Haven Combi Retro-Chart W/B 23rd February 1986

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HAVEN COMBI RETRO-CHART W/B 23rd FEBRUARY 1986

It’s one of the closest weeks we’ve ever had on the Retro-Chart, with just three points separating the Top Three.

After a late surge, The Bangles emerge victorious as their first Top Ten single becomes their first chart-topper, with Manic Monday leaping six places to take over at number one.




Diana Ross is left stranded at number two as Chain Reaction spends a second week at number two.

The Damned were unlucky not to end the week at number one, with all three records passing control of the top spot between them as the week progressed.

All of this activity at the top sees last week’s number one fall back all the way to number four as Billy Ocean heads south with When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going.

Talking Heads are back in the Top Five as And She Was moves up six places to land at number five.

This week’s highest new entry is from Kate Bush, back with her third Top Ten hit, Hounds Of Love, in at number nine, her highest debut on the Retro-Chart to date.

Hipsway are this week’s biggest climber on the chart as The Honeythief leaps a massive 20 places to land alongside Kate Bush at number 9.

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

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OFFICIAL CHART W/B 2nd MARCH 1986

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

08 - 02 - 01 - Diana Ross - CHAIN REACTION
07 - 01 - 02 - Billy Ocean - WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH THE TOUGH GET GOING
02 - 07 - 03 - Sigue Sigue Sputnik - LOVE MISSILE F1-11
05 - 10 - 04 - Bangles - MANIC MONDAY
07 - 03 - 05 - Su Pollard - STARTING TOGETHER
07 - 05 - 06 - Survivor - BURNING HEART
07 - 06 - 07 - Whitney Houston - HOW WILL I KNOW
05 - 04 - 08 - Damned - ELOISE
06 - 08 - 09 - Paul Hardcastle: Lead vocals - Carol Kenyon - DON'T WASTE MY TIME
03 - 28 - 10 - Frank Sinatra - THEME FROM NEW YORK, NEW YORK
15 - 18 - 11 - Huey Lewis And The News - THE POWER OF LOVE / DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE
03 - 25 - 12 - Tavares - HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL
08 - 24 - 13 - Alexander O'Neal - IF YOU WERE HERE TONIGHT
02 - 34 - 14 - Whistle - (NOTHING SERIOUS) JUST BUGGIN'
06 - 12 - 15 - Public Image Limited - RISE
04 - 37 - 16 - Jim Diamond - HI HO SILVER
05 - 19 - 17 - Talking Heads - AND SHE WAS
02 - 26 - 18 - Kate Bush - HOUNDS OF LOVE
07 - 13 - 19 - James Brown - LIVING IN AMERICA
08 - 27 - 20 - Audrey Hall - ONE DANCE WON'T DO
09 - 09 - 21 - Five Star - SYSTEM ADDICT
03 - 15 - 22 - Depeche Mode - STRIPPED
12 - 11 - 23 - Madonna - BORDERLINE
05 - 29 - 24 - Colonel Abrams - I'M NOT GONNA LET YOU
05 - 39 - 25 - Mike And The Mechanics - SILENT RUNNING (ON DANGEROUS GROUND)
07 - 17 - 26 - Double - THE CAPTAIN OF HER HEART
1 - NEW - 27 - Prince  - KISS
05 - 16 - 28 - Shakin' Stevens - TURNING AWAY
02 - 50 - 29 - Mr Mister - KYRIE
19 - 20 - 30 - Belouis Some - IMAGINATION
04 - 45 - 31 - Hipsway - THE HONEYTHIEF
03 - 48 - 32 - Blow Monkeys - DIGGING YOUR SCENE
09 - 23 - 33 - Dire Straits - WALK OF LIFE
09 - 14 - 34 - Nana Mouskouri - ONLY LOVE
02 - 43 - 35 - Grace Jones - LOVE IS THE DRUG
08 - 41 - 36 - Freddie Jackson - ROCK ME TONIGHT (FOR OLD TIME'S SAKE)
14 - 21 - 37 - Latin Quarter - RADIO AFRICA
1 - NEW - 38 - Pogues - POGUETRY IN MOTION (EP)
02 - 42 - 39 - Electric Light Orchestra - CALLING AMERICA
1 - NEW - 40 - Siouxsie And The Banshees - CANDYMAN
11 - 22 - 41 - A-ha - THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV
09 - 30 - 42 - Sarah Brightman and Steve Harley - THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
08 - 33 - 43 - Talk Talk - LIFE'S WHAT YOU MAKE IT
02 - 67 - 44 - Total Contrast - THE RIVER
03 - 46 - 45 - Juicy - SUGAR FREE
02 - 51 - 46 - James Brown - GET UP (I FEEL LIKE BEING A SEX MACHINE)
02 - 53 - 47 - Elton John - CRY TO HEAVEN
13 - 36 - 48 - Mr Mister - BROKEN WINGS
06 - 31 - 49 - Simple Minds - SANCTIFY YOURSELF
03 - 58 - 50 - Bryan Adams - THIS TIME
08 - 32 - 51 - Grace Jones - LA VIE EN ROSE / PULL UP TO THE BUMPER
1 - NEW - 52 - Pet Shop Boys - LOVE COMES QUICKLY
07 - 47 - 53 - Ruby Turner featuring Jonathan Butler - IF YOU'RE READY (COME GO WITH ME)
1 - NEW - 54 - Real Thing - YOU TO ME ARE EVERYTHING (DECADE REMIX '76 - '86)
1 - NEW - 55 - Stevie Wonder - OVERJOYED
1 - NEW - 56 - Housemartins - SHEEP
03 - 68 - 57 - Cherelle - WILL YOU SATISFY?
06 - 35 - 58 - Madness - THE SWEETEST GIRL
1 - NEW - 59 - Sinitta - SO MACHO / CRUISING
1 - NEW - 60 - Simply Red - JERICHO
05 - 60 - 61 - Betty Wright - PAIN
1 - NEW - 62 - 52nd Street - I CAN'T LET YOU GO
03 - 55 - 63 - Mantronix - LADIES
06 - 38 - 64 - Ozzy Osbourne - SHOT IN THE DARK
1 - NEW - 65 - Roger Daltrey - UNDER A RAGING MOON
03 - 75 - 66 - Matt Bianco - JUST CAN'T STAND IT
06 - 40 - 67 - Rochelle - MY MAGIC MAN
04 - 66 - 68 - Mai Tai - FEMALE INTUITION
04 - 56 - 69 - Sting - MOON OVER BOURBON STREET
11 - 52 - 70 - Cherelle with Alexander O'Neal - SATURDAY LOVE
09 - 49 - 71 - Kurtis Blow - IF I RULED THE WORLD
03 - 64 - 72 - Aretha Franklin - ANOTHER NIGHT
09 - 44 - 73 - Fine Young Cannibals - SUSPICIOUS MINDS
04 - 76 - 74 - Boom Boom Room - HERE COMES THE MAN
1 - NEW - 75 - Dee C Lee - COME HELL OR WATERS HIGH

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Many thanks for the 13 charts posted this week from: rubcale , TheThorne , raliverpool , Whitneyfan , Shireblogger , darkstar79 , o , coolchristie2 , smokeyb , Earl Purple , popchartfreak and Mark

I'll leave this open until next weekend!

[TheThorne]

1 1 The Bangles - MANIC MONDAY
2 10 Mr Mister - KYRIE
3 6 Pat Benatar - SEX AS A WEAPON
4 5 Mike & The Mechanics - SILENT RUNNING (ON DANGEROUS GROUND)
5 2 Talk Talk - LIFE'S WHAT YOU MAKE IT
6 7 Talking Heads - AND SHE WAS
7 11 Hipsway - THE HONEYTHIEF
8 3 Simple Minds - SANCTIFY YOURSELF
9 4 Survivor - BURNING HEART
10 13 Blowmonkeys - DIGGING YOUR SCENE
11 8 Prefab Sprout - JOHNNY, JOHNNY
12 15 Bryan Adams - THIS TIME
13 18 Kate Bush - HOUNDS OF LOVE
14 9 Public Image Limited - RISE
15 22 Robert Tepper - NO EASY WAY OUT
16 12 Hooters - DAY BY DAY
17 19 Depeche Mode - STRIPPED
18 24 Alexander O'Neal - IF YOU WERE HERE TONIGHT
19 new Pet Shop Boys - LOVE COMES QUICKLY
20 14 Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - CUT ME DOWN
21 28 Russ Ballard - VOICES
22 new Prince - KISS
23 16 Double - CAPTAIN OF YOUR HEART
24 new The Housemartins - SHEEP
25 30 Sinitta - SO MACHO
26 20 Billy Joel - SHE'S ALWAYS A WOMAN
27 17 Five Star - SYSTEM ADDICT
28 34 Sigue Sigue Sputnik - LOVE MISSILE F1-11
29 32 Loverboy - THIS COULD BE THE NIGHT
30 35 ELO - CALLING AMERICA
31 new Atlantic Starr - SECRET LOVERS
32 new Mint Juleps - ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART
33 23 Whitney Houston - HOW WILL I KNOW
34 21 The Damned - ELOISE
35 new The March Violets - TURN TO THE SKY
36 25 A-Ha - THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV
37 new Half Man Half Biscuit - THE TRUMPTON RIOTS
38 27 Starship - SARA
39 new Sioiusie & The Banshees - CANDYMAN
40 26 Asia - GO

