May 7, 20196 yr Author 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.... :)
May 17, 20196 yr Author 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
May 24, 20196 yr Author 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
May 25, 20196 yr 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! Edited May 25, 20196 yr by TheSnake
May 26, 20196 yr Author 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....
May 26, 20196 yr Author 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:
May 26, 20196 yr 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!
May 30, 20196 yr Author 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: :)
May 30, 20196 yr Author 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
May 30, 20196 yr true but they came back better than ever in a year or 3 :yahoo: :) Ordinary World :heart:
June 7, 20196 yr Author 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
June 14, 20196 yr Author 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
June 14, 20196 yr 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.
June 21, 20196 yr Author 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:
June 21, 20196 yr Author 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
June 28, 20196 yr Author 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
July 1, 20196 yr Author 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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