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Re: 80's UK Chart Sales and Info
Posted: Tue 25 Mar 2025, 9:43 pm
by Disco.
daveid wrote: Tue 25 Mar 2025, 6:36 pm
OakeyDokey wrote: Tue 25 Mar 2025, 4:30 pm
Goes to show that the chart position only tells you so much. A number 1 in 1995 in sales may not have scraped the top ten in 1985.
Re the Human League. Incredible to think at this time of the year in 1981, their new line-up had posted a decent (for them) just under 30k sales for Boys & Girls with their transitional line-up.
Fast forward 9 months and four singles later which sell over 1.5m copies between them and the parent album Dare another million seller.
Would be nice to have 80s and 90s stats for these bands. The League released two corkers in the early 90s - Heart like a wheel and Tell me when.
Very good songs. And they are very nice people. Met them at an indoor signing, and they were very charming.
Re: 80's UK Chart Sales and Info
Posted: Wed 26 Mar 2025, 4:00 am
by RMC
This is quite addictive.
Eurythmics?
Re: 80's UK Chart Sales and Info
Posted: Wed 26 Mar 2025, 8:09 am
by Tentenlad
Eurythmics 1980’s singles ranked by UK sales
‘Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)’ 499,902
‘There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)’ 452,217
‘Sexcrime (1984)’ 264,894
‘Who’s That Girl?’ 255,238
‘Thorn In My Side’ 250,563
‘Love Is A Stranger’ 171,513 (1983 reissue)
‘Right By Your Side’ 166,804
‘Here Comes The Rain Again’ 153,170
‘Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves’ (with Aretha Franklin) 149,498
‘It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)’ 91,222
‘Would I Lie To You?’ 87,057
‘The Miracle Of Love’ 66,810
‘You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart’ 60,690
‘Revival’ 56,457
‘Love Is A Stranger’ 41,688 (1982)
‘Don’t Ask Me Why’ 50,507
‘When Tomorrow Comes’ 43,911
‘Beethoven (I Love To Listen To)’ 41,939
‘I Need A Man’ 39,899
‘Missionary Man’ 32,555
‘Shame’ 29,903
‘Julia’ 27,693
‘Never Gonna Cry Again’ 24,972
Re: 80's UK Chart Sales and Info
Posted: Wed 26 Mar 2025, 12:05 pm
by markus
Phil Collins, please.
Re: 80's UK Chart Sales and Info
Posted: Wed 26 Mar 2025, 12:54 pm
by MartinWright66
daveid wrote: Tue 25 Mar 2025, 6:36 pm
Would be nice to have 80s and 90s stats for these bands. The League released two corkers in the early 90s - Heart like a wheel and
Tell me when.
You just said... the 90s.
Re: 80's UK Chart Sales and Info
Posted: Wed 26 Mar 2025, 5:21 pm
by MartinWright66
Howard Jones and Nik Kershaw would be most welcome
Re: 80's UK Chart Sales and Info
Posted: Wed 26 Mar 2025, 7:04 pm
by Tentenlad
Phil Collins 1980’s singles ranked by UK sales
‘You Can’t Hurry Love’ 617,946
‘Easy Lover’ (with Philip Bailey) 518,449
‘Groovy Kind Of Love’ 477,938
‘Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)’ 430,355
‘In The Air Tonight’ 418,956
‘Separate Lives’ 297,636
‘Another Day In Paradise’ 244,324
‘Two Hearts’ 222,241
‘One More Night’ 197,914
‘I Missed Again’ 139,896
‘Sussudio’ 136,765
‘In The Air Tonight’ (’88 remix) 135,116
‘If Leaving Me Is Easy’ 118,236
‘Take Me Home’ 76,500
‘Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away’ 27,319
Re: 80's UK Chart Sales and Info
Posted: Wed 26 Mar 2025, 7:14 pm
by Tentenlad
Swing out Sister 1980’s singles ranked by UK sales
'Breakout' 252,552
'Surrender' 117,691
'You On My Mind' 61,540
'Twilight World' 38,335
'Where In The World' 22,712
'Fooled By A Smile' 18,173
Re: 80's UK Chart Sales and Info
Posted: Wed 26 Mar 2025, 8:05 pm
by markus
Thanks a lot. And now the one and only: Madonna, please.
Re: 80's UK Chart Sales and Info
Posted: Wed 26 Mar 2025, 8:21 pm
by telys
Tentenlad wrote: Wed 26 Mar 2025, 8:09 am
Eurythmics 1980’s singles ranked by UK sales
‘Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)’ 499,902
‘There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)’ 452,217
‘Sexcrime (1984)’ 264,894
‘Who’s That Girl?’ 255,238
‘Thorn In My Side’ 250,563
‘Love Is A Stranger’ 171,513 (1983 reissue)
‘Right By Your Side’ 166,804
‘Here Comes The Rain Again’ 153,170
‘Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves’ (with Aretha Franklin) 149,498
‘It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)’ 91,222
‘Would I Lie To You?’ 87,057
‘The Miracle Of Love’ 66,810
‘You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart’ 60,690
‘Revival’ 56,457
‘Love Is A Stranger’ 41,688 (1982)
‘Don’t Ask Me Why’ 50,507
‘When Tomorrow Comes’ 43,911
‘Beethoven (I Love To Listen To)’ 41,939
‘I Need A Man’ 39,899
‘Missionary Man’ 32,555
‘Shame’ 29,903
‘Julia’ 27,693
‘Never Gonna Cry Again’ 24,972
Well, Julia is their best track. It's an awesome piece of music.
Re: 80's UK Chart Sales and Info
Posted: Thu 27 Mar 2025, 1:27 am
by OakeyDokey
Really surprised Louise by the Human League comfortably sold over 100k, more than The Lebanon which was a lead-single. Did Together In Electric Dreams by Oakey and Moroder fare better?
Re: 80's UK Chart Sales and Info
Posted: Thu 27 Mar 2025, 3:37 am
by RMC
markus wrote: Wed 26 Mar 2025, 8:05 pm
Thanks a lot. And now the one and only: Madonna, please.
Plus Tina Turner, Michael and Janet J.
Re: 80's UK Chart Sales and Info
Posted: Thu 27 Mar 2025, 11:06 am
by Tentenlad
Giorgio Moroder with Philip Oakey 1980’s singles ranked by UK sales
‘Together In Electric Dreams’ 370,634
‘Good-Bye Bad Times’ 31,365
Re: 80's UK Chart Sales and Info
Posted: Thu 27 Mar 2025, 11:07 am
by Tentenlad
Nik Kershaw 1980’s singles ranked by UK sales
‘I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me’ 375,020
‘The Riddle’ 326,842
‘Wouldn't It Be Good’ 320,348
‘Wide Boy’ 161,024
‘Dancing Girls’ 127,755
‘Don Quixote’ 105,111
‘Human Racing’ 85,102
‘When A Heart Beats’ 39,661
‘Nobody Knows’ 17,680
‘Radio Musicola’ 11,832
‘One Step Ahead’ 9,962
Re: 80's UK Chart Sales and Info
Posted: Thu 27 Mar 2025, 11:08 am
by Tentenlad
Howard Jones 1980’s singles ranked by UK sales
‘New Song’ 395,726
‘What Is Love’ 375, 445
‘Like To Get To Know You Well’ 337,042
‘Things Can Only Get Better’ 195,874
‘Hide and Seek’ 185,640
‘Pearl In The Shell’ 170,306
‘Look Mama’ 112,319
‘Life In One Day’ 84,898
‘No One Is To Blame’ 73,950
‘All I Want’ 32,164
‘You Know I Love You... Don't You?’ 16,966
‘Everlasting Love’ 13,719
‘Little Bit Of Snow’ 7,735