Artist · chart history
T'Pau
Band Shropshire United Kingdom Active 1986–1992
T'Pau formed in 1986 in Shropshire, United Kingdom and was active until 1992. T'Pau has 4 chart appearances on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations on RockLists, spanning 1987–2023. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Heart and Soul”, which appears on 3 lists with a best position of #88. The station that charted T'Pau most often is Studio Brussel (Flanders, Belgium), with 1 appearance. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1988.
T'Pau were a pop group from Shrewsbury in Shropshire, and whatever else was going on in the band, all eyes went to Carol Decker, a singer with a voice big enough to rattle the rafters and the fiery presence to match. Ronnie Rogers was an original member and her co-songwriter, and the band around them included Paul Jackson on bass, Tim Burgess on drums and percussion and Michael Chetwood.
They came on strong in the late '80s with a string of British Top 40 hits and plenty more across Europe. "Heart and Soul" was a sultry, clipped slice of pop-rock, all breathy verses and punchy chorus, and "China in Your Hand" was the big one, a stately power ballad that builds from a hush to Decker at full throttle and a thundering finale. "Valentine" kept the run going.
The band broke up in 1992, but Decker never quite let go of the name, and she still plays as T'Pau at solo shows and nostalgia nights. In 2013 she and Rogers got back together for a 25th-anniversary tour of Britain.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by T'Pau on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heart and Soul | 3 | #88 | – | 1987 | |
| 2 | China in Your Hand | 1 | #25 | – | 1988 |
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 363 | Heart and Soul | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s |
| 2021 | 647 | Heart and Soul | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s |
| 1988 | 25 | China in Your Hand | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1988 |
| 1987 | 88 | Heart and Soul | WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1987 |
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