Popjustice Retrochart w/e 08/08/81

Ironheade

Ironheade

Five new entries this week, and that's more than there'll probably be most weeks this coming month. Help!

1. (1) A Promise - Echo and the Bunnymen
2. (6) Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) - Spandau Ballet
3. (3) Lay All Your Love on Me - ABBA
4. (2) Ghost Town - The Specials
5. (8) Tempted - Squeeze
6. (11) Arabian Knights - Siouxsie and the Banshees
7. (10) Walk Right Now - The Jacksons
8. (4) Sat in Your Lap - Kate Bush
9. (13) Girls on Film - Duran Duran
10. (14) Tainted Love - Soft Cell

11. (5) Computer Love - Kraftwerk
12. (NEW) Love Action - The Human League
13. (17) Hold on Tight - Electric Light Orchestra
14. (7) Show Me - Dexys Midnight Runners
15. (9) Wordy Rappinghood - Tom Tom Club
16. (12) New Life - Depeche Mode
17. (21) Water on Glass - Kim Wilde
18. (NEW) One in Ten - UB40
19. (22) Happy Birthday - Stevie Wonder
20. (15) Never Surrender - Saxon

21. (NEW) Fire - U2
22. (20) No Woman No Cry - Bob Marley and the Wailers
23. (16) Motorhead (Live) - Motorhead
24. (19) Pull Up to the Bumper - Grace Jones
25. (18) Visage - Visage
26. (NEW) Trouble Boys - Thin Lizzy
27. (23) Take it on the Run - REO Speedwagon
28. (24) Spellbound - Siouxsie and the Banshees
29. (31) For Your Eyes Only - Sheena Easton
30. (28) All Stood Still - Ultravox

31. (26) Backfired - Debbie Harry
32. (29) Stand and Deliver - Adam and the Ants
33. (27) Doors of Your Heart - The Beat
34. (33) Julie Ocean - The Undertones
35. (25) Heaven and Hell - Vangelis
36. (NEW) Draw of the Cards - Kim Carnes
37. (32) Lady (You Bring Me Up) - The Commodores
38. (34) Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through - Jim Steinman
39. (38) Wunderbar - Tenpole Tudor
40. (35) Can't Happen Here - Rainbow
 
Epic Chocolat

Epic Chocolat

TW Title - Artist
01 Enola Gay - OMD
02 Chariots of fire - Vangelis
03 In The Air Tonight - Phil Collins
04 Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
05 Can you feel it - The Jacksons
06 Tam-tam (l'homme prehisto) - Michel Polnareff
07 Chi Mai - Ennio Morricone
08 One Day In Your Life - Michael Jackson
09 Urgent - Foreigner
10 Tempted - Squeeze
11 Woman in Love - Barbra Streisand
12 Fade to Grey - Visage
13 Tainted Love - Soft Cell
14 Reality - Richard Sanderson
15 Sarà perché ti amo - Ricchi e Poveri
16 (Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon
17 Johnny & Mary - Robert Palmer
18 Who Can It Be Now - Men At Work
19 Happy Birthday - Stevie Wonder
20 Going Back To My Roots - Odyssey
21 Ai no corrida - Quincy Jones
22 How ’bout Us - Champaign
23 Couleur menthe à l'eau - Eddy Mitchell
24 Believe It Or Not (Theme From The Greatest American Hero) - Joey Scarbury
25 Elle Est D’ailleurs - Pierre Bachelet
26 Body Talk - Imagination
27 Bambou - Alain Chamfort
28 Jealous Guy - Roxy Music
29 Upside Down - Diana Ross
30 Hands Up (Gimme Your Heart) - Ottawan
31 You Make My Dreams - Hall & Oates
32 Celebration - Kool & The Gang
33 Pour Le Plaisir - Herbert Leonard
34 You Might Need Somebody - Randy Crawford
35 Vertige de l'amour - Alain Bashung
36 No Woman, No Cry - Bob Marley and the Wailers
37 Amoureux Solitaires - Lio
38 Vienna - Ultravox
39 Being with You - Smokey Robinson
40 Magnetic Fields, Pt. 2 - Jean-Michel Jarre
41 The River - Bruce Springsteen
42 J'aime regarder les filles - Patrick Coutin
43 9 To 5 - Dolly Parton
44 Lipstick polychrome - Daniel Balavoine
45 Kids In America - Kim Wilde
46 New Life - Depeche Mode
47 Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield
48 Making Your Mind Up - Bucks Fizz Australia billboard pdf
49 Keep On Lovin You - REO Speedwagon
50 Flash - Queen

Main sources are the US Billboard site and the pdf file of the Billboard magazine, the UK, German and French chart.
I can provide other proofs if needed.
 
