Haven Combi Retro-Chart W/B 21st August 1988

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HAVEN COMBI RETRO-CHART W/B 21st AUGUST 1988

It’s in its fourth week at the top of the Official Chart but Yazz’s upward trajectory on the Retro-Chart is over as she loses the chart crown after just a single week. In the tightest of battles, and with just a single point in it, Jane Wiedlin zooms to number one with Rush Hour.



It’s been a great year for the now solo members of The Go-Go’s as Jane follows in the footsteps of Belinda Carlisle to achieve her first number one, becoming the eighth woman to top the Retro-Chart this year.

Breathe were top for a portion of the week but couldn’t hold off the challenge of Rush Hour as Hands To Heaven remains stuck at number two.

So, Yazz dips to number three in the reshuffle at the top of the chart, and Womack and Womack continue their steady advance up the chart as Teardrops climbs to number four.

Robbie Robertson has been recording for almost thirty years but has only just released his first solo album. Somewhere Down The Crazy River gives the Canadian singer a big hit as it climbs to number five.

Big Country are this week’s biggest climber as King Of Emotion climbs 21 places to number 9, providing them with their biggest hit in two years when Look Away hit number 7 in 1986.

Another slow week for new entries, with just six new records hitting the chart, the highest of which is Don’t Make Me Wait by Bomb The Bass.

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

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LW TW ARTIST / SONG TITLE

3 1 Jane Wiedlin - RUSH HOUR

2 2 Breathe - HANDS TO HEAVEN

1 3 Yazz and The Plastic Population - THE ONLY WAY IS UP

10 4 Womack and Womack - TEARDROPS

7 5 Robbie Robertson - SOMEWHERE DOWN THE CRAZY RIVER

14 6 Guns n' Roses - SWEET CHILD O' MINE

4 7 Kim Wilde - YOU CAME

5 8 All About Eve - MARTHA'S HARBOUR

30 9 Big Country - KING OF EMOTION

9 9 Tanita Tikaram - GOOD TRADITION

12 11 Brother Beyond - THE HARDER I TRY

8 11 Fairground Attraction - FIND MY LOVE

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

15 14 Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - GOODBYE MR MACKENZIE

6 15 Siouxsie and The Banshees - PEEK-A-BOO

NEW 16 Bomb The Bass - DON'T MAKE ME WAIT

21 17 House Of Love - DESTROY THE HEART

22 18 Chris Rea - ON THE BEACH '88

18 19 Aztec Camera - WORKING IN A GOLDMINE

NEW 20 A-Ha - TOUCHY!

13 20 Kylie Minogue - THE LOCO-MOTION

17 20 Mory Kante - YE KE YE KE

16 23 Julia Fordham - HAPPY EVER AFTER

29 24 Natalie Cole - JUMP START

NEW 25 Yello - THE RACE

NEW 26 Spagna - EVERY GIRL AND BOY

27 27 Go-Betweens - STREETS OF YOUR TOWN

36 28 Joan Jett and The Blackhearts - I HATE MYSELF FOR LOVING YOU

NEW 28 Midnight Oil - PUT DOWN THAT WEAPON

24 30 BVSMP - I NEED YOU

31 31 Bobby Brown - DON'T BE CRUEL

32 31 Commodores - EASY

28 33 Van Halen - WHEN IT'S LOVE

25 34 Big Dish - EUROPEAN RAIN

NEW 35 Michael Jackson - ANOTHER PART OF ME

22 35 Tiffany - FEELINGS OF FOREVER

32 37 Pat Benatar - ALL FIRED UP

19 37 S-Express - SUPERFLY GUY

35 39 Funky Worm - HUSTLE! (TO THE MUSIC)

38 40 Wee Papa Girl Rappers - HEAT IT UP

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OFFICIAL CHART W/B 28th AUGUST 1988

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

07 - 01 - 01 - Yazz And The Plastic Population - THE ONLY WAY IS UP
06 - 03 - 02 - Brother Beyond - THE HARDER I TRY
05 - 02 - 03 - Kylie Minogue - THE LOCO-MOTION
06 - 04 - 04 - Breathe - HANDS TO HEAVEN
11 - 06 - 05 - Julio Iglesias and Stevie Wonder - MY LOVE
02 - 20 - 06 - Bomb The Bass - MEGABLAST/DON'T MAKE ME WAIT
05 - 18 - 07 - Womack And Womack - TEARDROPS
07 - 05 - 08 - BVSMP - I NEED YOU
1 - NEW - 09 - Phil Collins - GROOVY KIND OF LOVE
06 - 07 - 10 - Fairground Attraction - FIND MY LOVE
07 - 10 - 11 - Tanita Tikaram - GOOD TRADITION
02 - 26 - 12 - A-ha - TOUCHY!
08 - 08 - 13 - Kim Wilde - YOU CAME
02 - 31 - 14 - Yello - THE RACE
05 - 21 - 15 - Jane Wiedlin - RUSH HOUR
08 - 15 - 16 - Robbie Robertson - SOMEWHERE DOWN THE CRAZY RIVER
03 - 17 - 17 - Status Quo - RUNNING ALL OVER THE WORLD
1 - NEW - 18 - Level 42 - HEAVEN IN MY HANDS
10 - 25 - 19 - Gloria Estefan And Miami Sound Machine - ANYTHING FOR YOU
1 - NEW - 20 - Metallica - HARVESTER OF SORROW
03 - 16 - 21 - Big Country - KING OF EMOTION
04 - 12 - 22 - Chris Rea - ON THE BEACH
04 - 09 - 23 - Iron Maiden - THE EVIL THAT MEN DO
03 - 24 - 24 - Guns N' Roses - SWEET CHILD O' MINE
03 - 37 - 25 - Spagna - EVERY GIRL AND BOY
03 - 36 - 26 - UB40 - WHERE DID I GO WRONG
07 - 11 - 27 - S-Express - SUPERFLY GUY
1 - NEW - 28 - Hollies - HE AIN'T HEAVY, HE'S MY BROTHER
06 - 33 - 29 - Donny Osmond - SOLDIER OF LOVE
07 - 29 - 30 - Mory Kante - YE KE YE KE
07 - 13 - 31 - Four Tops - REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE
02 - 52 - 32 - Bill Medley - HE AIN'T HEAVY, HE'S MY BROTHER
1 - NEW - 33 - Marc Almond - TEARS RUN RINGS
02 - 46 - 34 - Proclaimers - I'M GONNA BE
03 - 34 - 35 - Europe - SUPERSTITIOUS
13 - 39 - 36 - Natalie Cole - JUMP START
06 - 19 - 37 - Funky Worm - HUSTLE! (TO THE MUSIC...)
06 - 14 - 38 - All About Eve - MARTHA'S HARBOUR
1 - NEW - 39 - Primitives - WAY BEHIND ME
04 - 43 - 40 - Commodores - EASY
12 - 23 - 41 - Transvision Vamp - I WANT YOUR LOVE
17 - 22 - 42 - Salt-N-Pepa - PUSH IT / TRAMP
06 - 42 - 43 - Bobby Brown - DON'T BE CRUEL
05 - 28 - 44 - Van Halen - WHEN IT'S LOVE
1 - NEW - 45 - Salt-N-Pepa Featuring EU - SHAKE YOUR THANG (IT'S YOUR THING)
03 - 35 - 46 - Climie Fisher - I WON'T BLEED FOR YOU
13 - 27 - 47 - Glenn Medeiros - NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE MY LOVE FOR YOU
1 - NEW - 48 - Inner City Featuring Kevin Saunderson - BIG FUN
03 - 55 - 49 - Midge Ure - ANSWERS TO NOTHING
03 - 48 - 50 - Joan Jett And The Blackhearts - I HATE MYSELF FOR LOVING YOU
12 - 30 - 51 - Mac Band Featuring The McCampbell Brothers - ROSES ARE RED
03 - 41 - 52 - Jellybean - COMING BACK FOR MORE
1 - NEW - 53 - Glenn Medeiros - LONG AND LASTING LOVE
1 - NEW - 54 - Spandau Ballet - RAW
02 - 58 - 55 - Matt Bianco - GOOD TIMES
02 - 63 - 56 - George Benson - LET'S DO IT AGAIN
1 - NEW - 57 - Helloween - DR STEIN
09 - 38 - 58 - Debbie Gibson - FOOLISH BEAT
09 - 32 - 59 - Everything But The Girl - I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT
02 - 57 - 60 - Maxi Priest - GOODBYE TO LOVE AGAIN
04 - 65 - 61 - Jean Luc Paillard And Orchestre De Chambre - THEME FROM 'VIETNAM VIETNAM'
05 - 40 - 62 - Aztec Camera - WORKING IN A GOLDMINE
03 - 74 - 63 - Scritti Politti - FIRST BOY IN THIS TOWN
02 - 67 - 64 - Urban All Stars - IT BEGAN IN AFRICA
08 - 44 - 65 - Michael Jackson - DIRTY DIANA
02 - 80 - 66 - Vixen - EDGE OF A BROKEN HEART
09 - 64 - 67 - Damian - TIME WARP II
13 - RE - 68 - Sugarcubes - BIRTHDAY
10 - 45 - 69 - Pat Benatar - ALL FIRED UP
1 - NEW - 70 - Dead Or Alive - TURN AROUND AND COUNT 2 TEN
08 - 49 - 71 - Def Leppard - LOVE BITES
1 - NEW - 72 - David Lee Roth - STAND UP
1 - NEW - 73 - Glen Goldsmith - SAVE A LITTLE BIT
1 - NEW - 74 - Elton John - TOWN OF PLENTY
06 - 47 - 75 - Siouxsie And The Banshees - PEEK A BOO

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

I'll leave this open until next Saturday!

