Great to see Little Lies topping your chart 😀. Did Albatross chart in 1968?

 

Have to say I'm gutted Hourglass didn't get any higher than 29, fantastic track!

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?

 

Hi Bjork! :)

 

The Nana's follow-up took a while to register with me - I was still besotted with I Heard A Rumour :lol: SAW watered themselves down with disposable fluff, but could still pull out a gem as late as 1990/91 before it all went downhill forever, oops! :lol:

 

Valerie I also never got really, it flopped in the UK then got reissued on the back of Higher Love I think. Apart from Higher Love Steve was better as a teen in the 60's!

Great to see Little Lies topping your chart 😀. Did Albatross chart in 1968?

 

Have to say I'm gutted Hourglass didn't get any higher than 29, fantastic track!

 

 

Hi Steve! :)

 

Yes Albatross charted late '68 but never topped my charts, though it did top the UK charts in early '69. It eventually also peaked at 2 in 1973 in both the UK and my charts.

 

I love Squeeze, fab in concert always and a great back catalogue, but Hourglass was overshadowed during an exciting period for me, what with the US holiday - still good though. They went on to have 90's top 3's and a 21st century chart-topper for me, though, so the quality never stopped!

6th October 1987

 

It's a post-holiday chart-topper for The Bee Gees, You Win Again giving them a first number one in 8 years, and a 3rd in total after Night Fever and Tragedy - though earlier 60's singles would have also topped my charts had I started them then, and they had more number 2's than just about any act to this point. ABC make it two top 10's in a row, their 6th, and new in at 12 it's a 12" extended EP of 2 classic reissued 1972 tracks from Sly & The Family Stone and 2 non-listed extended mixes of other singles (that I never got to hear, so not listed), The Christians shoot into the top 20 yet again, no pointing fingers!

 

Lloyd Cole gets his biggest mover since Lost Weekend, the criminally-ignored My Bag, up 51 places to 20, Westworld also move fast with the criminally-ignored fab Silvermac, into the 30, while the criminally-ignored-in-the-UK Expose go top 40. Level 42 also climb nicely, it's not over till it's over! Smokey Robinson makes it 18 years of top 40's Richard Carpenter 17 years, and Dusty gets 2 in the 40 19 years since she started in my debut chart.

 

Highest new track comes from Sisters Of Mercy at 44 with This Corrosion, The Communards sneak back Tomorrow, The Pointer Sisters are being there 8 years on, though they bubbled under in 1972 with Yes We Can Can. Positive attitude! Fellow 70's hitmakers The Fatback Band also return having found lovin', and a raft of rock acts rock the lower end of the charts, Kiss 8 years on from their much better disco phase oops, Aerosmith have the fab Dude (looks Like A Lady), and Def Leppard are sweet as sugar.

 

1 ( 5 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

2 ( 1 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

3 ( 4 ) BAD Michael Jackson

4 ( 6 ) PUMP UP THE VOLUME M/A/R/R/S

5 ( 7 ) HOLIDAY The Other Ones

6 ( 2 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

7 ( 3 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies

8 ( 10 ) CARS (E REG MODEL)/ ARE ‘FRIENDS’ ELECTRIC Gary Numan & Tubeway Army

9 ( 12 ) THE NIGHT YOU MURDERED LOVE ABC

10 ( 11 ) HEY MATTHEW Karel Fialka

 

11 ( 13 ) I NEED LOVE LL Cool J

12 ( NEW ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone

13 ( 8 ) NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP Rick Astley

14 ( 9 ) SOME PEOPLE Cliff Richard

15 ( 37 ) WHEN THE FINGERS POINT The Christians

16 ( 16 ) COME SEE ABOUT ME Shakin’ Stevens

17 ( 15 ) HEART AND SOUL T’Pau

18 ( 14 ) LOVE POWER Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osbourne

19 ( 23 ) CROCKETT’S THEME Jan Hammer

20 ( 71 ) MY BAG Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

 

21 ( 21 ) PAPER IN FIRE John Cougar Mellencamp

22 ( 24 ) LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING Climie Fisher

23 ( 17 ) LOST IN EMOTION Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam

24 ( 19 ) I HEARD A RUMOUR Bananarama

25 ( 29 ) JUMP START Natalie Cole

26 ( 28 ) I DON’T WANT TO BE A HERO Johnny Hates Jazz

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

28 ( 48 ) SILVERMAC Westworld

29 ( 22 ) U GOT THE LOOK Prince featuring Sheena Easton

30 ( 18 ) CAUSING A COMMOTION Madonna

 

31 ( 20 ) WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC

32 ( 25 ) WIPEOUT The Fat Boys & The Beach Boys

33 ( 39 ) THE STUFF THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF Carly Simon

34 ( 34 ) LET’S WORK Mick Jagger

35 ( 46 ) ONE HEARTBEAT Smokey Robinson

36 ( 30 ) I JUST CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU Michael Jackson featuring Siedah Garrett

37 ( 54 ) LET ME BE THE ONE Expose

38 ( 59 ) IT’S OVER Level 42

39 ( 41 ) VALERIE Steve Winwood

40 ( 73 ) SOMETHING IN YOUR EYES Dusty Springfield & Richard Carpenter

 

41 ( 26 ) NEVER LET ME DOWN David Bowie

42 ( 31 ) WONDERFUL LIFE Black

43 ( 40 ) IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys

44 ( NEW ) THIS CORROSION Sisters Of Mercy

45 ( 65 ) WHO WILL YOU RUN TO Heart

46 ( 38 ) ALONE Heart

47 ( 32 ) BRIDGE TO YOUR HEART Wax

48 ( 50 ) TOUCH OF GREY The Grateful Dead

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

50 ( 44 ) WHO’S THAT GIRL Madonna

 

51 ( 33 ) THE MOTIVE Then Jericho

52 ( 51 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles

53 ( NEW ) TOMORROW The Communards

54 ( 36 ) CASANOVA Levert

55 ( 53 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2

56 ( 35 ) HOURGLASS Squeeze

57 ( 42 ) DOING IT ALL FOR MY BABY Huey Lewis & The News

58 ( 63 ) THAT GIRL Freddie McGregor

59 ( 45 ) WHO FOUND WHO Jellybean featuring Lisa Fiorillo

60 ( 60 ) HUMAN Human League

 

61 ( 58 ) HIGHER AND HIGHER (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) Jackie Wilson

62 ( 68 ) WALK THE DINOSAUR Was (Not Was)

63 ( NEW ) BE THERE The Pointer Sisters

64 ( NEW ) I FOUND LOVIN’ The Fatback Band

65 ( 62 ) IT’S NOT UNUSUAL Tom Jones

66 ( 66 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson

67 ( NEW ) HOUSE NATION Housemaster Boyz

68 ( 67 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

69 ( 70 ) LOVE IN THE FIRST DEGREE Bananarama

70 ( 75 ) MAYBE TOMORROW UB40

 

71 ( 47 ) PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE (REMIX) The Temptations

72 ( NEW ) CRAZY CRAZY NIGHTS Kiss

73 ( NEW ) THE CIRCUS Erasure

74 ( NEW ) DUDE (LOOKS LIKE A LADY) Aerosmith

75 ( NEW ) POUR SOME SUGAR ON ME Def Leppard

76 ( RE ) ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson

77 ( RE ) MAN IN THE MIRROR Michael Jackson

 

6th Oct

PLAYIST OLDIES

 

1 SHOULD I LAUGH OR CRY Abba

11th October 1987

 

It’s a first week on top for the title track from Bad for Michael Jackson, giving him a total of 5 tracks in the chart as his duet with Stevie Wonder sneaks in the lower end thanks to the playlist of most-liked non-chart stuff which I’ve retrospectively stuck on the end of the chart - though all 3 tracks at 76, 77, 78 would in reality have been much higher.

 

LL Cool J goes top 10, and Sly & The Family Stone take both 1972 hits back into the top 10 15 years on. Highest new entry is Pet Shop Boys 3rd single from Actually, Rent at 14, and a change of pace with a low-key moody song later covered (and produced-by Pet Shop Boys) by Liza Minelli Broadway-style. Sisters Of Mercy shoot into the 20, This Corrosion just ahead of Expose at 19.

 

The Dirty Dancing massive ballad Time Of My Life gives Jennifer Warnes a welcome chart return after her Leonard Cohen cover had dropped out, and Bill Medley gets his first post-Righteous Brothers solo billing - though he first charted with You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ in 1969, 4 years after it’s chart-topping UK and US run, and again in 1975, and again in the future-charts from 1987 perspective. Debbie Gibson returns at a new chart peak for Only In My Dreams at 28, teen rival Tiffany debuts inside the 40 with the Tommy James cover I Think We’re Alone Now, making 2 Shondells covers inside the 40 with Mony Mony a bit higher.

 

Jellybean gets a second chart entry, this time with Stephen Dante, George Michael’s massive Faith modestly enters at 53, and Eurythmics oddity Beethoven slips in a bit lower than George - both of them having had Aretha Franklin duets recently. Donna Summer adds to her 11 years of hits with Dinner With Gershwin - I think Brenda Russell wrote it, her of Piano In The Dark - and her most Broadway-styled track since I Remember Yesterday in 1977. Bryan Ferry also returns after a break - giving him 14 years of solo entries, and 15 years of hits including Roxy Music. Obv got The Right Stuff. Finally Los Lobos sneak in with another La Bamba cover.

