WHEREVER I LAY MY HAT (THAT’S MY HOME) – PAUL YOUNG

Chart performance:

Week	Position	Movement	Comments
30-Sep-83	30	New
07-Oct-83	25	+5	Star rater
14-Oct-83	25	0
21-Oct-83	24	+1
28-Oct-83	23	+1	Peak
04-Nov-83	23	0	Peak
11-Nov-83	27	-4
18-Nov-83	29	-2

Written by: Marvin Gaye, Barrett Strong & Norman Whitfield
Produced by: Laurie Latham
South African record label (unless otherwise stated): CBS

Hit number for artist	1
Peak position	23
Weeks	8
Biggest climber awards	0
Star rater climbs	1
Biggest faller awards	0
Top 20 points	N/A
Overall Top 20 points ranking	N/A
Top 20 points ranking for the artist	N/A
Top 30 Points	42
Overall Top 30 points ranking	=2199
Top 30 points ranking for the artist	2

Annual ranking:

1983

98

Other chart success:

Australia	9
Belgium	37
Canada	26
Germany	19
Ireland	1
Netherlands	48
New Zealand	4
Sweden	8
UK	1
US	70
Zimbabwe	8

SA Radio charts:

Capital 604	1
Radio 5	1
Radio 702	20

The song was first recorded by Marvin Gaye in 1962 and ended up being the b-side of his single ‘Too Busy Thinking ‘Bout My Baby’ (a US number 4 and UK number 5 hit). That version was much more up-tempo than Young’s. When looking for material for his debut album, ‘No Parlez, Young remembered the Marvin Gaye b-side from when he was a boy of 14 and dug out the old single. His version would sell over half a million copies in the UK and would feature in the 1986 film ‘Ruthless People’ which starred Danny DeVito and Bette Midler (as a side note, The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger would sing the title song for the film and that would get to 51 on the Billboard Hot 100).

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Artist link: Paul Young

EVERYTIME YOU GO AWAY – PAUL YOUNG

Chart performance:

Week	Position	Movement	Comments
10-Aug-85	29	New
17-Aug-85	28	+1
24-Aug-85	27	+1	Peak

Written by: Daryl Hall
Produced by: Laurie Latham
South African record label (unless otherwise stated): CBS

Hit number for artist	4
Peak position	27
Weeks	3
Biggest climber awards	0
Star rater climbs	0
Biggest faller awards	0
Top 20 points	N/A
Overall Top 20 points ranking	N/A
Top 20 points ranking for the artist	N/A
Top 30 Points	9
Overall Top 30 points ranking	=2493
Top 30 points ranking for the artist	4

Annual ranking:

1985

=124

Other chart success:

Australia	20
Belgium	18
Canada	1
France	16
Germany	40
Ireland	2
Netherlands	16
New Zealand	14
Norway	2
UK	4
US	1

SA Radio charts:

Capital 604	3
Radio 5	4
Radio 702	12

The song was written by Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates fame and would first appear in 1980 on their ‘Voices’ album, but they would not release it as a single.

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Artist link: Paul Young

COME BACK AND STAY – PAUL YOUNG

Chart performance:

Week	Position	Movement	Comments
27-Jan-84	28	New
03-Feb-84	27	+1
10-Feb-84	26	+1	Peak
17-Feb-84	27	-1

Written by: Jack Lee
Produced by: Laurie Latham
South African record label (unless otherwise stated): CBS

Hit number for artist	2
Peak position	26
Weeks	4
Biggest climber awards	0
Star rater climbs	0
Biggest faller awards	0
Top 20 points	N/A
Overall Top 20 points ranking	N/A
Top 20 points ranking for the artist	N/A
Top 30 Points	16
Overall Top 30 points ranking	=2414
Top 30 points ranking for the artist	3

Annual ranking:

1984

112

Other chart success:

Australia	18
Austria	3
Belgium	1
Canada	42
France	5
Germany	1
Ireland	3
Netherlands	2
New Zealand	1
Norway	3
Sweden	16
Switzerland	1
UK	4
US	22

SA Radio charts:

Capital 604	1
Radio 5	5

Jack Lee, who wrote the song, would record his own version back in 1981. Lee would also write Blondie’s hit ‘Hanging On The Telephone’ (which did not make the SA charts).

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Artist link: Paul Young

PAUL YOUNG (UK)

Born: 17 January 1956
Full name: Paul Antony Young

Young was born in Luton, a town just to the North of London. He would play bass guitar for a number of bands as a youngster and the first band he would be lead singer for was one called Kat Kool & The Kool Kats. In 1978 he would see a number 18 hit in the UK as part of the band Streetband with their novelty hit ‘Toast’. Not long after this, Streetband disbanded and a number of members, including Young, went on to form Q-Tips. Despite releasing a number of singles, they failed to make the charts. In 1982 the band split up and Young signed to Columbia records as a solo artist. His debut album for them was ‘No Parlez’. After 2 unsuccessful singles from the album, he hit the big time with a cover of Marvin Gaye’s ‘Wherever I Lay My Hat (That’s My Home)’ which would top the UK charts and propel the album to the top of the UK album charts. ‘Love Of The Common People’, which had been his second single, was re-released and got to number 2 this time around. While he was doing well in the UK, his early songs were only minor hits in the US with ‘Come Back And Stay’ being his best showing there to start with as it went to 22. That changed in 1985 with ‘Everything Must Change’ which topped the Hot 100 charts. He has managed a total of 22 UK hits and 9 US ones, but no further number 1’s other than those previously mentioned.

Date of entry	Song	Peak (weeks at 1)	Weeks
30-Sep-1983	Wherever I Lay My Hat (That’s My Home)	23	8
27-Jan-1984	Come Back And Stay	26	4
06-Apr-1984	Love Of The Common People	8	20
10-Aug-1985	Every Time You Go Away	27	3
		Total hits	4
		Total weeks	35

Biggest climber awards	1
Star rater climbs	4
Biggest fallers	0
Weeks with oldest in the charts	0
Longest run in the charts (weeks)	20
Weeks with more than 1 in the charts	0
Biggest gap between hits (weeks)	50
Top 30 points ranking	=434
Top 20 points ranking	=616
Top 30 points	393
Top 20 points	137