The charts
NEW ZEALAND TOP 20 SINGLES The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand listings, with last week’s places in brackets: 1. (2) Batdance - Prince (WEA). 2. (1) Bring Me Edelweiss - Edelweiss (WEA). 3. (3) Funky Cold Medina - Tone Loc (Festival). 4. (6) Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler (WEA). 5. (4) If You Don’t Know Me By Now - Simply Red (WEA). 6. (5) Manchild - Neneh Cherry (Virgin). 7. (21) Ring My Bell ■ Collette (CBS). 8. (new) She’s A Mod/Mod Rap Double J/Twice T/ R. Columbus (EMI). 9. (17) You Got I - New Kids on the Block (CBS). 10. (12) I Drove All Night - Cyndi Lauper (CBS). 11. (9) Express Your- self - Madonna (WEA). 12. (14) Baby Don’t Forget My Number- Milli Vanilli (BMG). 13. (7) Every Little Step - Bobby Brown (WEA). 14. (10) Iko Iko - The Belle Stars (EMI). 15. (18) I Don’t Want A Lover - Texas (Polygram). 16. (36) Nothing That Compares - The Jacksons (CBS). 17. (13) Sealed With A Kiss - Jason Donovan (Festival). 18. (38) Rock On - Michael Damien (BMG). 19. (28) Hand On Your Heart - Kylie Minogue (Festival). 20. (31) I Want It All - Queen (EMI).
ALBUMS
1. (6) Past Present - Clannad (BMG). 2. <1) A New Flame - Simply Red (WEA). 3. (3) Raw and the Cooked - Fine Young Cannibals (Polygram).
4. (9) Batman Soundtrack - Prince (WEA). 5. (4) Don’t Be Cruel - Bobby Brown (WEA). 6. (2) Open Up And Say ... AAH! - Poison (Festival). 7. (7) Appetite For Destruction - Guns ’n’ Roses (WEA). 8. (8) Mind Bomb - The The (CBS). 9. (20) Stop - Sam Brown (Festival). 10. (5) The Miracl - Queen (EMI). 11. (12) Tour Of Duty II - Soundtrack (CBS). 12. (10) G’n’r Lies - Guns ‘n’ Roses (WEA). 13. (17) Beaches Soundtrack (WEA). 14. (new) Other Side Of The Mirror - Stevie Nicks (EMI). 15. (19) Raw Like Sushi - Neneh Cherry (Virgin). 16. (23) Union - Toni Childs (Festival). 17. (15) Disintegration - The Cure (WEA). 18. (37) Premier Collection - Andrew Lloyd Webber (Polygram). 19. (21) Like A Prayer - Madonna (WEA). 20. (18) George Thorogood Collection (EMI).
AUSTRALIA The Australian top 10, as rated by "Juke” magazine: 1 (1) The Look — Roxette (EMI). 2 (3) Bedroom Eyes — Kate Ceberano (Festival). 3 (4) Wind Beneath My Wings — Bette Midler (WEA). 4 (5) Express Yourself — Madonna (WEA). 5 (2) Eternal Flame — Bangles (Liberty CBS). 6 (11) Onion Skin — Boom Crash Opera (WEA). 7 (13) Good Thing — Fine Young Cannibals (Polygram). 8 (7) Sealed With A Kiss — Jason Donovan (Festival). '9 (—) Batdance — Prince (WEA). 10 (8) I Want It AU — Queen (WEA). UNITED STATES The American top 10, as rated by “Cash Box” magazine: 1 (3) Express Yourself — Madonna. 2 (4) If You Don’t Know Me By Now — Simply Red. 3 (1) Good Thing — Fine Young Cannibals.
4 (14) Batdance — Prince. 5 (9) Toy Soldiers — Martika. 6 (2) Baby Don’t Forget My Number — Milli Vanilli. 7 (5) I Drove All Night — Cyndi Lauper. 8 (10) What You Don’t Know — Expose. 9 (6) Satisfied — Richard Marx. 10 (12) Lay Your Hands On Me — Bon Jovi.
Britain
The British top 10, as rated by Our Price Music: 1 (1) Back to Life — Soul II Soul and Caron Wheeler. 2 (6) On Our Own — Bobby Brown. 3 (3) You’ll Never Stop Me Loving You — Sonia. 4 (2) Ain’t Nobody — Rufus and Chaka Khan. 5 (4) London Nights — London Boys. 6 (10) Wind Beneath My Wings — Bette Midler. 7 (8) Voodoo Ray (EP) — A Guy Called Gerald. 8 (5) It’s All Right — Pet Shop Boys. 9 (12) Superwoman — Karyn White. 10 (7) Song for Whoever — Beautiful South.
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