Haven Combi Retro-Chart W/B 14th August 1988

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HAVEN COMBI RETRO-CHART W/B 14th AUGUST 1988

We’re normally a step or two ahead of the Official Chart when it comes to our number one records (or we ignore the official number ones completely), however Yazz has proved a bit of an exception. After being held up for a couple of weeks behind Kim Wilde, The Only Way Is Up finally makes its ascent to the top of our chart, in its third week at the top of the Official Chart.



Yazz is number one on four individual charts although she registers another small dip in points for the second consecutive week.

Breathe are still continuing their climb up the Retro-Chart as they raise their Hands To Heaven at number two, having closed the gap on Yazz considerably over the last week.

Jane Wiedlin’s on her sixth week on the chart now as she takes Rush Hour up to number three. She has a way to go to emulate the solo success currently being enjoyed by her former bandmate Belinda Carlise, but she’s made a great start with Rush Hour.

Last weeks’ number one by Kim Wilde dips to number four, just ahead of Martha’s Harbour by All About Eve which is in its third week at number five.

There’s a huge twenty place climb for US rock band Guns n’ Roses as Sweet Child O’ Mine moves up to number 14. It’s flying high on the US chart and looks to do as well here too.

Highest new entry this week comes from House Of Love with Destroy The Heart in at number 21.

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

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LW TW ARTIST / SONG TITLE

2 1 Yazz and The Plastic Population - THE ONLY WAY IS UP

4 2 Breathe - HANDS TO HEAVEN

8 3 Jane Wiedlin - RUSH HOUR

1 4 Kim Wilde - YOU CAME

5 5 All About Eve - MARTHA'S HARBOUR

3 6 Siouxsie and The Banshees - PEEK-A-BOO

10 7 Robbie Robertson - SOMEWHERE DOWN THE CRAZY RIVER

6 8 Fairground Attraction - FIND MY LOVE

8 9 Tanita Tikaram - GOOD TRADITION

15 10 Womack and Womack - TEARDROPS

17 11 Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine - ANYTHING FOR YOU

13 12 Brother Beyond - THE HARDER I TRY

11 13 Kylie Minogue - THE LOCO-MOTION

34 14 Guns n' Roses - SWEET CHILD O' MINE

31 15 Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - GOODBYE MR MACKENZIE

12 16 Julia Fordham - HAPPY EVER AFTER

18 17 Mory Kante - YE KE YE KE

23 18 Aztec Camera - WORKING IN A GOLDMINE

7 19 S-Express - SUPERFLY GUY

14 20 Voice Of The Beehive - I SAY NOTHING

NEW 21 House Of Love - DESTROY THE HEART

NEW 22 Chris Rea - ON THE BEACH '88

21 22 Tiffany - FEELINGS OF FOREVER

19 24 BVSMP - I NEED YOU

24 25 Big Dish - EUROPEAN RAIN

16 25 Deacon Blue - CHOCOLATE GIRL

27 27 Go-Betweens - STREETS OF YOUR TOWN

NEW 28 Van Halen - WHEN IT'S LOVE

NEW 29 Natalie Cole - JUMP START

NEW 30 Big Country - KING OF EMOTION

37 31 Bobby Brown - DON'T BE CRUEL

NEW 32 Commodores - EASY

20 32 Pat Benatar - ALL FIRED UP

32 32 Prefab Sprout - HEY MANHATTAN

25 35 Funky Worm - HUSTLE! (TO THE MUSIC)

NEW 36 Joan Jett and The Blackhearts - I HATE MYSELF FOR LOVING YOU

NEW 37 Billy Idol - CATCH MY FALL

RE 38 Wee Papa Girl Rappers - HEAT IT UP

NEW 39 Eric B and Rakim - AS THE RHYME GOES ON

30 39 Pop Will Eat Itself - DEF CON ONE

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OFFICIAL CHART W/B 21st AUGUST 1988

