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Post by Earl Purple on Dec 24, 2016 20:32:32 GMT 1
Ok, let's get 1985 off with a bang, and let's do it now.
Only 1 new entry in the UK top 40 but never mind, I'll pull in 8 songs from the US top 30... and some of those are right crackers! Also a new #1. _____________
1(6) Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is 2(1) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love 3(5) Tears For Fears - Shout 4(4) Wham! - Everything She Wants 5(3) Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas
6(2) Paul McCartney - We All Stand Together 7(11) Paul Young - Everything Must Change 8(8) Pat Benatar - We Belong 9(-) Bryan Adams - Run To You 10(-) Don Henley - Boys Of Summer
11(9) Toy Dolls - Nellie The Elephant 12(7) Thompson Twins - Lay Your Hands On Me 13(-) Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 14(12) Julian Lennon - Valotte 15(16) Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel - Step Off
16(-) Philip Bailey & Phil Collins - Easy Lover 17(17) Smiley Culture - Police Officer 18(13) Bronski Beat - It Ain't Necessarily So 19(14) Council Collective - Soul Deep 20(15) Honeydrippers - Sea Of Love
21(-) Chicago - You're The Inspiration 22(-) Sal Solo - San Damiano (Heart And Soul) 23(10) Gary Glitter - Another Rock N Roll Christmas 24(-) Jermaine Jackson - Do What You Do 25(-) Jack Wagner - All I Need
26(-) New Edition - Cool It Now 27(18) Tina Turner - Private Dancer 28(21) Madonna - Like A Virgin 29(20) Alison Moyet - Invisible 30(25) Cars - Hello Again
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--(19) Nik Kershaw - The Riddle --(22) Depeche Mode - Blasphemous Rumours --(23) Murray Head - One Night In Bangkock --(24) Spandau Ballet - Round And Round
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Of course, I'm expecting to see most of you chart the Don Henley and two Phils around March and Bruce sometime in the spring... Bryan Adams is due in the UK chart very soon.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2016 21:31:00 GMT 1
One mad idea came in my head. If we love our Retro chart very much and UK official chart is very boring, what about "Special Chart Show Thread" every week something like this thread www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=fac5ca0e719220c35f3b84d57ee48c3d&showtopic=196470 for forum retro chart ? If everybody will send his/her retro chart by PM to host, that it will be very interesting to spend 1 hour of free time on "Special Chart Show Thread" and know the results of our voting. Of course, it's a hard work for the host, but we can have different hosts on different weeks.
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Post by Kingpin on Dec 24, 2016 23:24:43 GMT 1
Something like this, but can do some changes if deadline is far.
This week's chart is open until next week, or until all ten (now eleven) charts are posted, so you've got plenty of time if you'd like to change things around
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Post by Kingpin on Dec 24, 2016 23:32:21 GMT 1
One mad idea came in my head. If we love our Retro chart very much and UK official chart is very boring, what about "Special Chart Show Thread" every week something like this thread www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=fac5ca0e719220c35f3b84d57ee48c3d&showtopic=196470 for forum retro chart ? If everybody will send his/her retro chart by PM to host, that it will be very interesting to spend 1 hour of free time on "Special Chart Show Thread" and know the results of our voting. Of course, it's a hard work for the host, but we can have different hosts on different weeks. Nice idea but there are only ten of us regularly posting a retro-chart. We're not often on here at the same time so not sure an 'interactive' thread would work in the same way as it does there.
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Post by smokeyb on Dec 26, 2016 0:27:04 GMT 1
30-Dec-84 1 (1) Tears For Fears - Shout (6 wks) 2 (4) Madonna - Like A Virgin (8 wks) 3 (5) Thompson Twins - Lay Your Hands On Me (5 wks) 4 (11) Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is (5 wks) 5 (8) Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday (9 wks) 6 (9) Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round(Like A Record) (8 wks) 7 (10) Paul Young - Everything Must Change (5 wks) 8 (2) Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas (4 wks) 9 (3) Wham - Last Christmas (4 wks) 10 (14) Bronski Beat - It Ain't Necessarily so (6 wks) 11 (15) ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man (4 wks) 12 (6) Paul McCartney - We All Stand Together (7 wks) 13 (16) David Bowie - Tonight (5 wks) 14 (7) Toy Dolls - Nellie The Elephant (7 wks) 15 (12) Queen - Thank God It's Christmas (5 wks) 16 (13) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love (6 wks) 17 (17) Alison Moyet - Invisible (6 wks) 18 (18) Stranglers - No Mercy (6 wks) 19 (19) Spandau Ballet - Round And Round (5 wks) 20 (22) The Limit - Say Yeah (2 wks) 21 (27) Ashford & Simpson - Solid (2 wks) 22 (20) Nik Kershaw - The Riddle (9 wks) 23 (21) Human League - Louise (8 wks) 24 (24) Art Of Noise - Close (To The Edit) (8 wks) 25 (26) Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok (9 wks) 26 (33) Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark (2 wks) 27 (30) Nick Heyward - Warning Sign (2 wks) 28 (23) Tina Turner - Private Dancer (8 wks) 29 (25) Prefab Sprout - When Love Breaks Down (9 wks) 30 (28) Kool And The Gang - Fresh (7 wks) 31 (29) Slade - All Join Hands (8 wks) 32 (36) King - Love And Pride (2 wks) 33 (31) Temptations - Treat Her Like A Lady (8 wks) 34 (32) Kane Gang - Respect Youself (9 wks) 35 (40) Bryan Adams - Run To You (2 wks) 36 (34) Jim Diamond - I Should Have Known Better (11 wks) 37 (35) Chicago - Hard Habit To Break (11 wks) 38 (37) Duran Duran - The Wild Boys (10 wks) 39 (38) Sister Sledge - We Are Family (8 wks) 40 (39) Eurythmics - Sex Crime (10 wks)
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Post by TheThorne on Dec 27, 2016 13:03:04 GMT 1
30th December
1 1 Foreigner - I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS 2 new Bryan Adams - RUN TO YOU 3 2 Band Aid - DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? 4 4 Tears For Fears - SHOUT 5 3 Wham! - EVERYTHING SHE WANTS 6 5 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - THE POWER OF LOVE 7 8 Prince - I WOULD DIE 4 YOU 8 6 Madonna - LIKE A VIRGIN 9 7 The Stranglers - NO MERCY 10 10 Nik Kershaw - THE RIDDLE 11 9 Spandau Ballet - ROUND AND ROUND 12 13 This Island Earth - SEE THAT GLOW 13 11 The Thompson Twins - LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME 14 14 Huey Lewis & The News - WALKING ON A THIN LINE 15 new Toto - STRANGER IN TOWN 16 16 Strawberry Switchblade - SINCE YESTERDAY 17 15 Paul Young - EVERYTHING MUST CHANGE 18 12 Queen - THANK GOD ITS CHRISTMAS 19 30 The Cars - HELLO AGAIN 20 17 Dead Or Alive - YOU SPIN ME ROUND (LIKE A RECORD) 21 18 Big Country - WHERE THE ROSE IS SOWN 22 19 Survivor - I CAN'T HOLD BACK 23 22 Corey Hart - IT AIN'T ENOUGH 24 32 Bucks Fizz - I HEAR TALK 25 27 Prefab Sprout - WHEN LOVE BREAKS DOWN 26 26 Meatloaf - NOWHERE FAST 27 25 Kim Wilde - THE TOUCH 28 23 Depeche Mode - SOMEBODY/BLASPHEMOUS RUMOURS 29 20 The Cult - RESURRECTION JOE 30 21 Jack Wagner - ALL I NEED 31 28 The Human League - LOUISE 32 34 John Waite - MISSING YOU 33 33 The Art Of Noise - CLOSE (TO THE EDIT) 34 24 Toy Dolls - NELLIE THE ELEPHANT 35 29 Tommy Shaw - GIRLS WITH GUNS 36 38 Murray Head - ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK 37 37 Duran Duran - THE WILD BOYS 38 new Limit - SAY YEAH 39 31 Aztec Camera - STILL ON FIRE
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Post by Whitneyfan on Dec 27, 2016 20:40:02 GMT 1
I thought I would give this a go, with it being a new year and all:
01. MADONNA - LIKE A VIRGIN 02. WHAM! - LAST CHRISTMAS 03. ALISON MOYET - INVISIBLE 04. BAND AID - DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS 05. WHAM! - EVERYTHING SHE WANTS 06. FOREIGNER - I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS 07. FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD - THE POWER OF LOVE 08. PAUL YOUNG - EVERYTHING MUST CHANGE 09. HUMAN LEAGUE - LOUISE 10. BRONSKI BEAT - IT AIN'T NECESSARILY SO
11. PAUL McCARTNEY & THE FROG CHORUS - WE ALL STAND TOGETHER 12. PRINCE - I WOULD DIE 4 U 13. TEARS FOR FEARS - SHOUT 14. KOOL & THE GANG - FRESH 15. TOY DOLLS - NELLIE THE ELEPHANT 16. MURRAY HEAD - ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK 17. CULTURE CLUB - THE MEDAL SONG 18. TINA TURNER - PRIVATE DANCER 19. NIK KERSHAW - THE RIDDLE 20. DAVID BOWIE & TINA TURNER - TONIGHT
21. SPANDAU BALLET - ROUND AND ROUND 22. STRANGLERS - NO MERCY 23. THOMPSON TWINS - LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME 24. POINTER SISTERS - I'M SO EXCITED 25. ASHFORD & SIMPSON - SOLID 26. GRANDMASTER MELLE MEL - STEP OFF 27. COUNCIL COLLECTIVE - SOUL DEEP 28. SAL SOLO - SAN DAMIANO 29. ELAINE PAIGE & BARBARA DICKSON - I KNOW HIM SO WELL 30. LAURA BRANIGAN - TI AMO
31. MEAT LOAF - NOWHERE FAST 32. STRAWBERRY SWITCHBLADE - SINCE YESTERDAY 33. BLACK LACE - DO THE CONGA 34. KING - LOVE AND PRIDE 35. BUCKS FIZZ - I HEAR TALK 36. DEAD OR ALIVE - YOU SPIN ME ROUND (LIKE A RECORD) 37. KIRSTY MACCOLL - A NEW ENGLAND 38. CYNDI LAUPER - ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 39. SMILEY CULTURE - POLICE OFFICER 40. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - DANCING IN THE DARK
Good to see Bowie, Prince and George Michael all in the top 20.
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Post by Kingpin on Dec 31, 2016 22:05:09 GMT 1
13 1) Russ Abbot - Atmosphere (13-1) 2 weeks PEAK: 1 6 2) Cyndi Lauper - Money Changes Everything (6-2) 2 weeks PEAK: 1 10 3) Wham! - Everything She Wants (20-10-3) 3 weeks PEAK: 3 30 4) Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson - I Know Him So Well (30-4) 2 weeks PEAK: 4 22 5) Ashford and Simpson - Solid (22-5) 2 weeks PEAK: 5 17 6) Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is (35-26-22-17-6) 5 weeks PEAK: 6 1 7) Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas (1-1-1-7) 4 weeks PEAK: 1 2 8) Wham! - Last Christmas (2-2-2-8) 4 weeks PEAK: 2 3 9) Sal Solo - San Damiano (Heart And Soul) (31-17-4-3-9) 5 weeks PEAK: 3 4 10) Paul Young - Everything Must Change (16-5-3-4-10) 5 weeks PEAK: 3
14 11) Thompson Twins - Lay Your Hands On Me (37-23-16-14-11) 5 weeks PEAK: 11 5 12) Tears For Fears - Shout (25-7-6-5-5-12) 6 weeks PEAK: 5 12 13) Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) (21-5-1-1-3-6-12-13) 8 weeks PEAK: 1 7 14) Prince - I Would Die 4 U (22-11-7-14) 4 weeks PEAK: 7 18 15) Paul McCartney and The Frog Chorus - We All Stand Together (15-8-5-4-8-18-15) 7 weeks PEAK: 4 8 16) Bar-Kays - Sexomatic (32-19-10-8-16) 5 weeks PEAK: 8 20 17) Council Collective - Soul Deep (25-20-17) 3 weeks PEAK: 16 28 18) Bucks Fizz - I Hear Talk (28-18) 2 weeks PEAK: 17 9 19) Kim Wilde - The Touch (27-18-13-9-19) 5 weeks PEAK: 9 15 20) David Bowie - Tonight (38-30-19-15-20) 5 weeks PEAK: 15
