Haven Combi Retro-Chart W/B 17th May 1987

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HAVEN COMBI RETRO-CHART W/B 17th MAY 1987

Starship have clawed their way back to the top of the Retro-Chart this week. After being deposed by Johnny Hates Jazz a couple of weeks ago they had moved steadily back up the Top Three to reclaim their position at the top on their ninth week on the chart.




It took just 125 points to achieve the number one record this week….with more points being spread over a wider variety of songs, this is one of the lowest points totals for a chart-topper in a long time.

So Clark Datchler and co dip to number two with Shattered Dreams after a fortnight at the top of the chart as John Farnham’s You’re The Voice looms at number three, looking a possible challenger for the top next week.

Labi Siffre holds steady at number four with (Something Inside) So Strong, another record that’s been around for a while now but still picking up lots of points.

This week sees the return of Whitney Houston, back in the chart with I Wanna Dance With Somebody. Her first three singles all made the Top Ten and this latest continues that theme, debuting at number five and becoming Whitney’s highest new entry to date.

Biggest climb is from The Georgia Satellites as Battleship Chains climbs 19 places to land at number 14.

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 Johnny Hates Jazz - SHATTERED DREAMS
5        3 John Farnham - YOU'RE THE VOICE
4        4 Labi Siffre - (SOMETHING INSIDE) SO STRONG
NEW   5 Whitney Houston - I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME)
7        6 Wet Wet Wet - WISHING I WAS LUCKY
10      7 Crowded House - DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER
3        7 Fleetwood Mac - BIG LOVE
8        9 Depeche Mode - STRANGELOVE
6      10 Jesus and Mary Chain - APRIL SKIES

NEW 11 Housemartins - FIVE GET OVER EXCITED
9      12 Cure - WHY CAN’T I BE YOU
18    13 Zodiac Mindwarp and The Love Reaction - PRIME MOVER
23    14 Donna Allen - SERIOUS
33    14 Georgia Satellites - BATTLESHIP CHAINS
11    14 Smiths - SHEILA TAKE A BOW
35    17 Jody Watley - LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE
12    18 Living In A Box - LIVING IN A BOX
15    18 Sly and Robbie - BOOPS (HERE TO GO)
31    20 Cult - LIL' DEVIL

NEW 21 Marillion - INCOMMUNICADO
16    21 Spear Of Destiny - NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE
25    23 Cameo - BACK AND FORTH
21    23 Tom Jones - A BOY FROM NOWHERE
13    25 Madonna - LA ISLA BONITA
13    26 Five Star - THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH
NEW 27 Gary Moore - FRIDAY ON MY MIND
21    28 Lou Gramm - MIDNIGHT BLUE
23    29 Carey Johnson - REAL FASHION REGGAE STYLE
18    29 Damned - ALONE AGAIN OR
16    29 Judy Boucher - CAN'T BE WITH YOU TONIGHT

20    32 Europe - CARRIE
NEW 33 Fall - THERE'S A GHOST IN MY HOUSE
30    34 Pogues and Dubliners - THE IRISH ROVER
39    35 Bruce Hornsby and The Range - MANDOLIN RAIN
NEW 35 Little Steven - BITTER FRUIT
37    35 Maceo and The Macks - CROSS THE TRACK (WE BETTER GO BACK)
38    35 Salt-n-Pepa - MY MIC SOUNDS NICE
NEW 35 Suzanne Vega - LUKA
NEW 40 Big Dish - SLIDE
NEW 40 Company B - FASCINATED
27    40 Kim Wilde and Junior - ANOTHER STEP (CLOSER TO YOU)

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OFFICIAL CHART W/B 24th MAY 1987