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Talk Talk - LIFE'S WHAT YOU MAKE IT
2 [2] :: Damned - ELOISE
3 [5] :: Electric Light Orchestra - CALLING AMERICA
4 [new] :: Pet Shop Boys - LOVE COMES QUICKLY
5 [new] :: Housemartins - SHEEP
6 [4] :: Public Image Limited - RISE
7 [new] :: Prince  - KISS
8 [new] :: Talk Talk - TIME IT'S TIME {The Colour Of Spring LP track}
9 [8] :: Sigue Sigue Sputnik - LOVE MISSILE F1-11
10 [14] :: Kate Bush - HOUNDS OF LOVE
11 [10] :: Hipsway - THE HONEYTHIEF
12 [11] :: Blow Monkeys - DIGGING YOUR SCENE
13 [new] :: Talk Talk - HAPPINESS IS EASY {The Colour Of Spring LP track}
14 [new] :: Grace Jones - LOVE IS THE DRUG
15 [7] :: Dire Straits - WALK OF LIFE
16 [9] :: Talking Heads - AND SHE WAS
17 [6] :: Bangles - MANIC MONDAY
18 [16] :: Simple Minds - SANCTIFY YOURSELF
19 [3] :: Depeche Mode - STRIPPED
20 [new] :: Simply Red - JERICHO


A 6th week at #1 for Talk Talk, and two album tracks from the truly epic "The Colour Of Spring" arrive on the back of the LP's release this week.

[raliverpool]

1 Kissing The Pink ONE STEP (3wks 5-1-1)
2 Bangles MANIC MONDAY (4wks 36-26-8-2)
3 Kate Bush HOUNDS OF LOVE (2wks 7-3)
4 Diana Ross CHAIN REACTION (5wks 16-9-4-4-4)
5 Public Image Limited RISE (6wks 17-5-1-1-2-5)
6 Sigue Sigue Sputnik LOVE MISSILE F1 (2wks 10-6)
7 Depeche Mode STRIPPED (3wks 6-5-7)
8 Damned ELOISE (5wks 11-4-2-3-8)
9 Blow Monkeys DIGGING YOUR SCENE (3wks 33-16-9)
10 Cars I'M NOT THE ONE (3wks 34-17-10)

11 Hipsway THE HONEYTHIEF (4wks 33-24-15-11)
12 Prince  KISS (1wk 12 NEW)
13 Talking Heads AND SHE WAS (5wks 31-18-11-9-13)
14 Belouis Some IMAGINATION (7wks 26-15-4-2-3-6-14)
15 Starship SARA (6wks 32-20-14-13-12-15)
16 Electric Light Orchestra CALLING AMERICA (2wks 33-16)
17 Arcadia GOODBYE IS FOREVER (4wks 23-18-14-17)
18 Whitney Houston HOW WILL I KNOW (7wks 20-10-9-8-8-11-18)
19 Breathe DON'T TELL ME LIES (5wks 29-27-25-22-19)
20 Mint Juleps ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART (1wk 20 NEW)

21 Half Man Half Biscuit THE TRUMPTON RIOTS (1wk 21 NEW)

22 Paul Hardcastle ft Carol Kenyon DON'T WASTE MY TIME (4wks 28-23-18-22)
23 Mike And The Mechanics SILENT RUNNING (ON DANGEROUS GROUND) (4wks 31-30-27-23)
24 Alexander O'Neal IF YOU WERE HERE TONIGHT (3wks 32-26-24)
25 Billy Ocean WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH THE TOUGH GET GOING (7wks 31-7-6-6-7-13-25)
26 Jim Diamond HI HO SILVER (2wks 39-26)
27 Pogues A RAINY NIGHT IN SOHO (1wk 27 NEW)
28 Housemartins SHEEP (1wk 28 NEW)
29 INXS WHAT YOU NEED (1wk 29 NEW)
30 John Cougar Mellencamp ROCK IN THE USA (1wk 30 NEW)

31 Frank Sinatra THEME FROM NEW YORK, NEW YORK (3wks 37-36-31)
32 Elton John CRY TO HEAVEN (2wks 35-32)
33 Laura Branigan I FOUND SOMEONE (2wks 37-33)
34 Roger Daltrey UNDER A RAGING MOON (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Siouxsie And The Banshees CANDYMAN (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Mr Mister KYRIE (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Stevie Wonder OVERJOYED (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Pet Shop Boys LOVE COMES QUICKLY (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Red Guitars NATIONAL AVENUE (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Ryuichi Sakamoto & Thomas Dolby FIELD WORK (1wk 40 NEW)

The Liverpool indie satirist group's take on Thatcher's Britain. Which imagines a violent civil insurrection in Trumpton, a fictional town inhabited by stop-motion characters which featured in BBC TV children's programmes of 1966–69; the song also mentions several of the best-known characters in those programmes. The instrumental and hummed introduction is to the tune of "To Be a Pilgrim" ("He Who Would Valiant Be") by John Bunyan (1628–88) as arranged by the English classical composer Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958), a popular hymn sung at the 2013 funeral of Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013)!

[Whitneyfan]

01(02) The Bangles – Manic Monday
02(05) The Outfield – Your Love
03(01) Diana Ross – Chain Reaction
04(08) Jim Diamond – Hi Ho Silver
05(13) Kate Bush – Hounds Of Love
06(03) Billy Ocean – When The Going Gets Tough
07(09) Mike & The Mechanics – Silent Running
08(06) Alexander O’Neal – If You Were Here Tonight
09(18) Frank Sinatra – Theme From New York New York
10(04) Whitney Houston – How Will I Know

11(14) Hipsway – The Honeythief
12(26) Blow Monkeys – Digging Your Scene
13(--)Prince – Kiss
14(07) The Damned – Eloise
15(23) Tavares – Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel
16(29) Sigue Sigue Sputnik – Love Missile F1-11
17(10) Paul Hardcastle – Don’t Waste My Time
18(16) Talking Heads – And She Was
19(30) Freddie Jackson – Rock Me Tonight (For Old Time’s Sake)
20(11) Starship – Sara

21(32) Elton John – Cry To Heaven
22(12) Double – The Captain Of Her Heart
23(19) Midge Ure – Wastelands
24(34) Bryan Adams – This Time
25(15) Madonna - Borderline
26(31) Prefab Sprout – Johnny, Johnny
27(43) Mr Mister – Kyrie
28(17) James Brown – Living In America
29(22) Colonel Abrams – I’m Not Going To Let You
30(45) Electric Light Orchestra – Calling America

31(--)Pet Shop Boys – Love Comes Quickly
32(41) Grace Jones – Love is The Drug
33(28) Pat Benatar – Sex As A Weapon
34(46) Whistle – (Nothing Serious) Just Buggin’
35(20) Shakin’ Stevens – Turning Away
36(--)Real Thing – You To Me Are Everything (Decade Mix)
37(25) Latin Quarter – Radio Africa
38(--)Stevie Wonder – Overjoyed
39(--)The Pogues – Poguetry In Motion
40(21) Public Image Limited – Rise

41(24) Su Pollard – Starting Together
42(27) Stevie Nicks – I Can’t Wait
43(--)The Housemartins – Sheep
44(38) Depeche Mode – Stripped
45(33) Five Star – System Addict
46(--)Siouxsie & The Banshees – Candyman
47(--)Dee C Lee – Come Hell Or Waters High
48(--)Atlantic Starr – Secret Lovers
49(--)Brilliant – Love Is War
50(--)Simply Red – Jericho

[rubcale]

Lowish total for #1.

Diana Ross did well considering the considerable resistance to Chain Reaction - not even listed in a quarter of the charts.

