Haven Combi Retro-Chart W/B 5th July 1987

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HAVEN COMBI RETRO-CHART W/B 5th JULY 1987

A third week at the top for the Pet Shop Boys as they continue to shatter records with their latest release. Number one on a massive eight individual charts, It’s A Sin is Top Five on every single chart. With just twelve points dropped this week from a perfect score, they once again extend the biggest weekly score, this time to 248 points.



So the Top Three remain static, with Heart stuck at number two with Alone and ABC at number three with When Smokey Sings.

Terence Trent D’Arby makes a quick return to the Top Five as Wishing Well moves up to number four, following up his previous success with If You Let Me Stay.

Another act who are Retro-Chart favourites are A-Ha, who return to the Top Five with The Living Daylights, their eighth Top Ten hit in less then two years.

Highest new entry is from Mel and Kim, who are back in at number 13 with F.L.M, the follow-up to their huge number one single Respectable.

Biggest climb is from Black, who leaps 22 places to number 8 with Sweetest Smile, easily beating the number 25 peak of previous single, Everything’s Coming Up Roses.

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

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LW   TW ARTIST / SONG TITLE

1        1 Pet Shop Boys - IT'S A SIN
2        2 Heart - ALONE
3        3 ABC - WHEN SMOKEY SINGS
6        4 Terence Trent D'Arby - WISHING WELL
19      5 A-Ha - THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
8        6 Cliff Richard - MY PRETTY ONE
9        7 XTC - DEAR GOD
30      8 Black - SWEETEST SMILE
11      9 Curiosity Killed The Cat - MISFIT
4        9 Firm - STAR TREKKIN'

5      11 U2 - I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR
12    12 Atlantic Starr - Always
14    13 Alexander O'Neal - FAKE
31    13 Cure - CATCH
NEW 13 Mel and Kim - F.L.M.
20    16 Prince - IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND
7      16 Whitesnake - IS THIS LOVE
17    18 Christians - HOOVERVILLE
34    19 Genesis - THROWING IT ALL AWAY
15    19 Hue and Cry - LABOUR OF LOVE

20    21 David Bowie - TIME WILL CRAWL
23    22 Kane Gang - MOTORTOWN
20    23 Billy Idol - SWEET SIXTEEN
10    23 Chris Rea - LET'S DANCE
NEW 25 Freddie McGregor - JUST DON'T WANT TO BE LONELY
NEW 26 Boogie Box High - JIVE TALKIN'
NEW 26 Fleetwood Mac - SEVEN WONDERS
28    28 Jackie Wilson - HIGHER AND HIGHER (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME)
28    28 Shakin' Stevens - A LITTLE BOOGIE WOOGIE (IN THE BACK OF MY MIND)

24    30 Bruce Willis - UNDER THE BOARDWALK
15    31 Suzanne Vega - LUKA
NEW 32 Deacon Blue - LOADED
18    33 Whitney Houston - I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME)
25    34 John Farnham - YOU'RE THE VOICE
NEW 35 Bananarama - I HEARD A RUMOUR
26    35 Beastie Boys - NO SLEEP TILL BROOKLYN
36    35 Kenny G - SONGBIRD
NEW 38 Peter Gabriel - RED RAIN
37    39 Eric B and Rakim - I KNOW YOU GOT SOUL
NEW 40 Crowded House - SOMETHING SO STRONG
NEW 40 Luther Vandross - I REALLY DIDN'T MEAN IT
32    40 Robert Cray Band - RIGHT NEXT DOOR
38    40 Rouen - YOUNG FOR A DAY

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OFFICIAL CHART W/B 12th JULY 1987

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

04 - 01 - 01 - Pet Shop Boys - IT'S A SIN 
08 - 02 - 02 - Bruce Willis - UNDER THE BOARDWALK
1 - NEW - 03 - Madonna - WHO'S THAT GIRL
05 - 04 - 04 - Terence Trent D'Arby - WISHING WELL
08 - 07 - 05 - Atlantic Starr - ALWAYS
03 - 05 - 06 - A-ha - THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
02 - 16 - 07 - Mel And Kim - FLM
04 - 12 - 08 - Black - SWEETEST SMILE
08 - 15 - 09 - Heart - ALONE
07 - 03 - 10 - Firm - STAR TREKKIN'
05 - 06 - 11 - Cliff Richard - MY PRETTY ONE
09 - 08 - 12 - Whitney Houston - I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME)
04 - 26 - 13 - Shakin' Stevens - A LITTLE BOOGIE WOOGIE (IN THE BACK OF MY MIND)
03 - 31 - 14 - Boogie Box High - JIVE TALKIN'
03 - 21 - 15 - Jackie Wilson - (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) HIGHER AND HIGHER
10 - 10 - 16 - Curiosity Killed The Cat - MISFIT
14 - 09 - 17 - John Farnham - YOU'RE THE VOICE
06 - 17 - 18 - Billy Idol - SWEET SIXTEEN
07 - 11 - 19 - Whitesnake - IS THIS LOVE
07 - 13 - 20 - Chris Rea - LET'S DANCE
06 - 27 - 21 - Christians - HOOVERVILLE (AND THEY PROMISED US THE WORLD)
07 - 14 - 22 - ABC - WHEN SMOKEY SINGS
05 - 37 - 23 - Freddie McGregor - JUST DON'T WANT TO BE LONELY
05 - 22 - 24 - Genesis - THROWING IT ALL AWAY
03 - 32 - 25 - Kenny G - SONGBIRD
08 - 18 - 26 - Broken English - COMIN' ON STRONG
03 - 30 - 27 - Cure - CATCH
02 - 55 - 28 - Bananarama - I HEARD A RUMOUR
06 - 19 - 29 - George Michael - I WANT YOUR SEX
16 - 28 - 30 - Starship - NOTHING'S GONNA STOP US NOW
05 - 24 - 31 - Prince - IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND
1 - NEW - 32 - Los Lobos - LA BAMBA
09 - 20 - 33 - Johnny Logan - HOLD ME NOW
06 - 50 - 34 - Hue And Cry - LABOUR OF LOVE
04 - 60 - 35 - Luther Vandross - I REALLY DIDN'T MEAN IT
05 - 25 - 36 - Simple Minds - PROMISED YOU A MIRACLE (LIVE)
02 - 52 - 37 - Gap Band - OOPS UPSIDE YOUR HEAD
1 - NEW - 38 - Boy George - SOLD
07 - 29 - 39 - U2 - I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR
08 - 23 - 40 - Samantha Fox - NOTHING'S GONNA STOP ME NOW
10 - 33 - 41 - Crowded House - DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER
1 - NEW - 42 - Beastie Boys - SHE'S ON IT
02 - 57 - 43 - Swing Out Sister - FOOLED BY A SMILE
04 - 45 - 44 - Errol Brown - PERSONAL TOUCH
06 - 48 - 45 - Kane Gang - MOTORTOWN
02 - 51 - 46 - Peter Gabriel - RED RAIN
04 - 46 - 47 - Mantronix - SCREAM
02 - 67 - 48 - Robbie Nevil - WOT'S IT TO YA
14 - RE - 49 - Beatles - ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE
08 - 34 - 50 - Erasure - VICTIM OF LOVE
11 - 40 - 51 - Mirage - JACK MIX II/III
1 - NEW - 52 - Was (Not Was) - SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE
11 - 35 - 53 - Jody Watley - LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE
06 - 36 - 54 - Living In A Box - SCALES OF JUSTICE
04 - 42 - 55 - David Bowie - TIME WILL CRAWL
02 - 68 - 56 - Fleetwood Mac - SEVEN WONDERS
06 - 38 - 57 - Joyce Sims - LIFETIME LOVE 
02 - 65 - 58 - Linda Ronstadt And James Ingram - SOMEWHERE OUT THERE
1 - NEW - 59 - Suzanne Vega - TOM'S DINER
1 - NEW - 60 - Anita Dobson - TALKING OF LOVE
03 - 53 - 61 - Judy Boucher - YOU CAUGHT MY EYE
08 - 39 - 62 - Tom Jones - IT'S NOT UNUSUAL
07 - 41 - 63 - Herb Alpert - DIAMONDS
03 - 70 - 64 - That Petrol Emotion - DANCE
03 - 43 - 65 - Man 2 Man - I NEED A MAN
04 - 73 - 66 - King Sun-D Moet - HEY LOVE
04 - 58 - 67 - Anthrax - INDIANS
1 - NEW - 68 - Art Of Noise - DRAGNET
1 - NEW - 69 - Cabaret Voltaire - DON'T ARGUE
07 - 61 - 70 - Noel Murphy - MURPHY AND THE BRICKS
1 - NEW - 71 - Kid 'N' Play - LAST NIGHT
1 - NEW - 71 - Pseudo Echo - FUNKY TOWN
1 - NEW - 73 - Taffy - STEP BY STEP
1 - NEW - 74 - Steve Walsh - I FOUND LOVIN'
06 - 63 - 75 - Dennis Edwards And Siedah Garrett - DON'T LOOK ANY FURTHER

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

I'll leave this open until next Saturday!

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1       1) Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin (4-1-1-1)
10     2) Bananarama - I Heard A Rumour (10-2)
23     3) Spagna - Call Me (23-3)
6       4) Heart - Alone (30-14-6-4)
3       5) Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (4-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-5)
4       6) Terence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well (26-15-7-4-6)
11     7) Mel and Kim - F.L.M. (11-7)
2       8) Atlantic Starr - Always (28-8-5-2-2-8)
NEW  9) Madonna - Who's That Girl (9)
12    10) A-Ha - The Living Daylights (22-12-10)

