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Post by Shireblogger on Nov 25, 2021 13:33:09 GMT 1
1 [3] :: Jimmy Somerville with June Miles-Kingston - COMMENT TE DIRE ADIEU 2 [2] :: Eurythmics - DON'T ASK ME WHY 3 [9] :: 808 State - PACIFIC STATE 4 [4] :: Phil Collins - ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE 5 [1] :: Beloved - THE SUN RISING 6 [10] :: Tom Petty - FREE FALLIN' 7 [5] :: Lisa Stansfield - ALL AROUND THE WORLD 8 [8] :: House Of Love - I DON'T KNOW WHY I LOVE YOU 9 [6] :: De La Soul - EYE KNOW 10 [11] :: Fine Young Cannibals - I'M NOT THE MAN I USED TO BE 11 [16] :: Tears For Fears - WOMAN IN CHAINS 12 [20] :: Tina Turner - I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU 13 [new] :: Rolling Stones - ROCK AND A HARD PLACE 14 [17] :: Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville - DON'T KNOW MUCH 15 [new] :: Happy Mondays - HALLELUJAH {Madchester Rave On EP} 16 [new] :: Donna Summer - WHEN LOVE TAKES OVER YOU 17 [7] :: Chris Rea - THE ROAD TO HELL (PART 2) 18 [19] :: Black Box - RIDE ON TIME 19 [15] :: Martika - I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE 20 [new] :: Prince with Sheena Easton - THE ARMS OF ORION
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Post by popchartfreak on Nov 26, 2021 20:11:02 GMT 1
26th November 1989
3 weeks for All Around The World at 1, but look at Madonna in at 2 with the endearingly melodic, largely strings-driven children’s song, Dear Jessie. One of her best singles, and ignored as a single in the USA bizarrely, where it remained as one of the highlights on her best 80‘s album Like A Prayer. The video is also sweet. The Beatles go top 10 with Something (for the 3rd time), and the Lambada toon hits 11. Shall I mention Boney M’s comeback 13 years on from debuting at a paltry 69? Josephine Baker, not Ma Baker this time, and not a hit…
Dusty gets a second solo top 20 entry in 1989, 21 years after sitting nicely in my first ever chart with the epic I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten. When I say “epic” I say it without a hint of hyperbole or modern over-use: I mean EPIC in the orchestral and vocal dramatic sense. Cathy Dennis and New Kids get their first top 20 entries, not for the last time. For Cathy that is. Down the bottom end, a minor Madchester act called The Stone Roses slip in with a bit of shining Fool’s Gold, far and away their best record in a career that leaves me largely bemused. I get that they were influential in mixing dance and indie rhythms in a laid-back aceeeeed way, but the songs tended to wash over me like a gentle waterfall, leaving a pleasant if forgettable feeling afterwards. Must be a generation thing…
1 ( 1 ) ALL AROUND THE WORLD Lisa Stansfield 2 ( NEW ) DEAR JESSIE Madonna 3 ( 3 ) RHYTHM NATION Janet Jackson 4 ( 8 ) TELL ME WHEN THE FEVER ENDED Electribe 101 5 ( 6 ) FOREVER BLUE Swing Out Sister 6 ( 2 ) ROOM IN YOUR HEART Living In A Box 7 ( 12 ) SOMETHING/ COME TOGETHER The Beatles 8 ( 7 ) HOUSE OF THE BLUE DANUBE Malcolm McLaren 9 ( 4 ) DON’T ASK ME WHY Eurythmics 10 ( 15 ) PACIFIC STATE State 808
11 ( 27 ) LAMBADA Kaoma 12 ( 5 ) WOMAN IN CHAINS Tears For Fears featuring Oleta Adams 13 ( 10 ) EVE OF THE WAR (DEEPSPACE MIX) Jeff Wayne featuring Justin Heyward 14 ( 29 ) IN PRIVATE Dusty Springfield 15 ( 9 ) SACRIFICE Elton John 16 ( 26 ) I DON’T KNOW WHY I LOVE YOU The House Of Love 17 ( 18 ) COMMENT TE DIRE ADIEU? Jimmy Somerville and June Miles-Kingston 18 ( 22 ) HOMELY GIRL UB40 19 ( 32 ) C’MON AND GET MY LOVE D Mob featuring Cathy Dennis 20 ( 25 ) THE RIGHT STUFF (YOU GOT IT) New Kids On The Block
21 ( 30 ) SO SORRY I SAID Liza Minelli 22 ( 16 ) SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears For Fears 23 ( 14 ) DON’T DROP BOMBS Liza Minelli 24 ( 11 ) I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE Martika 25 ( 13 ) THE WAY TO YOUR HEART Soul Sister 26 ( 23 ) OH WELL Oh Well 27 ( 19 ) LEAVE A LIGHT ON Belinda Carlisle 28 ( 33 ) ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE Phil Collins 29 ( 20 ) THIS OLD HEART OF MINE Rod Stewart featuring Ronald Isley 30 ( 17 ) TALK IT OVER Grayson Hugh
31 ( 31 ) GOLDEN GREEN The Wonder Stuff 32 ( 34 ) DANCING ON A SATURDAY NIGHT ’89 Barry Blue 33 ( 38 ) THIS WOMAN’S WORK Kate Bush 34 ( 28 ) PUMP UP THE JAM Technotronic featuring Felly (Ya Kid K) 35 ( 40 ) ARMS OF ORION Prince and Sheena Easton 36 ( 21 ) I DON’T WANT TO LOSE YOU Tina Turner 37 ( 24 ) THE ROAD TO HELL (PART 2) Chris Rea 38 ( NEW ) WHATCHA GONNA DO WITH MY LOVIN’ Inner City 39 ( NEW ) RONI Bobby Brown 40 ( 46 ) GET ON YOUR FEET Gloria Estefan
41 ( 36 ) STREET TUFF Double Trouble featuring the Rebel MC 42 ( 60 ) SIGN O’ THE TIMES Simple Minds 43 ( 67 ) YOU SURROUND ME Erasure 44 ( 52 ) THE SENSUAL WORLD Kate Bush 45 ( 47 ) GRAND PIANO Mixmaster 46 ( 39 ) IF ONLY I COULD Sydney Youngblood 47 ( 74 ) I’M NOT THE MAN I USED TO BE Fine Young Cannibals 48 ( RE ) FOLLOW THAT AND SEE Barry White 49 ( 42 ) CHERISH Madonna 50 ( NEW ) CAN’T SHAKE THE FEELING Big Fun
51 ( NEW ) SIT AND WAIT Sydney Youngblood 52 ( 43 ) DON’T KNOW MUCH Aaron Neville and Linda Ronstadt 53 ( 35 ) THE MESSAGE IS LOVE Arthur Baker and The Backstreet Disciples featuring Al Green 54 ( 51 ) I DON’T WANT TO LOSE YOU Gloria Estefan 55 ( 37 ) THE SUN RISING The Beloved 56 ( 41 ) LEAN ON YOU Cliff Richard 57 ( 53 ) HEALING HANDS Elton John 58 ( 70 ) EMPTY SPACES Spandau Ballet 59 ( 45 ) RIDE ON TIME Black Box 60 ( RE ) WATERFALL ’89 Wendy And Lisa
61 ( 61 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 62 ( 62 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles 63 ( 50 ) THE FAB FOUR EP (EVERYBODY’S HAPPY NOWADAYS) Buzzcocks 64 ( 63 ) SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan 65 ( 44 ) IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME Cher 66 ( 59 ) I WANT THAT MAN Deborah Harry 67 ( 54 ) GIRL I’M GONNA MISS YOU Milli Vanilli 68 ( NEW ) FOOL’S GOLD/ WHAT THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR The Stone Roses 69 ( NEW ) EVERYBODY WANTS TO DANCE LIKE JOSEPHINE BAKER Boney M 70 ( 69 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys featuring Dusty Springfield
71 ( NEW ) BLAME IT ON THE RAIN (US REMIX) Milli Vanilli 72 ( RE ) FIGURE OF EIGHT Paul McCartney 73 ( 71 ) SUGAR SUGAR The Archies 74 ( NEW ) OUIJA BOARD OUIJA BOARD Morrissey 75 ( 55 ) WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE Billy Joel
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