Haven Combi Retro-Chart W/B 24th January 1988

[Kingpin]

HAVEN COMBI RETRO-CHART W/B 24th JANUARY 1988

US teen-pop sensation Tiffany takes over at the top of the chart with her cover of I Think We’re Alone Now.



In a chart loaded with female solo artists, and in a replica of the Official Chart, Tiffany deposes Belinda Carlisle from the top of the chart, as she drops to number three with Heaven Is A Place on Earth.

Terence Trent D’Arby hangs on at number two with Sign Your Name, but unlikely to progress any further, as he registers a dip in points this week.

Taylor Dayne climbs to number four with her pop-dance anthem Tell It To My Heart and INXS continue to climb as New Sensation is up to number five.

Biggest climber is from another US teen star, Debbie Gibson, as Shake Your Love moves 14 places to number six.

Highest new entry is from Australian soap star, Kylie Minogue, currently on our TV screens as Charlene Mitchell in the cult daytime show Neighbours. I Should Be So Lucky is another hit from the Stock Aitken and Waterman Hit Factory, and in at number 13 this week.

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

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LW TW ARTIST / SONG TITLE

3        1 Tiffany - I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW

2        2 Terence Trent D'Arby - SIGN YOUR NAME

1        3 Belinda Carlisle - HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH

16      4 Taylor Dayne - TELL IT TO MY HEART

8        5 INXS - NEW SENSATION

20      6 Debbie Gibson - SHAKE YOUR LOVE

13      7 Deacon Blue - DIGNITY

12      8 Beatmasters featuring Cookie Crew - ROK DA HOUSE

21      9 Sinead O'Connor - MANDINKA

4      10 George Michael - FATHER FIGURE

16    11 Bros - WHEN WILL I BE FAMOUS

7      12 Joyce Sims - COME INTO MY LIFE

15    13 Billy Idol - HOT IN THE CITY

NEW 13 Kylie Minogue - I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY

22    15 Eric Carmen - HUNGRY EYES

6      16 Krush - HOUSE ARREST

8      17 Cher - I FOUND SOMEONE

5      18 Pet Shop Boys - ALWAYS ON MY MIND

11    19 Stranglers - ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT

25    20 INXS - NEED YOU TONIGHT

14    20 Lloyd Cole and The Commotions - JENNIFER SHE SAID

30    22 Icehouse - CRAZY

22    23 Dollar - O L'AMOUR

NEW 23 Jermaine Stewart - SAY IT AGAIN

NEW 23 Mighty Lemon Drops - INSIDE OUT

NEW 23 T'Pau - VALENTINE

10    27 Climie Fisher - RISE TO THE OCCASION

27    28 Eurythmics - SHAME

34    28 Jack 'n' Chill - THE JACK THAT HOUSE BUILT

NEW 30 Hooters - KARLA WITH A K

NEW 31 Fall - VICTORIA

18    32 Christians - IDEAL WORLD

NEW 33 Eddy Grant - GIMME HOPE JO'ANNA

25    33 Fleetwood Mac - FAMILY MAN

22    35 New Order - TOUCHED BY THE HAND OF GOD

32    36 AC/DC - HEATSEEKER

28    37 Bangles - HAZY SHADE OF WINTER

NEW 37 Elton John - CANDLE IN THE WIND (LIVE)

NEW 37 Wendy and Lisa - SIDESHOW

38    40 Samantha Fox - TRUE DEVOTION

35    40 Smiths - LAST NIGHT I DREAMT THAT SOMEBODY LOVED ME

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OFFICIAL CHART W/B 31st JANUARY 1988

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

04 - 01 - 01 - Tiffany - I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW 
10 - 06 - 02 - Bros - WHEN WILL I BE FAMOUS
09 - 02 - 03 - Belinda Carlisle - HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH
05 - 03 - 04 - Terence Trent D'Arby - SIGN YOUR NAME
07 - 08 - 05 - Beatmasters Featuring The Cookie Crew - ROK DA HOUSE
11 - 04 - 06 - Krush - HOUSE ARREST
07 - 09 - 07 - Dollar - O L'AMOUR
03 - 24 - 08 - Taylor Dayne - TELL IT TO MY HEART
03 - 17 - 09 - Debbie Gibson - SHAKE YOUR LOVE
05 - 16 - 10 - Elton John - CANDLE IN THE WIND (LIVE)
05 - 07 - 11 - Joyce Sims - COME INTO MY LIFE
11 - 19 - 12 - Jack 'N' Chill - THE JACK THAT HOUSE BUILT
05 - 18 - 13 - Billy Idol - HOT IN THE CITY
08 - 05 - 14 - Morris Minor And The Majors - STUTTER RAP (NO SLEEP 'TIL BEDTIME)
10 - 14 - 15 - Christians - IDEAL WORLD
04 - 31 - 16 - Kylie Minogue - I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY
04 - 25 - 17 - Jermaine Stewart - SAY IT AGAIN
05 - 21 - 18 - Two Men, A Drum Machine And A Trumpet - TIRED OF GETTING PUSHED AROUND
10 - 10 - 19 - Climie Fisher - RISE TO THE OCCASION
02 - 33 - 20 - T'Pau - VALENTINE
04 - 12 - 21 - AC/DC - HEATSEEKER
11 - 11 - 22 - Cher - I FOUND SOMEONE
05 - 13 - 23 - Stranglers - ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT
10 - 15 - 24 - Wet Wet Wet - ANGEL EYES
1 - NEW - 25 - Whitesnake - GIVE ME ALL YOUR LOVE
09 - 32 - 26 - Luther Vandross - GIVE ME THE REASON
1 - NEW - 27 - Billy Ocean - GET OUTTA MY DREAMS, GET INTO MY CAR
04 - 36 - 28 - Screaming Blue Messiahs - I WANNA BE A FLINTSTONE
04 - 38 - 29 - Sinead O'Connor - MANDINKA
09 - 20 - 30 - Pet Shop Boys - ALWAYS ON MY MIND
05 - 39 - 31 - Sweet Tee - I GOT DA FEELIN'/IT'S LIKE THAT Y'ALL
05 - 27 - 32 - INXS - NEW SENSATION
03 - 34 - 33 - All About Eve - WILD HEARTED WOMAN
02 - 35 - 34 - Sharpe And Numan - NO MORE LIES
02 - 45 - 35 - Fall - VICTORIA
03 - 44 - 36 - Eddy Grant - GIMME HOPE JO'ANNA
05 - 22 - 37 - Bananarama - I CAN'T HELP IT
08 - RE - 38 - Was (Not Was) - SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE
1 - NEW - 39 - Nitro Deluxe - LET'S GET BRUTAL
09 - 28 - 40 - Jellybean - JINGO
05 - 23 - 41 - George Michael - FATHER FIGURE
03 - 53 - 42 - Deacon Blue - DIGNITY
1 - NEW - 43 - Alexander O'Neal Featuring Cherelle - NEVER KNEW LOVE LIKE THIS
04 - 50 - 44 - Feargal Sharkey - MORE LOVE
02 - 45 - 45 - James Brown - SHE'S THE ONE
02 - 57 - 46 - Living In A Box - LOVE IS THE ART
06 - 51 - 47 - Hue And Cry - I REFUSE
06 - 30 - 48 - GOSH - THE WISHING WELL
02 - 64 - 49 - Robert Plant - HEAVEN KNOWS
04 - 49 - 50 - Wendy And Lisa - SIDE SHOW
09 - 29 - 51 - Rick Astley - WHEN I FALL IN LOVE
04 - 42 - 52 - Gladys Knight And The Pips - LOVE OVERBOARD
04 - 48 - 53 - Basia - PROMISES
1 - NEW - 54 - George Harrison - WHEN WE WAS FAB
1 - NEW - 55 - Bangles - HAZY SHADE OF WINTER
02 - 60 - 56 - Sugarcubes - COLD SWEAT
03 - 81 - 57 - Bourgeois Tagg - I DON'T MIND AT ALL 
09 - 37 - 58 - Sinitta - GTO
04 - 56 - 59 - Brother Beyond - CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET
04 - 26 - 60 - Motley Crue - YOU'RE ALL I NEED
05 - 41 - 61 - Lloyd Cole And The Commotions - JENNIFER SHE SAID
1 - NEW - 62 - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - DREAMING
1 - NEW - 63 - Temptations - LOOK WHAT YOU STARTED
04 - 58 - 64 - Jethro Tull - SAID SHE WAS A DANCER
02 - 65 - 65 - Ray Parker Jr And Natalie Cole - OVER YOU
03 - 54 - 66 - Donna Summer - ALL SYSTEMS GO
03 - 72 - 67 - Thomas Lang - THE HAPPY MAN
10 - 43 - 68 - Michael Jackson - THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL
02 - 61 - 69 - Mantronix - SING A SONG (BREAK IT DOWN)
03 - 71 - 70 - Walter Beasley - I'M SO HAPPY
1 - NEW - 71 - Faith No More - WE CARE A LOT
05 - 55 - 72 - Public Enemy - BRING THE NOISE
03 - 76 - 73 - Triffids - TRICK OF THE LIGHT
1 - NEW - 74 - Sabrina - BOYS (SUMMERTIME LOVE)
05 - 47 - 75 - Depeche Mode - BEHIND THE WHEEL

Link for UK Top 100

Link for Billboard Hot 100

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

I'll leave this open until next Saturday!

[TheThorne]

1 2 Deacon Blue - DIGNITY
2 4 Debbie Gibson - SHAKE YOUR LOVE
3 1 Tiffany - I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW
4 5 Sinead O'Connor - MANDINKA
5 8 Wendy & Lisa - SIDESHOW
6 13 Paul Carrack - DON'T SHED A TEAR
7 10 The Hooters - KARLA WITH A K
8 17 Bourgeois Tagg - I DON'T MIND AT ALL
9 3 INXS - NEW SENSATION
10 14 All About Eve - WILD HEARTED WOMAN
11 12 Taylor Dayne - TELL IT TO MY HEART
12 6 Belinda Carlisle - HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH
13 18 T'Pau - VALENTINE
14 20 Aztec Camera - HOW MEN ARE
15 9 Eric Carmen - HUNGRY EYES
16 7 Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - JENNIFER SHE SAID
17 23 So - ARE YOU SURE
18 21 The Mighty Lemon Drops - INSIDE OUT
19 22 Thomas Lang - THE HAPPY MAN
20 15 Pet Shop Boys - ALWAYS ON MY MIND
21 11 Billy Idol - HOT IN THE CITY
22 new The Bangles - HAZY SHADE OF WINTER
23 30 Hue & CRY - I REFUSE
24 28 Pop Will Eat Itself - THERE IS NO LOVE BETWEEN US ANYMORE
25 new Faith No More - WE CARE A LOT
26 27 The Fall - VICTORIA
27 31 Sugarcubes - COLD SWEAT
28 16 Depeche Mode - BEHIND THE WHEEL
29 new Squeeze - 853-5937
30 19 Heart - THERE'S THE GIRL
31 new Whitesnake - GIMME ALL YOUR LOVE
32 new Billy Ocean - GET OUTTA MY DREAMS, GET INTO MY CAR
33 24 Kylie Minogue - I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY
34 new OMD - Dreaming
35 25 Climie Fisher - RISE TO THE OCCASION
36 26 New Order - TOUCHED BY THE HAND OF GOD
37 32 Eddy Grant - GIMME HOPE JO-ANNA
38 new Sabrina - BOYS
39 33 Scarlet Fantastic - PLUG ME IN (TO THE CENTRAL LOVE LINE)
40 29 The Hooters - SATELLITE

Ahead of its time

[rubcale]

01 Belinda Carlisle Heaven Is A Place On Earth
02 Tiffany I Think We're Alone Now
03 Elton John Candle In The Wind
04 Beatmasters ft/ Cookie Crew Rok Da House
05 Eddy Grant Give Me Hope Jo'anna
06 T'Pau Valentine
07 Debbie Gibson Shake Your Love
08 Joyce Sims Come Into My Life
09 Dollar O L'amour
10 Terence Trent D'arby Sign Your Name
11 Jack 'N' Chill The Jack That House Built
12 Luther Vandross Give Me The Reason
13 Taylor Dayne Tell It To My Heart
14 Christians Ideal World
15 Kylie Minogue I Should Be So Lucky
16 Cher I Found Someone
17 Billy Ocean Get Out Of Your Dreams Get Into My Car
18 Krush House Arrest
19 Alexander O'Neal ft/ Cherrelle Never Knew Love Like This
20 Stranglers All Day And All Of The Night

[raliverpool]

01 Deacon Blue - Dignity (2wks 20-1)
02 REM - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (2wks 14-2)
03 Sinead O'Connor - Mandinka (3wks 20-6-3)
04 Mighty Lemon Drops - Inside Out (3wks 33-7-4)

05 Faith No More - We Care A Lot (1wk 5 NEW)

06 INXS - New Sensation (3wks 8-4-6)
07 INXS - Need You Tonight (5wks 1-1-1-1-7)
08 George Michael - Father Figure (5wks 22-4-3-3-8)
09 Terence Trent D'Arby - Sign Your Name (5wks 33-8-5-5-9)

10 Tiffany - Could've Been (4wks 21-13-10-10)

11 Thomas Lang - The Happy Man (3wks 21-11-11)
12 Wendy & Lisa - Sideshow (4wks 22-12-12-12)
13 Fall - Victoria (2wks 13-13)
14 Icehouse - Crazy (7wks 31-16-6-2-2-2-14)
15 Robert Plant - Heaven Knows (1wk 15 NEW)
16 Triffids - A Trick Of The Light (3wks 32-18-16)
17 Climie Fisher - Rise To The Occasion (4wks 14-7-8-17)
18 Taylor Dayne - Tell It To My Heart (5wks 40-31-27-22-18)
19 Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Jennifer She Said (5wks 8-3-4-9-19)

20 Eric Carmen - Hungry Eyes (5wks 34-25-19-19-20)

21 OMD - Dreaming (1wk 21 NEW)
22 Men Without Hats - Pop Goes The World (6wks 24-17-15-14-15-22)
23 Squeeze - 853 5937 (2wks 31-23)
24 Bonnie Tyler - The Best (2wks 33-24)
25 T'Pau - Valentine (2wks 34-25)
26 George Harrison - When We Was Fab (1wk 26 NEW)
27 Donna Summer - All Systems Go (3wks 31-23-27)
28 Woodentops - You Make Me Feel (2wks 25-28)
29 Sugarcubes - Cold Sweat (2wks 32-29)

30 Cher - I Found Someone (5wks 18-10-10-16-30)

31 Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Beatmasters ft Cookie Crew - Rok Da House (3wks 35-29-32)
33 Basia - Promises (4wks 33-16-21-33)
34 Bros - When Will I Be Famous (3wks 34-30-34)
35 So - Are You Sure (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Foreigner - Say You Will (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Paul Carrack - Don't Shed A Tear (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Dollar - Oh L'Amour (2wks 35-38)
39 Sharpe & Numan - No More Lies (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Natalie Cole - I Live For Your Love (1wk 40 NEW)

LP REM - Welcome To The Occupation (1LP Document)

My highest new entry is by the pioneering rap hard rock group from San Francisco. This UK #53 was taken from their explanatory Introduce Yourself album (produced by Matt Wallace), featuring their original singer Chuck Mosley.

[Kingpin]

3        1) Debbie Gibson - Shake Your Love (25-3-1)
6        2) Taylor Dayne - Tell It To My Heart (31-6-2)
5        3) Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky (28-5-3)
1        4) Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now (14-2-1-4)
2        5) Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth (11-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-5)
13      6) Deacon Blue - Dignity (34-13-6)
10      7) Bros - When Will I Be Famous (31-21-14-10-7)
4        8) Beatmasters featuring the Cookie Crew - Rok Da House (17-7-3-4-8)
8        9) Pretty Poison - Catch Me (I'm Falling) (24-13-8-9)
16    10) Eric Carmen - Hungry Eyes (28-20-16-10)

7      11) Terence Trent D'Arby - Sign Your Name (15-6-5-7-11)
25    12) T'Pau - Valentine (25-12)
24    13) Inker and Hamilton - Dancing Into Danger (39-27-24-13)
9      14) Krush - House Arrest (19-5-2-2-2-4-9-14)
20    15) Jermaine Stewart - Say It Again (35-22-20-15)
18    16) INXS - New Sensation (35-27-21-18-16)
29    17) Eddy Grant - Gimme Hope Jo'anna (29-17)
30    18) Wa Wa Nee - Stimulation (30-18)
11    19) Two Men, A Drum Machine and a Trumpet - Tired Of Getting Pushed Around (24-16-11-11-19)
27    20) Motley Crue - You're All I Need (36-30-27-20)

12    21) Billy Idol - Hot In The City (28-19-15-12-21)
33    22) Scarlett and Black - You Don't Know (33-22)
15    23) Bananarama - I Can't Help It (8-3-6-15-23)
22    24) Dominoe - Here I Am (33-26-22-24)
NEW 25) Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams Get Into My Car (25)
32    26) So - Are You Sure (32-26)
28    27) All About Eve - Wild Hearted Woman (36-28-27)
14    28) Eleanor - Sneak Preview (32-23-18-14-28)
NEW 29) Nitro Deluxe - Let's Get Brutal (29)
34    30) Bonnie Tyler - The Best (34-30)

37    31) Ray Parker Jr and Natalie Cole - Over You (37-31)
NEW 32) Whitesnake - Give Me All Your Love (32)
39    33) Sharpe and Numan - No More Lies (39-33)
NEW 34) Was (Not Was) - Spy In The House Of Love (34)
NEW 35) Alexander O'Neal featuring Cherrelle - Never Knew Love Like This (35)
NEW 36) Prince - Hot Thing (36)
NEW 37) Bangles - Hazy Shade Of Winter (37)
17    38) Jack n Chill - The Jack That House Built (22-17-17-38)
NEW 39) Choirboys - Boys will be Boys (39)
NEW 40) Agnetha Faltskog - The Last Time (40)

A nice climb for this Australian pop song, originally a big hit there a couple of years before.  I've since picked up songs from the ARIA charts but fortunately this has just appeared on the Billboard chart, better late than never:

[Whitneyfan]

01(02) Taylor Dayne – Tell It To My Heart
02(01) Tiffany – I Think We’re Alone Now
03(12) Deacon Blue – Dignity
04(16) T’pau – Valentine
05(03) Sinead O’Connor – Mandinka
06(04) Basia - Promises
07(06) Carly Simon – All I Want Is You
08(11) Kylie Minogue – I Should Be So Lucky
09(09) Mighty Lemon Drops – Inside Out
10(17) Eddy Grant – Gimme Hope Jo’anna

11(18) The Hooters – Karla With A K
12(05) The Beatmasters Featuring The Cookie Crew – Rok Da House
13(15) Eria Fachin – Savin’ Myself
14(20) The Triffids – Trick Of The Light
15(07) Belinda Carlisle – Heaven Is A Place On Earth
16(26) So – Are You Sure
17(08) Eric Carmen – Hungry Eyes
18(25) Debbie Gibson – Shake Your Love
19(10) Terence Trent D’Arby – Sign Your Name
20(35) Bourgious Tagg – I Don’t Mind At All

21(40) Aztec Camera – How Men Are
22(28) Screaming Blue Messiahs – I Wanna Be A Flintstone
23(--) The Bangles – Hazy Shade Of Winter
24(--) Billy Ocean – Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car
25(--) O.M.D. – Dreaming
26(13) Joyce Sims – Come Into My Life
27(24) Jermaine Stewart – Say It Again
28(14) Billy Idol – Hot In The City
29(33) AC/DC – Heatseeker
30(44) Scarlett & Black – You Don’t Know

31(19) INXS – New Sensation
32(--) Alexander O’Neal Featuring Cherrelle – Never Knew Love Like This
33(23) Motley Crue – You’re All I Need
34(50) The Woodentops – You Make Me Feel
35(--) Whitesnake – Give Me All Your Love
36(21) George Michael – Father Figure
37(22) Krush – House Arrest
38(47) Sharpe & Numan – No More Lies
39(48) The Fall – Victoria
40(--) Chris Rea – Que Sera

41(34) All About Eve – Wild Hearted Woman
42(49) Ray Parker Jr & Natalie Cole – Over You
43(--) George Harrison – When We Was Fab
44(--) Sabrina – Boys (Summertime Love)
45(27) Morris Minor & The Majors – Stutter Rap (No Sleep Til Bedtime)
46(--) Agnetha Faltskog – The Last Time
47(--) Stevie Wonder – You Will Know
48(--) Nitro Deluxe – Let’s Get Brutal
49(--) Faith No More – We Care A Lot
50(29) Climie Fisher – Rise To The Occasion

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth (9 wks)
2 (2) Deacon Blue - Dignity (3 wks)
3 (4) INXS - New Sensation (5 wks)
4 (8) Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Jennifer She Said (5 wks)
5 (3) Terence Trent D'Arby - Sign Your Name (5 wks)
6 (9) Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now (4 wks)
7 (10) Billy Idol - Hot In The City (4 wks)
8 (11) Debbie Gibson - Shake Your Love (3 wks)
9 (5) Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind (9 wks)
10 (14) Taylor Dayne - Tell It to My Heart (3 wks)
11 (6) The Stranglers - All Day and All of the Night (5 wks)
12 (18) Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky (3 wks)
13 (13) Eric Carmen - Hungry Eyes (4 wks)
14 (23) T'Pau - Valentine (2 wks)
15 (7) Fleetwood Mac - Family Man (8 wks)
16 (24) Eddie Grant - Gimme Hope Joanna (3 wks)
17 (27) The Mighty Lemon Drops - Inside Out (3 wks)
18 (12) George Michael - Father Figure (5 wks)
19 (NE) Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car (1 wk)
20 (NE) Whitesnake - Give Me All Your Love (1 wk)
21 (28) Sharpe & Numan - No More Lies (2 wks)
22 (NE) George Harrison - When We Was Fab (1 wk)
23 (32) The Fall - Victoria (2 wks)
24 (31) Bourgeois Tagg - I Don't Mind At All (3 wks)
25 (36) Robert Plant - Heaven Knows (2 wks)
26 (21) Sinead O'Connor - Mandinka (4 wks)
27 (40) Aztec Camera - How Men Are (2 wks)
28 (33) Hue and Cry - I Refuse (2 wks)
29 (22) All About Eve - Wild Hearted Woman (3 wks)
30 (NE) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Dreaming (1 wk)
31 (NE) Was (Not Was) - Spy In The House Of Love (1 wk)
32 (NE) The Bangles - Hazy Shade of Winter (1 wk)
33 (15) Climie Fisher - Rise To The Occasion (10 wks)
34 (16) Cher - I Found Someone (8 wks)
35 (17) U2 - In God's Country (8 wks)
36 (19) AC/DC - Heatseeker (4 wks)
37 (20) Bros - When Will I Be Famous? (5 wks)
38 (25) New Order - Touched By The Hand Of God (8 wks)
39 (26) Depeche Mode - Behind The Wheel (5 wks)
40 (NE) Icehouse - Crazy (1 wk)

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Mark's Top 40 weekending 31st January 1988

1 (2) I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany
2 (1) True Devotion - Samantha Fox
3 (5) I Should Be So Lucky - Kylie Minogue
4 (3) Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle
5 (4) Sign Your Name - Terence Trent D'Arby
6 (29) Valentine - T'Pau
7 (13) Comin' Right Up - Bruce Willis
8 (6) Father Figure - George Michael
9 (9) Tell It To My Heart - Taylor Dayne
10 (10) Shake Your Love - Debbie Gibson
11 (16) Gimme Hope Jo'Anna - Eddy Grant
12 (15) All Day And All Of The Night - The Stranglers
13 (25) Dignity - Deacon Blue
14 (19) Come Into My Life - Joyce Sims
15 (7) New Sensation - INXS
16 (8) Oh L'Amour - Dollar
17 (11) Say It Again - Jermaine Stewart
18 (12) When Will I Be Famous - Bros
19 (14) Ideal World - The Christians
20 (17) Angel Eyes (Home & Away) - Wet Wet Wet
21 (40) Wild Hearted Woman - All About Eve
22 (20) House Arrest - Krush
23 (21) Turn Back The Clock - Johnny Hates Jazz
24 (New) Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car - Billy Ocean
25 (24) I Wanna Be A Flintstone - Screaming Blue Messiahs
26 (22) Who Found Who - Jellybean ft Elisa Fiorillo
27 (New) Crazy - Icehouse
28 (New) When We Was Fab - George Harrison
29 (18) Always On My Mind - Pet Shop Boys
30 (New) How Men Are - Aztec Camera
31 (28) Jennifer She Said - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
32 (37) Promises - Basia
33 (New) Say You Will - Foreigner
34 (30) Mandinka - Sinead O' Connor
35 (New) Never Knew Love Like This - Alexander O'Neal & Cherrelle
36 (New) Hazy Shade Of Winter - The Bangles
37 (New) Spy (In The House Of Love - Was (Not Was)
38 (New) Don't Shed A Tear - Paul Carrack
39 (39) Heaven Knows - Robert Plant
40 (New) I Don't Mind At All - Bourgeois Tagg

[darkstar79]

01 Joyce Sims – Come Into My Life (5 wks)
02 Sweet Tee – I Got Da Feelin’ (5 wks)
03 Sabrina – Boys (Summertime Love) (1 wk)
04 Public Enemy – Bring The Noise (5 wks)
05 Pebbles – Girlfriend (2 wks)
06 Michael Jackson – Man In The Mirror (1 wk)
07 Keith Sweat – I Want Her (4 wks)
08 The Fall – Victoria (2 wks)
09 Kool Moe Dee – How Ya Like Me Now (2 wks)
10 Deacon Blue – Dignity (3 wks)

11 Billy Ocean – Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car (1 wk)
12 Alexander O’Neal Feat. Cherrelle – Never Knew Love Like This (3 wks)
13 Pop Will Eat Itself – There Is No Love Between Us Anymore (2 wks)
14 Donna Summer – All Systems Go (3 wks)
15 Jody Watley – Some Kind Of Lover (2 wks)
16 James Brown – She’s The One (2 wks)
17 Atlantic Starr – Let The Sun In (4 wks)
18 Faith No More – We Care A Lot (1 wk)
19 R.E.M. – It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (2 wks)
20 Mantronix – Sing A Song (Break It Down) (2 wks)

21 The Mighty Lemon Drops – Inside Out (3 wks)
22 Jerome Prister & Output – Say You’ll Be (1 wk)
23 Debbie Gibson – Shake Your Love (3 wks)
24 Jermaine Stewart – Say It Again (4 wks)
25 David Ruffin & Eddie Kendricks – I Couldn’t Believe It (2 wks)
26 Screaming Blue Messiahs – I Wanna Be A Flintstone (4 wks)
27 Raze – Caught U Cheatin (4 wks)
28 The Sugarcubes – Cold Sweat (2 wks)
29 George Michael – Father Figure (5 wks)
30 Debbie Gibson – Out Of The Blue (2 wks)

[o]

1 1 Inxs – New sensation #1
2 3 Stranglers – All day and all of the night #2
3 14 Faith No More – We care a lot #3
4 5 Hooters – Karla with a K #4
5 4 Tiffany – I think we’re alone now #4
6 6 Taylor Dayne – Tell it to my heart #6
7 2 Bangles – Hazy shade of winter #1
8 16 The Fall – Victoria #8
9 8 Terence Trent D’Arby – Sign your name #7
10 9 Bros – When will I be famous? #9
11 17 Mighty Lemon Drops – Inside out #11
12 10 Billy Idol – Hot in the city #10
13 11 Debbie Gibson – Shake your love #11
14 15 Sinead O Connor – Mandinka #14
15 20 Eric Carmen – Hungry eyes #15
16 24 OMD – Dreaming #16
17 7 New Order – Touched by the hand of God #1
18 18 AC/DC – Heatseeker #17
19 22 George Michael – Father figure #19
20 25 Christians – Ideal world #20
21 RE Beatmasters – Rok da house #21
22 NE TPau – Valentine #22
23 26 Sabrina – Boys #23
24 27 Deacon Blue – Dignity #24
25 NE Mission – Tower of strength #25
26 12 U2 – In God’s country #2
27 13 Depeche Mode – Behind the wheel #13
28 19 Pet Shop Boys – Always on my mind #1
29 21 All About Eve – Wild hearted woman #21
30 23 Belinda Carlisle – Heaven is a place on earth #7

[coolchristie2]

01 Tell It To My Heart - Taylor Dayne
02 I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany
03 Shake Your Love - Debbie Gibson
04 Come Into My Life - Joyce Sims
05 Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle
06 I Should Be So Lucky - Kylie Minogue
07 Say It Again - Jermaine Stewart
08 Valentine - T'Pau
09 Father Figure - George Michael
10 When Will I Be Famous - Bros
11 Candle In The Wind - Elton John
12 House Arrest - Krush
13 Hazy Shade Of Winter - Bangles
14 I Can't Help it - Bananarama
15 Side Show - Wendy And Lisa
16 Give Me Hope Jo'anna - Eddy Grant
17 The Wishing Well - G.O.S.H.
18 Victoria - Fall
19 Ideal World - Christians
20 The Last Time - Agnetha Faltskog

