Top of the Pops BBC4 Thursday/Friday 7.30pm

Completely agree, the C&C 7" mix would have been top 10, WEA really screwed up.

 

Not to retell a story we all know but the issue was more (and quickly realised byA&M) that UK and US clubs were going in different directions. We were a melting pot of house, hiphop and soon to be ravey and indie. New Jack Swing / Swingbeat was the prevalent style in the US and so JJ needed two different big name remixers, CJ was the in demand mixer in summer 89. Shep hadnt had a big club hit in the UK since 1988.

As much as I love Shep and have all the Jap mix EPs from RN1814, he did finesse the dull shuffly house mix to death in that era, CJs still sound fresh and different to me (Alright, House Mix being an example).

 

"Little Bird", though.

 

And Love Song For A Vampire.

 

Top of the pops missed a trick. They could have got 2 for the price of 1, while Black Box were in the studio, they could have got Starlight to perform Numero Uno complete with bad miming from Katrin

 

TOTPs weren't ride on time for that one...

 

I'm probably in the minority here but I much prefer Numero Uno to Ride on Time, it's just so much more happier and more dancey

 

Love them both but they're almost echoes of what made Annie special. Sublime though.

 

I adore Don't Ask Me Why, King & Queen Of America and Angel. It's just a shame the run of singles started out with this.

 

Revival's not on either Eurythmics compilation, quite tellingly.

 

@phoenix123 Retrochart Singles Top Ten w/e 09/09/89 draft

01 03 01 03 Just Don't Have The Heart | Cliff Richard NEW NUMBER ONE
02 02 01 06 Wouldn't Change A Thing | Kylie Minogue
03 01 01 04 Losing My Mind | Liza Minnelli
04 --- 04 01 Everyday (I Love You More) | Jason Donovan
05 09 05 02 Love's About To Change My Heart | Donna Summer
06 08 06 03 Friends | Jody Watley feat Erik B & Rakim
07 05 05 05 She Bangs The Drums | Stone Roses
08 10 08 03 Ride On Time | Black Box
09 04 04 05 Toy Soldiers | Martika
10 13 10 03 We Could Be Together | Debbie Gibson

Cliff's second chart topper and first since 1982.

 

Stone Roses found amongst the gayest Top 10 ever....

 

Don't worry Tears For Fears, Depeche Mode and The Cure are approaching the top ten too!

 

EG's TOP 40: 9/9/89

TW LW WoC HP TITLE ARTIST
1 1 1 PERSONAL JESUS DEPECHE MODE
2 1 2 1 SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE TEARS FOR FEARS
3 2 5 1 LOSING MY MIND LIZA MINELLI
4 11 2 4 MISS YOU MUCH JANET JACKSON
5 6 3 5 REVIVAL EURYTHMICS
6 3 4 3 THE INVISIBLE MAN QUEEN
7 9 3 7 BE FREE WITH YOUR LOVE SPANDAU BALLET
8 1 8 EVERY DAY (I LOVE YOU MORE) JASON DONOVAN
9 13 3 9 I JUST DON'T HAVE THE HEART CLIFF RICHARD
10 16 2 10 THE BEST TINA TURNER
11 5 4 5 BETTER DAYS GUN
12 14 3 12 HEALING HANDS ELTON JOHN
13 4 5 4 KISS THIS THING GOODBYE DEL AMITRI
14 19 3 14 IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME CHER
15 24 2 15 MIXED EMOTIONS ROLLING STONES
16 27 2 16 PROUD TO FALL IAN McCULLOCH
17 8 7 1 THE END OF THE INNOCENCE DON HENLEY
18 22 2 18 LOVESONG THE CURE
19 1 19 PARTY MAN PRINCE
20 29 2 20 RIGHT HERE WAITING RICHARD MARX
21 1 21 HOOKS IN YOU MARILLION
22 10 6 10 TOY SOLDIERS MARTIKA
23 1 23 LOVE IN AN ELEVATOR AEROSMITH
24 7 7 3 YOU'RE HISTORY SHAKESPEAR'S SISTER
25 12 6 12 POISON ALICE COOPER
26 28 2 26 SUNSHINE ALEXANDER O'NEAL
27 30 3 27 LOVE'S ABOUT TO CHANGE MY HEART DONNA SUMMER
28 1 28 RUN 2 NEW ORDER
29 37 2 29 NEVER BE THE SAME DANNY WILSON
30 21 4 21 SOMETHING'S JUMPING IN YOUR SHIRT MALCOLM McLAREN
31 15 5 7 RUNNIN' DOWN A DREAM TOM PETTY
32 18 6 3 WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING KYLIE MINOGUE
33 17 5 10 KISSES ON THE WIND NENEH CHERRY
34 25 3 25 LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME BON JOVI
35 20 5 4 LONG WAY TO GO STEVIE NICKS
36 1 36 TIN MACHINE TIN MACHINE
37 34 3 34 IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU ROBERT PALMER
38 23 6 14 SELF! FUZZBOX
39 1 39 WHITE CITY POGUES
40 26 7 4 DO YOU LOVE WHAT YOU FEEL INNER CITY

So that's where my memory of #12 for Healing Hands comes from.

 

I didn't expect Liza to top your chart?!

Kept quiet about your Revival stannage while we were all slagging it!

 

You know I'd forgotten Liza made #1. I can't stand Revival now, but this was 1989. And Eurythmics were one of my favourite bands...especially after Savage...but a #5 peak for the lead single was almost a flop for them.

 

I really like Diva and parts of both Medusa and Bare. I think they’re significantly better than where Eurythmics finished up. But they do feel slightly inauthentic compared to the Eurythmics of Savage or Sweet Dreams. Is it that the Stephen Lipson production is so smooth and glossy that it takes the edges off Annie a bit too much? Or is there a new self-consciousness in her writing, as if she has identified what the typical Annie Lennox tropes are and is “doing some Annie”? I can remember feeling slightly...er ...cross after my first play of Diva, as if Annie had slightly sold out on me.

 

They broke threw on the "Boystown" Chart (Record Mirror) before they went Mainstream....as always, the gays were ahead of the curve...!

 

Loved that Malcolm McLaren album that summer, shame it never broke big. Wonderful piece of editing on the playout so the song never gets going.

 

That #1. Perfect.