The Popjustice Retrochart 100 - December 1984 - w/e 01/12/84

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11 28 11 03 Private Dancer Tina Turner
12 --- 12 01 The Power Of Love Frankie Goes To Hollywood HIGHEST NEW ENTRY FEATURED
13 14 13 04 Blasphemous Rumours / Somebody Depeche Mode
14 17 14 06 We Belong Pat Benatar
15 12 05 11 Together In Electric Dreams Phil Oakey & Giorgio Moroder

16 11 11 07 All Through The Night Cyndi Lauper
17 07 04 08 Freedom Wham!
18 18 09 10 Never Ending Story Limahl
19 15 14 06 This Is Mine Heaven 17
20 22 20 03 Hypnotize Scritti Politti
21 25 21 08 Hard Habit To Break Chicago
22 20 14 07 When The Rain Begins To Fall Jermaine Jackson & Pia Zadora
23 27 23 05 Warning Sign Nik Heyward
24 23 21 08 Gimme All Your Lovin' ZZ Top
25 10 02 09 No More Lonely Nights Paul McCartney
26 24 13 07 Penny Lover Lionel Richie
27 29 27 03 We Are Family Sister Sledge
28 26 07 12 Pride (In The Name Of Love) U2

29 58 29 02 Hotline To Heaven Bananarama
30 05 05 08 The Second Time Kim Wilde FREEFALLER
31 --- 31 01 Shout Tears For Fears FEATURED
32 --- 32 01 Invisible Alison Moyet FEATURED
33 42 33 02 Fresh Kool & The Gang
34 31 09 13 Lost In Music (Remix) Sister Sledge

35 32 32 05 The Chant Has Begun Level 42
36 37 36 03 (How To Be A) Millionaire ABC
37 19 13 08 Shout To The Top The Style Council
38 40 38 03 Let It All Blow Dazz Band
39 110 39 01 Stranger In Town Toto FEATURED
40 39 39 13 Strut Sheena Easton
41 49 41 03 Louise Human League
42 44 42 04 The Wild Life Bananarama
43 36 27 13 Swept Away Diana Ross
44 35 14 09 War Song Culture Club
45 45 45 03 Rattlesnakes Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
46 34 17 07 Highly Strung Spandau Ballet
47 46 24 07 Love's Great Adventure Ultravox
48 124 30 10 Touch By Touch Diana Ross
49 52 49 04 Boys of Summer Don Henley
50 43 02 17 Dr Beat Miami Sound Machine

 

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51 57 51 04 Forever Young Alphaville
52 38 20 18 The Glamorous Life Sheila E

53 56 53 03 Half A Minute Matt Bianco
54 59 54 02 Respect Yourself Kane Gang
55 123 55 01 Had A Dream (Sleeping With The Enemy) Roger Hodgson FEATURED
56 53 53 06 The Belle Of St Mark Sheila E
57 51 13 12 Better Be Good To Me Tina Turner
58 --- 58 01 The Medal Song Culture Club FEATURED
59 61 59 02 If This Is It Huey Lewis & The News
60 48 37 07 Too Late For Goodbyes Julian Lennon
61 60 38 21 I Can Dream About You Dan Hartman

62 30 02 14 Missing You John Waite

63 68 63 04 Solid Ashford & Simpson
64 55 02 11 Blue Jean David Bowie
65 70 65 02 Treat Her Like A Lady Temptations FEATURED
66 47 19 08 All Cried Out Alison Moyet
67 69 67 05 Tenderness General Public FEATURED
68 62 02 17 She Bop Cyndi Lauper

69 --- 69 01 No Mercy The Stranglers FEATURED
70 63 38 11 The Medicine Song Stephanie Mills
71 33 01 12 Smooth Operator Sade

72 64 04 15 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder

73 72 72 03 Born In The USA Bruce Springsteen
74 66 04 11 Why Bronski Beat
75 41 03 18 Careless Whisper George Michael

76 73 61 07 We Are The Young Dan Hartman
77 --- 77 01 La P'tite Lady Vivien Savage FEATURED
78 77 68 04 Give The Girl A Break Dolly Dots
79 76 76 03 Long Is The Road (American) Jean-Jacques Goldman
80 78 77 06 Morning Dew Blackfoot
81 84 81 06 I Can't Hold Back Survivor
82 113 82 01 This Night Billy Joel
83 81 45 05 Slippery People Talking Heads
84 83 72 04 Un Autre Monde Telephone
85 74 01 20 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jnr

86 85 03 28 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go Wham!

