Haven Combi Retro-Chart W/B 18th May 1986

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HAVEN COMBI RETRO-CHART W/B 18th MAY 1986

It’s a second week at the top of the Retro-Chart for Peter Gabriel, with Sledgehammer easily crushing all opposition.





With another 200 + points score, Sledgehammer’s margin at the top of the chart is a massive 50 points and has hit the top on seven individual charts.


Level 42 manage to move up a single place to number two with Lessons In Love, swapping places with Live To Tell by Madonna, which continues its steady fall down the chart.


Boys Don’t Cry by The Cure edges up a place to number four but it’s Doctor and The Medics who make the biggest impact on the chart again. Spirit In the Sky was last week’s highest new entry and becomes this week’s biggest climber as it jumps 15 places to land at number 5.


This week’s highest new entry is from Simply Red who return with a re-issue of Holding Back The Years, which is straight in at number 19.


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

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OFFICIAL CHART W/B 25th MAY 1986

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

04 - 01 - 01 - Spitting Image - THE CHICKEN SONG
05 - 02 - 02 - Patti Labelle And Michael McDonald - ON MY OWN
04 - 05 - 03 - Doctor And The Medics - SPIRIT IN THE SKY
06 - 04 - 04 - Peter Gabriel - SLEDGEHAMMER
06 - 03 - 05 - Level 42 - LESSONS IN LOVE
07 - 19 - 06 - Simply Red - HOLDING BACK THE YEARS
05 - 06 - 07 - Matchroom Mob - SNOOKER LOOPY
09 - 08 - 08 - Van Halen - WHY CAN'T THIS BE LOVE
05 - 20 - 09 - Jaki Graham - SET ME FREE
05 - 16 - 10 - Robert Palmer - ADDICTED TO LOVE
03 - 09 - 11 - Status Quo - ROLLIN' HOME
08 - 13 - 12 - Billy Ocean - THERE'LL BE SAD SONGS (TO MAKE YOU CRY)
1 - NEW - 13 - Tears For Fears - EVERYBODY WANTS TO RUN THE WORLD
04 - 12 - 14 - B-52's - ROCK LOBSTER / PLANET CLAIRE
11 - 07 - 15 - Falco - ROCK ME AMADEUS
02 - 27 - 16 - AC/DC - WHO MADE WHO
06 - 10 - 17 - Madonna - LIVE TO TELL
02 - 30 - 18 - Cashflow - MINE ALL MINE / PARTY FREAK
08 - 14 - 19 - Five Star - CAN'T WAIT ANOTHER MINUTE
05 - 28 - 20 - Pete Wylie - SINFUL
02 - 35 - 21 - Nu Shooz - I CAN'T WAIT
02 - 37 - 22 - Real Thing - CAN'T GET BY WITHOUT YOU
07 - 17 - 23 - Joyce Sims - ALL AND ALL
08 - 11 - 24 - Whitney Houston - GREATEST LOVE OF ALL
1 - NEW - 25 - Genesis - INVISIBLE TOUCH
04 - 38 - 26 - Miami Sound Machine - BAD BOY
02 - 34 - 27 - Rod Stewart - LOVE TOUCH
1 - NEW - 28 - Smiths - BIG MOUTH STRIKE AGAIN
1 - NEW - 29 - Pet Shop Boys - OPPORTUNITIES
07 - 23 - 30 - ZZ Top - ROUGH BOY
11 - 15 - 31 - Janet Jackson - WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY
06 - 18 - 32 - Marvin Gaye - I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE
02 - 39 - 33 - Freddie Mercury - TIME
03 - 40 - 34 - Mantronix - BASSLINE
1 - NEW - 35 - Falco - VIENNA CALLING
09 - 21 - 36 - George Michael - A DIFFERENT CORNER
05 - 25 - 37 - Cure - BOYS DON'T CRY
02 - 47 - 38 - Communards - DISENCHANTED
07 - 24 - 39 - Princess - I'LL KEEP ON LOVING YOU
07 - 22 - 40 - Aurra - YOU AND ME TONIGHT
1 - NEW - 41 - Culture Club - GOD THANK YOU WOMAN
06 - 31 - 42 - Bangles - IF SHE KNEW WHAT SHE WANTS
08 - 29 - 43 - Force MDs - TENDER LOVE
10 - 26 - 44 - Queen - A KIND OF MAGIC
04 - 43 - 45 - Nick Heywood - OVER THE WEEKEND
1 - NEW - 46 - Dhar Braxton - JUMP BACK
1 - NEW - 47 - Janet Jackson - NASTY
02 - 65 - 48 - Atlantic Starr - IF YOUR HEART ISN'T IN IT
06 - 41 - 49 - We've Got A Fuzzbox - RULES AND REGULATIONS (EP)
1 - NEW - 50 - Amazulu - TOO GOOD TO BE FORGOTTEN
05 - 32 - 51 - Dire Straits - YOUR LATEST TRICK
1 - NEW - 52 - Lovebug Starski - AMITYVILLE
03 - 61 - 53 - Thomas And Taylor - YOU CAN'T BLAME LOVE
08 - 33 - 54 - Big Country - LOOK AWAY
1 - NEW - 55 - Bananarama - VENUS
03 - 69 - 56 - Love And Money - CANDYBAR EXPRESS
13 - 36 - 57 - Atlantic Starr - SECRET LOVERS
09 - 50 - 58 - Hipsway - ASK THE LORD
02 - 76 - 59 - Chris Rea - ON THE BEACH
1 - NEW - 60 - Chris Paul - EXPANSIONS '86
11 - 46 - 61 - Comic Relief presents Cliff Richard and the Young Ones featuring Hank Marvin - LIVING DOLL
1 - NEW - 62 - Candi Staton - YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE
02 - 79 - 63 - Sly Fox - LET'S GO ALL THE WAY
10 - 42 - 64 - SOS Band - THE FINEST
1 - NEW - 65 - Owen Paul - MY FAVOURITE WASTE OF TIME
04 - 70 - 66 - Total Contrast - WHAT YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT
02 - 64 - 67 - Zapp - COMPUTER LOVE
11 - 44 - 68 - Sam Cooke - WONDERFUL WORLD
1 - NEW - 69 - Black Uhuru - GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY
02 - 89 - 70 - Cock Robin - THE PROMISE YOU MADE
1 - NEW - 71 - WASP - WILD CHILD
13 - 57 - 72 - Joe Fagin - BACK WITH THE BOYS AGAIN / GET IT RIGHT
08 - 45 - 73 - Simple Minds - ALL THE THINGS SHE SAID
03 - 59 - 74 - Talk Talk - GIVE IT UP
03 - 80 - 75 - Mike And The Mechanics - ALL I NEED IS A MIRACLE

