Haven Combi Retro-Chart W/B 31st May 1987

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HAVEN COMBI RETRO-CHART W/B 31st MAY 1987

It’s an easy second week at number one for Whitney Houston as I Wanna Dance With Somebody extends its lead at the top, having never really been seriously challenged this week.




Suzanne Vega moves up a place with Luka, almost 50 points behind Whitney, with Crowded House also rising a single place with Don’t Dream It’s Over at number three.

The Housemartins have had a couple of huge hits on the Retro-Chart over the last year. Happy Hour hit number one last June and Caravan Of Love almost repeated the feat on the last week of 1986, but was pipped at the post by Madonna with Open Your Heart. The boys are back in the Top Five as Five Get Over Excited moves up a couple of places to number four.

Highest new entry is from U2 as I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For storms in at number four, matching their previous highest debut, Pride (In The Name Of Love) in 1984. Pride peaked at number two and still remains their biggest hit.

Biggest climb is from Alison Moyet as Ordinary Girl jumps 18 places to number 22.

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

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LW   TW ARTIST / SONG TITLE

1        1 Whitney Houston - I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME)
3        2 Suzanne Vega - LUKA
4        3 Crowded House - DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER
6        4 Housemartins - FIVE GET OVER EXCITED
NEW   4 U2 - I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR
18      6 Erasure - VICTIM OF LOVE
2        7 John Farnham - YOU'RE THE VOICE
4        8 Starship - NOTHING'S GONNA STOP US NOW
7        9 Johnny Hates Jazz - SHATTERED DREAMS
24    10 Heart - ALONE

12    11 Donna Allen - SERIOUS
20    12 Beastie Boys - NO SLEEP TILL BROOKLYN
11    12 Georgia Satellites - BATTLESHIP CHAINS
8      14 Wet Wet Wet - WISHING I WAS LUCKY
14    15 Marillion - INCOMMUNICADO
17    16 Jody Watley - LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE
NEW 17 ABC - WHEN SMOKEY SINGS
9      18 Fleetwood Mac - BIG LOVE
NEW 18 Samantha Fox - NOTHING'S GONNA STOP ME NOW
15    20 Gary Moore - FRIDAY ON MY MIND

16    21 Zodiac Mindwarp and The Love Reaction - PRIME MOVER
40    22 Alison Moyet - ORDINARY GIRL
NEW 23 Pepsi and Shirlie - GOODBYE STRANGER
32    24 Atlantic Starr - Always
NEW 24 Broken English - COMIN' ON STRONG
21    26 Bruce Springsteen - BORN TO RUN (LIVE)
NEW 26 Whitesnake - IS THIS LOVE
37    28 Simply Red - INFIDELITY
NEW 29 Bruce Willis - UNDER THE BOARDWALK
32    29 Run DMC - IT'S TRICKY

24    31 Company B - FASCINATE
NEW 32 Alexander O'Neal - FAKE
13    33 Depeche Mode - STRANGELOVE
10    33 Labi Siffre - (SOMETHING INSIDE) SO STRONG
NEW 35 Chris Rea - LET'S DANCE
NEW 36 Tom Jones - IT'S NOT UNUSUAL
NEW 37 Cry Before Dawn - GONE FOREVER
32    37 Johnny Logan - HOLD ME NOW
26    39 Cameo - BACK AND FORTH
NEW 39 T Rex - GET IT ON ('87 REMIX)

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OFFICIAL CHART W/B 7th JUNE 1986

