Haven Combi Retro-Chart W/B 29th September 1985

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HAVEN COMBI RETRO-CHART W/B 29th SEPTEMBER 1985

Midge Ure gets an easy second week at number one as If I Was extends its lead by a huge margin, almost breaking the 200 points barrier, as it moves into the Top Ten of every single individual chart.




The Cure get their third number two single as Close To Me moves up 10 places this week. It follows The Love Cats (November 1983) and Inbetween Days (August 1985) but will their latest single be able to catch up with Midge Ure?


John Parr gets a third week at number three with St Elmo’s Fire, just a single point behind The Cure.


They were last week’s highest new entry and this week they have the honour of being the biggest climber as Take On Me jumps 19 places to land at number four.


Red Box complete the Top Five as Lean On Five rebounds back up the chart a couple of places.


The Smiths are back in the chart with this week’s highest new entry as The Boy With The Thorn In His Side debuts at number 23.


And here’s this week’s Retro Chart in full…

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OFFICIAL CHART FOR W/B 5th OCTOBER 1985

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

17 - 02 - 01 - Jennifer Rush - THE POWER OF LOVE
05 - 01 - 02 - Midge Ure - IF I WAS
08 - 04 - 03 - Red Rox - LEAN ON ME (AH-LI-AYD)
10 - 10 - 04 - Colonel Abrams - TRAPPED
06 - 05 - 05 - Stevie Wonder - PART TIME LOVER
09 - 08 - 06 - Billy Idol - REBEL YELL
06 - 03 - 07 - David Bowie and Mick Jagger - DANCING IN THE STREET
04 - 06 - 08 - Madonna - ANGEL
08 - 07 - 09 - Bonnie Tyler - HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO
06 - 27 - 10 - John Parr - ST ELMO'S FIRE (MAN IN MOTION)
08 - 12 - 11 - Maria Vidal - BODY ROCK
1 - NEW - 12 - Simple Minds - ALIVE AND KICKING
06 - 09 - 13 - Marillion - LAVENDER
03 - 36 - 14 - A-ha - TAKE ON ME
07 - 11 - 15 - Huey Lewis And The News - THE POWER OF LOVE / DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE
05 - 21 - 16 - Cameo - SINGLE LIFE
05 - 17 - 17 - Cliff Richard - SHE'S SO BEAUTIFUL
03 - 13 - 18 - Style Council - THE LODGERS
02 - 20 - 19 - Iron Maiden - RUNING FREE
1 - NEW - 20 - Madonna - GAMBLER
09 - 14 - 21 - Aimii Stewart - KNOCK ON WOOD / LIGHT MY FIRE
06 - 22 - 22 - Rene and Angela - I'LL BE GOOD
05 - 26 - 23 - Smiths - THE BOY WITH THE THORN IN HIS SIDE
04 - 24 - 24 - Cure - CLOSE TO ME
05 - 28 - 25 - Five Star - LOVE TAKE OVER
02 - 31 - 26 - Cult - RAIN
11 - 15 - 27 - Mai Tai - BODY AND SOUL
11 - 16 - 28 - Baltimora - TARZAN BOY
05 - 19 - 29 - Lloyd Cole And The Commotions - BRAND NEW FRIEND
1 - NEW - 30 - Jan Hammer - MIAMI VICE THEME
04 - 39 - 31 - Level 42 - SOMETHING ABOUT YOU
04 - 23 - 32 - Dead Or Alive - MY HEART GOES BANG
1 - NEW - 33 - Grace Jones - SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM
1 - NEW - 34 - Clash - THIS IS ENGLAND
11 - 25 - 35 - UB40 with Chrissie Hynde - I GOT YOU BABE
03 - 18 - 36 - Depeche Mode - IT'S CALLED A HEART
12 - 29 - 37 - Madonna - INTO THE GROOVE
1 - NEW - 38 - Tears For Fears - I BELIEVE
1 - NEW - 39 - Shakin' Stevens - LIPSTICK POWERDER AND PAINT
02 - 51 - 40 - Matt Bianco - YEH YEH
1 - NEW - 41 - Elton John - NIKITA
02 - 47 - 42 - Three Degrees - THE HEAVEN I NEED
1 - NEW - 43 - Sade - SWEETEST TABOO
03 - 40 - 44 - Alarm - STRENGTH
26 - 30 - 45 - Cars - DRIVE
1 - NEW - 46 - Jesus And Mary Chain - JUST LIKE HONEY
15 - 34 - 47 - Dire Straits - MONEY FOR NOTHING
11 - 32 - 48 - Princess - SAY I'M YOUR NUMBER ONE
09 - 33 - 49 - Kate Bush - RUNNING UP THAT HILL
04 - 46 - 50 - Collage - ROMEO WHERE'S JULIET
1 - NEW - 51 - Rush - THE BIG MONEY
14 - 42 - 52 - Billy Idol - WHITE WEDDING
18 - 37 - 53 - Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force - I WONDER IF I TAKE YOU HOME
09 - 38 - 54 - King - ALONE WITHOUT YOU
06 - 45 - 55 - Royalle Delite - I'LL BE A FREAK FOR YOU
03 - 52 - 56 - Pee Bee Squad - RUGGED AND MEAN BUTCH AND ON SCREEN
1 - NEW - 57 - Communards - YOU ARE MY WORLD
03 - 57 - 58 - Roger Daltrey - AFTER THE FIRE
04 - 35 - 59 - Damned - IS IT A DREAM
05 - 55 - 60 - Erasure - WHO NEEDS LOVE LIKE THAT
1 - NEW - 61 - Tina Turner - ONE OF THE LIVING
07 - 41 - 62 - Bryan Ferry - DON'T STOP THE DANCE
02 - 62 - 63 - Long Ryders - LOOKING FOR LEWIS AND CLARK
06 - 49 - 64 - 7th Heaven - HOT FUN
05 - 53 - 65 - Strawberry Switchblade - JOLENE
1 - NEW - 66 - Talking Heads - ROAD TO NOWHERE
02 - 70 - 67 - Haywoode - GETTING CLOSER
03 - 64 - 68 - Bobby Womack - I WISH HE DIDN'T TRUST ME SO MUCH
07 - RE - 69 - 'D' Train - MUSIC
1 - NEW - 70 - Hazell Dean - THEY SAY IT'S GONNA RAIN
11 - 43 - 71 - Dan Hartman - I CAN DREAM ABOUT YOU
1 - NEW - 72 - Feargal Sharkey - A GOOD HEART
02 - 60 - 73 - Tramaine - FALL DOWN (SPIRIT OF LOVE)
07 - 44 - 74 - Madness - YESTERDAY'S MEN
02 - 80 - 75 - Modern Talking - YOU CAN WIN IF YOU WANT


