Posted August 29, 200915 yr UK Top 100 Singles - 25th August 1984 01.(1) George Michael - Careless Whisper 02.(2) Black Lace - Agadoo 03.(NE) Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You 04.(10) Howard Jones - Like To Get To Know You Well 05.(3) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes 06.(6) Laura Branigan - Self Control 07.(4) Hazell Dean - Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go) 08.(5) Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It 09.(15) Trevor Walters - Stuck On You 10.(9) Grandmaster Flash And Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't Do It) 11.(27) Iron Maiden - 2 Minutes To Midnight 12.(7) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax 13.(11) Jeffrey Osborne - On The Wings Of Love 14.(8) Prince - When Doves Cry 15.(30) Elton John - Passengers 16.(28) Miami Sound Machine - Dr Beat 17.(12) Queen - It's A Hard Life 18.(19) Tracey Ullman - Sunglasses 19.(20) Rod Stewart - Some Guys Have All The Luck 20.(14) The Kane Gang - Closest Thing To Heaven 21.(18) Windjammer - Tossing And Turning 22.(38) Tears For Fears - Mother's Talk 23.(NE) Spandau Ballet - I'll Fly For You 24.(17) Shakatak - Down On The Street 25.(13) Neil - Hole In My Shoe 26.(16) Phil Fearon And Galaxy - Everybody's Laughing 27.(24) Band Of Gold - Love Songs Are Back Again (Medley) 28.(29) A Flock Of Seagulls - The More You Live, The More You Love 29.(34) The Pointer Sisters - I Need You 30.(31) Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time 31.(22) Divine - You Think You're A Man 32.(23) The Bluebells - Young At Heart 33.(26) Blancmange - The Day Before You Came 34.(25) Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face 35.(39) Lionel Richie - Stuck On You 36.(37) David Sylvian - The Ink In The Well 37.(32) The SOS Band - Just The Way You Like It 38.(33) Nik Kershaw - I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me {re-issue} 39.(43) AC/DC - Nervous Shakedown 40.(44) Break Machine - Are You Ready 41.(50) Michael Jackson - Girl You're So Together 42.(31) Alison Moyet - Love Resurrection 43.(71) Alphaville - Big In Japan 44.(45) Farmers Boys - In The Country 45.(66) The Cool Notes - You're Never Too Young 46.(46) Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go 47.(76) Kraftwerk - Tour De France {1984} 48.(51) Change - You Are My Melody 49.(26) Animal Nightlife - Mr Solitaire 50.(41) Ollie And Jerry - Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us Now 51.(52) Gary Moore - Empty Rooms 52.(40) The Pointer Sisters - Jump (For My Love) 53.(36) The Mighty Wah! - Come Back 54.(55) THS - The Horne Section - Lady Shine (Shine On) 55.(42) The Thompson Twins - Sister Of Mercy 56.(NE) Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters 57.(54) Kevin The Gerbil - Summer Holiday 58.(53) Second Image - Sing And Shout 59.(NE) Lloyd Cole And The Commotions - Forest Fire 60.(48) Carol Lynn Townes - 99½ 61.(49) Dio - We Rock 62.(47) Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy 63.(43) Echo & The Bunnymen - Seven Seas 64.(62) King Kurt - Banana Banana 65.(61) Arrow - Hot Hot Hot 66.(NE) Bucks Fizz - Talking In Your Sleep 67.(89) Astrud Gilberto - The Girl Of Ipanema 68.(83) Evelyn Thomas - Masquerade 69.(86) Armoury Show - Castles In Spain 70.(59) Julio Iglesias And Diana Ross - All Of You 71.(81) Elvis Costello And The Attractions - The Only Flame In Town 72.(67) Jon And Vangelis - State Of Independence 73.(RE) Ultravox - Lament 74.(57) Jacksons With Mick Jagger - State Of Shock 75.(63) Captain Sensible - There Are More Snakes Than Ladders 76.(81) Rick James - 17 77.(84) Junior - Somebody 78.(NE) The Scorpions - Big City Nights 79.(73) Paul Quinn And Edwyn Collins - Pale Blue Eyes 80.(NE) The Brothers Johnson - You Keep Me Coming Back 80.(NE) Associates - Waiting For The Love Boat 82.(94) Black Uhuru - What Is Life 83.(77) WASP - I Wanna Be Somebody 84.(NE) Cyndi Lauper - She Bop 85.(58) Shriekback - Hand On My Heart 86.(78) Vicious Pink - Cccan't You See 87.(99) Alicia Myers - You Get The Best From Me (Say, Say, Say) 88.(97) Rockwell - Taxman 89.(90) Kid Creole And The Coconuts - Don't Take My Coconuts 90.(91) The Cult - Go West (Crazy Spinning Circle) 91.(NE) Adventures - Another Silent Day 92.(NE) Alien Sex Fiend - Dead And Buried 93.(74) Spandau Ballet - Only When You Leave 94.(69) Nino De Angelo - Guardian Angel 95.(NE) Dan Hartman - I Can Dream About You 96.(NE) Blue Nile - Tinseltown In The Rain 97.(87) Chris De Burgh - Ecstasy Of Flight (I Love The Night) 98.(80) Scritti Politti - Absolute 99.(88) Working Week - Storm Of Light 100.(96)Matt Bianco - Whose Side Are You On
