1st September 1991
It’s 2 weeks on top for 1973’s T.Rex classic, back in the UK charts as 70’s nostalgia gets under way. PM Dawn sadly lose out on a chart-topper with the fab Set Adrift up in runners-up and Bryan Adams looked to have peaked at 2, but no he’s back up to 3, Ricky Nelson gets his only top 10 track with the Gene Pitney song and this recording over 30 years old. Straight in at 8 is the 3rd single from Sugar Tax, the OMD album still hot on my playlist after their gig in Bournemouth. Then You Turn Away makes it 3 top 10’s in a row, a consistency not seen since 1984.
Julian Lennon vaults high up into the top 20, Saltwater becoming his 2nd biggest-track since Too Late For Goodbyes went top 10 in 1984, and Billy Bragg enters at 19 with best record by some distance, the excellent You Woke Up My Neighbourhood. He had even better songs, but it took covers to do them justice. Kylie keeps the top 40 consistency coming at 3 years, and Maxi Priest helps Shabba Ranks get a top 40 – Shabba usually needed someone to assist getting into my charts. The future Mark Wahlberg movie star, and brother of New Kid On The Blocker, raps his way to a hit – Good Vibrations not the Beach Boys classic.
At 53, Utah Saints debut with a classic, What Can You Do For Me, while Sabrina Johnson brings Peace to the valleys, both memorable dance tracks. Unlike the other forgotten new entries, Airhead, Julia Fordham and Big Country all having fallen out of my brain as it got full with more recent stuff. Need more RAM. Still, that means Big Country make it 8 years of charting, or 12 years including The Skids hits for Stuart Adamson.
1 ( 1 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex
2 ( 4 ) SET ADRIFT ON MEMORY BLISS PM Dawn
3 ( 13 ) EVERYTHING I DO (I DO IT FOR YOU) Bryan Adams
4 ( 3 ) WINTER IN JULY Bomb The Bass
5 ( 2 ) LOVE’S BURN Karl Keaton
6 ( 8 ) MOVE ANY MOUNTAIN The Shamen
7 ( 9 ) LOVE THY WILL BE DONE Martika
8 ( NEW ) THEN YOU TURN AWAY Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
9 ( 5 ) GENERATIONS OF LOVE Jesus Loves You
10 ( 11 ) HELLO MARYLOU Ricky Nelson
11 ( 12 ) SUNSHINE ON A RAINY DAY (REMIX) Zoe
12 ( 16 ) LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX Salt ‘n’ Pepa
13 ( 6 ) CRUCIFIED Army Of Lovers
14 ( 7 ) JUST ANOTHER DREAM Cathy Dennis
15 ( 47 ) SALTWATER Julian Lennon
16 ( 10 ) SUMMERTIME DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
17 ( 17 ) BE YOUNG BE FOOLISH BE HAPPY Sonia
18 ( 14 ) RIDERS OF THE STORM The Doors
19 ( NEW ) YOU WOKE UP MY NEIGHBOURHOOD Billy Bragg
20 ( 15 ) PANDORA’S BOX Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
21 ( 26 ) SOMETIMES IT’S A BITCH Stevie Nicks
22 ( 22 ) NEAR WILD HEAVEN REM
23 ( 29 ) ALWAYS THERE Incognito featuring Jocelyn Brown
24 ( 18 ) LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING Cher
25 ( 37 ) BROKEN ARROW Rod Stewart
26 ( 23 ) SAFE FROM HARM Massive Attack featuring Shara Nelson
27 ( 33 ) THE BIG L Roxette
28 ( 19 ) HAPPY TOGETHER Jason Donovan
29 ( 20 ) COLD COLD HEART Midge Ure
30 ( 31 ) ALL 4 LOVE Color Me Badd
31 ( 28 ) JEALOUSY Pet Shop Boys
32 ( 24 ) YOU COULD BE MINE Guns ‘n’ Roses
33 ( 27 ) NOW THAT WE’VE FOUND LOVE Heavy D & The Boyz
34 ( 34 ) HEY STOOPID Alice Cooper
35 ( 40 ) GET OFF Prince & The New Power Generation
36 ( 25 ) MONSTERS AND ANGELS Voice Of The Beehive
37 ( 21 ) MORE THAN WORDS Extreme
38 ( 66 ) WORD IS OUT Kylie Minogue
39 ( 39 ) GET IT ON Yo Yo Honey
40 ( 70 ) HOUSECALL Shabba Ranks featuring Maxi Priest