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Many thanks for this week's 12 charts from: smokeyb , TheThorne , raliverpool , rubcale , Whitneyfan , o , Earl Purple , popchartfreak , Shireblogger and Mark

I'll leave this open until next weekend!

[TheThorne]

1 1 John Parr - ST ELMOS FIRE (MAN IN MOTION)
2 5 A-Ha - TAKE ON ME
3 2 Huey Lewis & The News - THE POWER OF LOVE
4 4 Prefab Sprout - Appetite
5 3 Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - BRAND NEW FRIEND
6 10 Level 42 - SOMETHING ABOUT YOU
7 9 The Cure - CLOSE TO ME
8 7 Midge Ure - IF I WAS
9 6 Pat Benatar - INVINCIBLE
10 new Simple Minds - ALIVE AND KICKING
11 15 Depeche Mode - ITS CALLED A HEART
12 new Talking Heads - ROAD TO NOWHERE
13 21 The Smiths - THE BOY WITH THE THORN IN HIS SIDE
14 22 The Cult - RAIN
15 8 Thompson Twins - DON'T MESS WITH DOCTOR DREAM
16 11 Marillion - LAVENDER
17 20 John Mellencamp - LONELY OL NIGHT
18 12 Erasure - WHO NEEDS LOVE LIKE THAT
19 14 Madonna - ANGEL
20 13 Red Box - LEAN ON ME
21 26 The Cars - HEARTBEAT CITY
22 new Jan Hammer - MIAMI VICE THEME
23 new Jesus And Mary Chain - JUST LIKE HONEY
24 new Madonna - GAMBLER
25 24 The Alarm - STRENGTH
26 16 Billy Idol - REBEL YELL
27 new John Waite - EVERY STEP OF THE WAY
28 new Grace Jones - SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM
29 new Sade - THE SWEETEST TABOO
30 new Elton John - NIKITA
31 new Feargal Sharkey - A GOOD HEART
32 17 Hipsway - ASK THE LORD
33 18 Bryan Ferry - DON'T STOP THE DANCE
34 new Rush - THE BIG MONEY
35 19 Heart - WHAT ABOUT LOVE
36 29 Jennifer Rush - THE POWER OF LOVE
37 27 Ready For The World - OH SHEILA
38 23 Steve Wonder - PART-TIME LOVER
39 25 John Cafferty - CITY
40 31 Long Ryders - LOOKING FOR LEWIS AND CLARK

Lots of great new songs this week but we will have Talking Heads

[o]

Yep, loads of great songs, hard to squeeze them all in!


1 Tears for Fears – Suffer the children
2 Cult – Rain
3 Cure – Close to me
4 Red Box – Lean on me
5 Colonel Abrams – Trapped
6 Huey Lewis and the News – The power of love
7 Billy Idol – Rebel yell
8 Pat Benatar – Invincible
9 Aha – Take on me
10 Midge Ure – If I was
11 Depeche Mode – It’s called a heart
12 Smiths – Boy with the thorn in his side
13 Alarm – Strength
14 Erasure – Who needs love like that?
15 Talk Talk – It’s my life
16 Talking Heads – Road to nowhere
17 Clash – This is England
18 Jesus and Mary Chain – Just like honey
19 Feargal Sharkey – A good heart
20 Dead or Alive – My heart goes bang bang
21 Madonna – Gambler
22 Lloyd Cole – Brand new friend
23 Simple Minds – Alive and kicking
24 Long Ryders – Looking for Lewis and Clark
25 Madonna – Angel
26 Echo and the Bunnymen – Bring on the dancing horses
27 ZZ Top – Sleeping bag
28 Elton John – Nikita
29 Kate Bush – Running up that hill
30 John Parr – St Elmo’s fire

[raliverpool]

