PJOPS Retrochart w/e 28/02/81

THE RETROCHART
We are taking a trip down memory lane

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The Rules


- This is a retrochart which commenced week ending 5 January 1980.

- This week is week ending 28 February 1981 and can include songs released up to 21 February 1981 only.

- Your deadline is MIDNIGHT THURSDAY 23 February.

- You can now chart ANY SONG RELEASED IN 1980.

- 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 (click on the flag / icon for the hyperlink).

- 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 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.

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Retrochart Top Ten w/e 28/02/81


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01 01 07 Vienna Ultravox THIRD WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
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04 02 04 Once In A Lifetime Talking Heads
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06 01 06 Woman John Lennon

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02 02 06 Rapture Blondie
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03 01 07 In The Air Tonight Phil Collins
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08 06 04 That's Entertainment The Jam
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17 07 05 Reward Teardrop Explodes
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11 08 02 Jealous Guy Roxy Music
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09 09 03 Message Of Love The Pretenders

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07 05 05 I Surrender Rainbow
 
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11 05 05 11 Fade To Grey Visage
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12 18 12 08 Kings Of The Wild Frontier Adam & The Ants

13 19 10 09 A Little In Love Cliff Richard
14 12 09 06 The Freeze Spandau Ballet
15 10 03 13 Antmusic Adam & The Ants
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16 15 15 06 Sgt Rock (Is Going To Help Me) XTC
17 14 14 06 The Return Of The Los Palmos 7 Madness
18 16 16 04 Rock This Town The Stray Cats
19 13 13 07 Romeo & Juliet Dire Straits
20 27 02 10 Ain't Gonna Stand For It Stevie Wonder
21 24 21 04 Southern Freeez Freeez
22 28 22 02 Kids In America Kim Wilde

23 33 11 13 It's My Turn Diana Ross
24 23 12 08 Don't Stop The Music Yarborough & Peoples
25 22 13 07 While You See A Chance Steve Winwood
26 31 26 02 Planet Earth Duran Duran
27 42 27 12 9 To 5 Dolly Parton

28 54 16 09 Burn Rubber The Gap Band
29 34 29 03 Somebody (Help Me Out) Beggar & Co
30 29 29 04 I'm In Love With A German Film Star The Passions
31 38 31 03 Four From Toyah EP: It's A Mystery Toyah
32 103 32 01 Star Kiki Dee FEATURED

33 45 33 02 St Valentine's Day Massacre EP: Please Don't Touch Motorhead/Girlschool
34 96 34 04 Precious To Me Phil Seymour HIGHEST CLIMBER
35 21 21 05 We'll Bring The House Down Slade
36 39 36 16 Sailing Christopher Cross
37 148 37 11 Can You Feel It Jacksons FEATURED
38 40 38 05 Treat Me Right Pat Benatar
39 36 34 12 Games People Play Alan Parsons Project
40 25 24 08 I Am The Beat The Look
41 108 37 05 Set Me Free Three Degrees
42 101 42 05 I Love A Rainy Night Eddie Rabbitt

43 37 33 05 Twilight Café Susan Fassbender
44 26 26 06 Cartrouble Adam & The Ants
45 93 45 04 Ain't Even Done With The Night John Cougar Mellencamp
46 50 29 24 Underwater Harry Thumann
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47 120 47 02 Hearts On Fire Randy Meisner FEATURED

48 76 42 10 Full Of Fire Shalamar
49 51 45 05 Zerox Adam & The Ants
50 --- 50 01 Something Bout You Baby I Like Status Quo HIGHEST NEW ENTRY FEATURED
 
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51 --- 51 01 Boys & Girls Human League
52 57 52 02 I Made It Through The Rain Barry Manilow

