I was 8yrs old in 1980,& remember these No.1 songs through the 80s. Was a treat to wait for "Ready to Roll" & see these clips. I had my own taste back then (funk,early hip hop,reggae & electro) but loved NZ music with a passion. Nearly 50yrs old now,living in the USA for 30yrs,but it's great to see these again A part of my musical journey from 8yrs old to 18yrs old,& remember the words clear as day Thanks for the upload One luv Uso's🤙
Oh wow, ten years of my life just flashed before my eyes! Even some of those video clips brought memories flooding back. Some of the sounds and sights I hadn't thought about in decades.
I'm a Kiwi, born in 1980. When The Cats Away, The Holidaymakers and Margaret Urlich bring back very vivid memories... of course, as a kid I had no idea that they were "just" New Zealand artists. And 'Slice of Heaven' by Dave Dobbyn + Herbs is one the quintessential songs of my childhood. The nostalgia is REAL. Great vid!
Amazing Loyal is Dave Dobbyns biggest hit and popular but it didn't make number 1 compared to Slice Of Heaven,his Solo Stuff not to mention DD Smash and Th Dudes.Diverese Kiwis had alot of amazing Artists it's New Zealand May Music Month celebration
Fantastic video! It's always very interesting to see which songs went to number one in smaller countries like New Zealand. Joy Divison, for example, had 2 number one hits, something that they didn't achieve in any other country. Thanks for the great work! 😎
ahhhh the 80's .... playing bullrush,hide go seek,tag outside barefoot in the middle of winter.... playing spacies up at the local fish n chip shop... staying up late to watch Sunday horrors lol and of course the diverse music us kiwis listened to...great memories
No surprises the strong reggae, alternative, Maori language and novelty number 1 hits along with your standard Western radio-friendly stuff in NZ. That's Kiwi culture.
The greatest decade of all time never to forget miss it so much oh hail the 80s 80s.Sir Howard Morrison did well Prince Tui Teka appreciated getting to number 1 in 1982 thanks to the public of New Zealand even he says it and Deane Warentini Bridge is Catchy all Kiwi Musicians u could add Billy T James and many others in the mix that were talented get to Number 1.Poi E is one of New Zealands Greatest Song cause every decade it seems to get to Number 1cause of interest in the 90s and 2000s specially
Thank you for this video, it gave me some great memories from my childhood. We seemed to have some questionable music tastes in the early 80's. I was amazed that neither Aha nor Duran Duran made it to number 1, their songs were huge with my friends and I. Still had great memories for me from the age of 8 - 18.
I live here in New Zealand, i live in Patea where i saw the song poi e from the Patea Maori club on the list. I went to school with some of the kids that in the music video.
in New Zealand we had tv music shows like radio with pictures and ready to roll in the 70s early 80s so we could see what new songs were coming out ,it was a great time when you were young ,on sunday night you would watch radio with pictures from 9 pm till 10 pm and after that was the sunday horrors it was the must watch time in your life back then
Me too , he had quite a few No 1's in The UK during the 80's. But then again, all the others could have still been hits that just missed out on making No 1.
MJ had many top 10 and top 20 hits in New Zealand-so really doesn't matter! I would only not believe it, if none of his singles or albums charted in New Zealand or got to number 57 in the charts there.
Yes it's strange - he had quite a few number 2's here in the 1980's - Billie Jean, The Way You Make Me Feel and Bad. He had six number one's in the 1990's though - Black or White, Remember The Time, Give In To Me, Scream, You Are Not Alone and Blood On The Dancefloor, so I guess it kiiiind of balanced.
Great seeing the movie version of "Cat People" at #1 for three weeks! Surprised to see only three Split Enz related #1s in the 80s! And The Swingers being one of them is an even bigger surprise! Thank you for this video!
It was the third number 1 for Bowie in New Zealand, after "Sorrow" and "Young Americans", in 1983 he got the fourth with "Let's Dance", and that year he made a historical record with the largest concert by a single artist in the history of new zealand, it is said that up to 100 thousand people gathered at the western springs stadium
I'm an American. It was interesting to see what songs of ours charted in your country. There were a few American songs which did better in NZ than they did over here.
That really happens more than you think. The British band Status Quo have had 15 top ten albums and 21 top 10 singles in the UK. In the US they had one single crack the top 10 lol
Joy Division's Atmosphere being knocked off number one by Kool and the Gang's Celebration has to be greatest contrast between two consecutive chart toppers ever.
@@OnlyGoodMusic_I was absolutely devoted to Joy Division from Unknown Pleasures through until New Order's Low Life. Also mad about Echo & the Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes... and The Swingers. Singer Phil Judd had been in Split Enz & bass player Wayne Stephens (aka as Bones Hillman) went on to play with Midnight Oil. Talented lads...
Send Me An Angel by Real Life didn't do very well in Australia. I'm English and I only discovered the song recently because it wasn't a hit at all in the UK. It was a minor hit in the USA though.
The two number 1s by Joy Division always caught my attention, although in the top 40 there were always songs of the style, they were not seen in the number 1s, something also interesting is that that year there was 1 entire month where post-punk albums were number 1, 3 weeks number 1 for faith by the cure and another for unknown pleasures by joy division
I grew up in The UK and it's really interesting to see how well many of the songs you loved did in the charts in other countries. Also New Zealands population especially in the 80's was a tiny blip compared to The UK so I'd love to know on average how many copies a song actually had to sell to get to No1 in New Zealand. I remember Kelly Marie's "Feels Like I'm In Love" having to sell 450.000 copies in that one week alone to get to No1 in The UK in 1980.
Love this, been to New Zealand for many holiday's since a small kid in the 80's. Could you please do a top 20 chart of each year in the 80's?? And also in other countries the 80's top 20 in every year- like-France, Belgium, Germany, Holland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Austria, Italy, Spain. etc I'm from UK in England. :-)
That was really interesting. I was a little surprised by how few artists had more than one #1 hit. It looks like U2 had 4-5, but other than that and a few two-timers, it's mostly one-timers.
Wild Thing and I Wanna Be a Cowboy were such cheesy songs I remember hearing when I was younger and I had no idea that the kiwis loved them a lot. I almost moved to NZ and I could've heard these on the radio more often than in America.
Marley was, and still is, huge here. Weird seeing "One Love" made a comeback in the 80s but I guess that was close to 11 May '81 - the day he passed away. Reggae, Dub + Rocksteady were all huge in NZ. Bob's message resonated pretty strongly at the time & still does..
Interesting that during the 80's there was only 1 Elton John number one . No Queen, no Billy Joel, no Abba yet they dominate the playlists of NZ radio stations whose music deals in nostalgia. Rather better if they broadened their playlists.
très très très bon classement ! des gros tubes mondiaux , des choses très new zélandaise ( que l'ont peu découvrir avec plaisir ) + du joy division , new order , iggy pop ect ect que l'ont ne retrouve pas vraiment dans les autres classement . donc classement très bon
I'm struck by how diverse this is. Seeing Joy Division hit the top not once but twice was awesome. I was soo youg then that i only remember select things. I remember that Funky Town in 87 was massive. I remember most of the local bands sounded just awful. So much so that when something local came out that was actually ok (like Crowded House or Peeking Man) people went mad for it because their first thought was "Hey this isn't shit!" (If you want to experience what i mean, try watching 'Pulsing' by Body Electric or 'E'tu' by Upper Hutt Posse and see how long you last).
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Il y a pas mal de titres qui ont également été n°1 aux USA, voire en Grande Bretagne. Quelques bonnes surprises aussi (Joy Division, Iggy Pop qui a repris un standard des années 50 et qui figure sur la B.O de "Crocodile Dundee 2", The Cult, INXS & Jimmy Barnes) + des trucs locaux que je connais mal. J'espère que, ultérieurement, il y aura les hits de pays comme l'Australie, le Canada, voire l'Irlande; on y trouve des trucs sympas.
I was 8yrs old in 1980,& remember these No.1 songs through the 80s.
Was a treat to wait for "Ready to Roll" & see these clips.
I had my own taste back then (funk,early hip hop,reggae & electro) but loved NZ music with a passion.
Nearly 50yrs old now,living in the USA for 30yrs,but it's great to see these again
A part of my musical journey from 8yrs old to 18yrs old,& remember the words clear as day
Thanks for the upload
One luv Uso's🤙
Oh wow, ten years of my life just flashed before my eyes! Even some of those video clips brought memories flooding back. Some of the sounds and sights I hadn't thought about in decades.
🖐🖐🖐 Teenage years " What a blast !! " Thankyou again ❤️❤️❤️NZ.😍😍😍
Looking back ....it was like being in another world, hardly anyone knew where we were then !! ❤❤❤NZ
Even though I don't know the majority of the songs, they are still better than the music we have now. Good one francis 👍!!!
1984 was the best year of #1s by far!!!
