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Going fully populist this week with a chart from a year that some call
the greatest ever for pop.

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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

41. (NE) Altered Images See Those Eyes
42. (53) Vicky D The Beat Is Mine
43. (58) Killing Joke Empire Song
44. (66) The Boomtown Rats House On Fire
45. (70) Dexys Midnight Runners The Celtic Soul Brothers
46. (55) Anti-Nowhere League I Hate... People
47. (41) Genesis Man On The Corner
48. (56) Mike Oldfield Five Miles Out
49. (27) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Maid Of Orleans (The Waltz Joan Of Arc)
50. (64) Graham Parker Temporary Beauty
51. (50) Blue Rondo A La Turk Klactoveesedstein
52. (NE) Tygers Of Pan Tang Love Potion Number 9
53. (69) Xavier Work That Sucker To Death
54. (46) Adam & The Ants Antmusic EP
[Friends; Kick; Physical]
55. (44) The Four Tops Tonight I'm Gonna Love You All Over
56. (38) D Train You're The One For Me
57. (NE) Shalamar I Can Make You Feel Good
58. (28) Daryl Hall & John Oates I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)
59. (51) Smokey Robinson Tell Me Tomorrow
60. (NE) Elton John Blue Eyes
61. (72) Dollar Ring Ring
62. (45) Bauhaus Kick In The Eye {1982 reissue}
63. (34) Mike Post And Larry Carlton Theme From "Hill Street Blues"
64. (49) Quarterflash Harden My Heart
65. (43) Blackfoot Dry County (Four From Blackfoot)
[Dry County; Too Hard To Handle; On The Run (live); Train Train (live)]
66. (NE) A Flock Of Seagulls I Ran
67. (NE) Slade Ruby Red
68. (39) The Stranglers Golden Brown
69. (52) Hank Marvin Don't Talk
70. (NE) B-Movie Nowhere Girl
71. (RE) T Rex Telegram Sam
72. (NE) Mobiles Amour Amour
73. (47) George Benson Never Give Up On A Good Thing
74. (NE) XTC Ball And Chain
75. (NE) Chris Rea Loving You

Chris
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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 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

I remember nearly all this T40!

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!
--

Paul Hyett, Cheltenham
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On 22/03/2021 14:50, Vidcapper wrote:

On 22/03/2021 00:32, Chris Brown wrote:

Chart dated: 27th March 1982

1.-a-a-a (2) Goombay Dance Band-a-a-a Seven Tears
2.-a-a-a (1) Tight Fit-a-a-a The Lion Sleeps Tonight

4.-a-a-a (8) Imagination-a-a-a Just An Illusion
5.-a-a-a (3) Toni Basil-a-a-a Mickey
6.-a-a-a (6) ABC-a-a-a Poison Arrow
7.-a-a (16) Derek And The Dominoes-a-a-a Layla {1982 reissue}
8.-a-a (10) Adrian Gurvitz-a-a-a Classic
9.-a-a (15) Associates-a-a-a Party Fears Two
10.-a-a (4) Haircut 100-a-a-a Love Plus One
11.-a-a (7) Bow Wow Wow-a-a-a Go Wild In The Country
12.-a-a (5) Fun Boy Three And Bananarama-a-a-a It Ain't What You Do It's The >> Way That You Do It
13.-a (11) Depeche Mode-a-a-a See You
14.-a (31) Chas & Dave-a-a-a Ain't No Pleasing You
15.-a (13) Iron Maiden-a-a-a Run To The Hills

17.-a-a (9) The J. Geils Band-a-a-a Centerfold
18.-a (23) Visage-a-a-a The Damned Don't Cry
19.-a (21) Gary Numan-a-a-a Music For Chameleons
20.-a (14) Madness-a-a-a Cardiac Arrest

22.-a (26) Pluto-a-a-a Your Honour
23.-a (36) Classix Nouveaux-a-a-a Is It A Dream?

25.-a (18) Robert Palmer-a-a-a Some Guys Have All The Luck

27.-a (37) Elvis Presley-a-a-a Are You Lonesome Tonight (Laughing version) >> 28.-a (32) Foster & Allen-a-a-a A Bunch of Thyme

30.-a (19) Adam & The Ants-a-a-a Deutscher Girls

32.-a (25) ABBA-a-a-a Head Over Heels
33.-a (NE) Bucks Fizz-a-a-a My Camera Never Lies

35.-a (NE) Dollar-a-a-a Give Me Back My Heart
36.-a (NE) Status Quo-a-a-a Dear John
37.-a (54) Bill Wyman-a-a-a A New Fashion
38.-a (74) Barbra Streisand-a-a-a Memory
39.-a (20) The Jam-a-a-a Town Called Malice/Precious
40.-a (24) Soft Cell-a-a-a Say Hello Wave Goodbye

I remember nearly all this T40!

41.-a (NE) Altered Images-a-a-a See Those Eyes

44.-a (66) The Boomtown Rats-a-a-a House On Fire

THe first single I ever bought!

45.-a (70) Dexys Midnight Runners-a-a-a The Celtic Soul Brothers

48.-a (56) Mike Oldfield-a-a-a Five Miles Out
49.-a (27) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark-a-a-a Maid Of Orleans (The
Waltz Joan Of Arc)

51.-a (50) Blue Rondo A La Turk-a-a-a Klactoveesedstein

57.-a (NE) Shalamar-a-a-a I Can Make You Feel Good
58.-a (28) Daryl Hall & John Oates-a-a-a I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)

60.-a (NE) Elton John-a-a-a Blue Eyes

63.-a (34) Mike Post And Larry Carlton-a-a-a Theme From "Hill Street Blues"

66.-a (NE) A Flock Of Seagulls-a-a-a I Ran

68.-a (39) The Stranglers-a-a-a Golden Brown

72.-a (NE) Mobiles-a-a-a Amour Amour
73.-a (47) George Benson-a-a-a Never Give Up On A Good Thing
74.-a (NE) XTC-a-a-a Ball And Chain

I think this is the most I remember from any chart!

Even some pretty obscure ones there, well done.


Hardly seems necessary to list the songs with other versions but that's
never stopped me before.

2. (1) Tight Fit The Lion Sleeps Tonight
3. (12) Julio Iglesias Quiereme Mucho (Yours)
4. (8) Imagination Just An Illusion {sampled on Get Your Number by
Mariah Carey}
5. (3) Toni Basil Mickey {gender-switched cover of a Racey song}
24. (17) Starsound Stars On 45 III (Stars On Stevie)
25. (18) Robert Palmer Some Guys Have All The Luck {one of several
covers of this song, but apparently he initially thought he'd written it himself}
27. (37) Elvis Presley Are You Lonesome Tonight (Laughing version)
34. (22) The Jets Love Makes The World Go Round
38. (74) Barbra Streisand Memory
40. (24) Soft Cell Say Hello Wave Goodbye
52. (NE) Tygers Of Pan Tang Love Potion Number 9
56. (38) D Train You're The One For Me {sampled several times}
57. (NE) Shalamar I Can Make You Feel Good
58. (28) Daryl Hall & John Oates I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) {sampled on at least four subsequent hits}
68. (39) The Stranglers Golden Brown

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On Mon, 12 Apr 2021 00:15:24 +0100, Chris Brown <extreme_rice@yahoo.com>
wrote:

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.

No, but Bowie and Japan are.

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 comes
out posthumously, in some contrast to a lot of the more sentimental
Elvis tributes.

These days they wouldn't bother, they'd just let it go viral on Youtube
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 to, 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.

The original West End cast recording version is by Elaine Paige.

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'.

Their original songs (or, at least, the ones that charted) all retain
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.

Mark
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