we may be moving these to the personal chart files as part of the revamp, but as I can't work out how to shift them, for the mo I'll Carry On Regardless (ooo no missus)

 

17th April 1988

 

It's 5 weeks on top for Pet Shop Boys, this week Heart sees off a threat from highest new entry I Want You Back, 2nd-time around for the 1969 Jackson 5 debut classic, albeit largely due to the inferior remix version, and also sees off high new entries from last week in Big Trouble and Louis Armstrong. George Michael gets a 3rd top 10 off Faith as One More Try climbs to 6, and Theme From S'Express rockets 50 spots to 7, one of them will top the chart next week, place your bets now....

 

Bananarama make it 3 out of 4 singles top 10's with the not-a-Jackson-5-cover song, and The Adventures just miss out. Natalie Cole finally gets a top 20 track after 13 years of trying, The Kane Gang cover Don't Look Any Further, the Dennis Edwards & Siedah Garrett oldie, in at 27, and The Christians keep the top 40's regular for the 4th year. Lloyd Cole shoots into the 40 with From The Hip as I go to see him live in concert - I think it was my very first-ever gig on my own with no-mates along. Johnny-No-Mates as I was that night. Having survived the night, it was the start of zillions more, including both Pet Shop Boys and Katy Perry in Barcelona. It's either that or never go to acts I really want to see just cos friends have no taste for great music.

 

John Cougar checks it out, new, Godley & Creme are pushing a decade with 10,000 angels, or 16 years with 10CC included. 10's whichever you look at it then. Sade is also Class of 1984 returning, Aussie band Midnight Oil pop in with burning beds a year or so ahead of having a hit with it, and Roachford debuts with Family Man, while All About Eve add to their list.

 

 

 

1 ( 1 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

2 ( NEW ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5

3 ( 2 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac

4 ( 4 ) WHEN THE LOVE IS GOOD Big Trouble

5 ( 3 ) WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD Louis Armstrong

6 ( 22 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael

7 ( 57 ) THEME FROM S-EXPRESS S-Express

8 ( 6 ) PIANO IN THE DARK Brenda Russell

9 ( 18 ) I WANT YOU BACK Bananarama

10 ( 10 ) DREAMING Glen Goldsmith

 

11 ( 5 ) I'M NOT SCARED Eighth Wonder

12 ( 23 ) BROKEN LAND The Adventures

13 ( 16 ) GIRLFRIEND Pebbles

14 ( 7 ) STAY ON THESE ROADS a-ha

15 ( 9 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis

16 ( 20 ) I NEED A MAN Eurythmics

17 ( 19 ) GET LUCKY Jermaine Stewart

18 ( 17 ) LOVE CHANGES (EVERYTHING) Climie Fisher

19 ( 32 ) PINK CADILLAC Natalie Cole

20 ( 13 ) THESE DREAMS/NEVER Heart

 

21 ( 8 ) DON’T TURN AROUND Aswad

22 ( 12 ) FATHER FIGURE George Michael

23 ( 14 ) LADY MADONNA The Beatles

24 ( 39 ) PROVE YOUR LOVE Taylor Dayne

25 ( 29 ) WE ALL SLEEP ALONE Cher

26 ( 31 ) JUST A MIRAGE Jellybean/ Adele Bertei

27 ( NEW ) DON'T LOOK ANY FURTHER The Kane Gang

28 ( 11 ) ONLY IN MY DREAMS Debbie Gibson

29 ( 49 ) LET'S ALL CHANT Pat and Mick

30 ( 41 ) MARY’S PRAYER Danny Wilson

 

31 ( 48 ) WHO’S LEAVING WHO Hazell Dean

32 ( 60 ) BORN AGAIN The Christians

33 ( 36 ) COULD'VE BEEN Tiffany

34 ( 33 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies

35 ( 24 ) THAT'S THE WAY IT IS Mel & Kim

36 ( 21 ) I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN Roger

37 ( 74 ) FROM THE HIP Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

38 ( 37 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson

39 ( 45 ) BATMAN THEME Neil Hefti

40 ( 38 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

 

