My 2014 Charts – October to December

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28th December 2014

It’s Mark Ronson hitting the top spot for the first time, with Bruno Mars getting his 3rd chart-topper, and the fabulous funky Uptown Funk! The top end of the chart looks like Halloween with devils and ghosts, lower down it’s a christmas bonanza as the ghosts of xmas past enter drop climb or drop out. Not to mention movie themes from SIA (Annie’s You’re Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile) and The Weeknd climbing to 12 and entering at 7 with his theme to 50 Shades Of Grey, Earned It – greedy The Weeknd has 2 in the 10 (and his 3rd in total), and so has Madonna as Devil Pray enters at 9, and Ghosttown climbs to 4 proving she’s back on form, and with most of the album and singles yet to be released. For the record, that’s pretty much Top 10’s from 1984 for 30 years barring 10 or 15 or so that underperfomed, and Hanky Panky which is unlistenable these days.

Meanwhile Paul McCartney re-enters the top 40 with his computer game track, just behind ex-partner John Lennon back for the millionth time with Happy Xmas War Is Over, first hitting my number one in 1972, the first ever christmas chart-topper, the one that has hit the top spot way more times than any other record, and the one that has charted several times in every decade since with a grand total of chart points only beaten by 1 or 2 tracks, Abba’s Dancing Queen and on a par (I need to check after this run) with California Dreamin’ from The Mamas And The Papas.

Talking of Lennon and McCartney, Joe Cocker’s brilliant With A Little Help From My Friends returns at 5 with his epic version of The Beatles song, which first hit my top 10 46 years ago, but never quite made the top 5, and following his sad death last week. He now has two notable feats: one of the very rare covers of a Beatles song that improves on the original, I still recall being surprised and attracted and repulsed simultaneously when I first heard it on Top Of The Pops with his strange singing and body gyrations. The others: longest gap between leaving the charts and returning, almost exactly 46 years, and the longest time taken to reach a chart peak (46 years 2 months).

Another welcome return to a veteran as Linda Lewis is back after a very long break of about 15 years, thanks to a plug on Never Mind The Buzzcocks where Phil Jupetus knew instantly who she was in the mystery line-up, as do I for a long-time fave. For those who know her not, she was originally a British singer-songwriter albums artist who never quite made it big, but grabbed a hit with Rock A Doodle Doo in 1973, with it’s soul/folk sounds and her incredible vocal range. The new entry is a recently released archive BBC version, and it’s great to have her back. To check out her Mariah-Carey-ish vocal range have a look at It’s In His Kiss her 1975 disco hit cover of The Shoop Shoop Song. It pisses over every other version from a great height.

1 2 1 2 UPTOWN FUNK! Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars 270000
2 1 1 6 LOVE ME HARDER Ariana Grande featuring The Weeknd 429900
3 3 1 10 THESE DAYS Take That 731000
4 28 4 2 GHOSTTOWN Madonna 83200
5 NEW 5 1 WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS Joe Cocker 60000
6 4 4 4 UP Olly Murs featuring Demi Lovato 151750
7 NEW 7 1 EARNED IT (FIFTY SHADES OF GREY) The Weeknd 50000
8 5 5 8 THE DEVIL IS A LONELY NIGHT The Pierces 264300
9 NEW 9 1 DEVIL PRAY Madonna 45000
10 14 3 5 THE HANGING TREE James Newton Howard featuring Jennifer Lawrence 252000

11 7 7 5 OUTSIDE Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Golding 128000
12 25 12 5 YOU’RE NEVER FULLY DRESSED WITHOUT A SMILE SIA 98150
13 8 8 2 I SHOULD HAVE FOLLOWED YOU HOME Agnetha Faltskog and Gary Barlow 80000
14 17 14 4 LIKE I CAN Sam Smith 107000
15 22 13 8 WELCOME TO NEW YORK Taylor Swift 153600
16 9 9 10 I LOVED YOU Blonde featuring Melissa Steele 227250
17 6 1 10 YOU RUIN ME The Veronicas 610100
18 12 9 6 BLANK SPACE Taylor Swift 156200
19 11 4 7 SEE EMILY PLAY Pink Floyd 234600
20 10 10 5 DESIRE Years And Years 136100

21 13 5 7 GENTLE ON MY MIND The Band Perry 256750
22 15 2 7 REAL LOVE Tom Odell 310000
23 26 23 27 OUR LAST SUMMER Abba 343750
24 37 24 4 DANGEROUS David Guetta featuring Sam Martin 58800
25 34 25 2 SOMETHING I NEED Ben Haenow 36350
26 16 1 9 ANYTIME Cosmonaut Grenchko 581100
27 31 27 13 STORM IN A TEACUP Lynsey De Paul 155000
28 23 1 10 I’M NOT GONNA MISS YOU Glen Campbell 508550
29 NEW 29 1 ROCK A DOODLE DOO (RADIO STUDIO SESSION) Linda Lewis 18200
30 24 1 9 WHO’S GONNA STAND UP? (ORCHESTRAL VERSION) Neil Young 616000

31 21 1 10 DUST HALOS 589150
32 50 32 4 REAL LOVE Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne 45500
33 20 20 4 THANK GOD IT’S NOT CHRISTMAS Sparks 59700
34 RE 34 3 COOL KIDS Echosmith 28000
35 18 18 2 CHRISTMAS WRAPPING The Waitresses 39500
36 33 19 9 ADRENALINA Wisin featuring Jennifer Lopez and Ricky Martin 129800
37 64 37 3 BAILANDO Enrique Iglesias featuring Sean Paul, Descemer Bueno and Gente De Zona 29500
38 40 38 2 SHAKE THAT Danssun and Marlon Hofstadt 34200
39 NEW 39 1 HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) John & Yoko and The Plastic Ono Band with The Harlem Community Choir 17100
40 RE 40 3 HOPE FOR THE FUTURE Paul McCartney 30200

41 30 5 17 SHAKE IT OFF Taylor Swift 493850
42 NEW 42 1 ONE MORE SLEEP Leona Lewis 13750
43 19 19 3 I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS Greg Lake 53750
44 27 12 11 SOS Indila 204400
45 32 26 6 WAIT ON ME Rixton 74100
46 46 32 5 TELL ‘EM I’M GONE Cat Stevens 73250
47 45 1 20 I’M NOT IN LOVE 10C.C. 943050
48 42 4 10 BUSY EARNIN’ Jungle 295150
49 49 49 3 LEAVE WHILE I’M NOT LOOKING Paloma Faith 36500
50 55 50 2 DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Chris Rea 22800

51 48 12 11 WHEN THE BEAT DROPS OUT (BLONDEE & HAGEN RADIO EDIT) Marlon Roudette 234950
52 44 5 12 WHEN I FIND LOVE AGAIN James Blunt 276600
53 43 6 9 SAVE ME NOW Billy Idol 229950
54 57 54 9 SONG FOR THE ASKING Simon And Garfunkel 73900
55 54 1 17 HOUNDS OF LOVE Kate Bush 587650
56 69 56 2 HOME AGAIN Ashley Campbell 16800
57 29 29 4 YOU GIVE ME LOVE Idris Elba featuring Maverick Sabre 54000
58 60 58 6 SOMEBODY TO LOVE Queen 48300
59 68 59 2 FADE TO GREY (ORCHESTRAL VERSION) Visage 16500
60 53 1 21 CHANGING Sigma featuring Paloma Faith 1154950

61 61 1 42 STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU Stealers Wheel 826150
62 59 1 13 SHE’S NOT YOU Jenny Lewis 675650
63 65 63 7 MY GENERATION The Who 46600
64 NEW 64 1 7/11 Beyonce 7100
65 41 15 8 27 CLUB Chloe Black 154900
66 66 66 2 I’M AN ALBATROZ AronChupa 13600
67 NEW 67 1 THINKING ABOUT IT Just Kiddin 6600
68 67 1 20 CALL Francesco Yates 714200
69 52 52 2 STEP INTO CHRISTMAS Elton John 17700
70 NEW 70 1 DIAMONDS Josef Salvat 6000

71 71 71 2 REBEL HEART Madonna 11600
72 NEW 72 1 IT DON’T MEAN A THING Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga 5600
73 73 1 26 BECOME Midge Ure 977600
74 74 8 13 HELLO GOODNIGHT Mamas Gun 251950
75 NEW 75 1 JEALOUS Labrinth 5000

DROP OUTS
35 27 6 I DON’T CARE Cheryl 83200
36 27 3 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl 53200
38 38 3 CADILLAC, CADILLAC Train 44800
39 20 8 ANIMALS Maroon 5 106550
47 35 5 BLUE SMOKE Dolly Parton 81800
51 39 3 PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN (ACOUSTIC) Status Quo 41350
56 7 13 IF YOU LET ME GO Salt Ashes 290450
58 58 1 LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS Mud 10200
62 16 10 REASON Erasure 180700
63 45 3 SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO Jools Holland Rhythm n Blues Orchestra featuring Kylie Minogue 32600
70 70 1 SLEIGH RIDE The Ronettes 6000
72 72 1 TOCA TOCA Fly Project 5600
75 75 2 FLY ME TO THE MOON Julie London 10000

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21st December 2014

Ariane Grande and The Weeknd both get their first tuneful number one, holding off Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars new retrotastic entry at 2 by a whisker. Uptown Funk! Olly Murs gets another top 10 hit, aided by Demi Lovato getting her first. Great video too.

Calvin Harris also gets yet another top 10, ditto Ellie Golding, up to 7 together, just ahead of Gary Barlow’s duet with Agnetha Faltskog, giving her 31 years of solo hits or 40 years with Abba. Abba meanwhile keep on slipping upwards with 1980’s Our Last Summer to 26.

Loads of Christmas oldies pop back again, the order changes, some don’t make it this year, but only one that has never charted before, the anti-xmas Sparks track from 1974 at 20. Madonna gets two new entries, the highest one is a leaked album track Ghosttown which sounded pretty good to me on one listen!

OneRepublic cover from Ben X-Factor Haenow pops in, just ahead of some Spanish club tunes like Shake That at 40. Finally, Ashley Campbell, Glen’s daughter joins her father in the charts too, off the same EP as Glen’s number one and The Band Perry’s cover of Gentle On My Mind.

1 2 1 5 LOVE ME HARDER Ariana Grande featuring The Weeknd 314900
2 NEW 2 1 UPTOWN FUNK! Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars 100000
3 1 1 9 THESE DAYS Take That 646000
4 21 4 3 UP Olly Murs featuring Demi Lovato 96750
5 5 5 7 THE DEVIL IS A LONELY NIGHT The Pierces 216300
6 3 1 9 YOU RUIN ME The Veronicas 587100
7 29 7 4 OUTSIDE Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Golding 90900
8 NEW 8 1 I SHOULD HAVE FOLLOWED YOU HOME Agnetha Faltskog and Gary Barlow 48000
9 11 9 9 I LOVED YOU Blonde featuring Melissa Steele 202250
10 10 10 4 DESIRE Years And Years 116100

11 4 4 6 SEE EMILY PLAY Pink Floyd 213600
12 9 9 5 BLANK SPACE Taylor Swift 134200
13 7 5 6 GENTLE ON MY MIND The Band Perry 237000
14 6 3 4 THE HANGING TREE James Newton Howard featuring Jennifer Lawrence 210000
15 8 2 6 REAL LOVE Tom Odell 290500
16 12 1 8 ANYTIME Cosmonaut Grenchko 562600
17 14 14 3 LIKE I CAN Sam Smith 78000
18 NEW 18 1 CHRISTMAS WRAPPING The Waitresses 22000
19 23 19 2 I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS Greg Lake 40250
20 40 20 3 THANK GOD IT’S NOT CHRISTMAS Sparks 42000

21 15 1 9 DUST HALOS 571250
22 13 13 7 WELCOME TO NEW YORK Taylor Swift 126600
23 16 1 9 I’M NOT GONNA MISS YOU Glen Campbell 490250
24 17 1 8 WHO’S GONNA STAND UP? (ORCHESTRAL VERSION) Neil Young 598000
25 25 25 4 YOU’RE NEVER FULLY DRESSED WITHOUT A SMILE SIA 63150
26 28 26 26 OUR LAST SUMMER Abba 324050
27 18 12 10 SOS Indila 191150
28 NEW 28 1 GHOSTTOWN Madonna 18200
29 30 29 3 YOU GIVE ME LOVE Idris Elba featuring Maverick Sabre 43500
30 22 5 16 SHAKE IT OFF Taylor Swift 479850

31 33 31 12 STORM IN A TEACUP Lynsey De Paul 136600
32 26 26 5 WAIT ON ME Rixton 61100
33 19 19 2 ADRENALINA Wisin featuring Jennifer Lopez and Ricky Martin 38700
34 NEW 34 1 SOMETHING I NEED Ben Haenow 17600
35 27 27 6 I DON’T CARE Cheryl 83200
36 36 27 3 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl 53200
37 52 37 3 DANGEROUS David Guetta featuring Sam Martin 39800
38 38 38 3 CADILLAC, CADILLAC Train 44800
39 20 20 8 ANIMALS Maroon 5 106550
40 NEW 40 1 SHAKE THAT Danssun and Marlon Hofstadt 17000

