Haven Combi Retro-Chart W/B 17th March 1985

[Kingpin]

HAVEN COMBI RETRO-CHART W/B 17th MARCH 1985

Madonna gets a third week at number one as Material Girl continues to expand its weekly points total. The race is a bit tighter this week though with Stephen ‘Tin Tin’ Duffy still at number two but closing the gap between the two songs.





Philip Bailey and Phil Collins are up a place to number three with Easy Lover but still quite a way off the top.

Paul Young is back in the Top 5 with Every Time You Go Away, up to number 4. This is his fifth song to make it to the Top 5 of the Retro Chart after Wherever I Lay My Hat (That’s My Home) (number 2 July 1983), Come Back And Stay (number 4 September 1983), Love Of The Common People (number 1 December 1983) and Everything Must Change (number 3 December 1984) Paul Young’s run of Retro-Chart success was interrupted by I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down, which could only climb to number 13 in October last year. It’s been a while since Paul Young had a chart-topper, will Every Time You Go Away be able to match his previous success?


Two other Retro-Chart favourites have also made their way back into the Top 10 this week. Alison Moyet gets her fourth consecutive Top 10 hit as That Old Devil Called Love climbs to number 6 and Nik Kershaw is up to number 8 with Wide Boy, becoming his fifth Top 10 song.


This week’s highest new entry is from Third World, in at number 19 with Now That We’ve Found Love.


And here's this week's Retro-Chart in full:

1        1) Madonna - MATERIAL GIRL (5-1-1-1) 4 weeks PEAK: 1 (3 weeks) 165 points

2        2) Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy - KISS ME (14-5-2-2) 4 weeks PEAK: 2 154 points

4        3) Philip Bailey and Phil Collins - EASY LOVER (37-39-x(4 weeks)-19-4-3) 5 weeks PEAK: 3 126 points

7        4) Paul Young - EVERY TIME YOU GO AWAY (23-7-4) 3 weeks PEAK: 4 121 points

6        5) Go West - WE CLOSE OUR EYES (24-8-6-5) 4 weeks PEAK: 5 120 points

14      6) Alison Moyet - THAT OLE DEVIL CALLED LOVE (14-6) 2 weeks PEAK: 6 108 points

5        7) Phyllis Nelson - MOVE CLOSER (33-23-16-11-6-5-7) 7 weeks PEAK: 5 107 points

16      8) Nik Kershaw - WIDE BOY (16-8) 2 weeks PEAK: 8 88 points

13      9) Glenn Frey - THE HEAT IS ON (26-14-14-13-9) 5 weeks PEAK: 9 80 points

17    10) Power Station - SOME LIKE IT HOT (17-10) 2 weeks PEAK: 10 74 points

9      10) Sheila E - THE BELLE OF ST MARK (28-19-12-8-9-10) 6 weeks PEAK: 8 74 points

3      12) Dead Or Alive - YOU SPIN ME ROUND (LIKE A RECORD) (21-12-9-9-12-11-12-9-14-14-17-18-4-1-1-2-3-12) 18 weeks PEAK: 1 (2 weeks) 72 points

9      13) David Cassidy - THE LAST KISS (19-11-9-13) 4 weeks PEAK: 9 70 points

11    14) ZZ Top - LEGS (23-16-13-11-14) 5 weeks PEAK: 11 66 points

8      15) Prince and The Revolution - LET'S GO CRAZY (40-X(18 weeks)-14-3-4-8-15) 6 weeks PEAK: 3 55 points

11    15) Smiths - HOW SOON IS NOW (13-2-3-4-7-11-15) 7 weeks PEAK: 2 55 points

18    17) REO Speedwagon - CAN'T FIGHT THIS FEELING (29-22-18-17) 4 weeks PEAK: 17 53 points

28    18) Bryan Adams - SOMEBODY (28-18) 2 weeks PEAK: 18 46 points

NEW 19) Third World - NOW THAT WE'VE FOUND LOVE (19) 1 week PEAK: 19 42 points

15    20) Don Henley - THE BOYS OF SUMMER (38-18-17-14-7-3-2-2-3-15-20) 11 weeks PEAK: 2 38 points

NEW 21) China Crisis - BLACK MAN RAY (21) 1 week PEAK: 21 31 points

31    22) Alexander O'Neal - INNOCENT (31-22) 2 weeks PEAK: 22 30 points

NEW 22) Dream Academy - LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN (22) 1 week PEAK: 22 30 points

21    22) Loose Ends - HANGIN' ON A STRING (CONTEMPLATING) (27-23-21-22) 4 weeks PEAK: 21 30 points

29    25) Matt Bianco - MORE THAN I CAN BEAR (29-25) 2 weeks PEAK: 29 27 points

NEW 26) Billy Bragg - BETWEEN THE WARS (26) 1 week PEAK: 26 26 points

NEW 27) Chris Rea - STAINSBY GIRLS (27) 1 week PEAK: 27 24 points

34    28) Eric Clapton - FOREVER MAN (34-28) 2 weeks PEAK: 28 23 points

NEW 29) Lotus Eaters - IT HURTS (29) 1 week PEAK: 29 22 points

19    30) Shakin' Stevens - BREAKING UP MY HEART (26-19-30) 3 weeks PEAK: 19 21 points

34    31) Foreigner - I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS (20-12-9-4-1-1-1-1-2-11-17-24-x(2 weeks)-34-31) 14 weeks PEAK: 1 (4 weeks) 20 points

