The movie Top Gun is currently celebrating its 25th anniversary so I thought I'd take a look at the UK Top 40 from 25 years ago - no surprises at what was the number one!

1 Berlin Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From 'Top Gun')
2 Kim Wilde You Keep Me Hangin' On
3 Mel & Kim Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend)
4 Swing Out Sister Breakout
5 The Bangles Walk Like An Egyptian
6 Spandau Ballet Through The Barricades
7 Europe The Final Countdown
8 Bon Jovi Livin' On A Prayer
9 Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush Don't Give Up
10 Status Quo In The Army Now
11 Red Box For America
12 Nick Berry Every Loser Wins
13 Cliff Richard & Sarah Brightman All I Ask Of You
14 Duran Duran Notorious
15 Shakin' Stevens Because I Love You
16 Debbie Harry French Kissin' In The USA
17 Simple Minds Ghostdancing
18 Nick Kamen Each Time You Break My Heart
19 The Pretenders Don't Get Me Wrong
20 Madness (Waiting For) The Ghost Train
21 Midnight Star Midas Touch
22 Letitia Dean & Paul Medford Something Outta Nothing
23 Erasure Sometimes
24 Madonna True Blue
25 The Smiths Ask
26 Kate Bush Experiment IV
27 Bob Geldof This Is The World Calling
28 Paul Simon You Can Call Me Al
29 Glass Tiger Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)
30 Roger Whittaker & Des O'Connor The Skye Boat Song
31 Cyndi Lauper True Colors
32 Pet Shop Boys Suburbia
33 We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It Love Is The Slug
34 Gwen Guthrie (They Long To Be) Close To You
35 Billy Idol To Be A Lover
36 Cutting Crew I've Been In Love Before
37 Boris Gardiner You're Everything To Me
38 Five Star If I Say Yes
39 Marti Webb & The Simon May Orchestra Always There
40 Frankie Goes To Hollywood Warriors (Of The Wasteland)

As usual in the late 80s there are some very good songs in the chart, but you can't help but notice some very... erm... uncool songs! Roger Whittaker & Des O'Connor? Marti Webb & The Simon May Orchestra? Nick Berry?????