Post by popchartfreak on Feb 28, 2024 13:19:44 GMT 1
1st March 1992
It's 2 weeks on top for 1969's Simon & Garfunkel classic, The Boxer, and Ian McCulloch gets his first top 10 in a few years and 10 years since Echo & The Bunnymen first popped up. Bryan Adams gets his biggest since THAT record topped the chart, top 20 this week as is Everything But The Girl's cover of Love Is Strange (previously covered by Echo & The Bunnymen) 8 years on from Each And Every One hitting 2 in my charts, and Massive Attack take Be Thankful into the 20 16 years on from William De Vaughan's fab original doing the same.
New entries include The Lightning Seeds returning at 51 for a proper run of hits 3 years after Pure didn't do that, with The Life Of Riley, that football backdrop fave. I wonder if they'll do a proper footie record.... Alison Limerick keeps a run of dance tracks going, Brand New Heavies keep a run of jazzfunk dance tracks going, and Pearl Jam announce they are Alive and part of the Seattle grunge scene too. Jeff Beck & Rod Stewart get together for a cover of Curtis Mayfield's soul classic 20 years since they first had a chart hit together, with a reissue of their 1968-ish flop I've Been Drinking. Zoe's back again, and so is Seal with Violet.
1 ( 1 ) THE BOXER Simon & Garfunkel # 1
2 ( 4 ) MOVIN’ ON UP Primal Scream # 1
3 ( 3 ) AMERICA: WHAT TIME IS LOVE? The KLF # 3
4 ( 5 ) THE BIG ONES GET AWAY Buffy Sainte-Marie # 4
5 ( 2 ) MY GIRL The Temptations # 2
6 ( 8 ) COLD DAY IN HELL Gary Moore # 6
7 ( 13 ) HAIL HAIL ROCK ‘N’ ROLL Garland Jeffreys # 7
8 ( 7 ) STAY Shakespear’s Sister # 2
9 ( 6 ) IT MUST BE LOVE Madness # 1
10 ( 21 ) LOVER LOVER LOVER Ian McCulloch # 10
11 ( 10 ) REMEMBER THE TIME Michael Jackson # 10
12 ( 19 ) LAID SO LOW (TEARS ROLL DOWN) Tears For Fears # 12
13 ( 14 ) I LOVE YOUR SMILE Shanice # 5
14 ( 12 ) BORN OF FRUSTRATION James # 9
15 ( 11 ) MY HAND OVER YOUR HEART Marc Almond # 1
16 ( 32 ) THOUGHT I’D DIED AND GONE TO HEAVEN Bryan Adams # 16
17 ( 9 ) CRUCIFIED Army Of Lovers # 7
18 ( 35 ) LOVE IS STRANGE Everything But The Girl # 18
19 ( 29 ) BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU’VE GOT Massive Attack # 19
20 ( 17 ) GOODNIGHT GIRL Wet Wet Wet # 4
21 ( 15 ) THE SUN AIN’T GONNA SHINE ANYMORE The Walker Brothers # 1
22 ( 34 ) LOST IN YOUR LOVE Tony Hadley # 22
23 ( 16 ) LOVE IS EVERYWHERE Cicero # 3
24 ( 37 ) DRAGGING ME DOWN Inspiral Carpets # 24
25 ( 45 ) ARE YOU READY TO FLY Rozalla # 25
26 ( 18 ) DIAMANTE Zuchero & Randy Crawford # 5
27 ( 30 ) TWILIGHT ZONE 2 Unlimited # 27
28 ( 59 ) WEATHER WITH YOU Crowded House # 28
29 ( 24 ) STEEL BARS Michael Bolton # 24
30 ( 26 ) JUSTIFIED AND ANCIENT (STAND BY THE JAMM’S) The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette, Maxine Harvey & Ricardo Da Force # 1
31 ( 40 ) METAL GURU T.Rex # 1
32 ( 39 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex # 1
33 ( 25 ) I WONDER WHY Curtis Stigers # 19
34 ( 23 ) COLOURED KISSES Martika # 23
35 ( 52 ) ONE U2 # 35
36 ( 27 ) OL’ RED EYES IS BACK The Beautiful South # 4
37 ( 20 ) WHAT YOU DO TO ME Teenage Fanclub # 20
38 ( 55 ) REALITY USED TO BE A FRIEND OF MINE PM Dawn # 38
39 ( 28 ) WELCOME TO THE CHEAPSEATS The Wonder Stuff featuring Kirsty MacColl # 11
40 ( 74 ) IT’S A FINE DAY Opus III # 40
41 ( 22 ) OPTIMISTIC Sounds Of Blackness # 22
42 ( 31 ) FOR YOUR BABIES Simply Red # 24
43 ( 36 ) CHIC MYSTIQUE Chic # 36
44 ( 33 ) VISIONS OF YOU Jah Wobble’s Invaders Of The Heart featuring Sinead O’Connor # 21
45 ( 42 ) I’LL CRY FOR YOU Europe # 24
46 ( 48 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers # 35
47 ( 47 ) BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY/THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES Queen # 1
48 ( 46 ) THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin # 1
49 ( 58 ) EVERYBODY GETS A SECOND CHANCE Mike + The Mechanics # 49
50 ( 41 ) I’M DOING FINE NOW The Pasadenas # 12
51 ( NEW ) THE LIFE OF RILEY The Lightning Seeds # 51
52 ( 38 ) THE FORCE BEHIND THE POWER Diana Ross # 38
53 ( 60 ) MEGALOMANIA Pele # 53
54 ( 53 ) BLACK OR WHITE Michael Jackson # 2
55 ( NEW ) MAKE IT ON MY OWN Alison Limerick # 55
56 ( 56 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles # 43
57 ( 44 ) GOD GAVE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL TO YOU Kiss # 9
58 ( NEW ) DREAM COME TRUE Brand New Heavies # 58
59 ( 57 ) FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl # 1
60 ( 43 ) CAN YOU HANDLE IT? DNA featuring Sharon redd # 18
61 ( 50 ) (CAN YOU) FEEL THE PASSION Blue Pearl # 5
62 ( NEW ) ALIVE Pearl Jam # 62
63 ( 54 ) GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME Kylie Minogue # 13
64 ( 64 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas # 52
65 ( 69 ) I CAN’T DANCE Genesis # 50
66 ( 73 ) STANDING IN THE NEED OF LOVE River City People # 66
67 ( 67 ) LET IT BE The Beatles # 62
68 ( 51 ) HIGHWAY 5 ’92 The Blessing # 7
69 ( 66 ) COME AND GET IT Badfinger # 8
70 ( 70 ) DON’T YOU KNOW The Troggs # 70
71 ( NEW ) PEOPLE GET READY Jeff Beck & Rod Stewart # 71
72 ( 71 ) WINTER IN JULY Bomb The Bass # 1
73 ( NEW ) HOLY DAYS Zoe # 73
74 ( 49 ) GOOD FOR ME Amy Grant # 49
75 ( NEW ) VIOLET Seal # 75
Playlisted oldies of that week
1 RIVER DEEP MOUNTAIN HIGH Ike & Tina Turner
2 LODI Creedence Clearwater Revival
3 SAND Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood
It's 2 weeks on top for 1969's Simon & Garfunkel classic, The Boxer, and Ian McCulloch gets his first top 10 in a few years and 10 years since Echo & The Bunnymen first popped up. Bryan Adams gets his biggest since THAT record topped the chart, top 20 this week as is Everything But The Girl's cover of Love Is Strange (previously covered by Echo & The Bunnymen) 8 years on from Each And Every One hitting 2 in my charts, and Massive Attack take Be Thankful into the 20 16 years on from William De Vaughan's fab original doing the same.
New entries include The Lightning Seeds returning at 51 for a proper run of hits 3 years after Pure didn't do that, with The Life Of Riley, that football backdrop fave. I wonder if they'll do a proper footie record.... Alison Limerick keeps a run of dance tracks going, Brand New Heavies keep a run of jazzfunk dance tracks going, and Pearl Jam announce they are Alive and part of the Seattle grunge scene too. Jeff Beck & Rod Stewart get together for a cover of Curtis Mayfield's soul classic 20 years since they first had a chart hit together, with a reissue of their 1968-ish flop I've Been Drinking. Zoe's back again, and so is Seal with Violet.
1 ( 1 ) THE BOXER Simon & Garfunkel # 1
2 ( 4 ) MOVIN’ ON UP Primal Scream # 1
3 ( 3 ) AMERICA: WHAT TIME IS LOVE? The KLF # 3
4 ( 5 ) THE BIG ONES GET AWAY Buffy Sainte-Marie # 4
5 ( 2 ) MY GIRL The Temptations # 2
6 ( 8 ) COLD DAY IN HELL Gary Moore # 6
7 ( 13 ) HAIL HAIL ROCK ‘N’ ROLL Garland Jeffreys # 7
8 ( 7 ) STAY Shakespear’s Sister # 2
9 ( 6 ) IT MUST BE LOVE Madness # 1
10 ( 21 ) LOVER LOVER LOVER Ian McCulloch # 10
11 ( 10 ) REMEMBER THE TIME Michael Jackson # 10
12 ( 19 ) LAID SO LOW (TEARS ROLL DOWN) Tears For Fears # 12
13 ( 14 ) I LOVE YOUR SMILE Shanice # 5
14 ( 12 ) BORN OF FRUSTRATION James # 9
15 ( 11 ) MY HAND OVER YOUR HEART Marc Almond # 1
16 ( 32 ) THOUGHT I’D DIED AND GONE TO HEAVEN Bryan Adams # 16
17 ( 9 ) CRUCIFIED Army Of Lovers # 7
18 ( 35 ) LOVE IS STRANGE Everything But The Girl # 18
19 ( 29 ) BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU’VE GOT Massive Attack # 19
20 ( 17 ) GOODNIGHT GIRL Wet Wet Wet # 4
21 ( 15 ) THE SUN AIN’T GONNA SHINE ANYMORE The Walker Brothers # 1
22 ( 34 ) LOST IN YOUR LOVE Tony Hadley # 22
23 ( 16 ) LOVE IS EVERYWHERE Cicero # 3
24 ( 37 ) DRAGGING ME DOWN Inspiral Carpets # 24
25 ( 45 ) ARE YOU READY TO FLY Rozalla # 25
26 ( 18 ) DIAMANTE Zuchero & Randy Crawford # 5
27 ( 30 ) TWILIGHT ZONE 2 Unlimited # 27
28 ( 59 ) WEATHER WITH YOU Crowded House # 28
29 ( 24 ) STEEL BARS Michael Bolton # 24
30 ( 26 ) JUSTIFIED AND ANCIENT (STAND BY THE JAMM’S) The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette, Maxine Harvey & Ricardo Da Force # 1
31 ( 40 ) METAL GURU T.Rex # 1
32 ( 39 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex # 1
33 ( 25 ) I WONDER WHY Curtis Stigers # 19
34 ( 23 ) COLOURED KISSES Martika # 23
35 ( 52 ) ONE U2 # 35
36 ( 27 ) OL’ RED EYES IS BACK The Beautiful South # 4
37 ( 20 ) WHAT YOU DO TO ME Teenage Fanclub # 20
38 ( 55 ) REALITY USED TO BE A FRIEND OF MINE PM Dawn # 38
39 ( 28 ) WELCOME TO THE CHEAPSEATS The Wonder Stuff featuring Kirsty MacColl # 11
40 ( 74 ) IT’S A FINE DAY Opus III # 40
41 ( 22 ) OPTIMISTIC Sounds Of Blackness # 22
42 ( 31 ) FOR YOUR BABIES Simply Red # 24
43 ( 36 ) CHIC MYSTIQUE Chic # 36
44 ( 33 ) VISIONS OF YOU Jah Wobble’s Invaders Of The Heart featuring Sinead O’Connor # 21
45 ( 42 ) I’LL CRY FOR YOU Europe # 24
46 ( 48 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers # 35
47 ( 47 ) BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY/THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES Queen # 1
48 ( 46 ) THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin # 1
49 ( 58 ) EVERYBODY GETS A SECOND CHANCE Mike + The Mechanics # 49
50 ( 41 ) I’M DOING FINE NOW The Pasadenas # 12
51 ( NEW ) THE LIFE OF RILEY The Lightning Seeds # 51
52 ( 38 ) THE FORCE BEHIND THE POWER Diana Ross # 38
53 ( 60 ) MEGALOMANIA Pele # 53
54 ( 53 ) BLACK OR WHITE Michael Jackson # 2
55 ( NEW ) MAKE IT ON MY OWN Alison Limerick # 55
56 ( 56 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles # 43
57 ( 44 ) GOD GAVE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL TO YOU Kiss # 9
58 ( NEW ) DREAM COME TRUE Brand New Heavies # 58
59 ( 57 ) FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl # 1
60 ( 43 ) CAN YOU HANDLE IT? DNA featuring Sharon redd # 18
61 ( 50 ) (CAN YOU) FEEL THE PASSION Blue Pearl # 5
62 ( NEW ) ALIVE Pearl Jam # 62
63 ( 54 ) GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME Kylie Minogue # 13
64 ( 64 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas # 52
65 ( 69 ) I CAN’T DANCE Genesis # 50
66 ( 73 ) STANDING IN THE NEED OF LOVE River City People # 66
67 ( 67 ) LET IT BE The Beatles # 62
68 ( 51 ) HIGHWAY 5 ’92 The Blessing # 7
69 ( 66 ) COME AND GET IT Badfinger # 8
70 ( 70 ) DON’T YOU KNOW The Troggs # 70
71 ( NEW ) PEOPLE GET READY Jeff Beck & Rod Stewart # 71
72 ( 71 ) WINTER IN JULY Bomb The Bass # 1
73 ( NEW ) HOLY DAYS Zoe # 73
74 ( 49 ) GOOD FOR ME Amy Grant # 49
75 ( NEW ) VIOLET Seal # 75
Playlisted oldies of that week
1 RIVER DEEP MOUNTAIN HIGH Ike & Tina Turner
2 LODI Creedence Clearwater Revival
3 SAND Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood