The Popjustice Retrochart 100 - November 1984 - w/e 10/11/84

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11 13 01 09 Smooth Operator Sade
12 14 12 21 I'm So Excited Pointer Sisters
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13 15 13 04 Penny Lover Lionel Richie
14 18 14 04 When The Rain Begins To fall Jermaine Jackson & Pia Zadora
15 16 15 05 The Second Time Kim Wilde
16 35 16 02 Sexcrime (1984) Eurythmics

17 17 04 08 Why Bronski Beat
18 56 18 02 Supernatural Love Donna Summer
19 19 19 05 All Cried Out Alison Moyet

20 10 08 05 I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down Paul Young
21 09 02 11 Missing You John Waite
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22 24 10 08 Purple Rain Prince
23 22 13 05 Shout To The Top The Style Council
24 23 02 08 Blue Jean David Bowie
25 26 25 05 Gimme All Your Lovin' ZZ Top
26 50 26 06 Cover Me Bruce Springsteen
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10 Swept Away Diana Ross HIGHEST CLIMBER
28 29 28 04 Love's Great Adventure Ultravox

29 28 28 04 Highly Strung Spandau Ballet
30 20 03 15 Careless Whisper George Michael
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31 34 02 14 Dr Beat Miami Sound Machine
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32 30 30 09 Touch By Touch Diana Ross
33 32 09 22 Lucky Star Madonna
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34 46 34 04 All Through The Night Cyndi Lauper
35 45 35 03 We Belong Pat Benatar

36 25 25 15 The Glamorous Life Sheila E
37 41 13 09 Better Be Good To Me Tina Turner
38 36 36 05 Hard Habit To Break Chicago
39 27 09 10 Lost In Music (Remix) Sister Sledge
40 31 14 08 Love Kills Freddie Mercury
41 40 40 10 Strut Sheena Easton
42 42 38 08 The Medicine Song Stephanie Mills
43 114 43 01 Sounds Like A Melody Alphaville FEATURED
44 53 44 02 Warning Sign Nik Heyward

45 21 03 11 Master & Servant Depeche Mode
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46 60 46 04 Prisoner Of Love Miami Sound Machine
47 39 02 14 She Bop Cyndi Lauper
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48 48 38 18 I Can Dream About You Dan Hartman
49 55 49 06 Centipede Rebbie Jackson
50 126 50 03 Body Rock Maria Vidal FEATURED
 
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51 --- 51 01 Blasphemous Rumours / Somebody Depeche Mode FEATURED
52 38 37 06 Skin Deep The Stranglers
53 54 01 17 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jnr
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54 58 04 12 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder
55 49 49 02 The Chant Has Begun Level 42
56 67 56 03 The Belle Of St Mark Sheila E
57 44 44 04 Too Late For Goodbyes Julian Lennon
58 51 03 11 Torture Jacksons
59 57 09 11 Mother's Talk Tears For Fears
60 37 14 06 War Song Culture Club
61 66 61 04 We Are The Young Dan Hartman
62 62 62 02 Slippery People Talking Heads
63 141 63 01 The Wild Life Bananarama FEATURED

64 52 52 03 Golden Days Bucks Fizz
65 47 47 05 Listen To Your Father Feargal Sharkey
66 64 02 16 Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go) Hazell Dean
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67 --- 67 01 Boys of Summer Don Henley FEATURED
68 --- 68 01 Give The Girl A Break Dolly Dots FEATURED
69 72 69 04 Square Rooms Al Corley
70 76 70 05 Desert Moon Dennis DeYoung

71 70 01 22 What's Love Got To Do With It Tina Turner
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72 --- 72 01 Un Autre Monde Telephone FEATURED
73 33 24 08 If It Happens Again UB40
74 77 03 25 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go Wham!
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75 73 73 04 Morgane De Toi Renaud
76 65 26 07 Flesh For Fantasy Billy Idol
77 125 77 01 Forever Young Alphaville
78 78 78 02 Disparue Jean-Pierre Mader

