Haven Combi Retro-Chart W/B 7th June 1987

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HAVEN COMBI RETRO-CHART W/B 7th JUNE 1987

Whitney Houston has another comfortable week at number one with I Wanna Dance With Somebody and showing little sign of slowing down.




U2 are the latest act to step up to challenge Whitney for the top spot. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For was last week’s highest new entry and moves up to number two. Could this provide them with their first Retro-Chart topper?

Suzanne Vega slips a place to number three with Luka, her challenge for the number one position seemingly at an end.

There are two acts tied at number four this week. ABC get their biggest hit in five years as When Smokey Sings climbs up from number 17. It’s joined by Victim Of Love from Erasure. If Erasure’s latest single goes no further it’ll be the third time in just over six months that they’ve peaked at this position with Sometimes and It Doesn’t Have To Be also both stalling at number four.

Highest new entry is from The Firm as Star Trekkin’ lands at number 12, closely followed by this week’s biggest climber as Chris Rea jumps a massive 22 places to number 14 to provide him with his biggest hit since Stainsby Girls made number 13 in 1985.

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)
4        2 U2 - I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR
2        3 Suzanne Vega - LUKA
17      4 ABC - WHEN SMOKEY SINGS
6        4 Erasure - VICTIM OF LOVE
3        6 Crowded House - DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER
10      7 Heart - ALONE
26      8 Whitesnake - IS THIS LOVE
12      9 Beastie Boys - NO SLEEP TILL BROOKLYN
11    10 Donna Allen - SERIOUS

7      11 John Farnham - YOU'RE THE VOICE
NEW 12 Firm - STAR TREKKIN'
24    13 Broken English - COMIN' ON STRONG
35    13 Chris Rea - LET'S DANCE
9      15 Johnny Hates Jazz - SHATTERED DREAMS
4      16 Housemartins - FIVE GET OVER EXCITED
32    17 Alexander O'Neal - FAKE
18    18 Samantha Fox - NOTHING'S GONNA STOP ME NOW
24    19 Atlantic Starr - Always
14    20 Wet Wet Wet - WISHING I WAS LUCKY

16    21 Jody Watley - LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE
22    22 Alison Moyet - ORDINARY GIRL
29    23 Run DMC - IT'S TRICKY
29    24 Bruce Willis - UNDER THE BOARDWALK
NEW 25 George Michael - I WANT YOUR SEX
12    26 Georgia Satellites - BATTLESHIP CHAINS
23    27 Pepsi and Shirlie - GOODBYE STRANGER
21    28 Zodiac Mindwarp and The Love Reaction - PRIME MOVER
31    29 Company B - FASCINATED
NEW 29 Echo and The Bunnymen - THE GAME
8      29 Starship - NOTHING'S GONNA STOP US NOW

37    32 Cry Before Dawn - GONE FOREVER
26    33 Bruce Springsteen - BORN TO RUN (LIVE)
NEW 34 Diana Ross - DIRTY LOOKS
NEW 34 Tina Turner - BREAK EVERY RULE
NEW 36 Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam - HEAD TO TOE
33    37 Depeche Mode - STRANGELOVE
15    37 Marillion - INCOMMUNICADO
NEW 37 Nona Hendryx - WHY SHOULD I CRY
NEW 37 Rappin' Reverend - I AIN'T INTO THAT
39 37 T Rex - GET IT ON ('87 REMIX)

[TheThorne]

1 1 Heart - ALONE
2 3 Whitesnake - IS THIS LOVE
3 6 ABC - WHEN SMOKEY SINGS
4 2 Suzanne Vega - LUKA
5 5 U2 - I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR
6 18 Hue & Cry - LABOUR OF LOVE
7 4 Crowded House - DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER
8 12 Cry Before Dawn - GONE FOREVER
9 10 Erasure - VICTIM OF LOVE
10 7 Whitney Houston - I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY
11 16 Chris Rea - LET'S DANCE
12 23 The Kane Gang - MOTORTOWN
13 26 The Christians - HOOVERVILLE
14 17 Atlantic Starr - ALWAYS
15 8 Cutting Crew - ANY COLOUR
16 25 FM - LET LOVE BE THE LEADER
17 19 Beastie Boys - NO SLEEP TILL BROOKLYN
18 9 Bruce Hornsby & The Range - MANDOLIN RAIN
19 33 Billy Idol - SWEET SIXTEEN
20 28 Echo & The Bunnymen - THE GAME
21 27 The Jets - YOU GOT IT ALL
22 11 Jody Watley - LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE
23 13 Broken English - COMIN ON STRONG
24 15 Georgia Satellites - BATTLESHIP CHAINS
25 14 John Farnham - YOURE THE VOICE
26 32 Janet Jackson - THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE
27 new Simple Minds - PROMISED YOU A MIRACLE (Live)
28 new Terence Trent Darby - WISHING WELL
29 new Curiosity Killed The Cat - MISFIT
30 new Bryan Adams - HEARTS ON FIRE
31 new Genesis - THROWING IT ALL AWAY
32 21 Bruce Willis - UNDER THE BOARDWALK
33 20 Marillion - INCOMMUNICADO
34 new Guns N' ROSES - ITS SO EASY
35 37 Living In A Box - SCALES OF JUSTICE
36 new Prince - IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND
37 24 Alexander O'Neal - FAKE
38 22 Lou Gramm - MIDNIGHT BLUE
39 new The Art Of Noise - MOMENTS IN LOVE
40 new George Michael - I WANT YOUR SEX

Not the best week for new music but lets celebrate though the arrival of a very exciting rock band from LA, these guys are going to be huge.