1 Midge Ure IF I WAS (5wks 21-4-2-1-1)
2 Red Box LEAN ON ME (8wks 35-28-26-17-10-5-2-2)
3 Madonna GAMBLER (1wk 3 NEW)

4 a-ha TAKE ON ME (2wks 33-4)
5 Colonel Abrams TRAPPED (5wks 40-29-18-11-5)
6 Simple Minds ALIVE AND KICKING (1wk 6 NEW)
7 Smiths THE BOY WITH THE THORN IN HIS SIDE (2wks 6-7)
8 Cure CLOSE TO ME (4wks 27-15-8-8)
9 Grace Jones SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM (1wk 9 NEW)
10 Billy Idol REBEL YELL (5wks 35-13-10-5-10)

11 Prince POP LIFE (7wks 17-6-3-2-3-4-11)
12 Elton John NIKITA (1wk 12 NEW)
13 Cameo SINGLE LIFE (5wks 36-28-21-17-13)
14 Style Council THE LODGERS (3wks 11-9-14)
15 Cult RAIN (2wks 19-15)
16 Phil Collins DON'T LOSE MY NUMBER (7wks 33-24-18-12-9-6-16)
17 Kate Bush RUNNING UP THAT HILL (9wks 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-17)
18 Tears For Fears I BELIEVE (1wk 18 NEW)
19 Ready For The World OH SHEILA (3wks 38-28-19)
20 Madonna ANGEL (4wks 20-17-18-20)

21 Cars HEARTBEAT CITY (2wks 34-21)
22 John Parr ST ELMO'S FIRE (MAN IN MOTION) (3wks 35-30-22)
23 Talking Heads ROAD TO NOWHERE (1wk 23 NEW)
24 Level 42 SOMETHING ABOUT YOU (4wks 40-33-31-24)
25 Sade SWEETEST TABOO (1wk 25 NEW)
26 Dead Or Alive MY HEART GOES BANG (4wks 35-29-23-26)
27 Lloyd Cole And The Commotions BRAND NEW FRIEND (5wks 27-17-14-13-27)
28 Bonnie Tyler HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO (6wks 17-6-5-6-16-28)
29 Diana Ross EATEN ALIVE (4wks 9-8-14-29)
30 Stevie Wonder PART TIME LOVER (6wks 20-9-6-7-15-30)

31 Marillion LAVENDER (6wks 9-5-3-4-12-31)
32 Communards YOU ARE MY WORLD (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Jane Wiedlin BLUE KISS (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Clash THIS IS ENGLAND (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Alarm STRENGTH (3wks 36-27-35)
36 Depeche Mode IT'S CALLED A HEART (3wks 12-10-36)
37 Huey Lewis And The News THE POWER OF LOVE (4wks 38-32-24-37)
38 Jan Hammer MIAMI VICE THEME (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Roger Daltrey AFTER THE FIRE (3wks 34-29-39)
40 Maria Vidal BODY ROCK (3wks 40-38-40)

Reportedly Madonna's least favourite song of her entire discography. The frenetic post disco dance track was written solely by Madonna in 1982 in "under 15 minutes" and initially ended up not making the cut of her debut Madonna: The First Album, but when asked for an uptempo for the soundtrack album to the 1985 film Vision Quest, the production was then handled by John "Jellybean" Benitez. Whilst she was able to stop its release in North America. It annoyed her greatly that it out performed her concurrent single "Angel" in most other territories, probably because it has a trashy throwaway charm, that Angel lacks, and an effortlessness endearing appeal lacking in Madonna's last three studio albums.

[smokeyb]

1 (10) A-Ha - Take On Me (3 wks)
2 (5) Cure - Close To Me (4 wks)
3 (2) Midge Ure - If I Was (5 wks)
4 (23) Smiths - The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (2 wks)
5 (NE) Simple Minds - Alive And Kicking (1 wk)
6 (4) Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Brand New Friend (5 wks)
7 (9) Damned - Is It A Dream (4 wks)
8 (13) Level 42 - Something About You (4 wks)
9 (1) Bryan Ferry - Don't Stop The Dance (7 wks)
10 (3) Huey Lewis And The News - The Power Of Love (7 wks)
11 (8) Madonna - Angel (4 wks)
12 (7) John Parr - St Elmo's Fire (6 wks)
13 (6) Thompson Twins - Don't Mess With Doctor Dream (7 wks)
14 (18) Depeche Mode - It's Called A Heart (3 wks)
15 (NE) Madonna - Gambler (1 wk)
16 (26) Cult - Rain (2 wks)
17 (NE) Jan Hammer - Miami Vice Theme (1 wk)
18 (22) Iron Maiden - Running Free (2 wks)
19 (NE) Tears For Fears - I Believe (1 wk)
20 (11) Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (10 wks)
21 (NE) Grace Jones - Slave To The Rhythm (1 wk)
22 (NE) The Clash - This Is England (1 wk)
23 (27) Matt Bianco - Yeh Yeh (2 wks)
24 (12) Billy Idol - Rebel Yell (8 wks)
25 (NE) Elton John - Nikita (1 wk)
26 (NE) Jesus And Mary Chain - Just Like Honey (1 wk)
27 (16) Freddie Mercury - Living On My Own (4 wks)
28 (28) Roger Daltrey - After The Fire (3 wks)
29 (17) Prefab Sprout - Appetite (5 wks)
30 (NE) Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere(1 wk)
31 (NE) The Communards - You Are My World (1 wk)
32 (NE) Feargal Sharkey - A Good Heart (1 wk)
33 (15) Madness - Yesterday's Men (7 wks)
34 (14)Scritti Politti - Perfect Way (6 wks)
35 (19) China Crisis - You Did Cut Me (6 wks)
36 (20) Cliff Richard - She's So Beautiful (5 wks)
37 (21) Dead Or Alive - My Heart Goes Bang (4 wks)
38 (30) Cabaret Voltaire - I Want You (3 wks)
39 (24) Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero (7 wks)
40 (31) Gary Numan - Call Out The Dogs (3 wks)