41 ( 44 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers
42 ( 42 ) HOLIDAY Madonna
43 ( 53 ) SHE’S A GIRL AND I’M A MAN Lloyd Cole
44 ( NEW ) GOOD VIBRATIONS Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch
45 ( 36 ) HARD TO HANDLE The Black Crowes
46 ( 45 ) IT AIN’T OVER TILL IT’S OVER Lenny Kravitz
47 ( 48 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
48 ( 43 ) DO IT AGAIN The Beach Boys
49 ( 71 ) INSANITY Oceanic
50 ( 65 ) STAND BY LOVE Simple Minds
51 ( 30 ) ROMANTIC Karyn White
52 ( 38 ) TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS Scritti Politti featuring Sweetie Irie
53 ( NEW ) WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR ME Utah Saints
54 ( 35 ) THE BEGINNING Seal
55 ( 55 ) WHEN HE’S GONE The Bee Gees
56 ( 41 ) UNFORGETTABLE Natalie Cole & Nat ‘King’ Cole
57 ( 57 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas
58 ( 60 ) DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME Elton John
59 ( 32 ) FAMILY AFFAIR B.E.F. featuring Lalah Hathaway
60 ( NEW ) PEACE Sabrina Johnson
61 ( NEW ) FUNNY HOW Airhead
62 ( 54 ) CROCKETT’S THEME Jan Hammer
63 ( 62 ) (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU/ MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING Carpenters
64 ( 64 ) WHAT WOULD WE DO DSK
65 ( 61 ) RESCUE ME Madonna
66 ( 68 ) LET IT BE The Beatles
67 ( 74 ) WHY BELIEVE IN YOU Texas
68 ( 69 ) TOUCH ME (ALL NIGHT LONG) Cathy Dennis
69 ( NEW ) I THOUGHT IT WAS YOU Julia Fordham
70 ( 46 ) DO YOU WANT ME Salt ‘n’ Pepa
71 ( NEW ) REPUBLICAN PARTY REPTILE Big Country
72 ( 56 ) YOU BELONG IN ROCK ‘N’ ROLL Tin Machine featuring David Bowie
73 ( 73 ) LIES EMF
74 ( 59 ) I WANNA SEX YOU UP Color Me Badd
75 ( 50 ) JUMP TO THE BEAT Dannii Minogue
Playlist Oldies
1 SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD Elton John
2 TELL ME WHAT HE SAID Helen Shapiro
3 “Sugar Tax” Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
8th September 1991
It’s 3 weeks for T.Rex on top as Bryan Adams returns to his peak of 2, while still on top of the UK charts, and OMD get a second top 3 of the year, just ahead of Julian Lennon hitting a new career peak of 4 with Saltwater. Highest new entry is….Bros. Yes, that’s right, Try, a minor UK hit, straight in at 7 as a sort of follow-up to Madly In Love, I was liking the slightly earthier funkier Bros. By was of compensation Billy Bragg gets a first (and last) top 10 with his Country-ish singalong.
New at 14, Saint Etienne cover Neil Young and do Only Love Can Break Your Heart justice, while Electronic bounce instantly back with Feel Every Beat at 18, and Belinda Carlisle debuts a great single from her new album – Live Your Life Be Free is in at 19, for a big week for new entries. Sabrina Johnson rockets Peace through the chart valleys to 23, Beats International keep the run going with The Sun Don’t Shine at 29, Norman Cooke still having another pseudonym or 2 before settling on Fat Boy Slim.
Celine Dion also debuts, yes I know, and it’s not even a big hit – Where Does My Heart Beat Now doing what her Eurovision winner didn’t do, enter my chart. Level 42 are Guaranteed a chart entry at 47, Runrig have a Hearthammer, and Fat Boy Glitter is back with Ready To Rock ahead of the annual Xmas gigs. Dire Straits are Calling Elvis, but sadly getting no answer, Oleta Adams covers Elton John’s still-charting re-issue of his non-charting 1974 Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me, both of them overshadowed by the later live version with George Michael assisting Elton.
