Haven Combi Retro-Chart W/B 26th April 1987

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HAVEN COMBI RETRO-CHART W/B 26th APRIL 1987

Starship prove that, after all, nothing can stop them as they cut short Madonna’s latest reign at the top.



Featuring on the soundtrack to Mannequin, Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now moves swaps places with La Isla Bonita to take over at number one.

There’s a tie at number three as Five Star’s The Slightest Touch moves up from number seven to land alongside Living In A Box.

Highest new entry is from Donna Allen as Serious debuts at number 22.

Biggest climb is from Europe as Carrie moves up 14 places to number 25.

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

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LW   TW ARTIST / SONG TITLE

2        1 Starship - NOTHING'S GONNA STOP US NOW
1        2 Madonna - LA ISLA BONITA
7        3 Five Star - THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH
3        3 Living In A Box - LIVING IN A BOX
4        5 Fleetwood Mac - BIG LOVE
14      6 Smiths - SHEILA TAKE A BOW
8        7 Johnny Hates Jazz - SHATTERED DREAMS
5        8 Labi Siffre - (SOMETHING INSIDE) SO STRONG
13      9 Cure - WHY CAN’T I BE YOU
11    10 Wet Wet Wet - WISHING I WAS LUCKY

6      11 Kim Wilde and Junior - ANOTHER STEP (CLOSER TO YOU)
24    12 John Farnham - YOU'RE THE VOICE
16    13 Judy Boucher - CAN'T BE WITH YOU TONIGHT
18    14 Spear Of Destiny - NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE
27    15 Sly and Robbie - BOOPS (HERE WE GO)
8      16 Peter Gabriel - BIG TIME
14    17 Pogues and Dubliners - THE IRISH ROVER
10    18 Terence Trent D'Arby - IF YOU LET ME STAY
12    19 Bon Jovi - WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE
21    20 That Petrol Emotion - BIG DECISION

17    21 Fine Young Cannibals - EVER FALLEN IN LOVE
NEW 22 Donna Allen - SERIOUS
26    22 Doris Day - MOVE OVER DARLING
22    24 Mel and Kim - RESPECTABLE
39    25 Europe - CARRIE
NEW 26 Jesus and Mary Chain - APRIL SKIES
31    27 Black - EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ROSES
23    27 Crowded House - DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER
19    27 U2 - WITH OR WITHOUT YOU
25    30 Lou Gramm - MIDNIGHT BLUE

NEW 31 Damned - ALONE AGAIN OR
28    32 Tom Jones - A BOY FROM NOWHERE
36    33 Club Nouveau - LEAN ON ME
NEW 33 Duran Duran - MEET EL PRESIDENTE
29    33 Julian Cope - EVE'S VOLCANO
34    36 Salt-n-Pepa - MY MIC SOUNDS NICE
33    37 Herb Alpert - KEEP YOUR EYE ON ME
31    37 Janet Jackson - LET'S WAIT AWHILE
NEW 39 Paul SImon - GRACELAND
34    39 SOS Band - NO LIES

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OFFICIAL CHART W/B 3rd MAY 1987

