Haven Combi Retro-Chart W/B 21st June 1987

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HAVEN COMBI RETRO-CHART W/B 21st JUNE 1987

With a sense of inevitability, the Pet Shop Boys storm straight to the top of the Retro-Chart with It’s A Sin.



For only the fourth time in Retro-Chart history we see a song enter at number one. Duran Duran set the precedent for this in 1984 with The Reflex, quickly followed by Band Aid with Do They Know It’s Christmas. We then had to wait just over a couple of years for George and Aretha to repeat this feat with I Knew You Were Waiting, which went straight to the top of the chart in January of this year. And now the Pet Shop Boys have turned the same trick.

So, Neil and Chris continue their remarkable run of number one singles on here. Every song they have released has hit the top of the chart. No other act on the 80s Retro-Chart comes close to matching this 100% strike-rate. The Pet Shop Boys pull ahead of the Eurythmics on the Number One Leaderboard, and are now just two away from joint leaders Duran Duran and Madonna.

It's A Sin is also the first time this year that a song has featured on every single individual chart. Their universal popularity on here means we could be looking at another lengthy residency at the top.

All of this means that U2 spend another frustrated week at number two with I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, which is now unlikely to go any higher.

Heart have been moving steadily up the chart over the last few weeks. Alone is up to number three this week, becoming their biggest hit to date, as it swaps places with When Smokey Sings by ABC.

And what of last week's number one?  Whitney fails to become the first act in almost three years to spend five weeks at number one as I Wanna Dance With Somebody sinks all the way to number six.

There’s a huge jump of 24 places for Cliff Richard as My Pretty One ends up at number 16 to become this week’s biggest climber.

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

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LW   TW ARTIST / SONG TITLE

NEW   1 Pet Shop Boys - IT'S A SIN
2        2 U2 - I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR
6        3 Heart - ALONE
3        4 ABC - WHEN SMOKEY SINGS
5        5 Firm - STAR TREKKIN'
1        6 Whitney Houston - I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME)
8        7 Whitesnake - IS THIS LOVE
7        8 Crowded House - DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER
4        9 Suzanne Vega - LUKA
9      10 Chris Rea - LET'S DANCE

12    11 Atlantic Starr - Always
NEW 12 XTC - DEAR GOD
13    13 George Michael - I WANT YOUR SEX
13    14 Alexander O'Neal - FAKE
NEW 15 Terence Trent D'Arby - WISHING WELL
40    16 Cliff Richard - MY PRETTY ONE
30    17 Curiosity Killed The Cat - MISFIT
15    18 Broken English - COMIN' ON STRONG
11    19 John Farnham - YOU'RE THE VOICE
32    20 Hue and Cry - LABOUR OF LOVE

26    21 Christians - HOOVERVILLE
15    22 Beastie Boys - NO SLEEP TILL BROOKLYN
23    23 Bruce Willis - UNDER THE BOARDWALK
34    23 Prince - IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND
24    25 Diana Ross - DIRTY LOOKS
30    26 Janet Jackson - THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE
17    26 Jody Watley - LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE
28    26 Kane Gang - MOTORTOWN
36    29 Billy Idol - SWEET SIXTEEN
22    30 Run DMC - IT'S TRICKY

10    31 Erasure - VICTIM OF LOVE
19    32 Echo and The Bunnymen - THE GAME
28    32 Robert Cray Band - RIGHT NEXT DOOR
18    34 Alison Moyet - ORDINARY GIRL
20    35 Housemartins - FIVE GET OVER EXCITED
20    35 Samantha Fox - NOTHING'S GONNA STOP ME NOW
36    37 Eric B and Rakim - I KNOW YOU GOT SOUL
36    37 Georgia Satellites - BATTLESHIP CHAINS
NEW 39 Rouen - YOUNG FOR A DAY
32    40 Pepsi and Shirlie - GOODBYE STRANGER
40    40 Rappin' Reverend - I AIN'T INTO THAT
36    40 Tom Jones - IT'S NOT UNUSUAL

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OFFICIAL CHART W/B 28th JUNE 1987

