Haven Combi Retro-Chart W/B 3rd July 1988

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HAVEN COMBI RETRO-CHART W/B 3rd JULY 1988

INXS get an easy week at the top, with Never Tear Us Apart comfortably extending its lead over the rest of the chart.




Tracy Chapman remains at number two for a second week with Fast Car, although she’s now way behind INXS.

There’s a big clear-out of the Top Ten, with some brutal drop-outs tumbling down the chart. Transvision Vamp capitalise on the overhaul with I Want Your Love moving up to number three.

The current US number one is The Flame by Cheap Trick although it seems to be struggling to replicate its success on the Official UK chart. The Flame moves up 13 places to number four on our chart.

Last week’s highest new entry, Cross My Heart by Eighth Wonder, moves up to number five.

Biggest climb is a 24 place jump for Pat Benatar with All Fired Up, which lands at number 8 to become her third Top Ten hit and her first in three years.

Highest new entry is Everything But The Girl’s cover of I Don’t Want To Talk About It, which makes an impressive debut at number 11, instantly becoming their biggest hit to date.

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

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LW   TW ARTIST / SONG TITLE

1        1 INXS - NEVER TEAR US APART

2        2 Tracy Chapman - FAST CAR

7        3 Transvision Vamp - I WANT YOUR LOVE

17      4 Cheap Trick - THE FLAME

10      5 Eighth Wonder - CROSS MY HEART

15      6 Debbie Gibson - FOOLISH BEAT

24      7 T'Pau - I WILL BE WITH YOU

32      8 Pat Benatar - ALL FIRED UP

3        9 Morrissey - EVERY DAY IS LIKE SUNDAY

15    10 Silencers - PAINTED MOON

NEW 11 Everything But The Girl - I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT

9      12 Glenn Medeiros - NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE MY LOVE FOR YOU

27    13 Midnight Oil - THE DEAD HEART

12    14 Bros - I OWE YOU NOTHING

13    14 Sabrina - BOYS (SUMMERTIME LOVE)

19    16 Hazell Dean - MAYBE (WE SHOULD CALL IT A DAY)

19    17 Roachford - CUDDLY TOY

7      18 Maxi Priest - WILD WORLD

10    18 Phil Collins - IN THE AIR TONIGHT '88

17    18 UB40 with Chrissie Hynde - BREAKFAST IN BED

26    21 Salt-n-Pepa - PUSH IT

14    22 Pasadenas - TRIBUTE (RIGHT ON)

25    23 Fat Boys with Chubby Checker - THE TWIST (YO TWIST)

4      24 Erasure - CHAINS OF LOVE

6      25 Eurythmics - YOU HAVE PLACED A CHILL IN MY HEART

33    25 View From The Hill - NO CONVERSATION

5      27 Timelords - DOCTORIN' THE TARDIS

27    28 Bruce Springsteen - TOUGHER THAN THE REST

27    29 Fleetwood Mac - ISN'T IT MIDNIGHT

NEW 30 Natalie Cole - EVERLASTING

NEW 30 Wee Papa Girl Rappers - HEAT IT UP

22    32 Tiffany - I SAW HIM STANDING THERE

21    33 Voice Of The Beehive - DON'T CALL ME BABY

23    34 Desireless - VOYAGE VOYAGE

NEW 34 Michael Jackson - DIRTY DIANA

35    34 Robert Palmer - SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE

37    37 Sade - PARADISE

38 38 Matt Bianco - DON'T BLAME IT ON THAT GIRL

NEW 39 Eric B and Rakim - FOLLOW THE LEADER

40    39 Joy Division - ATMOSPHERE

NEW 39 Public Enemy - DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE

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OFFICIAL CHART W/B 10th JULY 1988

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

06 - 01 - 01 - Glenn Medeiros - NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE MY LOVE FOR YOU
10 - 03 - 02 - Salt-N-Pepa - PUSH IT / TRAMP
05 - 02 - 03 - Fat Boys With Chubby Checker - THE TWIST (YO, TWIST)
09 - 04 - 04 - Bros - I OWE YOU NOTHING
07 - 07 - 05 - Tracy Chapman - FAST CAR
02 - 23 - 06 - Everything But The Girl - I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT
05 - 08 - 07 - UB40 With Chrissie Hynde - BREAKFAST IN BED
09 - 06 - 08 - Sabrina - BOYS (SUMMERTIME LOVE)
05 - 16 - 09 - Mac Band Featuring The McCampbell Brothers - ROSES ARE RED
05 - 05 - 10 - Phil Collins - IN THE AIR TONIGHT
08 - 09 - 11 - Pasadenas - TRIBUTE (RIGHT ON)
07 - 11 - 12 - Matt Bianco - DON'T BLAME IT ON THAT GIRL/WAP-BAM-BOOGIE
04 - 22 - 13 - Eighth Wonder - CROSS MY HEART
1 - NEW - 14 - Michael Jackson - DIRTY DIANA
05 - 32 - 15 - Transvision Vamp - I WANT YOUR LOVE
05 - 13 - 16 - Bruce Springsteen - TOUGHER THAN THE REST
07 - 10 - 17 - Maxi Priest - WILD WORLD
02 - 34 - 18 - Debbie Gibson - FOOLISH BEAT
1 - NEW - 19 - George Michael - MONKEY
1 - NEW - 20 - Def Leppard - LOVE BITES
04 - 14 - 21 - T'Pau - I WILL BE WITH YOU
04 - 15 - 22 - Hazell Dean - MAYBE (WE SHOULD CALL IT A DAY)
06 - 20 - 23 - Communards - THERE'S MORE TO LOVE
04 - 24 - 24 - INXS - NEVER TEAR US APART
03 - 21 - 25 - Eric B And Rakim - FOLLOW THE LEADER
17 - 17 - 26 - Desireless - VOYAGE VOYAGE
07 - 12 - 27 - Timelords - DOCTORIN' THE TARDIS
08 - 37 - 28 - Ziggy Marley And The Melody Makers - TOMORROW PEOPLE
04 - 39 - 29 - Wee Papa Girl Rappers - HEAT IT UP
03 - 35 - 30 - Pat Benatar - ALL FIRED UP
03 - 18 - 31 - Public Enemy - DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE
04 - 28 - 32 - Natalie Cole - EVERLASTING
06 - 19 - 33 - Eurythmics - YOU HAVE PLACED A CHILL IN MY HEART
04 - 38 - 34 - Will Downing - IN MY DREAMS
10 - 31 - 35 - Wet Wet Wet/Billy Bragg With Cara Tivey - WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS/SHE'S LEAVING HOME
1 - NEW - 36 - Pogues - FIESTA
10 - 27 - 37 - Kylie Minogue - GOT TO BE CERTAIN
1 - NEW - 38 - Kim Wilde - YOU CAME
06 - 26 - 39 - Erasure - CHAINS OF LOVE
06 - 25 - 40 - Rose Royce - CAR WASH/IS IT LOVE YOU'RE AFTER
02 - 55 - 41 - Steven Dante - I'M TOO SCARED
07 - 30 - 42 - Elton John - I DON'T WANNA GO ON WITH YOU LIKE THAT
03 - 33 - 43 - Magnum - IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE
03 - 46 - 44 - Adventures - DROWNING IN THE SEA OF LOVE
06 - 41 - 45 - Taylor Dayne - I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU
02 - 49 - 46 - Jack 'N' Chill - BEATIN' THE HEAT
13 - 29 - 47 - Aztec Camera - SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART
02 - 58 - 48 - Johnny Hates Jazz - DON'T SAY IT'S LOVE
04 - 50 - 49 - Julia Fordham - HAPPY EVER AFTER
06 - 47 - 50 - Dee Lewis - THE BEST OF MY LOVE
1 - NEW - 51 - Wonder Stuff - A WISH AWAY
02 - 82 - 52 - Richie Rich - TURN IT UP
03 - 81 - 53 - Gloria Estefan And Miami Sound Machine - ANYTHING FOR YOU
10 - 36 - 54 - Voice Of The Beehive - DON'T CALL ME BABY
05 - 45 - 55 - Joy Division - ATMOSPHERE
02 - 65 - 56 - Freddie Jackson - NICE 'N' SLOW
02 - 70 - 57 - Jazz And The Brothers Grimm - DISCO NIGHTS
03 - 56 - 58 - Derek B - WE GOT THE JUICE
06 - 40 - 59 - Morrissey - EVERY DAY IS LIKE SUNDAY
02 - 73 - 60 - Jaki Graham - NO MORE TEARS
1 - NEW - 61 - Huey Lewis And The News - PERFECT WORLD
03 - 59 - 62 - Ellis Beggs And Howard - BIG BUBBLES NO TROUBLES
07 - 52 - 63 - Moody Blues - I KNOW YOU'RE OUT THERE SOMEWHERE
07 - 42 - 64 - Sade - PARADISE
02 - 85 - 65 - Crazyhead - TIME HAS TAKEN ITS TOLL ON YOU
07 - 60 - 66 - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - DREAMING
1 - NEW - 67 - Deacon Blue - CHOCOLATE GIRL
07 - 44 - 68 - Tiffany - I SAW HIM STANDING THERE
11 - 43 - 69 - Mica Paris - MY ONE TEMPTATION
11 - 48 - 70 - Belinda Carlisle - CIRCLE IN THE SAND
1 - NEW - 71 - Muddy Waters - MANNISH BOY
1 - NEW - 72 - Dollar - IT'S NATURE'S WAY
05 - 57 - 73 - Silencers - PAINTED MOON
11 - 62 - 74 - New Order - BLUE MONDAY 1988
1 - NEW - 75 - Was (Not Was) - ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN

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

I'll leave this open until next Saturday!

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Mark's Top 40 weekending 11th July 1988

1 (7) Never Tear Us Apart - INXS
2 (2) Foolish Beat - Debbie Gibson
3 (1) I Owe You Nothing - Bros
4 (11) Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You - Glenn Medeiros
5 (10) Painted Moon - The Silencers
6 (3) Endless Summer Nights - Richard Marx
7 (13) I Will Be With You - T'Pau
8 (29) The Flame - Cheaptrick
9 (14) Maybe (We Should Call It A Day) - Hazell Dean
10 (16) Cross My Heart - Eighth Wonder
11 (9) In The Air Tonight '88 - Phil Collins
12 (21) The Twist - Fat Boys with Chubby Checker
13 (4) Wild World - Maxi Priest
14 (38) I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That - Elton John
15 (5) Doctorin' The Tardis - The Timelords
16 (6) Everyday Is Like Sunday - Morrissey
17 (31) All Fired Up - Pat Benatar
18 (30) The Blood That Moves The Body - A-ha
19 (12) Chains Of Love - Erasure
20 (37) Find My Love - Fairground Attraction
21 (34) You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart - Eurythmics
22 (19) Love Will Save The Day - Whitney Houston
23 (20) Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
24 (23) Roses Are Red - Mac Band feat McCampbell Brothers
25 (17) Circle In The Sand - Belinda Carlisle
26 (15) Somewhere In My Heart - Aztec Camera
27 (8) Hungry Eyes - Eric Carmen
28 (24) Oh Patti (Don't Feel Sorry For Loverboy) - Scritti Politti
29 (26) Tougher Than The Rest - Bruce Springsteen
30 (27) Breakfast In Bed - UB40 ft Chrissie Hynde
31 (22) Got To Be Certain - Kylie Minogue
32 (32) There's More To Love - Communards
33 (33) When Will You Make My Telephone Ring - Deacon Blue
34 (18) She's Like The Wind - Patrick Swayze ft Wendy Fraser
35 (New) I Don't Want To Talk About It - Everything But The Girl
36 (New) I'm Too Scared - Steven Dante
37 (New) Happy Ever After - Julia Fordham
38 (New) What You See Is What You Get - Glen Goldsmith
39 (39) Tomorrow People - Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers
40 (New) Don't Say It's Love - Johnny Hates Jazz

[rubcale]

01 Glen Medeiros Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You
02 Salt 'N Pepa Push It
03 Eighth Wonder Cross My Heart
04 Everything But The Girl I Don't Want To Talk About It
05 UB 40 with Chrissie Hynde Breakfast In Bed
06 Matt Bianco Don't Blame It On That Girl
07 Tracy Chapman Fast Car
08 Michael Jackson Dirty Diana
09 Bros I Owe You Nothing
10 Debbie Gibson Foolish Beat
11 Kim Wilde You Came
12 Pasadenas Tribute (Right On)
13 Transvision Vamp I Want Your Love
14 Desireless Voyage Voyage
15 Bruce Springsteen Tougher Than The Rest
16 Hazell Dean Maybe (We Should Call It A Day)
17 Fat Boys with Chubby Checker The Twist (Yo, Twist)
18 T'Pau I Will Be With You
19 Gloria Estefan & The Miami Sound Machine Anything For You
20 Rose Royce Car Wash

[TheThorne]

1 1 Cheap Trick - THE FLAME
2 2 INXS - NEVER TEAR US APART
3 3 Richard Marx - DON'T MEAN NOTHING
4 5 Midnight Oil - THE DEAD HEART
5 7 Pat Benatar - ALL FIRED UP
6 13 Adventures - DROWNING IN THE SEA OF LOVE
7 new Deacon Blue - CHOCOLATE GIRL
8 9 Tranvision Vamp - I WANT YOUR LOVE
9 4 Silencers - PAINTED MOON
10 15 Debbie Gibson - FOOLISH BEAT
11 new Def Leppard - LOVE BITES
12 6 Bruce Hornsby & The Range - THE VALLEY ROAD
13 14 Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - ANYTHING FOR YOU
14 18 Danny Wilson - DAVY
15 11 Robert Palmer - SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE
16 8 Foreigner - I DON'T WANT TO LIVE WITHOUT YOU
17 10 Roachford - CUDDLY TOY
18 23 Magnum - IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE
19 12 The Bible - CRYSTAL PALACE
20 new Kim Wilde - YOU CAME
21 new Huey Lewis & The News - PERFECT WORLD
22 16 The Sisters Of Mercy - LUCRETIA MY REFLECTION
23 25 Milli Vanilli - GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE
24 new Michael Jackson - DIRTY DIANA
25 17 Tiffany - I SAW HIM STANDING THERE
26 22 The Smithereens - ONLY A MEMORY
27 34 Everything But The Girl - I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT
28 new The Wonderstuff - A WISH AWAY
29 20 Bruce Springsteen - TOUGHER THAN THE REST
30 new Robbie Robertson - SOMEWHERE DOWN THE CRAZY RIVER
31 new The Pogues - FIESTA
32 19 Tracy Chapman - FAST CAR
33 21 Glass Tiger - DIAMOND SUN
34 24 T'Pau - I WILL BE WITH YOU
35 27 Eighth Wonder - CROSS MY HEART
36 32 Crazyhead - TIME HAS TAKEN ITS TOLL ON YOU
37 26 Joy Division - ATMOSPHERE
38 new Dollar - IT'S NATURES WAY
39 33 Johnny Hates Jazz - DON'T SAY ITS LOVE
40 new George Michael - MONKEY

I think Cheap Trick in the UK was another casualty of not having enough stock of the singles in stores, think I actually had to order my copy as Virgin didn't have any left.

This song still gives me chills when I play it, like most songs on 'Raintown'

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) INXS – Never Tear Us Apart
02(02) Roachford – Cuddly Toy
03(13) Jon Anderson – Hold On To Love
04(10) Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine – Anything For You
05(04) Cheap Trick – The Flame
06(05) T’pau – I Will Be With You
07(03) Tracy Chapman – Fast Car
08(09) Julio Iglesias & Stevie Wonder – My Love
09(08) Midnight Oil – The Dead Heart
10(23) Everything But The Girl – I Don’t Want To Talk About It

11(24) Debbie Gibson – Foolish Beat
12(25) Milli Vanilli – Girl You Know It’s True
13(07) Transvision Vamp – I Want Your Love
14(--) Michael Jackson – Dirty Diana
15(12) Pat Benatar – All Fired Up
16(14) Eighth Wonder – Cross My Heart
17(06) Fleetwood Mac – Isn’t It Midnight
18(--) Kim Wilde – You Came
19(22) Men They Couldn’t Hang – The Crest
20(20) Luther Vandross – There’s Nothing Better Than Love

21(16) Julia Fordham – Happy Ever After
22(11) Sam Brown – Stop
23(26) Ellis, Beggs & Howard – Big Bubbles No Troubles
24(30) Patti Smith – People Have The Power
25(--) George Michael – Monkey
26(44) The Psychedelic Furs – All That Money Wants
27(34) Richard Marx – Don’t Mean Nothing
28(--) Deacon Blue – Chocolate Girl
29(--) The Pogues – Fiesta
30(15) Erasure – Chains Of Love

31(45) Johnny Hates Jazz – Don’t Say It’s Love
32(40) Tyka Nelson – Marc Anthony’s Tune
33(--) Def Leppard – Love Bites
34(17) The Quireboys – Mayfair
35(18) The Fat Boys With Chubby Checker – The Twist (Yo, Twist)
36(--) Was (Not Was) – Anything Can Happen
37(19) Glenn Medeiros – Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You
38(21) Maxi Priest – Wild World
39(27) The Communards – There’s More To Love Than Boy Meets Girl
40(46) Brenda Russell – Gravity

41(33) The Adventures – Drowning In The Sea Of Love
42(28) Joy Division – Atmosphere
43(49) Jaki Graham – No More Tears
44(29) Wee Papa Girl Rappers – Heat It Up
45(31) Bruce Springsteen – Tougher Than The Rest
46(32) Taylor Dayne – I’ll Always Love You
47(--) Robbie Robertson – Somewhere Down The Crazy River
48(35) Eurythmics – You Have Placed a Chill In My Heart
49(36) Hazell Dean – Maybe (We Should Call It A Day)
50(--) The Wonder Stuff – A Wish Away

[Whitneyfan]

Even at the time I thought this had hit written all over it, but it reached a miserable #81.

[Kingpin]

1        1) Debbie Gibson - Foolish Beat (1-1)
4        2) Tracy Chapman - Fast Car (29-13-8-4-2)
8        3) Transvision Vamp - I Want Your Love (29-8-3)
6        4) Salt-n-Pepa - Push It (20-12-6-4)
2        5) Eighth Wonder - Cross My Heart (23-3-2-5)
3        6) Glenn Medeiros - Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You (13-1-1-3-6)
10      7) Debut De Soiree - Nuit De Folie (36-19-10-7)
11      8) INXS - Never Tear Us Apart (28-18-11-8)
22      9) Jazz and The Brothers Grimm - Disco Nights (22-9)
12    10) Pat Benatar - All Fired Up (25-12-10)

14    11) Mac Band featuring The McCampbell Brothers - Roses are Red (34-23-14-11)
18    12) Adventures - Drowning In The Sea Of Love (35-18-12)
NEW 13) Blue Mercedes - Love Is The Gun (13)
5      14) Natalie Cole - Everlasting (17-7-5-14)
16    15) Johnny Hates Jazz - Don't Say It's Love (16-15)
7      16) Sabrina - Boys (Summertime Love) (26-7-3-2-7-16)
20    17) Boy George - No Clause 28 (38-32-28-20-17)
27    18) Den Harrow - Born To Love (27-18)
21    19) Sandra - Heaven Can Wait (33-21-19)
25    20) Wee Papa Girl Rappers - Heat It Up (33-30-25-20)

NEW 21) Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana (21)
9      22) Cheap Trick - The Flame (33-19-14-9-22)
28    23) Tyka Nelson - Marc Anthony's Tune (28-23)
31    24) Belva - Let Me Kiss It (Where It Hurts) (39-31-24)
NEW 25) Def Leppard - Love Bites (25)
30    26) Ellis Beggs and Howard - Big Bubbles No Troubles (37-30-26)
NEW 27) George Michael - Monkey (27)
33    28) Kenny Loggins - Nobody's Fool (33-28)
13    29) Bros - I Owe You Nothing (17-6-4-13-29)
NEW 30) Kim Wilde - You Came (30)

15    31) Taylor Dayne - I'll Always Love You (17-5-2-5-15-31)
36    32) Steven Dante - I'm Too Scared (36-32)
NEW 33) Deacon Blue - Chocolate Girl (33)
NEW 34) Dollar - It's Nature's Way (34)
37    35) Jaki Graham - No More Tears (37-35)
39    36) Everything But The Girl - I Don't Want To Talk About It (39-36)
NEW 37) Sweet Connection - Need Your Passion (37)
NEW 38) Dino - Summergirls (38)
NEW 39) Vanessa Paradis - Marilyn et John (39)
NEW 40) Ellert - Something To Talk About (40)

Highest new entry from Blue Mercedes, my discovery of the year, and favourite track from the fab Rich and Famous album.

