05/01/1980 15 09 Crazy Little Thing Called Love 2139.5 02/02/1980 12 14 Save Me 2922 14/06/1980 06 15 Play The Game 4283.5 16/08/1980 01 22 Another One Bites The Dust 6733.5 29/11/1980 77 04 Need Your Lovin Tonight 844 06/12/1980 01 14 Flash 4507.5 07/11/1981 01 15 Under Pressure Queen & David Bowie 7297 01/05/1982 11 10 Body Language 2626 12/06/1982 13 09 Las Palabras De Amor 2503.5 31/07/1982 73 07 Calling All Girls 784 21/08/1982 15 08 Backchat 1384 04/02/1984 01 20 Radio Gaga 4731 14/04/1984 05 11 I Want To Break Free 3559.5 28/07/1984 08 10 It's A Hard Life 2459 22/09/1984 15 07 Hammer To Fall 1911+ 08/12/1984 08 04 Thank God It's Christmas 1128+ to date 29/12/84
13/09/1980 05 13 Masterblaster (Jammin) 4180.5 29/11/1980 02 17 Ain't Gonna Stand For It 3763 07/03/1981 03 13 Lately 3572 25/07/1981 01 10 Happy Birthday 3340 16/01/1982 20 13 That Girl 2137.5 10/04/1982 11 15 Ebony & Ivory Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder 3605 05/06/1982 06 10 Do I Do 3421 25/09/1982 97 01 Ribbon In The Sky 238 23/10/1982 116 0 Used To Be Charlene & Stevie Wonder 416 22/01/1983 133 0 Frontline 338 18/08/1984 04 17 I Just Called To Say I Love You 3424+ 01/12/1984 105 0 Love Light In Flight 324+ to date 29/12/84
They have racked up 9 top five hits in four years. 21/02/1981 02 13 Planet Earth 4446 16/05/1981 23 08 Careless Memories 1580 25/07/1981 06 13 Girls On Film 4586 28/11/1981 09 11 My Own Way 3689.5 15/05/1982 01 29 Hungry Like The Wolf 7134 21/08/1982 02 11 Save A Prayer 3552 09/10/1982 131 0 Carnival EP 216 30/10/1982 04 19 Rio 4261.5 26/03/1983 04 24 Is There Something I Should Know? 4071 29/10/1983 03 15 Union Of The Snake 3239 14/01/1984 03 10 New Moon On Monday 2460 21/04/1984 02 11 The Reflex 5138 27/10/1984 02 09 Wild Boys 3441+ to date 29/12/84
15/11/1980 08 13 To Cut A Long Story Short 3507 24/01/1981 09 08 The Freeze 2189 04/04/1981 07 10 Musclebound 2502 18/07/1981 04 11 Chant #1 (I Don't Need This Pressure) 4047 14/11/1981 45 05 Paint Me Down 1005 30/01/1982 41 08 She Loved Like Diamond 1138.5 10/04/1982 05 11 Instinction 3638 02/10/1982 02 09 Lifeline 3280.5 12/02/1983 04 10 Communication 3222 23/04/1983 04 30 True 5164 13/08/1983 04 24 Gold 4193 09/06/1984 07 19 Only When You Leave 3725 25/08/1984 14 08 I'll Fly For You 1852 20/10/1984 17 07 Highly Strung 1503.5+ 08/12/1984 22 04 Round And Round 861+ to date 29/12/84
12/09/1981 43 10 Aie A Mwana 1759.5 13/02/1982 05 19 Ain't What You Do (It's The Way That You Do It) Fun Boy Three & Bananarama 4337 10/04/1982 02 10 Really Saying Something Bananarama & Fun Boy Three 4571 03/07/1982 05 24 Shy Boy 4917 27/11/1982 29 08 Cheers Then 1484 26/02/1983 06 13 Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye) 2549 09/07/1983 02 24 Cruel Summer 5433+ 03/03/1984 01 19 Robert De Niro's Waiting 4669 19/05/1984 08 21 Rough Justice 3871.5 29/09/1984 40 08 The Wild Life 1489+ 24/11/1984 29 06 Hotline To Heaven 990+ to date 29/12/84
