All of your top 3 in that chart have certainly become classics.

 

I really like 'Labour of Love', lighter, less overpolished and different in production compared to most of the other chart pop hits of 1987. Its actually more early 80s sounding than late 80s I think.

 

It's a pity none of Hue and Cry's other singles are as good as Labour Of Love, they went down a similar route to Wet Wet Wet with having a very unique debut and then going down the route of rather cheesy and middle of the road singles like 'Looking Out For Linda'.

 

When Smokey Sings is quite good although it isn't one of my favourite ABC singles, its a bit too poppy and middle of the road compared to their early 80s stuff, but then it is the late 80s I suppose where middle of the road pop seems to have dominated!

 

As for Heart, the lovely 'These Dreams' I prefer to Alone I think.

Edited July 3, 20196 yr by TheSnake

All of your top 3 in that chart have certainly become classics.

 

I really like 'Labour of Love', lighter, less overpolished and different in production compared to most of the other chart pop hits of 1987. Its actually more early 80s sounding than late 80s I think.

 

It's a pity none of Hue and Cry's other singles are as good as Labour Of Love, they went down a similar route to Wet Wet Wet with having a very unique debut and then going down the route of rather cheesy and middle of the road singles like 'Looking Out For Linda'.

 

When Smokey Sings is quite good although it isn't one of my favourite ABC singles, its a bit too poppy and middle of the road compared to their early 80s stuff, but then it is the late 80s I suppose where middle of the road pop seems to have dominated!

 

As for Heart, the lovely 'These Dreams' I prefer to Alone I think.

 

Thanks Snakey, Yes my top 3 are all highly regarded - shame Diamonds at 4 isn't remembered at all! Can't win 'em all :lol:

 

I agree about Hue & Cry and Wet Wet Wet and the routes they took, one paid off one didn't...oops!

 

The follow-up to When Smokey Sings is fab, and the parent album is polished and classy as a whole, albeit not quite The Lexicon Of Love. I prefer These Dreams too, I think, these days :)

I agree about Hue & Cry and Wet Wet Wet and the routes they took, one paid off one didn't...oops!

 

Indeed, Hue and Cry's (singles) chart success was only short lived. I only found out recently what the term 'hue and cry' actually meant, great name for a band, I have to say.

 

Are you doing 1988 (in this format) after 1987 then?

Indeed, Hue and Cry's (singles) chart success was only short lived. I only found out recently what the term 'hue and cry' actually meant, great name for a band, I have to say.

 

Are you doing 1988 (in this format) after 1987 then?

 

Yes, it should be easier to do a weekly version of the 1988 charts as I've already got them on spreadsheets and the monthly version wasn't as easy on the eye and a bit rushed. 1987 I'm still having to transfer from notepads.

 

Only got 1970-1972, 1975-77, 1980-1982, 1990-1992, 1995-97 left to do, oops! :lol:

 

Everything since late Autumn 1997 I have on spreadsheets if I can get a pc with Microsoft Word again to convert from Works, changing IT is such a nuisance :o

7th July 1987

 

2 weeks on top for It's A Sin, still epic 32 years later, Herb Alpert gets 2 top 3's in a row, Madonna shoots up into the 10 with Who's That Girl, and Cliff gets another top 10 to add to his 19-year-long-run (or, more accurately, 25 years as Bachelor Boy would have topped my hypothetical charts had I been doing them as a 4/5 year-old). Highest new entry is Black, in at 13 with Sweetest Smile, hot on the heels of Wonderful Life.

 

Bananarama get a big top 40 climb with one of their very best singles, a-ha keep up the run of top 40 hits with the Bond theme climbing 33 places, and Simple Minds keep the live version trend going with a big climb for Promised You A Miracle, 5 years on from the original. Elton is also doing the same, Your Song entering at 46 16 years after the original, behind David Grant in at 38 with Change, a good single that flopped a bit at the time as his 7-year run of success ran out of steam.

 

Mel & Kim enter with FLM, their penultimate hit as their career was about to abruptly end due to the impending tragic illness and death of young Mel, very sad. Red Box keep the native sounds coming on Chenko, and Boy George is back with a bit of oomph in his great single Sold. Art Of Noise do another 50's TV/movie theme, this time for the new Dragnet movie. I was old enough to remember the TV show which was still running in the late 60's, starring future Colonel Potter Harry Morgan of M*A*S*H fame.

 

In at 72, Wax are back, having flopped with the fab Right Between The Eyes, they hit with Bridge To Your Heart, giving Andrew Gold a decade of hits, and Graham Gouldman 15 years since 10CC started - or 21 years as a songwriter of Hollies hits and Herman's Hermits chart success which would have charted for me as a boy. 10CC/Graham did this track in tribute to Andrew last year when I saw them and they were fab. Finally Kenny G enters with his Songbird, notorious for introducing a new style of coffee-table instrumental jazz music used in elevators and holding-patterns on phones and the like. So "nice" it became a marmite thing....

 

 

1 ( 1 ) IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys

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

3 ( 4 ) DIAMONDS Herb Alpert featuring Janet Jackson

4 ( 5 ) TIME WILL CRAWL David Bowie

5 ( 6 ) MISFIT Curiosity Killed The Cat

6 ( 3 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2

7 ( 35 ) WHO’S THAT GIRL Madonna

8 ( 10 ) THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE Janet Jackson

9 ( 11 ) IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND Prince

10 ( 12 ) MY PRETTY ONE Cliff Richard

 

11 ( 16 ) MOTORTOWN The Kane Gang

12 ( 9 ) IT’S NOT UNUSUAL Tom Jones

13 ( NEW ) SWEETEST SMILE Black

14 ( 20 ) SWEET SIXTEEN Billy Idol

15 ( 8 ) COMIN’ ON STRONG Broken English

16 ( 7 ) WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC

17 ( 22 ) WISHING WELL Terence Trent D’Arby

18 ( 25 ) LET’S DANCE Chris Rea

19 ( 26 ) ALONE Heart

20 ( 23 ) FLAMES OF PARADISE Elton John & Jennifer Rush

 

