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

1 - NEW - 35 - Siouxsie And The Banshees - CHRISTINE

This was the only new single I bought from this chart and I bought it for three reasons.

1) I'd bought all the Siouxsie And The Banshees singles up to this point.

2) I was going out with a girl named Christine when it was released.

3) I like it!

I did buy two diverse new entries from the album chart from this week.

 

Among the US singles from this chart, in my collection are: #2, 5, 10, 12, 19, 20, 27, 35 and 52.

The main point of the chorus of the Billy Joel number - "You may be right / I may be crazy / But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for . . . " - seemed to me reminiscent of the main refrain of a Waylon Jennings song from a few years before: "I've always been crazy / But it's kept me from going insane." Coincidentally, both were in the key of A major.

 

Next...

21st June 1980

Don McLean - Crying

3 Weeks At No 1

13th No 1 of 1980 and No 460 in total.

"Crying" is a ballad written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson that was a hit for Roy Orbison
Composition
Dave Marsh calls the song a "rock-bolero" with "blaring strings, hammered tympani, a ghostly chorus, the gentle strum of a guitar, [and] a hint of marimba".[1] Billboard observes an "expressive reading" on the "country-flavored ballad."[2] The personnel on the original recording included Orbison session regulars Bob Moore on bass; Floyd Cramer on piano; Buddy Harman on drums; and Boudleaux Bryant, Harold Bradley, and Scotty Moore on guitar.

Release and reception
The song was released as a 45-rpm single by Monument Records in July 1961 and reached No. 1 on the United States Cashbox chart for a week on October 7, 1961. On the rival Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at No. 2, where Hit the Road Jack by Ray Charles and his Orchestra kept it from No.1.[3] Despite not reaching the summit in the latter publication, Billboard ranked the record as the No. 4 song of 1961.[4]

In 2002, "Crying" was honored with a Grammy Hall of Fame Award. In 2010, Rolling Stone ranked it 69th on their list of the "500 greatest songs of all time".[5]


Don McLean recorded by far the most successful cover of the song, taking it to No. 5 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in early 1981.[6] His version of "Crying" also reached No. 2 adult contemporary and No. 6 Country. It fared even better in the UK, where it reached No. 1, spending three weeks atop the UK Singles Chart.[7] McLean issued an album in 1981; however, "Crying" was taken from his 1978 album, Chain Lightning. It became his second greatest hit.

 