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

06 - 01 - 01 - Yazz And The Plastic Population - THE ONLY WAY IS UP
04 - 02 - 02 - Kylie Minogue - THE LOCO-MOTION
05 - 08 - 03 - Brother Beyond - THE HARDER I TRY
05 - 06 - 04 - Breathe - HANDS TO HEAVEN
06 - 03 - 05 - BVSMP - I NEED YOU
10 - 17 - 06 - Julio Iglesias and Stevie Wonder - MY LOVE
05 - 07 - 07 - Fairground Attraction - FIND MY LOVE
07 - 04 - 08 - Kim Wilde - YOU CAME
03 - 05 - 09 - Iron Maiden - THE EVIL THAT MEN DO
06 - 15 - 10 - Tanita Tikaram - GOOD TRADITION
06 - 09 - 11 - S-Express - SUPERFLY GUY
03 - 19 - 12 - Chris Rea - ON THE BEACH
06 - 11 - 13 - Four Tops - REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE
05 - 10 - 14 - All About Eve - MARTHA'S HARBOUR
07 - 22 - 15 - Robbie Robertson - SOMEWHERE DOWN THE CRAZY RIVER
02 - 24 - 16 - Big Country - KING OF EMOTION
02 - 30 - 17 - Status Quo - RUNNING ALL OVER THE WORLD
04 - 37 - 18 - Womack And Womack - TEARDROPS
05 - 13 - 19 - Funky Worm - HUSTLE! (TO THE MUSIC...)
1 - NEW - 20 - Bomb The Bass - MEGABLAST/DON'T MAKE ME WAIT
04 - 38 - 21 - Jane Wiedlin - RUSH HOUR
16 - 16 - 22 - Salt-N-Pepa - PUSH IT / TRAMP
11 - 14 - 23 - Transvision Vamp - I WANT YOUR LOVE
02 - 35 - 24 - Guns N' Roses - SWEET CHILD O' MINE
09 - 34 - 25 - Gloria Estefan And Miami Sound Machine - ANYTHING FOR YOU
1 - NEW - 26 - A-ha - TOUCHY!
12 - 12 - 27 - Glenn Medeiros - NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE MY LOVE FOR YOU
04 - 28 - 28 - Van Halen - WHEN IT'S LOVE
06 - 39 - 29 - Mory Kante - YE KE YE KE
11 - 18 - 30 - Mac Band Featuring The McCampbell Brothers - ROSES ARE RED
1 - NEW - 31 - Yello - THE RACE
08 - 20 - 32 - Everything But The Girl - I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT
05 - 42 - 33 - Donny Osmond - SOLDIER OF LOVE
02 - 44 - 34 - Europe - SUPERSTITIOUS
02 - 41 - 35 - Climie Fisher - I WON'T BLEED FOR YOU
02 - 46 - 36 - UB40 - WHERE DID I GO WRONG
02 - 55 - 37 - Spagna - EVERY GIRL AND BOY
08 - 21 - 38 - Debbie Gibson - FOOLISH BEAT
12 - 48 - 39 - Natalie Cole - JUMP START
04 - 31 - 40 - Aztec Camera - WORKING IN A GOLDMINE
02 - 51 - 41 - Jellybean - COMING BACK FOR MORE
05 - 43 - 42 - Bobby Brown - DON'T BE CRUEL
03 - 52 - 43 - Commodores - EASY
07 - 27 - 44 - Michael Jackson - DIRTY DIANA
09 - 26 - 45 - Pat Benatar - ALL FIRED UP
1 - NEW - 46 - Proclaimers - I'M GONNA BE
05 - 25 - 47 - Siouxsie And The Banshees - PEEK A BOO
02 - 61 - 48 - Joan Jett And The Blackhearts - I HATE MYSELF FOR LOVING YOU
07 - 33 - 49 - Def Leppard - LOVE BITES
05 - 29 - 50 - Mica Paris Featuring Courtney Pine - LIKE DREAMERS DO
11 - 23 - 51 - Voice Of The Beehive - I SAY NOTHING
1 - NEW - 52 - Bill Medley - HE AIN'T HEAVY, HE'S MY BROTHER
13 - 36 - 53 - Matt Bianco - DON'T BLAME IT ON THAT GIRL/WAP-BAM-BOOGIE
10 - 32 - 54 - Julia Fordham - HAPPY EVER AFTER
02 - 69 - 55 - Midge Ure - ANSWERS TO NOTHING
15 - 47 - 56 - Bros - I OWE YOU NOTHING
1 - NEW - 57 - Maxi Priest - GOODBYE TO LOVE AGAIN
1 - NEW - 58 - Matt Bianco - GOOD TIMES
07 - 49 - 59 - Deacon Blue - CHOCOLATE GIRL
11 - 45 - 60 - Fat Boys With Chubby Checker - THE TWIST (YO, TWIST)
13 - 50 - 61 - Tracy Chapman - FAST CAR
03 - 68 - 62 - Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - GOODBYE MR MACKENZIE
1 - NEW - 63 - George Benson - LET'S DO IT AGAIN
08 - RE - 64 - Damian - TIME WARP II
03 - 66 - 65 - Jean Luc Paillard And Orchestre De Chambre - THEME FROM 'VIETNAM VIETNAM'
1 - NEW - 66 - Helloween - DR STEIN
1 - NEW - 67 - Urban All Stars - IT BEGAN IN AFRICA
08 - 77 - 68 - Johnny Kemp - JUST GOT PAID
03 - 63 - 69 - Billy Idol - CATCH MY FALL
04 - 40 - 70 - Five Star - ROCK MY WORLD
14 - 67 - 71 - Pasadenas - TRIBUTE (RIGHT ON)
11 - 58 - 72 - UB40 With Chrissie Hynde - BREAKFAST IN BED
04 - 57 - 73 - Rod Stewart - FOREVER YOUNG
02 - 85 - 74 - Scritti Politti - FIRST BOY IN THIS TOWN
03 - 59 - 75 - Talking Heads - BLIND

Link for UK Top 100

Link for Billboard Hot 100

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Many thanks for the 14 charts posted this week from: rubcale , TheThorne , Mark , Whitneyfan , smokeyb , darkstar79 , o , Shireblogger , coolchristie2 , raliverpool , Earl Purple , popchartfreak and Smurfie

I'll leave this open until next Saturday!

[TheThorne]

1 1 Jane Weidlin - RUSH HOUR
2 7 Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - GOODBYE MR MACKENZIE
3 2 Breathe - HANDS TO HEAVEN
4 11 Guns N' Roses - SWEET CHILD O'MINE
5 3 Go-Betweens - STREETS OF YOUR TOWN
6 4 All About Eve - MARTHA'S HARBOUR
7 5 Van Halen - WHEN IT'S LOVE
8 18 House Of Love - DESTROY THIS HEART
9 20 Big Country - KING OF EMOTION
10 6 Def Leppard - LOVE BITES
11 9 Cinderella - GYPSY ROAD
12 17 Martin Stephenson & The Daintees - WHOLLY HUMBLE HEART
13 8 Big Dish - EUROPEAN RAIN
14 15 Aztec Camera - WORKING IN A GOLDMINE
15 26 Crowded House - BETTER BE HOME SOON
16 24 Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I HATE MYSELF FOR LOVING YOU
17 new Bruce Hornsby - LOOK OUT ANY WINDOW
18 12 Prefab Sprout - HEY MANHATTAN
19 10 Deacon Blue - CHOCOLATE GIRL
20 23 Chris Rea - ON THE BEACH
21 25 Scritti Politti - FIRST BOY IN THIS TOWN
22 13 Siouxsie & The Banshees - PEEK-A-BOO
23 new Vixen - EDGE OF A BROKEN HEART
24 14 My Bloody Valentine - YOU MADE ME REALISE
25 16 Cheap Trick - THE FLAME
26 new A-Ha - TOUCHY
27 33 Europe - SUPERSTITIOUS
28 27 Billy Idol - CATCH MY FALL
29 34 Climie Fisher - I WON'T BLEED FOR YOU
30 new Bomb The Base - MEGABLAST/DON'T MAKE ME WAIT
31 19 Belinda Carlisle - MAD ABOUT YOU
32 21 Richard Marx - DON'T MEAN NOTHING
33 22 Kim Wilde - YOU CAME
34 37 Steve Winwood - DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT THE NIGHT CAN DO?
35 40 Soup Dragons - KINGDOM CHAIRS
36 new The Proclaimers - I'M GONNA BE (500 MILES)
37 new Yello - THE RACE
38 new Matt Bianco - GOOD TIMES
39 new Midge Ure - ANSWERS TO NOTHING
40 new Spagna - EVERY GIRL AND BOY

