pretty sure Madness continued having hits until much later, I remember a song called Lovestruck that peaked at #10 in the late 90s I think

 

I always thought that was more of a comeback a bit like they following the Olympics ceremony in 2012, albums wise anyway.

Great wee track - their most famous legacy track?

 

Anyways great to hear Madness have a NE in 1988, I assume this didn't chart officially, always thought 1986 was the last of them!

 

It peaked at 44 and then they split up, Suggs had an early/mid 90's solo career with lots of hits following a career revival with It Must Be Love charting again, but the band stayed split until 1998 (I think) as Bjork said when they had an offiicial comeback tour and album (I was there for the tour) and big hit with Lovestruck, though to be honest they'd never really dropped out of public notice with the back catalogue and Suggs' solo career. They've had plenty of chart entries right up until the end of the noughties, and albums still chart even these days, all helped by periodic TV moments like the Olympics and the Buck Pal gig, and touring. They've had a dozen chart entries in my charts with new material since Lovestruck, though it's been 3 or 4 years since the last stuff... :)

20th March 1988

 

It's a new entry as Heart finally gets a single issue, slightly remixed and with a fab Ian McKellan vampire video, giving the Pet Shop Boys a 7th chart-topper, and the 3rd off Actually. Another track that's been around a while too, from a great album too, has a sudden leap to 2 from 52 as Father Figure gets maximum appreciation belatedly for George Michael. Another Pet Shop boys song off the soon-to-come album goes top 10 for Eighth Wonder, I'm Not Scared.

 

Debbie Gibson gets an instant top 20 at 17 with Only In My Dreams returning on reissue, making it a twice top 20 track in two consecutive years, as Brenda Russell leaps into the 30 with Piano In The Dark, and The Clash take I Fought The Law back into the 30 9 years on. Sinitta shock releases a decent pop single, Cross My Broken Heart, and gets her biggest hit at 36 as she goes full SAW-pop, as opposed to cheesy novelty pop.

 

a-ha return with another melodramatic goodie, Stay On These Roads, Bros Drop The Boy and drop the quality, Jellybean's back with newie Just A Mirage, Pebbles is back with Girlfriend, Taylor Dayne has a low-key follow-up to a number one, Zodiac Mindwarp continues with some sci-fi glamrock entering, and Tiffany and Wet Wet Wet under-achieve down the bottom-end of the chart. Debuting, though, is future-massive rap track Push It from Salt 'N' Pepa, not a duo despite appearances as DJ Spinderella doesn't get mentioned in the group name. Unless she's "N".

 

1 ( NEW ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

2 ( 52 ) FATHER FIGURE George Michael

3 ( 1 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis

4 ( 2 ) BEAT DIS Bomb The Bass

5 ( 5 ) LOVE IS CONTAGIOUS Taja Seville

6 ( 11 ) I'M NOT SCARED Eighth Wonder

7 ( 3 ) I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN Roger

8 ( 4 ) DOCTORIN' THE HOUSE Coldcut/ Yazz & The Plastic Population

9 ( 12 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac

10 ( 6 ) THESE DREAMS/NEVER Heart

 

11 ( 9 ) THAT'S THE WAY IT IS Mel & Kim

12 ( 8 ) HEART OF GOLD Johnny Hates Jazz

13 ( 21 ) DON’T TURN AROUND Aswad

14 ( 14 ) CRASH The Primitives

15 ( 7 ) LOVE CHANGES (EVERYTHING) Climie Fisher

16 ( 10 ) I GET WEAK Belinda Carlisle

17 ( NEW ) ONLY IN MY DREAMS Debbie Gibson

18 ( 30 ) I KNOW YOU GOT SOUL Eric B & Rakim

19 ( 15 ) TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne

20 ( 22 ) RECKLESS Afrika Bambaata/ UB40

 

21 ( 13 ) CRAZY Icehouse

22 ( 18 ) HOW MEN ARE Aztec Camera

23 ( 20 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson

24 ( 28 ) DEVIL INSIDE INXS

25 ( 26 ) I WALK THE EARTH Voice Of The Beehive

26 ( 16 ) DOMINION Sisters Of Mercy

27 ( 19 ) SAY IT AGAIN Jermaine Stewart

28 ( 73 ) I FOUGHT THE LAW The Clash

29 ( 69 ) PIANO IN THE DARK Brenda Russell

30 ( 34 ) SHIP OF FOOLS Erasure

 