[rubcale]

01 Diana Ross Chain Reaction
02 Alexander O'Neal If You Were Here Tonight
03 Survivor Burning Heart
04 Tavares Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel
05 Whitney Houston How Will I Know
06 Billy Ocean When The Going Gets Tough
07 Sigue Sigue Sputnik Love Missile F1-11
08 The Damned Eloise
09 Blow Monkeys Digging Your Scene
10 Jim Diamond Hi Ho Silver
11 Paul Hardcastle Don 't Waste My Time
12 Mr Mister Kyrie
13 Sinitta -So Macho/ Cruisin'
14 Whistle (Nothing Serious) Just Buggin'
15 Bangles Manic Monday
16 James Brown Living In America
17 Freddie Jackson Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)
18 ELO Calling America
19 Pet Shop Boys Love Comes Quickly
20 Real Thing You To Me Are Everything

[darkstar79]

01 Five Star - SYSTEM ADDICT
02 Tavares - HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL
03 Housemartins – SHEEP
04 Kurtis Blow - IF I RULED THE WORLD
05 Mantronix – LADIES
06 Pet Shop Boys - LOVE COMES QUICKLY
07 Juicy - SUGAR FREE
08 Cherelle - WILL YOU SATISFY?
09 Whistle - (NOTHING SERIOUS) JUST BUGGIN'
10 Diana Ross - CHAIN REACTION

11 Cherelle with Alexander O'Neal - SATURDAY LOVE
12 Billy Ocean - WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH THE TOUGH GET GOING
13 Aretha Franklin - ANOTHER NIGHT
14 Total Contrast - THE RIVER
15 Betty Wright - PAIN
16 Madonna - BORDERLINE
17 Rochelle - MY MAGIC MAN
18 52nd Street - I CAN'T LET YOU GO
19 Colonel Abrams - I'M NOT GONNA LET YOU
20 James Brown - GET UP (I FEEL LIKE BEING A SEX MACHINE)

21 Sinitta - SO MACHO / CRUISING
22 Frank Sinatra - THEME FROM NEW YORK, NEW YORK
23 Bangles - MANIC MONDAY
24 James Brown - LIVING IN AMERICA
25 Pogues - POGUETRY IN MOTION (EP)
26 Dee C Lee - COME HELL OR WATERS HIGH
27 Ruby Turner featuring Jonathan Butler - IF YOU'RE READY (COME GO WITH ME)
28 Mai Tai - FEMALE INTUITION
29 Sigue Sigue Sputnik - LOVE MISSILE F1-11
30 Madness - THE SWEETEST GIRL

[TheThorne]

Mar 3, 2018 18:49:32 GMT 1 rubcale said:

Lowish total for #1.

Diana Ross did well considering the considerable resistance to Chain Reaction - not even listed in a quarter of the charts.

I can't stand it I'm afraid would probably make my top 10 worst hits of 1986. Although most of them are much much worse

[Earl Purple]

1(1) Damned - Eloise
2(7) Frank Sinatra - Theme From New York New York
3(4) Heart - These Dreams
4(6) Huey Lewis & The News - Do You Believe In Love
5(3) Diana Ross - Chain Reaction

6(10) Bangles - Manic Monday
7(12) Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
8(2) Double - The Captain Of Her Heart
9(16) Mike & The Mechanics - Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)
10(8) Talking Heads - And She Was

11(5) Public Image Ltd - Rise
12(-) Blow Monkeys - Digging Your Scene
13(21) Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missile F1-11
14(18) Depeche Mode - Stripped
15(24) John Cougar Mellencamp - R.O.C.K In The USA

16(-) Prince - Kiss
17(25) Jim Diamond - Hi Ho Silver
18(9) Mr Mister - Kyrie
19(-) Electric Light Orchestra - Calling America
20(-) Pogues - London Girl

21(28) Hooters - Day By Day
22(18) Madness - The Sweetest Girl
23(22) Alexander O'Neal - If You Were Here Tonight
24(-) Hipsway - The Honeythief
25(14) James Brown - Living In America

26(17) Latin Quarter - Radio Africa
27(11) Billy Ocean - When The Going Gets Tough The Tough Get Going
28(-) Inxs - What You Need
29(-) Siouxsie & The Banshees - Candyman
30(19) Starship - Sara

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--(15) Madonna - Borderline
--(20) Whitney Houston - How Will I Know
--(23) Ozzy Osbourne - Shot In The Dark
--(26) Ruby Turner & Jonathan Butler - If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)
--(27) Paul Hardcastle ft Carol Kenyon - Don't Waste My Time
--(29) Sarah Brightman & Steve Harley - The Phantom Of The Opera
--(30) A-Ha - The Sun Always Shines On TV

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Frank Sinatra looking to reach #1 - which would let him join Tina Turner as an artist who would have #1s about 19 years apart, having been Christmas #1 in 1966 with "That's Life". When I cover 1956-59 we'll see if he gets more #1s but I'm not going all the way back to the 1940s when he was already having hits.

Eloise so close to being #1 in the combi-chart then. We'll wait until later in the year and see if the original version of that song can hit #1 in our 1968 combi-chart.

The Bangles are in the chart with one of his songs, now Prince also gets an entry. The artist who had the UK Christmas #1 in 1966 and is also possibly heading for our combi-chart #1 in 1968 will have a go at that one too later.

And after being ripped off by the song at #4 this week, Electric Light Orchestra get a new entry of their own.

The Pogues bring their celtic music into the chart and Australian rockers Inxs get an entry too. Expect more from those two.

[smokeyb]

1 (9) Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love (2 wks)
2 (3) Damned - Eloise (5 wks)
3 (7) Hipsway - The Honeythief (4 wks)
4 (1) Public Image Limited - Rise (6 wks)
5 (5) Mike & The Mechanics - Silent Running (5 wks)
6 (2) Talking Heads - And She Was (5 wks)
7 (11) Bangles - Manic Monday (5 wks)
8 (14) Blow Monkeys - Digging Your Scene (3 wks)
9 (12) Pat Benatar - Sex As A Weapon (4 wks)
10 (17) Jim Diamond - Hi Ho Silver (4 wks)
11 (22) ELO - Calling America (2 wks)
12 (4) Billy Ocean - When The Tough Get Going (7 wks)
13 (6) Talk Talk - Life's What You Make It (8 wks)
14 (24) Mr. Mister - Kyrie (2 wks)
15 (NE) Prince - Kiss (1 wk)
16 (NE) Pet Shop Boys - Loves Comes Quickly (1 wk)
17 (10) Huey Lewis & The News - The Power Of Love (6 wks)
18 (15) Frank Sinatra - Theme From New York New York (3 wks)
19 (18) Depeche Mode - Stripped (3 wks)
20 (19) Billy Joel - She's Always A Woman (4 wks)
21 (23) Bryan Adams - This Time (3 wks)
22 (8) Simple Minds - Sanctify Yourself (6 wks)
23 (34) James Brown - Get Up(I Feel Like Being) A Sexmachine (2 wks)
24 (30) Grace Jones - Love Is The Drug (2 wks)
25 (35) Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missile F1-11 (2 wks)
26 (13) Madness - Sweetest Girl (6 wks)
27 (16) Stevie Nicks - I Can't Wait (7 wks)
28 (NE) Housemartins - Sheep (1 wk)
29 (NE) Siouxsie & Banshees - Candyman (1 wk)
30 (21) A-Ha - The Sun Always Shines On TV (11 wks)
31 (20) Whitney Houston - How Will I Know (7 wks)
32 (25) Prefab Sprout - Johnny Johnny (5 wks)
33 (NE) Roger Daltrey - Under A Raging Moon (1 wk)
34 (26) Diana Ross - Chain Reaction (7 wks)
35 (29) Belouis Some - Imagination (11 wks)
36 (32) James Brown - Living In America (7 wks)
37 (28) Madonna - Borderline (7 wks)
38 (31) Midge Ure - Wastelands (5 wks)
39 (33) Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper (8 wks)
40 (NE) Joe Fagin - Back With The Boys Again (1 wk)

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Mark’s Top 40 weekending 28th February 1986

1 (2) Manic Monday - The Bangles
2 (6) Starting Together - Su Pollard
3 (1) When The Going Gets Tough - Billy Ocean
4 (3) System Addict - Five Star
5 (16) Hi Ho Silver - Jim Diamond
6 (15) Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush
7 (4) The Captain Of Her Heart - Double
8 (5) Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground) - Mike & The Mechanics
9 (7) Borderline - Madonna
10 (8) How Will I Know - Whitney Houston
11 (9) West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys
12 (10) Theme From New York New York - Frank Sinatra
13 (23) Digging Your Scene - Blow Monkeys
14 (24) Eloise - The Damned
15 (21) Kyrie - Mr Mister
16 (18) Love Missile F1-11 - Sigue Sigue Sputnik
17 (33) Calling America - Electric Light Orchestra
18 (26) Saturday Love - Cherrelle with Alexander O'Neal
19 (12) You Little Thief - Feargal Sharkey
20 (19) The Sun Always Shines On TV - A-ha
21 (13) If You Were Here Tonight - Alexander O'Neal
22 (14) It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back) - Eurythmics
23 (20) Saving All My Love For You - Whitney Houston
24 (27) Walk Of Life - Dire Straits
25 (28) Turning Away - Shakin' Stevens
26 (17) Sara - Starship
27 (11) Broken Wings - Mr Mister
28 (22) Hold Me - Teddy Pendergrass & Whitney Houston
29 (29) Russians - Sting
30 (25) The Phantom Of The Opera - Sarah Brightman & Steve Harley
31 (30) Girlie Girlie - Sophia George
32 (31) And She Was - Talking Heads
33 (32) Hit That Perfect Beat - Bronski Beat
34 (34) Cry To Heaven - Elton John
35 (New) Kiss - Prince
36 (36) Ring Of Ice - Jennifer Rush
37 (New) Love Comes Quickly - Pet Shop Boys
38 (38) Sugar Free - Juicy
39 (New) Overjoyed - Stevie Wonder
40 (New) You To Me Are Everything (The Decade Remix) - The Real Thing

[rubcale]

Mar 3, 2018 22:46:06 GMT 1 TheThorne said:

Mar 3, 2018 18:49:32 GMT 1 rubcale said:

Lowish total for #1.

Diana Ross did well considering the considerable resistance to Chain Reaction - not even listed in a quarter of the charts.

I can't stand it I'm afraid would probably make my top 10 worst hits of 1986. Although most of them are much much worse

Although you managed to chart it at #40.

Easily my top record for 1986 and 3rd favourite of all time after Abba Knowing Me Knowing You and Supremes' You Can't Hurry Love (the original of course not the Kingpin version)!

[o]

1 1 Hipsway – The honeythief
2 3 Talk Talk – Life’s what you make it
3 2 John Mellencamp – Small town
4 5 Talking Heads – And she was
5 4 Pat Benatar – Sex as a weapon
6 7 Sigue Sigue Sputnik – Love missile F1-11
7 9 Bangles – Manic Monday
8 12 Kate Bush – Hounds of love
9 6 Depeche Mode – Stripped
10 19 Siouxsie and the Banshees – Candyman
11 20 Prince - Kiss
12 22 Pet Shop Boys – Love comes quickly
13 11 ZZ Top – Stages
14 13 Damned – Eloise
15 14 Bryan Adams – This time
16 8 Cactus World News – Years later
17 10 Diana Ross – Chain reaction
18 17 Billy Joel – She’s always a woman
19 18 Survivor – Burning heart
20 26 Mr Mister – Kyrie
21 15 Fine Young Cannibals – Suspicious minds
22 27 Frank Sinatra – Theme from New York New York
23 N David Bowie – Absolute beginners
24 16 Inxs – This time
25 N Rolling Stones – Harlem shuffle
26 21 Dire Straits – Walk of life
27 N Howard Jones – No-one is to blame
28 23 Madonna – Borderline
29 24 Belouis Some – Imagination
30 28 Five Star – System addict

[Whitneyfan]

Are the Pogues EP songs going to be listed separately or together? I like all of the songs so have just charted them together, rather than clogging up my chart with 4 entries.

[Earl Purple]

At the time I only knew London Girl so I charted on the strength of that song alone.

[Kingpin]

Mar 5, 2018 15:24:34 GMT 1 Whitneyfan said:

Are the Pogues EP songs going to be listed separately or together? I like all of the songs so have just charted them together, rather than clogging up my chart with 4 entries.

I don't know much about the Pogues or this EP I'm afraid.  I suppose I'd treat it in a similar way to a double A-side, ie until multiple songs start appearing on individual Top 20's then chart the EP as a single record.  When multiple songs do start featuring on individual charts I'd assign points as follows:
 
- Where a specific song/songs is charted, points get assigned in full to that particular song(s)
- Where Poguetry in Motion is charted, I'd spread points across all songs on the EP.

Currently, only one song from the EP has made it on to an individual chart.  That may change next week as a different song is featured lower down on another chart.