hahaha no no it was the Dirty Dancing song

it was an unexpe3cted music selection cos most cafes here in Denmark are very hipster and basically only play Bon Iver on a loop

 

I was in Copenhagen in 2017, sadly it was only 4 days tourist spots and there wasn't much time to explore any cafes trying to entice me in with Bon Iver :lol: (they would have had more luck with 1987 pop, though) :D

pretty sure Bon Iver can make a living only out of the royalties from his songs being played in Danish cafes :D

1st September 1987

 

It's 5 weeks on top for the unstoppable Pet Shop Boys & Dusty, as Rick Astley climbs to 3, Prince to 7, Elvis brings If I Can Dream back into the top 10 18 years on, and Dionne Warwick gets her 2nd top 10 - she would have had loads more if I'd charted earlier though. Highest new entry is the gorgeous Little Lies, Christine McVie's best song from Fleetwood Mac's Tango In The Night, in at 35. In a couple of weeks I'd watch the rural video in a Californian coastal motel as I drifted into a daze after accidentally taking one of my mum's sleeping pills instead of aspirin. That ruined the next day as I largely felt icky and didn't appreciate the stunning coastal scenery between San Fransisco and Malibu. Moral: read the packaging.

 

Chris Rea returns, The Housemartins make it 3 in a row, Carly Simon follows-up her comeback hit, Mick Jagger gets another solo entry 2 years after the last ones, Bon Jovi roll on, Five Star start to lose the spark, and Natalie Cole jumps back into the rundown 12 years on since she debuted - with her late dad due to debut himself by Christmas!

 

 

 

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

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

3 ( 5 ) NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP Rick Astley

4 ( 6 ) HEART AND SOUL T’Pau

5 ( 4 ) BRIDGE TO YOUR HEART Wax

6 ( 3 ) I JUST CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU Michael Jackson featuring Siedah Garrett

7 ( 10 ) U GOT THE LOOK Prince featuring Sheena Easton

8 ( 8 ) I HEARD A RUMOUR Bananarama

9 ( 18 ) IF I CAN DREAM/ LOVE ME TENDER Elvis Presley

10 ( 13 ) LOVE POWER Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osbourne

 

11 ( 7 ) TRUE FAITH New Order

12 ( 17 ) NEVER LET ME DOWN David Bowie

13 ( 19 ) WIPEOUT The Fat Boys & The Beach Boys

14 ( 24 ) WONDERFUL LIFE Black

15 ( 9 ) IF THERE WAS A MAN Pretenders For 007

16 ( 16 ) THE MOTIVE Then Jericho

17 ( 12 ) ALONE Heart

18 ( 27 ) HEY MATTHEW Karel Fialka

19 ( 14 ) SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Was (Not Was)

20 ( 23 ) LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING Climie Fisher

 

21 ( 11 ) ANIMAL Def Leppard

22 ( 28 ) WHAT TIME IS IT The Kane Gang

23 ( 33 ) CRAZY Icehouse

24 ( 21 ) PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE (REMIX) The Temptations

25 ( 30 ) HAPPY WHEN IT RAINS Jesus & Mary Chain

26 ( 20 ) WHO’S THAT GIRL Madonna

27 ( 35 ) PAPER IN FIRE John Cougar Mellencamp

28 ( 40 ) I NEED LOVE LL Cool J

29 ( 22 ) GIRLFRIEND IN A COMA The Smiths

30 ( 15 ) ROADBLOCK Stock Aitken & Waterman

 

31 ( 39 ) I’M IN IT FOR LOVE Donny Osmond

32 ( 38 ) SWEET LITTLE MYSTERY Wet Wet Wet

33 ( 25 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles

34 ( 29 ) IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys

35 ( NEW ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

36 ( 32 ) SAY YOU REALLY WANT ME Kim Wilde

37 ( 44 ) HOURGLASS Squeeze

38 ( 34 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2

39 ( 75 ) THE NIGHT YOU MURDERED LOVE ABC

40 ( 43 ) ONLY IN MY DREAMS Debbie Gibson

 

41 ( 46 ) WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME U2

42 ( 37 ) HIGHER AND HIGHER (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) Jackie Wilson

43 ( 36 ) JIVE TALKING Boogie Box High

44 ( 72 ) TOY BOY Sinitta

45 ( 49 ) JUST CALL Sherrick

46 ( 31 ) CHANGE David Grant

47 ( NEW ) LOVING YOU AGAIN Chris Rea

48 ( RE ) MAKING LOVE IN THE RAIN Herb Alpert featuring Lisa Keith

49 ( 70 ) SOME PEOPLE Cliff Richard

50 ( 52 ) SEATTLE Public Image Ltd

 