I'm a Kiwi, born in 1980. When The Cats Away, The Holidaymakers and Margaret Urlich bring back very vivid memories... of course, as a kid I had no idea that they were "just" New Zealand artists. And 'Slice of Heaven' by Dave Dobbyn + Herbs is one the quintessential songs of my childhood. The nostalgia is REAL.
Great vid!
Amazing Loyal is Dave Dobbyns biggest hit and popular but it didn't make number 1 compared to Slice Of Heaven,his Solo Stuff not to mention DD Smash and Th Dudes.Diverese Kiwis had alot of amazing Artists it's New Zealand May Music Month celebration
Fantastic video! It's always very interesting to see which songs went to number one in smaller countries like New Zealand. Joy Divison, for example, had 2 number one hits, something that they didn't achieve in any other country.
Thanks for the great work! 😎
JD were and still are much loved here. Wellington city even has a dedication mural to Ian Curtis.
and can certainly see the influence of bands like JD (and many others) in the 'Dunedin Sound' era.
And a stronger reggae/ska vibe than the Aussie charts at the time
THANK YOU THANK YOU! I didn't think anyone would make a NZ charts video and now you have!
Love from a proud Kiwi!
WOW I was 7 years old 1980 and the memories are amazing
Renee Geyer! Saw her in concert. She's fantastic. I'm impressed by the diversity.
In 1984 when U2 reached #1 with "Pride", it was the band's first single to top the charts outside of Ireland.
Thanks for doing my home country charts, Loved how the Pet Shop Boys had 2 numbers here
ahhhh the 80's .... playing bullrush,hide go seek,tag outside barefoot in the middle of winter.... playing spacies up at the local fish n chip shop... staying up late to watch Sunday horrors lol and of course the diverse music us kiwis listened to...great memories
Yeah me too - and RTR on Saturday evenings (I would be pissed if I missed it!)
"RTR" miss the eighties
After School with Ollie Olsen, 3.45 live, 50c meatpies, L&P Top town...those were the days!!
No surprises the strong reggae, alternative, Maori language and novelty number 1 hits along with your standard Western radio-friendly stuff in NZ. That's Kiwi culture.
Thank you for making a NZ chart video! 😃
The greatest decade of all time never to forget miss it so much oh hail the 80s 80s.Sir Howard Morrison did well Prince Tui Teka appreciated getting to number 1 in 1982 thanks to the public of New Zealand even he says it and Deane Warentini Bridge is Catchy all Kiwi Musicians u could add Billy T James and many others in the mix that were talented get to Number 1.Poi E is one of New Zealands Greatest Song cause every decade it seems to get to Number 1cause of interest in the 90s and 2000s specially
Thank you for this video, it gave me some great memories from my childhood. We seemed to have some questionable music tastes in the early 80's. I was amazed that neither Aha nor Duran Duran made it to number 1, their songs were huge with my friends and I. Still had great memories for me from the age of 8 - 18.
I live here in New Zealand, i live in Patea where i saw the song poi e from the Patea Maori club on the list. I went to school with some of the kids that in the music video.
We need more of Zealand charts ❤👏
Excellent work putting this together mate,
Fantastic video,great visuals and excellent research.
in New Zealand we had tv music shows like radio with pictures and ready to roll in the 70s early 80s so we could see what new songs were coming out ,it was a great time when you were young ,on sunday night you would watch radio with pictures from 9 pm till 10 pm and after that was the sunday horrors it was the must watch time in your life back then
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Used to luv hearing my classroom sing "the Wall" to our teachers. Good times
What a shock!! Split Enz and Crowded House only had ONE number one hit each in New Zealand!! 😯😮😯😮
Interesting to see this, especially with the New Zealand Artists featured
Thanks for sharing memories abound
5:08 This helps explain why I like this song so much: It was #1:in NZ on my birthday (May 8, 1983).
Can't believe The King of Pop did not have more than one #1 hit outside of "Beat It" in the whole 1980s.
Me too , he had quite a few No 1's in The UK during the 80's. But then again, all the others could have still been hits that just missed out on making No 1.
MJ had many top 10 and top 20 hits in New Zealand-so really doesn't matter!
I would only not believe it, if none of his singles or albums charted in New Zealand or got to number 57 in the charts there.
I was surprised too. Also that Madonna only had 2. I was surprised that Born in the USA was a #1.
@@janejones7638 As long as they have hits in the top 40 singles/albums chart, i don't really care personally who gets to number one or not.
Yes it's strange - he had quite a few number 2's here in the 1980's - Billie Jean, The Way You Make Me Feel and Bad. He had six number one's in the 1990's though - Black or White, Remember The Time, Give In To Me, Scream, You Are Not Alone and Blood On The Dancefloor, so I guess it kiiiind of balanced.
