The Popjustice Retrochart - January 1980 - w/e 19/01/80 - wk 3

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	TW	LW	PK	WK	TITLE	ARTIST
	1	1	1	3	Brass In Pocket SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE	The Pretenders
	2	2	2	3	Union City Blue	Blondie
▲	3	4	3	3	No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)	Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand
	4	3	1	3	Another Brick In The Wall Part II	Pink Floyd
	5	5	2	3	I Have A Dream	ABBA
▲	6	7	6	3	Tears Of A Clown	The Beat
	7	6	4	3	London Calling	The Clash
▲	8	10	8	3	Rapper's Delight	The Sugarhill Gang
▲	9	14	9	3	Sara	Fleetwood Mac
▲	10	11	10	3	My Girl	Madness
	11	8	6	3	Walking On The Moon	The Police
	12	9	9	3	Gimme Gimme Gimme	ABBA
	13	12	11	3	Don't Stop Til You Get Enough	Michael Jackson
▲	14	16	14	3	Rock With You	Michael Jackson
	15	13	12	3	I Only Want To Be With You	The Tourists
▲	16	24	16	3	On The Radio	Donna Summer
▲	17	98	17	3	It's Different For Girls HIGHEST CLIMBER	Joe Jackson
▲	18	20	18	3	I'm In The Mood For Dancing	The Nolans
▲	19	27	19	3	I Wanna Be Your Lover	Prince
	20	17	9	3	Off The Wall	Michael Jackson
▲	21	40	21	2	Lost In Music	Sister Sledge
	22	18	14	3	John I'm Only Dancing (Again)	David Bowie
	23	22	17	3	The Eton Rifles	The Jam
	24	15	15	3	Video Killed The Radio Star	Buggles
▲	25	29	25	3	I Wanna Hold Your Hand	Dollar
	26	19	15	3	Crazy Little Thing Called Love	Queen
▲	27	65	27	2	I Hear You Now	Jon & Vengelis
▲	28	32	28	3	Please Don't Go	KC & The Sunshine Band
	29	25	25	3	Relight My Fire	Dan Hartman
▲	30	36	30	2	Rock Lobster	B-52s
	31	38	24	3	Message In A Bottle	The Police
	32	39	27	3	My Feet Keep Dancing	Chic
	33	21	13	3	Wonderful Christmastime	Paul McCartney
▲	34	64	34	3	Bad Girls	Donna Summer
▲	35	58	35	2	California Uber Alles	Dead Kennedys
	36	26	26	3	Le Banana Split	Lio
	37	30	30	3	The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan	Marianne Faithfull
	38	34	34	3	I Was Made For Lovin' You	KISS
	39	31	31	2	Street Life	The Crusaders & Randy Crawford
▲	40	41	40	3	7 Teen	Regents
▲	41	101	41	1	We Got The Funk	Positive Force
	42	42	28	3	Spacer	Sheila & B. Devotion
	43	37	37	3	Transmission	Joy Division
	44	23	18	3	One Step Beyond	Madness
	45	44	44	2	Cars	Gary Numan
	46	50	40	3	Damaged Goods	Gang Of Four
