March 6, 20214 yr Author 3rd March 1991 It's a brand new entry at 1 for Pet Shop Boys in a huge week for new entries and a huge week for oldies - if nothing else showing that my charts have had oldies in them right from day one - and consequently it's a very volatile chart as 1991 finally wakes up. Chris & Neil often loved to take pot-shots at the self-important rock scene and it's tendency to be overblown and pompous, so by way of boosting an otherwise fairly ordinary album track (How Can You... is good but it's not classic PSB) they decided to put U2 firmly in the line of fire by covering classic Joshua Tree track Where The Streets Have No Name, and then taking the campness to the nth extreme by mashing it up with Can't Take MY Eyes Off You, a Frankie Valli classic more recently a Boystown Gang dance monster. The video had glitter, cowboy hats, and their version was both brilliant and hilarious. Bono & co took note and turned all experimental. So, a result all round! It's also the longest single title in chart history. Probably. It's also their 8th chart-topper in a row and 13th in total, putting them amongst the All-Time Greats in my charts ahead of ELO, and behind Abba and The Beatles. Colin Blunstone, ex-Zombies singer, covers his own 1972 chart-topper, Denny Laine's Say You Don't Mind - Denny having topped my charts with Wings many times - and enters at 4. I love the lush orchestral ballad, and it deserves to be better known. In at 6, Joan Armatrading out-peaks her 1976 original chart-peak with Love And Affection in remixed form (and has just been back in my 2021 charts for a 3rd run), as The Bee Gees get another top 10, extending their run back to my debut chart in 1968, and Roxette keep the more-recent run of top 10's going strong with Joyride. The second-biggest new track of the week, and a bonafide classic, is Massive (as they were briefly known due to an ongoing war) Attack's show-stopping song and video, Unfinished Sympathy, not least made extra great thanks to Shara Nelson's vocal, in at 14 just one spot higher than a re-issued Love Is A Stranger out to sell a Hits compilation as Eurythmics sadly split up for quite a while, and it's 3rd run in my chart. At 17, it's another oldie, as Elton John's 1974 hit Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me is also re-issued on CD - and I decide I rather do like it having been less than enthusiastic first-time round as it flopped in my charts then. Don't worry, I'd soon go off it again after the duet with George Michael topped the UK charts. Others: Happy Mondays have a Loose Fit, Echo & The Bunnymen are back thinking People Are Strange, a cover of the dark 50's ballad that had been out before, Wendy & Lisa return, and Scritti Politti re-enter after dropping out for a week, with their Beatles cover. I make that close-on one-third of the chart being either old, remixed, covered, nicked or sampled. 1 ( NEW ) WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME - CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU/HOW CAN YOU EXPECT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY? Pet Shop Boys 2 ( 3 ) ROCKIN’ BACK INSIDE MY HEART Julee Cruise 3 ( 2 ) SADENESS PART I Enigma 4 ( NEW ) SAY YOU DON’T MIND (NEW VERSION) Colin Blunstone 5 ( 1 ) MERCY MERCY ME/ I WANT YOU Robert Palmer 6 ( NEW ) LOVE AND AFFECTION (REMIX) Joan Armatrading 7 ( 7 ) THIS IS YOUR LIFE Banderas 8 ( 14 ) SECRET LOVE The Bee Gees 9 ( 9 ) BOW DOWN MISTER Jesus Loves You aka Boy George 10 ( 20 ) JOYRIDE Roxette 11 ( 4 ) HEAL THE PAIN George Michael 12 ( 6 ) (I WANNA GIVE YOU) DEVOTION Nomad featuring MC Mikee Freedom 13 ( 5 ) 3 a.m (ETERNAL) The