Oh my how much I hated Glen Medeiros and that song

one of the worst ballads to make it to the top

 

on the other hand, my fav Bruce Springsteen song Tougher than the Rest, stalled at #13

 

while the amazing Never Tear Us Apart by INXS only peaked at #24

 

these missing but Glen Medeiros going to #1 :/

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Glenn Medeiros crashing into the Top 10 at #1 is not really what these 1988 charts needed.

This was just before I started listening to the charts on a Sunday religiously (that will happen next month) so I can't recall if it was a complete surprise. Given what is No 2 however I'll take him over the Fat Boys. :lol:

on the other hand, my fav Bruce Springsteen song Tougher than the Rest, stalled at #13

 

 

while the amazing Never Tear Us Apart by INXS only peaked at #24

 

 

these missing but Glen Medeiros going to #1 :/

Both of these are great and deserved top 10 without a doubt.

Yes fair enough Fat Boys wouldn't have made for a great #1 either :lol:

'Tougher Than The Rest' is one of my favourites from Bruce, maybe the best that came after the Born In The USA album.

Eurgh Gelnn Medeiros is so sugary it gives me diabetes :-/

It was used on a dog charity advert a few years ago in the UK which made it a lot more bearable.

Edited February 1Feb 1 by TheSnake

Don’t mind Glenn but sounds very 70s for 1988 lol. Lucky boy having Kim Wilde present him with a birthday cake after that no1 performance for his 18th birthday!

there's a very cool and unusual chart fact about Glenn Medeiros

He had 2 top 20s overall in the UK and US

Nothing's gonna change my love for you US #12 UK #1

She ain't worth it US #1 UK #12

:)

I'm not that familiar with Bros, I only confidently know 'When Will I Be Famous'. Similar with New Kids On the Block, I couldn't tell you how any of their songs go.

 

Maybe I should investigate in case I'm missing out.

 

I wouldnt waste my time if I were you! Bros had a great debut, and I rather liked the last 2 or 3 minor hits after the fuss had died down, New Kids On The Block were generally dreadful bar a couple of tracks. The Bee Gees-ish Tonight and The Right Stuff is all anyone needs to hear....

I always thought Glenn's teen slush ballad was pretty rubbish till I reminded myself of the god-awful ballads of 90/91 just now to vote in the US number ones thread. This is genius in comparison. At least it has a half-decent tune and he was personable - I saw him on something not long ago, now working as a teacher in a school in Hawaii, so kudos for doing something useful with his life and not joining the nostalgia circuit to sing out his one big hit and that other one which was quite decent.

16TH JULY

 

 

Selling more copies last week than any single has since Rick Astley last summer, Glenn Medeiros makes it two weeks at the top with “Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You” and sets out an early marker for the year’s current best seller (Kylie Minogue’s “I Should Be So lucky”) that it means business. It has already sold 229,347 copies to be just outside the current YTD top 10 and should cruise into the top 5 at least next week assisted by a live TOTP vocal. This week it moved a mighty 131,002- a nice present for his 18th birthday.

 

 

The challenge of the Fat Boys & Chubby Checker is over as they slip 2-3 (35,275) and are overtaken by Salt N Pepa but their sale of 42,925 is woefully short of Medeiros who has little to fear at present. Indeed the gap between the top 2 of 88,077 is biggest since Nick Berry triumphed over Madonna by 139,740 in October 1986.

 

 

Everything but the girl have been a duo for 6 years and since releasing their first single in 1983 have created a dedicated if small fanbase which has enabled them to have only one previous top 40 single, 1984’s “Each And Every One” (No 28). Composed by Danny Whitten of Crazy Horses for their 1971 album and most famously covered by Rod Stewart in 1977 who took it to No 1, the song “I Don’t Want To Talk About It” has now been recorded by the group and this week becomes their biggest hit ever as it shoots 23-6 (22,848), it doesn’t originally feature on the band’s fourth album “Idlewild” but will be added to the re-issue.

 

 

 

The newest R N B group to emerge from the states are the Mac Band who despite being credited as “The Mac Band Featuring McCampbell Brothers” are essentially one and the same thing being four brothers from Michigan, “Roses Are Red” sprints 16-9 (18,156) this week and is another Babyface production to add to his growing reputation in the genre.

 

 

Bros hold steady at No 4 (24,395) and just manage to fend off Tracy Chapman who climbs 7-5 (24,174), she’s still No 1 on the album chart and you have to fancy that if it were not for the that she’d probably be higher with “Fast Car” even though the single lost sales in that climb. UB40 & Chrissie Hynde rebound 8-7 (19,091) but it's illusionary as they decline 27% saleswise there’s no saving Sabrina 6-9 (18,938) or Phil Collins 5-10 (17,459) who won’t be with us in 7 days time.

 

1- NOTHING’S GONNA CHANGE MY LOVE FOR YOU- Glenn Medeiros (131,002)

2- PUSH IT/ TRAMP- Salt N Pepa (42,925)

3- THE TWIST (YO TWIST)- Fat Boys & Chubby Checker (35,275)

4- I OWE YOU NOTHING- Bros (24,395)

5- FAST CAR- Tracy Chapman (24,174)

6- I DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT- Everything But The Girl (22,848)

7- BREAKFAST IN BED- UB40 & Chrissie Hynde (19,091)

8- BOYS (SUMMERTIME LOVE)- Sabrina (18,938)

9- ROSES ARE RED- The Mac Band Featuring The McCampbell Brothers (18,156)

10- IN THE AIR TONIGHT 88- Phil Collins (17,459)

 

 

love EBTG in both their folkish and their dance phases

and that cover is just beautiful! love it!