21 ( 13 ) JIVE TALKING Boogie Box High

22 ( 34 ) HEARTS ON FIRE Roger Daltrey

23 ( 15 ) DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER Crowded House

24 ( 44 ) I HEARD A RUMOUR Bananarama

25 ( 37 ) ALWAYS Atlantic Starr

26 ( 33 ) PERSONAL TOUCH Errol Brown

27 ( 24 ) WISHING I WAS LUCKY Wet Wet Wet

28 ( 61 ) THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS a-ha

29 ( 14 ) UNDER THE BOARDWALK Bruce Willis with The Temptations

30 ( 50 ) PROMISED YOU A MIRACLE (LIVE) Simple Minds

 

31 ( 32 ) RIGHT ON TRACK The Breakfast Club

32 ( 40 ) DON’T LOOK ANY FURTHER Dennis Edwards featuring Siedah Garrett

33 ( 41 ) WOT’S IT TO YA Robbie Nevil

34 ( 18 ) DEAR GOD XTC

35 ( 28 ) GET IT ON (’87 REMIX) T.Rex

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

37 ( 60 ) SEVEN WONDERS Fleetwood Mac

38 ( NEW ) CHANGE David Grant

39 ( 17 ) GOODBYE STRANGER Pepsi & Shirley

40 ( 47 ) HOOVERVILLE (THEY PROMISED US THE WORLD) The Christians

 

41 ( 19 ) NO SLEEP TIL BROOKLYN The Beastie Boys

42 ( 21 ) I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME) Whitney Houston

43 ( 48 ) HEY LOVE King Sun D Moet

44 ( 27 ) SHATTERED DREAMS Johnny Hates Jazz

45 ( 29 ) LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE Jody Watley

46 ( NEW ) YOUR SONG (LIVE) Elton John

47 ( 30 ) FAKE Alexander O’Neal

48 ( 71 ) CATCH The Cure

49 ( 56 ) LABOUR OF LOVE Hue And Cry

50 ( NEW ) FLM Mel & Kim

 

51 ( 38 ) SHELTER Lone Justice

52 ( 45 ) LA ISLA BONITA Madonna

53 ( 73 ) IS THIS LOVE Whiresnake

54 ( 64 ) JUST DON’T WANNA BE LONELY Freddie MacGregor

55 ( NEW ) CHENKO Red Box

56 ( 31 ) LUKA Suzanne Vega

57 ( 52 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson

58 ( NEW ) SOLD Boy George

59 ( 58 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

60 ( 42 ) PRIME MOVER Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction

 

61 ( 55 ) BREAK EVERY RULE Tina Turner

62 ( 69 ) HEAD TO TOE Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam

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

64 ( NEW ) DRAGNET Art Of Noise

65 ( 39 ) I WANT YOUR SEX George Michael

66 ( 43 ) SCALES OF JUSTICE Living In A Box

67 ( 67 ) THROWING IT ALL AWAY Genesis

68 ( 68 ) HUMAN Human League

69 ( 49 ) COVER ME Percy Sledge

70 ( 59 ) MOVE OVER DARLING Doris Day

 

71 ( 46 ) IN DREAMS Roy Orbison

72 ( NEW ) BRIDGE TO YOUR HEART Wax

73 ( 57 ) SHAME OMD

74 ( 54 ) LIVING IN A BOX Living In A Box

75 ( NEW ) SONGBIRD Kenny G

 

 

7th July

PLAYIST OLDIES

 

1 TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS The Beatles

2 I WANT TO STAY HERE Steve & Eydie

3 PANINARO Pet Shop Boys

Yes it is very sad about Mel and Kim. FLM is very good, and obviously house-influenced like most of their songs were.

 

'Labour Of Love' also sounds a bit house-y because of its piano, but was probably more jazz influenced than house influenced. Incidentally my upcoming BJSC entry reminds me a lot of Labour Of Love in terms of production and style of music.

 

Yes, it should be easier to do a weekly version of the 1988 charts as I've already got them on spreadsheets and the monthly version wasn't as easy on the eye and a bit rushed. 1987 I'm still having to transfer from notepads.

 

Only got 1970-1972, 1975-77, 1980-1982, 1990-1992, 1995-97 left to do, oops! :lol:

 

Everything since late Autumn 1997 I have on spreadsheets if I can get a pc with Microsoft Word again to convert from Works, changing IT is such a nuisance :o

 

I would like to see you do 1980-1982 soon as I am a fan of music from those years, especially 1982 which is probably my favourite year of the 80s for music (I have managed to send two entries from that year to Buzzjack contests recently, one to BJSC of course and one to BJSC Legends)

Edited July 12, 20196 yr by TheSnake

Yes it is very sad about Mel and Kim. FLM is very good, and obviously house-influenced like most of their songs were.

 

'Labour Of Love' also sounds a bit house-y because of its piano, but was probably more jazz influenced than house influenced. Incidentally my upcoming BJSC entry reminds me a lot of Labour Of Love in terms of production and style of music.

I would like to see you do 1980-1982 soon as I am a fan of music from those years, especially 1982 which is probably my favourite year of the 80s for music (I have managed to send two entries from that year to Buzzjack contests recently, one to BJSC of course and one to BJSC Legends)

 

 

Goodo, look forward to your next BJSC entry :)

 

I'd like to get cracking on the early 80's - I've done up to Sept 1980 so it shouldnt be too hard to finish that one off once I get 1987 completed, though I'm still doing them in 5-yearly rotas when I get the spare-time (which is Sept 1970 - I'll leave those a year though - Sept 1975, the ones I most enjoy revisiting, Sept 1990, and Sept 1995) so I may just start with 1980 and keep going through Dec, then finish the others off once I'm into 1988 as I'll only need to write the commentary for that. After that I'll take the request for 1981 on as it'll only be 2 years to have done a decade completely, yay! :cheer:

14th July 1987

 

It's a first week on top for Jackie Wilson's 2nd oldies chart-topper of 1987, originally hitting my top 10 in 1969, and top 30 in 1975, now going Higher And Higher, knocking Pet Shop Boys classic It's A Sin off the top after only 2 weeks. Not to worry they'd do their own bit of oldies re-issue charting with It's A Sin down the line. In at 3, talking of oldies, The Beatles Summer Of LOve '67 classic is also back on it's 20th anniversary re-issue, at 3, having topped my charts in 1976 already. Heart get a big leap up to 5 with Alone, their 2nd top 5, Black get a second top ten, and Bananarama grab a 6th top ten 5 years into their career - and with a to-date further 32 years and counting to come - with the great I Heard A Rumour, proving Stock Aitken & Waterman could make great singles when they tried.

