Posted March 1, 200817 yr Top 40 Hits of Late February 1986 1 Billy Ocean - When The Going Gets Tough (The Tough Get Going) 2 Diana Ross - Chain Reaction 3 Su Pollard - Starting Together 4 The Damned - Eloise 5 Whitney Houston - How Will I Know 6 Survivor - Burning Heart 7 The Bangles - Manic Monday 8 Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missile F1-11 9 Paul Hardcastle - Don't Waste My Time 10 Five Star - System Addict 11 Madonna - Borderline 12 Public Image Ltd - Rise 13 James Brown - Living In America 14 Double - The Captain Of Her Heart 15 Nana Mouskouri - Only Love 16 Shakin' Stevens - Turning Away 17 Talking Heads - And She Was 18 Depeche Mode - Stripped 19 Frank Sinatra - Theme From New York, New York 20 Dire Straits - Walk Of Life 21 Tavares - Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel 22 Belouis Some - Imagination 23 A-ha - The Sun Always Shines On TV 24 Latin Quarter - Radio Africa 25 Audrey Hall - One Dance Won't Do 26 Sarah Brightman & Steve Harley - The Phantom Of The Opera 27 Colonel Abrams - I'm Not Going To Let You 28 Jim Diamond - Hi Ho Silver 29 Talk Talk - Life's What You Make It 30 Whistle - (Nothing Serious) Just Buggin' 31 Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper / La Vie En Rose 32 Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love 33 Simple Minds - Sanctify Yourself 34 Alexander O'Neal - If You Were Here Tonight 35 Mike & The Mechanics - Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground) 36 Mr Mister - Broken Wings 37 Ozzy Osbourne - Shot In The Dark 38 Fine Young Cannibals - Suspicious Minds 39 Madness - The Sweetest Girl 40 Ruby Turner featuring Jonathan Butler - If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)
March 1, 200817 yr Author an interesting chart... theres some excellant tracks in here 4 The Damned - Eloise ......... a fair cover but they did much better 7 The Bangles - Manic Monday .............ok 9 Paul Hardcastle - Don't Waste My Time .........like this 10 Five Star - System Addict ..............ok for its genre 11 Madonna - Borderline................... one of her best! 12 Public Image Ltd - Rise ...................good 17 Talking Heads - And She Was .........excellant act 22 Belouis Some - Imagination ................... brilliant track! 23 A-ha - The Sun Always Shines On TV..........good pop 24 Latin Quarter - Radio Africa ........................ brilliant, should have been huge 29 Talk Talk - Life's What You Make It ............... :thumbup: utter class 32 Kate Bush - .Hounds Of Love ....:) 36 Mr Mister - Broken Wings .................. :) 38 Fine Young Cannibals - Suspicious Minds....... an excellant cover !!!
March 1, 200817 yr Pop music was heading into a sharp decline post-Live Aid and the end of the New Romantic movement and decline of great British pop acts of the early 1980s. Having said that there are still a lot of good songs in this Top40: I know & like: 2 Diana Ross - Chain Reaction 4 The Damned - Eloise 5 Whitney Houston - How Will I Know 7 The Bangles - Manic Monday 10 Five Star - System Addict 11 Madonna - Borderline 12 Public Image Ltd - Rise (One of the greatest songs ever written IMHO) Y15BIYhGCwc 13 James Brown - Living In America 14 Double - The Captain Of Her Heart 17 Talking Heads - And She Was 18 Depeche Mode - Stripped 22 Belouis Some - Imagination (This should have been a #1 hit much better than Billy Ocean) HNgQHEjfmZ8 23 A-ha - The Sun Always Shines On TV 24 Latin Quarter - Radio Africa (This should have been huge) LdtDtZw-p28 26 Sarah Brightman & Steve Harley - The Phantom Of The Opera 29 Talk Talk - Life's What You Make It 31 Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper / La Vie En Rose 32 Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love 33 Simple Minds - Sanctify Yourself 35 Mike & The Mechanics - Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground) 38 Fine Young Cannibals - Suspicious Minds
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