August 1, 20204 yr great for Kim Wilde, You Came is easily her best single ever so totally deserved success oh nice to see Martha's Harbour in, possibly my fav song of the entire 80s <3 I was totally obsessed with All About Eve back then ;) Still amazed to this date Martha's Harbour managed to go top 10 in the UK, crazy for such a little song from such a kinda "uncool" band :) I was a big fan of both Debbie Gibson and All About Eve back then, my top 2 acts back then that's probably I like the new Taylor Swift album so much ;) its kinda like a combo of those 2 :D Also liked a lot Julia Fordham-Happy ever after, another great UK female singer that deserved much better in the charts... Also always liked Yeke yeke, very cool song and nice to have so much diversity in the charts
August 2, 20204 yr Cool to see Mory Kante in the chart for the first time - was shocked that it was released so early always thought it was more like 1993-96 time, showed how dance music was developing. I echo Bjorks thoughts on All About Eve, loved their lead singer!
August 7, 20204 yr Author great for Kim Wilde, You Came is easily her best single ever so totally deserved success oh nice to see Martha's Harbour in, possibly my fav song of the entire 80s <3 I was totally obsessed with All About Eve back then ;) Still amazed to this date Martha's Harbour managed to go top 10 in the UK, crazy for such a little song from such a kinda "uncool" band :) I was a big fan of both Debbie Gibson and All About Eve back then, my top 2 acts back then that's probably I like the new Taylor Swift album so much ;) its kinda like a combo of those 2 :D Also liked a lot Julia Fordham-Happy ever after, another great UK female singer that deserved much better in the charts... Also always liked Yeke yeke, very cool song and nice to have so much diversity in the charts Thanks Bjork, I still adore Kim Wilde, All About Eve were really good, shame they sort of fizzled out, they were a sort of gentle Goth band, glad you like so much :) Life was much simpler for me in those days, more time to spend playing music endlessly :D
August 7, 20204 yr Author Cool to see Mory Kante in the chart for the first time - was shocked that it was released so early always thought it was more like 1993-96 time, showed how dance music was developing. I echo Bjorks thoughts on All About Eve, loved their lead singer! Thanks Steve, Mory Kante sounded like a major advance in dance music at the time, though it was more of a one-off, really, I hoped African dance music might be a big thing but sadly not.
August 7, 20204 yr Author 6th August 1988 It's 2 weeks on top Kim, as suddenly Yazz challenges with the The Only Way Is Up, leaping from 31 - well, there's only one more up she can go, and then the only way is down! Mory Kante also leaps up to 5, the minor hit that keeps coming back as a minor hit, but a club success every time. Julia Fordham gets her one and only top 10 with the sweet Happy Ever After, and in a busy week at the top S'Express make it another top 10 and Voice Of The Beehive finally go top 10 with I Say Nothing. They'll be back in 2 years. Highest new entry is a remix of a 1976 top 10 fave from the Climax Blues Band, in at 18, with Robbie Robertson's sultry Lazy River swirling upstream to 19. All About Eve go top 40, Dollar add to their 10-year-run of top 40's, and UB40 enter with the latest in their non-stop run of charting singles, 8 years without missing a beat. Siouxise missed one or two along the way, but most of her singles charted, another decade-long performer, this time with Peek A Boo. Meanwhile the affectionately remembered Tanita Tikarim debuts with Good Tradition, though I preferred her moody follow-up. Kylie follows-up with a cheesy version of The Locomotion, not worthy to be mentioned in the same breath as Little Eva for Carole King & Gerry Goffin's party masterpiece - and yes Eva really was their babysitter! That made my top 3 in 1972 as a reissued hit, while Grand Funk Railroad's heavy version went top 5 in 1974. At this stage I would have been pressed to see Kylie lasting into the 90's, much less becoming a huge fan for 30 years. You never can tell! At 71, the acceptable face of SAW, though, as Brother Beyond enter with the catchy The Harder I Try, the term "eye candy" applies to the lead singer Nathan. 