Charts hits 1982

1982 started with the brilliant don't you want me as number one. With the advent of MTV pop videos were increasingly a role in the success of a record and the human league made a min movie to go with this peace of perfect pop. However not all was well in the uk charts as Shakin' Stevens who had two number 1's in 1981 continued his rain of terror on the UK charts with several pop offerings and 1 number 1 (oh Julie). Shaky was popular with young kids and the older generation, although the odd grumble about shakeys version of green door not being as good as Frankie Vaughan's could sometimes be heard. Today's the 60 to 70 somethings, who would have been in their late 30s and 40s back in 1982 generally prefer a tune from shakey than a cheesy tune from the hit factory. Bucks fizz who Pro Mobile Disco thinks are brilliant never get requested at any parties and as such we never get to play their classic retro pop. However they toped off their well deserved Euro vision victory with several 80s number ones including two in 1982.

Strangest number one record of 1982 for us was captain sensible's happy talk. The captain was the drummer from a 70s punk band the dammed so doing a Rogers and Hammerstein cover version was taking a bit of a risk. It may have been that the captain was just doing the sensible thing and making a few quid on the back of the 80s novelty record craze. It was a record of the time but it would clear the dance floor at an 80s party today. The year ended on a high note for all record buying grans and grandads, the christmas number one was from Rene and the operatic voice of Renato. Or was it the other way round, in any case if you were one of the young and funky teenage's swaying in the background, when it was played on top of the pops, you should be ashamed of yourself.