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

09 - 01 - 01 - Starship - NOTHING'S GONNA STOP US NOW 
02 - 10 - 02 - Whitney Houston - I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME)
02 - 25 - 03 - Johnny Logan - HOLD ME NOW
09 - 02 - 04 - Tom Jones - A BOY FROM NOWHERE
10 - 05 - 05 - Johnny Hates Jazz - SHATTERED DREAMS
02 - 06 - 06 - Marillion - INCOMMUNICADO
04 - 21 - 07 - Mirage - JACK MIX II/III
10 - 03 - 08 - Judy Boucher - CAN'T BE WITH YOU TONIGHT
10 - 04 - 09 - Labi Siffre - (SOMETHING INSIDE) SO STRONG
10 - 14 - 10 - Wet Wet Wet - WISHING I WAS LUCKY
06 - 11 - 11 - Cameo - BACK AND FORTH
09 - 09 - 12 - Fleetwood Mac - BIG LOVE
02 - 28 - 13 - Housemartins - FIVE GET OVER EXCITED
09 - 07 - 14 - Living In A Box - LIVING IN A BOX
08 - 26 - 15 - Donna Allen - SERIOUS
02 - 23 - 16 - Bruce Springsteen - BORN TO RUN
09 - 08 - 17 - Kim Wilde And Junior - ANOTHER STEP (CLOSER TO YOU)
04 - 19 - 18 - Zodiac Mindwarp And The Love Reaction - PRIME MOVER
09 - 12 - 19 - Sly And Robbie - BOOPS (HERE TO GO)
05 - 13 - 20 - Cult - LIL' DEVIL
09 - 16 - 21 - Spear Of Destiny - NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE
07 - 15 - 22 - Five Star - THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH
1 - NEW - 23 - Erasure - VICTIM OF LOVE
09 - 17 - 24 - Madonna - LA ISLA BONITA
07 - 22 - 25 - Carey Johnson - REAL FASHION REGGAE STYLE
04 - 35 - 26 - Gary Moore - FRIDAY ON MY MIND
1 - NEW - 27 - Pepsi And Shirlie - GOODBYE STRANGER
07 - 32 - 28 - John Farnham - YOU'RE THE VOICE
07 - 27 - 29 - Europe - CARRIE
04 - 20 - 30 - Depeche Mode - STRANGELOVE
04 - 42 - 31 - Jody Watley - LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE
04 - 18 - 32 - Tottenham Hotspur FC - HOT SHOT TOTTENHAM!
02 - 50 - 33 - Suzanne Vega - LUKA
02 - 44 - 34 - Simply Red - INFIDELITY
1 - NEW - 35 - Beastie Boys - NO SLEEP TILL BROOKLYN
05 - 24 - 36 - Jesus And Mary Chain - APRIL SKIES
1 - NEW - 37 - Samantha Fox - NOTHING'S GONNA STOP ME NOW
06 - 29 - 38 - Level 42 - TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN
11 - 30 - 39 - Robbie Nevil - DOMINOES
13 - 40 - 40 - Mel And Kim - RESPECTABLE
02 - 58 - 41 - Whispers - ROCK STEADY
11 - 34 - 42 - Club Nouveau - LEAN ON ME
04 - 31 - 43 - Fall - THERE'S A GHOST IN MY HOUSE
03 - 51 - 44 - Georgia Satellites - BATTLESHIP CHAINS
07 - 38 - 45 - Glenn And Chris - DIAMOND LIGHTS
06 - 36 - 46 - Sybil - LET YOURSELF GO
06 - 37 - 47 - Damned - ALONE AGAIN OR
05 - 62 - 48 - Paul Carrack - WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM
1 - NEW - 49 - Bruce Willis - UNDER THE BOARDWALK
1 - NEW - 50 - Run DMC - IT'S TRICKY
13 - 33 - 51 - Terence Trent D'Arby - IF YOU LET ME STAY
1 - NEW - 52 - Blow Monkeys With Curtis Mayfield - (CELEBRATE) THE DAY AFTER YOU
04 - 45 - 53 - Debbie Harry - IN LOVE WITH LOVE
04 - 57 - 54 - Maceo And The Macs - CROSS THE TRACK (WE BETTER GO BACK
1 - NEW - 55 - Broken English - COMIN' ON STRONG
1 - NEW - 56 - Alison Moyet - ORDINARY GIRL
04 - 39 - 57 - UB40 - WATCHDOGS 
04 - 48 - 58 - House Master Boyz And The Rude Boy Of House - HOUSE NATION
10 - 43 - 59 - U2 - WITH OR WITHOUT YOU
03 - 68 - 60 - Act - SNOBBERY AND DECAY
05 - 41 - 61 - Westworld - BA-NA-NA-BAM-BOO
05 - 55 - 62 - The The - SWEET BIRD OF TRUTH
1 - NEW - 63 - Lillo Thomas - I'M IN LOVE
1 - NEW - 64 - Tom Jones - IT'S NOT UNUSUAL
1 - NEW - 65 - Age Of Chance - WHO'S AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD NOISE
1 - NEW - 65 - Freeez - SOUTHERN FREEEZ
04 - 61 - 67 - Coventry City Cup Final Squad - GO FOR IT
03 - 84 - 68 - Mint Juleps - EVERY KINDA PEOPLE
03 - 75 - 69 - Little Steven - BITTER FRUIT
1 - NEW - 70 - Paul Lekakis - BOOM BOOM (LET'S GO BACK TO MY ROOM)
04 - 54 - 71 - T Rex - GET IT ON
03 - 47 - 72 - Nick Kamen - NOBODY ELSE
03 - 81 - 73 - Carol Hitchcock - GET READY
1 - NEW - 74 - Roger Waters - RADIO WAVES
08 - 56 - 75 - David Essex - MYFANWY


Link for UK Top 100

Link for Billboard Hot 100

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

I'll leave this open until next Saturday!