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1        1) Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine - Anything For You (12-4-1-1)
8        2) Natalie Cole - Jump Start (8-2)
10      3) Spagna - Every Girl and Boy (10-3)
7        4) Jane Wiedlin - Rush Hour (23-7-4)
2        5) Yazz and The Plastic Population - The Only Way Is Up (28-8-3-3-2-5)
3        6) Breathe - Hands To Heaven (26-7-1-3-6)
4        7) Brother Beyond - The Harder I Try (10-1-2-4-7)
11      8) Jets - Sendin' All My Love (24-11-8)
13      9) Ellert - Something To Talk About (40-31-25-23-17-13-9)
17    10) Vanessa Williams - The Right Stuff (29-17-10)

NEW 11) Bomb The Bass - Don't Make Me Wait (11)
NEW 12) Richard Marx - Hold On To The Nights (12)
5      13) Sweet Connection - Need Your Passion (37-27-20-10-5-5-13)
22    14) Escape Club - Wild Wild West (22-14)
19    15) Jon Otis - In The Middle Of The Night (38-X-30-19-15)
35    16) Jeffrey Osborne - She's On The Left (35-16)
6      17) Kylie Minogue - The Loco-Motion (15-9-6-17)
9      18) Tiffany - Feelings Of Forever (34-16-9-18)
33    19) Paul Lekakis - Fruit Machine (33-19)
27    20) Giant Steps - Another Lover (27-20)

23    21) Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - Goodbye Mr Mackenzie (34-23-21)
25    22) Europe - Superstitious (25-22)
36    23) Eros Ramazotti featuring Patsy Kensit - La Luca Buona Delle Stelle (36-23)
NEW 24) A-Ha- Touchy! (24)
30    25) Funhouse featuring Kenneth Sherman - Dancin' Easy (37-30-25)
38    26) Step By Step - There She Goes (38-26)
39    27) Selena - So Far Away (39-27)
NEW 28) Guns n' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine (28)
32    29) Living Colour - Glamour Boys (38-32-29)
NEW 30) Joan Jett and The Blackhearts - I Hate Myself For Loving You (30)

NEW 31) Donny Osmond - Soldier Of Love (31)
12    32) Dollar - It's Nature's Way (34-30-24-20-15-12-32)
14    33) Van Halen - When It's Love (36-21-14-33)
NEW 34) Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) (34)
NEW 35) Matt Bianco - Good Times (35)
15    36) Steven Dante - I'm Too Scared (36-32-20-12-8-6-15-36)
NEW 37) Vixen - Edge Of A Broken Heart (37)
40    38) Jellybean featuring Richard Darbyshire - Coming Back For More (40-38)
NEW 39) Clive Griffin - Don't Make Me Wait (39)
NEW 40) Yello - The Race (40)

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01(02) Womack & Womack – Teardrops
02(04) Jane Wiedlin – Rush Hour
03(01) Yazz & The Plastic Population – The Only Way Is Up
04(07) Bobby Brown – Don’t Be Cruel
05(03) Robbie Robertson – Somewhere Down The Crazy River
06(23) Big Country – King Of Emotion
07(08) Breathe – Hands To Heaven
08(13) Chris Rea – On The Beach (Summer ’88)
09(05) Fairground Attraction – Find My Love
10(06) Siouxsie & The Banshees – Peek-A-Boo

11(15) Billy Idol – Catch My Fall
12(16) Aztec Camera – Working In A Goldmine
13(10) All About Eve – Martha’s Harbour
14(--) Bomb The Bass – Don’t Make Me Wait
15(34) Guns N’ Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine
16(09) Tiffany – Feelings Of Forever
17(22) Five Star – Rock My World
18(11) Mory Kante – Yeke Yeke
19(38) Spagna – Every Girl And Boy
20(--) The Proclaimers – I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)

21(19) Sam Brown – This Feeling
22(12) Kylie Minogue – The Loco-Motion
23(14) Tanita Tikaram – Good Tradition
24(27) Big Dish – European Rain
25(18) Brother Beyond – The Harder I Try
26(41) Status Quo – Running All Over The World
27(36) Iron Maiden – The Evil That Men Do
28(17) Kim Wilde – You Came
29(42) UB40 – Where Did I Go Wrong
30(46) Europe – Superstitious

31(20) The Go-Betweens – Streets Of Your Town
32(40) Living Colour – Glamour Boys
33(--) A-ha – Touchy!
34(47) Midge Ure – Answers To Nothing
35(33) Goodbye Mr. MacKenzie – Goodbye Mr. MacKenzie
36(--) Bomb The Bass – Megablast
37(21) Mica Paris – Like Dreamers Do
38(48) Natalie Cole – Jump Start
39(49) Climie Fisher – I Won’t Bleed For You
40(--) Yello – The Race

