Posted January 8, 200916 yr Top 40 Hits of Early January 1982 1 The Human League - Don't You Want Me 2 Bucks Fizz - The Land Of Make Believe 3 Adam & The Ants - Ant Rap 4 Cliff Richard - Daddy's Home 5 Abba - One Of Us 6 Madness - It Must Be Love 7 Dollar - Mirror Mirror (Mon Amour) 8 Kool & The Gang - Get Down On It 9 Jon & Vangelis - I'll Find My Way Home 10 Godley & Creme - Wedding Bells 11 Altered Images - I Could Be Happy 12 Status Quo - Rock 'N' Roll 13 Rod Stewart - Young Turks 14 Foreigner - Waiting For A Girl Like You 15 The Police - Spirits In The Material World 16 Duran Duran - My Own Way 17 The Tweets - The Birdie Song (Birdie Dance) 18 Diana Ross - Why Do Fools Fall In Love? 19 Soft Cell - Bedsitter 20 The Snowmen - Hokey Cokey 21 Kim Wilde - Cambodia 22 Imagination - Flashback 23 Chas & Dave - Stars Over 45 24 Julio Iglesias - Begin The Beguine (Volver A Empezar) 25 David Bowie - Wild Is The Wind 26 Brown Sauce - I Wanna Be A Winner 27 The Four Tops - Don't Walk Away 28 Meat Loaf - Dead Ringer For Love 29 Phil Lynott - Yellow Pearl 30 Toyah Four - More From Toyah 31 Earth Wind & Fire - Let's Groove 32 Fun Boy Three - The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum) 33 Kraftwerk - The Model / Computer Love 34 Showaddywaddy - Footsteps 35 Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure 36 John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir - Happy Christmas (War Is Over) 37 Olivia Newton-John - Physical 38 Modern Romance - Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey 39 Bad Manners -Buona Sera (Don't Be Angry) 40 The Pretenders - I Go To Sleep
January 8, 200916 yr Author interesting chart... mainly 'punk era' (inc new wave, new romantic, ska) acts with afew new acts coming through. theres still afew 70's throwbacks around (soddywoddy) Top 40 Hits of Early January 1982 1 The Human League - Don't You Want Me ........ easily their worst track, sell out but still ok pop 2 Bucks Fizz - The Land Of Make Believe ..... for what they were, i liked em! melodic pop. 3 Adam & The Ants - Ant Rap ............. they were all at it, rapping, white groups. 4 Cliff Richard - Daddy's Home ................:puke2: 5 Abba - One Of Us ................... poignant splitting up song, true to life 6 Madness - It Must Be Love ............. prefer labi sifres orig but this is good. 7 Dollar - Mirror Mirror (Mon Amour) ........ awful kiddy pop 8 Kool & The Gang - Get Down On It ............ never keen. 9 Jon & Vangelis - I'll Find My Way Home ..... prog rock leftovers 10 Godley & Creme - Wedding Bells .......... they lost it by the mid 70's 11 Altered Images - I Could Be Happy ....... guilty pleasure, teenybop favs simple but good pop 12 Status Quo - Rock 'N' Roll ............... booorrrring... way past their best 13 Rod Stewart - Young Turks ............... old knobnose, quite liked this one though 14 Foreigner - Waiting For A Girl Like You ..... booorrring aor 15 The Police - Spirits In The Material World ..... past their best 16 Duran Duran - My Own Way ..................... about to take off this year, good pop. 17 The Tweets - The Birdie Song (Birdie Dance) .......:puke2: 18 Diana Ross - Why Do Fools Fall In Love? ..............:puke2: 19 Soft Cell - Bedsitter .......................... class pop 20 The Snowmen - Hokey Cokey ............:) 21 Kim Wilde - Cambodia ............... overlooked track, a good un though 22 Imagination - Flashback ........... sleazy r n b 23 Chas & Dave - Stars Over 45 .....:lol: 24 Julio Iglesias - Begin The Beguine (Volver A Empezar) ...<_< 25 David Bowie - Wild Is The Wind ................ not his best 26 Brown Sauce - I Wanna Be A Winner .... edmonds n co, swap shop novelty song 27 The Four Tops - Don't Walk Away ...... way too caberet for me 28 Meat Loaf - Dead Ringer For Love ....... :puke2: never could abide this ott character 29 Phil Lynott - Yellow Pearl ............ 30 Toyah Four - More From Toyah ..... urgh... prefer avril! 