🗽 In other news from America, six weeks now for Taylor Swift's 'The Fate Of Ophelia' as the US no. 1 www.billboard.com/lists/taylor...

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Love of the common people: check out all of Ireland's chart-topping singles of 1983 at Irish Number Ones. Content warning: Phil Collins irishnumberones.com/by-date/#1983

Talk of the town: Ireland's top ten singles this week in November 1983. Source: www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-...

"Wanna say hello to Japan?" Bono intro aside, the best track on the Red Rocks concert film is this tight, forceful version of 'Surrender': www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRqo...

The Sunday Bloody Sunday Game. Only 'Gloria' and 'Party Girl' on the Under A Blood Red Sky album are from the filmed Red Rocks show; the album's live 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' is apparently this one in Germany, with Bono speaking German and wearing an Offaly GAA jersey www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL90...

Albums released in November 1983 include U2's live Under A Blood Red Sky: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X_4...

A real curio in the Irish top thirty this week in November 1983: 'Kissing With Confidence' by Will Powers, the alter-ego of rock photographer Lynn Goldsmith, with the singing parts by an uncredited Carly Simon. I remember this on TV ads for shampoo, hairspray, etc: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAnS...

Help yourself to another piece of apple crumble while enjoying one of the most derided pop lyrics of the '80s, new in the Irish charts this week in November 1983 for an ABC then trying a bit too hard to shed their Lexicon Of Love image: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1kJ...

And speaking of your fave Irish acts in the '80s Irish charts, a new entry this week in November 1983 was 'Deeper And Deeper' by Joe Dolan, seen here on his album cover looking rakishly seductive while having a smoke: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeXq...

As usual, it wouldn't be an '80s Irish chart without some oul' shite from Foster & Allen. This week in November 1983, the menacing 'I Will Love You All My Life', complete with video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7i7...

Hey you, the rock steady crew! An absolute banger of a tune from the Irish top ten this week in November 1983: www.youtube.com/watch?v=--7a...

Join a union! Still on the rise in the Irish top ten this week in November 1983: another bit of classic '80s Duran www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6p5...

If it's the '80s then it must be Shaky, in the Irish top ten this week in November 1983 with 'Cry Just A Little Bit' and a video that probably seemed perfectly normal back then: www.youtube.com/watch?v=87oA...

Nothing red, gold and green can stay. At no. 2 in the Irish charts this week in November 1983: a former number one irishnumberones.com/2022/01/23/c...

Everybody look in your pants! At no. 3 in the Irish charts this week in November 1983: 'The Safety Dance' by Men Without Hats: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p_B...

Panto-themed songs should be perennial Christmas classics too, right? Top ten in Ireland this week in November 1983: the last big hit from the mighty Adam Ant www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOMo...

Remember her this way instead. Kirsty MacColl's own version of her fab 'They Don't Know': www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACa4...

Knocked off the Irish top spot by Billy Joel's 'Uptown Girl' this week in November 1983: Tracey Ullman's cover of Kirsty MacColl's 'They Don't Know irishnumberones.com/2022/01/24/t...

Scenes from an Italia '90 song. Billy Joel has had another no. 1 in Ireland, after a fashion: irishnumberones.com/2022/04/26/t...

Sorry for reminding you of this, but 'Uptown Girl' also topped the Irish charts in March 2001, for Westlife irishnumberones.com/2022/11/17/w...

Mid town. No. 1 in Ireland this week in November 1983: Billy Joel with 'Uptown Girl' irishnumberones.com/2022/01/24/b...

Cross channel, 'The Fate Of Ophelia' returns for a 4th week in total as the UK no. 1 www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/t...

