Haven Combi Retro-Chart W/B 3rd November 1985

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HAVEN COMBI RETRO-CHART W/B 3rd NOVEMBER 1985

Talking Heads were number one for most of the week with Road To Nowhere, however that all changed with the last few charts posted, which kept A-Ha at the top for a fourth week with Take On Me.




Take On Me has now broken the 1,000 points barrier and sits comfortably in the year end Top Ten. With its weekly points tally now in decline, does it have enough momentum left to take it all the way as our song of 1985?


So the honours for runner-up are shared equally between Road To Nowhere and Feargal Sharkey’s A Good Heart. Both songs are within touching distance of the top spot….will it be a battle between these two next week to overthrow A-Ha?


Highest new entry this week is from Sandra with (I’ll Never Be) Maria Magdalena in at number 28.


Bryan Adams and Tina Turner get this week’s biggest climber with It’s Only Love, up 20 places to number 12.


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

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OFFICIAL CHART W/B 10th NOVEMBER 1985

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

06 - 04 - 01 - Feargal Sharkey - A GOOD HEART
22 - 01 - 02 - Jennifer Rush - THE POWER OF LOVE
08 - 02 - 03 - A-ha - TAKE ON ME
06 - 03 - 04 - Elton John - NIKITA
04 - 07 - 05 - UB40 - DON'T BREAK MY HEART
09 - 06 - 06 - Level 42 - SOMETHING ABOUT YOU
15 - 05 - 07 - Colonel Abrams - TRAPPED
04 - 16 - 08 - Far Corporation - STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
1 - NEW - 09 - Queen - ONE VISION
03 - 18 - 10 - Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin - SISTERS ARE DOIN' IT FOR THEMSELVES
05 - 12 - 11 - King - THE TASTE OF YOUR TEARS
06 - 17 - 12 - Talking Heads - ROAD TO NOWHERE
02 - 32 - 13 - Doug E Fresh And The Get Fresh Crew - THE SHOW
06 - 08 - 14 - Madonna - GAMBLER
07 - 13 - 15 - Matt Bianco - YEH YEH
04 - 10 - 16 - Arcadia - ELECTION DAY
11 - 09 - 17 - John Parr - ST ELMO'S FIRE (MAN IN MOTION)
06 - 11 - 18 - Simple Minds - ALIVE AND KICKING
02 - 31 - 19 - Paul Hardcastle - JUST FOR MONEY
06 - 15 - 20 - Shakin' Stevens - LIPSTICK POWERDER AND PAINT
04 - 22 - 21 - Simon May - HOWARDS' WAY THEME
04 - 23 - 22 - Dire Straits - BROTHERS IN ARMS
06 - 14 - 23 - Jan Hammer - MIAMI VICE THEME
02 - 37 - 24 - Lloyd Cole And The Commotions - LOST WEEKEND
04 - 28 - 25 - Madness - UNCLE SAM
06 - 19 - 26 - Grace Jones - SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM
04 - 20 - 27 - Kate Bush - CLOUDBUSTING
04 - 21 - 28 - Siouxsie And The Banshees - CITIES IN DUST
04 - 39 - 29 - Waterboys - THE WHOLE OF THE MOON
06 - 30 - 30 - Communards - YOU ARE MY WORLD
03 - 36 - 31 - Bryan Adams and Tina Turner - IT'S ONLY LOVE
05 - 27 - 32 - Echo and the Bunnymen - BRING ON THE DANCING HORSES
02 - 49 - 33 - Dionne Warwick and Friends - THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR
1 - NEW - 34 - Lionel Richie - SAY YOU SAY ME
14 - 26 - 35 - Billy Idol - REBEL YELL
13 - 25 - 36 - Red Rox - LEAN ON ME (AH-LI-AYD)
10 - 24 - 37 - Midge Ure - IF I WAS
03 - 51 - 38 - Dee C Lee - SEE THE DAY
1 - NEW - 39 - Midge Ure - THAT CERTAIN SMILE
02 - 53 - 40 - Evelyn 'Champagne' King - YOUR PERSONAL TOUCH
05 - 29 - 41 - Thompson Twins - KING FOR A DAY
05 - 34 - 42 - ZZ Top - SLEEPING BAG
09 - 56 - 43 - Prefab Sprout - WHEN LOVE BREAKS DOWN
1 - NEW - 44 - David Grant / Jaki Graham - MATED
02 - 60 - 45 - Princess - AFTER THE LOVE HAS GONE
05 - 41 - 46 - Total Contrast - HIT AND RUN
04 - 66 - 47 - Johnny Nash - ROCK ME BABY
05 - 47 - 48 - Wally Bardarou - CHIEF INSPECTOR
1 - NEW - 49 - Five Star - RSVP
05 - 55 - 50 - Ready For The World - OH SHEILA
1 - NEW - 51 - Gary Numan - MIRICLES
17 - 46 - 52 - Bobby G - BIG DEAL (THEME)
11 - 42 - 53 - David Bowie and Mick Jagger - DANCING IN THE STREET
03 - 59 - 54 - 52nd Street - TELL ME (HOW IT FEELS)
11 - 33 - 55 - Stevie Wonder - PART TIME LOVER
02 - 61 - 56 - Fine Young Cannibals - BLUE
04 - 45 - 57 - Ian Dury - PROFOUNDLY IN LOVE WITH PANDORA
13 - 35 - 58 - Bonnie Tyler - HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO
03 - 50 - 59 - Kool And The Gang - EMERGENCY
1 - NEW - 60 - Whitney Houston - SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU
05 - 58 - 61 - Brilliant - IT'S A MAN'S MAN'S MAN'S WORLD
02 - 64 - 62 - Brass Construction - GIVE AND TAKE
02 - 74 - 63 - New Order - SUBCULTURE
07 - 38 - 64 - Cult - RAIN
02 - 80 - 65 - Starship - WE BUILT THIS CITY
03 - 54 - 66 - Rene and Angela - SECRET RENDEZVOUS
13 - 40 - 67 - Maria Vidal - BODY ROCK
1 - NEW - 68 - Simply Red - HOLDING BACK THE YEARS
02 - 57 - 69 - Kiss - TEARS ARE FALLING
1 - NEW - 70 - Shakatak with Al Jarreau - DAY BY DAY
09 - 52 - 71 - Madonna - ANGEL
04 - 48 - 72 - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - LA FEMME ACCIDENT
10 - 43 - 73 - Cameo - SINGLE LIFE
1 - NEW - 74 - Jimmy Tarbuck - AGAIN
02 - 88 - 75 - Serious Intention - YOU DON'T KNOW

