The Popjustice Retrochart 100 - March 1985 - w/e 02/03/85

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01 01 01 08 I Want To Know What Love Is Foreigner SIXTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
02 02 02 25 Careless Whisper George Michael
03 03 03 06 Easy Lover Philip Bailey & Phil Collins
04 04 04 05 Loverboy Billy Ocean
05 05 02 13 Like A Virgin Madonna
06 06 06 05 Solid Ashford & Simpson
07 08 07 05 One Night In Bangkok Murray Head
08 --- 08 01 Can't Fight This Feeling REO Speedwagon
09 10 09 02 Shout Tears For Fears
10 --- 10 01 California Girls David Lee Roth

 

01 01 01 09 I Know Him So Well Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson 92,000 FOURTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
02 05 02 14 You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) Dead Or Alive 83,000
03 02 02 08 Love & Pride King 77,000
04 03 03 09 Solid Ashford & Simpson 53,000
05 04 04 15 Dancing In The Dark Bruce Springsteen 47,000
06 09 06 06 Nightshift Commodores 45,000
07 06 06 04 Things Can Only Get Better Howard Jones 41,000
08 07 07 07 A New England Kirsty MacColl 38,000
09 27 09 02 Let's Go Crazy / Take Me With U Prince 34,000
10 08 08 15 Close (To The Edit) Art Of Noise 30,000

Chart Entries
#22 Kiss Me Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy
#24 Material Girl Madonna
#30 Breaking Up My Heart Shakin' Stevens
#48 Absolute Reality The Alarm
#52 Never Understand The Jesus & Mary Chain
#63 Breaking Hearts (Ain't What It Used To Be) Elton John
#66 The Heat Is On Glenn Frey
#67 No Fool (For Love) Hazell Dean
#72 No. 1 Rat Fan Roland Rat Superstar
#74 I Can't Stand The Rain Tina Turner
#75 More Than I Can Bear (Remix) Matt Bianco
#79 Back In Stride Maze feat. Frankie Beverly
#86 Temptation Joan Armatrading
#96 Hero Takes A Fall Bangles
#97 Freaks Come Out At Night Whodini
#98 In The Sand I Level
#99 Dempsey & Makepeace Theme South Bank Orchestra
100 Can't Fight This Feeling REO Speedwagon

Further UK charts and stats can be found here.

 

01 01 01 11 Careless Whisper George Michael THIRD WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
02 04 02 07 Can't Fight This Feeling REO Speedwagon
03 08 03 07 California Girls David Lee Roth
04 07 04 13 The Heat Is On Glenn Frey
05 02 02 14 Loverboy Billy Ocean
06 06 06 15 Neutron Dance Pointer Sisters
07 05 01 13 I Want To Know What Love Is Foreigner
08 03 02 15 Easy Lover Phillip Bailey & Phil Collins
09 10 09 11 Sugar Walls Sheena Easton
10 11 10 11 The Old Man Down The Road John Fogerty

Chart News
#55 Crazy For You Madonna
#80 One Night In Bangkok Robey
#83 Smooth Operator Sade
#86 Change John Waite
#89 You Send Me Manhattans
#93 Scientific Love Midnight Star

Further US charts and stats can be found here.

 

01 01 01 12 Like A Virgin Madonna FOURTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
02 03 02 09 I Want To Know What Love Is Foreigner
03 02 02 09 Do They Know Its Christmas Band Aid
04 09 04 05 Sussudio Phil Collins
05 13 05 11 The Power Of Love Frankie Goes To Hollywood
06 14 06 07 Solid Ashford & Simpson
07 04 01 25 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr.
08 07 06 10 Shout Tears For Fears
09 06 06 13 One Night In Bangkok Murray Head
10 05 04 09 Everything She Wants / Last Christmas Wham!

Chart Entries
#41 Method Of Modern Love Hall & Oates
#55 Let's Go Crazy / Take Me With You Prince & The Revolution
#68 Let's Dance Tonight Pia Zadora
#78 Theme From Shaft Eddie & The Soul Band
#86 Delirio Mind Scotch
#88 Peur Jean Luc Lahaye
#96 Save A Prayer Duran Duran
100 Legs ZZ Top

Further european charts and stats can be found here.

 

01 02 01 18 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr. FIFTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
02 01 01 18 When The Rain Begins To Fall Jermaine Jackson & Pia Zadora
03 03 03 09 Square Rooms Al Corley
04 05 04 04 One Night In Bangkok Murray Head
05 08 05 11 Fotonovela Ivan
06 07 01 18 Besoin De Rien, Envie De Toi Peter et Sloane
07 04 03 17 Careless Whisper George Michael
08 --- 08 01 Johnny Johnny Jeanne Mas
09 12 09 06 Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty Four) Eurythmics
10 10 08 09 Like A Virgin Madonna

Chart Entries
#14 Le bal masque La Compagnie Creole
#20 The Wild Boys Duran Duran
#36 Calypso France Gall
#50 The Never Ending Story Limahl

 

01 01 01 09 Shout Tears For Fears FIFTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
02 02 02 04 This Is Not America David Bowie & Pat Metheny Group
03 03 03 04 Ik meen't Andre Hazes
04 04 02 10 Easy Lover Philip Bailey & Phil Collins
05 06 05 12 I Want To Know What Love Is Foreigner
06 05 04 07 Do What You Do Jermaine Jackson
07 07 07 07 Loverboy Billy Ocean
08 11 08 04 Just Another Night Mick Jagger
09 10 09 02 Sharp Dressed Man ZZ Top
10 18 10 02 Nightshift Commodores

Chart Entries
#17 Save A Prayer Duran Duran
#22 Let's Go Crazy Prince & The Revolution
#24 Slippery People (Live) Talking Heads
#39 Just Can't Get Enough (Live) Depeche Mode
#41 Let's Talk About Me The Alan Parsons Project
#42 Als het anker het houdt, wint het schip van de storm Peter Koelewijn & Marga
#49 Breakfast The Associates

 

01 01 01 07 I Want To Know What Love Is Foreigner THIRD WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
02 13 02 05 Born In The USA Bruce Springsteen
03 03 03 11 Last Christmas Wham!
04 02 01 10 Do They Know It's Christmas Band Aid
05 09 05 07 Ti Amo Laura Branigan
06 05 05 10 Sexcrime (1984) Eurythmics
07 16 07 05 One Night In Bangkok Murray Head
08 21 08 03 Everything She Wants Wham!
09 06 06 06 The Riddle Nik Kershaw
10 08 08 07 Never Ending Story Limahl

Chart Entries
#22 Shout TEARS FOR FEARS
#39 Just Another Night MICK JAGGER
#40 Neutron Dance POINTER SISTERS
#48 Loverboy BILLY OCEAN

 

Reserved

 

TW LW Artist - Title

01 NE Tears For Fears - Shout
02 01 Limahl - The NeverEnding Story
03 NE Prince & The Revolution - I Would Die 4 U
04 NE France Gall - Calypso
05 02 Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Forest Fire

06 NE Jeanne Mas - Johnny, Johnny
07 04 Philip Bailey & Phil Collins - Easy Lover
08 NE Nik Kershaw - The Riddle
09 NE Modern Talking - You're My Heart, You're My Soul
10 NE La Compagnie Créole - Le Bal Masqué

11 05 Phil Collins - Sussudio
12 03 Nana Mouskouri - L'Amour En Héritage
13 08 Village People - Sex Over The Phone
14 06 Level 42 - Hot Water
15 07 Bryan Adams - Run To You

16 NE Paul Collins' Beat - All Over The World
17 09 Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)
18 12 Kimera & The Operaiders - The Lost Opera
19 10 Valerie Dore - The Night
20 11 Pointer Sisters - Neutron Dance

21 13 Time Capsule - Night Life Fashion
22 14 Glenn Frey - Sexy Girl
23 16 John Fogerty - The Old Man Down The Road
24 18 Michel Polnareff - Viens Te Faire Chahuter
25 19 Foreigner - I Want to Know What Love Is

26 20 P.Lion - Dream
27 15 UB40 - If It Happens Again
28 21 Eurythmics - Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty·Four)
29 22 Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson - I Know Him So Well
30 23 The Bluebells - Young At Heart

31 24 Haywoode - I Can't Let You Go
32 25 Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder - Together in Electric Dreams
33 17 Leonard Cohen - Dance Me To The End Of Love
34 26 Stevie Wonder - Love Light In Flight
35 27 Julien Clerc - Mélissa

36 28 Dazz Band - Let It All Blow
37 29 Vivien Savage - La P'tite Lady
38 30 Chantal Goya - Pandi-Panda
39 31 Den Harrow - A Taste Of Love
40 32 Kool & the Gang - Fresh

41 33 Peter Brown - (Love Is Just) The Game
42 34 RAF - Change Your Mind
43 35 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love
44 36 Vicious Pink - Cccan't You See
45 37 Bernie Lyon - Tonight

46 39 Serge Gainsbourg - Love On The Beat
47 41 Daryl Hall & John Oates - Out Of Touch
48 40 Duran Duran - The Wild Boys
49 42 Bolland - Imagination
50 38 Lionel Richie - Penny Lover

Release information
09 Modern Talking - You're My Heart, You're My Soul [German charts]
16 All Over The World by Paul Collins' Beat, new at number 85 in the French Airplay Chart on February 24, 1985.[Discogs]

 

The Retrochart star this week is Phil Collins - latest single is "Sussudio"

 

Here comes this week's Makers and Shakers - are these songs in your Retrochart yet?

Number 50 - new entry for Phyllis Nelson and the smoochy "Move Closer":

 

Number 49 - new entry for The Bangles who hail from California, USA - the single is called "Hero takes a fall":

 

REO Speedwagon had two Retrochart hits in 1981 and then nothing (although they continue to have hits in their native USA) But now they're back in the Retrochart with "Can't fight this feeling anymore" - a new entry at Number 48: