Posted December 18, 20231 yr I thought I'd post this thread at BuzzJack, not so much to gauge whether there would be much interest on charts from the 1980s but to provide a nice festive look at the Christmas charts of the 1980s! If anyone here also posts at Haven and UKMIx you'll probably know that I've been posting the BMRB and Gallup charts of the 1980s, along with the panel sales information that the two chart compilers included with their sales reports. BMRB were the British Market Research Bureau, a market research agency which had been awarded the contract to compile the UK music industry charts in 1969. The organisation compiled the charts until the end of 1982 and were succeeded by Gallup, another polling company who compiled the charts until February 1994. The contarct then passed to Millward Brown (now Kantar) who continue to compile the charts to this day. A couple of years ago I started to post the weekly Gallup charts from 1983 onwards and so far have reached the end of 1989. In addition I have recently been posting the BMRB charts from 1980 to 1982. Unlike the Gallup charts, which have been the weekly full top 200 charts - along with sales - the BMRB charts have been the monthly, not weekly, top 200 charts. I'm currently up to August 1982 with those charts. The chart information has kindly been provided to me by ukmix poster kobyhadrian. Thanks also go to BuzzJack poster kingofskiffle for collating this information and making it available for me to post. kobyhadrian has very kindly also provided me with the Christmas week charts from 1980 to 1982. I had already posted the Christmas charts from 1983 to 1989 in their respective yearly thread. As we are approaching Christmas I thought it would be a good chance to pull them all together into the one thread. A word on how these sales were put together. Unlike now, where nearly all sales are captured by Kantar, back in the 1980s it was a lot different. The charts compiled by BMRB were compiled from sales diaries which were sent to dealers each week to complete. When a customer bought a record the catalogue number of the record would be noted in the sales diary. At the end of each week, on a saturday evening, these diaries were posted back to BMRB who would then collate all the sales information from the diaries. It was quite a labour intensive job as all catalogue numbers had to be entered manually into the computer. This was done on a Monday with a chart being produced on a Tuesday morning. Radio 1 would then announce the new chart on a Tuesday at 12.45pm. When Gallup took over chart compilation duties, they modernised the sales collection process. Instead of catalogue numbers being written in a diary, the record shop staff would type the number into a "dataport" machine. The information would then be sent electronically to Gallup HQ. Gradually datports were phased out and replaced by barcode readers and these in turn would be replaced by Electronic Point Of sale equipment that we have today. One drawback of the data collection system under BMRB and gallup is that it was impossible to colect sales from every record store in the UK. The data collection process was too slow and expensive. Collecting sales data from every store that sold records was a pipe dream. Instead both BMRB and Gallup would limit how many stores each organisation used when conpiling the charts. By the time BMRB stopped compiling the charts this was only 750 stores. For Gallup, it about 2,000 stores by 1994. However, the purpose of the chart was to capture and reflect sales in the UK as a whole. In simple terms this was done by BMRB and Gallup using market research techniques to attempt to capture the make up of all UK sales in a much smaller universe of shops. Instead of sampling 4,000+ shops, both organisations attempted to capture national trends by using a smaller amount of shops and then reflecting sales in what were called "panel sales figures". These were sales in a set number of shops each week. When the charts were first compiled by BMRB in 1969 this set number of shops was 250. It was a hypothetical amount of shops but sales in those 250 shops were meant to reflect sales in the UK as a whole. While it wasn't possible to calculate actual UK sales, it was possible to calculate estimated market sales by using the panel sales figures that BMRB and Gallup compiled each week. Gallup estimated that its panel sales figures reflected sales in one seventeenth of all shops in the UK. To get an estimated market sales figure using Gallup panel sales, it suggested multiplying its weekly panel sales figures by 17. So, for example, a panel sale of 10,000 would produce an estimated market sale of 170,000. BMRB were less consistent in the figure that could be used to estimate market sales. In 1976, a BMRB special exercise to check the validity of its panel sales suggested that a 17 multiplier figure was about correct. However, from the late 1970s this figure decreases as more shops began to provide sales figures. In 1980 it appears the multiplier figure should be about 12.5. In 1981 it drops to 12 and in 1982 it seems to be about 11.5. As soon as gallup took over, using a different way of calculating its own panel sales, the figure rose back to 17. The above isn't easy to explain and while I hope it provides a backdrop to how I've calculated estimated market sales for each chart, I wouldn't worry too much about how the panel sales figures were arrived at. For 1983 to 1989 they fall in with the way the industry estimated sales figures. For 1980 to 1982 they are my own take on what the estimated market sales should be. Without any delay, I'll post the 27 December 1980 chart. The 26 December 1981 chart will appear tomorrow and then the charts will appear twice a day with the 30 December 1989 chart being posted on Friday afternoon or evening. if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. In the meantime, get reading and enjoy these charts! Edited December 18, 20231 yr by Robbie
