Chart dated: 27th March 1982
1. (2) Goombay Dance Band Seven Tears
2. (1) Tight Fit The Lion Sleeps Tonight
4. (8) Imagination Just An Illusion
5. (3) Toni Basil Mickey
6. (6) ABC Poison Arrow
7. (16) Derek And The Dominoes Layla {1982 reissue}
8. (10) Adrian Gurvitz Classic
9. (15) Associates Party Fears Two
10. (4) Haircut 100 Love Plus One
11. (7) Bow Wow Wow Go Wild In The Country
12. (5) Fun Boy Three And Bananarama It Ain't What You Do It's The
Way That You Do It
13. (11) Depeche Mode See You
14. (31) Chas & Dave Ain't No Pleasing You
15. (13) Iron Maiden Run To The Hills
17. (9) The J. Geils Band Centerfold
18. (23) Visage The Damned Don't Cry
19. (21) Gary Numan Music For Chameleons
20. (14) Madness Cardiac Arrest
22. (26) Pluto Your Honour
23. (36) Classix Nouveaux Is It A Dream?
25. (18) Robert Palmer Some Guys Have All The Luck
27. (37) Elvis Presley Are You Lonesome Tonight (Laughing version)
28. (32) Foster & Allen A Bunch of Thyme
30. (19) Adam & The Ants Deutscher Girls
32. (25) ABBA Head Over Heels
33. (NE) Bucks Fizz My Camera Never Lies
35. (NE) Dollar Give Me Back My Heart
36. (NE) Status Quo Dear John
37. (54) Bill Wyman A New Fashion
38. (74) Barbra Streisand Memory
39. (20) The Jam Town Called Malice/Precious
40. (24) Soft Cell Say Hello Wave Goodbye
41. (NE) Altered Images See Those Eyes
44. (66) The Boomtown Rats House On Fire
45. (70) Dexys Midnight Runners The Celtic Soul Brothers
48. (56) Mike Oldfield Five Miles Out
49. (27) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Maid Of Orleans (The
Waltz Joan Of Arc)
51. (50) Blue Rondo A La Turk Klactoveesedstein
57. (NE) Shalamar I Can Make You Feel Good
58. (28) Daryl Hall & John Oates I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)
60. (NE) Elton John Blue Eyes
63. (34) Mike Post And Larry Carlton Theme From "Hill Street Blues"
66. (NE) A Flock Of Seagulls I Ran
68. (39) The Stranglers Golden Brown
72. (NE) Mobiles Amour Amour
73. (47) George Benson Never Give Up On A Good Thing
74. (NE) XTC Ball And Chain
On 22/03/2021 00:32, Chris Brown wrote:
Chart dated: 27th March 1982
1. (2) Goombay Dance Band Seven Tears
2. (1) Tight Fit The Lion Sleeps Tonight
4. (8) Imagination Just An Illusion
5. (3) Toni Basil Mickey
6. (6) ABC Poison Arrow
7. (16) Derek And The Dominoes Layla {1982 reissue}
8. (10) Adrian Gurvitz Classic
9. (15) Associates Party Fears Two
10. (4) Haircut 100 Love Plus One
11. (7) Bow Wow Wow Go Wild In The Country
12. (5) Fun Boy Three And Bananarama It Ain't What You Do It's The >> Way That You Do It
13. (11) Depeche Mode See You
14. (31) Chas & Dave Ain't No Pleasing You
15. (13) Iron Maiden Run To The Hills
17. (9) The J. Geils Band Centerfold
18. (23) Visage The Damned Don't Cry
19. (21) Gary Numan Music For Chameleons
20. (14) Madness Cardiac Arrest
22. (26) Pluto Your Honour
23. (36) Classix Nouveaux Is It A Dream?
25. (18) Robert Palmer Some Guys Have All The Luck
27. (37) Elvis Presley Are You Lonesome Tonight (Laughing version) >> 28. (32) Foster & Allen A Bunch of Thyme
30. (19) Adam & The Ants Deutscher Girls
32. (25) ABBA Head Over Heels
33. (NE) Bucks Fizz My Camera Never Lies
35. (NE) Dollar Give Me Back My HeartI remember nearly all this T40!
36. (NE) Status Quo Dear John
37. (54) Bill Wyman A New Fashion
38. (74) Barbra Streisand Memory
39. (20) The Jam Town Called Malice/Precious
40. (24) Soft Cell Say Hello Wave Goodbye
41. (NE) Altered Images See Those Eyes
44. (66) The Boomtown Rats House On Fire
THe first single I ever bought!
45. (70) Dexys Midnight Runners The Celtic Soul Brothers
48. (56) Mike Oldfield Five Miles Out
49. (27) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Maid Of Orleans (The
Waltz Joan Of Arc)
51. (50) Blue Rondo A La Turk Klactoveesedstein
57. (NE) Shalamar I Can Make You Feel Good
58. (28) Daryl Hall & John Oates I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)
60. (NE) Elton John Blue Eyes
63. (34) Mike Post And Larry Carlton Theme From "Hill Street Blues"
66. (NE) A Flock Of Seagulls I Ran
68. (39) The Stranglers Golden Brown
72. (NE) Mobiles Amour Amour
73. (47) George Benson Never Give Up On A Good Thing
74. (NE) XTC Ball And Chain
I think this is the most I remember from any chart!
Going fully populist this week with a chart from a year that some call
the greatest ever for pop.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0e4vpzDCIpqcrWU6qYFwmP?si=LooJAVC5R3KS_fBCLVI9AA
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdiUvgvgpgNrstKDlVCrAE9MCifFwsKOE
Chart dated: 27th March 1982
1. (2) Goombay Dance Band Seven Tears
2. (1) Tight Fit The Lion Sleeps Tonight
3. (12) Julio Iglesias Quiereme Mucho (Yours)
4. (8) Imagination Just An Illusion
5. (3) Toni Basil Mickey
6. (6) ABC Poison Arrow
7. (16) Derek And The Dominoes Layla {1982 reissue}
8. (10) Adrian Gurvitz Classic
9. (15) Associates Party Fears Two
10. (4) Haircut 100 Love Plus One
11. (7) Bow Wow Wow Go Wild In The Country
12. (5) Fun Boy Three And Bananarama It Ain't What You Do It's The Way
That You Do It
13. (11) Depeche Mode See You
14. (31) Chas & Dave Ain't No Pleasing You
15. (13) Iron Maiden Run To The Hills
16. (42) Japan Ghosts
17. (9) The J. Geils Band Centerfold
18. (23) Visage The Damned Don't Cry
19. (21) Gary Numan Music For Chameleons
20. (14) Madness Cardiac Arrest
21. (35) Leo Sayer Have You Ever Been In Love
22. (26) Pluto Your Honour
23. (36) Classix Nouveaux Is It A Dream?
24. (17) Starsound Stars On 45 III (Stars On Stevie)
25. (18) Robert Palmer Some Guys Have All The Luck
26. (29) The Nolans Don't Love Me Too Hard
27. (37) Elvis Presley Are You Lonesome Tonight (Laughing version)
28. (32) Foster & Allen A Bunch of Thyme
29. (30) Kool And The Gang Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)
30. (19) Adam & The Ants Deutscher Girls
31. (33) David Bowie In Bertolt Brecht's Baal
[Baal's Hymn; Remembering Marie A.; Ballad Of The Adventurers; The
Drowned Girl; The Dirty Song]
32. (25) ABBA Head Over Heels
33. (NE) Bucks Fizz My Camera Never Lies
34. (22) The Jets Love Makes The World Go Round
35. (NE) Dollar Give Me Back My Heart
36. (NE) Status Quo Dear John
37. (54) Bill Wyman A New Fashion
38. (74) Barbra Streisand Memory
39. (20) The Jam Town Called Malice/Precious
40. (24) Soft Cell Say Hello Wave Goodbye
49. (27) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Maid Of Orleans (The Waltz >Joan Of Arc)
68. (39) The Stranglers Golden Brown
On Mon, 22 Mar 2021 00:32:41 +0000, Chris Brown <extreme_rice@yahoo.com> wrote:
Going fully populist this week with a chart from a year that some call
the greatest ever for pop.
I'm not entirely sure I'd agree with that, although it probably is one
of the best vintages.
If it is the greatest ever, though, then this
chart doesn't really do it justice.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0e4vpzDCIpqcrWU6qYFwmP?si=LooJAVC5R3KS_fBCLVI9AA
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdiUvgvgpgNrstKDlVCrAE9MCifFwsKOE
Chart dated: 27th March 1982
This is very much from my era, so I remember most of these very well. Although, in some cases, I wish I didn't.
I've seen four acts in this chart play live. One of those gigs was the
one that I consider my all-time favourite. And another is probably the
second or third.
1. (2) Goombay Dance Band Seven Tears
This, for example, is not what you might expect if you'd been told you
were going to hear a chart from the greatest year of popular music ever.
It's not a hugely bad song (although I found it irritating at the time,
and still do). But it does seem a bit out of place in an early 80s
chart.
2. (1) Tight Fit The Lion Sleeps Tonight
This is very 80s, but also rather irritating. Not least because the lion
does not, in fact, sleep in the jungle. Lions are animals of the plains
and savannahs.
The tiger, on the other hand, does sleep in mighty
jungle. But that probably doesn't scan quite so well.
3. (12) Julio Iglesias Quiereme Mucho (Yours)
And another one that's about a decade too late to be appropriate.
4. (8) Imagination Just An Illusion
And another one that's incredibly irritating. I hated this at the time.
I still do.
5. (3) Toni Basil Mickey
This irrirated me a lot at the time, too. But in this case I've warmed
to a bit since. Only a bit, though.
6. (6) ABC Poison Arrow
This, on the other hand, is an absolute classic. Great song at the time,
and still a great song.
7. (16) Derek And The Dominoes Layla {1982 reissue}
Great song, but of course it's not native to this chart.
8. (10) Adrian Gurvitz Classic
This could have been a good song - a classic, even - if only the
composer had resisted the urge to stuff it full of really forced rhymes.
Some of them might have worked, if used sparingly. But, unfortunately,
no such restraint was shown. And hence this is not, in any possible
sense of the word, a classic, unless you consider it a classic example
of really bad lyric writing.
9. (15) Associates Party Fears Two
Good song. Very much of its time, though.
10. (4) Haircut 100 Love Plus One
Not their best song.
11. (7) Bow Wow Wow Go Wild In The Country
Probably their best song. The sleeve image was somewhat controversial at
the time, and you probably wouldn't get away with it at all now.
12. (5) Fun Boy Three And Bananarama It Ain't What You Do It's The Way
That You Do It
Rather bland cover.
13. (11) Depeche Mode See You
Not one of their best remembered songs now, but a pretty good one nonetheless.
14. (31) Chas & Dave Ain't No Pleasing You
Most of this chart ain't pleasing me, to be honest. Although this is tolerable enough.
15. (13) Iron Maiden Run To The Hills
Back in the days when old metal could still chart.
16. (42) Japan Ghosts
Their most successful single, although not, in my opinion, their best.
Still a great song, though.
17. (9) The J. Geils Band Centerfold
Quite an amusing ditty.
18. (23) Visage The Damned Don't Cry
They were beginning to sound the same, by now.
19. (21) Gary Numan Music For Chameleons
And this sounds like an attempt to sound like Japan.
20. (14) Madness Cardiac Arrest
An unusually serious subject for a Madness song, but treated with their
usual nuttiness. Rather odd, really.
21. (35) Leo Sayer Have You Ever Been In Love
Bland
22. (26) Pluto Your Honour
Planets feature quite a lot in both band and song titles, but this is
one of the less common.
The least common, in fact, with the exception of
one planet that has never featured in a chart song or artist name. Bet
you can't guess what that is.
23. (36) Classix Nouveaux Is It A Dream?
Good song. One of my favourites at the time.
24. (17) Starsound Stars On 45 III (Stars On Stevie)
They're pretty much milked the cash cow dry by the time of this one.
25. (18) Robert Palmer Some Guys Have All The Luck
Good song.
26. (29) The Nolans Don't Love Me Too Hard
Meh.
27. (37) Elvis Presley Are You Lonesome Tonight (Laughing version)
Absolutely dire.
