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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

 

Yes The Flame peaked at 77 in the UK, it was huge across North America and Australia. I think it was just unlucky to come out as the UK music scene abruptly changed and it didn't fit in with radio programming... :o

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10th July 1988

 

It's 2 weeks on top for Dirty Diana, as Monkey takes George Michael into the top 5, and is joined by T'Pau getting a 3rd biggie at 5, and US chart-topper The Flame shooting up to 6 for Cheap Trick, their first and last 9 years after debuting in my charts. Tracy Chapman goes top 10 with future Jonas Blue cover Fast Car, and INXS take Never Tear Us Apart up 22 to 12. New at 14 is the wonderful No Conversation from View From A Hill, never the hit it deserved to be, and Debbie Gibson grabs another top 20 in one fell swoop with Careless Whisper, I mean Foolish Beat! Up from 66 to 17, and Elton John also goes top 20 for the 18th consecutive year, bar 1979 - though Are You Ready For Love would eventually top my charts (and the UK charts) so that's good enough for me!

 

Transvision Vamp grab a 2nd top 20, Kim Wilde rockets up from 63 to 24 with You Came, and Ziggy Marley 69 to 30 in a big week for big chart climbers. Also moving fast, Eighth Wonder's 2nd top 40, while Sydney Youngblood is back with a Bill Withers classic cover that had already topped my chart in 1972 for Michael Jackson, and would do so for Bill too. Talking of classic early 70's songs, Dennis Greaves & The Truth cover the brilliant Argent song God Gave Rock 'n' Roll To You before Kiss mugged it in the 90's, The Four Tops Motown anthem Reach Out I'll Be There is assaulted by a 1988 remix but is still strong enough to survive the indignity, Fairground Attraction follow-up a biggie with an even better song, Find My Love, and Will Downing pops back in too.

 

1 ( 1 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson

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

3 ( 3 ) WILD WORLD Maxi Priest

4 ( 7 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael

5 ( 12 ) I WILL BE WITH YOU T'Pau

6 ( 23 ) THE FLAME Cheap Trick

7 ( 8 ) BREAKFAST IN BED UB40/ Chrissie Hynde

8 ( 4 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle

9 ( 5 ) PARADISE Sade

10 ( 15 ) FAST CAR Tracey Chapman

 

11 ( 6 ) YOU HAVE PLACED A CHILL IN MY HEART Eurythmics

12 ( 34 ) NEVER TEAR US APART INXS

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

14 ( NEW ) NO CONVERSATION View From A Hill

15 ( 17 ) I OWE YOU NOTHING Bros

16 ( 9 ) CHAINS OF LOVE Erasure

17 ( 66 ) FOOLISH BEAT Debbie Gibson

18 ( 10 ) VOYAGE VOYAGE Desireless

19 ( 25 ) I DON'T WANT TO GO ON WITH YOU LIKE THAT Elton John

20 ( 41 ) I WANT YOUR LOVE Transvision Vamp

 

21 ( 16 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael

22 ( 11 ) TRIBUTE (RIGHT ON) The Pasadenas

23 ( 20 ) TOUGHER THAN THE REST Bruce Springsteen

24 ( 63 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde

25 ( 28 ) DON'T BLAME IT ON THAT GIRL Matt Bianco

26 ( 31 ) MAYBE (WE SHOULD CALL IT A DAY) Hazell Dean

27 ( 18 ) EVERY DAY IS LIKE SUNDAY Morrissey

28 ( 14 ) THE TWIST The Fat Boys/ Chubby Checker

29 ( 21 ) SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART Aztec Camera

30 ( 69 ) TOMORROW PEOPLE Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers

 

31 ( 26 ) PAINTED MOON The Silencers

32 ( 19 ) THIS IS LOVE George Harrison

33 ( 74 ) CROSS MY HEART Eighth Wonder

34 ( 27 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince

35 ( 40 ) DON'T SAY IT'S LOVE Johnny Hates Jazz

36 ( 22 ) IS IT LOVE YOU'RE AFTER/ CAR WASH Rose Royce

37 ( 52 ) NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE MY LOVE FOR YOU Glen Medeiros

