List of UK Independent Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s
These are the UK Official Indie Chart number-one hits of the 1980s, as compiled by MRIB.[1]
1980
[edit]Date first reached number one | Song | Artist | Label | Duration[2] |
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19 January | "Where's Captain Kirk?" | Spizzenergi | Rough Trade | 7 weeks |
8 March | "Food for Thought" / King | UB40 | Graduate | 12 weeks |
31 May | "Bloody Revolutions" | Crass | Crass | 5 weeks |
5 July | "Love Will Tear Us Apart" | Joy Division | Factory | 10* weeks |
30 August | "Paranoid" | Black Sabbath | NEMS | 5* weeks |
13 September | Can't Cheat Karma (EP) | Zounds | Crass | 2 weeks |
18 October | "Requiem" | Killing Joke | E.G. | 1 week |
25 October | "Atmosphere" | Joy Division | Factory | 2 weeks |
8 November | "Kill the Poor" | Dead Kennedys | Cherry Red | 1 week |
15 November | "The Earth Dies Screaming" / "Dream a Lie" | UB40 | Graduate | 5* weeks |
6 December | Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers (EP) | Motörhead | Big Beat | 1 week |
27 December | "Cartrouble" | Adam and the Ants | Do It | 7* weeks |
1981
[edit]1982
[edit]Date first reached number one | Song | Artist | Label | Duration[2] |
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16 January | "Streets of London" | Anti-Nowhere League | WXYZ | 2 weeks |
30 January | "Do You Believe in the Westworld?" | Theatre of Hate | Burning Rome | 2 weeks |
13 February | "See You" | Depeche Mode | Mute | 7 weeks |
3 April | "I Hate People" | Anti-Nowhere League | WXYZ | 2 weeks |
17 April | "Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag" | Pigbag | Y | 4 weeks |
15 May | "Only You" | Yazoo | Mute | 5 weeks |
19 June | "Temptation" | New Order | Factory | 3 weeks |
10 July | "Woman" | Anti-Nowhere League | WXYZ | 2 weeks |
24 July | "Don't Go" | Yazoo | Mute | 8 weeks |
18 September | "Leave in Silence" | Depeche Mode | Mute | 6 weeks |
30 October | "Shipbuilding" | Robert Wyatt | Rough Trade | 3* weeks |
6 November | "How Does It Feel to Be the Mother of 1000 Dead?" | Crass | Crass | 3 weeks |
27 November | "The Other Side of Love" | Yazoo | Mute | 4 weeks |
25 December | "Save Your Love" | Renée and Renato | Hollywood | 3 weeks |
1983
[edit]Date first reached number one | Song | Artist | Label | Duration[2] |
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15 January | "Fat Man" | Southern Death Cult | Situation Two | 2 weeks |
29 January | "Heartache Avenue" | The Maisonettes | Ready Steady Go! | 3 weeks |
19 February | "Oblivious" | Aztec Camera | Rough Trade | 2 weeks |
12 March | "Get the Balance Right!" | Depeche Mode | Mute Records | 2 weeks |
26 March | "Blue Monday" | New Order | Factory | 13* weeks |
11 June | "Nobody's Diary" | Yazoo | Mute | 1 week |
18 June | "Pills and Soap" | The Imposter (Elvis Costello) | F-Beat | 2 weeks |
2 July | "Sheep Farming in the Falklands" | Crass | Crass | 2 weeks |
16 July | "War Baby" | Tom Robinson | Panic | 3 weeks |
6 August | "Everything Counts" | Depeche Mode | Mute | 5 weeks |
10 September | "Confusion" | New Order | Factory | 4 weeks |
5 November | "Temple of Love" | The Sisters of Mercy | Merciful Release | 1 week |
26 November | "This Charming Man" | The Smiths | Rough Trade | 7* weeks |
3 December | "Never Never" | The Assembly | Mute | 2 weeks |
1984
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[edit]1986
[edit]1987
[edit]Date first reached number one | Song | Artist | Label | Duration[2] |
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3 January | "Into the Groove(y)" | Ciccone Youth | Blast First | 1 week |
10 January | "Kiss" | Age of Chance | FON | 3 weeks |
31 January | "Shoplifters of the World Unite" | The Smiths | Rough Trade | 4 weeks |
28 February | "It Doesn't Have to Be" | Erasure | Mute | 8 weeks |
25 April | "Sheila Take a Bow" | The Smiths | Rough Trade | 3 weeks |
16 May | "Nosedive Karma" | Gaye Bykers on Acid | In Tape | 3 weeks |
6 June | "Victim of Love" | Erasure | Mute | 2 weeks |
20 June | "Can't Take No More" | The Soup Dragons | Raw TV | 4 weeks |
18 July | "Flowers in Our Hair" | All About Eve | Eden | 2 weeks |
1 August | "True Faith" | New Order | Factory | 3 weeks |
22 August | "Girlfriend in a Coma" | The Smiths | Rough Trade | 2 weeks |
5 September | "Pump Up the Volume" | M/A/R/R/S | 4AD | 7 weeks |
24 October | "Blue Water" | Fields of the Nephilim | Situation Two | 2 weeks |
7 November | "My Baby Just Cares for Me" | Nina Simone | Charly | 5 weeks |
12 December | "Touched by the Hand of God" | New Order | Factory | 6 weeks |
1988
[edit]1989
[edit]See also
[edit]- List of UK Independent Albums Chart number ones of the 1980s
- 1980s in music
- List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s
References
[edit]- ^ "Indie Hits". Archived from the original on 16 October 2007 – via Cherry Red Records.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Total number of weeks at number one. * indicates the total of several non-consecutive runs at number one.