Retrochart - 16/04/88

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UK Top 100 Singles weekending 16th April 1988

01. (1) Pet Shop Boys - Heart
02. (2) Bros - Drop The Boy
03. (7) Climie Fisher - Love Changes (Everything) {remix}
04. (4) Tiffany - Could've Been
05.(13) Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere
06. (6) Sinitta - Cross My Broken Heart
07. (9) Eighth Wonder - I'm Not Scared
08.(15) Taylor Dayne - Prove Your Love
09.(20) Hazell Dean - Who's Leaving Who
10. (3) Aswad - Don't Turn Around
11.(24) Natalie Cole - Pink Cadillac
12.(16) Glen Goldsmith - Dreaming
13.(23) Pebbles - Girlfriend
14.(36) Bananarama - I Want You Back
15.(21) Jellybean Featuring Adele Bertei - Just A Mirage
16.(11) Debbie Gibson - Only In My Dreams {1988 run}
17. (8) A-ha - Stay On These Roads
18. (5) Iron Maiden - Can I Play With Madness?
19.(12) Wet Wet Wet - Temptation
20.(28) Def Leppard - Armageddon It
21.(10) Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky
22.(40) Jermaine Stewart - Get Lucky
23.(25) T'Pau - Sex Talk (Live)
24.(19) Status Quo - Ain't Complaining
25.(NE) S-Express - Theme From S-Express
26.(31) Eurythmics - I Need A Man
27.(22) AC/DC - That's The Way I Wanna Rock 'N' Roll
28.(29) Brenda Russell - Piano In The Dark
29.(42) Pat and Mick - Let's All Chant
30.(32) The Jesus And Mary Chain - Sidewalking
31.(NE) Michael Jackson With The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back '88
32.(14) Heart - Never/These Dreams
33.(17) Whitney Houston - Where Do Broken Hearts Go
34.(41) Will Downing - A Love Supreme
35.(52) Danny Wilson - Mary's Prayer {1988 run}
36.(18) Simon Harris - Bass (How Low Can You Go)
37.(34) Keith Sweat - I Want Her
38.(27) The Primitives - Crash
39.(47) Patrick Swayze Featuring Wendy Fraser - She's Like The Wind
40.(46) All About Eve - Every Angel
41.(26) Belinda Carlisle - I Get Weak
42.(37) Rick Astley - Together Forever
43.(45) Salt-N-Pepa - Push It/Tramp
44.(35) Vanessa Paradis - Joe Le Taxi
45.(30) Afrika Bambaataa And UB40 - Reckless
46.(72) Deacon Blue - When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring) {remix}
47.(54) Cher - We All Sleep Alone
48.(33) Erasure - Ship Of Fools
49.(NE) Rob Base And DJ E-Z Rock - It Takes Two
50.(57) Alice Cooper - Freedom
51.(58) Adventures - Broken Land
52.(NE) Luther Vandross - I Gave It Up (When I Fell In Love)
53.(38) Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car
54.(74) Paul Hardcastle - Walk In The Night
55.(61) Neal Hefti - Batman Theme
56.(39) Taja Sevelle - Love Is Contagious
57.(83) Transvision Vamp - Tell That Girl To Shut Up
58.(44) Sade - Love Is Stronger Than Pride
59.(86) Fairground Attraction - Perfect
60.(64) Cappella - Push Beat/Bauhaus
61.(67) Men They Couldn't Hang - The Colours
62.(NE) Al B Sure! - Nite And Day
63.(50) Coldcut Featuring Yazz And The Plastic Population - Doctorin' The
House
64.(51) Bomb The Bass - Beat Dis
65.(NE) Sugarcubes - Deus
66.(78) Thomas Dolby - Airhead
67.(43) Eric B And Rakim - I Know You Got Soul {re-issue}
68.(NE) The Kane Gang - Don't Look Any Further
69.(NE) Aerosmith - Angel
70.(70) Sting - Fragile
71.(48) David Lee Roth - Just Like Paradise
72.(63) Taylor Dayne - Tell It To My Heart
73.(NE) DTI - Keep This Frequency Clear
74.(79) Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World
75.(NE) Kingdom Come - Get It On
76.(NE) Heartbeat - The Winner
77.(76) Sheik Fawaz - Mohamed's House
78.(NE) Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
79.(NE) Gwen Guthrie - Can't Love You Tonight
80.(NE) Penthouse 4 - Bust This House Down
81.(NE) Habit - Lucy
82.(81) NT Gang - Wam Bam
83.(NE) Big Trouble - When The Love Is Good
84.(NE) Taurus Boyz - You're The One
85.(89) Kechia Jenkins - I Need Somebody
86.(77) Michael Bolton - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
87.(NE) T-Cut-F - House Reaction
88.(NE) Scott Fitzgerald - Go
89.(NE) Julia Fordham - The Comfort Of Strangers
90.(NE) Fatback - All Nite Party
91.(84) The Cross - Heaven For Everyone
92.(90) James - What For
93.(NE) Cardiacs - Is This The Life
94.(80) Chic - Good Times {re-issue?}
95.(NE) Railway Children - In The Meantime
96.(NE) Smith And Mighty - Anyone
97.(94) Blue Ox Babes - There Is No Deceiving You
98.(NE) Alan Price - Changes
99.(98) The Beatmasters Featuring The Cookie Crew - Rok Da House {1988}
100.(97)Expose - Seasons Change

