Haven Combi Retro-Chart W/B 27th April 1986

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HAVEN COMBI RETRO-CHART W/B 27th APRIL 1986

Madonna claims a fourth Retro-Chart number one with Live To Tell, which edges her into second place as the act with most 80s Retro-chart toppers.




A resurgent Five Star move back up the chart as Can’t Wait Another Minute lands at number two.

Janet Jackson holds on to her Top Three placing as What Have You Done For Me Lately slips just a place, with last week’s number one from Falco diving all the way back to number four.

There’s a big 17 place leap for Level 42 as they climb all the way up to number 9 with Lessons In Love. It’s a welcome return to the Top Ten for them after an absence of almost three years, with Lessons In Love already matching the peak of The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up), their only other Top Ten single.

The Cure re-enter the chart at number 21 with Boys Don’t Cry, with Diana Ross the highest new entry at number 23 with Experience.

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

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OFFICIAL CHART W/B 4th MAY 1986

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

08 - 02 - 01 - Falco - ROCK ME AMADEUS
03 - 04 - 02 - Madonna - LIVE TO TELL
03 - 09 - 03 - Level 42 - LESSONS IN LOVE
02 - 19 - 04 - Patti Labelle And Michael McDonald - ON MY OWN
08 - 03 - 05 - Janet Jackson - WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY
06 - 01 - 06 - George Michael - A DIFFERENT CORNER
05 - 07 - 07 - Five Star - CAN'T WAIT ANOTHER MINUTE
03 - 11 - 08 - Marvin Gaye - I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE
07 - 06 - 09 - Queen - A KIND OF MAGIC
05 - 10 - 10 - Whitney Houston - GREATEST LOVE OF ALL
1 - NEW - 11 - Spitting Image - THE CHICKEN SONG
04 - 05 - 12 - Cast Of Grange Hill - JUST SAY NO
04 - 12 - 13 - Aurra - YOU AND ME TONIGHT
05 - 08 - 14 - Big Country - LOOK AWAY
03 - 30 - 15 - Peter Gabriel - SLEDGEHAMMER
04 - 24 - 16 - Princess - I'LL KEEP ON LOVING YOU
10 - 16 - 17 - Atlantic Starr - SECRET LOVERS
04 - 25 - 18 - Joyce Sims - ALL AND ALL
07 - 17 - 19 - SOS Band - THE FINEST
05 - 15 - 20 - Simple Minds - ALL THE THINGS SHE SAID
08 - 13 - 21 - Comic Relief presents Cliff Richard and the Young Ones featuring Hank Marvin - LIVING DOLL
06 - 31 - 22 - Van Halen - WHY CAN' THIS BE LOVE
02 - 35 - 23 - Cure - BOYS DON'T CRY
08 - 14 - 24 - Samantha Fox - TOUCH ME (I WANT YOUR BODY)
08 - 18 - 25 - Sam Cooke - WONDERFUL WORLD
02 - 39 - 26 - Dire Straits - YOUR LATEST TRICK
05 - 29 - 27 - Billy Ocean - THERE'LL BE SAD SONGS (TO MAKE YOU CRY)
10 - 20 - 28 - Real Thing - YOU TO ME ARE EVERYTHING (DECADE REMIX '76 - '86)
04 - 26 - 29 - Hear 'n Aid - STARS
03 - 28 - 30 - Depeche Mode - A QUESTION OF LUST
12 - 23 - 31 - Suzanne Vega - MARLENE ON THE WALL
05 - 22 - 32 - It's Immaterial - DRIVING AWAY FROM HOME
07 - 32 - 33 - Maxi Priest - STROLLIN' ON
05 - 37 - 34 - Force MDs - TENDER LOVE
1 - NEW - 35 - B-52's - ROCK LOBSTER / PLANET CLAIRE
06 - 21 - 36 - A-ha - TRAIN OF THOUGHT
02 - 58 - 37 - Matchroom Mob - SNOOKER LOOPY
04 - 41 - 38 - ZZ Top - ROUGH BOY
1 - NEW - 39 - Kate Bush - THE BIG SKY
1 - NEW - 40 - Doctor And The Medics - SPIRIT IN THE SKY
11 - 33 - 41 - Belouis Some - SOME PEOPLE
03 - 55 - 42 - We've Got A Fuzzbox - RULES AND REGULATIONS (EP)
03 - 43 - 43 - Bangles - IF SHE KNEW WHAT SHE WANTS
08 - 27 - 44 - Big Audio Dynamite - E=MC2
02 - 62 - 45 - Jaki Graham - SET ME FREE
02 - 50 - 46 - Tavares - IT ONLY TAKES A MINUTE
02 - 48 - 47 - Diana Ross - EXPERIENCE
08 - 42 - 48 - Lick The Tins - CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE
02 - 66 - 49 - Pete Wylie - SINFUL
02 - 51 - 50 - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - IF YOU LEAVE
04 - 60 - 51 - INXS - WHAT YOU NEED
08 - 34 - 52 - Art Of Noise featuring Duane Eddy - PETER GUNN
03 - 52 - 53 - Shalamar - A NIGHT TO REMEMBER
10 - 53 - 54 - Joe Fagin - BACK WITH THE BOYS AGAIN / GET IT RIGHT
07 - 36 - 55 - Bronski Beat - COME ON, COME ON
1 - NEW - 56 - Huey Lewis and the News - THE HEART OF ROCK AND ROLL
06 - RE - 57 - Hipsway - ASK THE LORD
03 - 68 - 58 - Cactus World News - WORLD'S APART
10 - 64 - 59 - Sinitta - SO MACHO / CRUISING
07 - RE - 60 - Aretha Franklin - FREEWAY OF LOVE
17 - 46 - 61 - Diana Ross - CHAIN REACTION
02 - 40 - 62 - St. John's College School Choir - QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY SONG
02 - 87 - 63 - Robert Palmer - ADDICTED TO LOVE
06 - 38 - 64 - Style Council - HAVE YOU EVER HAD IT BLUE
09 - 44 - 65 - David Bowie - ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS
1 - NEW - 66 - Nick Heywood - OVER THE WEEKEND
05 - 61 - 67 - Wax - RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES
1 - NEW - 68 - Total Contrast - WHAT YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT
1 - NEW - 69 - Ramones - SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN / SOMEBODY PUT SOMETHING IN MY DRINK
08 - 56 - 70 - Foster and Allen - AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
02 - 76 - 71 - Blancmange - I CAN SEE IT
03 - 57 - 72 - Alarm - KNIFE EDGE
1 - NEW - 73 - John Mellencamp - R.O.C.K. IN THE USA
07 - 45 - 74 - Bryan Ferry - IS YOUR LOVE STRONG ENOUGH
1 - NEW - 75 - Sam Cooke - ANOTHER SATURDAY NIGHT

