January 25, 20223 yr Author NO 24- 200 POINTS You Win Again Bee Gees (Voter: Jade- 12 points, Jackjones- 12 points, Steve201- 19 points, AH Gold- 9 points, Colm- 28 points, Jason- 13 points, Gooddelta- 25 points, *Dandy- 14 points, Gezza- 21 points, Popchartfreak- 21 points, Shoat- 7 points, Jester- 19 points)- No 1 for 4 weeks in October/November 1987 Over the 200 point mark with the song that returned the brothers Gibb to the top spot for the first time in 8 years and the only time in the decade as performers. YXcNFi11GLA
January 25, 20223 yr 'You Win Again' is a very good song. It has been one of my favourite Bee Gees songs for a while. I do like the Bee Gees' later output - Alone and For Whom The Bell Tolls are very good too from the 90s. Edited January 25, 20223 yr by Coal Statistics
January 25, 20223 yr Author NO 23- 201 POINTS The Model Kraftwerk (Voter: Julian T- 2 points, Rabbitfurcoat- 1 point, Jade- 30 points, Doctor Blind- 11 points, West- 29 points, Chez Wombat- 27 points, Dircadirca- 18 points, Jimwatts- 30 points, Danvember- 19 points, n4yr- 13 points, Jester- 21 points)- No 1 for 1 week in February 1982 It may only have got 8 voters to give it votes but TWO of you gave it 30 points- so take a bow Jade and Jimwatts. It is however the favourite chart topper of 1982 as it becomes the first year to leave the rate altogether! GEnx9xS79Lc
January 25, 20223 yr Some real classics dropping now, The Model is fantastic (both in English and German x) and the two Jam songs are brilliant. I'm surprised to see You Win Again so high, but I've always really liked it, must've just missed my votes.
January 25, 20223 yr Aw shucks :nocheer: really thought The Model would make the final 10 here. For a band that pioneered electronic music, getting a UK #1 was simply iconic. That's my top 4 all out now :cry: though I think the rest of my top 10 are still in.
January 25, 20223 yr Nice choice of 30 Jim and Jade! Sorry I only gave it 2, but it is fab. You Win Again is great too; surprising how few and rare The Bee Geees’ #1s were really.
January 25, 20223 yr :heart: any hint of a dark synth piques my interest and 'The Model' was a real gateaway for my love of this type of synth-pop music. My mind was blown when I found out that 'Das Model' was recorded in the 70s - so ahead of its time, Kraftwerk total pioneers as mentioned by my fellow top pointer Jim. Happy that 'The Model' takes the crown for 1982! 'You Win Again' was such an epic comeback for the Bee Gees long after their disco heyday had gone out of fashion! It has an extra special place in my heart as it's one of my grandad's favourite songs and we're very close, he's a Bee Gees superfan and it came out around the time he was suffering really badly with depression - he told me before that it saved him during those dark days, the power of music. Much love for 'Let's Dance' too! Another smash that came a bit later on in Bowie's career, like 'You Win Again' for the Bee Gees.
January 25, 20223 yr Your grandad clearly has excellent music taste Jade 😁! Two unreal songs leaving there, I do love that Bee Gees track, probably my favourite of theirs. They really were amazing song writers. Again like many of my comments how did I not vote for ‘The Model’ unreal track!! And how is 1982 the first year out, best year of the decade for me!
January 25, 20223 yr Kraftwerk do have better songs than The Model (my dad has a few of their CDs so I am familiar with quite a few of their songs) but its a very good #1 all the same. :heart: any hint of a dark synth piques my interest and 'The Model' was a real gateaway for my love of this type of synth-pop music. Same here and also that's the reason I was able to like Zhu-Faded and Disciples-They Don't Know when they were played on the radio back in 2014-5, because some parts of those songs reminded me of Kraftwerk in style!
January 25, 20223 yr “The Model” is of course an absolute classic - very pleased to see it land so high. I did see Kraftwerk perform at Latitude in 2013. The same year that I saw CHVRCHES in a small stage in the forest with a small crowd - Bloc Party and Foals headlined that year too!