Week Ending 21 June 1980

07 - 02 - 01 - Don McLean - CRYING
07 - 01 - 02 - MASH - THEME FROM 'M*A*S*H' (SUICIDE IS PAINLESS)
06 - 03 - 03 - Lipps Inc - FUNKY TOWN
06 - 06 - 04 - Roberta Flack And Donny Hathaway - BACK TOGETHER AGAIN
08 - 04 - 05 - Hot Chocolate - NO DOUBT ABOUT IT
05 - 19 - 06 - Korgis - EVERYBODY'S GOT TO LEARN SOMETIME
04 - 17 - 07 - Teena Marie - BEHIND THE GROOVE
07 - 08 - 08 - Jermaine Jackson - LET'S GET SERIOUS
06 - 05 - 09 - Roxy Music - OVER YOU
08 - 10 - 10 - Crown Heights Affair - YOU GAVE ME LOVE
05 - 07 - 11 - Specials - RAT RACE / RUDE BOYS OUTA JAIL
03 - 18 - 12 - Judas Priest - BREAKING THE LAW
07 - 14 - 13 - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - MESSAGES
07 - 15 - 14 - Matchbox - MIDNITE DYNAMOS
05 - 12 - 15 - Lambrettas - D-A-A-ANCE
04 - 21 - 16 - Liquid Gold - SUBSTITUTE
02 - 31 - 17 - Police - SIX PACK
02 - 34 - 18 - Queen - PLAY THE GAME
05 - 09 - 19 - Gary Numan - WE ARE GLASS
05 - 20 - 20 - Electric Light Orchestra - I'M ALIVE
07 - 16 - 21 - Jona Lewie - YOU'LL ALWAYS FIND ME IN THE KITCHEN AT PARTIES
02 - 42 - 22 - Splodgenessabounds - SIMON TEMPLAR / TWO PINTS OF LAGER AND A PACKET OF CRISPS PLEASE
05 - 30 - 23 - Thin Lizzy - CHINATOWN
04 - 27 - 24 - Rod Stewart - IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG (I DON'T WANT TO BE RIGHT)
06 - 25 - 25 - Manhattan Transfer - TWILIGHT ZONE / TWILIGHT TONE
04 - 28 - 26 - Surface Noise - THE SCRATCH
03 - 22 - 27 - Siouxsie And The Banshees - CHRISTINE
04 - 40 - 28 - BA Robertson - TO BE OR NOT TO BE
02 - 72 - 29 - UB40 - MY WAY OF THINKING / I THINK IT'S GOING TO RAIN
08 - 23 - 30 - Junior Murvin - POLICE AND THIEVES
02 - 57 - 31 - Stacy Lattisaw - JUMP TO THE BEAT
08 - 11 - 32 - Michael Jackson - SHE'S OUT OF MY LIFE
09 - 24 - 33 - Mystic Merlin - JUST CAN'T GIVE YOU UP
09 - 13 - 34 - Average White Band - LET'S GO ROUND AGAIN
02 - 43 - 35 - Sex Pistols - (I'M NOT YOUR) STEPPING STONE
03 - 29 - 36 - Iron Maiden - SANCTUARY
04 - 44 - 37 - Darts - LET'S HANG ON
05 - 37 - 38 - Elton John - LITTLE JEANNIE
1 - NEW - 39 - Olivia Newton-John And Electric Light Orchestra - XANADU
1 - NEW - 40 - Saxon - 747 (STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT)
08 - 26 - 41 - Beat - MIRROR IN THE BATHROOM
08 - 33 - 42 - Jimmy Ruffin - HOLD ON TO MY LOVE
03 - 36 - 43 - Elvis Costello - NEW AMSTERDAM
03 - 39 - 44 - Stranglers - WHO WANTS THE WORLD
02 - 63 - 45 - Yellow Magic Orchestra - COMPUTER GAME (THEME FROM 'THE INVADERS')
1 - NEW - 46 - Bob Marley And The Wailers - COULD YOU BE LOVED
02 - 54 - 47 - Joan Armatrading - ME MYSELF I
02 - 51 - 48 - Barbara Dickson - IN THE NIGHT
11 - 41 - 49 - Nolans - DON'T MAKE WAVES
08 - 32 - 50 - Johnny Logan - WHAT'S ANOTHER YEAR
02 - 58 - 51 - Bad Manners - LIP UP FATTY
09 - 52 - 52 - Whitesnake - FOOL FOR YOUR LOVING
1 - NEW - 53 - Paul McCartney - WATERFALLS
14 - 35 - 54 - Dexy's Midnight Runners - GENO
1 - NEW - 55 - Gillan - SLEEPIN' ON THE JOB
1 - NEW - 56 - Odyssey - USE IT UP AND WEAR IT OUT
02 - 71 - 57 - Daryl Hall And John Oates - RUNNING FROM PARADISE
02 - 67 - 58 - Hollies - SOLDIER'S SONG
03 - 49 - 59 - Freeez - KEEP IN TOUCH
02 - 62 - 60 - David Essex - HOT LOVE
04 - 52 - 61 - Ronnie Bond - WRITTEN ON YOUR BODY
1 - NEW - 62 - Human League - EMPIRE STATE HUMAN
04 - 47 - 63 - Brothers Johnson - LIGHT UP THE NIGHT
1 - NEW - 64 - Pete Townshend - LET MY LOVE OPEN THE DOOR
1 - NEW - 65 - Gerard Kenny - FANTASY
03 - 48 - 66 - Hoyt Axton - DELLA AND THE DEALER
1 - NEW - 67 - Expressos - HEY GIRL
1 - NEW - 68 - Randy Crawford - LAST NIGHT AT DANCELAND
09 - 45 - 69 - Narada Michael Walden - I SHOULDA LOVED YA
05 - 46 - 70 - Stiff Little Fingers - NOBODY'S HERO / TIN SOLDIERS
1 - NEW - 71 - Donna Summer - SUNSET PEOPLE
1 - NEW - 72 - Gerry Rafferty - THE ROYAL MILE
1 - NEW - 73 - Phil Lynott - KING'S CALL
07 - 50 - 74 - Detroit Spinners - BODY LANGUAGE
1 - NEW - 75 - Sad Café - NOTHING LEFT TOULOUSE