Link for UK Top 100

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[TheThorne]

good timing today

1 5 Madonna - LIVE TO TELL
2 4 Outfield - YOUR LOVE
3 8 Peter Gabriel - SLEDGEHAMMER
4 1 Van Halen - WHY CAN'T THIS BE LOVE
5 7 Simple Minds - ALL THE THINGS SHE SAID
6 16 Robert Palmer - ADDICTED TO LOVE
7 2 Big Country - LOOK AWAY
8 13 Level 42 - LESSONS IN LOVE
9 3 Heart - THESE DREAMS
10 19 OMD - IF YOU LEAVE
11 21 The Cure - BOYS DON'T CRY
12 6 A-Ha - TRAIN OF THOUGHT
13 11 INXS - WHAT YOU NEED
14 17 Depeche Mode - A QUESTION OF LUST
15 23 Pete Wylie - SINFUL
16 20 The Bangles -IF SHE KNEW WHAT SHE WANTS
17 9 It's Immaterial - DRIVING AWAY FROM HOME (JIM'S TUNE)
18 14 Icehouse - NO PROMISES
19 10 Honeymoon Suite - FEEL IT AGAIN
20 25 Journey - BE GOOD TO YOURSELF
21 new Huey Lewis & The News - THE HEART OF ROCK AND ROLL
22 12 Five Star - CAN'T WAIT ANOTHER MINUTE
23 new Miami Sound Machine - BAD BOY
24 28 Dire Straits - YOUR LATEST TRICK
25 new B-52s - ROCK LOBSTER
26 15 Big Audio Dynamite - E=MC2
27 31 Erasure - OH L'AMOUR
28 33 Cactus World News - WORLDS APART
29 34 Jaki Graham - SET ME FREE
30 26 The Alarm - KNIFE EDGE
31 18 Janet Jackson - WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY
32 new Doctor And The Medics - SPIRIT IN THE SKY
33 36 Blow Monkeys - WICKED WAYS
34 22 ZZ Top - ROUGH BOY
35 new Kate Bush - THE BIG SKY
36 24 Mr Mister - KYRIE
37 27 Queen - A KIND OF MAGIC
38 29 Wax - RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES
39 30 Whitney Houston - THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL
40 39 Patti la Belle/Michael Macdonald - ON MY OWN

[Kingpin]

Here's a quick update to the Retro-Chart Number One's Leaderboard, a list of all acts with multiple chart-toppers.  Hopefully I've remembered them all:

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Many thanks for the 14 charts posted this week from: rubcale , raliverpool , TheThorne , darkstar79 , popchartfreak , smokeyb , Whitneyfan , o , Shireblogger , meister , coolchristie2 , Mark and Earl Purple

I'll leave this open until next weekend!