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

04 - 01 - 01 - Whitney Houston - I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME) 
04 - 03 - 02 - Johnny Logan - HOLD ME NOW
11 - 02 - 03 - Starship - NOTHING'S GONNA STOP US NOW
1 - NEW - 04 - George Michael - I WANT YOUR SEX
06 - 04 - 05 - Mirage - JACK MIX II/III
02 - 13 - 06 - U2 - I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR
12 - 05 - 07 - Johnny Hates Jazz - SHATTERED DREAMS
03 - 07 - 08 - Erasure - VICTIM OF LOVE
03 - 10 - 09 - Pepsi And Shirlie - GOODBYE STRANGER
12 - 06 - 10 - Wet Wet Wet - WISHING I WAS LUCKY
03 - 18 - 11 - Samantha Fox - NOTHING'S GONNA STOP ME NOW
10 - 08 - 12 - Donna Allen - SERIOUS
02 - 74 - 13 - Firm - STAR TREKKIN'
03 - 16 - 14 - Beastie Boys - NO SLEEP TILL BROOKLYN
09 - 22 - 15 - John Farnham - YOU'RE THE VOICE
03 - 27 - 16 - Run DMC - IT'S TRICKY
03 - 36 - 17 - Bruce Willis - UNDER THE BOARDWALK
06 - 24 - 18 - Jody Watley - LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE
04 - 11 - 19 - Housemartins - FIVE GET OVER EXCITED
11 - 09 - 20 - Tom Jones - A BOY FROM NOWHERE
02 - 37 - 21 - ABC - WHEN SMOKEY SINGS
02 - 30 - 22 - Whitesnake - IS THIS LOVE
03 - 34 - 23 - Tom Jones - IT'S NOT UNUSUAL
12 - 14 - 24 - Judy Boucher - CAN'T BE WITH YOU TONIGHT
04 - 23 - 25 - Suzanne Vega - LUKA
12 - 15 - 26 - Labi Siffre - (SOMETHING INSIDE) SO STRONG
02 - 39 - 27 - Chris Rea - LET'S DANCE
1 - NEW - 28 - Echo And The Bunnymen - THE GAME
02 - 40 - 29 - Boy George - KEEP ME IN MIND
04 - 12 - 30 - Marillion - INCOMMUNICADO
11 - 19 - 31 - Fleetwood Mac - BIG LOVE
08 - 17 - 32 - Cameo - BACK AND FORTH
11 - 20 - 33 - Living In A Box - LIVING IN A BOX
05 - 62 - 34 - Crowded House - DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER
02 - 52 - 35 - Herb Alpert - DIAMONDS
02 - 58 - 36 - Alexander O'Neal - FAKE
04 - 31 - 37 - Simply Red - INFIDELITY
04 - 42 - 38 - Whispers - ROCK STEADY
1 - NEW - 39 - Janet Jackson - PLEASURE PRINCIPLE
03 - 44 - 40 - Broken English - COMIN' ON STRONG
06 - 29 - 41 - Gary Moore - FRIDAY ON MY MIND
1 - NEW - 42 - Living In A Box - SCALES OF JUSTICE
03 - 45 - 43 - Alison Moyet - ORDINARY GIRL
1 - NEW - 44 - Joyce Sims - LIFETIME LOVE
04 - 21 - 45 - Bruce Springsteen - BORN TO RUN
02 - 78 - 46 - Tina Turner - BREAK EVERY RULE
06 - 33 - 47 - Zodiac Mindwarp And The Love Reaction - PRIME MOVER
1 - NEW - 48 - Radio Heart Featuring Gary Numan - LONDON TIMES
07 - 32 - 49 - Cult - LIL' DEVIL
11 - 28 - 50 - Sly And Robbie - BOOPS (HERE TO GO)
09 - 25 - 51 - Five Star - THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH
1 - NEW - 52 - 2 Puerto Ricans A Blackman And A Dominican - NO WAY BACK/DO IT PROPERLY
11 - 35 - 53 - Madonna - LA ISLA BONITA
11 - 26 - 54 - Kim Wilde And Junior - ANOTHER STEP (CLOSER TO YOU)
02 - 50 - 55 - Jack 'N' Chill - THE JACK THAT HOUSE BUILT
05 - 56 - 56 - Carol Hitchcock - GET READY
1 - NEW - 57 - Diana Ross - DIRTY LOOKS 
05 - 59 - 58 - Mint Juleps - EVERY KINDA PEOPLE
11 - 38 - 59 - Spear Of Destiny - NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE
03 - 69 - 60 - Paul Lekakis - BOOM BOOM (LET'S GO BACK TO MY ROOM)
1 - NEW - 61 - Hue And Cry - LABOUR OF LOVE
03 - 83 - 62 - Atlantic Starr - ALWAYS
1 - NEW - 63 - Billy Idol - SWEET SIXTEEN
02 - 76 - 64 - Slayer - RAINING BLOOD
03 - 71 - 65 - Stan Campbell - YEARS GO BY
09 - 41 - 66 - Carey Johnson - REAL FASHION REGGAE STYLE
03 - 86 - 67 - Heart - ALONE
07 - 57 - 68 - Paul Carrack - WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM
15 - 46 - 69 - Mel And Kim - RESPECTABLE
03 - 54 - 70 - Lilo Thomas - I'M IN LOVE
1 - NEW - 71 - Princess - RED HOT
06 - 67 - 72 - House Master Boyz And The Rude Boy Of House - HOUSE NATION
06 - 60 - 73 - Maceo And The Macs - CROSS THE TRACK (WE BETTER GO BACK
1 - NEW - 74 - Christians - HOOVERVILLE (AND THEY PROMISED US THE WORLD)
10 - 97 - 75 - Nitro Deluxe - THIS BRUTAL HOUSE

Link for UK Top 100

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

I'll leave this open until next Saturday!