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Transvision Vamp - I Want Your Love (5 wks)
2 (2) INXS - Never Tear Us Apart (4 wks)
3 (7) Julia Fordham - Happy Ever After (4 wks)
4 (4) Robert Palmer - Simply Irresistible (6 wks)
5 (11) Eighth Wonder - Cross My Heart (4 wks)
6 (8) T'Pau - I Will Be With You (4 wks)
7 (9) George Harrison - This Is Love (4 wks)
8 (3) Erasure - Chains of Love (6 wks)
9 (5) Eurythmics - You Have Placed a Chill In My Heart (6 wks)
10 (6) Morrissey - Everyday Is Like Sunday (6 wks)
11 (12) The Silencers - Painted Moon (5 wks)
12 (10) The Moody Blues - I Know You're Out There Somewhere (7 wks)
13 (15) A-ha - The Blood That Moves The Body (5 wks)
14 (22) Everything But The Girl - I Don`t Want To Talk About It (2 wks)
15 (NE) Tracy Chapman - Fast Car (1 wk)
16 (20) Adventures - Drowning In the Sea of Love (3 wks)
17 (21) Pat Benatar - All Fired Up (3 wks)
18 (29) Debbie Gibson - Foolish Beat (2 wks)
19 (19) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Dreaming (4 wks)
20 (28) Johnny Hates Jazz - Don't Say It's Love (2 wks)
21 (14) Joy Division - Atmosphere (5 wks)
22 (NE) George Michael - Monkey (1 wk)
23 (NE) Kim Wilde - You Came (1 wk)
24 (13) Sam Brown - Stop (8 wks)
25 (31) Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - Anything for You (3 wks)
26 (16) Bruce Springsteen - Tougher Than the Rest (5 wks)
27 (17) The Timelords - Doctorin' the Tardis (7 wks)
28 (18) Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight (5 wks)
29 (NE) Def Leppard - Love Bites (1 wk)
30 (30) Danny Wilson - Davy (3 wks)
31 (23) Scritti Politti - Oh Patti (Don`t Feel Sorry For Loverboy) (11 wks)
32 (24) UB40 & Chrissie Hynde - Breakfast in Bed (5 wks)
33 (25) Desireless - Voyage Voyage (10 wks)
34 (26) Voice of the Beehive - Don't Call Me Baby (10 wks)
35 (27) Prefab Sprout - The King of Rock 'N' Roll (13 wks)
36 (NE) Deacon Blue - Chocolate Girl (1 wk)
37 (32) Heart - What About Love? (10 wks)
38 (33) Elton John - I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That (7 wks)
39 (34) The Communards - There's More To Love (6 wks)
40 (35) Belinda Carlisle - Circle in the Sand (11 wks)

[darkstar79]

01 Wee Papa Girl Rappers – Heat It Up (4 wks)
02 Eric B. & Rakim – Follow The Leader (3 wks)
03 Boogie Down Productions – My Philosophy (7 wks)
04 Public Enemy – Don’t Believe The Hype (3 wks)
05 Ice-T – Colors (6 wks)
06 Roxanne Shante – Go On Girl (7 wks)
07 Michael Jackson – Dirty Diana (1 wk)
08 Joy Division – Atmosphere (5 wks)
09 Run DMC – Run’s House (9 wks)
10 The Darling Buds – It’s All Up To You (6 wks)

11 Rick James Feat. Roxanne Shante – Loosey’s Rap (4 wks)
12 The Pogues – Fiesta (1 wk)
13 The Psychedelic Furs – All That Money Wants (2 wks)
14 Jazz & The Brothers Grimm – Disco Nights (2 wks)
15 Deacon Blue – Chocolate Girl (1 wk)
16 Soul II Soul Feat. Rose Windross – Fairplay (9 wks)
17 Derek B – We Got The Juice (3 wks)
18 Wonder Stuff – A Wish Away (1 wk)
19 The Timelords – Doctorin’ The Tardis (7 wks)
20 George Michael – Monkey (1 wk)

21 Morrissey – Every Day Is Like Sunday (6 wks)
22 Ten City – Right Back To You (7 wks)
23 Transvision Vamp – I Want Your Love (5 wks)
24 Brass Construction – Movin’ 88 (8 wks)
25 Ellis Beggs And Howard – Big Bubbles, No Troubles (3 wks)
26 New Edition – If It Isn’t Love (3 wks)
27 True Mathematics – For The Money (10 wks)
28 Dee Lewis – The Best Of My Love (6 wks)
29 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – The Mercy Seat (5 wks)
30 Tony Toni Tone – Little Walter (8 wks)

[o]

1 1 Inxs – Never tear us apart #1
2 2 Midnight Oil – The dead heart #2
3 3 Pat Benatar – All fired up #3
4 4 Transvision Vamp – I want your love #4
5 10 Special AKA – Nelson Mandela #5
6 13 OMD – Dreaming #6
7 7 View From The Hill – No conversation #7
8 23 Michael Jackson – Dirty Diana #8
9 5 Bruce Springsteen – Tougher than the rest #4
10 24 Wonderstuff – A wish away #10
11 6 Roachford – Cuddly toy #5
12 27 Muddy Waters – Mannish boy #12
13 8 Sisters of Mercy – Lucretia my reflection #1
14 28 Pogues – Fiesta #14
15 20 Public Enemy – Don’t believe the hype #20
16 9 Tiffany – I saw him standing there #3
17 11 Voice of the Beehive – Don’t call me baby #3
18 12 Morrissey – Every day is like Sunday #7
19 14 Aztec Camera – Somewhere in my heart #4
20 19 Silencers – Painted moon #19
21 15 Sabrina – Boys #12
22 16 Fields of the Nephilim – Moonchild #1
23 17 Fat Boys – The twist #15
24 18 Joy Division – Atmosphere #18
25 NE Pop Will Eat Itself – Def con one #25
26 NE Tanita Tikaram – Good tradition #26
27 NE Yazz – The only way is up #27
28 NE SExpress – Superfly guy #28
29 NE Four Tops – Reach out I’ll be there #29
30 NE Robbie Robertson – Somewhere down the crazy river #30

[raliverpool]

01 Crowded House - Better Be Home Soon (3wks 4-1-1)
02 INXS - Never Tear Us Apart (4wks 13-3-2-2)
03 Debbie Gibson - Foolish Beat (6wks 30-14-3-2-3-3)
04 Salt-N-Pepa - Push It (4wks 27-9-4-4)
05 Tracy Chapman - Fast Car (3wks 10-5-5)
06 Icehouse - My Obsession (2wks 12-6)
07 Everything But The Girl - I Don't Want To Talk About It (2wks 19-7)
08 Cheap Trick - The Flame (3wks 29-13-8)
09 Ellis Beggs & Howard - Big Bubbles No Troubles (3wks 20-8-9)
10 Patti Smith - People Have The Power (4wks 15-8-7-10)

11 Ziggy Marley - Tomorrow People (2wks 20-11)
12 Def Leppard - Love Bites (1wk 12 NEW)
13 UB40 ft Chrissie Hynde - Breakfast In Bed (3wks 34-15-13)
14 Jane Wiedlin - Rush Hour (2wks 25-14)
15 Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana (3wks 23-18-15)
16 George Michael - Monkey (1wk 16 NEW)
17 Transvision Vamp - I Want Your Love (2wks 31-17)
18 Timelords - Doctorin' The Tardis (7wks 8-2-1-1-1-6-18)
19 Bros - I Owe You Nothing (5wks 20-12-11-14-19)
20 Eurythmics - You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart (6wks 22-10-6-7-10-20)

21 Psychedelic Furs - All That Money Wants (2wks 32-21)
22 Elton John - I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That (7wks 31-13-7-4-5-9-22)
23 Deacon Blue - Chocolate Girl (1wk 23 NEW)
24 Wonder Stuff - A Wish Away (1wk 24 NEW)
25 T'Pau - I Will Be With You (4wks 28-21-17-25)
26 Steve Winwood - Roll With It (7wks 12-3-3-2-6-11-26)
27 Pat Benatar - All Fired Up (2wks 30-27)
28 Public Enemy - Don't Believe The Hype (3wks 22-16-28)
29 Kim Wilde - You Came (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Adventures - Drowning In The Sea Of Love (2wks 36-30)

31 Julia Fordham - Happy Ever After (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Squeeze - Footprints (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Scritti Politti - Boom! There She Was (2wks 37-33)
34 Pebbles - Mercedes Boy (2wks 35-34)
35 Al B Sure - Nite & Day (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Wire - Silk Skin Paws (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Crazyhead - Time Has Taken It's Toll On You (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Robert Palmer - Simply Irresistible (6wks 16-9-7-12-22-38)
39 Eighth Wonder - Cross My Heart (2wks 40-39)
40 Erasure - Chains Of Love (6wks 17-6-9-13-21-40)

LP George Michael - Hand To Mouth (LP Faith)

This rock song written by Patti Smith and Fred "Sonic" Smith, was released as a lead single from her 1988 album Dream of Life (her first new material in nine years). It was a minor chart hit (#76-100) in USA, Canada, Australia & UK. But it has had a bit of a revival due to the rise of populist Governments in the USA, Brazil, & the UK. As for most of U2's Innocence + Experience Tour, the group used "People Have the Power" as its entrance music. Whilst Lady Gaga has covered it on several of her Enigma gigs during her ongoing Las Vegas concert MGM residence.

[coolchristie2]

01 Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
02 I Want Your Love - Transvision Vamp
03 Foolish Beat - Debbie Gibson
04 (Maybe) We Should Call It A Day - Hazell Dean
05 You Came - Kim Wilde
06 Breakfast In Bed - UB40 with Chrissie Hynde
07 Heat It Up - Wee Papa Girl Rappers
08 Dirty Diana - Michael Jackson
09 All Fired Up - Pat Benetar
10 I Don't Want To Talk About It - EBTG
11 The Twist (Yo Twist)- Fat Boys with Chubby Checker
12 Happy Ever After - Julia Fordham
13 Tribute (Right On) - Pasadenas
14 Boys (Summertime Love) - Sabrina
15 Love Bites - Def Leppard
16 I Saw Him Standing There - Tiffany
17 Monkey - George Michael
18 I Will Be With You - T'Pau
19 Everlasting - Natalie Cole
20 There's More To Love - Communards

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Silencers - PAINTED MOON
2 [6] :: INXS - NEVER TEAR US APART
3 [5] :: Tracy Chapman - FAST CAR
4 [3] :: Fleetwood Mac - ISN'T IT MIDNIGHT
5 [2] :: View From The Hill - NO CONVERSATION
6 [4] :: Everything But The Girl - I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT
7 [new] :: Pogues - FIESTA
8 [8] :: Sade - PARADISE
9 [new] :: Kim Wilde - YOU CAME
10 [7] :: Morrissey - EVERY DAY IS LIKE SUNDAY
11 [9] :: Maxi Priest - WILD WORLD
12 [11] :: Midnight Oil - THE DEAD HEART
13 [10] :: Timelords - DOCTORIN' THE TARDIS
14 [13] :: Bryan Ferry - LIMBO
15 [12] :: Roachford - CUDDLY TOY
16 [new] :: Deacon Blue - CHOCOLATE GIRL
17 [15] :: Bruce Springsteen - TOUGHER THAN THE REST
18 [17] :: Psychedelic Furs - ALL THAT MONEY WANTS
19 [18] :: S-Express - THEME FROM S-EXPRESS
20 [re] :: UB40 with Chrissie Hynde - BREAKFAST IN BED

[Earl Purple]

1(4) Jane Wiedlin - Rush Hour
2(1) Debbie Gibson - Foolish Beat
3(3) Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
4(11) Kim Wilde - You Came
5(2) Morrissey - Everyday Is Like Sunday