[darkstar79]

01 Joyce Sims - ALL AND ALL
02 Stephanie – IRRESISTIBLE
03 Tavares - HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL
04 George Clinton - DO FRIES GO WITH THAT SHAKE
05 Lonnie Hill - GALVESTON BAY
06 Five Star - CAN'T WAIT ANOTHER MINUTE
07 Force MDs - TENDER LOVE
08 Heaven 17 Feat. Jimmy Ruffin – THE FOOLISH THING TO DO
09 Spitting Image – THE CHICKEN SONG
10 Pet Shop Boys - LOVE COMES QUICKLY

11 Aurra - YOU AND ME TONIGHT
12 Madonna – LIVE TO TELL
13 Princess - I'LL KEEP ON LOVING YOU
14 SOS Band - THE FINEST
15 Janet Jackson - WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY
16 Whistle - (NOTHING SERIOUS) JUST BUGGIN'
17 Housemartins – SHEEP
18 Billy Ocean - THERE'LL BE SAD SONGS (TO MAKE YOU CRY)
19 Tavares - IT ONLY TAKES A MINUTE
20 Shalamar - A NIGHT TO REMEMBER

21 Sinitta - SO MACHO / CRUISING
22 Imagination – SUNSHINE
23 Juicy - SUGAR FREE
24 George Michael - A DIFFERENT CORNER
25 The Temptations – I'M FASCINATED
26 Atlantic Starr – IF YOUR HEART ISN'T IT
27 Five Star - SYSTEM ADDICT
28 Psychic TV – GODSTAR
29 Ruby Turner - I'M IN LOVE
30 Whitney Houston – GREATEST LOVE OF ALL

[rubcale]

01 Level 42 Lessons In Love
02 Peter Gabriel Sledgehammer
03 Janet Jackson What Have You Done For Me Lately
04 Five Star Can't Wait Another Minute
05 Grange Hill Cast Just Say No
06 Patti Labelle & Michael NcDonald On My Own
07 Spitting Image The Chicken Song
08 Aurra You And Me Tonight
09 Billy Ocean There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)
10 Sinitta So Macho/ Cruisin'
11 Falco Rock Me Amadeus
12 Robert Palmer Addicted To Love
13 Diana Ross Experience
14 B52s Rock Lobster/ Planet Claire
15 Diana Ross Chain Reaction
16 A-ha Train Of Thought
17 Force MDs Tender Love
18 Doctor & The Medics Spirit In The Sky
19 Marvin Gaye I Heard It Through The Grapevine
20 Lick The Tins Can't Help Falling In Love

[rubcale]

Interesting that DD's Rio was a Retro #1 yet did terribly badly in Haven Pop Idol.

[raliverpool]

01 OMD - If You Leave (2wks 2-1)
02 Madonna - Live To Tell (3wks 1-1-2)
03 Level 42 - Lessons In Love (3wks 26-7-3)
04 Squeeze - King George Street (4wks 23-11-4-4)
05 Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (7wks 23-5-3-3-3-3-5)
06 Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer (2wks 24-6)
07 Kate Bush - The Big Sky (1wk 7 NEW)

08 Whitney Houston - Greatest Love Of All (4wks 22-12-8-8)
09 Janet Jackson - What Have You Done For Me Lately (4wks 15-7-6-9)
10 Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - Bad Boy (3wks 29-16-10)

11 Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald - On My Own (2wks 23-11)
12 Dire Straits - Your Latest Trick (2wks 18-12)
13 Bangles - If She Knew What She Wants (3wks 40-22-13)
14 Cure - Boys Don't Cry '86 (2wks 17-14)
15 It's Immaterial - Driving Away From Home (5wks 13-4-2-5-15)
16 Depeche Mode - A Question Of Lust (3wks 17-10-16)
17 Van Halen - Why Can't This Be Love (6wks 40-31-25-16-13-17)
18 Five Star - Can't Wait Another Minute (4wks 14-8-11-18)
19 Fuzzbox - XX Sex (3wks 34-26-19)
20 Force MDs - Tender Love (5wks 37-29-20-15-20)

21 Erasure - Oh L'Amour (2wks 32-21)
22 Big Country - Look Away (5wks 12-7-6-12-22)
23 George Michael - A Different Corner (6wks 4-2-2-4-9-23)
24 Spitting Image - The Chicken Song (1wk 24 NEW)
25 Electric Light Orchestra - So Serious (3wks 35-28-25)
26 Queen - A Kind Of Magic (7wks 6-3-5-6-9-14-26)
27 INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1wk 27 NEW)
28 Outfield - Your Love (2wks 33-28)
29 Joan Armatrading - Kind Words (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Stevie Nicks - I Can't Wait (5wks 25-11-13-20-30)

31 Sade - Never As Good As The First Time (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Colourbox - The Official Colourbox World Cup Theme (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Triffids - Wide Open Road (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Princess - I'll Keep On Loving You (2wks 37-34)
35 David Bowie - Absolute Beginners (9wks 1-1-1-1-1-1-5-19-35)
36 Cliff Richard & The Young Ones ft Hank Marvin - Living Doll (8wks 4-2-2-4-5-10-21-36)
37 ZZ Top - Rough Boy (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Joyce Sims - All & All (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Public Image Limited - Home (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Big Audio Dynamite - E=MC2 (7wks 25-12-7-9-14-25-40)

LP Kate Bush - Hello Earth (1LP Hounds Of Love)

The joyful UK #37 slightly revamped version of the Hounds Of Love album track with Kate self composed, produced, & directed its own video.

