UK Singles Charts: 1986 (including chart panel sales)

[Blondini]

An Eloise cover before The Damned! (guy from McAuley Schenker Group)

[Gambo]

Just spotted 'Sexual Healing' by Marvin Gaye's racked up 81 weeks! There aren't many singles that have so far exceeded that total. And that's at least 11 weeks less than its full total given in first charted in Oct '82 pre-Gallup! Never realised this track was so enduring on trickle-sales over three years after it arrived. I suppose Gaye's unfortunate and untimely death in '84 might've boosted his product.

[Gambo]

Duplicate deleted - apols

[Metalweb]

Original (and superior?) version of Alison Moyet's '87 hit in at 106.

Won't go much higher but made the Australian Top 30.

[Blondini]

Original (and superior?) version of Alison Moyet's '87 hit in at 106.

Won't go much higher but made the Australian Top 30.

It is great though i like both.

[Robbie]

New at 182-''5 minutes''.What is this?Remix?Re-release?Different track? Same act charting with ''5 minutes on'' in the summer of '85.

I've just checked and the actual title on the record is '5 Minutes On...'. 'Five Minutes' charted in summer 1985 and this 1986 release has a slightly different catalogue number. The 1986 entry is simply listed as '5 Minutes' by Gallup. I've not heard of either the 1985 or 1986 releases so don't know if the 1986 release is a re-release, a remix or a re-recording or indeed a different track.

[MrTibbs]

An Eloise cover before The Damned! (guy from McAuley Schenker Group)

These cover versions didnt quite recreate the magic of Barry Ryan's memorable 1968 original with its brilliant vocals and orchestration. Way ahead of its time. If you haven't heard it you are in for a treat.

[beat47]

Original (and superior?) version of Alison Moyet's '87 hit in at 106.

Won't go much higher but made the Australian Top 30.

Alison later admitted regret at recording the song. “I know how cynical I was being when I recorded it. I recorded it ’cause I knew it was a hit rather than the fact that I loved it, and that will teach me, you know? You have a massive hit with something you’re not particularly fond of, and it’s not a good feeling.”

[Robbie]