Ugh. Back this week for the Christmas:

This week's 'Mr Brightside'-Watch: 🔼 UP 15 places to no. 79 🔼 384 weeks in total on the Irish charts 🔼 NEVER a no. 1 in Ireland 🔼 NEVER even in the Irish top 40 Up 15 places: what, is it now a Christmas song too? www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGdG... Chart data: IRMA

This week's Irish top ten: www.irma.ie#chartTab1

☘️ This week's Irish singles chart! 💿 Six weeks at no. 1 in Ireland now for Taylor Swift's 'The Fate Of Ophelia' www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko70... Chart data: www.irma.ie#chartTab1

My alter-ego is swanning around Vienna this week, so you can follow there instead for your fix of highbrow culture:

🗽 In other news from America, it's now five weeks for Taylor Swift's 'The Fate Of Ophelia' as the US no. 1 www.billboard.com/lists/taylor...

It begins. Back in the Irish charts this week...

This week's 'Mr Brightside'-Watch: 🔽 DOWN three places to no. 94 🔽 383 weeks in total on the Irish charts 🔽 NEVER a no. 1 in Ireland 🔽 NEVER even in the Irish top 40 Almost time for its annual Christmas break! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGdG... Chart data: IRMA

"Ireland's no. 1 single in November 2010 never gets played any more. Why are today's Irish young people such poppy-hating Shinner-licking Brit-bashers?" - my Irish newspaper opinion column today irishnumberones.com/2023/11/08/t...

Don't want to miss a thing? Check out all of Ireland's chart-topping singles of 1998 at Irish Number Ones: irishnumberones.com/by-date/#1998

Meanwhile in America, a new entry at a lowly no. 17 on the US charts in November 1998: the track that shapes 21st-century pop irishnumberones.com/2022/09/04/b...

Imperfect 10: Ireland's top ten singles this week in November 1998. Source: www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-...

Albums released in November 1998 include Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, Alanis's follow-up to Jagged Little Pill: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqJl...

Would you believe it? David Lowe of Touch And Go now writes some well-known BBC theme music, including for The One Show and BBC News: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TSJ...

Bantz! Top ten in Ireland this week in November 1998: Touch And Go with 'Would You...?' www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn-K...

The co-writer of Jennifer Paige's 'Crush' also co-wrote the DuckTales theme song, so there's bad and good in everyone: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykl5...

The earworms you love to hate: that's the Irish Number Ones guarantee. In the Irish charts this week in November 1998: Jennifer Paige with 'Crush' youtu.be/EIhSnaqou0I?...

Do you believe in life after Kerri Ann? Poised to replace 'Irreplaceable' at Ireland's no. 1 spot next week in November 1998: the shape of a chart-pop golden age to come irishnumberones.com/2022/08/30/c...

Where the streets have no U2 video with elephants. The original 'Sweetest Thing', with '80s-Bono rawk vocals and a breakdown in the mid-section, is yours to compare and contrast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=acdU...

Replaceable. Knocked off the Irish number one spot by Kerri Ann's 'Irreplaceable' this week in November 1998: other Irish pop act U2 and that video irishnumberones.com/2022/08/28/u...

Remember Kerri Ann's other hit single of 1998? Reaching no. 2 in Ireland: 'Do You Love Me Boy?' www.youtube.com/watch?v=Najb...

Kerri Ann, with 'Irreplaceable' this week in November 1998, is one of two people from Tallaght to have an Irish number one single, along with Ciarán Bourke of The Dubliners: irishnumberones.com/2024/01/13/t...

Kerri Ann up the charts. No. 1 in Ireland this week in November 1998: Irish pop singer Kerri Ann with 'Irreplaceable' irishnumberones.com/2022/08/29/k...

For all you 'Mr Brightside'-Watch fans waiting for your favourite bit, the IRMA website hasn't posted this week's Irish top 100 yet, so it may be Monday before I can put you out of my misery:

'Golden' from KPop Demon Hunters, which has spent five weeks in total at no. 2 in Ireland, has now made it ten weeks as the UK no. 1 www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/h...

☘️ This week's Irish singles chart! 💿 Five weeks at no. 1 in Ireland now for Taylor Swift's 'The Fate Of Ophelia' www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko70... Chart data: www.officialcharts.com/charts/irish...

Shnakey. Kept off the Irish no. 1 spot by The Chainsmokers and Halsey's 'Closer' all through September 2016: 'Let Me Love You' by DJ Snake with the Biebs www.youtube.com/watch?v=euCq...