1 ( 1 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde 2 ( 31 ) THE ONLY WAY IS UP Yazz & The Plastic Population 3 ( 2 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson 4 ( 3 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael 5 ( 20 ) YE KE YE KE Mory Kante 6 ( 9 ) SOLDIER OF LOVE Donny Osmond 7 ( 23 ) HAPPY EVER AFTER Julia Fordham 8 ( 8 ) I NEED YOU B.V.S.M.P. 9 ( 32 ) SUPERFLY GUY S'Express 10 ( 14 ) I SAY NOTHING Voice Of The Beehive 11 ( 4 ) IN THE AIR TONIGHT (1988) Phil Collins 12 ( 17 ) WHAT CAN I SAY TO MAKE YOU LOVE ME Alexander O'Neal 13 ( 7 ) FOOLISH BEAT Debbie Gibson 14 ( 5 ) REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE (REMIX) The Four Tops 15 ( 21 ) FIND MY LOVE Fairground Attraction 16 ( 27 ) HAND TO HEAVEN Breathe 17 ( 6 ) NEVER TEAR US APART INXS 18 ( NEW ) COULDN'T GET IT RIGHT '88 Climax Blues Band 19 ( 53 ) SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LAZY RIVER Robbie Robertson 20 ( 10 ) NOWHERE TO RUN Martha & The Vandellas 21 ( 11 ) I WANT YOUR LOVE Transvision Vamp 22 ( 12 ) THE FLAME Cheap Trick 23 ( 13 ) MY GIRL AND ME Gangway 24 ( 43 ) MARTHA'S HARBOUR All About Eve 25 ( 38 ) FOREVER YOUNG Rod Stewart 26 ( 37 ) RUSH HOUR Jane Wiedlin 27 ( 15 ) PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa 28 ( 34 ) GLAM SLAM Prince 29 ( 19 ) I WILL BE WITH YOU T'Pau 30 ( 57 ) HUSTLE (TO THE MUSIC) Funky Worm 31 ( 22 ) ROSES ARE RED The Mac Band/ McCampbell Brothers 32 ( 18 ) SYMPTOM OF TRUE LOVE Tracie Spencer 33 ( 16 ) HEAT IT UP Wee Papa Girl Rappers featuring 2 Men & A Drum Machine 34 ( 47 ) BEATIN' THE HEAT Jack 'n' Chill 35 ( 25 ) WILD WORLD Maxi Priest 36 ( 36 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael 37 ( 48 ) IT'S NATURE'S WAY (NO PROBLEM) Dollar 38 ( NEW ) WHERE DID I GO WRONG UB40 39 ( 39 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies 40 ( 30 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle 41 ( NEW ) PEEK A BOO Siouxsie & The Banshees 42 ( 42 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys 43 ( 33 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan 44 ( 40 ) BREAKFAST IN BED UB40/ Chrissie Hynde 45 ( 49 ) MAD ABOUT YOU Belinda Carlisle 46 ( 29 ) NITE AND DAY Al B. Sure! 47 ( 24 ) TOMORROW PEOPLE Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers 48 ( 28 ) FIESTA The Pogues 49 ( NEW ) GOOD TRADITION Tanita Tikarim 50 ( 26 ) GOD GAVE ROCK 'N' ROLL TO YOU Dennis Greaves & The Truth 51 ( 51 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield 52 ( 52 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 53 ( 41 ) PARADISE Sade 54 ( 54 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles 55 ( 45 ) NO CONVERSATION View From The Hill 56 ( 56 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince 57 ( 60 ) PERFECT WORLD Huey Lewis & The News 58 ( 74 ) WORKING IN A GOLDMINE Aztec Camera 59 ( 59 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees 60 ( 46 ) YOU HAVE PLACED A CHILL IN MY HEART Eurythmics 61 ( 35 ) CROSS MY HEART Eighth Wonder 62 ( 67 ) CHAINS OF LOVE Erasure 63 ( 58 ) EVERY DAY IS LIKE SUNDAY Morrissey 64 ( 64 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson 65 ( 63 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5 66 ( NEW ) I'LL BE THERE Robe 67 ( NEW ) THE LOCOMOTION Kylie Minogue 68 ( 69 ) BAD Michael Jackson 69 ( 61 ) SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART Aztec Camera 70 ( NEW ) RETURN TO YESTERDAY The Lilac Time 71 ( NEW ) THE HARDER I TRY Brother Beyond 72 ( 72 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis 73 ( NEW ) LIKE DREAMERS DO Mica Paris/ Courtney Pine 74 ( NEW ) ON THE BEACH '88 Chris Rea 75 ( 75 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys 6th Aug PLAYIST OLDIES 1 WE’VE ONLY JUST BEGUN Carpenters 2 LOVE IN A WORLD GONE MAD Bucks Fizz 3 HAVE YOU SEEN HER Chi-Lites
August 7, 20204 yr lots of action into the top 10, glad I Say Nothing and Happy Ever After made it. I think I listened to Julia Fordham's album the other day and I was positively surprised, was pretty good, really liked another song from the album called Where does the time go, but not sure if it was a single... from the newies I really liked Tanita Tikaram's Good Tradition, her voice was a bit out there but she was good. Sadly another UK female singer that only was popular for just the 1 album.
August 14, 20204 yr Author lots of action into the top 10, glad I Say Nothing and Happy Ever After made it. I think I listened to Julia Fordham's album the other day and I was positively surprised, was pretty good, really liked another song from the album called Where does the time go, but not sure if it was a single... from the newies I really liked Tanita Tikaram's Good Tradition, her voice was a bit out there but she was good. Sadly another UK female singer that only was popular for just the 1 album. Where Does The Time Go was a single, I think it made my charts - tbc :lol: I still think Tanita Tikarim should have done a rerecord of the fab Twist In My Sobriety in the style of Salt n Pepa's Twist & Shout. I would have found it hilarious..... :lol:
August 14, 20204 yr Author 13th August 1988 It's a 3rd week on top for Kim, holding off the serious challenge from Ye Ke Ye Ke up to 2, with Julia Fordham happy ever after with a peak of 3. S'Express grab another top 5, Robbie Robertson does what The Band never managed, by going top 10, though The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (his song) did it for Joan Baez in 1971, Fairground Attraction get a 2nd top 10, and The Commodores finally make the top 10 as the highest entry, with the reactivated (due to an advert) Easy, which hit my top 20 in 1977. Brother Beyond have a massive climb from 71 to 17, as do Aztec Camera from 58 to 18, while Rod The Mod gets his 25th top 20, including Faces hits, which is a pretty good hit ratio. Tanita Tikarim is up to the top 40, while new into the 40 go Nat's daughter with Jump Start at 30 - something my car needs lately - Quo with a charity re-record of their big 1977 hit, Joan Jett back 6 years on from her Arrows cover, Julio Iglesias back 7 years since he began the Beguine towing along Stevie Wonder (or is it the other way around?) who thus gets 20 years of chart entries, and the fab Womack & Womack debut with the fab Teardrops - that'll be Cecil, Bobby Womack's brother, and his wife Linda aka Sam Cooke's daughter, the second singing-legend daughter in the rundown. Climie Fisher keep the run going, a-ha are a bit touchy about not going straight into the 40, Brian Wilson now back recording and having non-Beach Boys hits with Love And Mercy (I bought it on 3inch cd - yes such a thing existed once upon a time), for 20 years of chart entries, Bobby Brown begs Don't Be Cruel 5 years after Candy Girl, New Edition's debut, Hall & Oates almost have a Missed Opportunity but make it 12 years of chart entries since She's Gone, Van Halen pop back with one I don't remember, ditto Al B. Sure!, and ditto Big Country now also into a 5th year of chart action (or 9 years including The Skids). 1 ( 1 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde 2 ( 5 ) YE KE YE KE Mory Kante 3 ( 7 ) HAPPY EVER AFTER Julia Fordham 4 ( 2 ) THE ONLY WAY IS UP Yazz & The Plastic Population 5 ( 9 ) SUPERFLY GUY S'Express 6 ( 4 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael 7 ( NEW ) EASY The Commodores 8 ( 3 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson 9 ( 19 ) SOMEWHERE DOWN THE CRAZY RIVER Robbie Robertson 10 ( 15 ) FIND MY LOVE Fairground Attraction 11 ( 18 ) COULDN'T GET IT RIGHT '88 Climax Blues Band 12 ( 6 ) SOLDIER OF LOVE Donny Osmond 13 ( 16 ) HAND TO HEAVEN Breathe 14 ( 26 ) RUSH HOUR Jane Wiedlin 15 ( 24 ) MARTHA'S HARBOUR All About Eve 16 ( 8 ) I NEED YOU B.V.S.M.P. 17 ( 71 ) THE HARDER I TRY Brother Beyond 18 ( 58 ) WORKING IN A GOLDMINE Aztec Camera 19 ( 25 ) FOREVER YOUNG Rod Stewart 20 ( 31 ) ROSES ARE