19 21) Stephanie Mills - In My Life (33-25-21-19-21) 5 weeks PEAK: 19 34 22) Amii Stewart - Friends (34-22) 2 weeks PEAK: 22 16 23) Alison Moyet - Invisible (26-13-9-7-16-23) 6 weeks PEAK: 7 21 24) Evelyn Thomas - Heartless (31-24-21-24) 4 weeks PEAK: 21 24 25) Madonna - Like A Virgin (10-6-5-4-12-17-24-25) 8 weeks PEAK: 4 11 26) Gary Glitter - Another Rock and Roll Christmas (34-24-11-9-11-26) 6 weeks PEAK: 9 NEW 27) Limit - Say Yeah (27) 1 week PEAK: 27 23 28) Cars - You Might Think (31-20-15-12-23-28) 6 weeks PEAK: 12 NEW 29) Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark (29) 1 week PEAK: 29 25 30) Pennye Ford - Change Your Wicked Ways (35-31-15-6-7-14-25-30) 8 weeks PEAK: 6
27 31) Nik Kershaw - The Riddle (18-3-2-2-10-18-27-31) 8 weeks PEAK: 2 NEW 32) King - Love And Pride (32) 1 week PEAK: 32 26 33) Floy Joy - Until You Come Back To Me (24-11-6-3-8-15-26-33) 8 weeks PEAK: 3 29 34) Slade - All Join Hands (32-14-11-9-13-23-29-34) 8 weeks PEAK: 9 39 35) Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (4-1-1-1-3-8-13-19-34-35-39-35) 12 weeks PEAK: 1 31 36) Human League - Louise (36-27-17-15-14-26-31-36) 8 weeks PEAK: 14 NEW 37) Bryan Adams - Run To You. (37) 1 week PEAK: 37 37 38) Duran Duran - The Wild Boys (2-2-1-1-4-10-24-32-37-38) 10 weeks PEAK: 1 38 39) Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok (32-6-2-2-7-14-28-34-38-39) 10 weeks PEAK: 2 33 40) Kool and The Gang - Fresh (24-9-8-16-27-33-40) 7 weeks PEAK: 8
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Post by Kingpin on Dec 31, 2016 22:26:24 GMT 1
Will update the weekly chart tomorrow. I'll roll forward any unposted charts.
Doesn't look like there's much movement on next week's official chart either....
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 1, 2017 3:40:22 GMT 1
I think many of us are quite a bit ahead as you did a double chart last week so this week is supposed to be a "week off".
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Post by Shireblogger on Jan 1, 2017 10:20:34 GMT 1
Given the chart in question was based on sales during the Christmas period, here's mine:-
1 [re] :: Wham! - LAST CHRISTMAS 2 [re] :: Band Aid - DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? 3 [re] :: Frankie Goes To Hollywood - THE POWER OF LOVE 4 [new] :: Paul McCartney & Frog Chorus - WE ALL STAND TOGETHER 5 [re] :: Gary Glitter - ANOTHER ROCK AND ROLL CHRISTMAS 6 [re] :: Limahl - THE NEVER ENDING STORY 7 [re] :: Toy Dolls - NELLIE THE ELEPHANT 8 [new] :: Queen - THANK GOD IT'S CHRISTMAS 9 [re] :: Paul McCartney - PIPES OF PEACE 10 [re] :: David Bowie & Bing Crosby - LITTLE DRUMMER BOY - PEACE ON EARTH 11 [re] :: Abba - HAPPY NEW YEAR 12 [re] :: Roy Wood & Wizzard - I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY 13 [re] :: Slade - MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY 14 [re] :: David Essex - WINTER'S TALE 15 [re] :: Boney M - MARY'S BOY CHILD - OH MY LORD 16 [re] :: Johnny Mathis - WHEN A CHILD IS BORN 17 [re] :: Elvis Presley - BLUE CHRISTMAS 18 [new] :: Kurtis Blow - CHRISTMAS RAPPIN' 19 [re] :: Paul McCartney - WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS TIME 20 [re] :: Showaddywaddy - HEY MR CHRISTMAS
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Post by raliverpool on Jan 1, 2017 11:02:39 GMT 1
I've always taken a week off to compile my year end charts, so to be consistent I would have freezed last week's chart to carry forward to this week .....
