Mark Goodier presented a double bill of Pick of the Pops, counting down the UK singles charts from this week in 1986 and 1993.
The 1986 hour ran from Bon Jovi's breakthrough hit You Give Love a Bad Name at number 20 up to The Communards' Don't Leave Me This Way at number one, taking in Eurythmics, Cameo's Word Up, Jermaine Stewart at two and Five Star. Goodier noted the chart also featured what "might just be the first house music record to be a UK hit" in Farley Jackmaster Funk's Love Can't Turn Around, tying in with Radio 2's disco season currently spotlighted on BBC Sounds. Between-song features covered Neighbours starting on BBC One, Wham!'s farewell Wembley concert, and the arrival of Blackadder II, Bread and The Really Wild Show.
The second hour moved to 1993, opening with World's Apart and closing with DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince's Boom! Shake the Room holding at number one for a second week. New entries included Eternal, Manic Street Preachers' Roses in the Hospital, and a reissued Frankie Goes to Hollywood's Relax, the week's highest new entry. Radiohead's Creep appeared at 14, with Goodier recalling the band "famously hated" the track. Pet Shop Boys' Go West and M People's Moving On Up both climbed, while Billy Joel's River of Dreams marked his final UK top five appearance. Cultural notes touched on Jurassic Park and Sleepless in Seattle at the cinema, plus Linford Christie's 100m world title win in Stuttgart.
Goodier confirmed next week's editions will cover the charts from 1973 and 1983.
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