1 ( 1 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex
2 ( 3 ) EVERYTHING I DO (I DO IT FOR YOU) Bryan Adams
3 ( 8 ) THEN YOU TURN AWAY Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
4 ( 15 ) SALTWATER Julian Lennon
5 ( 2 ) SET ADRIFT ON MEMORY BLISS PM Dawn
6 ( 6 ) MOVE ANY MOUNTAIN The Shamen
7 ( NEW ) TRY Bros
8 ( 4 ) WINTER IN JULY Bomb The Bass
9 ( 7 ) LOVE THY WILL BE DONE Martika
10 ( 19 ) YOU WOKE UP MY NEIGHBOURHOOD Billy Bragg
11 ( 12 ) LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX Salt ‘n’ Pepa
12 ( 11 ) SUNSHINE ON A RAINY DAY (REMIX) Zoe
13 ( 5 ) LOVE’S BURN Karl Keaton
14 ( NEW ) ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART Saint Etienne
15 ( 25 ) BROKEN ARROW Rod Stewart
16 ( 17 ) BE YOUNG BE FOOLISH BE HAPPY Sonia
17 ( 9 ) GENERATIONS OF LOVE Jesus Loves You
18 ( NEW ) FEEL EVERY BEAT Electronic
19 ( NEW ) LIVE YOUR LIFE BE FREE Belinda Carlisle
20 ( 14 ) JUST ANOTHER DREAM Cathy Dennis
21 ( 13 ) CRUCIFIED Army Of Lovers
22 ( 16 ) SUMMERTIME DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
23 ( 60 ) PEACE Sabrina Johnson
24 ( 27 ) THE BIG L Roxette
25 ( 10 ) HELLO MARYLOU Ricky Nelson
26 ( 18 ) RIDERS OF THE STORM The Doors
27 ( 20 ) PANDORA’S BOX Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
28 ( 40 ) HOUSECALL Shabba Ranks featuring Maxi Priest
29 ( NEW ) THE SUN DON’T SHINE Beats International
30 ( 35 ) GET OFF Prince & The New Power Generation
31 ( 23 ) ALWAYS THERE Incognito featuring Jocelyn Brown
32 ( 21 ) SOMETIMES IT’S A BITCH Stevie Nicks
33 ( 44 ) GOOD VIBRATIONS Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch
34 ( 26 ) SAFE FROM HARM Massive Attack featuring Shara Nelson
35 ( 28 ) HAPPY TOGETHER Jason Donovan
36 ( 38 ) WORD IS OUT Kylie Minogue
37 ( 31 ) JEALOUSY Pet Shop Boys
38 ( NEW ) WHERE DOES MY HEART BEAT NOW Celine Dion
39 ( 49 ) INSANITY Oceanic
40 ( 24 ) LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING Cher
41 ( 50 ) STAND BY LOVE Simple Minds
42 ( 41 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers
43 ( 42 ) HOLIDAY Madonna
44 ( 53 ) WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR ME Utah Saints
45 ( 22 ) NEAR WILD HEAVEN REM
46 ( 34 ) HEY STOOPID Alice Cooper
47 ( NEW ) GUARANTEED Level 42
48 ( 29 ) COLD COLD HEART Midge Ure
49 ( 47 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
50 ( 33 ) NOW THAT WE’VE FOUND LOVE Heavy D & The Boyz
51 ( NEW ) HEARTHAMMER Runrig
52 ( 39 ) GET IT ON Yo Yo Honey
53 ( 30 ) ALL 4 LOVE Color Me Badd
54 ( 58 ) DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME Elton John
55 ( 55 ) WHEN HE’S GONE The Bee Gees
56 ( 48 ) DO IT AGAIN The Beach Boys
57 ( 36 ) MONSTERS AND ANGELS Voice Of The Beehive
58 ( 46 ) IT AIN’T OVER TILL IT’S OVER Lenny Kravitz
59 ( 57 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas
60 ( 73 ) LIES EMF
61 ( 32 ) YOU COULD BE MINE Guns ‘n’ Roses
62 ( NEW ) READY TO ROCK Gary Glitter
63 ( 37 ) MORE THAN WORDS Extreme
64 ( 61 ) FUNNY HOW Airhead
65 ( 63 ) (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU/ MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING Carpenters
66 ( 66 ) LET IT BE The Beatles
67 ( 62 ) CROCKETT’S THEME Jan Hammer
68 ( NEW ) CALLING ELVIS Dire Straits
69 ( 56 ) UNFORGETTABLE Natalie Cole & Nat ‘King’ Cole
70 ( 45 ) HARD TO HANDLE The Black Crowes
71 ( 65 ) RESCUE ME Madonna
72 ( NEW ) DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME Oleta Adams
73 ( 43 ) SHE’S A GIRL AND I’M A MAN Lloyd Cole
74 ( NEW ) MAKIN’ HAPPY Crystal Waters
75 ( 68 ) TOUCH ME (ALL NIGHT LONG) Cathy Dennis
Retro oldies Playlist
1 MAGIC FLY Space
2 HUMAN Human League
3 THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL Abba
15th September 2021
It’s back up into the top 5 for The Shamen’s Move Any Mountain, as they suddenly get an unexpected chart-topper after hanging around for weeks, and Bryan Adams drops from the number 2 spot for the second time. Bros get their biggest hit with a forgotten minor hit that sounds like Madly In Love in parts. Try as I might I couldn’t hum the tune these days, where I could easily “sing” When Will I Be Famous. Highest new entry is Marc Almond Trevor-Horn sheentastic cover of the epic and brilliant Scott Walker 1968 song Jacky. The original was banned by the BBC, but it was acceptable in the 90’s as times had changed, and it was a gay singer singing the potentially offensive Q word.