8      11) Deacon Blue - Loaded (33-18-8-11)
14    12) Boogie Box High - Jive Talkin' (26-14-12)
16    13) Hazell Dean - Always Doesn't Mean Forever (32-24-20-16-13)
17    14) Chantoozies - He's Gonna Step On You Again (32-21-17-14)
35    15) Bolland and Bolland - Tears Of Ice (35-15)
32    16) Cindy Valentine - In Your Midnight Hour (32-16)
27    17) Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram - Somewhere Out There (27-17)
5      18) Alexander O'Neal - Fake (19-7-3-2-4-5-18)
7      19) Prince - If I Was Your Girlfriend (28-19-9-7-19)
9      20) ABC - When Smokey Sings (32-27-24-20-12-9-20)

30    21) Luther Vandross - I Really Didn't Mean It (30-21)
36    22) Freddie McGregor - Just Don't Want To Be Lonely (36-22)
13    23) Breakfast Club - Right On Track (35-30-23-17-13-23)
25    24) Regina Belle - Show Me The Way (34-25-24)
34    25) Pernilla Wahlgren - Every Time When We're Together (40-34-25)
29    26) Kenny G - Songbird (32-29-26)
37    27) Fleetwood Mac - Seven Wonders (37-27)
15    28) Eddy Huntington - Up and Down (36-22-14-9-7-6-15-28)
NEW 29) Hue and Cry - Labour Of Love (29)
NEW 30) Pseudo Echo - Funky Town (30)

18    31) Paul Lekakis - Boom Boom (Let's Go Back To My Room) (37-25-17-11-8-8-18-31)
38    32) Frizzle Sizzle - Second Chance (38-32)
19    33) FM - Let Love Be The Leader (39-31-25-23-19-33)
NEW 34) Los Lobos - La Bamba (34)
NEW 35) Taffy - Step By Step (35)
20    36) Lou Gramm - Ready Or Not (36-29-26-24-20-36)
NEW 37) Roger Daltrey - Hearts Of Fire (37)
NEW 38) Aretha Franklin - Rock-a-Lott (38)
21    39) Run-DMC - It's Tricky (35-26-18-13-12-10-21-39)
24    40) Will To Power - Dreamin' (35-28-24-40)

A couple of big climbs for songs that did well across Europe, the highest of which is from Bolland and Bolland, authors of the Status Quo hit, In The Army Now:

[Whitneyfan]

01(02) Fleetwood Mac – Seven Wonders
02(01) Pet Shop Boys – It’s A Sin
03(04) Freddie McGregor – Just Don’t Want To Be Lonely
04(08) Luther Vandross – I Really Didn’t Mean It
05(--) Madonna – Who’s That Girl
06(07) Cliff Richard – My Pretty One
07(03) Terence Trent D’arby – Wishing Well
08(11) A-ha – The Living Daylights
09(05) Prince – If I Was Your Girlfriend
10(26) Bananarama – I Heard A Rumour

11(06) U2 – I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
12(35) Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram – Somewhere Out There
13(23) The Cure – Catch
14(18) Black – Sweetest Smile
15(21) XTC – Dear God
16(30) Mel & Kim – F.L.M.
17(09) Whitesnake – Is This Love
18(29) Kenny G – Songbird
19(13) Shakin’ Stevens – A Little Boogie Woogie (In The Back Of My Mind)
20(37) Jennifer Warnes – First We Take Manhattan

21(10) The Christians – Hooverville (And They Promised Us The World)
22(28) Judy Boucher – You Caught My Eye
23(12) Heart – Alone
24(41) Spagna – Call Me
25(16) David Bowie – Time Will Crawl
26(15) Atlantic Starr – Always
27(--) Suzanne Vega – Tom’s Diner
28(14) Hue And Cry – Labour Of Love
29(17) Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
30(22) Eric B & Rakim – I Know You Got Soul

31(25) Errol Brown – Personal Touch
32(32) The B-52’s – Wig
33(19) Curiosity Killed The Cat – Misfit
34(40) Elkie Brooks – We’ve Got Tonight
35(20) Billy Idol – Sweet Sixteen
36(46) Peter Gabriel – Red Rain
37(--) Los Lobos – La Bamba
38(44) Swing Out Sister – Fooled By A Smile
39(43) Boogie Box High – Jive Talkin’
40(--) Boy George – Sold

41(--) Then Jerico – The Motive
42(24) The Firm – Star Trekkin’
43(27) Suzanne Vega – Luka
44(--) Pseudo Echo – Funky Town
45(48) Robbie Nevil – Wot’s It To Ya
46(31) Carly Simon – Give Me All Night
47(--) Wax – Bridge To Your Heart
48(--) Beastie Boys – She’s On It
49(--) Was (Not Was) – Spy In The House Of Love
50(--) Steve Walsh – I Found Lovin’

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Mark's Top 40 weekending 5th July 1987

