Love to see Saint Etienne straight into the top 20 with their first single, you were ahead of the charts of the time. Loads of other goodies in the top 40 from Martika, Bomb Da Bass and OMD!

great debits for St Etienne and Belinda

but Bros at #7!!!! can't recall the song, only that it wasn't very good :)

Cheers Steve and Bjork, and I agree Saint Etienne were fab from the start.

 

Bros and Try? I think it was very similar to Madly In Love, which I rated, and I was probably influenced by the jeans they were wearing at the time :teresa: :lol: TBH I havent heard it in 30 years, but I know I liked it and bought it (the only non-bargain-bin Bros record I bought) :o

15th September 2021

 

It's back up into the top 5 for The Shamen's Move Any Mountain, as they suddenly get an unexpected chart-topper after hanging around for weeks, and Bryan Adams drops from the number 2 spot for the second time. Bros get their biggest hit with a forgotten minor hit that sounds like Madly In Love in parts. Try as I might I couldn't hum the tune these days, where I could easily "sing" When Will I Be Famous. Highest new entry is Marc Almond Trevor-Horn sheentastic cover of the epic and brilliant Scott Walker 1968 song Jacky. The original was banned by the BBC, but it was acceptable in the 90's as times had changed, and it was a gay singer singing the potentially offensive Q word.

 

Saint Etienne get a first top 10 single and will have more to come, and Salt 'n' Pepa get a sex-mentioning top 10 single onto radio playlists where George Michael had been banned only 4 years earlier. Times WERE changing! New at 19, outdoing the previous single in one fell swoop, Erasure Love To hate You, REM bring back The One I Love, still sounding good at 23, and Bryan Adams new lead single off his album, Can't Stop This Thing We Started is new at 38 as the Monster track is still top 10. One place lower and Rozalla debuts with a 90's dance anthem, Everybody's Free (to feel good).

 

That leaves other newies in a big week for newies from Voice Of The Beehive, covering the 1971 pop classic I Think I Love You, which topped my chart for The Partridge Family & David Cassidy for me, I loved series one of the TV show and the records. The Wonder Stuff return, sleeping alone, and 1973 chart-topper for Ike & Tina Turner returns solo for Tina in a less-good revamped version, but she wrote Nutbush City Limits about her childhood so she's entitled! David Essex performs in Bournemouth, and I go along, and the new track Africa shines. Cliff is back with one I've forgotten, maybe he'll play it in 3 weeks as I have my first concert in 2 years - and it's Cliff's 80th tour, he's been around all my life and I've never seen him in concert before. Finally, Gloria Estefan is running out of steam a bit, and Prince is as naughty as ever with his Cream entering at the bottom. So to speak.

 

 

1 ( 6 ) MOVE ANY MOUNTAIN The Shamen

2 ( 1 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

3 ( 7 ) TRY Bros

4 ( NEW ) JACKY Marc Almond

5 ( 3 ) THEN YOU TURN AWAY Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

6 ( 2 ) EVERYTHING I DO (I DO IT FOR YOU) Bryan Adams

7 ( 4 ) SALTWATER Julian Lennon

8 ( 5 ) SET ADRIFT ON MEMORY BLISS PM Dawn

9 ( 14 ) ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART Saint Etienne

10 ( 11 ) LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX Salt ‘n’ Pepa

 

11 ( 9 ) LOVE THY WILL BE DONE Martika

12 ( 8 ) WINTER IN JULY Bomb The Bass

13 ( 18 ) FEEL EVERY BEAT Electronic

14 ( 19 ) LIVE YOUR LIFE BE FREE Belinda Carlisle

15 ( 23 ) PEACE Sabrina Johnson

16 ( 10 ) YOU WOKE UP MY NEIGHBOURHOOD Billy Bragg

17 ( 12 ) SUNSHINE ON A RAINY DAY (REMIX) Zoe

18 ( 29 ) THE SUN DON’T SHINE Beats International

19 ( NEW ) LOVE TO HATE YOU Erasure

20 ( 28 ) HOUSECALL Shabba Ranks featuring Maxi Priest

 

21 ( 15 ) BROKEN ARROW Rod Stewart

22 ( 13 ) LOVE’S BURN Karl Keaton

23 ( NEW ) THE ONE I LOVE REM

24 ( 22 ) SUMMERTIME DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

25 ( 20 ) JUST ANOTHER DREAM Cathy Dennis

26 ( 26 ) RIDERS OF THE STORM The Doors

27 ( 17 ) GENERATIONS OF LOVE Jesus Loves You

28 ( 36 ) WORD IS OUT Kylie Minogue

29 ( 33 ) GOOD VIBRATIONS Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch

30 ( 21 ) CRUCIFIED Army Of Lovers

 

31 ( 16 ) BE YOUNG BE FOOLISH BE HAPPY Sonia

32 ( 38 ) WHERE DOES MY HEART BEAT NOW Celine Dion

33 ( 27 ) PANDORA’S BOX Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

34 ( 39 ) INSANITY Oceanic

35 ( 44 ) WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR ME Utah Saints

36 ( 25 ) HELLO MARYLOU Ricky Nelson

37 ( 37 ) JEALOUSY Pet Shop Boys

38 ( NEW ) CAN’T STOP THIS THING WE STARTED Bryan Adams

39 ( NEW ) EVERYBODY’S FREE Rozalla

40 ( 51 ) HEARTHAMMER Runrig

 