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

02 - 05 - 01 - Pet Shop Boys - IT'S A SIN 
05 - 01 - 02 - Firm - STAR TREKKIN'
06 - 03 - 03 - Bruce Willis - UNDER THE BOARDWALK
07 - 02 - 04 - Whitney Houston - I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME)
03 - 14 - 05 - Terence Trent D'Arby - WISHING WELL
12 - 07 - 06 - John Farnham - YOU'RE THE VOICE
08 - 09 - 07 - Curiosity Killed The Cat - MISFIT
04 - 04 - 08 - George Michael - I WANT YOUR SEX
05 - 11 - 09 - Whitesnake - IS THIS LOVE
03 - 26 - 10 - Cliff Richard - MY PRETTY ONE
05 - 12 - 11 - ABC - WHEN SMOKEY SINGS
05 - 18 - 12 - Chris Rea - LET'S DANCE
07 - 06 - 13 - Johnny Logan - HOLD ME NOW
06 - 08 - 14 - Samantha Fox - NOTHING'S GONNA STOP ME NOW
14 - 10 - 15 - Starship - NOTHING'S GONNA STOP US NOW
06 - 25 - 16 - Atlantic Starr - ALWAYS
1 - NEW - 17 - A-ha - THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
06 - 21 - 18 - Broken English - COMIN' ON STRONG
03 - 22 - 19 - Simple Minds - PROMISED YOU A MIRACLE (LIVE)
03 - 23 - 20 - Prince - IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND
05 - 13 - 21 - U2 - I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR
06 - 15 - 22 - Erasure - VICTIM OF LOVE
04 - 35 - 23 - Billy Idol - SWEET SIXTEEN
09 - 16 - 24 - Jody Watley - LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE
06 - 17 - 25 - Tom Jones - IT'S NOT UNUSUAL
02 - 46 - 26 - Black - SWEETEST SMILE
08 - 27 - 27 - Crowded House - DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER
06 - 45 - 28 - Heart - ALONE
06 - 19 - 29 - Pepsi And Shirlie - GOODBYE STRANGER
09 - 20 - 30 - Mirage - JACK MIX II/III
04 - 30 - 31 - Living In A Box - SCALES OF JUSTICE
03 - 37 - 32 - Genesis - THROWING IT ALL AWAY
02 - 40 - 33 - David Bowie - TIME WILL CRAWL
06 - 24 - 34 - Run DMC - IT'S TRICKY
04 - 28 - 35 - Janet Jackson - PLEASURE PRINCIPLE
05 - 32 - 36 - Herb Alpert - DIAMONDS
04 - 34 - 37 - Joyce Sims - LIFETIME LOVE
04 - 48 - 38 - Christians - HOOVERVILLE (AND THEY PROMISED US THE WORLD)
1 - NEW - 39 - Jackie Wilson - (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) HIGHER AND HIGHER
15 - 33 - 40 - Wet Wet Wet - WISHING I WAS LUCKY
1 - NEW - 41 - Cure - CATCH
15 - 31 - 42 - Johnny Hates Jazz - SHATTERED DREAMS
06 - 29 - 43 - Beastie Boys - NO SLEEP TILL BROOKLYN
02 - 51 - 44 - Shakin' Stevens - A LITTLE BOOGIE WOOGIE (IN THE BACK OF MY MIND)
02 - 44 - 45 - Anthrax - INDIANS
07 - 36 - 46 - Suzanne Vega - LUKA
04 - 47 - 47 - Hue And Cry - LABOUR OF LOVE
05 - 41 - 48 - Alexander O'Neal - FAKE
1 - NEW - 49 - Man 2 Man - I NEED A MAN
1 - NEW - 50 - Kenny G - SONGBIRD
04 - 50 - 51 - Robert Cray Band - RIGHT NEXT DOOR
03 - 63 - 52 - Freddie McGregor - JUST DON'T WANT TO BE LONELY
13 - 39 - 53 - Donna Allen - SERIOUS
04 - 68 - 54 - Breakfast Club - RIGHT ON TRACK
04 - 64 - 55 - Dennis Edwards And Siedah Garrett - DON'T LOOK ANY FORTHER
04 - 65 - 56 - Kane Gang - MOTORTOWN
05 - 62 - 57 - Noel Murphy - MURPHY AND THE BRICKS 
04 - 60 - 58 - Princess - RED HOT
03 - 57 - 59 - Bryan Adams - HEARTS ON FIRE
04 - 38 - 60 - Echo And The Bunnymen - THE GAME
03 - 56 - 61 - Eric Clapton - TEARING US APART
15 - 43 - 62 - Judy Boucher - CAN'T BE WITH YOU TONIGHT
02 - 76 - 63 - Mantronix - SCREAM
05 - 58 - 64 - Jack 'N' Chill - THE JACK THAT HOUSE BUILT
02 - 70 - 65 - Trouble Funk - WOMAN OF PRINCIPLE
14 - 42 - 66 - Tom Jones - A BOY FROM NOWHERE
02 - 81 - 67 - Errol Brown - PERSONAL TOUCH
1 - NEW - 68 - Judy Boucher - YOU CAUGHT MY EYE
02 - 88 - 69 - Ben E King - SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME
04 - 59 - 70 - Jennifer Rush And Elton John - FLAMES OF PARADISE
05 - 77 - 71 - LL Cool J - I'M BAD
04 - 54 - 72 - 2 Puerto Ricans A Blackman And A Dominican - NO WAY BACK/DO IT PROPERLY
04 - 52 - 73 - Jimmy Roselli - WHEN YOUR OLD WEDDING RING WAS NEW
13 - 73 - 74 - Nitro Deluxe - THIS BRUTAL HOUS
1 - NEW - 75 - Boogie Box High - JIVE TALKIN'

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

I'll leave this open until next Saturday!

