I'm way behind on this but I will comment

 

10th January 1988

 

1 ( 2 ) SHAME Eurythmics - not very familar with this song because it's not on their Greatest Hits and didn't make the Top 40. I expect it's a grower. The follow up singles all made the Top 40. I would have thought a January chart would be an easy challenge.

 

2 ( 1 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys - although I liked this a lot back then I didn't grow to love it until decades later. I really dont think anyone can match the 5 single run they produced in 1987/88

 

3 ( 3 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles - not really bothered with the whimsy

4 ( 4 ) I FOUND SOMEONE Cher - this was always my preference from the late 80s/early 90s resurgence. That voice. :wub:

5 ( NEW ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers - this is in my all time top 100. That's all that needs to be said.

6 ( 6 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson - The later singles from Bad are much better than the first two, for me.

7 ( 12 ) JINGO Jellybean - Even as a new convert to following the chart, I was puzzled by the release strategy, if you could call it that, of Jellybean.

8 ( 14 ) HOUSE ARREST Krush - this was the first dance song I ever loved. I followed it up the charts and was so delighted when it became a hit. 1988 was such a rollercoaster for amazing dance music. Exciting, innovative and taking over the charts.

9 ( 9 ) FAMILY MAN Fleetwood Mac - does anyone know why the success of the 5 singles from Tango in the Night was so inconsistent? It went Hit, Flop, Hit, Flop, Hit. :blink:

10 ( 16 ) HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH Belinda Carlisle - I was always slightly baffled by how big this was. Didn't really do much for me.

 

11 ( 8 ) TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne - well, this is utter genius. Powerhouse vocal, up to the second production. This is what Madonna should have been aiming for, back then.

12 ( 5 ) I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU Dusty Springfield - classic and my favourite of her 60s singles.

13 ( 7 ) FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl - as a 12 year old I though this was awful. I grew up and now obviously it's one of the greatest songs of any kind, ever.

14 ( NEW ) SIGN YOUR NAME Terence Trent D'Arby - his best single. Hypnotic.

15 ( 19 ) IDEAL WORLD The Christians - I've just put this on Spotify to see if it prompts any memories apart from the chorus, which I remember. It's a pleasant song - let's say that.

16 ( 13 ) LETTER FROM AMERICA The Proclaimers - I love songs that feature the actual speaking accent of the singers. And this is a great example. This had been tipped for Christmas number 1.

17 ( 24 ) THERE’S THE GIRL Heart - I don't recall this at all, now that I check it out on Spotify.

18 ( 15 ) LOVE LETTERS Alison Moyet - love this. She's always great.

19 ( 20 ) TURN BACK THE CLOCK Johnny Hates Jazz - I always felt these guys were in the shadow of Wet Wet Wet. Inoffensive stuff

20 ( 11 ) WHEN I FALL IN LOVE Nat ‘King’ Cole - so classy - showed Rick Astley's version for what it was.

 

21 ( 10 ) ESP The Bee Gees - I don't remember this at all. Doesn't sound great, now that I listen to it.

22 ( 18 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac - wonderful song. Probably my favourite of the Tango in the Night era.

23 ( 54 ) HOT IN THE CITY Billy Idol - nothing remarkable.

24 ( 32 ) I CAN’T HELP IT Bananarama - nowhere near as good as Love in the First Degree.

25 ( 30 ) RISE TO THE OCCASION Climie Fisher - the hit version is better than the album version but sounded like the music didn't really suit the vocals.

26 ( 21 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees - I didn't really get this at the time. It's now one of my favourite 80s singles. There's flashes of ELO in there.

27 ( 41 ) I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW Tiffany - I keep promising to do a mash up of this and Blue Monday. Some day.

28 ( 33 ) ANGEL EYES Wet Wet Wet - I think they're actually underrated.

29 ( 27 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies - not really my sorta thing :lol:

30 ( 17 ) LET ME BE THE ONE/ (REMIX) Expose - I have no recollection of this at all

 

31 ( 31 ) TUNNEL OF LOVE Bruce Springsteen - I've never been much of a Bruce fan and this never changed that.

32 ( 36 ) PACKJAMMED (WITH THE PARTY POSSE) Stock Aitken Waterman - no comment :lol:

33 ( 28 ) BAD Michael Jackson - quite an improvement on the lead single

34 ( 45 ) ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT The Stranglers - Not my favourite Strangers song.

35 ( 35 ) TIGHTEN UP Wally Jump Junior & The Criminal Element

36 ( 26 ) TOUCHED BY THE HAND OF GOD New Order - probably well down the list of my favourite NO songs. Like, lower than 40 :lol:

37 ( 29 ) CRITICIZE Alexander O’Neal - love this. Brings me right back. I must add this to my 1987 play list.

38 ( 25 ) THE LOOK OF LOVE Madonna - one of her better 80s songs. This and Who's That Girl are up their with her best, for me.

39 ( NEW ) FATHER FIGURE George Michael - excellent, probably my favourite GM single and that's no small feat.

40 ( 39 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield - it goes without saying that this is also genius

 

41 ( 34 ) WHO FOUND WHO Jellybean featuring Lisa Fiorillo - definitely the best of his rash of hits

42 ( 22 ) ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE Mel (Smith) & Kim (Wilde) - As Christmas songs go, this is far from the worst.

43 ( 50 ) THE WISHING WELL GOSH - I dont remember this. Charity song. Lots of voices that don't mix well with each other, but that's not the point. :)

44 ( 40 ) THE TIDE IS TURNING Roger Waters - never heard this before. It's quite nice

45 ( 47 ) IN GOD’S COUNTRY U2 - I found it very hard to get on board with 80s U2.

46 ( 68 ) I SAY NOTHING Voice Of The Beehive - their best song, almost Smithsian levels of juxtaposition of jangle-pop and harsh reality lyrics.

47 ( 48 ) JUST TO GET BY Babakoto

48 ( NEW ) MANDINKA Sinead O'Connor - love the riff so much in this. As a teenager who had only just got into music I couldn't understand how anyone could like a song that was this our of tune :lol:

49 ( 23 ) EV’RY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE Simply Red - one of their better efforts

50 ( 43 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys - one of the greatest lyrics by anyone. The detail, the storytelling. The sadness and yet they have more love than most conventional relationships.

