Posted November 10, 200717 yr The new singles chart, coming soon, first the singles in 88... 12th Nov 1988...the top 30... 01 01 ORINOCHO FLOW - ENYA 02 02 JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI - KYLIE 03 03 STAND UP FOR YOUR LOVE RIGHTS - YAZZ 04 06 GIRL YOU KNOW ITS TRUE - MILLI VANILLI 05 05 KISS - TOM JONES/ART OF NOISE 06 19 FIRST TIME - ROBYN BECK 07 08 SHE MAKES MY DAY - ROBERT PALMER 08 04 WE CALL IT ACIEED - D MOB 09 13 REAL GONE KID - DEACON BLUE 10 11 CAN YOU PARTY - ROYAL HOUSE 11 21 1 2 3 - GLORA ESTEFAN 12 10 ONE MOMENT IN TIME - WHITNEY HOUSTON 13 09 A LITTLE RESPECT - ERASURE 14 07 HARVEST FOR THE WORLD - CHRISTIANS 15 39 HE AINT NO COMPETITION - BROTHER BEYOND 16 12 DON`T WORRY BE HAPPY - BOBBY MCFERRIN 17 32 LETS STICK TOGETHER 88 - BRYAN FERRY 18 NE MISSING YOU - CHRIS DE BURGH 19 15 WEE RULE - WEE PAPA GIRL RAPPERS 20 20 TWIST IN MY SOBRIETY - TANITA TIKARAM 21 25 WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE/NIGHT TRAIN - GUNS N` ROSES 22 17 TEARDROPS - WOMACK AND WOMACK 23 14 BURN IT UP - BEATMASTERS/P.P. ARNOLD 24 29 I WISH U HEAVEN - PRINCE 25 NE NEED YOU TONIGHT - INXS 26 18 NEVER TRUST A STRANGER - KIM WILDE 27 23 ACID MAN - JOLLY ROGER 28 24 THE PARTY - KRAZE 29 16 I`LL HOUSE YOU - RICHIE RICH MEETS THE JUNGLE BROTHERS 30 28 A GROOVY KIND OF LOVE - PHIL COLLINS Acid House all over the chart in 88, 5 singles in the 30, and a further 2 in the top 50, CAN YOU PARTY, sounding like PUMP UP THE JAM, and THE PARTY by KRAZE sounding like the pair put together...with cries of AC-IEED and a riff on the JOLLY ROGER hit of ACID MAN ACID MAN ACID MAN repeated over and over again!! But it didn`t stop D MOB from getting to the top with WE CALL IT ACIEED!! WHITNEY did the 88 Olymic theme down to 12, BRYAN FERRY`s re-mixed version of LETS STICK TOGETHER sounded exactly the same as the 76 version, and ENYA slipped out of CLANNAD for a solo number one. I remember that KIM WILDE`s NEVER TRUST A STRANGER was heard a lot at the time in the Cafe in Coronation Street, played by Rita`s foster daughter (Jenny Bradley). Right eyes down, for this weeks brand new top 30... w/k ending 16th Nov 30 35 HOT - AVRIL LAVIGNE 29 22 SHE`S SO LOVELY - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 28 NE GOOD LIFE - KANYE WEST/T-PAIN 27 23 SORRY BLAME IT ON ME - AKON 26 21 WAY I ARE - TIMBALAND 25 18 IF THATS OK WITH U/NO U HANG UP - SHANE WARD 24 19 IN THE AIR TONIGHT - PHIL COLLINS 23 20 HEY THERE DELILAH - PLAIN WHITE Ts 22 NE HEADLINES - SPICE GIRLS 21 16 AYO TECHNOLOGY - 50CENT/TIMBALAND 20 09 HEART NEVER LIES - MCFLY 19 14 HEATER - SAMIM 18 17 HANDLE ME - ROBYN 17 13 HAPPY ENDING - MIKA 16 27 HATE THAT I LOVE YOU - RIHANNA 15 NE 2 HEARTS - KYLIE MINOGUE 14 12 LET ME THINK ABOUT IT - IDA CORR/LE GRAND 13 NE BABY LOVE - NICOLE SCHWERZINGER 12 11 GOODBYE MR A - HOOSIERS 11 NE IN THE GHETTO - ELVIS PRESLEY 10 08 UNINVITED - FREEMASONS 09 07 GIMME MORE - BRITNEY SPEARS 08 41 NO ONE - ALICIA KEYES 07 31 HOT STUFF (LET`S DANCE) - CRAIG DAVID 06 06 ABOUT YOU NOW - SUGABABES 05 03 HOME - WESTLIFE 04 04 APOLOGISE - ONE REPUBLIC/TIMBALAND 03 05 VALERIE - RONSON/WINEHOUSE 02 02 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT 01 01 BLEEDING TIME - LEONA LEWIS 3 weeks for LEONA, easily done for her. Without downloads ELVIS would again have a top 10 entry. Outside the 30, are FERGIE, CELINE DION at 32, CHRIS BROWN, NICKELBACK and WET WET WET are in a row at 34, 35, and 36, the WOMBATS and JAMES BLUNT hold on to the 40 by a whisker. While RIHANNA and SHUT UP AND DRIVE is just outside the 40 (take away downloads, it would still be in the top 30)! Lurking at the bottom of the 50, are BOYS II MEN, DAVID GRAY and PAUL MCCARTNEY. A couple of featured charts this week, the Contempory Rock Chart, and the top box office films... The Rock top 10 singles... 01 HEY THERE DELILAH - PLAIN WHITE Ts 02 SHE`S SO LOVELY - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 03 ROCKSTAR - NICKELBACK 04 PRETENDER - FOOFIGHTERS 05 YOUR THE WORLD TO ME - DAVID GRAY 06 EVER PRESENT PAST - PAUL MCCARTNEY 07 NO CONVERSATION - BOY KILL BOY 08 DON`T YOU WANNA BE RELEVANT - CRIBS 09 AMAZING - SEAL 10 PALLADIUM - HIGH 5 The top films... 01 RATATOUILLE 02 30 DAYS OF NIGHT 03 STARDUST 04 ELIZABETH THE GOLDEN AGE 05 SAW IV 06 EASTERN PROMICES 07 DREAM AT A FUNERAL 08 RENDITION 09 THE HEARTBREAK KID 10 RUN FAT BOY RUN Thats it until next Saturday!! Edited November 20, 200717 yr by trevs
November 10, 200717 yr I feel I want to argue about whats rock and whats not. Are David Gray, Paul Mccartney AND Scouting For Girls rock? Surely not?
November 10, 200717 yr Author I feel I want to argue about whats rock and whats not. Are David Gray, Paul Mccartney AND Scouting For Girls rock? Surely not? Its whats called Contempory...in the early 80s, SOUNDS (a music paper, similar to NME) featured the charts in the same way also from MRIB. SOUNDS itself broke away from the usual charts until April 84, when it began to print the pop charts from MRIB itself. It should be noted though that the actual albums and singles charts, in SOUNDS did not match with independant radio`s NETWORK CHART because there wasn`t any airplay data used in the SOUNDS chart.
November 10, 200717 yr Author what's mirb charts? Charls where have you been, over the last 2 months...I have emailed you personally! Thanks for your enquiry.
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