41(31) Joyce Sims – Love Makes A Woman
42(24) The Funky Worm – Hustle! (To The Music…)
43(28) INXS – Never Tear Us Apart
44(25) Milli Vanilli – Girl You Know It’s True
45(29) Cinderella – Gyspy Road
46(26) Alexander O’Neal – (What Can I Say) To Make You Love Me
47(30) S-Express – Superfly Guy
48(--) Maxi Priest – Goodbye To Love Again
49(35) Billy Ocean – Colour Of Love
50(--) Vixen – Edge Of A Broken Heart

[raliverpool]

01 Robbie Robertson - Somewhere Down The Crazy River (5wks 27-9-2-1-1)
02 Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine (2wks 7-2)
03 All About Eve - Martha's Harbour (5wks 14-3-3-3-3)
04 Go Betweens - Streets Of Your Town (5wks 19-6-5-5-4)
05 1927 - That's When I Think Of You (1wk 5 NEW)

06 Siouxsie & The Banshees - Peek A Boo (5wks 2-1-1-2-6)
07 Goodbye Mr MacKenzie - Goodbye Mr MacKenzie (3wks 22-11-7)
08 Midge Ure - Answers To Nothing (2wks 21-8)
09 Kim Wilde - You Came (7wks 29-14-4-4-4-4-9)
10 House Of Love - Destroy The Heart (2wks 20-10)

11 Yazz & The Plastic Population - The Only Way Is Up (6wks 29-15-7-6-6-11)
12 Aztec Camera - Working In A Goldmine (4wks 17-11-8-12)
13 Womack & Womack - Teardrops (1wk 13 NEW)
14 Breathe - Hands To Heaven (4wks 26-17-13-14)
15 Fairground Attraction - Find My Love (5wks 29-20-13-12-15)
16 Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - 1 2 3 (3wks 28-14-16)
17 Lilac Time - Return To Yesterday (6wks 27-17-11-10-9-17)
18 a-ha - Touchy (1wk 18 NEW)
19 Bomb The Bass - Megablast (1wk 19 NEW)
20 Talking Heads - Blind (3wks 21-15-20)

21 McCarthy - We Are All Bourgeois Now (5wks 20-10-9-10-21)
22 Rod Stewart - Forever Young (3wks 33-24-22)
23 Chantoozies - Wanna Be Up (4wks 30-20-16-23)
24 Tanita Tikaram - Good Tradition (2wks 29-24)
25 Scritti Politti - First Boy In This Town (2wks 37-25)
26 Divinyls - Hey Little Boy (3wks 29-25-26)
27 Godfathers - Cause I Said So (2wks 39-27)
28 Bomb The Bass - Don't Make Me Wait (1wk 28 NEW)
29 Robert Plant - Ship Of Fools (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Big Country - King Of Emotion (2wks 33-30)

31 Icehouse - Man Of Colours (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Aerosmith - Rag Doll (4wks 27-19-18-32)
33 Brother Beyond - The Harder I Try (2wks 34-33)
34 Mory Kante - Yeke Yeke (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Pop Will Eat Itself - Def Con One (6wks 34-26-21-14-19-35)
36 Deacon Blue - Chocolate Girl (7wks 23-11-7-5-7-17-36)
37 Van Halen - When It's Love (2wks 30-37)
38 Climie Fisher - I Won't Bleed For You (1wk 38 NEW)
39 UB40 - Where Did I Go Wrong (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Blow Monkeys - This Is The Life (1wk 40 NEW)

My highest new entry is by the Melbourne rock band with their debut Australia #6, UK #46 & USA #100 taken from their debut album ...ish.

[TheThorne]

Aug 22, 2020 17:11:57 GMT 1 raliverpool said:

01 Robbie Robertson - Somewhere Down The Crazy River (5wks 27-9-2-1-1)
02 Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine (2wks 7-2)
03 All About Eve - Martha's Harbour (5wks 14-3-3-3-3)
04 Go Betweens - Streets Of Your Town (5wks 19-6-5-5-4)
05 1927 - That's When I Think Of You (1wk 5 NEW)

06 Siouxsie & The Banshees - Peek A Boo (5wks 2-1-1-2-6)
07 Goodbye Mr MacKenzie - Goodbye Mr MacKenzie (3wks 22-11-7)
08 Midge Ure - Answers To Nothing (2wks 21-8)
09 Kim Wilde - You Came (7wks 29-14-4-4-4-4-9)
10 House Of Love - Destroy The Heart (2wks 20-10)

11 Yazz & The Plastic Population - The Only Way Is Up (6wks 29-15-7-6-6-11)
12 Aztec Camera - Working In A Goldmine (4wks 17-11-8-12)
13 Womack & Womack - Teardrops (1wk 13 NEW)
14 Breathe - Hands To Heaven (4wks 26-17-13-14)
15 Fairground Attraction - Find My Love (5wks 29-20-13-12-15)
16 Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - 1 2 3 (3wks 28-14-16)
17 Lilac Time - Return To Yesterday (6wks 27-17-11-10-9-17)
18 a-ha - Touchy (1wk 18 NEW)
19 Bomb The Bass - Megablast (1wk 19 NEW)
20 Talking Heads - Blind (3wks 21-15-20)

21 McCarthy - We Are All Bourgeois Now (5wks 20-10-9-10-21)
22 Rod Stewart - Forever Young (3wks 33-24-22)
23 Chantoozies - Wanna Be Up (4wks 30-20-16-23)
24 Tanita Tikaram - Good Tradition (2wks 29-24)
25 Scritti Politti - First Boy In This Town (2wks 37-25)
26 Divinyls - Hey Little Boy (3wks 29-25-26)
27 Godfathers - Cause I Said So (2wks 39-27)
28 Bomb The Bass - Don't Make Me Wait (1wk 28 NEW)
29 Robert Plant - Ship Of Fools (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Big Country - King Of Emotion (2wks 33-30)