[rubcale]

01 Atlantic Starr Always
02 Cliff Richard My Pretty One
03 Heart Alone
04 Bruce Willis Under The Boardwalk
05 The Firm Star Trekkin'
06 Terence Trent D'arby Wishing Well
07 Pet Shop Boys It's A Sin
08 Whitesnake Is This Love
09 ABC When Smokey Sings
10 Simple Minds Promise You A Miracle
11 Shakin' Stevens A Little Boogie Woogie (In The Back Of My Mind)
12 Suzanne Vega Luka
13 John Farnham You're The Voice
14 Diana Ross Dirty Looks
15 Freddie McGregor Just Don't Want To Be Lonely
16 Jody Watley Looking For A New Love
17 Crowded House Don't Dream It's Over
18 Billy Idol Sweet Sixteen
19 A-Ha The Living Daylights
20 Luther Vandross I Didn't really Mean It

[TheThorne]

1 1 Whitesnake - IS THIS LOVE
2 4 ABC - WHEN SMOKEY SINGS
3 3 Hue & Cry - LABOUR OF LOVE
4 2 Heart - ALONE
5 7 The Kane Gang - MOTORTOWN
6 13 Pet Shop Boys - IT'S A SIN
7 5 Suzanne Vega - LUKA
8 16 XTC - DEAR GOD
9 6 U2 - I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR
10 19 Deacon Blue - LOADED
11 9 The Christians - HOOVERVILLE
12 8 Chris Rea - LET'S DANCE
13 11 FM - LET LOVE BE THE LEADER
14 21 Black - SWEETEST SMILE
15 10 Crowded House - DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER
16 22 Terence Trent Darby - WISHING WELL
17 30 The Outfield - SINCE YOU’VE BEEN GONE
18 18 The Jets - YOU GOT IT ALL
19 12 Atlantic Starr - ALWAYS
20 23 Curiosity Killed The Cat - MISFIT
21 25 Genesis - THROWING IT ALL AWAY
22 new A-Ha - THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
23 31 Guns N' ROSES - ITS SO EASY
24 24 Bryan Adams - HEARTS ON FIRE
25 14 Erasure - VICTIM OF LOVE
26 15 Cry Before Dawn - GONE FOREVER
27 new Lisa Lisa - HEAD TO TOE
28 17 Billy Idol - SWEET SIXTEEN
29 26 Simple Minds - PROMISED YOU A MIRACLE
30 36 Luther Vandross - I REALLY DIDN'T MEAN IT
31 20 Whitney Houston - I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY
32 new That Petrol Emotion - DANCE
33 new Boogie Box High - JIVE TALKIN
34 new Kenny G - Songbird
35 new The Cure - CATCH
36 28 Echo & The Bunnymen - THE GAME
37 27 Cutting Crew - ANY COLOUR
38 new B52s - WIG
39 new Primal Scream - GENTLE TUESDAY
40 29 Beastie Boys - NO SLEEP TILL BROOKLYN

Lets celebrate their big day at Glastonbury

[raliverpool]

01 XTC - Dear God (2wks 1-1)
02 Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin (2wks 2-2)
03 Curiosity Killed The Cat - Misfit (3wks 6-3-3)
04 Kane Gang - Motortown (4wks 13-5-5-4)
05 ABC - When Smokey Sings (5wks 14-8-3-4-5)
06 Heart - Alone (3wks 21-13-6)
07 Genesis - Throwing It All Away (3wks 27-16-7)
08 Janet Jackson - Pleasure Principle (4wks 28-8-6-8)
09 David Bowie - Time Will Crawl (2wks 15-9)

10 Atlantic Starr - Always (4wks 34-20-14-10)

11 Terence Trent D'arby - Wishing Well (3wks 23-17-11)
12 Cure - Catch (1wk 12 NEW)
13 a-ha - The Living Daylights (1wk 13 NEW)
14 Firm - Star Trekkin' (4wks 26-10-12-14)
15 George Michael - I Want Your Sex (4wks 12-7-8-15)
16 Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - Head To Toe (6wks 31-17-11-9-11-16)
17 Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (7wks 8-1-1-1-1-7-17)
18 Prince - If I Was Your Girlfriend (3wks 22-18-18)
19 Whitesnake - Is This Love (5wks 25-20-17-19-19)

20 Crowded House - Something So Strong (2wks 23-20)

21 U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (5wks 4-3-4-9-21)
22 Billy Idol - Sweet Sixteen (2wks 28-22)
23 Cliff Richard - My Pretty One (2wks 36-23)
24 Black - Sweetest Smile (1wk 24 NEW)
25 Suzanne Vega - Luka (7wks 22-10-6-4-2-10-25)
26 Bob Seger - Shakedown (1wk 26 NEW)
27 That Petrol Emotion - Swamp (1wk 27 NEW)
28 Replacements - Alex Chilton (1wk 28 NEW)
29 Eric Clapton & Tina Turner - Tearing Us Apart (3wks 25-22-29)

30 Christians - Hooverville (And They Promised Us The World) (2wks 35-30)

31 Primal Scream - Gentle Tuesday (2wks 33-31)
32 Justified Ancients of Mu Mu - All You Need Is Love (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Herb Alpert ft Janet Jackson - Diamonds (5wks 36-25-18-20-33)
34 Chris Rea - Let's Dance (2wks 37-34)
35 Ultravox - All In One Day (3wks 26-21-35)
36 Living In A Box - Scales Of Justice (2wks 34-36)
37 Soup Dragons - Can't Take No More (3wks 36-29-37)
38 Husker Du - Ice Cold Ice (1wk 38 NEW)
39 John Farnham - A Touch of Paradise (1wk 39 NEW)

