Haven Combi Chart WB: 14/08/1983 - Post Your Next Chart Here

[PLAYER]

Spandau Ballet win our gold medal this week as they win the number one position. This pushes last weeks chart topper from KC and the Sunshine Band down to three with Depeche Mode still making those points count by holding at two. Elton John still stands at four with Wham! sliding to three this week as their holiday hangover kicks in.

1. Spandau Ballet - Gold 145 (5) 2wks PK:1 [1wk]
2. Depeche Mode - Everything Counts 144 (2) 5wks PK:1 [2wks]
3. KC and the Sunshine Band - Give It Up 140 (1) 6wks PK:1 [1wk]
4. Elton John - 'I'm Still Standing 133 (4) 4wks PK:4
5. Wham! - Club Tropicana 121 (3) 4wks PK:3
6. Kinks - Come Dancing 105 (8) 6wks PK:6
7. Madness - Wings Of A Dove 97 NEW ENTRY
8. Style Council - Long Hot Summer 89 (12) 2wks PK:8
9. UB40 - Red Red Wine 71 NEW ENTRY
10. Robert Plant - Big Log 69 (6) 6wks PK:5
11. Level 42 - The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up) 68 (7) 4wks PK:7
12. Lotus Eaters - The First Picture Of You 63 (14) 9wks PK:3
13. Herbie Hancock - Rock It 60 (20) 3wks PK:13
13. Kim Wilde - Love Blonde 60 (11) 4wks PK:10
15. REM - Radio Free Europe 48 (15) 5wks PK:15
16. Kraftwerk - Tour De France 46 (13) 3wks PK:13
17. Bananarama - Cruel Summer 43 (10) 7wks PK:2
17. Michael Sembello - Maniac 43 (23) 2wks PK:17
19. Asia - Don't Cry 42 NEW ENTRY
20. Gary Byrd & The GB Experience - The Crown 37 (17) 5wks PK:13
21. Talking Heads - Burning Down The House 34 NEW ENTRY
22. Moody Blues - Blue World 33 NEW ENTRY
23.Eurythmics - Who's That Girl? 29 (9) 7wks PK:1 [1wk]
23. Modern Romance - Walking In The Rain 29 (16) 3wks PK:16
25. Agnetha Faltskog - Wrap Your Arms Around Me 28 NEW ENTRY
26. Malcolm McLaren - Double Dutch 25 (22) 8wks PK:13
27. Whitesnake - Guilty Of Love 25 (28) 2wks PK:27
28. Tracie - Give It Some Emotion 24 RE ENTRY 4wks PK:19
29. Belle Stars - Indian Summer 23 NEW ENTRY
29. Paul Young - Wherever I Lay My Hat 23 (20) 10wks PK:2
31. Freeze - IOU 22 (18) 9wks PK:9
32. David Grant - Watching You Watching Me 20 (23) 4wks PK:23
32. H20 - Just Outside Of Heaven 20 (34) 3wks PK:32
32. Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance 20 (37) 2wks PK:32
35. Echo And The Bunnymen - Never Stop 19 (23) 6wks PK:12
35. ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin' 19 (34) 2wks PK:34
37. Clubhouse - Do It Again-Billie Jean (Medley) 18 (37) 4wks PK:24
37. Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow 18 (28) 14wks PK:1 [5wks]
37. Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Ballerina 18 NEW ENTRY
40. Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin - Busy Doing Nothing 17 NEW ENTRY
40. Manhattans - Crazy 17 (26) 3wks PK:26
40. Shalamar - Disappearing Act 17 NEW ENTRY

Thanks this week to Shireblogger, Earl Purple, rubcale, raliverpool, Thorney, Kingpin, smokeyb, Mark, coolchristie2, Milliways, Andy and me giving us 12 charts. We can now begin posting for the WB: 21/08/1983

07 - 01 - 01 - KC and the Sunshine Band - GIVE IT UP
03 - 02 - 02 - Spandau Ballet - GOLD
03 - 03 - 03 - Style Council - LONG HOT SUMMER
05 - 05 - 04 - Elton John - I'M STILL STANDING
05 - 04 - 05 - Wham! - CLUB TROPICANA
02 - 19 - 06 - Madness - WINGS OF A DOVE
06 - 06 - 07 - Depeche Mode - EVERYTHING COUNTS
05 - 08 - 08 - Herbie Hancock - ROCK IT
02 - 36 - 09 - UB40 - RED RED WINE
07 - 17 - 10 - David Grant - WATCHING YOU WATCHING ME
09 - 07 - 11 - Malcolm Mclaren - DOUBLE DUTCH
05 - 29 - 12 - Kinks - COME DANCING
06 - 30 - 13 - Modern Romance - WALKING IN THE RAIN
05 - 21 - 14 - Level 42 - THE SUN GOES DOWN
09 - 15 - 15 - Lotus Eaters - THE FIRST PICTURE OF YOU
11 - 10 - 16 - Freeze - I.O.U.
07 - 12 - 17 - Robert Plant - THE BIG LOG
06 - 11 - 18 - Gary Byrd - THE CROWN
07 - 14 - 19 - Creatures - RIGHT NOW
11 - 09 - 20 - Paul Young - WHENEVER I LAY MY HAT
05 - 20 - 21 - Galaxy - WAIT UNTIL TONIGHT
04 - 28 - 22 - Kraftwerk - TOUR DE FRANCE
05 - 23 - 23 - Kim Wilde - LOVE BLONDE
08 - 13 - 24 - Eurythmics - WHO'S THAT GIRL
07 - 24 - 25 - Tracie - GIVE IT SOME EMOTION
04 - 35 - 26 - Carmel - BAD BOY
1 - NEW - 27 - Rod Stewart - WHAT AM I GOING TO DO
03 - 33 - 28 - Shalamar - DISAPPEARING ACT
16 - 18 - 29 - Mike Oldfield - MOONLIGHT SHADOW
08 - 16 - 30 - Bananarama - CRUEL SUMMER
03 - 31 - 31 - Whitesnake - GUILTY OF LOVE
06 - 22 - 32 - Shakin' Stevens - IT'S LATE
03 - 37 - 33 - Asia - DON'T CRY
10 - 27 - 34 - Heaven 17 - COME LIVE WITH ME
02 - 47 - 35 - Moody Blues - BLUE WORLD
02 - 68 - 36 - Peabo Byson And Roberta Flack - TONIGHT I CELEBRATE MY LOVE
04 - 55 - 37 - Stray Cats - SEXY AND SEVENTEEN
05 - 45 - 38 - H2O - JUST OUTSIDE OF HEAVEN
06 - 26 - 39 - Police - WRAPPED AROUND YOUR FINGER
05 - 25 - 40 - Bruce Foxton - FREAK
02 - 85 - 41 - Annabel Lamb - RIDERS ON THE STORM
03 - 67 - 42 - Joboxers - JOHNNY FRIENDLY
02 - 62 - 43 - Twisted Sister - YOU CAN'T STOP ROCK AND ROLL
03 - 43 - 44 - New Edition - POPCORN LOVE
1 - NEW - 45 - Def Leppard - ROCK OF AGES
04 - 54 - 46 - Haircut 100 - PRIME TIME
03 - 41 - 47 - Y And T - MEAN STREETS
13 - 34 - 48 - Irene Cara - FLASHDANCE
04 - 44 - 49 - Agnetha Faltskog - WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND ME
03 - 69 - 50 - Kenny Lynch - HALF THE DAY'S GONE
09 - 32 - 51 - Roman Holiday - DON'T TRY TO STOP IT
02 - 53 - 52 - Glove - LIKE AN ANIMAL
1 - NEW - 53 - Rainbow - STREET OF DREAMS
12 - 39 - 54 - Funk Masters - IT'S OVER
06 - 38 - 55 - Club House - DO IT AGAIN / BILLIE JEAN
1 - NEW - 56 - Truth - A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
13 - 40 - 57 - Rod Stewart - BABY JANE

03 - 58 - 58 - Cockney Rebel - BALLERINA
04 - 52 - 59 - Belle Stars - INDIAN SUMMER
24 - 57 - 60 - New Order - BLUE MONDAY
1 - NEW - 61 - Danse Society - WAKE UP
04 - 49 - 62 - Dave Stewart And Barbara Gaskin - BUSY DOING NOTHING
08 - 48 - 63 - Elvis Costello - EVERYDAY I WRITE THIS BOOK
07 - 46 - 64 - George Benson - FEEL LIKE MAKING LOVE
03 - 60 - 65 - Animal Nightlife - NATIVE BOY
05 - 51 - 66 - O'Jays - PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER
04 - 64 - 67 - Michael Sembello - MANIAC
04 - 61 - 68 - Chi-Lites - CHANGING FOR YOU
1 - NEW - 69 - Shakatak - IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW
1 - NEW - 70 - Barry Manilow - YOU'RE LOOKIN' HOT TONIGHT
02 - 78 - 71 - David Essex - TAHITI
02 - 73 - 72 - Dio - HOLY RIVER
02 - 90 - 73 - Weather Girls - IT'S RAINING MEN
07 - 50 - 74 - Echo And The Bunnymen - NEVER STOP
08 - 42 - 75 - Cure - THE WALK

You can also view a Top 100 here: www.theofficialcharts.co.uk/charts/singles-chart/19830821/7501/

[Earl Purple]

It does not surprise me that we made Gold a #1 and True only a #2. It's interesting to note in my chart how many times I switched the #1s and #2s in 1982 and 1983. In 1982 I had only one UK/NM #1 but loads that were #1 in one chart and #2 in the other.

[Shireblogger]

1 :: Talking Heads - BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE
2 :: H2O - JUST OUTSIDE OF HEAVEN
3 :: Level 42 - THE SUN GOES DOWN
4 :: Chris De Burgh - SHIP TO SHORE
5 :: REM - RADIO FREE EUROPE
6 :: KC and the Sunshine Band - GIVE IT UP
7 :: ZZ Top - GIMME ALL YOUR LOVIN'
8 :: Moody Blues - BLUE WORLD
9 :: Modern Romance - WALKING IN THE RAIN
10 :: UB40 - RED RED WINE
11 :: Depeche Mode - EVERYTHING COUNTS
12 :: Malcolm McLaren - DOUBLE DUTCH
13 :: Stevie Nicks - STAND BACK
14 :: Kraftwerk - TOUR DE FRANCE
15 :: Elton John - I'M STILL STANDING
16 :: Rod Stewart - WHAT AM I GOING TO DO
17 :: Asia - DON'T CRY
18 :: Kim Wilde - LOVE BLONDE
19 :: Kinks - COME DANCING
20 :: Lotus Eaters - THE FIRST PICTURE OF YOU


Once upon a time Chris De Burgh produced some really good records. One of my favourites is "Ship To Shore" from 1982's "The Getaway" LP. The single didn't chart in Britain, but it peaked at #71 in the USA in August 1983, and was his 4th biggest hit in America.

[Earl Purple]

Don't Pay The Ferryman was already a hit on this chart last year and it did well in my chart.

[TheThorne]

My chart has had a little bit of revisionism to it where songs I loved at the time and I don't like so much now or are very uncool get marked down a little. This could change next week.

1 1 Depeche Mode - EVERYTHING COUNTS
2 4 Spandau Ballet - GOLD
3 2 The Lotus Eaters - THE FIRST PICTURE OF YOU
4 8 Asia - DON'T CRY
5 7 Michael Sembello - MANIAC
6 11 The Style Council - LONG HOT SUMMER
7 9 Wham - CLUB TROPICANA
8 3 R.E.M. - RADIO FREE EUROPE
9 new Men Without Hats - THE SAFETY DANCE
10 6 Talking Heads - BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE
11 5 Bananarama -CRUEL SUMMER
12 16 Heart - HOW CAN I REFUSE
13 25 UB40 - RED RED WINE
15 10 The Kinks - COME DANCING
16 19 Level 42 -THE SUN GOES DOWN (LIVING IT UP)
17 21 Whitesnake - GUILTY OF LOVE
18 24 Madness - WINGS OF A DOVE
19 12 Split Enz - SIX MONTHS IN A LEAKY BOAT
20 13 The Police - WRAPPED AROUND YOUR FINGER
20 new ZZ TOP - GIMME ALL YOUR LOVIN
21 15 Kraftwerk - TOUR DE FRANCE
22 14 Echo & The Bunnymen - NEVER STOP
23 new Ryan Paris - DOLCE VITA
24 26 Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack - TONIGHT I CELEBRATE MY LOVE
25 17 The Cure - THE WALK
26 new Rod Stewart - WHAT AM I GONNA DO
27 29 The Weather Girls - IT'S RAINING MEN
28 18 Robert Plant - BIG LOG
29 new Rainbow - STREET OF DREAMS
30 28 Silent Running - WHEN THE TWELTH OF NEVER COMES
31 20 ZZ Top - SHARP DRESSED MAN
32 22 INXS - DON'T CHANGE
33 32 Joan Jett - FAKE FRIENDS
34 23 Big Country - IN A BIG COUNTRY
35 new Comsat Angels - WILL YOU STAY TONIGHT
36 new Gang Of Four - IS IT LOVE
37 30 H2O - Just Outside Of Heaven
38 27 Gary Byrd And The Gb Experience - THE CROWN
39 new The Truth - A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
40 31 Quarterflash - TAKE ME TO HEART



