Jester

1987 – the year nobody put baby in the corner! Welcome to my rate of the 20 UK number 1 singles of 1987. It was a pretty eventful year for news and a transitional year for music. Notable news included the General Election in June, giving Margaret Thatcher her third term in office, the great storm in October, precluded by a classic blooper weather forecast (what, no hurricane?) The Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster in March shocked the nation (more on that later) as did the Kings Cross underground fire in November and the Hungerford massacre prompted a national debate on firearms along with the Enniskillen Remembrance Day bombings, a dark day for the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Black Monday hit the stock markets in October, giving a financial shock to the City and the country. In terms of music, pop still ruled but the first shoots of dance and Stock Aitken and Waterman’s Hit Factory appeared while US divas ruled with sophisti-pop and oddball number 1s still took the country by storm. Re-issues and nostalgia took off, powered by film tie ins and adverts and a hankering for 60s retro sounds. Talking of films, big hitters included Dirty Dancing, The Lost Boys, Stand By Me, Lethal Weapon, Beverly Hills Cop II and Three Men and a Baby. Watch for some film tie ins! Personally, this was the year I started big school – I was terrified and rightly so it turned out! As a naïve child of 11, I wasn’t really into much music, it would be the year after I found my mojo with the SAW explosion. I should also mention an awful family holiday in North Wales where it rained for two weeks and the house we stayed in had literally nothing to do. Still scarred. I hope you enjoy my countdown, buckle up for a journey into the mid/late 80s!

I much prefer the pop mix of That Don’t Impress Me Much - the country version is awful.

Thanks for your hard work with this Riser. Great number 1!

I have plugged in the UK Top 40 Facebook group.

Jester’s Top Tunes 1044 (20 years of JTT!) 1 (1) Sam Fender & Olivia Dean – Rein Me In // 13-11-10-6-4-3-1-3-3-2-1-1 (12 wks) 3 n-c weeks at number 1 2 (4) Sombr – Homewrecker // 10-8-4-4-2 (5 wks) 3 (5) PinkPantheress feat. Zara Larsson – Stateside // 11-9-5-3 (4 wks) 4 (2) Taylor Swift – Opalite // 18-15-11-9-4-7-6-3-2-5-6-11-18-4-1-2-4 (17 wks) 5 (3) Harry Styles – Aperture // 10-5-2-1-3-3-5 (7 wks) 6 (6) Arctic Monkeys – Opening Night // 9-4-1-5-6-6-6 (7 wks) 7 (10) Jessie Ware – Ride // 10-7 (2 wks) 8 (12) Taylor Swift – Elizabeth Taylor // 21-16-14-20-23-35-27-21-12-8 (10 wks) 9 (7) Pulp – Background Noise // 7-5-1-1-3-4-6-7-7-9 (10 wks) 10 (8) Djo – The Crux // 4-1-3-4-6-6-7-8-8-10 (10 wks) 11 (14) Gorillaz, Asha Puthii, Bobby Womack, Dave Jolicoeur, Jalen Ngonda & Black Thought – The Moon Cave // 14-11 (2 wks) 12 (11) Olivia Dean – So Easy (To Fall In Love) // 15-13-7-4-2-2-2-2-1-5-7-7-8-10-12-16-15-11-12 (19 wks) 13 (-) RAYE – Nightingale Lane // 13 (1 wk) 14 (9) Robbie Williams – All My Life // 16-11-8-7-2-5-9-14 (8 wks) 15 (19) Alex Warren – Fever Dream // 19-15 (2 wks) 16 (16) Romy – Love Who You Love // 10-6-3-1-1-1-3-5-6-6-8-11-12-13-14-16-16 (17 wks) 17 (15) Calvin Harris X Kasabian – Release The Pressure // 9-9-10-15-17 (5 wks) 18 (13) Tame Impala – Dracula // 19-12-9-7-4-3-1-1-1-3-5-7-8-9-13-13-13-16-17-22-15-13-13-18 (24 wks) 19 (17) Bright Light Bright Light + Ana Matronic - Cold Sweat, Hot Boys // 18-11-10-11-17-19 (6 wks) 20 (-) BLACKPINK – GO // 20 (1 wk) 21 (21) Sonny Fodera & Chrystal – My Loving // 21-21 (2 wks) 22 (18) Bruno Mars – I Just Might // 11-9-5-2-5-10-12-18-22 (9 wks) 23 (24) Pulp – Tina // 5-1-1-1-3-4-6-6-7-8-9-10-14-12-12-14-16-17-16-20-23-23 (22 wks) 24 (20) HAVEN feat. Karen Aargon – I Run // 14-12-6-4-4-2-3-2-2-7-8-13-14-17-20-24 (16 wks) 25 (22) Mumford & Sons with Gracie Adams – Badlands // 16-22-25 (3 wks) 26 (25) Lana Del Rey – White Feather Haek Tall Deer Hunter // 22-25-26 (3 wks) 27 (27) Robyn – Talk To Me // 17-10-13-13-19-19-23-27-27 (9 wk) 28 (28) Radiohead – Let Down // 9-5-1-1-4-6-5-6-7-8-9-10-10-10-14-14-16-15-15-17-18-20-24-26-28-28-28 (27 wks) 29 (29) RAYE – WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! // 12-10-15-17-22-26-28-27-29-29 (10 wks) 30 (30) Djo – Carry The Name // 12-9-4-3-1-3-3-6-7-8-9-12-14-16-16-17-17-14-18-19-19-23-23-26-30-30 (26 wks) 31 (31) Tame Impala – Loser // 11-8-5-3-1-4-4-7-8-9-10-12-16-16-18-18-19-19-20-21-22-24-27-29-29-31-31 (27 wks) 32 (26) Sombr - … 12 to 12 // 5-3-2-2-6-8-15-17-24-28-28-30-31-21-20-17-15-13-1-4-6-7-9-14-17-18-26-32 (27 wks) 33 (24) U2 – Song Of The Future // 19-24-33 (3 wks) 34 (32) A*Teens – Iconic // 15-15-21-24-32-34 (6 wks) 35 (35) Oasis – Slide Away // 10-7-4-4-1-1-3-5-6-8-9-10-11-12-13-13-17-17-20-20-20-23-23-24-24-27-28-30-32-35-35 (31 wks) 36 (33) Charlie xcx – Always Everywhere // 20-25-33-36 (4 wks) 37 (34) Fatboy Slim & The Rolling Stones – Satisfaction Skank // 19-12-12-11-9-11-15-14-20-22 -34-37 (12 wks) 38 (36) Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande – For Good // 15-13-9-5-2-8-18-22-25-26-29-32-34-36-38 (15 wks) 39 (37) Cynthia Erivo – No Good Deed // 20-15-10-6-3-9-19-23-26-28-30-33-35-37-39 (15 wks) 40 (40) Taylor Swift – The Fate Of Ophelia // 15-13-12-8-5-4-2-5-5-8-15-22-22-27-31-32-33-34-36-36-37-40-40 (23 wks)