31 Icehouse - Man Of Colours (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Aerosmith - Rag Doll (4wks 27-19-18-32)
33 Brother Beyond - The Harder I Try (2wks 34-33)
34 Mory Kante - Yeke Yeke (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Pop Will Eat Itself - Def Con One (6wks 34-26-21-14-19-35)
36 Deacon Blue - Chocolate Girl (7wks 23-11-7-5-7-17-36)
37 Van Halen - When It's Love (2wks 30-37)
38 Climie Fisher - I Won't Bleed For You (1wk 38 NEW)
39 UB40 - Where Did I Go Wrong (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Blow Monkeys - This Is The Life (1wk 40 NEW)

My highest new entry is by the Melbourne rock band with their debut Australia #6, UK #46 & USA #100 taken from their debut album ...ish.

Not sure if I charted it in 1988 originally, I know I was quite early on it, don't think we will see it till 1989 in these new charts

[coolchristie2]

01 The Only Way Is Up - Yazz And The Plastic Population
02 Good Tradition - Tanita Tikaram
03 The Loco-Motion - Kylie Minogue
04 Find My Love - Fairground Attraction
05 Reach Out I'll Be There - Four Tops
06 Teardrops - Womack And Womack
07 On The Beach - Chris Rea
08 Happy Ever After - Julia Fordham
09 Rush Hour - Jane Wiedlin
10 Hands To Heaven - Breathe
11 Jump Start - Natalie Cole
12 Every Girl And Boy - Spagna
13 Megablast/ Don't Make Me Wait - Bomb The Bass
14 Easy - Commodores
15 You Came - Kim Wilde
16 I Need You - BVSMP
17 Touchy - A-ha
18 Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours) - Ruby Turner
19 He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother - Bill Medley
20 I Say Nothing - Voice Of The Beehive

[darkstar79]

01 Wee Papa Girl Rappers – Heat It Up (10 wks)
02 Urban Allstars – It Began In Africa (1 wk)
03 Eric B. & Rakim – As The Rhyme Goes On (5 wks)
04 Funky Worm – Hustle To The Music (5 wks)
05 House Of Love – Destroy The Heart (2 wks)
06 Bomb The Bass – Don’t Make Me Wait (1 wk)
07 Womack & Womack – Teardrops (4 wks)
08 The Four Tops – Indestructible (2 wks)
09 Bobby Brown – Don’t Be Cruel (6 wks)
10 BVSMP – I Need You (6 wks)

11 Run DMC – Mary Mary (5 wks)
12 Eric B. & Rakim – Follow The Leader (9 wks)
13 Stetsasonic – Sally (6 wks)
14 James Brown Feat. Full Force – Static (2 wks)
15 Keith Sweat Feat. Jacci McGhee – Make It Last Forever (6 wks)
16 DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – A Nightmare On My Street (5 wks)
17 Soup Dragons – Kingdom Chairs (2 wks)
18 Pop Will Eat Itself – Def Con One (6 wks)
19 Michael Jackson – Another Part Of Me (6 wks)
20 Public Enemy – Don’t Believe The Hype (9 wks)

21 S-Express – Superfly Guy (6 wks)
22 The Style Council – How She Threw It All Away (6 wks)
23 Five Star – Rock My World (4 wks)
24 Joyce Sims – Love Makes A Woman (3 wks)
25 Yazz – The Only Way Is Up (6 wks)
26 Ruby Turner – Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I’m Yours (1 wk)
27 Kevin Rowland – Tonight (1 wk)
28 Deluxe – I’ve Got A Feeling (4 wks)
29 Giant Steps – Another Lover (2 wks)
30 Al B Sure! – Off On Your Own Girl (5 wks)

[rubcale]

01 Robbie Robertson Somewhere Down The Crazy River
02 Breathe Hands To Heaven
03 Womack & Womack Teardros
04 Yazz and The Plastic Population The Only Way Is Up
05 Brother Beyond The Harder I Try
06 Gloria Estefan & The Miami Sound Machine Anything For You
07 B.V.S.M.P I Need You
08 Julio Iglesias ft/ Stevie Wonder My Love
09 Jane Wiedlin Rush Hour
10 All About Eve Martha's Harbour
11 Commodores Easy
12 Donny Osmond Soldier Of Love
13 Kim Wilde You Came
14 Big Country King Of Emotion
15 Status Quo Running All Over The World
16 A-Ha Touchy!
17 Proclaimers I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
18 Fairground Attraction Find My Love
19 Bomb The Bass Megablast
20 Yello The Race

