Haven Combi Chart WB: 25/07/1982 - Post Your Next Chart Here

[PLAYER]

Some stability at the top of our 1982 Combi Chart this week as Yazoo stay at Number 1 with an increase in points this week. Dexy's Midnight Runners climb to 2 while Madness speed to 3.

1. Yazoo - Don't Go 132
(1) 3wks PK:1 [2wks]
2. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen 108 (4) 4wks PK:2

3. Madness - Driving In My Car 83
(7) 2wks PK:3
4. Japan - I Second That Emotion 77
(11) 4wks PK:4
5. The Clash - Rock The Casbah 69
(3) 4wks PK:3
6. Irene Cara - Fame 65
(5) 4wks PK:3
7. Bananarama - Shy Boy 60
(2) 5wks PK:1 [1wk]
8. Stranglers - Strange Little Girl 58
(19) 2wks PK:8
9. Hot Chocolate - It Started With A Kiss 56
(9) 4wks PK:9
10. Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger 55
NEW ENTRY
11. Cliff Richard - The Only Way Out 54
(27) 3wks PK:11
12. Bucks Fizz - Now Those Days Are Gone 52
(15) 6wks PK:12
13. Trio - Da Da Da 49
(14) 3wks PK:13
14. Visage - Night Train 48
(10) 6wks PK:9
15. Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra 44
(5) 6wks PK:2
15. Donna Summer - Love Is In Control 44
(24) 3wks PK:15
17. Shalamar - A Night To Remember 42
(7) 6wks PK:7
18. Diana Ross - Work That Body 39
RE ENTRY 2wks PK:18
19. Talk Talk - Today 38
(16) 2wks PK:16
19. Kid Creole And The Coconuts - Stool Pigeon 38 (23) 2wks PK:19

21. Paul McCartney - Take It Away 35
(18) 3wks PK:18
22. Asia - Heat Of The Moment 32
(20) 6wks PK:11
22. Blondie - War Child 32
NEW ENTRY
22. Belle Stars - The Clapping Song 32 (25) 3wks PK:22

25. Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf 25
(16) 6wks PK:1 [2wks]
26. David Essex - Me And My Girl (Nightclubbing) 24
(22) 4wks PK:22
26. Cure - The Hanging Garden 24
(29) 2wks PK:26
28. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird 23
(25) 5wks PK:14
29. Air Supply - Even The Nights Are Better 22
(31) 3wks PK:29
29. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Crimson And Clover 22
(37) 3wks PK:25
29. Yazoo - Only You 22
(31) 6wks PK:6
32. Bad Manners - My Girl Lollipop (My Boy Lollipop) 20
NEW ENTRY
32. Haysi Fantayzee - John Wayne Is Big Leggy 20
NEW ENTRY
34. Roxy Music - Avalon 19
(11) 6wks PK:1 [1wk]
35. AC/DC - For Those About To Rock 18
(28) 6wks PK:18
36. Odyssey - Inside Out 17
(37) 6wks PK:11
37. Charlene - I've Never Been To Me 16
RE ENTRY 4wks PK:16 
37. Willie Nelson - Always On My Mind 16
NEW ENTRY
37. Toyah - Ieya 16
NEW ENTRY
40. ABC - The Look Of Love 15 (21) 6wks PK:2


A great chart this week people, and an increase in charts also which is brilliant. Thanks to Earl Purple, Thorney, Rubcale, Andy, Kingpin, coolchristie2, raliverpool, me and Mark to give us a strong 9. Keep them coming guys, let's post now for the WB:01/08/1982, here is the official chart from that week, please pin mods


