Retrochart - 29/08/87

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Rick Astley was the guest on Capital Gold's From The Bottom To The Top today where they count down a classic Top 20.
This was the chart.

UK Top 40 Singles weekending 29th August 1987

1 (3) Never Gonna Give You Up – Rick Astley
2 (10) What Have I Done To Deserve This? – Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
3 (1) I Just Can’t Stop Loving You – Michael Jackson & Siedah Garrett
4 (4) Toy Boy - Sinitta
5 (2) Call Me - Spagna
6 (9) Sweet Little Mystery – Wet Wet Wet
7 (5) True Faith – New Order
8 (11) Funky Town – Pseudo Echo
9 (6) Animal – Def Leppard
10 (8) Somewhere Out There – Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram
11 (18) Whenever You’re Ready – Five Star
12 (20) Bridge To Your Heart - Wax
13 (19) U Got The Look – Prince & Sheena Easton
14 (22) Didn’t We Almost Have It All – Whitney Houston
15 (7) La Bamba – Los Lobos
16 (13) Girlfriend In A Coma – The Smiths
17 (12) Labour Of Love – Hue and Cry
18 (33) Wonderful Life - Black
19 (New) Wipe Out – Fat Boys & Beach Boys
20 (15) Who’s That Girl - Madonna
21 (16) Roadblock – Stock, Aitken & Waterman
22 (New) Some People – Cliff Richard
23 (35) The Motive – Then Jerico
24 (14) Alone - Heart
25 (23) Just Call - Sherrick
26 (21) Never Say Goodbye – Bon Jovi
27 (17) Always – Atlantic Starr
28 (New) Heart and Soul – T’Pau
29 (27) The $5-98 Garage Days Revisited EP - Metallica
30 (24) Wild Flower – The Cult
31 (40) Papa Was A Rolling Stone - The Temptations
32 (29) Say You Really Want Me – Kim Wilde
33 (25) Happy When It Rains – Jesus & Mary Chain
34 (New) Casanova - Levert
35 (New) Hourglass - Squeeze
36 (26) Jive Talkin’ – Boogie Box High
37 (28) I Heard A Rumour - Bananarama
38 (31) I Really Didn’t Mean It – Luther Vandross
39 (30) Girls Girls Girls – Motley Crue
40 (36) Under The Boardwalk – Bruce Willis

[Smurfie]

What a GREAT chart.

I like the following:

1 (3) Never Gonna Give You Up – Rick Astley
2 (10) What Have I Done To Deserve This? – Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
4 (4) Toy Boy - Sinitta
5 (2) Call Me - Spagna
6 (9) Sweet Little Mystery – Wet Wet Wet
7 (5) True Faith – New Order
9 (6) Animal – Def Leppard
10 (8) Somewhere Out There – Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram
11 (18) Whenever You’re Ready – Five Star
12 (20) Bridge To Your Heart - Wax
13 (19) U Got The Look – Prince & Sheena Easton
16 (13) Girlfriend In A Coma – The Smiths
17 (12) Labour Of Love – Hue and Cry
18 (33) Wonderful Life - Black
20 (15) Who’s That Girl - Madonna
21 (16) Roadblock – Stock, Aitken & Waterman
24 (14) Alone - Heart
27 (17) Always – Atlantic Starr
28 (New) Heart and Soul – T’Pau
35 (New) Hourglass - Squeeze
36 (26) Jive Talkin’ – Boogie Box High
37 (28) I Heard A Rumour - Bananarama
38 (31) I Really Didn’t Mean It – Luther Vandross
40 (36) Under The Boardwalk – Bruce Willis

[Smurfie]

I'm sorry, but I am going to have to take this opportunity to post a link to the mighty forgotten WAX, this was a GREAT song:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIcbbyL1aJY

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srsmerdon said:

I'm sorry, but I am going to have to take this opportunity to post a link to the mighty forgotten WAX, this was a GREAT song:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIcbbyL1aJY

Agreed. Classic.

[Earl Purple]

Wax reached NM #1 and then the Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield took over, the only ever NM #1 for the Pet Shop Boys. The Smiths announced their split around this time. True Faith by New Order is also a total classic and Animal was the first major hit for Def Leppard.

[meister]

1 Never Gonna Give You Up – Rick Astley
3 I Just Can’t Stop Loving You – Michael Jackson & Siedah Garrett
10 Somewhere Out There – Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram
11 Whenever You’re Ready – Five Star
14 Didn’t We Almost Have It All – Whitney Houston
15 La Bamba – Los Lobos
20 Who’s That Girl - Madonna
27 Always – Atlantic Starr
34 Casanova - Levert
40 Under The Boardwalk – Bruce Willis


This would be my top 10 from that week.

[wonderwall]

rick astley had a great voice shame he quit music

[ManicKangaroo]

This was the chart from the week after I bought my first 2 singles with my first wage

Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield and The Smiths

[ManicKangaroo]

wonderwall said:

rick astley had a great voice shame he quit music

he's made a comeback now though

[Jan]

srsmerdon said:

I'm sorry, but I am going to have to take this opportunity to post a link to the mighty forgotten WAX, this was a GREAT song:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIcbbyL1aJY

Yeah, what a great song!!They just don't make them like they used to!!I got it on cd the first time about a week ago, i used to have the cassette of American English back then.I like almost all 4O songs !Nowadays i SORT of like about 10 out of 40.

[wonderwall]

la bamba didnt that stay at number 1 for ages?

[Jan]

WOW, The Smiths really had some very uplifting song titles, didn't they??Girlfriend in a coma,Hang the DJ and Pregnant for the last time!Sounds like the soundtrack to a Stephan King movie!

[wonderwall]

girlfreind in a coma great lyrics

[Doctor Blind]

Now when singles were released in the 1980s, did you buy the single in the week of release, or the week after as soon as you heard it. How did it work because of course songs used to climb the charts back then?

[wonderwall]

dannyuk said:

Now when singles were released in the 1980s, did you buy the single in the week of release, or the week after as soon as you heard it. How did it work because of course songs used to climb the charts back then?

songs going straight in at number 1 were very rare in the 80s