Popjustice Retrochart - April 1984 - w/e 14/04/84

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11 28 01 13 Here Comes The Rain Again Eurythmics
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12 13 12 05 Lucky Star Madonna
13 08 06 07 Adult Education Hall & Oates
14 17 14 23 Ain't Nobody Rufus & Chaka Khan
15 06 05 11 Dance Hall Days Wang Chung
16 40 16 03 Just Be Good To Me SOS Band
17 16 16 04 Nelson Mandela The Special AKA
18 --- 18 01 I Want To Break Free Queen HIGHEST NEW ENTRY FEATURED
19 19 19 03 Glad It's All Over Captain Sensible
20 25 20 02 The Caterpillar The Cure
21 39 21 05 Dr Mabuse Propaganda

22 15 15 04 Up On The Catwalk Simple Minds
23 23 23 11 PYT (Pretty Young Thing) Michael Jackson
24 --- 24 01 Dancing Girls Nik Kershaw FEATURED
25 26 25 09 Automatic Pointer Sisters

26 14 10 07 The Lion's Mouth Kajagoogoo
27 27 27 03 Heaven / Heartbeat Psychadelic Furs
28 34 28 02 Give Me Tonight Shannon

29 24 24 04 Show Me The Pretenders
30 20 04 16 Relax Frankie Goes To Hollywood
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31 29 29 05 That's The Way (I Like It) Dead Or Alive
32 21 21 05 Cherry Oh Baby UB40
33 32 32 05 Head Over Heels Go-Gos
34 12 09 09 Your Love Is King Sade
35 --- 35 01 Don't Tell Me Blancmange FEATURED
36 31 31 06 Leave It Yes
37 30 13 09 It's Raining Men The Weather Girls
38 38 38 04 Cargo Axel Bauer
39 --- 39 01 Locomotion OMD FEATURED

40 35 35 04 Give Missing Persons
41 48 41 02 Such A Shame Talk Talk
42 18 01 14 99 Luftballons Nena
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43 37 37 04 Miss Me Blind Culture Club
44 --- 44 01 When You Say You Love Somebody (In The Heart) Kool & The Gang FEATURED
45 --- 45 01 Sneakin' Out The Back Door Matt Bianco FEATURED
46 85 46 02 Eat It Weird Al Yankovic HIGHEST CLIMBER FEATURED
47 114 02 17 Holiday Madonna
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48 43 43 03 Don't Look Any Further Dennis Edwards & Siedah Garrett
49 36 22 09 Hide & Seek Howard Jones
50 73 50 08 Footloose Kenny Loggins
 
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51 52 09 13 (Feels Like) Heaven Fiction Factory
52 58 52 02 She's Strange Cameo
53 51 50 06 Don't Answer Me Alan Parsons Project
54 44 05 14 Girls Just Want To Have Fun Cyndi Lauper
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55 42 42 04 Dancing In The Sheets Shalamar
56 50 29 10 Living In Desperate Times Olivia Newton-John
57 47 06 22 Let The Music Play Shannon
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58 41 12 14 It's My Life Talk Talk
59 61 59 02 Queen Of Witches Kano
60 57 57 06 Tonight Kool & The Gang
61 63 24 07 My Guy's Mad At Me Tracey Ullman
62 --- 62 01 On Va S'Aimer Gilbert Montagne FEATURED
63 62 02 22 Hold Me Now Thompson Twins
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64 66 64 05 Borrowed Time John Lennon
65 55 04 11 Somebody's Watching Me Rockwell
66 33 29 06 What Do I Do? Phil Fearon & Galaxy
67 --- 67 01 Maman A Tort Mylene Farmer FEATURED
68 67 67 06 Holding Out For A Hero Bonnie Tyler
69 113 69 05 Evergreen / Jealous Love Hazell Dean
70 68 08 12 Never Never The Assembly
71 95 08 14 They Don't Know Tracey Ullman
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72 74 72 05 The Word Is Out Jermaine Stewart
73 64 64 02 La Folie Valerie Lagrange
74 97 74 02 A Fine Fine Day Tony Carey FEATURED
75 71 04 19 Come Back And Stay Paul Young
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76 70 01 19 Running With The Night Lionel Richie
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77 112 77 01 No More Words Berlin
78 107 78 01 You Might Think Cars

79 53 39 10 I Want A New Drug Huey Lewis & The News
80 65 06 22 That's All Genesis
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81 60 54 10 Runner Manfred Mann's Earth Band
82 108 82 01 Eighties Killing Joke
83 75 75 03 Lunatic Gazebo
84 193 84 01 The Longest Time Billy Joel
85 94 85 02 I'm Falling The Bluebells

86 72 72 02 You Boytronic
87 104 87 01 Breakdance Irene Cara
88 102 88 01 Love Somebody Rick Springfield
89 192 89 01 AC/DC Jeffrey Daniel
90 101 90 01 I Send A Message INXS
91 --- 91 01 Someday The Gap Band
92 109 92 01 TV Dinners ZZ Top

93 49 49 02 I Scare Myself Thomas Dolby
94 118 94 01 I Got The Message Men Without Hats
95 105 95 01 Baby You're Dynamite Cliff Richard

96 83 48 04 A Love Worth Waiting For Shakin Stevens
97 69 68 08 Joystick Dazz Band
98 156 98 01 Blue Light David Gilmour
99 90 59 08 Don't Let Go Wang Chung
100 126 100 01 I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love Crystal Gayle
 
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07/01/84 Running With The Night Lionel Richie 335
14/01/84 Running With The Night Lionel Richie 358
21/01/84 Running With The Night Lionel Richie 366
28/01/84 Running With The Night Lionel Richie 351
04/02/84 Break My Stride Matthew Wilder 360
11/02/84 Here Comes The Rain Again Eurythmics 364
18/02/84 Here Comes The Rain Again Eurythmics 353
25/02/84 99 Red Balloons Nena 359
03/03/84 99 Red Balloons Nena 370
10/03/84 99 Red Balloons Nena 371
17/03/84 99 Red Balloons Nena 362
24/03/84 Robert De Niro's Waiting Bananarama 385
31/03/84 Radio Ga-Ga Queen 392
07/04/84 Robert De Niro's Waiting Bananarama 384
14/04/84 Robert De Niro's Waiting Bananarama 366
 
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01 01 04 Hello Lionel Richie SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE

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02 02 07 Somebody's Watching Me Rockwell
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03 01 10 Jump Van Halen
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04 02 11 Girls Just Want To Have Fun Cyndi Lauper
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06 03 11 Relax Frankie Goes To Hollywood
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05 03 09 Radio Gaga Queen
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10 07 02 Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) Phil Collins
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07 07 03 Footloose Kenny Loggins
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08 01 09 99 Luftballons Nena

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Hello Lionel Richie
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86,000 FOURTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
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02 02 04 A Love Worth Waiting For Shakin Stevens
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47,000

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04 03 03 You Take Me Up Thompson Twins 46,000

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05 04 04 People Are People Depeche Mode 44,000

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03 03 07 Robert De Niro's Waiting Bananarama 42,000

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15 06 04 Glad It's All Over Captain Sensible 38,000

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07 04 04 It's A Miracle Culture Club 35,000

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06 02 07 It's Raining Men The Weather Girls
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14 09 05 Nelson Mandela Special AKA 32,000
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26 10 02 Against All Odds Phil Collins 28,000

“Hello” remains the best selling single in the land for a fourth week, and for another week it was out in the front from the start. The track sold a further 86,000 copies last week to bring its total to 422,000 and moving 6-3 on the YTD list with Nena very firmly in his sights. He longer has a chart double as “Now 2” replaces “Can’t Slow Down” on the album charts.

The news further down the charts isn’t good with nothing selling in any kind of the amount needed to pose a threat to Richie. Shaky holds at No 2 but has a slight sales decrease to 47,000, that’s the joint lowest tally for a No 2 single this decade tying Paul Young’s “Wherever I Lay My Hat” last year. He was under pressure as the week went on from The Thompson Twins (4-3, 46,000) and Depeche Mode (5-4, 44,000) who came dangerously near to grabbing the No 2 position.

Captain Sensible is of course most remembered for his 1982 No 1 single “Happy Talk” but he’s back in the top 10 with the anti-Falkland themed “Glad It’s All Over”. It’s the first song from his second album “The Power Of Love” out in a few weeks and it gets the perfect promotion with the song climbing 15-6 (38,000)

It’s been a turbulent old time for The Specials and band founder Jerry Dammers, when three members left the group at the height of the group’s commercial success in 1981 it threw the band into a succession of line-up changes and poor chart performance. They’ve reverted back to their original name Special AKA (under which they scored the first hit “Gangsters” back in 1979) for their current single “Nelson Mandela EP” which progresses 14-9 (32,000) this week and highlights the plight of the imprisoned South African politician.

