May 13, 20223 yr those are all great records, bar Micky Ball "I would rather have needles through my eyes than enter Eurovision again" after coming 2nd. Bless!
May 13, 20223 yr Author NO 120- 12 POINTS Dance Yourself Dizzy Liquid Gold (Voter: Leonardo) (#2 for 2 weeks in April 1980 behind “Working My Way Back To You” by Detroit Spinners, and “Going Underground” by The Jam Early 80s disco which has a kitsch value I suppose A Boy From Nowhere Tom Jones (Voter: Chartjack2) (#2 for 1 week in May 1987 behind “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” by Starship) Back from Vegas after a stint in the 70s, this was Jones’ return to the top 10 after a 15 year break. It was intended to be a track from a themed album about a matador- hence the cover in case you wondered.
May 13, 20223 yr Author NO 119- 13 POINTS Batdance Prince (Voter: Jade- 12 points, Colm- 1 point) (#2 for 1 week in July 1989 behind “Back To Life” by Soul II Soul) Prince has another two entries to come but this is his least popular-
May 13, 20223 yr Dance Yourself Dizzy and Batdance, from opposite ends of the decade, are both good songs.
May 13, 20223 yr Like Dance Yourself Dizzy, With you I’m Born Again and Automatic from those revealed recently!
May 14, 20223 yr Author NO 117- 16 POINTS One Day I'll Fly Away Randy Crawford (AaronTM- 12 points, Torple- 4 points) (#2 for 2 weeks in September 1980 behind “Feels Like I’m In Love” by Kelly Marie and “Don’t Stand So Close To Me” by Police A rather lovely track (it was on my shortlist) which re-surfaced years later on a John Lewis advert. Wings Of A Dove Madness (Voter: Popchartfreak) (#2 for 1 week in September 1983 behind “Red Red Wine” by UB40 For all their 80s success only this and “House Of Fun” went top 2.
May 14, 20223 yr Author NO 114- 18 POINTS IOU Freeez (Voter: King Rollo- 12 points, Jimwatts- 6 points) (#2 for 3 weeks in July/ August 1983 behind “Wherever I Lay My Hat” by Paul Young) Largely forgotten about in the pantheon of 80s pop but probably undeservedly so Everyday (I Love You More) Jason Donovan (Voter: Jason) (#2 for 1 week in September 1989 behind “Ride On Time” by Black Box) Picking up more points than I thought, this stalled behind the biggest seller of the year. When You Come Back To Me Jason Donovan (Voter: Jason- 10 points, Gooddelta- 7 points, *Dandy- 1 point) (#2 for 2 weeks behind “Let’s Party” by Jive Bunny and “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” by Band Aid II) And just like that Jason exits the rate with the final No 2 peaking single of the decade. The first track to attract 3 voters though!
May 14, 20223 yr Author Shouldn't IOU have 20 points if I gave it 12 and Jim gave it 8? Quite right- my apologies. Jimwatts gave it 6. :unsure:
May 14, 20223 yr Jason voting for himself again. :P When You Come Back To Me is possibly Jason’s best - I very nearly scored it. IOU and One Day I’ll Fly Away are good too.
May 14, 20223 yr When You Come Back To Me was a huge favourite of mine as a child, I had to throw it a point
May 14, 20223 yr When You Come Back To Me was a huge favourite of mine as a child, I had to throw it a point I considered pointing it too, had the single and loved it back in the day.
May 14, 20223 yr IOU is a neat track with fun use of sampling. Both those songs on 16 points are good too and the later Jason one is decent (I haven't heard the earlier one).
May 14, 20223 yr IOU by Freeze is a quality dance track imo, sort of sounds like piano house of later in the decade. Pure cheese but I love it! Woulda been my 30 pointer!
May 15, 20223 yr I did buy the Jason album as a kid, still got the vinyl :o but no votes for me in perspective, his singles were terrible except Too Many Broken Hearts... sorry jason :o
May 15, 20223 yr Author NO 113- 19 POINTS Kayleigh Marillion (Voter: King Rollo) (#2 for 1 week in June 1985 behind “You’ll Never Walk Alone” by The Crowd) Their biggest hit and a winner with King Rollo at least!
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