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

06 - 03 - 01 - Starship - NOTHING'S GONNA STOP US NOW 
07 - 02 - 02 - Judy Boucher - CAN'T BE WITH YOU TONIGHT
06 - 01 - 03 - Madonna - LA ISLA BONITA
06 - 07 - 04 - Tom Jones - A BOY FROM NOWHERE
04 - 04 - 05 - Five Star - THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH
06 - 06 - 06 - Living In A Box - LIVING IN A BOX
07 - 16 - 07 - Labi Siffre - (SOMETHING INSIDE) SO STRONG
02 - 19 - 08 - Jesus And Mary Chain - APRIL SKIES
06 - 09 - 09 - Kim Wilde And Junior - ANOTHER STEP (CLOSER TO YOU)
03 - 14 - 10 - Level 42 - TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN
08 - 05 - 11 - Club Nouveau - LEAN ON ME
10 - 08 - 12 - Terence Trent D'Arby - IF YOU LET ME STAY
06 - 21 - 13 - Fleetwood Mac - BIG LOVE
04 - 12 - 14 - Glenn And Chris - DIAMOND LIGHTS
03 - 10 - 15 - Smiths - SHEILA TAKE A BOW
03 - 30 - 16 - Cameo - BACK AND FORTH
02 - 32 - 17 - Cult - LIL' DEVIL
10 - 11 - 18 - Mel And Kim - RESPECTABLE
06 - 23 - 19 - Spear Of Destiny - NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE
08 - 13 - 20 - Fine Young Cannibals - EVER FALLEN IN LOVE
08 - 15 - 21 - Janet Jackson - LET'S WAIT AWHILE
06 - 29 - 22 - Sly And Robbie - BOOPS (HERE TO GO)
1 - NEW - 23 - Depeche Mode - STRANGELOVE
07 - 18 - 24 - U2 - WITH OR WITHOUT YOU
04 - 37 - 25 - Carey Johnson - REAL FASHION REGGAE STYLE
03 - 24 - 26 - Duran Duran - MEET EL PRESIDENTE
04 - 27 - 27 - Europe - CARRIE
03 - 28 - 28 - Damned - ALONE AGAIN OR
07 - 39 - 29 - Wet Wet Wet - WISHING I WAS LUCKY
07 - 40 - 30 - Johnny Hates Jazz - SHATTERED DREAMS
04 - 26 - 31 - Cure - WHY CAN'T I BE YOU
04 - 36 - 32 - Swing Out Sister - TWILIGHT WORLD
05 - 20 - 33 - Bon Jovi - WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE
06 - 17 - 34 - Ferry Aid - LET IT BE
03 - 38 - 35 - Sybil - LET YOURSELF GO
08 - 25 - 36 - Herb Alpert - KEEP YOUR EYE ON ME
02 - 47 - 37 - Westworld - BA-NA-NA-BAM-BOO
06 - 22 - 38 - Curiosity Killed The Cat - ORDINARY DAY
08 - 63 - 39 - Robbie Nevil - DOMINOES
1 - NEW - 40 - Zodiac Mindwarp And The Love Reaction - PRIME MOVER
05 - 46 - 41 - David Essex - MYFANWY
05 - 56 - 42 - Donna Allen - SERIOUS
1 - NEW - 43 - Fall - THERE'S A GHOST IN MY HOUSE
1 - NEW - 44 - Tottenham Hotspur FC - HOT SHOT TOTTENHAM!
05 - 43 - 45 - That Petrol Emotion - BIG DECISION
04 - 52 - 46 - John Farnham - YOU'RE THE VOICE
04 - 45 - 47 - Doris Day - MOVE OVER DARLING
07 - 33 - 48 - Pogues And The Dubliners - THE IRISH ROVER
11 - 31 - 49 - Rainmakers - LET MY PEOPLE GO-GO
03 - 41 - 50 - Jets. - CURIOSITY
1 - NEW - 51 - UB40 - WATCHDOGS
03 - 62 - 52 - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - SHAME
1 - NEW - 53 - Go West - I WANT TO HEAR IT FROM YOU
03 - 54 - 54 - Toyah - ECHO BEACH
07 - 34 - 55 - Whitesnake - STILL OF THE NIGHT
03 - 50 - 56 - Toni Warne - BEN
1 - NEW - 57 - House Master Boyz And The Rude Boy Of House - HOUSE NATION 
1 - NEW - 57 - Mirage - JACK MIX II/III
04 - 73 - 59 - Paul King - I KNOW
03 - 64 - 60 - Midnight Star - WET MY WHISTLE
1 - NEW - 61 - Debbie Harry - IN LOVE WITH LOVE
1 - NEW - 62 - Gary Moore - FRIDAY ON MY MIND
06 - 42 - 63 - David Bowie - DAY IN DAY OUT
05 - 72 - 64 - SOS Band - NO LIES
10 - 35 - 65 - Bruce Willis - RESPECT YOURSELF
05 - 53 - 66 - Julian Cope - EVE'S VOLCANO
10 - 44 - 67 - Alison Moyet - WEAK IN THE PRESENCE OF BEAUTY
03 - 70 - 68 - Love And Money - LOVE AND MONEY
09 - 48 - 69 - Prince - SIGN 'O' THE TIMES
1 - NEW - 70 - Jody Watley - LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE
07 - 60 - 71 - Peter Gabriel - BIG TIME
11 - 51 - 72 - Jackie Wilson - I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING
05 - 57 - 73 - Elvis Presley - AIN'T THAT LOVIN' YOU BABY
1 - NEW - 74 - T Rex - GET IT ON
11 - 55 - 75 - Beastie Boys - (YOU GOTTA) FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT (TO PARTY)


Link for UK Top 100

Link for Billboard Hot 100

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

I'll leave this open until next Saturday!

[TheThorne]

1 2 Lou Gramm - MIDNIGHT BLUE
2 4 John Farnham - YOURE THE VOICE
3 5 Bruce Hornsby & The Range - MANDOLIN RAIN
4 1 Starship - NOTHINGS GONNA STOP US NOW
5 10 Europe - CARRIE
6 3 Bon Jovi - WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE
7 7 That Petrol Emotion - BIG DECISION
8 11 The Cure - WHY CAN'T I BE YOU
9 9 The Smiths - SHEILA TAKE A BOW
10 6 Johnny Hates Jazz - SHATTERED DREAMS
11 19 The Jets - CURIOSITY
12 16 Night Ranger - THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS
13 8 Peter Gabriel - BIG TIME
14 12 Wet Wet Wet - WISHING I WAS LUCKY
15 21 Jesus & The Mary Chain - APRIL SKIES
16 26 Rock And Hyde - DIRTY WATER
17 13 Peter Wolf - COME AS YOU ARE
18 new Depeche Mode - STRANGELOVE
19 14 Whitesnake - STILL OF THE NIGHT
20 24 Paul Simon - GRACELAND
21 25 Donna Allen - SERIOUS
22 30 The Cult - LIL DEVIL
23 27 Level 42 - TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN
24 new Company B - FASCINATED
25 17 Fleetwood Mac - BIG LOVE
26 new Jody Watley - LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE
27 18 Danny Wilson - MARYS PRAYER
28 23 Five Star - THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH
29 20 Bryan Adams - HEAT OF THE NIGHT
30 new Tom Petty - JAMMIN ME
31 34 Mental As Anything - YOU'RE SO STRONG
32 38 Big Dish - SLIDE
33 37 Pseudo Echo - LIVING IN A DREAM
34 new The Fall - THERE'S A GHOST IN MY HOUSE
35 22 U2 - WITHOUT OR WITHOUT YOU
36 26 Madonna - LA ISLA BONITA
37 new It Bites - THE OLD MAN AND THE ANGEL
38 new Debbie Harry - IN LOVE WITH LOVE
39 40 Westworld - BA-NA-NA-BAM-BOO
40 new Gary Moore - FRIDAY ON MY MIND


