* NM retro singles charts - 1983 (redone) *

[Earl Purple]

26 February 1983

1 ( 1 ) Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler < 3rd week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Tunnel Of Love - Fun Boy Three
3 ( 3 ) Never Gonna Give You Up - Musical Youth
4 ( 5 ) Change - Tears For Fears
5 ( 6 ) Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Eurythmics
6 ( 7 ) Mr Roboto - Styx
7 ( 8 ) Drop The Pilot - Joan Armatrading
8 ( 11 ) Tomorrow's Just Another Day - Madness
9 ( 16 ) Fields Of Fire (400 Miles) - Big Country
10 ( 10 ) Boxerbeat - Joboxers

11 ( 4 ) Old & Wise - Alan Parsons Project (#1[3])
12 ( 13 ) Rip It Up - Orange Juice
13 ( 15 ) Genetic Engineering - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
14 ( 24 ) She Means Nothing To Me - Phil Everly & Cliff Richard
15 ( 25 ) Garden Party - Mezzoforte
16 ( 18 ) Cath - Bluebells
17 ( 28 ) Perfect - The The
18 ( 9 ) Billie Jean - Michael Jackson (#3)
19 ( 21 ) Last Film - Kissing The Pink
20 ( 31 ) High Life - Modern Romance

21 ( -- ) Young Free And Single - Sunfire
22 ( -- ) Orchard Road - Leo Sayer
23 ( 32 ) I'm Alive - Neil Diamond
24 ( 12 ) Oblivious - Aztec Camera (#7)
25 ( 33 ) Dreamin' Is Easy - Steel Breeze
26 ( -- ) Do You Wanna Hold Me? - Bow Wow Wow
27 ( 36 ) Midnight Summer Dream - Stranglers
28 ( 17 ) Breaking Us In Two - Joe Jackson (#14)
29 ( 27 ) London Girls - Chas And Dave (#27)
30 ( -- ) My Kind Of Lady - Supertramp

31 ( 29 ) Waves - Blancmange (#29)
32 ( 38 ) Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Bananarama
33 ( 19 ) Communication - Spandau Ballet (#16)
34 ( 14 ) New Year's Day - U2 (#2[2])
35 ( -- ) I'll Be There - Pinkees
36 ( -- ) Mexican Radio - Wall Of Voodoo
37 ( 41 ) Rock The Boat - Forrest
38 ( 22 ) Get The Balance Right - Depeche Mode (#18)
39 ( 44 ) Soweto - Malcolm McLaren
40 ( -- ) Cry For Home - Van Morrison

41 ( 45 ) Tied Up - Olivia Newton John
42 ( 37 ) Cashflow - Leisure Process (#37)
43 ( -- ) Why D'Ya Lie To Me - Spider
44 ( 26 ) Passion Killer - One The Juggler (#22)
45 ( 20 ) 1999 - Prince (#4)
46 ( -- ) Numbers - Soft Cell
47 ( 48 ) Call Of The Wild - Merrick & Tibbs
48 ( -- ) Telephone Operator - Pete Shelley
49 ( 30 ) He Knows You Know - Marillion (#27)
50 ( 23 ) Hey Little Girl - Icehouse (#9)

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-- ( 34 ) Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) - Journey (#33)
-- ( 35 ) New Age - Blitz (#19)
-- ( 39 ) Too Shy - Kajagoogoo (#7)
-- ( 40 ) Story Of The Blues - Wah! (#1[3])
-- ( 42 ) Cold Sweat - Thin Lizzy (#38)
-- ( 43 ) Phone Home - Jonny Chingas
-- ( 46 ) I've Got Mine - UB40 (#25)
-- ( 47 ) Love On Your Side - Thompson Twins (#9)
-- ( 49 ) The Price Of Admission - Stiff Little Fingers (#43)
-- ( 50 ) My Angel - Rock Goddess

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-- ( -- ) Eyes Of Ice - Scarlet Party
-- ( -- ) Joy - Band AKA
-- ( -- ) Don't Tell Me You Love Me - Night Ranger
-- ( -- ) Red Skies - Samson
-- ( -- ) Underlove Melba Moore

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1983 is blowing hot and cold, we have a packed playlist of classics, then this one with very little, followed by another one full of classics and then another one with very little.

So Sunfire here best of a mediocre bunch with the few good ones on the playlist on next week's chart but even those are not really classics. There are 2 versions of "Young Free And Single", the other with a female singer which came along a few weeks later. I don't know if she and the singer from Sunfire hooked up so they were no longer single. I'm not sure how frequently that phrase was used before the song, but Gary Davies popularised it for a while.

[Earl Purple]

5 March 1983

1 ( 1 ) Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler < 4th week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Tunnel Of Love - Fun Boy Three
3 ( 3 ) Never Gonna Give You Up - Musical Youth
4 ( 4 ) Change - Tears For Fears
5 ( 5 ) Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Eurythmics
6 ( 9 ) Fields Of Fire (400 Miles) - Big Country
7 ( 6 ) Mr Roboto - Styx (#6)
8 ( 8 ) Tomorrow's Just Another Day - Madness
9 ( 7 ) Drop The Pilot - Joan Armatrading (#7)
10 ( 12 ) Rip It Up - Orange Juice

11 ( 13 ) Genetic Engineering - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
12 ( 14 ) She Means Nothing To Me - Phil Everly & Cliff Richard
13 ( 17 ) Cath - Bluebells
14 ( -- ) Run For Your Life - Bucks Fizz
15 ( 21 ) Young Free And Single - Sunfire
16 ( -- ) Breakaway - Tracey Ullman
17 ( 22 ) Orchard Road - Leo Sayer
18 ( 15 ) Garden Party - Mezzoforte (#15)
19 ( 16 ) Perfect - The The (#16)
20 ( -- ) Der Kommissar - After The Fire

21 ( 10 ) Boxerbeat - Joboxers (#10)
22 ( -- ) Buffalo Bill's Last Scratch - Barron Knights
23 ( 26 ) Do You Wanna Hold Me? - Bow Wow Wow
24 ( -- ) Stand By - Roman Holliday
25 ( 20 ) High Life - Modern Romance (#20)
26 ( 30 ) My Kind Of Lady - Supertramp
27 ( -- ) Going Home - Mark Knopfler
28 ( 23 ) I'm Alive - Neil Diamond (#23)
29 ( 19 ) Last Film - Kissing The Pink (#19)
30 ( -- ) Little Too Late - Pat Benatar

31 ( 11 ) Old & Wise - Alan Parsons Project (#1[3])
32 ( 25 ) Dreamin' Is Easy - Steel Breeze (#25)
33 ( 35 ) I'll Be There - Pinkees
34 ( 36 ) Mexican Radio - Wall Of Voodoo
35 ( 27 ) Midnight Summer Dream - Stranglers (#27)
36 ( -- ) Jeopardy - Greg Kihn Band
37 ( 40 ) Cry For Home - Van Morrison
38 ( -- ) All Tomorrow's Parties - Japan
39 ( 32 ) Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Bananarama (#32)
40 ( 18 ) Billie Jean - Michael Jackson (#3)

41 ( 43 ) Why D'Ya Lie To Me - Spider
42 ( -- ) Friday Night - Kids From Fame
43 ( 46 ) Numbers - Soft Cell
44 ( 29 ) London Girls - Chas And Dave (#27)
45 ( 48 ) Telephone Operator - Pete Shelley
46 ( 31 ) Waves - Blancmange (#29)
47 ( 37 ) Rock The Boat - Forrest (#37)
48 ( 39 ) Soweto - Malcolm McLaren (#39)
49 ( -- ) Got To Have You Back - Undertones
50 ( 24 ) Oblivious - Aztec Camera (#7)

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-- ( 28 ) Breaking Us In Two - Joe Jackson (#14)
-- ( 33 ) Communication - Spandau Ballet (#16)
-- ( 34 ) New Year's Day - U2 (#2[2])
-- ( 38 ) Get The Balance Right - Depeche Mode (#18)
-- ( 41 ) Tied Up - Olivia Newton John
-- ( 42 ) Cashflow - Leisure Process (#37)
-- ( 44 ) Passion Killer - One The Juggler (#22)
-- ( 45 ) 1999 - Prince (#4)
-- ( 47 ) Call Of The Wild - Merrick & Tibbs
-- ( 49 ) He Knows You Know - Marillion (#27)
-- ( 50 ) Hey Little Girl - Icehouse (#9)

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-- ( -- ) Make Love Stay - Dan Fogelberg
-- ( -- ) When It's Time To Rock - UFO
-- ( -- ) So Good So Pure So Kind - Landscape III
-- ( -- ) Tainted Love - Dave Phillips & Hot Rod Gang
-- ( -- ) Flying Scotsman - Spear Of Destiny
-- ( -- ) I Just Gotta Have You - Kashif

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"Run For Your Life" by Bucks Fizz is one of their best songs but on the whole I said it's a weak playlist (combined with that of last week) after we had a period so strong that songs like "Communication" by Spandau Ballet could only reach #16 and we see other cases of good songs not getting into the top 10. Meanwhile the top 10 we do have is almost frozen but there's a bunch of big ones coming along next week and the week after.

[Earl Purple]

12 March 1983

1 ( 1 ) Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler < 5th week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Tunnel Of Love - Fun Boy Three
3 ( 3 ) Never Gonna Give You Up - Musical Youth
4 ( -- ) Speak Like A Child - Style Council
5 ( 14 ) Run For Your Life - Bucks Fizz
6 ( 6 ) Fields Of Fire (400 Miles) - Big Country
7 ( 4 ) Change - Tears For Fears (#4)
8 ( 16 ) Breakaway - Tracey Ullman
9 ( 5 ) Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Eurythmics (#5)
10 ( -- ) Blue Monday - New Order

11 ( -- ) Don't Talk To Me About Love - Altered Images
12 ( 20 ) Der Kommissar - After The Fire
13 ( 8 ) Tomorrow's Just Another Day - Madness (#8)
14 ( 7 ) Mr Roboto - Styx (#6)
15 ( 22 ) Buffalo Bill's Last Scratch - Barron Knights
16 ( 10 ) Rip It Up - Orange Juice (#10)
17 ( -- ) Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away - Phil Collins
18 ( 11 ) Genetic Engineering - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (#11)
19 ( 24 ) Stand By - Roman Holliday
20 ( 13 ) Cath - Bluebells (#13)

21 ( 12 ) She Means Nothing To Me - Phil Everly & Cliff Richard (#12)
22 ( 15 ) Young Free And Single - Sunfire (#15)
23 ( 9 ) Drop The Pilot - Joan Armatrading (#7)
24 ( 27 ) Going Home - Mark Knopfler
25 ( 17 ) Orchard Road - Leo Sayer (#17)
26 ( 30 ) Little Too Late - Pat Benatar
27 ( -- ) Whistle Down The Wind - Nick Heyward
28 ( -- ) Visions In Blue - Ultravox
29 ( 36 ) Jeopardy - Greg Kihn Band
30 ( 23 ) Do You Wanna Hold Me? - Bow Wow Wow (#23)

31 ( -- ) Change Of Heart - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
32 ( 18 ) Garden Party - Mezzoforte (#15)
33 ( 38 ) All Tomorrow's Parties - Japan
34 ( 26 ) My Kind Of Lady - Supertramp (#26)
35 ( 19 ) Perfect - The The (#16)
36 ( -- ) Hope (I Wish You'd Believe Me) - Wah!
37 ( -- ) Slipping Away - Dave Edmunds
38 ( 42 ) Friday Night - Kids From Fame
39 ( -- ) You Disappear From View - Teardrop Explodes
40 ( 25 ) High Life - Modern Romance (#20)