August 29, 200915 yr Author UK Top 100 Albums - 25th August 1984 01 (1) Various Artists - Now Series - Now That's What I Call Music 3 02 (3) Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend 03 (5) Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down 04 (4) Tina Turner - Private Dancer 05 (2) Sade - Diamond Life 06 (6) Queen - The Works 07 (7) Michael Jackson - Thriller 08 (15) Spandau Ballet - Parade 09 (NE) Phil Fearon And Galaxy - Phil Fearon And Galaxy 10 (9) The Pointer Sisters - Breakout 11 (8) Billy Joel - An Innocent Man 12 (16) Howard Jones - Human's Lib 13 (14) Elton John - Breaking Hearts 14 (12) The Thompson Twins - Into The Gap 15 (11) Prince And The Revolution - Purple Rain 16 (20) Various Artists - Now Series - Now That's What I Call Music 2 17 (13) Nik Kershaw - Human Racing 18 (10) Original Soundtrack - Breakdance 19 (18) Various Artists - Breakdance - You Can Do It 20 (38) Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 21 (NE) Shakatak - Down On The Street 22 (19) Various Artists - American Heartbeat 23 (17) Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual 24 (21) The Jacksons - Victory 25 (26) Rod Stewart - Camouflage 26 (29) Queen - Greatest Hits 27 (24) Various Artists - Street Sounds Edition 10 28 (23) Neil Diamond - Primitive 29 (37) Dire Straits - Alchemy 30 (25) Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain 31 (22) The Bluebells - Sisters 32 (92) Big Country - The Crossing 33 (28) Mike Oldfield - Discovery 34 (31) David Sylvian - Brilliant Trees 35 (34) Dio - The Last In Line 36 (27) Chas And Dave - Well Pleased 37 (77) Laura Branigan - Self Control 38 (35) Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell 39 (30) Blancmange - Mange Tout 40 (32) Original Cast - Starlight Express 41 (60) Frank Sinatra And The Quincy Jones Orchestra - LA Is My Lady 42 (42) Jon And Vangelis - Best Of Jon And Vangelis 43 (56) Various Artists - Now Series - Now That's What I Call Music 44 (39) Vangelis - Chariots Of Fire 45 (61) Michael Jackson - Off The Wall 46 (55) Original Soundtrack - Beat Street 47 (54) Original Soundtrack - Footloose 48 (68) Spandau Ballet - True 49 (43) The Rolling Stones - Rewind 1971-1984 50 (36) Various Artists - Street Sounds Crucial Electro 2 51 (44) U2 - Under A Blood Red Sky 52 (66) The Smiths - The Smiths 53 (60) Eric Clapton - Backtrackin' 54 (RE) Van Halen - 1984 55 (40) Everything But The Girl - Eden 56 (48) Wham! - Fantastic 57 (80) Phil Collins - Hello I Must Be Going 58 (53) The Style Council - Cafe Bleu 59 (52) Paul Young - No Parlez 60 (41) Duran Duran - Seven And The Ragged Tiger 61 (50) Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five - Greatest Messages 62 (58) Elton John - Too Low For Zero 63 (75) Michael Jackson - Farewell My Summer Love 64 (51) UB40 - Labour Of Love 65 (45) Mighty Wah! - A Word To The Wise Guy 66 (46) Various Artists - Chunks Of Funk 67 (49) Ultravox - Lament 68 (79) Change - Change Of Heart 69 (59) Culture Club - Colour By Numbers 70 (96) Lionel Richie - Lionel Richie 71 (82) Phil Collins - Face Value 72 (65) Chris De Burgh - Man On The Line 73 (63) Elvis Costello And The Attractions - Goodbye Cruel World 74 (47) The Human League - Hysteria 75 (89) ZZ Top - Eliminator 76 (88) Various Artists - Then Came Rock n' Roll 77 (76) Eurythmics - Touch 78 (33) Y And T - In Rock We Trust 79 (57) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Junk Culture 80 (67) Theatre Of Hate - Revolution 81 (74) Break Machine - Break Machine 82 (NE) Windjammer - Windjammer 2 83 (72) Jeff Wayne - War Of The Worlds 84 (NE) Newcleus - Jam On Revenge 85 (83) Sky - Masterpieces - The Very Best Of Sky 86 (97) James Last - The Greatest Songs Of The Beatles 87 (RE) Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon 88 (69) Rod Stewart - Greatest Hits - Rod Stewart 89 (64) Dire Straits - Love Over Gold 90 (NE) Black Uhuru - Anthem 91 (94) Dire Straits - Making Movies 92 (73) Barbra Streisand - Love Songs 93 (91) Elkie Brooks - Minutes 94 (78) Marvin Gaye - Greatest Hits - Marvin Gaye 95 (RE) Michael Jackson And The Jackson 5 - 18 Greatest Hits 96 (99) Genesis - Genesis 97 (84) Simon And Garfunkel - The Simon And Garfunkel Collection 98 (RE) David Bowie - Hunky Dory 99 (RE) Howard Keel - And I Love You So 100(71) Bryn Yemm - How Great Thou Art
August 30, 200915 yr I remember my Mum buying us Agadoo after we came back from our holiday to Spain that year - obviously quite a few mums had!