Video of the week is from a US girl band that are part of the invasion of Miami Sound into the US charts, there will be many more in this year.

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Fascinated is great, we really missed out on that one, it should have been huge. 

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5       1) Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams (27-5-1)
1        2) Pseudo Echo - Living In A Dream (28-14-10-4-2-1-2)
6        3) Style - Run For Your Life (25-10-6-3)
2        4) Five Star - The Slightest Touch (6-3-2-4)
3        5) Madonna - La Isla Bonita (5-2-1-1-3-5)
11      6) Starship -Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (32-16-11-6)
7        7) Living In A Box - Living In A Box (31-16-11-7-7-7)
8        8) SOS Band - No Lies (31-17-9-8-8)
12      9) Wet Wet Wet - Wishing I Was Lucky (29-12-9)
4      10) Kenny 'Jammin' Jason and 'Fast' Eddie Smith - Can U Dance (20-7-4-4-10)

17    11) Fleetwood Mac - Big Love (34-22-17-11)
14    12) Europe - Carrie (26-15-14-12)
18    13) U2 - With Or Without You (37-29-23-24-24-18-13)
32    14) Big Dish - Slide (32-14)
27    15) Feedback - So Fine (27-15)
20    16) Black - Everything's Coming Up Roses (37-28-20-16)
34    17) Johnny Clegg and Savuka - Scatterlings Of Africa (34-17)
19    18) Den Harrow - Don't Break My Heart (33-19-18)
21    19) Lou Gramm - Midnight Blue (34-30-23-21-19)
23    20) Cinderella - Somebody Save Me (39-23-20)

26    21) H2O- Blue Diamond (35-26-21)
10    22) Roxanna - Got Me By The Heart (33-21-14-12-10-22)
9      23) Lee Prentiss - You Plus Me (40-26-19-11-8-6-9-23)
39    24) Partland Brothers - Soul City (39-24)
25    25) Mental As Anything - You're So Strong (25-25)
NEW 26) Jody Watley - Looking For A New Love (26)
30    27) Westworld - Ba-Na-Na-Bam-Boo (30-27)
13    28) Terence Trent D'Arby - If You Let Me Stay (40-24-10-4-3-2-5-13-28)
38    29) Gloria Gaynor - Be Soft With Me Tonight (38-29)
31    30) Shannon - Dancin' (31-30)

NEW 31) Company B - Fascinated (31)
NEW 32) Donna Allen - Serious (32)
35    33) One Way - You Better Quit (35-33)
15    34) Mel and Kim - Respectable (7-2-1-1-1-1-3-8-15-234)
NEW 35) Mirage - Jack Mix II/III (35)
40    36) Then Jerico - Prairie Rose (40-36)
NEW 37) Depeche Mode - Strangelove (37)
NEW 38) Survivor - Man Against The World (38)
NEW 39) REO Speedwagon - Variety Tonight (39)
NEW 40) Expose - Point Of No Return (40)

Some new climbs from the gorgeous Slide and Scatterlings of Africa.  And this, Soul City, came across it on the Billboard Chart.

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Mark's Top 40 weekending 26th April 1987

1 (2) Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship
2 (1) The Slightest Touch - Five Star
3 (3) With Or Without You - U2
4 (4) La Isla Bonita - Madonna
5 (5) Can't Be With You Tonight - Judy Boucher
6 (20) Shattered Dreams - Johnny Hates Jazz
7 (6) Myfanwy - David Essex
8 (7) Midnight Blue - Lou Gramm
9 (8) Living In A Box - Living In A Box
10 (26) Wishing I Was Lucky - Wet Wet Wet
11 (13) (Something Inside) So Strong - Labi Siffre
12 (9) Let's Wait A While - Janet Jackson
13 (10) A Boy From Nowhere - Tom Jones
14 (11) Respectable - Mel & Kim
15 (12) Never Take Me Alive - Spear Of Destiny
16 (14) To Be With You Again - Level 42
17 (15) Ordinary Day - Curiosity Killed The Cat
18 (16) Serious - Donna Allen
19 (17) Big Love - Fleetwood Mac
20 (19) Another Step (Closer To You) - Kim Wilde & Junior
21 (38) Real Fashion Reggae Style - Carey Johnson
22 (36) Graceland - Paul Simon
23 (37) Why Can't I Be You - The Cure
24 (33) Diamond Lights - Glenn & Chris
25 (21) If You Let Me Stay - Terence Trent D'Arby
26 (22) Sheila Take A Bow - The Smiths
27 (23) You're The Voice - John Farnham
28 (24) Big Time - Peter Gabriel
29 (18) Let It Be - Ferry Aid
30 (30) April Skies - The Jesus And Mary Chain
31 (31) Tonight Tonight Tonight - Genesis
32 (New) Watchdogs - UB40
33 (25) Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi
34 (34) Ba-na-na-bam-boo - Westworld
35 (New) Strangelove - Depeche Mode
36 (28) Manhattan Skyline - A-ha
37 (27) Live It Up - Mental As Anything
38 (29) Stay Out Of My Life - Five Star
39 (New) Looking For A New Love - Jody Watley
40 (40) Meet El Presidente - Duran Duran

[rubcale]

01 Starship Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
02 John Farnham You're The Voice
03 Judy Boucher Can't Be With You Tonight
04 Five Star The Slightest Touch
05 Fleetwood Mac Big Love
06 Wet Wet Wet Wishing I Was Lucky
07 Cameo Back And Forth
08 Johnny Hates Jazz Shattered Dreams
09 Kim Wilde & Junior Another Step (Closer To You)
10 Level 42 To Be With You Again
11 Labi Siffre (Something Inside) So Storng
12 Sly & Robbie (Boops) Here To Go
13 Europe Carrie
14 Gary Moore Friday On My Mind
15 Living In A Box Living In A Box
16 The Cult L'il Devil
17 Doris Day Secret Love
18 Club Nouveau Lean On Me
19 Depeche Mode Strangelove
20 Fine Young Cannibals Ever Fallen In Love

[raliverpool]

01 Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over (6wks 21-9-2-2-1-1)
02 Spear Of Destiny - Never Take Me Alive (6wks 28-15-9-6-3-2)
03 Madonna - La Isla Bonita (6wks 2-1-1-1-2-3)
04 Labi Siffre - (Something Inside) So Strong (4wks 21-9-7-4)
05 Jesus & Mary Chain - April Skies (2wks 12-5)
06 Fleetwood Mac - Big Love (4wks 27-17-11-6)
07 Sly & Robbie - Boops (Here To Go) (4wks 26-13-10-7)
08 Smiths - Sheila Take A Bow (8wks 5-4-8)
09 That Petrol Emotion - Big Decision (5wks 19-4-4-6-9)

10 Depeche Mode - Strangelove (1wk 10 NEW)

11 Kim Wilde & Junior - Another Step (Closer To You) (5wks 20-11-8-8-11)
12 Paul Simon - Graceland (3wks 24-13-12)
13 Julian Cope - Eve's Volcano (5wks 18-3-3-5-13)
14 Cult - Lil' Devil (2wks 19-14)
15 Living In A Box - Living In A Box (5wks 21-10-7-9-15)
16 Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams (2wks 27-16)
17 Wet Wet Wet - Wishing I Was Lucky (2wks 28-17)
18 Jody Watley - Looking For A New Love (4wks 28-19-15-18)
19 Duran Duran - Meet El Presidente (3wks 15-14-19)

20 Five Star - The Slightest Touch (4wks 36-23-20-20)

21 Cameo - Back & Forth (1wk 21 NEW)
22 Maceo & The Macks - Cross The Track (We Better Go Back) (1wk 22 NEW)
23 David Essex - Myfanwy (2wks 35-23)
24 Cure - Why Can't I Be You (4wks 22-12-16-24)
25 Swing Out Sister - Twilight World (4wks 38-26-24-25)
26 Zodiac Mindwarp - Prime Mover (1wk 26 NEW)
27 Hoodoo Gurus - What's My Scene (2wks 32-27)
28 Toyah - Echo Beach (3wks 30-22-28)
29 Fall - There's A Ghost In My House (1wk 29 NEW)

30 Carey Johnson - Real Fashion Reggae Style (1wk 30 NEW)

31 Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (8wks 33-16-9-5-6-11-17-31)
32 Level 42 - To Be With You Again (3wks 27-25-32)
33 Terence Trent D'arby - If You Let Me Stay (7wks 15-6-3-5-10-18-33)
34 John Farnham - You're The Voice (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Judy Boucher - Can't Be With You Tonight (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Debbie Harry - In Love With Love (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Talking Heads - Radio Head (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Westworld - Ba Na Na Bam Boo (1wk 38 NEW)
39 U2 - With Or Without You (8wks 1-1-1-2-7-14-26-39)
40 Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead Or Alive (5wks 36-19-16-21-40)

LP Curiosity Killed The Cat - Mile High (1LP Keep Your Distance)

The Basildon Boys UK #16, USA #50, Canada #11, Germany #2 (& top 5 hit in Ireland, South Africa, Finland, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland) lead single from their sixth studio album Music for the Masses with its music video directed by Anton Corbijn.