87 152 37 08 Skin Deep The Stranglers
88 87 71 12 Trick Of The Eye Dolly Dots
89 79 78 05 Disparue Jean-Pierre Mader
90 82 70 08 Desert Moon Dennis DeYoung
91 89 87 03 Premonition Bonnie Pointer
92 103 57 02 Never Turn Away OMD
93 86 69 07 Square Rooms Al Corley
94 93 92 04 Sea Of Love Honeydrippers
95 90 79 08 Body & Soul Mai Tai
96 94 94 02 Where The Boys Are Jody Watley
97 71 09 14 Mother's Talk Tears For Fears
98 100 98 02 Hello Again Cars
99 92 92 03 Loin D'ici Michel Delpech
100 106 1

 

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07/01/84 Running With The Night Lionel Richie 335
14/01/84 Running With The Night Lionel Richie 358
21/01/84 Running With The Night Lionel Richie 366
28/01/84 Running With The Night Lionel Richie 351
04/02/84 Break My Stride Matthew Wilder 360
11/02/84 Here Comes The Rain Again Eurythmics 364
18/02/84 Here Comes The Rain Again Eurythmics 353
25/02/84 99 Red Balloons Nena 359
03/03/84 99 Red Balloons Nena 370
10/03/84 99 Red Balloons Nena 371
17/03/84 99 Red Balloons Nena 362
24/03/84 Robert De Niro's Waiting Bananarama 385
31/03/84 Radio Ga-Ga Queen 392
07/04/84 Robert De Niro's Waiting Bananarama 384
14/04/84 Robert De Niro's Waiting Bananarama 366
21/04/84 Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) Phil Collins 472
28/04/84 Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) Phil Collins 476
05/05/84 Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) Phil Collins 461
12/05/84 Automatic Pointer Sisters 449
19/05/84 Automatic Pointer Sisters 437
26/05/84 Automatic Pointer Sisters 400
02/06/84 Let's Hear It For The Boy Deniece Williams 379
09/06/84 Let's Hear It For The Boy Deniece Williams 375
16/06/84 Let's Hear It For The Boy Deniece Williams 449
23/06/84 Let's Hear It For The Boy Deniece Williams 408
30/06/84 Jump (For My Love) Pointer Sisters 353
07/07/84 Jump (For My Love) Pointer Sisters 371
14/07/84 Jump (For My Love) Pointer Sisters 373
21/07/84 When Doves Cry Prince 366
28/07/84 When Doves Cry Prince 381
04/08/84 What's Love Got To Do With It Tina Turner 439
11/08/84 What's Love Got To Do With It Tina Turner 390.5
18/08/84 What's Love Got To Do With It Tina Turner 417
25/08/84 What's Love Got To Do With It Tina Turner 407
01/09/84 When Doves Cry Prince 375
08/09/84 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr 454
15/09/84 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr 514
22/09/84 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr 447
29/09/84 Smooth Operator Sade 418
06/10/84 Drive The Cars 517
13/10/84 Drive The Cars 534
20/10/84 Drive The Cars 481
27/10/84 Drive The Cars 472
03/11/84 I Feel For You Chaka Khan 441
10/11/84 I Feel For You Chaka Khan 402
17/11/84 Out Of Touch Hall & Oates 454
24/11/84 I Feel For You Chaka Khan 443
01/12/84 I Feel For You Chaka Khan 426

 

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01 01 14 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder THIRTEENTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
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02 02 05 I Feel For You Chaka Khan
03

05 03 03 The Wild Boys Duran Duran
04

03 03 07 Purple Rain Prince
05

04 04 08 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go Wham!
06

07 02 07 Caribbean Queen / European Queen Billy Ocean
07

--- 07 01 Out Of Touch Hall & Oates
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06 06 06 The War Song Culture Club
09

09 02 18 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr.
10

10 09 03 No More Lonely Nights Paul McCartney

 

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02 01 06 I Should Have Known Better Jim Diamond 67,000 NEW NUMBER ONE
02

01 01 07 I Feel For You Chaka Khan

66,000
03

--- 03 01 The Power Of Love Frankie Goes To Hollywood 60,000 HIGHEST NEW ENTRY
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05 04 03 The Riddle Nik Kershaw

49,000
05

04 04 08 The Never Ending Story Limahl 47,000
06

07 06 05 Sexcrime (1984) Eurythmics 46,000
07

24 07 02 Teardrops Shakin' Stevens 45,000
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08 08 06 Hard Habit To Break Chicago 44,000
09

03 02 05 The Wild Boys Duran Duran

44,000
10

06 06 08 Caribbean Queen Billy Ocean

38,000

It ended up being a bit of a tussle in the end but Jim Diamond sees himself top the UK chart this week with “I Should Have Known Better” though it sold just 67,000 copies, just over 1,000 sales clear of Chaka Khan’s “I Feel For You” which had a bit of a sales push at the week end thanks to TOTP but didn’t have enough propulsion to get a fourth week.

Promoted as their “third No 1 single” Frankie Goes To Hollywood didn’t quite manage to carry off the boast and end up debuting at No 3 with “The Power Of Love”. It was doubtless hampered also by the success of “Welcome To The Pleasuredome” which of course made No 1 last month, the nativity based promo was directed by Godley & Crème and also comes with a 12” mix in which the group parody DJ Mike Smith’s banning of “Relax” at the start of the year. The song sold just 60,000 last week which is a marked comedown from the 206,000 opening of their last single “Two Tribes” but it’s early doors for the single and with Christmas soon here it could easily become the third million seller of the year from the group.

His “Greatest Hits” album gets a new peak this week moving 10-9 and Shakin Stevens now has his 12th top 10 hit of the 80s with “Teardrops” as it flies 24-7 (45,000) a track which owes a little bit of help from Hank Marvin on Guitar. Shaky is still second only to Madness in terms of top 10 singles (14 to 12) and in terms of sales he isn’t far off the 5 million mark now and closing fast having sold roughly 3 times as many singles in 1984 as the Nutty boys.

There’s no other new entries in the top 10 but that doesn’t mean that there’s any lack of movement, most notably Nik Kershaw who continues to rise 5-4 (49,000) and is matched by the Eurythmics who slink 7-6 (46,000) yet Chicago get stuck in the mire at No 8 (44,000). Moving towards the exit are Limahl 4-5 (47,000), Duran Duran 3-9 (44,000) and Billy Ocean 6-10 (38,000)

Just as I was running down the runners and riders for the Christmas chart topper last week Bob Geldof made the announcement about Band Aid which has been all over the press all week. The track “Do They Know It’s Christmas” was recorded on Sunday just gone and naturally the papers were full of pictures of the stars involved arriving at the studio which amounts to a who’s who of the charts of 1984. The bookies have closed the books on bets for Band Aid such is their confidence that the song will be at No 1 on Christmas Day, the song will be issued to radios by midweek and in the shops next week which should make next week do or die for FGTH in terms of getting that record equalling third No 1 from their first releases.

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Chart Entries
#35 Where The Rose Is Sown Big Country
#37 The Medal Song Culture Club
#40 Invisible Alison Moyet
#44 Love Light In Flight Stevie Wonder
#45 Shout Tears For Fears
#47 No Mercy The Stranglers
#53 It Ain't Necessarily So Bronski Beat
#64 The Gay Cavalieros (The Story So Far) Steve Wright
#67 Riddle Me UB40
#69 Send My Heart Adventures
#70 You Used To Hold Me So Tight Thelma Houston
#82 Who's That Girl The Flying Pickets
#90 You Might Think The Cars
#91 Skin Deep Stranglers
#94 Body Jacksons
#95 Trouble Rod Stewart
#97 One Christmas Catalogue / Relax Captain Sensible
100 Ti Amo Laura Branigan

Further UK charts and stats can be found here.

