The Popjustice Retrochart 100 - December 1984 - w/e 08/12/84

phoenix123 · Dec 12, 2021

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phoenix123 · Dec 12, 2021

phoenix123 · Dec 12, 2021

11 10 10 06 Supernatural Love Donna Summer
12 07 03 15 Caribbean Queen Billy Ocean

13 14 13 07 We Belong Pat Benatar
14 16 11 08 All Through The Night Cyndi Lauper
15 13 13 05 Blasphemous Rumours / Somebody Depeche Mode
16 20 16 04 Hypnotize Scritti Politti
17 23 17 06 Warning Sign Nik Heyward
18 17 04 09 Freedom Wham!
19 18 09 11 Never Ending Story Limahl
20 32 20 02 Invisible Alison Moyet
21 33 21 03 Fresh Kool & The Gang
22 31 22 02 Shout Tears For Fears
23 15 05 12 Together In Electric Dreams Phil Oakey & Giorgio Moroder

24 19 14 07 This Is Mine Heaven 17
25 --- 25 01 Lay Your Hands On Me Thompson Twins HIGHEST NEW ENTRY FEATURED
26 21 21 09 Hard Habit To Break Chicago
27 22 14 08 When The Rain Begins To Fall Jermaine Jackson & Pia Zadora
28 25 02 10 No More Lonely Nights Paul McCartney

29 26 13 08 Penny Lover Lionel Richie
30 --- 30 01 Thank God It's Christmas Queen FEATURED
31 --- 31 01 Everything Must Change Paul Young FEATURED
32 24 21 09 Gimme All Your Lovin' ZZ Top
33 36 33 04 (How To Be A) Millionaire ABC
34 41 34 04 Louise Human League
35 --- 35 01 I Want To Know What Love Is Foreigner FEATURED
36 --- 36 01 I Would Die 4 U Prince FEATURED
37 --- 37 01 Round And Round Spandau Ballet FEATURED
38 38 38 04 Let It All Blow Dazz Band
39 39 39 02 Stranger In Town Toto
40 34 09 14 Lost In Music (Remix) Sister Sledge

41 42 41 05 The Wild Life Bananarama
42 51 42 05 Forever Young Alphaville
43 40 39 14 Strut Sheena Easton
44 43 27 14 Swept Away Diana Ross
45 53 45 04 Half A Minute Matt Bianco
46 192 46 01 Missing You Diana Ross FEATURED
47 28 07 13 Pride (In The Name Of Love) U2

48 49 48 05 Boys of Summer Don Henley
49 29 29 03 Hotline To Heaven Bananarama
50 50 02 18 Dr Beat Miami Sound Machine

phoenix123 · Dec 12, 2021

51 56 51 07 The Belle Of St Mark Sheila E
52 27 27 04 We Are Family Sister Sledge
53 54 53 03 Respect Yourself Kane Gang
54 100 54 02 Valotte Julian Lennon HIGHEST CLIMBER FEATURED
55 55 55 02 Had A Dream (Sleeping With The Enemy) Roger Hodgson
56 63 56 05 Solid Ashford & Simpson
57 30 05 09 The Second Time Kim Wilde
58 65 58 03 Treat Her Like A Lady Temptations
59 35 32 06 The Chant Has Begun Level 42
60 165 60 01 It Ain't Necessarily So Bronski Beat FEATURED
61 67 61 06 Tenderness General Public
62 62 02 15 Missing You John Waite

63 47 24 08 Love's Great Adventure Ultravox
64 73 64 04 Born In The USA Bruce Springsteen FEATURED
65 57 13 13 Better Be Good To Me Tina Turner
66 68 02 18 She Bop Cyndi Lauper

67 66 19 09 All Cried Out Alison Moyet
68 44 14 10 War Song Culture Club
69 70 38 12 The Medicine Song Stephanie Mills
70 76 61 08 We Are The Young Dan Hartman
71 58 58 02 The Medal Song Culture Club
72 77 72 02 La P'tite Lady Vivien Savage
73 78 68 05 Give The Girl A Break Dolly Dots
74 82 74 02 This Night Billy Joel
75 81 75 07 I Can't Hold Back Survivor
76 72 04 16 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder

77 79 76 04 Long Is The Road (American) Jean-Jacques Goldman
78 92 57 03 Never Turn Away OMD
79 74 04 12 Why Bronski Beat
80 105 80 01 Stay The Blue Nile
81 87 37 09 Skin Deep The Stranglers
82 94 82 05 Sea Of Love Honeydrippers
83 88 71 13 Trick Of The Eye Dolly Dots
84 80 77 07 Morning Dew Blackfoot
85 91 85 04 Premonition Bonnie Pointer
86 45 45 04 Rattlesnakes Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
87 89 78 06 Disparue Jean-Pierre Mader
88 98 88 03 Hello Again Cars
89 95 79 09 Body & Soul Mai Tai
90 136 14 11 Love Kills Freddie Mercury
91 84 72 05 Un Autre Monde Telephone
92 --- 92 01 Give Me The Night B.R.U.T.
93 96 93 03 Where The Boys Are Jody Watley
94 83 45 06 Slippery People Talking Heads
95 93 69 08 Square Rooms Al Corley
96 99 92 04 Loin D'ici Michel Delpech
97 103 90 03 In The Evening Sheryl Lee Ralph
98 71 01 13 Smooth Operator Sade

99 222 99 01 Tonight David Bowie
100 86 03 29 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go Wham!

phoenix123 · Dec 12, 2021

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
08/12/84 Out Of Touch Hall & Oates 435

phoenix123 · Dec 12, 2021

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01 01 15 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder FOURTEENTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
02

03 02 04 The Wild Boys Duran Duran
03

02 02 06 I Feel For You Chaka Khan
04

04 03 08 Purple Rain Prince
05

07 05 02 Out Of Touch Hall & Oates
06

05 04 09 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go Wham!
07

06 02 08 Caribbean Queen / European Queen Billy Ocean
08

10 08 04 No More Lonely Nights Paul McCartney
09

--- 09 01 The Power Of Love Frankie Goes To Hollywood
10

--- 10 01 Like A Virgin Madonna

phoenix123 · Dec 12, 2021

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03 01 02 The Power Of Love Frankie Goes To Hollywood 83,000 NEW NUMBER ONE
02

01 01 07 I Should Have Known Better Jim Diamond

59,000
03

04 03 04 The Riddle Nik Kershaw

46,000
04

06 04 06 Sexcrime (1984) Eurythmics 43,000
05

07 05 03 Teardrops Shakin' Stevens 43,000
06

02 01 08 I Feel For You Chaka Khan

42,000
07

11 07 07 I Won't Run Away Alvin Stardust 39,000
08

27 08 04 Like A Virgin Madonna 37,000
09

39 09 03 We All Stand Together Paul McCartney 36,000
10

05 04 09 The Never Ending Story Limahl 34,000

gezza76 said:
It has the hallmark of the quiet before the storm but the charts are in the pre Christmas lull at present which is good news for Frankie as “The Power Of Love” soars majestically 3-1 to become their third No 1 from their first three releases and in the process they equal a 21 year old record held by Gerry & The Pacemakers. The band have sold over 3 million records in just a year which is impressive by any standard and are already one of the top 10 best selling acts of the decade marking 1984 as an exceptional year for the scouse band. The song ascends to No 1 on a sale of 83,000 and had no trouble deposing Jim Diamond to No 2 (59,000), Diamond’s plea to the UK public to buy Band Aid and replace him at the top appears to have happened a week too early- be careful what you wish for.

Written by John David (who also wrote “She Means Nothing To Me” for Cliff Richard & Phil Everly) Alvin Stardust has had a good 1984 as well. His last single “I Feel like Buddy Holly” made No 7 and now “I Won’t Run Away” follows suit climbing 11-7 (39,000) to give him a festive hit.

Speaking of people who have a good 1984 one of them must be Nile Rogers who of course has steered both Sister Sledge and Duran Duran into the top 10 this year and now adds Madonna to the list with the rather controversial track “Like A Virgin”. She’s had a good start to her career scoring the No 6 hit “Holiday” back in February and whilst “Lucky Star” (No 14) and “Borderline” (No 56) haven’t struck gold, her new single from her second album seems to have turned around her chart fortunes, it’s already top 10 Stateside and now jets 27-8 (37,000) here. Naturally mid America has been outraged by the song and the singers writhing around the stage at the recent MTV Music awards didn't help to silence the critics and she proves a hit at least with the public.

One of the big hits of Christmas this year is expected to be “We All Stand Together” which is proving to be the more critically acclaimed film for Paul McCartney this year. It is taken from the film “Rupert And The Frog Song” and has the backing vocals of the King’s singers of St Paul’s Cathedral who are credited as the Frog Chorus all of which should make it a hit with the kids this Christmas. It arrives 39-9 (36,000) and should be in the festive top 5.

Nik Kershaw can’t stop climbing as again he climbs a spot 4-3 (46,000) though he drops sales wise, and the Eurythmics are on his tail moving 6-4 (43,000) though again they attracted fewer buyers than last week. Ditto to Shaky who advances 7-5 on paper but he lose sales at 43,000 and two definite slackers are former chart topper Chaka Khan 2-6 (42,000) and Limahl 5-10 (34,000).

Next week will see both Band Aid and Wham! Enter the top 10 doubtless and if the shipping figures are to be believed with very healthy sales indeed, yes Christmas arrives with a bang- see you in 7 days.

https://forum.popjustice.com/thread...-by-week-1984-1985.38232/page-32#post-3624911

Chart Entries
#23 Round And Round Spandau Ballet
#30 Lay Your Hands On Me Thompson Twins
#36 Thank God It's Christmas Queen
#39 Everything Must Change Paul Young
#58 Tonight David Bowie
#63 The Touch Kim Wilde
#64 I Would Die 4 You Prince & The Revolution
#65 I Feel Fine Beatles
#67 I Want To Know What Love Is Foreigner
#71 Who's That Girl The Flying Pickets
#77 September Song Ian McCulloch
#80 So Near To Christmas Alvin Stardust
#83 Nowhere Fast Meatloaf
#84 San Damiano (Heart And Soul) Sal Solo
#85 When October Goes Barry Manilow
#86 I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day Wizzard
#87 Valotte Julian Lennon
#90 In The Dark Roy Ayers
#92 In My Life Stephanie Mills
#93 Who Do You Love Intruders
#94 Sex O Matic Bar Kays

Further UK charts and stats can be found here.

phoenix123 · Dec 12, 2021

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02 01 11 Out Of Touch Hall & Oates NEW UMBER ONE
02

01 01 14 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go Wham!
03

03 03 14 I Feel For You Chaka Khan
04

07 04 06 The Wild Boys Duran Duran
05

06 05 10 All Through The Night Cyndi Lauper
06

10 06 09 No More Lonely Nights Paul McCartney
07

11 07 09 Sea Of Love Honeydrippers
08

08 08 10 Penny Lover Lionel Richie
09

13 09 12 Cool It Now New Edition
10

14 10 07 We Belong Pat Benatar

Chart Entries
#45 I Want To Know What Love Is Foreigner
#81 The Heat Is On Glenn Frey
#82 I Wanna Go Back Billy Satellite
#86 Don't Wait For Heroes Dennis DeYoung
#89 Eye On You Billy Squier
#90 Tragedy John Hunter

Further US charts and stats can be found here.

phoenix123 · Dec 12, 2021

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01 01 15 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder TENTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
02

02 02 16 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr.
03

06 03 07 Caribbean Queen Billy Ocean
04

04 04 05 The Wild Boys Duran Duran
05

09 05 07 I Feel For You Chaka Khan
06

08 06 07 When The Rain Begins To Fall Jermaine Jackson & Pia Zadora
07

07 03 08 Freedom Wham!
08

05 03 18 Careless Whisper George Michael
09

10 08 14 The Never Ending Story Limahl
10

03 02 09 The War Song Culture Club

Chart Entries
#30 The Power Of Love Frankie Goes To Hollywood
#77 Do The Conga Black Lace
#82 Beau, J's'rai Jamais Beau Claude Bartozzi
#89 Where The Rose Is Sown Big Country
#95 The Medal Song Culture Club
#97 We All Stand Together Paul McCartney
#99 Invisible Alison Moyet

Further european charts and stats can be found here.

phoenix123 · Dec 12, 2021

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01 01 10 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder EIGHTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
02

07 02 03 Like A Virgin Madonna
03

03 03 05 Freedom Wham!
04

08 04 03 The Wild Boys Duran Duran
05

02 02 06 The War Song Culture Club
06

05 03 08 Soul Kind Of Feeling Dynamic Hepnotics
07

10 07 03 Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) Billy Ocean
08

04 02 14 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr.
09

06 06 07 The Warrior Scandal feat Patty Smyth
10

12 09 06 No More Lonely Nights Paul McCartney

Chart Entries
#48 Shout To The Top The Style Council

phoenix123 · Dec 12, 2021

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01 01 06 Besoin De Rien, Envie De Toi Peter et Sloane SIXTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
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02 02 06 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder
03

05 03 06 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr.
04

03 02 06 Femme Liberee Cookie Dingler
05

07 05 06 When The Rain Begins To Fall Jermaine Jackson & Pia Zadora
06

04 04 03 Mon coeur te dit je t'aime Frederic Francois
07

06 06 06 Un Autre Monde Telephone
08

09 03 06 Still Loving You Scorpions
09

10 09 05 I Want To Break Free Queen
10

13 10 05 Careless Whisper George Michael

Chart Entries
#32 Sounds Like A Melody Alphaville
#39 Smooth Operator Sade
#42 Phantasmes Axel Bauer