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1        1) Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine - Anything For You (12-4-1-1-1)
4        2) Jane Wiedlin - Rush Hour (23-7-4-2)
3        3) Spagna - Every Girl and Boy (10-3-3)
11      4) Bomb The Bass - Don't Make Me Wait (11-4)
12      5) Richard Marx - Hold On To The Nights (12-5)
2        6) Natalie Cole - Jump Start (8-2-6)
14      7) Escape Club - Wild Wild West (22-14-7)
8        8) Jets - Sendin' All My Love (24-11-8-8)
16      9) Jeffrey Osborne - She's On The Left (35-16-9)
5      10) Yazz and The Plastic Population - The Only Way Is Up (28-8-3-3-2-5-10)

6      11) Breathe - Hands To Heaven (26-7-1-3-6-11)
7      12) Brother Beyond - The Harder I Try (10-1-2-4-7-12)
24    13) A-Ha- Touchy! (24-13)
19    14) Paul Lekakis - Fruit Machine (33-19-14)
NEW 15) Inner City - Big Fun (15)
23    16) Eros Ramazotti featuring Patsy Kensit - La Luca Buona Delle Stelle (36-23-16)
28    17) Guns n' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine (28-17)
27    18) Selena - So Far Away (39-27-18)
20    19) Giant Steps - Another Lover (27-20-19)
26    20) Step By Step - There She Goes (38-26-20)

9      21) Ellert - Something To Talk About (40-31-25-23-17-13-9-21)
10    22) Vanessa Williams - The Right Stuff (29-17-10-22)
25    23) Funhouse featuring Kenneth Sherman - Dancin' Easy (37-30-25-23)
30    24) Joan Jett and The Blackhearts - I Hate Myself For Loving You (30-24)
NEW 25) Tracy Chapman - Talkin' 'Bout A Revolution (25)
31    26) Donny Osmond - Soldier Of Love (31-26)
35    27) Matt Bianco - Good Times (35-27)
NEW 28) Alaska - Bailando (28)
13    29) Sweet Connection - Need Your Passion (37-27-20-10-5-5-13-29)
37    30) Vixen - Edge Of A Broken Heart (37-30)

NEW 31) Ellis Beggs and Howard - Bad Times (31)
NEW 32) Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother (32)
NEW 33) Nick Heyward - You're My World (33)
NEW 34) Holly Knight - Heart Don't Fail Me Now (34)
15    35) Jon Otis - In The Middle Of The Night (38-X-30-19-15-35)
NEW 36) Salt-n-Pepa featuring EU - Shake Your Thang (It's Your Thing) (36)
NEW 37) New Edition - If It Isn't Love (37)
NEW 38) Glen Goldsmith - Save A Little Bit (38)
17    39) Kylie Minogue - The Loco-Motion (15-9-6-17-39)
NEW 40) Book of Love - Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls (40)

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Womack & Womack – Teardrops
02(02) Jane Wiedlin – Rush Hour
03(04) Bobby Brown – Don’t Be Cruel
04(06) Big Country – King Of Emotion
05(14) Bomb The Bass – Don’t Make Me Wait
06(15) Guns N’ Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine
07(08) Chris Rea – On The Beach (Summer ’88)
08(03) Yazz & The Plastic Population – The Only Way Is Up
09(20) The Proclaimers – I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)
10(07) Breathe – Hands To Heaven

11(05) Robbie Robertson – Somewhere Down The Crazy River
12(40) Yello – The Race
13(19) Spagna – Every Girl And Boy
14(--) Phil Collins – Groovy Kind Of Love
15(12) Aztec Camera – Working In A Goldmine
16(11) Billy Idol – Catch My Fall
17(09) Fairground Attraction – Find My Love
18(29) UB40 – Where Did I Go Wrong
19(33) A-ha – Touchy!
20(--) Tracy Chapman – Talkin’ ‘Bout A Revolution

21(10) Siouxsie & The Banshees – Peek-A-Boo
22(30) Europe – Superstitious
23(36) Bomb The Bass – Megablast
24(17) Five Star – Rock My World
25(13) All About Eve – Martha’s Harbour
26(--) Level 42 – Heaven In My Hands
27(27) Iron Maiden – The Evil That Men Do
28(16) Tiffany – Feelings Of Forever
29(18) Mory Kante – Yeke Yeke
30(39) Climie Fisher – I Won’t Bleed For You

