My september to october 2022 charts

photo: Anfi Del Mar, Gran Canaria, 2022

30th October 2022

It’s 2 weeks on top for Alok, Sigala & Ellie Goulding, as Lionheart rockets from 46 to 2 for Joel Corry & Tom Grennan on their banging tune, Corry’s 5th chart entry and first top 10, Grennan’s 6th and first top 10. Highest new entry is 1976’s US smash hit the laid-back Moonlight Feels Right from Starbuck, just ahead of 1976’s Kursaal Flyers. Due for a prime sci-fi movie slot I reckon! Taylor Swift’s Anti-Hero is at 9, with her 8th top 10, and 30th chart entry. She has 2 more bonus tracks debut this week, too – Bigger Than The Whole Sky and Lavender Haze.

The Yeah Yeahs roar up to 10 with Wolf, 9 years since Sacrilege went top 20, Miss You shoots into the top 30 for Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz, Seeb are back, with newcomer Seafret (to the charts) and Atlantis. Not The Shadows nor Donovan songs as far as I know. Kishi bashi dropped a new album in 2019 and I didn’t notice, so belatedly Summer Of ’42 debuts, nothing to do with the Biddu hit/70’s movie theme, it’s do with Japanese American incarceration in 1942. His 8th chart entry. Harry Styles is back with another album track, now single, Music For A Sushi Restaurant is the 5th to chart and his 12th in total solo. Rihanna returns after a long layoff with the new Black Panther movie theme, her first in 6 years as lead artist, 30th as lead, and 41st in total. That leaves Shapeshifters returning for over 18 years of charting, and Thomas Rhett and Katy Perry doing a collab, his 7th her 30-somethingth.

1 1 1 4 ALL BY MYSELF – Alok, Sigala & Ellie Goulding 465000
2 46 2 2 LIONHEART (FEARLESS) – Joel Corry & Tom Grennan 127750
3 2 1 6 DAYDREAMING – Harry Styles 559250
4 6 4 8 HEARTSTRINGS – M-22 & Ella Henderson 300100
5 8 5 5 FEEL IT COMIN’ – Lady Blackbird 147300
6 NEW 6 1 MOONLIGHT FEELS RIGHT – Starbuck 55000
7 3 1 4 LITTLE DOES SHE KNOW – The Kursaal Flyers 390000
8 4 4 4 WHAT NOW – Honey. 183400
9 26 9 3 ANTI-HERO – Taylor Swift 75800
10 71 10 3 WOLF – Yeah Yeah Yeahs 52400

11 5 5 5 SADENESS – Enigma 221000
12 10 10 5 DO I LOVE YOU (INDEED I DO) – Bruce Springsteen 136100
13 7 7 4 LET IT ROLL – Rend Collective 142400
14 9 1 9 LOTTA LOVE – Nicolette Larson 674000
15 17 15 5 FIRST YOU JUMP – Simple Minds 87700
16 13 3 10 CUPID – Rose Gray 483600
17 14 14 8 WOKE UP IN LOVE – Kygo, Gryffin & Calum Scott 131050
18 16 4 9 PIECES – Elley Duhe 317150
19 12 5 9 EMILY SMILES – Lightning Seeds 293650
20 11 1 10 HOLD ME CLOSER – Elton John & Britney Spears 665300

21 79 21 2 MISS YOU – Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz 23950
22 22 22 4 THANK YOU BABY – SUB-X featuring Loleatta Holloway 59500
23 25 23 7 DANCE ALL OVER ME – George Ezra 94900
24 21 2 15 DANCE FOR YOU – Empress Of 707750
25 18 14 7 CANDYFLOSS – Alfie Templeman 127650
26 47 26 3 UNHOLY – Sam Smith featuring Kim Petras 35800
27 27 27 13 GEORGY GIRL – The Seekers 183700
28 20 20 6 NOAH (STAND STILL) – Noah Cyrus featuring Billy Ray Cyrus 85600
29 19 19 9 SEIZE THE POWER – Yonaka 132650
30 33 30 4 MYSTERY OF LOVE (LE FLEX “SUMMER MYSTERY” REMIX) – Donna Summer featuring James Ingram 50300

31 24 14 9 CALL ME BY MY NAME – AR/CO 184300
32 NEW 32 1 BIGGER THAN THE WHOLE SKY – Taylor Swift 17800
33 40 33 5 VIBE – Editors 34100
34 23 6 10 MAGIC – Mark Owen 326550
35 NEW 35 1 ATLANTIS – Seafret & Seeb 17500
36 77 36 2 EVERYTHING WE DO (WE DO IT FOR YOU) – The Fizz 22000
37 37 37 5 NOT OVER YET – KSI featuring Tom Grennan 51600
38 78 38 3 KISS ME – Dermot Kennedy 24800
39 43 39 7 JOY – Bakermat featuring Ann Nesby 55400
40 61 40 4 SUMMER REALLY HURT US – ALMA 32300

41 15 15 16 WISHIN’ AND HOPIN’ – Dusty Springfield 239100
42 30 1 14 VELVET LIES – Bananarama 850500
43 32 3 14 FOTONOVELA – Alex Christensen featuring Yass 505700
44 34 34 8 DON’T I MAKE IT LOOK EASY – Meghan Trainor 77150
45 41 1 18 WHEN IT’S COLD I’D LIKE TO DIE – Moby featuring Mimi Goese 967000
46 35 35 6 DON’T LET THE LIGHT GO OUT – Panic! At The Disco 73550
47 38 38 6 FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH – Stevie Nicks 63750
48 48 48 5 WAKING UP DREAMING – Shania Twain 39800
49 63 49 3 I’M GOOD (BLUE) – David Guetta featuring Bebe Rexha 25300
50 50 1 24 GRAPEJUICE – Harry Styles 1034700

51 57 51 3 FORGET ME – Lewis Capaldi 28550
52 36 36 7 YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES – a-ha 71250
53 29 7 14 RUNNING WITH THE NIGHT – Bananarama 407750
54 31 12 13 LIGHT OF DAY – ODESZA featuring Olafur Arnalds 270450
55 49 1 12 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU – ABBA 600750
56 44 20 9 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) – Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 135350
57 70 57 3 TOO GOOD FOR GIVING UP – Liam Gallagher 20600
58 58 58 5 BODY PAINT – Arctic Monkeys 34400
59 66 59 3 CELESTIAL – Ed Sheeran 20700
60 NEW 60 1 SUMMER OF ‘42 – Kishi Bashi 10000

61 28 28 3 COLD COLD HEART – Elton John & Dua Lipa 43200
62 60 1 16 ELOISE – Barry Ryan 572950
63 59 1 17 I SAW THE LIGHT – Todd Rundgren 508400
64 64 64 4 THE DAY THE WORLD TURNED DAYGLO – X-Ray Spex 23200
65 65 65 3 FACE IT ALONE – Queen 19000
66 53 1 12 WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE – ABBA 552300
67 45 4 11 HEATWAVE IN THE COLD NORTH – Reverend And The Makers 353150
68 82 68 2 MADE YOU LOOK – Meghan Trainor 10000
69 83 69 2 THE BANKS OF SACREMENTO – Nathan Evans 9600
70 67 1 25 NON HO L’ETA PER AMARTI – Gigliola Cinquetti 976450

71 39 18 11 CHEMICAL HIGH – Lost Frequencies 141850
72 42 17 10 YOU’RE MY SUNSHINE – Cazzi Opeia 148650
73 76 73 3 I LIKE THE RAIN – Tiffany 13600
74 74 74 4 DROP THE PILOT – Joan Armatrading 16400
75 NEW 75 1 MUSIC FOR A SUSHI RESTAURANT – Harry Styles 5000
76 NEW 76 1 LIFT ME UP – Rihanna 4800
77 85 77 2 LOVE YOURSELF – Sophie B. Hawkins 7600
78 52 52 6 WE’VE GOT TO LIVE TOGETHER – RAF 39700
79 81 79 2 BLACK MASCARA – RAYE 8000
80 80 80 3 SHARING THE NIGHT TOGETHER – Dr. Hook 11000

81 NEW 81 1 WHERE WE STARTED – Thomas Rhett & Katy Perry 3800
82 84 82 2 MONSTER MASH – Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett & The Crypt Kickers 6800
83 NEW 83 1 SLIPPERY PEOPLE – The Shapeshifters featuring Ramona Renea & Fiorious 3400
84 NEW 84 1 HERE THERE AND EVERYWHERE – The Beatles 3200
85 NEW 85 1 LAVENDER HAZE – Taylor Swift 3000

DROP OUTS
73 73 3 FLASHDANCE… WHAT A FEELING – Irene Cara 12000
51 10 13 HYPNOTIZED – Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Wuh Oh 254350
54 1 11 THE VISITORS – ABBA 439900
55 39 10 TOO MUCH FOR ONE (NOT ENOUGH FOR TWO) – Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott 78700
56 56 4 C U WHEN U GET THERE – Coolio featuring 40 Thevz 34000
62 2 18 LOVE BRAND NEW – Bob Moses 698800
68 5 23 LATE NIGHT TALKING – Harry Styles 749900
69 69 6 2B LUV – Crystal Waters & David Anthony 25000
72 64 5 SUNROOF – Nicky Youre & Dazy 29700
75 30 8 NEW GOLD – Gorillaz featuring Bootie Brown & Tame Impala 83600

23rd October 2022

It’s Alok, Sigala and Ellie Goulding on top with the fab All By Myself, going where Depeche Mode took that riff before 32 years back, it’s Alok’s 2nd top 40 as lead artist and first number one, Ellie’s pushing 20 chart entries in 12 years and now gets a first number one outdoing Love Me Like You Do which hit 2 in 2015. Sigala get a first top 10 since Easy Love went top 5 in 2015, and also a first number one. Lady Blackbird climbs to get a a first top 10, and Bruce Springsteen gets his umpteenth and makes it 5 decades in a row of top 10’s, 6 if you count songs – Born To Run peaked at 14 in 1975 and just missed the top 10, but Blinded By The Light hit 2 in 1976 for Manfred Mann’s Earthband, among other hits he wrote in the 70’s.

Highest new entry is a great new record from Joel Corry and Tom Grennan, Lionheart, and The Fizz are back with not a Bryan Adams song, Cheryl, Mike and Jay returning once again to extend their chart run to an incredible 41 years, and I very definitely would not have put money on that happening after the Eurovision Song Contest 1981! The other notable return? Sophie B. Hawkins is back! 30 years on from Damn! I Wish I was Your Lover, and 28 years since Right Beside You topped my chart, it’s been over 25 years since she last a new track chart entry, so welcome back Soph!

1 2 1 3 ALL BY MYSELF – Alok, Sigala & Ellie Goulding 295000
2 1 1 5 DAYDREAMING – Harry Styles 474250
3 3 1 3 LITTLE DOES SHE KNOW – The Kursaal Flyers 340000
4 4 4 3 WHAT NOW – Honey. 135400
5 5 5 4 SADENESS – Enigma 184000
6 7 6 7 HEARTSTRINGS – M-22 & Ella Henderson 235100
7 10 7 3 LET IT ROLL – Rend Collective 110400
8 18 8 4 FEEL IT COMIN’ – Lady Blackbird 87300
9 8 1 8 LOTTA LOVE – Nicolette Larson 645000
10 12 10 4 DO I LOVE YOU (INDEED I DO) – Bruce Springsteen 101100

11 6 1 9 HOLD ME CLOSER – Elton John & Britney Spears 645300
12 9 5 8 EMILY SMILES – Lightning Seeds 272650
13 11 3 9 CUPID – Rose Gray 458600
14 19 14 7 WOKE UP IN LOVE – Kygo, Gryffin & Calum Scott 108050
15 15 15 15 WISHIN’ AND HOPIN’ – Dusty Springfield 225100
16 13 4 8 PIECES – Elley Duhe 295150
17 24 17 4 FIRST YOU JUMP – Simple Minds 60700
18 14 14 6 CANDYFLOSS – Alfie Templeman 108900
19 20 19 8 SEIZE THE POWER – Yonaka 114450
20 28 20 5 NOAH (STAND STILL) – Noah Cyrus featuring Billy Ray Cyrus 67300

21 17 2 14 DANCE FOR YOU – Empress Of 688750
22 33 22 3 THANK YOU BABY – SUB-X featuring Loleatta Holloway 40000
23 16 6 9 MAGIC – Mark Owen 308950
24 22 14 8 CALL ME BY MY NAME – AR/CO 166400
25 29 25 6 DANCE ALL OVER ME – George Ezra 75650
26 48 26 2 ANTI-HERO – Taylor Swift 30800
27 30 27 12 GEORGY GIRL – The Seekers 165300
28 36 28 2 COLD COLD HEART – Elton John & Dua Lipa 35700
29 21 7 13 RUNNING WITH THE NIGHT – Bananarama 396500
30 23 1 13 VELVET LIES – Bananarama 836750

