Posted May 13, 200619 yr UK Top 100 Singles weekending 20th August 1983 1 (1) Give It Up – KC & The Sunshine Band 2 (12) Gold – Spandau Ballet 3 (8) Long Hot Summer (A Paris EP) – Style Council 4 (5) Club Tropicana – Wham! 5 (9) I’m Still Standing – Elton John 6 (10) Everything Counts – Depeche Mode 7 (4) Double Dutch – Malcolm McLaren 8 (15) Rockit – Herbie Hancock 9 (2) Wherever I Lay My Hat (That’s My Home) – Paul Young 10 (3) IOU - Freeez 11 (6) The Crown – Gary Byrd & The GB Experience 12 (11) Big Log – Robert Plant 13 (7) Who’s That Girl – Eurythmics 14 (17) Right Now – The Creatures 15 (21) The First Picture Of You – Lotus Eaters 16 (13) Cruel Summer - Bananarama 17 (34) Watching You, Watching Me – David Grant 18 (16) Moonlight Shadow – Mike Oldfield 19 (New) Wings Of A Dove - Madness 20 (26) Wait Until Tonight (My Love) – Galaxy ft Phil Fearon 21 (33) The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up) – Level 42 22 (14) It’s Late – Shakin’ Stevens 23 (24) Love Blonde – Kim Wilde 24 (28) Give It Some Emotion - Tracie 25 (23) Freak – Bruce Foxton 26 (18) Wrapped Around Your Finger – The Police 27 (19) Come Live With Me – Heaven 17 28 (31) Tour De France - Kraftwerk 29 (43) Come Dancing – The Kinks 30 (39) Walking In The Rain – Modern Romance 31 (37) Guilty Of Love - Whitesnake 32 (20) Don’t Try To Stop It – Roman Holliday 33 (47) Disappearing Act - Shalamar 34 (25) Flash Dance (What A Feeling) – Irene Cara 35 (42) Bad Day - Carmel 36 (New) Red Red Wine – UB40 37 (49) Don’t Cry - Asia 38 (22) Do It Again/Billie Jean – Club House 39 (29) It’s Over – Funk Master 40 (27) Baby Jane – Rod Stewart 41 (44) Mean Streak – Y&T 42 (30) The Walk – The Cure 43 (51) Popcorn Love – New Edition 44 (61) Wrap Your Arms Around Me – Agnetha Faltskog 45 (68) Just Outside Of Heaven H2O 46 (32) Feel Like Making Love – George Benson 47 (New) Blue World – The Moody Blues 48 (36) Everyday I Write The Book – Elvis Costello & The Attractions 49 (52) Busy Doing Nothing – Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin 50 (35) Never Stop – Echo & The Bunnymen 51 (45) Put Our Heads Together – O’ Jays 52 (68) Indian Summer – Belle Stars 53 (New) Like An Animal - Glove 54 (64) Prime Time – Haircut 100 55 (50) (She’s) Sexy & Seventeen – Stray Cats 56 (40) Forbidden Colours – Sylvian/Sakamoto 57 (74) Blue Monday – New Order 58 (60) Ballerina (Prima Donna) – Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel 59 (41) Watching – Thompson Twins 60 (62) Nature Boy (Uptown) – Animal Nightlife 61 (67) Changing For You – Chi-Lites 62 (New) You Can’t Stop Rock ‘n’ Roll – Twisted Sister 63 (38) War Baby – Tom Robinson 64 (77) Maniac – Michael Sambello 65 (56) Him – Sarah Brightman 66 (48) Paradise – The Stranglers 67 (66) Johnny Friendly - JoBoxers 68 (86) Tonight I Celebrate My Love – Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack 69 (85) Half The Day’s Gone – Kenny Lynch 70 (65) Boogie Nights – La Fleur 71 (57) Blue Skies – The Jets 72 (46) All Night Long – Mary Jane Girls 73 (New) Holy Diver - Dio 74 (78) Money Go Round – Style Council 75 (53) The Sun Goes Down – Thin Lizzy 76 (76) Stay On Top – Uriah Heap 77 (95) Fool For You – Julie Roberts 78 (New) Tahiti – David Essex 79 (63) Crazy – The Manhattans 80 (89) Jealous Lover – Light Of The World 81 (New) Dr Jam (In The Slam) – Men At Play 82 (New) Star Sisters – Star Sisters 83 (84) Out In The Night – Serge Ponsar 84 (92) You’re The One (You’re My Number One) – Katie Kissoon 85 (New) Riders On The Storm – Annabel Lamb 86 (83) We’re Gonna Groove Tonight – The Biz 87 (88) IMPI – Juluka 88 (New) When The 12th Of Never Comes – Silent Running 89 (81) Lovely Day – Central Line 90 (New) It’s Raining Men – The Weather Girls 91 (87) Lined Up – Shriekback 92 (94) Party Time – Kurtis Blow 93 (New) Cold Blooded – Rick James 94 (91) True – Spandau Ballet 95 (New) Don’t You Get So Mad – Jeffrey Osbourne 96 (93) The Face Of Dorian Gray – Robert Marlow 97 (82) The Man With The Four Way Hips – Tom Tom Club 98 (New) Let’s Start The Dance – Hamilton Bohannon 99 (New) Try Your Lovin’ - Cashmere 100 (New) Night and Day – Everything But The Girl