December 18, 20231 yr Author 27 December 1980 Twk Lwk Wks Panel Market Title Artist 1 2 6 12745 159,313 There's No One Quite Like Grandma St Winifred's School Choir 2 1 8 12645 158,063 (Just Like) Starting Over John Lennon 3 3 5 9696 121,200 Stop The Cavalry Jona Lewie 4 45 11 7893 98,663 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) John And Yoko And The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir 5 4 7 5469 68,363 Super Trouper Abba 6 5 3 5320 66,500 De Do Do Do De Da Da Da Police 7 10 4 5029 62,863 Antmusic Adam And The Ants 8 6 6 4703 58,788 Embarrassment Madness 9 NE 12 0 Imagine John Lennon 10 9 5 3973 49,663 Runaway Boys Stray Cats 11 7 6 3638 45,475 Banana Republic Boomtown Rats 12 15 4 3408 42,600 Lies / Don't Drive My Car Status Quo 13 18 5 3361 42,013 Rabbit Chas And Dave 14 13 7 3224 40,300 Lady Kenny Rogers 15 12 4 3208 40,100 Flash Queen 16 8 7 3189 39,863 To Cut A Long Story Short Spandau Ballet 17 27 4 3039 37,988 Never Mind The Presents Barron Knights 18 19 7 2769 34,613 Love On The Rocks Neil Diamond 19 24 5 2676 33,450 Over The Rainbow / You Belong To Me Matchbox 20 14 8 2641 33,013 The Tide Is High Blondie 21 11 7 2458 30,725 Do You Feel My Love Eddy Grant 22 25 8 2397 29,963 Lonely Together Barry Manilow 23 31 3 2219 27,738 Too Nice To Talk To Beat 24 34 3 2062 25,775 Do Nothing / Maggie's Farm Specials Featuring Rico With The Ice Rink String Sounds 25 16 9 1857 23,213 Celebration Kool And The Gang 26 23 6 1805 22,563 Don't Walk Away Electric Light Orchestra 27 17 5 1720 21,500 Rock 'N' Roll Ain't Noise Pollution AC/DC 28 35 2 0 This Wreckage Gary Numan 29 36 7 1639 20,488 It's Hard To Be Humble Mac Davis 30 26 10 0 I Could Be So Good For You Dennis Waterman 31 39 4 1521 19,013 Who's Gonna Rock You Nolans 32 30 4 1516 18,950 December Will Be Magic Again Kate Bush 33 33 6 1462 18,275 Looking For Clues Robert Palmer 34 32 5 1422 17,775 Blue Moon Showaddywaddy 35 21 7 1370 17,125 I'm Coming Out Diana Ross 36 38 4 1296 16,200 Lorraine Bad Manners 37 40 5 1262 15,775 If I Could Only Make You Care Mike Berry 38 22 9 1226 15,325 The Earth Dies Screaming / Dream A Lie UB40 39 20 11 1212 15,150 Never Knew Love Like This Before Stephanie Mills 40 61 2 1119 13,988 Runaround Sue Racey 41 57 2 1058 13,225 My Girl Rod Stewart 42 37 9 1028 12,850 Ace Of Spades Motorhead 43 59 2 906 11,325 I Am The Beat Look 44 28 9 841 10,513 I Like (What You're Doing To Me) Young And Co 45 29 8 802 10,025 Passion Rod Stewart 46 41 4 799 9,988 Santa Claus Is Back In Town Elvis Presley 47 44 3 759 9,488 Heartbreak Hotel Jacksons 48 43 13 751 9,388 Woman In Love Barbra Streisand 49 47 4 0 Guilty Barbra Streisand And Barry Gibb 50 NE 1 0 Don't Stop The Music Yarborough And Peoples 51 NE 1 692 8,650 Burn Rubber On Me Gap Band 52 NE 1 667 8,338 White Christmas / Too Risky Jim Davidson 53 68 2 651 8,138 Fade To Grey Visage 54 46 4 636 7,950 Die Young Black Sabbath 55 NE 1 618 7,725 I Ain't Gonna Stand For It Stevie Wonder 56 42 9 599 7,488 Fashion David Bowie 57 54 4 564 7,050 Boom Boom Black Slate 58 48 4 562 7,025 Israel Siouxsie And The Banshees 59 55 5 530 6,625 Sh-Boom / White Christmas Darts 60 53 4 520 6,500 What A Fool Believes Aretha Franklin 61 50 3 501 6,263 Love Me To Sleep Hot Chocolate 62 56 3 480 6,000 You're OK Ottawan 63 75 2 471 5,888 Back On The Road Earth Wind And Fire 64 60 2 471 5,888 Clubland Elvis Costello 65 51 13 466 5,825 Enola Gay Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 66 69 2 455 5,688 I'm In Love Again Sad Café 67 70 16 446 5,575 Baggy Trousers Madness 68 58 4 425 5,313 Your Cassette Pet Bow Wow Wow 69 49 4 413 5,163 The Call Up Clash 70 NE 10 411 5,138 Merry Xmas Everybody Slade 71 52 7 409 5,113 Kiss On My List Daryl Hall And John Oates 72 63 12 405 5,063 Dog Eat Dog Adam And The Ants 73 74 16 374 4,675 DISCO Ottawan 74 64 6 375 4,688 Whip It Devo 75 NE 1 354 4,425 Young Parisians Adam And The Ants the multiplier used to convert panel sales to total market sales for the above chart is 12.5
December 18, 20231 yr Author Hopefully the above chart displays without a problem. Unfortunately I've not been able to obtain the weekly sales for all the records in the 27 December 1980 chart. It's the only one of the 1980s charts which is incomplete. St Winifred's School Choir score their second number 1 hit in under 3 years. Their first was as backing vocalists (with a different line-up) on 'Matchstalk Men And Matchstalk Cats And Dogs' by Brian and Michael, a number 1 record in April 1978.
December 18, 20231 yr John Lennon was very close to getting the Christmas number 1 for that year then.
December 18, 20231 yr Author John Lennon was very close to getting the Christmas number 1 for that year then.Very close indeed. It's likely that the deciding factor was Saturday sales (on 20 December 1980) for St Winifred's School Choir in the likes of Woolworths. With no midweeks back then it's guesswork trying to work out which single would have been ahead during the chart sales week.
December 18, 20231 yr Author 26 December 1981 Twk Lwk Wks Panel Est. Sales Title Artist 1 1 4 11880 142,560 Don't You Want Me Human League 2 2 6 10339 124,068 Daddy's Home Cliff Richard 3 3 3 9386 112,632 One Of Us Abba 4 4 3 7810 93,720 Ant Rap Adam And The Ants 5 10 5 7527 90,324 The Land of Make Believe Bucks Fizz 6 5 4 7432 89,184 It Must Be Love Madness 7 8 6 4919 59,028 Wedding Bells Godley And Crème 8 12 5 4528 54,336 Rock n' Roll Status Quo 9 19 7 4374 52,488 Mirror Mirror (Mon Amour) Dollar 10 26 3 4258 51,096 I'll Find My Way Home Jon And Vangelis 11 23 3 3898 46,776 Young Turks Rod Stewart 12 13 3 3854 46,248 Spirits In The Material World Police 13 7 8 3547 42,564 Why Do Fools Fall In Love? Diana Ross 14 6 10 3486 41,832 Begin the Beguine (Volver A Empezar) Julio Iglesias 15 14 5 3469 41,628 My Own Way Duran Duran 16 9 7 3377 40,524 Bedsitter Soft Cell 17 15 7 3108 37,296 Cambodia Kim Wilde 18 40 3 2667 32,004 Hokey Cokey Snowmen 19 30 3 2625 31,500 Waiting For A Girl Like You Foreigner 20 29 3 2592 31,104 I Could Be Happy Altered Images 21 36 3 2560 30,720 Stars Over 45 Chas And Dave 22 28 16 2557 30,684 The Birdie Song (Birdie Dance) Tweets 23 18 7 2500 30,000 Flashback Imagination 24 27 5 2362 28,344 Wild Is The Wind David Bowie 25 11 8 2137 25,644 Let's Groove Earth Wind And Fire 26 52 2 2121 25,452 Get Down On It Kool And The Gang 27 20 8 2068 24,816 The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum) Fun Boy Three 28 63 20 1972 23,664 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) John And Yoko 29 22 5 1945 23,340 Four More From Toyah Toyah 30 31 5 1540 18,480 Dead Ringer For Love Meat Loaf 31 38 5 1443 17,316 Footsteps Showaddywaddy 32 56 13 1442 17,304 Merry Xmas Everybody Slade 33 64 3 1364 16,368 I Wanna Be A Winner Brown Sauce 34 17 7 1332 15,984 I Go To Sleep Pretenders 35 16 7 1330 15,960 Under Pressure Queen And David Bowie 36 35 12 1252 15,024 Physical Olivia Newton-John 37 58 2 1245 14,940 Don't Walk Away Four Tops 38 21 8 1208 14,496 Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey Modern Romance 39 34 6 1194 14,328 Buona Sera (Don't Be Angry) Bad Manners 40 66 2 1164 13,968 Christmas On 45 Holly And The Ivys 41 61 2 1146 13,752 I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday Wizzard 42 33 9 1105 13,260 Yes Tonight Josephine Jets 43 24 9 1070 12,840 Steppin' Out Kool And The Gang 44 44 3 1007 12,084 Jingle Bells (Laughing All The Way) Hysterics 45 45 3 949 11,388 Sweet Dreams Elvis Costello 46 59 3 942 11,304 Perhaps Love Placido Domingo With John Denver 47 RE 4 939 11,268 Yellow Pearl Phil Lynott 48 39 10 902 10,824 Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) Haircut 100 49 37 7 902 10,824 Turn Your Love Around George Benson 50 RE 9 879 10,548 The Model / Computer Love Kraftwerk 51 42 6 876 10,512 Easier Said Than Done Shakatak 52 48 3 856 10,272 The Old Songs Barry Manilow 53 25 8 849 10,188 The Voice Ultravox 54 50 3 803 9,636 Waiting On A Friend Rolling Stones 55 47 4 796 9,552 Let's All Sing Like The Birdies Sing Tweets 56 41 10 790 9,480 Joan Of Arc Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 57 NE 1 781 9,372 Hold My Hand Ken Dodd 58 43 4 740 8,880 Love Needs No Disguise Gary Numan And Dramatis 59 75 2 734 8,808 Trini Trax Trini Lopez 60 NE 1 711 8,532 Brideshead Theme Geoffrey Burgon 61 57 4 698 8,376 Blackboard Jumble Barron Knights 62 65 3 651 7,812 I Could Never Miss You (More Than I Do) Lulu 63 46 5 617 7,404 I Can't Say Goodbye To You Helen Reddy 64 53 4 610 7,320 Help Get Me Some Help Ottawan 65 49 4 599 7,188 All That Glitters Gary Glitter 66 51 11 583 6,996 Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me) Rod Stewart 67 55 4 537 6,444 Should I Do It Pointer Sisters 68 NE 1 531 6,372 One Nine For Santa Fogwell Flax And Ankle Biters From Freehold Junior School 69 74 8 516 6,192 Visions Of China Japan 70 62 3 507 6,084 Never In A Million Years Boomtown Rats 71 54 10 499 5,988 Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic Police 72 68 5 497 5,964 This Is Radio Clash Clash 73 73 6 488 5,856 A Wonderful Time Up There Alvin Stardust 74 NE 1 482 5,784 When A Child Is Born Johnny Mathis And Gladys Knight 75 72 14 479 5,748 Happy Birthday Altered Images the multiplier used to calculate estimated market sales from panel sales is 12
December 18, 20231 yr Author Bubbling Under Chart 26 December 1981 Christmas Carousel The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra And David Arnold Christmas Crackers The Public Bar Supporters Club Christmas Dream Isla St Clair with The Choir Of the German School, Richmond Christmas Wrapping The Waitresses Closer To The Heart Rush Don't Let 'Em Grind You Down The Exploited / Anti-Pasti Drowning In Berlin Mobiles Falling In Love Again Techno Twins Fool If You Think It's Over Elkie Brooks I Just Wanna (Spend Some Time With You) Alton Edwards If Everyday Was Like Christmas Elvis Presley Let's Celebrate New York Skyy Little Miss Prissy The Stray Cats Matte Kudasai King Crimson Memory Elaine Paige Pub Crawl Brendan Shine Run With The Fox Chris Squire & Alan White Streets Of London Anti-Nowhere League Tainted Love Soft Cell Tenderness Diana Ross The Theme From Hill Street Blues Mike Post featuring Larry Carlton There's A Party Going On Racey Ticket To The Moon ELO Time To Let Go Eddy Grant Wrack My Brain Ringo Starr The above was listed below the top 75 in Music Week. Listed in alphabetical order. Excludes records that have been in the top 75 in the previous 4 weeks. No sales data held.
December 18, 20231 yr Fascinating to see these sales and how they were compiled. How accurate do you think they really are when sales may have been a lot different across the country?
December 19, 20231 yr Author Fascinating to see these sales and how they were compiled. How accurate do you think they really are when sales may have been a lot different across the country?BMRB, the then chart compilers, were aiming more to ensure that the chart reflected how records were selling relative to each other across the UK and realised that the further down the chart you go the less accurate it will be as records are selling almost the same as other records around them. BMRB had undertaken a special exercise in 1975 and 1976 to determine how accurate the cumulative panel sales figures were for individual titles by asking record labels to provide sales figures (shipments less returns) across the life of a number of singles. The conclusion was that they did, on the whole, reflect how singles had sold over time. This special exercise was enough for the BPI to provide estimated total sales for the top 100 best selling singles of 1976 by multiplying the total panel sales for records by almost 17. Over the next few years BMRB attempted to make the chart even more accurate although it was Gallup who would fine tune the chart panel sales calculation process to ensure it reflected national sales as closely as possible. Basing a chart on sales data provided by a few hundred record shops means that it is never going to be fully accurate. My guess is that sales are probably overestimated because using a multiplier to convert panel sales into total market sales is a crude way of doing this. The only way to use the panel sales and multiplier method with any accuracy would be to ensure that the shops chosen each week to provide sales data match as closely as possible the characteristics of all records shops in the UK. Edited December 19, 20231 yr by Robbie
December 19, 20231 yr Pretty interesting stuff and it puts the overall top selling singles ever into a truer context! I guess it’s no different to calculating ACR for a track nowadays. Edited December 19, 20231 yr by Christmasteve201
December 19, 20231 yr Author 25 December 1982 Twk Lwk Wks Panel Market Title Artist 1 1 9 10438 120,037 Save Your Love Renee And Renato 2 4 3 6700 77,050 The Shakin Stevens EP Shakin' Stevens 3 10 5 6524 75,026 Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy David Bowie And Bing Crosby 4 3 5 5974 68,701 Time (Clock Of The Heart) Culture Club 5 5 5 5571 64,067 Our House Madness 6 17 4 5140 59,110 You Can't Hurry Love Phil Collins 7 30 3 4746 54,579 A Winter s Tale David Essex 8 9 7 4138 47,587 Best Years Of Our Lives Modern Romance 9 6 6 4059 46,679 Truly Lionel Richie 10 2 4 3851 44,287 Beat Surrender Jam 11 21 4 3631 41,757 Little Town Cliff Richard 12 7 6 3463 39,825 Mirror Man Human League 13 8 11 3380 38,870 Young Guns (Go For It) Wham! 14 27 3 3320 38,180 All The Love In The World Dionne Warwick 15 12 5 3233 37,180 Friends Shalamar 16 13 5 3192 36,708 Hymn Ultravox 17 18 4 3045 35,018 Let's Get This Straight (From The Start) / Old Kevin Rowland And Dexys Midnight Runners 18 19 4 3027 34,811 Buffalo Gals Malcolm McLaren And The World's Famous Supreme Team 19 28 3 2960 34,040 Singalong-A-Santa Santa Claus And The Christmas Trees 20 20 5 2930 33,695 If You Can't Stand The Heat Bucks Fizz 21 14 7 2838 32,637 Rio Duran Duran 22 11 9 2663 30,625 Living On The Ceiling Blancmange 23 22 4 2578 29,647 I Feel Love Donna Summer 24 15 8 2448 28,152 Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) A Flock Of Seagulls 25 16 6 2425 27,888 The Other Side Of Love Yazoo 26 31 3 2274 26,151 Under Attack Abba 27 24 4 1904 21,896 Where The Heart Is Soft Cell 28 39 4 1875 21,563 Cacharpaya (Andes Pumpsa Desi) Incantation 29 34 3 1757 20,206 Dear Addy Kid Creole And The Coconuts 30 25 11 1686 19,389 I Don't Wanna Dance Eddy Grant 31 26 9 1542 17,733 It's Raining Again Supertramp 32 29 4 1538 17,687 Hi De Hi, Hi De Ho Kool And The Gang 33 55 2 1515 17,423 Orville s Song Keith Harris And Orville 34 48 2 1365 15,698 Theme From 'ET (The Extra Terrestrial)' John Williams 35 32 11 1308 15,042 Talk Talk Talk Talk 36 40 4 1255 14,433 I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter Barry Manilow 37 33 9 1205 13,858 (Sexual) Healing Marvin Gaye 38 23 6 1167 13,421 Youth of Today Musical Youth 39 43 3 1106 12,719 Heartache Avenue Maisonettes 40 35 6 1038 11,937 Night Porter Japan 41 37 10 1031 11,857 Heartbreaker Dionne Warwick 42 59 2 977 11,236 Baa Baa Black Sheep Singing Sheep 43 45 3 910 10,465 Changes Imagination 44 74 2 892 10,258 Xmas Party Snowmen 45 NE 1 881 10,132 Christmas Wrapping Waitresses 46 42 8 832 9,568 Here I Go Again / Bloody Luxury Whitesnake 47 38 13 815 9,373 Mad World Tears For Fears 48 49 3 798 9,177 Party Party Elvis Costello And The Attractions 49 67 2 789 9,074 Christmas Rapping Dizzy Heights 50 46 4 781 8,982 Cheers Then Bananarama 51 66 2 769 8,844 Gloria Laura Branigan 52 50 3 763 8,775 Mannequin Kids From 'Fame' 53 44 8 744 8,556 Theme From 'Harry's Game' Clannad 54 36 8 730 8,395 State Of Independence Donna Summer 55 68 24 729 8,384 The Birdie Song (Birdie Dance) Tweets 56 RE 24 688 7,912 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) John And Yoko And The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir 57 65 4 668 7,682 Loopzilla George Clinton 58 51 4 648 7,452 In And Out Willie Hutch 59 NE 1 610 7,015 The Story Of The Blues Wah 60 69 2 599 6,889 Oh Diane Fleetwood Mac 61 53 9 594 6,831 Maneater Daryl Hall And John Oates 62 54 6 559 6,429 Love John Lennon 63 47 5 538 6,187 I'm Alright Young Steve And The Afternoon Boys 64 56 5 532 6,118 (And Now: The Waltz) C'Est La Vie Slade 65 57 5 514 5,911 Desperate But Not Too Serious Adam Ant 66 64 6 512 5,888 Heartlight Neil Diamond 67 RE 16 498 5,727 Merry Xmas Everybody Slade 68 58 15 460 5,290 Do You Really Want To Hurt Me Culture Club 69 NE 1 457 5,256 The Smurf Tyrone Brunson 70 RE 9 444 5,106 Postman Pat Ken Barrie 71 62 8 443 5,095 The Girl Is Mine Michael Jackson And Paul McCartney 72 RE 8 437 5,026 I Believe In Father Christmas Greg Lake 73 NE 1 433 4,980 Magic's Wand Whodini 74 52 4 430 4,945 Melt / Il Est Ne Le Devin Enfant Siouxsie And The Banshees 75 61 5 411 4,727 Thank You Pale Fountains the multiplier used to calculate estimated market sales from panel sales is 11.5
December 19, 20231 yr Author 25 December 1982: Bubbling Under Christmas On 45 Holly And The Ivy's Classic Rock Classics The London Symphony Orchestra Disco Christmas The Nuptown Corporation Band Down Under Men At Work Emotion Explosion Art School & The Mighty Motor Gang Fatman / Moya The Southern Death Cult For You The Anti-Nowhere League Have Yourself A Merry Christmas David Grant with The Wallace Fields Middle School Choir Heavy Vibes Montana Sextet Hold Me Tighter In The Rain Billy Griffin I Have The Touch Peter Gabriel In The Bleak Midwinter Nevada In The Name Of Love Sharon Redd Five Tracks Of Laughter The Hysterics Old And Wise The Alan Parsons Project Past, Present And Future Cindy & The Saffrons Shadows Of The Night Pat Benatar Silent Night Prelude So Close To Me Julio Iglesias Soul Makossa Nairobi Steppin' Out Joe Jackson Symptom Of The Universe Ozzy Osbourne The Look Of Love ABC The More I See (The Less I Believe) The Fun Boy Three War Crimes (The War Crime Remains The Same) The Special AKA Wonderful You Are Sleeping Lions The above was listed below the top 75 in Music Week. Listed in alphabetical order. Excludes records that have been in the top 75 in the previous 4 weeks. No sales data held.
December 19, 20231 yr Author The above singles chart was the last singles chart to be compiled by BMRB. No chart was compiled for the week ending 1 January 1983 (sales week 20 December to 25 December 1982). Gallup took over chart compilation duties from the chart dated 8 January 1983. I'll post the first Gallup Christmas chart (24 December 1983) later today - and it's a top 200! Edited December 19, 20231 yr by Robbie
December 19, 20231 yr I take it the Waitresses just built up demand from the 1981 release? Does anyone know if it got ANY support at radio?
December 19, 20231 yr Author I take it the Waitresses just built up demand from the 1981 release? Does anyone know if it got ANY support at radio?It did in both 1981 and 1982. Plus 1983 as well! I'll be posting the 1983 chart shortly and it charts then too though outside of the top 75.
December 19, 20231 yr Author 24 December 1983 Twk Lwk Wks Panel Market Title Artist 1 1 5 7211 122,587 Only You The Flying Pickets 2 3 6 4782 81,294 My Oh My Slade 3 4 3 4468 75,956 Victims Culture Club 4 2 6 4097 69,649 Love Of The Common People (Remix) Paul Young 5 25 3 3559 60,503 Marguerita Time Status Quo 6 5 6 3242 55,114 Hold Me Now Thompson Twins 7 8 14 3177 54,009 Tell Her About It Billy Joel 8 11 7 3019 51,323 Islands In The Stream Kenny Rogers duet with Dolly Parton 9 6 6 2698 45,866 Let's Stay Together Tina Turner 10 7 5 2311 39,287 Please Don't Fall In Love Cliff Richard 11 14 5 2209 37,553 What Is Love? Howard Jones 12 9 4 1969 33,473 Move Over Darling Tracey Ullman 13 12 6 1945 33,065 Thriller Michael Jackson 14 10 12 1735 29,495 Uptown Girl Billy Joel 15 23 5 1558 26,486 2000 Miles The Pretenders 16 24 3 1300 22,100 Many Rivers To Cross UB40 17 20 3 1256 21,352 Read 'Em And Weep Barry Manilow 18 16 7 1170 19,890 That's All! Genesis 19 30 3 1143 19,431 Straight Ahead Kool & The Gang 20 35 20 1115 18,955 Merry Xmas Everybody Slade 21 15 4 1095 18,615 Club Fantastic Megamix - A Ray Of Sunshine / Love Machine / Come On Wham! 22 54 2 1027 17,459 Pipes Of Peace Paul McCartney 23 13 8 1021 17,357 Calling Your Name Marilyn 24 17 8 802 13,634 Cry Just A Little Bit Shakin' Stevens 25 18 11 794 13,498 Say Say Say Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson 26 52 3 756 12,852 What Are We Gonna Get 'Er Indoors? Dennis Waterman And George Cole 27 28 6 726 12,342 Rat Rapping Roland Rat Superstar 28 19 8 722 12,274 Right By Your Side Eurythmics 29 29 4 715 12,155 The Way You Are Tears For Fears 30 22 7 620 10,540 Never Never The Assembly 31 21 5 614 10,438 Waterfront Simple Minds 32 46 3 606 10,302 Sweet Surrender Rod Stewart 33 37 3 603 10,251 Cold As Christmas (In The Middle Of The Year) Elton John 34 NE 1 583 9,911 Christmas Countdown Frank Kelly 35 32 15 568 9,656 Karma Chameleon Culture Club 36 42 4 564 9,588 I Can Help Elvis Presley, Vocal accompaniment By Voice 37 48 4 524 8,908 Christmas Spectre The Jingle Belles 38 26 5 523 8,891 Bark At The Moon Ozzy Osbourne 39 43 4 515 8,755 Singalong-A-Santa-Again - Medley Santa Claus And The Christmas Trees 40 27 8 499 8,483 Oblivious Aztec Camera 41 45 4 467 7,939 Running With The Night Lionel Richie 42 34 13 453 7,701 All Night Long (All Night) Lionel Richie 43 44 6 427 7,259 Where Is My Man (Vocal) Eartha Kitt 44 33 8 383 6,511 This Charming Man The Smiths 45 51 7 350 5,950 Clap Clap Sound The Klaxons 46 55 7 348 5,916 Relax Frankie Goes To Hollywood 47 84 3 344 5,848 Bird Of Paradise Snowy White 48 61 3 328 5,576 Time Frida / B.A. Robertson 49 38 8 326 5,542 Owner Of A Lonely Heart Yes 50 36 8 324 5,508 The Sun And The Rain Madness 51 58 20 318 5,406 Superman (Gioca Jouer) Black Lace 52 40 5 312 5,304 That's Love, That It Is Blancmange 53 41 3 308 5,236 Strip Adam Ant 54 31 9 301 5,117 The Love Cats The Cure 55 70 2 299 5,083 Duck For The Oyster Malcolm McLaren 56 39 6 267 4,539 A Solid Bond In Your Heart The Style Council 57 62 5 263 4,471 Inside Love (So Personal) (edit.) George Benson 58 49 14 253 4,301 Reilly The Olympic Orchestra 59 63 5 247 4,199 You're In My Heart David Essex 60 47 7 241 4,097 Undercover Of The Night The Rolling Stones 61 53 7 221 3,757 My Melancholy Baby Chas & Dave 62 73 2 213 3,621 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree The Jets 63 102 3 208 3,536 Come To My Party Keith Harris, Orville And Dippy 64 76 6 187 3,179 Love Is A Wonderful Colour The Icicle Works 65 94 6 179 3,043 I Believe In Father Christmas Greg Lake 66 *** 10 178 3,026 When I Leave The World Behind Rose Marie 67 95 43 175 2,975 Postman Pat Ken Barrie 68 50 9 174 2,958 Puss 'N Boots Adam Ant 69 65 4 169 2,873 On A Sunday Nick Heyward 70 71 5 166 2,822 True Love Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly with Johnny Green Conducting The MGM Studio Orchestra 71 74 5 162 2,754 Rules Of The Game Bucks Fizz 72 87 3 161 2,737 I Am What I Am Gloria Gaynor 73 78 2 156 2,652 Crazy Cuts Grandmixer D. St. 74 59 4 155 2,635 Metal Health / Cum On Feel The Noize Quiet Riot 75 *** 9 147 2,499 Union Of The Snake Duran Duran *** 60 7 145 2,465 The Vow Toyah *** 66 19 144 2,448 The Safety Dance Men