Video of the week only one choice

[rubcale]

01 K C & The Sunshine Band Give It Up
02 David Grant Watching You Watching Me
03 UB40 Red Red Wine
04 Kraftwerk Tour De France
05 David Essex Tahiti
06 Modern Romance Walking In The Rain
07 Joboxers Johnny Friendly
08 Men Without Hats Safety Dance
09 Depeche Mode Everything Counts
10 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel Ballerina
11 Wham! Club Tropicna
12 Freeeze I.O.U.
13 Shakatak If You Could See Me Now
14 Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin Busy Doing Nothing
15 Bruce Foxton Freak
16 Manhattans Crazy
17 Ryan Paris Dolce Vita
18 Roman Holliday Don't Try To Stop It
19 Agnetha Faltskog Wrap Your Arms Around Me
20 Rod Stewart What Am I Gonna Do

[raliverpool]

1 Spandau Ballet GOLD (3wks 4-1-1)
2 Kinks COME DANCING (4wks 7-5-5-2)
3 Elton John I'M STILL STANDING (5wks 26-15-9-4-3)
4 Style Council LONG HOT SUMMER (3wks 3-3-4)
5 Depeche Mode EVERYTHING COUNTS (6wks 16-4-3-1-2-5)
6 Madness WINGS OF A DOVE (2wks 12-6)
7 Michael Jackson HUMAN NATURE (6wks 29-21-16-13-10-7)
8 Herbie Hancock ROCK IT (5wks 34-17-11-8-8)
9 Wham! CLUB TROPICANA (5wks 22-8-6-6-9)
10 Michael Sembello MANIAC (4wks 19-14-11-10)

11 Level 42 THE SUN GOES DOWN (5wks 39-34-29-19-11)
12 Robert Plant THE BIG LOG (7wks 6-6-5-4-7-7-12)
13 XTC WONDERLAND (2wks 32-13)
14 Annabel Lamb RIDERS ON THE STORM (2wks 38-14)

15 UB40 RED RED WINE (2wks 37-15)
16 Def Leppard ROCK OF AGES (1wk 16 NEW)
17 Shriekback LINED UP (REMIX) (1wk 17 NEW)
18 Tracie GIVE IT SOME EMOTION (7wks 28-24-19-21-20-16-18)
19 David Grant WATCHING YOU WATCHING ME (2wks 29-19)
20 Carmel BAD DAY (4wks 35-28-26-20)

21 Talking Heads BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE (2wks 30-21)
22 Kim Wilde LOVE BLONDE (5wks 17-9-15-17-22)
23 Kraftwerk TOUR DE FRANCE (4wks 28-25-22-23)
24 Belle Stars INDIAN SUMMER (4wks 22-19-15-24)
25 Stray Cats SEXY AND SEVENTEEN (3wks 38-40-25)
26 Everything But The Girl NIGHT AND DAY (2wks 36-26)
27 Gary Byrd & The GB Experience THE CROWN (6wks 2-1-2-8-14-27)
28 Creatures RIGHT NOW (7wks 25-21-15-12-10-13-28)
29 Shalamar DISAPPEARING ACT (3wks 34-28-29)
30 Asia DON'T CRY (3wks 31-31-30)

31 Rod Stewart WHAT AM I GOING TO DO (1wk 31 NEW)
32 KC and the Sunshine Band GIVE IT UP (5wks 37-24-23-25-32)
33 Paul Young WHEREVER I LAY MY HAT (THAT'S MY HOME) (11wks 36-21-10-5-3-4-6-6-12-21-33)
34 H2O JUST OUTSIDE OF HEAVEN (2wks 39-34)
35 Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin BUSY DOING NOTHING (4wks 40-27-20-35)
36 Lotus Eaters THE FIRST PICTURE OF YOU (9wks 21-14-13-13-14-14-18-23-36)
37 Kissing The Pink MAYBE THIS GIRL (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Jackson Browne LAWYERS IN LOVE (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Quarterflash TAKE ME TO HEART (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Men Without Hats THE SAFETY DANCE (1wk 40 NEW)

The Surrey born former session singer for Toni Basil and Tina Charles, scores her only UK Top 40 hit with a New Wave cover of The Doors classic. Incidentally the keyboardist on this track is future Marillion singer (Fish replacement) Steve Hogarth; and after her brief period of success she resumed occasional session singing and touring duties for a handful of 1990s acts including .... Marillion.