38 ( 45 ) FOLLOW THE LEADER Eric B & Rakim

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

40 ( 24 ) DOCTORIN' THE TARDIS The Timelords (KLF)

 

41 ( 37 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

42 ( 30 ) MY ONE TEMPTATION Mica Paris

43 ( 43 ) I'M SORRY Hothouse Flowers

44 ( 29 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan

45 ( 33 ) PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa

46 ( 55 ) DROWNING IN A SEA OF LOVE The Adventures

47 ( 71 ) I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT Everything But The Girl

48 ( 32 ) CHECK THIS OUT LA Mix

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

50 ( 48 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

 

51 ( 39 ) DREAMING OMD

52 ( 51 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

53 ( 50 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5

54 ( 57 ) ROLL WITH IT Steve Winwood

55 ( 36 ) THE DEAD HEART Midnight Oil

56 ( 73 ) EVERLASTING Natalie Cole

57 ( 59 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

58 ( 58 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson

59 ( 46 ) DIVINE EMOTIONS Narada

60 ( 53 ) THEME FROM S-EXPRESS S-Express

 

61 ( 35 ) WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN The Who

62 ( 60 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis

63 ( 44 ) WHAT ABOUT LOVE Heart

64 ( 42 ) THE LOVERS Alexander O'Neal

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

66 ( NEW ) AIN'T NO SUNSHINE Sydney Youngblood

67 ( 64 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac

68 ( NEW ) GOD GAVE ROCK 'N' ROLL TO YOU Dennis Greaves & The Truth

69 ( 68 ) BAD Michael Jackson

70 ( NEW ) ROSES ARE RED The Mac Band/ McCampbell Brothers

 

71 ( NEW ) REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE (REMIX) The Four Tops

72 ( 72 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys

73 ( NEW ) FIND MY LOVE Fairground Attraction

74 ( NEW ) IN MY DREAMS Will Downing

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

 

 

 

Playlist oldies and album tracks of that week

1 VOULEZ-VOUS Abba

2 KISSES OF FIRE Abba

3 TUNNEL OF LOVE Bruce Springsteen

Just checked and don't think I've ever heard that View From A Hill song, doesn't ring a bell

lots of great climbers that I love, Fast Car, T'Pau, T. Vamp, INXS, nice to see

 

Is Foolish Beat really so similar to Careless Whisper? never occurred to me but maybe my love for Debbie Gibson was blinding me :D

 

 

but I would have never thought to compare Tracy Chapman and Joan Armatrading, pretty different for me
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Just checked and don't think I've ever heard that View From A Hill song, doesn't ring a bell

lots of great climbers that I love, Fast Car, T'Pau, T. Vamp, INXS, nice to see

 

Is Foolish Beat really so similar to Careless Whisper? never occurred to me but maybe my love for Debbie Gibson was blinding me :D

 

 

View from A Hill was originally out in 1986, this must hve been a second try at a hit that also failed, sadly :(

 

Foolish beat isn;t really much like Careless Whisper melodically except for a teeny bit at the chorus and then it's the I could never love again bit that echoes in the start of Debs' chorus, but yes they are basically just both lush broken-heart ballads with sax riffs and no other similarity:D

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but I would have never thought to compare Tracy Chapman and Joan Armatrading, pretty different for me

 

There weren't many black female solo acts who were basically folkish-singer-songwriters before Tracy Chapman - I can only think of two off the top of my head, both British acts: Linda Lewis circa 1973, and the more influential Joan Armatrading from 1976 onwards. There must have been others though! Joan was quite varied in sound and production over her career, but some of her earlier stuff bread n butter was a bit to my ears as a template for Tracy Chapman, though Joan's vocals are much lower generally. Like this one :)

 

^yes, you're right, I can hear the similarity in the vocal delivery
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17th July 1988

 

It's a first week on top for George Michael's 2nd chart-topper from Faith, his dancetastic Jam & Lewis Monkey remix, giving George a 4th solo, and 7th in total including duos & duets. Debbie Gibson leaps into the top 10 with her career-biggest single Foolish Beat at 6, Transvision Vamp get a second top 10 with I want Your Love, View From A Hill peak bigger second-time around at 9, and INXS get a second top 10 with Never Tear Us Apart. Highest new entry is Al B Sure!'s Nite and Day, banging in at 8 with an actual exclamation mark and a smooth soul goodie.

