1983
Week 12
WEEK ENDING 19TH MARCH 1983

TOP 40 SINGLES

TW ..... LW ......   ......  
1   1   Bonnie Tyler   Total Eclipse Of The Heart
2   3   Eurythmics   Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
3   2   Michael Jackson   Billie Jean
4   4   Forrest   Rock The Boat
5   7   Bananarama   Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
6   NEW   Style Council   Speak Like A Child
7   5   Toto   Africa
8   18   Modern Romance   Highlife
9   14   Phil Everly & Cliff Richard   She Means Nothing To Me
10   22   Orange Juice   Rip It Up
11   11   Patti Austin & James Ingram   Baby Come To Me
12   9   Thompson Twins   Love On Your Side
13   12   Spandau Ballet   Communication
14   6   Kajagoogoo   Too Shy
15   8   Madness   Tomorrow's Just Another Day
16   24   David Joseph   You Can't Hide (Your Love From Me)
17   10   Musical Youth   Never Gonna Give You Up
18   13   Fun Boy Three   Tunnel Of Love
19   21   Blancmange   Waves
20   17   Icehouse   Hey Little Girl
21   31   Bucks Fizz   Run For Your Life
22   20   OMD   Genetic Engineering
23   19   Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes   Up Where We Belong
24   38   Band AKA   Joy
25   16   Tears For Fears   Change
26   15   Depeche Mode   Get The Balance Right
27   39   Foster & Allen   Maggie
28   29   Joan Armatrading   Drop The Pilot
29   40   Mezzoforte   Garden Party
30   NEW   Ultravox   Visions In Blue
31   25   Soft Cell   Numbers
32   NEW   JoBoxers   Boxerbeat
33   28   Sheena Easton & Kenny Rogers   We've Got Tonight
34   37   Big Country   Fields Of Fire
35   NEW   Leo Sayer   Orchard Road
36   NEW   Altered Images   Don't Talk To Me About Love
37   NEW   New Order   Blue Monday
38   NEW   Japan   All Tomorrow's Parties
39   23   Wham   Wham Rap (Enjoy What You Do)
40   33   Malcolm McLaren   Soweto


1   Bonnie Tyler   Total Eclipse Of The Heart
Bonnie had been in the top ten twice before (1976 & 1978), and had last hit the top 40 in the summer of 1979 with "Married Men". But her record company (RCA) had been intent on pushing Bonnie towards Country music, and Bonnie wasn't overjoyed about that, in fact she didn't even like the songs that she'd been recording. She was a fan of JIm Steinman's work with Meat Loaf, and came up with the ridiculous idea of Jim producing an album for her. Jim declined, saying that he was too busy, but eventually gave in. He produced the album, and wrote the two standout tracks himself. What resulted, was one of the best albums of a year that was flooded with great albums. Her decision to decline representing the UK in the Eurovision song contest and to also decline singing the latest James Bond theme had been a good one. This first single from the album sprinted to number one for a two week stay.


2   Eurythmics   Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
The Eurythmics were finally having themselves a hit after two years of trying, and wouldn't look back from here on. This peaked at number two, and it was Annie and Dave's first journey into the top ten since they had peaked at number eight with "So Good To Be Back Home Again" in early 1980 while with 'The Tourists'. Personally, I think that this song is very depressing. But maybe that's down to it reminding me of a particularly bad time in my life.
For anyone who ever went to see the band live, I sincerely hope that they were ten times better than their awful Brits 99 performance.


3   Michael Jackson   Billie Jean
Michael Jackson had his second UK number one single with this. His previous chart topper had been "One Day In Your Life" in 1981 (he had also hit the top in 1977 as one of the Jacksons with "Show You The Way"). It was the second single to be lifted from the 'Thriller' album, which after a slow start was now beginning to sell in vast quantities.