 

In at 19, a debut for Star-Trek Priestess T'Pau - or Carol Decker & friend - and the fab Heart & Soul, their best record by far, still love it, and the start of a trickling of tracks into my charts (see Los Lobos) which will accompany me & my parents on US car radio stations in a couple of months on our trip round California/Nevada/Arizona. In at 20 another oldie, but this time a remake - Mungo Jerry had topped my charts in 1970 while I lived in Singapore, and again in 1975 when In The Summertime was reissued, reminding me of happy boyhood tropical eternal sunny summer days - before inferior cover versions, over-use in TV adverts and other constant media profiles sucked all the joy out of it for me.

 

Boy George sells a big jump into the 40, Freddie MacGregor's decent reggae cover of 70's Philly track does the same, and the classically-trained Billy Joel enters at 46 with A Matter Of Trust. Billy was a wanna-be Boxer with a sensitive side who never seemed to get the recognition for his talent, but then he didn't always release commercial singles, like this one. Los Lobos debut at 58 with the theme to the Ritchie Valens biopic, his hit song from his very short career - dying in the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly & The Big Bopper. Jennifer Warnes covers Leonard Cohen, giving her 11 years of hits in my charts, and Cohen his first charting song - Jennifer's voice is easier on the ear than ol' Len's, I have to say, and she was a fan and friend of his.

 

Iggy Pop is back, Pseudo Echo cover 1980 Lipps Inc (it seemed far too soon to me!), and the great Was (Not Was) - pronounced Waz (not Woz), the stage name of Don & David Was - are back after their 1984 debut with the terrific (Return To The Valley Of) Out Come The Freaks, with the equally terrific romping Spy In The House Of Love, which had to wait a year to chart properly in the UK. Peter Gabriel also goes political on Red Rain, as per normal then.

1 ( 2 ) HIGHER AND HIGHER (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) Jackie Wilson

2 ( 1 ) IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys

3 ( NEW ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles

4 ( 7 ) WHO’S THAT GIRL Madonna

5 ( 19 ) ALONE Heart

6 ( 3 ) DIAMONDS Herb Alpert featuring Janet Jackson

7 ( 13 ) SWEETEST SMILE Black

8 ( 4 ) TIME WILL CRAWL David Bowie

9 ( 6 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2

10 ( 24 ) I HEARD A RUMOUR Bananarama

 

11 ( 14 ) SWEET SIXTEEN Billy Idol

12 ( 5 ) MISFIT Curiosity Killed The Cat

13 ( 17 ) WISHING WELL Terence Trent D’Arby

14 ( 8 ) THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE Janet Jackson

15 ( 10 ) MY PRETTY ONE Cliff Richard

16 ( 21 ) JIVE TALKING Boogie Box High

17 ( 18 ) LET’S DANCE Chris Rea

18 ( 12 ) IT’S NOT UNUSUAL Tom Jones

19 ( NEW ) HEART AND SOUL T’Pau

20 ( NEW ) IN THE SUMMERTIME ’87 Mungo Jerry & The Grimm Brothers

 

21 ( 9 ) IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND Prince

22 ( 25 ) ALWAYS Atlantic Starr

23 ( 28 ) THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS a-ha

24 ( 11 ) MOTORTOWN The Kane Gang

25 ( 58 ) SOLD Boy George

26 ( 37 ) SEVEN WONDERS Fleetwood Mac

27 ( 16 ) WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC

28 ( 15 ) COMIN’ ON STRONG Broken English

29 ( 48 ) CATCH The Cure

30 ( 40 ) HOOVERVILLE (THEY PROMISED US THE WORLD) The Christians

 

31 ( 46 ) YOUR SONG (LIVE) Elton John

32 ( 23 ) DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER Crowded House

33 ( 33 ) WOT’S IT TO YA Robbie Nevil

34 ( 22 ) HEARTS ON FIRE Roger Daltrey

35 ( 32 ) DON’T LOOK ANY FURTHER Dennis Edwards featuring Siedah Garrett

36 ( 26 ) PERSONAL TOUCH Errol Brown

37 ( 54 ) JUST DON’T WANNA BE LONELY Freddie MacGregor

38 ( 38 ) CHANGE David Grant

39 ( 27 ) WISHING I WAS LUCKY Wet Wet Wet

40 ( 50 ) FLM Mel & Kim

 

41 ( 20 ) FLAMES OF PARADISE Elton John & Jennifer Rush

42 ( 43 ) HEY LOVE King Sun D Moet

43 ( 35 ) GET IT ON (’87 REMIX) T.Rex

44 ( 36 ) NOTHING’S GONNA STOP US NOW Starship

45 ( 29 ) UNDER THE BOARDWALK Bruce Willis with The Temptations

46 ( NEW ) A MATTER OF TRUST Billy Joel

47 ( 49 ) LABOUR OF LOVE Hue And Cry

48 ( 53 ) IS THIS LOVE Whiresnake

49 ( 62 ) HEAD TO TOE Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam

50 ( 72 ) BRIDGE TO YOUR HEART Wax

 

51 ( 75 ) SONGBIRD Kenny G

52 ( 30 ) PROMISED YOU A MIRACLE (LIVE) Simple Minds

53 ( 52 ) LA ISLA BONITA Madonna

54 ( 42 ) I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME) Whitney Houston

55 ( 55 ) CHENKO Red Box

56 ( 34 ) DEAR GOD XTC

57 ( 57 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson

58 ( NEW ) LA BAMBA Los Lobos

59 ( 64 ) DRAGNET Art Of Noise

60 ( 59 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

 

61 ( 39 ) GOODBYE STRANGER Pepsi & Shirley

62 ( 44 ) SHATTERED DREAMS Johnny Hates Jazz

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

64 ( 70 ) MOVE OVER DARLING Doris Day

65 ( 65 ) I WANT YOUR SEX George Michael

66 ( NEW ) FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN Jennifer Warnes

67 ( 45 ) LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE Jody Watley

68 ( 68 ) HUMAN Human League

69 ( NEW ) ISOLATION Iggy Pop

70 ( 31 ) RIGHT ON TRACK The Breakfast Club

 

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

72 ( 60 ) PRIME MOVER Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction

73 ( NEW ) FUNKYTOWN Pseudo Echo

74 ( NEW ) SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Was (Not Was)