25    31) Jermaine Jackson - DO WHAT YOU DO (31-27-25-31) 4 weeks PEAK: 25 20 points

RE    33) Bruce Springsteen - COVER ME (35-30-35-X-17-9-9-15-21-26-33-37-37-X(15 weeks)-33) 13 weeks PEAK: 9 19 points

NEW 33) Godley and Crème - CRY (33) 1 week PEAK: 33 19 points

22    33) Prince and The Revolution - TAKE ME WITH U (32-22-17-22-33) 5 weeks PEAK: 17 19 points

36    33) Strawberry Switchblade - SINCE YESTERDAY (37-27-23-17-15-12-12-14-13-11-4-2-2-4-14-22-29-37-X-36-33) 20 weeks PEAK: 2 19 points

38    37) Diana Ross - MISSING YOU (38-40-37-38-37) 5 weeks PEAK: 37 18 points

24    37) Sharpe and Numan - CHANGE YOUR MIND (28-19-28-31-24-37) 6 weeks PEAK: 19 18 points

30    37) Tina Turner - I CAN'T STAND THE RAIN (37-30-37) 3 weeks PEAK: 30 18 points

39    40) Isley Jasper Isley - KISS AND TELL (39-40) 2 weeks PEAK: 39 17 points

[Kingpin]

OFFICIAL CHART W/B 24th MARCH 1985

And here's this week's Official Chart for you to select from:

04 - 01 - 01 - Philip Bailey and Phil Collins - EASY LOVER
03 - 02 - 02 - Alison Moyet - THAT OLE DEVIL CALLED LOVE
02 - 14 - 03 - Sarah Brightman and Paul Miles-Kingston - PIE JESU
04 - 04 - 04 - Paul Young - EVERY TIME YOU GO AWAY
1 - NEW - 05 - Frankie Goes To Hollywood - WELCOME TO THE PLEASUREDOME
08 - 07 - 06 - Jermaine Jackson - DO WHAT YOU DO
05 - 03 - 07 - Madonna - MATERIAL GIRL
06 - 09 - 08 - Go West - WE CLOSE OUR EYES
05 - 05 - 09 - Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy - KISS ME
03 - 12 - 10 - Nik Kershaw - WIDE BOY
06 - 08 - 11 - David Cassidy - THE LAST KISS
18 - 06 - 12 - Dead Or Alive - YOU SPIN ME AROUND (LIKE A RECORD)
06 - 20 - 13 - Loose Ends - HANGIN' ON A STRING
03 - 17 - 14 - Power Station - SOME LIKE IT HOT
03 - 15 - 15 - Billy Bragg - BETWEEN THE WARS (EP)
1 - NEW - 16 - Tears For Fears - EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD
10 - 11 - 17 - Commodores - NIGHTSHIFT
08 - 32 - 18 - Bruce Springsteen - COVER ME
08 - 28 - 19 - Phyllis Nelson - MOVE CLOSER
06 - 19 - 20 - New Edition - MR TELEPHONE MAN
04 - 25 - 21 - Big Daddy - DANCING IN THE DARK (EP)
08 - 18 - 22 - Sheila E - THE BELLE OF ST MARK
06 - 34 - 23 - Glenn Frey - THE HEAT IS ON
02 - 39 - 24 - David Grant And Jaki Graham - COULD IT BE I'M FALLING IN LOVE
04 - 37 - 25 - Third World - NOW THAT WE'VE FOUND LOVE
02 - 38 - 26 - King - WON'T YOU HOLD MY HAND
25 - 13 - 27 - Bruce Springsteen - DANCING IN THE DARK
14 - 10 - 28 - Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson - I KNOW HIM SO WELL
1 - NEW - 29 - Smiths - SHAKESPEARE'S SISTER
06 - 16 - 30 - Prince - LET'S GO CRAZY / TAKE ME WITH U
02 - 40 - 31 - Cool Notes - SPEND THE NIGHT
18 - 21 - 32 - Ashford and Simpson - SOLID
1 - NEW - 33 - Damned - GRIMLY FIENDISH
09 - 43 - 34 - Pat Benatar - LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD
05 - 22 - 35 - Shakin' Stevens - BREAKING UP MY HEART
04 - 33 - 36 - Starvation - STARVATION / TAM TAM POUR L'ETHIOPIE
11 - 23 - 37 - Don Henley - THE BOYS OF SUMMER
05 - 51 - 38 - Reo Speedwagon - CAN'T FIGHT THIS FEELING
03 - 48 - 39 - Bryan Adams - SOMEBODY
03 - 41 - 40 - Change - LETS GO TOGETHER
13 - 24 - 41 - King - LOVE AND PRIDE
06 - 29 - 42 - ZZ Top - LEGS
1 - NEW - 43 - Rah Band - CLOUDS ACROSS THE MOON
1 - NEW - 44 - Cocteau Twins - AIKEA GUINEA
08 - 30 - 45 - Howard Jones - THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER
06 - 27 - 46 - Eddy and the Soul Band - SHAFT
09 - 26 - 47 - Daryl Hall And John Oates - METHOD OF MODERN LOVE
05 - 35 - 48 - Alarm - ABSOLUTE REALITY
02 - 64 - 49 - Meat Loaf - PIECE OF THE ACTION
02 - 61 - 50 - Slade - MYSTERIOUS MIZSTER JONES
05 - 50 - 51 - Matt Bianco - MORE THAN I CAN BEAR
02 - 72 - 52 - Cashmere - WE NEED LOVE
04 - 55 - 53 - Kane Gang - GUN LAW
07 - 31 - 54 - David Essex - FALLING ANGELS RIDING
03 - 59 - 55 - Alvin Stardust - GOT A LITTLE HEARTACHE
02 - 63 - 56 - Man Parrish - BOOGIE DOWN (BRONX)
02 - 100 - 57 - Dream Academy - LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN
04 - 49 - 58 - Billy Connolly - SUPER GRAN
03 - 78 - 59 - China Crisis - BLACK MAN RAY
03 - 45 - 60 - Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious Five - PUMP ME UP
05 - 42 - 61 - Hazell Dean - NO FOOL (FOR LOVE)
02 - 73 - 62 - Harold Faltermeyer - AXEL F
06 - 58 - 63 - Barnbrack - BELFAST
03 - 79 - 64 - Chris Rea - STAINSBY GIRLS
09 - 46 - 65 - Killing Joke - LOVE LIKE BLOOD
13 - 36 - 66 - Bryan Adams - RUN TO YOU
1 - NEW - 67 - Killing Joke - KINGS AND QUEENS
02 - 84 - 68 - Godley And Crème - CRY
04 - 62 - 69 - Eric Clapton - FOREVER
20 - 54 - 70 - Art Of Noise - CLOSE (TO THE EDIT)
02 - 75 - 71 - Strawberry Switchblade - LET HER GO
10 - 44 - 72 - Chicago - YOU'RE THE INSPIRATION
04 - 83 - 73 - Jenny Burton - BAD HABITS
08 - 56 - 74 - Sharpe And Numan - CHANGE YOUR MIND
10 - 52 - 75 - Colourfield - THINKING OF YOU