 

In at 12, Copenhagen band Gangway with a not un-Smiths-ish vocal-sound My Girl And Me - apparently MTV were playing it a lot, which might explain it's high new entry as I'll be honest I don't recall much, at best a slight vague familiarity for a track I prob heard a few times and liked - and then never heard again until today 32 years later. It's not bad. Sam Brown dropped out last week, and pops back big at 17 as I bought the single in the bargain bins and realised how fab it is - setting her up for 1989 when I didn't have to pay full price for a current hit I bought cheap on vinyl.

 

Gloria Estefan gets a big climb to 18 for Anything For You, her 5th top 20, which I'd also buy cheap in a couple of weeks - on CD single with cardboard sleeve, a much better format than tacky cheap plastic that broke at the drop of a hat. Salt 'n' Pepa push it into the 40, and Wee Papa Girl Rappers enter at 30 with Heat It Up, featuring 2 Men & a Future Fine Young Cannibals ex-Beat david & Andy on their second top 40 hit of the year, giving them 9 years of chart action with more to come.

 

Martha & The Vandellas classic Nowhere To Run is 20-odd years late and still fab, in at 35, with Tracie Spencer returning with UK undeserved flop Symptom Of True Love after peaking at 56 a few weeks back, now at 36. The Adventures get yet another top 40 that flopped in the charts everywhere else, while UK band Breathe pop in with their US smash Hands To Heaven, ballad-emoting with strings on it, while 1971 classic Move On Up brings Curtis Mayfield back into my charts 17 years on, though his career predates that with lots of US success for the classy Impressions.

 

Another oldie is back after dropping out a few weeks ago - The Contours Do You Love Me - The Pogues return with the joyous Fiesta, their best record after a certain Christmas single, in at 60, Prince mines his album with Glam Slam, thank you ma'am (Slade reference), Def Leppard have a problem with Love Bites (my own personal problem has always been mosquito bites, I'm irresistible, but at least I dont sing ballads about it), S'Express have a great follow-up to their fab single, Superfly Guy, and Donny Osmond is back and proper having a comeback UK hit with the very George Michael-ish Soldier Of Love. Let's be honest, it worked for David Cassidy with actual George on board, and it worked for Donny with the new mature pop sound. I stood next to him in HMV Bournemouth while he was on local radio promoting it. He's a few days older than me, though my teeth aren't in the same league. Finally Huey Lewis is back 6 years on from Heart And Soul with another minor entry - it's taken Huey 38 years to get another top 10 in my charts since his debut, the fab current When We're Young which you won't hear anywhere on radio. He's suffering hearing loss these days which is sad.

 

1 ( 4 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael

2 ( 1 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson

3 ( 2 ) IN THE AIR TONIGHT (1988) Phil Collins

4 ( 6 ) THE FLAME Cheap Trick

5 ( 5 ) I WILL BE WITH YOU T'Pau

6 ( 17 ) FOOLISH BEAT Debbie Gibson

7 ( 20 ) I WANT YOUR LOVE Transvision Vamp

8 ( NEW ) NITE AND DAY Al B. Sure!