06 - 02 - 01 - Dexy's Midnight Runners With The Emerald Express - COME ON EILEEN

06 - 01 - 02 - Irene Cara - FAME

04 - 03 - 03 - Yazoo - DON'T GO

03 - 04 - 04 - Madness - DRIVING IN MY CAR

05 - 07 - 05 - Hot Chocolate - IT STARTED WITH A KISS

06 - 05 - 06 - Trio - DA DA DA

06 - 06 - 07 - Bananarama - SHY BOY

03 - 11 - 08 - Kid Creole And The Coconuts - STOOL PIGEON

06 - 09 - 09 - Japan - I SECOND THAT EMOTION

04 - 14 - 10 - Cliff Richard - THE ONLY WAY OUT

03 - 19 - 11 - Stranglers - STRANGE LITTLE GIRL

08 - 08 - 12 - Steve Miller Band - ABRACADABRA

07 - 15 - 13 - David Essex - ME AND MY GIRL (NIGHT-CLUBBING)

09 - 10 - 14 - Shalamar - A NIGHT TO REMEMBER

06 - 20 - 15 - Paul McCartney - TAKE IT AWAY

07 - 12 - 16 - Visage - NIGHT TRAIN

04 - 28 - 17 - Firm - ARTHUR DALEY (E'S ALRIGHT)

08 - 17 - 18 - Dollar - VIDEOTHEQUE

04 - 23 - 19 - Belle Stars - THE CLAPPING SONG

05 - 24 - 20 - Brat - CHALK DUST - THE UMPIRE STRIKES BACK

02 - 42 - 21 - Bad Manners - MY GIRL LOLLIPOP (MY BOY LOLLIPOP)

05 - 27 - 22 - Donna Summer - LOVE IS IN CONTROL (FINGER ON THE TRIGGER)

09 - 13 - 23 - Odyssey - INSIDE OUT

08 - 16 - 24 - Bucks Fizz - NOW THOSE DAYS ARE GONE

05 - 25 - 25 - Junior - TOO LATE

03 - 43 - 26 - Haysi Fantayzee - JOHN WAYNE IS BIG LEGGY

05 - 38 - 27 - Wavelength - HURRY HOME

08 - 35 - 28 - Leo Sayer - HEART (STOP BEATING IN TIME)

02 - 54 - 29 - Survivor - EYE OF THE TIGER

07 - 32 - 30 - Clash - ROCK THE CASBAH

02 - 56 - 31 - Fun Boy Three - SUMMERTIME

10 - 21 - 32 - Natasha - IKO IKO

04 - 33 - 33 - Elkie Brooks - NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN

1 - NEW - 34 - Associates - 18 CARAT LOVE AFFAIR / LOVE HANGOVER

03 - 37 - 35 - Talk Talk - TODAY

08 - 22 - 36 - Cheri - MURPHY'S LAW

07 - 18 - 37 - Imagination - MUSIC AND LIGHTS

02 - 52 - 38 - Sheena Easton - MACHINERY

02 - 66 - 39 - Boystown Gang - CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU

1 - NEW - 40 - Sylvian Sakamoto - BAMBOO HOUSES / BAMBOO MUSIC

02 - 70 - 41 - Tight Fit - SECRET HEART

08 - 29 - 42 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - FREE BIRD

1 - NEW - 43 - Pink Floyd - WHEN THE TIGERS BROKE FREE

03 - 39 - 44 - Blondie - WAR CHILD

03 - 34 - 45 - Cure - THE HANGING GARDEN

02 - 55 - 46 - Blancmange - FEEL ME

1 - NEW - 47 - Kool And The Gang - BIG FUN

02 - 51 - 48 - Psychedelic Furs - LOVE MY WAY

1 - NEW - 49 - Kate Bush - THE DREAMING

07 - 30 - 50 - Captain Sensible - HAPPY TALK

02 - 49 - 51 - Willie Nelson - ALWAYS ON MY MIND

02 - 67 - 52 - McCrarys - LOVE ON A SUMMER NIGHT

09 - 26 - 53 - Midge Ure - NO REGRETS

29 - 50 - 54 - Soft Cell - TAINTED LOVE

02 - 71 - 55 - Prelude - ONLY THE LONELY (KNOW THE WAY I FEEL)

