THE POPJUSTICE RETROCHART
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Thanks to Eric Generic and Ray for posting their personal chart threads. I have always been keen on sharing my own personal chart but would also enjoy seeing others.
Following on from the Popjustice chart I thought it might be fun for the oldies (and any interested youth) to have a Popjustice Retrochart.
You don’t need to have had you own personal chart back in the day to contribute, you can make your own now!
The Chart
The Popjustice Retrochart Top Ten w/e 05/01/80
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--- 01 01 Another Brick In The Wall (Part II) Pink Floyd FIRST RETROCHART NUMBER ONE
02
--- 02 01 I Have A Dream ABBA
03
--- 03 01 Union City Blue Blondie
04
--- 04 01 London Calling The Clash
05
--- 05 01 Brass In Pocket The Pretenders
06
--- 06 01 Walking On The Moon The Police
07
--- 07 01 Rapper's Delight The Sugarhill Gang
08
--- 08 01 No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand
09
--- 09 01 Off The Wall Michael Jackson
10
--- 10 01 Tears Of A Clown The Beat
11 NE 11 01 Don't Stop Til You Get Enough Michael Jackson*
12 NE 12 01 I Only Want To Be With You The Tourists
13 NE 13 01 Wonderful Christmastime Paul McCartney*
14 NE 14 01 John I'm Only Dancing (Again) David Bowie
15 NE 15 01 Crazy Little Thing Called Love Queen
16 NE 16 01 Rock With You Michael Jackson
17 NE 17 01 The Eton Rifles The Jam
18 NE 18 01 One Step Beyond Madness
19 NE 19 01 Boys Don't Cry The Cure
20 NE 20 01 Sara Fleetwood Mac
21 NE 21 01 Gimme Gimme Gimme ABBA
22 NE 22 01 Complex Gary Numan
23 NE 23 01 Living On An Island Status Quo
24 NE 24 01 Message In A Bottle The Police
25 NE 25 01 I Wanna Be Your Lover Prince
26 NE 26 01 Ladies Night Kool & The Gang
27 NE 27 01 My Feet Keep Dancing Chic
28 NE 28 01 Spacer Sheila & B. Devotion
29 NE 29 01 My Girl Madness
30 NE 30 01 I'm In The Mood For Dancing The Nolans
31 NE 31 01 Back To Nature Fad Gadget*
32 NE 32 01 Relight My Fire Dan Hartman*
33 NE 33 01 On The Radio Donna Summer
34 NE 34 01 Empire State Human Human League
35 NE 35 01 Money Flying Lizards
36 NE 36 01 Aurora B. Chrisma
37 NE 37 01 I Was Made For Lovin' You KISS*
38 NE 38 01 Le Banana Split Lio
39 NE 39 01 Tar Visage
40 NE 40 01 Damaged Goods Gang Of Four*
41 NE 41 01 Map Ref 41 N 93 W Wire
42 NE 42 01 Video Killed The Radio Star Buggles
43 NE 43 01 Please Don't Go KC & The Sunshine Band
44 NE 44 01 Bela Lugosi's Dead Bauhaus
45 NE 45 01 Quiet Life Japan
46 NE 46 01 Life During Wartime Talking Heads
47 NE 47 01 Confusion / Last Train To London E.L.O.
48 NE 48 01 We Don't Talk Anymore Cliff Richard
49 NE 49 01 Thrash Cowboys International
50 NE 50 01 Genetic Warfare Vice Versa
51 NE 51 01 Is It Love You're After Rose Royce*
52 NE 52 01 Dreaming Blondie
53 NE 53 01 Rocking On The Red Book Henriette Coulouvrat
54 NE 54 01 Straight Lines New Musik
55 NE 55 01 Nights In White Satin (re-entry) The Moody Blues
56 NE 56 01 Que Sera Mi Vida (If You Should Go) Gibson Brothers
57 NE 57 01 Bomber Motorhead
58 NE 58 01 Blue Peter Mike Oldfield
59 NE 59 01 Love Pains Yvonne Elliman*
60 NE 60 01 No GDM Gina X
61 NE 61 01 Dream Police Cheap Trick
62 NE 62 01 Working My Way Back To You The Spinners
63 NE 63 01 Bad Girls Donna Summer
64 NE 64 01 Green Onions Booker T & The MG's
65 NE 65 01 The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan Marianne Faithfull
66 NE 66 01 Soldier Solider Spizzenergi
67 NE 67 01 I Wanna Hold Your Hand Dollar
68 NE 68 01 Silent Command Cabaret Voltaire
69 NE 69 01 Des Laids, Des Laids Serge Gainsbourg
70 NE 70 01 7 Teen Regents
71 NE 71 01 Chiquitita ABBA
72 NE 72 01 Gotta Go Home Boney M
73 NE 73 01 On Your Knees Grace Jones
74 NE 74 01 Transmission Joy Division
75 NE 75 01 Rise Herb Alpert
76 NE 76 01 6060-842 B-52s
77 NE 77 01 Harmony In My Head Buzzcocks
78 NE 78 01 Knocked It Off B.A. Robertson
79 NE 79 01 Here Comes The Summer The Undertones
80 NE 80 01 It's My House Diana Ross
81 NE 81 01 Dim All The Lights Donna Summer
82 NE 82 01 It's Different For Girls Joe Jackson*
83 NE 83 01 Diamond Smiles The Boomtown Rats
84 NE 84 01 On My Radio The Selecter
85 NE 85 01 Working For The Yankee Dollar Skids
86 NE 86 01 A Message To You Rudy The Specials
87 NE 87 01 When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman Dr. Hook*
88 NE 88 01 Insect Love Martha & The Muffins
French Top 100 Airplay
Featured this week*
We are taking a trip down memory lane - vote in the weekly poll!
