Haven Combi Retro-Chart W/B 12th October 1986

[Kingpin]

HAVEN COMBI RETRO-CHART W/B 12th OCTOBER 1986

The Pet Shop Boys retain the top spot for a second week as Suburbia becomes the first record since Happy Hour in June to break the 200 weekly points barrier.




Suburbia appears on every individual chart posted this week and decimates the competition.

Cyndi Lauper has to make do with second place again with a score that normally might have taken True Colors all the way to the top.

The Bangles rebound up the chart as Walk Like An Egyptian achieves a new peak at number three.

A-Ha are back in the Top Five with I’ve Been Losing You, the debut single from their newly released album Scoundrel Days.

Madonna continues her slow climb up the Top Ten as True Blue edges its way up to number five.

This week’s highest new entry is from The Stranglers as Always The Sun enters at number 20.

Biggest climb comes from The Pretenders, who leap 23 places with Don’t Get Me Wrong to number 11.

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

[Kingpin]

[Kingpin]

OFFICIAL CHART W/B 19th OCTOBER 1986

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

04 - 01 - 01 - Nick Berry - EVERY LOSER WINS
04 - 02 - 02 - Madonna - TRUE BLUE
04 - 07 - 03 - Cliff Richard and Sarah Brightman - ALL I ASK OF YOU
04 - 05 - 04 - Status Quo - IN THE ARMY NOW
08 - 04 - 05 - Paul Simon - YOU CAN CALL ME AL
07 - 09 - 06 - Bangles - WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN
07 - 03 - 07 - Five Star - RAIN OR SHINE
04 - 08 - 08 - Pet Shop Boys - SUBURBIA
10 - 06 - 09 - Communards - DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY
04 - 22 - 10 - Midnight Star - MIDAS TOUCH
04 - 25 - 11 - Boris Gardiner - YOU'RE EVERYTHING TO ME
06 - 13 - 12 - Cyndi Lauper - TRUE COLORS
07 - 14 - 13 - Marti Webb And The Simon May Orchestra - ALWAYS THERE
03 - 32 - 14 - Pretenders - DON'T GET ME WRONG
03 - 23 - 15 - Paul Hardcastle - THE WIZZARD
04 - 10 - 16 - A-ha - I'VE BEEN LOSING YOU
08 - 11 - 17 - Eurythmics - THORN IN MY SIDE
09 - 12 - 18 - Cameo - WORD UP
05 - 20 - 19 - Julian Cope - WORLD SHUT YOUR MOUTH
08 - 15 - 20 - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - (FOREVER) LIVE AND DIE
04 - 37 - 21 - DJ Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince - GIRLS AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT TROUBLE
04 - 28 - 22 - Housemartins - THINK FOR A MINUTE
07 - 16 - 23 - Amazulu - MONTEGO BAY
10 - 17 - 24 - Huey Lewis And The News - STUCK WITH YOU
03 - 24 - 25 - Police - DON'T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME '86
02 - 66 - 26 - Catherine Stock - TO HAVE AND TO HOLD
04 - 29 - 27 - Billy Idol - TO BE A LOVER
13 - 18 - 28 - Jermaine Stewart - WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE OUR CLOTHES OFF
03 - 39 - 29 - Gwen Guthrie - (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU
02 - 40 - 30 - Mission - STAY WITH ME
07 - 27 - 31 - Timex Social Club - RUMOURS
08 - 19 - 32 - Run DMC - WALK THIS WAY
12 - 21 - 33 - Cutting Crew - (I JUST) DIED IN YOUR ARMS
02 - 42 - 34 - Stranglers - ALWAYS THE SUN
10 - 30 - 35 - Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk - LOVE CAN'T TURN AROUND
1 - NEW - 36 - Kim Wilde - YOU KEEP ME HANGING ON
1 - NEW - 37 - Berlin - TAKE MY BREATH AWAY
06 - 43 - 38 - Mel And Kim - SHOWING OUT (GET FRESH AT THE WEEKEND)
04 - 26 - 39 - Paul Young - WONDERLAND
1 - NEW - 40 - Bon Jovi - LIVIN' ON A PRAYER
14 - 34 - 41 - Boris Gardiner - I WANT TO WAKE UP WITH YOU
06 - 35 - 42 - Loose Ends - SLOW DOWN
13 - 31 - 43 - Peter Cetera - GLORY OF LOVE
03 - 46 - 44 - Billy Ocean - BITTERSWEET
03 - 50 - 45 - Sinitta - FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME
03 - 60 - 46 - Don Johnson - HEARTBEAT
02 - 49 - 47 - Marc Almond - RUBY RED
08 - 33 - 48 - Michael McDonald - SWEET FREEDOM
02 - 86 - 49 - Red Box - FOR AMERICA
03 - 47 - 50 - Lionel Richie - LOVE WILL CONQUER ALL
03 - 67 - 51 - Glass Tiger - DON'T FORGET ME (WHEN I'M GONE)
02 - 51 - 52 - Big Audio Dynamite - C'MON EVERY BEAT BOX
1 - NEW - 53 - Cocteau Twins - LOVE'S EASY TEARS
03 - 58 - 54 - It Bites - WHOLE NEW WORLD
04 - 41 - 55 - Howard Jones - ALL I WANT
04 - 54 - 56 - Icicle Works - WHO DO YOU WANT FOR YOUR LOVE
02 - 88 - 57 - Swing Out Sister - BREAKOUT
09 - 36 - 58 - Genesis - IN TOO DEEP
1 - NEW - 59 - Aretha Franklin - JUMPIN' JACK FLASH
04 - 45 - 60 - Elton John - HEARTACHE ALL OVER THE WORLD
1 - NEW - 61 - Commodores - GOIN' TO THE BANK
02 - 61 - 62 - Alice Cooper - HE'LL BE BACK (THE MAN BEHIND THE MASK)
03 - 44 - 63 - Nik Kershaw - NOBODY KNOWS
05 - 38 - 64 - Queen - WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER
1 - NEW - 65 - J.M. Silk - I CAN'T TURN AROUND
04 - 73 - 66 - Jackson Browne - IN THE SHAPE OF A HEART
1 - NEW - 67 - Letitia Dean / Paul Medford - SOMETHING OUTA NOTHING
02 - 82 - 68 - Erasure - SOMETIMES
1 - NEW - 69 - Cutting Crew - I'VE BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE
04 - 65 - 70 - James Brown - GRAVITY
1 - NEW - 71 - Real Thing - STRAIGHT TO THE HEART
1 - NEW - 72 - The The - INFECTED
02 - 91 - 73 - Little Richard - OPERATOR
1 - NEW - 74 - Princess - IN THE HEAT OF A PASSIONATE MOMENT
06 - 48 - 75 - Big Country - ONE GREAT THING