Official UK Top 100

Billboard Hot 100

Many thanks for the usual 12 charts posted this week from: TheThorne , Shireblogger , rubcale , raliverpool , smokeyb , o , Whitneyfan , Earl Purple , popchartfreak , coolchristie2 and Mark

I'll leave this open until next weekend!

[TheThorne]

1 2 Simple Minds - ALIVE AND KICKING
2 5 Hooters - AND WE DANCED
3 1 Talking Heads - ROAD TO NOWHERE
4 11 Starship - WE BUILT THIS CITY
5 7 Bryan Adams & Tina Turner - IT'S ONLY LOVE
6 3 Kate Bush - CLOUDBUSTING
7 9 Suzanne Vega - MARLENE ON THE WALL
8 4 The Waterboys - THE WHOLE OF THE MOON
9 12 FM - Frozen Heart
10 6 Echo & The Bunnymen - BRING ON THE DANCING HORSES
11 14 Bruce Springsteen - I'M GOIN DOWN
12 10 Dire Straits - BROTHERS IN ARMS
13 22 Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - LOST WEEKEND
14 8 A-Ha - TAKE ON ME
15 new Pet Shop Boys - WEST END GIRLS
16 24 Dee C Lee - SEE THE DAY
17 19 Arcadia - ELECTION DAY
18 18 Thompson Twins - KING FOR A DAY
19 13 Level 42 - SOMETHING ABOUT YOU
20 23 Don Henley - SUNSET GRILL
21 new Queen - ONE VISION
22 27 Loverboy - LOVIN EVERY MINUTE OF IT
23 15 Jan Hammer - MIAMI VICE THEME
24 16 John Parr - ST ELMOS FIRE (MAN IN MOTION)
25 29 Sandra - (I'LL NEVER BE) MARIA MAGDALENA
26 35 Glen Frey - YOU BELONG TO THE CITY
27 30 New Order - SUB-CULTURE
28 34 Fine Young Cannibals - BLUE
29 new Simply Red - HOLDING BACK THE YEARS
30 new Whitney Houston - SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU
31 31 A Flock Of Seagulls - WHOS THAT GIRL
32 17 Madonna - GAMBLER
33 25 Huey Lewis & The News - THE POWER OF LOVE
34 new Lionel Richie - SAY YOU SAY ME
35 20 The Cult - RAIN
36 21 The Smiths - THE BOY WITH THE THORN IN HIS SIDE
37 28 Eurthymics & Aretha Franklin - SISTERS ARE DOIN' IT FOR THEMSELVES
38 38 KISS - TEARS ARE FALLING
39 26 Depeche Mode - ITS CALLED A HEART
40 new Power Station - COMMUNICATION

[rubcale]

