Haven Combi Retro-Chart W/B 17th April 1988

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HAVEN COMBI RETRO-CHART W/B 17th APRIL 1988

Fleetwood Mac were leading for a considerable part of the week, but a late surge for the Pet Shop Boys at the end means that for the third time this year we have a tie at the top of the chart.







The Pet Shop Boys manage a fourth week at number one with Heart. Of their nine chart-toppers only It’s A Sin (6 weeks) and Always On My Mind (5 weeks) have managed more time at the top.

For Fleetwood Mac, Everywhere becomes their second chart-topper, following up Little Lies, which topped the chart for one week last October.

With both songs now in decline, and songs at numbers three and four in close pursuit, we may see a brand new number one next week.

S-Express were last week’s highest new entry and move up to number three with the Theme From S-Express. Closely followed by The Adventures, whom they displace to number four with Broken Land, despite a big leap in points for both songs this week.

There are some huge leaps practically spanning the length of the chart this week, the highest of which sees George Michael jump 26 places with One More Try, which lands at number 13.

Deacon Blue are this week’s highest entry on the chart as When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring) makes a re-appearance at number 16. Following up on their recent chart-topper Dignity gives this record a new lease of life.

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

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LW   TW ARTIST / SONG TITLE

2        1 Fleetwood Mac - EVERYWHERE

1        1 Pet Shop Boys - HEART

6        3 S-Express - THEME FROM S-EXPRESS

3        4 Adventures - BROKEN LAND

5        5 Hazell Dean - WHO'S LEAVING WHO

7        6 Bananarama - I WANT YOU BACK

11      6 Danny Wilson - MARY'S PRAYER

4        8 Climie Fisher - LOVE CHANGES (EVERYTHING)

26      9 Fairground Attraction - PERFECT

16    10 Midnight Oil - BEDS ARE BURNING

8      11 Natalie Cole - PINK CADILLAC

13    12 Patrick Swayze featuring Wendy Fraser - SHE'S LIKE THE WIND

39    13 George Michael - ONE MORE TRY

11    14 Brenda Russell - PIANO IN THE DARK

39    15 Michael Jackson with The Jackson Five - I WANT YOU BACK '88

RE    16 Deacon Blue - WHEN WILL YOU (MAKE MY TELEPHONE RING)

14    17 INXS - DEVIL INSIDE

18    18 Salt-n-Pepa - PUSH IT

17    19 Pebbles - GIRLFRIEND

33    19 Will Downing - A LOVE SUPREME

28    21 Def Leppard - ARMAGEDDON IT

21    22 Jesus and Mary Chain - SIDEWALKING

NEW 23 Aztec Camera - SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART

24    24 Eurythmics - I NEED A MAN

36    25 Jermaine Stewart - GET LUCKY

37    25 Pixies - WHERE IS MY MIND

NEW 27 Transvision Vamp - TELL THAT GIRL TO SHUT UP

10    28 Taylor Dayne - PROVE YOUR LOVE

29    29 Jellybean featuring Adele Bertei - JUST A MIRAGE

9      30 Belinda Carlisle - I GET WEAK

34    30 Expose - SEASONS CHANGE

15    32 A-Ha - STAY ON THESE ROADS

25    32 Sinitta - CROSS MY BROKEN HEART

19    32 T'Pau - SEX TALK (LIVE)

22    35 Eighth Wonder - I'M NOT SCARED

NEW 35 Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock - IT TAKES TWO

20    35 Tiffany - COULD'VE BEEN

NEW 38 All About Eve - EVERY ANGEL

23    38 Debbie Gibson - ONLY IN MY DREAMS

30   38 Men They Couldn't Hang - THE COLOURS

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OFFICIAL CHART W/B 24th APRIL 1988

