The Popjustice Retrochart 100 - June 1984 - w/e 09/06/84

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11 15 11 03 Sad Songs (Say So Much) Elton John
12 07 07 04 Dancing With Tears In My Eyes Ultravox
13 32 13 03 Infatuation Rod Stewart
14 20 14 04 Thinking Of You Sister Sledge

15 11 11 08 High Energy Evelyn Thomas
16 --- 16 01 Only When You Leave Spandau Ballet HIGHEST NEW ENTRY FEATURED
17 33 17 02 Smalltown Boy Bronski Beat

18 18 12 03 Dancing In The Dark Bruce Springsteen
19 08 01 13 Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) Phil Collins
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20 14 10 06 The Lebanon Human League
21 21 21 03 When Am I Going To Make A Living Sade
22 13 09 07 Thieves Like Us New Order
23 19 05 31 Ain't Nobody Rufus & Chaka Khan
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24 17 17 03 Borderline Madonna
25 34 25 02 One Better Day Madness
26 113 26 01 Time After Time Cyndi Lauper FEATURED

27 25 12 22 It's My Life Talk Talk
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28 22 13 09 Don't Tell Me Blancmange
29 10 05 09 I Want To Break Free Queen
30 28 02 14 Hello Lionel Richie
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31 29 14 06 Turn Your Back On Me Kajagoogoo
32 23 23 12 Miss Me Blind Culture Club
33 45 33 02 Dazzle Siouxsie & The Banshees
34 38 20 04 Romancing The Stone Eddy Grant
35 40 35 04 Diggiloo Diggiley Herreys
36 129 36 01 Change Of Heart Change FEATURED
37 37 37 07 Emergency (Dial 999) Loose Ends
38 51 38 03 Ghost In You Psychedelic Furs

39 47 04 24 Relax Frankie Goes To Hollywood
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40 41 01 15 Robert De Niro's Waiting Bananarama
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41 31 31 05 Break Dance Party Break Machine
42 43 42 04 Love Wars Womack & Womack
43 44 43 20 Stay With Me Tonight Jeffrey Osbourne
44 53 44 02 Thin Line Between Love And Hate The Pretenders
45 57 45 02 Red Guitar David Sylvian
46 --- 46 01 Absolute Scritti Politti FEATURED
47 74 47 02 I Can Dream About You Dan Hartman FEATURED

48 39 28 09 No More Words Berlin
49 --- 49 01 Love All Day (And Night) Nick Heyward FEATURED
50 55 03 13 Love Of The Common People Paul Young
 
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51 49 32 13 Head Over Heels Go-Gos
52 50 06 20 Wouldn't It Be Good Nik Kershaw
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53 60 53 02 White Lines Grandmaster Melle Mel
54 61 54 03 No Way Out Starship
55 85 55 03 Birds Fly (Whisper To A Scream) The Icicle Works HIGHCLIMBER FEATURED

56 46 08 09 Dancing Girls Nik Kershaw
57 58 01 20 Here Comes The Rain Again Eurythmics
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58 62 58 06 Rush Rush Debbie Harry
59 63 59 08 Oh Sherrie Steve Perry
60 69 60 06 Debranche France Gall
61 66 61 07 Sister Christian Night Ranger FEATURED
62 70 62 05 You Can't Get What You Want Joe Jackson
63 68 63 07 Tea In The Sahara The Police
64 72 64 09 Breakdance Irene Cara

65 64 01 19 Radio Gaga Queen
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66 65 09 21 (Feels Like) Heaven Fiction Factory
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67 76 18 13 My Ever Changing Moods Style Council
68 78 41 05 Assassing Marillion
69 --- 69 05 I'm Only Shooting Love Time Bandits FEATURED
70 80 70 04 Self Control Laura Branigan FEATURED
71 79 71 03 Victims Of Circumstance Barclay James Harvest
72 75 72 03 La Valle Del Eden Nino De Angelo
73 --- 56 12 Send Me An Angel Real Life

74 71 26 09 The Longest Time Billy Joel
75 56 10 10 Give Me Tonight Shannon
76 27 03 11 Just Be Good To Me SOS Band
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77 94 55 03 State Of Love Imagination
78 97 78 02 Burn For You INXS
79 82 79 02 Mais Ou Sont Passes Les Gazelles Lizzy Mercier Descloux
80 106 80 02 Hide And Seek Five Star

