Flashback chart: 18/08/84

[Robbie]

20 years ago this week!

1 2 3 Careless Whisper George Michael
2 4 13 Agadoo Black Lace
3 1 10 Two Tribes Frankie Goes To Hollywood
4 8 4 Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go) Hazell Dean
5 3 10 What's Love Got To Do With It Tina Turner
6 13 7 Self Control Laura Branigan
7 6 41 Relax Frankie Goes To Hollywood
8 5 8 When Doves Cry Prince
9 10 36 White Lines (Don't Do It) Grandmaster Flash And Melle Mel
10 33 2 Like To Get To Know You Well Howard Jones
11 15 9 On The Wings Of Love Jeffrey Osborne
12 9 4 It's A Hard Life Queen
13 7 6 Hole In My Shoe Neil
14 12 7 Closest Thing To Heaven Kane Gang
15 23 6 Stuck On You Trevor Walters
16 11 6 Everybody's Laughing Phil Fearon And Galaxy
17 14 7 Down On The Street Shakatak
18 20 10 Tossing And Turning Windjammer
19 26 4 Sunglasses Tracey Ullman
20 25 4 Some Guys Have All The Luck Rod Stewart
21 16 15 Time After Time Cyndi Lauper
22 18 6 You Think You're A Man Divine
23 17 9 Young At Heart Bluebells
24 30 5 Love Songs Are Back Again (Medley) Band Of Gold
25 19 10 Eyes Without A Face Billy Idol
26 22 5 The Day Before You Came Blancmange
27 1 2 Minutes To Midnight Iron Maiden
28 NE 1 Dr Beat Miami Sound Machine
29 40 6 The More You Live The More You Love A Flock Of Seagulls
30 52 2 Passengers Elton John
31 21 9 Love Resurrection Alison Moyet
32 37 3 Just The Way You Like It SOS Band
33 27 10 I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me Nik Kershaw
34 43 2 I Need You Pointer Sisters
35 35 3 Nervous Shakedown AC/DC
36 29 9 Come Back Mighty Wah!
37 NE 1 The Ink In The Well David Sylvian
38 NE 1 Mother's Talk Tears For Fears
39 34 9 Stuck On You Lionel Richie
40 24 9 Jump (For My Love) Pointer Sisters
41 32 9 Breakin'… There's No Stopping Us Now Ollie And Jerry
42 28 7 Sister Of Mercy Thompson Twins
43 31 6 Seven Seas Echo And The Bunnymen
44 51 2 Are You Ready Break Machine
45 44 4 In The Country Farmers Boys
46 36 13 Wake Me Up Before You Go Go Wham!
47 38 12 Smalltown Boy Bronski Beat
48 47 3 99½ Carol Lynn Townes
49 42 2 We Rock Dio
50 62 2 Girl You're So Together Michael Jackson
51 53 2 You Are My Melody Change
52 55 2 Empty Rooms Gary Moore
53 68 2 Sing And Shout Second Image
54 56 4 Summer Holiday Kevin The Gerbil
55 NE 1 Lady Shine (Shine On) THS - The Horne Section
56 46 4 Black Stations White Stations M And M
57 39 7 State Of Shock Jacksons With Mick Jagger
58 60 5 Hand On My Heart Shriekback
59 63 5 All Of You Diana Ross And Julio Iglesias
60 48 12 Farewell My Summer Love Michael Jackson
61 59 7 Hot Hot Hot Arrow
62 54 3 Banana Banana King Kurt
63 57 4 There Are More Snakes Than Ladders Captain Sensible
64 64 3 The Friends Again EP Friends Again
65 49 8 Sweet Somebody Shannon
66 1 You're Never Too Young Cool Notes
67 78 2 State Of Independence Jon And Vangelis
68 45 14 Thinking Of You Sister Sledge
69 67 6 Guardian Angel Nino De Angelo
70 50 10 Talking Loud And Clear Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
71 76 2 Big In Japan Alphaville
72 77 2 Mr Solitaire Animal Nightlife
73 72 3 Pale Blue Eyes Paul Quinn And Edwyn Collins
74 RE 10 Only When You Leave Spandau Ballet
75 65 3 Hardrock Herbie Hancock
76 NE 1 Tour De France (Remix) Kraftwerk
77 NE 1 I Wanna Be Somebody WASP
78 81 3 Cccan't You See Vicious Pink
79 74 4 Dum Dum Girl Talk Talk
80 RE 10 Absolute Scritti Politti
81 NE 1 17 Rick James
81 NE 1 The Only Flame In Town Elvis Costello And The Attractions
83 NE 1 Masquerade Evelyn Thomas
84 NE 1 Somebody Junior
85 RE 7 Life On Your Own Human League
86 NE 1 Castles In Spain Armoury Show
87 80 2 Ecstasy Of Flight (I Love The Night) Chris De Burgh
88 92 3 Storm Of Light Working Week
89 NE 1 The Girl Of Ipanema Astrud Gilberto
90 86 2 Don't Take My Coconuts Kid Creole And The Coconuts
91 NE 1 Go West (Crazy Spinning Circle) Southern Death Cult
92 66 3 Today's Your Lucky Day Harold Melvin And The Bluenotes
93 91 4 There In Your Eyes Chas And Dave
94 82 3 What Is Life Black Uhuru
95 85 2 I'll Wait Van Halen
96 83 4 Whose Side Are You On Matt Bianco
97 NE 1 Taxman Rockwell
98 NE 1 Strange Frontier Roger Taylor
99 NE 1 You Get The Best From Me (Say, Say, Say) Alicia Myers
100 98 2 She's So Divine Forrest

[Robbie]

THREE million sellers in the top 10!

Great chart apart from the number two...

[Robbie]

and I can remember listening to this chart on Radio 1 on the Tuesday afternoon, waiting to see if "Two Tribes" could make it 10 weeks in a row at #1. As you can see, it didn't...

[Robbie]

There were two good chart runs in the top 10, Relax (on its TENTH month in the chart) and White Lines by Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel, on its 8 month on the chart!

"White Lines"s chart run is probably the best chart run of any record in the past 20 years or so:

85-60-63-75-OUT-93-93-77-84-74-59-52-53-52-49-57-55-56-58-55-52-56-52-48-51-52-46-36-21-12-10- 9-8-7-7-10-9-10-13-18-20-23-31-39-41-52-55-xx-xx-77-75-77-99-88-96-83-73-OUT-83-85

[dandyhighwayman]

So what's the chart run for Relax then?

[Robbie]

DandyHighwayman said:

So what's the chart run for Relax then?

77-77-67-55-54-55-46-35-35-6-2-1-1-1-1-1-2-3-6-16-21-23-21-29-29-31-26-24-21-17-16-11-5-3-2- 2-3-3-3-6-7-12-20-22-29-41-47-50- 66-71-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-93-87-89-79-OUT- 68-58-64-74-xx-91-96-86-83-89

Quite a good chart run too!

[Robbie]

When Relax climbed back to #2, it was kept off the top by "Two Tribes"...

[Sofie]

Robbie said:

Great chart apart from the number two...

#2 is indeed awful...

[dandyhighwayman]

Robbie said:

77-77-67-55-54-55-46-35-35-6-2-1-1-1-1-1-2-3-6-16-21-23-21-29-29-31-26-24-21-17-16-11-5-3-2- 2-3-3-3-6-7-12-20-22-29-41-47-50- 66-71-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-93-87-89-79-OUT- 68-58-64-74-xx-91-96-86-83-89

Quite a good chart run too!

That is impressive! Shame that sort of thing'll never happen again

[marcus]

Like every song on there apart from the No2 and have virtually all of those on vinyl!.

Out of those that are NE's or RE's between 76-100, which of thos emade the top 75?, I know the Castles In Spain one did.

[Admin]

Look at all those climbers and hioghest new entry at 28!
Fab!
Cheers Robbie... ;D

[marcus]

So, which of these do you remember?, and what did you think of them?.

Fact: the #45 reached #44 and went on to sell 40.000 copies, it missed out on a TOTP place by one position when in those days they used to play one track below the top 40. These days we have top 20's and top 10's that sell that amount, wonder where it was in the sales of the year list?.

[latifaheaston]

4 8 4 Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go) Hazell Dean
5 3 10 What's Love Got To Do With It Tina Turner
6 13 7 Self Control Laura Branigan
8 5 8 When Doves Cry Prince
21 16 15 Time After Time Cyndi Lauper
22 18 6 You Think You're A Man Divine
28 NE 1 Dr Beat Miami Sound Machine
40 24 9 Jump (For My Love) Pointer Sisters
68 45 14 Thinking Of You Sister Sledge

[Fedepeti]

Here you can find all the UK singles charts positions from 1952 (chart runs) including that bubbling 76-100 positions from 1983-1990.
www.polyhex.com/music/chartruns.php

Amazing database with no one mistake...

[Fedepeti]

Fron the database:
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Relax
Date: 12/11/1983 - Run: 77-77-67-55-54-55-46-46-35-6-2-1-1-1-1-1-2-3-6-16-21-23-21-29-29-31-26-24-21-17-16-11-5-3-2-2-3-3-3-6-7-12-20-22-29-41-47-50-66-71-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-93-87-89-0-79-68-58-64-74-0-91-96-86-83-89 (63/19/5 wks)

[Admin]

35-6-2-1 after hanging around for weeks, fantastic!
Could you put a link to Polyhex's site in the links forum please fedepeti as well...Know where to look for it then...