Not a dazzling week for new music

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OFFICIAL CHART W/B 14th JUNE 1987

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

03 - 13 - 01 - Firm - STAR TREKKIN' 
05 - 01 - 02 - Whitney Houston - I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME)
02 - 04 - 03 - George Michael - I WANT YOUR SEX
05 - 02 - 04 - Johnny Logan - HOLD ME NOW
12 - 03 - 05 - Starship - NOTHING'S GONNA STOP US NOW
04 - 17 - 06 - Bruce Willis - UNDER THE BOARDWALK
03 - 06 - 07 - U2 - I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR
04 - 11 - 08 - Samantha Fox - NOTHING'S GONNA STOP ME NOW
10 - 15 - 09 - John Farnham - YOU'RE THE VOICE
04 - 08 - 10 - Erasure - VICTIM OF LOVE
07 - 05 - 11 - Mirage - JACK MIX II/III
04 - 09 - 12 - Pepsi And Shirlie - GOODBYE STRANGER
07 - 18 - 13 - Jody Watley - LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE
03 - 21 - 14 - ABC - WHEN SMOKEY SINGS
13 - 10 - 15 - Wet Wet Wet - WISHING I WAS LUCKY
03 - 22 - 16 - Whitesnake - IS THIS LOVE
04 - 16 - 17 - Run DMC - IT'S TRICKY
13 - 07 - 18 - Johnny Hates Jazz - SHATTERED DREAMS
04 - 14 - 19 - Beastie Boys - NO SLEEP TILL BROOKLYN
04 - 23 - 20 - Tom Jones - IT'S NOT UNUSUAL
06 - RE - 21 - Curiosity Killed The Cat - MISFIT
11 - 12 - 22 - Donna Allen - SERIOUS
05 - 25 - 23 - Suzanne Vega - LUKA
02 - 39 - 24 - Janet Jackson - PLEASURE PRINCIPLE
03 - 27 - 25 - Chris Rea - LET'S DANCE
04 - 40 - 26 - Broken English - COMIN' ON STRONG
03 - 35 - 27 - Herb Alpert - DIAMONDS
02 - 28 - 28 - Echo And The Bunnymen - THE GAME
06 - 34 - 29 - Crowded House - DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER
1 - NEW - 30 - Simple Minds - PROMISED YOU A MIRACLE (LIVE)
1 - NEW - 31 - Terence Trent D'Arby - WISHING WELL
1 - NEW - 32 - Prince - IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND
03 - 36 - 33 - Alexander O'Neal - FAKE
02 - 42 - 34 - Living In A Box - SCALES OF JUSTICE
13 - 24 - 35 - Judy Boucher - CAN'T BE WITH YOU TONIGHT
12 - 20 - 36 - Tom Jones - A BOY FROM NOWHERE
02 - 44 - 37 - Joyce Sims - LIFETIME LOVE
03 - 29 - 38 - Boy George - KEEP ME IN MIND
04 - 62 - 39 - Atlantic Starr - ALWAYS
05 - 19 - 40 - Housemartins - FIVE GET OVER EXCITED
02 - 63 - 41 - Billy Idol - SWEET SIXTEEN
05 - 38 - 42 - Whispers - ROCK STEADY
03 - 46 - 43 - Tina Turner - BREAK EVERY RULE
1 - NEW - 44 - Cliff Richard - MY PRETTY ONE
13 - 26 - 45 - Labi Siffre - (SOMETHING INSIDE) SO STRONG
1 - NEW - 46 - Genesis - THROWING IT ALL AWAY
02 - 52 - 47 - 2 Puerto Ricans A Blackman And A Dominican - NO WAY BACK/DO IT PROPERLY
03 - 55 - 48 - Jack 'N' Chill - THE JACK THAT HOUSE BUILT
02 - 57 - 49 - Diana Ross - DIRTY LOOKS
12 - 31 - 50 - Fleetwood Mac - BIG LOVE
12 - 33 - 51 - Living In A Box - LIVING IN A BOX
04 - 43 - 52 - Alison Moyet - ORDINARY GIRL
02 - 84 - 53 - Jimmy Roselli - WHEN YOUR OLD WEDDING RING WAS NEW
05 - 30 - 54 - Marillion - INCOMMUNICADO
02 - 80 - 55 - Robert Cray Band - RIGHT NEXT DOOR
06 - 56 - 56 - Carol Hitchcock - GET READY
1 - NEW - 57 - Bryan Adams - HEARTS ON FIRE 
1 - NEW - 58 - Eric Clapton - TEARING US APART
02 - 74 - 59 - Christians - HOOVERVILLE (AND THEY PROMISED US THE WORLD)
06 - 58 - 60 - Mint Juleps - EVERY KINDA PEOPLE
02 - 61 - 61 - Hue And Cry - LABOUR OF LOVE
11 - 75 - 62 - Nitro Deluxe - THIS BRUTAL HOUSE
02 - 71 - 63 - Princess - RED HOT
09 - 32 - 64 - Cameo - BACK AND FORTH
1 - NEW - 65 - Soup Dragons - CAN'T TAKE NO MORE
04 - 67 - 66 - Heart - ALONE
04 - 65 - 67 - Stan Campbell - YEARS GO BY
02 - 48 - 68 - Radio Heart Featuring Gary Numan - LONDON TIMES
05 - 37 - 69 - Simply Red - INFIDELITY
02 - 100 - 70 - Jennifer Rush And Elton John - FLAMES OF PARADISE
02 - 85 - 71 - FM - LET LOVE BE THE LEADER
1 - NEW - 72 - Jackson Sisters - I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES
04 - 60 - 73 - Paul Lekakis - BOOM BOOM (LET'S GO BACK TO MY ROOM)
03 - 92 - 74 - Two Nations - THAT'S THE WAY IT FEELS
02 - 78 - 75 - Dennis Edwards And Siedah Garrett - DON'T LOOK ANY FURTHER

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 , darkstar79 , Mark , rubcale , Whitneyfan , raliverpool , o , smokeyb , coolchristie2 , Shireblogger , Earl Purple and popchartfreak

I'll leave this open until next Saturday!

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1        1) Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (4-1-1-1-1)
4        2) Samantha Fox - Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now (27-11-4-2)
7        3) Alexander O'Neal - Fake (19-7-3)
2        4) Nona Hendryx - Why Should I Cry (34-14-7-3-2-4)
3        5) REO Speedwagon - Variety Tonight (39-27-20-11-6-3-5)
9        6) Donna Allen - Serious (32-26-18-12-10-9-6)
16      7) The Firm - Star Trekkin' (36-16-7)
28      8) Atlantic Starr - Always (28-8)
14      9) Eddy Huntington - Up and Down (36-22-14-9)
5      10) Carol Hitchcock - Get Ready (24-6-2-2-5-10)

17    11) Paul Lekakis - Boom Boom (Let's Go Back To My Room) (37-25-17-11)
22    12) Janet Jackson - The Pleasure Principle (22-12)
18    13) Run-DMC - It's Tricky (35-26-18-13)
20    14) Pepsi and Shirlie - Goodbye Stranger (33-21-20-14)
13    15) Act - Snobbery And Decay (40-35-26-17-13-15)
6      16) Company B - Fascinated (31-19-13-9-7-6-16)
21    17) Alison Moyet - Ordinary Girl (32-24-21-17)
23    18) Suzanne Vega - Luka (39-30-27-23-18)
8      19) Partland Brothers - Soul City (39-24-16-10-8-5-8-19)
26    20) Whitesnake - Is This Love (39-26-20)

10    21) Richenel - Dance Around The World (38-31-18-13-10-21)
37    22) Modern Talking - Jet Airliner (37-22)
34    23) 2 Puerto Ricans, A Blackman and A Dominican - Do It Properly (34-23)
27    24) ABC - When Smokey Sings (32-27-24)
30    25) Joyce Sims - Lifetime Love (30-25)
NEW 26) Terence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well (26)
29    27) Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over (29-27)
NEW 28) Prince - If I Was Your Girlfriend (28)
36    29) Lou Gramm - Ready Or Not (36-29)
35    30) Breakfast Club - Right On Track (35-30)

39    31) FM - Let Love Be The Leader (39-32)
NEW 32) Hazell Dean - Always Doesn't Mean Forever (32)
NEW 33) Curiosity Killed The Cat - Misfit (33)
12    34) Survivor - Man Against The World (38-23-16-13-12-12-34)
11    35) Johnny Clegg and Savuka - Scatterlings Of Africa (34-17-10-8-5-4-11-345)
15    36) Big Dish - Slide (32-14-4-2-4-8-15-36)
NEW 37) Bryan Adams - Hearts On Fire (37)
40    38) Billy Idol - Sweet Sixteen (40-38)
NEW 39) Cliff Richard - My Pretty One (39)
NEW 40) Radio Heart featuring Gary Numan - London Times (40)

Highest new entry and another great single from one of my favourite albums of the 80s:

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Mark's Top 40 weekending 7th June 1987