Somehow got to iTunes (first time since 2021!) and downloaded!

Poor Geri, so close to beating the awful dull Boyzone rubbish :( I Want It That Way is such a classic, still love it.

I am doing 1987 next - watch this space!

I haven’t commented as much for this year as I think 1992 in general is a poor year for the charts. Some gems, but not loads. Thanks as always though Gezza.

I’d also have Greatest Day near the bottom, it’s so boring and formulaic.

Closer is indeed a tune! I still love and it was a thoroughly deserved number 1, which would easily be in my top 10. Sex On Fire is over rated these days, I’m over it now.

I’d agree with your top 3, all 10/10 songs. I must hunt out that Blondie album….!

Jester’s Top Tunes 1043 1 (2) Sam Fender & Olivia Dean – Rein Me In // 13-11-10-6-4-3-1-3-3-2-1 (11 wks) 2 n-c weeks at number 1 2 (1) Taylor Swift – Opalite // 18-15-11-9-4-7-6-3-2-5-6-11-18-4-1-2 (16 wks) 3 (3) Harry Styles – Aperture // 10-5-2-1-3-3 (6 wks) 4 (4) Sombr – Homewrecker // 10-8-4-4 (4 wks) 5 (9) PinkPantheress feat. Zara Larsson – Stateside // 11-9-5 (3 wks) 6 (6) Arctic Monkeys – Opening Night // 9-4-1-5-6-6 (6 wks) 7 (7) Pulp – Background Noise // 7-5-1-1-3-4-6-7-7 (9 wks) 8 (8) Djo – The Crux // 4-1-3-4-6-6-7-8-8 (9 wks) 9 (5) Robbie Williams – All My Life // 16-11-8-7-2-5-9 (7 wks) 10 (-) Jessie Ware – Ride // 10 (1 wk) 11 (15) Olivia Dean – So Easy (To Fall In Love) // 15-13-7-4-2-2-2-2-1-5-7-7-8-10-12-16-15-11 (18 wks) 12 (21) Taylor Swift – Elizabeth Taylor // 21-16-14-20-23-35-27-21-12 (9 wks) 13 (13) Tame Impala – Dracula // 19-12-9-7-4-3-1-1-1-3-5-7-8-9-13-13-13-16-17-22-15-13-13 (23 wks) 14 (-) Gorillaz, Asha Puthii, Bobby Womack, Dave Jolicoeur, Jalen Ngonda & Black Thought – The Moon Cave // 14 (1 wk) 15 (10) Calvin Harris X Kasabian – Release The Pressure // 9-9-10-15 (4 wks) 16 (14) Romy – Love Who You Love // 10-6-3-1-1-1-3-5-6-6-8-11-12-13-14-16 (16 wks) 17 (11) Bright Light Bright Light + Ana Matronic - Cold Sweat, Hot Boys // 18-11-10-11-17 (5 wks) 18 (12) Bruno Mars – I Just Might // 11-9-5-2-5-10-12-18 (8 wks) 19 (-) Alex Warren – Fever Dream // 19 (1 wk) 20 (17) HAVEN feat. Karen Aargon – I Run // 14-12-6-4-4-2-3-2-2-7-8-13-14-17-20 (15 wks) 21 (-) Sonny Fodera & Chrystal – My Loving // 21 (1 wk) 22 (16) Mumford & Sons with Gracie Adams – Badlands // 16-22 (2 wks) 23 (20) Pulp – Tina // 5-1-1-1-3-4-6-6-7-8-9-10-14-12-12-14-16-17-16-20-23 (21 wks) 24 (19) U2 – Song Of The Future // 19-24 (2 wks) 25 (22) Lana Del Rey – White Feather Haek Tall Deer Hunter // 22-25 (2 wks) 26 (18) Sombr - … 12 to 12 // 5-3-2-2-6-8-15-17-24-28-28-30-31-21-20-17-15-13-1-4-6-7-9-14-17-18-26 (26 wks) 27 (23) Robyn – Talk To Me // 17-10-13-13-19-19-23-27 (8 wk) 28 (28) Radiohead – Let Down // 9-5-1-1-4-6-5-6-7-8-9-10-10-10-14-14-16-15-15-17-18-20-24-26-28-28 (26 wks) 29 (27) RAYE – WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! // 12-10-15-17-22-26-28-27-29 (9 wks) 30 (26) Djo – Carry The Name // 12-9-4-3-1-3-3-6-7-8-9-12-14-16-16-17-17-14-18-19-19-23-23-26-30 (25 wks) 31 (29) Tame Impala – Loser // 11-8-5-3-1-4-4-7-8-9-10-12-16-16-18-18-19-19-20-21-22-24-27-29-29-31 (26 wks) 32 (24) A*Teens – Iconic // 15-15-21-24-32 (5 wks) 33 (25) Charlie xcx – Always Everywhere // 20-25-33 (3 wks) 34 (22) Fatboy Slim & The Rolling Stones – Satisfaction Skank // 19-12-12-11-9-11-15-14-20-22 -34 (11 wks) 35 (32) Oasis – Slide Away // 10-7-4-4-1-1-3-5-6-8-9-10-11-12-13-13-17-17-20-20-20-23-23-24-24-27-28-30-32-35 (30 wks) 36 (34) Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande – For Good // 15-13-9-5-2-8-18-22-25-26-29-32-34-36 (14 wks) 37 (35) Cynthia Erivo – No Good Deed // 20-15-10-6-3-9-19-23-26-28-30-33-35-37 (14 wks) 38 (33) Sonny Fodera, D.O.D & Poppy Baskcomb – Think About Us // 21-16-12-5-3-2-4-6-13-21-21-26-29-31-32-31-31-31-33-38 (20 wks) 39 (31) Myles Smith & Niall Horan – Drive Safe // 16-23-31-39 (4 wks) 40 (37) Taylor Swift – The Fate Of Ophelia // 15-13-12-8-5-4-2-5-5-8-15-22-22-27-31-32-33-34-36-36-37-40 (22 wks)

Bluntly was 2005 not 2002. Nitpicking apologies!

1. Olivia Dean - The Art Of Loving 2. Tame Impala - Deadbeat 3. Pulp - More 4. Djo - The Crux 5. Robbie Williams - Britpop 6. Taylor Swift - The Life Of A Showgirl 7. Coldplay - Moon Music 8. Chappell Roan - The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess 9. Sam Fender - People Watching 10. Romy - Mid Air 2026 Number 1's Olivia Dean - The Art Of Loving (7+ weeks)

Theaudience 05.0 I Got the Wherewithal 08.0 If You Can't Do It When You're Young: When Can You Do It 07.0 A Pessimist Is Never Disappointed 05.0 I Know Enough (I Don't Get Enough) 11.0 Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) (ft Spiller) 10.0 Take Me Home 10.0 Murder On The Dancefloor 10.0 Get Over You 07.0 Move This Mountain 09.0 Music Gets The Best of Me 08.5 Mixed Up World 07.5 I Won't Change You 07.0 Catch You 10.0 Me and My Imagination 07.5 Today The Sun's On Us 07.0 If I Can't Dance 10.0 Heartbreak (Made Me A Dancer) (ft Freemasons) 05.5 Can't Fight This Feeling (Junior Caldera) 08.5 Bittersweet 06.0 Not Giving Up On Love (vs Armin Van Buuren) 08.0 Off & On 07.0 Starlight 05.5 Young Blood 05.0 Runaway Daydreamer 04.0 Love Is a Camera 04.5 The Deer & the Wolf 06.0 Come With Us 07.0 Crystallise 05.0 Wild Forever 05.0 Death of Love 05.0 Love Is You 10.0 Crying At The Discoteque 07.0 Hypnotized (ft Wuh Oh) 05.0 Breaking The Circle 05.0 Everything Is Sweet 05.0 Lost In The Sunshine 10.0 Freedom of the Night 08.0 Relentless Love 07.5 Vertigo 05.0 Taste 06.0 Dolce Vita 05.0 Stay On Me Collaborations 07.0 Circles (Just My Good Time) (ft busface) 04.0 f*** With You (ft Bob Sinclair & Gilberte Forte) 04.0 Immortal (Ft Lufthaus)

25 Oasis - Live Forever 24 Blur - There's No Other Way 23 Coldplay - Violet Hill 22 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black 21 Blue Boy - Remember Me 20 Echo and the Bunnymen - Nothing Lasts Forever 19 Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again 18 The Beloved - Sweet Harmony 17 Everything But The Girl - Wrong 16 Karen Ramirez - Looking For Love 15 Robyn - Dancing On My Own 14 Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends 13 Sigala and Becky Hill - Wish You Well 12 Arctic Monkeys - Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? 11 Pet Shop Boys - Suburbia 10 Natalie Imbruglia - Shiver 09 Visage - Fade To Grey 08 Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 07 Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam 06 Groove Armada featuring Mutya Buena - Song 4 Mutya (Out Of Control) 05 The Stone Roses - Elephant Stone 04 Katrina and the Waves - Walking On Sunshine 03 The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar 02 The Veronicas - Untouched 01 Madonna - Human Nature

Hmmm, I suspected I’d be at the bottom so let’s see if that happens.

Ha! I’m predicting a Cheeky win too.

Jester’s Top Tunes 1042 1 (4) Taylor Swift – Opalite // 18-15-11-9-4-7-6-3-2-5-6-11-18-4-1 (15 wks) 1 week at number 1 2 (3) Sam Fender & Olivia Dean – Rein Me In // 13-11-10-6-4-3-1-3-3-2 (10 wks) 3 (1) Harry Styles – Aperture // 10-5-2-1-3 (5 wks) 4 (8) Sombr – Homewrecker // 10-8-4 (3 wks) 5 (2) Robbie Williams – All My Life // 16-11-8-7-2-5 (6 wks) 6 (5) Arctic Monkeys – Opening Night // 9-4-1-5-6 (5 wks) 7 (6) Pulp – Background Noise // 7-5-1-1-3-4-6-7 (8 wks) 8 (7) Djo – The Crux // 4-1-3-4-6-6-7-8 (8 wks) 9 (11) PinkPantheress feat. Zara Larsson – Stateside // 11-9 (2 wks) 10 (9) Calvin Harris X Kasabian – Release The Pressure // 9-9-10 (3 wks) 11 (10) Bright Light Bright Light + Ana Matronic - Cold Sweat, Hot Boys // 18-11-10-11 (4 wks) 12 (10) Bruno Mars – I Just Might // 11-9-5-2-5-10-12 (7 wks) 13 (15) Tame Impala – Dracula // 19-12-9-7-4-3-1-1-1-3-5-7-8-9-13-13-13-16-17-22-15-13 (22 wks) 14 (13) Romy – Love Who You Love // 10-6-3-1-1-1-3-5-6-6-8-11-12-13-14 (15 wks) 15 (12) Olivia Dean – So Easy (To Fall In Love) // 15-13-7-4-2-2-2-2-1-5-7-7-8-10-12-16-15 (17 wks) 16 (-) Mumford & Sons with Gracie Adams – Badlands // 16 (1 wk) 17 (14) HAVEN feat. Karen Aargon – I Run // 14-12-6-4-4-2-3-2-2-7-8-13-14-17 (14 wks) 18 (17) Sombr - … 12 to 12 // 5-3-2-2-6-8-15-17-24-28-28-30-31-21-20-17-15-13-1-4-6-7-9-14-17-18 (25 wks) 19 (-) U2 – Song Of The Future // 19 (1 wk) 20 (16) Pulp – Tina // 5-1-1-1-3-4-6-6-7-8-9-10-14-12-12-14-16-17-16-20 (20 wks) 21 (27) Taylor Swift – Elizabeth Taylor // 21-16-14-20-23-35-27-21 (8 wks) 22 (-) Lana Del Rey – White Feather Haek Tall Deer Hunter // 22 (1 wk) 23 (19) Robyn – Talk To Me // 17-10-13-13-19-19-23 (7 wk) 24 (21) A*Teens – Iconic // 15-15-21-24 (4 wks) 25 (20) Charlie xcx – Always Everywhere // 20-25 (2 wks) 26 (23) Djo – Carry The Name // 12-9-4-3-1-3-3-6-7-8-9-12-14-16-16-17-17-14-18-19-19-23-23-26 (24 wks) 27 (28) RAYE – WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! // 12-10-15-17-22-26-28-27 (8 wks) 28 (26) Radiohead – Let Down // 9-5-1-1-4-6-5-6-7-8-9-10-10-10-14-14-16-15-15-17-18-20-24-26-28 (25 wks) 29 (29) Tame Impala – Loser // 11-8-5-3-1-4-4-7-8-9-10-12-16-16-18-18-19-19-20-21-22-24-27-29-29 (25 wks) 30 (22) Fatboy Slim & The Rolling Stones – Satisfaction Skank // 19-12-12-11-9-11-15-14-20-22 (10 wks) 31 (23) Myles Smith & Niall Horan – Drive Safe // 16-23-31 (3 wks) 32 (30) Oasis – Slide Away // 10-7-4-4-1-1-3-5-6-8-9-10-11-12-13-13-17-17-20-20-20-23-23-24-24-27-28-30-32 (29 wks) 33 (31) Sonny Fodera, D.O.D & Poppy Baskcomb – Think About Us // 21-16-12-5-3-2-4-6-13-21-21-26-29-31-32-31-31-31-33 (19 wks) 34 (32) Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande – For Good // 15-13-9-5-2-8-18-22-25-26-29-32-34 (13 wks) 35 (33) Cynthia Erivo – No Good Deed // 20-15-10-6-3-9-19-23-26-28-30-33-35 (13 wks) 36 (34) Pulp – Got To Have Love // 6-4-1-1-1-1-3-5-7-8-9-10-12-13-15-16-17-17-18-19-21-23-23-23-25-27-27-28-29-32-34-36 (32 wks) 37 (36) Taylor Swift – The Fate Of Ophelia // 15-13-12-8-5-4-2-5-5-8-15-22-22-27-31-32-33-34-36-36-37 (21 wks) 38 (38) Oasis – Acquiesce // 7-3-1-3-4-4-6-7-8-9-12-13-18-18-18-19-20-22-23-24-26-27-29-29-29-31-32-33-35-36-37-38-38 (33 wks) 39 (39) Oasis – Champagne Supernova // 5-1-1-3-4-5-5-7-8-10-10-13-14-19-19-19-20-21-23-24-25-27-28-30-30-30-33-34-35-37-38-38-39-39 (34 wks) 40 (40) Coldplay – Sparks // 3-1-3-3-5-5-7-7-8-9-10-12-13-14-16-20-20-20-23-23-25-27-28-30-30-31-31-31-34-35-36-38-39-39-40-40 (36 wks)

I’ve got 0 (and may do this time). It’s kind of funny!

I’ll be the same when I do a 70s one, it’s the decade I am least familiar with.

Me three on Its My Life. Never liked it.

Voted.

Wrong year thread.