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Many thanks for this week's 11 charts posted from: rubcale , TheThorne , Shireblogger , smokeyb , Whitneyfan , o , coolchristie2 , popchartfreak , Earl Purple and Mark and a frozen chart from raliverpool

I'll leave this open until next weekend!

[Shireblogger]

1 [2] :: Bruce Springsteen - COVER ME
2 [7] :: Phyllis Nelson - MOVE CLOSER
3 [4] :: Sheila E - THE BELLE OF ST MARK
4 [new] :: Chris Rea - STAINSBY GIRLS
5 [3] :: Eric Clapton - FOREVER MAN
6 [1] :: Dead Or Alive - YOU SPIN ME AROUND (LIKE A RECORD)
7 [10] :: China Crisis - BLACK MAN RAY
8 [new] :: Damned - GRIMLY FIENDISH
9 [new] :: Frankie Goes To Hollywood - WELCOME TO THE PLEASUREDOME
10 [8] :: Sharpe & Numan - CHANGE YOUR MIND
11 [14] :: Dream Academy - LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN
12 [new] :: Belouis Some - IMAGINATION
13 [new] :: Godley And Crème - CRY
14 [6] :: Bryan Adams - AIN'T GONNA CRY {RECKLESS LP track}
15 [5] :: ZZ Top - LEGS
16 [12] :: Prince - LET'S GO CRAZY
17 [11] :: Glenn Frey - THE HEAT IS ON
18 [new] :: Killing Joke - KINGS AND QUEENS
19 [new] :: Tears For Fears - EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD
20 [19] :: Smiths - HOW SOON IS NOW


The first single from their best album, Phantasmagoria:-

[Whitneyfan]

01(02) Alison Moyet – That Ole Devil Called Love
02(01) Phyllis Nelson – Move Closer
03(07) Lotus Eaters – It Hurts (There Must Be A Taste Of Murder In It)
04(03) Paul Young – Every Time You Go Away
05(06) Go West – We Close Our Eyes
06(08) Philip Bailey & Phil Collins – Easy Lover
07(09) Alexander O’Neal - Innocent
08(10) REO Speedwagon – Can’t Fight This Feeling
09(04) Madonna – Material Girl
10(05) Stephen TinTin Duffy – Kiss Me

11(22) Bryan Adams - Somebody
12(17) Sarah Brightman & Paul Miles-Kingston – Pie Jesu
13(--) Tears For Fears – Everybody Wants To Rule The World
14(40) Pat Benatar – Love Is A Battlefield
15(21) Eric Clapton – Forever Man
16(33) China Crisis – Black Man Ray
17(18) Nik Kershaw – Wide Boy
18(39) Bruce Springsteen – Cover Me
19(30) The Power Station – Some Like It Hot
20(25) Third World – Now That We’ve Found Love

21(45) Dream Academy – Life In A Northern Town
22(12) David Cassidy – The Last Kiss
23(11) Prince & The Revolution – Let’s Go Crazy
24(13) Glenn Frey – The Heat Is On
25(--) Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Welcome To The Pleasuredome
26(37) Chris Rea – Stainsby Girls
27(14) Sheila E – The Belle Of Saint Mark
28(19) Billy Connolly – Super Gran
29(43) David Grant & jaki Graham – Could It Be I’m Falling In Love
30(44) Luther Vandross – Til My baby Comes Home