Link for UK Top 100

Link for Billboard Hot 100

[Kingpin]

Many thanks for the 13 charts posted this week from: raliverpool , rubcale , TheThorne , smokeyb , darkstar79 , o , Whitneyfan , coolchristie2 , Shireblogger , Earl Purple , popchartfreak and Mark

I'll leave this open until next weekend!

[raliverpool]

25/10/1986

01 Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth (5wks 29-11-5-3-1)
02 Cyndi Lauper - True Colors (4wks 30-11-5-2)
03 Billy Joel - A Matter Of Trust (3wks 23-9-3)
04 a-ha - I've Been Losing You (4wks 4-1-1-4)
05 REM - Fall On Me (6wks 20-8-3-2-2-5)
06 Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes (5wks 36-18-9-6-6)
07 Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong (2wks 25-7)
08 Stranglers - Always The Sun (2wks 24-8)
09 Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al (4wks 24-10-8-9)
10 Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian (3wks 22-13-10)

11 Eurythmics - Missionary Man (3wks 28-15-11)
12 Pet Shop Boys - Suburbia (4wks 15-6-7-12)
13 Five Star - Rain Or Shine (7wks 24-13-4-2-3-4-13)
14 Wham! - Where Did Your Heart Go (3wks 29-18-14)
15 Status Quo - In The Army Now (4wks 31-17-14-15)
16 Billy Idol - To Be A Lover (3wks 34-22-16)
17 Paul Young - Wonderland (4wks 16-8-10-17)
18 Nik Kershaw - Nobody Knows (3wks 24-16-18)
19 Adult Net - Waking Up In The Sun (5wks 13-9-7-11-19)
20 Mission - Stay With Me (2wks 28-20)

21 Shop Assistants - I Don't Wanna Be Friends With You (3wks 30-23-21)
22 Housemartins - Think For A Minute (2wks 36-22)
23 Kissing The Pink - Never Too Late To Love You (2wks 29-23)
24 Camper Van Beethoven - Take the Skinheads Bowling (5wks 30-19-14-17-24)
25 Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me 86 (2wks 30-25)
26 Eurythmics - Thorn In My Side (8wks 16-8-4-1-1-4-12-26)
27 Madonna - True Blue (4wks 25-16-21-27)
28 Psychedelic Furs - Heartbreak Beat (1wk 28 NEW)