01 UB 40 Don't Break My Heart
02 Feargal Sharkey A Good Heart
03 Matt Bianco Yeh Yeh
04 Bryan Adama & Tina Turner It's Only Love
05 Jennifer Rush The Power Of Love
06 Talking Heads Road To Nowhere
07 Starship We Built This City
08 Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves
09 Madness Uncle Sam
10 Elton John Nikita
11 Dire Straits Brothers In Arms
12 King The Taste Of Your Tears
13 Kiss Tears Are Falling
14 Paul Hardcastle Just For Money
15 Princess After The Love Has Gone
16 Red Box Lean On Me (Ah Li-Ayo)
17 Pet Shop Boys West End Girls
18 Whitney Houston Saving All My Love For You
19 John Parr St Elmo's Fire
20 Modern Talking You Can Win If You Want

[Whitneyfan]

I completely missed Prefab Sprout's 'When Love Breaks Down', so have edited it in as a new entry.


01(09)Dionne Warwick & friends – That’s What Friends Are For
02(02) Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin – Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves
03(01) Feargal Sharkey – A Good Heart
04(05) Pat Benatar - Invincible
05(11) The Waterboys – The Whole Of The Moon
06(03) Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
07(08) UB40 – Don’t Break My Heart
08(15) Bryan Adams & Tina Turner – It’s Only Love
09(04) A-ha – Take On Me
10(33) Dee C Lee – See The Day

11(06) Talking Heads – Road To Nowhere
12(14) Katrina & The Waves – Que Te Quiero
13(30) Suzanne Vega – Marlene On The Wall
14(25) Paul Hardcastle – Just For Money
15(22) Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms
16(32) Lloyd Cole & The Commotions – Lost Weekend
17(20) Ready For The World – Oh Sheila
18(18) Siouxsie & The Banshees – Cities In Dust
19(37) Fine Young Cannibals - Blue
20(07) Simple Minds – Alive And Kicking

21(10) Prince – Pop Life
22(13) Arcadia – Election Day
23(39) Starship – We Built This City
24(--) Sheila E & Prince – A Love Bizarre
25(40) Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew – The Show
26(--) Five Star – R.S.V.P.
27(45) New Order – Sub-culture
28(12) Hazell Dean – They Say It’s Gonna Rain
29(--) Lionel Richie – Say You Say Me
30(--)Whitney Houston – Saving All My Love For You

31(24) Madness – Uncle Sam
32(--) Queen – One Vision
33(16) The Adventures – Two Rivers
34(44) Princess – After The Love Has Gone
35(17) Grace Jones – Slave To The Rhythm
36(--) Midge Ure – That Certain Smile
37(50) Aswad - Bubbling
38(21) Elton John - Nikita
39(47) Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King – Your Personal Touch
40(19) The Communards – You Are My World

41(--) Prefab Sprout - When Love Breaks Down
42(--)David Grant & Jaki Graham – Mated
43(26) Far Corporation – Stairway To Heaven
44(--) Simply Red – Holding Back The Years
45(23) Level 42 – Something About You
46(27) R.E.M. – Wendell Gee
47(36) Chris Rea – Ace Of Hearts
48(--) Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls
49(28) Echo & The Bunnymen – Bring On The Dancing Horses
50(--) Isley Jasper Isley – Caravan Of Love

[raliverpool]

1 a-ha TAKE ON ME (7wks 33-4-2-1-1-1-1)
2 Elton John NIKITA (6wks 12-6-3-3-2-2)
3 Waterboys THE WHOLE OF THE MOON (2wks 28-3)
4 UB40 DON'T BREAK MY HEART (4wks 15-6-4-4)
5 Talking Heads ROAD TO NOWHERE (6wks 23-17-12-7-5-5)
6 Sandra (I'LL NEVER BE) MARIA MAGDALENA (3wks 21-9-6)
7 Feargal Sharkey A GOOD HEART (4wks 28-9-7-7)
8 Prefab Sprout WHEN LOVE BREAKS DOWN (2wks 14-8)
9 Dire Straits BROTHERS IN ARMS (4wks 20-13-6-9)
10 Thompson Twins LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME (Nile Rodgers US Remix) (4wks 19-14-11-10)

11 Queen ONE VISION (1wk 11 NEW)
12 Kate Bush CLOUDBUSTING (4wks 7-4-3-12)
13 Communards YOU ARE MY WORLD (3wks 27-18-13)
14 Fine Young Cannibals BLUE (2wks 25-14)
15 Lloyd Cole And The Commotions LOST WEEKEND (2wks 22-15)
16 Arcadia ELECTION DAY (4wks 4-2-8-16)
17 King THE TASTE OF YOUR TEARS (5wks 23-13-11-12-17)
18 Dexys Midnight Runners THIS IS WHAT SHE'S LIKE (1wk 18 NEW)

