Every UK #1 Single of The 1980's Discussion Thread.

As for those in my collection, let's see . . .

Now, I don't know if The Animals' number was original or a redo, but I have the edited 45 version of the 1964 recording on U.S. MGM:

 

As for new singles, week by week (each week to be divvied up if need be):

 

(Co-written by Lesley Gore; notice the way the title is presented.)

 

There was a U.S. release, unfortunately no labels have turned up.

 

1st release, b/w "Inoculation City":

2nd release, b/w "Cool Confusion":

 

(US B side: "Love Dies.")

 

Eye of the tiger - A classic, well crafted track. Can't listen to without thinking of Rocky and his training montage. A perfect fit.

 

Next...

2nd October 1982

Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie

3 Weeks At No 1

17th No 1 of 1982 and No 508 in total.




"Pass the Dutchie" is a song produced by Toney Owens from Kingston and the British Jamaican reggae band Musical Youth, taken from their debut studio album, The Youth of Today (1982). The reggae song was a major hit, peaking at number one on the UK Singles Chart. Outside the United Kingdom, it peaked within the top ten of the charts in the United States and sold over 5 million copies worldwide.
Background
The song was the band's first release on a major label. Following a shouted intro taken from U Roy's "Rule the Nation" with words slightly altered, the track combined two songs: "Gimme the Music" by U Brown, and "Pass the Kouchie" by Mighty Diamonds, which deals with the recreational use of cannabis (kouchie being slang for a cannabis pipe).[1] For the cover version, the song's title was bowdlerised to "Pass the Dutchie", the new word being a patois term for a cooking pot.[2] All obvious drug references were removed from the lyrics; e.g., when the original croons "How does it feel when you got no herb?", the cover version refers to "food" instead. "Dutchie" has since become a drug reference, denoting a blunt stuffed with marijuana and rolled in a wrapper from a Dutch Masters cigar, since American and British listeners assumed that the term was a drug reference.[citation needed]

The song was first championed by radio DJ Zach Diezel and became an instant hit when it was picked up by MCA Records in September 1982. It debuted at #26 on the UK chart and rose to #1 the following week.[1] In February 1983, it reached #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the USA.[3] The song also scored the #1 position in five other countries, eventually selling more than five million copies worldwide.[4][5]

Music video
The video, directed by Don Letts,[6] was shot partly on the southern banks of the River Thames in London, by Lambeth Bridge. It depicts the band performing the song and playing instruments, until an official appears to arrest them.[7] Courtroom scenes are interspersed with the exterior ones. Musical Youth became the first black artists to appear in a studio segment on MTV.[8]

 

