Haven Combi Retro-Chart W/B 15th March 1987

[Kingpin]

HAVEN COMBI RETRO-CHART W/B 15th MARCH 1987

Mel and Kim get a second week at the top of the Retro-Chart as Respectable becomes the first single this year to break the 200 weekly points barrier.




Alison Moyet continues her relentless climb up the chart as Weak In The Presence Of Beauty moves up to number two, looming as a serious threat for next week’s number one.

The Beastie Boys storm their way into the Top Three as (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party) moves up to number three.

Prince is back in the Top Five as Sign ‘O’ The Times becomes his biggest since When Doves Cry hit the top of the chart in 1984.

Highest new entry is from Terence Trent D’Arcy as If You Let Me Stay debuts at number 18.

Biggest climb is from Tina Turner as What You Get Is What You See leaps 17 places to number 19.

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

[Kingpin]

[Kingpin]

LW   TW ARTIST / SONG TITLE

1        1 Mel and Kim - RESPECTABLE
4        2 Alison Moyet - WEAK IN THE PRESENCE OF BEAUTY
7        3 Beastie Boys - (YOU GOTTA) FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT (TO PARTY)
12      4 Prince - SIGN 'O' THE TIMES
4        5 Erasure - IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE
2        6 Mental As Anything - LIVE IT UP
3        7 A-Ha - MANHATTAN SKYLINE
8        8 Boy George - EVERYTHING I OWN
10      9 Freddie Mercury - THE GREAT PRETENDER
6      10 Level 42 - RUNNING IN THE FAMILY
17    10 Rainmakers - LET MY PEOPLE GO-GO

24    12 Genesis - TONIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT
16    13 Eurythmics - MISSIONARY MAN
15    14 Simply Red - THE RIGHT THING
11    14 Westworld - SONIC BOOM BOY
14    16 Jackie Wilson - I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING
30    17 Bruce Willis - RESPECT YOURSELF
NEW 18 Terence Trent D'Arby - IF YOU LET ME STAY
36    19 Tina Turner - WHAT YOU GET IS WHAT YOU SEE
9      20 Duran Duran - SKIN TRADE
21    20 Nick Kamen - LOVING YOU IS SWEETER THAN EVER

13    22 Christians - FORGOTTEN TOWN
20    23 Percy Sledge - WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN
18    24 Jets - CRUSH ON YOU
NEW 25 Cyndi Lauper - WHAT'S GOING ON
NEW 25 Fine Young Cannibals - EVER FALLEN IN LOVE
29    27 Raze - LET THE MUSIC MOVE U
28    28 Pepsi and Shirlie - HEARTACHE
19    29 Ben E. King - STAND BY ME
31    29 Big Supreme - PLEASE YOURSELF
NEW 29 Janet Jackson - LET'S WAIT AWHILE

22    32 Blow Monkeys - IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY
NEW 33 Mission - SEVERINA
NEW 34 Ruby Turner - I'D RATHER GO BLIND
36    34 Run DMC - IT'S TRICKY
NEW 36 Berlin - LIKE FLAMES
NEW 36 Club Nouveau - LEAN ON ME
RE    38 Bible - GRACELAND
NEW 38 Billy Idol - DON'T NEED A GUN
35    38 Cult - LOVE REMOVAL MACHINE
NEW 38 U2 - WITH OR WITHOUT YOU

[Kingpin]

