Well, at any rate you can’t escape certain songs from it. But there are of course some obscurities too, and what seems like a lot of singles having a second bite of the cherry. And it was the FA Cup Final yesterday.
Nick Kamen isn’t here in person but a song from the advert that made him famous is. Well, sort of because they used a knock-off version for the ad itself, but it was the original that got reissued.
Playlists here. “Unfortunately “ the Number One is not on Spotify.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdiUvgvgpgNqhEHMy3GcO51NyhU9YTwmS https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Qi8XVMe2HMbmKiro5fSgS?si=lMgjrwBfQ56_y1C2vP_gRA&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1
Chart dated: 17th May 1986
1 (11) Spitting Image - The Chicken Song
2 (4) Patti Labelle & Michael Mcdonald - On My Own
3 (3) Level 42 - Lessons In Love
4 (1) Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
5 (2) Madonna - Live To Tell
6 (5) Janet Jackson - What Have You Done For Me Lately?
7 (15) Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
8 (10) Whitney Houston - The Greatest Love Of All
9 (8) Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
10 (7) Five Star - I Can't Wait Another Minute
11 (37) The Matchroom Mob with Chas & Dave - Snooker Loopy
12 (6) George Michael - A Different Corner
13 (22) Van Halen - Why Can't This Be Love
14 (27) Billy Ocean - There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)
15 (9) Queen - A Kind Of Magic
16 (18) Joyce Sims - All And All
17 (40) Doctor And The Medics - Spirit In The Sky
18 (13) Aurra - You And Me Tonight
19 (16) Princess - I'll Keep On Loving You
20 (35) The B-52s - Rock Lobster/Planet Claire
21 (14) Big Country - Look Away
22 (23) The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
23 (34) Force MDs - Tender Love
24 (17) Atlantic Starr - Secret Lovers
25 (NE) Status Quo - Rollin' Home
26 (26) Dire Straits - Your Latest Trick
27 (12) Grange Hill Cast - Just Say No
28 (19) SOS Band - The Finest
29 (38) ZZ Top - Rough Boy
30 (20) Simple Minds - All The Things She Said
31 (21) Cliff Richard and The Young Ones with Hank B. Marvin - Livin' Doll
32 (25) Sam Cooke - Wonderful World {1986 reissue}
33 (24) Samantha Fox - Touch Me (I Want Your Body)
34 (63) Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love
35 (45) Jaki Graham - Set Me Free
36 (43) The Bangles - If She Knew What She Wants
37 (39) Kate Bush - The Big Sky
38 (29) Hear N' Aid - Stars
39 (49) Pete Wylie - Sinful!
40 (32) It's Immaterial - Driving Away From Home (Jim's Tune)
41 (30) Depeche Mode - A Question Of Lust
42 (36) a-ha - Train Of Thought
43 (28) The Real Thing - You To Me Are Everything (The Decade Mix 76/86)
44 (33) Maxi Priest - Strollin' On
45 (42) We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It - Rules And Regulations EP [Rules And Regulations; She; XX Sex; Do I Want To]
46 (31) Suzanne Vega - Marlene On The Wall {1986 reissue}
47 (66) Nick Heyward - Over The Weekend
48 (50) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - If You Leave
49 (56) Huey Lewis & The News - The Heart Of Rock And Roll
50 (88) Liverpool Football Team 1986 - Sittin' On Top Of The World
51 (60) Aretha Franklin - Freeway Of Love {1986 reissue}
52 (41) Belouis Some - Some People
53 (NE) Mantronix - Bassline
54 (57) Hipsway - Ask The Lord {1986 remix}
55 (NE) Simply Red - Holding Back The Years {1986 reissue}
56 (46) Tavares - It Only Takes A Minute {1986 remix}
57 (51) INXS - What You Need
58 (47) Diana Ross - Experience
59 (54) Joe Fagin - Back With The Boys Again/Get It Right
60 (NE) Thomas & Taylor - You Can't Blame Love
61 (80) The Blow Monkeys - Wicked Ways
62 (NE) Dio - Hungry For Heaven {1986 reissue}
63 (68) Total Contrast - What You Gonna Do About It
64 (44) Big Audio Dynamite - E=MC²
65 (94) Miami Sound Machine - Bad Boy
66 (NE) The Cool Notes - Into The Motion
67 (73) John Cougar Mellencamp - R.O.C.K. In The USA
68 (59) Sinitta - So Macho/ Cruisin'
69 (62) St John's College School Choir And The Band Of The Grenadier Guards- The Queen's Birthday Song
70 (52) Art Of Noise ft Duane Eddy - Peter Gunn
71 (71) Blancmange - I Can See It
72 (48) Lick The Tins - Can't Help Falling In Love
73 (61) Diana Ross - Chain Reaction
74 (53) Shalamar - A Night To Remember {1986 remix}
75 (NE) Talk Talk - Give It Up
76 (NE) Redskins - It Can Be Done
77 (58) Cactus World News - Worlds Apart
78 (NE) Cliff Richard - Born To Rock N' Roll
79 (NE) Oliver Cheatham - SOS
80 (89) Limahl - Love In Your Eyes
81 (75) Sam Cooke - Another Saturday Night {1986 reissue}
82 (69) Ramones - Something To Believe In/Somebody Put Something In My Drink
83 (NE) Everton Football Team 1986 - Everybody's Cheering The Blues
84 (NE) Clannad - Robin Of Sherwood
85 (NE) Freddie Mercury - Time
86 (85) Erasure - Oh L'Amour
87 (76) Modern-Nique ft Larry Woo - Love's Gonna Get You
88 (77) Ted Chippington - She Loves You
89 (NE) Mike + The Mechanics - All I Need Is A Miracle
90 (95) Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
91 (93) Shirley Bassey - To All The Men I've Loved Before
92 (NE) Hearts Squad ft Colin Chisholm - The Hearts Song
93 (NE) Black Uhuru- The Great Train Robbery
94 (NE) Chris De Burgh - Fire On The Water
95 (87) Imagination - Sunshine
96 (NE) Brendan Shine - Loneliness
97 (NE) The Damned - New Rose
98 (RE) Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missile F1-11
99 (NE) Love And Money - Candybar Express
100(100) Mike Oldfield and Jon Anderson - Shine
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