Post 80s charts here!

Post 80s charts here!


As you wish...

This was Britain's first Top 20 singles chart of the 80s...it's dated 12 January 1980, but that was the 'publication' date...the 'compilation' date was a few days before...

1  Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd (its last week at #1)
2  I Have A Dream - Abba (the 98th single off 'Voulez-Vous' and remarkably, the highest charted!)
3  Brass In Pocket - Pretenders (eventually the first 'new' #1 of the 80s)
4  Daytrip To Bangor - Fiddler's Dram (don't ask!)
5  I Only Want To Be With You - Tourists (Annie Lennox does Dusty!)
6  Tears Of A Clown - Beat (Two-Tone does Smokey!)
7  Please Don't Go - KC & The Sunshine Band
8  Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang
9  Walking On The Moon - Police
10  My Simple Heart - Three Degrees
11  With You I'm Born Again - Billy Preston & Syreeta
12  John I'm Only Dancing (Again) - David Bowie
13  Is It Love You're After - Rose Royce
14  My Girl - Madness
15  London Calling - Clash
16  Que Sera Mi Vida - Gibson Brothers
17  Living On An Island - Status Quo
18  Wonderful Christmastime (Bleh!) - Paul McCartney
19  Blue Peter - Mike Oldfield
20  I'm In The Mood For Dancing - Nolans

(Others are available on request for a reasonable fee!  ;))

As you wish...

This was Britain's first Top 20 singles chart of the 80s...it's dated 12 January 1980, but that was the 'publication' date...the 'compilation' date was a few days before...

1  Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd (its last week at #1)
2  I Have A Dream - Abba (the 98th single off 'Voulez-Vous' and remarkably, the highest charted!)
3  Brass In Pocket - Pretenders (eventually the first 'new' #1 of the 80s)
4  Daytrip To Bangor - Fiddler's Dram (don't ask!)
5  I Only Want To Be With You - Tourists (Annie Lennox does Dusty!)
6  Tears Of A Clown - Beat (Two-Tone does Smokey!)
7  Please Don't Go - KC & The Sunshine Band
8  Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang
9  Walking On The Moon - Police
10  My Simple Heart - Three Degrees
11  With You I'm Born Again - Billy Preston & Syreeta
12  John I'm Only Dancing (Again) - David Bowie
13  Is It Love You're After - Rose Royce
14  My Girl - Madness
15  London Calling - Clash
16  Que Sera Mi Vida - Gibson Brothers
17  Living On An Island - Status Quo
18  Wonderful Christmastime (Bleh!) - Paul McCartney
19  Blue Peter - Mike Oldfield
20  I'm In The Mood For Dancing - Nolans

(Others are available on request for a reasonable fee!  ;))
It shocks me that these records are now over 27 years old!

It shocks me that these records are now over 27 years old!


Same here!  :o

I was at that 'awkward' age then (12 and a half!), but still felt compelled to buy Fiddler's Dram!  ::)

Same here!  :o

I was at that 'awkward' age then (12 and a half!), but still felt compelled to buy Fiddler's Dram!  ::)
Looking at the list, I did not buy any of the Top 20 then.

Looking at the list, I did not buy any of the Top 20 then.


Not even 'The Floyd'?

I must admit, at the time I only had a very fleeting knowledge of them! (What do you expect from a 12 year old?  :D)

Not even 'The Floyd'?

I must admit, at the time I only had a very fleeting knowledge of them! (What do you expect from a 12 year old?  :D)
I was then in my first year of married life and had other things on my mind.

I was then in my first year of married life and had other things on my mind.


I'll bet!  ;)

I'll bet!  ;)
If I did buy any back then, it would had probably been the Mike Oldfield.

British Top 20 singles for the 'landmark' day of 13th July 1985...

'Landmark'?

The day of Live Aid, of course!  ;) (Although strangely, not many of the headline acts of that day were charting!)

1  Frankie - Sister Sledge
2  Axel F - Harold Faltermeyer
3  Crazy For You - Madonna
4  Cherish - Kool & The Gang
5  I'm On Fire/Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen
6  Ben - Marti Webb
7  My Toot Toot - Denise LaSalle
8  Johnny Come Home - Fine Young Cannibals
9  History - Mai Tai
10  There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) - Eurythmics
11  Suddenly - Billy Ocean
12  Head Over Heels - Tears For Fears
13  Kayleigh - Marillion
14  In Too Deep - Dead Or Alive
15  Live Is Life - Opus
16  N-N-Nineteen (Not Out) - Commentators
17  Life In One Day - Howard Jones
18  Turn It Up - Conway Brothers
19  You'll Never Walk Alone - Crowd
20  Tomb Of Memories - Paul Young

British Top 20 singles for the 'landmark' day of 13th July 1985...