41 ( 24 ) THE BIG L Roxette

42 ( 34 ) SAFE FROM HARM Massive Attack featuring Shara Nelson

43 ( 30 ) GET OFF Prince & The New Power Generation

44 ( 42 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers

45 ( 43 ) HOLIDAY Madonna

46 ( 31 ) ALWAYS THERE Incognito featuring Jocelyn Brown

47 ( 47 ) GUARANTEED Level 42

48 ( 40 ) LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING Cher

49 ( NEW ) I THINK I LOVE YOU Voice Of The Beehive

50 ( 49 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

 

51 ( 32 ) SOMETIMES IT’S A BITCH Stevie Nicks

52 ( NEW ) SLEEP ALONE The Wonder Stuff

53 ( NEW ) NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS Tina Turner

54 ( 46 ) HEY STOOPID Alice Cooper

55 ( 54 ) DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME Elton John

56 ( 72 ) DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME Oleta Adams

57 ( 55 ) WHEN HE’S GONE The Bee Gees

58 ( NEW ) AFRICA YOU SHINE David Essex with Shikisa featuring Abdul Tee-Jay

59 ( 59 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas

60 ( 56 ) DO IT AGAIN The Beach Boys

 

61 ( 52 ) GET IT ON Yo Yo Honey

62 ( 50 ) NOW THAT WE’VE FOUND LOVE Heavy D & The Boyz

63 ( NEW ) LIVE FOR LOVING YOU Gloria Estefan

64 ( 68 ) CALLING ELVIS Dire Straits

65 ( 58 ) IT AIN’T OVER TILL IT’S OVER Lenny Kravitz

66 ( 66 ) LET IT BE The Beatles

67 ( 65 ) (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU/ MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING Carpenters

68 ( 62 ) READY TO ROCK Gary Glitter

69 ( 41 ) STAND BY LOVE Simple Minds

70 ( 35 ) HAPPY TOGETHER Jason Donovan

 

71 ( 74 ) MAKIN’ HAPPY Crystal Waters

72 ( 45 ) NEAR WILD HEAVEN REM

73 ( 71 ) RESCUE ME Madonna

74 ( NEW ) MORE TO LIFE Cliff Richard

75 ( NEW ) CREAM Prince & The New Power Generation

 

 

DAVID ESSEX Live at Bournemouth International Centre

 

Shown on the BBC I think - I probably taped it onto VHS and havent seen this concert since. Audience heavily mature women-oriented. The exciting stuff was from the first 2 years of his career, plus Evita. David had his own unique style, quirky, often dark and dramatic, and rarely jolly pop stuff despite the fact that his 2 chart-toppers were jolly semi-synth-pop stuff.

 

1 Stardust

2 Lamplight

3 Rock On

4 Gonna Make You A Star

5 Oh What A Circus

6 Africa You Shine (with Shikisa)

I was obsessed with Love to Hate You at the time. It’s so very camp in retrospect but it’s still a great pop track *.*

good newbies from Voice of the Beehive, Erasure and REM

good to see Shamen at #1 and St Etienne top 10... but Bros at #3!!!! my eyes!!! :D :D :D

I was obsessed with Love to Hate You at the time. It’s so very camp in retrospect but it’s still a great pop track *.*

 

and it's SO catchy and fab! :lol:

good newbies from Voice of the Beehive, Erasure and REM

good to see Shamen at #1 and St Etienne top 10... but Bros at #3!!!! my eyes!!! :D :D :D

 

Thanks Bjork - and I must play Try again and see if I was out of my mind or what... :lol:

22nd September 1991

 

It's back up on top for a 4th week for 1973 classic 20th Century Boy, still missing Marc Bolan in 1991. Julian Lennon is up to 3 with his saltwater and Marc Almond gets a number 2 to get his biggest track since Touch topped my chart in 1982 for Soft Cell. Jacky is fab. Belinda Carlisle shows no sign of letting up on the top 10's, her 7th, and Electronic grab a third, and Erasure a 5th (or Vince Clarke a 10th).

 

The Scorpions have already had a 10-week run and return to a new peak of 13 with Wind Of Change finally taking off in the UK, REM also reach a new peak of 14 with The One I Love, and Celine Dion gets a top 20 before she breaks out big. Yes you can blame me (and Eurovision). Cathy Dennis makes it 3 top 20's in a row with the ballad Too Many Walls new at 18, and Slade make it 20 years of hits as their last hit Radio Wall Of Sound promotes a new Hits album and is in at 24 - I was 13 when I was getting very exciting by the stomping violin-led Coz I Luv You!

 

I was also 13 when I was getting extremely excited by I Think I Love You, and Voice Of The Beehive climb to 23 with it, Cliff Richard rockets into the 30 with a record I still don't remember. I don't suppose he'll sing it next week, but you never know. Oceanic go top 30 as well - yes that record I was slagging off in the recent rate got as high as 30 in my charts. It's still forgettable though! Boy George and Jesus get a 3rd top 40 in a row, Simply Red are seeing seeing Stars with the decent Something Got Me Started at 45, and before we all got sick to death of the endless album tracks and blanket radio plays.

 

2 Deep? No, don't recall it either. Brothers In Rhythm I do recall, it's not bad, and also The Stone Roses with a revered shoegazer track. I don't recall where it peaked in my charts, but the band were never top of my pops so lower expectations is my advice! Shakespear's Sister return setting up THAT monster hit in a few months, Goodbye Cruel World is pretty decent, Beverley Craven is Woman To Woman, but it's nowhere near as racy as it might appear from the title. Urban Soul? Another blank from me. Tom Petty, though, a good record from his great period of many good records.