28. (32) Foster & Allen A Bunch of Thyme
Back in the day when non-ironic folk music could chart. Although the
lyrics, despite being traditional, are a little subversive. I'm not
entirely sure you could get away with warning a lady to look after her
garden in other musical contexts.
29. (30) Kool And The Gang Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)
Bland.
30. (19) Adam & The Ants Deutscher Girls
A re-release of an early single, in an attempt to cash in on their
success with Kings of the Wild Frontier.
It's an OK song, but you can
see why this incarnation of the Ants wasn't really successful.
31. (33) David Bowie In Bertolt Brecht's Baal
[Baal's Hymn; Remembering Marie A.; Ballad Of The Adventurers; The
Drowned Girl; The Dirty Song]
A slightly odd choice to release as an EP, given that this was
essentially just the soundtrack to a BBC production of the eponymous
play and Bowie was merely singing existing songs, with no creative
input.
But, on the other hand, it was another opportunity to cash in on
his resurgent fame following Scary Monsters, along with every other
cash-in release which filled the gap until Let's Dance came along.
32. (25) ABBA Head Over Heels
Their first single to miss the top ten for a decade. Which is entrely understandable, because it's pants. Not that they lasted much longer,
anyway.
33. (NE) Bucks Fizz My Camera Never Lies
A slightly more sopisticated, and darker, sound than their previous
singles. A new entry in this chart, it was to be their last number one.
35. (NE) Dollar Give Me Back My Heart
B;and and boring.
36. (NE) Status Quo Dear John
Milk that formula, baby, milk it.
37. (54) Bill Wyman A New Fashion
Slightly strange song.
38. (74) Barbra Streisand Memory
Maiow.
Not a typical chart song, of course, but it is a very good one. This
kind of sub-operatic showstopper is what Andrew Lloyd Webber does best,
and this was from probably his most successful era.
39. (20) The Jam Town Called Malice/Precious
Great song. Probably their best. The first few bars, before the vocal
kicks in, are one the best pop song intros ever. And the rest of the
song is pretty good, too!
40. (24) Soft Cell Say Hello Wave Goodbye
It's possibly an unpopular opinion, but I think this is their best song.
49. (27) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Maid Of Orleans (The Waltz
Joan Of Arc)
And, possibly not so controversially, I think this is their best, too.
On 11/04/2021 21:32, Mark Goodge wrote:
On Mon, 22 Mar 2021 00:32:41 +0000, Chris Brown <extreme_rice@yahoo.com>
wrote:
Chart dated: 27th March 1982
This is very much from my era, so I remember most of these very well.
Although, in some cases, I wish I didn't.
I've seen four acts in this chart play live. One of those gigs was the
one that I consider my all-time favourite. And another is probably the
second or third.
And U2 aren't even there.
22. (26) Pluto Your Honour
Planets feature quite a lot in both band and song titles, but this is
one of the less common.
Skipping any debate over whether it was in fact a planet.
The least common, in fact, with the exception of
one planet that has never featured in a chart song or artist name. Bet
you can't guess what that is.
I presume you're only counting planets in our solar system?
27. (37) Elvis Presley Are You Lonesome Tonight (Laughing version)
Absolutely dire.
I suppose there's something quite cool about the fact that this comes
out posthumously, in some contrast to a lot of the more sentimental
Elvis tributes.
31. (33) David Bowie In Bertolt Brecht's Baal
[Baal's Hymn; Remembering Marie A.; Ballad Of The Adventurers; The
Drowned Girl; The Dirty Song]
A slightly odd choice to release as an EP, given that this was
essentially just the soundtrack to a BBC production of the eponymous
play and Bowie was merely singing existing songs, with no creative
input.
The really odd part was that the released EP was specially recorded -
the last time he worked with Tony Visconti for almost 20 years, as it
turned out - rather than the TV soundtrack.
But, on the other hand, it was another opportunity to cash in on
his resurgent fame following Scary Monsters, along with every other
cash-in release which filled the gap until Let's Dance came along.
Bowie obviously chose to do this, which is indeed not the most obvious >commercial decision.
33. (NE) Bucks Fizz My Camera Never Lies
A slightly more sopisticated, and darker, sound than their previous
singles. A new entry in this chart, it was to be their last number one.
Probably their least remembered to, unfairly.
38. (74) Barbra Streisand Memory
Maiow.
Not a typical chart song, of course, but it is a very good one. This
kind of sub-operatic showstopper is what Andrew Lloyd Webber does best,
and this was from probably his most successful era.
She never actually did Cats though did she? Just recorded this as itself.
40. (24) Soft Cell Say Hello Wave Goodbye
It's possibly an unpopular opinion, but I think this is their best song.
I think it's a pretty popular opinion that it's their best original
song. Although I think I slightly prefer 'Torch'.
49. (27) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Maid Of Orleans (The Waltz
Joan Of Arc)
And, possibly not so controversially, I think this is their best, too.
It's certainly not their most famous one.
On Mon, 12 Apr 2021 00:15:24 +0100, Chris Brown <extrem...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
On 11/04/2021 21:32, Mark Goodge wrote:
On Mon, 22 Mar 2021 00:32:41 +0000, Chris Brown <extrem...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
Chart dated: 27th March 1982
This is very much from my era, so I remember most of these very well.
Although, in some cases, I wish I didn't.
I've seen four acts in
22. (26) Pluto Your Honour
Planets feature quite a lot in both band and song titles, but this is
one of the less common.
Skipping any debate over whether it was in fact a planet.
The least common, in fact, with the exception of
one planet that has never featured in a chart song or artist name. Bet
you can't guess what that is.
I presume you're only counting planets in our solar system?Yes. I'm sure there are loads elsewhere that have never occurred in a
chart song or artist title. Especially if you include the names that
their own residents have for them.
27. (37) Elvis Presley Are You Lonesome Tonight (Laughing version)
Absolutely dire.
I suppose there's something quite cool about the fact that this comesThese days they wouldn't bother, they'd just let it go viral on Youtube
out posthumously, in some contrast to a lot of the more sentimental
Elvis tributes.
and social media.
31. (33) David Bowie In Bertolt Brecht's Baal
[Baal's Hymn; Remembering Marie A.; Ballad Of The Adventurers; The
Drowned Girl; The Dirty Song]
A slightly odd choice to release as an EP, given that this was
essentially just the soundtrack to a BBC production of the eponymous
play and Bowie was merely singing existing songs, with no creative
input.
The really odd part was that the released EP was specially recorded -
the last time he worked with Tony Visconti for almost 20 years, as it >turned out - rather than the TV soundtrack.
But, on the other hand, it was another opportunity to cash in on
his resurgent fame following Scary Monsters, along with every other
cash-in release which filled the gap until Let's Dance came along.
Bowie obviously chose to do this, which is indeed not the most obvious >commercial decision.I don't think he particularly needed to be commercial, though, at that
stage in his career.
33. (NE) Bucks Fizz My Camera Never Lies
A slightly more sopisticated, and darker, sound than their previous
singles. A new entry in this chart, it was to be their last number one.
Probably their least remembered too, unfairly.Yeah, it's plausible that they could have matured as a band and
progressed a bit from their Europop origins, and this single might have
been a sign of what was to come. But it never really happened.
38. (74) Barbra Streisand Memory
Maiow.
Not a typical chart song, of course, but it is a very good one. This
kind of sub-operatic showstopper is what Andrew Lloyd Webber does best, >> and this was from probably his most successful era.
She never actually did Cats though did she? Just recorded this as itself. Yes; this was a cover version. recorded as a bonus new track on a compilation album. The album itself was called "Memories", and a lot of people think this song is, too.
40. (24) Soft Cell Say Hello Wave Goodbye
It's possibly an unpopular opinion, but I think this is their best song.
I think it's a pretty popular opinion that it's their best originalTheir original songs (or, at least, the ones that charted) all retain
song. Although I think I slightly prefer 'Torch'.
more of a "sense of era" about them for me than 'Tainted Love', mainly because the latter is such a commonly played gold format track that it's somewhat lost its association with the time I first heard it.
49. (27) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Maid Of Orleans (The Waltz >>> Joan Of Arc)
And, possibly not so controversially, I think this is their best, too.
It's certainly not their most famous one.No, but I think this section of their career was their most creative.
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