Haven Combi Retro-Chart W/B 19th July 1987

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HAVEN COMBI RETRO-CHART W/B 19th JULY 1987

For the first time in almost three years we have a record that spends five weeks at the top of the Retro-Chart. Still scoring well over 200 points for the fourth week running, It’s A Sin becomes only the seventh record to spend such an extended period of time at the top. The Pet Shop Boys are in good company, the other five-week chart-toppers include:

Duran Duran – Save A Prayer
Tears For Fears – Mad World
Mike Oldfield – Moonlight Shadow
Nena – 99 Red Balloons
Duran Duran – The Reflex 
and, most recently, Giorgio Moroder and Philip Oakey – Together In Electric Dreams.

Currently the 30th biggest song of all time on the 80s Retro-Chart, and still just about appearing on every individual chart, will It’s A Sin become the first song to ever manage six weeks at the top?


Heart break records of their own this week as they become the first act to spend four weeks at number two with Alone, the number one that never was.

In the face of such stiff competition, Madonna can only manage to move Who’s That Girl up two places to number three, as she seeks to become the only act on the Retro-Chart to have achieved eight number one singles.

Other activity within the Top Five sees A-Ha and Black both dip a place as they move to accommodate the rise of Who’s That Girl.  Fleetwood Mac make a quick return to the Top Five as they follow up the number two success of Big Love with Seven Wonders, their latest release from Tango In The Night.

Biggest climb this week is from Los Lobos as La Bamba jumps 23 places to number 11.

Highest of nine new entries is from Jennifer Warnes as First We Take Manhattan enters at number 22.

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
5        3 Madonna - WHO'S THAT GIRL
3        4 A-Ha - THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
4        5 Black - SWEETEST SMILE
9        5 Fleetwood Mac - SEVEN WONDERS
12      7 Bananarama - I HEARD A RUMOUR
7        8 Mel and Kim - F.L.M.
16      9 Spagna - CALL ME
14    10 Boogie Box High - JIVE TALKIN'

34    11 Los Lobos - LA BAMBA
8      12 XTC - DEAR GOD
13    13 Cure - CATCH
6      14 Cliff Richard - MY PRETTY ONE
19    15 Freddie McGregor - JUST DON'T WANT TO BE LONELY
11    16 ABC - WHEN SMOKEY SINGS
35    17 Beastie Boys - SHE'S ON IT
16    17 Peter Gabriel - RED RAIN
26    19 Hue and Cry - LABOUR OF LOVE
30    20 Pseudo Echo - FUNKY TOWN

10    21 Terence Trent D'Arby - WISHING WELL
15    22 Genesis - THROWING IT ALL AWAY
NEW 22 Jennifer Warnes - FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN
37    22 Wax - BRIDGE TO YOUR HEART
30    25 Luther Vandross - I REALLY DIDN'T MEAN IT
37    26 T'Pau - HEART AND SOUL
18    27 Billy Idol - SWEET SIXTEEN
NEW 28 Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram - SOMEWHERE OUT THERE
NEW 29 Boy George - SOLD
27    30 Christians - HOOVERVILLE

19    31 Atlantic Starr - Always
NEW 31 Gap Band - OOPS UPSIDE YOUR HEAD
19    31 Jackie Wilson - HIGHER AND HIGHER (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME)
27    34 Shakin' Stevens - A LITTLE BOOGIE WOOGIE (IN THE BACK OF MY MIND)
NEW 35 Beatles - ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE
24    35 Chris Rea - LET'S DANCE
39    35 Eric B and Rakim - I KNOW YOU GOT SOUL
NEW 35 Marillion - SUGAR MICE
NEW 35 Suzanne Vega - TOM'S DINER
NEW 35 Then Jerico - THE MOTIVE
NEW 35 Wet Wet Wet - SWEET LITTLE MYSTERY

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OFFICIAL CHART W/B 26th JULY 1987