[TheThorne]

1 2 Crowded House - DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER
2 1 Bruce Hornsby & The Range - MANDOLIN RAIN
3 new Heart - ALONE
4 3 John Farnham - YOURE THE VOICE
5 4 Lou Gramm - MIDNIGHT BLUE
6 7 Jody Watley - LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE
7 20 Suzanne Vega - LUKA
8 5 Europe - CARRIE
9 10 Company B - FASCINATED
10 18 Cutting Crew - ANY COLOUR
11 6 Depeche Mode - STRANGELOVE
12 16 Georgia Satellites - BATTLESHIP CHAINS
13 17 Little Steven - BITTER FRUIT
14 25 Whitney Houston - I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY
15 8 The Cure - WHY CAN'T I BE YOU
16 11 The Cult - LIL DEVIL
17 22 Poison -TALK DIRTY TO ME
18 9 Night Ranger - THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS
19 26 Marillion - INCOMMUNICADO
20 12 Rock And Hyde - DIRTY WATER
21 29 Cry Before Dawn - GONE FOREVER
22 new Erasure - VICTIM OF LOVE
23 new Broken English - COMIN ON STRONG
24 13 The Jets - CURIOSITY
25 new Atlantic Starr - ALWAYS
26 14 Jesus & The Mary Chain - APRIL SKIES
27 15 Starship - NOTHINGS GONNA STOP US NOW
28 new Beastie Boys - NO SLEEP TILL BROOKLYN
29 new Bruce Willis - UNDER THE BOARDWALK
30 32 The Breakfast Club - RIGHT ON TRACK
31 19 Tom Petty - JAMMIN ME
32 24 Eddie Money - ENDLESS NIGHTS
33 21 Bon Jovi - WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE
34 28 Paul Simon - GRACELAND
35 33 Mint Juleps - EVERY KIND OF PEOPLE
36 23 That Petrol Emotion - BIG DECISION
37 new RUN DMC - IT'S TRICKY
38 27 The Smiths - SHEILA TAKE A BOW
39 30 It Bites - THE OLD MAN AND THE ANGEL
40 new Paul Lekakis - BOOM BOOM (LET'S GO BACK TO MY ROOM)


Finally Heart breakthrough in the UK

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4        1) Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (4-1)
6        2) Carol Hitchcock - Get Ready (24-6-2)
1        3) Starship -Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (32-16-11-6-3-1-3)
2        4) Big Dish - Slide (32-14-4-2-4)
8        5) Johnny Clegg and Savuka - Scatterlings Of Africa (34-17-10-8-5)
3        6) Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams (27-5-1-1-3-6)
14      7) Nona Hendryx - Why Should I Cry (34-14-7)
10      8) Partland Brothers - Soul City (39-24-16-10-8)
13      9) Company B - Fascinated (31-19-13-9)
17    10) Mirage - Jack Mix II/III (35-21-17-10)

20    11) REO Speedwagon - Variety Tonight (39-27-20-11)
18    12) Donna Allen - Serious (32-26-18-12)
16    13) Survivor - Man Against The World (38-23-16-13)
5      14) Style - Run For Your Life (25-10-6-3-2-5-14)
7      15) Wet Wet Wet - Wishing I Was Lucky (29-12-9-9-7-15)
26    16) Depeche Mode - Strangelove (37-36-26-16)
9      17) H2O- Blue Diamond (35-26-21-14-9-17)
31    18) Richenel - Dance Around The World (38-31-18)
11    19) Madonna - La Isla Bonita (5-2-1-1-3-5-5-11-19)
21    20) Gloria Gaynor - Be Soft With Me Tonight (38-29-22-21-20)

12    21) Jody Watley - Looking For A New Love (26-15-12-21)
24    22) Expose - Point Of No Return (40-31-24-22)
NEW 23) Erasure - Victim Of Love (23)
25    24) Poison - Talk Dirty To Me (29-25-24)
15    25) Pseudo Echo - Living In A Dream (28-14-10-4-2-1-2-6-15-25)
35    26) Act - Snobbery And Decay (40-35-26)
NEW 27) Samantha Fox - Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now (27)
29    28) Michael Bow - Love And Devotion (37-29-28)
NEW 29) Bruce Willis - Under The Boardwalk (29)
39    30) Suzanne Vega - Luka (39-30)

32    31) Hollywood Beyond - Save Me (35-32-31)
NEW 32) Alison Moyet - Ordinary Girl (32)
NEW 33) Pepsi and Shirlie - Goodbye Stranger (33)
19    34) Living In A Box - Living In A Box (31-16-11-7-7-7-7-19-34)
NEW 35) Run-DMC - It's Tricky (35)
NEW 36) Eddy Huntington - Up and Down (36)
NEW 37) Paul Lekakis - Boom Boom (Let's Go Back To My Room) (37)
NEW 38) Lee Prentiss - Sweetheart (38)
NEW 39) Lillo Thomas - I'm In Love (39)
NEW 40) Tracy Spencer - Take Me Back (40)

One of two new entries from British singers who didn't achieve any success here but were quite big on the Italo disco scene.  This has to be one of the cheapest music videos I've ever seen:

[darkstar79]