August 30, 200915 yr UK Top 100 Singles - 25th August 1984 07.(4) Hazell Dean - Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go) (One of SAWs finest moments!) :D 10.(9) Grandmaster Flash And Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't Do It) 14.(8) Prince - When Doves Cry 16.(28) Miami Sound Machine - Dr Beat 30.(31) Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time 31.(22) Divine - You Think You're A Man 37.(32) The SOS Band - Just The Way You Like It 52.(40) The Pointer Sisters - Jump (For My Love) I know and like the above
August 30, 200915 yr 01.(1) George Michael - Careless Whisper....was Ok, although never a fan of his 02.(2) Black Lace - Agadoo...where do I start :puke2: if Heineken did pop music, this would probably be the worst ever :lol: 04.(10) Howard Jones - Like To Get To Know You Well...he had quite a few quirky songs 05.(3) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes...Liked this one when it was out 06.(6) Laura Branigan - Self Control...One of my all time favourites from the 1980's 07.(4) Hazell Dean - Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go)...was ok, was this a SAW produced song? 08.(5) Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It..one of her early comeback songs, was alright 12.(7) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax...another one which defined the mid eighties 14.(8) Prince - When Doves Cry...one of his better songs 17.(12) Queen - It's A Hard Life.....ok, not their best mind you 18.(19) Tracey Ullman - Sunglasses...happy pop song 22.(38) Tears For Fears - Mother's Talk....one of my favourite bands of the 80's :dance: 23.(NE) Spandau Ballet - I'll Fly For You....not bad, but not their best 25.(13) Neil - Hole In My Shoe :lol: 28.(29) A Flock Of Seagulls - The More You Live, The More You Love....think this was their last hit before they split 30.(31) Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time....class song :cheer: 32.(23) The Bluebells - Young At Heart....liked this one 34.(25) Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face....preferred this one to White Wedding 38.(33) Nik Kershaw - I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me {re-issue}...this was ok 42.(31) Alison Moyet - Love Resurrection :cheer: 43.(71) Alphaville - Big In Japan....this is a good one 46.(46) Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go.....see #1 above 47.(76) Kraftwerk - Tour De France {1984} :) 53.(36) The Mighty Wah! - Come Back :) 55.(42) The Thompson Twins - Sister Of Mercy :) 56.(NE) Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters :D 63.(43) Echo & The Bunnymen - Seven Seas 73.(RE) Ultravox - Lament....slow, but pretty good 93.(74) Spandau Ballet - Only When You Leave 98.(80) Scritti Politti - Absolute...I quite liked him
August 30, 200915 yr Iron Maiden with '2 Minutes To Midnight' at No. 11! Easily one of their best ever tunes.