40 System - Don't Disturb This Groove (1wk 40 NEW)

LP Genesis - The Brazilian (1LP Invisible Touch)

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4        1) Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin (4-1)
5        2) Atlantic Starr - Always (28-8-5-2)
1        3) Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (4-1-1-1-1-1-3)
2        4) Alexander O'Neal - Fake (19-7-3-2-4)
3        5) The Firm - Star Trekkin' (36-16-7-3-5)
7        6) Eddy Huntington - Up and Down (36-22-14-9-7-6)
15      7) Terence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well (26-15-7)
8        8) Paul Lekakis - Boom Boom (Let's Go Back To My Room) (37-25-17-11-8-8)
19      9) Prince - If I Was Your Girlfriend (28-19-9)
12    10) Run-DMC - It's Tricky (35-26-18-13-12-10)

10    11) Pepsi and Shirlie - Goodbye Stranger (33-21-20-14-10-11)
20    12) ABC - When Smokey Sings (32-27-24-20-12)
18    13) Whitesnake - Is This Love (39-26-20-18-13)
30    14) Heart - Alone (30-14)
6      15) Samantha Fox - Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now (27-11-4-2-6-15)
17    16) Suzanne Vega - Luka (39-30-27-23-18-17-16)
23    17) Breakfast Club - Right On Track (35-30-23-17)
33    18) Deacon Blue - Loaded (33-18)
9      19) Nona Hendryx - Why Should I Cry (34-14-7-3-2-4-9-19)
24    20) Hazell Dean - Always Doesn't Mean Forever (32-24-20)
32    21) Chantoozies - He's Gonna Step On You Again (32-21)
NEW 22) A-Ha - The Living Daylights (22)
25    23) FM - Let Love Be The Leader (39-31-25-23)
26    24) Lou Gramm - Ready Or Not (36-29-26-24)
11    25) Janet Jackson - The Pleasure Principle (22-12-11-25)
NEW 26) Boogie Box High - Jive Talkin' (26)
29    27) Cliff Richard - My Pretty One (39-29-27)
35    28) Will To Power - Dreamin' (35-28)
13    29) REO Speedwagon - Variety Tonight (39-27-20-11-6-3-5-13-29)
34    30) Bryan Adams - Hearts On Fire (37-34-30)

36    31) JM Silk - She's So Far Away (36-31)
NEW 32) Kenny G - Songbird (32)
39    33) Errol Brown - Personal Touch (39-33)
NEW 34) Regina Belle - Show Me The Way (34)
14    35) Alison Moyet - Ordinary Girl (32-24-21-17-14-35)
NEW 36) Bobby Womack - How Could You Break My Heart (36)
NEW 37) Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam - Head To Toe (37)
16    38) Donna Allen - Serious (32-26-18-12-10-9-6-16-38)
NEW 39) David and David - Ain't So Easy (39)
NEW 40) Pernilla Wahlgren - Every Time When We're Together (40)

Highest new entry from A-Ha with the new Bond theme:

[smokeyb]

1 (10) Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin (2 wks)
2 (3) Heart - Alone (6 wks)
3 (6) ABC - When Smokey Sings (5 wks)
4 (1) The Firm - Star Trekkin' (5 wks)
5 (2) U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (5 wks)
6 (9) Hue And Cry - Labour Of Love (4 wks)
7 (7) Chris Rea - Let's Dance (5 wks)
8 (18) David Bowie - Time Will Crawl (2 wks)
9 (13) Curiosity Killed The Cat - Misfit (3 wks)
10 (29) XTC - Dear God (2 wks)
11 (4) Broken English - Comin' On Strong (6 wks)
12 (5) Whitesnake - Is This Love (5 wks)
13 (22) Genesis - Throwing It All Away (3 wks)
14 (17) Christians - Hooverville (4 wks)
15 (20) Terence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well (3 wks)
16 (19) Simple Minds - Promised You A Miracle (3 wks)
17 (30) Black - Sweetest Smile (2 wks)
18 (NE) A-Ha - The Living Daylights (1 wk)
19 (21) The Kane Gang - Motortown (4 wks)
20 (23) Prince - If I Was Your Girlfriend (3 wks)
21 (8) Erasure - Victim Of Love (6 wks)
22 (NE) Cure - Catch (1 wk)
23 (11) George Michael - I Want Your Sex (4 wks)
24 (12) Alison Moyet - Ordinary Girl (6 wks)
25 (16) Run DMC - It's Tricky (6 wks)
26 (26) Living In A Box - Scales Of Justice (4 wks)
27 (14) Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over (8 wks)
28 (15) Suzanne Vega - Luka (7 wks)
29 (24) Beastie Boys - No Sleep Till Brooklyn (6 wks)
30 (25) Echo & the Bunnymen - The Game (4 wks)
31 (NE) Jackie Wilson - Higher And Higher (1 wk)
32 (32) Eric Clapton - Tearing Us Apart (3 wks)
33 (27) Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams (15 wks)
34 (28) Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (7 wks)
35 (31) Bryan Adams - Hearts On Fire (3 wks)
36 (33) Cliff Richard - My Pretty One (3 wks)
37 (34) Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run (7 wks)
38 (35) Pepsi & Shirlie - Goodbye Stranger (6 wks)
39 (36) Fleetwood Mac - Big Love (14 wks)
40 (NE) Errol Brown - Personal Touch (1 wk)