My take away from this compilation is that Kiwis like to groove.
Great seeing the movie version of "Cat People" at #1 for three weeks!
Surprised to see only three Split Enz related #1s in the 80s! And The Swingers being one of them is an even bigger surprise!
Thank you for this video!
It was the third number 1 for Bowie in New Zealand, after "Sorrow" and "Young Americans", in 1983 he got the fourth with "Let's Dance", and that year he made a historical record with the largest concert by a single artist in the history of new zealand, it is said that up to 100 thousand people gathered at the western springs stadium
2 dutch nr 1 hits in New Zealand
I'm an American. It was interesting to see what songs of ours charted in your country. There were a few American songs which did better in NZ than they did over here.
That really happens more than you think. The British band Status Quo have had 15 top ten albums and 21 top 10 singles in the UK. In the US they had one single crack the top 10 lol
The New Zealand charts were most similar to the British ones I think.
Joy Division's Atmosphere being knocked off number one by Kool and the Gang's Celebration has to be greatest contrast between two consecutive chart toppers ever.
Atmosphere was the third song to debut at number 1 in the history of New Zealand.
@@OnlyGoodMusic_I was absolutely devoted to Joy Division from Unknown Pleasures through until New Order's Low Life. Also mad about Echo & the Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes... and The Swingers. Singer Phil Judd had been in Split Enz & bass player Wayne Stephens (aka as Bones Hillman) went on to play with Midnight Oil. Talented lads...
Trio at No.1 in New Zealnd wowsers
A very educational video, I liked it, thank you very much.
Thank you for this🇳🇿🙌
Any chance you could do the most weeks at number 1? ... like a top 50? or 100? Thank u👍
Great video, I hope you do a video for NZ #1 90s.
Great to see all the Australian bands like Crowded house in the list.....
2 number ones from Germany in the 80s in New Zealand. Interesting
Great diversity in the charts!
Kiwis had better taste then us Aussies in those days!! 😉
can't disagree haha! but we still loved the best of aussie , too! MAW, Crawl, Chisel, Icehouse songs were all pub band staples.
Send Me An Angel by Real Life didn't do very well in Australia. I'm English and I only discovered the song recently because it wasn't a hit at all in the UK. It was a minor hit in the USA though.
@@ajs41 It was in the later version of GTA 5 on Non-Stop Pop.
The two number 1s by Joy Division always caught my attention, although in the top 40 there were always songs of the style, they were not seen in the number 1s, something also interesting is that that year there was 1 entire month where post-punk albums were number 1, 3 weeks number 1 for faith by the cure and another for unknown pleasures by joy division
I loved this video. It's different
I grew up in The UK and it's really interesting to see how well many of the songs you loved did in the charts in other countries. Also New Zealands population especially in the 80's was a tiny blip compared to The UK so I'd love to know on average how many copies a song actually had to sell to get to No1 in New Zealand. I remember Kelly Marie's "Feels Like I'm In Love" having to sell 450.000 copies in that one week alone to get to No1 in The UK in 1980.
To get to #1 in NZ, they had to sell at least one more copy than the next song.
I reckon around 20.000
Love this, been to New Zealand for many holiday's since a small kid in the 80's.
Could you please do a top 20 chart of each year in the 80's??
And also in other countries the 80's top 20 in every year- like-France, Belgium, Germany, Holland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Austria, Italy, Spain. etc
I'm from UK in England. :-)
Great Vid down memory lane , some very strange Number 1s I must say .
Any chance of doing the 70's my Friend .....
That was really interesting. I was a little surprised by how few artists had more than one #1 hit. It looks like U2 had 4-5, but other than that and a few two-timers, it's mostly one-timers.
U2 were probably helped by the fact they did 'One Tree Hill' named after a volcano in Auckland. Us Kiwis love seeing references to ourselves.
I thought Icehouse would have been in the charts.
I'm glad to see New Zealand loves U2. Bono is life.
Can't stand them
I Got You, Counting the Beat and House That Echoes should have been worldwide hits, not just classics within Oceania.
Basically 50% American, 45% British, and 5% rest of the world.
Yep, it was great!
Wild Thing and I Wanna Be a Cowboy were such cheesy songs I remember hearing when I was younger and I had no idea that the kiwis loved them a lot. I almost moved to NZ and I could've heard these on the radio more often than in America.
that was awesome .. didn’t really think of NZ no 1s .. Jon Stevens, the 6 week run by Margaret Urlich and even Prince’s Alphabet Street .. very cool 😎
I'm sure I remember some of these been at number one for more than one week,,,well on RTR anyway
11:49 Don't click! Don't click it!! 😄😆🤣
I’m kinda shocked how big new wave music was here
I love Pink Floyd's #AnotherBrickInTheWall!!!!!!!!!!!
great to see the no.1s of new zealand im from the uk and its funny that some of our acts have done better their than here
#1portugal 80's song charts, ( 1980-1989)please.
