Haven Combi Retro-Chart W/B 7th August 1988

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HAVEN COMBI RETRO-CHART W/B 7th AUGUST 1988

Kim Wilde makes it another week at the top of the Retro-Chart. You Came is now in its third week at number one although its points total now dips below the 200 points level.



Yazz spends a second week at number two with The Only Way Is Up. The gap between the top two is now just 14 points, with both songs experiencing a reversal of fortune.

Siouxsie and The Banshees continue to climb as Peek-a-Boo sneaks into the top three, although still a long way behind the two front-runners.

After a frantic 26 place climb last week, Breathe recover a bit this week as Hands To Heaven moves up to number four.

Biggest climber is from US husband and wife soul duo Womack and Womack as Teardrops climbs 15 places to number 15.

Another shortage of new entries this week sees Tiffany lead the way as Feelings Of Forever, the fourth single from her debut album, enters at number 21.

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

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LW TW ARTIST / SONG TITLE

1 1 Kim Wilde - YOU CAME

2 2 Yazz and The Plastic Population - THE ONLY WAY IS UP

4 3 Siouxsie and The Banshees - PEEK-A-BOO

7 4 Breathe - HANDS TO HEAVEN

5 5 All About Eve - MARTHA'S HARBOUR

9 6 Fairground Attraction - FIND MY LOVE

3 7 S-Express - SUPERFLY GUY

13 8 Jane Wiedlin - RUSH HOUR

6 8 Tanita Tikaram - GOOD TRADITION

16 10 Robbie Robertson - SOMEWHERE DOWN THE CRAZY RIVER

20 11 Kylie Minogue - THE LOCO-MOTION

13 12 Julia Fordham - HAPPY EVER AFTER

22 13 Brother Beyond - THE HARDER I TRY

8 14 Voice Of The Beehive - I SAY NOTHING

30 15 Womack and Womack - TEARDROPS

19 16 Deacon Blue - CHOCOLATE GIRL

21 17 Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine - ANYTHING FOR YOU

25 18 Mory Kante - YE KE YE KE

24 19 BVSMP - I NEED YOU

10 20 Pat Benatar - ALL FIRED UP

16 21 Def Leppard - LOVE BITES

NEW 21 Tiffany - FEELINGS OF FOREVER

NEW 23 Aztec Camera - WORKING IN A GOLDMINE

37 24 Big Dish - EUROPEAN RAIN

26 25 Funky Worm - HUSTLE! (TO THE MUSIC)

10 26 Everything But The Girl - I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT

32 27 Go-Betweens - STREETS OF YOUR TOWN

16 28 Transvision Vamp - I WANT YOUR LOVE

12 29 Debbie Gibson - FOOLISH BEAT

40 30 Pop Will Eat Itself - DEF CON ONE

NEW 31 Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - GOODBYE MR MACKENZIE

33 32 Pogues - FIESTA

35 32 Prefab Sprout - HEY MANHATTAN

NEW 34 Guns n' Roses - SWEET CHILD O' MINE

28 35 George Michael - MONKEY

30 35 Glenn Medeiros - NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE MY LOVE FOR YOU

NEW 37 Bobby Brown - DON'T BE CRUEL

33 37 Crowded House - BETTER BE HOME SOON

36 39 Four Tops - REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE

15 40 INXS - NEVER TEAR US APART

22 40 Michael Jackson - DIRTY DIANA

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OFFICIAL CHART W/B 14th AUGUST 1988

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

05 - 01 - 01 - Yazz And The Plastic Population - THE ONLY WAY IS UP
03 - 02 - 02 - Kylie Minogue - THE LOCO-MOTION
05 - 04 - 03 - BVSMP - I NEED YOU
06 - 03 - 04 - Kim Wilde - YOU CAME
02 - 06 - 05 - Iron Maiden - THE EVIL THAT MEN DO
04 - 17 - 06 - Breathe - HANDS TO HEAVEN
04 - 08 - 07 - Fairground Attraction - FIND MY LOVE
04 - 24 - 08 - Brother Beyond - THE HARDER I TRY
05 - 05 - 09 - S-Express - SUPERFLY GUY
04 - 15 - 10 - All About Eve - MARTHA'S HARBOUR
05 - 11 - 11 - Four Tops - REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE
11 - 07 - 12 - Glenn Medeiros - NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE MY LOVE FOR YOU
04 - 13 - 13 - Funky Worm - HUSTLE! (TO THE MUSIC...)
10 - 10 - 14 - Transvision Vamp - I WANT YOUR LOVE
05 - 23 - 15 - Tanita Tikaram - GOOD TRADITION
15 - 09 - 16 - Salt-N-Pepa - PUSH IT / TRAMP
09 - 33 - 17 - Julio Iglesias and Stevie Wonder - MY LOVE
10 - 14 - 18 - Mac Band Featuring The McCampbell Brothers - ROSES ARE RED
02 - 36 - 19 - Chris Rea - ON THE BEACH
07 - 12 - 20 - Everything But The Girl - I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT
07 - 19 - 21 - Debbie Gibson - FOOLISH BEAT
06 - 35 - 22 - Robbie Robertson - SOMEWHERE DOWN THE CRAZY RIVER
10 - 22 - 23 - Voice Of The Beehive - I SAY NOTHING
1 - NEW - 24 - Big Country - KING OF EMOTION
04 - 18 - 25 - Siouxsie And The Banshees - PEEK A BOO
08 - 20 - 26 - Pat Benatar - ALL FIRED UP
06 - 16 - 27 - Michael Jackson - DIRTY DIANA
03 - 38 - 28 - Van Halen - WHEN IT'S LOVE
04 - 26 - 29 - Mica Paris Featuring Courtney Pine - LIKE DREAMERS DO
1 - NEW - 30 - Status Quo - RUNNING ALL OVER THE WORLD
03 - 34 - 31 - Aztec Camera - WORKING IN A GOLDMINE
09 - 27 - 32 - Julia Fordham - HAPPY EVER AFTER
06 - 21 - 33 - Def Leppard - LOVE BITES
08 - 47 - 34 - Gloria Estefan And Miami Sound Machine - ANYTHING FOR YOU
1 - NEW - 35 - Guns N' Roses - SWEET CHILD O' MINE
12 - 25 - 36 - Matt Bianco - DON'T BLAME IT ON THAT GIRL/WAP-BAM-BOOGIE
03 - 55 - 37 - Womack And Womack - TEARDROPS
03 - 44 - 38 - Jane Wiedlin - RUSH HOUR
05 - 42 - 39 - Mory Kante - YE KE YE KE
03 - 28 - 40 - Five Star - ROCK MY WORLD
1 - NEW - 41 - Climie Fisher - I WON'T BLEED FOR YOU
04 - 46 - 42 - Donny Osmond - SOLDIER OF LOVE
04 - 51 - 43 - Bobby Brown - DON'T BE CRUEL
1 - NEW - 44 - Europe - SUPERSTITIOUS
10 - 29 - 45 - Fat Boys With Chubby Checker - THE TWIST (YO, TWIST)
1 - NEW - 46 - UB40 - WHERE DID I GO WRONG
14 - 31 - 47 - Bros - I OWE YOU NOTHING
11 - RE - 48 - Natalie Cole - JUMP START
06 - 43 - 49 - Deacon Blue - CHOCOLATE GIRL
12 - 30 - 50 - Tracy Chapman - FAST CAR
1 - NEW - 51 - Jellybean - COMING BACK FOR MORE
02 - 75 - 52 - Commodores - EASY
06 - 48 - 53 - Blue Mercedes - LOVE IS THE GUN
06 - 32 - 54 - George Michael - MONKEY
1 - NEW - 55 - Spagna - EVERY GIRL AND BOY
05 - 40 - 56 - Alexander O'Neal - (WHAT CAN I SAY) TO MAKE YOU LOVE ME
03 - 62 - 57 - Rod Stewart - FOREVER YOUNG
10 - 37 - 58 - UB40 With Chrissie Hynde - BREAKFAST IN BED
02 - 69 - 59 - Talking Heads - BLIND
03 - 54 - 60 - Electra - JIBARO
1 - NEW - 61 - Joan Jett And The Blackhearts - I HATE MYSELF FOR LOVING YOU
14 - 41 - 62 - Sabrina - BOYS (SUMMERTIME LOVE)
02 - 71 - 63 - Billy Idol - CATCH MY FALL
09 - 53 - 64 - Wee Papa Girl Rappers - HEAT IT UP
05 - 39 - 65 - Shakin' Stevens - FEEL THE NEED IN ME
02 - 89 - 66 - Jean Luc Paillard And Orchestre De Chambre - THEME FROM 'VIETNAM VIETNAM'
13 - 45 - 67 - Pasadenas - TRIBUTE (RIGHT ON)
02 - 80 - 68 - Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - GOODBYE MR MACKENZIE
1 - NEW - 69 - Midge Ure - ANSWERS TO NOTHING
04 - 57 - 70 - Steve Walsh - AIN'T NO STOPPIN' US NOW
02 - 76 - 71 - Vanessa Williams - THE RIGHT STUFF
06 - 49 - 72 - Huey Lewis And The News - PERFECT WORLD
05 - 67 - 73 - Belinda Carlisle - MAD ABOUT YOU
03 - 65 - 74 - Billy Ocean - COLOUR OF LOVE
06 - 60 - 75 - Muddy Waters - MANNISH BOY

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

I'll leave this open until next Saturday!

[rubcale]

01 Yazz and The Plastic Population The Only Way Is Up
02 B.V.S.M.P I Need You
03 Robbie Robertson Somewhere Down The Crazy River
04 Breathe Hands To Heaven
05 Womack & Womack Teardrops
06 Gloria Estefan & The Miami Sound Machine Anything For You
07 All About Eve Martha's Harbour
08 Kim Wilde You Came
09 Brother Beyond The Harder I Try
10 Jane Wiedlin Rush Hour
11 Julio Iglesias ft/ Stevie Wonder My Love
12 S-Express Superfly Guy
13 Fairground Attraction Find My Love
14 Commodores Easy
15 Donny Osmond Soldier Of Love
16 Big Country King Of Emotion
17 Glen Medeiros Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You
18 Status Quo Running All Over The World
19 UB 40 Where Did I Go Wrong
20 Belinda Carlisle Mad About You

[TheThorne]

1 2 Jane Weidlin - RUSH HOUR
2 1 Breathe - HANDS TO HEAVEN
3 4 Go-Betweens - STREETS OF YOUR TOWN
4 7 All About Eve - MARTHA'S HARBOUR
5 9 Van Halen - WHEN IT'S LOVE
6 3 Def Leppard - LOVE BITES
7 15 Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - GOODBYE MR MACKENZIE
8 5 Big Dish - EUROPEAN RAIN
9 16 Cinderella - GYPSY ROAD
10 6 Deacon Blue - CHOCOLATE GIRL
11 new Guns N' Roses - SWEET CHILD O'MINE
12 14 Prefab Sprout - HEY MANHATTAN
13 19 Siouxsie & The Banshees - PEEK-A-BOO
14 12 My Bloody Valentine - YOU MADE ME REALISE
15 17 Aztec Camera - WORKING IN A GOLDMINE
16 8 Cheap Trick - THE FLAME
17 22 Martin Stephenson & The Daintees - WHOLLY HUMBLE HEART
18 new House Of Love - DESTROY THIS HEART
19 10 Belinda Carlisle - MAD ABOUT YOU
20 new Big Country - KING OF EMOTION
21 11 Richard Marx - DON'T MEAN NOTHING
22 13 Kim Wilde - YOU CAME
23 27 Chris Rea - ON THE BEACH
24 new Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I HATE MYSELF FOR LOVING YOU
25 new Scritti Politti - FIRST BOY IN THIS TOWN
26 new Crowded House - BETTER BE HOME SOON
27 31 Billy Idol - CATCH MY FALL
28 18 Huey Lewis & The News - PERFECT WORLD
29 21 Pat Benatar - ALL FIRED UP
30 25 Bobby Brown - DON'T BE CRUEL
31 20 INXS - NEVER TEAR US APART
32 30 Tiffany - FEELINGS OF FOREVER
33 new Europe - SUPERSTITIOUS
34 new Climie Fisher - I WON'T BLEED FOR YOU
35 24 Hothouse Flowers - I'M SORRY
36 33 Talking Heads - BLIND
37 new Steve Winwood - DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT THE NIGHT CAN DO?
38 23 Tanita Tikaram - GOOD TRADITION
39 28 Fairground Attraction - FIND MY LOVE
40 new Soup Dragons - KINGDOM CHAIRS

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Mark's Top 40 weekending 15th August 1988

1 (1) The Only Way Is Up - Yazz And The Plastic Population
2 (2) You Came - Kim Wilde
3 (3) Anything For You - Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
4 (4) Feelings Of Forever - Tiffany
5 (7) Hands To Heaven - Breathe
6 (11) The Colour Of Love - Billy Ocean
7 (8) The Harder I Try - Brother Beyond
8 (5) The Loco-Motion - Kylie Minogue
9 (6) Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You - Glenn Medeiros
10 (19) Rock My World - Five Star
11 (15) Chains Of Love - Erasure
12 (16) Teardrops - Womack & Womack
13 (20) Feel The Need In Me - Shakin' Stevens
14 (24) Somewhere Down The Crazy River - Robbie Robertson
15 (23) Breakfast In Bed - UB40 ft Chrissie Hynde
16 (9) Foolish Beat - Debbie Gibson
17 (10) Never Tear Us Apart - INXS
18 (12) I Owe You Nothing - Bros
19 (13) Rush Hour - Jane Wiedlin
20 (32) On The Beach '88 - Chris Rea
21 (29) Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
22 (37) Maybe We Should Call It A Day - Hazell Dean
23 (14) The Blood That Moves The Body - A-ha
24 (28) Find My Love - Fairground Attraction
25 (17) Love Bites - Def Leppard
26 (18) Wild World - Maxi Priest
27 (New) King Of Emotion - Big Country
28 (21) Endless Summer Nights - Richard Marx
29 (22) All Fired Up - Pat Benatar
30 (New) Running All Over The World - Status Quo
31 (25) Monkey - George Michael
32 (New) Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
33 (26) Martha's Harbour - Bruce Springsteen
34 (27) The Twist - Fat Boys with Chubby Checker
35 (30) Roses Are Red - Mac Band feat McCampbell Brothers
36 (New) Where Did I Go Wrong - UB40
37 (36) In The Air Tonight '88 - Phil Collins
38 (New) Superstitious - Europe
39 (39) I Don't Want To Talk About It - Everything But The Girl
40 (New) I Won't Bleed For You - Climie Fisher

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Yazz & The Plastic Population – The Only Way Is Up
02(12) Womack & Womack – Teardrops
03(03) Robbie Robertson – Somewhere Down The Crazy River
04(17) Jane Wiedlin – Rush Hour
05(05) Fairground Attraction – Find My Love
06(07) Siouxsie & The Banshees – Peek-A-Boo
07(13) Bobby Brown – Don’t Be Cruel
08(11) Breathe – Hands To Heaven
09(02) Tiffany – Feelings Of Forever
10(10) All About Eve – Martha’s Harbour