31(--) Salt N’ Pepa – Shake Your Thang
32(--) Marc Almond – Tears Run Rings
33(26) Status Quo – Running All Over The World
34(24) Big Dish – European Rain
35(--) The Hollies – He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother
36(21) Sam Brown – This Feeling
37(23) Tanita Tikaram – Good Tradition
38(22) Kylie Minogue – The Loco-Motion
39(--) Inner City – Big Fun
40(--) Heaven 17 – Ballad Of Go Go Brown

41(25) Brother Beyond – The Harder I Try
42(32) Living Colour – Glamour Boys
43(48) Maxi Priest – Goodbye To Love Again
44(--) Elton John – Town Of Plenty
45(--) The Primitives – Way Behind Me
46(--) Dead Or Alive – Turn Around And Count 2 Ten
47(--) Sade – Nothing Can Come Between Us
48(34) Midge Ure – Answers To Nothing
49(28) Kim Wilde – You Came
50(--) Jolly Roger - Acid Man

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Mark's Top 40 weekending 12th September 1988

1 (1) Anything For You - Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
2 (4) Feelings Of Forever - Tiffany
3 (3) Hands To Heaven - Breathe
4 (1) The Only Way Is Up - Yazz & The Plastic Population
5 (14) King Of Emotion - Big Country
6 (5) You Came - Kim Wilde
7 (6) The Colour Of Love - Billy Ocean
8 (7) The Harder I Try - Brother Beyond
9 (New) A Groovy Kind Of Love - Phil Collins
10 (23) Rush Hour - Jane Wiedlin
11 (11) Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
12 (17) Somewhere Down The Crazy River - Robbie Robertson
13 (21) Touchy! - A-ha
14 (8) Where Did I Go Wrong - UB40
15 (16) Feel The Need In Me - Shakin' Stevens
16 (26) 500 Miles - The Proclaimers
17 (15) Teardrops - Womack & Womack
18 (36) Don't Make Me Wait - Bomb The Bass
19 (25) I Won't Bleed For You - Climie Fisher
20 (24) On The Beach '88 - Chris Rea
21 (27) Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
22 (30) Find My Love - Fairground Attraction
23 (9) The Loco-Motion - Kylie Minogue
24 (10) Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You - Glenn Medeiros
25 (12) Rock My World - Five Star
26 (13) Chains Of Love - Erasure
27 (19) Foolish Beat - Debbie Gibson
28 (New) Heaven In My Hands - Level 42
29 (20) Never Tear Us Apart - INXS
30 (New) He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother - The Hollies
31 (18) Breakfast In Bed - UB40 & Chrissie Hynde
32 (New) I Quit - Bros
33 (New) Tears Run Rings - Marc Almond
34 (31) Love Bites - Def Leppard
35 (New) Way Behind Me - The Primitives
36 (New) Shake Your Thang - Salt 'n' Pepa
37 (37) Roses Are Red - Mac Band feat McCampbell Brothers
38 (New) Big Fun - Inner City
39 (39) He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother - Bill Medley
40 (New) Raw - Spandau Ballet

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01 Womack & Womack Teardrops
02 Breathe Hands To Heaven
03 Robbie Robertson Somewhere Down The Crazy River
04 Brother Beyond The Harder I Try
05 Gloria Estefan & The Miami Sound Machine Anything For You
06 Yazz and The Plastic Population The Only Way Is Up
07 Julio Iglesias ft/ Stevie Wonder My Love
08 Jane Wiedlin Rush Hour
09 Commodores Easy
10 Donny Osmond Soldier Of Love
11 A-Ha Touchy!
12 Bomb The Bass Megablast
13 Proclaimers I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
14 Hollies He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother
15 Yello The Race
16 B.V.S.M.P I Need You
17 All About Eve Martha's Harbour
18 Status Quo Running All Over The World
19 Phil Collins Groovy Kind Of Love
20 Level 42 Heaven In My Hands

[smokeyb]

