April 17, 20214 yr Author I nearly love the whole top 10 to be honest, seems a great era! Certainly were some classics about! :)
April 17, 20214 yr Author 31st March 1991 It's a new entry for classic Stranglers hit Golden Brown from 1982, finally topping my chart thanks to a re-issued hit and belatedly giving the band a number one, having gone top 5 a few times from 1977 onwards, but never grabbing the top spot. The Bee Gees get another top 5, their first for 2 years in a 23-year-run of regular top 5's, albeit not every year. Elaine Paige's flop goes top 10 here, Well Almost...well, actually. Living Colour meanwhile get a sudden leap to 10 for a once-only happening as Love Rears It's Ugly Head. Highest new track is a powerful banger from Gary Clail, Human Nature being part-social commentary at 11, and Bananarama get a high new entry at 14 with the unexpected Doobie Brothers cover, Long Train Coming - a US hit from 1973 that made the UK charts - and which works beautifully well, rifftastic. 10 years on from their cover of Yamasukis A'ie a mwana which Black Blood charted (for me) in 1975. Yamasukis was an alias of Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalter's dad, doing experimental world music in 1971. Not a lot of people know that. In a busy week for new stuff, James are in at 39 with their pop anthem Sit Down, still a great track, and sparking off a pretty fine run of singles for the 90's and beyond. Pete Wah! Wylie is also back with his 1986 top 10, Sinful, baggied up a bit with The Farm to lesser effect, in at 40. Enigma follow-up the monster fabness of Sadeness with a more modest chart position. Who's to blame for that? Mea Culpa! (Part II). A bunch of acts return with additions to chart runs, none of them that notable from the viewpoint of 30 years later, bar a couple: The Rolling Stones Highwire sneaks in for a chart span of 22 years. and they aren't even halfway through their current span by that point! Kylie's sis joins in the chart success, as Dannii grabs some Love And Kisses at 71 kick-starting 16 years of UK chart success, some of her later stuff very good dance-based grooves. Meanwhile in the real world that week I went to see Bucks Fizz again, always a hits-filled great night out. Their records were, and continue to be via The Fizz 75% membership 40 years on from their debut, much much better than critics think. Pop is not a dirty word when it's done very well. 1 ( NEW ) GOLDEN BROWN The Stranglers 2 ( 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 3 ( 3 ) LOOSE FIT Happy Mondays 4 ( 2 ) UNFINISHED SYMPATHY Massive Attack featuring Shara Nelson 5 ( 9 ) SECRET LOVE The Bee Gees 6 ( 4 ) DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME Elton John 7 ( 5 ) RHYTHM OF MY HEART Rod Stewart 8 ( 12 ) WELL ALMOST Elaine Paige 9 ( 7 ) COWBOYS AND ANGELS George Michael 10 ( 35 ) LOVE REARS IT’S UGLY HEAD Living Colour 11 ( NEW ) HUMAN NATURE Gary Clail & The On-U Sound System 12 ( 21 ) YOU GOT THE LOVE The Source featuring Candi Staton 13 ( 8 ) JOYRIDE Roxette 14 ( NEW ) LONG TRAIN RUNNING Bananarama 15 ( 6 ) WEAR YOUR LOVE LIKE HEAVEN Definition Of Sound 16 ( 14 ) MERCY MERCY ME/ I WANT YOU Robert Palmer 17 ( 11 ) SADENESS PART I Enigma 18 ( 25 ) LET THERE BE LOVE Simple Minds 19 ( 22 ) THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN Thin Lizzy 20 ( 13 ) THIS IS YOUR LIFE Banderas 21 ( 29 ) RESCUE ME Madonna 22 ( 18 ) BEST OF MY LOVE Aswad 23 ( 10 ) LOSING MY RELIGION REM 24 ( 19 ) (I WANNA GIVE YOU) DEVOTION Nomad featuring MC Mikee Freedom 25 ( 33 ) BY MY SIDE INXS 26 ( 15 ) ROCKIN’ BACK INSIDE MY HEART Julee Cruise 27 ( 20 ) BOW DOWN MISTER Jesus Loves You aka Boy George 28 ( 26 ) CAN YOU DIG IT? The Mock Turtles 29 ( 16 ) THOSE GOOD OLD DREAMS Carpenters 30 ( 30 ) OCCUPY YOUR MIND Dusty Springfield 31 ( 27 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers 32 ( 17 ) SAY YOU DON’T MIND (NEW VERSION) Colin Blunstone 33 ( 28 ) SHE’S A WOMAN Scritti Politti featuring Shabba Ranks 34 ( 54 ) THE SHOOP SHOOP SONG (IT’S IN HIS KISS) Cher 35 ( 24 ) STATE OF THE WORLD Janet Jackson 36 ( 23 ) LOVE IS A STRANGER Eurythmics 37 ( 34 ) UPTOWN Womack & Womack 38 ( 32 ) HEAL THE PAIN George Michael 39 ( NEW ) SIT DOWN James 40 ( NEW ) SINFUL Pete Wylie & The Farm 41 ( 41 ) (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU/ MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING Carpenters 42 ( 39 ) 3 a.m (ETERNAL) The KLF featuring Ricardo Da Force 43 ( 43 ) WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO Kylie Minogue 44 ( 38 ) SENSITIVITY Ralph Tresvant 45 ( 37 ) SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO The Clash 46 ( 42 ) WICKED GAME Chris Isaak 47 ( 47 ) BEING BORING Pet Shop Boys 48 ( 31 ) AROUND THE WAY GIRL LL Cool J 49 ( 52 ) THE ONE AND ONLY Chesney Hawkes 50 ( NEW ) MEA CULPA PART II Enigma 51 ( 51 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 52 ( 40 ) LOVE AND AFFECTION (REMIX) Joan Armatrading 53 ( 53 ) ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER The Jimi Hendrix Experience 54 ( 50 ) COMING OUT OF THE DARK Gloria Estefan 55 ( 55 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas 56 ( 49 ) BETTER OFF WITHOUT YOU Hazell Dean 57 ( 56 ) HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE The Bee Gees 58 ( NEW ) HERE WE GO C+C Music factory 59 ( 36 ) SAY HELLO WAVE GOODBYE ’91 Soft Cell & Marc Almond 60 ( NEW ) WORD OF MOUTH Mike + The Mechanics 61 ( 61 ) LET IT BE The Beatles 62 ( NEW ) WHERE LOVE LIVES Alison Limerick 63 ( 62 ) LOVE WILL NEVER DO WITHOUT YOU (ALBUM VERSION/REMIX VERSION) Janet Jackson 64 ( 57 ) BLUE HOTEL Chris Isaak 65 ( 67 ) RING MY BELL Monie Love Vs Adeva 66 ( 65 ) ESCAPADE Janet Jackson 67 ( 48 ) IT’S TOO LATE Quartz featuring Dina Carroll 68 ( NEW ) SOMETHING SO GOOD The Railway Children 69 ( NEW ) DANCIN’ Chris Isaak 70 ( 68 ) WAITING FOR THE DAY George Michael 71 ( NEW ) LOVE AND KISSES Dannii Minogue 72 ( NEW ) SNAP MEGAMIX Snap! 73 ( NEW ) OVER TO YOU JOHN Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers 74 ( NEW ) WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE Alexander O’Neal 75 ( NEW ) HIGHWIRE The Rolling Stones BUCKS FIZZ LIVE AT BOURNEMOUTH PAVILION 1 NEW BEGINNINGS (MAMBA SEYRA) 2 NOW THOSE DAYS ARE GONE 3 ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS 4 LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE 5 HEART OF STONE
April 18, 20214 yr Author 7th April 1991 It's an invasion of more oldies as The Waterboys copy The Stranglers by entering an 80's classic in at number one, having peaked top 10 in 1985, and then became a reissued hit that did better second-time around. In the interim, I'd picked up the single in a record shop in Shaftesbury, Dorset (then famous for the Hovis cobblestoned hill advert, and future local town of Madonna when she moved onto an Estate with film-making hubbie, and co-incidentally now keeping her latest hit at 2 following a leap). Then in 1989 I heard it in a record store in the College town Burlington on the shores of Lake Champlain in Vermont, en route to Canada. I've always got anecdotes for music I hear, cos they stick with me pretty often and this time round it reminded me of the holiday, so fond memories. Bananarama get a second consecutive top 3, and are still searching for that elusive chart-topper, as oldies from The Troggs (1966) and The Clash (1983) debut and return, respectively. OMD, essentially Andy & a mate by this time, return with a bit of a comeback, Sailing On The Seven Seas channelling Gary Glitter stomping backing tracks at 62 for an 11th year of chart action. The Simpsons get a follow-up that's actually better then the huge hit, and Julian Cope is back a decade since he was Reward-ing some exploding teardrops. 1 ( NEW ) THE WHOLE OF THE MOON The Waterboys 2 ( 21 ) RESCUE ME Madonna 3 ( 14 ) LONG TRAIN RUNNING Bananarama 4 ( 2 ) WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME - CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU/HOW CAN YOU EXPECT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY? Pet Shop Boys 5 ( 1 ) GOLDEN BROWN The Stranglers 6 ( 4 ) UNFINISHED SYMPATHY Massive Attack featuring Shara Nelson 7 ( 5 ) SECRET LOVE The Bee Gees 8 ( 3 ) LOOSE FIT Happy Mondays 9 ( 6 ) DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME Elton John 10 ( 8 ) WELL ALMOST Elaine Paige 11 ( 7 ) RHYTHM OF MY HEART Rod Stewart 12 ( 9 ) COWBOYS AND ANGELS George Michael 13 ( 25 ) BY MY SIDE INXS 14 ( 11 ) HUMAN NATURE Gary Clail & The On-U Sound System 15 ( 20 ) THIS IS YOUR LIFE Banderas 16 ( 13 ) JOYRIDE Roxette 17 ( 10 ) LOVE REARS IT’S UGLY HEAD Living Colour 18 ( 16 ) MERCY MERCY ME/ I WANT YOU Robert Palmer 19 ( 28 ) CAN YOU DIG IT? The Mock Turtles 20 ( 12 ) YOU GOT THE LOVE The Source featuring Candi Staton 21 ( 17 ) SADENESS PART I Enigma 22 ( 15 ) WEAR YOUR LOVE LIKE HEAVEN Definition Of Sound 23 ( 39 ) SIT DOWN James 24 ( 18 ) LET THERE BE LOVE Simple Minds 25 ( NEW ) WILD THING The Troggs 26 ( 33 ) SHE’S A WOMAN Scritti Politti featuring Shabba Ranks 27 ( 19 ) THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN Thin Lizzy 28 ( 34 ) THE SHOOP SHOOP SONG (IT’S IN HIS KISS) Cher 29 ( 24 ) (I WANNA GIVE YOU) DEVOTION Nomad featuring MC Mikee Freedom 30 ( NEW ) ROCK THE CASBAH The Clash 31 ( 22 ) BEST OF MY LOVE Aswad 32 ( 31 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers 33 ( NEW ) WHAT IS RHYTHM Addams & Gee 34 ( 58 ) HERE WE GO C+C Music factory 35 ( 27 ) BOW DOWN MISTER Jesus Loves You aka Boy George 36 ( 49 ) THE ONE AND ONLY Chesney Hawkes 37 ( 23 ) LOSING MY RELIGION REM 38 ( 65 ) RING MY BELL Monie Love Vs Adeva 39 ( 26 ) ROCKIN’ BACK INSIDE MY HEART Julee Cruise 40 ( 40 ) SINFUL Pete Wylie & The Farm 41 ( 41 ) (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU/ MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING Carpenters 42 ( 38 ) HEAL THE PAIN George Michael 43 ( 32 ) SAY YOU DON’T MIND (NEW VERSION) Colin Blunstone 44 ( 36 ) LOVE IS A STRANGER Eurythmics 45 ( 42 ) 3 a.m (ETERNAL) The KLF featuring Ricardo Da Force 46 ( 37 ) UPTOWN Womack & Womack 47 ( NEW ) SIZE OF A COW The Wonder Stuff 48 ( 47 ) BEING BORING Pet Shop Boys 49 ( NEW ) GET READY Roachford 50 ( 46 ) WICKED GAME Chris Isaak 51 ( 51 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 52 ( 43 ) WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO Kylie Minogue 53 ( 53 ) ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER The Jimi Hendrix Experience 54 ( 62 ) WHERE LOVE LIVES Alison Limerick 55 ( 54 ) COMING OUT OF THE DARK Gloria Estefan 56 ( 55 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas 57 ( 44 ) SENSITIVITY Ralph Tresvant 58 ( 45 ) SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO The Clash 59 ( 57 ) HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE The Bee Gees 60 ( NEW ) HYPERREAL The Shamen 61 ( 61 ) LET IT BE The Beatles 62 ( NEW ) SAILING ON THE SEVEN SEAS Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 63 ( NEW ) H.O.U.S.E. Doug Lazy 64 ( 63 ) LOVE WILL NEVER DO WITHOUT YOU (ALBUM VERSION/REMIX VERSION) Janet Jackson 65 ( NEW ) VISION OF YOU (REMIX) Belinda Carlisle 66 ( 52 ) LOVE AND AFFECTION (REMIX) Joan Armatrading 67 ( 66 ) ESCAPADE Janet Jackson 68 ( 71 ) LOVE AND KISSES Dannii Minogue 69 ( NEW ) DEEP DEEP TROUBLE The Simpsons 70 ( 50 ) MEA CULPA PART II Enigma 71 ( 70 ) WAITING FOR THE DAY George Michael 72 ( 72 ) SNAP MEGAMIX Snap! 73 ( NEW ) ANTHEM N JOI 74 ( 64 ) BLUE HOTEL Chris Isaak 75 ( NEW ) EASY EASY RIDER Julian Cope 7th April OLDIES PLAYLIST 1 “Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits” 2 SAD SWEET DREAMER Sweet Sensation 3 A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael
April 27, 20214 yr Author 14th April 1991 It's another oldie on top - sort of - as The Doobie Brothers 1973 classic Long Train Running is finally a UK chart hit, albeit in a dance cover version by Bananarama. So that's a first chart-topper for the gals after a decade of trying, and quite possibly this version inspired the remixed version of the original which will chart in a year or two. That's a Twofer! INXS keep the top 10's coming as By My Side goes where INXS first went with 1986's Kiss The Dirt. Cher can beat that though, as It's In His Kiss (I refuse to call it the stupid version of the title) goes where Linda Lewis first took it in 1975, and Cher makes it 20 years of solo top 10's and she's not yet half-way through her run of top 10's. Had I been charting then, it would have been 1965 (with Sonny on I Got You Babe) and 1966 (Bang Bang) as I loved them both at the time. The Wonder Stuff do a spot of Arabian Nights - "Size of a cow" is a reference to the animated adventures in The Banana Splits Show, aimed at kids of the 60's (me) - and rocket to 11 from 47. Highest new entry is from Electronic, Get The Message, and the band is basically Bernard from New Order, Johnny from The Smiths and guests like Pet Shop Boys, so at least we were spared a new supergroup named Sumner Marr & Friends. This is their finest moment, a total groove. OMD and The Shamen sail hyperreal seas into the 40, and Paul Young is back with his last big hit, assisting Italian crooner Zucchero on the pretty good Senza Una Donna, for an 8th year of hits, or 13 if you count his vocals on Streeband's Toast, though I prefer to forget it. 1 ( 3 ) LONG TRAIN RUNNING Bananarama 2 ( 2 ) RESCUE ME Madonna 3 ( 1 ) THE WHOLE OF THE MOON The Waterboys 4 ( 5 ) GOLDEN BROWN The Stranglers 5 ( 4 ) WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME - CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU/HOW CAN YOU EXPECT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY? Pet Shop Boys 6 ( 6 ) UNFINISHED SYMPATHY Massive Attack featuring Shara Nelson 7 ( 13 ) BY MY SIDE INXS 8 ( 7 ) SECRET LOVE The Bee Gees 9 ( 12 ) COWBOYS AND ANGELS George Michael 10 ( 28 ) THE SHOOP SHOOP SONG (IT’S IN HIS KISS) Cher 11 ( 47 ) THE SIZE OF A COW The Wonder Stuff 12 ( 19 ) CAN YOU DIG IT? The Mock Turtles 13 ( 8 ) LOOSE FIT Happy Mondays 14 ( 9 ) DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME Elton John 15 ( 14 ) HUMAN NATURE Gary Clail & The On-U Sound System 16 ( 11 ) RHYTHM OF MY HEART Rod Stewart 17 ( 23 ) SIT DOWN James 18 ( 16 ) JOYRIDE Roxette 19 ( 25 ) WILD THING The Troggs 20 ( 26 ) SHE’S A WOMAN Scritti Politti featuring Shabba Ranks 21 ( 15 ) THIS IS YOUR LIFE Banderas 22 ( 18 ) MERCY MERCY ME/ I WANT YOU Robert Palmer 23 ( 30 ) ROCK THE CASBAH The Clash 24 ( 10 ) WELL ALMOST Elaine Paige 25 ( NEW ) GET THE MESSAGE Electronic 26 ( 21 ) SADENESS PART I Enigma 27 ( 49 ) GET READY Roachford 28 ( 34 ) HERE WE GO C+C Music factory 29 ( 17 ) LOVE REARS IT’S UGLY HEAD Living Colour 30 ( 20 ) YOU GOT THE LOVE The Source featuring Candi Staton 31 ( 38 ) RING MY BELL Monie Love Vs Adeva 32 ( 62 ) SAILING ON THE SEVEN SEAS Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 33 ( 33 ) CHUNG KUO (REVISITED) Addams & Gee 34 ( 32 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers 35 ( 54 ) WHERE LOVE LIVES Alison Limerick 36 ( 29 ) (I WANNA GIVE YOU) DEVOTION Nomad featuring MC Mikee Freedom 37 ( 22 ) WEAR YOUR LOVE LIKE HEAVEN Definition Of Sound 38 ( 37 ) LOSING MY RELIGION REM 39 ( 40 ) SINFUL Pete Wylie & The Farm 40 ( 60 ) HYPERREAL The Shamen 41 ( 41 ) (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU/ MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING Carpenters 42 ( 31 ) BEST OF MY LOVE Aswad 43 ( 27 ) THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN Thin Lizzy 44 ( RE ) WORD OF MOUTH Mike + The Mechanics 45 ( 35 ) BOW DOWN MISTER Jesus Loves You aka Boy George 46 ( 65 ) VISION OF YOU (REMIX) Belinda Carlisle 47 ( 39 ) ROCKIN’ BACK INSIDE MY HEART Julee Cruise 48 ( 24 ) LET THERE BE LOVE Simple Minds 49 ( 50 ) WICKED GAME Chris Isaak 50 ( 48 ) BEING BORING Pet Shop Boys 51 ( 51 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 52 ( 42 ) HEAL THE PAIN George Michael 53 ( 45 ) 3 a.m (ETERNAL) The KLF featuring Ricardo Da Force 54 ( 53 ) ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER The Jimi Hendrix Experience 55 ( 36 ) THE ONE AND ONLY Chesney Hawkes 56 ( 56 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas 57 ( 44 ) LOVE IS A STRANGER Eurythmics 58 ( NEW ) SENZA UNA DONNA Zucchero & Paul Young 59 ( 55 ) COMING OUT OF THE DARK Gloria Estefan 60 ( 52 ) WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO Kylie Minogue 61 ( 61 ) LET IT BE The Beatles 62 ( 59 ) HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE The Bee Gees 63 ( 43 ) SAY YOU DON’T MIND (NEW VERSION) Colin Blunstone 64 ( 69 ) DEEP DEEP TROUBLE The Simpsons 65 ( NEW ) ROUND AND ROUND Tevin Campbell 66 ( 68 ) LOVE AND KISSES Dannii Minogue 67 ( RE ) DANCIN’ Chris Isaak 68 ( 67 ) ESCAPADE Janet Jackson 69 ( NEW ) CARAVAN Inspiral Carpets 70 ( RE ) SOMETHING SO GOOD The Railway Children 71 ( 64 ) LOVE WILL NEVER DO WITHOUT YOU (ALBUM VERSION/REMIX VERSION) Janet Jackson 72 ( NEW ) HERE I STAND The Milltown Brothers 73 ( 73 ) ANTHEM N JOI 74 ( NEW ) IT WON’T BE LONG Alison Moyet 75 ( NEW ) RHYTHM OF LIFE Oleta Adams oldies playlist 1 101 Sheena Easton 2 LOVE BLONDE Kim Wilde 3 THE CAT CREPT IN Mud