[Earl Purple]

1(1) A-Ha - Take On Me
2(4) Jennifer Rush - The Power Of Love
3(5) Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love For You
4(7) Cure - Close To Me
5(9) Red Box - Lean On Me

6(11) Smiths - The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
7(2) Marillion - Lavender
8(15) Level 42 - Something About You
9(3) Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero
10(-) Simple Minds - Alive And Kicking

11(13) Style Council - The Lodgers
12(6) Stevie Wonder - Part Time Lover
13(-) Tears For Fears - I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording)
14(24) Cult - Rain
15(-) Grace Jones - Slave To The Rhythm

16(8) Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
17(10) Midge Ure - If I Was
18(-) Clash - This Is England
19(-) Matt Bianco - Yeh Yeh
20(27) Jan Hammer - Miami Vice Theme

21(16) Damned - Is It A Dream (Hold Tight)
22(18) John Cougar Mellencamp - Lonely Ol' Night
23(19) Depeche Mode - It's Called A Heart
24(28) Alarm - Strength
25(12) David Bowie & Mick Jagger - Dancing In The Street

26(22) Dead Or Alive - My Heart Goes Bang
27(-) Madonna - Gambler
28(30) Bruce Springsteen - I'm Goin' Down
29(14) Maria Vidal - Body Rock
30(-) Shakin' Stevens - Lipstick Powder & Paint

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--(17) John Parr - St Elmo's Fire
--(20) Colonel Abrams - Trapped
--(21) Motley Crue - Smokin' In The Boys Room
--(23) Madonna - Dress You Up
--(25) Cameo - Single Life
--(26) Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Brand New Friend
--(29) Bryan Adams - Summer Of 69

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[Kingpin]

10      1) A-Ha - Take On Me (31-10-1) 3 weeks PEAK: 1
2        2) Madonna - Into The Groove (1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2) 12 weeks PEAK: 1
5        3) Heart - Never (40-17-5-3) 4 weeks PEAK: 3
1        4) Colonel Abrams - Trapped (36-19-6-3-2-2-1-1-4) 9 weeks PEAK: 1
9        5) John Parr - St Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion) (38-20-9-5) 4 weeks PEAK: 5
8        6) Midge Ure - If I Was (31-24-15-8-6) 5 weeks PEAK: 6
12      7) Diana Ross - Eaten Alive (39-22-12-7) 4 weeks PEAK: 7
3        8) Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero (31-22-18-11-7-3-8) 7 weeks PEAK: 3
24      9) Modern Talking - You Can Win If You Want (24-9) 2 weeks PEAK: 9
11    10) Level 42 - Something About You (26-13-11-10) 4 weeks PEAK: 10
4      11) Erasure - Who Needs Love Like That (32-20-9-4-11) 5 weeks PEAK: 4
14    12) Natalie Cole - A Little Bit Of Heaven (40-32-19-14-12) 5 weeks PEAK: 12
16    13) Five Star - Love Take Over (37-31-24-16-13) 5 weeks PEAK: 13
17    14) Madonna - Holiday (20-3-2-1-1-2-5-7-10-13-18-20-20-14-17-21-25-19-17-16-14-12-10-12-22-26-37-33-X(48 weeks)-40-35-17-17-17-15-4-3-3-3-4-4-5-11-17-14) 44 weeks PEAK: 1
6      15) Billy Idol - Rebel Yell (27-9-4-6-15) 5 weeks PEAK: 4
23    16) Cabaret Voltaire - I Want You (34-23-16) 3 weeks PEAK: 16
19    17) Strawberry Switchblade - Jolene (34-27-23-19-17) 5 weeks PEAK: 17
29    18) Michael Cretu - Samurai (38-29-18) 3 weeks PEAK: 18
7      19) Rene and Angela - I'll Be Good (25-10-4-3-7-19) 6 weeks PEAK: 3
30    20) Jennifer Holliday - Hard Times For Lovers (37-30-20) 3 weeks PEAK: 20
32    21) Three Degrees - The Heaven I Need (32-21) 2 weeks PEAK: 21
22    22) Collage - Romeo Where's Juliet (35-26-22-22) 4 weeks PEAK: 22
13    23) Maria Vidal - Body Rock (34-22-11-8-6-5-13-23) 8 weeks PEAK: 5
18    24) Madonna - Angel (12-10-18-24) 4 weeks PEAK: 10
15    25) Baltimora - Tarzan Boy (29-3-2-2-2-2-3-3-6-15-25) 11 weeks PEAK: 2
27    26) Jennifer Rush - The Power Of Love (37-29-27-26) 4 weeks PEAK: 26
NEW 27) Hazell Dean - They Say It's Gonna Rain (27) 1 week PEAK: 27
36    28) Haywoode - Getting Closer (36-28) 2 weeks PEAK: 28
NEW 29) Madonna - Gambler (29) 1 week PEAK: 29
NEW 30) Simple Minds - Alive And Kicking (30) 1 week PEAK: 30
35    31) Matt Bianco - Yeh Yeh (35-31) 2 weeks PEAK: 31
NEW 32) Tina Turner - One Of The Living (32) 1 week PEAK: 32
NEW 33) Feargal Sharkey - A Good Heart (33) 1 week PEAK: 33
NEW 34) Communards - You Are My World (34) 1 week PEAK: 34
NEW 35) D-Train - Music (35) 1 week PEAK: 35
NEW 36) Grace Jones - Slave To The Rhythm (36) 1 week PEAK: 36
NEW 37) Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere (37) 1 week PEAK: 37
20    38) Royalle Delite - (I'll Be A) Freak For You (39-21-13-8-20-38) 6 weeks PEAK: 8
NEW 39) Elton John - Nikita (39) 1 week PEAK: 39
NEW 40) Adventures - Two Rivers (40) 1 week PEAK: 40