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Peter Gabriel - SLEDGEHAMMER
2 [2] :: Cure - BOYS DON'T CRY
3 [5] :: Blow Monkeys - WICKED WAYS
4 [6] :: Sade - NEVER AS GOOD AS THE FIRST TIME
5 [4] :: Blancmange - I CAN SEE IT
6 [3] :: It's Immaterial - DRIVING AWAY FROM HOME
7 [new] :: Pete Wylie - SINFUL
8 [16] :: Suzanne Vega - MARLENE ON THE WALL
9 [7] :: Janet Jackson - WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY
10 [new] :: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - IF YOU LEAVE
11 [17] :: John Cougar Mellencamp - ROCK IN THE USA
12 [re] :: Hipsway - ASK THE LORD
13 [12] :: Talk Talk - LIVING IN ANOTHER WORLD
14 [re] :: We've Got A Fuzzbox - X X SEX {from Rules & Regulations EP}
15 [11] :: Ted Chippington - SHE LOVES YOU
16 [10] :: Pet Shop Boys - LOVE COMES QUICKLY
17 [18] :: ZZ Top - ROUGH BOY
18 [14] :: INXS - WHAT YOU NEED
19 [19] :: Belouis Some - SOME PEOPLE
20 [new] :: Level 42 - LESSONS IN LOVE

[smokeyb]

1 (2) Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer (3 wks)
2 (1) Its Immaterial - Driving Away From Home (6 wks)
3 (14) OMD - If You Leave (2 wks)
4 (5) Simple Minds - All The Things She Said (5 wks)
5 (7) Madonna - Live To Tell (3 wks)
6 (4) Bryan Ferry - Is Your Love Strong Enough (7 wks)
7 (8) A-Ha - Train Of Thought (6 wks)
8 (9) Big Country - Look Away (5 wks)
9 (12) Level 42 - Lessons In Love (3 wks)
10 (17) Cure - Boys Don't Cry (2 wks)
11 (16) Bangles - If She Knew What She Wants (3 wks)
12 (13) ELO - So Serious (3 wks)
13 (5) George Michael - A Different Corner (6 wks)
14 (11) Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (3 wks)
15 (40) Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love (2 wks)
16 (19) Inxs - What You Need (4 wks)
17 (6) Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (8 wks)
18 (31) Pete Wylie - Sinful (2 wks)
19 (23) We've Got A Fuzzbox - Rules And Regulations (EP) (3 wks) 
20 (30) Dire Straits - Your Latest Trick (2 wks)
21 (28) Patti Labelle & Michael McDonald - On My Own (2 wks)
22 (25) Shalamar - A Night To Remember (3 wks)
23 (33) Jaki Graham - Set Me Free (2 wks)
24 (21) Whitney Houston - Greatest Love Of All (5 wks)
25 (NE) Kate Bush - The Big Sky (1 wk)
26 (NE) B-52's - Rock Lobster (1 wk)
27 (10) Van Halen - Why Can't This Be Love (6 wks)
28 (15) Queen - A Kind Of Magic (7 wks)
29 (18) ZZ Top - Rough Boy (4 wks)
30 (NE) Doctor & Medics - Spirit In The Sky (1 wk)
31 (20) David Bowie - Absolute Beginners (9 wks)
32 (22) Icehouse - No Promises (4 wks)
33 (24) Big Audio Dynamite - E=MC2 (8 wks)
34 (26) Suzanne Vega - Marlena On The Wall (8 wks)
35 (27) Stevie Nicks - Talk To Me (8 wks)
36 (29) Moody Blues - Your Wildest Dreams (4 wks)
37 (32) Style Council - Have You Ever Had It Blue (6 wks)
38 (35) Belouis Some - Some People (5 wks)
39 (RE) Hipsway - Ask The Lord (7 wks)
40 (36) Bronski Beat - Come On Come On (7 wks)

[Kingpin]