75 ( NEW ) RED RAIN Peter Gabriel

 

Playlist Oldies of that week

1 WAY OF LIFE Family Dogg

2 TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS The Beatles

3 PAPA DON’T PREACH Madonna

just bumped into this thread, very nice and interesting

1987 is also when I started getting into music and the charts as a kid

I remember my first singles were Alone by Heart and Madonna's Who's That Girl so must've been around that time

 

love most of the tracks in your chart, besides Alone and Who's That Girl, Id say my big favourites are

Heart and Soul, I heard a Rumour, Sweetest smile, Wishing well, and Bowie's Time will Crawl, from the ones near the top

 

was never much into Jackie Wilson, either Reet Petite or this one, and not a Beatles fan either

 

 

just bumped into this thread, very nice and interesting

1987 is also when I started getting into music and the charts as a kid

I remember my first singles were Alone by Heart and Madonna's Who's That Girl so must've been around that time

 

love most of the tracks in your chart, besides Alone and Who's That Girl, Id say my big favourites are

Heart and Soul, I heard a Rumour, Sweetest smile, Wishing well, and Bowie's Time will Crawl, from the ones near the top

 

was never much into Jackie Wilson, either Reet Petite or this one, and not a Beatles fan either

Thanks for dropping in and commenting bjork :)

 

I think the charts when you first get into music are always special. I have memories of the USA attached to this coming up couple of months so it's a good period for me too :D

 

Between heart and Madonna one will peak at 1 and one at 2 so can't fault your faves!

 

Cheers

John B-)

21st July 1987

 

It's a first week on top for the 20th anniversary Beatles reissue, as the Summer Of Love classic tops my chart for the first time since 1976's Beatles reissues - or rather, new sleeves and formats - the catalogue numbers remained the same as they were never deleted. Madonna is denied a 4th consecutive chart-topper, at 2, and Boy George gets his second solo top 10, Billy Idol his 5th solo top 10, and George Michael guesting on a top 10 for the second time - David Cassidy's The Last Time being the first.

 

a-ha and Fleetwood Mac keep those top 20's going, there are big climbs for Red Box, a 3rd top 40, Jennifer Warnes, a second solo a decade on from Right Time Of The Night, and Smokey Robinson is back with his classic Motown ballad, Tracks Of My Tears, having first charted for me in 1969 - when it was already a few years old! The Gap Band revamp their 1980 hit at 51 - Oops! - and SAW debut as artists in their own right with the Northern Soul-flavoured dance-stomper Roadblock, and rather good it was too, at 53. At 59 Def Leppard return 4 years on from Photograph, with the even better Animal, a fab rocking record, even with the drummer Rick Allen having lost an arm in an accident. Technology helped him continue, with the band's help.

 

Sly & Robbie follow up Boops with Fire, and The B52's are back assisted by the Rock Lobster reissued hit, Wig giving them 8 years of entries. Skulking quietly in at 73, New Order are back with a bang, and a career highlight, as True Faith debuts - it wouldn't top my chart till the 90's remix, but it's still a major classic. Wet Wet Wet follow-up a brilliant debut with Sweet Little Mystery. Which is not in the same class at all. Start as you mean to go on...

 

1 ( 3 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles

2 ( 4 ) WHO’S THAT GIRL Madonna

3 ( 2 ) IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys

4 ( 5 ) ALONE Heart

5 ( 1 ) HIGHER AND HIGHER (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) Jackie Wilson

6 ( 10 ) I HEARD A RUMOUR Bananarama

7 ( 7 ) SWEETEST SMILE Black

8 ( 25 ) SOLD Boy George

9 ( 11 ) SWEET SIXTEEN Billy Idol

10 ( 16 ) JIVE TALKING Boogie Box High

 

11 ( 8 ) TIME WILL CRAWL David Bowie

12 ( 19 ) HEART AND SOUL T’Pau

13 ( 13 ) WISHING WELL Terence Trent D’Arby

14 ( 9 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2

15 ( 6 ) DIAMONDS Herb Alpert featuring Janet Jackson

16 ( 12 ) MISFIT Curiosity Killed The Cat

17 ( 22 ) ALWAYS Atlantic Starr

18 ( 26 ) SEVEN WONDERS Fleetwood Mac

19 ( 23 ) THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS a-ha

20 ( 20 ) IN THE SUMMERTIME ’87 Mungo Jerry & The Grimm Brothers

 

21 ( 18 ) IT’S NOT UNUSUAL Tom Jones

22 ( 40 ) FLM Mel & Kim

23 ( 38 ) CHANGE David Grant

24 ( 14 ) THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE Janet Jackson

25 ( 30 ) HOOVERVILLE (THEY PROMISED US THE WORLD) The Christians

26 ( 29 ) CATCH The Cure

27 ( NEW ) TRACKS OF MY TEARS Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

28 ( 21 ) IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND Prince

29 ( 31 ) YOUR SONG (LIVE) Elton John

30 ( 55 ) CHENKO (TENKO-IO) REMIX Red Box

 

31 ( 27 ) WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC

32 ( 15 ) MY PRETTY ONE Cliff Richard

33 ( 33 ) WOT’S IT TO YA Robbie Nevil

34 ( 50 ) BRIDGE TO YOUR HEART Wax

35 ( 66 ) FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN Jennifer Warnes

36 ( 37 ) JUST DON’T WANNA BE LONELY Freddie MacGregor

37 ( 17 ) LET’S DANCE Chris Rea

38 ( 51 ) SONGBIRD Kenny G

39 ( 46 ) A MATTER OF TRUST Billy Joel

40 ( 58 ) LA BAMBA Los Lobos

 

41 ( 47 ) LABOUR OF LOVE Hue And Cry

42 ( 24 ) MOTORTOWN The Kane Gang

43 ( 28 ) COMIN’ ON STRONG Broken English

44 ( 32 ) DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER Crowded House

45 ( 48 ) IS THIS LOVE Whitesnake

46 ( 39 ) WISHING I WAS LUCKY Wet Wet Wet

47 ( 43 ) GET IT ON (’87 REMIX) T.Rex

48 ( 42 ) HEY LOVE King Sun D Moet

49 ( 74 ) SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Was (Not Was)

50 ( 45 ) UNDER THE BOARDWALK Bruce Willis with The Temptations

 