29 The The - Infected (1wk 29 NEW)
30 I'm Talking - Holy Word (3wks 31-27-30)

31 Killing Joke - Sanity (2wks 37-31)
32 Aretha Franklin - Jumpin' Jack Flash (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Howard Jones - All I Want (4wks 26-15-19-33)
34 Iggy Pop - Cry For Love (3wks 36-32-34)
35 Lionel Richie - Love Will Conquer All (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Queen - Who Wants To Live Forever (5wks 18-10-12-20-36)
37 Commodores - Goin' To The Bank (1wk 37 NEW)
38 DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince - Girls Ain't Nothin' But Trouble (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - All Cried Out (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Don Johnson - Heartbeat (1wk 40 NEW)

LP a-ha - Scoundrel Days (1LP Scoundrel Days)

My highest new entry is the Chris Kimsey produced lead single from 1987's Midnight To Midnight album. It reached UK #79, USA #26, Australia #26, & Canada #78.

[TheThorne]

1 3 Glass Tiger - DON'T FORGET ME (WHEN I'M GONE)
2 1 The Bangles - WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN
3 2 Human League - HUMAN
4 13 Kenny Loggins - DANGER ZONE
5 10 Pet Shop Boys - SUBURBIA
6 4 Paul Simon - YOU CAN CALL ME AL
7 5 Five Star - RAIN OR SHINE
8 16 The Stranglers - ALWAYS THE SUN
9 6 Cyndi Lauper - TRUE COLOURS
10 7 Big Country - ONE GREAT THING
11 12 A-Ha - I'VE BEEN LOSING YOU
12 new Bon Jovi - LIVIN ON A PRAYER
13 19 Erasure - SOMETIMES
14 8 Julian Cope - WORLD SHUT YOUR MOUTH
15 17 The Pretenders - DON'T GET ME WRONG
16 new Berlin - TAKE MY BREATH AWAY
17 9 Queen - WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER
18 23 Red Box - FOR AMERICA
19 new Wang Chung - EVERYBODY HAVE FUN TONIGHT
20 14 Jackson Browne - IN THE SHAPE OF A HEART
21 11 Huey Lewis & The News - STUCK WITH YOU
22 new Europe - THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
23 28 Swing Out Sister - BREAKOUT
24 21 Billy Idol - TO BE A LOVER
25 15 Run DMC/ Aerosmith - WALK THIS WAY
26 new Kim Wilde - YOU KEEP ME HANGING ON
27 33 The Police - DON'T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME '86
28 new The The - INFECTED
29 new Psychedelic Furs - HEARTBREAK BEAT
30 18 The Housemartins - THINK FOR A MINUTE
31 new China Crisis - ARIZONA SKY
32 22 OMD - FOREVER LIVE AND DIE
33 20 It Bites - WHOLE NEW WORLD
34 new Cocteau Twins - LOVE'S EASY TEARS
35 31 Don Johnson - HEARTBEAT
36 24 The Woodentops - LOVE AFFAIR WITH EVERYDAY LIVING
37 25 ZZ Top - VELCRO FLY
38 27 Nik Kershaw - NOBODY KNOWS
39 26 New Order - STATE OF THE NATION
40 new Martin Stephenson - BOAT TO BOLIVIA


The band I am seeing tomorrow is my number one and a brilliant US number one that somehow got lost in the UK not surprising with so many huge songs around right now.

[rubcale]

01 Modern Talking Atlantis Is Calling
02 Cliff Richard & Sarah Brightman All I Ask Of You
03 Status Quo In The Army Now
04 Mel & Kim Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend)
05 Eurythmics Thorn In My Side
06 Bangles Walk Like An Egyptian
07 The Pretenders Don't Get Me Wrong
08 Erasure Sometimes
09 Berlin Take My Breath Away
10 D J Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince Girls Ain' Nothing But Trouble
11 Swing Out Sister Break Out
12 Red Box For America
13 Europe The Final Countdown
14 Paul Simon You Can Call Me Al
15 Pet Shop Boys Suburbia
16 Billy Ocean Bittersweet
17 Amazulu Montego Bay
18 Bon Jovi Livin' On A Prayer

19 Cutting Crew I've Been In Love Before

20 Cameo Word Up

[o]