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Deacon Blue - DIGNITY
2 [4] :: Johnny Hates Jazz - ME AND MY FOOLISH HEART
3 [new] :: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - DREAMING
4 [2] :: AC/DC - HEATSEEKER
5 [new] :: Chris Rea - QUE SERA
6 [5] :: Black - PARADISE
7 [6] :: Beatmasters ft Cookie Crew - ROK DA HOUSE
8 [7] :: Krush - HOUSE ARREST
9 [10] :: Terence Trent D'Arby - SIGN YOUR NAME
10 [12] :: Sinead O'Connor - MANDINKA
11 [3] :: Eurythmics - SHAME
12 [15] :: Taylor Dayne - TELL IT TO MY HEART
13 [new] :: Joyce Sims - COME INTO MY LIFE
14 [13] :: Belinda Carlisle - HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH
15 [11] :: Belinda Carlisle - WE CAN CHANGE {Heaven On Earth B-side}
16 [14] :: Two Men, A Drum Machine & A Trumpet - TIRED OF GETTING PUSHED AROUND
17 [8] :: Pet Shop Boys - ALWAYS ON MY MIND
18 [20] :: Eddy Grant - GIMME HOPE JO'ANNA
19 [new] :: Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - JENNIFER SHE SAID
20 [19] :: Fall - VICTORIA


This was OMD's 2nd biggest hit in the USA, but only their 21st in Britain. I'm not sure how it was overlooked here, given the rather weak state of the charts at the beginning of 1988.

[Earl Purple]

I'll change my chart from last week! Instead of Terence Trent D'Arby falling from #5 to #8 I'll make him climb to #2. That will give him enough points!

[Earl Purple]

Deacon Blue have a lot of ground to catch up but hopefully they can do it. Still too late though but we need to organise a #1 for Debbie Gibson. Foolish Beat perhaps?

1(1) Smiths - Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
2(-) Deacon Blue - Dignity
3(5) T'Pau - Valentine
4(4) Icehouse - Crazy
5(2) Inxs - Need You Tonight

6(7) Sinead O'Connor - Mandinka
7(3) George Michael - Father Figure
8(14) Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere
9(15) Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams Get Into My Car
10(17) Eddy Grant - Gimme Hope Jo'anna

11(9) Eric Carmen - Hungry Eyes
12(24) Was (Not Was) - Spy In the House Of Love
13(6) Cher - I Found Someone
14(10) Jack N Chill - The Jack The House Built
15(8) Terence Trent D'Arby - Sign Your Name

16(12) Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love
17(-) Patrick Swayze ft Wendy Fraser - She's Like The Wind
18(20) Taylor Dayne - Tell It To My Heart
19(22) Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky
20(19) Luther Vandross - Give Me The Reason

21(11) Inxs - New Sensation
22(18) Screaming Blue Messiahs - I Wanna Be A Flintstone
23(13) Bros - When Will I Be Famous
24(-) Mission - Tower Of Strength
25(28) Whitesnake - Give Me All Your Love

26(29) Natalie Cole - I Live For Your Love
27(30) Paul Carrack - Don't Shed A Tear
28(-) Robert Plant - Heaven Knows
29(-) Foreigner - Say You Will
30(16) Morris Minor & The Majors - Stutter Rap

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--(21) All About Eve - wild Hearted Woman
--(23) Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Jennifer She Said
--(25) Motley Crue - You're All I Need
--(26) Beatmasters ft The Cookie Crew - Rock Da House
--(27) Christians - Ideal World

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In the USA Tiffany is #1 with "Could've Been" so it's a double for her.. but at least there Debbie Gibson also had two #1 singles and both spent 4 weeks on top in total. Debbie Gibson also had an album at #1 for 5 weeks in the USA.

[popchartfreak]

7th February 1988

It's a second week on top for Taylor Dayne and a second week at 2 for Jacko as Bros go top 3 - to my surprise, as I didn't recall them getting that high, but it was a good single. Back in at 4, Was (Not Was) bring Spy In The House Of Love back as it starts to sell in the UK at last, and it instantly peaks higher, and quite right too, helped by me buying it in the bargain bins in between releases. Icehouse are also back in again for the same reissued reasons, and a new peak of 10 and a 3rd top 10 to boot. Another House track in the top 10 and 3 in the 20, I was more into the new sound of music than I remembered.

Highest actual newly-debuted track is from Abba's Agnetha, 14 years a total fave of mine, and the lead single off her Peter Cetera-produced (he of Chicago) album, more MOR than previous solo stuff, giving her 5 years of solo chart entries outside Abba. About as prolific as Kate Bush on the album front, she'd stretch that out another 25 years or so with an assist from Gary Barlow on the most-recent. Billy Ocean pops back with yet another in his 12-years-long run of hit singles (with a gap in the middle), the catchy Get Outta My Dreams. Pity about the creepy Get Into My Car stalker-ish sentence-end!

