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

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HAVEN COMBI RETRO-CHART W/B 6th NOVEMBER 1988

Deacon Blue manage a second week at number one with Real Gone Kid. Currently top on four individual charts, although it managed to register a reduced margin of just eight points.




Second place went to the Travelling Wilburys this week with Handle With Care, leaping five places and narrowly missing out on the top spot.

Tanita Tikaram climbs another place to number three with Twist In My Sobriety, pushing Orinoco Flow by Enya down to number four.

INXS get this week’s highest entry on the chart as Need You Tonight re-enters at number 11, just one place down from its original peak last year.

The Bangles are this week’s biggest climber as In Your Room jumps 21 places to number 15.

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

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LW TW ARTIST / SONG TITLE

1 1 Deacon Blue - REAL GONE KID

7 2 Travelling Wilburys - HANDLE WITH CARE

4 3 Tanita Tikaram - TWIST IN MY SOBRIETY

2 4 Enya - ORINOCO FLOW

5 5 Robert Palmer - SHE MAKES MY DAY

3 6 Kylie Minogue - JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI

8 7 Yazz - STAND UP FOR YOUR LOVE RIGHTS

10 8 Milli Vanilli - GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE

14 9 Art of Noise featuring Tom Jones - KISS

13 10 Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine - 1-2-3

RE 11 INXS - NEED YOU TONIGHT

16 12 Robin Beck - FIRST TIME

18 13 Guns n' Roses - WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE

20 14 Prince - I WISH U HEAVEN

36 15 Bangles - IN YOUR ROOM

18 16 Bryan Ferry - LET'S STICK TOGETHER '88

6 17 Erasure - A LITTLE RESPECT

8 17 Kim Wilde - NEVER TRUST A STRANGER

12 19 Human League - LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS

NEW 20 Tiffany - RADIO ROMANCE

11 21 Christians - HARVEST FOR THE WORLD

25 22 Brother Beyond - HE AIN'T NO COMPETITION

16 22 Wee Papa Girl Rappers - WEE RULE

15 24 Whitney Houston - ONE MOMENT IN TIME

21 25 Escape Club - WILD WILD WEST

22 26 Information Society - WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND (PURE ENERGY)

25 26 Silencers - ANSWER ME

25 28 Hue and Cry - ORDINARY ANGEL

NEW 29 La's - THERE SHE GOES

22 30 Heart - NOTHIN' AT ALL

NEW 31 George Michael - KISSING A FOOL

31 31 Jane Wiedlin - INSIDE A DREAM

24 31 U2 - DESIRE

NEW 34 Petula Clark - DOWNTOWN '88

NEW 35 Mica Paris - BREATHE LIFE INTO ME

36 36 Beach Boys - KOKOMO

36 37 Brandon Cooke - SHARP AS A KNIFE

NEW 37 Bucks Fizz - HEART OF STONE

25 37 Steve Earle - COPPERHEAD ROAD

NEW 40 Big Country - BROKEN HEART (THIRTEEN VALLEYS)

NEW 40 Big Daddy Kane - SET IT OFF

NEW 40 Karyn White - THE WAY YOU LOVE ME

NEW 40 Salt-n-Pepa - TWIST AND SHOUT

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OFFICIAL CHART W/B 13th NOVEMBER 1988