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

03 - 05 - 01 - Los Lobos - LA BAMBA 
03 - 01 - 02 - Madonna - WHO'S THAT GIRL
10 - 03 - 03 - Atlantic Starr - ALWAYS
06 - 02 - 04 - Pet Shop Boys - IT'S A SIN
10 - 06 - 05 - Heart - ALONE
10 - 04 - 06 - Bruce Willis - UNDER THE BOARDWALK
05 - 10 - 07 - Boogie Box High - JIVE TALKIN'
04 - 07 - 08 - Mel And Kim - FLM
07 - 12 - 09 - Freddie McGregor - JUST DON'T WANT TO BE LONELY
03 - 20 - 10 - Beastie Boys - SHE'S ON IT
07 - 08 - 11 - Terence Trent D'Arby - WISHING WELL
06 - 13 - 12 - Shakin' Stevens - A LITTLE BOOGIE WOOGIE (IN THE BACK OF MY MIND)
08 - 17 - 13 - Hue And Cry - LABOUR OF LOVE
04 - 15 - 14 - Bananarama - I HEARD A RUMOUR
06 - 09 - 15 - Black - SWEETEST SMILE
06 - 29 - 16 - Luther Vandross - I REALLY DIDN'T MEAN IT
05 - 11 - 17 - A-ha - THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
05 - 35 - 18 - Judy Boucher - YOU CAUGHT MY EYE
1 - NEW - 19 - New Order - TRUE FAITH
04 - 25 - 20 - Gap Band - OOPS UPSIDE YOUR HEAD
11 - 18 - 21 - Whitney Houston - I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME)
02 - 33 - 22 - Marillion - SUGAR MICE
05 - 22 - 23 - Kenny G - SONGBIRD
03 - 26 - 24 - Boy George - SOLD
06 - 37 - 25 - Errol Brown - PERSONAL TOUCH
07 - 16 - 26 - Cliff Richard - MY PRETTY ONE
08 - 21 - 27 - Christians - HOOVERVILLE (AND THEY PROMISED US THE WORLD)
04 - 46 - 28 - Spagna - CALL ME
09 - 14 - 29 - Firm - STAR TREKKIN'
02 - 42 - 30 - Stock Aitken Waterman - ROADBLOCK
02 - 34 - 31 - Samantha Fox - I SURRENDER (TO THE SPIRIT OF THE NIGHT)
05 - 19 - 32 - Jackie Wilson - (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) HIGHER AND HIGHER
02 - 41 - 33 - Sinitta - TOY BOY
1 - NEW - 34 - Def Leppard - ANIMAL
1 - NEW - 35 - Motley Crue - GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS
08 - 23 - 36 - Billy Idol - SWEET SIXTEEN
09 - 24 - 37 - Whitesnake - IS THIS LOVE
04 - 60 - 38 - Linda Ronstadt And James Ingram - SOMEWHERE OUT THERE
12 - 28 - 39 - Curiosity Killed The Cat - MISFIT
16 - 27 - 40 - John Farnham - YOU'RE THE VOICE
05 - 32 - 41 - Cure - CATCH
02 - 44 - 42 - Mirage - SERIOUS MIX
02 - 55 - 43 - Wet Wet Wet - SWEET LITTLE MYSTERY
03 - 48 - 44 - Pseudo Echo - FUNKY TOWN
03 - 43 - 45 - Anita Dobson - TALKING OF LOVE
1 - NEW - 46 - Sherrick - JUST CALL
09 - 30 - 47 - Chris Rea - LET'S DANCE
04 - 50 - 48 - Robbie Nevil - WOT'S IT TO YA
09 - 31 - 49 - ABC - WHEN SMOKEY SINGS
02 - 63 - 50 - Millie - MY BOY LOLLIPOP
07 - 36 - 51 - Genesis - THROWING IT ALL AWAY
03 - 57 - 52 - Was (Not Was) - SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE
03 - 71 - 53 - Then Jerico - THE MOTIVE
02 - 62 - 54 - Westworld - WHERE THE ACTION IS
18 - 38 - 55 - Starship - NOTHING'S GONNA STOP US NOW
08 - 40 - 56 - George Michael - I WANT YOUR SEX
1 - NEW - 57 - Echo And The Bunnymen - LIPS LIKE SUGAR 
1 - NEW - 58 - Roxanne Shante - HAVE A NICE DAY
02 - 69 - 59 - Siouxsie And The Banshees - SONG FROM THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
03 - 61 - 60 - Art Of Noise - DRAGNET
16 - 47 - 61 - Beatles - ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE
09 - 53 - 62 - U2 - I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR
03 - 59 - 63 - Taffy - STEP BY STEP
02 - 65 - 64 - Spear Of Destiny - WAS THAT YOU
04 - 56 - 65 - Fleetwood Mac - SEVEN WONDERS
02 - 71 - 66 - Sly And Robbie - FIRE
10 - 39 - 67 - Broken English - COMIN' ON STRONG
11 - 45 - 68 - Johnny Logan - HOLD ME NOW
1 - NEW - 69 - Dio - I COULD HAVE BEEN A DREAMER
1 - NEW - 70 - Ritchie Valens - LA BAMBA
02 - 91 - 71 - David Grant - CHANGE
03 - 82 - 72 - Wax - BRIDGE TO YOUR HEART
03 - 58 - 73 - Suzanne Vega - TOM'S DINER
04 - 54 - 74 - Swing Out Sister - FOOLED BY A SMILE
07 - 52 - 75 - Simple Minds - PROMISED YOU A MIRACLE (LIVE)

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

I'll leave this open until next Saturday!