Saint Etienne get a first top 10 single and will have more to come, and Salt ‘n’ Pepa get a sex-mentioning top 10 single onto radio playlists where George Michael had been banned only 4 years earlier. Times WERE changing! New at 19, outdoing the previous single in one fell swoop, Erasure Love To hate You, REM bring back The One I Love, still sounding good at 23, and Bryan Adams new lead single off his album, Can’t Stop This Thing We Started is new at 38 as the Monster track is still top 10. One place lower and Rozalla debuts with a 90’s dance anthem, Everybody’s Free (to feel good).
That leaves other newies in a big week for newies from Voice Of The Beehive, covering the 1971 pop classic I Think I Love You, which topped my chart for The Partridge Family & David Cassidy for me, I loved series one of the TV show and the records. The Wonder Stuff return, sleeping alone, and 1973 chart-topper for Ike & Tina Turner returns solo for Tina in a less-good revamped version, but she wrote Nutbush City Limits about her childhood so she’s entitled! David Essex performs in Bournemouth, and I go along, and the new track Africa shines. Cliff is back with one I’ve forgotten, maybe he’ll play it in 3 weeks as I have my first concert in 2 years – and it’s Cliff’s 80th tour, he’s been around all my life and I’ve never seen him in concert before. Finally, Gloria Estefan is running out of steam a bit, and Prince is as naughty as ever with his Cream entering at the bottom. So to speak.
1 ( 6 ) MOVE ANY MOUNTAIN The Shamen
2 ( 1 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex
3 ( 7 ) TRY Bros
4 ( NEW ) JACKY Marc Almond
5 ( 3 ) THEN YOU TURN AWAY Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
6 ( 2 ) EVERYTHING I DO (I DO IT FOR YOU) Bryan Adams
7 ( 4 ) SALTWATER Julian Lennon
8 ( 5 ) SET ADRIFT ON MEMORY BLISS PM Dawn
9 ( 14 ) ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART Saint Etienne
10 ( 11 ) LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX Salt ‘n’ Pepa
11 ( 9 ) LOVE THY WILL BE DONE Martika
12 ( 8 ) WINTER IN JULY Bomb The Bass
13 ( 18 ) FEEL EVERY BEAT Electronic
14 ( 19 ) LIVE YOUR LIFE BE FREE Belinda Carlisle
15 ( 23 ) PEACE Sabrina Johnson
16 ( 10 ) YOU WOKE UP MY NEIGHBOURHOOD Billy Bragg
17 ( 12 ) SUNSHINE ON A RAINY DAY (REMIX) Zoe
18 ( 29 ) THE SUN DON’T SHINE Beats International
19 ( NEW ) LOVE TO HATE YOU Erasure
20 ( 28 ) HOUSECALL Shabba Ranks featuring Maxi Priest
21 ( 15 ) BROKEN ARROW Rod Stewart
22 ( 13 ) LOVE’S BURN Karl Keaton
23 ( NEW ) THE ONE I LOVE REM
24 ( 22 ) SUMMERTIME DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
25 ( 20 ) JUST ANOTHER DREAM Cathy Dennis
26 ( 26 ) RIDERS OF THE STORM The Doors
27 ( 17 ) GENERATIONS OF LOVE Jesus Loves You
28 ( 36 ) WORD IS OUT Kylie Minogue
29 ( 33 ) GOOD VIBRATIONS Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch
30 ( 21 ) CRUCIFIED Army Of Lovers
31 ( 16 ) BE YOUNG BE FOOLISH BE HAPPY Sonia
32 ( 38 ) WHERE DOES MY HEART BEAT NOW Celine Dion
33 ( 27 ) PANDORA’S BOX Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
34 ( 39 ) INSANITY Oceanic
35 ( 44 ) WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR ME Utah Saints
36 ( 25 ) HELLO MARYLOU Ricky Nelson
37 ( 37 ) JEALOUSY Pet Shop Boys
38 ( NEW ) CAN’T STOP THIS THING WE STARTED Bryan Adams
39 ( NEW ) EVERYBODY’S FREE Rozalla
40 ( 51 ) HEARTHAMMER Runrig
41 ( 24 ) THE BIG L Roxette
42 ( 34 ) SAFE FROM HARM Massive Attack featuring Shara Nelson
43 ( 30 ) GET OFF Prince & The New Power Generation
44 ( 42 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers
45 ( 43 ) HOLIDAY Madonna
46 ( 31 ) ALWAYS THERE Incognito featuring Jocelyn Brown
47 ( 47 ) GUARANTEED Level 42
48 ( 40 ) LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING Cher
49 ( NEW ) I THINK I LOVE YOU Voice Of The Beehive
50 ( 49 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
51 ( 32 ) SOMETIMES IT’S A BITCH Stevie Nicks
52 ( NEW ) SLEEP ALONE The Wonder Stuff
53 ( NEW ) NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS Tina Turner
54 ( 46 ) HEY STOOPID Alice Cooper
55 ( 54 ) DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME Elton John
56 ( 72 ) DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME Oleta Adams
57 ( 55 ) WHEN HE’S GONE The Bee Gees
58 ( NEW ) AFRICA YOU SHINE David Essex with Shikisa featuring Abdul Tee-Jay
59 ( 59 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas
60 ( 56 ) DO IT AGAIN The Beach Boys
61 ( 52 ) GET IT ON Yo Yo Honey
62 ( 50 ) NOW THAT WE’VE FOUND LOVE Heavy D & The Boyz
63 ( NEW ) LIVE FOR LOVING YOU Gloria Estefan
64 ( 68 ) CALLING ELVIS Dire Straits
65 ( 58 ) IT AIN’T OVER TILL IT’S OVER Lenny Kravitz
66 ( 66 ) LET IT BE The Beatles
67 ( 65 ) (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU/ MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING Carpenters
68 ( 62 ) READY TO ROCK Gary Glitter
69 ( 41 ) STAND BY LOVE Simple Minds
70 ( 35 ) HAPPY TOGETHER Jason Donovan
71 ( 74 ) MAKIN’ HAPPY Crystal Waters
72 ( 45 ) NEAR WILD HEAVEN REM
73 ( 71 ) RESCUE ME Madonna
74 ( NEW ) MORE TO LIFE Cliff Richard
75 ( NEW ) CREAM Prince & The New Power Generation
DAVID ESSEX Live at Bournemouth International Centre
Shown on the BBC I think – I probably taped it onto VHS and havent seen this concert since. Audience heavily mature women-oriented. The exciting stuff was from the first 2 years of his career, plus Evita. David had his own unique style, quirky, often dark and dramatic, and rarely jolly pop stuff despite the fact that his 2 chart-toppers were jolly semi-synth-pop stuff.
1 Stardust
2 Lamplight
3 Rock On
4 Gonna Make You A Star
5 Oh What A Circus
6 Africa You Shine (with Shikisa)
22nd September 1991
It’s back up on top for a 4th week for 1973 classic 20th Century Boy, still missing Marc Bolan in 1991. Julian Lennon is up to 3 with his saltwater and Marc Almond gets a number 2 to get his biggest track since Touch topped my chart in 1982 for Soft Cell. Jacky is fab. Belinda Carlisle shows no sign of letting up on the top 10’s, her 7th, and Electronic grab a third, and Erasure a 5th (or Vince Clarke a 10th).
The Scorpions have already had a 10-week run and return to a new peak of 13 with Wind Of Change finally taking off in the UK, REM also reach a new peak of 14 with The One I Love, and Celine Dion gets a top 20 before she breaks out big. Yes you can blame me (and Eurovision). Cathy Dennis makes it 3 top 20’s in a row with the ballad Too Many Walls new at 18, and Slade make it 20 years of hits as their last hit Radio Wall Of Sound promotes a new Hits album and is in at 24 – I was 13 when I was getting very exciting by the stomping violin-led Coz I Luv You!
I was also 13 when I was getting extremely excited by I Think I Love You, and Voice Of The Beehive climb to 23 with it, Cliff Richard rockets into the 30 with a record I still don’t remember. I don’t suppose he’ll sing it next week, but you never know. Oceanic go top 30 as well – yes that record I was slagging off in the recent rate got as high as 30 in my charts. It’s still forgettable though! Boy George and Jesus get a 3rd top 40 in a row, Simply Red are seeing seeing Stars with the decent Something Got Me Started at 45, and before we all got sick to death of the endless album tracks and blanket radio plays.
2 Deep? No, don’t recall it either. Brothers In Rhythm I do recall, it’s not bad, and also The Stone Roses with a revered shoegazer track. I don’t recall where it peaked in my charts, but the band were never top of my pops so lower expectations is my advice! Shakespear’s Sister return setting up THAT monster hit in a few months, Goodbye Cruel World is pretty decent, Beverley Craven is Woman To Woman, but it’s nowhere near as racy as it might appear from the title. Urban Soul? Another blank from me. Tom Petty, though, a good record from his great period of many good records.
1 ( 2 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex
2 ( 4 ) JACKY Marc Almond
3 ( 7 ) SALTWATER Julian Lennon
4 ( 3 ) TRY Bros
5 ( 5 ) THEN YOU TURN AWAY Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
6 ( 1 ) MOVE ANY MOUNTAIN The Shamen
7 ( 14 ) LIVE YOUR LIFE BE FREE Belinda Carlisle
8 ( 8 ) SET ADRIFT ON MEMORY BLISS PM Dawn
9 ( 13 ) FEEL EVERY BEAT Electronic
10 ( 19 ) LOVE TO HATE YOU Erasure
11 ( 6 ) EVERYTHING I DO (I DO IT FOR YOU) Bryan Adams
12 ( 18 ) THE SUN DOESN’T SHINE Beats International
13 ( RE ) WIND OF CHANGE The Scorpions
14 ( 23 ) THE ONE I LOVE REM
15 ( 15 ) PEACE Sabrina Johnson
16 ( 12 ) WINTER IN JULY Bomb The Bass
17 ( 11 ) LOVE… THY WILL BE DONE Martika
18 ( NEW ) TOO MANY WALLS Cathy Dennis
19 ( 9 ) ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART Saint Etienne
20 ( 32 ) WHERE DOES MY HEART BEAT NOW Celine Dion
21 ( 10 ) LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX Salt ‘n’ Pepa
22 ( 28 ) WORD IS OUT Kylie Minogue
23 ( 49 ) I THINK I LOVE YOU Voice Of The Beehive
24 ( NEW ) RADIO WALL OF SOUND Slade
25 ( 16 ) YOU WOKE UP MY NEIGHBOURHOOD Billy Bragg
26 ( 74 ) MORE TO LIFE Cliff Richard
27 ( 17 ) SUNSHINE ON A RAINY DAY (REMIX) Zoe
28 ( 20 ) HOUSECALL Shabba Ranks featuring Maxi Priest
29 ( 22 ) LOVE’S BURN Karl Keaton
30 ( 34 ) INSANITY Oceanic
31 ( 39 ) EVERYBODY’S FREE Rozalla
32 ( 26 ) RIDERS OF THE STORM The Doors
33 ( 25 ) JUST ANOTHER DREAM Cathy Dennis
34 ( NEW ) AFTER THE LOVE Jesus Loves You
35 ( 38 ) CAN’T STOP THIS THING WE STARTED Bryan Adams
36 ( 27 ) GENERATIONS OF LOVE Jesus Loves You
37 ( 24 ) SUMMERTIME DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
38 ( 33 ) PANDORA’S BOX Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
39 ( 53 ) NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS Tina Turner
40 ( 75 ) CREAM Prince & The New Power Generation
41 ( 37 ) JEALOUSY Pet Shop Boys
42 ( 21 ) BROKEN ARROW Rod Stewart
43 ( 30 ) CRUCIFIED Army Of Lovers
44 ( NEW ) SOMETHING GOT ME STARTED Simply Red
45 ( 44 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers
46 ( 43 ) GET OFF Prince & The New Power Generation
47 ( 45 ) HOLIDAY Madonna
48 ( NEW ) LIFE PARTY 2 Deep
49 ( 31 ) BE YOUNG BE FOOLISH BE HAPPY Sonia
50 ( 58 ) AFRICA YOU SHINE David Essex with Shikisa featuring Abdul Tee-Jay
51 ( 50 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
52 ( 35 ) WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR ME Utah Saints
53 ( 42 ) SAFE FROM HARM Massive Attack featuring Shara Nelson
54 ( NEW ) SUCH A GOOD FEELING Brothers In Rhythm
55 ( 55 ) DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME Elton John
56 ( 56 ) DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME Oleta Adams
57 ( 40 ) HEARTHAMMER Runrig
58 ( NEW ) I WANNA BE ADORED The Stone Roses
59 ( 59 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas
60 ( 57 ) WHEN HE’S GONE The Bee Gees
61 ( 41 ) THE BIG L Roxette
62 ( 54 ) HEY STOOPID Alice Cooper
63 ( 63 ) LIVE FOR LOVING YOU Gloria Estefan
64 ( 36 ) HELLO MARYLOU Ricky Nelson
65 ( 60 ) DO IT AGAIN The Beach Boys
66 ( NEW ) GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD Shakespear’s Sister
67 ( 66 ) LET IT BE The Beatles
68 ( 67 ) (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU/ MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING Carpenters
69 ( 48 ) LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING Cher
70 ( 29 ) GOOD VIBRATIONS Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch
71 ( NEW ) WOMAN TO WOMAN Beverley Craven
72 ( NEW ) ALRIGHT Urban Soul
73 ( 73 ) RESCUE ME Madonna
74 ( 51 ) SOMETIMES IT’S A BITCH Stevie Nicks
75 ( NEW ) INTO THE GREAT WIDE OPEN Tom Petty
playlist records
1 “Sugar Tax” Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
2 HARLEM Bill Withers
3 HAVE YOU EVER WRITTEN ANYTHING FOR SOMEBODY Stevie Nicks
29th September 1991
It’s a new chart-topper for Marc Almond’s Scott Walker cover, all Trevor Horn swirling synths, Jacky becoming his 3rd number one including Soft Cell, following on from Tainted Love in 1981 and Torch in 1982. New in at 2, Don McLean’s 1972 top 10 classic Americana ode to Buddy Holly peaking higher second-time round. The Scorpions finally get into the top 10 in their 13th week, as it’s all Wind Of Change, and Beats International get a 3rd top 10.
2 Deep climb fast, and I find out it was an advert beats song, and Prince’s Get Off leapfrogs his own Cream. I guess one leads to the other. The archive slave anthem Swing Low Sweet Chariot is back 16 years since Eric Clapton first got it into my charts – this time it’s the England Rugby Squad. Don’t ask me which type of Rugby, no idea, but it’s in at 35, a but higher than the 1979 Monty Python Life Of Brian classic – I think Simon Mayo had been playing it a lot on Radio 1. Very popular at funerals these days. It is still quite good, prob Eric Idle’s best song.
At 43, another oldie is covered in a lesser dance version – Bridge Over Troubled Water never works as well as the original Simon & Garfunkel epic. PJB this time. At 53, Enya returns with a goodie, Caribbean Blue, and Chesney Hawkes gets a forgotten 3rd of 1991. B.E.F. are still bringing in pop star friends 8 years after boosting Tina Turner’s second-coming, and not quite boosting Scritti Politti on Green’s cover of Stevie Wonder’s I Don’t Know Why. Whitney pops in, Kenny Thomas is still on a roll and The Stones also keep rolling, despite a limp Sex Drive.
1 ( 2 ) JACKY Marc Almond
2 ( NEW ) AMERICAN PIE Don McLean
3 ( 3 ) SALTWATER Julian Lennon
4 ( 1 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex
5 ( 4 ) TRY Bros
6 ( 13 ) WIND OF CHANGE The Scorpions
7 ( 7 ) LIVE YOUR LIFE BE FREE Belinda Carlisle
8 ( 9 ) FEEL EVERY BEAT Electronic
9 ( 5 ) THEN YOU TURN AWAY Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
10 ( 12 ) THE SUN DOESN’T SHINE Beats International
11 ( 6 ) MOVE ANY MOUNTAIN The Shamen
12 ( 11 ) EVERYTHING I DO (I DO IT FOR YOU) Bryan Adams
13 ( 14 ) THE ONE I LOVE REM
14 ( 10 ) LOVE TO HATE YOU Erasure
15 ( 8 ) SET ADRIFT ON MEMORY BLISS PM Dawn
16 ( 18 ) TOO MANY WALLS Cathy Dennis
17 ( 20 ) WHERE DOES MY HEART BEAT NOW Celine Dion
18 ( 16 ) WINTER IN JULY Bomb The Bass
19 ( 23 ) I THINK I LOVE YOU Voice Of The Beehive
20 ( 22 ) WORD IS OUT Kylie Minogue
21 ( 31 ) EVERYBODY’S FREE Rozalla
22 ( 17 ) LOVE… THY WILL BE DONE Martika
23 ( 48 ) LIFE PARTY 2 Deep
24 ( 24 ) RADIO WALL OF SOUND Slade
25 ( 35 ) CAN’T STOP THIS THING WE STARTED Bryan Adams
26 ( 25 ) YOU WOKE UP MY NEIGHBOURHOOD Billy Bragg
27 ( 21 ) LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX Salt ‘n’ Pepa
28 ( 34 ) AFTER THE LOVE Jesus Loves You
29 ( 44 ) SOMETHING GOT ME STARTED Simply Red
30 ( 15 ) PEACE Sabrina Johnson
31 ( 39 ) NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS Tina Turner
32 ( 19 ) ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART Saint Etienne
33 ( 46 ) GET OFF Prince & The New Power Generation
34 ( 32 ) RIDERS OF THE STORM The Doors
35 ( NEW ) SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT England Rugby Squad
36 ( 36 ) GENERATIONS OF LOVE Jesus Loves You
37 ( NEW ) ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LOVE Monty Python’s Flying Circus
38 ( 33 ) JUST ANOTHER DREAM Cathy Dennis
39 ( 40 ) CREAM Prince & The New Power Generation
40 ( 29 ) LOVE’S BURN Karl Keaton
41 ( 38 ) PANDORA’S BOX Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
42 ( 66 ) GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD Shakespear’s Sister
43 ( NEW ) BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER PJB featuring Hannah’s Sister
44 ( 41 ) JEALOUSY Pet Shop Boys
45 ( 45 ) YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ The Righteous Brothers
46 ( 27 ) SUNSHINE ON A RAINY DAY (REMIX) Zoe
47 ( 37 ) SUMMERTIME DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
48 ( 47 ) HOLIDAY Madonna
49 ( 56 ) DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME Oleta Adams
50 ( 43 ) CRUCIFIED Army Of Lovers
51 ( 26 ) MORE TO LIFE Cliff Richard
52 ( 51 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
53 ( NEW ) CARIBBEAN BLUE Enya
54 ( 54 ) SUCH A GOOD FEELING Brothers In Rhythm
55 ( 63 ) LIVE FOR LOVING YOU Gloria Estefan
56 ( 55 ) DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME Elton John
57 ( 30 ) INSANITY Oceanic
58 ( 28 ) HOUSECALL Shabba Ranks featuring Maxi Priest
59 ( NEW ) SECRETS OF THE HEART Chesney Hawkes
60 ( 59 ) WHY CAN’T WE LIVE TOGETHER (1990 TK REMIX) Timmy Thomas
61 ( 60 ) WHEN HE’S GONE The Bee Gees
62 ( 53 ) SAFE FROM HARM Massive Attack featuring Shara Nelson
63 ( 71 ) WOMAN TO WOMAN Beverley Craven
64 ( 64 ) HELLO MARYLOU Ricky Nelson
65 ( 67 ) LET IT BE The Beatles
66 ( NEW ) DON’T KNOW WHY (I LOVE YOU) B.E.F. featuring Green Gartside
67 ( 65 ) DO IT AGAIN The Beach Boys
68 ( 68 ) (THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU/ MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING Carpenters
69 ( NEW ) I BELONG TO YOU Whitney Houston
70 ( NEW ) SPIRITUAL HIGH (STATE OF INDEPENDENCE) Moodswings featuring Chrissie Hynde
71 ( 42 ) BROKEN ARROW Rod Stewart
72 ( 62 ) HEY STOOPID Alice Cooper
73 ( 73 ) RESCUE ME Madonna
74 ( NEW ) SEX DRIVE The Rolling Stones
75 ( NEW ) BEST OF YOU Kenny Thomas
playlist oldies
1 DRIVE The Cars
2 FOR YOUR EYES ONLY Sheena Easton
3 WISHING I WAS LUCKY Wet Wet Wet
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