1 (1) My Pretty One - Cliff Richard
2 (2) It's A Sin - Pet Shop Boys
3 (3) Alone - Heart
4 (New) Who's That Girl - Madonna
5 (31) Seven Wonders - Fleetwood Mac
6 (4) Under The Boardwalk - Bruce Willis
7 (5) I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
8 (6) Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House
9 (7) FLM - Mel & Kim
10 (14) Sweetest Smile - Black
11 (8) A Little Boogie Woogie (In The Back Of My Mind) - Shakin' Stevens
12 (9) The Slightest Touch - Five Star
13 (10) I Heard A Rumour - Bananarama
14 (38) Let's Dance - Chris Rea
15 (11) Jive Talkin' - Boogie Box High
16 (12) Wishing Well - Terence Trent D'Arby
17 (13) You Caught My Eye - Judy Boucher
18 (15) Just Don't Want To Be Lonely - Freddie McGregor
19 (16) You're The Voice - John Farnham
20 (17) Victim Of Love - Erasure
21 (18) Throwing It All Away - Genesis
22 (19) I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) - Whitney Houston
23 (21) Is This Love - Whitesnake
24 (22) The Living Daylights - A-ha
25 (23) When Smokey Sings - ABC
26 (20) I Want Your Sex - George Michael
27 (25) Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now - Samantha Fox
28 (33) Always - Atlantic Starr
29 (27) Shattered Dreams - Johnny Hates Jazz
30 (28) The Pleasure Principle - Janet Jackson
31 (29) Personal Touch - Errol Brown
32 (New) Funky Town - Pseudo Echo
33 (30) Tonight Tonight Tonight - Genesis
34 (32) If I Was Your Girlfriend - Prince
35 (New) Sold - Boy George
36 (25) Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship
37 (36) Hooverville - The Christians
38 (37) Fooled By A Smile - Swing Out Sister
39 (39) Looking For A New Love - Jody Watley
40 (New) Talking Of Love - Anita Dobson

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01 Atlantic Starr Always
02 Cliff Richard My Pretty One
03 Freddie McGregor Just Don't Want To Be Lonely
04 Mel & Kim F.L.M
05 Pet Shop Boys It's A Sin
06 Heart Alone
07 Shakin' Stevens A Little Boogie Woogie (In The Back Of My Mind)
08 A-Ha The Living Daylights
09 Bruce Willis Under The Boardwalk
10 Spagna Call Me
11 Gap Band Oops Upside Your Head
12 Luther Vandross I Didn't Really Mean It
13 The Firm Star Trekkin'
14 Los Lobos La Bamba
15 Boogie Box High Jive Talkin'
16 Terence Trent D'arby Wishing Well
17 Wax Bridge To Your Heart
18 ABC When Smokey Sings
19 Jackie Wilson Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher And Higher
20 Christians - Hooverville (And They Promised Us The World)

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Good single from Cliff - not often he does so well in our chart but he still can't break the 100pts barrier.

[darkstar79]

01 Eric B. & Rakim – I Know You Got Soul (5 wks)
02 Kid ‘n’ Play – Last Night (1 wk)
03 Public Enemy – You’re Gonna Get Yours (1 wk)
04 Beastie Boys – She’s On It (1 wk)
05 Beastie Boys – No Sleep Till Brooklyn (8 wks)
06 Jackson Sisters – I Believe In Miracles (5 wks)
07 The Rappin’ Reverend – I Ain’t Into That (6 wks)
08 Pet Shop Boys – It’s A Sin (4 wks)
09 LL Cool J – I’m Bad (7 wks)
10 The Firm – Star Trekkin’ (7 wks)

11 Echo And The Bunnymen – The Game (6 wks)
12 Freeez – Southern Freeez (8 wks)
13 The Gap Band – Oops Upside Your Head (2 wks)
14 Kool Chip Feat. Toni Smith – Jazz It Up (3 wks)
15 The Housemartins – Five Get Over Excited (9 wks)
16 Mantronix – Scream (4 wks)
17 Salt ‘N’ Pepa – My Mic Sounds Nice (14 wks)
18 Beat Masters Feat. Cookie Crew – Rock Da House (2 wks)
19 Herb Alpert – Making Love In The Rain (1 wk)
20 Mel & Kim – F.L.M. (2 wks)

21 Maceo And The Macks – Cross The Track (We Better Go Back) (11 wks)
22 King Sun-D Moet – Hey Love (4 wks)
23 The Bodines – Skankin Queens (1 wk)
24 Alexander O’Neal – Fake (7 wks)
25 Primal Scream – Gentle Tuesday (4 wks)
26 The Cure – Catch (3 wks)
27 Herb Alpert Feat. Janet Jackson – Diamonds (7 wks)
28 4 By Four – Want You For My Girlfriend (6 wks)
29 Run DMC – It’s Tricky (20 wks)
30 The Pogues & The Dubliners – The Irish Rover (17 wks)

[TheThorne]

1 2 ABC - WHEN SMOKEY SINGS
2 3 Pet Shop Boys - IT'S A SIN
3 1 Whitesnake - IS THIS LOVE
4 new Wax - BRIDGE TO YOUR HEART
5 8 Black - SWEETEST SMILE
6 5 XTC - DEAR GOD
7 new Pseudo Echo - FUNKY TOWN
8 4 Hue & Cry - LABOUR OF LOVE
9 12 A-Ha - THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
10 new Then Jerico - THE MOTIVE
11 9 FM - LET LOVE BE THE LEADER
12 6 Deacon Blue - LOADED
13 16 Guns N' ROSES - ITS SO EASY
14 7 Heart - ALONE
15 18 Billy Idol - SWEET SIXTEEN
16 24 Fleetwood Mac - SEVEN WONDERS
17 10 The Kane Gang - MOTORTOWN
18 11 Suzanne Vega - LUKA
19 new Huey Lewis & The News - DOIN IT ALL FOR MY BABY
20 13 The Outfield - SINCE YOU’VE BEEN GONE
21 14 Terence Trent Darby - WISHING WELL
22 28 Peter Gabriel - RED RAIN
23 30 Jennifer Warnes - FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN
24 new Madonna - WHO'S THAT GIRL
25 21 Luther Vandross - I REALLY DIDN'T MEAN IT
26 new Bob Seger - SHAKEDOWN
27 15 U2 - I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR
28 32 Spagna - CALL ME
29 17 Curiosity Killed The Cat - MISFIT
30 new All About Eve - FLOWERS IN OUR HAIR
31 23 Lisa Lisa - HEAD TO TOE
32 33 Swing Out Sister - FOOLED BY A SMILE
33 36 Mel And Kim - F.L.M
34 20 Genesis - THROWING IT ALL AWAY
35 19 The Christians - HOOVERVILLE
36 22 Chris Rea - LET'S DANCE
37 40 Bananarama - I HEARD A RUMOUR
38 27 The Cure - CATCH
39 25 Crowded House - DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER
40 26 The Jets - YOU GOT IT ALL

Huge week I bought all 3 of my big 3 entries together while on holiday, my first ever HMV!!  I played them to death. Its a slow burner but eventually its a big hit!!

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin (4 wks)
2 (2) ABC - When Smokey Sings (7 wks)
3 (4) XTC - Dear God (4 wks)
4 (6) Genesis - Throwing It All Away (5 wks)
5 (7) A-Ha - The Living Daylights (3 wks)
6 (5) Curiosity Killed The Cat - Misfit (5 wks)
7 (28) Fleetwood Mac - Seven Wonders (2 wks)
8 (3) Heart - Alone (8 wks)
9 (22) Peter Gabriel - Red Rain (2 wks)
10 (10) Terence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well (5 wks)
11 (27) Bananarama - I Heard A Rumour (2 wks)
12 (14) Black - Sweetest Smile (4 wks)
13 (21) Mel & Kim - FLM (2 wks)
14 (8) David Bowie - Time Will Crawl (4 wks)
15 (9) Hue And Cry - Labour Of Love (6 wks)
16 (12) Cure - Catch (3 wks)
17 (NE) Madonna - Who's That Girl (1 wk)
18 (11) Christians - Hooverville (6 wks)
19 (NE) Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner (1 wk)
20 (NE) Los Lobos - La Bamba (1 wk)
21 (NE) Beastie Boys - She's On It (1 wk)
22 (17) Prince - If I Was Your Girlfriend (5 wks)
23 (16) The Kane Gang - Motortown (6 wks)
24 (13) The Firm - Star Trekkin' (7 wks)
25 (40) Spagna - Call Me (2 wks)
26 (15) Simple Minds - Promised You A Miracle (5 wks)
27 (18) U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (7 wks)
28 (19) Chris Rea - Let's Dance (7 wks)
29 (20) Whitesnake - Is This Love (7 wks)
30 (30) Errol Brown - Personal Touch (3 wks)
31 (26) Jackie Wilson - Higher And Higher (3 wks)
32 (NE) Gap Band - Oops Upside Your Head (1 wk)
33 (NE) Pseudo Echo - Funkytown (1 wk)
34 (23) Broken English - Comin' On Strong (8 wks)
35 (24) Erasure - Victim Of Love (8 wks)
36 (25) Alison Moyet - Ordinary Girl (8 wks)
37 (29) George Michael - I Want Your Sex (6 wks)
38 (31) Run DMC - It's Tricky (8 wks)
39 (32) Living In A Box - Scales Of Justice (6 wks)
40 (NE) Then Jerico - The Motive (1 wk)

[o]

1 1 Pet Shop Boys – It’s a sin #1
2 5 Cure – Catch #2
3 4 XTC – Dear God #3
4 20 Los Lobos – La bamba #4
5 2 Chris Rea – Let’s dance #2
6 3 Alexander O’ Neal – Fake #3
7 7 Heart – Alone #7
8 13 Aha – The living daylights #8
9 15 Mel & Kim – FLM #9
10 16 Peter Gabriel – Red rain #10
11 23 Suzanne Vega – Tom’s diner #11
12 6 Georgia Satellites – Battleship chains #1
13 26 Madonna – Who’s that girl? #13
14 8 Robert Cray Band – Right next door #6
15 21 Beastie Boys – She’s on it #15
16 9 Terence Trent D’Arby – Wishing well #9
17 24 Pseudo Echo – Funkytown #17
18 10 Curiosity Killed the Cat – Misfit #10
19 11 Christians – Hooverville #11
20 12 Hue & Cry – Labour of love #12
21 ne Crowded House – Something so strong #21
22 Ne Siouxsie and the Banshees – Song from the edge of the world #22
23 14 Art of Noise – Moments in love #14
24 ne Boogie Box High – Jive talkin’ #24
25 Ne Spear of Destiny – Was that you? #25
26 17 Beatmasters – Rok da house #17
27 18 Beastie Boys – No sleep til Brooklyn #2
28 ne Wet Wet Wet – Sweet little mystery #28
29 19 Crowded House – Don’t dream it’s over #3
30 22 Broken English – Comin’ on strong #6

[raliverpool]

01 Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin (4wks 2-2-1-1)
02 Heart - Alone (5wks 21-13-6-3-2)
03 XTC - Dear God (4wks 1-1-2-3)
04 Genesis - Throwing It All Away (5wks 27-16-7-4-4)
05 Cure - Catch (3wks 12-6-5)
06 Boogie Box High - Jive Talkin' (2wks 17-6)
07 Black - Sweetest Smile (3wks 24-11-7)
08 Jennifer Warnes - First We Take Manhattan (2wks 18-8)
09 Madonna - Who's That Girl (1wk 9 NEW)

10 Curiosity Killed The Cat - Misfit (5wks 6-3-3-5-10)

11 Terence Trent D'arby - Wishing Well (5wks 23-17-11-8-11)
12 a-ha - The Living Daylights (3wks 13-10-12)
13 Bob Seger - Shakedown (3wks 26-14-13)
14 Swing Out Sister - Fooled By A Smile (2wks 24-14)
15 Atlantic Starr - Always (6wks 34-20-14-10-9-15)
16 Kane Gang - Motortown (6wks 13-5-5-4-7-16)
17 Boy George - Sold (1wk 17 NEW)
18 Bananarama - I Heard A Rumour (1wk 18 NEW)
19 Billy Idol - Sweet Sixteen (4wks 28-22-20-19)

20 Peter Gabriel - Red Rain (2wks 29-20)

21 Art Of Noise - Dragnet (1wk 21 NEW)

22 System - Don't Disturb This Groove (3wks 40-28-22)
23 Cliff Richard - My Pretty One (4wks 36-23-15-23)
24 Replacements - Alex Chilton (3wks 28-22-24)
25 ABC - When Smokey Sings (7wks 14-8-3-4-5-12-25)
26 Mel & Kim - FLM (2wks 30-26)
27 Expose - Point Of No Return (2wks 37-27)
28 Crowded House - Something So Strong (4wks 23-20-19-28)
29 Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - Rhythm Is Gonna Get You (1wk 29 NEW)

30 Roger Daltrey - Hearts Of Fire (2wks 32-30)

31 David Bowie - Time Will Crawl (4wks 15-9-13-31)
32 Janet Jackson - Pleasure Principle (6wks 28-8-6-8-16-32)
33 Christians - Hooverville (And They Promised Us The World) (4wks 35-30-27-33)
34 Fleetwood Mac - Seven Wonders (2wks 40-34)
35 Balaam & The Angel - I'll Show You Something Special (2wks 33-35)
36 Bodines - Skankin' Queens (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Was (Not Was) - Spy In The House Of Love (1wk 37 NEW)
38 All About Eve - Flowers In Our Hair (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Firm - Star Trekkin' (6wks 26-10-12-14-21-39)

40 Beastie Boys - She's On It (1wk 40 NEW)

LP U2 - Bullet The Blue Sky (1LP The Joshua Tree)

What a difference the 1980s would have been had Godley & Creme not become pioneering music video directors with one of their less well known promo videos. (Lol Creme later joined The Art Of Noise from 1998). This is one of the earliest examples of green/blue screen technology.

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Pet Shop Boys - IT'S A SIN
2 [2] :: Rouen - YOUNG FOR A DAY
3 [5] :: Peter Gabriel - RED RAIN
4 [6] :: Fleetwood Mac - SEVEN WONDERS
5 [8] :: Heart - ALONE
6 [3] :: Alexander O'Neal - FAKE
7 [4] :: ABC - WHEN SMOKEY SINGS
8 [7] :: Crowded House - DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER
9 [new] :: I Ludicrous - PREPOSTEROUS TALES
10 [13] :: Black - SWEETEST SMILE
11 [14] :: Christians - HOOVERVILLE (AND THEY PROMISED US THE WORLD)
12 [17] :: Genesis - THROWING IT ALL AWAY
13 [9] :: XTC - DEAR GOD
14 [10] :: Cure - CATCH
15 [12] :: Chris Rea - LET'S DANCE
16 [re] :: Cliff Richard - MY PRETTY ONE
17 [20] :: Kane Gang - MOTORTOWN
18 [18] :: Prince - IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND
19 [new] :: Suzanne Vega - TOM'S DINER
20 [new] :: Swing Out Sister - FOOLED BY A SMILE