Written explicitly for the new film of the same name “Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)” is the new single from Phil Collins. I say new but it was originally penned back in 1981 for the recording sessions of his debut album “Face Value” but was not completed in time to be included, Collins was asked to be involved in the film and contribute a song but as he was currently on tour with Genesis he didn’t have time to compose a new song so dusted this down. Title changed from “How Can You Just Sit There?” it burns 26-10 (28,000) this week to become only Collins’ third top 10 solo hit but the other two both made the top 2- don’t bet against this one following in the same mould!

Culture Club hold at No 7 (35,000), heading down are Bananarama 3-5 (42,000) and The Weather Girls are gloomy as they continue to deflate 6-8 (35,000)

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Chart Entries
#18 I Want To Break Free Queen
#28 Locomotion Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
#30 (When You Say You Love Somebody) In The Heart Kool & The Gang
#32 Don't Tell Me Blancmange
#35 Dancing Girls Nik Kershaw
#70 Sneaking Out The Backdoor Matt Bianco
#73 Soul's On Fire Tracie
#76 Hi How Ya Doin Kenny G
#77 High Energy Evelyn Thomas
#86 Jesse Grandmaster And Mele Mel
#87 Love Games Belle And The Devotions
#88 I Wanted Your Love Luther Vandross
#91 Lovequake Bobby King
#93 Don't Answer Me Alan Parsons Project
#94 Jam On It Newcleus
#96 Praying To The Beat Re-flex
100 Sons And Duaghters Theme Kerri And Mick

UK Charts
UK Official Album Chart Now That's What I Call Music II Various Artists NEW NUMBER ONE
UK Official Indie Singles Chart People Are People Depeche Mode SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
UK Radio Airplay Report Hello Lionel Richie NEW NUMBER ONE

Record Mirror Magazine 14/04/84
including reviews of this week’s releases, Disco Singles Top 85, Hi-NRG Top 30, Official Singles Top 100 and Chartfile by Alan Jones


Music Week Magazine 14/04/84
including reviews of this week’s releases, Airplay data, Official Singles and Albums Top 100 with certifications, 12” Singles Top 40, Cassette Top 30, Dance Singles Top 50, Dance Albums Top 25, Heavy Metal Singles Top 30, Heavy Metal Albums Top 30, Indie Singles Top 50, Indie Albums Top 25


Smash Hits Magazine 1984

No 1. Magazine 1984
including NME Singles and Albums Top 75 (see below)

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01 01 12 Footloose Kenny Loggins THIRD WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
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03 02 08 Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) Phil Collins
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02 02 12 Somebody's Watching Me Rockwell
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10 04 08 Hello Lionel Richie
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06 05 12 Automatic Pointer Sisters
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07 06 07 Miss Me Blind Culture Club
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04 04 12 Here Comes The Rain Again Eurythmics
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11 08 10 Hold Me Now Thompson Twins
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08 08 09 Adult Education Hall & Oates
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05 01 14 Jump Van Halen

Chart Entries
#44 I'll Wait Van Halen
#53 Time After Time Cyndi Lauper
#63 Self Control Laura Branigan
#83 Devil In A Fast Car Sheena Easton
#89 Downtown Dolly Parton
#90 Terms Of Endearment Michael Gore
#92 Don't Waste Your Time Yarbrough And Peoples

US Billboard Magazine

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Billboard Magazine 14/04/84
Billboard 200 Albums Thriller Michael Jackson THIRTY SEVENTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
Billboard Adult Contemporary Hello Lionel Richie SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
Billboard Dance / Disco Tracks Top 80 I Want A New Drug Huey lewis & The News NEW NUMBER ONE
Billboard Hot Soul Singles She's Strange Cameo SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE

US Cashbox Magazine
Cashbox Singles Chart Footloose Kenny Loggins THIRD WEEK AT NUMBER ONE

US Radio & Records Magazine
Radio & Records Singles Chart Footloose Kenny Loggins THIRD WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
 
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02 01 09 Relax Frankie Goes To Hollywood NEW NUMBER ONE

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03 03 08 Somebody's Watching Me Rockwell
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07 04 02 People Are People Depeche Mode
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06 02 07 Radio Gaga Queen
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04 03 07 Jump Van Halen
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14 07 05 Hello Lionel Richie
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11 08 02 It's A Miracle Culture Club
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05 05 06 To Be Or Not To Be Mel Brooks
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15 01 15 99 Luftballons Nena