1 Paul McCartney And The Frog Chorus WE ALL STAND TOGETHER (6wks 27-4-1-1-1*) * 2 Band Aid DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? (4wks 2-2-2*) 3 Wham! LAST CHRISTMAS (4wks 8-3-3*) 4 Wham! EVERYTHING SHE WANTS (4wks 14-7-4*) 5 Foreigner I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS (4wks 20-10-5*) 6 Tears For Fears SHOUT (6wks 28-25-23-9-6*) 7 Paul Young EVERYTHING MUST CHANGE (5wks 20-10-6-7*) 8 Julian Lennon VALOTTE (4wks 23-4-4-8*) 9 Frankie Goes To Hollywood THE POWER OF LOVE (6wks 3-3-3-5-9*) 10 Honeydrippers SEA OF LOVE (4wks 38-23-10*)
11 Toy Dolls NELLIE THE ELEPHANT (5wks 30-11-8-11*) 12 Strawberry Switchblade SINCE YESTERDAY (8wks 35-22-17-14-13-14-12*) 13 Cult RESURRECTION JOE (3wks 20-13*) 14 Thompson Twins LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME (5wks 9-6-11-14*) 15 Spandau Ballet ROUND AND ROUND (5wks 10-9-12-15*) 16 Prince I WOULD DIE 4 YOU (5wks 18-15-15-16*) 17 David Bowie TONIGHT (5wks 17-16-16-17*) 18 Madonna LIKE A VIRGIN (8wks 34-20-14-8-7-13-18*) 19 Council Collective SOUL DEEP (PART 1) (3wks 26-19*) 20 This Island Earth SEE THAT GLOW (4wks 22-21-20*)
21 Murray Head ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK (8wks 28-19-13-12-12-18-21*) 22 Art Of Noise CLOSE (TO THE EDIT) (6wks 24-22-21-25-22*) 23 Nik Kershaw THE RIDDLE (8wks 3-1-1-1-5-17-23*) 24 Smiley Culture POLICE OFFICER (3wks 36-24*) 25 Gary Glitter ANOTHER ROCK AND ROLL CHRISTMAS (4wks 30-22-25*) 26 Queen THANK GOD IT'S CHRISTMAS (5wks 24-18-19-26*) 27 Bucks Fizz I HEAR TALK (2wks 27*) 28 Dead Or Alive YOU SPIN ME ROUND (LIKE A RECORD) (6wks 35-28-28-29-28*) 29 Ian McCulloch SEPTEMBER SONG (5wks 33-29-28-29*) 30 Culture Club MISTAKE NO. 3 (2wks 30*)
31 Eurythmics SEXCRIME (1984) (9wks 34-14-4-2-2-17-24-31*) 32 Human League LOUISE (9wks 17-6-4-5-19-27-32*) 33 Bronski Beat IT AIN'T NECESSARILY SO (6wks 38-29-31-33-33*) 34 Kool And The Gang FRESH (7wks 37-20-13-26-32-34*) 35 Tina Turner PRIVATE DANCER (8wks 23-12-8-7-24-30-35*) 36 Alison Moyet INVISIBLE (6wks 21-11-25-31-36*) 37 Elton John IN NEON (5wks 40-37-35-37*) 38 Stranglers NO MERCY (6wks 37-31-32-34-38*) 39 Amii Stewart FRIENDS (2wks 39*) 40 Stevie Wonder LOVE LIGHT IN FLIGHT (2wks 40*)
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 1, 2017 14:10:56 GMT 1
If all the regulars have posted either a chart or state they are happy to have charts "frozen" then go ahead and compile when you like.
I think 1985 is going to be a fascinating year.
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Post by o on Jan 1, 2017 15:38:05 GMT 1
Thank you master.
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