May 13, 200619 yr UK Top 100 Albums weekending 20th August 1983 1 (2) 18 Greatest Hits – Michael Jackson & The Jackson Five 2 (1) The Very Best Of – The Beach Boys 3 (4) Fantastic – Wham! 4 (6) Thriller – Michael Jackson 5 (New) Alpha - Asia 6 (5) No Parlez – Paul Young 7 (9) The Principle Of Moments – Robert Plant 8 (3) Punch The Clock – Elvis Costello & The Attractions 9 (17) True – Spandau Ballet 10 (8) You & Me Both - Yazoo 11 (14) Too Low For Zero – Elton John 12 (10) Synchronicity – The Police 13 (7) The Crossing – Big Country 14 (12) The Luxury Gap – Heaven 17 15 (13) The Look - Shalamar 16 (28) Street Sounds Edition 5 – Various Artists 17 (19) Let’s Dance – David Bowie 18 (11) Hits On Fire – Various Artists 19 (21) Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Eurythmics 20 (18) Crises – Mike Oldfield 21 (20) Flashdance – Original Soundtrack 22 (15) Julio – Julio Iglesias 23 (16) In Your Eyes – George Benson 24 (22) Body Wishes – Rod Stewart 25 (29) War – U2 26 (24) Rio – Duran Duran 27 (27) Piece Of Mind – Iron Maiden 28 (New) Torment & Toleros – Marc & The Mambas 29 (25) Quick Step & Side Kick – Thompson Twins 30 (23) Duck Rock – Malcolm McLaren 31 (26) Burning From The Inside - Bauhaus 32 (30) Twice As Kool – Kool & The Gang 33 (New) Golden Years – David Bowie 34 (33) Secret Messages – Electric Light Orchestra 35 (32) The Hurting – Tears For Fears 36 (New) The Kids From Fame Sing To You – Kids From Fame 37 (42) Lawyers In Love – Jackson Browne 38 (39) Private Collection – Jon & Vangelis 39 (38) Bat Out Of Hell - Meatloaf 40 (31) The Crackdown – Cabaret Voltaire 41 (67) Upstairs At Eric’s - Yazoo 42 (46) Toto IV – Toto 43 (34) Lovers Only – Various Artists 44 (52) Duran Duran – Duran Duran 45 (36) The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust – David Bowie 46 (58) Penthouse & Pavement – Heaven 17 47 (41) Love Over Gold – Dire Straits 48 (37) Cargo – Men At Work 49 (55) Night Dubbing - Imagination 50 (43) Greatest Hits – Rod Stewart 51 (40) Oil On Canvas - Japan 52 (86) Wrap Your Arms Around Me – Agnetha Faltskog 53 (44) Hunky Dory – David Bowie 54 (45) White Feathers - Kajagoogoo 55 (65) Richard Clayderman – Richard Clayderman 56 (57) Songs – Kids From Fame 57 (56) Off The Wall – Michael Jackson 58 (35) Faster Than The Speed Of Light – Bonnie Tyler 59 (48) Greatest Hits - Queen 60 (49) Dressed For The Occasion – Cliff Richard & The LPO 61 (89) Friends - Shalamar 62 (54) Live – Kids From Fame 63 (78) Reflections – Various Artists 64 (69) Complete Madness - Madness 65 (71) Workout – Jane Fonda 66 (66) Business As Usual – Men At Work 67 (New) Makin’ Movies – Dire Straits 68 (81) Love Songs – Barbra Streisand 69 (77) What Is Beat? (The Best Of) – The Beat 70 (73) Laughter & Tears Collection – Various Artists 71 (70) Aladdin Sane – David Bowie 72 (62) Power, Corruption & Lies – New Order 73 (47) Tubular Bells – Mike Oldfield 74 (84) Feast – The Creatures 75 (New) Heroes – David Bowie 76 (53) Porcupine – Echo & The Bunnymen 77 (63) The Final Cut – Pink Floyd 78 (59) Confrontation – Bob Marley & The Wailers 79 (51) Jarreau – Al Jarreau 80 (84) The Dionne Warwick Collection – Dionne Warwick 81 (90) Hello, I Must Be Going! – Phil Collins 82 (68) Diamond Dogs – David Bowie 83 (New) I Was The One – Elvis Presley 84 (New) Cool Heat – Various Artists 85 (100) Avalon – Roxy Music 86 (94) October – U2 87 (New) The John Lennon Collection – John Lennon 88 (99) The Kids From Fame – Kids From Fame 89 (88) Holy Diver – Dio 90 (75) In The Groove (The 12†Disco Party) – Various Artists 91 (New) Street Sounds Edition 4 – Various Artists 92 (New) Love and Dancing – League Unlimited Orchestra 93 (79) Bite – Altered Images 94 (New) Midnight At The Lost and Found - Meatloaf 95 (83) Hand Cut – Bucks Fizz 96 (76) Rumours – Fleetwood Mac 97 (61) Deep Sea Skiving - Bananarama 98 (50) Scatterlings - Juluka 99 (New) Boy – U2 100 (95) Lionel Richie – Lionel Richie