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

04 - 05 - 01 - Robin Beck - THE FIRST TIME
04 - 03 - 02 - Yazz - STAND UP FOR YOUR LOVE RIGHTS
05 - 02 - 03 - Kylie Minogue - JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI
05 - 18 - 04 - INXS - NEED YOU TONIGHT
06 - 01 - 05 - Enya - ORINOCO FLOW
03 - 08 - 06 - Brother Beyond - HE AIN'T NO COMPETITION
10 - 04 - 07 - Milli Vanilli - GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE
04 - 15 - 08 - Chris De Burgh - MISSING YOU
06 - 06 - 09 - Robert Palmer - SHE MAKES MY DAY
06 - 10 - 10 - Deacon Blue - REAL GONE KID
05 - 09 - 11 - Gloria Estefan And Miami Sound Machine - 1-2-3
02 - 22 - 12 - Salt-N-Pepa - TWIST AND SHOUT
1 - NEW - 13 - Iron Maiden - THE CLAIRVOYANT
04 - 12 - 14 - Bryan Ferry - LET'S STICK TOGETHER '88
04 - 07 - 15 - Art Of Noise Featuring Tom Jones - KISS
03 - 32 - 16 - Barbra Streisand And Don Johnson - TILL I LOVED YOU
06 - 11 - 17 - D Mob Featuring Gary Haisman - WE CALL IT ACIEED
13 - 17 - 18 - Royal House - CAN YOU PARTY
09 - 13 - 19 - Whitney Houston - ONE MOMENT IN TIME
08 - 14 - 20 - Erasure - A LITTLE RESPECT
04 - 37 - 21 - Travelling Wilburys - HANDLE WITH CARE
05 - 23 - 22 - Tanita Tikaram - TWIST IN MY SOBRIETY
08 - 20 - 23 - Kim Wilde - NEVER TRUST A STRANGER
03 - 26 - 24 - Prince - I WISH U HEAVEN
09 - 21 - 25 - Bobby McFerrin - DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY
06 - 16 - 26 - Christians - HARVEST FOR THE WORLD
08 - 19 - 27 - Wee Papa Girl Rappers - WEE RULE
05 - 36 - 28 - Mica Paris - BREATHE LIFE INTO ME
02 - 34 - 29 - All About Eve - WHAT KIND OF FOOL
1 - NEW - 30 - Bananarama - NATHAN JONES
1 - NEW - 31 - Sigue Sigue Sputnik - SUCCESS
02 - 44 - 32 - Tiffany - RADIO ROMANCE
02 - 41 - 33 - Womack And Womack - LIFE'S JUST A BALLGAME
04 - 24 - 34 - Guns n' Roses - WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE/NIGHTRAIN
12 - 25 - 35 - Jolly Roger - ACID MAN
12 - 29 - 36 - Inner City Featuring Kevin Saunderson - BIG FUN
12 - 28 - 37 - Phil Collins - GROOVY KIND OF LOVE
03 - 46 - 38 - Hithouse - JACK TO THE SOUND OF THE UNDERGROUND
03 - 48 - 39 - Bangles - IN YOUR ROOM
16 - 31 - 40 - Womack And Womack - TEARDROPS
11 - 39 - 41 - Jason Donovan - NOTHING CAN DIVIDE US
03 - 53 - 42 - Karyn White - THE WAY YOU LOVE ME
1 - NEW - 43 - Samantha Fox - LOVE HOUSE
03 - 40 - 44 - Marc Almond - BITTER SWEET
02 - 54 - 45 - Proclaimers - SUNSHINE ON LEITH
03 - 51 - 46 - Fat Boys - LOUIE LOUIE
09 - 27 - 47 - Beatmasters With PP Arnold - BURN IT UP
05 - 42 - 48 - Hue And Cry - ORDINARY ANGEL
09 - 30 - 49 - Rick Astley - SHE WANTS TO DANCE WITH ME
1 - NEW - 50 - Transvision Vamp - SISTER MOON
1 - NEW - 51 - Angry Anderson - SUDDENLY
05 - 33 - 52 - Kraze - THE PARTY
02 - 57 - 53 - Kym Mazelle - USELESS
1 - NEW - 54 - Five Star - LET ME BE YOURS
02 - 67 - 55 - Scritti Politti - BOOM! THERE SHE WAS
02 - 61 - 56 - Todd Terry Project - WEEKEND
04 - 38 - 57 - Simon Harris - HERE COMES THAT SOUND
03 - 50 - 58 - Bucks Fizz - HEART OF STONE
05 - 49 - 59 - Four Seasons - DECEMBER '63 (OH WHAT A NIGHT)
03 - 47 - 60 - Big Country - BROKEN HEART
03 - 69 - 61 - Boys - DIAL MY HEART
06 - 45 - 62 - Steve Earle - COPPERHEAD ROAD
08 - 58 - 63 - U2 - DESIRE
04 - 35 - 64 - Level 42 - TAKE A LOOK
03 - 73 - 65 - Pia - DANCE OUT OF MY HEAD
05 - 43 - 66 - Richie Rich Meets The Jungle Brothers - I'LL HOUSE YOU
02 - 84 - 67 - Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra - MINNIE THE MOOCHER
02 - 88 - 68 - Petula Clark - DOWNTOWN '88
03 - 75 - 69 - Helloween - I WANT OUT
04 - 72 - 70 - Donny Osmond - IF IT'S LOVE THAT YOU WANT
02 - 74 - 71 - One 2 Many - DOWNTOWN
1 - NEW - 72 - Beach Boys - KOKOMO
1 - NEW - 73 - Midge Ure - DEAR GOD
02 - 80 - 74 - Eric B And Rakim - THE MICROPHONE FIEND
02 - 79 - 75 - Fairground Attraction - A SMILE IN A WHISPER

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

I'll leave this open until next Saturday!

[darkstar79]

01 Wee Papa Girl Rappers – We Rule (8 wks)
02 Brandon Cooke – Sharp As A Knife (4 wks)
03 Big Daddy Kane – Set It Off (5 wks)
04 Eric B. & Rakim – Microphone Fiend (2 wks)
05 Stetsasonic – Talkin’ All That Jazz (10 wks)
06 DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – Girls Ain’t Nothing But Trouble (4 wks)
07 L’Trimm – Cars With The Boom (9 wks)
08 Richie Rich & The Jungle Brothers – I’ll House You (5 wks)
09 Young MC – Know How (2 wks)
10 Inner City Feat. Kevin Saunderson – Big Fun (12 wks)

11 The La’s – There She Goes (2 wks)
12 The Real Roxanne – Respect (2 wks)
13 Pet Shop Boys – Domino Dancing (9 wks)
14 EPMD – Strictly Business (11 wks)
15 The Moody Boys – Acid Rappin (4 wks)
16 Urban Allstars – It Began In Africa (13 wks)
17 Keith Sweat – Don’t Stop Your Love (1 wk)
18 Salt ‘n’ Pepa – Twist & Shout (2 wks)
19 Kylie Minogue – Je Ne Sais Pas Pourqoui (5 wks)
20 Public Enemy – Night Of The Living Baseheads (6 wks)