'Landmark'?

The day of Live Aid, of course!  ;) (Although strangely, not many of the headline acts of that day were charting!)

1  Frankie - Sister Sledge
2  Axel F - Harold Faltermeyer
3  Crazy For You - Madonna
4  Cherish - Kool & The Gang
5  I'm On Fire/Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen
6  Ben - Marti Webb
7  My Toot Toot - Denise LaSalle
8  Johnny Come Home - Fine Young Cannibals
9  History - Mai Tai
10  There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) - Eurythmics
11  Suddenly - Billy Ocean
12  Head Over Heels - Tears For Fears
13  Kayleigh - Marillion
14  In Too Deep - Dead Or Alive
15  Live Is Life - Opus
16  N-N-Nineteen (Not Out) - Commentators
17  Life In One Day - Howard Jones
18  Turn It Up - Conway Brothers
19  You'll Never Walk Alone - Crowd
20  Tomb Of Memories - Paul Young
If memory serves me correct "Ben" by Marti Webb was a charity record for Ben Needham, organised on That's Life with Esther Rantzen.

If memory serves me correct "Ben" by Marti Webb was a charity record for Ben Needham, organised on That's Life with Esther Rantzen.


Right about the charity aspect (and Esther's involvement), but the tragic kiddie was Ben Hardwick...

He sadly died of liver failure earlier that year after undergoing a transplant...this was his favourite song...

Right about the charity aspect (and Esther's involvement), but the tragic kiddie was Ben Hardwick...

He sadly died of liver failure earlier that year after undergoing a transplant...this was his favourite song...
That is it, Ben Hardwick.

BTW, Ben Needham is the boy that disappeared in Greece in 1991.

As you wish...

This was Britain's first Top 20 singles chart of the 80s...it's dated 12 January 1980, but that was the 'publication' date...the 'compilation' date was a few days before...

1  Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd (its last week at #1)
2  I Have A Dream - Abba (the 98th single off 'Voulez-Vous' and remarkably, the highest charted!)
3  Brass In Pocket - Pretenders (eventually the first 'new' #1 of the 80s)
4  Daytrip To Bangor - Fiddler's Dram (don't ask!)
5  I Only Want To Be With You - Tourists (Annie Lennox does Dusty!)
6  Tears Of A Clown - Beat (Two-Tone does Smokey!)
7  Please Don't Go - KC & The Sunshine Band
8  Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang
9  Walking On The Moon - Police
10  My Simple Heart - Three Degrees
11  With You I'm Born Again - Billy Preston & Syreeta
12  John I'm Only Dancing (Again) - David Bowie
13  Is It Love You're After - Rose Royce
14  My Girl - Madness
15  London Calling - Clash
16  Que Sera Mi Vida - Gibson Brothers
17  Living On An Island - Status Quo
18  Wonderful Christmastime (Bleh!) - Paul McCartney
19  Blue Peter - Mike Oldfield
20  I'm In The Mood For Dancing - Nolans


Wow!  I've only heard of a few of those!  :o

(I think I must've been listening to 'Funkytown' around that time!  :D)

Here's the very first chart of the 80s in Canada.  Dated January 12, 1980 ...


TW | LW | ARTIST - TITLE

01 | 06 | Escape - Rupert Holmes
02 | 02 | No More Tears (Enough is Enough) - Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer
03 | 01 | Babe - Styx
04 | 07 | I Don't Like Mondays - The Boomtown Rats
05 | 03 | Still - The Commodores
06 | 12 | Message in A Bottle - The Police
07 | 08 | Send One Your Love - Stevie Wonder
08 | 04 | Take the Long Way Home - Supertramp
09 | 10 | Please Don't Go - KC and the Sunshine Band
10 | 05 | Heartache Tonight - The Eagles
11 | 09 | Dream Police - Cheap Trick
12 | 11 | Peter Piper - Frank Mills
13 | 21 | Don't Do Me Like That - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
14 | 13 | Dreaming - Blondie
15 | 19 | Cool Change - Little River Band
16 | 28 | Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang
17 | 25 | The Long Run - The Eagles
18 | 29 | We Don't Talk Anymore - Cliff Richard
19 | 23 | Jane - Jefferson Starship
20 | 14 | Pop Musik - M
21 | 22 | I Want You Tonight - Pablo Cruise
22 | 15 | Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson
23 | 27 | Head Games - Foreigner
24 | 24 | 3 Dressed Up As A 9 - Trooper
25 | 17 | You Decorated My Life - Kenny Rogers
26 | 33 | I'm the Man - Joe Jackson
27 | 18 | You're Only Lonely - J.D. Souther
28 | 20 | Rise - Herb Alpert
29 | 16 | Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
30 | 26 | Lead Me On - Maxine Nightingale
31 | 51 | Video Killed the Radio Star - The Buggles
32 | 30 | Ships - Barry Manilow
33 | 31 | Jealous - Robert Palmer
34 | 32 | Little People (Une Monde Enchanteur) - Rob Liddell
35 | 49 | Under My Thumb - Streetheart
36 | 50 | Coward of the County - Kenny Rogers
37 | 42 | Chiquitita - ABBA
38 | 35 | Confusion - E.L.O.
39 | 41 | Better Love Next Time - Dr. Hook
40 | 36 | Good Girls Don't - The Knack
41 | 34 | Sad Eyes - Robert John
42 | 37 | Sail On - The Commodores
43 | 52 | Rock With You - Michael Jackson
44 | 38 | Girls Talk - Dave Edmunds
45 | 55 | Ladies Night - Kool and the Gang
46 | 39 | Come to Me - France Joli
47 | 43 | Broken Hearted Me - Anne Murray
48 | 45 | Dirty White Boy - Foreigner
49 | 61 | Sara - Fleetwood Mac
50 | 58 | Do That to Me One More Time - Captain and Tennille
51 | 40 | I'll Never Love This Way Again - Dionne Warwick
52 | 54 | This is It - Kenny Loggins
53 | 48 | All I Can Do - The Carrs
54 | 44 | Dim All the Lights - Donna Summer
55 | 70 | Voices - Cheap Trick
56 | 53 | Cruel to Be Kind - Nick Lowe
57 | 47 | Gotta Serve Somebody - Bob Dylan
58 | 56 | Half the Way - Crystal Gayle
59 | 57 | Gotta Go Home - Boney M
60 | 59 | Don't Bring Me Down - E.L.O.
61 | 60 | Quote Goodbye Quote - Carolyne Mas
62 | 46 | Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' - Journey
63 | 64 | Deja Vu - Dionne Warwick
64 | 62 | Lonesome Loser - Little River Band
65 | 63 | Lay it On the Line - Triumph
66 | 66 | Victim of Love - Elton John
67 | 75 | Last Train to London - E.L.O.
68 | 91 | Fool in the Rain - Led Zeppelin
69 | 74 | Say Hello - April Wine
70 | 68 | Get Up and Boogie - Freddie James
71 | 76 | Damned If I Do - Alan Parsons Project
72 | 82 | Third Time Lucky - Foghat
73 | 89 | (You Make Me) Feel the Fire - Claudja Barry
74 | 77 | Rotation - Herb Alpert
75 | 69 | After the Love is Gone - Earth, Wind and Fire
76 | 98 | Money - Flying Lizards
77 | 88 | Baby and the Blues - Quarrington Worthy
78 | --- | Daydream Believer - Anne Murray
79 | 80 | Jealousy - Amii Stewart
80 | 85 | Cruisin' - Smokey Robinson
81 | 71 | Hold On - Ian Gomm
82 | 97 | Why Me - Styx
83 | 87 | Wait For Me - Daryl Hall and John Oates
84 | 84 | Pretty Girls - Melissa Manchester
85 | 79 | Please Don't Leave - Lauren Wood
86 | 99 | Paradise Skies - Max Webster
87 | 90 | I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love - Rita Coolidge
88 | 96 | Roller Skatin' Mate - Peaches and Herb
89 | --- | A Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
90 | 81 | Wondering Where the Lions Are - Bruce Cockburn
91 | 93 | Don't Let Go - Isaac Hayes
92 | 100 | Yes, I'm Ready - Teri DeSario with KC
93 | --- | September Morn' - Neil Diamond
94 | 92 | Holiday in Hollywood - Richard Stepp
95 | 72 | Driver's Seat - Sniff 'n' the Tears
96 | 73 | Bad Case of Loving You - Robert Palmer
97 | --- | It's Time - Saga
98 | 95 | Hold On, I'm Coming - Karen Silver
99 | ---- | Romeo's Tune - Steve Forbert
100 | --- | Changes - Private Eye