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Hairycub1969 · Dec 12, 2021

Frankie says the HMV Retrochart will be coming up tomorrow evening!

phoenix123 · Dec 13, 2021

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01 01 04 Like A Virgin | Madonna ☐ 250,000 SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
02

05 02 03 This Night | Billy Joel

100,000
03

04 03 04 The Riddle | Nik Kershaw

100,000
04

07 04 04 Private Dancer | Tina Turner

95,000
05

12 05 02 The Power Of Love | Frankie Goes To Hollywood 90,000
06

03 03 06 Sexcrime (1984) | Eurythmics

90,000
07

02 01 09 The Never Ending Story | Limahl ★ 90,000
08

15 08 02 Shout | Tears For Fears 65,000
09

11 09 05 Born In The USA | Bruce Springsteen 65,000
10

16 10 02 Invisible | Alison Moyet 60,000

Madonna has an unassailable lead at the summit for a second week but slips back on the album chart from a peak 3-4 due to the entry of Now That's What I Call Music IV, though nothing can dislodge Wham! who complete a month at the top.

Billy Joel scores his fifth top two hit from the An Innocent Man album moving 5-2 while Nik Kershaw mirrors his UK chart trajectory moving 5-4-3 and Tina Turner moves 7-4 for a fourth top five hit from Private Dancer.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood enter the top ten moving 12-5. If it goes no further it will be their third consecutive single to peak at #5. Tears For Fears move 15-8 ensuring every single they have released so far has hit the top ten. Bruce Springsteen returns 11-9 after the relative failure of last single Cover Me which stalled at #17. Alison Moyet scores a third top ten moving 16-10 as her debut album finally accelerates into the album top ten this week.

phoenix123 · Dec 13, 2021

11 09 09 05 Where The Boys Are | Jody Watley

12 08 03 08 All Through The Night | Cyndi Lauper

13 13 13 03 Hotline To Heaven | Bananarama
14 06 01 09 Freedom | Wham! ★★
15 22 15 03 We All Stand Together | Paul McCartney & The Frog Chorus
16 10 07 05 Blasphemous Rumours / Somebody | Depeche Mode

17 17 17 04 We Are Family | Sister Sledge
18 14 14 05 Supernatural Love | Donna Summer
19 20 19 05 The Wild Life | Bananarama
20 19 09 11 The Warrior | Scandal feat Patty Smyth

21 --- 21 01 Thank God It's Christmas | Queen
22 29 22 06 Warning Sign | Nick Heyward
23 18 10 06 Back In My Arms (Once Again) | Hazell Dean

24 33 24 06 Forever Young | Alphaville
25 27 25 07 Hard Habit To Break | Chicago
26 32 26 04 Hypnotize | Scritti Politti
27 26 04 09 Out Of Touch | Hall & Oates

28 24 24 08 Never Again (The Dancer) | A Flock Of Seagulls
29 21 06 06 The Wild Boys | Duran Duran

35 31 11 10 Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) | Billy Ocean

36 --- 36 01 Everything Must Change | Paul Young
37 50 37 06 Since Yesterday | Strawberry Switchblade
38 30 20 09 Crazy | Five Star
39 62 39 04 You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) | Dead Or Alive
40 43 40 11 What In The Name Of Love | Naked Eyes
41 34 04 09 When The Rain Begins To Fall | Jermaine Jackson & Pia Zadora

47 37 22 08 Prisoner Of Love | Miami Sound Machine
48 41 13 10 We Are The Young | Dan Hartman

62 55 09 09 All Cried Out | Alison Moyet

63 --- 63 01 I Would Die For You | Prince
64 53 07 11 Together In Electric Dreams | Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey

65 75 65 06 The Chant Has Begun | Level 42
66 58 03 10 No More Lonely Nights | Paul McCartney

85 67 16 12 Why | Bronski Beat
86 77 01 17 Mother's Talk | Tears For Fears ★
87 81 09 13 Pride (In The Name Of Love) | U2

Hairycub1969 · Dec 13, 2021

As we get closer to Christmas 1984 - it's getting exciting!
Here are this week's Makers and Shakers - are these songs in your Retrochart yet?

Number 49 - new entry for Julian Lennon who follows up "Too late for goodbyes" with "Valotte":

Hairycub1969 · Dec 13, 2021

Number 48 - new entry for Queen who get their fifth hit this year with "Thank God it's Christmas":

Hairycub1969 · Dec 13, 2021

Number 46 - new entry for David Bowie who gets some help from Tina Turner on "Tonight":