4   Forrest   Rock The Boat
This remake of the song that is regarded by some as the first disco hit peaked at number four. Not bad, but years later, it's more interesting for the fact that a young 'Sinitta' was in the promo.
On Thursday 3rd March, I recorded the said promo from TOTP and was a little peeved that the picture seemed to be jumping. Years later, I realised that it was supposed to be like that.
The 3rd March 1983 is more significant to me for another reason though. I had seen Sue every single day since New Year's Eve, we'd spent every weekend together, I thought that she was the one. But when I took her home that Thursday evening, I had a nasty shock. She announced that she wouldn't be able to see me the following night, she was going to a horse show with her friend Joanne. What, on a Friday ?
On Fridays I rush home from work, get changed, go and pick her up, bring her back and we spend the weekend together until late Sunday evening. She can't do something else on Friday !
But her decision was final and I left with a lump in my throat. The following day in work I told my friend Chris Squire (No, not the one in Yes) about what had happened and my worst fears. He told me that I shouldn't fear the worst and was sure that everything would be ok when I phone her Saturday morning. He suggested that I buy her something to show how much I missed her. So I bought her a lovely necklace, the most expensive thing that I'd ever bought for anyone. That night was awful, the time dragged, I couldn't sleep, I just knew that things were going to go horribly wrong.
On Saturday morning the time continued to drag as I waited for 11:00am to come, so that I could phone and she would say that it was ok to go and pick her up. The time finally arrived and I walked to the call box. Her Dad answered, she wasn't home yet. I was to and fro to that call box all afternoon. Finally, past 6:00pm, she came to the phone.
"I've got something to tell you"
"What ?"
"I don't know"
"Oh"
Pause.
"Is it what I think it is ?" (why the hell did I say that ?)
"I don't know, what do you think it is ?"
"That you want us to finish" (I deserved shooting for saying that, I may have at least seen her one more time and found out the problem if I hadn't. After all, it seems that she wasn't going to get around to telling me)
"Yes"
"Why"
"I don't know"
Long pause before I said something really really stupid
"Sue, if you ever change your mind, I'll always come back to you"
"OK"
"Better go then"
"OK"
"See Ya"
"See Ya"
The thing is with that stupid thing I said above, I really did mean it for a long time. I don't think I got over her completely until ten years, one marriage and a move across the country later. But that final "See Ya" was the last time I heard her voice. I didn't even see her again until 24 weeks and one day after that Thursday evening goodbye (yes, I kept count). I had three more sightings between '88-'89, but they were fleeting glimpses and there have been no more since.
Back to the night in question. I went home, walked upstairs got hold of the nice big Valentine's Card that she'd given me a few weeks earlier, lay face down on the bed and cried my eyes out. Then I remembered the necklace. If I still got it to her, maybe she would change her mind. So I washed my face trying to cover the evidence and went to Marcia's house to see her and Sue's brother Richard. They seemed a little surprised about what had happened and said that they'd give her the necklace and have a talk to her about it.
I only stayed about ten minutes before leaving, but then felt a little lost. I'd abandoned all of my friends when I started seeing Sue. She hadn't liked going out to pubs etc, so we'd stayed in together all the time. I hadn't minded that as I loved the two of us being alone together all of the time, in fact being with her like that was one of the happiest times of my life. There was one person I could go to, the only (non-work) friend that I'd kept in semi-contact with. I went to Claire's house. Claire was very good and I still say that she's the best friend I've ever had. OK, I started smoking again that night, but even if Claire hadn't smoked, I'd have started again soon anyway. I slept that night on Claire's sofa, and as I walked home early the following morning, along the path at the side of the 'conker field', and across the reck, I had no idea of the significance of what had happened. A dark journey had just began, I was at the entrance to a dark tunnel. I would go down that tunnel and I'd spend a year inside it.
This story continues with Modern Romance's "Highlife" which entered the top 40 in week ending 5th March 1983.

I realise that some people may come to this page and wonder what the hell has happened and why I'm going through the things that I'm describing. So, I've put all relevant episodes onto one easy to read page here


5   Bananarama   Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
Bananarama reached a number five peak, with probably their most annoying song. It's not that I have anything against Bananarama as a rule, but this sounded like a group of schoolgirls singing on the back seat of the bus on their way home from a school trip. The same song had peaked at number nine for 'Steam' in 1970.
Bananarama repeated the back of the bus singing with their cover of "Nathan Jones" in 1988.


6   Style Council   Speak Like A Child
The Style Council were Paul Weller's new creation after the break up of the Jam, and were having their first hit. Such had been the popularity of the Jam that many expected this to be a number one. But after shooting straight in at number six, it surprisingly only climbed a further two places. The Style Council never did make it to number one with any of their singles.


7   Toto   Africa
Toto's only previous UK hit had been four years earlier when they had hit number 14 with their very first single "Hold The Line". They had released a further seven singles since then, but none of them charted. In April of 1982 they released their fourth album, rather lazily titled 'Toto IV', and the first two singles from it had flopped in the UK. But it was this third single that after hitting number one in the USA, finally restored them to the UK chart, and became their biggest hit here reaching number three, and also propelling it's parent album to number four. Toto never hit the top ten again.


8   Modern Romance   High Life
It was the single following this that caused some to realise that they were deliberately sending themselves up, but I noticed it on this one. I mean they even used the "Woah Woah Woah" from "Best Years Of Our Lives at one point. One critic in particular missed the point entirely when he commented "Another record like this and there'll be as many jokes about them as there are false teeth". It reached number eight.
I bought this on Friday 4th March. I knew Sue liked it, so I suppose I was intending to kind of impress her with it the following day (trying to impress someone with a Modern Romance record !!!!!!!). But as history recalls, I didn't see her the following day.
Another thing I did that Friday was to buy my regular weekly copy of Record Mirror a day later than usual. That was a shame because that week, the first of my messages to Sue ran in the ads section (the first of 20+ weeks that I had paid for). But even though she regularly read my copy, she didn't buy Record Mirror herself, so she probably didn't see any of them.
I was in something of a different world for the next few weeks. I began to take regular doses of Paracetemol when I began to get regular headaches. At first most of my sadness was little more than self pity, but it wasn't long before a real problem had developed (even though it wasn't apparent to anyone, least of all myself).
I continued going to work for a few weeks, and then staying in watching TV or in my bedroom listening to music that we had listened to together, reading her Valentine card over and over again. I even made compilation tapes of music that reflected the relationship from beginning to end and the time following. Yes, I was becoming something of a sad case. My Dad still often went away at weekends, and would sometimes go on a Thursday. One particular Thursday that I was alone, I heard a news report that was calling for a ban on the drug 'Distalgesic' after someone had taken a fatal overdose of it. I had been prescibed 'Distalgesic' for a shoulder injury in 1981, and I still had something in the region of 80 tablets left. An idea struck me, WHY NOT ?
What would I know about it afterwards ?
I'd had almost 21 years on this planet, why have any more when I feel so miserable ?
I put on one of my music compilation videos, got myself a pint of water and took the tablets. After a while, a section of the tape with the Beatles rooftop session from the 'Let It Be' film was playing. I thought it sounded awful and I would have told people so, except that I would never speak to anyone again. It was approx 9:00pm. I blacked out !
I awoke at sometime past 2:00am. I felt weird, a strange distorted feeling, everything in the room began to look distorted. I wasn't sure whether I was enjoying the feeling or not. I needed a drink of water, so I went and got one. I switched off the TV and lay back down on the sofa.
I next woke just after 6:00am and once I got my senses back in order felt surprised that I had woken up. Oh well, I thought, and went to work. I was still working in the Moss Valley at the time and Andre, Alan and Mike all asked whether I was ok more or less straight away, apparently I was as white as a sheet. I said that I hadn't slept very well, but would be ok with some fresh air. So I took the keys for the public toilets at the far end of the valley and walked the mile long path to them. Just after opening them, I was walking across the bottom car park and it just came up, I couldn't stop it. A stream of Yellow vomit errupted form my mouth (strange considering that the tablets were white). I felt a little better for the rest of that day and no one knew anything about it.
So I'd failed, but the intention was still there. More of an intention, it became an obsession with me. And when I heard about someone dying from an overdose of Paracetemol, there was no stoping me.
To be continued with Duran Duran's "Is There Something I Should Know" (week ending 26th March).

I realise that some people may come to this page and wonder what the hell has happened and why I'm going through the things that I'm describing. So, I've put all relevant episodes onto one easy to read page here


9   Phil Everly & Cliff Richard   She Means Nothing To Me
We all know about Cliff Richard, but his partner in crime on this hit, Phil Everly reached the top ten for the first time in 18 years with this. It peaked at number nine.


10   Orange Juice   Rip It Up
This lot seemed to have a thing about giving their songs the same titles as already very familiar songs. This was just one of those very ordinary songs that no one hated, no one particularly liked enough to go out and buy it, but it still hit the top ten, number eight in fact. Lead singer Edwyn Collins decided to write a song called "A Girl Like You" and have a massive hit in the mid 90s (The Troggs version was better even if it was a different song).


11   Patti Austin & James Ingram   Baby Come To Me
Cold winter evenings by the fire song. A regular on love song compilations, this single peaked at number Eleven. This was James' first UK hit, but he would later chart in duets with Michael McDonald and Linda Ronstadt. Patti had previously charted as the featured vocalist on the Quincy Jones hit "Razzamatazz" which also reached number Eleven in 1981.


12   Thompson Twins   Love On Your Side
At last the three twins (???) had broken through onto the chart. This number nine peaking single was the first of five top ten hits for them in just over a year. It was also the first of nine successive top 40 hits. They haven't hit the top 40 at all since the ninth of those "King For A Day" was a number 22 hit in the Autumn of 1985.


13   Spandau Ballet   Communication
Something of a forgotten hit for Spandau Ballet. This under-rated single only reached number 12, but their biggest ever hit was to follow shortly.


14   Kajagoogoo   Too Shy
Discovered/Produced/whatever by Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes, this debut single by the band shot quickly up the chart to spend two weeks at number one. Though they have been much derided in later years, this was a great pop single and fully deserved it's success. After two further hits, lead vocalist Limahl left for a solo career and Nick Beggs took over the vocals. But they only managed two hits without Limahl and exactly a year after their debut hit fell out of the chart, their final hit was spending it's last week in the chart.
Now, about what I said above: I may have only liked it because Sue liked it, so it may not have been that great a pop single.


15   Madness   Tomorrow's Just Another Day
A quick follow up to the excellent "Our House", this was the band's 15th hit in three and a half years, and the 13th to hit the top ten. It peaked at number eight.


16   David Joseph   You Can't Hide (Your Love From Me)
David Joseph was having the first of two hits, this peaked at number 13. Very ordinary disco pap (and that's coming from someone who was a big fan of disco music).


17   Musical Youth   Never Gonna Give You Up
The third single from Musical Youth was also their second and final one to reach the top ten. This number six hit featured on the B Side, a song titled "Jim'll Fix It", that they had recorded for the TV show of the same name.
This was the only Musical Youth single that I ever liked.


18   Fun Boy Three   Tunnel Of Love
After the failure of their previous single "The More I See (The Less I Believe)" to hit the top 40, Terry Hall must have afforded himself a rare smile as this single restored them to the chart, and peaked at number Ten. A little known fact is that the drummer with the band at this time was 'June Miles-Kingston', ex member of the 'Mo-Dettes', and later a replacement for 'Sarah Jane Morris' in the 'Communards'.


19   Blancmange   Waves
Blancmange were having their second hit, but would go no higher than number 19. It was quite a departure from the craziness of their "Living On The Ceiling" from just a few months previous. Your Mum would have liked this one.


20   Icehouse   Hey Little Girl
I've often wondered if vocalist 'Iva Davies' naturally sounded like 'Bryan Ferry' or was it a conscious effort. This is the only hit single that they had in the UK, and it peaked at number 17. Their big hit in the States came five years later when "Electric Blue" hit number seven on the Billboard chart.


21   Bucks Fizz   Run For Your Life
Bucks Fizz were having their eighth successive top 20 hit, and the quality of their music was coming on in leaps and bounds since their Eurovision win two years earlier. "Run For Your Life" peaked at number 14.


22   OMD   Genetic Engineering
After the huge success of their 'Architecture & Morality' album, and the top five placings of all three singles taken from it, it was widely expected that they would go on to further success with their follow up album. But it wasn't to be as this number 20 peaking single was the only one to chart, and it's parent album 'Dazzle Ships', despite being a brave album, was a commercial flop, that they never fully recovered from.


23   Joe Cocker And Jennifer Warnes   Up Where We Belong
As most of us know this number seven peaking single was from the movie 'An Officer And A Gentleman'. It was Joe's first hit since 1970, and only his third top ten hit overall. What I remember most about this song though is the performance where Joe's arms were more animated than I've ever seen them, and I'm sure that watching his limb movements sent Jennifer cross eyed.


24   Band AKA   Joy
Getting up early one morning for work. Drinking the poor excuse for an early morning cup of tea that my Dad used to make. I was sinking down fast into that dark hole of depression, my Dad switched on Radio Two and this came booming out,
"Got to put some joy into your life"
I really needed that at 6:30am while I was toying with the idea of suicide.
The Band AKA were one hit wonders who didn't even come close to charting again after this one. They peaked at number 24, but nevertheless they did get a lot of radio airplay at the time.