The Retrochart Vault | 12/01/80 >>
Thanks to Eric Generic and Ray for posting their personal chart threads. I have always been keen on sharing my own personal chart but would also enjoy seeing others.
Following on from the Popjustice chart I thought it might be fun for the oldies (and any interested youth) to have a Popjustice Retrochart.
You don’t need to have had you own personal chart back in the day to contribute, you can make your own now!
The Chart
- This is a retrochart which commenced week ending 5 January 1980.
- Post in the thread each week or start a new conversation with me with your top 10/20/100 songs.
- You can still vote in the weekly poll if you don't feel able to submit a chart!
- 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 or title 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 Popjustice 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.
- There are no tied positions and in the event of a points tie the song gaining most points or losing fewer points will chart higher.
- Post in the thread each week or start a new conversation with me with your top 10/20/100 songs.
- You can still vote in the weekly poll if you don't feel able to submit a chart!
- 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 or title 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 Popjustice 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.
- There are no tied positions and in the event of a points tie the song gaining most points or losing fewer points will chart higher.
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11 NE 11 01 Don't Stop Til You Get Enough Michael Jackson*
12 NE 12 01 I Only Want To Be With You The Tourists
13 NE 13 01 Wonderful Christmastime Paul McCartney*
14 NE 14 01 John I'm Only Dancing (Again) David Bowie
15 NE 15 01 Crazy Little Thing Called Love Queen
16 NE 16 01 Rock With You Michael Jackson
17 NE 17 01 The Eton Rifles The Jam
18 NE 18 01 One Step Beyond Madness
19 NE 19 01 Boys Don't Cry The Cure
20 NE 20 01 Sara Fleetwood Mac
21 NE 21 01 Gimme Gimme Gimme ABBA
22 NE 22 01 Complex Gary Numan
23 NE 23 01 Living On An Island Status Quo
24 NE 24 01 Message In A Bottle The Police
25 NE 25 01 I Wanna Be Your Lover Prince
26 NE 26 01 Ladies Night Kool & The Gang
27 NE 27 01 My Feet Keep Dancing Chic
28 NE 28 01 Spacer Sheila & B. Devotion
29 NE 29 01 My Girl Madness
30 NE 30 01 I'm In The Mood For Dancing The Nolans
31 NE 31 01 Back To Nature Fad Gadget*
32 NE 32 01 Relight My Fire Dan Hartman*
33 NE 33 01 On The Radio Donna Summer
34 NE 34 01 Empire State Human Human League
35 NE 35 01 Money Flying Lizards
36 NE 36 01 Aurora B. Chrisma
37 NE 37 01 I Was Made For Lovin' You KISS*
38 NE 38 01 Le Banana Split Lio
39 NE 39 01 Tar Visage
40 NE 40 01 Damaged Goods Gang Of Four*
41 NE 41 01 Map Ref 41 N 93 W Wire
42 NE 42 01 Video Killed The Radio Star Buggles
43 NE 43 01 Please Don't Go KC & The Sunshine Band
44 NE 44 01 Bela Lugosi's Dead Bauhaus
45 NE 45 01 Quiet Life Japan
46 NE 46 01 Life During Wartime Talking Heads
47 NE 47 01 Confusion / Last Train To London E.L.O.
48 NE 48 01 We Don't Talk Anymore Cliff Richard
49 NE 49 01 Thrash Cowboys International
50 NE 50 01 Genetic Warfare Vice Versa
51 NE 51 01 Is It Love You're After Rose Royce*
52 NE 52 01 Dreaming Blondie
53 NE 53 01 Rocking On The Red Book Henriette Coulouvrat
54 NE 54 01 Straight Lines New Musik
55 NE 55 01 Nights In White Satin (re-entry) The Moody Blues
56 NE 56 01 Que Sera Mi Vida (If You Should Go) Gibson Brothers
57 NE 57 01 Bomber Motorhead
58 NE 58 01 Blue Peter Mike Oldfield
59 NE 59 01 Love Pains Yvonne Elliman*
60 NE 60 01 No GDM Gina X
61 NE 61 01 Dream Police Cheap Trick
62 NE 62 01 Working My Way Back To You The Spinners
63 NE 63 01 Bad Girls Donna Summer
64 NE 64 01 Green Onions Booker T & The MG's
65 NE 65 01 The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan Marianne Faithfull
66 NE 66 01 Soldier Solider Spizzenergi
67 NE 67 01 I Wanna Hold Your Hand Dollar
68 NE 68 01 Silent Command Cabaret Voltaire
69 NE 69 01 Des Laids, Des Laids Serge Gainsbourg
70 NE 70 01 7 Teen Regents
71 NE 71 01 Chiquitita ABBA
72 NE 72 01 Gotta Go Home Boney M
73 NE 73 01 On Your Knees Grace Jones
74 NE 74 01 Transmission Joy Division
75 NE 75 01 Rise Herb Alpert
76 NE 76 01 6060-842 B-52s
77 NE 77 01 Harmony In My Head Buzzcocks
78 NE 78 01 Knocked It Off B.A. Robertson
79 NE 79 01 Here Comes The Summer The Undertones
80 NE 80 01 It's My House Diana Ross
81 NE 81 01 Dim All The Lights Donna Summer
82 NE 82 01 It's Different For Girls Joe Jackson*
83 NE 83 01 Diamond Smiles The Boomtown Rats
84 NE 84 01 On My Radio The Selecter
85 NE 85 01 Working For The Yankee Dollar Skids
86 NE 86 01 A Message To You Rudy The Specials
87 NE 87 01 When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman Dr. Hook*
88 NE 88 01 Insect Love Martha & The Muffins
French Top 100 Airplay
Featured this week*
Last edited:
UK Official Singles Chart Top 75 w/e 05/01/80