RED The Mac Band/ McCampbell Brothers 21 ( 11 ) IN THE AIR TONIGHT (1988) Phil Collins 22 ( 43 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan 23 ( 13 ) FOOLISH BEAT Debbie Gibson 24 ( 14 ) REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE (REMIX) The Four Tops 25 ( 10 ) I SAY NOTHING Voice Of The Beehive 26 ( 12 ) WHAT CAN I SAY TO MAKE YOU LOVE ME Alexander O'Neal 27 ( 17 ) NEVER TEAR US APART INXS 28 ( 49 ) GOOD TRADITION Tanita Tikarim 29 ( 30 ) HUSTLE (TO THE MUSIC) Funky Worm 30 ( NEW ) JUMP START Natalie Cole 31 ( 23 ) MY GIRL AND ME Gangway 32 ( 22 ) THE FLAME Cheap Trick 33 ( 21 ) I WANT YOUR LOVE Transvision Vamp 34 ( 38 ) WHERE DID I GO WRONG UB40 35 ( NEW ) RUNNIN' ALL OVER THE WORLD Status Quo 36 ( NEW ) I HATE MYSELF FOR LOVING YOU Joan Jett & The Blackhearts 37 ( NEW ) MY LOVE Julio Iglesias/ Stevie Wonder 38 ( 36 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael 39 ( NEW ) TEARDROPS Womack & Womack 40 ( 39 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies 41 ( 41 ) PEEK A BOO Siouxsie & The Banshees 42 ( 20 ) NOWHERE TO RUN Martha & The Vandellas 43 ( 42 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys 44 ( 29 ) I WILL BE WITH YOU T'Pau 45 ( 40 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle 46 ( NEW ) I WON'T BLEED FOR YOU Climie Fisher 47 ( 35 ) WILD WORLD Maxi Priest 48 ( 27 ) PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa 49 ( NEW ) TOUCHY a-ha 50 ( 37 ) IT'S NATURE'S WAY (NO PROBLEM) Dollar 51 ( 51 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield 52 ( 52 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 53 ( 32 ) SYMPTOM OF TRUE LOVE Tracie Spencer 54 ( 54 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles 55 ( 28 ) GLAM SLAM Prince 56 ( NEW ) LOVE AND MERCY Brian Wilson 57 ( 56 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince 58 ( NEW ) DON'T BE CRUEL Bobby Brown 59 ( 59 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees 60 ( 44 ) BREAKFAST IN BED UB40/ Chrissie Hynde 61 ( 64 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson 62 ( 74 ) ON THE BEACH '88 Chris Rea 63 ( 67 ) THE LOCOMOTION Kylie Minogue 64 ( 45 ) MAD ABOUT YOU Belinda Carlisle 65 ( 34 ) BEATIN' THE HEAT Jack 'n' Chill 66 ( 65 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5 67 ( 53 ) PARADISE Sade 68 ( NEW ) MISSED OPPORTUNITY Daryl Hall & John Oates 69 ( 68 ) BAD Michael Jackson 70 ( 33 ) HEAT IT UP Wee Papa Girl Rappers featuring 2 Men & A Drum Machine 71 ( NEW ) WHEN ITS LOVE Van Halen 72 ( NEW ) OFF ON YOUR OWN (GIRL) Al B. Sure! 73 ( 72 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis 74 ( NEW ) KING OF EMOTION Big Country 75 ( 75 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys Playlist oldies and album tracks of that week 1 RIDE A WHITE SWAN T.Rex 2 SOME PEOPLE Cliff Richard 3 JET Paul McCartney & Wings
August 14, 20204 yr Hi John! Nice to see "You Came" at #1, as well as "Ye Ke Ye Ke" in the top 3, the big gains for "Anything For You" and "On The Beach" and the debuts for "Teardrops", "Missed Opportunity" and "When It's Love"! Great chart!
August 15, 20204 yr great top 3 and you can't get more diversity than Kim Wilde, More Kante and Julia Fordham. From the newies, Teardrops is the clear standout.
August 16, 20204 yr Teardrops, what a track! Glad to see Dollar in there, that song wasn't a hit in the uk I don't think?
August 21, 20204 yr Author Thanks Sergej, Bjork, Steve, that Teardrops is mighty popular :cheer: The Dollar track scraped into the top 75 but that was bout it for Dollar and the UK charts!
