22 December 1984

 

Twk	Lwk	Wks	Panel	Market	Title	Artist

1 1 2 45238 769,046 Do They Know It's Christmas? Band Aid

2 2 2 16689 283,713 Last Christmas / Everything She Wants Wham!

3 4 5 7049 119,833 We All Stand Together Paul McCartney And The Frog Chorus

4 5 6 5565 94,605 Like A Virgin Madonna

5 3 4 4828 82,076 The Power Of Love Frankie Goes To Hollywood

6 16 5 4511 76,687 Nellie The Elephant The Toy Dolls

7 22 4 2458 41,786 Another Rock And Roll Christmas Gary Glitter

8 8 6 2274 38,658 The Riddle Nik Kershaw

9 17 3 2089 35,513 Everything Must Change Paul Young

10 13 6 2069 35,173 Do The Conga Black Lace

11 7 5 2023 34,391 Teardrops Shakin' Stevens

12 11 5 1952 33,184 Fresh Kool & The Gang

13 32 4 1704 28,968 Shout Tears For Fears

14 12 8 1631 27,727 One Night In Bangkok Murray Head

15 33 18 1621 27,557 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr.

16 10 11 1544 26,248 I Won't Run Away Alvin Stardust

17 9 8 1510 25,670 Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four) Eurythmics

18 6 10 1504 25,568 I Should Have Known Better Jim Diamond

19 19 3 1206 20,502 Round And Round Spandau Ballet

20 20 3 1098 18,666 Lay Your Hands On Me Thompson Twins

21 14 10 937 15,929 I Feel For You (Edit.) Chaka Khan

22 21 3 933 15,861 Thank God It's Christmas Queen

23 25 4 905 15,385 Invisible Alison Moyet

24 15 6 876 14,892 Louise Human League

25 23 6 850 14,450 All Join Hands Slade

26 41 3 823 13,991 I Want To Know What Love Is Foreigner

27 18 11 751 12,767 Never Ending Story Limahl

28 26 7 706 12,002 Respect Yourself The Kane Gang

29 24 10 690 11,730 Hard Habit To Break (Edit.) Chicago

30 27 8 684 11,628 Let It All Blow Dazz Band

31 28 6 651 11,067 Treat Her Like A Lady The Temptations

32 29 8 624 10,608 The Wild Boys Duran Duran

33 40 4 614 10,438 It Ain't Necessarily So Bronski Beat

34 35 18 585 9,945 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder

35 30 6 584 9,928 Private Dancer Tina Turner

36 50 12 514 8,738 I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday Wizzard

37 NE 1 503 8,551 Soul Deep (Pt 1) The Council Collective

38 31 12 494 8,398 Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) Billy Ocean

39 54 3 483 8,211 So Near To Christmas Alvin Stardust

40 34 4 465 7,905 Where The Rose Is Sown Big Country

41 36 11 444 7,548 Freedom Wham!

42 73 2 441 7,497 Step Off (Part I) Grandmaster Melle Mel And The Furious Five

43 38 12 419 7,123 No More Lonely Nights (Ballad) Paul McCartney

44 37 4 405 6,885 No Mercy The Stranglers

45 44 7 390 6,630 Close (To The Edit) Art Of Noise

46 52 31 369 6,273 Agadoo Black Lace

47 67 26 350 5,950 Merry Xmas Everybody Slade

48 74 16 331 5,627 Sharp Dressed Man (edit.) ZZ Top

49 62 4 322 5,474 San Damiano (Heart & Soul) Sal Solo

50 47 9 308 5,236 Since Yesterday Strawberry Switchblade

51 39 9 308 5,236 I'm So Excited Pointer Sisters

52 45 7 303 5,151 Half A Minute Matt Bianco

53 43 9 300 5,100 The Wanderer Status Quo

54 49 4 298 5,066 You Used To Hold Me So Tight Thelma Houston

55 58 3 292 4,964 Valotte Julian Lennon

56 66 8 282 4,794 Police Officer Smiley Culture

57 61 3 280 4,760 September Song Ian McCulloch

58 51 6 262 4,454 You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) Dead Or Alive

59 53 3 247 4,199 Tonight David Bowie

60 48 39 235 3,995 Gimme All Your Lovin' (edit.) ZZ Top

61 60 5 218 3,706 Thank You My Love Imagination

62 42 4 209 3,553 The Medal Song Culture Club

63 105 2 205 3,485 Abide With Me The Inspirational Choir

64 46 8 205 3,485 Warning Sign Nick Heyward

65 56 3 195 3,315 The Touch Kim Wilde

66 80 2 193 3,281 My Dying Machine Gary Numan

67 78 3 193 3,281 Nowhere Fast Meat Loaf

68 72 9 177 3,009 Big Deal Bobby G

69 70 8 176 2,992 Send My Heart The Adventures

70 84 3 175 2,975 Theme From Travelling Man Duncan Browne

71 86 3 166 2,822 Who Do You Love (Radio Edit) The Intruders

72 57 4 166 2,822 Love Light In Flight Stevie Wonder

73 55 11 166 2,822 All Cried Out Alison Moyet

74 69 3 160 2,720 I Would Die 4 U Prince And The Revolution

75 NE 1 156 2,652 Resurrection Joe The Cult

*** 63 7 150 2,550 The Last Farewell Elvis Presley

76 112 7 147 2,499 Christmas Countdown Frank Kelly

77 85 4 141 2,397 Amoureuse Kiki Dee

78 89 8 136 2,312 See That Glow This Island Earth

79 81 4 136 2,312 One Christmas Catalogue / Relax Captain Sensible

*** 65 10 136 2,312 Love's Great Adventure Ultravox

*** 75 12 132 2,244 Too Late For Goodbyes Julian Lennon

*** 59 14 131 2,227 Together In Electric Dreams Giorgio Moroder with Philip Oakey

80 71 4 129 2,193 Could You Be Loved Bob Marley & The Wailers

*** 79 4 126 2,142 Who's That Girl The Flying Pickets

*** 68 5 125 2,125 The Gay Cavalieros (The Story So Far ...) Steve Wright

*** 77 7 115 1,955 Keep On Keepin' On! Redskins

81 92 5 111 1,887 Sexomatic Bar-Kays

*** *** 6 111 1,887 We Are Family (Edited Re-Mix) Sister Sledge

82 *** 14 110 1,870 Drive The Cars

*** 64 7 109 1,853 Somebody (Remix) / Blasphemous Rumours Depeche Mode

*** 76 16 105 1,785 I Feel Fine The Beatles

*** *** 11 101 1,717 Gotta Get You Home Tonight - Vocal Eugene Wilde

*** *** 14 97 1,649 Missing You John Waite

83 87 3 95 1,615 In The Dark Roy Ayers

84 123 12 91 1,547 I Believe In Father Christmas Greg Lake

85 97 15 90 1,530 Pride (In The Name Of Love) U2

86 98 3 88 1,496 Little Words Ken Dodd

87 93 59 87 1,479 Relax Frankie Goes To Hollywood

88 95 3 82 1,394 Christmas Without You Kenny Rogers And Dolly Parton

*** *** 8 82 1,394 Let The Rest Of The World Go By Rose Marie

89 *** 21 79 1,343 Careless Whisper George Michael

90 104 28 76 1,292 Two Tribes Frankie Goes To Hollywood

91 111 2 74 1,258 Anything? Direct Drive

*** *** 12 73 1,241 The War Song Culture Club

*** 90 4 73 1,241 Riddle Me UB40

92 133 2 72 1,224 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) John & Yoko / The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir

93 107 9 71 1,207 Christmas Spectre The Jingle Belles

94 156 2 69 1,173 I'm A Little Christmas Cracker The Bouncing Czechs featuring Charlene Ducall

*** *** 7 69 1,173 Solid Ashford & Simpson

95 96 4 67 1,139 Heartless Evelyn Thomas

96 88 59 67 1,139 White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) Grandmaster & Melle Mel

97 103 2 65 1,105 My White Bicycle neil

98 82 12 65 1,105 Modern Girl Meat Loaf

*** *** 8 65 1,105 Aces High Iron Maiden

*** 91 5 64 1,088 This Night Billy Joel

*** *** 9 61 1,037 This Is Mine Heaven 17

99 114 5 60 1,020 The Winners Song Ralph McTell

*** *** 10 60 1,020 Penny Lover Lionel Richie

*** *** 11 59 1,003 Shout To The Top The Style Council

*** *** 7 58 986 Eat Your Heart Out Paul Hardcastle, Vocals by Kevin Henry

*** *** 5 58 986 Matt's Mood (A Peedar Edit) The Breekout Krew

100 126 20 57 969 Tour De France (Remix) Kraftwerk

*** *** 11 57 969 I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down Paul Young

*** 94 7 56 952 You Might Think The Cars

101 *** 16 55 935 Lost In Music Sister Sledge

102 *** 6 51 867 I'll Make The Living If You Make The Loving Worthwhile Gene Chandler

103 *** 15 50 850 Smooth Operator Sade

*** *** 7 48 816 I Forgot The Cool Notes

104 RE 10 46 782 I Love You, Suzanne Lou Reed

*** *** 14 46 782 Why? Bronski Beat

105 115 14 45 765 White Christmas Bing Crosby

106 129 18 44 748 I'll Fly For You Spandau Ballet

*** *** 14 44 748 Purple Rain (Short Version) Prince And The Revolution

*** *** 7 44 748 Keeping Secrets Switch

*** 100 9 44 748 Sometimes When I'm Dreaming Art Garfunkel

107 RE 2 43 731 The Cotswolds Shag Connors

*** *** 8 43 731 Berserker Gary Numan

108 99 10 41 697 Highly Strung Spandau Ballet

*** *** 13 40 680 If This Is It Huey Lewis And The News

*** 83 5 40 680 Never Let Her Slip Away Trevor Walters

109 116 2 39 663 Missing You Diana Ross

110 *** 9 37 629 Until You Come Back To Me Floy Joy

111 124 93 37 629 Blue Monday New Order

*** 101 3 37 629 When October Goes Barry Manilow

112 122 15 36 612 Human Racing Nik Kershaw

*** 102 3 36 612 In My Life Stephanie Mills

113 RE 50 35 595 Superman (Gioca Jouer) Black Lace

114 110 14 35 595 Blue Jean David Bowie

*** *** 7 35 595 Hypnotize Scritti Politti

115 *** 14 34 578 Hammer To Fall (Edited Version) Queen

*** 109 12 34 578 Skin Deep The Stranglers

*** *** 5 34 578 Still On Fire Aztec Camera

116 162 2 33 561 Catch A Falling Star Gary Holton

117 106 8 33 561 Forever Young Alphaville

118 *** 13 32 544 East Of Eden Big Country

119 128 55 32 544 Ain't Nobody Rufus And Chaka Khan

*** *** 5 32 544 Dave The Boomtown Rats

*** *** 7 32 544 How To Be A Millionaire ABC

120 *** 21 31 527 Big In Japan Alphaville

121 148 2 31 527 I'll Do The Talking Cruella De Ville

122 142 65 31 527 Birdie Song (Birdie Dance) The Tweets

123 127 2 31 527 Woodpeckers From Space Video Kids

*** *** 4 30 510 Trouble Rod Stewart

*** *** 8 30 510 All Through The Night Cyndi Lauper

124 RE 8 29 493 Hollow Horse The Icicle Works

*** *** 11 29 493 The Second Time Kim Wilde

*** *** 9 29 493 Golden Days Bucks Fizz

*** 121 7 29 493 Crucial Times / Big Love Lenny Henry Presents Delbert Wilkins / Theophilus P. Wildebeeste

125 175 2 28 476 A Spaceman Came Travelling Chris de Burgh

*** *** 11 28 476 Out Of Touch Daryl Hall & John Oates

126 118 3 28 476 Baby Elephant Walk James Galway, pennywhistle, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Leader: Sydney Sax, Henry Mancini: Conductor

127 117 3 28 476 Creeping Death (EP) Metallica

128 160 2 27 459 Manitou Venom

*** *** 8 27 459 Shooting From The Heart Cliff Richard

*** *** 8 27 459 The Chant Has Begun (Edited Version) Level 42

129 RE 2 26 442 Still Life Louis Clark & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra featuring Annie Haslam

130 169 3 26 442 Strike The Enemy Within

131 150 26 26 442 Dancing With Tears In My Eyes Ultravox

132 132 10 26 442 Walk Away The Sisters Of Mercy

*** 113 3 26 442 Strut Sheena Easton

*** *** 11 26 442 Listen To Your Father Feargal Sharkey

*** *** 8 26 442 Back In My Arms (Once Again) Hazell Dean

133 RE 12 25 425 Christmas Wrapping The Waitresses

134 179 58 25 425 Thriller Michael Jackson

135 178 31 25 425 Shout Lulu And The Luvers

136 137 2 25 425 Postman Pat Barnbrack

137 RE 19 24 408 New Years Day U2

*** *** 9 24 408 Stay The Blue Nile

138 139 15 24 408 The A Team Mike Post

139 138 72 24 408 Postman Pat Ken Barrie

*** 131 12 24 408 Tuch Me (Radio Edit) Fonda Rae

*** *** 5 24 408 Don't You Ever Leave Me Hanoi Rocks

140 119 17 24 408 Madam Butterfly (Un Bel Di Vedremo) Malcolm McLaren

*** *** 6 24 408 Georgy Porgy Charme

141 NE 1 23 391 Atmosphere Russ Abbot

142 *** 7 23 391 Rattlesnakes Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

143 153 26 23 391 To All The Girls I've Loved Before Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson

144 *** 20 23 391 Dr. Beat Miami Sound Machine

*** *** 7 23 391 We Will Make Love Foster & Allen

*** *** 20 23 391 Mr. Solitaire (Panther Remix) Animal Nightlife

145 185 6 22 374 Theme from New York, New York Frank Sinatra, Conducted by Vinnie Falcone

*** *** 14 22 374 Love Kills Freddie Mercury

146 144 3 22 374 Tears John Waite

*** *** 5 22 374 Hot Line To Heaven Bananarama

147 NE 1 21 357 Stay In Your Own Back Yard Johnny Kennedy

*** *** 5 21 357 Chic Cheer (Edited Remix) Chic

148 130 25 21 357 I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me Nik Kershaw

*** *** 9 21 357 Slippery People (Live Version) Talking Heads

149 NE 1 20 340 Just Good Friends Paul Nicholas

150 200 2 20 340 It Ain't Enough Corey Hart

*** *** 12 20 340 Cover Me Bruce Springsteen

*** *** 14 20 340 If It Happens Again UB40

151 125 4 20 340 Glory Boys Rick Wakeman

*** *** 8 20 340 The Chant Has Just Begun The Alarm

152 NE 1 19 323 You Bring Out The Best In Me Matt Monro

153 161 34 19 323 Hello Lionel Richie

154 146 9 19 323 I Wanna Rock Twisted Sister

155 141 76 19 323 Pal Of My Cradle Days Ann Breen

*** 135 8 19 323 Pulling Punches (Edit) David Sylvian

156 *** 14 18 306 Apollo 9 Adam Ant

*** *** 15 18 306 Better Be Good To Me Tina Turner

157 147 9 18 306 Singalong-A-Santa-Again - Medley Santa Claus And The Christmas Trees

158 140 15 18 306 A Letter To You Shakin' Stevens

159 RE 17 17 289 It's A Hard Life Queen

160 RE 13 17 289 We Don't Work For Free Grandmaster Melle Mel And The Furious Five

161 RE 7 17 289 The Glamorous Life Sheila E.

162 RE 22 17 289 Jump (For My Love) Pointer Sisters

163 168 5 17 289 The Voice The Moody Blues

*** *** 11 17 289 Weekend Girl The S.O.S. Band

*** *** 9 17 289 Phew Wow The Farmer's Boys

*** *** 9 17 289 Off And On Love Champaign

*** *** 7 17 289 Never Turn Away Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

*** *** 6 17 289 Change Your Wicked Ways Pennye Ford

*** *** 16 17 289 On The Wings Of A Nightingale The Everly Brothers

164 120 9 17 289 Rock The Box (Radio Edit) Sylvester

165 NE 1 16 272 Tell Us The Choristers

166 RE 14 16 272 Tesla Girls O.M.D.

167 RE 5 16 272 Stranger In Town Toto

168 198 12 16 272 Slippery People The Staple Singers

169 *** 17 16 272 Hot Water Level 42

170 187 2 16 272 Zoolook Jean-Michel Jarre

171 182 11 16 272 Xmas Party The Snowmen

*** *** 5 16 272 Every Man Has A Woman Who Loves Him /It's Alright John Lennon / Sean Ono Lennon

*** *** 4 16 272 Ti Amo Laura Branigan

*** *** 6 16 272 Twist And Shout The Who

172 RE 53 15 255 Jimmy Mack Martha And The Vandellas

173 190 26 15 255 What's Love Got To Do With It Tina Turner

174 164 10 15 255 When The Rain Begins To Fall Jermaine Jackson And Pia Zadora

*** *** 6 15 255 School Daze W.A.S.P.

*** *** 9 15 255 The Thorn (EP) Siouxsie And The Banshees

*** 136 4 15 255 Ave Maria (Om Ganesha) West India Company

175 RE 12 14 238 Torture Jacksons

176 RE 3 14 238 Baby Love Winston Reedy

177 RE 8 14 238 I Still Can't Get Over Loving You Ray Parker Jr.

178 RE 12 14 238 Cockney Translation Smiley Culture

179 NE 1 14 238 Twenty Four/Seven Jimmy Young

180 RE 31 14 238 Radio Ga Ga Queen

181 RE 17 14 238 Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy David Bowie And Bing Crosby

182 NE 1 14 238 Tell Me Girl Scary Thieves

*** *** 20 14 238 I Need You Pointer Sisters

*** *** 9 14 238 Helpless Tracey Ullman

183 191 7 14 238 Big 'N' Broad Papa Levi

184 172 4 14 238 You Make It Feel Like Christmas Neil Diamond

185 165 13 14 238 Native Land Everything But The Girl

*** *** 7 14 238 Forgive Me Girl Force M.D.'s

*** 159 16 14 238 Master And Servant Depeche Mode

*** 155 3 14 238 Girlfriend Is Better Talking Heads

186 154 7 14 238 The Price New Model Army

187 143 8 14 238 Let's Pretend Al Jarreau

*** 134 4 14 238 Summer Spies Fatal Charm

188 RE 14 13 221 All I Need Is Everything / Jump Aztec Camera

189 NE 1 13 221 The Tripods - Opening Theme / Closing Theme Ken Freeman

190 RE 12 13 221 My Melancholy Baby Chas & Dave

191 RE 11 13 221 Hokey-Cokey The Snowmen

192 RE 16 13 221 2 Minutes To Midnight Iron Maiden

193 RE 4 13 221 Megamix II. Why Is It Fresh? D.St.

194 RE 2 13 221 We're Mad / Deirdre's A Slag The Toy Dolls

195 RE 10 13 221 Last Plane (One Way Ticket) Clint Eastwood & General Saint

196 RE 19 13 221 Dancing Girls (Remixed Version) Nik Kershaw

197 RE 8 13 221 The Lost Opera Kimera & The Operaiders With The LSO

198 RE 7 13 221 Naughty Times Cutty

199 RE 8 13 221 Won't You Hold My Hand Now (Remix) King

200 RE 14 13 221 The Medicine Song Stephanie Mills

 

the multiplier used to calculate estimated market sales from panel sales is 17

29 December 1984

 

Twk	Lwk	Wks	Panel	Market	Title	Artist

1 1 3 37342 634,814 Do They Know It's Christmas? Band Aid

2 2 3 17537 298,129 Last Christmas / Everything She Wants Wham!

3 3 6 9882 167,994 We All Stand Together Paul McCartney And The Frog Chorus

4 6 6 9143 155,431 Nellie The Elephant The Toy Dolls

5 4 7 7228 122,876 Like A Virgin Madonna

6 5 5 4254 72,318 The Power Of Love Frankie Goes To Hollywood

7 15 19 3775 64,175 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr.

8 7 5 3302 56,134 Another Rock And Roll Christmas Gary Glitter

9 9 4 3177 54,009 Everything Must Change Paul Young

10 13 5 3159 53,703 Shout Tears For Fears

11 26 4 2385 40,545 I Want To Know What Love Is Foreigner

12 8 7 2098 35,666 The Riddle Nik Kershaw

13 12 6 1940 32,980 Fresh Kool & The Gang

14 10 7 1851 31,467 Do The Conga Black Lace

15 14 9 1816 30,872 One Night In Bangkok Murray Head

16 11 6 1717 29,189 Teardrops Shakin' Stevens

17 17 9 1474 25,058 Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four) Eurythmics

18 16 12 1289 21,913 I Won't Run Away Alvin Stardust

19 20 4 1205 20,485 Lay Your Hands On Me Thompson Twins

20 18 11 1159 19,703 I Should Have Known Better Jim Diamond

21 34 19 1146 19,482 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder

22 19 4 1129 19,193 Round And Round Spandau Ballet

23 36 13 1068 18,156 I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday Wizzard

24 37 2 1044 17,748 Soul Deep (Pt 1) The Council Collective

25 21 11 981 16,677 I Feel For You (Edit.) Chaka Khan

26 23 5 882 14,994 Invisible Alison Moyet

27 25 7 824 14,008 All Join Hands Slade

28 24 7 808 13,736 Louise Human League

29 39 4 795 13,515 So Near To Christmas Alvin Stardust

30 33 5 745 12,665 It Ain't Necessarily So Bronski Beat

31 32 9 745 12,665 The Wild Boys Duran Duran

32 22 4 645 10,965 Thank God It's Christmas Queen

33 27 12 600 10,200 Never Ending Story Limahl

34 29 11 567 9,639 Hard Habit To Break (Edit.) Chicago

35 42 3 560 9,520 Step Off (Part I) Grandmaster Melle Mel And The Furious Five

36 30 9 538 9,146 Let It All Blow Dazz Band

37 35 7 531 9,027 Private Dancer Tina Turner

38 28 8 528 8,976 Respect Yourself The Kane Gang

39 41 12 527 8,959 Freedom Wham!

40 56 9 490 8,330 Police Officer Smiley Culture

41 31 7 456 7,752 Treat Her Like A Lady The Temptations

42 46 32 443 7,531 Agadoo Black Lace

43 38 13 437 7,429 Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) Billy Ocean

44 63 3 422 7,174 Abide With Me The Inspirational Choir

45 48 17 391 6,647 Sharp Dressed Man (edit.) ZZ Top

46 45 8 386 6,562 Close (To The Edit) Art Of Noise

47 49 5 384 6,528 San Damiano (Heart & Soul) Sal Solo

48 47 27 361 6,137 Merry Xmas Everybody Slade

49 43 13 349 5,933 No More Lonely Nights (Ballad) Paul McCartney

50 40 5 333 5,661 Where The Rose Is Sown Big Country

51 57 4 325 5,525 September Song Ian McCulloch

52 50 10 322 5,474 Since Yesterday Strawberry Switchblade

53 NE 1 320 5,440 I Hear Talk Bucks Fizz

54 76 8 311 5,287 Christmas Countdown Frank Kelly

55 44 5 272 4,624 No Mercy The Stranglers

56 60 40 269 4,573 Gimme All Your Lovin' (edit.) ZZ Top

57 54 5 262 4,454 You Used To Hold Me So Tight Thelma Houston

58 55 4 260 4,420 Valotte Julian Lennon

59 53 10 260 4,420 The Wanderer Status Quo

60 51 10 253 4,301 I'm So Excited Pointer Sisters

61 141 2 241 4,097 Atmosphere Russ Abbot

62 52 8 232 3,944 Half A Minute Matt Bianco

63 61 6 214 3,638 Thank You My Love Imagination

64 59 4 207 3,519 Tonight David Bowie

65 58 7 204 3,468 You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) Dead Or Alive

66 68 10 202 3,434 Big Deal Bobby G

67 67 4 174 2,958 Nowhere Fast Meat Loaf

68 70 4 167 2,839 Theme From Travelling Man Duncan Browne

69 71 4 156 2,652 Who Do You Love (Radio Edit) The Intruders

70 74 4 155 2,635 I Would Die 4 U Prince And The Revolution

71 NE 1 153 2,601 Don't Drive Drunk Stevie Wonder

72 94 3 151 2,567 I'm A Little Christmas Cracker The Bouncing Czechs featuring Charlene Ducall

73 NE 1 150 2,550 Friends Amii Stewart

74 75 2 148 2,516 Resurrection Joe The Cult

75 72 5 145 2,465 Love Light In Flight Stevie Wonder

76 *** 15 140 2,380 Together In Electric Dreams Giorgio Moroder with Philip Oakey

77 *** 13 140 2,380 Too Late For Goodbyes Julian Lennon

*** 65 4 139 2,363 The Touch Kim Wilde

78 *** 8 138 2,346 Solid Ashford & Simpson

79 NE 1 137 2,329 I Know Him So Well Elaine Paige And Barbara Dickson

*** 64 9 136 2,312 Warning Sign Nick Heyward

*** *** 11 133 2,261 Love's Great Adventure Ultravox

*** 73 12 130 2,210 All Cried Out Alison Moyet

*** 69 9 129 2,193 Send My Heart The Adventures

*** 62 5 125 2,125 The Medal Song Culture Club

80 91 3 120 2,040 Anything? Direct Drive

*** *** 8 120 2,040 The Last Farewell Elvis Presley

81 86 4 119 2,023 Little Words Ken Dodd

82 85 16 114 1,938 Pride (In The Name Of Love) U2

83 96 60 113 1,921 White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) Grandmaster & Melle Mel

84 66 3 113 1,921 My Dying Machine Gary Numan

85 77 5 108 1,836 Amoureuse Kiki Dee

*** *** 8 103 1,751 Keep On Keepin' On! Redskins

*** 80 5 100 1,700 Could You Be Loved Bob Marley & The Wailers

86 81 6 98 1,666 Sexomatic Bar-Kays

*** *** 8 97 1,649 Somebody (Remix) / Blasphemous Rumours Depeche Mode

87 104 11 92 1,564 I Love You, Suzanne Lou Reed

88 78 9 92 1,564 See That Glow This Island Earth

*** *** 7 91 1,547 We Are Family (Edited Re-Mix) Sister Sledge

89 87 60 89 1,513 Relax Frankie Goes To Hollywood

90 *** 12 87 1,479 Shout To The Top The Style Council

*** 79 5 86 1,462 One Christmas Catalogue / Relax Captain Sensible

91 92 3 83 1,411 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) John & Yoko / The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir

92 89 22 82 1,394 Careless Whisper George Michael

*** *** 5 77 1,309 Who's That Girl The Flying Pickets

93 *** 5 75 1,275 Riddle Me UB40

94 88 4 75 1,275 Christmas Without You Kenny Rogers And Dolly Parton

95 90 29 74 1,258 Two Tribes Frankie Goes To Hollywood

*** *** 6 74 1,258 The Gay Cavalieros (The Story So Far ...) Steve Wright

*** *** 12 73 1,241 Gotta Get You Home Tonight - Vocal Eugene Wilde

96 101 17 72 1,224 Lost In Music Sister Sledge

97 93 10 70 1,190 Christmas Spectre The Jingle Belles

98 *** 15 69 1,173 Why? Bronski Beat

99 82 15 68 1,156 Drive The Cars

100 *** 8 67 1,139 You Might Think The Cars

*** 83 4 66 1,122 In The Dark Roy Ayers

*** *** 9 64 1,088 Aces High Iron Maiden

*** *** 13 63 1,071 The War Song Culture Club

101 84 13 63 1,071 I Believe In Father Christmas Greg Lake

*** *** 15 62 1,054 Missing You John Waite

102 105 15 60 1,020 White Christmas Bing Crosby

*** *** 10 59 1,003 This Is Mine Heaven 17

*** *** 6 57 969 This Night Billy Joel

*** *** 11 56 952 Penny Lover Lionel Richie

*** *** 12 55 935 I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down Paul Young

*** *** 6 54 918 Matt's Mood (A Peedar Edit) The Breekout Krew

103 117 9 53 901 Forever Young Alphaville

104 NE 1 52 884 The Box Of Delights Theme The Pro Arte Orchestra, Conducted by Barry Rose

105 111 94 52 884 Blue Monday New Order

106 100 21 52 884 Tour De France (Remix) Kraftwerk

107 97 3 51 867 My White Bicycle neil

108 *** 15 50 850 Purple Rain (Short Version) Prince And The Revolution

109 123 3 49 833 Woodpeckers From Space Video Kids

110 *** 4 49 833 When October Goes Barry Manilow

111 121 3 48 816 I'll Do The Talking Cruella De Ville

112 103 16 47 799 Smooth Operator Sade

*** *** 9 47 799 Let The Rest Of The World Go By Rose Marie

113 *** 10 46 782 Sometimes When I'm Dreaming Art Garfunkel

114 *** 8 45 765 Hypnotize Scritti Politti

*** 98 13 45 765 Modern Girl Meat Loaf

115 99 6 44 748 The Winners Song Ralph McTell

*** *** 8 41 697 Keeping Secrets Switch

116 102 7 40 680 I'll Make The Living If You Make The Loving Worthwhile Gene Chandler

*** *** 8 40 680 Eat Your Heart Out Paul Hardcastle, Vocals by Kevin Henry

*** 95 5 40 680 Heartless Evelyn Thomas

117 137 20 39 663 New Years Day U2

118 *** 15 38 646 Love Kills Freddie Mercury

119 *** 6 38 646 Dave The Boomtown Rats

120 108 11 37 629 Highly Strung Spandau Ballet

121 139 73 36 612 Postman Pat Ken Barrie

*** *** 17 35 595 I Feel Fine The Beatles

122 RE 31 34 578 Wake Me Up Before You Go Go Wham!

123 114 15 34 578 Blue Jean David Bowie

124 113 51 33 561 Superman (Gioca Jouer) Black Lace

125 132 11 32 544 Walk Away The Sisters Of Mercy

126 *** 9 32 544 The Chant Has Begun (Edited Version) Level 42

127 112 16 32 544 Human Racing Nik Kershaw

*** *** 14 32 544 If This Is It Huey Lewis And The News

128 *** 12 31 527 The Second Time Kim Wilde

129 106 19 31 527 I'll Fly For You Spandau Ballet

130 136 3 30 510 Postman Pat Barnbrack

131 *** 12 30 510 Out Of Touch Daryl Hall & John Oates

*** *** 9 30 510 Berserker Gary Numan

*** *** 8 30 510 I Forgot The Cool Notes

*** *** 5 29 493 Trouble Rod Stewart

132 *** 5 28 476 Ti Amo Laura Branigan

133 *** 12 28 476 Listen To Your Father Feargal Sharkey

134 131 27 28 476 Dancing With Tears In My Eyes Ultravox

*** *** 13 28 476 Skin Deep The Stranglers

*** *** 8 28 476 Crucial Times / Big Love Lenny Henry Presents Delbert Wilkins / Theophilus P. Wildebeeste

135 110 10 28 476 Until You Come Back To Me Floy Joy

136 178 13 27 459 Cockney Translation Smiley Culture

137 140 18 27 459 Madam Butterfly (Un Bel Di Vedremo) Malcolm McLaren

*** *** 8 27 459 How To Be A Millionaire ABC

138 118 14 27 459 East Of Eden Big Country

*** *** 4 27 459 In My Life Stephanie Mills

139 RE 12 26 442 Stop The Cavalry Jona Lewie

140 *** 6 26 442 Hot Line To Heaven Bananarama

141 199 9 25 425 Won't You Hold My Hand Now (Remix) King

142 164 10 25 425 Rock The Box (Radio Edit) Sylvester

143 130 4 25 425 Strike The Enemy Within

144 122 66 25 425 Birdie Song (Birdie Dance) The Tweets

145 NE 1 24 408 Run To You (Specially Remixed Version) Bryan Adams

146 RE 28 24 408 The Music Of Torvill & Dean (EP) Michael Reed Orchestra

147 158 16 24 408 A Letter To You Shakin' Stevens

148 144 21 24 408 Dr. Beat Miami Sound Machine

*** *** 6 24 408 Don't You Ever Leave Me Hanoi Rocks

149 125 3 24 408 A Spaceman Came Travelling Chris de Burgh

150 120 22 24 408 Big In Japan Alphaville

151 RE 24 23 391 Self Control Laura Branigan

152 157 10 23 391 Singalong-A-Santa-Again - Medley Santa Claus And The Christmas Trees

153 153 35 23 391 Hello Lionel Richie

154 142 8 23 391 Rattlesnakes Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

155 134 59 23 391 Thriller Michael Jackson

*** *** 9 23 391 Shooting From The Heart Cliff Richard

*** 126 4 23 391 Baby Elephant Walk James Galway, pennywhistle, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Leader: Sydney Sax, Henry Mancini: Conductor

156 173 27 22 374 What's Love Got To Do With It Tina Turner

157 167 6 22 374 Stranger In Town Toto

158 150 3 22 374 It Ain't Enough Corey Hart

159 *** 10 22 374 Slippery People (Live Version) Talking Heads

160 128 3 22 374 Manitou Venom

*** *** 10 22 374 Golden Days Bucks Fizz

161 119 56 22 374 Ain't Nobody Rufus And Chaka Khan

162 107 3 22 374 The Cotswolds Shag Connors

163 RE 7 21 357 Knock On Wood David Bowie

164 RE 16 21 357 Mother's Talk Tears For Fears

165 RE 2 21 357 Happy Birthday To You The Festival Singers

166 RE 5 21 357 A Bunch Of Violets Blue Brendan Shine

167 RE 17 21 357 Magic Touch Rose Royce

168 RE 4 21 357 Etude (Theme From "The Killing Fields") Mike Oldfield

169 182 2 21 357 Tell Me Girl Scary Thieves

170 *** 9 21 357 The Chant Has Just Begun The Alarm

*** *** 6 21 357 Still On Fire Aztec Camera

*** 109 3 21 357 Missing You Diana Ross

171 RE 30 20 340 The Singles 1981 To 1983 (EP) Bauhaus

172 *** 10 20 340 The Thorn (EP) Siouxsie And The Banshees

173 155 77 20 340 Pal Of My Cradle Days Ann Breen

*** *** 7 20 340 Georgy Porgy Charme

*** 138 16 20 340 The A Team Mike Post

174 133 13 20 340 Christmas Wrapping The Waitresses

*** *** 9 20 340 All Through The Night Cyndi Lauper

175 115 15 20 340 Hammer To Fall (Edited Version) Queen

176 RE 3 19 323 It's All In The Game Tommy Cannon And Bobby Ball

177 NE 1 19 323 Plague Of Hearts Touch

178 RE 5 19 323 Body Jacksons

179 RE 31 19 323 I Want To Break Free Queen

180 189 2 19 323 The Tripods - Opening Theme / Closing Theme Ken Freeman

181 *** 5 19 323 Summer Spies Fatal Charm

182 174 11 19 323 When The Rain Begins To Fall Jermaine Jackson And Pia Zadora

183 *** 10 19 323 Off And On Love Champaign

*** *** 13 19 323 Cover Me Bruce Springsteen

184 RE 15 18 306 Encore Cheryl Lynn

185 RE 23 18 306 Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us Ollie & Jerry

186 RE 5 18 306 Harry Was A Champion / Ain't No Pleasing You Chas & Dave

187 RE 9 18 306 Heartbeat (The Mendlesohn Mix) The Psychedelic Furs

188 RE 49 18 306 Ben Michael Jackson

189 RE 8 18 306 When Love Breaks Down Prefab Sprout

190 184 5 18 306 You Make It Feel Like Christmas Neil Diamond

191 *** 7 18 306 Twist And Shout The Who

192 160 14 18 306 We Don't Work For Free Grandmaster Melle Mel And The Furious Five