79 79 71 09 Trick Of The Eye Dolly Dots
80 87 80 03 Morning Dew Blackfoot FEATURED
81 82 79 05 Body & Soul Mai Tai
82 84 11 30 High Energy Evelyn Thomas
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83 --- 83 01 Besoin De Rien Envie De Toi Peter & Sloane FEATURED
84 --- 84 01 Solid Ashford & Simpson
85 --- 85 01 Fotonovela Ivan
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86 81 74 06 Dancing In Berlin Berlin
87 90 87 03 I Can't Hold Back Survivor
88 86 79 11 Shine Frida
89 83 81 06 Kalimba De Luna Boney M
90 --- 90 01 In The Evening Sheryl Lee Ralph
91 75 75 02 Mickey, Donald Et Moi Douchka
92 109 92 01 Sea Of Love Honeydrippers
93 63 63 02 Back In My Arms (Once Again) Hazell Dean
94 100 94 02 Tenderness General Public
95 85 47 06 Are You Ready Break Machine
96 --- 96 01 La Fille Aux Bas Nylon Julien Clerc
97 102 53 09 The Warrior Scandal feat. Patty Smyth

98 43 43 03 This Is Mine Heaven 17
99 97 61 04 I'm So Beautiful Divine
100 80 14 16 Some Guys Have All The Luck Rod Stewart
 
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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
 
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01 01 11 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder TENTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE

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04 02 02 I Feel For You Chaka Khan
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02 02 04 Caribbean Queen / European Queen Billy Ocean
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03 03 04 Purple Rain Prince
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05 02 15 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr.
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06 05 07 Blue Jean David Bowie
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08 06 05 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go Wham!
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09 03 12 Careless Whisper George Michael
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10 03 08 Drive Cars
 
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I Feel For You Chaka Khan
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82,000
NEW NUMBER ONE

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01 01 05 Freedom Wham!
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72,000

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The Wild Boys Duran Duran 61,000

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03 02 06 No More Lonely Nights Paul McCartney 54,000
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04 03 08 Together In Electric Dreams Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder
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50,000

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Too Late For Goodbyes Julian Lennon 50,000

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The Wanderer Status Quo 45,000
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08 08 05 All Cried Out Alison Moyet 41,000
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Caribbean Queen Billy Ocean 40,000
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The Never Ending Story Limahl 32,000

In what threatened to be an interesting week in the pop charts it turned into a slightly damp squib, Chaka Khan won’t be complaining however as “I Feel For You” duly rises 2-1 to become her first No 1 single 6 years after her first hit “I’m Every Woman” though it only sold 82,000 copies. That was enough to dethrone Wham! Who slide 1-2 (72,000), their attention will turn to the album charts this week as second album “Make It Big” attempts to knock Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s “Welcome To The Pleasuredome” off the top spot after just a week. The expected challenge from Duran Duran never quite happened as they climb 5-3 (61,000) but a weak show might highlight the beginning of the end of the group as a major force, history tells us that if a Durannie record isn’t No 1 after a fortnight then it won’t get there, and saleswise the idea of one of their singles topping the 100,000 a week mark look to be a thing of the past.

The Current US chart topper arrives in the top 10 this week from Mr Billy Ocean. We haven’t seen him in the top 40 as a performer since 1977’s No 2 hit “Red Light Spells Danger” but he’s not been idle penning hit or other acts including The Nolans “Who’s Gonna Rock You” as well as pumping out the albums even if the UK public were largely unimpressed. “Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)” proves a return to form however flying 12-9 (40,000), the track is available in multiple variations depending on location, yes “European Queen” and “African Queen” are also to be heard in disco’s around the world.

Though the split was far from amicable it seems that ultimately Limahl has come out of it better than Kajagoogoo, both the group’s 1984 releases have failed to make the top 20 yet Limahl is back in the top 10 this week. His first solo single was “Only For Love” which made No 16 last year but he was looking like a has been when first “Too Much Trouble” made No 64 then debut album “Don’t Suppose” could only make No 63. However whilst promoting his debut single he was spotted by Giorgio Moroder who asked him to sing the theme to a new movie “The NeverEnding Story” which he duly obliged. It climbs 20-10 (32,000) this week to become the third Moroder track to be a top 10 track in the past few months, the man is on a roll, he also falls 4-5 (50,000) in duet with Phil Oakey.

Paul McCartney slips 3-4 (54,000) whilst the rest of the field remain stuck in the groove, Julian Lennon at No 6 (50,000), Status Quo at No 7 (45,000) and Alison Moyet at No 8 (41,000)
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Chart Entries
#29 Blasphemous Rumours / Somebody Depeche Mode
#50 Half A Minute Matt Bianco
#53 One Night In Bangkok Murray Head
#54 Respect Yourself The Kane Gang
#56 Keep On Keepin' On! Redskins
#57 How To Be A Millionaire ABC
#63 The Last Farewell Elvis Presley
#70 Never Turn Away Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
#72 Keeping Secrets Switch
#77 Eat Your Heart Out Paul Hardcastle
#78 I Forgot Cool Notes
#82 Rattlesnakes Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
#91 Send My Heart Adventures
#92 Exception Of Love Truth
#93 Big Deal Bobby G
#95 Watching You Shakatak
#98 Hypnotise Scritti Politti
#99 The World Over XTC

Further UK charts and stats can be found here.
 
