* NM retro singles chart - 1982 (redone) *

[Good Old Days]

My # 1s got very different NM chart history. Dana deserved to be a part of chart with both singles.

Austria (Mess - Sonntag) was my Eurovision winner with Germany at # 2 and UK on the third place.

[Earl Purple]

I just read up about Dana - she was born in London, her father was from Northern Ireland and they moved there when she was 5, but it appears she's Catholic, and later she got involved in politics and was at one time a Member of the European Parliament.

[Earl Purple]

22 May 1982

1 ( 1 ) Rosanna - Toto < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 10 ) The Look Of Love - ABC
3 ( 3 ) Fantasy Island - Tight Fit
4 ( 5 ) Island Of Lost Souls - Blondie
5 ( 7 ) The Meaning Of Love - Depeche Mode
6 ( 2 ) Only You - Yazoo (#1[2])
7 ( 13 ) Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran
8 ( 8 ) The Telephone Always Rings - Fun Boy Three
9 ( 6 ) Heat Of The Moment - Asia (#6)
10 ( -- ) House Of Fun - Madness

11 ( 17 ) I'm A Wonderful Thing Baby - Kid Creole & The Coconuts
12 ( 4 ) Night Birds - Shakatak (#1[3])
13 ( 11 ) A Little Peace - Nicole (#11)
14 ( 15 ) Club Country - Associates
15 ( -- ) Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant
16 ( 26 ) Rhythm Of The Jungle - Quick
17 ( 9 ) Fantastic Day - Haircut 100 (#4)
18 ( -- ) Temptation - New Order
19 ( 31 ) The Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden
20 ( -- ) Paperlate - Genesis

21 ( 12 ) Instinction - Spandau Ballet (#7)
22 ( -- ) Cantonese Boy - Japan
23 ( 35 ) Love Is All Is All Right - UB40
24 ( 19 ) We Have A Dream - Scotland World Cup Squad (#19)
25 ( 21 ) Perfumed Garden - Rah Band (#21)
26 ( 37 ) Sun Of Jamaica - Goombay Dance Band
27 ( 14 ) I Won't Let You Down - PhD (#2[2])
28 ( 23 ) Tottenham Tottenham - Tottenham Hotspur FA Cup Final Squad (#23)
29 ( -- ) Hurts So Good - John Cougar
30 ( 16 ) Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag - Pigbag (#5)

31 ( -- ) Love's Been A Little Bit Hard On Me - Juice Newton
32 ( 18 ) Black Coffee In Bed - Squeeze (#10)
33 ( 34 ) Are You Hearing (What I Hear) - Level 42
34 ( 43 ) Let It Whip - Dazz Band
35 ( -- ) Brave New World - Toyah
36 ( -- ) Paris Is One Day Away - Mood
37 ( 38 ) Without You (Not Another Lonely Night) - Franke & The Knockouts
38 ( 20 ) Promised You A Miracle - Simple Minds (#6)
39 ( 28 ) Body Language - Queen (#26)
40 ( 46 ) Grace - Band AKA

41 ( 22 ) View From A Bridge - Kim Wilde (#8)
42 ( 30 ) See Jungle - Bow Wow Wow (#28)
43 ( -- ) Pinky Blue - Altered Images
44 ( 48 ) Crimson And Clover - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
45 ( 33 ) My Girl - Donnie Iris (#33)
46 ( 24 ) Talk Talk - Talk Talk (#11)
47 ( 49 ) Circles - Atlantic Starr
48 ( 36 ) Fantasy - Aldo Nova (#36)
49 ( 29 ) Stand Or Fall - Fixx (#21)
50 ( 25 ) Girl Crazy - Hot Chocolate (#9)

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-- ( 27 ) Forget Me Nots - Patrice Rushen (#12)
-- ( 32 ) La Folie - Stranglers (#25)
-- ( 39 ) Nobody - Toni Basil
-- ( 40 ) Know Your Rights - Clash
-- ( 41 ) Stay - Barry Manilow (#23)
-- ( 42 ) I Ran - A Flock Of Seagulls (#3)
-- ( 44 ) Ebony And Ivory - Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder (#11)
-- ( 45 ) Empty Garden - Elton John (#25)
-- ( 47 ) This Time (We'll Get It Right) - England World Cup Squad (#14)
-- ( 50 ) Shout Shout (Knock Yourself Out) - Rocky Sharpe & The Replays (#34)

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-- ( -- ) Caught Up In You - 38 Special
-- ( -- ) I Love A Man In Uniform - Gang Of Four
-- ( -- ) I Don't Know Where To Start - Eddie Rabbitt
-- ( -- ) Faithless - Scritti Politti

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The biggest act of the year in 1980 was Madness and in 1981 was Adam & The Ants, and so this week saw them go head-to-head with new entries, but with Adam Ant now solo, and in the UK Madness had never gone higher than #3 (but then Blur had never got higher than #5 in the UK singles chart before their battle with Oasis).

In any case, in the UK it was Adam Ant who made the best start, entering at #5 compared to Madness at #8. But then it turned around and Madness spent two weeks at #1 with Adam Ant at #2. But the next week that changed again and Adam Ant moved up to #1 and also stayed on top 2 weeks. Adam Ant ended up the overall bigger seller in the chart of the year. He would never get to #1 again, but both acts had top 5 hits near the end of 1983 with Madness then having just one more new top 10 hit in a comeback in 1999 but otherwise they both continued with smaller hits. Madness would get to #2 in 1983 whilst for Adam Ant that #5 would be his only further top 5 hit.

Thus far on the NM chart Madness have had two #1s and Adam & The Ants had 3.

New Order haven't had a #1 but most of the members did as part of Joy Division in 1980. Subsequently "Ceremony" and "Procession" didn't do that well, #38 and #37 respectively in 1981 but "Temptation" has already beaten both of those.

Top acts of the year mentioned so far, Genesis will achieve that in 1986 if the replay chart goes the same way as the chart did at the time, and I see no reason why they won't end up there. Paperlate was the lead track from 3x3 EP.

Among the others, for Juice Newton she finally breaks in after two flops.

[rubcale]

Jan 17, 2023 10:21:21 GMT 1 Earl Purple said:

I just read up about Dana - she was born in London, her father was from Northern Ireland and they moved there when she was 5, but it appears she's Catholic, and later she got involved in politics and was at one time a Member of the European Parliament.

She entered the Irish Presidential election as an Independent in 1997 and was 3rd.

[Earl Purple]

29 May 1982

1 ( 1 ) Rosanna - Toto < 3rd week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) The Look Of Love - ABC
3 ( 10 ) House Of Fun - Madness
4 ( 4 ) Island Of Lost Souls - Blondie
5 ( 7 ) Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran
6 ( 3 ) Fantasy Island - Tight Fit (#3)
7 ( 5 ) The Meaning Of Love - Depeche Mode (#5)
8 ( 15 ) Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant
9 ( -- ) Torch - Soft Cell
10 ( 18 ) Temptation - New Order

11 ( 20 ) Paperlate - Genesis
12 ( 11 ) I'm A Wonderful Thing Baby - Kid Creole & The Coconuts (#11)
13 ( 8 ) The Telephone Always Rings - Fun Boy Three (#8)
14 ( 22 ) Cantonese Boy - Japan
15 ( 16 ) Rhythm Of The Jungle - Quick
16 ( 6 ) Only You - Yazoo (#1[2])
17 ( 19 ) The Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden
18 ( 9 ) Heat Of The Moment - Asia (#6)
19 ( -- ) The Back Of Love - Echo & The Bunnymen
20 ( 14 ) Club Country - Associates (#14)

21 ( 29 ) Hurts So Good - John Cougar
22 ( 23 ) Love Is All Is All Right - UB40
23 ( 31 ) Love's Been A Little Bit Hard On Me - Juice Newton
24 ( 13 ) A Little Peace - Nicole (#11)
25 ( 26 ) Sun Of Jamaica - Goombay Dance Band
26 ( 35 ) Brave New World - Toyah
27 ( 36 ) Paris Is One Day Away - Mood
28 ( 12 ) Night Birds - Shakatak (#1[3])
29 ( -- ) Because You're Young - Classix Nouveaux
30 ( 17 ) Fantastic Day - Haircut 100 (#4)

31 ( -- ) Work That Body - Diana Ross
32 ( 34 ) Let It Whip - Dazz Band
33 ( 43 ) Pinky Blue - Altered Images
34 ( 24 ) We Have A Dream - Scotland World Cup Squad (#19)
35 ( 25 ) Perfumed Garden - Rah Band (#21)
36 ( 21 ) Instinction - Spandau Ballet (#7)
37 ( 33 ) Are You Hearing (What I Hear) - Level 42 (#33)
38 ( 28 ) Tottenham Tottenham - Tottenham Hotspur FA Cup Final Squad (#23)
39 ( 40 ) Grace - Band AKA
40 ( -- ) Only The Lonely - Motels

41 ( 37 ) Without You (Not Another Lonely Night) - Franke & The Knockouts (#37)
42 ( -- ) Fireworks - Siouxsie & The Banshees
43 ( -- ) The Hop - Theatre Of Hate
44 ( 27 ) I Won't Let You Down - PhD (#2[2])
45 ( -- ) One More Saturday Night - Matchbox
46 ( 44 ) Crimson And Clover - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (#44)
47 ( 30 ) Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag - Pigbag (#5)
48 ( -- ) Play The Game Tonight - Kansas
49 ( 47 ) Circles - Atlantic Starr (#47)
50 ( 32 ) Black Coffee In Bed - Squeeze (#10)

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-- ( 38 ) Promised You A Miracle - Simple Minds (#6)
-- ( 39 ) Body Language - Queen (#26)
-- ( 41 ) View From A Bridge - Kim Wilde (#8)
-- ( 42 ) See Jungle - Bow Wow Wow (#28)
-- ( 45 ) My Girl - Donnie Iris (#33)
-- ( 46 ) Talk Talk - Talk Talk (#11)
-- ( 48 ) Fantasy - Aldo Nova (#36)
-- ( 49 ) Stand Or Fall - Fixx (#21)
-- ( 50 ) Girl Crazy - Hot Chocolate (#9)

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-- ( -- ) Any Day Now - Ronnie Milsap
-- ( -- ) Friends In Love - Dionne Warwick & Johnny Mathis
-- ( -- ) Tracks Of My Tears - Colin Blunstone

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ABC fail to dislodge Toto with Madness moving up to #3 to challenge for the top, on the week they rise to the top in the UK chart.

Soft Cell get the highest entry at #9 with a single that reached #2 in the UK.

[Earl Purple]

5 June 1982

1 ( 3 ) House Of Fun - Madness < 3rd #1 >
2 ( 9 ) Torch - Soft Cell
3 ( 2 ) The Look Of Love - ABC (#2[2])
4 ( 1 ) Rosanna - Toto (#1[3])
5 ( 8 ) Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant
6 ( 5 ) Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran (#5)
7 ( 4 ) Island Of Lost Souls - Blondie (#4)
8 ( 10 ) Temptation - New Order
9 ( 11 ) Paperlate - Genesis
10 ( 19 ) The Back Of Love - Echo & The Bunnymen

11 ( -- ) Do I Do - Stevie Wonder
12 ( 14 ) Cantonese Boy - Japan
13 ( 7 ) The Meaning Of Love - Depeche Mode (#5)
14 ( 6 ) Fantasy Island - Tight Fit (#3)
15 ( 12 ) I'm A Wonderful Thing Baby - Kid Creole & The Coconuts (#11)
16 ( 29 ) Because You're Young - Classix Nouveaux
17 ( 15 ) Rhythm Of The Jungle - Quick (#15)
18 ( 21 ) Hurts So Good - John Cougar
19 ( 17 ) The Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden (#17)
20 ( 31 ) Work That Body - Diana Ross

21 ( -- ) Murphy's Law - Cheri
22 ( 23 ) Love's Been A Little Bit Hard On Me - Juice Newton
23 ( 13 ) The Telephone Always Rings - Fun Boy Three (#8)
24 ( -- ) I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow
25 ( 26 ) Brave New World - Toyah
26 ( 27 ) Paris Is One Day Away - Mood
27 ( 22 ) Love Is All Is All Right - UB40 (#22)
28 ( 40 ) Only The Lonely - Motels
29 ( 25 ) Sun Of Jamaica - Goombay Dance Band (#25)
30 ( 33 ) Pinky Blue - Altered Images

31 ( 20 ) Club Country - Associates (#14)
32 ( 16 ) Only You - Yazoo (#1[2])
33 ( 42 ) Fireworks - Siouxsie & The Banshees
34 ( -- ) Shakti (The Meaning Of Within) - Monsoon
35 ( 18 ) Heat Of The Moment - Asia (#6)
36 ( 43 ) The Hop - Theatre Of Hate
37 ( 45 ) One More Saturday Night - Matchbox
38 ( 32 ) Let It Whip - Dazz Band (#32)
39 ( 48 ) Play The Game Tonight - Kansas
40 ( 24 ) A Little Peace - Nicole (#11)

41 ( -- ) Key Largo - Bertie Higgins
42 ( 39 ) Grace - Band AKA (#39)
43 ( -- ) Since You're Gone - Cars
44 ( -- ) Break It Up - Foreigner
45 ( -- ) Iko Iko - Natasha
46 ( 37 ) Are You Hearing (What I Hear) - Level 42 (#33)
47 ( -- ) Personally - Karla Bonoff
48 ( 30 ) Fantastic Day - Haircut 100 (#4)
49 ( 34 ) We Have A Dream - Scotland World Cup Squad (#19)
50 ( 28 ) Night Birds - Shakatak (#1[3])

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-- ( 35 ) Perfumed Garden - Rah Band (#21)
-- ( 36 ) Instinction - Spandau Ballet (#7)
-- ( 38 ) Tottenham Tottenham - Tottenham Hotspur FA Cup Final Squad (#23)
-- ( 41 ) Without You (Not Another Lonely Night) - Franke & The Knockouts (#37)
-- ( 44 ) I Won't Let You Down - PhD (#2[2])
-- ( 46 ) Crimson And Clover - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (#44)
-- ( 47 ) Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag - Pigbag (#5)
-- ( 49 ) Circles - Atlantic Starr (#47)
-- ( 50 ) Black Coffee In Bed - Squeeze (#10)

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-- ( -- ) Take Me Down - Alabama
-- ( -- ) Early In The Morning - Gap Band
-- ( -- ) One Hello - Randy Crawford

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In July 2014 when the first retro combi-chart was done on here, the first chart was 19 June 1982 and the top 3 I submitted was the same 3 songs as are in the top 3 above but not quite in that order.

Madness get to #1 again, as this song did in the UK, just after failing to reach the top 10 with Cardiac Arrest. In this chart "Cardiac Arrest" reached #9 but there were a lot of strong songs out at the time.

After duetting with Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder is back with his own song. His hit "Happy Birthday" was the 2nd biggest hit of 1981 and spent 6 weeks at #1, keeping out Soft Cell who are #2 again now behind Madness.

Two more covers, "I Want Candy" was NM #5 in for the Strangeloves and "Iko Iko" #23 for the Dixie Cups, both in 1965. The Belle Stars also had a version of Iko Iko and their next song will be a cover of the Clapping Song which was also a hit originally in 1965 for Shirley Ellis.

Actually there have been a lot of covers of Smokey Robinson & The Miracles and there are more to come. It started with the Beat doing "Tears Of A Clown" at the end of 1979, then shortly after "More Love" by Kim Carnes, and then we had "Tracks Of My Tears" by Colin Blunstone a few weeks ago. The Rolling Stones have a cover of "Going To A Go-Go" and Japan's version of "I Second That Emotion" is just around the corner too. I should make a poll on the best cover version in 1982.

My next playlist has 3 of 4 consecutive number ones of 1982, and would have "Fame" too but it was already a hit in my chart in 1980. The first of those 4 was a cover version that flew up to #1 then down again very quickly.

[Earl Purple]

Summer of 1982 full of cheesy stuff. "I've Never Been To Me" has already been a hit in my chart but there's loads more to come, and "Murphy's Law" already entering this week.

But yeah, we know what's to come:

Captain Sensible - Happy Talk
Trio - Da Da Da
The Brat - Chalk Dust (The Umpire Strikes Back)
The Firm - Arthur Daley (E's Alright).

The last of those hasn't shown up yet, the first 3 are all my next playlist, as is Ken Barrie with "Postman Pat".

[Earl Purple]

12 June 1982

1 ( 2 ) Torch - Soft Cell < 1st #1 >
2 ( 1 ) House Of Fun - Madness (#1[1])
3 ( 3 ) The Look Of Love - ABC (#2[2])
4 ( 5 ) Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant
5 ( 11 ) Do I Do - Stevie Wonder
6 ( 4 ) Rosanna - Toto (#1[3])
7 ( 10 ) The Back Of Love - Echo & The Bunnymen
8 ( 8 ) Temptation - New Order
9 ( 6 ) Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran (#5)
10 ( 9 ) Paperlate - Genesis (#9)

11 ( 21 ) Murphy's Law - Cheri
12 ( 16 ) Because You're Young - Classix Nouveaux
13 ( -- ) A Night To Remember - Shalamar
14 ( 24 ) I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow
15 ( 7 ) Island Of Lost Souls - Blondie (#4)
16 ( 12 ) Cantonese Boy - Japan (#12)
17 ( -- ) Space Age Love Song - A Flock Of Seagulls
18 ( 20 ) Work That Body - Diana Ross
19 ( -- ) Inside Out - Odyssey
20 ( 18 ) Hurts So Good - John Cougar (#18)

21 ( -- ) Las Palabras De Amor - Queen
22 ( -- ) Family Man - Mike Oldfield
23 ( 15 ) I'm A Wonderful Thing Baby - Kid Creole & The Coconuts (#11)
24 ( 34 ) Shakti (The Meaning Of Within) - Monsoon
25 ( 13 ) The Meaning Of Love - Depeche Mode (#5)
26 ( 17 ) Rhythm Of The Jungle - Quick (#15)
27 ( 28 ) Only The Lonely - Motels
28 ( -- ) No Regrets - Midge Ure
29 ( 22 ) Love's Been A Little Bit Hard On Me - Juice Newton (#22)
30 ( 19 ) The Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden (#17)

31 ( 14 ) Fantasy Island - Tight Fit (#3)
32 ( 25 ) Brave New World - Toyah (#25)
33 ( -- ) Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do - Huey Lewis & The News
34 ( 26 ) Paris Is One Day Away - Mood (#26)
35 ( 41 ) Key Largo - Bertie Higgins
36 ( 33 ) Fireworks - Siouxsie & The Banshees (#33)
37 ( 43 ) Since You're Gone - Cars
38 ( 30 ) Pinky Blue - Altered Images (#30)
39 ( 44 ) Break It Up - Foreigner
40 ( 45 ) Iko Iko - Natasha