[coolchristie2]

01 My Pretty One - Cliff Richard
02 It's A Sin - Pet Shop Boys
03 Alone - Heart
04 (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher - Jackie Wilson
05 The Living Daylights - A-ha
06 Songbird - Kenny G
07 Jive Talkin' - Boogie Box High
08 Call Me - Spagna
09 You're The Voice - John Farnham
10 FLM - Mel & Kim
11 Who's That Girl - Madonna
12 Seven Wonders - Fleetwood Mac
13 Funky Town = Pseudo Echo
14 Star Trekkin' - The Firm
15 Sweet Sixteen - Billy Idol
16 You Caught My Eye - Judy Boucher
17 Dirty Looks - Diana Ross
18 Throwing It All Away - Genesis
19 Sweetest Smile - Black
20 She's On it - Beastie Boys

[Earl Purple]

1(1) Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin
2(4) T'Pau - Heart And Soul
3(2) Heart - Alone
4(5) Billy Idol - Sweet Sixteen
5(6) Black - Sweetest Smile

6(3) ABC - When Smokey Sings
7(8) A-Ha - The Living Daylights
8(9) Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - Rhythm Is Gonna Get You
9(14) Christians - Hooverville (And They Promised Us The World)
10(7) Suzanne Vega - Luka

11(19) Cure - Catch
12(-) Hue And Cry - Labour Of Love
13(11) Cliff Richard - My Pretty One
14(22) Mel & Kim - FLM
15(-) Bananarama - I Heard A Rumour

16(21) Motley Crue - Girls Girls Girls
17(23) Janet Jackson - The Pleasure Principle
18(10) U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
19(24) Shakin' Stevens - A Little Boogie Woggie In The Back Of My Mind
20(25) Boogie Box High - Jive Talkin'

21(26) Freddie McGregor - Just Don't Want To Be Lonely
22(-) Madonna - Who's That Girl
23(-) Los Lobos - La Bamba
24(12) Whitesnake - Is This Love
25(13) Kenny G - Songbird

26(15) Firm - Star Trekkin'
27(20) David Bowie - Time Will Crawl
28(18) Crowded House - Something So Strong
29(17) Curiosity Killed The Cat - Misfit
30(16) Chris Rea - Let's Dance


--(27) George Michael - I Want Your Sex
--(28) Bob Seger - Shakedown
--(29) Terence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well
--(30) Prince - If I Was Your Girlfriend

[popchartfreak]

14th July 1987

It's a first week on top for Jackie Wilson's 2nd oldies chart-topper of 1987, originally hitting my top 10 in 1969, and top 30 in 1975, now going Higher And Higher, knocking Pet Shop Boys classic It's A Sin off the top after only 2 weeks. Not to worry they'd do their own bit of oldies re-issue charting with It's A Sin down the line. In at 3, talking of oldies, The Beatles Summer Of LOve '67 classic is also back on it's 20th anniversary re-issue, at 3, having topped my charts in 1976 already. Heart get a big leap up to 5 with Alone, their 2nd top 5, Black get a second top ten, and Bananarama grab a 6th top ten 5 years into their career - and with a to-date further 32 years and counting to come - with the great I Heard A Rumour, proving Stock Aitken & Waterman could make great singles when they tried.

In at 19, a debut for Star-Trek Priestess T'Pau - or Carol Decker & friend - and the fab Heart & Soul, their best record by far, still love it, and the start of a trickling of tracks into my charts (see Los Lobos) which will accompany me & my parents on US car radio stations in a couple of months on our trip round California/Nevada/Arizona. In at 20 another oldie, but this time a remake - Mungo Jerry had topped my charts in 1970 while I lived in Singapore, and again in 1975 when In The Summertime was reissued, reminding me of happy boyhood tropical eternal sunny summer days - before inferior cover versions, over-use in TV adverts and other constant media profiles sucked all the joy out of it for me.

Boy George sells a big jump into the 40, Freddie MacGregor's decent reggae cover of 70's Philly track does the same, and the classically-trained Billy Joel enters at 46 with A Matter Of Trust. Billy was a wanna-be Boxer with a sensitive side who never seemed to get the recognition for his talent, but then he didn't always release commercial singles, like this one. Los Lobos debut at 58 with the theme to the Ritchie Valens biopic, his hit song from his very short career - dying in the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly & The Big Bopper. Jennifer Warnes covers Leonard Cohen, giving her 11 years of hits in my charts, and Cohen his first charting song - Jennifer's voice is easier on the ear than ol' Len's, I have to say, and she was a fan and friend of his.

Iggy Pop is back, Pseudo Echo cover 1980 Lipps Inc (it seemed far too soon to me!), and the great Was (Not Was) - pronounced Waz (not Woz), the stage name of Don & David Was - are back after their 1984 debut with the terrific (Return To The Valley Of) Out Come The Freaks, with the equally terrific romping Spy In The House Of Love, which had to wait a year to chart properly in the UK. Peter Gabriel also goes political on Red Rain, as per normal then.