Highest new entry from Hazell Dean. I didn't come across this until a few years later when she was back in the chart, one of my favourites from her:

[rubcale]

01 Red Box Lean On Me (Ah Li-Ayo)
02 John Power St Elmo's Fire
03 Jennifer Rush The Power Of Love
04 Midge Ure If I Was
05 Cliff Richard She's So Beautiful
06 Modern Talking You Can Win If You Want
07 Maria Vidal Body Rock
08 Five Star Love Take Over
09 7th Heaven Hot Fun
10 Matt Bianco Yeh Yeh
11 Talking Heads Road To Nowhere
12 Amii Stewart Knock On Wood/ Light My Fire
13 Cameo Single Life
14 Colonel Abrams Trapped
15 Elton John Nikita
16 David Bowie & Mick Jagger Dancing In The Streets
17 Jan Hammer Miami Vice Theme
18 Bonnie Tyler Holding Out For A Hero
19 Simple Minds Alive And Kicking
20 Stevie Wonder Part Time Lover

[Kingpin]

Whitneyfan's chart for W/B 5th October


01(02) Midge Ure – If I Was
02(01) Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill
03(06) The Cure – Close To Me
04(10) The Damned – Is It A Dream
05(07) Five Star – Love Take Over
06(--) Elton John - Nikita
07(03) John Parr – St. Elmo’s Fire
08(04) Billy Idol – Rebel yell
09(08) Lloyd Cole & The Commotions – Brand New Friend
10(15) Level 42 – Something About You


11(23) A-Ha – Take On Me
12(13) Dead Or Alive – My Heart Goes Bang
13(05) Huey Lewis & The News – The Power Of Love
14(09) Bonnie Tyler – Holding Out For A Hero
15(--) Madonna - Gambler
16(11) Erasure – Who Needs Love Like That
17(--) Simple Minds – Alive And Kicking
18(12) Madonna - Angel
19(21) Glenn Frey – You Belong To The City
20(18) Depeche Mode – It’s Called A Heart

21(14) Stevie Wonder – part Time Lover
22(--) The Communards – You Are My World
23(17) Cliff Richard – She’s So Beautiful
24(34) Iron Maiden – Running Free
25(16) Freddie Mercury – Living On My Own
26(33) Simply Red – Come TO My Aid
27(--) Grace Jones – Slave To The Rhythm
28(19) Dan Hartman – I can dream About You
29(20) Marillion - Lavender
30(41) Matt Bianco – Yeh Yeh

31(--) Sade – The Sweetest Taboo
32(25) Style Council – The Lodgers
33(--) Jan Hammer – Miami Vice Theme
34(--) Hazell Dean – They Say It’s Gonna Rain
35(28) Heart - Never
36(--) Tears For Fears – I Believe
37(45) The Cult - Rain
38(24) Prefab Sprout - Appetite
39(--) Shakin’ Stevens – Lipstick, Powder And Paint
40(--) Talking Heads – Road To Nowhere

41(--) Feargal Sharkey – A Good Heart
42(--) Tina Turner – One Of The Living
43(--) The Adventures – Two Rivers
44(22) Colonel Abrams - Trapped
45(38) Chas & Dave – In Sickness And In Health
46(--) The Clash – This Is England
47(47) The Smiths – The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
48(26) Maria Vidal – Body Rock
49(--) Jesus & Mary Chain – Just Like Honey
50(37) Collage – Romeo Where’s Juliet

[coolchristie2]

1 The Power Of Love - Jennifer Rush
2 If I Was - Midge Ure
3 Crime Of Passion - Diana Ross: LP Track Eaten Alive
4 St Elmos Fire - John Parr
5 She's So Beautiful - Cliff Richrad
6 Eaten Alive - Diana Ross
7 Take On Me - A-Ha
8 Trapped - Colonel Abrams
9 Brand New Friend - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
10 Alive And Kicking - Simple Minds
11 Slave To The Rhythm - Grace Jones
12 Body Rock - Maria Vidal
13 After The Fire - Roger Daltry
14 It's Called A Heary - Depeche Mode
15 Sweetest Taboo - Sade
16 My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me To The Doctor) - Dead Or Alive
17 Lavender - Marillion
18 Gambler - Madonna
19 Tarzan Boy - Baltimora
20 Dancing In The Street - David Bowie & Mick Jagger

[popchartfreak]

Still a week behind in my charting but hopefully this will be the bonus chart and I will catch up this week with the next official chart for this week..


w/e 1st October 1985

3 weeks on top for Red Box, as The Style Council rocket up to 2 with the great melody of the otherwise a bit political The Lodgers, their 4th top 3, and Paul Weller's 4th. Amii Stewart makes the top 10 as airplay starts favouring Light My Fire a bit more (the better track), and Dead Or Alive make it 4 top 10's in a row, and Billy Idol 3 out of 4.