 

51 ( 38 ) I’VE BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE Cutting Crew - not my cup of tea at all

52 ( 37 ) CHILDREN SAY Level 42 - never ever worked out the popularity of Level 42 :blink:

53 ( NEW ) COME INTO MY LIFE Joyce Sims - classic, such a voice, that intro :wub:

54 ( 51 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone - classic

55 ( 44 ) KID (REMIX) The Pretenders - I dont think I like many Pretenders' songs. :unsure:

56 ( 42 ) MY BAG Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - not as much of a fan of this as Jennifer She Said

57 ( 66 ) JENNIFER SGE SAID Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - great song. I need to check out more of their stuff.

58 ( 53 ) CARS (E REG MODEL)/ ARE ‘FRIENDS’ ELECTRIC Gary Numan & Tubeway Army - two pieces of synth legend. I've been listening to a lot more synth stuff this year

59 ( 63 ) O L’AMOUR Dollar - I had not heard the Erasure version at this point but I did like this. I always though the male vocalist sound like Cliff Richard, only higher pitched.

60 ( 56 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles - needs no comment. Classic.

 

61 ( 52 ) PAID IN FULL Eric B & Rakim - I didn't really appreciate, at the time, the impact that all these songs made to hip hop and dance music.

62 ( 62 ) NEED YOU TONIGHT INXS - definitely my favourite INXS song. It sounds so Prince, with the funk and the spindly guitar, and the wooing :heart:

63 ( 74 ) NEW SENSATION INXS - not up to the level of Need You Tonight

64 ( 59 ) LOVE POWER Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osbourne

65 ( 49 ) DEVIL’S BALL Double

66 ( 58 ) PUMP UP THE VOLUME M/A/R/R/S - of all the sample based hits in 87/88 this never struck me as a number 1 single. -_-

67 ( 65 ) HUMAN Human League - listening back to this, it's quite new jack swing with the percussion. Produced by Jam and Lewis. That explains it.

68 ( NEW ) LOVE OVERBOARD Gladys Knight & The Pips - sounds like filler 4th single standard stuff. She's better than that. :huh:

69 ( 67 ) HERE I GO AGAIN Whitesnake - I remember all the metal lads going mad for this at the teenage discos :D

70 ( NEW ) SHAKE YOUR LOVE Debbie Gibson - I shook my love. World went on unchanged.

 

71 ( 69 ) HOLIDAY The Other Ones - sounds like a dance pop B-52s :D

72 ( 72 ) LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING Climie Fisher - Lovely song. They sounded quite unique to me back then.

73 ( 55 ) GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU George Harrison - Great song. I love the lift in the pre-chorus. Goes down well in a club, surprisingly.

74 ( NEW ) CANDLE IN THE WIND (LIVE) Elton John - Life versions of songs seemed like a strange thing to release, to me.

75 ( NEW ) BEHIND THE WHEEL Depeche Mode - This was the first time I had heard of this band. I wasn't really in a musical place to appreciate this.

 

Hi Colm, no worries :) and Phew! That must have taken you ages! Thanks for all the comments!

 

It's weird that Xmas 1987/Jan 1988, so many ballads were about that some obvious huge hits flopped, getting lost in the ballad frenzy I think, including Shame and Jacko's Man In The Mirror!

 

I will def agree with you about Pet Shop Boys 1987/88, top notch :wub:

 

Righteous Brothers in your all-time top 100! :dance: Me, too! Makes me tingle with goosebumps every time, and if try and singalong I'm a sobbing wreck :lol:

 

Tango In The Night singles I guess is office politics - Lindsey's first cos he was producer, then a Stevie track cos she has to be kept happy or fireworks if Lindsey gets too much in control, then Little Lies cos it was far and away the best single but Christine is very easy-going and not pushy, the peacemaker, 4th is prob cos it was Lindseys turn again and then they skipped Stevie cos her tracks weren;t commerical and Christine's was very very commercial and keeping Mac in big sales by that time.

 

Taylor Dayne is genius dance, I agree, looking forward to see if Dusty tops your 60's charting, and it's funny how songs you hate as a kid can grow on you as an adult (Pogues).

 

You Win Again, it's the Depeche Mode rhythm that sold me right off the bat!

 

"I shook my love. World went on unchanged" :lol: I love a good quote!

 

Cheers!

John

 

 

nice top 3, all classics, Domino Dancing is one of my fav PSB songs, and Teardrops is just pure class

also nice climbs for Belinda and GNRoses

 

lots of interesting newies, Transvision Vamp, Kim Wilde, Alexander O'Neal, Proclaimers, Tracy chapman, all great tracks

 

 

cheers Bjork! :)

25th September 1988

 

It's a hat-trick of number ones for Pet shop Boys again, as Domino Dancing gives them an 8th chart-topper inside 3 years. Loved the video. Bill Withers reaches a new peak from first-time round, Bobby McFerrin rockets up 49 places to 6, he's really not worried about it, Nick Heyward bounces up to a new peak for You're My World - his biggest since Blue Hat For A Blue Day 5 years earlier, and Michelle-Shocked goes top 10 with the wonderful Anchorage. Inner City have the Big Fun streaking into the 20, and both The Four Tops and Smokey Robinson get a first top 20 for about 7 years.

 

New at 29, Sandie Shaw bounds in helping the cause against Loneliness for 19 years of chart entries since Monsieur Dupont went top 10, and 4 years since her chart career re-started, like this one thanks to a Morrissey song. Scritti Politti and Kim Wilde bound into the top 40, both going where both have gone many times before, and Bruce Springsteen is reduced to Spare Parts, but still charts, in at 36 for 13 years of hits. Erasure enter at 37 with probably their most-loved, and arguably their best, song - A Little Respect has charted for them, Bjorn Again, Wheatus, and currently this week in 2020, Erasure again.

