ok.... lets chuck in a more recent chart.... 20 years ago!

 

Top 40 Hits of Early May 1988

 

1 S-Express -Theme From S-Express

2 Fairground Attraction -Perfect

3 Danny Wilson - Mary's Prayer

4 New Order - Blue Monday 1988

5 Bananarama - I Want You Back

6 Hazell Dean - Who's Leaving Who

7 Harry Enfield - Loadsamoney (Doin' Up The House)

8 Natalie Cole - Pink Cadillac

9 Michael Jackson With The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back '88

10 Pet Shop Boys - Heart

11 Mick & Pat - Let's All Chant

12 Prince - Alphabet Street

13 George Michael - One More Try

14 Star Turn On 45 (Pints) - Pump Up The Bitter

15 Wet Wet Wet / Billy Bragg With Cara Tivey - With A Little Help From My Friends / She's Leaving Home

16 Will Downing - A Love Supreme

17 James Brown - The Payback Mix (Part One)

18 Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere

19 Narada - Divine Emotions

20 Climie Fisher - Love Changes (Everything)

21 Patrick Swayze featuring Wendy Fraser - She's Like The Wind

22 Jermaine Stewart - Get Lucky

23 The Christians - Born Again

24 Magnum - Start Talking Love

25 Joyce Sims - Walk Away

26 Adventures - Broken Land

27 Pebbles - Girlfriend

28 Brenda Russell - Piano In The Dark

29 The Primitives - Out Of Reach

30 Liverpool FC - Anfield Rap (Red Machine In Full Effect)

31 Derek B - Bad Young Brother

32 Kylie Minogue - Got To Be Certain

33 Prefab Sprout - The King Of Rock 'N' Roll

34 Jellybean featuring Adele Bertei - Just A Mirage

35 Rob Base & DJ E-Z - Rock It Takes Two

36 Belinda Carlisle - Circle In The Sand

37 Bros - Drop The Boy

38 Aztec Camera - Somewhere In My Heart

39 Poison - Nothin' But A Good Time

40 Ofra Haza - Im Nin'Alu

 

well.... a very non discript chart imho... theres some ok tunes, theres some forgettable tunes, but theres only 1 track there that i like .... the adventures - 'broken land'. :)

 

1 S-Express -Theme From S-Express - I still like this although I do prefer Hey Music Lover

2 Fairground Attraction -Perfect - liked it at the time but is now rather annoying

3 Danny Wilson - Mary's Prayer - :puke:

4 New Order - Blue Monday 1988 - poor remix of a classic

5 Bananarama - I Want You Back - so-so

6 Hazell Dean - Who's Leaving Who - ok in a cheesy way

7 Harry Enfield - Loadsamoney (Doin' Up The House) - Cash in rubbish

8 Natalie Cole - Pink Cadillac - forgettable

9 Michael Jackson With The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back '88 - never have liked Jacko

10 Pet Shop Boys - Heart - not bad but doesn't set my heart alight

11 Mick & Pat - Let's All Chant - :puke: :puke: :puke:

12 Prince - Alphabet Street - Genius, comes right at the end of an incredible run of singles that ran right through the 80s

13 George Michael - One More Try - ho-hum

14 Star Turn On 45 (Pints) - Pump Up The Bitter - ?????

15 Wet Wet Wet / Billy Bragg With Cara Tivey - With A Little Help From My Friends / She's Leaving Home - yawn

16 Will Downing - A Love Supreme -????

17 James Brown - The Payback Mix (Part One) - Don't remember this

18 Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere - don't like it

19 Narada - Divine Emotions - ?????

20 Climie Fisher - Love Changes (Everything) - Really don't like this

21 Patrick Swayze featuring Wendy Fraser - She's Like The Wind - ??????

22 Jermaine Stewart - Get Lucky - ????

23 The Christians - Born Again - Yuck

24 Magnum - Start Talking Love - ?????

25 Joyce Sims - Walk Away - ????

26 Adventures - Broken Land - Excellent single

27 Pebbles - Girlfriend - Don't remember it

28 Brenda Russell - Piano In The Dark - ????

29 The Primitives - Out Of Reach - The Primitives were BRILLIANT!

30 Liverpool FC - Anfield Rap (Red Machine In Full Effect) - $h!te

31 Derek B - Bad Young Brother - ????

32 Kylie Minogue - Got To Be Certain - Didn't like Kylie's 80s stuff

33 Prefab Sprout - The King Of Rock 'N' Roll - Embarrasing

34 Jellybean featuring Adele Bertei - Just A Mirage - ?????

35 Rob Base & DJ E-Z - Rock It Takes Two - ?????

36 Belinda Carlisle - Circle In The Sand - Love it

37 Bros - Drop The Boy - :puke:

38 Aztec Camera - Somewhere In My Heart - Annoying

39 Poison - Nothin' But A Good Time - c**k rock c**p

40 Ofra Haza - Im Nin'Alu - I really liked this at the time

 

 

I know & like:

 

1 S-Express -Theme From S-Express

2 Fairground Attraction -Perfect

3 Danny Wilson - Mary's Prayer

4 New Order - Blue Monday 1988

5 Bananarama - I Want You Back

6 Hazell Dean - Who's Leaving Who

10 Pet Shop Boys - Heart

12 Prince - Alphabet Street

13 George Michael - One More Try

18 Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere

20 Climie Fisher - Love Changes (Everything)

26 Adventures - Broken Land

28 Brenda Russell - Piano In The Dark

33 Prefab Sprout - The King Of Rock 'N' Roll

36 Belinda Carlisle - Circle In The Sand

38 Aztec Camera - Somewhere In My Heart

40 Ofra Haza - Im Nin'Alu

 

A very poor chart, but a few classics there - my favourites include the wonderful Adventures track, and the bubblegum funk of Prince.

 

But as Prince does not like his video's uploaded to Youtube (I'd guess he'd rather sell out and give them all to the Daily Mail), I found this highly amusing short video:

 

Prince The Artist - Tw@t

 

So in tribute to this chart I'd thought I'd post a video for the worst song in the Top 40: :rap: :P B)

 

Liverpool FC - Anfield Rap

Ones I like, oh dear not a lot

 

3 Danny Wilson - Mary's Prayer

4 New Order - Blue Monday 1988

5 Bananarama - I Want You Back

6 Hazell Dean - Who's Leaving Who

10 Pet Shop Boys - Heart :D

18 Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere

20 Climie Fisher - Love Changes (Everything) :dance:

26 Adventures - Broken Land :cheer:

33 Prefab Sprout - The King Of Rock 'N' Roll

36 Belinda Carlisle - Circle In The Sand

38 Aztec Camera - Somewhere In My Heart

 

My faves -

 

1 S-Express -Theme From S-Express :wub:

2 Fairground Attraction -Perfect :wub:

3 Danny Wilson - Mary's Prayer :)

4 New Order - Blue Monday 1988 :)

5 Bananarama - I Want You Back :wub:

6 Hazell Dean - Who's Leaving Who :)

7 Harry Enfield - Loadsamoney (Doin' Up The House) :lol:

8 Natalie Cole - Pink Cadillac :)

9 Michael Jackson With The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back '88

10 Pet Shop Boys - Heart :)

11 Mick & Pat - Let's All Chant :)

12 Prince - Alphabet Street :)

13 George Michael - One More Try :wub:

14 Star Turn On 45 (Pints) - Pump Up The Bitter

15 Wet Wet Wet / Billy Bragg With Cara Tivey - With A Little Help From My Friends / She's Leaving Home :wub :heart:

18 Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere :wub:

20 Climie Fisher - Love Changes (Everything) :)

21 Patrick Swayze featuring Wendy Fraser - She's Like The Wind :wub: :heart:

28 Brenda Russell - Piano In The Dark :)

30 Liverpool FC - Anfield Rap (Red Machine In Full Effect) -_-

32 Kylie Minogue - Got To Be Certain :wub: :heart:

33 Prefab Sprout - The King Of Rock 'N' Roll :wub:

34 Jellybean featuring Adele Bertei - Just A Mirage :)

35 Rob Base & DJ E-Z - Rock It Takes Two

36 Belinda Carlisle - Circle In The Sand :wub: :heart:

37 Bros - Drop The Boy :)

38 Aztec Camera - Somewhere In My Heart :wub: :heart:

 

:D Some great tunes in there - but i would say that wouldn't i :lol:

 

 

on a personal level 1988 was not one of my favourite years, so that somewhat colours my thoughts about the music back then. I do think that the chart was poor then but there were still some decent songs in that chart - Adventures, Belinda Carlisle and Aztec Camera in particular. Others, like S Express were OK.

 

1988 was the year that the singles chart began to undergo a transformation, prior to 1988 most top 40 songs climbed into the top 40 from 41-75, after 1988 (until last year) most entered the Top 75 chart inside the top 40. 1988 itself was about 50/50 I think.