The Popjustice Retrochart 100 - July 1984 - w/e 21/07/84

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11 10 07 06 I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me Nik Kershaw
12 16 12 10 Self Control Laura Branigan
13 31 12 09 Dancing In The Dark Bruce Springsteen
14 11 04 07 Absolute Scritti Politti
15 15 15 08 White Lines Grandmaster Melle Mel
16 20 16 04 Life On Your Own The Human League
17 21 17 03 Sister Of Mercy Thompson Twins

18 13 09 08 Smalltown Boy Bronski Beat
19 08 08 05 Stuck On You Lionel Richie
20 42 20 02 Come Back The Mighty Wah!
21 33 21 07 Change Of Heart Change

22 19 07 07 Only When You Leave Spandau Ballet
23 23 23 06 Talking Loud And Clear OMD
24 24 24 04 Sweet Somebody Shannon
25 45 25 02 Seven Seas Echo & The Bunnymen

26 25 05 09 Infatuation Rod Stewart
27 36 27 03 State Of Shock Jacksons
28 30 28 08 Thin Line Between Love And Hate The Pretenders

29 28 17 09 Borderline Madonna
30 41 30 03 Lament Ultravox
31 18 03 09 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go Wham!
32 34 32 05 Young At Heart The Bluebells
33 46 33 02 Hole In My Shoe neil

34 17 06 09 You're The Best Thing / Big Boss Groove The Style Council
35 48 35 02 Down On The Street Shakatak
36 38 07 10 Dancing With Tears In My Eyes Ultravox
37 44 37 07 Magic Cars
38 43 38 08 I Can Dream About You Dan Hartman

39 27 08 10 Rough Justice Bananarama
40 51 40 02 You Think You're A Man Divine
41 39 37 07 Perfect Skin Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
42 119 42 01 Everybody's Laughing Phil Fearon & Galaxy FEATURED
43 40 11 14 High Energy Evelyn Thomas
44 26 26 05 Waiting In Vain Bob Marley & The Wailers
45 47 45 05 Self Control Raf
46 121 46 01 Closest Thing To Heaven Kane Gang
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47 --- 47 01 The Day Before You Came Blancmange
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48 22 14 10 Thinking Of You Sister Sledge
49 37 24 09 Ghost In You Psychedelic Furs
50 54 20 12 Heaven / Heartbeat Psychadelic Furs
 
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51 49 49 02 Still Loving You Scorpions
52 131 52 01 The More You Live The More You Love A Flock Of Seagulls FEATURED
53 132 53 01 It Can Happen Yes FEATURED
54 106 54 01 I'm Free (Heaven Helps The Man) Kenny Loggins FEATURED

55 35 02 13 The Reflex Duran Duran
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56 75 56 04 Turn To You Go-Gos
57 56 56 04 High On Emotion Chris De Burgh
58 166 16 08 One Love / People Get Ready Bob Marley & The Wailers
59 --- 59 01 Whose Side Are You On Matt Bianco FEATURED

60 32 32 05 Leave A Tender Moment Alone Billy Joel
61 52 48 06 Sunglasses At Night Corey Hart
62 50 44 07 The Heart Of Rock 'N' Roll Huey Lewis & The News
63 29 06 09 Pearl In The Shell Howard Jones
64 55 48 09 No Way Out Starship
65 62 10 14 Doctor! Doctor! Thompson Twins
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66 57 28 14 No More Words Berlin
67 --- 67 01 Week-end A Rome Etienne Daho FEATURED
68 63 20 10 Romancing The Stone Eddy Grant
69 64 64 04 10-9-8 Face To Face
70 66 66 03 Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young Fire Inc.
71 70 13 11 The Killing Moon Echo & The Bunnymen
72 74 55 06 State Of Love Imagination
73 81 73 02 We All Are One Jimmy Cliff
74 82 74 02 Now It's My Turn Berlin

75 61 12 28 It's My Life Talk Talk
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76 60 60 05 Encore Un Matin Jean-Jacques Goldman
77 85 77 03 Synthicide SSQ
78 86 77 04 Susanna The Art Company
79 87 79 04 Almost Paradise Mike Reno & Ann Wilson
80 76 54 08 Farewell My Summer Love Michael Jackson
81 83 81 02 Hold Me Teddy Pendergrass & Whitney Houston
82 --- 82 01 Femme Liberee Cookie Dingler FEATURED
83 92 83 03 Alibis Sergio Mendes FEATURED