OFFICIAL CHART W/B 22nd MARCH 1987

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

04 - 02 - 01 - Mel And Kim - RESPECTABLE 
04 - 01 - 02 - Boy George - EVERYTHING I OWN
05 - 03 - 03 - Jackie Wilson - I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING
1 - NEW - 04 - U2 - WITH OR WITHOUT YOU
04 - 04 - 05 - Freddie Mercury - THE GREAT PRETENDER
04 - 07 - 06 - Alison Moyet - WEAK IN THE PRESENCE OF BEAUTY
04 - 11 - 07 - Bruce Willis - RESPECT YOURSELF
10 - 05 - 08 - Mental As Anything - LIVE IT UP
02 - 31 - 09 - Janet Jackson - LET'S WAIT AWHILE
03 - 16 - 10 - Prince - SIGN 'O' THE TIMES
05 - 14 - 11 - Beastie Boys - (YOU GOTTA) FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT (TO PARTY)
05 - 15 - 12 - Erasure - IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE
04 - 08 - 13 - Al Jarreau - 'MOONLIGHTING' THEME
07 - 06 - 14 - Ben E King - STAND BY ME
1 - NEW - 15 - Peter Gabriel - BIG TIME
05 - 17 - 16 - Nick Kamen - LOVING YOU IS SWEETER THAN EVER
11 - 10 - 17 - Jets. - CRUSH ON YOU
03 - 19 - 18 - Genesis - TONIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT
07 - 09 - 19 - Percy Sledge - WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN
21 - 13 - 20 - Man 2 Man Meets Man Parrish - MALE STRIPPER
07 - 12 - 21 - Level 42 - RUNNING IN THE FAMILY
04 - 38 - 22 - Terence Trent D'Arby - IF YOU LET ME STAY
02 - 36 - 23 - Lillo Thomas - SEXY GIRL
02 - 56 - 24 - Club Nouveau - LEAN ON ME
02 - 46 - 25 - Fine Young Cannibals - EVER FALLEN IN LOVE
03 - 25 - 26 - Mission - SEVERINA
03 - 33 - 27 - Ruby Turner - I'D RATHER GO BLIND
07 - 18 - 28 - Simply Red - THE RIGHT THING
09 - 22 - 29 - Christians - FORGOTTEN TOWN
03 - 37 - 30 - Tina Turner - WHAT YOU GET IS WHAT YOU SEE
10 - 20 - 31 - Carly Simon - COMING AROUND AGAIN
04 - 26 - 32 - Billy Idol - DON'T NEED A GUN
04 - 28 - 33 - Frankie Goes To Hollywood - WATCHING THE WILDLIFE
1 - NEW - 34 - Pogues And The Dubliners - THE IRISH ROVER
06 - 24 - 35 - Westworld - SONIC BOOM BOY
05 - 21 - 36 - A-ha - MANHATTAN SKYLINE
16 - 23 - 37 - Curiosity Killed The Cat - DOWN TO EARTH
05 - 44 - 38 - Rainmakers - LET MY PEOPLE GO-GO
1 - NEW - 39 - Whitesnake - STILL OF THE NIGHT
02 - 54 - 40 - Herb Alpert - KEEP YOUR EYE ON ME
1 - NEW - 41 - Blow Monkeys - OUT WITH HER
04 - 41 - 42 - Full Circle - WORKIN' UP A SWEAT
05 - 29 - 43 - Cult - LOVE REMOVAL MACHINE
11 - 27 - 44 - Pepsi And Shirlie - HEARTACHE
02 - 51 - 45 - Kool And The Gang - STONE LOVE
03 - 48 - 46 - Aretha Franklin - JIMMY LEE
02 - 65 - 47 - Huey Lewis And The News - SIMPLE AS THAT
06 - 34 - 48 - Duran Duran - SKIN TRADE
1 - NEW - 49 - Siouxsie And The Banshees - THE PASSENGER
1 - NEW - 50 - Radio Heart Featuring Gary Numan - RADIO HEART
09 - 30 - 51 - Europe - ROCK THE NIGHT
1 - NEW - 52 - Whispers - AND THE BEAT GOES ON
03 - 47 - 53 - Berlin - LIKE FLAMES
1 - NEW - 54 - Bryan Adams - HEAT OF THE NIGHT
08 - 39 - 55 - Five Star - STAY OUT OF MY LIFE
04 - 52 - 56 - Cutting Crew - ONE FOR THE MOCKINGBIRD
05 - 40 - 57 - Gary Moore - WILD FRONTIER 
09 - 35 - 58 - George Michael And Aretha Franklin - I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING (FOR ME)
05 - 45 - 59 - Lone Justice - I FOUND LOVE
04 - 58 - 60 - Stranglers - SHAKIN' LIKE A LEAF
03 - 81 - 61 - Cyndi Lauper - WHAT'S GOING ON
1 - NEW - 62 - Lionel Richie - SELA
06 - 32 - 63 - Communards - YOU ARE MY WORLD
05 - 57 - 64 - Surface - HAPPY
1 - NEW - 65 - Lola - WAX THE VAN
1 - NEW - 66 - Luther Vandross - SEE ME
03 - 60 - 67 - Ready For The World - LOVE YOU DOWN
07 - 55 - 68 - Nitro Deluxe - THIS BRUTAL HOUSE
1 - NEW - 69 - Weather Prophets - SHE COMES FROM THE RAIN
02 - 79 - 70 - Smokey Robinson - JUST TO SEE HER
02 - 68 - 71 - Thompson Twins - GET THAT LOVE
11 - 49 - 72 - Eric Clapton - BEHIND THE MASK
05 - 42 - 73 - Anthrax - I AM THE LAW
1 - NEW - 74 - Rod Stewart - SAILING
03 - 53 - 75 - Style Council - WAITING

