1987 UK Official Charts Number One Hits SURVIVOR (Final - Vote to WIN)

Vote for your favourite to WIN

  • Madonna - La Isla Bonita (25th April)

    Votes: 11 33.3%

  • Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (6th June)

    Votes: 22 66.7%
  • Total voters
    33
  • Poll closed .
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It was a very close vote in the Semi-Final! Just two votes seperated the last three but missing out on a spot in the Final, Father forgive us as we send the second Pet Shop Boys song home in a commendable 3rd.

Results:
03. Pet Shop Boys - It’s A Sin (4th July) - Semi-Final (30.6% to save)
04. Pet Shop Boys - Always on My Mind (19th December) - Quarter-Final (42.5% to evict)
05. Mel & Kim - Respectable (28th March) - Round 6 (25.0% to save)
06. Starship - Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now (9th May) - Round 5 (57.1% to evict)
07. Aretha Franklin & George Michael - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) (7th February) - Round 4 (28.1% to save)
08. Madonna - Who’s That Girl (25th July) - Round 4 (18.8% to save)
09. Bee Gees - You Win Again (17th October) - Round 3 (50.0% to evict)
10. T’Pau - China In Your Hand (14th November) - Round 3 (53.8% to evict)
11. Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (29th August) - Round 3 (57.7% to evict)
12. Michael Jackson & Siedah Garrett - I Just Can’t Stop Loving You (15th August) - Round 2 (44.0% to evict)
13. Los Lobos - La Bamba (1st August) - Round 2 (68.0% to evict)
14. Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley - Jack Your Body (24th January) - Round 2 (72.0% to evict)
15. Ben E. King - Stand By Me (21st February) - Round 1 (23.3% to save)
15. M|A|R|R|S - Pump Up The Volume (3rd October) - Round 1 (23.3% to save)
17. Boy George - Everything I Own (14th March) - Round 1 (16.7% to save)
18. Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite (3rd January) - Round 1 (6.7% to save)
19. Ferry Aid - Let It Be (4th April) - Round 1 (0.0% to save)
19. The Firm - Star Trekkin' (20th June) - Round 1 (0.0% to save)

TWO POP DIVAS ARE LEFT to duel it out in this 1987 Final! Will Whitney chase her blues away to a victory dance or will Madonna's dream of San Pedro and longing to be number one come true? :disco:

You are VOTING FOR A WINNER from the two songs in the Final. The song that gets the most votes wins, simple as that! Pick your chosen winner now!
 
I think it would have been a closer final if PSB had made it, but Madonna has no chance against Whitney here
 
She was technically flawless in the 80s wasn’t she. Nobody could touch her.
 
I saw her when she could still really sing (in 1999) but not peak. Even by then she was taking more breaths and avoiding certain runs. But she was incredible.
 
Funky said:
I saw her when she could still really sing (in 1999) but not peak. Even by then she was taking more breaths and avoiding certain runs. But she was incredible.
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The My Love Is Your Love era? Yes, I think she was smoking crack for quite some time by that point. It just goes to show how strong her voice was when even at that point she could still belt out her classics albeit not at her world conquering best.
 
I think I’m influenced by the absolute moment of La Isla Bonita on the recent ‘Celebration’ tour from the audience of the show I was at so I went with that. Both behemoth songs.
 
I don't really go for "Dance". If it had been How Will I Know, I'd probably put the AMAs performance on and it would be no question.
 
What amazes me about IWDWS is that it remains to this day an ultimate "party song" - the songs you will always here at any family party or hen do or whatever, and it hasn't seemed, at least to me, to have lost any shine. Most of those songs tend to become very annoying after 30 fucking years - you either get sick of them, numb to them, or just simply forget what made it magic. If you ever did get that spark from hearing the opening bars, it can be long gone.

Not the case with this. Without ever being able to know for sure, I imagine this monster hit is probably one of the songs I have heard most in my lifetime, and it still gives me great joy when I hear it.
 
Results:
01. Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (6th June) - Final (66.7% to win)
02. Madonna - La Isla Bonita (25th April) - Final (33.3% to win)
03. Pet Shop Boys - It’s A Sin (4th July) - Semi-Final (30.6% to save)
04. Pet Shop Boys - Always on My Mind (19th December) - Quarter-Final (42.5% to evict)
05. Mel & Kim - Respectable (28th March) - Round 6 (25.0% to save)
06. Starship - Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now (9th May) - Round 5 (57.1% to evict)
07. Aretha Franklin & George Michael - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) (7th February) - Round 4 (28.1% to save)
08. Madonna - Who’s That Girl (25th July) - Round 4 (18.8% to save)
09. Bee Gees - You Win Again (17th October) - Round 3 (50.0% to evict)
10. T’Pau - China In Your Hand (14th November) - Round 3 (53.8% to evict)
11. Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (29th August) - Round 3 (57.7% to evict)
12. Michael Jackson & Siedah Garrett - I Just Can’t Stop Loving You (15th August) - Round 2 (44.0% to evict)
13. Los Lobos - La Bamba (1st August) - Round 2 (68.0% to evict)
14. Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley - Jack Your Body (24th January) - Round 2 (72.0% to evict)
15. Ben E. King - Stand By Me (21st February) - Round 1 (23.3% to save)
15. M|A|R|R|S - Pump Up The Volume (3rd October) - Round 1 (23.3% to save)
17. Boy George - Everything I Own (14th March) - Round 1 (16.7% to save)
18. Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite (3rd January) - Round 1 (6.7% to save)
19. Ferry Aid - Let It Be (4th April) - Round 1 (0.0% to save)
19. The Firm - Star Trekkin' (20th June) - Round 1 (0.0% to save)

Congratulations to Whitney Houston & "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" for her marvellous victory! :disco: 🥳


 
UK Number One Hits Survivor Winners - Hall of Fame:
1987: Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (6th June)
1988: Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is a Place on Earth (16th January)
1989: Madonna - Like a Prayer (25th March)
1990: Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U (3rd February)
1991: Enigma - Sadeness (Part I) (19th January)
1992: Shakespears Sister - Stay (22nd February)
1993: Culture Beat - Mr. Vain (28th August)
1994: Whigfield - Saturday Night (17th September)
1995: Livin' Joy - Dreamer (13th May)
1996: Gina G - Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit (25th May)
1997: Spice Girls - Who Do You Think You Are (15th March)
1998: Cher - Believe (25th October)
1999: Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time (27th February)
2000: All Saints - Pure Shores (26th February)
2001: Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out of My Head (29th September)
2002: Girls Aloud - Sound of the Underground (28th December)
2003: Kylie Minogue - Slow (15th November)
2004: Britney Spears - Toxic (13th March)
2005: Madonna - Hung Up (19th November)
2006: ???
 
2006 UK Number One Hits will be next, coming this weekend. And of course, the 1990 UK Number TWO Hits will be running in conjuction to go along with it. :thumbsup:
 
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