193 147 2 18 306 Stay In Your Own Back Yard Johnny Kennedy

*** *** 21 18 306 Mr. Solitaire (Panther Remix) Animal Nightlife

194 135 32 18 306 Shout Lulu And The Luvers

195 116 3 18 306 Catch A Falling Star Gary Holton

196 RE 44 17 289 Song To The Siren This Mortal Coil

197 NE 1 17 289 Superduck Keith Harris And Orville

198 RE 31 17 289 Hide And Seek Howard Jones

199 RE 8 17 289 The Judgement Is The Mirror Dali's Car

200 RE 24 17 289 Three Times A Lady Commodores

 

 

the multiplier used to calculate estimated market sales from panel sales is 17

For completeness, the top 20 on the other weeks Band Aid was at number 1 are:

 

15 December 1984

 

Twk	Lwk	Wks	Panel	Market	Title	Artist

1 NE 1 33792 574,464 Do They Know It's Christmas? Band Aid

2 NE 1 8605 146,285 Last Christmas / Everything She Wants Wham!

3 1 3 7291 123,947 The Power Of Love Frankie Goes To Hollywood

4 9 4 4585 77,945 We All Stand Together Paul McCartney And The Frog Chorus

5 8 5 4428 75,276 Like A Virgin Madonna

6 2 9 2859 48,603 I Should Have Known Better Jim Diamond

7 5 4 2608 44,336 Teardrops Shakin' Stevens

8 3 5 2390 40,630 The Riddle Nik Kershaw

9 4 7 2290 38,930 Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four) Eurythmics

10 7 10 2027 34,459 I Won't Run Away Alvin Stardust

11 12 4 1771 30,107 Fresh Kool & The Gang

12 16 7 1477 25,109 One Night In Bangkok Murray Head

13 15 5 1422 24,174 Do The Conga Black Lace

14 6 9 1394 23,698 I Feel For You (Edit.) Chaka Khan

15 13 5 1336 22,712 Louise Human League

16 42 4 1266 21,522 Nellie The Elephant The Toy Dolls

17 39 2 1243 21,131 Everything Must Change Paul Young

18 10 10 1212 20,604 Never Ending Story Limahl

19 23 2 1205 20,485 Round And Round Spandau Ballet

20 30 2 1199 20,383 Lay Your Hands On Me Thompson Twins

 

 

5 January 1985

 

Twk	Lwk	Wks	Panel	Market	Title	Artist

1 1 4 10018 170,306 Do They Know It's Christmas? Band Aid

2 2 4 6516 110,772 Last Christmas / Everything She Wants Wham!

3 3 7 4338 73,746 We All Stand Together Paul McCartney And The Frog Chorus

4 5 8 4253 72,301 Like A Virgin Madonna

5 4 7 3908 66,436 Nellie The Elephant The Toy Dolls

6 7 20 2354 40,018 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr.

7 6 6 2188 37,196 The Power Of Love Frankie Goes To Hollywood

8 10 6 1740 29,580 Shout Tears For Fears

9 9 5 1633 27,761 Everything Must Change Paul Young

10 11 5 1519 25,823 I Want To Know What Love Is Foreigner

11 12 8 1330 22,610 The Riddle Nik Kershaw

12 8 6 1328 22,576 Another Rock And Roll Christmas Gary Glitter

13 14 8 1137 19,329 Do The Conga Black Lace

14 13 7 1093 18,581 Fresh Kool & The Gang

15 15 10 895 15,215 One Night In Bangkok Murray Head

16 19 5 836 14,212 Lay Your Hands On Me Thompson Twins

17 17 10 820 13,940 Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four) Eurythmics

18 22 5 755 12,835 Round And Round Spandau Ballet

19 20 12 732 12,444 I Should Have Known Better Jim Diamond

20 16 7 719 12,223 Teardrops Shakin' Stevens

 

 

12 January 1985

 

Twk	Lwk	Wks	Panel	Market	Title	Artist

1 1 5 5457 92,769 Do They Know It's Christmas? Band Aid

2 2 5 3418 58,106 Last Christmas / Everything She Wants Wham!

3 4 9 3086 52,462 Like A Virgin Madonna

4 10 6 2243 38,131 I Want To Know What Love Is Foreigner

5 3 8 2123 36,091 We All Stand Together Paul McCartney And The Frog Chorus

6 5 8 1870 31,790 Nellie The Elephant The Toy Dolls

7 8 7 1682 28,594 Shout Tears For Fears

8 6 21 1625 27,625 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr.

9 9 6 1478 25,126 Everything Must Change Paul Young

10 7 7 1067 18,139 The Power Of Love Frankie Goes To Hollywood

11 30 5 885 15,045 Step Off (Part I) Grandmaster Melle Mel And The Furious Five

12 14 8 662 11,254 Fresh Kool & The Gang

13 16 6 658 11,186 Lay Your Hands On Me Thompson Twins

14 11 9 607 10,319 The Riddle Nik Kershaw

15 34 11 570 9,690 Police Officer Smiley Culture

16 15 11 569 9,673 One Night In Bangkok Murray Head

17 37 7 529 8,993 San Damiano (Heart & Soul) Sal Solo

18 13 9 522 8,874 Do The Conga Black Lace

19 24 7 518 8,806 It Ain't Necessarily So Bronski Beat

20 18 6 516 8,772 Round And Round Spandau Ballet

 

 

On the chart dated 19 January 1985, 'I Want To Know What Love Is' by Foreigner replaced 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' at number 1.

Edited December 20, 20231 yr by Robbie

Fascinating seeing the top 200 for 1983, was there rereleases for all the older records or just stock left over?

Thankyou for sharing… god how I miss this type of pure sales official chart. I look at the Top 100 now and it just doesn’t have the same credibility at all.

Fascinating seeing the top 200 for 1983, was there rereleases for all the older records or just stock left over?

Possibly old stock but also most likely new stock was pressed up to meet demand. Labels deleting records once a single had left the charts wasn't as common in the early 80s as it would become later in the decade.

28 December 1985

 

Twk	Lwk	Wks	Panel	Market	Title	Artist

1 2 4 10997 186,949 Merry Christmas Everyone Shakin' Stevens

2 1 7 6620 112,540 Saving All My Love For You Whitney Houston

3 3 36 5136 87,312 Do They Know It's Christmas? Band Aid

4 5 8 4620 78,540 West End Girls Pet Shop Boys

5 14 10 3298 56,066 Walking In The Air Aled Jones

6 10 3 3211 54,587 Last Christmas Wham!

7 7 6 2409 40,953 Separate Lives Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin

8 4 6 2370 40,290 I'm Your Man Wham!

9 8 4 2287 38,879 Dress You Up Madonna

10 6 10 2236 38,012 See The Day Dee C. Lee

11 9 3 1753 29,801 Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town / My Hometown Bruce Springsteen

12 12 10 1621 27,557 We Built This City Starship

13 17 5 1560 26,520 Hit That Perfect Beat Bronski Beat

14 11 7 1502 25,534 Say You, Say Me Lionel Richie

15 25 5 1391 23,647 Girlie Girlie Sophia George

16 16 5 1252 21,284 Spies Like Us Paul McCartney

17 19 6 1250 21,250 Don't You Just Know It Amazulu

18 13 12 1246 21,182 A Good Heart Feargal Sharkey

19 15 6 1025 17,425 Don't Look Down - The Sequel Go West

20 23 4 1017 17,289 Wrap Her Up Elton John

21 NE 1 983 16,711 Saturday Love Cherrelle With Alexander O'Neal

22 21 28 901 15,317 The Power Of Love Jennifer Rush

23 28 4 809 13,753 Leaving Me Now (Re-Mix) Level 42

24 18 8 775 13,175 The Show Doug E. Fresh And The Get Fresh Crew

25 22 4 718 12,206 She's Strange Cameo

26 32 4 689 11,713 Russians Sting

27 20 10 682 11,594 Don't Break My Heart UB40

28 29 8 673 11,441 After The Love Has Gone Princess

29 24 12 659 11,203 Road To Nowhere Talking Heads

30 26 3 587 9,979 Run To The Hills (Live) Iron Maiden

31 39 5 585 9,945 Hokey Cokey Black Lace

32 27 3 579 9,843 Mr. D.J. (Vocal) The Concept

33 36 4 576 9,792 Ring Of Ice Jennifer Rush

34 45 25 541 9,197 We All Stand Together Paul McCartney And The Frog Chorus

35 31 8 513 8,721 That's What Friends Are For Dionne Warwick & Friends featuring Elton John, Gladys Knight And Stevie Wonder

36 42 4 466 7,922 Abide With Me The Inspirational Choir with The Royal Choral Society

37 34 14 456 7,752 Take On Me a-ha

38 58 2 439 7,463 Alice, I Want You Just For Me! Full Force

39 NE 1 427 7,259 The Sun Always Shines On T.V. a-ha

40 43 4 420 7,140 Because Julian Lennon

41 30 7 408 6,936 Mated David Grant And Jaki Graham

42 53 3 406 6,902 Walking In The Air The Sinfonia of London / Peter Auty

43 48 7 402 6,834 White Christmas Keith Harris And Orville

44 35 6 394 6,698 Sun City Artists United Against Apartheid

45 33 12 391 6,647 Nikita Elton John

46 38 7 354 6,018 One Vision Queen

47 46 6 341 5,797 Who's Zoomin' Who Aretha Franklin

48 51 4 302 5,134 Merry Xmas Everybody Slade

49 37 9 297 5,049 Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin

50 62 6 291 4,947 Broken Wings Mr. Mister

51 57 4 268 4,556 It's In Every One Of Us Cliff Richard

52 44 10 258 4,386 Brothers In Arms Dire Straits

53 NE 1 251 4,267 Days Like These Billy Bragg

54 50 4 236 4,012 Pictures In The Dark Mike Oldfield featuring Aled Jones, Anita & Barry Palmer

55 41 15 227 3,859 When Love Breaks Down Prefab Sprout

56 49 15 217 3,689 Something About You Level 42

57 47 5 215 3,655 Christmas Medley Weekend

58 59 22 210 3,570 Trapped Colonel Abrams

59 40 5 202 3,434 When A Heart Beats Nik Kershaw

60 55 3 180 3,060 Christmas Time Bryan Adams

61 52 11 178 3,026 Howards' Way The Simon May Orchestra

62 61 4 177 3,009 Lonely This Christmas Mud

63 71 4 171 2,907 Glenn Miller Medley John Anderson Big Band

64 60 4 171 2,907 Inspector Gadget The Kartoon Krew

65 76 7 167 2,839 For You Snowy White

66 93 2 150 2,550 New York Eyes Nicole With Timmy Thomas

67 80 69 150 2,550 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder

68 63 10 150 2,550 Uncle Sam Madness

69 54 5 143 2,431 Do You Believe In Miracles Slade

70 64 5 139 2,363 Heart Of Lothian Marillion

71 69 4 137 2,329 White Christmas Bing Crosby

72 65 5 127 2,159 Revolution (Remix) The Cult

73 68 7 124 2,108 Warrior Groove D.S.M.

74 82 37 120 2,040 Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds

75 56 10 117 1,989 Stairway To Heaven Far Corporation

76 92 4 116 1,972 Edge Of Darkness Eric Clapton With Michael Kamen

77 110 2 115 1,955 Thank You Very Much Mr. Eastwood Dermot Morgan

78 70 7 114 1,938 Caravan Of Love Isley Jasper Isley

79 *** 12 113 1,921 Alive & Kicking Simple Minds

80 72 12 101 1,717 Gambler Madonna

81 78 3 100 1,700 One Nation (Street Mix - Radio Edit) Masquerade

*** 66 4 99 1,683 Revolution Thompson Twins

82 75 6 97 1,649 Loving You's A Dirty Job But Somebody's Gotta Do It Bonnie Tyler, Guest Vocalist Todd Rundgren

*** 73 8 95 1,615 Lost Weekend Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

*** 67 4 94 1,598 Windswept Bryan Ferry

83 77 2 92 1,564 Raise The Roof The Conway Brothers

*** *** 10 90 1,530 The Whole Of The Moon The Waterboys

84 *** 6 86 1,462 The Heart And Soul E.P. Huey Lewis And The News

85 86 8 85 1,445 Again Jimmy Tarbuck

86 85 3 80 1,360 My Guy, My Girl Amii Stewart & Deon Estus

87 116 3 79 1,343 Oh Blimey It's Christmas (EP) Frank Sidebottom

88 90 4 79 1,343 Easier Said Than Done Jon Anderson

89 83 19 79 1,343 P: Machinery Propaganda

90 81 4 77 1,309 So Near To Christmas Alvin Stardust

91 *** 12 73 1,241 Miami Vice Theme Jan Hammer

*** *** 11 73 1,241 The Taste Of Your Tears King

92 79 3 72 1,224 Tonight She Comes The Cars

*** *** 12 71 1,207 Slave To The Rhythm Grace Jones

93 99 5 69 1,173 What's Your Name Zinno

94 *** 16 68 1,156 Rebel Yell Billy Idol

95 84 15 67 1,139 Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out The Beatles

96 102 11 66 1,122 Bring On The Dancing Horses Echo & The Bunnymen

97 89 5 65 1,105 Let's Go To The Disco Russ Abbot

*** *** 8 63 1,071 Blue Fine Young Cannibals

*** *** 5 62 1,054 Jealous Guy John Lennon

98 91 3 60 1,020 All The Love (In The World) Rose Marie

*** *** 8 60 1,020 Just For Money Paul Hardcastle

99 120 18 58 986 The Power Of Love Huey Lewis And The News

*** *** 12 58 986 Lipstick Powder And Paint Shakin' Stevens

*** *** 9 57 969 It's Only Love Bryan Adams / Tina Turner

*** 74 4 56 952 The Truth Colonel Abrams

100 *** 6 55 935 Go Home Stevie Wonder

101 97 17 53 901 Dancing In The Street David Bowie and Mick Jagger

*** *** 10 53 901 You Are My Lady Freddie Jackson

102 *** 13 52 884 Rain The Cult

*** *** 13 52 884 Yeh Yeh Matt Bianco

*** *** 4 49 833 Echoes In A Shallow Bay (EP) Cocteau Twins

103 101 6 48 816 Rock 'N' Roll Jamboree (Medley) Chas & Dave

*** *** 10 48 816 Election Day Arcadia

104 104 8 46 782 It's You, It's You, It's You (Remix '85) Joe Dolan

*** *** 7 46 782 R.S.V.P. Five Star

105 122 10 45 765 The Bottom Line Big Audio Dynamite

*** *** 7 45 765 That Certain Smile Midge Ure

*** *** 7 45 765 Oh Louise Junior

*** *** 7 45 765 Holding Back The Years Simply Red

106 113 41 44 748 Eastenders Simon May

107 95 10 44 748 Cloudbusting Kate Bush

108 *** 6 43 731 Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want The Dream Academy

109 114 3 43 731 Girls Are More Fun Ray Parker Jr.

