PSB in "ask billboard" column - US sales numbers
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Just looking at a list of US Billboard chart singles, and PSB top tens here are:
West End Girls--#1 for 1 week, May 10, 1986 (took over from Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love", and knocked off by Whitney's "Greatest Love of All", which lasted for 3 weeks and Madonna's "Live to Tell" for a week).
Opportunities--#10 for 1 week, Aug. 2, 1986 (Peter Cetera's "Glory of Love" was #1 that week, followed by Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" and Kenny Loggins' "Danger Zone"--Jermaine Stewart's "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" was #9! Bananarama was #1 with "Venus" five weeks later).
It's a Sin--#9 for 1 week, Nov. 14, 1987 (#1 was "I Think We're Alone Now" by Tiffany, followed by Billy Idol's "Mony Mony" and Bill Medley/Jennifer Warnes "I've Had the Time of My Life". #8 was "Causing a Commotion" by Madonna, and #10 was "Should've Known Better" by Richard Marx).
What Have I Done to Deserve This--#2 for 2 weeks, Feb 20/27, 1988 (first week #1 was "Seasons Change" by Expose, and week 2 was "Father Figure" by George Michael, which jumped from #4--surprising that 2 gay Brit acts were taking the top 2 slots in Feb 88! Other top fives those weeks were "Could've Been" by Tiffany, "Hungry Eyes" by Eric Carmen, "She's Like the Wind" by Patrick Swayze (!), and "Never Gonna Give You up" by Rick Astley).
Always on my Mind--#4 for 1 week, May 21, 1988 (#1 was "Anything for You" by Gloria Estefan, followed by "One More Try" by George Michael and "Shattered Dreams" by Johnny Hates Jazz. Surely the PSB track was superior to all of those! As an added bonus, Samantha Fox was #5 with "Naughty Girls (Need Love too)"!)
Domino Dancing made it to #18 in Sept. of 1988. Love Comes Quickly hit #62 and Suburbia #70. Left to my Own Devices made #84. Rent & Heart did not chart, as they were not released as singles in the US.
So Hard hit #62, How Can You Expect to be Taken Seriously #93, and Where the Streets Have no Name #72 (should have done MUCH better, right?)
Hard to believe Can You Forgive Her and Go West did not even make top 100, yet PSB still managed to sell 418,000 copies of the album here. Just shows that radio did not have a clue, and was more into grunge and the burgeoning rap scene. Ugh.
Hope this was a nice little diversion.
West End Girls--#1 for 1 week, May 10, 1986 (took over from Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love", and knocked off by Whitney's "Greatest Love of All", which lasted for 3 weeks and Madonna's "Live to Tell" for a week).
Opportunities--#10 for 1 week, Aug. 2, 1986 (Peter Cetera's "Glory of Love" was #1 that week, followed by Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" and Kenny Loggins' "Danger Zone"--Jermaine Stewart's "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" was #9! Bananarama was #1 with "Venus" five weeks later).
It's a Sin--#9 for 1 week, Nov. 14, 1987 (#1 was "I Think We're Alone Now" by Tiffany, followed by Billy Idol's "Mony Mony" and Bill Medley/Jennifer Warnes "I've Had the Time of My Life". #8 was "Causing a Commotion" by Madonna, and #10 was "Should've Known Better" by Richard Marx).
What Have I Done to Deserve This--#2 for 2 weeks, Feb 20/27, 1988 (first week #1 was "Seasons Change" by Expose, and week 2 was "Father Figure" by George Michael, which jumped from #4--surprising that 2 gay Brit acts were taking the top 2 slots in Feb 88! Other top fives those weeks were "Could've Been" by Tiffany, "Hungry Eyes" by Eric Carmen, "She's Like the Wind" by Patrick Swayze (!), and "Never Gonna Give You up" by Rick Astley).
Always on my Mind--#4 for 1 week, May 21, 1988 (#1 was "Anything for You" by Gloria Estefan, followed by "One More Try" by George Michael and "Shattered Dreams" by Johnny Hates Jazz. Surely the PSB track was superior to all of those! As an added bonus, Samantha Fox was #5 with "Naughty Girls (Need Love too)"!)
Domino Dancing made it to #18 in Sept. of 1988. Love Comes Quickly hit #62 and Suburbia #70. Left to my Own Devices made #84. Rent & Heart did not chart, as they were not released as singles in the US.
So Hard hit #62, How Can You Expect to be Taken Seriously #93, and Where the Streets Have no Name #72 (should have done MUCH better, right?)
Hard to believe Can You Forgive Her and Go West did not even make top 100, yet PSB still managed to sell 418,000 copies of the album here. Just shows that radio did not have a clue, and was more into grunge and the burgeoning rap scene. Ugh.
Hope this was a nice little diversion.
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When Always on my mind was number 6, we had a bet in the classroom, whether it would go up or down. And almost 90% percent of betters argued it would drop because it even achieved much more than expected. When it jumped to number 4, we were ecstatic to prove wrong...we had nice dreams for a week that it would go to top spot once again but next week it slided to number 6 again. This chart position made Always on my mind the most successful single in both sides of Atlantic closely following West End Girls.
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I still remember how frustrating it was when What Have I done...was stuck at number two for weeks in both England and USA...
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