	47	54	44	3	Bela Lugosi's Dead	Bauhaus
	48	55	46	3	Life During Wartime	Talking Heads
▲	49	61	49	3	Dreaming	Blondie
▲	50	66	50	2	The Second Time Around	Shalamar
	51	59	47	3	Confusion / Last Train To London	E.L.O.
▲	52	69	52	2	Do You Love What You Feel	Rufus & Chaka Khan
▲	53	67	53	3	Bomber	Motorhead
	54	28	28	2	Oh Susie	Secret Service
▲	55	70	55	3	Dream Police	Cheap Trick
▲	56	76	56	2	Better Love Next Time	Dr Hook
▲	57	73	57	3	Blue Peter	Mike Oldfield
	58	63	51	3	Is It Love You're After	Rose Royce
▲	59	79	59	2	Crawling From The Wreckage	Dave Edmunds
▲	60	75	48	3	We Don't Talk Anymore	Cliff Richard
NEW	61	---	61	1	Heartache Tonight	Eagles
▲	62	80	62	2	Wait For Me	Hall & Oates
	63	72	55	3	Nights In White Satin	The Moody Blues
NEW	64	---	64	1	Rowche Rumble	The Fall
	65	78	62	3	Working My Way Back To You	The Detroit Spinners
	66	83	59	3	Love Pains	Yvonne Elliman
	67	84	65	3	Green Onions	Booker T & The MG's
	68	86	66	3	Soldier Solider	Spizzenergi
NEW	69	---	69	1	Spirits (Having Flown)	Bee Gees
	70	88	69	3	Des Laids, Des Laids	Serge Gainsbourg
NEW	71	---	71	1	Babe	Styx
▲	72	85	72	3	It's My House	Diana Ross
▲	73	90	73	2	Since You Been Gone	Rainbow
NEW	74	---	74	1	Escape (The Pina Colada Song)	Rupert Holmes
NEW	75	---	75	1	Typical Girls	The Slits
	76	91	73	3	On Your Knees	Grace Jones
	77	43	26	3	Ladies Night	Kool & The Gang
	78	35	22	3	Complex	Gary Numan
NEW	79	---	79	1	Victim Of Love	Elton John
	80	81	23	3	Living On An Island	Status Quo
	81	96	80	3	Dim All The Lights	Donna Summer
NEW	82	---	82	1	Don't Let Go	Isaac Hayes
▲	83	94	83	3	When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman	Dr. Hook
	84	97	83	3	On My Radio	Selecter
NEW	85	---	85	1	Too Hot	Kool & The Gang
NEW	86	---	86	1	I Need A Lover	John Cougar Mellencamp
NEW	87	---	87	1	I Don't Want To Talk About It	Rod Stewart
▲	88	100	88	2	I'm The Man	Joe Jackson
NEW	89	---	89	1	The Letter	Amii Stewart
	90	45	31	3	Back To Nature	Fad Gadget
	91	46	36	3	Aurora B.	Chrisma
	92	47	34	3	Empire State Human	Human League
	93	49	45	3	Quiet Life	Japan
	94	52	39	3	Tar	Visage
	95	51	51	2	Bobby Brown Goes Down	Frank Zappa
	96	53	53	2	Human Fly	The Cramps
	97	33	33	3	Harmony In My Head	Buzzcocks
	98	56	41	3	Map Ref 41 N 93 W	Wire
	99	57	57	2	Bright Eyes	Art Garfunkel
	100	60	19	3	Boys Don't Cry	The Cure