21 New Edition – You’re Not My Kind Of Girl (2 wks)
22 Kym Mazelle – Useless (2 wks)
23 Five Star – Let Me Be Yours (1 wk)
24 Womack & Womack – Life's Just a Ballgame (2 wks)
25 J.J Fad – Way Out (10 wks)
26 Tiffany – Radio Romance (2 wks)
27 Salt ‘n’ Pepa Feat. E.U. – Shake Your Thang (12 wks)
28 Michael Jackson – Smooth Criminal (2 wks)
29 Fat Boys – Louie Louie (6 wks)
30 Prince – I Wish You Heaven (3 wks)

[TheThorne]

1 4 One 2 Many - DOWNTOWN
2 1 Deacon Blue - REAL GONE KID
3 2 Steve Earle - COPPERHEAD ROAD
4 7 The La's - THERE SHE GOES
5 5 The Escape Club - WILD WILD WEST
6 new Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - OPEN YOUR ARMS
7 3 The Silencers - ANSWER ME
8 11 Information Society - WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND
9 13 The Bangles - IN YOUR ROOM
10 12 Gloria Estefan - 1-2-3
11 14 The Del Lords - Cheyenne
12 6 Hue And Cry - ORDINARY ANGEL
13 8 Adventures - ONE STEP FROM HEAVEN
15 17 Travelling Wilburys - HANDLE WITH CARE
16 9 Heart - NOTHIN AT ALL
17 10 U2 - Desire
18 new 1927 - If I COULD
19 27 All About Eve - WHAT KIND OF FOOL
20 22 Mike & The Mechanics - NOBODYS PERFECT
21 21 In Tua Nua - WHEEL OF EVIL
22 15 Amy Grant - LEAD ME ON
23 new The Beach Boys - KOKOMO
24 29 Scritti Politti - BOOM! THERE SHE WAS
25 16 Jane Weidlin - INSIDE A DREAM
26 18 T'Pau - SECRET GARDEN
27 28 Europe - OPEN YOUR HEART
28 new Bananarama - NATHAN JONES
28 24 Poison - FALLEN ANGEL
29 19 Guns N' Roses - NIGHTTRAIN
30 20 Kylie Minoque - JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI
31 new Iron Maiden - THE CLAIRVOYANT
32 36 Annie Lennox - PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART
33 33 Tiffany - RADIO ROMANCE
34 new Transvision Vamp - SISTER MOON
35 23 Big Country - BROKEN HEART
36 new Angry Anderson - SUDDENLY
37 25 The Darling Buds - BURST
38 new Londonbeat - 9 A.M. (THE COMFORT ZONE)
39 26 Erasure - A LITTLE RESPECT
40 new Godfathers - LOVE IS DEAD


Massive soft rock ballad which I'm not sure was even a single in the UK but ARIA chart #4

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Tiffany – Radio Romance
02(06) INXS – Need You Tonight
03(11) The Proclaimers – Sunshine On Leith
04(12) Salt-N-Pepa – Twist And Shout
05(02) Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine – 1,2,3
06(07) Traveling Wilburys – Handle With Care
07(22) Natalie Cole – I Live For Your Love
08(03) Tanita Tikaram – Twist In My Sobriety
09(17) Big Country – Broken Heart
10(05) Robert Palmer – She Makes My Day

11(04) Enya – Orinoco Flow
12(14) Chris de Burgh – Missing You
13(08) Robin Beck – First Time
14(09) Kylie Minogue – Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi
15(19) The Bangles – In Your Room
16(40) The La’s – There She Goes
17(10) Yazz – Stand Up For Your Love Rights
18(28) Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballe – The Golden Boy
19(24) Marc Almond – Bitter Sweet
20(37) Annie Lennox & Al Green – Put A Little Love In Your Heart

21(--) Midge Ure – Dear God
22(42) Petula Clark – Downtown ‘88
23(--) Bananarama – Nathan Jones
24(13) Deacon Blue – Real Gone Kid
25(36) Hithouse – Jack To The Sound Of The Underground
26(33) Brother Beyond – He Ain’t No Competition
27(--) Iron Maiden – The Clairvoyant
28(23) Kraze – The Party
29(39) Karyn White – The Way You Love Me
30(43) Womack & Womack – Life’s Just A Ballgame

31(15) Chris Rea – I Can Hear Your Heartbeat
32(35) Poison – Fallen Angel
33(26) Art Of Noise Featuring Tom Jones – Kiss
34(16) Guns N’ Roses – Welcome To The Jungle
35(18) Erasure – A Little Respect
36(46) All About Eve – What Kind Of Fool
37(--) Angry Anderson – Suddenly
38(27) Bryan Ferry – Let’s Stick Together ‘88
39(--) Five Star – Let Me Be Yours
40(44) Barbra Streisand & Don Johnson – Till I Loved You

41(49) Fairground Attraction – A Smile In A Whisper
42(20) D. Mob Featuring Gary Haisman – We Call It Acieed
43(21) The Christians – Harvest For The World
44(50) Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra – Minnie The Moocher
45(--) Transvision Vamp – Sister Moon
46(32) Bucks Fizz – Heart Of Stone
47(25) Prince – I Wish U Heaven
48(--) Sigue Sigue Sputnik – Success
49(--) The Quireboys – There She Goes Again
50(--) Beach Boys – Kokomo

51(--) Londonbeat – 9am (The Comfort Zone)
52(--) Samantha Fox – Love House
53(--) One 2 Many - Downtown

[coolchristie2]

01 First Time - Robin Beck
02 Stand Up For Your Love Rights - Yazz
03 Trust In My Sobriety - Tanita Tikarim
04 Handle With Care - Traveling Wilburys
05 Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi - Kylie Minogue
06 Radio Romance - Tiffany
07 Orinoco Flow - Enya
08 Need You Tonight - INXS

09 In Your Room - Bangles

10 You're My One And Only - Jennifer Rush

11 Wee Rule - Wee Papa Girl Rappers

12 Kiss - Art Of Noise feat. Tom Jones
13 1-2-3 - Gloria Estefan And Miami Sound Machine
14 Let's Stick Together - Bryan Ferry
15 Missing You - Chris De Burgh
16 Harvest For The World - Christians
17 Nathan Jones - Bananarama
18 Girl You Know It's True Milli Vanilli
19 One Moment In Time - Whitney Houston
20 Breathe Life Into Me - Mica Paris

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Mark's Top 40 weekending 29th November 1988

1 (1) First Time - Robin Beck
2 (2) Handle With Care - Travelling Wilburys
3 (3) Orinoco Flow - Enya
4 (4) 123 - Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
5 (5) Je Ne Sais Pas Pour Quoi - Kylie Minogue
6 (24) Need You Tonight - INXS
7 (6) Stand Up For Your Love Rights - Yazz
8 (7) Kiss - Art Of Noise ft Tom Jones
9 (8) One Moment In Time - Whitney Houston
10 (9) Never Trust A Stranger - Kim Wilde
11 (10) A Little Respect - Erasure
12 (28) Radio Romance - Tiffany
13 (12) She Makes My Day - Robert Palmer
14 (13) Heart Of Stone - Bucks Fizz
15 (14) Real Gone Kid - Deacon Blue
16 (15) In Your Room - The Bangles
17 (16) Girl You Know It's True - Milli Vanilli
18 (18) Take A Look - Level 42
19 (35) Sunshine On Leith - The Proclaimers
20 (11) Don't Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin
21 (17) Desire - U2
22 (32) Let's Stick Together '88 - Bryan Ferry
23 (20) Wee Rule - Wee Papa Girl Rappers
24 (21) Staying Together - Debbie Gibson
25 (22) Don't Make Me Wait - Bomb The Bass
26 (23) Inside A Dream - Jane Wiedlin
27 (25) World Without You - Belinda Carlisle
28 (40) What Kind Of Fool - All About Eve
29 (29) The Way You Love Me - Karyn White
30 (New) Nathan Jones - Bananarama
31 (New) Let Me Be Yours - Five Star
32 (19) Lovely Day '88 - Bill Withers
33 (New) Suddenly - Angry Anderson
34 (New) Success - Sigue Sigue Sputnik
35 (26) He Ain't No Competition - Brother Beyond
36 (New) Sister Moon - Transvision Vamp
37 (37) Twist and Shout - Salt n' Pepa
38 (New) Kokomo - Beach Boys
39 (New) Love House - Samantha Fox
40 (27) Love, Truth And Honesty - Bananaraama

[rubcale]

01 INXS Need You Tonight
02 Robert Palmer She Makes My Day
03 Kylie Minogue Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi
04 Brother Beyond He Ain't No Competition
05 Tiffany Radio Romance
06 Hillhouse Jack To The Sound Of The Underground
07 Yazz Stand Up For Your Love Rights
08 Mica Paris Breathe Life Into Me
09 Milli Vanilli Girl You Know It's True
10 Robin Beck First Time
11 Petula Clark Downtown
12 Salt 'N Pepa Twist And Shout
13 Deacon Blue Real Gone Kid
14 Annie Lennox & Al Green Put A Little Love In Your Heart
15 Bryan Ferry Let's Stick Together
16 Angry Anderson Suddenly
17 Gloria Estefan & The Miami Sound Machine 1-2-3
18 LAs There She Goes
19 Beach Boys Kokomo
20 Traveling Wilbury's Handle With Care

[o]

