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Post by popchartfreak on Mar 22, 2019 15:05:12 GMT 1
17th March 1987
It's another week, another oldie on top - this time Jackie Wilson makes it third time lucky after I get The Sweetest feeling peaked inside my top 10 in 1972 (4 years after it's US chart-run), then top 30 in 1975, and finally peaking with a spiffy new video (there were no performances or videos for the track at all for either run). Percy Sledge goes back up to a new peak of 2, but it's not all oldies, there's a mass influx of new tracks, including many fab ones, the highest of which is a belated entry for La Isla Bonita (I'd already loved it for months but couldn't chart it till it was released as a single, due to my daft chart rules), in at 4.
Mel & Kim get a second top 10, Prince an umpteenth with a big climb for his brilliant Sign O' The Times, and The Beastie Boys also bring some life to a previously stagnant oldies-dominated top 10. Herb Alpert is the first of 2 Jam & Lewis entries, as they make the veteran trumpeter go all 80's dance - not as unlikely as you might think if you bear in mind that he owned the label Janet Jackson was signed to, who also appears on Herb's album, and new in at 74 with a Jam & Lewis ballad. That's Herb's first chart entry in 7 years and a chart run of 19 years almost (he was high in my first chart in 1968 with This Guy's In Love).
Aretha's back with a solo, for 2 in the chart, Ruby Turner covers Chicken Shack aka Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac 18 years on for I'd Rather Go Blind, and there's a Magician popping up at 34 - from Scottish band Secession, a tune that sounds very familiar, the instrumental riff is SO Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, Ryuichi Sakamoto's fab movie theme. Gary Moore's back, still in rock mode (yawn) his much better Blues period coming in the 90's. John Farnham gets a debut solo biggie, You're The Voice on the way to being as big as his top 10 1979 Little River Band vocal for Lonesome Loser, which I bought on holiday in California with student friends after working most of the summer to pay for it.
U2 return with a classic..and I'm bizarrely under-whelmed. Think I was expecting another Pride, not a subdued starter. Club Nouveau enter with a danced-up cover of Bill Wither's brilliant 1972 chart-topper Lean On Me. To be honest it's not even as good as Mud's pretty good cover from 1976. The Pretenders return for an 8th year, Lionel Richie for a 13th year (or 6th year solo), Lone Justice pop in with another forgotten goodie, and Wet Wet Wet take bottom rung with a perfect pop record, all tuneful, bouncy and wistful at the same time. Nothing they did was ever as good, as they decided warbling dreary ballads was the way forward (or godawful covers of 60's songs), though when they showed restraint and a bit more class they could pull it off.
1 ( 2 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson 2 ( 7 ) WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN Percy Sledge 3 ( 1 ) PENNY LANE/STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles 4 ( NEW ) LA ISLA BONITA Madonna 5 ( 3 ) STAND BY ME Ben E. King 6 ( 10 ) WHAT’S GOING ON Cyndi Lauper 7 ( 25 ) RESPECTABLE Mel & Kim 8 ( 26 ) SIGN O’ THE TIMES Prince 9 ( 4 ) I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING (FOR ME) Aretha Franklin & George Michael 10 ( 20 ) (YOU GOTTA) FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT TO PARTY The Beastie Boys
11 ( 6 ) LIVE IT UP Mental As Anything 12 ( 13 ) SONIC BOOM BOY Westworld 13 ( 8 ) FORGOTTEN TOWN The Christians 14 ( 14 ) EVERYTHING I OWN Boy George 15 ( 27 ) RESPECT YOURSELF Bruce Willis 16 ( 9 ) MANHATTAN SKYLINE a-ha 17 ( 34 ) WEAK IN THE PRESENCE OF BEAUTY Alison Moyet 18 ( 5 ) CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION ’87 T.Rex 19 ( 37 ) PLEASE YOURSELF The Big Supreme 20 ( 11 ) SHIP OF FOOLS World Party
21 ( 12 ) MALE STRIPPER Man 2 Man Meet Parrish 22 ( 31 ) LET MY PEOPLE GOGO The Rainmakers 23 ( 17 ) MISSIONARY MAN Eurythmics 24 ( NEW ) KEEP YOUR EYE ON ME Herb Alpert 25 ( 39 ) DIAMONDS ON THE SOLES OF HER SHOES Paul Simon 26 ( 16 ) CRUSH ON YOU The Jets 27 ( 21 ) COMING AROUND AGAIN Carly Simon 28 ( 15 ) SKIN TRADE Duran Duran 29 ( 18 ) IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY The Blow Monkeys 30 ( RE ) (SOMETHING INSIDE) SO STRONG Labi Siffre
31 ( 22 ) THE RIGHT THING Simply Red 32 ( 19 ) V THIRTEEN Big Audio Dynamite 33 ( 23 ) YOU ARE MY WORLD ’87 The Communards 34 ( NEW ) THE MAGICIAN Secession 35 ( 38 ) MOONLIGHTING Al Jarreau 36 ( 24 ) RUNNING IN THE FAMILY Level 42 37 ( 52 ) IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE Erasure 38 ( 57 ) LOVING YOU IS SWEETER THAN EVER Nick Kamen 39 ( 32 ) YOU SEXY THING (BEN LIEBRAND REMIX) Hot Chocolate 40 ( 47 ) THE GREAT PRETENDER Freddie Mercury
41 ( 49 ) SOMEBODY’S COMING Little Richard 42 ( NEW ) SEVERINA The Mission 43 ( 71 ) DON’T NEED A GUN Billy Idol 44 ( NEW ) JIMMY LEE Aretha Franklin 45 ( 69 ) LIKE FLAMES Berlin 46 ( NEW ) I’D RATHER GO BLIND Ruby Turner 47 ( 36 ) ALMAZ Randy Crawford 48 ( 40 ) C’EST LA VIE Robbie Nevil 49 ( 70 ) WATCHING THE WILDLIFE Frankie Goes To Hollywood 50 ( 73 ) WHAT YOU GET IS WHAT YOU SEE Tina Turner
51 ( 29 ) BEST KEPT SECRET China Crisis 52 ( 48 ) OPEN YOUR HEART Madonna 53 ( 44 ) THE EP (HOW CAN I BE SURE/ I’M A CLOWN/ COULD IT BE FOREVER) David Cassidy 54 ( 28 ) LOVE REMOVAL MACHINE The Cult 55 ( 53 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 56 ( 54 ) HUMAN Human League 57 ( 75 ) TONIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT Genesis 58 ( 35 ) DOWN TO EARTH Curiosity Killed The Cat 59 ( 46 ) NO MORE THE FOOL Elkie Brooks 60 ( 58 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross
61 ( 33 ) SOUL MAN Lou Reed and Sam Moore 62 ( NEW ) WILD FRONTIER Gary Moore 63 ( 30 ) A TRICK OF THE NIGHT Bananarama 64 ( NEW ) YOU’RE THE VOICE John Farnham 65 ( NEW ) WITH OR WITHOUT YOU U2 66 ( 45 ) SHADES Iggy Pop 67 ( 66 ) LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 68 ( 68 ) E=MC2 Big Audio Dynamite 69 ( NEW ) LEAN ON ME Club Nouveau 70 ( 67 ) TRUE BLUE Madonna
71 ( NEW ) MY BABY The Pretenders 72 ( NEW ) SELA Lionel Richie 73 ( NEW ) I FOUND LOVE Lone Justice 74 ( NEW ) LET’S WAIT AWHILE Janet Jackson 75 ( NEW ) WISHING I WAS LUCKY Wet Wet Wet
Playlist oldies of the week 1 NO FEAR NO HATE NO PAIN Eurythmics 2 HOUND DOG Elvis Presley 3 KITES Simon Dupree & The Big Sound
50's 60's 80's this week. I always did like oldies, even ones older than me laugh.gif
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2019 18:01:59 GMT 1
Mark's Top 40 weekending 8th March 1987
1 (12) Respectable - Mel & Kim 2 (1) Everything I Own - Boy George 3 (2) The Great Pretender - Freddie Mercury 4 (3) Live It Up - Mental As Anything 5 (4) Weak In The Presence Of Beauty - Alison Moyet 6 (5) Manhattan Skyline - A-ha 7 (6) Stay Out Of My Life - Five Star 8 (32) What You Get Is What You See - Tina Turner 9 (11) Respect Yourself - Bruce Willis 10 (9) Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever - Nick Kamen 11 (7) Stand By Me - Ben E. King 12 (8) When A Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge 13 (38) If You Let Me Stay - Terence Trent D'Arby 14 (26) Tonight Tonight Tonight - Genesis 15 (14) The Right Thing - Simply Red 16 (10) You Don't Know - Berlin 17 (17) Moonlighting Theme - Al Jarreau 18 (15) Heartache - Pepsi & Shirlie 19 (19) Happy - Surface 20 (31) What's Going On - Cyndi Lauper 21 (20) Once Bitten Twice Shy - Vesta Williams 22 (16) I Found Love - Lone Justice 23 (22) Coming Around Again - Carly Simon 24 (18) I Get The Sweetest Feeling - Jackie Wilson 25 (25) I Love My Radio - Taffy 26 (13) I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) - George Michael & Aretha Franklin 27 (New) Let's Wait Awhile - Janet Jackson 28 (23) Crush On You - The Jets 29 (39) Sign O' The Times - Prince 30 (30) Caught Up In The Rapture - Anita Baker 31 (24) Trick Of The Night - Bananarama 32 (21) Running In The Family - Level 42 33 (New) Sexy Girl - Lillo Thomas 34 (New) Lean On Me - Club Nouveau 35 (35) Don't Need A Gun - Billy Idol 36 (New) Ever Fallen In Love - Fine Young Cannibals 37 (27) C'est La Vie - Robbie Nevil 38 (28) Behind The Mask - Eric Clapton 39 (29) Missionary Man - Eurythmics 40 (New) Stone Love - Kool And The Gang
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