9 ( 14 ) NO CONVERSATION View From A Hill

10 ( 12 ) NEVER TEAR US APART INXS

11 ( 3 ) WILD WORLD Maxi Priest

12 ( NEW ) MY GIRL AND ME Gangway

13 ( 7 ) BREAKFAST IN BED UB40/ Chrissie Hynde

14 ( 24 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde

15 ( 8 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle

16 ( 9 ) PARADISE Sade

17 ( RE ) STOP Sam Brown

18 ( 44 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan

19 ( 11 ) YOU HAVE PLACED A CHILL IN MY HEART Eurythmics

20 ( 30 ) TOMORROW PEOPLE Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers

 

21 ( 13 ) THERE'S MORE TO LOVE The Communards

22 ( 10 ) FAST CAR Tracey Chapman

23 ( 33 ) CROSS MY HEART Eighth Wonder

24 ( 45 ) PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa

25 ( 21 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael

26 ( 15 ) I OWE YOU NOTHING Bros

27 ( 16 ) CHAINS OF LOVE Erasure

28 ( 26 ) MAYBE (WE SHOULD CALL IT A DAY) Hazell Dean

29 ( 19 ) I DON'T WANT TO GO ON WITH YOU LIKE THAT Elton John

30 ( NEW ) HEAT IT UP Wee Papa Girl Rappers featuring 2 Men & A Drum Machine

 

31 ( 18 ) VOYAGE VOYAGE Desireless

32 ( 27 ) EVERY DAY IS LIKE SUNDAY Morrissey

33 ( 22 ) TRIBUTE (RIGHT ON) The Pasadenas

34 ( 23 ) TOUGHER THAN THE REST Bruce Springsteen

35 ( NEW ) NOWHERE TO RUN Martha & The Vandellas

36 ( RE ) SYMPTOM OF TRUE LOVE Tracie Spencer

37 ( 46 ) DROWNING IN A SEA OF LOVE The Adventures

38 ( 29 ) SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART Aztec Camera

39 ( 47 ) I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT Everything But The Girl

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

 

41 ( 41 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

42 ( 25 ) DON'T BLAME IT ON THAT GIRL Matt Bianco

43 ( 34 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince

44 ( 73 ) FIND MY LOVE Fairground Attraction

45 ( 36 ) IS IT LOVE YOU'RE AFTER/ CAR WASH Rose Royce

46 ( 31 ) PAINTED MOON The Silencers

47 ( 32 ) THIS IS LOVE George Harrison

48 ( 35 ) DON'T SAY IT'S LOVE Johnny Hates Jazz

49 ( 68 ) GOD GAVE ROCK 'N' ROLL TO YOU Dennis Greaves & The Truth

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

 

51 ( 50 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

52 ( 37 ) NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE MY LOVE FOR YOU Glen Medeiros

53 ( NEW ) HAND TO HEAVEN Breathe

54 ( 52 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

55 ( NEW ) MOVE ON UP Curtis Mayfield

56 ( RE ) DO YOU LOVE ME The Contours

57 ( 57 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

58 ( 53 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5

59 ( 38 ) FOLLOW THE LEADER Eric B & Rakim

60 ( NEW ) FIESTA The Pogues

 

61 ( 59 ) DIVINE EMOTIONS Narada

62 ( 58 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson

63 ( 70 ) ROSES ARE RED The Mac Band/ McCampbell Brothers

64 ( NEW ) GLAM SLAM Prince

65 ( NEW ) SOLDIER OF LOVE Donny Osmond

66 ( NEW ) LOVE BITES Def Leppard

67 ( 62 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis

68 ( 28 ) THE TWIST The Fat Boys/ Chubby Checker

69 ( 42 ) MY ONE TEMPTATION Mica Paris

70 ( 69 ) BAD Michael Jackson

 

71 ( 67 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac

72 ( 40 ) DOCTORIN' THE TARDIS The Timelords (KLF)

73 ( NEW ) PERFECT WORLD Huey Lewis & The News

74 ( 72 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys

75 ( NEW ) SUPERFLY GUY S'Express

 

 

 

Playlist oldies of the week

1 HAVE YOU SEEN HER The Chi-Lites

2 IT MUST BE LOVE Labi Siffre

3 SAD SWEET DREAMER Sweet Sensation

nice climbs for Debbie Gibson and Transvision Vamp, they were probably my favourite artists in summer 1988 :)

also nice climbs for Stop and Push It

Hi John!

Never heard the Monkey remix yet, only heard the radio edit version of this.

Also great to see "The Flame" in the top 5 and "Foolish Beat" gaining huge!

Other gains that I like are: "Anything For You" and "Push It"!

From the debuts and returns I like: "Hands To Heaven", "Love Bites" and "Perfect World" from the debuts and the return for "Stop"!

Great chart!

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nice climbs for Debbie Gibson and Transvision Vamp, they were probably my favourite artists in summer 1988 :)

also nice climbs for Stop and Push It

 

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One song is all that matters 'Fiesta' by The Pogues ❤️

 

By the end of the year one fiesta is Love Is All That Matters (which I played yesterday) :D

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Hi John!

Never heard the Monkey remix yet, only heard the radio edit version of this.

Also great to see "The Flame" in the top 5 and "Foolish Beat" gaining huge!

Other gains that I like are: "Anything For You" and "Push It"!

From the debuts and returns I like: "Hands To Heaven", "Love Bites" and "Perfect World" from the debuts and the return for "Stop"!

Great chart!

 

Hi Sergej ! :)

The Monkey remix is the radio edit I think (at least in the UK) which was a Jam & Lewis remix - the album version is quite a bit different.

 

Thanks for liking a bunch :)

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24th July 1988

 

It's 2 weeks on top for that Monkey as Kim Wilde comes galloping into the top 10 for the first time in 2 years, You Came. But will she Veni Vidi Vici? Gangway go top 10 too, with a track I'd forgotten till I played it last week, and Martha & The Vandellas get a first top 10 since earlier Motown reissue Dancing In The Street went top 10 19 years earlier. Appropriately enough fellow Motown act The Four Tops bring Reach Out I'll Be There (remixed) back into the charts, the second version to make my top 10 - the first was Gloria Gaynor's chart-topping stint in disco-mad 1975.

 

Voice Of The Beehive return with I Say Nothing - it went top 40 in 1987 - and is back at 23, as God Gave Rock n Roll To You brings the year 1973 back into the top 40 along with 1973 UK chart-topper Donny Osmond's new track, Soldier Of Love. Alexander O'Neal's run of Jamtastic singles continues with the fab What Can I Say To make You Love Me at 29, Fairground Attraction climb up to 30, while The Pogues and Prince leap into the 40.

 

There's a significant entry at 60 for Yazz & The Plastic Population, I suspect the only way is up, as a Belinda carlisle oldie sneaks back in with Mad About You joining the new stuff, and Groove Train debut with the funky cover of Stretch's 1975 funk gem Why Did You Do It pops in at 66. Shaky's also in the mood for 1973 covers - this time The Detroit Emeralds Feel The Need In Me top 5 track which was so good it charted again in a re-recorded version in 1977. Shaky hits were generally inversely-liked by me - the bigger they were the more meh! The smaller, the more interesting to me. Pat Benatar also returns all fired up. Don't blame her.

 

1 ( 1 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael

2 ( 2 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson

3 ( 3 ) IN THE AIR TONIGHT (1988) Phil Collins

4 ( 6 ) FOOLISH BEAT Debbie Gibson

5 ( 14 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde

6 ( 12 ) MY GIRL AND ME Gangway

7 ( 7 ) I WANT YOUR LOVE Transvision Vamp

8 ( 4 ) THE FLAME Cheap Trick

9 ( 10 ) NEVER TEAR US APART INXS

10 ( 35 ) NOWHERE TO RUN Martha & The Vandellas

 

11 ( 5 ) I WILL BE WITH YOU T'Pau

12 ( 30 ) HEAT IT UP Wee Papa Girl Rappers featuring 2 Men & A Drum Machine

13 ( 20 ) TOMORROW PEOPLE Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers

14 ( 8 ) NITE AND DAY Al B. Sure!