Link for UK Top 100

Link for Billboard Hot 100

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Many thanks for the 12 charts posted this week from rubcale , TheThorne , darkstar79 , Whitneyfan , Shireblogger , raliverpool , smokeyb , o , coolchristie2 , Earl Purple and popchartfreak and two frozen charts from Mark and andrej

I'll leave this open until next weekend!

[raliverpool]

01 Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer (5wks 24-6-2-1-1)
02 Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love (3wks 25-10-2)
03 Simply Red - Holding Back The Years (2wks 13-3)
04 OMD - If You Leave (5wks 2-1-1-2-4)
05 INXS - Listen Like Thieves (4wks 27-11-5-5)
06 Bangles - If She Knew What She Wants (6wks 40-22-13-7-3-6)
07 Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - Bad Boy (6wks 29-16-10-6-4-7)
08 Colourbox - The Official Colourbox World Cup Theme (4wks 32-18-11-8)
09 AC/DC - Who Made Who (2wks 18-9)

10 Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again (1wk 10 NEW)

11 Genesis - Invisible Touch (1wk 11 NEW)

12 Madonna - Live To Tell (6wks 1-1-2-4-6-12)
13 Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald - On My Own (5wks 23-11-8-9-13)
14 Level 42 - Lessons In Love (6wks 26-7-3-5-8-14)
15 Spitting Image - The Chicken Song (4wks 24-14-12-15)
16 Sade - Never As Good As The First Time (4wks 31-20-14-16)
17 Kate Bush - The Big Sky (4wks 7-3-7-17)
18 Love & Money - Candybar Express (3wks 31-20-18)
19 Sandra - In The Heat Of The Night (3wks 22-17-19)

20 Jaki Graham - Set Me Free (2wks 34-20)

21 Talk Talk - Give It Up (3wks 32-22-21)
22 Rod Stewart - Love Touch (2wks 32-22)
23 Billy Ocean - There'll Be Sad Songs (3wks 35-26-23)
24 Triffids - Wide Open Road (4wks 33-23-21-24)
25 Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait (1wk 25 NEW)
26 Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Run The World (1wk 26 NEW)
27 Chris Rea - On The Beach (2wks 31-27)
28 Cure - Boys Don't Cry '86 (5wks 17-14-13-16-28)
29 Whitney Houston - Greatest Love Of All (7wks 22-12-8-8-9-15-29)

30 Pete Wylie - Sinful (1wk 30 NEW)

31 Doctor & The Medics - Spirit In The Sky (3wks 37-29-31)
32 Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Freddie Mercury - Time (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Mike & The Mechanics - All I Need Is A Miracle (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Communards - Disenchanted (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Joan Armatrading - Kind Words (4wks 29-21-24-36)
37 Status Quo - Rollin' Home (2wks 35-37)
38 Squeeze - King George Street (7wks 23-11-4-4-10-23-38)
39 Dire Straits - Your Latest Trick (5wks 18-12-12-19-39)
40 Erasure - Oh L'Amour (5wks 32-21-17-25-40)

LP Peter Gabriel - That Voice Again (1LP So)

As Phil Collins revealed in his autobiography "Not Dead Yet" this USA #1 hit lyrics were written about then British PM Margaret Thatcher, and how the (right wing) media had a way of putting a spell on the Great British Public into voting for her despite her unpopularity & divisive nature.

