Lot's of chart entries in these months. 5:55 I had no idea Annie Lennox covered this song and I knew the Kenny G sax song sounded familiar until I realised it was a cover of Junior Walker.
I actually heard the original version of No More I Love You's on the radio several times in the summer of 1986 but I'm not sure I caught who was singing/performing it at the time.
Thanks Francis! Another great documentary from a great era, and the selection of songs - from desperately tragic to delightfully charming - was mind-blowing!
In fact most of their earlier hits weren't. King/Food For Thought (double A side),My Way of Thinking/I think It's Going to Rain Today (double A Side),The Earth Dies Screaming/Dream a Lie (double A side) all from 1980,Don't Slow Down/Don't Let it Pass You By (double A Side) and One in Ten (both hits from 1981),I Won't Close My Eyes,Love is All is Alright and So Here I Am (+ also Burden of Shame) from 1982 and I've Got Mine all graced the UK charts to varying heights before THAT cover of Neil Diamond's Red Red Wine gave them their first number 1 in September 1983. If it Happens Again (1984),Don't Break My Heart (1985),Sing Our Own Song (1986) and Rat in My Kitchen (1987) were all big hits amid the covers. The aforementioned list of songs made social commentaries on a wide range of issues,including conquer and subjugation (King),famine and food aid (Food For Thought),nuclear armageddon (The Earth Dies Screaming),rampant mass unemployment in the early 80s in Mrs Thatcher's Britain (One in Ten),racism and the difficulty to immigrants to be accepted in their adopted land (Burden of Shame),greed and materialism (I've Got Mine) and the fight to overthrow the Apartheid government in South Africa (Sing Our Own Song).
Thank you Francis for this upload. 👍 One of the weirdest years ever apparently in the UK. I am surprised that Bryan Adams song was not a hit, as its fairly well known! Ditto with Luther Vandross. Definitely a summer vibe (even if the year had a non-summer) with the songs. Michael McDonald (his 43rd place entry) and Bruce Hornsbys songs found new life in the 90s in rap songs. I didn't realise 'No More I Love You's' was a cover by Annie Lennox! Anita Dobson's working of the EastEnders theme tune is....a guilty pleasure if a bit tragic. I'm shocked Bon Jovi wasnt top 3 with that song! I prefer the Sinead and Shane version of 'Haunted' personally in 1995. Good line up of songs here Francis 👍👍 I have one obvious favourite by a long shot. Yes it was a re-release having been a huge hit the year before. The absolutely beautiful and devine 'The Power of Love' by Jennifer Rush. My all time favourite song. Just amazing and powerful. My second favourite is the eerie 'Jeanny' by Falco. Yes it's a dark song about a murder victim, but it should have been a hit. Fits the theme of that bizzare year. My third favourite is the underrated Anita Baker with 'Sweet Love'. Very romantic ballad and a gorgeous voice. Excellent tracks from Boris Gardiner, UB40, Janet Jackson, Atlantic Starr, Genesis, Cameo, Luther Vandross and Iron Maiden.
I can understand why some of these tracks only got to something like #85 or similar, with a few honourable exceptions, these songs are boring. I love you, Francis, but my interest in music was rapidly cooling at this point! Love Lionel Richie, Steve Winwood and Michael McDonald though.
