Same here. Never really liked him in the 80's and 90's but appreciate him more now really.

 

Thanks Chris, ol' George does grow on you :D

nice for Circle in the sand, great track, very Rick Nowels, also great climb for Stop.

 

was not crazy about Tifanny's covering The Beatles, didn't work as well as I Think we're Alone Now

 

Thanks Bjork, yes me also not so keen on I Saw Him Standing There...!

Best move of the week in the chart was 'Somewhere In My Heart' easing into the top 5 for the first time, wonderful pop song!

 

Yes it is fab, Steve, I'm contributing my original weekly 1988 charts towards a group-weekly combo chart for 1988 on another site, and it's currently belinda carlisle as the group chart-topper with Aztec camera just behind, so they seem to be the faves overall 32 years on, and my chart positions if I were doing them now would also prob be 1 and 2 for those two tracks... :)

12th July 1988

 

It's 2 weeks on top for Belinda as The Timelords Glamrock the Tardis up to 2, and Rose Royce is back with a super-double-A-side single reissue of their 1977/1979 hits - Is It Love You're After is the real A side though, following on from the S-Express sample, and is a top hit again second time around. Erasure bound into the 10 with Chains Of Love, very popular pastime in some quarters, as does Alexander O'Neal still on an r'n'b roll, and Maxi Priest gives Cat Stevens his first top 10 song since err Wild World in 1970.

 

George Michael is back with yet another Faith track, this time it's a Jam & Lewis remix of Monkey, which is way better than the album version, straight in at 14, giving both George & Jam & Lewis 2 in the 20. Newly-solo Morrissey is back with possibly his best solo single, Everyday Is Like Sunday, in at 16, and The Pasadenas debut with the fab 70's-Philly-referencing Tribute at 17. The Communards return with There's More To Love, Tracey Chapman drives in with her evergreen fast car, The Silencers get another flop single in my chart, with Painted Moon, and Boy George gets all political about Clause 28 which banned mentioning the "Gay" word to children, Thatcher preferring to pretend there's no such thing.

 

George Harrison insists that This Is Love, and extends his solo run to 18 years, Bob's boy Ziggy Marley debuts with Tomorrow People, sounding not entirely unlike his late father, 60's oldie Do You Love Me enters for The Contours thanks to Dirty Dancing, I think, though it was more familiar to me via UK covers up to this point. Loose Ends return with what is more Tail-Ends as far as their career is concerned, sadly, and finally Sisters Of Mercy sneak in with Lucretia My Reflection - quite modest by their recent standards, but expect it to go up.

 

1 ( 1 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle

2 ( 3 ) DOCTORIN' THE TARDIS The Timelords (KLF)

3 ( 2 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael

4 ( 4 ) CHECK THIS OUT LA Mix

5 ( NEW ) IS IT LOVE YOU'RE AFTER/ CAR WASH Rose Royce

6 ( 10 ) YOU HAVE PLACED A CHILL IN MY HEART Eurythmics

7 ( 20 ) CHAINS OF LOVE Erasure

8 ( 11 ) THE LOVERS Alexander O'Neal

9 ( 5 ) SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART Aztec Camera

10 ( 12 ) WILD WORLD Maxi Priest

 

11 ( 6 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince

12 ( 14 ) MY ONE TEMPTATION Mica Paris

13 ( 19 ) STOP Sam Brown

14 ( NEW ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael

15 ( 7 ) DIVINE EMOTIONS Narada

16 ( NEW ) EVERY DAY IS LIKE SUNDAY Morrissey

17 ( NEW ) TRIBUTE (RIGHT ON) The Pasadenas

18 ( 8 ) WHAT ABOUT LOVE Heart

19 ( 9 ) OH PATTI (DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR LOVERBOY) Scritti Politti

20 ( 25 ) GIVE A LITTLE LOVE Aswad

 

21 ( 39 ) TELL ME Nick Kamen

22 ( 38 ) BREAKFAST IN BED UB40/ Chrissie Hynde

23 ( 35 ) PARADISE Sade

24 ( 34 ) VOYAGE VOYAGE Desireless

25 ( 13 ) WE ALL SLEEP ALONE Cher

26 ( 17 ) MOVIN' 1988 Brass Construction

27 ( NEW ) THERE'S MORE TO LOVE The Communards

28 ( 30 ) I DON'T WANT TO GO ON WITH YOU LIKE THAT Elton John

29 ( 33 ) DON'T CALL ME BABY Voice Of The Beehive

30 ( 60 ) ISN'T IT MIDNIGHT Fleetwood Mac

 