Songs that set records / debuted in the top ten - a chronology. 12/01/80 Oh Susie Secret Service #28 HIGHEST EVER DEBUT 26/01/80 Too Much Too Young The Specials #11 HIGHEST EVER DEBUT 16/02/80 Call Me Blondie #8 HIGHEST EVER DEBUT, FIRST EVER DEBUT IN THE TOP TEN 23/02/80 Atomic Blondie #2 HIGHEST EVER DEBUT, FIRST ACT TO DEBUT IN THE TOP TEN TWICE, FIRST ACT TO DEBUT IN THE TOP TEN IN TWO CONSECUTIVE WEEKS 15/03/80 Happy House Siouxsie & The Banshees #7 22/03/80 Going Underground The Jam #2 FASTEST CHART TOPPER (made #1 the next week) 17/05/80 Over You Roxy Music #10 16/08/80 Ashes To Ashes David Bowie #6 27/09/80 Don't Stand So Close To Me The Police #3 01/11/80 The Ace Of Spades Motorhead #10 01/11/80 Fashion David Bowie #5 FIRST WEEK TO HAVE TWO SIMULTANEOUS TOP TEN DEBUTS 08/11/80 The Tide Is High Blondie #9 FIRST ACT TO DEBUT IN THE TOP TEN THREE TIMES 15/11/80 Super Trouper ABBA #5 27/12/80 Imagine John Lennon #5 24/01/81 Rapture Blondie #9 FIRST ACT TO DEBUT IN THE TOP TEN FOUR TIMES 09/05/81 Stand And Deliver Adam & The Ants #3 18/07/81 Chant #1 (I Don't Need This Pressure) Spandau Ballet #9 25/07/81 Happy Birthday Stevie Wonder #9 08/08/81 Love Action (I Believe In Love) Human League #10 12/09/81 Prince Charming Adam & The Ants #5 12/12/81 One Of Us ABBA #6 13/02/82 A Town Called Malice / Precious The Jam #9 03/04/82 More Than This Roxy Music #8 17/04/82 View From A Bridge Kim Wilde #6 22/05/82 House Of Fun Madness #3 19/06/82 Avalon Roxy Music #9 21/08/82 What Soft Cell #8 21/08/82 Save A Prayer Duran Duran #7 18/09/82 Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow) The Jam #7 22/11/82 Mirror Man Human League #6 26/03/83 Let's Dance David Bowie #6 26/03/83 Is There Something I Should Know Duran Duran #5 09/04/83 Church Of The Poison Mind Culture Club #10 03/09/83 Mama Genesis #4 We are still waiting for our first instant chart topper. to date 03/09/83
12/01/1980 50 11 The Second Time Around 1387 09/02/1980 77 08 Right In The Socket 1020 30/08/1980 18 09 I Owe You One 2362 20/12/1980 42 15 Full Of Fire 1691 28/03/1981 12 15 Make That Move 2641 20/03/1982 13 11 I Can Make You Feel Good 2925 10/04/1982 10 19 A Night To Remember 4734.5 04/09/1982 08 10 There It Is 2780 20/11/1982 04 12 Friends 2659 11/06/1983 09 12 Dead Giveaway 2955 13/08/1983 10 05 Disappearing Act 1996 15/10/1983 18 06 Over And Over 1279 17/03/1984 42 10 Dancing In The Sheets 1456 to date 29/12/84
05/01/1980 48 06 We Don't Talk Anymore 657 02/02/1980 12 12 Carrie 2778.5 16/08/1980 20 17 Dreamin 3702.5 25/10/1980 30 06 Suddenly Olivia Newton-John & Cliff Richard 1343 13/12/1980 10 16 A Little In Love 3005 25/04/1981 62 11 Give A Little Bit More 1315 29/08/1981 15 13 Wired For Sound 3156 21/11/1981 39 10 Daddy's Home 1967 17/07/1982 17 14 The Only Way Out 2554 18/09/1982 57 11 Where Do We Go From Here 1272 27/11/1982 22 08 Little Town 1314 19/02/1983 25 07 She Means Nothing To Me Phil Everly & Cliff Richard 1044 23/04/1983 91 03 True Love Ways 478 03/09/1983 08 07 Never Say Die (Give A Little Bit More) 1769 26/11/1983 36 05 Please Don't Fall In Love 838 31/03/1984 95 03 Baby You're Dynamite 519 28/04/1984 99 02 Ocean Deep 644 06/10/1984 117 0 Shooting From The Heart 713+ 03/11/1984 218 0 Two To The Power Of Love Janet Jackson & Cliff Richard 1 to date 29/12/84