41 ( 33 ) I'll Be There - Pinkees (#33)
42 ( 21 ) Boxerbeat - Joboxers (#10)
43 ( 34 ) Mexican Radio - Wall Of Voodoo (#34)
44 ( 28 ) I'm Alive - Neil Diamond (#23)
45 ( 49 ) Got To Have You Back - Undertones
46 ( 37 ) Cry For Home - Van Morrison (#37)
47 ( -- ) Let It Loose - Chris Rea
48 ( 32 ) Dreamin' Is Easy - Steel Breeze (#25)
49 ( 29 ) Last Film - Kissing The Pink (#19)
50 ( 41 ) Why D'Ya Lie To Me - Spider (#41)

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-- ( 31 ) Old & Wise - Alan Parsons Project (#1[3])
-- ( 35 ) Midnight Summer Dream - Stranglers (#27)
-- ( 39 ) Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Bananarama (#32)
-- ( 40 ) Billie Jean - Michael Jackson (#3)
-- ( 43 ) Numbers - Soft Cell
-- ( 44 ) London Girls - Chas And Dave (#27)
-- ( 45 ) Telephone Operator - Pete Shelley
-- ( 46 ) Waves - Blancmange (#29)
-- ( 47 ) Rock The Boat - Forrest (#37)
-- ( 48 ) Soweto - Malcolm McLaren (#39)
-- ( 50 ) Oblivious - Aztec Camera (#7)

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-- ( -- ) Burning Heart - Vandenberg
-- ( -- ) Lined Up - Shriekback
-- ( -- ) Somewhere - Danse Society
-- ( -- ) My Foolish Friend - Talk Talk
-- ( -- ) Cry Me A River - Mari Wilson
-- ( -- ) Rap Your Love - Set The Tone
-- ( -- ) The Mighty Hands Of Love - Animal Nightlife
-- ( -- ) Be With Me - Billy Griffin
-- ( -- ) This Time - Whispers
-- ( -- ) Paradise Drive - Midnite

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Finally a bunch of new songs with some classics in it. Possibly surprising to many that the Style Council is the highest entry above New Order and Altered Images but that follows what happened at the time.

My latest 1983 playlist also has the Style Council on it but it's way down the list, as is Phil Collins. Nick Heyward is also on the list but a lot higher up and Ultravox is also on the current playlist.

[Earl Purple]

19 March 1983

1 ( 1 ) Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler < 6th week at #1 >
2 ( 4 ) Speak Like A Child - Style Council
3 ( 5 ) Run For Your Life - Bucks Fizz
4 ( 10 ) Blue Monday - New Order
5 ( 2 ) Tunnel Of Love - Fun Boy Three (#2[4])
6 ( 11 ) Don't Talk To Me About Love - Altered Images
7 ( 3 ) Never Gonna Give You Up - Musical Youth
8 ( 8 ) Breakaway - Tracey Ullman
9 ( -- ) Let's Dance - David Bowie
10 ( 17 ) Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away - Phil Collins

11 ( 6 ) Fields Of Fire (400 Miles) - Big Country
12 ( 12 ) Der Kommissar - After The Fire
13 ( -- ) Beat It - Michael Jackson
14 ( 7 ) Change - Tears For Fears (#4)
15 ( 15 ) Buffalo Bill's Last Scratch - Barron Knights
16 ( -- ) Little Red Corvette - Prince
17 ( -- ) The House The Jack Built - Tracie
18 ( 27 ) Whistle Down The Wind - Nick Heyward
19 ( 28 ) Visions In Blue - Ultravox
20 ( 9 ) Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Eurythmics (#5)

21 ( -- ) Is There Something I Should Know - Duran Duran
22 ( 19 ) Stand By - Roman Holliday
23 ( 31 ) Change Of Heart - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
24 ( -- ) I Am (I'm Me) - Twisted Sister
25 ( 13 ) Tomorrow's Just Another Day - Madness (#8)
26 ( -- ) Winds Of Change - Jefferson Starship
27 ( 36 ) Hope (I Wish You'd Believe Me) - Wah!
28 ( -- ) Snot Rap - Kenny Everett
29 ( 37 ) Slipping Away - Dave Edmunds
30 ( 14 ) Mr Roboto - Styx (#6)