31 25 12 12 LIGHT OF DAY – ODESZA featuring Olafur Arnalds 259450
32 26 3 13 FOTONOVELA – Alex Christensen featuring Yass 492200
33 50 33 3 MYSTERY OF LOVE (LE FLEX “SUMMER MYSTERY” REMIX) – Donna Summer featuring James Ingram 32300
34 37 34 7 DON’T I MAKE IT LOOK EASY – Meghan Trainor 63900
35 35 35 5 DON’T LET THE LIGHT GO OUT – Panic! At The Disco 60800
36 40 36 6 YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES – a-ha 59750
37 58 37 4 NOT OVER YET – KSI featuring Tom Grennan 34300
38 53 38 5 FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH – Stevie Nicks 51250
39 27 18 10 CHEMICAL HIGH – Lost Frequencies 136050
40 51 40 4 VIBE – Editors 16400

41 38 1 17 WHEN IT’S COLD I’D LIKE TO DIE – Moby featuring Mimi Goese 954000
42 31 17 9 YOU’RE MY SUNSHINE – Cazzi Opeia 143050
43 60 43 6 JOY – Bakermat featuring Ann Nesby 38300
44 34 20 8 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) – Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 124750
45 32 4 10 HEATWAVE IN THE COLD NORTH – Reverend And The Makers 346550
46 NEW 46 1 LIONHEART (FEARLESS) – Joel Corry & Tom Grennan 12750
47 76 47 2 UNHOLY – Sam Smith featuring Kim Petras 17300
48 67 48 4 WAKING UP DREAMING – Shania Twain 27500
49 46 1 11 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU – ABBA 589950
50 47 1 23 GRAPEJUICE – Harry Styles 1022700

51 41 10 13 HYPNOTIZED – Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Wuh Oh 254350
52 63 52 5 WE’VE GOT TO LIVE TOGETHER – RAF 35300
53 42 1 11 WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE – ABBA 545500
54 49 1 11 THE VISITORS – ABBA 439900
55 39 39 10 TOO MUCH FOR ONE (NOT ENOUGH FOR TWO) – Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott 78700
56 59 56 4 C U WHEN U GET THERE – Coolio featuring 40 Thevz 34000
57 68 57 2 FORGET ME – Lewis Capaldi 16800
58 66 58 4 BODY PAINT – Arctic Monkeys 24200
59 56 1 16 I SAW THE LIGHT – Todd Rundgren 501200
60 57 1 15 ELOISE – Barry Ryan 565550

61 73 61 3 SUMMER REALLY HURT US – ALMA 15300
62 52 2 18 LOVE BRAND NEW – Bob Moses 698800
63 70 63 2 I’M GOOD (BLUE) – David Guetta featuring Bebe Rexha 13200
64 71 64 3 THE DAY THE WORLD TURNED DAYGLO – X-Ray Spex 16100
65 75 65 2 FACE IT ALONE – Queen 12000
66 81 66 2 CELESTIAL – Ed Sheeran 10600
67 65 1 24 NON HO L’ETA PER AMARTI – Gigliola Cinquetti 970450
68 54 5 23 LATE NIGHT TALKING – Harry Styles 749900
69 72 69 6 2B LUV – Crystal Waters & David Anthony 25000
70 79 70 2 TOO GOOD FOR GIVING UP – Liam Gallagher 10200

71 77 71 2 WOLF – Yeah Yeah Yeahs 10400
72 64 64 5 SUNROOF – Nicky Youre & Dazy 29700
73 78 73 3 FLASHDANCE… WHAT A FEELING – Irene Cara 12000
74 80 74 3 DROP THE PILOT – Joan Armatrading 11200
75 43 30 8 NEW GOLD – Gorillaz featuring Bootie Brown & Tame Impala 83600
76 83 76 2 I LIKE THE RAIN – Tiffany 8200
77 NEW 77 1 EVERYTHING WE DO (WE DO IT FOR YOU) – The Fizz 4600
78 84 78 2 KISS ME – Dermot Kennedy 7600
79 NEW 79 1 MISS YOU – Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz 4200
80 85 80 2 SHARING THE NIGHT TOGETHER – Dr. Hook 7000

81 NEW 81 1 BLACK MASCARA – RAYE 3800
82 NEW 82 1 MADE YOU LOOK – Meghan Trainor 3600
83 NEW 83 1 THE BANKS OF SACREMENTO – Nathan Evans 3400
84 NEW 84 1 MONSTER MASH – Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett & The Crypt Kickers 3200
85 NEW 85 1 LOVE YOURSELF – Sophie B. Hawkins 3000

DROP OUTS
44 25 9 BEACH HOUSE – Carly Rae Jepsen 112650
45 29 7 I CAN’T – Taylor-Rae 82200
55 14 10 GHOSTING – Cat Burns 210700
61 46 7 CELEBRATE IT TOGETHER – Howard Jones 51450
62 7 12 WOMAN LIKE ME – Chaka Khan 313800
69 28 13 HOW DO I MAKE YOU LOVE ME? – The Weeknd 184850
74 18 13 SLOMO – Chanel 188600
82 39 7 MIRACLE – Betty Boo featuring Chuck D 64850

16th October 2022

It’s a 3rd number of the year for Harry Styles, 2 of them album tracks yet to be singles (C’mon Harry get a move on!) as he joins the hat-trick club with the laid-back summer-sounds of Daydreaming – sounded very good in 32C temperatures last week on holiday in Gran Canaria. Not a lot of acts have managed 3 number ones in my chart in a calendar year: Middle Of The Road did it in 1971, Wizzard and The Sweet in 1973, Abba had 4 in 1976, 5 in 1979 and 5 in 2021, The Police did it 1979, David Bowie in 1983, Frankie Goes To Hollywood in 1984, Pet Shop Boys and Madonna in 1986, Pet Shop Boys again in 1987, 1988, 1993, 2016, 4 in 1996, 2006, 2009, Michael Jackson 3 in 1988, The KLF 3 in 1991, Enigma 3 in 1994, George Michael in 1996, Texas in 1997 and 4 in 1999, Robbie Williams 3 in 2000, Glen Campbell in 2008, Lady Gaga 2009, and that is all.

Alok, Sigala and Ellie Goulding all get a new peak of 2 with the fab All By Myself, aka Depeche Mode Enjoy The Silence, Honey. soar from 73 to 4 with the Abba-esque What Now, and Rend Collective yee-haw it to 10. New entries from Elton John & Dua Lipa returning with Cold Cold Heart (pub quiz on holiday played it every night), with taylor Swift’s new track Anti-Hero the highest actual brand new track at 48.

Lewis Capaldi finally gets a chart entry with Forget Me, David Guetta extends his run with a rewrite of Blue (Ba-da-boom ba-da-bing), Queen drop an unreleased track with actual Freddie Mercury to extend a chart run to 48 years, Sam Smith and Kim Petras duet and each chart return with Unholy, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are back after a bit of a gap, Liam Gallagher goes the bonus album track route, Ed Sheeran finally gets one of his weekly new tracks to register with me. Less is sometimes more, Edward! Tiffany, meanwhile, is back! She had 3 chart entries in 1987 and 1988, and then nothing else for 35 years. Well she’s back with a decent maturer-sounding vocal!

1 2 1 4 DAYDREAMING – Harry Styles 359250
2 60 2 2 ALL BY MYSELF – Alok, Sigala & Ellie Goulding 125000
3 1 1 2 LITTLE DOES SHE KNOW – The Kursaal Flyers 255000
4 73 4 2 WHAT NOW – Honey. 70400
5 10 5 3 SADENESS – Enigma 124000
6 3 1 8 HOLD ME CLOSER – Elton John & Britney Spears 608300
7 7 7 6 HEARTSTRINGS – M-22 & Ella Henderson 180100
8 4 1 7 LOTTA LOVE – Nicolette Larson 600000
9 5 5 7 EMILY SMILES – Lightning Seeds 237650
10 27 10 2 LET IT ROLL – Rend Collective 60400

11 6 3 8 CUPID – Rose Gray 426600
12 28 12 3 DO I LOVE YOU (INDEED I DO) – Bruce Springsteen 59100
13 8 4 7 PIECES – Elley Duhe 270150
14 16 14 5 CANDYFLOSS – Alfie Templeman 86900
15 20 15 14 WISHIN’ AND HOPIN’ – Dusty Springfield 198100
16 9 6 8 MAGIC – Mark Owen 289700
17 11 2 13 DANCE FOR YOU – Empress Of 669000
18 58 18 3 FEEL IT COMIN’ – Lady Blackbird 39300
19 23 19 6 WOKE UP IN LOVE – Kygo, Gryffin & Calum Scott 79050
20 24 20 7 SEIZE THE POWER – Yonaka 93450

21 13 7 12 RUNNING WITH THE NIGHT – Bananarama 378300
22 14 14 7 CALL ME BY MY NAME – AR/CO 147400
23 15 1 12 VELVET LIES – Bananarama 818750
24 49 24 3 FIRST YOU JUMP – Simple Minds 37700
25 12 12 11 LIGHT OF DAY – ODESZA featuring Olafur Arnalds 241550
26 19 3 12 FOTONOVELA – Alex Christensen featuring Yass 474400
27 18 18 9 CHEMICAL HIGH – Lost Frequencies 118950
28 32 28 4 NOAH (STAND STILL) – Noah Cyrus featuring Billy Ray Cyrus 47300
29 39 29 5 DANCE ALL OVER ME – George Ezra 56900
30 35 30 11 GEORGY GIRL – The Seekers 146900

31 17 17 8 YOU’RE MY SUNSHINE – Cazzi Opeia 129300
32 21 4 9 HEATWAVE IN THE COLD NORTH – Reverend And The Makers 333550
33 86 33 2 THANK YOU BABY – SUB-X featuring Loleatta Holloway 20500
34 25 20 7 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) – Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 111500
35 40 35 4 DON’T LET THE LIGHT GO OUT – Panic! At The Disco 43300
36 NEW 36 1 COLD COLD HEART – Elton John & Dua Lipa 17400
37 48 37 6 DON’T I MAKE IT LOOK EASY – Meghan Trainor 46300
38 33 1 16 WHEN IT’S COLD I’D LIKE TO DIE – Moby featuring Mimi Goese 940000
39 50 39 9 TOO MUCH FOR ONE (NOT ENOUGH FOR TWO) – Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott 67900
40 47 40 5 YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES – a-ha 42350

41 22 10 12 HYPNOTIZED – Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Wuh Oh 242600
42 26 1 10 WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE – ABBA 534250
43 30 30 7 NEW GOLD – Gorillaz featuring Bootie Brown & Tame Impala 78600
44 31 25 9 BEACH HOUSE – Carly Rae Jepsen 112650
45 29 29 7 I CAN’T – Taylor-Rae 82200
46 38 1 10 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU – ABBA 577850
47 41 1 22 GRAPEJUICE – Harry Styles 1010700
48 NEW 48 1 ANTI-HERO – Taylor Swift 12300
49 37 1 10 THE VISITORS – ABBA 428900
50 87 50 2 MYSTERY OF LOVE (LE FLEX “SUMMER MYSTERY” REMIX) – Donna Summer featuring James Ingram 14600

51 74 51 3 VIBE – Editors 9400
52 36 2 17 LOVE BRAND NEW – Bob Moses 691400
53 57 53 4 FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH – Stevie Nicks 34050
54 42 5 22 LATE NIGHT TALKING – Harry Styles 743500
55 34 14 10 GHOSTING – Cat Burns 210700
56 53 1 15 I SAW THE LIGHT – Todd Rundgren 491100
57 55 1 14 ELOISE – Barry Ryan 555550
58 83 58 3 NOT OVER YET – KSI featuring Tom Grennan 17000
59 64 59 3 C U WHEN U GET THERE – Coolio featuring 40 Thevz 23400
60 76 60 5 JOY – Bakermat featuring Ann Nesby 24800

61 46 46 7 CELEBRATE IT TOGETHER – Howard Jones 51450
62 45 7 12 WOMAN LIKE ME – Chaka Khan 313800
63 69 63 4 WE’VE GOT TO LIVE TOGETHER – RAF 23800
64 70 64 4 SUNROOF – Nicky Youre & Dazy 24100
65 63 1 23 NON HO L’ETA PER AMARTI – Gigliola Cinquetti 963850
66 79 66 3 BODY PAINT – Arctic Monkeys 14000
67 78 67 3 WAKING UP DREAMING – Shania Twain 15200
68 NEW 68 1 FORGET ME – Lewis Capaldi 6400
69 43 28 13 HOW DO I MAKE YOU LOVE ME? – The Weeknd 184850
70 NEW 70 1 I’M GOOD (BLUE) – David Guetta featuring Bebe Rexha 6000