A-ha shoot up into the top 20 as the classic video starts to get TV plays, Colonel Abrams is trapped just outside the 20, and Jolene takes Strawberry Switchblade and Dolly Parton's song back into the 40. Marc Bolan is the highest new entry at 36 with a rare early song given a release as his loyal fans kept the T.Rex legend living on. It's a Brilliant song at 45, a cover of the James Brown 60's classic done female vocal stylee by the cool future KLF member Jimmy Cauty and ex-Killing Joke and future record producer Youth, drafting in the terrific vocalist JUne Montana. Their A&R Manager was Bill Drummond (the other half of KLF), and they were produced by err Stock Aitken Waterman who also had a hand in the songwriting. It can be NO coincidence that the KLF had a fab song called Kylie Said To Jason, just before the Timelords alter-ego took them to the top of the charts.

14 years of chart entries and Elton is in with his pretty ballad Nikita - yes it is a boys name, wonder if he was trying to tell us something at the time.... Meanwhile Depeche are back, ditto The Cars, Level 42 and Matt Bianco.

1 ( 1 ) LEAN ON ME (AH-LI-AYO) Red Box
2 ( 38 ) THE LODGERS The Style Council
3 ( 4 ) IF I WAS Midge Ure
4 ( 2 ) PART TIME LOVER Stevie Wonder
5 ( 10 ) CLOSE TO ME The Cure
6 ( 21 ) KNOCK ON WOOD/ LIGHT MY FIRE Amii Stewart
7 ( 8 ) ANGEL Madonna
8 ( 3 ) RUNNING UP THAT HILL Kate Bush
9 ( 40 ) MY HEART GOES BANG Dead Or Alive
10 ( 22 ) REBEL YELL Billy Idol

11 ( 6 ) WHAT’S YOUR PROBLEM? Blancmange
12 ( 14 ) THE LOVE PARADE Dream Academy
13 ( 12 ) DON’T STOP THE DANCE Bryan Ferry
14 ( 11 ) TARZAN BOY Baltimora
15 ( 7 ) DON’T MESS WITH DR. DREAM The Thompson Twins
16 ( 5 ) DANCING IN THE STREET David Bowie & Mick Jagger
17 ( 20 ) MAGICAL Bucks Fizz
18 ( 37 ) TAKE ON ME A-Ha
19 ( 13 ) DRIVE The Cars
20 ( 26 ) BRAND NEW FRIEND Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

21 ( 9 ) SUFFER THE CHILDREN Tears For Fears
22 ( 42 ) TRAPPED Colonel Abrams
23 ( 49 ) JOLENE Strawberry Switchblade
24 ( 17 ) YOU AND YOUR HEART SO BLUE Bucks Fizz
25 ( 31 ) I’LL BE GOOD Rene And Angela
26 ( 19 ) INTO THE GROOVE Madonna
27 ( 15 ) YESTERDAY’S MEN Madness
28 ( 29 ) BODY ROCK Maria Vidal
29 ( 16 ) BEHIND THE MASK Greg Phillinganes
30 ( 44 ) THE BORDER America

31 ( 18 ) SOMEONE David Cassidy
32 ( 24 ) HOLIDAY Madonna
33 ( 25 ) SAY I’M YOUR NUMBER ONE Princess
34 ( 39 ) IS IT A DREAM The Damned
35 ( 27 ) I CAN DREAM ABOUT YOU Dan Hartman
36 ( NEW ) SUNKEN RAGS Marc Bolan
37 ( 48 ) SHE’S SO BEAUTIFUL Cliff Richard
38 ( 62 ) THE POWER OF LOVE Jennifer Rush
39 ( 36 ) I WONDER IF I TAKE YOU HOME Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force
40 ( 61 ) SINGLE LIFE Cameo

41 ( 41 ) ST. ELMO’S FIRE (MAN IN MOTION) John Parr
42 ( 23 ) HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO Bonnie Tyler
43 ( 34 ) THERE MUST BE AN ANGEL (PLAYING WITH MY HEART) Eurythmics
44 ( 33 ) MONEY FOR NOTHING Dire Straits
45 ( NEW ) IT’S A MANS MANS MANS MANS WORLD Brilliant
46 ( 32 ) WHITE WEDDING Billy Idol
47 ( 47 ) PERFECT WAY Scritti Politti
48 ( 57 ) OH SHERRIE Steve Perry
49 ( 64 ) THE BOY WITH THE THORN IN HIS SIDE The Smiths
50 ( 70 ) LOVE TAKE OVER Five Star

51 ( 28 ) STORIES OF JOHNNY Marc Almond
52 ( NEW ) NIKITA Elton John
53 ( 52 ) THE LAST KISS David Cassidy
54 ( 58 ) EATEN ALIVE Diana Ross
55 ( 53 ) “19” Paul Hardcastle
56 ( 59 ) MEGAREX T.Rex
57 ( 46 ) POWER OF LOVE Huey Lewis & The News
58 ( 30 ) LAVENDER Marillion
59 ( 43 ) WE DON’T NEED ANOTHER HERO (THUNDERDOME) Tina Turner
60 ( 67 ) YOU DID CUT ME China Crisis