 

 

1 ( 2 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

2 ( 4 ) JACKY Marc Almond

3 ( 7 ) SALTWATER Julian Lennon

4 ( 3 ) TRY Bros

5 ( 5 ) THEN YOU TURN AWAY Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

6 ( 1 ) MOVE ANY MOUNTAIN The Shamen

7 ( 14 ) LIVE YOUR LIFE BE FREE Belinda Carlisle

8 ( 8 ) SET ADRIFT ON MEMORY BLISS PM Dawn

9 ( 13 ) FEEL EVERY BEAT Electronic

10 ( 19 ) LOVE TO HATE YOU Erasure

 

11 ( 6 ) EVERYTHING I DO (I DO IT FOR YOU) Bryan Adams

12 ( 18 ) THE SUN DOESN’T SHINE Beats International

13 ( RE ) WIND OF CHANGE The Scorpions

14 ( 23 ) THE ONE I LOVE REM

15 ( 15 ) PEACE Sabrina Johnson

16 ( 12 ) WINTER IN JULY Bomb The Bass

17 ( 11 ) LOVE... THY WILL BE DONE Martika

18 ( NEW ) TOO MANY WALLS Cathy Dennis

19 ( 9 ) ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART Saint Etienne

20 ( 32 ) WHERE DOES MY HEART BEAT NOW Celine Dion

 

21 ( 10 ) LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX Salt ‘n’ Pepa

22 ( 28 ) WORD IS OUT Kylie Minogue

23 ( 49 ) I THINK I LOVE YOU Voice Of The Beehive

24 ( NEW ) RADIO WALL OF SOUND Slade

25 ( 16 ) YOU WOKE UP MY NEIGHBOURHOOD Billy Bragg

26 ( 74 ) MORE TO LIFE Cliff Richard

27 ( 17 ) SUNSHINE ON A RAINY DAY (REMIX) Zoe

28 ( 20 ) HOUSECALL Shabba Ranks featuring Maxi Priest

29 ( 22 ) LOVE’S BURN Karl Keaton

30 ( 34 ) INSANITY Oceanic

 

31 ( 39 ) EVERYBODY’S FREE Rozalla

32 ( 26 ) RIDERS OF THE STORM The Doors

33 ( 25 ) JUST ANOTHER DREAM Cathy Dennis

34 ( NEW ) AFTER THE LOVE Jesus Loves You

35 ( 38 ) CAN’T STOP THIS THING WE STARTED Bryan Adams

36 ( 27 ) GENERATIONS OF LOVE Jesus Loves You

37 ( 24 ) SUMMERTIME DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

38 ( 33 ) PANDORA’S BOX Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

39 ( 53 ) NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS Tina Turner

40 ( 75 ) CREAM Prince & The New Power Generation

 

41 ( 37 ) JEALOUSY Pet Shop Boys

42 ( 21 ) BROKEN ARROW Rod Stewart

43 ( 30 ) CRUCIFIED Army Of Lovers

44 ( NEW ) SOMETHING GOT ME STARTED Simply Red

45 ( 44 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers

46 ( 43 ) GET OFF Prince & The New Power Generation

47 ( 45 ) HOLIDAY Madonna

48 ( NEW ) LIFE PARTY 2 Deep

49 ( 31 ) BE YOUNG BE FOOLISH BE HAPPY Sonia

50 ( 58 ) AFRICA YOU SHINE David Essex with Shikisa featuring Abdul Tee-Jay

 

51 ( 50 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

52 ( 35 ) WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR ME Utah Saints

53 ( 42 ) SAFE FROM HARM Massive Attack featuring Shara Nelson

54 ( NEW ) SUCH A GOOD FEELING Brothers In Rhythm

55 ( 55 ) DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME Elton John

56 ( 56 ) DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME Oleta Adams

57 ( 40 ) HEARTHAMMER Runrig

58 ( NEW ) I WANNA BE ADORED The Stone Roses

59 ( 59 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas

60 ( 57 ) WHEN HE’S GONE The Bee Gees

 

61 ( 41 ) THE BIG L Roxette

62 ( 54 ) HEY STOOPID Alice Cooper

63 ( 63 ) LIVE FOR LOVING YOU Gloria Estefan

64 ( 36 ) HELLO MARYLOU Ricky Nelson

65 ( 60 ) DO IT AGAIN The Beach Boys

66 ( NEW ) GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD Shakespear’s Sister

67 ( 66 ) LET IT BE The Beatles

68 ( 67 ) (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU/ MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING Carpenters

69 ( 48 ) LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING Cher

70 ( 29 ) GOOD VIBRATIONS Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch

 

71 ( NEW ) WOMAN TO WOMAN Beverley Craven

72 ( NEW ) ALRIGHT Urban Soul

73 ( 73 ) RESCUE ME Madonna

74 ( 51 ) SOMETIMES IT’S A BITCH Stevie Nicks

75 ( NEW ) INTO THE GREAT WIDE OPEN Tom Petty

 

playlist records

1 “Sugar Tax” Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

2 HARLEM Bill Withers

3 HAVE YOU EVER WRITTEN ANYTHING FOR SOMEBODY Stevie Nicks

nice newbies, I really liked Too Many Walls back in the day but haven't heard it in like 30 years

also big fan of I Wanna be Adored, Tom Petty-Into the great wide open and Beverly Craven - Woman to Woman

Some great songs in 1991!

 

Love the new ones from Bev Craven, loved the Shakespheres Sister one more than the big hit & oh Tom Petty too sneaking in ❤️

I actually cannot recall that Shakespears Sister song

will have to go and listen

I love the Shakespear's Sister track, all the singles from Hormonally Yours were great :wub:

nice newbies, I really liked Too Many Walls back in the day but haven't heard it in like 30 years

also big fan of I Wanna be Adored, Tom Petty-Into the great wide open and Beverly Craven - Woman to Woman

 

Too Many Walls was very American-radio of the time, but never really caught on in the UK to the same degree and rarely gets played. I just played Bros, Try, BTW and it's like hearing it for the first time - totally forgot everything about it :lol: Not bad actually, though, an attempt at a more funky House style with a gospel choir. It was the gospel choir that sold it to me, I think. Who knew Luke would end up as baddie in Hellboy II (among others) :lol:

Some great songs in 1991!

