Posted February 23, 200817 yr Here we go, with another Saturday and this week`s set of charts (courtesy of Dave Taylor, daverictaylor@yahoo.co.uk). This week`s trawl, brings the album top 15, the top films, top dvds, and rounding off with the singles. All back to back with a sneaking look back to Feb 1983. Off to the album top 15... w/k ending 29/02 01 NE JOIN WITH US - THE FEELING 02 02 ALL THE RIGHT REASONS - NICKELBACK 03 04 THRILLER 25TH - MICHAEL JACKSON 04 NE BEST OF EUPHORIC DANCE BREAKDOWN 08 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 05 01 SLEEP TROUGH THE STATIC - JACK JOHNSON 06 03 19 - ADELE 07 18 LIFE IN CARTOON MOTION - MIKA 08 NE BRITS HITS 2008 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 09 13 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD - RIHANNA 10 09 STARTED A FIRE - ONE NIGHT ONLY 11 11 RAISING SAND - PLANT/KRAUS 12 07 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 13 12 THIS IS THE LIFE - AMY MACDONALD 14 17 BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE 15 14 ULTIMATE NRG - VARIOUS ARTISTS The other entries in the top 30 albums, come from JOE BROWN, SIMPLE PLAN and two other VA Compilations, YOU RAISE ME UP 08 (scrapes the top 20), and JUST FOR YOU, slightly further down. Meanwhile, DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS also hangs in the top 20. All that, and the BRITS awards dominating the chart. Expect GOLDFRAPP to smash into the top 5, next week. Who remembers 1983? The albums... w/k ending 25th Feb 1983 01 01 BUSINESS AS USUAL - MEN AT WORK 02 02 PORCUPINE - ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN 03 06 THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON 04 03 NIGHT AND DAY - JOE JACKSON 05 05 HELLO I MUST BE GOING - PHIL COLLINS 06 19 ANOTHER PAGE - CHRISTOPHER CROSS 07 22 WAITING - FUN BOY THREE 08 04 JOHN LENNON COLLECTION - JOHN LENNON 09 21 FRONTIERS - JOURNEY 10 14 BELLE STARS - BELLE STARS 11 11 ALL THE BEST - STIFF LITTLE FINGERS 12 09 HEARTBREAKER - DIONNE WARWICK 13 07 KILLER ON THE RAMPAGE - EDDY GRANT 14 33 MONEY AND CIGARETTES - ERIC CLAPTON 15 16 DIFFICULT SHAPES AND PASSIVE RYTHYMS - CHINA CRISIS 16 10 RICHARD CLAYDERMAN - RICHARD CLAYDERMAN 17 08 FELINE - STRANGLERS 18 26 PEARLS II - ELKIE BROOKES 19 NE POWERLIGHT - EARTH WIND AND FIRE 20 25 RIO - DURAN DURAN Well in 1983, there were no VA Compilations in the top 20 (although VISIONS had just slipped 4 places, to 21)!! It was THRILLER the first time around at 3, and a number of artists, who could never quite make it in the singles chart. True to say that ERIC CLAPTON, JOURNEY and RICHARD CLAYDERMAN preferred the album market. RICHARD CLAYDERMAN of course the french, piano playing artiste. ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN appealed to a select group, The STRANGLERS had done well with FELINE (spourning the top ten single EUROPEAN FEMALE). EDDY GRANT spourned the number 2 single, from the album KILLER ON THE RAMPAGE (ELECTRIC AVENUE). CHINA CRISIS are back for 2008 (their new single is a re-working of the MICHAEL HOLLIDAY 1960 number one, STARRY EYED, check it out)!! Here are 1983`s singles w/k ending 25th Feb 1983 01 01 TOO SHY - KAJAGOOGOO 02 07 BILLIE JEAN - MICHAEL JACKSON 03 08 AFRICA - TOTO 04 03 CHANGE - TEARS FOR FEARS 05 04 SIGN OF THE TIMES - BELLE STARS 06 02 DOWN UNDER - MEN AT WORK 07 05 UP WHERE WE BELONG - JOE COCKER/JENNIFER WARNES 08 06 WHAM RAP (ENJOY WHAT YOU DO) - WHAM 09 27 TOMORROW`S JUST ANOTHER DAY - MADNESS 10 17 TUNNEL OF LOVE - FUN BOY THREE 11 24 NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP - MUSICAL YOUTH 12 19 LOVE ON YOUR SIDE - THOMSON TWINS 13 09 OH DIANE - FLEETWOOD MAC 14 13 CHRISTIAN - CHINA CRISIS 15 12 LAST NIGHT A DJ SAVED MY LIFE - INDEEP 16 11 GLORIA - LAURA BRANIGAN 17 10 ELECTRIC AVENUE - EDDY GRANT 18 28 SHINY SHINY - HAYSI FANTAYSEE 19 NE TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART - BONNIE TYLER 20 22 GET THE BALANCE RIGHT - DEPECHE MODE 21 34 HEY LITTLE GIRL - ICEHOUSE 22 37 GENETIC ENGINEERING - ORCHESTRAL MANOUEVRES IN THE DARK 23 35 BABY COME TO ME - PATTI AUSTIN/JAMES INGRAM 24 21 STORY OF THE BLUES - WAH 25 NE WAVES - BLANCMANGE 26 14 THE CUTTER - ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN 27 39 SWEET DREAMS (ARE MADE OF THIS) - EURYTHMICS 28 29 COMMUNICATION - SPANDAU BALLET 29 25 COLD SWEAT - THIN LIZZY 30 16 NEW YEAR`S DAY - U2 2nd week at the top, for KAJAGOOGOO in 83. TOTO did take their name from the dog in the WIZARD OF OZ, surprise surprise! TEARS FOR FEARS were doing good, and followed up MAD WORLD with CHANGE (which actually went to number one, in one chart, at the time). JOE COCKER returned to the chart, after a 13 year break...The BELLE STARS scored their only top tenner, after just missing with the CLAPPING SONG (a reworked version of a SHIRLEY ELLIS top 3 hit), themselves the BELLE STARS, had previously had competition from NATASHA ENGLAND (who had her version of IKO IKO out in June 1982, the same time as the BELLE STARS version). NATASHA recently revived her song, but it did not sell well at all. LAURA BRANIGAN passed away a few years back, but in 83 she wasa going down the chart, with a re-worked Euro-hit from 1979 (that was covered in the UK in 79, by the outrageous JONATHON KING). DEPECHE MODE actually got some airplay on Radio 2, with GET THE BALANCE RIGHT on the DAVID HAMILTON SHOW. My particular favourite cover in 1983, was NATURE BOY by CENTRAL LINE which this week in 83, had slid 10 places to 31! Also sliding outside the top 30 were, PRINCE (1999, the first time around down from 31 to 34). ROCKERS REVENGE folowed up WALKING ON SUNSHINE with THE HARDER THEY COME but, only managed to sneak into the top 30 and this week slid 2 places to 35. ELVIS PRESLEY return to the chart 25 years after the original release of JAILHOUSE ROCK, but only managed 32 on the MRIB chart. PATTI AUSTIN had sung on the 1981 top 20 hit "RAZZAMATAZZ", by QUINCY JONES. Here she was 2 years later, with JAMES INGRAM...JAMES well known, for the duet (he also sung with MICHAEL MCDONALD in 1985, LINDA RONSTADT in 1987, and so on). Here are this week`s top films... w/k ending 29/02/08 01 NE JUMPER 02 01 NATIONAL TREASURES-BOOK OF SECRETS 03 02 JUNO 04 05 WATER HORSE-LEGEND OF THE DEEP 05 03 CLOVERFIELD 06 NE BUCKET LIST 07 NE THERE WILL BE BLOOD 08 06 DEFINATELY, MAYBE 09 08 PENELOPE 10 NE JODKAA AKDAR The top DVD offline rentals... w/k ending 29/02/08 01 NE BRAVE ONE 02 NE RATATOUILLE 03 NE MR BROOKS 04 02 HEARTBREAK KID 05 04 THE KINGDOM 06 01 ATONEMENT 07 07 SUPERBAD 08 03 WEDDING DAZE 09 08 KNOCKED UP 10 NE 3.10 TO YUMA Here are the top 5 owned cars in Britain (well it`s different)!!! 01 FORD FOCUS 125,000 02 OPEL/VAUXHALL ASTRA 113, 894 03 FORD FIESTA 104,000 04 OPEL VAUXHALL CORSA 94,000 05 PEUGEOT 207 70,000 In Europe... 