Chris Brown
2021-01-17 17:14:17 UTC
35 years ago, if you think 35th anniversaries are a thing.
Even though it's January there are some big songs in the Top 10, though
one seems a lot less famous now than the others. Mind you there's a song
lower down this chart that was Number One a few weeks ago.
Also a low entry for a song that ended up being very big and a few
people charting twice. Plus a singer who is (apparently coincidentally)
singing a song with the same title as one written by his father.
Playlists are here. I've left in the Christmas songs by I'll understand
if you skip them.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7yAKCvw6kPNf0lLJ298H4Z?si=KGMBBCulR9Ksk5xQ0gmFtQ
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdiUvgvgpgNpm-Ys3rgxy78Clzzm_YmyH
Chart dated 18 January 1986
1. (1) Pet Shop Boys West End Girls
2. (5) A-Ha The Sun Always Shines On TV
3. (4) Bronski Beat Hit That Perfect Beat
4. (30) Dire Straits Walk Of Life
5. (26) Feargal Sharkey You Little Thief
6. (10) Cherrelle with Alexander O'Neal Saturday Love
7. (7) Sophia George Girlie Girlie
8. (31) Mr Mister Broken Wings
9. (2) Whitney Houston Saving All My Love For You
10. (27) Full Force Alice, I Want You Just For Me!
11. (25) Aretha Franklin Who's Zoomin' Who
12. (20) Sting Russians
13. (39) Eurythmics It's All Right (Baby's Coming Back)
14. (23) Jennifer Rush Ring Of Ice
15. (21) Level 42 Leaving Me Now
16. (12) Elton John Wrap Her Up
17. (35) Fine Young Cannibals Suspicious Minds
18. (8) Aled Jones Walking In The Air
19. (11) Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin Separate Lives
20. (3) Shakin Stevens Merry Christmas Everyone
21. (6) Madonna Dress You Up
22. (42) Five Star System Addict
23. (34) King Torture
24. (15) Starship We Built This City
25. (59) Nana Mouskouri Only Love
26. (18) Paul McCartney Spies Like Us
27. (9) Wham! I'm Your Man
28. (17) Amazulu Don't You Just Know It
29. (NE) The Alarm Spirit Of '76
30. (29) Princess After The Love Has Gone
31. (19) Go West Don't Look Down (The Sequel)
32. (64) Sarah Brightman & Steve Harley The Phantom of The Opera
33. (16) Dee C Lee See The Day
34. (NE) AC/DC Shake Your Foundations
35. (33) Jennifer Rush The Power of Love
36. (14) Wham! Christmas '85
[Last Christmas; Blue (Armed With Love) live in China]
37. (22) Lionel Richie Say You, Say Me
38. (32) A-Ha Take On Me
39. (24) Feargal Sharkey A Good Heart
40. (NE) Grace Jones Pull Up To The Bumper/La Vie En Rose
41. (NE) Talk Talk Life's What You Make It
42. (28) Cameo She's Strange {1985 re-issue}
43. (50) Billy Bragg Days Like These
44. (52) Nicole With Timmy Thomas New York Eyes
45. (NE) Lloyd Cole & the Commotions Cut Me Down
46. (NE) Belouis Some Imagination {1986 reissue}
47. (13) Band Aid Do They Know It's Christmas?