71 84 71 2 THE DAY THE WORLD TURNED DAYGLO – X-Ray Spex 9000
72 80 72 5 2B LUV – Crystal Waters & David Anthony 18800
73 88 73 2 SUMMER REALLY HURT US – ALMA 7800
74 44 18 13 SLOMO – Chanel 188600
75 NEW 75 1 FACE IT ALONE – Queen 5000
76 NEW 76 1 UNHOLY – Sam Smith featuring Kim Petras 4800
77 NEW 77 1 WOLF – Yeah Yeah Yeahs 4600
78 89 78 2 FLASHDANCE… WHAT A FEELING – Irene Cara 6600
79 NEW 79 1 TOO GOOD FOR GIVING UP – Liam Gallagher 4200
80 90 80 2 DROP THE PILOT – Joan Armatrading 6000

81 NEW 81 1 CELESTIAL – Ed Sheeran 3800
82 51 39 7 MIRACLE – Betty Boo featuring Chuck D 64850
83 NEW 83 1 I LIKE THE RAIN – Tiffany 3400
84 NEW 84 1 KISS ME – Dermot Kennedy 3200
85 NEW 85 1 SHARING THE NIGHT TOGETHER – Dr. Hook 3000

DROP OUTS
52 52 8 HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW – Olivia Newton-John 51900
54 45 8 HARD 2 FORGET – Steps 59100
56 2 9 EAGLE – ABBA 335500
59 44 9 FOREVER AND ALWAYS – Armin van Buuren & Gareth Emery featuring Owl City 60350
61 46 8 WORDS – Alesso & Zara Larsson 44050
62 13 12 WALK ANOTHER MILE – Lightning Seeds 181900
65 27 11 SUMMER LOVIN’ – Cerrone & Purple Disco Machine 146100
66 34 9 NOTHING BUT A HEARTACHE – Tobtok, Oliver Nelson & The Flirtations 104550
67 35 8 BOY – The Killers 85200
68 59 6 STRUTTIN’ – Thumpasaurus 30600
71 6 14 I’M A MAN – Michelle Branch 321500
72 49 8 MANIAC – Macklemore featuring Windser 61300
75 55 8 ALL THESE NIGHTS – Tom Grennan 39400
77 68 6 I WON’T CRUMBLE WITH YOU IF YOU FALL – Tom Jones 24600
81 81 2 GANGSTA’S PARADISE – Coolio featuring LV 7400
82 78 6 BAD MOON RISING – Suzi Quatro 17800
85 15 13 OVERTHINKING – Mabel & 24Goldn 213450

9th October 2022

It’s new on top for Kursaal Flyers’ 1976 sweeping, amusing, OTT Little Does She Know, which went top 10 first round with the single version, this its the longer album version that gives them a number 1 a mere 46 years late. Harry Styles meanwhile gets his 3rd top 2 with Daydreaming and Enigma return Sadeness to the top 10 almost 32 years on. Highest new track is Rend Collective’s romping track Let It Roll at 27, and top 40 climbs for Noah Cyrus, Panic! At The Disco and George Ezra, while Bruce Springsteen goes top 40 47 years on from Born To Run debuting.

Alok, Sigala join with Ellie Goulding for a new entry at 60, All By Myself, sounding suspiciously like Depeche Mode’s Enjoy The Silence, X-Ray Spex return 44 years on from aThe Day The World Turned Dayglow peaked at 53 in my chart, the punk classic took a few months or years to get rated more highly by me after i bought the single. So is back at 84 hoping for s higher peak. Talking of classic oldies, Sub X sample an 80s classic which sampled a 70s classic, Joan Armatrading Drops The Pilot in the chart 39 years after it dropped out, as does Irene Cara flashing her dance, while a remic gives Donna Summer a new posthumous chart entry with a song that has never charted, Mystery Of Love extending her run to 46 years of action.

1 NEW 1 1 LITTLE DOES SHE KNOW – The Kursaal Flyers 170000
2 6 2 3 DAYDREAMING – Harry Styles 189250
3 2 1 7 HOLD ME CLOSER – Elton John & Britney Spears 553300
4 1 1 6 LOTTA LOVE – Nicolette Larson 552000
5 5 5 6 EMILY SMILES – Lightning Seeds 192650
6 3 3 7 CUPID – Rose Gray 389600
7 7 7 5 HEARTSTRINGS – M-22 & Ella Henderson 130100
8 4 4 6 PIECES – Elley Duhe 238150
9 8 6 7 MAGIC – Mark Owen 262700
10 18 10 2 SADENESS – Enigma 64000

11 9 2 12 DANCE FOR YOU – Empress Of 646000
12 12 12 10 LIGHT OF DAY – ODESZA featuring Olafur Arnalds 222800
13 10 7 11 RUNNING WITH THE NIGHT – Bananarama 358550
14 15 14 6 CALL ME BY MY NAME – AR/CO 127900
15 11 1 11 VELVET LIES – Bananarama 799500
16 27 16 4 CANDYFLOSS – Alfie Templeman 57900
17 17 17 7 YOU’RE MY SUNSHINE – Cazzi Opeia 111450
18 21 18 8 CHEMICAL HIGH – Lost Frequencies 100550
19 13 3 11 FOTONOVELA – Alex Christensen featuring Yass 456200
20 22 20 13 WISHIN’ AND HOPIN’ – Dusty Springfield 171100

21 14 4 8 HEATWAVE IN THE COLD NORTH – Reverend And The Makers 315750
22 16 10 11 HYPNOTIZED – Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Wuh Oh 228500
23 33 23 5 WOKE UP IN LOVE – Kygo, Gryffin & Calum Scott 58050
24 24 24 6 SEIZE THE POWER – Yonaka 73450
25 20 20 6 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) – Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 93950
26 19 1 9 WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE – ABBA 520600
27 NEW 27 1 LET IT ROLL – Rend Collective 18400
28 71 28 2 DO I LOVE YOU (INDEED I DO) – Bruce Springsteen 24100
29 29 29 6 I CAN’T – Taylor-Rae 69200
30 36 30 6 NEW GOLD – Gorillaz featuring Bootie Brown & Tame Impala 65100

31 25 25 8 BEACH HOUSE – Carly Rae Jepsen 99350
32 65 32 3 NOAH (STAND STILL) – Noah Cyrus featuring Billy Ray Cyrus 29000
33 26 1 15 WHEN IT’S COLD I’D LIKE TO DIE – Moby featuring Mimi Goese 922800
34 23 14 9 GHOSTING – Cat Burns 200000
35 40 35 10 GEORGY GIRL – The Seekers 128900
36 28 2 16 LOVE BRAND NEW – Bob Moses 679900
37 30 1 9 THE VISITORS – ABBA 416800
38 31 1 9 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU – ABBA 565100
39 56 39 4 DANCE ALL OVER ME – George Ezra 38700
40 73 40 3 DON’T LET THE LIGHT GO OUT – Panic! At The Disco 25800

41 38 1 21 GRAPEJUICE – Harry Styles 998200
42 37 5 21 LATE NIGHT TALKING – Harry Styles 7328500
43 32 28 12 HOW DO I MAKE YOU LOVE ME? – The Weeknd 178650
44 34 18 12 SLOMO – Chanel 183400
45 35 7 11 WOMAN LIKE ME – Chaka Khan 306400
46 48 46 6 CELEBRATE IT TOGETHER – Howard Jones 43700
47 74 47 4 YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES – a-ha 25000
48 61 48 5 DON’T I MAKE IT LOOK EASY – Meghan Trainor 28900
49 67 49 2 FIRST YOU JUMP – Simple Minds 18700
50 57 57 8 TOO MUCH FOR ONE (NOT ENOUGH FOR TWO) – Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott 50800

51 39 39 6 MIRACLE – Betty Boo featuring Chuck D 61250
52 52 52 8 HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW – Olivia Newton-John 51900
53 51 1 14 I SAW THE LIGHT – Todd Rundgren 481300
54 45 45 8 HARD 2 FORGET – Steps 59100
55 54 1 13 ELOISE – Barry Ryan 545150
56 47 2 9 EAGLE – ABBA 335500
57 66 57 3 FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH – Stevie Nicks 23000
58 64 58 2 FEEL IT COMIN’ – Lady Blackbird 17300
59 44 44 9 FOREVER AND ALWAYS – Armin van Buuren & Gareth Emery featuring Owl City 60350
60 NEW 60 1 ALL BY MYSELF – Alok, Sigala & Ellie Goulding 10000

61 46 46 8 WORDS – Alesso & Zara Larsson 43050
62 50 13 12 WALK ANOTHER MILE – Lightning Seeds 181900
63 62 1 22 NON HO L’ETA PER AMARTI – Gigliola Cinquetti 956850
64 69 64 2 C U WHEN U GET THERE – Coolio featuring 40 Thevz 13300
65 41 27 11 SUMMER LOVIN’ – Cerrone & Purple Disco Machine 146100
66 42 34 9 NOTHING BUT A HEARTACHE – Tobtok, Oliver Nelson & The Flirtations 104550
67 43 35 8 BOY – The Killers 85200
68 59 59 6 STRUTTIN’ – Thumpasaurus 30600
69 72 69 3 WE’VE GOT TO LIVE TOGETHER – RAF 16600
70 70 70 3 SUNROOF – Nicky Youre & Dazy 17000

71 53 6 14 I’M A MAN – Michelle Branch 321500
72 49 49 8 MANIAC – Macklemore featuring Windser 61300
73 NEW 73 1 WHAT NOW – Honey. 5400
74 79 74 2 VIBE – Editors 9400
75 55 55 8 ALL THESE NIGHTS – Tom Grennan 39400
76 76 76 4 JOY – Bakermat featuring Ann Nesby 14800
77 68 68 6 I WON’T CRUMBLE WITH YOU IF YOU FALL – Tom Jones 24600
78 84 78 2 WAKING UP DREAMING – Shania Twain 7600
79 85 79 2 BODY PAINT – Arctic Monkeys 7200
80 80 80 4 2B LUV – Crystal Waters & David Anthony 13200

81 82 81 2 GANGSTA’S PARADISE – Coolio featuring LV 7200
82 78 78 6 BAD MOON RISING – Suzi Quatro 17800
83 83 83 2 NOT OVER YET – KSI featuring Tom Grennan 6800
84 NEW 84 1 THE DAY THE WORLD TURNED DAYGLO – X-Ray Spex 3200
85 60 15 13 OVERTHINKING – Mabel & 24Goldn 213450
86 NEW 86 1 THANK YOU BABY – SUB-X 2800
87 NEW 87 1 MYSTERY OF LOVE (LE FLEX “SUMMER MYSTERY” REMIX) – Donna Summer 2600
88 NEW 88 1 SUMMER REALLY HURT US – ALMA 2400
89 NEW 89 1 FLASHDANCE… WHAT A FEELING – Irene Cara 2200
90 NEW 90 1 DROP THE PILOT – Joan Armatrading 2000

DROP OUTS
75 75 44 5 LOVE AND APPRECIATION – Agnes 50000
81 81 10 13 MORE THAN A SEX MACHINE – Sparks 224250
77 77 27 11 MOONSTAR – Texas 145000
58 58 58 7 WISH YOU WERE HERE – Lukas Graham featuring Khalid 39000
63 63 5 11 CHANT – Macklemore & Tones And I 291000

2nd October 2022

It’s 2 weeks on top for 1978’s Lotta Love for Nicolette Larson as Lightning Seeds get a first top 5 in 23 years, the very catchy Emily Smiles, as good as anything from their heyday in the 90’s. Harry Styles meanwhile takes his 60’s cocktail lounge sounds to 6 as Daydreaming gives him a 4th top 10 off the new album, and M-22 get a first top 10 and Ella Henderson at least a 3rd. Highest new entry, fresh from selling on itunes last week for some reason, is Enigma’s first chart-topper from late 1990/early 1991, the brilliant Sadeness back at 18. Still love those chanting monks!

New entries from Lady Blackbird, of whom I know nothing, but sound great, Simple Minds on their single from the new album, Bruce Springsteen returning with an actual cover of a 60’s Northern Soul classic, Do I Love You as previously-charted for Frank Wilson, The Editors starting up their chart career after a gap of 9 years as they knock on 20 years of charting, Arctic Monkeys are back with an album preview track, very moody and more Last Of The Shadow Puppets than AC’s, for a span of 17 years or so, and Shania Twain also returns to extend her run to almost a quarter of a century.

Finally, Coolio sadly died this week, the act that converted me to Gangsta Rap as a valid artform with Gangsta’s Paradise, topping my chart in 1995 with his take on Stevie Wonder’s Pastime Paradise, and having another biggie with the less-remembered but fab C U When U Get There. The former has charted a few times for me over the years, but the latter has not returned until now. Coolio was only 59 and younger than me, so that’s sobering.