August 21, 20204 yr Author 20th August 1988 It's a 4th week on top for Kim Wilde, with Ye Ke Ye Ke stuck at 2, and Julia Fordham at 3. Gloria Estefan is on the rebound and gets a top 10 out of Anything For You, which I'd bought on CD single. It's on CBS. I mention that because they, and some of the budget labels, seem to have had problems with the lacquer used on discs reacting with the inks used on sleeves and they started discolouring and eventually becoming unplayable. So all the BS about CD's being essentially indestructible was PR nonsense. Vinyl is much more stable as long as you don't make the mistake of putting your most precious singles into PVC "protective" sleeves, like I did, and then leaving them secure in the knowledge that you'd done your best to secure their future. Only to find they also reacted to the PVC and gone dirty white, and ruined the sound. Absolute tragedy. Cardboard only, trust me. In a quiet week for new entries, Jibaro is the highest. No I don't remember it either. It's a very-1988-dance-track, before morphing late on into a tune i recognise - it's the fab 1971 Santana-esque latin instrumental Sultana, by Titanic. Marc Almond enters lower, but I do recall Tears Runs Rings as good, and it extends his chart run to 7 years. Matt Bianco battles on 4 years into chart entrues, as do Scritti Politti, Bomb The Bass return looking to beat dat, and Kajagoogoo (more or less) pop up 5 years later. 1 ( 1 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde 2 ( 2 ) YE KE YE KE Mory Kante 3 ( 3 ) HAPPY EVER AFTER Julia Fordham 4 ( 7 ) EASY The Commodores 5 ( 9 ) SOMEWHERE DOWN THE CRAZY RIVER Robbie Robertson 6 ( 5 ) SUPERFLY GUY S'Express 7 ( 4 ) THE ONLY WAY IS UP Yazz & The Plastic Population 8 ( 22 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan 9 ( 10 ) FIND MY LOVE Fairground Attraction 10 ( 13 ) HAND TO HEAVEN Breathe 11 ( 6 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael 12 ( 12 ) SOLDIER OF LOVE Donny Osmond 13 ( 14 ) RUSH HOUR Jane Wiedlin 14 ( 8 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson 15 ( 17 ) THE HARDER I TRY Brother Beyond 16 ( 18 ) WORKING IN A GOLDMINE Aztec Camera 17 ( 15 ) MARTHA'S HARBOUR All About Eve 18 ( 19 ) FOREVER YOUNG Rod Stewart 19 ( 16 ) I NEED YOU B.V.S.M.P. 20 ( 28 ) GOOD TRADITION Tanita Tikarim 21 ( 11 ) COULDN'T GET IT RIGHT '88 Climax Blues Band 22 ( 34 ) WHERE DID I GO WRONG UB40 23 ( 21 ) IN THE AIR TONIGHT (1988) Phil Collins 24 ( 30 ) JUMP START Natalie Cole 25 ( 29 ) HUSTLE (TO THE MUSIC) Funky Worm 26 ( 23 ) FOOLISH BEAT Debbie Gibson 27 ( 39 ) TEARDROPS Womack & Womack 28 ( 36 ) I HATE MYSELF FOR LOVING YOU Joan Jett & The Blackhearts 29 ( 37 ) MY LOVE Julio Iglesias/ Stevie Wonder 30 ( 35 ) RUNNIN' ALL OVER THE WORLD Status Quo 31 ( 24 ) REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE (REMIX) The Four Tops 32 ( 56 ) LOVE AND MERCY Brian Wilson 33 ( 58 ) DON'T BE CRUEL Bobby Brown 34 ( 20 ) ROSES ARE RED The Mac Band/ McCampbell Brothers 35 ( 49 ) TOUCHY a-ha 36 ( 46 ) I WON'T BLEED FOR YOU Climie Fisher 37 ( 26 ) WHAT CAN I SAY TO MAKE YOU LOVE ME Alexander O'Neal 38 ( 38 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael 39 ( 27 ) NEVER TEAR US APART INXS 40 ( 40 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies 41 ( 25 ) I SAY NOTHING Voice Of The Beehive 42 ( 43 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys 43 ( 31 ) MY GIRL AND ME Gangway 44 ( 32 ) THE FLAME Cheap Trick 45 ( 33 ) I WANT YOUR LOVE Transvision Vamp 46 ( NEW ) ELECTRA Jibaro 47 ( 51 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield 48 ( 52 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 49 ( 45 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle 50 ( 62 ) ON THE BEACH '88 Chris Rea 51 ( 63 ) THE LOCOMOTION Kylie Minogue 52 ( 44 ) I WILL BE WITH YOU T'Pau 53 ( 54 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles 54 ( 42 ) NOWHERE TO RUN Martha & The Vandellas 55 ( 41 ) PEEK A BOO Siouxsie & The Banshees 56 ( 47 ) WILD WORLD Maxi Priest 57 ( 57 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince 58 ( 59 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees 59 ( 48 ) PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa 60 ( NEW ) TEARS RUN RINGS Marc Almond 61 ( 61 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson 62 ( NEW ) GOOD TIMES Matt Bianco 63 ( NEW ) FIRST BOY