORDINARY GIRL Alison Moyet

69 ( 60 ) FORGOTTEN TOWN The Christians

70 ( 65 ) WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN Percy Sledge

 

71 ( NEW ) SWEET SIXTEEN Billy Idol

72 ( NEW ) GET READY Carol Hitchcock

73 ( 71 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross

74 ( NEW ) MOTORTOWN The Kane Gang

75 ( NEW ) (CELEBRATE) THE DAY AFTER YOU The Blow Monkeys & Curtis Mayfield

 

 

2nd June

PLAYIST OLDIES

 

1 DANNY’S SONG Anne Murray

2 WHAT AM I DOING HANGING ROUND? The Monkees

3 LOVE MISSILE F1-11 Sigue Sigue Sputnik

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9th June 1987

 

It's a first week at one for U2, their first chart-topper with the brilliant I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, IMHO the jewel in the crown that is The Joshua Tree. The video was shot in Las Vegas, where I was heading in 3 months time back then, doubling up the nostalgia-quotient for my 1979 trip there. Vegas is unrecognisable these days from those days! In at 4 it's a re-recorded version of In Dreams from Roy Orbison, one of his key tracks, and the start of his comeback period - it's not as awesome as the original, but decent-enough.

 

Highest new song is It's A Sin - Pet Shop Boys back with a bang, a hint of Cat Stevens Wild World about the melody, but high on the epic scale, in at 18, and cementing their status as my fave new 80's act, well on their way to being my Must-Buy act of the last 34 years - a run no other act comes close to. A big climb for The Kane Gang to 21, and 2 great new entries for Heart and that mega-ballad Alone at 28, and XTC's most-provocative single Dear God in at 29, some 8 cynical years on since Making Plans For Nigel.

 

Talking of provocative, gender-bending Prince is in at 38 with If I Was Your Girlfriend, starting to mine Sign O The Times for singles, and Run-DMC get a second top 40. Janet Jackson pops in with her Pleasure Principle, joining herself on Herb Alpert's Diamonds for a 2nd chart track, Elton John has another of his periodic duets, this one with Jennifer Rush. Flames Of Paradise doesn't feature in his Rocketman movie biog, just as well given the greats that also don't feature. Just another 3 or 4 years of his self-abuse years to go, before he cleans up and enters his largely-musically-dull sober-but-happy years.

 

Diana Ross is giving me Dirty Looks - possibly because her brilliant Ain't No Mountain High Enough 1970 reissue has just dropped out the chart, to be replaced by one that is errr...not. Curiosity & co are back for a third try - and their best track to date, Misfit, Wang Chung scrape a brief comeback with Let's Go - and they did pretty much that evermore, Terence Trent D'Arby is back with his Wishing Well, a bit less classic than the Free song of the same name, and Genesis keep churning out the forgettable pedestrian hits. I mean none of those in this paragraph are bad, just a bit bland in comparison to previous highs (bar Misfit).

 

 

1 ( 6 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2

2 ( 1 ) GET IT ON (’87 REMIX) T.Rex

3 ( 2 ) IT’S NOT UNUSUAL Tom Jones

4 ( NEW ) IN DREAMS Roy Orbison

5 ( 7 ) SHATTERED DREAMS Johnny Hates Jazz

6 ( 10 ) I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME) Whitney Houston

7 ( 5 ) WISHING I WAS LUCKY Wet Wet Wet

8 ( 4 ) PRIME MOVER Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction

9 ( 8 ) DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER Crowded House

10 ( 3 ) LIVING IN A BOX Living In A Box

 

11 ( 21 ) COMING ON STRONG Broken English

12 ( 15 ) SERIOUS Donna Allen

13 ( 9 ) SHAME OMD

14 ( 14 ) UNDER THE BOARDWALK Bruce Willis with The Temptations

15 ( 18 ) DIAMONDS Herb Alpert featuring Janet Jackson

16 ( 11 ) NOTHING’S GONNA STOP US NOW Starship

17 ( 25 ) LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE Jody Watley

18 ( NEW ) IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys

19 ( 19 ) BREAK EVERY RULE Tina Turner

20 ( 31 ) WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC

 

