The Popjustice Retrocharts - April 1985 - w/e 20/04/85 - wk 16

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phoenix123 · Apr 30, 2022

01 01 01 05 We Are The World USA For Africa FIFTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
02 02 02 05 Nightshift Commodores
03 05 03 12 One Night In Bangkok Murray Head
04 06 04 04 One More Night Phil Collins
05 04 03 07 Material Girl Madonna
06 03 01 13 Easy Lover Philip Bailey & Phil Collins
07 10 07 02 Crazy For You Madonna
08 --- 08 01 Rhythm Of The Night DeBarge
09 08 08 04 This Is Not America David Bowie & Pat Metheny Group
10 --- 10 01 Everybody Wants To Rule The World Tears For Fears

phoenix123 · Apr 30, 2022

01 07 01 02 We Are The World USA For Africa 86,000 NEW NUMBER ONE
02 05 02 04 Everybody Wants To Rule The World Tears For Fears 73,000
03 01 01 07 Easy Lover Phillip Bailey & Phil Collins 61,000
04 08 04 09 Move Closer Phyllis Nelson 53,000
05 02 02 04 Welcome To The Pleasure Dome Frankie Goes To Hollywood 45,000
06 05 05 09 We Close Our Eyes Go West 43,000
07 10 07 05 Could It Be I'm Falling In Love David Grant & Jaki Graham 36,000
08 27 08 02 One More Night Phil Collins 34,000
09 18 09 04 Clouds Across The Moon RAH Band 32,000
10 04 03 05 Pie Jesu Sarah Brightman & Paul Miles Kingston 31,000

gezza76 said: ↑

As expected USA For Africa power 7-1 to top the charts on both sides of the Atlantic this week, it did so on a strong sale of 86,000 to bring its tally to 127,000 after a fortnight and is also the 100th chart topper of the 80s by way of trivia. It outpaced Tears For Fears “Everybody Wants To Rule The World” which moves 3-2 (73,000) which nevertheless becomes the group’s biggest hit to date and assists the album remaining in the top 5 for seventh week

Hoping for some chart revenge Phil Collins enters arrives 27-8 (34,000), it became Collins’s second US chart topper earlier this year and was knocked off the top by USA for Africa. Whilst the UK got “Sussudio” as the first single from “No Jacket Required” the US were treated to “One More Night” which explains why it has already been a US success, he’ll be hoping he can overturn USA for Africa in the forthcoming weeks. He’s not in danger of knocking himself off the top spot as “Easy Lover” falls 1-3 (61,000) and is already the fifth best selling single of the year with 481,000 copies sold already.

Richard Anthony Hewson has already amassed an impressive array of acts that he has worked with as arranger or producer including the Beatles, The Bee Gees, and Cliff Richard, he formed his “group” Rah Band to release the single “The Crunch” which peaked at No 6 back in 1977. The group is in reality just a front for Hewson who named it after his initials although the vocals on “Clouds Across The Moon” are courtesy of his wife, and it’s the latter track that returns him to the top 10 for the first time in 8 years as it rises 18-9 (32,000)

Elsewhere good news for Phyllis Nelson as she halves her position 8-4 (53,000) and David Grant & Jaki Graham are also in the pink as they climb 10- 7 (36,000) it is now the biggest hit for either act. It’s all over for Frankie Goes To Hollywood as they scurry 2-5 (45,000), Go West go into reverse 5-6 (43,000) and Sarah Brightman & Paul Miles Kingston hurtle 4-10 (31,000).

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Chart Entries
#20 Look Mama Howard Jones
#22 Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds
#23 Lover Come Back To Me Dead Or Alive
#24 Love To Love You Baby / I Feel Love / Johnnie Remember Me Bronski Beat & Mark Almond
#38 So Far Away Dire Straits
#40 Eye To Eye Chaka Khan
#45 Would I Lie To You? Eurythmics
#50 I Was Born To Love You Freddie Mercury
#66 Babies Ashford & Simpson
#69 Beyond The Sea (La Mer) George Benson
#70 Ticket To Ride Beatles
#75 Put My Arms Around You Kevin Kitchen
#76 Baby Come And Get It Pointer Sisters
#82 Missing You Diana Ross
#83 Love Is Vikki
#87 Thinking About Your Love Skipworth & Turner
#88 Going Down To Liverpool Bangles
#91 Some Kinda Lover Whispers
#93 Settle Down Lillo Thomas
#94 When Love Breaks Down Prefab Sprout
#95 Falling Angels Riding David Essex
#97 Nightshift Winston Groovy
#98 Along Comes A Woman Chicago
#99 No Man's Land Gerard Kenney

Further UK charts and stats can be found here.

phoenix123 · Apr 30, 2022

01 01 01 05 We Are The World USA For Africa SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
02 03 02 08 Crazy For You Madonna
03 04 03 13 Nightshift Commodores
04 02 01 11 One More Night Phil Collins
05 07 05 10 Rhythm Of The Night DeBarge
06 06 06 10 I'm On Fire Bruce Springsteen
07 09 07 13 Obsession Animotion
08 11 08 09 Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds
09 12 09 09 One Night In Bangkok Murray Head
10 10 10 21 Missing You Diana Ross

