www.chart-history.net vdw56 PDF-files with all chart-entries plus covers on https://chart-history.net/chart-chronologie/ CHRIS REA 1978 Chart-Chronology Singles and Albums Germany United Kingdom From the 1950ies U S A to the current charts compiled by Volker Dörken Chart - Chronology The Top-100 Singles and Albums from Germany, the United Kingdom and the USA Chris Rea Christopher Anton Rea (born 4 March 1951) is an English rock and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist. Born and raised in Middlesbrough, he is of Italian and Irish descent. He is known for his distinctive, husky singing and slide guitar playing. Singles 44 14 2 --- Longplay 32 23 12 2 5 B P Top 100 Top 40 Top 10 # 1 B P Top 100 Top 40 Top 10 # 1 3 17 6 1 --- 1 1 24 21 9 1 10 40 13 1 --- 1 4 28 19 9 2 12 6 1 --- --- 49 2 --- --- --- Chris has 44 entries in the singles Top 100, but only Singles two of them reached the Top 10. D G B U S A 1 Fool (If You Think It's Over) 10/1978 30 07/1978 12 2 Whatever Happened To Benny Santini 11/1978 71 3 Diamonds 04/1979 44 04/1979 44 4 Loving You 03/1982 65 04/1982 88 5 Let It Loose 03/1983 85 6 I Can Hear Your Heartbeat 09/1983 60 7 I Don't Know What It Is But I Love It 03/1984 65 8 Touché D'Amour 08/1984 46 07/1984 86 9 Ace Of Hearts 09/1984 78 10 Stainsby Girls 03/1985 26 11 Josephine 09/1985 31 06/1985 67 12 It's All Gone 03/1986 69 13 On The Beach [remix] 05/1986 57 14 Hello Friend 11/1986 79 15 Let's Dance 07/1987 19 06/1987 12 08/1987 81 16 Loving You Again 09/1987 43 08/1987 47 17 Joys Of Christmas 12/1987 67 18 Que Sera 04/1988 71 02/1988 73 19 On The Beach (Summer '88) 08/1988 12 20 Driving Home For Christmas 12/2002 3 12/1988 11 ► 1988 as "The Christmas EP". (GB#53). Starting with 2007 the song charted every year in Germany and in the UK. Highest Positions: DE 2018 and 2019 #5 2020 #3, GB 2018 and 2020 #11 21 Working On It 02/1989 53 03/1989 73 22 The Road To Hell (Part 2) 11/1989 35 10/1989 10 23 That's What They Always Say 12/1989 83 24 Tell Me There's A Heaven 02/1990 24 25 Texas 05/1990 69 26 Auberge 03/1991 20 02/1991 16 27 Heaven 06/1991 94 04/1991 57 28 Looking For The Summer 09/1991 51 06/1991 49 29 Winter Song 11/1991 27 30 Nothing To Fear 10/1992 16 Chris Rea created: 07.08.2021 vdw56 page 1 www.chart-history.net Chris Rea 31 God's Great Banana Skin 02/1993 59 11/1992 31 32 Soft Top, Hard Shoulder 06/1993 54 01/1993 53 33 Too Much Pride 07/1993 80 34 Julia 11/1993 40 10/1993 18 35 Espresso Logic 12/1993 77 36 You Can Go Your Own Way 11/1994 28 37 Disco La Passione ►Chris Rea / Shirley Bassey◄ 11/1996 41 38 Girl In A Sports Car 01/1997 91 11/1996 77 39 Let's Dance ►Middlesbrough FC feat. Bob Mortimer & 05/1997 78 Chris Rea◄ 40 The Blue Café 12/1997 53 41 Square Peg, Round Hole 02/1998 80 42 Thinking Of You 03/1998 84 43 Sweet Summer Day 06/1998 71 44 All Summer Long 10/2000 78 Longplay D G B U S A 1 Whatever Happened To Benny Santini? 08/1978 49 2 Deltics 04/1979 54 3 Tennis 04/1980 60 4 Chris Rea 04/1982 52 5 Water Sign 11/1983 30 06/1983 64 6 Wired To The Moon 04/1984 17 04/1984 35 7 Shamrock Diaries 04/1985 12 05/1985 15 8 On The Beach 04/1986 2 04/1986 11 9 Herzklopfen 09/1986 5 10 Dancing With Strangers 09/1987 5 09/1987 2 11 New Light Through Old Windows - The Best Of Chris Rea 11/1988 9 10/1988 5 04/1989 92 12 The Road To Hell 11/1989 3 11/1989 1 3 107 13 Auberge 03/1991 1 1 03/1991 1 1 176 14 God's Great Banana Skin 11/1992 16 11/1992 4 15 Espresso Logic 11/1993 14 11/1993 8 16 The Best Of Chris Rea 11/1994 4 11/1994 3 17 La Passione 11/1996 60 11/1996 43 18 The Blue Café 02/1998 7 01/1998 10 19 The Road To Hell Part 2 11/1999 16 11/1999 54 20 King Of The Beach 10/2000 11 10/2000 