41 24 15 7 27 CLUB Chloe Black 147900
42 31 4 9 BUSY EARNIN’ Jungle 282850
43 34 6 8 SAVE ME NOW Billy Idol 218700
44 41 5 11 WHEN I FIND LOVE AGAIN James Blunt 265100
45 44 1 19 I’M NOT IN LOVE 10C.C. 930550
46 32 32 4 TELL ‘EM I’M GONE Cat Stevens 60500
47 35 35 5 BLUE SMOKE Dolly Parton 81800
48 37 12 10 WHEN THE BEAT DROPS OUT (BLONDEE & HAGEN RADIO EDIT) Marlon Roudette 223200
49 49 49 2 LEAVE WHILE I’M NOT LOOKING Paloma Faith 24400
50 59 50 3 REAL LOVE Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne 27700

51 39 39 3 PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN (ACOUSTIC) Status Quo 41350
52 NEW 52 1 STEP INTO CHRISTMAS Elton John 11500
53 42 1 20 CHANGING Sigma featuring Paloma Faith 1144950
54 54 1 16 HOUNDS OF LOVE Kate Bush 576850
55 NEW 55 1 DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Chris Rea 10800
56 51 7 13 IF YOU LET ME GO Salt Ashes 290450
57 57 57 8 SONG FOR THE ASKING Simon And Garfunkel 62900
58 NEW 58 1 LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS Mud 10200
59 53 1 12 SHE’S NOT YOU Jenny Lewis 668250
60 60 60 5 SOMEBODY TO LOVE Queen 38100

61 61 1 41 STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU Stealers Wheel 818650
62 48 16 10 REASON Erasure 180700
63 45 45 3 SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO Jools Holland Rhythm n Blues Orchestra featuring Kylie Minogue 32600
64 RE 64 1 BAILANDO Enrique Iglesias featuring Sean Paul, Descemer Bueno and Gente De Zona 7100
65 65 65 6 MY GENERATION The Who 39400
66 NEW 66 1 I’M AN ALBATROZ AronChupa 6800
67 64 1 19 CALL Francesco Yates 706800
68 NEW 68 1 FADE TO GREY (ORCHESTRAL VERSION) Visage 6400
69 NEW 69 1 HOME AGAIN Ashley Campbell 6200
70 NEW 70 1 SLEIGH RIDE The Ronettes 6000

71 NEW 71 1 REBEL HEART Madonna 5800
72 NEW 72 1 TOCA TOCA Fly Project 5600
73 72 1 25 BECOME Midge Ure 972200
74 66 8 12 HELLO GOODNIGHT Mamas Gun 246750
75 75 75 2 FLY ME TO THE MOON Julie London 10000

DROP OUTS
43 9 8 MALACHITE Lydia Ainsworth 180700
46 29 6 LOUDER THAN WORDS Pink Floyd 80350
47 10 13 A PLACE WITH NO NAME Michael Jackson 253400
50 11 5 IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 116750
55 8 15 CHIMES Hudson Mohawke 266850
56 22 6 SADNESS DISEASE Urban Cone 102400
58 58 1 SISSY THAT WALK RuPaul 10200
62 2 11 GLOW Ella Henderson 454450
63 49 2 LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 19300
67 67 2 DYNAMO Johnny Marr 13200
68 68 2 THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE Shirley Bassey 12800
69 69 1 COLA SONG Inna featuring J Balvin 6200
70 70 2 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey 12000
71 71 1 THINKING OUT LOUD Ed Sheeran 5800
73 73 2 REAL HOPE Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott 10800
74 74 2 COOL KIDS Echosmith 10400

14th December 2014

It’s Take That on top for the 4th time in 21 years, following Pray, Back For Good, and The Flood, though Mark Owen also has one solo, putting him ahead of Gary Barlow, but not missing Robbie. For some inexplicable reason Ariana Grande’s best record has failed to go top 40, so I’m sure it’s small consolation that she’s shot up to 2 with her Love Me Harder, which also gives The Weeknd a second number 2 – an act who also just never seems to get the hits he deserves.

Pink Floyd finally go top 5 with Emily, and The Pierces get yet another top 5, yet never quite top the chart. Years and Years at 10, a re-entry for the fab floppy Wisin Adrenalina latin dance track at 19, one I wanted to enter into Buzzjack, and still getting played over here in the Canaries in the clubs. As is Inna, RuPaul, and a bunch of others, including Taylor Swift’s Shake It Off which pops back up in response to me shaking it off along with her in the video. Good thing I look cool dancing a bit, not at all like a dancing dad. I don’t move enough for that unless I’m drunk.

The X-Factor pushes a few records in and up, most notably Ed Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud which has finally charted after being ignored by me for 6 months. Ben has a much less whiny overly-emotive voice than Ed, which allowed the actual song to come through better. Paloma Faith is back again, Sissy That Walk sounded good in the club in a thumping dance mix, so also belatedly enters my chart after being ignored in Buzzjack Song Contest, and giving RuPaul a 3rd or 4th hit some 22 years on from the first. Going top 40, Quo, Sparks and Train add to their lists of hits.

1 2 1 8 THESE DAYS Take That 561000
2 28 2 4 LOVE ME HARDER Ariana Grande featuring The Weeknd 144900
3 1 1 8 YOU RUIN ME The Veronicas 532100
4 7 4 5 SEE EMILY PLAY Pink Floyd 175600
5 8 5 6 THE DEVIL IS A LONELY NIGHT The Pierces 156300
6 3 3 3 THE HANGING TREE James Newton Howard featuring Jennifer Lawrence 182000
7 5 5 5 GENTLE ON MY MIND The Band Perry 205000
8 4 2 5 REAL LOVE Tom Odell 263500
9 9 9 4 BLANK SPACE Taylor Swift 99200
10 18 10 3 DESIRE Years And Years 74100

11 15 11 8 I LOVED YOU Blonde featuring Melissa Steele 157250
12 10 1 7 ANYTIME Cosmonaut Grenchko 537600
13 14 13 6 WELCOME TO NEW YORK Taylor Swift 107100
14 16 14 2 LIKE I CAN Sam Smith 55000
15 13 1 8 DUST HALOS 551500
16 6 1 8 I’M NOT GONNA MISS YOU Glen Campbell 471000
17 11 1 7 WHO’S GONNA STAND UP? (ORCHESTRAL VERSION) Neil Young 579000
18 12 12 9 SOS Indila 172750
19 RE 19 1 ADRENALINA Wisin featuring Jennifer Lopez and Ricky Martin 21000
20 23 20 7 ANIMALS Maroon 5 89450

21 50 21 2 UP Olly Murs featuring Demi Lovato 31750
22 41 5 15 SHAKE IT OFF Taylor Swift 461850
23 NEW 23 1 I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS Greg Lake 19250
24 17 15 6 27 CLUB Chloe Black 133900
25 25 25 3 YOU’RE NEVER FULLY DRESSED WITHOUT A SMILE SIA 44350
26 43 26 4 WAIT ON ME Rixton 43300
27 32 27 5 I DON’T CARE Cheryl 65700
28 30 28 25 OUR LAST SUMMER Abba 305450
29 38 29 3 OUTSIDE Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Golding 40900
30 62 30 2 YOU GIVE ME LOVE Idris Elba featuring Maverick Sabre 25400

31 19 4 8 BUSY EARNIN’ Jungle 269100
32 34 32 3 TELL ‘EM I’M GONE Cat Stevens 47700
33 40 33 11 STORM IN A TEACUP Lynsey De Paul 118700
34 20 6 7 SAVE ME NOW Billy Idol 205200
35 35 35 4 BLUE SMOKE Dolly Parton 69200
36 27 27 2 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl 35800
37 22 12 9 WHEN THE BEAT DROPS OUT (BLONDEE & HAGEN RADIO EDIT) Marlon Roudette 210800
38 57 38 2 CADILLAC, CADILLAC Train 27600
39 47 39 2 PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN (ACOUSTIC) Status Quo 29600
40 75 40 2 THANK GOD IT’S NOT CHRISTMAS Sparks 22000

41 21 5 10 WHEN I FIND LOVE AGAIN James Blunt 251850
42 31 1 19 CHANGING Sigma featuring Paloma Faith 1133700
43 26 9 8 MALACHITE Lydia Ainsworth 180700
44 42 1 18 I’M NOT IN LOVE 10C.C. 917550
45 48 45 2 SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO Jools Holland Rhythm n Blues Orchestra featuring Kylie Minogue 25300
46 29 29 6 LOUDER THAN WORDS Pink Floyd 80350
47 39 10 13 A PLACE WITH NO NAME Michael Jackson 253400
48 37 16 9 REASON Erasure 173300
49 NEW 49 1 LEAVE WHILE I’M NOT LOOKING Paloma Faith 12100
50 24 11 5 IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 116750

51 51 7 12 IF YOU LET ME GO Salt Ashes 279850
52 54 52 2 DANGEROUS David Guetta featuring Sam Martin 22500
53 45 1 11 SHE’S NOT YOU Jenny Lewis 658150
54 53 1 15 HOUNDS OF LOVE Kate Bush 565850
55 55 8 15 CHIMES Hudson Mohawke 266850
56 33 22 6 SADNESS DISEASE Urban Cone 102400
57 58 57 7 SONG FOR THE ASKING Simon And Garfunkel 52600
58 NEW 58 1 SISSY THAT WALK RuPaul 10200
59 72 59 2 REAL LOVE Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne 15700
60 64 60 4 SOMEBODY TO LOVE Queen 28100

61 60 1 40 STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU Stealers Wheel 811150
62 52 2 11 GLOW Ella Henderson 454450
63 49 49 2 LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 19300
64 61 1 18 CALL Francesco Yates 700200
65 66 65 5 MY GENERATION The Who 32400
66 63 8 11 HELLO GOODNIGHT Mamas Gun 241550
67 67 67 2 DYNAMO Johnny Marr 13200
68 68 68 2 THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE Shirley Bassey 12800
69 NEW 69 1 COLA SONG Inna featuring J Balvin 6200
70 70 70 2 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey 12000

71 NEW 71 1 THINKING OUT LOUD Ed Sheeran 5800
72 69 1 24 BECOME Midge Ure 966800
73 73 73 2 REAL HOPE Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott 10800
74 74 74 2 COOL KIDS Echosmith 10400
75 NEW 75 1 FLY ME TO THE MOON Julie London 5000

DROP OUTS
36 36 3 DO THEY KNOW IT’S CHRISTMAS (2014) Band Aid 30 41500
44 10 6 HIDE FROM THE SUN GOAT 157350
46 26 6 GUST OF WIND Pharrell Williams 86950
56 24 7 CLOSER Rae Morris 108200
59 19 6 I LIVED OneRepublic 104200
65 25 6 THE ONE Lane 8 featuring Patrick Baker 86050
71 71 3 NO ENEMIESZ Kiesza 16600

Merry Christmas!

7th December 2014

It’s a 2nd week on top for The Veronicas, just holding off Take That who get to runners-up, and bronze spot for The Hunger Games song. The Pierces run of top 10 sungles remains unbroken as the latest pops up to 8, and Taylor Swift gets 2 in a row as number 3 hovers just outside the top 10! Highest new entry is Sam Smith, Like I Can belatedly giving him his best position in a while, he might have had some number ones, and my top record of 2013 (La La La) but his ballad overdose this year has become annoying, as they just will NOT go away.

Lots of jumping up of chart stuff, some Christmas songs (as usual) but one “not a christmas song” from Sparks 1974 album which is getting a proper single release, making it the 5th off Kimono My House to chart since This Town Ain’t Big Enough hit number one over 40 years ago. Status Quo do an acoustic version of debut classic psychedelic pop 1968 hit Pictures Of Matchstick Men, Kylie does Clash with Jools, Olly Murs replaces his own underperforming first single off the album, aided by Demi Lovato, Train are back and also replacing themselves in the chart, Johnny Marr gets a solo hit some 31years after This Charming Man announced The Smiths, and Idris Elba, actor/musician/all-round talent enlists Maverick Sabre for a chart entry. Idris not only does adverts, he appears in everything these days, American and British, but I especially like him in the Avengers/Thor films and Prometheus, just because that’s my thing.