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01 Salt ‘N’ Pepa – My Mic Sounds Nice (4 wks)
02 The Pogues & The Dubliners – The Irish Rover (7 wks)
03 Run DMC – It’s Tricky (11 wks)
04 Beastie Boys – Brass Monkey (8 wks)
05 The Smiths – Sheila Take A Bow (3 wks)
06 Maceo And The Macks – Cross The Track (We Better Go Back) (1 wk)
07 Junior Gee And The A Team – The Terminator (8 wks)
08 The Go Betweens – Right Here (10 wks)
09 Patrice Rushen – Watch Out (5 wks)
10 The Jesus And Mary Chain – April Skies (2 wks)

11 DJ Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince – The Magnificent Jazzy Jeff (12 wks)
12 S.O.S. Band – No Lies (5 wks)
13 Mel & Kim – Respectable (10 wks)
14 Exposé – Point Of No Return (1 wk)
15 The Damned – Alone Again Or (3 wks)
16 Five Star – The Slightest Touch (4 wks)
17 Sweet Tee & Jazzy Joyce – It’s My Beat (12 wks)
18 One Way – You Better Quit (2 wks)
19 Cameo – Back And Forth (3 wks)
20 Gloria Gaynor – Be Soft With Me Tonight (2 wks)

21 Stacey Q – Shy Girl (5 wks)
22 The Fall – There’s A Ghost In My House (1 wk)
23 Tom Jones – A Boy From Nowhere (6 wks)
24 Raze – Let The Music Move You (11 wks)
25 Vesta Williams – Don’t Blow A Good Thing (7 wks)
26 Lola – Wax The Van (7 wks)
27 Mel & Kim – Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend) (12 wks)
28 Luther Vandross – See Me (7 wks)
29 Bobby Womack – (I Wanna) Make Love To You (17 wks)
30 Juice – After Loving You (8 wks)

[popchartfreak]

5th May 1987

It's a 17-place climb to claim a first chart-topper for Crowded House and their gorgeous Don't Dream It's Over, beating I Got You's peak of 2 in 1980 for Split-Enz, as the Finn Brothers used to be known (more or less), and keeping Living In A Box off the top spot to boot. Ben E. King gets a second oldies top 10 with a 26 year-old track, this time the fabulous Spanish Harlem which had gone top 5 for Aretha Franklin in 1971, the later of many 60's covers of the song. The Damned get a second top 10 with the 1968 Love classic, and the highest actual new song is from Jesus And Mary Chain and the trippy-goth of April Skies at 27, sort of melodic distorted metal a la The Velvet Underground.

Tom Jones leapfrogs a pair of footballers as both climb fast into the 20, Tom having been there many times before in the 60's and early 70's, but rarely since, Kiss being the most recent career-resurrecting instance. Falco has a massive climb for his 3rd hit - one I've forgotten, but obviously liked being Emotional about it. Level 42 also climb high into the 40 along with Elvis' reactivated Bossa Nova Baby, and a chart debut for the tongue-in-cheek Glam-metal Zodiac Mindwarp at 38 as he's a Prime Mover.

It's a huge influx of new entries lower down, Europe are back, The Cult get a 3rd or 4th, Westworld follow-up, Swing Out Sister make it a hat-trick, The Armoury Show is another I've entirely forgotten, Jody Watley gets a solo comeback having left Shalamar never to return and Looking For A New Love. A clutch of covers then pop up, The Mint Juleps doing Robert Palmer's fab 1978 Every Kinda People, Gary Moore getting an 8th year of hits with his Easybeats cover (aka Flash & The Pan in later years, and the older-brother/producer of AC/DC's Young brothers), Toyah does Martha & The Muffins, and David Essex returns after a few years away with a Welsh 112-year-old song. Not the oldest song to chart ever, but it's up there in the list. David thus gets a 14-year run of hits since Rock On. Finally, two more solo hits for Paul King and Debbie Harry, Paul on his way to becoming an early VJ on satellite music stations when his music career stalls shortly after this, and Debbie carrying on where Blondie left off, for 9 years of charting, 6 years of solo hits, and another 30 years of both still to come. Legend!


1 ( 18 ) DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER Crowded House
2 ( 4 ) LIVING IN A BOX Living In A Box
3 ( 1 ) LA ISLA BONITA Madonna
4 ( 6 ) WISHING I WAS LUCKY Wet Wet Wet
5 ( 3 ) MOVE OVER DARLING Doris Day
6 ( 7 ) NOTHING’S GONNA STOP US NOW Starship
7 ( 5 ) (SOMETHING INSIDE) SO STRONG Labi Siffre
8 ( NEW ) SPANISH HARLEM Ben E. King
9 ( 15 ) ALONE AGAIN OR The Damned
10 ( 2 ) KEEP YOUR EYE ON ME Herb Alpert