1 (4) I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
2 (2) I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) - Whitney Houston
3 (3) The Slightest Touch - Five Star
4 (1) I Want Your Sex - George Michael
5 (5) Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship
6 (22) When Smokey Sings - ABC
7 (10) Is This Love - Whitesnake
8 (39) Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House
9 (7) Victim Of Love - Erasure
10 (21) You're The Voice - John Farnham
11 (6) Ordinary Girl - Alison Moyet
12 (8) Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now - Samantha Fox
13 (9) Under The Boardwalk - Bruce Willis
14 (New) My Pretty One - Cliff Richard
15 (12) Shattered Dreams - Johnny Hates Jazz
16 (New) Wishing Well - Terence Trent D'Arby
17 (13) (Something Inside) So Strong - Labi Siffre
18 (New) If I Was Your Girlfriend - Prince
19 (New) Throwing It All Away - Genesis
20 (14) The Pleasure Principle - Janet Jackson
21 (15) Tonight Tonight Tonight - Genesis
22 (11) Goodbye Stranger - Pepsi & Shirlie
23 (17) Always - Atlantic Starr
24 (18) With Or Without You - U2
25 (New) Promised You A Miracle (Live) - Simple Minds
26 (23) Hooverville - The Christians
27 (19) The Game - Echo & The Bunnymen
28 (26) Five Get Over Excited - The Housemartins
29 (27) Let's Dance - Chris Rea
30 (28) Looking For A New Love - Jody Watley
31 (16) Battleship Chains - Georgia Satellites
32 (30) La Isla Bonita - Madonna
33 (32) Living In A Box - Living In A Box
34 (33) Labour Of Love - Hue & Cry
35 (New) Tearing Us Apart - Eric Clapton
36 (36) Ordinary Day - Curiosity Killed The Cat
37 (37) Diamonds - Herb Alpert with Janet Jackson
38 (38) Hold Me Now - Johnny Logan
39 (25) Can't Be With You Tonight - Judi Boucher
40 (31) Wishing I Was Lucky - Wet Wet Wet

[darkstar79]

01 Eric B. & Rakim – I Know You Got Soul (1 wk)
02 Beastie Boys – No Sleep Till Brooklyn (4 wks)
03 The Rappin’ Reverend – I Ain’t Into That (2 wks)
04 Jackson Sisters – I Believe In Miracles (1 wk)
05 The Firm – Star Trekkin’ (3 wks)
06 Echo And The Bunnymen – The Game (2 wks)
07 LL Cool J – I’m Bad (3 wks)
08 Salt ‘N’ Pepa – My Mic Sounds Nice (10 wks)
09 The Housemartins – Five Get Over Excited (5 wks)
10 Freeez – Southern Freeez (4 wks)

11 Run DMC – It’s Tricky (17 wks)
12 Maceo And The Macks – Cross The Track (We Better Go Back) (7 wks)
13 The Pogues & The Dubliners – The Irish Rover (13 wks)
14 Aretha Franklin – Rock-A-Lott (1 wk)
15 The Smiths – Sheila Take A Bow (9 wks)
16 Alexander O’Neal – Fake (3 wks)
17 Beastie Boys – Brass Monkey (14 wks)
18 4 By Four – Want You For My Girlfriend (2 wks)
19 DJ Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince – A Touch Of Jazz (4 wks)
20 Herb Alpert Feat. Janet Jackson – Diamonds (3 wks)

21 The Jesus And Mary Chain – April Skies (8 wks)
22 Pepsie & Shirlie – Goodbye Stranger (4 wks)
23 Soup Dragons – Can’t Take No More (1 wk)
24 Joyce Sims – Lifetime Love (2 wks)
25 S.O.S. Band – No Lies (11 wks)
26 Princess – Red Hot (2 wks)
27 Diana Ross – Dirty Looks (2 wks)
28 Patrice Rushen – Watch Out (11 wks)
29 Janet Jackson – The Pleasure Principle (4 wks)
30 Junior Gee And The A Team – The Terminator (14 wks)

[raliverpool]

01 Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (5wks 8-1-1-1-1)
02 Suzanne Vega - Luka (5wks 22-10-6-4-2)
03 ABC - When Smokey Sings (3wks 14-8-3)
04 U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (3wks 4-3-4)
05 Kane Gang - Motortown (2wks 13-5)
06 Curiosity Killed The Cat - Misfit (1wk 6 NEW)
07 George Michael - I Want Your Sex (2wks 12-7)
08 Janet Jackson - Pleasure Principle (2wks 28-8)
09 Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - Head To Toe (4wks 31-17-11-9)

10 Firm - Star Trekkin' (2wks 26-10)

11 Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams (8wks 27-16-9-7-2-2-2-11)
12 Boy George - Keep Me In Mind (3wks 13-7-12)
13 Cry Before Dawn - Gone Forever (5wks 17-7-5-5-13)
14 Erasure - Victim Of Love (4wks 13-8-10-14)
15 Little Steven - Bitter Fruit (6wks 12-5-3-3-6-15)
16 Company B - Fascinated (6wks 32-21-12-9-9-16)
17 Whitesnake - Is This Love (3wks 25-20-17)
18 Herb Alpert ft Janet Jackson - Diamonds (3wks 36-25-18)
19 Alexander O'Neal - Fake (3wks 26-18-19)