41 ( -- ) I'm Your Man - Blue Zoo
42 ( 36 ) The Hop - Theatre Of Hate (#36)
43 ( 37 ) One More Saturday Night - Matchbox (#37)
44 ( 39 ) Play The Game Tonight - Kansas (#39)
45 ( 47 ) Personally - Karla Bonoff
46 ( 27 ) Love Is All Is All Right - UB40 (#22)
47 ( -- ) You Weren't In Love WIth Me - Billy Field
48 ( 23 ) The Telephone Always Rings - Fun Boy Three (#8)
49 ( 29 ) Sun Of Jamaica - Goombay Dance Band (#25)
50 ( -- ) After The Glitter Fades - Stevie Nicks

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-- ( 31 ) Club Country - Associates (#14)
-- ( 32 ) Only You - Yazoo (#1[2])
-- ( 35 ) Heat Of The Moment - Asia (#6)
-- ( 38 ) Let It Whip - Dazz Band (#32)
-- ( 40 ) A Little Peace - Nicole (#11)
-- ( 42 ) Grace - Band AKA (#39)
-- ( 46 ) Are You Hearing (What I Hear) - Level 42 (#33)
-- ( 48 ) Fantastic Day - Haircut 100 (#4)
-- ( 49 ) We Have A Dream - Scotland World Cup Squad (#19)
-- ( 50 ) Night Birds - Shakatak (#1[3])

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-- ( -- ) She Don't Fool Me - Status Quo
-- ( -- ) Standing At The Top - Temptations ft Rick James
-- ( -- ) Your Dream - Adrian Gurvitz
-- ( -- ) Still They Ride - Journey
-- ( -- ) Going To A Go Go - Rolling Stones

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Soft Cell reach #1 with Torch, a song they wrote themselves. Marc Almond is the main lead vocalist but is joined at the end on vocals by Cindy Ecstacy. Dave Ball does the main instrumentation but is joined by John Gatchell with that trumpet instrumental. (Marc Almond sings "I hear the saxophone" but the instrument you hear on the song is a trumpet not a saxophone).
The song was not featured on an album.

Shalamar's best known song - and their best song - was performed on Top of the Pops a couple of times but in a different way -
Jeff Daniel alone came into the studio to do a "moon-walk" dance to it.

[Earl Purple]

19 June 1982

1 ( 1 ) Torch - Soft Cell < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) House Of Fun - Madness (#1[1])
3 ( 5 ) Do I Do - Stevie Wonder
4 ( 3 ) The Look Of Love - ABC (#2[2])
5 ( 13 ) A Night To Remember - Shalamar
6 ( 4 ) Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant (#4)
7 ( -- ) Now Those Days Are Gone - Bucks Fizz
8 ( 7 ) The Back Of Love - Echo & The Bunnymen (#7)
9 ( 17 ) Space Age Love Song - A Flock Of Seagulls
10 ( -- ) Avalon - Roxy Music

11 ( 11 ) Murphy's Law - Cheri
12 ( 19 ) Inside Out - Odyssey
13 ( -- ) Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band
14 ( 21 ) Las Palabras De Amor - Queen
15 ( 8 ) Temptation - New Order (#8)
16 ( 6 ) Rosanna - Toto (#1[3])
17 ( 14 ) I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow (#14)
18 ( 22 ) Family Man - Mike Oldfield
19 ( 12 ) Because You're Young - Classix Nouveaux (#12)
20 ( -- ) Streetwalkin' - Shakatak

21 ( 10 ) Paperlate - Genesis (#9)
22 ( -- ) Videotheque - Dollar
23 ( 9 ) Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran (#5)
24 ( 28 ) No Regrets - Midge Ure
25 ( -- ) We Take Mystery (To Bed) - Gary Numan
26 ( 18 ) Work That Body - Diana Ross (#18)
27 ( 24 ) Shakti (The Meaning Of Within) - Monsoon (#24)
28 ( 33 ) Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do - Huey Lewis & The News
29 ( 16 ) Cantonese Boy - Japan (#12)
30 ( -- ) You Little Fool - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

31 ( -- ) Keep The Fire Burnin' - REO Speedwagon
32 ( 20 ) Hurts So Good - John Cougar (#18)
33 ( 15 ) Island Of Lost Souls - Blondie (#4)
34 ( -- ) Be Mine Tonight - Neil Diamond
35 ( 41 ) I'm Your Man - Blue Zoo
36 ( -- ) What Kind Of Fool Am I - Rick Springfield
37 ( 27 ) Only The Lonely - Motels (#27)
38 ( -- ) Hold Me - Fleetwood Mac
39 ( -- ) Spirit - Bauhaus
40 ( 35 ) Key Largo - Bertie Higgins (#35)

41 ( -- ) No Getting Over You - Paris
42 ( 23 ) I'm A Wonderful Thing Baby - Kid Creole & The Coconuts (#11)
43 ( 47 ) You Weren't In Love WIth Me - Billy Field
44 ( -- ) This Man Is Mine - Heart
45 ( 37 ) Since You're Gone - Cars (#37)
46 ( -- ) Heart (Stop Beating In Time) - Leo Sayer
47 ( 39 ) Break It Up - Foreigner (#39)
48 ( 26 ) Rhythm Of The Jungle - Quick (#15)
49 ( 50 ) After The Glitter Fades - Stevie Nicks
50 ( 40 ) Iko Iko - Natasha (#40)

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-- ( 25 ) The Meaning Of Love - Depeche Mode (#5)
-- ( 29 ) Love's Been A Little Bit Hard On Me - Juice Newton (#22)
-- ( 30 ) The Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden (#17)
-- ( 31 ) Fantasy Island - Tight Fit (#3)
-- ( 32 ) Brave New World - Toyah (#25)
-- ( 34 ) Paris Is One Day Away - Mood (#26)
-- ( 36 ) Fireworks - Siouxsie & The Banshees (#33)
-- ( 38 ) Pinky Blue - Altered Images (#30)
-- ( 42 ) The Hop - Theatre Of Hate (#36)
-- ( 43 ) One More Saturday Night - Matchbox (#37)
-- ( 44 ) Play The Game Tonight - Kansas (#39)
-- ( 45 ) Personally - Karla Bonoff
-- ( 46 ) Love Is All Is All Right - UB40 (#22)
-- ( 48 ) The Telephone Always Rings - Fun Boy Three (#8)
-- ( 49 ) Sun Of Jamaica - Goombay Dance Band (#25)

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-- ( -- ) Tiny Children - Teardrop Explodes

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On this week in 2014 (i.e. around 19 June, not 1 February) we started the combi-chart going back 32 years thus 1982. based on the fact that the Top of the Pops replay episodes was also around that point. Those ended up accelerating so they're now in 1994 whilst the combi chart is in 1991.