KLF featuring Ricardo Da Force 14 ( NEW ) UNFINISHED SYMPATHY Massive Attack featuring Shara Nelson 15 ( NEW ) LOVE IS A STRANGER Eurythmics 16 ( 8 ) BLUE HOTEL Chris Isaak 17 ( NEW ) DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME Elton John 18 ( 25 ) ALL RIGHT NOW (REMIX) Free 19 ( 23 ) WALK AWAY Del Shannon 20 ( 10 ) WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO Kylie Minogue 21 ( 18 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers 22 ( 13 ) SENSITIVITY Ralph Tresvant 23 ( 12 ) OUTSTANDING Kenny Thomas 24 ( 28 ) YOU MESMERISE ME Maureen 25 ( 49 ) AROUND THE WAY GIRL LL Cool J 26 ( 32 ) CRAZY FOR YOU (REMIX) Madonna 27 ( 11 ) ONLY YOU Praise 28 ( 15 ) COMING OUT OF THE DARK Gloria Estefan 29 ( 33 ) KING OF THE HILL Roger McGuinn 30 ( 30 ) LOVE REARS IT’S UGLY HEAD Living Colour 31 ( 16 ) G.L.A.D. Kim Appleby 32 ( 24 ) WICKED GAME Chris Isaak 33 ( 34 ) IF I LUV U 2 NIGHT Mica Paris 34 ( 19 ) MY LOVE IS A FIRE Donny Osmond 35 ( 31 ) (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU/ MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING Carpenters 36 ( 59 ) WEAR YOUR LOVE LIKE HEAVEN Definition Of Sound 37 ( 37 ) WHO WHERE WHY Jesus Jones 38 ( 47 ) MY SIDE OF THE BED Susannah Hoffs 39 ( NEW ) LOOSE FIT Happy Mondays 40 ( 61 ) LODI Dream Warriors 41 ( 70 ) THINK ABOUT DJH Featuring Stefy 42 ( 17 ) AUBERGE Chris Rea 43 ( 26 ) YOU GOT THE LOVE The Source featuring Candi Staton 44 ( 42 ) BEING BORING Pet Shop Boys 45 ( NEW ) PEOPLE ARE STRANGE Echo & The Bunnymen 46 ( 27 ) CRAZY Seal 47 ( 45 ) ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER The Jimi Hendrix Experience 48 ( 22 ) EVERY BEAT OF THE HEART The Railway Children 49 ( 71 ) ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE Debbie Gibson 50 ( 46 ) HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE The Bee Gees 51 ( 50 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 52 ( 38 ) SMALLTOWN BOY ’91 Jimmy Somerville 53 ( 67 ) RHYTHM OF MY HEART Rod Stewart 54 ( 21 ) I BELIEVE EMF 55 ( 66 ) LOVE WALKED IN Thunder 56 ( 53 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas 57 ( 39 ) DO THE BARTMAN The Simpsons featuring Michael Jackson 58 ( 58 ) I FALL TO PIECES Patsy Cline 59 ( 74 ) SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO The Clash 60 ( 55 ) LOVE WILL NEVER DO WITHOUT YOU (ALBUM VERSION/REMIX VERSION) Janet Jackson 61 ( 29 ) WHICH WAY SHOULD I JUMP? Milltown Brothers 62 ( 60 ) LET IT BE The Beatles 63 ( 48 ) ALL TOGETHER NOW The Farm featuring Pete Wylie 64 ( 52 ) PREACHER MAN Bananarama 65 ( 73 ) ECHO CHAMBER Beats International 66 ( 56 ) WAITING FOR THE DAY George Michael 67 ( 35 ) GOOD TIMES Jimmy Barnes & INXS 68 ( 68 ) ESCAPADE Janet Jackson 69 ( RE ) SHE’S A WOMAN Scritti Politti featuring Shabba Ranks 70 ( 40 ) BEAUTIFUL LOVE Julian Cope 71 ( 36 ) ECHO MY HEART Lindy Leyton 72 ( 41 ) HIPPYCHICK Soho 73 ( 44 ) HERE COMES THE HAMMER MC Hammer 74 ( 43 ) BABY PLEASE DON’T GO Them featuring Van Morrison 75 ( NEW ) DON’T TRY TO TELL ME Wendy And Lisa OLDIES PLAYLIST 1 LAST NIGHT ON SOHO Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 2 CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU Andy Williams 3 ISLAND OF DREAMS The Springfields
March 6, 20214 yr Thanks Steve, There'll be another new number one shortly :lol: KLF are The Act of 1991 for me, even considering Pet Shop Boys and my inbuilt biases. Actually I might do 60 years of Best Act Of 1960 onwards (if I count the womb months :lol: ) based on what was released each year and see if Pet Shop Boys grab every year they have a new album out. Or not. :lol: It would be something I would enjoy reading!