1 February 1986

Twk	Lwk	Wks	Title	Artist	Sales
1	1	6	The Sun Always Shines On T.V.	a-ha	4450
2	8	8	Only Love	Nana Mouskouri	3235
3	2	4	Walk Of Life	Dire Straits	2935
4	15	17	Borderline	Madonna	2447
5	4	11	Broken Wings	Mr. Mister	1697
6	28	2	When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going	Billy Ocean	1542
7	3	13	West End Girls	Pet Shop Boys	1369
8	10	4	Suspicious Minds	Fine Young Cannibals	1358
9	6	6	Saturday Love	Cherrelle With Alexander O'Neal	1348
10	13	4	System Addict	Five Star	1329
11	5	5	You Little Thief	Feargal Sharkey	1312
12	21	4	The Phantom Of The Opera	Sarah Brightman And Steve Harley	1264
13	9	7	Alice, I Want You Just For Me!	Full Force	1117
14	12	4	It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)	Eurythmics	1063
15	20	3	La Vie En Rose / Pull Up To The Bumper	Grace Jones	1046
16	7	10	Hit That Perfect Beat	Bronski Beat	1023
17	NE	1	Sanctify Yourself	Simple Minds	847
18	11	11	Who's Zoomin' Who	Aretha Franklin	821
19	31	2	Living In America	James Brown	817
20	29	2	In A Lifetime	Clannad	763
21	14	9	Russians	Sting	734
22	23	3	Life's What You Make It	Talk Talk	714
23	36	2	How Will I Know	Whitney Houston	614
24	16	10	Girlie Girlie	Sophia George	571
25	34	3	Imagination	Belouis Some	566
26	17	9	Leaving Me Now (Re-Mix)	Level 42	560
27	22	3	Spirit Of '76	The Alarm	539
28	19	12	Saving All My Love For You	Whitney Houston	488
29	NE	1	Shot In The Dark	Ozzy Osbourne	455
30	37	4	If I Ruled The World	Kurtis Blow	436
31	18	9	Ring Of Ice	Jennifer Rush	401
32	NE	1	My Magic Man	Rochelle	396
33	24	3	Shake Your Foundations	AC/DC	376
34	59	3	The Captain Of Her Heart	Double	375
35	55	2	If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)	Ruby Turner featuring Jonathan Butler	328
36	26	11	Separate Lives	Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin	319
37	NE	1	Rise	Public Image Ltd	281
38	38	3	Cut Me Down (Remix)	Lloyd Cole And The Commotions	281
39	NE	1	Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood	The Costello Show featuring Confederates	269
40	61	2	The Promise	Arcadia	268
41	53	4	Funky Sensation	Ladies Choice	268
42	54	15	Radio Africa	Latin Quarter	263
43	56	5	One Dance Won't Do	Audrey Hall	252
44	69	3	Chain Reaction	Diana Ross	250
45	30	15	Walking In The Air	Aled Jones	250
46	70	3	Hold Me	Teddy Pendergrass With Whitney Houston	246
47	32	9	Dress You Up	Madonna	239
48	46	8	Girls Are More Fun	Ray Parker Jr.	234
49	33	11	I'm Your Man	Wham!	233
50	25	9	Wrap Her Up	Elton John	227
51	NE	1	The Sweetest Girl	Madness	214
52	41	7	New York Eyes	Nicole With Timmy Thomas	214
53	NE	1	Don't Waste My Time	Paul Hardcastle, lead vocals - Carol Kenyon	206
54	62	2	I Can't Wait	Stevie Nicks	197
55	35	15	We Built This City	Starship	189
56	91	2	Starting Together	Su Pollard	181
57	73	3	It Doesn't Really Matter	Zapp	176
58	NE	1	Baby Love	Regina	172
59	NE	1	Sidewalk Talk	Jellybean	171
60	40	13	After The Love Has Gone	Princess	171
61	27	5	Torture	King	167
62	48	33	The Power Of Love (Remix)	Jennifer Rush	165
63	39	11	Don't You Just Know It	Amazulu	162
64	63	8	My Guy, My Girl	Amii Stewart & Deon Estus	161
65	47	3	Leader Of The Pack	Twisted Sister	159
66	49	5	You're My Last Chance	52nd Street	158
67	67	2	Baby Talk	Alisha	154
68	44	19	Take On Me	a-ha	151
69	51	4	Ocean Blue	ABC	145
70	RE	11	Burning Heart	Survivor	135
71	57	8	One Nation	Masquerade	135
72	78	3	Small Town	John Cougar Mellencamp	128
73	65	3	Small Blue Thing	Suzanne Vega	128
74	58	4	Naughty Naughty	John Parr	124
75	43	10	Spies Like Us	Paul McCartney	122
76	NE	1	A Love Bizarre	Sheila E.	121
***	52	17	A Good Heart	Feargal Sharkey	121
77	79	3	Years Later	Cactus World News	120
78	89	42	Don't You (Forget About Me)	Simple Minds	117
79	76	4	Living In The Past	Drum Theatre	117
***	45	15	See The Day	Dee C. Lee	110
80	NE	1	Sara	Starship	109
***	50	11	Don't Look Down - The Sequel	Go West	107
81	NE	1	Cold Shoulder	Evelyn Thomas	93
***	60	6	Days Like These	Billy Bragg	90
***	42	9	Merry Christmas Everyone	Shakin' Stevens	89
82	86	7	Rescue Me	Zerra One	85
***	66	9	She's Strange	Cameo	81
83	132	2	Unchained Melody	Leo Sayer	79
***	64	12	Say You, Say Me	Lionel Richie	75
84	141	2	On The Trail	The Prime Movers	69
***	***	13	The Show	Doug E. Fresh And The Get Fresh Crew	69
***	81	9	Edge Of Darkness	Eric Clapton With Michael Kamen	68
85	***	12	Mated	David Grant And Jaki Graham	66
86	93	3	The Oak Tree	Morris Day	64
***	71	9	Glenn Miller Medley	John Anderson Big Band	64
***	***	8	Mr. D.J.	The Concept	61
***	80	5	The House Is Haunted (By The Echo Of Your Last Goodbye)	Marc Almond	61
***	***	15	Brothers In Arms	Dire Straits	59
***	75	17	Road To Nowhere	Talking Heads	57
87	94	4	Party All The Time	Eddie Murphy	56
***	***	8	Run To The Hills	Iron Maiden	56
88	NE	1	In The Middle Of The Night	Taka Boom	55
***	68	8	Last Christmas	Wham!	54
***	***	15	Don't Break My Heart	UB40	54
89	***	11	Sun City	Artists United Against Apartheid	52
***	***	41	Do They Know It's Christmas?	Band Aid	50
90	106	2	Weak In The Presence Of Beauty	Floy Joy	49
91	95	3	Rapper's Delight / We Got The Funk	Sugarhill Gang / Positive Force	49
***	82	9	Because	Julian Lennon	49
***	74	4	Guilty	Yarbrough & Peoples	47
92	***	12	One Vision	Queen	46
93	88	3	Get Loose	Aleem	45
94	99	17	Alive & Kicking	Simple Minds	41
95	98	2	I Can't Live Without My Radio	LL Cool J	41
***	***	27	Trapped	Colonel Abrams	41
96	***	23	The Power Of Love	Huey Lewis And The News	40
97	***	12	Warrior Groove	D.S.M.	40
98	***	17	Slave To The Rhythm	Grace Jones	40
99	83	2	Things Could Be Beautiful	The Colour Field	40
100	77	12	For You	Snowy White	40
***	72	4	Is It A Crime	Sade	40
***	90	9	Whenever You Need Somebody	O'Chi Brown	39
101	103	15	Stairway To Heaven	Far Corporation	38
***	***	9	Pictures In The Dark	Mike Oldfield featuring Aled Jones, Anita & Barry Palmer	37
***	84	9	Abide With Me	The Inspirational Choir with The Royal Choral Society	36
102	NE	1	Don't Tell Me Lies	Breathe	35
102	NE	1	In The Heat Of The Night	Sandra	35
104	113	2	Kool Noh	Aswad	35