31 ( 23 ) I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY Kylie Minogue

32 ( 32 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies

33 ( 31 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

34 ( 38 ) I PRONOUNCE YOU Madness

35 ( 17 ) SUEDEHEAD Morrissey

36 ( NEW ) CROSS MY BROKEN HEART Sinitta

37 ( 40 ) TOGETHER FOREVER Rick Astley

38 ( 35 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

39 ( 36 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

40 ( 25 ) SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Was (Not Was)

 

41 ( 50 ) JUST LIKE PARADISE David Lee Roth

42 ( 27 ) TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin

43 ( 42 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys

44 ( NEW ) DREAMING Glen Goldsmith

45 ( 29 ) GIMME HOPE JO'ANNA Eddy Grant

46 ( 45 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

47 ( 47 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson

48 ( 66 ) I WANT HER Keith Sweat

49 ( 37 ) WHEN WILL I BE FAMOUS Bros

50 ( 53 ) CARS AND GIRLS Prefab Sprout

 

51 ( 24 ) MY GENERATION The Who

52 ( NEW ) STAY ON THESE ROADS a-ha

53 ( 39 ) WHEN WE WAS FAB George Harrison

54 ( 54 ) LIVE MY LIFE Boy George

55 ( 41 ) THE JACK THAT HOUSE BUILT Jack 'n' Chill

56 ( 61 ) RIDE LIKE THE WIND Saxon

57 ( 56 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers

58 ( 44 ) ROK DA HOUSE Beatmasters/ Cookie Crew

59 ( NEW ) BASS (HOW LOW CAN YOU GO) Simon Harris

60 ( 59 ) BAD Michael Jackson

 

61 ( 43 ) I DON'T MIND AT ALL Bourgeois Tag

62 ( 55 ) SHAME Eurythmics

63 ( 62 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone

64 ( 33 ) CRAZY FOR YOUR LOVE The Bee Gees

65 ( NEW ) DROP THE BOY Bros

66 ( 60 ) SIGN YOUR NAME Terence Trent D'Arby

67 ( 67 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys

68 ( NEW ) JUST A MIRAGE Jellybean/ Adele Bertei

69 ( NEW ) PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa

70 ( 70 ) HUMAN Human League

 

71 ( NEW ) GIRLFRIEND Pebbles

72 ( NEW ) PROVE YOUR LOVE Taylor Dayne

73 ( NEW ) PLANET GIRL Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction

74 ( NEW ) COULD'VE BEEN Tiffany

75 ( NEW ) TEMPTATION Wet Wet Wet

76 ( NEW ) ONE MORE CHANCE Pet Shop Boys

 

 

Playlist oldies of the week

1 DANNY’S SONG Anne Murray

2 ONE MORE CHANCE Pet Shop Boys

3 EMOTIONS Samantha Sang

great chart! and unexpected top 2! Quite like climb for Father Figure, the song peaked for me over Xmas I think

Crazy how popular PSB were that they made #1 with Heart, which was the 4th single off Actually... for me, it's ok but not on the same league as Rent for instance or the other 1987 singles

 

great newies too, loved Debbie Gibson as a kid and Only in my Dreams is a perfect little pop song

 

and there's 2 of my fav of the year among the newies... loved Pebbles-Girlfriend, should have been a #1 :) had she charted before? think this was the first I heard from her, I recall a couple of later singles but nothing from before... the other one is Push it by Salt N Pepa, amazing track

 

decent songs by Tiffany, A-ha, Taylor Dayne, Bros and even Sinitta :D

great chart! and unexpected top 2! Quite like climb for Father Figure, the song peaked for me over Xmas I think

Crazy how popular PSB were that they made #1 with Heart, which was the 4th single off Actually... for me, it's ok but not on the same league as Rent for instance or the other 1987 singles

 

great newies too, loved Debbie Gibson as a kid and Only in my Dreams is a perfect little pop song