6(8) Transvision Vamp - I want Your Love
7(9) Everything But The Girl - I Don't Want To Talk About It
8(5) Inxs - Never Tear Us Apart
9(14) Def Leppard - Love Bites
10(13) Breathe - Hands To Heaven

11(19) Pogues - Fiesta
12(15) Adventures - Drowning In The Sea Of Love
13(20) Steve Winwood - Roll With It
14(6) Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
15(18) Pat Benatar - All Fired Up
16(12) Richard Marx - Hold On To The Nights
17(7) Matt Bianco - Wap Bam Boogie
18(25) George Michael - Monkey
19(-) Yazz & The Plastic Population - The Only Way Is Up
20(10) Eighth Wonder - Cross My Heart

21(30) Eric Carmen - Make Me Lose Control
22(-) Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - 1-2-3
23(22) Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers - Tomorrow People
24(29) Wee Papa Girl Rappers - Heat It Up
25(-) Style Council - How She Threw It All Away

26(-) Prefab Sprout - Hey Manhattan
27(-) Prince - Glam Slam
28(-) S Express - Superfly Guy
29(16) Cheap Trick - The Flame
30(17) Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana

--(21) Salt N Pepa - Push It
--(23) Timelords - Doctorin' The Tardis
--(26) Bruce Hornsby & The Range - The Valley Road
--(27) Erasure - Chains Of Love
--(28) Mac Band ft McCampbell Brothers - Roses Are Red
--(29) Elton John - I Don't Wanna Go O30n With You Like That

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After 6 weeks at #1, Debbie Gibson falls to #2 this week to make way for ex Go-Go Jane Wiedlin. Watch out for the female vocalists invasion of the top part of my chart about to happen, many of them already there and we're going to get another couple of big ones over the next couple of weeks.

Many don't know this is a cover version but Otis Clay released it in 1983, but if you're going to cover a song, do it like this.

[popchartfreak]

17th July 1988

It's a first week on top for George Michael's 2nd chart-topper from Faith, his dancetastic Jam & Lewis Monkey remix, giving George a 4th solo, and 7th in total including duos & duets. Debbie Gibson leaps into the top 10 with her career-biggest single Foolish Beat at 6, Transvision Vamp get a second top 10 with I want Your Love, View From A Hill peak bigger second-time around at 9, and INXS get a second top 10 with Never Tear Us Apart. Highest new entry is Al B Sure!'s Nite and Day, banging in at 8 with an actual exclamation mark and a smooth soul goodie.

In at 12, Copenhagen band Gangway with a not un-Smiths-ish vocal-sound My Girl And Me - apparently MTV were playing it a lot, which might explain it's high new entry as I'll be honest I don't recall much, at best a slight vague familiarity for a track I prob heard a few times and liked - and then never heard again until today 32 years later. It's not bad. Sam Brown dropped out last week, and pops back big at 17 as I bought the single in the bargain bins and realised how fab it is - setting her up for 1989 when I didn't have to pay full price for a current hit I bought cheap on vinyl.

Gloria Estefan gets a big climb to 18 for Anything For You, her 5th top 20, which I'd also buy cheap in a couple of weeks - on CD single with cardboard sleeve, a much better format than tacky cheap plastic that broke at the drop of a hat. Salt 'n' Pepa push it into the 40, and Wee Papa Girl Rappers enter at 30 with Heat It Up, featuring 2 Men & a Future Fine Young Cannibals ex-Beat david & Andy on their second top 40 hit of the year, giving them 9 years of chart action with more to come.

Martha & The Vandellas classic Nowhere To Run is 20-odd years late and still fab, in at 35, with Tracie Spencer returning with UK undeserved flop Symptom Of True Love after peaking at 56 a few weeks back, now at 36. The Adventures get yet another top 40 that flopped in the charts everywhere else, while UK band Breathe pop in with their US smash Hands To Heaven, ballad-emoting with strings on it, while 1971 classic Move On Up brings Curtis Mayfield back into my charts 17 years on, though his career predates that with lots of US success for the classy Impressions.

Another oldie is back after dropping out a few weeks ago - The Contours Do You Love Me - The Pogues return with the joyous Fiesta, their best record after a certain Christmas single, in at 60, Prince mines his album with Glam Slam, thank you ma'am (Slade reference), Def Leppard have a problem with Love Bites (my own personal problem has always been mosquito bites, I'm irresistible, but at least I dont sing ballads about it), S'Express have a great follow-up to their fab single, Superfly Guy, and Donny Osmond is back and proper having a comeback UK hit with the very George Michael-ish Soldier Of Love. Let's be honest, it worked for David Cassidy with actual George on board, and it worked for Donny with the new mature pop sound. I stood next to him in HMV Bournemouth while he was on local radio promoting it. He's a few days older than me, though my teeth aren't in the same league. Finally Huey Lewis is back 6 years on from Heart And Soul with another minor entry - it's taken Huey 38 years to get another top 10 in my charts since his debut, the fab current When We're Young which you won't hear anywhere on radio. He's suffering hearing loss these days which is sad.

1 ( 4 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael
2 ( 1 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson
3 ( 2 ) IN THE AIR TONIGHT (1988) Phil Collins
4 ( 6 ) THE FLAME Cheap Trick
5 ( 5 ) I WILL BE WITH YOU T'Pau
6 ( 17 ) FOOLISH BEAT Debbie Gibson
7 ( 20 ) I WANT YOUR LOVE Transvision Vamp
8 ( NEW ) NITE AND DAY Al B. Sure!
9 ( 14 ) NO CONVERSATION View From A Hill
10 ( 12 ) NEVER TEAR US APART INXS

11 ( 3 ) WILD WORLD Maxi Priest
12 ( NEW ) MY GIRL AND ME Gangway
13 ( 7 ) BREAKFAST IN BED UB40/ Chrissie Hynde
14 ( 24 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde
15 ( 8 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle
16 ( 9 ) PARADISE Sade
17 ( RE ) STOP Sam Brown
18 ( 44 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan
19 ( 11 ) YOU HAVE PLACED A CHILL IN MY HEART Eurythmics
20 ( 30 ) TOMORROW PEOPLE Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers

21 ( 13 ) THERE'S MORE TO LOVE The Communards
22 ( 10 ) FAST CAR Tracey Chapman
23 ( 33 ) CROSS MY HEART Eighth Wonder
24 ( 45 ) PUSH IT Salt 'n' Pepa
25 ( 21 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael
26 ( 15 ) I OWE YOU NOTHING Bros
27 ( 16 ) CHAINS OF LOVE Erasure
28 ( 26 ) MAYBE (WE SHOULD CALL IT A DAY) Hazell Dean
29 ( 19 ) I DON'T WANT TO GO ON WITH YOU LIKE THAT Elton John
30 ( NEW ) HEAT IT UP Wee Papa Girl Rappers featuring 2 Men & A Drum Machine

31 ( 18 ) VOYAGE VOYAGE Desireless
32 ( 27 ) EVERY DAY IS LIKE SUNDAY Morrissey
33 ( 22 ) TRIBUTE (RIGHT ON) The Pasadenas
34 ( 23 ) TOUGHER THAN THE REST Bruce Springsteen
35 ( NEW ) NOWHERE TO RUN Martha & The Vandellas
36 ( RE ) SYMPTOM OF TRUE LOVE Tracie Spencer
37 ( 46 ) DROWNING IN A SEA OF LOVE The Adventures
38 ( 29 ) SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART Aztec Camera
39 ( 47 ) I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT Everything But The Girl
40 ( 39 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies

41 ( 41 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
42 ( 25 ) DON'T BLAME IT ON THAT GIRL Matt Bianco
43 ( 34 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince
44 ( 73 ) FIND MY LOVE Fairground Attraction
45 ( 36 ) IS IT LOVE YOU'RE AFTER/ CAR WASH Rose Royce
46 ( 31 ) PAINTED MOON The Silencers
47 ( 32 ) THIS IS LOVE George Harrison
48 ( 35 ) DON'T SAY IT'S LOVE Johnny Hates Jazz
49 ( 68 ) GOD GAVE ROCK 'N' ROLL TO YOU Dennis Greaves & The Truth
50 ( 49 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

51 ( 50 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
52 ( 37 ) NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE MY LOVE FOR YOU Glen Medeiros
53 ( NEW ) HAND TO HEAVEN Breathe
54 ( 52 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
55 ( NEW ) MOVE ON UP Curtis Mayfield
56 ( RE ) DO YOU LOVE ME The Contours
57 ( 57 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
58 ( 53 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5
59 ( 38 ) FOLLOW THE LEADER Eric B & Rakim
60 ( NEW ) FIESTA The Pogues

61 ( 59 ) DIVINE EMOTIONS Narada
62 ( 58 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
63 ( 70 ) ROSES ARE RED The Mac Band/ McCampbell Brothers
64 ( NEW ) GLAM SLAM Prince
65 ( NEW ) SOLDIER OF LOVE Donny Osmond
66 ( NEW ) LOVE BITES Def Leppard
67 ( 62 ) JOE LE TAXI Vanessa Paradis
68 ( 28 ) THE TWIST The Fat Boys/ Chubby Checker
69 ( 42 ) MY ONE TEMPTATION Mica Paris
70 ( 69 ) BAD Michael Jackson

71 ( 67 ) EVERYWHERE Fleetwood Mac
72 ( 40 ) DOCTORIN' THE TARDIS The Timelords (KLF)
73 ( NEW ) PERFECT WORLD Huey Lewis & The News
74 ( 72 ) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys
75 ( NEW ) SUPERFLY GUY S'Express



Playlist oldies of the week
1 HAVE YOU SEEN HER The Chi-Lites
2 IT MUST BE LOVE Labi Siffre
3 SAD SWEET DREAMER Sweet Sensation

[Smurfie]

1. Everything But The Girl - I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT
2. Hazell Dean - MAYBE (WE SHOULD CALL IT A DAY)
3. Sabrina - BOYS (SUMMERTIME LOVE)
4. Natalie Cole - EVERLASTING
5. Kim Wilde - YOU CAME
6. Jaki Graham - NO MORE TEARS
7. Pat Benatar - ALL FIRED UP
8. Eighth Wonder - CROSS MY HEART
9. Kylie Minogue - GOT TO BE CERTAIN
10. Mac Band Featuring The McCampbell Brothers - ROSES ARE RED
11. Desireless - VOYAGE VOYAGE
12. T'Pau - I WILL BE WITH YOU
13. Transvision Vamp - I WANT YOUR LOVE
14. Morrissey - EVERY DAY IS LIKE SUNDAY
15. UB40 With Chrissie Hynde - BREAKFAST IN BED
16. Johnny Hates Jazz - DON'T SAY IT'S LOVE
17. Gloria Estefan And Miami Sound Machine - ANYTHING FOR YOU
18. Glenn Medeiros - NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE MY LOVE FOR YOU
19. Voice Of The Beehive - DON'T CALL ME BABY
20. Wee Papa Girl Rappers - HEAT IT UP