Spoiler

This week's #1s around the world
Australia Kent Music Report Video Killed The Radio Star Buggles (7th week)
Europe Europarade I Have A Dream ABBA (1st week)
France IFOP Video Killed The Radio Star Buggles (10th week)
Germany Media Control Top 100 Singles Sun Of Jamaica Goombay Dance Band (1st week)
UK BMRB Top 75 Brass In Pocket The Pretenders (1st week)
US Billboard Hot 100 Rock With You Michael Jackson (1st week)
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Relight My Fire Dan Hartman (2nd week)
Canada RPM Top Singles Escape (The Pina Colada Song) Rupert Holmes (2nd week)

This week's #1s
@2014 No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand (3rd week)
@Eric Generic Brass In Pocket The Pretenders (2nd week)
@Hairycub1969 Brass In Pocket The Pretenders (2nd week)
@phoenix123 Off The Wall Michael Jackson (2nd Week)
@Russron California Uber Alles Dead Kennedys (1st week)

Last week's #1s
@KamikazeHeart Oh Susie Secret Service
@nnnumb Back To Nature Fad Gadget (2nd week)

BMRB UK Top 75
Billboard Top 100
French Top 40 Airplay
Canadian Top 100
Swedish Top 20

New in the UK for 19/01/80
Too Hot Kool & The Gang #41
I Wanna Be Your Lover Prince #44 retrochart #27
Got To Love Somebody Sister Sledge #47
Buzz Buzz A Diddle It Matchbox #50
Living By Numbers New Musik #52
Strange Little Girl Sad Cafe #53
Wonderland Commodores #54
Rotation Herb Alpert #57
The Letter / Paradise Bird Amii Stewart #58
Dance Stance Dexy's Midnight Runners #60
Are You Ready Billy Ocean #61
Mama's Boy Suzi Quatro #64
Caravan Song Barbara Dickson #70

New in the US for 19/01/80
Him Rupert Holmes #72
Too Hot Kool & The Gang #76
When A Man Loves A Woman Bette Midler #80
I Thank You Z.Z. Top #81
I WIsh I Was Eighteen Again George Burns #83
Got To Love Somebody SIster Sledge #85
Back On My Feet Again The Babys #87
Give It All You Got Chuck Mangione #89
I Pledge My Love Peaches & Herb #90
I Don't Want To Be Lonely Dana Valery #93

Bubbling under
Cruisin' Smokey Robinson (06/10/79) climber US #6
Do That To Me One More Time Captain & Tennille (20/10/79) climber US #2
Victim Of Love Elton John (27/10/79) non mover CAN #66
Don't Let Go Isaac Hayes (27/10/79) climber US #20
Don't Drop My Love Anita Ward (03/11/79) climber FRA #17
Jealousy Amii Stewart (03/11/79) climber CAN #79
Deja Vu Dionne Warwick (10/11/79) climber US #27
Send One Your Love Stevie Wonder (10/11/79) down US #5
Coward Of The County Kenny Rogers (17/11/79) climber US #4
My Simple Heart The Three Degrees (24/11/79) non mover UK #10
Don't Do Me Like That Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (17/11/79) climber CAN #13 US #17
The Long Run The Eagles (08/12/79) climber US #11 CAN #17
Head Games Foreigner (08/12/79) climber CAN #23
With You I'm Born Again Billy Preston & Syreeta Wright (15/12/79) climber UK #11
Heartbreaker Pat Benatar (22/12/79) climber US #54
99 Toto (22/12/79) climber US #55
Can We Still Be Friends Robert Palmer (22/12/79) climber US #61
We Got The Funk Positive Force (22/12/79) climber UK #34 retrochart #102
I Don't Want To Talk About It Rod Stewart (22/12/79) climber US #57
Babe Styx (05/01/80) climber UK #37
Spirits (Having Flown) Bee Gees (05/01/80) climber UK #38

 

[phoenix123]

WEEK 3

Global Chart Top 10 w/e 19/01/80

01

02 01 18 We Don't Talk Anymore Cliff Richard NEW NUMBER ONE
02

01 01 08 Video Killed The Radio Star Buggles
03

03 03 07 Please Don't Go KC & The Sunshine Band
04

07 04 05 Another Brick In The Wall (Part II) Pink Floyd
05

09 05 02 Rock With You Michael Jackson
06

04 04 05 Escape (The Pina Colada Song) Rupert Holmes
07

08 07 04 Send One Your Love Stevie Wonder
08

--- 08 01 Crazy Little Thing Called Love Queen
09

--- 09 01 Do That To Me One More Time Captain & Tennille
10

05 01 11 No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer

 

[Russron]

Ooh, I just remembered a coupla more faves from the previous six months to make brave new entries this week:

the fall - rowche rumble (jul 30)
the slits - typical girls (sep 14)

...and I haven't even resorted to unknown Scandinavian punk singles yet, hehe (as they'd prolly be too unrelatable here)

 

[Hairycub1969]

Should be ready to post my top 20 later tonight.

Our PJ Retrochart for w/e 12th Jan 1980 has that "recurrent" feel to it at the moment with lots of artist's late 1979 hits climbing up the charts as well as their latest releases - but I've got a feeling this will change as we progress over the weeks coming ahead!

