Haven Combi Retro-Chart W/B 27th November 1988

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HAVEN COMBI RETRO-CHART W/B 27th NOVEMBER 1988

The Pet Shop Boys extend their lead at the top of the chart as Left To My Own Devices gets a second week at number one. With a huge majority of 64 points over their nearest rivals, and as always featuring on every individual chart there’s scope for this to be another long-running chart-topper for them.



After storming in to the chart at number four last week, Michael Jackson climbs to number two with Smooth Criminal, equaling The Way You Make Me Feel as the highest charting single from his Bad album.

Former number one by the Travelling Wilburys continues its gradual descent as Handle With Care slips another place to number three.

INXS are following a similar downward trajectory as the Travelling Wilburys as Need You Tonight also drops another place to number four.

Phil Collins is back in the Top Five for a second time this year as Two Hearts matches the peak of its predecessor, A Groovy Kind Of Love.

This week’s biggest climber is from the power-duo of Annie Lennox and Al Green as Put A Little Love In Your Heart jumps 20 places to number 11.

Highest new entry sees the return of Cliff Richard as Mistletoe and Wine debuts at number 15.

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

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LW TW ARTIST / SONG TITLE

1 1 Pet Shop Boys - LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES

4 2 Michael Jackson - SMOOTH CRIMINAL

2 3 Travelling Wilburys - HANDLE WITH CARE

3 4 INXS - NEED YOU TONIGHT

13 5 Phil Collins - TWO HEARTS

5 6 Tiffany - RADIO ROMANCE

9 7 Bananarama - NATHAN JONES

6 8 Bangles - IN YOUR ROOM

10 9 La's - THERE SHE GOES

16 10 Petula Clark - DOWNTOWN '88

31 11 Annie Lennox and Al Green - PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART

29 12 Boy Meets Girl - WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL

15 13 George Michael - KISSING A FOOL

23 13 Tracy Chapman - BABY CAN I HOLD YOU

NEW 15 Cliff Richard - MISTELTOE AND WINE

17 15 Rick Astley - TAKE ME TO YOUR HEART

6 17 Deacon Blue - REAL GONE KID

11 18 Proclaimers - SUNSHINE ON LEITH

25 19 Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - OPEN YOUR ARMS

29 20 Angry Anderson - SUDDENLY

32 21 Bomb The Bass featuring Maureen - SAY A LITTLE PRAYER

14 22 Kylie Minogue - JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI

28 22 One 2 Many - DOWNTOWN

23 24 Mica Paris - BREATHE LIFE INTO ME

12 24 Robin Beck - FIRST TIME

36 26 Beach Boys - KOKOMO

NEW 27 Status Quo - BURNING BRIDGES (ON AND OFF AND ON AGAIN)

37 28 1927 - IF I COULD

21 28 Robert Palmer - SHE MAKES MY DAY

NEW 30 Hithouse - JACK TO THE SOUND OF THE UNDERGROUND

NEW 31 Breathe - HOW CAN I FALL

NEW 31 Londonbeat - 9AM (THE COMFORT ZONE)

NEW 31 Natalie Cole - I LIVE FOR YOUR LOVE

8 34 Tanita Tikaram - TWIST IN MY SOBRIETY

21 35 Guns n' Roses - WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE

37 35 Samantha Fox - LOVE HOUSE

NEW 37 A-Ha - YOU ARE THE ONE

NEW 37 Diana Ross - LOVE HANGOVER '88

NEW 37 Kim Wilde - FOUR LETTER WORD

19 40 Yazz - STAND UP FOR YOUR LOVE RIGHTS

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OFFICIAL CHART W/B 4th DECEMBER 1988


