Popjustice Retrochart - November 1982 - w/e 13/11/82

[phoenix123]

Kim Wilde is doing well! She's gone top ten with everything for me except this one which stalled at #40…. Maybe she's going to be a bit hit and miss for me in future?

Looks like Warwick, Jackson and Gaye are struggling so far. The big US acts not doing so well with you?

 

[Eric Generic]

Kim Wilde is doing well! She's gone top ten with everything for me except this one which stalled at #40….

At the time I thought this track was from a TV series...I think there was a drama about a young girl running away from home....but obviously they weren't connected...but I liked the weird, almost sci-fi vibe to the music. As if the girl in the song had been abducted by aliens, or seen a UFO. Of cousre, it's probably about a paedophile or a child molester, but I didn't know what those were in 1982.

Looks like Warwick, Jackson and Gaye are struggling so far. The big US acts not doing so well with you?

Yeah, I hadn't clicked with the slicker, US-oriented AOR and soul...it was all too "grown up" for me. I didn't have any time for middle aged women singing about heartbreak, or blokes going on about sexual healing, baby.....ugh!

 

[phoenix123]

Chart coming later.

 

[phoenix123]

Welcome to the PJOPS Retrochart for Week Ending 13 November 1982!

This week's certifications

PLATINUM
NONE

GOLD
NONE

SILVER
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me Culture Club

Significant hits no longer charting this week
out 187 05 09 Leave In Silence Depeche Mode
out 158 09 17 Just An Illusion Imagination

 

[phoenix123]

Chart News

#78 CLIMBER - UP 17 PLACES


#76 CLIMBER - UP 11 PLACES


#66 HIGHCLIMBER - UP 26 PLACES


#63 HIGHEST CLIMBER - UP 27 PLACES


#52 HIGHCLIMBER - UP 26 PLACES


51 58 29 13 I Know There's Something Going On Frida
52 78 52 03 Truly Lionel Richie HIGHCLIMBER FEATURED
53 55 02 12 Love Come Down Evelyn King
54 52 04 12 Glittering Prize Simple Minds

55 44 15 10 Just What I Always Wanted Mari Wilson
56 62 56 11 Nobody Sylvia
57 81 57 02 Don't Change INXS
58 64 42 11 Heart Attack Olivia Newton-John
59 65 59 05 Destination Unknown Missing Persons
60 66 22 06 Valerie Steve Winwood
61 61 09 33 I Ran A Flock Of Seagulls

62 67 48 11 Take The L Motels
63 90 63 02 On The Wings Of Love Jeffrey Osbourne HIGHEST CLIMBER FEATURED
64 75 64 02 Here I Go Again Whitesnake
65 76 65 04 Missing You Dan Fogelberg
66 92 66 03 The Apple Stretching / Nipple To The Bottle Grace Jones HIGHCLIMBER FEATURED
67 72 01 18 The Look Of Love ABC

68 36 36 05 Slowdive Siouxsie & The Banshees
69 41 41 04 I Can't Help Myself Orange Juice
70 69 56 12 Hold On Santana
71 94 04 15 Chequered Love Kim Wilde

72 71 71 09 I Keep Forgettin' Michael McDonald
73 84 73 03 I Wanna Do It With You Barry Manilow
74 77 12 17 Today Talk Talk

75 56 55 07 Weave Your Spell Level 42
76 87 76 02 Caroline (Live At The NEC) Status Quo FEATURED
77 74 20 15 Only Time Will Tell Asia
78 95 78 02 Get Closer Linda Ronstadt FEATURED
79 70 43 04 Annie Get Your Gun Squeeze
80 102 80 01 She Sheila Producers
81 83 78 07 Break It To Me Gently Juice Newton
82 68 57 09 Where Do We Go From Here Cliff Richard
83 131 83 01 Up Where We Belong Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
84 88 73 08 Baby, Oh No Bow Wow Wow
85 73 55 07 Starmaker Kids From Fame
86 85 59 12 Holdin' On Tane Cain
87 171 87 01 Best Years Of Our Lives Modern Romance
88 105 88 01 Southern Cross Crosby, Stills & Nash
89 111 07 12 Mickey Toni Basil

90 97 90 04 You Don't Want Me Anymore Steel Breeze
91 103 91 01 The Queen & Me Mondo Rock
92 80 27 10 Do You Want To Funk Patrick Cowley & Sylvester
93 101 93 02 One You Love Glenn Frey
94 106 45 03 Love's Comin' At Ya Melba Moore
95 91 59 14 You Can Do Magic America
96 42 21 08 Take A Chance With Me Roxy Music
97 89 79 10 What's Forever For Michael Murphey
98 86 65 06 I'm Undecided Tight Fit
99 82 76 11 Six Months In A Leaky Boat Split Enz
100 98 98 02 Love Shadow Fashion