19 Madness UNCLE SAM (4wks 23-17-17-19)
20 Olivia Newton-John SOUL KISS (3wks 32-26-20)

21 Doug E Fresh And The Get Fresh Crew THE SHOW (2wks 31-21)
22 Lionel Richie SAY YOU SAY ME (1wk 22 NEW)
23 Siouxsie And The Banshees CITIES IN DUST (4wks 16-12-13-23)
24 Level 42 SOMETHING ABOUT YOU (9wks 40-33-31-24-18-11-8-10-24)
25 Suzanne Vega MARLENE ON THE WALL (3wks 33-20-25)
26 Dee C Lee SEE THE DAY (1wk 26 NEW)
27 Bryan Adams ONE NIGHT LOVE AFFAIR (5wks 24-17-15-16-27)
28 Grace Jones SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM (6wks 9-1-2-5-15-28)
29 Isley Jasper Isley CARAVAN OF LOVE (1wk 29 NEW)
30 INXS THIS TIME (1wk 30 NEW)

31 New Order SUBCULTURE (2wks 35-31)
32 Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin SISTERS ARE DOIN' IT FOR THEMSELVES (3wks 34-24-32)
33 David Grant / Jaki Graham MATED (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Dionne Warwick and Friends THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Simply Red HOLDING BACK THE YEARS (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Midge Ure THAT CERTAIN SMILE (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Eighth Wonder STAY WITH ME (5wks 30-25-23-21-37)
38 Princess AFTER THE LOVE HAS GONE (2wks 38-38)
39 Madonna GAMBLER (6wks 3-3-5-10-19-39)
40 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark LA FEMME ACCIDENT (4wks 27-22-40)

Kevin Rowland goes full blown Van Morrison whilst attired in Brooks Brothers suits Wall Street gear. The public were left confused, and Don't Stand Me Down remains the music hipster/critics best Dexys album to this day despite the fact it bombed in the charts.  However, its greatest achievement was Kevin Rowland dancing in the video inspiring comedian Rowan Atkinson with a portion in creating one of his most famous characters.

[Kingpin]

1        1) Feargal Sharkey - A Good Heart (33-19-8-2-1-1) 6 weeks PEAK: 1
3        2) Pat Benatar - Invincible (29-12-5-3-2) 5 weeks PEAK: 2
6        3) Phyllis Nelson - I Like You (27-14-6-3) 4 weeks PEAK: 3
2        4) John Parr - St Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion) (38-20-9-5-2-1-1-2-4) 9 weeks PEAK: 1
4        5) A-Ha - Take On Me (31-10-1-1-2-3-4-5) 8 weeks PEAK: 1
12      6) Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere (37-33-25-17-12-6) 6 weeks PEAK: 6
14      7) Laura Branigan - Hold Me (30-18-14-7) 4 weeks PEAK: 7
8        8) Communards - You Are My World (34-20-15-12-8-8) 6 weeks PEAK: 8
5        9) Modern Talking - You Can Win If You Want (24-9-7-6-6-5-9) 7 weeks PEAK: 5
11    10) Ready For The World - Oh Sheila (35-19-13-11-10) 5 weeks PEAK: 10
15    11) Eugene Wilde - Don't Say No Tonight (33-23-15-11) 4 weeks PEAK: 11
7      12) Hazell Dean - They Say It's Gonna Rain (27-9-4-4-7-12) 6 weeks PEAK: 4
27    13) Dionne Warwick And Friends - That's What Friends Are For (27-13) 2 weeks PEAK: 13
18    14) UB40 - Don't Break My Heart (37-26-18-14) 4 weeks PEAK: 14
17    15) Adventures - Two Rivers (40-34-26-21-17-15) 6 weeks PEAK: 15
24    16) Dee C Lee - See The Day (34-24-16) 3 weeks PEAK: 16
21    17) Kool and The Gang - Emergency (30-21-17) 3 weeks PEAK: 17
10    18) Madonna - Into The Groove (1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-4-7-10-10-18) 17 weeks PEAK: 1
23    19) Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin - Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves (28-23-19) 3 weeks PEAK: 19
9      20) Simple Minds - Alive And Kicking (30-17-13-11-9-20) 6 weeks PEAK: 9
28    21) Sheena Easton - Do It For Love (35-28-21) 3 weeks PEAK: 21
32    22) Starship - We Built This City (32-22) 2 weeks PEAK: 22
13    23) Heart - Never (40-17-5-3-3-3-7-13-23) 9 weeks PEAK: 3
26    24) Marc Almond - Love Letter (38-31-26-24) 4 weeks PEAK: 24
29    25) FM - Frozen Heart (38-29-25) 3 weeks PEAK: 25
16    26) Tina Turner - One Of The Living (32-16-10-8-16-26) 6 weeks PEAK: 8
NEW 27) Lionel Richie - Say You Say Me (27_ 1 week PEAK: 27
35    28) Princess - After The Love Has Gone (35-28) 2 weeks PEAK: 28
38    29) Fine Young Cannibals - Blue (38-29) 2 weeks PEAK: 29
19    30) Midge Ure - If I Was (31-24-15-8-6-6-5-9-19-30) 10 weeks PEAK: 5
39    31) New Order - Subculture (39-31) 2 weeks PEAK: 31
NEW 32) Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love For You (32) 1 week PEAK: 32
20    33) Arcadia - Election Day (39-27-20-33) 4 weeks PEAK: 20
40    34) Roxanne Shante - Bite This (40-34) 2 weeks PEAK: 34
NEW 35) Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls (35) 1 week PEAK: 35
37    36) Topper Headon - Leave It To Luck (37-36) 2 weeks PEAK: 36
NEW 37) Five Star - RSVP (37) 1 week PEAK: 37
NEW 38) Dan Hartman - Get Outta Town (38) 1 week PEAK: 38
NEW 39) David Grant and Jaki Graham - Mated (39) 1 week PEAK: 39
22    40) Grace Jones - Slave To The Rhythm (36-28-22-15-22-40) 6 weeks PEAK: 15