[Earl Purple]

1(1) Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
2(2) B-52's - Rock Lobster
3(11) Freddie Mercury - Time
4(3) Matchroom Mob ft Chas & Dave - Snooker Loopy
5(8) Mike & The Mechanics - All I Need Is A Miracle

6(16) Simply Red - Holding Back The Years
7(-) Genesis - Invisible Touch
8(9) Bangles - If She Knew What She Wants
9(4) Madonna - Live To Tell
10(-) Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again

11(12) Pete Wylie - Sinful
12(6) Cure - Boys Don't Cry
13(5) Level 42 - Lessons In Love
14(7) Spitting Image - The Chicken Song
15(14) Status Quo - Rolling Home

16(22) Heart - Nothin' At All
17(21) Mr Mister - Is It Love
18(-) Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money)
19(13) Kate Bush - The Big Sky
20(10) Patti Labelle & Michael McDonald - On My Own

21(15) Doctor And The Medics - Spirit In The Sky
22(26) Rod Stewart - Love Touch
23(-) Communards - Disenchanted
24(20) Jaki Graham - Set Me Free
25(-) Jets - Crush On You

26(23) Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait
27(-) Falco - Vienna Calling
28(19) Orchestra Manoeuvres In The Dark - If You Leave
29(17) Outfield - Your Love
30(18) Suzanne Vega - Marlene On The Wall

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--(24) ZZ Top - Rough Boy
--(25) Dire Straits - Your Latest Trick
--(27) David Bowie - Absolute Beginners
--(28) Miami Sound Machine - Bad Boy
--(29) Force MDs - Tender Love
--(30) Billy Ocean - There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)

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As Peter Gabriel remains a 3rd week at #1 the band he used to be a member of gets the highest new entry.

It's been about 7 months since the last Smiths single, and the new album is still not yet out, but we do finally get another hit:

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2        1) Jaki Graham - Set Me Free (24-5-4-2-1) 5 weeks PEAK: 1
1        2) Miami Sound Machine - Bad Boy (4-1-1-2) 4 weeks PEAK: 1
7        3) Pete Wylie - Sinful (31-19-10-7-3) 5 weeks PEAK: 3
12      4) Belinda Carlisle - Mad About You (34-12-4) 3 weeks PEAK: 4
6        5) Level 42 - Lessons In Love (30-18-12-7-6-5) 6 weeks PEAK: 5
3        6) Bangles - If She Knew What She Wants (36-26-13-5-3-6) 6 weeks PEAK: 3
9        7) Vanity - Under The Influence (36-28-23-16-14-9-7) 7 weeks PEAK: 7
10      8) Erasure - Oh L'Amour (32-22-12-10-8) 5 weeks PEAK: 8
13      9) Doctor and The Medics - Spirit In The Sky (31-17-13-9) 4 weeks PEAK: 9
4      10) Joyce Sims - All And All (32-11-7-3-2-4-10) 7 weeks PEAK: 2

16    11) Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love (24-16-11) 3 weeks PEAK: 11
5      12) Madonna - Live To Tell (6-3-1-3-5-12) 6 weeks PEAK: 1
NEW 13) Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money) (13) 1 week PEAK: 13
15    14) Blow Monkeys - Wicked Ways (35-25-18-15-14) 5 weeks PEAK: 14
19    15) Mike and The Mechanics - All I Need Is A Miracle (26-19-15) 3 weeks PEAK: 15
24    16) Alexander O'Neal - What's Missing (24-16) 2 weeks PEAK: 16
30    17) Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait (30-17) 2 weeks PEAK: 17
21    18) Total Contrast - What You Gonna Do About It (33-25-21-18) 4 weeks PEAK: 18
29    19) Cool Notes - Into The Motion (36-29-19) 3 weeks PEAK: 19
32    20) Sly Fox - Let's Go All The Way (32-20) 2 weeks PEAK: 20

NEW 21) Banananrama - Venus (21) 1 week PEAK: 21
NEW 22) Janet Jackson - Nasty 22) 1 week PEAK: 22
9      23) Ryder - Runner In The Night (40-28-18-9-8-23) 6 weeks PEAK: 8
26    24) Diana Ross - Experience (38-34-29-26-24) 5 weeks PEAK: 24
34    25) Communards - Disenchanted (34-25) 2 weeks PEAK: 25
NEW 26) Amazulu - Too Good To Be Forgotten (26) 1 week PEAK: 26
14    27) Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (39-26-16-9-1-1-1-2-6-14-27) 11 weeks PEAK: 1
33    28) Joan Armatrading - Kind Words (And A Real Good Heart) (40-35-33-28) 4 weeks PEAK: 28
39    29) Cliff Richard - Born To Rock 'n' Roll (40-39-29) 3 weeks PEAK: 29
17    30) Jennifer Rush - Destiny (35-20-17-30) 4 weeks PEAK: 17

