Popjustice Retrochart w/e 24/07/82

[phoenix123]

09

04 Avalon Roxy Music 397


Entry: 19/06/82
Peak: #4
Weeks: 5
Chart run: 09-08-05-04-04-09

@BattlebornAl #11 (last week)
@cityofdoomsday #64

60
@Eric Generic #29

16
@Hairycub1969 #19

12
@Ironheade #13

9
@phoenix123 #28

17

Roxy Music slump 4-9 as they are down in all retrocharts this week.

 

[phoenix123]

HIGHCLIMBER
08

22 Don't Go Yazoo 402


Entry: 17/07/82
Peak: #8
Weeks: 2
Chart run: 22-08

@BattlebornAl #43 (last week)
@cityofdoomsday N/A
@Eric Generic #7

18
@Hairycub1969 #18

35
@Ironheade #3

8
@phoenix123 #3

15

Yazoo shoot 22-8 for a second top ten hit!

 

[phoenix123]

07

14 Come On Eileen Dexy's Midnight Runners 405.5


Entry: 26/06/82
Peak: #7
Weeks: 4
Chart run: 195-35-27-14-07

@BattlebornAl #28 (last week)
@cityofdoomsday N/A
@Eric Generic #10

24
@Hairycub1969 #16

25
@Ironheade #2

4
@phoenix123 #7

16

Dexy's Midnight Runners have a second top ten retrochart hit on their hands. Previous hit Geno made #4 in 1980.

 

[phoenix123]

06

02 Videotheque Dollar 414


Entry: 19/06/82
Peak: #2
Weeks: 6
Chart run: 21-04-03-03-02-06

@BattlebornAl #1 (last week)
@cityofdoomsday #93

80
@Eric Generic #3

1
@Hairycub1969 #2

2
@Ironheade #37

32
@phoenix123 #6

3

Dollar slump 2-6 this week. Will they ever top the retrochart?

 

[phoenix123]

So three songs move into the top five this week…..

 

[phoenix123]

05

06 Shy Boy Bananarama 421.5


Entry: 03/07/82
Peak: #5
Weeks: 4
Chart run: 18-07-06-05

@BattlebornAl #18 (last week)
@cityofdoomsday N/A
@Eric Generic #5

7
@Hairycub1969 #9

13
@Ironheade #9

12
@phoenix123 #1 SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE

Bananarama make steady progress with a third top five hit in a row!

 

[phoenix123]

04

10 Fame Irene Cara

430.5


Entry: 14/06/80
Peak: #4
Weeks: 29
Chart run: 107-42-44-48-32-31-24-35-27-24-32-33-36-33-39-39-40-40-40-41-50-49-60-65-65-89-141-178-206-177-154-152-out(75 weeks)-39-16-10-04

@BattlebornAl #32 (last week)
@cityofdoomsday #72

69
@Eric Generic #8

11
@Hairycub1969 #1 THIRD WEEK AT NUBER ONE
@Ironheade #15

22
@phoenix123 #13

46

A very healthy climb for Irene Cara as this track is the first GOLD certified hit for 2 months. A potential number one?

 

[phoenix123]

03

09 Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger) Donna Summer 432


Entry: 19/06/82
Peak: #3
Weeks: 5
Chart run: 141-78-67-23-09-03

@BattlebornAl #31 (last week)
@cityofdoomsday #35

42
@Eric Generic #27

32
@Hairycub1969 #26

38
@Ironheade #16

20
@phoenix123 #4

7

It was a high climber last week and continues to shoot up the chart 9-3, becoming her third top three hit on the retrochart.

 

[phoenix123]

02

05 Take It Away Paul McCartney 454.5


Entry: 03/07/82
Peak: #2
Weeks: 4
Chart run: 32-13-05-02

@BattlebornAl #16 (last week)
@cityofdoomsday #19

30
@Eric Generic #9

13
@Hairycub1969 #20

27
@Ironheade #11

17
@phoenix123 #34

47

Paul McCartney has had four previous top twenty hits, with the best performer Ebony & Ivory hitting #11 earlier this year. His latest single is far and away his biggest retrochart hit so far and even challenges for the top this week.

