1988 UK Official Charts Number One Hits SURVIVOR (Semi-Final - Vote to SAVE)

[Haiku Rewrites]

We're so happy they took part, however the game ends here for The Petshop Boys. "Always On My Mind" will get another crack at the title in the 1987 UK No 1 Survivor, however for now they will settle with a promising fourth place finish.

Results:
04. Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind (2nd January) - Quarter-Final (40.0% to evict)
05. Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky (20th February) - Round 5 (15.2% to save)
06. Pet Shop Boys - Heart (9th April) - Round 4 (50.0% to evict)
06. Yazz and the Plastic Population - The Only Way Is Up (6th August) - Round 4 (50.0% to evict)
08. Whitney Houston - One Moment in Time (15th October) - Round 3 (46.2% to evict)
09. S'Express - Theme from S'Express (30th April) - Round 3 (57.7% to evict)
10. Fairground Attraction - Perfect (14th May) - Round 3 (69.2% to evict)
11. Robin Beck - First Time (19th November) - Round 2 (17.1% to save)
12. Aswad - Don't Turn Around (26th March) - Round 2 (11.4% to save)
13. Bros - I Owe You Nothing (25th June) - Round 2 (8.6% to save)
14. U2 - Desire (8th October) - Round 1 (18.2% to save)
15. The Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother (24th September) - Round 1 (15.2% to save)
16. The Timelords - Doctorin' the Tardis (18th June) - Round 1 (9.1% to save)
16. Glenn Medeiros - Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You (9th July) - Round 1 (9.1% to save)
16. Cliff Richard - Mistletoe and Wine (10th December) - Round 1 (9.1% to save)
19. Billy Bragg and Cara Tivey - She's Leaving Home (21st May) - Round 1 (3.0% to save)
19. Phil Collins - A Groovy Kind of Love (10th September) - Round 1 (3.0% to save)
21. Wet Wet Wet - With a Little Help from My Friends (21st May) - Round 1 (0.0% to save)

Three lovely ladies are left in play! There's just two spots in the Final, who will go through?

In the Semi-Final, you are VOTING FOR YOUR FAVOURITE to claim one of the places in the Final. Cast your votes now!

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

Well seems quite decisive so far on who is going through

Keep the votes coming anyway!

 

[Rita]

@disneyteletubby

 

[Shoat]

I will strike one feeble fruitless blow for a Mopsy icon and stalkee

 

[disneyteletubby]

Well, I like two of these songs (the singer of the other was okay on Masked Singer recently)
Looks like Enya will 'sigh, say goodbye' in this round but here are some stats:

Heaven Is a Place on Earth by Belinda Carlisle: Released September 1987; No 1. on 16th January 1988 (2 weeks #1)​

I Think We're Alone Now by Tiffany: Released August 1987 (1967 cover) - No 1. on 30th January 1988 (3 weeks #1)​

Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) by Enya: Released September 1988 - 1988; No 1. on 23rd [1] [2] October 1988 (3 weeks #1)​

The question is whether Enya will ever re-record Orinoco Flow...?

 

[Shoat]

The question is whether Enya will ever re-record Orinoco Flow...?

The answer is that Enya has already re-recorded Orinoco Flow DOZENS of times in her career. Most of her albums feature it at least thrice; she just changes the song titles.

 

[straightorbroken]

The tremoring Heaven or sheer wind-in-face abandon of Alone, I almost can't decide. Belinda's song just continues to ignite, but I just can't shake off the draw of Tiffany's teenpop drawl - it just opens out more and there's more to it. Maybe also because she never topped it and it seems so in isolation.

PSB tops both of them, but I never knew it was also 1987 and wouldn't have voted for it previously had I known anyway.