15 ( 18 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan

16 ( 23 ) CROSS MY HEART Eighth Wonder

17 ( 11 ) WILD WORLD Maxi Priest

18 ( RE ) REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE (REMIX) The Four Tops

19 ( 36 ) SYMPTOM OF TRUE LOVE Tracie Spencer

20 ( 24 ) PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa

 

21 ( 9 ) NO CONVERSATION View From The Hill

22 ( 13 ) BREAKFAST IN BED UB40/ Chrissie Hynde

23 ( NEW ) I SAY NOTHING Voice Of The Beehive

24 ( 15 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle

25 ( 16 ) PARADISE Sade

26 ( 49 ) GOD GAVE ROCK 'N' ROLL TO YOU Dennis Greaves & The Truth

27 ( 17 ) STOP Sam Brown

28 ( 65 ) SOLDIER OF LOVE Donny Osmond

29 ( NEW ) WHAT CAN I SAY TO MAKE YOU LOVE ME Alexander O'Neal

30 ( 44 ) FIND MY LOVE Fairground Attraction

 

31 ( 25 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael

32 ( 19 ) YOU HAVE PLACED A CHILL IN MY HEART Eurythmics

33 ( 60 ) FIESTA The Pogues

34 ( 64 ) GLAM SLAM Prince

35 ( 39 ) I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT Everything But The Girl

36 ( 21 ) THERE'S MORE TO LOVE The Communards

37 ( 63 ) ROSES ARE RED The Mac Band/ McCampbell Brothers

38 ( 55 ) MOVE ON UP Curtis Mayfield

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

40 ( 53 ) HAND TO HEAVEN Breathe

 

41 ( 22 ) FAST CAR Tracey Chapman

42 ( 41 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

43 ( 56 ) DO YOU LOVE ME The Contours

44 ( 32 ) EVERY DAY IS LIKE SUNDAY Morrissey

45 ( 27 ) CHAINS OF LOVE Erasure

46 ( 33 ) TRIBUTE (RIGHT ON) The Pasadenas

47 ( 38 ) SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART Aztec Camera

48 ( 75 ) SUPERFLY GUY S'Express

49 ( 43 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince

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

 

51 ( 51 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

52 ( 29 ) I DON'T WANT TO GO ON WITH YOU LIKE THAT Elton John

53 ( 37 ) DROWNING IN A SEA OF LOVE The Adventures

54 ( 28 ) MAYBE (WE SHOULD CALL IT A DAY) Hazell Dean

55 ( 54 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

56 ( 26 ) I OWE YOU NOTHING Bros

57 ( 31 ) VOYAGE VOYAGE Desireless

58 ( 57 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

59 ( 52 ) NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE MY LOVE FOR YOU Glen Medeiros

60 ( NEW ) THE ONLY WAY IS UP Yazz & The Plastic Population

 

61 ( 58 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5

62 ( NEW ) MAD ABOUT YOU Belinda Carlisle

63 ( 45 ) IS IT LOVE YOU'RE AFTER/ CAR WASH Rose Royce

64 ( 62 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson

65 ( 66 ) LOVE BITES Def Leppard

66 ( NEW ) WHY DID YOU DO IT Groove Train

67 ( 73 ) PERFECT WORLD Huey Lewis & The News

68 ( 61 ) DIVINE EMOTIONS Narada

69 ( RE ) I'M SORRY Hothouse Flowers

70 ( 70 ) BAD Michael Jackson

 

71 ( 67 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis

72 ( NEW ) I'M TOO SCARED Steven Dante

73 ( NEW ) FEEL THE NEED IN ME Shakin' Stevens

74 ( 74 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys

75 ( NEW ) ALL FIRED UP Pat Benatar

76 ( RE ) WHEN THE LOVE IS GOOD Big Trouble

 

 

Playlist faves of that week

1 CRAZY Patsy Cline

2 WHEN THE LOVE IS GOOD Big Trouble

3 HOLIDAY The Other Ones

great to see Foolish beat nearly top 3 and Kim Wilde top 5, sure my favourites in that top 10 together with I Want your Love