53 44 36 05 The Elephant's Graveyard Boomtown Rats
54 135 54 01 Jones vs Jones Kool & The Gang FEATURED
55 55 49 03 Mutually Assured Destruction Gillan
56 60 52 03 Take My Time Sheena Easton
57 110 57 02 Who Do You Think You're Fooling Donna Summer
58 41 01 19 Celebration Kool & The Gang
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59 30 02 10 Imagine John Lennon
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60 35 33 07 The Bed's Too Big Without You Sheila Hylton
61 121 61 01 Turn Me Loose Loverboy FEATURED
62 142 62 01 It's A Love Thing The Whispers FEATURED
63 80 63 03 Shaddap You Face Joe Dolce Music Theatre

64 47 01 13 Flash Queen
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65 53 26 06 Hitsville UK The Clash
66 56 02 17 Hungry Heart Bruce Springsteen
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67 49 14 14 Cold Love Donna Summer
68 --- 68 01 All American Girls Sister Sledge FEATURED
69 153 69 01 Too Tight Con Funk Shun FEATURED

70 72 69 03 What's On Your Mind George Benson
71 32 24 11 Gangsters Of The Groove Heatwave
72 61 01 27 The Winner Takes It All ABBA
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73 64 54 09 Give Me A Break Vivien Vee
74 68 64 06 Smokey Mountain Rain Ronnie Milsap
75 46 46 04 Per Elisa Alice
76 70 54 15 Gypsy Spirit Pendulum
77 74 60 09 Same Old Lang Syne Dan Fogelberg
78 81 66 05 Looking Up Donna Summer
79 20 06 12 Too Nice To Talk To The Beat
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80 77 03 16 Love On The Rocks Neil Diamond
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81 79 68 04 Voices Inside My Head The Police
82 82 15 25 D.I.S.C.O. Ottawan
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83 71 56 09 State Of The Heart Mondo Rock
84 89 84 05 Ah Leah Donnie Iris
85 90 85 03 Hot Love Kelly Marie

86 52 37 09 Dirty Mind Prince
87 73 39 10 I Need Your Lovin Teena Marie
88 87 74 05 Ordinary People (Theme From The Motion Picture) Marvin Hamlisch
89 157 61 07 Keep On Lovin You REO Speedwagon
90 84 65 10 Hey Nineteen Steely Dan
91 100 91 04 Ghost Riders In The Sky Outlaws
92 97 87 03 (Do The) Hucklebuck Coast To Coast
93 106 80 03 Fade Away Bruce Springsteen
94 91 18 23 Feels Like I'm In Love Kelly Marie
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95 85 13 16 Kiss On My List Hall & Oates
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96 105 81 04 I Hear Music In The Streets Unlimited Touch
97 119 97 01 Celebrate Simple Minds

98 98 44 11 He Can't Love You Michael Stanley Band
99 RE 96 02 Fantastic Voyage Lakeside
100 109 73 05 You're Too Late Fantasy
 
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PJOPS Retrochart Number Ones


1980
05/01/80 Another Brick In The Wall (Part II) Pink Floyd 452
12/01/80 Brass In Pocket The Pretenders 548
19/01/80 Brass In Pocket The Pretenders 443.5
26/01/80 Brass In Pocket The Pretenders 498
02/02/80 Sara Fleetwood Mac 526
09/02/80 Rock With You Michael Jackson 441
16/02/80 Rock With You Michael Jackson 456
23/02/80 On The Radio Donna Summer 551
01/03/80 On The Radio Donna Summer 533
08/03/80 On The Radio Donna Summer 536
15/03/80 On The Radio Donna Summer 524
22/03/80 Atomic Blondie 551
29/03/80 Going Underground The Jam 639
05/04/80 Going Underground The Jam 638
12/04/80 Going Underground The Jam 590.5
19/04/80 Call Me Blondie 646
26/04/80 Call Me Blondie 647
03/05/80 Call Me Blondie 597.5
10/05/80 Call Me Blondie 637
17/05/80 A Forest The Cure 584.5
24/05/80 A Forest The Cure 541
31/05/80 A Forest The Cure 485.5
07/06/80 A Forest The Cure 513
14/06/80 We Are Glass Gary Numan 517
21/06/80 Christine Siouxsie & The Banshees 537

28/06/80 Christine Siouxsie & The Banshees 495.5
05/07/80 Xanadu Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra 460
12/07/80 Xanadu Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra 558
19/07/80 Upside Down Diana Ross 506
26/07/80 Babooshka Kate Bush 483
02/08/80 The Winner Takes It All ABBA 574
09/08/80 The Winner Takes It All ABBA 591
16/08/80 The Winner Takes It All ABBA 543
23/08/80 The Winner Takes It All ABBA 492
30/08/80 The Winner Takes It All ABBA 489
06/09/80 The Winner Takes It All ABBA 580 LONGEST RUNNING NUMBER ONE - SIX WEEKS
13/09/80 Ashes To Ashes David Bowie 593
20/09/80 Ashes To Ashes David Bowie 544
27/09/80 Ashes To Ashes David Bowie 496
04/10/80 Ashes To Ashes David Bowie 486
11/10/80 Another One Bites The Dust Queen 481
18/10/80 Another One Bites The Dust Queen 480
25/10/80 Another One Bites The Dust Queen 468
01/11/80 Woman In Love Barbra Streisand 452
08/11/80 Fashion David Bowie 451
15/11/80 Fashion David Bowie 470
22/11/80 Fashion David Bowie 478
29/11/80 Celebration Kool & The Gang 488
06/12/80 The Tide Is High Blondie 446
13/12/80 The Tide Is High Blondie 436
20/12/80 (Just Like) Starting Over John Lennon 433
27/12/80 Celebration Kool & The Gang 474
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CHRISTMAS NUMBER ONE


1981
03/01/81 Celebration Kool & The Gang 387
10/01/81 (Just Like) Starting Over John Lennon 403
17/01/81 Flash Queen 390
24/01/81 In The Air Tonight Phil Collins 443
31/01/81 In The Air Tonight Phil Collins 422.5
07/02/81 Woman John Lennon 422
14/02/81 Vienna Ultravox
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21/02/81 Vienna Ultravox 449
28/02/81 Vienna Ultravox 451

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This week's #1s


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@cityofdoomsday The Winner Takes It All ABBA (5th week)
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@Eric Generic Vienna Ultravox (3rd week)
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@Hairycub1969 Vienna Ultravox (4th week)
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@Ironheade Vienna Ultravox (3rd week)
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@phoenix123 Rapture Blondie (1st week)

 
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Week 9

Global chart Top 10 w/e 28/02/81
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02 01 05 Woman John Lennon NEW NUMBER ONE
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01 01 15 Just Like Starting Over John Lennon
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03 02 13 The Tide Is High Blondie
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04 03 06 Celebration Kool & The Gang
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09 05 03 I Love A Rainy Night Eddie Rabbitt
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05 04 11 Passion Rod Stewart
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08 07 02 Shaddap You Face Joe Dolce
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06 06 03 9 To 5 Dolly Parton
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Woman In Love Barbra Streisand
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10 01 Rapture Blondie
 
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US Billboard Hot 100 w/e 28/02/81
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02 01 17 I Love A Rainy Night Eddie Rabbitt NEW NUMBER ONE

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01 01 14 9 To 5 Dolly Parton
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04 03 07 Woman John Lennon
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03 01 19 Celebration Kool & The Gang

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06 05 14 Keep On Lovin You REO Speedwagon
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07 06 06 The Best Of Times Styx
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05 01 16 The Tide Is High Blondie
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08 08 13 Giving It Up For Your Love Delbert McClinton
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09 09 12 Same Old Lang Syne Dan Fogelberg
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12 10 15 The Winner Takes It All ABBA

Chart News
20 26 20 05 What Kind Of Fool Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb

27 33 27 04 Fade Away Bruce Springsteen
30 48 30 04 While You See A Chance Steve Winwood
34 53 34 03 Morning Train Sheena Easton