March 6, 20214 yr Author It would be something I would enjoy reading! Okey doke, will get round to a more in depth than the one i just started, but thought I'd start off with the 60's, as it's pretty easy for me, and it might be more fun if others do their picks too for later decades (or also the 60's if they fancy it) :lol:
March 13, 20214 yr Author 10th March 1991 It's 2 weeks on top for Pet Shop Boys' U2/Frankie Valli mash-up, as Colin Blunstone peaks one place lower than Say You Don't Mind did in 1972 and Roxette grab a 5th top 5. Rod The Mod gets his biggest track since 1984 as Rhythm Of My Heart pounds from 53 to 6 beats, and Definition Of Sound leap up to 7 from 36. Elton's 1974 oldie goes top 10 for the first time, and Massive Attack take a classic into the top 10. Happy Mondays have a Loose Fit slacking into the 20, The Source give beats to Candi Staton and a first top 20 for her in 14 years with You Got The Love. Biggest climber outside Rod Stewart is Scritti Politti's Beatles cover, and the highest new entry is from REM, with Losing My Religion arguably being their greatest single, and new in at 25. Aswad cover The Eagles in the usual laidback reggae vibe, although amusingly Google seems to think it's the Earth, Wind & Fire song of the same name, oops, wrong, new at 42. The Mock Turtles great one-off Britpop classic Can You Dig It? is new at 43, Madonna's Rescue Me is new at 45, plugging the hits remixes album, and a blessed relief after Hanky Panky, though Justify My Love was fine, albeit not one you could dance to. Womack & Womack make it 7 years of chart entries, George Michael gets another low-key album track into a minor hit single, as Cowboys & Angels enters at 65, Elaine Paige almost goes for a rockin' pop track, Well, Almost, and in bottom run it's an obscure record from Nik Kershaw, donated to The Tremeloes' Chip Hawkes song, Chesney. The One And Only is a good pop record, I wonder whether it'll drop out next week.... 1 ( 1 ) WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME - CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU/HOW CAN YOU EXPECT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY? Pet Shop Boys 2 ( 4 ) SAY YOU DON’T MIND (NEW VERSION) Colin Blunstone 3 ( 2 ) ROCKIN’ BACK INSIDE MY HEART Julee Cruise 4 ( 3 ) SADENESS PART I Enigma 5 ( 10 ) JOYRIDE Roxette 6 ( 53 ) RHYTHM OF MY HEART Rod Stewart 7 ( 36 ) WEAR YOUR LOVE LIKE HEAVEN Definition Of Sound 8 ( 8 ) SECRET LOVE The Bee Gees 9 ( 17 ) DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME Elton John 10 ( 14 ) UNFINISHED SYMPATHY Massive Attack featuring Shara Nelson 11 ( 5 ) MERCY MERCY ME/ I WANT YOU Robert Palmer 12 ( 6 ) LOVE AND AFFECTION (REMIX) Joan Armatrading 13 ( 15 ) LOVE IS A STRANGER Eurythmics 14 ( 7 ) THIS IS YOUR LIFE Banderas 15 ( 39 ) LOOSE FIT Happy Mondays 16 ( 12 ) (I WANNA GIVE YOU) DEVOTION Nomad featuring MC Mikee Freedom 17 ( 9 ) BOW DOWN MISTER Jesus Loves You aka Boy George 18 ( 43 ) YOU GOT THE LOVE The Source featuring Candi Staton 19 ( 25 ) AROUND THE WAY GIRL LL Cool J 20 ( 11 ) HEAL THE PAIN George Michael 21 ( 24 ) YOU MESMERISE ME Maureen 22 ( 21 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers 23 ( 22 ) SENSITIVITY Ralph Tresvant 24 ( 13 ) 3 a.m (ETERNAL) The KLF featuring Ricardo Da Force 25 ( NEW ) LOSING MY RELIGION REM 26 ( 19 ) WALK AWAY Del Shannon 27 ( 16 ) BLUE HOTEL Chris Isaak 28 ( 20 ) WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO Kylie Minogue 29 ( 29 ) KING OF THE HILL Roger McGuinn 30 ( 38 ) MY SIDE OF THE BED Susannah Hoffs 31 ( 18 ) ALL RIGHT NOW (REMIX) Free 32 ( 26 ) CRAZY FOR YOU (REMIX) Madonna 33 ( 57 ) DO THE BARTMAN The Simpsons featuring Michael Jackson 34 ( 59 ) SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO The Clash 35 ( 40 ) LODI Dream Warriors 36 ( 32 ) WICKED GAME Chris Isaak 37 ( 35 ) (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU/ MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING Carpenters 38 ( 69 ) SHE’S A WOMAN Scritti Politti featuring Shabba Ranks 39 ( 45 ) PEOPLE ARE STRANGE Echo & The Bunnymen 40 ( 28 ) COMING OUT OF THE DARK Gloria Estefan 41 ( 37 ) WHO WHERE WHY Jesus Jones 42 ( NEW ) BEST OF MY LOVE Aswad 43 ( NEW ) CAN YOU DIG IT? The Mock Turtles 44 ( 27 ) ONLY YOU Praise 45 ( NEW ) RESCUE ME Madonna 46 ( 44 ) BEING BORING Pet Shop Boys 47 ( 34 ) MY LOVE IS A FIRE Donny Osmond 48 ( 30 ) LOVE REARS IT’S UGLY HEAD Living Colour 49 ( 49 ) ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE Debbie Gibson 50 ( 31 ) G.L.A.D. Kim Appleby 51 ( 47 ) ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER The Jimi Hendrix Experience 52 ( 51 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 53 ( 50 ) HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE The Bee Gees 54 ( 23 ) OUTSTANDING Kenny Thomas 55 ( NEW ) DON’T GO MESSIN’ WITH MY HEART Mantronix 56 ( 56 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas 57 ( 33 ) IF I LUV U 2 NIGHT Mica Paris 58 ( 41 ) THINK ABOUT DJH Featuring Stefy 59 ( NEW ) UPTOWN SATURDAY NIGHT Womack & Womack 60 ( 60 ) LOVE WILL NEVER DO WITHOUT YOU (ALBUM VERSION/REMIX VERSION) Janet Jackson 61 ( 46 ) CRAZY Seal 62 ( NEW ) LOVE GENERATION Soho 63 ( 62 ) LET IT BE The Beatles 64 ( 52 ) SMALLTOWN BOY ’91 Jimmy Somerville 65 ( NEW ) COWBOYS AND ANGELS George Michael 66 ( 63 ) ALL TOGETHER NOW The Farm featuring Pete Wylie 67 ( 66 ) WAITING FOR THE DAY George Michael 68 ( 68 ) ESCAPADE Janet Jackson 69 ( NEW ) GO FOR IT (ROCKY V) Joey Bellis & Tynetta Hare 70 ( 42 ) AUBERGE Chris Rea 71 ( RE ) IT’S TOO LATE Quartz featuring Dina Carroll 72 ( 64 ) PREACHER MAN Bananarama 73 ( NEW ) BECAUSE I LOVE YOU Stevie B 74 ( NEW ) WELL ALMOST Elaine Paige 75 ( NEW ) THE ONE AND ONLY Chesney Hawkes oldies playlist 1 THE LEGEND OF XANADU Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 2 I JUST WANT TO STAY HERE Steve n Eydie 3 I’M COMING HOME Tom Jones
March 16, 20214 yr Some fantastic tracks rising here and two of the greats songs of all time imho from Massive Attack and The Source ❤️. Also didn’t realise Sritti Politti still released new material as late as 1991, always viewed him as a mid 80s artist. Was that the rerelease for ‘People Are Strange’ by Echo & the Bunnymen?