1 1 1 5 LOTTA LOVE – Nicolette Larson 487000
2 2 1 6 HOLD ME CLOSER – Elton John & Britney Spears 468300
3 3 3 6 CUPID – Rose Gray 334600
4 5 4 5 PIECES – Elley Duhe 190150
5 9 5 5 EMILY SMILES – Lightning Seeds 132650
6 23 6 2 DAYDREAMING – Harry Styles 74250
7 16 7 4 HEARTSTRINGS – M-22 & Ella Henderson 80100
8 6 6 6 MAGIC – Mark Owen 217700
9 4 2 11 DANCE FOR YOU – Empress Of 609000
10 7 7 10 RUNNING WITH THE NIGHT – Bananarama 326550

11 8 1 10 VELVET LIES – Bananarama 772500
12 13 12 9 LIGHT OF DAY – ODESZA featuring Olafur Arnalds 187800
13 11 3 10 FOTONOVELA – Alex Christensen featuring Yass 435200
14 12 4 7 HEATWAVE IN THE COLD NORTH – Reverend And The Makers 296000
15 15 15 5 CALL ME BY MY NAME – AR/CO 98900
16 10 10 10 HYPNOTIZED – Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Wuh Oh 209000
17 18 17 6 YOU’RE MY SUNSHINE – Cazzi Opeia 88450
18 NEW 18 1 SADENESS – Enigma 22000
19 14 1 8 WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE – ABBA 502000
20 25 20 5 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) – Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 75150

21 27 21 7 CHEMICAL HIGH – Lost Frequencies 78550
22 32 22 12 WISHIN’ AND HOPIN’ – Dusty Springfield 151100
23 17 14 8 GHOSTING – Cat Burns 182300
24 38 24 5 SEIZE THE POWER – Yonaka 54450
25 33 25 7 BEACH HOUSE – Carly Rae Jepsen 81450
26 19 1 14 WHEN IT’S COLD I’D LIKE TO DIE – Moby featuring Mimi Goese 905100
27 49 27 3 CANDYFLOSS – Alfie Templeman 32900
28 20 2 15 LOVE BRAND NEW – Bob Moses 662500
29 37 29 5 I CAN’T – Taylor-Rae 51000
30 26 1 8 THE VISITORS – ABBA 399500

31 24 1 8 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU – ABBA 547900
32 28 28 11 HOW DO I MAKE YOU LOVE ME? – The Weeknd 165150
33 40 33 4 WOKE UP IN LOVE – Kygo, Gryffin & Calum Scott 38800
34 21 18 11 SLOMO – Chanel 170150
35 22 7 10 WOMAN LIKE ME – Chaka Khan 293400
36 43 36 5 NEW GOLD – Gorillaz featuring Bootie Brown & Tame Impala 47100
37 29 5 20 LATE NIGHT TALKING – Harry Styles 718750
38 31 1 20 GRAPEJUICE – Harry Styles 984200
39 39 39 5 MIRACLE – Betty Boo featuring Chuck D 49500
40 41 40 9 GEORGY GIRL – The Seekers 111400

41 30 27 10 SUMMER LOVIN’ – Cerrone & Purple Disco Machine 139100
42 34 34 8 NOTHING BUT A HEARTACHE – Tobtok, Oliver Nelson & The Flirtations 97750
43 35 35 7 BOY – The Killers 78600
44 55 44 8 FOREVER AND ALWAYS – Armin van Buuren & Gareth Emery featuring Owl City 50250
45 56 45 7 HARD 2 FORGET – Steps 48100
46 59 46 7 WORDS – Alesso & Zara Larsson 36550
47 45 2 8 EAGLE – ABBA 324900
48 62 48 5 CELEBRATE IT TOGETHER – Howard Jones 31200
49 57 49 7 MANIAC – Macklemore featuring Windser 55700
50 36 13 11 WALK ANOTHER MILE – Lightning Seeds 174500

51 48 1 13 I SAW THE LIGHT – Todd Rundgren 470050
52 58 52 7 HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW – Olivia Newton-John 40400
53 42 6 13 I’M A MAN – Michelle Branch 315700
54 54 1 12 ELOISE – Barry Ryan 534350
55 66 55 7 ALL THESE NIGHTS – Tom Grennan 34400
56 63 56 3 DANCE ALL OVER ME – George Ezra 21600
57 69 57 7 TOO MUCH FOR ONE (NOT ENOUGH FOR TWO) – Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott 38800
58 65 58 7 WISH YOU WERE HERE – Lukas Graham featuring Khalid 39000
59 68 59 5 STRUTTIN’ – Thumpasaurus 24200
60 47 15 12 OVERTHINKING – Mabel & 24Goldn 210450

61 77 61 4 DON’T I MAKE IT LOOK EASY – Meghan Trainor 16700
62 60 1 21 NON HO L’ETA PER AMARTI – Gigliola Cinquetti 949650
63 46 5 11 CHANT – Macklemore & Tones And I 291000
64 NEW 64 1 FEEL IT COMIN’ – Lady Blackbird 7100
65 79 65 2 NOAH (STAND STILL) – Noah Cyrus featuring Billy Ray Cyrus 11200
66 72 66 2 FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH – Stevie Nicks 12400
67 NEW 67 1 FIRST YOU JUMP – Simple Minds 6600
68 73 68 5 I WON’T CRUMBLE WITH YOU IF YOU FALL – Tom Jones 20000
69 NEW 69 1 C U WHEN U GET THERE – Coolio featuring 40 Thevz 6200
70 75 70 2 SUNROOF – Nicky Youre & Dazy 11000

71 NEW 71 1 DO I LOVE YOU (INDEED I DO) – Bruce Springsteen 5800
72 76 72 2 WE’VE GOT TO LIVE TOGETHER – RAF 10400
73 83 73 2 DON’T LET THE LIGHT GO OUT – Panic! At The Disco 8800
74 78 74 3 YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES – a-ha 12600
75 44 44 5 LOVE AND APPRECIATION – Agnes 50000
76 85 76 3 JOY – Bakermat featuring Ann Nesby 10000
77 61 27 11 MOONSTAR – Texas 145000
78 81 78 5 BAD MOON RISING – Suzi Quatro 14200
79 NEW 79 1 VIBE – Editors 4200
80 84 80 3 2B LUV – Crystal Waters & David Anthony 9200

81 64 10 13 MORE THAN A SEX MACHINE – Sparks 224250
82 NEW 82 1 GANGSTA’S PARADISE – Coolio featuring LV 3600
83 NEW 83 1 NOT OVER YET – KSI featuring Tom Grennan 3400
84 NEW 84 1 WAKING UP DREAMING – Shania Twain 3200
85 NEW 85 1 BODY PAINT – Arctic Monkeys 3000

DROP OUTS
50 10 8 THE CARNIVAL IS OVER – The Seekers 209500
51 19 9 EXCITED – Heather Small 149900
52 52 6 CLUB TROPICANA (WONDERLAND REDUX – REMIX) – Wham! & drummar 48600
53 10 7 HOLE IN YOUR SOUL – ABBA 163250
67 40 7 FOREVER YOUNG – Bananarama 70850
70 1 26 KISS IT BETTER – BirdSMITH 1085700
71 28 6 WE ARE IT – Embrace 77800
74 13 11 EASY LOVER – Ellie Goulding featuring Big Sean 207350
80 1 26 AS IT WAS – Harry Styles 823700
82 82 6 PINK VENOM – BLACKPINK 16300

Impression of an egg

25th September 2022

It’s taken 44 years but the late Nicolette Larson gets a first number one with her version of Neil Young’s Lotta Love, still smooth and delicious and never a UK hit, criminally. Neil Young finally got a first number one in my chart in 2014 with the orchestral environmental anthem Who’s Gonna Stand Up? 44 years is one of the longest waits for a track and act to get a number one, but not the record-holder – Hold Me Closer might be thought to be longer, at 2 this week, as Tiny Dancer is 51 years old and it def gets sampled. Lightning Seeds get a first top 10 since 1999, not counting re-charting of that footie song, and 33 years after their first.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor also gets a top 10, her 9th in 22 years, with Hypnotized. M-22 and Ella henderson rocket into the top 20, pulling my Heartstrings, and highest new entry is a track from Harry Styles’ current album that I heard in HMV last week, Daydreaming is fab at 23, the 4th off the album. Stevie Nicks is back with a cover of Buffalo Springfield’s hippie classic For What It’s Worth. The Stephen Stills protest anthem has been covered hundreds of times, but the original was never a UK hit. Neil Young was in the band, so that’s another mention for him this week. Stevie Nicks first charted with Fleetwood Mac in 1976, and solo in 1981, so either way over 40 years of charting for the legend.

Nicky Youre debuts with Dazy on a poppy upbeat track Sunroof, Panic! At The Disco extend their run of chart hits to 16 years, and Noah Cyrus helps her dad to nearly 30 years of chart hits with the stark Noah (Stand Still) which is not achy breaky heart in any way. Noah has 5 years of charting, not quite in the same league as sis Miley, but getting there.

1 2 1 4 LOTTA LOVE – Nicolette Larson 317000
2 1 1 5 HOLD ME CLOSER – Elton John & Britney Spears 353300
3 5 3 5 CUPID – Rose Gray 249600
4 3 2 10 DANCE FOR YOU – Empress Of 564000
5 7 5 4 PIECES – Elley Duhe 125150
6 9 6 5 MAGIC – Mark Owen 169700
7 8 7 9 RUNNING WITH THE NIGHT – Bananarama 284550
8 4 1 9 VELVET LIES – Bananarama 735500
9 21 9 4 EMILY SMILES – Lightning Seeds 72650
10 12 10 9 HYPNOTIZED – Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Wuh Oh 184000

11 6 3 9 FOTONOVELA – Alex Christensen featuring Yass 403200
12 10 4 6 HEATWAVE IN THE COLD NORTH – Reverend And The Makers 267000
13 13 13 8 LIGHT OF DAY – ODESZA featuring Olafur Arnalds 152800
14 11 1 7 WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE – ABBA 481000
15 20 15 4 CALL ME BY MY NAME – AR/CO 71900
16 84 16 3 HEARTSTRINGS – M-22 & Ella Henderson 30100
17 14 14 7 GHOSTING – Cat Burns 163050
18 25 18 5 YOU’RE MY SUNSHINE – Cazzi Opeia 65450
19 15 1 13 WHEN IT’S COLD I’D LIKE TO DIE – Moby featuring Mimi Goese 886600
20 16 2 14 LOVE BRAND NEW – Bob Moses 644200

21 18 18 10 SLOMO – Chanel 152550
22 17 7 9 WOMAN LIKE ME – Chaka Khan 275900
23 NEW 23 1 DAYDREAMING – Harry Styles 19250
24 19 1 7 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU – ABBA 530000
25 26 25 4 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) – Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 55150
26 24 1 7 THE VISITORS – ABBA 381500
27 34 27 6 CHEMICAL HIGH – Lost Frequencies 58800
28 28 28 10 HOW DO I MAKE YOU LOVE ME? – The Weeknd 147350
29 23 5 19 LATE NIGHT TALKING – Harry Styles 701450
30 27 27 9 SUMMER LOVIN’ – Cerrone & Purple Disco Machine 125100

31 29 1 19 GRAPEJUICE – Harry Styles 967000
32 39 32 11 WISHIN’ AND HOPIN’ – Dusty Springfield 131600
33 37 33 6 BEACH HOUSE – Carly Rae Jepsen 62700
34 36 34 7 NOTHING BUT A HEARTACHE – Tobtok, Oliver Nelson & The Flirtations 84000
35 38 35 6 BOY – The Killers 65100
36 22 13 10 WALK ANOTHER MILE – Lightning Seeds 162500
37 55 37 4 I CAN’T – Taylor-Rae 32800
38 53 38 4 SEIZE THE POWER – Yonaka 35450
39 59 39 4 MIRACLE – Betty Boo featuring Chuck D 32400
40 87 40 3 WOKE UP IN LOVE – Kygo, Gryffin & Calum Scott 21100

41 45 41 8 GEORGY GIRL – The Seekers 94400
42 30 6 12 I’M A MAN – Michelle Branch 304450
43 49 43 4 NEW GOLD – Gorillaz featuring Bootie Brown & Tame Impala 29700
44 44 44 4 LOVE AND APPRECIATION – Agnes 45000
45 31 2 7 EAGLE – ABBA 312400
46 32 5 10 CHANT – Macklemore & Tones And I 283800
47 40 15 11 OVERTHINKING – Mabel & 24Goldn 200450
48 46 1 12 I SAW THE LIGHT – Todd Rundgren 458300
49 88 49 2 CANDYFLOSS – Alfie Templeman 14500
50 35 10 8 THE CARNIVAL IS OVER – The Seekers 209500

51 42 19 9 EXCITED – Heather Small 149900
52 57 52 6 CLUB TROPICANA (WONDERLAND REDUX – REMIX) – Wham! & drummar 48600
53 33 10 7 HOLE IN YOUR SOUL – ABBA 163250
54 52 1 11 ELOISE – Barry Ryan 523350
55 67 55 7 FOREVER AND ALWAYS – Armin van Buuren & Gareth Emery featuring Owl City 37000
56 64 56 6 HARD 2 FORGET – Steps 35100
57 60 57 6 MANIAC – Macklemore featuring Windser 43600
58 75 58 6 HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW – Olivia Newton-John 28900
59 74 59 6 WORDS – Alesso & Zara Larsson 23800
60 58 1 20 NON HO L’ETA PER AMARTI – Gigliola Cinquetti 942250