51 ( 42 ) FUNKYTOWN Pseudo Echo

52 ( 51 ) IT’S NOT UNUSUAL Tom Jones

53 ( 41 ) SOLD Boy George

54 ( 53 ) MY BOY LOLLIPOP Millie

55 ( 48 ) MARY’S PRAYER Danny Wilson

56 ( 45 ) THE RHYTHM DIVINE Yello featuring Shirley Bassey

57 ( 61 ) HUMAN Human League

58 ( 68 ) DOING IT ALL FOR MY BABY Huey Lewis & The News

59 ( 63 ) DIAMONDS Herb Alpert featuring Janet Jackson

60 ( 54 ) SWEETEST SMILE Black

 

61 ( 26 ) DEAR GOD XTC

62 ( 66 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson

63 ( 69 ) THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE Janet Jackson

64 ( 64 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

65 ( NEW ) ME AND THE FARMER The Housemartins

66 ( 62 ) GET IT ON (’87 REMIX) T.Rex

67 ( 67 ) TIME WILL CRAWL David Bowie

68 ( NEW ) LIES Jonathan Butler

69 ( NEW ) THE STUFF THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF Carly Simon

70 ( 73 ) PENNY LANE/STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles

 

71 ( 55 ) YOY BOYZ MAKE BIG NOIZE Slade

72 ( NEW ) LET’S WORK Mick Jagger

73 ( NEW ) NEVER SAY GOODBYE Bon Jovi

74 ( NEW ) WHENEVER YOU’RE READY Five Star

75 ( NEW ) JUMP START Natalie Cole

 

 

1st Sept

PLAYIST OLDIES

 

1 LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS The Human League

2 IF IT WASN’T FOR THE REASON THAT I LOVED YOU Miki Anthony

3 THIRD FINGER LEFT HAND The Pearls

Little Lies is such a classic

BACK UP?!!!!

 

 

BACK UP?!!!!

:lol:

I gave fair warning that it would be clogging up the rundown till xmas (i checked as far as that) :lol:

 

Not to worry there'll be an invasion of obscure US hits in 2 weeks as I holiday there and have no idea what is getting airplay or selling in the UK... :D

Tango in the Night had one of the most bizarre chart run for singles in the uk:

hit - flop - hit - flop - hit

don't think I've ever seen another album in the last 30 years doing such pattern in singles

Tango in the Night had one of the most bizarre chart run for singles in the uk:

hit - flop - hit - flop - hit

don't think I've ever seen another album in the last 30 years doing such pattern in singles

 

Yes very odd that one - I guess it's down to having 3 main songwriters and having to keep all 3 happy with choice of singles:

 

Buckingham/Nicks/McVie/Buckingham/McVie and then the final one was a joint McVie/Buckingham. Stevie's songs around this time weren't as good as her solo stuff (she saved the best for herself I'd guess) while Christine was always very easy-going and prob went along with whatever to keep everyone happy - even when it was obvious she was writing the most-commercial songs!

^thats interesting, never thought about that

 

Little Lies is the best by far out of all the singles

8th September 1987

 

It's a first week on top for the 1987 12" remix of the 1969 and 1970 chart-topper from The Archies, Sugar Sugar thus grabbing the record for oldest number one to return to the top - for now. Black make it two top 10's in a row with the sublime Wonderful Life up 6, and Cliff rockets into the top 10 19 years into his chart career, Some People being one of his rather good cool pop tracks as opposed to one of his "oh dear, not weathered-well, that one" tracks. Bowie makes it 2 top 10's in a row from his latest LP, and The Beach Boys extend their run of top 10's to 19 years to the week.

 

Highest new entry is The Bee Gees going Depeche techno, and an abrupt change in sound with the fab You Win Again in at 12 19 years to the week since they also appeared in my first-ever chart. Second highest new entry is also a future UK chart-topper, the fab innovative M/A/R/R/S and Pump Up The Volume at 35, sampling gone mad and the sound of dance future. Little Lies leaps up 20 for Fleetwood Mac, the third top 20 off Tango In The Night, as John Cougar gets his 3rd top 20 in total.

 

Shaky is in at 40 with a good Supremes cover, Johnny Hates Jazz heroically follow-up at 43, and Madonna's quality-control dips a bit with Causing A Commotion at 49. Levert at 53, debuting 15 years after The O'Jays were Backstabbing on top of my charts: Lead singer Eddie Levert was dad to two of the band. Thus joining the likes of John & Julian Lennon in trailblazing dads and sons independently in my charts. Cheryl Baker is the 2nd Bucks-Fizz solo charter, with the 1969 Amen Corner chart-topper, and 8 years on from her debut as part of UK Eurovision entrants Coco in those Bad Old Days.

