December 12, 20213 yr Ah, I like WTGGT and First Time was very close to my points, Ferry Cross The Mersey was #1 when I was born so I am slightly fond of it for those reasons.
December 13, 20213 yr Author NO 155- 1 POINT Feels Like I'm In Love Kelly Marie (Voter: Jester)- No 1 for 2 weeks in September 1980 Disco/ Camp classic for those of us of a certain age (haha) Seven Tears Goombay Dance Band (Voter: Gooddelta)- No 1 for 3 weeks in March/April 1982 German outfit that were huge on the continent but only really made a dent here with this one. Sealed With A Kiss Jason Donovan (Voter: Last Dreamer)- No 1 for 2 weeks in June 1989 Released at the height of his fame here it went straight in at No 1 Swing The Mood Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers (Voter: Riser)- No 1 for 5 weeks in August/September 1989 The song that started 6 months of chart domination and the only one of their three chart toppers to pick up any points.
December 13, 20213 yr Jason's cover of Sealed With A Kiss is actually surprisingly good and Feels Like I'm In Love is alright. I have nothing positive to say about the other two.
December 13, 20213 yr 'Feels Like I'm In Love' is my new favourite to appear so far, lovely disco song! The standard was just too high elsewhere to be able to squeeze it in.
December 13, 20213 yr Oh My God... How did I miss this. This is like, the vote I would have loved doing the most. Looking forward to seeing the results unfold. Guiltily excited that all three Bucks Fizz number 1's scored some points!! I would imagine they will appear in the order of My Camera Never Lies out first (even thought it's their best), then Mind Up... with Make Believe coming out the highest for them.
December 13, 20213 yr I forgot to vote in this but I am sure I would have given points to the Kelly Marie song, its great fun. The Goombay Dance Band song isnt very dancey at all even by 1982 standards despite the name of the band! I consider it a ballad really. Its OK but a bit MOR for my tastes.
December 13, 20213 yr Always wondered how on Earth the Goombay Dance Band got a foothold in the UK chart, it’s not something you would normally get in the charts but I did like it on the old TOTP episodes! Also like ‘Feels Like I’m In Love’ it sounded very 70s but just too much else to get my vote!
December 13, 20213 yr Always wondered how on Earth the Goombay Dance Band got a foothold in the UK chart, it’s not something you would normally get in the charts but I did like it on the old TOTP episodes! I guess they were following the trend of Boney M (and their song Rivers of Babylon stylistically) as this review suggests: http://eightiesnumberones.blogspot.com/200...twerk-were.html I kind of agree though with what he says here: 'Goombay' is a variation of drum based music from the Bahamas that is played in a celebratory style, but while there was always a wondrous sense of humour and unpredictability about everything Boney M did, there is precious little celebratory or varied about 'Seven Tears'. For the whole duration of the track, the rhythm and beat does not change one iota and it plods it's way dirge-like from start to finish in the manner of a hymn sung at a school assembly that has been rearranged by the trendy music teacher to try and make it more relevant to 'ver kids'. Any goodwill you may have felt toward it is ground down by the sheer monotony. Edited December 13, 20213 yr by Snakin' Stevens
December 13, 20213 yr Seven Tears sounds like it could have been a Eurovision winner from five years earlier. Sounds dated by 1982 standards but must have been popular. I knew it would do badly so decided to throw it my 1 point but there were about 10 other songs still to come also in contention for that.
December 13, 20213 yr Excuse me what is this disrespect towards Jive Bunny!! (I'm whatever on the other 2 #1s but 'Swing The Mood' is legitimately and unironically a bop x)
December 13, 20213 yr My votes would have been: +30- Eye Of The Tiger Survivor +29- Don't Stand So Close To Me The Police +28- Careless Whisper George Michael +27- Down Under Men At Work +26- Every Breath You Take The Police +25- Do You Really Want To Hurt Me? Culture Club +24- Red Red Wine UB40 +23- Brass In Pocket The Pretenders +22- Ghost Town The Specials +21- Don't You Want Me Human League +20- True Spandau Ballet +19- When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Gets Going Billy Ocean +18- Wake Me Up Before You Go Go Wham! +17- Relax Frankie Goes To Hollywood +16- Rock Me Amedeus Falco +15- A Town Called Malice The Jam +14- You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) Dead Or Alive +13- A Groovy Kind Of Love Phil Collins +12- Tainted Love Soft Cell +11- The Final Countdown Europe +10- Karma Chameleon Culture Club +9- Merry Christmas Everyone Shakin Stevens +8- Ride On Time Black Box +7- Hello Lionel Richie +6- Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic The Police +5- Under Pressure Queen & David Bowie +4- I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) George Michael & Aretha Franklin +3- Come On Eileen Dexy's Midnight Runners +2- La Bamba Los Lobos +1- Give It Up KC & The Sunshine Band
December 14, 20213 yr I think I can say without giving too much away that my 30 pointer is somewhere within that list... but where I will leave to be revealed! :kink:
December 14, 20213 yr I'm a bit late but the zero points Spirit In The Sky and Let's Party were in my top 35 list! :( Yes at Doctorin' the Tardis getting points from someone else. :D Also like Sealed With a Kiss and Swing The Mood. Surprised they got only 1 point each one. lol at some people saying Jive Bunny were one of the worst things in the UK charts when Cliff Richard exists. :lol: Seeing Mack's top 30 list I think I voted for only 5 of them. :teresa: Edited December 14, 20213 yr by Jason
December 14, 20213 yr back in the day Jive Bunny was seen as a sorta Ladbaby/Robson & Jerome that a silly mashup could take the record for artist with 3 #1s out of their first 3 singles like FGTH
December 14, 20213 yr Author No 154- 3 POINTS Crying Don McLean (Voter: Popchartfreak)- No 1 for 3 weeks in June/July 1980 1980 had the most No 1’s but that won’t remain if it loses them at this rate!
December 14, 20213 yr Author NO 151- 4 POINTS Oh Julie Shakin Stevens (Voter: Last Dreamer)- No 1 for 1 week in January 1982 Shaky’s second entry bows out here- 2 to go for him. Edge Of Heaven Wham! (Voter: Fiesta)- No 1 for 2 weeks in June/July 1986 Wham!’s final single was their poorest No1 in your opinion. Not to worry three more in the rate. Do They Know It's Christmas? Band Aid II (Voter: Jason)- No 1 for 3 weeks in December 1989 The final No 1 of the decade and another S/A/W charity single.
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