Stevie Wonder is back with You Will Know, one of his more memorable post-1986 singles (not that that says much), for 20 years of hits! Squeeze take a telephone number into the charts for 10 years of hits, and immediately ruin their chances of a hit as the number is not remotely memorable, even if the tune is OK. OMD are Dreaming, but the reality is the singles are getting less-memorable 8 years on, Faith No More pop back with We Care A Lot, Cherrelle & Alexander O'Neal double-up again, not Saturday Love this time, as they never knew love like this one before. Bryan Ferry enjoys a bit of Kiss & Tell 16 years on, Aztec Camera, though, know How Men Are and look down on that sort of thing 5 years on from feeling Oblivious to it.


1 ( 1 ) TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne
2 ( 2 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
3 ( 6 ) WHEN WILL I BE FAMOUS Bros
4 ( NEW ) SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Was (Not Was)
5 ( 5 ) ROK DA HOUSE Beatmasters/ Cookie Crew
6 ( 14 ) THE JACK THAT HOUSE BUILT Jack 'n' Chill
7 ( 9 ) HOT IN THE CITY Billy Idol
8 ( 3 ) SIGN YOUR NAME Terence Trent D'Arby
9 ( 4 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
10 ( NEW ) CRAZY Icehouse

11 ( 10 ) O L’AMOUR Dollar
12 ( 12 ) SAY IT AGAIN Jermaine Stewart
13 ( 7 ) SHAME Eurythmics
14 ( 13 ) HOUSE ARREST Krush
15 ( 8 ) FAMILY MAN Fleetwood Mac
16 ( 32 ) I DON'T MIND AT ALL Bourgeois Tag
17 ( 22 ) TIRED OF GETTING PUSHED AROUND 2 Men, A Drum Machine & A Trumpet
18 ( 20 ) COME INTO MY LIFE Joyce Sims
19 ( 19 ) MANDINKA Sinead O'Connor
20 ( 15 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys

21 ( 17 ) HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH Belinda Carlisle
22 ( 28 ) GIMME HOPE JO'ANNA Eddy Grant
23 ( 16 ) RISE TO THE OCCASION Climie Fisher
24 ( 18 ) I FOUND SOMEONE Cher
25 ( 29 ) WHEN WE WAS FAB George Harrison
26 ( 21 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson
27 ( 27 ) CANDLE IN THE WIND (LIVE) Elton John
28 ( 25 ) SHAKE YOUR LOVE Debbie Gibson
29 ( NEW ) THE LAST TIME Agnetha Faltskog
30 ( 34 ) I WANNA BE A FLINTSTONE The Screaming Blue Messiahs

31 ( 46 ) I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY Kylie Minogue
32 ( 11 ) I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW Tiffany
33 ( 23 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers
34 ( 33 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
35 ( 37 ) VALENTINE T'Pau
36 ( 35 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
37 ( 24 ) I CAN’T HELP IT Bananarama
38 ( NEW ) GET OUTTA MY DREAMS GET INTO MY CAR Billy Ocean
39 ( 48 ) WILD HEARTED WOMAN All About Eve
40 ( 38 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac

41 ( 26 ) JINGO Jellybean
42 ( 42 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
43 ( 36 ) I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU Dusty Springfield
44 ( 41 ) BAD Michael Jackson
45 ( 45 ) SIDESHOW Wendy & Lisa
46 ( 43 ) STUCK ON YOU Elvis Presley
47 ( 30 ) FATHER FIGURE George Michael
48 ( 31 ) IDEAL WORLD The Christians
49 ( 57 ) HAZY SHADE OF WINTER The Bangles
50 ( NEW ) YOU WILL KNOW Stevie Wonder

51 ( 44 ) FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl
52 ( NEW ) 853-5937 Squeeze
53 ( 54 ) HUNGRY EYES Eric Carmen
54 ( 47 ) LETTER FROM AMERICA The Proclaimers
55 ( 39 ) JENNIFER SHE SAID Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
56 ( 64 ) MORE LOVE Feargal Sharkey
57 ( 60 ) ASIMBONANGA Johnny Clegg & Savuka
58 ( 55 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone
59 ( 66 ) GIVE ME THE REASON Luther Vandross
60 ( 58 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys

61 ( 40 ) PARADISE Black
62 ( 51 ) LOVE LETTERS Alison Moyet
63 ( 49 ) WHEN I FALL IN LOVE Nat ‘King’ Cole
64 ( NEW ) DREAMING OMD
65 ( 50 ) ALL SYSTEMS GO Donna Summer
66 ( 65 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles
67 ( NEW ) WE CARE A LOT Faith No More
68 ( 67 ) LOVE POWER Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osbourne
69 ( 56 ) LET ME BE THE ONE/ (REMIX) Expose
70 ( NEW ) NEVER KNEW LOVE LIKE THIS Cherrelle/ Alexander O'Neal

71 ( 74 ) NO MORE LIES Sharpe & Numan
72 ( 71 ) HUMAN Human League
73 ( NEW ) KISS AND TELL Bryan Ferry
74 ( NEW ) HOW MEN ARE Aztec Camera
75 ( NEW ) I SEE RED The Silencers

7th Feb
PLAYIST OLDIES

1 HEAVEN HELP MY HEART Elaine Page
2 HOT LOVE T.Rex
3 TEENAGE DREAM T.Rex