 

I remember something funny I read about Glenn Medeiros a while back

he has one song called Chord and a daughter called Lyric :D

Each And Every One should have been the big hit, that record was just gorgeous and peak of 2 in my 1984 charts. They'd been sporadically decent in between then and this cover, but I really didn't see the point following Rod Stewart's number one: it was the worst track of any of his number ones, plodding and dull, and even though they'd done a great job rehabilitating the song for me it was never a fave.

 

As US dance music starts to sound stale in 1988, a lot of that is down to Babyface productions and copycats which have none of the pizzazz and class of Jam & Lewis or Quincy Jones. Serviceable not inspirational. I do hope the dance music scene gets an overhaul there like the UK has done (S Express, MARRS) to kick off the complacency.... :teresa:

Catching up on the last few posts and wholeheartedly agree that 'Fast Car' and 'Push It' have been the saviours of these recent charts :wub:

Always forget how long EBTG had been going for, assume they didn’t get a TOTP performance in 1984 of that hit? Always found it strange seeing them on TOTP in the old 1988 studio as I always remember them in their dance faze in the more modern 90s set!

They were on TOTP in 1984, unless I'm misremembering and it was The Tube. There was no MTV then in the UK that I had access to but I knew what they looked like so it might even have been both shows and a Saturday morning spot too on video. It was the summer of laid-back jazzy vibes in the charts :)

I’d love to have seen a clip of that, love the longevity!

23RD JULY

 

 

It doesn’t record the kind of astounding sales as last week but “Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You” holds steady at No 1 for a third week moving a further 93,415 copies to bring its overall total to 322,762 making it the 5th biggest hit of the year so far. Salt N Pepa are still the main challengers but they increase sales minimally to 43,384 to pose little real threat to Medeiros’s ongoing domination.

 

 

 

Unless you’ve been avoiding the TV, radio, and the newspapers then you’ll know that Michael Jackson’s “Bad” tour is in the UK at present which assists with sales of his new single “Dirty Diana” as it powers 14-4 (28,356). It’s the 5th release from the album and incredibly all five of those releases have made the US No 1 spot, not so here where only “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” has gone all the way but he can at least celebrate his 21st top 10 single of his career and his 15th in the 80s, only Madonna with 17 top 10 hits in the decade is now ahead of him. The “Bad” album explodes 20-5 this week, it was last in the top 5 back in January and now has sold over 2 million copies in under a year- simply astonishing and makes him the first act to have two successive 2 million selling albums in UK chart history. If you're quick you can pick up a limited edition of the 7" with a six inch cut out of the man himself.

 

 

 

Already generating headlines with a string of interviews in which lead singer Wendy James gives her forthright opinions on various topics, Transvision Vamp now have the hit single to back them up with “I Want Your Love” shooting 15-5 (23,358). It’s the third release from the group whose previous single became their first hit “Tell That Girl To Shut Up” peaking at No 45 in April, expect a debut album from them in the Autumn.

 

 

 

Becoming the first female to write, produce and sing a US No 1 single, Debbie Gibson has a bright future and “Foolish Beat” returns her to the top 10 here for the first time since her No 7 hit “Shake Your Love” back in February. Parent album “Out Of The Blue” has underperformed here peaking at No 26 though it does revive 58-45 with the success of this single. It takes inspiration from George Michael's "Careless Whisper" whatever that means...

 

 

Everything But The Girl continue to expand 6-3 (29,971) and The Mac Band Featuring The McCampbell Brothers also improve 9-8 (18,360) but everything else falls. Fat Boys and Chubby Checker continue to descend 3-6 (22,661), Tracy Chapman reverses 5-7 (21,896) and UB40 & Chrissie Hynde fall 7-10 (16,898)

 

 

1- NOTHING’S GONNA CHANGE MY LOVE FOR YOU- Glenn Medeiros (93,415)

2- PUSH IT/ TRAMP- Salt N Pepa (43,384)

3- I DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT- Everything But The Girl (29,971)

4- DIRTY DIANA- Michael Jackson (28,356)

5- I WANT YOUR LOVE- Transvision Vamp (23,358)

6- THE TWIST (YO TWIST)- Fat Boys & Chubby Checker (22,661)

7- FAST CAR- Tracy Chapman (21,896)

8- ROSES ARE RED- The Mac Band & The McCampbell Brothers (18,360)

9- FOOLISH BEAT- Debbie Gibson (17,391)

10- BREAKFAST IN BED- UB40 & Chrissie Hynde (16,898)

 

Bros hold steady at No 4 (24,395) and just manage to fend off Tracy Chapman who climbs 7-5 (24,174)

'Fast Car' so close to peaking in the Top 4 :drama: justice must be served one day!

 

I do like the EBTG song in their version too.

Wendy James ❤️

 

Mad that it took Glenn to bring no1 sales up to their 80s average again, must be the summertime!