3        1) Madonna - Live To Tell (6-3-1) 3 weeks PEAK: 1
1        2) Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (39-26-16-9-1-1-1-2) 8 weeks PEAK: 1
7        3) Joyce Sims - All And All (32-11-7-3) 4 weeks PEAK: 3
NEW   4) Miami Sound Machine - Bad Boy (4) 1 week PEAK: 4
24      5) Jaki Graham - Set Me Free (24-5) 2 weeks PEAK: 5
2        6) Five Star - Can't Wait Another Minute (10-4-2-2-6) 5 weeks PEAK: 2
9        7) Wax - Right Between The Eyes (37-29-12-9-7) 5 weeks PEAK: 7
4        8) Janet Jackson - What Have You Done For Me Lately (32-19-9-3-3-3-4-8) 8 weeks PEAK: 3
11      9) Belouis Some - Some People (35-31-19-11-9) 5 weeks PEAK: 9
14    10) ZZ Top - Rough Boy (34-25-14-10) 4 weeks PEAK: 10

5      11) Grange Hill Cast - Just Say No (27-8-5-11) 4 weeks PEAK: 5
18    12) Level 42 - Lessons In Love (30-18-12) 3 weeks PEAK: 12
26    13) Bangles - If She Knew What She Wants (36-26-13) 3 weeks PEAK: 13
6      14) Heart - These Dreams (38-24-12-5-2-4-6-14) 8 weeks PEAK: 2
10    15) George Michael - A Different Corner (26-20-18-14-10-15) 6 weeks PEAK: 10
23    16) Vanity - Under The Influence (36-28-23-16) 4 weeks PEAK: 16
8      17) A-Ha - Train Of Thought (22-13-7-5-8-17) 6 weeks PEAK: 5
28    18) Ryder - Runner In The Night (40-28-18) 3 weeks PEAK: 18
31    19) Pete Wylie - Sinful (31-19) 2 weeks PEAK: 19
25    20) Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer (32-25-20) 3 weeks PEAK: 20

12    21) Samantha Fox - Touch Me (I Want Your Body) (20-8-1-1-5-7-12-21) 8 weeks PEAK: 1
32    22) Erasure - Oh L'Amour (32-22) 2 weeks PEAK: 22
13    23) Billy Ocean - There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) (28-23-15-13-23) 5 weeks PEAK: 13
15    24) Daniel Balavoine - L'Aziza (39-30-25-18-15-24) 6 weeks PEAK: 15
35    25) Blow Monkeys - Wicked Ways (35-25) 2 weeks PEAK: 25
NEW 26) Spitting Image - The Chicken Song (26) 1 week PEAK: 26
29    27) Moody Blues - Your Wildest Dreams (37-31-29-27) 4 weeks PEAK: 27
19    28) Sam Harris - I'd Do It All Again (39-31-18-9-4-2-1-1-1-2-4-8-10-19-28) 15 weeks PEAK: 1
36    29) Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald - On My Own (36-29) 2 weeks PEAK: 29
16    30) Brilliant - Love Is War (37-30-19-10-4-2-6-9-16-30) 10 weeks PEAK: 2

NEW 31) Doctor and The Medics - Spirit In The Sky (31) 1 week PEAK: 31
17    32) Pat Benatar - Le Bel Age (33-24-22-16-17-32) 6 weeks PEAK: 16
NEW 33) Total Contrast - What You Gonna Do About It (33) 1 week PEAK: 33
38    34) Diana Ross - Experience (38-34) 2 weeks PEAK: 34
NEW 35) Jennifer Rush - Destiny (35) 1 week PEAK: 35
NEW 36) Matchroom Mob with Chas 'n' Dave - Snooker Loopy (36) 1 week PEAK: 36
39    37) Cure - Boys Don't Cry (39-37) 2 weeks PEAK: 37
NEW 38) GTR - When The Heart Rules The Mind (38) 1 week PEAK: 38
NEW 39) Nick Heyward - All Over The Weekend (39) 1 week PEAK: 39
NEW 40) Joan Aramatrading - Kind Words (And A Real Good Heart) (40) 1 week PEAK: 40

[o]

1 1 John Cougar Mellencamp – R.O.C.K. in the USA
2 3 Inxs – What you need
3 5 Peter Gabriel – Sledgehammer
4 6 We’ve Got a Fuzzbox – Rules and regulations EP
5 2 Big Country – Look away
6 4 Falco – Rock me Amadeus
7 11 Cure – Boys don’t cry
8 14 Robert Palmer – Addicted to love
9 7 New Order – Shellshock
10 12 ZZ Top – Rough boy
11 19 B-52s – Rock lobster
12 13 Pete Wylie – Sinful
13 16 Dire Straits – Your latest trick
14 17 OMD – If you leave
15 8 Depeche Mode – A question of lust
16 18 Level 42 – Lessons in love
17 20 Madonna – Live to tell
18 29 Doctor and the Medics – Spirit in the sky
19 30 Kate Bush – Big sky
20 9 David Bowie – Absolute beginners
21 10 Big Audio Dynamite = E=MC2
22 15 Art of Noise – Peter Gunn
23 21 Alarm – Knife edge
24 22 Simple Minds – All the things she said
25 23 Queen – A kind of magic
26 24 Lick the Tins – Cant help falling in love
27 25 Marvin Gaye – I heard it through the grapevine
28 26 Suzanne Vega – Marlene on the wall
29 27 Cliff Richard and the Young Ones – Living doll
30 N Mike and the Mechanics – All I need is a miracle

[popchartfreak]

5th May 1986

It's straight in at 1 for 1966 classic Motown knocking off classic 1967 Motown from the top spot - Diana Ross & The Supremes must have heard of the Kim Wilde cover forthcoming as it recharted in the lower regions of the UK charts, giving me an opportunity to give the Supremes a 3rd chart-topper, and Diana Ross a 3rd - albeit The Supremes with Nathan Jones/Stoned Love reissue in 1976 and Diana Ross with Surrender in 1971, with both together on 1974's reissued Baby Love.