[TheThorne]

1 2 Heart - ALONE
2 3 Suzanne Vega - LUKA
3 7 Whitesnake - IS THIS LOVE
4 1 Crowded House - DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER
5 12 U2 - I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR
6 17 ABC - WHEN SMOKEY SINGS
7 10 Whitney Houston - I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY
8 9 Cutting Crew - ANY COLOUR
9 4 Bruce Hornsby & The Range - MANDOLIN RAIN
10 16 Erasure - VICTIM OF LOVE
11 5 Jody Watley - LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE
12 14 Cry Before Dawn - GONE FOREVER
13 15 Broken English - COMIN ON STRONG
14 6 John Farnham - YOURE THE VOICE
15 8 Georgia Satellites - BATTLESHIP CHAINS
16 22 Chris Rea - LET'S DANCE
17 20 Atlantic Starr - ALWAYS
18 new Hue & Cry - LABOUR OF LOVE
19 21 Beastie Boys - NO SLEEP TILL BROOKLYN
20 13 Marillion - INCOMMUNICADO
21 23 Bruce Willis - UNDER THE BOARDWALK
22 11 Lou Gramm - MIDNIGHT BLUE
23 new The Kane Gang - MOTORTOWN
24 29 Alexander O'Neal - FAKE
25 new FM - LET LOVE BE THE LEADER
26 new The Christians - HOOVERVILLE
27 35 The Jets - YOU GOT IT ALL
28 new Echo & The Bunnymen - THE GAME
29 18 Europe - CARRIE
30 19 Company B - FASCINATED
31 32 The Firm - STAR TREKKIN
32 new Janet Jackson - THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE
33 new Billy Idol - SWEET SIXTEEN
34 25 Depeche Mode - STRANGELOVE
35 24 Poison -TALK DIRTY TO ME
36 30 Herb Alpert - DIAMONDS
37 new Living In A Box - SCALES OF JUSTICE
38 26 Little Steven - BITTER FRUIT
39 27 The Cure - WHY CAN'T I BE YOU
40 28 The Cult - LIL DEVIL

Hue & Cry lead the charge in an invasion of Scottish pop and rock which will last for next 3 years, so many brilliant bands will break big and others will do ok and some will have to stick with a cult following. A couple of awful ones too come as well mind you.

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[darkstar79]

01 Beastie Boys – No Sleep Till Brooklyn (3 wks)
02 The Rappin’ Reverend – I Ain’t Into That (1 wk)
03 The Firm – Star Trekkin’ (2 wks)
04 Echo And The Bunnymen – The Game (1 wk)
05 Salt ‘N’ Pepa – My Mic Sounds Nice (9 wks)
06 LL Cool J – I’m Bad (2 wks)
07 The Housemartins – Five Get Over Excited (4 wks)
08 Run DMC – It’s Tricky (16 wks)
09 Freeez – Southern Freeez (3 wks)
10 The Pogues & The Dubliners – The Irish Rover (12 wks)

11 Maceo And The Macks – Cross The Track (We Better Go Back) (6 wks)
12 The Smiths – Sheila Take A Bow (8 wks)
13 Beastie Boys – Brass Monkey (13 wks)
14 The Jesus And Mary Chain – April Skies (7 wks)
15 Alexander O’Neal – Fake (2 wks)
16 Patrice Rushen – Watch Out (10 wks)
17 4 By Four – Want You For My Girlfriend (1 wk)
18 DJ Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince – A Touch Of Jazz (3 wks)
19 Herb Alpert Feat. Janet Jackson – Diamonds (2 wks)
20 Pepsie & Shirlie – Goodbye Stranger (3 wks)

21 S.O.S. Band – No Lies (10 wks)
22 Junior Gee And The A Team – The Terminator (13 wks)
23 Joyce Sims – Lifetime Love (1 wk)
24 Princess – Red Hot (1 wk)
25 Diana Ross – Dirty Looks (1 wk)
26 Janet Jackson – The Pleasure Principle (4 wks)
27 Club Nouveau – Why You Treat Me So Bad (3 wks)
28 Exposé – Point Of No Return (6 wks)
29 The Go Betweens – Right Here (15 wks)
30 DJ Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince – The Magnificent Jazzy Jeff (17 wks)

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1        1) Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (4-1-1-1)
3        2) Nona Hendryx - Why Should I Cry (34-14-7-3-2)
6        3) REO Speedwagon - Variety Tonight (39-27-20-11-6-3)
11      4) Samantha Fox - Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now (27-11-4)
2        5) Carol Hitchcock - Get Ready (24-6-2-2-5)
7        6) Company B - Fascinated (31-19-13-9-7-6)
19      7) Alexander O'Neal - Fake (19-7)
5        8) Partland Brothers - Soul City (39-24-16-10-8-5-8)
10      9) Donna Allen - Serious (32-26-18-12-10-9)
13    10) Richenel - Dance Around The World (38-31-18-13-10)

4      11) Johnny Clegg and Savuka - Scatterlings Of Africa (34-17-10-8-5-4-11)
12    12) Survivor - Man Against The World (38-23-16-13-12-12)
17    13) Act - Snobbery And Decay (40-35-26-17-13)
22    14) Eddy Huntington - Up and Down (36-22-14)
8      15) Big Dish - Slide (32-14-4-2-4-8-15)
36    16) The Firm - Star Trekkin' (36-16)
25    17) Paul Lekakis - Boom Boom (Let's Go Back To My Room) (37-25-17)
26    18) Run-DMC - It's Tricky (35-26-18)
9      19) Starship -Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (32-16-11-6-3-1-3-9-19)
21    20) Pepsi and Shirlie - Goodbye Stranger (33-21-20)

24    21) Alison Moyet - Ordinary Girl (32-24-21)
NEW 22) Janet Jackson - The Pleasure Principle (22)
27    23) Suzanne Vega - Luka (39-30-27-23)
18    24) Erasure - Victim Of Love (23-18-24)
14    25) Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams (27-5-1-1-3-6-14-25)
39    26) Whitesnake - Is This Love (39-26)
32    27) ABC - When Smokey Sings (32-27)
NEW 28) Atlantic Starr - Always (28)
NEW 29) Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over (29)
NEW 30) Joyce Sims - Lifetime Love (30)

15    31) Depeche Mode - Strangelove (37-36-26-16-15-31)
NEW 32) Christians - Hooverville (32)
16    33) Mirage - Jack Mix II/III (35-21-17-10-16-33)
NEW 34) 2 Puerto Ricans, A Blackman and A Dominican - Do It Properly (34)
NEW 35) Breakfast Club - Right On Track (35)
NEW 36) Lou Gramm - Ready Or Not (36)
NEW 37) Modern Talking - Jet Airliner (37)
NEW 38) KTP - Certain Things Are Likely (38)
NEW 39) FM - Let Love Be The Leader (39)
NEW 40) Billy Idol - Sweet Sixteen (40)

A busy week for new entries and a massive jump for Star Trekkin', a great novelty record.

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Mark's Top 40 weekending 31st May 1987

1 (New) I Want Your Sex - George Michael
2 (1) I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) - Whitney Houston
3 (2) The Slightest Touch - Five Star
4 (9) I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
5 (3) Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship
6 (11) Ordinary Girl - Alison Moyet
7 (12) Victim Of Love - Erasure
8 (4) Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now - Samantha Fox
9 (13) Under The Boardwalk - Bruce Willis
10 (15) Is This Love - Whitesnake
11 (5) Goodbye Stranger - Pepsi & Shirlie
12 (6) Shattered Dreams - Johnny Hates Jazz
13 (7) (Something Inside) So Strong - Labi Siffre
14 (New) The Pleasure Principle - Janet Jackson
15 (25) Tonight Tonight Tonight - Genesis
16 (14) Battleship Chains - Georgia Satellites
17 (New) Always - Atlantic Starr
18 (18) With Or Without You - U2
19 (New) The Game - Echo & The Bunnymen
20 (8) Myfanwy - David Essex
21 (21) You're The Voice - John Farnham
22 (22) When Smokey Sings - ABC
23 (New) Hooverville - The Christians
24 (10) Boom Boom (Let's Go Back To My Room) - Paul Lekakis
25 (20) Can't Be With You Tonight - Judi Boucher
26 (26) Five Get Over Excited - The Housemartins
27 (27) Let's Dance - Chris Rea
28 (28) Looking For A New Love - Jody Watley
29 (17) Midnight Blue - Lou Gramm
30 (19) La Isla Bonita - Madonna
31 (24) Wishing I Was Lucky - Wet Wet Wet
32 (23) Living In A Box - Living In A Box
33 (New) Labour Of Love - Hue & Cry
34 (33) Another Step (Closer To You) - Kim Wilde & Junior
35 (34) To Be With You Again - Level 42
36 (35) Ordinary Day - Curiosity Killed The Cat
37 (36) Diamonds - Herb Alpert with Janet Jackson
38 (37) Hold Me Now - Johnny Logan
39 (39) Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House
40 (32) Let's Wait A While - Janet Jackson

[rubcale]

01 John Farnham You're The Voice
02 Whitney Houston I Wanna Dance With Somebody
03 Atlantic Starr Always
04 Bruce Willis Under The Boardwalk
05 Erasure Victim Of Love
06 Heart Alone
07 Donna Allen Serious
08 Diana Ross Dirty Looks
09 Wet Wet Wet Wishing I Was Lucky
10 Suzanne Vega Luka
11 Jody Watley Looking For A New Love
12 Crowded House Don't Dream It's Over
13 ABC When Smokey Sings
14 Whitesnake Is This Love
15 The Firm Star Trekkin'
16 Gary Moore Friday On My Mind
17 Broken English Comin' On Strong
18 Starship Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
19 Billy Idol Sweet Sixteen
20 Cameo Back And Forth

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
02(07) U2 – I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
03(02) Suzanne Vega – Luka
04(03) Alison Moyet – Ordinary Girl
05(04) Erasure – Victim Of Love
06(06) Crowded House – Don’t Dream It’s Over
07(10) Carly Simon – Give Me All Night
08(12) Heart – Alone
09(16) Atlantic Starr – Always
10(05) The Housemartins – Five Get Over Excited

11(29) Chris Rea – Let’s Dance
12(30) ABC – When Smokey Sings
13(26) Run DMC – It’s Tricky
14(--) George Michael – I Want Your Sex
15(32) Whitesnake – Is This Love
16(22) Samantha Fox – Nothing’s Gonna Stop Me Now
17(08) Georgia Satellites – Battleship Chains
18(34) Tina Turner – Break Every Rule
19(36) Alexander O’Neal – Fake
20(11) Starship – Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now