[raliverpool]

01 New Order - True Faith (1wk 1 NEW)

02 Heart - Alone (7wks 21-13-6-3-2-1-2)
03 Hue & Cry - Labour Of Love (2wks 13-3)
04 Boy George - Sold (3wks 17-3-4)
05 Boogie Box High - Jive Talkin' (4wks 17-6-4-5)
06 Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin (6wks 2-2-1-1-2-6)
07 Bananarama - I Heard A Rumour (3wks 18-8-7)
08 Madonna - Who's That Girl (3wks 9-6-8)
09 Jennifer Warnes - First We Take Manhattan (4wks 18-8-5-9)

10 T'Pau - Heart & Soul (2wks 16-10)

11 Def Leppard - Animal (1wk 11 NEW)
12 Beastie Boys - She's On It (3wks 40-19-12)
13 Spear Of Destiny - Was That You (2wks 14-13)
14 XTC - Dear God (6wks 1-1-2-3-7-14)
15 Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - Rhythm Is Gonna Get You (3wks 29-21-15)
16 Art Of Noise - Dragnet (3wks 21-12-16)
17 Black - Sweetest Smile (5wks 24-11-7-9-17)
18 Marillion - Sugar Mice (2wks 24-18)
19 Shona Laing - (Glad I'm) Not A Kennedy (2wks 32-19)

20 Echo & The Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar (1wk 20 NEW)

21 Swing Out Sister - Fooled By A Smile (4wks 24-14-15-21)
22 Dukes Of Stratosphear - You're A Good Man Albert Brown (1wk 22 NEW)
23 Cure - Catch (5wks 12-6-5-11-23)
24 Michael Bow - Love & Devotion (2wks 27-24)
25 Crowded House - World Where You Live (1wk 25 NEW)
26 Genesis - Throwing It All Away (7wks 27-16-7-4-4-10-26)
27 Fleetwood Mac - Seven Wonders (4wks 40-34-30-27)
28 Freddie MacGregor - Don't Want To Be Lonely (2wks 37-28)
29 System - Don't Disturb This Groove (5wks 40-28-22-18-29)

30 Los Lobos - La Bamba (2wks 36-30)

31 Bob Seger - Shakedown (5wks 26-14-13-17-31)
32 Stock Aitken Waterman - Roadblock (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Danny Wilson - Mary's Prayer (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Luther Vandross - I Really Didn't Mean It (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Curiosity Killed The Cat - Misfit (7wks 6-3-3-5-10-20-35)
36 Roxanne Shante - Have A Nice Day (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Was (Not Was) - Spy In The House Of Love (3wks 37-34-37)
38 Errol Brown - Personal Touch (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Robbie Nevil - Wot's It To Ya (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Debbie Gibson - Only In My Dreams (1wk 40 NEW)

LP Terence Trent D'Arby - Who's Loving You (1LP Introducing The Hardline According To)

New Order wrote and recorded the UK #4 hit "True Faith" and "1963" during a 10-day studio session with producer Stephen Hague. The two songs were written as new material for New Order's first singles compilation album, Substance 1987. After the two songs were recorded, the band's US management decided that "True Faith" was the stronger track and would be released as the new single, with "1963" as the B-side ("1963" was remixed and issued as a single in its own right in 1994). 

The release of "True Faith" was accompanied by a surreal music video directed and choreographed by Philippe Decouflé and produced by Michael H. Shamberg.

When played live Bernard Sumner would frequently sing its original written in the first lines of the second verse lyrics "When I was a very small boy, Michael Jackson played with me. Now that we've grown up together, he's playing with my willy." As the song is about the blind devotion of fandom.

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True Faith is amazing, both the song and video....I'm thinking it's going to be big on here!

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1        1) Spagna - Call Me (23-3-1-1)
4        2) Heart - Alone (30-14-6-4-4-2)
5        3) Madonna - Who's That Girl (9-5-3)
9        4) Freddie McGregor - Just Don't Want To Be Lonely (36-22-9-4)
2        5) Bananarama - I Heard A Rumour (10-2-2-5)
3        6) Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin (4-1-1-1-3-6)
8        7) Bolland and Bolland - Tears Of Ice (35-15-8-7)
7        8) Mel and Kim - F.L.M. (11-7-7-8)
10      9) Cindy Valentine - In Your Midnight Hour (32-16-10)
6      10) Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (4-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-5-6-10)

12    11) Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram - Somewhere Out There (27-17-12-11)
17    12) Hue and Cry - Labour Of Love (29-17-12)
15    13) Luther Vandross - I Really Didn't Mean It (30-21-15-13)
24    14) Wet Wet Wet - Sweet Little Mystery (24-14)
19    15) Los Lobos - La Bamba (34-19-15)
25    16) Sinitta - Toy Boy (25-16)
18    17) Pernilla Wahlgren - Every Time When We're Together (40-34-25-18-17)
21    18) Pseudo Echo - Funky Town (30-21-18)
NEW 19) Def Leppard - Animal (19)
30    20) Samantha Fox - I Surrender (To The Spirit Of The Night) (30-20)

NEW 21) New Order - True Faith (21)
11    22) Terence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well (26-15-7-4-6-11-22)
32    23) Roger Daltrey - Hearts Of Fire (37-32-23)
13    24) A-Ha - The Living Daylights (22-12-10-13-24)
35    25) David Grant - Change (35-25)
14    26) Boogie Box High - Jive Talkin' (26-14-12-14-26)
34    27) Breakfast Club - Kiss and Tell (34-27)
31    28) Taffy - Step By Step (35-31-28)
NEW 29) Jonathan Butler - Lies (29)
NEW 30) Laura Branigan - Shattered Glass (30)