January 26, 20223 yr Author NO 22- 205 POINTS Relax Frankie Goes To Hollywood (Voter: Rabbitfurcoat- 4 points, Jade- 8 points, Doctor Blind- 5 points, West- 8 points, Dot Branning- 4 points, Jackjones- 7 points, Steve201- 2 points, Donnahjaneymack- 16 points, Dircadirca- 14 points, AH Gold- 19 points, Danvember- 18 points, King Rollo- 14 points, Nina West- 11 points, *Dandy- 22 points, Leonardo- 28 points, Popchartfreak- 22 points, Jester- 3 points)- No 1 for 5 weeks in / January/ February 1984 New rate record of 17 voters out of 31 gave this points making it our third most popular chart topper of 1984. It’s also their highest placed track and naturally launched them in a blaze of controversy when the track was banned by TOTP and Radio 1. 0HkNM7cwfJ0
January 26, 20223 yr Author NO 21- 219 POINTS Into The Groove Madonna (Voter: Doctor Blind- 27 points, West- 18 points, Jackjones- 29 points, Riser- 8 points, Dircadirca- 12 points, AH Gold- 13 points, Jimwatts- 11 points, Colm- 17 points, n4yr- 23 points, Bjork- 30 points, Leonardo- 6 points, Gezza- 25 points)- No 1 for 4 weeks in August 1985 Madonna’s second favourite chart topper of the 80s is also our most popular No 1 of 1985 as the year exits the rate. She only has 1 entry in the top 20 as this falls at the last hurdle despite Bjork giving it 30 points! jnmySC7NgMw
January 26, 20223 yr Author Recap 21-50 NO 21- Into The Groove Madonna- 219 pts NO 22- Relax Frankie Goes To Hollywood- 205 pts NO 23- The Model Kraftwerk- 201 pts NO 24- You Win Again Bee Gees- 200 pts NO 25- Papa Don't Preach Madonna- 183 pts NO 26- Let's Dance David Bowie- 176 pts NO 27- Going Underground The Jam- 174 pts NO 28- You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) Dead Or Alive- 172 pts NO 29- A Town Called Malice The Jam- 169 pts NO 30- Don't Leave Me This Way Communards- 166 pts NO 31- Take My Breath Away Berlin- 158 pts NO 32- Every Breath You Take The Police- 157 pts NO 33- Come On Eileen Dexy's Midnight Runners- 150 pts NO 34- China In Your Hand T'Pau- 147 pts NO 35- Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now Starship- 143 pts NO 36- Orinoco Flow Enya- 138 pts NO 37- Pump Up The Volume M/A/R/R/S- 125 pts NO 38- Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) Soul II Soul- 122 pts NO 39- Down Under Men At Work- 119 pts NO 40- The Power Of Love Frankie Goes To Hollywood- 118 pts NO 41- Heart Pet Shop Boys- 116 pts NO 42- I Should Be So Lucky Kylie Minogue- 115 pts NO 43- I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) George Michael & Aretha Franklin- 114 pts NO 44- I Think We're Alone Now Tiffany- 113 pts NO 45- Caravan of Love Housemartins- 110 pts NO 46- Eternal Flame The Bangles- 107 pts NO 47- There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) Eurythmics- 104 pts NO 48- The Reflex Duran Duran- 103 pts NO 49- Two Tribes Frankie Goes To Hollywood- 101 pts NO 50- Karma Chameleon Culture Club- 100 Pts
January 26, 20223 yr Author Acts with multiple entries in the top 20 3 Pet Shop Boys 2 David Bowie Blondie Year by year breakdown 1980- 4 1981- 4 1982- 0 1983- 2 1984- 2 1985- 0 1986- 2 1987- 3 1988- 1 1989- 2
January 26, 20223 yr Author And finally the points league *Dandy(*) 288/14 N4yr(*) 264/15 Jade 261/15 Nina West(*) 251/11 Leonardo(*) 250/14 Donnahjaneymack(*) 241/13 King Rollo 240/12 Doctor Blind(*) 231/14 Popchartfreak(*) 231/13 West(*) 229/13 JulianT(*) 229/10 Rabbitfurcoat (*) 221/13 Danvember(*) 218/12 Jester(*) 206/10 Gezza (*) 199/11 Dot Branning (*) 196/10 Jimwatts 193/12 Dircadirca(*) 192/9 Steve201(*) 188/11 Chez Wombat(*) 186/11 Bjork 184/10 AH Gold 178/11 Colm(*) 178/8 Gooddelta(*) 176/9 Jackjones 161/10 Shoat 152/9 Riser 135/8 Last Dreamer 120/7 Jason(*) 112/5 …Ready For It 97/6 Fiesta 84/6 so 20 maximum pointers still left to come.
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