61 43 27 10 MOONSTAR – Texas 140400
62 68 62 4 CELEBRATE IT TOGETHER – Howard Jones 18900
63 81 63 2 DANCE ALL OVER ME – George Ezra 11000
64 54 10 12 MORE THAN A SEX MACHINE – Sparks 220450
65 69 65 6 WISH YOU WERE HERE – Lukas Graham featuring Khalid 28800
66 71 66 6 ALL THESE NIGHTS – Tom Grennan 23600
67 48 40 7 FOREVER YOUNG – Bananarama 70850
68 77 68 4 STRUTTIN’ – Thumpasaurus 14100
69 72 69 6 TOO MUCH FOR ONE (NOT ENOUGH FOR TWO) – Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott 28400
70 66 1 26 KISS IT BETTER – BirdSMITH 1085700

71 41 28 6 WE ARE IT – Embrace 77800
72 NEW 72 1 FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH – Stevie Nicks 5600
73 76 73 4 I WON’T CRUMBLE WITH YOU IF YOU FALL – Tom Jones 13600
74 50 13 11 EASY LOVER – Ellie Goulding featuring Big Sean 207350
75 NEW 75 1 SUNROOF – Nicky Youre & Dazy 5000
76 NEW 76 1 WE’VE GOT TO LIVE TOGETHER – RAF 4800
77 86 77 3 DON’T I MAKE IT LOOK EASY – Meghan Trainor 9200
78 85 78 2 YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES – a-ha 7400
79 NEW 79 1 NOAH (STAND STILL) – Noah Cyrus featuring Billy Ray Cyrus 4200
80 73 1 26 AS IT WAS – Harry Styles 823700

81 83 81 4 BAD MOON RISING – Suzi Quatro 9800
82 82 82 6 PINK VENOM – BLACKPINK 16300
83 NEW 83 1 DON’T LET THE LIGHT GO OUT – Panic! At The Disco 3400
84 90 84 2 2B LUV – Crystal Waters & David Anthony 5200
85 89 85 2 JOY – Bakermat featuring Ann Nesby 5200

DROP OUTS
47 36 9 NIGHT MOVES – Lissie 96000
51 35 8 LIFT OFF – Labrinth 97050
56 44 4 FIRE IT UP – Def Leppard 48150
61 49 9 SNAP – Rosa Linn 90500
62 1 10 LAST NIGHT IN SOHO – Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 574000
63 11 9 SIRENS – Hydrogen Child 186300
65 62 5 LOST (XXV) – Robbie Williams 30000
70 14 9 DISCO – Sub-Radio 167300
78 1 28 THE LAST GOODBYE – ODESZA featuring Bettye LaVette 1389450
79 45 10 FREE YOURSELF – Jessie Ware 67100
80 22 9 WONDERFUL LIFE – Two Door Cinema Club 124500

18th September 2022

It’s a first week on top for Elton John & Britney Spears, with their Tiny Dancer revamp Hold Me Closer. Elton is now on 14 number ones, most of them 70’s tracks, but he has topped my chart in every decade since 1972 when Crocodile Rock did it first, and the last time was his Pnau revamp Sad in 2012, not counting oldies. Britney last topped my chart in 2004 with the brilliant Toxic and fab Everytime, and first did it in 1999 with Baby One More Time, with Lucky in between, so a 5th for Britney.

Nicolette Larson reaches a new chart peak of 2 with Neil Young’s Lotta Love well over 40 years after first charting. She sadly passed away in 1997 aged 45. Elley Duhe gets a first top 10, Pieces, Lightning Seeds leapfrog themselves with their 3rd top 40 of 2022, and highest new entry is George Ezra back again, with Dance All Over Me at 81, a-ha have another comeback at 85, You Have What It Takes extending their chart run to 37 years since they had 2 number ones in a row, and 6 years since they had a top 10 with Objects In The Mirror.

Alfie Templeman gets a 2nd chart entry of 2022, Candyfloss, Bakermat a 3rd, Joy, and Crystal waters get a chart comeback with 2B Luv – 30 years on from debuting, and 6 years since she last charted, and peaked at 90, so she has at least equalled Relax!

1 7 1 4 HOLD ME CLOSER – Elton John & Britney Spears 238300
2 30 2 3 LOTTA LOVE – Nicolette Larson 143000
3 2 2 9 DANCE FOR YOU – Empress Of 499000
4 1 1 8 VELVET LIES – Bananarama 687500
5 6 5 4 CUPID – Rose Gray 164600
6 3 3 8 FOTONOVELA – Alex Christensen featuring Yass 366200
7 42 7 3 PIECES – Elley Duhe 65150
8 8 8 8 RUNNING WITH THE NIGHT – Bananarama 234550
9 9 9 4 MAGIC – Mark Owen 114700
10 4 4 5 HEATWAVE IN THE COLD NORTH – Reverend And The Makers 232000

11 5 1 6 WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE – ABBA 452000
12 18 12 8 HYPNOTIZED – Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Wuh Oh 142000
13 17 13 7 LIGHT OF DAY – ODESZA featuring Olafur Arnalds 120800
14 21 14 6 GHOSTING – Cat Burns 140050
15 15 1 12 WHEN IT’S COLD I’D LIKE TO DIE – Moby featuring Mimi Goese 865600
16 16 2 13 LOVE BRAND NEW – Bob Moses 624200
17 11 7 8 WOMAN LIKE ME – Chaka Khan 256400
18 23 18 9 SLOMO – Chanel 132800
19 12 1 6 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU – ABBA 511000
20 33 20 3 CALL ME BY MY NAME – AR/CO 44900

21 67 21 3 EMILY SMILES – Lightning Seeds 27650
22 13 13 9 WALK ANOTHER MILE – Lightning Seeds 145100
23 20 5 18 LATE NIGHT TALKING – Harry Styles 683250
24 14 1 6 THE VISITORS – ABBA 363000
25 39 25 4 YOU’RE MY SUNSHINE – Cazzi Opeia 43450
26 48 26 3 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) – Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 36400
27 27 27 8 SUMMER LOVIN’ – Cerrone & Purple Disco Machine 107100
28 29 28 9 HOW DO I MAKE YOU LOVE ME? – The Weeknd 129050
29 24 1 18 GRAPEJUICE – Harry Styles 949100
30 26 6 11 I’M A MAN – Michelle Branch 290700

31 22 2 6 EAGLE – ABBA 299400
32 25 5 9 CHANT – Macklemore & Tones And I 271050
33 10 10 6 HOLE IN YOUR SOUL – ABBA 152000
34 60 34 5 CHEMICAL HIGH – Lost Frequencies 40400
35 19 10 7 THE CARNIVAL IS OVER – The Seekers 197500
36 38 36 6 NOTHING BUT A HEARTACHE – Tobtok, Oliver Nelson & The Flirtations 66400
37 54 37 5 BEACH HOUSE – Carly Rae Jepsen 45000
38 50 38 5 BOY – The Killers 47600
39 41 39 10 WISHIN’ AND HOPIN’ – Dusty Springfield 113800
40 34 15 10 OVERTHINKING – Mabel & 24Goldn 187950

41 28 28 5 WE ARE IT – Embrace 72000
42 31 19 8 EXCITED – Heather Small 138150
43 32 27 9 MOONSTAR – Texas 132900
44 52 44 3 LOVE AND APPRECIATION – Agnes 31750
45 47 45 7 GEORGY GIRL – The Seekers 80400
46 45 1 11 I SAW THE LIGHT – Todd Rundgren 446000
47 36 36 9 NIGHT MOVES – Lissie 96000
48 40 40 6 FOREVER YOUNG – Bananarama 64250
49 87 49 3 NEW GOLD – Gorillaz featuring Bootie Brown & Tame Impala 16200
50 37 13 10 EASY LOVER – Ellie Goulding featuring Big Sean 202150

51 35 35 8 LIFT OFF – Labrinth 97050
52 46 1 10 ELOISE – Barry Ryan 512350
53 78 53 3 SEIZE THE POWER – Yonaka 18250
54 43 10 11 MORE THAN A SEX MACHINE – Sparks 213350
55 85 55 3 I CAN’T – Taylor-Rae 15500
56 44 44 4 FIRE IT UP – Def Leppard 48150
57 58 57 5 CLUB TROPICANA (WONDERLAND REDUX – REMIX) – Wham! & drummar 37100
58 55 1 19 NON HO L’ETA PER AMARTI – Gigliola Cinquetti 932250
59 83 59 3 MIRACLE – Betty Boo featuring Chuck D 15300
60 64 60 5 MANIAC – Macklemore featuring Windser 33200

61 49 49 9 SNAP – Rosa Linn 90500
62 56 1 10 LAST NIGHT IN SOHO – Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 574000
63 51 11 9 SIRENS – Hydrogen Child 186300
64 68 64 5 HARD 2 FORGET – Steps 24500
65 62 62 5 LOST (XXV) – Robbie Williams 30000
66 59 1 25 KISS IT BETTER – BirdSMITH 1079700
67 74 67 6 FOREVER AND ALWAYS – Armin van Buuren & Gareth Emery featuring Owl City 26200
68 84 68 3 CELEBRATE IT TOGETHER – Howard Jones 11500
69 76 69 5 WISH YOU WERE HERE – Lukas Graham featuring Khalid 21800
70 57 14 9 DISCO – Sub-Radio 167300

71 79 71 5 ALL THESE NIGHTS – Tom Grennan 16800
72 73 72 5 TOO MUCH FOR ONE (NOT ENOUGH FOR TWO) – Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott 22200
73 61 1 25 AS IT WAS – Harry Styles 819700
74 82 74 5 WORDS – Alesso & Zara Larsson 13700
75 75 75 5 HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW – Olivia Newton-John 17700
76 89 76 3 I WON’T CRUMBLE WITH YOU IF YOU FALL – Tom Jones 8200
77 90 77 3 STRUTTIN’ – Thumpasaurus 7700
78 69 1 28 THE LAST GOODBYE – ODESZA featuring Bettye LaVette 1389450
79 77 45 10 FREE YOURSELF – Jessie Ware 67100
80 63 22 9 WONDERFUL LIFE – Two Door Cinema Club 124500

81 NEW 81 1 DANCE ALL OVER ME – George Ezra 3800
82 86 82 5 PINK VENOM – BLACKPINK 12700
83 94 83 3 BAD MOON RISING – Suzi Quatro 6000
84 91 84 2 HEARTSTRINGS – M-22& Ella Henderson 5100
85 NEW 85 1 YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES – a-ha 3000
86 92 86 2 DON’T I MAKE IT LOOK EASY – Meghan Trainor 4600
87 95 87 2 WOKE UP IN LOVE – Kygo, Gryffin & Calum Scott 4100
88 NEW 88 1 CANDYFLOSS – Alfie Templeman 2400
89 NEW 89 1 JOY – Bakermat featuring Ann Nesby 2200
90 NEW 90 1 2B LUV – Crystal Waters & David Anthony 2000

DROP OUTS
53 33 5 CHIQUITITA – ABBA 81350
65 11 5 HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU – Olivia Newton-John 111800
66 7 9 UNSTOPPABLE – Sia 209400
70 70 5 MAGIC – Olivia Newton-John 21400
71 28 7 THE PLAYER (HE’LL SHOOT YOU DOWN) – Funkstar De Luxe, TOOMANYLEFTHANDS, First Choice 99700
72 44 7 AMERICAN PSYCHO – Marshmello, Mae Muller, Trippie Redd 59350
80 68 5 MAKE ME SAY IT AGAIN GIRL – Ronald Isley & The Isley Brothers featuring Beyonce 24400
81 18 12 AFRAID TO FEEL – LF System featuring Silk 162000
88 71 5 SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM – Toyah featuring Robert Fripp 21000
93 63 6 IRRELEVANT – P!nk 32200

Weymouth from nothe fort

11th September 2022

It’s 2 weeks on top for Bananarama for a static top 5, Velvet Lies one of three ‘Nana tracks on the rundown. Elton John makes it 51 years of top 10’s and Britney 25 years as Hold Me Closer is up 31 to 7, and Mark Owen makes it 2 top 10’s in a row, Magic extending his Take That-including run to nearly 30 years. ABBA’s Hole In My Soul goes top 10 44 years after it would have gone top 5 if I’d allowed album tracks back then.

Thankfully a quiet week for new entries giving me the opportunity to chop the chart down to 95, with M-22 giving Ella Henderson yet another 2022 chart entry on Heartstrings, Meghan Trainor adding to her lengthening list of tracks with Don’t I Make It Look Easy, and Kygo, Gryffin & Calum Scott collaborating on Woke Up In Love.