105	105	3	Just Having Fun	Doug E Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew	35
***	***	30	We All Stand Together	Paul McCartney And The Frog Chorus	35
106	NE	1	Take Me Now	Vicious Pink	34
107	***	74	I Just Called To Say I Love You	Stevie Wonder	34
108	111	6	Castles In Spain	The Armoury Show	34
109	***	10	Hokey Cokey	Black Lace	34
110	85	20	When Love Breaks Down	Prefab Sprout	34
***	***	20	Something About You	Level 42	34
111	117	13	I'll Be Your Friend	Precious Wilson	33
***	***	8	Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town / My Hometown	Bruce Springsteen	33
***	***	13	Lost Weekend	Lloyd Cole And The Commotions	33
112	158	2	Eloise	Robin McAuley	31
113	***	11	The Heart And Soul E.P.	Huey Lewis And The News	31
114	***	37	She Sells Sanctuary	The Cult	31
115	120	25	Endless Love	Diana Ross & Lionel Richie	31
116	96	10	Heart Of Lothian	Marillion	31
***	97	3	Riptide	Robert Palmer	31
117	NE	1	Shouldn't Have Been Like That	Fra Lippo Lippi	29
118	195	9	100%	Caprice	29
119	92	10	Revolution (Remix)	The Cult	29
***	101	4	Somewhere (From West Side Story)	Barbra Streisand	29
120	***	15	Uncle Sam	Madness	28
121	110	8	Tonight She Comes	The Cars	28
***	***	9	It's In Every One Of Us	Cliff Richard	27
122	87	14	Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves	Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin	27
123	NE	1	Colder Are My Nights	The Isley Brothers	26
124	NE	1	Giving Ground (RSV)	The Sisterhood	26
125	148	16	Bring On The Dancing Horses	Echo & The Bunnymen	26
126	122	24	P: Machinery	Propaganda	26
127	115	15	Election Day	Arcadia	26
128	100	3	Lying	Peter Frampton	26
129	NE	1	Eloise	The Damned	25
130	135	3	Captain Blood	Beltane Fire	25
***	***	15	You Are My Lady	Freddie Jackson	25
***	***	14	It's Only Love	Bryan Adams / Tina Turner	25
***	***	9	Inspector Gadget	The Kartoon Krew	25
***	***	10	When A Heart Beats	Nik Kershaw	25
131	NE	1	Love Caught You By Surprise	Earl Turner	24
***	***	8	All The Love (In The World)	Rose Marie	24
132	114	15	Cloudbusting	Kate Bush	24
133	108	3	Throwing Stones At The Wind	Pallas	24
134	102	3	Object Of My Desire	Starpoint	24
135	RE	6	Voices	Russ Ballard	23
136	172	79	Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)	Phil Collins	23
137	***	9	Revolution	Thompson Twins	23
138	***	22	Dancing In The Street	David Bowie and Mick Jagger	23
139	124	31	Money For Nothing	Dire Straits	23
140	NE	1	One More Time	Third World	22
141	RE	19	Better Be Good To Me	Tina Turner	22
142	***	12	That Certain Smile	Midge Ure	22
143	***	15	The Whole Of The Moon	The Waterboys	22
144	***	9	The Truth	Colonel Abrams	22
145	130	29	Too Many Games	Maze featuring Frankie Beverly	22
146	119	13	Just For Money	Paul Hardcastle	21
***	112	13	That's What Friends Are For	Dionne Warwick & Friends featuring Elton John, Gladys Knight And Stevie Wonder	21
***	109	9	Nineteen	Phil Lynott	21
147	104	146	Blue Monday	New Order	21
148	186	16	The Sweetest Taboo	Sade	20
***	***	28	Into The Groove	Madonna	20
149	143	34	Crazy For You	Madonna	20
***	131	14	Set It Off	Masquerade	20
***	***	12	Caravan Of Love	Isley Jasper Isley	20
150	129	9	Windswept	Bryan Ferry	20
151	NE	1	She's On It	Beastie Boys	19
152	RE	2	The Cleanest Little Piggy In The Market	Farmer Shag Connors And The Carrot Crunchers	19
153	133	16	Sleeping Bag	ZZ Top	19
***	127	13	Blue	Fine Young Cannibals	19
154	121	5	I Dreamed A Dream	Patti LuPone	19
155	118	15	The Bottom Line	Big Audio Dynamite	19
***	***	8	Walking In The Air	Peter Auty	19
156	182	2	5 Minutes	Mainframe	18
157	181	21	If I Was	Midge Ure	18
158	180	36	I Wonder If I Take You Home	Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam With Full Force	18
159	142	24	Running Up That Hill	Kate Bush	18
160	137	58	Holiday	Madonna	18
***	116	18	Rain	The Cult	18
161	RE	16	I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording)	Tears For Fears	17
162	RE	11	I Like You	Phyllis Nelson	17
163	***	13	Sub-Culture	New Order	17
164	161	46	Eastenders	Simon May	17
165	155	14	This Is England	The Clash	17
166	152	6	Do Me Baby	Meli'sa Morgan	17
***	***	16	The Taste Of Your Tears	King	17
167	144	4	You & Me	The Flirts	17
168	136	15	Cities In Dust	Siouxsie And The Banshees	17
169	126	13	Fortress Around Your Heart	Sting	17
170	RE	13	Tell Me (How It Feels)	52nd Street	16
171	123	21	Rebel Yell	Billy Idol	16
172	NE	1	Let The Four Winds Blow	Denise LaSalle	15
172	NE	1	My Son	Brendan Shine	15
174	RE	34	The Unforgettable Fire	U2	15
175	RE	49	Drive	The Cars	15
176	193	14	Looking For Lewis And Clark	The Long Ryders	15
177	179	16	Chief Inspector	Wally Badarou	15
178	175	23	Body Rock	Maria Vidal	15
***	***	22	Single Life	Cameo	15
***	***	11	Music Is The Answer	Colonel Abrams	15
179	128	82	(Sexual) Healing	Marvin Gaye	15
180	NE	1	My Cleopatra	The Flaming Mussolinis	14
181	NE	1	Put Us Together Again	The Detroit Spinners	14
182	RE	14	Lipstick Powder And Paint	Shakin' Stevens	14
183	NE	1	Selector Him Good	Little Clarkie & The Offbeat Posse	14
184	RE	8	Slammers	King Kurt	14
185	***	17	Gambler	Madonna	14
186	185	2	Sweet Reggae Music	Nitty Gritty	14
187	160	2	Saving All My Love For You	Pauline Thomas	14
188	157	11	Tiny Dynamine (EP)	Cocteau Twins	14
189	140	16	Howards' Way	The Simon May Orchestra	14
190	138	9	Echoes In A Shallow Bay (EP)	Cocteau Twins	14
***	***	17	Miami Vice Theme	Jan Hammer	14
***	134	12	Holding Back The Years	Simply Red	14
***	***	18	Yeh Yeh	Matt Bianco	14
***	***	17	Nikita	Elton John	14
191	RE	15	Don't Stop The Dance	Bryan Ferry	13
192	NE	1	Whistling In The Dark	Easterhouse	13
193	RE	13	One Of The Living	Tina Turner	13
194	RE	46	I Want To Know What Love Is	Foreigner	13
195	RE	10	Loving You's A Dirty Job But Somebody's Gotta Do It	Bonnie Tyler, Guest Vocalist Todd Rundgren	13
196	RE	7	Hold Me Tight	Robert White	13
197	RE	9	Let My People Go (Part I)	The Winans	13
198	NE	1	Religious Persuasion (EP)	Andy White	13
199	RE	7	Golden Pennies	Harvey Andrews	13
200	191	44	Axel F	Harold Faltermeyer	13