 

[Hairycub1969]

W/e 19th Jan 1980
TW LW Title Artist
1 1 BRASS IN POCKET The Pretenders
2 5 MY GIRL Madness
3 3 TEARS OF A CLOWN The Beat
4 4 PLEASE DON'T GO KC and the Sunshine Band
5 2 WALKING ON THE MOON The Police
6 7 LONDON CALLING The Clash
7 10 ROCK WITH YOU Michael Jackson
8 13 I HEAR YOU NOW Jon and Vengelis
9 6 I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU The Tourists
10 16 I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND Dollar
11 14 SPACER Sheila and B Devotion
12 8 UNION CITY BLUE Blondie
13 20 7TEEN The Regents
14 9 ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL (PART TWO) Pink Floyd
15 17 BETTER LOVE NEXT TIME Dr Hook
16 11 IS IT LOVE YOU'RE AFTER? Rose Royce
17 19 I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER Prince
18 NEW IT'S DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS Joe Jackson
19 NEW SARA Fleetwood Mac
20 12 I HAVE A DREAM Abba

Commentary:
The Pretenders are holding steady in peak position for the second week - they have now reached the top on the UK Mainstream chart, but Madness are climbing fast from 5 to 2 leaping over the other "SKA" band The Beat's "Tears of a clown"
Michael Jackson's "Rock with you" is climbing steadily on US import points - the single is officially released in the UK at the beginning of February 1980.
New Wave is always a welcome genre in The Cubster region and The Regents are certainly making an impact as "7teen" is the biggest climber up from 20 to 13.
Two new entries this week - Joe Jackson at 18 and Fleetwood Mac with "Sara" at number 19 - rumour has it that other "regions" have been influential in it's appearance in the top 20 - but sometimes that's how a song generates a strong position in the overall Retro chart!

 

[phoenix123]

UK Official Singles Chart Top 75 w/e 19/01/80

01

03 01 10 Brass In Pocket The Pretenders 86,000 NEW NUMBER ONE
02

11 02 06 With You I'm Born Again Billy Preston & Syreeta 72,000
03

07 03 07 Please Don't Go KC & The Sunshine Band 71,000
04

14 04 03 My Girl Madness 53,000
05

01 01 08 Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) Pink Floyd 50,000
06

20 06 05 I'm In The Mood For Dancing Nolans 49,000
07

02 02 06 I Have A Dream Abba 46,000
08

06 06 07 Tears Of A Clown The Beat 36,000
09

04 03 05 Day Trip To Bangor (Didn't We Have A Lovely Time) Fiddler's Dram 31,000
10

05 04 10 I Only Want To Be With You The Tourists 26,000

All Change at the top of the charts with the first new No 1 single of the decade which comes in the form of the Pretenders. Chrissie Hynde's boys have had two previous hit "Stop Your Sobbing" and "Kid" both stalled outside the top 30 during last year, a fate which "Brass In Pocket" looked like sharing as it rose 57-48-47-33-30 pre Christmas, however it seemed to catch the public interest as it burst into the Christmas top 10 selling over 200,000 copies during 1979 and this week increases sales to a very respectable (for January) 86,000 copies this week taking the tally to 356,000 as it reaches the No 1 spot, could it end up a million seller?

Proving that keeping that top spot won't be a walkover for the Pretenders are Billy Preston and Syreeta who bolt from 11-2 this week with "With You I'm Born Again". The track is taken from the forthcoming film "Fast Break" and is co-penned by David Shire who of course had a hand in the Saturday Night Fever" film soundtrack that you may have lingering in your record collection. The appearance on Top Of the Pops helped the track to leapfrog over KC & Sunshine Band's "Please Don't Go" which looked to have the No 2 position all sewed up, just 1,000 copies separated the pair with sales of 72,000 and 71,000 respectively.

One place beneath KC rests Madness, proving that their last hits ability to make the magic 10 "One Step Beyond" was no one off. "My Girl" becomes both their fastest rising hit and now highest peaking as it sprints to No 4 on sales of 53,000. It's the third release from the "nutty boys" all of which are available on their debut album which saw the light of day back in October. Band member Mike Barson wrote the song about his girlfriend in case you were curious- wonder if she's forgiven him?