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Mark’s Top 40 weekending 3rd November 1985

1 (4) A Good Heart - Feargal Sharkey
2 (1) Take On Me - A-ha
3 (5) Nikita - Elton John
4 (2) If I Was - Midge Ure
5 (3) The Power Of Love - Jennifer Rush
6 (15) Uncle Sam - Madness
7 (14) Profoundly In Love With Pandora - Ian Dury
8 (6) Don't Break My Heart - UB40
9 (7) Cloudbusting - Kate Bush
10 (New) One Vision - Queen
11 (18) Election Day - Arcadia
12 (23) Invincible - Pat Benatar
13 (8) The Taste Of Your Tears - King
14 (9) Raspberry Beret - Prince
15 (10) Drive - The Cars
16 (New) Say You Say Me - Lionel Richie
17 (11) Lipstick, Powder & Paint - Shakin' Stevens
18 (36) Lost Weekend - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
19 (25) Cities In Dust - Siouxsie & The Banshees
20 (12) Alive And Kicking - Simple Minds
21 (13) Gambler - Madonna
22 (16) Holding Out For A Hero - Bonnie Tyler
23 (19) Hold Me - Laura Branigan
24 (New) All Join Hands - Slade
25 (17) Part Time Lover - Stevie Wonder
26 (20) The Power Of Love - Huey Lewis & The News
27 (21) St Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion) - John Parr
28 (22) Body Rock - Maria Vidal
29 (26) You Are My World - Communards
30 (27) Something About You - Level 42
31 (28) She's So Beautiful - Cliff Richard
32 (New) That Certain Smile - Midge Ure
33 (New) Blue - Fine Young Cannibals
34 (New) Saving All My Love For You - Whitney Houston
35 (New) Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits
36 (New) RSVP - Five Star
37 (New) Mated - David Grant & Jaki Graham
38 (24) Bring On The Dancing Horses - Echo & The Bunnymen
39 (New) Howard's Way Theme - Simon May Orchestra
40 (New) After The Love Has Gone - Princess

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Kate Bush - Cloudbusting (4 wks)
2 (2) Simple Minds - Alive And Kicking (6 wks)
3 (6) Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms (4 wks)
4 (3) A-Ha - Take On Me (7 wks)
5 (NE) Queen - One Vision (1 wk)
6 (7) Madness - Uncle Sam (4 wks)
7 (12) Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin - Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves (3 wks)
8 (5) Feargal Sharkey - A Good Heart (6 wks)
9 (11) Thompson Twins - King For A Day (5 wks)
10 (16) Bryan Adams & Tina Turner - It's Only Love (3 wks)
11 (4) Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere (6 wks)
12 (14) Waterboys - Whole Of The Moon (4 wks)
13 (15) Far Corporation - Stairway To Heaven (4 wks)
14 (24) Prefab Sprout - When Love Breaks Down (12 wk)
15 (26) Lloyd Cole & Commotions - Lost Weekend (2 wks)
16 (9) King - The Taste Of Your Tears (5 wks)
17 (13) Elton John - Nikita (6 wks)
18 (30) Starship - We Built This City (2 wks)
19 (8) Arcadia - Election day (4 wks)
20 (23) Dee C Lee - See The Day (3 wks)
21 (25) Ian Drury - Profoundly In Love With Pandora (4 wks)
22 (20) Siouxsie And The Banshees - Cities In Dust (4 wks)
23 (10) Echo & The Bunnymen - Bring On The Dancing Horses (5 wks)
24 (34) New Order - Subculture (2 wks)
25 (18) ZZ Top - Sleeping Bag (5 wks)
26 (19) UB40 - Don't Break My Heart (4 wks)
27 (17) Grace Jones - Slave To The Rhythm (5 wks)
28 (21) Jan Hammer - Miami Vice Theme (6 wks)
29 (27) OMD - La Femme Accident (4 wks)
30 (40) Paul Hardcastle - Just For Money (2 wks)
31 (NE) Lionel Richie - Say You Say Me (1 wk)
32 (22) The Clash - This Is England (6 wks)
33 (NE) Midge Ure - That Certain Smile (1 wk)
34 (28) Pat Benatar - Invincible (5 wks)
35 (32) Tears For Fears - I Believe (6 wks)
36 (NE) Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love For You (1 wk)
37 (33) The Associates - Take Me To The Girl (3 wks)
38 (31) Jesus And Mary Chain - Just Like Honey (6 wks)
39 (NE) Simply Red - Holding Back The Years (1 wk)
40 (NE) Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls (1 wk)

