Top 40 Hits of Early September 1982

 

1 Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger

2 Dexy's Midnight Runners With The Emerald Express - Come On Eileen

3 Duran Duran - Save A Prayer

4 Soft Cell - What

5 The Kids From 'Fame' featuring Valerie Landsberg - Hi Fidelity

6 Rocker's Revenge featuring Donnie Calvin - Walking On Sunshine

7 Dire Straits - Private Investigations

8 Boys Town Gang - Can't Take My Eyes Off You

9 Toto Coelo - I Eat Cannibals (Part 1)

10 Haircut 100 - Nobody's Fool

11 Shakin' Stevens - Give Me Your Heart Tonight

12 Haysi Fantayzee - John Wayne Is Big Leggy

13 Irene Cara - Fame

14 Talk Talk - Today

15 ABC - All Of My Heart

16 Modern Romance featuring John du Prez - Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White

17 Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message

18 Sting - Spread A Little Happiness

19 Kool & The Gang - Big Fun

20 Gary Numan - White Boys And Heroes

21 Tom Tom Club - Under The Boardwalk

22 Shalamar - There It Is

23 Hot Chocolate - It Started With A Kiss

24 David Christi - Saddle Up

25 Yazoo - Don't Go

26 Wavelength - Hurry Home

27 Depeche Mode - Leave In Silence

28 Captain Sensible - Wot

29 Associates - 18 Carat Love Affair / Love Hangover

30 Fun Boy Three - Summertime

31 The Stranglers - Strange Little Girl

32 Carly Simon - Why

33 UB40 - So Here I Am

34 Donna Summer - Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger)

35 The Belle Stars - The Clapping Song

36 Evelyn King - Love Come Down

37 Thomas Dolby - Windpower

38 Shakatak - Invitations

39 Simple Minds - Glittering Prize

40 Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Stool Pigeon

 

WOW! THERES SOME CLASSICS IN THIS CHART!

 

Top 40 Hits of Early September 1982

 

1 Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger ............... <_< awful

2 Dexy's Midnight Runners With The Emerald Express - Come On Eileen .. imho their worst track

3 Duran Duran - Save A Prayer .................................. classic song, classic vid

4 Soft Cell - What

5 The Kids From 'Fame' featuring Valerie Landsberg - Hi Fidelity ..<_< fame bollox

6 Rocker's Revenge featuring Donnie Calvin - Walking On Sunshine .... :)

7 Dire Straits - Private Investigations ...........<_< ott aor.

8 Boys Town Gang - Can't Take My Eyes Off You ...... c**p.

9 Toto Coelo - I Eat Cannibals (Part 1) ...... :) i like this!!!! :lol:

10 Haircut 100 - Nobody's Fool ........................... class track! love it!!!

11 Shakin' Stevens - Give Me Your Heart Tonight

12 Haysi Fantayzee - John Wayne Is Big Leggy ......... another class track!

13 Irene Cara - Fame .................<_< <_<

14 Talk Talk - Today ................... class!

15 ABC - All Of My Heart ........... class lovesong!

16 Modern Romance featuring John du Prez - Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White

17 Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message

18 Sting - Spread A Little Happiness

19 Kool & The Gang - Big Fun

20 Gary Numan - White Boys And Heroes

21 Tom Tom Club - Under The Boardwalk

22 Shalamar - There It Is ............................:) ok

23 Hot Chocolate - It Started With A Kiss

24 David Christi - Saddle Up

25 Yazoo - Don't Go

26 Wavelength - Hurry Home

27 Depeche Mode - Leave In Silence

28 Captain Sensible - Wot ........................:lol: like it!

29 Associates - 18 Carat Love Affair / Love Hangover

30 Fun Boy Three - Summertime

31 The Stranglers - Strange Little Girl .......................:) good track.

32 Carly Simon - Why ...........................................:)

33 UB40 - So Here I Am

34 Donna Summer - Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger)

35 The Belle Stars - The Clapping Song

36 Evelyn King - Love Come Down ................:) good 80's disco

37 Thomas Dolby - Windpower

38 Shakatak - Invitations

39 Simple Minds - Glittering Prize

40 Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Stool Pigeon ......... love it! great track!

1 Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger

2 Dexy's Midnight Runners With The Emerald Express - Come On Eileen :)

3 Duran Duran - Save A Prayer :cheer:

4 Soft Cell - What :)

5 The Kids From 'Fame' featuring Valerie Landsberg - Hi Fidelity

6 Rocker's Revenge featuring Donnie Calvin - Walking On Sunshine

7 Dire Straits - Private Investigations...I thought this was one of their better ones

9 Toto Coelo - I Eat Cannibals (Part 1) :D

10 Haircut 100 - Nobody's Fool :)

12 Haysi Fantayzee - John Wayne Is Big Leggy :lol:

13 Irene Cara - Fame :puke2:

14 Talk Talk - Today...................... brilliant song

15 ABC - All Of My Heart

16 Modern Romance featuring John du Prez - Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White :puke2:

17 Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message

20 Gary Numan - White Boys And Heroes

25 Yazoo - Don't Go :yahoo:

27 Depeche Mode - Leave In Silence :)

28 Captain Sensible - Wot :lol:

29 Associates - 18 Carat Love Affair / Love Hangover :)

30 Fun Boy Three - Summertime

31 The Stranglers - Strange Little Girl.........haunting tune from former punk band, :)

39 Simple Minds - Glittering Prize....................one of my favourites from this year

40 Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Stool Pigeon............great lyrics in this song :D

 

1 Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger bit of a guilty pleasure, sure I've got the 7" somewhere. I was only a year old, think my Mum bought it for me :lol:

2 Dexy's Midnight Runners With The Emerald Express - Come On Eileen

3 Duran Duran - Save A Prayer

4 Soft Cell - What loved their early work

5 The Kids From 'Fame' featuring Valerie Landsberg - Hi Fidelity :puke2: but very (unintentionally) funny video

6 Rocker's Revenge featuring Donnie Calvin - Walking On Sunshine

9 Toto Coelo - I Eat Cannibals (Part 1) :lol:

13 Irene Cara - Fame

15 ABC - All Of My Heart

17 Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message really like this, shame rap went downhill from here ^_^

22 Shalamar - There It Is

23 Hot Chocolate - It Started With A Kiss

25 Yazoo - Don't Go :wub:

27 Depeche Mode - Leave In Silence

32 Carly Simon - Why adore this!!! :yahoo:

36 Evelyn King - Love Come Down and this :cheer:

40 Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Stool Pigeon

 

the rest I don't know I'm afraid

1 Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger

2 Dexy's Midnight Runners With The Emerald Express - Come On Eileen

3 Duran Duran - Save A Prayer

 

Now THAT is a classic top 3!! All awesome!

 

Fantastic early hip-hop from Grandmaster Flash too!

Please find my selected comments below...

 

8 Boys Town Gang - Can't Take My Eyes Off You

 

There's a genuinely funny as hell clip of this available from Top of the Pops (I think) with the two campest, rubbish backing dancers ever known...therefore it's ace!

 

9 Toto Coelo - I Eat Cannibals (Part 1)

 

Despite all wearing bing bags and too much hairspray, Toto Coelo's only big hit is one of my favourites from this period. One of the girls was Bob Holness' daughter too.

 

12 Haysi Fantayzee - John Wayne Is Big Leggy

 

The best thing Jeremy Healy ever did...well apart from 'Shiny Shiny' obviously.

 

13 Irene Cara - Fame

 

One of my earliest musical memories. I actually did believe that she would be able to learn to fly and it became an early ambition as a five year old.

 

17 Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message

 

A landmark in early hip hop and possibly the first to carry conscious lyrics and not rhymes about how many rhymes they can cram into a verse.

 

21 Tom Tom Club - Under The Boardwalk

 

Not my favourite by them but a passable cover. Both 'Wordy Rappinghood' and 'Genius of Love' are fantastic.

 

31 The Stranglers - Strange Little Girl

 

I heard this live in the summer at T in the Park - sounded ace!

 

32 Carly Simon - Why

 

As sampled by A Tribe Called Quest from 'Bonita Applebum' I believe - I prefer their version but appreciate this one.

 

40 Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Stool Pigeon

 

Ha cha cha cha!

 

WOW! THERES SOME CLASSICS IN THIS CHART!

 

Too right!

 

I like:

 

1 Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger

2 Dexy's Midnight Runners With The Emerald Express - Come On Eileen

3 Duran Duran - Save A Prayer - A timeless pop song, that has rarely been beaten taken from the first album I ever bought Rio.

4 Soft Cell - What

7 Dire Straits - Private Investigations

14 Talk Talk - Today

15 ABC - All Of My Heart

17 Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message

21 Tom Tom Club - Under The Boardwalk

25 Yazoo - Don't Go - Mmmm, the current instrumental at #2 in the charts has clearly heard this tune.

27 Depeche Mode - Leave In Silence

29 Associates - 18 Carat Love Affair / Love Hangover

31 The Stranglers - Strange Little Girl

32 Carly Simon - Why

34 Donna Summer - Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger) - A great old fashioned catchy pop tune, that seems to have been lost today as a modern art form.

36 Evelyn King - Love Come Down

37 Thomas Dolby - Windpower

39 Simple Minds - Glittering Prize

40 Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Stool Pigeon

Been a while since i've been in here - Here are the faves of the cj jury :lol:

 

1 Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger :wub: :heart:

2 Dexy's Midnight Runners With The Emerald Express - Come On Eileen :wub: :heart:

3 Duran Duran - Save A Prayer

5 The Kids From 'Fame' featuring Valerie Landsberg - Hi Fidelity

6 Rocker's Revenge featuring Donnie Calvin - Walking On Sunshine

8 Boys Town Gang - Can't Take My Eyes Off You

9 Toto Coelo - I Eat Cannibals (Part 1)

11 Shakin' Stevens - Give Me Your Heart Tonight

12 Haysi Fantayzee - John Wayne Is Big Leggy :lol: I actually heard this on on itunes earlier and didn't know what to make of it

13 Irene Cara - Fame :heart: :wub:

14 Talk Talk - Today

15 ABC - All Of My Heart

16 Modern Romance featuring John du Prez - Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White

17 Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message

18 Sting - Spread A Little Happiness

19 Kool & The Gang - Big Fun

20 Gary Numan - White Boys And Heroes

21 Tom Tom Club - Under The Boardwalk :unsure: Prefer this by the Drifters and then Bruce Willis

22 Shalamar - There It Is

23 Hot Chocolate - It Started With A Kiss :heart: :wub:

24 David Christi - Saddle Up

25 Yazoo - Don't Go :heart:

26 Wavelength - Hurry Home

27 Depeche Mode - Leave In Silence

28 Captain Sensible - Wot

29 Associates - 18 Carat Love Affair / Love Hangover

30 Fun Boy Three - Summertime

31 The Stranglers - Strange Little Girl

32 Carly Simon - Why

33 UB40 - So Here I Am

34 Donna Summer - Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger)

35 The Belle Stars - The Clapping Song

36 Evelyn King - Love Come Down

37 Thomas Dolby - Windpower

38 Shakatak - Invitations

39 Simple Minds - Glittering Prize

40 Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Stool Pigeon

 

:D Some great songs in there

 

Here's the Boys Town Gang clip! Can't embed 'by request' but clicky here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqUCutugP0E

 

I had the following...

 

2 Dexy's Midnight Runners With The Emerald Express - Come On Eileen

3 Duran Duran - Save A Prayer

6 Rocker's Revenge featuring Donnie Calvin - Walking On Sunshine (12")

14 Talk Talk - Today

15 ABC - All Of My Heart (on the Lexicon Of Love album)

17 Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message

22 Shalamar - There It Is (12")

25 Yazoo - Don't Go

27 Depeche Mode - Leave In Silence (12")

36 Evelyn King - Love Come Down

39 Simple Minds - Glittering Prize

 

The Message by Grandmaster Flash was initially a 12" only release and once it began to take off was made available on 7", which is the version I had. I have a feeling it didn't get a 7" release until it was in the top 10. The 7" contained the full 12" mix though and was edited down for radio, both for running time and language.

 

One of the worst songs in that top 40 is "Saddle Up" by David Christie which was based / sampled / ripped off the music from "You Can Do It" by Al Hudson from 3 years previous - the latter was a great song but Saddle Up was dreadful...

 

Quite a good chart, not the best, but some excellent songs in there.

Top 20 Albums w/e 04/09/82

 

01 01 07 Kids From Fame - Kids From Fame

02 NE 01 Upstairs At Eric'S - Yazoo

03 02 05 Too-Rye-Ay - Dexy's Midnight Runners

04 NE 01 Now You See Me Now You Don't - Cliff Richard

05 08 16 Rio - Duran Duran

06 06 10 The Lexicon Of Love - ABC

07 04 08 Love And Dancing - League Unlimited Orchestra

08 05 04 Love Songs - Commodores

09 03 16 Tropical Gangsters - Kid Creole & the Coconuts

10 09 19 Complete Madness - Madness

 

11 07 17 Fame - Original Soundtrack

12 12 03 Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor

13 13 02 The Cage - Tygers Of Pan Tang

14 10 04 Talking Back To The Night - Steve Winwood

15 11 14 Avalon - Roxy Music

16 18 06 Can't Stop The Classics - Hooked On Classics 2 - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

17 23 02 The Singles Album - UB40

18 15 02 Rough Diamonds - Bad Company

19 17 04 The Jimi Hendrix Concerts - Jimi Hendrix

20 16 09 Mirage - Fleetwood Mac

 

Tygers Of Pan Tang! I'd forgotten about them! Were they really as bad as I remembered?

Tygers Of Pan Tang! I'd forgotten about them! Were they really as bad as I remembered?

 

in a word............................. yes! :lol:

17 Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message

25 Yazoo - Don't Go

32 Carly Simon - Why

36 Evelyn King - Love Come Down

40 Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Stool Pigeon

 

The ones I know and

like... limiting as I wasn't even born yet so not too bad here.

1 Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger - not bad :ph34r:

2 Dexy's Midnight Runners With The Emerald Express - Come On Eileen cheese

3 Duran Duran - Save A Prayer - one of their very best

4 Soft Cell - What - superb

5 The Kids From 'Fame' featuring Valerie Landsberg - Hi Fidelity - I own this single :ph34r:

6 Rocker's Revenge featuring Donnie Calvin - Walking On Sunshine - brilliant record

7 Dire Straits - Private Investigations - dull

8 Boys Town Gang - Can't Take My Eyes Off You - cheese

9 Toto Coelo - I Eat Cannibals (Part 1) - I won this single :ph34r:

10 Haircut 100 - Nobody's Fool - their best by a country mile

11 Shakin' Stevens - Give Me Your Heart Tonight - one of his best

12 Haysi Fantayzee - John Wayne Is Big Leggy - never liked this

13 Irene Cara - Fame - I own this single :ph34r:

14 Talk Talk - Today - not bad

15 ABC - All Of My Heart - one of their very best

16 Modern Romance featuring John du Prez - Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White - I like this!! :ph34r:

17 Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message - brilliant

18 Sting - Spread A Little Happiness - c**p

19 Kool & The Gang - Big Fun - they've done better

20 Gary Numan - White Boys And Heroes - dull

21 Tom Tom Club - Under The Boardwalk - I own this single :ph34r:

22 Shalamar - There It Is - not bad

23 Hot Chocolate - It Started With A Kiss - not bad

24 David Christi - Saddle Up - not bad

25 Yazoo - Don't Go - great record

26 Wavelength - Hurry Home - not bad

27 Depeche Mode - Leave In Silence - not bad

28 Captain Sensible - Wot - not bad - I own this single

29 Associates - 18 Carat Love Affair / Love Hangover - not bad

30 Fun Boy Three - Summertime - not bad

31 The Stranglers - Strange Little Girl - good record

32 Carly Simon - Why - not bad

33 UB40 - So Here I Am - c**p

34 Donna Summer - Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger) - c**p

35 The Belle Stars - The Clapping Song - I own this single

36 Evelyn King - Love Come Down - not bad

37 Thomas Dolby - Windpower - not bad

38 Shakatak - Invitations - c**p

39 Simple Minds - Glittering Prize - one of their best

40 Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Stool Pigeon - ha cha ha cha - I own this single, not bad

 

2 Dexy's Midnight Runners With The Emerald Express - Come On Eileen .. imho their worst track

 

2 Dexy's Midnight Runners With The Emerald Express - Come On Eileen :)

 

I do like the song and Friday was inside my Top 5 of the day (inside The Lounge forum :P )... Tested the song this weekend in the retro club I'm mixing at the moment and the persons were :puke2: Why don't people like the good ol' music ? :o xox.