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Siouxsie And The Banshees - Peek-A-Boo (5 wks)
2 (7) Jane Wiedlin - Rush Hour (4 wks)
3 (8) Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie - Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie (3 wks)
4 (4) Breathe - Hands To Heaven (5 wks)
5 (6) Aztec Camera - Working In A Goldmine (4 wks)
6 (16) Big Country - King Of Emotion (2 wks)
7 (9) Robbie Robertson - Somewhere Down The Crazy River (6 wks)
8 (12) Womack & Womack - Teardrops (4 wks)
9 (3) Deacon Blue - Chocolate Girl (7 wks)
10 (20) Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine (2 wks)
11 (13) Chris Rea - On the Beach (3 wks)
12 (2) Prefab Sprout - Hey Manhattan! (6 wks)
13 (5) Fairground Attraction - Find My Love (5 wks)
14 (NE) The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) (1 wk)
15 (10) All About Eve - Martha's Harbour (5 wks)
16 (11) Tanita Tikaram - Good Tradition (6 wks)
17 (14) Kim Wilde - You Came (7 wks)
18 (18) Iron Maiden - The Evil That Men Do (3 wks)
19 (21) Van Halen - When It's Love (4 wks)
20 (34) Scritti Politti - First Boy in This Town (2 wks)
21 (27) The Blow Monkeys - This Is Your Life (4 wks)
22 (25) Brother Beyond - The Harder I Try (5 wks)
23 (NE) a-ha - Touchy! (1 wk)
24 (NE) Yello - The Race (1 wk)
25 (30) Climie Fisher - I Won't Bleed For You (2 wks)
26 (29) Talking Heads - Blind (3 wks)
27 (24) Kylie Minogue - The Loco-motion (4 wks)
28 (22) Four Tops - Reach Out (I'll Be There) '88 (5 wks)
29 (15) Julia Fordham - Happy Ever After (10 wks)
30 (17) Voice of the Beehive - I Say Nothing (6 wks)
31 (19) Tracy Chapman - Fast Car (7 wks)
32 (23) Everything But The Girl - I Don`t Want To Talk About It (8 wks)
33 (26) Transvision Vamp - I Want Your Love (11 wks)
34 (28) Yazz & Plastic Population - The Only Way Is Up (6 wks)
35 (31) Belinda Carlisle - Mad About You (6 wks)
36 (32) Def Leppard - Love Bites (7 wks)
37 (33) Eighth Wonder - Cross My Heart (10 wks)
38 (35) Debbie Gibson - Foolish Beat (8 wks)
39 (36) Johnny Hates Jazz - Don't Say It's Love (8 wks)
40 (37) George Michael - Monkey (7 wks)

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Mark's Top 40 weekending 5th September 1988

1 (3) Anything For You - Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
2 (1) The Only Way Is Up - Yazz And The Plastic Population
3 (5) Hands To Heaven - Breathe
4 (4) Feelings Of Forever - Tiffany
5 (2) You Came - Kim Wilde
6 (6) The Colour Of Love - Billy Ocean
7 (7) The Harder I Try - Brother Beyond
8 (36) Where Did I Go Wrong - UB40
9 (8) The Loco-Motion - Kylie Minogue
10 (9) Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You - Glenn Medeiros
11 (32) Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
12 (10) Rock My World - Five Star
13 (11) Chains Of Love - Erasure
14 (27) King Of Emotion - Big Country
15 (12) Teardrops - Womack & Womack
16 (13) Feel The Need In Me - Shakin' Stevens
17 (14) Somewhere Down The Crazy River - Robbie Robertson
18 (15) Breakfast In Bed - UB40 ft Chrissie Hynde
19 (16) Foolish Beat - Debbie Gibson
20 (17) Never Tear Us Apart - INXS
21 (New) Touchy! - A-ha
22 (18) I Owe You Nothing - Bros
23 (19) Rush Hour - Jane Wiedlin
24 (20) On The Beach '88 - Chris Rea
25 (40) I Won't Bleed For You - Climie Fisher
26 (New) 500 Miles - The Proclaimers
27 (21) Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
28 (22) Maybe We Should Call It A Day - Hazell Dean
29 (23) The Blood That Moves The Body - A-ha
30 (24) Find My Love - Fairground Attraction
31 (25) Love Bites - Def Leppard
32 (26) Wild World - Maxi Priest
33 (28) Endless Summer Nights - Richard Marx
34 (29) All Fired Up - Pat Benatar
35 (30) Running All Over The World - Status Quo
36 (New) Megablast/Don't Make Me Wait - Bomb The Bass
37 (35) Roses Are Red - Mac Band feat McCampbell Brothers
38 (37) In The Air Tonight '88 - Phil Collins
39 (New) He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother - Bill Medley
40 (39) I Don't Want To Talk About It - Everything But The Girl

[o]

1 1 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts – I hate myself for loving you #1
2 2 Siouxsie and the Banshees – Peak a boo #1
3 5 Guns n Roses – Sweet child O mine #3
4 3 Pat Benatar – All fired up #1
5 4 Tanita Tikaram – Good tradition #3
6 7 Yazz – The only way is up #6
7 8 Big Country – King of emotion #7
8 NE Midnight Oil – Put down that weapon #8 (thanks Shireblogger!)
9 10 House of Love – Destroy the heart #9
10 22 Bomb the Bass – Don’t make me wait #10
11 11 Pop Will Eat Itself – Def con one #7
12 24 Aha – Touchy #12
13 13 All About Eve – Martha’s harbour #13
14 14 Fairground Attraction – Find my love #14
15 6 Transvision Vamp – I want your love #3
16 17 Jane Wiedlin – Rush hour #16
17 18 Goodbye Mr Mckenzie – Goodbye Mr Mckenzie #17
18 9 Pogues – Fiesta #6
19 15 Voice of the Beehive – I say nothing #9
20 16 SExpress – Superfly guy #10
21 23 Scritti Politti – First boy in this town #21
22 19 Chris Rea – On the beach #19
23 21 Robbie Robertson – Somewhere down the crazy river #21
24 25 Yello – The race #24
25 26 Bill Medley – He int heavy, he’s my brother #25
26 28 Brother Beyond – The harder I try #26
27 12 Crowded House – Better be home soon #11
28 NE Sugarcubes – Birthday #28
29 NE Metallica – Harvester of sorrow #29
30 NE Hollies – He aint heavy, he’s my brother #30

