A little later this week as I've been away but here is this week's Combi Chart for 1982. Cracking chart once again with Duran Duran staying at number one for a fourth week. ABC weren't too far behind this week as you can see but we have our highest new entry at 3 which I don't think will be hard for many of you to swallow as it was high in most charts as The Jam go straight in, this looks like it could be a number one potentially for us here. Lots of other exciting new tracks come from Culture Club, Adam Ant, The Animals and Fat Larry's Band among others.
1. Duran Duran - Save A Prayer 162 (1) 4wks PK:1 [4wks]
2. ABC - All Of My Heart 147 (2) 3wks PK:2
3. Jam - Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow) 114 NEW ENTRY
4. Dire Straits - Private Investigations 109 (4) 3wks PK:4
5. Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five - The Message 106 (5) 4wks PK:3
6. Evelyn 'Champagne' King - Love Come Down 90 (11) 4wks PK:6
7. Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger 86 (3) 8wks PK:1 [1wk]
8. Carly Simon - Why 80 (14) 4wks PK:8
9. Chicago - Hard To Say I'm Sorry 74(8) 5wks PK:8
10. Mari Wilson - Just What I Always Wanted 73 (22) 2wks PK:10
11. Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me 63 NEW ENTRY
12. Frida - I Know There's Something Going On 61 (8) 5wks PK:7
13. Adam Ant - Friend Or Foe 59 NEW ENTRY
14. David Christie - Saddle Up 55 (26) 5wks PK:14
14. Shalamar - There It Is 55 (19) 2wks PK:14
16. Simple Minds - Glittering Prize 54 (15) 4wks PK:15
17. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen 51 (7) 11wks PK:2
18. Depeche Mode - Leave In Silence 49 (13) 4wks PK:14
18. Haircut 100 - Nobody's Fool 49 (10) 5wks PK:9
20. Animals - House Of The Rising Sun 47 NEW ENTRY
20. Kids From Fame - Hi Fidelity 47 (22) 6wks PK:10
22. Talk Talk - Today 44 (6) 9wks PK:5
23. Billy Idol - Hot In The City 41 (26) 2wks PK:23
24. Jennifer Halliday - And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going 40 (29) 3wks PK:24
25. Rockers Revenge - Walking On Sunshine 38 (16) 4wks PK:16
26. Sylvester With Patrick Cowley - Do Ya Wanna Funk 36 (31) 2wks PK:26
27. Fat Larry's Band - Zoom 35 NEW ENTRY
28. Soft Cell - What 34 (12) 5wks PK:4
29. Shakin Stevens - Give Me Your Heart 33 (17) 3wks PK:17
30. Yazoo - Don't Go 27 RE ENTRY 9wks PK:1 [4wks]
31. Odyssey - Magic Touch 26 NEW ENTRY
31. Thomas Dolby - Wind Power 26 (22) 5wks PK:22
33. Journey - Who's Crying Now 25 (31) 2wks PK:31
34. Tom Tom Club - Under The Boardwalk 23 (25) 5wks PK:18
35. Irene Cara - Fame 22 (18) 11wks PK:3
35. Toto Coelo - I Eat Cannibals (Part 1) 22 (19) 7wks PK:18
37. Captain Sensible - Wot 20 (26) 3wks PK:25
38. Asia - Only Time Will Tell 18 NEW ENTRY
38. Hot Chocolate - It Started With A Kiss 18 RE ENTRY 9wks PK:9
38. Sugarhill Gang - The Lover In You 18 NEW ENTRY
Massive thanks to rubcale, kingpin, Earl Purple, Andy, me, Thorney, raliverpool, osker, Mark, coolchristie2, Shireblogger giving us 11 charts this week which is a new high and much appreciated. We welcome a newcomer Osker, please keep coming back. We can now post for the WB: 19/09/1982 and here is the relevant chart
09 - 01 - 01 - Survivor - EYE OF THE TIGER
02 - 05 - 02 - Jam - THE BITTEREST PILL (I EVER HAD TO SWALLOW)
04 - 02 - 03 - Dire Straits - PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS
07 - 04 - 04 - Rocker's Revenge Featuring Donnie Calvin - WALKING ON SUNSHINE
04 - 06 - 05 - ABC - ALL OF MY HEART
04 - 10 - 06 - Shalamar - THERE IT IS
06 - 03 - 07 - Duran Duran - SAVE A PRAYER
05 - 08 - 08 - Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five - THE MESSAGE
07 - 12 - 09 - David Christie - SADDLE UP
02 - 22 - 10 - Adam Ant - FRIEND OR FOE
06 - 11 - 11 - Shakin' Stevens - GIVE ME YOUR HEART TONIGHT
06 - 17 - 12 - Carly Simon - WHY
07 - 07 - 13 - Kids From 'Fame' Featuring Valerie Landsberg - HI FIDELITY
13 - 09 - 14 - Dexy's Midnight Runners With The Emerald Express - COME ON EILEEN
05 - 18 - 15 - Evelyn King - LOVE COME DOWN
10 - 14 - 16 - Talk Talk - TODAY
02 - 40 - 17 - Fat Larry's Band - ZOOM
05 - 23 - 18 - Depeche Mode - LEAVE IN SILENCE
03 - 36 - 19 - Mari Wilson - JUST WHAT I ALWAYS WANTED
09 - 19 - 20 - Boystown Gang - CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU
08 - 13 - 21 - Toto Coelo - I EAT CANNIBALS (PART 1)
06 - 33 - 22 - Chicago - HARD TO SAY I'M SORRY
06 - 15 - 23 - Soft Cell - WHAT
06 - 16 - 24 - Haircut 100 - NOBODY'S FOOL
05 - 28 - 25 - Simple Minds - GLITTERING PRIZE
1 - NEW - 26 - Musical Youth - PASS THE DUTCHIE
08 - 25 - 27 - Tom Tom Club - UNDER THE BOARDWALK
07 - 20 - 28 - Modern Romance Featuring John du Prez - CHERRY PINK AND APPLE BLOSSOM WHITE
07 - 21 - 29 - Sting - SPREAD A LITTLE HAPPINESS
04 - 24 - 30 - Shakatak - INVITATIONS
05 - 27 - 31 - UB40 - SO HERE I AM
04 - 34 - 32 - Jennifer Holliday - AND I'M TELLING YOU I'M NOT GOING
06 - 31 - 33 - Wonder Dogs - RUFF MIX
1 - NEW - 34 - Roxy Music - TAKE A CHANCE WITH ME
03 - 43 - 35 - Sylvester With Patrick Cowley - DO YA WANNA FUNK
02 - 59 - 36 - Dollar - GIVE ME SOME KINDA MAGIC
13 - 29 - 37 - Irene Cara - FAME
02 - 66 - 38 - Culture Club - DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT ME
07 - 32 - 39 - Thomas Dolby - WINDPOWER
02 - 70 - 40 - Animals - HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN
03 - 44 - 41 - Odyssey - MAGIC TOUCH
04 - 47 - 42 - Aretha Franklin - JUMP TO IT
05 - 38 - 43 - Showaddywaddy - WHO PUT THE BOMP (IN THE BOMPA-A-BOMP-A-BOMP)
02 - 62 - 44 - Pinkees - DANGER GAMES
02 - 64 - 45 - Beat - JEANETTE
03 - 49 - 46 - Journey - WHO'S CRYING NOW
04 - 46 - 47 - Natasha - THE BOOM BOOM ROOM
04 - 45 - 48 - Howard Johnson - SO FINE
10 - 26 - 49 - Haysi Fantayzee - JOHN WAYNE IS BIG LEGGY
1 - NEW - 50 - Ultravox - REAP THE WILD WIND
02 - 68 - 51 - CaVa CaVa - WHERE'S ROMEO?
1 - NEW - 52 - Imagination - IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
11 - 42 - 53 - Yazoo - DON'T GO
02 - 74 - 54 - Asia - ONLY TIME WILL TELL
06 - 53 - 55 - Frida - I KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON
1 - NEW - 55 - Fleetwood Mac - GYPSY
03 - 54 - 57 - Sugarhill Gang - THE LOVER IN YOU
03 - 58 - 58 - Billy Idol - HOT IN THE CITY
07 - 41 - 59 - Captain Sensible - WOT
04 - 57 - 60 - Billy Fury - LOVE OR MONEY
1 - NEW - 61 - Stevie Wonder - RIBBON IN THE SKY
1 - NEW - 62 - Clash - SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO / STRAIGHT TO HELL
1 - NEW - 63 - Philip Jap - TOTAL ERASURE
03 - 56 - 64 - Dennis Brown - HALFWAY UP, HALFWAY DOWN
12 - 48 - 65 - Hot Chocolate - IT STARTED WITH A KISS
1 - NEW - 65 - Hot Chocolate - CHANCES
1 - NEW - 67 - Cliff Richard - WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE
1 - NEW - 68 - Elvis Costello And The Attractions - FROM HEAD TO TOE
08 - 30 - 69 - Kool And The Gang - BIG FUN
03 - 52 - 70 - Michael Schenker Group - DANCER
1 - NEW - 71 - Peter Gabriel - SHOCK THE MONKEY
1 - NEW - 72 - Junior - I CAN'T HELP IT / LET ME KNOW
02 - 73 - 73 - Stiff Little Fingers - BITS OF KIDS
12 - 39 - 74 - Wavelength - HURRY HOME
08 - 35 - 75 - Associates - 18 CARAT LOVE AFFAIR / LOVE HANGOVER