01 Beastie Boys – No Sleep Till Brooklyn (1 wk)
02 Salt ‘N’ Pepa – My Mic Sounds Nice (7 wks)
03 The Housemartins – Five Get Over Excited (2 wks)
04 The Pogues & The Dubliners – The Irish Rover (10 wks)
05 Run DMC – It’s Tricky (14 wks)
06 The Smiths – Sheila Take A Bow (6 wks)
07 Freeez – Southern Freeez (1 wk)
08 Maceo And The Macks – Cross The Track (We Better Go Back) (4 wks)
09 Beastie Boys – Brass Monkey (11 wks)
10 Patrice Rushen – Watch Out (8 wks)

11 The Jesus And Mary Chain – April Skies (5 wks)
12 Junior Gee And The A Team – The Terminator (11 wks)
13 S.O.S. Band – No Lies (8 wks)
14 Janet Jackson – The Pleasure Principle (2 wks)
15 The Go Betweens – Right Here (13 wks)
16 DJ Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince – A Touch Of Jazz (1 wk)
17 Club Nouveau – Why You Treat Me So Bad (1 wk)
18 Pepsie & Shirlie – Goodbye Stranger (1 wk)
19 Exposé – Point Of No Return (4 wks)
20 DJ Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince – The Magnificent Jazzy Jeff (15 wks)

21 The Damned – Alone Again Or (6 wks)
22 Miracle Worker – First Circle (2 wks)
23 Mel & Kim – Respectable (13 wks)
24 Five Star – The Slightest Touch (7 wks)
25 Lee Prentiss – Sweetheart (1 wk)
26 Pop Will Eat Itself – Love Missile F1-11 (2 wks)
27 Stacey Q – Shy Girl (8 wks)
28 One Way – You Better Quit (5 wks)
29 Ruby Turner – I’m In Love (3 wks)
30 Sweet Tee & Jazzy Joyce – It’s My Beat (15 wks)

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Mark's Top 40 weekending 17th May 1987

1 (4) I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) - Whitney Houston
2 (1) Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship
3 (2) The Slightest Touch - Five Star
4 (3) Shattered Dreams - Johnny Hates Jazz
5 (8) (Something Inside) So Strong - Labi Siffre
6 (5) Myfanwy - David Essex
7 (6) Battleship Chains - Georgia Satellites
8 (7) Midnight Blue - Lou Gramm
9 (9) With Or Without You - U2
10 (10) La Isla Bonita - Madonna
11 (11) Can't Be With You Tonight - Judy Boucher
12 (34) You're The Voice - John Farnham
13 (12) Living In A Box - Living In A Box
14 (13) Wishing I Was Lucky - Wet Wet Wet
15 (15) Hold Me Now - Johnny Logan
16 (16) Tonight Tonight Tonight - Genesis
17 (17) Five Get Over Excited - The Housemartins
18 (New) Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now - Samantha Fox
19 (19) Looking For A New Love - Jody Watley
20 (New) Goodbye Stranger - Pepsi & Shirlie
21 (14) Real Fashion Reggae Style - Carey Johnson
22 (22) A Boy From Nowhere - Tom Jones
23 (New) Victim Of Love - Erasure
24 (18) April Skies - The Jesus And Mary Chain
25 (New) Under The Boardwalk - Bruce Willis
26 (21) Let's Wait A While - Janet Jackson
27 (26) Ordinary Day - Curiosity Killed The Cat
28 (New) Ordinary Girl - Alison Moyet
29 (29) Another Step (Closer To You) - Kim Wilde & Junior
30 (25) To Be With You Again - Level 42
31 (23) Respectable - Mel & Kim
32 (32) Luka - Suzanne Vega
33 (20) Strangelove - Depeche Mode
34 (24) Never Take Me Alive - Spear Of Destiny
35 (27) Serious - Donna Allen
36 (30) Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
37 (New) It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones
38 (New) Comin' On Strong - Broken English
39 (28) Big Love - Fleetwood Mac
40 (New) Boom Boom (Let's Go Back To My Room - Paul Lekakis

[raliverpool]

01 Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (2wks 8-1)
02 Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams (5wks 27-16-9-7-2)
03 Little Steven - Bitter Fruit (3wks 12-5-3)
04 Marillion - Incommunicado (2wks 6-4)
05 Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over (9wks 21-9-2-2-1-1-1-1-5)
06 Wet Wet Wet - Wishing I Was Lucky (5wks 28-17-11-9-6)
07 Cry Before Dawn - Gone Forever (2wks 17-7)
08 Fleetwood Mac - Big Love (7wks 27-17-11-6-4-4-8)
09 Labi Siffre - (Something Inside) So Strong (7wks 21-9-7-4-3-3-9)

10 Suzanne Vega - Luka (2wks 22-10)

11 Spear Of Destiny - Never Take Me Alive (9wks 28-15-9-6-3-2-2-2-11)
12 Company B - Fascinated (3wks 32-21-12)
13 Erasure - Victim Of Love (1wk 13 NEW)
14 Housemartins - Five Get Over Excited (2wks 26-14)
15 Zodiac Mindwarp - Prime Mover (4wks 26-13-12-15)
16 Alison Moyet - Ordinary Girl (1wk 16 NEW)
17 Act - Snobbery & Decay (3wks 22-14-17)
18 Depeche Mode - Strangelove (4wks 10-5-10-18)
19 Cameo - Back & Forth (7wks 21-16-16-19)