1 1 Bangles – Walk like an Egyptian
2 3 Pet Shop Boys – Suburbia
3 6 Kenny Loggins – Dangerzone
4 2 Run DMC/Aerosmith – Walk this way
5 4 Julian Cope – World shut your mouth
6 7 Mel & Kim – Showing out
7 10 Stranglers – Always the sun
8 5 New Order – State of the nation
9 8 Big Country – One great thing
10 9 Inxs – Kiss the dirt
11 12 Paul Simon – You can call me Al
12 13 Cyndi Lauper – True colors
13 15 Mission – Stay with me
14 16 Madonna – True blue
15 17 Pretenders – Don’t get me wrong
16 14 ZZ Top – Velcro fly
17 19 Red Box – For America
18 22 Europe – The final countdown
19 25 Bon Jovi – Livin’ on a prayer
20 20 Erasure – Sometimes
21 21 Icicle Works – Who do you want for your love?
22 24 Swing Out Sister – Breakout
23 11 Lick the Tines – Belle of Belfast City
24 30 The The – Infected
25 18 Queen – Who wants to live forever
26 27 Psychedelic Furs – Pretty in pink
27 NE Duran Duran – Notorious
28 NE Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush – Don’t give up
29 NE Smiths – Ask
30 NE Berlin – Take my breath away

[Whitneyfan]

01(19) Erasure – Sometimes
02(01) Madonna – True Blue
03(02) Pet Shop Boys – Suburbia
04(04) The Housemartins – Think For A Minute
05(08) Julian Cope – World Shut Your Mouth
06(11) The Pretenders – Don’t Get Me Wrong
07(09) Status Quo – In The Army Now
08(06) A-Ha – I’ve Been Losing You
09(03) Queen – Who Wants To Live Forever
10(16) Midnight Star – Midas Touch

11(05) Cyndi Lauper – True Colors
12(12) Cliff Richard & Sarah Brightman – All I Ask Of You
13(28) Lionel Richie – Love Will Conquer All
14(13) Boris Gardiner – You’re Everything To Me
15(18) Paul Young – Wonderland
16(07) Paul Simon – You Can Call Me Al
17(33) The Stranglers – Always The Sun
18(15) Billy Idol – To Be A Lover
19(24) DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince – Girls Ain’t Nothing But Trouble
20(32) Marc Almond – Ruby Red

21(10) Mel & Kim – Showing Out
22(26) Paul Hardcastle – The Wizard
23(43) Swing Out Sister – Breakout
24(29) Gwen Guthrie – (They Long To Be) Close To You
25(40) The Mission – Stay With Me
26(37) Catherine Stock – To Have And To Hold
27(36) Glass Tiger – Don’t Forget Me (When I’m Gone)
28(--) Kim Wilde – You Keep Me Hangin’ On
29(14) Belinda Carlisle – I Feel The Magic
30(17) Cameo – Word Up

31(47) Red Box – For America
32(--) China Crisis – Arizona Sky
33(--) Bon Jovi – Livin’ On A Prayer
34(20) Five Star – Rain Or Shine
35(49) Kenny Loggins – Danger Zone
36(--) Berlin – Take My Breath Away
37(--) Cutting Crew – I’ve Been In Love Before
38(21) Run DMC – Walk This Way
39(22) Nick Berry – Every Loser Wins
40(--) The The – Infected

41(23) Big Country – One Great Thing
42(25) Elton John – Heartache All Over The World
43(41) The Police – Don’t Stand So Close To Me ‘86
44(--) Survivor – Is This Love
45(--) Letitia Dean & Paul Medford – Something Outta Nothing
46(27) The Bangles – Walk Like An Egyptian
47(42) Sinitta – Feels Like The First Time
48(--) Europe – The Final Countdown
49(--) Psychedelic Furs – Heartbreak Beat
50(30) Dead Or Alive – Brand New Lover

[coolchristie2]

1 Midas Touch - Midnight Star
2 Walk Like An Egyptian - Bangles
3 The Next Time I Fall In Love - Peter Cetera & Amy Grant
4 All I Ask Of You - Cliff Richard & Sarah Brightman
5 In The Army Now - Status Quo
6 Always There - Marti Webb & The Simon May Orchestra
7 Montego Bay - Amazulu
8 To Have And To Hold - Catherine Stock
9 True Colours - Cyndi Lauper
10 Thorn In My Side - Eurythmics
11 True Blue - Madonna
12 Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend)- Mel & Kim
13 Sometimes - Erasure
14 You Keep Me Hangin' On - Kim Wilde
15 Always The Sun - The Stranglers
16 Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone) - Glass Tiger
17 Think For A Minute - Housemartins
18 I've Been Losing You - A-ha
19 (They Long To Be) Close To You - Gwen Guthrie
20 Take My Breath Away - Berlin

[Kingpin]