21(50) The Firm – Star Trekkin’
22(09) Men They Couldn’t Hang – Ghosts Of Cable Street
23(33) Broken English – Comin’ On Strong
24(--) The Christians – Hooverville (And They Promised Us The World)
25(13) Poison – Talk Dirty To Me
26(19) Beastie Boys – No Sleep Till Brooklyn
27(--) Echo And The Bunnymen – The Game
28(14) Jody Watley – Looking For A New Love
29(45) Jack ‘N’ Chill – The Jack That House Built
30(17) John Farnham – You’re The Voice

31(40) Boy George – Keep Me In Mind
32(--) Jennifer Rush & Elton John – Flames Of Paradise
33(23) Pepsi & Shirlie – Goodbye Stranger
34(18) Housemaster Boyz – House Nation
35(39) Bruce Willis – Under The Boardwalk
36(15) Gary Moore – Friday On My Mind
37(--) Billy Idol – Sweet Sixteen
38(21) Donna Allen – Serious
39(47) Herb Alpert – Diamonds
40(--) Hue And Cry – Labour Of Love

41(--) Joyce Sims – Lifetime Love
42(20) Johnny Logan – Hold Me Now
43(--) Janet Jackson – The Pleasure Principle
44(27) Labi Siffre – (Something Inside) So Strong
45(25) The Whispers – Rock Steady
46(24) Paul Carrack – When You Walk In The Room
47(--) Living In A Box – Scales Of Justice
48(--) Breakfast Club – Right On Track
49(31) The Cure – Why Can’t I Be You
50(28) Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run (Live)

[raliverpool]

01 Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (4wks 8-1-1-1)
02 Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams (7wks 27-16-9-7-2-2-2)
03 U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (2wks 4-3)
04 Suzanne Vega - Luka (4wks 22-10-6-4)
05 Cry Before Dawn - Gone Forever (4wks 17-7-5-5)
06 Little Steven - Bitter Fruit (5wks 12-5-3-3-6)
07 Boy George - Keep Me In Mind (2wks 13-7)
08 ABC - When Smokey Sings (2wks 14-8)
09 Company B - Fascinated (5wks 32-21-12-9-9)

10 Erasure - Victim Of Love (3wks 13-8-10)

11 Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - Head To Toe (3wks 31-17-11)
12 George Michael - I Want Your Sex (1wk 12 NEW)

13 Kane Gang - Motortown (1wk 13 NEW)

14 Wet Wet Wet - Wishing I Was Lucky (7wks 28-17-11-9-6-7-14)
15 Broken English - Comin' On Strong (3wks 29-18-15)
16 Alison Moyet - Ordinary Girl (3wks 16-11-16)
17 Donna Allen - Serious (3wks 24-16-17)
18 Alexander O'Neal - Fake (2wks 26-18)
19 Beastie Boys - No Sleep To Brooklyn (2wks 20-19)

20 Whitesnake - Is This Love (2wks 25-20)

21 Roger Waters - Radio Waves (3wks 25-15-21)
22 Housemartins - Five Get Over Excited (4wks 26-14-12-22)
23 Marillion - Incommunicado (4wks 6-4-10-23)
24 Thompson Twins - Long Goodbye (2wks 30-24)
25 Herb Alpert ft Janet Jackson - Diamonds (2wks 36-25)
26 Firm - Star Trekkin' (1wk 26 NEW)
27 Tina Turner - Break Every Rule (3wks 32-22-27)
28 Janet Jackson - Pleasure Principle (1wk 28 NEW)
29 John Farnham - You're The Voice (6wks 34-30-25-22-21-29)

30 Paul Carrack - When You Walk In The Room (3wks 26-19-30)

31 Robert Cray - Right Next Door (Because Of Me) (2wks 35-31)
32 Pepsi & Shirlie - Goodbye Stranger (2wks 34-32)
33 Echo & The Bunnymen - The Game (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Atlantic Starr - Always (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Jammin' To Me (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Stan Campbell - Years Go By (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Dave Dobbyn - Slice Of Heaven (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Radio Heart ft Gary Numan - London Times (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Cyndi Lauper - Boy Blue (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Noiseworks - Take Me Back (1wk 40 NEW)

LP Erasure - Hideaway (1LP The Circus)

The sophisti-pop trio from North East England deserved to have a huge hit with this summery Motown homage which stalled at UK #45; and yet it was a minor top 40 hit in USA #38; Canada #32; & Australia #28.

