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

 

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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

 

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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

The week before Christmas and it seems as though the festive top slots are all decided. The sales can’t quite compete with last week but then that’s no great surprise. “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” holds the top slot with a further 567,000 copies sold to take its 2 week tally to an incredible 1,206,000 as it becomes the year’s fourth million seller and the 4th biggest selling single of the 80s already, selling at the rate it is it could easily become No 1 in the YTD list and the decade chart before the year is out!

Wham! Continue to play bridesmaid and aren’t disgracing themselves either, after registering the biggest sale for a No 2 single ever last week they sold a further 188,000 copies last week to bring their total to 536,000 and the song should overtake “Freedom” to be the duo’s best seller next week, though it may struggle to overtake “Careless Whisper” as Michael’s biggest seller.

Joining in the triple figure sales tallies are Paul McCartney who rises 4-3 (127,000) and Madonna writhes her way 5-4 (111,000)- all impressive figures and for the latter act the cream on the cake after “Like A Virgin” hits the No 1 spot stateside.

Four tracks are new in the top 10 in a hope to provide a shock to Band Aid, first up are punk survivors Toy Dolls who are best known for their more jocular take on the punk scene. They have a version of the Children’s classic “Nelly The Elephant” which was originally issued two years ago but failed to chart (though it became an Indie Chart No 1), but it now fares considerably better jumping 16-6 (78,000). The original dates back to 1956 and was originally produced by George Martin in his pre Beatles days.

Last Christmas saw the revival of the chart fortunes of Slade and this year it seems to be that other big star on the 70s Gary Glitter whose chart fortunes seems to have about faced. “Dance Me Up” was a No 25 hit for him earlier this year to become his highest placed single in 7 years, and now he does even better as “Another Rock N Roll Christmas” soars 22-7 (50,000) to become his biggest hit since he made No 6 in 1975 with “Doing Alright With The Boys”. The tracks come from the pen from Mike Leander who created many of Glitter’s 70s smashes.

Eyebrows were raised when Paul Young’s new single “Everything Must Change” entered at the lowly position of No 39 a few weeks ago but alarm over as the track powers 17-9 (44,000). Unlike previous singles this is the first to be composed in part by Young himself who has had vocal issues this year but whose new album is promised in early 1985.

It had to happen really, Black Lace’s “Do The Conga” completes its journey into the top 10 moving 13-10 (43,000) to become their third top 10 in just over a year. One suspects that with Office parties taking place this week this can only continue to rise for another week at least. Oh dear.

Nik Kershaw holds at No 8 though he gets a sales bump to 49,000 thanks to several TV shows this week but Frankie Goes To Hollywood can’t join in the sales boost as they tumble 3-5 (81,000).
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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.

 

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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.

 

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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.

 

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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

 

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--- 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

 

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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

 

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[cityofdoomsday]

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

 

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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":

 

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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":

 

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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:

 

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