31 ( 22 ) THEME FROM S-EXPRESS S-Express

32 ( 18 ) LOST IN YOU Rod Stewart

33 ( 16 ) BLUE MONDAY (REMIX) New Order

34 ( 71 ) I'M REAL James Brown

35 ( 21 ) I CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan/ Miami Sound Machine

36 ( 15 ) OUT OF THE BLUE Debbie Gibson

37 ( NEW ) FAST CAR Tracey Chapman

38 ( 29 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

39 ( NEW ) PAINTED MOON The Silencers

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

 

41 ( 23 ) I'M NIN ALU Ofra Haza

42 ( NEW ) NO CLAUSE 28 Boy George

43 ( 36 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5

44 ( 26 ) BROKEN LAND The Adventures

45 ( 65 ) THE TWIST The Fat Boys/ Chubby Checker

46 ( 41 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac

47 ( 59 ) I OWE YOU NOTHING Bros

48 ( 48 ) LEADER OF THE PACK Joan Collins Fan Club (Julian Clary)

49 ( 47 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

50 ( 49 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

 

51 ( 53 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

52 ( 75 ) DON'T BLAME IT ON THAT GIRL Matt Bianco

53 ( 32 ) EVERYTHING YOUR HEART DESIRES Daryl Hall & John Oates

54 ( 51 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis

55 ( 50 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

56 ( 43 ) WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD Louis Armstrong

57 ( 54 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson

58 ( 24 ) GOT TO BE CERTAIN Kylie Minogue

59 ( NEW ) THIS IS LOVE George Harrison

60 ( 70 ) BOYS (SUMMERTIME LOVE) Sabrina

 

61 ( 31 ) KING OF ROCK 'N' ROLL Prefab Sprout

62 ( 27 ) HEY MR HEARTACHE Kim Wilde

63 ( 37 ) LIFE ON A TOP PEOPLE'S HEALTH FARM The Style Council

64 ( 58 ) PERFECT Fairground Attraction

65 ( 28 ) THIS IS ME Climie Fisher

66 ( 63 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson

67 ( 62 ) LADY MADONNA The Beatles

68 ( 68 ) I SAW HIM STANDING THERE Tiffany

69 ( 67 ) BAD Michael Jackson

70 ( NEW ) TOMORROW PEOPLE Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers

 

71 ( NEW ) DO YOU LOVE ME The Contours

72 ( NEW ) MR BACHELOR Loose Ends

73 ( 73 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys

74 ( NEW ) LUCRETIA MY REFLECTION The Sisters Of Mercy

75 ( 72 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone

76 ( 76 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson

 

 

Playlist oldies and album tracks of that week

1 THAT’S THE WAY IT IS Mel and Kim

2 DANNY’S SONG Anne Murray

3 DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson

Really think Everyday is like Sunday is Morrissey's best sigle ever, melody, lyrics, everything works

Always thought it was funny how he is such great songwriter but uses "Everyday" wrong in the title of the song :D should be "Every day"

 

Also loved Tracy Chapman, one of my fav albums ever, still now I could tell you the lyrics to every song on that album

curious to see how high Fast Car can go in your chart

Really think Everyday is like Sunday is Morrissey's best sigle ever, melody, lyrics, everything works

Always thought it was funny how he is such great songwriter but uses "Everyday" wrong in the title of the song :D should be "Every day"

 

Also loved Tracy Chapman, one of my fav albums ever, still now I could tell you the lyrics to every song on that album

curious to see how high Fast Car can go in your chart

 

I'd not thought of the title before, but you're right re Morrissey :) I like Tracy Chapman but I think I under-rated her at the time chart-wise, so don't expect a chart-topper :lol:

19th July 1988

 

It's three weeks on top for Circle In The Sand, suddenly under threat from Erasure up to 2 with Chains Of Love, their highest since topping with Sometimes in 1986, Eurythmics getting a second top 3 of the year with You Have Placed A Chill, and highest new entry at 4 being Phil Collins' number 2 from 1981, the awesome In The Air Tonight undergoing a revamp that didn't actually ruin it. George Michael goes top 10 with a Monkey on his back, Sade get a big top 10 with Paradise, their first in a while, Morrissey gets his first solo top 10, and Mica Paris her first too, My One Temptation for a busy week at the top end. One of them will knock Belinda off the perch next week.