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Mark's Top 40 weekending 21st June 1987

1 (1) It's A Sin - Pet Shop Boys
2 (3) My Pretty One - Cliff Richard
3 (2) I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
4 (4) Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House
5 (12) A Little Boogie Woogie (In The Back Of My Mind) - Shakin' Stevens
6 (14) Under The Boardwalk - Bruce Willis
7 (17) Wishing Well - Terence Trent D'Arby
8 (7) Alone - Heart
9 (6) The Slightest Touch - Five Star
10 (11) You're The Voice - John Farnham
11 (5) I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) - Whitney Houston
12 (8) I Want Your Sex - George Michael
13 (10) Is This Love - Whitesnake
14 (New) The Living Daylights - A-ha
15 (13) When Smokey Sings - ABC
16 (9) Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship
17 (New) Jive Talkin' - Boogie Box High
18 (15) Victim Of Love - Erasure
19 (16) Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now - Samantha Fox
20 (18) The Sweetest Smile - Black
21 (New) You Caught My Eye - Judy Boucher
22 (19) Ordinary Girl - Alison Moyet
23 (20) Shattered Dreams - Johnny Hates Jazz
24 (21) Throwing It All Away - Genesis
25 (22) The Pleasure Principle - Janet Jackson
26 (New) Personal Touch - Errol Brown
27 (23) Just Don't Want To Be Lonely - Freddie McGregor
28 (24) Tonight Tonight Tonight - Genesis
29 (25) If I Was Your Girlfriend - Prince
30 (26) Always - Atlantic Starr
31 (27) (Something Inside) So Strong - Labi Siffre
32 (28) Hooverville - The Christians
33 (29) With Or Without You - U2
34 (31) Let's Dance - Chris Rea
35 (32) Looking For A New Love - Jody Watley
36 (New) (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher - Jackie Wilson
37 (35) The Game - Echo & The Bunnymen
38 (37) Goodbye Stranger - Pepsi & Shirlie
39 (38) Living In A Box - Living In A Box
40 (30) Five Get Over Excited - The Housemartins

[darkstar79]

01 Eric B. & Rakim – I Know You Got Soul (3 wks)
02 Beastie Boys – No Sleep Till Brooklyn (6 wks)
03 Pet Shop Boys – It’s A Sin (2 wks)
04 The Rappin’ Reverend – I Ain’t Into That (4 wks)
05 Jackson Sisters – I Believe In Miracles (3 wks)
06 The Firm – Star Trekkin’ (5 wks)
07 Echo And The Bunnymen – The Game (4 wks)
08 LL Cool J – I’m Bad (5 wks)
09 The Housemartins – Five Get Over Excited (7 wks)
10 Freeez – Southern Freeez (6 wks)

11 Kool Chip Feat. Toni Smith – Jazz It Up (1 wk)
12 Salt ‘N’ Pepa – My Mic Sounds Nice (12 wks)
13 Maceo And The Macks – Cross The Track (We Better Go Back) (9 wks)
14 Mantronix – Scream (2 wks)
15 Aretha Franklin – Rock-A-Lott (3 wks)
16 Run DMC – It’s Tricky (18 wks)
17 King Sun-D Moet – Hey Love (2 wks)
18 The Pogues & The Dubliners – The Irish Rover (15 wks)
19 Primal Scream – Gentle Tuesday (2 wks)
20 Alexander O’Neal – Fake (5 wks)

21 The Cure – Catch (1 wk)
22 Herb Alpert Feat. Janet Jackson – Diamonds (5 wks)
23 4 By Four – Want You For My Girlfriend (4 wks)
24 DJ Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince – A Touch Of Jazz (6 wks)
25 Pepsie & Shirlie – Goodbye Stranger (6 wks)
26 Janet Jackson – The Pleasure Principle (6 wks)
27 Soup Dragons – Can’t Take No More (3 wks)
28 Joyce Sims – Lifetime Love (4 wks)
29 The Smiths – Sheila Take A Bow (11 wks)
30 Beastie Boys – Brass Monkey (16 wks)

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Pet Shop Boys – It’s A Sin
02(06) Terence Trent D’arby – Wishing Well
03(02) U2 – I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
04(07) The Christians – Hooverville (And They Promised Us The World)
05(03) Heart – Alone
06(04) Atlantic Starr – Always
07(08) Whitesnake – Is This Love
08(12) Prince – If I Was Your Girlfriend
09(05) Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
10(13) Hue And Cry – Labour Of Love

11(09) The Firm – Star Trekkin’
12(14) Cliff Richard – My Pretty One
13(29) Freddie McGregor – Just Don’t Want To Be Lonely
14(17) Billy Idol – Sweet Sixteen
15(21) Curiosity Killed The Cat – Misfit
16(11) Suzanne Vega – Luka
17(32) Shakin’ Stevens – A Little Boogie Woogie (In The Back Of My Mind)
18(10) Carly Simon – Give Me All Night
19(19) Jack ‘N’ Chill – The Jack That House Built
20(44) Luther Vandross – I Really Didn’t Mean It