1 1 1 7 VELVET LIES – Bananarama 622500
2 2 2 8 DANCE FOR YOU – Empress Of 414000
3 3 3 7 FOTONOVELA – Alex Christensen featuring Yass 311200
4 4 4 4 HEATWAVE IN THE COLD NORTH – Reverend And The Makers 190000
5 5 1 5 WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE – ABBA 415000
6 8 6 3 CUPID – Rose Gray 104600
7 38 7 3 HOLD ME CLOSER – Elton John & Britney Spears 68300
8 9 8 7 RUNNING WITH THE NIGHT – Bananarama 186550
9 17 9 3 MAGIC – Mark Owen 69700
10 12 10 5 HOLE IN YOUR SOUL – ABBA 134300

11 7 7 7 WOMAN LIKE ME – Chaka Khan 233400
12 6 1 5 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU – ABBA 490000
13 18 13 8 WALK ANOTHER MILE – Lightning Seeds 125600
14 11 1 5 THE VISITORS – ABBA 344000
15 14 1 11 WHEN IT’S COLD I’D LIKE TO DIE – Moby featuring Mimi Goese 838600
16 13 2 12 LOVE BRAND NEW – Bob Moses 599200
17 24 17 6 LIGHT OF DAY – ODESZA featuring Olafur Arnalds 88800
18 22 18 7 HYPNOTIZED – Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Wuh Oh 107000
19 10 10 6 THE CARNIVAL IS OVER – The Seekers 180000
20 16 5 17 LATE NIGHT TALKING – Harry Styles 664000

21 23 21 5 GHOSTING – Cat Burns 111050
22 15 2 5 EAGLE – ABBA 281500
23 25 23 8 SLOMO – Chanel 110800
24 20 1 17 GRAPEJUICE – Harry Styles 930900
25 21 5 8 CHANT – Macklemore & Tones And I 253250
26 19 6 10 I’M A MAN – Michelle Branch 272700
27 29 27 7 SUMMER LOVIN’ – Cerrone & Purple Disco Machine 88700
28 28 28 4 WE ARE IT – Embrace 58000
29 34 29 8 HOW DO I MAKE YOU LOVE ME? – The Weeknd 110750
30 60 30 2 LOTTA LOVE – Nicolette Larson 28000

31 26 19 7 EXCITED – Heather Small 124400
32 27 27 8 MOONSTAR – Texas 119400
33 63 33 2 CALL ME BY MY NAME – AR/CO 24900
34 30 15 9 OVERTHINKING – Mabel & 24Goldn 170950
35 37 35 7 LIFT OFF – Labrinth 85300
36 40 36 8 NIGHT MOVES – Lissie 83500
37 31 13 9 EASY LOVER – Ellie Goulding featuring Big Sean 190150
38 49 38 5 NOTHING BUT A HEARTACHE – Tobtok, Oliver Nelson & The Flirtations 48900
39 68 39 3 YOU’RE MY SUNSHINE – Cazzi Opeia 24700
40 44 40 5 FOREVER YOUNG – Bananarama 51950

41 45 41 9 WISHIN’ AND HOPIN’ – Dusty Springfield 96800
42 96 42 2 PIECES – Elley Duhe 15150
43 35 10 10 MORE THAN A SEX MACHINE – Sparks 202350
44 48 44 3 FIRE IT UP – Def Leppard 37550
45 42 1 10 I SAW THE LIGHT – Todd Rundgren 433250
46 43 1 9 ELOISE – Barry Ryan 500850
47 51 47 6 GEORGY GIRL – The Seekers 67400
48 72 48 2 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) – Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 17900
49 50 49 8 SNAP – Rosa Linn 83000
50 55 50 4 BOY – The Killers 30400

51 36 11 8 SIRENS – Hydrogen Child 179100
52 65 52 2 LOVE AND APPRECIATION – Agnes 18500
53 33 33 5 CHIQUITITA – ABBA 81350
54 58 54 4 BEACH HOUSE – Carly Rae Jepsen 27700
55 54 1 18 NON HO L’ETA PER AMARTI – Gigliola Cinquetti 922050
56 46 1 9 LAST NIGHT IN SOHO – Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 566600
57 39 14 8 DISCO – Sub-Radio 161300
58 61 58 4 CLUB TROPICANA (WONDERLAND REDUX – REMIX) – Wham! & drummar 26700
59 53 1 24 KISS IT BETTER – BirdSMITH 1072900
60 67 60 4 CHEMICAL HIGH – Lost Frequencies 22800

61 59 1 24 AS IT WAS – Harry Styles 814300
62 62 62 4 LOST (XXV) – Robbie Williams 23000
63 41 22 8 WONDERFUL LIFE – Two Door Cinema Club 120500
64 64 64 4 MANIAC – Macklemore featuring Windser 23200
65 32 11 5 HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU – Olivia Newton-John 111800
66 52 7 9 UNSTOPPABLE – Sia 209400
67 97 67 2 EMILY SMILES – Lightning Seeds 7900
68 70 68 4 HARD 2 FORGET – Steps 17400
69 66 1 27 THE LAST GOODBYE – ODESZA featuring Bettye LaVette 1385050
70 75 70 5 MAGIC – Olivia Newton-John 21400

71 57 28 7 THE PLAYER (HE’LL SHOOT YOU DOWN) – Funkstar De Luxe, TOOMANYLEFTHANDS, First Choice 99700
72 56 44 7 AMERICAN PSYCHO – Marshmello, Mae Muller, Trippie Redd 59350
73 73 73 4 TOO MUCH FOR ONE (NOT ENOUGH FOR TWO) – Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott 16600
74 78 74 5 FOREVER AND ALWAYS – Armin van Buuren & Gareth Emery featuring Owl City 19600
75 80 75 4 HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW – Olivia Newton-John 12700
76 79 76 4 WISH YOU WERE HERE – Lukas Graham featuring Khalid 15600
77 89 45 9 FREE YOURSELF – Jessie Ware 62900
78 87 78 2 SEIZE THE POWER – Yonaka 7000
79 84 79 4 ALL THESE NIGHTS – Tom Grennan 11000
80 74 68 5 MAKE ME SAY IT AGAIN GIRL – Ronald Isley & The Isley Brothers featuring Beyonce 24400

81 69 18 12 AFRAID TO FEEL – LF System featuring Silk 162000
82 88 82 4 WORDS – Alesso & Zara Larsson 8500
83 92 83 2 MIRACLE – Betty Boo featuring Chuck D 5200
84 91 84 2 CELEBRATE IT TOGETHER – Howard Jones 5100
85 93 85 2 I CAN’T – Taylor-Rae 4700
86 86 86 4 PINK VENOM – BLACKPINK 9100
87 95 87 2 NEW GOLD – Gorillaz featuring Bootie Brown & Tame Impala 4100
88 71 71 5 SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM – Toyah featuring Robert Fripp 21000
89 98 89 2 I WON’T CRUMBLE WITH YOU IF YOU FALL – Tom Jones 3400
90 99 90 2 STRUTTIN’ – Thumpasaurus 3100

91 NEW 91 1 HEARTSTRINGS M-22& Ella Henderson 1900
92 NEW 92 1 DON’T I MAKE IT LOOK EASY Meghan Trainor 1800
93 77 63 6 IRRELEVANT – P!nk 32200
94 100 94 2 BAD MOON RISING – Suzi Quatro 2600
95 NEW 95 1 WOKE UP IN LOVE Kygo, Gryffin & Calum Scott 1500

DROP OUTS
47 5 4 XANADU – Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra 139500
76 76 4 SUDDENLY – Olivia Newton-John & Cliff Richard 18800
81 59 6 RIGHT SAID FRED – Bernard Cribbins 36900
82 64 5 CRY TO ME – Kilotile featuring Solomon Burke 28500
83 1 17 HOPE – Stefan 1132450
85 60 5 I’LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER YOU – The Seekers 29400
90 26 8 SAME HEARTBREAK DIFFERENT DAY – Richard Marx 102700
94 59 7 BUDDY’S RENDEZVOUS – Father John Misty 46300

4th September 2022

It’s a first week on top for Bananarama in over 31 years, since Long Train Running did the trick in 1991, their second number one being album track Velvet Lies, a much stronger choice than current single at 43, as is Running With The Night at 9, their 4th top 10 of the year. Sarah and Keren’s best-charting year for me since…ever! Empress Of has taken 7 weeks but is now at 2, with Alex Chistensen at 3, and Reverend & The Makers get a lush 3rd top 5 track 17 years after the 2nd. Highest climber is a whopping 86 places for Rose Gray’s delightful Cupid at 8.

Mark Owen also has a whopping climb for a 2nd top 20 of 2022, Magic! Elton & Britney rise rapidly into the top 40, not the first time Tiny Dancer has been there, but incredibly the track was unknown until the 90’s in the UK. Highest new entry at 60 is the 44-year-old Lotta Love, as Nicolette Larson returns to my charts with her lovely version of the Neil Young 1978 song. Agnes keeps her run of entries alive with her 7th, Love And Appreciation extending her run to 13 years since Release Me topped my chart.

At 72, the UK”s current chart-topper finally enters for Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal on the lowkey dance B.O.T.A., and Yonaka belatedly enter as well as Seize The Power, which was featured at the end of Marvel’s She-Hulk episode last week, gets a boost for a 3rd chart entry at 87, Yonaka peaking at 7 in 2021 with Call Me A Saint. 80’s hitmaker Howard Jones hasn’t troubled my chart since 2016, but Celebrate It Together extends his run to 39 years since New Song went top 10.

Tame Impala help Gorillaz to a 17th year of songs charting, this time New Gold at 95. Betty Boo gets a 2nd of 2022, bringing back Chuck D for assistance for some late 80’s nostalgia, and Lightning Seeds chart a 3rd track, Emily Smiles not unlike a mid-60’s Beatles tune in style, and Tom Jones, Legend, grabs the latest Longest-Run award as his new Blues-ish sparse ballad sneaks in 54 years since Help Yourself started the ball rolling for 10-year-old John, Tom not missing a decade in between either for 7th consecutive decade, and outdoing Ronald Isley who held the record for 3 weeks. Suzi Quatro meanwhile decides to cover 1969 top 10 Creedence Clearwater Revival classic, Bad Moon Rising, and extends her run to 49 years since Can The Can, glamtastic and the new runner-up of longest run with new material for a solo female, 8 of her many entries coming in the 21st century. Diana Ross has 52 years, though.

1 3 1 6 VELVET LIES – Bananarama 452500
2 4 2 7 DANCE FOR YOU – Empress Of 299000
3 6 3 6 FOTONOVELA – Alex Christensen featuring Yass 226200
4 7 4 3 HEATWAVE IN THE COLD NORTH – Reverend And The Makers 125000
5 5 1 4 WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE – ABBA 355000
6 1 1 4 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU – ABBA 455000
7 9 7 6 WOMAN LIKE ME – Chaka Khan 196400
8 94 8 2 CUPID – Rose Gray 49600
9 13 9 6 RUNNING WITH THE NIGHT – Bananarama 138550
10 12 10 5 THE CARNIVAL IS OVER – The Seekers 159000

11 8 1 4 THE VISITORS – ABBA 315000
12 19 12 4 HOLE IN YOUR SOUL – ABBA 92300
13 10 2 11 LOVE BRAND NEW – Bob Moses 574200
14 14 1 10 WHEN IT’S COLD I’D LIKE TO DIE – Moby featuring Mimi Goese 811600
15 2 2 4 EAGLE – ABBA 262000
16 15 5 16 LATE NIGHT TALKING – Harry Styles 644000
17 93 17 2 MAGIC – Mark Owen 24700
18 27 18 7 WALK ANOTHER MILE – Lightning Seeds 93600
19 17 6 9 I’M A MAN – Michelle Branch 254200
20 20 1 16 GRAPEJUICE – Harry Styles 911900

21 16 5 7 CHANT – Macklemore & Tones And I 234500
22 28 22 6 HYPNOTIZED – Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Wuh Oh 85000
23 23 23 4 GHOSTING – Cat Burns 91300
24 29 24 5 LIGHT OF DAY – ODESZA featuring Olafur Arnalds 65800
25 32 25 7 SLOMO – Chanel 91550
26 24 19 6 EXCITED – Heather Small 106500
27 30 27 7 MOONSTAR – Texas 101600
28 36 28 3 WE ARE IT – Embrace 39700
29 39 29 6 SUMMER LOVIN’ – Cerrone & Purple Disco Machine 70300
30 26 15 8 OVERTHINKING – Mabel & 24Goldn 153350

31 25 13 8 EASY LOVER – Ellie Goulding featuring Big Sean 172850
32 11 11 4 HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU – Olivia Newton-John 104800
33 33 33 4 CHIQUITITA – ABBA 70100
34 38 34 7 HOW DO I MAKE YOU LOVE ME? – The Weeknd 92550
35 31 10 9 MORE THAN A SEX MACHINE – Sparks 188850
36 21 11 7 SIRENS – Hydrogen Child 167350
37 40 37 6 LIFT OFF – Labrinth 67800
38 99 38 2 HOLD ME CLOSER – Elton John & Britney Spears 18300
39 22 14 7 DISCO – Sub-Radio 150900
40 47 40 7 NIGHT MOVES – Lissie 66100