April 27, 20214 yr love The Whole of The Moon, 1991 was my first time hearing the song, so was a new for me not a big fan of that Bananarama era, that Long Train Running cover was very average, big step down from there Wow era
April 28, 20214 yr Author love The Whole of The Moon, 1991 was my first time hearing the song, so was a new for me not a big fan of that Bananarama era, that Long Train Running cover was very average, big step down from there Wow era the beauty of discovering oldies as newies :cheer: I literally am still discovering oldies, from 1 year old to 85 years old :lol: Well the Nanas single sales showed the public agreed with you :lol: Me, I always loved that song and was grumpy it had never been a UK hit, so I went a bundle on the girls getting it recognition at last. I prefer I Heard A Rumour and Venus, granted.... :D
April 28, 20214 yr Author Oh no, I think you made a typo this week. Surely Rescue Me is the true #1? No typo, I am keeping you in titilated suspense for as long as possible before the big climax reveal. It's something I enjoy doing :lol: :teresa: All I will reveal is that, in overall chart position "sales" Rescue Me has made my all-time Top 800 on one chart run - and Long Train Running hasn't, oops! :teresa:
April 29, 20214 yr Author 21st April 1991 It's yet another oldie entering on top, the third out of the last 4 weeks, as Carly Simon's classic 1972 song about Warren Beatty You're So Vain is reactivated in the UK, and finally reaches the top spot after going top 5 in early 1973 first time round. That keeps Madonna at 2 for a 3rd week, and I know of someone who's going to be divided over that 1/2 slot! Highest new new entry is The KLF, back for a 5th chart hit (including the Timelords) and a 4th top 10, with the fab Last Train To Trancentral straight in at 5. The Mock Turtles get their one and only top 10, Can U Dig It? I can, and also James inviting me to Sit Down, the first of many top 10's. The Wonder Stuff also grab a top 10 slot, Belinda Carlisle has a spurt into the 20 with a Vision Of You, with Zucchero and Paul Young getting a bigger spurt to 21 despite being Without A Woman. Frances Nero debuts with the pleasant Footsteps Following You at 29, and Gloria Estefan keeps the chart entries coming fast with Seal Our Fate, not one of her best though, at 48. Black Box and EMF string a few more together, Transvision Vamp stage a minor comeback, Sheena Easton ponders What Comes Naturally from the US charts and moves into an 11th year of hits, while Elvis Costello is all summery at 70 with his 14th year of songs. 1 ( NEW ) YOU’RE SO VAIN Carly Simon 2 ( 2 ) RESCUE ME Madonna 3 ( 1 ) LONG TRAIN RUNNING Bananarama 4 ( 3 ) THE WHOLE OF THE MOON The Waterboys 5 ( NEW ) LAST TRAIN TO TRANCENTRAL (LIVE FROM THE LOST CONTINENT) The KLF featuring Ricardo Da Force 6 ( 12 ) CAN YOU DIG IT? The Mock Turtles 7 ( 17 ) SIT DOWN James 8 ( 10 ) THE SHOOP SHOOP SONG (IT’S IN HIS KISS) Cher 9 ( 11 ) THE SIZE OF A COW The Wonder Stuff 10 ( 4 ) GOLDEN BROWN The Stranglers 11 ( 5 ) WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME - CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU/HOW CAN YOU EXPECT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY? Pet Shop Boys 12 ( 7 ) BY MY SIDE INXS 13 ( 6 ) UNFINISHED SYMPATHY Massive Attack featuring Shara Nelson 14 ( 25 ) GET THE MESSAGE Electronic 15 ( 23 ) ROCK THE CASBAH The Clash 16 ( 9 ) COWBOYS AND ANGELS George Michael 17 ( 8 ) SECRET LOVE The Bee Gees 18 ( 15 ) HUMAN NATURE Gary Clail & The On-U Sound System 19 ( 32 ) SAILING ON THE SEVEN SEAS Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 20 ( 46 ) VISION OF YOU (REMIX) Belinda Carlisle 21 ( 58 ) SENZA UNA DONNA Zucchero & Paul Young 22 ( 14 ) DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME Elton John 23 ( 18 ) JOYRIDE Roxette 24 ( 13 ) LOOSE FIT Happy Mondays 25 ( 27 ) GET READY Roachford 26 ( 22 ) MERCY MERCY ME/ I WANT YOU Robert Palmer 27 ( 21 ) THIS IS YOUR LIFE Banderas 28 ( 16 ) RHYTHM OF MY HEART Rod Stewart 29 ( NEW ) FOOTSTEPS FOLLOWING ME Frances Nero 30 ( 26 ) SADENESS PART I Enigma 31 ( 31 ) RING MY BELL Monie Love Vs Adeva 32 ( 19 ) WILD THING The Troggs 33 ( 33 ) CHUNG KUO (REVISITED) Addams & Gee 34 ( 35 ) WHERE LOVE LIVES Alison Limerick 35 ( 20 ) SHE’S A WOMAN Scritti Politti featuring Shabba Ranks 36 ( 40 ) HYPERREAL The Shamen 37 ( 34 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers 38 ( 73 ) ANTHEM N JOI 39 ( 24 ) WELL ALMOST Elaine Paige 40 ( 30 ) YOU GOT THE LOVE The Source featuring Candi Staton 41 ( 36 ) (I WANNA GIVE YOU) DEVOTION Nomad featuring MC Mikee Freedom 42 ( 41 ) (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU/ MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING Carpenters 43 ( 65 ) ROUND AND ROUND Tevin Campbell 44 ( 44 ) WORD OF MOUTH Mike + The Mechanics 45 ( 38 ) LOSING MY RELIGION REM 46 ( 29 ) LOVE REARS IT’S UGLY HEAD Living Colour 47 ( 37 ) WEAR YOUR LOVE LIKE HEAVEN Definition Of Sound 48 ( NEW ) SEAL OUR FATE Gloria Estefan 49 ( 49 ) WICKED GAME Chris Isaak 50 ( 50 ) BEING BORING Pet Shop Boys 51 ( 51 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 52 ( 28 ) HERE WE GO C+C Music factory 53 ( 52 ) HEAL THE PAIN George Michael 54 ( 54 ) ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER The Jimi Hendrix Experience 55 ( 66 ) LOVE AND KISSES Dannii Minogue 56 ( 56 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas 57 ( 45 ) BOW DOWN MISTER Jesus Loves You aka Boy George 58 ( NEW ) STRIKE IT UP Black Box 59 ( 47 ) ROCKIN’ BACK INSIDE MY HEART Julee Cruise 60 ( 70 ) SOMETHING SO GOOD The Railway Children 61 ( 61 ) LET IT BE The Beatles 62 ( 53 ) 3 a.m (ETERNAL) The KLF featuring Ricardo Da Force 63 ( 62 ) HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE The Bee Gees 64 ( 42 ) BEST OF MY LOVE Aswad 65 ( NEW ) CHILDREN EMF 66 ( 59 ) COMING OUT OF THE DARK Gloria Estefan 67 ( 72 ) HERE I STAND The Milltown Brothers 68 ( 60 ) WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO Kylie Minogue 69 ( 68 ) ESCAPADE Janet Jackson 70 ( NEW ) THE OTHER SIDE OF SUMMER Elvis Costello 71 ( 39 ) SINFUL Pete Wylie & The Farm 72 ( NEW ) I JUST WANNA B WITH YOU Transvision Vamp 73 ( 57 ) LOVE IS A STRANGER Eurythmics 74 ( 43 ) THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN Thin Lizzy 75 ( NEW ) WHAT COMES NATURALLY Sheena Easton Oldies 1 “Listen Without Prejudice” George Michael 2 HOT LOVE T.Rex 3 ROSE GARDEN Lynn Anderson
April 29, 20214 yr ohh poor Madonna, this is really torture :D not a big fan of the Carly Simon song, Madonna robbed! really liked Sit Down and Can U Dig It, both great tracks, less fan of Size of a Cow or Wonder Stuff in general, this kind of band was never my thing (ie The Levellers) :D oh poor Transmission Vamp, I still kinda liked the single but it was the beginning of the end for them sadly :/ like most act of there 80s/90s, 2 successful eras, then out
May 1, 20214 yr Author ohh poor Madonna, this is really torture :D not a big fan of the Carly Simon song, Madonna robbed! really liked Sit Down and Can U Dig It, both great tracks, less fan of Size of a Cow or Wonder Stuff in general, this kind of band was never my thing (ie The Levellers) :D oh poor Transmission Vamp, I still kinda liked the single but it was the beginning of the end for them sadly :/ like most act of there 80s/90s, 2 successful eras, then out hah! Fret not, Madonna, I can reveal, will top my chart in the next one, I agree Mock Turtles and james are quite a lot better than Wonder Stuff by and large, though the latter were fun.
May 1, 20214 yr Author Did you’re so vain actually get an official rerelease in 1991? Yes it did and it hit 41 in the UK charts - so close! Oldies only made my charts in the 90's if they were officially out again and charting, and CD singles were the main reason for all the re-issues, a whole new marketing opportunity for everyone that had already bought them on vinyl as they switched to CD and dumped the vinyl. Often they were really EP's with other bonus oldies on there to entice, and that applied to new singles as well - many's the time I bought a fairly tepid new single for the extra classic oldies, and that can sometimes explain how some pieces of ropey tat by more established acts inexplicably made the lower end of the UK charts :lol:
May 1, 20214 yr Some great chart toppers I missed there Pop! Especially love The Stranglers one of the greatest songs of the decade for me, an absolute classic. Great to see if top your chart in the 90s!!
May 1, 20214 yr Author Some great chart toppers I missed there Pop! Especially love The Stranglers one of the greatest songs of the decade for me, an absolute classic. Great to see if top your chart in the 90s!! Thanks Steve, oldies never far from the top of my charts :lol:
May 1, 20214 yr Author 28th April 1991 It's a first week on top for Madonna after 3 weeks at 2, as Rescue Me finally makes it 9 number one's for Madonna in 7 years of hits. That leaves The KLF with a second number 2, for now, and Electronic reach a new chart peak of 3 with latest track Get The Message outdoing most Smiths and New Order tracks. Paul Young & Zucchero go top 10, giving Paul Young 8 years' worth of 'em since Wherever I Lay My hat did the trick first. Highest new entry at 8 is from, errr Vic Reeves! The cult comedian, aided and assisted by Bob Mortimer on screen, cuts 60's classic croon tune Born Free, originally a hit for Matt Monroe from the 1966 film of the same name (animal rights movie for lions based on a true story) and written by James Bond songwriters John Barry & Don Black. It works as parody or as an actual revival. I loved the song and film as a kid, so I was obviously biased. There are 18 new entries in a busy week and one re-entry as Enigma get a second top 20 with the return of Mea Culpa Part II at 11, following me getting it in a bargain bin as a 12-inch. Seal returns too, with new track Future Love Paradise straight in at 18, and the fabulous Touch Me (All Night Long) gives future hit songwriter Cathy Dennis a 3rd hit at 20, still a hot new popstar at that time. New at 21, it's a debut for a minor little band called Blur - There's No Other Way that they won't be following up this early Britpop gem. Nomad grab a follow-up at 23 with one I don't remember at all, Just A Groove - I guess it must have been, considering. Queensryche bring a bit of Silent Lucidity to the top 40, and also popping in is Bev Bevan, he of The Move and ELO, moving onto his 3rd band for a 4th decade, as former Main Man Jeff Lynne is busy solo, Wilburying and making hit albums for superstars. Across The Universe sounded OK for a few weeks, though it wasn't in the same league as the previous bands. Still, 23 years of charting! Lindy Leyton is also still grabbing chart action off the back of Beats International, The Rembrandts debut with a decent track before Friends was a chart thing, now nobody associates them with anything else, and World Party return continuing the quality 80's run of singles. Wilson Phillips extend their 3 minutes of fame, Marc Almond does another pointless remake of a classic Soft Cell track, Tainted Love is perfect as it is and needs no "improvement" or "update", other than to remind people that it's 10-years old. Roxette grab another good ballad, Fading Like A Flower, Deee Lite make it a 4th entry, Siouxsie gets involved with Pet Shop Boys producer Stephen Hague and Kiss Them For Me is great, going all Baggy Bhangra in a song about tragic movie actress Jayne Mansfield - a big fave of our family growing up, not least due to her surname namechecking our home town, and probably the first young celebrity death that stunned me as a child, getting beheaded in a car crash. De La Soul keep the still-unavailable run of quality Daisy Age hits going with Ring Ring Ring, ZZ Top make it 7 years of action, and The Doors film kicks out another oldie hit, as Break On Through debuts. 1 ( 2 ) RESCUE ME Madonna 2 ( 5 ) LAST TRAIN TO TRANCENTRAL (LIVE FROM THE LOST CONTINENT) The KLF featuring Ricardo Da Force 3 ( 14 ) GET THE MESSAGE Electronic 4 ( 3 ) LONG TRAIN RUNNING Bananarama 5 ( 1 ) YOU’RE SO VAIN Carly Simon 6 ( 7 ) SIT DOWN James 7 ( 21 ) SENZA UNA DONNA Zucchero & Paul Young 8 ( NEW ) BORN FREE Vic Reeves & The Roman Numerals 9 ( 6 ) CAN YOU DIG IT? The Mock Turtles 10 ( 4 ) THE WHOLE OF THE MOON The Waterboys 11 ( RE ) MEA CULPA PART II Enigma 12 ( 8 ) THE SHOOP SHOOP SONG (IT’S IN HIS KISS) Cher 13 ( 20 ) VISION OF YOU (REMIX) Belinda Carlisle 14 ( 19 ) SAILING ON THE SEVEN SEAS Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 15 ( 10 ) GOLDEN BROWN The Stranglers 16 ( 12 ) BY MY SIDE INXS 17 ( 11 ) WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME - CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU/HOW CAN YOU EXPECT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY? Pet Shop Boys 18 ( NEW ) FUTURE LOVE PARADISE Seal 19 ( 13 ) UNFINISHED SYMPATHY Massive Attack featuring Shara Nelson 20 ( NEW ) TOUCH ME (ALL NIGHT LONG) Cathy Dennis 21 ( NEW ) THERE’S NO OTHER WAY Blur 22 ( 9 ) THE SIZE OF A COW The Wonder Stuff 23 ( NEW ) JUST A GROOVE Nomad 24 ( 16 ) COWBOYS AND ANGELS George Michael 25 ( 18 ) HUMAN NATURE Gary Clail & The On-U Sound System 26 ( 34 ) WHERE LOVE LIVES Alison Limerick 27 ( 17 ) SECRET LOVE The Bee Gees 28 ( 38 ) ANTHEM N JOI 29 ( 29 ) FOOTSTEPS FOLLOWING ME Frances Nero 30 ( 26 ) MERCY MERCY ME/ I WANT YOU Robert Palmer 31 ( 25 ) GET READY Roachford 32 ( 30 ) SADENESS PART I Enigma 33 ( 22 ) DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME Elton John 34 ( 27 ) THIS IS YOUR LIFE Banderas 35 ( NEW ) SILENT LUCIDITY Queensryche 36 ( 23 ) JOYRIDE Roxette 37 ( 70 ) THE OTHER SIDE OF SUMMER Elvis Costello 38 ( NEW ) ACROSS THE UNIVERSE E.L.O. Part II 39 ( 37 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers 40 ( 15 ) ROCK THE CASBAH The Clash 41 ( 24 ) LOOSE FIT Happy Mondays 42 ( 28 ) RHYTHM OF MY HEART Rod Stewart 43 ( NEW ) JUST THE WAY IT IS BABY The Rembrandts 44 ( 42 ) (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU/ MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING Carpenters 45 ( NEW ) I DON’T WANT TO WAIT Lindy Leyton 46 ( 65 ) CHILDREN EMF 47 ( 32 ) WILD THING The Troggs 48 ( 41 ) (I WANNA GIVE YOU) DEVOTION Nomad featuring MC Mikee Freedom 49 ( 40 ) YOU GOT THE LOVE The Source featuring Candi Staton 50 ( NEW ) THANK YOU WORLD World Party 51 ( 51 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 52 ( 50 ) BEING BORING Pet Shop Boys 53 ( NEW ) YOU’RE IN LOVE Wilson Phillips 54 ( 48 ) SEAL OUR FATE Gloria Estefan 55 ( 54 ) ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER The Jimi Hendrix Experience 56 ( 49 ) WICKED GAME Chris Isaak 57 ( 56 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas 58 ( 45 ) LOSING MY RELIGION REM 59 ( 53 ) HEAL THE PAIN George Michael 60 ( 39 ) WELL ALMOST Elaine Paige 61 ( NEW ) TAINTED LOVE ’91 Marc Almond 62 ( 61 ) LET IT BE The Beatles 63 ( 35 ) SHE’S A WOMAN Scritti Politti featuring Shabba Ranks 64 ( 63 ) HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE The Bee Gees 65 ( 36 ) HYPERREAL The Shamen 66 ( 31 ) RING MY BELL Monie Love Vs Adeva 67 ( NEW ) FADING LIKE A FLOWER Roxette 68 ( 33 ) CHUNG KUO (REVISITED) Addams & Gee 69 ( NEW ) GOOD BEAT Deee Lite 70 ( 69 ) ESCAPADE Janet Jackson 71 ( NEW ) KISS THEM FOR ME Siouxsie & The Banshees 72 ( 62 ) 3 a.m (ETERNAL) The KLF featuring Ricardo Da Force 73 ( NEW ) RING RING RING De La Soul 74 ( NEW ) MY HEAD’S IN MISSISSIPPI ZZ Top 75 ( NEW ) BREAK ON THROUGH The Doors playlist records 1 BACK OFF BOOGALOO Ringo Starr 2 EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD Tears For Fears 3 SINCE I DON’T HAVE YOU The Skyliners
