Aswad single takes top place on chart
S.L SINGLES This week’s top 20 South Island singles, with last week’s places in brackets: 1 (3) Don’t Turn Around — Aswad (Festival). 2 (4) Gimme Hope Jo Anna — Eddy Grant (EMI). 3 (l)Breakaway — Big Pig (Festival). 4 (2) Alphabet Street — Prince (WEA); 5 (8) Stuck on Earth — Alf (BMG). 6 (New) Push It Salt N Pepa (Polydor). 7 (5) Sweet Little Mystery — Wet Wet Wet (Polydor). 8 (New) Where Do Broken Hearts Go — Whitney Houston (BMG). 9 (13) Heart — Pet Shop Boys (EMI). 10 (Re-entry) Mandinka Sinead O’Connor (Festival). 11 (15) What a Wonderful World — Louis Armstrong (Festival). 12 (10) Together Forever — Rick Astley (BMG). 13 (20) Dock of the Bay — Michael Bolton (CBS). 14 (11) Pink Cadillac — Natalie Cole (EMI). 15 (New) Tell It To My Heart — Taylor Dayne (BMG). 16 (New) The Twist — Taylor Dayne (BMG). 17 (18) Beat Dis — Bomb The Bass (BMG). 18 (14) Rok Da House — Beatmasters and Cookie Crew (BMG). 19 (9) Rev It Up — Jerry Harrison (Polydor). 20 (7) I Fought The Law — The Clash (CBS). Bubbling Under: Prove YOur Love — Taylor Dayne (BMG), Who’s Leaving -Who — Hazel! Dean (EMI), New Sensation — Inxs (WEA). ALBUMS This week’s top 20 albums, with last week’s places in brackets: 1 (3) 1987 — Whitesnake (EMI). 2 (2) Tiffany — Tiffany (WEA). 3 (1) Lonesome Jubilee — John Cougar Mellencamp (Polydor). 4 (14) Bonk — Big Pig (Festival). 5 (New) Lion and The Cobra — Sinead O’Connor (Festival). 6 (13) Whenever You Need Somebody — Rick Astley (BMG). 7 (15) Starfish — The Church (Festival). 8 (New) More Dirty Dancing Soundtrack (BMG). 9 (10) The Joshua Tree — U2 (Festival). ' 10 (11) Phantom of the Opera — Stageshow (Polydor). 11 (17) Good Morning Vietnam — Soundtrack (Festival). 12 (9) Big Bad Noise — The Choirboys (Festival). 13 (4) Dirty Dancing Soundtrack (BMG). 14 (Re-entry) Whitney — Whitney Houston (BMG). 15 (6) Robbie Robertson — Robbie Robertson (WEA)* 16 (19) Story Of The Clash — The Clash (CBS). 17 (New) Lovesexy — Prince (WEA). 18 (New) Chalk Mark In A Rainstorm — Joni Mitchell (WEA). 19 (Re-entry) Bad — Michael Jackson (CBS).
20 (8) Best Of Omd — Omd (Virgin). Bubbling under Miracle — Willy De Ville (Polydor), Tell It To My Heart Taylor Dayne (BMG), Bird-Dog — Verlaines — (FN/WEA). AUSTRALIA The Australian top 10 singles as rated by "Juke” magazine with last week’s positions in brackets: 1 (1) The Flame — Cheap Trick (CBS).. 2 (3) Dock Of The Bay — Michael Boltman (CBS). 3 (2) Get Out Of My Dreams, Get Into My Car — Billy Ocean (Liberation/CBS). 4 (7) Love Is A Bridge — Little River Band (WEA). 5 (4) When Will I Be Famous — Bros (CBS). 6 (6) Breakaway — Big Pig (Mush. Fest.). 7 (5) Sign Your Name — Terrence Trent D'Arby (CBS). , ... . ’ 8 (15) Wonderful Life — Black (Festival). 9 (10) When I Fail In Love — Rick Astley (BMG/RCA). 10 (11) I Want You Back — Bananarama (Lib/CBS). UNITED STATES The U.S. top 10 as rated by “Cash Box” magazine with last week's positions in brackets:-'. . 1 (1) One More Try — George Michael (Columbia). 2 (5) Together Forever — Rick Astley (RCA). 3 (3) Shattered Dreams — . Johnny Hates Jazz (Virgin). ’ 4 (7) Foolish Beat — Debbie Gibson (Atlantic). 5 (6) Everything Your Heart Desires — Daryl Hall and John Oates (Arista). 6 (10) Make It Real — The Jets (MCA). 7 (12) Dirty Diana — Michael Jackson (Epic). 8 (11) Circle In The Sand — Belinda Carlisle (MCA). 9 (9) Piano In The Dark — Brenda Russell with Joe Esposito (A and M). 10 (14) The Valley Road — Bruce Hornsby and the Range (RCA). BRITAIN The British top 10 as rated by “New Musical Express” magazine with last week’s positions' in brackets: 1 (1) With a Little. Help From My — Wet Wet Wet and Billy Bragg (Childline). 2 (2) Got To Be Certain — Kylie Minogue (PWL). 3 (7) Somewhere in My Heart — Aztec Camera (WEA). 4 (22) Voyage Voyage — Desireless (CBS). 5 (9) Check This Out — LA Mix (Breakout). 6 (4) Circle in the Sand — Belinda Carlisle (Virgin). 7 (17) My One Temptation — MICA Paris (4th And Broadway). 8 (16) Love Will Save the Day '— Whitney Houston (Arista). 9 (6) Don’t Go — Hothouse Flowers (FFRR). 10 (3) Perfect — Fairground Attraction (RCA).
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