41 ( 46 ) PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa

42 ( 27 ) DOCTORIN' THE HOUSE Coldcut/ Yazz & The Plastic Population

43 ( 26 ) BEAT DIS Bomb The Bass

44 ( 55 ) I'M NIN ALU Ofra Haza

45 ( 40 ) TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne

46 ( 43 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

47 ( 44 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

48 ( 15 ) CROSS MY BROKEN HEART Sinitta

49 ( NEW ) CHECK IT OUT John Cougar Mellencamp

50 ( 30 ) LOVE IS CONTAGIOUS Taja Seville

 

51 ( 50 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

52 ( 52 ) SIDEWALKING Jesus And Mary Chain

53 ( 47 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys

54 ( NEW ) 10,000 ANGELS Godley And Creme

55 ( 34 ) I GET WEAK Belinda Carlisle

56 ( 53 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson

57 ( 35 ) HEART OF GOLD Johnny Hates Jazz

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

59 ( 75 ) ARMAGEDDIN' IT Def Leppard

60 ( 73 ) ANGEL Aerosmith

 

61 ( 28 ) AIN'T COMPLAININ' Status Quo

62 ( 25 ) TEMPTATION Wet Wet Wet

63 ( 70 ) SEX TALK (LIVE) T'Pau

64 ( 62 ) BAD Michael Jackson

65 ( 64 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone

66 ( 71 ) TELL THAT GIRL TO SHUT UP Transvision Vamp

67 ( NEW ) LOVE IS STRONGER THAN PRIDE Sade

68 ( 65 ) SHAME Eurythmics

69 ( NEW ) NITE AND DAY Al B. Sure

70 ( 67 ) SEASONS CHANGE Expose

 

71 ( NEW ) BEDS ARE BURNING Midnight Oil

72 ( 69 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys

73 ( NEW ) FAMILY MAN Roachford

74 ( NEW ) EVERY ANGEL All About Eve

75 ( NEW ) THE COLOURS Men They Couldn't Hang

 

 

 

Playlist oldies of the week Lloyd Cole & The Commotions Live at Poole Arts Centre

1 MY BAG

2 ARE YOU READY TO BE HEARTBROKEN

3 RATTLESNAKES

IT'S GONE!!!!!!!!! :cheer:

I'm so sad 'Human' is gone, the end of an era!!

 

Always wondered where Godley & Creme went after their fantastic early 80s totp appearances *checks this out*!

 

Great to see PSBs get another well deserved week on top.

IT'S GONE!!!!!!!!! :cheer:

 

The relief is overwhelming! :lol:

I'm so sad 'Human' is gone, the end of an era!!

 

Always wondered where Godley & Creme went after their fantastic early 80s totp appearances *checks this out*!

 

Great to see PSBs get another well deserved week on top.

 

Thanks Steve :) Human League will return shortly with another biggie :lol:

 

Kevin Godley still gets involved in Graham Gouldman's career from time to time, but if I had a list of bands I would most like to see get together again it would be 1) Abba (still waiting for the new material) 2) 10CC original line-up. Just for a couple of tracks would be enough, I wouldnt want to take away the livelihoods of later band members some of who've been around for over 40 years in favour of those who had 5 years!

I'm looking forward to the new Human League stuff as they commercially went awol until the 1990s

24th April 1988

 

It's a new number one as S-Express climb from 7 with the old Rose Royce classic Is It Love You're After as the backbone to an exciting new creation which worked beautifully. Still fab. The Adventures finally go top 10 with the wonderful Broken Land, and Ofra Haza rockets to 7 with I'm Nin Alu as Pebbles gets her only top 10 - unless you count The 52's Meet The Flintstones - and Natalie Cole at long last gets a top 10 13 years after starting her chart career, and does it with a Springsteen song - Natalie beat Bruce into the 1975 charts by mere weeks.

 

Danny Wilson get much higher than first time round as Mary's Prayer is up at 12, Hazell Dean gets a 2nd top 20 4 years late, Cher adds to her long list of top 20's, and Godley & Creme rocket up with 10,000 Angels, making it 16 years'-worth including 10CC. Highest new entry is New Order, back with a remix of Blue Monday at 37, 5 years on from first-time round, Swimming With Sharks debut with Careless Love, and singer Inga would go on to top my chart in 2 years time.

 

Fairground Attraction debut with future UK chart-topper Perfect, Will Downing with A Love Supreme, Billy Ocean makes it another entry 14 years since he was aka Scorched Earth, this time Calypso Crazy, and Prince returns with a forthcoming new album and the fab single Alphabet Street. 50's rock 'n' roll classic Something Else is a hit all over again thanks to a TV commercial, having already charted for The Sex Pistols cover in 1979, but now it's the original Eddie Cochran version 29 years old - not the oldest track to make my chart at the time, but well up there. Narada has dropped his Michael Walden, Aztec Camera resurge 5 years on from Oblivious thanks to the fab Somewhere In My Heart, Belinda Carlisle's on a great hit streak as her best-yet Circle In The Sand pops quietly in, James Brown extends his hits run, and Deacon Blue add to theirs too.

 

 

1 ( 7 ) THEME FROM S-EXPRESS S-Express

2 ( 2 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5

3 ( 6 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael

4 ( 1 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

5 ( 3 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac

6 ( 12 ) BROKEN LAND The Adventures

7 ( 45 ) I'M NIN ALU Ofra Haza

8 ( 9 ) I WANT YOU BACK Bananarama

9 ( 13 ) GIRLFRIEND Pebbles

10 ( 19 ) PINK CADILLAC Natalie Cole

 

11 ( 4 ) WHEN THE LOVE IS GOOD Big Trouble

12 ( 30 ) MARY’S PRAYER Danny Wilson

13 ( 5 ) WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD Louis Armstrong

14 ( 8 ) PIANO IN THE DARK Brenda Russell

15 ( 31 ) WHO’S LEAVING WHO Hazell Dean

16 ( 17 ) GET LUCKY Jermaine Stewart

17 ( 25 ) WE ALL SLEEP ALONE Cher

18 ( 10 ) DREAMING Glen Goldsmith

19 ( 54 ) 10,000 ANGELS Godley And Creme

20 ( 24 ) PROVE YOUR LOVE Taylor Dayne

 

21 ( 15 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis

22 ( 11 ) I'M NOT SCARED Eighth Wonder

23 ( 29 ) LET'S ALL CHANT Pat and Mick

24 ( 18 ) LOVE CHANGES (EVERYTHING) Climie Fisher

25 ( 14 ) STAY ON THESE ROADS a-ha

26 ( 33 ) COULD'VE BEEN Tiffany

27 ( 27 ) DON'T LOOK ANY FURTHER The Kane Gang

28 ( 20 ) THESE DREAMS/NEVER Heart

29 ( 16 ) I NEED A MAN Eurythmics

30 ( 37 ) FROM THE HIP Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

 

31 ( 69 ) NITE AND DAY Al B. Sure

32 ( 32 ) BORN AGAIN The Christians

33 ( 23 ) LADY MADONNA The Beatles

34 ( 26 ) JUST A MIRAGE Jellybean/ Adele Bertei

35 ( 34 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies

36 ( 59 ) ARMAGEDDIN' IT Def Leppard

37 ( NEW ) BLUE MONDAY (REMIX) New Order

38 ( NEW ) CARELESS LOVE Swimming With Sharks

39 ( 74 ) EVERY ANGEL All About Eve

40 ( 21 ) DON’T TURN AROUND Aswad

 

41 ( 40 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

42 ( 38 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson

43 ( 60 ) ANGEL Aerosmith

44 ( 71 ) BEDS ARE BURNING Midnight Oil

45 ( 47 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

46 ( NEW ) PERFECT Fairground Attraction

47 ( 35 ) THAT'S THE WAY IT IS Mel & Kim

48 ( 22 ) FATHER FIGURE George Michael

49 ( 75 ) THE COLOURS Men They Couldn't Hang

50 ( 47 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

 

51 ( 51 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

52 ( NEW ) A LOVE SUPREME Will Downing

53 ( NEW ) CALYPSO CRAZY Billy Ocean

54 ( NEW ) ALPHABET STREET Prince

55 ( 73 ) FAMILY MAN Roachford

56 ( NEW ) SOMETHIN' ELSE Eddie Cochran

57 ( 56 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson

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

59 ( 28 ) ONLY IN MY DREAMS Debbie Gibson

60 ( NEW ) WHEN WILL YOU MAKE MY TELEPHONE RING Deacon Blue

 

61 ( 46 ) TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne

62 ( 53 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys

63 ( NEW ) CHANGES Alan Price

64 ( NEW ) KING OF ROCK 'N' ROLL Prefab Sprout

65 ( 65 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone

66 ( 64 ) BAD Michael Jackson

67 ( 43 ) BEAT DIS Bomb The Bass

68 ( 42 ) DOCTORIN' THE HOUSE Coldcut/ Yazz & The Plastic Population

69 ( NEW ) DIVINE EMOTIONS Narada

70 ( NEW ) SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART Aztec Camera

 

71 ( NEW ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle

72 ( 36 ) I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN Roger

73 ( NEW ) I STILL LOVE YA Judy Cheeks

74 ( NEW ) PAYBACK MIX James Brown

75 ( NEW ) IS THIS THE LIFE The Cardiacs

 

Playlist faves of that week

1 YEAR OF THE CAT Al Stewart

2 LONELY DAYS LONELY NIGHTS Don Downing

3 THE LAST TIME Agnetha Faltskog

great climbs for Adventures, Ofra Haza and Pebbles, all big favourites

 

also lots of great newies, Fairground Attraction, Circle in the Sand,

Aztec Camera, Prefab Sprout...

 

funnily I also loved Swimming with Sharks, but guess we were the only 2 fans, as the song did nothing on the charts

just had a listen to the Swimming with sharks song now

 

great climbs for Adventures, Ofra Haza and Pebbles, all big favourites

 

also lots of great newies, Fairground Attraction, Circle in the Sand,

Aztec Camera, Prefab Sprout...

 

funnily I also loved Swimming with Sharks, but guess we were the only 2 fans, as the song did nothing on the charts

 

Hi Bjork, yes quite a busy week this chart! Suedehead2 is also a fan as he entered Swimming With Sharks into Buzzjack Song Contest not long ago, and I previously entered SWS's Inga's 1990 Riding Into Blue - and it made the final which pleased me no end :cheer:

1st May 1988

 

It's 2 weeks on top for S-Express as Ofra Haza nearly topples them with I'm Nin Alu at 2, Hazell Dean gets a second top 10, and Danny Wilson finally go top 10 after first charting in 1987 with Mary's Prayer. Blue Monday is remixed back into the 20 for about the 3rd time for New Order, Belinda Carlisle rockets in for her 3rd top as Circle In The Sand rises 71 to 16, Faurground Attraction climb into the 40 with Perfect, and Aztec Camera add to their snaps of singles doing the same, with a mighty bound on Somewhere In My Heart.

 

Narada Michael Walden gets his 3rd top 40, and highest new entry is from Joyce Sims, in with Walk Away at 48, followed by The Housemartins not doing a cover of Bacharach/David's Always Something There To Remind Me at 56 (just nicking the title). Gloria Estefan is back with Can't Stay Away From You, by now more or less a solo act doing her husbands' material as he phases out Miami Sound Machine to greater success. Second-time lucky for the song it will be, though. Heart are back with another old track, What About Love, Was Not Was are back with a remix of the fab non-hit Out Come The Freaks, Icehouse add Electric Blue to their list of chart entries here, even if not in the UK charts, The Primitives follow-up, and Scritti Politti makes it 4 years of chart gems with Oh Patti popping in at 75.

 

This was the week I bought my first CD player, as far as I can recall, cos the Playlist includes 2 Blow Monkeys remix tracks from the first maxi-single CD I ever bought - and the only way I could have heard them was on a brand-new Philips DC player. CD was a revolution in sound, in some ways, as hits albums squeezing too many tracks onto vinyl were a bit tinny in sound, and vinyl singles quality wasn't what it used to be either as they got produced more cheaply. I didn't miss the crackles and pops of vinyl, but the widescreen sound of quality vinyl was definitely superior to a cheap CD player and early CD's of older recordings in the days before remastering - some times they were cheap crappy covers by the listed act, sometimes they'd been bunged onto CD direct from a CD or substandard master, and as I was to find out to my horror years later, the lie that CD's would "last forever" was nonsense - many of them reacted to inks in the sleeve and turned discoloured and the sound disintegrated or jumped. The plastic wallets were just awful, I still hate the tacky packaging, and the only affection I hold for actual CD's I bought are those I bought abroad, or those that have great packaging. The rest can happily be replaced and upgraded, unlike Vinyl where I love my own copies, clicks and all, cos they are special time-related sentimental objects.

 

1 ( 1 ) THEME FROM S-EXPRESS S-Express

2 ( 7 ) I'M NIN ALU Ofra Haza

3 ( 3 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael

4 ( 6 ) BROKEN LAND The Adventures

5 ( 4 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

6 ( 2 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5

7 ( 8 ) I WANT YOU BACK Bananarama

8 ( 15 ) WHO’S LEAVING WHO Hazell Dean

9 ( 5 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac

10 ( 12 ) MARY’S PRAYER Danny Wilson

 

11 ( 13 ) WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD Louis Armstrong

12 ( 9 ) GIRLFRIEND Pebbles

13 ( 37 ) BLUE MONDAY (REMIX) New Order

14 ( 14 ) PIANO IN THE DARK Brenda Russell

15 ( 10 ) PINK CADILLAC Natalie Cole

16 ( 71 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle

17 ( 31 ) NITE AND DAY Al B. Sure

18 ( 27 ) DON'T LOOK ANY FURTHER The Kane Gang

19 ( 16 ) GET LUCKY Jermaine Stewart

20 ( 23 ) LET'S ALL CHANT Pat and Mick

 

21 ( 17 ) WE ALL SLEEP ALONE Cher

22 ( 32 ) BORN AGAIN The Christians

23 ( 46 ) PERFECT Fairground Attraction

24 ( 11 ) WHEN THE LOVE IS GOOD Big Trouble

25 ( 30 ) FROM THE HIP Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

26 ( 70 ) SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART Aztec Camera

27 ( 69 ) DIVINE EMOTIONS Narada

28 ( 21 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis

29 ( 24 ) LOVE CHANGES (EVERYTHING) Climie Fisher

30 ( 36 ) ARMAGEDDIN' IT Def Leppard

 

31 ( 18 ) DREAMING Glen Goldsmith

32 ( 19 ) 10,000 ANGELS Godley And Creme

33 ( 38 ) CARELESS LOVE Swimming With Sharks

34 ( 64 ) KING OF ROCK 'N' ROLL Prefab Sprout

35 ( 54 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince

36 ( 52 ) A LOVE SUPREME Will Downing

37 ( 22 ) I'M NOT SCARED Eighth Wonder

38 ( 44 ) BEDS ARE BURNING Midnight Oil

39 ( 35 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies

40 ( 28 ) THESE DREAMS/NEVER Heart

 

41 ( 53 ) CALYPSO CRAZY Billy Ocean

42 ( 41 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

43 ( 33 ) LADY MADONNA The Beatles

44 ( 20 ) PROVE YOUR LOVE Taylor Dayne

45 ( 45 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

46 ( 42 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson

47 ( 39 ) EVERY ANGEL All About Eve

48 ( NEW ) WALK AWAY Joyce Sims

49 ( 49 ) THE COLOURS Men They Couldn't Hang

50 ( 25 ) STAY ON THESE ROADS a-ha

 

51 ( 51 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

52 ( 50 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

53 ( 60 ) WHEN WILL YOU MAKE MY TELEPHONE RING Deacon Blue

54 ( 56 ) SOMETHIN' ELSE Eddie Cochran

55 ( 74 ) PAYBACK MIX James Brown

56 ( NEW ) ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME The Housemartins

57 ( 26 ) COULD'VE BEEN Tiffany

58 ( 29 ) I NEED A MAN Eurythmics

59 ( 57 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson

60 ( 63 ) CHANGES Alan Price

 

