Haven Combi Retro-Chart W/B 10th November 1985

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HAVEN COMBI RETRO-CHART W/B 10th NOVEMBER 1985

We mirror the Official Chart this week as Feargal Sharkey takes over at the top with A Good Heart.




It was a battle to the end between Feargal Sharkey and Talking Heads as they passed the chart crown back and forth throughout the week. With only five points between the two songs and both showing only the slightest growth in points, next week’s race for the top of the Retro-Chart looks to be wide open.


With A Good Heart and Road To Nowhere holding steady at the top of the chart, A-Ha are forced back to number three this week. Take On Me has been around for eight weeks and still posting a very respectable 130 points. score.

The Waterboys are up to number four with Whole Of The Moon and the Eurythmics are back in the Top Five, this time they bring Aretha Franklin for company with Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves. The Eurythmics have a fantastic track record on the Retro-Chart, with this latest release bringing their haul of Top Five placings to nine.


Highest new entry this week is from Queen with One Vision in at number 18.


Dee C Lee gets this week’s biggest climber as See The Day leaps 19 places to number 20.


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

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[Kingpin]

OFFICIAL CHART W/B 17th NOVEMBER 1985

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

07 - 01 - 01 - Feargal Sharkey - A GOOD HEART
1 - NEW - 02 - Wham! - I'M YOUR MAN
05 - 05 - 03 - UB40 - DON'T BREAK MY HEART
23 - 02 - 04 - Jennifer Rush - THE POWER OF LOVE
09 - 03 - 05 - A-ha - TAKE ON ME
07 - 04 - 06 - Elton John - NIKITA
02 - 09 - 07 - Queen - ONE VISION
10 - 06 - 08 - Level 42 - SOMETHING ABOUT YOU
04 - 10 - 09 - Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin - SISTERS ARE DOIN' IT FOR THEMSELVES
07 - 12 - 10 - Talking Heads - ROAD TO NOWHERE
05 - 08 - 11 - Far Corporation - STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
03 - 13 - 12 - Doug E Fresh And The Get Fresh Crew - THE SHOW
16 - 07 - 13 - Colonel Abrams - TRAPPED
02 - 34 - 14 - Lionel Richie - SAY YOU SAY ME
06 - 11 - 15 - King - THE TASTE OF YOUR TEARS
05 - 22 - 16 - Dire Straits - BROTHERS IN ARMS
03 - 24 - 17 - Lloyd Cole And The Commotions - LOST WEEKEND
04 - 38 - 18 - Dee C Lee - SEE THE DAY
03 - 33 - 19 - Dionne Warwick and Friends - THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR
03 - 19 - 20 - Paul Hardcastle - JUST FOR MONEY
05 - 21 - 21 - Simon May - HOWARDS' WAY THEME
07 - 14 - 22 - Madonna - GAMBLER
02 - 60 - 23 - Whitney Houston - SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU
05 - 25 - 24 - Madness - UNCLE SAM
1 - NEW - 25 - Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin - SEPARATE LIVES
05 - 29 - 26 - Waterboys - THE WHOLE OF THE MOON
12 - 17 - 27 - John Parr - ST ELMO'S FIRE (MAN IN MOTION)
02 - 39 - 28 - Midge Ure - THAT CERTAIN SMILE
04 - 31 - 29 - Bryan Adams and Tina Turner - IT'S ONLY LOVE
08 - 15 - 30 - Matt Bianco - YEH YEH
07 - 23 - 31 - Jan Hammer - MIAMI VICE THEME
05 - 16 - 32 - Arcadia - ELECTION DAY
07 - 30 - 33 - Communards - YOU ARE MY WORLD
07 - 18 - 34 - Simple Minds - ALIVE AND KICKING
07 - 20 - 35 - Shakin' Stevens - LIPSTICK POWERDER AND PAINT
02 - 44 - 36 - David Grant / Jaki Graham - MATED
03 - 40 - 37 - Evelyn 'Champagne' King - YOUR PERSONAL TOUCH
07 - 26 - 38 - Grace Jones - SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM
05 - 28 - 39 - Siouxsie And The Banshees - CITIES IN DUST
10 - 43 - 40 - Prefab Sprout - WHEN LOVE BREAKS DOWN
1 - NEW - 41 - Go West - DON'T LOOK DOWN
03 - 45 - 42 - Princess - AFTER THE LOVE HAS GONE
05 - 27 - 43 - Kate Bush - CLOUDBUSTING
03 - 65 - 44 - Starship - WE BUILT THIS CITY
02 - 49 - 45 - Five Star - RSVP
03 - 56 - 46 - Fine Young Cannibals - BLUE
06 - 32 - 47 - Echo and the Bunnymen - BRING ON THE DANCING HORSES
05 - 47 - 48 - Johnny Nash - ROCK ME BABY
02 - 51 - 49 - Gary Numan - MIRICLES
1 - NEW - 50 - Amazulu - DON'T YOU JUST KNOW IT
02 - 68 - 51 - Simply Red - HOLDING BACK THE YEARS
1 - NEW - 52 - Cocteau Twins - TINY DYNAMINE
02 - 70 - 53 - Shakatak with Al Jarreau - DAY BY DAY
04 - 54 - 54 - 52nd Street - TELL ME (HOW IT FEELS)
14 - 36 - 55 - Red Rox - LEAN ON ME (AH-LI-AYD)
06 - 50 - 56 - Ready For The World - OH SHEILA
1 - NEW - 57 - Artists United Against Apartheid - SUN CITY
11 - 37 - 58 - Midge Ure - IF I WAS
02 - 80 - 59 - Pet Shop Boys - WEST END GIRLS
15 - 35 - 60 - Billy Idol - REBEL YELL
1 - NEW - 61 - Huey Lewis And The News - THE HEART AND SOUL (EP)
02 - 89 - 62 - Isley Jasper Isley - CARAVAN OF LOVE
03 - 63 - 63 - New Order - SUBCULTURE
03 - 77 - 64 - Freddie Jackson - YOU ARE MY LADY
12 - 55 - 65 - Stevie Wonder - PART TIME LOVER
05 - 57 - 66 - Ian Dury - PROFOUNDLY IN LOVE WITH PANDORA
08 - 64 - 67 - Cult - RAIN
06 - 41 - 68 - Thompson Twins - KING FOR A DAY
1 - NEW - 69 - Stevie Wonder - GO HOME
03 - 62 - 70 - Brass Construction - GIVE AND TAKE
18 - 52 - 71 - Bobby G - BIG DEAL (THEME)
1 - NEW - 72 - Aretha Franklin - WHO'S ZOOMING WHO
06 - 48 - 73 - Wally Bardarou - CHIEF INSPECTOR
12 - 53 - 74 - David Bowie and Mick Jagger - DANCING IN THE STREET
14 - 57 - 75 - Bonnie Tyler - HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO

Link for Official UK Top 100

Link for Billboard Hot 100

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

I'll leave this open until next weekend!

[raliverpool]

1 Waterboys THE WHOLE OF THE MOON (3wks 28-3-1)
2 Talking Heads ROAD TO NOWHERE (7wks 23-17-12-7-5-5-2)
3 Prefab Sprout WHEN LOVE BREAKS DOWN (3wks 14-8-3)
4 Sandra (I'LL NEVER BE) MARIA MAGDALENA (4wks 21-9-6-4)
5 Wham! I'M YOUR MAN (1wk 5 NEW)
6 UB40 DON'T BREAK MY HEART (5wks 15-6-4-4-6)
7 a-ha TAKE ON ME (8wks 33-4-2-1-1-1-1-7)
8 Elton John NIKITA (7wks 12-6-3-3-2-2-8)
9 Thompson Twins LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME (Nile Rodgers US Remix) (5wks 19-14-11-10-9)
10 Queen ONE VISION (2wks 11-10)

11 Lionel Richie SAY YOU SAY ME (2wks 22-11)
12 Dee C Lee SEE THE DAY (2wks 26-12)
13 Dexys Midnight Runners THIS IS WHAT SHE'S LIKE (2wks 18-13)
14 Fine Young Cannibals BLUE (3wks 25-14-14)
15 Lloyd Cole And The Commotions LOST WEEKEND (3wks 22-15-15)
16 Dire Straits BROTHERS IN ARMS (5wks 20-13-6-9-16)
17 Feargal Sharkey A GOOD HEART (5wks 28-9-7-7-17)
18 Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin SEPARATE LIVES (1wk 18 NEW)
19 Communards YOU ARE MY WORLD (4wks 27-18-13-19)
20 Whitney Houston SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU (1wk 20 NEW)