31 ( 24 ) Going Home - Mark Knopfler
32 ( 16 ) Rip It Up - Orange Juice (#10)
33 ( 26 ) Little Too Late - Pat Benatar
34 ( 39 ) You Disappear From View - Teardrop Explodes
35 ( 29 ) Jeopardy - Greg Kihn Band
36 ( 18 ) Genetic Engineering - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (#11)
37 ( -- ) Easy Livin' - Fastway
38 ( 20 ) Cath - Bluebells (#13)
39 ( -- ) Clunk Click - Laurel & Hardy
40 ( 33 ) All Tomorrow's Parties - Japan

41 ( 22 ) Young Free And Single - Sunfire (#15)
42 ( -- ) Where I Stand - Maisonettes
43 ( 21 ) She Means Nothing To Me - Phil Everly & Cliff Richard (#12)
44 ( -- ) Bona Venture - Wide Boy Awake
45 ( 47 ) Let It Loose - Chris Rea
46 ( -- ) You Are In My System - Robert Palmer
47 ( 25 ) Orchard Road - Leo Sayer (#17)
48 ( -- ) Words - FR David
49 ( 38 ) Friday Night - Kids From Fame
50 ( -- ) White Rabbit - Damned

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-- ( 23 ) Drop The Pilot - Joan Armatrading (#7)
-- ( 30 ) Do You Wanna Hold Me? - Bow Wow Wow (#23)
-- ( 32 ) Garden Party - Mezzoforte (#15)
-- ( 34 ) My Kind Of Lady - Supertramp (#26)
-- ( 35 ) Perfect - The The (#16)
-- ( 40 ) High Life - Modern Romance (#20)
-- ( 41 ) I'll Be There - Pinkees (#33)
-- ( 42 ) Boxerbeat - Joboxers (#10)
-- ( 43 ) Mexican Radio - Wall Of Voodoo (#34)
-- ( 44 ) I'm Alive - Neil Diamond (#23)
-- ( 45 ) Got To Have You Back - Undertones
-- ( 46 ) Cry For Home - Van Morrison (#37)
-- ( 48 ) Dreamin' Is Easy - Steel Breeze (#25)
-- ( 49 ) Last Film - Kissing The Pink (#19)
-- ( 50 ) Why D'Ya Lie To Me - Spider (#41)

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-- ( -- ) Cairo - Amazulu
-- ( -- ) Johnny B Goode - Peter Tosh
-- ( -- ) Better Take Time - Second Image

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Bonnie Tyler fails to move over for the Style Council, and similarly Bucks Fizz climb up to #3 ahead of New Order climbing to #4. Although New Order will probably overtake Bucks Fizz next week, it will have to stay ahead of David Bowie's classic entry "Let's Dance" if it is going to make progress. Also entering this week, Michael Jackson's most "rock" song to date featuring Eddie Van Halen on guitar. Subsequently he made further use of rock guitarists with Slash playing on both Black Or White and Give In To Me one the Dangerous album. (Apparently it was the idea of Quincy Jones to include a rock track on Thriller and this was the result).

In addition to Michael Jackson, we have an entry by Prince, and Tracie appears on 2 songs in the chart as she's also featured on the song at #2 this week. Duran Duran released a song that wasn't going to be on any album and thus it entered the UK chart at #1, but they've done far better songs than this one. In the combi-chart, which started when Hungry Like The Wolf was in the chart, that and the two that followed both got to #1 but this one failed to make it - New Order in particular was just too strong for it.

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 2 ) Speak Like A Child - Style Council < 1st #1 >
2 ( 1 ) Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler (#1[6])
3 ( 4 ) Blue Monday - New Order
4 ( 9 ) Let's Dance - David Bowie
5 ( 6 ) Don't Talk To Me About Love - Altered Images
6 ( 3 ) Run For Your Life - Bucks Fizz (#3)
7 ( 13 ) Beat It - Michael Jackson
8 ( 10 ) Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away - Phil Collins
9 ( 16 ) Little Red Corvette - Prince
10 ( 17 ) The House The Jack Built - Tracie

11 ( 21 ) Is There Something I Should Know - Duran Duran
12 ( 8 ) Breakaway - Tracey Ullman (#8)
13 ( 5 ) Tunnel Of Love - Fun Boy Three (#2[4])
14 ( 24 ) I Am (I'm Me) - Twisted Sister
15 ( -- ) Two Hearts Beat At One - U2
16 ( 7 ) Never Gonna Give You Up - Musical Youth (#7)
17 ( 26 ) Winds Of Change - Jefferson Starship
18 ( 18 ) Whistle Down The Wind - Nick Heyward
19 ( 12 ) Der Kommissar - After The Fire (#12)
20 ( 28 ) Snot Rap - Kenny Everett

21 ( 19 ) Visions In Blue - Ultravox (#19)
22 ( -- ) I Won't Hold You Back - Toto
23 ( 15 ) Buffalo Bill's Last Scratch - Barron Knights (#15)
24 ( 11 ) Fields Of Fire (400 Miles) - Big Country (#11)
25 ( 23 ) Change Of Heart - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (#23)
26 ( -- ) I Don't Care Anymore - Phil Collins
27 ( 27 ) Hope (I Wish You'd Believe Me) - Wah!
28 ( 37 ) Easy Livin' - Fastway
29 ( 14 ) Change - Tears For Fears (#4)
30 ( 29 ) Slipping Away - Dave Edmunds (#29)

31 ( 39 ) Clunk Click - Laurel & Hardy
32 ( -- ) Even Now - Bob Seger
33 ( -- ) Muck It Out - Farmer's Boys
34 ( 22 ) Stand By - Roman Holliday (#22)
35 ( 42 ) Where I Stand - Maisonettes
36 ( -- ) Ooh To Be Ah - Kajagoogoo
37 ( 44 ) Bona Venture - Wide Boy Awake
38 ( -- ) Serious Dancing - Via Marconi
39 ( 34 ) You Disappear From View - Teardrop Explodes (#34)
40 ( 46 ) You Are In My System - Robert Palmer

41 ( 20 ) Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Eurythmics (#5)
42 ( 48 ) Words - FR David
43 ( -- ) I'm Never Giving Up - Sweet Dreams
44 ( 50 ) White Rabbit - Damned
45 ( -- ) That's Too Bad - Gary Numan & Tubeway Army
46 ( 25 ) Tomorrow's Just Another Day - Madness (#8)
47 ( 31 ) Going Home - Mark Knopfler (#31)
48 ( -- ) Cell 151 - Steve Hackett
49 ( 33 ) Little Too Late - Pat Benatar (#33)
50 ( 35 ) Jeopardy - Greg Kihn Band (#35)

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-- ( 30 ) Mr Roboto - Styx (#6)
-- ( 32 ) Rip It Up - Orange Juice (#10)
-- ( 36 ) Genetic Engineering - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (#11)
-- ( 38 ) Cath - Bluebells (#13)
-- ( 40 ) All Tomorrow's Parties - Japan
-- ( 41 ) Young Free And Single - Sunfire (#15)
-- ( 43 ) She Means Nothing To Me - Phil Everly & Cliff Richard (#12)
-- ( 45 ) Let It Loose - Chris Rea
-- ( 47 ) Orchard Road - Leo Sayer (#17)
-- ( 49 ) Friday Night - Kids From Fame

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-- ( -- ) My Jamaican Guy - Grace Jones
-- ( -- ) I Like It - DeBarge
-- ( -- ) Brontosaurus Will You Wait For Me - David Bellamy
-- ( -- ) Midnight Blue - Louise Tucker
-- ( -- ) Hey! - Julio Iglesias

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The first number one for the Style Council but the 3rd to feature Paul Weller who topped the chart twice with the Jam. Up until the end of 1979 the Jam outperformed on this chart, and after Going Underground got to #1 on both charts they generally did better in the UK chart where they 3 more number ones.

U2 had a similar story - their last UK #1 as late as 2005 but their first only in 1988 when they'd already topped the NM chart many times. Their first NM #1 would be in 1984 and their last in 1992. They get the highest of what is not a particularly great set of new entries, which also includes Phil Collins who has 2 songs in the chart.

[Good Old Days]

Sweet Dreams - "I'm Never Giving Up"
Rate : 9.5 / 10
- My SOTY
- 7 consecutive weeks at # 1 in "Gražios Dainos"
- Best song from Eurovision 1983
- 2nd best British ESC entry (behind" A Message To Your Heart")
- 7th place in my all-time Eurovision songs ranking
(Full list here : rateyourmusic.com/list/LastDreamer/my-top-100-eurovision-songs/ )

[Earl Purple]

The Corinne Hermes song was on my playlist, it's unlikely to chart. Luxembourg had my top song in 1980 but not this year.

My top song in 1983 was Danijel Popovic representing Yugoslavia with Dzuli and then Ofra Haza (Israel) with Chai.

[Good Old Days]

Oct 3, 2023 14:49:16 GMT 1 Earl Purple said:

The Corinne Hermes song was on my playlist, it's unlikely to chart. 

Eurovision - 1983 in my chart.
Sweet Dreams - I'm Never Giving Up (United Kingdom) - # 1 (7 weeks)
Gry Johansen - Kloden Drejer (Denmark) - # 1 (2 weeks)
Bernadette - Sing Me A Song (Netherlands) - # 8 
Corinne Hermes - Si La Vie Est Cadeau (Luxembourg) - # 17

[Earl Purple]

The year that had the most Eurovision entries in my chart was 2010, but that is because the chart rules were different then and all of them were eligible. MangA for Turkey was my top Eurovision entry that year and peaked at NM #4. In spite of the number of entries that charted, Josh Dubovie was not among them.

[Good Old Days]

Oct 3, 2023 15:07:03 GMT 1 Earl Purple said:

The year that had the most Eurovision entries in my chart was 2010, but that is because the chart rules were different then and all of them were eligible. 

In my situation it were 1971 and 1974. In 1971 year three Eurovision entries became # 1 hits (Austria, Norway, UK).

Marianne Mendt - Musik (4 weeks at # 1)



Austria won two times (Another case is a sensation in 1982 year, when Mess with "Sonntag" beat big European hit "A Little Peace").

My ESC songs ranking - 2010 (39 songs)
1. Anna Bergendahl - This Is My Life (Sweden) - 8
2. Lena Meyer-Landrut - Satellite (Germany) - 8
3. Kuunkuiskaajat - Tyolki Ellaa (Finland) - 7
4. 3+2 - Butterflies (Belarus) - 7
5. Feminnem - Lako Je Sve (Croatia) - 7

8. Josh Dubovie - That Sounds Good To Me (United Kingdom)
37. Manga - We Could Be The Same (Turkey)

[Earl Purple]

2 April 1983

1 ( 1 ) Speak Like A Child - Style Council < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 4 ) Let's Dance - David Bowie
3 ( 3 ) Blue Monday - New Order
4 ( 5 ) Don't Talk To Me About Love - Altered Images
5 ( 7 ) Beat It - Michael Jackson
6 ( 2 ) Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler (#1[6])
7 ( 15 ) Two Hearts Beat At One - U2
8 ( 9 ) Little Red Corvette - Prince
9 ( 11 ) Is There Something I Should Know - Duran Duran
10 ( 10 ) The House The Jack Built - Tracie

11 ( 8 ) Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away - Phil Collins (#8)
12 ( -- ) Church Of The Poison Mind - Culture Club
13 ( 14 ) I Am (I'm Me) - Twisted Sister
14 ( 22 ) I Won't Hold You Back - Toto
15 ( -- ) Overkill - Men At Work
16 ( 6 ) Run For Your Life - Bucks Fizz (#3)
17 ( 26 ) I Don't Care Anymore - Phil Collins
18 ( 17 ) Winds Of Change - Jefferson Starship (#17)
19 ( -- ) Money's Too Tight (To Mention) - Valentine Brothers
20 ( 20 ) Snot Rap - Kenny Everett

21 ( -- ) Welcome To Heartlight - Kenny Loggins
22 ( 12 ) Breakaway - Tracey Ullman (#8)
23 ( 32 ) Even Now - Bob Seger
24 ( -- ) It Might Be You - Stephen Bishop
25 ( 33 ) Muck It Out - Farmer's Boys
26 ( 18 ) Whistle Down The Wind - Nick Heyward (#18)
27 ( -- ) Solitaire - Laura Branigan
28 ( 36 ) Ooh To Be Ah - Kajagoogoo
29 ( 13 ) Tunnel Of Love - Fun Boy Three (#2[4])
30 ( 28 ) Easy Livin' - Fastway (#28)

31 ( -- ) Telegraph - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
32 ( 38 ) Serious Dancing - Via Marconi
33 ( 21 ) Visions In Blue - Ultravox (#19)
34 ( 31 ) Clunk Click - Laurel & Hardy (#31)
35 ( 16 ) Never Gonna Give You Up - Musical Youth (#7)
36 ( 19 ) Der Kommissar - After The Fire (#12)
37 ( 27 ) Hope (I Wish You'd Believe Me) - Wah! (#27)
38 ( 25 ) Change Of Heart - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (#23)
39 ( 43 ) I'm Never Giving Up - Sweet Dreams
40 ( 35 ) Where I Stand - Maisonettes (#35)

41 ( 45 ) That's Too Bad - Gary Numan & Tubeway Army
42 ( -- ) She's In Parties - Bauhaus
43 ( 23 ) Buffalo Bill's Last Scratch - Barron Knights (#15)
44 ( 30 ) Slipping Away - Dave Edmunds (#29)
45 ( 37 ) Bona Venture - Wide Boy Awake (#37)
46 ( -- ) 24 Hours - 10cc
47 ( 48 ) Cell 151 - Steve Hackett
48 ( -- ) Whirly Girl - Oxo
49 ( 40 ) You Are In My System - Robert Palmer (#40)
50 ( 42 ) Words - FR David (#42)

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-- ( 24 ) Fields Of Fire (400 Miles) - Big Country (#11)
-- ( 29 ) Change - Tears For Fears (#4)
-- ( 34 ) Stand By - Roman Holliday (#22)
-- ( 39 ) You Disappear From View - Teardrop Explodes (#34)
-- ( 41 ) Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Eurythmics (#5)
-- ( 44 ) White Rabbit - Damned
-- ( 46 ) Tomorrow's Just Another Day - Madness (#8)
-- ( 47 ) Going Home - Mark Knopfler (#31)
-- ( 49 ) Little Too Late - Pat Benatar (#33)
-- ( 50 ) Jeopardy - Greg Kihn Band (#35)

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-- ( -- ) Doot Doot - Freur
-- ( -- ) Minefield - I-Level

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The Style Council keeps the top position ahead of David Bowie, whilst Culture Club get the highest new entry. This single peaked at #2 in the UK behind David Bowie but later on the positions were reversed. In the UK that was Culture Club's next hit, but on this chart there will be at least one other in between.

The original of Simply Red's debut hit enters at #19.

[Good Old Days]

Oct 4, 2023 16:18:46 GMT 1 Earl Purple said:

9 ( 11 ) Is There Something I Should Know - Duran Duran

A cover version from the band, which was # 1 with all four their singles.

[Earl Purple]

Not as bad a cover as I was expecting, but that's probably because it doesn't harm that song too much to do it that way. Doing "Save A Prayer" in that style would be a disaster.

The song in the chart whose cover is more famous than its original is the one at #19.