 

Errol Brown has another solo entry with Maya, 18 years on from Love Is Life starting the ball rolling for Hot Chocolate, and U2 enter with a gem - Desire at 54 showcasing their first post-Joshua Tree material. New Edition are back again, 5 years on from Candy Girl, but the boys are grown-up now and on the verge of splitting. Cue Bobby Brown! Jason Donovan says "If Kylie can do it, I can also have a neighbours-throw-off pop career with Stock Aitken Waterman". Sadly the best material had gone to other acts by this point and he ended up with sloppy seconds. Hazell Dean is still on a roll, and funnily enough I've seen Hazell performing in gay bar, and seen Jason dragged up to the eyeballs in Priscilla. The show I mean. Finally Bon Jovi's current single in 2020 Do What You Can is much better than bad Medicine in 1988, and The Wonder Stuff also pop in.

 

1 ( 2 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys

2 ( 1 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

3 ( 5 ) LOVELY DAY (SUNSHINE MIX) Bill Withers

4 ( 4 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies

5 ( 3 ) TEARDROPS Womack & Womack

6 ( 55 ) DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY Bobby McFerrin

7 ( 7 ) WORLD WITHOUT YOU Belinda Carlisle

8 ( 13 ) YOU'RE MY WORLD Nick Heyward

9 ( 24 ) ANCHORAGE Michelle-Shocked

10 ( 6 ) ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson

 

11 ( 15 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan

12 ( 12 ) SWEET CHILD O' MINE Guns 'n' Roses

13 ( 9 ) THE HARDER I TRY Brother Beyond

14 ( 8 ) GROOVY KIND OF LOVE Phil Collins

15 ( 11 ) YE KE YE KE Mory Kante

16 ( 10 ) TEARS RUN RINGS Marc Almond

17 ( 21 ) STOP THIS CRAZY THING Coldcut/ Junior Reid

18 ( 20 ) FAKE ('88 REMIX) Alexander O' Neal

19 ( 42 ) BIG FUN Inner City/ Kevin Saunderson

20 ( 29 ) INDESTRUCTIBLE The Four Tops/ Smokey Robinson

 

21 ( 16 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde

22 ( 18 ) SOMEWHERE DOWN THE CRAZY RIVER Robbie Robertson

23 ( 19 ) SKIN DEEP Cher

24 ( 14 ) WHERE DID I GO WRONG UB40

25 ( 36 ) RIDING ON A TRAIN The Pasadenas

26 ( 22 ) RUSH HOUR Jane Wiedlin

27 ( 23 ) THE ONLY WAY IS UP Yazz & The Plastic Population

28 ( 17 ) ANOTHER LOVER Giant Steps

29 ( NEW ) PLEASE HELP THE CAUSE AGAINST LONELINESS Sandie Shaw

30 ( 56 ) FIRST BOY IN THIS TOWN (LOVESICK) Scritti Politti

 

31 ( 39 ) LEAD ME ON Amy Grant

32 ( 28 ) HAPPY EVER AFTER Julia Fordham

33 ( 47 ) THE RUMOUR Olivia Newton-John

34 ( 75 ) NEVER TRUST A STRANGER Kim Wilde

35 ( 32 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael

36 ( NEW ) SPARE PARTS Bruce Springsteen

37 ( NEW ) A LITTLE RESPECT Erasure

38 ( 38 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies

39 ( NEW ) MAYA Errol Brown

40 ( 40 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson

 

41 ( 26 ) TOWN OF PLENTY Elton John

42 ( 31 ) HANDS TO HEAVEN Breathe

43 ( 30 ) DON'T MAKE ME WAIT Bomb The Bass

44 ( 37 ) SOLDIER OF LOVE Donny Osmond

45 ( 45 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

46 ( 46 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

47 ( 34 ) FIND MY LOVE Fairground Attraction

48 ( 33 ) GOOD TRADITION Tanita Tikarim

49 ( 60 ) REVOLUTION BABY Transvision Vamp

50 ( 49 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

 

51 ( 25 ) EVERY GIRL AND BOY Spagna

52 ( 27 ) TOUCHY a-ha

53 ( 51 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael

54 ( NEW ) DESIRE U2

55 ( 41 ) EASY The Commodores

56 ( 65 ) LOVE TRUTH AND HONESTY Bananarama

57 ( 43 ) SHAKE YOUR THANG (IT'S YOUR THING) Salt 'n' Pepa

58 ( 57 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

59 ( 58 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

60 ( 61 ) I'M GONNA BE (500 MILES) The Proclaimers

 

61 ( 35 ) LOVE AND MERCY Brian Wilson

62 ( 62 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson

63 ( NEW ) IF IT ISN'T LOVE New Edition

64 ( 64 ) DON'T BE CRUEL Cheap Trick

65 ( 73 ) I DON'T WANT YOUR LOVE Duran Duran

66 ( NEW ) NOTHING CAN DIVIDE US Jason Donovan

67 ( 68 ) TONIGHT Kevin Rowland

68 ( 72 ) I QUIT Bros

69 ( 44 ) CATCH MY FIRE Billy Idol

70 ( NEW ) TURN IT INTO LOVE Hazell Dean

 

71 ( 66 ) JUMP START Natalie Cole

72 ( 70 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5

73 ( NEW ) BAD MEDICINE Bon Jovi

74 ( NEW ) IT'S YER MONEY I'M AFTER BABY The Wonder Stuff

75 ( 74 ) BAD Michael Jackson

 

Playlist faves of that week

1 ONE BAD APPLE (MEGAMIX) The Osmonds

2 HAVE YOU SEEN HER The Chi-Lites

3 “Kick” INXS

Inner City had two absolute classic dance hits with their first two releases! Love Domino Dancing as well although we are coming to the end of their imperial phase by this point!

yes for Domino Dancing, I did love it myself, but I think it wasn't that well received at the time?

Wasn’t sure where to ask this but I was thinking of starting a top 75 for my personal chart like yourself Pop and wanted to know whether it has pros and cons? There’s some songs I find miss out on my top 40 as there’s too much competition. When did you start a top 75 or has it always been that and does it just end up having old fallers more than anything?

yes for Domino Dancing, I did love it myself, but I think it wasn't that well received at the time?