 

Love the new ones from Bev Craven, loved the Shakespheres Sister one more than the big hit & oh Tom Petty too sneaking in ❤️

 

I think I bought Goodbye Cruel World in the bargain bins - and then havent played it since. Youtube to the rescue! Quite upbeat. I always liked their quirkiness, pity it all went tits up. I did the see the Bananarama reunion tour though, and Siobhan did Stay, while back in the day I saw Shakespear's Sister and post-Siobhan Nana's, the Nana's had the edge then and now.

I love the Shakespear's Sister track, all the singles from Hormonally Yours were great :wub:

 

Didn't buy that album, but I did buy the first one as that was the one they toured when I saw them. :)

29th September 1991

 

It's a new chart-topper for Marc Almond's Scott Walker cover, all Trevor Horn swirling synths, Jacky becoming his 3rd number one including Soft Cell, following on from Tainted Love in 1981 and Torch in 1982. New in at 2, Don McLean's 1972 top 10 classic Americana ode to Buddy Holly peaking higher second-time round. The Scorpions finally get into the top 10 in their 13th week, as it's all Wind Of Change, and Beats International get a 3rd top 10.

 

2 Deep climb fast, and I find out it was an advert beats song, and Prince's Get Off leapfrogs his own Cream. I guess one leads to the other. The archive slave anthem Swing Low Sweet Chariot is back 16 years since Eric Clapton first got it into my charts - this time it's the England Rugby Squad. Don't ask me which type of Rugby, no idea, but it's in at 35, a but higher than the 1979 Monty Python Life Of Brian classic - I think Simon Mayo had been playing it a lot on Radio 1. Very popular at funerals these days. It is still quite good, prob Eric Idle's best song.

 

At 43, another oldie is covered in a lesser dance version - Bridge Over Troubled Water never works as well as the original Simon & Garfunkel epic. PJB this time. At 53, Enya returns with a goodie, Caribbean Blue, and Chesney Hawkes gets a forgotten 3rd of 1991. B.E.F. are still bringing in pop star friends 8 years after boosting Tina Turner's second-coming, and not quite boosting Scritti Politti on Green's cover of Stevie Wonder's I Don't Know Why. Whitney pops in, Kenny Thomas is still on a roll and The Stones also keep rolling, despite a limp Sex Drive.

 

 

1 ( 2 ) JACKY Marc Almond

2 ( NEW ) AMERICAN PIE Don McLean

3 ( 3 ) SALTWATER Julian Lennon

4 ( 1 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

5 ( 4 ) TRY Bros

6 ( 13 ) WIND OF CHANGE The Scorpions

7 ( 7 ) LIVE YOUR LIFE BE FREE Belinda Carlisle

8 ( 9 ) FEEL EVERY BEAT Electronic

9 ( 5 ) THEN YOU TURN AWAY Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

10 ( 12 ) THE SUN DOESN’T SHINE Beats International

 

11 ( 6 ) MOVE ANY MOUNTAIN The Shamen

12 ( 11 ) EVERYTHING I DO (I DO IT FOR YOU) Bryan Adams

13 ( 14 ) THE ONE I LOVE REM

14 ( 10 ) LOVE TO HATE YOU Erasure

15 ( 8 ) SET ADRIFT ON MEMORY BLISS PM Dawn

16 ( 18 ) TOO MANY WALLS Cathy Dennis

17 ( 20 ) WHERE DOES MY HEART BEAT NOW Celine Dion

18 ( 16 ) WINTER IN JULY Bomb The Bass

19 ( 23 ) I THINK I LOVE YOU Voice Of The Beehive

20 ( 22 ) WORD IS OUT Kylie Minogue

 

21 ( 31 ) EVERYBODY’S FREE Rozalla

22 ( 17 ) LOVE... THY WILL BE DONE Martika

23 ( 48 ) LIFE PARTY 2 Deep

24 ( 24 ) RADIO WALL OF SOUND Slade

25 ( 35 ) CAN’T STOP THIS THING WE STARTED Bryan Adams

26 ( 25 ) YOU WOKE UP MY NEIGHBOURHOOD Billy Bragg

27 ( 21 ) LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX Salt ‘n’ Pepa

28 ( 34 ) AFTER THE LOVE Jesus Loves You

29 ( 44 ) SOMETHING GOT ME STARTED Simply Red

30 ( 15 ) PEACE Sabrina Johnson

 

31 ( 39 ) NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS Tina Turner

32 ( 19 ) ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART Saint Etienne

33 ( 46 ) GET OFF Prince & The New Power Generation

34 ( 32 ) RIDERS OF THE STORM The Doors

35 ( NEW ) SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT England Rugby Squad

36 ( 36 ) GENERATIONS OF LOVE Jesus Loves You

37 ( NEW ) ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LOVE Monty Python’s Flying Circus

38 ( 33 ) JUST ANOTHER DREAM Cathy Dennis

39 ( 40 ) CREAM Prince & The New Power Generation

40 ( 29 ) LOVE’S BURN Karl Keaton

 

41 ( 38 ) PANDORA’S BOX Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

42 ( 66 ) GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD Shakespear’s Sister

43 ( NEW ) BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER PJB featuring Hannah’s Sister

44 ( 41 ) JEALOUSY Pet Shop Boys

45 ( 45 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers

46 ( 27 ) SUNSHINE ON A RAINY DAY (REMIX) Zoe

47 ( 37 ) SUMMERTIME DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

48 ( 47 ) HOLIDAY Madonna

49 ( 56 ) DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME Oleta Adams

50 ( 43 ) CRUCIFIED Army Of Lovers

 