I agree that those charts at the time contained a lot that indicated the standard drifting downhill compared to preceding years,but among it all lurked plenty of gems and the odd classic of its day. I thought the first half of 1986 was the better half on the whole,but it did follow two very strong years for popular music in 1984 and 1985,and I thought 1986 was at least as good as the last three years of the decade. Singles sales reflected that,too,as the biggest years on that front were justifiably 1978,1979,1984 and 1985 with 1978 the all-time biggest followed by 1984. While there was plenty of great music still being made the mainstream scene fell into one of its staler,more stagnant spells between 1986 and the first three quarters of 1989. The gradual tail-off in sales in that period resulted in a downgrading from the start of 1989 of the number of copies sold needed to be awarded a silver,gold and platinum disc - from a quarter of a million to earn a silver disc,half a million for gold and a million for platinum to 200,000 for silver,400,000 for gold and 600,000 for platinum. By the tail end of the decade,however,something creative was stirring as Acid House burst into the mainstream from the last quarter of 1988 together while the new and evolving dance music of the era had already been establishing itself since the start of that year. In the last quarter of 1989 the burgeoning Manchester scene broke through,too,with its new wave of indie and Indie/dance/retro hybrid music. The early 90s brought a kaleidoscope of genres and styles,with rap enduring and rock remaining popular,while the rave scene took off. Grunge came along to join the party in late 1991,jungle,ragga,etc. by late 1993 and Britpop through the mid-90s competing with the dance scene in all its hedonism. There certainly was something for everyone in that whole early-through-mid 90s era,resulting in another massive peak in singles sales and interest in the music scene in 1997. Things tailed off again from 1998 onwards,though there were a few new styles and genres like the rapid boom and bust of garage in the years around the turn of the Millennium,the skater bands of the early Noughties and the emergence of gangster rap. It may well just be my age but as far as the mainstream is concerned I don't think the last 20 of years have been a patch on what went before,though its never all bad,well nearly never perhaps.
One thing I'd point out about this video is that the Male Stripper song only got to about number 80-something or thereabouts as well,but it blew up into the number 4 hit indicated when it returned to the chart in about February/March 1987.
@@rjjcms1 Very well articulated. There were, as you said, a few classics but I was never a fan of dance or indie. Agree with you about the last 20 years though.
Lot's of chart entries in these months. 5:55 I had no idea Annie Lennox covered this song and I knew the Kenny G sax song sounded familiar until I realised it was a cover of Junior Walker.
I actually heard the original version of No More I Love You's on the radio several times in the summer of 1986 but I'm not sure I caught who was singing/performing it at the time.
Thanks Francis! Another great documentary from a great era, and the selection of songs - from desperately tragic to delightfully charming - was mind-blowing!
I think it's funny that UB40 had a song called "Sing Our Own Song" when most of their hits were covers.
In fact most of their earlier hits weren't. King/Food For Thought (double A side),My Way of Thinking/I think It's Going to Rain Today (double A Side),The Earth Dies Screaming/Dream a Lie (double A side) all from 1980,Don't Slow Down/Don't Let it Pass You By (double A Side) and One in Ten (both hits from 1981),I Won't Close My Eyes,Love is All is Alright and So Here I Am (+ also Burden of Shame) from 1982 and I've Got Mine all graced the UK charts to varying heights before THAT cover of Neil Diamond's Red Red Wine gave them their first number 1 in September 1983. If it Happens Again (1984),Don't Break My Heart (1985),Sing Our Own Song (1986) and Rat in My Kitchen (1987) were all big hits amid the covers.
The aforementioned list of songs made social commentaries on a wide range of issues,including conquer and subjugation (King),famine and food aid (Food For Thought),nuclear armageddon (The Earth Dies Screaming),rampant mass unemployment in the early 80s in Mrs Thatcher's Britain (One in Ten),racism and the difficulty to immigrants to be accepted in their adopted land (Burden of Shame),greed and materialism (I've Got Mine) and the fight to overthrow the Apartheid government in South Africa (Sing Our Own Song).
As always another excellent compilation Sir ❤🎉👌
Thank you Francis for this upload. 👍 One of the weirdest years ever apparently in the UK. I am surprised that Bryan Adams song was not a hit, as its fairly well known! Ditto with Luther Vandross. Definitely a summer vibe (even if the year had a non-summer) with the songs. Michael McDonald (his 43rd place entry) and Bruce Hornsbys songs found new life in the 90s in rap songs. I didn't realise 'No More I Love You's' was a cover by Annie Lennox! Anita Dobson's working of the EastEnders theme tune is....a guilty pleasure if a bit tragic. I'm shocked Bon Jovi wasnt top 3 with that song! I prefer the Sinead and Shane version of 'Haunted' personally in 1995. Good line up of songs here Francis 👍👍
I have one obvious favourite by a long shot. Yes it was a re-release having been a huge hit the year before. The absolutely beautiful and devine 'The Power of Love' by Jennifer Rush. My all time favourite song. Just amazing and powerful. My second favourite is the eerie 'Jeanny' by Falco. Yes it's a dark song about a murder victim, but it should have been a hit. Fits the theme of that bizzare year. My third favourite is the underrated Anita Baker with 'Sweet Love'. Very romantic ballad and a gorgeous voice. Excellent tracks from Boris Gardiner, UB40, Janet Jackson, Atlantic Starr, Genesis, Cameo, Luther Vandross and Iron Maiden.
If I remember rightly the Luther Vandross song did come back a bit more successfully a year or two later.
Thank you ❤
One of the best Iron Maiden songs in this chart 😊
Stranger in a strange Land.
Please, UK singles chart flashback 24 April 1977 🙏🙏
It's bad enough that prat McCartney being in it, never mind his missus! 🤢
4:35 The Smiths "Panic" Brillant Sound
Van Halens best. Who can forget Tippa Eyrie and Amazulu?
July 1986? Ugh! Mostly forgettable mush. August 1986? Wow. Some absolute classics.
Best post👍👍❤❤
I can understand why some of these tracks only got to something like #85 or similar, with a few honourable exceptions, these songs are boring. I love you, Francis, but my interest in music was rapidly cooling at this point! Love Lionel Richie, Steve Winwood and Michael McDonald though.
I agree that those charts at the time contained a lot that indicated the standard drifting downhill compared to preceding years,but among it all lurked plenty of gems and the odd classic of its day. I thought the first half of 1986 was the better half on the whole,but it did follow two very strong years for popular music in 1984 and 1985,and I thought 1986 was at least as good as the last three years of the decade.
Singles sales reflected that,too,as the biggest years on that front were justifiably 1978,1979,1984 and 1985 with 1978 the all-time biggest followed by 1984. While there was plenty of great music still being made the mainstream scene fell into one of its staler,more stagnant spells between 1986 and the first three quarters of 1989. The gradual tail-off in sales in that period resulted in a downgrading from the start of 1989 of the number of copies sold needed to be awarded a silver,gold and platinum disc - from a quarter of a million to earn a silver disc,half a million for gold and a million for platinum to 200,000 for silver,400,000 for gold and 600,000 for platinum. By the tail end of the decade,however,something creative was stirring as Acid House burst into the mainstream from the last quarter of 1988 together while the new and evolving dance music of the era had already been establishing itself since the start of that year. In the last quarter of 1989 the burgeoning Manchester scene broke through,too,with its new wave of indie and Indie/dance/retro hybrid music. The early 90s brought a kaleidoscope of genres and styles,with rap enduring and rock remaining popular,while the rave scene took off. Grunge came along to join the party in late 1991,jungle,ragga,etc. by late 1993 and Britpop through the mid-90s competing with the dance scene in all its hedonism. There certainly was something for everyone in that whole early-through-mid 90s era,resulting in another massive peak in singles sales and interest in the music scene in 1997. Things tailed off again from 1998 onwards,though there were a few new styles and genres like the rapid boom and bust of garage in the years around the turn of the Millennium,the skater bands of the early Noughties and the emergence of gangster rap. It may well just be my age but as far as the mainstream is concerned I don't think the last 20 of years have been a patch on what went before,though its never all bad,well nearly never perhaps.
One thing I'd point out about this video is that the Male Stripper song only got to about number 80-something or thereabouts as well,but it blew up into the number 4 hit indicated when it returned to the chart in about February/March 1987.
@@rjjcms1 Very well articulated. There were, as you said, a few classics but I was never a fan of dance or indie. Agree with you about the last 20 years though.
40 good songs and 60 that are crap that only this guy knows