March 17, 20214 yr Author Some fantastic tracks rising here and two of the greats songs of all time imho from Massive Attack and The Source ❤️. Also didn’t realise Sritti Politti still released new material as late as 1991, always viewed him as a mid 80s artist. Was that the rerelease for ‘People Are Strange’ by Echo & the Bunnymen? Yes I agree about Massive Attack and The Source (albeit it the 1997 version for me), yes Green Gartside was still having hits in the 90's, and had one more album in the late 90's, but he'd been burnt-out and developed a phobia over playing live, so effectively retired for a quiet life and occasional radio presenting, and the odd single. Latest news is he's supporting OMD on their next tour so I will be very tempted, if it all goes ahead! OMD are fab in concert, always a great night out, and I'd love to see Scritti Politti doing all the great hits! People Are Strange was a 1987 Lost Boys track, presumably pushed again in 1991 for The Doors movie coming out and Light My Fire finally making the UK top 10 24 years late :)
March 17, 20214 yr Some fantastic tracks rising here and two of the greats songs of all time imho from Massive Attack and The Source ❤️. Also didn’t realise Sritti Politti still released new material as late as 1991, always viewed him as a mid 80s artist. Was that the rerelease for ‘People Are Strange’ by Echo & the Bunnymen? Scritti Politti are supporting OMD on their autumn tour which is something to look forward to :cheer:
March 17, 20214 yr I've seen OMD quite a few times but never Scritti Politti so I'm looking forward to it!
March 21, 20214 yr Author 17th March 1991 It's 3 weeks on top as Rod Stewart gets his first top 3 track since Infatuation peaked at 2 in 1984, and his last as it happens, barring oldies coming back to top the chart. That sadly keeps off Massive Attack from the runners-up spot in a very varied top 10, joined this week by Happy Mondays biggest track to date, Loose Fit at 6. REM's classic Losing My Religion goes top 20, and George Michael's gorgeously sad Cowboys And Angels shoots up 47 places to give every single off Listen Without Prejudice a top 20 spot. Highest new entry is a track off Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation album, State Of The World in at 21, as other album tracks join it as per my new chart rules allowing one current album track not out as single to chart for a few weeks (5 or 10, I think): Carpenters Good Old Days in at 33 with a track I didn't know but had taken my fancy, and Dusty Springfield's Pet Shop Boys' track Occupy Your Mind at 39. Marc Almond re-records the brilliant Soft Cell hit from 1982, Say Hello Wave Goodbye, which featured a faltering but heartrending vocal from Marc which he clearly wasn't happy with. The new version might have been technically sung better but it had nowhere near the emotion of the original. In at 29. INXS' big ballad, By Your Side, shuffles in at 50, Queen have the seemingly whimsical I'm Going Slightly Mad new in, but the video with Freddie plastered in make-up and being game for a laugh was, I found, very sad and disturbing as he looked so ill and thin. Feargal Sharkey makes it 3 decades (or 13 years, take your pick) of chart entries as I've Got News For You takes up bottom-rung, co-written this time by himself. 