05/01/1980 14 23 John I'm Only Dancing (Again) 3091 01/03/1980 28 08 Alabama Song 2540 26/07/1980 97 01 Crystal Japan 270 16/08/1980 01 23 Ashes To Ashes 7679.5 01/11/1980 01 14 Fashion 4588.5 10/01/1981 10 07 Scary Monsters 1760.5 28/03/1981 25 07 Up The Hill Backwards 1263 07/11/1981 01 15 Under Pressure Queen & David Bowie 7297 28/11/1981 23 10 Wild Is The Wind 2578.5 06/03/1982 76 04 Baal's Hymn EP 379 10/04/1982 32 08 Cat People (Putting Out Fire) 1448 18/12/1982 68 04 Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy David Bowie & Bing Crosby 376 26/03/1983 01 15 Let's Dance 4473 04/06/1983 07 09 China Girl 2138 17/09/1983 02 13 Modern Love 3130.5 10/03/1984 #102 Without You 186 15/09/1984 02 11 Blue Jean David Bowie 3175+ 01/12/1984 60 04 Tonight David Bowie 443+ to date 29/12/84
05/01/1980 18 11 I Wanna Be Your Lover 2541 05/04/1980 17 15 Sexy Dancer 3576.5 05/04/1980 15 08 Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad 2263.5 28/06/1980 #117 Still Waiting 417 20/09/1980 30 13 Uptown 2297.5 13/12/1980 37 09 Dirty Mind 1432.5 28/02/1981 92 02 Head 347 04/04/1981 #131 Do It All Night 112 20/06/1981 83 04 Gotta Stop (Messin About) 626 26/09/1981 30 16 Controversy 3395 16/01/1982 95 01 Let's Work 462 23/10/1982 16 18 1999 3529 26/02/1983 20 11 Little Red Corvette 1923 03/09/1983 19 11 Delerious 1982 17/12/1983 36 08 Let's Pretend We're Married 1123 02/06/1984 01 19 When Doves Cry 4969 04/08/1984 55 12 Let's Go Crazy 1681 22/09/1984 10 13 Purple Rain 2873+ 08/12/1984 10 04 I Would Die 4 U 1049+ to date 29/12/84
05/01/1980 05 10 Don't Stop Til You Get Enough 2506 05/01/1980 01 18 Rock With You 6276.5 05/01/1980 09 10 Off The Wall 2198.5 19/04/1980 06 11 She's Out Of My Life 3836 26/07/1980 36 06 Girlfriend 1010 25/04/1981 19 19 One Day In Your Life 3345.5 06/11/1982 02 15 The Girl Is Mine Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney 3875.5 22/01/1983 01 18 Billie Jean 5441 26/02/1983 01 15 Beat It 4438 28/05/1983 06 12 Wanna Be Startin' Something 3056 23/07/1983 18 12 Human Nature 2554 01/10/1983 22 15 PYT (Pretty Young Thing) 2534 15/10/1983 02 18 Say Say Say Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson 4717 19/11/1983 03 19 Thriller 4627 02/06/1984 54 09 Farewell My Summer Love 1186 to date 29/12/84
Their first 17 singles made the top twenty. 05/01/1980 18 06 One Step Beyond 1409.5 05/01/1980 06 12 My Girl 3412 05/04/1980 07 12 Night Boat To Cairo 4290.5 13/09/1980 05 18 Baggy Trousers 5186.5 22/11/1980 05 12 Embarrassment 3585 24/01/1981 14 09 The Return Of The Los Palmos 7 2186 25/04/1981 09 09 Grey Day 2415 26/09/1981 15 08 Shut Up 2526 05/12/1981 04 16 It Must Be Love 6196.5 20/02/1982 17 07 Cardiac Arrest 1865 22/05/1982 01 11 House Of Fun 4261.5 24/07/1982 05 09 Driving In My Car 2931 27/11/1982 02 29 Our House 5528 19/02/1983 12 08 Tomorrow's Just Another Day 1620 20/08/1983 11 08 Wings Of A Dove 1758 05/11/1983 13 13 The Sun And The Rain 2305 11/02/1984 17 07 Michael Caine 1652 02/06/1984 21 07 One Better Day 1350 to date 29/12/84
The first act to have three consecutive GOLD certified singles. 09/02/1980 33 10 Red Frame White Light 1552 05/04/1980 21 13 Electricty 2850 03/05/1980 02 18 Messages 6082 04/10/1980 03 20 Enola Gay 6470.5 15/08/1981 01 17 Souvenir 6519 24/10/1981 07 15 Joan Of Arc 4825 23/01/1982 06 12 Maid Of Orleans (The Waltz Of Joan Of Arc) 3650.5 10/04/1982 78 05 She's Leaving 636 19/02/1983 10 07 Genetic Engineering 1519 09/04/1983 33 06 Telegraph 638 14/04/1984 17 09 Locomotion 1780 16/06/1984 23 09 Talking Loud And Clear 1655 08/09/1984 34 08 Tesla Girls 1408 10/11/1984 57 04 Never Turn Away 698+ to date 29/12/84
19/01/1980 79 01 Victim Of Love 258 03/05/1980 27 15 Little Jeannie 3102.5 09/08/1980 66 05 Sartorial Eloquence (Don't You Wanna Play This Game No More) 743 04/04/1981 97 01 I Saw Her Standing There Elton John feat John Lennon 202 09/05/1981 23 10 Nobody Wins 2019 20/06/1981 75 06 Breaking Down The Barriers 799 25/07/1981 79 05 Chloe 1137 20/03/1982 14 18 Empty Garden 3539 27/03/1982 08 15 Blue Eyes 4592 05/06/1982 86 07 Princess 910 11/12/1982 64 04 All Quiet On The Western Front 558 30/04/1983 14 40 I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues 5246 14/05/1983 10 15 I'm Still Standing 3240 06/08/1983 18 10 Kiss The Bride 1818 10/12/1983 18 09 Cold As Christmas 1543 26/05/1984 04 16 Sad Songs (Say So Much) 3506 11/08/1984 15 07 Passengers 1702 08/09/1984 89 02 Who Wears These Shoes 572 01/12/1984 #186 In Neon 167+ to date 24/09/83
28/03/1981 05 12 Making Your Mind Up 3330 06/06/1981 14 09 Piece Of The Action 2378 15/08/1981 19 10 One Of Those Nights 2622 21/11/1981 10 15 Land Of Make Believe 5118 27/03/1982 07 15 My Camera Never Lies 4283 19/06/1982 28 09 Now Those Days Are Gone 1821 20/11/1982 05 14 If You Can't Stand The Heat 2861 12/03/1983 11 09 Run For Your Life 1822 18/06/1983 04 09 When We Were Young 2516+ 01/10/1983 26 06 London Town 1166 26/11/1983 55 09 Rules Of The Game 1032 25/08/1984 14 08 Talking In Your Sleep 1710 27/10/1984 52 03 Golden Days 590 29/12/1984 24 01 I Hear Talk 229+ to date 29/12/84
15/03/1980 12 13 Turn It On Again 4287.5 17/05/1980 26 08 Duchess 1584.5 24/05/1980 23 23 Misunderstanding 4329 22/08/1981 06 19 Abacab 4616 26/09/1981 54 12 No Reply At All 2178 31/10/1981 41 04 Keep It Dark 941 13/03/1982 24 14 Man On The Corner 2128 22/05/1982 07 14 Paperlate (3x3 EP) 3530 03/09/1983 01 15 Mama 3631.5 12/11/1983 06 22 That's All 3435 11/02/1984 47 05 Illegal Alien 961 16/06/1984 94 01 Taking It All Too Hard 878 to date 29/12/84
05/01/1980 26 03 Ladies Night 501 19/01/1980 21 13 Too Hot 2315 12/07/1980 #250 Hanging Out 30 25/10/1980 01 25 Celebration 7454.5 21/02/1981 21 13 Jones vs Jones 2374 30/05/1981 14 09 Take It To The Top 2008 17/10/1981 27 15 Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want) 2437.5 31/10/1981 21 10 Steppin' Out 2550.5 19/12/1981 05 21 Get Down On It 5147 07/08/1982 20 10 Big Fun 1669 16/10/1982 29 19 Ooh La La La (Let's Go Dancing) 2614 18/12/1982 92 03 Hi De Hi, Ho De Ho 325 05/11/1983 04 18 Joanna 3804 10/12/1983 13 09 Straight Ahead 1876 25/02/1984 57 14 Tonight 1473 14/04/1984 30 04 When You Say You Love Somebody (In The Heart) 1195 24/11/1984 #166 Misled 219+ 24/11/1984 17 06 Fresh 1381+ to date 29/12/84
13/11/1982 27 18 Everybody 2303 09/04/1983 54 13 Physical Attraction 1743 21/05/1983 52 12 Burning Up 1704 29/10/1983 02 17 Holiday 4255 10/03/1984 17 14 Borderline 3478.5+ 17/03/1984 09 22 Lucky Star 5337+ 17/11/1984 01 07 Like A Virgin 2623 to date 29/12/84
28/06/1980 21 30 We Got The Beat 5329.5 15/08/1981 18 31 Our Lips Are Sealed 6888.5 03/07/1982 33 11 Vacation 1673 25/09/1982 #110 Get Up And Go 424 04/12/1982 #138 This Old Feeling 194 17/03/1984 32 15 Head Over Heels 2267 16/06/1984 45 10 Turn To You 1349 22/09/1984 #118 Yes Or No 412 to date 30/06/84