Link for UK Top 100

Link for Billboard Hot 100

[TheThorne]

1 1 Bible - GRACELAND
2 2 Danny Wilson - MARYS PRAYER
3 5 Bruce Willis - RESPECT YOURSELF
4 10 Berlin - LIKE FLAMES
5 11 Cutting Crew - ONE FOR THE MOCKINGBIRD
6 6 Rainmakers - LET MY PEOPLE GO-GO
7 4 Westworld - SONIC BOOM BOY
8 3 Huey Lewis - JACOBS LADDER
9 13 Prince - SIGN 'O' THE TIMES
10 18 Fine Young Cannibals - EVER FALLEN IN LOVE
11 17 Genesis - TONIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT
12 new Peter Gabriel - BIG TIME
13 19 Magnum - WHEN THE WORLD COMES DOWN
14 7 Survivor - IS THIS LOVE?
15 new U2 - WITHOUT OR WITHOUT YOU
16 8 Level 42 - RUNNING IN THE FAMILY
17 9 Blow Monkeys - IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY
18 22 Robbie Nevill - DOMINOES
19 25 Janet Jackson - LETS WAIT AWHILE
20 new Whitesnake - STILL OF THE NIGHT
21 new Bryan Adams - HEAT OF THE NIGHT
22 14 Beastie Boys - (YOU GOTTA) FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT (TO PARTY)
23 new Johnny Hates Jazz - SHATTERED DREAMS
24 31 Thompson Twins - GET THAT LOVE
25 12 Erasure - IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE
26 new Peter Wolf - COME AS YOU ARE
27 15 The Smiths - SHOPLIFTERS OF THE WORLD UNITE
28 new Wet Wet Wet - WISHING I WAS LUCKY
29 21 Mel and Kim - RESPECTABLE
30 new Huey Lewis & The News - SIMPLE AS THAT
31 16 Expose - COME GO WITH ME
32 27 Cyndi Lauper - WHATS GOIN ON
33 34 Club Nouveau - LEAN ON ME
34 20 Glass Tiger - SOMEDAY
35 new The Pogues & Dubliners - IRISH ROVER
36 new Labi Siffre - SOMETHING INSIDE SO STRONG
37 new Weather Prophets - SHE COMES FROM THE RAIN
38 24 Lone Justice - I FOUND LOVE
39 23 Duran Duran - SKIN TRADE
40 30 The Mission - SEVERINA

An absolutely brilliant bunch of new entries this week but i will feature a song nobody else will as it has such a great video.

[Kingpin]

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


I'll leave this open until next Saturday!

[Kingpin]

1        1) Mel and Kim - Respectable (7-2-1-1)
2        2) Mental As Anything - Live It Up (37-7-1-1-1-2-2)
4        3) Pepsi and Shirlie - Heartache (31-3-1-1-1-1-2-2-4-4-3)
3        4) JM Silk - Let The Music Take Control (12-3-3-4)
8        5) Alison Moyet - Weak In The Presence Of Beauty (27-13-8-5)
20      6) Janet Jackson - Let's Wait Awhile (20-6)
12      7) Full Circle - Workin' Up A Sweat (33-19-12-7)
5        8) Level 42 - Running In The Family (32-19-11-8-6-5-8)
11      9) Venetians - So Much For Love (28-21-17-11-9)
24    10) Terence Trent D'Arby - If You Let Me Stay (40-24-10)

6      11) Raze - Let The Music Move U (14-4-5-6-11)
14    12) Big Supreme - Please Yourself (36-26-22-14-12)
18    13) Bruce Willis - Respect Yourself (35-24-18-13)
23    14) Prince - Sign 'O' The Times (33-23-14)
25    15) Starpoint - He Wants My Body (35-25-15)
19    16) Brother Beyond - How Many Times (37-30-19-16)
7      17) A-ha - Manhattan Skyline (17-9-7-7-17)
22    18) Cover Girls - Show Me (37-31-28-22-18)
37    19) Chantoozies - Witch Queen (37-19)
36    20) Fancy - Lady Of Ice (36-20)

