Haven Combi Retro-Chart W/B 6th March 1988

[popchartfreak]

20th March 1988

It's a new entry as Heart finally gets a single issue, slightly remixed and with a fab Ian McKellan vampire video, giving the Pet Shop Boys a 7th chart-topper, and the 3rd off Actually. Another track that's been around a while too, from a great album too, has a sudden leap to 2 from 52 as Father Figure gets maximum appreciation belatedly for George Michael. Another Pet Shop boys song off the soon-to-come album goes top 10 for Eighth Wonder, I'm Not Scared.

Debbie Gibson gets an instant top 20 at 17 with Only In My Dreams returning on reissue, making it a twice top 20 track in two consecutive years, as Brenda Russell leaps into the 30 with Piano In The Dark, and The Clash take I Fought The Law back into the 30 9 years on. Sinitta shock releases a decent pop single, Cross My Broken Heart, and gets her biggest hit at 36 as she goes full SAW-pop, as opposed to cheesy novelty pop.

a-ha return with another melodramatic goodie, Stay On These Roads, Bros Drop The Boy and drop the quality, Jellybean's back with newie Just A Mirage, Pebbles is back with Girlfriend, Taylor Dayne has a low-key follow-up to a number one, Zodiac Mindwarp continues with some sci-fi glamrock entering, and Tiffany and Wet Wet Wet under-achieve down the bottom-end of the chart. Debuting, though, is future-massive rap track Push It from Salt 'N' Pepa, not a duo despite appearances as DJ Spinderella doesn't get mentioned in the group name. Unless she's "N".

1 ( NEW ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
2 ( 52 ) FATHER FIGURE George Michael
3 ( 1 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis
4 ( 2 ) BEAT DIS Bomb The Bass
5 ( 5 ) LOVE IS CONTAGIOUS Taja Seville
6 ( 11 ) I'M NOT SCARED Eighth Wonder
7 ( 3 ) I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN Roger
8 ( 4 ) DOCTORIN' THE HOUSE Coldcut/ Yazz & The Plastic Population
9 ( 12 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac
10 ( 6 ) THESE DREAMS/NEVER Heart

11 ( 9 ) THAT'S THE WAY IT IS Mel & Kim
12 ( 8 ) HEART OF GOLD Johnny Hates Jazz
13 ( 21 ) DON’T TURN AROUND Aswad
14 ( 14 ) CRASH The Primitives
15 ( 7 ) LOVE CHANGES (EVERYTHING) Climie Fisher
16 ( 10 ) I GET WEAK Belinda Carlisle
17 ( NEW ) ONLY IN MY DREAMS Debbie Gibson
18 ( 30 ) I KNOW YOU GOT SOUL Eric B & Rakim
19 ( 15 ) TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne
20 ( 22 ) RECKLESS Afrika Bambaata/ UB40

21 ( 13 ) CRAZY Icehouse
22 ( 18 ) HOW MEN ARE Aztec Camera
23 ( 20 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
24 ( 28 ) DEVIL INSIDE INXS
25 ( 26 ) I WALK THE EARTH Voice Of The Beehive
26 ( 16 ) DOMINION Sisters Of Mercy
27 ( 19 ) SAY IT AGAIN Jermaine Stewart
28 ( 73 ) I FOUGHT THE LAW The Clash
29 ( 69 ) PIANO IN THE DARK Brenda Russell
30 ( 34 ) SHIP OF FOOLS Erasure

31 ( 23 ) I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY Kylie Minogue
32 ( 32 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
33 ( 31 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
34 ( 38 ) I PRONOUNCE YOU Madness
35 ( 17 ) SUEDEHEAD Morrissey
36 ( NEW ) CROSS MY BROKEN HEART Sinitta
37 ( 40 ) TOGETHER FOREVER Rick Astley
38 ( 35 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
39 ( 36 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
40 ( 25 ) SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Was (Not Was)

41 ( 50 ) JUST LIKE PARADISE David Lee Roth
42 ( 27 ) TAKE MY BREATH AWAY Berlin
43 ( 42 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys
44 ( NEW ) DREAMING Glen Goldsmith
45 ( 29 ) GIMME HOPE JO'ANNA Eddy Grant
46 ( 45 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
47 ( 47 ) THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson
48 ( 66 ) I WANT HER Keith Sweat
49 ( 37 ) WHEN WILL I BE FAMOUS Bros
50 ( 53 ) CARS AND GIRLS Prefab Sprout