[o]

1 2 Georgia Satellites – Battleship chains #1
2 1 Depeche Mode – Strangelove #1
3 3 Zodiac Mindwarp – Prime mover #3
4 6 Beastie Boys – No sleep til Brooklyn #4
5 7 Crowded House – Don’t dream it’s over #5
6 8 Suzanne Vega – Luka #6
7 10 Broken English – Comin’ on strong #7
8 14 Chris Rea – Let’s dance #8
9 9 Bruce Springsteen – Born to run (live) #9
10 23 Robert Cray Band – Right next door #10
11 4 Cure – Why cant I be you? #1
12 22 Alexander O’ Neal – Fake #12
13 25 Echo and the Bunnymen – The game #13
14 5 Fleetwood Mac – Big love #2
15 24 Whitesnake – Is this love? #15
16 12 Run DMC – It’s tricky #12
17 13 Heart – Alone #13
18 18 U2 – I still haven’t found what I’m looking for #18
19 11 Cult – Lil devil #4
20 27 Christians – Hooverville #20
21 26 Hue & Cry – Labour of love #21
22 20 Erasure – Victim of love #20
23 16 Marillion – Incommunicado #13
24 17 John Farnham – You’re the voice #12
25 15 Jesus and Mary Chain – April skies #5
26 19 Johnny Hates Jazz – Shattered dreams #13
27 28 Spear of Destiny – Never take me alive #1
28 29 Smiths – Sheila take a bow #4
29 NE Art of Noise – Moments in love
30 NE ABC – When Smokey sings

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over (5 wks)
2 (2) Suzanne Vega - Luka (4 wks)
3 (14) U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (2 wks)
4 (4) Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (4 wks)
5 (9) Broken English - Comin' On Strong (3 wks)
6 (15) Heart - Alone (3 wks)
7 (16) Whitesnake - Is This Love (2 wks)
8 (3) Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams (12 wks)
9 (7) Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run (4 wks)
10 (19) ABC - When Smokey Sings (2 wks)
11 (10) Erasure - Victim Of Love (3 wks)
12 (12) Beastie Boys - No Sleep Till Brooklyn (3 wks)
13 (30) The Firm - Star Trekkin' (2 wks)
14 (6) Fleetwood Mac - Big Love (11 wks)
15 (21) Chris Rea - Let's Dance (2 wks)
16 (18) Bruce Willis - Under The Broadwalk (3 wks)
17 (24) Alison Moyet - Ordinary Girl (3 wks)
18 (23) Run DMC - It's Tricky (3 wks)
19 (20) Pepsi & Shirlie - Goodbye Stranger (3 wks)
20 (22) Boy George - Keep Me In Mind (2 wks)
21 (NE) George Michael - I Want Your Sex (1 wk)
22 (NE) Echo & the Bunnymen - The Game (1 wk)
23 (5) John Farnham - You're The Voice (9 wks)
24 (11) Johnny Logan - Hold Me Now (4 wks)
25 (13) Simply Red -Infidelity (4 wks)
26 (8) Marillion - Incommunicado (4 wks)
27 (17) Housemartins - Five Get Over Excited (4 wks)
28 (NE) Hue And Cry - Labour Of Love (1 wk)
29 (25) Depeche Mode - Strangelove (6 wks)
30 (26) Wet Wet Wet - Wishing I Was Lucky (12 wks)
31 (NE) Christians - Hooverville (1 wk)
32 (27) The Fall - There's A Ghost In My House (6 wks)
33 (NE) Living In A Box - Scales Of Justice (1 wk)
34 (28) Living In A Box - Living In A Box (11 wks)
35 (40) Thompson Twins - Long Goodbye (2 wks)
36 (29) Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (11 wks)
37 (31) The Cult - Lil' Devil (7 wks)
38 (32) Jesus And Mary Chain - April Skies (7 wks)
39 (33) Kim Wilde & Junior - Another Step (Closer To You) (11 wks)
40 (NE) The Kane Gang - Motortown (1 wk)

[coolchristie2]

01 Looking For A New Love - Jody Watley
02 I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) - Whitney Houston
03 Goodbye Stranger - Pepsi & Shirlie
04 You're The Voice - John Farnham
05 Serious - Donna Allen
06 Nothing's Going To Stop Me Now - Samantha Fox
07 No Sleep Till Brooklyn - Beastie Boys
08 Alone - Heart
09 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
10 When Smokey Sings - ABC
11 It's Tricky - Run DMC
12 Dirty Looks - Diana Ross
13 Victim Of Love - Erasure
14 Jack Mix II/ III - Mirage
15 Star Trekkin' - The Firm
16 Sweet Sixteen - Billy Idol
17 Flames Of Paradise - Jennifer Rush & Elton John
18 Ordinary Girl - Alison Moyet
19 Let's Dance - Chris Rea
20 Lifetime Love - Joyce Simms

[Shireblogger]