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

02 - 07 - 01 - Cliff Richard - MISTLETOE AND WINE
1 - NEW - 02 - Kylie And Jason - ESPECIALLY FOR YOU
04 - 16 - 03 - Angry Anderson - SUDDENLY
02 - 02 - 04 - Bros - CAT AMONG THE PIGEONS/SILENT NIGHT
07 - 01 - 05 - Robin Beck - THE FIRST TIME
03 - 06 - 06 - Phil Collins - TWO HEARTS
1 - NEW - 07 - Erasure - CRACKERS INTERNATIONAL (EP)
03 - 12 - 08 - Rick Astley - TAKE ME TO YOUR HEART
03 - 08 - 09 - Michael Jackson - SMOOTH CRIMINAL
07 - 03 - 10 - Chris De Burgh - MISSING YOU
03 - 04 - 11 - Pet Shop Boys - LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES
03 - 10 - 12 - Bomb The Bass Featuring Maureen - SAY A LITTLE PRAYER
08 - 05 - 13 - INXS - NEED YOU TONIGHT
05 - 13 - 14 - Tiffany - RADIO ROMANCE
04 - 19 - 15 - Bananarama - NATHAN JONES
06 - 14 - 16 - Hithouse - JACK TO THE SOUND OF THE UNDERGROUND
03 - 18 - 17 - Humanoid - STAKKER HUMANOID
02 - 24 - 18 - George Michael - KISSING A FOOL
05 - 09 - 19 - Salt-N-Pepa - TWIST AND SHOUT
02 - 34 - 20 - Status Quo - BURNING BRIDGES (ON AND OFF AND ON AGAIN)
09 - 11 - 21 - Deacon Blue - REAL GONE KID
1 - NEW - 22 - Inner City - GOOD LIFE
1 - NEW - 23 - New Order - FINE TIME
05 - 37 - 24 - Petula Clark - DOWNTOWN '88
04 - 33 - 25 - Beach Boys - KOKOMO
06 - 15 - 26 - Brother Beyond - HE AIN'T NO COMPETITION
08 - 21 - 27 - Kylie Minogue - JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI
02 - 42 - 28 - A-ha - YOU ARE THE ONE
07 - 17 - 29 - Yazz - STAND UP FOR YOUR LOVE RIGHTS
02 - 46 - 30 - Four Tops - LOCO IN ACAPULCO
1 - NEW - 31 - Bon Jovi - BORN TO BE MY BABY
03 - 31 - 32 - Pasadenas - ENCHANTED LADY
13 - 22 - 33 - Milli Vanilli - GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE
02 - 51 - 34 - Kim Wilde - FOUR LETTER WORD
08 - 26 - 35 - Mica Paris - BREATHE LIFE INTO ME
09 - 23 - 36 - Robert Palmer - SHE MAKES MY DAY
04 - 32 - 37 - Samantha Fox - LOVE HOUSE
04 - 43 - 38 - Londonbeat - 9AM (THE COMFORT ZONE)
04 - 20 - 39 - Iron Maiden - THE CLAIRVOYANT
1 - NEW - 40 - Alexander O'Neal - CHRISTMAS SONG/THANK YOU FOR A GOOD YEAR
08 - 25 - 41 - Gloria Estefan And Miami Sound Machine - 1-2-3
06 - 28 - 42 - Barbra Streisand And Don Johnson - TILL I LOVED YOU
09 - 27 - 43 - Enya - ORINOCO FLOW
1 - NEW - 44 - Neneh Cherry - BUFFALO STANCE
05 - 71 - 45 - Annie Lennox And Al Green - PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART
06 - 56 - 46 - Natalie Cole - I LIVE FOR YOUR LOVE
05 - 50 - 47 - Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra - MINNIE THE MOOCHER
04 - 41 - 48 - Transvision Vamp - SISTER MOON
02 - 48 - 49 - T'Pau - ROAD TO OUR DREAM
02 - 62 - 50 - Blondie - DENIS '88
07 - 30 - 51 - Travelling Wilburys - HANDLE WITH CARE
1 - NEW - 52 - Mista E - DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE
1 - NEW - 53 - Shakin' Stevens - TRUE LOVE
1 - NEW - 54 - Belinda Carlisle - LOVE NEVER DIES
06 - 36 - 55 - Bangles - IN YOUR ROOM
02 - 63 - 56 - Breathe - HOW CAN I FALL
09 - 40 - 57 - D Mob Featuring Gary Haisman - WE CALL IT ACIEED
05 - 35 - 58 - Womack And Womack - LIFE'S JUST A BALLGAME
07 - 38 - 59 - Bryan Ferry - LET'S STICK TOGETHER '88
03 - 29 - 60 - Marillion - FREAKS (LIVE)
1 - NEW - 61 - London Boys - REQUIEM
04 - 55 - 62 - Midge Ure - DEAR GOD
03 - 67 - 63 - Boy Meets Girl - WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL
02 - 65 - 64 - Hollies - THE AIR THAT I BREATHE
05 - 47 - 65 - Proclaimers - SUNSHINE ON LEITH
1 - NEW - 66 - John Lennon - IMAGINE/JEALOUS GUY
08 - 39 - 67 - Tanita Tikaram - TWIST IN MY SOBRIETY
02 - 72 - 68 - Stock Aitken Waterman - SS PAPARAZZI
12 - 52 - 69 - Whitney Houston - ONE MOMENT IN TIME
03 - 61 - 70 - Funky Worm - THE SPELL
02 - 75 - 71 - Black Riot - A DAY IN THE LIFE
07 - 45 - 72 - Art Of Noise Featuring Tom Jones - KISS
16 - 53 - 73 - Royal House - CAN YOU PARTY
1 - NEW - 74 - Richie Rich - MR DJ
02 - 93 - 75 - Buddy Holly - TRUE LOVE WAYS

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 , Mark , TheThorne , darkstar79 , Whitneyfan , o , smokeyb , coolchristie2 , Shireblogger , Earl Purple , raliverpool , Smurfie and popchartfreak

I'll leave this open until next Saturday!