1 1 1 7 YOU RUIN ME The Veronicas 447100
2 3 2 7 THESE DAYS Take That 391000
3 10 3 2 THE HANGING TREE James Newton Howard featuring Jennifer Lawrence 127000
4 2 2 4 REAL LOVE Tom Odell 215500
5 5 5 4 GENTLE ON MY MIND The Band Perry 155000
6 4 1 7 I’M NOT GONNA MISS YOU Glen Campbell 446000
7 9 7 4 SEE EMILY PLAY Pink Floyd 110600
8 20 8 5 THE DEVIL IS A LONELY NIGHT The Pierces 96300
9 11 9 3 BLANK SPACE Taylor Swift 54200
10 6 1 6 ANYTIME Cosmonaut Grenchko 501600

11 8 1 6 WHO’S GONNA STAND UP? (ORCHESTRAL VERSION) Neil Young 556000
12 15 12 8 SOS Indila 150750
13 7 1 7 DUST HALOS 524500
14 28 14 5 WELCOME TO NEW YORK Taylor Swift 75100
15 16 15 7 I LOVED YOU Blonde featuring Melissa Steele 119250
16 NEW 16 1 LIKE I CAN Sam Smith 25000
17 23 15 5 27 CLUB Chloe Black 114900
18 59 18 2 DESIRE Years And Years 32100
19 12 4 7 BUSY Jungle 251200
20 13 6 6 SAVE ME NOW Billy Idol 187600

21 17 5 9 WHEN I FIND LOVE AGAIN James Blunt 237850
22 24 12 8 WHEN THE BEAT DROPS OUT (BLONDEE & HAGEN RADIO EDIT) Marlon Roudette 193500
23 30 23 6 ANIMALS Maroon 5 69450
24 14 11 4 IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 104700
25 66 25 2 YOU’RE NEVER FULLY DRESSED WITHOUT A SMILE SIA 25550
26 19 9 7 MALACHITE Lydia Ainsworth 167200
27 NEW 27 1 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl 18400
28 71 28 3 LOVE ME HARDER Ariana Grande featuring The Weeknd 29900
29 29 29 5 LOUDER THAN WORDS Pink Floyd 67600
30 34 30 24 OUR LAST SUMMER Abba 287250

31 21 1 18 CHANGING Sigma featuring Paloma Faith 1119950
32 50 32 4 I DON’T CARE Cheryl 47300
33 33 22 5 SADNESS DISEASE Urban Cone 91800
34 48 34 2 TELL ‘EM I’M GONE Cat Stevens 29900
35 38 35 3 BLUE SMOKE Dolly Parton 51700
36 40 36 3 DO THEY KNOW IT’S CHRISTMAS (2014) Band Aid 30 41500
37 21 16 8 REASON Erasure 161000
38 72 38 2 OUTSIDE Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Golding 22800
39 18 10 12 PLACE WITHOUT NO NAME Michael Jackson 244900
40 44 40 10 STORM IN A TEACUP Lynsey De Paul 101000

41 25 5 14 SHAKE IT OFF Taylor Swift 442350
42 41 1 17 I’M NOT IN LOVE 10C.C. 904300
43 56 43 3 WAIT ON ME Rixton 24700
44 31 10 6 HIDE FROM THE SUN GOAT 157350
45 27 1 10 SHE’S NOT YOU Jenny Lewis 646900
46 26 26 6 GUST OF WIND Pharrell Williams 86950
47 NEW 47 1 PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN (ACOUSTIC) Status Quo 12500
48 NEW 48 1 SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO Jools Holland Rhythm n Blues Orchestra featuring Kylie Minogue 12300
49 NEW 49 1 LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 12100
50 NEW 50 1 UP Olly Murs featuring Demi Lovato 12000

51 37 7 11 IF YOU LET ME GO Salt Ashes 268100
52 43 2 10 GLOW Ella Henderson 447050
53 52 1 14 HOUNDS OF LOVE Kate Bush 554850
54 NEW 54 1 DANGEROUS David Guetta featuring Sam Martin 11000
55 55 8 14 CHIMES Hudson Mohawke 256050
56 32 24 7 CLOSER Rae Morris 108200
57 NEW 57 1 CADILLAC, CADILLAC Train 10400
58 62 58 6 SONG FOR THE ASKING Simon And Garfunkel 42200
59 39 19 6 I LIVED OneRepublic 104200
60 60 1 39 STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU Stealers Wheel 803650

61 58 1 17 CALL Francesco Yates 693100
62 NEW 62 1 YOU GIVE ME LOVE Idris Elba featuring Maverick Sabre 7400
63 51 8 10 HELLO GOODNIGHT Mamas Gun 234750
64 70 64 3 SOMEBODY TO LOVE Queen 18100
65 36 25 6 THE ONE Lane 8 featuring Patrick Baker 86050
66 67 66 4 MY GENERATION The Who 25400
67 NEW 67 1 DYNAMO Johnny Marr 6600
68 NEW 68 1 THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE Shirley Bassey 6400
69 65 1 23 BECOME Midge Ure 961200
70 NEW 70 1 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey 6000

71 73 71 3 NO ENEMIESZ Kiesza 16600
72 NEW 72 1 REAL LOVE Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne 5600
73 NEW 73 1 REAL HOPE Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott 5400
74 NEW 74 1 COOL KIDS Echosmith 5200
75 NEW 75 1 THANK GOD IT’S NOT CHRISTMAS Sparks 5000

30th November 2014

It’s The Veronicas! 5 years after debut hit Untouched peaked at 29 for the Aussies, the delayed follow-up goes all the way to 1, a fab ballad mystifyingly not getting airplay. Given the turgid ballads getting dreary play after dreary play on British radio and streaming sites, month after endless month, it’s time to shout out loud, ENOUGH! Give the airplay instead to this one, and the fab number 2 cover version of The Beatles 1996 hit – Tom Odell has outdone the Fabs in my charts!

Glen Campbell’s EP is now downloaded and he heads back upwards along with another track, The Band Perry’s version of his Gentle On My Mind, the third version to go top 5, and 45 years since Dean Martin took it there first. Pink Floyd finally get another Top 10, 35 years on from number one Another Brick In The Wall, and it’s their first 60’s single, the terrific psychedelic pop of See Emily Play, up 47 to 9, just ahead of the highest new entry, yes it’s Jennifer Lawrence’s powerful performance of the song from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 at 10. Haunting.

Taylor Swift has to make do with 11 for now (Blank Space) and 28 (Welcome To New York), while Blonde are back at a new peak of 16, ahead of UK single release, and The Pierces keep up their top 20 record with every single so far. Cat Stevens is back for the first time in well over 35 years, with a blues cover version at 48 – OK, technically he has charted in the interim as Yusuf, and with oldies, but it’s great to have the brand name back in use.

1 6 1 6 YOU RUIN ME – The Veronicas 277100
2 26 2 3 REAL LOVE – Tom Odell 150500
3 4 3 6 THESE DAYS – Take That 276000
4 12 1 6 I’M NOT GONNA MISS YOU – Glen Campbell 391000
5 18 5 3 GENTLE ON MY MIND – The Band Perry 95000
6 2 1 6 ANYTIME – Cosmonaut Grechko 459600
7 1 1 6 DUST – >HALOS< 492500
8 3 1 5 WHO'S GONNA STAND UP? (ORCHESTRAL) – Neil Young 518000
9 56 9 3 SEE EMILY PLAY – Pink Floyd 60600
10 NEW 10 1 THE HANGING TREE – James Newton Howard featuring Jennifer Lawrence 42000

11 38 11 2 BLANK SPACE – Taylor Swift 54200
12 5 4 6 BUSY EARNING – Jungle 230250
13 8 6 5 SAVE ME NOW – Billy Idol 167600
14 11 11 4 IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 85700
15 17 15 7 S.O.S. – Indila 115750
16 63 16 6 I LOVED YOU – Blonde featuring Melissa Steel 92250
17 7 5 8 WHEN I FIND LOVE AGAIN – James Blunt 218100
18 10 10 11 PLACE WITH NO NAME – Michael Jackson 227800
19 9 9 6 MALACHITE – Lydia Ainsworth 148700
20 49 20 4 THE DEVIL IS A LONELY NIGHT – The Pierces 48300

21 16 16 7 REASON – Erasure 143700
22 15 15 4 27 CLUB – Chloe Black 91900
23 14 1 17 CHANGING – Sigma featuring Paloma Faith 1102050
24 13 12 7 THE BEAT DROPS OUT (BLONDEE & HAGEN RADIO EDIT) – Marlon Roudette 174000
25 20 5 13 SHAKE IT OFF – Taylor Swift 428350
26 32 26 5 GUST OF WIND – Pharrell Williams 74200
27 21 1 9 SHE’S NOT ME – Jenny Lewis 633900
28 50 28 4 WELCOME TO NEW YORK – Taylor Swift 46100
29 55 29 4 LOUDER THAN WORDS – Pink Floyd 49400
30 44 30 5 ANIMALS – Maroon 5 50250

31 19 10 5 HIDE FROM THE SUN – GOAT 141200
32 24 24 6 CLOSER – Rae Morris 97800
33 22 22 4 SADNESS DISEASE – Urban Cone 74100
34 34 34 23 OUR LAST SUMMER – Abba 269250
35 27 27 6 DANGEROUS – Rumer 91700
36 36 25 5 THE ONE – Lane 8 featuring Patrick Baker 79050
37 23 7 10 IF YOU LET ME GO – Salt Ashes 256350
38 40 38 2 BLUE SMOKE – Dolly Parton 34200
39 25 19 5 I LIVED – OneRepublic 94100
40 65 40 2 DO THEY KNOW IT’S CHRISTMAS? (2014) – Band Aid 30 24000

41 41 1 16 I’M NOT IN LOVE – 10C.C. 890550
42 30 30 8 WICKED GAMES – Parra For Cuva featuring Anna Naklab 94200
43 31 2 9 GLOW – Ella Henderson 435550
44 46 44 9 STORM IN A TEACUP – Lynsey De Paul 84000
45 29 29 5 AND IT’S BETTER NOW – Status Quo 72100
46 33 20 5 STEPPING STONE – Paul Carrack 79850
47 61 47 5 16″ – Dreamshow 48500
48 NEW 48 1 TELL ‘EM I’M GONE – Cat Stevens 12300
49 54 49 4 READY FOR THE GOOD LIFE – Paloma Faith 38600
50 57 50 3 I DON’T CARE – Cheryl 29500

51 42 8 9 HELLO GOODNIGHT – Mamas Gun 227550
52 51 1 13 HOUNDS OF LOVE – Kate Bush 543600
53 28 26 6 HEARTBEAT LOUD – Andy C featuring Fiora 88150
54 45 45 3 BLACK SWEAT – Prince 30400
55 59 8 13 CHIMES – Hudson Mohawke 245250
56 72 56 2 WAIT ON ME – Rixton 11200
57 52 3 19 ANGEL IN BLUE JEANS – Train 702600
58 58 1 16 CALL – Francesco Yates 685600
59 NEW 59 1 DESIRE – Years and Years 10100
60 60 1 38 STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU – Stealers Wheel 793650

61 35 35 8 ZOMBIE – Jamie T 90900
62 66 62 5 SONG FOR THE ASKING – Simon & Garfunkel 32000
63 37 26 5 LUCIFER’S EYES – T.O.L.D. 78600
64 68 64 5 WRAPPED UP – Olly Murs featuring Travie McCoy 30300
65 64 1 22 BECOME – Midge Ure 954000
66 NEW 66 1 YOU’RE NEVER FULLY DRESSED WITHOUT A SMILE – SIA 6800
67 70 67 3 MY GENERATION – The Who 18600
68 NEW 68 1 ONE WAY – Paolo Nutini 6400
69 69 69 2 STEVIE – Kasabian 12400
70 75 70 2 SOMEBODY TO LOVE – Queen 11000

71 71 71 2 LOVE ME HARDER – Ariana Grande featuring The Weeknd 11600
72 NEW 72 1 OUTSIDE – Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding 5600
73 73 73 2 NO ENEMIESZ – Kiesza 10800
74 NEW 74 1 SOMETHING FROM NOTHING – Foo Fighters 5200
75 NEW 75 1 I – Kendrick Lamarr 5000

DROP OUTS
39 39 4 GUNSHOT – Lykke Li 44100
43 18 6 BREAK FREE – Ariana Grande featuring Zedd 88300
47 4 8 LET IT BE – Labrinth 291000
48 34 3 GHOSTS – Higher Self featuring Lauren Mason 42000
53 3 11 UGLY HEART – G.R.L. 363150
62 47 4 I WISH I WAS A GIRL LIKE YOU – Deacon Blue 42900
67 43 4 PLATEAU – r.e.l. 50600
74 74 2 FEET ON THE GROUND – Nicky Romero featuring Anouk 10400

23rd November 2014

HALOS take the top spot with the haunting Dust, and I expect to hear HALOS happening in 2015. Or else! Up 50 places and The Veronicas outdo their earlier hits from 5 years back, now at 6, while Noel Gallagher almost makes it at 11, edged out by Michael Jackson, still grabbing top 10 hits, despite being inconveniently late, and 44 years on from the first ones.

