April 13, 1985

------DROPOUTS------
Why Can't I Have You - The Cars --- 33 / 5
Take Me With U - Prince & The Revolution w/ Apollonia --- 25 (2) / 6
Save A Prayer - Duran Duran --- 16 (2) / 8
California Girls - David Lee Roth --- 3 / 11
Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood --- 10 (2) / 10


23 40 --- Only The Young - Journey
39 --- Axel F - Harold Faltermeyer (52)
38 --- Suddenly - Billy Ocean (44)
37 --- Vox Humana - Kenny Loggins (41)
36 --- The Bird - The Time (42)
27 35 --- Careless Whisper - Wham! feat. George Michael    
34 --- Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears (43)
30 33 --- Lucky - Greg Kihn
22 32 --- Keeping The Faith - Billy Joel
37 31 --- Forever Man - Eric Clapton

38 30 --- Everything She Wants - Wham!
35 29 --- New Attitude - Patti LaBelle
29 28 --- Radioactive - The Firm
34 27 --- Rock And Roll Girls - John Fogerty
32 26 --- Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid - Daryl Hall & John Oates
36 25 --- Don't Come Around Here No More - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
16 24 --- Private Dancer - Tina Turner
17 23 --- The Heat Is On - Glenn Frey
28 22 --- Smooth Operator - Sade
25 21 --- That Was Yesterday - Foreigner

10 20 --- Too Late For Goodbyes - Julian Lennon
15 19 --- High On You - Survivor
21 18 --- Along Comes A Woman - Chicago
24 17 --- Some Like It Hot - The Power Station
12 16 --- Just Another Night - Mick Jagger
20 15 --- All She Wants To Do Is Dance - Don Henley
11 14 --- Somebody - Bryan Adams
06 13 --- Can't Fight This Feeling - REO Speedwagon    
19 12 --- One Night In Bangkok - Murray Head
18 11 --- Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds

13 10 --- Missing You - Diana Ross
14 09 --- Obsession - Animotion
05 08 --- Lovergirl - Teena Marie
09 07 --- Rhythm Of The Night - DeBarge
08 06 --- I'm On Fire - Bruce Springsteen
03 05 --- Material Girl - Madonna
07 04 --- Nightshift - Commodores
04 03 --- Crazy For You - Madonna
01 02 --- One More Night - Phil Collins    
02 01 --- We Are The World - USA For Africa    


This marks the first Top 40 it for Tears For Fears (Finally) ... and also contributing to the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack is German composer Harold Faltermeyer.

This chart is almost like a list of some of my very favorite songs.

I'm quite a Tom Petty fan and Don't Come Around Here No More is one of my favorite TP songs. Sharon Celani and Stevie Nicks' backing vocals really added so much to that song, too. The video to it is pretty wild. I never would have tied an Alice in Wonderland theme to that song. Tom Petty in a Mad Hatter get-up. It doesn't get much better than that.

I always liked Sade. I thought she had such a lovely voice. I love it when one of her songs comes on the radio.

I loved Julian Lennon's Valotte record. When he came out with that, I was not a fan of the Beatles music. I had only heard a handful of Beatles songs so I didn't go into his music as a fan of his fathers. I found his music and fell in love with it because he's an excellent singer/songwriter. I wish he had more huge hits to his credit because he certainly deserves them.

I always loved Robert Palmer whether he was solo or with the Power Station. I was devastated when he passed away. He was so young and still so full of life. I'm sure he had so much more great music in him still. I had the pleasure of corresponding with his brother a while back and if Robert was anything like his brother, he was truly and wonderful person.

saintbernard wrote:I always loved Robert Palmer whether he was solo or with the Power Station. I was devastated when he passed away. He was so young and still so full of life. I'm sure he had so much more great music in him still. I had the pleasure of corresponding with his brother a while back and if Robert was anything like his brother, he was truly and wonderful person.

I thought he died too soon, and never quite got the respect he might have deserved.



R1 SINGLES CHART - 13-19 April 1985

01 01 EASY LOVER Philip Bailey (duet with Phil Collins) ****
02 02 WELCOME TO THE PLEASURE DOME Frankie Goes To Hollywood
03 05 EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD Tears For Fears
04 03 PIE JESU Sarah Brightman + Paul Miles-Kingston
05 06 WE CLOSE OUR EYES Go West
06 04 THAT OLE DEVIL CALLED LOVE Alison Moyet
07 -- WE ARE THE WORLD U.S.A. for Africa
08 14 MOVE CLOSER Phyllis Nelson
09 07 EVERY TIME YOU GO AWAY Paul Young
10 12 COULD IT BE I'M FALLING IN LOVE? David Grant + Jaki Graham

11 09 WIDE BOY Nik Kershaw
12 08 DO WHAT YOU DO Jermaine Jackson
13 18 SPEND THE NIGHT The Cool Notes
14 17 THE HEAT IS ON Glenn Frey
15 10 KISS ME Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy
16 11 MATERIAL GIRL Madonna
17 13 HANGIN' ON A STRING (CONTEMPLATING) Loose Ends
18 27 CLOUDS ACROSS THE MOON The RAH Band
19 28 CAN'T FIGHT THIS FEELING R.E.O. Speedwagon
20 16 COVER ME Bruce Springsteen

21 15 SOME LIKE IT HOT Power Station
22 21 GRIMLY FIENDISH The Damned
23 29 LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD Pat Benatar
24 24 WON'T YOU HOLD MY HAND NOW? King
25 38 LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN Dream Academy
26 36 BE NEAR ME ABC
27 -- ONE MORE NIGHT Phil Collins
28 25 BETWEEN THE WARS Billy Bragg
29 23 DANCING IN THE DARK Big Daddy
30 20 YOU SPIN ME ROUND (LIKE A RECORD) Dead Or Alive **

31 22 NOW THAT WE'VE FOUND LOVE Third World
32 40 BLACK MAN RAY China Crisis
33 19 THE LAST KISS David Cassidy
34 39 SUPER GRAN Billy Connolly
35 30 NIGHTSHIFT The Commodores
36 35 SOMEBODY Bryan Adams
37 33 DANCING IN THE DARK Bruce Springsteen
38 26 SHAKESPEARE'S SISTER The Smiths
39 -- THAT WAS YESTERDAY Foreigner
40 37 LET'S GO TOGETHER Change

-- 31 THE BELLE OF ST MARK Sheila E
-- 32 MR TELEPHONE MAN New Edition
-- 34 I KNOW HIM SO WELL Elaine Paige + Barbara Dickson ****