20 Atlantic Starr - Always (2wks 34-20)

21 Heart - Alone (1wk 21 NEW)
22 Prince - If I Was Your Girlfriend (1wk 22 NEW)
23 Terence Trent D'arby - Wishing Well (1wk 23 NEW)
24 Broken English - Comin' On Strong (4wks 29-18-15-24)
25 Eric Clapton & Tina Turner - Tearing Us Apart (1wk 25 NEW)
26 Ultravox - All In One Day (1wk 26 NEW)
27 Genesis - Throwing It All Away (1wk 27 NEW)
28 Donna Allen - Serious (4wks 24-16-17-28)
29 Beastie Boys - No Sleep To Brooklyn (3wks 20-19-29)

30 Wet Wet Wet - Wishing I Was Lucky (8wks 28-17-11-9-6-7-14-30)

31 Alison Moyet - Ordinary Girl (4wks 16-11-16-31)
32 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Jammin' To Me (2wks 35-32)
33 Echo & The Bunnymen - The Game (2wks 33-33)
34 Robert Cray - Right Next Door (Because Of Me) (3wks 35-31-34)
35 Dave Dobbyn - Slice Of Heaven (2wks 37-35)
36 Soup Dragons - Can't Take No More (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Thompson Twins - Long Goodbye (3wks 30-24-37)
38 Pepsi & Shirlie - Goodbye Stranger (3wks 34-32-38)
39 Bryan Adams - Hearts On Fire (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Guns N' Roses - It's So Easy (1wk 40 NEW)

LP Crowded House - Hole In The River (1LP Crowded House)

[rubcale]

01 Atlantic Starr Always
02 Bruce Willis Under The Boardwalk
03 Whitney Houston I Wanna Dance With Somebody
04 John Farnham You're The Voice
05 Heart Alone
06 Diana Ross Dirty Looks
07 Suzanne Vega Luka
08 Jody Watley Looking for A New Love
09 The Firm Star Trekkin'
10 ABC When Smokey Sings
11 Crowded House Don't Dream It's Over
12 Whitesnake Is This Love
13 Cliff Richard My Pretty One
14 Broken English Comin' On Strong
15 Erasure Victim Of Love
16 Billy Idol Sweet Sixteen
17 Simple Minds Promised You A Miracle
18 Donna Allen Serious
19 Herb Alpert Diamonds
20 Terence Trent D'arby Wishing Well

[smokeyb]

1 (13) The Firm - Star Trekkin' (3 wks)
2 (3) U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (3 wks)
3 (6) Heart - Alone (4 wks)
4 (5) Broken English - Comin' On Strong (4 wks)
5 (7) Whitesnake - Is This Love (3 wks)
6 (1) Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over (6 wks)
7 (2) Suzanne Vega - Luka (5 wks)
8 (10) ABC - When Smokey Sings (3 wks)
9 (11) Erasure - Victim Of Love (4 wks)
10 (15) Chris Rea - Let's Dance (3 wks)
11 (12) Beastie Boys - No Sleep Till Brooklyn (4 wks)
12 (8) Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams (13 wks)
13 (4) Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (5 wks)
14 (17) Alison Moyet - Ordinary Girl (4 wks)
15 (21) George Michael - I Want Your Sex (2 wks)
16 (18) Run DMC - It's Tricky (4 wks)
17 (NE) Curiosity Killed The Cat - Misfit (1 wk)
18 (28) Hue And Cry - Labour Of Love (2 wks)
19 (9) Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run (5 wks)
20 (22) Echo & the Bunnymen - The Game (2 wks)
21 (31) Christians - Hooverville (2 wks)
22 (19) Pepsi & Shirlie - Goodbye Stranger (4 wks)
23 (NE) Simple Minds - Promised You A Miracle (1 wk)
24 (NE) Terence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well (1 wk)
25 (33) Living In A Box - Scales Of Justice (2 wks)
26 (40) The Kane Gang - Motortown (2 wks)
27 (14) Fleetwood Mac - Big Love (12 wks)
28 (NE) Prince - If I Was Your Girlfriend (1 wk)
29 (16) Bruce Willis - Under The Broadwalk (4 wks)
30 (20) Boy George - Keep Me In Mind (3 wks)
31 (NE) Genesis - Throwing It All Away (1 wk)
32 (23) John Farnham - You're The Voice (10 wks)
33 (24) Johnny Logan - Hold Me Now (5 wks)
34 (25) Simply Red -Infidelity (5 wks)
35 (NE) Cliff Richard - My Pretty One (1 wk)
36 (35) Thompson Twins - Long Goodbye (3 wks)
37 (NE) Bryan Adams - Hearts On Fire (1 wk)
38 (26) Marillion - Incommunicado (5 wks)
39 (27) Housemartins - Five Get Over Excited (5 wks)
40 (NE) Eric Clapton - Tearing Us Apart (1 wk)