1 ( 2 ) HIGHER AND HIGHER (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) Jackie Wilson
2 ( 1 ) IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys
3 ( NEW ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles
4 ( 7 ) WHO’S THAT GIRL Madonna
5 ( 19 ) ALONE Heart
6 ( 3 ) DIAMONDS Herb Alpert featuring Janet Jackson
7 ( 13 ) SWEETEST SMILE Black
8 ( 4 ) TIME WILL CRAWL David Bowie
9 ( 6 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2
10 ( 24 ) I HEARD A RUMOUR Bananarama

11 ( 14 ) SWEET SIXTEEN Billy Idol
12 ( 5 ) MISFIT Curiosity Killed The Cat
13 ( 17 ) WISHING WELL Terence Trent D’Arby
14 ( 8 ) THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE Janet Jackson
15 ( 10 ) MY PRETTY ONE Cliff Richard
16 ( 21 ) JIVE TALKING Boogie Box High
17 ( 18 ) LET’S DANCE Chris Rea
18 ( 12 ) IT’S NOT UNUSUAL Tom Jones
19 ( NEW ) HEART AND SOUL T’Pau
20 ( NEW ) IN THE SUMMERTIME ’87 Mungo Jerry & The Grimm Brothers

21 ( 9 ) IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND Prince
22 ( 25 ) ALWAYS Atlantic Starr
23 ( 28 ) THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS a-ha
24 ( 11 ) MOTORTOWN The Kane Gang
25 ( 58 ) SOLD Boy George
26 ( 37 ) SEVEN WONDERS Fleetwood Mac
27 ( 16 ) WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC
28 ( 15 ) COMIN’ ON STRONG Broken English
29 ( 48 ) CATCH The Cure
30 ( 40 ) HOOVERVILLE (THEY PROMISED US THE WORLD) The Christians

31 ( 46 ) YOUR SONG (LIVE) Elton John
32 ( 23 ) DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER Crowded House
33 ( 33 ) WOT’S IT TO YA Robbie Nevil
34 ( 22 ) HEARTS ON FIRE Roger Daltrey
35 ( 32 ) DON’T LOOK ANY FURTHER Dennis Edwards featuring Siedah Garrett
36 ( 26 ) PERSONAL TOUCH Errol Brown
37 ( 54 ) JUST DON’T WANNA BE LONELY Freddie MacGregor
38 ( 38 ) CHANGE David Grant
39 ( 27 ) WISHING I WAS LUCKY Wet Wet Wet
40 ( 50 ) FLM Mel & Kim

41 ( 20 ) FLAMES OF PARADISE Elton John & Jennifer Rush
42 ( 43 ) HEY LOVE King Sun D Moet
43 ( 35 ) GET IT ON (’87 REMIX) T.Rex
44 ( 36 ) NOTHING’S GONNA STOP US NOW Starship
45 ( 29 ) UNDER THE BOARDWALK Bruce Willis with The Temptations
46 ( NEW ) A MATTER OF TRUST Billy Joel
47 ( 49 ) LABOUR OF LOVE Hue And Cry
48 ( 53 ) IS THIS LOVE Whiresnake
49 ( 62 ) HEAD TO TOE Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
50 ( 72 ) BRIDGE TO YOUR HEART Wax

51 ( 75 ) SONGBIRD Kenny G
52 ( 30 ) PROMISED YOU A MIRACLE (LIVE) Simple Minds
53 ( 52 ) LA ISLA BONITA Madonna
54 ( 42 ) I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME) Whitney Houston
55 ( 55 ) CHENKO Red Box
56 ( 34 ) DEAR GOD XTC
57 ( 57 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson
58 ( NEW ) LA BAMBA Los Lobos
59 ( 64 ) DRAGNET Art Of Noise
60 ( 59 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

61 ( 39 ) GOODBYE STRANGER Pepsi & Shirley
62 ( 44 ) SHATTERED DREAMS Johnny Hates Jazz
63 ( 63 ) PENNY LANE/STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles
64 ( 70 ) MOVE OVER DARLING Doris Day
65 ( 65 ) I WANT YOUR SEX George Michael
66 ( NEW ) FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN Jennifer Warnes
67 ( 45 ) LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE Jody Watley
68 ( 68 ) HUMAN Human League
69 ( NEW ) ISOLATION Iggy Pop
70 ( 31 ) RIGHT ON TRACK The Breakfast Club

71 ( RE ) A LITTLE BOOGIE WOOGIE IN THE BACK OF MY MIND Shakin’ Stevens
72 ( 60 ) PRIME MOVER Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction
73 ( NEW ) FUNKYTOWN Pseudo Echo
74 ( NEW ) SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Was (Not Was)
75 ( NEW ) RED RAIN Peter Gabriel

Playlist Oldies of that week
1 WAY OF LIFE Family Dogg
2 TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS The Beatles
3 PAPA DON’T PREACH Madonna