January is widely regarded as the most depressing month of the year, a time when the days are short, the weather is cold and we're broke after Christmas. A significant number of these records feel like they reflect that January mood.
It was a close contest between the Top 2 for the best record but I decided "Walk Of Life" by Dire Straits just about pips it. It's the first record that springs to mind when I hear the name Dire Sraits and I love that intro.
Just missing out was James Brown with "Living In America". Surprisingly this was his only UK Top 10 hit. It was also the only one of his UK Top 40 hits that he didn't write himself but he's on good form performing it.
In 3rd place we have "You Little Thief" by Feargal Sharkey which was the lesser known follow up to his chart topper "A Good Heart" and musically at least is one of the more uplifting records this month.
The Alarm are ever reliable with "Spirit Of 76" and although "When The Going Gets Tough (The Tough Get Going)" by Billy Ocean is overplayed I still find it a fun record to listen to.
Rap music first hit the UK Top 40 in 1979 but it never really got going in terms of consistent hits until 1986. The first of these was "If I Ruled The World" by Kurtis Blow who'd previously had the 2nd rap Top 40 hit in 1979 with "Christmas Rapping".
Down the bottom of the table we have Five Star with "System Addict". They had quite a sizeable number of Top 40 hits in a short period and all the ones I've heard are really cheesy and rubbish.
Just above we have "The Phantom Of The Opera" by Sarah Brightman & Steve Harley which is just your typical musical record that I don't like.
Madonna and Whitney Houston are also examples of crap from the 80s and find themselves near the bottom as a result.
We have TV theme "Starting Together" down near the bottom too but to it's credit it's supposed to be a rubbish record.
1976 goes down in history as the year music lost its way and whilst 1986 wasn't as bad there was definitely a blip thanks to the rubbish records bringing down the score.
Score: 39
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