 

The Communards return, Wendy & Lisa ditto, and sneaking in is the lead track on the brand new album from Michael Jackson - a little ditty called Bad: It would actually have been much higher, but I didn't allow album tracks in or else this week most of the album (which I bought on vinyl) would have charted, followed next week by another new album clogging up the charts and kicking out at least 15 other records. So I've retrospectively given it a number 76, as these days I DO allow album tracks as I should have then. On the grounds that by the time album tracks became singles I'd often long-peaked over them.

 

 

 

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

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

3 ( 4 ) HEART AND SOUL T’Pau

4 ( 3 ) NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP Rick Astley

5 ( 5 ) BRIDGE TO YOUR HEART Wax

6 ( 14 ) WONDERFUL LIFE Black

7 ( 7 ) U GOT THE LOOK Prince featuring Sheena Easton

8 ( 49 ) SOME PEOPLE Cliff Richard

9 ( 12 ) NEVER LET ME DOWN David Bowie

10 ( 13 ) WIPEOUT The Fat Boys & The Beach Boys

 

11 ( 6 ) I JUST CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU Michael Jackson featuring Siedah Garrett

12 ( NEW ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

13 ( 20 ) LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING Climie Fisher

14 ( 18 ) HEY MATTHEW Karel Fialka

15 ( 35 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

16 ( 16 ) THE MOTIVE Then Jericho

17 ( 8 ) I HEARD A RUMOUR Bananarama

18 ( 10 ) LOVE POWER Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osbourne

19 ( 22 ) WHAT TIME IS IT The Kane Gang

20 ( 27 ) PAPER IN FIRE John Cougar Mellencamp

 

21 ( 17 ) ALONE Heart

22 ( 28 ) I NEED LOVE LL Cool J

23 ( 15 ) IF THERE WAS A MAN Pretenders For 007

24 ( 9 ) IF I CAN DREAM/ LOVE ME TENDER Elvis Presley

25 ( 11 ) TRUE FAITH New Order

26 ( 24 ) PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE (REMIX) The Temptations

27 ( 21 ) ANIMAL Def Leppard

28 ( 39 ) THE NIGHT YOU MURDERED LOVE ABC

29 ( 19 ) SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Was (Not Was)

30 ( 37 ) HOURGLASS Squeeze

 

31 ( 32 ) SWEET LITTLE MYSTERY Wet Wet Wet

32 ( 26 ) WHO’S THAT GIRL Madonna

33 ( 47 ) LOVING YOU AGAIN Chris Rea

34 ( 34 ) IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys

35 ( NEW ) PUMP UP THE VOLUME M/A/R/R/S

36 ( 72 ) LET’S WORK Mick Jagger

37 ( 40 ) ONLY IN MY DREAMS Debbie Gibson

38 ( 50 ) SEATTLE Public Image Ltd

39 ( 33 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles

40 ( NEW ) COME SEE ABOUT ME Shakin’ Stevens

 

41 ( 41 ) WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME U2

42 ( 38 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2

43 ( NEW ) I DON’T WANT TO BE A HERO Johnny Hates Jazz

44 ( 44 ) TOY BOY Sinitta

45 ( 30 ) ROADBLOCK Stock Aitken & waterman

46 ( 25 ) HAPPY WHEN IT RAINS Jesus & Mary Chain

47 ( 42 ) HIGHER AND HIGHER (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) Jackie Wilson

48 ( 58 ) DOING IT ALL FOR MY BABY Huey Lewis & The News

49 ( NEW ) CAUSING A COMMOTION Madonna

50 ( 65 ) ME AND THE FARMER The Housemartins

 

51 ( 48 ) MAKING LOVE IN THE RAIN Herb Alpert featuring Lisa Keith

52 ( 23 ) CRAZY Icehouse

53 ( NEW ) CASANOVA Levert

54 ( 52 ) IT’S NOT UNUSUAL Tom Jones

55 ( 69 ) THE STUFF THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF Carly Simon

56 ( 43 ) JIVE TALKING Boogie Box High

57 ( 29 ) GIRLFRIEND IN A COMA The Smiths

58 ( 36 ) SAY YOU REALLY WANT ME Kim Wilde

59 ( 57 ) HUMAN Human League

60 ( 31 ) I’M IN IT FOR LOVE Donny Osmond

 

61 ( 55 ) MARY’S PRAYER Danny Wilson

62 ( 54 ) MY BOY LOLLIPOP Millie

63 ( 62 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson

64 ( 59 ) DIAMONDS Herb Alpert featuring Janet Jackson

65 ( 64 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

66 ( NEW ) STUCK ON YOU Dee Lewis

67 ( 68 ) LIES Jonathan Butler

68 ( 51 ) FUNKYTOWN Pseudo Echo

69 ( 53 ) SOLD Boy George

70 ( NEW ) HALF AS NICE Cheryl Baker

 

71 ( 45 ) JUST CALL Sherrick

72 ( 75 ) JUMP START Natalie Cole

73 ( 70 ) PENNY LANE/STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles

74 ( NEW ) TOMORROW The Communards

75 ( NEW ) WATERFALL Wendy and Lisa

76 ( NEW ) BAD Michael Jackson

 

