The Popjustice Retrochart 100 - September 1984 - w/e 22/09/84

[phoenix123]

Entry: 01/09/84
Chart run: 21-15-11-07

@cityofdoomsday N/A
@Epic Chocolat N/A
@Eric Generic #2

4
@Hairycub1969 #4

5
@phoenix123 #4

5
@WoW73 N/A

Depeche Mode return with their tenth consecutive top ten hit! Only their debut Dreaming Of Me missed out stalling at #33. They have had one chart topper and three runners up. Can this go all the way? They also move into the UK top ten 11-9 this week.

 

[phoenix123]

Entry: 26/05/84
Chart run: 193-189-188-37-29-15-06-05-05-04-01-01-01-01-06-02-05-06

@cityofdoomsday #19

14
@Epic Chocolat #25

20
@Eric Generic OUT
@Hairycub1969 OUT
@phoenix123 #35

23
@WoW73 #20

12

Tina relinquishes the summit in the US this week in favour of John Waite Missing You (which moves 54-46 on the retrochart this week). It continues a gentle decline here but tumbles 27-40 in the UK.

 

[phoenix123]

Entry: 18/08/84
Chart run: 208-41-30-27-08-05

@cityofdoomsday #26

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@Epic Chocolat #30

30
@Eric Generic N/A
@Hairycub1969 #18

22
@phoenix123 #7

9
@WoW73 N/A

Stevie notches up a third week at UK #1 and vaults into the US top ten moving 18-9 this week. It's also climbing here - steady gains across the board. I'm sure this is set to become a Popjustice classic!

 

[phoenix123]

Entry: 04/08/84
Chart run: 22-10-04-04-05-05-04-04

@cityofdoomsday N/A
@Epic Chocolat N/A
@Eric Generic #37

24
@Hairycub1969 #2

1
@phoenix123 #2

1
@WoW73 #37

37

George remains at a peak of #4 for a fourth week in total, slipping 2-3 in the UK. In the US Wham!'s last single Wake Me Up Before You Go Go remains the focus moving 59-48.

 

[phoenix123]

Entry: 18/08/84
Chart run: 186-163-43-13-07-03

@cityofdoomsday #6

9
@Epic Chocolat N/A
@Eric Generic #14

21
@Hairycub1969 #28

40
@phoenix123 N/A
@WoW73 #26

26

I didn't see this coming. The Jacksons jump 7-3 this week with their first top three hit thanks to simultaneous transatlantic success. It remains stuck at UK #26 for a second week but edges into the US top twenty 22-19.

The video is….. an experience.

 

[phoenix123]

Entry: 04/08/84
Chart run: 201-71-28-19-04-03-02-02

@cityofdoomsday N/A
@Epic Chocolat N/A
@Eric Generic #33

19
@Hairycub1969 #6

3
@phoenix123 #11

6
@WoW73 #10

10

Their debut hit remains stuck at #2 but nudges up 7-6 this week in the UK!

 

[phoenix123]

Entry: 16/06/84
Chart run: 181-155-118-116-101-97-64-69-54-23-09-08-01-01-01

@cityofdoomsday #35

23
@Epic Chocolat #5

6
@Eric Generic #6

6
@Hairycub1969 #7

9
@phoenix123 #5

8
@WoW73 OUT

40

Ray Parker Jnr retains a significant, if reduced, lead this week to score a third week at #1. It climbs 3-2 in the UK this week while leaving the US top ten 9-14.

 

[Eric Generic]

Tina relinquishes the summit in the US this week in favour of John Waite Missing You (which moves 54-46 on the retrochart this week).

Tina later covers Missing You by John Waite
"54-46" was its chart run that week, and the title of a minor hit single by Aswad
Aswad had a #1 with Don't Turn Around, originally the B-side of Tina Turner's Typical Male.

It's a small world!

 

[phoenix123]

I always wondered if Tina covered it because it was the song that knocked her off the top in the US.

 

[Hairycub1969]

Chartfile W/e 22nd Sep 1984
Ray Parker Junior makes it three weeks at the summit with "Ghostbusters"! Meanwhile climbing inside the top ten are The Jacksons, Stevie Wonder, Depeche Mode, Tears for Fears and U2. Non-movers are Miami Sound Machine and George Michael. Heading down are Tina Turner and Cyndi Lauper. It's great that the Retrochart is back, Back, BACK!!!

 

[Hairycub1969]

I've just come back from Gran Canaria after a 10-day vacation with my partner. We also witnessed the storm (three days of winds and rain!) whilst we were there! Everyone was OK - except the complex swimming pool got overflooded with rainwater! I'll be catching up with the next Retrochart over the next few days!