01 PEUGEOT 207 437,505 02 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 435,055 03 FORD FOCUS 406,557 04 OPEL/VAUXHALL CORSA 402,173 05 OPEL/VAUXHALL ASTRA 402,044 On to this weeks all important selling singles, physically this week the top 5 are 1) H TWO 0, 2) KYLIE MINOGUE, 3) NICKLEBACK, 4) BASSHUNTER, 5) DAVID JORDAN...Download top 5, 1) DUFFY, 2) H TWO 0, 3) NICKELBACK, 4) BASSHUNTER 5) ADELE...How`s it look when put together?.... Singles/Track chart... w/k ending 29/02 45 48 UMBRELLA - RIHANNA 44 NE CASSIUS - FOALS 43 37 WHAT HURT`S THE MOST - CASCADA 42 34 SHE`S SO LOVELY - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 41 NE BREAK OF DAWN 08 - OUT OF OFFICE 40 32 CALL THE SHOTS - GIRLS ALOUD 39 NE 6 OF ONE - CRAIG DAVID 38 33 MOVING TO NEW YORK - WOMBATS 37 23 JUST FINE - MARY J. BLIGE 36 38 BLEEDING LOVE - LEONA LEWIS 35 31 RELAX-TAKE IT EASY - MIKA 34 NE JUST - MARK RONSON 33 NE WITH YOU - CHRIS BROWN * 32 29 HOMECOMING - KANYE WEST 31 22 BE MINE - ROBYN 30 43 NEW SOUL - YAEL NAIM * 29 30 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT 28 27 RIDE IT - JAY SEAN 27 26 WHEN I`M GONE - SIMPLE PLAN 26 24 NO ONE - ALICIA KEYS 25 19 JOURNEY CONTINUES - MARK BROWN/SARAH CRACKNELL 24 41 LOW - FLO RIDA * 23 42 COME ON GIRL - TAIO CRUZ * 22 20 ELVIS AIN`T DEAD - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 21 12 SUPERSTAR - LUPE FIASCO 20 21 APOLOGISE - ONE REPUBLIC/TIMBALAND 19 28 SCREAM - TIMBALAND/HILSON/SCHWERZINGER * 18 35 SOMETHING GOOD 08 - UTAH SAINTS VS VAN SHE * 17 16 CRANK THAT - SOULJA BOY 16 10 A & E - GOLDFRAPP 15 15 READY FOR THE FLOOR - HOT CHIP 14 25 VALERIE - RONSON/WINEHOUSE 13 12 PIECE OF ME - BRITNEY SPEARS 12 14 JUST FOR TONIGHT - ONE NIGHT ONLY 11 08 I THOUGHT IT WAS OVER - THE FEELING 10 09 WORK - KELLY ROWLAND 09 13 STOP AND STARE - ONE REPUBLIC * 08 06 DON`T STOP THE MUSIC - RIHANNA 07 05 SUN GOES DOWN - DAVID JORDAN 06 04 CHASING PAVEMENTS - ADELE 05 03 NOW YOU`RE GONE - BASSHUNTER 04 18 WOW - KYLIE MINOGUE 03 02 ROCKSTAR - NICKELBACK 02 07 WHAT`S IT GONNA BE - H TWO 0 01 01 MERCY - DUFFY * * (Denotes download only) DUFFY notches up nearly 80, 000 downloads in 13 days to take the top, for a second week (pretty impressive). It sells nearly 8, 000 more copies than H TWO 0...a large gap equally between H TWO 0, and KYLIE neck and neck with BASSHUNTER. Obviously the 9 week download only version, kept KYLIE out of the top 3...but even physically the song is available in at least 3 versions. Outside the top 45, slides T2 at 46...AMY WINEHOUSE bangs back up with REHAB and BACK TO BLACK...ROCKFERRY (DUFFY`s second offering is hanging in the 50, with the HOOSIERS, and GOODBYE MR A, which just won`t say goodbye to the top 50. NEWTON FAULKNER goes back up this week, as does STOP ME and MARK RONSON. NICK CAVE/BAD SEEDS misses the top 50, by a couple, and SEAN KINGSTON is at 55. Next week look out for entries from R.E.M, GARY NUMAN, BODIES WITHOUT ORGANS, and KATIE MELUA. Join us for NEXT WEEK`s CHART, Monday from 4.30pm, and find out what could happen. Remember last week, we told you first that KYLIE would make the top 5! Edited February 24, 200817 yr by trevs
February 23, 200817 yr Oh dear, I'm humming to the kajagoogoo track now in my head :lol: Tears For Fears - Change :wub: love that track And sadly Laura Branigan is no longer with us, Gloria is an awesome track.
February 23, 200817 yr Thanks Trevs, nice to see 1983 too. The year I was born :lol: Where is Can`t Speak French then? ;)
February 23, 200817 yr Author Thanks Trevs, nice to see 1983 too. The year I was born :lol: Where is Can`t Speak French then? ;) Girls Aloud at 66, Ang!
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