21 Isley Jasper Isley CARAVAN OF LOVE (2wks 29-21)
22 Olivia Newton-John SOUL KISS (4wks 32-26-20-22)
23 Madness UNCLE SAM (5wks 23-17-17-19-23)
24 Kate Bush CLOUDBUSTING (5wks 7-4-3-12-24)
25 INXS THIS TIME (2wks 30-25)
26 Doug E Fresh And The Get Fresh Crew THE SHOW (3wks 31-21-26)
27 Simply Red HOLDING BACK THE YEARS (2wks 35-27)
28 Dionne Warwick and Friends THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR (2wks 34-28)
29 David Grant / Jaki Graham MATED (2wks 33-29)
30 Midge Ure THAT CERTAIN SMILE (2wks 36-30)

31 King THE TASTE OF YOUR TEARS (6wks 23-13-11-12-17-31)
32 Arcadia ELECTION DAY (5wks 4-2-8-16-32)
33 Dream Academy PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LET ME GET WHAT I WANT (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Bonnie Tyler & Todd Rundgren LOVING'S YOU A DIRTY JOB (1wk 34 NEW)

35 Cocteau Twins TINY DYNAMINE (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Heart NEVER (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Go West DON'T LOOK DOWN (1wk 37 NEW)
38 New Order SUBCULTURE (3wks 35-31-38)
39 Siouxsie And The Banshees CITIES IN DUST (5wks 16-12-13-23-39)
40 Grace Jones SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM (7wks 9-1-2-5-15-28-40)

Sometimes you hear a song which is not your cup of tea, and think "well I'm not a huge fan of this, but this is going to be a massive, massive hit". This Power Ballad was one of those occasions. I'm still staggered this Jim Steinman penned track stalled at UK #73 & USA #82. Perhaps, because it looks a bit naff having the late Welsh actor Hywel Bennett miming Todd Rundgren's lines ....

[rubcale]

01 UB 40 Don't Break My Heart
02 Feargal Sharkey A Good Heart
03 Bryan Adams & Tina Turner It's Only Love
04 Starship We Built This City
05 Talking Heads Road To Nowhere
06 Matt Bianco Yeh Yeh
07 Lionel Richie Say You Say Me
08 Jennifer Rush The Power Of Love
09 Whitney Houston Saving All My Love For You
10 Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves
11 Dire Straits Brothers In Arms
12 Madness Uncle Sam
13 Pet Shop Boys West End Girls
14 Princess After The Love Has Gone
15 Survivor Burning Heart
16 Elton John Nikita
17 Go West Don't Look Back - The Sequel
18 Kiss Tears Are Falling
19 Dee C Lee See The Day
20 King The Taste Of Your Tears

[TheThorne]

1 2 Hooters - AND WE DANCED
2 4 Starship - WE BUILT THIS CITY
3 1 Simple Minds - ALIVE AND KICKING
4 5 Bryan Adams & Tina Turner - IT'S ONLY LOVE
5 15 Pet Shop Boys - WEST END GIRLS
6 7 Suzanne Vega - MARLENE ON THE WALL
7 3 Talking Heads - ROAD TO NOWHERE
8 9 FM - Frozen Heart
9 13 Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - LOST WEEKEND
10 11 Bruce Springsteen - I'M GOIN DOWN
11 6 Kate Bush - CLOUDBUSTING
12 8 The Waterboys - THE WHOLE OF THE MOON
13 16 Dee C Lee - SEE THE DAY
14 21 Queen - ONE VISION
15 17 Arcadia - ELECTION DAY
16 22 Loverboy - LOVIN EVERY MINUTE OF IT
17 10 Echo & The Bunnymen - BRING ON THE DANCING HORSES
18 new Survivor - BURNING HEART
19 12 Dire Straits - BROTHERS IN ARMS
20 26 Glen Frey - YOU BELONG TO THE CITY
21 25 Sandra - (I'LL NEVER BE) MARIA MAGDALENA
22 14 A-Ha - TAKE ON ME
23 30 Whitney Houston - SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU
24 new Go West - DON'T LOOK DOWN
25 28 Fine Young Cannibals - BLUE
26 29 Simply Red - HOLDING BACK THE YEARS
27 20 Don Henley - SUNSET GRILL
28 18 Thompson Twins - KING FOR A DAY
29 19 Level 42 - SOMETHING ABOUT YOU
30 new Wham! - I'M YOUR MAN
31 new Phil Collins - SEPARATE LIVES
32 new Dream Academy - PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LET ME GET WHAT I WANT
33 new Five Star - RSVP
34 23 Jan Hammer - MIAMI VICE THEME
35 24 John Parr - ST ELMOS FIRE (MAN IN MOTION)
36 new Corey Hart - BOY IN THE BOX
37 34 Lionel Richie - SAY YOU SAY ME
38 new Aretha Franklin - WHOS ZOOMIN WHO
39 new New Model Army - BRAVE NEW WORLD
40 new Cocteau Twins - TINY DYNAMINE