chart listing courtesy of kobyhadrian

[Robbie]

An early posting as I have to leave the house early tomorrow morning and possibly may not have the time to post.

[Meglos]

Pleased to see :

Sandra 'In The Heat Of The Night'

Denise LaSalle 'Let The Four Winds Blow'

[AndyTaylorNotThatOne]

Ladies Choice join Y&T (two and a half years previously) in missing out on the Top 40 by an agonising margin.

[Meglos]

'The Promise' by Arcadia is a hell of a song.
I wonder if the Duran Duran association worked against it.
It was too serious for the younger fanbase, and never likely to be taken seriously by 'proper' music fans.

[Gambo]

A few casual observations of interest to me -

- I didn't realise Breathe had started chart life as early as Jan '86 (joint No 102). It's unfortunate they never really gained traction after their big '88 hit although I believe the Americans took them to heart for a little while longer. Last I heard lead singer David Glasper was living in Thailand, apparently lacking in direction, doing selfmade vids of him strumming his guitar and seemingly not having fully reconciled himself to never having made it big longer-term. Always sad when that happens.
- D Ross & L Richie's '81 hit 'Endless Love' still trickling away (No 115; 25 weeks on the extended listing plus however many accrued prior to its inception). Another case of a song I had no clue at the time was still popular enough to still be getting anything like 31 panel sales 4.5 years in! Fascinating to find these sleepers in the bottom echelons.
- Low initial showing for The Damned's take on 'Eloise' (No 129) before leaping up in the coming weeks. Not as good as Barry Ryan methinks.
- Is that The Beastie Boys' maiden chart appearance (No 151) with a song that wouldn't be a big hit until the following year? Never my cup o' tea I'm afraid but always worth noting an influential act's first 'true' chart registration ahead of what we might have considered it to be before becoming privy to these extended tabulations.

[Robbie]

It's the first appearance for the Beastie Boys. Not the last either. I don't recall them from 1986. I'm sure '(You Gotta) Fight For The Right (To Party)' was the first time I had heard of them.

I don't know why 'Endless Love' had such an endless top 200 chart run. It's not something I've ever liked but I didn't think that almost 5 years after it was released it would still be attracting regular weekly sales, albeit low level ones.

I think the label struggled so much to break Breathe that by the time the band did have their big breathrough hit they were struggling behind the scenes. The manager left, the bass guitarist left and the band struggled to follow up their big hit.