31(35) Billy Bragg – Between The Wars
32(16) Tina Turner – I Can’t Stand The Rain
33(15) Shakin’ Stevens – Breakin’ Up My Heart
34(38) Dionne Warwick & Barry Manilow – Run To Me
35(47) Godley & Crème - Cry
36(49) Harold Faltermeyer – Axel F
37(29) Matt Bianco – More Than I Can Bear
38(46) King – Won’t You Hold My Hand Now
39(32) New Edition – Mr. Telephone Man
40(--) The Smiths – Shakespeare’s Sister

41(20) Prince & The Revolution – Take Me With U
42(48) Meat Loaf – Piece Of The Action
43(--) The Damned – Grimly Fiendish
44(--) DeBarge – Rhythm Of The Night
45(41) Change – Let’s Go Together
46(50) The Cool Notes – Spend The Night
47(23) Loose Ends – Hangin’ On A String
48(--) The Rah Band – Clouds Across The Moon
49(--) The Pogues – A Pair Of Brown Eyes
50(--) Belouis Some – Imagination

[Kingpin]

6       1) Philip Bailey with Phil Collins - Easy Lover (23-13-6-1) 4 weeks PEAK: 1
5       2) Santana - Say It Again (35-15-7-5-2) 5 weeks PEAK: 2
3       3) Alexander O'Neal - Innocent (31-7-3-3-3) 5 weeks PEAK: 3
1       4) Loose Ends - Hangin' On A String (Contemplating) (24-3-1-1-1-4) 6 weeks PEAK: 1
4       5) Isley Jasper Isley - Kiss And Tell (32-12-4-4-5) 5 weeks PEAK: 4
11     6) Spelt Like This - Contract Of The Heart (26-11-6) 3 weeks PEAK: 6
2       7) Madonna - Material Girl (4-2-2-2-7) 5 weeks PEAK: 2
7       8) Roman Holliday - One Foot Back In Your Door (29-23-17-10-8-7-8) 7 weeks PEAK: 7
8       9) Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy - Kiss Me (27-13-9-8-9) 5 weeks PEAK: 8
26    10) Man Parrish - Boogie Down (Bronx) (26-10) 2 weeks PEAK: 10
15    11) Third World - Now That We've Found Love (32-22-15-11) 4 weeks PEAK: 11
17    12) Hazell Dean - No Fool (For Love) (38-25-21-17-12) 5 weeks PEAK: 12
22    13) Bryan Adams - Somebody (30-22-13) 3 weeks PEAK: 13
24    14) Run DMC - King Of Rock (37-24-14) 3 weeks PEAK: 14
NEW 15) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome (15) 1 week PEAK: 15
9      16) Go West - We Close Our Eyes (29-16-11-10-9-16) 6 weeks PEAK: 9
29    17) Luther Vandross - Till My Baby Comes Home (29-17) 2 weeks PEAK: 17
28    18) David Grant and Jaki Graham - Could It Be I'm Falling In Love (28-18) 2 weeks PEAK: 18
31    19) Cool Notes - Spend The Night (31-19) 2 weeks PEAK: 19
10    20) Time - The Bird (36-20-15-10-20) 5 weeks PEAK: 10
21    21) Don Henley - All She Wants to Do Is Dance (40-28-24-21-21) 5 weeks PEAK: 21
23    22) REO Speedwagon - Can't Fight This Feeling (32-23-22) 3 weeks PEAK: 22
33    23) Slade - Mysterious Miszter Jones (33-23) 2 weeks PEAK: 23
12    24) Phyllis Nelson - Move Closer (26-14-8-5-12-24) 6 weeks PEAK: 5
NEW 25) Legear - Crashin' Down (25) 1 week PEAK: 25
13    26) Paul Young - Every Time You Go Away (30-16-13-26) 4 weeks PEAK: 13
14    27) Jermaine Stewart - The Word Is Out (25-3-1-1-3-6-14-27) 8 weeks PEAK: 1
NEW 28) Change - Let's Go Together (28) 1 week PEAK: 28
NEW 29) Michael Prince - Dance Your Love Away (29) 1 week PEAK: 29
16    30) Glenn Frey - The Heat Is On (31-22-18-17-16-30) 6 weeks PEAK: 16
19    31) Teena Marie - Lovergirl (31-21-8-1-1-2-2-4-12-19-31) 11 weeks PEAK: 1
NEW 32) Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World (32) 1 week PEAK: 32
NEW 33) Haywoode - Roses (33) 1 week PEAK: 33
NEW 34) Rah Band - Clouds Across The Moon (34) 1 week PEAK: 34
18    35) Julia and Co - I'm So Happy (39-23-21-20-18-35) 6 weeks PEAK: 18
NEW 36) Sal Solo - Music And You (36) 1 week PEAK: 36
NEW 37) Richard Jon Smith - The ABC Of Kissing (37) 1 week PEAK: 37
NEW 38) Narada Michael Walden - Gimme Gimme Gimme (38) 1 week PEAK: 38
NEW 39) Los Lobos - Will The Wolf Survive (39) 1 week PEAK: 39
20    40) TC Curtis - You Should Have Known Better (34-21-12-6-11-20-40) 7 weeks PEAK: 6

[rubcale]