51 ( 26 ) MORE TO LIFE Cliff Richard

52 ( 51 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

53 ( NEW ) CARIBBEAN BLUE Enya

54 ( 54 ) SUCH A GOOD FEELING Brothers In Rhythm

55 ( 63 ) LIVE FOR LOVING YOU Gloria Estefan

56 ( 55 ) DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME Elton John

57 ( 30 ) INSANITY Oceanic

58 ( 28 ) HOUSECALL Shabba Ranks featuring Maxi Priest

59 ( NEW ) SECRETS OF THE HEART Chesney Hawkes

60 ( 59 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas

 

61 ( 60 ) WHEN HE’S GONE The Bee Gees

62 ( 53 ) SAFE FROM HARM Massive Attack featuring Shara Nelson

63 ( 71 ) WOMAN TO WOMAN Beverley Craven

64 ( 64 ) HELLO MARYLOU Ricky Nelson

65 ( 67 ) LET IT BE The Beatles

66 ( NEW ) DON’T KNOW WHY (I LOVE YOU) B.E.F. featuring Green Gartside

67 ( 65 ) DO IT AGAIN The Beach Boys

68 ( 68 ) (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU/ MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING Carpenters

69 ( NEW ) I BELONG TO YOU Whitney Houston

70 ( NEW ) SPIRITUAL HIGH (STATE OF INDEPENDENCE) Moodswings featuring Chrissie Hynde

 

71 ( 42 ) BROKEN ARROW Rod Stewart

72 ( 62 ) HEY STOOPID Alice Cooper

73 ( 73 ) RESCUE ME Madonna

74 ( NEW ) SEX DRIVE The Rolling Stones

75 ( NEW ) BEST OF YOU Kenny Thomas

 

playlist oldies

1 DRIVE The Cars

2 FOR YOUR EYES ONLY Sheena Easton

3 WISHING I WAS LUCKY Wet Wet Wet

6th October 1991

 

It's a new number on as Bryan Adams finally gets a chart-topper after 6 years of hits, and on its 16th week on the chart, having peaked at 2 twice, as its run as the UK number one becomes news-worthy and record-breaking. Erasure also do an about-face and go top 5, their 6th, with Love To Hate You. The advert song goes to 10, while Rozalla scrapes into the 20 in a case of wrong-way-round-shurely! Prince finally goes top 20 with Get Off and highest new entry is Alice Cooper's new single at 35 as I go to see him in concert.

 

Aswad return with one I've forgotten, Funny How that happens after 30 years, Kim Appleby also adds to her list, If You Cared, and Lisa Stansfield makes a solid 2 years of quality singles as Change debuts at 70. Stevie Wonder has a Fun Day 23 years into his chart runs, and Nanci Griffith is new with an intriguing-sounding single title which I don't recall, but it sounds like I'd like it now.

 

1 ( 12 ) EVERYTHING I DO (I DO IT FOR YOU) Bryan Adams

2 ( 2 ) AMERICAN PIE Don McLean

3 ( 1 ) JACKY Marc Almond

4 ( 4 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

5 ( 14 ) LOVE TO HATE YOU Erasure

6 ( 3 ) SALTWATER Julian Lennon

7 ( 6 ) WIND OF CHANGE The Scorpions

8 ( 7 ) LIVE YOUR LIFE BE FREE Belinda Carlisle

9 ( 5 ) TRY Bros

10 ( 23 ) LIFE PARTY 2 Deep

 

11 ( 9 ) THEN YOU TURN AWAY Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

12 ( 19 ) I THINK I LOVE YOU Voice Of The Beehive

13 ( 8 ) FEEL EVERY BEAT Electronic

14 ( 33 ) GET OFF Prince & The New Power Generation

15 ( 11 ) MOVE ANY MOUNTAIN The Shamen

16 ( 16 ) TOO MANY WALLS Cathy Dennis

17 ( 17 ) WHERE DOES MY HEART BEAT NOW Celine Dion

18 ( 13 ) THE ONE I LOVE REM

19 ( 15 ) SET ADRIFT ON MEMORY BLISS PM Dawn

20 ( 21 ) EVERYBODY’S FREE Rozalla

 

21 ( 10 ) THE SUN DOESN’T SHINE Beats International

22 ( 29 ) SOMETHING GOT ME STARTED Simply Red

23 ( 18 ) WINTER IN JULY Bomb The Bass

24 ( 24 ) RADIO WALL OF SOUND Slade

25 ( 22 ) LOVE... THY WILL BE DONE Martika

26 ( 35 ) SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT England Rugby Squad

27 ( 55 ) LIVE FOR LOVING YOU Gloria Estefan

28 ( 28 ) AFTER THE LOVE Jesus Loves You

29 ( 39 ) CREAM Prince & The New Power Generation

30 ( 42 ) GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD Shakespear’s Sister

 

31 ( 37 ) ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LOVE Monty Python’s Flying Circus

32 ( 53 ) CARIBBEAN BLUE Enya

33 ( 27 ) LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX Salt ‘n’ Pepa

34 ( 20 ) WORD IS OUT Kylie Minogue

35 ( NEW ) LOVE’S A LOADED GUN Alice Cooper

36 ( 26 ) YOU WOKE UP MY NEIGHBOURHOOD Billy Bragg

37 ( 34 ) RIDERS OF THE STORM The Doors

38 ( 25 ) CAN’T STOP THIS THING WE STARTED Bryan Adams

39 ( 43 ) BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER PJB featuring Hannah’s Sister