11 ( 19 ) SHAME OMD
12 ( 20 ) SHATTERED DREAMS Johnny Hates Jazz
13 ( 17 ) BIG LOVE Fleetwood Mac
14 ( 28 ) BIG DECISION That Petrol Emotion
15 ( 40 ) A BOY FROM NOWHERE Tom Jones
16 ( 8 ) YOU’RE THE VOICE John Farnham
17 ( 33 ) DIAMOND LIGHTS Glen & Chris
18 ( 10 ) RADIO HEART Radio Heart & Gary Numan
19 ( 29 ) CAN’T BE WITH YOU TONIGHT Judy Boucher
20 ( 9 ) EVER FALLEN IN LOVE Fine Young Cannibals

21 ( 13 ) SIGN O’ THE TIMES Prince
22 ( 12 ) IF YOU LET ME STAY Terence Trent D’Arby
23 ( 16 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson
24 ( 11 ) LET MY PEOPLE GOGO The Rainmakers
25 ( 27 ) ANOTHER STEP (CLOSER TO YOU) Kim Wilde & Junior
26 ( 21 ) EVE’S VOLCANO Julian Cope
27 ( NEW ) APRIL SKIES Jesus And Mary Chain
28 ( 38 ) THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH Five Star
29 ( 14 ) EVERYONE’S A WINNER (REMIX) Hot Chocolate
30 ( 39 ) SHEILA TAKE A BOW The Smiths

31 ( 75 ) EMOTIONAL Falco
32 ( 36 ) SERIOUS Donna Allen
33 ( 46 ) REAL FASHION REGGAE STYLE Carey Johnson
34 ( 70 ) TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN Level 42
35 ( 41 ) WHY CAN’T I BE YOU The Cure
36 ( 23 ) DAY-IN DAY-OUT David Bowie
37 ( 69 ) BOSSA NOVA BABY Elvis Presley
38 ( NEW ) PRIME MOVER Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction
39 ( 22 ) RESPECT YOURSELF Bruce Willis
40 ( 50 ) YOU’RE SO STRONG Mental As Anything

41 ( 30 ) BOOPS (HERE TO GO) Sly & Robbie
42 ( 37 ) FORGOTTEN TOWN The Christians
43 ( 34 ) STAND BY ME Ben E. King
44 ( 32 ) DON’T NEED A GUN Billy Idol
45 ( 24 ) WITH OR WITHOUT YOU U2
46 ( 25 ) IRISH ROVER The Pogues & The Dubliners
47 ( 42 ) I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING (FOR ME) Aretha Franklin & George Michael
48 ( 51 ) WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE Bon Jovi
49 ( 35 ) NO LIES The SOS Band
50 ( 26 ) LET’S WAIT AWHILE Janet Jackson

51 ( 45 ) PENNY LANE/STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles
52 ( NEW ) CARRIE Europe
53 ( 60 ) NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE Spear Of Destiny
54 ( 48 ) STILL IN LOVE Jaki Graham
55 ( 44 ) SHIP OF FOOLS World Party
56 ( 56 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael
57 ( 52 ) WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN Percy Sledge
58 ( 68 ) DOMINOES Robbie Nevil
59 ( 59 ) THAT’S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR Slade
60 ( NEW ) L’L DEVIL The Cult

61 ( 74 ) BACK AND FORTH Cameo
62 ( 31 ) LEAN ON ME Club Nouveau
63 ( NEW ) BA-NA-NA BAM BOO Westworld
64 ( NEW ) TWILIGHT WORLD Swing Out Sister
65 ( NEW ) NEW YORK CITY The Armoury Show
66 ( 66 ) HUMAN Human League
67 ( 65 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross
68 ( NEW ) LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE Jody Watley
69 ( NEW ) EVERY KINDA PEOPLE The Mint Juleps
70 ( NEW ) FRIDAY ON MY MIND Gary Moore

71 ( NEW ) IN LOVE WITH LOVE Debbie Harry
72 ( NEW ) I KNOW Paul King
73 ( 57 ) WHAT’S GOING ON Cyndi Lauper
74 ( NEW ) MYFANWY David Essex
75 ( NEW ) ECHO BEACH Toyah



5th May
PLAYIST OLDIES

1 DANNY’S SONG Anne Murray
2 SO THIS IS ROMANCE Linx
3 I STARTED A JOKE The Bee Gees

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Starship – Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now
02(12) John Farnham – You’re The Voice
03(04) The Cure – Why Can’t I Be You
04(02) Labi Siffre – (Something Inside) So Strong
05(03) Five Star – The Slightest Touch
06(09) Donna Allen – Serious
07(05) Johnny Hates Jazz – Shattered Dreams
08(06) Wet Wet Wet – Wishing I Was Lucky
09(16) The Damned – Alone Again Or
10(30) Jesus & Mary Chain – April Skies

11(11) Tom Jones – A Boy From Nowhere
12(07) Black – Everything’s Coming Up Roses
13(21) All About Eve – Our Summer
14(10) Sly & Robbie – Boops (Here To Go)
15(08) Judy Boucher – Can’t Be With You Tonight
16(19) Glenn & Chris – Diamond Lights
17(14) Living In A Box – Living In A Box
18(27) Sybil – Let Yourself Go
19(38) Paul Carrack – When You Walk In The Room
20(13) Kim Wilde & Junior – Another Step (Closer To You)

