i recall being so peed off at the time that Jason had done something Kylie never had (debut at No 1). 13yr old me was very extreme haha.

What a dire top 3.

I liked a good few of Jason Donovan's singles, but Sealed With A Kiss is rubbish.

'Sweet Child O' Mine' is brilliant - glad it achieved a top 10 peak in the end after failing to crack the top 20 originally!

yes finally justice for Sweet child o'mine

I was somehow a Jason fan, guess cos of Neighbours, cos I did buy the album

but Sealed with a kiss is a bad cover, terribly done, and didn't deserve the #1 spot

I also bought Sinitta's debut album :) my fav from hers was Toy Boy

this one not so much... can't recall her having a 2nd album,

did she manage to release a 2nd album?

29 minutes ago, Bjork said:

yes finally justice for Sweet child o'mine

I was somehow a Jason fan, guess cos of Neighbours, cos I did buy the album

but Sealed with a kiss is a bad cover, terribly done, and didn't deserve the #1 spot

I also bought Sinitta's debut album :) my fav from hers was Toy Boy

this one not so much... can't recall her having a 2nd album,

did she manage to release a 2nd album?

Yes, "Wicked" was released later in 1989.

17TH JUNE

After last week’s big splash the top 2 (the first time the top 2 were both new entries since Band Aid/ Wham!) they hold their positions and both increase sales by 28%, Jason coming in at 89,692 while Cliff swells to 55,454 all of which means that Jason has increased his lead and also maintains the album top spot.  Cliff will of course be playing his "Event" concert at Wembley this Saturday which will be his biggest concert ever and he will be hoping that can revive the single yet!

The biggest new hit in the top 10 belongs to Soul II Soul Featuring Caron Wheeler, “Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)” which sprints 12-3 (47,940) to become their biggest hit to date. Their album is currently shifting in healthy amounts rising 9-4 this week and hasn’t left the top 20 since its release 9 weeks ago, the track that appears on the album is actually an a cappella one (in the main) and has thusly been much altered for the single release. Thematically it was written by Wheeler following a near death experience!

From the hitmaking pens of Steinburg and Kelly comes “I Drove All Night” a song intended for, and recorded by, Roy Orbison, but whilst his version is yet to surface we have instead the first top 10 for Cyndi Lauper in 5 years! 1986’s “True Colours” surprised many by only making No 12 here but did go all the way in the US, and is the nearest she’s come to entering the top 10 in the interim, but this does the job of promoting Lauper’s third album “A Night To Remember” which sees daylight in a fortnight.

Sinitta’s “Right Back Where We Started From” shoots 6-4 (36,057) leaving Madonna surprisingly stuck at No 5 (31,909) with Guns N Roses applying pressure 7-6 (30,481). Natalie Cole continues her descent 4-7 (26,112) as does Neneh Cherry 9-10 (21,114) but her album “Raw Like Sushi” debuts at No 2. Donna Summer goes up again 10-9 (21,267) though she loses sales and her previous single “This Time I Know It’s For Real” makes the US top 10, her first time there in 6 years.


1- SEALED WITH A KISS- Jason Donovan (89,692)
2- THE BEST OF ME- Cliff Richard  (55,454)
3- BACK TO LIFE (HOWEVER DO YOU WANT ME)- Soul II Soul Featuring Caron Wheeler (47,940)
4- RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM- Sinitta  (36,057)
5- EXPRESS YOURSELF- Madonna (31,909)
6- SWEET CHILD O MINE- Guns N Roses (30,481)
7- MISS YOU LIKE CRAZY- Natalie Cole (26,112)
8- I DROVE ALL NIGHT- Cyndi Lauper (21,267)
9- I DON’T WANNA GET HURT- Donna Summer (21,267)
10- MANCHILD- Neneh Cherry (21,114)

'Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)' is a big highlight of that top 10

I didn't realise how influential their sound was until watching this Trash Theory documentary on YouTube, would recommend:

Back to Life is very good, the only dance hit of that top 10 surprisingly (although the Madonna track is dancey) and the best of that top 10 I think. I like I Drove All Night but prefer/am more used to Roy Orbison's version.

I love Cyndi Lauper and love I Drove All Night, also the parent album is an underrated gem full of great great songs

Soul II Soul never really cared, but didn't know the lyrics were so literal!

Surprised Madonna struggling at #5, thought this had been top 3

I know it made #2 in the US, which is also surprising in an era where the big names

like Michael and Janet Jackson , Whitney and George Michel and even Paula Abdul could get 4/5 #1s in a trot from an album

Cannot stand Back To Life!

I don't mind it, but I always associate it with this advert that was on TV all the time as a kid and got really bloody annoying after a while!

I really like Back to Life, possibly even more so now as I can appreciate how different it was for a UK #1 single

Yeah the beat is like an early trip-hop beat!

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Yeh Back 2 Life is an absolute classic, sounds very modern and like the start of the 90s sounds.

Amazed that ‘True Colours’ only made 12 here an instant 80s classic, deserved no1.

Decent top ten apart from the top 2 and Sinitta!

12 minutes ago, Steve201 said:

Amazed that ‘True Colours’ only made 12 here an instant 80s classic, deserved no1.

'True Colors' you mean 😏

I’m not a yank 😜

Can we avoid spoilers on peak positions please?

Cyndi Lauper deserved much more success in the UK than she got.

Her version of I Drove All Night is great stuff.

I loved Cyndi Lauper's debit and both Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and Time after Time

but album 2 was a let down for me, never liked True Colours, way too much AOR

I don't think it's fair that everybody talks about Cyndi's version of I Drove al Night like if it were a cover

Maybe she wasn't the intended 1st choice but that happens to hundreds of songs

She was the first to release it anyway

Yes Cyndi was the first version and I didn't much like Roy's version when I heard it at first but over the years it has probably become my preferred version. The build up to the crescendo in it is sublime.