 

and there's 2 of my fav of the year among the newies... loved Pebbles-Girlfriend, should have been a #1 :) had she charted before? think this was the first I heard from her, I recall a couple of later singles but nothing from before... the other one is Push it by Salt N Pepa, amazing track

 

decent songs by Tiffany, A-ha, Taylor Dayne, Bros and even Sinitta :D

 

Thanks Bjork, glad you like so much in the chart. The Pet Shop Boys themselves don't always do Heart on their setlists, it's more of an occasional treat for them, but I still adore it - I prefer it to Always On My Mind by quite some distance, for example, but they always have to do that one it's so popular. Sadly, I'm expecting them to postpone the concert I have booked for June :(

 

Yes, Pebbles is a debut - I thought I'd already charted it when I visitd the States in late 87, but I just checked and no I didn't! Good single I've not heard in nearly 30 years or so...! I always thought Pebbles should have done a track called Bam Bam :heehee:

It peaked at 44 and then they split up, Suggs had an early/mid 90's solo career with lots of hits following a career revival with It Must Be Love charting again, but the band stayed split until 1998 (I think) as Bjork said when they had an offiicial comeback tour and album (I was there for the tour) and big hit with Lovestruck, though to be honest they'd never really dropped out of public notice with the back catalogue and Suggs' solo career. They've had plenty of chart entries right up until the end of the noughties, and albums still chart even these days, all helped by periodic TV moments like the Olympics and the Buck Pal gig, and touring. They've had a dozen chart entries in my charts with new material since Lovestruck, though it's been 3 or 4 years since the last stuff... :)

 

Thanks Pop, love a quick overview of classic pop bands, so many instant classics in their early days.

 

Your chart symbolises how the quality in the chart was increasing after a dire 1986/87 period imo.

27th March 1988

 

It's 2 weeks on top for Heart as Pet Shop Boys stop George getting another chart-topper with Father Figure. Highest new entry, as per usual for the Beatles 20th anniversary reissues, is the Fabs Lady Madonna at 6 - never one of my fave Beatles singles, you'd have to go back to Paperback Writer to find one I loved less, but then again a lesser-Beatles track is still top quality. Aswad finally get that deserved top 10, with Don't Turn Around, a-ha rocket into the 20 with the fab Stay On These Roads, and The Clash peak higher 2nd time around with I Fought The Law - I still prefer the Bobby Fuller Four original though.

 

After a lesser hit, the Nanas are back on form with I Want You Back at 35, Simon Harris has a big ol Bass climb into the 40, how high can he go? Quo ain't complainin' that 20 years on from Pictures Of Matchstick Men they still make my top 40, The Adventures bring their epic ballad Broken Land in at 62 - their best record - and errr Engelbert Humperdinck returns to my chart for the first time in oooh 16 years with a cover of the Glenn Medeiros cover of the George Benson original. I must have been getting nostalgic for the old crooners.

 

Natalie Cole is back with her soon-to-be biggest hit 13 years after debuting with This Will Be - Pink cadillac was a Bruce Springsteen song, which is always a good sign for a new track. Nina Simone is also back 20 years on with a 20-year-pld song, Mr Bojangles being a Jerry Jeff Walker 1968 future standard which became a hit for the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in the US, and the signature song of Sammy Davis Jr, and a future Robbie Williams crooning goodie. Finally, Iron Maiden ask, Can I Play With Madness? Well, Madness are at 29 so it wasn't out of the question - sadly it never happened, though, I would have enjoyed seeing them do Baggy Trousers....

 

 

1 ( 1 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

2 ( 2 ) FATHER FIGURE George Michael

3 ( 3 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis

4 ( 9 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac

5 ( 6 ) I'M NOT SCARED Eighth Wonder

6 ( NEW ) LADY MADONNA The Beatles

7 ( 7 ) I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN Roger

8 ( 13 ) DON’T TURN AROUND Aswad

9 ( 4 ) BEAT DIS Bomb The Bass

10 ( 10 ) THESE DREAMS/NEVER Heart

 

11 ( 5 ) LOVE IS CONTAGIOUS Taja Seville

12 ( 11 ) THAT'S THE WAY IT IS Mel & Kim

13 ( 17 ) ONLY IN MY DREAMS Debbie Gibson

14 ( 52 ) STAY ON THESE ROADS a-ha

15 ( 8 ) DOCTORIN' THE HOUSE Coldcut/ Yazz & The Plastic Population

16 ( 15 ) LOVE CHANGES (EVERYTHING) Climie Fisher

17 ( 29 ) PIANO IN THE DARK Brenda Russell

18 ( 12 ) HEART OF GOLD Johnny Hates Jazz

19 ( 16 ) I GET WEAK Belinda Carlisle

20 ( 28 ) I FOUGHT THE LAW The Clash

 

21 ( 18 ) I KNOW YOU GOT SOUL Eric B & Rakim

22 ( 20 ) RECKLESS Afrika Bambaata/ UB40

23 ( 44 ) DREAMING Glen Goldsmith

24 ( 24 ) DEVIL INSIDE INXS

25 ( 30 ) SHIP OF FOOLS Erasure

26 ( 19 ) TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne

27 ( 36 ) CROSS MY BROKEN HEART Sinitta

28 ( 23 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson

29 ( 34 ) I PRONOUNCE YOU Madness

30 ( 14 ) CRASH The Primitives

 

31 ( 21 ) CRAZY Icehouse

32 ( 32 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies

33 ( 22 ) HOW MEN ARE Aztec Camera

34 ( 33 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

35 ( NEW ) I WANT YOU BACK Bananarama

36 ( 37 ) TOGETHER FOREVER Rick Astley

37 ( 27 ) SAY IT AGAIN Jermaine Stewart

38 ( 59 ) BASS (HOW LOW CAN YOU GO) Simon Harris

39 ( NEW ) AIN'T COMPLAININ' Status Quo

40 ( 48 ) I WANT HER Keith Sweat

 

41 ( 38 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

42 ( 39 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

43 ( 43 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys

44 ( 50 ) CARS AND GIRLS Prefab Sprout

45 ( 31 ) I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY Kylie Minogue

46 ( 46 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

47 ( 25 ) I WALK THE EARTH Voice Of The Beehive

48 ( 47 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson

49 ( 75 ) TEMPTATION Wet Wet Wet

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

 

51 ( 65 ) DROP THE BOY Bros

52 ( 71 ) GIRLFRIEND Pebbles

53 ( 72 ) PROVE YOUR LOVE Taylor Dayne

54 ( 42 ) TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin

55 ( 68 ) JUST A MIRAGE Jellybean/ Adele Bertei

56 ( 26 ) DOMINION Sisters Of Mercy

57 ( 57 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers

58 ( 35 ) SUEDEHEAD Morrissey

59 ( 74 ) COULD'VE BEEN Tiffany

60 ( 60 ) BAD Michael Jackson

 

61 ( 49 ) WHEN WILL I BE FAMOUS Bros

62 ( NEW ) BROKEN LAND The Adventures

63 ( 63 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone

64 ( 62 ) SHAME Eurythmics

65 ( NEW ) GENE AND JIM ARE INTO SHAKES Gene and Jim

66 ( NEW ) NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE MY LOVE FOR YOU Engelbert Humperdinck

67 ( 67 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys

68 ( 41 ) JUST LIKE PARADISE David Lee Roth

69 ( 69 ) PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa

70 ( 55 ) THE JACK THAT HOUSE BUILT Jack 'n' Chill

 

71 ( 70 ) HUMAN Human League

72 ( NEW ) PINK CADILLAC Natalie Cole

73 ( 58 ) ROK DA HOUSE Beatmasters/ Cookie Crew

74 ( NEW ) MR BOJANGLES Nina Simone

75 ( NEW ) CAN I PLAY WITH MADNESS Iron Maiden

 

 

 

Playlist faves of that week

1 ISLAND GIRL Elton John

2 DANCING IN THE CITY Marshall-Hain

3 MORE THAN A FEELING Boston

Bananarama's I want you back was great, a return to form after the disappointing I Can't help it

my fav of the newies was Adventures-Broken land, such a great little song... just checked wiki, and it says its the most-played song on BBC Radio 1 in 1988!!

is this true?