51 ( NEW ) OOPS UPSIDE YOUR HEAD ’87 The Gap Band

52 ( 44 ) NOTHING’S GONNA STOP US NOW Starship

53 ( NEW ) ROADBLOCK Stock Aitken & waterman

54 ( 36 ) PERSONAL TOUCH Errol Brown

55 ( 53 ) LA ISLA BONITA Madonna

56 ( 59 ) DRAGNET Art Of Noise

57 ( 34 ) HEARTS ON FIRE Roger Daltrey

58 ( 57 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson

59 ( NEW ) ANIMAL Def Leppard

60 ( 60 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

 

61 ( 35 ) DON’T LOOK ANY FURTHER Dennis Edwards featuring Siedah Garrett

62 ( 54 ) I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME) Whitney Houston

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

64 ( NEW ) FIRE Sly & Robbie

65 ( 41 ) FLAMES OF PARADISE Elton John & Jennifer Rush

66 ( NEW ) WIG The B52’s

67 ( 64 ) MOVE OVER DARLING Doris Day

68 ( 68 ) HUMAN Human League

69 ( 69 ) ISOLATION Iggy Pop

70 ( 62 ) SHATTERED DREAMS Johnny Hates Jazz

 

71 ( 67 ) LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE Jody Watley

72 ( 73 ) FUNKYTOWN Pseudo Echo

73 ( NEW ) TRUE FAITH New Order

74 ( 65 ) I WANT YOUR SEX George Michael

75 ( NEW ) SWEET LITTLE MYSTERY Wet Wet Wet

 

 

 

Playlist oldies of the week

1 PANINARO Pet Shop Boys

2 WALK ON BY Dionne Warwick

3 LIFE IS A MINESTRONE 10c.c.

1 ( 3 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles

3 ( 2 ) IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys

4 ( 5 ) ALONE Heart

5 ( 1 ) HIGHER AND HIGHER (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) Jackie Wilson

12 ( 19 ) HEART AND SOUL T’Pau

13 ( 13 ) WISHING WELL Terence Trent D’Arby

14 ( 9 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2

19 ( 23 ) THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS a-ha

24 ( 14 ) THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE Janet Jackson

26 ( 29 ) CATCH The Cure

27 ( NEW ) TRACKS OF MY TEARS Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

28 ( 21 ) IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND Prince

31 ( 27 ) WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC

35 ( 66 ) FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN Jennifer Warnes

41 ( 47 ) LABOUR OF LOVE Hue And Cry

44 ( 32 ) DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER Crowded House

46 ( 39 ) WISHING I WAS LUCKY Wet Wet Wet

47 ( 43 ) GET IT ON (’87 REMIX) T.Rex

52 ( 44 ) NOTHING’S GONNA STOP US NOW Starship

55 ( 53 ) LA ISLA BONITA Madonna

58 ( 57 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson

60 ( 60 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

62 ( 54 ) I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME) Whitney Houston

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

73 ( NEW ) TRUE FAITH New Order

 

The above all be fabulous! :wub:

 

1 ( 3 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles

3 ( 2 ) IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys

4 ( 5 ) ALONE Heart

5 ( 1 ) HIGHER AND HIGHER (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) Jackie Wilson

12 ( 19 ) HEART AND SOUL T’Pau

13 ( 13 ) WISHING WELL Terence Trent D’Arby

14 ( 9 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2

19 ( 23 ) THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS a-ha

24 ( 14 ) THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE Janet Jackson

26 ( 29 ) CATCH The Cure

27 ( NEW ) TRACKS OF MY TEARS Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

28 ( 21 ) IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND Prince

31 ( 27 ) WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC

35 ( 66 ) FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN Jennifer Warnes

41 ( 47 ) LABOUR OF LOVE Hue And Cry

44 ( 32 ) DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER Crowded House

46 ( 39 ) WISHING I WAS LUCKY Wet Wet Wet

47 ( 43 ) GET IT ON (’87 REMIX) T.Rex

52 ( 44 ) NOTHING’S GONNA STOP US NOW Starship

55 ( 53 ) LA ISLA BONITA Madonna

58 ( 57 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson

60 ( 60 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

62 ( 54 ) I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME) Whitney Houston

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

73 ( NEW ) TRUE FAITH New Order

 

The above all be fabulous! :wub:

 

 

Thanks dandy, Cool choices exactly as I'd expect from you, your quality control is pretty much cheese-free (while I do enjoy a bit of cheese here and there :lol: ) I feel I'd better pre-prepare you that Human is still there to the end of the year :kink:

28th July 1987

 

It's a first week on top for Madonna's Who's That Girl, giving her 5 chart-toppers in a row, and in total, as T'Pau race into the top 3 with Heart And Soul, joined by a remix of The Temptations classic Papa Was A Rolling Stone remixed to peak higher than the original did in 1973, at 8. Closely behind at 9, it's a new entry for the original ska song My Boy Lollipop by Millie, a fave of kiddie John in his early schooldays, charting for the first time, and after the lesser Bad Manners version. David Grant gets a first top 10 in 4 years, while huge leaps for Wax and Def Leppard in to the 20, and New Order into the 40 make up the big climbers.

 

In at 20, it's the first track off the forthcoming Bad album, the charming I Just Can't Stop Loving You, with Siedah Garrett, returning the favour for donating Man In The Mirror to Michael Jackson. It's Siedah's second chart hit, Michael's umpteenth, 17 years on. Bill Withers brings his Lovely Day back into the chart 9 years on, and a year ahead of the remix hit version, The Beastie's get a 3rd, and Danny Wilson a first, chart entry. She's On It, and the sweet Mary's Prayer - which had to wait till 1988 to chart big. Aussie band Icehouse also had to wait a while for Crazy to catch on, but straight in here, 4 years on from the fab Hey Little Girl.