41 37 22 7 WONDERFUL LIFE – Two Door Cinema Club 113300
42 41 1 9 I SAW THE LIGHT – Todd Rundgren 420250
43 34 1 8 ELOISE – Barry Ryan 488100
44 48 44 4 FOREVER YOUNG – Bananarama 34950
45 45 45 8 WISHIN’ AND HOPIN’ – Dusty Springfield 82800
46 35 1 8 LAST NIGHT IN SOHO – Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 556000
47 18 5 4 XANADU – Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra 139500
48 50 48 2 FIRE IT UP – Def Leppard 24300
49 54 49 4 NOTHING BUT A HEARTACHE – Tobtok, Oliver Nelson & The Flirtations 31700
50 53 50 7 SNAP – Rosa Linn 70900

51 51 51 5 GEORGY GIRL – The Seekers 54900
52 42 7 8 UNSTOPPABLE – Sia 202600
53 46 1 23 KISS IT BETTER – BirdSMITH 1062800
54 49 1 17 NON HO L’ETA PER AMARTI – Gigliola Cinquetti 911250
55 78 55 3 BOY – The Killers 18400
56 44 44 6 AMERICAN PSYCHO – Marshmello, Mae Muller, Trippie Redd 53750
57 43 28 6 THE PLAYER (HE’LL SHOOT YOU DOWN) – Funkstar De Luxe, TOOMANYLEFTHANDS, First Choice 93900
58 75 58 3 BEACH HOUSE – Carly Rae Jepsen 16700
59 55 1 23 AS IT WAS – Harry Styles 806800
60 NEW 60 1 LOTTA LOVE – Nicolette Larson 10000

61 74 61 3 CLUB TROPICANA (WONDERLAND REDUX – REMIX) – Wham! & drummar 16500
62 71 62 3 LOST (XXV) – Robbie Williams 15600
63 NEW 63 1 CALL ME BY MY NAME – AR/CO 7200
64 66 64 3 MANIAC – Macklemore featuring Windser 16100
65 NEW 65 1 LOVE AND APPRECIATION – Agnes 7000
66 61 1 26 THE LAST GOODBYE – ODESZA featuring Bettye LaVette 1378850
67 82 67 3 CHEMICAL HIGH – Lost Frequencies 12800
68 98 68 2 YOU’RE MY SUNSHINE – Cazzi Opeia 7600
69 57 18 11 AFRAID TO FEEL – LF System featuring Silk 158200
70 84 70 3 HARD 2 FORGET – Steps 11000

71 72 71 4 SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM – Toyah featuring Robert Fripp 18600
72 NEW 72 1 B.O.T.A. (BADDEST OF THEM ALL) – Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal 5600
73 79 73 3 TOO MUCH FOR ONE (NOT ENOUGH FOR TWO) – Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott 11200
74 68 68 4 MAKE ME SAY IT AGAIN GIRL – Ronald Isley & The Isley Brothers featuring Beyonce 20400
75 80 75 4 MAGIC – Olivia Newton-John 15400
76 76 76 4 SUDDENLY – Olivia Newton-John & Cliff Richard 18800
77 63 63 5 IRRELEVANT – P!nk 30500
78 83 78 4 FOREVER AND ALWAYS – Armin van Buuren & Gareth Emery featuring Owl City 14400
79 86 79 3 WISH YOU WERE HERE – Lukas Graham featuring Khalid 9800
80 88 80 3 HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW – Olivia Newton-John 7700

81 59 59 6 RIGHT SAID FRED – Bernard Cribbins 36900
82 64 64 5 CRY TO ME – Kilotile featuring Solomon Burke 28500
83 69 1 17 HOPE – Stefan 1132450
84 89 84 3 ALL THESE NIGHTS – Tom Grennan 6800
85 60 60 5 I’LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER YOU – The Seekers 29400
86 92 86 3 PINK VENOM – BLACKPINK 6300
87 NEW 87 1 SEIZE THE POWER – Yonaka 2600
88 96 88 3 WORDS – Alesso & Zara Larsson 4900
89 91 45 8 FREE YOURSELF – Jessie Ware 58300
90 65 26 8 SAME HEARTBREAK DIFFERENT DAY – Richard Marx 102700

91 NEW 91 1 CELEBRATE IT TOGETHER – Howard Jones 1900
92 NEW 92 1 MIRACLE – Betty Boo featuring Chuck D 1800
93 NEW 93 1 I CAN’T – Taylor-Rae 1700
94 85 59 7 BUDDY’S RENDEZVOUS – Father John Misty 46300
95 NEW 95 1 NEW GOLD – Gorillaz featuring Bootie Brown & Tame Impala 1500
96 NEW 96 1 PIECES – Elley Duhe 1400
97 NEW 97 1 EMILY SMILES – Lightning Seeds 1300
98 NEW 98 1 I WON’T CRUMBLE WITH YOU IF YOU FALL – Tom Jones 1200
99 NEW 99 1 STRUTTIN’ – Thumpasaurus 1100
100 NEW 100 1 BAD MOON RISING – Suzi Quatro 1000

DROP OUTS
52 36 7 SUNSHINE – Lightning Seeds 90750
56 16 8 GOT ME GOOD – DNCE 131300
47 10 10 TONIGHT UNITED – Duran Duran featuring Giorgio Moroder 226200
58 9 11 VISION THING – Simple Minds 224600
62 1 14 RUNNING UP THAT HILL (MAKE A DEAL WITH GOD) – Kate Bush 721950
58 58 7 A WORLD WITHOUT LOVE – Peter & Gordon 49700
66 27 11 MADAN (KING) – Bakermat 126800
68 4 12 YOU ONLY WANT ME – Mark Owen 374200
70 70 4 A WORLD OF OUR OWN – The Seekers 21400
73 73 4 RIVERBED – Matt Ryder featuring Birdy 20000
75 32 7 STAY WITH ME – Calvin Harris featuring Justin Timberlake, Halsey & Pharrell 84950
100 8 11 PASSION – Roosevelt featuring Nile Rodgers 256650
90 90 3 SAM – Olivia Newton-John 6000
97 97 2 A LITTLE MORE LOVE – Olivia Newton-John 2300

My February 2022 Charts

6th February 2022

It’s 2 weeks on top for The Love Affair as my Everlasting Love for them remains strong, but LEON is leaping upwards for her highest-charting track to date and her 3rd top 10, it’s not just Wishful Thinking! Tame Impala make it 5 top 10’s in 7 years, Tove Styrke gets a first top 20 with the lovely Show Me Love, and there’s lots of top 40 debutants from climbers never having been in before, along with The Bieb grabbing his 4th top 40 in ten years of charting. Add in his features and he’s got 10, including one top 10, so it’s fair to say I prefer him on other people’s material on the whole.

Highest new entry is kiefer Sutherland debuting at 57 with Bloor Street, not a bad record for an actor giving it a go. Liam Gallagher is being electric again at 63, though last time he was in Oasis, and it was an album track, to be fair. Tears For Fears get a second from the new album, Break The Man, and 40 years of charting to boot. Liam is on a piddling 28 years, including his brothers songs. George Ezra has a jolly 7th chart hit, Blossoms have 10, and Eels are on 13 in 25 years, including a number one in 1998 for Last Stop: This Time. The new single is from their new album. Jennifer Rush also pops back 37 years on with her Power Of Love, which was better than Huey Lewis’ good 80’s Power Of Love, but not as great as Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s fab Power Of Love. Power courtesy of Liam’s electric supply.

1 1 1 2 EVERLASTING LOVE – Love Affair 340000
2 2 2 4 BE MY BABY – The Ronettes 287000
3 12 3 3 WISHFUL THINKING – LEON 127400
4 5 4 4 BETTER DAYS – Neiked, Mae Muller & Polo G 180800
5 7 5 5 LESS THAN ZERO – The Weeknd 214000
6 4 4 6 DANCING AWAY IN TEARS – Yola 281000
7 3 1 14 WHEN YOU DANCED WITH ME – ABBA 1295000
8 9 6 5 BRAVE – Ella Henderson 211750
9 16 9 5 NO CHOICE – Tame Impala 113150
10 6 1 13 GIVE IT ALL UP – Duran Duran featuring Tove Lo 1247000

11 8 5 5 NOTHING’S EVER GONNA BE GOOD ENOUGH – Miles Kane featuring Corinne Bailey Rae 240000
12 15 12 3 WE STAND ALONE – George Cosby 84000
13 11 3 14 BUMBLEBEE – ABBA 756000
14 30 14 3 SHOW ME LOVE – Tove Styrke 44100
15 17 15 4 OH MY GOD – Adele 80300
16 13 1 14 ODE TO FREEDOM – ABBA 1074000
17 19 17 5 SACRIFICE – The Weeknd 99000
18 20 18 6 MY HERO – Westlife 104900
19 10 1 7 HELLO IT’S ME – Todd Rundgren 663000
20 28 20 3 YOU TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH – Meat Loaf 51550

21 24 21 2 I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR – Scarlett Johansson & Bono 38750
22 14 8 11 HOLIDAY – Confidence Man 313700
23 22 5 14 KEEP AN EYE ON DAN – ABBA 552750
24 26 24 5 WHERE ARE YOU NOW – Lost Frequencies & Calum Scott 77300
25 29 25 7 PAPA GENE’S BLUES – The Monkees 105100
26 44 26 2 LOST – Tinlicker featuring Run Rivers 31750
27 34 27 5 LET’S ALL DANCE – Donny Osmond featuring Charlie Wilson 82700
28 18 18 7 SWEET TALKER – Years & Years + Galantis 113800
29 40 29 2 LOVE GROWS (WHERE MY ROSEMARY GOES) – Edison Lighthouse 35200
30 21 1 7 YOU JUST MAY BE THE ONE – The Monkees 464750

31 47 31 3 SHADOWS – Bonobo featuring Jordan Rakei 36200
32 38 32 4 WON’T STAND DOWN – Muse 51800
33 31 1 23 DON’T SHUT ME DOWN – ABBA 1631500
34 33 1 15 LITTLE THINGS – ABBA 718700
35 37 35 4 WILDER DAYS – Morgan Wade 57200
36 36 1 23 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU – ABBA 1351450
37 50 37 2 WINTER KILLS ME – Markus Schulz featuring Lady V 29300
38 53 38 2 NEW LOW – Nightlife 28450
39 49 39 3 GHOST – Justin Bieber 39200
40 23 13 12 EVERYWHERE – Niall Horan & Anne-Marie 278650

41 46 41 3 SWEET YOUNG THING – The Monkees 38850
42 55 42 2 C’MON PEOPLE (WE’RE MAKING IT NOW) – Richard Ashcroft featuring Liam Gallagher 24550
43 25 25 6 WHEN I’M GONE – Alesso & Katy Perry 90650
44 32 10 13 WORLD WE USED TO KNOW – Alan Walker & Winona Oak 315900
45 61 45 5 IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND – Gordon Lightfoot 41100
46 48 46 5 SEVENTEEN GOING UNDER – Sam Fender 51250
47 72 47 2 NEW TRICK – CXLOE 18100
48 56 48 4 BILLY GOODBYE – Franz Ferdinand 40700
49 60 49 4 PAINT THE RED ROSE BLUE – Elvis Costello & The Imposters 36100
50 69 50 4 FLAMES – NERVO featuring Salena Mostroianni 29600

51 27 15 12 OVERPASS GRAFFITI – Ed Sheeran 189400
52 45 31 5 LOVE CAN’T TURN AROUND – Pete Tong, Riton & Vula featuring Jules Buckley & The Heritage Orchestra 71400
53 68 53 2 SHUT OFF THE LIGHTS – Bastille 17650
54 64 54 2 BREAKUP RITUALS – Mishcatt 18100
55 63 55 4 PLANET IN THE SKY – Klingande x Merk & Kremont featuring MKLA 30200
56 41 19 7 LISTEN TO THE BAND – The Monkees 119150
57 71 57 2 FINISH LINE – Elton John & Stevie Wonder 16200
58 NEW 58 1 BLOOR STREET – Kiefer Sutherland 10200
59 59 59 2 I ENGINEER – Animotion 20200
60 70 60 2 THE BEST MISTAKES – The Divine Comedy 16000

61 35 14 10 MERRY CHRISTMAS – Elton John & Ed Sheeran 145350
62 42 9 12 SOMEBODY TO USE – Alesso 236650
63 NEW 63 1 EVERYTHING’S ELECTRIC – Liam Gallagher featuring Dave Grohl 7200
64 43 16 12 SWEET DREAMS & DYNAMITE – Seeb & Nina Nesbitt 142800
65 NEW 65 1 BREAK THE MAN – Tears For Fears 7000
66 66 66 4 BABY I LOVE YOU – The Ronettes 25800
67 67 67 2 ABCDEFU – GAYLE 13200
68 74 68 2 WE DON’T TALK ABOUT BRUNO – Encanto Cast 11600
69 73 69 2 DOWN UNDER – Luude featuring Colin Hay 11600
70 NEW 70 1 ANYONE FOR YOU – George Ezra 6000

71 NEW 71 1 RIBBON ROUND THE BOMB – Blossoms 5800
72 75 72 2 MORNING OF MY LIFE – John Holt 10600
73 NEW 73 1 ORIGINAL SIN – Sofi Tukker 5400
74 NEW 74 1 GOOD NIGHT ON EARTH – Eels 5200
75 NEW 75 1 THE POWER OF LOVE – Jennifer Rush 5000

DROP OUTS
39 39 9 SLOWDOWN – John Miles 97900
51 17 12 KISS OF LIFE – Kylie Minogue & Jessie Ware 200600
52 33 5 MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE (TAYLOR’S VERSION) – Taylor Swift 69400
54 4 6 WHAT AM I DOING HANGING ROUND? – The Monkees 228500
57 40 5 CAN’T HELP THINKING ABOUT ME – David Bowie 65000
58 58 2 BAT OUT OF HELL – Meat Loaf 20400
62 2 18 DOPAMINE – Purple Disco Machine featuring Eyelar 707250
65 28 10 INVISIBLE THINGS – Natalie Imbruglia 110300

13th February 2022

It’s LEON with her first chart-topper following several top 10’s over the last few years, but Wishful Thinking really pays off. Newcomer George Cosby goes top 10 with his fab We Stand Alone, Tove Styrke replaces Tove Lo in the top 10, and Tinlicker also get a debut top 10 along with Run Rivers. ABBA are back! It’s the lowest-charting track on Voyage for me (peaked at 15) but ABBA yet again demonstrate the knack of picking the wrong track for singles that they often used to do. OK it’s upbeat, but it’s not as good as When You Danced With Me. Here’s hoping they are holding that one back for the opening of the hologram tour!