1        1) Pet Shop Boys - Suburbia (11-5-1-1) 4 weeks PEAK: 1
3        2) Madonna - True Blue (10-6-3-2) 4 weeks PEAK: 2
4        3) A-Ha - I've Been Losing You (12-8-4-3) 4 weeks PEAK: 3
2        4) Cyndi Lauper - True Colors (10-3-2-2-1-2-4) 7 weeks PEAK: 1
26      5) Mel and Kim - Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend) (26-5) 2 weeks PEAK: 5
6        6) Jeffrey Osborne - Room With A View (19-9-6-6) 4 weeks PEAK: 6
7        7) Modern Talking - Atlantis Is Calling (SOS For Love) (14-10-7-7) 4 weeks PEAK: 7
5        8) Five Star - Rain Or Shine (8-2-1-1-3-5-8) 7 weeks PEAK: 1
10      9) Device - Who Says (27-13-11-10-9) 5 weeks PEAK: 9
11    10) Sinitta - Feels Like The First Time (20-11-10) 3 weeks PEAK: 10

13    11) Status Quo - In The Army Now (31-19-13-11) 4 weeks PEAK: 11
14    12) TC Curtis - Slave Of Love (38-27-21-14-12) 5 weeks PEAK: 12
17    13) Incredible Mr Freeze - Back To The Scene Of The Crime (31-17-13) 3 weeks PEAK: 13
16    14) Stacey Q - Two Of Hearts (30-22-16-14) 4 weeks PEAK: 14
9      15) Big Supreme - Don't Walk (36-25-17-9-4-9-15) 7 weeks PEAK: 4
20    16) Nancy Martinez - For Tonight (35-24-20-16) 4 weeks PEAK: 16
31    17) Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone (31-17) 2 weeks PEAK: 17
12    18) Timex Social Club - Rumours (40-31-12-7-7-12-18) 7 weeks PEAK: 7
NEW 19) Erasure - Sometimes (19) 1 week PEAK: 19
22    20) Midnight Star - Midas Touch (38-27-22-20) 4 weeks PEAK: 20

27    21) Gents - Friday On My Mind (32-27-21) 3 weeks PEAK: 21
NEW 22) Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin' On (22) 1 week PEAK: 22
NEW 23) Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer (23) 1 week PEAK: 23
8      24) Fantastique - Mama Told Me (33-7-4-2-8-24) 6 weeks PEAK: 2
29    25) Billy Ocean - Bittersweet (34-29-25) 3 weeks PEAK: 25
40    26) Stranglers - Always The Sun (40-26) 2 weeks PEAK: 26
15    27) Cameo - Word Up (26-10-3-1-3-3-12-15-27) 9 weeks PEAK: 1
30    28) Don Johnson - Heartbeat (36-30-28) 3 weeks PEAK: 28
34    29) Daryl Hall - Foolish Pride (34-29) 2 weeks PEAK: 29
NEW 30) Berlin - Take My Breath Away (30) 1 week PEAK: 30

32    31) It Bites - Whole New World (35-32-31) 3 weeks PEAK: 31
35    32) Kissing The Pink - Never Too Late To Love You (35-32) 2 weeks PEAK: 32
18    33) Billy Idol - To Be A Lover (24-17-18-33) 4 weeks PEAK: 17
37    34) Fish and Tony Banks - Shortcut To Somewhere (37-34) 2 weeks PEAK: 34
NEW 35) Sister Sledge - Here To Stay (35) 1 week PEAK: 35
38    36) Stacy Lattisaw - Nail It To The Wall (38-36) 2 weeks PEAK: 36
NEW 37) Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight (37) 1 week PEAK: 37
NEW 38) Princess - In The Heart Of A Passionate Moment (38) 1 week PEAK: 38
NEW 39) Magnum - Midnight (39) 1 week PEAK: 39
NEW 40) One Way - Don't Think About it (40) 1 week PEAK: 40

[smokeyb]

