Popjustice Retrochart - April 1983 - w/e 23/04/83

[phoenix123]

09

11 Words F.R. David 260


Entry: 29/01/83
Peak: #9
Weeks: 6
Chart run: 91-out-out-out-out-out-out-out-50-34-17-11-09

@cityofdoomsday N/A
@Eric Generic #32

33
@Hairycub1969 #4

6
@phoenix123 #7

12

A massive hit in Europe in 82/83 F.R. David is finally in the top flight.

 

[phoenix123]

08

08 Breakaway Tracey Ullman 268


Entry: 12/03/83
Peak: #8
Weeks: 7
Chart run: 93-45-34-14-11-08-08

@cityofdoomsday N/A
@Eric Generic #23

25
@Hairycub1969 #6

5
@phoenix123 #6

8

Tracey's debut single stalls at #8.

 

[phoenix123]

07

09 Love Is A Stranger Eurythmics 286


Entry: 13/11/82
Peak: #7
Weeks: 20
Chart run: 133-52-48-41-36-41-44-46-58-55-56-66-72-72-79-71-94-95-113-134-137-24-09-07

@cityofdoomsday N/A
@Eric Generic #5

6
@Hairycub1969 #7

22
@phoenix123 #5

11

A second outing for Eurythmics who climb two places.

 

[phoenix123]

HIGHCLIMBER
06

24 Overkill Men At Work 286


Entry: 09/04/83
Peak: #6
Weeks: 3
Chart run: 49-24-06

@cityofdoomsday #28

41
@Eric Generic #31

34
@Hairycub1969 #17

30
@phoenix123 #42 NEW

Men At Work ease into the top ten with a high climber after just 3 weeks charted.

 

[phoenix123]

05

04 Is There Something I Should Know Duran Duran 288


Entry: 26/03/83
Peak: #4
Weeks: 5
Chart run: 05-04-05-04-05

@cityofdoomsday N/A
@Eric Generic #6

3
@Hairycub1969 #8

4
@phoenix123 #1 SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE

Duran Duran are back down a spot yet again and seem unlikely to rebound.

 

[phoenix123]

04

06 Church Of The Poison Mind Culture Club 288


Entry: 19/03/83
Peak: #4
Weeks: 3
Chart run: 10-06-04

@cityofdoomsday N/A
@Eric Generic #4

5
@Hairycub1969 #2

2
@phoenix123 #9

16

Culture Club sneak past Duran to climb 6-4.

 

[phoenix123]

HIGHCLIMBER
03

15 Blue Monday New Order 300


Entry: 19/03/83
Peak: #3
Weeks: 6
Chart run: 23-20-15-15-15-03

@cityofdoomsday #43 NEW
@Eric Generic #27

20
@Hairycub1969 #18

24
@phoenix123 #16

20

New Order have a healthy chart climb of 12 places into the top three!

 

[phoenix123]

02

02 Let's Dance David Bowie 365


Entry: 26/03/83
Peak: #2
Weeks: 5
Chart run: 06-03-02-02-02

@cityofdoomsday #24

34
@Eric Generic #1 SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
@Hairycub1969 #3

1
@phoenix123 #11

6

David Bowie is runner-up for a third week as the gap to the top widens a little - could he lose out on getting another chart topper?

 

[phoenix123]

SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
01

01 Beat It Michael Jackson 375


Entry: 26/02/83
Peak: #1 (2 weeks)
Weeks: 7
Chart run: 202-162-75-43-35-33-03-01-01

@cityofdoomsday #23

26
@Eric Generic #2

4
@Hairycub1969 #1

3
@phoenix123 #3

5

Michael Jackson extends his run at the summit to eight consecutive weeks with his last two singles! He reaches a cumulative total of ten weeks at number one on the retrochart, more than any other solo artist. Only ABBA have managed as many weeks. If he remains on top next week he will have topped the chart for more weeks than any other act.

 

[phoenix123]

Retrochart Top Ten w/e 23/04/83

01

01 01 07 Beat It Michael Jackson SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
02

02 02 05 Let's Dance David Bowie
03

15 03 06 Blue Monday New Order
04

06 04 03 Church Of The Poison Mind Culture Club
05

04 04 05 Is There Something I Should Know? Duran Duran
06

24 06 03 Overkill Men At Work
07

09 07 20 Love Is A Stranger Eurythmics
08

08 08 07 Breakaway Tracy Ullman
09

11 09 06 Words F.R.David
10

07 02 11 Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) Eurythmics

 

[Hairycub1969]

Chartfile w/e 23rd April 1983
Michael Jackson holds onto Number One for a second week with "Beat it" as David Bowie gets stuck at Number Two with "Let's Dance"! Climbers inside the top ten include New Order, Culture Club, Men at Work, Eurythmics (Love is a stranger) and FR David. Tracey Ullman is stuck at Number 8 and heading down are Duran Duran and Eurythmics (Sweet Dreams) - it's a very strong top ten and there are some more strong songs from Spandau Ballet, The Human League and Heaven 17 which could enter the top ten next week! Stay tuned!

 

[cityofdoomsday]

Chartfile w/e 23rd April 1983
Michael Jackson holds onto Number One for a second week with "Beat it" as David Bowie gets stuck at Number Two with "Let's Dance"! Climbers inside the top ten include New Order, Culture Club, Men at Work, Eurythmics (Love is a stranger) and FR David. Tracey Ullman is stuck at Number 8 and heading down are Duran Duran and Eurythmics (Sweet Dreams) - it's a very strong top ten and there are some more strong songs from Spandau Ballet, The Human League and Heaven 17 which could enter the top ten next week! Stay tuned!

If not next week, sometime in 2020, we will find out if Let's Dance can knock out Beat It! I could look up the thread to calculate points but, the tension builds with not knowing the final outcome.

 

[phoenix123]

Apologies to have fallen so far behind on the combined retrochart. After a small focus group discussion I've decided to take a hiatus and pick this up again in April. In the meantime I will run down the top singles of 1980, 1981 and 1982 as decided by Popjustice and tidy up the Retrochart vault.

 

[Hairycub1969]

Apologies to have fallen so far behind on the combined retrochart. After a small focus group discussion I've decided to take a hiatus and pick this up again in April. In the meantime I will run down the top singles of 1980, 1981 and 1982 as decided by Popjustice and tidy up the Retrochart vault.

Not long to go now - next month we'll find out if David Bowie's "Let's dance" will toppled Michael Jackson's "Beat it" - and can the following records crack the top ten?
Spandau Ballet - True
Heaven 17 - Temptation
The Human League - (Keep feeling) Fascination

Stay tuned as @phoenix123 returns! my lips are sealed upon his return!

 

[Hairycub1969]

Not long to go now until @phoenix123 rises out of the ashes!