48. (36) The Concept Mr DJ
49. (57) Sade Is It A Crime
50. (NE) Twisted Sister Leader Of The Pack
51. (45) Julian Lennon Because
52. (60) 52nd Street You're My Last Chance
53. (62) Yarbrough & Peoples Guilty
54. (72) Masquerade One Nation
55. (48) Inspirational Choir Abide With Me {1985 reissue}
56. (37) Talking Heads Road To Nowhere
57. (98) Ray Parker Jr Girls Are More Fun
58. (84) Kurtis Blow If I Ruled The World
59. (81) ABC Ocean Blue
60. (38) Doug E. Fresh And The Get Fresh Crew The Show
61. (73) John Anderson Big Band Glenn Miller Medley
62. (55) Marc Almond The House Is Haunted
63. (40) UB40 Don't Break My Heart
64. (41) David Grant & Jaki Graham Mated
65. (44) Iron Maiden Run To The Hills (Live)
66. (NE) Suzanne Vega Small Blue Thing
67. (66) Eric Clapton ft Michael Kamen Edge Of Darkness
68. (82) John Parr Naughty Naughty
69. (49) Dire Straits Brothers In Arms
70. (53) Mike Oldfield and Aled Jones Pictures In The Dark
71. (43) Paul McCartney with the Frog Chorus We All Stand Together
72. (76) Snowy White For You
73. (63) Colonel Abrams Trapped
74. (51) Queen One Vision
75. (RE) Latin Quarter Radio Africa
76. (74) Simple Minds Alive And Kicking
77. (NE) Morris Day The Oak Tree
78. (NE) Sugarhill Gang/Positive Force Rapper's Delight/We Got The Funk
79. (NE) Jocelyn Brown Love's Gonna Get You
80. (RE) Dionne Warwick & Friends That's What Friends Are For
81. (67) Cliff Richard It's In Every One Of Us
82. (NE) Aleem Get Loose
83. (80) Amii Stewart & Deon Estus My Guy-My Girl (Medley)
84. (NE) Drum Theatre Living In The Past
85. (NE) Robert Palmer Riptide
86. (NE) Zapp It Doesn't Really Matter
87. (RE) Precious Wilson I'll Be Your Friend
88. (96) Barbra Streisand Somewhere
89. (NE) Cactus World News Years Later
90. (83) DSM Warrior Groove
91. (NE) Diana Ross Chain Reaction
92. (NE) Audrey Hall One Dance Won't Do
93. (NE) Teddy Pendergrass with Whitney Houston Hold Me
94. (RE) The Cars Tonight She Comes
95. (RE) Arcadia Election Day
96. (NE) John Cougar Mellencamp Small Town
96. (NE) Starpoint Object Of My Desire
98. (NE) Doug E. Fresh And The Get Fresh Crew Just Havin' Fun
99. (89) Huey Lewis & The News The Heart And Soul EP
[Heart And Soul; Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do; Heart Of Rock And
Roll; Buzz Buzz Buzz]
100.(RE) Phil Lynott Nineteen
Even though it's January there are some big songs in the Top 10, though
one seems a lot less famous now than the others. Mind you there's a song
lower down this chart that was Number One a few weeks ago.
Also a low entry for a song that ended up being very big and a few
people charting twice. Plus a singer who is (apparently coincidentally)
singing a song with the same title as one written by his father.
Playlists are here. I've left in the Christmas songs by I'll understand
if you skip them.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7yAKCvw6kPNf0lLJ298H4Z?si=KGMBBCulR9Ksk5xQ0gmFtQ
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdiUvgvgpgNpm-Ys3rgxy78Clzzm_YmyH
Chart dated 18 January 1986
1. (1) Pet Shop Boys West End Girls
2. (5) A-Ha The Sun Always Shines On TV
3. (4) Bronski Beat Hit That Perfect Beat
4. (30) Dire Straits Walk Of Life
5. (26) Feargal Sharkey You Little Thief
6. (10) Cherrelle with Alexander O'Neal Saturday Love
7. (7) Sophia George Girlie Girlie
8. (31) Mr Mister Broken Wings
9. (2) Whitney Houston Saving All My Love For You
10. (27) Full Force Alice, I Want You Just For Me!
11. (25) Aretha Franklin Who's Zoomin' Who
12. (20) Sting Russians
13. (39) Eurythmics It's All Right (Baby's Coming Back)
14. (23) Jennifer Rush Ring Of Ice
15. (21) Level 42 Leaving Me Now
16. (12) Elton John Wrap Her Up
17. (35) Fine Young Cannibals Suspicious Minds
18. (8) Aled Jones Walking In The Air
19. (11) Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin Separate Lives
20. (3) Shakin Stevens Merry Christmas Everyone
21. (6) Madonna Dress You Up
22. (42) Five Star System Addict
23. (34) King Torture
24. (15) Starship We Built This City
25. (59) Nana Mouskouri Only Love
26. (18) Paul McCartney Spies Like Us
27. (9) Wham! I'm Your Man
28. (17) Amazulu Don't You Just Know It
29. (NE) The Alarm Spirit Of '76
30. (29) Princess After The Love Has Gone
31. (19) Go West Don't Look Down (The Sequel)
32. (64) Sarah Brightman & Steve Harley The Phantom of The Opera
33. (16) Dee C Lee See The Day
34. (NE) AC/DC Shake Your Foundations
35. (33) Jennifer Rush The Power of Love
36. (14) Wham! Christmas '85
[Last Christmas; Blue (Armed With Love) live in China]
37. (22) Lionel Richie Say You, Say Me
38. (32) A-Ha Take On Me
39. (24) Feargal Sharkey A Good Heart
40. (NE) Grace Jones Pull Up To The Bumper/La Vie En Rose
41. (NE) Talk Talk Life's What You Make It
42. (28) Cameo She's Strange {1985 re-issue}
43. (50) Billy Bragg Days Like These
44. (52) Nicole With Timmy Thomas New York Eyes
45. (NE) Lloyd Cole & the Commotions Cut Me Down
46. (NE) Belouis Some Imagination {1986 reissue}
47. (13) Band Aid Do They Know It's Christmas?
48. (36) The Concept Mr DJ
49. (57) Sade Is It A Crime
50. (NE) Twisted Sister Leader Of The Pack
51. (45) Julian Lennon Because
52. (60) 52nd Street You're My Last Chance
53. (62) Yarbrough & Peoples Guilty
54. (72) Masquerade One Nation
55. (48) Inspirational Choir Abide With Me {1985 reissue}
56. (37) Talking Heads Road To Nowhere
57. (98) Ray Parker Jr Girls Are More Fun
58. (84) Kurtis Blow If I Ruled The World
59. (81) ABC Ocean Blue
60. (38) Doug E. Fresh And The Get Fresh Crew The Show
61. (73) John Anderson Big Band Glenn Miller Medley
62. (55) Marc Almond The House Is Haunted
63. (40) UB40 Don't Break My Heart
64. (41) David Grant & Jaki Graham Mated
65. (44) Iron Maiden Run To The Hills (Live)
66. (NE) Suzanne Vega Small Blue Thing
67. (66) Eric Clapton ft Michael Kamen Edge Of Darkness
68. (82) John Parr Naughty Naughty
69. (49) Dire Straits Brothers In Arms
70. (53) Mike Oldfield and Aled Jones Pictures In The Dark
71. (43) Paul McCartney with the Frog Chorus We All Stand Together
72. (76) Snowy White For You
73. (63) Colonel Abrams Trapped
74. (51) Queen One Vision
75. (RE) Latin Quarter Radio Africa
76. (74) Simple Minds Alive And Kicking
77. (NE) Morris Day The Oak Tree
78. (NE) Sugarhill Gang/Positive Force Rapper's Delight/We Got The Funk
79. (NE) Jocelyn Brown Love's Gonna Get You
80. (RE) Dionne Warwick & Friends That's What Friends Are For
81. (67) Cliff Richard It's In Every One Of Us
82. (NE) Aleem Get Loose
83. (80) Amii Stewart & Deon Estus My Guy-My Girl (Medley)
84. (NE) Drum Theatre Living In The Past
85. (NE) Robert Palmer Riptide
86. (NE) Zapp It Doesn't Really Matter
87. (RE) Precious Wilson I'll Be Your Friend
88. (96) Barbra Streisand Somewhere
89. (NE) Cactus World News Years Later
90. (83) DSM Warrior Groove
91. (NE) Diana Ross Chain Reaction
92. (NE) Audrey Hall One Dance Won't Do
93. (NE) Teddy Pendergrass with Whitney Houston Hold Me
94. (RE) The Cars Tonight She Comes
95. (RE) Arcadia Election Day
96. (NE) John Cougar Mellencamp Small Town
96. (NE) Starpoint Object Of My Desire
98. (NE) Doug E. Fresh And The Get Fresh Crew Just Havin' Fun
99. (89) Huey Lewis & The News The Heart And Soul EP
[Heart And Soul; Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do; Heart Of Rock And
Roll; Buzz Buzz Buzz]
100.(RE) Phil Lynott Nineteen