41 65 41 03 Just The Two Of Us Grover Washington Jr HIGHEST CLIMBER
50 63 50 04 Don't Stop The Music Yarborough & Peoples
54 70 54 02 Angel Of The Morning Juice Newton


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New Entries

#63 I Can't Stand It Eric Clapton & His Band HIGHEST NEW ENTRY
#73 The Party's Over Journey
#83 Mister Sandman Emmylou Harris
#85 Hold On Loosely .38 Special
#86 Hold On Badfinger
#88 Lovers After All Melissa Manchester & Peabo Bryson
#95 Burn Rubber Gap Band


US Charts
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Billboard Magazine
Cashbox Singles Chart 9 To 5 Dolly Parton NEW NUMBER ONE
Billboard Adult Contemporary 9 To 5 Dolly Parton NEW NUMBER ONE
Billboard Disco Top 100 Rapture / The Tide Is High Blondie NEW NUMBER ONE
Billboard Hot Soul Singles Don't Stop The Music Yarborough & Peoples NEW NUMBER ONE
 
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UK Top 75 w/e 28/02/81
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Shaddap You Face Joe Dolce 154,000 SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
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02 02 07 Vienna Ultravox 104,000
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04 03 05 I Surrender Rainbow 84,000
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Woman John Lennon 54,000
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15 05 02 St Valentine's Day Massacre Motorhead 54,000

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21 06 02 Jealous Guy Roxy Music 53,000

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The Return Of The Los Palmas 7 Madness 51,000

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14 08 05 Do The Hucklebuck Coast To Coast 47,000

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23 09 04 Southern Freeez Freeez 47,000

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06 06 05 Oldest Swinger In Town Fred Wedlock 42,000
In a week when Ultravox's lead singer Midge Ure has been less than complimentary about "Shaddap You Face" Dolce's response was given in sales, and it seems the record buying public have sided with him. The track not only spends a second week at No 1 but its sales expand to a new 1981 record of 154,000 copies whilst "Vienna" limped in with a still none too shabby 104,000 copies, in total Ultravox are still in front with 484,000 copies to "Shaddap Your Face" on 383,000.

Buddying up together to form "headgirl" the single "St Valentine's Day Massacre EP" is a collaboration between Motorhead and labelmates Girlschool and this week climbs 15-5 (54,000). The lead track is a cover of the Johnny Kidd & The Pirates "Please Don't touch" which has already become the biggest hit by either act sailing past the peak of No 8 achieved by Motorhead last year with "Golden Years EP" and the No 49 peak of "Race With The Devil" by Girlschool (also 1980), the original peaked at No 25 back in 1959.

John Lennon drops 3-4 (54,000) this week and whilst this is his sole top 10 entry he's also back at No 6 in the form of a cover of "Jealous Guy" by Roxy Music. The original appeared on his 1971 album "Imagine" which was recently back in the top 5 and is still top 20 this week, the band added it to their live set in the wake of Lennon's death and have now recorded it and it shoots 21-6 (53,000) to give them their 9th top 10 single and makes up for their last single, "The Same Old Scene", missing the top 10.

British rockabilly is still alive and well with Coast to Coast and their take on the 60s track "(Do The) Hucklebuck" which has never been a hit in the UK though the track did make No 1 in Ireland with a version by Brendan Bowyer back in 1965, this version has all the hallmarks of becoming a party favourite!

Debut track "Keep In Touch" might have fizzled out at No 49 but follow up "Southern Freeez" has no such problem jumping 23-9 (47,000) for Freeez. It takes advantage of a new dance craze of "freezing" when the music temporarily cuts out, could it inspire more top 10 hits?

In other news we have one going up (Rainbow up to No 3 on 84,000) one going down (Fred Wedlock 7-10, 42,000) and one sticking (Madness at No 7, 51,000).

Chart News
17 39 17 02 Kings Of The Wild Frontier Adam & The Ants
22 34 22 04 Somebody Help Me Out Beggar & Co
24 35 24 04 Once In A Lifetime Talking Heads
26 42 26 03 Four From Toyah Toyah
29 41 29 05 Reward Teardrop Explodes

39 64 39 02 Jones vs Jones Kool & The Gang
40 55 40 02 Star Kiki Dee
43 62 43 02 Kids In America Kim Wilde

44 70 44 02 Underwater Harry Thurmann HIGHEST CLIMBER
52 67 52 02 Planet Earth Duran Duran
54 75 54 02 9 To 5 Dolly Parton

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New Entries

#19 Something Bout You Baby Status Quo
#50 Walking On Thin Ice Yoko Ono
#57 Can You Feel It Jacksons
#59 Boys & Girls Human League
#60 Can You Handle It Sharon Redd
#64 This Ole House Shakin Stevens
#66 Don't Stop K.I.D.
#70 Einstein A Go-Go Landscape
#71 Guilty Classic Nouveaux
#72 All American Girls Sister Sledge
#74 I Love A Rainy Night Eddie Rabbitt




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NME Shaddap You Face Joe Dolce Music Theatre NEW NUMBER ONE
UK Official Indie Chart Zerox Adam & The Ants THIRD WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
UK Album Chart Face Value Phil Collins SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE

 
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World Charts w/e 28/02/81
The Tide Is High Blondie FOURTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
Duncan Slim Dusty SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
The Tide Is High Blondie SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
Just Like Starting Over John Lennon THIRD WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
Woman In Love Babra Streisand FOURTH MONTH AT NUMBER ONE
Nar Vi Tva Blir En Gyllen Tider TWELFTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
Shaddap You Face John Lennon NEW NUMBER ONE
Reality Richard Sanderson SIXTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
Angel Of Mine Frank Duval FIFTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
Stars on 45 Medley Stars on 45 SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
Woman In Love Barbra Streisand NEW NUMBER ONE
What's In A Kiss Gilbert O'Sullivan SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
Some Broken Hearts Never Mend Telly Savalas SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
Cherry Blossom Seiko Matsuda THIRD WEEK AT NUMBER ONE

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Passion Rod Stewart
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Shine Up Doris D & Pins (w/e 20/02/81)
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Passion Rod Stewart (w/e 14/02/81)
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Felicidad Boney M (w/e 04/02/81)
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Upside Down Diana Ross
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Shandi KISS




Other worldwide releases:
I'm Falling / Flowers Dead Or Alive
Slide Rah Band
A Little Bit Of Jazz Nick Straker Band
Nights Billy Ocean
Demolition Man Grace Jones
Glad All Over Suzi Quatro
Don't Go Judas Priest
The Shuttered Palace Ellen Foley
What Kind Of Fool Barbra Streisand
 