[Kingpin]

Gary Byrd extends his reign at the top of the chart to three weeks....10 new entries, the highest of which is Michael Jackson with 'Human Nature', the fifth track to chart from 'Thriller' making a high debut at number 12 and poised to continue the run of Top Ten songs from this album (extending the source of songs from this week to UK and US Top 100).....A massive 16 songs climbing the chart, the biggest jump coming from The Weather Girls, up 23 places to make a splash in the Top Ten. 

A high new entry this week from Ryan Paris with 'Dolce Vita' in at number 18, I remember this song being played constantly whilst on a family holiday in Spain.



1         1) Gary Byrd and The GB Experience - The Crown (23-5-2-1-1-1) 6 weeks PEAK: 1
6         2) Serge Ponsar - Out In The Night (34-22-6-2) 4 weeks PEAK: 2
12       3) Kurtis Blow - Party Time (29-12-3) 3 weeks PEAK: 3
3         4) Clubhouse - Do It Again-Billie Jean (Medley) (17-4-4-3-3-4) 6 weeks PEAK: 3
16       5) Katie Kissoon - You're The One (You're My Number One) (35-16-5) 3 weeks PEAK: 5
2         6) Elton John - I'm Still Standing (14-8-5-2-6) 5 weeks PEAK: 2
30       7) Weather Girls - It's Raining Men (30-7) 2 weeks PEAK: 7
23       8) Julie Roberts - Fool For You (38-23-8) 3 weeks PEAK: 8
8         9) Spandau Ballet - Gold (16-8-9) 3 weeks PEAK: 8
11     10) The Manhattans - Crazy (26-15-11-10) 4 weeks PEAK: 10
27     11) UB40 - Red Red Wine (27-11) 2 weeks PEAK: 11
NEW  12) Michael Jackson - Human Nature (12) 1 week PEAK: 12
5       13) Herbie Hancock - Rockit (24-9-6-5-13) 5 weeks PEAK: 5
4       14) KC and The Sunshine Band - Give It Up (19-6-3-3-2-4-14) 7 weeks PEAK: 2
15     15) Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel - Ballerina (Prima Donna) (26-15-15) 3 weeks PEAK: 15
17     16) Asia - Don't Cry (33-17-16) 3 weeks PEAK: 16
7       17) Kim Wilde - Love Blonde (31-12-7-7-17) 5 weeks PEAK: 7
NEW  18) Ryan Paris - Dolce Vita (18) 1 week PEAK: 18
9       19) O'Jays - Put Our Heads Together (25-10-8-9-19) 5 weeks PEAK: 8
28     20) Rick James - Cold Blooded WEEK 1 (28-20) 2 weeks PEAK: 20
10     21) Freeez - I.O.U. (19-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-10-21) 11 weeks PEAK: 1
22     22) Style Council - Long Hot Summer/Paris Match (32-22-22) 3 weeks PEAK: 22
36     23) Michael Sembello - Maniac (36-23) 2 weeks PEAK: 23
35     24) Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack - Tonight I Celebrate My Love (35-24) 2 weeks PEAK: 24
NEW  25) Little River Band - You're Driving Me Out Of My Mind (25) 1 week PEAK: 25
33     26) Jeffrey Osborne - Don't You Get So Mad (33-26) 2 weeks PEAK: 26
13     27) Aretha Franklin - Get It Right (26-18-13-9-13-27) 6 weeks PEAK: 9
NEW  28) Smokey Robinson & Barbara Mitchell - Blame It On Love (28) 1 week PEAK: 28
32     29) Men At Play - Dr Jam (In The Slam) (32-29) 2 weeks PEAK: 29
38     30) Hamilton Bohannon - Let's Start The Dance III (38-30) 2 weeks PEAK: 30
NEW  31) Rod Stewart - What Am I Gonna Do (31) 1 week PEAK: 31
NEW  32) Midnight Star - Freak-a-Zoid (32) 1 week PEAK: 32
14     33) Level 42 -The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up) (30-22-13-14-33) 5 weeks PEAK: 13
39     34) Cashmere - Try Your Lovin' (39-34) 2 weeks PEAK: 34
NEW  35) Laura Branigan - How Am I Supposed To Live Without You (35) 1 week PEAK: 35
37     36) Moody Blues - Blue World (37-36) 2 weeks PEAK: 36
18     37) La Fleur - Boogie Nights (26-19-18-18-37) 5 weeks PEAK: 18
NEW  38) Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance (38) 1 week PEAK: 38
NEW  39) Sylvester - Band Of Gold (39) 1 week PEAK: 39
NEW  40) Stacy Lattisaw - Miracles (40) 1 week PEAK: 40

[o]

Men Without Hats has to get to #1!
I've started looking a couple of weeks ahead with the charts, because if I heard a song on the radio back then and liked it, it would be in my charts. I was hoping others might do the same...
As for the #1, hated it and still do, poor choice

[o]

1 Men Without Hats – Safety dance
2 ZZ Top – Gimme all your lovin’
3 New Order – Confusion
4 Lotus Eaters - THE FIRST PICTURE OF YOU
5 Big Country – Chance
6 Depeche Mode - EVERYTHING COUNTS
7 Bananarama - CRUEL SUMMER
8 Def Leppard – Rock of ages
9 Malcolm Mclaren - DOUBLE DUTCH
10 Mike Oldfield - MOONLIGHT SHADOW
11 Madness - WINGS OF A DOVE
12 Genesis – Mama
13 Men at Work – Dr Heckyll and Mr Jive
14 Howard Jones – New song
15 Herbie Hancock - ROCK IT
16 New Order - BLUE MONDAY
17 Robert Plant - THE BIG LOG
18 Eurythmics - WHO'S THAT GIRL
19 Kinks - COME DANCING
20 Heaven 17 - COME LIVE WITH ME

[PLAYER]

Aug 26, 2015 20:49:34 GMT 1 o said:

Men Without Hats has to get to #1!
I've started looking a couple of weeks ahead with the charts, because if I heard a song on the radio back then and liked it, it would be in my charts. I was hoping others might do the same...
As for the #1, hated it and still do, poor choice

I wasn't around back then but I can only imagine that normally once e song aired on radio it was already available hence why we had more climbers.

[Earl Purple]

Nearly impossible to do that, I probably haven't playlisted most of the UK top 100.

Anyway, the next NM chart of 1983:

1(5) Air Supply - Making Love Out Of Nothing At All
2(1) Spandau Ballet - Gold
3(3) Elton John - I'm Still Standing
4(2) KC & The Sunshine Band - Give It Up
5(10) Billy Joel - Tell Her About It

6(9) Madness - Wings Of A Dove
7(4) Kinks - Come Dancing
8(12) Level 42 - The Sun Goes Down (Livin' It Up)
9(6) Depeche Mode - Everything Counts
10(16) UB40 - Red Red Wine

11(7) Style Council - Long Hot Summer
12(-) Rod Stewart - What Am I Gonna Do
13(18) Carmel - Bad Day
14(8) Robert Plant - Big Log
15(24) Stray Cats - She's Sexy And Seventeen

16(-) Roberta Flack & Peabo Bryson - Tonight I Celebrate My Love
17(13) Michael Sembello - Maniac
18(20) David Grant - Watching You Wathcing Me
19(21) Modern Romance - Walking In The Rain
20(23) Moody Blues - Blue World

21(-) Genesis - Mama
22(11) Gary Byrd Experience - The Crown
23(-) Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance
24(14) Culture Club - I'll Tumble 4 Ya
25(15) Jimmy The Hoover - Tantalise

26(-) Big Country - Chance
27(-) New Order - Confusion
28(19) Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin - Busy Doing Nothing
29(17) Wham! - Club Tropicana
30(-) Cliff Richard - Never Say Die (Give A Little Bit More)

---

--(25) Police - Wrapped Around Your Finger
--(26) Bananarama - Cruel Summer
--(27) Michael Jackson - Human Nature
--(28) Lotus Eaters - The First Picture Of You
--(29) Kim Wilde - Love Blondie
--(30) Tracie - Give It Some Emotion

---

Air Supply doing a song written by Jim Steinman - bound to be a winning combination really. Jim Steinman had written number ones for Meat Loaf and the big hit earlier this year for Bonnie Tyler and Air Supply had already had 3 number ones and a load of other top 5 hits in the 1980s. All their previous number ones though had been self-penned: actually written by Graham Russell. Their NM #1s all contained the word "Love" in the title.

Most of the artists that enter the chart this week all have some connection with the 1970s. Rod Stewart, Roberta Flack and Genesis all had their earlier hits in that decade, Cliff Richard went back even further, New Order were formed out of Joy Division who were indie favourites in the late 70s although they didn't chart mainstream until 1980 and Stuart Adamson of Big Country had some 1970s hits with the Skids.

The only other entrants are Men Without Hats, a Canadian band in the US chart at this point.

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Spandau Ballet - Gold (4 wks)
2 (2) Kinks - Come Dancing (6 wks)
3 (5) Style Council - Long Hot Summer (4 wks)
4 (4) Elton John - I'm Still Standing (5 wks)
5 (8) Madness - Wings Of A Dove (3 wks)
6 (3) Wham - Club Tropicana (6 wks)
7 (12) Moody Blues - Blue World (3 wks)
8 (6) Depeche Mode - Everything Counts (6 wks)
9 (11) Kraftwerk - Tour de France (5 wks)
10 (27) Genesis - Mama (2 wks)
11 (15) UB 40 - Red Red Wine (3 wks)
12 (7) Robert Plant - Big Log (7 wks)
13 (28) New Order - Confusion (2 wks)
14 (14) Level 42 - The Sun Goes down (5 wks)
15 (17) Herbie Hancock - Rock It (5 wks)
16 (10) Kim Wilde - Love Blonde (5 wks)
17 (22) Rod Stewart - What Am I Going To Do (2 wks)
18 (9) KC & The Sunshine Band - Give It Up (7 wks)
19 (New) Big Country - Chance (1 wk)
20 (13) Lotus Eaters - First Picture Of You (10 wks)
21 (New) ELO - Secret Messages (1 wk)
22 (19) Bananarama - Cruel Summer (9 wks)
23 (18) Eurythmics - Who's That Girl (9 wks)
24 (New) The The - This Is The Day (1 wk)
25 (16) Police - Wrapped Around Your Finger (6 wks)
26 (20) Echo & The Bunnymen - Never Stop (8 wks)
27 (21) Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science (7 wks)
28 (23) Cure - The Walk (8 wks)
29 (New) Paul Young - Come Back and stay (1 wk)
30 (New) Status Quo - Ol' Rag Blues (1 wk)

[coolchristie2]

1 It's Raining Men - Weather Girls
2 Give It Some Emotion - Tracie
3 Come Dancing - Kinks
4 Wings Of A Dove - Madness
5 Wrap Your Arms Around Me - Agnetha Faltskog
6 Love Blonde - Kim Wilde
7 Everything Counts - Depeche Mode
8 Disappearing Act - Shalamar
9 Don't Try To Stop - Roman Holliday
10 Club Tropicana - Wham!
11 Riders On The Storm - Annabel Lamb
12 Rockit - Herbie Hancock
13 Indian Summer - Belle Stars
14 You're The One (You're My Number One) - Katie Kissoon
15 Street Of Dreams - Rainbow
16 Crazy - The Manhattans
17 Ballerina - Cockney Rebel
18 All Night Long - Mary Jane Girls
19 Wake Up Danse Society
20 If You Could See Me Now - Shakatak

[Deleted]

Mark’s Top 40 weekending 21st August 1983

1 (2) Red Red Wine – UB40
2 (1) Gold – Spandau Ballet
3 (4) Give It Up – KC And The Sunshine Band
4 (5) Long Hot Summer – Style Council
5 (3) Club Tropicana – Wham!
6 (8) Wings Of A Dove - Madness
7 (7) I’m Still Standing – Elton John
8 (9) Flashdance (What A Feeling) – Irene Cara
9 (10) Maniac – Michael Sambello
10 (New) What Am I Gonna Do – Rod Stewart
11 (6) Come Live With Me – Heaven 17
12 (15) Come Dancing – The Kinks
13 (16) Disappearing Act - Shalamar
14 (21) Tonight I Celebrate My Love – Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack
15 (34) Holy Diver - DIO
16 (11) First Picture Of You – Lotus Eaters
17 (12) Wherever I Lay My Hat (That’s My Home) – Paul Young
18 (13) Baby Jane – Rod Stewart
19 (30) Watching You Watching Me – David Grant
20 (26) I O U – Freez
21 (25) Moonlight Shadow – Mike Oldfield
22 (20) China Girl – David Bowie
23 (17) The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up) – Level 42
24 (19) The Walk – The Cure
25 (22) Wrapped Around Your Finger – The Police
26 (18) Sexy And Seventeen – Stray Cats
27 (23) Everything Counts – Depeche Mode
28 (24) Give It Some Emotion - Tracie
29 (27) Cruel Summer - Bananarama
30 (28) True – Spandau Ballet
31 (29) Rocket – Herbie Hancock
32 (33) In A Big Country – Big Country
33 (36) Every Breath You Take – The Police
34 (35) She Works Hard For The Money – Donna Summer
35 (38) Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ – Michael Jackson
36 (31) It’s Late – Shakin’ Stevens
37 (40) Buffalo Soldier – Bob Marley & The Wailers
38 (37) I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues – Elton John
39 (New) It’s Over – Funk Masters
40 (New) Tahiti – David Essex

[Milliways]

1 (1) KC & The Sunshine Band - GIVE IT UP (6th week at #1)
2 (3) Whitesnake - GUILTY OF LOVE
3 (5) Madness - WINGS OF A DOVE
4 (2) Elton John - I'M STILL STANDING
5 (7) The Kinks - COME DANCING
6 (4) Spandau Ballet - GOLD
7 (8) Asia - DON'T CRY
8 (NEW) Rod Stewart - WHAT AM I GONNA DO (I'M SO IN LOVE WITH YOU)
9 (6) Depeche Mode - EVERYTHING COUNTS
10 (NEW) Peabo Bryson - TONIGHT, I CELEBRATE MY LOVE

11 (10) Echo & The Bunnymen - NEVER STOP
12 (NEW) Stray Cats - SHE'S SEXY AND 17
13 (15) UB40 - RED RED WINE
14 (9) Level 42 - THE SUN GOES DOWN (LIVIN' IT UP)
15 (11) Shakin' Stevens - IT'S LATE

[Milliways]

Aug 26, 2015 20:53:21 GMT 1 o said:

1 Men Without Hats – Safety dance

Your #1 doesn't reach the top 40 til October. It will be a hit in my chart, but we're well out of sync!

[Earl Purple]

During 1983 I took some songs from the US chart and The Safety Dance (as well as Billy Joel's "Tell Her About It" were already in the chart in late August -> September. Tell Her About It doesn't reach the UK chart until even later. And there's one coming up in my chart soon that won't hit the UK chart until spring 1985.

[TheThorne]

Aug 31, 2015 16:59:40 GMT 1 Earl Purple said:

During 1983 I took some songs from the US chart and The Safety Dance (as well as Billy Joel's "Tell Her About It" were already in the chart in late August -> September. Tell Her About It doesn't reach the UK chart until even later. And there's one coming up in my chart soon that won't hit the UK chart until spring 1985.

Also 'Safety Dance' it is Top 100 in UK in this week that's why some of us are charting it. I am also charting that song not out again till 1985 as it was only re-issued as a cashin on their UK success, it will be my biggest entry next week, so will go by the 1st release as I have stated previously doing the same thing with Heart when we get to 'These Dreams'

[PLAYER]

The TUNAGE Chart! (21/08/1983)

1. Robert Plant - 'Big Log' (1) 7wks PK:1 [3wks]

2. Spandau Ballet - 'Gold' (3) 3wks PK:2

3. KC and the Sunshine Band - 'Give It Up' (2) 7wks PK:2

4. Elton John - 'I'm Still Standing' (5) 5wks PK:4

5. UB40 - 'Red Red Wine' (12) 2wks PK:5

6. Style Council - 'Long Hot Summer' (6) 3wks PK:6

7. Wham! - 'Club Tropicana' (4) 5wks PK:4

8. Madness - 'Wings Of A Dove' (10) 2wks PK:8

9. Level 42 - 'The Sun Goes Down' (11) 5wks PK:8

10. Paul Young - 'Wherever I Lay My Hat' (7) 11wks PK:1 [4wks]

11. Eurythmics - 'Who's That Girl' (8) 8wks PK:2

12. Rod Stewart - 'What Am I Going To Do' NEW ENTRY

13. Bananarama - 'Cruel Summer' (9) 8wks PK:4

14. Asia - 'Don't Cry' (15) 3wks PK:14

15. Peabo Byson And Roberta Flack - 'Tonight I Celebrate My Love' (13) 2wks PK:13

16. Moody Blues - 'Blue World' (18) 2wks PK:16

17. Def Leppard - 'Rock Of Ages' NEW ENTRY

18. Rainbow - 'Street Of Dreams' NEW ENTRY

19. Danse Society - 'Wake Up' NEW ENTRY

20. Michael Sembello - 'Maniac' NEW ENTRY