37    31) Talk Talk - Give It Up (39-37-31) 3 weeks PEAK: 31
NEW 32) Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Run The World (32) 1 week PEAK: 32
40    33) Wild Blue - Fire With Fire (40-33) 2 weeks PEAK: 33
NEW 34) Genesis - Invisible Touch (34) 1 week PEAK: 34
38    35) Jeffrey Osborne - You Should Be Mine (The Woo Woo Song) (38-35) 2 weeks PEAK: 35
NEW 36) Dhar Braxton - Jump Back (Set Me Free) (36) 1 week PEAK: 36
NEW 37) Falco - Vienna Calling (37) 1 week PEAK: 37
NEW 38) Owen Paul - My Favourite Waste Of Time (38) 1 week PEAK: 38
NEW 39) Culture Club - God Thank You Woman (39) 1 week PEAK: 39
NEW 40) Chris Paul - Expansions '86 (40) 1 week PEAK: 40

[darkstar79]

01 Joyce Sims - ALL AND ALL
02 Stephanie – IRRESISTIBLE
03 Nu Shooz - I CAN'T WAIT (2 wks)
04 Lovebug Starski – AMITYVILLE (THE HOUSE ON THE HILL) (2 wks)
05 George Clinton - DO FRIES GO WITH THAT SHAKE
06 Lonnie Hill - GALVESTON BAY
07 Pet Shop Boys - OPPORTUNITIES (1 wk)
08 Mantronix - BASSLINE (3 wks)
09 Tavares - HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL
10 Five Star - CAN'T WAIT ANOTHER MINUTE

11 Force MDs - TENDER LOVE
12 Spitting Image – THE CHICKEN SONG
13 Pet Shop Boys - LOVE COMES QUICKLY
14 Janet Jackson – NASTY (3 wks)
15 Heaven 17 Feat. Jimmy Ruffin – THE FOOLISH THING TO DO
16 Smiths - BIG MOUTH STRIKE AGAIN (1 wk)
17 Zapp – COMPUTER LOVE (2 wks)
18 Princess - I'LL KEEP ON LOVING YOU
19 Dhar Braxton - JUMP BACK (1 wk)
20 Jermaine Stewart – WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE OUR CLOTHES OFF (3 wks)

21 Sly Fox – LET'S GO ALL THE WAY (2 wks)
22 Aurra - YOU AND ME TONIGHT
23 SOS Band - THE FINEST
24 Sinitta - SO MACHO / CRUISING
25 Janet Jackson - WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY
26 New York Skyy – GIVIN' IT TO YOU (1wk)
27 Madonna – LIVE TO TELL
28 Whistle - (NOTHING SERIOUS) JUST BUGGIN'
29 Shalamar - A NIGHT TO REMEMBER
30 Billy Ocean - THERE'LL BE SAD SONGS (TO MAKE YOU CRY)

[rubcale]

01 Spitting Image The Chicken Song
02 Peter Gabriel Sledgehammer
03 Robert Palmer Addicted To Love
04 Billy Ocean There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)
05 Doctor & The Medics Spirit In The Sky
06 Real Thing Can't Get By Without You
07 Amazulu Too Good To Be Forgotten
08 Level 42 Lessons In Love
09 B-52s Rock Lobster/ Planet Claire
10 Status Quo Rollin' Home
11 Owen Paul My Favourite Waste Of Time
12 Patti Labelle & Michael McDonald On My Own
13 Sly Stone Let's Go All The Way
14 Marvin Gaye I Heard It Through The Grapevine
15 Janet Jackson What Have You Done For Me Lately
16 Janet Jackson Nasty
17 Force MDs Tender Love
18 Diana Ross Chain Reaction
19 Five Star Can't Wait Another Minute
20 Falco Vienna Calling

[TheThorne]

1 1 Peter Gabriel - SLEDGEHAMMER
2 2 Robert Palmer - ADDICTED TO LOVE
3 4 OMD - IF YOU LEAVE
4 10 Mike & The Mechanics - ALL I NEED IS A MIRACLE
5 9 Journey - BE GOOD TO YOURSELF
6 3 Level 42 - LESSONS IN LOVE
7 13 Love & Money - CANDYBAR EXPRESS
8 6 The Cure - BOYS DON'T CRY
9 5 Outfield - YOUR LOVE
10 18 Cock Robin - THE PROMISE YOU MADE
11 new The Smiths - BIGMOUTH STRIKES AGAIN
12 7 Pete Wylie - SINFUL
13 14 Mr Mister - IS IT LOVE
14 20 Nu Shooz - I CAN'T WAIT
15 8 Madonna - LIVE TO TELL
16 new Genesis - INVISIBLE TOUCH
17 24 Sly Fox - LET'S GO ALL THE WAY
18 11 Huey Lewis & The News - THE HEART OF ROCK AND ROLL
19 new Janet Jackson - NASTY
20 12 Simple Minds - ALL THE THINGS SHE SAID
21 21 Doctor And The Medics - SPIRIT IN THE SKY
22 new Pet Shop Boys - OPPORTUNITIES (LET'S MAKE LOTS OF MONEY)
23 15 Miami Sound Machine - BAD BOY
24 new Bananarama - VENUS
25 27 Hooters - WHERE DO THE CHILDREN GO
26 16 B-52s - ROCK LOBSTER
27 new Owen Paul - MY FAVOURITE WASTE OF TIME
28 31 AC/DC - WHO MADE WHO
29 17 Van Halen - WHY CAN'T THIS BE LOVE
30 new Amazulu - TOO GOOD TO BE FORGOTTEN
31 26 Simply Red - HOLDING BACK THE YEARS
32 19 Depeche Mode - A QUESTION OF LUST
33 new Falco - VIENNA CALLING
34 22 The Bangles -IF SHE KNEW WHAT SHE WANTS
35 23 Big Country - LOOK AWAY
36 32 Talk Talk - GIVE IT UP
37 29 Clannad - ROBIN OF SHERWOOD
38 new Sandie Shaw - ARE YOU READY TO BE HEARTBROKEN
39 25 Dire Straits - YOUR LATEST TRICK
40 28 Heart - THESE DREAMS

Many other entries used so will go for one of the happiest one hit wonders ever and hes Scottish.

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer (6 wks)
2 (4) Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love (5 wks)
3 (5) Doctor & Medics - Spirit In The Sky (4 wks)
4 (2) OMD - If You Leave (5 wks)
5 (6) Bangles - If She Knew What She Wants (6 wks)
6 (9) B-52's - Rock Lobster (4 wks)
7 (7) Kate Bush - The Big Sky (4 wks)
8 (16) Simply Red - Holding Back the Years (12 wk)
9 (8) Pete Wylie - Sinful (5 wks)
10 (10) Dire Straits - Your Latest Trick (5 wks)
11 (19) Mike & The Mechanics - All You Need Is a Miracle (3 wks)
12 (3) Cure - Boys Don't Cry (5 wks)
13 (17) Talk Talk - Give It Up (3 wks)
14 (21) Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait (2 wks)
15 (NE) Genesis - Invisible Touch (1 wk)
16 (NE) Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (1 wk)
17 (NE) Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Run The World (1 wk)
18 (33) Sly Fox - Let's Go All The Way (2 wks)
19 (27) Freddie Mercury - Time (3 wks)
20 (20) Status Quo - Rollin' Home (3 wks)
21 (23) Cock Robin - The Promise You Made (2 wks)
22 (28) Communards - Disenchanted (2 wks)
23 (14) Patti Labelle & Michael McDonald - On My Own (5 wks)
24 (11) Simple Minds - All The Things She Said (8 wks)
25 (12) Level 42 - Lessons In Love (6 wks)
26 (13) Its Immaterial - Driving Away From Home (9 wks)
27 (NE) The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again (1 wk)
28 (15) Madonna - Live To Tell (6 wks)
29 (40) Chris Rea - On The Beach (2 wks)
30 (NE) Falco - Vienna Calling (1 wk)
31 (25) AC/DC - Who Made Who (2 wks)
32 (NE) Culture Club - God Thank You Woman (1 wk)
33 (NE) Bananarama - Venus (1 wk)
34 (NE) Amazulu - Too Good To Be Forgotten (1 wk)
35 (NE) Owen Paul - My Favourite Waste Of Time (1 wk)
36 (18) Big Country - Look Away (8 wks)
37 (22) Bryan Ferry - Is Your Love Strong Enough (10 wks)
38 (24) Jaki Graham - Set Me Free (5 wks)
39 (NE) Sandie Shaw - Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken (1 wk)
40 (NE) Rolling Stones - One Hit (To The Body) (1 wk)

[Whitneyfan]

01(07) Doctor & The Medics – Spirit In The Sky
02(03) Pete Wylie – Sinful
03(05) Belinda Carlisle – Mad About You
04(01) Madonna – Live To Tell
05(10) Miami Sound Machine – Bad Boy
06(18) Simply Red – Holding Back The Years
07(23) The Communards – Disenchanted
08(02) Erasure – Oh L’Amour
09(11) Robert Palmer – Addicted To Love
10(04) Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald – On My Own

11(09) Kate Bush – The Big Sky
12(14) Jaki Graham – Set Me Free
13(06) The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry
14(08) Level 42 – Lessons In Love
15(15) The B-52s – Rock Lobster
16(17) Stevie Nicks – Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You
17(22) Freddie Mercury – Time
18(13) Matchroom Mob With Chas & Dave – Snooker Loopy
19(12) Whitney Houston – The Greatest Love Of All
20(32) Real Thing – Can’t Get By Without You ‘86

21(--) Bananarama – Venus
22(49) Cock Robin – The Promise You Made
23(28) Mike & The Mechanics – All I Need Is A Miracle
24(29) Rod Stewart – Love Touch
25(39) Chris Rea – On The Beach
26(--) Tears For Fears – Everybody Wants To Run The World
27(43) Nu Shooz – I Can’t Wait
28(--) Pet Shop Boys – Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots Of Money)
29(35) Love And Money – Candybar Express
30(16) The Bangles – If She Knew What She Wants