[Blondini]

Very odd low entry (beaten by the other version!) for next week's #18 Eloise. A store leak?

Easterhouse video was directed by Derek Jarman

[radcl]

107 NE 1 Party All The Time Eddie Murphy US#2
110 NE 1 Living In The Past Drum Theatre ITA#25
132 NE 1 You & Me The Flirts US DANCE#1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmSSW2e2WGM
67 NE 1 Baby Talk Alisha NED#9
58 NE 1 Baby Love Regina US#10
59 NE 1 Sidewalk Talk Jellybean US#18
76 NE 1 A Love Bizarre Sheila E. US#11
117 NE 1 Shouldn't Have Been Like That Fra Lippo NOR#4 Lippi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5gBlDMYvsg
96 NE 1 Small Town - John Cougar Mellencamp US#6
102 NE 1 In The Heat Of The Night Sandra GE#2


Johnny B. Goode Marty McFly With The Starlighters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1i5coU-0_Q

[Robbie]

8 February 1986

Twk	Lwk	Wks	Title	Artist	Sales
1	6	3	When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going	Billy Ocean	3340
2	1	7	The Sun Always Shines On T.V.	a-ha	3210
3	4	18	Borderline	Madonna	2937
4	2	9	Only Love	Nana Mouskouri	2804
5	3	5	Walk Of Life	Dire Straits	2076
6	10	5	System Addict	Five Star	1734
7	12	5	The Phantom Of The Opera	Sarah Brightman And Steve Harley	1625
8	19	3	Living In America	James Brown	1499
9	8	5	Suspicious Minds	Fine Young Cannibals	1433
10	17	2	Sanctify Yourself	Simple Minds	1334
11	5	12	Broken Wings	Mr. Mister	1243
12	15	4	La Vie En Rose / Pull Up To The Bumper	Grace Jones	1200
13	9	7	Saturday Love	Cherrelle With Alexander O'Neal	918
14	34	4	The Captain Of Her Heart	Double	861
15	11	6	You Little Thief	Feargal Sharkey	853
16	22	4	Life's What You Make It	Talk Talk	829
17	14	5	It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)	Eurythmics	812
18	129	2	Eloise	The Damned	751
19	23	3	How Will I Know	Whitney Houston	746
20	37	2	Rise	Public Image Ltd	744
21	29	2	Shot In The Dark	Ozzy Osbourne	721
22	13	8	Alice, I Want You Just For Me!	Full Force	699
23	7	14	West End Girls	Pet Shop Boys	675
24	30	5	If I Ruled The World	Kurtis Blow	662
25	25	4	Imagination	Belouis Some	655
26	20	3	In A Lifetime	Clannad	647
27	32	2	My Magic Man	Rochelle	638
28	16	11	Hit That Perfect Beat	Bronski Beat	625
29	18	12	Who's Zoomin' Who	Aretha Franklin	565
30	70	12	Burning Heart	Survivor	528
31	44	4	Chain Reaction	Diana Ross	518
32	35	3	If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)	Ruby Turner featuring Jonathan Butler	471
33	39	2	Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood	The Costello Show featuring Confederates	442
34	56	3	Starting Together	Su Pollard	384
35	53	2	Don't Waste My Time	Paul Hardcastle, lead vocals - Carol Kenyon	384
36	42	16	Radio Africa	Latin Quarter	376
37	40	3	The Promise	Arcadia	368
38	26	10	Leaving Me Now (Re-Mix)	Level 42	364
39	NE	1	Turning Away	Shakin' Stevens	362
40	21	10	Russians	Sting	361
41	43	6	One Dance Won't Do	Audrey Hall	323
42	27	4	Spirit Of '76	The Alarm	317
43	24	11	Girlie Girlie	Sophia George	285
44	28	13	Saving All My Love For You	Whitney Houston	278
45	NE	1	And She Was	Talking Heads	264
46	NE	1	Wastelands	Midge Ure	248
47	59	2	Sidewalk Talk	Jellybean	243
48	NE	1	I'm Not Gonna Let You	Colonel Abrams	232
49	51	2	The Sweetest Girl	Madness	232
50	58	2	Baby Love	Regina	231
51	46	4	Hold Me	Teddy Pendergrass With Whitney Houston	229
52	NE	1	Pain	Betty Wright	226
53	41	5	Funky Sensation	Ladies Choice	214
54	72	4	Small Town	John Cougar Mellencamp	204
55	36	12	Separate Lives	Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin	197
56	33	4	Shake Your Foundations	AC/DC	193
57	54	3	I Can't Wait	Stevie Nicks	179
58	31	10	Ring Of Ice	Jennifer Rush	172
59	52	8	New York Eyes	Nicole With Timmy Thomas	168
60	48	9	Girls Are More Fun	Ray Parker Jr.	160
61	47	10	Dress You Up	Madonna	153
62	38	4	Cut Me Down (Remix)	Lloyd Cole And The Commotions	150
63	64	9	My Guy, My Girl	Amii Stewart & Deon Estus	147
64	71	9	One Nation	Masquerade	143
65	77	4	Years Later	Cactus World News	134
66	NE	1	Johnny Johnny	Prefab Sprout	131
67	80	2	Sara	Starship	126
68	57	4	It Doesn't Really Matter	Zapp	126
69	NE	1	Smokin' In The Boys Room / Home Sweet Home (Remix)	Mötley Crüe	124
70	50	10	Wrap Her Up	Elton John	124
71	83	3	Unchained Melody	Leo Sayer	123
72	45	16	Walking In The Air	Aled Jones	122