02 - 73 - 56 - Philip Jap - SAVE US

02 - 74 - 57 - Cheap Trick - IF YOU WANT MY LOVE



02 - 64 - 58 - Elvis Costello And The Attractions - MAN OUT OF TIME

06 - 31 - 59 - AC/DC - FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK (WE SALUTE YOU)

05 - 44 - 60 - Ken Barrie - POSTMAN PAT

1 - NEW - 61 - Scritti Politti - ASYLUMS IN JERUSALEM / JACQUES DERRIDA

04 - 48 - 62 - Toyah - IEYA

04 - 46 - 63 - Chas And Dave - MARGATE

06 - 47 - 64 - Dennis Brown - LOVE HAS FOUND ITS WAY

1 - NEW - 65 - Rocky Sharpe And The Replays - CLAP YOUR HANDS

02 - 69 - 66 - Bow Wow Wow - LOUIS QUATORZE

1 - NEW - 67 - 10CC - RUN AWAY

1 - NEW - 68 - Diana Ross - IT'S NEVER TOO LATE

1 - NEW - 69 - Tom Tom Club - UNDER THE BOARDWALK

1 - NEW - 70 - Toto Coelo - I EAT CANNIBALS (PART 1)

1 - NEW - 71 - Louis Clark Conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - IF YOU KNEW SOUSA (AND FRIENDS)

04 - 57 - 72 - Fixx - RED SKIES

1 - NEW - 73 - China Crisis - AFRICAN AND WHITE

05 - 45 - 74 - Patrice Rushen - I WAS TIRED OF BEING ALONE

11 - 41 - 75 - Diana Ross - WORK THAT BODY

[rubcale]

01 Diana Ross It's Never Too Late
02 Willie Nelson Always On My Mind
03 Cliff Richard The Only Way Out
04 Bucks Fizz Now Those Days Are Gone
05 Donna Summer Love Is In Control
06 Yazoo Don't Go
07 Diana Ross Work That Body
08 Blondie War Child
09 Bad Manners My Boy Lollipop (My Girl Lollipop)
10 China Crisis African And White
11 Madness Driving In My Car
12 Odyssey Inside Out
13 Haysi Fantayzee John Wayne Is Big Leggy
14 Rocky Sharpe And The Replays - Clap Your Hands
15 Survivor Eye Of The Tiger
16 Boystown Gang Can't Take My Eyes Off You
17 Visage Night Train
18 Bow Wow Wow Louis Quatorze
19 Toyah Ieya
20 Belle Stars The Clapping Song

[Kingpin]

1 1) Irene Cara – Fame (2-1-1-1) 3rd week at Number One
2 2) Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Come On Eileen (12-4-2-2)
4 3) Yazoo - Don't Go (19-7-4)
3 4) Shalamar – A Night to Remember (1-2-3-4)
7 5) Donna Summer – Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger) (18-11-7-5)
8 6) Madness - Driving In My Car (13-8-6)
11 7) Natasha - Iko Iko (11-7)
NEW 8) Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Stool Pigeon (8)
5 9) Hot Chocolate – It Started With A Kiss (13-5-5-9)
13 10) Belle Stars – The Clapping Song (13-10)
6 11) Bananarama – Shy Boy (3-3-6-11)
NEW 12) Visage - Night Train (12)
10 13) Tight Fit - Fantasy Island (8-8-10-13)
NEW 14) Dollar - Videotheque (14)
9 15) Steve Miller Band – Abracadabra (5-6-9-15)
17 16) Lynyrd Skynyrd – Free Bird (17-16)
NEW 17) Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger (17)
16 18) Yazoo – Only You (11-14-16-18)
12 19) Japan – I Second That Emotion (12-19)
15 20) ABC - The Look of Love (7-10-15-20)

[Kingpin]

I think this thread needs pinning and last week's unpinned!