61 ( 51 ) GETCHA BACK The Beach Boys
62 ( 35 ) MY BEST BOYFRIEND Carly Simon
63 ( RE ) SHE SELLS SANCTUARY The Cult
64 ( 69 ) HARD TIME FOR LOVERS Jennifer Holliday
65 ( NEW ) IT’S CALLED A HEART Depeche Mode
66 ( 63 ) SO IN LOVE OMD
67 ( 50 ) CRAZY IN THE NIGHT Kim Carnes
68 ( NEW ) I BELIEVE (A SOULFUL RECORDING) Tears For Fears
69 ( 60 ) IN TOO DEEP Dead Or Alive
70 ( NEW ) RUGGED AND MEAN Pee Bee Squad

71 ( 68 ) YOU’RE MY HEART YOU’RE MY SOUL Modern Talking
72 ( 65 ) BODY AND SOUL Mai Tai
73 ( NEW ) HEARTBEAT CITY The Cars
74 ( NEW ) YEH YEH Matt Bianco
75 ( NEW ) SOMETHING ABOUT YOU Level 42

[Shireblogger]

1 [new] :: Talking Heads - ROAD TO NOWHERE
2 [1] :: Cure - CLOSE TO ME
3 [4] :: Midge Ure - IF I WAS
4 [2] :: Depeche Mode - IT'S CALLED A HEART
5 [9] :: Cars - HEARTBEAT CITY
6 [new] :: Simple Minds - ALIVE AND KICKING
7 [3] :: Lloyd Cole And The Commotions - BRAND NEW FRIEND
8 [new] :: Communards - YOU ARE MY WORLD
9 [new] :: Grace Jones - SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM
10 [6] :: Damned - IS IT A DREAM
11 [5] :: Erasure - WHO NEEDS LOVE LIKE THAT
12 [new] :: Tina Turner - ONE OF THE LIVING
13 [new] :: Feargal Sharkey - A GOOD HEART
14 [12] :: Smiths - THE BOY WITH THE THORN IN HIS SIDE
15 [7] :: Cameo - SINGLE LIFE
16 [18] :: A-Ha - TAKE ON ME
17 [11] :: Billy Idol - REBEL YELL
18 [new] :: Madonna - GAMBLER
19 [10] :: Level 42 - SOMETHING ABOUT YOU
20 [new] :: Cliff Richard - SHE'S SO BEAUTIFUL


Video clips from my top two entries have already been featured, so I'll give some airtime to this lesser known Tina Turner hit...

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Mark’s Top 40 weekending 5th October 1985

1 (1) The Power Of Love - Jennifer Rush
2 (2) If I Was - Midge Ure
3 (3) Take On Me - A-ha
4 (10) Drive - The Cars
5 (4) Holding Out For A Hero - Bonnie Tyler
6 (5) Part Time Lover - Stevie Wonder
7 (6) The Power Of Love - Huey Lewis & The News
8 (7) St Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion) - John Parr
9 (9) Body Rock - Maria Vidal
10 (New) Gambler - Madonna
11 (25) Raspberry Beret - Prince
12 (8) Dancing In The Street - David Bowie & Mick Jagger
13 (11) She's So Beautiful - Cliff Richard
14 (12) It's Called A Heart - Depeche Mode
15 (13) In Between Days - The Cure
16 (New) Alive And Kicking - Simple Minds
17 (14) Love Take Over - Five Star
18 (33) The Heaven I Need - Three Degrees
19 (16) I Got You Babe - UB40 & Chrissie Hynde
20 (17) Into The Groove - Madonna
21 (18) Holiday - Madonna
22 (19) Single Life - Cameo
23 (21) Brand New Friend - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
24 (New) Nikita - Elton John
25 (23) I'm On Fire/Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen
26 (New) Lipstick, Powder & Paint - Shakin' Stevens
27 (40) Come To Me (I Am Woman) - Su Pollard
28 (15) Strength - The Alarm
29 (37) Getting Closer - Haywoode
30 (27) Something About You - Level 42
31 (New) You Are My World - Communards
32 (20) The Lodgers - Style Council
33 (30) Crazy For You - Madonna
34 (New) They Say It's Gonna Rain - Hazell Dean
35 (22) Magical - Bucks Fizz
36 (New) Miami Vice Theme - Jan Hammer
37 (New) Slave To The Rhythm - Grace Jones
38 (29) Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush
39 (New) A Good Heart - Feargal Sharkey
40 (New) Road To Nowhere - Talking Heads

[popchartfreak]

prob a bit too late to over-ride my posted chart (sorry, had a concert last night, Blade Runner Thursday), but at least I catch up with this more relevant chart for w/e..

8th October 1985

It's a first week on top for Midge Ure, rather appropriately cos I saw him perform this wonderful song last night as I write (14th Oct 2017) heading a triple bill of fab Clare Crogan's Altered Images, still in fine voice, and ditto The Christians smooth rocksoul. Great to hear them all with more hits than you think you know!

Jennifer Rush powers into the 10, The Smiths make a thorny dash into the 20, and Level 42 have something about going top 40. Highest new entry is the brilliant Trevor Horn-produced Grace Jones Slave To The Rhythm, at 44, The Cult follow-up with Rain, Sade keeps the jazzsoul coming, Prince has another psychedelic-soul single off Around The World In A Day, and a classic Simple Minds movie song pops in. One to have a Breakfast Club to.

Woodpeckers From Space? No, I don't remember it either, but I had fond movies of being in the Micky Mouse club in Singapore (Woody Woodpecker shorts on film shown to RAF kids in Siglap, presumably unable to finance Disney shorts). Certainly no other excuse for charting it. One place higher than Erasure's debut of a flop single first time round, the former Depeche Mode Vince is also lower than his ex-bandmates. Bobby Womack follows his brother and sister-in-law into my charts, Kaja have dropped the googooo - they needent have bothered - The Alarm are strong at 75, and The Jesus And Mary Chain are just like honey at 74. Sweet.