[Kingpin]

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

Another instant number one for Wham! as they draw level with Madonna, with five apiece:

[Whitneyfan]

01(01)Dionne Warwick & friends – That’s What Friends Are For
02(10) Dee C Lee – See The Day
03(30) Whitney Houston – Saving All My Love For You
04(05) The Waterboys – The Whole Of The Moon
05(13) Suzanne Vega – Marlene On The Wall
06(02) Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin – Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves
07(04) Pat Benatar - Invincible
08(24) Sheila E & Prince – A Love Bizarre
09(03) Feargal Sharkey – A Good Heart
10(--) Wham! – I’m Your Man

11(23) Starship – We Built This City
12(16) Lloyd Cole & The Commotions – Lost Weekend
13(19) Fine Young Cannibals - Blue
14(07) UB40 – Don’t Break My Heart
15(29) Lionel Richie – Say You Say Me
16(06) Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
17(14) Paul Hardcastle – Just For Money
18(32) Queen – One Vision
19(08) Bryan Adams & Tina Turner – It’s Only Love
20(26) Five Star – R.S.V.P.

21(09) A-ha – Take On Me
22(25) Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew – The Show
23(12) Katrina & The Waves – Que Te Quiero
24(27) New Order – Sub-Culture
25(41) Prefab Sprout – When Love Breaks Down
26(34) Princess – After The Love Has Gone
27(36) Midge Ure – That Certain Smile
28(15) Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms
29(37) Aswad - Bubbling
30(17) Ready For The World – Oh Sheila

31(11) Talking Heads – Road To Nowhere
32(39) Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King – Your Personal Touch
33(--)Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin – Separate Lives
34(42) David Grant & Jaki Graham – Mated
35(18) Siouxsie & The Banshees – Cities In Dust
36(20) Simple Minds – Alive And Kicking
37(44) Simply Red – Holding Back The Years
38(--)Dream Academy – Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
39(21) Prince – Pop Life
40(50) Isley jasper Isley – Caravan Of Love

41(48) Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls
42(--) Go West – Don’t Look Down (The Sequel)
43(22) Arcadia – Election Day
44(--)Amazulu – Don’t You Just Know It
45(--)Artists United Against Apartheid – Sun City
46(--)Bonnie Tyler & Todd Rundgren – Loving You’s A Dirty Job
47(28) Hazell Dean – They Say It’s Gonna Rain
48(--) Aretha Franklin – Who’s Zoomin’ Who
49(--) Aled Jones – Walking In The Air
50(--) Survivor – Burning Heart

[Shireblogger]

Pity that it now seems unlikely that Talking Heads will make #1 on the Haven Combi chart. Still, they get a 7th week at the top on my list.

1 [1] :: Talking Heads - ROAD TO NOWHERE
2 [2] :: Lloyd Cole And The Commotions - LOST WEEKEND
3 [3] :: Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin - SISTERS ARE DOIN' IT FOR THEMSELVES
4 [4] :: Waterboys - THE WHOLE OF THE MOON
5 [5] :: Feargal Sharkey - A GOOD HEART
6 [20] :: Bryan Adams & Tina Turner - IT'S ONLY LOVE
7 [new] :: Pet Shop Boys - WEST END GIRLS
8 [new] :: Simply Red - HOLDING BACK THE YEARS
9 [7] :: Dire Straits - BROTHERS IN ARMS
10 [14] :: New Order - SUBCULTURE
11 [new] :: Isley Jasper Isley - CARAVAN OF LOVE
12 [12] :: Fine Young Cannibals - BLUE
13 [new] :: Amazulu - DON'T YOU JUST KNOW IT
14 [re] :: Level 42 - SOMETHING ABOUT YOU
15 [6] :: Prefab Sprout - WHEN LOVE BREAKS DOWN
16 [8] :: Simple Minds - ALIVE AND KICKING
17 [9] :: Kate Bush - CLOUDBUSTING
18 [10] :: Phyllis Nelson - I LIKE YOU
19 [new] :: UB40 - DON'T BREAK MY HEART
20 [15] :: Glenn Frey - YOU BELONG TO THE CITY