01 REO Speedwagon Can't Fight This Feeling
02 Phyllis Nelson Move Closer
03 Philip Bailey & Phil Collins Easy Lover
04 Jermaine Jackson Do What You Do
05 Glenn Frey The Heat Is On
06 Third World Now That We've Found Love
07 Dream Academy Love In A Northern Town
08 Alison Moyet That Ole Devil Called Love
09 Loose Ends Hangin' On A String (Contemplating)
10 David Grant & Jaki Graham Could It Be I'm Falling In Love
11 Tears For Fears Everybody Wants To Rule The World
12 Paul Young Every Time You Go Away
13 Harold Faltermeyer Axel F
14 David Cassidy The Last Kiss
15 Madonna Material Girl
16 Debarge Rhythm Of The Night
17 Bryan Adams Somebody
18 Sarah Brightman & Paul Miles Kingston Pie Jesu
19 Godley & Creme Cry
20 Rah Band Clouds Across The Moon

[smokeyb]

1 (New) Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World (1 wk)
2 (3) Philip Bailey & Phil Collins - Easy Lover (4 wks)
3 (1) Go West - We Close Our Eyes (6 wks)
4 (4) Phyllis Nelson - Move Closer (8 wks)
5 (7) Alison Moyet - That Ole Devil Called Love (3 wks)
6 (9) Nik Kershaw - Wide Boy (3 wks)
7 (6) Steven Tin Tin Duffy - Kiss Me (5 wks)
8 (8) Paul Young - Every Time You Go Away (4 wks)
9 (13) China Crisis - Black Man Ray (3 wks)
10 (2) Madonna - Material Girl (5 wks)
11 (12) Power Station - Some Like It Hot (3 wks)
12 (15) Billy Bragg - Between The Wars (3 wks)
13 (New) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome (1 wk)
14 (5) David Cassidy - The Last Kiss (6 wks)
15 (22) Bruce Springsteen - Cover Me (7 wks)
16 (25) King - Won't You Hold My Hand Now (2 wks)
17 (New) Smiths - Shakespear's Sister ( 1 wk)
18 (34) Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town (2 wks)
19 (38) Godley & Crème - Cry (2 wks)
20 (27) Chris Rea - Stainsby Girls (3 wks)
21 (17) The Kane Gang - Gun Law (4 wks)
22 (New) Damned - Grimley Fiendish (1 wk)
23 (20) Eric Clapton - Forever Man (4 wks)
24 (32) Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield (2 wks)
25 (10) ZZ Top - Legs (6 wks)
26 (18) Bryan Adams - Somebody (3 wks)
27 (31) David Grant & Jaki Graham - Could It Be I'm Falling In Love (2 wks)
28 (35) Slade - Myzterious Mizter Jones (2 wks)
29 (36) Meatloaf - Piece Of The Action (2 wks)
30 (37) Strawberry Switchblade - Let Her Go (2 wks)
31 (11) Glenn Frey - The Heat Is On (6 wks)
32 (New) Rah Band - Clouds Against The Moon (1 wk)
33 (30) Lotus Eaters - It Hurts (3 wks)
34 (16) Tina Turner - I Can't Stand The Rain (5 wks)
35 (40) Harold Faltermeyer -Axel F (2 wks)
36 (26) REO Speedwagon - Can't Fight This Feeling (5 wks)
37 (19) Don Henley - The Boys Of Summer (11 wks)
38 (21) Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round(Like A Record) (20 wks)
39 (14) Smiths - How Soon Is Now (8 wks)
40 (New) Belouis Some - Imagination (1 wk)

[TheThorne]

1 2 Madonna - MATERIAL GIRL
2 1 Glenn Frey - THE HEAT IS ON
3 6 Bryan Adams - SOMEBODY
4 9 China Crisis - BLACK MAN RAY
5 15 Dream Academy - LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN
6 3 Go West - WE CLOSE OUR EYES
7 10 Power Station - SOME LIKE IT HOT
8 4 REO Speedwagon - CAN'T FIGHT THIS FEELING
9 11 Nik Kershaw - WIDE BOY
10 13 Lotus Eaters - IT HURTS
11 5 Stephen 'Tin tin' Duffy - KISS ME
12 18 Journey - ONLY THE YOUNG
13 new Tears For Fears - EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD
14 21 Godley & Crème - CRY
15 7 Philip Bailey with Phil Collins - EASY LOVER
16 12 Paul Young - EVERY TIME YOU GO AWAY
17 20 Scandal Featuring Patty Smyth - BEAT OF A HEART
18 24 Survivor - HIGH ON YOU
19 new Debarge - RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT
20 8 Prince - LET'S GO CRAZY
21 new Frankie Goes To Hollywood - WELCOME TO THE PLEASUREDOME
22 26 Harold Faltmeyer - AXEL F
23 25 Chris Rea - STAINSBY GIRLS
24 29 Strawberry Switchblade - LET HER GO
25 new Belouis Some - IMAGINATION
26 14 The Smiths - HOW SOON IS NOW
27 new The Smiths - SHAKESPEARE'S SISTER
28 17 Eric Claption - FOREVER MAN
29 31 David Grant & Jaki Graham - COULD IT BE I'M FALLING IN LOVE
30 16 ZZ Top - LEGS
31 19 Don Henley - THE BOYS OF SUMMER
32 new Cocteau Twins - AIKEA-GUINEA
33 new Killing Joke - KINGS AND QUEENS
34 new Rah Band - CLOUDS ACROSS THE MOON
35 new Magnum - JUST LIKE AN ARROW
36 22 Sheila E - THE BELLE OF ST MARK
37 23 David Lee Roth - CALFORNIA GIRLS
38 36 Everything But The Girl - WHEN ALL'S WELL
39 37 King - WON'T YOU HOLD MY HAND NOW
40 28 Billy Bragg - BETWEEN THE WARS

Video of the week Debarge

[o]

1 Power Station – Some like it hot
2 Stephen Duffy – Kiss me
3 ZZ Top – Legs
4 Chris Rea – Stainsby girls
5 Bryan Adams – Somebody
6 Billy Bragg – Between the wars
7 Smiths – How soon is now?
8 Don Henley – Boys of summer
9 Go West – We close our eyes
10 Dream Academy – Life in a northern town
11 Glenn Frey – The heat is on
12 Starvation – Starvation
13 Pat Benatar – Love is a battlefield
14 Killing Joke – Love like blood
15 Madonna – Material girl
16 Smiths – Shakespeare’s sister
17 Belouis Some – Imagination
18 Godley & Crème – Cry
19 Harold Faltermeyer – Axel F
20 Damned – Grimly fiendish
21 Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Welcome to the pleasuredome
22 Phillip Bailey & Phil Collins – Easy lover
23 Pogues – Pair of brown eyes
24 Alison Moyet – That ole devil called love
25 Bruce Springsteen – Cover me
26 Los Lobos – Don’t worry baby
27 Strawberry Switchblade – Let her go
28 Tom petty – Don’t come around here no more
29 Kirsty MacColl – A new England
30 Bryan Adams – Run to you

[coolchristie2]

1 The Belle Of St Mark - Sheila E
2 Easy Lover - Phiip Bailey & Phil Collins
3 Missing You - Diana Ross
4 Move Closer - Phyllis Nelson
5 That Ole Devil Called Love - Alison Moyet
6 Some Like It Hot - Power Station
7 We Close Our Eyes - Go West
8 Spend The Night - Cool Notes
9 Wide Boy - Nik Kershaw
10 Material Girl - Madonna
11 Stainsby Girls - Chris Rea
12 Now That We've Found Love - Third World
13 Every Time You Go Away - Paul Young
14 Belfast - Barnbrack
15 Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears
16 Let Her Go - Strawberry Switchblade
17 Could It Be I'm Falling In Love - David Grant & Jaki Graham
18 Love Is A Battlefield - Pat Benetar
19 Kiss Me - Stephen Tin Tin Duffy
20 Love In A Northern Town - Dream Academy

[popchartfreak]

26th March 1985

The ex-10CC-ers grab a second solo chart-topper with the classic song with the classic video. Under-rated! Pat is back, and back bigger (at last!) - 1985 was the year of the 1984 flop becoming a hit. Dream Academy's gorgeous Life In A Northern Town enters, Tears For Fears finest hour is at 3, one of the greatest records of the 80's, 

1 ( 4 ) CRY Godley And Creme
2 ( 1 ) THE LAST KISS David Cassidy
3 ( 5 ) EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD Tears For Fears
4 ( 2 ) NOW THAT WE’VE FOUND LOVE Third World
5 ( 31 ) WELCOME TO THE PLEASURE DOME Frankie Goes To Hollywood
6 ( 3 ) LET’S GO CRAZY/ TAKE ME WITH U Prince
7 ( NEW ) LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD Pat Benatar
8 ( 11 ) WIDE BOY Nik Kershaw
9 ( 15 ) KISS ME Stephen ‘Tintin’ Duffy
10 ( 12 ) EASY LOVER Philip Bailey and Phil Collins

11 ( 8 ) MORE THAN I CAN BEAR Matt Bianco
12 ( 9 ) YOU SPIN ME ROUND (LIKE A RECORD) Dead Or Alive
13 ( 21 ) HANGING ON A STRING Loose Ends
14 ( 6 ) BREAKING UP MY HEART Shakin’ Stevens
15 ( 7 ) LEGS ZZ Top
16 ( 60 ) COULD IT BE I’M FALLING IN LOVE David Grant and Jaki Graham
17 ( 10 ) MATERIAL GIRL Madonna
18 ( 18 ) MR. TELEPHONE MAN New Edition
19 ( 13 ) SHAFT Eddy And The Soul Band
20 ( NEW ) LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN Dream Academy

21 ( 20 ) DO WHAT YOU DO Jermaine Jackson
22 ( 24 ) THE BELLE OF ST. MARK Sheila E
23 ( 14 ) THE BOYS OF SUMMER Don Henley
24 ( NEW ) WE ARE THE WORLD USA For Africa
25 ( 27 ) WE CLOSE OUR EYES Go West
26 ( 40 ) WHY CAN’T I HAVE YOU The Cars
27 ( 29 ) FALLEN ANGELS RIDING David Essex
28 ( 39 ) EVERY TIME YOU GO AWAY Paul Young
29 ( 16 ) CHANGE YOUR MIND Bill Sharpe and Gary Numan
30 ( 17 ) JUST ANOTHER NIGHT Mick Jagger

31 ( 19 ) THAT OLE DEVIL CALLED LOVE Alison Moyet
32 ( NEW ) COVER ME Bruce Springsteen
33 ( 35 ) GUN LAW The Kane Gang
34 ( 47 ) DANCING IN THE DARK Big Daddy
35 ( 36 ) SUGAR WALLS Sheena Easton
36 ( 43 ) TEMPTATION Joan Armatrading
37 ( 70 ) MYZSTERIOUS MIZSTER JONES Slade
38 ( 41 ) SOMEBODY Bryan Adams
39 ( 22 ) METHOD OF MODERN LOVE Daryl Hall and John Oates
40 ( 30 ) STARVATION Starvation

41 ( NEW ) PIE JESU Sarah Brightman and Paul Miles-Kingston
42 ( 26 ) CONTRACT OF THE HEART Spelt Like This
43 ( 74 ) SOME LIKE IT HOT The Power Station
44 ( 66 ) BETWEEN THE WARS Billy Bragg
45 ( 37 ) IT’S...IT’S...THE SWEET MIX The Sweet
46 ( 23 ) A NEW ENGLAND Kirsty MacColl
47 ( 28 ) MISSING YOU Diana Ross
48 ( 32 ) THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER Howard Jones
49 ( 34 ) THIS IS NOT AMERICA David Bowie and The Pat Metheny Group
50 ( 50 ) BLACK MAN RAY China Crisis

51 ( 57 ) THE HEAT IS ON Glen Frey
52 ( 38 ) FOREVER MAN Eric Clapton
53 ( 54 ) CAN’T FIGHT THIS FEELING REO Speedwagon
54 ( 25 ) LOVE AND PRIDE King
55 ( 46 ) 1999/LITTLE RED CORVETTE Prince
56 ( 44 ) RELAX Frankie Goes To Hollywood
57 ( 48 ) TAINTED LOVE Soft Cell
58 ( NEW ) WON’T YOU HOLD MY HAND NOW King
59 ( NEW ) LET HER GO Strawberry Switchblade
60 ( 53 ) SINCE YESTERDAY Strawberry Switchblade

61 ( 52 ) I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS Foreigner
62 ( NEW ) NEVER MET NOBODY LIKE YOU Al Green
63 ( 33 ) NIGHTSHIFT The Commodores
64 ( 42 ) I KNOW HIM SO WELL Barbara Dickson and Elaine Paige
65 ( 63 ) THE POWER OF LOVE Frankie Goes To Hollywood
66 ( 55 ) GOT A LITTLE HEARTACHE Alvin Stardust
67 ( 67 ) RUN TO ME Dionne Warwicke and Barry Manilow
68 ( NEW ) THAT WAS YESTERDAY Foreigner
69 ( 51 ) LOVERBOY Billy Ocean
70 ( NEW ) GRIMLY FIENDISH The Damned

71 ( 69 ) SEX CRIME (1984) Eurythmics
72 ( 49 ) NO FOOL (FOR LOVE) Hazell Dean
73 ( 72 ) SHOUT Tears For Fears
74 ( NEW ) LUCKY The Greg Kihn Band
75 ( 45 ) BREAKING HEARTS Elton John

[Earl Purple]

1(1) Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
2(2) Madonna - Material Girl
3(-) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome
4(3) Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy - Kiss Me
5(7) Power Station - Some Like It Hot

6(4) Sheila E - The Belle Of St Mark
7(5) Go West - We Close Our Eyes
8(6) Paul Young - Every Time You Go Away
9(15) Bryan Adams - Somebody
10(13) Billy Bragg - Between The Wars

11(-) Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
12(10) Nik Kershaw - Wide Boy
13(11) Billy Joel - Keeping The Faith
14(12) Alison Moyet - That Ole Devil Called Love
15(18) Phyllis Nelson - Move Closer

16(8) Colourfield - Thinking Of You
17(9) Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
18(19) Starvation - Starvation
19(22) David Grant & Jacqui Graham - Could It Be I'm Falling In Love
20(17) John Parr - Naughty Naughty

21(-) Bruce Springsteen - I'm On Fire
22(24) King - Won't You Hold My Hand
23(-) Damned - Grimly Fiendish
24(-) Madonna - Crazy For You
25(-) Smiths - Shakespeare's Sister

26(20) Alarm - Absolute Reality
27(14) Journey - Only The Young
28(-) Phil Collins - One More Night
29(-) USA For Africa - We Are The World
30(16) REO Speedwagon - Can't Fight This Feeling

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--(21) Commodores - Night Shift
--(23) Big Sound Authority - This House (Is Where Our Love Stands)
--(25) John Fogerty - The Old Man Down The Road
--(26) Glenn Frey - The Heat Is On
--(27) Loose Ends - Hanging On A String
--(28) Shakin' Stevens - Breakin' Up My Heart
--(29) David Bowie & Pat Metheny Group - This Is Not America
--(30) Prince - Take Me With U

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Whilst the Smiths and Madonna hold on to the top 2, they both also have new entries this week.

None of those look likely to get them near the top though as Frankie Goes To Hollywood fly in at #3 with a song that, on the album, is 13 minutes long. I generally stick by my chart of the time and that song entered at #3 on this week and Tears For Fears entered lower so that happened here too.

I'm not sure I mentioned last week that "Starvation" is a reggae song by mutliple artists to raise money for Ethiopia, and I think members of UB40 are included on it with some others. This week sees another such song enter the chart for USA For Africa, a project put together by Harry Belafonte in response to Band Aid, and Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson have written the song. A bit sugary, they pass the mike around as people like Bob Dylan get to sing a line. Quite a star line-up. Not sure exactly who the "We" is that are the world. Some people think they mean the USA is the world.

Bruce Springsteen releases another song from the "Born In The USA" album, and Phil Collins another from "No Jacket Required". We also see a new single from The Damned enter the chart, that one via the UK chart.

