The Popjustice Retrochart - January 1980 - w/e 26/01/80 - wk 4

phoenix123 · Jan 10, 2016

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The Popjustice Retrochart

	TW	LW	PK	WK	TITLE	ARTIST
	1	1	1	4	Brass In Pocket *THIRD WEEK AT NUMBER ONE*	The Pretenders
▲	2	3	2	4	No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)	Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand
▲	3	8	3	4	Rapper's Delight	The Sugarhill Gang
▲	4	9	4	4	Sara	Fleetwood Mac
	5	2	2	4	Union City Blue	Blondie
▲	6	10	6	4	My Girl	Madness
	7	6	6	4	Tears Of A Clown	The Beat
	8	5	2	4	I Have A Dream	ABBA
▲	9	25	9	4	I Wanna Hold Your Hand	Dollar
	10	4	1	4	Another Brick In The Wall Part II	Pink Floyd
*NEW*	11	---	11	1	Too Much Too Young *HIGHEST NEW ENTRY*	The Specials
	12	11	6	4	Walking On The Moon	The Police
	13	7	4	4	London Calling	The Clash
	14	14	14	4	Rock With You	Michael Jackson
	15	13	11	4	Don't Stop Til You Get Enough	Michael Jackson
▲	15	24	15	4	Video Killed The Radio Star	Buggles
	17	16	16	4	On The Radio	Donna Summer
▲	18	19	18	4	I Wanna Be Your Lover	Prince
	19	18	18	4	I'm In The Mood For Dancing	The Nolans
	20	17	17	4	It's Different For Girls	Joe Jackson
	21	15	12	4	I Only Want To Be With You	The Tourists
	22	22	14	4	John I'm Only Dancing (Again)	David Bowie
*NEW*	23	---	23	1	Living By Numbers	New Musik
▲	24	39	24	3	Street Life	The Crusaders & Randy Crawford
	25	12	9	4	Gimme Gimme Gimme	ABBA
	26	21	21	3	Lost In Music	Sister Sledge
▲	27	35	27	3	California Uber Alles	Dead Kennedys
	28	20	9	4	Off The Wall	Michael Jackson
	29	27	27	3	I Hear You Now	Jon & Vengelis
	30	36	26	4	Le Banana Split	Lio
*NEW*	31	---	31	1	What's A Matter Baby	Ellen Foley
▲	32	45	32	3	Cars	Gary Numan
	33	28	28	4	Please Don't Go	KC & The Sunshine Band
	34	54	28	3	Oh Susie	Secret Service
	35	29	25	4	Relight My Fire	Dan Hartman
	36	26	15	4	Crazy Little Thing Called Love	Queen
▲	37	71	37	2	Babe	Styx
	38	43	37	4	Transmission	Joy Division
	39	30	30	3	Rock Lobster	B-52s
	39	37	30	4	The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan	Marianne Faithfull
	41	40	40	4	7 Teen	Regents
▲	41	74	41	2	Escape (The Pina Colada Song)	Rupert Holmes
*NEW*	43	---	43	1	Underpass	John Foxx
	44	38	34	4	I Was Made For Lovin' You	KISS
	45	42	28	4	Spacer	Sheila & B. Devotion
	46	31	24	4	Message In A Bottle	The Police
	47	41	41	2	We Got The Funk	Positive Force
▲	48	56	48	3	Better Love Next Time	Dr Hook
	49	34	34	4	Bad Girls	Donna Summer
	50	23	17	4	The Eton Rifles	The Jam
	51	44	18	4	One Step Beyond	Madness
	52	91	36	4	Aurora B.	Chrisma
▲	53	96	53	3	Human Fly *HIGHEST CLIMBER*	The Cramps
	54	90	31	4	Back To Nature	Fad Gadget
	55	46	40	4	Damaged Goods	Gang Of Four
	56	47	44	4	Bela Lugosi's Dead	Bauhaus
	57	48	46	4	Life During Wartime	Talking Heads
	57	92	34	4	Empire State Human	Human League
	59	95	51	3	Bobby Brown Goes Down	Frank Zappa
	60	97	33	4	Harmony In My Head	Buzzcocks
	61	50	50	3	The Second Time Around	Shalamar
	61	93	45	4	Quiet Life	Japan
	63	94	39	4	Tar	Visage
	64	52	52	3	Do You Love What You Feel	Rufus & Chaka Khan
	65	49	49	4	Dreaming	Blondie
▲	65	69	65	2	Spirits (Having Flown)	Bee Gees
	65	98	41	4	Map Ref 41 N 93 W	Wire
	68	53	53	4	Bomber	Motorhead
	68	100	19	4	Boys Don't Cry	The Cure
	70	51	47	4	Confusion / Last Train To London	E.L.O.
	70	55	55	4	Dream Police	Cheap Trick
▲	70	101	60	3	No GDM	Gina X
*NEW*	73	---	73	1	The Plastic Age	Buggles
*NEW*	73	---	73	1	We Belong To The Night	Ellen Foley
▲	75	104	53	3	Rocking On The Red Book	Henriette Coulouvrat
▲	76	103	50	3	Genetic Warfare	Vice Versa
*NEW*	76	---	76	1	The Changeling	Simple Minds
	78	59	59	3	Crawling From The Wreckage	Dave Edmunds
	78	61	61	2	Heartache Tonight	Eagles
*NEW*	78	---	78	1	Haven't You Heard	Patrice Rushen
	81	60	48	4	We Don't Talk Anymore	Cliff Richard
	81	64	64	2	Rowcha Rumble	The Fall
▲	81	105	54	3	Straight Lines	New Musik
	84	32	27	4	My Feet Keep Dancing	Chic
	84	57	57	4	Blue Peter	Mike Oldfield
	86	62	62	3	Wait For Me	Hall & Oates
	86	67	65	4	Green Onions	Booker T & The MG's
	88	68	66	4	Soldier Solider	Spizzenergi
	89	66	59	4	Love Pains	Yvonne Elliman
	89	70	69	4	Des Laids, Des Laids	Serge Gainsbourg
▲	89	106	75	3	6060-842	B-52s
▲	92	102	49	3	Thrash	Cowboys International
	93	33	13	4	Wonderful Christmastime	Paul McCartney
	94	75	75	2	Typical Girls	The Slits
▲	94	107	68	3	Silent Command	Cabaret Voltaire
*NEW*	94	---	94	1	Strange Little Girl	Sad Café
*NEW*	97	---	97	1	Cool In The Pool	Holger Czukey
*NEW*	97	---	97	1	Got To Love Somebody	Sister Sledge
	99	85	85	2	Too Hot	Kool & The Gang
	100	76	73	4	On Your Knees	Grace Jones
	100	86	86	2	I Need A Lover	John Cougar

PJOPS Retrochart Number Ones
05/01/80 Another Brick In The Wall (Part II) Pink Floyd 45,200
12/01/80 Brass In Pocket The Pretenders 54,800
19/01/80 Brass In Pocket The Pretenders 44,350

This week's #1s
@2014 Brass In Pocket The Pretenders (1st week)
@Eric Generic Sara Fleetwood Mac (1st week)
@Hairycub1969 My Girl Madness (1st week)
@KamikazeHeart Brass In Pocket The Pretenders (1st week)
@nnnumb Aurora B. Chrisma (1st week)
@phoenix123 Brass In Pocket The Pretenders (1st week)
@Russron California Uber Alles Dead Kennedys (2nd week)

So all change at the top on at least 2 retrocharts this week.

Will Donna & Babs spend a fourth week atop @2014's chart?

Will there be a new indie entry straight in at the top again for @Russron?

Will Pretenders grab a third week for @Eric Generic?

#1s around the world w/e 26/01/80
Australia Kent Music Report Don't Stop Til You Get Enough Michael Jackson (1st week)
Europe Europarade I Have A Dream ABBA (2nd week)
France IFOP Video Killed The Radio Star Buggles (11th week)
Germany Media Control Top 100 Singles Sun Of Jamaica Goombay Dance Band (2nd week)
UK BMRB Top 75 Brass In Pocket The Pretenders (2nd week)
US Billboard Hot 100 Rock With You Michael Jackson (2nd week)
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Relight My Fire Dan Hartman (3rd week)
Canada RPM Top Singles Rapper's Delight Sugarhill Gang (1st week)

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

New in the UK for w/e 26/01/80
Too Much Too Young The Specials
Coward Of The County Kenny Rogers
Someone's Looking At You Boomtown Rats
Jane Jefferson Starship
The Plastic Age The Buggles
Baby I Love You The Ramones
Riders In The Sky The Shadows
Underpass John Foxx
Music Makes You Feel Like Dancing Brass Construction
Love On The Line Barclay James Harvest
Motorbike Beat The Revillos
Black Orchid Stevie Wonder

New in the US for w/e 26/01/80
Desire Andy Gibb
Refugee Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Three Times In Love Tommy James
Haven't You Heard Patrice Rushen
You Might Need Somebody Turley Richards
Special Lady Ray, Goodman & Brown

Bubbling under
Cruisin' Smokey Robinson (06/10/79) US #5
Do That To Me One More Time Captain & Tennille (20/10/79) US #2 CAN #33
Deja Vu Dionne Warwick (10/11/79) US #17
Coward Of The County Kenny Rogers (17/11/79) US #3 CAN #12
Don't Do Me Like That Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (17/11/79) US #14 CAN #3
This Is It Kenny Loggins (17/11/79) US #15 CAN #32
I Want You Tonight Pablo Cruise (24/11/79) CAN #18
Jane Jefferson Starship (01/12/79) CAN #13
Under My Thumb Streetheart (01/12/79) CAN #25
The Long Run The Eagles (08/12/79) US #9 CAN #11
Head Games Foreigner (08/12/79) CAN #14
With You I'm Born Again Billy Preston & Syreeta Wright (15/12/79) UK #2 US #78
Heartbreaker Pat Benatar (22/12/79) US #48
99 Toto (22/12/79) US #49
Can We Still Be Friends Robert Palmer (22/12/79) US #54
Voices Cheap Trick (22/12/79) CAN #29
Third Time Lucky The Foghat (29/12/79) CAN #41
Fool In The Rain Led Zeppelin (05/01/80) CAN #40
Why Me Styx (05/01/80) CAN #50
Living By Numbers New Musik (19/01/80) UK #26
Got To Love Somebody Sister Sledge (19/01/80) UK #34 US #76
Strange Little Girl Sad Cafe (19/01/80) UK #35
Wonderland Commodores (19/01/80) UK #40
Dance Stance Dexy's Midnight Runners (19/01/80) UK #44
Rotation Herb Alpert (19/01/80) UK #46
Mama's Boy Suzi Quatro (19/01/80) UK #50
Caravan Song Barbara Dickson (19/01/80) UK #53
Are You Ready Billy Ocean (19/01/80) UK #55
Back On My Feet Again The Babys (19/01/80) US #77

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WEEK 4
Global Chart Top 10 w/e 26/01/80

01

01 01 19 We Don't Talk Anymore Cliff Richard SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
02

02 01 09 Video Killed The Radio Star Buggles
03

04 03 06 Another Brick In The Wall (Part II) Pink Floyd
04

05 04 03 Rock With You Michael Jackson
05

08 05 02 Crazy Little Thing Called Love Queen
06

03 03 08 Please Don't Go KC & The Sunshine Band
07

06 04 06 Escape (The Pina Colada Song) Rupert Holmes
08

09 08 02 Do That To Me One More Time Captain & Tennille
09

--- 09 01 Coward Of The Country Kenny Rogers
10

--- 10 01 Better Love Next Time Dr Hook

phoenix123 · Jan 10, 2016

UK Official Singles Chart Top 75 w/e 26/01/80

01

01 01 11 Brass In Pocket The Pretenders 94,000 SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
02

02 02 07 With You I'm Born Again Billy Preston & Syreeta 77,000
03

04 03 04 My Girl Madness 74,000
04

06 04 06 I'm In The Mood For Dancing Nolans 69,000
05

03 03 08 Please Don't Go KC & The Sunshine Band 51,000
06

17 06 04 Babe Styx 49,000
07

12 07 07 Green Onions Booker T & The MGs 43,000
08

14 08 04 Better Love Next Time Dr Hook 36,000
09

19 09 10 I Wanna Hold Your Hand Dollar 35,000
10

05 01 09 Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) Pink Floyd 32,000

gezza76 said:
Sales increase by just 10% but The Pretenders remain easily the biggest selling single of the past 7 days, it sales of 94,000 aren't too shabby for a January chart topper as total sales are just shy of the 400,000 now. The possible threat from Billy Preston and Syreeta never materialised as their sales increased by a measly 7% to 77,000 indicating that it may not have the legs to trouble the top spot after all.

Not so for Madness, on paper it moves just one place from 4 to 3 yet its sales spiral 40% exactly to 74,000 and was outstripping "With You I'm Born Again" for the latter half of the week with ease. If it repeats that increase it would seriously challenge for No 1 next week.

The Nolans are also far from done as "I'm In The Mood For Dancing" continues to rise all the way to No 4 this week with another 40% hike in sales to 69,000.

There's 4 new hits in the top 10 this week as we get a Christmas clear out. First up are US band Styx who first made the top 10 in the US back in 1975 but over here we've been immune to their charms until "Babe" that is. A US No 1 single last month it makes the journey over the Atlantic to rise 17-6 and it would foolish to dismiss its ability to be a chart topper here as well.

Just behind Styx are Booker T & The MG's whose "Green Onions" climbs from 12 to 7 with a sale of 43,000 just 6,000 behind "Babe". The track was originally a No 3 hit in the US in 1962 but did nothing when released here. The re-issue was instantly more popular even though the group disbanded just under 10 years ago though they have reunited for several concerts since.

Also new to the ten are Dr Hook, "Better Love Next Time" is of course follow up the No 1 single "When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman" and takes just a month to climb into the top rung selling 36,000 and is the bands fifth top 10 hit.

They've just scored their first US top 100 hit but it's hit number four for Thereza Bazar and David Van Day in the UK as Dollar. Their cover of the Beatles "I Want To Hold Your Hand" finally makes the top 10 on its tenth week in the charts selling a healthy 35,000 though it has some way to go to match the original million selling 1963 version.

Not mentioned already, KC & The Sunshine Band drop two to No 5 (51,000) and former No 1 from Pink Floyd drop a further five spots to No 10 (32,000) as its sales move over the 900,000 mark, whether or not it passes the million depends on a slow descent from here on in.

https://forum.popjustice.com/threads/80s-week-by-week-top-10-sales-1980-1981.31536/page-3

New Entries
#15 The Special A.K.A. Live! (EP) The Specials ft Rico
#33 Coward Of The Country Kenny Rogers
#45 Someone's Looking At You Boomtown Rats
#49 Jane Jefferson Starship
#54 The Plastic Age The Buggles
#60 Baby, I Love You The Ramones
#63 Riders In The Sky The Shadows
#67 Underpass John Foxx
#68 Music Makes You Feel Like Dancing Brass Construction
#70 Love On The Line Barclay James Harvest
#71 Motorbike Beat The Revillos
#72 Black Orchid Stevie Wonder
#75 Captain Beaky / Wilfred The Weasel Keith Michell, Captain Beaky & His Band

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

Russron · Jan 11, 2016

OK, I guess I'm officially hooked now. I've actually pulled out the big guns.
It's all very well typing a a few names in Google and hoping to get some bits and pieces of information -- but yesterday I gathered the strength (and the ladder) to reach for the highest shelves in my attic and pulled out boxes and plastic bags of old NME's and Sounds and Melody Makers.

Among the treasures I found are some 20 issues dating back to 1980 and late '79, and so far every single issue i've glanced through has provided me with nice reminders of at least a couple of my favourite songs that I've overlooked here. The singles review page has been particularly useful, but even before there was an official indie chart, it seems NME had a quick Indies Top Ten supplied by a different record store each week. (Therefore I guess I should be allowed to list California Über Alles by someone called Dave Kennedy, hehe.)

Remember when nobody could find a proper UK release date or even a month for that Dead Kennedys debut single? Now it can be confirmed: the Fast Product reissue was reviewed in the October 27th issue of NME. Ha, the internet doesn't know shit!

Hairycub1969 · Jan 11, 2016

Stand by - my chart for w/e 26th Jan 1980 contains a "hot" new entry by one of my favourite bands ever!

Hairycub1969 · Jan 11, 2016

W/e 26th Jan 1980

TW LW Title Artist
1 2 MY GIRL Madness
2 1 BRASS IN POCKET The Pretenders
3 6 LONDON CALLING The Clash
4 8 I HEAR YOU NOW Jon and Vengelis
5 7 ROCK WITH YOU Michael Jackson
6 3 TEARS OF A CLOWN The Beat
7 13 7TEEN The Regents
8 4 PLEASE DON'T GO KC and the Sunshine Band
9 10 I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND Dollar
10 NEW TOO MUCH TOO YOUNG The Specials
11 7 WALKING ON THE MOON The Police
12 17 I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER Prince
13 11 SPACER Sheila and B Devotion
14 15 BETTER LOVE NEXT TIME Dr Hook
15 18 IT'S DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS Joe Jackson
16 19 SARA Fleetwood Mac
17 9 I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU The Tourists
18 NEW LIVING BY NUMBERS New Musik
19 NEW CHANGELING Simple Minds
20 NEW ESCAPE (THE PINA COLADA SONG) Rupert Holmes

Lots of movement on this week's chart. First, a brand new number one:
Congratulations to Madness who get their first number one with "My girl" - the Ska revival continues with this week's highest new entry at number 10 - The Specials and "Too much too young" - a much faster live version than the album track. It's part of a four track live EP. The last time there was a new entry in the top ten was The Police's "Walking on the moon" and that got to number one - can The Specials go all the way with their third single?
The highest climber in the chart are The Regents again this time "7teen" climbs from 13 to 7.
The recent US number one by Rupert Holmes enters this week at number 20, meanwhile the current US number one that toppled "Escape" is climbing up to number 5: Michael Jackson's "Rock with you" gets it's UK release next week.
Simple Minds are back with a new single "Changeling" at number 19 - an article on them coming up shortly with a video clip.
Finally, it's true - from next week "The Cubster's chart" will be expanding to a top 30! All exciting stuff!

Hairycub1969 · Jan 11, 2016

Number 19: Simple Minds - Changeling

This young Scottish band released their debut album "Life in a day" last spring (April 1979) which contained two singles: "Life in a day" and the hit "Chelsea Girl" which was merrily rubbing shoulders with the Tubeway Army, Chic and Dave Edmunds in the top ten last July (1979, in The Cubster's chart!)
Their second album "Real to Real Cacophony" was released in Nov 1979 and was a big leap forwards. Peter Gabriel is a fan and there are rumours that he has invited the band to open up for him on the European leg of his tour later this spring! The band were wise not to release a single during the Christmas period. They've waited until late January 1980 to release the only track on the album that is "commercial" enough to be a single. Now what do you call this kind of music? Post-glam rock? post-New wave? Futurist? Let's see what the future holds for them!

Eric Generic · Jan 11, 2016

I mustn't let Bowie's passing in Jan 2016 influence his chart performance on my Jan 1980 retrochart. What kind of Back to the Future paradox would that create?

Hairycub1969 · Jan 11, 2016

Simple Minds got their name from a line in "The Jean Genie" - his influence is everywhere in the 1980's!

phoenix123 · Jan 12, 2016

US Billboard Hot 100 w/e 26/01/80

01

01 01 13 Rock With You Michael Jackson SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
02

02 02 15 Do That To Me One More Time Captain & Tennille
03

04 03 11 Coward Of The Country Kenny Rogers
04

03 01 15 Escape Rupert Holmes
05

06 05 17 Cruisin' Smokey Robinson
06

05 04 13 Send One Your Love Stevie Wonder
07

07 07 15 We Don't Talk Anymore Cliff Richard
08

18 08 06 Crazy Little Thing Called Love Queen
09

11 09 08 The Long Run Eagles
10

15 10 07 Sara Fleetwood Mac

Chart Entries
#44 Desire Andy Gibb
#63 Refugee Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
#82 Three Times In Love Tommy James
#86 Haven't You Heard Patrice Rushen
#88 You Might Need Somebody Turley Richards
#89 Special Lady Ray, Goodman and Brown

US Charts

Billboard Magazine 26/01/80
Billboard 200 Albums The Wall Pink Floyd SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
Billboard Adult Contemporary Yes, I'm Ready Teri DeSario with KC NEW NUMBER ONE
Billboard Dance / Disco Tracks Top 80 Vertigo / Relight My Fire / Free Ride Dan Hartman THIRD WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
Billboard Hot Soul Singles Rock With You Michael Jackson FOURTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE

phoenix123 · Jan 12, 2016

Canadian Singles Chart Top 100 w/e 26/01/80

01

10 01 06 Rapper's Delight Sugarhill Gang NEW NUMBER ONE
02

02 02 11 Message In A Bottle The Police
03

03 03 07 Don't Do Me Like That Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
04

06 04 13 Please Don't Go KC & The Sunshine Band
05

05 01 15 Babe Styx
06

01 01 10 Escape Rupert Holmes
07

08 07 11 Cool Change Little River Band
08

09 08 12 We Don't Talk Anymore Cliff Richard
09

07 02 12 No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer
10

04 04 12 I Don't Like Mondays Boomtown Rats

Chart Entries
#82 Remember (Walking In The Sand) Aerosmith
#87 Night To Remember Prism
#89 When I Wanted You Barry Manilow
#90 Wonderland Commodores
#96 Janine Trooper
#98 On The Radio Donna Summer
#99 An American Dream The Dirt Band

Canada Charts
Canadian Album Chart Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Vol 2 Barbra Streisand SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE

Russron · Jan 13, 2016

ahem, all I'm willing to say at this point is that the many new entries include
the very song I myself entered only a couple of months ago for PJOPS but somehow (inexplicably) forgot for this retrochart , plus even another song from Ellen Foley to make up for these unforgivable oversights, namely:
- ellen foley - we belong to the night (sep 15)
- ellen foley - what's a matter baby (dec)

It's gonna be a brave new world out there!

Eric Generic · Jan 13, 2016

phoenix123 said:
Will Pretenders grab a third week for @Eric Generic?

I'd rather not jack....

Hairycub1969 · Jan 13, 2016

Eric Generic said:
I'd rather not jack....

Rest assured - at the end of the decade "I'd rather Jack" will be nowhere near my personal Top 100 weekly charts!

2014 · Jan 13, 2016

MY CHART W/C 26/1/1980:

TW/LW/PEAK/WoC/ ARTIST/TITLE

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

06 06 02 04 Michael Jackson - Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough
07 10 07 04 Fleetwood Mac - Sara
08 16 08 02 Sugarhill Gang - Rapper’s Delight
09 07 03 04 Kiss - I Was Made For Lovin’ You
10 09 09 04 Michael Jackson - Rock With You

11 11 07 04 Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall
12 08 06 04 The Police - Message In A Bottle
13 13 08 04 ABBA - Gimme Gimme Gimme
14 00 14 01 Dollar - I Wanna Hold Your Hand [NEW]
15 12 12 03 Donna Summer - Bad Girls

16 17 16 03 Sister Sledge - Lost In Music
17 00 17 01 Styx - Babe [NEW]
18 14 13 04 The Nolans - I’m In The Mood For Dancing
19 15 09 04 Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
20 18 18 02 Eagles - Heartache Tonight

Russron · Jan 13, 2016

So thanks to the NME back issues, Top Russron has all of six new entries: Holger Czukay (founder member of krautrock pioneers Can), The Pop Group (who soon disbanded and morphed into Rip Rig & Panic, with new member Neneh Cherry), Patti Smith Group, Funkadelic - and most of all, TWO belters from Ellen Foley, "What's A Matter Baby" even squeezing Abba out of the Top Ten.

But did Union City Blue miss its chances for retrochart glory, when last week there were unfortunate point halvings, and now the influx of new entries made it lose 60+ points from me?

01 -- 01 01 02 dead kennedys - california über alles (UK oct )
02 -- 02 01 04 michael jackson - don't stop 'til you get enough (aug 10)
03 -- 03 02 04 donna summer - on the radio (nov)
04 -- 04 04 04 lio - le banana split (late '79)
05 -- 05 05 04 gang of four - damaged goods (late '79)
06 -- 06 06 03 bauhaus - bela lugosi's dead (aug 6)
07 -- 07 07 04 talking heads - life during wartime (nov)
08 -- 08 08 04 david bowie - john, i'm only dancing (again) (dec)
09 -- 09 09 03 the b52s - rock lobster (aug 11)
10 -- ne 10 01 ellen foley - what's a matter baby (dec)
11 -- 11 09 04 abba - gimme gimme gimme (oct 2)
12 -- 11 10 04 blondie - dreaming (sep 14)
13 -- 12 11 04 the beat - tears of a clown (sep)
14 -- 13 12 04 motörhead - bomber (dec)
15 -- 14 13 04 cheap trick - dream police (sep)
16 -- ne 16 01 ellen foley - we belong to the night (sep 15)
17 -- 15 15 03 marianne faithfull - the ballad of lucy jordan (nov)
18 -- 16 14 04 abba - i have a dream (dec 10)
19 -- 17 15 04 donna summer & barbra streisand - no more tears (oct)
20 -- 18 18 03 dave edmunds - crawling from the wreckage (late '79)
21 -- 19 19 02 the fall - rowche rumble (jul 30)
22 -- 20 19 03 dan hartman - relight my fire (late '79)
23 -- 21 16 04 chic - my feet keep dancing (late '79)
24 -- 22 17 04 booker t & the mg's - green onions (re-release dec)
25 -- 23 18 04 spizzenergi - soldier soldier (sep 21)
26 -- 24 19 04 serge gainsbourg - des laids, des laids (aug)
27 -- 25 20 04 the sugarhill gang - rapper's delight (sep 16)
28 -- 26 25 03 sister sledge - lost in music (aug 11)
29 -- 27 27 02 the slits - typical girls (sep 14)
30 -- ne 30 01 holger czukay - cool in the pool
31 -- 29 22 04 joy division - transmission (oct)
32 -- 28 21 04 grace jones - on your knees (aug)
33 -- 30 30 03 gary numan - cars (aug 21)
34 -- 31 25 04 madness - one step beyond (oct 26)
35 -- ne 35 01 the pop group - we are all prostitutes (nov 9)
36 -- ne 36 01 patti smith group - so you want to be (a rock'n'roll star) (sep)
37 -- ne 37 01 funkadelic - knee deep (aug 21)
38 -- 32 26 04 donna summer - dim all the lights (aug)
39 -- 33 33 02 isaac hayes - don't let go (oct 27)
40 -- 34 27 04 the police - message in a bottle (sep)

Russron · Jan 13, 2016

Oh and I'm expecting a lot Kamikaze fire support for Ellen -- or else!

Hairycub1969 · Jan 14, 2016

Lots of changes going on at the top of everyone's Retro chart - wonder how this will pan out with the "Official" Retro chart for this Sunday?

phoenix123 · Jan 15, 2016

The Australian Countdown Chart Top 100 w/e 27/01/80

01

02 01 10 Don't Stop Til You Get Enough Michael Jackson NEW NUMBER ONE
02

01 01 11 Video Killed The Radio Star Buggles
03

04 03 08 Babe Styx
04

03 01 14 Computer Games Mi-Sex
05

06 05 07 Message In A Bottle The Police
06

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

05 04 12 Sure Know Something Kiss
08

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

10 08 12 No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand
10

11 10 09 Babe Styx

Chart Entries
#37 Hot Town Jon English
#39 You're Only Lonely JD Souther
#43 If It's Love You Want Edith Bliss
#46 Locomotion Ritz
#49 I'm An Aussie, Yes I Am Salvador Smith

Top 100 Entries
#94 Peter Piper Frank Mills
100 Star Of The Show Dolly Parton

Australian Charts
ARIA Singles Top 100 27/01/80 (blog courtesy of @SmashHitter)
Australian Album Chart ELO's Greatest Hits ELO THIRD WEEK AT NUMBER ONE

Eric Generic · Jan 15, 2016

phoenix123 said:
I do hope @Eric Generic has a chart for us this week!

I will.....

nnnumb · Jan 15, 2016

Russron said:
OK, I guess I'm officially hooked now. I've actually pulled out the big guns.
It's all very well typing a a few names in Google and hoping to get some bits and pieces of information -- but yesterday I gathered the strength (and the ladder) to reach for the highest shelves in my attic and pulled out boxes and plastic bags of old NME's and Sounds and Melody Makers.

Among the treasures I found are some 20 issues dating back to 1980 and late '79, and so far every single issue i've glanced through has provided me with nice reminders of at least a couple of my favourite songs that I've overlooked here. The singles review page has been particularly useful, but even before there was an official indie chart, it seems NME had a quick Indies Top Ten supplied by a different record store each week. (Therefore I guess I should be allowed to list California Über Alles by someone called Dave Kennedy, hehe.)

Remember when nobody could find a proper UK release date or even a month for that Dead Kennedys debut single? Now it can be confirmed: the Fast Product reissue was reviewed in the October 27th issue of NME. Ha, the internet doesn't know shit!

I wish I could find some old NME Indie charts online. I've looked high and low, but nothing! (Well, five minutes on Google is the same thing, no?).

And I told you I was right on Dave Kennedy haha.