 

 

1 ( 2 ) WHO’S THAT GIRL Madonna

2 ( 1 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles

3 ( 12 ) HEART AND SOUL T’Pau

4 ( 4 ) ALONE Heart

5 ( 6 ) I HEARD A RUMOUR Bananarama

6 ( 3 ) IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys

7 ( 8 ) SOLD Boy George

8 ( NEW ) PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE (REMIX) The Temptations

9 ( NEW ) MY BOY LOLLIPOP Millie

10 ( 23 ) CHANGE David Grant

 

11 ( 5 ) HIGHER AND HIGHER (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) Jackie Wilson

12 ( 10 ) JIVE TALKING Boogie Box High

13 ( 7 ) SWEETEST SMILE Black

14 ( 17 ) ALWAYS Atlantic Starr

15 ( 34 ) BRIDGE TO YOUR HEART Wax

16 ( 59 ) ANIMAL Def Leppard

17 ( 14 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2

18 ( 30 ) CHENKO (TENKO-IO) REMIX Red Box

19 ( 11 ) TIME WILL CRAWL David Bowie

20 ( NEW ) I JUST CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU Michael Jackson featuring Siedah Garrett

 

21 ( 9 ) SWEET SIXTEEN Billy Idol

22 ( 13 ) WISHING WELL Terence Trent D’Arby

23 ( 27 ) TRACKS OF MY TEARS Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

24 ( 25 ) HOOVERVILLE (THEY PROMISED US THE WORLD) The Christians

25 ( 15 ) DIAMONDS Herb Alpert featuring Janet Jackson

26 ( 38 ) SONGBIRD Kenny G

27 ( 16 ) MISFIT Curiosity Killed The Cat

28 ( NEW ) LOVELY DAY Bill Withers

29 ( 33 ) WOT’S IT TO YA Robbie Nevil

30 ( 18 ) SEVEN WONDERS Fleetwood Mac

 

31 ( 21 ) IT’S NOT UNUSUAL Tom Jones

32 ( 22 ) FLM Mel & Kim

33 ( 35 ) FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN Jennifer Warnes

34 ( 40 ) LA BAMBA Los Lobos

35 ( 73 ) TRUE FAITH New Order

36 ( 19 ) THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS a-ha

37 ( 41 ) LABOUR OF LOVE Hue And Cry

38 ( 39 ) A MATTER OF TRUST Billy Joel

39 ( 53 ) ROADBLOCK Stock Aitken & waterman

40 ( 56 ) DRAGNET Art Of Noise

 

41 ( 28 ) IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND Prince

42 ( 24 ) THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE Janet Jackson

43 ( 36 ) JUST DON’T WANNA BE LONELY Freddie MacGregor

44 ( 31 ) WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC

45 ( 20 ) IN THE SUMMERTIME ’87 Mungo Jerry & The Grimm Brothers

46 ( 49 ) SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Was (Not Was)

47 ( 45 ) IS THIS LOVE Whitesnake

48 ( 54 ) PERSONAL TOUCH Errol Brown

49 ( 26 ) CATCH The Cure

50 ( 51 ) OOPS UPSIDE YOUR HEAD ’87 The Gap Band

 

51 ( 47 ) GET IT ON (’87 REMIX) T.Rex

52 ( 64 ) FIRE Sly & Robbie

53 ( 32 ) MY PRETTY ONE Cliff Richard

54 ( 37 ) LET’S DANCE Chris Rea

55 ( 44 ) DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER Crowded House

56 ( 29 ) YOUR SONG (LIVE) Elton John

57 ( 46 ) WISHING I WAS LUCKY Wet Wet Wet

58 ( 50 ) UNDER THE BOARDWALK Bruce Willis with The Temptations

59 ( 42 ) MOTORTOWN The Kane Gang

60 ( 60 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

 

61 ( NEW ) SHE’S ON IT The Beastie Boys

62 ( 58 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson

63 ( 72 ) FUNKYTOWN Pseudo Echo

64 ( 55 ) LA ISLA BONITA Madonna

65 ( NEW ) MARY’S PRAYER Danny Wilson

66 ( 43 ) COMIN’ ON STRONG Broken English

67 ( 63 ) PENNY LANE/STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles

68 ( 68 ) HUMAN Human League

69 ( NEW ) SOMEWHERE OUT THERE Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram

70 ( 52 ) NOTHING’S GONNA STOP US NOW Starship

 

71 ( NEW ) CRAZY Icehouse

72 ( 70 ) SHATTERED DREAMS Johnny Hates Jazz

73 ( 75 ) SWEET LITTLE MYSTERY Wet Wet Wet

74 ( NEW ) I SURRENDER Samantha Fox

75 ( 67 ) MOVE OVER DARLING Doris Day

 

Oldies Playlist

1 CONTRACT OF THE HEART Spelt Like This

2 SUGAR SUGAR The Archies

3 CARELESS WHISPER (12” VERSION) George Michael

4th August 1987

 

It's straight in at 1 for the second track off the pending Actually album, giving Chris & Neil a 5th chart-topper and the 4th in a row, and also gives Dusty Springfield her comeback track, a first top 10 in err 18 years! Dusty was a mainstay of my youth and would have topped my theoretical charts 2 or 3 times in the 60's. So kudos both! The bad news is it stops Bananarama getting a first number one and SAW a second. Def Leppard get a first top 10, and Jacko keeps the top 10's a-coming 18 years on.

 

New Order climb high into the 20, Was (Not Was) into the 30, and The Colourfield cover The Monkees great non-single She, which enters at 27 giving Terry Hall 8 years of chart action. One of the oldest tracks to make my charts pops in at 48, for the late Ritchie Valens, as La Bamba fever grips the nation 28 years late.

 

In my playlisted tracks of the week (ie non-chart-eligible) there's some album tracks from recent albums that should have been singles, but record companies being a bit dense weren't spotted, one from Bucks Fizz which should have been the follow-up to Mamba Seyra, one from Human league which should have followed-up Human (and which eventually came out far too late in 1988), Abba's Agnetha and her decent track, and also the Abba boys' Just Like That for Gemini (not THAT Gemini, a Swedish act) using up half a song they had recorded with Abba (and much better it is too, short and sweet it finally came out in 1994-ish), expanded for their new hopefuls.

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

2 ( 5 ) I HEARD A RUMOUR Bananarama

3 ( 4 ) ALONE Heart

4 ( 2 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles

5 ( 1 ) WHO’S THAT GIRL Madonna

6 ( 3 ) HEART AND SOUL T’Pau

7 ( 10 ) CHANGE David Grant

8 ( 8 ) PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE (REMIX) The Temptations

9 ( 16 ) ANIMAL Def Leppard

10 ( 20 ) I JUST CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU Michael Jackson featuring Siedah Garrett

 

11 ( 9 ) MY BOY LOLLIPOP Millie

12 ( 6 ) IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys

13 ( 7 ) SOLD Boy George

14 ( 15 ) BRIDGE TO YOUR HEART Wax

15 ( 18 ) CHENKO (TENKO-IO) REMIX Red Box

16 ( 28 ) LOVELY DAY Bill Withers

17 ( 11 ) HIGHER AND HIGHER (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) Jackie Wilson

18 ( 35 ) TRUE FAITH New Order

19 ( 12 ) JIVE TALKING Boogie Box High

20 ( 17 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2

 

21 ( 39 ) ROADBLOCK Stock Aitken & waterman

22 ( 13 ) SWEETEST SMILE Black

23 ( 29 ) WOT’S IT TO YA Robbie Nevil

24 ( 14 ) ALWAYS Atlantic Starr

25 ( 33 ) FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN Jennifer Warnes

26 ( 34 ) LA BAMBA Los Lobos

27 ( NEW ) SHE The Colourfield

28 ( 26 ) SONGBIRD Kenny G

29 ( 19 ) TIME WILL CRAWL David Bowie

30 ( 46 ) SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Was (Not Was)

 

31 ( 27 ) MISFIT Curiosity Killed The Cat

32 ( 22 ) WISHING WELL Terence Trent D’Arby

33 ( 40 ) DRAGNET Art Of Noise

34 ( NEW ) UNITED STATES The Lift

35 ( 25 ) DIAMONDS Herb Alpert featuring Janet Jackson

36 ( 48 ) PERSONAL TOUCH Errol Brown

37 ( 37 ) LABOUR OF LOVE Hue And Cry

38 ( 30 ) SEVEN WONDERS Fleetwood Mac

39 ( 21 ) SWEET SIXTEEN Billy Idol

40 ( NEW ) THE MOTIVE Then Jericho

 

41 ( 31 ) IT’S NOT UNUSUAL Tom Jones

42 ( 32 ) FLM Mel & Kim

43 ( 71 ) CRAZY Icehouse

44 ( 23 ) TRACKS OF MY TEARS Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

45 ( 36 ) THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS a-ha

46 ( 52 ) FIRE Sly & Robbie

47 ( 24 ) HOOVERVILLE (THEY PROMISED US THE WORLD) The Christians

48 ( NEW ) LA BAMBA Ritchie Valens

49 ( 50 ) OOPS UPSIDE YOUR HEAD ’87 The Gap Band

50 ( 65 ) MARY’S PRAYER Danny Wilson

 

51 ( 41 ) IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND Prince

52 ( 51 ) GET IT ON (’87 REMIX) T.Rex

53 ( 69 ) SOMEWHERE OUT THERE Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram

54 ( 42 ) THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE Janet Jackson

55 ( 58 ) UNDER THE BOARDWALK Bruce Willis with The Temptations

56 ( 38 ) A MATTER OF TRUST Billy Joel

57 ( NEW ) U GOT THE LOOK Prince featuring Sheena Easton

58 ( 61 ) SHE’S ON IT The Beastie Boys

59 ( 63 ) FUNKYTOWN Pseudo Echo

60 ( 60 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

 

61 ( 55 ) DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER Crowded House

62 ( 73 ) SWEET LITTLE MYSTERY Wet Wet Wet

63 ( 62 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson

64 ( 44 ) WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC

65 ( 43 ) JUST DON’T WANNA BE LONELY Freddie MacGregor

66 ( NEW ) SUGAR MICE Marillion

67 ( 68 ) HUMAN Human League

68 ( 57 ) WISHING I WAS LUCKY Wet Wet Wet

69 ( 67 ) PENNY LANE/STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles

70 ( NEW ) LIPS LIKE SUGAR Echo & The Bunnymen

 

71 ( NEW ) SAY YOU REALLY WANT ME Kim Wilde

72 ( 64 ) LA ISLA BONITA Madonna

73 ( NEW ) SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL The Blow Monkeys

74 ( NEW ) I REALLY DIDN’T MEAN IT Luther Vandross

75 ( NEW ) SONG FROM THE EDGE OF THE WORLD Siouxsie & The Banshees

 

 

4th Aug

PLAYIST OLDIES

 

1 LOVE IN A WORLD GONE MAD Bucks Fizz

2 THE DIARY Bread

3 LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS The Human League

4 I WON’T LET YOU GO Agnetha Faltskog

5 JUST LIKE THAT Gemini

Fabulous number one there, still so joyous to listen to today ^_^

not the biggest PSB fan but their 1987 singles were all great, especially the ones to come

 

for the last weeks you've have 4 songs in the top 5 that are all a 10/10 to me and some of my fav of the entire 80s, Alone, I heard a rumour, Heart and soul and Who's That Girl.

Fabulous number one there, still so joyous to listen to today ^_^

 

Thanks dandy, I agree, one of my all-time fave records - Wait till you see the long chart-run! You may change your mind :lol:

not the biggest PSB fan but their 1987 singles were all great, especially the ones to come

 

for the last weeks you've have 4 songs in the top 5 that are all a 10/10 to me and some of my fav of the entire 80s, Alone, I heard a rumour, Heart and soul and Who's That Girl.

 

Thanks Bjork, I agree about the top tracks being amongst the best of the 80's - I was really loving '87 charts around this time :heart:

 

 

 

11th August 1987

 

It's a second week on top for Dusty & the Boys, and two at 2 for the 'Nanas, with MJ going top 3 with his first Bad single. Def Leppard grab a first top 5, and New Order get their biggest track since Blue Monday, rocketing up to 5. Wax get a second consecutive top 10, giving Andrew Gold 3 in total, and Graham Gouldman, ooh, at least a dozen. Was (Not Was) get a second top 20, and Then Jericho leg it up to 20 from 40.

 

Highest new entry is The Pretenders, and with an 007 Bond song from the latest movie, and already only 7 places below aha's theme track, their first single to fall-short of my top 10. Chrissie has had 8 years of non-stop entries, pretty much. Spagna brings some Eurocheese into the 40 - Call Me she says. Not if I have choice of Go West or Blondie Call Me's instead! Prince & Sheena climb big having the look of a top 30, and Linda Ronstadt also climbs into the 40 with James Ingram, 9 years since her 60's classic Different Drum bothered my charts as B side to a lesser cover.