 

Playlist oldies and album tracks of that week

1 BAD Michael Jackson

2 I BELIEVE (IN LOVE) Hot Chocolate

3 LONELY DAYS The Bee Gees

great for Wonderful Life, such a lost classic

from the newies my favourite has to be the new Johnny Hates Jazz, bought it on single back in the day, great track

loved all those late 80s UK bands that mixed pop with a bit of soul and a bit of jazz like Sade, Swing Out Sister, Black, Johnny Hates Jazz,

nobody seems to be doing that kinda mix of music anymore

 

I also have a soft spot for Causin' a commotion, sure not on the same league as the True Blue singles or Who's that Girl but a good little pop song

great for Wonderful Life, such a lost classic

from the newies my favourite has to be the new Johnny Hates Jazz, bought it on single back in the day, great track

loved all those late 80s UK bands that mixed pop with a bit of soul and a bit of jazz like Sade, Swing Out Sister, Black, Johnny Hates Jazz,

nobody seems to be doing that kinda mix of music anymore

 

I also have a soft spot for Causin' a commotion, sure not on the same league as the True Blue singles or Who's that Girl but a good little pop song

 

Hi Bjork :)

 

Wonderful Life is brilliant - sadly it's about to get overhauled by the US explosion! Same with Johnny Hates Jazz. Talking of Swing Out Sister, you read my mind - check out the chart below! :lol:

 

 

Thanks for the comments, maybe Madonna also got overshadowed by what I was hearing on US radio... :)

 

15th September 1987

 

It's a second week on top for the Archies, presiding over my second flight to California - this time with my parents who had never been, but always wanted to go. I just managed to catch the new chart rundown before leaving, so there are some UK new entries - but there's an invasion of stuff I heard on radio stations on the car stereo, as well as the new Michael Jackson album which I copied onto cassette to play in the car - I didn't allow album tracks in my charts back then...but the bottom three all would have featured much higher had I not been limited to just listing them for my "playlist" list. So I've retospectively given them a slot.

 

Little Lies climbs fast into the top 3, a big radio hit in the States, and Climie Fisher just sneaks into the top 10, as do The Bee Gees. US radio was amazing back then: stations galore, all with differing records on rotation, DJ's who seemed professional. I just couldnt understand why the UK had so few radio stations, and still can't (outside London). It's almost as if the authorities have a problem with commercial radio...

 

M/A/R/R/S shoot into the 20, and the highest new entry is Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam at 18, big on LA radio with Lost In Emotion. I found the exact same beach-apartment block I stayed in in 1979 with other Uni friends, which was fab - overlooking the Queen Mary. I was in US TV and radio heaven, what with all the classic 60's shows on re-run that I hadn't seen since a kid, stuff like Get Smart, Gilligan's Island and many more. Huey Lewis also benefits from the radio plays, shooting up to 20, Madonna to 22, and Billy Idol enters at 27 with his fab version of Tommy James & The Shondells brilliant 1968 chart-topper Mony Mony: note this is NOT the weaker live version that was pushed in the UK, this was an all-80's-production.

 

The US is some way behind on UK-sourced hits, usually, which means for me a chance to rechart them as they get a new lease of life cruising the highways and byways and sound bigger and fresh again: ABC return with When Smokey Sings at 29, Living In A Box get some 12" action, as do Pepsi & Shirlie's Heartache, both debuting in that format, while Swing Out Sister's Breakout 1986 hit also returns. A hot new track that stiffed in the UK is in at 31 for The Other Ones - Holiday. So appropriate I bought the single, along with Fleetwood Mac's Little Lies, in the USA on vinyl.

 

U2 finally go top 40 where the streets have exotic names, Gary Numan revamps his old car, given a jump start by rising natalie Cole, as the sweet Level 42 It's Over sneaks in as I leave the UK. Starship follow-up the monster hit, and I go to Disneyland, have a ball on rollercoaster Space Mountain and see the 3D state-of-the-art Sci-fi mini-extravaganza Captain Eo aka Michael Jackson's wannabe space hero. Great to look at and featuring a half-familiar-sounding song from his album, and one which hasn't turned up anywhere yet. When he was acting Jacko was embarrassing, when he was singing, fab. I doubt it will be showing anytime this century again, sorry if you missed it!