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Mark's Top 40 weekending 20th December 1988

1 (4) Mistletoe And Wine - Cliff Richard
2 (2) Cat Among The Pigeons/Silent Night - Bros
3 (New) Especially For You - Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan
4 (14) Crackers International EP - Erasure
5 (22) Rhythm Is Gonna Get You - Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
6 (13) Two Hearts - Phil Collins
7 (1) Left To My Own Devices - Pet Shop Boys
8 (5) Handle With Care - Travelling Wilburys
9 (8) Stand Up For Your Love Rights - Yazz
10 (24) Four Letter Word - Kim Wilde
11 (23) You Are The One - A-ha
12 (3) 123 - Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
13 (11) Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson
14 (12) Burning Bridges (On And Off And On Again) - Status Quo
15 (20) Kissing A Fool - George Michael
16 (29) John Ketteley Is A Weatherman - A Tribe Of Toffs
17 (New) Take Me To Your Heart - Rick Astley
18 (30) True Love - Shakin' Stevens
19 (9) Need You Tonight - INXS
20 (New) Born To Be Your Baby - Bon Jovi
21 (15) Suddenly - Angry Anderson
22 (18) Radio Romance - Tiffany
23 (New) Put A Little Love In Your Heart - Annie Lennox & Al Green
24 (34) 9AM (The Comfort Zone) - Londonbeat
25 (New) Downtown '88 - Petula Clark
26 (7) First Time - Robin Beck
27 (16) Let Me Be Yours - Five Star
28 (19) Nathan Jones - Bananarama
29 (New) Good Life - Inner City
30 (New) Fine Time - New Order
31 (New) Buffalo Stance - Neneh Cherry
32 (25) Kokomo - Beach Boys
33 (28) Road To Our Dream - T'Pau
34 (36) Enchanted Lady - The Pasadenas
35 (37) I Live For Your Love - Natalie Cole
36 (17) Sunshine On Leith - The Proclaimers
37 (26) In Your Room - The Bangles
38 (New) Love Never Dies - Belinda Carlisle
39 (33) Heart Of Stone - Bucks Fizz
40 (New) The Christmas Song - Alexander O'Neal

[TheThorne]

1 2 Boy Meets Girl - WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL
2 1 The La's - THERE SHE GOES
3 8 Pet Shop Boys - LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES
4 5 1927 - If I COULD
5 3 Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - OPEN YOUR ARMS
6 7 The Bangles - IN YOUR ROOM
7 6 Information Society - WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND
8 4 One 2 Many - DOWNTOWN
9 new Neneh Cherry - BUFFALO STANCE
10 new New Order - FINE TIME
11 new London Boys - REQUIEM
12 14 Michael Jackson - SMOOTH CRIMINAL
13 15 Scritti Politti - BOOM! THERE SHE WAS
14 10 All About Eve - WHAT KIND OF FOOL
15 9 Deacon Blue - REAL GONE KID
16 11 The Beach Boys - KOKOMO
17 new Bon Jovi - BORN TO BE MY BABY
18 new Erasure - CRACKERS INTERNATIONAL (EP)
19 25 Breathe - HOW CAN I FALL
20 17 Tracy Chapman - BABY I CAN HOLD YOU
21 12 Travelling Wilburys - HANDLE WITH CARE
22 13 The Escape Club - WILD WILD WEST
23 27 Prefab Sprout - NIGHTINGALES
24 new Freheit - KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE
25 new Chris Rea - DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
26 new Steve Earle - JOHNNY COME LATELY
27 21 Phil Collins - TWO HEARTS
28 20 Transvision Vamp - SISTER MOON
29 18 Bananarama - NATHAN JONES
30 16 Steve Earle - COPPERHEAD ROAD
31 new Huey Lewis & The News - WORLD TO ME
32 34 Annie Lennox - PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART
33 26 A-Ha- YOU ARE THE ONE
34 new Kylie & Jason - ESPECIALLY FOR YOU
35 new Bobby Brown - MY PREROGATIVE
36 23 Angry Anderson - SUDDENLY
37 new Inner City - GOOD LIFE
38 19 The Silencers - ANSWER ME
39 22 Gloria Estefan - 1-2-3
40 37 George Michael - KISSING A FOOL

lots of new entries, this has to be a future number one!

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Michael Jackson – Smooth Criminal
02(03) The La’s – There She Goes
03(04) Angry Anderson – Suddenly
04(02) INXS – Need You Tonight
05(16) Boy Meets Girl – Waiting For A Star To Fall
06(--) Erasure – Stop!
07(--) Fleetwood Mac – As Long As You Follow
08(12) Tracy Chapman – Baby Can I Hold You
09(06) Pet Shop Boys – Left To My Own Devices
10(--) Kylie & Jason – Especially For You

11(19) Cliff Richard – Mistletoe And Wine
12(05) Natalie Cole – I Live For Your Love
13(25) T’pau – Road To Our Dream
14(28) George Michael – Kissing A Fool
15(07) Tiffany – Radio Romance
16(18) Phil Collins – Two Hearts
17(17) Beach Boys – Kokomo
18(09) Annie Lennox & Al Green – Put A Little Love In Your Heart
19(15) Bomb The Bass – Say A Little Prayer
20(24) Londonbeat – 9am (The Comfort Zone)

21(36) Status Quo – Burning Bridges
22(08) The Proclaimers – Sunshine On Leith
23(10) Bananarama – Nathan Jones
24(--) Bon Jovi – Born To Be My Baby
25(38) Kim Wilde – Four Letter Word
26(--) Belinda Carlisle – Love Never Dies
27(22) Sigue Sigue Sputnik – Success
28(20) The Quireboys – There She Goes Again
29(26) The Pasadenas – Enchanted Lady
30(44) The Four Tops – Loco In Acapulco

31(11) Iron Maiden – The Clairvoyant
32(43) A-ha – You Are The One
33(13) Midge Ure – Dear God
34(14) Salt-N-Pepa – Twist And Shout
35(32) Rick Astley – Take Me To Your Heart
36(39) Breathe – How Can I Fall
37(--) Inner City – Good Life
38(27) Five Star – Let Me Be Yours
39(45) Elton John – A Word in Spanish
40(--) Neneh Cherry – Buffalo Stance

41(--) Chris Rea – Driving Home For Christmas
42(21) Traveling Wilburys – Handle With Care
43(46) Bros – Cat Among The Pigeons
44(--) New Order – Fine Time
45(--) Alexander O’Neal – The Christmas Song
46(--) Bobby Brown – My Prerogative
47(--) London Boys – Requiem
48(--) Shakin’ Stevens – True Love
49(--) Freiheit – Keeping The Dream Alive
50(--) Steve Earle – Johnny Come Lately

[darkstar79]

01 Inner City – Good Life (1 wk)
02 Neneh Cherry – Buffalo Stance (1 wk)
03 Wee Papa Girl Rappers – We Rule (11 wks)
04 Brandon Cooke – Sharp As A Knife (7 wks)
05 Big Daddy Kane – Set It Off (8 wks)
06 Tone Loc – Wild Thing (2 wks)
07 Eric B. & Rakim – Microphone Fiend (5 wks)
08 London Boys – Requiem (1 wk)
09 Stetsasonic – Talkin’ All That Jazz (13 wks)
10 Pet Shop Boys – Left To My Own Devices (3 wks)

11 L’Trimm – Cars With The Boom (12 wks)
12 Richie Rich & The Jungle Brothers – I’ll House You (8 wks)
13 Sir Mix-A-Lot – Posse On Broadway (1 wk)
14 Young MC – Know How (5 wks)
15 The La’s – There She Goes (5 wks)
16 Bomb The Bass Feat. Maureen – Say A Little Prayer (3 wks)
17 Tracy Chapman – Baby Can I Hold You (3 wks)
18 DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – Girls Ain’t Nothing But Trouble (7 wks)
19 The Real Roxanne – Respect (5 wks)
20 New Order – Fine Time (1 wk)

21 Sugar Bear – Don’t Scandalize Mine ( 1 wk)
22 Paula Abdul – Straight Up (2 wks)
23 Inner City Feat. Kevin Saunderson – Big Fun (15 wks)
24 Alexander O'Neal – Christmas Songs (1 wk)
25 Four Tops – Loco In Acapulco (2 wks)
26 EPMD – Strictly Business (14 wks)
27 The Lilac Time – Black Velvet (2 wks)
28 The Moody Boys – Acid Rappin (7 wks)
29 Urban Allstars – It Began In Africa (16 wks)
30 Art Of Noise Feat. Tom Jones – Kiss (2 wks)

[Earl Purple]

Some people are charting "Crackers International EP". As "Stop!" is the only song I've ever heard from it I'm simply charting that.

[TheThorne]

Dec 5, 2020 19:42:55 GMT 1 Earl Purple said:

Some people are charting "Crackers International EP". As "Stop!" is the only song I've ever heard from it I'm simply charting that.

That’s what the single was called but I’m obviously charting it because of ‘Stop’. Deacon Blue, Ride, My Bloody Valentine all have EPS in the next year or two and that’s how they will chart for me as an EP. But if you want to chart the songs on the EPS separate you can, it’s not a problem.

[o]

1 4 Michael Jackson – Smooth criminal #1
2 10 Annie Lennox & Al Green – Put a little love in your heart #2
3 1 Travelling Wilburys - Handle with care #1
4 18 Neneh Cherry – Buffalo stance #4
5 2 Big Country – Broken heart #2
6 3 Inxs – Need you tonight #2
7 5 Guns n Roses – Welcome to the jungle #4
8 6 Humanoid – Stakker humanoid #6
9 22 New Order – Fine time #9
10 7 Tanita Tikaram – Twist in my sobriety #1
11 20 Spear of Destiny – Radio radio #11
12 23 Erasure – Stop #12
13 12 Bananarama – Nathan Jones #12
14 27 Freiheit – Keeping the dream alive #14
15 14 La’s – There she goes #13
16 28 Chris Rea – Driving home for Christmas #16
17 17 Boy Meets Girl – Waiting for a star to fall #17
18 19 Status Quo – Burning bridges #18
19 13 Pet Shop Boys – Left to own devices #13
20 25 Inner City – Good life #20
21 26 London Boys – Requiem #21
22 30 Bon Jovi – Born to be my baby #22
23 8 Transvision Vamp – Sister moon #5
24 NE U2 – Angel of Harlem #24
25 NE A Tribe of Toffs – John Kettley is a weatherman #25
26 9 Art of Noise/Tom Jones – Kiss #6
27 11 Bryan Ferry – Let’s stick together 88 #7
28 15 Milli Vanilli – Girl you know it’s true #5
29 16 Deacon Blue – Real gone kid #3
30 21 Angry Anderson – Suddenly #21