 

I loved that Voice of the Beehive song, one of the best bands of the late 80s for me

also really liked that Alexander Oneal song

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30th July 1988

 

It's a first week on top for Kim Wilde - ever! Not even Kids In America had managed to top my chart, but she finally got one in the bag 7 years on with the fab You Came, a big comeback for her. This week I went to Wembley Stadium where Kim was supporting Michael Jackson. I should specify I went with 2 mates, with the idea of parking near Wembley Stadium, because we couldn't get tickets to the bloody concert, so we had a day going round record megastores looking for rarities, and then headed back to catch the gig listening outside, where Kim duly did You Came. Does that sound sad? Whatever! Paul Young walked by us sat on a wall with a beautiful leggy model attached to him. I got to see Jacko (still at 2 in my chart) a few years later but Kim took a lot longer - an 80's tour after she'd been away from music gardening and bringing up kids. She was fab and have since seen her about 4 times, including literally 5 minutes walk away at Upton Country Park, and in rural Dorset for an acoustic-ish Xmas album and song singalong.

 

The Four Tops shoot into the top 5 for the first time since 1981, Donny Osmond into the top 10 for the first time since Puppy Love in 1972 (or 1973 if you include Osmonds records, and the rockin' Going Home), and B.V.S.M.P. enter at 8 with I Need You, which I don't recall hearing since I obviously went big on it rather quickly. Playing it now - rap/dance, very 1988, teenage boys. Err, not that great, presumably why it never went higher than it's entry position. In at 20, though, a genuine classic. Mory Kante's timeless dance banger with Guinea rhythms and lyrics, Ye Ke Ye Ke, which may well be the best track in this top 40 from the lofty viewpoint of 32 years.

 

Julia Fordham enters with the lovely Happy Ever After, one I bought as an early budget CD designed to get it to chart, at 23, and Yazz' monster roars up to 31 the only way truly is up. S'Express get a second top 40, and Gogo's Jane Wiedlin gets a big solo hit with the fab Rush Hour 5 years after getting her co-write Fun Boy 3 song Our Lips Are Sealed on top of my chart. Rod Stewart is Forever Young at 38. Chart position, not age. He was older than 38. All About Eve return with their infamously silent-mimed on TOTP Martha's Harbour, their best track, but catastrophically the sound in the studio went off on a live show and they sat their like goldfish unable to hear a thing.

 

Dollar bounce back, It's Nature's Way (No Problem) - I caught them on the aforementioned 80's tour with Kim Wilde, and later David Van Day escaped to star in a disastrously bad stage comedy farce. When I say "bad" I don't mean in the Michael Jackson sense, I mean in the "ohmygod this is torturously bad" sense. I think it both opened and closed in Bournemouth. I hope so anyway. Still love Dollar records though. Hey ho. The Band's Robbie Robertson gets a solo debut 20 years after their heyday, and 17 years since Joan Baez went top 10 with his song The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down. Somewhere Down The Lazy River is pure sultry Delta Blues and fab.

 

 

1 ( 5 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde

2 ( 2 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson

3 ( 1 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael

4 ( 3 ) IN THE AIR TONIGHT (1988) Phil Collins

5 ( 18 ) REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE (REMIX) The Four Tops

6 ( 9 ) NEVER TEAR US APART INXS

7 ( 4 ) FOOLISH BEAT Debbie Gibson

8 ( NEW ) I NEED YOU B.V.S.M.P.