Yeh the Adventurers track was brillant, love hearing classics like this and finding out about a band I had never heard of.

Bananarama's I want you back was great, a return to form after the disappointing I Can't help it

my fav of the newies was Adventures-Broken land, such a great little song... just checked wiki, and it says its the most-played song on BBC Radio 1 in 1988!!

is this true?

 

 

Ooh not sure if it was the most-played track of 1988 but I can sort of believe it - it was around a while and had a slow climb without hitting higher than 20, so it wasn't over-exposed :)

Yeh the Adventurers track was brillant, love hearing classics like this and finding out about a band I had never heard of.

 

goodo, I do love sharing my love of music :)

3rd April 1988

 

It's 3 weeks on top for Pet Shop Boys' Heart - keeping their own I'm Not Scared off the top, peaking now at 2 for Eighth Wonder, with new top 10 climbs for a-ha, Debbie Gibson and Brenda Russell. Top 40 climbs for Wet Wet Wet (their biggest since Wishing I was Lucky), Pebbles, Jellybean's 4th, The Adventures, and two new entries, Paul Hardcastle returning with a cover of Junior Walker's fabulous Walk In The Night at 38, and Eurythmics following-up the sublime Shame with the more-perfunctory I Need A Man at 40 ( a much bigger hit for them in the UK charts - go figure!).

 

Neal Hefti brings the 22-year-old TV theme into the charts for the first time (though it would have charted in 1967 for me had I been charting as a kiddie), probably during one of the regular TV-repeat-runs of the show, in at 49. Jermaine Stewart is beside himself as he gets lucky at 54, and Wally Jump Jnr follows-up at 59. Danny Wilson return with the yet-to-hit Mary's Prayer, which had charted for me in 1987, Cher insists We All Sleep Alone at 66 - I'll let you know in 4 years if that's true - and Smokey Robinson extends his chart run to a sweet 19 years, Cher to 17 years. Robert Palmer pops in briefly with Sweet Lies, and Hazell Dean is back 4 years after a couple of biggie SAW hits - with another SAW hit. I saw her in a gay bar performance back in the early 00's, back when local bars & clubs were an actual thing before topping-up booze at home, internet phones, Grindr and other factors combined to kill them off.

 

 

1 ( 1 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

2 ( 5 ) I'M NOT SCARED Eighth Wonder

3 ( 4 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac

4 ( 3 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis

5 ( 2 ) FATHER FIGURE George Michael

6 ( 6 ) LADY MADONNA The Beatles

7 ( 8 ) DON’T TURN AROUND Aswad

8 ( 14 ) STAY ON THESE ROADS a-ha

9 ( 13 ) ONLY IN MY DREAMS Debbie Gibson

10 ( 17 ) PIANO IN THE DARK Brenda Russell

 

11 ( 10 ) THESE DREAMS/NEVER Heart

12 ( 16 ) LOVE CHANGES (EVERYTHING) Climie Fisher

13 ( 7 ) I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN Roger

14 ( 23 ) DREAMING Glen Goldsmith

15 ( 27 ) CROSS MY BROKEN HEART Sinitta

16 ( 9 ) BEAT DIS Bomb The Bass

17 ( 12 ) THAT'S THE WAY IT IS Mel & Kim

18 ( 11 ) LOVE IS CONTAGIOUS Taja Seville

19 ( 15 ) DOCTORIN' THE HOUSE Coldcut/ Yazz & The Plastic Population

20 ( 20 ) I FOUGHT THE LAW The Clash

 

21 ( 19 ) I GET WEAK Belinda Carlisle

22 ( 22 ) RECKLESS Afrika Bambaata/ UB40

23 ( 18 ) HEART OF GOLD Johnny Hates Jazz

24 ( 35 ) I WANT YOU BACK Bananarama

25 ( 40 ) I WANT HER Keith Sweat

26 ( 49 ) TEMPTATION Wet Wet Wet

27 ( 52 ) GIRLFRIEND Pebbles

28 ( 39 ) AIN'T COMPLAININ' Status Quo

29 ( 26 ) TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne

30 ( 28 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson

 

