HMV Retrochart:
W/e 2nd May 1981
TW LW WoC HP Title Artist Mstream UK
1 1 4 1 CHI MAI Ennio Morricone 2
2 2 6 1 MAKING YOUR MIND UP Bucks Fizz 1
3 5 3 3 STARS ON 45 VOL.1 Star Sound 3
4 3 10 2 CAN YOU FEEL IT The Jacksons 6
5 6 5 5 ONLY CRYING Keith Marshall 14
6 24 2 6 GREY DAY Madness 5
7 13 5 7 MUSCLEBOUND Spandau Ballet 13
8 19 3 8 DROWNING/ALL OUT TO GET YOU The Beat 22
9 4 6 4 JUST A FEELING Bad manners 16
10 17 5 10 WHEN THE WORLD IS RUNNING DOWN The Police N/A
11 15 4 11 BERMUNDA TRIANGLE Barry Manilow 26
12 7 7 7 ATTENTION TO ME The Nolans 12
13 8 10 4 EINSTEIN A GO GO Landscape 9
14 27 2 14 THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN The clash 34
15 10 7 7 NIGHT GAMES Graham Bonnett 8
16 12 6 12 GOOD THING GOING Sugar Minott 4
17 41 4 17 KEEP ON LOVING YOU REO Speedwagon 29
18 11 7 7 (WE DON'T NEED) THIS FASCIST GROOVE THANG Heaven 17 N/A
19 20 6 19 LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT XTC N/A
20 9 11 1 KIDS IN AMERICA Kim Wilde 23
21 35 3 21 LOVE GAMES Level 42 38
22 31 3 22 AI NO CORRIDA Quincy Jones 27
23 14 7 14 NEW ORLEANS Gillan 17
24 16 6 10 SLOW MOTION Ultravox N/A
25 34 4 25 IS VIC THERE Department S 28
26 18 9 5 INTUITION Linx 19
27 22 5 18 SKATEAWAY Dire Straits 64
28 NEW 1 28 YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY Shakin' Stevens 39
29 NEW 1 29 STRAY CAT STRUT Stray Cats 31
30 37 2 30 KICK IN THE EYE Bauhaus 73
31 23 8 12 IT'S A LOVE THING The Whispers 11
32 38 3 32 FLYING HIGH The Freeez 35
33 40 3 33 RESPECTABLE STREET XTC N/A
34 21 8 3 THE JEZEBEL SPIRIT Brian Eno and David Byrne N/A
35 44 2 35 PRIMARY The Cure 51
36 48 2 36 SWORDS OF A THOUSAND MEN Tenpole Tudor 37
37 25 8 4 MIND OF A TOY Visage 52
38 29 11 8 PLANET EARTH Duran Duran 47
39 33 16 1 VIENNA Ultravox N/A
40 26 5 25 MAKE THAT MOVE Shalamar 30
41 47 2 41 THANK GOD FOR MUSIC Patrick Cowley N/A
42 NEW 1 42 DON'T BREAK MY HEART AGAIN Whitenake 25
43 28 6 19 D-DAYS Hazel O'Connor 20
44 NEW 1 44 IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN The Undertones 61
45 36 13 1 ONCE IN A LIFETIME Talking Heads N/A
46 NEW 1 46 THE SOUND OF THE CROWD The Human League 53
47 46 11 3 KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER Adam and the Ants 40
48 NEW 1 48 TREASON (IT'S JUST A STORY) The Teardrop Explodes 56
49 30 4 30 AND THE BANDS PLAYED ON Saxon 15
50 NEW 1 50 MEMORABILIA Soft Cell N/A
Spandau Ballet's "Musclebound" goes up from 13 to number 7 this week:
Ennio Morricone makes it two weeks at the summit with "Chi Mai":
Cubfile:
Ennio Morricone holds on to the number one spot this week with “Chi Mai” – leaving Bucks Fizz at number two again. Climbers inside the top ten include Star Sound, Keith Marshall, Madness, Spandau Ballet, The Beat and The Police’s “When the world is running down” which won’t be released as a single in the UK. Heading southwards are The Jacksons and Bad Manners.
Shakin’ Stevens has the highest new entry with his best single yet “You drive me crazy” entering at number 28 – can he crack the HMV Retrochart top ten with this one?
The longest runner on the chart with 16 weeks is the former number one from Ultravox – Vienna, which goes down six places to number 39
Next week could see new entries from:
Kim Wilde, Kim Carnes, Vangelis, Smokey Robinson, Talking Heads, Kraftwerk, Japan and a brand new single from Adam and the Ants - stay tuned!