[o]

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

[smokeyb]

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

[Earl Purple]

All that yo-yoing and re-entering of Prefab Sprout, I will of course be charting it this week as it enters the top 40... I'll post my chart a bit later.

[Whitneyfan]

Simply Red might chart this time, and then again in 1986 when it was finally a hit too.

[coolchristie2]

1 See The Day - Dee C Lee
2 Your Personal Touch - Evelyn 'Champagne' King
3 The Power Of Love - Jennifer Rush
4 Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves - Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin
5 I'm Your Man - Wham!
6 The Whole Of The Moon - Waterboys
7 The Show - Doug E Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew
8 Say You Say Me - Lionel Richie
9 It's Only Love - Bryan Adams & Tina Turner
10 One Vision - Queen
11 Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin - Separate Lives
12 Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love For You
13 Hit And Run - Total Contrast
14 A Good Heart - Fearghal Sharkey
15 Take On Me - A-Ha
16 We Built This City - Starship
17 Just For Money - Paul Hardcastle
18 West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys
19 Who's Zooming Who - Aretha Franklin
20 Don't You Just Know It - Amazulu

[Earl Purple]

1(5) Mr Mister - Broken Wings
2(1) Simple Minds - Alive And Kicking
3(2) Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere
4(8) Waterboys - whole Of The Moon
5(3) Starship - We Built This City

6(13) Queen - One Vision
7(17) Dee C Lee - See The Day
8(12) Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin - Separate Lives
9(4) Elton John - Nikita
10(6) Madness - Uncle Sam

11(11) Bryan Adams & Tina Turner - It's Only Love
12(-) Wham! - I'm Your Man
13(9) Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin - Sisters Are Doing It For Themsleves
14(7) Feargal Sharkey - A Good Heart
15(15) Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Lost Weekend

16(21) Dionne Warwick & Friends - That's What Friends Are For
17(23) Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who?
18(-) Prefab Sprout - When Love Breaks Down
19(20) Far Corporation - Stairway To Heaven
20(26) Lionel Richie - Say You Say Me

21(-) Heart - Never
22(10) Arcadia - Election Day
23(30) Midge Ure - That Certain Smile
24(19) Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
25(-) ZZ Top - Sleeping Bag

26(14) Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
27(-) David Grant & Jaki Graham - Mated
28(22) Communards - You Are My World
29(16) Smiths - The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
30(24) UB40 - Don't Break My Heart

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--(18) Level 42 - Something About You
--(25) A-Ha - Take On Me
--(27) Grace Jones - Slave To The Rhythm
--(28) Siouxsie & the Banshees - Cities In Dust
--(29) King - The Taste Of Your Tears

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A truly great song by Mr Mister climbs to #1 this week. Wham! get the highest new entry at #12 as their former member climbs from 17 to 7, and Prefab Sprout enter at #18 after finally entering the UK top 40. Given that we've seen before songs wait a while to enter the top 40 then do really well, perhaps this will do the same?

Heart and ZZ Top are both songs in the US chart this week. "Separate Lives" enters the UK top 40 this week so I'm expecting to see a few others charting it. Dionne Warwick & Friends is also in the UK chart now. During the 60s Dionne Warwick was the main singer for Burt Bacharach compositions, most of those co-written with Hal David. This song was co-written with Carole Bayer Sager, and was previously recorded by Rod Stewart. He isn't one of the "friends" here though, they are Elton John, Stevie Wonder and Gladys Knight.

Is the David Grant & Jaki Graham hit the latest from the musical "Chess"? Would be more interesting if it were..

