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Paul McCartney: Tug of War Side by side on their piano keyboard, Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney were at #1 with Ebony & Ivory for a third and final week. The track was taken from Macca's Tug Of War album (also a UK chart-topper), but he would have to wait until January 1984 for that first solo Number One in Britain. Ebony & Ivory saw off the challenge of the United Kingdom entry for Eurovision in 1982, One Step Further by Bardo (now down from #2 to #6), but the eventual Winner - Nicole's A Little Peace - was the week's highest debutant at #8 and would take top slot 7 days later. No fewer than three Football-related singles were charting on this week 22 years ago. The 1982 World Cup was about to get underway, and the two Home Nations that qualified - England and Scotland - both released records to mark the occasion. This Time (We'll Get It Right)/We'll Fly The Flag took En-ger-land all the way to #2 but just like the team itself failed to go the distance. The Scotland World Cup Squad climbed 11 places to #13 with We Have A Dream and would ultimately reach #5 with the song. On the domestic front, Tottenham Hotspur were once again in the FA Cup Final, having won the competition the previous year and scored a memorable Top 10 hit with Ossie's Dream. Spurs - with Ardiles, Villa and Hoddle still in the team which had lifted the trophy in 1981 - went on to beat QPR after a replay, while the self-explanatory Tottenham Tottenham (new at #30) just scraped into the Top 20.

Only Yazoo One-hit wonder status would befall the acts at #3 and #4, PhD and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts respectively. I Won't Let You Down had rocketed #34-#13-#3 but that was as high as it ever reached, although lead singer Jim Diamond would return to the Top 40 in late 1984 with even greater success; his excruciating ballad I Should Have Known Better topping the charts for a week. I Love Rock'n'Roll (up 13 to #4) was the only release to take Joan Jett into the UK Top 40, although a follow-up single made the lower reaches of the Top 75. Several songs on the chart would be covered or sampled on future hits; Monsoon's Ever So Lonely (rising 4 to #12) would be appropriated by Jakatta for the Top 10 single So Lonely some 20 years later, Only You by Yazoo (up 17 to #14) gave The Flying Pickets a UK #1 in December 1983, the Patrice Rush classic Forget Me Nots formed the basis for both George Michael's Fastlove (#1 in 1996) and the Men In Black theme by Will Smith (#1 in 1997), Radio 1 DJ Richard Blackwood used his uncle Junior's seminal Mama Used To Say (new at #31) for his Top 3 smash Mama Who Da Man?, and Roxy Music's More Than This (falling to #28) took Emmie to #5 in 1999.

Kim Wilde: The Gold Collection Haircut 100, Bananarama (in tandem with the Fun Boy Three) and Shalamar were all in the Top 10, while Kim Wilde climbed 2 places to #16 with View From A Bridge and Spandau Ballet's Instinction moved up 5 to #17. Promised You A Miracle became Simple Minds' biggest hit to date as it advanced another 4 places to #15, and a Live version of the track would make the Top 20 again in 1987. The unstoppable Shakin' Stevens was experiencing the first of his lesser Top 10 hits as Shirley went into sharp decline just a week after peaking at #6. The single would spend a mere 6 weeks on the Top 75. Elton John's Blue Eyes was also going down, dropping from #10 to #19, but the track had given him a Top 10 hit for the first time since 1978. Moving in the opposite direction, Hot Chocolate were yet again on the hit trail with Girl Crazy climbing 8 to #18. 1982 was not a good year for Queen, none of the three singles from Hot Space reached the Top 10 and its first single - Body Language, up 8 from its debut position of #33 - could only manage a disappointing #25. Las Palabras D'Amour fared slightly better, but Back Chat almost became the only Queen single to miss the Top 40. Technically, the first release from Hot Space had been the David Bowie collaboration Under Pressure, a #1 in November 1981, and Dame David was also charting in the lower regions of the chart with Cat People (Putting Out Fire), the theme to the film of the same name, finding the going rather tough at #29.

The Associates: Sulk There were debuts in the mid-30s for Depeche Mode's The Meaning Of Love at #34 and Club Country by The Associates at #35. Both singles would go on to peak exactly 22 places higher than their respective entry positions. The latest Blondie opus Island Of Lost Souls was the week's lowest entry at #39. Some 5 weeks later it would reach #11; a comedown from the achievements of their heyday, but #39 would be the actual peak position for their next single War Child.

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The following is a list of Jason's Jukeboxes online for week ending:

Vol.40: The 40 Best Singles That Missed The UK Top 40 (20/12/2004)
Vol.39: November 12th 1977 (12/11/2004)
Vol.38: October 29th 1984 (29/10/2004)
Vol.37: October 15th 1987 (15/10/2004)
Vol.36: October 6th 1973 (08/10/2004)
Vol.35: September 30th 1995 (30/09/2004)
Vol.34: September 22nd 1979 (24/09/2004)
Vol.33: September 13th 1986 (16/09/2004)
Vol.32: September 9th 1989 (09/09/2004)
Vol.31: September 4th 1982 (02/09/2004)
Vol.30: August 26th 1978 (26/08/2004)
Vol.29: August 21st 1976 (19/08/2004)
Vol.28: August 13th 1983 (12/08/2004)
Vol.27: August 3rd 1985 (06/08/2004)
Vol.26: July 25th 1981 (29/07/2004)
Vol.25: July 21st 1979 (22/07/2004)
Vol.24: July 4th 1992 (08/07/2004)
Vol.23: June 24th 1965 (01/07/2004)
Vol.22: June 16th 1984 (17/06/2004)
Vol.21: June 11th 1977 (10/06/2004)
Vol.20: June 8th 1967 (03/06/2004)
Vol.19: May 29th 1971 (27/05/2004)
Vol.18: May 18th 1991 (20/05/2004)
Vol.17: May 14th 1969 (13/05/2004)
Vol.16: May 8th 1982 (06/05/2004)
Vol.15: May 3rd 1980 (29/04/2004)
Vol.14: April 19th 1986 (20/04/2004)
Vol.13: April 14th 1990 (13/04/2004)
Vol.12: April 8th 1989 (08/04/2004)
Vol.11: April 2nd 1983 (06/04/2004)
Vol.10: March 24th 1979 (23/03/2004)
Vol.9: March 19th 1988 (16/03/2004)
Vol.8: March 9th 1985 (09/03/2004)
Vol.7: March 3rd 1973 (02/03/2004)
Vol.6: February 28th 1987 (24/02/2004)
Vol.5: February 20th 1993 (17/02/2004)
Vol.4: February 11th 1978 (10/02/2004)
Vol.3: February 3rd 1966 (03/02/2004)
Vol.2: January 31st 1981 (27/01/2004)
Vol.1: January 21st 1984 (20/01/2004)

And in chronological order:

June 24th 1965: Vol.23 (01/07/2004)
February 3rd 1966: Vol.3 (03/02/2004)
June 8th 1967: Vol.20 (03/06/2004)
May 14th 1969: Vol.17 (13/05/2004)
May 29th 1971: Vol.19 (27/05/2004)
March 3rd 1973: Vol.7 (02/03/2004)
August 21st 1976: Vol.29 (19/08/2004)
June 11th 1977: Vol.21 (10/06/2004)
November 12th 1977: Vol.39 (12/11/2004)
February 11th 1978: Vol.4 (10/02/2004)
August 26th 1978: Vol.30 (26/08/2004)
March 24th 1979: Vol.10 (23/03/2004)
July 21st 1979: Vol.25 (22/07/2004)
September 22nd 1979: Vol.34 (24/09/2004)
May 3rd 1980: Vol.15 (29/04/2004)
January 31st 1981: Vol.2 (27/01/2004)
July 25th 1981: Vol.26 (29/07/2004)
May 8th 1982: Vol.16 (06/05/2004)
September 4th 1982: Vol.31 (02/09/2004)
April 2nd 1983: Vol.11 (06/04/2004)
August 13th 1983: Vol.28 (12/08/2004)
January 21st 1984: Vol.1 (20/01/2004)
June 16th 1984: Vol.22 (17/06/2004)
October 29th 1984: Vol.38 (29/10/2004)
March 9th 1985: Vol.8 (09/03/2004)
August 3rd 1985: Vol.27 (06/08/2004)
April 19th 1986: Vol.14 (20/04/2004)
September 13th 1986: Vol.33 (16/09/2004)
February 28th 1987: Vol.6 (24/02/2004)
October 15th 1987: Vol.37 (15/10/2004)
March 19th 1988: Vol.9 (16/03/2004)
April 8th 1989: Vol.12 (08/04/2004)
September 9th 1989: Vol.32 (09/09/2004)
April 14th 1990: Vol.13 (13/04/2004)
May 18th 1991: Vol.18 (20/05/2004)
July 4th 1992: Vol.24 (08/07/2004)
February 20th 1993: Vol.5 (17/02/2004)
September 30th 1995: Vol.35 (30/09/2004)
The 40 Best Singles That Missed The UK Top 40: Vol.40 (20/12/2004)

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