21(15) Fleetwood Mac – Big Love
22(25) O.M.D. – Shame
23(20) The Bangles – Following
24(18) Madonna – La Isla Bonita
25(17) Bon Jovi – Wanted Dead Or Alive
26(--) Mirage – Jack Mix II
27(22) Carey Johnson – Real Fashion Reggae Style
28(26) Swing Out Sister – Twilight World
29(--) Men They Couldn’t Hang – Ghosts Of Cable Street
30(--) Gary Moore – Friday On My Mind

31(23) Dead Or Alive – Hooked On Love
32(41) Cameo – Back And Forth
33(44) The Cult – L’il Devil
34(24) Spear Of Destiny – Never Take Me Alive
35(28) Europe – Carrie
36(47) Westworld – Ba-Na-Na-Bam-Boo
37(--) Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction – Prime Mover
38(29) Julian Cope – Eve’s Volcano
39(45) Paul Simon – Graceland
40(--) Debbie Harry – In Love With Love

41(--) Depeche Mode – Strangelove
42(--) The Fall – There’s A Ghost In My House
43(--) UB40 – Watchdogs
44(35) The Smiths – Sheila Take A Bow
45(37) Bruce Hornsby & The Range – Mandolin Rain
46(40) Level 42 – To Be With You Again
47(--) Meat Loaf – Special Girl
48(34) The Jets – Curiosity
49(--) Housemaster Boyz – House Nation
50(--) Jody Watley – Looking For A New Love

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Fleetwood Mac - Big Love (6 wks)
2 (2) Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams (7 wks)
3 (3) Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (6 wks)
4 (4) Wet Wet Wet - Wishing I Was Lucky (7 wks)
5 (5) Smiths - Sheila Take A Bow (3 wks)
6 (13) John Farnham - You're The Voice (4 wks)
7 (6) Kim Wilde & Junior - Another Step (Closer To You) (6 wks)
8 (7) Living In A Box - Living In A Box (6 wks)
9 (9) Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead Or Alive (5 wks)
10 (19) Jesus And Mary Chain - April Skies (2 wks)
11 (12) The Cure - Why Can't I Be You (5 wks)
12 (14) That Petrol Emotion - Big Decision (5 wks)
13 (15) Black - Everything Is Coming Up Roses (4 wks)
14 (8) Peter Gabriel - Big Time (7 wks)
15 (20) Level 42 - To Be With You Again (3 wks)
16 (17) Lou Gramm - Midnight Blue (5 wks)
17 (21) Duran Duran - Meet El Presidente (3 wks)
18 (10) Madonna - La Isla Bonita (6 wks)
19 (11) Julian Cope - Eve's Volcano (5 wks)
20 (25) The Cult - Lil' Devil (2 wks)
21 (NE) Depeche Mode - Strangelove (1 wk)
22 (16) Labi Siffre - So Strong (7 wks)
23 (18) Terence Trent D'Arby - If You Let Me Stay (9 wks)
24 (26) Damned - Alone Again Or (3 wks)
25 (22) Bryan Adams - Heat Of The Night (7 wks)
26 (23) Curiosity Killed The Cat - Ordinary Day (6 wks)
27 (24) David Bowie - Day In Day Out (6 wks)
28 (NE) The Fall - There's A Ghost In My House (1 wk)
29 (27) Tom Jones - A Boy From Nowhere (6 wks)
30 (28) Mighty Lemon Drops - Out Of Hand (4 wks)
31 (29) Thompson Twins - Get That Love (5 wks)
32 (30) U2 - With Or Without You (8 wks)
33 (NE) Debbie Harry - I'm In Love With Love (1 wk)
34 (NE) Gary Moore - Friday On My Mind (1 wk)
35 (31) Genesis - Tonight Tonight Tonight (9 wks)
36 (32) Alison Moyet - Weak In The Presence Of Beauty (10 wks)
37 (33) Siouxsie & Banshees - The Passenger (7 wks)
38 (38) Love And Money - Love And Money (3 wks)
39 (34) Fine Young Cannibals - Ever Fallen In Love (8 wks)
40 (35) Prince - Sign 'O' The Times (9 wks)

[o]

1 3 Cure – Why cant I be you? #1
2 1 Spear of Destiny – Never take me alive #1
3 6 That Petrol Emotion – Big decision #3
4 7 Fleetwood Mac – Big love #4
5 8 Smiths – Sheila take a bow #5
6 2 Fine Young Cannibals – Ever fallen in love #1
7 11 Jesus and Mary Chain – April skies #7
8 12 Cult – Lil devil #8
9 13 Westworld – Ba-na-na-bam-bo #9
10 26 Depeche Mode – Strangelove #10
11 4 Pogues & Dubliners – Irish rover #4
12 15 Duran Duran – Meet El Presidente #12
13 5 Siouxsie and the Banshees – The passenger #5
14 27 Zodiac Mindwarp – Prime mover #14
15 9 Madonna – La isla bonita #9
16 18 John Farnham – You’re the voice #16
17 19 Johnny Hates Jazz – Shattered dreams #17
18 28 Fall – There’s a ghost in my house #18
19 17 Crowded House – Don’t dream it’s over #17
20 NE Paul Simon – Graceland #20
21 10 Peter Gabriel – Big time #2
22 14 Bryan Adams – Heat of the night #7
23 16 Toyah – Echo beach #16
24 20 Bon Jovi – Wanted dead or alive #9
25 21 Living In A Box – Living in a box #14
26 22 Whitesnake – Still of the night #15
27 23 Wet Wet Wet – Wishing I was lucky #18
28 NE Georgia Satellites – Battleship chains 28
29 25 Labi Sifree – Something inside so strong #24
30 29 U2 – With or without you #11