73	49	12	I'm Your Man	Wham!	120
74	84	3	On The Trail	The Prime Movers	113
75	96	24	The Power Of Love	Huey Lewis And The News	112
76	78	43	Don't You (Forget About Me)	Simple Minds	110
77	76	2	A Love Bizarre	Sheila E.	110
***	62	34	The Power Of Love (Remix)	Jennifer Rush	109
***	***	16	See The Day	Dee C. Lee	102
***	74	5	Naughty Naughty	John Parr	101
78	RE	7	Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)	Mike + The Mechanics	98
***	68	20	Take On Me	a-ha	98
***	69	5	Ocean Blue	ABC	97
79	79	5	Living In The Past	Drum Theatre	95
80	***	10	Edge Of Darkness	Eric Clapton With Michael Kamen	94
***	60	14	After The Love Has Gone	Princess	93
***	***	12	Don't Look Down - The Sequel	Go West	92
81	RE	13	If You Were Here Tonight (Remix)	Alexander O'Neal	88
***	65	4	Leader Of The Pack	Twisted Sister	88
82	***	13	Say You, Say Me	Lionel Richie	87
83	67	3	Baby Talk	Alisha	87
84	81	2	Cold Shoulder	Evelyn Thomas	83
85	NE	1	Manic Monday	Bangles	82
***	***	7	Days Like These	Billy Bragg	81
***	***	18	A Good Heart	Feargal Sharkey	79
86	NE	1	How To Win Your Love	Spencer Jones	76
87	90	3	Weak In The Presence Of Beauty	Floy Joy	73
***	55	16	We Built This City	Starship	72
88	88	2	In The Middle Of The Night	Taka Boom	70
***	73	4	Small Blue Thing	Suzanne Vega	70
89	87	5	Party All The Time	Eddie Murphy	69
***	75	11	Spies Like Us	Paul McCartney	69
***	63	12	Don't You Just Know It	Amazulu	68
***	66	6	You're My Last Chance	52nd Street	65
90	NE	1	No Show	Symbolic Three featuring DJ Dr. Shock	64
***	***	10	She's Strange	Cameo	63
91	***	42	Do They Know It's Christmas?	Band Aid	61
92	NE	1	This Time	INXS	58
***	***	6	The House Is Haunted (By The Echo Of Your Last Goodbye)	Marc Almond	58
93	104	3	Kool Noh	Aswad	56
***	***	10	Merry Christmas Everyone	Shakin' Stevens	56
94	102	2	Don't Tell Me Lies	Breathe	53
***	***	16	Brothers In Arms	Dire Straits	53
95	82	8	Rescue Me	Zerra One	51
***	61	6	Torture	King	51
96	NE	1	Hold On To Your Love	Smokey Robinson	50
97	117	2	Shouldn't Have To Be Like That	Fra Lippo Lippi	50
***	***	9	Run To The Hills	Iron Maiden	50
***	***	18	Road To Nowhere	Talking Heads	49
98	94	18	Alive & Kicking	Simple Minds	48
99	86	4	The Oak Tree	Morris Day	47
100	NE	1	Soul Kiss	Olivia Newton-John	46
***	***	10	Because	Julian Lennon	45
***	***	14	The Show	Doug E. Fresh And The Get Fresh Crew	43
101	119	11	Revolution (Remix)	The Cult	42
102	102	2	In The Heat Of The Night	Sandra	42
***	***	9	Last Christmas	Wham!	42
103	106	2	Take Me Now	Vicious Pink	40
***	***	9	Mr. D.J.	The Concept	40
104	140	2	One More Time	Third World	39
105	89	12	Sun City	Artists United Against Apartheid	39
106	112	3	Eloise	Robin McAuley	38
107	***	10	Pictures In The Dark	Mike Oldfield featuring Aled Jones, Anita & Barry Palmer	38
***	***	16	Don't Break My Heart	UB40	38
108	110	21	When Love Breaks Down	Prefab Sprout	37
***	***	5	Is It A Crime	Sade	37
109	***	13	Holding Back The Years	Simply Red	36
110	114	38	She Sells Sanctuary	The Cult	36
111	101	16	Stairway To Heaven	Far Corporation	36
112	95	3	I Can't Live Without My Radio	LL Cool J	35
***	***	28	Trapped	Colonel Abrams	35
113	***	5	Somewhere (From West Side Story)	Barbra Streisand	34
114	115	26	Endless Love	Diana Ross & Lionel Richie	34
***	93	4	Get Loose	Aleem	34
115	92	13	One Vision	Queen	34
***	***	10	Glenn Miller Medley	John Anderson Big Band	34
116	NE	1	Hi Ho Silver	Jim Diamond	33
117	105	4	Just Having Fun	Doug E Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew	33
118	NE	1	Surprise Surprise	Cilla Black	32
119	126	25	P: Machinery	Propaganda	32
120	116	11	Heart Of Lothian	Marillion	32
***	***	9	Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town / My Hometown	Bruce Springsteen	32
121	111	14	I'll Be Your Friend	Precious Wilson	32
***	91	4	Rapper's Delight / We Got The Funk	Sugarhill Gang / Positive Force	32
122	RE	17	You Are My World	The Communards	31
123	147	147	Blue Monday	New Order	30
***	***	21	Something About You	Level 42	30
***	***	10	Abide With Me	The Inspirational Choir with The Royal Choral Society	30
124	85	13	Mated	David Grant And Jaki Graham	30
125	157	22	If I Was	Midge Ure	28
***	***	10	Whenever You Need Somebody	O'Chi Brown	28
126	***	14	That's What Friends Are For	Dionne Warwick & Friends featuring Elton John, Gladys Knight And Stevie Wonder	26