[coolchristie2]

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

[Whitneyfan]

01(02) U2 – I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
02(01) Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
03(08) Heart – Alone
04(09) Atlantic Starr – Always
05(07) Carly Simon – Give Me All Night
06(03) Suzanne Vega – Luka
07(06) Crowded House – Don’t Dream It’s Over
08(04) Alison Moyet – Ordinary Girl
09(15) Whitesnake – Is This Love
10(11) Chris Rea – Let’s Dance

11(05) Erasure – Victim Of Love
12(24) The Christians – Hooverville (And They Promised Us The World)
13(12) ABC – When Smokey Sings
14(14) George Michael – I Want Your Sex
15(21) The Firm – Star Trekkin’
16(27) Echo And The Bunnymen – The Game
17(32) Jennifer Rush & Elton John – Flames Of Paradise
18(19) Alexander O’Neal – Fake
19(--) Terence Trent D’arby – Wishing Well
20(13) Run DMC – It’s Tricky

21(10) The Housemartins – Five Get Over Excited
22(37) Billy Idol – Sweet Sixteen
23(29) Jack ‘N’ Chill – The Jack That House Built
24(40) Hue And Cry – Labour Of Love
25(--) Prince – If I Was Your Girlfriend
26(16) Samantha Fox – Nothing’s Gonna Stop Me Now
27(23) Broken English – Comin’ On Strong
28(41) Joyce Sims – Lifetime Love
29(48) Breakfast Club – Right On Track
30(18) Tina Turner – Break Every Rule

31(--) Curiosity Killed The Cat – Misfit
32(31) Boy George – Keep Me In Mind
33(--) Cliff Richard – My Pretty One
34(17) Georgia Satellites – Battleship Chains
35(43) Janet Jackson – The Pleasure Principle
36(39) Herb Alpert – Diamonds
37(35) Bruce Willis – Under The Boardwalk
38(--) Ultravox – All In One Day
39(20) Starship – Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now
40(--) Simple Minds – Promised You A Miracle (Live)

41(--) Hazell Dean – Always Doesn’t Mean Forever
42(22) Men They Couldn’t Hang – Ghosts Of Cable Street
43(47) Living In A Box – Scales Of Justice
44(--) Genesis – Throwing It All Away
45(--) Eric Clapton & Tina Turner – Tearing Us Apart
46(--) Maxi Priest – Woman In You
47(25) Poison – Talk Dirty To Me
48(--) Freddie McGregor – Just Don’t Want To Be Lonely
49(--) Guns N Roses – It’s So Easy
50(--) Eric B & Rakim – I Know You Got Soul

[o]

1 1 Georgia Satellites – Battleship chains #1
2 4 Beastie Boys – No sleep til Brooklyn #2
3 5 Crowded House – Don’t dream it’s over #3
4 2 Depeche Mode – Strangelove #1
5 7 Broken English – Comin’ on strong #5
6 8 Chris Rea – Let’s dance #6
7 10 Robert Cray Band – Right next door #7
8 12 Alexander O’ Neal – Fake #8
9 6 Suzanne Vega – Luka #6
10 13 Echo and the Bunnymen – The game #10
11 3 Zodiac Mindwarp – Prime mover #3
12 9 Bruce Springsteen – Born to run (live) #9
13 15 Whitesnake – Is this love? #13
14 17 Heart – Alone #13
15 18 U2 – I still haven’t found what I’m looking for #15
16 20 Christians – Hooverville #16
17 21 Hue & Cry – Labour of love #17
18 NE Curiosity Killed the Cat – Misfit #18
19 NE Terence Trent D'Arby – Wishing well #19
20 29 Art of Noise – Moments in love #20
21 30 ABC – When Smokey sings #21
22 NE Simple Minds – Promised you a miracle (live) #22
23 NE Bryan Adams – Hearts on fire #23
24 11 Cure – Why cant I be you? #1
25 14 Fleetwood Mac – Big love #2
26 16 Run DMC – It’s tricky #12
27 19 Cult – Lil devil #4
28 22 Erasure – Victim of love #20
29 23 Marillion – Incommunicado #13
30 24 John Farnham – You’re the voice #12

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: ABC - WHEN SMOKEY SINGS
2 [2] :: Alexander O'Neal - FAKE
3 [6] :: Firm - STAR TREKKIN'
4 [3] :: Chris Rea - LET'S DANCE
5 [4] :: Tina Turner - BREAK EVERY RULE
6 [15] :: Robert Cray Band - RIGHT NEXT DOOR (BECAUSE OF ME)
7 [5] :: Housemartins - FIVE GET OVER EXCITED
8 [7] :: U2 - I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR
9 [11] :: Crowded House - DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER
10 [new] :: Ultravox - ALL IN ONE DAY
11 [new] :: Whitney Houston - LOVE IS A CONTACT SPORT {Whitney LP track}
12 [13] :: Christians - HOOVERVILLE (AND THEY PROMISED US THE WORLD)
13 [8] :: Wet Wet Wet - WISHING I WAS LUCKY
14 [9] :: Suzanne Vega - LUKA
15 [new] :: Billy Idol - SWEET SIXTEEN
16 [17] :: Erasure - VICTIM OF LOVE
17 [18] :: George Michael - I WANT YOUR SEX
18 [re] :: Whitney Houston - I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME)
19 [new] :: Cliff Richard - MY PRETTY ONE
20 [new] :: Terence Trent D'Arby - WISHING WELL

[Earl Purple]

1(1) Suzanne Vega - Luka
2(5) Heart - Alone
3(6) ABC - When Smokey Sings
4(2) John Farnham - You're The Voice
5(3) Marillion - Incommunicado

6(9) U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
7(4) Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
8(12) Whitesnake - Is This Love
9(18) Firm - Star Trekkin'
10(15) Kenny G - Songbird

11(7) Housemartins - Five Get Over Excited
12(8) Erasure - Victim Of Love
13(17) Chris Rea - Let's Dance
14(21) George Michael - I Want Your Sex
15(25) Bob Seger - Shakedown

16(23) Echo & The Bunnymen - The Game
17(10) Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - Head To Toe
18(11) Atlantic Starr - Always
19(-) Crowded House - Something So Strong
20(29) Broken English - Comin' On Strong

21(-) Curiosity Killed The Cat - Misfit
22(-) Terence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well
23(27) Boy George - Keep Me In Mind
24(14) Simply Red - Infidelity
25(22) Bruce Willis - Under The Boardwalk

26(30) Alexander O'Neal - Fake
27(16) Beastie Boys - No Sleep Till Brooklyn
28(13) Johnny Logan - Hold Me Now
29(-) Prince - If I Was Your Girlfriend
30(-) Living In A Box - Scales Of Justice

--(19) Gary Moore - Friday On My Mind
--(20) Labi Siffre - (Something Inside) So Strong
--(24) Pepsi And Shirlie - Goodbye Stranger
--(26) Herb Alpert ft Janet Jackson - Diamonds
--(28) Samantha Fox - Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now

No relation to Labi Siffre's NM #1, there is no "Inside" in the title of this one.

[popchartfreak]

16th June 1987

It's all about the 60's as Tom Jones childhood fave goes to the very top (as it would have done back in the day if I'd been charting), his first chart-topper either way 19 years since debuting. Quite the wait. Just to keep the 60's vogue going, all my fave oldies of that week are from the 60's - Andy and Walker Brothers have both gone on to top my charts in later decades, when I changed the rules to allow album tracks that had never charted (eg on Greatest Hits that were in the UK album charts) and re-issues of singles once again.

Prince has a massive climb to 3 as a posthumous album of original versions of gifted songs are forced out of his locked vault, most of them not as good as the covers, oddly. Sometimes other acts can find the magic and focus on it more than the writer can! ABC get their first top 10 in 3 years, Pet Shop Boys make it 100% top 10 to date (these days it's about 198% as they rarely fail with official singles, but tend to get loads of album tracks that also go top 10), and Jody watley gets her first top 10 since Shalamar's last goodie in 1983, but she makes it 8 years in top 10 span.

In at 16 it's George Michael, and I had to buy the single to bloody get to hear it thanks to the BBC banning it - ridiculous of course, it's mild compared to the stuff in the charts these days when blatant sexual references and swearwords are obligatory, albeit usually bleeped on the radio (wouldn't want to lose cash income for "artistic integrity" would we...). I'm not a prude, I swear all the time, and when it's got an artistic purpose (like I Want Your Sex did, at least in the video), fine. Mostly it's just superfluous and pointless though.

A huge climb For Curiosity into the 20, with Janet not far behind, in fact lots of top 40 climbers as there is a sudden massive drop to some tracks as I realise they are pretty naff (Star Trekkin, Live Springsteen) so fingers-crossed the penny drops on Whitney next week! In at 36 another decent single from a slagged-off album, and a rather disappointing Glass Spider tour that I saw, Time Will Crawl - and it did! At 44, Shaky does Glitter: somehow think that's never going to happen ever again, anyone covering Gary Glitter. Gary Numan is back with Radio Heart again, just look at the Gary's around in those days before one of them killed the name stone dead. Alexander O'Neal keep sup the classic run of Jam & Lewis singles with Fake, The Christians return with another social commentary song, always good, and it's Chris Montez with Let's Dance. Rea! I mean Rea. Not the same song. Unfortunately.