Chart News
#52 Heaven Bryan Adams
#54 Say You're Wrong Julian Lennon
#65 Show Some Respect Tina Turner
#70 The Search Is Over Survivor
#88 Only Lonely Bon Jovi
#91 High School Nights Dave Edmunds
#93 I'm Through With Love Eric Carmen

Further US charts and stats can be found here.

phoenix123 · Apr 30, 2022

01 01 01 12 Easy Lover Phillip Bailey & Phil Collins SIXTH WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
02 02 02 12 Do What You Do Jermaine Jackson
03 03 02 20 One Night In Bangkok Murray Head
04 94 04 02 We Are The World USA For Africa
05 08 05 03 Welcome To The Pleasure Dome Frankie Goes To Hollywood
06 04 04 11 Nightshift Commodores
07 05 05 07 Material Girl Madonna
08 07 07 11 Fotonovela Ivan
09 06 05 10 You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) Dead Or Alive
10 09 09 05 Some Like It Hot Power Station

Chart Entries
#77 Elle Prefere L'Amour En Mer Philippe Lavil
#87 Black Man Ray China Crisis
#91 Supergran Billy Connely
#99 Vicious Games Yello

Further european charts and stats can be found here.

phoenix123 · Apr 30, 2022

01 02 01 08 Johnny Johnny Jeanne Mas THIRD WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
02 04 02 05 Ils S'aiment Daniel Lavoie
03 08 03 06 Macumba Jean-Pierre Mader
04 01 01 16 Square Rooms Al Corley
05 03 03 12 Melissa Julien Clerc
06 05 02 11 One Night In Bangkok Murray Head
07 07 03 18 Fotonovela Ivan
08 --- 08 01 Tout doucement Bibie HIGHEST NEW ENTRY
09 09 09 09 The Lost Opera Kimera & The Operaiders
10 06 06 08 Le Bal Masque La Compagnie Creole

Chart Entries
#20 We Are The World USA For Africa
#23 Io Domenico Michel Sardou
#33 I Want To Know What Love Is Foreigner
#46 Around My Dream Silver Pozzoli

phoenix123 · Apr 30, 2022

01 01 01 04 We Are The World USA For Africa THIRD WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
02 02 01 09 Nightshift Commodores
03 04 03 04 Life Is Life Opus
04 21 04 02 Everybody Wants To Rule The World Tears For Fears
05 03 03 05 Popie Jopie Pisa
06 06 06 04 All At Once Whitney Houston
07 05 04 05 You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) Dead Or Alive
08 08 06 09 You're My Heart, You're My Soul Modern Talking
09 12 09 05 Gimme Gimme Gimme Narada Michael Walden & Patti Austin
10 07 01 11 Ik meen't Andre Hazes

Chart Entries
#24 Black Kisses (Never Make You Blue) Curtie & The Boombox
#30 Cry Godley & Creme
#31 Santa Lucia Frank & Mirella
#35 Legs ZZ Top
#38 Will The Wolf Survive Los Lobos
#41 Soul Street Jolley & Swain
#47 That Ole Devil Called Love Alison Moyet

phoenix123 · Apr 30, 2022

01 01 01 03 We Are The World USA For Africa SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE
02 03 01 10 I Should Have Known Better Jim Diamond
03 02 01 08 Shout Tears For Fears
04 04 04 08 Neutron Dance Pointer Sisters
05 05 03 06 You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) Dead Or Alive
06 06 04 05 Material Girl Madonna
07 08 07 08 Loverboy Billy Ocean
08 07 01 12 One Night In Bangkok Murray Head
09 10 02 12 Born In The USA Bruce Springsteen
10 12 10 04 Barbados Models

Chart Entries
#39 Some Like it Hot POWER STATION
#42 Lovergirl TEENA MARIE
#50 Colour My Love FUN FUN FUN

phoenix123 · Apr 25, 2022

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Hairycub1969 · Apr 25, 2022

The Retrochart star this week looks like Pat Benatar who has finally cracked the UK Top 40 this year. First with "We belong" and now the re-release of "Love is a battlefield" is finally a UK Top 40 hit!

Hairycub1969 · Apr 26, 2022

Before I reveal my Retrochart - the Makers and Shakers - are these songs in your Retrochart yet?

Number 50 - new entry for George Benson who has covered "Beyond the sea (La Mer)":

Hairycub1969 · Apr 26, 2022

Number 48 - new entry for Freddie Mercury and his second single called "I was born to love you":

Hairycub1969 · Apr 26, 2022

Number 46 - there's a re-entry for Prefab Sprout - "When love breaks down" got to Number 42 late last year - will it climber higher on it's second attempt?

Hairycub1969 · Apr 26, 2022

Number 45 - new entry for Dire Straits who return after a lengthy absence with "So far away" - apparently they have a new album coming out next month called "Brothers in Arms":

The Popjustice Retrocharts - April 1985 - w/e 20/04/85 - wk 16

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