31 ( 55 ) JUST A MIRAGE Jellybean/ Adele Bertei

32 ( 32 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies

33 ( 24 ) DEVIL INSIDE INXS

34 ( 38 ) BASS (HOW LOW CAN YOU GO) Simon Harris

35 ( 21 ) I KNOW YOU GOT SOUL Eric B & Rakim

36 ( 62 ) BROKEN LAND The Adventures

37 ( 34 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

38 ( NEW ) WALK IN THE NIGHT Paul Hardcastle

39 ( 31 ) CRAZY Icehouse

40 ( NEW ) I NEED A MAN Eurythmics

 

41 ( 41 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

42 ( 42 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

43 ( 43 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys

44 ( 72 ) PINK CADILLAC Natalie Cole

45 ( 30 ) CRASH The Primitives

46 ( 33 ) HOW MEN ARE Aztec Camera

47 ( 46 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

48 ( 51 ) DROP THE BOY Bros

49 ( NEW ) BATMAN THEME Neil Hefti

50 ( 48 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson

 

51 ( 53 ) PROVE YOUR LOVE Taylor Dayne

52 ( 25 ) SHIP OF FOOLS Erasure

53 ( 29 ) I PRONOUNCE YOU Madness

54 ( NEW ) GET LUCKY Jermaine Stewart

55 ( 37 ) SAY IT AGAIN Jermaine Stewart

56 ( 59 ) COULD'VE BEEN Tiffany

57 ( 57 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers

58 ( 36 ) TOGETHER FOREVER Rick Astley

59 ( NEW ) PRIVATE PARTY Wally Jump Jnr

60 ( 60 ) BAD Michael Jackson

 

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

62 ( 54 ) TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin

63 ( 63 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone

64 ( 64 ) SHAME Eurythmics

65 ( NEW ) MARY’S PRAYER Danny Wilson

66 ( NEW ) WE ALL SLEEP ALONE Cher

67 ( 44 ) CARS AND GIRLS Prefab Sprout

68 ( 67 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys

69 ( 69 ) PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa

70 ( NEW ) LOVE DON’T GIVE A REASON Smokey Robinson

 

71 ( 71 ) HUMAN Human League

72 ( 45 ) I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY Kylie Minogue

73 ( 61 ) WHEN WILL I BE FAMOUS Bros

74 ( NEW ) SWEET LIES Robert Palmer

75 ( NEW ) WHO’S LEAVING WHO Hazell Dean

 

3rd Apr

PLAYIST OLDIES

 

1 DIGGING YOUR SCENE Blow Monkeys

2 IF IT WASN’T FOR THE NIGHTS Abba

3 DON’T LET IT FADE AWAY Darts

so #1 & 2 for PSB then :) Might prefer Im not Scared :) good climbs for Debbie Gibson and Pebbles!!

 

from the newies I really liked the Cher single,

also Sweet Lies, probably my fav Robert Palmer song, I always preferred his slow tracks

I love the new Eurythmics track and 'Shame' also, thanks for introducing me to the later!

loved Shame but not a fan of I Need a Man, too bold and shouty, I much prefer their ballads and slow tempos

so #1 & 2 for PSB then :) Might prefer Im not Scared :) good climbs for Debbie Gibson and Pebbles!!

 

from the newies I really liked the Cher single,

also Sweet Lies, probably my fav Robert Palmer song, I always preferred his slow tracks

 

The PSB's do a great version on their next album of I'm Not Scared - sadly not allowed in my charts of the time as it wasnt a single, doh! Sweet Lies is one I'd forgotten!

 

:)

I love the new Eurythmics track and 'Shame' also, thanks for introducing me to the later!

 

Ooh my pleasure, I love it when someone likes something I love, it's a kind of sharing the enthusiasm which is addictive :yahoo:

10th April 1988

 

It's 4 weeks on top for Heart as the Eighth Wonder threat subsides, though more than likely One More Chance would have been pushing it hard had I allowed album tracks in the chart - topping my non-current-single playlist that week I've slipped it in again as a number 76 - as I can't say for sure where in the chart it would have charted, it has to settle for 76. Fleetwood Mac finally get up to 2 and is one of 3 tracks threatening, as Louis Armstrong's gorgeously heart-warming What A Wonderful World is re-issued 20 years on, entering at 3. I hadn't started charting in early 1968, but it probably would have topped my chart as I loved it as a kid. In at 4, it's an instant high new entry for a Giorgio Moroder girl band project, When The Love Is Good is utterly fab. They had an album, 3 singles, a tour, lead singer Bobbi Eakes (a former Miss Georgia) had a powerful voice and this song was one of Moroder's best - and it stiffed, the band didn't catch on. I suspect it's down to the sudden change in musical climate in 1988.

 

Jermaine Stewart has a big climb, into the 20 for the 3rd time, and George Michael pulls another Faith album track out as a single, the sublime gospel-ish One More Try, in at 22, as Cher leaps into the 30. Natalie Cole, Tiffany and Taylor Dayne all bring some female vocal action to the 40, and among the 14 new entries are DJ's Pat & Mick killing, oops I mean covering, 1978 Michael Zager Band hit Let's All Chant, Jesus & Mary Chain sidewalking, presumably like crabs, and the brilliant Israeli dance vibe of I'm Nin Alu from Ofra Haza. Even more significant is the debut from S-Express, sampling the achingly brilliant Rose Royce riff from 1979's Is It Love You're After, and creating an even more brilliant very different cut 'n' paste dance smash, Theme From S-Express with that all-important hyphen.

 

The Christians' 4-year-run of great singles continues with Born Again, Born Again Christians, arf, the Christian Brothers must have been having a Scouse laugh at that one, Expose get another Miami-dance-vibe charter, T'Pau do a live single, S-Ex Talk, oh hang on, not Essex Talk, there's no hyphen, and Aerosmith keep the revival strong with Angel. That leaves Lloyd Cole entering with From The Hip as I was about to see him live at Poole Arts Centre with his Commotions - more next week - and Def Leppard Armageddin' It, a bad pun to be proud of.

 

1 ( 1 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

2 ( 3 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac

3 ( NEW ) WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD Louis Armstrong

4 ( NEW ) WHEN THE LOVE IS GOOD Big Trouble

5 ( 2 ) I'M NOT SCARED Eighth Wonder

6 ( 10 ) PIANO IN THE DARK Brenda Russell

7 ( 8 ) STAY ON THESE ROADS a-ha

8 ( 7 ) DON’T TURN AROUND Aswad

9 ( 4 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis

10 ( 14 ) DREAMING Glen Goldsmith

 

11 ( 9 ) ONLY IN MY DREAMS Debbie Gibson

12 ( 5 ) FATHER FIGURE George Michael

13 ( 11 ) THESE DREAMS/NEVER Heart

14 ( 6 ) LADY MADONNA The Beatles

15 ( 15 ) CROSS MY BROKEN HEART Sinitta

16 ( 27 ) GIRLFRIEND Pebbles

17 ( 12 ) LOVE CHANGES (EVERYTHING) Climie Fisher

18 ( 24 ) I WANT YOU BACK Bananarama

19 ( 54 ) GET LUCKY Jermaine Stewart

20 ( 40 ) I NEED A MAN Eurythmics

 

21 ( 13 ) I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN Roger

22 ( NEW ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael

23 ( 36 ) BROKEN LAND The Adventures

24 ( 17 ) THAT'S THE WAY IT IS Mel & Kim

25 ( 26 ) TEMPTATION Wet Wet Wet

26 ( 16 ) BEAT DIS Bomb The Bass

27 ( 19 ) DOCTORIN' THE HOUSE Coldcut/ Yazz & The Plastic Population

28 ( 28 ) AIN'T COMPLAININ' Status Quo

29 ( 66 ) WE ALL SLEEP ALONE Cher

30 ( 18 ) LOVE IS CONTAGIOUS Taja Seville

 

31 ( 31 ) JUST A MIRAGE Jellybean/ Adele Bertei

32 ( 44 ) PINK CADILLAC Natalie Cole

33 ( 32 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies

34 ( 21 ) I GET WEAK Belinda Carlisle

35 ( 23 ) HEART OF GOLD Johnny Hates Jazz

36 ( 56 ) COULD'VE BEEN Tiffany

37 ( 30 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson

38 ( 37 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

39 ( 51 ) PROVE YOUR LOVE Taylor Dayne

40 ( 29 ) TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne

 

41 ( 65 ) MARY’S PRAYER Danny Wilson

42 ( 20 ) I FOUGHT THE LAW The Clash

43 ( 42 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

44 ( 41 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

45 ( 49 ) BATMAN THEME Neil Hefti

46 ( 69 ) PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa

47 ( 43 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys

48 ( 75 ) WHO’S LEAVING WHO Hazell Dean

49 ( NEW ) LET'S ALL CHANT Pat and Mick

50 ( 47 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

 

51 ( 22 ) RECKLESS Afrika Bambaata/ UB40

52 ( NEW ) SIDEWALKING Jesus And Mary Chain

53 ( 50 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson

54 ( 25 ) I WANT HER Keith Sweat

55 ( NEW ) I'M NIN ALU Ofra Haza

56 ( 39 ) CRAZY Icehouse

57 ( NEW ) THEME FROM S-EXPRESS S-Express

58 ( 57 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers

59 ( 38 ) WALK IN THE NIGHT Paul Hardcastle

60 ( NEW ) BORN AGAIN The Christians

 

61 ( 35 ) I KNOW YOU GOT SOUL Eric B & Rakim

62 ( 60 ) BAD Michael Jackson

63 ( 33 ) DEVIL INSIDE INXS

64 ( 63 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone

65 ( 64 ) SHAME Eurythmics

66 ( 59 ) PRIVATE PARTY Wally Jump Jnr

67 ( NEW ) SEASONS CHANGE Expose

68 ( 34 ) BASS (HOW LOW CAN YOU GO) Simon Harris

69 ( 68 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys

70 ( NEW ) SEX TALK (LIVE) T'Pau

 

71 ( NEW ) TELL THAT GIRL TO SHUT UP Transvision Vamp

72 ( 55 ) SAY IT AGAIN Jermaine Stewart

73 ( NEW ) ANGEL Aerosmith

74 ( NEW ) FROM THE HIP Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

75 ( NEW ) ARMAGEDDIN' IT Def Leppard

76 ( RE ) ONE MORE CHANCE Pet Shop Boys

 

 

Playlist oldies and album tracks of that week

1 ONE MORE CHANCE Pet Shop Boys

2 SOMEBODY WANTS TO LOVE YOU The Partridge Family

3 HERE I GO AGAIN Archie Bell & The Drells

4 DANNY’S SONG Anne Murray

lots of nice newies, very eclectic bunch

my favourite is Transvision Vamp's first single... I was totally obsessed with Wendy James for a while, they were one of my fav bands, they were great, but they made 2 amazing albums and disappeared as quick as they have arrived.

also liked One More Try, easily the best track from Faith. The Ofra Haza song was genious, and nice to see another non-English song in the charts. The Christians, S'Express, T'Pau, The Jesus & Mary Chain, all good singles. I even like the Expose song even if it was a bit too sappy.

The T'Pau song was good but I reckon they chose the wrong single, I would have picked the title track, Bridge of Spies, similar but much better.

lots of nice newies, very eclectic bunch

my favourite is Transvision Vamp's first single... I was totally obsessed with Wendy James for a while, they were one of my fav bands, they were great, but they made 2 amazing albums and disappeared as quick as they have arrived.

also liked One More Try, easily the best track from Faith. The Ofra Haza song was genious, and nice to see another non-English song in the charts. The Christians, S'Express, T'Pau, The Jesus & Mary Chain, all good singles. I even like the Expose song even if it was a bit too sappy.

The T'Pau song was good but I reckon they chose the wrong single, I would have picked the title track, Bridge of Spies, similar but much better.

Thanks Bjork, Transvision vamp had 2 great singles but never quite managed the switch to a run of big singles which was a shame. Ofra Haza I also loved it being non-English, I always like hearing foreign-language songs (though some languages sound better than others :D )

B-)