Epic Chocolat

Epic Chocolat

I'll have a go, I love making lists. It took a long time for me to understand the charting thing, but I'm here now.
About this week's inaugural chart:
Lots of memories. Enola Gay number one, it's the 80s sound I didn't know I needed right now.
Intrumentals are in fashion too, instrumentals to run to, like in that 80s commercial (n°7), or the famous slow motion scene from "Chariot of Fire" (n°2).
Songs that reminds me of breakthrough performances by teen future movie stars:
Charlotte Gainsbourg in "L'effrontée" summer movie (n°15), Sophie Marceau in "La Boum" (n°14). How many times have watched this film?
This chart is just full of hits, hits, hits, memorable, tuneful. At the end some recent discoveries like Bucks Fizz (n°48), Vienna (n°38).
A fun walk down memory lane that I hope to take often.
 
Eric Generic

Eric Generic

EG's WEEKLY TOP 40 RETROCHART: 8th August 1981

TW LW WoC HP TITLE ARTIST
1 1 4 1 CHANT NO. 1 SPANDAU BALLET
2 4 3 2 HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVIE WONDER
3 8 3 3 GIRLS ON FILM DURAN DURAN
4 3 6 3 NEW LIFE DEPECHE MODE
5 6 4 5 LAY ALL YOUR LOVE ON ME ABBA
6 2 8 1 GHOST TOWN THE SPECIALS
7 5 6 2 FOR YOUR EYES ONLY SHEENA EASTON
8 13 2 8 STORMTROOPER IN DRAG PAUL GARDINER ft. GARY NUMAN
9 10 4 9 COMPUTER LOVE KRAFTWERK
10 12 3 10 GREEN DOOR SHAKIN' STEVENS
11 23 2 11 WATER ON GLASS / BOYS KIM WILDE
12 1 12 LOVE ACTION (I BELIEVE IN LOVE) THE HUMAN LEAGUE
13 7 5 4 SAT IN YOUR LAP KATE BUSH
14 9 7 2 WORDY RAPPINGHOOD TOM TOM CLUB
15 27 2 15 HOOKED ON CLASSICS ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
16 21 2 16 HEAVEN AND HELL (THEME FROM "COSMOS") VANGELIS
17 24 4 17 WALK RIGHT NOW THE JACKSONS
18 18 4 18 SHOW ME DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS
19 11 9 2 BODY TALK IMAGINATION
20 14 6 14 PRETTY IN PINK THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS
21 26 3 21 TEMPTED SQUEEZE
22 1 22 ONE IN TEN UB40
23 16 5 16 TAKE IT ON THE RUN REO SPEEDWAGON
24 15 8 9 NO WOMAN, NO CRY [LIVE] BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS
25 30 4 25 NEVER SURRENDER SAXON
26 19 7 7 RAZZAMATAZZ QUINCY JONES
27 22 8 3 THROW AWAY THE KEY LINX
28 1 28 BACKFIRED DEBBIE HARRY
29 20 5 13 VISAGE VISAGE
30 17 8 10 DOORS OF YOUR HEART THE BEAT
31 1 31 FIRE U2
32 28 5 21 MOTORHEAD LIVE [E.P.] MOTORHEAD
33 25 8 4 YOU MIGHT NEED SOMEBODY RANDY CRAWFORD
34 29 10 7 GOING BACK TO MY ROOTS ODYSSEY
35 31 9 5 ALL STOOD STILL ULTRAVOX
36 1 36 ARABIAN NIGHTS SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES
37 1 37 WUNDERBAR TEN POLE TUDOR
38 32 12 1 CHARIOTS OF FIRE VANGELIS
39 37 14 1 STAND & DELIVER ADAM & THE ANTS
40 33 8 12 THERE'S A GUY WORKS DOWN THE CHIPSHOP KIRSTY MacCOLL
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EG's Chartdust: So, the pressure remains on Spandau Ballet, with Stevie Wonder and Duran Duran leading the charge for the next #1. ABBA appear to have peaked, Gary Numan's guest feature can only move up to #8, while Kraftwerk's progress slows to a single place climb to #9.

Shaky notches up another Top 10 entry, while Kim Wilde should do the same next time around, as her Double A-side finds itself at #11 after just 2 weeks. The Human League almost went all the way with their last single The Sound Of The Crowd, so watch out for their Love Action.

Elsewhere, it's welcome to a newly-solo Debbie Harry, feisty Irish anthem purveyors U2, and further Retrochart success for chart regulars UB40 and Siouxsie & The Banshees. Wunderbar indeed!
 
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