Week Ending 28 June 1980

08 - 01 - 01 - Don McLean - CRYING
07 - 03 - 02 - Lipps Inc - FUNKY TOWN
07 - 04 - 03 - Roberta Flack And Donny Hathaway - BACK TOGETHER AGAIN
08 - 02 - 04 - MASH - THEME FROM 'M*A*S*H' (SUICIDE IS PAINLESS)
06 - 06 - 05 - Korgis - EVERYBODY'S GOT TO LEARN SOMETIME
05 - 07 - 06 - Teena Marie - BEHIND THE GROOVE
03 - 22 - 07 - Splodgenessabounds - SIMON TEMPLAR / TWO PINTS OF LAGER AND A PACKET OF CRISPS PLEASE
05 - 16 - 08 - Liquid Gold - SUBSTITUTE
08 - 08 - 09 - Jermaine Jackson - LET'S GET SERIOUS
06 - 11 - 10 - Specials - RAT RACE / RUDE BOYS OUTA JAIL
03 - 31 - 11 - Stacy Lattisaw - JUMP TO THE BEAT
09 - 10 - 12 - Crown Heights Affair - YOU GAVE ME LOVE
08 - 13 - 13 - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - MESSAGES
02 - 39 - 14 - Olivia Newton-John And Electric Light Orchestra - XANADU
09 - 05 - 15 - Hot Chocolate - NO DOUBT ABOUT IT
03 - 18 - 16 - Queen - PLAY THE GAME
07 - 09 - 17 - Roxy Music - OVER YOU
04 - 12 - 18 - Judas Priest - BREAKING THE LAW
03 - 29 - 19 - UB40 - MY WAY OF THINKING / I THINK IT'S GOING TO RAIN
02 - 53 - 20 - Paul McCartney - WATERFALLS
08 - 14 - 21 - Matchbox - MIDNITE DYNAMOS
06 - 15 - 22 - Lambrettas - D-A-A-ANCE
06 - 23 - 23 - Thin Lizzy - CHINATOWN
04 - 27 - 24 - Siouxsie And The Banshees - CHRISTINE
05 - 28 - 25 - BA Robertson - TO BE OR NOT TO BE
06 - 20 - 26 - Electric Light Orchestra - I'M ALIVE
02 - 40 - 27 - Saxon - 747 (STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT)
08 - 21 - 28 - Jona Lewie - YOU'LL ALWAYS FIND ME IN THE KITCHEN AT PARTIES
03 - 35 - 29 - Sex Pistols - (I'M NOT YOUR) STEPPING STONE
02 - 56 - 30 - Odyssey - USE IT UP AND WEAR IT OUT
05 - 24 - 31 - Rod Stewart - IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG (I DON'T WANT TO BE RIGHT)
02 - 46 - 32 - Bob Marley And The Wailers - COULD YOU BE LOVED
07 - 25 - 33 - Manhattan Transfer - TWILIGHT ZONE / TWILIGHT TONE
03 - 17 - 34 - Police - SIX PACK
05 - 26 - 35 - Surface Noise - THE SCRATCH
05 - 37 - 36 - Darts - LET'S HANG ON
09 - 30 - 37 - Junior Murvin - POLICE AND THIEVES
06 - 19 - 38 - Gary Numan - WE ARE GLASS
04 - 43 - 39 - Elvis Costello - NEW AMSTERDAM
03 - 45 - 40 - Yellow Magic Orchestra - COMPUTER GAME (THEME FROM 'THE INVADERS')
1 - NEW - 41 - AC/DC - WHOLE LOTTA ROSIE
03 - 47 - 42 - Joan Armatrading - ME MYSELF I
06 - 38 - 43 - Elton John - LITTLE JEANNIE
03 - 51 - 44 - Bad Manners - LIP UP FATTY
1 - NEW - 45 - Joy Division - LOVE WILL TEAR US APART
02 - 73 - 46 - Phil Lynott - KING'S CALL
1 - NEW - 47 - AC/DC - DIRTY DEEDS DONE DIRT CHEAP
10 - 34 - 48 - Average White Band - LET'S GO ROUND AGAIN
04 - 36 - 49 - Iron Maiden - SANCTUARY
1 - NEW - 50 - Detroit Spinners - CUPID / I'VE LOVED YOU FOR A LONG TIME
1 - NEW - 51 - AC/DC - HIGH VOLTAGE
02 - 71 - 52 - Donna Summer - SUNSET PEOPLE
09 - 32 - 53 - Michael Jackson - SHE'S OUT OF MY LIFE
03 - 57 - 54 - Daryl Hall And John Oates - RUNNING FROM PARADISE
1 - NEW - 55 - AC/DC - IT'S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP
1 - NEW - 56 - Van Halen - RUNNIN' WITH THE DEVIL
03 - 60 - 57 - David Essex - HOT LOVE
02 - 64 - 58 - Pete Townshend - LET MY LOVE OPEN THE DOOR
09 - 41 - 59 - Beat - MIRROR IN THE BATHROOM
02 - 67 - 60 - Expressos - HEY GIRL
02 - 68 - 61 - Randy Crawford - LAST NIGHT AT DANCELAND
02 - 75 - 62 - Sad Café - NOTHING LEFT TOULOUSE
02 - 62 - 63 - Human League - EMPIRE STATE HUMAN
1 - NEW - 64 - Janis Ian - THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SUN
04 - 44 - 65 - Stranglers - WHO WANTS THE WORLD
02 - 55 - 66 - Gillan - SLEEPIN' ON THE JOB
02 - 72 - 67 - Gerry Rafferty - THE ROYAL MILE
1 - NEW - 68 - Saxon - BIG TEASER / RAINBOW THEME
1 - NEW - 69 - Saxon - BACKS TO THE WALL
1 - NEW - 70 - Change - A LOVER'S HOLIDAY / GLOW OF LOVE
1 - NEW - 71 - Gene Chandler - DOES SHE HAVE A FRIEND
04 - 66 - 72 - Hoyt Axton - DELLA AND THE DEALER
03 - 58 - 73 - Hollies - SOLDIER'S SONG
05 - 61 - 74 - Ronnie Bond - WRITTEN ON YOUR BODY
1 - NEW - 75 - Montrose - SPACE STATION NO 5 / GOOD ROCKING TONIGHT


Week Ending 05 July 1980

09 - 01 - 01 - Don McLean - CRYING
08 - 02 - 02 - Lipps Inc - FUNKY TOWN
03 - 14 - 03 - Olivia Newton-John And Electric Light Orchestra - XANADU
08 - 03 - 04 - Roberta Flack And Donny Hathaway - BACK TOGETHER AGAIN
07 - 05 - 05 - Korgis - EVERYBODY'S GOT TO LEARN SOMETIME
04 - 11 - 06 - Stacy Lattisaw - JUMP TO THE BEAT
04 - 07 - 07 - Splodgenessabounds - SIMON TEMPLAR / TWO PINTS OF LAGER AND A PACKET OF CRISPS PLEASE
04 - 19 - 08 - UB40 - MY WAY OF THINKING / I THINK IT'S GOING TO RAIN
06 - 25 - 09 - BA Robertson - TO BE OR NOT TO BE
06 - 06 - 10 - Teena Marie - BEHIND THE GROOVE
03 - 20 - 11 - Paul McCartney - WATERFALLS
03 - 30 - 12 - Odyssey - USE IT UP AND WEAR IT OUT
06 - 08 - 13 - Liquid Gold - SUBSTITUTE
04 - 16 - 14 - Queen - PLAY THE GAME
09 - 04 - 15 - MASH - THEME FROM 'M*A*S*H' (SUICIDE IS PAINLESS)
02 - 50 - 16 - Detroit Spinners - CUPID / I'VE LOVED YOU FOR A LONG TIME
09 - 21 - 17 - Matchbox - MIDNITE DYNAMOS
09 - 09 - 18 - Jermaine Jackson - LET'S GET SERIOUS
03 - 27 - 19 - Saxon - 747 (STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT)
09 - 13 - 20 - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - MESSAGES
03 - 32 - 21 - Bob Marley And The Wailers - COULD YOU BE LOVED
07 - 23 - 22 - Thin Lizzy - CHINATOWN
06 - 31 - 23 - Rod Stewart - IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG (I DON'T WANT TO BE RIGHT)
05 - 24 - 24 - Siouxsie And The Banshees - CHRISTINE
07 - 22 - 25 - Lambrettas - D-A-A-ANCE
07 - 26 - 26 - Electric Light Orchestra - I'M ALIVE
10 - 12 - 27 - Crown Heights Affair - YOU GAVE ME LOVE
05 - 18 - 28 - Judas Priest - BREAKING THE LAW
06 - 36 - 29 - Darts - LET'S HANG ON
02 - 45 - 30 - Joy Division - LOVE WILL TEAR US APART
08 - 17 - 31 - Roxy Music - OVER YOU
10 - 15 - 32 - Hot Chocolate - NO DOUBT ABOUT IT
07 - 10 - 33 - Specials - RAT RACE / RUDE BOYS OUTA JAIL
04 - 29 - 34 - Sex Pistols - (I'M NOT YOUR) STEPPING STONE
02 - 70 - 35 - Change - A LOVER'S HOLIDAY / GLOW OF LOVE
04 - 40 - 36 - Yellow Magic Orchestra - COMPUTER GAME (THEME FROM 'THE INVADERS')
04 - 44 - 37 - Bad Manners - LIP UP FATTY
02 - 41 - 38 - AC/DC - WHOLE LOTTA ROSIE
04 - 42 - 39 - Joan Armatrading - ME MYSELF I
06 - 35 - 40 - Surface Noise - THE SCRATCH
02 - 65 - 41 - Gerard Kenny - FANTASY
05 - 39 - 42 - Elvis Costello - NEW AMSTERDAM
03 - 46 - 43 - Phil Lynott - KING'S CALL
02 - 64 - 44 - Janis Ian - THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SUN
04 - 54 - 45 - Daryl Hall And John Oates - RUNNING FROM PARADISE
03 - 52 - 46 - Donna Summer - SUNSET PEOPLE
02 - 71 - 47 - Gene Chandler - DOES SHE HAVE A FRIEND
02 - 51 - 48 - AC/DC - HIGH VOLTAGE
03 - 58 - 49 - Pete Townshend - LET MY LOVE OPEN THE DOOR
04 - 34 - 50 - Police - SIX PACK
1 - NEW - 51 - Leo Sayer - MORE THAN I CAN SAY
02 - 56 - 52 - Van Halen - RUNNIN' WITH THE DEVIL
09 - 28 - 53 - Jona Lewie - YOU'LL ALWAYS FIND ME IN THE KITCHEN AT PARTIES
02 - 47 - 54 - AC/DC - DIRTY DEEDS DONE DIRT CHEAP
02 - 55 - 55 - AC/DC - IT'S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP
1 - NEW - 56 - Rolling Stones - EMOTIONAL RESCUE
1 - NEW - 57 - John Otway And Wild Willy Barrett - DK 50-80
1 - NEW - 58 - Black Sabbath - NEON KNIGHTS
07 - 38 - 59 - Gary Numan - WE ARE GLASS
04 - 57 - 60 - David Essex - HOT LOVE
1 - NEW - 61 - Undertones - WEDNESDAY WEEK
11 - 48 - 62 - Average White Band - LET'S GO ROUND AGAIN
1 - NEW - 63 - Kate Bush - BABOOSHKA
02 - 69 - 64 - Saxon - BACKS TO THE WALL
07 - 43 - 65 - Elton John - LITTLE JEANNIE
02 - 68 - 66 - Saxon - BIG TEASER / RAINBOW THEME
05 - 49 - 67 - Iron Maiden - SANCTUARY
08 - 33 - 68 - Manhattan Transfer - TWILIGHT ZONE / TWILIGHT TONE
03 - 62 - 69 - Sad Café - NOTHING LEFT TOULOUSE
1 - NEW - 70 - Frank Hooker And Positive People - THIS FEELIN'
02 - 75 - 71 - Montrose - SPACE STATION NO 5 / GOOD ROCKING TONIGHT
1 - NEW - 72 - Bill Nelson - DO YOU DREAM IN COLOUR
03 - 60 - 73 - Expressos - HEY GIRL
1 - NEW - 74 - Ultravox - SLEEPWALK
1 - NEW - 75 - Vapors - NEWS AT TEN

