The Popjustice Retrochart 100 - December 1984 - w/e 22/12/84

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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
08/12/84 Out Of Touch Hall & Oates 435
15/12/84 Like A Virgin Madonna 469
22/12/84 Like A Virgin Madonna 474

 

01 01 01 02 Do They Know It's Christmas Band Aid SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
02 03 02 06 The Wild Boys Duran Duran
03 06 03 03 Like A Virgin Madonna
04 02 02 02 Last Christmas Wham!
05 04 01 17 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder
06 05 02 08 I Feel For You Chaka Khan
07 --- 03 15 Careless Whisper George Michael
08 08 02 10 Caribbean Queen / European Queen Billy Ocean
09 --- 02 19 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jnr
10 07 05 04 Out Of Touch Hall & Oates

 

01 01 01 02 Do They Know It's Christmas Band Aid ★ 567,000 SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
02 02 02 02 Last Christmas / Everything She Wants Wham! 188,000
03 04 03 05 We All Stand Together Paul McCartney 127,000
04 05 04 06 Like A Virgin Madonna 111,000
05 03 01 04 The Power Of Love Frankie Goes To Hollywood 81,000
06 16 06 04 Nellie The Elephant Toy Dolls 78,000
07 22 07 04 Another Rock & Roll Christmas G 50,000
08 08 03 06 The Riddle Nik Kershaw 49,000
09 17 09 03 Everything Must Change Paul Young 44,000
10 13 10 05 Do The Conga Black Lace 43,000

Chart Entries
#37 Soul Deep (Part 1) The Council Collective
#63 Abide With Me Inspirational Choir with The Royal Choral Society
#66 My Dying Machine Gary Numan
#67 Nowhere Fast Meat Loaf
#70 Theme From The Travelling Man Duncan Browne
#71 Who Do You Love The Intruders
#75 Resurrection Joe The Cult
#76 Christmas Countdown Frank Kelly
#82 Drive Cars
#84 I Believe In Father Christmas Greg Lake
#91 Anything Direct Drive
#92 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) John Lennon
#93 Christmas Spectre Jingle Belles
#94 I'm A Little Christmas Cracker Bouncing Czecks
#97 My White Bicycle neil
#99 Winners Raplh McTell
100 Tour De France Kraftwerk

Further UK charts and stats can be found here.

 

01 03 01 06 Like A Virgin Madonna NEW NUMBER ONE
02 02 02 08 The Wild Boys Duran Duran
03 01 01 13 Out Of Touch Hall & Oates
04 05 04 11 Sea Of Love Honeydrippers
05 07 05 14 Cool It Now New Edition
06 09 06 09 We Belong Pat Benatar
07 04 03 16 I Feel For You Chaka Khan
08 06 06 11 No More Lonely Nights Paul McCartney
09 14 09 10 All I Need Jack Wagner
10 12 10 10 Valotte Julian Lennon

Chart Entries
#37 Careless Whisper Wham Featuring George Michael
#57 Money Changes Everything Cyndi Lauper
#60 Sugar Walls Sheena Easton
#61 The Old Man Down The Road John Fogerty
#65 Do They Know It's Christmas? Band Aid
#79 Mr Telephone Man New Edition
#83 The Greatest Gift Of All Kenny Rogers And Dolly Parton
#86 Small Town Boy Bronski Beat
#87 Do It Again Kinks
#89 Turn Up The Radio Autograph
#90 Fools Like Me Lorenzo Lamas

Further US charts and stats can be found here.

 

01 01 01 17 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder TWELFTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
02 03 02 17 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr.
03 02 02 09 Caribbean Queen Billy Ocean
04 05 04 09 When The Rain Begins To Fall Jermaine Jackson & Pia Zadora
05 04 04 07 The Wild Boys Duran Duran
06 18 06 03 The Power Of Love Frankie Goes To Hollywood
07 09 07 06 Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty Four) Eurythmics
08 06 05 09 I Feel For You Chaka Khan
09 08 03 20 Careless Whisper George Michael
10 19 10 05 The Riddle Nik Kershaw

Chart Entries
#23 Do They Know It's Christmas Band Aid
#25 Last Christmas Wham!
#50 I Want To Know What Love Is Foreigner
#56 Nellie The Elephant Toy Dolls
#66 Another Rock & Roll Christmas G
#91 The Night Valerie Dore
#98 Tonight David Bowie

Further european charts and stats can be found here.

 

01 02 01 08 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder NEW NUMBER ONE
02 01 01 08 Besoin De Rien, Envie De Toi Peter et Sloane
03 05 03 08 When The Rain Begins To Fall Jermaine Jackson & Pia Zadora
04 03 03 08 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr.
05 18 05 02 Snoopy Chantal Goya
06 04 04 07 Careless Whisper George Michael
07 09 07 08 Kalimba de luna Boney M
08 06 02 08 Femme Liberee Cookie Dingler
09 08 04 05 Mon coeur te dit je t'aime Frederic Francois
10 19 10 07 The War Song Culture Club

Chart Entries
#39 I Feel For You Chaka Khan
#41 Fotonovela Ivan
#47 Petit Papa Noel Tino Rossi

 

01 --- 01 01 Do They Know It's Christmas Band Aid NEW ENTRY AT NUMBER ONE
02 24 02 02 Last Christmas / Everything She Wants Wham!
03 01 01 09 When The Rain Begins To Fall Jermaine Jackson & Pia Zadora
04 31 04 02 Waarom ben ik met Kerstmis zo alleen Koos Alberts
05 02 02 06 Ik verscheurde je foto Koos Alberts
06 04 03 07 The Wild Boys Duran Duran
07 05 05 08 Gisteren heeft zij mij verlaten Koos Alberts
08 07 07 04 I Should Have Known Better Jim Diamond
09 --- 09 01 Eeuwige kerst Annie Schilder, Kinderen Voor Kinderen & Het Goede Doel
10 09 08 04 Like A Virgin Madonna

Chart Entries
#23 Gimme All Your Lovin' ZZ Top
#31 Thank God It's Christmas Queen
#36 I Would Die For U Prince
#43 The Last Time I Made Love Joyce Kennedy feat Jeffrey Osborne
#45 People From Ibiza Sandy Morton
#50 Sexomatic Bar-Keys

 

01 01 01 05 Like A Virgin Madonna SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
02 03 02 05 Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) Billy Ocean
03 05 03 05 The Wild Boys Duran Duran
04 02 01 12 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder
05 07 03 10 Soul Kind Of Feeling Dynamic Hepnotics
06 09 06 04 I Feel For You Chaka Khan
07 06 02 16 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr.
08 04 03 07 Freedom Wham!
09 12 09 07 I'm Only Shooting Love Time Bandits
10 11 10 06 I'm Tuff George Smilovici

Chart Entries
#26 Last Christmas Wham!
#31 Christmas Countdown Frank Kelly
#40 Private Dancer Tina Turner
#45 Apocalypso (Wiping The Smile Off Santa's Face) Mental As Anything
#46 Hard Habit To Break Chicago
#48 The Power Of Love Frankie Goes To Hollywood

 

reserved

 

December 22, 1984
# Artist - Song - Last Week - (Weeks Charted)