1 ( 3 ) BAD Michael Jackson

2 ( 1 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

3 ( 2 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

4 ( 4 ) PUMP UP THE VOLUME M/A/R/R/S

5 ( 5 ) HOLIDAY The Other Ones

6 ( 8 ) CARS (E REG MODEL)/ ARE ‘FRIENDS’ ELECTRIC Gary Numan & Tubeway Army

7 ( 9 ) THE NIGHT YOU MURDERED LOVE ABC

8 ( 11 ) I NEED LOVE LL Cool J

9 ( 12 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone

10 ( 6 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

 

11 ( 7 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies

12 ( 15 ) WHEN THE FINGERS POINT The Christians

13 ( 16 ) COME SEE ABOUT ME Shakin’ Stevens

14 ( NEW ) RENT Pet Shop Boys

15 ( 19 ) CROCKETT’S THEME Jan Hammer

16 ( 20 ) MY BAG Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

17 ( 14 ) SOME PEOPLE Cliff Richard

18 ( 44 ) THIS CORROSION Sisters Of Mercy

19 ( 37 ) LET ME BE THE ONE Expose

20 ( 17 ) HEART AND SOUL T’Pau

 

21 ( 10 ) HEY MATTHEW Karel Fialka

22 ( 22 ) LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING Climie Fisher

23 ( 18 ) LOVE POWER Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osbourne

24 ( 28 ) SILVERMAC Westworld

25 ( NEW ) (I’VE HAD THE) TIME OF MY LIFE Jennifer Warnes & Bill Medley

26 ( 13 ) NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP Rick Astley

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

28 ( RE ) ONLY IN MY DREAMS Debbie Gibson

29 ( 38 ) IT’S OVER Level 42

30 ( 40 ) SOMETHING IN YOUR EYES Dusty Springfield & Richard Carpenter

 

31 ( 21 ) PAPER IN FIRE John Cougar Mellencamp

32 ( 24 ) I HEARD A RUMOUR Bananarama

33 ( 23 ) LOST IN EMOTION Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam

34 ( 35 ) ONE HEARTBEAT Smokey Robinson

35 ( NEW ) I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW Tiffany

36 ( 53 ) TOMORROW The Communards

37 ( 39 ) VALERIE Steve Winwood

38 ( 45 ) WHO WILL YOU RUN TO Heart

39 ( 29 ) U GOT THE LOOK Prince featuring Sheena Easton

40 ( 36 ) I JUST CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU Michael Jackson featuring Siedah Garrett

 

41 ( 25 ) JUMP START Natalie Cole

42 ( 48 ) TOUCH OF GREY The Grateful Dead

43 ( 26 ) I DON’T WANT TO BE A HERO Johnny Hates Jazz

44 ( 31 ) WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC

45 ( 62 ) WALK THE DINOSAUR Was (Not Was)

46 ( 43 ) IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys

47 ( 30 ) CAUSING A COMMOTION Madonna

48 ( 41 ) NEVER LET ME DOWN David Bowie

49 ( NEW ) THE REAL THING Jellybean featuring Stephen Dante

50 ( 32 ) WIPEOUT The Fat Boys & The Beach Boys

 

51 ( 46 ) ALONE Heart

52 ( 73 ) THE CIRCUS Erasure

53 ( NEW ) FAITH George Michael

54 ( 64 ) I FOUND LOVIN’ The Fatback Band

55 ( 52 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles

56 ( NEW ) BEETHOVEN (I LOVE TO LISTEN TO) Eurythmics

57 ( 55 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2

58 ( 50 ) WHO’S THAT GIRL Madonna

59 ( 34 ) LET’S WORK Mick Jagger

60 ( 70 ) MAYBE TOMORROW UB40

 

61 ( NEW ) NO MEMORY Scarlet Fantastic

62 ( 60 ) HUMAN Human League

63 ( 33 ) THE STUFF THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF Carly Simon

64 ( NEW ) STRONG AS STEEL Five Star

65 ( 69 ) LOVE IN THE FIRST DEGREE Bananarama

66 ( 74 ) DUDE (LOOKS LIKE A LADY) Aerosmith

67 ( 72 ) CRAZY CRAZY NIGHTS Kiss

68 ( NEW ) RAIN IN THE SUMMERTIME The Alarm

69 ( 66 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson

70 ( 68 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

 

71 ( NEW ) DINNER WITH GERSHWIN Donna Summer

72 ( 42 ) WONDERFUL LIFE Black

73 ( NEW ) THE RIGHT STUFF Bryan Ferry

74 ( NEW ) HUNGRY TOWN Big Pig

75 ( NEW ) COME ON LET’S GO Los Lobos

76 ( 76 ) ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson

77 ( 77 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR Michael Jackson

78 ( NEW ) JUST GOOD FRIENDS Michael Jackson & Stevie Wonder

Love Bad by Michael Jackson, such a classic! What'd you make of Pump Up The Volune and the other house sounds at the time?

Bad is a great track but I still prefer Thriller and Off The Wall to the Bad album.

 

Little Lies is a great Fleetwood Mac track from a great album, Tango In The Night. Superb album, second only to Rumours.

It goes Thriller>Bad>History>Off The Wall>Black or White for me!

for me it's Bad > Thriller > the rest at million years behind

Bad is phenomenal, not a single bad track and so many classics

 

from there newies, glad Debbie Gibson is back, she was so so much better than Tiffany, I was totally team Debbie Gibson back in the day as a kid

I also bought Tiffany's album, but much preferred Debbie Gibson

 

I also liked Rent a lot, agree, great change of pace but still an amazing track, probably my favourite from Actually

 

Myself, I never got into Pump up the Volume, maybe I was too young and that was not music for kids... but even now, I can see why it was important back then, but don't super like it myself

Love Bad by Michael Jackson, such a classic! What'd you make of Pump Up The Volune and the other house sounds at the time?

Hi steve :)

 

I loved pump up the volume, sounded like the sounds of the future, exciting and innovative. House generally it depended on the track, though by the 90s i had def od'd on tinkly piano riffs it started to get a bit samey as they insisted on housing down 70s classics and remixing out what made a great record great. At least till klf came along to save the day and bring some guts back into dance :)

Bad is a great track but I still prefer Thriller and Off The Wall to the Bad album.

 

Little Lies is a great Fleetwood Mac track from a great album, Tango In The Night. Superb album, second only to Rumours.

Hi chris :)

 

I agree about tango in the night, i loved bad the album - but more as a collection of great singles than a cohesive whole. The first 2 work better as albums even if not all the tracks are epic - hi the girl is mine! :D

It goes Thriller>Bad>History>Off The Wall>Black or White for me!

Icould go with that order.... :)

for me it's Bad > Thriller > the rest at million years behind

Bad is phenomenal, not a single bad track and so many classics

 

from there newies, glad Debbie Gibson is back, she was so so much better than Tiffany, I was totally team Debbie Gibson back in the day as a kid

I also bought Tiffany's album, but much preferred Debbie Gibson

 

I also liked Rent a lot, agree, great change of pace but still an amazing track, probably my favourite from Actually

 

Myself, I never got into Pump up the Volume, maybe I was too young and that was not music for kids... but even now, I can see why it was important back then, but don't super like it myself

Hi bjork :)

 

I thought debbie sounded like a career artist and tiffany didnt - well i was half right! Oops....

 

Rent i under appreciated im afraid - but only because i thought there were better tracks for singles. Its still a gem. :)

Icould go with that order.... :)

In the assumption that Black or White is meant to be Dangerous... that's such a wrong order!!!

 

I'd go...

 

Dangerous > Bad > Thriller > Off The Wall > History

In the assumption that Black or White is meant to be Dangerous... that's such a wrong order!!!

 

I'd go...

 

Dangerous > Bad > Thriller > Off The Wall > History

 

Yeh Dangerous! Sorry could only remember the opening single, which for me symbolised why it was last in the order!

 

 

But but but it has Who Is It? and In The Closet on it, honestly two of my absolute faves!

Fair enough, it's really just my opinion. But it's a great album too!

Hi steve :)

 

I loved pump up the volume, sounded like the sounds of the future, exciting and innovative. House generally it depended on the track, though by the 90s i had def od'd on tinkly piano riffs it started to get a bit samey as they insisted on housing down 70s classics and remixing out what made a great record great. At least till klf came along to save the day and bring some guts back into dance :)

 

Yeh house must have sounded class when it first broke through - a way out of the SAW hyper disco beat that came in in 1983/84 period.

for me Dangerous is jack at his worst, there's barely any song that I like... even Black or white is pretty meh to me and hasn't passed the test of time... I find all he songs very average, like a 6/10 but for comparison nearly everything on Bad is a 10/10...

you really cannot compare songs like Smooth Criminal, Dirty Diana, Man in the Mirror

to the singles from Dangerous: Remember the time, Jam, In the closet...

it's like 2 different leagues imho...

Ooh differences of views on dangerous :lol:

 

It was a bit too Jackswing for my tastes overall the ones I liked best were those that were more fullon productions like Will you be there the sicklysweet heal the world dancey jam and pop fun black or white. Most of the rest were good to forgettable and it seemed padded as opposed to a quasi greatest hits like the previous 3.

 

That said I haven't played it since 1993 so I may need to revisit and 're evaluate!