40 ( RE ) AFRICA YOU SHINE David Essex with Shikisa featuring Abdul Tee-Jay

 

41 ( 36 ) GENERATIONS OF LOVE Jesus Loves You

42 ( 38 ) JUST ANOTHER DREAM Cathy Dennis

43 ( NEW ) FUNNY HOW Aswad

44 ( 41 ) PANDORA’S BOX Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

45 ( 45 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers

46 ( 40 ) LOVE’S BURN Karl Keaton

47 ( 44 ) JEALOUSY Pet Shop Boys

48 ( 30 ) PEACE Sabrina Johnson

49 ( 63 ) WOMAN TO WOMAN Beverley Craven

50 ( 69 ) I BELONG TO YOU Whitney Houston

 

51 ( 48 ) HOLIDAY Madonna

52 ( 31 ) NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS Tina Turner

53 ( 52 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

54 ( 46 ) SUNSHINE ON A RAINY DAY (REMIX) Zoe

55 ( 70 ) SPIRITUAL HIGH (STATE OF INDEPENDENCE) Moodswings featuring Chrissie Hynde

56 ( 54 ) SUCH A GOOD FEELING Brothers In Rhythm

57 ( 32 ) ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART Saint Etienne

58 ( 50 ) CRUCIFIED Army Of Lovers

59 ( 56 ) DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME Elton John

60 ( 49 ) DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME Oleta Adams

 

61 ( 60 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas

62 ( 75 ) BEST OF YOU Kenny Thomas

63 ( 47 ) SUMMERTIME DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

64 ( 61 ) WHEN HE’S GONE The Bee Gees

65 ( 66 ) DON’T KNOW WHY (I LOVE YOU) B.E.F. featuring Green Gartside

66 ( 65 ) LET IT BE The Beatles

67 ( 59 ) SECRETS OF THE HEART Chesney Hawkes

68 ( 68 ) (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU/ MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING Carpenters

69 ( NEW ) IF YOU CARED Kim Appleby

70 ( NEW ) CHANGE Lisa Stansfield

 

71 ( 62 ) SAFE FROM HARM Massive Attack featuring Shara Nelson

72 ( NEW ) FUN DAY Stevie Wonder

73 ( 73 ) RESCUE ME Madonna

74 ( NEW ) LATE NIGHT GRANDE HOTEL Nanci Griffith

75 ( 67 ) DO IT AGAIN The Beach Boys

 

Went to see Alice in concert this week, sadly some numptey thought it would a wheeze to turn the sound up to 11 and use decibels to turn his fans deaf, so in the end I had to walk out. Sticking fingers in ears wasn't good enough. I still have damaged hearing in one ear - I'm not blaming Alice or that gig, but it was painful!

 

 

ALICE COOPER LIVE AT BOURNEMOUTH INTERNATIONAL CENTRE

1 No More Mr Nice Guy

2 Hey Stoopid

3 Elected

4 Only Women Bleed

5 School’s Out

13th October 1991

 

It's taken 19 weeks but I finally joined the million record buyers who bought Bryan Adams' CD as the Robin Hood theme gets a 2nd week on top, holding off American Pie again. The England Rugby Squad take Swing Low into the top 10, the highest charting version of the ancient song, and Enya grabs another top 10 3 years on from Orinoco Flow this time Caribbean Blue swimming up the charts to 8, just ahead of Jesus Loves You's 3rd top 10 of the year, After The Love.

 

Highest new entry is from Dannii Minogue at 18, Baby Love just ahead of a Prince Cream/ Gett Off double. No, it's not The Supremes chart-topper, it's a very 1991 dancepop number that I haven't heard in 30 years. It's not bad. Cher's Save Up Your Love is one I've heard quite a bit since, new at 25 for a 3rd of 1991, and U2 return with a bang, Fly-ing in at 26, with a great statement-making first track off the new album. Siouxsie's back as well, at 30 and feeling the pressure, and beating out Pet Shop Boys' DJ Culture, their debut at 35 showcasing their least-overwhelming single to date.

 

Vic Reeves is back - and with The Wonder Stuff re-popularising the first record record I ever bought: Dizzy by Tommy Roe, I was mad on it for years and years, I bought it on Changi Evening Market's record stall in October 1969 with money my great-grandparents had given me. Vic's effort was not as good, and kinda spoilt my love of the original after charting for weeks. Hey ho, at least a new generation got to know the song, and Tommy Roe toured on the back of it, so I got to see him! Also got to see Vic & Bob on tour with it too.

 

Marc Cohn debuts lower than Cher, at 40, with Walking In Memphis and which Cher would cover in a few years, oops! PM Dawn follow-up with a Paper Doll, and shock horror, Mariah Carey does a decent uptempo pop song as Emotions drops at 58. I don;t recall the Carl Cox new entry, I do recall the less-good Paul Young version of Crowded House's glorious Don't Dream It's Over, and Queen's last-but-one farewell showstopper, The Show Must Go On. Rumours about Freddie's health were circulating and he was not looking well in Queen videos, which was quite troubling to me for the showman from one of my fave bands of the 70's and early 80's.

 

Glass Tiger bring in Rod Stewart on a featuring, Deacon Blue look at Closing Time on the bottom rung, and Ce Ce Peniston debuts one place higher with the fab Finally, modestly low, and if a singer was ever grateful for three letters of the alphabet, it's Ce Ce and the letters T, O and N.