[o]

1 Talk Talk - TODAY
2 Lynyrd Skynyrd - FREE BIRD
3 AC/DC - FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK (WE SALUTE YOU)
4 Trio - DA DA DA
5 Stranglers - STRANGE LITTLE GIRL
6 Survivor - EYE OF THE TIGER
7 Psychedelic Furs - LOVE MY WAY
8 Clash - ROCK THE CASBAH
9 Toto Coelo - I EAT CANNIBALS (PART 1)
10 Yazoo - DON'T GO
11 Bananarama - SHY BOY
12 Soft Cell - TAINTED LOVE
13 Haysi Fantayzee - JOHN WAYNE IS BIG LEGGY
14 Blancmange - FEEL ME
15 Steve Miller Band - ABRACADABRA
16 Bucks Fizz - NOW THOSE DAYS ARE GONE
17 Cure - THE HANGING GARDEN
18 Ken Barrie - POSTMAN PAT

I'm away next week, so please reuse this chart if I dont get chance to update it.

[raliverpool]

1 Yazoo DON'T GO (4wks 7-2-1-1)
2 The Clash ROCK THE CASBAH (6wks 10-3-1-1-2-2)
3 Elvis Costello And The Attractions MAN OUT OF TIME (2wks 11-3)
4 Paul McCartney TAKE IT AWAY (6wks 13-5-3-4-4-4)
5 Dexy's Midnight Runners With The Emerald Express COME ON EILEEN (6wks 40-24-12-6-6-5)
6 Visage NIGHT TRAIN (6wks 10-4-2-3-3-6)
7 Madness DRIVING IN MY CAR (3wks 11-8-7)
8 Bananarama SHY BOY (6wks 17-11-6-5-5-8)
9 Japan I SECOND THAT EMOTION (6wks 28-21-11-8-7-9)
10 Donna Summer LOVE IS IN CONTROL (FINGER ON THE TRIGGER) (5wks 23-10-10-9-10)

11 Stranglers STRANGE LITTLE GIRL (3wks 21-12-11)
12 Kid Creole And The Coconuts STOOL PIGEON (3wks 18-13-12)
13 Kate Bush THE DREAMING (1wk 13 NEW ENTRY)
14 Hot Chocolate IT STARTED WITH A KISS (5wks 32-22-15-14-14)
15 Talk Talk TODAY (3wks 29-16-15)
16 Belle Stars THE CLAPPING SONG (4wks 31-19-17-16)
17 Irene Cara FAME (6wks 37-20-9-7-10-17)
18 Blancmange FEEL ME (2wks 26-18)
19 Dollar VIDEOTHEQUE (7wks 8-8-13-19-21-18-19)
20 Fun Boy Three SUMMERTIME (2wks 36-20)

21 Shalamar A NIGHT TO REMEMBER (7wks 5-6-2-4-9-15-21)
22 Haysi Fantayzee JOHN WAYNE IS BIG LEGGY (3wks 40-30-22)
23 Trio DA DA DA (6wks 31-22-18-13-19-23)
24 Psychedelic Furs LOVE MY WAY (2wks 34-24)
25 Firm ARTHUR DALEY (E'S ALRIGHT) (3wks 31-29-25)
26 Scritti Politti ASYLUMS IN JERUSALEM (1wk 26 NEW ENTRY)
27 Cliff Richard THE ONLY WAY OUT (3wks 34-31-27)
28 Associates 18 CARAT LOVE AFFAIR (1wk 28 NEW ENTRY)
29 Toyah IEYA (4wks 33-25-21-29)
30 Leo Sayer HEART (STOP BEATING IN TIME) (4wks 38-30-32-30)

31 10CC RUN AWAY (1wk 31 NEW ENTRY)
32 Odyssey INSIDE OUT (7wks 16-16-15-16-17-22-32)
33 Pink Floyd WHEN THE TIGERS BROKE FREE (1wk 33 NEW ENTRY)
34 Bucks Fizz NOW THOSE DAYS ARE GONE (6wks 38-25-17-16-24-34)
35 Tom Tom Club UNDER THE BOARDWALK (1wk 35 NEW ENTRY)
36 Imagination MUSIC AND LIGHTS (7wks 19-12-8-8-14-23-36)
37 Kool And The Gang BIG FUN (1wk 37 NEW ENTRY)
38 Captain Sensible HAPPY TALK (7wks 12-1-1-5-12-25-38)
39 Bow Wow Wow LOUIS QUATORZE (2wks 39-39)
40 China Crisis AFRICAN AND WHITE (1wk 40 NEW ENTRY)

[TheThorne]

Most of the new entries in this week are pretty poor or extremely odd, China Crisis best by a country mile!!

1 1 Talk Talk - TODAY 
2 3 Psychedelic Furs - LOVE MY WAY 
3 5 Stranglers - STRANGE LITTLE GIRL 
4 6 Survivor - EYE OF THE TIGER 
5 2 Asia - Heat Of The Moment
6 4 Kid Creole And The Coconuts - STOOL PIGEON
7 11 Cure - THE HANGING GARDEN
8 8 Steve Miller Band - ABRACADABRA
9 7 Yazoo - DON'T GO
10 new China Crisis - AFRICAN AND WHITE 
11 9 Japan - I Second That Emotion
12 10 Clash - Rock The Casbah
13 12 Madness - DRIVING IN MY CAR
14 15 Cheap Trick - IF YOU WANT MY LOVE 
15 17 Blancmange - FEEL ME 
16 13 Visage - Nightrain
17 14 Bananarama - Shy Boy
18 new Associates - 18 CARAT LOVE AFFAIR
19 16 Irene Cara - Fame
20 new Toto Coelo - I EAT CANNIBALS (PART 1)

[PLAYER]

Thanks guys, great to see the charts in quite early!

[Earl Purple]

I will post mine tomorrow. Just one chart then two the following week to catch me up with where I should be as I'm one chart behind.

[Deleted]

Mark’s Top 40 weekending 1st August 1982

1 (3) Don’t Go - Yazoo
2 (1) Come On Eileen – Dexys Midnight Runners
3 (6) John Wayne Is Big Leggy – Haysi Fantaysi
4 (2) Shy Boy - Bananarama
5 (4) The Only Way Out – Cliff Richard
6 (22) Summertime – Fun Boy Three
7 (5) My Girl Lollipop – Bad Manners
8 (9) Only You - Yazoo
9 (7) Don’t Talk To Strangers – Rick Springfield
10 (19) Crimson And Clover – Joan Jett & The Black Hearts
11 (8) Heat Of The Moment - Asia
12 (10) Driving In My Car - Madness
13 (New) Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – Boys Town Gang
14 (33) Man Out Of Time – Elvis Costello & The Attractions
15 (New) The Dreaming – Kate Bush
16 (38) Machinery – Sheena Easton
17 (39) Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor
18 (40) Feel Me - Blancmange
19 (36) Love My Way – Psychedelic Furs
20 (14) The Clapping Song – Belle Stars
21 (11) IEYA - Toyah
22 (35) Always On My Mind – Willie Nelson
23 (12) Me And My Girl (Night-clubbing) – David Essex
24 (13) Arthur Daley E’s Alright – The Firm
25 (37) House Of Fun - Madness
26 (16) War Child - Blondie
27 (17) Hungry Like The Wolf – Duran Duran
28 (18) Now Those Days Are Gone – Bucks Fizz
29 (15) Strange Little Girl - Stranglers
30 (20) Postman Pat – Ken Barrie
31 (21) Videotheque - Dollar
32 (New) Bamboo Houses/Bamboo Music – Sylvian/Sakomato
33 (New) African And White – China Crisis
34 (26) Avalon – Roxy Music
35 (New) I Eat Cannibals (Part 1) – Toto Coelo
36 (New) It’s Never Too Late – Diana Ross
37 (25) Talk Talk – Talk Talk
38 (27) The Look Of Love - ABC
39 (28) Goody Two Shoes – Adam Ant
40 (29) Fame – Irene Cara

[PLAYER]

The TUNAGE Chart! (01/08/1982)