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - GOODBYE MR MACKENZIE
2 [2] :: Big Dish - EUROPEAN RAIN
3 [4] :: Midnight Oil - PUT DOWN THAT WEAPON
4 [11] :: Jane Wiedlin - RUSH HOUR
5 [7] :: House Of Love - DESTROY THE HEART
6 [3] :: Mory Kante - YE KE YE KE
7 [new] :: Yello - THE RACE
8 [6] :: Yazz & The Plastic Population - THE ONLY WAY IS UP
9 [9] :: Tanita Tikaram - GOOD TRADITION
10 [new] :: Bruce Hornsby & the Range - LOOK OUT ANY WINDOW
11 [10] :: Kim Wilde - YOU CAME
12 [new] :: Womack And Womack - TEARDROPS
13 [8] :: Hothouse Flowers - I'M SORRY
14 [5] :: Billy Idol - CATCH MY FALL
15 [13] :: Aztec Camera - WORKING IN A GOLDMINE
16 [18] :: Big Country - KING OF EMOTION
17 [12] :: Funky Worm - HUSTLE! (TO THE MUSIC...)
18 [14] :: Fairground Attraction - FIND MY LOVE
19 [17] :: Deacon Blue - CHOCOLATE GIRL
20 [new] :: Iron Maiden - THE EVIL THAT MEN DO

[Earl Purple]

1(1) Guns N Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
2(2) All About Eve - Martha's Harbour
3(3) Tanita Tikaram - Good Tradition
4(4) Robbie Robertson - Somewhere Down The Crazy River
5(6) Julia Fordham - Happy Ever After

6(5) Fairground Attraction - Find My Love
7(9) Chris Rea - On The Beach (88)
8(19) Yello - The Race
9(10) Van Halen - When It's Love
10(20) A-Ha - Touchy

11(12) Womack & Womack- Teardrops
12(14) Mory Kante - Yeke Yeke
13(23) Bomb The Base - Don't Make Me Wait
14(15) Huey Lewis & The News - Perfect World
15(8) Siouxsie & The Banshees - Peek-A-Boo

16(7) Voice Of The Beehive - I Say Nothing
17(11) Robert Palmer - Simply Irresistable
18(28) Michael Jackson - Another Part Of Me
19(13) Yazz & The Plastic Population - The Only Way Is Up
20(-) Marc Almond - Tears Run Rings

21(-) Primitives - Way Behind Me
22(29) Europe - Superstitous
23(21) Big Country - King Of Emotion
24(-) Kenny Loggins - Nobody's Fool
25(30) Donny Osmond - Soldier Of Love

26(-) Taylor Dayne - I'll Always Love You
27(-) Level 42 - Heaven In My Hands
28(-) Phil Collins - A Grrovy Kind Of Love
29(16) Kim Wilde - You Came
30(22) Aztec Camera - Working In A Goldmine

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--(17) Iron Maiden - The Evil That Men Do
--(18) George Michael - Monkey
--(24) Jane Wiedlin - Rush Hour
--(25) Kylie Minogue - The Locomotion
--(26) Funky Worm - Hustle To The Music
--(27) Debbie Gibson - Foolish Beat

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In the 70s he was part of a duet with Messina and one of his songs "Your Mama Don't Dance" was covered by Poison (don't think it's come up yet).In the 80s it is solo and all songs from film soundtracks. Footloose, Top Gun and now this...

[Smurfie]

1) Brother Beyond - THE HARDER I TRY
2) Jane Wiedlin - RUSH HOUR
3) Breathe - HANDS TO HEAVEN
4) Kim Wilde - YOU CAME
5) Bomb The Bass - DON'T MAKE ME WAIT
6) S-Express - SUPERFLY GUY
7) A-ha - TOUCHY!
8) Natalie Cole - JUMP START
9) Kylie Minogue - THE LOCO-MOTION
10) Tanita Tikaram - GOOD TRADITION
11) Yello - THE RACE
12) Big Country - KING OF EMOTION
13) Gloria Estefan And Miami Sound Machine - ANYTHING FOR YOU
14) Pat Benatar - ALL FIRED UP
15) Joan Jett And The Blackhearts - I HATE MYSELF FOR LOVING YOU
16) Spagna - EVERY GIRL AND BOY
17) Everything But The Girl - I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT
18) All About Eve - MARTHA'S HARBOUR
19) Siouxsie And The Banshees - PEEK A BOO
20) Jellybean - COMING BACK FOR MORE

Love Don't Make Me Wait, and absolutely cannot stand Megablast!

[popchartfreak]

27th August 1988

It's another week, another Michael Jackson number one from Bad - Another Part Of Me had been popping into my playlists over the last 12 months after seeing Captain Eo at Epcot, but had finally been released as a single, albeit without the sci-fi extravaganza and just a live concert footage video, sadly. It was a new entry at 1, technically, but I've retrospectively given playlisted album tracks chart positions of 76-78, so it goes to show that they should in fact be much much higher than that had I changed my chart rules. It's Jacko's 5th consecutive number one off the album, his 10th solo and 14th in total.

Brother Beyond and Jane Wieldin get top 10 slots, and Phil Collins does a rather lovely, subtle version of the fab 60's Mindbenders track, A Groovy Kind Of Love, which I loved as a kid, taken from his Buster movie, in at 19. Also from the film, The Four Tops & Smokey Robinson return to hit chart-dom 20-odd years on from Baby I Need Your Loving, truly Indestructible at 35. Guns 'n' Roses jump in at 22 with a rock classic, Sweet Child 'O' Mine changing the face of US rock music into a punkier, more aggressive version, as one of the bands responsible for AOR Rock, The Eagles, return with classic oldie Hotel California, which made my top 10 in 1977, this time in at 24.

Spagna gets a decent follow-up, though not a decent haircut, Barry Gibb has another solo entry without his brothers 20 years almost to the day since debuting in my first "official" chart as a Bee Gee, and Billy Idol is still fiery after 9 years. Nick Heyward's flop but good single, You're My World, extends his run to 7 years since he had his 100th haircut, and Swiss duo Yello debut with The Race at 50, as they are back in action with a new track in my charts this week some 32 years later and still sounding quirky.

