...and this is what Dutch Top 40 looked like:

This week/Last week/Number of weeks charted/Title - Artist

01 / 01 / 11  Nikita - Elton John
02 / 03 / 07  A good heart - Feargal Sharkey
03 / 04 / 06  Holding back the years - Simply Red
04 / 02 / 08  Alles wat ademt - Rob de Nijs
05 / 07 / 04  Broken wings - Mr. Mister
06 / 08 / 05  Hurts to be in love - Gino Vannelli
07 / 12 / 04  West End girls - Pet Shop Boys
08 / 05 / 10  Say you say me - Lionel Richie
09 / 14 / 04  You're a friend of mine - Clarence Clemons & Jackson Browne
10 / 17 / 03  Run to me - Lee Towers & Anita Meyer
11 / 19 / 03  Baby talk - Alisha
12 / 09 / 07  Face the face - Pete Townshend
13 / 10 / 09  I'm your man - Wham!
14 / 06 / 09  Sun City - Artists United Against Apartheid
15 / 35 / 02  When the going gets tough the tough get going - Billy Ocean
16 / 22 / 03  Eldorado - Drum Theatre
17 / 15 / 05  In the heat of the night - Sandra
18 / 25 / 03  Mated - David Grant & Jaki Graham
19 / 11 / 07  Russians - Sting
20 / 20 / 04  The show - Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew
21 / 21 / 05  Walk of life - Dire Straits
22 / NE / 01  We just - Moses
23 / 23 / 04  My hometown - Bruce Springsteen
24 / 13 / 06  Saving all my love for you - Whitney Houston
25 / NE / 01  Female intuition - Mai Tai
26 / NE / 01  Girlie girlie - Sophia George
27 / 32 / 03  After the love has gone - Princess
28 / 34 / 02  Miami Vice theme - Jan Hammer
29 / 24 / 05  We built this city - Starship
30 / 16 / 12  Take on me - A-Ha
31 / 18 / 08  Life's what you make it - Talk Talk
32 / 36 / 02  The whole of the moon - Waterboys
33 / 29 / 06  Hit that perfect beat - Bronski Beat
34 / 33 / 03  It's a man's man's man's world - Brilliant
35 / NE / 01  Is it a crime - Sade
36 / NE / 01  Away (Don't leave me here alone) - Maarten Peters
37 / 26 / 05  Step by step - Silver Pozzoli
38 / NE / 01  It's alright (Baby's coming back) - Eurythmics
39 / 28 / 08  Gambler - Madonna
40 / 27 / 04  Unique - Dolly Dots


NE = New Entry


Any comments...?

Wow... some amazing and interesting songs on the charts that week! :)

Wow!  An 80's Gino Vannelli song in a top 20 outside of Canada.  That is awesome O0

Nice Chart indeed! Henk, could you send us a link where we can find all the dutch charts during the 80s? Here you can compare it to today's Billboard Hot 100 - it's a big joke! How many potential classics? - none...no wait, Laffy Taffy must be a classic  ;D

1 1  Nelly "Grillz" 
2 3  Beyonce "Check On It" 
3 2  Chris Brown "Run It!" 
4 4  Mariah Carey "Don't Forget About Us"
5 8  The Pussycat Dolls "Stickwitu" 
6 10  Juelz Santana "There It Go (The Whistle Song)" 
7 6  D4L "Laffy Taffy" 
8 5  Nickelback "Photograph" 
9 9  The All-American Rejects "Dirty Little Secret" 
10 15  Mary J. Blige "Be Without You" 

20 Years ago today, here's what we had in the CHUM Radio Top 30 Charts...

NOTE:  CHUM is a radio station based out of Toronto.  These are not the official charts of Canada

01. That's What Friends Are For - Dionne Warwick and Friends
02. Rock Me Amadeus - Falco
03. I Miss You - Klymaxx
04. When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going - Billy Ocean
05. Say You, Say Me - Lionel Richie
06. Talk To Me - Stevie Nicks
07. Party All The Time - Eddie Murphy
08. Sun City - Artists United Against Apartheid
09. It's Only Love - Bryan Adams with Tina Turner
10. Small Town - John Cougar Mellencamp
11. How Will I Know - Whitney Houston
12. Life In A Nothern Town - The Dream Academy
13. There Was A Time - One To One
14. Burning Heart - Survivor
15. My Hometown - Bruce Springsteen
16. L'Affaire Dumoutier (Say To Me