[Shireblogger]

1 [new] :: Depeche Mode - STRANGELOVE
2 [1] :: Black - EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ROSES
3 [2] :: Cure - WHY CAN'T I BE YOU
4 [new] :: Carey Johnson - REAL FASHION REGGAE STYLE
5 [new] :: Runrig - ALBA
6 [19] :: Fleetwood Mac - BIG LOVE
7 [8] :: Sly And Robbie - BOOPS (HERE TO GO)
8 [new] :: Talking Heads - RADIO HEAD
9 [4] :: H2O - BLUE DIAMOND
10 [3] :: Pogues & The Dubliners - THE IRISH ROVER
11 [6] :: Damned - ALONE AGAIN OR
12 [5] :: Five Star - THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH
13 [11] :: Terence Trent D'Arby - IF YOU LET ME STAY
14 [7] :: Paul Simon - GRACELAND
15 [10] :: Icicle Works - SWEET THURSDAY {If You Want To Defeat Your Enemy Sing His Song LP track}
16 [9] :: Big Dish - SLIDE
17 [14] :: Johnny Hates Jazz - SHATTERED DREAMS
18 [new] :: Jesus And Mary Chain - APRIL SKIES
19 [re] :: Spear Of Destiny - NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE
20 [new] :: Labi Siffre - (SOMETHING INSIDE) SO STRONG


The first Shireblogger chart entry for Runrig. Many more to come in the future.

[Earl Purple]

1(1) Labi Siffre - (Something Inside) So Strong
2(3) Smiths - Sheila Take A Bow
3(4) Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead Or Alive
4(6) Fleetwood Mac - Big Love
5(9) Europe - Carrie (When Lights Go Out)

6(2) U2 - With Or Without You
7(11) Jesus And Mary Chain - April Skies
8(5) Living In A Box - Living In A Box
9(13) Swing Out Sister - Twilight World
10(8) Duran Duran - Meet El Presidente

11(19) Wet Wet Wet - Wishing I Was Lucky
12(15) Bryan Adams - Heat Of The Night
13(21) Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams
14(26) Carey Johnson - Real Fashion Reggae Style
15(17) Damned - Alone Again Or

16(-) Atlantic Starr - Always
17(14) Cure - Why Can't I Be You?
18(-) Zodiac Mindwarp And The Love Reaction - Prime Mover
19(7) Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over
20(-) Depeche Mode - Strangelove

21(-) Glenn Medeiros - Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You
22(30) Cult - Lil Devil
23(16) Spear Of Destiny - Never Take Me Alive
24(18) Tom Jones - A Boy From Nowhere
25(23) Level 42 - To Be With You Again

26(-) Huey Lewis & The News - I Know What I Like
27(10) Peter Gabriel - Big Time
28(-) Cameo - Back And Forth
29(14) Terence Trent D'Arby - If You Let Me Stay
30(-) Robbie Nevil - Dominoes


--(20) Pogues & The Dubliners - The Irish Rover
--(22) Kim Wilde & Junior - Another Step Closer To You
--(24) Rainmakers - Let My People Go-Go
--(25) Sly & Robbie - Boops (Here To Go)
--(27) Glenn & Chris - Diamonds Lights
--(28) Madonna - La Isla Bonita
--(29) David Bowie - Day In Day Out

Surprise slushy entry by Atlantic Starr is the highest new entry. It's a lot better than Secret Lovers though. The entry at #21 is a bit slushy too...

This one is certainly not slushy..

[coolchristie2]

01 Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship
02 Serious - Donna Allen
03 Shattered Dreama - Johnny Hates Jazz
04 Move Over Darling - Doris Day
05 Can't Be With You Tonight - Judy Boucher
06 (Another Step) Closer To You - Kim Wilde And Junior
07 A Boy From Nowhere - Tom Jones
08 Boops (Here To Go) -Sly & Robbie
09 (Something Inside) So Strong - Labi Siffre
10 La Isla Bonita - Madonna
11 Never Take Me Alive - Spear Of Destiny
12 Big Love - Fleetwood Mac
13 In Love With Love - Debbie Harry
14 You're The Voice - John Farnham
15 Ever Fallen In Love - Fine Young Cannibals
16 Carrie - Europe
17 Looking For A New Love - Jody Watley
18 Let My People Go-Go - Rainmakers
19 Real Fashion Reggae Style - Carey Johnson
20 The Slightest Touch - Five Star