 

Compared to previous singles it wasn't rated quite so highly, especially in the USA which really didn't like the homo-erotic overtones of the video (plus the lads weren't in it). Their US career never really recovered after this single, cos anything a bit gay was the kiss of death on US radio and TV.

Wasn’t sure where to ask this but I was thinking of starting a top 75 for my personal chart like yourself Pop and wanted to know whether it has pros and cons? There’s some songs I find miss out on my top 40 as there’s too much competition. When did you start a top 75 or has it always been that and does it just end up having old fallers more than anything?

 

Hi Steve,

 

I've been doing a top 75 since 1978 and find it about the right length - it takes more time than a 40 (especially if you play them all like I do, at least in part, while I'm doing it to get the places about right), that's the downside - but like you I find 40 isn't enough. Back in 1974 I started doing a top 30 and opened it up to all records currently available which meant it got very very volatile and I had to chuck tracks out way too early just to make room for new stuff, and loads of great stuff didn't chart at all, so I expanded it to 50 in 1975 and never looked back.

 

For me 75 is the right length, I'm currently doing 90 cos there's so much new stuff I'm buying but it's a bind mostly cos it takes so long to do! I like classic records having good chart runs too since I started doing an all-time chart based on chart "sales" I nicked off the BBC for one random week in 1976, as it's a useful comparison with other faves from different years, so I hate chucking them out until they've stopped being fresh :lol:

 

Good luck if you do! If it gets to be too many you can always cut it back to a 60 or 50? :)

2nd October 1988

 

It's straight in at 1 for the 2-year-old Love Is All That Matters as it finally gets a belated single release from the Jam & Lewis dance album collaboration. The Human League's 8th number one was so bleedingly obvious a stand-out track it should have been the second single in 1986 and it would have been much bigger than it was in 1988, and I Need Your Loving was. One of the first CD singles I bought, too. In at 4, a fave Osmonds record from 1971 when they their own cartoon TV show and tried to sound like The Jackson 5, now out on 12-inch, One Bad Apple is just delicious and was a UK flop and US chart-topper, bizarrely.

 

Back at 11, Aztec Camera give Deep And Wide And Tall a second release and enter at 11, higher than first-time, while Erasure shoot up into the 20 with the thrice-hit-song A Little Respect (Bjorn Again after Erasure did Abbaesque, and Wheatus). Kim Wilde also gets a decent top 20 climb with Never Trust A stranger, U2 shoot up with Desire, and Duran Duran OTOH don;t want your love. The Christians cover The Isley Brothers 1976 top 3, Harvest For The World, and enter at 38, as Maxi Priest follows-up nicely at 49.

 

The Eagles' Glen Frey adds True Love to his solo hits, for 16 years of chart activity, and The Beatmasters hook up with 60's UK soul songstress the fab PP Arnold and introduce her to a new audience. Labi Siffre gets a third comeback entry, someone I currently follow on twitter, with his poetry and social commentary, having suffered some years of personal difficulties. Whitney sneaks in with her Olympic UK chart-topper, but fear not it'll drop out next week, being as it's overblown, while Black return with one I don't remember but it's probably very decent.

 

In my life I went to see Belinda Carlisle in concert this week, and was very surprised at how good she was (my mate was a fan, so I went along cos he wanted to see her), especially stuff from her current album that hadn't been a single (Cream's I Feel Free especially), and her cover of the Gogo's/Fun Boy Three co-write Our Lips Are Sealed. The singles were obviously all fab in a live setting and she had more than enough good material for a great night out.

 

1 ( NEW ) LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS Human League

2 ( 2 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

3 ( 1 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys

4 ( NEW ) ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds

5 ( 3 ) LOVELY DAY (SUNSHINE MIX) Bill Withers

6 ( 6 ) DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY Bobby McFerrin

7 ( 8 ) YOU'RE MY WORLD Nick Heyward

8 ( 4 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies

9 ( 9 ) ANCHORAGE Michelle-Shocked

10 ( 5 ) TEARDROPS Womack & Womack

 

11 ( NEW ) DEEP AND WIDE AND TALL Aztec Camera

12 ( 7 ) WORLD WITHOUT YOU Belinda Carlisle

13 ( 11 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan

14 ( 37 ) A LITTLE RESPECT Erasure

15 ( 18 ) FAKE ('88 REMIX) Alexander O' Neal

16 ( 34 ) NEVER TRUST A STRANGER Kim Wilde

17 ( 10 ) ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson

18 ( 15 ) YE KE YE KE Mory Kante

19 ( 25 ) RIDING ON A TRAIN The Pasadenas

20 ( 14 ) GROOVY KIND OF LOVE Phil Collins

 

21 ( 13 ) THE HARDER I TRY Brother Beyond

22 ( 54 ) DESIRE U2

23 ( 30 ) FIRST BOY IN THIS TOWN (LOVESICK) Scritti Politti

24 ( 19 ) BIG FUN Inner City/ Kevin Saunderson

25 ( 16 ) TEARS RUN RINGS Marc Almond

26 ( 21 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde

27 ( 12 ) SWEET CHILD O' MINE Guns 'n' Roses

28 ( 22 ) SOMEWHERE DOWN THE CRAZY RIVER Robbie Robertson

29 ( 29 ) PLEASE HELP THE CAUSE AGAINST LONELINESS Sandie Shaw

30 ( 33 ) THE RUMOUR Olivia Newton-John

 

31 ( 28 ) ANOTHER LOVER Giant Steps

32 ( 17 ) STOP THIS CRAZY THING Coldcut/ Junior Reid

33 ( 20 ) INDESTRUCTIBLE The Four Tops/ Smokey Robinson

34 ( 23 ) SKIN DEEP Cher

35 ( 39 ) MAYA Errol Brown

36 ( 36 ) SPARE PARTS Bruce Springsteen

37 ( 26 ) RUSH HOUR Jane Wiedlin

38 ( NEW ) HARVEST FOR THE WORLD The Christians

39 ( 65 ) I DON'T WANT YOUR LOVE Duran Duran

40 ( 38 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies

 