[TheThorne]

Nov 11, 2017 15:53:01 GMT 1 Whitneyfan said:

I completely missed Prefab Sprout's 'When Love Breaks Down', so have edited it in as a new entry.

It was a re-issue, I charted it last year maybe you did?

[o]

1 Pat Benatar – Invincible
2 Talking Heads – Road to nowhere
3 ZZ Top – Sleeping bag
4 Echo and the Bunnymen – Bring on the dancing horses
5 Siouxsie and the Banshees – Cities in dust
6 Dire Straits – Brothers in arms
7 Bryan Adams and Tina Turner – It’s only love
8 New Order – Sub-culture
9 Aha – Take on me
10 Waterboys – Whole of the moon
11 Lloyd Cole – Lost weekend
12 Simple Minds – Alive and kicking
13 Hooters – And we danced
14 Eurythmics – Sisters are doin it for themselves
15 Far Corporation – Stairway to heaven
16 Starship – We built this city
17 Queen – One vision
18 Pet Shop Boys – West End girls
19 Smiths – Boy with the thorn in his side
20 Cult – Rain
21 Arcadia – Election day
22 Feargal Sharkey – A good heart
23 John Parr – St Elmo’s fire
24 Kate Bush – Cloudbusting
25 John Cougar Mellencamp – Lonely ol’ night
26 Colonel Abrams – Trapped
27 Artists United Against Apartheid – Sun City
28 Huey Lewis – Heart and soul
29 New Model Army – Brave new world
30 Aled Jones – Walking in the air

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Talking Heads - ROAD TO NOWHERE
2 [2] :: Lloyd Cole And The Commotions - LOST WEEKEND
3 [4] :: Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin - SISTERS ARE DOIN' IT FOR THEMSELVES
4 [3] :: Waterboys - THE WHOLE OF THE MOON
5 [8] :: Feargal Sharkey - A GOOD HEART
6 [16] :: Prefab Sprout - WHEN LOVE BREAKS DOWN
7 [15] :: Dire Straits - BROTHERS IN ARMS
8 [5] :: Simple Minds - ALIVE AND KICKING
9 [14] :: Kate Bush - CLOUDBUSTING
10 [6] :: Phyllis Nelson - I LIKE YOU
11 [13] :: Communards - YOU ARE MY WORLD
12 [19] :: Fine Young Cannibals - BLUE
13 [11] :: Blancmange - LOSE YOUR LOVE
14 [18] :: New Order - SUBCULTURE
15 [new] :: Glenn Frey - YOU BELONG TO THE CITY
16 [10] :: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - LA FEMME ACCIDENT
17 [7] :: ZZ Top - SLEEPING BAG
18 [new] :: Power Station - COMMUNICATION
19 [9] :: Grace Jones - SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM
20 [new] :: Bryan Adams & Tina Turner - IT'S ONLY LOVE

[o]

It's a cracking New Order track, criminal it didn't go Top 40.

[Whitneyfan]

Nov 13, 2017 7:54:08 GMT 1 TheThorne said:

Nov 11, 2017 15:53:01 GMT 1 Whitneyfan said:

I completely missed Prefab Sprout's 'When Love Breaks Down', so have edited it in as a new entry.

It was a re-issue, I charted it last year maybe you did?

I only started doing this at the start of this year, so as I missed it last year I'll definitely have to keep it in now... I love that track!