11(08) Mory Kante – Yeke Yeke
12(04) Kylie Minogue – The Loco-Motion
13(24) Chris Rea – On The Beach (Summer ’88)
14(06) Tanita Tikaram – Good Tradition
15(27) Billy Idol – Catch My Fall
16(22) Aztec Camera – Working In A Goldmine
17(09) Kim Wilde – You Came
18(20) Brother Beyond – The Harder I Try
19(31) Sam Brown – This Feeling
20(23) The Go-Betweens – Streets Of Your Town

21(25) Mica Paris – Like Dreamers Do
22(26) Five Star – Rock My World
23(--) Big Country – King Of Emotion
24(29) The Funky Worm – Hustle! (To The Music…)
25(14) Milli Vanilli – Girl You Know It’s True
26(15) Alexander O’Neal – (What Can I Say) To Make You Love Me
27(38) Big Dish – European Rain
28(18) INXS – Never Tear Us Apart
29(32) Cinderella – Gyspy Road
30(16) S-Express – Superfly Guy

31(40) Joyce Sims – Love Makes A Woman
32(19) Icicle Works – Here Comes Trouble
33(45) Goodbye Mr. MacKenzie – Goodbye Mr. MacKenzie
34(--) Guns N’ Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine
35(34) Billy Ocean – Colour Of Love
36(43) Iron Maiden – The Evil That Men Do
37(21) B.V.S.M.P. – I Need You
38(--) Spagna – Every Girl And Boy
39(35) Rod Stewart – Forever Young
40(46) Living Colour – Glamour Boys

41(--) Status Quo – Running All Over The World
42(--) UB40 – Where Did I Go Wrong
43(28) Everything But The Girl – I Don’t Want To Talk About It
44(39) Van Halen – When It’s Love
45(33) Michael Jackson – Dirty Diana
46(--) Europe – Superstitious
47(--) Midge Ure – Answers To Nothing
48(--) Natalie Cole – Jump Start
49(--) Climie Fisher – I Won’t Bleed For You
50(36) Debbie Gibson – Foolish Beat

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4        1) Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine - Anything For You (12-4-1)
3        2) Yazz and The Plastic Population - The Only Way Is Up (28-8-3-3-2)
1        3) Breathe - Hands To Heaven (26-7-1-3)
2        4) Brother Beyond - The Harder I Try (10-1-2-4)
5        5) Sweet Connection - Need Your Passion (37-27-20-10-5-5)
9        6) Kylie Minogue - The Loco-Motion (15-9-6)
23      7) Jane Wiedlin - Rush Hour (23-7)
NEW   8) Natalie Cole - Jump Start (8)
16      9) Tiffany - Feelings Of Forever (34-16-9)
NEW 10) Spagna - Every Girl and Boy (10)

24    11) Jets - Sendin' All My Love (24-11)
15    12) Dollar - It's Nature's Way (34-30-24-20-15-12)
17    13) Ellert - Something To Talk About (40-31-25-23-17-13)
21    14) Van Halen - When It's Love (36-21-14)
6      15) Steven Dante - I'm Too Scared (36-32-20-12-8-6-15)
19    16) Big Dish - European Rain (31-19-16)
29    17) Vanessa Williams - The Right Stuff (29-17)
7      18) Kim Wilde - You Came (30-15-4-2-7-18)
30    19) Jon Otis - In The Middle Of The Night (38-X-30-19)
8      20) Debbie Gibson - Foolish Beat (1-1-2-2-4-8-20)

28    21) Brenda K Starr - What You See Is What You Get (37-28-21)
NEW 22) Escape Club - Wild Wild West (22)
34    23) Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - Goodbye Mr Mackenzie (34-23)
10    24) Def Leppard - Love Bites (25-17-15-11-10-24)
NEW 25) Europe - Superstitious (25)
32    26) Mory Kante - Ye Ke Ye Ke (32-26)
NEW 27) Giant Steps - Another Lover (27)
33    28) Womack and Womack - Teardrops (33-28)
11    29) Deacon Blue - Chocolate Girl (33-22-16-13-11-29)
37    30) Funhouse featuring Kenneth Sherman - Dancin' Easy (37-30)

12    31) Blue Mercedes - Love Is The Gun (13-1-1-5-12-31)
38    32) Living Colour - Glamour Boys (38-32)
NEW 33) Paul Lekakis - Fruit Machine (33)
13    34) S-Express - Superfly Guy (21-7-6-13-34)
NEW 35) Jeffrey Osborne - She's On The Left (35)
NEW 36) Eros Ramazotti featuring Patsy Kensit - La Luca Buona Delle Stelle (36)
14    37) BVSMP -I Need You (32-22-18-14-37)
NEW 38) Step By Step - There She Goes (38)
NEW 39) Selena - So Far Away (39)
NEW 40) Jellybean featuring Richard Darbyshire - Coming Back For More (40)

