The Popjustice Retrochart 100 - October 1984 - w/e 27/10/84

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11 07 01 07 Smooth Operator Sade
12 08 04 06 Why Bronski Beat
13 05 02 06 Blue Jean David Bowie
14 13 13 03 Shout To The Top The Style Council
15 09 03 09 Master & Servant Depeche Mode
16 20 16 03 The Second Time Kim Wilde
17 12 03 13 Careless Whisper George Michael
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18 30 18 05 Never Ending Story Limahl
19 33 19 02 Penny Lover Lionel Richie

20 17 10 06 Purple Rain Prince
21 39 21 02 When The Rain Begins To fall Jermaine Jackson & Pia Zadora
22 22 22 03 All Cried Out Alison Moyet

23 18 14 04 War Song Culture Club
24 14 14 06 Love Kills Freddie Mercury
25 11 09 08 Lost In Music (Remix) Sister Sledge
26 24 24 06 If It Happens Again UB40
27 26 26 04 Cover Me Bruce Springsteen
28 40 28 19 I'm So Excited Pointer Sisters
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29 36 29 13 The Glamorous Life Sheila E

30 25 02 12 She Bop Cyndi Lauper
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31 23 15 06 Hammer To Fall Queen
32 34 32 03 Gimme All Your Lovin' ZZ Top
33 27 02 12 Dr Beat Miami Sound Machine
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34 29 09 20 Lucky Star Madonna
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35 28 28 02 Highly Strung Spandau Ballet
36 47 36 02 Love's Great Adventure Ultravox
37 38 37 04 Skin Deep The Stranglers
38 48 38 06 The Medicine Song Stephanie Mills

39 37 01 20 What's Love Got To Do With It Tina Turner
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40 35 01 15 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jnr
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41 44 13 07 Better Be Good To Me Tina Turner
42 98 38 16 I Can Dream About You Dan Hartman
43 41 03 09 Torture Jacksons
44 46 04 10 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder
45 45 44 06 All You Pretty Girls XTC
46 57 46 02 Too Late For Goodbyes Julian Lennon
47 54 47 03 Listen To Your Father Feargal Sharkey
48 --- 48 01 This Is Mine Heaven 17 HIGHEST NEW ENTRY FEATURED

49 117 34 08 Madame Butterfly Malcolm McLaren
50 49 09 22 Smalltown Boy Bronski Beat
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51 58 51 04 Centipede Rebbie Jackson
52 64 52 02 All Through The Night Cyndi Lauper
53 --- 53 01 We Belong Pat Benatar FEATURED

54 42 23 12 There Goes My Baby Donna Summer
55 51 02 14 Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go) Hazell Dean
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56 50 42 05 East Of Eden Big Country
57 55 55 08 Strut Sheena Easton
58 60 11 28 High Energy Evelyn Thomas
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59 52 43 07 Touch By Touch Diana Ross
60 129 60 01 Crazy Five Star FEATURED
61 56 44 08 Swept Away Diana Ross
62 --- 62 01 Golden Days Bucks Fizz FEATURED
63 32 26 05 Flesh For Fantasy Billy Idol
64 99 64 02 Prisoner Of Love Miami Sound Machine FEATURED
65 62 53 08 The Warrior Scandal feat. Patty Smyth
66 91 66 03 Hard Habit To Break Chicago FEATURED
67 81 67 02 We Are The Young Dan Hartman
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68 67 34 08 Tesla Girls OMD
69 63 02 20 Eyes Without A Face Billy Idol
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70 73 14 14 Some Guys Have All The Luck Rod Stewart
71 70 03 23 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go Wham!
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72 72 72 02 Square Rooms Al Corley
73 78 73 02 Morgane De Toi Renaud
74 82 74 04 Dancing In Berlin Berlin FEATURED

75 77 71 07 Trick Of The Eye Dolly Dots
76 74 44 07 Precious little Diamond Fox The Fox
77 86 77 03 Desert Moon Dennis DeYoung FEATURED
78 121 78 01 The Belle Of St Mark Sheila E FEATURED
79 79 79 03 Body & Soul Mai Tai

80 66 17 18 I Need You Pointer Sisters
81 83 81 04 Kalimba De Luna Boney M
82 76 02 23 Cruel Summer Bananarama
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83 84 79 09 Shine Frida
84 69 01 22 Jump (For My Love) Pointer Sisters
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85 43 08 19 Love Resurrection Alison Moyet
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86 75 75 03 Comme Quand J'Etais Mome Eddy Mitchell
87 93 87 05 Bop Til You Drop Rick Springfield
88 65 11 14 Big In Japan Alphaville
89 92 47 04 Are You Ready Break Machine
90 88 86 05 Are We Ourselves Fixx
91 90 85 07 Land Of Hunger Earons
92 61 61 02 I'm So Beautiful Divine
93 94 86 06 80s Romance The Belle Stars
94 95 53 06 Sunglasses Tracey Ullman
95 110 95 01 I Can't Hold Back Survivor
96 106 96 01 Who Wears These Shoes Elton John

97 96 01 19 When Doves Cry Prince
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98 107 98 01 Girl In Trouble Romeo Void
99 97 97 02 Body Rock Maria Vidal
100 111 100 01 Morning Dew Blackfoot
 
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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
 
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01 01 09 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder EIGHTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE

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02 02 13 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr.
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04 03 02 Caribbean Queen / European Queen Billy Ocean
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05 04 02 Freedom Wham!
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06 05 05 Blue Jean David Bowie
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08 06 02 Purple Rain Prince
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03 03 06 Drive Cars

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09 01 14 What's Love Got To Do With It Tina Turner
 
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01 01 03 Freedom Wham!
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107,000 SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE

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04 02 04 No More Lonely Nights Paul McCartney 79,000
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05 03 06 Together In Electric Dreams Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder 71,000
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I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder
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22 05 02
I Feel For You Chaka Khan 57,000
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03 02 04 The War Song Culture Club
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55,000

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06 05 05 Drive Cars 53,000

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12 08 03 All Cried Out Alison Moyet 41,000
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10 09 05 Missing You John Waite 39,000
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07 07 03 Shout To The Top Style Council 34,000
Wham! Show little sign of relaxing the pace with only a slight decline to 107,000 to remain at the No 1 spot this week. In the US the band climb to No 6 with “Wake Me Up” which becomes their first top 10 hit over there, an important milestone for the group who profess they want to be as big as Culture Club and Duran Duran who have of course both reached No 1 there this year.

Written by Prince originally as a demo for Patrice Rushen, “I Feel For You” was then recorded by the man himself on his 1979 self- titled debut before being covered by Pointer Sisters back in 1982. It’s back now in a version by Chaka Khan who has seen something of a revival this year after “Ain’t Nobody” became a top 10 hit earlier in 1984, she has some pretty impressive help on the track with a harmonica part courtesy of Stevie Wonder and a rap performed by Melle Mel, the video boasts dancers from the movie “Breakin” which of course helped to make a hit of “Ain’t Nobody”. The track bounds 22-5 (57,000) to become her biggest UK hit to date.

The debut solo album is just 3 weeks away but at least now Moyet can boast of two top 10 singles from her first two singles with “All Cried Out” soaring 12-8 (41,000). It is co-written by Jolley & Swain who don’t seem to have lost the magic touch though the recent Bananarama record could only make No 23.

Paul McCartney is the runner up this week moving 4-2 (79,000) but his concentration will doubtless be on the film “Give My Regards to Broad Street” which is out this week along with the soundtrack which goes head to head with the third Culture Club album “Waking Up With The House On Fire”, their single “The War Song” slips 3-6 (55,000). Chasing McCartney hard Phil Oakey & Giorgio Moroder move 5-3 (71,000) and John Waite shimmies 10-9 (39,000).

Moving in reverse are Stevie Wonder 2-4 (62,000) who features on two tracks in the top 5 and now has the third best selling single of the 80s as “I Just Called To Say I Love You” overtakes “Karma Chameleon”. Also dropping are The Cars 6-7 (47,000) and Style Council 7-10 (34,000).