9 ( 28 ) SOLDIER OF LOVE Donny Osmond

10 ( 10 ) NOWHERE TO RUN Martha & The Vandellas

 

11 ( 7 ) I WANT YOUR LOVE Transvision Vamp

12 ( 8 ) THE FLAME Cheap Trick

13 ( 6 ) MY GIRL AND ME Gangway

14 ( 23 ) I SAY NOTHING Voice Of The Beehive

15 ( 20 ) PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa

16 ( 12 ) HEAT IT UP Wee Papa Girl Rappers featuring 2 Men & A Drum Machine

17 ( 29 ) WHAT CAN I SAY TO MAKE YOU LOVE ME Alexander O'Neal

18 ( 19 ) SYMPTOM OF TRUE LOVE Tracie Spencer

19 ( 11 ) I WILL BE WITH YOU T'Pau

20 ( NEW ) YE KE YE KE Mory Kante

 

21 ( 30 ) FIND MY LOVE Fairground Attraction

22 ( 37 ) ROSES ARE RED The Mac Band/ McCampbell Brothers

23 ( NEW ) HAPPY EVER AFTER Julia Fordham

24 ( 13 ) TOMORROW PEOPLE Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers

25 ( 17 ) WILD WORLD Maxi Priest

26 ( 26 ) GOD GAVE ROCK 'N' ROLL TO YOU Dennis Greaves & The Truth

27 ( 40 ) HAND TO HEAVEN Breathe

28 ( 33 ) FIESTA The Pogues

29 ( 14 ) NITE AND DAY Al B. Sure!

30 ( 24 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle

 

31 ( 60 ) THE ONLY WAY IS UP Yazz & The Plastic Population

32 ( 48 ) SUPERFLY GUY S'Express

33 ( 15 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan

34 ( 34 ) GLAM SLAM Prince

35 ( 16 ) CROSS MY HEART Eighth Wonder

36 ( 31 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael

37 ( NEW ) RUSH HOUR Jane Wiedlin

38 ( NEW ) FOREVER YOUNG Rod Stewart

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

40 ( 22 ) BREAKFAST IN BED UB40/ Chrissie Hynde

 

41 ( 25 ) PARADISE Sade

42 ( 42 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys

43 ( NEW ) MARTHA'S HARBOUR All About Eve

44 ( 35 ) I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT Everything But The Girl

45 ( 21 ) NO CONVERSATION View From The Hill

46 ( 32 ) YOU HAVE PLACED A CHILL IN MY HEART Eurythmics

47 ( RE ) BEATIN' THE HEAT Jack 'n' Chill

48 ( NEW ) IT'S NATURE'S WAY (NO PROBLEM) Dollar

49 ( 62 ) MAD ABOUT YOU Belinda Carlisle

50 ( 27 ) STOP Sam Brown

 

51 ( 50 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

52 ( 51 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

53 ( NEW ) SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LAZY RIVER Robbie Robertson

54 ( 55 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles

55 ( 36 ) THERE'S MORE TO LOVE The Communards

56 ( 49 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince

57 ( NEW ) HUSTLE (TO THE MUSIC) Funky Worm

58 ( 44 ) EVERY DAY IS LIKE SUNDAY Morrissey

59 ( 58 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

60 ( 67 ) PERFECT WORLD Huey Lewis & The News

 

61 ( 47 ) SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART Aztec Camera

62 ( 65 ) LOVE BITES Def Leppard

63 ( 61 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5

64 ( 64 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson

65 ( 66 ) WHY DID YOU DO IT Groove Train

66 ( 46 ) TRIBUTE (RIGHT ON) The Pasadenas

67 ( 45 ) CHAINS OF LOVE Erasure

68 ( 73 ) FEEL THE NEED IN ME Shakin' Stevens

69 ( 70 ) BAD Michael Jackson

70 ( 75 ) ALL FIRED UP Pat Benatar

 

71 ( 63 ) IS IT LOVE YOU'RE AFTER/ CAR WASH Rose Royce

72 ( 71 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis

73 ( 41 ) FAST CAR Tracey Chapman

74 ( NEW ) WORKING IN A GOLDMINE Aztec Camera

75 ( 74 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys

 

 

FAVE OLDIES/ALBUM TRACKS OF THE WEEK

1 ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC The Archies

2 WAY OF LIFE Family Dogg

3 YOU CAME (Live at Wembley Stadium) Kim Wilde

4 ANOTHER PART OF ME (Live at Wembley Stadium) Michael Jackson

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