1 (2) Jane Wiedlin - Rush Hour (5 wks)
2 (6) Big Country - King Of Emotion (3 wks)
3 (3) Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie - Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie (4 wks)
4 (14) The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) (2 wks)
5 (NE) Phil Collins - A Groovy Kind Of Love (1 wk)
6 (1) Siouxsie And The Banshees - Peek-A-Boo (6 wks)
7 (7) Robbie Robertson - Somewhere Down The Crazy River (7 wks)
8 (8) Womack & Womack - Teardrops (5 wks)
9 (10) Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine (3 wks)
10 (4) Breathe - Hands To Heaven (6 wks)
11 (24) Yello - The Race (2 wks)
12 (23) a-ha - Touchy! (2 wks)
13 (11) Chris Rea - On the Beach (4 wks)
14 (5) Aztec Camera - Working In A Goldmine (5 wks)
15 (25) Climie Fisher - I Won't Bleed For You (3 wks)
16 (9) Deacon Blue - Chocolate Girl (8 wks)
17 (21) The Blow Monkeys - This Is Your Life (5 wks)
18 (22) Brother Beyond - The Harder I Try (6 wks)
19 (19) Van Halen - When It's Love (5 wks)
20 (20) Scritti Politti - First Boy in This Town (3 wks)
21 (NE) Level 42 - Heaven In My Hands (1 wk)
22 (12) Prefab Sprout - Hey Manhattan! (7 wks)
23 (13) Fairground Attraction - Find My Love (6 wks)
24 (NE) The Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother (1 wk)
25 (NE) Metallica - Harvestor Of Sorrow (1 wk)
26 (26) Talking Heads - Blind (4 wks)
27 (15) All About Eve - Martha's Harbour (6 wks)
28 (NE) Marc Almond - Tears Run Rings (1 wk)
29 (16) Tanita Tikaram - Good Tradition (7 wks)
30 (17) Kim Wilde - You Came (8 wks)
31 (18) Iron Maiden - The Evil That Men Do (4 wks)
32 (NE) Primitives - Way Behind Me (1 wk)
33 (27) Kylie Minogue - The Loco-motion (5 wks)
34 (28) Four Tops - Reach Out (I'll Be There) '88 (6 wks)
35 (29) Julia Fordham - Happy Ever After (11 wks)
36 (30) Voice of the Beehive - I Say Nothing (7 wks)
37 (31) Tracy Chapman - Fast Car (8 wks)
38 (32) Everything But The Girl - I Don`t Want To Talk About It (9 wks)
39 (33) Transvision Vamp - I Want Your Love (12 wks)
40 (34) Yazz & Plastic Population - The Only Way Is Up (7 wks)

[o]

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

[darkstar79]

01 Inner City Feat. Kevin Saunderson – Big Fun (1 wk)
02 Wee Papa Girl Rappers – Heat It Up (11 wks)
03 Salt ‘n’ Pepa Feat. E.U. – Shake Your Thang (1 wk)
04 Urban Allstars – It Began In Africa (2 wks)
05 Eric B. & Rakim – As The Rhyme Goes On (6 wks)
06 Funky Worm – Hustle To The Music (6 wks)
07 Pixies – Gigantic (1 wk)
08 House Of Love – Destroy The Heart (3 wks)
09 Bomb The Bass – Don’t Make Me Wait (2 wks)
10 Womack & Womack – Teardrops (5 wks)

11 The Four Tops – Indestructible (3 wks)
12 Bobby Brown – Don’t Be Cruel (7 wks)
13 BVSMP – I Need You (7 wks)
14 Run DMC – Mary Mary (6 wks)
15 Phil Collins – A Groovy Kind Of Love (1 wk)
16 James Brown Feat. Full Force – Static (3 wks)
17 The Primitives – Way Behind Me (1 wk)
18 Stetsasonic – Sally (7 wks)
19 Keith Sweat Feat. Jacci McGhee – Make It Last Forever (7 wks)
20 Loose Ends – Watching You (1 wk)

21 DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – A Nightmare On My Street (6 wks)
22 Eric B. & Rakim – Follow The Leader (10 wks)
23 Soup Dragons – Kingdom Chairs (3 wks)
24 Jolly Roger – Acid Man (1 wk)
25 Michael Jackson – Another Part Of Me (7 wks)
26 Pop Will Eat Itself – Def Con One (7 wks)
27 Tongue ‘N’ Cheek – Why (1 wk)
28 S-Express – Superfly Guy (7 wks)
29 Public Enemy – Don’t Believe The Hype (10 wks)
30 The Style Council – How She Threw It All Away (7 wks)

[Earl Purple]

In spite of being handicapped by me charting it earlier, Jane Wiedlin gets to #1. Probably as well though as I don't think she could have topped my chart ahead of Guns N Roses now.

But she was the one who knocked Debbie Gibson off the top, and spent 2 weeks on top keeping out Kim Wilde in the process.