Chart Entries
#37 I Want To Break Free Queen
#49 Locomotion OMD
#51 When You Say You Love Somebody Kool & The Gang
#56 Don't Tell Me Blancmange
#60 Dancing Girls Nik Kershaw
#73 Cargo Alex Bauer
#75 You're The One For Me / Day Break Paul Hardcastle
#80 Superstar Lydia Murdock
#81 Eat It Weird Al Yankovic
#91 Vive Le Douanier Rousseau La Compagnie Creole
#93 Mon P'tit Loup Johnny Halliday
#95 Night Ladies Crusaders
#96 Atemlos Nino De Angelo
#97 Leave It Yes
#98 Pfueati Gott Elisabeth Spier Murphy Gang
#99 Ci Sara Al Bano & Romina Power
100 Sunshine Reggae Laid Back

European Charts
European Album Chart Thriller Michael Jackson
European Airplay Top 60 Hello Lionel Richie
Europarade Singles Top 40 Radio Gaga Queen

Music & Media Magazine 1984
including European music TV listings for the week, Euroclips video airplay, European Singles Top 100, European Albums Top 100, European Airplay Top 60, UK Airplay Top 20
 
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03 01 08 Footloose Kenny Loggins NEW NUMBER ONE

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02 02 09 Somebody's Watching Me Rockwell
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05 03 06 Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) Phil Collins
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01 01 10 Girls Just Want To Have Fun Cyndi Lauper
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08 05 05 Eat It Weird Al Yankovic
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04 01 15 99 Red Balloons Nena
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06 01 13 Jump Van Halen

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10 08 07 Miss Me Blind Culture Club
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13 09 08 Hold Me Now Thompson Twins
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09 06 12 I Want A New Drug Huey Lewis & The News

Chart Entries
#41 Wouldn't It Be Good Nik Kershaw
#42 Girls Dwight Twiley
#44 Illegal Alien Genesis
#47 The Longest Time Billy Joel

#50 Don't Answer Me Alan Parsons Project

Canada Charts
Canadian Album Chart 1984 Van Halen NEW NUMBER ONE

RPM Magazine 1984
 
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01 01 03 99 Red Balloons Nena
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02 01 07 Girls Just Want To Have Fun Cyndi Lauper
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04 03 08 Calling Your Name Marilyn
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08 04 04 Hold Me Now Thompson Twins
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07 05 03 I Send A Message INXS
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03 02 08 Jump Van Halen
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05 05 08 Relax Frankie Goes To Hollywood
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11 08 07 Love Of The Common People Paul Young
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09 06 10 Break My Stride Matthew Wilder
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13 10 04 Rebel Yell Billy Idol

Chart Entries
#18 Saturday Night Cold Chisel
#42 Rockit Herbie Hancock
#43 Wouldn't It Be Good Nik Kershaw
#44 Street Dance Break Machine
#46 A Rockin Good Way Shaky & Bonnie
#48 Holiday Madonna

Australian Charts
ARIA Singles Top 50 (from 26/06/88)
Australian Countdown Album Chart The Swing INXS SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
 
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01 01 04 Hello Lionel Richie SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE

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03 02 03 A Love Worth Waiting For Shakin Stevens
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02 02 03 It's A Miracle Culture Club

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27 04 02 PYT (Pretty Young Thing) Michael Jackson

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05 05 03 It's Raining Men The Weather Girls

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07 07 04 Your Love Is King Sade

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13 08 03 Robert De Niro's Waiting Bananarama
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08 08 04 To Be Or Not To Be Mel Brooks

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14 10 02 Cherry Oh Baby UB40

Top 30 Entries
#11 You Take Me Up Thompson Twins
#19 To All The Girls I've Loved Before Tony Stevens
#25 Jessie's Girl Rick Springfield
#26 Time After Time Cyndi Lauper
#27 Heaven Johnny Logan

Irish Charts
RTE Singles Chart (search)
 
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Here comes this week's Makers and Shakers - are these songs in your Retrochart yet?

Number 50 - new entry for Evelyn Thomas who crosses over from Cubland with "High Energy":
 
First there was Michael Jackson's "Beat it" - now we have "Eat it" - a new entry at Number 49 for Weird Al Yankovic:
 
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Number 44 - new entry for Kerri and Mick with the "Sons and Daughters Theme" - the Aussie Soap Opera is a big hit in the afternoons in Cub land!
 
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