1 (2) Pet Shop Boys - Suburbia (4 wks)
2 (3) Cyndi Lauper - True Colours (6 wks)
3 (8) Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong (3 wks)
4 (5) Status Quo - In The Army Now (4 wks)
5 (15) Stranglers - Always The Sun (2 wks)
6 (1) Queen - Who Wants To Live Forever (5 wks)
7 (21) Erasure - Sometimes (2 wks)
8 (6) Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth (5 wks)
9 (4) Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian (7 wks)
10 (7) Eurythmics - Thorn In My side (8 wks)
11 (11) Ultravox - Same Old Story (5 wks)
12 (16) A-Ha - I've Been Losing You (4 wks)
13 (10) Madonna - True Blue (4 wks)
14 (9) Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al (7 wks)
15 (18) Paul Young - Wonderland (4 wks)
16 (19) Howard Jones - All I Want (4 wks)
17 (20) Housemartins - Think For A Minute (4 wks)
18 (23) Nik Kershaw - Nobody Knows (3 wks)
19 (33) Red Box - For America (2 wks)
20 (12) New Order - State Of The Nation (5 wks)
21 (31) Killing Joke - Sanity (2 wks)
22 (24) Billy Idol - To Be A Lover (4 wks)
23 (28) Mission - Stay With Me (2 wks)
24 (36) Swing Out Sister - Breakout (2 wks)
25 (37) Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone (2 wks)
26 (NE) Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hanging On (1 wk)
27 (25) Paul Hardcastle - The Wizard (3 wks)
28 (NE) Berlin - Take My Breath Away (1 wk)
29 (26) ZZ Top - Velcro Fly (4 wks)
30 (NE) Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer (1 wk)
31 (13) Run DMC/Aerosmith - Walk This Way (8 wks)
32 (14) Human League - Human (10 wks)
33 (NE) Cocteau Twins - Love's Easy Tears (1 wk)
34 (17) Mel And Kim - Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend) (6 wks)
35 (NE) Cutting Crew - I've Been In Love Before (1 wk)
36 (NE) Aretha Franklin - Jumpin' Jack Flash (1 wk)
37 (22) OMD - (Forever) Live And Die (8 wks)
38 (27) Genesis - In Too Deep (9 wks)
39 (NE) Psychadelic Furs - Heartbreak Beat (1 wk)
40 (NE) Europe - The Final Countdown (1 wk)

[darkstar79]

01 Pet Shop Boys – Suburbia (4 wks)
02 Run DMC – You Be Illin' (1 wk)
03 Gwen Guthrie – Ain't Nothing Going On But The Rent (15 wks)
04 T La Rock – Breakin Bells (6 wks)
05 Anita Baker – Sweet Love (11 wks)
06 Run DMC – My Adidas (15 wks)
07 The Temptations – Lady Soul (3 wks)
08 Gwen Guthrie – (They Long To Be) Close To You (3 wks)
09 DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble (4 wks)
10 Oran „Juice“ Jones – The Rain (7 wks)

11 The Housemartins – Think For A Minute (4 wks)
12 Stacey Q – Two Of Hearts (4 wks)
13 Loose Ends – Slow Down (6 wks)
14 Gregory Abbott – Shake You Down (2 wks)
15 Mel & Kim – Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend) (6 wks)
16 Princess – In The Heat Of A Passionate Moment (1 wk)
17 The Shop Assistants – I Don't Want To Be Friends With You (3 wks)
18 The Incredible Mr. Freeze – Back To The Scene Of The Crime (3 wks)
19 Word Of Mouth Feat, DJ Cheese – Coast To Coast (7 wks)
20 Sinitta – Feels Like The First Time (3 wks)

21 Millie Scott – Automatic (10 wks)
22 Billy Ocean – Bittersweet (3 wks)
23 Billy Ocean – Love Is Forever (1 wk)
24 Janet Jackson – When I Think Of You (12 wks)
25 Chico Debarge – Talk To Me (1 wk)
26 Bobbi Humphrey – No Way (4 wks)
27 Alexander O'Neal – You Were Meant To Be My Lady (Not My Girl) (8 wks)
28 Monty MCs – Holiday Rap With A Capital C (3 wks)
29 James Brown - Gravity (4 wks)
30 Sister Sledge – Here To Stay (1 wk)

[Shireblogger]

1 [new] :: Kim Wilde - YOU KEEP ME HANGING ON
2 [1] :: Big Dish - PROSPECT STREET
3 [2] :: Pet Shop Boys - SUBURBIA
4 [6] :: Pretenders - DON'T GET ME WRONG
5 [5] :: Billy Idol - TO BE A LOVER
6 [4] :: A-Ha - I'VE BEEN LOSING YOU
7 [15] :: Stranglers - ALWAYS THE SUN
8 [new] :: Bon Jovi - LIVIN' ON A PRAYER
9 [8] :: Communards - DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY
10 [12] :: Housemartins - THINK FOR A MINUTE
11 [10] :: Bangles - WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN
12 [new] :: Psychedelic Furs - HEARTBREAK BEAT
13 [new] :: Aretha Franklin - JUMPIN' JACK FLASH
14 [14] :: Run DMC - WALK THIS WAY
15 [9] :: Eurythmics - THORN IN MY SIDE
16 [re] :: Cyndi Lauper - TRUE COLORS
17 [new] :: Red Box - FOR AMERICA
18 [new] :: Wang Chung - EVERYBODY HAVE FUN TONIGHT
19 [new] :: J.M. Silk - I CAN'T TURN AROUND
20 [7] :: Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk - LOVE CAN'T TURN AROUND

Another belter from her 80s revival

[Earl Purple]

1(5) Cliff Richard & Sarah Brightman - All I Ask Of You
2(1) Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al
3(2) Cyndi Lauper - True Colors
4(4) Pet Shop Boys - Suburbia
5(3) Queen - Who Wants To Live Forever

6(15) Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong
7(6) Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth
8(-) Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer
9(8) Bangles - Walk Like An Egyption
10(12) Anita Baker - Sweet Love

11(13) Billy Idol - To Be A Lover
12(7) Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam (with Full Force ft Paul Anthony & Bow-Legged Lou) - All Cried Out
13(11) Status Quo - In The Army Now
14(9) Madonna - True Blue
15(17) Housemartins - Think For A Minute

16(18) Nick Berry - Every Loser Wins
17(-) Stranglers - Always The Sun
18(21) Boston - Amanda
19(-) Mel & Kim - Showin' Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend)
20(23) Eddie Money - Take Me Home Tonight

21(14) A-Ha - I've Been Losing You
22(25) Mission - Stay With Me
23(10) Eurythmics - Thorn In My Side
24(-) Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin' On
25(19) Paul Hardcastle - The Wizard

26(-) Oran Juice Jones - The Rain
27(20) Billy Joel - A Matter Of Trust
28(16) Genesis - Throwing It All Away
29(24) Midnight Star - Midas Touch
30(-) Catherine Stock - To Have And To Hold

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--(22) Five Star - Rain Or Shine
--(26) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Forever Live And Die
--(27) Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died In Your Arms
--(28) Huey Lewis & The News - Stuck With You
--(29) Howard Jones - All I Want
--(30) New Order - State Of The Nation

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The ballad from Phantom of the Opera and sung on stage by Sarah Brightman with Steve Barton but on the hit single version with Cliff Richard climbs to #1. It was actually co-written by Richard Stilgoe, the TV presenter, as well as Charles Hart and the music of course by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

This week's highest entry is the second hit for Bon Jovi.

[popchartfreak]

w/e 21st October 1986

It's a first week on top for their 3rd chart-topper inside 12 months, as Suburbia seals the Pet Shop Boys as my new fave pop act, closely followed by Madonna as I buy True Blue and get into La Isla Bonita and Jimmy Jimmy in my playlist/oldies chart. I didn't allow album tracks else both would have charted, La Isla Bonita quite highly some months ahead of its single release. The highest new entry is a Phantom Of The Opera gorgeous ballad, giving Cliff the latest of numerous top 10's throughout the 18 years he had been charting (and 23 years if I'd charted earlier aged 5). It's one of Andrew Lloyd-Webber's best songs, and also means Sarah Brightman grabs a first top 10 from her hubby since she was a Hot Gossip-fronting Starship Trooper chart-topper 8 years earlier.

In at 13, Bob Geldof's first solo single, post-Live Aid, was not that wildly received at the time, I rather liked it myself, and it keeps his run of top 20's going for 9 years including the Rats singles. The Stranglers also keep the Punk '77 flag flying shooting up Always The Sun into the 20, while Will Smith gets his first top 20. Hands up who thought he'd be a major movie star? No, me neither. About as likely as Sarah Brightman getting into opera and musicals off the back of Starship Trooper. 

Talking of actors, Don Johnson has a crack at a singing career while his Miami Vice star is shining. It didn't work but Heartbeat was quite decent and in at 42. World Party return, as do the post-Lionel Commodores, for a sweet 12 years since Machine Gun debuted. Duran Duran return with a bang after a short break, Notorious at 64, and Prince needs another lover like a hole in the head, apparently, at 66. The Icicle Works string out a 3rd year of chart entries, and Swing Out Sister debut with the fab jazzy 80's pop of Breakout at 70, as Nik Kershaw and The Mission sneak back in ahead of Alice Cooper returning after a break - he's Back! 14 years since School's Out for summer.

This week I saw The Blow Monkeys and Level 42 in concert, fab musicians all. Digging Your Scene was the 1986 track that brought a nostalgic tear to my eye the most. Love it. 