IN THIS TOWN (LOVESICK) Scritti Politti 64 ( 71 ) WHEN ITS LOVE Van Halen 65 ( 60 ) BREAKFAST IN BED UB40/ Chrissie Hynde 66 ( 66 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5 67 ( 74 ) KING OF EMOTION Big Country 68 ( 68 ) MISSED OPPORTUNITY Daryl Hall & John Oates 69 ( 69 ) BAD Michael Jackson 70 ( 67 ) PARADISE Sade 71 ( NEW ) DON'T MAKE ME WAIT Bomb The Bass 72 ( 72 ) OFF ON YOUR OWN (GIRL) Al B. Sure! 73 ( 73 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis 74 ( NEW ) BAD TIMES Ellis, Beggs & Howard (Kajagoogoo) 75 ( 75 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys 76 ( RE ) ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson Playlist oldies of the week 1 JEALOUS MIND Alvin Stardust 2 THIRD FINGER LEFT HAND The Pearls 3 WAY OF LIFE Family Dogg 4 ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson
August 21, 20204 yr Nice chart Pop! What was your thoughts on 'Marthas Harbour'? I see it only peaked at 15 for you! What was the background to Kajagoogoo, thought they ended in 1984 as they didn't have any hits after that on TOTP?
August 22, 20204 yr was that its peak? hoping for a re-climb :) Marthas harbour might be my favourite song of the entire 80s
August 22, 20204 yr I loved it on the TOTP repeats of 88, even with the performance everyone remembers!
August 22, 20204 yr Author Nice chart Pop! What was your thoughts on 'Marthas Harbour'? I see it only peaked at 15 for you! What was the background to Kajagoogoo, thought they ended in 1984 as they didn't have any hits after that on TOTP? Ta Steve :) It's a lovely track Martha's Harbour, should have been a top 10 for me easily, but my charts are always a reflection of my mood at the time and there were 5 ballads I liked even more and lots of uptempo stuff. If I were to compile a chart from what I like now it would be quite different, some in the top 10 wouldnt be in it, and some out of it would be higher. That's why I often rechart oldies if they underperformed, given an excuse :D Kajagoogoo got all backstabby at their peak, I think Limahl was dumped in a coup (or he just got fed up and left) both had success for a year or two, Limahls not bad, Kaja not so much but they limped on losing the googoo (which was always silly as a band name) and then tried it without the band name at all, which by that time was a hindrance as they had become a bit of a laughing stock. Limahl, not having the brand, didnt have that disadvantage. In hindsight some people love Too Shy, and remember it with fondness, but they weren't generally loved for a long time....
August 22, 20204 yr Author was that its peak? hoping for a re-climb :) Marthas harbour might be my favourite song of the entire 80s Sadly 15 was it's peak - I may have been influenced negatively by having them on TOTP 2 weeks in a row after their goldfish performance when it all went horribly wrong..... :lol:
August 22, 20204 yr Ta Steve :) It's a lovely track Martha's Harbour, should have been a top 10 for me easily, but my charts are always a reflection of my mood at the time and there were 5 ballads I liked even more and lots of uptempo stuff. If I were to compile a chart from what I like now it would be quite different, some in the top 10 wouldnt be in it, and some out of it would be higher. That's why I often rechart oldies if they underperformed, given an excuse :D Kajagoogoo got all backstabby at their peak, I think Limahl was dumped in a coup (or he just got fed up and left) both had success for a year or two, Limahls not bad, Kaja not so much but they limped on losing the googoo (which was always silly as a band name) and then tried it without the band name at all, which by that time was a hindrance as they had become a bit of a laughing stock. Limahl, not having the brand, didnt have that disadvantage. In hindsight some people love Too Shy, and remember it with fondness, but they weren't generally loved for a long time.... Yeh 'Too Shy' was a fantastic record I thought, always gives good memories of the start of the best year on TOTP - 1983! Probably signalled the height of the so called Brit Funk era! I think one of the Duran Duran boys wrote it for them? I'm a bit like that when compiling my own chart, will be fun to go and look back on it in a few years (I started it in 2007!) Edited August 22, 20204 yr by Steve201
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