 

Don McLean - Crying

A great version....and the most popular, but I really like Roy Orbison's as well.
Emotionally overwrought, but I get these songs far better these days. I guess thats what divorce does to you.
5/5

 

New Entry Favs and buys....

 

Agree with all of this, except no-one outsings Roy. Don sung it beautifully, but from the wonderful 1988 A Black And White Night:

 

You chose wisely; especially the video.

 

In the U.S., "Crying" was Mr. McLean's perhaps third best-known hit, after "American Pie" and "Vincent." In the States, it was ish'd on Millennium Records, with a wholly different B side, "Genesis (In The Beginning)":

For that matter, this was also the UK coupling, on EMI:

 

They say the song at no1 on your 14th birthday defines your life, well it isn't true, never liked the song at the time, it's ok, but I prefer the Only Fools and Horses version.
Of the previous number 1, I remember buying Theme From MASH, Mirror In The Bathroom and Rat Race all the same week. Haven't got any of those singles now sadly, but have all the songs on other things.

 

1 - NEW - 39 - Olivia Newton-John And Electric Light Orchestra - XANADU

Not on my radar in 1980, but love it now, though possibly not as much as @Bobby Morrow and @Jarleboy.

1 - NEW - 40 - Saxon - 747 (STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT)

Loved this and bought it in 1980, but now prefer Olivia!

1 - NEW - 58 - Black Sabbath - NEON KNIGHTS

Was very warey of Sabbath without Ozzy, but the same friend who pointed out the B-Side of We Are Glass to me, also got me to listen to and then buy Neon Knights; for the flip side, Children Of The Sea.

1 - NEW - 63 - Kate Bush - BABOOSHKA

Excepting Wuthering Heights where I bought the single and the parent album, The Kick Inside, like the previous single, Breathing, I enjoyed Babooshka via Never For Ever.

 

Once had #1, but that was a long time ago. As for what I have in the present: #2-4-15, #32-53-/ and #38-43-65.

 

The album chart was good this week, with a new entry from the Stones straight in at #1.

 

What I have from the US singles, are #1, 5, 11-13, 23, 26, 34, 36, 46, 47, 49, 58 and 66.

 

Next...

12th July 1980

Olivia Newton-John And The Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu

2 Weeks At No 1

14th No 1 of 1980 and No 461 in total.




"Xanadu" is the title song from the soundtrack album Xanadu, and is the title song from the 1980 film of the same name. The song is performed by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) and Olivia Newton-John. Newton-John sings the primary vocals, with ELO lead singer Jeff Lynne adding "parenthetic" vocals in the style of their other songs on the Xanadu soundtrack, along with ELO providing the instrumentation. It is Jeff Lynne's favourite song of all that he has written.[1]

The single reached number one in several countries, and was the band's only UK number one single,[2] when it peaked there for two weeks in July 1980. It was certified as "silver" by the British Phonographic Industry.[3] The song peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US.[4]

 

Week Ending 12 July 1980

04 - 03 - 01 - Olivia Newton-John And Electric Light Orchestra - XANADU
04 - 12 - 02 - Odyssey - USE IT UP AND WEAR IT OUT
05 - 06 - 03 - Stacy Lattisaw - JUMP TO THE BEAT
10 - 01 - 04 - Don McLean - CRYING
03 - 16 - 05 - Detroit Spinners - CUPID / I'VE LOVED YOU FOR A LONG TIME
09 - 02 - 06 - Lipps Inc - FUNKY TOWN
05 - 08 - 07 - UB40 - MY WAY OF THINKING / I THINK IT'S GOING TO RAIN
08 - 05 - 08 - Korgis - EVERYBODY'S GOT TO LEARN SOMETIME
04 - 21 - 09 - Bob Marley And The Wailers - COULD YOU BE LOVED
05 - 07 - 10 - Splodgenessabounds - SIMON TEMPLAR / TWO PINTS OF LAGER AND A PACKET OF CRISPS PLEASE
04 - 11 - 11 - Paul McCartney - WATERFALLS
07 - 09 - 12 - BA Robertson - TO BE OR NOT TO BE
09 - 04 - 13 - Roberta Flack And Donny Hathaway - BACK TOGETHER AGAIN
04 - 19 - 14 - Saxon - 747 (STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT)
07 - 10 - 15 - Teena Marie - BEHIND THE GROOVE
02 - 63 - 16 - Kate Bush - BABOOSHKA
05 - 14 - 17 - Queen - PLAY THE GAME
03 - 30 - 18 - Joy Division - LOVE WILL TEAR US APART
07 - 13 - 19 - Liquid Gold - SUBSTITUTE
02 - 56 - 20 - Rolling Stones - EMOTIONAL RESCUE
08 - 22 - 21 - Thin Lizzy - CHINATOWN
02 - 51 - 22 - Leo Sayer - MORE THAN I CAN SAY
07 - 23 - 23 - Rod Stewart - IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG (I DON'T WANT TO BE RIGHT)
07 - 29 - 24 - Darts - LET'S HANG ON
05 - 36 - 25 - Yellow Magic Orchestra - COMPUTER GAME (THEME FROM 'THE INVADERS')
06 - 24 - 26 - Siouxsie And The Banshees - CHRISTINE
10 - 17 - 27 - Matchbox - MIDNITE DYNAMOS
05 - 34 - 28 - Sex Pistols - (I'M NOT YOUR) STEPPING STONE
03 - 35 - 29 - Change - A LOVER'S HOLIDAY / GLOW OF LOVE
02 - 61 - 30 - Undertones - WEDNESDAY WEEK
05 - 39 - 31 - Joan Armatrading - ME MYSELF I
10 - 15 - 32 - MASH - THEME FROM 'M*A*S*H' (SUICIDE IS PAINLESS)
05 - 37 - 33 - Bad Manners - LIP UP FATTY
02 - 58 - 34 - Black Sabbath - NEON KNIGHTS
1 - NEW - 35 - Phil Lynott - KING S CALL
11 - 27 - 36 - Crown Heights Affair - YOU GAVE ME LOVE
03 - 38 - 37 - AC/DC - WHOLE LOTTA ROSIE
10 - 18 - 38 - Jermaine Jackson - LET'S GET SERIOUS
10 - 20 - 39 - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - MESSAGES
03 - 41 - 40 - Gerard Kenny - FANTASY
05 - 45 - 41 - Daryl Hall And John Oates - RUNNING FROM PARADISE
08 - 33 - 42 - Specials - RAT RACE / RUDE BOYS OUTA JAIL
03 - 47 - 43 - Gene Chandler - DOES SHE HAVE A FRIEND
02 - 75 - 44 - Vapors - NEWS AT TEN
1 - NEW - 45 - Dexy's Midnight Runners - THERE THERE MY DEAR
04 - 49 - 46 - Pete Townshend - LET MY LOVE OPEN THE DOOR
04 - 46 - 47 - Donna Summer - SUNSET PEOPLE
02 - 70 - 48 - Frank Hooker And Positive People - THIS FEELIN'
08 - 25 - 49 - Lambrettas - D-A-A-ANCE
09 - 31 - 50 - Roxy Music - OVER YOU
1 - NEW - 51 - New Musik - SANCTUARY
02 - 72 - 52 - Bill Nelson - DO YOU DREAM IN COLOUR
08 - 26 - 53 - Electric Light Orchestra - I'M ALIVE
1 - NEW - 54 - George Duke - BRAZILIAN LOVE AFFAIR
02 - 57 - 55 - John Otway And Wild Willy Barrett - DK 50-80
1 - NEW - 56 - Whitesnake - READY AN' WILLING
03 - 44 - 57 - Janis Ian - THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SUN
1 - NEW - 58 - Chords - BRITISH WAY OF LIFE
1 - NEW - 59 - Gap Band - OOPS UPSIDE YOUR HEAD
1 - NEW - 60 - Whispers - MY GIRL
11 - 32 - 61 - Hot Chocolate - NO DOUBT ABOUT IT
07 - 40 - 62 - Surface Noise - THE SCRATCH
02 - 74 - 63 - Ultravox - SLEEPWALK
1 - NEW - 64 - Kool And The Gang - HANGIN' OUT
1 - NEW - 65 - Cockney Rejects - WE CAN DO ANYTHING
06 - 42 - 66 - Elvis Costello - NEW AMSTERDAM
06 - 28 - 67 - Judas Priest - BREAKING THE LAW
1 - NEW - 68 - Blues Band - BLUES BAND EP
03 - 52 - 69 - Van Halen - RUNNIN' WITH THE DEVIL
03 - 54 - 70 - AC/DC - DIRTY DEEDS DONE DIRT CHEAP
04 - 69 - 71 - Sad Café - NOTHING LEFT TOULOUSE
1 - NEW - 72 - Gibson Brothers - MARIANA
1 - NEW - 73 - Modettes - PAINT IT BLACK
03 - 55 - 74 - AC/DC - IT'S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP
03 - 48 - 75 - AC/DC - HIGH VOLTAGE


Week Ending 19 July 1980

05 - 01 - 01 - Olivia Newton-John And Electric Light Orchestra - XANADU
05 - 02 - 02 - Odyssey - USE IT UP AND WEAR IT OUT
06 - 03 - 03 - Stacy Lattisaw - JUMP TO THE BEAT
04 - 05 - 04 - Detroit Spinners - CUPID / I'VE LOVED YOU FOR A LONG TIME
05 - 09 - 05 - Bob Marley And The Wailers - COULD YOU BE LOVED
06 - 07 - 06 - UB40 - MY WAY OF THINKING / I THINK IT'S GOING TO RAIN
03 - 16 - 07 - Kate Bush - BABOOSHKA
11 - 04 - 08 - Don McLean - CRYING
05 - 11 - 09 - Paul McCartney - WATERFALLS
03 - 22 - 10 - Leo Sayer - MORE THAN I CAN SAY
08 - 12 - 11 - BA Robertson - TO BE OR NOT TO BE
10 - 06 - 12 - Lipps Inc - FUNKY TOWN
05 - 14 - 13 - Saxon - 747 (STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT)
09 - 08 - 14 - Korgis - EVERYBODY'S GOT TO LEARN SOMETIME
06 - 10 - 15 - Splodgenessabounds - SIMON TEMPLAR / TWO PINTS OF LAGER AND A PACKET OF CRISPS PLEASE
08 - 24 - 16 - Darts - LET'S HANG ON
04 - 18 - 17 - Joy Division - LOVE WILL TEAR US APART
10 - 13 - 18 - Roberta Flack And Donny Hathaway - BACK TOGETHER AGAIN
03 - 20 - 19 - Rolling Stones - EMOTIONAL RESCUE
02 - 45 - 20 - Dexy's Midnight Runners - THERE THERE MY DEAR
06 - 28 - 21 - Sex Pistols - (I'M NOT YOUR) STEPPING STONE
06 - 17 - 22 - Queen - PLAY THE GAME
04 - 29 - 23 - Change - A LOVER'S HOLIDAY / GLOW OF LOVE
07 - 26 - 24 - Siouxsie And The Banshees - CHRISTINE
03 - 34 - 25 - Black Sabbath - NEON KNIGHTS
06 - 25 - 26 - Yellow Magic Orchestra - COMPUTER GAME (THEME FROM 'THE INVADERS')
06 - 31 - 27 - Joan Armatrading - ME MYSELF I
06 - 33 - 28 - Bad Manners - LIP UP FATTY
09 - 21 - 29 - Thin Lizzy - CHINATOWN
08 - 15 - 30 - Teena Marie - BEHIND THE GROOVE
1 - NEW - 31 - Diana Ross - UPSIDE DOWN
03 - 30 - 32 - Undertones - WEDNESDAY WEEK
08 - 23 - 33 - Rod Stewart - IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG (I DON'T WANT TO BE RIGHT)
04 - 40 - 34 - Gerard Kenny - FANTASY
02 - 60 - 35 - Whispers - MY GIRL
04 - 37 - 36 - AC/DC - WHOLE LOTTA ROSIE
08 - 19 - 37 - Liquid Gold - SUBSTITUTE
02 - 59 - 38 - Gap Band - OOPS UPSIDE YOUR HEAD
04 - 43 - 39 - Gene Chandler - DOES SHE HAVE A FRIEND
02 - 72 - 40 - Gibson Brothers - MARIANA
11 - 27 - 41 - Matchbox - MIDNITE DYNAMOS
02 - 73 - 42 - Modettes - PAINT IT BLACK
05 - 35 - 43 - Phil Lynott - KING'S CALL
02 - 54 - 44 - George Duke - BRAZILIAN LOVE AFFAIR
03 - 55 - 45 - John Otway And Wild Willy Barrett - DK 50-80
02 - 51 - 46 - New Musik - SANCTUARY
1 - NEW - 47 - Hot Chocolate - ARE YOU GETTING ENOUGH OF WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY
02 - 56 - 48 - Whitesnake - READY AN' WILLING
03 - 63 - 49 - Ultravox - SLEEPWALK
1 - NEW - 50 - Sheena Easton - 9 TO 5
11 - 39 - 51 - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - MESSAGES
02 - 64 - 52 - Kool And The Gang - HANGIN' OUT
03 - 48 - 53 - Frank Hooker And Positive People - THIS FEELIN'
02 - 58 - 54 - Chords - BRITISH WAY OF LIFE
11 - 32 - 55 - MASH - THEME FROM 'M*A*S*H' (SUICIDE IS PAINLESS)
06 - 41 - 56 - Daryl Hall And John Oates - RUNNING FROM PARADISE
03 - 52 - 57 - Bill Nelson - DO YOU DREAM IN COLOUR
1 - NEW - 58 - SOS Band - TAKE YOUR TIME (DO IT RIGHT)
03 - 44 - 59 - Vapors - NEWS AT TEN
05 - 46 - 60 - Pete Townshend - LET MY LOVE OPEN THE DOOR
1 - NEW - 61 - Amii Stewart And Johnny Bristol - MY GUY / MY GIRL
1 - NEW - 62 - Hawkwind - SHOT DOWN IN THE NIGHT
05 - 47 - 63 - Donna Summer - SUNSET PEOPLE
1 - NEW - 64 - John Foxx - BURNING CAR
11 - 38 - 65 - Jermaine Jackson - LET'S GET SERIOUS
12 - 36 - 66 - Crown Heights Affair - YOU GAVE ME LOVE
02 - 65 - 67 - Cockney Rejects - WE CAN DO ANYTHING
1 - NEW - 68 - Charlie Harper - BARMY LONDON ARMY
09 - 53 - 69 - Electric Light Orchestra - I'M ALIVE
02 - 68 - 70 - Blues Band - BLUES BAND EP
1 - NEW - 71 - Bodysnatchers - EASY LIFE
1 - NEW - 72 - Dickies - GIGANTOR
08 - 62 - 73 - Surface Noise - THE SCRATCH
1 - NEW - 74 - Tom Browne - FUNKIN' FOR JAMAICA (NY)
09 - 42 - 75 - Specials - RAT RACE / RUDE BOYS OUTA JAIL

 

Olivia Newton-John And Electric Light Orchestra - XANADU

Uplifting, euphoric pop song....never the greatest ELO fan....you can't mistake their sound ...even on this.
Olivia sparkles stardust on it.
4/5

 

I love both Olivia and especially ELO, so it's no wonder that their collaboration turned out to be fantastic!
Olivia never looked better than in the music video.

 

New entry buys and favs...

 

One for Bobby.....
10" Pink Vinyl Pic Disc...

 

At this time in 1980, being out of the house was more important than the charts and TOTPs, so have no recollection of this being number one.

Bought the Xanadu soundtrack a few years ago and it reinforces what a talent Jeff Lynn is, but more than that, shows off Olivia's excellent voice to perfection. Together they gave us a brilliant and worthy number one.

@Bobby Morrow (still love the avatar!) surely agrees.

 

The Xanadu OST at #7 in the album chart.

 

In the U.S., "Xanadu" was released on Ms. Newton-John's label there, MCA, and was coupled with a duet with one of the kings of movie musicals in the 1940's and '50's, Gene Kelly, "Whenever You're Away From Me":

This did not reach the top of the U.S. charts, though; that fell to Livvy's "Magic" from the same film.