21 ( 74 ) MOTORTOWN The Kane Gang

22 ( 12 ) FIVE GET OVER EXCITED The Housemartins

23 ( 13 ) LA ISLA BONITA Madonna

24 ( 38 ) NO SLEEP TIL BROOKLYN The Beastie Boys

25 ( 30 ) STAR TREKKIN’ The Firm

26 ( 37 ) BORN TO LOVE (LIVE) Bruce Springsteen

27 ( 16 ) BACK AND FORTH Cameo

28 ( NEW ) ALONE Heart

29 ( NEW ) DEAR GOD XTC

30 ( 34 ) FRIDAY ON MY MIND Gary Moore

 

31 ( 35 ) WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM Paul Carrack

32 ( 20 ) (SOMETHING INSIDE) SO STRONG Labi Siffre

33 ( 17 ) BIG LOVE Fleetwood Mac

34 ( 33 ) EVERY KINDA PEOPLE Mint Juleps

35 ( 40 ) JACK MIX II Mirage

36 ( 39 ) LUKA Suzanne Vega

37 ( 27 ) MOVE OVER DARLING Doris Day

38 ( NEW ) IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND Prince

39 ( 26 ) ALONE AGAIN OR The Damned

40 ( 48 ) IT’S TRICKY Run DMC

 

41 ( 57 ) KEEP ME IN MIND Boy George

42 ( 50 ) GOODBYE STRANGER Pepsi & Shirley

43 ( 68 ) ORDINARY GIRL Alison Moyet

44 ( 51 ) INFIDELITY Simply Red

45 ( 45 ) YOU’RE THE VOICE John Farnham

46 ( 43 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson

47 ( NEW ) THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE Janet Jackson

48 ( 53 ) VICTIM OF LOVE Erasure

49 ( 49 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

50 ( 71 ) SWEET SIXTEEN Billy Idol

 

51 ( 29 ) GIVE ME ALL NIGHT Carly Simon

52 ( 28 ) BOOPS (HERE TO GO) Sly & Robbie

53 ( 22 ) SNOBBERY AND DECAY Act

54 ( 36 ) SPANISH HARLEM Ben E. King

55 ( 59 ) INCOMMUNICADO Marillion

56 ( 24 ) A BOY FROM NOWHERE Tom Jones

57 ( 75 ) (CELEBRATE) THE DAY AFTER YOU The Blow Monkeys & Curtis Mayfield

58 ( 60 ) SCALES OF JUSTICE Living In A Box

59 ( 54 ) WHAT’S GOING ON Cyndi Lauper

60 ( NEW ) FLAMES OF PARADISE Elton John & Jennifer Rush

 

61 ( 23 ) WATCHDOGS UB40

62 ( NEW ) DISTANT LAND (DA DOO BOM BOM) Radio Earth

63 ( 58 ) I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING (FOR ME) Aretha Franklin & George Michael

64 ( NEW ) DIRTY LOOKS Diana Ross

65 ( 56 ) STAND BY ME Ben E. King

66 ( 64 ) PENNY LANE/STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles

67 ( NEW ) MISFIT Curiosity Killed The Cat

68 ( 55 ) DON’T NEED A GUN Billy Idol

69 ( NEW ) YEARS GO BY Stan Campbell

70 ( 67 ) HUMAN Human League

 

71 ( 66 ) SHIP OF FOOLS World Party

72 ( NEW ) LET’S GO Wang Chung

73 ( 46 ) KEEP YOUR EYE ON ME Herb Alpert

74 ( NEW ) WISHING WELL Terence Trent D’Arby

75 ( NEW ) THROWING IT ALL AWAY Genesis

 

Playlist Oldies of that week

1 ON MY OWN Patti Labelle & Michael MacDonald

2 LOVE COMES QUICKLY Pet Shop Boys

3 DREAM A LITTLE DREAM Mama Cass

What a fantastic No1 that is ❤️ Although Whitney is edging dangerously close to the top 5 for my liking. Also great to see ABC entering he top 20 once again.
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What a fantastic No1 that is ❤️ Although Whitney is edging dangerously close to the top 5 for my liking. Also great to see ABC entering he top 20 once again.