1 ( 4 ) SUBURBIA Pet Shop Boys
2 ( 1 ) TRUE BLUE Madonna
3 ( 3 ) IN THE ARMY NOW Status Quo
4 ( 2 ) HUMAN Human League
5 ( 6 ) THAT WAS THEN THIS IS NOW The Monkees
6 ( 9 ) DON’T GET ME WRONG The Pretenders
7 ( 5 ) RAIN OR SHINE Five Star
8 ( NEW ) ALL I ASK OF YOU Cliff Richard & Sarah Brightman
9 ( 25 ) TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin
10 ( 7 ) THORN IN MY SIDE Eurythmics

11 ( 12 ) FOR AMERICA Red Box
12 ( 20 ) WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN The Bangles
13 ( NEW ) THIS IS THE WORLD CALLING Bob Geldof
14 ( 30 ) I’VE BEEN LOSING YOU a-ha
15 ( 47 ) ALWAYS THE SUN The Stranglers
16 ( 11 ) RUMORS Timex Social Club
17 ( 8 ) DON’T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME ’86 The Police
18 ( 10 ) FOREVER (LIVE AND DIE) OMD
19 ( 16 ) YOU CAN CALL ME AL Paul Simon
20 ( 34 ) GIRLS AIN’T NOTHIN’ BUT TROUBLE DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

21 ( 14 ) MONTEGO BAY Amazulu
22 ( 17 ) WORD UP Cameo
23 ( 23 ) YOU KEEP ME HANGIN’ ON Kim Wilde
24 ( 28 ) THE WIZARD Paul Hardcastle
25 ( 29 ) WORLD SHUT YOUR MOUTH Julian Cope
26 ( 15 ) BRAND NEW LOVER Dead Or Alive
27 ( 13 ) HEARTACHE ALL OVER THE WORLD Elton John
28 ( 18 ) LOVE CAN’T TURN AROUND Farley ‘Jackmaster’ Funk featuring Daryl Pandy
29 ( 49 ) NEVER TOO LATE TO LOVE YOU Kissing The Pink
30 ( 31 ) WHOLE NEW WORLD It Bites

31 ( 26 ) WHEN I THINK OF YOU Janet Jackson
32 ( 24 ) WALK THIS WAY Run-DMC featuring Aerosmith
33 ( 22 ) DON’T WALK The Big Supreme
34 ( 21 ) THE SOUND OF MUSIC Falco
35 ( 46 ) ALL I WANT Howard Jones
36 ( 68 ) CLOSE TO YOU Gwen Guthrie
37 ( 37 ) TO BE A LOVER Billy Idol
38 ( 19 ) LOVERBOY Chairmen Of The Board
39 ( 69 ) A MATTER OF TRUST Billy Joel
40 ( 27 ) ELEANOR RIGBY/ YELLOW SUBMARINE The Beatles

41 ( 41 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross
42 ( NEW ) HEARTBEAT Don Johnson
43 ( 32 ) DON’T LEAVE ME THIS WAY The Communards
44 ( NEW ) PRIVATE REVOLUTION World Party
45 ( 44 ) PANIC The Smiths
46 ( 40 ) KISS THE DIRT (FALLING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN) INXS
47 ( 54 ) JUMPING JACK FLASH Aretha Franklin
48 ( RE ) ALWAYS THERE Marti Webb
49 ( 38 ) BROTHER LOUIE Modern Talking
50 ( 65 ) YOU’RE EVERYTHING TO ME Boris Gardiner

51 ( 48 ) PAPA DON’T PREACH Madonna
52 ( 51 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael
53 ( 50 ) CRY Godley & Creme
54 ( 36 ) (I JUST) DIED IN YOUR ARMS Cutting Crew
55 ( 71 ) MIDAS TOUCH Midnight Star
56 ( 42 ) BA BA BANKROBBERY Eav
57 ( 57 ) IN THE SHAPE OF A HEART Jackson Browne
58 ( 33 ) STUCK WITH YOU Huey Lewis & The News
59 ( NEW ) GOIN’ TO THE BANK The Commodores
60 ( 64 ) WONDERLAND Paul Young

61 ( 58 ) NEW BEGINNING (MAMBA SEYRA) Bucks Fizz
62 ( 60 ) OPPORTUNITIES (LET’S MAKE LOTS OF MONEY) Pet Shop Boys
63 ( 63 ) GRAVITY James Brown
64 ( NEW ) NOTORIOUS Duran Duran
65 ( 35 ) PRETTY IN PINK The Psychedelic Furs
66 ( NEW ) ANOTHERLOVERHOLEINYOHEAD Prince
67 ( NEW ) WHO DO YOU WANT FOR YOUR LOVE The Icicle Works
68 ( 55 ) BURN Doctor & The Medics
69 ( 74 ) SOMETIMES Erasure
70 ( NEW ) BREAKOUT Swing Out Sister

71 ( 67 ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite
72 ( 53 ) TRUE COLORS Cyndi Lauper
73 ( NEW ) NOBODY KNOWS Nik Kershaw
74 ( NEW ) STAY WITH ME The Mission
75 ( NEW ) HE’S BACK Alice Cooper

1 LA ISLA BONITA Madonna
2 JIMMY JIMMY Madonna
3 GALAXY T.Rex