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UK Top 100 Albums weekending 16th April 1988

01 (1) Various Artists - Now Series - Now That's What I Call Music! 11
02 (2) Bros - Push
03 (3) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - The Best Of OMD
04 (4) Wet Wet Wet - Popped In Souled Out
05 (7) Fleetwood Mac - Tango In The Night
06 (15) Original Soundtrack - Dirty Dancing
07 (20) Pet Shop Boys - Actually
08 (8) Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing The Hardline According To...
09 (21) Various Artists - Hip Hop And Rapping In The House
10 (14) Johnny Hates Jazz - Turn Back The Clock
11 (13) Whitney Houston - Whitney
12 (9) Tina Turner - Live In Europe
13 (6) The Primitives - Lovely
14 (10) Aswad - Distant Thunder
15 (19) Tiffany - Tiffany
16 (27) T'Pau - Bridge Of Spies
17 (26) The Who - Who's Better Who's Best
18 (5) Magnum - Wings Of Heaven
19 (11) Morrissey - Viva Hate
20 (17) Alexander O'Neal - Hearsay / All Mixed Up
21 (12) Rick Astley - Whenever You Need Somebody
22 (22) Belinda Carlisle - Heaven On Earth
23 (16) Talking Heads - Naked
24 (36) Taylor Dayne - Tell It To My Heart
25 (24) Billy Ocean - Tear Down These Walls
26 (23) Various Artists - The Chart Show - Rock The Nation
27 (28) Various Artists - Horizons
28 (29) Luther Vandross - Give Me The Reason
29 (37) Heart - Heart
30 (25) The Clash - The Story Of The Clash - Volume 1
31 (30) Michael Jackson - Bad
32 (34) Sting - Nothing Like The Sun
33 (18) Various Artists - Unforgettable
34 (45) Climie Fisher - Everything
35 (33) INXS - Kick
36 (32) The Christians - The Christians
37 (42) George Michael - Faith
38 (31) Prefab Sprout - From Langley Park To Memphis
39 (NE) Martin Stephenson And The Daintees - Gladsome Humour And Blue
40 (40) Will Downing - Will Downing
41 (35) Various Artists - The Greatest Love
42 (38) U2 - The Joshua Tree
43 (55) AC/DC - Blow Up Your Video
44 (39) Heart - Bad Animals
45 (48) Various Artists - Up Front 10
46 (44) Erasure - The Circus
47 (75) Deacon Blue - Raintown
48 (72) Cher - Cher
49 (60) Jellybean - Just Visiting This Planet
50 (59) Debbie Gibson - Out Of The Blue
51 (47) Was (Not Was) - What Up Doc?
52 (NE) Herbert Von Karajan - The Essential Karajan
53 (51) Ella Fitzgerald - A Portrait Of Ella Fitzgerald
54 (52) Keith Sweat - Make It Last Forever
55 (62) Joyce Sims - Come Into My Life
56 (76) Eurythmics - Savage
57 (43) Joni Mitchell - Chalk Mark In A Rain Storm
58 (41) The Isley Brothers - Greatest Hits - Isley Brothers
59 (58) Kingdom Come - Kingdom Come
60 (66) All About Eve - All About Eve
61 (50) Megadeth - So Far So Good... So What!
62 (54) Everything But The Girl - Idlewild
63 (46) The Mission - Children
64 (NE) Eddie Cochran - C'mon Everybody
65 (71) Pet Shop Boys - DISCO
66 (57) Original Cast - The Phantom Of The Opera
67 (70) Eric Clapton And Cream - The Cream Of Eric Clapton
68 (64) Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
69 (61) The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God
70 (46) Def Leppard - Hysteria
71 (63) Various Artists - Best Of House Volume 4
72 (49) Saxon - Destiny
73 (RE) Bananarama - Wow!
74 (87) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
75 (56) David Lee Roth - Skyscraper
76 (78) Whitesnake - Whitesnake 1987
77 (86) Various Artists - Sergeant Pepper Knew My Father
78 (69) Mantronix - In Full Effect
79 (67) Chris Rea - Dancing With Strangers
80 (84) Paul Simon - Graceland
81 (53) Howard Keel - Just For You
82 (77) The Sisters Of Mercy - Floodland
83 (68) Richard Marx - Richard Marx
84 (90) UB40 - The Best Of - Volume 1
85 (85) Sinitta - Sinitta
86 (74) Taja Seville - Taja Seville
87 (65) Robert Plant - Now And Zen
88 (RE) Luther Vandross - Busy Body
89 (95) Pet Shop Boys - Please
90 (RE) Meat Loaf - Hits Out Of Hell
91 (82) It Bites - Once Around The World
92 (RE) Alice Cooper - Raise Your Fist And Yell
93 (93) Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
94 (RE) Original Soundtrack - Top Gun
95 (83) Alison Moyet - Raindancing
96 (79) The Pretenders - The Singles
97 (81) George Harrison - Cloud Nine
98 (80) Simply Red - Men And Women
99 (97) New Order - Substance 1987
100(91) The Communards - Red