Spandau are reaching the end of the line with Raw, Elton John is awaiting his chart resurrection with Town Of Plenty not doing it, Blues star Muddy Waters debuts with his Mannish Boy, then a very-old 33 years-old recording selling due to a jeans advert (probably) - at the time one of the longest chronological gaps from recording to debuting in my chart. Only Winifred Shaw's Lullaby Of Broadway (41 years) and Laurel & Hardy's Trail Of The Lonesome Pine (39 years) bested it.

Belinda Carlisle pops in with another, Ruby Turner covers Stevie Wonder, Europe are back 2 years on from a final countdown feeling superstitious, John Cougar is Rooty Tooting, James Brown is Static, and Run-DMC cover The Monkees' Mary Mary, a Michael Nesmith song just to show that supposed "boybands" and "manufactured" acts can actually create their own quality material thank you very much.


1 ( 76 ) ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson
2 ( 2 ) YE KE YE KE Mory Kante
3 ( 5 ) SOMEWHERE DOWN THE CRAZY RIVER Robbie Robertson
4 ( 1 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde
5 ( 3 ) HAPPY EVER AFTER Julia Fordham
6 ( 8 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan
7 ( 15 ) THE HARDER I TRY Brother Beyond
8 ( 10 ) HAND TO HEAVEN Breathe
9 ( 4 ) EASY The Commodores
10 ( 13 ) RUSH HOUR Jane Wiedlin

11 ( 7 ) THE ONLY WAY IS UP Yazz & The Plastic Population
12 ( 12 ) SOLDIER OF LOVE Donny Osmond
13 ( 6 ) SUPERFLY GUY S'Express
14 ( 9 ) FIND MY LOVE Fairground Attraction
15 ( 11 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael
16 ( 27 ) TEARDROPS Womack & Womack
17 ( 22 ) WHERE DID I GO WRONG UB40
18 ( 20 ) GOOD TRADITION Tanita Tikarim
19 ( NEW ) GROOVY KIND OF LOVE Phil Collins
20 ( 24 ) JUMP START Natalie Cole

21 ( 14 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson
22 ( NEW ) SWEET CHILD O' MINE Guns 'n' Roses
23 ( NEW ) EVERY GIRL AND BOY Spagna
24 ( NEW ) HOTEL CALIFORNIA The Eagles
25 ( 16 ) WORKING IN A GOLDMINE Aztec Camera
26 ( 18 ) FOREVER YOUNG Rod Stewart
27 ( 36 ) I WON'T BLEED FOR YOU Climie Fisher
28 ( 28 ) I HATE MYSELF FOR LOVING YOU Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
29 ( 35 ) TOUCHY a-ha
30 ( 30 ) RUNNIN' ALL OVER THE WORLD Status Quo

31 ( 17 ) MARTHA'S HARBOUR All About Eve
32 ( 23 ) IN THE AIR TONIGHT (1988) Phil Collins
33 ( 19 ) I NEED YOU B.V.S.M.P.
34 ( 26 ) FOOLISH BEAT Debbie Gibson
35 ( NEW ) INDESTRUCTIBLE The Four Tops/ Smokey Robinson
36 ( 71 ) DON'T MAKE ME WAIT Bomb The Bass
37 ( NEW ) CHILDHOOD DAYS Barry Gibb
38 ( NEW ) CATCH MY FIRE Billy Idol
39 ( 40 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
40 ( NEW ) YOU'RE MY WORLD Nick Heyward

41 ( 21 ) COULDN'T GET IT RIGHT '88 Climax Blues Band
42 ( 31 ) REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE (REMIX) The Four Tops
43 ( 38 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael
44 ( 42 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
45 ( 32 ) LOVE AND MERCY Brian Wilson
46 ( 50 ) ON THE BEACH '88 Chris Rea
47 ( 29 ) MY LOVE Julio Iglesias/ Stevie Wonder
48 ( 48 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
49 ( 47 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
50 ( NEW ) THE RACE Yello

51 ( 25 ) HUSTLE (TO THE MUSIC) Funky Worm
52 ( NEW ) RAW Spandau Ballet
53 ( 33 ) DON'T BE CRUEL Bobby Brown
54 ( 53 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
55 ( 49 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle
56 ( 60 ) TEARS RUN RINGS Marc Almond
57 ( 62 ) GOOD TIMES Matt Bianco
58 ( 39 ) NEVER TEAR US APART INXS
59 ( NEW ) TOWN OF PLENTY Elton John
60 ( 58 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

61 ( 37 ) WHAT CAN I SAY TO MAKE YOU LOVE ME Alexander O'Neal
62 ( 61 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
63 ( NEW ) MANNISH BOY Muddy Waters
64 ( 46 ) ELECTRA Jibaro
65 ( 57 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince
66 ( 45 ) I WANT YOUR LOVE Transvision Vamp
67 ( NEW ) WORLD WITHOUT YOU Belinda Carlisle
68 ( 63 ) FIRST BOY IN THIS TOWN (LOVESICK) Scritti Politti
69 ( NEW ) SIGNED SEALED DELIVER'D (I'M YOURS) Ruby Turner
70 ( 66 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5

71 ( 69 ) BAD Michael Jackson
72 ( NEW ) SUPERSTITIOUS Europe
73 ( NEW ) ROOTY TOOT TOOT John Cougar Mellencamp
74 ( NEW ) MARY MARY Run-DMC
75 ( NEW ) STATIC James Brown

Playlist faves of that week
1 SPEAK LIKE A CHILD The Style Council
BUCKS FIZZ LIVE AT SOUTHAMPTON MAYFAIR THEATRE
1 NEW BEGINNING (MAMBA SEYRA)
2 THE LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE
3 ROCK MEDLEY