May 13, 200619 yr Chart File By Alan Jones Gary Byrd’s ‘The Crown’ made a dramatic start to its chart life but has, for the last three weeks, been anchored to the number six position and now seems unlikely to make further progress upwards. It has, though, become the highest placed chart single for over 20 years to be completely unavailable in seven inch format. Until 1956, all singles were on ten-inch 78rpm discs, but by 1961 they had been completely replaced by the more compact seven inch 45 rpm disc. For the next 15 years singles were available only in the seven inch format, but the advent of the extended disco mix in 1976 precipitated a trickle of 12 inch singles, though nearly all were initially also available on abbreviated seven inchers. Every year since 1976 has seen the 12 inch single gaining on its little brother, and the large format now accounts for approximately 20 per cent of the overall singles market in the UK. Even so, few records are made available only in 12 inch format, and fewer still make the charts. Of the handful that have, the most successful is Abba’s ‘Lay All Your Love On Me’ which hit number seven in 1981. ‘The Crown’ is available on both 12 inch and cassette, so cannot rightfully claim to be the highest placed 12 inch only single, though the vast majority of its sales are in that format. In sales terms, ‘Lay All Your Love On Me’, is easily the top 12 incher with New Order’s ‘Blue Monday’ in second place. Third is the Sugarhill Gang’s ‘Rapper’s Delight’. Then comes Evelyn “Champagne†King and ‘Shame’ – the first 12 inch single to sell 100,000 copies in Britain – followed by ‘The Crown’… With ‘Bad Girls’ and ‘She Works Hard For The Money’ amongst her 25 hits, Donna Summer becomes the only artist to score twice with a song about prostitution, despite he assertion that ‘She Works Hard…’ was about an exhausted waitress. It didn’t do too well here, but in America is set fair to provide Donna with her fourth number one, following ‘MacArthur Park’, ‘Hot Stuff’ and the aforementioned ‘Bad Girls’. The success of ‘She Works Hard…’ must be causing mixed feelings for David Geffen who signed Donna to his Geffen label in 1980. After scrapping one proposed album as sub-standard, Geffen accepted the 1982 LP ‘Donna Summer’ which was quite successful here in Britain, but peaked at a lowly number 20 in America and failed to fulfil its sales potential on a worldwide basis. To halt the slump, Geffen paired Donna with producer Michael Omartian but when Polygram belatedly announced that Donna still owed them one album and was in breach of contract, Geffen reluctantly decided to let Polygram have the fruits of Donna and Michael’s labours. That’s how the ‘She Works Hard For The Money’ single and album came to be on Polygram’s Mercury subsidiary. In America, both are selling like hot cakes. Meanwhile, Donna is recording new material with a view to resuming her career as a Geffen artist next year… French Businessman Henri Gerard established a new world record recently by paying 69,000 fracs (£5,832,63) for an album by Jean-Michel Jarre. The LP – ‘Music For Supermarkets’ – was sold by auction at Paris’s Hotel Drouot after Jarre had decreed that the album’s entire world pressing be limited to a single copy. Jarre explained his decision thus: “I have been thinking about doing this for some time. The idea is to produce a single copy for a single buyer, just like a painting. At a time when everything is standardised and duplicated it seemed worthwhile demonstrating that a record is more than just a piece of merchandise.†Worthy though Jarre’s aims may be, it’s ironic that, due to the LP being broadcast on radio stations across France, it’s probably the most (illegally) duplicated record in the history of the French record industry, this being the only way the average fan could obtain a permanent reminder of the music… Michael Sambello’s rise to prominence in America has been meteoric. Three months ago most Americans hadn’t heard of him – now he has a top five single with ‘Maniac’. He also co-authored Jeffrey Osbourne’s latest hit ‘Don’t You Get So Mad’ and appears as guitarist on Sergio Mendes’s ‘Rainbow’s End’ which also features his brother Dan as guest vocalist… US radio syndicators Watermark celebrated American Independence Day with a special programme which tabulated the most successful acts in the US singles chart in the first third of the Eighties (January 1980-April 1983) based on Billboard’s weekly listing. The leading acts were: 10 Juice Newton 9 Rick Springfield 8 Journey 7 Christopher Cross 6 Michael Jackson 5 Olivia Newton-John 4 Kenny Rogers 3 Air Supply 2 Diana Ross 1 Daryl Hall & John Oates
May 14, 200619 yr Look at all those climbers. :o Ah the good old days when a record was released first and then played on the radio, as it got more popular more and more people bought it so it climbed the charts. Unlike today when its played to death for 2 months then enters at its peak position,although very recently I notice their has been a slight shift to the odd climber. :)
May 16, 200619 yr I thought Blue Monday was the biggest selling 12" ever. I thought that was common knowledge...it sold over a million...but then I don't know if it came out on other formats or not. Interesting to see it milling around the top 75 there.
May 16, 200619 yr I thought Blue Monday was the biggest selling 12" ever. I thought that was common knowledge...it sold over a million...but then I don't know if it came out on other formats or not. Interesting to see it milling around the top 75 there. I think eventually it did become the best-selling 12" ever, but not at the time of that chart.
May 21, 200619 yr Cor, You just cant beat 80's music, their all classics on that list, Spanduet Balet and Wham! in the same chart!!
May 21, 200619 yr I think eventually it did become the best-selling 12" ever, but not at the time of that chart. well seeing as it has been re-issued 52billion times Track listing http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/07/NewOrderBlueMonday.jpg Blue Monday 1983 "Blue Monday" (7:29) b-side "The Beach" (7:19) Released March 1983 Format 12" Recorded ??? Genre Techno Length 7:29 Label Factory Producer(s) New Order http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fa/NOBM88.jpg Blue Monday 88 "Blue Monday 88 [12" Version]" (7:09) "Beach Buggy" (6:52) "Blue Monday 88 [7" Version]" (4:09) Released March 1988 Format 7", 10", 12", cassette, CD Recorded ??? Genre Techno Length 4:07 (7") / 7:10 (12") Label Factory Producer(s) New Order http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/40/NOBM95MONTAG.jpg Blue Monday 95 [uK CD] "Blue Monday [1983 12" Version]" (7:29) "Blue Monday [Hardfloor Mix]" (8:34) "Blue Monday [Manuela Mix]" (7:31) "Blue Monday [Andrea Mix]" (8:26) "Blue Monday [Plutone Mix]" (6:29) "Blue Monday [starwash Mix]" (5:29) "Blue Monday [Hawtin Mix]" (8:02) from the album The Rest of New Order Released July 1995 Format 12", cassette, CD Recorded ??? Genre Techno Length 8:35 Label London Producer(s) New Order
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