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Siouxsie And The Banshees - Peek-A-Boo (4 wks)
2 (2) Prefab Sprout - Hey Manhattan! (5 wks)
3 (3) Deacon Blue - Chocolate Girl (6 wks)
4 (7) Breathe - Hands To Heaven (4 wks)
5 (5) Fairground Attraction - Find My Love (4 wks)
6 (8) Aztec Camera - Working In A Goldmine (3 wks)
7 (12) Jane Wiedlin - Rush Hour (3 wks)
8 (16) Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie - Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie (2 wks)
9 (9) Robbie Robertson - Somewhere Down The Crazy River (5 wks)
10 (10) All About Eve - Martha's Harbour (4 wks)
11 (11) Tanita Tikaram - Good Tradition (5 wks)
12 (17) Womack & Womack - Teardrops (3 wks)
13 (22) Chris Rea - On the Beach (2 wks)
14 (4) Kim Wilde - You Came (6 wks)
15 (6) Julia Fordham - Happy Ever After (9 wks)
16 (NE) Big Country - King Of Emotion (1 wk)
17 (14) Voice of the Beehive - I Say Nothing (5 wks)
18 (20) Iron Maiden - The Evil That Men Do (2 wks)
19 (13) Tracy Chapman - Fast Car (6 wks)
20 (NE) Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine (1 wk)
21 (24) Van Halen - When It's Love (3 wks)
22 (25) Four Tops - Reach Out (I'll Be There) '88 (4 wks)
23 (15) Everything But The Girl - I Don`t Want To Talk About It (7 wks)
24 (23) Kylie Minogue - The Loco-motion (3 wks)
25 (28) Brother Beyond - The Harder I Try (4 wks)
26 (18) Transvision Vamp - I Want Your Love (10 wks)
27 (19) The Blow Monkeys - This Is Your Life (3 wks)
28 (21) Yazz & Plastic Population - The Only Way Is Up (5 wks)
29 (35) Talking Heads - Blind (2 wks)
30 (NE) Climie Fisher - I Won't Bleed For You (1 wk)
31 (26) Belinda Carlisle - Mad About You (5 wks)
32 (27) Def Leppard - Love Bites (6 wks)
33 (29) Eighth Wonder - Cross My Heart (9 wks)
34 (NE) Scritti Politti - First Boy in This Town (1 wk)
35 (30) Debbie Gibson - Foolish Beat (7 wks)
36 (31) Johnny Hates Jazz - Don't Say It's Love (7 wks)
37 (32) George Michael - Monkey (6 wks)
38 (33) The Silencers - Painted Moon (10 wks)
39 (34) Weird Al Yankovic - Fat (5 wks)
40 (37) Adventures - Drowning In the Sea of Love (8 wks)

[darkstar79]

01 Wee Papa Girl Rappers – Heat It Up (9 wks)
02 Eric B. & Rakim – As The Rhyme Goes On (4 wks)
03 Funky Worm – Hustle To The Music (4 wks)
04 House Of Love – Destroy The Heart (1 wk)
05 Womack & Womack – Teardrops (3 wks)
06 Bobby Brown – Don’t Be Cruel (5 wks)
07 The Four Tops – Indestructible (1 wk)
08 BVSMP – I Need You (5 wks)
09 Eric B. & Rakim – Follow The Leader (8 wks)
10 Stetsasonic – Sally (5 wks)

11 Run DMC – Mary Mary (4 wks)
12 Keith Sweat Feat. Jacci McGhee – Make It Last Forever (5 wks)
13 James Brown Feat. Full Force – Static (1 wk)
14 Pop Will Eat Itself – Def Con One (5 wks)
15 Public Enemy – Don’t Believe The Hype (8 wks)
16 DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – A Nightmare On My Street (4 wks)
17 Soup Dragons – Kingdom Chairs (1 wk)
18 The Style Council – How She Threw It All Away (5 wks)
19 Michael Jackson – Another Part Of Me (5 wks)
20 Five Star – Rock My World (3 wks)

21 S-Express – Superfly Guy (5 wks)
22 Deluxe – I’ve Got A Feeling (3 wks)
23 Joyce Sims – Love Makes A Woman (2 wks)
24 Giant Steps – Another Lover (1 wk)
25 Yazz – The Only Way Is Up (5 wks)
26 Al B Sure! – Off On Your Own Girl (4 wks)
27 Vanessa Williams – The Right Stuff (5 wks)
28 Billy Ocean – The Colour Of Love (3 wks)
29 Michael Jackson – Dirty Diana (6 wks)
30 The Cover Girls – Inside Outside (5 wks)

[o]

1 4 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts – I hate myself for loving you #1
2 1 Siouxsie and the Banshees – Peak a boo #1
3 2 Pat Benatar – All fired up #1
4 3 Tanita Tikaram – Good tradition #3
5 14 Guns n Roses – Sweet child o mine #5
6 5 Transvision Vamp – I want your love #3
7 8 Yazz – The only way is up #7
8 13 Big Country – King of emotion #8
9 6 Pogues – Fiesta #6
10 18 House of Love – Destroy the heart #10
11 7 Pop Will Eat Itself – Def con one #7
12 11 Crowded House – Better be home soon #11
13 16 All About Eve – Martha’s harbour #13
14 17 Fairground Attraction – Find my love #14
15 9 Voice of the Beehive – I say nothing #9
16 10 SExpress – Superfly guy #10
17 20 Jane Wiedlin – Rush hour #17
18 22 Goodbye Mr Mckenzie – Goodbye Mr Mckenzie #18
19 23 Chris Rea – On the beach #19
20 15 Inxs – Never tear us apart #1
21 24 Robbie Robertson – Somewhere down the crazy river #21
22 NE Bomb the Bass – Don’t make me wait #22
23 NE Scritti Politti – First boy in this town #23
24 NE Aha – Touchy #24
25 NE Yello – The race #25
26 NE Bill Medley – He int heavy, he’s my brother #26
27 21 Rod Stewart – Forever young #19
28 NE Brother Beyond – The harder I try #28
29 25 Midnight Oil – The dead heart #2
30 26 Muddy Waters – Mannish boy #8

[Shireblogger]

1 [3] :: Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - GOODBYE MR MACKENZIE
2 [2] :: Big Dish - EUROPEAN RAIN
3 [1] :: Mory Kante - YE KE YE KE
4 [new] :: Midnight Oil - PUT DOWN THAT WEAPON
5 [5] :: Billy Idol - CATCH MY FALL
6 [4] :: Yazz & The Plastic Population - THE ONLY WAY IS UP
7 [new] :: House Of Love - DESTROY THE HEART
8 [6] :: Hothouse Flowers - I'M SORRY
9 [11] :: Tanita Tikaram - GOOD TRADITION
10 [8] :: Kim Wilde - YOU CAME
11 [14] :: Jane Wiedlin - RUSH HOUR
12 [7] :: Funky Worm - HUSTLE! (TO THE MUSIC...)
13 [12] :: Aztec Camera - WORKING IN A GOLDMINE
14 [13] :: Fairground Attraction - FIND MY LOVE
15 [16] :: Mica Paris ft Courtney Pine - LIKE DREAMERS DO
16 [15] :: Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - GREEN TURN RED {GMM B-side}
17 [20] :: Deacon Blue - CHOCOLATE GIRL
18 [new] :: Big Country - KING OF EMOTION
19 [19] :: Blow Monkeys - THIS IS YOUR LIFE
20 [9] :: S-Express - SUPERFLY GUY

[coolchristie2]

01 The Only Way Is Up - Yazz And The Plastic Population
02 Happy Ever After - Julia Fordham
03 The Loco-Motion - Kylie Minogue
04 Reach Out I'll Be There - Four Tops
05 Find My Love - Fairground Attraction
06 Good Tradition - Tanita Tikaram
07 I Say Nothing - Voice Of The Beehive
08 You Came - Kim Wilde
09 Rush Hour - Jane Wiedlin
10 Teardrops - Womack And Womack
11 On The Beach - Chris Rea
12 Hands To Heaven - Breathe
13 Peek A Boo - Siouxsie And The Banshees
14 Jump Start - Natalie Cole
15 I Need You - BVSMP
16 All Fired Up - Pat Benetar
17 Easy - Commodores
18 Every Girl And Boy - Spagna
19 I Want Your Love - Transvision Vamp
20 Love Is The Gun - Blue Mercedes

[raliverpool]

01 Robbie Robertson - Somewhere Down The Crazy River (4wks 27-9-2-1)

02 Siouxsie & The Banshees - Peek A Boo (4wks 2-1-1-2)
03 All About Eve - Martha's Harbour (4wks 14-3-3-3)
04 Kim Wilde - You Came (6wks 29-14-4-4-4-4)
05 Go Betweens - Streets Of Your Town (4wks 19-6-5-5)
06 Yazz & The Plastic Population - The Only Way Is Up (5wks 29-15-7-6-6)
07 Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine (1wk 7 NEW)
08 Aztec Camera - Working In A Goldmine (3wks 17-11-8)
09 Lilac Time - Return To Yesterday (5wks 27-17-11-10-9)
10 McCarthy - We Are All Bourgeois Now (4wks 20-10-9-10)


11 Goodbye Mr MacKenzie - Goodbye Mr MacKenzie (2wks 22-11)
12 Fairground Attraction - Find My Love (4wks 29-20-13-12)
13 Breathe - Hands To Heaven (3wks 26-17-13)
14 Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - 1 2 3 (2wks 28-14)
15 Talking Heads - Blind (2wks 21-15)
16 Chantoozies - Wanna Be Up (3wks 30-20-16)
17 Deacon Blue - Chocolate Girl (6wks 23-11-7-5-7-17)
18 Aerosmith - Rag Doll (3wks 27-19-18)
19 Pop Will Eat Itself - Def Con One (5wks 34-26-21-14-19)
20 House Of Love - Destroy The Heart (1wk 20 NEW)

21 Midge Ure - Answers To Nothing (1wk 21 NEW)
22 Crowded House - Better Be Home Soon (8wks 4-1-1-1-1-2-8-22)
23 Julia Fordham - Happy Ever After (6wks 31-24-22-19-15-23)
24 Rod Stewart - Forever Young (2wks 33-24)
25 Divinyls - Hey Little Boy (2wks 29-25)
26 S'Express - Superfly Guy (5wks 15-12-13-16-26)
27 Everything But The Girl - I Don't Want To Talk About It (7wks 19-7-4-3-8-12-27)
28 Def Leppard - Love Bites (6wks 12-8-8-12-18-28)
29 Tanita Tikaram - Good Tradition (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Van Halen - When It's Love (1wk 30 NEW)

31 Five Star - Rock My World (3wks 31-24-31)
32 Donny Osmond - Soldier Of Love (2wks 37-32)
33 Big Country - King Of Emotion (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Brother Beyond - The Harder I Try (1wk 34 NEW)
35 James Reyne - Motor's Too Fast (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Soup Dragons - Kingdom Chairs (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Scritti Politti - First Boy In This Town (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Big Dish - European Rain (3wks 29-26-38)
39 Godfathers - Cause I Said So (1wk 39 NEW)

40 A Heart - Call Me Blue (1wk 40 NEW)

Climbing to an unlikely Retro Rewind #1 hit is the former guitarist/main songwriter of the Americana Canadian outfit The Band. Co-Produced by Daniel Lanois, initially released on his debut solo album Robbie Robertson, with Sam Llanas on backing vocals. Confusingly the video for this UK #15 & Canada #91 features Maria McKee in this Martin Scorsese directed video.

[Earl Purple]

1(3) Guns N Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
2(1) All About Eve - Martha's Harbour
3(2) Tanita Tikaram - Good Tradition
4(6) Robbie Robertson - Somewhere Down The Crazy River
5(4) Fairground Attraction - Find My Love

6(7) Julia Fordham - Happy Ever After
7(5) Voice Of The Beehive - I Say Nothing
8(9) Siouxsie & The Banshees - Peek-A-Boo
9(19) Chris Rea - On The Beach (88)
10(14) Van Halen - When It's Love

11(13) Robert Palmer - Simply Irresistable
12(22) Womack & Womack- Teardrops
13(8) Yazz & The Plastic Population - The Only Way Is Up
14(23) Mory Kante - Yeke Yeke
15(26) Huey Lewis & The News - Perfect World

16(10) Kim Wilde - You Came
17(15) Iron Maiden - The Evil That Men Do
18(12) George Michael - Monkey
19(-) Yello - The Race
20(-) A-Ha - Touchy

21(28) Big Country - King Of Emotion
22(20) Aztec Camera - Working In A Goldmine
23(-) Bomb The Base - Don't Make Me Wait
24(11) Jane Wiedlin - Rush Hour
25(16) Kylie Minogue - The Locomotion

26(17) Funky Worm - Hustle To The Music
27(18) Debbie Gibson - Foolish Beat
28(-) Michael Jackson - Another Part Of Me
29(-) Europe - Superstitous
30(-) Donny Osmond - Soldier Of Love

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--(21) Chicago - I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love
--(24) Brother Beyond - The Harder I Try
--(26) Transvision Vamp - I want Your Love
--(27) Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - 1-2-3
--(29) Mica Paris ft Courtney Pine - Like Dreamers Do
--(30) Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning

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Rocking to the top, those guitar riffs by Slash, that sweet child of Axl Rose.. This is the first #1 to feature male vocals since "Mary's Prayer" by Danny Wilson topped the chart 4 months ago.

Best thing from Switzerland since.. well when Double topped the chart in 1986 with "The Captain Of Her Heart"... Boris Blanck on the keyboards, Dieter Meier on vocals. Always something about him that came across as slightly crazy, and singing into a spanner in the video which features a lot of racing cars crashing and a woman first running then dancing in high heels... well yeah I guess so. Dieter Meier is 43 years old at the time of this hit.

[popchartfreak]

20th August 1988

It's a 4th week on top for Kim Wilde, with Ye Ke Ye Ke stuck at 2, and Julia Fordham at 3. Gloria Estefan is on the rebound and gets a top 10 out of Anything For You, which I'd bought on CD single. It's on CBS. I mention that because they, and some of the budget labels, seem to have had problems with the lacquer used on discs reacting with the inks used on sleeves and they started discolouring and eventually becoming unplayable. So all the BS about CD's being essentially indestructible was PR nonsense. Vinyl is much more stable as long as you don't make the mistake of putting your most precious singles into PVC "protective" sleeves, like I did, and then leaving them secure in the knowledge that you'd done your best to secure their future. Only to find they also reacted to the PVC and gone dirty white, and ruined the sound. Absolute tragedy. Cardboard only, trust me.

In a quiet week for new entries, Jibaro is the highest. No I don't remember it either. It's a very-1988-dance-track, before morphing late on into a tune i recognise - it's the fab 1971 Santana-esque latin instrumental Sultana, by Titanic. Marc Almond enters lower, but I do recall Tears Runs Rings as good, and it extends his chart run to 7 years. Matt Bianco battles on 4 years into chart entrues, as do Scritti Politti, Bomb The Bass return looking to beat dat, and Kajagoogoo (more or less) pop up 5 years later.


1 ( 1 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde
2 ( 2 ) YE KE YE KE Mory Kante
3 ( 3 ) HAPPY EVER AFTER Julia Fordham
4 ( 7 ) EASY The Commodores
5 ( 9 ) SOMEWHERE DOWN THE CRAZY RIVER Robbie Robertson
6 ( 5 ) SUPERFLY GUY S'Express
7 ( 4 ) THE ONLY WAY IS UP Yazz & The Plastic Population
8 ( 22 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan
9 ( 10 ) FIND MY LOVE Fairground Attraction
10 ( 13 ) HAND TO HEAVEN Breathe

11 ( 6 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael
12 ( 12 ) SOLDIER OF LOVE Donny Osmond
13 ( 14 ) RUSH HOUR Jane Wiedlin
14 ( 8 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson
15 ( 17 ) THE HARDER I TRY Brother Beyond
16 ( 18 ) WORKING IN A GOLDMINE Aztec Camera
17 ( 15 ) MARTHA'S HARBOUR All About Eve
18 ( 19 ) FOREVER YOUNG Rod Stewart
19 ( 16 ) I NEED YOU B.V.S.M.P.
20 ( 28 ) GOOD TRADITION Tanita Tikarim

21 ( 11 ) COULDN'T GET IT RIGHT '88 Climax Blues Band
22 ( 34 ) WHERE DID I GO WRONG UB40
23 ( 21 ) IN THE AIR TONIGHT (1988) Phil Collins
24 ( 30 ) JUMP START Natalie Cole
25 ( 29 ) HUSTLE (TO THE MUSIC) Funky Worm
26 ( 23 ) FOOLISH BEAT Debbie Gibson
27 ( 39 ) TEARDROPS Womack & Womack
28 ( 36 ) I HATE MYSELF FOR LOVING YOU Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
29 ( 37 ) MY LOVE Julio Iglesias/ Stevie Wonder
30 ( 35 ) RUNNIN' ALL OVER THE WORLD Status Quo

31 ( 24 ) REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE (REMIX) The Four Tops
32 ( 56 ) LOVE AND MERCY Brian Wilson
33 ( 58 ) DON'T BE CRUEL Bobby Brown
34 ( 20 ) ROSES ARE RED The Mac Band/ McCampbell Brothers
35 ( 49 ) TOUCHY a-ha
36 ( 46 ) I WON'T BLEED FOR YOU Climie Fisher
37 ( 26 ) WHAT CAN I SAY TO MAKE YOU LOVE ME Alexander O'Neal
38 ( 38 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael
39 ( 27 ) NEVER TEAR US APART INXS
40 ( 40 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies

41 ( 25 ) I SAY NOTHING Voice Of The Beehive
42 ( 43 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
43 ( 31 ) MY GIRL AND ME Gangway
44 ( 32 ) THE FLAME Cheap Trick
45 ( 33 ) I WANT YOUR LOVE Transvision Vamp
46 ( NEW ) ELECTRA Jibaro
47 ( 51 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
48 ( 52 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
49 ( 45 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle
50 ( 62 ) ON THE BEACH '88 Chris Rea

51 ( 63 ) THE LOCOMOTION Kylie Minogue
52 ( 44 ) I WILL BE WITH YOU T'Pau
53 ( 54 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
54 ( 42 ) NOWHERE TO RUN Martha & The Vandellas
55 ( 41 ) PEEK A BOO Siouxsie & The Banshees
56 ( 47 ) WILD WORLD Maxi Priest
57 ( 57 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince
58 ( 59 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
59 ( 48 ) PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa
60 ( NEW ) TEARS RUN RINGS Marc Almond

61 ( 61 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
62 ( NEW ) GOOD TIMES Matt Bianco
63 ( NEW ) FIRST BOY IN THIS TOWN (LOVESICK) Scritti Politti
64 ( 71 ) WHEN ITS LOVE Van Halen
65 ( 60 ) BREAKFAST IN BED UB40/ Chrissie Hynde
66 ( 66 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5
67 ( 74 ) KING OF EMOTION Big Country
68 ( 68 ) MISSED OPPORTUNITY Daryl Hall & John Oates
69 ( 69 ) BAD Michael Jackson
70 ( 67 ) PARADISE Sade

71 ( NEW ) DON'T MAKE ME WAIT Bomb The Bass
72 ( 72 ) OFF ON YOUR OWN (GIRL) Al B. Sure!
73 ( 73 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis
74 ( NEW ) BAD TIMES Ellis, Beggs & Howard (Kajagoogoo)
75 ( 75 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys
76 ( RE ) ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson


Playlist oldies of the week
1 JEALOUS MIND Alvin Stardust
2 THIRD FINGER LEFT HAND The Pearls
3 WAY OF LIFE Family Dogg
4 ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson

[Smurfie]

1. Brother Beyond - THE HARDER I TRY
2. Jane Wiedlin - RUSH HOUR
3. S-Express - SUPERFLY GUY
4. Kim Wilde - YOU CAME
5. Breathe - HANDS TO HEAVEN
6. Kylie Minogue - THE LOCO-MOTION
7. All About Eve - MARTHA'S HARBOUR
8. Everything But The Girl - I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT
9. Natalie Cole - JUMP START
10. Siouxsie And The Banshees - PEEK A BOO
11. Tanita Tikaram - GOOD TRADITION
12. Voice Of The Beehive - I SAY NOTHING
13. Gloria Estefan And Miami Sound Machine - ANYTHING FOR YOU
14. Sabrina - BOYS (SUMMERTIME LOVE)
15. Joan Jett And The Blackhearts - I HATE MYSELF FOR LOVING YOU
16. Pat Benatar - ALL FIRED UP
17. Big Country - KING OF EMOTION
18. Jellybean - COMING BACK FOR MORE
19. Mac Band Featuring The McCampbell Brothers - ROSES ARE RED
20. Spagna - EVERY GIRL AND BOY