31 Earth Wind & Fire - Let's Groove .... i like this one! 32 Fun Boy Three - The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum) .... hmmm.... dont like much 33 Kraftwerk - The Model / Computer Love ... 'new romantic' classic. 34 Showaddywaddy - Footsteps ....................:puke2: 35 Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure ..... timeless, but rather bland imho. 36 John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir - Happy Christmas (War Is Over) ................ tbh i hope this overplayed classic disappears forever. 37 Olivia Newton-John - Physical ........... awful 38 Modern Romance - Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey ........ utter tripe. 39 Bad Manners -Buona Sera (Don't Be Angry) ... poor 40 The Pretenders - I Go To Sleep ....... class pop from chrisie n co
January 8, 200916 yr My favourites... 1 The Human League - Don't You Want Me (they thought it was filler, the record company thought it was a smash... it was!) 2 Bucks Fizz - The Land Of Make Believe 5 Abba - One Of Us (ABBA songs are so well written, beautiful, just a shame that this was their last big UK hit) 7 Dollar - Mirror Mirror (Mon Amour) (OK, so neither could really sing, but Trevor Horn!) 8 Kool & The Gang - Get Down On It (get your back up off the wall!) 9 Jon & Vangelis - I'll Find My Way Home (gorgeously atmospheric) 11 Altered Images - I Could Be Happy (despite the awful rhyme structure) 13 Rod Stewart - Young Turks (his most synth-tastic track) 18 Diana Ross - Why Do Fools Fall In Love? (I was in love with her when I was two...) 27 The Four Tops - Don't Walk Away (not really the equal of their Motown recordings, but good and contemporary) 31 Earth Wind & Fire - Let's Groove (Not EWFs best (that's September), but they were always pretty great) 33 Kraftwerk - The Model / Computer Love (Kraftwerk :wub: True pioneers.) 35 Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure (the funkiness of the bass intro still gets me too this day) 40 The Pretenders - I Go To Sleep (written by Ray Davies, another legend...)
January 8, 200916 yr 1 The Human League - Don't You Want Me :dance: :wub: :heart: one of the best pop tunes ever! 2 Bucks Fizz - The Land Of Make Believe guilty pleasure :wub: 3 Adam & The Ants - Ant Rap erm...not exactly great 5 Abba - One Of Us :wub: :heart: their best in my opinion. Adore this song 6 Madness - It Must Be Love fantastic 7 Dollar - Mirror Mirror (Mon Amour) great pop 8 Kool & The Gang - Get Down On It 9 Jon & Vangelis - I'll Find My Way Home 10 Godley & Creme - Wedding Bells 11 Altered Images - I Could Be Happy the 12" version is pretty great 15 The Police - Spirits In The Material World 17 The Tweets - The Birdie Song (Birdie Dance) :puke2: :puke2: :puke2: :puke2: 18 Diana Ross - Why Do Fools Fall In Love? 19 Soft Cell - Bedsitter :heart: 21 Kim Wilde - Cambodia :heart: 24 Julio Iglesias - Begin The Beguine (Volver A Empezar) 28 Meat Loaf - Dead Ringer For Love 29 Phil Lynott - Yellow Pearl :dance: :heart: 31 Earth Wind & Fire - Let's Groove 33 Kraftwerk - The Model / Computer Love fantastic. though I always prefered Computer Love 35 Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure 36 John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir - Happy Christmas (War Is Over) 37 Olivia Newton-John - Physical
January 8, 200916 yr These are the ones I like, thou there certainly could be a few other good ones since I cannot remember/don't know about a third of the songs in the top 40. 1 The Human League - Don't You Want Me - good track but not nearly as classic as some seem to think. 5 Abba - One Of Us - One of the best ABBA songs and they do have great soings to choose from. 21 Kim Wilde - Cambodia - Underrated and great, probably with You Keep Me Hanging On my favorite Kim Wilde track. 36 John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir - Happy Christmas (War Is Over) - One of the better xmas tracks. 37 Olivia Newton-John - Physical - As campy as they get but still ok.
January 9, 200916 yr 1 The Human League - Don't You Want Me 2 Bucks Fizz - The Land Of Make Believe :unsure: 3 Adam & The Ants - Ant Rap :) 6 Madness - It Must Be Love.....a great cover version :cheer: 10 Godley & Creme - Wedding Bells.....Liked them in 10CC 11 Altered Images - I Could Be Happy.....I liked them :) 15 The Police - Spirits In The Material World :) 16 Duran Duran - My Own Way :) 19 Soft Cell - Bedsitter :cheer: 20 The Snowmen - Hokey Cokey 21 Kim Wilde - Cambodia 25 David Bowie - Wild Is The Wind.....this is from his 1976 album Station to Station, no idea why it was released now in '82 29 Phil Lynott - Yellow Pearl 32 Fun Boy Three - The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum) 33 Kraftwerk - The Model / Computer Love :) 35 Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure.....still like this :dance: 36 John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir - Happy Christmas (War Is Over)..a bit overplayed now 40 The Pretenders - I Go To Sleep...................a brilliant song :cheer:
January 9, 200916 yr I likes... 1 The Human League - Don't You Want Me - but agree that it's far from their best. 2 Bucks Fizz - The Land Of Make Believe - quite possibly the best pop single ever written. No jokes! 3 Adam & The Ants - Ant Rap 6 Madness - It Must Be Love 11 Altered Images - I Could Be Happy 19 Soft Cell - Bedsitter 26 Brown Sauce - I Wanna Be A Winner - er... 28 Meat Loaf - Dead Ringer For Love 29 Phil Lynott - Yellow Pearl - fantastic synthy electro gubbins 32 Fun Boy Three - The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum) 33 Kraftwerk - The Model / Computer Love 35 Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure 36 John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir - Happy Christmas (War Is Over) 37 Olivia Newton-John - Physical 38 Modern Romance - Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey
January 9, 200916 yr Author 2 Bucks Fizz - The Land Of Make Believe - quite possibly the best pop single ever written. No jokes! :o thats going abit far innit?... :lol:
January 9, 200916 yr Author Not at all, I've argued that point time and again. well i wouldnt argue against it being a good pop song, but i wouldnt call it one of the best simply because it isnt iconic enough... unlike say... 'stand and deliver' or 'keep on running' tracks that nearly everyone knows. surely if a pop song was 'good' it would be widely known, and 'land of make believe' is IMHO second to 'making your mind up', the bucks fizz track that is best known.
January 9, 200916 yr Why does something have to be well known or iconic to be good? Personally I hate Stand And Deliver. I can name 10 songs that never charted anywhere that were better.
January 9, 200916 yr January 1982, a good time for me and a very snowy and cold month too (as December 1981 had also been) - the lowest ever temperatures recorded in the UK were recorded in the early hours of the 10th January 1982 - 27 years ago tonight. It fell to -27.2c in Braemar, the coldest ever recorded in the UK and at noon had risen to only -19c, the coldest ever daytime temperature recorded! In England it also fell to well below freezing all over the country with -26.1c recorded in Shropshire on the same date (the record for England). As the temperatures rose, the snow then fell and I remember a week of severe weather in mid January that affected all the buses around here. Not quite as bad as January to March 1979 when we had lying snow and severe weather for most of the 3 months but a lot worse than our little cold snap of the past month! I used to attend all Newcastle's home matches back in 1981/1982, we didn't play a single match, home or away, after December 5 until January 4 then the next one was over a fortnight later before things got back to normal. Anyway, enough of the weather, I owned the following records... 1 The Human League - Don't You Want Me (12") 2 Bucks Fizz - The Land Of Make Believe 6 Madness - It Must Be Love (12") 7 Dollar - Mirror Mirror (Mon Amour) 11 Altered Images - I Could Be Happy 14 Foreigner - Waiting For A Girl Like You 22 Imagination - Flashback 31 Earth Wind & Fire - Let's Groove (12") 33 Kraftwerk - The Model / Computer Love 40 The Pretenders - I Go To Sleep An excellent chart... The number one album was Dare by Human League. Edited January 9, 200916 yr by Robbie
January 10, 200916 yr Author Why does something have to be well known or iconic to be good? Personally I hate Stand And Deliver. I can name 10 songs that never charted anywhere that were better. we are talking about pop music, not inivotive or influencial. surely a good popular song has to be a big hit by definition?..
January 10, 200916 yr I like: 1 The Human League - Don't You Want Me 2 Bucks Fizz - The Land Of Make Believe 3 Adam & The Ants - Ant Rap 5 Abba - One Of Us 6 Madness - It Must Be Love 9 Jon & Vangelis - I'll Find My Way Home 10 Godley & Creme - Wedding Bells 11 Altered Images - I Could Be Happy 14 Foreigner - Waiting For A Girl Like You 15 The Police - Spirits In The Material World 16 Duran Duran - My Own Way 19 Soft Cell - Bedsitter 21 Kim Wilde - Cambodia 25 David Bowie - Wild Is The Wind 28 Meat Loaf - Dead Ringer For Love 29 Phil Lynott - Yellow Pearl 30 Toyah Four - More From Toyah 31 Earth Wind & Fire - Let's Groove 32 Fun Boy Three - The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum) 33 Kraftwerk - The Model / Computer Love 35 Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure 36 John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir - Happy Christmas (War Is Over) 37 Olivia Newton-John - Physical 40 The Pretenders - I Go To Sleep What a great chart! As for..... bs_sB-oq5_I Bucks Fizz - The Land Of Make Believe How many pop songs do you know that were written about the Prog Rock movement taking numerous prog rock albums & tracks lyrical references/concepts & using the cutting & pasting technique reassembling them into a different order, whilst the lyrical metaphor "Something nasty in your garden waiting patiently so it can have your heart" is a reference to the punk movement & how it took over from Progressive Rock. Lyricist Peter Sinfield (ex lyricist for King Crimson & Emerson Lake & Palmer - his other best known lyric was I Believe In Father Christmas) confirmed this on BBC4's very recent Prog Rock programme. Little wonder this song won the Ivor Novello award for best song musically & lyrically in 1982. (He repeated the trick a decade later for Celine Dion's best (only?) good song "Think Twice").
January 10, 200916 yr I never knew that about that song. That just makes me love it even more now. Thanks for the info!
January 11, 200916 yr Author ....... then maybe it was too clever for its own good. i remember the nme slating it at the time, but maybe them, like me, wasnt familiar with prog rock lyrics as for me personally prog rock was zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz . i have never said it wasnt a good pop song, it was, but it hasnt stood the test of time with many people either not knowing it or forgetting it.... unlike 'making your mind up' , 'stand and deliver', etc ..... i like bucks fizz.
January 11, 200916 yr Author RIP. The made great no nonsense pop tracks. In short they were the Supergrass of their day. In tribute I put on The Legend of Zanadu on my local pub's jukebox last night & it sounded ruddy great. nice one.... i agree it does sound great, and is another pop song that id rate higher then bucks fizz's 'land of make believe'...
January 11, 200916 yr Making Your Mind Up is only well-remembered because of Eurovision though - it's a pretty horrible song really.
January 12, 200916 yr Author Making Your Mind Up is only well-remembered because of Eurovision though - it's a pretty horrible song really. i think its a damn good pop song.... pure nonsense set to a catchy rhythm... a pleasant 3 minute no-brainer. and dont forget, if it wasnt for the success of 'making your mind up' there would be no 'land of make believe' (or 'new begining (mamba seyra)', my fav bf track)
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