[rubcale]

01 Tiffany Radio Romance
02 Rick Astley Take Me To Your Heart
03 Angry Anderson Suddenly
04 Hillhouse Jack To The Sound Of The Underground
05 Petula Clark Downtown
06 Beach Boys Kokomo
07 Erasure Crackers International EP
08 Michael Jackson Smooth Crininal
09 Boy Meets Girl Waiting For A Star To Fall
10 Phil Collins Two Hearts
11 Status Quo Burning Bridges (On And Off And On Again)
12 Annie Lennox & Al Green Put A Little Love In Your Heart
13 INXS Need You Tonight
14 Londonbeat 9 AM The Comfort Zone
15 Four Tops Loco In Acapulco
16 Mica Paris Breathe Life Into Me
17 Inner City Good Life
18 Cliff Richard Mistletoe And Wine
19 Pet Shop Boys Left To My Own Devices
20 A-Ha You Are The One

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Pet Shop Boys - Left To My Own Devices (3 wks)
2 (8) Phil Collins - Two Hearts (3 wks)
3 (7) Annie Lennox & Al Green - Put A Little Love In Your Heart (5 wks)
4 (6) The La's - There She Goes (5 wks)
5 (4) The Proclaimers - Sunshine On Leith (5 wks)
6 (5) Scritti Politti - Boom! There She Was (5 wks)
7 (2) INXS - Need You Tonight (5 wks)
8 (3) The Travelling Wilburys - Handle With Care (7 wks)
9 (17) Boy Meets Girl - Waiting for a Star to Fall (3 wks)
10 (10) Bananarama - Nathan Jones (4 wks)
11 (19) The Four Tops — Loco In Acapulco (2 wks)
12 (27) Kim Wilde - Four Letter Word (2 wks)
13 (16) Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - Open Your Arms (4 wks)
14 (24) a-ha - You Are the One (2 wks)
15 (NE) Erasure - Crackers International EP (1 wk)
16 (9) Deacon Blue - Real Gone Kid (9 wks)
17 (NE) New Order - Fine Time (1 wk)
18 (21) Status Quo - Burning Bridges (2 wks)
19 (30) Prefab Sprout - Nightingales (3 wks)
20 (25) Siouxsie And The Banshees - The Last Beat Of My Heart (2 wks)
21 (34) Breathe - How Can I Fall (2 wks)
22 (31) T'pau - Road To Our Dream (2 wks)
23 (NE) Inner City - Good Life (1 wk)
24 (15) Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal (3 wks)
25 (14) The Beach Boys - Kokomo (4 wks)
26 (11) Robert Palmer - She Makes My Day (9 wks)
27 (12) Chris de Burgh - Missing You (7 wks)
28 (13) Guns & Roses - WelcomeTo The Jungle (7 wks)
29 (NE) Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance (1 wk)
30 (18) Tanita Tikaram - Twist In My Sobriety (8 wks)
31 (35) Gary Numan - America (2 wks)
32 (NE) Bon Jovi - Born To Be My Baby (1 wk)
33 (20) All About Eve - What Kind of Fool (5 wks)
34 (NE) Belinda Carlisle - Love Never Dies (1 wk)
35 (NE) London Boys - Requiem (1 wk)
36 (NE) Fleetwood Mac - As Long As You Follow (1 wk)
37 (NE) Freiheit - Keeping The Dream Alive (1 wk)
38 (NE) Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas (1 wk)
39 (22) Kim Wilde - Never Trust A Stranger (11 wks)
40 (23) Robin Beck - The Very First Time (9 wks)

[coolchristie2]

01 Radio Romance - Tiffany
02 Mistletoe And Wine - Cliff Richard
03 Four Letter Word - Kim Wilde
04 Downtown '88 - Petula Clark
05 Nathan Jones - Bananarama
06 First Time - Robin Beck
07 Left To My Own Devices - PSB
08 Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson
09 Crackers International (EP) - Erasure
10 Handle With Care - Traveling Wilburys
11 You Are The One - A-ha
12 I Live For Your Love - Natalie Cole
13 Kissing A Fool - George Michael
14 Love Hangover - Diana Ross
15 Born To Be My Baby - Bon Jovi
16 Need You Tonight -INXS
17 Love Never Dies - Belinda Carlisle
18 Put A Little Love In Your Heart - Annie Lennox And Al Green
19 Buffalo Stance - Nenah Cherry
20 Loco In Acapulco - Four Tops

[Earl Purple]