16    31) Atlantic Starr - Always (28-8-5-2-2-8-16-31)
38    32) Stacey Q - Insecurity (38-32)
NEW 33) Tongue n Cheek - Don't Stop The Love (33)
20    34) Regina Belle - Show Me The Way (34-25-24-20-34)
NEW 35) Jody Watley - Still A Thrill (35)
NEW 36) Red Box - Chenko (36)
22    37) Deacon Blue - Loaded (33-18-8-11-22-37)
23    38) Fleetwood Mac - Seven Wonders (37-27-23-38)
NEW 39) Sherrick - Just Call (39)
26    40) Kenny G - Songbird (32-29-26-26-40)

Highest new entry from Def Leppard.  I bought the Hysteria CD a couple of weeks ago, not heard it in almost thirty years, still sounds great. 

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Mark's Top 40 weekending 19th July 1987

1 (3) Seven Wonders - Fleetwood Mac
2 (29) Always - Atlantic Starr
3 (34) Toy Boy - Sinitta
4 (2) It's A Sin - Pet Shop Boys
5 (1) My Pretty One - Cliff Richard
6 (5) Alone - Heart
7 (4) Who's That Girl - Madonna
8 (6) FLM - Mel & Kim
9 (8) I Heard A Rumour - Bananarama
10 (35) Somewhere Out There - Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram
11 (36) I Surrender (To The Spirit Of The Night) - Samantha Fox
12 (32) Victim Of Love - Erasure
13 (7) Wishing Well - Terence Trent D'Arby
14 (40) First We Take Manhattan - Jennifer Warnes
15 (9) The Living Daylights - A-ha
16 (10) Under The Boardwalk - Bruce Willis
17 (11) I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
18 (12) Sweetest Smile - Black
19 (14) The Slightest Touch - Five Star
20 (16) Funky Town - Pseudo Echo
21 (31) Where The Action Is - Westworld
22 (17) Let's Dance - Chris Rea
23 (13) Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House
24 (New) Sweet Sixteen - Billy Idol
25 (19) Sweet Little Mystery - Wet Wet Wet
26 (24) Is This Love - Whitesnake
27 (15) A Little Boogie Woogie (In The Back Of My Mind) - Shakin' Stevens
28 (20) Hooverville - The Christians
29 (New) La Bamba - Los Lobos
30 (18) Just Don't Want To Be Lonely - Freddie McGregor
31 (21) Jive Talkin' - Boogie Box High
32 (38) Sugar Mice - Marillion
33 (New) Girls Girls Girls - Motley Crue
34 (26) When Smokey Sings - ABC
35 (27) Talking Of Love - Anita Dobson
36 (23) Throwing It All Away - Genesis
37 (New) Lips Like Sugar - Echo & The Bunnymen
38 (22) You're The Voice - John Farnham
39 (New) Animal - Def Leppard
40 (25) You Caught My Eye - Judy Boucher

[TheThorne]

1 1 Wax - BRIDGE TO YOUR HEART
2 3 Pseudo Echo - FUNKY TOWN
3 4 Then Jerico - THE MOTIVE
4 new T'Pau - HEART AND SOUL
5 7 A-Ha - THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
6 2 ABC - WHEN SMOKEY SINGS
7 11 Huey Lewis & The News - DOIN IT ALL FOR MY BABY
8 5 Black - SWEETEST SMILE
9 new Def Leppard - ANIMAL
10 14 Expose - POINT OF NO RETURN
11 13 Madonna - WHO'S THAT GIRL
12 6 Pet Shop Boys - IT'S A SIN
13 new Bruce Hornsby & The Range - EVERY LITTLE KISS
14 17 Spagna - CALL ME
15 new New Order - TRUE FAITH
16 10 Fleetwood Mac - SEVEN WONDERS
17 23 Wet Wet Wet - SWEET LITTLE MYSTERY
18 8 Whitesnake - IS THIS LOVE
19 21 Bob Seger - SHAKEDOWN
20 9 XTC - DEAR GOD
21 24 All About Eve - FLOWERS IN OUR HAIR
22 19 Peter Gabriel - RED RAIN
23 12 Hue & Cry - LABOUR OF LOVE
24 28 Marillion - SUGAR MICE
25 15 FM - LET LOVE BE THE LEADER
26 new Echo & The Bunnymen - LIPS LIKE SUGAR
27 16 Deacon Blue - LOADED
28 20 Jennifer Warnes - FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN
29 31 Was Not Was - SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE
30 18 Guns N' ROSES - ITS SO EASY
31 new Motley Crue - GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS
32 33 Suzanne Vega - TOM'S DINER
33 36 Los Lobos - LA BAMBA
34 22 Billy Idol - SWEET SIXTEEN
35 37 Beastie Boys - SHE'S ON IT
36 27 Mel And Kim - F.L.M
37 25 Heart - ALONE
38 new Red Box - CHENKO
39 26 The Kane Gang - MOTORTOWN
40 29 Bananarama - I HEARD A RUMOUR

Another brilliant week for new releases when True Faith can only make 4th highest.