 

Sisters Of Mercy get another huge leap, with Lucretia My Reflection up 50 places to 24, along with a batch of top 40 climbers from The Fat Boys & Chubby Checker, Bros, Sabrina, George Harrison, Matt Bianco, Boy George, and if you can find a genre connection there between them all you must be delusional! :) In a quiet week for new entries veterans The Moody Blues return with I Know You're Out There Somewhere, I knew them back when I was a kiddie, T'Pau keep the singles coming I Will Be With You, Tracie Spencer's Symptoms Of True Love returns, Springsteen is still Tougher Than The Rest 13 years on, a-ha have The Blood That Moves The Body, and Dee Lewis pops in briefly with Best Of My Love, sister of the fab Linda Lewis, and vocalist with the likes of Jamiroquai in the 90's.

 

 

1 ( 1 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle

2 ( 7 ) CHAINS OF LOVE Erasure

3 ( 6 ) YOU HAVE PLACED A CHILL IN MY HEART Eurythmics

4 ( NEW ) IN THE AIR TONIGHT (1988) Phil Collins

5 ( 10 ) WILD WORLD Maxi Priest

6 ( 2 ) DOCTORIN' THE TARDIS The Timelords (KLF)

7 ( 14 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael

8 ( 23 ) PARADISE Sade

9 ( 16 ) EVERY DAY IS LIKE SUNDAY Morrissey

10 ( 12 ) MY ONE TEMPTATION Mica Paris

 

11 ( 5 ) IS IT LOVE YOU'RE AFTER/ CAR WASH Rose Royce

12 ( 17 ) TRIBUTE (RIGHT ON) The Pasadenas

13 ( 3 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael

14 ( 24 ) VOYAGE VOYAGE Desireless

15 ( 22 ) BREAKFAST IN BED UB40/ Chrissie Hynde

16 ( 9 ) SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART Aztec Camera

17 ( 4 ) CHECK THIS OUT LA Mix

18 ( 21 ) TELL ME Nick Kamen

19 ( 11 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince

20 ( 27 ) THERE'S MORE TO LOVE The Communards

 

21 ( 13 ) STOP Sam Brown

22 ( 8 ) THE LOVERS Alexander O'Neal

23 ( 29 ) DON'T CALL ME BABY Voice Of The Beehive

24 ( 74 ) LUCRETIA MY REFLECTION The Sisters Of Mercy

25 ( 30 ) ISN'T IT MIDNIGHT Fleetwood Mac

26 ( 37 ) FAST CAR Tracey Chapman

27 ( 15 ) DIVINE EMOTIONS Narada

28 ( 18 ) WHAT ABOUT LOVE Heart

29 ( 19 ) OH PATTI (DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR LOVERBOY) Scritti Politti

30 ( 39 ) PAINTED MOON The Silencers

 

31 ( 45 ) THE TWIST The Fat Boys/ Chubby Checker

32 ( 47 ) I OWE YOU NOTHING Bros

33 ( 60 ) BOYS (SUMMERTIME LOVE) Sabrina

34 ( 59 ) THIS IS LOVE George Harrison

35 ( 52 ) DON'T BLAME IT ON THAT GIRL Matt Bianco

36 ( 20 ) GIVE A LITTLE LOVE Aswad

37 ( 42 ) NO CLAUSE 28 Boy George

38 ( 38 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

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

40 ( 31 ) THEME FROM S-EXPRESS S-Express

 

41 ( 28 ) I DON'T WANT TO GO ON WITH YOU LIKE THAT Elton John

42 ( 25 ) WE ALL SLEEP ALONE Cher

43 ( 34 ) I'M REAL James Brown

44 ( 33 ) BLUE MONDAY (REMIX) New Order

45 ( 36 ) OUT OF THE BLUE Debbie Gibson

46 ( 26 ) MOVIN' 1988 Brass Construction

47 ( 35 ) I CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan/ Miami Sound Machine

48 ( 43 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5

49 ( 32 ) LOST IN YOU Rod Stewart

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

 

51 ( 51 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

52 ( 49 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

53 ( 46 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac

54 ( NEW ) I KNOW YOU'RE OUT THERE SOMEWHERE The Moody Blues

55 ( 54 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis

56 ( 55 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

57 ( NEW ) I WILL BE WITH YOU T'Pau

58 ( 57 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson

59 ( 70 ) TOMORROW PEOPLE Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers

60 ( NEW ) SYMPTOMS OF TRUE LOVE Tracie Spencer

 

61 ( 56 ) WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD Louis Armstrong

62 ( 68 ) I SAW HIM STANDING THERE Tiffany

63 ( 48 ) LEADER OF THE PACK Joan Collins Fan Club (Julian Clary)

64 ( 41 ) I'M NIN ALU Ofra Haza

65 ( 44 ) BROKEN LAND The Adventures

66 ( 64 ) PERFECT Fairground Attraction

67 ( 71 ) DO YOU LOVE ME The Contours

68 ( 69 ) BAD Michael Jackson

69 ( 66 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson

70 ( NEW ) TOUGHER THAN THE REST Bruce Springsteen

 

71 ( 67 ) LADY MADONNA The Beatles

72 ( NEW ) THE BLOOD THAT MOVES THE BODY a-ha

73 ( 73 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys

74 ( 75 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone

75 ( NEW ) BEST OF MY LOVE Dee Lewis

 

 

 

Playlist oldies of the week

1 HEART OF GOLD Johnny Hates Jazz

2 COME SEE ABOUT ME Shakin’ Stevens

3 FALLIN’ IN LOVE (UH-UH) Miami Sound Machine

Very good top 3, and I also love the 8-10 section. Always been a big fan of Sade and Paradise was nice although Stronger than Pride is probably my least favourite Sade album.

from the newies, I really liked the T' Pau song and Thought than the Rest is the only Bruce song that I really like...

Love the new peak for Maxi Priest, a really underrated version of 'Wild World' imo.

 

Please let is be Eurythmics at no1??

 

Loving most of the rest of the top 10, 1988 really got things back on track even if the theme was still House and cheesy saw pop chart wise.

Thanks Bjork and Steve, sorry it's not Eurythmics at 1 I'm afraid - though Shame got on top earlier in the year :wub:

26th June 1988

 

It's a first week on top for Phil Collins, with the slight reworking of his 1981 number 2 classic In The Air Tonight - the remix isn't as good as the original, let's be clear on that, but it's compensation for being denied first-time round. In the interim Genesis topped my chart with Mama in 1983, both of them classically haunting rhythmically. That denies a topper for Maxi Priest's fab cover of Wild World at 2, while new into the top 10 go The Pasadenas' early 70's-sounding Tribute, UB40 & Chrissie Hynde getting another top 10 together with a much better cover version, this time the fab Dusty In Memphis album track, and The Communards grab another to add to their growing list with There's More To Love.

 

T'Pau climb 30 places, Springsteen does even better up to 32, and Gloria Estefan enters at 36 with Anything For You, the track that boosted her into the big league for the next few years as Miami Sound Machine becomes the supporting name rather than the focus - nothing had changed though, her only-ever boyfriend and husband Emilio was and is still the guiding force behind her career and records. 1971 Who classic Won't Get Fooled Again debuts (I didn't know it at the time, it wasn't played in Singapore) at 42, Midnight Oil follow-up Beds Are Burning with Dead Heart, and Salt'n'Pepa debut with the much-loved Push It, bringing female rap an actual focal point with the band - Salt, Pepa & Spinderella aka 'n'. I made that last bit up.

 

Steve Winwood returns with a huge US hit, Roll With It, 20-odd years into his career and giving us that classic starter-soup question "Roll with it?". I made that bit up too. INXS bring yet another fab track from the brilliant Kick album into the chart - Never Tear Us Apart, remixed and covered in later decades by the likes of Paloma Faith. Glen Medeiros pops in with his UK chart-topper, I still remain mystified by it's popularity 30 years later, the same week he had his 20th birthday. 50 now, hard to believe, but Happy Birthday Glen! Hothouse Flowers follow-up, Joy Division oldie Atmosphere sneaks in, and rather lowly at 74, Transvision Vamp enter with another pop goodie, I Want Your Love.

 

 

1 ( 4 ) IN THE AIR TONIGHT (1988) Phil Collins

2 ( 5 ) WILD WORLD Maxi Priest

3 ( 1 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle

4 ( 3 ) YOU HAVE PLACED A CHILL IN MY HEART Eurythmics

5 ( 2 ) CHAINS OF LOVE Erasure

6 ( 8 ) PARADISE Sade

7 ( 7 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael

8 ( 12 ) TRIBUTE (RIGHT ON) The Pasadenas

9 ( 15 ) BREAKFAST IN BED UB40/ Chrissie Hynde

10 ( 20 ) THERE'S MORE TO LOVE The Communards

 

11 ( 9 ) EVERY DAY IS LIKE SUNDAY Morrissey

12 ( 13 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael

13 ( 14 ) VOYAGE VOYAGE Desireless

14 ( 6 ) DOCTORIN' THE TARDIS The Timelords (KLF)

15 ( 11 ) IS IT LOVE YOU'RE AFTER/ CAR WASH Rose Royce

16 ( 16 ) SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART Aztec Camera

17 ( 26 ) FAST CAR Tracey Chapman

18 ( 32 ) I OWE YOU NOTHING Bros

19 ( 34 ) THIS IS LOVE George Harrison

20 ( 31 ) THE TWIST The Fat Boys/ Chubby Checker

 

21 ( 10 ) MY ONE TEMPTATION Mica Paris

22 ( 23 ) DON'T CALL ME BABY Voice Of The Beehive

23 ( 19 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince

24 ( 24 ) LUCRETIA MY REFLECTION The Sisters Of Mercy

25 ( 41 ) I DON'T WANT TO GO ON WITH YOU LIKE THAT Elton John

26 ( 17 ) CHECK THIS OUT LA Mix

27 ( 57 ) I WILL BE WITH YOU T'Pau

28 ( 35 ) DON'T BLAME IT ON THAT GIRL Matt Bianco

29 ( 25 ) ISN'T IT MIDNIGHT Fleetwood Mac

30 ( 30 ) PAINTED MOON The Silencers

 

31 ( 18 ) TELL ME Nick Kamen

32 ( 70 ) TOUGHER THAN THE REST Bruce Springsteen

33 ( 33 ) BOYS (SUMMERTIME LOVE) Sabrina

34 ( 21 ) STOP Sam Brown

35 ( 22 ) THE LOVERS Alexander O'Neal

36 ( NEW ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan

37 ( 28 ) WHAT ABOUT LOVE Heart

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

39 ( 38 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

40 ( 27 ) DIVINE EMOTIONS Narada

 

41 ( 29 ) OH PATTI (DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR LOVERBOY) Scritti Politti

42 ( NEW ) WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN The Who

43 ( NEW ) THE DEAD HEART Midnight Oil

44 ( 40 ) THEME FROM S-EXPRESS S-Express

45 ( NEW ) PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa

46 ( 59 ) TOMORROW PEOPLE Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers

47 ( 54 ) I KNOW YOU'RE OUT THERE SOMEWHERE The Moody Blues

48 ( 48 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5

49 ( 51 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

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

 

51 ( 52 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

52 ( 42 ) WE ALL SLEEP ALONE Cher

53 ( 36 ) GIVE A LITTLE LOVE Aswad

54 ( 53 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac

55 ( 47 ) I CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan/ Miami Sound Machine

56 ( 60 ) SYMPTOMS OF TRUE LOVE Tracie Spencer

57 ( 55 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis

58 ( 58 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson

59 ( 56 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

60 ( 44 ) BLUE MONDAY (REMIX) New Order

 

61 ( NEW ) ROLL WITH IT Steve Winwood

62 ( NEW ) NEVER TEAR US APART INXS

63 ( NEW ) NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE MY LOVE FOR YOU Glen Medeiros

64 ( 45 ) OUT OF THE BLUE Debbie Gibson

65 ( 61 ) WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD Louis Armstrong

66 ( 37 ) NO CLAUSE 28 Boy George

67 ( 72 ) THE BLOOD THAT MOVES THE BODY a-ha

68 ( 68 ) BAD Michael Jackson

69 ( 46 ) MOVIN' 1988 Brass Construction

70 ( NEW ) I'M SORRY Hothouse Flowers

 

71 ( 69 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson

72 ( 73 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys

73 ( NEW ) ATMOSPHERE Joy Division

74 ( NEW ) I WANT YOUR LOVE Transvision Vamp

75 ( 74 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone

 

Playlist faves of that week

1 REMEMBER ME Cliff Richard

2 DIGGING YOUR SCENE Blow Monkeys

3 DIZZY Tommy Roe

some of my fav songs ever debuting...

Push It, loved that song, one of my fav songs of the 80s

then Transvision Vamp- I Want Your Love, loved that too, was super obsessed with Wendy James at the time :o

and there's INXS - Never tear us apart, another incredible track from Kick, the UK were so crazy slow getting into INXS...

They were also slow to get into a lot of bands like R.E.M.!

 

What stopped 'In The Air' get the top spot in 81 Pop?

some of my fav songs ever debuting...

Push It, loved that song, one of my fav songs of the 80s

then Transvision Vamp- I Want Your Love, loved that too, was super obsessed with Wendy James at the time :o

and there's INXS - Never tear us apart, another incredible track from Kick, the UK were so crazy slow getting into INXS...

 

 

yes all good stuff :D

They were also slow to get into a lot of bands like R.E.M.!

 

What stopped 'In The Air' get the top spot in 81 Pop?

 

John Lennon dominated early January as I was still in shock and grief over his murder, and then there was a total 3-way tussle for the top spot (I actually made a note that week that they should all be on top! I hate ties though... :D ) but Blondie's Rapture was given it over Ultravox Vienna and In The Air Tonight. The following week Visage's Fade To Grey beat them all off and it was all over for Phil from there really! Rapture has never charted again, while Vienna also topped my chart at a later date (90's), so it all worked out really :lol:

3rd July 1988

 

It's straight in on top for Michael Jackson's Dirty Diana, as it gets an official single release (it had been pottering around the bottom end of my extended chart excluded from the 75 as it was an album track) and becomes the 4th number one off Bad, Jacko's 8th solo topper, or his 11th including his brothers, 12th including his uncredited vocal and song on Rockwell's Somebody's Watching You. Desireless gets into the top 10 with her fab French dance track, T'Pau shoot up to 12 for a 3rd top 20, & Springsteen makes it 13 years of top 20's.

 

Cheap Trick are back some 9 years after debuting with a very different-sounding ballad for them, The Flame in at 23, Hazell Dean gets a 4th or 5th top 40, OMD an umpteenth in 8 years of hardly-ever not making the top 40, and Johnny Hates Jazz keep the run going longer than I recalled! Transvision Vamp are the highest climbers to 41, Eric B & Rakim return, The Adventures follow-up their biggie, Debbie Gibson goes all George Michael Careless Whisper-ish, Everything But The Girl cover Rod Stewart's cover of I Don't Want To Talk About It, and do the Crazy Horse song justice. Natalie Cole & Eighth Wonder follow-up hits, and You Came follows the first single off the new Kim Wilde album, far and away the jewel in the lovely crown that is Close. At the time it was my all-time fave Kim track, though I MAY prefer Cambodia these days. Depends how I'm feeling.

 

1 ( RE ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson

2 ( 1 ) IN THE AIR TONIGHT (1988) Phil Collins

3 ( 2 ) WILD WORLD Maxi Priest

4 ( 3 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle

5 ( 6 ) PARADISE Sade

6 ( 4 ) YOU HAVE PLACED A CHILL IN MY HEART Eurythmics

7 ( 7 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael

8 ( 9 ) BREAKFAST IN BED UB40/ Chrissie Hynde

9 ( 5 ) CHAINS OF LOVE Erasure

10 ( 13 ) VOYAGE VOYAGE Desireless

 

11 ( 8 ) TRIBUTE (RIGHT ON) The Pasadenas

12 ( 27 ) I WILL BE WITH YOU T'Pau

13 ( 10 ) THERE'S MORE TO LOVE The Communards

14 ( 20 ) THE TWIST The Fat Boys/ Chubby Checker

15 ( 17 ) FAST CAR Tracey Chapman

16 ( 12 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael

17 ( 18 ) I OWE YOU NOTHING Bros

18 ( 11 ) EVERY DAY IS LIKE SUNDAY Morrissey

19 ( 19 ) THIS IS LOVE George Harrison

20 ( 32 ) TOUGHER THAN THE REST Bruce Springsteen

 

21 ( 16 ) SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART Aztec Camera

22 ( 15 ) IS IT LOVE YOU'RE AFTER/ CAR WASH Rose Royce

23 ( NEW ) THE FLAME Cheap Trick

24 ( 14 ) DOCTORIN' THE TARDIS The Timelords (KLF)

25 ( 25 ) I DON'T WANT TO GO ON WITH YOU LIKE THAT Elton John

26 ( 30 ) PAINTED MOON The Silencers

27 ( 23 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince

28 ( 28 ) DON'T BLAME IT ON THAT GIRL Matt Bianco

29 ( 36 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan

30 ( 21 ) MY ONE TEMPTATION Mica Paris

 

31 ( NEW ) MAYBE (WE SHOULD CALL IT A DAY) Hazell Dean

32 ( 26 ) CHECK THIS OUT LA Mix

33 ( 45 ) PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa

34 ( 62 ) NEVER TEAR US APART INXS

35 ( 42 ) WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN The Who

36 ( 43 ) THE DEAD HEART Midnight Oil

37 ( 39 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

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

39 ( NEW ) DREAMING OMD

40 ( NEW ) DON'T SAY IT'S LOVE Johnny Hates Jazz

 

41 ( 74 ) I WANT YOUR LOVE Transvision Vamp

42 ( 35 ) THE LOVERS Alexander O'Neal

43 ( 70 ) I'M SORRY Hothouse Flowers

44 ( 37 ) WHAT ABOUT LOVE Heart

45 ( NEW ) FOLLOW THE LEADER Eric B & Rakim

46 ( 40 ) DIVINE EMOTIONS Narada

47 ( 34 ) STOP Sam Brown

48 ( 49 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

49 ( 50 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

50 ( 48 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5

 

51 ( 51 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

52 ( 63 ) NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE MY LOVE FOR YOU Glen Medeiros

53 ( 44 ) THEME FROM S-EXPRESS S-Express

54 ( 22 ) DON'T CALL ME BABY Voice Of The Beehive

55 ( NEW ) DROWNING IN A SEA OF LOVE The Adventures

56 ( 29 ) ISN'T IT MIDNIGHT Fleetwood Mac

57 ( 61 ) ROLL WITH IT Steve Winwood

58 ( 58 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson

59 ( 59 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

60 ( 57 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis

 

61 ( 31 ) TELL ME Nick Kamen

62 ( 24 ) LUCRETIA MY REFLECTION The Sisters Of Mercy

63 ( NEW ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde

64 ( 54 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac

65 ( NEW ) BEATIN' THE HEAT Jack 'n' Chill

66 ( NEW ) FOOLISH BEAT Debbie Gibson

67 ( 52 ) WE ALL SLEEP ALONE Cher

68 ( 68 ) BAD Michael Jackson

69 ( 46 ) TOMORROW PEOPLE Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers

70 ( NEW ) I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU Taylor Dayne

 

71 ( NEW ) I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT Everything But The Girl

72 ( 72 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys

73 ( NEW ) EVERLASTING Natalie Cole

74 ( NEW ) CROSS MY HEART Eighth Wonder

75 ( 71 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson

 

 

3rd July

PLAYIST OLDIES

 

1 CLOSE TO YOU Carpenters

2 EAGLE Abba

3 KISSES OF FIRE Abba

4 WONDERFUL LAND The Shadows

John Lennon dominated early January as I was still in shock and grief over his murder, and then there was a total 3-way tussle for the top spot (I actually made a note that week that they should all be on top! I hate ties though... :D ) but Blondie's Rapture was given it over Ultravox Vienna and In The Air Tonight. The following week Visage's Fade To Grey beat them all off and it was all over for Phil from there really! Rapture has never charted again, while Vienna also topped my chart at a later date (90's), so it all worked out really :lol:

 

Well it didn't fall to any flop anyway lol with Lennon and Fade to Gray is one of the biggest synth pop songs of that era!

Did you not enjoy 'Fast Car' as much in 1988?

great for Dirty Diana, one of the many album jewels and a deserved #1

 

lots of great newies my fav being Foolish Beat, which was Debbie's first US #1, beautiful ballad, sounds very adult and grown up, quite Elton John-esque

loved Kim Wilde's You Came, great single, I remember at first I thought it was a SAW single :o

also liked the new Adventures, the new Eighth Wonder was less classy but good too

 

The Flame did nothing in the UK, right? maybe it was too American-sounding

Did you not enjoy 'Fast Car' as much in 1988?

 

I really liked it, but I think I overdosed early on it, it was on the radio all the time - and I think I slightly resented that she'd had more success than the fab Joan Armatrading, who she wasn't exactly unlike in style :lol: