HAVEN COMBI RETRO-CHART W/B 9th FEBRUARY 1992

[smokeyb]

James stay at the top for a 2nd week, as Shakespears Sister move up to 2.



Primal Scream are up at 3, Kylie Minogue stays at 4 for a 3rd week, and Wet Wet Wet slip to 5.



There are 10 new entries and 2 re-entries this week, the highest is Michael Jackson at number 14.



There are also top 20 entries for Ride at 18 and Pearl Jam at 19.



The biggest climber is Buffy Sainte-Marie who jumps up 17 places to number 16.



The biggest faller is Daisy Chainsaw who drops 69 places.



And here’s this week’s Retro-Chart in full…..

[smokeyb]

09.02.1992 (Week # 07)

1 (01) James - Born Of Frustration - 189 posted (5-1-1) 3 wks
2 (02) Shakespears Sister - Stay - 171 points (15-3-2-2) 4 wks
3 (05) Primal Scream - Movin' On Up - 156 points (5-3) 2 wks
4 (04) Kylie Minogue - Give Me Just A Little More Time - 111 points (8-4-4-4) 4 wks
5 (03) Wet Wet Wet – Goodnight Girl - 104 points (14-6-5-2-2-3-5) 7 wks
6 (09) Pasadenas – I'm Doing Fine Now - 100 points (22-9-6) 3 wks
7 (10) Curtis Stigers - I Wonder Why - 93 points (33-13-10-7) 4 wks
8 (16) Simply Red - For Your Babies - 76 points (16-8) 2 wks
9 (12) Cicero - Love Is Everywhere - 75 points (30-14-12-9) 4 wks
10 (11) Wonder Stuff - Welcome To The Cheap Seats - 74 points (22-9-11-10) 4 wks
11 (08) Genesis - I Can't Dance - 69 points (17-3-3-5-8-11) 6 wks
12 (13) Julia Fordham - Love Moves (In Mysterious Ways) - 67 points (29-22-13-12) 4 wks
13 (06) Beautiful South – Old Red Eyes Is Back - 65 points (3-1-1-1-6-13) 6 wks
14 (NE) Michael Jackson - Remember The Time - 63 points (14) 1 wk
14 (07) Stone Roses - Waterfall - 63 points (14-7-5-7-7-14) 6 wks
16 (18) 2 Unlimited – Twilight Zone - 61 points (21-18-16) 3 wks
16 (33) Buffy Sainte-Marie - The Big Ones Get Away - 61 points (33-16) 2 wks
18 (NE) Ride – Leave Them All Behind - 57 points (18) 1 wk
19 (NE) Pearl Jam – Alive - 50 points (19) 1 wk
20 (17) Kiss - God Gave Rock And Roll To You 11 - 48 points (28-10-7-11-17-20) 6 wks
21 (14) Manic Street Preachers – You Love Us - 45 points (22-14-21) 3 wk
22 (24) Teenage Fanclub – What You Do To Me - 39 points (24-22) 2 wks
23 (NE) Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven - 38 points (23) 1 wk
24 (RE) Army Of Lovers - Crucified - 34 points (25-21-24-40-x-24) 5 wks
25 (22) Marc Almond - My Hand Over My Heart - 33 points (32-30-29-22-25) 5 wks
25 (26) Mariah Carey – Can’t Let Go - 33 points (30-23-20-17-26-25) 6 wks
27 (28) Definition Of Sound – Moira Jane's Café - 32 points (28-27) 2 wks
28 (28) Senseless Things - Easy To Smile - 31 points (37-28-28) 3 wks
29 (NE) Madness - It Must Be Love - 30 points (29) 1 wk
29 (20) Voice Of The Beehive - Perfect Place - 30 points (36-13-11-10-20-29) 6 wks
31 (33) Public Enemy – Shut Em Down - 29 points (37-35-33-31) 4 wks
32 (39) Lita Ford - Shot Of Poison - 28 points (33-33-36-39-32) 5 wks
33 (19) Belinda Carlisle – Half The World - 27 points (39-18-21-27-19-33) 6 wks
34 (NE) Jesus and Mary Chain – Reverence - 26 points (34) 1 wk
34 (NE) Temptations - My Girl - 26 points (34) 1 wk
36 (33) Jah Wobble – Visions Of You - 25 points (33-36) 2 wks
37 (NE) Sultans Of Ping FC - Where's Me Jumper - 24 points (37) 1 wk
38 (RE) Zuchero & Randy Crawford - Diamante - 23 points (40-37-x-38) 3 wks
39 (15) Sugarcubes – Hit - 22 points (16-9-6-8-15-39) 6 wks
40 (NE) DNA feat. Sharon Redd - Can You Handle It - 21 points (40) 1 wk
40 (21) Kym Sims - Too Blind To See It - 21 points (30-10-7-4-4-2-4-9-17-21-40) 11 wks
40 (NE) Mega City Four - Stop - 21 points (40) 1 wk
40 (32) Wedding Present - Blue Eyes - 21 points (37-27-31-32-40) 5 wks

Dropped Out
49 (24) Ce Ce Peniston – We Got A Love Thang - 18 points (23-13-14-19-24) 5 wks
50 (26) Paula Adbul - Vibeology - 18 points (39-24-16-26) 4 wks
52 (23) Blessing – Highway 5 - 17 points (27-18-25-23) 4 wks
59 (39) Des'ree - Feel so High - 16 points (20-13-20-39) 4 wks
67 (31) Prodigy - Everybody In The Place - 13 points (25-12-17-33-31) 5 wks
71 (28) Carter USM - Rubbish - 12 points (18-11-9-14-28) 5 wks
77 (38) U2 – Mysterious Ways - 11 points (18-13-7-6-12-16-22-27-38) 9 wks
87 (39) Lush - For Love - 9 points (15-18-16-25-39) 5 wks
93 (37) KLF ft Tammy Wynette - Justified And Ancient - 7 points (40-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-12-37) 11 wks
102 (33) Daisy Chainsaw - Love Your Money - 4 points (26-26-29-33) 4 wks

[smokeyb]

Many thanks for the 15 charts posted this week from: o , Mark , darkstar79 , smokeyb , Whitneyfan , TheThorne , rubcale , raliverpool , Shireblogger , Smurfie , Earl Purple , popchartfreak , Razzle Dazzle , coolchristie2 & Good Old Days


I'll leave this open until next Fri.

[smokeyb]

OFFICIAL CHART W/B 16th FEBRUARY 1992

T L W

1 2 5 Shakespears Sister - Stay
2 1 8 Wet Wet Wet - Goodnight Girl
3 6 2 Michael Jackson - Remember The Time
4 4 4 Pasadenas - I'm Doing Fine Now
5 13 2 Temptations - My Girl
6 5 6 Curtis Stigers - I Wonder Why
7 NE 1 Shanice - I Love Your Smile
8 3 5 2 Unlimited - Twilight Zone
9 12 3 Simply Red - For Your Babies
10 NE 1 opus III - It's A Fine Day
11 NE 1 Bryan Adams - Thought I'd Died And Gone To Heaven
12 7 8 Kylie Minogue - Give Me Just A Little More Time
13 16 10 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are The Days Of Our Lives
14 NE 1 N-Joi - Live In Manchester
15 38 2 Madness - It Must Be Love
16 8 4 Kicks Like A Mule - The Bouncer
17 21 3 Michael Bolton - Steel Bars
18 17 2 Pearl Jam - Alive
19 10 2 Jesus And Mary Chain - Reverence
20 22 6 Julia Fordham - Love Moves (In Mysterious Ways)
21 NE 1 Rozalla - Are You Ready To fly
22 18 4 James - Born Of Frustration
23 15 7 Genesis - I Can't Dance
24 25 2 Brand New Heavies - Dream Come True
25 NE 1 Tears For Fears - Laid So Low
26 11 3 Primal Scream - Dixie-Narco EP
27 19 6 Cicero - Love Is Everywhere
28 30 2 Sounds Of Blackness - Optimistic
29 9 2 Ride - Leave Them All Behind
30 14 7 Kiss - God Gave Rock And Roll To You II
31 28 4 Europe - I'll Cry For You
32 27 2 Diana Ross - The Force Behind The Power
33 NE 1 Everything But The Girl - Love Is Strange
34 NE 1 DJ Seduction - Hardcore Heaven/You and Me
35 NE 1 Massive Attack - Massive Attack EP
36 NE 1 Zero B - The EP
37 24 2 Orbital - Mutations EP
38 29 2 Tina Turner - Love Thing
39 39 3 Buffy Saint Marie - The Big Ones Get Away
40 48 2 Army Of Lovers - Crucified
41 NE 1 Martika - Coloured Kisses
42 NE 1 PM Dawn - Reality Used To Be A Friend Of Mine
43 36 2 Sonz Of A Loop-De-Loop Era - Far Out
44 NE 1 Gary Moore - Cold Day In Hell
45 26 4 DNA ft Sharon Redd - Can You Handle It
46 23 8 Prodigy - Everybody In The Place EP
47 31 7 Ce Ce Peniston - We Got A Love Thang
48 54 2 Chic - Chic Mystique
49 NE 1 Public Image Limited - Cruel
50 35 4 Jah Wobble 's Invaders Of The Heart - Visions Of You
51 32 3 Texas - Alone With You
52 45 6 Zucchero ft Randy Crawford - Diamante
53 42 7 Des'ree - Feel so High
54 34 3 Definition Of Sound - Moira Jane's Café
55 NE 1 M-D-Emm - Get Down
56 59 3 Mike & The Mechanics - Everybody Gets A Second Chance
57 NE 1 River City People - Standing In the Need Of Love
58 NE 1 Color Me Badd - Heartbreaker
59 41 7 Mariah Carey - Can't Let Go
60 37 5 Wonder Stuff - Welcome To The Cheap Seats EP
61 33 4 Manic Street Preachers - You Love Us
62 NE 1 Mig29 - Mig29
63 NE 1 World Of Twist - She's A Rainbow
64 43 4 Ronny Jordan - So What
65 40 5 Dream Frequency - Feel So Reel
66 51 12 Kym Sims - Too Blind To See It
67 NE 1 Ruth Joy - Feel
68 44 6 Paula Abdul - Vibeology
69 NE 1 Temptations - The Jones'
70 61 4 Dr Hook - When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman
71 52 12 KLF ft Tammy Wynette - Justified And Ancient
72 47 3 Take That - Once You've Tasted Love
73 NE 1 Ian McCulloch - Lover Lover Lover
74 46 6 Blessing - Highway 5
75 53 3 Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven

Link for UK Top 75

Link for Billboard Hot 100

[smokeyb]

Here is what we were charting 4 years ago this week

HAVEN COMBI RETRO-CHART W/B 7th FEBRUARY 1988

1 1 4 Taylor Dayne - TELL IT TO MY HEART
2 1 4 Deacon Blue - DIGNITY
3 3 5 Tiffany - I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW
4 7 3 T'Pau - VALENTINE
5 9 3 Kylie Minogue - I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY
6 6 4 Debbie Gibson - SHAKE YOUR LOVE
7 13 3 Eddy Grant - GIMME HOPE JO'ANNA
7 30 2 Billy Ocean - GET OUTTA MY DREAMS, GET INTO MY CAR
9 4 14 Belinda Carlisle - HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH
10 8 4 Sinead O'Connor - MANDINKA

[Smurfie]

Crucified should be a re-entry?

[Good Old Days]

16.02.1992 (Week # 7)
01. ( 01 ) Peter Joback and Towe Jaarnek - More Than A Game (2 weeks) (2 weeks at # 1)
02. ( 02 ) Bonnie St. Claire - Douwe (3 weeks)
03. ( 03 ) Sophie Lawrence - Secrets (8 weeks)
04. ( NE ) Hanny - Sex, Mannen En Geld (1 week)
05. ( 06 ) Pernilla Wiberg - Privilege (4 weeks)
06. ( 05 ) Bonnie Tyler - Against The Wind (4 weeks)
07. ( 09 ) Bette Midler - Every Road Leads Back To You (3 weeks)
08. ( 04 ) Lita Ford - Shot Of Poison (6 weeks)
09. ( NE ) Maybe Dolls - Cool Jesus (1 week)
10. ( 07 ) Kylie Minogue - Give Me Just A Little More Time (4 weeks)
11. ( 08 ) Belinda Carlisle - Half The World (6 weeks)
12. ( 10 ) Rosanna Rocci - My Family (7 weeks)
13. ( 11 ) Voice Of The Beehive - Perfect Place (6 weeks)
14. ( 13 ) Belinda Carlisle - Do You Feel Like I Feel (14 weeks)
15. ( 16 ) Spagna - Love At First Sight (2 weeks)
16. ( 12 ) Erik and Sanne - Alles Gaat Voorbij (10 weeks)
17. ( NE ) Ireen Sheer - Heut' Abend Hab' Ich Kopfweh (1 week)
18. ( 14 ) Anny Schilder - Love Is All I Wanna Give (10 weeks)
19. ( 15 ) Diether Krebs and Gundula Ulbrich - Santamarghuaritanobiledimontepulciano (10 weeks)
20. ( 17 ) Bonnie Tyler - Bitterblue (10 weeks)

Maybe Dolls - Cool Jesus

[o]

1 1 James – Born of frustration #1
2 7 Primal Scream – Movin’ on up #2
3 4 Manics – You love us #3
4 8 Pearl Jam – Alive #4
5 5 Shakespear’s Sister – Stay #5
6 13 Ride – Leave it all behind #6
7 2 Wonderstuff – Welcome to the cheap seats #3
8 12 Sultans of Ping PC – Where’s me jumper? #8
9 10 Jah Wobble – Visions of you #9
10 16 Jesus and Mary Chain – Reverence #10
11 18 Michael Jackson – Remember the time #11
12 9 Beautiful South – Old red eyes is back #1
13 3 Wedding Present – Blue eyes #3
14 17 Wedding Present – Go-go dancer #14
15 19 Pele – Megalomania #15
16 22 Massive Attack – Massive Attack EP #16
17 23 PM Dawn – Reality used to be a friend of mine #17
18 24 River City People – Standing in the need of love #18
19 25 World of Twist – She’s a rainbow #19
20 NE Inspiral Carpets – Dragging me down #20
21 NE Crowded House – Weather with you #21
22 NE PJ Harvey – Sheela-na-gig #22
23 15 Teenage Fanclub – What you do to me #13
24 6 Public Enemy – Shut em down #6
25 21 Cicero – Love is everywhere #14

[coolchristie2]

01 Remember The Time - Michael Jackson
02 Stay - Shakespeares Sister
03 Love Moves (In Mysterious Ways) - Julia Fordham
04 Give Me Just A Little More Time- Kylie Minogue
05 The Force Behind The Power - Diana Ross
06 I'm Doing Fine Now - Pasadenas
07 It Must Be Love - Madness
08 Goodnight Girl - Wet Wet Wet
09 I Love Your Smile - Shanice
10 The Big Ones Get Away - Buffy Sainte-Marie
11 Born Of Frustration - James
12 Alive - Pearl Jam
13 Thought I'd Died And Gone To Heaven - Bryan Adams
14 Twilight Zone - 2 Unlimited
15 Are You Ready To Fly - Rozalla
16 Can't Let Go - Mariah Carey
17 It's A Fine Day -opus III
18 I'll Cry For You - Europe
19 Coloured Kisses - Matika
20 Love Is Everywhere - Cicero

[smokeyb]

Feb 14, 2024 21:31:49 GMT 1 Smurfie said:

Crucified should be a re-entry?

I looked back to last year and you are correct

[TheThorne]

1 5 Ride - Leave Them All Behind
2 1 James - Born of Frustration
3 3  Shakespears Sister - Stay
4 6 Primal Scream - Movin' On Up
5 8 Thousand Yard Stare - Comeuppance
6 9 Levellers - World Freak Show
7 18 Pearl Jam - Alive
8 2 Sugarcubes - Hit
9 4 Kingmaker - Really Scrape The Sky
10 12 Teenage Fanclub - What You Do To Me
11 16 Mega City Four - Stop
12 13 Apollo 440 - Blackout
13 10 The Wonder Stuff - Welcome To The Cheap Seats
14 26 My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow
15 21 Catherine Wheel - Balloon
16 22 Sultans Of Ping Fc - Wheres My Jumper?
17 7 Senseless Things - Easy To Smile
18 23 1000 Homo Djs - Supernaut
19 32 Jesus & The mary Chain - Reverence
20 25 Tori Amos - China
21 11 Levellers - FAR FROM HOME
22 26 If? - everything & More
23 14 Nirvana - Sliver
24 15 The Prodigy - EVERYBODY IN THE PLACE
25 new Opus III - it’s a Fine Day
26 17 Diesel Park West - Fall To Love
27 29  Texas - Alone With You
28 new Ocean Colour Scene - Sway
29 39 Michael Jackson - Remember the Time
30 36 Danger Danger - Monkey Business
31 19 Carter Usm - Rubbish
32 20 Lush - For Love
33 37 Definition Of Sound - Moira Janes Café
34 new Tears For Fears - Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down)
35 new Rozalla - Are You Ready To Fly
36 41 Wedding Present - Go Go Dancer
37 45 Van Halen - Right Now
38 44 Pele - Megalomania
39 new World of Twist - She's A Rainbow
40 27 U2 - MYSTERIOUS WAYS
41 28 KLF - JUSTIFIED AND ANCIENT
42 30 Daisy Chainsaw - LOVE YOUR MONEY
43 new Bryan Adams - Thought I'd Died and Gone To Heaven 
44 46 Amy Grant - Good For Me
45 new PM Dawn - Reality Used To Be A Friend Of Mine
46 new Ian McCulloch - Lover, Lover, Lover
47 new River City People - Standing In The Need Of Love
48 31 The Thompson Twisn - The Saint
49 33 Voice Of The Beehive - Perfect Place
50 34 Jah Wobble - Visions Of You

[darkstar79]

01 Cypress Hill – How I Could Just Kill A Man (2 wks)
02 TLC – Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg (1 wk)
03 Naughty By Nature – Everything's Gonna Be Alright (3 wks)
04 The Stone Roses - Waterfall (7 wks)
05 MC Brains – Oochie Coochie (6 wks)
06 MC Luscious – Boom I Got Your Boyfriend (3 wks)
07 Definition Of Sound – Moira Jane's Café (3 wks)
08 Eric B. & Rakim – Juice (Know The Ledge) (1 wk)
09 Public Enemy – Shut 'Em Down (5 wks)
10 Primal Scream – Movin' On Up (3 wks)
11 The Beautiful South - Old Red Eyes Is Back (7 wks)
12 Ride – Leave Them All Behind (2 wks)
13 James – Born Of Frustration (4 wks)
14 Opus III – It's A Fine Day (1 wk)
15 Mega City Four – Stop (3 wks)
16 Lush - For Love (7 wks)
17 The Temptations – The Jones' (1 wk)
18 2nd II None - Be True To Yourself (7 wks)
19 Teenage Fanclub – What You Do to Me (3 wks)
20 Massive Attack – Hymn Of The Big Wheel (Nellee Hooper Mix) (1 wk)

21 The Pasadenas – I'm Doing Fine Now (4 wks)
22 Charm – Butt Naked (6 wks)
23 Sultans Of Ping FC – Where's My Jumper? (3 wks)
24 The Wedding Present – Go-Go Dancer (2 wks)
25 Ian McCulloch – Lover Lover Lover (1 wk)
26 Overweight Pooch Feat. Ce Ce Peniston – I Like It (6 wks)
27 The Jesus And Mary Chain – Reverence (2 wks)
28 The Wedding Present – Blue Eyes (6 wks)
29 Kylie Minogue - Give Me Just A little More Time (5 wks)
30 Catherine Wheel – Balloon (3 wks)

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 3 ) For Your Babies - Simply Red < 1st #1 >
2 ( 1 ) Stay - Shakespears Sister (#1[1])
3 ( 2 ) Born Of Frustration - James (#2[1])
4 ( 4 ) Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton
5 ( 5 ) Movin' On Up - Primal Scream
6 ( 9 ) Where's Me Jumper - Sultans Of Ping FC
7 ( 10 ) The Big Ones Get Away - Buffy Sainte-Marie
8 ( 16 ) Go-Go Dancer - Wedding Present
9 ( 19 ) Alive - Pearl Jam
10 ( 21 ) Megalomania - Pele

11 ( 8 ) Another Girl Another Planet - Only Ones (#8)
12 ( 6 ) Welcome To The Cheap Seats - Wonder Stuff (#4)
13 ( -- ) Cold Day In Hell - Gary Moore
14 ( 14 ) Stop - Mega City Four
15 ( -- ) Thought I'd Died And Gone To Heaven - Bryan Adams
16 ( 17 ) Steel Bars - Michael Bolton
17 ( 11 ) To Be With You - Mr Big (#11)
18 ( 7 ) Old Red Eyes Is Back - Beautiful South (#1[2])
19 ( -- ) Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down) - Tears For Fears
20 ( 20 ) What You Do To Me - Teenage Fanclub

21 ( 30 ) Treaty - Yothu Yindi
22 ( 15 ) So What! - Ronny Jordan (#15)
23 ( 31 ) Love Thing - Tina Turner
24 ( -- ) Save The Best For Last - Vanessa Williams
25 ( 24 ) Comeuppance - Thousand Yard Stare (#24)
26 ( 26 ) Everybody Gets A Second Chance - Mike & The Mechanics
27 ( 12 ) Waterfall - Stone Roses (#3)
28 ( -- ) Are You Ready To Fly - Rozalla
29 ( 13 ) I Can't Dance - Genesis (#4)
30 ( -- ) Hymn Of The Big Wheel - Massive Attack

31 ( 22 ) I'll Cry For You - Europe (#22)
32 ( 38 ) The Force Behind The Power - Diana Ross
33 ( 39 ) Dream Come True - Brand New Heavies
34 ( -- ) Coloured Kisses - Martika
35 ( 32 ) Remember The Time - Michael Jackson (#32)
36 ( 41 ) Reverence - Jesus And Mary Chain
37 ( -- ) Standing In The Need Of Love - River City People
38 ( 18 ) Blue Eyes - Wedding Present (#7)
39 ( 34 ) Monkey Business - Danger Danger (#34)
40 ( -- ) It's A Fine Day - Opus III

41 ( 43 ) Hail Hail Rock 'N' Roll - Garland Jeffreys
42 ( -- ) The Jones - Temptations
43 ( 25 ) China - Tori Amos (#22)
44 ( 36 ) Balloon - Catherine Wheel (#36)
45 ( -- ) Lover Lover Lover - Ian McCulloch
46 ( 47 ) Missing You Now - Michael Bolton & Kenny G
47 ( 23 ) Love Is Everywhere - Cicero (#10)
48 ( 29 ) I'm Doing Fine Now - Pasadenas (#26)
49 ( 49 ) Leave Them All Behind - Ride
50 ( -- ) Heartbreaker - Color Me Badd

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-- ( 27 ) Twilight Zone - 2 Unlimited (#16)
-- ( 28 ) All Woman - Lisa Stansfield (#1[2])
-- ( 33 ) Good For Me - Amy Grant (#30)
-- ( 35 ) Rubbish - Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine (#7)
-- ( 37 ) Love Moves (In Mysterious Ways) - Julia Fordham (#12)
-- ( 40 ) Perfect Place - Voice Of The Beehive (#5)
-- ( 42 ) Alone With You - Texas
-- ( 44 ) Visions Of You - Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart (#38)
-- ( 45 ) Really Scrape The Sky - Kingmaker (#17)
-- ( 46 ) Credo - Fish (#10)
-- ( 48 ) The Saint - Thompson Twins (#27)
-- ( 50 ) Chic Mystique - Chic

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-- ( -- ) Cruel - Public Image Limited
-- ( -- ) Until Your Love Comes Back Around - RTZ
-- ( -- ) She's A Rainbow - World Of Twist
-- ( -- ) Love Is Strange - Everything But The Girl
-- ( -- ) Thinkin' Back - Color Me Badd

---

For the first time, Simply Red have the #1 single, and this became their only NM #1 single, likely to remain the case even as I replay them. If it manages to stay on top for another 2 weeks it will be #1 on leap-year week. The only other single to manage that in my chart is "Java" by Al Hirt, number one on 29 February 1964. (That was the track I played in one of the rounds of Instrumental Idol). The next time 29 February would be a Saturday was 2020 by which time I had stopped doing charts. I have no immediate plans to resume them going forward and if so it's unlikely it will go further than the end of 2019.

The Tears For Fears song is one of those "randomly not on Spotify" songs, maybe because it was a new song on a compilation and sometimes it seems nobody bothered to publish it to Spotify rather than telling Spotify not to have it, so much for "Spotify would like to have every song". A musician also told me he has to pay regular fees to keep his music on there.

That Opus charts at all is an achievement given that the original song by Jane got dumped off my 1983 playlist very quickly for being boringly awful and I hated it when it was first released. Given the success of "Tom's Diner" when DNA added their part to it, it appears that solo female singers doing complete a-capella was not particularly popular. At least with the Flying Pickets they were a quartet and did harmonies.

The highest entry is by Gary Moore who had a massive #1 in my chart in 1990 with "Still Got The Blues (For You)".

[TheThorne]

Feb 15, 2024 12:21:16 GMT 1 Earl Purple said:

1 ( 3 ) For Your Babies - Simply Red < 1st #1 >
2 ( 1 ) Stay - Shakespears Sister (#1[1])
3 ( 2 ) Born Of Frustration - James (#2[1])
4 ( 4 ) Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton
5 ( 5 ) Movin' On Up - Primal Scream
6 ( 9 ) Where's Me Jumper - Sultans Of Ping FC
7 ( 10 ) The Big Ones Get Away - Buffy Sainte-Marie
8 ( 16 ) Go-Go Dancer - Wedding Present
9 ( 19 ) Alive - Pearl Jam
10 ( 21 ) Megalomania - Pele

11 ( 8 ) Another Girl Another Planet - Only Ones (#8)
12 ( 6 ) Welcome To The Cheap Seats - Wonder Stuff (#4)
13 ( -- ) Cold Day In Hell - Gary Moore
14 ( 14 ) Stop - Mega City Four
15 ( -- ) Thought I'd Died And Gone To Heaven - Bryan Adams
16 ( 17 ) Steel Bars - Michael Bolton
17 ( 11 ) To Be With You - Mr Big (#11)
18 ( 7 ) Old Red Eyes Is Back - Beautiful South (#1[2])
19 ( -- ) Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down) - Tears For Fears
20 ( 20 ) What You Do To Me - Teenage Fanclub

21 ( 30 ) Treaty - Yothu Yindi
22 ( 15 ) So What! - Ronny Jordan (#15)
23 ( 31 ) Love Thing - Tina Turner
24 ( -- ) Save The Best For Last - Vanessa Williams
25 ( 24 ) Comeuppance - Thousand Yard Stare (#24)
26 ( 26 ) Everybody Gets A Second Chance - Mike & The Mechanics
27 ( 12 ) Waterfall - Stone Roses (#3)
28 ( -- ) Are You Ready To Fly - Rozalla
29 ( 13 ) I Can't Dance - Genesis (#4)
30 ( -- ) Hymn Of The Big Wheel - Massive Attack

31 ( 22 ) I'll Cry For You - Europe (#22)
32 ( 38 ) The Force Behind The Power - Diana Ross
33 ( 39 ) Dream Come True - Brand New Heavies
34 ( -- ) Coloured Kisses - Martika
35 ( 32 ) Remember The Time - Michael Jackson (#32)
36 ( 41 ) Reverence - Jesus And Mary Chain
37 ( -- ) Standing In The Need Of Love - River City People
38 ( 18 ) Blue Eyes - Wedding Present (#7)
39 ( 34 ) Monkey Business - Danger Danger (#34)
40 ( -- ) It's A Fine Day - Opus III

41 ( 43 ) Hail Hail Rock 'N' Roll - Garland Jeffreys
42 ( -- ) The Jones - Temptations
43 ( 25 ) China - Tori Amos (#22)
44 ( 36 ) Balloon - Catherine Wheel (#36)
45 ( -- ) Lover Lover Lover - Ian McCulloch
46 ( 47 ) Missing You Now - Michael Bolton & Kenny G
47 ( 23 ) Love Is Everywhere - Cicero (#10)
48 ( 29 ) I'm Doing Fine Now - Pasadenas (#26)
49 ( 49 ) Leave Them All Behind - Ride
50 ( -- ) Heartbreaker - Color Me Badd

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-- ( 27 ) Twilight Zone - 2 Unlimited (#16)
-- ( 28 ) All Woman - Lisa Stansfield (#1[2])
-- ( 33 ) Good For Me - Amy Grant (#30)
-- ( 35 ) Rubbish - Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine (#7)
-- ( 37 ) Love Moves (In Mysterious Ways) - Julia Fordham (#12)
-- ( 40 ) Perfect Place - Voice Of The Beehive (#5)
-- ( 42 ) Alone With You - Texas
-- ( 44 ) Visions Of You - Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart (#38)
-- ( 45 ) Really Scrape The Sky - Kingmaker (#17)
-- ( 46 ) Credo - Fish (#10)
-- ( 48 ) The Saint - Thompson Twins (#27)
-- ( 50 ) Chic Mystique - Chic

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-- ( -- ) Cruel - Public Image Limited
-- ( -- ) Until Your Love Comes Back Around - RTZ
-- ( -- ) She's A Rainbow - World Of Twist
-- ( -- ) Love Is Strange - Everything But The Girl
-- ( -- ) Thinkin' Back - Color Me Badd

---

For the first time, Simply Red have the #1 single, and this became their only NM #1 single, likely to remain the case even as I replay them. If it manages to stay on top for another 2 weeks it will be #1 on leap-year week. The only other single to manage that in my chart is "Java" by Al Hirt, number one on 29 February 1964. (That was the track I played in one of the rounds of Instrumental Idol). The next time 29 February would be a Saturday was 2020 by which time I had stopped doing charts. I have no immediate plans to resume them going forward and if so it's unlikely it will go further than the end of 2019.

The Tears For Fears song is one of those "randomly not on Spotify" songs, maybe because it was a new song on a compilation and sometimes it seems nobody bothered to publish it to Spotify rather than telling Spotify not to have it, so much for "Spotify would like to have every song". A musician also told me he has to pay regular fees to keep his music on there.

That Opus charts at all is an achievement given that the original song by Jane got dumped off my 1983 playlist very quickly for being boringly awful and I hated it when it was first released. Given the success of "Tom's Diner" when DNA added their part to it, it appears that solo female singers doing complete a-capella was not particularly popular. At least with the Flying Pickets they were a quartet and did harmonies.

The highest entry is by Gary Moore who had a massive #1 in my chart in 1990 with "Still Got The Blues (For You)".

Tears For Fears is on Spotify it is just called 'Tears Roll Down'.

[rubcale]

01 Curtis Stigers I Wonder Why
02 Pasadenas I'm Doing Fine Now
03 Michael Jackson Remember The Time
04 Wet Wet Wet Goodnight Girl
05 Shanice I Love Your Smile
06 Michael Bolton Steel Bars
07 Temptations My Girl
08 Madness It Must Be Love
09 Cicero Love Is Everywhere
10 Zuchero ft/ Randy Crawford - Diamante
11 Kylie Minogue - Give Me Just A Little More Time
12 Julia Fordham Love Moves (In Mysterious Ways)
13 Europe I'll Cry For You
14 Diana Ross The Force Behind The Power
15 Bryan Adams Thought I'd Died And Gone To Heaven
16 Genesis I Can't Dance
17 Opus III It's A Fine Day
18 Gary Moore Cold Day In Hell
19 Tears For Fears Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down)
20 Kiss God Gave Rock And Roll To You 11

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: James - BORN OF FRUSTRATION
2 [2] :: Pasadenas - I'M DOING FINE NOW
3 [4] :: Definition Of Sound - MOIRA JANE'S CAFÉ
4 [3] :: Cicero - LOVE IS EVERYWHERE
5 [new] :: River City People - STANDING IN THE NEED OF LOVE
6 [7] :: Buffy Sainte-Marie - THE BIG ONES GET AWAY
7 [6] :: Primal Scream - MOVIN' ON UP {Dixie-Narco EP track}
8 [10] :: Mike + Mechanics - EVERYBODY GETS A SECOND CHANCE
9 [9] :: Simply Red - FOR YOUR BABIES
10 [15] :: Shakespears Sister - STAY
11 [new] :: Everything But The Girl - LOVE IS STRANGE {Covers EP}
12 [new] :: Opus III - IT'S A FINE DAY
13 [new] :: Bryan Adams - THOUGHT I'D DIED AND GONE TO HEAVEN
14 [5] :: Blessing - HIGHWAY 5
15 [11] :: Chic - CHIC MYSTIQUE
16 [8] :: 2 Unlimited - TWILIGHT ZONE
17 [17] :: Tina Turner - LOVE THING
18 [18] :: Jesus & Mary Chain - REVERENCE
19 [new] :: Brand New Heavies - DREAM COME TRUE
20 [new] :: Massive Attack - HYMN OF THE BIG WHEEL {Massive Attack EP}

[Earl Purple]

Feb 15, 2024 13:09:24 GMT 1 TheThorne said:

Tears For Fears is on Spotify it is just called
'Tears Roll Down'.

Not the same - listen to it. Almost all instrumental, I think that was an album track. Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down) was the single with far more vocals and melody.

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Shakespears Sister – Stay
02(02) Primal Scream – Movin’ On Up
03(03) Simply Red – For Your Babies
04(08) Michael Jackson – Remember The Time
05(--) Rozalla – Are You Ready To Fly
06(10) Eric Clapton – Tears In Heaven
07(07) Julia Fordham – Love Moves (In Mysterious Ways)
08(13) Buffy Saint Marie – The Big Ones Get Away
09(04) James – Born Of Frustration
10(05) Curtis Stigers – I Wonder Why

11(06) The Pasadenas – I’m Doing Fine Now
12(20) Brand New Heavies – Dream Come True
13(--) River City People – Standing In The Need Of Love
14(27) Pearl Jam – Alive
15(25) Diana Ross – The Force Behind The Power
16(34) Sounds Of Blackness – Optimistic
17(09) 2 Unlimited – Twilight Zone
18(26) Texas – Alone With You
19(--) Bryan Adams – Thought I’d Died And Gone To Heaven
20(33) Tina Turner – Love Thing

21(18) DNA Feat. Sharon Redd – Can You Handle It
22(11) Tori Amos – China
23(35) The Temptations – My Girl
24(12) Belinda Carlisle – Half The World
25(14) Cicero – Love Is Everywhere
26(30) Teenage Fanclub – What You Do To Me
27(--) Tears For Fears – Laid So Low
28(16) Ce Ce Peniston – We Got A Love Thang
29(17) Wet Wet Wet – Goodnight Girl
30(--) Opus III – It’s A Fine Day

31(--) Gary Moore – Cold Day In Hell
32(15) Des’ree – Feel So High
33(--) Jah Wobble’s Invaders Of The Heart – Visions Of You
34(23) Michael Bolton – Steel Bars
35(19) The Wonder Stuff – Welcome To The Cheap Seats
36(32) Mike & The Mechanics – Everybody Gets A Second Chance
37(--) Everything But The Girl – Love Is Strange
38(--) Martika – Coloured Kisses
39(24) Beautiful South – Old Red Eyes Is Back
40(--) Amy Grant – Good For Me

[smokeyb]

1 (1) James - Born Of Frustration (4 wks)
2 (2) Shakespears Sister - Stay (5 wks)
3 (3) Primal Scream - Movin' On Up (3 wks)
4 (10) Simply Red - For Your Babies (3 wks)
5 (5) Julia Fordham - Love Moves in Mysterious Ways (6 wks)
6 (4) Curtis Stigers - I Wonder Why (6 wks)
7 (NE) Tears for Fears - Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down) (1 wk)
8 (6) Manic Street Preachers - You Love Us (4 wks)
9 (7) Genesis - I Can't Dance (7 wks)
10 (14) The Wonder Stuff - Welcome To The Cheap Seats (5 wks)
11 (8) The Beautiful South - Old Red Eyes Is Back (7 wks)
12 (16) Teenage Fanclub - What You Do to Me (3 wks)
13 (NE) Bryan Adams - Thought I'd Died And Gone To Heaven (1 wk)
14 (18) The Jesus And Mary Chain - Reverence (2 wks)
15 (22) Army of Lovers - Crucified (2 wks)
16 (9) Wet Wet Wet - Goodnight Girl (8 wks)
17 (19) Texas - Alone With You (3 wks)
18 (11) The Stone Roses - Waterfall (7 wks)
19 (13) Kylie Minogue - Give Me Just A little More Time (5 wks)
20 (24) Chic - Chic Mystique (2 wks)
21 (15) KLF ft Tammy Wynette - Justified And Ancient (12 wks)
22 (12) Marc Almond - My Hand Over My Heart (7 wks)
23 (NE) Public Image Limited - Cruel (1 wk)
24 (17) Kiss - God Gave Rock ‘n’ Roll To You II (7 wks)
25 (20) The Blessing - Highway 5 (6 wks)
26 (21) Voice of the Beehive - Perfect Place (7 wks)
27 (23) Thompson Twins - The Saint (5 wks)
28 (25) Queen - These Are The Days Of Our Lives (10 wks)
29 (26) The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet (4 wks)
30 (NE) Ian McCulloch - Lover Lover Lover (1 wk)

[raliverpool]

01 Pearl Jam - Alive (2wks 1-1)
02 Simply Red - For Your Babies (3wks 6-4-2)
03 Shakespears Sister - Stay (5wks 10-1-1-3-3)
04 Primal Scream - Movin' On Up (3wks 2-2-4)

05 Tears For Fears - Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down) (1wk 5 NEW)

06 Sounds Of Blackness - Optimistic (2wks 15-6)

07 Ruth Joy - Feel (1wk 7 NEW)

08 Ride - Leave Them All Behind (2wks 7-8)
09 James - Born Of Frustration (4wks 10-4-5-9)

10 Teenage Fanclub - What You Do To Me (3wks 13-9-10)

11 Jesus And Mary Chain - Reverence (2wks 6-11)
12 Buffy Saint Marie - The Big Ones Get Away (3wks 19-13-12)
13 Massive Attack - Hymn Of The Big Wheel (Nellee Hooper Mix) (1wk 13 NEW)
14 Michael Jackson - Remember The Time (2wks 21-14)
15 Curtis Stigers - I Wonder Why (5wks 22-11-7-10-15)
16 Shanice - I Love Your Smile (1wk 16 NEW)
17 Opus III - It's A Fine Day (1wk 17 NEW)
18 Manic Street Preachers - You Love Us (4wks 7-3-8-18)
19 Julia Fordham - Love Moves (In Mysterious Ways) (5wks 35-22-18-19-19)

20 World Of Twist - She's A Rainbow (1wk 20 NEW)

21 Wet Wet Wet - Goodnight Girl (8wks 9-5-3-4-5-8-12-21)
22 Wonder Stuff ft Kirsty MacColl - Welcome To The Cheap Seats (5wks 3-2-5-11-22)
23 Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven (3wks 17-14-23)
24 MC Luscious – Boom I Got Your Boyfriend (3wks 30-22-24)
25 Kylie Minogue - Give Me Just A Little More Time (5wks 7-6-9-16-25)
26 Genesis - I Can't Dance (7wks 28-6-5-8-11-18-26)
27 Pasadenas - I'm Doing Fine Now (4wks 25-22-24-27)
28 Daisy Chainsaw - Love Your Money (6wks 34-17-12-14-17-28)
29 Chic - Chic Mystique (2wks 23-29)

30 Army Of Lovers - Crucified (2wks 34-30)

31 Martika - Coloured Kisses (1wk 31 NEW)
32 PM Dawn - Reality Used To Be A Friend Of Mine (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Definition Of Sound – Moira Jane's Café (3wks 36-30-33)
34 Beautiful South - Old Red Eyes Is Back (7wks 3-2-2-3-10-20-34)
35 Amy Grant - Good For Me (2wks 38-35)
36 Everything But The Girl - Love Is Strange (1wk 36 NEW)
37 River City People - Standing In the Need Of Love (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Brand New Heavies - Dream Come True (2wks 39-38)
39 Ian McCulloch - Lover Lover Lover (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Bryan Adams - Thought I'd Died And Gone To Heaven (1wk 40 NEW)