9      21) Simply Red - The Right Thing (29-16-13-10-9-9-21)
27    22) Tia - Boy Toy (36-34-27-22)
34    23) Robbie Nevil - Dominoes (34-23)
10    24) Erasure - It Doesn't Have To Be (25-18-14-10-24)
13    25) Spandau Ballet - How Many Lies (38-30-20-13-8-13-25)
40    26) Lee Prentis - You Plus Me (40-26)
28    27) Fine Young Cannibals - Ever Fallen In Love (28-27)
NEW 28) Pseudo Echo - Living In A Dream (28)
15    29) Klymaxx - Man Size Love (32-25-20-15-29)
31    30) Club Nouveau - Lean On Me (31-30)

33    31) Elkie Brooks - Break The Chain (33-31)
16    32) Roxette - Soul Deep (34-23-18-15-10-16-32)
NEW 33) Luther Vandross - See Me (33)
35    34) Berlin - Like Flames (38-35-34)
38    35) Sandra - Midnight Man (38-35)
39    36) Alphaville - Jerusalem (39-36)
NEW 37) U2 - With Or Without You (37)
17    38) REO Speedwagon - That Ain't Love (38-28-25-24-23-20-18-17-38)
30    39) Genesis - Tonight Tonight Tonight (36-30-39)
32    40) Banananarama - A Trick Of The Night (24-8-5-5-16-32-40)

A big climb for the Bananarama-sounding Witch Queen:

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Mark's Top 40 weekending 15th March 1987

1 (1) Respectable - Mel & Kim
2 (New) With Or Without You - U2
3 (27) Let's Wait Awhile - Janet Jackson
4 (4) Live It Up - Mental As Anything
5 (6) Manhattan Skyline - A-ha
6 (7) Stay Out Of My Life - Five Star
7 (8) What You Get Is What You See - Tina Turner
8 (5) Weak In The Presence Of Beauty - Alison Moyet
9 (2) Everything I Own - Boy George
10 (3) The Great Pretender - Freddie Mercury
11 (13) If You Let Me Stay - Terence Trent D'Arby
12 (14) Tonight Tonight Tonight - Genesis
13 (9) Respect Yourself - Bruce Willis
14 (10) Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever - Nick Kamen
15 (11) Stand By Me - Ben E. King
16 (New) Big Time - Peter Gabriel
17 (15) The Right Thing - Simply Red
18 (New) Just To See Her - Smokey Robinson
19 (12) When A Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge
20 (17) Moonlighting Theme - Al Jarreau
21 (18) Heartache - Pepsi & Shirlie
22 (16) You Don't Know - Berlin
23 (20) What's Going On - Cyndi Lauper
24 (21) Once Bitten Twice Shy - Vesta Williams
25 (19) Happy - Surface
26 (23) Coming Around Again - Carly Simon
27 (24) I Get The Sweetest Feeling - Jackie Wilson
28 (26) I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) - George Michael & Aretha Franklin
29 (28) Crush On You - The Jets
30 (29) Sign O' The Times - Prince
31 (30) Caught Up In The Rapture - Anita Baker
32 (25) I Love My Radio - Taffy
33 (32) Running In The Family - Level 42
34 (34) Lean On Me - Club Nouveau
35 (35) Don't Need A Gun - Billy Idol
36 (36) Ever Fallen In Love - Fine Young Cannibals
37 (22) I Found Love - Lone Justice
38 (New) Out With Her - Blow Monkeys
39 (31) Trick Of The Night - Bananarama
40 (40) Stone Love - Kool And The Gang

[raliverpool]

01 U2 - With Or Without You (2wks 1-1)
02 Prince - Sign O' The Times (3wks 5-2-2)
03 Club Nouveau - Lean On Me (2wks 21-3)
04 Alison Moyet - Weak In The Presence Of Beauty (4wks 22-8-5-4)
05 Beastie Boys - (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!) (5wks 27-11-6-6-5)
06 Janet Jackson - Let's Wait Awhile (2wks 12-6)
07 Mel & Kim - Respectable (4wks 27-9-7-7)
08 Thompson Twins - Get That Love (2wks 11-8)
09 Rainmakers - Let My People Go Go (2wks 22-9)
10 Fine Young Cannibals - Ever Fallen In Love (2wks 13-10)