20 Sly & Robbie - Boops (Here To Go) (7wks 26-13-10-7-6-11-20)

21 Cult - Lil' Devil (5wks 19-14-10-13-21)
22 John Farnham - You're The Voice (4wks 34-30-25-22)
23 Maceo & The Macks - Cross The Track (We Better Go Back) (4wks 22-15-15-23)
24 Donna Allen - Serious (1wk 24 NEW)
25 Roger Waters - Radio Waves (1wk 25 NEW)
26 Paul Carrack - When You Walk In The Room (1wk 26 NEW)
27 Models - Hold On (2wks 30-27)
28 Broken English - Comin' On Strong (1wk 29 NEW)
29 Carey Johnson - Real Fashion Reggae Style (4wks 30-24-23-29)

30 Fall - There's A Ghost In My House (4wks 29-18-20-30)

31 Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - Head To Toe (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Tina Turner - Break Every Rule (1wk 32 NEW)
33 In Tua Nua – Heaven Can Wait (3wks 31-28-33)
34 Jesus & Mary Chain - April Skies (5wks 12-5-7-19-34)
35 Madonna - La Isla Bonita (9wks 2-1-1-1-2-3-8-18-35)
36 Mint Juleps - Every Kinda People (3wks 40-35-36)
37 Simply Red - Infidelity (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Breakfast Club - Right On Track (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Judy Boucher - Can't Be With You Tonight (4wks 35-27-29-39)

40 Paul Simon - Graceland (6wks 24-13-12-14-24-40)

LP Prince - Housequake (1LP Sign O' The Times)

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams (10 wks)
2 (4) Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over (3 wks)
3 (2) John Farnham - You're The Voice (7 wks)
4 (12) Suzanne Vega - Luka (2 wks)
5 (3) Fleetwood Mac - Big Love (9 wks)
6 (5) Wet Wet Wet - Wishing I Was Lucky (10 wks)
7 (8) Depeche Mode - Strangelove (4 wks)
8 (21) Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (2 wks)
9 (13) Marillion - Incommunicado (2 wks)
10 (9) The Fall - There's A Ghost In My House (4 wks)
11 (19) Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run (2 wks)
12 (24) Johnny Logan - Hold Me Now (2 wks)
13 (6) Living In A Box - Living In A Box (9 wks)
14 (7) Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (9 wks)
15 (26) Simply Red -Infidelity (2 wks)
16 (25) Housemartins - Five Get Over Excited (2 wks)
17 (NE) Erasure - Victim Of Love (1 wk)
18 (NE) Beastie Boys - No Sleep Till Brooklyn (1 wk)
19 (14) The Cult - Lil' Devil (5 wks)
20 (11) Jesus And Mary Chain - April Skies (5 wks)
21 (NE) Pepsi & Shirlie - Goodbye Stranger (1 wk)
22 (10) Kim Wilde & Junior - Another Step (Closer To You) (9 wks)
23 (15) Smiths - Sheila Take A Bow (6 wks)
24 (NE) Bruce Willis - Under The Broadwalk (1 wk)
25 (NE) Broken English - Comin' On Strong (1 wk)
26 (16) The Cure - Why Can't I Be You (8 wks)
27 (17) Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead Or Alive (8 wks)
28 (18) Black - Everything Is Coming Up Roses (7 wks)
29 (27) Gary Moore - Friday On My Mind (4 wks)
30 (NE) Run DMC - It's Tricky (1 wk)
31 (20) Level 42 - To Be With You Again (6 wks)
32 (NE) Alison Moyet - Ordinary Girl (1 wk)
33 (NE) Heart - Alone (1 wk)
34 (22) That Petrol Emotion - Big Decision (8 wks)
35 (23) Peter Gabriel - Big Time (10 wks)
36 (28) Debbie Harry - I'm In Love With Love (4 wks)
37 (29) Damned - Alone Again Or (6 wks)
38 (30) Duran Duran - Meet El Presidente (6 wks)
39 (31) Lou Gramm - Midnight Blue (8 wks)
40 (32) Madonna - La Isla Bonita (9 wks)

[rubcale]

Very low number of points for the #1.

Actuallly thought Whitney might have come straight in there.

[rubcale]

01 John Farnham You're The Voice
02 Gary Moore Friday On My Mind
03 Starship Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
04 Whitney Houston I Wanna Dance With Somebody
05 Cameo Back And Forth
06 Wet Wet Wet Wishing I Was Lucky
07 Donna Allen Serious
08 Erasure Victim Of Love
09 Judy Boucher Can't Be With You Tonight
10 Bruce Springsteen Born To Run
11 Crowded House Don't Dream It's Over
12 Suzanne Vega Luka
13 Bruce Willis Under The Boardwalk
14 Fleetwood Mac Big Love
15 Atlantic Starr Always
16 Nick Kamen Nobody Else
17 Heart Alone
18 Jody Watley Looking For A New Love
19 Labi Siffre (Something Inside) So Strong
20 Five Star The Slightest Touch

[Whitneyfan]

In most other scenarios 'Luka' would be an absolute dead cert for #1 next week, but we'll have to see.