21(--) A-ha – The Living Daylights
22(33) Janet Jackson – The Pleasure Principle
23(28) Joyce Sims – Lifetime Love
24(42) David Bowie – Time Will Crawl
25(16) Alison Moyet – Ordinary Girl
26(23) Breakfast Club – Right On Track
27(30) Genesis – Throwing It All Away
28(15) Crowded House – Don’t Dream It’s Over
29(45) Black – Sweetest Smile
30(18) George Michael – I Want Your Sex

31(46) XTC – Dear God
32(41) Eric B & Rakim – I Know You Got Soul
33(20) Alexander O’Neal – Fake
34(--) The Cure – Catch
35(22) Chris Rea – Let’s Dance
36(37) Eric Clapton & Tina Turner – Tearing Us Apart
37(48) Errol Brown – Personal Touch
38(35) Maxi Priest – Woman In You
39(38) Guns N Roses – It’s So Easy
40(25) Erasure – Victim Of Love

41(27) ABC – When Smokey Sings
42(31) Ultravox – All In One Day
43(40) Living In A Box – Scales Of Justice
44(--) The B-52’s – Wig
45(24) Echo And The Bunnymen – The Game
46(26) Jennifer Rush & Elton John – Flames Of Paradise
47(--) Judy Boucher – You Caught My Eye
48(--) Kenny G – Songbird
49(--) Elkie Brooks – We’ve Got Tonight
50(--) Boogie Box High – Jive Talkin’

[popchartfreak]

30th June 1987

It's a first week on top for the epic sounds of It's A Sin, Pet Shop Boys' 4th chart-topper, and the 3rd in a row. In at 2 it's the 3rd reissued oldie smash for the late Jackie Wilson, as Higher And Higher is back at a new peak of 2: the US hit record was already two years old when it made the UK charts in the Summer of '69, and it featured in my first batch of actual charts aged 11 years old. Then it was a double-A reissued hit again in the Summer of '75, when I was 17 - and here I was in my late 20's and it was a hit yet again - so essentially the first record to chart for me in 3 decades.

Herb Alpert gets his 3rd top 5, Bowie's list of top 5's runs to 15 years, and Janet J gets two consecutive top 10's. Cliff has a big top 20 climb, and Jive Talking is back - another Summer Of '75 track: only it's not The Bee Gees, it's George Michael, his second cousin, Andros Georgiou ,Nick Heyward & Mick Talbot (of Style Council), and it's in at 13. George's ex-Wham! backing singers are up to 17, Pepsi & Shirley, his previous Wham! singer Dee C. Lee having run off with Paul Weller, also of Style Council. I enjoy a good link.

Roger Daltrey's back for a chart run of 14 years solo, 18 years including the Who. Who's That Girl? Madonna's back with her latest film theme. No, nobody went to see it, but the record was good. Lone Justice return with the fab Shelter, Robbie Nevil grabs a 3rd, the Nana's come back with a blisteringly good SAW track, I Heard A Rumour, soul vets recently in the charts both return: Percy Sledge & Ben E. King, Hue & Cry debut, The Mac are looking at Seven Wonders an 19 years of hits, and if you wanted to Catch The Cure you should have been watching the Glasto coverage last night when they closed the festival a mere 32 years later....


1 ( 2 ) IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys
2 ( NEW ) HIGHER AND HIGHER (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) Jackie Wilson
3 ( 1 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2
4 ( 7 ) DIAMONDS Herb Alpert featuring Janet Jackson
5 ( 15 ) TIME WILL CRAWL David Bowie
6 ( 6 ) MISFIT Curiosity Killed The Cat
7 ( 8 ) WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC
8 ( 5 ) COMING ON STRONG Broken English
9 ( 4 ) IT’S NOT UNUSUAL Tom Jones
10 ( 12 ) THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE Janet Jackson

11 ( 3 ) IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND Prince
12 ( 31 ) MY PRETTY ONE Cliff Richard
13 ( NEW ) JIVE TALKING Boogie Box High featuring George Michael
14 ( 11 ) UNDER THE BOARDWALK Bruce Willis with The Temptations
15 ( 13 ) DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER Crowded House
16 ( 17 ) MOTORTOWN The Kane Gang
17 ( 24 ) GOODBYE STRANGER Pepsi & Shirley
18 ( 10 ) DEAR GOD XTC
19 ( 22 ) NO SLEEP TIL BROOKLYN The Beastie Boys
20 ( 26 ) SWEET SIXTEEN Billy Idol

21 ( 9 ) I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME) Whitney Houston
22 ( 33 ) WISHING WELL Terence Trent D’Arby
23 ( 29 ) FLAMES OF PARADISE Elton John & Jennifer Rush
24 ( 16 ) WISHING I WAS LUCKY Wet Wet Wet
25 ( 39 ) LET’S DANCE Chris Rea
26 ( 28 ) ALONE Heart
27 ( 18 ) SHATTERED DREAMS Johnny Hates Jazz
28 ( 20 ) GET IT ON (’87 REMIX) T.Rex
29 ( 19 ) LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE Jody Watley
30 ( 35 ) FAKE Alexander O’Neal

31 ( 21 ) LUKA Suzanne Vega
32 ( 38 ) RIGHT ON TRACK The Breakfast Club
33 ( 34 ) PERSONAL TOUCH Errol Brown
34 ( NEW ) HEARTS ON FIRE Roger Daltrey
35 ( NEW ) WHO’S THAT GIRL Madonna
36 ( 25 ) NOTHING’S GONNA STOP US NOW Starship
37 ( 65 ) ALWAYS Atlantic Starr
38 ( NEW ) SHELTER Lone Justice
39 ( 14 ) I WANT YOUR SEX George Michael
40 ( NEW ) DON’T LOOK ANY FURTHER Dennis Edwards featuring Siedah Garrett

41 ( NEW ) WOT’S IT TO YA Robbie Nevil
42 ( 27 ) PRIME MOVER Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction
43 ( 45 ) SCALES OF JUSTICE Living In A Box
44 ( NEW ) I HEARD A RUMOUR Bananarama
45 ( 40 ) LA ISLA BONITA Madonna
46 ( 23 ) IN DREAMS Roy Orbison
47 ( 48 ) HOOVERVILLE (THEY PROMISED US THE WORLD) The Christians
48 ( 57 ) HEY LOVE King Sun D Moet
49 ( NEW ) COVER ME Percy Sledge
50 ( 66 ) PROMISED YOU A MIRACLE (LIVE) Simple Minds

51 ( 52 ) RED HOT Princess
52 ( 51 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson
53 ( 59 ) THE GAME Echo & The Bunnymen
54 ( 32 ) LIVING IN A BOX Living In A Box
55 ( 37 ) BREAK EVERY RULE Tina Turner
56 ( NEW ) LABOUR OF LOVE Hue And Cry
57 ( 41 ) SHAME OMD
58 ( 56 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael
59 ( 49 ) MOVE OVER DARLING Doris Day
60 ( NEW ) SEVEN WONDERS Fleetwood Mac

61 ( 69 ) THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS a-ha
62 ( 46 ) EVERY KINDA PEOPLE Mint Juleps
63 ( 73 ) PENNY LANE/STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles
64 ( NEW ) JUST DON’T WANNA BE LONELY Freddie MacGregor
65 ( 30 ) KEEP ME IN MIND Boy George
66 ( 36 ) VICTIM OF LOVE Erasure
67 ( 71 ) THROWING IT ALL AWAY Genesis
68 ( 67 ) HUMAN Human League
69 ( NEW ) HEAD TO TOE Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
70 ( 58 ) ALONE AGAIN OR The Damned

71 ( NEW ) CATCH The Cure
72 ( 55 ) (SOMETHING INSIDE) SO STRONG Labi Siffre
73 ( NEW ) IS THIS LOVE Whitesnake
74 ( 43 ) LONDON TIMES Radio Heart & Gary Numan
75 ( NEW ) SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME Ben E. King


FAVE OLDIES OF THE WEEK
1 I WANT TO STAY HERE Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme
2 PILLOW TALK Sylvia
3 PANINARO Pet Shop Boys

[coolchristie2]

01 Star Trekkin' - The Firm
02 You're The Voice - John Farnham
03 Alone - Heart
04 It's A sin - Pet Shop Noys
05 Dirty Looks - Diana Ross
06 My Pretty One - Cliff Richard
07 The Living Daylights - A-ha
08 Looking For A New Love - Jody Watley
09 Sweet Sixteen - Billy Idol
10 Alone - Heart
11 (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher
12 When Smokey Sings - ABC
13 Lifetime Love - Joyce Simms
14 Songbird - Kenny G
15 Flames Of Paradise - Jennifer Rush & Elton John
16 Always Doesn't Mean Forever - Hazell Dean
17 Let's Dance - Chris Rea
18 Serious - Donna Allen
19 You Caught My Eye - Judy Boucher
20 I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) - Whitney Houston

[o]

1 4 Pet Shop Boys – It’s a sin #1
2 7 Chris Rea – Let’s dance #2
3 1 Georgia Satellites – Battleship chains #1
4 9 Alexander O’ Neal – Fake #4
5 13 XTC – Dear God #5
6 8 Robert Cray Band – Right next door #6
7 2 Beastie Boys – No sleep til Brooklyn #2
8 3 Crowded House – Don’t dream it’s over #3
9 14 Heart – Alone #9
10 6 Broken English – Comin’ on strong #6
11 16 Terence Trent D’Arby – Wishing well #11
12 17 Curiosity Killed the Cat – Misfit #12
13 18 Christians – Hooverville #13
14 19 Hue & Cry – Labour of love #14
15 29 Cure – Catch #15
16 30 Aha – The living daylights #16
17 20 ABC – When Smokey sings #17
18 15 Whitesnake – Is this love? #15
19 21 Art of Noise – Moments in love #19
20 11 Suzanne Vega – Luka #6
21 12 Echo and the Bunnymen – The game #12
22 5 Depeche Mode – Strangelove #1
23 10 Zodiac Mindwarp – Prime mover #3
24 NE Mel & Kim – FLM #24
25 NE Peter Gabriel – Red rain #25
26 NE Beatmasters – Rok da house #26
27 22 Run DMC – It’s tricky #12
28 23 U2 – I still haven’t found what I’m looking for #18
29 24 Erasure – Victim of love #20
30 25 John Farnham – You’re the voice #12

[Kingpin]

coolchristie2 you've got Alone by Heart at numbers 3 and 10 - feel free to amend, otherwise will just take a top 19, no problem!

