Colm

Amazing info.

There's songs on that that I do not remember - even now. Also, take it for granted that I am disappointed with sequencing of any yearbook. They just don't care very much for it any more. I'm new to these yearbooks but is there a reason why big hits appear on the "extra" release while there are duplicate artists on the main edition? Barcelona, Too Much Love Will Kill You, Don't You Want Me, Shake Your Head, Heartbeat, My Girl were all significant hits. Is it because they want to retain some hits for the "extra" edition? All it does is dilute the main release.

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Done!

Oops. I completely missed this. A few plays of my potantials playlist should bring this matter to a conclusion.

:lol:

Where are you getting this news from? Ireland has confirmed https://www.esc-plus.com/eurovision-2024-co...rmed-countries/

Ain't Nobody is by far my favorite Chaka song. The intro is just :wub:

I listen to charts when I go running. They keep me distracted as I try to figure out what's in the top 10 based on what's gone before.

I think I presumed that Missing You was by Bryan Adams.

Never knew that Whatever had such high first week sales.

63 - Level 42 - Running In The Family x4m41bBPJvA 69th best seller of 1987 Chart Run 18-10-7-6-10-12-21-36-42-67 From their most successful singles period 1986/1987, this was the title track from their seventh album of the same name, which, remarkably for a 9 track album, held 5 top 40 singles. They continued to have plenty of hits up to the mid-90s but never matched the number 6 peck of this track.

64 - Madness - Shut Up P23Gqn6y8AI 69th best seller of 1981 Chart Run 22-10-7-12-15-19-27-48-72 Coming midway through their unbroken run of 19 top 15 singles. Not having a very remarkable chart-run, it was, however, unfortunately in the top 10 while some of the best selling singles of the year were above it - Stand and Deliver, The Birdie Song, Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart). One of a demanding list of chart hits instructing people to shut up and, variously, kiss me, forget about it, drive, let me go, dance and give me whatever you've got.

65 - Mai Tai - History mO8eB4gFxwU 69th best seller of 1985 Chart Run 47-32-16-10-9-8-9-9-17-29-45-53-71 I have neither heard of this song nor this band, before now. Very much a disco-lite song with obvious Sister Sledge influences, this Dutch band were constructed by three former backing singers and had plenty of success in Belgium and the Netherlands. The follow up Body and Soul also hung around the number 10 spot for a while, too - 64-43-41-36-18-11-10-9-10-15-27-44-64 but missed the cut-off for this chart.

It's Stevie blimmin' Wonder! It doesn't matter if the lyrics are cringe. He still makes it listenable.

66 - Damian - The Time Warp gti_D7jx7cM 69th best seller of 1989 Chart Run 42-35-21-12-7-7-8-13-25-32-38-47-65 First released in 1986, The Time Warp managed 2 isolated weeks inside the top 100. When released in 1987 and then re-issued in 1988, it made the top 75 both times. It wasn't until Stock, Aitken and Waterman engineer and mixer Pete Hammond remixed the track did the track have the impetus to chart inside the top 40. Damian followed this up with Wig Wam Bam which failed to reach the top 40. He tried to resurrect his musical career in 2007 with a cover of Video Killed the Radio Start which failed to chart anywhere. This did not outsell any of 1989's number 1s.

I was attempting to submit Saint from the same album. I wonder how well it would have done

67 - Jermaine Stewart - Say It Again 7dYjolgq0gM 69th best seller of 1988 Chart Run 52-37-25-17-10-8-7-11-24-39-54-72 From Jermaine's third album Say it Again, this had a decent chart run and also peaked at the end of Feb 1988, the top 5 of which included a lot of big selling singles, I Should Be So Lucky, Beat Dis, I Think We're Alone Now, Tell it to My Heart and Get Out of My Dreams (Get into my Car). The follow up Get Lucky is particularly good and really reminds me of Will Young. After Get Lucky, Jermaine only had some minor hits in the UK, Germany and the US. Say It Again didn't outsell any 1988 number 1s

68 - Elaine Paige Memory ScXZnXz_7mg 70th best seller of 1981 Chart Run 66-34-15-9-6-7-10-19-28-38-53-75 I must say, I assumed that this would have been a bigger hit than the number 6 peak it achieved. It peaked just before the soundtrack to Cats was released so buyers may have opted for the album instead. The vocal is obviously stunning and Elaine went on to have a number 1 single with Barbara Dickson, I Know Him So Well. It didn't outsell any of 1981s number 1s

69 - Wee Papa Girl Rappers - Wee Rule VNNnHWHPrCY 70th best seller of 1988 Chart Run 34-17-8-6-7-9-19-27-50 Third single from their debut album The Beat, the Rhyme, the Noise, this was their only top 10 hit. They never troubled the top 40 after Wee Rule and even their homeland of the UK couldn't be bothered with anything from their second album, including the album itself Be Aware released in 1990. They did have a hit from that album in the Netherlands and Sweden - Get in the Groove. This didn't outsell any number 1s from 1988.

70 - Scritti Politti - The Word Girl cyWB9WPLT1s 70th best seller of 1985 Chart Run 46-40-29-15-10-8-6-10-15-24-41-63 I'm not familiar with this song at all. Strangely, it was the biggest hit from parent album Cupid & Psyche 85 despite being the 4th single. They always seem to be highly regarded by critics but I could never really work out why. This didn't outsell any of 1985's 20 number 1s. No non-top 5 single did, that year.

A worthy winner. I'd have probably given it at least a 6. I also tried to submit Cocteau Twins, Portishead and Texas but was beaten to the punch by other entrants. I'd have gone for different songs, though.

The issue there is that the four number 6s for that month may have already been higher up and thus excluded from this thread.

Welcome to the long awaited follow up to the same things as I did for the 1990s, where we discover those songs that hung around the lower top 10 long enough to outsell bigger hits or were just released at a time of huge sellers and had to make do with peaks that would normally be meted out to lesser singles. It's gonna be an unpredictable ride and even moreso because End of Year top 100 charts for some of the early years are much debated and disputed. Even the official top 50s that the Official Charts Company published in 2022 have their doubters. Anyone getting picky will be asked to leave the thread. :lol: The top 2 may be easily recalled by the more observant among you but everything else will be fresh news. One female voice will appear three times - more than any other. Who will that be? Until we meet again.

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