127	***	11	When A Heart Beats	Nik Kershaw	26
128	124	2	Giving Ground (RSV)	The Sisterhood	26
129	121	9	Tonight She Comes	The Cars	26
130	107	75	I Just Called To Say I Love You	Stevie Wonder	26
***	***	5	Guilty	Yarbrough & Peoples	26
131	***	19	Rain	The Cult	25
132	137	10	Revolution	Thompson Twins	25
133	RE	12	Your Personal Touch	Evelyn 'Champagne' King	24
134	138	23	Dancing In The Street	David Bowie and Mick Jagger	24
***	***	16	You Are My Lady	Freddie Jackson	24
135	123	2	Colder Are My Nights	The Isley Brothers	24
136	122	15	Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves	Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin	24
***	100	13	For You	Snowy White	24
137	RE	32	Kayleigh	Marillion	23
138	RE	18	Would I Lie To You?	Eurythmics	22
139	141	20	Better Be Good To Me	Tina Turner	22
140	109	11	Hokey Cokey	Black Lace	22
141	RE	26	Say I'm Your Number One	Princess	21
142	***	18	Nikita	Elton John	21
143	***	19	Yeh Yeh	Matt Bianco	21
144	180	2	My Cleopatra	The Flaming Mussolinis	21
145	158	37	I Wonder If I Take You Home	Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam With Full Force	21
146	142	13	That Certain Smile	Midge Ure	21
147	120	16	Uncle Sam	Madness	21
***	99	3	Things Could Be Beautiful	The Colour Field	21
148	NE	1	Def Hypnosis	Hardrock Soul Movement	20
149	179	83	(Sexual) Healing	Marvin Gaye	20
150	168	16	Cities In Dust	Siouxsie And The Banshees	20
151	143	16	The Whole Of The Moon	The Waterboys	20
***	128	4	Lying	Peter Frampton	20
152	118	10	100%	Caprice	20
***	***	4	Riptide	Robert Palmer	20
***	***	14	Lost Weekend	Lloyd Cole And The Commotions	20
153	108	7	Castles In Spain	The Armoury Show	20
154	155	16	The Bottom Line	Big Audio Dynamite	19
155	146	14	Just For Money	Paul Hardcastle	19
***	139	32	Money For Nothing	Dire Straits	19
***	***	10	Inspector Gadget	The Kartoon Krew	19
156	97	13	Warrior Groove	D.S.M.	19
157	NE	1	I Miss You	Klymaxx	18
158	RE	44	Move Closer	Phyllis Nelson	18
159	RE	20	Angel	Madonna	18
160	174	35	The Unforgettable Fire	U2	18
161	144	10	The Truth	Colonel Abrams	18
***	134	4	Object Of My Desire	Starpoint	18
162	131	2	Love Caught You By Surprise	Earl Turner	18
163	125	17	Bring On The Dancing Horses	Echo & The Bunnymen	18
***	***	31	We All Stand Together	Paul McCartney And The Frog Chorus	18
164	NE	1	You Are In My System	Academy	17
165	RE	65	Tainted Love	Soft Cell	17
166	175	50	Drive	The Cars	17
167	154	6	I Dreamed A Dream	Patti LuPone	17
168	153	17	Sleeping Bag	ZZ Top	17
169	152	3	The Cleanest Little Piggy In The Market	Farmer Shag Connors And The Carrot Crunchers	17
***	133	4	Throwing Stones At The Wind	Pallas	17
***	132	16	Cloudbusting	Kate Bush	17
170	NE	1	For You	Elaine Paige	16
171	RE	12	R.S.V.P.	Five Star	16
172	RE	10	Let's Go To The Disco	Russ Abbot	16
173	194	47	I Want To Know What Love Is	Foreigner	16
174	192	2	Whistling In The Dark	Easterhouse	16
175	185	18	Gambler	Madonna	16
176	166	7	Do Me Baby	Meli'sa Morgan	16
177	160	59	Holiday	Madonna	16
178	159	25	Running Up That Hill	Kate Bush	16
***	145	30	Too Many Games	Maze featuring Frankie Beverly	16
***	***	15	It's Only Love	Bryan Adams / Tina Turner	16
179	RE	22	Love Is A Battlefield	Pat Benatar	15
180	RE	14	Dirty Old Town	The Pogues	15
181	***	18	Miami Vice Theme	Jan Hammer	15
182	189	17	Howards' Way	The Simon May Orchestra	15
183	151	2	She's On It	Beastie Boys	15
184	149	35	Crazy For You	Madonna	15
***	***	10	Nineteen	Phil Lynott	15
185	136	80	Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)	Phil Collins	15
186	130	4	Captain Blood	Beltane Fire	15
187	RE	13	Cruisers Creek / L.A.	The Fall	14
188	RE	62	Shout	Lulu And The Luvers	14
189	RE	28	White Wedding	Billy Idol	14
190	RE	10	You Don't Know (Oh-Oh-Oh!)	Serious Intention	14
191	190	10	Echoes In A Shallow Bay (EP)	Cocteau Twins	14
192	164	47	Eastenders	Simon May	14
193	163	14	Sub-Culture	New Order	14
194	148	17	The Sweetest Taboo	Sade	14
***	***	9	All The Love (In The World)	Rose Marie	14
195	98	18	Slave To The Rhythm	Grace Jones	14
196	RE	15	Secret In The Street	Nils Lofgren	13
197	RE	19	Loving The Alien (Remix)	David Bowie	13
198	RE	20	Part-Time Lover	Stevie Wonder	13
199	RE	23	Lean On Me (Ah-Li-Ayo)	Red Box	13
200	RE	27	World Destruction	Time Zone featuring John Lydon And Afrika Bambaataa	13