1 ( 3 ) IF I WAS Midge Ure
2 ( 1 ) LEAN ON ME (AH-LI-AYO) Red Box
3 ( 2 ) THE LODGERS The Style Council
4 ( 5 ) CLOSE TO ME The Cure
5 ( 6 ) KNOCK ON WOOD/ LIGHT MY FIRE Amii Stewart
6 ( 4 ) PART TIME LOVER Stevie Wonder
7 ( 10 ) REBEL YELL Billy Idol
8 ( 9 ) MY HEART GOES BANG Dead Or Alive
9 ( 38 ) THE POWER OF LOVE Jennifer Rush
10 ( 22 ) TRAPPED Colonel Abrams

11 ( 18 ) TAKE ON ME A-Ha
12 ( 7 ) ANGEL Madonna
13 ( 8 ) RUNNING UP THAT HILL Kate Bush
14 ( 20 ) BRAND NEW FRIEND Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
15 ( 23 ) JOLENE Strawberry Switchblade
16 ( 11 ) WHAT’S YOUR PROBLEM? Blancmange
17 ( 12 ) THE LOVE PARADE Dream Academy
18 ( 25 ) I’LL BE GOOD Rene And Angela
19 ( 49 ) THE BOY WITH THE THORN IN HIS SIDE The Smiths
20 ( 41 ) ST. ELMO’S FIRE (MAN IN MOTION) John Parr

21 ( 13 ) DON’T STOP THE DANCE Bryan Ferry
22 ( 28 ) BODY ROCK Maria Vidal
23 ( 14 ) TARZAN BOY Baltimora
24 ( 19 ) DRIVE The Cars
25 ( 24 ) YOU AND YOUR HEART SO BLUE Bucks Fizz
26 ( 17 ) MAGICAL Bucks Fizz
27 ( 15 ) DON’T MESS WITH DR. DREAM The Thompson Twins
28 ( 30 ) THE BORDER America
29 ( 40 ) SINGLE LIFE Cameo
30 ( 36 ) SUNKEN RAGS Marc Bolan

31 ( 16 ) DANCING IN THE STREET David Bowie & Mick Jagger
32 ( 50 ) LOVE TAKE OVER Five Star
33 ( 26 ) INTO THE GROOVE Madonna
34 ( 64 ) HARD TIME FOR LOVERS Jennifer Holliday
35 ( 54 ) EATEN ALIVE Diana Ross
36 ( 37 ) SHE’S SO BEAUTIFUL Cliff Richard
37 ( 21 ) SUFFER THE CHILDREN Tears For Fears
38 ( 75 ) SOMETHING ABOUT YOU Level 42
39 ( 32 ) HOLIDAY Madonna
40 ( 52 ) NIKITA Elton John

41 ( 27 ) YESTERDAY’S MEN Madness
42 ( 39 ) I WONDER IF I TAKE YOU HOME Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force
43 ( 29 ) BEHIND THE MASK Greg Phillinganes
44 ( NEW ) SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM Grace Jones
45 ( 45 ) IT’S A MANS MANS MANS MANS WORLD Brilliant
46 ( 35 ) I CAN DREAM ABOUT YOU Dan Hartman
47 ( NEW ) RAIN The Cult
48 ( 43 ) THERE MUST BE AN ANGEL (PLAYING WITH MY HEART) Eurythmics
49 ( 31 ) SOMEONE David Cassidy
50 ( 33 ) SAY I’M YOUR NUMBER ONE Princess

51 ( NEW ) SWEETEST TABOO Sade
52 ( 53 ) THE LAST KISS David Cassidy
53 ( 46 ) WHITE WEDDING Billy Idol
54 ( 44 ) MONEY FOR NOTHING Dire Straits
55 ( 65 ) IT’S CALLED A HEART Depeche Mode
56 ( 56 ) MEGAREX T.Rex
57 ( 55 ) “19” Paul Hardcastle
58 ( 70 ) RUGGED AND MEAN Pee Bee Squad
59 ( 34 ) IS IT A DREAM The Damned
60 ( 57 ) POWER OF LOVE Huey Lewis & The News

61 ( NEW ) POP LIFE Prince
62 ( 68 ) I BELIEVE (A SOULFUL RECORDING) Tears For Fears
63 ( 47 ) PERFECT WAY Scritti Politti
64 ( 61 ) GETCHA BACK The Beach Boys
65 ( 74 ) YEH YEH Matt Bianco
66 ( NEW ) DON’T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME) Simple Minds
67 ( NEW ) WOODPECKERS FROM SPACE Video Kids
68 ( NEW ) WHO NEEDS LOVE LIKE THAT Erasure
69 ( 69 ) IN TOO DEEP Dead Or Alive
70 ( 66 ) SO IN LOVE OMD

71 ( NEW ) I WISH HE DIDN’T TRUST ME SO MUCH Bobby Womack
72 ( 59 ) WE DON’T NEED ANOTHER HERO (THUNDERDOME) Tina Turner
73 ( NEW ) SHOULDN’T DO THAT Kaja
74 ( NEW ) JUST LIKE HONEY The Jesus And Mary Chain
75 ( NEW ) STRENGTH The Alarm