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

On 16/05/2021 20:45, Chris Brown wrote:

> Chart dated: 17th May 1986

>
> 4 (1) Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
> 5 (2) Madonna - Live To Tell

> 7 (15) Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer

> 9 (8) Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine

> 11 (37) The Matchroom Mob with Chas & Dave - Snooker Loopy

> 15 (9) Queen - A Kind Of Magic

> 17 (40) Doctor And The Medics - Spirit In The Sky

> 21 (14) Big Country - Look Away

> 31 (21) Cliff Richard and The Young Ones with Hank B. Marvin - Livin' Doll

> 33 (24) Samantha Fox - Touch Me (I Want Your Body)
> 34 (63) Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love

> 73 (61) Diana Ross - Chain Reaction

> 90 (95) Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)

I thought I'd remember fewer than this.
>

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Paul Hyett, Cheltenham

On 16/05/2021 20:45, Chris Brown wrote:

Two of the very few acts I have seen live are in this chart.

> 17 (40) Doctor And The Medics - Spirit In The Sky

This was at Swansea University. Swansea was something of a backwater on
the touring circuit and some months before they had booked this obscure
band called Doctor and the Medics. By the time they actually played they
were at no.1. It was quite a coup for them to have them play there, I
doubt they had ever hosted a no.1 act before and probably haven't since.

> 30 (20) Simple Minds - All The Things She Said

The archetypal 80s 'stadium rock' band. Although I saw them at the
Milton Keynes Bowl which wasn't really a 'stadium' as such but I got the
general idea....

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Col