The Popjustice Retrochart 100 - October 1984 - w/e 20/10/84

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11 20 09 07 Lost In Music (Remix) Sister Sledge
12 08 03 12 Careless Whisper George Michael

13 27 13 02 Shout To The Top The Style Council
14 22 14 05 Love Kills Freddie Mercury
15 17 15 02 Out Of Touch Hall & Oates
16 19 16 05 Together In Electric Dreams Phil Oakey & Giorgio Moroder
17 11 10 05 Purple Rain Prince
18 14 14 03 War Song Culture Club
19 34 19 02 I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down Paul Young
20 61 20 02 The Second Time Kim Wilde HIGHCLIMBER
21 15 10 06 Pride (In The Name Of Love) U2
22 28 22 02 All Cried Out Alison Moyet
23 16 15 05 Hammer To Fall Queen
24 26 24 05 If It Happens Again UB40
25 18 02 11 She Bop Cyndi Lauper

26 30 26 03 Cover Me Bruce Springsteen
27 12 02 11 Dr Beat Miami Sound Machine

28 --- 28 01 Highly Strung Spandau Ballet FEATURED
29 31 09 19 Lucky Star Madonna

30 48 30 04 Never Ending Story Limahl
31 25 18 06 Human Racing Nik Kershaw
32 29 26 04 Flesh For Fantasy Billy Idol
33 158 33 01 Penny Lover Lionel Richie FEATURED
34 90 34 02 Gimme All Your Lovin' ZZ Top HIGHEST CLIMBER FEATURED
35 23 01 14 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jnr

36 35 34 12 The Glamorous Life Sheila E
37 21 01 19 What's Love Got To Do With It Tina Turner

38 41 38 03 Skin Deep The Stranglers
39 164 39 01 When The Rain Begins To fall Jermaine Jackson & Pia Zadora FEATURED
40 54 32 18 I'm So Excited Pointer Sisters

41 24 03 08 Torture Jacksons
42 36 23 11 There Goes My Baby Donna Summer
43 33 08 18 Love Resurrection Alison Moyet

44 52 13 06 Better Be Good To Me Tina Turner
45 44 44 05 All You Pretty Girls XTC
46 13 04 09 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder
47 --- 47 01 Love's Great Adventure Ultravox FEATURED
48 47 48 05 The Medicine Song Stephanie Mills
49 39 09 21 Smalltown Boy Bronski Beat

50 42 42 04 East Of Eden Big Country

 

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51 49 02 13 Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go) Hazell Dean

52 50 43 06 Touch By Touch Diana Ross
53 40 40 05 Apollo 9 Adam Ant
54 66 54 02 Listen To Your Father Feargal Sharkey
55 58 55 07 Strut Sheena Easton
56 53 44 07 Swept Away Diana Ross
57 149 57 01 Too Late For Goodbyes Julian Lennon FEATURED
58 73 58 03 Centipede Rebbie Jackson
59 65 59 02 Weekend Girl SOS Band
60 62 11 27 High Energy Evelyn Thomas

61 --- 61 01 I'm So Beautiful Divine FEATURED
62 56 53 07 The Warrior Scandal feat. Patty Smyth
63 60 02 19 Eyes Without A Face Billy Idol

64 155 64 01 All Through The Night Cyndi Lauper FEATURED
65 59 11 13 Big In Japan Alphaville
66 63 17 17 I Need You Pointer Sisters
67 38 34 07 Tesla Girls OMD
68 32 13 08 Hot Water Level 42
69 64 01 21 Jump (For My Love) Pointer Sisters

70 46 03 22 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go Wham!

71 69 42 07 All I Need Is Everything Aztec Camera
72 140 72 01 Square Rooms Al Corley FEATURED
73 71 14 13 Some Guys Have All The Luck Rod Stewart
74 76 44 06 Precious little Diamond Fox The Fox
75 80 75 02 Comme Quand J'Etais Mome Eddy Mitchell
76 75 02 22 Cruel Summer Bananarama

77 78 71 06 Trick Of The Eye Dolly Dots
78 --- 78 01 Morgane De Toi Renaud FEATURED
79 81 79 02 Body & Soul Mai Tai
80 45 33 08 Tinseltown In The Rain The Blue Nile
81 106 81 01 We Are The Young Dan Hartman
82 92 82 03 Dancing In Berlin Berlin
83 88 83 03 Kalimba De Luna Boney M
84 85 79 08 Shine Frida
85 82 14 15 Down On The Street Shakatak
86 98 86 02 Desert Moon Dennis DeYoung
87 84 81 06 Lucky One Laura Branigan
88 86 86 04 Are We Ourselves Fixx
89 79 72 09 When You Close Your Eyes Night Ranger
90 91 85 06 Land Of Hunger Earons
91 99 91 02 Hard Habit To Break Chicago
92 --- 47 03 Are You Ready Break Machine
93 96 93 04 Bop Til You Drop Rick Springfield
94 95 86 05 80s Romance The Belle Stars
95 97 53 05 Sunglasses Tracey Ullman
96 83 01 18 When Doves Cry Prince

97 103 97 01 Body Rock Maria Vidal
98 --- 38 15 I Can Dream About You Dan Hartman
99 --- 99 01 Prisoner Of Love Miami Sound Machine
100 --- 100 01 Survivor Mike Francis

 

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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

 

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01 01 08 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder SEVENTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
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02 02 12 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr.
03

03 03 05 Drive Cars
04

--- 04 01 Caribbean Queen / European Queen Billy Ocean
05

--- 05 01 Freedom Wham!
06

07 06 04 Blue Jean David Bowie
07

05 05 08 Missing You John Waite
08

--- 08 01 Purple Rain Prince
09

04 01 13 What's Love Got To Do With It Tina Turner
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09 03 10 Careless Whisper George Michael

 

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03 01 02 Freedom Wham!

114,000 NEW NUMBER ONE
02

01 01 09 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder

88,000
03

02 02 03 The War Song Culture Club

72,000
04

06 04 03 No More Lonely Nights Paul McCartney 63,000
05

09 05 05 Together In Electric Dreams Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder 58,000
06

05 05 04 Drive Cars 53,000
07

13 07 02 Shout To The Top Style Council 48,000
08

04 02 09 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jnr

42,000
09

20 09 02 I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down Paul Young 40,000
10

16 10 04 Missing You John Waite 36,000

After six weeks of dominance Stevie Wonder is bounced off the top slot this week despite selling 88,000, the track will sell its 1,400,000th copy this week which is an achievement in any year but in 1984 only gives it third place on the YTD charts. It’s replaced by Wham!’s “Freedom” which sprints from 3-1 on sales of 114,000, it means that every other No 1 single since May has been at least co-written by George Michael, an amazing feat to say the least. Of course it is the duo’s second No 1 single on the trot and during interviews last week they confirmed that they will be issuing a Christmas track which sets up an interesting battle with Frankie Goes To Hollywood for the festive chart topper. Interestingly no promo has been made for “Freedom” with the band busy in the US at present where “Wake Me Up” has become a major hit and is climbing inside the top 20 at present.

Paul Weller isn’t letting up as he fires out another top 10 single for The Style Council, “Shout To The Top” had a typically high debut at No 13 last week and now rises to No 7 (48,000). It’s the seventh single to be released under the Style Council moniker and is the fifth single to hit the upper reaches of the chart though it should be noted that no single has peaked lower than No 11.

Originally recorded by Ann Peebles back in 1972, Paul Young returns to the fray with “I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down”. Popularly reported in the press, Young has had some issues with his throat which have resulted in his second album being pushed back to after Christmas, there seems to be an unaffected fanbase though as the track leaps 20-9 (40,000)

A US chart topper last month, former The babys vocalist John Waite now has a UK hit on his hands with “Missing You” which climbs here 16-10 (36,000). His former group had only one hit over here “Isn’t It Time” which peaked at the giddy heights of No 45 though it was a top 20 smash over the pond.

In other top 10 news it’s happy days for Paul McCartney who surges 6-4 (63,000) as he pursues his second chart topper of 1984, and Phil Oakey & Girogio Moroder who chase him 9-5 (58,000). Not so good tidings for Culture Club who fall back 2-3 (72,000), The Cars who ebb 5-6 (53,000) and Ray Parker Jr who delves 4-8 (42,000)

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Chart Entries
#22 I Feel For You Chaka Khan
#23 Love's Great Adventure Ultravox
#25 Highly Strung Spandau Ballet
#36 Penny Lover Lionel Richie
#49 Walk Away Sisters Of Mercy
#58 I'm So Beautiful Divine
#60 Who Wears These Shoes? Elton John
#66 Out Of Touch Daryl Hall & John Oates
#69 Don't Stop Jeffrey Osborne
#78 I Wish You Would Jocelyn Brown
#80 Welcome David Essex
#84 If This Is It Huey lewis & The News
#89 Frantic Situation Afrika Bambaataa
#91 Hollow Horse Icicle Works
#93 I Wanna Rock Twisted Sister
#95 Boys In The Street Eddy Grant
#98 Prisoner Of Love Miami Sound Machine
#99 In The Name Of Love Ralph MacDonald
100 Heartbeat Psychedelic Furs

Further UK charts and stats can be found here.

 

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01 01 10 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
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06 02 11 Caribbean Queen Billy Ocean
03

04 03 12 Hard Habit To Break Chicago
04

05 04 09 Lucky Star Madonna
05

02 01 12 Let's Go Crazy Prince & The Revolution
06

03 03 12 Drive Cars
07

08 07 11 Cover Me Bruce Springsteen
08

12 08 10 On The Dark Side John Cafferty And The Beaver Brown Band
09

18 09 03 Purple Rain Prince
10

13 10 12 I'm So Excited Pointer Sisters

Chart Entries
#53 Walking On A Thin Line Huey Lewis And The News
#61 Tears John Waite
#64 Valotte Julian Lennon
#69 Hands Tied Scandal Featuring Patty Smyth
#79 Two Tribes Frankie Goes To Hollywood
#80 I Wanna Rock Twisted Sister
#83 Edge Of A Dream Joe Cocker
#88 All I Need Jack Wagner
#89 Sex Shooter Apollonia 6
#90 Satisfied Man Molly Hatchet

Further US charts and stats can be found here.

 

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01 01 08 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder THIRD WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
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02 02 08 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr.
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03 03 11 Careless Whisper George Michael
04

04 04 04 Blue Jean David Bowie
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07 05 07 Master & Servant Depeche Mode
06

09 06 04 Why Bronski Beat
07

05 03 23 High Energy Evelyn Thomas
08

10 08 16 To France Mike Oldfield
09

08 05 10 Big In Japan Alphaville
10

27 10 04 Love Kills Freddie Mercury

Chart Entries
#25 Freedom Wham!
#46 Shout To The Top Style Council
#52 I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down Paul Young
#69 All Cried Out Alison Moyet
#81 Too Late For Goodbyes Julian Lennon
#90 Gimme All Your Lovin' ZZ Top
#98 Gotta Get You Home Tonite Eugene Wild

Further european charts and stats can be found here.

 

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02 01 03 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder NEW NUMBER ONE
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01 01 07 Careless Whisper George Michael
03

03 02 07 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr.
04

04 04 05 Pride (In The Name Of Love) U2
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05 05 07 Missing You John Waite
06

08 05 20 Dancing In The Dark Bruce Springsteen
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07 07 07 Legs ZZ Top
08

06 01 11 What's Love Got To Do With It Tina Turner
09

09 09 06 Passengers Elton John
10

12 10 05 Let's Go Crazy Prince

Chart Entries
#35 Madame Butterfly Malcolm McLaren
#42 Soul Kind Of Feeling Dynamic Hepnotics
#49 The Glamorous Life Sheila E
#50 The Lucky One Laura Branigan

 

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My Retrochart should be up tomorrow at some point. Can "Purple Rain" make it three weeks?

 

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I've fallen way behind, but I will try and catch up.

 

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First out of the blocks this week then, here are this week's Makers and Shakers - are these songs in your Retrochart yet?

Number 49 - new entry for Huey Lewis and the News who have yet to crack the Mainstream UK Top 40, despite having had three charting singles on the HMV Retrochart already - and two of those were Top Ten hits!
Their fourth single from their current album "Sports" is called "If this is it":

 

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Number 48 - new entry for Divine with "I'm so beautiful":

 

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Number 46 - new entry for Miami Sound Machine who return with "Prisoner of love":