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

03 - 03 - 01 - S-Express - THEME FROM S-EXPRESS 
05 - 01 - 02 - Pet Shop Boys - HEART
16 - 15 - 03 - Danny Wilson - MARY'S PRAYER
05 - 06 - 04 - Hazell Dean - WHO'S LEAVING WHO
04 - 07 - 05 - Bananarama - I WANT YOU BACK
06 - 05 - 06 - Natalie Cole - PINK CADILLAC
12 - 02 - 07 - Climie Fisher - LOVE CHANGES (EVERYTHING)
02 - 14 - 08 - George Michael - ONE MORE TRY
03 - 10 - 09 - Michael Jackson With The Jackson 5 - I WANT YOU BACK '88
05 - 04 - 10 - Fleetwood Mac - EVERYWHERE
07 - 08 - 11 - Pebbles - GIRLFRIEND
04 - 35 - 12 - Fairground Attraction - PERFECT
05 - 17 - 13 - Jermaine Stewart - GET LUCKY
02 - 25 - 14 - James Brown - THE PAYBACK MIX (PART ONE)
04 - 19 - 15 - Mick And Pat - LET'S ALL CHANT
05 - 21 - 16 - Will Downing - A LOVE SUPREME
06 - 24 - 17 - Patrick Swayze Featuring Wendy Fraser - SHE'S LIKE THE WIND
08 - 13 - 18 - Jellybean Featuring Adele Bertei - JUST A MIRAGE
07 - 11 - 19 - Taylor Dayne - PROVE YOUR LOVE
07 - 09 - 20 - Bros - DROP THE BOY
07 - 12 - 21 - Tiffany - COULD'VE BEEN
08 - 16 - 22 - Glen Goldsmith - DREAMING
10 - 26 - 23 - Brenda Russell Featuring Joe Esposito - PIANO IN THE DARK
03 - 39 - 24 - Rob Base And DJ E-Z Rock - IT TAKES TWO
11 - 18 - 25 - Eighth Wonder - I'M NOT SCARED
1 - NEW - 26 - Primitives - OUT OF REACH
07 - 20 - 27 - Sinitta - CROSS MY BROKEN HEART
03 - 33 - 28 - Luther Vandross - I GAVE IT UP (WHEN I FELL IN LOVE)
02 - 44 - 29 - Joyce Sims - WALK AWAY
02 - 46 - 30 - Narada - DIVINE EMOTIONS
11 - 22 - 31 - Aswad - DON'T TURN AROUND
02 - 36 - 32 - Mission - BEYOND THE PALE
02 - 66 - 33 - Christians - BORN AGAIN
06 - 38 - 34 - Deacon Blue - WHEN WILL YOU (MAKE MY TELEPHONE RING)
06 - 41 - 35 - Adventures - BROKEN LAND
02 - 47 - 36 - Housemartins - THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME
04 - 23 - 37 - Def Leppard - ARMAGEDDON IT
05 - 29 - 38 - T'Pau - SEX TALK (LIVE)
02 - 84 - 39 - Star Turn On 45 (Pints) - PUMP UP THE BITTER
04 - 30 - 40 - All About Eve - EVERY ANGEL
16 - 37 - 41 - Kylie Minogue - I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY
04 - 28 - 42 - Eurythmics - I NEED A MAN
02 - 49 - 43 - Rush - PRIME MOVER
03 - 54 - 44 - Al B Sure! - NITE AND DAY
02 - 71 - 45 - Aztec Camera - SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART
14 - 27 - 46 - Debbie Gibson - ONLY IN MY DREAMS
04 - 45 - 47 - Transvision Vamp - TELL THAT GIRL TO SHUT UP
03 - 61 - 48 - Midnight Oil - BEDS ARE BURNING
02 - 77 - 49 - Prefab Sprout - THE KING OF ROCK 'N ROLL
1 - NEW - 50 - REM - FINEST WORKSONG
03 - 56 - 51 - Sugarcubes - DEUS
03 - 58 - 52 - Kane Gang - DON'T LOOK ANY FURTHER
06 - 32 - 53 - A-ha - STAY ON THESE ROADS
07 - 31 - 54 - Wet Wet Wet - TEMPTATION
04 - 62 - 55 - Louis Armstrong - WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD
03 - 67 - 56 - Penthouse 4 - BUST THIS HOUSE DOWN
04 - 53 - 57 - Thomas Dolby - AIRHEAD 
1 - NEW - 58 - Ofra Haza - IM NIN'ALU
06 - 34 - 59 - Iron Maiden - CAN I PLAY WITH MADNESS
02 - 59 - 60 - Lloyd Cole And The Commotions - FROM THE HIP EP
05 - 40 - 61 - AC/DC - THAT'S THE WAY I WANNA ROCK 'N' ROLL
03 - 76 - 62 - Habit - LUCY
1 - NEW - 63 - Gwen McCrae - ALL THIS LOVE THAT I'M GIVING
06 - 51 - 64 - Salt-N-Pepa - PUSH IT / TRAMP
05 - 50 - 65 - Cher - WE ALL SLEEP ALONE
05 - 60 - 66 - Neal Hefti - BATMAN THEME
1 - NEW - 67 - Icicle Works - LITTLE GIRL
08 - 52 - 68 - Whitney Houston - WHERE DO BROKEN HEARTS GO
03 - 85 - 69 - Alan Price - CHANGES
02 - 64 - 70 - Judas Priest - JOHNNY B GOODE
1 - NEW - 71 - Saxon - I CAN'T WAIT ANYMORE
10 - 57 - 72 - Primitives - CRASH
06 - 42 - 73 - Status Quo - AIN'T COMPLAINING
09 - 48 - 74 - Heart - NEVER/THESE DREAMS
1 - NEW - 75 - Rick Clarke - I'LL SEE YOU ALONG THE WAY

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[rubcale]

01 Patrick Swayze ft/ Wendy Fraser She's Like The Wind
02 Hazell Dean Who's Leaving Who
03 Danny Wilson Mary's Prayer
04 S-Express Theme From S-Express
05 Fleetwood Mac Everywhere
06 Natalie Cole Pink Cadillac
07 Climie Fisher Love Changes Everything
08 Fairground Attraction Perfect
09 Tiffany Could've Been
10 Midnight Oil Beds Are Burning
11 Jellybean ft/ Adele Bertei Just A Mirage
12 Luther Vandross I Gave It Up (When I Fell In Love)
13 Adventures Broken Land
14 James Brown The Payback Mix
15 Michael Jackson with The Jackson Five I Want You Back
16 Aztec Camera Somewhere In My Heart
17 Belinda Carlisle I Get Weak
18 Primitives Out Of Reach
19 Brenda Russell Piano In The Dark
20 Glen Goldsmith Dreaming

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Many thanks for the 14 charts posted this week from: raliverpool , TheThorne , Mark , coolchristie2 , darkstar79 , smokeyb , Whitneyfan , rubcale , Smurfie , o , Shireblogger , Earl Purple and popchartfreak

I'll leave this open until next Saturday!

[raliverpool]

01 Adventures - Broken Land (4wks 10-4-2-1)
02 Danny Wilson - Mary's Prayer (2wks 5-2)
03 Pixies - Where Is My Mind (4wks 1-1-1-3)
04 Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning (3wks 13-7-4)
05 George Michael - One More Try (2wks 18-5)
06 S'Express - Theme From S'Express (3wks 29-12-6)
07 Icehouse - Electric Blue (3wks 14-10-7)
08 Housemartins - There Is Always Something To Remind Me (2wks 21-8)
09 Fairground Attraction - Perfect (2wks 27-9)
10 Pet Shop Boys - Heart (5wks 4-2-2-4-10)

11 Deacon Blue - When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring) (4wks 22-10-9-11)

12 Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere (5wks 11-4-3-3-12)
13 Climie Fisher - Love Changes (Everything) (7wks 22-11-6-5-5-6-13)
14 Sinead O'Connor - Troy (4wks 23-12-11-14)
15 REM - Finest Worksong (1wk 15 NEW)
16 Eurythmics - I Need A Man (4wks 15-9-8-16)
17 Neil Young - This Note's for You (1wk 17 NEW)
18 Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - From The Hip (2wks 22-18)
19 Will Downing - A Love Supreme (3wks 30-20-19)
20 Def Leppard - Armageddon It (3wks 17-15-20)

21 Smithereens - Only A Memory (2wks 30-21)
22 Bananarama - I Want You Back (3wks 25-19-22)
23 Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock - It Takes Two (3wks 33-26-23)
24 Icicle Works - Little Girl Lost (1wk 24 NEW)
25 Wonder Stuff - Give Give Give Me More More More (1wk 25 NEW)
26 Sugarcubes - Deus (3wks 11-14-26)
27 Hazell Dean - Who's Leaving Who (3wks 26-23-27)
28 Jesus & Mary Chain - Sidewalking (4wks 11-6-13-28)
29 Jellybean ft Adele Bertei - Just A Mirage (2wks 34-29)
30 Robert Plant - Tall Cool One (1wk 30 NEW)

31 Aerosmith - Angel (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - Anything For You (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Primitives - Out Of Reach (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Swimming With Sharks - Careless Love (1wk 34 NEW)
35 McCarthy - Should The Bible Be Banned (1wk 35 NEW)
36 INXS - Devil Inside (8wks 40-20-12-7-6-8-16-36)
37 Pebbles - Girlfriend (1wk 37 NEW)
38 U2 - One Tree Hill (8wks 11-3-2-1-3-7-17-38)
39 Railway Children - In The Meantime (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Dan Reed Network - Ritual (1wk 40 NEW)

LP Erasure - Phantom Bride (LP The Innocents)

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Mark's Top 40 weekending 24th April 1988

1 (5) One More Try - George Michael
2 (1) Heart - Pet Shop Boys
3 (2) Everywhere - Fleetwood Mac
4 (3) Love Changes (Everything) - Climie Fisher
5 (4) I Want You Back - Bananarama
6 (6) Who's Leaving Who - Hazell Dean
7 (10) Cross My Broken Heart - Sinitta
8 (21) Let's All Chant - Pat & Mick
9 (15) Prove Your Love - Taylor Dayne
10 (12) When Will You Make My Telephone Ring - Deacon Blue
11 (24) Perfect - Fairground Attraction
12 (11) Theme From S-Express - S-Express
13 (7) Broken Land - The Adventures
14 (8) Stay On These Roads - A-ha
15 (9) I Get Weak - Belinda Carlisle
16 (19) Pink Cadillac - Natalie Cole
17 (13) I Want You Back '88 - Michael Jackson & Jackson 5
18 (22) Piano In The Dark - Brenda Russell
19 (25) Where Do Broken Hearts Go - Whitney Houston
20 (16) She's Like The Wind - Patrick Swayze ft Wendy Fraser
21 (39) Divine Emotions - Narada
22 (18) Could've Been - Tiffany
23 (20) Never/These Dreams - Heart
24 (17) Temptation - Wet Wet Wet
25 (26) Don't Turn Around - Aswad
26 (29) Together Forever - Rick Astley
27 (28) I'm Not Scared - Eighth Wonder
28 (31) Just A Mirage - Jellybean ft Adele Bertei
29 (32) Love Is Contagious - Taja Sevelle
30 (33) Man In The Mirror - Michael Jackson
31 (30) Out Of The Blue - Debbie Gibson
32 (27) Get Lucky - Jermaine Stewart
33 (37) Drop The Boy - Bros
34 (34) An Englishman In New York - Sting
35 (14) The Colours - The Men They Couldn't Hang
36 (23) I Gave It Up (When I Fell In Love) - Luther Vandross
37 (35) Every Angel - All About Eve
38 (New) Out Of Reach - The Primitives
39 (38) There Is Always Something There To Remind Me - The Housemartins
40 (36) Crash - The Primitives