[TheThorne]

1 4 Guns N' Roses - SWEET CHILD O'MINE
2 2 Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - GOODBYE MR MACKENZIE
3 1 Jane Weidlin - RUSH HOUR
4 8 House Of Love - DESTROY THIS HEART
5 3 Breathe - HANDS TO HEAVEN
6 9 Big Country - KING OF EMOTION
7 15 Crowded House - BETTER BE HOME SOON
8 5 Go-Betweens - STREETS OF YOUR TOWN
9 6 All About Eve - MARTHA'S HARBOUR
10 17 Bruce Hornsby - LOOK OUT ANY WINDOW
11 16 Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I HATE MYSELF FOR LOVING YOU
12 7 Van Halen - WHEN IT'S LOVE
13 12 Martin Stephenson & The Daintees - WHOLLY HUMBLE HEART
14 23 Vixen - EDGE OF A BROKEN HEART
15 21 Scritti Politti - FIRST BOY IN THIS TOWN
16 11 Cinderella - GYPSY ROAD
17 10 Def Leppard - LOVE BITES
18 new Pixies - GIGANTIC
19 27 Europe - SUPERSTITIOUS
20 26 A-Ha - TOUCHY
21 14 Aztec Camera - WORKING IN A GOLDMINE
22 13 Big Dish - EUROPEAN RAIN
23 new The Primitives - WAY BEHIND ME
24 30 Bomb The Base - MEGABLAST/DON'T MAKE ME WAIT
25 20 Chris Rea - ON THE BEACH
26 new Tracy Chapman - TALKIN' BOUT A REVOLUTION
27 new Phil Collins - GROOVY KIND OF LOVE
28 18 Prefab Sprout - HEY MANHATTAN
29 19 Deacon Blue - CHOCOLATE GIRL
30 37 Yello - THE RACE
31 36 The Proclaimers - I'M GONNA BE (500 MILES)
32 new Inner City - BIG FUN
33 new Metallica - HARVESTER OF SORROW
34 22 Siouxsie & The Banshees - PEEK-A-BOO
35 25 Cheap Trick - THE FLAME
36 24 My Bloody Valentine - YOU MADE ME REALISE
37 new Marc Almond - TEARS RUN RINGS
38 29 Climie Fisher - I WON'T BLEED FOR YOU
39 new Level 42 - HEAVEN IN MY HANDS
40 new Dave Lee Roth - STAND UP

[coolchristie2]

01 Good Tradition - Tanita Tikaram
02 Teardrops - Womack And Womack
03 The Only Way Is Up - Yazz And The Plastic Population
04 Rush Hour - Jane Wiedlin
05 Megablast/ Don't Make Me Wait - Bomb The Bass
06 The Loco-Motion - Kylie Minogue
07 Touchy - A-ha
08 Every Girl And Boy - Spagna
09 Jump Start - Natalie Cole
10 Easy - Commodores
11 A Groovy Kind Of Love - Phil Collins
12 On The Beach - Chris Rea
13 Heaven In My Hands - Level 42
14 Find My Love - Fairground Attraction
15 He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother - Bill Medley
16 Happy Ever After - Julia Fordham
17 Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours) - Ruby Turner
18 Hands To Heaven - Breathe
19 Big Fun - Inner City
20 He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother - Hollies

[Earl Purple]

1(1) Guns N Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
2(2) All About Eve - Martha's Harbour
3(4) Robbie Robertson - Somewhere Down The Crazy River
4(8) Yello - The Race
5(3) Tanita Tikaram - Good Tradition

6(10) A-Ha - Touchy
7(5) Julia Fordham - Happy Ever After
8(-) Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
9(7) Chris Rea - On The Beach (88)
10(6) Fairground Attraction - Find My Love

11(13) Bomb The Base - Don't Make Me Wait
12(20) Marc Almond - Tears Run Rings
13(21) Primitives - Way Behind Me
14(9) Van Halen - When It's Love
15(18) Michael Jackson - Another Part Of Me

16(-) Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy
17(24) Kenny Loggins - Nobody's Fool
18(11) Womack & Womack- Teardrops
19(12) Mory Kante - Yeke Yeke
20(14) Huey Lewis & The News - Perfect World

21(26) Taylor Dayne - I'll Always Love You
22(27) Level 42 - Heaven In My Hands
23(28) Phil Collins - A Grrovy Kind Of Love
24(-) Inner City - Big Fun
25(22) Europe - Superstitous

26(15) Siouxsie & The Banshees - Peek-A-Boo
27(-) Coldcut ft Junior Reid - Stop This Crazy Thing
28(16) Voice Of The Beehive - I Say Nothing
29(-) Rick Astley - It Would Take A Strong Strong Man
30(25) Donny Osmond - Soldier Of Love

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--(17) Robert Palmer - Simply Irresistable
--(19) Yazz & The Plastic Population - The Only Way Is Up
--(23) Big Country - King Of Emotion
--(29) Kim Wilde - You Came
--(30) Aztec Camera - Working In A Goldmine