25   Tears For Fears   Change
The follow up to "Mad World" was nowhere near as good, and for me didn't really sounded too cheerful compared to the rest of 'The Hurting' album (despite the lyrics not being that cheerful at all). It reached number four.


26   Depeche Mode   Get The Balance Right
Not the greatest piece of music to come from Depeche Mode, and their third in a row that failed to reach the top ten. This number 13 peaking single is one of only three DM singles not to appear on a regular album.


27   Foster & Allen   Maggie
This Irish Folk was a style of music that wasn't to my taste at all until the Fureys hit the chart in 1981 with "When You Were Sweet Sixteen", followed a few months later by this duo with "A Bunch Of Thyme". This was their second (and last) hit, and is really quite pleasant. But it climbed no higher than number 27.


28   Joan Armatrading   Drop The Pilot
Ok to begin with, but all the airplay eventually made it annoying. Not only did she want to drop pilots, she wanted to drop monkeys too. An example should have been made of her before she reached number 11.


29   Mezzoforte   Garden Party
Mezzoforte with the excellent "Garden Party" were the first act from Iceland to ever chart in the UK, though 17 was their highest position. They released a follow up single called "Rockall" in the summer, but that one stalled at number 75.


30   Ultravox   Visions In Blue
Ultravox looked as though they were going to have a massive hit with "Visions In Blue", which was the "Vienna" of the 'Quartet' album. But after climbing from number 30 to number 16, they unexpectedly dropped to number 22 the following week. May have been something to do with the promo video being banned (something to do with a woman in a bath.).


31   Soft Cell   Numbers
This is the one that nobody liked except diehard fans and me. The B Side "Barriers" was ok too. Peaked at number 25.


32   JoBoxers   Boxerbeat
Jo Boxers were having the first of three hits and quickly reached number three. A year later we had all forgotten about them, and I'm still confused as why this was a hit.


33   Sheena Easton & Kenny Rogers   We've Got Tonight
I knew this song from the Bob Seger 1978 version and thought that should have been a hit. This cover ought to have been a huge hit, but both Sheena and Kenny seemed to have fallen out of favour. Only number 28, disgusting.


34   Big Country   Fields Of Fire
Big Country were having their first hit, it eventually crawled to number ten, and two more hits would follow during 1983. Vocalist Stuart Adamson had previously had five top 40 hits as lead guitarist of the Skids.


35   Leo Sayer   Orchard Road
Leo Sayer had been pretty much a chart regular during the previous nine years, but "Orchard Road" was to prove to be his last hit. It eventually reached number 16. At this time Leo had his own weekly show on BBC TV.


36   Altered Images   Don't Talk To Me About Love
Altered Images were back with a mature image, and with a song that sounded tailor made for Blondie (not surprising considering the Mike Chapman influence).
They'd decided to take a well deserved break after releasing two albums and six singles in six months. During that time, they's spend the bulk of the day in the recording studio, fly to somewhere like Germany to do a TV show, and then fly back to carry on recording the 'Pinky Blue' album. They couldn't say "No" because they had waited so long for recognition that they didn't want to turn anything down. But the pressure told, half of the band left, and was replaced by one new member Guitarist/Drummer Steven Lironi.
Claire was pleased that the single was actually played on the radio a dozen times in the week BEFORE it was released, imagine that !
It reached number seven, fully deserved too.


37   New Order   Blue Monday
Were it not for this single, New Order may never have advanced beyond cult status. I'd liked their previous three singles, and even bought "Temptation", but there was nothing there to make me want to go out and buy an album by them. But then came this one. It sounded very familiar the first time I heard it, and that can mean one of two things. Either, it's a cover version or contains elements from another song, or, it's an extremely good song that is going to be massive. I've always had a feeling that both are true of this song, the second one certainly was. It just so happens to be one of my favourite ten singles of all time.
It climbed to number 12, then come back six months later and reached number nine. Some doing, considering that it was only available on 12 inch single, but it is the biggest selling 12 inch single in the UK ever. It finally got a seven inch release courtesy of a 1988 remix that reached number three. Yet another re-mix reached number 17 in 1995, but neither of the remixes could compare to the original.


38   Japan   All Tomorrow's Parties
Of course I'm wrong when I say that David Sylvian can't sing. Of course he CAN sing, that's what he's doing. But he can't do it very well. No, wrong again. He may be able to sing very well, he just doesn't bother when he's in the recording studio. I expect that when he's in the bath or shower, he sounds just like Frank Sinatra.
Just one week in the top 40 for this awful cover of a Lou Reed song (Yes, it was a good song when Sylvian free). But, there was good reason to have a party tomorrow on Monday 21st March 1983. The following day, Japan dropped out of the top 40 and never returned :-)
Of course, the most beautiful man in the world did return a few times in his solo career, but didn't seem to attract more than a little interest.