110 103 77 43 731 (Sexual) Healing Marvin Gaye

111 100 32 43 731 She Sells Sanctuary The Cult

*** 94 6 43 731 Music Is The Answer Colonel Abrams

*** *** 18 42 714 St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion) John Parr

112 *** 23 41 697 Into The Groove Madonna

113 123 2 41 697 Tommy (From 88 Pine) Rolf Harris

114 *** 16 41 697 If I Was Midge Ure

115 96 21 41 697 I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday Wizzard

116 *** 10 40 680 Cities In Dust Siouxsie And The Banshees

117 118 5 39 663 If I Give My Heart To You Dana

118 *** 6 39 663 Brave New World New Model Army

119 109 15 39 663 Angel Madonna

*** *** 8 38 646 Sub-Culture New Order

120 *** 6 37 629 Tiny Dynamine (EP) Cocteau Twins

121 *** 4 37 629 100% Caprice

*** *** 9 37 629 Tell Me (How It Feels) 52nd Street

122 111 13 37 629 Running Free (Live) Iron Maiden

*** *** 8 37 629 Your Personal Touch Evelyn 'Champagne' King

*** 87 3 37 629 Words With The Shaman (EP) David Sylvian, Jon Hassell • Steve Jansen, Holger Czukay

123 NE 1 36 612 Give Her One For Christmas Les Patterson

*** *** 12 36 612 You Are My World The Communards/Jimmy Somerville-Richard Coles

124 174 58 35 595 Shout Lulu And The Luvers

125 148 53 35 595 Holiday Madonna

126 139 20 35 595 Running Up That Hill Kate Bush

*** 106 4 35 595 Sing Out The Old… ...Bring In The New Roy Wood

127 183 2 34 578 Funky Sensation Ladies Choice

128 168 24 34 578 White Wedding Billy Idol

129 *** 17 34 578 Part-Time Lover Stevie Wonder

130 128 16 34 578 Theme from New York, New York Frank Sinatra

131 143 40 33 561 Axel F Harold Faltermeyer

*** *** 6 33 561 Almost Seems (Too Late To Turn) Clannad

*** 107 5 33 561 Slammers King Kurt

*** 88 3 33 561 I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down (U.S. Remix) Paul Young

132 *** 22 32 544 I Got You Babe UB40, Guest Vocals by Chrissie Hynde

*** *** 15 32 544 The Theme From Hill Street Blues Mike Post featuring Larry Carlton

133 149 6 31 527 Wherever You're Goin' (It's Alright) REO Speedwagon

*** *** 11 31 527 Sleeping Bag ZZ Top

134 RE 12 30 510 Maggie Jim Davidson

135 129 2 30 510 The Way Love's Supposed To Be / African Lady Tony Stevens

*** *** 5 29 493 Let My People Go (Part I) The Winans

136 NE 1 28 476 I Dreamed A Dream Patti LuPone

137 *** 12 28 476 The Sweetest Taboo Sade

138 *** 30 28 476 Holding Out For A Hero Bonnie Tyler

139 *** 17 28 476 Lavender Marillion

140 131 141 28 476 Blue Monday New Order

*** 108 4 28 476 ¡Kick Over The Statues! Redskins

*** *** 12 28 476 Rock Me Baby Johnny Nash

141 105 3 28 476 Golden Pennies Harvey Andrews

*** *** 6 28 476 Medley: (a) The Navy (b) Macho Man © Y.M.C.A Village People

142 156 7 27 459 Burning Heart Survivor

143 140 12 27 459 I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording) Tears For Fears

144 98 4 27 459 Whenever You Need Somebody O'Chi Brown

*** *** 17 27 459 Single Life Cameo

145 RE 13 26 442 Is It A Dream "Wild West End Mix" The Damned

146 178 62 26 442 Careless Whisper George Michael

*** *** 6 26 442 Best Mix Of Our Lives Modern Romance

*** *** 11 26 442 Chief Inspector Wally Badarou

147 RE 2 25 425 He-Man Masters Of The Universe

148 134 26 25 425 Money For Nothing Dire Straits

149 130 7 25 425 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) John & Yoko / The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir

150 RE 23 24 408 There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) Eurythmics

151 117 2 24 408 Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream The Spacelings

152 *** 24 23 391 Too Many Games Maze featuring Frankie Beverly

153 186 13 23 391 Thank God It's Christmas Queen

154 154 45 23 391 Drive The Cars

155 147 3 23 391 Only Love Nana Mouskouri

156 121 3 23 391 Do Me Baby Meli'sa Morgan

157 RE 11 22 374 Christmas Countdown Frank Kelly

158 198 89 22 374 Pal Of My Cradle Days Ann Breen

159 176 4 22 374 Delivery Night Nils Lofgren

160 173 74 22 374 Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) Phil Collins

161 115 16 22 374 I Believe In Father Christmas Greg Lake

162 167 26 21 357 Imagine John Lennon

163 *** 10 21 357 La Femme Accident Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

164 144 6 21 357 Que Te Quiero? (kay-tay-key-aero) Katrina And The Waves

165 136 22 21 357 Say I'm Your Number One Princess

*** *** 12 21 357 Oh Sheila Ready For The World

166 126 14 21 357 Another Rock And Roll Christmas Gary Glitter

*** *** 6 21 357 Growing Up Is Hard Shirley Anne

*** *** 7 21 357 Day By Day Shakatak with Al Jarreau

167 RE 13 20 340 My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me To The Doctor) Dead Or Alive

168 RE 19 20 340 Ben Marti Webb

169 *** 4 20 340 Go Asia

170 185 16 20 340 Glory Days Bruce Springsteen

171 *** 4 20 340 Eventide (A Hymn For Change) Faith Brothers

*** *** 13 20 340 It's A Man's Man's Man's World Brilliant

172 127 4 20 340 Desire (Come And Get It) Gene Loves Jezebel

*** *** 5 20 340 Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow Freddie Mercury

173 RE 14 19 323 Romeo Where's Juliet? Collage

174 RE 21 19 323 I'm On Fire / Born In The U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen

175 RE 24 19 323 Pie Jesu Sarah Brightman and Paul Miles-Kingston

176 RE 11 19 323 The Heaven I Need The Three Degrees

177 NE 1 19 323 Little Drummer Boy The Manchester Boys Choir

178 RE 77 19 323 Postman Pat Ken Barrie

179 *** 10 19 323 Cruisers Creek / L.A. The Fall

180 175 64 19 323 Dancing In The Dark Bruce Springsteen

181 157 29 19 323 Crazy For You Madonna

182 155 35 19 323 I Know Him So Well Elaine Paige And Barbara Dickson

183 146 7 19 323 Can Your Pussy Do The Dog? The Cramps

*** *** 11 19 323 King For A Day Thompson Twins

184 133 2 19 323 Uptown Express B.T. Express

*** 119 3 19 323 The Gonks Are Here For Christmas The Gonks

185 RE 19 18 306 Cherry Oh Baby UB40

186 RE 44 18 306 I Want To Know What Love Is Foreigner

187 RE 25 18 306 That Ole Devil Called Love Alison Moyet

188 *** 6 18 306 In Search Of Love Barry Manilow

189 163 16 18 306 Love Take Over Five Star

*** *** 6 18 306 Greenback Dollar Men They Couldn't Hang

190 151 5 18 306 The Best Is Yet To Come Justin Hayward

*** *** 6 18 306 The Highest High China Crisis

*** 125 16 18 306 She's So Beautiful Cliff Richard

191 NE 1 17 289 Rupert Jackie Lee

192 RE 27 17 289 Kayleigh Marillion

193 RE 5 17 289 What's Gone Wrong? The Untouchables

194 196 9 17 289 Love Letter Marc Almond

195 194 100 17 289 Relax Frankie Goes To Hollywood

196 190 12 17 289 Christmas Spectre The Jingle Belles

197 *** 15 17 289 After The Fire Roger Daltrey

*** *** 8 17 289 You Don't Know (Oh-Oh-Oh!) Serious Intention

198 166 5 17 289 Prospect Street The Big Dish

199 165 17 17 289 (I'll Be A) Freak For You Royalle Delite

*** *** 20 17 289 Knock On Wood / Medley [Light My Fire / 137 Disco Heaven] Amii Stewart

200 137 2 17 289 Good To The Last Drop C-Bank featuring Eleanor Mills

 

27 December 1986

 

Twk	Lwk	Wks	Panel	Market	Title	Artist

1 2 13 7643 129,931 Reet Petite (The Sweetest Girl in Town) Jackie Wilson

2 1 4 7300 124,100 Caravan Of Love The Housemartins

3 3 10 3362 57,154 The Final Countdown Europe

4 4 3 2552 43,384 Open Your Heart (Remix) Madonna

5 5 11 2167 36,839 Sometimes Erasure

6 6 11 2054 34,918 The Rain Oran 'Juice' Jones

7 10 4 1996 33,932 Cry Wolf a-ha

8 12 5 1840 31,280 Is This Love? Alison Moyet

9 7 11 1802 30,634 Shake You Down Gregory Abbott

10 9 10 1692 28,764 Livin' On A Prayer Bon Jovi

11 8 5 1629 27,693 So Cold The Night Communards

12 15 3 1482 25,194 Big Fun The Gap Band

13 20 6 1239 21,063 Because Of You Dexy's Midnight Runners

14 11 10 1151 19,567 Take My Breath Away Berlin

15 17 7 976 16,592 Step Right Up Jaki Graham

16 16 6 960 16,320 Land Of Confusion Genesis

17 25 4 955 16,235 Dreamin' Status Quo

18 30 6 855 14,535 No More The Fool Elkie Brooks

19 14 7 845 14,365 French Kissin' In The USA Debbie Harry

20 18 10 844 14,348 The Skye Boat Song Roger Whittaker & Des O'Connor

21 13 8 809 13,753 Each Time You Break My Heart Nick Kamen

22 38 4 700 11,900 Santa Claus Is On The Dole / 1st Atheist Tabernacle Choir Spitting Image

23 19 12 699 11,883 Breakout Swing Out Sister

24 27 7 697 11,849 O' My Father Had A Rabbit Ray Moore

25 28 5 684 11,628 The Miracle Of Love Eurythmics

26 21 5 658 11,186 Shiver George Benson

27 36 3 637 10,829 Hymn To Her The Pretenders

28 22 10 588 9,996 You Keep Me Hangin' On Kim Wilde

29 33 13 585 9,945 All I Ask Of You Cliff Richard And Sarah Brightman

30 24 15 552 9,384 Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend) Mel & Kim

31 37 2 545 9,265 Over The Hills And Far Away Gary Moore

32 29 5 523 8,891 Candy Cameo

33 40 4 522 8,874 The Boy In The Bubble (Remix) Paul Simon

34 44 2 508 8,636 Ballerina Girl / Deep River Woman Lionel Richie / Lionel Richie with Alabama

35 34 3 502 8,534 Only Love Remains Paul McCartney

36 26 11 476 8,092 For America Red Box

37 39 16 471 8,007 Walk Like An Egyptian The Bangles

38 23 21 463 7,871 Sweet Love Anita Baker

39 31 6 395 6,715 If I Say Yes Five Star

40 35 8 349 5,933 Through The Barricades Spandau Ballet

41 43 6 346 5,882 Hip To Be Square Huey Lewis And The News

42 47 5 339 5,763 Real Wild Child (Wild One) Iggy Pop

43 32 5 288 4,896 War Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

44 45 5 284 4,828 Slow Rivers Elton John & Cliff Richard

45 54 4 275 4,675 A Spaceman Came Travelling / The Ballroom Of Romance (Remixed) Chris de Burgh

46 52 4 269 4,573 You Can Dance If You Want To Go Go Lorenzo And The Davis Pinckney Project

47 63 3 268 4,556 Last Christmas Wham!

48 61 6 247 4,199 Victory Kool & The Gang

49 70 6 239 4,063 C'Est La Vie Robbie Nevil

50 56 6 227 3,859 Almaz Randy Crawford

51 41 3 219 3,723 I'm All You Need Samantha Fox

52 49 3 218 3,706 Big In America The Stranglers

53 42 6 213 3,621 Warriors Of The Wasteland Frankie Goes To Hollywood

54 57 13 211 3,587 In The Army Now Status Quo

55 48 9 208 3,536 Don't Give Up Peter Gabriel And Kate Bush

56 71 6 199 3,383 Once Bitten Twice Shy Vesta Williams

57 66 5 198 3,366 A Winter Story Aled Jones

58 72 13 177 3,009 True Blue Madonna

59 75 20 173 2,941 Merry Christmas Everyone Shakin' Stevens

60 51 5 169 2,873 True Colours Go West

61 64 7 168 2,856 Down To Earth Curiosity Killed The Cat

62 55 9 166 2,822 Because I Love You Shakin' Stevens

63 73 66 159 2,703 The Power Of Love (Remix) Jennifer Rush

64 46 5 156 2,652 Nights Of Pleasure Loose Ends

65 68 4 153 2,601 Mr. Big Stuff Heavy D. & The Boyz

66 58 6 151 2,567 Soul Love/Soul Man Womack And Womack

67 53 14 142 2,414 Danger Zone Kenny Loggins

68 60 4 137 2,329 The Essential Wally Party Medley Gay Gordon & The Mince Pies

69 78 5 130 2,210 The Meaning Of Christmas Boris Gardiner

70 62 4 126 2,142 Chillin' Out Curtis Hairston

71 88 10 123 2,091 Merry Xmas Everybody Slade

72 *** 6 119 2,023 Stranger In A Strange Land Iron Maiden

73 *** 13 116 1,972 Every Loser Wins Nick Berry

74 76 5 116 1,972 Change Of Heart Cyndi Lauper

75 NE 1 114 1,938 Distant Star Anthony Hopkins

76 77 21 113 1,921 Male Stripper (Part One) Man 2 Man Meets Man Parrish

77 59 2 113 1,921 Hey! Luciani The Fall

*** 50 3 111 1,887 Radio Musicola Nik Kershaw

*** 69 7 103 1,751 Ghost Dancing Simple Minds

78 83 5 102 1,734 I Still Remember Gary Numan

79 *** 9 102 1,734 Jack The Groove Raze

80 90 5 97 1,649 I Love My Radio (Dee Jay's Radio) Taffy

*** 67 8 97 1,649 (Waiting For) The Ghost Train Madness

81 *** 6 95 1,615 Waterloo Doctor & The Medics With Roy Wood

82 84 2 91 1,547 You Don't Know Berlin

83 80 5 84 1,428 Nik Nak Paddy Wak The Snowmen

84 79 6 81 1,377 Hello Friend Chris Rea

*** *** 13 81 1,377 Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone) Glass Tiger

85 125 5 78 1,326 Cross That Bridge Ward Brothers

86 81 6 77 1,309 Kiss Age Of Chance

87 85 13 73 1,241 Think For A Minute The Housemartins

88 99 54 71 1,207 Do They Know It's Christmas? Band Aid

89 *** 6 69 1,173 Anything The Damned

*** *** 17 67 1,139 You Can Call Me Al Paul Simon

*** 65 10 67 1,139 I've Been In Love Before Cutting Crew

*** *** 5 67 1,139 Hold The Heart Big Country

90 92 4 66 1,122 How Do You Stop James Brown

91 *** 16 65 1,105 Always There Marti Webb With The Simon May Orchestra

*** *** 13 63 1,071 Midas Touch Midnight Star

92 86 3 63 1,071 The Themes From Eastenders And Howard's Way The Shadows

*** *** 6 63 1,071 Je T'aime ('Allo 'Allo) / René D.M.C. (Devastating Macho Charisma) René & Yvette

93 106 3 62 1,054 Go See The Doctor Kool Moe Dee

94 94 18 62 1,054 Mamma Told Me Fantastique

95 87 20 62 1,054 Glenn Miller Medley John Anderson Big Band

*** *** 5 62 1,054 You Know I Love You... Don't You? Howard Jones

96 NE 1 61 1,037 Songs For Christmas (EP) Mini Pops

97 104 10 61 1,037 Infected The The

*** *** 9 61 1,037 Notorious Duran Duran

*** *** 7 60 1,020 We Love You Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

98 112 20 59 1,003 I Believe In Father Christmas Greg Lake

99 173 25 58 986 I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday Wizzard

100 101 89 58 986 Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds

*** *** 7 58 986 The Next Time I Fall Peter Cetera With Amy Grant

101 100 24 57 969 I Found Lovin' (L.P. Version) / I Found Lovin' The Fatback Band

102 128 30 56 952 Walking In The Air Aled Jones

103 103 2 56 952 Passion And Pain Janice McClain

104 91 10 56 952 Everybody Have Fun Tonight Wang Chung

*** 74 6 56 952 All Fall Down Ultravox

105 133 2 55 935 Magic Smile Rosie Vela

106 93 4 54 918 I Wasn't Born Yesterday Daryl Hall

*** *** 5 54 918 Some People Paul Young

107 98 7 53 901 See You Later Alligator Dr. Feelgood

108 *** 16 52 884 Rain Or Shine Five Star

*** 82 6 52 884 Small Change Hindsight

*** *** 12 52 884 Don't Get Me Wrong The Pretenders

109 108 4 51 867 Back In England For Christmas David Essex

110 *** 9 50 850 Ask The Smiths

111 *** 19 48 816 Don't Leave Me This Way Communards

112 107 13 48 816 Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town / My Hometown Bruce Springsteen

113 124 2 47 799 Hooked On Christmas Louis Clark And The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

114 95 2 44 748 You Got The Love The Source featuring Candi Staton

*** *** 7 44 748 Love Is The Slug We've Got A Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It

115 *** 8 43 731 Two People Tina Turner

116 126 17 42 714 Thorn In My Side Eurythmics

*** *** 11 42 714 Something Outa Nothing Letitia Dean and Paul Medford

117 *** 13 41 697 To Be A Lover Billy Idol

118 *** 8 41 697 Greetings To The New Brunette Billy Bragg with Johnny Marr And Kirsty MacColl

119 115 9 41 697 White Christmas Bing Crosby

*** 96 3 41 697 The Peel Sessions (EP) Joy Division

*** *** 8 39 663 Experiment IV Kate Bush

120 *** 17 38 646 Sweet Freedom Michael McDonald

121 89 3 38 646 Own Them Control Them Misty In Roots

122 *** 7 37 629 Ain't Nothing But A House Party Phil Fearon

123 183 22 36 612 We Don't Have To… Jermaine Stewart

124 *** 9 36 612 Children Of The Ghetto Courtney Pine

125 *** 10 36 612 Arizona Sky China Crisis

126 118 17 36 612 Walk This Way Run-D.M.C.

*** 97 4 36 612 In My Life Rod Stewart

127 146 19 35 595 Love Can't Turn Around Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk

128 114 2 35 595 Merry Christmas Santa Claus (You're A Lovely Guy) Max Headroom

129 110 9 35 595 This Is The World Calling Bob Geldof

130 138 107 34 578 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder

*** 102 3 34 578 King Of Swing Fission

*** *** 9 33 561 Falling In Love Sybil

*** *** 18 33 561 Word Up Cameo

*** *** 7 32 544 Keep Each Other Warm Bucks Fizz

*** *** 8 32 544 When The Wind Blows David Bowie

131 123 2 31 527 Celebrate Oliver Cheatham

*** 113 6 31 527 Love Really Hurts Without You (1986 Mix) Billy Ocean

132 RE 42 30 510 So Macho / Cruising Sinitta

133 *** 21 30 510 Heartland The The

134 134 10 30 510 Lonely This Christmas Mud

*** *** 13 30 510 I've Been Losing You a-ha

*** 109 4 30 510 Celebration Rap (We Are Family/Celebration Rap) M.C. Miker "G" & Deejay Sven

135 *** 26 29 493 I Want To Wake Up With You Boris Gardiner

136 *** 7 28 476 L. A. Nights Yasuko Agawa

137 *** 16 28 476 True Colors Cyndi Lauper

*** *** 8 28 476 America King Kurt

138 *** 13 27 459 You're Everything To Me Boris Gardiner

139 *** 9 27 459 Control Janet Jackson

*** *** 8 27 459 Crazy Love Maxi Priest

140 RE 9 26 442 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) John & Yoko / The Plastic Ono Band

141 *** 8 26 442 I'm Chillin' Kurtis Blow

142 149 16 26 442 Rumors Timex Social Club

143 117 5 26 442 This Love Bad Company

*** *** 7 26 442 I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect For You) Grace Jones

144 RE 7 25 425 Emotion In Motion Ric Ocasek

145 143 2 25 425 Long Long Ago Chas & Dave With The Cambridge Heath Salvation Army Band

146 127 2 25 425 Jingle Bell Rap Comfort And Joy

147 105 12 25 425 (They Long To Be) Close To You Gwen Guthrie

148 *** 26 24 408 The Lady In Red Chris de Burgh

149 170 4 24 408 Please Mister Please Barbara Jones

150 169 3 24 408 Is This Love Survivor

151 *** 7 24 408 Bizarre Love Triangle New Order

152 *** 8 24 408 Music That You Can Dance To Sparks

153 132 2 24 408 Night To Remember Keith Patrick

*** *** 12 24 408 Love Will Conquer All Lionel Richie

*** 120 6 24 408 My Boy Lollipop Lulu

154 RE 6 23 391 Falling In Love (Uh-Oh) Miami Sound Machine

155 RE 22 23 391 Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent Gwen Guthrie

156 *** 36 23 391 Sledgehammer Peter Gabriel

157 154 190 23 391 Blue Monday New Order

158 *** 4 23 391 Even When You Sleep (Extended Remix) The S.O.S. Band

159 135 23 23 391 Glory Of Love (Theme from The Karate Kid Part II) Peter Cetera

160 131 17 23 391 Give Me The Reason Luther Vandross

161 116 4 23 391 R-R-Rock Me Father Christmas (Medley) The Barron Knights

162 RE 7 22 374 Flag Day The House Martins

163 RE 13 22 374 Christmas Spectre The Jingle Belles

164 171 28 22 374 The Chicken Song Spitting Image

165 167 12 22 374 Feels Like The First Time Sinitta

166 148 19 22 374 Stuck With You Huey Lewis And The News

167 NE 1 21 357 Up Here In The North Of England The Icicle Works

168 157 21 21 357 The Way It Is Bruce Hornsby And The Range

169 145 12 21 357 The Wizard (Part 1) Paul Hardcastle

170 130 2 21 357 Walking In The Air Elaine Paige

*** *** 9 21 357 Jody Jermaine Stewart

171 119 8 20 340 Animal Magnetism Darryl Pandy

*** *** 13 20 340 Girls Ain't Nothin' But Trouble DJ Jazzy Jeff / Fresh Prince

172 NE 1 19 323 Peace On Earth The Young 'Uns (Sylvia Young Theatre School)

173 RE 13 19 323 World Shut Your Mouth Julian Cope

174 RE 43 19 323 Saving All My Love For You Whitney Houston

175 172 17 19 323 Underground David Bowie

176 *** 6 19 323 I Need Your Loving The Human League

177 144 5 19 323 Roxanne The Police

178 142 5 19 323 Champagne Kenny G

179 RE 11 18 306 Don't Stand So Close To Me '86 The Police

180 RE 19 18 306 When I Think Of You Janet Jackson

181 RE 21 18 306 (I Just) Died In Your Arms Cutting Crew

182 196 10 18 306 The House Of Bamboo EP Earl Grant / Jimmy Smith / Walter Wunderley

183 137 3 18 306 The E.P. David Cassidy

*** 121 3 18 306 Give Me Peace On Earth Modern Talking

*** 111 13 18 306 Suburbia Pet Shop Boys

184 NE 1 17 289 Steel City (Move On Up) Hillsboro' Crew

185 RE 21 17 289 Shout Lulu

186 181 26 17 289 Papa Don't Preach Madonna

187 176 20 17 289 Find The Time Five Star

188 155 95 17 289 Pal Of My Cradle Days Ann Breen

189 141 11 17 289 Stay With Me The Mission

190 139 5 17 289 Morning Has Broken Aled Jones with Huw Tregelles Williams

*** *** 5 17 289 Getting Away With Murder Meat Loaf

191 RE 10 16 272 Operator Little Richard

192 200 75 16 272 She Sells Sanctuary The Cult

193 191 5 16 272 You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' The Righteous Brothers

*** *** 8 16 272 Pretty Little Head Paul McCartney

*** *** 18 16 272 In Too Deep Genesis

*** *** 4 16 272 Haven't We Said Goodbye Before Dollar

194 151 4 16 272 Shine On Harvest Moon Laurel & Hardy With Jean Parker

195 122 3 16 272 It's Christmas All Over The World Sheena Easton

196 RE 9 15 255 Jumpin' Jack Flash Aretha Franklin

197 RE 14 15 255 Montego Bay Amazulu

198 RE 2 15 255 Louie Louie Timecode

199 182 48 15 255 Alive & Kicking Simple Minds

200 166 14 15 255 Who Wants To Live Forever Queen

 

26 December 1987

 

Twk	Lwk	Wks	Panel	Market	Title	Artist

1 1 3 6601 112,217 Always On My Mind Pet Shop Boys

2 8 4 4224 71,808 Fairytale Of New York The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl

3 6 4 3429 58,293 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree Mel & Kim (Performed by Kim Wilde & Mel Smith)

4 2 3 3193 54,281 When I Fall In Love Rick Astley

5 4 5 2927 49,759 Love Letters Alison Moyet

6 3 4 2811 47,787 The Way You Make Me Feel Michael Jackson

7 20 4 2649 45,033 When I Fall In Love Nat King Cole

8 19 3 2515 42,755 Heaven Is A Place On Earth Belinda Carlisle

9 5 10 2155 36,635 China In Your Hand T'Pau

10 7 5 1694 28,798 What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For Shakin' Stevens

11 17 5 1472 25,024 Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye Simply Red

12 10 5 1433 24,361 Who Found Who Jellybean featuring Elisa Fiorillo

13 21 4 1346 22,882 Angel Eyes (Home And Away) Wet Wet Wet

14 9 3 1339 22,763 The Look Of Love Madonna

15 15 6 1158 19,686 Turn Back The Clock Johnny Hates Jazz

16 12 8 1125 19,125 Letter From America The Proclaimers

17 11 9 1096 18,632 Criticize Alexander O'Neal

18 13 10 1082 18,394 Got My Mind Set On You George Harrison

19 30 3 1062 18,054 Jingo Jellybean

20 25 2 1041 17,697 Touched By The Hand Of God New Order

21 14 5 768 13,056 Once Upon A Long Ago Paul McCartney

22 16 7 763 12,971 So Emotional Whitney Houston

23 22 3 733 12,461 Children Say (Remix) Level 42

24 36 3 688 11,696 Tighten Up/I Just Can't Stop Dancin' Wally Jump Jr. & The Criminal Element

25 39 4 675 11,475 Ideal World (Remix) The Christians

26 18 8 575 9,775 Never Can Say Goodbye The Communards

27 37 3 574 9,758 G.T.O. Sinitta

28 47 5 568 9,656 House Arrest Krush

29 33 25 553 9,401 My Baby Just Cares For Me Nina Simone

30 34 2 502 8,534 Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me The Smiths

31 57 8 500 8,500 I Found Someone Cher

32 24 7 496 8,432 Satellite Hooters

33 40 4 454 7,718 Reason To Live Kiss

34 27 10 427 7,259 Some Guys Have All The Luck Maxi Priest

35 28 7 416 7,072 I've Been In Love Before Cutting Crew

36 29 11 413 7,021 (I've Had) The Time Of My Life Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes

37 51 6 408 6,936 Rise To The Occasion Climie Fisher

38 23 4 408 6,936 I'm The Man Anthrax

39 26 4 405 6,885 Somewhere Somebody Five Star

40 46 3 400 6,800 There's The Girl Heart

41 41 3 396 6,732 Packjammed (With The Party Posse) Stock Aitken Waterman

42 32 9 388 6,596 Here I Go Again (USA Remix) Whitesnake

43 35 9 386 6,562 Whenever You Need Somebody Rick Astley

44 72 5 375 6,375 Stutter Rap (No Sleep 'Til Bedtime) Morris Minor & The Majors

45 31 6 369 6,273 Build The Housemartins

46 44 5 332 5,644 The Wishing Well G.O.S.H.

47 70 6 325 5,525 Walking In The Air Peter Auty

48 83 2 297 5,049 In God's Country U2

49 58 4 296 5,032 Sing For Ever St. Philip's Choir

50 38 6 255 4,335 To Be Reborn Boy George

51 75 3 249 4,233 E.S.P. Bee Gees

52 45 3 242 4,114 Tunnel Of Love Bruce Springsteen

53 88 5 239 4,063 Songs For Christmas '87 (EP) Mini-Pops

54 63 10 238 4,046 Faith George Michael

55 60 2 237 4,029 On The Turning Away Pink Floyd

56 42 5 231 3,927 I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man Prince

57 56 3 226 3,842 Christmas In Hollis Run-D.M.C.

58 76 2 215 3,655 Shame Eurythmics

59 43 6 215 3,655 There Ain't Nothing Like Shaggin' The Tams

60 67 15 208 3,536 You Win Again (Fade) Bee Gees

61 74 3 204 3,468 Jock Mix I Mad Jocks featuring Jockmaster B.A.

62 68 2 203 3,451 True Devotion Samantha Fox

63 49 12 203 3,451 Love In The First Degree / Mr. Sleaze Bananarama

64 86 5 200 3,400 The Tide Is Turning (After Live Aid) Roger Waters

65 73 2 199 3,383 Wake Up Dead Megadeth

66 64 5 192 3,264 The One I Love R.E.M.

67 54 8 190 3,230 Jack Mix IV Mirage

68 78 2 187 3,179 The Time Warp 2 Damian

69 91 2 180 3,060 Family Man Fleetwood Mac

70 61 5 178 3,026 Hysteria Def Leppard

71 NE 1 176 2,992 O L'Amour Dollar

72 65 8 176 2,992 Barcelona Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé

73 59 6 176 2,992 Biko Peter Gabriel

74 71 4 174 2,958 Say You Will Foreigner

75 53 14 171 2,907 Dinner With Gershwin Donna Summer

76 48 3 165 2,805 Rescue Me The Alarm

77 69 3 163 2,771 The Simple Truth (A Child Is Born) Chris de Burgh

78 50 3 162 2,754 All Right Now Pepsi And Shirlie

*** 55 15 161 2,737 I Won't Cry Glen Goldsmith

*** 66 7 158 2,686 Rebel Without A Pause Public Enemy

79 84 3 154 2,618 I Dream Of Christmas Anita Dobson

*** 62 9 150 2,550 Sho' You Right Barry White

80 NE 1 142 2,414 Cry Freedom George Fenton & Jonas Gwangwa

81 82 4 137 2,329 Let Me Be The One Exposé

*** 52 12 132 2,244 I Want To Be Your Property Blue Mercedes

82 77 6 126 2,142 When Will I Be Famous? Bros

83 92 5 125 2,125 I Was Born To Be Me Tom Jones

*** *** 8 120 2,040 Paid In Full Eric B. & Rakim

84 *** 10 107 1,819 Rent Pet Shop Boys

*** 80 8 103 1,751 The Bog-Eyed Jog Ray Moore

*** 81 4 98 1,666 Ghost House The House Engineers

85 99 3 96 1,632 I Only Want To Be With You Dusty Springfield

86 87 2 89 1,513 The Phil Spector Christmas Mix The Ronettes / Darlene Love

*** *** 16 88 1,496 Little Lies Fleetwood Mac

87 79 4 88 1,496 Let's Get Together Tonite (You Wot!) Steve Walsh

88 NE 1 86 1,462 Black Ink Mix Black Jack

*** *** 17 86 1,462 Pump Up The Volume / Anitiиa (The First Time I See She Dance) M|A|R|R|S

89 122 2 83 1,411 Just To Get By Babakoto

90 118 5 80 1,360 My Family And Other Animals Daryl Runswick

91 90 21 79 1,343 Never Gonna Give You Up Rick Astley

92 *** 14 77 1,309 Bad Michael Jackson

*** *** 5 77 1,309 King Without A Crown ABC

93 85 3 75 1,275 Donna Los Lobos

94 93 4 74 1,258 Merry Christmas From Michael Jackson With The Jackson 5 (EP) Michael Jackson With The Jackson 5

95 106 7 67 1,139 If I Gave My Heart To You John McLean

*** *** 7 67 1,139 I Started Something I Couldn't Finish The Smiths

96 95 4 62 1,054 Holy Mother Eric Clapton

97 113 3 61 1,037 When You Wish Upon A Star Michael Crawford

98 89 13 61 1,037 The Circus (Remix) Erasure

99 *** 14 60 1,020 No Memory Scarlet Fantastic

*** 96 4 59 1,003 Cashing In On Christmas Bad News

100 *** 8 58 986 Warm Wet Circles Marillion

*** *** 15 58 986 Crockett's Theme (Instrumental New Mix) Jan Hammer

101 97 3 57 969 The Equalizer Busy Equalizing Stewart Copeland

*** 94 5 57 969 Tubbs And Valerie Jan Hammer

102 104 4 54 918 Higher Ground Mama's Boys

103 103 7 53 901 He's Gonna Step On You Again Party Boys

104 112 34 52 884 You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' The Righteous Brothers

105 110 13 52 884 This Corrosion The Sisters Of Mercy

106 101 2 52 884 The Birds & The B's (EP) The Style Council

107 109 3 51 867 Rock And Roll Part 3 Gary Glitter

108 101 2 51 867 Café Bleu (EP) The Style Council

109 98 3 51 867 All Hung Up Gaye Bykers On Acid

*** *** 5 49 833 High Time The Icicle Works

110 *** 13 47 799 Crazy Crazy Nights Kiss

*** *** 13 47 799 Mony Mony Billy Idol

*** *** 9 47 799 Unchain My Heart Joe Cocker

*** *** 8 47 799 I Say Nothing Voice Of The Beehive

111 *** 8 46 782 Darklands The Jesus And Mary Chain

*** *** 10 46 782 Voyage Voyage Desireless

112 128 4 45 765 The Glasgow Rangers Boys The Boys In Blue

*** *** 7 45 765 Nothing's Gonna Change Labi Siffre

113 119 5 44 748 Kid The Pretenders

*** *** 8 44 748 Body Rockin' Errol Brown

*** *** 8 44 748 So Amazing Luther Vandross

114 172 18 43 731 Only In My Dreams Debbie Gibson

115 *** 18 43 731 My Love Is Guaranteed Sybil

116 *** 6 43 731 Let's Start Over Miles Jaye featuring Roy Ayers

117 *** 24 42 714 I Found Lovin' Steve Walsh

*** *** 14 41 697 Full Metal Jacket (I Wanna Be Your Drill Instructor) Abigail Mead And Nigel Goulding

*** *** 101 41 697 I Found Lovin' The Fatback Band

*** *** 15 41 697 Birthday The Sugarcubes

118 130 14 40 680 Merry Xmas Everybody Slade

119 127 2 40 680 This Old House Boris Gardiner

*** *** 6 40 680 Fatman Mammoth

*** 107 4 40 680 I'll Slap Your Face / No Speed Limit Jonathan King

120 116 4 39 663 Baby Workout Jackie Wilson

121 100 2 39 663 Mick Talbot Is Agent 88 (EP) The Style Council

*** *** 12 38 646 Dance Little Sister Terence Trent D'Arby

122 135 19 37 629 What Have I Done To Deserve This? Pet Shop Boys And Dusty Springfield

*** *** 4 37 629 Joys Of Christmas Chris Rea

123 105 4 37 629 The Boy's Gone Crazy Was Not Was

124 *** 13 34 578 Boom Boom (Let's Go Back To My Room) Paul Lekakis

125 129 13 34 578 White Christmas Bing Crosby

126 126 9 34 578 Remember Me Cliff Richard

127 121 4 34 578 We Won't Give In Slade

*** *** 13 34 578 Walk The Dinosaur Was (Not Was)

128 *** 27 33 561 Can U Dance Kenny 'Jammin' Jason & 'Fast' Eddie Smith

*** *** 8 33 561 We'll Be Together Sting

*** *** 14 33 561 The Real Thing Jellybean featuring Steven Dante

129 NE 1 32 544 Do It 2 Bad 2 Mention

130 *** 14 32 544 When The Fingers Point The Christians

131 *** 12 32 544 The Right Stuff Bryan Ferry

132 137 9 32 544 Beverly Hills Cops (House Groove) The Big X Crewe

133 133 22 32 544 True Faith New Order

134 124 14 31 527 Neighbours Barry Crocker

135 *** 11 30 510 Rain In The Summertime The Alarm

*** *** 9 30 510 I Don't Need No Doctor W.A.S.P.

*** 108 8 30 510 The Second Time (Theme From "Bilitis") Elaine Paige

*** *** 4 30 510 The Peel Sessions (EP) New Order

136 RE 24 29 493 Mary's Prayer Danny Wilson

137 132 11 29 493 Just Like Heaven The Cure

138 147 10 28 476 Last Christmas Wham!

*** *** 9 28 476 Wanted The Style Council

*** *** 4 28 476 Gorgeous Gene Loves Jezebel

*** *** 13 28 476 I Don't Think That Man Should Sleep Alone Ray Parker Jr.

139 RE 13 27 459 Christmas Countdown Frank Kelly

140 169 2 27 459 Instant Love Tony Stone

141 *** 15 27 459 Causing A Commotion Madonna

*** *** 9 27 459 Hit The North The Fall

142 134 16 27 459 Where The Streets Have No Name U2

*** *** 16 27 459 Hello, Goodbye The Beatles

143 148 230 26 442 Blue Monday New Order

*** *** 14 26 442 Come On, Let's Go Los Lobos

144 138 2 26 442 Blue Is The Colour Chelsea F.C.

*** *** 7 26 442 Back Seat Education Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction

*** *** 10 26 442 Beethoven (I Love To Listen To) Eurythmics

145 115 4 26 442 If You Can Do It : I Can Too!! Mel'isa Morgan

146 RE 7 25 425 Get Ready Frankie Paul

147 RE 14 25 425 Pour Some Sugar On Me Def Leppard

*** *** 6 25 425 In The Midnight Hour (Midnight Mix - 1987) Wilson Pickett

*** *** 9 25 425 Females (Get On Up) Cookie Crew

148 123 3 25 425 Christmas In The House (House Christmas) The House Boys

*** 114 4 25 425 Throwaway Mick Jagger

149 111 6 25 425 Flying Chas & Dave

150 RE 54 24 408 The Lady In Red Chris de Burgh

151 164 18 24 408 Some People Cliff Richard

152 *** 25 24 408 Heart And Soul T'Pau

153 *** 11 24 408 Dude (Looks Like A Lady) Aerosmith

154 *** 6 24 408 Blue Moon Cybill Shepherd

155 142 3 24 408 I Wanna Live Ramones

*** 117 3 24 408 Down Town The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu

156 165 20 23 391 I Just Can't Stop Loving You Michael Jackson with Siedah Garrett

157 *** 12 23 391 Strong As Steel Five Star

*** *** 6 23 391 Let's Be Lovers Tonight Sherrick

*** *** 4 23 391 Sunshine Lady The Fatback Band

*** *** 10 23 391 Who's That Mix This Year's Blonde

158 171 14 22 374 She's Mine Cameo

159 *** 9 22 374 The Peel Sessions (EP) Joy Division

160 146 29 22 374 House Nation The House Master Boyz And The Rude Boy Of House

*** *** 10 22 374 Muscle Deep Then Jerico

*** *** 9 22 374 In The Clouds All About Eve

*** 131 4 22 374 William, It Was Really Nothing The Smiths

*** *** 12 22 374 Maybe Tomorrow UB40

*** *** 6 22 374 Go Cut Creator Go L.L. Cool J

*** 120 3 22 374 Wonderful World, Beautiful People Amazulu

161 187 18 21 357 Wild Flower The Cult

162 167 10 21 357 Beats + Pieces (Mo' Bass Remix) Coldcut featuring Floormaster Squeeze

163 155 59 21 357 Do They Know It's Christmas? Band Aid

*** *** 4 21 357 Walk With An Erection (Big Weenie Mix) The Swinging Erudites

164 RE 2 20 340 Saint Of The Orphans Hayley Oliver

165 *** 19 20 340 Wipeout Fat Boys And The Beach Boys

166 *** 17 20 340 I Need Love L.L. Cool J

167 *** 4 20 340 The Theme From "The Snowman" (Walking In The Air) The Shadows

168 173 19 20 340 Girlfriend In A Coma The Smiths

169 154 28 20 340 I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday Wizzard

170 152 12 20 340 Don't You Want Me Jody Watley

*** 144 4 20 340 Buona Sera The Chevalier Brothers

*** *** 6 20 340 Girls Can Jak Too Zuzan

171 RE 13 19 323 Never Let Me Down Again Depeche Mode

172 191 6 19 323 Savin' Myself Eria Fachin

173 *** 16 19 323 It's Over (Remix) Level 42

*** *** 6 19 323 You're Not The Rule (You're The Exception) Helen Watson

*** *** 8 19 323 Groove Donny Osmond

174 143 10 19 323 Need You Tonight INXS

*** 141 5 19 323 Pop Goes The World Men Without Hats

*** *** 7 19 323 I Dreamed A Dream Neil Diamond

*** 125 23 19 323 Toy Boy Sinitta

*** *** 4 19 323 Take A Little Time Gary Moore

175 NE 1 18 306 Love Lives On Joe Cocker

176 NE 1 18 306 Got My Heart Set On You John Conlee

177 RE 19 18 306 Animal Def Leppard

178 RE 3 18 306 True Love Foster & Allen With Gloria Hunniford

179 195 25 18 306 It's A Sin Pet Shop Boys

180 136 3 18 306 Never Givin' Up On You John Paul Barrett

181 NE 1 17 289 Jingo Candido

182 NE 1 16 272 Second That Emotion The Blackstones

183 NE 1 16 272 Good Thang/Stone To The Bone Wizzards Of Rock

184 RE 13 16 272 Me And The Farmer The Housemartins

185 RE 19 16 272 When Your Old Wedding Ring Was New Jimmy Roselli

186 NE 1 16 272 I Don't Want To Wake Up Feeling Guilty John Holt featuring Pauline Asherf

187 RE 23 16 272 The Motive Then Jerico

188 *** 13 16 272 Brilliant Disguise Bruce Springsteen

189 194 14 16 272 Come See About Me Shakin' Stevens

190 186 32 16 272 I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) Whitney Houston

191 184 26 16 272 Myfanwy David Essex

192 *** 18 16 272 I Don't Want To Be A Hero Johnny Hates Jazz

193 166 31 16 272 Electrica Salsa Off

*** *** 9 16 272 Back In My Arms Chris Paul

194 158 10 16 272 American English Wax

195 145 26 16 272 Murphy And The Bricks Noel Murphy

196 RE 44 15 255 Do You Wanna Funk (Brighton Summer Mix) Sylvester With Patrick Cowley

197 RE 8 15 255 Nik Nak Paddy Wak The Snowmen

198 RE 20 15 255 Roadblock Stock Aitken Waterman

199 *** 8 15 255 Funky Like A Train The Equals

200 179 3 15 255 She's My Lady Administrators

The following chart saw The Pogues narrow the gap at the top. The chart was dated 2 January 1988 and covered the sales period 21-26 December with most sales falling pre-Christmas.

 

2 January 1988

 

Twk	Lwk	Wks	Panel	Market	Title	Artist

1 1 4 5717 97,189 Always On My Mind Pet Shop Boys

2 2 5 4652 79,084 Fairytale Of New York The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl

3 3 5 3182 54,094 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree Mel & Kim (Performed by Kim Wilde & Mel Smith)

4 7 5 3066 52,122 When I Fall In Love Nat King Cole

5 8 4 2990 50,830 Heaven Is A Place On Earth Belinda Carlisle

6 5 6 2340 39,780 Love Letters Alison Moyet

7 4 4 2028 34,476 When I Fall In Love Rick Astley

8 6 5 1933 32,861 The Way You Make Me Feel Michael Jackson

9 9 11 1571 26,707 China In Your Hand T'Pau

10 13 5 1487 25,279 Angel Eyes (Home And Away) Wet Wet Wet

11 11 6 1315 22,355 Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye Simply Red

12 10 6 1271 21,607 What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For Shakin' Stevens

13 15 7 936 15,912 Turn Back The Clock Johnny Hates Jazz

14 12 6 868 14,756 Who Found Who Jellybean featuring Elisa Fiorillo

15 16 9 832 14,144 Letter From America The Proclaimers

16 14 4 815 13,855 The Look Of Love Madonna

17 17 10 766 13,022 Criticize Alexander O'Neal

18 18 11 742 12,614 Got My Mind Set On You George Harrison

19 19 4 736 12,512 Jingo Jellybean

20 28 6 672 11,424 House Arrest Krush

Great thread, love seeing the sales.

1988 could have similar sales to 2023.

Edited December 21, 20231 yr by Padamic Tension

Great thread, love seeing the sales.

1988 could have similar sales to 2023.

Sales were quite poor through a lot of 1988 but there were two massive singles that attracted big sales over the Christmas period...

 

Didn’t know how close 1986 was between Reet Petite and Caravan of Love! And how massive the PSB’s lead was over the Pogues in the last chart of 1987, but that is a lot closer the following week so it still counts as a notable battle.

In 1988 Christmas Day fell on a sunday. These days that would still mean a new chart being published. At one time it would have meant no chart being compiled. However, by 1988 the technology was in place to compile a new chart but not the staffing to compile it on Christmas Day. As a result, Bruno Brookes counted down the new Gallup chart on Boxing Day, Monday 26 December 1988. This meant that technically the previous week's chart was the Christmas chart. Fortunately the number 1 was the same, which avoids confusion about which record got the Christmas number 1. I'm going to post both charts as both could lay the title to the Christmas chart for 1988.

 

 

24 December 1988

 

Twk	Lwk	Wks	Panel	Market	Title	Artist

1 1 4 10244 174,148 Mistletoe & Wine Cliff Richard

2 2 3 6422 109,174 Especially For You Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan

3 4 3 3698 62,866 Crackers International (EP) Erasure

4 3 8 3631 61,727 Suddenly Angry Anderson

5 6 3 2736 46,512 Good Life Inner City

6 5 4 1989 33,813 Cat Among The Pigeons / Silent Night Bros

7 9 4 1936 32,912 Burning Bridges (On And Off And On Again) Status Quo

8 7 5 1707 29,019 Two Hearts Phil Collins

9 10 2 1573 26,741 Angel Of Harlem U2

10 13 7 1451 24,667 Downtown '88 Petula Clark

11 15 3 1320 22,440 Fine Time New Order

12 8 5 1220 20,740 Take Me To Your Heart Rick Astley

13 31 3 1199 20,383 Buffalo Stance Neneh Cherry

14 11 5 1129 19,193 Smooth Criminal Michael Jackson

15 23 4 1065 18,105 Loco In Acapulco The Four Tops

16 16 6 897 15,249 Nathan Jones Bananarama

17 14 5 873 14,841 Say A Little Prayer Bomb The Bass featuring Maureen

18 12 11 867 14,739 First Time Robin Beck

19 28 4 840 14,280 Four Letter Word Kim Wilde

20 25 4 819 13,923 You Are The One (Remix) a-ha

21 29 6 803 13,651 9am (The Comfort Zone) Londonbeat

22 17 9 712 12,104 Missing You Chris de Burgh

23 22 3 687 11,679 Born To Be My Baby Bon Jovi

24 18 7 672 11,424 Radio Romance Tiffany

25 21 7 666 11,322 Need You Tonight INXS

26 19 5 640 10,880 Left To My Own Devices Pet Shop Boys

27 47 4 618 10,506 Keeping The Dream Alive Freiheit

28 36 3 600 10,200 True Love Shakin' Stevens

29 24 8 594 10,098 Jack To The Sound Of The Underground Hithouse

30 30 3 562 9,554 The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) / Thank You For A Good Year Alexander O'Neal

31 20 5 557 9,469 Stakker Humanoid Humanoid

32 38 8 553 9,401 Put A Little Love In Your Heart Annie Lennox & Al Green

33 34 9 531 9,027 Handle With Care Traveling Wilburys

34 27 6 487 8,279 Kokomo The Beach Boys

35 40 8 485 8,245 Minnie The Moocher The Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra

36 NE 1 464 7,888 Evening Falls Enya

37 26 4 416 7,072 Kissing A Fool George Michael

38 51 2 397 6,749 Rhythm Is Gonna Get You Gloria Estefan And Miami Sound Machine

39 86 2 393 6,681 John Kettley (Is A Weatherman) A Tribe Of Toffs

40 46 7 380 6,460 I Live For Your Love Natalie Cole

41 32 11 379 6,443 Real Gone Kid Deacon Blue

42 33 7 355 6,035 Twist And Shout Salt N Pepa

43 43 2 315 5,355 Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah The Pogues

44 37 9 315 5,355 Stand Up For Your Love Rights Yazz

45 71 2 306 5,202 Baby Don't Forget My Number Milli Vanilli

46 45 3 294 4,998 Imagine / Jealous Guy / Happy Xmas (War Is Over) John Lennon

47 53 6 290 4,930 Waiting For A Star To Fall Boy Meets Girl

48 35 10 277 4,709 Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi Kylie Minogue

49 65 2 269 4,573 Thinkin' About Your Body Bobby McFerrin

50 41 3 251 4,267 Don't Believe The Hype Mista E featuring The Awakening

51 64 4 250 4,250 It's Party Time Again George Van Dusen

52 48 4 246 4,182 How Can I Fall? Breathe

53 42 4 240 4,080 Road To Our Dream T'Pau

54 NE 1 222 3,774 Soulmate Wee Papa Girl Rappers

55 NE 1 216 3,672 Mary's Boy Child (Remix) Boney M

56 39 5 208 3,536 Enchanted Lady The Pasadenas

57 NE 1 207 3,519 Love Like A River Climie Fisher

58 69 3 203 3,451 My Prerogative Bobby Brown

59 74 14 198 3,366 Everlasting Love Sandra

60 44 8 196 3,332 He Ain't No Competition Brother Beyond

61 72 3 186 3,162 Driving Home For Christmas - The Christmas EP Chris Rea

62 63 11 181 3,077 We Call It Acieed D. Mob (featuring Gary Haisman)

63 60 2 173 2,941 Tied Up Yello

64 57 3 173 2,941 Love Never Dies… Belinda Carlisle

65 67 4 171 2,907 True Love Ways Buddy Holly

66 59 3 170 2,890 Requiem London Boys

67 62 4 162 2,754 The Air That I Breathe The Hollies

68 66 3 156 2,652 As Long As You Follow Fleetwood Mac

69 49 19 156 2,652 Girl You Know It's True Milli Vanilli

70 55 11 148 2,516 Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) Enya

71 52 11 145 2,465 She Makes My Day Robert Palmer

72 61 6 143 2,431 The Clairvoyant Iron Maiden

73 56 10 133 2,261 Breathe Life Into Me Mica Paris

74 50 6 132 2,244 Love House Samantha Fox

75 NE 1 130 2,210 Chikki Chikki Ahh Ahh Baby Ford

76 RE 7 130 2,210 Break 4 Love Raze

77 68 4 129 2,193 A Day In The Life / Warlock Black Riot

*** 54 10 129 2,193 1-2-3 Gloria Estefan And Miami Sound Machine

78 NE 1 124 2,108 Open Our Eyes Marshall Jefferson Presents Truth

79 75 16 117 1,989 Kiss Me Deadly Lita Ford

*** 58 4 113 1,921 Denis ('88 Remix) Blondie

80 79 3 110 1,870 Johnny Come Lately Steve Earle

*** 70 8 107 1,819 Till I Loved You Barbra Streisand And Don Johnson

81 *** 14 103 1,751 One Moment In Time Whitney Houston

*** *** 10 102 1,734 Twist In My Sobriety Tanita Tikaram

*** *** 9 100 1,700 Let's Stick Together ('88 Remix) Bryan Ferry

*** *** 8 93 1,581 In Your Room The Bangles

*** *** 9 89 1,513 Kiss The Art Of Noise featuring Tom Jones

82 80 3 86 1,462 Radio Radio Spear Of Destiny

83 100 4 82 1,394 Neighbours Dame Edna Everage

*** 81 4 80 1,360 Come Out To Play UB40

*** *** 7 79 1,343 Life's Just A Ballgame Womack & Womack

*** *** 5 79 1,343 The Spell! The Funky Worm

*** 73 6 79 1,343 Sister Moon Transvision Vamp

*** *** 24 78 1,326 Can You Party Royal House

*** *** 5 78 1,326 Freaks (Live) Marillion

84 NE 1 76 1,292 Change (Makes You Want To Hustle) Blow

85 93 4 75 1,275 Unforgettable Nat King Cole

86 82 3 75 1,275 Ain't No Sunshine (Eclipse Mix) Bill Withers

87 NE 1 73 1,241 What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted Ruby Turner featuring Jimmy Ruffin

88 97 3 71 1,207 Xmas Party (Medley) Star Turn On 45 Pints

*** *** 7 70 1,190 Sunshine On Leith The Proclaimers

*** *** 6 70 1,190 Dear God Midge Ure

*** *** 13 69 1,173 A Little Respect Erasure

89 95 3 68 1,156 Who's Gonna Ease The Pressure Mac Thornhill

*** 83 8 67 1,139 Sultans Of Swing Dire Straits

*** 77 8 66 1,122 Don't Scandalise Mine Sugar Bear

*** 78 3 65 1,105 My DJ (Pump It Up Some) Richie Rich

90 87 7 63 1,071 There She Goes The La's

*** 85 17 63 1,071 He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother The Hollies

*** *** 8 62 1,054 I Wish U Heaven Prince

91 109 2 60 1,020 Float On Stetsasonic (featuring Force M.D.'s)

92 NE 1 58 986 Jack Of Spades Boogie Down Productions

93 NE 1 58 986 Man In The Moon Voice Of The Beehive

94 98 4 56 952 A Word In Spanish Elton John

*** 76 4 56 952 S.S. Paparazzi Stock Aitken Waterman

*** 88 13 54 918 Desire U2

95 *** 21 53 901 Teardrops (Remix) Womack & Womack

*** *** 13 52 884 Wee Rule Wee Papa Girl Rappers

96 103 3 52 884 The Garden Of Eden The Garden Of Eden

*** *** 8 52 884 The Way You Love Me Karyn White

*** *** 9 51 867 Downtown One 2 Many

97 156 2 50 850 Songs For Christmas '88 (EP) Mini★Pops

98 107 2 50 850 The Runner Jan Hammer

*** 92 3 48 816 Hot Mix 3 Bootleggers

99 139 13 47 799 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree Mel & Kim (Performed by Kim Wilde & Mel Smith)

*** 90 3 46 782 I Taut I Taw A Puddy Tat (EP) Various Artists - EMI

100 94 3 45 765 Walk On… Smith & Mighty featuring Jackie Jackson

101 91 4 45 765 Waiting In Vain Total Contrast

*** *** 7 45 765 What Kind Of Fool All About Eve

102 89 17 45 765 Groovy Kind Of Love Phil Collins

*** 99 6 44 748 Love Is On Our Side Again Julio Iglesias

103 120 4 43 731 Stop That Girl 2 Brave

*** *** 11 43 731 Harvest For The World The Christians

*** *** 4 43 731 The Last Beat Of My Heart Siouxsie And The Banshees

104 141 2 42 714 There's No-One Quite Like Grandma / Grandad St. Winifred's School Choir / Clive Dunn

105 113 38 42 714 I Should Be So Lucky Kylie Minogue

106 108 3 41 697 Bible Belt Zeke Manyika

*** *** 5 41 697 It's A Trip (Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out) Children Of The Night

*** *** 9 41 697 Welcome To The Jungle / Nightrain Guns N' Roses

*** *** 10 39 663 Ordinary Angel Hue And Cry

*** *** 5 39 663 Nightingales Prefab Sprout

*** *** 5 39 663 California Girls David Lee Roth

*** *** 6 38 646 Success Sigue Sigue Sputnik

107 96 5 38 646 11:55 (Bee Boys Dub) Hardhouse

*** 84 4 38 646 World To Me Huey Lewis & The News

108 132 14 37 629 Bad Medicine Bon Jovi

109 117 2 37 629 Teenage Love Slick Rick

110 106 2 37 629 Tama Mory Kante

111 101 3 37 629 Hooked On House Louis Clark Conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

112 NE 1 35 595 Shellshock Onslaught

*** 102 4 35 595 Swing Street E.P. Barry Manilow

*** *** 14 34 578 Don't Worry Be Happy Bobby McFerrin

113 NE 1 33 561 Solsbury Hill Peter Gabriel

*** *** 8 33 561 Dial My Heart The Boys

*** *** 6 33 561 Cocoon Timerider

114 *** 14 32 544 Domino Dancing Pet Shop Boys

115 118 2 32 544 A Kind Of Magic Queen

*** 116 15 32 544 I Quit Bros

*** 105 6 32 544 Glory Be (Eastenders' Hymn) Simon May Orchestra And Choir

*** *** 13 31 527 Never Trust A Stranger Kim Wilde

116 122 22 31 527 The Loco-Motion Kylie Minogue

*** 115 3 31 527 Will You Love Me Tomorrow The Shirelles

117 111 2 30 510 Under Pressure Queen & David Bowie

118 110 2 29 493 Radio Ga Ga Queen

*** *** 5 29 493 Everything I Miss At Home Cherrelle

*** *** 5 29 493 Let There Be Drums Boss Beat

*** *** 14 29 493 Burn It Up The Beatmasters With P.P. Arnold

119 NE 1 28 476 Spot The Pigeon (EP) Genesis

120 138 18 28 476 The Race Yello

121 129 14 28 476 She Wants To Dance With Me Rick Astley

*** *** 10 28 476 The Party Kraze

*** *** 17 28 476 Big Fun Inner City (featuring Kevin Saunderson)

*** *** 17 28 476 Acid Man Jolly Roger

*** *** 11 27 459 Heaven Tonight Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force

*** *** 5 27 459 Love Hangover (Remix) Diana Ross

122 171 2 26 442 The Theme From 'The Long March' Barking Light Orchestra

*** *** 5 26 442 Baby Can I Hold You Tracy Chapman

*** *** 7 26 442 There She Goes Again Quireboys

*** *** 11 26 442 I'll House You Richie Rich Meets Jungle Brothers

*** *** 14 26 442 Jibaro Electra

*** *** 12 26 442 Weekend The Todd Terry Project

*** *** 4 26 442 America Gary Numan

123 *** 14 25 425 Love, Truth & Honesty Bananarama

124 143 10 25 425 The Peel Sessions (EP) The Smiths

125 125 23 25 425 The Only Way Is Up Yazz And The Plastic Population

126 112 3 25 425 Our Song John Ward

*** 104 4 25 425 Where Is Your Love? Gail Ann Dorsey

*** *** 8 25 425 Dance Out Of My Head Pia

127 173 33 24 408 Blue Monday 1988 New Order

128 *** 14 24 408 Fake '88 Alexander O'Neal

129 133 3 24 408 Let Off Kiss AMC featuring The Ruthless Rap Assassins

*** 123 3 24 408 Truth Of Self Evidence / Structure Reese & Santonio

*** *** 8 24 408 Broken Heart (Thirteen Valleys) Big Country

130 121 2 24 408 The Peel Sessions (EP) Jimi Hendrix Experience

131 NE 1 23 391 Acid Mania Dolbie D

132 *** 9 23 391 Nobody's Perfect Mike & The Mechanics

*** *** 6 23 391 Let Me Be Yours Five Star

*** *** 7 23 391 Useless (I Don't Need You Now) Kym Mazelle

133 159 25 22 374 Anything For You Gloria Estefan And Miami Sound Machine

*** *** 13 22 374 Secret Garden T'Pau

*** *** 4 22 374 Black Velvet The Lilac Time

134 114 16 22 374 Nothing Can Divide Us Jason Donovan

135 NE 1 21 357 Dream 17 Annette

136 RE 15 21 357 Lovely Day (Sunshine Mix) Bill Withers

*** *** 5 21 357 Bohemian Rhapsody Queen

137 140 6 21 357 Silhouette Kenny G

*** *** 8 21 357 Louie Louie Fat Boys

138 126 20 21 357 Girls Ain't Nothin' But Trouble DJ Jazzy Jeff / Fresh Prince

139 RE 14 20 340 The Time Warp 2 Damian

140 188 83 20 340 You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' The Righteous Brothers

141 150 2 20 340 Black Sun Loop

*** *** 9 20 340 Sharp As A Knife Brandon Cooke featuring Roxanne Shante

*** *** 8 20 340 Boom! There She Was Scritti Politti featuring Roger

142 137 2 20 340 I Want To Break Free Queen

*** 136 3 20 340 Radio 1 Session The Evening Show (EP) The Wedding Present

*** 124 15 20 340 Riding On A Train The Pasadenas

*** *** 5 20 340 Big New Prinz / Jerusalem The Fall

143 RE 2 19 323 From Me To You The Beatles

144 *** 8 19 323 I Want Out Helloween

*** *** 9 19 323 Here Comes That Sound Simon Harris

*** 134 16 19 323 Another Part Of Me Michael Jackson

*** *** 9 19 323 Take A Look Level 42

*** *** 4 19 323 Turn My Back On You (Re-Mix) Sade

145 *** 10 18 306 Nothin' At All (Remix) Heart

*** 147 4 18 306 Lady Eleanor '88 Lindisfarne

*** 148 18 18 306 Megablast / Don't Make Me Wait Bomb The Bass

146 130 2 18 306 The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) Natalie Cole

147 119 2 18 306 The Return Of Telstar The U.N.I.V.E.R.S.E.

148 NE 1 17 289 High On You Iggy Pop

149 NE 1 17 289 East-West Jay Strongman

150 RE 19 17 289 The Evil That Men Do Iron Maiden

151 RE 6 17 289 A Smile In A Whisper Fairground Attraction

152 186 18 17 289 Sweet Child O' Mine Guns N' Roses

*** *** 11 17 289 I Walk The Earth Voice Of The Beehive

*** *** 12 17 289 Burst The Darling Buds

153 153 11 17 289 Jonah Breathe

*** *** 7 17 289 The Microphone Fiend Eric B. & Rakim

*** *** 4 17 289 Defenders Of The Flag Bruce Hornsby And The Range

*** *** 7 17 289 You're My One And Only Jennifer Rush

*** *** 8 17 289 Bitter Sweet Marc Almond

154 131 8 17 289 These Early Days Everything But The Girl

155 127 8 17 289 It's Money That Matters Randy Newman featuring Mark Knopfler

*** *** 31 17 289 Kiss Prince And The Revolution

156 NE 1 16 272 Rock This Place Mr. Lee

157 NE 1 16 272 On The Inside Majella

158 *** 10 16 272 Inside A Dream Jane Wiedlin

159 177 50 16 272 The Circus (Remix) Erasure

*** *** 14 16 272 I Don't Believe In Miracles Sinitta

160 142 5 16 272 Number 6 Taboo

161 NE 1 15 255 Gentlemen Take Polaroids Japan

162 RE 41 15 255 Neighbours Barry Crocker

163 RE 7 15 255 Revolutions Jean Michel Jarre

164 RE 11 15 255 Any Love Luther Vandross

165 RE 152 15 255 Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds

166 199 13 15 255 It's Yer Money I'm After Baby The Wonder Stuff

167 *** 7 15 255 Voodoo Ray E.P. A Guy Called Gerald

168 *** 14 15 255 So In Love With You Spear Of Destiny

169 178 10 15 255 How Many Tears Can You Hide Shakin' Stevens

170 179 7 15 255 Fallen Angel Poison

*** *** 10 15 255 Oh What A Night (December, 1963) Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

171 151 2 15 255 London Rhyme Syndicate London Rhyme Syndicate

*** *** 46 15 255 Can U Dance Kenny 'Jammin' Jason & 'Fast' Eddie Smith

*** *** 6 15 255 Night Moves Rickster

172 NE 1 14 238 Maid Of Orleans (The Waltz Joan Of Arc) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

173 NE 1 14 238 Zoom Fat Larry's Band

174 RE 3 14 238 We Are The Champions Queen

175 192 17 14 238 Merry Xmas Everybody Slade

176 195 36 14 238 Theme From S-Express S-Express

177 161 22 14 238 The Harder I Try Brother Beyond

178 157 11 14 238 Get Real Paul Rutherford

*** *** 13 14 238 In The Name Of Love Swan Lake

*** 146 18 14 238 I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) The Proclaimers

*** 135 11 14 238 Love Is All That Matters The Human League

*** *** 5 14 238 You're A Big Girl Now Black

179 NE 1 13 221 God Save The Queen Sex Pistols

180 RE 3 13 221 Tears Kotch

181 RE 25 13 221 Chains Of Love (Remix) Erasure

182 193 16 13 221 White Christmas Bing Crosby

183 189 4 13 221 Nothing Less Than Brilliant Sandie Shaw

*** *** 7 13 221 Miracle Man Ozzy Osbourne

*** *** 6 13 221 Open Your Arms Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie

184 163 10 13 221 I Can Hear Your Heartbeat Chris Rea

*** 154 6 13 221 Life (Is What You Make It) Frighty & Colonel Mite

*** *** 11 13 221 Copperhead Road Steve Earle

185 NE 1 12 204 Words With The Shaman (EP) David Sylvian, Jon Hassell • Steve Jansen, Holger Czukay

186 NE 1 12 204 Madam Butterfly (Un Bel Di Vedremo) Malcolm McLaren

187 NE 1 12 204 (I Just) Died In Your Arms Cutting Crew

188 RE 17 12 204 Running All Over The World Status Quo

189 RE 6 12 204 Know How Young M.C.

*** *** 5 12 204 Monkey Say, Monkey Do West Bam

*** *** 10 12 204 (The World Don't Need) Another Lover Giant Steps

190 155 2 12 204 Jingle Bells Judge Dread

*** 128 5 12 204 Suboceana (Boom Boom Chi Boom Boom) Tom Tom Club

191 RE 11 11 187 Henry The Wasp The Highliners

192 RE 7 11 187 So Many Ways The Brat Pack

193 RE 3 11 187 Queen's First E.P. Queen

194 RE 14 11 187 Revolution Baby Transvision Vamp

195 RE 2 11 187 Dreaming #11 Joe Satriani

196 RE 17 11 187 Easy Commodores

197 NE 1 11 187 Sweet Sanity Hurrah!

198 RE 13 11 187 All Of Me Sabrina

199 RE 7 11 187 Open Your Heart Europe

200 RE 2 11 187 She Loves You The Beatles

 

 

 

31 December 1988 (chart published 26 December 1988)

 

Twk	Lwk	Wks	Panel	Market	Title	Artist

1 1 5 12879 218,943 Mistletoe & Wine Cliff Richard

2 2 4 11015 187,255 Especially For You Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan

3 3 4 5034 85,578 Crackers International (EP) Erasure

4 4 9 4096 69,632 Suddenly Angry Anderson

5 7 5 3137 53,329 Burning Bridges (On And Off And On Again) Status Quo

6 5 4 2697 45,849 Good Life Inner City

7 13 4 2098 35,666 Buffalo Stance Neneh Cherry

8 6 5 2001 34,017 Cat Among The Pigeons / Silent Night Bros

9 15 5 1898 32,266 Loco In Acapulco The Four Tops

10 8 6 1681 28,577 Two Hearts Phil Collins

11 10 8 1554 26,418 Downtown '88 Petula Clark

12 9 3 1475 25,075 Angel Of Harlem U2

13 14 6 1415 24,055 Smooth Criminal Michael Jackson

14 19 5 1366 23,222 Four Letter Word Kim Wilde

15 27 5 1312 22,304 Keeping The Dream Alive Freiheit

16 12 6 1251 21,267 Take Me To Your Heart Rick Astley

17 11 4 1069 18,173 Fine Time New Order

18 20 5 1042 17,714 You Are The One (Remix) a-ha

19 21 7 1024 17,408 9am (The Comfort Zone) Londonbeat

20 36 2 936 15,912 Evening Falls Enya

21 39 3 891 15,147 John Kettley (Is A Weatherman) A Tribe Of Toffs

22 18 12 882 14,994 First Time Robin Beck

23 28 4 881 14,977 True Love Shakin' Stevens

24 16 7 860 14,620 Nathan Jones Bananarama

25 25 8 809 13,753 Need You Tonight INXS

26 17 6 809 13,753 Say A Little Prayer Bomb The Bass featuring Maureen

27 24 8 735 12,495 Radio Romance Tiffany

28 32 9 635 10,795 Put A Little Love In Your Heart Annie Lennox & Al Green

29 23 4 611 10,387 Born To Be My Baby Bon Jovi

30 22 10 606 10,302 Missing You Chris de Burgh

31 33 10 599 10,183 Handle With Care Traveling Wilburys

32 38 3 598 10,166 Rhythm Is Gonna Get You Gloria Estefan And Miami Sound Machine

33 26 6 594 10,098 Left To My Own Devices Pet Shop Boys

34 40 8 565 9,605 I Live For Your Love Natalie Cole

35 30 4 497 8,449 The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) / Thank You For A Good Year Alexander O'Neal

36 29 9 482 8,194 Jack To The Sound Of The Underground Hithouse

37 34 7 458 7,786 Kokomo The Beach Boys

38 31 6 444 7,548 Stakker Humanoid Humanoid

39 47 7 401 6,817 Waiting For A Star To Fall Boy Meets Girl

40 35 9 400 6,800 Minnie The Moocher The Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra

41 45 3 388 6,596 Baby Don't Forget My Number Milli Vanilli

42 37 5 371 6,307 Kissing A Fool George Michael

43 51 5 343 5,831 It's Party Time Again George Van Dusen

44 44 10 342 5,814 Stand Up For Your Love Rights Yazz

45 41 12 339 5,763 Real Gone Kid Deacon Blue

46 49 3 321 5,457 Thinkin' About Your Body Bobby McFerrin

47 42 8 317 5,389 Twist And Shout Salt N Pepa

48 48 11 283 4,811 Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi Kylie Minogue

49 46 4 272 4,624 Imagine / Jealous Guy / Happy Xmas (War Is Over) John Lennon

50 43 3 262 4,454 Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah The Pogues

51 58 4 257 4,369 My Prerogative Bobby Brown

52 55 2 224 3,808 Mary's Boy Child (Remix) Boney M

53 61 4 223 3,791 Driving Home For Christmas - The Christmas EP Chris Rea

54 59 15 223 3,791 Everlasting Love Sandra

55 54 2 223 3,791 Soulmate Wee Papa Girl Rappers

56 50 4 211 3,587 Don't Believe The Hype Mista E featuring The Awakening

57 52 5 210 3,570 How Can I Fall? Breathe

58 57 2 207 3,519 Love Like A River Climie Fisher

59 70 12 197 3,349 Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) Enya

60 67 5 176 2,992 The Air That I Breathe The Hollies

61 53 5 171 2,907 Road To Our Dream T'Pau

62 56 6 165 2,805 Enchanted Lady The Pasadenas

63 64 4 157 2,669 Love Never Dies… Belinda Carlisle

64 72 7 155 2,635 The Clairvoyant Iron Maiden

65 66 4 155 2,635 Requiem London Boys

66 68 4 148 2,516 As Long As You Follow Fleetwood Mac

67 65 5 148 2,516 True Love Ways Buddy Holly

68 60 9 147 2,499 He Ain't No Competition Brother Beyond

69 76 8 131 2,227 Break 4 Love Raze

70 63 3 130 2,210 Tied Up Yello

71 62 12 120 2,040 We Call It Acieed D. Mob (featuring Gary Haisman)

72 *** 11 118 2,006 1-2-3 Gloria Estefan And Miami Sound Machine

73 71 12 118 2,006 She Makes My Day Robert Palmer

74 NE 1 116 1,972 Celebration (S.A.W. Remix) Kool And The Gang

75 80 4 112 1,904 Johnny Come Lately Steve Earle

76 NE 1 111 1,887 Tender Hands (Remix) Chris de Burgh

*** *** 10 97 1,649 Let's Stick Together ('88 Remix) Bryan Ferry

*** *** 9 95 1,615 Till I Loved You Barbra Streisand And Don Johnson

77 78 2 95 1,615 Open Our Eyes Marshall Jefferson Presents Truth

*** 77 5 93 1,581 A Day In The Life / Warlock Black Riot

*** 79 17 92 1,564 Kiss Me Deadly Lita Ford

78 75 2 92 1,564 Chikki Chikki Ahh Ahh Baby Ford

*** 73 11 92 1,564 Breathe Life Into Me Mica Paris

79 *** 7 91 1,547 Sister Moon Transvision Vamp

*** *** 9 91 1,547 In Your Room The Bangles

*** *** 5 91 1,547 Denis ('88 Remix) Blondie

80 100 4 89 1,513 Walk On… Smith & Mighty featuring Jackie Jackson

*** *** 10 88 1,496 Kiss The Art Of Noise featuring Tom Jones

81 81 15 87 1,479 One Moment In Time Whitney Houston

*** 69 20 85 1,445 Girl You Know It's True Milli Vanilli

82 *** 14 84 1,428 A Little Respect Erasure

83 *** 25 84 1,428 Can You Party Royal House

84 85 5 83 1,411 Unforgettable Nat King Cole

85 *** 6 83 1,411 Freaks (Live) Marillion

*** 74 7 81 1,377 Love House Samantha Fox

86 *** 9 79 1,343 Sultans Of Swing Dire Straits

87 102 18 75 1,275 Groovy Kind Of Love Phil Collins

88 90 8 72 1,224 There She Goes The La's

89 NE 1 71 1,207 This Is Acid (A New Dance Craze) Maurice

90 101 5 66 1,122 Waiting In Vain Total Contrast

*** *** 9 66 1,122 Don't Scandalise Mine Sugar Bear

91 88 4 66 1,122 Xmas Party (Medley) Star Turn On 45 Pints

92 *** 14 65 1,105 Desire U2

*** *** 5 65 1,105 Come Out To Play UB40

93 98 3 63 1,071 The Runner Jan Hammer

*** *** 11 62 1,054 Twist In My Sobriety Tanita Tikaram

*** *** 18 61 1,037 He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother The Hollies

94 87 2 59 1,003 What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted Ruby Turner featuring Jimmy Ruffin

*** 82 4 59 1,003 Radio Radio Spear Of Destiny

95 *** 12 58 986 Harvest For The World The Christians

*** *** 8 56 952 Life's Just A Ballgame Womack & Womack

96 *** 10 55 935 Welcome To The Jungle / Nightrain Guns N' Roses

97 84 2 55 935 Change (Makes You Want To Hustle) Blow

98 83 5 55 935 Neighbours Dame Edna Everage

99 *** 16 54 918 I Quit Bros

100 103 5 54 918 Stop That Girl 2 Brave

101 97 3 54 918 Songs For Christmas '88 (EP) Mini★Pops

102 96 4 54 918 The Garden Of Eden The Garden Of Eden

103 95 22 54 918 Teardrops (Remix) Womack & Womack

*** *** 8 53 901 Sunshine On Leith The Proclaimers

104 99 14 52 884 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree Mel & Kim (Performed by Kim Wilde & Mel Smith)

*** *** 9 51 867 I Wish U Heaven Prince

105 116 23 50 850 The Loco-Motion Kylie Minogue

106 *** 7 50 850 Love Is On Our Side Again Julio Iglesias

*** 86 4 50 850 Ain't No Sunshine (Eclipse Mix) Bill Withers

*** *** 6 49 833 The Spell! The Funky Worm

*** *** 5 48 816 S.S. Paparazzi Stock Aitken Waterman

*** *** 7 48 816 Dear God Midge Ure

107 *** 11 47 799 Ordinary Angel Hue And Cry

108 105 39 47 799 I Should Be So Lucky Kylie Minogue

*** *** 9 47 799 The Way You Love Me Karyn White

109 *** 6 44 748 Everything I Miss At Home Cherrelle

*** *** 8 44 748 What Kind Of Fool All About Eve

110 *** 15 42 714 Don't Worry Be Happy Bobby McFerrin

111 92 2 42 714 Jack Of Spades Boogie Down Productions

*** *** 4 42 714 My DJ (Pump It Up Some) Richie Rich

112 125 24 41 697 The Only Way Is Up Yazz And The Plastic Population

113 108 15 41 697 Bad Medicine Bon Jovi

114 *** 4 40 680 Will You Love Me Tomorrow The Shirelles

*** *** 10 40 680 Downtown One 2 Many

*** 94 5 40 680 A Word In Spanish Elton John

115 *** 7 39 663 Life (Is What You Make It) Frighty & Colonel Mite

*** *** 6 38 646 It's A Trip (Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out) Children Of The Night

116 120 19 37 629 The Race Yello

117 114 15 37 629 Domino Dancing Pet Shop Boys

*** *** 6 37 629 California Girls David Lee Roth

118 RE 11 35 595 Intervention Lavine Hudson

119 *** 7 35 595 Cocoon Timerider

120 109 3 35 595 Teenage Love Slick Rick

121 139 15 34 578 The Time Warp 2 Damian

122 *** 8 34 578 Useless (I Don't Need You Now) Kym Mazelle

123 93 2 34 578 Man In The Moon Voice Of The Beehive

124 91 3 34 578 Float On Stetsasonic (featuring Force M.D.'s)

*** *** 14 33 561 Wee Rule Wee Papa Girl Rappers

125 NE 1 32 544 The Power Of Love Leroy Gibbons

126 122 3 32 544 The Theme From 'The Long March' Barking Light Orchestra

*** *** 4 32 544 Hot Mix 3 Bootleggers

127 121 15 31 527 She Wants To Dance With Me Rick Astley

128 *** 18 31 527 Big Fun Inner City (featuring Kevin Saunderson)

*** *** 7 31 527 Success Sigue Sigue Sputnik

129 104 3 31 527 There's No-One Quite Like Grandma / Grandad St. Winifred's School Choir / Clive Dunn

130 *** 6 30 510 Baby Can I Hold You Tracy Chapman

131 *** 15 30 510 Jibaro Electra

132 *** 13 30 510 Weekend The Todd Terry Project

133 *** 11 30 510 The Party Kraze

134 *** 15 30 510 Burn It Up The Beatmasters With P.P. Arnold

*** *** 14 30 510 Never Trust A Stranger Kim Wilde

135 NE 1 29 493 Is It Meant To Feel This Way Maxeen

136 135 2 29 493 Dream 17 Annette

137 *** 6 29 493 Bohemian Rhapsody Queen

138 132 10 29 493 Nobody's Perfect Mike & The Mechanics

*** *** 5 29 493 The Last Beat Of My Heart Siouxsie And The Banshees

139 RE 3 28 476 Sugar Love Vivian Jones

*** *** 5 28 476 Swing Street E.P. Barry Manilow

140 112 2 28 476 Shellshock Onslaught

*** 106 4 28 476 Bible Belt Zeke Manyika

141 *** 32 27 459 Kiss Prince And The Revolution

142 *** 8 27 459 There She Goes Again Quireboys

*** 111 4 27 459 Hooked On House Louis Clark Conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

*** 110 3 27 459 Tama Mory Kante

143 RE 2 26 442 If You Think You're In Love Rick Clarke

144 *** 15 26 442 I Don't Believe In Miracles Sinitta

145 *** 5 26 442 Lady Eleanor '88 Lindisfarne

146 *** 16 26 442 Riding On A Train The Pasadenas

147 *** 14 26 442 Secret Garden T'Pau

148 *** 17 25 425 Another Part Of Me Michael Jackson

149 *** 9 25 425 Louie Louie Fat Boys

150 129 4 25 425 Let Off Kiss AMC featuring The Ruthless Rap Assassins

151 *** 4 25 425 Truth Of Self Evidence / Structure Reese & Santonio

*** *** 6 25 425 Nightingales Prefab Sprout

152 RE 2 24 408 Truly Bowled Over John Mc Clean

153 *** 7 24 408 Let Me Be Yours Five Star

154 123 15 24 408 Love, Truth & Honesty Bananarama

*** *** 5 24 408 Where Is Your Love? Gail Ann Dorsey

*** *** 6 24 408 Let There Be Drums Boss Beat

155 89 4 24 408 Who's Gonna Ease The Pressure Mac Thornhill

156 NE 1 23 391 Nature Of Love Waterfront

157 160 6 23 391 Number 6 Taboo

*** *** 9 23 391 Broken Heart (Thirteen Valleys) Big Country

158 130 3 23 391 The Peel Sessions (EP) Jimi Hendrix Experience

*** *** 6 23 391 Love Hangover (Remix) Diana Ross

*** *** 18 23 391 Acid Man Jolly Roger

*** 117 3 23 391 Under Pressure Queen & David Bowie

*** *** 9 23 391 Dial My Heart The Boys

*** *** 5 23 391 World To Me Huey Lewis & The News

*** 107 6 23 391 11:55 (Bee Boys Dub) Hardhouse

159 RE 2 22 374 Acid Tippa Irie & Daddy Rusty

160 NE 1 22 374 Frontiers Of Style Gary Glitter

161 NE 1 22 374 Move Your Sexy Body Aministrators

162 182 17 22 374 White Christmas Bing Crosby

163 159 51 22 374 The Circus (Remix) Erasure

164 *** 8 22 374 The Microphone Fiend Eric B. & Rakim

165 *** 19 22 374 Megablast / Don't Make Me Wait Bomb The Bass

166 134 17 22 374 Nothing Can Divide Us Jason Donovan

*** *** 9 22 374 Dance Out Of My Head Pia

167 124 11 22 374 The Peel Sessions (EP) The Smiths

*** *** 12 22 374 I'll House You Richie Rich Meets Jungle Brothers

168 *** 8 21 357 Miracle Man Ozzy Osbourne

169 145 11 21 357 Nothin' At All (Remix) Heart

170 *** 10 21 357 Take A Look Level 42

171 143 3 21 357 From Me To You The Beatles

172 *** 6 21 357 Big New Prinz / Jerusalem The Fall

*** *** 5 21 357 America Gary Numan

173 RE 14 20 340 Feel Free Soul II Soul featuring Do'Reen

174 *** 6 20 340 Suboceana (Boom Boom Chi Boom Boom) Tom Tom Club

175 *** 6 20 340 You're A Big Girl Now Black

176 163 8 20 340 Revolutions Jean Michel Jarre

177 *** 9 20 340 Boom! There She Was Scritti Politti featuring Roger

*** 118 3 20 340 Radio Ga Ga Queen

178 113 2 20 340 Solsbury Hill Peter Gabriel

179 RE 2 19 323 The Promise When In Rome

180 RE 2 19 323 Oceanic Explorers Part 1 Ex-Post-Facto

181 RE 16 19 323 Shake Your Thang (It's Your Thing) Salt-N-Pepa featuring EU

182 181 26 19 323 Chains Of Love (Remix) Erasure

183 175 18 19 323 Merry Xmas Everybody Slade

184 *** 5 19 323 Defenders Of The Flag Bruce Hornsby And The Range

185 *** 9 19 323 Bitter Sweet Marc Almond

*** *** 10 19 323 Sharp As A Knife Brandon Cooke featuring Roxanne Shante

186 127 34 19 323 Blue Monday 1988 New Order

187 119 2 19 323 Spot The Pigeon (EP) Genesis

188 NE 1 18 306 Pleasure And Pain Rupie Edwards

189 RE 13 18 306 Make Me Laugh Anthrax

190 168 15 18 306 So In Love With You Spear Of Destiny

191 165 153 18 306 Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds

192 *** 11 18 306 Oh What A Night (December, 1963) Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

193 166 14 18 306 It's Yer Money I'm After Baby The Wonder Stuff

194 *** 8 18 306 You're My One And Only Jennifer Rush

*** *** 5 18 306 Turn My Back On You (Re-Mix) Sade

*** 115 3 18 306 A Kind Of Magic Queen

195 NE 1 17 289 Spanish Eyes Paul Jackson

196 RE 17 17 289 Everyday Is Like Sunday Morrissey

197 RE 11 17 289 Harvester Of Sorrow Metallica

198 RE 5 17 289 Love Is Dead The Godfathers

199 RE 3 17 289 Place In The Sun Winjama

200 RE 4 17 289 Daydreamin’ (Remix) Johnny Mathis

'Mistletoe & Wine; easily claimed the number 1 spot for Christmas 1988 (on whichever chart is chosen as the Christmas chart) but 'Especially For You' sold very well to end up at #2.

 

Sales of both records in December 1988 were:

 

Mistletoe & Wine

 

03/12/88: 31,688

10/12/88: 128,418

17/12/88: 160,973

24/12/88: 174,418

31/12/88: 218,943

 

07/01/89: 24,667 (#4)

 

Especially For You

 

10/12/88: 62,560

17/12/88: 130,050

24/12/88: 109,174

31/12/88: 187,255

 

07/01/89: 66,827 (#1)

Possibly old stock but also most likely new stock was pressed up to meet demand. Labels deleting records once a single had left the charts wasn't as common in the early 80s as it would become later in the decade.

 

The records that re-entered just started up from where they left off the previous January lol and Wham and Band AIDS sales just jumped back to the level they were at at the end of last Xmas. Even the lower charting songs re entered like Frank Kelly and Wizzard Mud Slade and Greg Lake continuing to enter again (I’m looking at 1985s chart)!

The records that re-entered just started up from where they left off the previous January lol and Wham and Band AIDS sales just jumped back to the level they were at at the end of last Xmas. Even the lower charting songs re entered like Frank Kelly and Wizzard Mud Slade and Greg Lake continuing to enter again (I’m looking at 1985s chart)!

The Wham! and Band Aid singles were both re-released and repromoted in December 1985 which accounts for why they both went top 10 once again. I think both the Mud and Greg Lake singles were reissued and repromoted too, possibly off the back of a few older Christmas singles having re-entered the charts in the 1981 to 1984 period.

In 1988 Christmas Day fell on a sunday. These days that would still mean a new chart being published. At one time it would have meant no chart being compiled. However, by 1988 the technology was in place to compile a new chart but not the staffing to compile it on Christmas Day. As a result, Bruno Brookes counted down the new Gallup chart on Boxing Day, Monday 26 December 1988. This meant that technically the previous week's chart was the Christmas chart. Fortunately the number 1 was the same, which avoids confusion about which record got the Christmas number 1. I'm going to post both charts as both could lay the title to the Christmas chart for 1988.

 

I'm sure I've read somewhere that Gallup, Radio 1 and the music industry all treated the chart announced on Boxing Day as being the official Christmas chart, despite it not being out on Christmas Day itself.