The Moose

+15 Frankie Goes To Hollywood “Two Tribes” +12 Frankie Goes To Hollywood “The Power Of Love” +10 Paul McCartney “Pipes Of Peace” +8 Chaka Khan “I Feel For You” +6 Frankie Goes To Hollywood “Relax” +5 George Michael “Careless Whisper” +4 Duran Duran “The Reflex” +3 Lionel Richie “Hello” +2 Wham! “Freedom” +1 Jim Diamond “I Should Have Known Better” -2 Wham! “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”

This actually ended up being harder than I thought as they are all much of a muchness. Perhaps suffering from 'overplay' over the years. +15 Kajagoogoo “Too Shy” The only one of these I still truly love. If I have to think of an archetype 80's number one, this is it. +12 Paul Young “Wherever I Lay My Hat (That’s My Home)” +10 Michael Jackson “Billie Jean” +8 Duran Duran “Is There Something I Should Know” +6 Men At Work “Down Under” +5 David Bowie “Let’s Dance” +4 Spandau Ballet “True” +3 Culture Club “Karma Chameleon” +2 KC & The Sunshine Band “Give It Up” +1 The Flying Pickets “Only You” -2 The Police “Every Breath You Take” Have always detested this. Loved all their early material but found this :puke2:

A poor year for No 1's which is a shame as it was a good year for popular music. +15 Culture Club “Do You Really Want To Hurt Me” +12 Kraftwerk “The Model/Computer Love” +10 Adam Ant “Goody Two Shoes” +8 Madness “House of Fun” +6 Eddy Grant “I Don’t Wanna Dance” +5 The Jam “A Town Called Malice/Precious” +4 Survivor “Eye Of The Tiger” +3 Musical Youth “Pass The Dutchie” +2 The Jam “Beat Surrender” +1 Shakin’ Stevens “Oh Julie” I'm another who falls into the can't stand "Come On Eileen" camp. Do like alot of Dexy's stuff but never could quite understand the huge appeal of Eileen. Save Your Love is saved the -2 as it can still bring a smile to my face, most probably because of the Kenny Everett parody at the time. -2 Nicole “A Little Peace” As someone on another forum suggested. The 500th UK number one, and the 500th best at that time!

15. The Specials “Ghost Town” 12. Adam & The Ants “Prince Charming” 10. Adam & The Ants “Stand And Deliver” 8. The Human League “Don’t You Want Me” 6. Roxy Music “Jealous Guy” 5. John Lennon “Woman” 4. Dave Stewart & Barbra Gaskin “It’s My Party” 3. Soft Cell “Tainted Love” 2. Queen & David Bowie “Under Pressure” 1. Joe Dolce Music Theatre “Shaddup You Face” -2 John Lennon “Imagine” - the most over rated song in history!

+15 David Bowie “Ashes to Ashes” +12 Dexy’s Midnight Runners “Geno” +10 The Jam “Start” +8 The Police “Don’t Stand So Close To Me” +6 Blondie “Atomic” +5 The Specials “Too Much Too Young (The Special AKA Live! EP)” +4 Blondie “Call Me” +3 John Lennon “(Just Like) Starting Over” +2 The Jam “Going Underground/Dreams of Children” +1 The Pretenders “Brass In Pocket” -2 St. Winifred’s School Choir “There’s No One Quite Like Grandma

I can't quite understand why people can't get their heads round this. It is not going to mean that every song is going to have a prolonged chart run. Certain artists will still have heavily front loaded sales. A new song will be advertised that it is going to radio on a certain date and those fans will still rush out to buy it even if they haven't heard it, just as they have done throughout time. Artists such as Lady GaGa, Rihanna, McFly (not so much these days) could release 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' as a totally new song and it would have massive first week sales because unfortunately some artists fanbases would buy a single of their idol blowing wind if it was released. This will never change. I can't help but have a wry smile as the Britney single struggles up iTunes after all her supporters had convinced themselves it was definitely going to be number 1 when released. This could actually help certain artists get an instant number one, such as Take That. 'The Flood' would have definitely been number one if it had been released to download immediately but people were already getting bored of it after six weeks. The songs that will get prolonged chart runs will be the ones that deserve it, that captures the public's imagination over a period of time. It is very rare that I will like a song immediately that I feel I need to buy it. I hated Rihanna 'Only Girl (In The World)' initially but within a few weeks I loved it and probably purchased it on it's third week. In some ways this will give a more realistic chart and hopefully bring it back to when it was at its best (70/80's). We hopefully won't get this massive turnover of number ones that ruined the credibility of the chart in the late 90's/early 00's and has started to come back in the last couple of years. The so called 'non no.1's' will become less frequent which can only be a good thing. Songs such as 'Love The Way You Lie' would have probably got the number one it deserved (not one of my favourites though), as it has proved with it's chart run and it's position at the top of the best sellers for 2010. The chart really does lose credibility when songs such as 'Once' and 'Dirtee Disco' are credited as number 1's but couldn't even get in the Top 100 sellers of the year. And one of the main reasons why more and more songs have such long chart runs (obviously being available to download at any time is a major factor) is that their is not enough decent new material being released week in/week out and the radio stations who continue to saturate the airplay with the same artists.