1 1 Travelling Wilburys - Handle with care #1
2 4 Inxs – Need you tonight #2
3 2 Tanita Tikaram – Twist in my sobriety #1
4 7 Guns n Roses – Welcome to the jungle #4
5 8 Milli Vanilli – Girl you know it’s true #5
6 9 Art of Noise/Tom Jones – Kiss #6
7 13 Bryan Ferry – Let’s stick together 88 #7
8 NE Big Country – Broken heart #8
9 3 Deacon Blue – Real gone kid #3
10 5 Westworld – Everything good is bad #2
11 6 Darling Buds – Burst #4
12 14 Dire Straits – Sultans of swing #12
13 26 Transvision Vamp – Sister moon #13
14 16 Yazz – Stand up for your love rights #14
15 22 La’s – There she goes #15
16 10 Christians – Harvest for the world #8
17 11 Enya – Orinoco flow #11
18 12 U2 – Desire #2
19 15 Robin Beck – First time #15
20 27 Bananarama – Nathan Jones #20
21 28 Beach Boys – Kokomo #21
22 29 Godfathers – Love is dead #22
23 30 Angry Anderson – Suddenly #23
24 17 Salt n Pepa – Twist and shout #17
25 19 All About Eve – What kind of fool #19
26 20 Annie Lennox & Al Green – Put a little love in your heart #20
27 NE Pet Shop Boys – Left to own devices #27
28 NE Michael Jackson – Smooth criminal #28
29 NE Humanoid – Stahher humanoid #29
30 NE Boy Meets Girl – Waiting for a star to fall #30

[smokeyb]

1 (3) The Traveling Wilburys - Handle With Care (4 wks)
2 (1) Deacon Blue - Real Gone Kid (6 wks)
3 (2) Robert Palmer - She Makes My Day (6 wks)
4 (6) Guns & Roses - WelcomeTo The Jungle (4 wks)
5 (7) Tanita Tikaram - Twist In My Sobriety (5 wks)
6 (14) INXS - Need You Tonight (2 wks)
7 (20) The Proclaimers - Sunshine On Leith (2 wks)
8 (21) Scritti Politti - Boom! There She Was (2 wks)
9 (9) Bryan Ferry - Let's Stick Together '88 (4 wks)
10 (4) Tom Jones and Art Of Noise - Kiss (4 wks)
11 (5) Kim Wilde - Never Trust A Stranger (8 wks)
12 (8) Enya - Orinoco Flow (6 wks)
13 (16) Chris de Burgh - Missing You (4 wks)
14 (24) The La's - There She Goes (2 wks)
15 (13) Kylie Minogue - Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi (I Still Love You) (5 wks)
16 (30) Annie Lennox & Al Green - Put A Little Love In Your Heart (2 wks)
17 (19) Robin Beck - The Very First Time (6 wks)
18 (22) All About Eve - What Kind of Fool (2 wks)
19 (25) Marc Almond - Bitter Sweet (3 wks)
20 (NE) Bananarama - Nathan Jones (1 wk)
21 (10) The Human League - Love Is All That Matters (6 wks)
22 (11) Erasure - A Little Respect (8 wks)
23 (12) The Christians - Harvest For The World (6 wks)
24 (15) Love and Money - Halleluiah Man (10 wks)
25 (18) Voice of the Beehive - I Walk the Earth (6 wks)
26 (17) T'Pau - Secret Garden (8 wks)
27 (23) Pet Shop Boys - Domino Dancing (9 wks)
28 (26) U2 - Desire (8 wks)
29 (27) Belinda Carlisle - World Without You (11 wks)
30 (NE) The Beach Boys - Kokomo (1 wk)
31 (NE) Midge Ure - Dear God (1 wk)
32 (28) The Darling Buds - Burst (7 wks)
33 (29) Duran Duran - I Don't Want Your Love (8 wks)
34 (31) The Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother (12 wks)
35 (32) Thompson Twins - In The Name Of Love '88 (6 wks)
36 (NE) Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - Open Your Arms (1 wk)
37 (33) Debbie Gibson - Staying Together (6 wks)
38 (34) Talk Talk - I Believe In You (8 wks)
39 (35) Siouxsie And The Banshees - The Killing Jar (7 wks)
40 (36) Julian Cope - Charlotte Anne (9 wks)

[Earl Purple]

1(3) George Michael - Kissing A Fool
2(1) Deacon Blue - Real Gone Kid
3(4) Traveling Wilburys - Handle With Care
4(2) Tanita Tikaram - Twist In My Sobriety
5(-) Pet Shop Boys - Left To My Own Devices

6(12) Boy Meets Girl - Waiting For A Star To Fall
7(10) Chicago - Look Away
8(5) Art Of Noise ft Tom Jones - Kiss
9(14) Bangles - In Your Room
10(16) Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Success

11(13) Marc Almond - Bitter Sweet
12(-) Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal
13(21) Anita Baker - Giving You The Best That I Got
14(7) Robert Palmer - She Makes My Day
15(6) Enya - Orinoco Flow

16(23) Tiffany - Radio Romance
17(9) Beach Boys - Kokomo
18(-) Phil Collins - Two Hearts
19(8) Erasure - A Little Respect
20(15) Prince - I Wish U Heaven

21(18) All About Eve - What Kind Of Fool
22(28) Iron Maiden - The Clairvoyant
23(-) When In Rome - The Promise
24(30) Bananarama - Nathan Jones
25(11) Guns N Roses - Welcome To The Jungle

26(-) Angry Anderson - Suddenly
27(-) Marillion - Freaks (Live)
28(-) Eddie Money - Walk On Water
29(-) Rick Astley - Take Me To Your Heart
30(-) Humanoid - Stakker Humanoid

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--(17) Robin Beck - First Time
--(19) Human League - Love Is All That Matters
--(20) Yazz - Stand Up For Your Love Rights
--(22) Chris De Burgh - Missing You
--(24) Barbra Streisand & Don Johnson - Till I Loved You
--(25) Escape Club - Wild Wild West
--(26) Information Society - What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)
--(27) Proclaimers - Sunshine On Leith
--(29) Giant Steps - Another Lover

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As part of Wham with "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go", with "Careless Whisper", with Aretha Franklin on "I Knew You Were Waiting For Me", with "Faith" and now a 5th number one for George Michael with "Kissing A Fool".

The Pet Shop Boys have reached #1 on the combi-chart with every single so far. They've done so on my chart with 3 of them, "West End Girls", "It's A Sin" and "What Have I Done To Deserve This" (the latter with Dusty Springfield.

Will this make it 4 on mine and continue their run on the combi-chart? It enters at #5.

[Shireblogger]

1 [new] :: Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - OPEN YOUR ARMS
2 [2] :: Traveling Wilburys - HANDLE WITH CARE
3 [1] :: Deacon Blue - REAL GONE KID
4 [3] :: INXS - NEED YOU TONIGHT
5 [5] :: Yazz - STAND UP FOR YOUR LOVE RIGHTS
6 [6] :: Silencers - ANSWER ME
7 [9] :: Guns N' Roses - WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE
8 [15] :: Bangles - IN YOUR ROOM
9 [new] :: Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - SECRETS {Open Your Arms B-side}
10 [4] :: Christians - HARVEST FOR THE WORLD
11 [7] :: Big Country - BROKEN HEART (THIRTEEN VALLEYS)
12 [8] :: Heart - NOTHIN' AT ALL
13 [13] :: Prince - I WISH U HEAVEN
14 [12] :: Tanita Tikaram - TWIST IN MY SOBRIETY
15 [new] :: Bananarama - NATHAN JONES
16 [16] :: Art Of Noise ft Tom Jones - KISS
17 [20] :: Fairground Attraction - A SMILE IN A WHISPER
18 [14] :: Beatmasters with PP Arnold - BURN IT UP
19 [new] :: Salt-N-Pepa - TWIST AND SHOUT
20 [new] :: Womack And Womack - LIFE'S JUST A BALLGAME

[raliverpool]

19/11/1988

01 Traveling Wilburys - Handle With Care (4wks 12-5-1-1)
02 Escape Club - Wild Wild West (6wks 15-6-4-2-2-2)
03 George Michael - Kissing A Fool (2wks 24-3)
04 Tanita Tikaram - Twist In My Sobriety (5wks 12-6-4-3-4)
05 Bangles - In Your Room (2wks 16-5)
06 Tracy Chapman - Baby Can I Hold You (2wks 21-6)
07 Prince - I Wish U Heaven (3wks 15-9-7)
08 Proclaimers - Sunshine On Leith (2wks 17-8)
09 Enya - Orinoco Flow (6wks 23-7-2-3-4-9)
10 Mica Paris - Breathe Life Into Me (4wks 33-17-14-10)

11 Guns N' Roses - Welcome To The Jungle (4wks 11-8-8-11)
12 Robert Palmer - She Makes My Day (4wks 19-9-7-12)
13 Deacon Blue - Real Gone Kid (5wks 30-14-10-10-13)
14 Giant Steps - Another Lover (4wks 36-18-11-14)
15 Hue & Cry - Ordinary Angel (5wks 11-7-6-6-15)
16 Yazz - Stand Up For Your Love Rights (4wks 20-12-12-16)
17 Erasure - A Little Respect (8wks 3-1-1-1-1-1-5-17)
18 Crowded House - When You Come (4wks 35-21-18-18)
19 All About Eve - What Kind Of Fool (2wks 35-19)
20 Art Of Noise ft Tom Jones - Kiss (4wks 22-11-13-20)

21 Toni Childs - Stop Your Fussin' (2wks 27-21)
22 Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Success (1wk 22 NEW)
23 Tiffany - Radio Romance (1wk 23 NEW)
24 Information Society - What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) (6wks 9-3-3-7-15-24)
25 Bucks Fizz - Heart Of Stone (3wks 27-19-25)
26 Robin Beck - First Time (2wks 32-26)
27 Breathe - How Can I Fall (1wk 27 NEW)
28 Chris De Burgh - Missing You (2wks 36-28)
29 Marc Almond - Bitter Sweet (3wks 24-20-29)
30 Godfathers - Love Is Dead (1wk 30 NEW)

31 Smithereens - Drown in My Own Tears (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Basia - Time & Tide (3wks 29-26-32)
33 Kylie Minogue - Je ne sais pas pourquoi (5wks 28-21-22-25-33)
34 Talking Heads - (Nothing But) Flowers (6wks 5-2-5-13-23-34)
35 Elton John - A Word In Spanish (2wks 31-35)
36 Christians - Harvest For The World (6wks 14-9-9-14-22-36)
37 Iron Maiden - The Clairvoyant (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Vixen - Edge Of A Broken Heart (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Silencers - Answer Me (3wks 34-29-39)
40 Brother Beyond - He Ain't No Competition (1wk 40 NEW)

LP Wet Wet Wet - This Time (The Memphis Sessions)

[Kingpin]

3        1) Karyn White - The Way You Love Me (24-3-1)
4        2) Spagna - I Wanna Be Your Wife (18-4-2)
1        3) Milli Vanilli - Girl You Know It's True (27-13-6-1-1-3)
13      4) Tiffany - Radio Romance (13-4)
7        5) Robin Beck - First Time (34-22-14-7-5)
6        6) Brother Beyond - He Ain't No Competition (12-6-6)
16      7) Bad Boys Blue - A World Without You (Michelle) (30-16-7)
2        8) Jane Wiedlin - Inside A Dream (26-11-5-2-8)
21      9) INXS - Need You Tonight (21-9)
10    10) Highlanders - Tell me Things (31-17-10-10)

28    11) One 2 Many - Downtown (28-11)
25    12) Denise Lopez - If You Feel It (25-12)
18    13) Bangles - In Your Room (28-18-13)
5      14) Human League - Love Is All That Matters (23-11-3-2-5-14)
19    15) Boys Club - I Remember Holding You (39-32-27-19-15)
32    16) 1927 - If I Could (32-16)
8      17) Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine - 1-2-3 (10-2-3-8-17)
23    18) Blue System - Under My Skin (33-23-18)
9      19) Kylie Minogue - Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi (1-1-4-9-19)
NEW 20) Samantha Fox - Love House (20)

31    21) Todd Terry Project - Weekend (31-21)
11    22) Mandy - Victim Of Pleasure (19-10-11-22)
NEW 23) Keith Sweat - Don't Stop Your Love (23)
26    24) Hithouse - Jack To The Sound Of The Underground (34-26-24)
12    25) Deacon Blue - Real Gone Kid (37-25-13-9-12-25)
NEW 26) Banananrama - Nathan Jones (26)
33    27) Kym Mazelle - Useless (I Don't Need You Now) (33-27)
14    28) Yazz - Stand Up For Your Love Rights (25-15-14-28)
36    29) Proclaimers - Sunshine On Leith (36-29)
NEW 30) Jon Otis - Is This Really Love (30)

17    31) Breathe - Jonah (19-7-5-7-17-31)
39    32) Jennifer Rush - You're My One and Only (39-32)
38    33) Salt-n-Pepa - Twist And Shout (38-33)
NEW 34) Five Star - Let Me Be Yours (34)
NEW 35) Beach Boys - Kokomo (35)
40    36) Information Society - What's On Your mind (Pure Energy) (40-36)
NEW 37) Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - Open Your Arms (37)
NEW 38) Daryl Braithwaite - All I Do (38)
NEW 39) Angry Anderson - Suddenly (39)
NEW 40) November one - Someone Special (40)

[popchartfreak]

20th November 1988

It's a 60's classic (more or less) on top some 24 years later than it 100% would have topped my chart when I was 6 years old, I loved Downtown, still do, I get powerful images of living in suburban/rural Chesham and going into London with my parents on the Tube when London was all Swinging 60's. Great record, and the remix didn't kill it. INXS finally get Need You Tonight top 3 and Bucks Fizz get their last top 5 (ahead of Cher's cover) with the fab Heart Of Stone. Of course, 2 of this line-up would be back in 30 years with another run of Fizz hits and a number one.

Pet Shop Boys have a big climb to 6 - but not yet top 5 ohmy.gif Will Left To My Own Devices hit the top (hint, it's bloody brilliant)? George is Kissing A Fool with a 5th consecutive top 10 single from Faith, and 6th top 20, though Hand To Mouth (back at 76 as it's listed in my playlist at 2) would absolutely have been higher than Kissing A Fool, most-likely number one or two. Kim Wilde leaps into the 20 for a 4th Close track, and Blondie remix Denis, which topped my charts in 1978, back into entering at 23, just ahead of top new track - another US big hit from British band Escape Club and the gun-shooting Wild Wild West, great fun that one, should have been a UK hit.

Take cover! Mistletoe And Wine is in at 30. The great thing about personal charts is they show that a record you can't stand, and don't recall liking much, can actually have sounded fresh once upon a time. Here's the proof, I liked the Cliff Xmas perennial once upon a time! There's another Downtown in the chart, but it's not a cover, it's a new song that didn't catch on sadly - One 2 Many. Womack & Womack re-enter at a new Ball Game peak of 40, Two Hearts leaps up into the 40, The Pasadenas are back, Sigue Sigue Sputnik are surprisingly active 2 years on, as I don't recall anything beyond 1986, Success presumably not one.

Tiffany's stretching out her 5 minutes of fame to 12 months with a decent enough pop ditty, The Bangles add to their run ahead of a biggie, UB40 make it almost 9 years and are not even half-way through their chart run, Big Country sneak back in, towards the end of their 6-year run, Chris De Burgh charts another turgid ballad, even worse than Lady In Red, and Will To Power do a medley of Peter Frampton and Lynyrd Skynrd, homogenise both songs, and guarantee endless plays on Steve Wright for the next 32 years. I prefer the originals, thanks. That leaves the Nothing Less Than Brilliant Sandie Shaw returning with a very Morrissey-sounding song written by herself and her classic-60's songwriter Chris Andrews. Sandie would have had 3 chart-toppers in my hypothetical 60's kiddie charts. Finally, there's a track called There She Goes by The La's sneaking in. It'll be back again bigger in 1990. And 1998. Fab, fab, fab.


1 ( 2 ) DOWNTOWN '88 Petula Clark
2 ( 1 ) I WISH U HEAVEN Prince
3 ( 8 ) NEED YOU TONIGHT (MENDOHLSON MIX) INXS
4 ( 5 ) TWIST IN MY SOBRIETY Tanita Tikarim
5 ( 17 ) HEART OF STONE Bucks Fizz
6 ( 33 ) LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES Pet Shop Boys
7 ( 3 ) ORINOCO FLOW Enya
8 ( 15 ) KISSING A FOOL George Michael
9 ( 6 ) LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS Human League
10 ( 19 ) PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART Annie Lennox/ Al Green

11 ( 9 ) REAL GONE KID Deacon Blue
12 ( 4 ) WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND (PURE ENERGY) Information Society
13 ( 7 ) GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE Milli Vanilli
14 ( 18 ) SMOOTH CRIMINAL Michael Jackson
15 ( 10 ) LET'S STICK TOGETHER '88 Bryan Ferry
16 ( 20 ) BREATHE LIFE INTO ME Mica Paris
17 ( 22 ) HANDLE WITH CARE Traveling Wilbury's
18 ( 12 ) SHE MAKES MY DAY Robert Palmer
19 ( 11 ) JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI Kylie Minogue
20 ( 39 ) FOUR LETTER WORD Kim Wilde

21 ( 14 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
22 ( 13 ) KOKOMO The Beach Boys
23 ( NEW ) DENIS (DENEE) '88 Blondie
24 ( NEW ) WILD WILD WEST The Escape Club
25 ( 38 ) SUNSHINE ON LEITH The Proclaimers
26 ( 21 ) NEVER TRUST A STRANGER Kim Wilde
27 ( 16 ) BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY The Four Seasons
28 ( 24 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies
29 ( 23 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys
30 ( NEW ) MISTLETOE AND WINE Cliff Richard

31 ( 35 ) FIRST TIME Robin Beck
32 ( 28 ) “1-2-3” Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
33 ( 25 ) ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds
34 ( 29 ) LOVELY DAY (SUNSHINE MIX) Bill Withers
35 ( 55 ) WHAT KIND OF FOOL All About Eve
36 ( 27 ) DECEMBER '63 (OH WHAT A NIGHT) '88 The Four Seasons
37 ( NEW ) DOWNTOWN One 2 Many
38 ( 75 ) TWO HEARTS Phil Collins
39 ( 45 ) NATHAN JONES Bananarama
40 ( RE ) LIFE IS JUST A BALLGAME Womack & Womack

41 ( 26 ) CAN YOU PARTY Royal House
42 ( 42 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
43 ( 41 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
44 ( 43 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde
45 ( 34 ) YOU'RE MY WORLD Nick Heyward
46 ( 31 ) TEARDROPS Womack & Womack
47 ( 52 ) STAND UP FOR YOUR LOVE RIGHTS Yazz & The Plastic Population
48 ( 37 ) DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY Bobby McFerrin
49 ( NEW ) ENCHANTED LADY The Pasadenas
50 ( 47 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

51 ( 32 ) KISS Tom Jones & The Art Of Noise
52 ( 53 ) A WORD IN SPANISH Elton John
53 ( 50 ) MONKEY (REMIX) George Michael
54 ( 30 ) WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE Guns 'N' Roses
55 ( 66 ) LOUIE LOUIE The Fat Boys
56 ( 54 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
57 ( NEW ) RADIO ROMANCE Tiffany
58 ( 56 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
59 ( NEW ) BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY/ FREEBIRD Will To Power
60 ( 58 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees

61 ( 64 ) HE AIN'T NO COMPETITION Brother Beyond
62 ( NEW ) SUCCESS Sigue Sigue Sputnik
63 ( 61 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
64 ( 36 ) HARVEST FOR THE WORLD The Christians
65 ( NEW ) IN YOUR ROOM The Bangles
66 ( 73 ) TWIST AND SHOUT Salt 'n' Pepa
67 ( 44 ) DESIRE U2
68 ( NEW ) COME OUT TO PLAY UB40
69 ( 57 ) YE KE YE KE Mory Kante
70 ( NEW ) BROKEN HEART (THIRTEEN VALLEYS) Big Country

71 ( 67 ) I WANT YOU BACK/ I WANT YOU BACK ('88 remix) The Jackson 5
72 ( 60 ) ONE MORE TRY George Michael
73 ( NEW ) THERE SHE GOES The La's
74 ( NEW ) MISSING YOU Chris De Burgh
75 ( NEW ) NOTHING LESS THAN BRILLIANT Sandie Shaw
76 ( RE ) HAND TO MOUTH George Michael


Playlist oldies of the week
1 A MAN WITHOUT LOVE Engelbert Humperdinck
2 HAND TO MOUTH George Michael
3 GOTTA SEE JANE R.Dean Taylor