[rubcale]

Not a great singles chart and by no means one of PSB's best singles.

[wonderwall]

terrible singles chart awful!

[readytojump]

Nice to see Scott Fitzgerald's Eurovision runner-up storming the charts at #88.....

[Gezza]

OK clearly i'm on my own but 1988 is one of my favourite years that their is so much i love in this chart in particular the top 7, A-ha, Wet, wet, wet, 21,28, 41, 42, 44, 52 & 56- reminds of my "smash hits" days!!

[vya]

Oh no I like this period too. Quite a few singles there I love...but I have to single out nos 15 and 56 for special praise. And the week before the Primitives and Magnum were both top 10 on the albums! Some good stuff there, even if some of it has been largely forgotten, really...

[Kingpin]

Just browsing through this chart was a real nostalgia trip.

1988 = Best year EVER for singles imo. This may have something to do with the fact that I got into music in a big way this year.

I've got every record in this Top 20 on my MP3 (with a single exception - Iron Maiden)

Pure vintage! I'd just started clubbing and remember S-Express being everywhere! I'm pretty sure it raced to number one within a week or so. I seem to recall Now 11 having some classic house tunes on it too - Krush, Jack n Chill, Beat Dis.

Thanks for this trip down memory lane, Mark!

[Jan]

09.(20) Hazell Dean - Who's Leaving Who

That ALONE made this the best chart EVER.. a time when great pop songs ruled the UK charts..

[PurpleCareBear]

UK Top 100 Singles weekending 16th April 1988

Great chart ! I actually like all of the Top 17 singles,which is probably the most of a top 20 that I've ever liked.
Loads to like :

01. (1) Pet Shop Boys - Heart
02. (2) Bros - Drop The Boy
03. (7) Climie Fisher - Love Changes (I'd rather this as #1 than Bros or PSB but there you go).
04. (4) Tiffany - Could've Been (Gorgeous song.Surprised it hasn't been covered by the likes of Shania).
05.(13) Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere (I only like 2 of their songs and this is one of 'em).
06. (6) Sinitta - Cross My Broken Heart (it's nursery rhyme tastic !)
07. (9) Eighth Wonder - I'm Not Scared (I can't stomach Patsy but loved all her songs).
08.(15) Taylor Dayne - Prove Your Love (I didn't realise this was such a hit).
09.(20) Hazell Dean - Who's Leaving Who (the first Hazell song I ever heard,but the first one i bought was 'Maybe'-which I still prefer).
10. (3) Aswad - Don't Turn Around
11.(24) Natalie Cole - Pink Cadillac (first Nat single I ever heard,and now a fan for life !)
12.(16) Glen Goldsmith - Dreaming (loved his singles,he shoulda lasted longer)
13.(23) Pebbles - Girlfriend (one of my fav 80s hits)
14.(36) Bananarama - I Want You Back (love the song and the dance routine).
15.(21) Jellybean Featuring Adele Bertei - Just A Mirage
16.(11) Debbie Gibson - Only In My Dreams
17. (8) A-ha - Stay On These Roads
21.(10) Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky (I loved it,then I hated it for a while,now I love it again)
22.(40) Jermaine Stewart - Get Lucky (My 3rd fav JS song ever,after SIA & WDHT - this should've been just as big !)
23.(25) T'Pau - Sex Talk
25.(NE) S-Express - Theme From S-Express
28.(29) Brenda Russell - Piano In The Dark
31.(NE) Michael Jackson With The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back '88
32.(14) Heart - Never/These Dreams (double AA - 2 for the price of one.Both fab,but I prefer These Dreams).
33.(17) Whitney Houston - Where Do Broken Hearts Go (Ahh Whitters,back when she was great).
35.(52) Danny Wilson - Mary's Prayer (the only Danny Wilson song I ever heard).
38.(27) The Primitives - Crash (this is fabulous,as was Way Behind Me.Never heard their others).
39.(47) Patrick Swayze Ft. Wendy Fraser - She's Like The Wind (It's from Dirty Dancing so you gotta love it)
41.(26) Belinda Carlisle - I Get Weak (It's Dianne Warren penned,therefore it's wonderful).
42.(37) Rick Astley - Together Forever (One of his best !)
43.(45) Salt-N-Pepa - Push It (they were hit n miss for me,but this one's good)
44.(35) Vanessa Paradis - Joe Le Taxi
47.(54) Cher - We All Sleep Alone
48.(33) Erasure - Ship Of Fools (I don't recognise the title,but like everything on Pop! if this is on there).
52.(NE) Luther Vandross - I Gave It Up ( I don't know if I know this one or not.I have his Hits and liek 'em all,but not that familiar with it yet).
53.(38) Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car
56.(39) Taja Sevelle - Love Is Contagious (never heard any of her other songs,but love this).
58.(44) Sade - Love Is Stronger Than Pride (Sounds the same as all her others,but we like that,don't we !)
59.(86) Fairground Attraction - Perfect (Perfect ? It SO is !)
63.(50) Coldcut/Yazz & Plastic Population - Doctorin' The House (Great voice.I thought Yazz would be a hit singer forever !)
72.(63) Taylor Dayne - Tell It To My Heart (didn't like it at the time,but love it now).

[PurpleCareBear]

UK Top 100 Albums weekending 16th April 1988
These ones are all MARVELLOUS !

06 (15) Original Soundtrack - Dirty Dancing (my faves are Merry Clayton and Mickey & Sylvia)
07 (20) Pet Shop Boys - Actually
10 (14) Johnny Hates Jazz - Turn Back The Clock (why wasn't Foolish Hit re released ?)
11 (13) Whitney Houston - Whitney (why wasn't Love Is A Contact Sprot a single ?!)
20 (17) Alexander O'Neal - Hearsay / All Mixed Up
22 (22) Belinda Carlisle - Heaven On Earth (adore every track on this album).
31 (30) Michael Jackson - Bad (Am I the only one who hates Smooth Criminal ?)
37 (42) George Michael - Faith (why didn't Kissing a Fool reach number one ?!)
50 (59) Debbie Gibson - Out Of The Blue (why wasn't Red Hot a single ?! )
55 (62) Joyce Sims - Come Into My Life (whatever happened to her ?!)
73 (RE) Bananarama - Wow! (Wow indeed ,ver Rams at their very best !)
85 (85) Sinitta - Sinitta (why wasn't Who's Gonna Catch You a single ?!)
89 (95) Pet Shop Boys - Please