31(31) Status Quo – Rollin’ Home
32(42) Alexander O’Neal – What’s Missing
33(19) Spitting Image – The Chicken Song
34(40) Cashflow – Mine All Mine
35(--) Genesis – Invisible Touch
36(--) Culture Club – God Thank You Woman
37(21) OMD – If You Leave
38(47) Lovebug Starski – Amityville (The House On The Hill)
39(50) Sly Fox – Let’s Go All The Way
40(--) Amazulu – Too Good To Be Forgotten

41(26) Dire Straits – Your Latest Trick
42(20) Peter Gabriel – Sledgehammer
43(--) Janet Jackson – Nasty
44(24) It’s Immaterial – Driving Away From Home (Jim’s Tune)
45(--) Dhar Braxton – Jump Back (Set Me Free)
46(25) Big Country – Look Away
47(--) Falco – Vienna Calling
48(--) The Smiths – Big Mouth Strikes Again
49(--) Owen Paul – My Favourite Waste Of Time
50(--) Sinitta – So Macho

[o]

1 2 Robert Palmer – Addicted to love
2 3 B-52s – Rock lobster
3 1 Peter Gabriel – Sledgehammer
4 10 Doctor and the Medics – Spirit in the sky
5 11 Sly Fox – Let’s go all the way
6 N Smiths – Bigmouth strikes again
7 6 Cure – Boys don’t cry
8 20 Pet Shop Boys – Opportunities
9 7 ZZ Top – Rough boy
10 21 Bananarama – Venus
11 8 Pete Wylie – Sinful
12 4 Inxs – What you need
13 9 Level 42 – Lessons in love
14 5 John Cougar Mellencamp – R.O.C.K. in the USA
15 15 Chris Rea – On the beach
16 17 Mike and the Mechanics – All I need is a miracle
17 18 AC/DC – Who made who?
18 19 Nu Shooz – I cant wait
19 26 Janet Jackson – Nasty
20 19 27 Genesis – Invisible touch
21 12 OMD – If you leave
22 13 We’ve Got a Fuzzbox – Rules and regulations EP
23 14 Big Country – Look away
24 16 Kate Bush – Big sky
25 N Housemartins – Happy hour
26 N Mission – Serpent’s kiss
27 N Furniture – Brilliant mind
28 N Sigue Sigue Sputnik – 21st century boy
29 22 Falco – Rock me Amadeus
30 23 Dire Straits – Your latest trick

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Talk Talk - GIVE IT UP
2 [new] :: Pet Shop Boys - IN THE NIGHT {Opportunities B-side}
3 [2] :: Peter Gabriel - SLEDGEHAMMER
4 [4] :: Communards - DISENCHANTED
5 [new] :: Pet Shop Boys - OPPORTUNITIES
6 [5] :: Doctor And The Medics - SPIRIT IN THE SKY
7 [8] :: Pete Wylie - SINFUL
8 [new] :: Peter Gabriel - IN YOUR EYES {So LP track}
9 [10] :: Chris De Burgh - FIRE ON THE WATER
10 [11] :: Simply Red - HOLDING BACK THE YEARS
11 [3] :: Cure - BOYS DON'T CRY
12 [new] :: Peter Gabriel ft LAURIE ANDERSON - THIS IS THE PICTURE {So LP track}
13 [6] :: Blancmange - I CAN SEE IT
14 [7] :: Blow Monkeys - WICKED WAYS
15 [16] :: AC/DC - WHO MADE WHO
16 [new] :: Peter Gabriel - MERCY STREET {So LP track}
17 [9] :: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - IF YOU LEAVE
18 [15] :: Dire Straits - YOUR LATEST TRICK
19 [14] :: ZZ Top - ROUGH BOY
20 [17] :: Hipsway - ASK THE LORD


1986's best album entered the chart at #1 this week, and 3 of the non-single album cuts make my tracks chart for this week, including this captivating and slightly haunting collaboration with Laurie Anderson:-

[popchartfreak]

27th May 1986

It's up 42 places to hit the top spot, giving Pet Shop Boys lots of Opportunities and a second fabulous number one. That's bad news for Peter Gabriel stuck at 2 with Sledgehammer and no chance of knocking off my increasingly new fave pop stars. The B52's meanwhile reach a new peak as Rock Lobster finally makes my top 10 7 years late, and Sandie Shaw makes it 3 top 10's spread over 17 years - though guaranteed she would have topped my chart in 1964 with Always Something There To Remind Me had I been charting at 6 years old, being as I was totally in love with it, the love was long-lasting. 22 years then, 54 years now...

Level 42 grab a rare top 10 with Lessons In Love, Grace Jones reissues Private Life, and the Pretenders cover is back in the top 20 with a bang 6 years on. ZZ Top go untypically ballad-style and extend the top 20's to 2 years, Miami "Gloria Estefan" Sound Machine get the 2nd of many top 20's, John Cougar Mellencamp has a second top 20 4 years after Jack & Diane, and Falco gets the highest new song into the chart - Hello? Vienna Calling! At 25!

The Real Thing follow-up their 1976 remixed chart smash with the same 1976 original follow-up (also remixed), and Can't Get By Without You is back in the top 40. Quo make it 13 years of top 40's. I saw the band in a club 2 years ago, still good, and was saddened to hear of Eddie Amoo's passing not long ago. I Can't Wait enters, but not Stevie Nicks, it's Nu Shooz with that fab hooky synth noise, Venus enters again, but it's not the fab Shocking Blue it's the even fabber Hi-NRG cover by Bananarama, who I saw do it last year with the original trio back together, and they were just fantastic.

At 59, the song that still gives me nightmares, Invisible Touch was the song I did a goldfish impression to when Mike Read asked the name of the current Genesis album on the Radio One Roadshow to me, my first question, my mind went blank, The Real Thing were backstage signing autographs. It's ingrained in my mind now, though. Happily I got the rest correct. Just finishing reading Phil Collins Not Dead Yet autobiography and he doesn't mention me. Neither does Johnny Marr in his, even when I saw him with Pet Shop Boys at the Royal Album Hall charity show - see how life is so circular! Cue The Smiths in at 69 with Morrissey's own Lifelong Statement Of Intent. I saw him again not long ago shortly before his media melt-down as a cartoon character with outrageous and inappropriately misinformed opinions on things his isolated, wealthy lifestyle tax exile status suggests he should keep to himself.

That leaves Simply Red with a reissue of Holding Back The Ears, a shame as I rather like sticky-out ears, not as good as Money's Too Tight To Mention to my ears, and Janet Jackson turning Nasty. Also not as good as What Have You Done For Me Lately, but Jam & Lewis are never actually less than decent.


1 ( 43 ) OPPORTUNITIES (LET’S MAKE LOTS OF MONEY) Pet Shop Boys
2 ( 2 ) SLEDGEHAMMER Peter Gabriel
3 ( 1 ) (I’LL NEVER BE) MARIA MAGDALENA Sandra
4 ( 9 ) SET ME FREE Jaki Graham
5 ( 5 ) SPIRIT IN THE SKY Doctor & The Medics
6 ( 14 ) ROCK LOBSTER The B52’s
7 ( 12 ) ARE YOU READY TO BE HEARTBROKEN Sandie Shaw
8 ( 3 ) ON MY OWN Patti Labelle & Michael MacDonald
9 ( 4 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael
10 ( 13 ) LESSONS IN LOVE Level 42

11 ( 19 ) SINFUL Pete Wylie
12 ( 24 ) EVERYBODY WANTS TO RUN/RULE THE WORLD Tears For Fears
13 ( 7 ) I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Marvin Gaye
14 ( 6 ) BOYS DON’T CRY The Cure
15 ( NEW ) PRIVATE LIFE Grace Jones
16 ( 23 ) ROUGH BOY ZZ Top
17 ( 11 ) WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY Janet Jackson
18 ( 26 ) LET’S GO ALL THE WAY Sly Fox
19 ( 36 ) R.O.C.K. IN THE USA John Cougar Mellencamp
20 ( 25 ) BAD BOYS Miami Sound Machine

21 ( 32 ) I ENGINEER Icehouse
22 ( 29 ) XX SEX/ RULES AND REGULATIONS We’ve Got A Fuzzbox & We’re Gonna Use It
23 ( 8 ) YOU KEEP ME HANGIN’ ON Diana Ross & The Supremes
24 ( 15 ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite
25 ( NEW ) VIENNA CALLING Falco
26 ( 16 ) IF YOU LEAVE OMD
27 ( 21 ) ROCK ME AMADEUS Falco
28 ( 10 ) LIVE TO TELL Madonna
29 ( 18 ) FREEWAY OF LOVE Aretha Franklin
30 ( 22 ) THE BIG SKY Kate Bush

31 ( NEW ) CAN’T GET BY WITHOUT YOU (REMIX) The Real Thing
32 ( 20 ) SO SERIOUS Electric Light Orchestra
33 ( 17 ) TENDER LOVE Force MD’s
34 ( 47 ) GOD BLESS YOU WOMAN Culture Club
35 ( 35 ) KIND WORDS (AND A REAL GOOD HEART) Joan Armatrading
36 ( 27 ) ASK THE LORD Hipsway
37 ( 70 ) RING A DING DING Perils Of Plastic
38 ( 40 ) OVER THE WEEKEND Nick Heyward
39 ( 31 ) CAN’T WAIT ANOTHER MINUTE Five Star
40 ( 46 ) ROLLIN’ HOME Status Quo

41 ( 38 ) YOU AND ME TONIGHT Aurra
42 ( 44 ) MY FAVOURITE WASTE OF TIME Owen Paul
43 ( 69 ) LOVE TOUCH Rod Stewart
44 ( 30 ) ALL THE THE THINGS SHE SAID Simple Minds
45 ( 41 ) ALL AND ALL Joyce Sims
46 ( NEW ) I CAN’T WAIT Nu Shooz
47 ( 37 ) RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES Wax
48 ( 56 ) I’M THE LEADER OF THE GANG Gary Glitter & Girlschool
49 ( NEW ) VENUS Bananarama
50 ( 53 ) IF SHE KNEW WHAT SHE WANTS The Bangles