Will you be doing a 90s one for this? So many great #1's there that decade - would be good to see them in this format! Amazing work
Pretty impressive array of tracks NZ - a lot of the usual suspects but also Cameo, Joy Division/New Order, MARRS, Bob Marley, Run DMC.
Marley was, and still is, huge here. Weird seeing "One Love" made a comeback in the 80s but I guess that was close to 11 May '81 - the day he passed away.
Reggae, Dub + Rocksteady were all huge in NZ. Bob's message resonated pretty strongly at the time & still does..
No Kylie Minogue? She was huge in the 80s?
She's only had one number one in New Zealand - Can't Get You Out Of My Head :(
@@portiatemara9345 ah, her best
I'm surprised that Australian/NZ bags, Dragon, didn't have any No1's.
Please, Number 1 80's songs from Hong Kong.
Was Sailing Away by All Of Us a charity record? I've never heard of it before. It wasn't a hit here in the UK.
Yes it was. If you ever drop by the many charity shops in New Zealand, they always have a copy of it on vinyl lying around
"Let's Dance" David Bowie didn't even credit Stevie Ray Vaughan for doing the lead work on the track but instead faked his own playing on his video.
It was SRV who didn't want to appear, you should be thankful that Bowie made him known.
Just one Madonna No.1 in the 80s? Wow!
2
Yes, "Into the groove" and "Like a prayer"
Ah! I missed Into The Groove.
Interesting that during the 80's there was only 1 Elton John number one . No Queen, no Billy Joel, no Abba yet they dominate the playlists of NZ radio stations whose music deals in nostalgia. Rather better if they broadened their playlists.
Queen have 5 no 1 in new zealand (1 singles and 4 albums)
Bowie have 11 no 1 in new zealand (4 singles and 7 albums)
#rickroll at 11:48
Stars on 45 book-ended by Joy Division.
très très très bon classement ! des gros tubes mondiaux , des choses très new zélandaise ( que l'ont peu découvrir avec plaisir ) + du joy division , new order , iggy pop ect ect que l'ont ne retrouve pas vraiment dans les autres classement . donc classement très bon
I'm struck by how diverse this is. Seeing Joy Division hit the top not once but twice was awesome. I was soo youg then that i only remember select things. I remember that Funky Town in 87 was massive. I remember most of the local bands sounded just awful. So much so that when something local came out that was actually ok (like Crowded House or Peeking Man) people went mad for it because their first thought was "Hey this isn't shit!" (If you want to experience what i mean, try watching 'Pulsing' by Body Electric or 'E'tu' by Upper Hutt Posse and see how long you last).
Oh God.. I'd forgotten all about "Pulsing" Awful, awful, AWFUL. Pretentious tone deaf nonsense even by Wellington student standards 😂
Technically, Joy Division had three no 1s, if you count "Blue Monday" from New Order (who were previously Joy Division).
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Look out for it coming to you ALL around the world.
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Skik past fev 1988 trust me
Joy Division 😍
Love will tear us apart and Atmosphere bookending Stars on 45!
The Cult!!!!!!!
When will NZ hurry up and make "Slice Of Heaven" its official national anthem?
OMG...Twistin by the pool...... why Mark why ? Ya better than this
EYE OF THE TIGER by Survivor was #1 in US, UK, Ireland, Canada and Australia, but only #4 in NZ.
Totally expected Kylie to rule the charts in the late 80s, but...nope.
The 80s. When I listened to incredible music but this crap was on the radio.
Time to laugh at my father and mother
Il y a pas mal de titres qui ont également été n°1 aux USA, voire en Grande Bretagne. Quelques bonnes surprises aussi (Joy Division, Iggy Pop qui a repris un standard des années 50 et qui figure sur la B.O de "Crocodile Dundee 2", The Cult, INXS & Jimmy Barnes) + des trucs locaux que je connais mal.
J'espère que, ultérieurement, il y aura les hits de pays comme l'Australie, le Canada, voire l'Irlande; on y trouve des trucs sympas.
no MJ only 2songs from Madonna , interesting
MJ's "Beat It" appears on the video in 1983. #1 for 3 weeks.
U2 had more than the rest of the bands