The Band Perry take Gentle On My Mind into the top 20, classy country, and the 3rd time the song has done that, since Dean Martin had the first entry back in 1969. Taylor Swift has another new entry in the 75, Blank Space popping in at 38, just ahead of veteran Dolly with her Blue Smoke. Band Aid 30 becomes the 4th version to chart, I support the cause strongly, and had a long blurb in response to Janet Street-Porter’s article and all the slaggers-off. End of the day, it’s a response to save lives, nothing else matters, if anyone is offended or embarrassed by pop stars trying to do something, tough, if you’ve got anything better to suggest RIGHT NOW (as in, not leaving it months until more people have died) then speak up or shut up with the petty whingeing. Hypocrites. Geldof is a mouthy, arrogant SOB, and always has been, but he’s invariably spot on with his observations on situations, and does what has to be done, even if that means swallowing his pride and going on X-Factor, because that’s not important in the scheme of things. Saving lives is. Nuff said. PS the UN asked him to do it because only 3 countries have responded so far in any significant way. UK, USA, France.

1 3 1 5 DUST – >HALOS< 442500
2 1 1 5 ANYTIME – Cosmonaut Grechko 404600
3 2 1 4 WHO'S GONNA STAND UP? (ORCHESTRAL) – Neil Young 470000
4 9 4 5 THESE DAYS – Take That 191000
5 4 4 5 BUSY EARNING – Jungle 195250
6 56 6 5 YOU RUIN ME – The Veronicas 107100
7 5 5 7 WHEN I FIND LOVE AGAIN – James Blunt 195100
8 6 6 4 SAVE ME NOW – Billy Idol 135600
9 11 9 5 MALACHITE – Lydia Ainsworth 127700
10 12 10 10 PLACE WITH NO NAME – Michael Jackson 205800

11 47 11 3 IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 56700
12 7 1 5 I’M NOT GONNA MISS YOU – Glen Campbell 326000
13 16 12 6 THE BEAT DROPS OUT (BLONDEE & HAGEN RADIO EDIT) – Marlon Roudette 155000
14 8 1 16 CHANGING – Sigma featuring Paloma Faith 1082800
15 15 15 3 27 CLUB – Chloe Black 72400
16 18 16 6 REASON – Erasure 123950
17 23 17 6 S.O.S. – Indila 88750
18 45 18 2 GENTLE ON MY MIND – The Band Perry 35000
19 10 10 4 HIDE FROM THE SUN – GOAT 123300
20 17 5 12 SHAKE IT OFF – Taylor Swift 409600

21 13 1 8 SHE’S NOT ME – Jenny Lewis 615500
22 22 22 3 SADNESS DISEASE – Urban Cone 56400
23 14 7 9 IF YOU LET ME GO – Salt Ashes 239050
24 24 24 5 CLOSER – Rae Morris 80000
25 19 19 4 I LIVED – OneRepublic 77000
26 40 26 2 REAL LOVE – Tom Odell 35500
27 27 27 5 DANGEROUS – Rumer 74200
28 RE 26 5 HEARTBEAT LOUD – Andy C featuring Fiora 76900
29 29 29 4 AND IT’S BETTER NOW – Status Quo 59100
30 36 30 7 WICKED GAMES – Parra For Cuva featuring Anna Naklab 80450

31 21 2 8 GLOW – Ella Henderson 422050
32 37 32 4 GUST OF WIND – Pharrell Williams 55700
33 20 20 4 STEPPING STONE – Paul Carrack 67100
34 38 34 22 OUR LAST SUMMER – Abba 251650
35 39 35 7 ZOMBIE – Jamie T 83400
36 25 25 4 THE ONE – Lane 8 featuring Patrick Baker 61650
37 26 26 4 LUCIFER’S EYES – T.O.L.D. 71400
38 NEW 38 1 BLANK SPACE – Taylor Swift 17200
39 49 39 4 GUNSHOT – Lykke Li 44100
40 NEW 40 1 BLUE SMOKE – Dolly Parton 17000

41 41 1 15 I’M NOT IN LOVE – 10C.C. 876550
42 32 8 8 HELLO GOODNIGHT – Mamas Gun 215800
43 31 18 6 BREAK FREE – Ariana Grande featuring Zedd 88300
44 65 44 4 ANIMALS – Maroon 5 32250
45 RE 45 2 BLACK SWEAT – Prince 19400
46 54 46 8 STORM IN A TEACUP – Lynsey De Paul 70750
47 35 4 8 LET IT BE – Labrinth 291000
48 34 34 3 GHOSTS – Higher Self featuring Lauren Mason 42000
49 57 49 3 THE DEVIL IS A LONELY NIGHT – The Pierces 28300
50 58 50 3 WELCOME TO NEW YORK – Taylor Swift 27800

51 46 1 12 HOUNDS OF LOVE – Kate Bush 532100
52 44 3 18 ANGEL IN BLUE JEANS – Train 692200
53 42 3 11 UGLY HEART – G.R.L. 363150
54 59 54 3 READY FOR THE GOOD LIFE – Paloma Faith 26500
55 RE 55 3 LOUDER THAN WORDS – Pink Floyd 31200
56 75 56 2 SEE EMILY PLAY – Pink Floyd 15600
57 64 57 2 I DON’T CARE – Cheryl 17500
58 52 1 15 CALL – Francesco Yates 675400
59 RE 8 12 CHIMES – Hudson Mohawke 234450
60 60 1 37 STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU – Stealers Wheel 783650

61 53 53 4 16″ – Dreamshow 36000
62 51 47 4 I WISH I WAS A GIRL LIKE YOU – Deacon Blue 42900
63 RE 26 5 I LOVED YOU – Blonde featuring Melissa Steel 67250
64 62 1 21 BECOME – Midge Ure 947000
65 NEW 65 1 DO THEY KNOW IT’S CHRISTMAS? (2014) – Band Aid 30 7000
66 66 66 4 SONG FOR THE ASKING – Simon & Garfunkel 24600
67 43 43 4 PLATEAU – r.e.l. 50600
68 68 68 4 WRAPPED UP – Olly Murs featuring Travie McCoy 23200
69 NEW 69 1 STEVIE – Kasabian 6200
70 70 70 2 MY GENERATION – The Who 12000

71 NEW 71 1 LOVE ME HARDER – Ariana Grande featuring The Weeknd 5800
72 NEW 72 1 WAIT ON ME – Rixton 5600
73 NEW 73 1 NO ENEMIESZ – Kiesza 5400
74 74 74 2 FEET ON THE GROUND – Nicky Romero featuring Anouk 10400
75 NEW 75 1 SOMEBODY TO LOVE – Queen 5000

DROP OUTS:
28 5 10 SLEEP LIKE A BABY TONIGHT – U2 263200
30 30 11 BABOOSHKA – Kate Bush 151650
33 10 7 BLAME – Calvin Harris featuring John Newman 158250
48 48 11 THE MAN WITH THE CHILD IN HIS EYES – Kate Bush 103100
50 50 4 BLAME IT ON ME – George Ezra 29800
55 55 2 CHEAP SUNGLASSES – RAC featuring Matthew Koma 18200
61 54 2 PEOPLE LOVING PEOPLE – Garth Brooks 18500
63 35 5 DO IT AGAIN – The Ting Tings 57950
67 67 1 RESONANCE – Luvbug featuring Talay Riley 6600
69 69 1 BREAK THE RULES – Charlie XCX 6200
71 71 1 LOOP DE LI – Bryan Ferry 5800
72 72 1 MR SANDMAN – Bette Midler 5600
73 73 1 DRUNK AND INCAPABLE – Krishane featuring Melissa Steel 5400

16th November 2014

It’s a new number one from Cosmonaut Grechko, Russian retro dance producer, love those laid back 70’s soul vibes in Anytime. Jungle go top 5, funk class, and James Blunt gets his 5th top 5 hit 8 years since the last one, in fact all of his top 5 hits peaked at 5, except for Wisemen which hit 3. Billy Idol can do better, though, he hasn’t made the top 10 since 1988 when Hot In the City (remixed) became his 7th, and only Mony Mony (5) has done better since Eyes Without A face hit 1 in 1984.

Take That have had loads of top 10 hits over the last 22 years of course, so it’s no surprise for their new single to be at 9, and Paul carrack has had plenty of top 20 hits over 40 years, so ditto! Pharrell gets another top 40 entry, and so does Tom Odell covering The Beatles rework of John Lennon’s demo cassette vocal, Real Love is the last ever Beatles recording, and it’s great to see it getting belated recognition after having largely been forgotten for almost 20 years.

The Band Perry cover Glen Campbell’s Gentle On My Mind for the tribute EP which includes number 7 I’m Not Gonna Miss You, and it’s a really good version at 45. Down the bottom end, Bryan Ferry extends his run to over 42 years of hits, while Bette Midler covers the gorgeous 50’s song Mr Sandman (made immortal in Back To The Future) on her covers album, giving her one of her very occasional chart entries that date back to 1977.

1 4 1 4 ANYTIME – Cosmonaut Grechko 289600
2 1 1 3 WHO’S GONNA STAND UP? (ORCHESTRAL) – Neil Young 385000
3 2 2 4 DUST – >HALOS< 272500
4 9 4 4 BUSY EARNING – Jungle 135250
5 16 5 6 WHEN I FIND LOVE AGAIN – James Blunt 145100
6 18 6 3 SAVE ME NOW – Billy Idol 87600
7 3 1 4 I'M NOT GONNA MISS YOU – Glen Campbell 291000
8 5 1 15 CHANGING – Sigma featuring Paloma Faith 1053800
9 13 9 4 THESE DAYS – Take That 126000
10 10 10 3 HIDE FROM THE SUN – GOAT 102300

11 19 11 4 MALACHITE – Lydia Ainsworth 82700
12 15 12 9 PLACE WITH NO NAME – Michael Jackson 163800
13 6 1 7 SHE’S NOT ME – Jenny Lewis 595750
14 7 7 8 IF YOU LET ME GO – Salt Ashes 219800
15 27 15 2 27 CLUB – Chloe Black 45400
16 12 12 5 THE BEAT DROPS OUT (BLONDEE & HAGEN RADIO EDIT) – Marlon Roudette 123000
17 17 5 11 SHAKE IT OFF – Taylor Swift 389600
18 20 18 5 REASON – Erasure 98950
19 25 19 3 I LIVED – OneRepublic 58250
20 39 20 3 STEPPING STONE – Paul Carrack 49400

21 11 2 7 GLOW – Ella Henderson 404150
22 36 22 2 SADNESS DISEASE – Urban Cone 36900
23 33 23 5 S.O.S. – Indila 65750
24 30 24 4 CLOSER – Rae Morris 61000
25 28 25 3 THE ONE – Lane 8 featuring Patrick Baker 44250
26 26 26 3 LUCIFER’S EYES – T.O.L.D. 54100
27 40 27 4 DANGEROUS – Rumer 55800
28 14 5 10 SLEEP LIKE A BABY TONIGHT – U2 263200
29 37 29 3 AND IT’S BETTER NOW – Status Quo 40900
30 34 30 11 BABOOSHKA – Kate Bush 151650

31 22 18 5 BREAK FREE – Ariana Grande featuring Zedd 74800
32 21 8 7 HELLO GOODNIGHT – Mamas Gun 202050
33 23 10 7 BLAME – Calvin Harris featuring John Newman 158250
34 49 34 2 GHOSTS – Higher Self featuring Lauren Mason 29700
35 24 4 7 LET IT BE – Labrinth 278500
36 46 36 6 WICKED GAMES – Parra For Cuva featuring Anna Naklab 62450
37 56 37 3 GUST OF WIND – Pharrell Williams 37900
38 38 38 21 OUR LAST SUMMER – Abba 234050
39 45 39 6 ZOMBIE – Jamie T 65900
40 NEW 40 1 REAL LOVE – Tom Odell 17000

41 41 1 15 I’M NOT IN LOVE – 10C.C. 862550
42 35 3 10 UGLY HEART – G.R.L. 351900
43 43 43 3 PLATEAU – r.e.l. 44000
44 31 3 17 ANGEL IN BLUE JEANS – Train 680700
45 NEW 45 1 GENTLE ON MY MIND – The Band Perry 13000
46 44 1 11 HOUNDS OF LOVE – Kate Bush 520350
47 63 47 2 IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 19700
48 48 48 11 THE MAN WITH THE CHILD IN HIS EYES – Kate Bush 103100
49 61 49 3 GUNSHOT – Lykke Li 27000
50 RE 50 4 BLAME IT ON ME – George Ezra 29800

51 47 47 3 I WISH I WAS A GIRL LIKE YOU – Deacon Blue 35500
52 42 1 14 CALL – Francesco Yates 665200
53 53 53 3 16″ – Dreamshow 28500
54 55 54 7 STORM IN A TEACUP – Lynsey De Paul 58000
55 62 55 2 CHEAP SUNGLASSES – RAC featuring Matthew Koma 18200
56 RE 38 4 YOU RUIN ME – The Veronicas 52100
57 71 57 2 THE DEVIL IS A LONELY NIGHT – The Pierces 16200
58 RE 58 2 WELCOME TO NEW YORK – Taylor Swift 15800
59 73 59 2 READY FOR THE GOOD LIFE – Paloma Faith 15500
60 60 1 36 STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU – Stealers Wheel 773650