39   Wham   Wham Rap (Enjoy What You Do)
Much better than "Young Guns", it seemed lyrically quite good at the time. I'm not so sure these days though. Still catchy all the same and still gets my vote as a better than average single. Reached number eight.


40   Malcolm McLaren   Soweto
Extremely good single from Mr McLaren and his African tribespeople friends. Not only was "Soweto" a good song, but the B Side "Zulus On A Time Bomb" was even better. Should have been bigger than "Buffalo Girls" & "Double Dutch", but it failed to climb higher than it's number 32 debut position.


In the news this week

Teardrop Explodes announced their split just a week after their "You Disappear From View" single had been released. Julian Cope had already began recording solo material.


Gary Numan revealed that he was ready to break his retirement from live gigs and was writing material for a new album.


George Harrison and Cilla Black were poised to work together following a chance meetingat a London restaurant.


Other Charts number ones
Album - Michael Jackson - Thriller
Indie singles - Depeche Mode - Get The Balance Right
Indie LPs - Meteors - Wreckin' Crew
12" single - Forrest - Rock The Boat
Cassette - Various Artists - Hot Line
Nightclub - Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (Remix)
Disco - David Joseph - You Can't Hide Your Love From Me
Boystown Disco - Forrest - Rock The Boat
Video - Human League- Human League Singles Video
US singles - Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
US LPs - Michael Jackson - Thriller


 

I cite the 1978-1980 era as the best for singles, but my favourite era for albums is the 1982-1984 period. Just look at this list of the week's top ten albums and some of the albums in other positions,
1 - Michael Jackson - Thriller
2 - Tears For Fears - The Hurting
3 - Various Artists - Hot Line
4 - U2 - War
5 - Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
6 - OMD - Dazzle Ships
7 - Spandau Ballet - True
8 - Thin Lizzy - Thunder And Lightning
9 - Jane Fonda - Workout
10 - Toto - Toto IV

12 - Thompson Twins - Quick Step And Sidekick
13 - Bananarama - Deep Sea Skiving
17 - Dionne Warwick - Heartbreaker
18 - Men At Work - Business As Usual
19 - John Lennon - The John Lennon Collection
20 - Joe Jackson - Night And Day
22 - Phil Collins - Hello I Must Be Going
23 - Duran Duran - Rio
30 - Madness - Complete Madness
36 - Eric Clapton - Money And Cigarettes
37 - The Belle Stars - Belle Stars
47 - Dire Straits - Love Over Gold
52 - ABC - The Lexicon Of Love
57 - Culture Club - Kissing To Be Clever
59 - Roxy Music - Avalon
60 - Shalamar - Friends
61 - Stranglers - Feline
62 - Haysi Fantayzee - Battle Hyms For Children Singing
65 - Dexy's Midnight Runners - Battle Hymns For Children Singing
67 - Blancmange - Happy Families
74 - Fleetwood Mac - Mirage
89 - League Unlimited Orchestra - Love And Dancing
91 - Ultravox - Quartet
93 - Flock Of Seagulls - Flock Of Seagulls


 

Interesting that the Nightclub chart also featured the following,
5 - Kajagoogoo - Too Shy
14 - Tears For Fears - Change
17 - Bananarama - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
25 - Fun Boy Three - Tunnel Of Love
29 - Blancmange - Waves
34 - Toto - Africa
None of them records that you would expect to hear to nightclubs. Or maybe they were the reason that nightclubs were more appealing back in the good old days.


The Boystown chart was later called the Gay chart or something. So, it was no surprise to find Sylvester at number two with "Don't Stop".
But much further down the chart at number 30 was 'Trans-X' with "Living On Video". This eventually became a crossover hit over over two years later.



Some MP3s


Disclaimer All comments concerning the quality of the songs in this and any other chart, are purely my opinion and not a statement of fact. I believe that we are all equal when it comes to deciding what makes a good song. I do not believe that good songs have to be serious or dull. I am of the opinion that if a single sells many copies, then many people like it, so it must be good whether I like it or not. Good music is everything YOU like, and it's also everything I like.


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