1 ( 3 ) IT’S NOT UNUSUAL Tom Jones
2 ( 1 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2
3 ( 38 ) IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND Prince
4 ( 6 ) I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME) Whitney Houston
5 ( 4 ) IN DREAMS Roy Orbison
6 ( 11 ) COMING ON STRONG Broken English
7 ( 2 ) GET IT ON (’87 REMIX) T.Rex
8 ( 20 ) WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC
9 ( 18 ) IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys
10 ( 17 ) LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE Jody Watley

11 ( 15 ) DIAMONDS Herb Alpert featuring Janet Jackson
12 ( 9 ) DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER Crowded House
13 ( 5 ) SHATTERED DREAMS Johnny Hates Jazz
14 ( 14 ) UNDER THE BOARDWALK Bruce Willis with The Temptations
15 ( 7 ) WISHING I WAS LUCKY Wet Wet Wet
16 ( NEW ) I WANT YOUR SEX George Michael
17 ( 21 ) MOTORTOWN The Kane Gang
18 ( 8 ) PRIME MOVER Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction
19 ( 10 ) LIVING IN A BOX Living In A Box
20 ( 67 ) MISFIT Curiosity Killed The Cat

21 ( 47 ) THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE Janet Jackson
22 ( 16 ) NOTHING’S GONNA STOP US NOW Starship
23 ( 19 ) BREAK EVERY RULE Tina Turner
24 ( 24 ) NO SLEEP TIL BROOKLYN The Beastie Boys
25 ( 12 ) SERIOUS Donna Allen
26 ( 13 ) SHAME OMD
27 ( 31 ) WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM Paul Carrack
28 ( 28 ) ALONE Heart
29 ( 29 ) DEAR GOD XTC
30 ( 36 ) LUKA Suzanne Vega

31 ( 40 ) IT’S TRICKY Run DMC
32 ( 50 ) SWEET SIXTEEN Billy Idol
33 ( 42 ) GOODBYE STRANGER Pepsi & Shirley
34 ( 23 ) LA ISLA BONITA Madonna
35 ( 34 ) EVERY KINDA PEOPLE Mint Juleps
36 ( NEW ) TIME WILL CRAWL David Bowie
37 ( 41 ) KEEP ME IN MIND Boy George
38 ( 43 ) ORDINARY GIRL Alison Moyet
39 ( 60 ) FLAMES OF PARADISE Elton John & Jennifer Rush
40 ( 48 ) VICTIM OF LOVE Erasure

41 ( 22 ) FIVE GET OVER EXCITED The Housemartins
42 ( 32 ) (SOMETHING INSIDE) SO STRONG Labi Siffre
43 ( 37 ) MOVE OVER DARLING Doris Day
44 ( NEW ) A LITTLE BOOGIE WOOGIE IN THE BACK OF MY MIND Shakin’ Stevens
45 ( 58 ) SCALES OF JUSTICE Living In A Box
46 ( 39 ) ALONE AGAIN OR The Damned
47 ( RE ) GET READY Carol Hitchcock
48 ( 74 ) WISHING WELL Terence Trent D’Arby
49 ( 46 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson
50 ( NEW ) LONDON TIMES Radio Heart & Gary Numan

51 ( 35 ) JACK MIX II Mirage
52 ( 33 ) BIG LOVE Fleetwood Mac
53 ( 49 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael
54 ( 27 ) BACK AND FORTH Cameo
55 ( 62 ) DISTANT LAND (DA DOO BOM BOM) Radio Earth
56 ( 26 ) BORN TO LOVE (LIVE) Bruce Springsteen
57 ( 30 ) FRIDAY ON MY MIND Gary Moore
58 ( NEW ) FAKE Alexander O’Neal
59 ( 25 ) STAR TREKKIN’ The Firm
60 ( NEW ) THAT’S THE WAY IT FEELS Two Nations

61 ( 69 ) YEARS GO BY Stan Campbell
62 ( NEW ) NOTHING’S GONNA STOP ME NOW Samantha Fox
63 ( 59 ) WHAT’S GOING ON Cyndi Lauper
64 ( NEW ) HOOVERVILLE (THEY PROMISED US THE WORLD) The Christians
65 ( 63 ) I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING (FOR ME) Aretha Franklin & George Michael
66 ( NEW ) RIGHT ON TRACK The Breakfast Club
67 ( RE ) I’M BAD LL Cool J
68 ( 66 ) PENNY LANE/STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles
69 ( 65 ) STAND BY ME Ben E. King
70 ( 70 ) HUMAN Human League

71 ( 75 ) THROWING IT ALL AWAY Genesis
72 ( 71 ) SHIP OF FOOLS World Party
73 ( NEW ) LET’S DANCE Chris Rea
74 ( NEW ) PROMISED YOU A MIRACLE (LIVE) Simple Minds
75 ( NEW ) RED HOT Princess



Playlist oldies of the week
1 ALMOST THERE Andy Williams
2 MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF The Walker Brothers
3 I COULDN’T LIVE WITHOUT YOUR LOVE Petula Clark