[coolchristie2]

1 The Power Of Love - Jennifer Rush
2 Stairway To Heaven - Far Corporation
3 Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves - Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin
4 See The Day - Dee C Lee
5 Your Personal Touch - Evelyn 'Champagne' King
6 Hit And Run - Total Contrast
7 The Whole Of The Moon - Waterboys
8 Take On Me - A-Ha
9 It's Only Love - Bryan Adams & Tina Turner
10 The Show - Doug E Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew
11 Cities In Dust - Siouxsie & The Banshees
12 A Good Heart - Fearghal Sharkey
13 Alive And Kicking - Simple Minds
14 Say You Say Me - Lionel Richie
15 Marlena On The Wall - Suzanne Vega
16 Just For Money - Paul Hardcastle
17 Sweetest Taboo - Sade
18 St Elmos Fire - John Parr
19 One Vision - Queen
20 Saving All My Love For You - Whitney Houston

[Earl Purple]

1(1) Simple Minds - Alive And Kicking
2(4) Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere
3(3) Starship - We Built This City
4(2) Elton John - Nikita
5(14) Mr Mister - Broken Wings

6(6) Madness - Uncle Sam
7(5) Feargal Sharkey - A Good Heart
8(15) Waterboys - Whole Of The Moon
9(11) Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin - Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves
10(7) Arcadia - Election Day

11(18) Bryan Adams & Tina Turner - It's Only Love
12(20) Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin - Separate Lives
13(-) Queen - One Vision
14(10) Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
15(23) Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Lost Weekend

16(8) Smiths - The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
17(-) Dee C Lee - See The Day
18(9) Level 42 - Something About You
19(24) Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
20(27) Far Corporation - Stairway To Heaven

21(-) Dionne Warwick & Friends - That's What Friends Are For
22(19) Communards - You Are My World
23(-) Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who?
24(21) UB40 - Don't Break My Heart
25(12) A-Ha - Take On Me

26(-) Lionel Richie - Say You Say Me
27(13) Grace Jones - Slave To The Rhythm
28(22) Siouxsie & the Banshees - Cities In Dust
29(16) King - The Taste Of Your Tears
30(-) Midge Ure - That Certain Smile

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--(17) Thompson Twins - King For A Day
--(25) Glenn Frey - You Belong To The City
--(26) Madonna - Gambler
--(28) Jennifer Rush - The Power Of Love
--(29) Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love For You
--(30) Clash - This Is England

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In 1985 so far we've had King. We've had Prince. We've even had Princess... Now welcome back..

[Whitneyfan]

If King hadn't dropped out of mine this week then I'd have the full set!

[popchartfreak]

10th NOVEMBER 1985

Feargal Sharkey does what the Undertones never managed - he tops my chart, with the fab A Good Heart. Meanwhile Huey Lewis is back with a bang with his 1982 non-hit in the UK, the terrific Heart & Soul, outdoing his most-famous song Power Of Love in my charts. Lloyd Cole rockets up to 11, and The Waterboys go into orbit seeing the Whole Of The Moon up 48 places to 18. Classic! The Communards hit the 20 for the first time, and in at 27 it's a significant chart debut for them and for me: West End Girls is still their most famous song, and kick-started a glorious career for the Pet Shop Boys which continues to this day. Far and away easily my top fave act of the last 32 years, on record and in concert, and one of my Big Three along with The Beatles and Abba.

Wham! crack back with the great I'm Your Man, while a bunch of pop stars do an anti-Apartheid track (Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, Bob Geldof, Jackson Browne, Bono, some Temptations, Afrika Bambaata, Hall & Oates, Bobby Womack and many many more) and it's pretty good. In at 36 and 37 respectively as at 38 Dire Straits make it 6 years of top 40 hits with the atmospheric Brothers In Arms title track, as the new-format CD took off big-time spearheaded by this album.

Fine Young Cannibals are a bit blue, Queen notably didn't play on Sun City as they had recently actually played Sun City and sparked the protest, having just the one vision, and Starship drop the Jefferson and the Airplane and the quality, coming back 5 years on from Jane to build a city. An annoying one by the time it dropped out of the charts. A bunch of follow-up's enter lower, the most notable being David & Jaki's 70's-soul-styled Mated, a bit Philly and a bit fab.