[popchartfreak]

17th November 1985

2 weeks on top for Feargal Sharkey, as Stairway To Heaven climbs to 2, and Wham! shoot up 30 to 6 with I'm Your Man. The Waterboys & Eurythmics both go top 10, giving Aretha Franklin a 2nd top 10 of the year after a 14 year gap since her previous - Spanish Harlem. My boys climb into the 20 for the first time, and never long absnet from it ever since, Neil & Chris and West End Girls. Sun City climbs fast, as do ones they protest, Queen , hot off Live Aid's show-stopping set.

Highest new entry is a debut, a promising (largely unfulfilled, if hugely successful) classy start from Whitney Houston, cousin of Dionne Warwick, who brings her pop friends along (such as Elton, Stevie & Gladys) a charity record for the rapidly-spreading new deadly disease AIDS. Written by Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager, it was the first time Burt & Dionne had hit together since the 60's, and That's What Friends Are For enters lower at 64.

Tina Turner is beside herself with Mad Max joy, literally, along with Bryan Adams. David Grant & Jaki Graham are mated (not really, cos I saw David Grant on TV this morning on a serious news item with his actual wife on behalf of children with learning difficulties) at 29, while Fine Young Cannibals, Midge Ure and Dee C. Lee (no longer backing Wham! she's backing her own man, Paul Weller, who's one place above her at 37).

Princess joins King and Queen, though not Prince sadly, with her 2nd hit, Glenn Frey flies solo from The Eagles with his best single, You belong To The City, The Cult make it a quick trio of hits, though not the Beatles' Revolution, B side to my first chart Number One Hey Jude - despite Paul McCartney also entering with a comedy movie theme: Spies Like Us was as good as the film. Spirited effort but not that great.

Lionel Richie somehow breaks into the bottom end with another dull ballad, Say Who? Say Me! New Order find themselves a bit subcultured, and Go West return with another goodie.

1 ( 1 ) A GOOD HEART Feargal Sharkey
2 ( 3 ) STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN Far Corporation
3 ( 4 ) DON’T BREAK MY HEART UB40
4 ( 5 ) ROAD TO NOWHERE Talking Heads
5 ( 2 ) CITIES IN DUST Siouxsie & The Banshees
6 ( 36 ) I’M YOUR MAN Wham!
7 ( 10 ) HEART AND SOUL Huey Lewis & The News
8 ( 18 ) THE WHOLE OF THE MOON The Waterboys
9 ( 20 ) SISTERS ARE DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin
10 ( 11 ) LOST WEEKEND Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

11 ( 8 ) SOMETHING ABOUT YOU Level 42
12 ( 7 ) TAKE ON ME A-Ha
13 ( 6 ) NIKITA Elton John
14 ( 27 ) WEST END GIRLS Pet Shop Boys
15 ( 13 ) THE POWER OF LOVE Jennifer Rush
16 ( 19 ) YOU ARE MY WORLD The Communards
17 ( 12 ) SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM Grace Jones
18 ( 37 ) SUN CITY Artists Against Apartheid
19 ( 9 ) ALIVE AND KICKING Simple Minds
20 ( 49 ) ONE VISION Queen

21 ( 38 ) BROTHERS IN ARMS Dire Straits
22 ( 17 ) IF I WAS Midge Ure
23 ( 15 ) CLOUDBUSTING Kate Bush
24 ( 14 ) KING FOR A DAY The Thompson Twins
25 ( NEW ) SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU Whitney Houston
26 ( 16 ) (I’LL NEVER BE) MARIA MAGDALENA Sandra
27 ( 33 ) JUST FOR MONEY Paul Hardcastle
28 ( 24 ) IT’S A MANS MANS MANS MANS WORLD Brilliant
29 ( 73 ) MATED David Grant & Jaki Graham
30 ( 46 ) BLUE Fine Young Cannibals

31 ( 34 ) WHEN LOVE BREAKS DOWN Prefab Sprout
32 ( 23 ) ELECTION DAY Arcadia
33 ( 22 ) BRING ON THE DANCING HORSES Echo & The Bunnymen
34 ( 21 ) BIG DEAL Bobby G
35 ( 51 ) ONE OF THE LIVING Tina Turner
36 ( 42 ) IT’S ONLY LOVE Tina Turner & Bryan Adams
37 ( 28 ) THE LODGERS The Style Council
38 ( 69 ) SEE THE DAY Dee C. Lee
39 ( 58 ) WE BUILT THIS CITY Starship
40 ( 63 ) THAT CERTAIN SMILE Midge Ure

41 ( 26 ) THIS IS ENGLAND The Clash
42 ( 56 ) UNCLE SAM Madness
43 ( 30 ) ST. ELMO’S FIRE (MAN IN MOTION) John Parr
44 ( 25 ) RAIN The Cult
45 ( 45 ) DRIVE The Cars
46 ( 39 ) LEAN ON ME (AH-LI-AYO) Red Box
47 ( 43 ) RUNNING UP THAT HILL Kate Bush
48 ( NEW ) AFTER THE LOVE HAS GONE Princess
49 ( 31 ) TRAPPED Colonel Abrams
50 ( NEW ) YOU BELONG TO THE CITY Glenn Frey

51 ( NEW ) REVOLUTION The Cult
52 ( 32 ) MIAMI VICE THEME Jan Hammer
53 ( 29 ) THE TASTE OF MY TEARS King
54 ( 44 ) PART TIME LOVER Stevie Wonder
55 ( 55 ) THE LAST KISS David Cassidy
56 ( 53 ) YOU AND YOUR HEART SO BLUE Bucks Fizz
57 ( 67 ) LOSE YOUR LOVE Blancmange
58 ( 41 ) THE GAMBLER Madonna
59 ( 35 ) LA FEMME ACCIDENT OMD
60 ( NEW ) SPIES LIKE US Paul McCartney

61 ( 40 ) AFTER THE FIRE Roger Daltrey
62 ( 61 ) MEGAREX T.Rex
63 ( 60 ) HOLIDAY Madonna
64 ( NEW ) THAT’S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR Dionne Warwick & Friends
65 ( 62 ) THERE MUST BE AN ANGEL (PLAYING WITH MY HEART) Eurythmics
66 ( NEW ) SAY YOU SAY ME Lionel Richie
67 ( NEW ) SUBCULTURE New Order
68 ( 66 ) “19” Paul Hardcastle
69 ( NEW ) DON’T LOOK DOWN Go West
70 ( 57 ) ANGEL Madonna

71 ( 68 ) OH SHEILA Take On The World
72 ( 47 ) REBEL YELL Billy Idol
73 ( 54 ) CLOSE TO ME The Cure
74 ( 52 ) LOVE LETTERS Marc Almond
75 ( 65 ) WHAT’S YOUR PROBLEM? Blancmange

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Mark’s Top 40 weekending 10th November 1985

1 (New) I'm Your Man - Wham!
2 (1) A Good Heart - Feargal Sharkey
3 (2) Take On Me - A-ha
4 (34) Saving All My Love For You - Whitney Houston
5 (3) Nikita - Elton John
6 (16) Say You Say Me - Lionel Richie
7 (5) The Power Of Love - Jennifer Rush
8 (4) If I Was - Midge Ure
9 (6) Uncle Sam - Madness
10 (8) Don't Break My Heart - UB40
11 (24) All Join Hands - Slade
12 (7) Profoundly In Love With Pandora - Ian Dury
13 (9) Cloudbusting - Kate Bush
14 (10) One Vision - Queen
15 (11) Election Day - Arcadia
16 (12) Invincible - Pat Benatar
17 (13) The Taste Of Your Tears - King
18 (14) Raspberry Beret - Prince
19 (15) Drive - The Cars
20 (32) That Certain Smile - Midge Ure
21 (17) Lipstick, Powder & Paint - Shakin' Stevens
22 (33) Blue - Fine Young Cannibals
23 (35) Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits
24 (23) Hold Me - Laura Branigan
25 (37) Mated - David Grant & Jaki Graham
26 (26) The Power Of Love - Huey Lewis & The News
27 (18) Lost Weekend - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
28 (40) After The Love Has Gone - Princess
29 (29) You Are My World - Communards
30 (New) Separate Lives - Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin
31 (New) Don't Look Down - Go West
32 (20) Alive And Kicking - Siimple Minds
33 (21) Gambler - Madonna
34 (19) Cities In Dust - Siouxsie & The Banshees
35 (22) Holding Out For A Hero - Bonnie Tyler
36 (27) St Elmos Fire (Man In Motion) - John Parr
37 (25) Part Time Lover - Stevie Wonder
38 (New) Don't You Just Know It - Amazulu
39 (New) Who's Zoomin' Who? - Aretha Franklin
40 (28) Body Rock - Maria Vidal