61 54 54 2 PEOPLE LOVING PEOPLE – Garth Brooks 18500
62 59 1 20 BECOME – Midge Ure 939900
63 51 35 5 DO IT AGAIN – The Ting Tings 57950
64 NEW 64 1 I DON’T CARE – Cheryl 7100
65 69 65 3 ANIMALS – Maroon 5 19000
66 70 66 3 SONG FOR THE ASKING – Simon & Garfunkel 17800
67 NEW 67 1 RESONANCE – Luvbug featuring Talay Riley 6600
68 74 68 3 WRAPPED UP – Olly Murs featuring Travie McCoy 16800
69 NEW 69 1 BREAK THE RULES – Charlie XCX 6200
70 NEW 70 1 MY GENERATION – The Who 6000

71 NEW 71 1 LOOP DI LI – Bryan Ferry 5800
72 NEW 72 1 MR SANDMAN – Bette Midler 5600
73 NEW 73 1 DRUNK AND INCAPABLE – Krishane featuring Melissa Steel 5400
74 NEW 74 1 FEET ON THE GROUND – Nicky Romero featuring Anouk 5200
75 NEW 75 1 SEE EMILY PLAY – Pink Floyd 5000

DROP OUTS
8 8 23 MISTY BLUE – Dorothy Moore 366300
29 19 3 TOAST AND MARMALADE FOR TEA – Tin Tin 58700
32 15 9 SUNLIGHT – The Magician featuring Years and Years 130000
50 9 11 TAKE ME TO CHURCH – Hozier 232700
52 10 6 WHO GETS YOUR LOVE – Vanilla 139500
57 13 6 OCEAN (PROBLEM REMIX) – Andreas Moe 110150
58 58 2 LOUDER THAN WORDS – Pink Floyd 20400
64 64 1 MISTAKES I’VE MADE – Eelke Kleijn 7100
65 65 2 SOMEBODY’S TALKING – The Preatures 13200
66 66 2 HOPE FOR THE FUTURE – Paul McCartney 13600
67 67 1 SEA OF VOICES – Porter Robinson 6600
68 68 1 BLACK SWEAT – Prince 6400
72 72 1 AQUA VITAE – Future World Music 5600
75 75 1 LULLABY – Professor Green featuring Tori Kelly 5000

9th November 2014

It’s Neil Young, a modern orchestral hippie anthem, which is fine by lil ol tree-hugger me, giving Neil his first ever chart-topper a whopping 42 years after debuting in my chart. That beats Petula Clark’s 41-year gap to top my chart with new material (though oldies did it earlier). HALOS have to settle for runners-up with the haunting Dust, for now. Dorothy Moore has also taken a large 38 years to finally make my top 10 with Misty Blue, after peaking a fair bit lower first time round – got there in the end!

Jungle and GOAT also get their first Top 10’s. Blunt’y’s back at 16 with a track that almost made the UK Top 40 sales chart, but completely failed to make the “Official” UK chart. That’s the shit, boring Streaming-dominated heap of steaming manure that induces anyone listening to it to fall into a long coma. Other new sales hits like Queen also miss out.

Billy Idol gets a quick second Top 20 hit, his singles back on form, love that riff. Status Quo keep the Top 40 hits coming, too, as does Rumer and Paul Carrack. Garth Brooks, country legend that never did much for me finally gets another hit over 20 years later, as he returns to recording with rather a good song. Nice bloke. Noel Gallagher also returns, but he’s had hits throughout the last 20 years, unlike Garth. Prince also sneaks in, keeping his comeback up, too.

1 2 1 2 WHO’S GONNA STAND UP? (ORCHESTRAL) – Neil Young 270000
2 6 2 3 DUST – >HALOS< 187500
3 1 1 3 I'M NOT GONNA MISS YOU – Glen Campbell 241000
4 8 4 3 ANYTIME – Cosmonaut Grechko 119600
5 3 1 14 CHANGING – Sigma featuring Paloma Faith 1005800
6 5 1 6 SHE'S NOT ME – Jenny Lewis 563750
7 7 7 7 IF YOU LET ME GO – Salt Ashes 189800
8 14 8 23 MISTY BLUE – Dorothy Moore 366300
9 23 9 3 BUSY EARNING – Jungle 70250
10 28 10 2 HIDE FROM THE SUN – GOAT 60300

11 4 2 6 GLOW – Ella Henderson 384400
12 15 12 4 THE BEAT DROPS OUT (BLONDEE & HAGEN RADIO EDIT) – Marlon Roudette 98000
13 13 13 3 THESE DAYS – Take That 81000
14 9 5 9 SLEEP LIKE A BABY TONIGHT – U2 244900
15 17 15 8 PLACE WITH NO NAME – Michael Jackson 128400
16 46 16 5 WHEN I FIND LOVE AGAIN – James Blunt 85100
17 16 5 10 SHAKE IT OFF – Taylor Swift 366600
18 56 18 2 SAVE ME NOW – Billy Idol 32600
19 34 19 3 MALACHITE – Lydia Ainsworth 45700
20 20 20 4 REASON – Erasure 76950

21 12 8 6 HELLO GOODNIGHT – Mamas Gun 184250
22 18 18 4 BREAK FREE – Ariana Grande featuring Zedd 56900
23 10 10 6 BLAME – Calvin Harris featuring John Newman 140550
24 11 4 6 LET IT BE – Labrinth 261000
25 26 25 2 I LIVED – OneRepublic 37250
26 39 26 2 LUCIFER’S EYES – T.O.L.D. 35600
27 NEW 27 1 27 CLUB – Chloe Black 18400
28 63 28 2 THE ONE – Lane 8 featuring Patrick Baker 25500
29 19 19 3 TOAST AND MARMALADE FOR TEA – Tin Tin 58700
30 32 30 3 CLOSER – Rae Morris 42000

31 21 3 16 ANGEL IN BLUE JEANS – Train 667450
32 22 15 9 SUNLIGHT – The Magician featuring Years and Years 130000
33 38 33 4 S.O.S. – Indila 46500
34 37 34 10 BABOOSHKA – Kate Bush 133650
35 24 3 9 UGLY HEART – G.R.L. 351900
36 NEW 36 1 SADNESS DISEASE – Urban Cone 17400
37 73 37 2 AND IT’S BETTER NOW – Status Quo 22700
38 40 38 20 OUR LAST SUMMER – Abba 216850
39 48 39 2 STEPPING STONE – Paul Carrack 29400
40 RE 40 3 DANGEROUS – Rumer 37400

41 41 1 14 I’M NOT IN LOVE – 10C.C. 848550
42 29 1 13 CALL – Francesco Yates 653700
43 65 43 2 PLATEAU – r.e.l. 20500
44 42 1 10 HOUNDS OF LOVE – Kate Bush 507600
45 49 45 5 ZOMBIE – Jamie T 48800
46 61 46 5 WICKED GAMES – Parra For Cuva featuring Anna Naklab 45050
47 53 47 2 I WISH I WAS A GIRL LIKE YOU – Deacon Blue 23750
48 50 48 10 THE MAN WITH THE CHILD IN HIS EYES – Kate Bush 90800
49 NEW 49 1 GHOSTS – Higher Self featuring Lauren Mason 12100
50 33 9 11 TAKE ME TO CHURCH – Hozier 232700

51 35 35 4 DO IT AGAIN – The Ting Tings 50750
52 30 10 6 WHO GETS YOUR LOVE – Vanilla 139500
53 70 53 2 16″ – Dreamshow 17250
54 NEW 54 1 PEOPLE LOVING PEOPLE – Garth Brooks 11000
55 57 55 6 STORM IN A TEACUP – Lynsey De Paul 47000
56 60 56 2 GUST OF WIND – Pharrell Williams 20600
57 27 13 6 OCEAN (PROBLEM REMIX) – Andreas Moe 110150
58 58 58 2 LOUDER THAN WORDS – Pink Floyd 20400
59 55 1 19 BECOME – Midge Ure 932500
60 59 1 35 STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU – Stealers Wheel 763650

61 62 61 2 GUNSHOT – Lykke Li 14900
62 NEW 62 1 CHEAP SUNGLASSES – RAC featuring Matthew Koma 7400
63 NEW 63 1 IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 7200
64 NEW 64 1 MISTAKES I’VE MADE – Eelke Kleijn 7100
65 69 65 2 SOMEBODY’S TALKING – The Preatures 13200
66 66 66 2 HOPE – Paul McCartney 13600
67 NEW 67 1 SEA OF VOICES – Porter Robinson 6600
68 NEW 68 1 BLACK SWEAT – Prince 6400
69 71 69 2 ANIMALS – Maroon 5 12000
70 75 70 2 SONG FOR THE ASKING – Simon & Garfunkel 11000

71 NEW 71 1 THE DEVIL IS A LONELY NIGHT – The Pierces 5800
72 NEW 72 1 AQUA VITAE – Future World Music 5600
73 NEW 73 1 READY FOR THE GOOD LIFE – Paloma Faith 5400
74 74 74 2 WRAPPED UP – Olly Murs featuring Travie McCoy 10400
75 NEW 75 1 LULLABY – Professor Green featuring Tori Kelly 5000

DROP OUTS
25 6 7 THE MIRACLE (OF JOEY RAMONE) – U2 212250
31 23 5 DREAMERS (UNKNOWN SOUND EDIT) – Hopium featuring Pheobe Lou 73600
36 16 8 CAN’T BREAK ME DOWN – Billy Idol 143250
43 28 6 PRAYER IN C – Robin Schulz and LILLYWOOD 88850
44 26 4 I LOVED YOU – Blonde 60050
45 4 4 YOU’RE MY WORLD – Cilla Black 178000
47 26 4 HEARTBEAT LOUD – Andy C featuring Fiora 58600
51 1 17 LOVE RUNS OUT – OneRepublic 978650
52 12 9 ALL ABOUT THAT BASS – Meghan Trainor 179950
54 5 9 BULLIT – Watermat 299600
64 38 3 YOU RUIN ME – The Veronicas 41500
67 67 1 MURMURS – Hundred Waters 6600
68 17 5 BEAUTY QUEEN (SEAN FINN REMIX) – April Kry 89400
72 72 1 WELCOME TO NEW YORK – Taylor Swift 5600

2nd November 2014

It’s Glen Campbell at number one for the 12th time with his last heart-breaking record, the lyrics say it all, his vocal adds more, and it’s a brilliant way to say goodbye. Glen has Alzheimers, like my mum who also has loved Glen for as long as me. It was mum’s 76th birthday last week and I took her to my brothers in Weymouth for his 55th, playing her my current playlist records. She liked Ariana Grande best (up to 18 from 60) among several and tried to singalong. Still cool at 76.

Glen’s 78, and highest of 23 incredible new entries at 2 is a sprightly 69-year-old with his biggest hit ever, despite charting now for 42 years on and off. It’s Neil Young, and his new sweeping orchestral “State Of The World Today” themed record. I believe in the message of this record, and have done since I was a kid buying Save The World themed songs. They get more relevant with every passing year. The chart, meanwhile is highly volatile, records dropping out from high to make way for the invasion of the new.

HALOS shoot up to 6 with haunting Dust, and the laid-back retro groove of the gorgeous Cosmonaut Grechko just sends me (man) up 59 places to 8. Take That get another big hit 21 years on, at 13, Michael Jackson borrows heavily from Horse (Place) With No Name to climb to 17 and Jungle re-enter at 23 with a terrific Busy single. Others: OneRepublic bounce back, GOAT offer some Swedish psychedelia rock which I happily take, Rae Morris goes top 40, Paul Carrack has 40 years of hits this month, Deacon Blue are back again, ditto Billy Idol, and stunningly Pink Floyd have a classic-period new old track out in at 58 louder than words. If you can follow that sentence you’re doing well! Finally, at 75, one of the 3 uncharted tracks off possibly the greatest album of all-time (Bridge Over Troubled Water, back in the UK charts nearly 45 years on)! Gorgeous.