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[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - GOODBYE MR MACKENZIE
2 [4] :: Jane Wiedlin - RUSH HOUR
3 [7] :: Yello - THE RACE
4 [3] :: Midnight Oil - PUT DOWN THAT WEAPON
5 [5] :: House Of Love - DESTROY THE HEART
6 [2] :: Big Dish - EUROPEAN RAIN
7 [12] :: Womack And Womack - TEARDROPS
8 [new] :: Tracy Chapman - TALKING 'BOUT A REVOLUTION
9 [new] :: Tracy Chapman - IF NOT NOW {Talking 'Bout A Revolution B-side}
10 [new] :: Sade - NOTHING CAN COME BETWEEN US
11 [new] :: Inner City ft Kevin Saunderson - BIG FUN
12 [6] :: Mory Kante - YE KE YE KE
13 [9] :: Tanita Tikaram - GOOD TRADITION
14 [11] :: Kim Wilde - YOU CAME
15 [new] :: Proclaimers - I'M GONNA BE (500 MILES)
16 [10] :: Bruce Hornsby & the Range - LOOK OUT ANY WINDOW
17 [13] :: Hothouse Flowers - I'M SORRY
18 [16] :: Big Country - KING OF EMOTION
19 [new] :: Bomb The Bass - DON'T MAKE ME WAIT
20 [new] :: Level 42 - HEAVEN IN MY HANDS


I'm in this video, although that's now why I've selected it.

[Smurfie]

1. Brother Beyond - THE HARDER I TRY
2. Jane Wiedlin - RUSH HOUR
3. A-ha - TOUCHY!
4. Bomb The Bass - DON'T MAKE ME WAIT
5. Breathe - HANDS TO HEAVEN
6. Yello - THE RACE
7. Kim Wilde - YOU CAME
8. S-Express - SUPERFLY GUY
9. Kylie Minogue - THE LOCO-MOTION
10. Natalie Cole - JUMP START
11. Level 42 - HEAVEN IN MY HANDS
12. Metallica - HARVESTER OF SORROW
13. Gloria Estefan And Miami Sound Machine - ANYTHING FOR YOU
14. Big Country - KING OF EMOTION
15. Spagna - EVERY GIRL AND BOY
16. Tanita Tikaram - GOOD TRADITION
17. Inner City Featuring Kevin Saunderson - BIG FUN
18. Scritti Politti - FIRST BOY IN THIS TOWN
19. Everything But The Girl - I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT
20. Marc Almond - TEARS RUN RINGS

[popchartfreak]

4th September 1988

It's a beer commercial re-issued instant number one for The Hollies' He Ain't Heavy...He's My Brother, a record I missed first-time round as I was out the country in Singapore, but one I got to know from 1974 onwards and grew to love, so that given a chance it smashes in at 1. 19 years to wait to top the chart is a long span for a song, but not the longest (see Doris Day Move Over Darling in 1987), while The Hollies having to wait 20 years from debut to get a chart-topper is a record at this point in time. Womack & Womack get a 2nd top 10 4 years after the fab Love Games hit 2, Phil Collins gets a groovy top 10, his 2nd of the year, a 7-year-span solo or 10 years since Genesis' Follow You Follow Me.

Spagna does what Call Me didn't, going top 10, and Giant Steps enter at 19 with a track I draw a blank on, Another Lover. Playing it now, oh yes it comes back to me, I like this one, think I bought it. 550 views on YouTube in 3 years, so not many remember it, clearly. Sounds very like Scritti Politti, so that's a shame it flopped. Bill Withers' 1978 classic Lovely Day gets an 80's spruce-up which doesn't ruin it, but doesn't improve on the original, in at 23, Marc Almond gets a huge leap up from 56 to 25 with Tears Run Rings as 32 years later he releases a T.Rex cover of Teenage Dream.

Belinda Carlisle has an even bigger leap with World Without You making it 4 for 4 top 40's off the album, Yello get a debut top 40, not their last, and they feature in my current chart with a new track, as wacky as ever in 2020. The Primitives go in at 39 with a pleasantly 60's-ish jangly Way Behind Me, Coldcut return with vocalist Junior Reid this time on Stop This Crazy Thing, Cher's back with Skin Deep, giving her 17 years of solo action, though it's really 23 years from me first loving Sonny & Cher. Rocky Horror gives us The Time Warp 13 years late in my charts, via Damien, Vanessa Paradis follows-up, Level 42 still churn them out 5 years in, Salt'n'Pepa work-out to an Isley Brothers oldie, Righteous Brother Bill Medley bottoms out the chart with the same song that's on top, which makes almost 20 years of chart entries for him, and rather neatly Unchained Melody will take that record off The Hollies in 1990 for The Righteous Brothers. That just leaves The Pasadenas debuting with a pure Philly groove throwback-alike, the fab Riding On A Train.