 

 

1 ( 1 ) EVERYTHING I DO (I DO IT FOR YOU) Bryan Adams

2 ( 2 ) AMERICAN PIE Don McLean

3 ( 4 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

4 ( 3 ) JACKY Marc Almond

5 ( 7 ) WIND OF CHANGE The Scorpions

6 ( 8 ) LIVE YOUR LIFE BE FREE Belinda Carlisle

7 ( 26 ) SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT England Rugby Squad

8 ( 32 ) CARIBBEAN BLUE Enya

9 ( 28 ) AFTER THE LOVE Jesus Loves You

10 ( 6 ) SALTWATER Julian Lennon

 

11 ( 5 ) LOVE TO HATE YOU Erasure

12 ( 24 ) RADIO WALL OF SOUND Slade

13 ( 20 ) EVERYBODY’S FREE Rozalla

14 ( 22 ) SOMETHING GOT ME STARTED Simply Red

15 ( 9 ) TRY Bros

16 ( 16 ) TOO MANY WALLS Cathy Dennis

17 ( 12 ) I THINK I LOVE YOU Voice Of The Beehive

18 ( NEW ) BABY LOVE Dannii Minogue

19 ( 29 ) CREAM Prince & The New Power Generation

20 ( 14 ) GET OFF Prince & The New Power Generation

 

21 ( 10 ) LIFE PARTY 2 Deep

22 ( 11 ) THEN YOU TURN AWAY Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

23 ( 15 ) MOVE ANY MOUNTAIN The Shamen

24 ( 18 ) THE ONE I LOVE REM

25 ( NEW ) SAVE UP ALL YOUR TEARS Cher

26 ( NEW ) THE FLY U2

27 ( 19 ) SET ADRIFT ON MEMORY BLISS PM Dawn

28 ( 13 ) FEEL EVERY BEAT Electronic

29 ( 55 ) SPIRITUAL HIGH (STATE OF INDEPENDENCE) Moodswings featuring Chrissie Hynde

30 ( NEW ) THE PRESSURE Siouxsie & The Banshees

 

31 ( 23 ) WINTER IN JULY Bomb The Bass

32 ( 31 ) ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LOVE Monty Python’s Flying Circus

33 ( 70 ) CHANGE Lisa Stansfield

34 ( 17 ) WHERE DOES MY HEART BEAT NOW Celine Dion

35 ( NEW ) D.J. CULTURE Pet Shop Boys

36 ( 25 ) LOVE... THY WILL BE DONE Martika

37 ( NEW ) DIZZY Vic Reeves & The Wonder Stuff

38 ( 43 ) FUNNY HOW Airhead

39 ( 49 ) WOMAN TO WOMAN Beverley Craven

40 ( NEW ) WALKING IN MEMPHIS Marc Cohn

 

41 ( 21 ) THE SUN DOESN’T SHINE Beats International

42 ( 37 ) RIDERS OF THE STORM The Doors

43 ( 69 ) IF YOU CARED Kim Appleby

44 ( 45 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers

45 ( 30 ) GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD Shakespear’s Sister

46 ( 41 ) GENERATIONS OF LOVE Jesus Loves You

47 ( 44 ) PANDORA’S BOX Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

48 ( 42 ) JUST ANOTHER DREAM Cathy Dennis

49 ( 27 ) LIVE FOR LOVING YOU Gloria Estefan

50 ( 33 ) LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX Salt ‘n’ Pepa

 

51 ( 35 ) LOVE’S A LOADED GUN Alice Cooper

52 ( 47 ) JEALOUSY Pet Shop Boys

53 ( 53 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

54 ( 36 ) YOU WOKE UP MY NEIGHBOURHOOD Billy Bragg

55 ( NEW ) PAPER DOLL PM Dawn

56 ( 51 ) HOLIDAY Madonna

57 ( 48 ) PEACE Sabrina Johnson

58 ( NEW ) EMOTIONS Mariah Carey

59 ( 46 ) LOVE’S BURN Karl Keaton

60 ( 72 ) FUN DAY Stevie Wonder

 

61 ( 38 ) CAN’T STOP THIS THING WE STARTED Bryan Adams

62 ( 61 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas

63 ( 34 ) WORD IS OUT Kylie Minogue

64 ( 59 ) DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME Elton John

65 ( 58 ) CRUCIFIED Army Of Lovers

66 ( NEW ) I WANT YOU (FOREVER) DJ Carl Cox

67 ( 66 ) LET IT BE The Beatles

68 ( 64 ) WHEN HE’S GONE The Bee Gees

69 ( NEW ) DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER Paul Young

70 ( NEW ) THE SHOW MUST GO ON Queen

 

71 ( 68 ) (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU/ MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING Carpenters

72 ( 40 ) AFRICA YOU SHINE David Essex with Shikisa featuring Abdul Tee-Jay

73 ( NEW ) MY TOWN Glass Tiger featuring Rod Stewart

74 ( NEW ) FINALLY Ce Ce Peniston

75 ( NEW ) CLOSING TIME Deacon Blue

20th October 1991

 

It's another re-issued oldie for T.Rex as Metal Guru enters on top 19 years after first topping my charts in the early summer of 1972, when I first went mad on it, and out as a follow-up to the hit 20th Century Boy. Enya gets a second top 5, and Dannii Minogue gets a first top 10 with Baby Love, and Slade get a final top 10 before the original line-up call it a day (ie Noddy retires from music) for a wonderful 20 years of hits. Sounds Of Blackness go top 20, just ahead of U2 and Cher doing the same, and the highest new track is at 39 as Bomb The Bass follow-up a chart-topper with The Air You Breathe.

 

PM Dawn keep the top 40's coming, and Mariah Carey is emotional at her big jump, as Ce Ce Peniston says "Finally" at her big climb too. Midge Ure is new at 43, feeling quite optimistic it seems after 15 years of chart hits, while Roberta Flack has an even bigger span of 19 years as Set The Night To Music drafts in Maxi Priest to good effect. Steve Miller charts another oldie, Fly Like An Eagle rather an odd choice when Rock 'n' Me and Abracadabra are sitting begging, but it's back for another minor chart run 15 years on.

 

a-ha talk about moving to memphis, Moby debuts with Go at 61 - but he'll be back with substantial sustained success later in the 90's, and 2 Unlimited also debut ahead of a shorter run of success. Moby is the descendant of writer Herman Melville, he of Moby Dick. I think it's wise he didn't opt for Dick as a name. 2 Unlimited had charted before as Bizz Nizz, but now they had added sex appeal from Ray & Anita, Dutch rapper & singer respectively. That leaves a minor entry for Alison Moyet and Simple Minds, both on 9 years of chart runs.

 

 

1 ( NEW ) METAL GURU T.Rex

2 ( 1 ) EVERYTHING I DO (I DO IT FOR YOU) Bryan Adams

3 ( 2 ) AMERICAN PIE Don McLean

4 ( 3 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

5 ( 8 ) CARIBBEAN BLUE Enya

6 ( 5 ) WIND OF CHANGE The Scorpions

7 ( 18 ) BABY LOVE Dannii Minogue

8 ( 12 ) RADIO WALL OF SOUND Slade

9 ( 4 ) JACKY Marc Almond

10 ( 6 ) LIVE YOUR LIFE BE FREE Belinda Carlisle

 

11 ( 16 ) TOO MANY WALLS Cathy Dennis

12 ( 7 ) SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT England Rugby Squad

13 ( 10 ) SALTWATER Julian Lennon

14 ( 14 ) SOMETHING GOT ME STARTED Simply Red

15 ( 29 ) THE PRESSURE Sounds Of Blackness

16 ( 11 ) LOVE TO HATE YOU Erasure

17 ( 25 ) SAVE UP ALL YOUR TEARS Cher

18 ( 26 ) THE FLY U2

19 ( 9 ) AFTER THE LOVE Jesus Loves You

20 ( 20 ) GET OFF Prince & The New Power Generation

 

21 ( 13 ) EVERYBODY’S FREE Rozalla

22 ( 43 ) IF YOU CARED Kim Appleby

23 ( 17 ) I THINK I LOVE YOU Voice Of The Beehive

24 ( 15 ) TRY Bros

25 ( 29 ) SPIRITUAL HIGH (STATE OF INDEPENDENCE) Moodswings featuring Chrissie Hynde

26 ( 33 ) CHANGE Lisa Stansfield

27 ( 35 ) D.J. CULTURE Pet Shop Boys

28 ( 37 ) DIZZY Vic Reeves & The Wonder Stuff

29 ( 22 ) THEN YOU TURN AWAY Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

30 ( 21 ) LIFE PARTY 2 Deep

 

31 ( 23 ) MOVE ANY MOUNTAIN The Shamen

32 ( 19 ) CREAM Prince & The New Power Generation

33 ( 27 ) SET ADRIFT ON MEMORY BLISS PM Dawn

34 ( 40 ) WALKING IN MEMPHIS Marc Cohn

35 ( 30 ) WINTER IN JULY Bomb The Bass

36 ( 24 ) THE ONE I LOVE REM

37 ( 58 ) EMOTIONS Mariah Carey

38 ( 39 ) WOMAN TO WOMAN Beverley Craven

39 ( NEW ) THE AIR YOU BREATHE Bomb The Bass

40 ( 55 ) PAPER DOLL PM Dawn

 

41 ( 36 ) LOVE... THY WILL BE DONE Martika

42 ( 28 ) FEEL EVERY BEAT Electronic

43 ( NEW ) I SEE HOPE Midge Ure

44 ( 44 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers

45 ( 42 ) RIDERS OF THE STORM The Doors

46 ( 74 ) FINALLY Ce Ce Peniston

47 ( 69 ) DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER Paul Young

48 ( 38 ) FUNNY HOW Airhead

49 ( 34 ) WHERE DOES MY HEART BEAT NOW Celine Dion

50 ( 47 ) PANDORA’S BOX Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

 

51 ( 53 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

52 ( 48 ) JUST ANOTHER DREAM Cathy Dennis

53 ( 46 ) GENERATIONS OF LOVE Jesus Loves You

54 ( NEW ) SET THE NIGHT TO MUSIC Roberta Flack & Maxi Priest

55 ( NEW ) FLY LIKE AN EAGLE Steve Miller Band

56 ( 52 ) JEALOUSY Pet Shop Boys

57 ( 56 ) HOLIDAY Madonna

58 ( NEW ) MOVE TO MEMPHIS a-ha

59 ( 41 ) THE SUN DOESN’T SHINE Beats International

60 ( 62 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas

 

61 ( NEW ) GO Moby

62 ( 50 ) LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX Salt ‘n’ Pepa

63 ( 70 ) THE SHOW MUST GO ON Queen

64 ( 59 ) LOVE’S BURN Karl Keaton

65 ( 66 ) I WANT YOU (FOREVER) DJ Carl Cox

66 ( NEW ) GET READY FOR THIS 2 Unlimited

67 ( 67 ) LET IT BE The Beatles

68 ( 64 ) DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME Elton John

69 ( 68 ) WHEN HE’S GONE The Bee Gees

70 ( NEW ) THIS HOUSE Alison Moyet

 

71 ( 71 ) (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU/ MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING Carpenters

72 ( 65 ) CRUCIFIED Army Of Lovers

73 ( NEW ) REAL LIFE Simple Minds

74 ( 75 ) CLOSING TIME Deacon Blue

75 ( 72 ) AFRICA YOU SHINE David Essex with Shikisa featuring Abdul Tee-Jay