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The Very Best of Talk Talk
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The seriously-named Sting and Shakin' Stevens, meanwhile, both moved into
the Top 20 with their latest singles. Spread A Little Happiness (up 12 places to
#18), taken from the film Brimstone & Treacle, was the Police man's first
solo outing but it would be three more years before Sting - by then freed of
all band duties having dissolved The Police in 1984 - ventured out again on
his own. Shaky had become a virtual shoe-in for the UK Top 10 with every
release, but Give Me Your Heart Tonight was one of the very few that fell short;
despite it's climb of 16 places to #12 it would fail to progress beyond #11.
There was disappointment for Gary Numan, too. White Boys & Heroes, the first
single from September 1982's I Assassin album, had come to a standstill at #20,
Numan's lowest charting hit since his Top 40 breakthrough with Are 'Friends'
Electric? in 1979.
EMI's latest New Romantic hopes, Talk Talk, were finally in the Top 20 with
Today after 5 weeks of loitering around the bottom end of the chart, its
11-place leap from #26 taking it to within a place of its eventual high of #14.
Walking On Sunshine by Rocker's Revenge and Grandmaster Flash & The Furious
Five's The Message simultaneously put Hip-Hop on the chart map, the singles
climbing 19-7 and 32-19 respectively. Following up a surprise #1 can be a tricky
business, as former Damned bassist Captain Sensible discovered when, after
Happy Talk's chart-topping achievements, Wot (up 2 to #29) came to grief in the
mid-20s.
It was a busy week for newcomers, with 9 in total, and the highest of them
was Private Investigations by Dire Straits at #13. An unlikely hit single, the
heavily atmospheric and largely instrumental track went on to reach the giddy
heights of #2. At #28, the fourth single from ABC's UK #1 debut album The
Lexicon Of Love arrived on the chart. All Of My Heart came hot on the heels of
The Look Of Love (#4) and Poison Arrow (#6), and soon emulated their Top 10
success.
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