[TheThorne]

1 1 The Adventures - BROKEN LAND
2 6 Aztec Camera - SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART
3 7 Prefab Sprout - KING OF ROCK 'N' ROLL
4 2 Midnight Oil - BEDS ARE BURNING
5 10 All About Eve - EVERY ANGEL
6 3 Fleetwood Mac - EVERYWHERE
7 new Icehouse - ELECTRIC BLUE
8 4 INXS - DEVIL INSIDE
9 14 Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - FROM THE HIP
10 5 Pet Shop Boys - HEART
11 new Swimming With Sharks - CARELESS LOVE
12 13 Transvision Vamp - TELL THAT GIRL TO SHUT UP
13 15 Aerosmith - ANGEL
14 9 Def Leppard - ARMAGEDDON IT
15 8 Expose - SEASONS CHANGE
16 11 Voice of The Beehive - I WALK THE EARTH
17 new REM - FINEST WORKSONG
18 16 Patrick Swayze - SHE'S LIKE THE WIND
19 12 Noiseworks - TAKE ME BACK
20 new Primitives - OUT OF REACH
21 29 Rush - PRIME MOVER
22 28 The Mission - BEYOND THE PALE
23 21 Fairground Attraction - PERFECT
24 22 S-Express - THEME FROM S-EXPRESS
25 27 Sugarcubes - DEUS
26 18 Jesus & The Mary Chain - SIDEWALKING
27 17 David Lee Roth - JUST LIKE PARADISE
28 19 Magnum - DAYS OF NO TRUST
29 20 Belinda Carlisle - I GET WEAK
30 new Icicle Works - LITTLE GIRL LOST
31 32 Hall & Oates - EVERYTHING YOUR HEART DESIRES
32 new The Wonderstuff - GIVE GIVE GIVE ME MORE MORE MORE
33 23 Wet Wet Wet- TEMPTATION
34 31 Railway Children - IN THE MEANTIME
35 33 Loverboy - BREAK IT TO ME GENTLY
36 new Killing Joke - AMERICA
37 24 Erasure - SHIP OF FOOLS
38 new The Christians - BORN AGAIN
39 25 Heart - NEVER/THESE DREAMS
40 26 Pebbles - GIRLFRIEND

Featured song from the unfortunately named Humpe sisters

[Whitneyfan]

01(02) Danny Wilson – Mary’s Prayer
02(06) Fairground Attraction – Perfect
03(09) S-Express – Theme From S-Express
04(01) Fleetwood Mac – Everywhere
05(13) George Michael – One More Try
06(16) Midnight Oil – Beds Are Burning
07(18) Aztec Camera – Somewhere In My Heart
08(04) Hazell Dean – Who’s Leaving Who
09(03) Salt-N-Pepa – Push It
10(12) Luther Vandross – I Gave It Up (When I Fell In Love)

11(05) Bananarama – I Want You Back
12(27) Prefab Sprout – The King Of Rock ‘N’ Roll
13(21) The Housemartins – There Is Always Something There To Remind Me
14(24) The Christinas – Born Again
15(07) The Adventures – Broken Land
16(10) Will Downing – A Love Supreme
17(19) Michael Jackson with The Jackson 5 – I Want You Back ‘88
18(25) Transvision Vamp – Tell That Girl To Shut Up
19(11) James – What For
20(08) Patrick Swayze Featuring Wendy Fraser – She’s Like The Wind

21(26) Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock – It Takes Two
22(33) Joyce Sims – Walk Away
23(17) Deacon Blue – When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)
24(14) Pet Shop Boys – Heart
25(15) Climie Fisher – Love Changes (Everything)
26(30) Salt N’ Pepa – Tramp
27(48) Narada – Divine Emotions
28(37) The Mission – Beyond The Pale
29(--) Robert Plant – Tall Cool One
30(41) James Brown – The Payback Mix (Part One)

31(--) Icehouse – Electric Blue
32(20) T’pau – Sex Talk
33(--) R.E.M. – Finest Worksong
34(--) Swimming With Sharks – Careless Love
35(22) Natalie Cole – Pink Cadillac
36(23) Tiffany – Could’ve Been
37(28) Expose – Seasons Change
38(--) Jody Watley – Most Of All
39(--) The Primitives – Out Of Reach
40(--) Icicle Works – Little Girl Lost

41(29) Sinitta – Cross My Broken Heart
42(31) Eurythmics – I Need A Man
43(36) Jesus & Mary Chain – Sidewalking
44(--) Ofra Haza – Im Nin’ Alu
45(--) Eddy Grant – Harmless Piece Of Fun
46(32) Def Leppard – Armageddon It
47(35) Pat & Mick – Let’s All Chant
48(34) Taylor Dayne – Prove Your Love
49(--) Sinead O’Connor – I Want (Your Hands On Me)
50(--) Killing Joke – America

[darkstar79]

01 Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock – It Takes Two (3 wks)
02 J.J. Fad – Supersonic (2 wks)
03 Salt ‘n’ Pepa – Push It (6 wks)
04 Wee Papa Girl Rappers – Faith (8 wks)
05 New Order – Blue Monday 1988 (1 wk)
06 Pet Shop Boys – Heart (5 wks)
07 The Housemartins – There Is Always Something There To Remind Me (2 wks)
08 S’Express – Theme From S’Express (3 wks)
09 Gwen Guthrie – Can’t Love You Tonight (3 wks)
10 Kid N Play – Do This My Way (6 wks)

11 Joyce Sims – Walk Away (2 wks)
12 Joyce Sims – Come Into My Life (17 wks)
13 Kechia Jenkins – I Need Somebody (4 wks)
14 The Primitives – Out Of Reach (1 wk)
15 Smith & Mighty – Anyone (3 wks)
16 The Wonder Stuff – Give Give Give Me More More More (1 wk)
17 Prince – Alphabet Street (1 wk)
18 Cover Girls – Promise Me (6 wks)
19 Sweet Tee – I Got Da Feelin’ (17 wks)
20 Sabrina – Boys (Summertime Love) (13 wks)

21 Bardeux – When We Kiss (3 wks)
22 Jody Watley – Most Of All (1 wk)
23 Prefab Sprout – The King Of Rock ‘n’ Roll (2 wks)
24 Gwen McCrae – All This Love That I’m Giving (1 wk)
25 The Blue Ox Babes – There’s No Deceiving You (4 wks)
26 Nu Shooz – Should I Say Yes (3 wks)
27 Big Daddy Kane – Raw (8 wks)
28 The Jesus & Marc Chain – Sidewalking (4 wks)
29 The Wedding Present – Nobody’s Twisting Your Arm (9 wks)
30 Al B. Sure! – Nite And Day (3 wks)

[smokeyb]

1 (3) The Adventures - Broken Land (6 wks)
2 (6) Danny Wilson - Mary's Prayer (18 wks)
3 (1) Pet Shop Boys - Heart (5 wks)
4 (2) Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere (5 wks)
5 (14) Fairground Attraction - Perfect (4 wks)
6 (5) Eurythmics - I Need A Man (4 wks)
7 (24) Prefab Sprout - The King of Rock 'N' Roll (2 wks)
8 (15) S'Express - Theme from S'Express (3 wks)
9 (12) Deacon Blue - When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)? (4 wks)
10 (16) Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning (3 wks)
11 (10) Bananarama - I Want You Back (4 wks)
12 (7) Hazell Dean - Who's Leaving Who (5 wks)
13 (23) Aztec Camera - Somewhere In My Heart (2 wks)
14 (4) Climie Fisher - Love Changes Everything (8 wks)
15 (8) A-Ha - Stay On These Roads (6 wks)
16 (9) Patrick Swayze ft. Wendy Fraser - She's Like The Wind (6 wks)
17 (11) The Jesus & Mary Chain- Sidewalking (4 wks)
18 (13) T'Pau - Sex Talk (5 wks)
19 (19) All About Eve - Every Angel (4 wks)
20 (22) George Michael - One More Try (2 wks)
21 (20) Transvision Vamp - Tell that Girl To Shut Up (4 wks)
22 (17) Salt-N-Pepa - Push It (6 wks)
23 (31) Kane Gang - Don't Look Any Further (3 wks)
24 (30) The Christians - Born Again (2 wks)
25 (NE) Primitives - Out Of Reach (1 wk)
26 (NE) R.E.M. - Finest Worksong (1 wk)
27 (NE) Icicle Works - Little Girl Lost (1 wk)
28 (28) James Brown - The Payback Mix (2 wks)
29 (18) The Primitives - Crash (10 wks)
30 (27) The Sugarcubes - Deus (3 wks)
31 (21) Wet Wet Wet - Temptation (7 wks)
32 (32) Lloyd Cole And The Commotions - From The Hip (2 wks)
33 (NE) Icehouse - Electric Blue (1 wk)
34 (NE) Swimming With Sharks - Careless Love (1 wk)
35 (NE) Neil Young - This Note's for You (1 wk)
36 (25) The Madness - I Pronounce You (7 wks)
37 (26) Belinda Carlisle - I Get Weak (10 wks)
38 (29) Eighth Wonder - I'm Not Scared (11 wks)
39 (34) Iron Maiden - Can I Play With Madness (6 wks)
40 (NE) Robert Plant - Tall Cool One ( 1 wk)

[o]

1 2 Midnight Oil – Beds are burning #1
2 3 Jesus and Mary Chain – Sidewalking #2
3 4 Adventures – Broken land #2
4 1 Pet Shop Boys – Heart #1
5 6 Transvision Vamp – Tell that girl to shut up #5
6 7 SExpress – Theme from SExpress #6
7 8 Pixies – Where is my mind? #7
8 14 Aztec Camera – Somewhere in my heart #8
9 9 Fairground Attraction – Perfect #9
10 10 Danny Wilson – Mary’s prayer #10
11 26 Wonderstuff – Give give give more more more #11
12 11 Climie Fisher – Love changes everything #11
13 5 Men They Couldn’t Hang – The colours #1
14 27 Primitives – Out of reach #14
15 28 REM – Finest worksong #15
16 17 Fleetwood Mac – Everywhere #9
17 21 Mission – Beyond the pale #17
18 12 Big Pig – Breakaway #4
19 19 Sugacubes – Deus #19
20 15 Inxs – Devil inside #2
21 20 Housemartins – Always something there to remind me #20
22 29 Ofra Haza – Im Nin’alu #22
23 NE New Order – Blue Monday 1988 #23
24 13 Sisters of Mercy – Dominion #1
25 NE Prince – Alphabet street #25
26 NE Hothouse Flowers – Don’t go #26
27 16 Primitives – Crash #1
28 NE Sylvester – Do you wanna funk #28
29 NE Mighty Lemon Drops – Fall down (Like the rain) #29
30 NE Belinda Carlisle – Circle in the sand #30

[Smurfie]

1) Hazell Dean - WHO'S LEAVING WHO
2) Bananarama - I WANT YOU BACK
3) Jellybean Featuring Adele Bertei - JUST A MIRAGE
4) Sinitta - CROSS MY BROKEN HEART
5) Ofra Haza - IM NIN'ALU
6) Pebbles - GIRLFRIEND
7) S-Express - THEME FROM S-EXPRESS
8) Michael Jackson With The Jackson 5 - I WANT YOU BACK '88
9) Natalie Cole - PINK CADILLAC
10) Eighth Wonder - I'M NOT SCARED
11) Adventures - BROKEN LAND
12) Pet Shop Boys - HEART
13) Glen Goldsmith - DREAMING
14) George Michael - ONE MORE TRY
15) Climie Fisher - LOVE CHANGES (EVERYTHING)
16) Transvision Vamp - TELL THAT GIRL TO SHUT UP
17) Narada - DIVINE EMOTIONS
18) Fleetwood Mac - EVERYWHERE
19) Jermaine Stewart - GET LUCKY
20) Sugarcubes - DEUS

[Earl Purple]

1(3) Fairground Attraction - Perfect
2(1) Danny Wilson - Mary's Prayer
3(2) S Express - Theme From S Express
4(14) Adventures - Broken Land
5(8) George Michael - One More Try
6(4) Sting - Fragile
7(-) Prefab Sprout - the King Of Rock N Roll
8(17) Samantha Fox (with Full Force) - Naughty Girls (Need Love Too)
9(13) Icehouse - Electric Blue
10(5) Iron Maiden - Can I Play With Madness?

11(19) Primitives - Out Of Reach
12(9) Bananarama - I Want You Back
13(10) Def Leppard - Armageddon It
14(6) Inxs - Devil Inside
15(23) R.E.M - Finest Worksong
16(11) All About Eve - Every Angel
17(7) Pet Shop Boys - Heart
18(-) Prince - Alphabet Street
19(26) Narada - Divine Emotions
20(18) Deacon Blue - When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)

21(28) Christians - Born Again
22(12) Brenda Russell - Piano In The Dark
23(16) Bruce Springsteen - One Step Up
24(29) Housemartins - There Is Always Something There To Remind Me
25(21) Will Downing - A Love Supreme

26(22) Luther Vandross - I Gave It Up (When I Fell In Love)
27(20) Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - Anything For You
28(15) Climie Fisher - Love Changes (Everything)
29(-) Magnum - start Talking Love
30(-) White Lion - Wait

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--(24) A-Ha - Stay On These Roads
--(25) Primitives - Crash
--(27) Jesus And Mary Chain - Sidewalking
--(30) Status Quo - Ain't Complaining

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Many of the best songs of 1988 peaked at #9 in the UK chart and there weren't that many that peaked there.

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: S-Express - THEME FROM S-EXPRESS
2 [new] :: REM - FINEST WORKSONG
3 [3] :: Fleetwood Mac - EVERYWHERE
4 [2] :: Pet Shop Boys - HEART
5 [5] :: Midnight Oil - BEDS ARE BURNING
6 [7] :: Christians - BORN AGAIN
7 [8] :: Lloyd Cole And The Commotions - FROM THE HIP
8 [9] :: Climie Fisher - LOVE CHANGES (EVERYTHING)
9 [12] :: Aztec Camera - SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART
10 [11] :: Fairground Attraction - PERFECT
11 [new] :: Taylor Dayne - PROVE YOUR LOVE
12 [6] :: Will Downing - A LOVE SUPREME
13 [4] :: T'Pau - SEX TALK (LIVE)
14 [new] :: Star Turn On 45 (Pints) - PUMP UP THE BITTER
15 [new] :: Sinead O'Connor - I WANT YOUR (HANDS ON ME)
16 [new] :: Daryl Hall & John Oates - EVERYTHING YOUR HEART DESIRES
17 [new] :: Bananarama - I WANT YOU BACK
18 [new] :: Fairground Attraction - YOU SEND ME {Perfect B-side}
19 [15] :: Kane Gang - DON'T LOOK ANY FURTHER
20 [18] :: Natalie Cole - PINK CADILLAC

[Kingpin]

1        1) S-Express - Theme from S-Express (3-1-1)
4        2) Brenda Russell - Piano In The Dark (27-13-8-5-4-2)
9        3) Adventures - Broken Land (26-9-3)
2        4) Bananarama - I Want You Back (14-6-2-4)
3        5) Hazell Dean - Who's Leaving Who (21-11-4-3-5)
15      6) Danny Wilson - Mary's Prayer (29-15-6)
14      7) Deacon Blue - When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring) (23-14-7)
11      8) Pat and Mick - Let's All Chant (23-15-11-8)
17      9) Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock - It Takes Two (32-17-9)
13    10) Patrick Swayze featuring Wendy Fraser - She's Like The Wind (28-18-13-10)

5      11) Natalie Cole - Pink Cadillac (26-11-4-1-5-11)
12    12) Jermaine Stewart - Get Lucky (24-16-13-12-12)
16    13) Mandy - Boys and Girls (16-13)
6      14) Expose - Seasons Change (17-8-6-14)
7      15) Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere (17-9-7-7-15)
19    16) Gladys Knight and The Pips - Lovin' On Next To Nothin' (33-29-26-22-19-16)
23    17) Heartbeat - The Winner (33-23-17)
32    18) Narada - Divine Emotions (32-18)
8      19) Debbie Gibson - Only In My Dreams (4-2-2-1-2-8-19)
20    20) Sweet Sensation - Take It While It's Hot (32-25-20-20)

36    21) George Michael - One More Try (36-21)
22    22) Will Downing - A Love Supreme (34-24-22-22)
25    23) Christians - Born Again (25-23)
27    24) Joyce Sims - Walk Away (27-24)
26    25) Pretty Poison - Nightime (35-30-27-26-25)
28    26) Big Trouble - When The Love Is Good (39-28-26)
10    27) Def Leppard - Armageddon It (19-12-10-27)
33    28) Hall and Oates - Everything Your Heart Desires (33-28)
NEW 29) Aztec Camera - Somewhere In My Heart (29)
34    30) Stevie B - Dreamin' Of Love (34-30)

NEW 31) Prefab Sprout - The King of Rock 'n' Roll (31)
38    32) Fairground Attraction - Perfect (38-32)
37    33) Railway Children - In The Meantime (40-37-33)
NEW 34) Swimming With Sharks - Careless Love (34)
NEW 35) Icehouse - Electric Blue (35)
39    36) Mission - Beyond The Pale (39-36)
18    37) Pet Shop Boys - Heart (15-5-9-18-37)
NEW 38) Agnetha Faltskog and Peter Cetera - I Wasn't The One (Who Said Goodbye) (38)
21    39) Pebbles - Girlfriend (33-15-8-6-10-21-39)
NEW 40) Saxon - I Can't Wait Anymore (40)

[popchartfreak]

1st May 1988

It's 2 weeks on top for S-Express as Ofra Haza nearly topples them with I'm Nin Alu at 2, Hazell Dean gets a second top 10, and Danny Wilson finally go top 10 after first charting in 1987 with Mary's Prayer. Blue Monday is remixed back into the 20 for about the 3rd time for New Order, Belinda Carlisle rockets in for her 3rd top as Circle In The Sand rises 71 to 16, Faurground Attraction climb into the 40 with Perfect, and Aztec Camera add to their snaps of singles doing the same, with a mighty bound on Somewhere In My Heart.

Narada Michael Walden gets his 3rd top 40, and highest new entry is from Joyce Sims, in with Walk Away at 48, followed by The Housemartins not doing a cover of Bacharach/David's Always Something There To Remind Me at 56 (just nicking the title). Gloria Estefan is back with Can't Stay Away From You, by now more or less a solo act doing her husbands' material as he phases out Miami Sound Machine to greater success. Second-time lucky for the song it will be, though. Heart are back with another old track, What About Love, Was Not Was are back with a remix of the fab non-hit Out Come The Freaks, Icehouse add Electric Blue to their list of chart entries here, even if not in the UK charts, The Primitives follow-up, and Scritti Politti makes it 4 years of chart gems with Oh Patti popping in at 75.

This was the week I bought my first CD player, as far as I can recall, cos the Playlist includes 2 Blow Monkeys remix tracks from the first maxi-single CD I ever bought - and the only way I could have heard them was on a brand-new Philips DC player. CD was a revolution in sound, in some ways, as hits albums squeezing too many tracks onto vinyl were a bit tinny in sound, and vinyl singles quality wasn't what it used to be either as they got produced more cheaply. I didn't miss the crackles and pops of vinyl, but the widescreen sound of quality vinyl was definitely superior to a cheap CD player and early CD's of older recordings in the days before remastering - some times they were cheap crappy covers by the listed act, sometimes they'd been bunged onto CD direct from a CD or substandard master, and as I was to find out to my horror years later, the lie that CD's would "last forever" was nonsense - many of them reacted to inks in the sleeve and turned discoloured and the sound disintegrated or jumped. The plastic wallets were just awful, I still hate the tacky packaging, and the only affection I hold for actual CD's I bought are those I bought abroad, or those that have great packaging. The rest can happily be replaced and upgraded, unlike Vinyl where I love my own copies, clicks and all, cos they are special time-related sentimental objects.

1 ( 1 ) THEME FROM S-EXPRESS S-Express
2 ( 7 ) I'M NIN ALU Ofra Haza
3 ( 3 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael
4 ( 6 ) BROKEN LAND The Adventures
5 ( 4 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
6 ( 2 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5
7 ( 8 ) I WANT YOU BACK Bananarama
8 ( 15 ) WHO’S LEAVING WHO Hazell Dean
9 ( 5 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac
10 ( 12 ) MARY’S PRAYER Danny Wilson

11 ( 13 ) WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD Louis Armstrong
12 ( 9 ) GIRLFRIEND Pebbles
13 ( 37 ) BLUE MONDAY (REMIX) New Order
14 ( 14 ) PIANO IN THE DARK Brenda Russell
15 ( 10 ) PINK CADILLAC Natalie Cole
16 ( 71 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle
17 ( 31 ) NITE AND DAY Al B. Sure
18 ( 27 ) DON'T LOOK ANY FURTHER The Kane Gang
19 ( 16 ) GET LUCKY Jermaine Stewart
20 ( 23 ) LET'S ALL CHANT Pat and Mick

21 ( 17 ) WE ALL SLEEP ALONE Cher
22 ( 32 ) BORN AGAIN The Christians
23 ( 46 ) PERFECT Fairground Attraction
24 ( 11 ) WHEN THE LOVE IS GOOD Big Trouble
25 ( 30 ) FROM THE HIP Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
26 ( 70 ) SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART Aztec Camera
27 ( 69 ) DIVINE EMOTIONS Narada
28 ( 21 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis
29 ( 24 ) LOVE CHANGES (EVERYTHING) Climie Fisher
30 ( 36 ) ARMAGEDDIN' IT Def Leppard

31 ( 18 ) DREAMING Glen Goldsmith
32 ( 19 ) 10,000 ANGELS Godley And Creme
33 ( 38 ) CARELESS LOVE Swimming With Sharks
34 ( 64 ) KING OF ROCK 'N' ROLL Prefab Sprout
35 ( 54 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince
36 ( 52 ) A LOVE SUPREME Will Downing
37 ( 22 ) I'M NOT SCARED Eighth Wonder
38 ( 44 ) BEDS ARE BURNING Midnight Oil
39 ( 35 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
40 ( 28 ) THESE DREAMS/NEVER Heart

41 ( 53 ) CALYPSO CRAZY Billy Ocean
42 ( 41 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
43 ( 33 ) LADY MADONNA The Beatles
44 ( 20 ) PROVE YOUR LOVE Taylor Dayne
45 ( 45 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
46 ( 42 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
47 ( 39 ) EVERY ANGEL All About Eve
48 ( NEW ) WALK AWAY Joyce Sims
49 ( 49 ) THE COLOURS Men They Couldn't Hang
50 ( 25 ) STAY ON THESE ROADS a-ha

51 ( 51 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
52 ( 50 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
53 ( 60 ) WHEN WILL YOU MAKE MY TELEPHONE RING Deacon Blue
54 ( 56 ) SOMETHIN' ELSE Eddie Cochran
55 ( 74 ) PAYBACK MIX James Brown
56 ( NEW ) ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME The Housemartins
57 ( 26 ) COULD'VE BEEN Tiffany
58 ( 29 ) I NEED A MAN Eurythmics
59 ( 57 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson
60 ( 63 ) CHANGES Alan Price

61 ( 48 ) FATHER FIGURE George Michael
62 ( 58 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers
63 ( 47 ) THAT'S THE WAY IT IS Mel & Kim
64 ( NEW ) I CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan/ Miami Sound Machine
65 ( 65 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone
66 ( 66 ) BAD Michael Jackson
67 ( NEW ) WHAT ABOUT LOVE Heart
68 ( 43 ) ANGEL Aerosmith
69 ( 62 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys
70 ( NEW ) OUT COME THE FREAKS (REMIX) Was (Not Was)

71 ( 40 ) DON’T TURN AROUND Aswad
72 ( NEW ) ELECTRIC BLUE Icehouse
73 ( 34 ) JUST A MIRAGE Jellybean/ Adele Bertei
74 ( NEW ) OUT OF REACH The Primitives
75 ( NEW ) OH PATTI (DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR LOVERBOY) Scritti Politti

1st May
PLAYIST OLDIES

1 DIGGING YOUR SCENE (CD REMIX) Blow Monkeys
2 I CLOSE MY EYES AND COUNT TO TEN Dusty Springfield
3 IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY (CD REMIX) Blow Monkeys