[Earl Purple]

1(1) Heart - Alone
2(3) ABC - When Smokey Sings
3(8) Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin
4(2) Suzanne Vega - Luka
5(4) U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

6(5) Whitesnake - Is This Love
7(6) Firm - Star Trekkin'
8(7) Kenny G - Songbird
9(9) Chris Rea - Let's Dance
10(18) Billy Idol - Sweet Sixteen

11(-) T'Pau - Heart And Soul
12(21) Cliff Richard - My Pretty One
13(16) Curiosity Killed The Cat - Misfit
14(-) Black - Sweetest Smile
15(-) A-Ha - The Living Daylights

16(14) Crowded House - Something So Strong
17(-) Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - Rhythm Is Gonna Get You
18(12) George Michael - I Want Your Sex
19(13) Bob Seger - Shakedown
20(17) Terence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well

21(-) Christians - Hooverville (And They Promised Us The World)
22(28) David Bowie - Time Will Crawl
23(10) Marillion - Incommunicado
24(20) Broken English - Comin' On Strong
25(24) Prince - If I Was Your Girlfriend

26(11) John Farnham - You're The Voice
27(25) Living In A Box - Scales Of Justice
28(15) Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
29(-) Motley Crue - Girls Girls Girls
30(19) Echo & The Bunnymen - The Game

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--(22) Housemartins - Five Get Over Excited
--(23) Erasure - Victim Of Love
--(26) Boy George - Keep Me In Mind
--(27) Alexander O'Neal - Fake
--(29) Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - Head To Toe
--(30) Atlantic Starr - Always

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This has just entered the US top 20 but is by a British band featuring a female lead singer called Carol Decker. I wonder if they'll find any success over here.

[Shireblogger]

1 [4] :: Pet Shop Boys - IT'S A SIN
2 [3] :: Rouen - YOUNG FOR A DAY
3 [1] :: Alexander O'Neal - FAKE
4 [2] :: ABC - WHEN SMOKEY SINGS
5 [7] :: Crowded House - DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER
6 [6] :: Firm - STAR TREKKIN'
7 [5] :: XTC - DEAR GOD
8 [new] :: Heart - ALONE
9 [new] :: Cure - CATCH
10 [8] :: Chris Rea - LET'S DANCE
11 [9] :: Robert Cray Band - RIGHT NEXT DOOR (BECAUSE OF ME)
12 [16] :: Black - SWEETEST SMILE
13 [14] :: Christians - HOOVERVILLE (AND THEY PROMISED US THE WORLD)
14 [new] :: Billy Idol - SWEET SIXTEEN
15 [12] :: U2 - I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR
16 [15] :: Ultravox - ALL IN ONE DAY
17 [new] :: Erasure - VICTIM OF LOVE
18 [13] :: Terence Trent D'Arby - WISHING WELL
19 [17] :: Prince - IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND
20 [new] :: Genesis - THROWING IT ALL AWAY

[TheThorne]

Jul 4, 2019 11:12:08 GMT 1 Earl Purple said:

1(1) Heart - Alone
2(3) ABC - When Smokey Sings
3(8) Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin
4(2) Suzanne Vega - Luka
5(4) U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

6(5) Whitesnake - Is This Love
7(6) Firm - Star Trekkin'
8(7) Kenny G - Songbird
9(9) Chris Rea - Let's Dance
10(18) Billy Idol - Sweet Sixteen

11(-) T'Pau - Heart And Soul
12(21) Cliff Richard - My Pretty One
13(16) Curiosity Killed The Cat - Misfit
14(-) Black - Sweetest Smile
15(-) A-Ha - The Living Daylights

16(14) Crowded House - Something So Strong
17(-) Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - Rhythm Is Gonna Get You
18(12) George Michael - I Want Your Sex
19(13) Bob Seger - Shakedown
20(17) Terence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well

21(-) Christians - Hooverville (And They Promised Us The World)
22(28) David Bowie - Time Will Crawl
23(10) Marillion - Incommunicado
24(20) Broken English - Comin' On Strong
25(24) Prince - If I Was Your Girlfriend

26(11) John Farnham - You're The Voice
27(25) Living In A Box - Scales Of Justice
28(15) Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
29(-) Motley Crue - Girls Girls Girls
30(19) Echo & The Bunnymen - The Game

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--(22) Housemartins - Five Get Over Excited
--(23) Erasure - Victim Of Love
--(26) Boy George - Keep Me In Mind
--(27) Alexander O'Neal - Fake
--(29) Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - Head To Toe
--(30) Atlantic Starr - Always

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This has just entered the US top 20 but is by a British band featuring a female lead singer called Carol Decker. I wonder if they'll find any success over here.

Its already been out was released back in April but apart from support from Gary Davies who made it single of the week, nobody else is playing it. I would have charted it then on my original charts as I heard it during the Easter holidays  but on these remade charts, we will have to wait a little while for it. I bought it then though, instant love possibly my song of the year so far