1 ( 9 ) A GOOD HEART Feargal Sharkey
2 ( 1 ) CITIES IN DUST Siouxsie & The Banshees
3 ( 3 ) STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN Far Corporation
4 ( 4 ) DON’T BREAK MY HEART UB40
5 ( 8 ) ROAD TO NOWHERE Talking Heads
6 ( 5 ) NIKITA Elton John
7 ( 2 ) TAKE ON ME A-Ha
8 ( 11 ) SOMETHING ABOUT YOU Level 42
9 ( 16 ) ALIVE AND KICKING Simple Minds
10 ( NEW ) HEART AND SOUL Huey Lewis & The News

11 ( 32 ) LOST WEEKEND Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
12 ( 7 ) SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM Grace Jones
13 ( 18 ) THE POWER OF LOVE Jennifer Rush
14 ( 17 ) KING FOR A DAY The Thompson Twins
15 ( 10 ) CLOUDBUSTING Kate Bush
16 ( 6 ) (I’LL NEVER BE) MARIA MAGDALENA Sandra
17 ( 13 ) IF I WAS Midge Ure
18 ( 66 ) THE WHOLE OF THE MOON The Waterboys
19 ( 30 ) YOU ARE MY WORLD The Communards
20 ( 24 ) SISTERS ARE DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin

21 ( 21 ) BIG DEAL Bobby G
22 ( 12 ) BRING ON THE DANCING HORSES Echo & The Bunnymen
23 ( 27 ) ELECTION DAY Arcadia
24 ( 22 ) IT’S A MANS MANS MANS MANS WORLD Brilliant
25 ( 14 ) RAIN The Cult
26 ( 15 ) THIS IS ENGLAND The Clash
27 ( NEW ) WEST END GIRLS Pet Shop Boys
28 ( 20 ) THE LODGERS The Style Council
29 ( 33 ) THE TASTE OF MY TEARS King
30 ( 19 ) ST. ELMO’S FIRE (MAN IN MOTION) John Parr

31 ( 31 ) TRAPPED Colonel Abrams
32 ( 23 ) MIAMI VICE THEME Jan Hammer
33 ( 53 ) JUST FOR THE MONEY Paul Hardcastle
34 ( 51 ) WHEN LOVE BREAKS DOWN Prefab Sprout
35 ( 28 ) LA FEMME ACCIDENT OMD
36 ( NEW ) I’M YOUR MAN Wham!
37 ( NEW ) SUN CITY Artists United Against Apartheid
38 ( NEW ) BROTHERS IN ARMS Dire Straits
39 ( 26 ) LEAN ON ME (AH-LI-AYO) Red Box
40 ( 45 ) AFTER THE FIRE Roger Daltrey

41 ( 25 ) THE GAMBLER Madonna
42 ( 58 ) IT’S ONLY LOVE Tina Turner & Bryan Adams
43 ( 37 ) RUNNING UP THAT HILL Kate Bush
44 ( 36 ) PART TIME LOVER Stevie Wonder
45 ( 43 ) DRIVE The Cars
46 ( NEW ) BLUE Fine Young Cannibals
47 ( 29 ) REBEL YELL Billy Idol
48 ( 34 ) FORTRESS AROUND MY HEART Sting
49 ( NEW ) ONE VISION Queen
50 ( 35 ) YEH YEH Matt Bianco

51 ( 39 ) ONE OF THE LIVING Tina Turner
52 ( 38 ) LOVE LETTERS Marc Almond
53 ( 50 ) YOU AND YOUR HEART SO BLUE Bucks Fizz
54 ( 41 ) CLOSE TO ME The Cure
55 ( 55 ) THE LAST KISS David Cassidy
56 ( 64 ) UNCLE SAM Madness
57 ( 42 ) ANGEL Madonna
58 ( NEW ) WE BUILT THIS CITY Starship
59 ( 40 ) SLEEPING BAG ZZ Top
60 ( 57 ) HOLIDAY Madonna

61 ( 59 ) MEGAREX T.Rex
62 ( 61 ) THERE MUST BE AN ANGEL (PLAYING WITH MY HEART) Eurythmics
63 ( NEW ) THAT CERTAIN SMILE Midge Ure
64 ( 48 ) KNOCK ON WOOD/ LIGHT MY FIRE Amii Stewart
65 ( 56 ) WHAT’S YOUR PROBLEM? Blancmange
66 ( 65 ) “19” Paul Hardcastle
67 ( NEW ) LOSE YOUR LOVE Blancmange
68 ( 44 ) OH SHEILA Take On The World
69 ( 74 ) SEE THE DAY Dee C. Lee
70 ( 62 ) DON’T STOP THE DANCE Bryan Ferry

71 ( NEW ) GET OUTTA TOWN Dan Hartman
72 ( 68 ) I WONDER IF I TAKE YOU HOME Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force
73 ( NEW ) MATED David Grant & Jaki Graham
74 ( 60 ) MY HEART GOES BANG Dead Or Alive
75 ( NEW ) EMERGENCY Kool & The Gang

CLASSIC OLDIES FAVES OF THE WEEK

1 HIGH FLY John Miles
2 THE SUN AIN’T GONNA SHINE ANYMORE The Walker Brothers
3 NO. 9 DREAM John Lennon