41 ( 32 ) HAPPY EVER AFTER Julia Fordham

42 ( 35 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael

43 ( 24 ) WHERE DID I GO WRONG UB40

44 ( 56 ) LOVE TRUTH AND HONESTY Bananarama

45 ( 40 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson

46 ( 27 ) THE ONLY WAY IS UP Yazz & The Plastic Population

47 ( 45 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

48 ( 46 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

49 ( NEW ) GOODBYE TO LOVE AGAIN Maxi Priest

50 ( 31 ) LEAD ME ON Amy Grant

 

51 ( 60 ) I'M GONNA BE (500 MILES) The Proclaimers

52 ( 50 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

53 ( NEW ) TRUE LOVE Glen Frey

54 ( 42 ) HANDS TO HEAVEN Breathe

55 ( 44 ) SOLDIER OF LOVE Donny Osmond

56 ( 53 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael

57 ( 70 ) TURN IT INTO LOVE Hazell Dean

58 ( 58 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

59 ( 47 ) FIND MY LOVE Fairground Attraction

60 ( 59 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

 

61 ( 43 ) DON'T MAKE ME WAIT Bomb The Bass

62 ( 48 ) GOOD TRADITION Tanita Tikarim

63 ( 62 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson

64 ( 41 ) TOWN OF PLENTY Elton John

65 ( 55 ) EASY The Commodores

66 ( 66 ) NOTHING CAN DIVIDE US Jason Donovan

67 ( 73 ) BAD MEDICINE Bon Jovi

68 ( NEW ) BURN IT UP Beastmasters/ P.P. Arnold

69 ( 72 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5

70 ( NEW ) LISTEN TO THE VOICES Labi Siffre

 

71 ( NEW ) ONE MOMENT IN TIME Whitney Houston

72 ( NEW ) HALLELUJAH MAN Love And Money

73 ( NEW ) THE BIG ONE Black

74 ( 71 ) JUMP START Natalie Cole

75 ( 75 ) BAD Michael Jackson

 

 

 

PLAYIST OLDIES

Belinda Carlisle Live at Bournemouth International Centre

1 I FEEL FREE

2 SHOULD I LET YOU IN?

3 OUR LIPS ARE SEALED

Hi Steve,

 

I've been doing a top 75 since 1978 and find it about the right length - it takes more time than a 40 (especially if you play them all like I do, at least in part, while I'm doing it to get the places about right), that's the downside - but like you I find 40 isn't enough. Back in 1974 I started doing a top 30 and opened it up to all records currently available which meant it got very very volatile and I had to chuck tracks out way too early just to make room for new stuff, and loads of great stuff didn't chart at all, so I expanded it to 50 in 1975 and never looked back.

 

For me 75 is the right length, I'm currently doing 90 cos there's so much new stuff I'm buying but it's a bind mostly cos it takes so long to do! I like classic records having good chart runs too since I started doing an all-time chart based on chart "sales" I nicked off the BBC for one random week in 1976, as it's a useful comparison with other faves from different years, so I hate chucking them out until they've stopped being fresh :lol:

 

Good luck if you do! If it gets to be too many you can always cut it back to a 60 or 50? :)

 

Thanks for this - seriously considering it now. I started a top 20 in 2006 when I started doing personal charts but very quickly turned into a top 40 as it made it easier to have proper runs then following your chart and seeing long runs for Human League and the likes made me think it’s maybe the way forward.

 

*** Goes to check out how that Human League song sounds!!

 

Lovely to see it jump straight in at the top spot!

*** Goes to check out how that Human League song sounds!!

 

Lovely to see it jump straight in at the top spot!

 

:cheer: :lol:

9th October 1988

 

It's a second week on top for Love Is All That Matters (though food doesn't hurt too) as The Osmonds hit 2 17 years late and get their highest chart position to boot, outdoing 1973's top 5 Goin' Home. Nick Heyward gets his biggest solo chart hit since Blue Hat For A Blue Day also hit 5 in 1983, and his 4th top 5 in total including Haircut 100's Nobody's Fool and Love Plus One which both peaked at 2. Erasure get a 3rd top 10, though Vince has another 5 previous in different guises, as they get into their classic period, and Kim Wilde makes it a 2nd top 10 from Close, and her 7th to date.

 

Highest new entry is a debut for Enya at 21, the fab Orinoco Flow bringing her beautifully-produced Celtic-tinged harmonies to world music, and just behind are the Wee Papa Girl Rappers, who didn't make quite the same splash on the world stage with Wee Rule at 23. Hazell Dean makes it 4 top 40's, and in at 36 is a debut for the huge US hit What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) from Information Society, as US bands learn from the Second British synth-based Invasion. It's a great track, I got mum & dad to buy me it in the USA while they were touring on holiday as it wasn't available in the UK at the time. It samples Leonard Nimoy aka Star Trek's Mr Spock, reason enough to buy it anyway!

 

Bananarama get their 16th top 40 track with only 3 singles peaking between 41 and 75 since their first hit in 1981, meanwhile the future-even-longer-chart-runner Kylie is back with Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi and her best single to date at 63, and The Adventures keep the run going with One Step From Heaven at 66. Rick Astley is already running out decent material with She Wants To Dance With Me new at 67, Gloria Estefan is back in latin-bop mode with 1-2-3 at 71, Tom Jones is also back - not a huge ballad this time though, it's an Art Of Noise collaboration cover of Prince's Kiss that kicks in at 72, just ahead of Ziggy Marley's latest Tumblin' Down. Next week, tumbin' down and out as it happens!