1. Irene Cara - 'Fame' (1) 5wks PK:1 [3wks]
2. Dexy's Midnight Runners - 'Come On Eileen' (2) 4wks PK:2
3. Survivor - 'Eye Of The Tiger' (9) 2wks PK:3
4. Yazoo - 'Don't Go' (4) 4wks PK:4
5. Madness - 'Driving In My Car' (7) 3wks PK:5
6. Shalamar - 'A Night To Remember' (3) 7wks PK:2
7. Trio - 'Da Da Da' (6) 4wks PK:6
8. Hot Chocolate - 'It Started With A Kiss' (5) 5wks PK:5
9. Stranglers - 'Strange Little Girl' (13) 3wks PK:9
10. Japan - 'I Second That Emotion' (10) 3wks PK:10
11. The Cure - 'The Hanging Garden' (17) 2wks PK:11
12. David Essex - 'Me And My Girl (Nightclubbing)' NEW ENTRY
13. Haysi Fantayzee - 'John Wayne Is Big Leggy' NEW ENTRY
14. Joan Jett And The Blackhearts - 'Crimson And Clover' (12) 4wks PK:9
15. The Belle Stars - 'The Clapping Song' (15) 2wks PK:15
16. The Firm - 'Arthur Daley (E's Alright)' NEW ENTRY
17. The Clash - 'Rock The Casbah' (8) 5wks PK:4
18. Kid Creole And The Coconuts - 'Stool Pigeon' (11) 3wks PK:11
19. Donna Summer - 'Love Is In Control' (16) 2wks PK:16
20. Captain Sensible - 'Happy Talk' (18) 7wks PK:4

[vastar iner]

It's quite an experimental chart this week. Lots of stuff that was very different, and a few (semi-)novelty singles. Some disappointments as well; what was the point of Elkie Brooks' single? Cheap and nasty production ruining both her voice and a towering song. Not the only bad decision she made in connexion with this particular chart - she was offered "The Flame" first, turned it down, and watched it become Cheap Trick's only US no. 1.

I was pretty obsessed with the top 40 at around this time but I have mentally tuned out Wavelength, whom I don't recall at all. Not surprising, listening to the song. Very Sad Cafe.

Never heard of Philip Jap either. Don't remember my eyes alighting on him in GBoHS even. But it's very decent.

But for my no.1, the greatest male vocalist ever to have hit the top 40, with his greatest song.

1. Associates - 18 CARAT LOVE AFFAIR / LOVE HANGOVER
2. Trio - DA DA DA
3. Haysi Fantayzee - JOHN WAYNE IS BIG LEGGY
4. Dexy's Midnight Runners With The Emerald Express - COME ON EILEEN
5. Talk Talk - TODAY
6. Natasha - IKO IKO
7. Soft Cell - TAINTED LOVE
8. Bow Wow Wow - LOUIS QUATORZE
9. Midge Ure - NO REGRETS
10. Firm - ARTHUR DALEY (E'S ALRIGHT)
11. Toto Coelo - I EAT CANNIBALS (PART 1)
12. Toyah - IEYA
13. Visage - NIGHT TRAIN
14. Dollar - VIDEOTHEQUE
15. Bananarama - SHY BOY
16. Belle Stars - THE CLAPPING SONG
17. Japan - I SECOND THAT EMOTION
18. Kate Bush - THE DREAMING
19. Blondie - WAR CHILD
20. Willie Nelson - ALWAYS ON MY MIND
21. Philip Jap - SAVE US
22. Psychedelic Furs - LOVE MY WAY
23. Hot Chocolate - IT STARTED WITH A KISS
24. Bucks Fizz - NOW THOSE DAYS ARE GONE
25. Kid Creole And The Coconuts - STOOL PIGEON
26. Cure - THE HANGING GARDEN
27. Fun Boy Three - SUMMERTIME
28. Yazoo - DON'T GO
29. Clash - ROCK THE CASBAH
30. Scritti Politti - ASYLUMS IN JERUSALEM / JACQUES DERRIDA

