I've said before, I hate this cherry picking of songs in retro charts on the radio for whatever reason. Thank goodness there are some DJs on the internet doing retro charts with all the top 40 songs.
Anyway, some comments re the 1985 chart:
June 15 1985
19 LOVING THE ALIEN - DAVID BOWIE - I've said before that I'm not really a Bowie fan, but I prefer this to some of his other songs, especially from the 80s.
16 JOHNNY COME HOME - FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS - Not one you hear too often now, which is a shame. Like this better than She Drives Me Crazy, which drives me crazy!
15 ALL FALL DOWN - FIVE STAR - I've unashamedly mentioned my liking for Five Star before. This is ok, but prefer their later hits.
13 CHERISH - KOOL AND THE GANG - Unusual subject for a song - a man singing to his terminally ill partner, but I don't think people take too much notice of the lyrics and see it as just a generic love song, which is a shame.
12 WALKING ON SUNSHINE - KATRINA AND THE WAVES - One of those songs that I don't mind if I'm in a good mood, but would definitely get turned off if I was in bad mood.
11 FRANKIE - SISTER SLEDGE - I can see why this get dissed, compared to their disco stuff, but I've got a soft spot for it because it so different and I love the old-fashioned doo-wop sound. The video is terrible, though!
10 HISTORY - MAI TAI - Bit cheesy, but enjoy hearing once in a while, along with their other hit Body And Soul. Another terrible vid, though.
09 CRAZY FOR YOU - MADONNA - Oh, my fave Madonna song, as I've said before. Should definitely have been a number one.
08 THE WORD GIRL - SCRITTI POLITTI FEAT. RANKING ANN - Love, love, love this! Got the vid and TOTP performances on my ipad. Green has got such a fantastic voice. Definitely in my top 10 80s songs.
07 OUT IN THE FIELDS - GARY MOORE AND PHIL LYNOTT - Probably wouldn't have been aware of this as much at the time if it hadn't been on Now 5. Cracking tune!
06 A VIEW TO A KILL - DURAN DURAN - Love this! Never seen the film but it's a great Bond theme and such a cheesy video - "The name's Bon, Simon Le Bon".
04 SUDDENLY - BILLY OCEAN - I know this is a bit slushy, but I'd much sooner hear this than either of Billy's number one hits.
19 - PAUL HARDCASTLE - Such a stand out song at the time, because of the subject matter and the n-n-n-nineteen sample. I remember Dale playing a different version once on POTP, but I don't think it was the slower one Tony mentioned.
02 KAYLEIGH - MARILLION - Another one in the chart that is in my top 10 80s songs. Love the story of the song, and the imagery in the lyrics.
01 YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE - CROWD - Like with the Hillsborough disaster, I'll always remember the day of the fire at Valley Road. Think I've got the single knocking about somewhere, as we bought it at the time. There's certainly a eclectic mix of people on the record, quite a few a didn't even recognise when I watched the vid on youtube.
Not played
20 - BEN - MARTI WEBB - Surprise, surprise, they didn't bother to dig this out. Don't particularly like the song, but have more time for this than Michael JackSon's version having followed Ben Hardwick's story on That's Life at the time.
18 JIMMY NAIL - Don't care if I'm in the minority, I think this is a pretty decent cover. Can still remember how shocked I was hearing Jimmy sing for the first time on Auf Weidersehen Pet.
17 CALL ME - GO WEST - Like all of Go West's hits, though I'd go for We Close Our Eyes or Don't Look Down over this. It's a shame they didn't have a longer chart career.
14 ICING ON THE CAKE - STEPHEN 'TIN TIN' DUFFY - One of those songs I quite enjoy hearing on the rare occassions it's played on the radio, but haven't got on CD or MP3.
05 OBSESSION - ANIMOTION - Should have been played, as it was top 5 and one you don't hear all that often.