26 21 The Very Best Of Chris Rea 12/2001 60 12/2001 69 22 Dancing Down The Stony Road 09/2002 14 23 Stony Road 10/2002 11 24 The Blue Jukebox 04/2004 30 04/2004 27 25 Heartbeats - Greatest Hits 08/2005 24 26 Blue Guitars 10/2005 85 27 The Road To Hell & Back 11/2006 18 10/2006 34 28 Fool If You Think It's Over - The Definitive Greatest Hits 10/2008 98 29 Still So Far To Go ... The Best Of Chris Rea 11/2009 37 10/2009 8 30 Santo Spirito Blues 09/2011 10 09/2011 13 31 The Journey 1978 - 2009 02/2012 66 32 Road Songs For Lovers 10/2017 19 10/2017 11 Chris Rea created: 07.08.2021 vdw56 page 2 www.chart-history.net Month of 1st Entry Peak+wks # 1: DE GB USSingles‐Chart‐History Regarding Singles Top 100 ‐ Entries Chris Rea 1 2 3 4 07/1978 30 12 11/1978 71 04/1979 44 44 03/1982 65 88 Fool (If You Think It's Over) Whatever Happened To Benny Diamonds Loving You Santini 5 6 7 8 03/1983 85 09/1983 60 03/1984 65 07/1984 46 86 Let It Loose I Can Hear Your Heartbeat I Don't Know What It Is But I Touché D'Amour Love It 9 10 11 12 09/1984 78 03/1985 26 06/1985 31 67 03/1986 69 Ace Of Hearts Stainsby Girls Josephine It's All Gone 13 14 15 16 05/1986 57 11/1986 79 06/1987 19 12 81 08/1987 43 47 On The Beach [remix] Hello Friend Let's Dance Loving You Again Month of 1st Entry Peak+wks # 1: DE GB USSingles‐Chart‐History Regarding Singles Top 100 ‐ Entries Chris Rea 17 18 19 20 12/1987 67 02/1988 71 73 08/1988 12 12/1988 3 11 Joys Of Christmas Que Sera On The Beach (Summer '88) Driving Home For Christmas 21 22 23 24 02/1989 53 73 10/1989 35 10 12/1989 83 02/1990 24 Working On It The Road To Hell (Part 2) That's What They Always Say Tell Me There's A Heaven 25 26 27 28 05/1990 69 02/1991 20 16 04/1991 94 57 06/1991 51 49 Texas Auberge Heaven Looking For The Summer 29 30 31 32 11/1991 27 10/1992 16 11/1992 59 31 01/1993 54 53 Winter Song Nothing To Fear God's Great Banana Skin Soft Top, Hard Shoulder Month of 1st Entry Peak+wks # 1: DE GB USSingles‐Chart‐History Regarding Singles Top 100 ‐ Entries Chris Rea 33 34 35 36 07/1993 80 10/1993 40 18 12/1993 84 11/1994 28 Too Much Pride Julia Espresso Logic You Can Go Your Own Way 37 38 39 40 11/1996 41 11/1996 91 81 05/1997 78 12/1997 53 Disco La Passione Girl In A Sports Car Let's Dance The Blue Café 41 42 43 44 02/1998 82 03/1998 84 06/1998 71 10/2000 80 Square Peg, Round Hole Thinking Of You Sweet Summer Day All Summer Long Month of 1st Entry Peak+wks # 1: DE GB USAlbum‐Chart‐History Regarding Albums Top 100 ‐ Entries Chris Rea 1 2 3 4 08/1978 49 04/1979 54 04/1980 60 04/1982 52 Whatever Happened To Benny Deltics Tennis Chris Rea Santini? 5 6 7 8 06/1983 30 64 04/1984 17 35 04/1985 12 15 04/1986 2 11 Water Sign Wired To The Moon Shamrock Diaries On The Beach 9 10 11 12 09/1986 5 09/1987 5 2 10/1988 9 5 92 11/1989 3 1 3 107 Herzklopfen Dancing With Strangers New Light Through Old The Road To Hell Windows ‐ The Best Of Chris Rea 13 14 15 16 03/1991 1 111 176 11/1992 16 4 11/1993 14 8 11/1994 4 3 Auberge God's Great Banana Skin Espresso Logic The Best Of Chris Rea Month of 1st Entry Peak+wks # 1: DE GB USAlbum‐Chart‐History Regarding Albums Top 100 ‐ Entries Chris Rea 17 18 19 20 11/1996 60 43 01/1998 7 10 11/1999 16 54 10/2000 11 26 La Passione The Blue Café The Road To Hell Part 2 King Of The Beach 21 22 23 24 12/2001 60 69 09/2002 14 10/2002 11 04/2004 30 27 The Very Best Of Chris Rea Dancing Down The Stony Road Stony Road The Blue Jukebox 25 26 27 28 08/2005 24 10/2005 85 10/2006 18 34 10/2008 98 Heartbeats ‐ Greatest Hits Blue Guitars The Road To Hell & Back Fool If You Think It's Over ‐ The Definitive Greatest Hits 29 30 31 32 10/2009 37 8 09/2011 10 13 02/2012 66 10/2017 19 11 Still So Far To Go ..