 

1 ( 1 ) LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS Human League

2 ( 4 ) ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds

3 ( 3 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys

4 ( 5 ) LOVELY DAY (SUNSHINE MIX) Bill Withers

5 ( 7 ) YOU'RE MY WORLD Nick Heyward

6 ( 2 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

7 ( 14 ) A LITTLE RESPECT Erasure

8 ( 9 ) ANCHORAGE Michelle-Shocked

9 ( 16 ) NEVER TRUST A STRANGER Kim Wilde

10 ( 10 ) TEARDROPS Womack & Womack

11 ( 11 ) DEEP AND WIDE AND TALL Aztec Camera

12 ( 6 ) DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY Bobby McFerrin

13 ( 8 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies

14 ( 19 ) RIDING ON A TRAIN The Pasadenas

15 ( 15 ) FAKE ('88 REMIX) Alexander O' Neal

16 ( 22 ) DESIRE U2

17 ( 13 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan

18 ( 18 ) YE KE YE KE Mory Kante

19 ( 23 ) FIRST BOY IN THIS TOWN (LOVESICK) Scritti Politti

20 ( 12 ) WORLD WITHOUT YOU Belinda Carlisle

 

21 ( NEW ) ORINOCO FLOW Enya

22 ( 17 ) ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson

23 ( NEW ) WEE RULE Wee Papa Girl Rappers

24 ( 21 ) THE HARDER I TRY Brother Beyond

25 ( 20 ) GROOVY KIND OF LOVE Phil Collins

26 ( 39 ) I DON'T WANT YOUR LOVE Duran Duran

27 ( 31 ) ANOTHER LOVER Giant Steps

28 ( 38 ) HARVEST FOR THE WORLD The Christians

29 ( 24 ) BIG FUN Inner City/ Kevin Saunderson

30 ( 57 ) TURN IT INTO LOVE Hazell Dean

 

31 ( 26 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde

32 ( 28 ) SOMEWHERE DOWN THE CRAZY RIVER Robbie Robertson

33 ( 25 ) TEARS RUN RINGS Marc Almond

34 ( 32 ) STOP THIS CRAZY THING Coldcut/ Junior Reid

35 ( 68 ) BURN IT UP Beastmasters/ P.P. Arnold

36 ( NEW ) WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND (PURE ENERGY) Information Society

37 ( 37 ) RUSH HOUR Jane Wiedlin

38 ( 27 ) SWEET CHILD O' MINE Guns 'n' Roses

39 ( 40 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies

40 ( 44 ) LOVE TRUTH AND HONESTY Bananarama

 

41 ( 35 ) MAYA Errol Brown

42 ( 34 ) SKIN DEEP Cher

43 ( 42 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael

44 ( 41 ) HAPPY EVER AFTER Julia Fordham

45 ( 29 ) PLEASE HELP THE CAUSE AGAINST LONELINESS Sandie Shaw

46 ( 49 ) GOODBYE TO LOVE AGAIN Maxi Priest

47 ( 47 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

48 ( 48 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

49 ( 45 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson

50 ( 53 ) TRUE LOVE Glen Frey

 

51 ( 33 ) INDESTRUCTIBLE The Four Tops/ Smokey Robinson

52 ( 52 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

53 ( 30 ) THE RUMOUR Olivia Newton-John

54 ( 46 ) THE ONLY WAY IS UP Yazz & The Plastic Population

55 ( 36 ) SPARE PARTS Bruce Springsteen

56 ( 56 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael

57 ( 43 ) WHERE DID I GO WRONG UB40

58 ( 58 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

59 ( 60 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

60 ( 66 ) NOTHING CAN DIVIDE US Jason Donovan

 

61 ( 55 ) SOLDIER OF LOVE Donny Osmond

62 ( 63 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson

63 ( NEW ) JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI Kylie Minogue

64 ( 54 ) HANDS TO HEAVEN Breathe

65 ( 59 ) FIND MY LOVE Fairground Attraction

66 ( NEW ) ONE STEP FROM HEAVEN The Adventures

67 ( NEW ) SHE WANTS TO DANCE WITH ME Rick Astley

68 ( 69 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5

69 ( 70 ) LISTEN TO THE VOICES Labi Siffre

70 ( 65 ) EASY The Commodores

 

71 ( NEW ) “1-2-3” Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

72 ( NEW ) KISS Tom Jones & The Art Of Noise

73 ( NEW ) TUMBLIN' DOWN Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers

74 ( 74 ) JUMP START Natalie Cole

75 ( 75 ) BAD Michael Jackson

 

 

 

Playlist oldies and album tracks of that week

1 ALL I EVER NEED IS YOU Sonny & Cher

2 SOMETHING IS HAPPENING Herman’s Hermits

3 IT MUST BE LOVE Labi Siffre

good newies in the top 10, both A Little Respect and Never Trust a Stranger are great pop songs

love Orinoco flow, was so different from everything else around

Nice to see "Orinoco Flow" debut!

I also like the debuts for "What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)", "She Wants To Dance With Me", "1-2-3" and "Kiss"!

Great chart!

Edited October 9, 20204 yr by Sergej

The Enya track is one of my favourite number ones of the entire decade, wonderful stuff

Nice to see "Orinoco Flow" debut!

I also like the debuts for "What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)", "She Wants To Dance With Me", "1-2-3" and "Kiss"!

Great chart!

 

Thanks Sergej I'm surprised you know What's On Your Mind, I love that track! :wub:

The Enya track is one of my favourite number ones of the entire decade, wonderful stuff

 

:wub: fab record

16th October 1988

 

It's 3 weeks on top for Love Is All That Matters as US biggie Information Society's What's On Your Mind leaps up to 2 to challenge for the top spot along with Michelle-Shocked's wonderful Anchorage. U2 add another top 10 to the growing list as Desire is up 6, while highest new entry is a remix (yet another) of a 70's classic, the Four Seasons December '63, at 18 12 years since topping my chart. The Christians get a 4th year of top 20's following The Isley Brothers 1976 Harvest For The World into the upper tier.

 

Milli Vanilli debut at 22 with Girl You Know It's True. I say Milli Vanilli - it's actually Frank "Boney M" Farian & session singers. As he'd gotten away with singing the Boney M male parts himself, and had a dancer lipsynch them on stage, he had form with the concept. It all ended tragically with suicide, as Americans weren't as accepting of the well-established European concept of hiring good-looking people to mime along to better singers. Which all sours any enjoyment for the pop song these days.

 

Kylie leaps 30 places to 33, I don't know why? Robbie Robertson follows-up his stroll down the lazy river with a fallen angel, Yazz follows the only way is up by standing up for her love rights - you go girl! - and Diana Ross pops in with one I'd forgotten, Mr Lee, giving her 20 years of chart entries. Ditto Stevie Wonder, with one I still don't remember, and finally it's a debut for that very very irritating big hit We call It ACIIEEEEEEEED, from D Mob. I expect they meant to use an apostrophe to make it make sense, as 'NSync did, as in here's a hit from de mob, but punctuation clearly not a thing. Not that that made any difference to UK radio in the case of "In Sync", a clever play on the musical and social meaning, which became a meaningless En Sync to most people. Still annoys me that.

 

1 ( 1 ) LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS Human League

2 ( 36 ) WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND (PURE ENERGY) Information Society

3 ( 2 ) ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds

4 ( 8 ) ANCHORAGE Michelle-Shocked

5 ( 3 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys

6 ( 7 ) A LITTLE RESPECT Erasure

7 ( 9 ) NEVER TRUST A STRANGER Kim Wilde

8 ( 4 ) LOVELY DAY (SUNSHINE MIX) Bill Withers

9 ( 6 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

10 ( 16 ) DESIRE U2

 

11 ( 5 ) YOU'RE MY WORLD Nick Heyward

12 ( 10 ) TEARDROPS Womack & Womack

13 ( 13 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies

14 ( 12 ) DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY Bobby McFerrin

15 ( 21 ) ORINOCO FLOW Enya

16 ( 14 ) RIDING ON A TRAIN The Pasadenas

17 ( 11 ) DEEP AND WIDE AND TALL Aztec Camera

18 ( NEW ) DECEMBER '63 (OH WHAT A NIGHT) '88 The Four Seasons

19 ( 23 ) WEE RULE Wee Papa Girl Rappers

20 ( 28 ) HARVEST FOR THE WORLD The Christians

 

21 ( 17 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan

22 ( NEW ) GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE Milli Vanilli

23 ( 15 ) FAKE ('88 REMIX) Alexander O' Neal

24 ( 18 ) YE KE YE KE Mory Kante

25 ( 26 ) I DON'T WANT YOUR LOVE Duran Duran

26 ( 19 ) FIRST BOY IN THIS TOWN (LOVESICK) Scritti Politti

27 ( 35 ) BURN IT UP Beastmasters/ P.P. Arnold

28 ( 30 ) TURN IT INTO LOVE Hazell Dean

29 ( 24 ) THE HARDER I TRY Brother Beyond

30 ( 22 ) ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson

 

31 ( 20 ) WORLD WITHOUT YOU Belinda Carlisle

32 ( 29 ) BIG FUN Inner City/ Kevin Saunderson

33 ( 63 ) JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI Kylie Minogue

34 ( 31 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde

35 ( 25 ) GROOVY KIND OF LOVE Phil Collins

36 ( 32 ) SOMEWHERE DOWN THE CRAZY RIVER Robbie Robertson

37 ( 27 ) ANOTHER LOVER Giant Steps

38 ( 40 ) LOVE TRUTH AND HONESTY Bananarama

39 ( 39 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies

40 ( 34 ) STOP THIS CRAZY THING Coldcut/ Junior Reid

 

41 ( 33 ) TEARS RUN RINGS Marc Almond

42 ( 37 ) RUSH HOUR Jane Wiedlin

43 ( 47 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

44 ( 43 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael

45 ( 38 ) SWEET CHILD O' MINE Guns 'n' Roses

46 ( 48 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

47 ( 44 ) HAPPY EVER AFTER Julia Fordham

48 ( 50 ) TRUE LOVE Glen Frey

49 ( NEW ) FALLEN ANGEL Robbie Robertson

50 ( 71 ) “1-2-3” Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

 

51 ( 42 ) SKIN DEEP Cher

52 ( 52 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

53 ( 49 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson

54 ( 41 ) MAYA Errol Brown

55 ( 66 ) ONE STEP FROM HEAVEN The Adventures

56 ( 72 ) KISS Tom Jones & The Art Of Noise

57 ( 62 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson

58 ( 58 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

59 ( 59 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

60 ( 56 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael

 

61 ( 54 ) THE ONLY WAY IS UP Yazz & The Plastic Population

62 ( NEW ) STAND UP FOR YOUR LOVE RIGHTS Yazz & The Plastic Population

63 ( 57 ) WHERE DID I GO WRONG UB40

64 ( 46 ) GOODBYE TO LOVE AGAIN Maxi Priest

65 ( 51 ) INDESTRUCTIBLE The Four Tops/ Smokey Robinson

66 ( 68 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5

67 ( NEW ) MR. LEE Diana Ross

68 ( 45 ) PLEASE HELP THE CAUSE AGAINST LONELINESS Sandie Shaw

69 ( NEW ) MY EYES DON'T CRY Stevie Wonder

70 ( 70 ) EASY The Commodores

 

71 ( 61 ) SOLDIER OF LOVE Donny Osmond

72 ( NEW ) WE CALL IT ACIEED D Mob/ Gary Hartman

73 ( 64 ) HANDS TO HEAVEN Breathe

74 ( 75 ) BAD Michael Jackson

75 ( 53 ) THE RUMOUR Olivia Newton-John

 

 

 

Playlist oldies of the week

1 THE BEAUTIFUL ONES Prince

2 AMOUREUSE Kiki Dee

3 I’LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Bobbie Gentry

23rd October 1988

 

It's 4 weeks on top as Human League hold off Information Society from the top slot, Kim Wilde gets a second top 5 off Close and Milli Vanilli get a top 10 along with Enya's gem Orinoco Flo. Presumably Orinoco Flo was a womble of some sorts. The Four Seasons meanwhile take December '63 into the top 5 for a second time. Highest new entry is a spruced-up version of INXS's brilliant Need You Tonight, which had underperformed first time round in the UK, but which properly Kick's off album sales along with a big UK hit 2nd-time round. In at 13, peaking higher than the 17 it hit in 1987 in my charts.

 

Kylie gets a 2nd top 20 of the year, Robert Palmer says she makes his day entering in at 28, his first top 40 since I Didn't Mean To Turn You On in 1986 and a decade on from his chart debut. Kiss and 1-2-3 shoot up into the 40, as Prince rushes in at 38 with I Wish U Heaven, one of his best tracks, albeit not one of his most-remembered, love the video and the melody. Heart have Nothing Art All entering at 39, contradicting reality as it's about the 6th or 7th top 40 in a row.

 

Tanita Tikarim gets a second hit as the fably dark Twist In My Sobriety is in at 51. I still regret that it wasn't covered in the style of The Beatles Twist & Shout or Salt 'N' Pepa's version of the same. It would have made me laugh, even if no-one else would have. Jane Weidlin follows-up with Inside A Dream, Julian Cope returns with new track Charlotte Ann at 62 7 years since his teardop first exploded, Pat Benatar also returns as she instructs Don;t Walk Away, Womack & Womack's Teardrops have left them pondering Life Is Just A Ball-Game at 73: presumably they mean long periods of inactivity punctuated by occasional spurts of interest. The perfect metaphor for 2020, I say! Deacon Blue pop in with their best record, Real Gone Kid, and T'Pau start to lose steam a bit with a secret garden, looking a bit overgrown these days.

 

 

 

1 ( 1 ) LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS Human League

2 ( 2 ) WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND (PURE ENERGY) Information Society

3 ( 3 ) ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds

4 ( 18 ) DECEMBER '63 (OH WHAT A NIGHT) '88 The Four Seasons

5 ( 7 ) NEVER TRUST A STRANGER Kim Wilde

6 ( 6 ) A LITTLE RESPECT Erasure

7 ( 15 ) ORINOCO FLOW Enya

8 ( 10 ) DESIRE U2

9 ( 4 ) ANCHORAGE Michelle-Shocked

10 ( 22 ) GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE Milli Vanilli

 

11 ( 5 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys

12 ( 9 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

13 ( NEW ) NEED YOU TONIGHT (MENDOHLSON MIX) INXS

14 ( 20 ) HARVEST FOR THE WORLD The Christians

15 ( 8 ) LOVELY DAY (SUNSHINE MIX) Bill Withers

16 ( 13 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies

17 ( 12 ) TEARDROPS Womack & Womack

18 ( 33 ) JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI Kylie Minogue

19 ( 14 ) DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY Bobby McFerrin

20 ( 11 ) YOU'RE MY WORLD Nick Heyward

 

21 ( 19 ) WEE RULE Wee Papa Girl Rappers

22 ( 16 ) RIDING ON A TRAIN The Pasadenas

23 ( 23 ) FAKE ('88 REMIX) Alexander O' Neal

24 ( 25 ) I DON'T WANT YOUR LOVE Duran Duran

25 ( 17 ) DEEP AND WIDE AND TALL Aztec Camera

26 ( 21 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan

27 ( 27 ) BURN IT UP Beastmasters/ P.P. Arnold

28 ( NEW ) SHE MAKES MY DAY Robert Palmer

29 ( 38 ) LOVE TRUTH AND HONESTY Bananarama

30 ( 24 ) YE KE YE KE Mory Kante

 

31 ( 29 ) THE HARDER I TRY Brother Beyond

32 ( 30 ) ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson

33 ( 50 ) “1-2-3” Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

34 ( 34 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde

35 ( 35 ) GROOVY KIND OF LOVE Phil Collins

36 ( 26 ) FIRST BOY IN THIS TOWN (LOVESICK) Scritti Politti

37 ( NEW ) I WISH U HEAVEN Prince

38 ( NEW ) NOTHING AT ALL Heart

39 ( 39 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies

40 ( 56 ) KISS Tom Jones & The Art Of Noise

 

41 ( 55 ) ONE STEP FROM HEAVEN The Adventures

42 ( 28 ) TURN IT INTO LOVE Hazell Dean

43 ( 43 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

44 ( 36 ) SOMEWHERE DOWN THE CRAZY RIVER Robbie Robertson

45 ( 37 ) ANOTHER LOVER Giant Steps

46 ( 44 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael

47 ( 46 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

48 ( 32 ) BIG FUN Inner City/ Kevin Saunderson

49 ( 49 ) FALLEN ANGEL Robbie Robertson

50 ( 31 ) WORLD WITHOUT YOU Belinda Carlisle

 

51 ( NEW ) TWIST IN MY SOBRIETY Tanita Tikarim

52 ( 47 ) HAPPY EVER AFTER Julia Fordham

53 ( 52 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

54 ( 57 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson

55 ( NEW ) INSIDE A DREAM Jane Wiedlin

56 ( 58 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

57 ( 53 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson

58 ( 62 ) STAND UP FOR YOUR LOVE RIGHTS Yazz & The Plastic Population

59 ( 59 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

60 ( 60 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael

 

61 ( 72 ) WE CALL IT ACIEED D Mob/ Gary Hartman

62 ( NEW ) CHARLOTTE ANN Julian Cope

63 ( 45 ) SWEET CHILD O' MINE Guns 'n' Roses

64 ( 67 ) MR. LEE Diana Ross

65 ( 66 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5

66 ( 63 ) WHERE DID I GO WRONG UB40

67 ( 69 ) MY EYES DON'T CRY Stevie Wonder

68 ( 41 ) TEARS RUN RINGS Marc Almond

69 ( RE ) ONE MOMENT IN TIME Whitney Houston

70 ( NEW ) I CAN HEAR YOUR HEARTBEAT Chris Rea

 

71 ( NEW ) DON'T WALK AWAY Pat Benatar

72 ( 74 ) BAD Michael Jackson

73 ( NEW ) LIFE IS JUST A BALLGAME Womack & Womack

74 ( NEW ) REAL GONE KID Deacon Blue

75 ( NEW ) SECRET GARDEN T'Pau

 

Playlist faves of that week

1 I MET HIM ON A SUNDAY Laura Nyro

2 WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER Pet Shop Boys

3 THE BELLS Laura Nyro