1 ( NEW ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies
2 ( 1 ) ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson
3 ( 2 ) YE KE YE KE Mory Kante
4 ( 7 ) THE HARDER I TRY Brother Beyond
5 ( 16 ) TEARDROPS Womack & Womack
6 ( 3 ) SOMEWHERE DOWN THE CRAZY RIVER Robbie Robertson
7 ( 19 ) GROOVY KIND OF LOVE Phil Collins
8 ( 4 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde
9 ( 5 ) HAPPY EVER AFTER Julia Fordham
10 ( 23 ) EVERY GIRL AND BOY Spagna

11 ( 10 ) RUSH HOUR Jane Wiedlin
12 ( 6 ) ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan
13 ( 8 ) HANDS TO HEAVEN Breathe
14 ( 17 ) WHERE DID I GO WRONG UB40
15 ( 11 ) THE ONLY WAY IS UP Yazz & The Plastic Population
16 ( 40 ) YOU'RE MY WORLD Nick Heyward
17 ( 24 ) HOTEL CALIFORNIA The Eagles
18 ( 22 ) SWEET CHILD O' MINE Guns 'n' Roses
19 ( NEW ) ANOTHER LOVER Giant Steps
20 ( 12 ) SOLDIER OF LOVE Donny Osmond

21 ( 9 ) EASY The Commodores
22 ( 13 ) SUPERFLY GUY S'Express
23 ( NEW ) LOVELY DAY (SUNSHINE MIX) Bill Withers
24 ( 14 ) FIND MY LOVE Fairground Attraction
25 ( 56 ) TEARS RUN RINGS Marc Almond
26 ( 15 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael
27 ( 67 ) WORLD WITHOUT YOU Belinda Carlisle
28 ( 18 ) GOOD TRADITION Tanita Tikarim
29 ( 29 ) TOUCHY a-ha
30 ( 38 ) CATCH MY FIRE Billy Idol

31 ( 21 ) DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson
32 ( 36 ) DON'T MAKE ME WAIT Bomb The Bass
33 ( 35 ) INDESTRUCTIBLE The Four Tops/ Smokey Robinson
34 ( 28 ) I HATE MYSELF FOR LOVING YOU Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
35 ( 26 ) FOREVER YOUNG Rod Stewart
36 ( 20 ) JUMP START Natalie Cole
37 ( 37 ) CHILDHOOD DAYS Barry Gibb
38 ( 50 ) THE RACE Yello
39 ( NEW ) WAY BEHIND ME The Primitives
40 ( 39 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies

41 ( 32 ) IN THE AIR TONIGHT (1988) Phil Collins
42 ( 25 ) WORKING IN A GOLDMINE Aztec Camera
43 ( NEW ) STOP THIS CRAZY THING Coldcut/ Junior Reid
44 ( 43 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael
45 ( 44 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
46 ( 52 ) RAW Spandau Ballet
47 ( 47 ) MY LOVE Julio Iglesias/ Stevie Wonder
48 ( 34 ) FOOLISH BEAT Debbie Gibson
49 ( 48 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
50 ( 49 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

51 ( NEW ) SKIN DEEP Cher
52 ( NEW ) THE TIME WARP Damien II
53 ( 57 ) GOOD TIMES Matt Bianco
54 ( 42 ) REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE (REMIX) The Four Tops
55 ( 54 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
56 ( 63 ) MANNISH BOY Muddy Waters
57 ( 59 ) TOWN OF PLENTY Elton John
58 ( 68 ) FIRST BOY IN THIS TOWN (LOVESICK) Scritti Politti
59 ( 60 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
60 ( NEW ) MARILYN AND JOHN Vanessa Paradis

61 ( 31 ) MARTHA'S HARBOUR All About Eve
62 ( 62 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
63 ( 55 ) CIRCLE IN THE SAND Belinda Carlisle
64 ( 33 ) I NEED YOU B.V.S.M.P.
65 ( 69 ) SIGNED SEALED DELIVER'D (I'M YOURS) Ruby Turner
66 ( 27 ) I WON'T BLEED FOR YOU Climie Fisher
67 ( NEW ) HEAVEN IN MY HANDS Level 42
68 ( 30 ) RUNNIN' ALL OVER THE WORLD Status Quo
69 ( 58 ) NEVER TEAR US APART INXS
70 ( 70 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5

71 ( NEW ) SHAKE YOUR THANG (IT'S YOUR THING) Salt 'n' Pepa
72 ( 65 ) ALPHABET STREET Prince
73 ( NEW ) RIDING ON A TRAIN The Pasadenas
74 ( 71 ) BAD Michael Jackson
75 ( NEW ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER Bill Medley


4th Sept
PLAYIST OLDIES

1 LOVE IN A WORLD GONE MAD Bucks Fizz
2 LA LA MEANS I LOVE YOU The Delfonics
3 ALMOST THERE Andy Williams
4 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU Dolly Parton