May 8, 20214 yr Author 5th May 1991 It's a first week on top for the 2nd chart-topper from The KLF, a banging dance epic still and now available on streaming after 3 decades absent from availability, Enigma get a 2nd top 5 track, and Belinda Carlisle adds to her run of top 10's while OMD are back in top echelon after missing out for the most part since last topping my chart in 1985 with So In Love, with the glam rock Sailing On The Seven Seas. Roxette grow a 55-place bloom as Fading Like A Flower hits 12, and Addams & Gee are back in the 40 with Chung Kuo rebounding to a new high of 17. Wilson Philips & Deee-Lite grab more top 40 spots as both 1990 chart-toppers stay good. The Bee Gees new single is the highest new entry, When He's Gone being even better than Secret Love, albeit not as commercial, in at 46, REM get a quick follow-up with Silver, Beverley Craven is begging Promise Me, deep breath, with her debut which annoys if you hear it too much, Black make it 5 years of classy ballad action with Feel Like Change, The Farm keep 'em coming fast, and Jellyfish debut with a decent track. Meanwhile a-ha sneak in with a belated chart position for flop single Early Morning, courtesy of me seeing them in concert this week, they were great and underlined how their best stuff can be categorised as The Dramatic Ballad, tempo variable. The happier poppy stuff sticks out less (not that there's really much of that anyway). 1 ( 2 ) LAST TRAIN TO TRANCENTRAL (LIVE FROM THE LOST CONTINENT) The KLF featuring Ricardo Da Force 2 ( 1 ) RESCUE ME Madonna 3 ( 3 ) GET THE MESSAGE Electronic 4 ( 11 ) MEA CULPA PART II Enigma 5 ( 5 ) YOU’RE SO VAIN Carly Simon 6 ( 6 ) SIT DOWN James 7 ( 12 ) THE SHOOP SHOOP SONG (IT’S IN HIS KISS) Cher 8 ( 8 ) BORN FREE Vic Reeves & The Roman Numerals 9 ( 13 ) VISION OF YOU (REMIX) Belinda Carlisle 10 ( 14 ) SAILING ON THE SEVEN SEAS Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 11 ( 4 ) LONG TRAIN RUNNING Bananarama 12 ( 67 ) FADING LIKE A FLOWER Roxette 13 ( 18 ) FUTURE LOVE PARADISE Seal 14 ( 20 ) TOUCH ME (ALL NIGHT LONG) Cathy Dennis 15 ( 10 ) THE WHOLE OF THE MOON The Waterboys 16 ( 7 ) SENZA UNA DONNA Zucchero & Paul Young 17 ( 68 ) CHUNG KUO (REVISITED) Addams & Gee 18 ( 21 ) THERE’S NO OTHER WAY Blur 19 ( 9 ) CAN YOU DIG IT? The Mock Turtles 20 ( 38 ) ACROSS THE UNIVERSE E.L.O. Part II 21 ( 23 ) JUST A GROOVE Nomad 22 ( 17 ) WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME - CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU/HOW CAN YOU EXPECT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY? Pet Shop Boys 23 ( 15 ) GOLDEN BROWN The Stranglers 24 ( 31 ) GET READY Roachford 25 ( 29 ) FOOTSTEPS FOLLOWING ME Frances Nero 26 ( 16 ) BY MY SIDE INXS 27 ( 19 ) UNFINISHED SYMPATHY Massive Attack featuring Shara Nelson 28 ( 35 ) SILENT LUCIDITY Queensryche 29 ( 53 ) YOU’RE IN LOVE Wilson Phillips 30 ( 37 ) THE OTHER SIDE OF SUMMER Elvis Costello 31 ( 22 ) THE SIZE OF A COW The Wonder Stuff 32 ( 25 ) HUMAN NATURE Gary Clail & The On-U Sound System 33 ( 50 ) THANK YOU WORLD World Party 34 ( 32 ) SADENESS PART I Enigma 35 ( 30 ) MERCY MERCY ME/ I WANT YOU Robert Palmer 36 ( 24 ) COWBOYS AND ANGELS George Michael 37 ( 45 ) I DON’T WANT TO WAIT Lindy Leyton 38 ( 69 ) GOOD BEAT Deee Lite 39 ( 39 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers 40 ( 46 ) CHILDREN EMF 41 ( 33 ) DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME Elton John 42 ( 28 ) ANTHEM N JOI 43 ( 27 ) SECRET LOVE The Bee Gees 44 ( 34 ) THIS IS YOUR LIFE Banderas 45 ( NEW ) WHEN HE’S GONE The Bee Gees 46 ( 36 ) JOYRIDE Roxette 47 ( 43 ) JUST THE WAY IT IS BABY The Rembrandts 48 ( 73 ) RING RING RING De La Soul 49 ( 61 ) TAINTED LOVE ’91 Marc Almond 50 ( 44 ) (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU/ MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING Carpenters 51 ( 51 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 52 ( 41 ) LOOSE FIT Happy Mondays 53 ( 52 ) BEING BORING Pet Shop Boys 54 ( 26 ) WHERE LOVE LIVES Alison Limerick 55 ( 55 ) ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER The Jimi Hendrix Experience 56 ( 48 ) (I WANNA GIVE YOU) DEVOTION Nomad featuring MC Mikee Freedom 57 ( 57 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas 58 ( 56 ) WICKED GAME Chris Isaak 59 ( 42 ) RHYTHM OF MY HEART Rod Stewart 60 ( 49 ) YOU GOT THE LOVE The Source featuring Candi Staton 61 ( NEW ) SILVER REM 62 ( 62 ) LET IT BE The Beatles 63 ( NEW ) RESCUE ME Beverley Craven 64 ( NEW ) FEEL LIKE CHANGE Black 65 ( 59 ) HEAL THE PAIN George Michael 66 ( 64 ) HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE The Bee Gees 67 ( 40 ) ROCK THE CASBAH The Clash 68 ( NEW ) DON’T LET ME DOWN The Farm 69 ( NEW ) BABY’S COMING BACK Jellyfish 70 ( 70 ) ESCAPADE Janet Jackson 71 ( 71 ) KISS THEM FOR ME Siouxsie & The Banshees 72 ( 47 ) WILD THING The Troggs 73 ( NEW ) EARLY MORNING a-ha 74 ( 54 ) SEAL OUR FATE Gloria Estefan 75 ( 58 ) LOSING MY RELIGION REM a-ha Live at Bournemouth Pavilion 1 The Sun Always Shines On TV 2 Manhattan Skyline 3 Stay On These Roads 4 Hunting High And Low 5 Take On Me 6 The Living Daylights
May 14, 20214 yr Author 12th May 1991 It's 2 weeks on top for the KLF, as Free's 1973 top 10 is back at 2 - their best record, Wishing Well gets a Bob Clearmountain spruce-up remix, which makes it sound sharper, though I'm unsure as to whether it sounds better than the original. It's loads better than the just-been-a-hit-yet-again All Right Now, but sadly didn't hit as well. ELO Part II aka Bev Bevan get a first, and last, top 10 with Honest Men, while Beverley Craven takes Promise Me (gasp) into the top 20 just before both started to annoy me a bit fairly quickly, but with corrected titles this week along with REM. I heard stuff on the radio and had to remember the title (and sometimes mis-remembered). I also didn't chart any Eurovision songs at all in this weekends contest as I couldnt recall their names either, but listed them instead in the Playlist under the country names. With the internet I can now correct that and bung them in at 76 and 77 as extras. Amina will go up, anyway, and should have won, but they gave it to the same-scoring Swedish pop-by-the-numbers entry instead. Amina was robbed! Classy. Siouxsie rockets up to 14, on course for a last big hit after 13 years of them, and US singer Amy Grant is singing Baby Baby sweetly at 18, newly in. Jason Donovan is back with another SAW track, R.S.V.P. if you like it more than I do. In at 27. Talking of SAW, I'm shocked that the way-better Kylie track enters lower down at 52. She'll peak higher though! NKOTB, which I've always dyslexically read as KNOBS, return with Call It What You Want at 70. I call it another in a series of largely disposable pop singles, but not bad as such. It'll be 1998 before an ex-member releases a single that is better than their entire career. Give It To Me, Jordan...! 1 ( 1 ) LAST TRAIN TO TRANCENTRAL (LIVE FROM THE LOST CONTINENT) The KLF featuring Ricardo Da Force 2 ( NEW ) WISHING WELL (REMIX) Free 3 ( 3 ) GET THE MESSAGE Electronic 4 ( 2 ) RESCUE ME Madonna 5 ( 12 ) FADING LIKE A FLOWER Roxette 6 ( 14 ) TOUCH ME (ALL NIGHT LONG) Cathy Dennis 7 ( 13 ) FUTURE LOVE PARADISE Seal 8 ( 17 ) CHUNG KUO (REVISITED) Addams & Gee 9 ( 10 ) SAILING ON THE SEVEN SEAS Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 10 ( 20 ) HONEST MEN E.L.O. Part II 11 ( 5 ) YOU’RE SO VAIN Carly Simon 12 ( 6 ) SIT DOWN James 13 ( 8 ) BORN FREE Vic Reeves & The Roman Numerals 14 ( 71 ) KISS THEM FOR ME Siouxsie & The Banshees 15 ( 4 ) MEA CULPA PART II Enigma 16 ( 11 ) LONG TRAIN RUNNING Bananarama 17 ( 18 ) THERE’S NO OTHER WAY Blur 18 ( NEW ) BABY BABY Amy Grant 19 ( 7 ) THE SHOOP SHOOP SONG (IT’S IN HIS KISS) Cher 20 ( 63 ) PROMISE ME Beverley Craven 21 ( 15 ) THE WHOLE OF THE MOON The Waterboys 22 ( 30 ) THE OTHER SIDE OF SUMMER Elvis Costello 23 ( 16 ) SENZA UNA DONNA Zucchero & Paul Young 24 ( 46 ) WHEN HE’S GONE The Bee Gees 25 ( 9 ) VISION OF YOU (REMIX) Belinda Carlisle 26 ( 33 ) THANK YOU WORLD World Party 27 ( NEW ) R.S.V.P. Jason Donovan 28 ( 29 ) YOU’RE IN LOVE Wilson Phillips 29 ( 19 ) CAN YOU DIG IT? The Mock Turtles 30 ( 22 ) WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME - CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU/HOW CAN YOU EXPECT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY? Pet Shop Boys 31 ( 24 ) GET READY Roachford 32 ( 23 ) GOLDEN BROWN The Stranglers 33 ( 61 ) SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE REM 34 ( 48 ) RING RING RING De La Soul 35 ( 64 ) FEEL LIKE CHANGE Black 36 ( 39 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers 37 ( 34 ) SADENESS PART I Enigma 38 ( 35 ) MERCY MERCY ME/ I WANT YOU Robert Palmer 39 ( NEW ) I DON’T EVEN KNOW IF I SHOULD CALL YOU... Soul Family Sensation 40 ( 26 ) BY MY SIDE INXS 41 ( 41 ) DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME Elton John 42 ( 21 ) JUST A GROOVE Nomad 43 ( 27 ) UNFINISHED SYMPATHY Massive Attack featuring Shara Nelson 44 ( 50 ) (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU/ MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING Carpenters 45 ( 37 ) I DON’T WANT TO WAIT Lindy Leyton 46 ( 73 ) EARLY MORNING a-ha 47 ( 36 ) COWBOYS AND ANGELS George Michael 48 ( 31 ) THE SIZE OF A COW The Wonder Stuff 49 ( 38 ) GOOD BEAT Deee Lite 50 ( 51 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 51 ( NEW ) SHOCKED Kylie Minogue 52 ( 28 ) SILENT LUCIDITY Queensryche 53 ( 53 ) BEING BORING Pet Shop Boys 54 ( 55 ) ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER The Jimi Hendrix Experience 55 ( 44 ) THIS IS YOUR LIFE Banderas 56 ( 32 ) HUMAN NATURE Gary Clail & The On-U Sound System 57 ( 57 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas 58 ( 40 ) CHILDREN EMF 59 ( 58 ) WICKED GAME Chris Isaak 60 ( 43 ) SECRET LOVE The Bee Gees 61 ( 62 ) LET IT BE The Beatles 62 ( 47 ) JOYRIDE Roxette 63 ( 69 ) BABY’S COMING BACK Jellyfish 64 ( 52 ) LOOSE FIT Happy Mondays 65 ( 66 ) HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE The Bee Gees 66 ( 60 ) YOU GOT THE LOVE The Source featuring Candi Staton 67 ( 56 ) (I WANNA GIVE YOU) DEVOTION Nomad featuring MC Mikee Freedom 68 ( 59 ) RHYTHM OF MY HEART Rod Stewart 69 ( 70 ) ESCAPADE Janet Jackson 70 ( NEW ) CALL IT WHAT YOU WANT New Kids On The Block 71 ( NEW ) ANASTASIA T99 72 ( 65 ) HEAL THE PAIN George Michael 73 ( NEW ) UNCONDITIONAL LOVE Susanna Hoffs 74 ( NEW ) THIS HOUSE Tracie Spencer 75 ( NEW ) RHYTHM OF LIFE Oleta Adams 76 ( NEW ) COULD IT BE Georgina & Paul Giordimaina 77 ( NEW ) C’EST LE DERNIER QUI A PARLE QUI A RAISON Amina EUROVISION 1991 1 NON HO L’ETA PER AMARTI Gigliola Cinquetti (1964 oldie) 2 COULD IT BE (Malta) Georgina & Paul Giordimaina 3 C’EST LE DERNIER QUI A PARLE QUI A RAISON (France) Amina
May 15, 20214 yr hope Promise me keeps climbing, I remember I was obsessed with the song, bought the vinyl and was listening to it 24/7 I also loved that Susanna Hoffs song at the bottom, which was a Cindy Lauper cover
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