61 ( 48 ) FATHER FIGURE George Michael

62 ( 58 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers

63 ( 47 ) THAT'S THE WAY IT IS Mel & Kim

64 ( NEW ) I CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan/ Miami Sound Machine

65 ( 65 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone

66 ( 66 ) BAD Michael Jackson

67 ( NEW ) WHAT ABOUT LOVE Heart

68 ( 43 ) ANGEL Aerosmith

69 ( 62 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys

70 ( NEW ) OUT COME THE FREAKS (REMIX) Was (Not Was)

 

71 ( 40 ) DON’T TURN AROUND Aswad

72 ( NEW ) ELECTRIC BLUE Icehouse

73 ( 34 ) JUST A MIRAGE Jellybean/ Adele Bertei

74 ( NEW ) OUT OF REACH The Primitives

75 ( NEW ) OH PATTI (DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR LOVERBOY) Scritti Politti

 

1st May

PLAYIST OLDIES

 

1 DIGGING YOUR SCENE (CD REMIX) Blow Monkeys

2 I CLOSE MY EYES AND COUNT TO TEN Dusty Springfield

3 IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY (CD REMIX) Blow Monkeys

from the newies, really liked Heart-About Love and Scritti Politti-Oh Patti, also Primitives-Out of Reach was ok although Crash was difficult to match

 

I was myself very reticent about CDs. I found the covers too small, sure a practical thing but not as nice as vinyl so I thought they were not gonna last :D so I didn't buy a CD player until 1992 I think cos I thought it was gonna be a temporary format. :)

Only just getting to see the last two charts now and there are so real gems in there as 1988 really gets going. Only 7 more weeks before Bananarama reach the top with the wonderful 'I Want You Back' I assume Pop?

 

Love so much of the top 10 including a multiple week No1 for S'Express, The Adventurers, Danny Wilson, Fleetwood, George Michael & Pet Shop Boys.

 

Also love the risers from Prefab Sprout, Aztec Camera ❤️, New Order, Belinda Carlisle, Fairground Attraction & The Housemartins!

 

Great chart and interesting to hear this was the point when you bought a CD player. Was vinyl still the main singles market until this time?

 

from the newies, really liked Heart-About Love and Scritti Politti-Oh Patti, also Primitives-Out of Reach was ok although Crash was difficult to match

 

I was myself very reticent about CDs. I found the covers too small, sure a practical thing but not as nice as vinyl so I thought they were not gonna last :D so I didn't buy a CD player until 1992 I think cos I thought it was gonna be a temporary format. :)

 

Ooh you were even later to CD than me :lol: TBH I still bought vinyl singles until they stopped making them, but they craftily started bunging classic hits on the CD singles as extra tracks (or just actual new extra tracks) so they ended up being better value, and eventually CD albums became cheaper than vinyl and that was that really. I would still buy vinyl albums if they were half the price as they will outlast CD's by a factor of a few centuries I expect... :D

Only just getting to see the last two charts now and there are so real gems in there as 1988 really gets going. Only 7 more weeks before Bananarama reach the top with the wonderful 'I Want You Back' I assume Pop?

 

Love so much of the top 10 including a multiple week No1 for S'Express, The Adventurers, Danny Wilson, Fleetwood, George Michael & Pet Shop Boys.

 

Also love the risers from Prefab Sprout, Aztec Camera ❤️, New Order, Belinda Carlisle, Fairground Attraction & The Housemartins!

 

Great chart and interesting to hear this was the point when you bought a CD player. Was vinyl still the main singles market until this time?

 

Hah! You know I don't think any track has ever climbed to top my charts going up one place a week for 7 or 8 weeks - I tend to like them in leaps and bounds if they are destined to top my chart :D

 

Glad you like so many, and yes Vinyl was still very much the dominant format in early 1988 on both albums and singles, but I think albums switched earlier around 88/89 and singles took a bit longer as you could pick up brand new releases for 99p on vinyl, new CD's were about £1.99 on discount and £2.99 or more full-price. 1990 was the year I more or less moved to CD for new releases as vinyl quality really went downhill for singles compared to the CD singles - but I still bought bargain-bin vinyl until they stopped making it around ooh 1993/4 more or less. I think! :lol:

8th May 1988

 

It's George Michael finally getting a chart-topper from Faith with One More Try ( :lol: ), his 3rd solo chart-topper, 4th including Aretha Franklin duets, and 6th including Wham!, 7th including Band Aid. Take your pick. Poor ol' Ofra gets leap-frogged at 2, but Prince is driving Alphabet Street right into the top 10, and Narada is having some divine emotions doing the same. Rocketing up even higher it's Gloria Estefan - not her first top 20, but I Can't Stay Away From You has a sweet 48-place climb.

 

The Clash are back with another oldie, London Calling at 29 equalling it's peak in 1979, Heart get a 5th top 40 with a big climb, and the big Eurovision song from 1988 enters at 35 for Hothouse Flowers - not that Don't Go had been entered, they were the interval act. Cry Before Dawn also enter the top 40 with a song I've completely forgotten - truly, gone if not forever-then-for-32-years. Scritti Politti get a pleasing bound to 39 from 75 with Patti, Hall & Oates return for 12 years of chart activity, and just for charity-mates, Wet Wet Wet mangle a Sgt Pepper Beatles song that had already charted for Joe Cocker 20 years earlier, and Billy Bragg murders the gorgeous She's Leaving Home, which should have been released as a single in 1976 for The Beatles around the time that Bryan Ferry did a great cover on one of his B sides in 1977. Still, both songs died for a good cause.

 

If you'd asked me if Magnum had ever made my charts I would have said "not likely!", but there you are, Start talking Love enters at 68, even ahead of Kim Wilde's latest album cut from Close to make single. In what must have been a desperately bad week for new music Harry Enfield annoys at 73, Dirty Dancing tedium enters at 72 for Patrick Swayze, Luther Vandross meanders in at 74, and Eddy Grant remains forgettable at 75 - his glory days started in 1968 with The Equals, and solo in 1979 through to Jo'Anna, but I don't recall this one, so I guess it does what it says on the tin. So, of the new entries, one is old, 2 I dont recall, 4 are various scales of OK, and 4 I wouldnt mind never hearing again. Quality down-turn!

 

1 ( 3 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael

2 ( 2 ) I'M NIN ALU Ofra Haza

3 ( 1 ) THEME FROM S-EXPRESS S-Express

4 ( 4 ) BROKEN LAND The Adventures

5 ( 8 ) WHO’S LEAVING WHO Hazell Dean

6 ( 6 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5

7 ( 5 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

8 ( 35 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince

9 ( 7 ) I WANT YOU BACK Bananarama

10 ( 27 ) DIVINE EMOTIONS Narada

 

11 ( 9 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac

12 ( 10 ) MARY’S PRAYER Danny Wilson

13 ( 13 ) BLUE MONDAY (REMIX) New Order

14 ( 23 ) PERFECT Fairground Attraction

15 ( 16 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle

16 ( 64 ) I CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan/ Miami Sound Machine

17 ( 18 ) DON'T LOOK ANY FURTHER The Kane Gang

18 ( 20 ) LET'S ALL CHANT Pat and Mick

19 ( 26 ) SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART Aztec Camera

20 ( 22 ) BORN AGAIN The Christians

 

21 ( 11 ) WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD Louis Armstrong

22 ( 12 ) GIRLFRIEND Pebbles

23 ( 36 ) A LOVE SUPREME Will Downing

24 ( 17 ) NITE AND DAY Al B. Sure

25 ( 34 ) KING OF ROCK 'N' ROLL Prefab Sprout

26 ( 14 ) PIANO IN THE DARK Brenda Russell

27 ( 33 ) CARELESS LOVE Swimming With Sharks

28 ( 15 ) PINK CADILLAC Natalie Cole

29 ( NEW ) LONDON CALLING The Clash

30 ( 19 ) GET LUCKY Jermaine Stewart

 

31 ( 25 ) FROM THE HIP Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

32 ( 67 ) WHAT ABOUT LOVE Heart

33 ( 24 ) WHEN THE LOVE IS GOOD Big Trouble

34 ( 28 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis

35 ( NEW ) DON'T GO Hothouse Flowers

36 ( 48 ) WALK AWAY Joyce Sims

37 ( NEW ) GONE FOREVER Cry Before Dawn

38 ( 39 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies

39 ( 75 ) OH PATTI (DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR LOVERBOY) Scritti Politti

40 ( 29 ) LOVE CHANGES (EVERYTHING) Climie Fisher

 

41 ( 41 ) CALYPSO CRAZY Billy Ocean

42 ( 56 ) ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME The Housemartins

43 ( 42 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

44 ( 38 ) BEDS ARE BURNING Midnight Oil

45 ( 21 ) WE ALL SLEEP ALONE Cher

46 ( 45 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

47 ( 70 ) OUT COME THE FREAKS (REMIX) Was (Not Was)

48 ( 43 ) LADY MADONNA The Beatles

49 ( 40 ) THESE DREAMS/NEVER Heart

50 ( 46 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson

 

51 ( 51 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

52 ( 37 ) I'M NOT SCARED Eighth Wonder

53 ( 52 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

54 ( 31 ) DREAMING Glen Goldsmith

55 ( 55 ) PAYBACK MIX James Brown

56 ( NEW ) EVERYTHING YOUR HEART DESIRES Daryl Hall & John Oates

57 ( 74 ) OUT OF REACH The Primitives

58 ( 32 ) 10,000 ANGELS Godley And Creme

59 ( NEW ) WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS/SHE'S LEAVING HOME Wet Wet Wet/ Billy Bragg

60 ( 59 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson

 

61 ( 50 ) STAY ON THESE ROADS a-ha

62 ( 53 ) WHEN WILL YOU MAKE MY TELEPHONE RING Deacon Blue

63 ( 54 ) SOMETHIN' ELSE Eddie Cochran

64 ( 62 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers

65 ( 30 ) ARMAGEDDIN' IT Def Leppard

66 ( 65 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone

67 ( 66 ) BAD Michael Jackson

68 ( NEW ) START TALKING LOVE Magnum

69 ( 61 ) FATHER FIGURE George Michael

70 ( NEW ) HEY MR HEARTACHE Kim Wilde

 

71 ( 69 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys

72 ( NEW ) SHE'S LIKE THE WIND Patrick Swayze/ Wendy Fisher

73 ( NEW ) LOADSAMONEY Harry Enfield

74 ( NEW ) I GAVE IT UP (WHEN I FELL IN LOVE) Luther Vandross

75 ( NEW ) HARMLESS PIECE OF FUN Eddy Grant

 

 

 

Playlist oldies and album tracks of that week

1 WHO’S LOVING YOU The Jackson 5

2 EAGLE Abba

3 WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE Abba

I really liked the Cry Before Dawn song, but haven't heard it since back then probably... Don't Go was great too

 

Hey Mr Heartache is actually the 1st single from Close, weird choice as lead, and I remember a lot of people were disappointed, me included...

Somewhere In My Heart :wub: I can't remember that at all from the time but it was one of my favourites when I first started listening to some 80s songs.

never had a chart myself, but my favourites from early 88 were a mix of indie (All About Eve-Wild Hearted Woman, Sinead O'Connor - Mandinka)

and pure pop (Debbie Gibson - Shake your love, Pebbles. Girlfriend, Taja Sevelle - Love is contagious, Belinda Carlisle - I get weak, Taylor Dayne - Tell it to my Heart)... probably all of these would have been #1 for me

I really liked the Cry Before Dawn song, but haven't heard it since back then probably... Don't Go was great too

 

Hey Mr Heartache is actually the 1st single from Close, weird choice as lead, and I remember a lot of people were disappointed, me included...

 

Hi Bjork, yes you're right about Hey Mr Heartache, getting ahead of myself! I still think of You Came as the first single, oops!

 

I'm playing Cry Before Dawn now to remind myself of it - hmmm I'm still drawing a blank which is bizarre! I can only guess I heard on TV and liked it - then never heard it again! It's decent enough maybe a minor top 75 UK position would have been nice :)