Eeeeeee (as we say oop north) Thank God the Top 10 has been cleared up!! I
was out on the town on Saturday but little sis taped it being a sorted bird,
and I finally saw it on Sunday night. I was a bit put out too. Respect to
Bad Manners, they are a top band, but obviously my loyalties lie with
Madness. I had a discussion about it with my mate Goany, who rang me to tell
me that "F****in' Bad Manners were number one, man! What's f***in' going
on!?!" and we also turned to the Guiness Book of Records thing. I have the
"Hits of the 1980's" version which is invaluable for situations such as
these (can't say one has come up before, but I knew it'd come in useful!). I
too was mystified by the absence of The Jam (my second favourite band) but
hey, the point was, they were on. I'm sure there would have been a lot more
angry e-mails flying back and forth if they hadn't been in it at all...but
that would just have been (sorry) madness.( i said sorry)
Sally
----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Langmead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Madness List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 1:29 AM
Subject: [total-madness] Just to clear things up....
> Wassup Maddies!!
>
> It's been a while since I've made any input to the list, and I'm sure a
few
> have missed me (well, The Muscat at least!!)
>
> I've reviewed the Top Ten of 1980 and have come up with the following
> conclusion...
>
> The Top Ten on the show seems to have been worked out on the calculation
of
> five points per week on the chart and an extra five for every week at No.
1.
>
> They did, however, make one mis-calculation with regards that megastar of
> the USA (and now practically unknown back home), Sheena Easton.
>
> This was how 'they' worked it out:
>
> Weeks on chart = 5 points, Weeks at No. 1 = 5 points, Highest Chart
position
> = tie breaker
>
> No. 10 Kelly Marie 23, 2, 1 = 125
> No. 9 David Bowie 27, 2, 1 = 145
> No. 8 Sheena Easton 30, 0, 3 = 150 *
> No. 7 Liquid Gold 30, 0, 2 = 150
> No.6 Dexys MRN 29, 2, 1 = 155
> No. 5 Blondie 30, 5, 1 = 175
> No. 4 Police 32, 5, 1 = 185
> No. 3 Specials 38, 2, 1 = 200
> No. 2 Madness 50, 0, 3 = 250
> No. 1 Bad Manners 53, 0, 3 =265
>
> * Based on the assumed criteria, Sheena Easton actually spent 36 weeks on
> the chart in 1980 (they seem to have missed the 6 weeks 'One Man Woman'
> spent there) she should have been placed 5th with 180 points.
>
> There was a major flaw in their calculations though. They only counted the
> weeks spent on the chart by singles which first entered the chart in 1980.
> This disregarded the 7 weeks spent on the chart by One Step Beyond during
> 1980 (which first charted on Nov 10 1979) but included the 5 weeks by
Baggy
> Trousers and 6 weeks by Embarrassment which were actually in 1981. With
> these rules, Bad Manners lose 8 weeks of Lorraine's 12 week run.
>
> If you count only the weeks spent on the chart from Jan 1 1980 to Dec 31
> 1980 (including 1 week each for singles which were in the chart on Jan 1
and
> Dec 31) the results would be as follows:
>
> No. 10 Kelly Marie 23, 2, 1 = 125
> No. 9 Liquid Gold 30, 0, 2 = 150
> No.8 Dexys MRN 29, 2, 1 = 155
> No. 7 David Bowie 30, 2, 1 = 165
> No. 6 Sheena Easton 36, 0, 3 = 180
> No. 5 Specials 35, 2, 1 = 185
> No. 4 Blondie 32, 5, 1 = 185
> No. 3 Police 33, 5, 1 = 190
> No. 2 Bad Manners 45, 0, 3 =225
> No. 1 Madness 46, 0, 3 = 230
>
> Incidentally, Mountain Boy's claim for the Jam would have earned them 225
> points, putting them at No. 2. 41 weeks on the chart with 4 weeks at No.
1.
> 17 of those weeks were with re-released singles, though.
>
> My figures are borne out by the Guinness Book Of Hit Singles which lists
> Madness as having the most weeks on the chart in 1980 with 46 weeks.
>
> I hope this finally settles argument about who was the most successful
band
> (or artist) of 1980!
>
> Goodnight.
>
> Andrew.
>
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