11 Duran Duran - Skin Trade (6wks 1-1-1-1-3-11)
12 Boy George - Everything I Own (4wks 14-7-8-12)
13 Genesis - Tonight Tonight Tonight (3wks 22-14-13)
14 Big Supreme - Please Yourself (5wks 2-2-2-4-14)
15 Terence Trent D'arby - If You Let Me Stay (1wk 15 NEW)
16 Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (2wks 33-16)
17 Run DMC - It's Tricky (2wks 36-17)
18 Noiseworks - No Lies (3wks 32-23-18)
19 Iggy Pop - Shades (5wks 8-4-4-10-19)
20 Mission - Severina (3wks 31-18-20)

21 a-ha - Manhatten Skyline (5wks 6-3-3-9-21)
22 Billy Idol - Don't Need A Gun (4wks 25-20-19-22)
23 Siouxsie & The Banshees - The Passenger (1wk 23 NEW)
24 Mental As Anything - Live It Up (7wks 29-20-13-7-10-15-24)
25 Erasure - It Doesn't Have To Be (5wks 28-19-19-20-25)
26 Smokey Robinson - Just To See Her (2wks 34-26)
27 Level 42 - Running In The Family (7wks 21-10-9-8-11-17-27)

28 Smithereens - Behind The Wall Of Sleep (1wk 28 NEW)

29 Freddie Mercury - The Great Pretender (4wks 17-12-16-29)
30 Brother Beyond - How Many Times (3wks 34-32-30)

31 Radio Heart ft Gary Numan - Radio Heart (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Railway Children - Brighter (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Peter Gabriel - Big Time (6wks 6-7-10-17-25-33)
34 Primitives - Stop Killing Me (4wks 37-28-29-34)
35 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Watching The Wildlife (4wks 20-15-24-35)
36 Lone Justice - I Found Love (4wks 32-27-31-36)
37 Robbie Nevil - Dominoes (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Huey Lewis & The News - Simple As That (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Blow Monkeys - Out With Her (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Grace Jones - Party Girl (1wk 40 NEW)

LP U2 - Red Hill Mining Town (2LP The Joshua Tree)

The New Jersey rock band with their second single which crossed over to the UK indie top ten chart.

[rubcale]

01 Alison Moyet Weak In The Presence Of Beauty
02 Nick Kamen Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
03 Mel & Kim Respectable
04 Erasure It Doesn't Have To Be This Way
05 Bruce Willis Respect Yourself
06 Judy Boucher Can't Be With You Tonight
07 Prince Sign 'O' The Times
08 Janet Jackson Let's Wait A While
09 Ruby Turner I'd Rather Go Blind
10 Terence Trent D'Arby If You Let Me Stay
11 Club Nouveau Lean On Me
12 Beastie Boys You Gotta Fight For The Right To Party
13 Level 42 Running In The Family
14 Jackie Wilson I Get The Sweetest Feeling
15 Jets Crush On You
16 Boy George Everything I Own
17 Wet Wet Wet Wishing I Was Lucky
18 Herb Alpert Keep Your Eye For Me
19 A-ha Manhattan Skyline
20 Lionel Richie Sela

[darkstar79]

01 Run DMC – It’s Tricky (5 wks)
02 The Go Betweens – Right Here (4 wks)
03 DJ Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince – The Magnificent Jazzy Jeff (6 wks)
04 Beastie Boys – Brass Monkey (2 wks)
05 Junior Gee And The A Team – The Terminator (2 wks)
06 Sweet Tee & Jazzy Joyce – It’s My Beat (6 wks)
07 Raze – Let The Music Move You (5 wks)
08 Mel & Kim – Respectable (4 wks)
09 The Pogues & The Dubliners – The Irish Rover (1 wk)
10 Bobby Womack – (I Wanna) Make Love To You (11 wks)

11 Mel & Kim – Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend) (6 wks)
12 The Wedding Present – My Favourite Dress (6 wks)
13 Vesta Williams – Don’t Blow A Good Thing (1 wk)
14 Juice – After Loving You (2 wks)
15 Ruby Turner – I’d Rather Go Blind (3 wks)
16 Luther Vandross – See Me (1 wk)
17 Lola – Wax The Van (1 wk)
18 The Weather Prophets – She Comes From The Rain (1 wk)
19 Wally Jump Jr. – Turn Me Loose (5 wks)
20 Millie Scott – Ev’ry Little Bit (6 wks)

21 Mantronix – Who Is It? (8 wks)
22 Gwen Guthrie – Good To Go Lover (7 wks)
23 Darlene Davis – I Found Love (8 wks)
24 The Smiths – Shoplifters Of The World Unite (8 wks)
25 Kool & The Gang – Stone Love (2 wks)
26 Hot!House – Don't Come To Stay (9 wks)
27 Surface – Happy (5 wks)
28 Pop Will Eat Itself – Sweet Sweet Pie (5 wks)
29 Mandy Smith – I Just Can’t Wait (7 wks)
30 Stacy Lattisaw – Jump Into My Life (7 wks)

[Whitneyfan]

01(04) Terence Trent D’arby – If You Let Me Stay
02(03) Mel & Kim – Respectable
03(02) Prince – Sign ‘O’ The Times
04(01) Alison Moyet – Weak In The Presence Of Beauty
05(07) Cyndi Lauper – What’s Going On
06(18) Smokey Robinson – Just To See Her
07(12) Tina Turner – What You Get Is What You See
08(22) Janet Jackson – Let’s Wait Awhile
09(16) Ruby Turner – I’d Rather Go Blind
10(11) Rainmakers – Let My People Go-Go

11(09) Eurythmics – Missionary Man
12(17) Cutting Crew – One For The Mockingbird
13(14) Debbie Harry – Free To Fall
14(--) U2 – With Or Without You
15(05) Boy George – Everything I Own
16(06) Freddie Mercury – The Great Pretender
17(10) Gary Moore – Wild Frontier
18(35) Fine Young Cannibals – Ever Fallen In Love
19(38) Lillo Thomas – Sexy Girl
20(08) Beastie Boys – (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)

21(24) The Mission – Severina
22(27) JM Silk – Let The Music Take Control
23(15) Billy Idol – Don’t Need A Gun
24(29) Berlin – Like Flames
25(42) Club Nouveau – Lean On Me
26(13) Erasure – It Doesn’t Have To Be
27(39) Pretenders – My Baby
28(43) Robbie Nevil – Dominoes
29(--) The Pogues & The Dubliners – The Irish Rover
30(21) The Christians – Forgotten Town

31(23) Al Jarreau – Moonlighting
32(20) Genesis – Tonight, Tonight, Tonight
33(--) Blow Monkeys – Out With Her
34(--) Siouxsie & The Banshees – The Passenger
35(44) Elkie Brooks – Break The Chain
36(50) Herb Alpert – Keep Your Eye On Me
37(--) Luther Vandross – See Me
38(19) Westworld – Sonic Boom Boy
39(--) Whitesnake – Still Of The Night
40(--) Labi Siffre – (Something Inside) So Strong

41(25) Ben E. King – Stand By Me
42(26) Jackie Wilson – I Get The Sweetest Feeling
43(--) Peter Gabriel – Big Time
44(--) Bryan Adams – Heat Of The Night
45(--) Radio Heart Featuring Gary Numan – Radio Heart
46(--) Jaki Graham – Still In Love
47(--) Johnny Hates Jazz – Shattered Dreams
48(--) Judy Boucher – Can’t Be With You Tonight
49(--) Lionel Richie – Se La
50(--) Wet Wet Wet – Wishing I Was Lucky

[coolchristie2]

1 Respectable - Mel And Kim
2 Weak In The Presence Of Beauty - Alison Moyet
3 (You Gotta) Fight For The Right (To Party) - Beastie Boys
4 Let My People Go-Go - Rainmakers
5 Everything I Own - Boy George
6 It Doesn't Have To Be - Erasure
7 Tonight's The Night - Genesis
8 Let's Wait Awhile - Janet Jackson
9 The Great Pretender - Freddy Mercury
10 Big Time - Peter Gabriel
11 Forgotten Town - Christians
12 With Or Without You - U2
13 Respect Yourself - Bruce Willis
14 'Moonlighting' Theme - Al Jarreau
15 Running In The Family - Level 42
16 I Come Undone - Jennifer Rush
17 Ever Fallen In Love - Fine Young Cannibals
18 Live It Up - Mental As Anything
19 Still Of The Night - Whitesnake
20 Once Bitten Twice Shy - Vesta Williams

