THE PJOPS RETROCHART
We are taking a trip down memory lane
The Rules
- This is a retrochart which commenced week ending 5 January 1980.
- This week is week ending 24 May 1980. Your deadline is MIDNIGHT Saturday 14 May
- Post in the thread or start a new conversation with me with your top 10/20/100 songs of each week.
- Each week I will post a list of new entries and releases that are eligible to chart and links to international charts.
- The list will not be exhaustive and you are free to add any more obscure songs on your personal list released up to that date (within the prior 6 months) or songs contemporaneously charting on international charts. If you do I would appreciate any links to evidence the release date or chart history to update the archive.
- You are free to use your own personal charts from the time (if you have them) or create an updated list for this chart.
- Please rank your songs from your favourite downwards. (eg #1 down to #100)
- Your #1 gets 100 points, #2 gets 99 points etc
- The weekly PJOPS Retrochart is compiled from accumulated points each week.
- It would be fantastic if you could regularly contribute lists but understandably there may be weeks you can not. If someone fails to contribute towards a weekly chart their previous week’s choices will be frozen and contribute to the chart but the points will be halved. This is to prevent wild fluctuations in chart positions depending on contributions.
Retrochart w/e 24/05/80
01 01 01 08 A Forest The Cure
SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
02 04 02 04 Mirror In The Bathroom The Beat
03 19 03 04 Messages OMD
04 03 03 05 Breathing Kate Bush
05 10 05 02 Over You Roxy Music
06 02 01 15 Call Me Blondie
07 08 04 10 Geno Dexy's Midnight Runners
08 20 08 03 Pulling Mussels Squeeze
09 09 05 11 Rock Lobster B-52s
10 25 10 12 Funkytown Lipps Inc.
11 11 11 03 You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties Jona Lewie
12 05 03 08 Talk Of The Town The Pretenders
13 06 06 06 She's Out Of My Life Michael Jackson
14 07 01 10 Going Underground The Jam
15 13 12 06 Coming Up Paul McCartney
16 18 16 02 Rescue Echo & The Bunnymen
17 14 13 06 Dear Miss Lonely Hearts Philip Lynott
18 32 18 04 Let's Go Round Again Average White Band
19 ne 19 01 We Are Glass Gary Numan
20 12 07 08 Night Boat To Cairo Madness
21 21 19 05 Staring At The Rude Boys The Ruts
22 24 22 04 What's Another Year Johnny Logan
23 30 23 04 Simple Simon INXS
24 27 24 03 Hold On To My Love Jimmy Ruffin
25 16 15 06 Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad Prince
26 23 17 08 Sexy Dancer Prince
27 15 15 05 This World Of Water New Musik
28 26 26 04 Holiday 80 EP Human League
29 28 28 05 Fool For Your Loving Whitesnake
30 33 30 03 No Self Control Peter Gabriel
31 31 18 08 My Perfect Cousin The Undertones
32 37 32 02 Police & Thieves Junior Murvin
33 40 33 02 Suicide Is Painless (Theme From M*A*S*H) The M*A*S*H
34 22 21 06 Electricty OMD
35 62 35 02 Crying Don McClean
36 61 36 02 Duchess Genesis
37 59 37 02 Let's Get Serious Jermaine Jackson
38 ne 38 01 Holiday In Cambodia Dead Kennedys
39 39 39 04 No Doubt About It Hot Chocolate
40 38 38 05 I Shoulda Loved Ya Narada Michael Walden
41 29 03 11 Happy House Souxsie & The Banshees
42 41 34 07 Eurovision Telex
43 51 43 05 All For Leyna Billy Joel
44 44 15 08 Clean Clean Buggles
45 ne 45 01 Rat Race The Specials
46 52 46 03 Broken English Marianne Faithfull
47 46 10 09 No-one Driving John Foxx
48 35 12 11 Turn It On Again Genesis
49 50 46 08 Wheels Of Steel Saxon
50 147 50 01 Back Together Again Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
We are taking a trip down memory lane

- This is a retrochart which commenced week ending 5 January 1980.
- This week is week ending 24 May 1980. Your deadline is MIDNIGHT Saturday 14 May
- Post in the thread or start a new conversation with me with your top 10/20/100 songs of each week.
- Each week I will post a list of new entries and releases that are eligible to chart and links to international charts.
- The list will not be exhaustive and you are free to add any more obscure songs on your personal list released up to that date (within the prior 6 months) or songs contemporaneously charting on international charts. If you do I would appreciate any links to evidence the release date or chart history to update the archive.
- You are free to use your own personal charts from the time (if you have them) or create an updated list for this chart.
- Please rank your songs from your favourite downwards. (eg #1 down to #100)
- Your #1 gets 100 points, #2 gets 99 points etc
- The weekly PJOPS Retrochart is compiled from accumulated points each week.
- It would be fantastic if you could regularly contribute lists but understandably there may be weeks you can not. If someone fails to contribute towards a weekly chart their previous week’s choices will be frozen and contribute to the chart but the points will be halved. This is to prevent wild fluctuations in chart positions depending on contributions.
Retrochart w/e 24/05/80
01 01 01 08 A Forest The Cure


02 04 02 04 Mirror In The Bathroom The Beat
03 19 03 04 Messages OMD

04 03 03 05 Breathing Kate Bush
05 10 05 02 Over You Roxy Music
06 02 01 15 Call Me Blondie
07 08 04 10 Geno Dexy's Midnight Runners
08 20 08 03 Pulling Mussels Squeeze

09 09 05 11 Rock Lobster B-52s
10 25 10 12 Funkytown Lipps Inc.

11 11 11 03 You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties Jona Lewie
12 05 03 08 Talk Of The Town The Pretenders
13 06 06 06 She's Out Of My Life Michael Jackson
14 07 01 10 Going Underground The Jam
15 13 12 06 Coming Up Paul McCartney
16 18 16 02 Rescue Echo & The Bunnymen
17 14 13 06 Dear Miss Lonely Hearts Philip Lynott
18 32 18 04 Let's Go Round Again Average White Band

19 ne 19 01 We Are Glass Gary Numan

20 12 07 08 Night Boat To Cairo Madness
21 21 19 05 Staring At The Rude Boys The Ruts
22 24 22 04 What's Another Year Johnny Logan
23 30 23 04 Simple Simon INXS
24 27 24 03 Hold On To My Love Jimmy Ruffin
25 16 15 06 Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad Prince
26 23 17 08 Sexy Dancer Prince
27 15 15 05 This World Of Water New Musik
28 26 26 04 Holiday 80 EP Human League
29 28 28 05 Fool For Your Loving Whitesnake
30 33 30 03 No Self Control Peter Gabriel
31 31 18 08 My Perfect Cousin The Undertones
32 37 32 02 Police & Thieves Junior Murvin
33 40 33 02 Suicide Is Painless (Theme From M*A*S*H) The M*A*S*H
34 22 21 06 Electricty OMD
35 62 35 02 Crying Don McClean

36 61 36 02 Duchess Genesis

37 59 37 02 Let's Get Serious Jermaine Jackson

38 ne 38 01 Holiday In Cambodia Dead Kennedys

39 39 39 04 No Doubt About It Hot Chocolate
40 38 38 05 I Shoulda Loved Ya Narada Michael Walden
41 29 03 11 Happy House Souxsie & The Banshees
42 41 34 07 Eurovision Telex
43 51 43 05 All For Leyna Billy Joel
44 44 15 08 Clean Clean Buggles
45 ne 45 01 Rat Race The Specials

46 52 46 03 Broken English Marianne Faithfull
47 46 10 09 No-one Driving John Foxx
48 35 12 11 Turn It On Again Genesis
49 50 46 08 Wheels Of Steel Saxon
50 147 50 01 Back Together Again Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway

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