1 19 1 2 I’M NOT GONNA MISS YOU – Glen Campbell 166000
2 NEW 2 1 WHO’S GONNA STAND UP? (ORCHESTRAL) – Neil Young 100000
3 2 1 13 CHANGING – Sigma featuring Paloma Faith 945800
4 3 2 5 GLOW – Ella Henderson 347400
5 1 1 5 SHE’S NOT ME – Jenny Lewis 503750
6 35 6 2 DUST – >HALOS< 72500
7 10 7 6 IF YOU LET ME GO – Salt Ashes 139800
8 67 8 2 ANYTIME – Cosmonaut Grechko 54600
9 5 5 8 SLEEP LIKE A BABY TONIGHT – U2 215900
10 14 10 5 BLAME – Calvin Harris featuring John Newman 121300

11 4 4 5 LET IT BE – Labrinth 242000
12 8 8 5 HELLO GOODNIGHT – Mamas Gun 164500
13 40 13 2 THESE DAYS – Take That 49000
14 16 14 22 MISTY BLUE – Dorothy Moore 318300
15 30 15 3 THE BEAT DROPS OUT (BLONDEE & HAGEN RADIO EDIT) – Marlon Roudette 63000
16 7 5 9 SHAKE IT OFF – Taylor Swift 343600
17 36 17 7 PLACE WITH NO NAME – Michael Jackson 101400
18 60 18 3 BREAK FREE – Ariana Grande featuring Zedd 37400
19 22 19 2 TOAST AND MARMALADE FOR TEA – Tin Tin 40500
20 25 20 3 REASON – Erasure 56950

21 13 3 15 ANGEL IN BLUE JEANS – Train 649550
22 15 15 8 SUNLIGHT – The Magician featuring Years and Years 112200
23 RE 23 2 BUSY – Jungle 25250
24 12 3 8 UGLY HEART – G.R.L. 334400
25 11 6 7 THE MIRACLE (OF JOEY RAMONE) – U2 212250
26 NEW 26 1 I LIVED – OneRepublic 18500
27 18 13 5 OCEAN (PROBLEM REMIX) – Andreas Moe 99750
28 NEW 28 1 HIDE FROM THE SUN – GOAT 18300
29 17 1 12 CALL – Francesco Yates 639950
30 20 10 5 WHO GETS YOUR LOVE – Vanilla 128000

31 23 23 5 DREAMERS (UNKNOWN SOUND EDIT) – Hopium featuring Pheobe Lou 73600
32 69 32 2 CLOSER – Rae Morris 24000
33 29 9 10 TAKE ME TO CHURCH – Hozier 220700
34 64 34 2 MALACHITE – Lydia Ainsworth 24700
35 52 35 3 DO IT AGAIN – The Ting Tings 39000
36 21 16 8 CAN'T BREAK ME DOWN – Billy Idol 143250
37 42 37 9 BABOOSHKA – Kate Bush 116050
38 71 38 3 S.O.S. – Indila 28800
39 NEW 39 1 LUCIFER'S EYES – T.O.L.D. 17100
40 44 40 19 OUR LAST SUMMER – Abba 199650

41 31 1 13 I'M NOT IN LOVE – 10C.C. 834550
42 34 1 9 HOUNDS OF LOVE – Kate Bush 494350
43 28 28 6 PRAYER IN C – Robin Schulz and LILLYWOOD 88850
44 37 26 4 I LOVED YOU – Blonde 60050
45 9 4 4 YOU'RE MY WORLD – Cilla Black 178000
46 46 37 4 WHEN I FIND LOVE AGAIN – James Blunt 60100
47 26 26 4 HEARTBEAT LOUD – Andy C featuring Fiora 58600
48 NEW 48 1 STEPPING STONE – Paul Carrack 12300
49 59 49 4 ZOMBIE – Jamie T 35800
50 54 50 9 THE MAN WITH THE CHILD IN HIS EYES – Kate Bush 78500

51 41 1 17 LOVE RUNS OUT – OneRepublic 978650
52 39 12 9 ALL ABOUT THAT BASS – Meghan Trainor 179950
53 NEW 53 1 I WISH I WAS A GIRL LIKE YOU – Deacon Blue 11250
54 32 5 9 BULLIT – Watermat 299600
55 51 1 18 BECOME – Midge Ure 922500
56 NEW 56 1 SAVE ME NOW – Billy Idol 10600
57 61 57 5 STORM IN A TEACUP – Lynsey De Paul 36200
58 NEW 58 1 LOUDER THAN WORDS – Pink Floyd 10200
59 57 1 34 STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU – Stealers Wheel 753650
60 NEW 60 1 GUST OF WIND – Pharrell Williams 10000

61 RE 55 4 WICKED GAMES – Parra For Cuva featuring Anna Naklab 32300
62 NEW 62 1 GUNSHOT – Lykke Li 7400
63 NEW 63 1 THE ONE – Lane 8 (featuring Patrick Baker) 7200
64 38 38 3 YOU RUIN ME – The Veronicas 41500
65 NEW 65 1 PLATEAU – r.e.l. 7000
66 NEW 66 1 HOPE – Paul McCartney 6800
67 NEW 67 1 MURMURS – Hundred Waters 6600
68 24 17 5 BEAUTY QUEEN (SEAN FINN REMIX) – April Kry 89400
69 NEW 69 1 SOMEBODY'S TALKING – The Preatures 6200
70 NEW 70 1 16" – Dreamshow 6000

71 NEW 71 1 ANIMALS – Maroon 5 5800
72 NEW 72 1 WELCOME TO NEW YORK – Taylor Swift 5600
73 NEW 73 1 AND IT'S BETTER NOW – Status Quo 5400
74 NEW 74 1 WRAPPED UP – Olly Murs featuring Travie McCoy 5200
75 NEW 75 1 SONG FOR THE ASKING – Simon & Garfunkel 5000

DROP OUTS:
6 6 17 CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU – Frankie Valli 312550
27 22 2 THERE MUST BE MORE TO LIFE THAN THIS – Queen and Michael Jackson 37900
33 33 3 COME BACK – Ella Eyre 45500
43 43 3 XTC – Liz 32000
45 10 9 NATURE'S CALL – Shaun Escoffery 191200
47 10 9 DAYS WITH YOU – Snakehips featuring Sinead Harnett 190600
48 8 11 CHIMES – Hudson Mohawke 224350
49 49 1 BABY DON'T LIE – Gwen Stefani 12100
50 30 3 GOD ONLY KNOWS – Brian Wilson and Various Artists 44000
53 40 3 HONEST TOWN – Simple Minds 45250
55 55 2 MY FLOWER – IAmDotter 16800
56 1 14 ONE – Order Of Era 656300
58 58 2 DANGEROUS – Rumer 20400
62 9 10 FORGOTTEN MAN – Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 214150
63 63 2 TRIGGER – Maluca Lala 14400
65 1 21 COLOURS IN THE SKY – Miami Horror featuring CLEOPOLD 1614150
66 1 13 COME AND GET YOUR LOVE (594100) – Redbone 558900
68 9 15 DOSES AND MIMOSAS – Cherub 250150
70 1 22 TIME IN A BOTTLE (969050) – Jim Croce 897350
72 49 2 HOLD ON – Minx featuring Hannah Joy 17700
73 1 62 EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD (3160100) – Tears For Fears 1108550
74 74 3 SOMETHING BLUE – Neil Diamond 10600
75 75 2 BEAUTIFUL – Mali Music 10000

26th October 2014

It’s Jenny Lewis again on top for a second week, produced by Ryan Adams and some fab guitar work and strings. Great song, great singer, and an actress who’s been in Pleasantville and American Dad. Immaculate. U2 kick themselves out of the top 10 with the best track on their great (slagged-off) album, subtle and dark, quirky and inventive, giving them their first Top 5 hit for 8 years. Just cos it’s free doesn’t mean it’s not a great album (it is).

Frankie Valli gets the long-awaited Top 10 hit with Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – it was Andy Williams who had the UK hit. And Boystown Gang. And Pet Shop Boys in a hilariously brilliant mix with U2’s Where The Streets Have No Name, easily as good as both originals, if not much better. Andy and Pet Shop Boys both got a number one out of it, but the Four Seasons had to wait for the latest hits album following the movie of the hit stage show Jersey Boys – it’s basically a Four Seasons record.

There’s some song contest mystery records in the chart – all will be revealed eventually – but the highest new entry isn’t available in the UK: it’s Glen Campbell’s final record, recorded before he became based in a care home with alzheimers, and a heartbreaking final farewell to his loved ones, charting in the Hot 100 following a youtube video and documentary.

At 22, Tin Tin enters. Not Herge, it’s an Australian band from 1971 with a Maurice Gibb-pushed 60’s psychedelic pop track I heard for the first time on Steve Wright’s show this week. It’s fab. Take That are back at 40. Well, 60% of Take That are back. Gwen Stefani’s back at 49 after a long absence (apart from No Doubt tracks), with a record I can’t buy till January in the UK. Bet it ends up being March.

1 1 1 4 SHE’S NOT ME – Jenny Lewis 443750
2 3 1 12 CHANGING – Sigma featuring Paloma Faith 860800
3 2 2 4 GLOW – Ella Henderson 282400
4 5 4 4 LET IT BE – Labrinth 205000
5 12 5 7 SLEEP LIKE A BABY TONIGHT – U2 170900
6 11 6 17 CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU – Frankie Valli 312550
7 8 5 8 SHAKE IT OFF – Taylor Swift 318600
8 9 8 4 HELLO GOODNIGHT – Mamas Gun 129500
9 4 4 3 YOU’RE MY WORLD – Cilla Black 165000
10 27 10 5 IF YOU LET ME GO – Salt Ashes 89800

11 6 6 6 THE MIRACLE (OF JOEY RAMONE) – U2 193500
12 15 3 7 UGLY HEART – G.R.L. 315400
13 14 3 14 ANGEL IN BLUE JEANS – Train 629800
14 19 14 4 BLAME – Calvin Harris featuring John Newman 79300
15 18 15 7 SUNLIGHT – The Magician featuring Years and Years 92700
16 20 16 21 MISTY BLUE – Dorothy Moore 289300
17 7 1 11 CALL – Francesco Yates 621750
18 13 13 4 OCEAN (PROBLEM REMIX) – Andreas Moe 81350
19 NEW 19 1 I’M NOT GONNA MISS YOU – Glen Campbell 21000
20 10 10 4 WHO GETS YOUR LOVE – Vanilla 110000

21 16 16 7 CAN’T BREAK ME DOWN – Billy Idol 125850
22 NEW 22 1 TOAST AND MARMALADE FOR TEA – Tin Tin 19500
23 23 23 4 DREAMERS (UNKNOWN SOUND EDIT) – Hopium featuring Pheobe Lou 55700
24 17 17 4 BEAUTY QUEEN (SEAN FINN REMIX) – April Kry 83000
25 29 25 2 REASON – Erasure 36950
26 35 26 3 HEARTBEAT LOUD – Andy C featuring Fiora 46100
27 22 22 2 THERE MUST BE MORE TO LIFE THAN THIS – Queen and Michael Jackson 37900
28 28 28 5 PRAYER IN C – Robin Schulz and LILLYWOOD 75350
29 31 9 9 TAKE ME TO CHURCH – Hozier 203000
30 30 30 2 THE BEAT DROPS OUT (BLONDEE & HAGEN RADIO EDIT) – Marlon Roudette 36000

31 21 1 12 I’M NOT IN LOVE – 10C.C. 820550
32 45 5 8 BULLIT – Watermat 288600
33 34 33 3 COME BACK – Ella Eyre 45500
34 24 1 8 HOUNDS OF LOVE – Kate Bush 480600
35 NEW 35 1 DUST – >HALOS< 17500
36 36 36 6 PLACE WITH NO NAME – Michael Jackson 78400
37 26 26 3 I LOVED YOU – Blonde 46800
38 38 38 2 YOU RUIN ME – The Veronicas 34400
39 25 12 8 ALL ABOUT THAT BASS – Meghan Trainor 168450
40 NEW 40 1 THESE DAYS – Take That 17000

41 33 1 16 LOVE RUNS OUT – OneRepublic 966900
42 44 42 8 BABOOSHKA – Kate Bush 98750
43 43 43 3 XTC – Liz 32000
44 46 44 18 OUR LAST SUMMER – Abba 182650
45 32 10 9 NATURE'S CALL – Shaun Escoffery 191200
46 37 37 3 WHEN I FIND LOVE AGAIN – James Blunt 47350
47 42 10 9 DAYS WITH YOU – Snakehips featuring Sinead Harnett 190600
48 39 8 11 CHIMES – Hudson Mohawke 224350
49 NEW 49 1 BABY DON'T LIE – Gwen Stefani 12100
50 41 30 3 GOD ONLY KNOWS – Brian Wilson and Various Artists 44000

51 48 1 17 BECOME – Midge Ure 911700
52 60 52 2 DO IT AGAIN – The Ting Tings 21500
53 40 40 3 HONEST TOWN – Simple Minds 45250
54 59 54 8 THE MAN WITH THE CHILD IN HIS EYES – Kate Bush 66500
55 70 55 2 MY FLOWER – IAmDotter 16800
56 50 1 14 ONE – Order Of Era 656300
57 56 1 33 STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU – Stealers Wheel 743550
58 58 58 2 DANGEROUS – Rumer 20400
59 66 59 3 ZOMBIE – Jamie T 23700
60 73 60 2 BREAK FREE – Ariana Grande featuring Zedd 15400

61 64 61 4 STORM IN A TEACUP – Lynsey De Paul 25800
62 47 9 10 FORGOTTEN MAN – Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 214150
63 63 63 2 TRIGGER – Maluca Lala 14400
64 NEW 64 1 MALACHITE – Lydia Ainsworth 7100
65 61 1 21 COLOURS IN THE SKY – Miami Horror featuring CLEOPOLD 1614150
66 62 1 13 COME AND GET YOUR LOVE – Redbone 558900
67 NEW 67 1 ANYTIME – Cosmonaut Grechko 6600
68 68 9 15 DOSES AND MIMOSAS – Cherub 250150
69 NEW 69 1 CLOSER – Rae Morris 6200
70 67 1 22 TIME IN A BOTTLE – Jim Croce 897350

71 71 71 2 S.O.S. – Indila 11600
72 49 49 2 HOLD ON – Minx featuring Hannah Joy 17700
73 72 1 62 EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD – Tears For Fears 1108550
74 74 74 3 SOMETHING BLUE – Neil Diamond 10600
75 75 75 2 BEAUTIFUL – Mali Music 10000

DROP OUTS
51 6 8 THE CHAMBER – Lenny Kravitz 297950
52 31 6 ACROSS 110TH STREET – Bobby Womack 98300
53 15 5 U GOT ALL I'M LOOKING 4 – Summer Heart 92950
54 54 1 THE YEARS (PROLOGUE) – The Midnight 11000
55 35 3 CENTRAL PARK ARREST – Lynsey De Paul 45500
57 4 11 LOVERS ON THE SUN – David Guetta featuring Sam Martin 362950
65 28 5 SNOWSHIP (THOMAS JACK REMIX) – Benjamin Franklin Leftwich 77900
69 69 3 PLEASE DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD – Jamie Cullum featuring Gregory Porter 17300

19th October 2014

It’s Jenny by the slimmest of margins, the gorgeous melody just pipped Ella’s dramatic epic, but both are great. Mama’s Gun get a 2nd Top 10 in a row, while Calvin harris and John Newman finally break into the 20, and Ella Eyre into the 40.