Week Ending 02 October 1982

02 - 26 - 01 - Musical Youth - PASS THE DUTCHIE
03 - 02 - 02 - Jam - THE BITTEREST PILL (I EVER HAD TO SWALLOW)
03 - 17 - 03 - Fat Larry's Band - ZOOM
10 - 01 - 04 - Survivor - EYE OF THE TIGER
05 - 06 - 05 - Shalamar - THERE IT IS
08 - 04 - 06 - Rocker's Revenge Featuring Donnie Calvin - WALKING ON SUNSHINE
06 - 15 - 07 - Evelyn King - LOVE COME DOWN
05 - 03 - 08 - Dire Straits - PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS
03 - 10 - 09 - Adam Ant - FRIEND OR FOE
07 - 12 - 10 - Carly Simon - WHY
07 - 22 - 11 - Chicago - HARD TO SAY I'M SORRY
05 - 05 - 12 - ABC - ALL OF MY HEART
08 - 09 - 13 - David Christie - SADDLE UP
04 - 19 - 14 - Mari Wilson - JUST WHAT I ALWAYS WANTED
03 - 38 - 15 - Culture Club - DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT ME
06 - 08 - 16 - Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five - THE MESSAGE
06 - 25 - 17 - Simple Minds - GLITTERING PRIZE
07 - 07 - 18 - Duran Duran - SAVE A PRAYER
06 - 18 - 19 - Depeche Mode - LEAVE IN SILENCE
14 - 14 - 20 - Dexy's Midnight Runners With The Emerald Express - COME ON EILEEN
08 - 13 - 21 - Kids From 'Fame' Featuring Valerie Landsberg - HI FIDELITY
07 - 11 - 22 - Shakin' Stevens - GIVE ME YOUR HEART TONIGHT
11 - 16 - 23 - Talk Talk - TODAY
05 - 30 - 24 - Shakatak - INVITATIONS
06 - 31 - 25 - UB40 - SO HERE I AM
1 - NEW - 26 - Kevin Rowland And Dexy's Midnight Runners - JACKIE WILSON SAID
02 - 34 - 27 - Roxy Music - TAKE A CHANCE WITH ME
03 - 40 - 28 - Animals - HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN
02 - 50 - 29 - Ultravox - REAP THE WILD WIND
03 - 44 - 30 - Pinkees - DANGER GAMES
02 - 52 - 31 - Imagination - IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
04 - 35 - 32 - Sylvester With Patrick Cowley - DO YA WANNA FUNK
02 - 62 - 33 - Clash - SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO / STRAIGHT TO HELL
03 - 36 - 34 - Dollar - GIVE ME SOME KINDA MAGIC
09 - 21 - 35 - Toto Coelo - I EAT CANNIBALS (PART 1)
05 - 32 - 36 - Jennifer Holliday - AND I'M TELLING YOU I'M NOT GOING
07 - 23 - 37 - Soft Cell - WHAT
1 - NEW - 38 - Kids From 'Fame' - STARMAKER
02 - 65 - 39 - Hot Chocolate - CHANCES
14 - 37 - 40 - Irene Cara - FAME
10 - 20 - 41 - Boystown Gang - CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU
02 - 63 - 42 - Philip Jap - TOTAL ERASURE
02 - 68 - 43 - Elvis Costello And The Attractions - FROM HEAD TO TOE
07 - 33 - 44 - Wonder Dogs - RUFF MIX
07 - 24 - 45 - Haircut 100 - NOBODY'S FOOL
02 - 55 - 46 - Fleetwood Mac - GYPSY
04 - 41 - 47 - Odyssey - MAGIC TOUCH
02 - 61 - 48 - Stevie Wonder - RIBBON IN THE SKY
1 - NEW - 49 - Ca Va, Ca Va - WHERE'S ROMEO
04 - 46 - 50 - Journey - WHO'S CRYING NOW
05 - 42 - 51 - Aretha Franklin - JUMP TO IT
03 - 45 - 52 - Beat - JEANETTE
02 - 72 - 53 - Junior - I CAN'T HELP IT / LET ME KNOW
1 - NEW - 54 - Who - ATHENA
09 - 27 - 55 - Tom Tom Club - UNDER THE BOARDWALK
08 - 39 - 56 - Thomas Dolby - WINDPOWER
1 - NEW - 57 - Spandau Ballet - LIFELINE
1 - NEW - 58 - Air Supply - EVEN THE NIGHTS ARE BETTER
08 - 28 - 59 - Modern Romance Featuring John du Prez - CHERRY PINK AND APPLE BLOSSOM WHITE
02 - 67 - 60 - Cliff Richard - WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE
1 - NEW - 61 - White And Torch - PARADE
1 - NEW - 62 - Pretenders - BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG
05 - 48 - 63 - Howard Johnson - SO FINE
03 - 54 - 64 - Asia - ONLY TIME WILL TELL
1 - NEW - 65 - Tears For Fears - MAD WORLD
1 - NEW - 66 - Sharon Redd - NEVER GIVE YOU UP
06 - 43 - 67 - Showaddywaddy - WHO PUT THE BOMP (IN THE BOMPA-A-BOMP-A-BOMP)
04 - 58 - 68 - Billy Idol - HOT IN THE CITY
08 - 29 - 69 - Sting - SPREAD A LITTLE HAPPINESS
1 - NEW - 70 - Level 42 - WEAVE YOUR SPELL
05 - 60 - 71 - Billy Fury - LOVE OR MONEY
02 - 71 - 72 - Peter Gabriel - SHOCK THE MONKEY
1 - NEW - 73 - Rolling Stones - TIME IS ON MY SIDE
05 - 47 - 74 - Natasha - THE BOOM BOOM ROOM
07 - 55 - 75 - Frida - I KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON


Week Ending 09 October 1982

03 - 01 - 01 - Musical Youth - PASS THE DUTCHIE
04 - 03 - 02 - Fat Larry's Band - ZOOM
04 - 15 - 03 - Culture Club - DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT ME
08 - 11 - 04 - Chicago - HARD TO SAY I'M SORRY
02 - 26 - 05 - Kevin Rowland And Dexy's Midnight Runners - JACKIE WILSON SAID
06 - 05 - 06 - Shalamar - THERE IT IS
07 - 07 - 07 - Evelyn King - LOVE COME DOWN
05 - 14 - 08 - Mari Wilson - JUST WHAT I ALWAYS WANTED
04 - 09 - 09 - Adam Ant - FRIEND OR FOE
04 - 02 - 10 - Jam - THE BITTEREST PILL (I EVER HAD TO SWALLOW)
11 - 04 - 11 - Survivor - EYE OF THE TIGER
09 - 06 - 12 - Rocker's Revenge Featuring Donnie Calvin - WALKING ON SUNSHINE
08 - 10 - 13 - Carly Simon - WHY
02 - 38 - 14 - Kids From 'Fame' - STARMAKER
09 - 13 - 15 - David Christie - SADDLE UP
07 - 17 - 16 - Simple Minds - GLITTERING PRIZE
06 - 12 - 17 - ABC - ALL OF MY HEART
06 - 08 - 18 - Dire Straits - PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS
04 - 28 - 19 - Animals - HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN
07 - 16 - 20 - Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five - THE MESSAGE
03 - 29 - 21 - Ultravox - REAP THE WILD WIND
07 - 19 - 22 - Depeche Mode - LEAVE IN SILENCE
08 - 22 - 23 - Shakin' Stevens - GIVE ME YOUR HEART TONIGHT
03 - 33 - 24 - Clash - SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO / STRAIGHT TO HELL
03 - 31 - 25 - Imagination - IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
03 - 27 - 26 - Roxy Music - TAKE A CHANCE WITH ME
07 - 25 - 27 - UB40 - SO HERE I AM
02 - 57 - 28 - Spandau Ballet - LIFELINE
06 - 24 - 29 - Shakatak - INVITATIONS
04 - 30 - 30 - Pinkees - DANGER GAMES
12 - 23 - 31 - Talk Talk - TODAY
03 - 39 - 32 - Hot Chocolate - CHANCES
02 - 62 - 33 - Pretenders - BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG
08 - 18 - 34 - Duran Duran - SAVE A PRAYER
05 - 32 - 35 - Sylvester With Patrick Cowley - DO YA WANNA FUNK
15 - 20 - 36 - Dexy's Midnight Runners With The Emerald Express - COME ON EILEEN
02 - 66 - 37 - Sharon Redd - NEVER GIVE YOU UP
04 - 34 - 38 - Dollar - GIVE ME SOME KINDA MAGIC
1 - NEW - 39 - Kid Creole And The Coconuts - ANNIE I'M NOT YOUR DADDY
02 - 54 - 40 - Who - ATHENA
03 - 42 - 41 - Philip Jap - TOTAL ERASURE
1 - NEW - 42 - Bauhaus - ZIGGY STARDUST
02 - 70 - 43 - Level 42 - WEAVE YOUR SPELL
02 - 58 - 44 - Air Supply - EVEN THE NIGHTS ARE BETTER
03 - 48 - 45 - Stevie Wonder - RIBBON IN THE SKY
1 - NEW - 46 - Siouxsie And The Banshees - SLOWDIVE
02 - 65 - 47 - Tears For Fears - MAD WORLD
09 - 21 - 48 - Kids From 'Fame' Featuring Valerie Landsberg - HI FIDELITY
03 - 43 - 49 - Elvis Costello And The Attractions - FROM HEAD TO TOE
02 - 49 - 50 - Ca Va, Ca Va - WHERE'S ROMEO
06 - 36 - 51 - Jennifer Holliday - AND I'M TELLING YOU I'M NOT GOING
1 - NEW - 52 - Julio Iglesias - AMOR
10 - 35 - 53 - Toto Coelo - I EAT CANNIBALS (PART 1)
1 - NEW - 54 - Japan - LIFE IN TOKYO
02 - 61 - 55 - White And Torch - PARADE
03 - 53 - 56 - Junior - I CAN'T HELP IT / LET ME KNOW
1 - NEW - 57 - Toyah - BE LOUD BE PROUD (BE HEARD)
1 - NEW - 58 - Melba Moore - LOVE'S COMIN' AT YA
08 - 37 - 59 - Soft Cell - WHAT
1 - NEW - 60 - Jets - SOMEBODY TO LOVE
15 - 40 - 61 - Irene Cara - FAME
02 - 73 - 62 - Rolling Stones - TIME IS ON MY SIDE
03 - 72 - 63 - Peter Gabriel - SHOCK THE MONKEY
11 - 41 - 64 - Boystown Gang - CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU
1 - NEW - 65 - Paul McCartney - TUG OF WAR
03 - 46 - 66 - Fleetwood Mac - GYPSY
03 - 60 - 67 - Cliff Richard - WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE
05 - 50 - 68 - Journey - WHO'S CRYING NOW
1 - NEW - 69 - Boystown Gang - SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED (I'M YOURS)
05 - 47 - 70 - Odyssey - MAGIC TOUCH
06 - 63 - 71 - Howard Johnson - SO FINE
1 - NEW - 72 - Kim Carnes - VOYEUR
1 - NEW - 73 - Robert Plant - BURNING DOWN ONE SIDE
1 - NEW - 74 - Steve Winwood - VALERIE
1 - NEW - 75 - Jeff Beck - HI-HO SILVER LINING


Week Ending 16 October 1982

04 - 01 - 01 - Musical Youth - PASS THE DUTCHIE
05 - 03 - 02 - Culture Club - DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT ME
05 - 02 - 03 - Fat Larry's Band - ZOOM
03 - 14 - 04 - Kids From 'Fame' - STARMAKER
09 - 04 - 05 - Chicago - HARD TO SAY I'M SORRY
03 - 05 - 06 - Kevin Rowland And Dexy's Midnight Runners - JACKIE WILSON SAID
08 - 07 - 07 - Evelyn King - LOVE COME DOWN
06 - 08 - 08 - Mari Wilson - JUST WHAT I ALWAYS WANTED
07 - 06 - 09 - Shalamar - THERE IT IS
03 - 28 - 10 - Spandau Ballet - LIFELINE
05 - 09 - 11 - Adam Ant - FRIEND OR FOE
09 - 13 - 12 - Carly Simon - WHY
05 - 19 - 13 - Animals - HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN
1 - NEW - 14 - Beatles - LOVE ME DO
02 - 39 - 15 - Kid Creole And The Coconuts - ANNIE I'M NOT YOUR DADDY
05 - 10 - 16 - Jam - THE BITTEREST PILL (I EVER HAD TO SWALLOW)
10 - 12 - 17 - Rocker's Revenge Featuring Donnie Calvin - WALKING ON SUNSHINE
08 - 16 - 18 - Simple Minds - GLITTERING PRIZE
12 - 11 - 19 - Survivor - EYE OF THE TIGER
04 - 21 - 20 - Ultravox - REAP THE WILD WIND
10 - 15 - 21 - David Christie - SADDLE UP
02 - 42 - 22 - Bauhaus - ZIGGY STARDUST
07 - 17 - 23 - ABC - ALL OF MY HEART
04 - 24 - 24 - Clash - SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO / STRAIGHT TO HELL
08 - 22 - 25 - Depeche Mode - LEAVE IN SILENCE
07 - 18 - 26 - Dire Straits - PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS
05 - 30 - 27 - Pinkees - DANGER GAMES
04 - 25 - 28 - Imagination - IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
08 - 27 - 29 - UB40 - SO HERE I AM
03 - 33 - 30 - Pretenders - BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG
07 - 29 - 31 - Shakatak - INVITATIONS
03 - 37 - 32 - Sharon Redd - NEVER GIVE YOU UP
04 - 26 - 33 - Roxy Music - TAKE A CHANCE WITH ME
02 - 54 - 34 - Japan - LIFE IN TOKYO
13 - 31 - 35 - Talk Talk - TODAY
1 - NEW - 36 - Barry Manilow - I WANNA DO IT WITH YOU
02 - 58 - 37 - Melba Moore - LOVE'S COMIN' AT YA
03 - 47 - 38 - Tears For Fears - MAD WORLD
02 - 57 - 39 - Toyah - BE LOUD BE PROUD (BE HEARD)
02 - 52 - 40 - Julio Iglesias - AMOR
02 - 46 - 41 - Siouxsie And The Banshees - SLOWDIVE
04 - 32 - 42 - Hot Chocolate - CHANCES
08 - 20 - 43 - Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five - THE MESSAGE
1 - NEW - 44 - Shakin' Stevens - I'LL BE SATISFIED
05 - 38 - 45 - Dollar - GIVE ME SOME KINDA MAGIC
03 - 44 - 46 - Air Supply - EVEN THE NIGHTS ARE BETTER
09 - 23 - 47 - Shakin' Stevens - GIVE ME YOUR HEART TONIGHT
06 - 35 - 48 - Sylvester With Patrick Cowley - DO YA WANNA FUNK
03 - 43 - 49 - Level 42 - WEAVE YOUR SPELL
02 - 69 - 50 - Boystown Gang - SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED (I'M YOURS)
02 - 74 - 51 - Steve Winwood - VALERIE
16 - 36 - 52 - Dexy's Midnight Runners With The Emerald Express - COME ON EILEEN
03 - 40 - 53 - Who - ATHENA
03 - 55 - 54 - White And Torch - PARADE
03 - 50 - 55 - Ca Va, Ca Va - WHERE'S ROMEO
02 - 60 - 56 - Jets - SOMEBODY TO LOVE
02 - 65 - 57 - Paul McCartney - TUG OF WAR
04 - 63 - 58 - Peter Gabriel - SHOCK THE MONKEY
04 - 45 - 59 - Stevie Wonder - RIBBON IN THE SKY
1 - NEW - 60 - Scarlet Party - 101 DAM-NATIONS
1 - NEW - 61 - Raw Silk - DO IT TO THE MUSIC
09 - 34 - 62 - Duran Duran - SAVE A PRAYER
1 - NEW - 63 - Eddy Grant - I DON'T WANNA DANCE
1 - NEW - 64 - Kool And The Gang - OOH LA LA LA (LET'S GO DANCIN')
1 - NEW - 65 - Blue Zoo - CRY BOY CRY
04 - 41 - 66 - Philip Jap - TOTAL ERASURE
02 - 75 - 67 - Jeff Beck - HI-HO SILVER LINING
02 - 72 - 68 - Kim Carnes - VOYEUR
04 - 49 - 69 - Elvis Costello And The Attractions - FROM HEAD TO TOE
1 - NEW - 70 - Piranhas Featuring Boring Bob Grover - ZAMBEZI
10 - 48 - 71 - Kids From 'Fame' Featuring Valerie Landsberg - HI FIDELITY
1 - NEW - 72 - Wham! - YOUNG GUNS (GO FOR IT)
1 - NEW - 73 - Belle Stars - MOCKINGBIRD
1 - NEW - 74 - Kim Wilde - CHILD COME AWAY
16 - 61 - 75 - Irene Cara - FAME

 

Musical Youth - PASS THE DUTCHIE

Likeable enough and I didn't mind this at all back in '82....but like a lot of Number 1's I see this as a novelty record.
3/5

 

New Entry ACTION that mattered....!!!!

wk1

Week Ending 02 October 1982

 

wk2

Week Ending 09 October 1982

 

wk3

Week Ending 16 October 1982

 

Tears For Fears

THIS is my 80s. I love their mega successful stuff but this dark, moody art school-type music off their first LP is some I like the best.

And if that's not for you, Roland's little karate dance in the music video is fairly humorous.

Mad World by Tears For Fears Original HQ 1983

 

The US version had slightly different text within the PS, and definitely the labels were different:

 

Among those that might be in my collection from this period, would be the following:

 

And here is the primary source for "Dutchie", where instead of a cooking pot, another type of "pot" is the passing being asked for.

 

As usual, the plethora of "newies" requires separate posts by week, and sometimes separate posts within the same week, depending on all sorts of variables. Starting with . . .

 

Me too...tho their debut The Hurting is a very depressive album.
I tend to post Top Of The Pops performances because I have a soft spot for them, tho in some cases....I jst post the best video link I can find as some of the original promo's are pretty bad filmwise.