 

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01 01 13 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go Wham! THIRD WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
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04 02 10 Out Of Touch Hall & Oates
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03 03 13 I Feel For You Chaka Khan
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02 02 09 Purple Rain Prince
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05 05 12 Better Be Good To Me Tina Turner
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08 06 09 All Through The Night Cyndi Lauper
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12 07 05 The Wild Boys Duran Duran
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09 08 09 Penny Lover Lionel Richie
09

07 07 15 Strut Sheena Easton
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11 10 08 No More Lonely Nights Paul McCartney

Chart Entries
#56 Lover Boy Billy Ocean
#64 Love Light In Flight Stevie Wonder
#71 In Neon Elton John
#74 Tonight David Bowie
#82 Missing You Diana Ross
#84 Operator Midnight Star
#95 Let It All Blow Dazz Band

Further US charts and stats can be found here.

 

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01 01 14 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder NINTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
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03 02 15 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr.
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02 02 08 The War Song Culture Club
04

06 04 04 The Wild Boys Duran Duran
05

05 03 17 Careless Whisper George Michael
06

11 06 06 Caribbean Queen Billy Ocean
07

04 03 07 Freedom Wham!
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07 07 06 When The Rain Begins To Fall Jermaine Jackson & Pia Zadora
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10 09 06 I Feel For You Chaka Khan
10

08 08 13 The Never Ending Story Limahl

Chart Entries
#69 Like A Virgin Madonna
#73 Teardrops Shakin' Stevens
#76 We Belong Pat Benatar
#83 Arrete Ton Clip Mini Star
#84 Long Is The Road Jean Jacques Goldman
#90 Fresh Kool & The Gang

Further european charts and stats can be found here.

 

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01 01 09 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder SEVENTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
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02 02 05 The War Song Culture Club
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03 03 04 Freedom Wham!
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05 02 13 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr.
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08 03 07 Soul Kind Of Feeling Dynamic Hepnotics
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06 06 06 The Warrior Scandal feat Patty Smyth
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34 07 02 Like A Virgin Madonna
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13 08 02 The Wild Boys Duran Duran
09

07 06 09 We're Not Gonna Take It Twisted Sister
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19 10 02 Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) Billy Ocean

Chart Entries
#42 All Cried Out Alison Moyet
#48 Smooth Operator Sade
#49 I Feel For You Chaka Khan
#50 Left In The Dark Barbra Streisand

 

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01 01 06 Besoin De Rien, Envie De Toi Peter et Sloane FIFTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
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02 02 05 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder
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03 02 05 Femme Liberee Cookie Dingler
04

04 04 02 Mon coeur te dit je t'aime Frederic Francois
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05 05 05 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr.
06

06 06 05 Un Autre Monde Telephone
07

09 07 05 When The Rain Begins To Fall Jermaine Jackson & Pia Zadora
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10 08 05 Smalltown Boy Bronski Beat
09

07 03 05 Still Loving You Scorpions
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15 10 04 I Want To Break Free Queen

Chart Entries
#25 Down On The Street Shakatak
#35 C'est un éternel besoin d'amour Marlene Jobert
#42 Un jour on se rencontrera Linda De Suza
#50 Eyes Without A Face Billy Idol

 

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Apt that Madonna should enter the European charts at #69.

 

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We're getting close to Christmas now! Before I reveal the HMV Retrochart for this week - the Makers and Shakers! Will these songs be in your Retrochart?

Number 50 - new entry for Tears For Fears who are busy recording their second album. Meanwhile, they have released a brand new single called "Shout" - with the Music Video filmed at Durdle Door Beach on the South English Jurassic Coast:

 

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Number 48 - new entry for Culture Club who return with "The Medal Song":

 

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Number 47 - new entry for Bronski Beat who release their third single - a cover of "It ain't necessarily so":

 

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Number 46 - new entry for The Stranglers and "No Mercy":

 

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Number 44 - new entry for UB40 and "Riddle me":