The big news though is the release, after decades of waiting, and long after the deaths of both singers, of the Queen and Michael Jackson duet There Must Be More To Life Than This. Jacko of course has another one climbing further down, and no doubt plenty more in the vaults, but this may well be the last Queen scoop left unreleased. I like it on one hearing quite a bit!

Erasure get another Top 40 hit, 2 in quick succession, while The Veronicas bang in on one hearing at 38, ruining me with that tune. Rumer and Indila are both back with classy ballads, and that’s about that!

1 3 1 3 SHE’S NOT ME – Jenny Lewis 273750
2 4 2 3 GLOW – Ella Henderson 197400
3 1 1 11 CHANGING – Sigma featuring Paloma Faith 745800
4 6 4 2 YOU’RE MY WORLD – Cilla Black 120000
5 9 5 3 LET IT BE – Labrinth 140000
6 10 6 5 THE MIRACLE (OF JOEY RAMONE) – U2 156500
7 2 2 10 CALL – Francesco Yates 598750
8 5 5 7 SHAKE IT OFF – Taylor Swift 268600
9 24 9 3 HELLO GOODNIGHT – Mamas Gun 81500
10 15 10 3 WHO GETS YOUR LOVE – Vanilla 90000

11 11 11 16 CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU – Frankie Valli 257550
12 16 12 6 SLEEP LIKE A BABY TONIGHT – U2 110900
13 23 13 3 OCEAN (PROBLEM REMIX) – Andreas Moe 61350
14 8 3 13 ANGEL IN BLUE JEANS – Train 597800
15 7 3 6 UGLY HEART – G.R.L. 280400
16 18 16 6 CAN’T BREAK ME DOWN – Billy Idol 106100
17 17 17 3 BEAUTY QUEEN (SEAN FINN REMIX) – April Kry 64000
18 36 18 6 SUNLIGHT – The Magician featuring Years and Years 65700
19 26 19 3 BLAME – Calvin Harris featuring John Newman 50300
20 25 20 20 MISTY BLUE – Dorothy Moore 264300

21 14 1 11 I’M NOT IN LOVE – 10C.C. 802650
22 NEW 22 1 THERE MUST BE MORE TO LIFE THAN THIS – Queen and Michael Jackson 19500
23 50 23 3 DREAMERS (UNKNOWN SOUND EDIT) – Hopium featuring Pheobe Lou 36450
24 13 1 7 HOUNDS OF LOVE – Kate Bush 463000
25 12 12 7 ALL ABOUT THAT BASS – Meghan Trainor 151350
26 54 26 2 I LOVED YOU – Blonde 29500
27 49 27 4 IF YOU LET ME GO – Salt Ashes 47800
28 39 28 4 PRAYER IN C – Robin Schulz and LILLYWOOD 57050
29 NEW 29 1 REASON – Erasure 18200
30 NEW 30 1 THE BEAT DROPS OUT (BLONDEE & HAGEN RADIO EDIT) – Marlon Roudette 18000

31 20 9 8 TAKE ME TO CHURCH – Hozier 184800
32 22 10 8 NATURE’S CALL – Shaun Escoffery 178200
33 27 1 15 LOVE RUNS OUT – OneRepublic 952900
34 58 34 2 COME BACK – Ella Eyre 27800
35 59 35 2 HEARTBEAT LOUD – Andy C featuring Fiora 27600
36 38 36 5 PLACE WITH NO NAME – Michael Jackson 62000
37 37 37 2 WHEN I FIND LOVE AGAIN – James Blunt 34600
38 NEW 38 1 YOU RUIN ME – The Veronicas 17200
39 19 8 10 CHIMES – Hudson Mohawke 212150
40 40 40 2 HONEST TOWN – Simple Minds 34000

41 30 30 2 GOD ONLY KNOWS – Brian Wilson and Various Artists 32000
42 32 10 8 DAYS WITH YOU – Snakehips featuring Sinead Harnett 178100
43 75 43 2 XTC – Liz 18500
44 45 44 7 BABOOSHKA – Kate Bush 85000
45 RE 5 7 BULLIT – Watermat 270800
46 48 46 17 OUR LAST SUMMER – Abba 169400
47 34 9 9 FORGOTTEN MAN – Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 206750
48 46 1 16 BECOME – Midge Ure 899950
49 NEW 49 1 HOLD ON – Minx featuring Hannah Joy 12100
50 42 1 13 ONE – Order Of Era 645700

51 29 6 8 THE CHAMBER – Lenny Kravitz 297950
52 31 31 6 ACROSS 110TH STREET – Bobby Womack 98300
53 33 15 5 U GOT ALL I’M LOOKING 4 – Summer Heart 92950
54 NEW 54 1 THE YEARS (PROLOGUE) – The Midnight 11000
55 35 35 3 CENTRAL PARK ARREST – Lynsey De Paul 45500
56 55 1 32 STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU – Stealers Wheel 733150
57 44 4 11 LOVERS ON THE SUN – David Guetta featuring Sam Martin 362950
58 NEW 58 1 DANGEROUS – Rumer 10200
59 60 59 7 THE MAN WITH THE CHILD IN HIS EYES – Kate Bush 55500
60 NEW 60 1 DO IT AGAIN – The Ting Tings 10000

61 56 1 20 COLOURS IN THE SKY – Miami Horror featuring CLEOPOLD 1607150
62 57 1 12 COME AND GET YOUR LOVE – Redbone 552100
63 NEW 63 1 TRIGGER – Maluca Lala 7200
64 69 64 3 STORM IN A TEACUP – Lynsey De Paul 18300
65 28 28 5 SNOWSHIP (THOMAS JACK REMIX) – Benjamin Franklin Leftwich 77900
66 66 66 2 ZOMBIE – Jamie T 13600
67 64 1 21 TIME IN A BOTTLE – Jim Croce 891350
68 62 9 14 DOSES AND MIMOSAS – Cherub 243750
69 70 69 3 PLEASE DON’T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD – Jamie Cullum featuring Gregory Porter 17300
70 NEW 70 1 MY FLOWER – IAmDotter 6000

71 NEW 71 1 S.O.S. – Indila 5800
72 71 1 61 EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD – Tears For Fears 1103150
73 NEW 73 1 BREAK FREE – Ariane Grande featuring Zedd 5400
74 74 74 2 SOMETHING BLUE – Neil Diamond 10400
75 NEW 75 1 BEAUTIFUL – Mali Music 5000

DROP OUTS
21 2 3 ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART – Cilla Black 184750
41 7 9 WON’T LOOK BACK – Duke Dumont featuring Yolande 241000
43 2 10 COME WITH ME NOW – KONGOS 376950
47 7 9 RED CASSETTE – Mamas Gun 276500
51 39 4 HELP OUR SOULS (URBAN CONTACT REMIX) – NIHILS 58250
52 37 5 NEVERMIND – Claudia Brucken 52300
53 21 4 (I ALWAYS KILL) THE THINGS I LOVE – The Real Tuesday Weld 67100
61 46 5 I ALWAYS KILL THE THINGS I LOVE – The Real Tuesday Weld featuring Claudia Brucken 49750
63 6 15 MY TYPE – Saint Motel 416250
65 30 8 STRANGER – Chris Malinchak featuring Mikky Ekko 91450
67 24 4 CENTURIES – Fall Out Boy 56600
68 26 5 MEANT TO BE KIND – Hannah Grace 64650
72 72 1 I KNOW – Sh1ft K3y 5600
73 1 24 ONLY LOVE CAN HURT LIKE THIS – Paloma Faith 1009550

12th October 2014

It’s back on top for Sigma and Paloma, 2 weeks in total, holding an invasion by the girls, Jenny Lewis’s great 90’s-stylee ballad leaping up to 3 just ahead of Ella Henderson’s terrific military-rhythmed follow-up Glow, lighting up my chart at 4, 32 places jumping. The highest new entry is Cilla again, and again a record I was mad on aged 6, though it any case had two runs topping my chart in 1977 and 2003: You’re My World. It would have peaked at 74 in the singles chart (sales) giving Cilla 2 chart hits at the same time, and of course due to ITV’s Cilla. The BBC also get some action in too, with The Beach Boys multi-star cover recording of God Only Knows. It’s a great video, and it’s for charity, but I stick with my previous quote: God Only Knows is a perfect record (having topped my chart twice), an all-time classic, with intricate melodies and harmonies, and heart-warming lyrics and it’s impossible to cover without sounding vastly inferior.

James Blunt’s back with another corker, Simple Minds add to the 32 years of hits with a goodie, Lillywood finally makes my top 40, but my word what a bitter lyric, get over yourself dear, what did he do, murder your family! Oh, and Neil Diamond’s back with a new track, that’s 44 years of hits in my chart…That’s not bad!

1 2 1 10 CHANGING – Sigma featuring Paloma Faith 680800
2 1 2 9 CALL – Francesco Yates 548750
3 25 3 2 SHE’S NOT ME – Jenny Lewis 103750
4 36 4 2 GLOW – Ella Henderson 82400
5 5 5 6 SHAKE IT OFF – Taylor Swift 220600
6 NEW 6 1 YOU’RE MY WORLD – Cilla Black 55000
7 3 3 5 UGLY HEART – G.R.L. 253400
8 4 3 12 ANGEL IN BLUE JEANS – Train 568800
9 12 9 2 LET IT BE – Labrinth 80000
10 10 10 4 THE MIRACLE (OF JOEY RAMONE) – U2 101500

11 18 11 15 CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU – Frankie Valli 220550
12 14 12 6 ALL ABOUT THAT BASS – Meghan Trainor 132600
13 6 1 6 HOUNDS OF LOVE – Kate Bush 444000
14 11 1 10 I’M NOT IN LOVE – 10C.C. 782900
15 19 15 2 WHO GETS YOUR LOVE – Vanilla 48000
16 27 16 5 SLEEP LIKE A BABY TONIGHT – U2 75900
17 30 17 2 BEAUTY QUEEN (SEAN FINN REMIX) – April Kry 41000
18 20 18 5 CAN’T BREAK ME DOWN – Billy Idol 81100
19 8 8 9 CHIMES – Hudson Mohawke 195050
20 9 9 7 TAKE ME TO CHURCH – Hozier 166900

21 7 2 3 ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART – Cilla Black 184750
22 13 10 7 NATURE’S CALL – Shaun Escoffery 160400
23 59 23 2 OCEAN (PROBLEM REMIX) – Andreas Moe 29350
24 35 24 2 HELLO GOODNIGHT – Mamas Gun 36500
25 28 25 19 MISTY BLUE – Dorothy Moore 244300
26 55 26 2 BLAME – Calvin Harris featuring John Newman 29300
27 16 1 14 LOVE RUNS OUT – OneRepublic 935200
28 32 28 4 SNOWSHIP (THOMAS JACK REMIX) – Benjamin Franklin Leftwich 70900
29 17 6 7 THE CHAMBER – Lenny Kravitz 286200
30 NEW 30 1 GOD ONLY KNOWS – Brian Wilson and Various Artists 18000

31 33 31 5 ACROSS 110TH STREET – Bobby Womack 86800
32 21 10 7 DAYS WITH YOU – Snakehips featuring Sinead Harnett 164350
33 15 15 4 U GOT ALL I’M LOOKING 4 – Summer Heart 81700
34 29 9 8 FORGOTTEN MAN – Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 194250
35 38 35 2 CENTRAL PARK ARREST – Lynsey De Paul 34700
36 64 36 5 SUNLIGHT – The Magician featuring Years and Years 43700
37 NEW 37 1 WHEN I FIND LOVE AGAIN – James Blunt 17300
38 40 38 4 PLACE WITH NO NAME – Michael Jackson 44600
39 53 39 3 PRAYER IN C – Robin Schulz and LILLYWOOD 38750
40 NEW 40 1 HONEST TOWN – Simple Minds 17000

41 24 7 9 WON’T LOOK BACK – Duke Dumont featuring Yolande 241000
42 26 1 12 ONE – Order Of Era 633700
43 23 2 10 COME WITH ME NOW – KONGOS 376950
44 22 4 10 LOVERS ON THE SUN – David Guetta featuring Sam Martin 352550
45 45 45 6 BABOOSHKA – Kate Bush 71750
46 42 1 15 BECOME – Midge Ure 887650
47 34 7 9 RED CASSETTE – Mamas Gun 276500
48 49 48 16 OUR LAST SUMMER – Abba 156650
49 RE 49 3 IF YOU LET ME GO – Salt Ashes 29400
50 74 50 2 DREAMERS (UNKNOWN SOUND EDIT) – Hopium featuring Pheobe Lou 17200

51 39 39 4 HELP OUR SOULS (URBAN CONTACT REMIX) – NIHILS 58250
52 37 37 5 NEVERMIND – Claudia Brucken 52300
53 31 21 4 (I ALWAYS KILL) THE THINGS I LOVE – The Real Tuesday Weld 67100
54 NEW 54 1 I LOVED YOU – Blonde 11000
55 54 1 31 STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU – Stealers Wheel 722550
56 44 1 19 COLOURS IN THE SKY – Miami Horror featuring CLEOPOLD 1599650
57 41 1 11 COME AND GET YOUR LOVE – Redbone 544700
58 NEW 58 1 COME BACK – Ella Eyre 10200
59 NEW 59 1 HEARTBEAT LOUD – Andy C featuring Fiora 10100
60 60 60 6 THE MAN WITH THE CHILD IN HIS EYES – Kate Bush 45400

61 46 46 5 I ALWAYS KILL THE THINGS I LOVE – The Real Tuesday Weld featuring Claudia Brucken 49750
62 58 9 13 DOSES AND MIMOSAS – Cherub 237350
63 57 6 15 MY TYPE – Saint Motel 416250
64 61 1 20 TIME IN A BOTTLE – Jim Croce 884750
65 50 30 8 STRANGER – Chris Malinchak featuring Mikky Ekko 91450
66 NEW 66 1 ZOMBIE – Jamie T 6800
67 43 24 4 CENTURIES – Fall Out Boy 56600
68 RE 26 5 MEANT TO BE KIND – Hannah Grace 64650
69 75 69 2 STORM IN A TEACUP – Lynsey De Paul 11200
70 RE 70 2 PLEASE DON’T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD – Jamie Cullum featuring Gregory Porter 11000

71 70 1 60 EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD – Tears For Fears 1097550
72 NEW 72 1 I KNOW – Sh1ft K3y 5600
73 73 1 24 ONLY LOVE CAN HURT LIKE THIS – Paloma Faith 1009550
74 NEW 74 1 SOMETHING BLUE – Neil Diamond 5200
75 NEW 71 1 XTC – Liz 5000

DROP OUTS
47 15 19 WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE – Billy Joel 274000
48 28 5 CREATION – The Pierces 79250
51 27 3 GAY 4 IT – $WAGGOT 48550
52 52 2 SHE MOVES (FAR AWAY) – Alle Farben featuring Graham Candy 23000
56 40 3 MOONWALK AWAY (MOONLANDING MIX) – Goldfish 39600
62 62 3 LOW – Inna 21600
63 9 10 SWEETNESS ALIVE – Goldroom featuring Say Lou Lou 184400
65 6 17 SUMMER IN THE CITY – The Lovin’ Spoonful 334250
66 66 2 WHY CAN’T I BE YOU – R.A.B.B.I.I. 12800
67 67 2 IN YOUR ARMS – Michael Woods featuring Lauren Dyson 13200
68 15 10 ELEVATION – Erasure 178350
69 19 6 SUPERHEROES – The Script 94650
71 65 3 BLAME IT ON ME – George Ezra 17800
72 72 2 AS GOOD AS GONE – Andy Burrows 10800

5th October 2014

It’s an 18-year old Canadian who’s played on Pharrell’s records, and who has a stunning voice. In a pop scene crowded by emotionless teeniepop singers, Francesco Yates is the real deal. Looks like a boy, sounds mature, this track just grows, and why it’s not a worldwide smash (yet) is mystifying. It’s another buzzjack song contest non-winner and everyone who didn’t vote for it needs a slap!

GRL is also a great pop song, up at 3, Sigma is still brilliant at 2, and Taylor Swift goes top 5 with the song that just gets catchier week on week. Hudson Hawke (Ugh!) has no lyrics (Ugh!) but is another Buzzjack choon and a half that didn’t even make the semis: more slaps please! U2 get a double leaping, the single up at 10 with all those terrif riffs, and the subtle album track up to 27. To all the whingers annoyed at getting something for free – just no pleasing some folk, it’s a great album.

Highest new entry, Labrinth goes gospel experimental and is instantly in at 12, great stuff. Huge smash megan’s up to 14 with her bass, and Billy Idol goes Top 20 for the first time in 2 decades with a great frantic guitarpop track. Mamas Gun get 2 in the 40, Ella Henderson has a good follow-up at 36, and finally two fab Lynsey de Paul songs which were hits for The Fortunes and Thunderthighs sneak in to my chart, as they never charted, and I’ve changed my chart rules to allow never-charted stuff as a last goodbye to departing favourites. Lynsey was a fave of mine from age 14, largely for her songwriting, and had number ones with Storm In A Teacup and Sugar Me in 1972.

1 19 2 8 CALL – Francesco Yates 433750
2 1 1 9 CHANGING – Sigma featuring Paloma Faith 510800
3 4 3 4 UGLY HEART – G.R.L. 203400
4 5 3 11 ANGEL IN BLUE JEANS – Train 520800
5 9 5 5 SHAKE IT OFF – Taylor Swift 160600
6 3 1 5 HOUNDS OF LOVE – Kate Bush 412000
7 2 2 2 ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART – Cilla Black 165000
8 25 8 8 CHIMES – Hudson Mohawke 174050
9 14 9 6 TAKE ME TO CHURCH – Hozier 146900
10 49 10 3 THE MIRACLE (OF JOEY RAMONE) – U2 59500

11 11 1 9 I’M NOT IN LOVE – 10C.C. 753900
12 NEW 12 1 LET IT BE – Labrinth 35000
13 10 10 6 NATURE’S CALL – Shaun Escoffery 140900
14 34 14 5 ALL ABOUT THAT BASS – Meghan Trainor 97600
15 26 15 3 U GOT ALL I’M LOOKING 4 – Summer Heart 64000
16 8 1 13 LOVE RUNS OUT – OneRepublic 916800
17 7 6 6 THE CHAMBER – Lenny Kravitz 268000
18 22 18 14 CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU – Frankie Valli 183550
19 NEW 19 1 WHO GETS YOUR LOVE – Vanilla 21000
20 43 20 4 CAN’T BREAK ME DOWN – Billy Idol 59100

21 17 10 6 DAYS WITH YOU – Snakehips featuring Sinead Harnett 146550
22 12 4 9 LOVERS ON THE SUN – David Guetta featuring Sam Martin 339300
23 13 2 9 COME WITH ME NOW – KONGOS 363450
24 20 7 8 WON’T LOOK BACK – Duke Dumont featuring Yolande 227000
25 NEW 25 1 SHE’S NOT ME – Jenny Lewis 18750
26 23 1 11 ONE – Order Of Era 619950
27 61 27 4 SLEEP LIKE A BABY TONIGHT – U2 50900
28 33 28 18 MISTY BLUE – Dorothy Moore 225550
29 16 9 7 FORGOTTEN MAN – Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 176650
30 NEW 30 1 BEAUTY QUEEN (SEAN FINN REMIX) – April Kry 18000

31 21 21 3 (I ALWAYS KILL) THE THINGS I LOVE – The Real Tuesday Weld 55850
32 36 32 3 SNOWSHIP (THOMAS JACK REMIX) – Benjamin Franklin Leftwich 52600
33 38 33 4 ACROSS 110TH STREET – Bobby Womack 68900
34 18 7 8 RED CASSETTE – Mamas Gun 264000
35 NEW 35 1 HELLO GOODNIGHT – Mamas Gun 17500
36 NEW 36 1 GLOW – Ella Henderson 17400
37 55 37 4 NEVERMIND – Claudia Brucken 40800
38 NEW 38 1 CENTRAL PARK ARREST – Lynsey De Paul 17200
39 39 39 3 HELP OUR SOULS (URBAN CONTACT REMIX) – NIHILS 46500
40 74 40 3 PLACE WITH NO NAME – Michael Jackson 27400

41 32 1 10 COME AND GET YOUR LOVE – Redbone 534300
42 31 1 14 BECOME – Midge Ure 874900
43 24 24 3 CENTURIES – Fall Out Boy 50000
44 37 1 18 COLOURS IN THE SKY – Miami Horror featuring CLEOPOLD 1589050
45 46 45 5 BABOOSHKA – Kate Bush 58750
46 48 46 4 I ALWAYS KILL THE THINGS I LOVE – The Real Tuesday Weld featuring Claudia Brucken 42250
47 15 15 19 WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE – Billy Joel 274000
48 28 28 5 CREATION – The Pierces 79250
49 50 49 15 OUR LAST SUMMER – Abba 144350
50 30 30 7 STRANGER – Chris Malinchak featuring Mikky Ekko 84450

51 27 27 3 GAY 4 IT – $WAGGOT 48550
52 52 52 2 SHE MOVES (FAR AWAY) – Alle Farben featuring Graham Candy 23000
53 57 53 2 PRAYER IN C – Robin Schulz and LILLYWOOD 21650
54 53 1 30 STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU – Stealers Wheel 711750
55 NEW 55 1 BLAME – Calvin Harris featuring John Newman 10800
56 40 40 3 MOONWALK AWAY (MOONLANDING MIX) – Goldfish 39600
57 44 6 14 MY TYPE – Saint Motel 409050
58 58 9 12 DOSES AND MIMOSAS – Cherub 229950
59 NEW 59 1 OCEAN (PROBLEM REMIX) – Andreas Moe 10100
60 63 60 5 THE MAN WITH THE CHILD IN HIS EYES – Kate Bush 35400

61 60 1 19 TIME IN A BOTTLE – Jim Croce 877650
62 62 62 3 LOW – Inna 21600
63 47 9 10 SWEETNESS ALIVE – Goldroom featuring Say Lou Lou 184400
64 66 64 4 SUNLIGHT – The Magician featuring Years and Years 26300
65 6 6 17 SUMMER IN THE CITY – The Lovin’ Spoonful 334250
66 70 66 2 WHY CAN’T I BE YOU – R.A.B.B.I.I. 12800
67 67 67 2 IN YOUR ARMS – Michael Woods featuring Lauren Dyson 13200
68 42 15 10 ELEVATION – Erasure 178350
69 35 19 6 SUPERHEROES – The Script 94650
70 68 1 59 EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD – Tears For Fears 1091750

71 65 65 3 BLAME IT ON ME – George Ezra 17800
72 RE 72 2 AS GOOD AS GONE – Andy Burrows 10800
73 71 1 23 ONLY LOVE CAN HURT LIKE THIS – Paloma Faith 1004150
74 NEW 74 1 DREAMERS (UNKNOWN SOUND EDIT) – Hopium featuring Pheobe Lou 5200
75 NEW 75 1 STORM IN A TEACUP – Lynsey De Paul 5000

DROP OUTS
29 29 6 ESCAPE (THE PINA COLADA SONG) – Rupert Holmes 105400
41 22 6 I AM THE WORLD – Robin Gibb 94650
45 17 4 POP 101 – Marianas Trench barely featuring Anami Vice 76900
51 39 6 MAPS – Maroon 5 72550
54 4 12 HOME – Naughty Boy featuring Sam Romans 429650
56 9 13 OPEN DOORS – Electric Lady Lab 261150
59 59 2 IF YOU LET ME GO – Salt Ashes 17300
64 5 13 AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell 252500
69 69 1 OH CECILIA (BREAKING MY HEART) – The Vamps featuring Shawn Mendes 6200
72 3 11 MUSIC – John Miles 251350
73 73 1 GLASS HEART – Eagles For Hands featuring Holly Partridge 5400
75 75 1 BAILANDO – Enrique Iglesias featuring Sean Paul, Descemer Bueno & Gente De Zona 5000