 

[phoenix123]

Chart News

#47 RE-ENTRY


#21 NEW ENTRY


#16 CLIMBER - UP 16 PLACES


#12 CHART ENTRY


11 11 11 03 Sexual Healing Marvin Gaye
12 135 12 01 Rio Duran Duran FEATURED
13 07 04 08 Reap The Wild Wind Ultravox
14 19 14 03 Let Me Go Heaven 17
15 12 10 09 Gypsy Fleetwood Mac
16 31 16 04 Young Guns (Go For It) Wham! FEATURED
17 16 12 08 Shock The Monkey Peter Gabriel
18 24 18 03 It's Raining Again Supertramp
19 45 19 02 Theme From Harry's Game Clannad
20 17 17 05 Muscles Diana Ross
21 --- 21 01 Someone, Somewhere, In Summertime Simple Minds FEATURED
22 25 22 02 Wishing (If I Had A Photgraph Of You) A Flock Of Seagulls
23 21 16 17 Who Can It Be Now Men At Work

24 22 22 16 Jack & Diane John Cougar
25 28 25 03 Living On The Ceiling Blancmange
26 10 02 12 Should I Stay Or Should I Go The Clash
27 13 05 07 Jackie Wilson Said Dexy's Midnight Runners
28 15 13 04 Child Come Away Kim Wilde
29 23 18 06 Life In Tokyo Japan
30 27 27 06 Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy Kid Creole & The Coconuts
31 29 17 04 Thru These Walls Phil Collins
32 35 32 03 Ooh La La La (Let's Go Dancing) Kool & The Gang
33 32 29 08 Pressure Billy Joel
34 33 33 04 Cry Boy Cry Blue Zoo
35 18 04 08 Pass The Dutchie Musical Youth
36 34 34 12 Steppin' Out Joe Jackson
37 37 37 11 New World Man Rush
38 39 38 07 I'm So Excited Pointer Sisters
39 50 39 05 Shadows Of The Night Pat Benatar
40 43 40 03 Great Southern Land Icehouse
41 26 19 06 Tug Of War Paul McCartney
42 48 42 07 Gloria Laura Branigan
43 47 43 02 She Blinded Me With Science Thomas Dolby
44 30 16 13 Why Carly Simon
45 38 33 06 Ziggy Stardust Bauhaus
46 54 46 03 I.G.Y. (What A Beautiful World) Donald Fagen
47 112 47 03 Talk Talk Talk Talk FEATURED
48 57 48 02 Lies Thompson Twins
49 40 31 07 In The Heat Of The Night Imagination
50 49 24 08 Voyeur Kim Carnes

 

[phoenix123]

Two new top ten hits this week!

 

[phoenix123]

10

09 I Don't Wanna Dance Eddy Grant 356


Entry: 09/10/82
Peak: #9
Weeks: 5
Chart run: 183-72-11-11-09-10

@cityofdoomsday N/A
@Eric Generic #14

16
@Hairycub1969 #3

5
@Ironheade #11

14
@phoenix123 #20

21

Eddy Grant continues to gain but slips one spot for his efforts!

 

[phoenix123]

09

14 The Girl Is Mine Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney 361


Entry: 06/11/82
Peak: #9
Weeks: 2
Chart run: 14-09

@cityofdoomsday #68

87
@Eric Generic #27

35
@Hairycub1969 #8

25
@Ironheade #33

31
@phoenix123 #8

18

Paul McCartney just missed out having his first top ten hit with Stevie Wonder earlier this year stalling at #11 with Ebony & Ivory but he later hit #1 with solo hit Take It Away. He's back in the top ten yet again with Michael Jackson. This is the rather low-key debut single from his forthcoming album.

 

[phoenix123]

08

08 Back On The Chain Gang The Pretenders 372


Entry: 02/10/82
Peak: #4
Weeks: 7
Chart run: 35-16-09-04-05-08-08

@cityofdoomsday N/A
@Eric Generic #3

5
@Hairycub1969 #10

6
@Ironheade #5

3
@phoenix123 #14

11

The Pretenders descent is briefly halted at #8.

 

[phoenix123]

07

03 Lifeline Spandau Ballet 377


Entry: 02/10/82
Peak: #2
Weeks: 7
Chart run: 26-14-06-03-02-03-07

@cityofdoomsday #58

61
@Eric Generic #7

3
@Hairycub1969 #28

13
@Ironheade #24

16
@phoenix123 #11

8

Spandau Ballet continue to slide.