 

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

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

3 ( 15 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

4 ( 3 ) HEART AND SOUL T’Pau

5 ( 4 ) NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP Rick Astley

6 ( 10 ) WIPEOUT The Fat Boys & The Beach Boys

7 ( 8 ) SOME PEOPLE Cliff Richard

8 ( 13 ) LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING Climie Fisher

9 ( 9 ) NEVER LET ME DOWN David Bowie

10 ( 12 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

 

11 ( 7 ) U GOT THE LOOK Prince featuring Sheena Easton

12 ( 5 ) BRIDGE TO YOUR HEART Wax

13 ( 6 ) WONDERFUL LIFE Black

14 ( 14 ) HEY MATTHEW Karel Fialka

15 ( 35 ) PUMP UP THE VOLUME M/A/R/R/S

16 ( 11 ) I JUST CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU Michael Jackson featuring Siedah Garrett

17 ( 22 ) I NEED LOVE LL Cool J

18 ( NEW ) LOST IN EMOTION Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam

19 ( 17 ) I HEARD A RUMOUR Bananarama

20 ( 48 ) DOING IT ALL FOR MY BABY Huey Lewis & The News

 

21 ( 20 ) PAPER IN FIRE John Cougar Mellencamp

22 ( 49 ) CAUSING A COMMOTION Madonna

23 ( 28 ) THE NIGHT YOU MURDERED LOVE ABC

24 ( 16 ) THE MOTIVE Then Jericho

25 ( 18 ) LOVE POWER Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osbourne

26 ( 21 ) ALONE Heart

27 ( NEW ) MONY MONY (US SINGLE VERSION) Billy Idol

28 ( 19 ) WHAT TIME IS IT The Kane Gang

29 ( RE ) WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC

30 ( 30 ) HOURGLASS Squeeze

 

31 ( NEW ) HOLIDAY The Other Ones

32 ( 32 ) WHO’S THAT GIRL Madonna

33 ( 41 ) WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME U2

34 ( 34 ) IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys

35 ( NEW ) CARS (E REG MODEL) Gary Numan

36 ( 36 ) LET’S WORK Mick Jagger

37 ( 37 ) ONLY IN MY DREAMS Debbie Gibson

38 ( 26 ) PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE (REMIX) The Temptations

39 ( 23 ) IF THERE WAS A MAN Pretenders For 007

40 ( 29 ) SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Was (Not Was)

 

41 ( 27 ) ANIMAL Def Leppard

42 ( 43 ) I DON’T WANT TO BE A HERO Johnny Hates Jazz

43 ( 25 ) TRUE FAITH New Order

44 ( 40 ) COME SEE ABOUT ME Shakin’ Stevens

45 ( NEW ) LIVING IN A BOX (12” REMIX) Living In A Box

46 ( 39 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles

47 ( NEW ) HEARTACHE (12” REMIX) Pepsi and Shirlie

48 ( 42 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2

49 ( 72 ) JUMP START Natalie Cole

50 ( 24 ) IF I CAN DREAM/ LOVE ME TENDER Elvis Presley

 

51 ( NEW ) BREAKOUT Swing Out Sister

52 ( 53 ) CASANOVA Levert

53 ( 47 ) HIGHER AND HIGHER (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) Jackie Wilson

54 ( 50 ) ME AND THE FARMER The Housemartins

55 ( 55 ) THE STUFF THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF Carly Simon

56 ( 75 ) WATERFALLS Wendy and Lisa

57 ( 54 ) IT’S NOT UNUSUAL Tom Jones

58 ( 61 ) MARY’S PRAYER Danny Wilson

59 ( 33 ) LOVING YOU AGAIN Chris Rea

60 ( 59 ) HUMAN Human League

 

61 ( 52 ) CRAZY Icehouse

62 ( 67 ) LIES Jonathan Butler

63 ( 45 ) ROADBLOCK Stock Aitken & waterman

64 ( 66 ) STUCK ON YOU Dee Lewis

65 ( 63 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson

66 ( 65 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

67 ( 64 ) DIAMONDS Herb Alpert featuring Janet Jackson

68 ( NEW ) IT’S OVER Level 42

69 ( 56 ) JIVE TALKING Boogie Box High

70 ( NEW ) FREE Curiosity Killed The Cat

 

71 ( 51 ) MAKING LOVE IN THE RAIN Herb Alpert featuring Lisa Keith

72 ( 62 ) MY BOY LOLLIPOP Millie

73 ( NEW ) STOP TO LOVE Luther Vandross

74 ( 73 ) PENNY LANE/STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles

75 ( NEW ) IT’S NOT OVER (TILL IT’S OVER) Starship

76 ( NEW ) WE ARE HERE TO CHANGE THE WORLD/ANOTHER PART OF ME (CAPTAIN EO) Michael Jackson

77 ( NEW ) ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson

78 ( NEW ) MAN IN THE MIRROR Michael Jackson

haha good for Swing Out Sister :) also love Living in a Box and P&S-Heartache!!

 

of the newies, my fav is Level 42- It's over, my fav song of theirs and the one that made me go and buy their album

 

and good move for Little Lies into the top 3

haha good for Swing Out Sister :) also love Living in a Box and P&S-Heartache!!

 

of the newies, my fav is Level 42- It's over, my fav song of theirs and the one that made me go and buy their album

 

and good move for Little Lies into the top 3

 

Thanks Bjork, I think It's Over in retrospect is one of their best - though it didnt leap out as catchy as their bigger hits. More re-entries about to join the invasion up next... :lol:

I do hope Little Lies makes #1!

22nd September 1987 California/Nevada Chart

 

It's a third week on top for the 1969 chart-topper that featured on oldies stations as we drove the majestic scenery highways of deserts and Canyons - keeping it hot! This was the week that featured the Ghost Town of Calico, Las Vegas gambling, passing the Flintstones Bedrock en route to the Grand Canyon, still jawdropping if you take time to absorb the scale of it, and Death Valley, superhot and complete with Road Runners in Furnace Creek (beep! beep!). Didn't see any Coyotes though, Wile E or otherwise.

 

Dionne & Jeffrey rocket back up to a new peak of 5 for the fab Love Power, and Michael Jackson's Bad is now officially a single and returns at 4 while his 2 future singles climb just outside the 75 (but would have been way higher). M/A/R/R/S make the top 10, as I had it on cassette tape, and big US hit Holiday climbs to 11. Natalie Cole makes it 12 years of top 40 entries (albeit with little in between) & Curiosity's Misfit is back in the 40 with substantial US radio play, outdoing the weak follow-up at 70.

 

Oldies returning due to airplay chart plugging include Cutting Crew, Go West and Whitney sneaks in where she hadn't been thanks to the sunny blue skies. Even turgid ballads sound better in California. US-only hits include Smokey Robinson, now on 18 years of entries, Expose and the fab Let Me Be The One, the sound of Miami dance-future shortly to inspire the Pet Shop Boys, who make do in the meantime with the track 1 off Actually. I'm still annoyed it wasn't a single: One More Chance was hookily fab.

 

60's veterans The Grateful Dead debut with Twist Of Grey, having been talked up on Boys Of Summer's Dead-Head Stickers lyric, Jellybean goes top 50 ahead the UK catching on to Who Found Who with Lisa Fiorillo, Crowded House follow-up a chart-topper, Laura Branigan returns a bit shattered 4 years on from Gloria, future UK hit Who Will You Run To brings Heart in a bit early, Bob Seger makes it 9 years of minor hits, and Gloria Estefan makes it 3 years of Doctor Beat-ing, just ahead of her exploding big in the UK as a solo act (but really still exactly the same Miami Sound Machine act).

 

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

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

3 ( 3 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

4 ( RE ) BAD Michael Jackson

5 ( 25 ) LOVE POWER Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osbourne

6 ( 5 ) NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP Rick Astley

7 ( 7 ) SOME PEOPLE Cliff Richard

8 ( 15 ) PUMP UP THE VOLUME M/A/R/R/S

9 ( 4 ) HEART AND SOUL T’Pau

10 ( 10 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

 

11 ( 31 ) HOLIDAY The Other Ones

12 ( 14 ) HEY MATTHEW Karel Fialka

13 ( 19 ) I HEARD A RUMOUR Bananarama

14 ( 17 ) I NEED LOVE LL Cool J

15 ( 6 ) WIPEOUT The Fat Boys & The Beach Boys

16 ( 18 ) LOST IN EMOTION Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam

17 ( 21 ) PAPER IN FIRE John Cougar Mellencamp

18 ( 11 ) U GOT THE LOOK Prince featuring Sheena Easton

19 ( 8 ) LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING Climie Fisher

20 ( 9 ) NEVER LET ME DOWN David Bowie

 

21 ( 24 ) THE MOTIVE Then Jericho

22 ( 22 ) CAUSING A COMMOTION Madonna

23 ( 13 ) WONDERFUL LIFE Black

24 ( 29 ) WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC

25 ( 12 ) BRIDGE TO YOUR HEART Wax

26 ( 16 ) I JUST CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU Michael Jackson featuring Siedah Garrett

27 ( 27 ) MONY MONY (US SINGLE VERSION) Billy Idol

28 ( 23 ) THE NIGHT YOU MURDERED LOVE ABC

29 ( 30 ) HOURGLASS Squeeze

30 ( 20 ) DOING IT ALL FOR MY BABY Huey Lewis & The News

 

31 ( 26 ) ALONE Heart

32 ( 28 ) WHAT TIME IS IT The Kane Gang

33 ( 49 ) JUMP START Natalie Cole

34 ( RE ) MISFIT Curiosity Killed The Cat

35 ( 35 ) CARS (E REG MODEL) Gary Numan

36 ( 36 ) LET’S WORK Mick Jagger

37 ( 42 ) I DON’T WANT TO BE A HERO Johnny Hates Jazz

38 ( 34 ) IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys

39 ( 52 ) CASANOVA Levert

40 ( 32 ) WHO’S THAT GIRL Madonna

 

41 ( RE ) WHY CAN’T I BE YOU The Cure

42 ( NEW ) I’VE BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE Cutting Crew

43 ( 47 ) HEARTACHE (12” REMIX) Pepsi and Shirlie

44 ( 51 ) BREAKOUT Swing Out Sister

45 ( 33 ) WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME U2

46 ( 55 ) THE STUFF THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF Carly Simon

47 ( 38 ) PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE (REMIX) The Temptations

48 ( 56 ) WATERFALLS Wendy and Lisa

49 ( NEW ) WHO FOUND WHO Jellybean featuring Lisa Fiorillo

50 ( 40 ) SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Was (Not Was)

 

51 ( 46 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles

52 ( 43 ) TRUE FAITH New Order

53 ( 48 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2

54 ( NEW ) DON’T LOOK DOWN Go West

55 ( 39 ) IF THERE WAS A MAN Pretenders For 007

56 ( 53 ) HIGHER AND HIGHER (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) Jackie Wilson

57 ( NEW ) ONE HEARTBEAT Smokey Robinson

58 ( 44 ) COME SEE ABOUT ME Shakin’ Stevens

59 ( NEW ) LET ME BE THE ONE Expose

60 ( 60 ) HUMAN Human League

 

61 ( 57 ) IT’S NOT UNUSUAL Tom Jones

62 ( NEW ) TWIST OF GREY The Grateful Dead

63 ( 41 ) ANIMAL Def Leppard

64 ( 68 ) IT’S OVER Level 42

65 ( 65 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson

66 ( 66 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

67 ( NEW ) BETCHA SAY THAT Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

68 ( 45 ) LIVING IN A BOX (12” REMIX) Living In A Box

69 ( NEW ) SHATTERED GLASS Laura Branigan

70 ( 70 ) FREE Curiosity Killed The Cat

 

71 ( NEW ) SOMETHING SO STRONG Crowded House

72 ( NEW ) WHO WILL YOU RUN TO Heart

73 ( 37 ) ONLY IN MY DREAMS Debbie Gibson

74 ( NEW ) SHAKEDOWN Bob Seger

75 ( NEW ) DIDN’T WE ALMOST HAVE IT ALL Whitney Houston

76 ( 77 ) ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson

77 ( 78 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR Michael Jackson

78 ( NEW ) ONE MORE CHANCE Pet Shop Boys

I do hope Little Lies makes #1!

 

SPOILER ALERT:

 

 

 

 

 

(It does)

:lol:

29th September 1987

 

It's a first week on top for the fab Little Lies, and Fleetwood Mac's second chart-topper seven years since the mighty rhythms of Tusk topped my chart, and 19 years since Albatross first charted. Lindsey Buckingham also grabbed an extra one in 1982 with Trouble. Back in the UK after doing San Fransisco Golden Gate & Fisherman's Wharf, Carmel, the coastal drive down to Santa Barbara and Malibu, and then home to an inrush of hot new UK music, so yet more new entries.

 

Gary Numan's 1979 chart-topper as Tubeway Army is back in the top 10 alongside a remixed Cars, ABC's follow-up hits a new peak of 12, as the previous single is back in the 20, and Shaky leaps up to 16 with his Supremes cover, one of his best singles (granted the competition is about a handful at this point). Highest new entry is from Jan Hammer, hot off the TV show ratings hit episode where Don Johnson marries Sheena Easton. I think.

 

The Christians return with yet another great single, at 37, Steve Winwood pops in with Valerie - it wasn't in the same league as Higher Love, but was infinitely better than the annoying cover that topped the 21st century charts as Call On Me. A bit like Kygo isn't anywhere near as good as the original, Whitney or not. Westworld are back with a ballad goodie that sadly under-performed, a novelty movie spin-off from Full Metal Jacket (that made a mini-legend of the late Ronald Lee Ermey) parades in, Bruce Willis gets a third 60's cover, and Was (Not Was) get a second chart entry with the big UK hit Walk The Dinosaur - this owed quite a bit to Sly & The Family Stone's I Wanna Take You Higher.

 

Bananarama also get a second goodie SAW-produced hit, Dusty gets a second shared credit as she helps Richard Carpenter to a first chart entry with new material since sister Karen died in 1983. Finally UB40 cover an old Jackson 5 track at 75.