 

[phoenix123]

SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
01

01 Abracadabra The Steve Miller Band 476.5


Entry: 29/05/82
Peak: #1 (2 weeks)
Weeks: 6
Chart run: 175-147-101-13-09-04-02-01-01

@BattlebornAl #4 (last week)
@cityofdoomsday #15

19
@Eric Generic #2

4
@Hairycub1969 #21

21
@Ironheade #31

26
@phoenix123 #8

2

The Steve Miller Band get a fortnight at the top but the gap is closing with the whole top four threatening for next week!

 

[phoenix123]

Retrochart Top Ten w/e 24/07/82

01

01 01 06 Abracadabra The Steve Miller Band SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
02

05 02 04 Take It Away Paul McCartney
03

09 03 05 Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger) Donna Summer
04

10 04 29 Fame Irene Cara

05

06 05 04 Shy Boy Bananarama
06

02 02 06 Videotheque Dollar
07

14 07 04 Come On Eileen Dexy's Midnight Runners
08

22 08 02 Don't Go Yazoo
09

04 04 06 Avalon Roxy Music
10

12 09 05 Rock The Casbah The Clash

 

[Hairycub1969]

Chartfile: W/e 24th July 1982

The Steve Miller Band make it two weeks at the top with "Abracadabra" but all the songs from 2 to 5 are climbing this week and could topple them: Paul McCartney, Donna Summer, Irene Cara and Bananarama. Also climbing inside the top ten are Dexys Midnight Runners and Yazoo. Heading down are Dollar, Roxy Music, whereas "Rock the Casbah" by The Clash rebounds back into the top ten! Who will be Number One next week? Only @phoenix123 has the answer - stay tuned!

 

[Eric Generic]

02

05 Take It Away Paul McCartney 454.5


Entry: 03/07/82
Peak: #2
Weeks: 4
Chart run: 32-13-05-02

@BattlebornAl #16 (last week)
@cityofdoomsday #19

30
@Eric Generic #9

13
@Hairycub1969 #20

27
@Ironheade #11

17
@phoenix123 #34

47

Paul McCartney has had four previous top twenty hits, with the best performer Ebony & Ivory hitting #11 earlier this year. His latest single is far and away his biggest retrochart hit so far and even challenges for the top this week.

This is where the Retrochart can sometimes throw up an anomaly.....a single which is no higher than #9 on anybody's charts can be #2 overall.

 

[Hairycub1969]

"Take it away" is what I call a sleeper Paul McCartney single....not immediately but it grows on you!

 

[phoenix123]

"Talk it away" is what I call a sleeper Paul McCartney single....not immediately but it grows on you!

I had never heard of it until a few weeks ago! Yes it's definitely a sleeper on my chart it's gone 74-62-47-34 so far. The video looks like a lot of effort has gone into it for 1982 aswell. I particularly like the "Lonely driver…." bit where the camera pans up from the wheel across the bonnet and then cuts to John Hurt inside the car. That bit looks very cinematic for a music video of the time.

 

[Eric Generic]

"Talk it away" is what I call a sleeper Paul McCartney single....not immediately but it grows on you!

It's an odd one, the intro and verses are VERY imperial phase Wings from the mid-70s, and then it goes into a sort of strange uptempo reggae thing with the jaunty chorus...like two songs bolted together.

 

[Hairycub1969]

I think Mr McCartney was influenced by the arrangements of The Police/Sting when he was recording "Take it away"!

 

[Eric Generic]

I think Mr McCartney was influenced by the arrangements of The Police/Sting when he was recording "Take it away"!

Probably recorded at George Martin's AIR studios in the Caribbean too (where the Police made their early 80s albums)?

 

[Hairycub1969]

Probably recorded at George Martin's AIR studios in the Caribbean too (where the Police made their early 80s albums)?

Yes - "Ghost in the Machine" is my personal fave album of theirs and was recorded there in the Summer of 1981.

"Take it away" has a number of guest stars in the video as well as John Hurt, there's Ringo Starr and George Martin!
Edit: Both Ringo and George play on the single. George indeed produced it and it was recorded at AIR studios!

 

[Eric Generic]

I hadn't thought of the Police link/inspiration for Take It Away's sound, well spotted.