81 89 06 13 Who's That Girl Eurythmics
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82 101 82 01 Magic Cars
83 73 20 08 Somebody Else's Guy Jocelyn Brown
84 --- 84 01 Rendez-Vous Alain Chamfort
85 93 85 02 Jump (For My Love) Pointer Sisters

86 67 14 13 Dr Mabuse Propaganda
87 35 33 05 I'll Be Around Terri Wells
88 116 88 01 Perfect Skin Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
89 86 79 05 Samba Maria David Koven
90 118 90 01 The Heart Of Rock 'N' Roll Huey Lewis & The News
91 92 66 05 C'Est Lundi Jesse Garon
92 88 88 02 Rette Mich Nena
93 117 93 01 Voices Russ Ballard
94 59 22 10 Such A Shame Talk Talk
95 100 95 02 Modern Day Delilah Van Stephenson
96 54 54 02 Farewell My Summer Love Michael Jackson
97 84 63 06 Toute Premiere Fois Jeanne Mas
98 114 98 01 Stay The Night Chicago
99 125 99 01 Ocean Deep Cliff Richard

100 30 17 09 Locomotion OMD
 
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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
 
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01 01 12 Hello Lionel Richie NINTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE

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02 02 04 Let's Hear It For The Boy Deniece Williams
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04 03 06 The Reflex Duran Duran
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03 01 10 Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) Phil Collins
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05 05 03 Time After Time Cyndi Lauper

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06 05 06 To All The Girls I've Loved Before Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson
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07 03 11 Footloose Kenny Loggins
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08 08 04 I Want To Break Free Queen
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01 01 03 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go Wham! 103,000 SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE

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02 02 06 Let's Hear It For The Boy Deniece Williams 47,000
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06 03 04 Dancing With Tears In My Eyes Ultravox 47,000
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08 06 08 Searchin' (Looking For Love) Hazell Dean 33,000
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05 05 03 You're The Best Thing / Big Boss Groove The Style Council 32,000

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15 08 03 Pearl In The Shell Howard Jones 30,000
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11 09 08 High Energy Evelyn Thomas 27,000
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19 10 02 Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now The Smiths 24,000

Following a performance on TOTP during which they wore “No 1” T-Shirts it’s clear to see that Wham! are enjoying being at No 1 at present, “Wake Me Up Before You Go Go” continues to impress providing a new 1984 high of 103,000 copies at the top slot. Clearly the UK public seem to have missed the group with George Michael’s only appearance in the charts this year coming with a cameo in Hazel O’Connor’s “Don’t Touch Me” video.

Their position at the top of the charts is under threat though with a new Frankie Goes To Hollywood record out this week and our next record marking the return to the charts for a certain Spandau Ballet. “Only When You Leave” has the usual Spandau credentials, written by Gary Kemp and co-produced by the band themselves and Jolly & Swain, it is the first single to be taken from the forthcoming album “Parade” which is released next month, the single is their eighth top 10 smash and is their highest debuting single as it smashes straight into the No 5 slot this week with 38,000 sales and set up an interesting chart battle next week with three of the biggest bands around in pop.

Talking of major new stars Howard Jones has had a great 84 so far with a string of hit singles and a chart topping album in “Human Lib”. Despite his last single being the first to miss the top 10 (it made No 12) he reverses that trend with “Pearl In A Shell” which triumphs 15-8 (30,000) this week. Jones is heading out on tour in the next few months if you want to catch him.

Evelyn Thomas was discovered by producer Ian Levine in 1975 - they produced several tracks scoring a couple of hits in 76 before the disco backlash kicked in and ended her career early. With the newly invigorated genre of HI-NRG music, a sub division of the dreaded disco, emerging from the gay clubs of the UK, the pair have teamed up again to give us the appropriately named “High Energy” as it slinks 11-9 (27,000)

