Popjustice Retrochart - December 1983 - w/e 24/12/83

[phoenix123]

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8 Waterfront Simple Minds 274

Entry: 26/11/83
Peak: #7
Weeks: 5
Chart run: 27-15-09-08-07

@cityofdoomsday N/A
@Epic Chocolat N/A
@Eric Generic #4

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@Hairycub1969 #9

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@phoenix123 #16

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Simple Minds inch up a spot yet again.

 

[phoenix123]

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20 Karma Chameleon Culture Club

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Entry: 17/09/83
Peak: #1 (3 weeks)
Weeks: 15
Chart run: 07-04-01-01-01-02-02-03-03-03-04-03-05-20-06

@cityofdoomsday #82

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@Epic Chocolat #23

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@Eric Generic #20

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@Hairycub1969 #45

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@phoenix123 #59

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Culture Club's former number one rebounds into the top ten!

 

[phoenix123]

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1 All Night Long (All Night) Lionel Richie

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Entry: 17/09/83
Peak: #1 (9 weeks)
Weeks: 14
Chart run: 139-57-30-04-03-01-01-01-01-01-01-01-01-01-05

@cityofdoomsday #17

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@Epic Chocolat #2

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@Eric Generic #33

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@Hairycub1969 OUT

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@phoenix123 #71

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Lionel Richie falls at the last hurdle and slumps 1-5 this week, which means he has been unable to overturn Kim Carnes record run of 9 weeks at the summit!

 

[phoenix123]

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7 What Is Love Howard Jones 284

Entry: 26/11/83
Peak: #4
Weeks: 5
Chart run: 41-22-11-07-04

@cityofdoomsday N/A
@Epic Chocolat N/A
@Eric Generic #2

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@Hairycub1969 #10

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@phoenix123 #7

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His debut single was agonisingly close to hitting the top five for weeks on end. No such problems for the follow-up which moves 7-4 this week.

 

[phoenix123]

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3 Thriller Michael Jackson 285

Entry: 19/11/83
Peak: #3
Weeks: 6
Chart run: 09-08-07-06-03-03

@cityofdoomsday N/A
@Epic Chocolat N/A
@Eric Generic #12

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@Hairycub1969 #5

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@phoenix123 #1 SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE

Michael Jackson is held at #3 this week and misses out on a top two placement by a whisker.

 

[phoenix123]

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5 Victims Culture Club 285

Entry: 10/12/83
Peak: #2
Weeks: 3
Chart run: 13-05-02

@cityofdoomsday N/A
@Epic Chocolat N/A
@Eric Generic #1 SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
@Hairycub1969 #2

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@phoenix123 #15

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A great week for Culture Club who have two top ten hits simultaneously this week and move 5-2 with their latest which is a step away from becoming yet another chart topper for them.

 

[phoenix123]

Tis a classic, but c'mon Lionel, your time is up. Let the Twins through!

NEW NUMBER ONE
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2 Hold Me Now Thompson Twins 361

Entry: 19/11/83
Peak: #1
Weeks: 6
Chart run: 20-12-08-04-02-01

@cityofdoomsday N/A
@Epic Chocolat #35 NEW
@Eric Generic #3

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@Hairycub1969 #1 SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
@phoenix123 #4

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Thompson Twins ascend to the summit by a very comfortable margin for their first ever chart topper!

 

[Eric Generic]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! Popjustice of the finest kind.

 

[phoenix123]

Retrochart Top Ten w/e 24/12/83

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02 01 06 Hold Me Now Thompson Twins NEW NUMBER ONE
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05 02 03 Victims Culture Club
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03 03 06 Thriller Michael Jackson
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07 04 05 What Is Love Howard Jones
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01 01 14 All Night Long (All Night) Lionel Richie

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20 01 15 Karma Chameleon Culture Club

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08 07 05 Waterfront Simple Minds
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04 03 06 Love Of The Common People Paul Young
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11 09 06 Let's Stay Together Tina Turner
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13 10 05 2000 Miles The Pretenders

 

[Hairycub1969]

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11 Let's Stay Together Tina Turner 270

Entry: 26/11/83
Peak: #10
Weeks: 5
Chart run: 43-40-24-13-10

@cityofdoomsday N/A
@Epic Chocolat N/A
@Eric Generic #17

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@Hairycub1969 #13

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@phoenix123 #3

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What a single cover. QUEEN. Tina Turner resurrects her career, this time as a solo artist, with the help of Heaven 17 and a cover of an Al Green classic. It's been almost a year since their first offering Ball Of Confusion crashed out at #144. This follow-up sees Tina in the top ten before the year is up! One of the greatest comebacks in music history.

Who's Stan-ing who? - no doubt there'll be more big (diva) comebacks in the 80's from established artists!

 

[Hairycub1969]

Chartfile w/e 24th December 1983
Congratulations to The Thompson Twins who achieve their first Retrochart Number One single with "Hold me now", but they did have tough competition as climbing up behind them are Culture Club (Victims), Howard Jones, Simple Minds, Tina Turner and The Pretenders. Culture Club have two singles in the top ten as "Karma Chameleon" rebounds from 20 to 5 this week! Due to it's release now in the USA, it's climbing up @cityofdoomsday's Retrochart and rebounding in @Eric Generic's Retrochart! Michael Jackson's "Thriller" is stuck at Number Three. After eight weeks at the top Lione Richie's "All night long (all night)" falls to Number five this week! Paul Young is also heading down with "Love of the common people"
So next week will be the Christmas 1983 chart as well as the last chart of 1983 - who could possibly be Number One? The Flying Pickets maybe?
Stay tuned as all will be revealed by @phoenix123 soon!

 

[phoenix123]

I got confused this isn’t the Christmas chart is it if it’s week ending 24/12/83? The next chart week ending 31/12/83 is the Christmas Day chart yeah?

 

[Eric Generic]

I think - would need to check - but the 24/12 simply got repeated for the 31/12 week......

 

[Eric Generic]

Karma Chameleon rebounded on my chart due to the year-end retrospectives that come along, looking back at the biggest hits of the year, and also thanks to Victims doing so well.

 

[phoenix123]

I think - would need to check - but the 24/12 simply got repeated for the 31/12 week......

Yes they got frozen back in those days but we have the luxury of having a chart for W/e 31/12/83 which is technically Christmas number one? (It’s academic as I can’t see any change at the top)

 

[Eric Generic]

Yes technically, the w/e 31/12 would be the one broadcast. That covered sales from Dec 19 to 24.

 

[Hairycub1969]

Okey Dokey - have amended my Chartfile commentary to reflect this!