51 ( 62 ) ADDICTED TO LOVE Robert Palmer
52 ( 48 ) CALLING AMERICA Electric Light Orchestra
53 ( 34 ) WHAT YOU NEED INXS
54 ( 28 ) STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT Frank Sinatra
55 ( 64 ) WHY CAN’T THIS BE LOVE Van Halen
56 ( 45 ) A KIND OF MAGIC Queen
57 ( 54 ) HOUNDS OF LOVE Kate Bush
58 ( 65 ) GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY Black Uhuru
59 ( NEW ) INVISIBLE TOUCH Genesis
60 ( 50 ) DRIVING AWAY FROM HOME It’s Immaterial

61 ( 33 ) A NIGHT TO REMEMBER Shalamar
62 ( 39 ) THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL Whitney Houston
63 ( NEW ) THE PROMISE YOU MADE Cock Robin
64 ( 67 ) BORN TO ROCK ‘N’ ROLL Cliff Richard
65 ( 74 ) TOO GOOD TO BE FORGOTTEN Amazulu
66 ( 63 ) THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV A-ha
67 ( NEW ) NEW BEGINNING (MAMBA SEYRA) Bucks Fizz
68 ( 58 ) PETER GUNN Art Of Noise & Duane Eddy
69 ( NEW ) BIG MOUTH STRIKES AGAIN The Smiths
70 ( 73 ) ALL I NEED IS A MIRACLE Mike + The Mechanics

71 ( NEW ) HOLDING BACK THE YEARS Simply Red
72 ( 42 ) STARS Hear ‘n’ Aid
73 ( NEW ) YOUR LOVE The Outfield
74 ( 72 ) THE LAST KISS David Cassidy
75 ( NEW ) NASTY Janet Jackson

Playlist Oldies
1 ODE TO BILLIE JOE Bobbie Gentry
2 THE DAY BEFORE YOU CAME Abba
3 TWILIGHT ELO


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1 Set Me Free - Jaki Graham
2 Bad Boy - Miami Sound Machine
3 The Chicken Song - Spitting Image
4 Holding Back The Years - Simply Red
5 All And All - Joyce Simms
6 Why Can't This Be Love - Van Halen
7 On My Own - Patti Labelle & Michael McDonald
8 Sinful - Pete Wylie
9 Opportunities - Pet Shop Boys
10 Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
11 Rock Lobster - B-52s
12 I Can't Wait - Nu Shooz
13 Snooker Loopy - Matcgroom Mob
14 Mad About You - Belinda Carlisle
15 What Have You Done For Me Lately - Janet Jackson
16 If Your Heart Isn't In It - Atlantic Starr
17 Young Hearts Run Free - Candi Staton
18 Time - Freddie Mercury
19 Marlene On The Wall - Suzanne Vega
20 Destiny - Jennifer Rush

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Mark’s Top 40 weekending 25th May 1986

1 (1) Spirit In The Sky - Dr And The Medics
2 (6) Holding Back The Years - Simply Red
3 (2) On My Own - Patti La Belle & Michael McDonald
4 (5) Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
5 (3) The Chicken Song - Spitting Image
6 (4) Greatest Love Of All - Whitney Houston
7 (32) I Can't Wait - Nu Shooz
8 (7) Can't Wait Another Minute - Five Star
9 (8) Lessons In Love - Level 42
10 (9) Live To Tell - Madonna
11 (10) A Different Corner - George Michael
12 (11) If You Leave - Orchestral Manoevres In The Dark
13 (12) What Have You Done For Me Lately - Janet Jackson
14 (13) Sinful - Pete Wylie
15 (14) Set Me Free - Jaki Graham
16 (15) Rollin' Home - Status Quo
17 (16) Your Latest Trick - Dire Straits
18 (New) Invisible Touch - Genesis
19 (New) Everybody Wants To Run The World - Tears For Fears
20 (39) Can't Get By Without You - The Real Thing
21 (30) Bad Boy - Miami Sound Machine
22 (New) My Favourite Waste Of Time - Owen Paul
23 (31) Disenchanted - Communards
24 (20) Living Doll - Cliff Richard & The Young Ones
25 (21) Look Away - Big Country
26 (22) All The Things She Said - Simple Minds
27 (25) There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) - Billy Ocean
28 (28) You And Me Tonight - Aurra
29 (New) Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money) - Pet Shop Boys
30 (18) Kiss - Prince
31 (17) Boys Don't Cry - The Cure
32 (New) Venus - Bananarama
33 (New) Vienna Calling - Falco
34 (34) Love Touch - Rod Stewart
35 (35) Time - Freddie Mercury
36 (New) God Thank You Woman - Culture Club
37 (37) Why Can't This Be Love - Van Halen
38 (New) Too Good To Be Forgotten - Amazulu
39 (26) A Kind Of Magic - Queen
40 (New) Nasty - Janet Jackson