Also powering up the charts at No 6 are the Nolans, improving considerably on the No 33 peak of "Spirit, Body and Soul" last November. Since that hit one Nolan has recently left the band (Anne) and been replaced by another (Coleen) full time and changed their name from the Nolan Sisters. Of course the act have been staple on the TV for last few years after debuting on Cliff Richard's show "Stuck On You" and have supported the likes of Englebert Humperdink and Frank Sinatra and failed in last years "A song for Europe" losing out to Black Lace. They finally get a hit today with "I'm In The Mood For Dancing" with sales of 49,000.

Elsewhere in the top 10 Pink Floyd finally give up the top spot after 5 weeks sliding 1-5 (50,000), Abba fall further moving 2-7 (46,000) The Beat collapse 6-8 (36,000), Fiddler's Dram fall 4-9 (31,000) and The Tourists just hang in there 5-10 (26,000).

https://forum.popjustice.com/threads/80s-week-by-week-top-10-sales-1980-1981.31536/page-2

New Entries
#41 Too Hot Kool & The Gang
#44 I Wanna Be Your Lover Prince
#47 Got To Love Somebody Sister Sledge
#50 Buzz Buzz A Diddle It Matchbox
#52 Living By Numbers New Musik
#53 Strange Little Girl Sad Café
#54 Wonderland The Commodores
#57 Rotation Herb Alpert
#58 Paradise Bird / The Letter Amii Stewart
#60 Dance Stance Dexy's Midnight Runners
#61 Are You Ready? Billy Ocean
#64 Mama's Boy Suzi Quatro
#70 Caravan Song Barbara Dickson

UK Charts
NME Singles Chart Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) Pink Floyd FOURTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
UK Official Indie Singles Chart N/A
UK Official Album Chart Greatest Hits, Volume 2 ABBA NEW NUMBER ONE

 

[phoenix123]

US Billboard Hot 100 w/e 19/01/80

01

02 01 12 Rock With You Michael Jackson NEW NUMBER ONE
02

03 02 14 Do That To Me One More Time Captain & Tennille
03

01 01 14 Escape Rupert Holmes
04

07 04 10 Coward Of The Country Kenny Rogers
05

04 04 12 Send One Your Love Stevie Wonder
06

12 06 16 Cruisin' Smokey Robinson
07

09 07 14 We Don't Talk Anymore Cliff Richard
08

08 08 16 Ladies Night Kool & The Gang
09

05 01 22 Please Don't Go KC & The Sunshine Band
10

11 10 14 Cool Change Little River Band

Chart Entries
#72 Him Rupert Holmes
#76 Too Hot Kool and the Gang
#77 Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) Pink Floyd
#80 When A Man Loves A Woman Bette Midler
#81 I Thank You ZZ Top
#83 I Wish I Was Eighteen Again George Burns
#85 Got To Love Somebody Sister Sledge
#87 Back On My Feet Again Babys
#89 Give It All You Got Chuck Mangione
#90 I Pledge My Love Peaches and Herb
#93 I Don't Want To Be Lonely Dana Valery

US Charts

Billboard Magazine 19/01/80
Billboard 200 Albums The Wall Pink Floyd NEW NUMBER ONE
Billboard Adult Contemporary Deja Vu Dionne Warwick NEW NUMBER ONE
Billboard Dance / Disco Tracks Top 80 Vertigo / Relight My Fire / Free Ride Dan Hartman SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
Billboard Hot Soul Singles Rock With You Michael Jackson THIRD WEEK AT NUMBER ONE

 

[Eric Generic]

Christ, I forgot about this completely!

 

[2014]

My 3rd week;

01 01 01 03 Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand - No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
02 03 02 03 The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket
03 07 03 02 Donna Summer - On The Radio [NEW]
04 08 04 03 Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover
05 04 04 03 The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star

06 02 02 03 Michael Jackson - Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough
07 05 03 03 Kiss - I Was Made For Lovin’ You
08 06 06 02 The Police - Message In A Bottle
09 10 09 03 Michael Jackson - Rock With You
10 16 10 03 Fleetwood Mac - Sara

11 09 07 03 Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall
12 12 12 03 Donna Summer - Bad Girls
13 11 08 03 ABBA - Gimme Gimme Gimme
14 13 13 03 The Nolans - I’m In The Mood For Dancing
15 15 09 03 Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love

16 00 16 01 Sugarhill Gang - Rapper’s Delight [NEW]
17 19 17 02 Sister Sledge - Lost In Music
18 00 18 01 Eagles - Heartache Tonight [NEW]
19 14 11 03 The Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin
20 17 14 03 The Spinners - Working My Way Back To You


The Donna/Barbra collar still reigns supreme, but Brass In Pocket and I Wanna Be Your Lover continue to climb up to prepare to threaten them in the upcoming weeks. New entries for polar opposites Sugarhill Gang and Eagles too in the bottom fifth of my top 20.

 

[Eric Generic]

JANUARY 19TH 1980:

TW LW WoC TITLE / ARTIST
1 1 10 BRASS IN POCKET The Pretenders
2 2 5 SARA Fleetwood Mac
3 4 6 LONDON CALLING The Clash
4 5 9 OFF THE WALL Michael Jackson
5 14 3 I'M IN THE MOOD FOR DANCING Nolans
6 3 8 ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL PT.2 Pink Floyd
7 20 2 MY GIRL Madness
8 7 8 WALKING ON THE MOON The Police
9 6 9 UNION CITY BLUE Blondie
10 10 6 JOHN I'M ONLY DANCING (AGAIN) David Bowie
11 13 9 I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND Dollar
12 9 10 CONFUSION / LAST TRAIN TO LONDON E.L.O.
13 - 1 IT'S DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS Joe Jackson
14 11 12 NO MORE TEARS Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand
15 15 7 BLUE PETER Mike Oldfield
16 8 8 WONDERFUL CHRISTMASTIME Paul McCartney
17 - 1 I HEAR YOU NOW Jon & Vangelis
18 24 7 TEARS OF A CLOWN The Beat
19 17 6 I HAVE A DREAM ABBA
20 12 8 RAPPER'S DELIGHT Sugarhill Gang
21 16 11 I ONLY WANNA BE WITH YOU Tourists
22 28 2 PLEASE DON'T GO K.C. & The Sunshine Band
23 - 1 SPIRITS (HAVING FLOWN) Bee Gees
24 - 1 BABE Styx
25 21 9 IT'S MY HOUSE Diana Ross
26 23 7 MY FEET KEEP DANCING Chic
27 - 1 ESCAPE (THE PINA COLADA SONG) Rupert Holmes
28 19 9 COMPLEX Gary Numan
29 18 9 LIVING ON AN ISLAND Status Quo
30 22 12 THE ETON RIFLES The Jam

The post-Christmas clearout begins in earnest, with five newcomers and two major climbers in the top 10. The Pretenders hold off Fleetwood Mac for a second week, but how much longer can they continue?

 

[Hairycub1969]

OK I confess - "Sara" made number 19 on my chart as I was curious to why EG had them at number 2 on his…it's got a dreamy atmospheric feel about it.

 

[Eric Generic]

Sara is my 2nd favourite song/record of all-time. I feel at peace whenever I hear it, there's something very magical about the melody, the atmosphere, and the way it's been produced.

By rights it ought to have debuted at my #1 and stayed there for the whole of 1980....

 

[phoenix123]

Canadian Singles Chart Top 100 w/e 19/01/80

01

01 01 09 Escape Rupert Holmes
02

06 02 10 Message In A Bottle The Police
03

13 03 06 Don't Do Me Like That Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
04

04 04 11 I Don't Like Mondays Boomtown Rats
05

03 01 14 Babe Styx
06

09 06 12 Please Don't Go KC & The Sunshine Band
07

02 02 11 No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer
08

10 08 10 Cool Change Little River Band
09

18 09 11 We Don't Talk Anymore Cliff Richard
10

16 10 06 Rapper's Delight Sugarhill Gang

Chart Entries
#78 I Don't Want To Talk About It Rod Stewart
#86 Don't Ya Hide It Stonebolt
#88 Heartbreaker Pat Benatar
#92 Goodbye LA Bob Segar
#94 I Can't Help Myself Bonnie Pointer
#98 99 Toto

Canada Charts
Canadian Album Chart Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Vol 2 Barbra Streisand NEW NUMBER ONE

 

[phoenix123]

The Australian Countdown Chart Top 100 w/e 20/01/80

01

01 01 10 Video Killed The Radio Star Buggles
02

02 02 09 Don't Stop Til You Get Enough Michael Jackson
03

03 01 13 Computer Games Mi-Sex
04

06 04 07 Babe Styx
05

04 04 11 Sure Know Something Kiss
06

10 06 06 Message In A Bottle The Police
07

05 05 12 Dream Police Cheap Trick
08

09 08 08 Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight) ABBA
09

07 03 15 Tusk Fleetwood Mac
10

08 08 11 No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand

Chart Entries
#41 Where Were You When I Was Falling In Love Lobo
#42 Dreaming My Dreams With You Colleen Hewett

Top 100 Entries
#90 When The Money Runs Out Leo Sayer
#92 Lay Down Beside Me Don Williams
#93 Judas Voyager
#98 Making Plans For Nigel XTC
#99 $60 Duck Lewie Wickham
100 Fins Jimmy Buffett

Australian Charts
ARIA Singles Top 100 20/01/80 (blog courtesy of @SmashHitter)
Australian Album Chart ELO's Greatest Hits ELO SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE

 

[Eric Generic]

Out of interest what is your favourite?

The Downtown Lights by The Blue Nile.

8 weeks at #1 in 1989.

 

[phoenix123]

Everytime I see Sara listed I keep singing the Starship song!

Love your commentary Cubster!

You are welcome to do an Alan Jones style commentary of the weekly retrocharts if you want!

My top 2 favourite songs of all time both only had 6 week runs at #1 because they were released in such competitive years (89/90).

I wish it was 2025 and we were getting started on the 1989 retrochart! Classic year!

 

[Eric Generic]

It was only toppled by Woman In Chains, another all-time top 10 fave. It took a record that special to dethrone it.

 

[phoenix123]

Retrochart w/e 19 January 1980
01 (01) 01 03 Off The Wall Michael Jackson **SECOND WEEK AT #1**
02 (03) 02 03 I Only Want To Be With You The Tourists
03 (02) 02 03 I Have A Dream ABBA
04 (07) 04 03 London Calling The Clash
05 (09) 05 03 Brass In Pocket The Pretenders
06 (08) 06 03 Union City Blue Blondie
07 (11) 07 03 Rock With You Michael Jackson
08 (05) 05 03 Crazy Little Thing Called Love Queen
09 (04) 01 03 Relight My Fire Dan Hartman
10 (06) 06 03 Don't Stop Til You Get Enough Michael Jackson
11 (10) 10 03 Rapper's Delight The Sugarhill Gang
12 (13) 12 03 The Second Time Around Shalamar
13 (14) 13 03 Do You Love What You Feel Chaka Khan
14 (21) 14 02 My Girl Madness **HIGHEST CLIMBER**
15 (12) 12 03 No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand
16 (15) 10 03 Tears Of A Clown The Beat
17 (20) 17 03 Another Brick In The Wall Part II Pink Floyd
18 (16) 07 03 We Don't Talk Anymore Cliff Richard
19 (18) 18 03 Wait For Me Hall & Oates
20 (22) 20 03 I'm In The Mood For Dancing The Nolans
21 (19) 12 03 Love Pains Yvonne Elliman
22 (17) 13 03 The Eton Rifles The Jam
23 (28) 23 03 Street Life The Crusaders & Randy Crawford
24 (29) 24 03 Rock Lobster B-52s
25 (23) 11 03 Walking On The Moon The Police
26 (ne) 26 01 I Wanna Be Your Lover Prince **HIGHEST NEW ENTRY**
27 (25) 25 03 Since You Been Gone Rainbow
28 (26) 20 03 Ladies Night Kool & The Gang
29 (33) 29 03 Victim Of Love Elton John
30 (27) 26 03 Gimme Gimme Gimme ABBA
31 (ne) 31 01 On The Radio Donna Summer
32 (34) 32 03 Lost In Music Sister Sledge
33 (24) 24 03 Wonderful Christmastime Paul McCartney
34 (30) 29 03 When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman Dr. Hook
35 (ne) 35 01 Too Hot Kool & The Gang
36 (35) 33 03 I Need A Lover John Cougar
37 (39) 37 03 I Don't Want To Talk About It Rod Stewart
38 (36) 36 03 We Got The Funk Positive Force
39 (38) 37 03 Bad Girls Donna Summer
40 (ne) 40 01 Different For Girls Joe Jackson

 

[phoenix123]

Already a few high climbers this week in the combined retrochart and we may still have charts from @Russron @nnnumb and @KamikazeHeart ?

 

[Russron]

Straight to number one! Such is the impact of Dead Kennedys after nnnumb found a convenient loophole for me, thanks!

My six-month rule means summer singles from The Flying Lizards, Buzzcocks and The Undertones need to exit left and give way to The Fall, The Slits, Isaac Hayes and Amii Stewart. Suddenly neither of the overall winners are able to keep their last places in the top 40 -- How will Chrissie and the Floyd cope with losing some 60 precious points just like that?...

01 -- ne 01 01 dead kennedys - california über alles (UK autumn '79)
02 -- 01 01 03 michael jackson - don't stop 'til you get enough (aug 10)
03 -- 02 02 03 donna summer - on the radio (nov)
04 -- 04 04 03 lio - le banana split (late '79)
05 -- 05 05 03 gang of four - damaged goods (late '79)
06 -- 06 06 02 bauhaus - bela lugosi's dead (aug 6)
07 -- 07 07 03 talking heads - life during wartime (nov)
08 -- 08 08 03 david bowie - john, i'm only dancing (again) (dec)
09 -- 09 09 02 the b52s - rock lobster (aug 11)
10 -- 10 09 03 abba - gimme gimme gimme (oct 2)
11 -- 11 10 03 blondie - dreaming (sep 14)
12 -- 12 11 03 the beat - tears of a clown (sep)
13 -- 13 12 03 motörhead - bomber (dec)
14 -- 14 13 03 cheap trick - dream police (sep)
15 -- 15 15 02 marianne faithfull - the ballad of lucy jordan (nov)
16 -- 16 14 03 abba - i have a dream (dec 10)
17 -- 17 15 03 donna summer & barbra streisand - no more tears (oct)
18 -- 18 18 02 dave edmunds - crawling from the wreckage (late '79)
19 -- ne 19 01 the fall - rowche rumble (jul 30)
20 -- 19 19 02 dan hartman - relight my fire (late '79)
21 -- 20 16 03 chic - my feet keep dancing (late '79)
22 -- 21 17 03 booker t & the mg's - green onions (re-release dec)
23 -- 22 18 03 spizzenergi - soldier soldier (sep 21)
24 -- 23 19 03 serge gainsbourg - des laids, des laids (aug)
25 -- 24 20 03 the sugarhill gang - rapper's delight (sep 16)
26 -- 25 25 02 sister sledge - lost in music (aug 11)
27 -- ne 27 01 the slits - typical girls (sep 14)
28 -- 26 21 03 grace jones - on your knees (aug)
29 -- 27 22 03 joy division - transmission (oct)
30 -- 30 30 02 gary numan - cars (aug 21)
31 -- 31 25 03 madness - one step beyond (oct 26)
32 -- 32 26 03 donna summer - dim all the lights (aug)
33 -- ne 33 01 isaac hayes - don't let go (oct 27)
34 -- 33 27 03 the police - message in a bottle (sep)
35 -- 34 28 03 the selecter - on my radio (oct 26)
36 -- 35 29 03 the clash - london calling (dec 7)
37 -- 36 30 03 blondie - union city blue (nov)
38 -- 37 37 02 joe jackson - i'm the man (nov 11)
39 -- 38 38 02 positive force - we got the funk (dec 22)
40 -- ne 40 01 amii stewart - the letter (jan '80)