 

Thanks Steve I adore that U2 track - and err I don't adore that Whitney track, and yet........sigh, I'm surprised to see it going up in the next one...here below :lol:

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16th June 1987

 

It's all about the 60's as Tom Jones childhood fave goes to the very top (as it would have done back in the day if I'd been charting), his first chart-topper either way 19 years since debuting. Quite the wait. Just to keep the 60's vogue going, all my fave oldies of that week are from the 60's - Andy and Walker Brothers have both gone on to top my charts in later decades, when I changed the rules to allow album tracks that had never charted (eg on Greatest Hits that were in the UK album charts) and re-issues of singles once again.

 

Prince has a massive climb to 3 as a posthumous album of original versions of gifted songs are forced out of his locked vault, most of them not as good as the covers, oddly. Sometimes other acts can find the magic and focus on it more than the writer can! ABC get their first top 10 in 3 years, Pet Shop Boys make it 100% top 10 to date (these days it's about 198% as they rarely fail with official singles, but tend to get loads of album tracks that also go top 10), and Jody watley gets her first top 10 since Shalamar's last goodie in 1983, but she makes it 8 years in top 10 span.

 

In at 16 it's George Michael, and I had to buy the single to bloody get to hear it thanks to the BBC banning it - ridiculous of course, it's mild compared to the stuff in the charts these days when blatant sexual references and swearwords are obligatory, albeit usually bleeped on the radio (wouldn't want to lose cash income for "artistic integrity" would we...). I'm not a prude, I swear all the time, and when it's got an artistic purpose (like I Want Your Sex did, at least in the video), fine. Mostly it's just superfluous and pointless though.

 

A huge climb For Curiosity into the 20, with Janet not far behind, in fact lots of top 40 climbers as there is a sudden massive drop to some tracks as I realise they are pretty naff (Star Trekkin, Live Springsteen) so fingers-crossed the penny drops on Whitney next week! In at 36 another decent single from a slagged-off album, and a rather disappointing Glass Spider tour that I saw, Time Will Crawl - and it did! At 44, Shaky does Glitter: somehow think that's never going to happen ever again, anyone covering Gary Glitter. Gary Numan is back with Radio Heart again, just look at the Gary's around in those days before one of them killed the name stone dead. Alexander O'Neal keep sup the classic run of Jam & Lewis singles with Fake, The Christians return with another social commentary song, always good, and it's Chris Montez with Let's Dance. Rea! I mean Rea. Not the same song. Unfortunately.

 

1 ( 3 ) IT’S NOT UNUSUAL Tom Jones

2 ( 1 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2

3 ( 38 ) IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND Prince

4 ( 6 ) I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME) Whitney Houston

5 ( 4 ) IN DREAMS Roy Orbison

6 ( 11 ) COMING ON STRONG Broken English

7 ( 2 ) GET IT ON (’87 REMIX) T.Rex

8 ( 20 ) WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC

9 ( 18 ) IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys

10 ( 17 ) LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE Jody Watley

 

11 ( 15 ) DIAMONDS Herb Alpert featuring Janet Jackson

12 ( 9 ) DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER Crowded House

13 ( 5 ) SHATTERED DREAMS Johnny Hates Jazz

14 ( 14 ) UNDER THE BOARDWALK Bruce Willis with The Temptations

15 ( 7 ) WISHING I WAS LUCKY Wet Wet Wet

16 ( NEW ) I WANT YOUR SEX George Michael

17 ( 21 ) MOTORTOWN The Kane Gang

18 ( 8 ) PRIME MOVER Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction

19 ( 10 ) LIVING IN A BOX Living In A Box

20 ( 67 ) MISFIT Curiosity Killed The Cat

 

21 ( 47 ) THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE Janet Jackson

22 ( 16 ) NOTHING’S GONNA STOP US NOW Starship

23 ( 19 ) BREAK EVERY RULE Tina Turner

24 ( 24 ) NO SLEEP TIL BROOKLYN The Beastie Boys

25 ( 12 ) SERIOUS Donna Allen

26 ( 13 ) SHAME OMD

27 ( 31 ) WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM Paul Carrack

28 ( 28 ) ALONE Heart

29 ( 29 ) DEAR GOD XTC

30 ( 36 ) LUKA Suzanne Vega

 

31 ( 40 ) IT’S TRICKY Run DMC

32 ( 50 ) SWEET SIXTEEN Billy Idol

33 ( 42 ) GOODBYE STRANGER Pepsi & Shirley

34 ( 23 ) LA ISLA BONITA Madonna

35 ( 34 ) EVERY KINDA PEOPLE Mint Juleps

36 ( NEW ) TIME WILL CRAWL David Bowie

37 ( 41 ) KEEP ME IN MIND Boy George

38 ( 43 ) ORDINARY GIRL Alison Moyet

39 ( 60 ) FLAMES OF PARADISE Elton John & Jennifer Rush

40 ( 48 ) VICTIM OF LOVE Erasure

 

41 ( 22 ) FIVE GET OVER EXCITED The Housemartins

42 ( 32 ) (SOMETHING INSIDE) SO STRONG Labi Siffre

43 ( 37 ) MOVE OVER DARLING Doris Day

44 ( NEW ) A LITTLE BOOGIE WOOGIE IN THE BACK OF MY MIND Shakin’ Stevens

45 ( 58 ) SCALES OF JUSTICE Living In A Box

46 ( 39 ) ALONE AGAIN OR The Damned

47 ( RE ) GET READY Carol Hitchcock

48 ( 74 ) WISHING WELL Terence Trent D’Arby

49 ( 46 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson

50 ( NEW ) LONDON TIMES Radio Heart & Gary Numan

 

51 ( 35 ) JACK MIX II Mirage

52 ( 33 ) BIG LOVE Fleetwood Mac

53 ( 49 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

54 ( 27 ) BACK AND FORTH Cameo

55 ( 62 ) DISTANT LAND (DA DOO BOM BOM) Radio Earth

56 ( 26 ) BORN TO LOVE (LIVE) Bruce Springsteen

57 ( 30 ) FRIDAY ON MY MIND Gary Moore

58 ( NEW ) FAKE Alexander O’Neal

59 ( 25 ) STAR TREKKIN’ The Firm

60 ( NEW ) THAT’S THE WAY IT FEELS Two Nations

 

61 ( 69 ) YEARS GO BY Stan Campbell

62 ( NEW ) NOTHING’S GONNA STOP ME NOW Samantha Fox

63 ( 59 ) WHAT’S GOING ON Cyndi Lauper

64 ( NEW ) HOOVERVILLE (THEY PROMISED US THE WORLD) The Christians

65 ( 63 ) I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING (FOR ME) Aretha Franklin & George Michael

66 ( NEW ) RIGHT ON TRACK The Breakfast Club

67 ( RE ) I’M BAD LL Cool J

68 ( 66 ) PENNY LANE/STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles

69 ( 65 ) STAND BY ME Ben E. King

70 ( 70 ) HUMAN Human League

 

71 ( 75 ) THROWING IT ALL AWAY Genesis

72 ( 71 ) SHIP OF FOOLS World Party

73 ( NEW ) LET’S DANCE Chris Rea

74 ( NEW ) PROMISED YOU A MIRACLE (LIVE) Simple Minds

75 ( NEW ) RED HOT Princess

 

 

 

Playlist oldies of the week

1 ALMOST THERE Andy Williams

2 MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF The Walker Brothers

3 I COULDN’T LIVE WITHOUT YOUR LOVE Petula Clark

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23rd June 1987

 

It's U2 back up on top for a second week at 1, as Pet Shop Boys go up to 2 with It's A Sin, Curiosity get a first top 10 with Misfit at 6, Herb Alpert gets his 4th top 10 19 years after his first, Janet Jackson gets a 3rd with a 4th a whisker away, and XTC get a second 8 years on from their debut hit Making Plans For Nigel, the flop Dear God.

 

Bowie has a big climb into the 20 with Time Will Crawl by virtue of this being the week I saw his Glass Spider Tour at Wembley where he heavily plugged the new album, along with loads of dancers, climbing up ropes, swinging from bars, hoisting left right and centre in front of a massive actual glass spider all lit up. Sadly I was sat right at the back of the stadium, there was a delay in the sound, and I felt totally removed from the experience. I came to the conclusion, reinforced the next time I saw him, that Bowie was most definitely not a Stadium act - Stadium acts need to get throbbing excitement going on, U2 being a prime example, they command totally, as does Madonna. Being cerebral doesn't work at that scale. My top rated track of the night? Not anywhere near my fave Bowie track, but Modern Love worked best. Thumping Chic rhythms, says it all. Day In Day Out? Not so much.

 

Cliff is back with a decent new album, and a catchy first single in My Pretty One at 31, Errol Brown debuts with his solo single now that Hot Chocolate's record of 14 consecutive years of hit singles is history, yet still not as big as their oldie remixes, sadly, as I loved Errol in his heyday. King Sun D Moet gets a second entry, lower down, Echo & The Bunnymen keep the run going, Atlantic Starr return as Always, a-ha do the Bond theme well and sneak in, shaken not stirred, and The Whispers are back 7 years after And The Beat Goes On debuted, and 6 years since they last charted.

 

 

1 ( 2 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2

2 ( 9 ) IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys

3 ( 3 ) IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND Prince

4 ( 1 ) IT’S NOT UNUSUAL Tom Jones

5 ( 6 ) COMING ON STRONG Broken English

6 ( 20 ) MISFIT Curiosity Killed The Cat

7 ( 11 ) DIAMONDS Herb Alpert featuring Janet Jackson

8 ( 8 ) WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC

9 ( 4 ) I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME) Whitney Houston

10 ( 29 ) DEAR GOD XTC

 

11 ( 14 ) UNDER THE BOARDWALK Bruce Willis with The Temptations

12 ( 21 ) THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE Janet Jackson

13 ( 12 ) DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER Crowded House

14 ( 16 ) I WANT YOUR SEX George Michael

15 ( 36 ) TIME WILL CRAWL David Bowie

16 ( 15 ) WISHING I WAS LUCKY Wet Wet Wet

17 ( 17 ) MOTORTOWN The Kane Gang

18 ( 13 ) SHATTERED DREAMS Johnny Hates Jazz

19 ( 10 ) LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE Jody Watley

20 ( 7 ) GET IT ON (’87 REMIX) T.Rex

 

21 ( 30 ) LUKA Suzanne Vega

22 ( 24 ) NO SLEEP TIL BROOKLYN The Beastie Boys

23 ( 5 ) IN DREAMS Roy Orbison

24 ( 33 ) GOODBYE STRANGER Pepsi & Shirley

25 ( 22 ) NOTHING’S GONNA STOP US NOW Starship

26 ( 32 ) SWEET SIXTEEN Billy Idol

27 ( 18 ) PRIME MOVER Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction

28 ( 28 ) ALONE Heart

29 ( 39 ) FLAMES OF PARADISE Elton John & Jennifer Rush

30 ( 37 ) KEEP ME IN MIND Boy George

 

31 ( NEW ) MY PRETTY ONE Cliff Richard

32 ( 19 ) LIVING IN A BOX Living In A Box

33 ( 48 ) WISHING WELL Terence Trent D’Arby

34 ( NEW ) PERSONAL TOUCH Errol Brown

35 ( 58 ) FAKE Alexander O’Neal

36 ( 40 ) VICTIM OF LOVE Erasure

37 ( 23 ) BREAK EVERY RULE Tina Turner

38 ( 66 ) RIGHT ON TRACK The Breakfast Club

39 ( 73 ) LET’S DANCE Chris Rea

40 ( 34 ) LA ISLA BONITA Madonna

 

41 ( 26 ) SHAME OMD

42 ( 25 ) SERIOUS Donna Allen

43 ( 50 ) LONDON TIMES Radio Heart & Gary Numan

44 ( 44 ) A LITTLE BOOGIE WOOGIE IN THE BACK OF MY MIND Shakin’ Stevens

45 ( 45 ) SCALES OF JUSTICE Living In A Box

46 ( 35 ) EVERY KINDA PEOPLE Mint Juleps

47 ( 55 ) DISTANT LAND (DA DOO BOM BOM) Radio Earth

48 ( 64 ) HOOVERVILLE (THEY PROMISED US THE WORLD) The Christians

49 ( 43 ) MOVE OVER DARLING Doris Day

50 ( 62 ) NOTHING’S GONNA STOP ME NOW Samantha Fox

 

51 ( 49 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson

52 ( 75 ) RED HOT Princess

53 ( 31 ) IT’S TRICKY Run DMC

54 ( 27 ) WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM Paul Carrack

55 ( 42 ) (SOMETHING INSIDE) SO STRONG Labi Siffre

56 ( 53 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

57 ( NEW ) HEY LOVE King Sun D Moet

58 ( 46 ) ALONE AGAIN OR The Damned

59 ( NEW ) THE GAME Echo & The Bunnymen

60 ( 60 ) THAT’S THE WAY IT FEELS Two Nations

 

61 ( 61 ) YEARS GO BY Stan Campbell

62 ( 47 ) GET READY Carol Hitchcock

63 ( 38 ) ORDINARY GIRL Alison Moyet

64 ( 67 ) I’M BAD LL Cool J

65 ( NEW ) ALWAYS Atlantic Starr

66 ( 74 ) PROMISED YOU A MIRACLE (LIVE) Simple Minds

67 ( 70 ) HUMAN Human League

68 ( 63 ) WHAT’S GOING ON Cyndi Lauper

69 ( NEW ) THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS a-ha

70 ( 65 ) I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING (FOR ME) Aretha Franklin & George Michael

 

71 ( 71 ) THROWING IT ALL AWAY Genesis

72 ( 69 ) STAND BY ME Ben E. King

73 ( 68 ) PENNY LANE/STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles

74 ( NEW ) ROCKSTEADY The Whispers

75 ( 72 ) SHIP OF FOOLS World Party

 

 

Oldies Playlist

1 SUNSHINE The Archies

2 MODERN LOVE (Live At Wembley) David Bowie

3 I JUST WANT TO STAY HERE Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme

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30th June 1987

 

It's a first week on top for the epic sounds of It's A Sin, Pet Shop Boys' 4th chart-topper, and the 3rd in a row. In at 2 it's the 3rd reissued oldie smash for the late Jackie Wilson, as Higher And Higher is back at a new peak of 2: the US hit record was already two years old when it made the UK charts in the Summer of '69, and it featured in my first batch of actual charts aged 11 years old. Then it was a double-A reissued hit again in the Summer of '75, when I was 17 - and here I was in my late 20's and it was a hit yet again - so essentially the first record to chart for me in 3 decades.

 

Herb Alpert gets his 3rd top 5, Bowie's list of top 5's runs to 15 years, and Janet J gets two consecutive top 10's. Cliff has a big top 20 climb, and Jive Talking is back - another Summer Of '75 track: only it's not The Bee Gees, it's George Michael, his second cousin, Andros Georgiou ,Nick Heyward & Mick Talbot (of Style Council), and it's in at 13. George's ex-Wham! backing singers are up to 17, Pepsi & Shirley, his previous Wham! singer Dee C. Lee having run off with Paul Weller, also of Style Council. I enjoy a good link.

 

Roger Daltrey's back for a chart run of 14 years solo, 18 years including the Who. Who's That Girl? Madonna's back with her latest film theme. No, nobody went to see it, but the record was good. Lone Justice return with the fab Shelter, Robbie Nevil grabs a 3rd, the Nana's come back with a blisteringly good SAW track, I Heard A Rumour, soul vets recently in the charts both return: Percy Sledge & Ben E. King, Hue & Cry debut, The Mac are looking at Seven Wonders an 19 years of hits, and if you wanted to Catch The Cure you should have been watching the Glasto coverage last night when they closed the festival a mere 32 years later....

 

 

1 ( 2 ) IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys

2 ( NEW ) HIGHER AND HIGHER (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) Jackie Wilson

3 ( 1 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2

4 ( 7 ) DIAMONDS Herb Alpert featuring Janet Jackson

5 ( 15 ) TIME WILL CRAWL David Bowie

6 ( 6 ) MISFIT Curiosity Killed The Cat

7 ( 8 ) WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC

8 ( 5 ) COMING ON STRONG Broken English

9 ( 4 ) IT’S NOT UNUSUAL Tom Jones

10 ( 12 ) THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE Janet Jackson

 

11 ( 3 ) IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND Prince

12 ( 31 ) MY PRETTY ONE Cliff Richard

13 ( NEW ) JIVE TALKING Boogie Box High featuring George Michael

14 ( 11 ) UNDER THE BOARDWALK Bruce Willis with The Temptations

15 ( 13 ) DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER Crowded House

16 ( 17 ) MOTORTOWN The Kane Gang

17 ( 24 ) GOODBYE STRANGER Pepsi & Shirley

18 ( 10 ) DEAR GOD XTC

19 ( 22 ) NO SLEEP TIL BROOKLYN The Beastie Boys

20 ( 26 ) SWEET SIXTEEN Billy Idol

 

21 ( 9 ) I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME) Whitney Houston

22 ( 33 ) WISHING WELL Terence Trent D’Arby

23 ( 29 ) FLAMES OF PARADISE Elton John & Jennifer Rush

24 ( 16 ) WISHING I WAS LUCKY Wet Wet Wet

25 ( 39 ) LET’S DANCE Chris Rea

26 ( 28 ) ALONE Heart

27 ( 18 ) SHATTERED DREAMS Johnny Hates Jazz

28 ( 20 ) GET IT ON (’87 REMIX) T.Rex

29 ( 19 ) LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE Jody Watley

30 ( 35 ) FAKE Alexander O’Neal

 

31 ( 21 ) LUKA Suzanne Vega

32 ( 38 ) RIGHT ON TRACK The Breakfast Club

33 ( 34 ) PERSONAL TOUCH Errol Brown

34 ( NEW ) HEARTS ON FIRE Roger Daltrey

35 ( NEW ) WHO’S THAT GIRL Madonna

36 ( 25 ) NOTHING’S GONNA STOP US NOW Starship

37 ( 65 ) ALWAYS Atlantic Starr

38 ( NEW ) SHELTER Lone Justice

39 ( 14 ) I WANT YOUR SEX George Michael

40 ( NEW ) DON’T LOOK ANY FURTHER Dennis Edwards featuring Siedah Garrett

 

41 ( NEW ) WOT’S IT TO YA Robbie Nevil

42 ( 27 ) PRIME MOVER Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction

43 ( 45 ) SCALES OF JUSTICE Living In A Box

44 ( NEW ) I HEARD A RUMOUR Bananarama

45 ( 40 ) LA ISLA BONITA Madonna

46 ( 23 ) IN DREAMS Roy Orbison

47 ( 48 ) HOOVERVILLE (THEY PROMISED US THE WORLD) The Christians

48 ( 57 ) HEY LOVE King Sun D Moet

49 ( NEW ) COVER ME Percy Sledge

50 ( 66 ) PROMISED YOU A MIRACLE (LIVE) Simple Minds

 

51 ( 52 ) RED HOT Princess

52 ( 51 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson

53 ( 59 ) THE GAME Echo & The Bunnymen

54 ( 32 ) LIVING IN A BOX Living In A Box

55 ( 37 ) BREAK EVERY RULE Tina Turner

56 ( NEW ) LABOUR OF LOVE Hue And Cry

57 ( 41 ) SHAME OMD

58 ( 56 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

59 ( 49 ) MOVE OVER DARLING Doris Day

60 ( NEW ) SEVEN WONDERS Fleetwood Mac

 

61 ( 69 ) THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS a-ha

62 ( 46 ) EVERY KINDA PEOPLE Mint Juleps

63 ( 73 ) PENNY LANE/STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles

64 ( NEW ) JUST DON’T WANNA BE LONELY Freddie MacGregor

65 ( 30 ) KEEP ME IN MIND Boy George

66 ( 36 ) VICTIM OF LOVE Erasure

67 ( 71 ) THROWING IT ALL AWAY Genesis

68 ( 67 ) HUMAN Human League

69 ( NEW ) HEAD TO TOE Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam

70 ( 58 ) ALONE AGAIN OR The Damned

 

71 ( NEW ) CATCH The Cure

72 ( 55 ) (SOMETHING INSIDE) SO STRONG Labi Siffre

73 ( NEW ) IS THIS LOVE Whitesnake

74 ( 43 ) LONDON TIMES Radio Heart & Gary Numan

75 ( NEW ) SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME Ben E. King

 

 

FAVE OLDIES OF THE WEEK

1 I WANT TO STAY HERE Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme

2 PILLOW TALK Sylvia

3 PANINARO Pet Shop Boys

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