01(01) Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
02(26) Suzanne Vega – Luka
03(08) The Housemartins – Five Get Over Excited
04(03) Men They Couldn’t Hang – Ghosts Of Cable Street
05(--) Alison Moyet – Ordinary Girl
06(02) Starship – Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now
07(--) Erasure – Victim Of Love
08(23) Georgia Satellites – Battleship Chains
09(04) John Farnham – You’re The Voice
10(05) Donna Allen – Serious

11(12) Gary Moore – Friday On My Mind
12(17) Jody Watley – Looking For A New Love
13(11) Paul Carrack – When You Walk In The Room
14(30) Crowded House – Don’t Dream It’s Over
15(07) Labi Siffre – (Something Inside) So Strong
16(18) Housemaster Boyz – House Nation
17(33) Poison – Talk Dirty To Me
18(06) The Cure – Why Can’t I Be You
19(19) The Fall – There’s A Ghost In My House
20(13) Glenn & Chris – Diamond Lights

21(37) Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run (Live)
22(10) The Damned – Alone Again Or
23(41) Johnny Logan – Hold Me Now
24(14) Jesus & Mary Chain – April Skies
25(09) Tom Jones – A Boy From Nowhere
26(15) Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction – Prime Mover
27(36) Marillion – Incommunicado
28(16) Five Star – The Slightest Touch
29(20) Johnny Hates Jazz – Shattered Dreams
30(43) Simply Red – Infidelity

31(21) Wet Wet Wet – Wishing I Was Lucky
32(--) Heart – Alone
33(50) The Whispers – Rock Steady
34(--) Beastie Boys – No Sleep Till Brooklyn
35(27) UB40 – Watchdogs
36(25) Depeche Mode – Strangelove
37(--) Pepsi & Shirlie – Goodbye Stranger
38(--) Atlantic Starr – Always
39(--) Samantha Fox – Nothing’s Gonna Stop Me Now
40(22) Mirage – Jack Mix II

41(31) Westworld – Ba-Na-Na-Bam-Boo
42(--) Run DMC – It’s Tricky
43(34) Fleetwood Mac – Big Love
44(24) All About Eve – Our Summer
45(--) Bruce Willis – Under The Boardwalk
46(--) Broken English – Comin’ On Strong
47(--) Lillo Thomas – I’m In Love
48(--) Blow Monkeys & Curtis Mayfield – (Celebrate) The Day After You
49(28) Sybil – Let Yourself Go
50(--) Age Of Chance – Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Noise

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Housemartins - FIVE GET OVER EXCITED
2 [4] :: Georgia Satellites - BATTLESHIP CHAINS
3 [3] :: Carey Johnson - REAL FASHION REGGAE STYLE
4 [new] :: Blow Monkeys with Curtis Mayfield - (CELEBRATE) THE DAY AFTER YOU
5 [15] :: Gary Moore - FRIDAY ON MY MIND
6 [new] :: Suzanne Vega - LUKA
7 [6] :: Sly And Robbie - BOOPS (HERE TO GO)
8 [7] :: Talking Heads - RADIO HEAD
9 [8] :: Runrig - ALBA
10 [5] :: Cameo - BACK AND FORTH
11 [new] :: Donna Allen - SERIOUS
12 [10] :: Cure - WHY CAN'T I BE YOU
13 [2] :: Depeche Mode - STRANGELOVE
14 [20] :: Simply Red - INFIDELITY
15 [11] :: Wet Wet Wet - WISHING I WAS LUCKY
16 [19] :: Boys Don't Cry - WHO THE AM DAM DO YOU THINK YOU AM
17 [9] :: Labi Siffre - (SOMETHING INSIDE) SO STRONG
18 [16] :: Whitney Houston - I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME)
19 [re] :: Jesus And Mary Chain - APRIL SKIES
20 [12] :: Fall - THERE'S A GHOST IN MY HOUSE

[popchartfreak]

26th May 1987

It's back in the glam nostalgia groove again as T.Rex get a second chart-topper remix of the year, and again with a track that missed out topping my chart first-time round, the brilliant Get It On (Bang A Gong), a decade since Marc Bolan's very untimely death. That's their 8th chart-topper. No messing about from U2 this time, it's straight in at 20 with one of their greatest records, from their greatest album The Joshua Tree. Act shoot up 20 places to 11, and UB40 have a massive top 40 climb.

Bruce Willis is back with another soul classic, this time The Drifters 1964 hit, but recorded with The Temptations on assist, giving them 19 years of chart action. War are also back 11 years on with a remix of Low Rider, Broken English debut with the goodie Coming On Strong, the best Rolling Stones record since Undercover Of The Night 4 years earlier. OK it's not them, but it's a great reminder of what they ought to sound like. In at 39, it's a welcome return to form for the fab ABC, and When Smokey Sings - an ode to Mr. Robinson. Paul Carrack extends his chart run to 13 years (How Long? Yes 1974. Ace!) doing a decent cover of The Searchers best record (probably) When You Walk In The Room, a song from my childhood that I always liked.

Run DMC find it tricky, but they finally get into my chart, and Herb Alpert extends his run to 19 years too with his 2nd dance workout of the year, this one with Ms. Jackson on vocal assist - only fair since he signed her to his label. Diamonds is a goodie. Marillion and Simply Red sneak in with lesser tracks, Boys Don't Cry follow-up (just about), and Go West scrape in at 75 as the hits start to run out. For 3 years or so.

1 ( 3 ) GET IT ON (’87 REMIX) T.Rex
2 ( 1 ) LIVING IN A BOX Living In A Box
3 ( 2 ) DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER Crowded House
4 ( 4 ) WISHING I WAS LUCKY Wet Wet Wet
5 ( 5 ) PRIME MOVER Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction
6 ( 7 ) SHAME OMD
7 ( 6 ) SHATTERED DREAMS Johnny Hates Jazz
8 ( 8 ) LA ISLA BONITA Madonna
9 ( 9 ) BIG LOVE Fleetwood Mac
10 ( 12 ) NOTHING’S GONNA STOP US NOW Starship

11 ( 31 ) SNOBBERY AND DECAY Act
12 ( 10 ) A BOY FROM NOWHERE Tom Jones
13 ( 13 ) (SOMETHING INSIDE) SO STRONG Labi Siffre
14 ( 11 ) ALONE AGAIN OR The Damned
15 ( 21 ) THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH Five Star
16 ( 17 ) BOOPS (HERE TO GO) Sly & Robbie
17 ( 20 ) FIVE GET OVER EXCITED The Housemartins
18 ( 28 ) BACK AND FORTH Cameo
19 ( 25 ) SERIOUS Donna Allen
20 ( NEW ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2

21 ( 26 ) EVERY KINDA PEOPLE Mint Juleps
22 ( 74 ) I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME) Whitney Houston
23 ( 23 ) L’L DEVIL The Cult
24 ( 18 ) MOVE OVER DARLING Doris Day
25 ( 15 ) SPANISH HARLEM Ben E. King
26 ( 16 ) ANOTHER STEP (CLOSER TO YOU) Kim Wilde & Junior
27 ( 27 ) LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE Jody Watley
28 ( 14 ) APRIL SKIES Jesus And Mary Chain
29 ( 33 ) GIVE ME ALL NIGHT Carly Simon
30 ( NEW ) UNDER THE BOARDWALK Bruce Willis with The Temptations

31 ( 35 ) THERE’S A GHOST IN MY HOUSE The Fall
32 ( 32 ) TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN Level 42
33 ( 19 ) DOMINOES Robbie Nevil
34 ( 65 ) WATCHDOGS UB40
35 ( NEW ) LOW RIDER (REMIX) War
36 ( 24 ) KEEP YOUR EYE ON ME Herb Alpert
37 ( NEW ) COMING ON STRONG Broken English
38 ( 46 ) CARRIE Europe
39 ( NEW ) WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC
40 ( 34 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson

41 ( 68 ) BORN TO LOVE (LIVE) Bruce Springsteen
42 ( 22 ) REAL FASHION REGGAE STYLE Carey Johnson
43 ( 29 ) BA-NA-NA BAM BOO Westworld
44 ( NEW ) WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM Paul Carrack
45 ( 36 ) YOU’RE THE VOICE John Farnham
46 ( 37 ) CAN’T BE WITH YOU TONIGHT Judy Boucher
47 ( 30 ) BOSSA NOVA BABY Elvis Presley
48 ( 54 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael
49 ( 63 ) WHAT’S GOING ON Cyndi Lauper
50 ( RE ) BREAK EVERY RULE Tina Turner

51 ( 40 ) NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE Spear Of Destiny
52 ( 72 ) BATTLESHIP CHAINS The Georgia Satellites
53 ( 42 ) RADIO HEART Radio Heart & Gary Numan
54 ( 45 ) SIGN O’ THE TIMES Prince
55 ( 53 ) STAND BY ME Ben E. King
56 ( 73 ) WHO’S AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD NOISE Age Of Chance
57 ( 75 ) LUKA Suzanne Vega
58 ( 55 ) I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING (FOR ME) Aretha Franklin & George Michael
59 ( 39 ) EMOTIONAL Falco
60 ( 52 ) FORGOTTEN TOWN The Christians

61 ( 51 ) RESPECT YOURSELF Bruce Willis
62 ( 59 ) PENNY LANE/STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles
63 ( NEW ) IT’S TRICKY Run DMC
64 ( 64 ) SHIP OF FOOLS World Party
65 ( 56 ) WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN Percy Sledge
66 ( NEW ) DIAMONDS Herb Alpert featuring Janet Jackson
67 ( 67 ) HUMAN Human League
68 ( RE ) FRIDAY ON MY MIND Gary Moore
69 ( 58 ) EVERYONE’S A WINNER (REMIX) Hot Chocolate
70 ( 57 ) DON’T NEED A GUN Billy Idol

71 ( 71 ) AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross
72 ( NEW ) INCOMMUNICADO Marillion
73 ( NEW ) INFIDELITY Simply Red
74 ( NEW ) WHO THE AM DAM DO YOU THINK YOU AM Boys Don’t Cry
75 ( NEW ) I WANT TO HEAR IT FROM YOU Go West


Oldies Playlist
1 STONED LOVE The Supremes
2 DOWNTOWN Petula Clark
3 I’M NOT IN LOVE 10cc

[coolchristie2]

01 Serious - Donna Allen
02 Looking For A New Love - Jody Watley
03 I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) - Whitney Houston
04 Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship
05 In Love With Love - Debbie Harry
06 Goodbye Stranger - Pepsi & Shirlie
07 You're The Voice - John Farnham
08 Jack Mix II/ III - Mirage
09 A Boy From Nowhere - Tom Jones
10 Big Love - Fleetwood Mac
11 Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now - Samantha Fox
12 (Something Inside) So Strong - Labi Siffre
13 Infidelity - Simply Red
14 Five Get Over Excited - Housemartins
15 No Sleep Till Brooklyn - Beastie Boys
16 Alone - Heart
17 (Boops) Here To Go - Sly & Robbie
18 Never Take Me Alive - Spear Of Destiny
19 Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House
20 It's Tricky - Run DMC

[Earl Purple]

1(1) John Farnham - You're The Voice
2(6) Marillion - Incommunicado
3(5) Atlantic Starr - Always
4(2) Labi Siffre - (Something Inside) So Strong
5(9) Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)

6(8) Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - Head To Toe
7(3) Smiths - Sheila Take A Bow
8(4) Jesus And Mary Chain - April Skies
9(15) Housemartins - Five Get Over Excited
10(-) Suzanne Vega - Luka

11(10) Zodiac Mindwarp And The Love Reaction - Prime Mover
12(20) Johnny Logan - Hold Me Now
13(7) Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead Or Alive
14(-) Erasure - Victim Of Love
15(22) Gary Moore - Friday On My Mind

16(24) Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run (Live)
17(21) Donna Allen - Serious
18(11) Swing Out Sister - Twilight World
19(-) Simply Red - Infidelity
20(29) Herb Alpert ft Janet Jackson - Diamonds

21(12) Wet Wet Wet - Wishing I Was Lucky
22(25) Fall - There's A Ghost In My House
23(-) Beastie Boys - No Sleep Till Brooklyn
24(-) Samantha Fox - Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now
25(23) Huey Lewis & The News - I Know What I Like

26(26) UB40 - Watchdogs
27(17) Carey Johnson - Real Fashion Reggae Style
28(16) Depeche Mode - Strangelove
29(13) Europe - Carrie (When Lights Go Out)
30(14) Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams

--(18) Fleetwood Mac - Big Love
--(19) Glenn Medeiros - Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You
--(27) Cameo - Back And Forth
--(28) Robbie Nevil - Dominoes
--(30) U2 - With Or Without You

[o]

I will try and get a chart up But the official charts website keeps freezing or refusing to load, I can only see to #47 next week, and I like to be a week ahead, hopefully it will load at home, if not, I'll get a chart up somehow

1 3 Depeche Mode – Strangelove #1
2 1 Cure – Why cant I be you? #1
3 2 Fleetwood Mac – Big love #2
4 7 Zodiac Mindwarp – Prime mover #4
5 8 Georgia Satellites – Battleship chains #5
6 4 Cult – Lil devil #4
7 5 Jesus and Mary Chain – April skies #5
8 14 Crowded House – Don’t dream it’s over #8
9 15 Bruce Springsteen – Born to run (live) #9
10 16 Suzanne Vega – Luka #10
11 22 Beastie Boys – No sleep til Brooklyn #11
12 17 Pop Will Eat Itself – Love missile F1-11 #12
13 18 Marillion – Incommunicado #13
14 23 Run DMC – It’s tricky #14
15 25 Heart – Alone #15
16 27 Broken English – Comin’ on strong #16
17 12 John Farnham – You’re the voice #12
18 13 Johnny Hates Jazz – Shattered dreams #13
19 11 Spear of Destiny – Never take me alive #1
20 10 Smiths – Sheila take a bow #4
21 6 Westworld – Ba-na-na-bam-bo #6
22 9 That Petrol Emotion – Big decision #2
23 19 Pogues & Dubliners – Irish rover #4
24 29 Erasure – Victim of love #24
25 20 Fine Young Cannibals – Ever fallen in love #1
26 21 Duran Duran – Meet El Presidente #12
27 NE Chris Rea – Let’s dance #27
28 NE U2 – I still haven’t found what I’m looking for 28
29 24 Madonna – La isla bonita #9
30 26 Bon Jovi – Wanted dead or alive #9

Sorted.