December 19, 1987

-------- DROPOUTS --------
Brilliant Disguise - Bruce Springsteen --- 5 / 11
I Don't Mind At All - Bourgeois Tagg --- 38 / 2
I Won't Forget You - Poison --- 13 / 9
I've Been In Love Before - Cutting Crew --- 9 (2) / 11
Mony Mony "Live" - Billy Idol --- 1 (1) / 12  


40 --- Pop Goes The World - Men Without Hats (46)
39 --- Don't Shed A Tear - Paul Carrack (45)
26 38 --- Hourglass - Squeeze
37 --- I Live For Your Love - Natalie Cole (42)
36 --- Motortown - The Kane Gang (41)
35 --- Tunnel Of Love - Bruce Springsteen (47)
37 34 --- True Faith - New Order
23 33 --- I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany    
36 32 --- Hungry Eyes - Eric Carmen
35 31 --- I Want To Be Your Man - Roger

21 30 --- Skeletons - Stevie Wonder
20 29 --- I Do You - The Jets
31 28 --- Power Of Love - Laura Branigan
30 27 --- Crazy - Icehouse
32 26 --- I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man - Prince
12 25 --- The One I Love - R.E.M.
38 24 --- Could've Been - Tiffany
33 23 --- Seasons Change - Exposé
27 22 --- There's The Girl - Heart
24 21 --- Animal - Def Leppard

28 20 --- Hazy Shade Of Winter - The Bangles
19 19 --- That's What Love Is All About - Michael Bolton
22 18 --- Candle In The Wind - Elton John
04 17 --- (I've Had) The Time Of My Life - Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes  
18 16 --- Need You Tonight - INXS
15 15 --- Tell It To My Heart - Taylor Dayne
14 14 --- Dude (Looks Like A Lady) - Aerosmith
16 13 --- Cherry Bomb - John Cougar Mellencamp
03 12 --- Should've Known Better - Richard Marx
17 11 --- The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson

08 10 --- We'll Be Together - Sting
13 09 --- Valerie - Steve Winwood
11 08 --- Catch Me (I'm Falling) - Pretty Poison
02 07 --- Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle  
09 06 --- Don't You Want Me - Jody Watley
10 05 --- Got My Mind Set On You - George Harrison
06 04 --- Shake Your Love - Debbie Gibson
07 03 --- So Emotional - Whitney Houston
05 02 --- Is This Love - Whitesnake
01 01 --- Faith - George Michael    


New this week are The Kane Gang.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 19-25 December 1987

01 04 ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys *
02 02 WHEN I FALL IN LOVE Rick Astley
03 03 THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson
04 09 LOVE LETTERS Alison Moyet
05 01 CHINA IN YOUR HAND T'Pau *****
06 13 ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE Kim Wilde + Mel Smith
07 05 WHAT DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THOSE EYES AT ME FOR? Shakin' Stevens
08 19 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues ft Kirsty MacColl
09 15 THE LOOK OF LOVE Madonna
10 11 WHO FOUND WHO Jellybean ft Elisa Fiorillo

11 08 CRITICIZE Alexander O'Neal
12 06 LETTER FROM AMERICA The Proclaimers
13 07 GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU George Harrison
14 10 ONCE UPON A LONG AGO Paul McCartney
15 27 TURN BACK THE CLOCK Johnny Hates Jazz
16 12 SO EMOTIONAL Whitney Houston
17 33 EV'RY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE Simply Red
18 14 NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE The Communards
19 -- HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH Belinda Carlisle
20 RE WHEN I FALL IN LOVE Nat 'King' Cole

21 32 ANGEL EYES (HOME AND AWAY) Wet Wet Wet
22 36 CHILDREN SAY Level 42
23 20 I'M THE MAN Anthrax
24 22 SATELLITE The Hooters
25 -- TOUCHED BY THE HAND OF GOD New Order
26 23 SOMEWHERE SOMEBODY Five Star
27 16 SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCK Maxi Priest
28 25 I'VE BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE Cutting Crew
29 21 (I'VE HAD) THE TIME OF MY LIFE Bill Medley + Jennifer Warnes
30 -- JINGO Jellybean

31 17 BUILD The Housemartins
32 26 HERE I GO AGAIN Whitesnake
33 28 MY BABY JUST CARES FOR ME Nina Simone
34 -- LAST NIGHT I DREAMT THAT SOMEBODY LOVED ME The Smiths
35 24 WHENEVER YOU NEED SOMEBODY Rick Astley
36 -- TIGHTEN UP Wally Jump Jr and the Criminal Element
37 -- G.T.O. Sinitta
38 18 TO BE REBORN Boy George
39 -- IDEAL WORLD The Christians
40 -- REASON TO LIVE Kiss

-- 29 THERE AIN'T NOTHING LIKE SHAGGIN' The Tams
-- 30 I COULD NEVER TAKE THE PLACE OF YOUR MAN Prince
-- 31 I WANT TO BE YOUR PROPERTY Blue Mercedes
-- 34 DINNER WITH GERSHWIN Donna Summer
-- 35 JACK MIX IV Mirage
-- 37 SHO' YOU RIGHT Barry White
-- 38 HYSTERIA Def Leppard
-- 39 LOVE IN THE FIRST DEGREE Bananarama
-- 40 I WON'T CRY Glen Goldsmith


It's the solo debut of Belinda Carlisle