[darkstar79]

01 Eric B. & Rakim – I Know You Got Soul (7 wks)
02 Kid ‘n’ Play – Last Night (3 wks)
03 Public Enemy – You’re Gonna Get Yours (3 wks)
04 Beastie Boys – She’s On It (3 wks)
05 LL Cool J – I Need Love (1 wk)
06 New Order – True Faith (1 wk)
07 Jackson Sisters – I Believe In Miracles (7 wks)
08 Beastie Boys – No Sleep Till Brooklyn (10 wks)
09 The Rappin’ Reverend – I Ain’t Into That (8 wks)
10 Pet Shop Boys – It’s A Sin (6 wks)

11 Sinitta – Toy Boy (2 wks)
12 LL Cool J – I’m Bad (9 wks)
13 The Firm – Star Trekkin’ (9 wks)
14 Roxanne Shante – Have A Nice Day (1 wk)
15 The Gap Band – Oops Upside Your Head (4 wks)
16 Kool Chip Feat. Toni Smith – Jazz It Up (5 wks)
17 Echo And The Bunnymen – Lips Like Sugar (1 wk)
18 Echo And The Bunnymen – The Game (8 wks)
19 Herb Alpert – Making Love In The Rain (3 wks)
20 Edwyn Collins – Don’t Shilly Shally (1 wk)

21 The Other Ones – Holiday (1 wk)
22 Beat Masters Feat. Cookie Crew – Rock Da House (4 wks)
23 Freeez – Southern Freeez (10 wks)
24 Mantronix – Scream (6 wks)
25 Mel & Kim – F.L.M. (4 wks)
26 Sly & Robbie – Fire (2 wks)
27 The Housemartins – Five Get Over Excited (11 wks)
28 King Sun-D Moet – Hey Love (6 wks)
29 Salt ‘N’ Pepa – My Mic Sounds Nice (16 wks)
30 Alexander O’Neal – Fake (9 wks)

[smokeyb]

1 (2) Fleetwood Mac - Seven Wonders (4 wks)
2 (1) Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin (6 wks)
3 (6) Peter Gabriel - Red Rain (4 wks)
4 (9) Black - Sweetest Smile (6 wks)
5 (8) Bananarama - I Heard A Rumour (4 wks)
6 (11) Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner (3 wks)
7 (20) Wet Wet Wet - Sweet Little Mystery (2 wks)
8 (NE) New Order - True Faith (1 wk)
9 (13) Los Lobos - La Bamba (3 wks)
10 (14) Beastie Boys - She's On It (3 wks)
11 (12) Madonna - Who's That Girl (3 wks)
12 (3) XTC - Dear God (6 wks)
13 (4) Genesis - Throwing It All Away (7 wks)
14 (29) Then Jerico - The Motive (3 wks)
15 (21) Spagna - Call Me (4 wks)
16 (37) Wax - Bridge To Your Heart (2 wks)
17 (NE) T'Pau - Heart And Soul (1 wk)
18 (28) Pseudo Echo - Funkytown (3 wks)
19 (30) Marillion - Sugar Mice (2 wks)
20 (NE) Def Leppard - Animal (1 wk)
21 (10) Mel & Kim - FLM (4 wks)
22 (5) A-Ha - The Living Daylights (5 wks)
23 (7) ABC - When Smokey Sings (9 wks)
24 (15) Heart - Alone (10 wks)
25 (NE) Motley Crue - Girls Girls Girls (1 wk)
26 (NE) Echo and the Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar (1 wk)
27 (27) Gap Band - Oops Upside Your Head (3 wks)
28 (16) Curiosity Killed The Cat - Misfit (7 wks)
29 (17) Terence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well (7 wks)
30 (34) Siouxsie & The Banshees - Song From The Edge Of The World (2 wks)
31 (18) Hue And Cry - Labour Of Love (8 wks)
32 (NE) Laura Branigan - Shattered Glass (1 wk)
33 (19) Christians - Hooverville (8 wks)
34 (22) David Bowie - Time Will Crawl (6 wks)
35 (23) Cure - Catch (5 wks)
36 (24) Prince - If I Was Your Girlfriend (7 wks)
37 (25) The Kane Gang - Motortown (8 wks)
38 (26) The Firm - Star Trekkin' (9 wks)
39 (31) Simple Minds - Promised You A Miracle (7 wks)
40 (32) U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (9 wks)

[o]

1 2 Los Lobos – La bamba #1
2 1 Cure – Catch #1
3 4 Siouxsie and the Banshees – Song from the edge of the world #3
4 20 New Order – True Faith #4
5 3 Pet Shop Boys – It’s a sin #1
6 9 Beastie Boys – She’s on it #6
7 6 Heart – Alone #6
8 7 Aha – The living daylights #7
9 5 XTC – Dear God #3
10 13 Spear of Destiny – Was that you? #10
11 10 Peter Gabriel – Red rain #10
12 12 Madonna – Who’s that girl? #12
13 14 Pseudo Echo – Funkytown #13
14 16 Wet Wet Wet – Sweet little mystery #14
15 18 Boogie Box High – Jive talkin’ #15
16 19 TPau – Heart & soul #16
17 24 Ritchie Valens – La bamba #17
18 29 Spagna – Call me #18
19 8 Chris Rea – Let’s dance #2
20 25 Motley Crue – Girls girls girls #20
21 26 Echo and the Bunnymen – Lips like sugar #21
22 11 Mel & Kim – FLM #9
23 15 Alexander O’ Neal – Fake #3
24 ne Def Leppard – Animal #24
25 17 Crowded House – Something so strong #17
26 21 Suzanne Vega – Tom’s diner #11
27 22 Art of Noise – Moments in love #14
28 ne Squeeze – Hourplass #28
29 23 Robert Cray Band – Right next door #6
30 28 Terence Trent D’Arby – Wishing well #9

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Fleetwood Mac – Seven Wonders
02(06) Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram – Somewhere Out There
03(08) Spagna – Call Me
04(02) Pet Shop Boys – It’s A Sin
05(03) Madonna – Who’s That Girl
06(11) Suzanne Vega – Tom’s Diner
07(23) Marillion – Sugar Mice
08(04) Luther Vandross – I Really Didn’t Mean It
09(19) Los Lobos – La Bamba
10(07) Bananarama – I Heard A Rumour

11(18) Then Jerico – The Motive
12(25) Sinitta – Toy Boy
13(27) Wet Wet Wet – Sweet Little Mystery
14(05) Freddie McGregor – Just Don’t Want To Be Lonely
15(28) Wax – Bridge To Your Heart
16(09) Black – Sweetest Smile
17(14) Jennifer Warnes – First We Take Manhattan
18(16) Kenny G – Songbird
19(12) Mel & Kim – F.L.M.
20(30) Pseudo Echo – Funky Town

21(10) The Cure – Catch
22(--) New Order – True Faith
23(26) Boy George – Sold
24(31) Was (Not Was) – Spy In The House Of Love
25(40) Expose – Point Of No Return
26(--) Laura Branigan – Shattered Glass
27(13) Cliff Richard – My Pretty One
28(35) Boogie Box High – Jive Talkin’
29(36) Beastie Boys – She’s On It
30(15) A-ha – The Living Daylights

31(17) Terence Trent D’arby – Wishing Well
32(37) Steve Walsh – I Found Lovin’
33(42) Stock Aitken Waterman – Roadblock
34(--) Echo & The Bunnymen – Lips Like Sugar
35(21) U2 – I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
36(39) Elton John – Your Song (Live)
37(--) T’Pau – Heart And Soul
38(20) Prince – If I Was Your Girlfriend
39(45) Samantha Fox – I Surrender (To The Spirit Of The Night)
40(44) Westworld – Where The Action Is

41(22) Judy Boucher – You Caught My Eye
42(--) Def Leppard – Animal
43(48) Sly & Robbie – Fire
44(24) XTC – Dear God
45(--) Sherrick – Just Call
46(--) Motley Crue – Girls Girls Girls
47(29) Whitesnake – Is This Love
48(34) Heart – Alone
49(--) Jonathan Butler – Lies
50(--) Natalie Cole – Jump Start

[coolchristie2]

01 Call Me - Spagna
02 Jive Talkin' - Boogie Box High
03 Alone - Heart
04 Funky Town - Pseudo Echo
05 Who's That Girl - Madonna
06 You Caught My Eye - Judy Boucher
07 Seven Wonders - Fleetwood Mac
08 The Living Daylights - A-ha
09 Toy Boy - Sinitta
10 True Faith - New Order
11 Songbird - Kenny G
12 She's On It - Beastie Boys
13 I Surrender (To The Spirit Of The Night) - Samanatha Fox
14 My Pretty One - Cliff Richard
15 It's A Sin - Pet Shop Boys
16 Sweetwst Smile - Black
17 Shattered Glass - Laura Brannigan
18 Animal - Def Leppard
19 (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher - Jackie Wilson
20 FLM - Mel & Kim

[Shireblogger]

1 [new] :: New Order - TRUE FAITH
2 [3] :: Fleetwood Mac - SEVEN WONDERS
3 [2] :: Peter Gabriel - RED RAIN
4 [4] :: Heart - ALONE
5 [1] :: Pet Shop Boys - IT'S A SIN
6 [7] :: Jennifer Warnes - FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN
7 [6] :: Grateful Dead - TOUCH OF GREY
8 [8] :: Los Lobos - LA BAMBA
9 [new] :: Laura Branigan - SHATTERED GLASS
10 [13] :: Black - SWEETEST SMILE
11 [new] :: New Order - 1963 {True Faith B-side}
12 [17] :: Genesis - THROWING IT ALL AWAY
13 [5] :: Rouen - YOUNG FOR A DAY
14 [11] :: Christians - HOOVERVILLE (AND THEY PROMISED US THE WORLD)
15 [14] :: Kane Gang - MOTORTOWN
16 [12] :: Cure - CATCH
17 [9] :: Alexander O'Neal - FAKE
18 [10] :: ABC - WHEN SMOKEY SINGS
19 [18] :: Chris Rea - LET'S DANCE
20 [20] :: Mel & Kim - FLM