Patti Labelle outdoes Lady Marmalade rocketing top 5, and Michael MacDonald outdoes What A Fool Believes ditto, his Doobie Brothers classic, and Frankie Says Oldie as another 1966 classic enters at 10, Strangers In The Night predating my charts, but being loads better than New York New York - So, in other words, Frank Sinatra's biggest chart hit for me since My Way in 1969. 

Highest actual new track is Jaki Graham going it minus David Grant with the fab Set Me Free at 34, while both Elaine Page and Gemini take 2 Abba songs (sort of) into the 40 in the week that waiting another 32 years for an actual new Abba song seemed unthinkably unlikely (in sheer length of time), as opposed to one year ago when it seemed as likely as The Beatles reforming. But there ya go, the great day has come and I don't care how good or bad it is when it drops - it's an event that took longer than Free As A Bird's some 26 years since The Fabs last recorded together. 

Others: Johnny Hates Jazz debut a year ahead of chart success, Joan Armatrading makes it 10 years of singles success, Pete Wylie makes it 3 Wah! Years, Nick Heyward Haircut 5 years, Tina Turner 13 mostly-Ike-less Nutbush years with Stevie Wonder's social classic, and Elton has 2 ballad classics I didn't rate that much when they first came out suddenly making my playlist oldies: one of them went on to top the charts in the 90's, as well as reissue hit, one hasn't yet done that though deserves to. 

1 ( NEW ) YOU KEEP ME HANGIN’ ON Diana Ross & The Supremes
2 ( 2 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael
3 ( 1 ) I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Marvin Gaye
4 ( 4 ) WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY Janet Jackson
5 ( 63 ) ON MY OWN Patti Labelle & Michael MacDonald
6 ( 5 ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite
7 ( 9 ) THE BIG SKY Kate Bush
8 ( 3 ) ALL THE THE THINGS SHE SAID Simple Minds
9 ( 15 ) STARS Hear ‘n’ Aid
10 ( NEW ) STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT Frank Sinatra

11 ( 8 ) CAN’T WAIT ANOTHER MINUTE Five Star
12 ( 6 ) ROCK ME AMADEUS Falco
13 ( 22 ) IF YOU LEAVE OMD
14 ( 7 ) RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES Wax
15 ( 16 ) THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL Whitney Houston
16 ( 19 ) A NIGHT TO REMEMBER Shalamar
17 ( 23 ) LIVE TO TELL Madonna
18 ( 18 ) STROLLIN’ ON Maxi Priest
19 ( 14 ) A KIND OF MAGIC Queen
20 ( 30 ) BOYS DON’T CRY The Cure

21 ( 17 ) THE FINEST SOS Band
22 ( 39 ) SLEDGEHAMMER Peter Gabriel
23 ( 26 ) ROUGH BOY ZZ Top
24 ( 10 ) TRAIN OF THOUGHT a-ha
25 ( 25 ) I CAN SEE IT Blancmange
26 ( 13 ) PETER GUNN Art Of Noise & Duane Eddy
27 ( 11 ) DRIVING AWAY FROM HOME It’s Immaterial
28 ( 37 ) TENDER LOVE Force MD’s
29 ( 29 ) HOME PIL
30 ( 12 ) MARLENE ON THE WALL Suzanne Vega

31 ( 20 ) CALLING AMERICA Electric Light Orchestra
32 ( 34 ) WHAT YOU NEED INXS
33 ( 33 ) BAD BOY Miami Sound Machine
34 ( NEW ) SET ME FREE Jaki Graham
35 ( 27 ) JUST SAY NO Grange Hill Cast
36 ( 52 ) NOBODY’S SIDE Elaine Page
37 ( 73 ) JUST LIKE THAT Gemini
38 ( 38 ) SO SERIOUS Electric Light Orchestra
39 ( 48 ) XX SEX We’ve Got A Fuzzbox & We’re Gonna Use It
40 ( 21 ) WONDERFUL WORLD/ CHAIN GANG Sam Cooke