 

[phoenix123]

06

06 Do You Really Want To Hurt Me Culture Club

377


Entry: 11/09/82
Peak: #1 (3 weeks)
Weeks: 10
Chart run: 72-29-09-07-01-01-01-03-06-06

@cityofdoomsday N/A
@Eric Generic #1 FOURTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
@Hairycub1969 #2

1
@Ironheade #20

11
@phoenix123 #4

2

Culture Club are static this week as they remain top five in three of our retrocharts.

 

[phoenix123]

HIGHCLIMBER
05

20 State Of Independence Donna Summer 380


Entry: 02/10/82
Peak: #5
Weeks: 7
Chart run: 74-54-39-52-47-20-05

@cityofdoomsday #31

31
@Eric Generic #32 NEW
@Hairycub1969 #19

39
@Ironheade #31

33
@phoenix123 #12

15

Donna Summer continues to be a consistent top ten hit maker on the retrochart vaulting 20-5 this week.

 

[phoenix123]

04

05 Heartbreaker Dionne Warwick 409


Entry: 09/10/82
Peak: #4
Weeks: 5
Chart run: 124-76-22-09-05-04

@cityofdoomsday #45

49
@Eric Generic #25

28
@Hairycub1969 #4

7
@Ironheade #21

26
@phoenix123 #1

3

Dionne nudges up one place this week as she climbs across the board.

 

[phoenix123]

03

04 Maneater Hall & Oates 434


Entry: 16/10/82
Peak: #3
Weeks: 5
Chart run: 66-62-10-04-03

@cityofdoomsday #53

66
@Eric Generic #6

10
@Hairycub1969 #5

14
@Ironheade #4

12
@phoenix123 #3

4

Similarly Hall & Oates climb one place with healthy climbs across all the charts.

 

[phoenix123]

02

01 Mad World Tears For Fears 445


Entry: 25/09/82
Peak: #1 (2 weeks)
Weeks: 7
Chart run: 183-41-34-18-06-01-01-02

@cityofdoomsday #50

54
@Eric Generic #2

2
@Hairycub1969 #1

2
@Ironheade #1 SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
@phoenix123 #6

6

It's bad luck for Tears For Fears who are deposed after a fortnight at the top despite continuing to gain and topping another retrochart this week.

 

[phoenix123]

NEW NUMBER ONE
01

02 The Day Before You Came ABBA 470


Entry: 23/10/82
Peak: #1
Weeks: 4
Chart run: 26-06-02-01

@cityofdoomsday #12

28
@Eric Generic #4

7
@Hairycub1969 #6

12
@Ironheade #3

7
@phoenix123 #10

23

ABBA ascend to the summit with surprising ease and a very comfortable margin that, if maintained, could see out a few weeks yet! This means they have now chalked up three chart toppers, one in each of the last three calendar years, with a combined total of 10 weeks at the summit more than any other act other than David Bowie (who managed his total of 10 weeks only with the additional help of Queen).

 

[phoenix123]

Retrochart Top Ten w/e 13/11/82

01

02 01 04 The Day Before You Came ABBA NEW NUMBER ONE
02

01 01 07 Mad World Tears For Fears
03

04 03 05 Maneater Hall & Oates
04

05 04 05 Heartbreaker Dionne Warwick
05

20 05 07 State Of Independence Donna Summer
06

06 01 10 Do You Really Want To Hurt Me Culture Club

07

03 02 07 Lifeline Spandau Ballet
08

08 04 07 Back On The Chain Gang The Pretenders
09

14 09 02 The Girl Is Mine Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney
10

09 09 05 I Don't Wanna Dance Eddy Grant

 

[cityofdoomsday]

HIGHCLIMBER
05

20 State Of Independence Donna Summer 380


Entry: 02/10/82
Peak: #5
Weeks: 7
Chart run: 74-54-39-52-47-20-05

@cityofdoomsday #31

31
@Eric Generic #32 NEW
@Hairycub1969 #19

39
@Ironheade #31

33
@phoenix123 #12

15

Donna Summer continues to be a consistent top ten hit maker on the retrochart vaulting 20-5 this week.

11/20 Spoiler Alert:This song, along with Get Up And Go, What's Forever For, & You Can Do Magic, fall into a death spiral, that will rock my chart to it's very core. (in other words..over 40 places)

 

[phoenix123]

11/20 Spoiler Alert:This song, along with Get Up And Go, What's Forever For, & You Can Do Magic, fall into a death spiral, that will rock my chart to it's very core. (in other words..over 40 places)

Yeah I noticed she plummets next week. Only a week in the retrochart top ten perhaps? You do often have some big fallers but was there any particular reason for them to all drop so much on 20/11?