[raliverpool]

1 Alison Moyet THAT OLE DEVIL CALLED LOVE (2wks 5-1)
2 Frankie Goes To Hollywood WELCOME TO THE PLEASUREDOME (1wk 2 NEW)

3 Philip Bailey and Phil Collins EASY LOVER (3wks 11-3-3)
4 Nik Kershaw WIDE BOY (2wks 6-4)
5 Paul Young EVERY TIME YOU GO AWAY (3wks 12-4-5)
6 Power Station SOME LIKE IT HOT (2wks 11-6)
7 Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy KISS ME (4wks 6-1-1-7)
8 Madonna MATERIAL GIRL (4wks 7-2-2-8)
9 Tears For Fears EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD (1wk 9 NEW)
10 Damned GRIMLY FIENDISH (1wk 10 NEW)

11 Loose Ends HANGIN' ON A STRING (2wks 25-11)
12 Spelt Like This CONTRACT OF THE HEART (2wks 18-12)
13 Bryan Adams SOMEBODY (2wks 33-13)
14 Matt Bianco MORE THAN I CAN BEAR (4wks 36-21-16-14)
15 Go West WE CLOSE OUR EYES (5wks 39-30-22-15-15)
16 Kane Gang GUN LAW (3wks 32-17-16)
17 Jermaine Jackson DO WHAT YOU DO (5wks 34-28-26-19-17)
18 David Cassidy THE LAST KISS (4wks 27-20-14-18)
19 Smiths SHAKESPEARE'S SISTER (1wk 19 NEW)
20 David Grant And Jaki Graham COULD IT BE I'M FALLING IN LOVE (1wk 20 NEW)

21 Faith Brothers THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND (1wk 21 NEW)
22 Sheila E THE BELLE OF ST MARK (7wks 31-23-21-16-10-8-22)
23 Bangles HERO TAKES A FALL (4wks 22-9-9-26)
24 Prince LET'S GO CRAZY (5wks 8-2-3-7-24)
25 Sheena Easton SUGAR WALLS (6wks 20-16-14-13-13-25)
26 Prince TAKE ME WITH U (5wks 14-9-6-12-26)
27 Rah Band CLOUDS ACROSS THE MOON (1wk 27 NEW)
28 China Crisis BLACK MAN RAY (2wks 40-28)
29 Dream Academy LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Glenn Frey THE HEAT IS ON (1wk 30 NEW)

31 Pogues A PAIR OF BROWN EYES (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Pat Benatar LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Billy Bragg BETWEEN THE WARS (2wks 30-33 NEW)
34 Reo Speedwagon CAN'T FIGHT THIS FEELING (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Cocteau Twins AIKEA GUINEA (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Strawberry Switchblade LET HER GO (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Billy Joel KEEPING THE FAITH (3wks 29-24-37)
38 King WON'T YOU HOLD MY HAND (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Eric Clapton FOREVER MAN (3wks 34-26-39)
40 Killing Joke KINGS AND QUEENS (1wk 40 NEW)

The Trevor Horn produced track which was musically ahead of its time. The lyrics of the song were inspired by the poem Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The video, by Bernard Rose, features the group stealing a car, going to a carnival and encountering all manner of deceptively "pleasureable" activities, coming a cropper one by one...

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Mark’s Top 40 weekending 24th March 1985

1 (8) Everytime You Go Away – Paul Young
2 (1) I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner
3 (New) Everybody Wants To Rule The World – Tears For Fears
4 (9) A New England – Kirsty MacColl
5 (2) Since Yesterday – Strawberry Switchblade
6 (5) Wide Boy – Nik Kershaw
7 (3) That Ole Devil Called Love – Alison Moyet
8 (4) You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) – Dead Or Alive
9 (10) We Close Our Eyes – Go West
10 (New) Welcome To The Pleasuredome – Frankie Goes To Hollywood
11 (18) Mr Telephone Man – New Edition
12 (12) Move Closer – Phyllis Nelson
13 (14) Supergran – Billy Connolly
14 (20) Solid – Ashford & Simpson
15 (19) Do What You Do – Jermaine Jackson
16 (New) Grimly Fiendish – The Damned
17 (27) The Belle Of Saint Mark – Sheila E
18 (28) Breaking Up My Heart – Shakin’ Stevens
19 (6) Kiss Me – Stephen “Tin Tin” Duffy
20 (7) Material Girl - Madonna
21 (11) Pie Jesu – Sarah Brightman & Paul Miles-Kingston
22 (34) Easy Lover – Phil Collins & Philip Bailey
23 (36) Some Like It Hot – The Power Station
24 (37) Cover Me – Bruce Springsteen
25 (13) Atmosphere – Russ Abbott
26 (40) Axel F – Harold Faltermeyer
27 (32) Love Is A Battlefield – Pat Benatar
28 (New) Shakespeare’s Sister – The Smiths
29 (23) The Boys Of Summer – Don Henley
30 (15) Sussudio – Phil Collins
31 (16) I Know Him So Well – Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson
32 (22) Love & Pride - King
33 (17) Like A Virgin - Madonna
34 (26) Method Of Modern Love – Hall & Oates
35 (21) The Last Kiss – David Cassidy
36 (24) The Heat Is On – Glenn Frey
37 (30) Things Can Only Get Better – Howard Jones
38 (25) Somebody – Bryan Adams
39 (29) You’re The Inspiration – Chicago
40 (31) Say Yeah – The Limit