1. Survivor - I Can't Hold Back 2(15)
2. Paul McCartney - No More Lonely Nights 1 (11)
3. Julian Lennon - Valotte 6(10)
4. Pat Benatar - We Belong 4(9)
5. Honeydrippers - Sea Of Love 5(11)
6. Cars - Hello Again 7(9)
7. Sheena Easton - Strut 3(18)
8. Toto - Stranger In Town 9(9)
9. Cyndi Lauper - All Through The Night 8(12)
10. Hall & Oates - Out Of Touch 10(13)
11. Duran Duran - Wild Boys 11(8)
12. Eurogliders - Heaven 13(11)
13. Donna Summer - Supernatural Love 14(7)
14. Blackfoot - Morning Dew 12(12)
15. Bananarama - Wild Life 16(13)
16. Thompson Twins - Into The Gap 15(7)
17. Jermaine Jackson - Do What You Do 18(9)
18. Toni Basil - Suspense 17(7)
19. Bryan Adams - Run To You 24(8)
20. Rebbie Jackson - Centipede 20(21)
21. Chaka Khan - I Feel For You 23(15)
22. Stevie Wonder- Love Light In Flight 36(4)
23. Lionel Richie - Penny Lover 22(12)
24. Sheila E. - Belle Of St. Mark 25(9)
25. Ray Parker Jr. - Jamie 27(6)
26. Phillip Bailey - Easy Lover 31(5)
27. Giuffria - Call To The Heart 29(7)
28. Don Henley - Boys Of Summer 30(7)
29. Billy Ocean - Loverboy 35(4)
30. Wham - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go 21(16)
31. Jack Wagner - All I need 44(7)
32. U2- Pride 26(9)
33. Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas 90(2)
34. Tina Turner - Better Be Good To Me 28(14)
35. the Fixx - Sunshine In The Shade 37(6)
36. Dennis DeYoung - Desert Moon 19(16)
37. Ashford & Simpson - Solid 47(7)
38. Pointer Sisters - Neutron Dance 46(5)
39. Alphaville - Big In Japan 39(6)
40. New Edition - Cool It Now 48(10)
41. Billy Ocean -Caribbean Queen 32(20)
42. Prince - I Would Die 4 U 64(2)
43. Rick Springfield - Bruce 50(6)
44. the Kinks - Do It Again 68(5)
45. Roger Hodgson - Had A Dream 40(11)
46. Chicago - Hard Habit To Break 34 (20)
47. Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You 33(19)
48. Steve Perry - Foolish Heart 53(5)
49. Huey Lewis & the News - Walking On A Thin Line 49(10)
50. Kool & the Gang - Mislead 67(5)
51. Diana Ross - Swept Away 43(17)
52. Daryl Hall & John Oates - Method Of Modern Love 84(2)
53. General Public - Tenderness 65(6)
54. Pointer Sisters - I'm So Excited 45(21)
55. Scandal f/Patty Smyth - Hands Tied 38(10)
56. Wham - Careless Whisper <(1)
57. Midnight Star - Operator 69(4)
58. David Bowie - Blue Jean 42(15)
59. Bananarama - Cruel Summer 55(23)
60. Bob Seger - Understanding 66(7)
61. Giorgio Moroder & Phil Oakey - Together In Electric Dreams 41 (11)
62. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes 51(10)
63. Berlin - Dancing In Berlin 57(14)
64. Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is 71(3)
65. Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers 58(3)
66. Sammy Hagar - I Can't Drive 55 56(13)
67. Night Ranger - When You Close Your Eyes 62(24)
68. Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A. 72(6)
69. Malcom McLaren - Madam Butterfly <(1)
70. Diana Ross - Missing You 74(4)
71. Animal Nightlife - Mr. Solitaire <(1)
72. John Cafferty & B.B.B. - Tender Years 73(3)
73. Temptations- Treat Her Like A Lady 86(3)
74. Madonna - Like A Virgin 75(5)
75. Heaven 17 - Sunset Now 63(9)
76. Jeffrey Osbourne - Don't Stop 76(8)
77. Rick Springfield w/Randy Crawford - Taxi Dancing 52(6)
78. John Cafferty & BBB - On The Dark Side 78(18)
79. Laura Branigan - Ti Amo 80(5)
80. Elton John - In Neon 83(4)
81. Freddie Mercury - Love Kills 70(3)
82. Chicago - You're The Inspiration 85(4)
83. David Bowie - Tonight 84(4)
84. Bluebells - Cath <(1)
85. Rod Stewart - All Right Now 93(2)
86. John Fogerty - Old Man Down The Road <(1)
87. John Hunter - Tragedy 96(2)
88. Spandau Ballet - Highly Strung <(1)
89. Feargal Sharkey - Listen To Your Father <(1)
90. Dio - Mystery <(1)
91. Melissa Manchester - Thief Of Heart 88(5)
92. the Jacksons- Torture 89(20)
93. Billy Satellite 92(3)
94. Ultravox - Love's Greatest Adventure 94 (7)
95. the Time - Jungle Love 97(4)
96. Billy Squier - Eye On You 100(2)
97. Cyndi Lauper - Money Changes Everything <(1)
98. Teena Marie - Lovergirl <(1)
99. Sheena Easton - Sugar Walls <(1)
100. Glenn Frey - Heat Is On <(1)
dropouts, a strange twist not a single one of the 12 dropouts made the top 40!!
Style Council - Shout To The Top
Lindsey Buckingham - Slow Dancing
Planet P Project - What I See
the Church - Constant In Opal
Zebra - Bears
J. Geils Band - Concealed Weapons
Peter Wolf - I Need You Tonight
Dan Hartman - We Are the Young
John Waite - Tears
Billy Idol - Catch My Fall
Corey Hart - It Ain't Enough
Dennis DeYoung - Don't Wait For Heroes

 

Is this week the Christmas Chart of 1984? or is it next week?
Either way - here's the Makers and Shakers on this week's HMV Retrochart - are these songs in your Retrochart?

Number 50 - new entry for The Cult who return with "Resurrection Joe":

 

This week's highest new entry is at Number 49 and is a charity single - we've got a few of those in the chart at the moment. Council Collective (with The Style Council as the main writers/organisers) enter with "Soul Deep":

 

Moving on to some climbers now:
Tears For Fears have been in the chart for 5 weeks - "Shout" climbs from 36 to 27 this week:

 

Matt Bianco have been in the chart for 7 weeks - "Half a minute" moves up from 28 to 22: