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LOVE LETTERS – ALISON MOYET

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Chart performance:

WeekPositionMovementComments
24-Mar-8826New 
31-Mar-8827-1 
07-Apr-88270 
14-Apr-8820+7Star rater
21-Apr-8813+7Star rater
28-Apr-8818-5 
05-May-8814+4Star rater
12-May-8813+1 
19-May-8815-2 
26-May-8813+2 
02-Jun-8811+2Peak
09-Jun-8816-5 
16-Jun-8820-4 
23-Jun-8824-4 
30-Jun-8829-5 

Written by: Edward Heyman & Victor Young
Produced by: Alison Moyet & Steve Brown
South African record label (unless otherwise stated): CBS

Hit number for artist3
Peak position11
Weeks15
Biggest climber awards0
Star rater climbs3
Biggest faller awards0
Top 20 points57
Overall Top 20 points ranking=1510
Top 20 points ranking for the artist3
Top 30 Points179
Overall Top 30 points ranking=1298
Top 30 points ranking for the artist=2

Annual ranking:

198851

Other chart success:

Belgium24
Ireland6
Netherlands40
New Zealand39
UK4

SA Radio charts:

Radio 53

The song was first recorded as an instrumental piece in 1945 by Dick Haymes for the film of the same name. That version was nominated for the Best Original Song Oscar. It would get to number 11 in the US. It would then chart again in 1962 when Ketty Lester took a version to 5 in the US and 4 in the UK. In 1966 Elvis Presley charted with his version which went to 19 in the US and 6 in the UK.

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IS THIS LOVE – ALISON MOYET

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Chart performance:

WeekPositionMovementComments
08-Mar-8730New 
15-Mar-8724+6Star rater
22-Mar-8722+2 
29-Mar-8717+5Star rater
05-Apr-8711+6Star rater
12-Apr-877+4Star rater
19-Apr-876+1 
26-Apr-874+2 
03-May-877-3 
10-May-876+1 
17-May-872+4Star rater/Peak
24-May-8720Peak
31-May-873-1 
07-Jun-874-1 
14-Jun-872+2Peak
21-Jun-8720Peak
28-Jun-873-1 
02-Jul-876-3 
09-Jul-8760 
16-Jul-877-1 
23-Jul-878-1 
30-Jul-8714-6 
06-Aug-8719-5 
13-Aug-8722-3 
20-Aug-8723-1 
27-Aug-8726-3 

Written by: Alison Moyet, Jean Guiot
Produced by: Jimmy Iovine
South African record label (unless otherwise stated): CBS

Hit number for artist2
Peak position2
Weeks26
Biggest climber awards0
Star rater climbs5
Biggest faller awards0
Top 20 points284
Overall Top 20 points ranking=107
Top 20 points ranking for the artist1
Top 30 Points523
Overall Top 30 points ranking=75
Top 30 points ranking for the artist1

Annual ranking:

19875

Other chart success:

Australia13
Belgium5
Finland12
Germany15
Ireland4
Italy19
Netherlands16
New Zealand7
Norway3
Portugal2
Sweden5
Switzerland20
UK3

SA Radio charts:

Capital 6045
Radio 52
Radio 7021

Jean Guiot, who is listed as writing the song alongside Alison Moyet, was actually The Eurythmics’ David A Stewart using a pseudonym. Of the 3 hits that charted by Alison and the 2 she saw as a member of Yazoo, this would be her best performer using a top 30 points basis, scoring nearly double the points of Yazoo’s ‘Don’t Go’ which was the next highest on that list. ‘Is This Love?’ scored a record 5 star rater climbs for a song not seeing a biggest climber. Nine songs managed 5 star rater climbs with only The Staccatos’ ‘Cry To Me’ going on to a record 6th.

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ALL CRIED OUT – ALISON MOYET

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Chart performance:

WeekPositionMovementComments
25-Jan-8528New 
01-Feb-8524+4Star rater
08-Feb-85240 
15-Feb-8521+3 
22-Feb-8516+5Star rater
01-Mar-8515+1 
08-Mar-8510+5Star rater
15-Mar-857+3Peak
22-Mar-8570Peak
29-Mar-8512-5 
05-Apr-8516-4 
12-Apr-8518-2 
19-Apr-8526-8Biggest faller

Written by: Steve Jolley, Alison Moyet & Tony Swain
Produced by: Steve Jolley & Tony Swain
South African record label (unless otherwise stated): CBS

Hit number for artist1
Peak position7
Weeks13
Biggest climber awards0
Star rater climbs3
Biggest faller awards1
Top 20 points67
Overall Top 20 points ranking=1407
Top 20 points ranking for the artist2
Top 30 Points179
Overall Top 30 points ranking=1298
Top 30 points ranking for the artist=2

Annual ranking:

1985=63

Other chart success:

Australia21
France57
Germany24
Ireland7
Italy15
Netherlands15
New Zealand6
Switzerland15
UK8

SA Radio charts:

Capital 6046
Radio 52
Radio 7021

There have been 2 cover versions of the song which have seen chart success. Firstly in 1995 a guy called Jamie Watson had a minor his in the UK with his version (peak of 98) while a group called No Angels covered in it 2002 and charted in Austria (#23), Germany (#18) and Switzerland (#59).

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ALISON MOYET (UK)

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Born: 18 June 1961
Real name: Geneviève Alison Jane Ballard (née Moyet)

Alison was born in Billericay, a town a little to the east of London and not too far from Basildon where Vince Clark and Depeche Mode hailed from. She would be in a number of different bands in the 70’s and would team up with Vince Clarke, after he left Depeche Mode, to form Yazoo. They produced 2 albums together which went to 2 and 1 respectively on the UK charts. They would also see 6 singles make the UK charts with ‘Only You’s peak of 2 being their best showing. When Clarke decided to disband Yazoo, Alison left Mute records (which had been Depeche Mode’s and Yazoo’s label and Clarke would stay with the label for his future bands, The Assembly and Erasure) and signed to CBS. She teamed up with the production team of Swain & Jolley for her first album. Swain & Jolley had seen success producing Imagination and Bananarama. Her first album, ‘Alf’ would top the UK charts and produce 3 charting singles. She would end up seeing 19 UK chart hits with ‘That Ole Devil Called Love’ giving her a best peak of 2. In 2008 she would reunite with Vince Clarke for some live Yazoo shows.

Date of entrySongPeak (weeks at 1)Weeks
25-Jan-1985All Cried Out713
08-Mar-1987Is This Love?226
24-Mar-1988Love Letters1115
    
  Total hits3
  Total weeks54
Biggest climber awards0
Star rater climbs11
Biggest fallers1
Weeks with oldest in the charts0
Longest run in the charts (weeks)26
Weeks with more than 1 in the charts0
Biggest gap between hits (weeks)97
Top 30 points ranking150
Top 20 points ranking=174
Top 30 points881
Top 20 points408

Hits as a member of Yazoo:

Date of entrySongPeak (weeks at 1)Weeks
03-Dec-1982Don’t Go916
22-Jul-1983Nobody’s Diary616
    
  Total hits2
  Total weeks32

Total chart involvement:

Number of hits5
Weeks86