84 68 66 06 The Big Music Waterboys
85 98 85 02 If You're Ever In My Arms Again Peabo Bryson
86 59 56 07 Stay The Night Chicago
87 72 64 08 Mais Ou Sont Passes Les Gazelles Lizzy Mercier Descloux
88 90 05 19 Dance Hall Days Wang Chung
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89 73 03 19 Love Of The Common People Paul Young
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90 69 68 07 Voices Russ Ballard
91 102 91 01 I Found Lovin' Fatback Band
92 67 03 22 Footloose Kenny Loggins
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93 77 65 08 Burn For You INXS
94 78 69 03 A L'Est De L'Eden Vicky Leandros
95 95 95 02 First Day Of Summer Tony Carey
96 114 96 01 One Million Kisses Rufus & Chaka Khan
97 101 97 01 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jnr

98 91 10 14 Give Me Tonight Shannon
99 71 54 06 I Wanna Be Loved Elvis Costello & The Attractions
100 89 60 12 Debranche France Gall
 
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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
 
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01 01 04 When Doves Cry Prince SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE

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02 01 06 Self Control Laura Branigan
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06 03 06 Two Tribes Frankie Goes To Hollywood
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03 02 09 Time After Time Cyndi Lauper
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05 04 06 Dancing In The Dark Bruce Springsteen

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10 07 02 Sad Songs (Say So Much) Elton John
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04 01 12 The Reflex Duran Duran
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07 07 04 Jump (For My Love) Pointer Sisters

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09 09 02 Eyes Without A Face Billy Idol
 
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117,000 SIXTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
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05 02 02 Hole In My Shoe neil 89,000
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02 01 35 Relax Frankie Goes To Hollywood
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03 03 10 Time After Time Cyndi Lauper
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08 05 04 When Doves Cry Prince 52,000
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10 06 06 What's Love Got To Do With It Tina Turner 47,000

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09 08 27 White Lines (Don't Do It) Grandmaster & Melle Mel 38,000

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07 06 05 Jump (For My Love) Pointer Sisters 29,000

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14 10 05 Young At Heart The Bluebells 27,000
Well they did it, and in quite some style. For only the second time in pop history and following in the footsteps of John Travolta & Olivia Newton John (as a duo act), Frankie Goes To Hollywood make their first two singles into million sellers as “Two Tribes” sold a still remarkable 117,000 copies to bring its collective yield to 1,094,000 copies enough for the fourth biggest seller of the decade. If you take into account Newton-John’s previous solo hits then you can argue this is a genuine record breaking moment! They don’t have it all quite their own way as “Relax” dips 2-3 (76,000) but is now just 81,000 behind Culture Club who can only surely only cling onto the accolade of “best selling single of the 80s” for a few more weeks? Indeed only “Two Tribes” looks like it could upset “Relax”’s coronation…..

There’s only one new entry into the top 10 this week which slips in at No 10 (27,000) for The Bluebells. The Scottish band of course had a No 11 earlier this year with “I’m Falling” and now go one better as they leap 14-10 with “Young At Heart” which includes a promo featuring Molly Weir, more famous to youngsters as Hazel McWitch in “Rentaghost”. The song of course appeared on Bananarama’s debut album “Deep Sea Skiving” last year but was co-written by the girls and Fahey’s boyfriend Robert Hodgens who is also the guitarist in the Bluebells hence the connection.

For the first time since it ascended to No 1 six weeks ago “Two Tribes” at least looked catchable, that was thanks to Neil whose “Hole In My Shoe” rushed 5-2 (89,000) thanks in part to a colourful TOTP appearance but otherwise Frankie can rest easy. Improvements can also be seen for Prince 8-5 (52,000), Tina Turner 10-6 (47,000) and Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel 9-8 (38,000).

Cyndi Lauper takes a fall as Neil pushed by her 3-4 (65,000) as does Nik Kershaw 4-7 (40,000) and The Pointer Sisters 7-9 (29,000). For Lauper she must be thoroughly hacked off with FGTH after "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" peaked at No 2 behind "Relax" and now "Time After Time" appears to have peaked behind a FGTH duo of singles- perhaps she needs to ensure a closer check on the release schedule next time around.

https://forum.popjustice.com/thread...-by-week-1984-1985.38232/page-21#post-3597770
Chart Entries
#39 The Day Before You Came Blancmange
#54 A Hard Day's Night Beatles
#57 A New Day Killing Joke
#58 Mine Everything But The Girl
#81 Hand On My Heart Shriekback
#84 Red Guitar David Sylvian
#86 Take Colour Field
#88 Steppin Out John Lennon & Yoko Ono
#89 Venus In Furs Paul Gardiner
#92 Breakaway Spider
#95 Ease On Down The Road Michael Jackson & Diana Ross
#97 Whose Side Are You On Matt Bianco
#99 Planet Rock Soul Sonic Force
100 Your Wife Is Cheating On Us Richard Dimples Fields

UK Charts
UK Official Album Chart Legend Bob Marley & The Wailers TENTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE

UK Official Indie Singles Chart In The Ghetto Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
UK Radio Airplay Report Two Tribes Frankie Goes To Hollywood SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE


Music Week Magazine 1984
including reviews of this week’s releases, Airplay data, Official Singles and Albums Top 100 with certifications, 12” Singles Top 40, Cassette Top 30, Dance Singles Top 50, Dance Albums Top 25, Heavy Metal Singles Top 30, Heavy Metal Albums Top 30, Indie Singles Top 50, Indie Albums Top 25


Record Mirror Magazine 1984
including reviews of this week’s releases, Disco Singles Top 85, Hi-NRG Top 30, Official Singles Top 100 and Chartfile by Alan Jones

Smash Hits Magazine 1984

No 1. Magazine 1984
including NME Singles and Albums Top 75
 
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01 01 08 When Doves Cry Prince THIRD WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
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02 02 09 Dancing In The Dark Bruce Springsteen
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08 03 06 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Junior
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04 04 12 Eyes WIthout A Face Billy Idol
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03 03 13 Jump (For My Love) Pointer Sisters
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15 06 04 State Of Shock The Jacksons
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07 07 12 Almost Paradise Mike Reno & Ann Wilson
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10 08 10 Legs ZZ Top
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16 09 07 Sad Songs (Say So Much) Elton John
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11 10 09 Infatuation Rod Stewart

Chart Entries
#45 If This Is It Huey Lewis And The News
#52 She Bop Cyndi Lauper
#55 Dynamite Jermaine Jackson
#67 Right By Your Side Eurythmics
#76 Cruel Summer Bananarama
#87 Reach Out Giorgio Moroder (Featuring Paul Engelman)
#90 I Send A Message INXS


US Billboard Magazine
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Billboard Magazine 21/07/84
Billboard 200 Albums Born In The U.S.A Bruce Springsteen THIRD WEEK AT NUMBER ONE

Billboard Adult Contemporary If Ever You're In My Arms Again Peabo Bryson THIRD WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
Billboard Dance / Disco Tracks Top 80 When Doves Cry / 17 Days Prince FOURTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
Billboard Hot Soul Singles When Doves Cry / 17 Days Prince FOURTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE

US Cashbox Magazine
Cashbox Singles Chart When Doves Cry Prince SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE


US Radio & Records Magazine
Radio & Records Singles Chart When Doves Cry Prince
SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
 
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01 01 21 Relax Frankie Goes To Hollywood
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04 02 06 Time After Time Cyndi Lauper
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02 02 07 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go Wham!
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03 03 04 Two Tribes Frankie Goes To Hollywood
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05 02 11 The Reflex Duran Duran
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06 03 13 I Want To Break Free Queen
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07 07 07 Sad Songs Elton John
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10 07 09 Let's Hear It For The Boy Deniece Williams
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17 09 06 Self Control Laura Branigan
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08 01 14 Against All Odds Phil Collins

Chart Entries
#18 State Of Shock The Jacksons
#64
Sister Of Mercy Thompson Twins
#69 Lament Ultravox
#84 Come Back The Mighty Wah!
#89 1000 Und 1 Nacht Klaus Lage Band
#92 All Of You Diana Ross & Julio Iglesias
#98 Beat Street Grandmaster Melle Mal & The Furious Five

European Charts
European Album Chart Thriller Michael Jackson

European Airplay Top 60 Two Tribes Frankie Goes To Hollywood NEW NUMBER ONE
Europarade Singles Top 40 Self Control Laura Branigan NEW NUMBER ONE

Music & Media Magazine 1984
including European music TV listings for the week, Euroclips video airplay, European Singles Top 100, European Albums Top 100, European Airplay Top 60, UK Airplay Top 20
 
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I've had quite a few tough decisions to make in the last 2 weeks, with "what charted for me in 1984" vs "how highly I'd rate them now".

Things like "To France" by Mike Oldfield, "Love's Crashing Waves" by Difford & Tikbrook, and singles by Tom Robinson, Wang Chung and David Austin.

In the end there's just not enough places on the Top 40 to include everything I like. I'd be having 15 entries a week.
 
I've had quite a few tough decisions to make in the last 2 weeks, with "what charted for me in 1984" vs "how highly I'd rate them now".

Things like "To France" by Mike Oldfield, "Love's Crashing Waves" by Difford & Tikbrook, and singles by Tom Robinson, Wang Chung and David Austin.

In the end there's just not enough places on the Top 40 to include everything I like. I'd be having 15 entries a week.
Expand your charge to a Top 50? Deluxe it?
 

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