It wasn’t anything like as successful and spent just one week inside the Top 40. Hope (I Wish You’d Believe Me) was the follow-up to Story Of The Blues. It was re-released in March 1983, going on to spend five weeks in the charts and reaching #20. It had touched the outer fringes of the charts in March 1982, but its follow-up, Come On Eileen, had captured the hearts of the UK record-buying public. The success of The Celtic Soul Brothers was a cash-in from the record company. Waves would spend a couple of weeks in the Top 20, peaking at #19. By mid-October, it had climbed all the way back up to #9.īlancmange were enjoying a second successive hit after Living On The Ceiling had gone top 10 in late 1982. It initially peaked at #12 in mid-April and eventually fell to #82 in mid-July, at which point it was discovered for the first time by large numbers of holidaymakers descending on the clubs in sunnier climes. A rise of 18 places in one week after appearing on the television was impressive.īlue Monday was in the third week of what proved to be an incredible 38-week unbroken stay in the Top 100. The group would, all told, enjoy 25 hit singles in their career.įields of Fire had been at #31 when Big Country had appeared on the same TOTP show presented by Peel and Jensen. They never troubled the charts in any other year.īananarama‘s single would reach #5 the following week. It was the first of three chart singles for the group in 1983. The debut single by Jo Boxers would eventually climb to #3. It had entered the charts at that position the previous week.ĭavid Bowie would, the following week, supplant Duran Duran from the #1 spot, and Let’s Dance would spend three weeks at the top. Is There Something I Should Know? was the first ever #1 for Duran Duran. The debut single by The Style Council was the first of what would be four chart hits in 1983.Īltered Images and Orange Juice had both appeared on Top of The Pops the previous week on a show presented by John Peel and David ‘Kid’ Jensen, with both singles going up in the charts immediately after. Mp3: Wah! – Hope (I Wish You’d Believe Me) (#37) Mp3: Dexy’s Midnight Runners – The Celtic Soul Brothers (#36) Mp3: Big Country – Fields Of Fire (400 Miles) (#13) The other two places in the Top 10 were taken up by Bonnie Tyler and Forrest (no, me neither!!!)ĭo you fancy looking a bit further down the Top 40? Mp3: Bananarama – Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye (#9) Mp3: Duran Duran – Is There Something I Should Know (#1) There were also some other great pop tunes at the higher end of the charts….not all of which will be to everyone’s taste, but can offer an illustration that we were truly enjoying a golden age of memorable 45s:. Oh, and Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) by the Eurythmics was at #5, well on its way to what would be six weeks in the Top 10. Mp3: Altered Images – Don’t Talk To Me About Love (#7) Mp3: The Style Council – Speak Like A Child (#4) From the UK singles Top 10 of the last week of March 1993.
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