1(1) Pet Shop Boys - Left To My Own Devices
2(3) Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal
3(6) Status Quo - Burning Bridges (On And Off And On Again)
4(2) George Michael - Kissing A Fool
5(8) Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn
6(11) Cliff Richard - Mistletoe & Wine
7(13) Erasure - Stop
8(4) Boy Meets Girl - Waiting For A Star To Fall
9(5) Traveling Wilburys - Handle With Care
10(16) A-Ha - You Are The One
11(17) Bon Jovi - Born To Be My Baby
12(7) Phil Collins - Two Hearts
13(10) When In Rome - The Promise
14(19) Kim Wilde - Four Letter Word
15(15) Bobby Brown - My Prerogative

16(22) Four Tops - Loco In Acapulco
17(9) Chicago - Look Away
18(24) Londonbeat - 9 a.m (The Comfort Zone)
19(-) U2 - Angel Of Harlem
20(-) Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance

21(26) Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan - Especially For You
22(18) Angry Anderson - Suddenly
23(29) Inner City - Good Life
24(30) New Order - Fine Time
25(-) Annie Lennox & Al Green - Put A Little Love In Your Heart

26(12) Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Success
27(-) Alexander O'Neal - Christmas Song
28(14) Deacon Blue - Real Gone Kid
29(-) Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra - Minnie The Mocher
30(20) Anita Baker - Giving You The Best That I Got

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--(21) Tiffany - Radio Romance
--(23) Bangles - In Your Room
--(25) Marillion - Freaks (Live)
--(27) Eddie Money - Walk On Water
--(28) Tanita Tikaram - Twist In My Sobriety

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[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - OPEN YOUR ARMS
2 [2] :: Tracy Chapman - BABY CAN I HOLD YOU
3 [3] :: Pet Shop Boys - LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES
4 [4] :: Bananarama - NATHAN JONES
5 [6] :: Londonbeat - 9AM (THE COMFORT ZONE)
6 [7] :: Annie Lennox & Al Green - PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART
7 [5] :: Phil Collins - TWO HEARTS
8 [new] :: Inner City - GOOD LIFE
9 [new] :: Neneh Cherry - BUFFALO STANCE
10 [new] :: Fleetwood Mac - AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW
11 [new] :: New Order - FINE TIME
12 [13] :: Bangles - IN YOUR ROOM
13 [15] :: Tracy Chapman - ACROSS THE LINES {Baby Can I Hold You B-side}
14 [16] :: Art Of Noise ft Tom Jones - KISS
15 [14] :: Bomb The Bass ft Maureen - SAY A LITTLE PRAYER
16 [11] :: Yazz - STAND UP FOR YOUR LOVE RIGHTS
17 [new] :: Kim Wilde - LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD
18 [12] :: Silencers - ANSWER ME
19 [new] :: Rick Astley - TAKE ME TO YOUR HEART
20 [8] :: Traveling Wilburys - HANDLE WITH CARE

[raliverpool]

01 Pet Shop Boys - Left To My Own Devices (3wks 1-1-1)
02 Bangles - In Your Room (5wks 16-5-2-2-2)
03 Black - You're A Big Girl Now (3wks 8-3-3)
04 Erasure - Stop! (1wk 4 NEW)
05 Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal (3wks 7-4-5)

06 Fleetwood Mac - As Long As You Follow (1wk 6 NEW)

07 Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan - Especially For You (1wk 7 NEW)
08 Phil Collins - Two Hearts (3wks 14-9-8)
09 Prefab Sprout - Nightingales (3wks 13-8-9)
10 Boy Meets Girl - Waiting For A Star To Fall (2wks 21-10)

11 Proclaimers - Sunshine On Leith (5wks 17-8-6-7-11)
12 Bobby Brown - My Prerogative (1wk 12 NEW)
13 George Michael - Kissing A Fool (5wks 24-3-3-5-13)
14 Breathe - How Can I Fall (4wks 27-15-10-14)
15 Tracy Chapman - Baby Can I Hold You (5wks 21-6-5-6-15)
16 Four Tops - Loco In Acapulco (2wks 22-16)
17 Kim Wilde - Four Letter Word (2wks 26-17)
18 When In Rome - The Promise (3wks 24-15-18)
19 Bomb The Bass ft Maureen - Say A Little Prayer (3wks 27-16-19)
20 New Order - Fine Time (1wk 20 NEW)

21 Inner City - Good Life (1wk 21 NEW)
22 Londonbeat - 9 AM (3wks 29-18-22)
23 a-ha - You Are The One (2wks 29-23)
24 Smithereens - Drown in My Own Tears (4wks 31-20-13-24)
25 Tiffany - Radio Romance (4wks 23-17-14-25)
26 Godfathers - Love Is Dead (4wks 30-22-17-26)
27 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas (1wk 27 NEW)
28 Freiheit - Keep The Dream Alive (1wk 28 NEW)
29 Mica Paris - Breathe Life Into Me (7wks 33-17-14-10-10-12-29)
30 Traveling Wilburys - Handle With Care (7wks 12-5-1-1-4-11-30)

31 Bon Jovi - Born To Be My Baby (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Chicago - Look Away (1wk 33 NEW)
34 My Bloody Valentine - Feed Me with Your Kiss (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Bananarama - Nathan Jones (2wks 39-35)
36 Anita Baker - Giving You The Best That I Got (3wks 35-28-36)
37 Underworld - Glory! Glory! (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Belinda Carlisle - Love Never Dies (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Will To Power - Baby, I Love Your Way / Freebird (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Milli Vanilli - Girl You Know It's True (1wk 40 NEW)

Written and sung by band member Christine McVie, and her then-husband Eddy Quintela, the song was one of two new tracks (their first for 13 years without Lindsay Buckingham) on the band's 1988 greatest hits album. Sadly, it stalled at USA #43 & UK #66.