1 ( 1 ) WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME - CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU/HOW CAN YOU EXPECT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY? Pet Shop Boys 2 ( 6 ) RHYTHM OF MY HEART Rod Stewart 3 ( 10 ) UNFINISHED SYMPATHY Massive Attack featuring Shara Nelson 4 ( 7 ) WEAR YOUR LOVE LIKE HEAVEN Definition Of Sound 5 ( 5 ) JOYRIDE Roxette 6 ( 15 ) LOOSE FIT Happy Mondays 7 ( 9 ) DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME Elton John 8 ( 4 ) SADENESS PART I Enigma 9 ( 3 ) ROCKIN’ BACK INSIDE MY HEART Julee Cruise 10 ( 2 ) SAY YOU DON’T MIND (NEW VERSION) Colin Blunstone 11 ( 8 ) SECRET LOVE The Bee Gees 12 ( 18 ) YOU GOT THE LOVE The Source featuring Candi Staton 13 ( 25 ) LOSING MY RELIGION REM 14 ( 14 ) THIS IS YOUR LIFE Banderas 15 ( 11 ) MERCY MERCY ME/ I WANT YOU Robert Palmer 16 ( 16 ) (I WANNA GIVE YOU) DEVOTION Nomad featuring MC Mikee Freedom 17 ( 19 ) AROUND THE WAY GIRL LL Cool J 18 ( 65 ) COWBOYS AND ANGELS George Michael 19 ( 13 ) LOVE IS A STRANGER Eurythmics 20 ( 17 ) BOW DOWN MISTER Jesus Loves You aka Boy George 21 ( NEW ) STATE OF THE WORLD Janet Jackson 22 ( 42 ) BEST OF MY LOVE Aswad 23 ( 22 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers 24 ( 20 ) HEAL THE PAIN George Michael 25 ( 12 ) LOVE AND AFFECTION (REMIX) Joan Armatrading 26 ( 43 ) CAN YOU DIG IT? The Mock Turtles 27 ( 74 ) WELL ALMOST Elaine Paige 28 ( 34 ) SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO The Clash 29 ( NEW ) SAY HELLO WAVE GOODBYE ’91 Soft Cell & Marc Almond 30 ( 38 ) SHE’S A WOMAN Scritti Politti featuring Shabba Ranks 31 ( 23 ) SENSITIVITY Ralph Tresvant 32 ( 24 ) 3 a.m (ETERNAL) The KLF featuring Ricardo Da Force 33 ( NEW ) THOSE GOOD OLD DREAMS Carpenters 34 ( 21 ) YOU MESMERISE ME Maureen 35 ( 28 ) WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO Kylie Minogue 36 ( 45 ) RESCUE ME Madonna 37 ( 59 ) UPTOWN Womack & Womack 38 ( 37 ) (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU/ MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING Carpenters 39 ( NEW ) OCCUPY YOUR MIND Dusty Springfield 40 ( 48 ) LOVE REARS IT’S UGLY HEAD Living Colour 41 ( 36 ) WICKED GAME Chris Isaak 42 ( 27 ) BLUE HOTEL Chris Isaak 43 ( 33 ) DO THE BARTMAN The Simpsons featuring Michael Jackson 44 ( 40 ) COMING OUT OF THE DARK Gloria Estefan 45 ( 41 ) WHO WHERE WHY Jesus Jones 46 ( 62 ) LOVE GENERATION Soho 47 ( 46 ) BEING BORING Pet Shop Boys 48 ( 26 ) WALK AWAY Del Shannon 49 ( 35 ) LODI Dream Warriors 50 ( NEW ) BY MY SIDE INXS 51 ( 29 ) KING OF THE HILL Roger McGuinn 52 ( 52 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 53 ( 51 ) ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER The Jimi Hendrix Experience 54 ( 31 ) ALL RIGHT NOW (REMIX) Free 55 ( 53 ) HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE The Bee Gees 56 ( 32 ) CRAZY FOR YOU (REMIX) Madonna 57 ( 56 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas 58 ( 75 ) THE ONE AND ONLY Chesney Hawkes 59 ( 30 ) MY SIDE OF THE BED Susannah Hoffs 60 ( 71 ) IT’S TOO LATE Quartz featuring Dina Carroll 61 ( 60 ) LOVE WILL NEVER DO WITHOUT YOU (ALBUM VERSION/REMIX VERSION) Janet Jackson 62 ( 39 ) PEOPLE ARE STRANGE Echo & The Bunnymen 63 ( 63 ) LET IT BE The Beatles 64 ( 47 ) MY LOVE IS A FIRE Donny Osmond 65 ( NEW ) I’M GOING SLIGHTLY MAD Queen 66 ( 44 ) ONLY YOU Praise 67 ( 68 ) ESCAPADE Janet Jackson 68 ( 67 ) WAITING FOR THE DAY George Michael 69 ( 69 ) GO FOR IT (ROCKY V) Joey Bellis & Tynetta Hare 70 ( 66 ) ALL TOGETHER NOW The Farm featuring Pete Wylie 71 ( 64 ) SMALLTOWN BOY ’91 Jimmy Somerville 72 ( 50 ) G.L.A.D. Kim Appleby 73 ( 57 ) IF I LUV U 2 NIGHT Mica Paris 74 ( 61 ) CRAZY Seal 75 ( NEW ) I’VE GOT NEWS FOR YOU Feargal Sharkey playlist: 1 IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys 2 RENT U2 Parody Steve Wright Show Radio One 3 MIRACLE Jon Bon Jovi
March 22, 20214 yr It’s not until I follow these charts that I realise there’s so much good stuff in the early 90s. Just assumed the 90s don’t start properly until 1994!
March 22, 20214 yr ^at any given era there's always good music, lots of classics in there, Losing my Religion, Unfinished Sympathy, 3am Eternal, Wicked Game etc.. and also lots of "lost gems" like Banderas - This is the Life
March 31, 20214 yr Author Thanks Steve & Bjork, I still see 1991 as a great period for music - and all the way up to 1997 or 1998 before dipping a bit, at least singles chart wise :)
March 31, 20214 yr Author 24th March 1991 It's a 4th and final week on top for Pet Shop Boys as Massive Attack's classic Unfinished Sympathy is at 2 - which is a nice surprise to me as I didn't recall it getting that high. As I've never reviewed my charts or re-played my cassette tapes of 1991 through 1994 this is all going to be new to me, yay! I also didn;t remember Loose Fit hitting 3 - what a cool top 3! Elton's 1974 flop (in my charts of the time) hits 4 some time ahead of the UK chart-topping duet with George Michael, who co-icidentally takes his lovely Cowboys & Angels into the top 10 for a 4th from 4 off the Listen Without Prejudice album. REM take a classic top 10, too, as Elaine Paige gets her 3rd biggest chart hit at 12 with the rocking-ish Well Almost - certainly not a ballad! The Carpenters get another belated top 20, and highest new entry is the 1976 Thin Lizzy Top 10 gem, The Boys Are Back In Town, in at 22 just ahead of the latest from Simple Minds, Let There Be Love at 25. At 49, Hazell Dean's still making chart hits 7 years on from her first Stock, Aitken & Watermen Hi-NRG hits, and Cher covers Linda Lewis' wonderful 1975 top 10 frantic disco biggie (for me), changes the title back from It's In His Kiss to The Shoop Shoop Song, adopted the style of a speeded-up Betty Everett version of the song from the 60's, bungs it in a film, and has a massive UK hit out of it. I'll stick with Linda Lewis and any previous Cher hits in the UK or the USA... At 67, not the Anita Ward song, Monie Love squares up against Adeva: winner? Adeva. At 73, Tom Jones sneaks in with a record I've no memory of at all. So expect it to drop out next week, as the main reason. But it does give The Voice a 23rd charting year, plus another 4 prior to that where he would definitely had had some monster hits in my theoretical charts as a kiddie, being as I absolutely loved It's Not Unusual, What's New Pussycat, Green Green Grass Of Home, Delilah and I'm Coming Home, 2 of those having topped my charts as re-issues. 1 ( 1 ) WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME - CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU/HOW CAN YOU EXPECT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY? Pet Shop Boys 2 ( 3 ) UNFINISHED SYMPATHY Massive Attack featuring Shara Nelson 3 ( 6 ) LOOSE FIT Happy Mondays 4 ( 7 ) DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME Elton John 5 ( 2 ) RHYTHM OF MY HEART Rod Stewart 6 ( 4 ) WEAR YOUR LOVE LIKE HEAVEN Definition Of Sound 7 ( 18 ) COWBOYS AND ANGELS George Michael 8 ( 5 ) JOYRIDE Roxette 9 ( 11 ) SECRET LOVE The Bee Gees 10 ( 13 ) LOSING MY RELIGION REM 11 ( 8 ) SADENESS PART I Enigma 12 ( 27 ) WELL ALMOST Elaine Paige 13 ( 14 ) THIS IS YOUR LIFE Banderas 14 ( 15 ) MERCY MERCY ME/ I WANT YOU Robert Palmer 15 ( 9 ) ROCKIN’ BACK INSIDE MY HEART Julee Cruise 16 ( 33 ) THOSE GOOD OLD DREAMS Carpenters 17 ( 10 ) SAY YOU DON’T MIND (NEW VERSION) Colin Blunstone 18 ( 22 ) BEST OF MY LOVE Aswad 19 ( 16 ) (I WANNA GIVE YOU) DEVOTION Nomad featuring MC Mikee Freedom 20 ( 20 ) BOW DOWN MISTER Jesus Loves You aka Boy George 21 ( 12 ) YOU GOT THE LOVE The Source featuring Candi Staton 22 ( NEW ) THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN Thin Lizzy 23 ( 19 ) LOVE IS A STRANGER Eurythmics 24 ( 21 ) STATE OF THE WORLD Janet Jackson 25 ( NEW ) LET THERE BE LOVE Simple Minds 26 ( 26 ) CAN YOU DIG IT? The Mock Turtles 27 ( 23 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers 28 ( 30 ) SHE’S A WOMAN Scritti Politti featuring Shabba Ranks 29 ( 36 ) RESCUE ME Madonna 30 ( 39 ) OCCUPY YOUR MIND Dusty Springfield 31 ( 17 ) AROUND THE WAY GIRL LL Cool J 32 ( 24 ) HEAL THE PAIN George Michael 33 ( 50 ) BY MY SIDE INXS 34 ( 37 ) UPTOWN Womack & Womack 35 ( 40 ) LOVE REARS IT’S UGLY HEAD Living Colour 36 ( 29 ) SAY HELLO WAVE GOODBYE ’91 Soft Cell & Marc Almond 37 ( 28 ) SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO The Clash 38 ( 31 ) SENSITIVITY Ralph Tresvant 39 ( 32 ) 3 a.m (ETERNAL) The KLF featuring Ricardo Da Force 40 ( 25 ) LOVE AND AFFECTION (REMIX) Joan Armatrading 41 ( 38 ) (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU/ MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING Carpenters 42 ( 41 ) WICKED GAME Chris Isaak 43 ( 35 ) WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO Kylie Minogue 44 ( 34 ) YOU MESMERISE ME Maureen 45 ( 65 ) I’M GOING SLIGHTLY MAD Queen 46 ( 46 ) LOVE GENERATION Soho 47 ( 47 ) BEING BORING Pet Shop Boys 48 ( 60 ) IT’S TOO LATE Quartz featuring Dina Carroll 49 ( NEW ) BETTER OFF WITHOUT YOU Hazell Dean 50 ( 44 ) COMING OUT OF THE DARK Gloria Estefan 51 ( 52 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 52 ( 58 ) THE ONE AND ONLY Chesney Hawkes 53 ( 53 ) ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER The Jimi Hendrix Experience 54 ( NEW ) THE SHOOP SHOOP SONG (IT’S IN HIS KISS) Cher 55 ( 57 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas 56 ( 55 ) HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE The Bee Gees 57 ( 42 ) BLUE HOTEL Chris Isaak 58 ( 43 ) DO THE BARTMAN The Simpsons featuring Michael Jackson 59 ( 69 ) GO FOR IT (ROCKY V) Joey Bellis & Tynetta Hare 60 ( 45 ) WHO WHERE WHY Jesus Jones 61 ( 63 ) LET IT BE The Beatles 62 ( 61 ) LOVE WILL NEVER DO WITHOUT YOU (ALBUM VERSION/REMIX VERSION) Janet Jackson 63 ( 51 ) KING OF THE HILL Roger McGuinn 64 ( 49 ) LODI Dream Warriors 65 ( 67 ) ESCAPADE Janet Jackson 66 ( 48 ) WALK AWAY Del Shannon 67 ( NEW ) RING MY BELL Monie Love Vs Adeva 68 ( 68 ) WAITING FOR THE DAY George Michael 69 ( 56 ) CRAZY FOR YOU (REMIX) Madonna 70 ( 70 ) ALL TOGETHER NOW The Farm featuring Pete Wylie 71 ( 75 ) I’VE GOT NEWS FOR YOU Feargal Sharkey 72 ( 64 ) MY LOVE IS A FIRE Donny Osmond 73 ( NEW ) CARRYING A TORCH Tom Jones 74 ( 74 ) CRAZY Seal 75 ( 71 ) SMALLTOWN BOY ’91 Jimmy Somerville playlist records 1 “Greatest Hits” Bob Dylan 2 ROCK THE BOAT The Hues Corporation 3 EMMA Hot Chocolate
April 1, 20214 yr Losing my religion and Unfinished sympathy are my favourites in that top 10 I also really liked Cowboys and Angels, although I think at the time it was the first GM song to miss the top 40
April 17, 20214 yr Author Losing my religion and Unfinished sympathy are my favourites in that top 10 I also really liked Cowboys and Angels, although I think at the time it was the first GM song to miss the top 40 Yes, that was a real shame - though not entirely unexpected, by this time George was more an album artist, not least due to his refusal to appear in his music videos to underline that fact, so it was always going to be too subtle to hit big without a push.
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