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1. Abba - Winner Takes It All
2. Alan Parsons Project - Games People Play
3. Vivien Vee -Give Me A Break
4. Ronnie Milsap - Smokey Mountain Rain
5. Kool & the Gang - Celebration
6. Pendulum- Gypsy Spirit
7. Dan Fogelberg - Same Old Lang Syne
8. Pat Benetar - Treat Me Right
9. Neil Diamond - Love On The Rocks
10. Ottawan - D.I.S.C.O.
11. Donnie Iris - Ah Leah!
12. Marvin Hamlisch - Ordinary People Theme
13. Steely Dan -Hey Nineteen
14. Outlaws - Riders In The Sky
15. Eddie Rabbitt - I Love A Rainy Night
16. Kelly Marie - Feels Like i'm In Love
17. Unlimited Touch - I Hear Music in The Streets
18. Stevie Wonder - I Ain't Gonna Stand For It
19. Phil Seymour - Precious To Me
20. Lakeside - Fantastic Voyage
21. Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart
22. Yarbrough & Peoples - Don't Stop The Music
23. Fantasy - You're Too late
24. Three Degrees - Set Me Free
25. Don McLean - Crying
26. Tierra - Together
27. Gap Band - Burn Rubber
28. Night - Love On The Airwaves
29. John Lennon - Woman
30. Dickey Lee f/Kathy Burdick - Lost In Love
31. REO speedwagon - Keep On Loving You
32. Cliff Richard - A Little In Love
33. Leo Sayer - Living in A Fantasy
34. Tantra - Hills Of Katmandu
35. Azoto - Anytime Or Place
36. Randy Meisner - Hearts On Fire
37. Earth Wind & Fire - And love Goes On
38. Boz Scaggs - Miss Sun
39. Diana Ross - It's My Turn
40. Baby O - Your Eyes
41. Firefall- Staying With It
42. Con Funk Shun - Too Tight
43. Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
44. Whispers - It's A Love Thing
45. Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me
46. Rupert Holmes - Blackjack
47. Jim Stafford - Cow Patti
48. Charles Fox - Seasons
49. Blondie - Tide Is High
50. John Cougar- Ain't Even Done With The Night
51. April Wine - Just Between You And Me
52. Sheena Easton - Morning Train
53. Loverboy - Turn Me Loose
54. Harlo - Take Off
55. Neil Diamond - Hello Again
56. Queen - Flash's theme
57. Sister Sledge - All American Girls
58. Shalamar - Full Of Fire
59. Kano - It's A War
60. John Lennon - Starting Over
61. Donna Summer - Who Do You Think You're Fooling
62. XTC - Generals And Majors
63. Crazy joe - Eugene
64. Steve Winwood - While You See A Chance
65. Spinners - Yesterday Once More..
66. Champaign - How Bout Us
67. Sharon Redd - Can You Handle It
68. Styx - Best Of Times
69. Terri Gibbs - Somebody's knocking
70. Juice Newton - Angel Of The Morning
71. Viola Wills - If You Could Read my Mind
72. Badfinger - Hold On
73. Vivien Vee - Remeber
74. Harry Thumann - Underwater
75. Ultravox - Vienna
76. Talking Heads - Once in A Lifetime
77. Passengers - Hot Leather
78. Jerry Knight - Perfect Fit
79. Touch - Don't You Know What Love Is
80. Suzi Quatro - Lipstick
81. Norman Connors - Melancholy Fire
82. Air Supply - Every Woman In The World
83. Joe Chaney Band - Proud
84. Glen Campbell - I Don't Even Know Your Name
85. Jackie English - Once A Night
86. Hazel O'Connor - Will You
87. Convertion - Let's Do It
88. Twennynine f/Lenny White - Fancy Dancer
89. Leo Sayer - More Than I Can Say
90. Pattie Keith - Ain't Nothin' Gonna Keep..
91. Whitesnake - Ain't No Love In The Heart..
92. Kenny Rogers - Lady
93. L.A.X. - All My Love
94. Simple Minds - I Travel
95. Joan Jett - You Don't Own Me
96. Olivia Newton John & ELO - Xanadu
97. Queen - Another One Bites The Dust
98. Devo - Whip It
99. Andy Gibb - Time is Time
100. Michael Stanley Band - He Can't Love You
 
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"Once in a lifetime" and "Vienna" must be on everyone's Retrochart by now - it will interesting to see where they end up in the overall reveal.
My Retrochart will be up on Thursday evening before the deadline!
 
EG'S WEEKLY TOP 40 RETROCHART: 28th FEBRUARY 1981
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EG's Chartdust: An unchanged top 2, but the race for the next #1 is hotting up, as no fewer than four singles climb purposefully into the Top 10. The Pretenders lead the way, with The Jam's import-only single, Christopher Cross and Talking Heads all making big advances. Right beneath them, a repromoted Kings Of The Wild Frontier shoots 24-11, and Roxy's Lennon tribute leaps 28-13. Bless their cotton socks, they're in the new entries...Teardrop Explodes um, explode onto the chart at #16 and might be an outside bet to outstrip all rivals during the coming weeks.
 
Number 48 - new entry for The Human League who are back! with "Boys and Girls" and a new line up since the departure of Martin Ware and Ian Craig Marsh who have formed Heaven 17:

 

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