CHART BEATS: A JOURNEY
THROUGH POP

1. Sign up as a site member or log in if you are an existing member

2. Choose a subscription here

Subscribe to
Chart Beats in
two quick steps

Feb 15, 20174 min read

This Week In 1987: February 15, 1987

As long as there'd been pop music, there have been love songs. But love songs in the '80s were pretty different than they are now — more...

Feb 8, 20174 min read

This Week In 1987: February 8, 1987

You may not remember his name or what his group is called, but if you recall anything about the singer of top 10 hit "Word Up" it'd be...

Feb 1, 20173 min read

This Week In 1987: February 1, 1987

It's not uncommon for lead singers to go off and record a solo single in between their band's albums. Or even make a movie, if they're...

Jan 25, 20173 min read

This Week In 1987: January 25, 1987

A lot can change in 30 years — but it's funny how some things never do. In 1987, the Cold War hung like a dark cloud over the world....

Jan 18, 20175 min read

This Week In 1987: January 18, 1987

Welcome back to 1987. When I started this blog in mid-2012 , I wrote my first posts about the ARIA charts from July 1987. Why? Well, it...

Dec 20, 20126 min read

This Week In 1987: December 20, 1987

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2012. Updated in 2017. Back in the '80s, the chart would take an extended break over...

Dec 13, 20123 min read

This Week In 1987: December 13, 1987

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2012. Updated in 2017. I don't know what was happening this week in 1987, but after mostly...

Dec 6, 20124 min read

This Week In 1987: December 6, 1987

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2012. Updated in 2017. Obviously I've stored my weekly ARIA charts away safely all these...

Nov 29, 20125 min read

This Week In 1987: November 29, 1987

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2012. Updated in 2017. This week in 1987, you'd have been forgiven for thinking it was...

Nov 22, 20124 min read

This Week In 1987: November 22, 1987

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2012. Updated in 2017. I've always preferred female recording artists to male. Even when...

Nov 15, 20124 min read

This Week In 1987: November 15, 1987

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2012. Updated in 2017. It's always disappointing when you like a music act and they go and...

Nov 8, 20124 min read

This Week In 1987: November 8, 1987

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2012. Updated in 2017. In the second half of the '80s, there really was no escaping...

Nov 1, 20123 min read

This Week In 1987: November 1, 1987

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2012. Updated in 2017. In chart history, one song has often dominated the number 1 spot...

Oct 25, 20124 min read

This Week In 1987: October 25, 1987

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2012. Updated in 2017. A friend of mine finds it quite bizarre that as much as I love...

Oct 18, 20124 min read

This Week In 1987: October 18, 1987

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2012. Updated in 2017. Aussie music was alive and well this week in 1987, with 19 songs...

Oct 11, 20124 min read

This Week In 1987: October 11, 1987

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2012. Updated in 2017. In 1987, there was no bigger band at my school than U2. Sure, Bon...

Oct 4, 20125 min read

This Week In 1987: October 4, 1987

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2012. Updated in 2017. The good thing about charts is that even if there's a bad week...

Sep 27, 20124 min read

This Week In 1987: September 27, 1987

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2012. Updated in 2017. Not every week is a good week on the chart. That was especially...

Sep 20, 20124 min read

This Week In 1987: September 20, 1987

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2012. Updated in 2017. Just when you think 1987 couldn't possibly have had any more...

Sep 13, 20124 min read

This Week In 1987: September 13, 1987

Originally posted as 25 Years Ago This Week in 2012. Updated in 2017. After last week 's geriatric fest, the chart from this week in...

A Journey Through Aussie Pop - green light.png

A Journey Through Aussie Pop is shining a light on classic Australian pop artists and releases from the 1980s, '90s and 2000s.

A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman is working its way through every single produced by Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman in chronological order.

Chart Beats subscribers have access to exclusive content, including extended interviews and extra discussion we can't fit in the regular episodes. Click here for more info.