Without Hats 76 79 3 143 2,431 The Sound Of Music Dayton *** 57 7 139 2,363 Thank You For The Music Abba 77 NE 1 138 2,346 That's Livin' Alright Joe Fagin *** 56 7 136 2,312 Listen To The Radio : Atmospherics Tom Robinson 78 103 5 131 2,227 Thank God for Kids Brendan Shine *** *** 41 130 2,210 Blue Monday New Order *** 67 10 130 2,210 I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me Nik Kershaw 79 101 3 129 2,193 Chick Chick Chicken Natalie Casey 80 91 46 128 2,176 Pal Of My Cradle Days Ann Breen *** 69 5 127 2,159 Rock The Midnight (Remix) David Grant 81 82 51 124 2,108 Birdie Song (Birdie Dance) The Tweets *** 64 8 121 2,057 Only For Love Limahl 82 85 2 119 2,023 Shake It Up (Vocal) Divine 83 88 6 113 1,921 I'm Out Of Your Life (Edited Version) Arnie's Love 84 92 6 110 1,870 A Night In New York Elbow Bones And The Racketeers 85 *** 18 109 1,853 New Song Howard Jones *** 72 14 109 1,853 (Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew The Rock Steady Crew 86 119 3 105 1,785 Serious Billy Griffin 87 89 4 100 1,700 The Theme From Terrahawks Richard Harvey *** *** 38 99 1,683 Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division *** 75 12 99 1,683 Fedora (I'll Be Your Dawg) Caramba 88 99 16 98 1,666 Free Bird Lynyrd Skynyrd 89 80 4 98 1,666 Hello Mum Adrian Gurvitz 90 81 3 97 1,649 We Are The Boys (Who Make All The Noise) Rockers 91 77 5 95 1,615 Streamhammer Sam Intaferon 92 106 29 90 1,530 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) John & Yoko / The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir 93 115 38 88 1,496 Only You Yazoo *** *** 8 86 1,462 A Mess Of Blues Status Quo 94 *** 4 85 1,445 Sunburst And Snowblind (EP) Cocteau Twins 95 113 10 84 1,428 White Christmas Bing Crosby 96 123 45 81 1,377 Eye Of The Tiger Survivor *** 83 5 81 1,377 What's Going On Marvin Gaye *** *** 6 79 1,343 Sharp Dressed Man (edit.) ZZ Top *** 68 4 78 1,326 Superstition/Good Times Club House *** *** 12 78 1,326 I Will Love You All My Life Foster & Allen 97 132 2 77 1,309 There Ain't No Sanity Claus The Damned 98 105 2 77 1,309 Cum On Feel The Noize Slade 99 121 2 76 1,292 I Got The Message (Special Edit) Men Without Hats 100 108 2 76 1,292 All Stuck Up Hooray And The Henrys 101 90 6 76 1,292 Kenny The Kangaroo Michael Barrymore, Arranged and Conducted by Gerry Butler 102 97 6 75 1,275 My Son JJ Barrie 103 159 2 73 1,241 Ooh! I Could Crush A Grape Stu Francis 104 93 4 73 1,241 Mama Bryan And Michael With St. Winifreds School Choir *** *** 15 72 1,224 Unconditional Love Donna Summer 105 100 3 71 1,207 Jesus Loves Us All Renée And Renato *** *** 7 71 1,207 Terry Kirsty MacColl 106 125 9 70 1,190 Christmas Wrapping The Waitresses 107 *** 4 70 1,190 In The Mood Robert Plant 108 96 7 68 1,156 Brighten Up Your Night Ebony Brothers *** *** 7 66 1,122 The Lifeboat Party Kid Creole & The Coconuts *** *** 9 65 1,105 Till I Can't Take No More Eddy Grant *** *** 19 65 1,105 Red, Red Wine UB40 109 136 7 64 1,088 I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday Wizzard, Vocal backing by the Suedettes, plus the Stockland Green Bilateral School first year Choir 110 135 2 64 1,088 Jingle Bell Rock Mike Love 111 117 7 64 1,088 Xmas Party The Snowmen 112 139 2 62 1,054 Hooray For Hollywood Medley The Hollywood Musicals *** *** 6 62 1,054 Let The Music Play Shannon *** *** 6 61 1,037 Don't You Second Image *** 86 3 61 1,037 Too Late For Love Def Leppard *** *** 7 61 1,037 White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) Grandmaster & Melle Mel 113 131 5 58 986 December The Waterboys 114 116 4 57 969 SOS Kate Kestrel 115 114 8 57 969 Christmas Rappin’ Kurtis Blow *** *** 5 56 952 Single Handed Haywoode 116 148 3 55 935 By The Sword Divided Consort, Conducted by John Altman *** *** 6 55 935 Little Red Corvette (Edit) Prince *** *** 8 55 935 Synchronicity II The Police 117 110 5 53 901 Heaven Joan Armatrading 118 109 6 53 901 Love Is Waiting Al Jarreau *** *** 11 51 867 Please Don't Make Me Cry UB40 119 107 9 50 850 Say It Isn't So Daryl Hall & John Oates 120 104 33 50 850 When Your Old Wedding Ring Was New Jimmy Roselli *** 98 6 50 850 Why Me? Irene Cara 121 121 2 47 799 Just Can't Get Enough Lew Kirton 122 118 2 47 799 Action Evelyn 'Champagne' King *** *** 5 47 799 Ready Steady Who (EP) The Who 123 NE 1 45 765 I'll Let You Slide Luther Vandross 124 133 9 45 765 The Singles 1981 To 1983 (EP) Bauhaus *** *** 27 45 765 I Want To Hold Your Hand The Beatles *** 111 4 45 765 Oh My Papa John du Prez 125 130 3 43 731 Now Carpenters 126 128 4 43 731 Uncertain Smile The The 127 127 39 43 731 Memory Elaine Paige 128 126 3 43 731 Thanks For Christmas The Three Wise Men 129 124 2 43 731 Givin' Up Bobby O 130 143 5 42 714 In The Bleak Midwinter Nevada *** *** 14 42 714 In Your Eyes George Benson 131 NE 1 41 697 Dear Santa (Bring Me A Man This Christmas) (Part 1) The Weather Girls 132 182 13 41 697 Happy Birthday Stevie Wonder 133 *** 13 41 697 Song To The Siren This Mortal Coil 134 *** 8 41 697 Lost Again Yello *** *** 10 41 697 007 Musical Youth *** *** 10 40 680 Flaming Sword Care *** *** 8 39 663 That Was Then But This Is Now ABC *** *** 6 38 646 I Wanna Be With You (Part 1) Armenta 135 RE 15 37 629 Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy David Bowie And Bing Crosby 136 146 4 37 629 Skiing In The Snow Laura Pallas & The Reputations 137 *** 14 37 629 Kissing With Confidence Will Powers *** *** 15 36 612 Superstar (Edited Version) Lydia Murdock *** *** 6 35 595 Happiness Is Just Around The Bend Cuba Gooding 138 *** 5 34 578 Holiday (Edit.) Madonna 139 165 2 34 578 Five By Five (EP) The Rolling Stones 140 138 3 34 578 Have A Happy Christmas ('Twas The Night Before Christmas) Billy Jackson & The Citizen's Band 141 129 28 34 578 True Spandau Ballet 142 196 2 33 561 Canarios E.P. (EP) Incantation 143 *** 14 33 561 Blue Hat For A Blue Day Nick Heyward *** *** 5 33 561 Midnight In Tokyo Y & T 144 RE 18 32 544 Wrapped Around Your Finger The Police *** *** 9 32 544 Lick It Up Kiss *** *** 5 32 544 Reggae-Matic-Funk Monyaka 145 RE 19 31 527 Club Tropicana Wham! 146 NE 1 31 527 BMX Boys Danny And The Mongoose Team 147 170 2 31 527 Pick Me Up (EP) The Inspirational Choir Of The Pentecostal First Born Church Of The Living God 148 166 2 31 527 Walking In The Air Music played by The Sinfonia of London (Leader: Jack Rothstein), Boy Singer: Peter Auty, Conducted by Howard Blake 149 156 4 31 527 Take Me Away Blue Öyster Cult *** *** 13 31 527 Dear Prudence Siouxsie And The Banshees 150 112 3 31 527 Gloria (Edit.) The Doors *** *** 14 31 527 They Don't Know Tracey Ullman 151 141 17 30 510 Mama Genesis *** *** 17 30 510 This Is Not A Love Song PIL 152 137 10 30 510 Singalong-A-Santa Santa Claus And The Christmas Trees 153 167 33 29 493 Ben Michael Jackson *** *** 14 29 493 Modern Love David Bowie *** *** 5 29 493 Scratch Break (Glove Style) The Motor City Crew 154 149 3 29 493 Crumblin' Down John Cougar Mellencamp 155 162 2 28 476 Got Live If You Want It! (EP) The Rolling Stones 156 158 3 27 459 Hokey Cokey The Bells *** *** 8 27 459 New Dimension Imagination *** 134 11 27 459 Kiss The Bride Elton John 157 NE 1 26 442 So Different Kinky Foxx 158 NE 1 26 442 All Night Long (Waterbed) Kevie Kev (Waterbed Kev) 159 NE 1 26 442 Give Me The Night (Medley) Mirage featuring Roy Gayle 160 181 20 26 442 Tonight I Celebrate My Love Peabo Bryson / Roberta Flack 161 154 2 26 442 Send Me An Angel Real Life 162 151 16 26 442 Come Back And Stay (Single Remix Version) Paul Young 163 NE 1 25 425 And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going (Radio Version) Koffie 164 NE 1 25 425 The Glasgow Rap Johnny Beattie 165 160 3 25 425 Liar (You've Been Cheating On Me) The Three Degrees 166 150 12 25 425 Love Reaction Divine 167 147 2 25 425 On The Upside Xēna 168 *** 10 24 408 Love How You Feel Sharon Redd 169 178 8 24 408 Cat People (Putting Out Fire) David Bowie 170 NE 1 23 391 Where Did That Soul Go Pastiche 171 NE 1 23 391 Christmas Carousel The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra And David Arnold 172 RE 15 23 391 Confusion New Order 173 188 34 23 391 Time (Clock Of The Heart) Culture Club 174 180 14 23 391 Body Work (edit) Hot Streak 175 163 29 23 391 Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home) Paul Young & The Family *** *** 6 23 391 (Whatever Happened To) The Party Groove The Walkers 176 RE 14 22 374 Jingo Candido 177 RE 15 22 374 Green Onions Booker T. And The MGs *** *** 12 22 374 Love Will Find A Way David Grant 178 177 3 22 374 Nubian Nut George Clinton *** *** 9 22 374 Metal Dance SPK *** *** 5 22 374 Magnetic Earth, Wind & Fire 179 145 8 22 374 Ain't Nobody Rufus And Chaka Khan 180 140 13 22 374 Street Life Crusaders 181 RE 19 21 357 Endless Love (Vocal) Diana Ross & Lionel Richie 182 RE 48 21 357 Jimmy Mack Martha And The Vandellas 183 *** 8 21 357 White Light/White Heat (Live) David Bowie 184 *** 22 21 357 Rockit Herbie Hancock *** *** 4 21 357 Smile (Part I) Will Powers *** 144 5 21 357 Sunshine Reggae Laid Back 185 142 4 21 357 Devoted To You / Ebony Eyes / Love Hurts The Everly Brothers *** *** 6 21 357 Sunshine Playroom Julian Cope 186 RE 9 20 340 Hokey-Cokey The Snowmen 187 NE 1 20 340 Que Te Queiro Katrina & The Waves 188 RE 37 20 340 (Sexual) Healing Marvin Gaye 189 RE 2 20 340 Hand In Glove The Smiths 190 NE 1 20 340 Wombling Merry Christmas The Wombles 191 RE 17 20 340 Dolce Vita (Part I - Vocal) Ryan Paris 192 190 19 20 340 Á Paris (EP) The Style Council 193 187 8 20 340 Jealous Love JoBoxers 194 174 16 20 340 Chance Big Country *** *** 6 20 340 Love's Gonna Get You Freeez 195 171 13 20 340 London Town Bucks Fizz *** *** 7 20 340 The Beauty Of Poisin Specimen *** *** 8 20 340 Heaven Is Waiting The Danse Society *** *** 14 20 340 La Serenissima (Theme From Venice In Peril) Rondo Veneziano 196 RE 19 19 323 So Here I Am UB40 197 RE 8 19 323 Twist Of Fate Olivia Newton-John 198 RE 11 19 323 Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence Ryuichi Sakamoto 199 RE 25 19 323 Moonlight Shadow Mike Oldfield with vocals by Maggie Reilly 200 RE 11 19 323 Love On A Farmboy's Wages XTC the multiplier used to calculate estimated market sales from panel sales is 17 Note on records showing *** instead of a chart position: There was an exclsuion rule in place for the singles charts compiled by Gallup which affected records "below number 75 and whose sales had fallen for two consecutive weeks, and by more than 20% in the last week. Once excluded a title only regains a position if its sales increase". A record which is excluded under this rule would be shown in its correct position on the chart report according to its sales index. However instead of being allocated a chart position it would be shown as ***, i.e "starred out". Edited December 19, 20231 yr by Robbie
December 19, 20231 yr Author Gallup began to compile the industry charts from the chart dated 8 January 1983. In place of the top 75 plus Bubbling Under chart that BMRB published, Gallup published a top 200 chart though only the top 100 part of the chart was published in Music Week and Record Mirror. The Christmas 1983 chart was based on sales from 12 December to 17 December 1983. the next chart compiled by Gallup was announced on Radio 1 on 4 January 1984 and was based on sales from two weeks, from 19 December to 31 December 1983. This covers both the pre and post Christmas weeks. The top 40 was: Twk Lwk Wks Panel Market Title Artist 1 1 7 9919 168,623 Only You The Flying Pickets 2 2 8 6485 110,245 My Oh My Slade 3 4 8 6449 109,633 Love Of The Common People (Remix) Paul Young 4 3 5 6246 106,182 Victims Culture Club 5 5 5 5994 101,898 Marguerita Time Status Quo 6 7 16 5848 99,416 Tell Her About It Billy Joel 7 8 9 5459 92,803 Islands In The Stream Kenny Rogers duet with Dolly Parton 8 6 8 4648 79,016 Hold Me Now Thompson Twins 9 22 4 4515 76,755 Pipes Of Peace Paul McCartney 10 11 7 4498 76,466 What Is Love? Howard Jones 11 13 8 3626 61,642 Thriller Michael Jackson 12 9 8 3427 58,259 Let's Stay Together Tina Turner 13 10 7 2618 44,506 Please Don't Fall In Love Cliff Richard 14 14 14 2532 43,044 Uptown Girl Billy Joel 15 12 6 2354 40,018 Move Over Darling Tracey Ullman 16 15 7 2215 37,655 2000 Miles The Pretenders 17 16 5 2194 37,298 Many Rivers To Cross UB40 18 27 8 2113 35,921 Rat Rapping Roland Rat Superstar 19 19 5 1923 32,691 Straight Ahead Kool & The Gang 20 20 22 1823 30,991 Merry Xmas Everybody Slade 21 26 5 1774 30,158 What Are We Gonna Get 'Er Indoors? Dennis Waterman And George Cole 22 24 10 1742 29,614 Cry Just A Little Bit Shakin' Stevens 23 17 5 1445 24,565 Read 'Em And Weep Barry Manilow 24 23 10 1437 24,429 Calling Your Name Marilyn 25 21 6 1428 24,276 Club Fantastic Megamix - A Ray Of Sunshine / Love Machine / Come On Wham! 26 34 3 1424 24,208 Christmas Countdown Frank Kelly 27 18 9 1412 24,004 That's All! Genesis 28 29 6 1129 19,193 The Way You Are Tears For Fears 29 25 13 1123 19,091 Say Say Say Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson 30 35 17 952 16,184 Karma Chameleon Culture Club 31 28 10 900 15,300 Right By Your Side Eurythmics 32 32 5 850 14,450 Sweet Surrender Rod Stewart 33 36 6 844 14,348 I Can Help Elvis Presley, Vocal accompaniment By Voice 34 31 7 795 13,515 Waterfront Simple Minds 35 46 9 789 13,413 Relax Frankie Goes To Hollywood 36 41 6 779 13,243 Running With The Night Lionel Richie 37 51 22 712 12,104 Superman (Gioca Jouer) Black Lace 38 37 6 702 11,934 Christmas Spectre The Jingle Belles 39 42 15 669 11,373 All Night Long (All Night) Lionel Richie 40 47 5 644 10,948 Bird Of Paradise Snowy White
December 19, 20231 yr Author Tomorrow morning: one of the highest ever weekly sales for numbers 1 and 2 as Band Aid and Wham! go head-to-head!
December 20, 20231 yr Author 22 / 29 December 1984 For Christmas 1984, I'm posting two charts. The first is the chart that was announced on Radio 1 on Tuesday 18 December and which is dated 22 December 1984. This is the chart that in 1984 was seen as the Christmas chart. The next weekly chart to be broadcast on Radio 1 should have been on Tuesday 25 December. Except back then, charts weren't usually compiled over the Christmas period and the convention is that the chart compilers would skip a week and then publish the next chart just after the new year. Which is what happened here. Except in 1984, it didn't. The next chart to be broadcast on radio 1 was the best selling singles of 1984 on Sunday 30 December. This was then followed by the new weekly top 40, broadcast on Wednesday 2 January 1984, a day late due to the New Year holiday. This chart was dated 5 January 1985. However, Gallup did compile a chart based on sales to 22 December 1984. The chart was never broadcast on Radio 1 and the first most people knew about the chart was when it was published in both Music Week and Record Mirror in the respective issues dated 5 January 1985. This chart has a nominal date of 29 December 1984 and is listed as such on the OCC website. To some it is the Christmas 1984 chart but to most people who were following the chart at the time, it was a completely unknown chart. I'll post both the 22 December 1984 and 29 December 1984 charts for completeness.
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