65 Depeche Mode: Everything Counts We counted up the votes for Everything Counts but – oops – forgot to qualify which version people were voting for, as it’s been a…
Top 100 Singles of the 80s: 70-66
70 Toto: Africa Someone somewhere should compile one of those petrol-station compilations called Smooth Driving Sounds Volume 90 and fill it only with Toto’s Africa, on a loop, because nothing…
Top 100 Singles of the 80s: 75-71
75 Madonna: Like A Prayer It’s funny to think now that this single – released at the end of the Eighties – was seen as a big comeback single for…
Top 100 Singles of the 80s: 80-76
80 George Michael: A Different Corner “This record is dedicated to a memory,” reads a note from George Michael on the rear sleeve of this, his second solo single and…
Top 100 Singles of the 80s: 85-81
85 Prince: Purple Rain For such a reliable Eighties hit-maker, it’s surprising that only two Prince singles have made it into our Top 100. Let’s Go Crazy, 1999 and Raspberry…
Top 100 Singles of the 80s: 90-86
90 Eurythmics: Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four) Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox couldn’t have been a more apt duo to record the 1984 movie soundtrack, having already filmed their Orwellian nightmares for…
Top 100 Singles of the 80s: 95-91
95 Japan: Ghosts Downbeat, minimalist and bordering on an ambient ballad… it’s almost inconceivable now but, thanks to the open-mindedness of Eighties singles buyers, this beautiful piece of music reached…
Top 100 Singles of the 80s: 100-96
100 The Smiths: Bigmouth Strikes Again A surprisingly low entry in the Top 100 for what’s possibly the purest of pure indiee-pop, at least in comparison to everything else in…
Grace Jones ‘Nightclubbing’ Deluxe Edition
On April 28th 2014 Island Records / Universal Music Catalogue released a deluxe edition of Grace Jones ‘ classic album ‘Nightclubbing. The reissued 1981 album from Grace Jones is remastered…
Classic Pop Issue 9 On Sale Now!
Issue 9 of Classic Pop is out now! In Issue 9 of Classic Pop we celebrate the anniversary of Frankie Goes To Hollywood‘s arrival on the music scene with the…