https://forum.popjustice.com/thread...-by-week-1984-1985.38232/page-29#post-3616068
Chart Entries
#23 The Wanderer Status Quo
#44 I'm So Excited The Pointer Sisters
#46 This Is Mine Heaven 17
#47 The Thorn (EP) Siouxsie & The Banshees
#56 Golden Days Bucks Fizz
#60 Hard Habit To Break Chicago
#62 If This Is It Huey Lewis & The News
#63 Helpless Tracey Ullman
#68 I Won't Run Away Alvin Stardust
#70 International Brass Construction
#71 When The Rain Begins To Fall Jermaine Jackson & Pia Zadora
#74 Lean Period Orange Juice
#76 Off And On Love Champaign
#79 Phew Wow Farmers Boys
#83 I Should Have Known Better Jim Diamond
#87 I'm Warning You Gayle Adams
#89 Since Yesterday Strawberry Switchblade
#90 Rock The Box Sylvester
#92 Can The Rhythm Girl Talk
#93 Slippery People Talking Heads
#94 I Choose You Paris
#96 The Glamorous Life Sheila E
#98 Here She Comes Bonnie Tyler

Further UK charts and stats can be found here.
 
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01 01 11 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder THIRD WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
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02 02 12 Caribbean Queen Billy Ocean
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03 03 13 Hard Habit To Break Chicago
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09 04 04 Purple Rain Prince
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04 04 10 Lucky Star Madonna
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13 06 08 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go Wham!
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08 07 11 On The Dark Side John Cafferty And The Beaver Brown Band
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05 01 13 Let's Go Crazy Prince & The Revolution
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10 09 13 I'm So Excited Pointer Sisters
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14 10 10 Some Guys Have All The Luck Rod Stewart

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#45 We Belong Pat Benatar
#60 Hello Again Cars
#62 I Do'Wanna Know REO Speedwagon
#64 Do What You Do Jermaine Jackson
#66 Body Jacksons
#70 Stranger In Town Toto
#78 All Night Long Billy Squier
#83 Hot For Teacher Van Halen
#85 (Pride) In The Name Of Love U2
#88 Jungle Love Time
#89 The Belle Of St Mark Sheila E


Further US charts and stats can be found here.
 
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01 01 09 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder FOURTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
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02 02 09 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr.
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03 03 12 Careless Whisper George Michael
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04 04 05 Blue Jean David Bowie
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06 05 05 Why Bronski Beat
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05 05 08 Master & Servant Depeche Mode
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07 03 24 High Energy Evelyn Thomas
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11 08 11 Dr Beat Miami Sound Machine
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12 09 06 Smooth Operator Sade
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22 10 03 The War Song Culture Club


Chart Entries
#34 I Feel For You Chaka Khan
#37 The Second Time Kim Wilde
#58 Hong Kong Star France Gall
#59 Love's Great Adventure Ultravox
#63 Highly Strung Spandau Ballet
#64 Caribbean Queen / European Queen Billy Ocean
#76 Penny Lover Lionel Richie
#83 Forever Young Alphaville
#85 When The Rain Begins To Fall Jermaine Jackson & Pia Zadora
#86 Listen To Your Father Fergal Sharkey

#89 Ne Tuez Pas La Liberte Johnny Halliday
#93 Besoin De Rein, Envie De Toi Peter Et Sloana
#97 A Cause De Toi Corynne Charby
#98 Walk Away Sisters Of Mercy
#99 Sunglasses At Night Corey Hart


Further european charts and stats can be found here.
 
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01 01 04 I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
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02 01 08 Careless Whisper George Michael
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03 02 08 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr.
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04 04 06 Pride (In The Name Of Love) U2
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05 05 08 Missing You John Waite
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07 06 08 Legs ZZ Top
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06 05 21 Dancing In The Dark Bruce Springsteen
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15 08 05 You Think You're A Man Divine
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11 09 05 She Bop Cyndi Lauper
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#28 Searchin' (I Gotta Find A Man) Hazell Dean
#35 Like To Get To Know You Well Howard Jones
#40 Better Be Good To Me Tina Turner
#43 I'll Fly For You Spandau Ballet
#46 Lights Out Peter Wolf
#48 The Warrior Scandal feat Patty Smyth
#50 Rock Me Tonite Billy Squier
 
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Record Mirror mentioning the new Dead Or Alive single due for release on 5 November…… I wonder if it’ll be any good?

Also noticed Nick Kamen modelling for C&A in the latest Smash Hits!
 
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Here are this week's Makers and Shakers in the HMV Retrochart:

Number 49 - new entry for the brilliant Sylvester and "Rock the box" - recently made "Single of the Fortnight" by Smash Hits Reviewer Neil Tennett!
 

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