[Earl Purple]

1(1) Marillion - Sugar Mice
2(2) Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin
3(3) T'Pau - Heart And Soul
4(7) Hue And Cry - Labour Of Love
5(4) Billy Idol - Sweet Sixteen

6(5) Black - Sweetest Smile
7(-) Debbie Gibson - Only In My Dreams
8(8) Christians - Hooverville (And They Promised Us The World)
9(-) New Order - True Faith
10(13) Madonna - Who's That Girl

11(11) Bananarama - I Heard A Rumour
12(-) Def Leppard - Animal
13(6) Heart - Alone
14(15) Los Lobos - La Bamba
15(22) Beastie Boys - She's On It

16(-) Stock Aitken Waterman - Roadblock
17(9) A-Ha - The Living Daylights
18(-) Spagna - Call Me
19(14) Mel & Kim - FLM
20(12) Cure - Catch

21(10) Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - Rhythm Is Gonna Get You
22(17) Motley Crue - Girls Girls Girls
23(-) Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram - Somewhere Out There
24(26) Errol Brown - Personal Touch
25(-) Sinitta - Toy Boy

26(19) Shakin' Stevens - A Little Boogie Woggie In The Back Of My Mind
27(20) Boogie Box High - Jive Talkin'
28(21) Freddie McGregor - Just Don't Want To Be Lonely
29(18) Janet Jackson - The Pleasure Principle
30(29) Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner

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--(16) ABC - When Smokey Sings
--(23) Suzanne Vega - Luka
--(24) Cliff Richard - My Pretty One
--(25) Samantha Fox - I Surrender (To The Spirit Of The Night)
--(27) Boy George - Sold
--(28) Robbie Nevil - Wot's It To Ya
--(30) U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

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I guess my highest entry this week was predictable. One month before her 17th birthday which will make her too old to be the youngest female to write her own #1 (should it get there) as that honour belongs to Twinkle with Golden Lights in 1965.

In general this is a far better week for new entries than last week, which had one brilliant song and loads of also-rans, a few of which drop out this week after just one week in the chart.

Actually this is one of the best weeks we've had for new entries. That Spagna song I was very familiar with as after I graduated I took a 2 week holiday in Spain and they were playing it everywhere.

Stock Aitken Waterman have a lot of songs in the chart but now have their own name in the chart too. And actually it's quite an interesting track sounding nothing like what they are giving others.

[rubcale]

01 Freddie McGregor Just Don't Want To Be Lonely
02 Spagna Call Me
03 Wax Bridge to Your Heart
04 Gap Band Oops Upside Your Head
05 Atlantic Starr Always
06 Shakin' Stevens A Little Boogie Woogie (In The Of My Mind)
07 Luther Vandross I Really Didn't Mean It
08 Los Lobos La Bamba
09 Wet Wet Wet Sweet Little Mystery
10 Boogie Box High Jive Talkin'
11 Cliff Richard My Pretty One
12 Mel & Kim F.L.M.
13 Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram Somewhere Out There
14 Hue And Cry Labour Of Love
15 Beastie Boys She's On It
16 SAW Roadblock
17 Heart Alone
18 T'Pau Heart And Soul
19 Jonathan Butler Lies
20 Bruce Willis Under The Boardwalk

[popchartfreak]

28th July 1987

It's a first week on top for Madonna's Who's That Girl, giving her 5 chart-toppers in a row, and in total, as T'Pau race into the top 3 with Heart And Soul, joined by a remix of The Temptations classic Papa Was A Rolling Stone remixed to peak higher than the original did in 1973, at 8. Closely behind at 9, it's a new entry for the original ska song My Boy Lollipop by Millie, a fave of kiddie John in his early schooldays, charting for the first time, and after the lesser Bad Manners version. David Grant gets a first top 10 in 4 years, while huge leaps for Wax and Def Leppard in to the 20, and New Order into the 40 make up the big climbers.

In at 20, it's the first track off the forthcoming Bad album, the charming I Just Can't Stop Loving You, with Siedah Garrett, returning the favour for donating Man In The Mirror to Michael Jackson. It's Siedah's second chart hit, Michael's umpteenth, 17 years on. Bill Withers brings his Lovely Day back into the chart 9 years on, and a year ahead of the remix hit version, The Beastie's get a 3rd, and Danny Wilson a first, chart entry. She's On It, and the sweet Mary's Prayer - which had to wait till 1988 to chart big. Aussie band Icehouse also had to wait a while for Crazy to catch on, but straight in here, 4 years on from the fab Hey Little Girl.


1 ( 2 ) WHO’S THAT GIRL Madonna
2 ( 1 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles
3 ( 12 ) HEART AND SOUL T’Pau
4 ( 4 ) ALONE Heart
5 ( 6 ) I HEARD A RUMOUR Bananarama
6 ( 3 ) IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys
7 ( 8 ) SOLD Boy George
8 ( NEW ) PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE (REMIX) The Temptations
9 ( NEW ) MY BOY LOLLIPOP Millie
10 ( 23 ) CHANGE David Grant

11 ( 5 ) HIGHER AND HIGHER (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) Jackie Wilson
12 ( 10 ) JIVE TALKING Boogie Box High
13 ( 7 ) SWEETEST SMILE Black
14 ( 17 ) ALWAYS Atlantic Starr
15 ( 34 ) BRIDGE TO YOUR HEART Wax
16 ( 59 ) ANIMAL Def Leppard
17 ( 14 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2
18 ( 30 ) CHENKO (TENKO-IO) REMIX Red Box
19 ( 11 ) TIME WILL CRAWL David Bowie
20 ( NEW ) I JUST CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU Michael Jackson featuring Siedah Garrett

21 ( 9 ) SWEET SIXTEEN Billy Idol
22 ( 13 ) WISHING WELL Terence Trent D’Arby
23 ( 27 ) TRACKS OF MY TEARS Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
24 ( 25 ) HOOVERVILLE (THEY PROMISED US THE WORLD) The Christians
25 ( 15 ) DIAMONDS Herb Alpert featuring Janet Jackson
26 ( 38 ) SONGBIRD Kenny G
27 ( 16 ) MISFIT Curiosity Killed The Cat
28 ( NEW ) LOVELY DAY Bill Withers
29 ( 33 ) WOT’S IT TO YA Robbie Nevil
30 ( 18 ) SEVEN WONDERS Fleetwood Mac

31 ( 21 ) IT’S NOT UNUSUAL Tom Jones
32 ( 22 ) FLM Mel & Kim
33 ( 35 ) FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN Jennifer Warnes
34 ( 40 ) LA BAMBA Los Lobos
35 ( 73 ) TRUE FAITH New Order
36 ( 19 ) THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS a-ha
37 ( 41 ) LABOUR OF LOVE Hue And Cry
38 ( 39 ) A MATTER OF TRUST Billy Joel
39 ( 53 ) ROADBLOCK Stock Aitken & waterman
40 ( 56 ) DRAGNET Art Of Noise

41 ( 28 ) IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND Prince
42 ( 24 ) THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE Janet Jackson
43 ( 36 ) JUST DON’T WANNA BE LONELY Freddie MacGregor
44 ( 31 ) WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC
45 ( 20 ) IN THE SUMMERTIME ’87 Mungo Jerry & The Grimm Brothers
46 ( 49 ) SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Was (Not Was)
47 ( 45 ) IS THIS LOVE Whitesnake
48 ( 54 ) PERSONAL TOUCH Errol Brown
49 ( 26 ) CATCH The Cure
50 ( 51 ) OOPS UPSIDE YOUR HEAD ’87 The Gap Band

51 ( 47 ) GET IT ON (’87 REMIX) T.Rex
52 ( 64 ) FIRE Sly & Robbie
53 ( 32 ) MY PRETTY ONE Cliff Richard
54 ( 37 ) LET’S DANCE Chris Rea
55 ( 44 ) DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER Crowded House
56 ( 29 ) YOUR SONG (LIVE) Elton John
57 ( 46 ) WISHING I WAS LUCKY Wet Wet Wet
58 ( 50 ) UNDER THE BOARDWALK Bruce Willis with The Temptations
59 ( 42 ) MOTORTOWN The Kane Gang
60 ( 60 ) A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael

61 ( NEW ) SHE’S ON IT The Beastie Boys
62 ( 58 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson
63 ( 72 ) FUNKYTOWN Pseudo Echo
64 ( 55 ) LA ISLA BONITA Madonna
65 ( NEW ) MARY’S PRAYER Danny Wilson
66 ( 43 ) COMIN’ ON STRONG Broken English
67 ( 63 ) PENNY LANE/STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles
68 ( 68 ) HUMAN Human League
69 ( NEW ) SOMEWHERE OUT THERE Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram
70 ( 52 ) NOTHING’S GONNA STOP US NOW Starship

71 ( NEW ) CRAZY Icehouse
72 ( 70 ) SHATTERED DREAMS Johnny Hates Jazz
73 ( 75 ) SWEET LITTLE MYSTERY Wet Wet Wet
74 ( NEW ) I SURRENDER Samantha Fox
75 ( 67 ) MOVE OVER DARLING Doris Day

Oldies Playlist
1 CONTRACT OF THE HEART Spelt Like This
2 SUGAR SUGAR The Archies
3 CARELESS WHISPER (12” VERSION) George Michael