51 ( 24 ) MY GENERATION The Who
52 ( NEW ) STAY ON THESE ROADS a-ha
53 ( 39 ) WHEN WE WAS FAB George Harrison
54 ( 54 ) LIVE MY LIFE Boy George
55 ( 41 ) THE JACK THAT HOUSE BUILT Jack 'n' Chill
56 ( 61 ) RIDE LIKE THE WIND Saxon
57 ( 56 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers
58 ( 44 ) ROK DA HOUSE Beatmasters/ Cookie Crew
59 ( NEW ) BASS (HOW LOW CAN YOU GO) Simon Harris
60 ( 59 ) BAD Michael Jackson

61 ( 43 ) I DON'T MIND AT ALL Bourgeois Tag
62 ( 55 ) SHAME Eurythmics
63 ( 62 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone
64 ( 33 ) CRAZY FOR YOUR LOVE The Bee Gees
65 ( NEW ) DROP THE BOY Bros
66 ( 60 ) SIGN YOUR NAME Terence Trent D'Arby
67 ( 67 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys
68 ( NEW ) JUST A MIRAGE Jellybean/ Adele Bertei
69 ( NEW ) PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa
70 ( 70 ) HUMAN Human League

71 ( NEW ) GIRLFRIEND Pebbles
72 ( NEW ) PROVE YOUR LOVE Taylor Dayne
73 ( NEW ) PLANET GIRL Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction
74 ( NEW ) COULD'VE BEEN Tiffany
75 ( NEW ) TEMPTATION Wet Wet Wet
76 ( NEW ) ONE MORE CHANCE Pet Shop Boys


Playlist oldies of the week
1 DANNY’S SONG Anne Murray
2 ONE MORE CHANCE Pet Shop Boys
3 EMOTIONS Samantha Sang

[Earl Purple]

1(1) Primitives - Crash
2(4) Debbie Gibson - Out Of The Blue
3(3) Morrissey - Suedehead
4(5) Eighth Wonder - I'm Not Scared
5(2) Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror

6(6) Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - Can't Stay Away From You
7(7) Aswad - Don't Turn Around
8(9) Wedding Present - Nobody's Twisting Your Arm
9(10) Voice Of The Beehive - I Walk The Earth
10(13) Climie Fisher - Love Changes (Everything)

11(18) Pebbles - Girlfriend
12(-) Iron Maiden - Can I Play With Madness?
13(20) Simply Red - I Won't Feel Bad
14(11) Erasure - Ship Of Fools
15(-) Inxs - Devil Inside

16(15) Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God
17(22) Def Leppard - Hysteria
18(25) Madness - I Pronounce You
19(8) Deacon Blue - Dignity
20(28) Bros - Drop The Boy

21(14) Aztec Camera - How Men Are
22(16) Taja Sevelle - Love Is Contagious
23(27) Wet Wet Wet - Temptation
24(-) A-Ha - Stay On These Roads
25(-) Status Quo - Ain't Complaining

26(12) Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere
27(29) Magnum - Days Of No Trust
28(-) Taylor Dayne - Prove Your Love
29(-) Jellybean ft Adele Bertei - Just A Mirage
30(26) Whitney Houston - Where Do Broken Hearts Go

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--(17) Rick Astley - Together Forever
--(19) Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams Get Into My Car
--(21) David Lee Roth - Just Like Paradise
--(23) Belinda Carlisle - I Get Weak
--(24) Bourgeois Tagg - I Don't Mind At All
--(30) Sinitta - Cross My Broken Heart

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Iron Maiden get the highest entry this week, a bit of an epic but their best song since Run To The Hills. Inxs get another hit with a song that reached #2 in the USA but failed to reach the UK top 40. Adele Bertei is the latest featured artist on a Jellybean song. She has appeared on a hit 4 years ago where she wasn't credited - she was the female singer on Thomas Dolby's hit "Hyperactive".

[coolchristie2]

01 Joe Le Taxi - Vanessa Paradis
02 I Get Weak - Belinda Carlisle
03 Never/ These Dreams - Heart
04 Hazy Shade Of Winter - Bangles
05 Love Is Contagious - Taja Sevelle
06 Piano In The Dark - Brenda Russell
07 How Men Are - Aztec Camera
08 Prove Your Love - Taylor Dayne
09 That's The Way It Is - Mel And Kim
10 Don't Turn Around - Aswad
11 I Walk The Earth - Voice Of The Beehive
12 Only In My Dreams - Debbie Gibson
13 Cross My Broken Heart - Sinitta
14 Where Do Broken Hearts Go - Whitney Houston
15 Could've Been - Tiffany
16 Girlfriend - Pebbles
17 For A Friend - Communards
18 Bass - Simon Harris
19 Beat Dis - Bomb The Bass
20 Say It Again - Jermaine Stewart