chart listing courtesy of kobyhadrian

[MrTibbs]

Lulu and The Luvvers' 'Shout' must have accumulated quite a sales figure over the years it seems to have floated around since initial release back in 1964 for years and years just below the chart radar selling and selling and selling.

[AndyTaylorNotThatOne]

Pedantry corner: the excellent Fra Lippo Lippi track at #97 is also recorded on the OCC as "Shouldn't Have Been Like That", however Discogs (and the lyrics themselves) suggest the title is "Shouldn't Have To Be Like That".

[Robbie]

Pedantry corner: the excellent Fra Lippo Lippi track at #97 is also recorded on the OCC as "Shouldn't Have Been Like That", however Discogs (and the lyrics themselves) suggest the title is "Shouldn't Have To Be Like That".

Based on kobyhadrian's trancription of the Gallup chart report, it looks like a possible error by Gallup for this one. That too has 'Shouldn't Have Been Like That'. Record Mirror also lists the title in the same way and because the Record Mirror charts appear to be the source of the OCC archive for the 1980s that will explain why the title is also incorrect in the archive.

Music Week have listed the correct title but by this point in time it seems as if Music Week had its own database independent of Gallup so titles don't always match up (and errors by Gallup are therefore not replicated in Music Week).

I'll change the title to 'Shouldn't Have To Be Like That' as that is the correct title.

[AndyTaylorNotThatOne]

Based on kobyhadrian's trancription of the Gallup chart report, it looks like a possible error by Gallup for this one. That too has 'Shouldn't Have Been Like That'. Record Mirror also lists the title in the same way and because the Record Mirror charts appear to be the source of the OCC archive for the 1980s that will explain why the title is also incorrect in the archive.

Music Week have listed the correct title but by this point in time it seems as if Music Week had its own database independent of Gallup so titles don't always match up (and errors by Gallup are therefore not replicated in Music Week).

I'll change the title to 'Shouldn't Have To Be Like That' as that is the correct title.

Many thanks Robbie. Just to emphasise that suggested corrections such as this, do not imply any criticism of the incredible work carried out by kobyhadrian, kingofskiffle and yourself; but I think it is important to challenge the original source information where necessary.

[beat47]

If a single is re-released with new additional formats is it still classed as a Re-Entry?

[Blondini]

Ad in the latest Music Week for Robin McAuley's "smash version from the lead singer of Far Corporation" of Eloise saying "don't be a damned fool, order the definitive version"
https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Mus...86-02-08-I.pdf (page 17)

Um, we know what the definitive version is!

Some background to the competing covers on Wiki:

Dave Vanian had been thinking about doing a cover of the song from at least 1980 and in 1985 wanted to do a non-album single. Rat Scabies did not want a third single released from Phantasmagoria, which MCA Records wanted to do. It was decided that "Eloise" could be recorded as long as "Is It a Dream?" was released as the third single.

At the same time, a version of "Eloise" by Far Corporation singer Robin McAuley was released. McAuley said that the Damned's version had "got absolutely no chance of making it in the charts". Of the two competing versions at the time, Barry Ryan said that "I like the Damned's version best, it's even better than mine".

Double raspberry blown in Robin's face there


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Cilla's TV theme! Which i quite liked.

[Robbie]

If a single is re-released with new additional formats is it still classed as a Re-Entry?

It depends on whether the re-release has a different catalogue number. There were fewer rules about format numbers in the 1980s and so some re-releases had the same catalogue number as the original.