August 30, 200915 yr I remember my Mum buying us Agadoo after we came back from our holiday to Spain that year - obviously quite a few mums had! There are times when I'm relieved my mother has never had any interest in pop music :lol:
August 31, 200915 yr 01.(1) George Michael - Careless Whisper - one of his better solo efforts 02.(2) Black Lace - Agadoo - erm, yes, where to begin? Without this there would have been no Chicken Song 03.(NE) Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You - Utter dreck. A prime example of someone who made some great songs but whose biggest hit was awful 04.(10) Howard Jones - Like To Get To Know You Well - Good quirky stuff 05.(3) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes - Still sounds great 08.(5) Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It - Not a fan and this is one of the reasons why 12.(7) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax - Thanks to Mike Read for launching their career 14.(8) Prince - When Doves Cry - Not a fan but this is good 15.(30) Elton John - Passengers - Can I get off? 16.(28) Miami Sound Machine - Dr Beat - Ugh 17.(12) Queen - It's A Hard Life - They were past their best weren't they? 19.(20) Rod Stewart - Some Guys Have All The Luck - Agreed. Some people make millions with no discernible talent. Some guys have all the luck. 22.(38) Tears For Fears - Mother's Talk - Not one of their best 23.(NE) Spandau Ballet - I'll Fly For You - ditto 28.(29) A Flock Of Seagulls - The More You Live, The More You Love - Don't remember this one but great haircuts 29.(34) The Pointer Sisters - I Need You - I don't need them 30.(31) Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time - horrible 32.(23) The Bluebells - Young At Heart - classy pop 33.(26) Blancmange - The Day Before You Came - brilliant Abba cover 34.(25) Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face - very good 35.(39) Lionel Richie - Stuck On You - Just as bad as everything else he inflicted on us 38.(33) Nik Kershaw - I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me {re-issue} - more good quirky pop 42.(31) Alison Moyet - Love Resurrection - Ah, Alf, what a voice 43.(71) Alphaville - Big In Japan - good song 46.(46) Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go - good for what it is 47.(76) Kraftwerk - Tour De France {1984} - not their best but still pretty good 52.(40) The Pointer Sisters - Jump (For My Love) - jump to somewhere where I can't hear it 53.(36) The Mighty Wah! - Come Back - not as good as Story of the Blues 56.(NE) Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters - Who you gonna call? 62.(47) Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy - the start of Mr Potatohead's career 63.(43) Echo & The Bunnymen - Seven Seas - brilliant 73.(RE) Ultravox - Lament - OK but it's no Vienna 93.(74) Spandau Ballet - Only When You Leave - formulaic 98.(80) Scritti Politti - Absolute - we need a Scritti Politti comeback
August 31, 200915 yr There are times when I'm relieved my mother has never had any interest in pop music :lol: Neither did mine, hence buying 'Agadoo'! (Erm, we loved it though)
August 31, 200915 yr These are the tracks I like and love. Know most of the rest of the chart and most of it is goddamn awful 05.(3) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes 06.(6) Laura Branigan - Self Control 10.(9) Grandmaster Flash And Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't Do It) 11.(27) Iron Maiden - 2 Minutes To Midnight 12.(7) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax 14.(8) Prince - When Doves Cry 22.(38) Tears For Fears - Mother's Talk 30.(31) Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time 34.(25) Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face 36.(37) David Sylvian - The Ink In The Well 39.(43) AC/DC - Nervous Shakedown 43.(71) Alphaville - Big In Japan 44.(45) Farmers Boys - In The Country 47.(76) Kraftwerk - Tour De France {1984} 53.(36) The Mighty Wah! - Come Back 59.(NE) Lloyd Cole And The Commotions - Forest Fire 63.(43) Echo & The Bunnymen - Seven Seas 69.(86) Armoury Show - Castles In Spain 73.(RE) Ultravox - Lament 90.(91) The Cult - Go West (Crazy Spinning Circle) 98.(80) Scritti Politti - Absolute I can't believe no-one else has liked Forest Fire by Lloyd Cole. Fabulous tune from the fabulous Rattlesnakes album.
September 12, 200915 yr 02.(2) Black Lace - Agadoo 04.(10) Howard Jones - Like To Get To Know You Well 05.(3) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes 06.(6) Laura Branigan - Self Control - Best song Laura ever did, love the video 07.(4) Hazell Dean - Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go) - Great 08.(5) Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It 12.(7) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax 16.(28) Miami Sound Machine - Dr Beat 18.(19) Tracey Ullman - Sunglasses 19.(20) Rod Stewart - Some Guys Have All The Luck 24.(17) Shakatak - Down On The Street - great song and great video 26.(16) Phil Fearon And Galaxy - Everybody's Laughing 30.(31) Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time - Cyndi's best 31.(22) Divine - You Think You're A Man - classic camp 33.(26) Blancmange - The Day Before You Came 34.(25) Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face 38.(33) Nik Kershaw - I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me {re-issue} 42.(31) Alison Moyet - Love Resurrection 43.(71) Alphaville - Big In Japan - one of my favourite 80's songs 46.(46) Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go 52.(40) The Pointer Sisters - Jump (For My Love) 55.(42) The Thompson Twins - Sister Of Mercy 56.(NE) Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters 62.(47) Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy 66.(NE) Bucks Fizz - Talking In Your Sleep 84.(NE) Cyndi Lauper - She Bop 93.(74) Spandau Ballet - Only When You Leave Alarmed at how many of these singles I have :-)
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