Current indie darlings The Smiths have been getting better and better since their debut single “Hand In Glove” missed the charts. Subsequent singles peaked at No 25, and No 12 and now their fourth release “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now” does even better as it bounds 19-10 (24,000) and comes with the controversial b-side “Suffer Little Children” which has caused some comment in the tabloids regarding its theme of the Moors Murderers. The title is a pun on the 1969 Sandie Shaw single “Heaven Knows I’m Missing Him Now”, of course the group recently helped the singer score her first top 30 single in 15 years just a few weeks ago with her cover of “Hand In Glove”

One of the more interesting battles this week was over the destination of the no 2 slot with three tracks ending up just under 800 copies apart. Deniece Williams ended up retaining the runner up spot but Ultravox snapped at the heels almost overtaking as it rose 6-3 whilst Duran Duran slipped 3-4 but all sold 47,000. Hazell Dean is also rising as she moves 8-6 (33,000) and Style Council fold under the pressure as they retreat 5-7 (32,000)

https://forum.popjustice.com/thread...-by-week-1984-1985.38232/page-18#post-3588632
Chart Entries
#43 Absolute Scritti Politti
#52 Thanks For The Night The Damned
#72 Feels So Real (Won't Let Go) Patrice Rushen
#77 Tell Me Why Bobby Womack
#79 The Ghost In You The Psychedelic Furs
#81 Time After Time Cyndi Lauper
#91 Latin Electrica Latin Electrica
#92 Tell Me If You Still Care SOS Band
#94 In The River I Level
#95 Tonight Is What It Means To Be You Jim Steinman & FIre Inc
#97 Sign On The Dotted Line JB's All Stars
#99 No Time To Stop Believing Daisy Chain

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

UK Official Indie Singles Chart Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now The Smiths NEW NUMBER ONE
UK Radio Airplay Report Let's Hear It For The Boy Deniece Williams SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE


Record Mirror Magazine 09/06/84
including reviews of this week’s releases, Disco Singles Top 85, Hi-NRG Top 30, Official Singles Top 100 and Chartfile by Alan Jones


Music Week Magazine 09/06/84
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


Smash Hits Magazine 1984

No 1. Magazine 1984
including NME Singles and Albums Top 75
 
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02 01 09 Time After Time Cyndi Lauper NEW NUMBER ONE
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01 01 10 Let's Hear It For The Boy Deniece Williams
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04 03 10 Oh Sherrie Steve Perry
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05 04 08 The Reflex Duran Duran
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06 05 14 Sister Christian Night Ranger
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08 06 08 The Heart Of Rock & Roll Huey Lewis & The News
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03 01 16 Hello Lionel Richie
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09 08 12 Breakdance Irene Cara
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11 09 09 Self Control Laura Branigan
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14 10 07 Jump (For My Love) Pointer Sisters

Chart Entries
#49 Sad Songs (Say So Much) Elton John
#78 Strangers In A Strange World Jenny Burton And Patrick Jude
#79 The First Day Of Summer Tony Carey
#82 Bringin' On The Heartbreak Def Leppard
#87 The Lebanon Human League
#89 Hold Me Teddy Pendergrass With Whitney Houston

US Billboard Magazine
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Billboard Magazine 09/06/84
Billboard 200 Albums Footloose Various Artists EIGHTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE

Billboard Adult Contemporary Time After Time Cyndi Lauper SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
Billboard Dance / Disco Tracks Top 80 Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good To Be True) Jermaine Jackson & Michael Jackson NEW NUMBER ONE
Billboard Hot Soul Singles Let's Hear It For The Boy Deniece Williams SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE

US Cashbox Magazine
Cashbox Singles Chart Time After Time Cyndi Lauper NEW NUMBER ONE


US Radio & Records Magazine
Radio & Records Singles Chart Time After Time Cyndi Lauper NEW NUMBER ONE
 
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02 01 09 Against All Odds Phil Collins NEW NUMBER ONE
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01 01 16 Relax Frankie Goes To Hollywood
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04 02 12 Hello Lionel Richie
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08 04 06 Footloose Kenny Loggins
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06 05 09 To All The Girls I've Loved Before Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson
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03 03 15 Somebody's Watching Me Rockwell
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05 04 08 I Want To Break Free Queen
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07 07 08 Locomotion OMD

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09 09 06 The Reflex Duran Duran

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17 10 02 Diggi Loo Diggi Ley Herreys


Chart Entries
#40 Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now The Smiths
#43 Red Guitar David Sylvian
#45 Too Much Trouble Limahl
#59 So Tired Ozzy Osborne
#62 One Better Day Madness
#68 Self Control Laura Branigan
#72 Smalltown Boy Bronski Beat
#76 Dazzle Siouxsie & The Banshees
#79 Time After Time Cyndi Lauper
#86 Sussane Art Company
#87 Civilised Man Jow Cocker
#88 Rough Justice Bananarama
#91 Farewell My Summer Love Michael Jackson
#95 La Vallee Del Eden Nino De Angelo
#98 The Wind Beneath My Wings Lee Greenwood

European Charts
European Album Chart Thriller Michael Jackson

European Airplay Top 60 Dancing In The Dark Bruce Springsteen NEW NUMBER ONE
Europarade Singles Top 40 I Want To Break Free Queen

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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03 01 10 To All The Girls I've Loved Before Julio Iglesias & WIllie Nelson
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05 04 07 The Reflex Duran Duran
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04 01 14 Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) Phil Collins
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08 06 05 Let's Hear It For The Boy Deniece Williams
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06 05 11 They Don't Know Tracey Ullman
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07 03 16 Hold Me Now Thompson Twins
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11 09 09 Wouldn't It Be Good Nik Kershaw

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10 10 10 Breakdance Irene Cara

Chart Entries
#45 Sister Christian Night Ranger
#47 Legs ZZ Top
#48 Doctor! Doctor! Thompson Twins
#49 Magic Cars

Canada Charts
Canadian Album Chart Footloose Various Artists Soundtrack FIFTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE


RPM Magazine
 
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01 01 08 Footloose Kenny Loggins
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03 03 05 Against All Odds Phil Collins

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13 04 02 It's Just Not Cricket The Twelfth Man

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04 04 05 To All The Girls I've Loved Before Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson
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09 06 04 Time After Time Cyndi Lauper
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05 03 07 To Be Or Not To Be Mel Brooks

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11 08 03 The Reflex Duran Duran
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06 04 09 Holiday Madonna

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18 10 04 I Want To Break Free Queen


Chart Entries
#39 One Love Bob Marley & The Wailers
#45 Dancing In The Dark Bruce Springsteen
#46 Heaven (Must Be There) Eurogliders
#47 Cry Dragon
#50 Not The Loving Kind The Twins

Australian Charts

ARIA Singles Top 50 (from 26/06/88)
Australian Countdown Album Chart Throbbin' 84 Various FOURTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
 
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02 01 06 The Reflex Duran Duran THIRD WEEK AT NUMBER ONE

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03 02 03 Let's Hear It For The Boy Deniece Williams
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01 01 04 Automatic Pointer Sisters
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07 02 08 I Want To Break Free Queen

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08 06 06 One Love Bob Marley & The Wailers
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12 09 03 Love Wars Womack & Womack
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06 01 08 Against All Odds Phil Collins


Top 30 Entries
#14 Going Downtown Tonight Status Quo
#15 You're The Best Thing The Style Council
#18 Dancing With Tears In My Eyes Ultravox
#19 Infatuation Rod Stewart
#21 I'll BE Around Terri Wells
#23 Breakdance Party Break Machine
#29 Dancing In The Dark Bruce Springsteen
#30 Panama Van Halen


Irish Charts
RTE Singles Chart (search)
 
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First out of the blocks this week.
Before I reveal the HMV Retrochart - here's this week's Makers and Shakers - are these songs in your Retrochart yet?

Number 50 - new entry for Working Week and their single about Chilean Protest Singer Victor Jara "Venceremos - We will win" - lead vocals come from Tracey Thorn and Robert Wyatt
 
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SOS Band are at Number 48 this week with "Just be good to me" on it's way down from 27.
One position below at Number 49 is where their new single "Tell me if you still care" enters:
 
Number 46 - new entry for Cyndi Lauper who finally manages to get a follow up hit to "Girls just wanna have fun"! "Time after time" has taken it's...time to finally enter the HMV Retrochart this week!
 
Number 39 - New entry for Scritti Politti who return with "Absolute" - wonderful production by Arif Mardin and an interesting video inspired by Shakespear's "A midsummer night's dream" - Welcome to Summer 1984 - it's going to be a hot one!
 
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