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01 01 14 Caribbean Queen Billy Ocean SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
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02 01 13 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder
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03 03 06 Purple Rain Prince
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05 04 10 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go Wham!
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10 05 10 I Feel For You Chaka Khan
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12 06 07 Out Of Touch Hall & Oates
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09 07 09 Better Be Good To Me Tina Turner
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08 08 09 Blue Jean David Bowie
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04 03 15 Hard Habit To Break Chicago
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11 10 10 Desert Moon Dennis DeYoung

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#52 Born In The USA Bruce Springsteen
#54 Understanding Bob Seger
#63 The Boys Of Summer Don Henley
#79 Heaven (Must Be There) Eurogliders
#82 Call To The Heart Guiffria
#84 Supernatural Love Donna Summer
#88 Love Again John Denver And Sylvia Vartan
#89 Into The Gap Thompson Twins
#90 Solid Ashford And Simpson


Further US charts and stats can be found here.
 
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01 01 11 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder SIXTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
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02 02 11 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr.
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05 03 05 The War Song Culture Club
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03 03 14 Careless Whisper George Michael
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08 05 04 Freedom Wham!
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04 04 07 Blue Jean David Bowie
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07 07 08 Smooth Operator Sade
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13 08 08 Pride (In The Name Of Love) U2
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06 05 06 Why Bronski Beat
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12 10 07 Purple Rain Prince

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#29 The Wild Boys Duran Duran
#51 Un Autre Monde Telephone
#67 Aces High Iron Maiden
#78 Beserker Gary Numan
#81 Hard Habit To Break Chicago
#83 I Should Have Known Better Jim Diamond
#86 Golden Days Bucks Fizz
#90 If This If It Huey Lewis & The News
#93 Back In My Arms (Once Again) Hazell Dean

#96 The Chant Has Just Begun The Alarm
#97 Let It All Blow Dazz Band
100 Shooting From The Heart Cliff Richard


Further european charts and stats can be found here.
 
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01 01 06 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder FOURTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
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02 01 10 Careless Whisper George Michael
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03 02 10 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr.
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24 04 02 The War Song Culture Club

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04 04 08 Pride (In The Name Of Love) U2
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07 06 07 She Bop Cyndi Lauper
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09 07 06 We're Not Gonna Take It Twisted Sister
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05 05 10 Missing You John Waite
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08 08 07 You Think You're A Man Divine
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#21 Freedom Wham!
#36 Lucky Star Madonna
#37 Phantom Shuffle Austen Tayshus
#46 Between The Eyes The Angels
#48 I'm Only Shooting Love Time Bandits
 
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01 01 02 Besoin De Rien, Envie De Toi Peter et Sloane SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
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02 02 02 Femme Liberee Cookie Dingler
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03 03 02 Still Loving You Scorpions
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05 04 02 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder
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04 04 02 High On Emotion Chris De Burgh
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06 06 02 Hong Kong Star France Gall
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07 07 02 T'as Le Look, Coco Laroche-Valmont
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09 08 02 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr.
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10 09 02 Un Autre Monde Telephone
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49 10 02 Delire d'Amour Michel Sardou

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#15 I Want To Break Free Queen
#31 (Long Is The Road) American Jean-Jacques Goldman
#33 The War Song Culture Club
#43 Careless Whisper George Michael
#45 Comme Quand J'etais Mome Eddy Mitchell
#48 Two Tribes Frankie Goes To Hollywood
#49 Loin D'ici Michel Delpech
#50 Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) Billy Ocean
 
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First, the Makers and Shakers - are these songs in your Retrochart yet?

Number 50 - new entry for The Kane Gang who cover "Respect yourself" and filmed the Music Video in their hometown of Newcastle, UK!
 
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Number 48 - new entry for REM - they come from Athens, Georgia in the South of the USA! Their latest single is called "(Don't go back to) Rockville":
 
Number 47 - new entry for Murray Head and "One night in Bangkok" which comes from the new musical called "Chess" - the guys from Abba are involved in the the project as well!
 
Number 46 - new entry for Matt Bianco and their fourth single from their album called "Whose side are you on?" - this is called "Half a minute":
 

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