1 [2] :: ABC - WHEN SMOKEY SINGS
2 [3] :: Alexander O'Neal - FAKE
3 [4] :: Chris Rea - LET'S DANCE
4 [5] :: Tina Turner - BREAK EVERY RULE
5 [1] :: Housemartins - FIVE GET OVER EXCITED
6 [new] :: Firm - STAR TREKKIN'
7 [6] :: U2 - I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR
8 [7] :: Wet Wet Wet - WISHING I WAS LUCKY
9 [11] :: Suzanne Vega - LUKA
10 [13] :: Donna Allen - SERIOUS
11 [12] :: Crowded House - DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER
12 [9] :: Gary Moore - FRIDAY ON MY MIND
13 [new] :: Christians - HOOVERVILLE (AND THEY PROMISED US THE WORLD)
14 [16] :: Simply Red - INFIDELITY
15 [new] :: Robert Cray Band - RIGHT NEXT DOOR (BECAUSE OF ME)
16 [10] :: Blow Monkeys with Curtis Mayfield - (CELEBRATE) THE DAY AFTER YOU
17 [14] :: Erasure - VICTIM OF LOVE
18 [new] :: George Michael - I WANT YOUR SEX
19 [8] :: Georgia Satellites - BATTLESHIP CHAINS
20 [new] :: Jody Watley - LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE

[Earl Purple]

1(4) Suzanne Vega - Luka
2(1) John Farnham - You're The Voice
3(2) Marillion - Incommunicado
4(3) Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
5(11) Heart - Alone

6(13) ABC - When Smokey Sings
7(7) Housemartins - Five Get Over Excited
8(8) Erasure - Victim Of Love
9(20) U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
10(6) Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - Head To Toe

11(5) Atlantic Starr - Always
12(21) Whitesnake - Is This Love
13(9) Johnny Logan - Hold Me Now
14(12) Simply Red - Infidelity
15(25) Kenny G - Songbird

16(15) Beastie Boys - No Sleep Till Brooklyn
17(26) Chris Rea - Let's Dance
18(-) Firm - Star Trekkin'
19(14) Gary Moore - Friday On My Mind
20(10) Labi Siffre - (Something Inside) So Strong

21(-) George Michael - I Want Your Sex
22(28) Bruce Willis - Under The Boardwalk
23(-) Echo & The Bunnymen - The Game
24(29) Pepsi And Shirlie - Goodbye Stranger
25(-) Bob Seger - Shakedown

26(22) Herb Alpert ft Janet Jackson - Diamonds
27(-) Boy George - Keep Me In Mind
28(24) Samantha Fox - Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now
29(-) Broken English - Comin' On Strong
30(-) Alexander O'Neal - Fake

--(16) Smiths - Sheila Take A Bow
--(17) Zodiac Mindwarp And The Love Reaction - Prime Mover
--(18) Jesus And Mary Chain - April Skies
--(19) Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run (Live)
--(24) Donna Allen - Serious
--(27) Fall - There's A Ghost In My House
--(30) Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead Or Alive

He's best known for We've Got Tonight and Hollywood Nights with the Silver Bullet Band. This song is from Beverly Hills Cop II.

[popchartfreak]

9th June 1987

It's a first week at one for U2, their first chart-topper with the brilliant I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, IMHO the jewel in the crown that is The Joshua Tree. The video was shot in Las Vegas, where I was heading in 3 months time back then, doubling up the nostalgia-quotient for my 1979 trip there. Vegas is unrecognisable these days from those days! In at 4 it's a re-recorded version of In Dreams from Roy Orbison, one of his key tracks, and the start of his comeback period - it's not as awesome as the original, but decent-enough.

Highest new song is It's A Sin - Pet Shop Boys back with a bang, a hint of Cat Stevens Wild World about the melody, but high on the epic scale, in at 18, and cementing their status as my fave new 80's act, well on their way to being my Must-Buy act of the last 34 years - a run no other act comes close to. A big climb for The Kane Gang to 21, and 2 great new entries for Heart and that mega-ballad Alone at 28, and XTC's most-provocative single Dear God in at 29, some 8 cynical years on since Making Plans For Nigel.

Talking of provocative, gender-bending Prince is in at 38 with If I Was Your Girlfriend, starting to mine Sign O The Times for singles, and Run-DMC get a second top 40. Janet Jackson pops in with her Pleasure Principle, joining herself on Herb Alpert's Diamonds for a 2nd chart track, Elton John has another of his periodic duets, this one with Jennifer Rush. Flames Of Paradise doesn't feature in his Rocketman movie biog, just as well given the greats that also don't feature. Just another 3 or 4 years of his self-abuse years to go, before he cleans up and enters his largely-musically-dull sober-but-happy years.

Diana Ross is giving me Dirty Looks - possibly because her brilliant Ain't No Mountain High Enough 1970 reissue has just dropped out the chart, to be replaced by one that is errr...not. Curiosity & co are back for a third try - and their best track to date, Misfit, Wang Chung scrape a brief comeback with Let's Go - and they did pretty much that evermore, Terence Trent D'Arby is back with his Wishing Well, a bit less classic than the Free song of the same name, and Genesis keep churning out the forgettable pedestrian hits. I mean none of those in this paragraph are bad, just a bit bland in comparison to previous highs (bar Misfit).


1 ( 6 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2
2 ( 1 ) GET IT ON (’87 REMIX) T.Rex
3 ( 2 ) IT’S NOT UNUSUAL Tom Jones
4 ( NEW ) IN DREAMS Roy Orbison
5 ( 7 ) SHATTERED DREAMS Johnny Hates Jazz
6 ( 10 ) I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME) Whitney Houston
7 ( 5 ) WISHING I WAS LUCKY Wet Wet Wet
8 ( 4 ) PRIME MOVER Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction
9 ( 8 ) DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER Crowded House
10 ( 3 ) LIVING IN A BOX Living In A Box

11 ( 21 ) COMING ON STRONG Broken English
12 ( 15 ) SERIOUS Donna Allen
13 ( 9 ) SHAME OMD
14 ( 14 ) UNDER THE BOARDWALK Bruce Willis with The Temptations
15 ( 18 ) DIAMONDS Herb Alpert featuring Janet Jackson
16 ( 11 ) NOTHING’S GONNA STOP US NOW Starship
17 ( 25 ) LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE Jody Watley
18 ( NEW ) IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys
19 ( 19 ) BREAK EVERY RULE Tina Turner
20 ( 31 ) WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC

21 ( 74 ) MOTORTOWN The Kane Gang
22 ( 12 ) FIVE GET OVER EXCITED The Housemartins
23 ( 13 ) LA ISLA BONITA Madonna
24 ( 38 ) NO SLEEP TIL BROOKLYN The Beastie Boys
25 ( 30 ) STAR TREKKIN’ The Firm
26 ( 37 ) BORN TO LOVE (LIVE) Bruce Springsteen
27 ( 16 ) BACK AND FORTH Cameo
28 ( NEW ) ALONE Heart
29 ( NEW ) DEAR GOD XTC
30 ( 34 ) FRIDAY ON MY MIND Gary Moore

31 ( 35 ) WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM Paul Carrack
32 ( 20 ) (SOMETHING INSIDE) SO STRONG Labi Siffre
33 ( 17 ) BIG LOVE Fleetwood Mac
34 ( 33 ) EVERY KINDA PEOPLE Mint Juleps
35 ( 40 ) JACK MIX II Mirage
36 ( 39 ) LUKA Suzanne Vega
37 ( 27 ) MOVE OVER DARLING Doris Day
38 ( NEW ) IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND Prince
39 ( 26 ) ALONE AGAIN OR The Damned
40 ( 48 ) IT’S TRICKY Run DMC

41 ( 57 ) KEEP ME IN MIND Boy George
42 ( 50 ) GOODBYE STRANGER Pepsi & Shirley
43 ( 68 ) ORDINARY GIRL Alison Moyet
44 ( 51 ) INFIDELITY Simply Red
45 ( 45 ) YOU’RE THE VOICE John Farnham
46 ( 43 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson
47 ( NEW ) THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE Janet Jackson
48 ( 53 ) VICTIM OF LOVE Erasure
49 ( 49 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael
50 ( 71 ) SWEET SIXTEEN Billy Idol

51 ( 29 ) GIVE ME ALL NIGHT Carly Simon
52 ( 28 ) BOOPS (HERE TO GO) Sly & Robbie
53 ( 22 ) SNOBBERY AND DECAY Act
54 ( 36 ) SPANISH HARLEM Ben E. King
55 ( 59 ) INCOMMUNICADO Marillion
56 ( 24 ) A BOY FROM NOWHERE Tom Jones
57 ( 75 ) (CELEBRATE) THE DAY AFTER YOU The Blow Monkeys & Curtis Mayfield
58 ( 60 ) SCALES OF JUSTICE Living In A Box
59 ( 54 ) WHAT’S GOING ON Cyndi Lauper
60 ( NEW ) FLAMES OF PARADISE Elton John & Jennifer Rush

61 ( 23 ) WATCHDOGS UB40
62 ( NEW ) DISTANT LAND (DA DOO BOM BOM) Radio Earth
63 ( 58 ) I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING (FOR ME) Aretha Franklin & George Michael
64 ( NEW ) DIRTY LOOKS Diana Ross
65 ( 56 ) STAND BY ME Ben E. King
66 ( 64 ) PENNY LANE/STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles
67 ( NEW ) MISFIT Curiosity Killed The Cat
68 ( 55 ) DON’T NEED A GUN Billy Idol
69 ( NEW ) YEARS GO BY Stan Campbell
70 ( 67 ) HUMAN Human League

71 ( 66 ) SHIP OF FOOLS World Party
72 ( NEW ) LET’S GO Wang Chung
73 ( 46 ) KEEP YOUR EYE ON ME Herb Alpert
74 ( NEW ) WISHING WELL Terence Trent D’Arby
75 ( NEW ) THROWING IT ALL AWAY Genesis

Playlist Oldies of that week
1 ON MY OWN Patti Labelle & Michael MacDonald
2 LOVE COMES QUICKLY Pet Shop Boys
3 DREAM A LITTLE DREAM Mama Cass