41 ( 24 ) NO PROMISES Icehouse
42 ( 28 ) DIGGING YOUR SCENE The Blow Monkeys
43 ( 35 ) HOUNDS OF LOVE Kate Bush
44 ( 49 ) A QUESTION OF LUST Depeche Mode
45 ( 31 ) YOU TO ME ARE EVERYTHING (REMIX) The Real Thing
46 ( 46 ) SWEETEST THING Gene Loves Jezebel
47 ( 43 ) EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD Tears For Fears
48 ( 54 ) R.O.C.K. IN THE USA John Cougar Mellencamp
49 ( 71 ) LESSONS IN LOVE Level 42
50 ( NEW ) SINFUL Pete Wylie

51 ( 36 ) TALK TO ME Stevie Nicks
52 ( 45 ) ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS David Bowie
53 ( 62 ) SHE LOVES YOU Ted Chippington
54 ( 44 ) KISS Prince & The Revolution
55 ( 56 ) RENDEZVOUS Jean-Michel Jarre
56 ( 53 ) THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV A-ha
57 ( 74 ) MASUKA DAN The Flaming Mussolinis
58 ( 42 ) LOVE COMES QUICKLY Pet Shop Boys
59 ( 32 ) SOME PEOPLE Belouis Some
60 ( 40 ) I’LL KEEP ON LOVING YOU Princess

61 ( NEW ) ALL ‘N’ ALL Joyce Sims
62 ( NEW ) MY FOOLISH HEART Johnny Hates Jazz
63 ( NEW ) KIND WORDS (AND A REAL GOOD HEART) Joan Armatrading
64 ( 67 ) FEVER Annabella
65 ( NEW ) YOU AND ME TONIGHT Aurra
66 ( 64 ) THE LAST KISS David Cassidy
67 ( 65 ) WEST END GIRLS Pet Shop Boys
68 ( 75 ) LOVE IN YOUR EYES Limahl
69 ( 41 ) IT’S ALL IN THE GAME The Man (aka Jonathan King)
70 ( 57 ) LOVE MISSILE F1-11 Sigue Sigue Sputnik

71 ( NEW ) OVER THE WEEKEND Nick Heyward
72 ( 60 ) GODSTAR Psychic TV
73 ( NEW ) LIVING FOR THE CITY Tina Turner
74 ( 59 ) HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL Tavares
75 ( NEW ) WICKED WAYS The Blow Monkeys

PLAYIST OLDIES

1 SOMEONE SAVED MY LIFE TONIGHT Elton John
2 DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME Elton John
3 CRYING Don McLean

[Earl Purple]

1(1) Madonna - Live To Tell
2(11) Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
3(7) Level 42 - Lessons In Love
4(5) Suzanne Vega - Marlene On The Wall
5(2) David Bowie - Absolute Beginners

6(3) Queen - A Kind Of Magic
7(4) Big Audio Dynamite - E=mc²
8(17) Cure - Boys Don't Cry
9(10) Outfield - Your Love
10(-) B-52's - Rock Lobster

11(-) Matchroom Mob ft Chas & Dave - Snooker Loopy
12(19) Patti Labelle & Michael McDonald - On My Own
13(9) Whitney Houston - The Greatest Love Of All
14(6) George Michael - A Different Corner
15(-) Spitting Image - The Chicken Song

16(20) Dire Straits - Your Latest Trick
17(12) It's Immaterial - Driving Away From Home (Jim's Tune)
18(8) Style Council - Have You Ever Had It Blue
19(-) Kate Bush - The Big Sky
20(16) Billy Ocean - There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)

21(25) Orchestra Manoeuvres In The Dark - If You Leave
22(18) Depeche Mode - A Question Of Lust
23(28) Miami Sound Machine - Bad Boy
24(-) Doctor And The Medics - Spirit In The Sky
25(13) Van Halen - Why Can't This Be Love

26(-) ZZ Top - Rough Boy
27(30) Force MDs - Tender Love
28(26) Joyce Sims - All And All
29(14) Big Country - Look Away
30(15) Sly Fox - Let's Go All The Way

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--(21) Simple Minds - All The Things She Said
--(22) Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love
--(23) Belouis Some - Some People
--(24) Bob Seger - American Storm
--(27) Stevie Nicks - I Can't Wait
--(29) Aurra - You And Me Tonight

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everyone sing along...

[coolchristie2]

1 All And All - Joyce Simms
2 On My Own - Pati Labelle & Michael McDonald
3 Experience - Diana Ross
4 What Have You Done For Me Lately - Janet Jackson
5 Set Me Free - Jaki Graham
6 Marlene On The Wall - Suzanne Vega
7 Why Can't This Be Love - Van Halen
8 Live To Tell - Madonna
9 The Greatest Love Of All - Whitney Houston
10 I'll Keep On Loving You - Princess
11 Driving Away From Home -It's Immaterial
12 Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
13 Destiny - Jennifer Rush
14 Chain Reaction - Diana Ross
15 Rock Me Amadeus - Falco
16 I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
17 ESP - Hazell Dean
18 Sinful - Pete Wylie
19 So Macho - Sinitta
20 The Chicken Song - Spitting Image

[Whitneyfan]

I won't get chance to do this tonight, but I'll have my chart up tomorrow morning if that's ok.

[Deleted]

Mark’s Top 40 weekending 4th May 1986

1 (6) Greatest Love Of All - Whitney Houston
2 (5) Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
3 (1) Can't Wait Another Minute - Five Star
4 (7) Lessons In Love - Level 42
5 (2) Live To Tell - Madonna
6 (3) A Different Corner - George Michael
7 (4) Just Say No - Grange Hill Cast
8 (18) On My Own - Patti La Belle & Michael McDonald
9 (8) Kiss - Prince
10 (10) What Have You Done For Me Lately - Janet Jackson
11 (New) The Chicken Song - Spitting Image
12 (11) Living Doll - Cliff Richard & The Young Ones
13 (12) Look Away - Big Country
14 (9) A Kind Of Magic - Queen
15 (14) All The Things She Said - Simple Minds
16 (40) Snooker Loopy - Chas N Dave/Matchroom Mob
17 (33) If You Leave - Orchestral Manoevres In The Dark
18 (16) There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) - Billy Ocean
19 (35) Set Me Free - Jaki Graham
20 (31) Sinful - Pete Wylie
21 (30) Boys Don't Cry - The Cure
22 (28) Your Latest Trick - Dire Straits
23 (17) Rock Me Amadeus - Falco
24 (19) You And Me Tonight - Aurra
25 (13) Love Comes Quickly - Pet Shop Boys
26 (15) Train Of Thought - A-ha
27 (20) Absolute Beginners - David Bowie
28 (24) If She Knew What She Wants - The Bangles
29 (New) Spirit In The Sky - Dr And The Medics
30 (23) Driving Away From Home - It's Immaterial
31 (26) I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
32 (32) Wonderful World - Sam Cooke
33 (27) You To Me Are Everything (The Decade Remix) - The Real Thing
34 (New) The Big Sky - Kate Bush
35 (22) Touch Me (I Want Your Body) - Samantha Fox
36 (21) The Finest - The SOS Band
37 (29) Why Can't This Be Love - Van Halen
38 (New) Rock Lobster/Planet Claire - The B-52s
39 (New) Freeway Of Love - Aretha Franklin
40 (25) I'll Keep On Loving You - Princess

[Whitneyfan]

Here you are, sorry it's so late... I've had problems with my internet all week but hopefully it's back to normal now!


01(02)Madonna – Live To Tell
02(01) Whitney Houston – The Greatest Love Of All
03(03) It’s Immaterial – Driving Away From Home (Jim’s Tune)
04(07) The Bangles – If She Knew What She Wants
05(19) Erasure – Oh L’Amour
06(08) Matchroom Mob With Chas & Dave – Snooker Loopy
07(21) The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry
08(25) Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald – On My Own
09(14) Level 42 – Lessons In Love
10(05) Big Country – Look Away

11(04) Latin Quarter – Modern Times
12(--)Kate Bush – The Big Sky
13(10) Joyce Sims – All And All
14(06) Five Star – Can’t Wait Another Minute
15(11) Moody Blues – Your Wildest Dreams
16(--)Spitting Image – The Chicken Song
17(29) OMD – If You Leave
18(36) Pete Wylie – Sinful
19(09) Ruby Turner – I’m In Love
20(16) Force MDs – Tender Love

21(32) Peter Gabriel – Sledgehammer
22(12) Heart – These Dreams
23(26) Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine
24(13) Falco – Rock Me Amadeus
25(24) ZZ Top – Rough Boy
26(18) Simple Minds – All The Things She Said
27(33) Diana Ross – Experience
28(22) Billy Ocean – There’ll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)
29(34) Electric Light Orchestra – So Serious
30(42) Jaki Graham – Set Me Free

31(17) Van Halen – Why Can’t This Be Love
32(50) Robert Palmer – Addicted To Love
33(15) Grange Hill Cast – Just Say No
34(20) George Michael – A Different Corner
35(23) Stevie Nicks – Talk To Me
36(47) Dire Straits – Your Latest Trick
37(--)The B-52s – Rock Lobster
38(48) Blow Monkeys – Wicked Ways
39(28) Aurra – You And Me Tonight
40(--)Doctor & The Medics – Spirit In The Sky

41(--)Miami Sound Machine – Bad Boy
42(45) Sade – Never As Good As The First Time
43(27) Princess – I’ll Keep On Loving You
44(--)We’ve Got A Fuzzbox – Rules And Regulations
45(30) SOS Band – The Finest
46(31) Big Audio Dynamite – E=MC2
47(--)Hipsway – Ask The Lord
48(--)Hazell Dean – ESP
49(35) A-Ha – Train Of Thought
50(37) Hear ‘N Aid – Stars