 

Kim Wilde is boosted up to 40, as The Fat Boys and The Beach Boys do a rap cover of 60's surf classic Wipeout, a debut for the Fat Boys, and 19 years of hit-making for the Beach Boys, who featured in my first-ever chart, and regularly since. At 49, a modest entry for the latest SAW act to benefit from the Hit Factory, a young white lad with a soulful voice, Rick Astley and Never Gonna Give You Up. I doubt anyone has heard of the record, or him. I mean, the chances of production-line pop acts like Rick, soon-to-be Kylie, and Bananarama having music careers in 30 years-time must be very slim....

 

Jesus & Mary Chain bring another sweet-buzzsaw track into the charts, not the Garbage song, though Happy When It Rains is decent enough, and just behind a 60's smooth soul class act returns with Jeffrey Osbourne in tow, on Love Power. Dionne Warwick's entire classic 60's career was over, pretty much, by the time I started charting, so her actual debut was 1974 and Then Came You. She was of course, the major muse for huge numbers of Burt Bacaharach & Hal David songs. Well, the fab melody gives a clue - Burt is back, with Carole Bayer Sager on lyric duty some 10 years since she had her own hit with You're Moving Out Today, before becoming an in-demand hit songwriter.

 

The Smiths are also still charting, with one of their funniest songs, Girlfriend In A Coma. Who says Morrissey has no sense of humour?! At least I THINK it's supposed to be amusing.... Squeeze are back after a few years away, the catchy Hourglass reuniting Jules Holland with Chris & Glenn for their 10th anniversary. Like Love Power, this one was a big track on US radio for my forthcoming California hols. Finally a couple of Lovers Rock reggae entries down in the boondocks end of the chart, all on follow-up duties.

 

 

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

2 ( 2 ) I HEARD A RUMOUR Bananarama

3 ( 10 ) I JUST CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU Michael Jackson featuring Siedah Garrett

4 ( 9 ) ANIMAL Def Leppard

5 ( 18 ) TRUE FAITH New Order

6 ( 6 ) HEART AND SOUL T’Pau

7 ( 3 ) ALONE Heart

8 ( 5 ) WHO’S THAT GIRL Madonna

9 ( 4 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles

10 ( 14 ) BRIDGE TO YOUR HEART Wax

 

11 ( 21 ) ROADBLOCK Stock Aitken & waterman

12 ( 7 ) CHANGE David Grant

13 ( 8 ) PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE (REMIX) The Temptations

14 ( 12 ) IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys

15 ( 11 ) MY BOY LOLLIPOP Millie

16 ( 30 ) SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Was (Not Was)

17 ( 23 ) WOT’S IT TO YA Robbie Nevil

18 ( 13 ) SOLD Boy George

19 ( 19 ) JIVE TALKING Boogie Box High

20 ( 40 ) THE MOTIVE Then Jericho

 

21 ( 34 ) UNITED STATES The Lift

22 ( 20 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2

23 ( 17 ) HIGHER AND HIGHER (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) Jackie Wilson

24 ( 25 ) FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN Jennifer Warnes

25 ( 26 ) LA BAMBA Los Lobos

26 ( NEW ) IF THERE WAS A MAN Pretenders For 007

27 ( 15 ) CHENKO (TENKO-IO) REMIX Red Box

28 ( NEW ) CALL ME Spagna

29 ( 22 ) SWEETEST SMILE Black

30 ( 57 ) U GOT THE LOOK Prince featuring Sheena Easton

 

31 ( 16 ) LOVELY DAY Bill Withers

32 ( 37 ) LABOUR OF LOVE Hue And Cry

33 ( 27 ) SHE The Colourfield

34 ( 24 ) ALWAYS Atlantic Starr

35 ( 53 ) SOMEWHERE OUT THERE Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram

36 ( 50 ) MARY’S PRAYER Danny Wilson

37 ( 29 ) TIME WILL CRAWL David Bowie

38 ( 31 ) MISFIT Curiosity Killed The Cat

39 ( 43 ) CRAZY Icehouse

40 ( 71 ) SAY YOU REALLY WANT ME Kim Wilde

 

41 ( 35 ) DIAMONDS Herb Alpert featuring Janet Jackson

42 ( 59 ) FUNKYTOWN Pseudo Echo

43 ( 41 ) IT’S NOT UNUSUAL Tom Jones

44 ( 38 ) SEVEN WONDERS Fleetwood Mac

45 ( 46 ) FIRE Sly & Robbie

46 ( RE ) I SURRENDER Samantha Fox

47 ( NEW ) WIPEOUT The Fat Boys & The Beach Boys

48 ( 48 ) LA BAMBA Ritchie Valens

49 ( NEW ) NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP Rick Astley

50 ( 62 ) SWEET LITTLE MYSTERY Wet Wet Wet

 

51 ( 32 ) WISHING WELL Terence Trent D’Arby

52 ( 36 ) PERSONAL TOUCH Errol Brown

53 ( 70 ) LIPS LIKE SUGAR Echo & The Bunnymen

54 ( 66 ) SUGAR MICE Marillion

55 ( 28 ) SONGBIRD Kenny G

56 ( 52 ) GET IT ON (’87 REMIX) T.Rex

57 ( NEW ) HAPPY WHEN IT RAINS Jesus & Mary Chain

58 ( 33 ) DRAGNET Art Of Noise

59 ( NEW ) LOVE POWER Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osbourne

60 ( 74 ) I REALLY DIDN’T MEAN IT Luther Vandross

 

61 ( 67 ) HUMAN Human League

62 ( 60 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

63 ( 51 ) IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND Prince

64 ( 39 ) SWEET SIXTEEN Billy Idol

65 ( 63 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson

66 ( 58 ) SHE’S ON IT The Beastie Boys

67 ( 61 ) DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER Crowded House

68 ( 73 ) SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL The Blow Monkeys

69 ( NEW ) GIRLFRIEND IN A COMA The Smiths

70 ( 69 ) PENNY LANE/STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles

 

71 ( 54 ) THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE Janet Jackson

72 ( NEW ) HOURGLASS Squeeze

73 ( 55 ) UNDER THE BOARDWALK Bruce Willis with The Temptations

74 ( NEW ) FRIENDS AND LOVERS Boris Gardiner & Gwen Guthrie

75 ( NEW ) YOU CAUGHT MY EYE Judy Boucher

 

Playlist Oldies of that week

1 LOVE IN A WORLD GONE MAD Bucks Fizz

2 I’M YOUR MAN Wham!

3 VENUS Bananarama