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Freddie Mercury - The Great Pretender (4 wks)
2 (2) Alison Moyet - Weak In The Presence Of Beauty (4 wks)
3 (3) Mel & Kim - Respectable (4 wks)
4 (9) Prince - Sign 'O' The Times (3 wks)
5 (5) Eurythmics - Missionary Man (5 wks)
6 (11) Genesis - Tonight Tonight Tonight (3 wks)
7 (7) Beastie Boys - (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To party) (5 wks)
8 (27) U2 - With Or Without You (2 wks)
9 (NE) Peter Gabriel - Big Time (1 wk)
10 (10) Rainmakers - Let My People Go Go (4 wks)
11 (4) Erasure - It Doesn't Have To Be (5 wks)
12 (6) Simply Red - The Right Thing (7 wks)
13 (23) Terence Trent D'Arby - If You Let Me Stay (3 wks)
14 (19) Tina Turner - What You Get Is What You See (3 wks)
15 (8) Mental As Anything - Live It Up (8 wks)
16 (12) A-Ha - Mahattan Skyline (5 wks)
17 (13) Duran Duran - Skin Trade (6 wks)
18 (24) Fine Young Cannibals - Ever Fallen In Love (2 wks)
19 (21) Bruce Willis - Respect Yourself (4 wks)
20 (20) Al Jarreau - Moonlighting (4 wks)
21 (22) The Mission - Severina (3 wks)
22 (14) Boy George - Everything I Own (4 wks)
23 (NE) Blow Monkeys - Out With Her (1 wk)
24 (18) Spandau Ballet - How Many Lies (7 wks)
25 (15) Level 42 - Running In The Family (7 wks)
26 (NE) Siouxsie & Banshees - The Passenger (1 wk)
27 (NE) Radio Heart ft Gary Numan - Radio Heart (1 wk)
28 (NE) Bryan Adams - Heat Of The Night (1 wk)
29 (16) Blow Monkeys - It Doesn't Have To Be This Way (9 wks)
30 (17) The Christians - Forgotten Town (9 wks)
31 (31) Pretenders - My Baby (2 wks)
32 (25) Ben E King - Stand By Me (7 wks)
33 (26) Debbie Harry - Free To Fall (5 wks)
34 (NE) Labi Siffre - So Strong (1 wk)
35 (28) Bananarama - Trick Of The Night (7 wks)
36 (29) Westworld - Sonic Boom Boy (6 wks)
37 (30) Jackie Wilson - I Get The Sweetest Feeling (5 wks)
38 (32) Smiths - Shoplifters Of The World Unite (8 wks)
39 (NE) Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams (1 wk)
40 (NE) Wet Wet Wet - Wishing I Was Lucky (1 wk)

[Shireblogger]

1 [new] :: U2 - WITH OR WITHOUT YOU
2 [3] :: U2 - ONE TREE HILL {Joshua Tree LP track}
3 [new] :: Pogues & The Dubliners - THE IRISH ROVER
4 [2] :: Tina Turner - WHAT YOU GET IS WHAT YOU SEE
5 [new] :: Peter Gabriel - BIG TIME
6 [1] :: Eurythmics - MISSIONARY MAN 
7 [14] :: Alison Moyet - WEAK IN THE PRESENCE OF BEAUTY
8 [7] :: Eurythmics - THE LAST TIME {Missionary Man B-side}
9 [8] :: Pretenders - MY BABY
10 [11] :: Berlin - LIKE FLAMES
11 [10] :: Prince - SIGN 'O' THE TIMES
12 [12] :: Genesis - TONIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT
13 [new] :: Radio Heart ft Gary Numan - RADIO HEART
14 [6] :: World Party - SHIP OF FOOLS
15 [5] :: Beastie Boys - (YOU GOTTA) FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT (TO PARTY) 
16 [15] :: Fine Young Cannibals - EVER FALLEN IN LOVE
17 [4] :: Mental As Anything - LIVE IT UP
18 [9] :: Rainmakers - LET MY PEOPLE GO-GO
19 [19] :: Mel & Kim - RESPECTABLE
20 [new] :: Siouxsie & The Banshees - THE PASSENGER

[Smurfie]

1) Mel And Kim - RESPECTABLE
2) Alison Moyet - WEAK IN THE PRESENCE OF BEAUTY
3) Jackie Wilson - I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING
4) Club Nouveau - LEAN ON ME
5) Erasure - IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE
6) Nick Kamen - LOVING YOU IS SWEETER THAN EVER
7) Prince - SIGN 'O' THE TIMES
8) Terence Trent D'Arby - IF YOU LET ME STAY
9) Jets. - CRUSH ON YOU
10) Herb Alpert - KEEP YOUR EYE ON ME
11) Janet Jackson - LET'S WAIT AWHILE
12) Mission - SEVERINA
13) Pepsi And Shirlie - HEARTACHE
14) Christians - FORGOTTEN TOWN
15) Boy George - EVERYTHING I OWN
16) Carly Simon - COMING AROUND AGAIN
17) Genesis - TONIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT
18) U2 - WITH OR WITHOUT YOU
19) Siouxsie And The Banshees - THE PASSENGER
20) Five Star - STAY OUT OF MY LIFE

[o]

1 2 Rainmakers – Let my people go-go #1
2 1 Cult – Love removal machine #1
3 4 Eurythmics – Missionary man #3
4 3 Prince – Sign O the times #3
5 5 Mission – Severina #5
6 6 Beastie Boys – You gotta fight for your right to party #5
7 9 Fine Young Cannibals – Ever fallen in love #7
8 11 Club Nouveau – Lean on me #8
9 20 Peter Gabriel – Big time #9
10 7 Mel & Kim – Respectable #7
11 8 Westworld – Sonic boom boy #1
12 10 Lone Justice – I found love #10
13 16 Terence Trent D’Arby – If you let me stay #13
14 22 Pogues & Dubliners – Irish rover #14
15 14 Duran Duran – Skin Trade #14
16 24 Siouxsie and the Banshees – The passenger #16
17 15 Genesis – Tonight tonight tonight #15
18 29 Bryan Adams – Heat of the night #18
19 17 Alison Moyet – Weak in the presence of beauty #17
20 12 Erasure – It doesn’t have to be #12
21 13 Level 42 – Running in the family #13
22 18 Run DMC – It’s tricky #18
23 28 U2 – With or without you #23
24 30 Whitesnake – Still of the night #24
25 19 Jackie Wilson – I get the sweetest feeling #16
26 NE Spear of Destiny – Never take me alive #26
27 21 Smiths – Shoplifters of the world unite #3
28 NE Fleetwood Mac – Big love #28
29 NE Madonna – La isla bonita #29
30 NE Living In A Box – Living in a box #30

[Earl Purple]

1(1) A-Ha - Manhattan Skyline
2(2) Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
3(3) Freddie Mercury - The Great Pretender
4(5) Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over
5(-) U2 - With Or Without You

6(12) Peter Gabriel - Big Time
7(4) Simply Red - The Right Thing
8(8) Prince - Sign O' The Times
9(14) Terence Trent D'Arby - If You Let Me Stay
10(6) Genesis - Tonight Tonight Tonight

11(10) Mel & Kim - Respectable
12(-) Pogues & The Dubliners - The Irish Rover
13(20) Tina Turner - What You Get Is What You See
14(7) Beastie Boys - (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!)
15(16) Club Nouveau - Lean On Me

16(17) Billy Idol - Don't Need A Gun
17(-) Rainmakers - Let My People Go-Go
18(21) Bruce Willis - Respect Yourself
19(13) Eddie Money - I Wanna Go Back
20(9) Mental As Anything - Live It Up

21(25) Wang Chung - Let's Go!
22(11) Erasure - It Doesn't Have To Be
23(-) Whitesnake - Still Of The Night
24(26) Janet Jackson - Let's Wait Awhile
25(29) Ruby Turner - I'd Rather Go Blind

26(-) Steve Winwood - The Finer Things
27(19) Alison Moyet - Weak In The Presence Of Beauty
28(-) REO Speedwagon - That Ain't Love
29(24) Nick Kamen - Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
30(-) Lou Gramm - Midnight Blue

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--(15) Christians - Forgotten Town
--(18) Duran Duran - Skin Trade
--(22) Wedding Present - My Favourite Dress
--(23) Boy George - Everything I Own
--(27) George Michael & Aretha Franklin - I Knew You Were Waiting For Me
--(28) Gary Moore - Wild Frontier
--(30) Westworld - Sonic Boom Boy

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The highest two entries are both by Irish artists. For U2 it could be 3 NM #1s in a row.

Having just had St Patricks Day, there was an Irish flavour a bit different to U2. The Pogues had a #11 hit last year with London Girl but the Dubliners were last in the chart back in 1968 with "Maids When You're Young Never Wed An Old Man" (a song I performed at a ukulele cabaret when the theme was St Patricks Day). The Dubliners had already recorded it as had loads of other Irish folk acts dating back to the 1960s and the song is even older. The only issue I have with the timing of this release is that it's about a ship that sinks, just after the ferry disaster a few weeks ago.

For the featured video though let's have the lead singer of Foreigner with a solo single.