 

 

1 ( 3 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

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

3 ( 1 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies

4 ( 4 ) BAD Michael Jackson

5 ( 10 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

6 ( 8 ) PUMP UP THE VOLUME M/A/R/R/S

7 ( 11 ) HOLIDAY The Other Ones

8 ( 6 ) NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP Rick Astley

9 ( 7 ) SOME PEOPLE Cliff Richard

10 ( 35 ) CARS (E REG MODEL)/ ARE ‘FRIENDS’ ELECTRIC Gary Numan & Tubeway Army

 

11 ( 12 ) HEY MATTHEW Karel Fialka

12 ( 28 ) THE NIGHT YOU MURDERED LOVE ABC

13 ( 14 ) I NEED LOVE LL Cool J

14 ( 5 ) LOVE POWER Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osbourne

15 ( 9 ) HEART AND SOUL T’Pau

16 ( 58 ) COME SEE ABOUT ME Shakin’ Stevens

17 ( 16 ) LOST IN EMOTION Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam

18 ( 22 ) CAUSING A COMMOTION Madonna

19 ( 13 ) I HEARD A RUMOUR Bananarama

20 ( 24 ) WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC

 

21 ( 17 ) PAPER IN FIRE John Cougar Mellencamp

22 ( 18 ) U GOT THE LOOK Prince featuring Sheena Easton

23 ( NEW ) CROCKETT’S THEME Jan Hammer

24 ( 19 ) LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING Climie Fisher

25 ( 15 ) WIPEOUT The Fat Boys & The Beach Boys

26 ( 20 ) NEVER LET ME DOWN David Bowie

27 ( 27 ) MONY MONY (US SINGLE VERSION) Billy Idol

28 ( 37 ) I DON’T WANT TO BE A HERO Johnny Hates Jazz

29 ( 33 ) JUMP START Natalie Cole

30 ( 26 ) I JUST CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU Michael Jackson featuring Siedah Garrett

 

31 ( 23 ) WONDERFUL LIFE Black

32 ( 25 ) BRIDGE TO YOUR HEART Wax

33 ( 21 ) THE MOTIVE Then Jericho

34 ( 36 ) LET’S WORK Mick Jagger

35 ( 29 ) HOURGLASS Squeeze

36 ( 39 ) CASANOVA Levert

37 ( NEW ) WHEN THE FINGERS POINT The Christians

38 ( 31 ) ALONE Heart

39 ( 46 ) THE STUFF THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF Carly Simon

40 ( 38 ) IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys

 

41 ( NEW ) VALERIE Steve Winwood

42 ( 30 ) DOING IT ALL FOR MY BABY Huey Lewis & The News

43 ( 32 ) WHAT TIME IS IT The Kane Gang

44 ( 40 ) WHO’S THAT GIRL Madonna

45 ( 49 ) WHO FOUND WHO Jellybean featuring Lisa Fiorillo

46 ( 57 ) ONE HEARTBEAT Smokey Robinson

47 ( 47 ) PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE (REMIX) The Temptations

48 ( NEW ) SILVERMAC Westworld

49 ( NEW ) FULL METAL JACKET (I WANNA BE A DRILL INSTRUCTOR) Abigail Mead & Nigel Goulding

50 ( 62 ) TOUCH OF GREY The Grateful Dead

 

51 ( 51 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles

52 ( NEW ) SECRET AGENT MAN Bruce Willis

53 ( 53 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2

54 ( 59 ) LET ME BE THE ONE Expose

55 ( 34 ) MISFIT Curiosity Killed The Cat

56 ( 52 ) TRUE FAITH New Order

57 ( 67 ) BETCHA SAY THAT Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

58 ( 56 ) HIGHER AND HIGHER (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) Jackie Wilson

59 ( 64 ) IT’S OVER Level 42

60 ( 60 ) HUMAN Human League

 

61 ( 50 ) SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Was (Not Was)

62 ( 61 ) IT’S NOT UNUSUAL Tom Jones

63 ( NEW ) THAT GIRL Freddie McGregor

64 ( 42 ) I’VE BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE Cutting Crew

65 ( 72 ) WHO WILL YOU RUN TO Heart

66 ( 65 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson

67 ( 66 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

68 ( NEW ) WALK THE DINOSAUR Was (Not Was)

69 ( 41 ) WHY CAN’T I BE YOU The Cure

70 ( NEW ) LOVE IN THE FIRST DEGREE Bananarama

 

71 ( NEW ) MY BAG Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

72 ( 43 ) HEARTACHE (12” REMIX) Pepsi and Shirlie

73 ( NEW ) SOMETHING IN YOUR EYES Dusty Springfield & Richard Carpenter

74 ( 45 ) WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME U2

75 ( NEW ) MAYBE TOMORROW UB40

 

 

FAVE OLDIES OF THE WEEK

1 EAGLE Abba

2 WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER Timmy Thomas

3 SUMMER NIGHT CITY Abba

yay for Little Lies

 

my fav of the newies has to be Bananarama, amazing pop song, SAW at their best and finest, pop perfection, should have been a #1, think SAW were at their peak in 87...then they kinda lost it and became very mediocre but at this point they were really good

 

Steve Wijnrood I was never a big fan of, I recall Valerie from back in the day but kinda passed me by... it did flop in the UK, right?