[Smurfie]

1) Rick Astley - TAKE ME TO YOUR HEART
2) Kylie And Jason - ESPECIALLY FOR YOU
3) Erasure - CRACKERS INTERNATIONAL (EP)
4) Petula Clark - DOWNTOWN '88
5) Kim Wilde - FOUR LETTER WORD
6) Bananarama - NATHAN JONES
7) A-ha - YOU ARE THE ONE
8) Pet Shop Boys - LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES
9) Brother Beyond - HE AIN'T NO COMPETITION
10) Natalie Cole - I LIVE FOR YOUR LOVE
11) Kylie Minogue - JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI
12) Bangles - IN YOUR ROOM
13) Tiffany - RADIO ROMANCE
14) Neneh Cherry - BUFFALO STANCE
15) Hithouse - JACK TO THE SOUND OF THE UNDERGROUND
16) Robert Palmer - SHE MAKES MY DAY
17) George Michael - KISSING A FOOL
18) Phil Collins - TWO HEARTS
19) Londonbeat - 9AM (THE COMFORT ZONE)
20) Samantha Fox - LOVE HOUSE
21) Annie Lennox And Al Green - PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART
22) Belinda Carlisle - LOVE NEVER DIES
23) Stock Aitken Waterman - SS PAPARAZZI
24) Inner City - GOOD LIFE
25) Travelling Wilburys - HANDLE WITH CARE
26) New Order - FINE TIME
27) Breathe - HOW CAN I FALL
28) London Boys - REQUIEM
29) Boy Meets Girl - WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL
30) Angry Anderson - SUDDENLY

[popchartfreak]

11th December 1988

It's up to top spot for Petula's remix of classic 60's song Downtown. In terms of sheer imagery and powerful memories of being a child, Downtown has it in spades. We lived in Chesham, we went Downtown on the Tube to 60's Swinging London, where it was at, and just before we moved to Liverpool, where it was also musically at. I was there! Music that evokes that period is a bit like a misplaced joy at a world long-gone. So anyway, 24 years late she finally gets her number one. Guess what? It's Christmas, and it's not Xmas without a deluge of oldies. 60% of the top 10 in fact, I was SO ahead of my time in personal charts terms!

So, back again at 5, it's my late hero John Lennon with a Xmas-pack of CD tracks, Imagine topped my chart in 1981 and is on its 3rd run, Jealous Guy topped for Roxy and hit 7 in 1985, and Happy Xmas War Is Over topped my charts in Christmas 1972, 1974, 1975, 1980, and is attempting to become the first Xmas song or oldie to top my charts for a 5th occasion. Place your bets now. Boney M hit 2 in 1978 and have a 10th anniversary remix of Mary's Boy Child entering at 6.

Kim Wilde is the only new track grabbing a top 10 spot with Four Letter Word, while Sandie Shaw is Nothing Less Than Brilliant at 16 - she so is, too. Gloria's also top 20 bound, while a forgotten Xmas movie track from Annie Lennox & Al Green also hits 19. Boy Meets Girl debut at 22 with Waiting For A Star To Fall, a decent track, Fleetwood Mac get the fab flop As Long As You Follow in at 24, a typically tuneful Christine McVie song, Bananarama shoot up where The Supremes first went, with Nathan Jones into the 30, and it's here: Kylie & Jason's fab Xmas loveyfest is here Especially For You at 32.

The even-fabber Keeping The Dream Alive is also debuting for Freiheit - if ever a Xmas record sounded like, but wasn't, a Paul McCartney song it's this one. It's back in my charts again this week - but at least I waited 32 years rather than an annual bloody event like the UK charts! Mory Kante's back with Tama, Rick Astley's still popping in, Alexander O'Neal has a christmas non-classic version with The Christmas Song (it's still Nat King Cole for me), and Erasure say Stop! Too much Festivity no doubt. In at 67. God knows how, but Sam Fox & Angry Anderson manage to enter my chart. I must have been feeling charitable as in those days I still loved Christmas. Down the bottom-end Inner City and New Order have a rather modest debut for rather good tracks.


1 ( 4 ) DOWNTOWN '88 Petula Clark
2 ( 1 ) THE AIR THAT I BREATHE The Hollies
3 ( 2 ) LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES Pet Shop Boys
4 ( 5 ) TRUE LOVE WAYS Buddy Holly
5 ( NEW ) IMAGINE/ JEALOUS GUY/ HAPPY CHRISTMAS (WAR IS OVER) John Lennon / John & Yoko
6 ( NEW ) MARY'S BOY CHILD '88 Boney M
7 ( 6 ) AIN'T NO SUNSHINE '88 Bill Withers
8 ( 20 ) FOUR LETTER WORD Kim Wilde
9 ( 10 ) TWO HEARTS Phil Collins
10 ( 3 ) SMOOTH CRIMINAL Michael Jackson

11 ( 7 ) KISSING A FOOL George Michael
12 ( 9 ) MISTLETOE AND WINE Cliff Richard
13 ( 8 ) I WISH U HEAVEN Prince
14 ( 14 ) PHIL SPECTOR'S CHRISTMAS MIX The Ronettes, The Crystals and Darlene Love
15 ( 12 ) SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Bomb The Bass featuring Maureen
16 ( 38 ) NOTHING LESS THAN BRILLIANT Sandie Shaw
17 ( 11 ) HEART OF STONE Bucks Fizz
18 ( 36 ) RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
19 ( 24 ) PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART Annie Lennox/ Al Green
20 ( 23 ) KOKOMO The Beach Boys

21 ( 15 ) LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS Human League
22 ( NEW ) WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL Boy Meets Girl
23 ( 13 ) ORINOCO FLOW Enya
24 ( NEW ) AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW Fleetwood Mac
25 ( 18 ) TWIST IN MY SOBRIETY Tanita Tikarim
26 ( 16 ) BREATHE LIFE INTO ME Mica Paris
27 ( 52 ) NATHAN JONES Bananarama
28 ( 21 ) REAL GONE KID Deacon Blue
29 ( 19 ) NEED YOU TONIGHT (MENDOHLSON MIX) INXS
30 ( 26 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles

31 ( 22 ) ENCHANTED LADY The Pasadenas
32 ( NEW ) ESPECIALLY FOR YOU Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan
33 ( 25 ) JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI Kylie Minogue
34 ( 35 ) CAT AMONGST THE PIGEONS Bros
35 ( NEW ) KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE Freiheit
36 ( 28 ) WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND (PURE ENERGY) Information Society
37 ( 30 ) WILD WILD WEST The Escape Club
38 ( 29 ) RADIO ROMANCE Tiffany
39 ( 33 ) HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies
40 ( 17 ) DENIS (DENEE) '88 Blondie

41 ( 37 ) DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys
42 ( 62 ) HEART Pet Shop Boys
43 ( 66 ) YOU'RE MY WORLD Nick Heyward
44 ( 34 ) LET'S STICK TOGETHER '88 Bryan Ferry
45 ( 43 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac
46 ( 44 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies
47 ( NEW ) TAMA Mory Kante
48 ( 72 ) BURNING BRIDGES (ON AND OFF AND ON AGAIN) Status Quo
49 ( 45 ) LOVELY DAY (SUNSHINE MIX) Bill Withers
50 ( 46 ) ONE BAD APPLE The Osmonds

51 ( 49 ) YOU CAME Kim Wilde
52 ( 71 ) LOCO IN ACAPULCO The Four Tops
53 ( 53 ) LOVE NEVER DIES Belinda Carlisle
54 ( 27 ) BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY/ FREEBIRD Will To Power
55 ( 63 ) YOU ARE THE ONE a-ha
56 ( 55 ) HANDLE WITH CARE Traveling Wilbury's
57 ( 39 ) HE AIN'T NO COMPETITION Brother Beyond
58 ( 68 ) ANGEL OF HARLEM U2
59 ( 57 ) NOBODY’S PERFECT Mike + The Mechanics
60 ( 32 ) JACK TO THE SOUND OF THE UNDERGROUND Hithouse

61 ( 60 ) DECEMBER '63 (OH WHAT A NIGHT) '88 The Four Seasons
62 ( 58 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
63 ( NEW ) TAKE ME TO YOUR HEART Rick Astley
64 ( 61 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees
65 ( NEW ) THE CHRISTMAS SONG Alexander O'Neal
66 ( 42 ) A WORD IN SPANISH Elton John
67 ( NEW ) STOP Erasure
68 ( 51 ) NEVER TRUST A STRANGER Kim Wilde
69 ( NEW ) LOVE HOUSE Samantha Fox
70 ( NEW ) SUDDENLY Angry Anderson

71 ( NEW ) I LIVE FOR YOUR LOVE Natalie Cole
72 ( 70 ) MAN IN THE MIRROR MIchael Jackson
73 ( NEW ) IF LOVE WAS A TRAIN Michelle-Shocked
74 ( NEW ) FINE TIME New Order
75 ( NEW ) GOOD LIFE Inner City
76 ( 76 ) HAND TO MOUTH George Michael
77 ( 78 ) IT’S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys

Playlist oldies and album tracks of that week
1 HAND TO MOUTH George Michael
2 IT’S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys
3 FATHER FIGURE George Michael