"Hungry Like The Wolf" was the combi-chart number one. The problem of starting a retro chart is that you have no history, so whilst "Hungry Like The Wolf" was a decent sized hit on this chart reaching the top 5, it has peaked and is on its way down and nowhere near that position now. I do recall "Avalon" replaced it on top and both psychedelic style and the later smooth sound of Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry are very popular (albeit he flopped in Haven Factor, or was just badly managed, even worse than me who had Madness that round and they of course are #2 in this chart).

Also badly managed in a recent Haven Factor, Bucks Fizz get the surprising highest new entry. A slow song with Mike Nolan doing some solo vocals and others done by the group together, starting acapella and gradually adding more instrumentation. In any case it's one of the most surprising big NM hits, and they arrive on the chart the same week as Dollar's "Videotheque" which enters at a decent position of #22.

Among the other entries, a big UK hit for Steve Miller Band, one of the acts who returned to the UK top 20 this year for the first time since 1976 and there were no fewer than 5 such acts. (One of which was the Beatles who had some top 20 hits in 1976 then returned with their Movie Medley and the re-issue of Love Me Do. Others were Pluto Shervington returning with Your Honour, Chicago with Hard To Say I'm Sorry which is on my next playlist and Melba Moore later in the year with Love's Comin' At Ya).

Also entering this week, the last UK top 10 hit for Gary Numan, which I remember more for entering at #9 then falling the next week than the song itself. He was once in Haven Factor and crashed out in the first round. He didn't crash his plane though. Nor his cars..

[Earl Purple]

At some point I'd like to do a poll (with full voting) on the best cover version of 1982, and I'd only consider the covers that were fairly big hits, and this is peaking at #15 or above in the UK singles chart.


- The Lion Sleeps Tonight - Tight Fit
- Mickey - Toni Basil (cover of Racey)
- T'Ain't What You Do It's The Way That You Do It - Fun Boy Three & Bananarama
- Quierme Mucho (Yours) - Julio Iglesias
- I Love Rock 'N' Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
- Shirley - Shakin' Stevens
- Really Saying Something - Bananarama & Fun Boy Three
- Fantasy Island - Tight Fit (they also get 2)
- I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow
- Iko Iko - Natasha
- No Regrets - Midge Ure
- Happy Talk - Captain Sensible
- I Second That Emotion - Japan
- Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Boys Town Gang
- What - Soft Cell
- My Girl Lollipop - Bad Manners
- Spread A Little Happiness - Sting
- Walking On Sunshine - Rockers Revenge
- Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White - Modern Romance
- Pass The Dutchie - Musical Youth
- I'll Be Satisfied - Shakin' Stevens
- Jackie Wilson Said - Dexy's Midnight Runners
- Ziggy Stardust - Bauhaus
- The Clapping Song - Belle Stars
- State Of Independence - Donna Summer
- Blue Christmas - Shakin' Stevens (yes he gets 3)
- You Can't Hurry Love - Phil Collins (it got to #1 in 1983 but entered the chart in 1982)

Ok, what have I missed? And yes there are a few on that list I think will do very badly.
"Mickey" and "Pass The Dutchie" both had title changes and "Fantasy Island" was translated from Dutch to English with Quierme Mucho going for English to Spanish and he'd previously recorded a Spanish-only version but this version was hybrid. He also covered "Amour Amour" later in the year which I actually prefer but it wasn't as big a hit so I didn't put it on the list.

I'll do this poll a bit later, maybe when I finish 1982 by which time it's likely Haven Factor will also be over.

This list has 27 songs which is probably too many. Modern Romance and Bauhaus were both #15 peaks and Donna Summer #14 but I really wanted that one to be in it because it's possibly my favourite, but I could remove the two #15 hits to get the number down to 25.

[Good Old Days]

I will vote for Fantasy Island.

[Earl Purple]

It will be a rate where you vote for several songs in descending order with points, done in-topic.

I make it that Modern Romance is the lowest peaking song on that list at #15, and that will probably be the threshold in case any more get added.

[Earl Purple]

26 June 1982

1 ( 1 ) Torch - Soft Cell < 3rd week at #1 >
2 ( 7 ) Now Those Days Are Gone - Bucks Fizz
3 ( 3 ) Do I Do - Stevie Wonder
4 ( 10 ) Avalon - Roxy Music
5 ( 5 ) A Night To Remember - Shalamar
6 ( 2 ) House Of Fun - Madness (#1[1])
7 ( 13 ) Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band
8 ( -- ) Happy Talk - Captain Sensible
9 ( 9 ) Space Age Love Song - A Flock Of Seagulls
10 ( 4 ) The Look Of Love - ABC (#2[2])

11 ( -- ) Even The Nights Are better - Air Supply
12 ( 20 ) Streetwalkin' - Shakatak
13 ( -- ) Rock The Casbah - Clash
14 ( 12 ) Inside Out - Odyssey
15 ( 6 ) Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant (#4)
16 ( 22 ) Videotheque - Dollar
17 ( -- ) Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor
18 ( 8 ) The Back Of Love - Echo & The Bunnymen (#7)
19 ( 14 ) Las Palabras De Amor - Queen
20 ( 25 ) We Take Mystery (To Bed) - Gary Numan

21 ( 11 ) Murphy's Law - Cheri
22 ( -- ) Me And My Girl (Night-Clubbing) - David Essex
23 ( -- ) Night Train - Visage
24 ( -- ) Hard To Say I'm Sorry - Chicago
25 ( 30 ) You Little Fool - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
26 ( 18 ) Family Man - Mike Oldfield
27 ( 31 ) Keep The Fire Burnin' - REO Speedwagon
28 ( 34 ) Be Mine Tonight - Neil Diamond
29 ( -- ) Music And Lights - Imagination
30 ( 36 ) What Kind Of Fool Am I - Rick Springfield

31 ( 17 ) I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow (#14)
32 ( 24 ) No Regrets - Midge Ure
33 ( 38 ) Hold Me - Fleetwood Mac
34 ( 15 ) Temptation - New Order (#8)
35 ( -- ) Back To School Again - Four Tops
36 ( 39 ) Spirit - Bauhaus
37 ( 28 ) Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do - Huey Lewis & The News
38 ( 41 ) No Getting Over You - Paris
39 ( 19 ) Because You're Young - Classix Nouveaux (#12)
40 ( 16 ) Rosanna - Toto (#1[3])

41 ( 44 ) This Man Is Mine - Heart
42 ( 35 ) I'm Your Man - Blue Zoo
43 ( 27 ) Shakti (The Meaning Of Within) - Monsoon (#24)
44 ( 46 ) Heart (Stop Beating In Time) - Leo Sayer
45 ( 21 ) Paperlate - Genesis (#9)
46 ( 26 ) Work That Body - Diana Ross (#18)
47 ( -- ) Angel In Blue - J Geils Band
48 ( 23 ) Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran (#5)
49 ( 43 ) You Weren't In Love WIth Me - Billy Field
50 ( 29 ) Cantonese Boy - Japan (#12)

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-- ( 32 ) Hurts So Good - John Cougar (#18)
-- ( 33 ) Island Of Lost Souls - Blondie (#4)
-- ( 37 ) Only The Lonely - Motels (#27)
-- ( 40 ) Key Largo - Bertie Higgins (#35)
-- ( 42 ) I'm A Wonderful Thing Baby - Kid Creole & The Coconuts (#11)
-- ( 45 ) Since You're Gone - Cars (#37)
-- ( 47 ) Break It Up - Foreigner (#39)
-- ( 48 ) Rhythm Of The Jungle - Quick (#15)
-- ( 49 ) After The Glitter Fades - Stevie Nicks
-- ( 50 ) Iko Iko - Natasha (#40)

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-- ( -- ) Dancing In The Street - Van Halen
-- ( -- ) The Sound Of Your Cry - Elvis Presley

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These next few weeks are "brutal" - a bunch of classic songs entering. Flying in at #8, one of the cover versions of the year. Captain Sensible is of course guitarist with the Damned and they also have a song on the playlist which he plays guitar on and co-wrote. For his solo material he's backed with Dolly Mixture, and apparently he was seriously dating one of them. The song entered in the UK at #33 and they performed it on Top of the Pops after which it leapt all the way up to #1. The song was written by Rodgers and Hammerstein for the musical "South Pacific" and is intended to be a positive vibe song by people in World War II. It was not the first Rodgers and Hammerstein composition to get to #1 in the UK chart as they also wrote "You'll Never Walk Alone" which topped the chart for Gerry & The Pacemakers in 1963 and also topped the NM chart.

Air Supply are back - this one also reached #44 in the UK chart, and was their 3rd consecutive US hit to peak at #5, their 4th in total. It isn't a cover but they also didn't write it. The song was written by Kenneth Ball, Terry Wallace and Jerry Lee Skinner, collectively known as Bama who also recorded under that name but never recorded this song.

The Clash have done a lot of songs but only a few are classics, but one of those is "Rock The Casbah" which enters this week. Survivor's song from Rocky III which was #1 in the UK and USA enters now.

Chicago's return too, plus David Essex and Visage add up to a classic set of new entries.

[Earl Purple]

Ok, 1982's sporting winners. Let's do just football in this post, I'll use the next post for other sports.

Starting with English domestic football, the league was 3 points for a win for the first time, but it probably made little difference. It was quite an exciting season with the leaders changing hands multiple times but in the end Liverpool prevailed ahead of Ipswich who were 2nd. They also retained the League Cup beating Tottenham 3-1 in the final after extra time. Liverpool equalised quite late that game and had Spurs held on at 1-0 they'd have won the competition without conceding a single goal.

Tottenham did however also retain the FA Cup. They did concede some goals in it though. The final was rather boring so I'm not posting any videos to it. They were playing Queens Park Rangers, who were a 2nd division team, and the first game was 0-0 after normal time then both teams scored a goal in extra time. The replay was won 1-0 with a penalty by Glenn Hoddle.

Aston Villa having won the title last year had a poor domestic season but shockingly won the European Cup, beating Bayern Munich 1-0 in the final.

Barcelona won the European Cup-Winners Cup beating Standard Liege 2-1 in the final and the UEFA Cup was won by Swedish team IFK Goteberg, beating Hamburg 1-0 at home and then 3-0 away.

Back in those days a Swedish team could win something in Europe and a Belgian team could reach a European final. That's maybe because it wasn't quite as money-driven as it is now, and also because Standard Liege didn't yet have Roland Duchatalet as their owner.

In Scotland back then it wasn't all Celtic or Rangers either, although Celtic did retain the Scottish League by 2 points ahead of Aberdeen, but Aberdeen won the Scottish Cup Final with Alex Ferguson as their manager. beating Rangers in the final 4-1 after extra time, the score having been 1-1 at normal time. The goalscorers for Aberden that day, Alex McLeish, Mark McGhee, Gordon Strachan and Neale Cooper, the latter of who died in 2018 aged just 54. The others are all well known. Rangers however did manage to win the League Cup, eating Dundee United in the final 2-1. (The final was actually in 1981)

Onto the World Cup. And there are probably 3 games worth showing here.

The format was 24 teams for the first time, so more qualifiers and in spite of a terrible qualifying run, far worse than the last two campaigns, England actually qualified, but we're not bothering with them here.

Two teams went through each group into a 2nd group stage, 4 groups of 3 teams with just the winner going through. One group had holders Argentina and favourites Brazil along with Italy who had got through their group with just 3 draws. Italy without a chance? Well they beat Argentina 2-1 and then Brazil beat Argentina 3-1, so Brazil had the better goal-difference going into their head-to-head and needed just a draw to get through the group, whilst Italy needed to win.



France and Germany both hobbled through their groups. Germany started with a defeat to Algeria, then beat Chile and as Austria had won both their games going into the final game and they knew Algeria had won 3-2 against Chile, a 1-0 win for Germany would see both teams through, and after Germany scored after 10 minutes they both took it easy. France lost to England 3-1 and after beating Kuwait got through in 2nd place drawing with Czechoslovakia. Their reward was a nice easy group with Austria and Northern Ireland and they beat both those teams. Whilst England were paired with Germany and holders Spain who had also hobbled through their group losing to Northern Ireland on the way. Germany and England drew 0-0 then Germany beat Spain 2-1 so Germany had to wait to see their fate - if England beat Spain 2-0 they were going home but England drew blanks and another 0-0 draw saw the Germans in the semi-final. Where they would play France. That meant, essentially, that the two halves of the draw were totally separated. Indeed, in the other semi-final Italy played Poland again, and this time won 2-0



So here is the final:

[Earl Purple]

Tennis

Bjorn Borg had now retired

Jimmy Connors did the Wimbledon and US Open double

At Wimbledon he defeated John McEnroe in 5 sets, 3-6, 6-3, 6-7, 7-6, 6-4, his first win since 1974.
In the US open he defeated Ivan Lendl 6–3, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4

Martina Navratilova regained Wimbledon for the first time in 3 years defeating Chris Evert-Lloyd 6-1, 3-6, 6-2
but Chris Evert-Lloyd won the US Open 6–3, 6–1 against Hana Mandlikova

Snooker

After winning the title last year, Steve Davis crashed out 10-1 in the first round to Tony Knowles, and Alex Higgins went on to win his second world title, his only title at the Crucible, beating Ray Reardon 18-15 in the final.

American Football

In the 16th SuperBowl, the San Francisco Giants won 26-21 against the Cincinnati Bengals

Baseball

In the World Series, the St. Louis Cardinals were victorious by 4 games to 3 against the Milwaukee Brewers

[Earl Purple]

3 July 1982

1 ( 2 ) Now Those Days Are Gone - Bucks Fizz < 1st #1 >
2 ( 4 ) Avalon - Roxy Music
3 ( 8 ) Happy Talk - Captain Sensible
4 ( 1 ) Torch - Soft Cell (#1[3])
5 ( 11 ) Even The Nights Are Better - Air Supply
6 ( 3 ) Do I Do - Stevie Wonder (#3)
7 ( 13 ) Rock The Casbah - Clash
8 ( -- ) Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
9 ( 7 ) Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band (#7)
10 ( 5 ) A Night To Remember - Shalamar (#5)

11 ( 17 ) Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor
12 ( 12 ) Streetwalkin' - Shakatak
13 ( 22 ) Me And My Girl (Night-Clubbing) - David Essex
14 ( 23 ) Night Train - Visage
15 ( 9 ) Space Age Love Song - A Flock Of Seagulls (#9)
16 ( -- ) Take It Away - Paul McCartney
17 ( 24 ) Hard To Say I'm Sorry - Chicago
18 ( 6 ) House Of Fun - Madness (#1[1])
19 ( 16 ) Videotheque - Dollar (#16)
20 ( 29 ) Music And Lights - Imagination

21 ( 20 ) We Take Mystery (To Bed) - Gary Numan (#20)
22 ( 10 ) The Look Of Love - ABC (#2[2])
23 ( 14 ) Inside Out - Odyssey (#14)
24 ( -- ) Da Da Da - Trio
25 ( -- ) I Second That Emotion - Japan
26 ( 35 ) Back To School Again - Four Tops
27 ( -- ) For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) - AC/DC
28 ( 25 ) You Little Fool - Elvis Costello & The Attractions (#25)
29 ( -- ) Shy Boy - Bananarama
30 ( 28 ) Be Mine Tonight - Neil Diamond (#28)

31 ( 27 ) Keep The Fire Burnin' - REO Speedwagon (#27)
32 ( 19 ) Las Palabras De Amor - Queen (#19)
33 ( 15 ) Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant (#4)
34 ( 30 ) What Kind Of Fool Am I - Rick Springfield (#30)
35 ( 18 ) The Back Of Love - Echo & The Bunnymen (#7)
36 ( -- ) Just Who Is The 5 O'Clock Hero - Jam
37 ( 33 ) Hold Me - Fleetwood Mac (#33)
38 ( 21 ) Murphy's Law - Cheri (#21)
39 ( 47 ) Angel In Blue - J Geils Band
40 ( -- ) Woman - Anti-Nowhere League

41 ( 36 ) Spirit - Bauhaus (#36)
42 ( 26 ) Family Man - Mike Oldfield (#26)
43 ( 38 ) No Getting Over You - Paris (#38)
44 ( -- ) Wasted On The Way - Crosby Stills & Nash
45 ( 41 ) This Man Is Mine - Heart (#41)
46 ( -- ) Love Has Found Its Way - Dennis Brown
47 ( 32 ) No Regrets - Midge Ure (#32)
48 ( 44 ) Heart (Stop Beating In Time) - Leo Sayer (#44)
49 ( -- ) Lightning Flash - Brotherhood Of Man
50 ( 31 ) I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow (#14)

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-- ( 34 ) Temptation - New Order (#8)
-- ( 37 ) Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do - Huey Lewis & The News
-- ( 39 ) Because You're Young - Classix Nouveaux (#12)
-- ( 40 ) Rosanna - Toto (#1[3])
-- ( 42 ) I'm Your Man - Blue Zoo
-- ( 43 ) Shakti (The Meaning Of Within) - Monsoon (#24)
-- ( 45 ) Paperlate - Genesis (#9)
-- ( 46 ) Work That Body - Diana Ross (#18)
-- ( 48 ) Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran (#5)
-- ( 49 ) You Weren't In Love WIth Me - Billy Field
-- ( 50 ) Cantonese Boy - Japan (#12)

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-- ( -- ) Dance Wit Me - Rick James
-- ( -- ) Sooner Or Later - Larry Graham
-- ( -- ) Let's Funk Tonight - Blue Feather
-- ( -- ) Hooked On Swing - Larry Elgart

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Bucks Fizz at number one - who would have seen that coming. One of the surprise number ones. Roxy Music climb up to #2 behind it with "Avalon" and Captain Sensible up to #3 with "Happy Talk" as Soft Cell fall, but the big challenge is clearly from the new entry by Dexy's Midnight Runners - yes it appears to have entered a lot earlier than we were expecting but it had a slow climb into the top 40 before finally taking off.

Paul McCartney follows up the UK #1 Ebony And Ivory with "Take It Away" which in the UK chart stalled at #15 but having entered just one place below that it's likely to be a much bigger hit on this chart (and probably a bigger hit than "Ebony And Ivory" too which peaked only at #11 on this chart).

Lower than those we have get that quite novelty UK #2 by Trio, the latest Smokey Robinson & The Miracles cover this time by Japan and after a couple of covers together with the Fun Boy Three, an original song by Bananarama on their own, and below that a Jam single that charted only on import. Unlike "That's Entertainment" this one reached the UK top 10 but is probably a lot less well-known.

[Good Old Days]

Usually I love MOR, but "Now Those Days Are Gone" is boring track.

"Lightning Flash" - very ABBA-esque, it's the one from the best Brotherhood Of Man singles. Deserved to be at least top 10 hit in UK.

[Earl Purple]

Yes, Lightning Flash was a clear attempt to sound like Abba.

Given Abba themselves struggled to have hits in 1982 in spite of "Head Of Heels", "The Day Before You Came" and "Under Attack" all being good songs, it's hardly surprising that "Lightning Flash" flopped.

And "Now Those Days Are Gone" is a masterpiece. So is "Avalon", albeit who would have expected this from them 10 years before when they emerged with "Virginia Plain". Clearly a band who totally changed direction in their music. But both songs peaking at NM #2 with a single week on top for "Dance Away" their only chart topper here.

[Earl Purple]

10 July 1982

1 ( 1 ) Now Those Days Are Gone - Bucks Fizz < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Avalon - Roxy Music
3 ( 3 ) Happy Talk - Captain Sensible
4 ( 8 ) Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
5 ( 5 ) Even The Nights Are Better - Air Supply
6 ( 7 ) Rock The Casbah - Clash
7 ( 16 ) Take It Away - Paul McCartney
8 ( 4 ) Torch - Soft Cell (#1[3])
9 ( 11 ) Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor
10 ( 13 ) Me And My Girl (Night-Clubbing) - David Essex

11 ( 14 ) Night Train - Visage
12 ( 6 ) Do I Do - Stevie Wonder (#3)
13 ( 24 ) Da Da Da - Trio
14 ( 25 ) I Second That Emotion - Japan
15 ( -- ) It Started With A Kiss - Hot Chocolate
16 ( 9 ) Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band (#7)
17 ( 27 ) For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) - AC/DC
18 ( 12 ) Streetwalkin' - Shakatak (#12)
19 ( 17 ) Hard To Say I'm Sorry - Chicago (#17)
20 ( 29 ) Shy Boy - Bananarama

21 ( 20 ) Music And Lights - Imagination (#20)
22 ( 10 ) A Night To Remember - Shalamar (#5)
23 ( -- ) Chalk Dust (The Umpire Strikes Back) - Brat
24 ( 26 ) Back To School Again - Four Tops
25 ( 36 ) Just Who Is The 5 O'Clock Hero - Jam
26 ( 15 ) Space Age Love Song - A Flock Of Seagulls (#9)
27 ( 21 ) We Take Mystery (To Bed) - Gary Numan (#20)
28 ( 19 ) Videotheque - Dollar (#16)
29 ( -- ) If The Love Fits Wear It - Leslie Pearl
30 ( 40 ) Woman - Anti-Nowhere League

31 ( -- ) Hurry Home - Wavelength
32 ( -- ) Out Of Work - Gary U.S. Bonds
33 ( -- ) Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger) - Donna Summer
34 ( 44 ) Wasted On The Way - Crosby Stills & Nash
35 ( -- ) Lovely Money - Damned
36 ( 18 ) House Of Fun - Madness (#1[1])
37 ( 46 ) Love Has Found Its Way - Dennis Brown
38 ( -- ) Postman Pat - Ken Barrie
39 ( 28 ) You Little Fool - Elvis Costello & The Attractions (#25)
40 ( 23 ) Inside Out - Odyssey (#14)

41 ( 30 ) Be Mine Tonight - Neil Diamond (#28)
42 ( 39 ) Angel In Blue - J Geils Band (#39)
43 ( -- ) Too Late - Junior
44 ( 22 ) The Look Of Love - ABC (#2[2])
45 ( 49 ) Lightning Flash - Brotherhood Of Man
46 ( -- ) Matador - Jeff Wayne
47 ( 31 ) Keep The Fire Burnin' - REO Speedwagon (#27)
48 ( -- ) Rendezvous - Tygers Of Pan Tang
49 ( 34 ) What Kind Of Fool Am I - Rick Springfield (#30)
50 ( -- ) You Should Hear How She Talks About You - Melissa Manchester

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-- ( 32 ) Las Palabras De Amor - Queen (#19)
-- ( 33 ) Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant (#4)
-- ( 35 ) The Back Of Love - Echo & The Bunnymen (#7)
-- ( 37 ) Hold Me - Fleetwood Mac (#33)
-- ( 38 ) Murphy's Law - Cheri (#21)
-- ( 41 ) Spirit - Bauhaus (#36)
-- ( 42 ) Family Man - Mike Oldfield (#26)
-- ( 43 ) No Getting Over You - Paris (#38)
-- ( 45 ) This Man Is Mine - Heart (#41)
-- ( 47 ) No Regrets - Midge Ure (#32)
-- ( 48 ) Heart (Stop Beating In Time) - Leo Sayer (#44)
-- ( 50 ) I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow (#14)

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-- ( -- ) The Big Bean - Pigbag
-- ( -- ) Plaything - Linx
-- ( -- ) I Was Tired Of Being Alone - Patrice Rushen
-- ( -- ) BBC World Cup Grandstand Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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Come On Eileen could only climb 4 places as the top 3 hold, but I think we all know where that one is going to end up anyway. I will say that there is little competition now from the new entries. The highest entry by Hot Chocolate has sort-of become one of their classics, and it reached #5 in the UK, their highest placing since their #2 "No Doubt About It" in 1980, and the last time they would ever get that high.

That the second highest entry is "Chalk Dust" kind of sums up the state of the rest of them. It's a parody but not of a different song, but of John McEnroe's antics on the tennis court. The score of the game was 40-15 when the line-call happened, and possibly the John McEnroe character was serving, so when the line-judge calls "out" the umpire should declare "40-30" and not repeat the call of "out". And then John McEnroe's character says "you gotta be kidding". But his normal phrase was "you cannot be serious" - ok maybe that didn't scan as well. I'm not sure having the umpire end up shooting him was the best ending either, but in general apart from some of the little details, it's quite funny.

"Lovely Money": yes, the Damned. Captain Sensible co-wrote it and plays guitar on it. Those who came in and asked "is there anything else Captain Sensible has done" by those who liked Happy Talk may have been told "yeah, this one.." but not sure if they'd have liked it. They are however heading already towards their new-wave sound and it isn't a punk song.

Matador by Jeff Wayne was the ITV theme tune for the World Cup, in which Ian St John and Jimmy Greaves were among the commentators. It's far better than the BBC one (written by Andrew Lloyd Webber), which initially entered the chart one place higher but Jeff Wayne's tune ultimately performed better, albeit it also missed the top 40.

[Good Old Days]

Do you like any fresh (Bucks) Fizz songs ?