[Earl Purple]

1(2) Dexy's Midnight Runners & The Emerald Express - Come On Eileen (1st week at #1)
2(1) Bucks Fizz - Now Those Days Are Gone
3(12) Madness - Driving In My Car
4(4) Hot Chocolate - It Started With A Kiss
5(7) Yazoo - Don't Go
6(5) Paul McCartney - Take It Away
7(16) Stranglers - Strange Little Girl
8(3) Roxy Music - Avalon
9(6) David Essex - Me & My Girl (Nightclubbing)
10(9) Japan - I Second That Emotion

11(19) Chas & Dave - Margate
12(13) The Clash - Rock The Casbah
13(15) The Brat - Chalkdust (The Umpire Strikes Back)
14(8) Shakatak - Streetwalkin'
15(20) Firm - Arthur Daley (E's Alright)
16(17) Bananarama - Shy Boy
17(10) Air Supply - Even The Nights Are Better
18(-) Wavelength - Hurry Home
19(11) Captain Sensible - Happy Talk
20(-) Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Stool Pigeon

______________________________

--(14) Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra
--(18) Visage - Night Train

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After last week's leap, Dexy's Midnight Runners claim the top spot. This is the same week it climbs #9 to #2 in the UK chart. Madness make a big climb and are hoping to go one better than they did on my chart with "House Of Fun" which was stuck at #2 behind Soft Cell.

Just two new entries. Wavelength's "Hurry Home" is a slow ballad. Up until this point Kid Creole's lyrics haven't made a lot of sense to me (What were "Me No Pop I" or "I'm a wonderful thing baby" about, exactly?). This one is different and tells a story of a "stool pigeon". I'd never heard of the term but he explains it is someone working undercover for the police having done a "deal" with them, reporting crime having a criminal past himself.

As Chas & Dave climb with "Margate", sometime around this point having broken up from school I decided to go to a Radio One Roadshow and ended up going to one in Margate where Peter Powell was the DJ. Chas & Dave of course were the guest acts on the show and were later signing copies of this single in a local record store. I went to get mine, and it was quite crowded and as they were leaving I had to run out of the store after them to their car. Their security guy asked what I wanted and I asked could they sign the copy of their single I had just bought and he said of course they would, and gave it to them to sign. I seem to recall I then had to return to the store to pay them for it, as I'd run out in such a hurry. I wondered whether the song would finally enter the top 40 as a result of this but probably it wasn't a chart-return shop and the single never quite made it, in fact "Ain't No Pleasing You" was their last top 40 hit proper in the UK that wasn't related to any kind of sport.

(Snooker Loopy did have their name credited on it, two Tottenham cup-final songs reached the UK top 40 in 1982 after Ain't No Pleasing You and 1987. The 1991 song didn't make the top 40 even though they won the cup that year. Spurs haven't reached an FA Cup final since 1991, although they've reached quite a lot of semi-finals and 4 league cup finals winning 2 of them).

[vastar iner]

Me no pop I - you no Olive Oyl. Make sense now?

[Deleted]

Here's a TOTP rundown from around that time leading into Videotheque by Dollar
Your host is Simon Bates

[coolchristie2]

1 I Second That Emotion - Japan
2 Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Boystown Gang
3 If You Want My Love - Cheap Trick
4 Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
5 It's Never Too Late - Diana Ross
6 War Child - Blondie
7 Machinery - Sheena Easton
8 Big Fun - Kool & The Gang
9 The Only Way Out - Cliff Richard
10 Night Train - Visage
11 Work That Body - Diana Ross
12 I Was Tired Of Being Alone - Patrice Rushen
13 Summertime - Fun Boy Three
14 Only The Lonely (Know The Way I Feel) - Prelude
15 Fame - Irene Cara
16 Da Da Da - Trio
17 Nights In White Satin - Elkie Brooks
18 Even The Nights Are Better - Air Supply
19 Stool Pigeon - Kid Creole And The Coconuts
20 When The Tigers Broke Free - Pink Floyd