Highest actual new song is from Ed Sheeran on his 5th in 6 months, this time with a help from Taylor Swift on The Joker and The Queen. Good thing he didn’t ask Elton John to do this one, which enters at 55 as Merry Christmas drops out. The Shires are back with a new song, I See Stars at 60. Lauren Spencer-Smith debuts with her tender Fingers Crossed at 62, Emeli Sande is also back with Brighter Days extending her run to well over a decade, and Simple Minds enter at 72 with Act Of Love making it 40 years of charting, after 4 years away.

Finally, LIZOT revamps Boney M’s debut hit Daddy Cool, still their best record, over 45 years on from it topping my charts, The Ronettes debut with the wonderful Walking In The Rain, which was charting for The Partridge Family for me 49 years ago, but the original finally gets a look-in following BBC2’s Ronnie Spector tribute programme, followed by a Carole King at 80 special which got It’s Too Late selling on itunes over 50 years on from me getting it for Christmas 1971 as part of a list of singles I loved but had never managed to record on tape. Carole King IMHO is the greatest female professional song-writer, along with her husband lyricist Gerry Goffin. Diane Warren might have written more hits, and all on her own, but Carole’s are timeless classics, and she then went on to be a star in her own right with the classic album Tapestry, which this is taken from. Helping on the album? Joni Mitchell and James Taylor, 2 of the other big singer-songwriters of the time.

1 3 1 4 WISHFUL THINKING – LEON 297400
2 1 1 3 EVERLASTING LOVE – Love Affair 455000
3 4 3 5 BETTER DAYS – Neiked, Mae Muller & Polo G 265800
4 5 4 6 LESS THAN ZERO – The Weeknd 279000
5 6 4 7 DANCING AWAY IN TEARS – Yola 341000
6 12 6 4 WE STAND ALONE – George Cosby 139000
7 9 7 6 NO CHOICE – Tame Impala 163150
8 8 6 6 BRAVE – Ella Henderson 259750
9 14 9 4 SHOW ME LOVE – Tove Styrke 89100
10 26 10 3 LOST – Tinlicker featuring Run Rivers 73750

11 7 1 15 WHEN YOU DANCED WITH ME – ABBA 1332000
12 11 5 6 NOTHING’S EVER GONNA BE GOOD ENOUGH – Miles Kane featuring Corinne Bailey Rae 275000
13 13 3 15 BUMBLEBEE – ABBA 788000
14 10 1 14 GIVE IT ALL UP – Duran Duran featuring Tove Lo 1276000
15 15 15 5 OH MY GOD – Adele 107300
16 20 16 4 YOU TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH – Meat Loaf 76550
17 25 17 8 PAPA GENE’S BLUES – The Monkees 128100
18 21 18 3 I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR – Scarlett Johansson & Bono 60750
19 38 19 3 NEW LOW – Nightlife 49450
20 16 1 15 ODE TO FREEDOM – ABBA 1094400

21 RE 15 10 NO DOUBT ABOUT IT – ABBA 164700
22 31 22 4 SHADOWS – Bonobo featuring Jordan Rakei 55700
23 17 17 6 SACRIFICE – The Weeknd 118250
24 24 24 6 WHERE ARE YOU NOW – Lost Frequencies & Calum Scott 96300
25 18 18 7 MY HERO – Westlife 123650
26 32 26 5 WON’T STAND DOWN – Muse 70300
27 19 1 8 HELLO IT’S ME – Todd Rundgren 681400
28 22 8 12 HOLIDAY – Confidence Man 332000
29 37 29 3 WINTER KILLS ME – Markus Schulz featuring Lady V 47500
30 36 1 24 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU – ABBA 1369450

31 23 5 15 KEEP AN EYE ON DAN – ABBA 570650
32 27 27 6 LET’S ALL DANCE – Donny Osmond featuring Charlie Wilson 100500
33 28 18 8 SWEET TALKER – Years & Years + Galantis 131500
34 33 1 24 DON’T SHUT ME DOWN – ABBA 1649100
35 46 35 6 SEVENTEEN GOING UNDER – Sam Fender 68750
36 39 36 4 GHOST – Justin Bieber 56600
37 41 37 4 SWEET YOUNG THING – The Monkees 56150
38 34 1 16 LITTLE THINGS – ABBA 735900
39 42 39 3 C’MON PEOPLE (WE’RE MAKING IT NOW) – Richard Ashcroft featuring Liam Gallagher 41650
40 50 40 5 FLAMES – NERVO featuring Salena Mostroianni 46600

41 47 41 3 NEW TRICK – CXLOE 32100
42 53 42 3 SHUT OFF THE LIGHTS – Bastille 31400
43 45 43 6 IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND – Gordon Lightfoot 54600
44 30 1 8 YOU JUST MAY BE THE ONE – The Monkees 478000
45 2 2 5 BE MY BABY – The Ronettes 300000
46 35 35 5 WILDER DAYS – Morgan Wade 69950
47 48 47 5 BILLY GOODBYE – Franz Ferdinand 53200
48 54 48 3 BREAKUP RITUALS – Mishcatt 30400
49 57 49 3 FINISH LINE – Elton John & Stevie Wonder 28300
50 60 50 3 THE BEST MISTAKES – The Divine Comedy 28000

51 55 51 5 PLANET IN THE SKY – Klingande x Merk & Kremont featuring MKLA 41950
52 58 52 2 BLOOR STREET – Kiefer Sutherland 21700
53 59 53 3 I ENGINEER – Animotion 31450
54 71 54 2 RIBBON ROUND THE BOMB – Blossoms 16800
55 NEW 55 1 THE JOKER AND THE QUEEN – Ed Sheeran featuring Taylor Swift 10800
56 73 56 2 ORIGINAL SIN – Sofi Tukker 16000
57 63 57 2 EVERYTHING’S ELECTRIC – Liam Gallagher featuring Dave Grohl 17600
58 65 58 2 BREAK THE MAN – Tears For Fears 17200
59 49 49 5 PAINT THE RED ROSE BLUE – Elvis Costello & The Imposters 46200
60 NEW 60 1 I SEE STARS – The Shires 10000

61 NEW 61 1 IT’S TOO LATE – Carole King 7500
62 NEW 62 1 FINGERS CROSSED – Lauren Spencer-Smith 7400
63 66 63 5 BABY I LOVE YOU – The Ronettes 33000
64 74 64 2 GOOD NIGHT ON EARTH – Eels 12300
65 68 65 3 WE DON’T TALK ABOUT BRUNO – Encanto Cast 18600
66 70 66 2 ANYONE FOR YOU – George Ezra 12800
67 67 67 3 ABCDEFU – GAYLE 19800
68 NEW 68 1 WALKING IN THE RAIN – The Ronettes 6400
69 69 69 3 DOWN UNDER – Luude featuring Colin Hay 17800
70 72 70 3 MORNING OF MY LIFE – John Holt 16600

71 44 10 14 WORLD WE USED TO KNOW – Alan Walker & Winona Oak 321700
72 NEW 72 1 ACT OF LOVE – Simple Minds 5600
73 NEW 73 1 BRIGHTER DAYS – Emeli Sande 5400
74 75 74 2 THE POWER OF LOVE – Jennifer Rush 10200
75 NEW 75 1 DADDY COOL – LIZOT x Boney 5000

DROP OUTS
29 29 2 LOVE GROWS (WHERE MY ROSEMARY GOES) – Edison Lighthouse 35200
40 13 12 EVERYWHERE – Niall Horan & Anne-Marie 278650
43 25 6 WHEN I’M GONE – Alesso & Katy Perry 90650
51 15 12 OVERPASS GRAFFITI – Ed Sheeran 189400
52 31 5 LOVE CAN’T TURN AROUND – Pete Tong, Riton & Vula featuring Jules Buckley & The Heritage Orchestra 71400
56 19 7 LISTEN TO THE BAND – The Monkees 119150
61 14 10 MERRY CHRISTMAS – Elton John & Ed Sheeran 145350
62 9 12 SOMEBODY TO USE – Alesso 236650
64 16 12 SWEET DREAMS & DYNAMITE – Seeb & Nina Nesbitt 142800

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20th February 2022

It’s 2 weeks on top for LEON, Wishful Thinking has paid off, and ABBA obviously pay close attention to my personal chart, noted that the only track from Voyage to fail to make the top 10 was No Doubt About It, so they released it as a single to make it the entire album as a top 10 track. That has never happened before in my charts, in 54 years of charting. The Super Trouper album from ABBA has almost done it, just one track left to chart (and to be fair had I allowed album tracks at the time Me And I would have gone top 10 for sure).

A bunch of tracks leap into the top 40 as it gets a bit of a shake-up, led by Liam Gallagher at 21, and just behind Elton John and Stevie Wonder adding to their list of top 40’s. Highest new entry is a retro disco track from Train, AM Gold new at 46 extending their long run of hits to 22 years. Father John Misty is featured on radio 2 with a classic 1940’s-sounding classy orchestral-backed ballad, Funny Girl is lovely, and in at 52. Charli XCX is back, Regard team up with Years & Years, Olly Alexander getting everywhere lately, and Troye Sivan gets another chart entry after 2021’s wonderful chart-topper with Tate McRae. That leaves the USA Superbowl performance to give a welcome return to Dr Dre and Mary J. Blige’s chart-topper Family Affair. She was fab in Umbrella Academy.

1 1 1 5 WISHFUL THINKING – LEON 467400
2 2 1 4 EVERLASTING LOVE – Love Affair 570000
3 3 3 6 BETTER DAYS – Neiked, Mae Muller & Polo G 350800
4 4 4 7 LESS THAN ZERO – The Weeknd 344000
5 6 5 5 WE STAND ALONE – George Cosby 199000
6 5 4 8 DANCING AWAY IN TEARS – Yola 396000
7 7 7 7 NO CHOICE – Tame Impala 213150
8 9 8 5 SHOW ME LOVE – Tove Styrke 137100
9 10 9 4 LOST – Tinlicker featuring Run Rivers 118750
10 21 10 11 NO DOUBT ABOUT IT – ABBA 206700

11 16 11 5 YOU TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH – Meat Loaf 111550
12 8 6 7 BRAVE – Ella Henderson 294750
13 11 1 16 WHEN YOU DANCED WITH ME – ABBA 1364000
14 12 5 7 NOTHING’S EVER GONNA BE GOOD ENOUGH – Miles Kane featuring Corinne Bailey Rae 304000
15 19 15 4 NEW LOW – Nightlife 76450
16 17 16 9 PAPA GENE’S BLUES – The Monkees 153100
17 13 3 16 BUMBLEBEE – ABBA 811000
18 18 18 4 I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR – Scarlett Johansson & Bono 82750
19 22 19 5 SHADOWS – Bonobo featuring Jordan Rakei 76700
20 14 1 15 GIVE IT ALL UP – Duran Duran featuring Tove Lo 1296000

21 57 21 3 EVERYTHING’S ELECTRIC – Liam Gallagher featuring Dave Grohl 37350
22 20 1 16 ODE TO FREEDOM – ABBA 1113900
23 49 23 4 FINISH LINE – Elton John & Stevie Wonder 47550
24 26 24 6 WON’T STAND DOWN – Muse 89300
25 41 25 4 NEW TRICK – CXLOE 50850
26 54 26 3 RIBBON ROUND THE BOMB – Blossoms 35300
27 29 27 4 WINTER KILLS ME – Markus Schulz featuring Lady V 65900
28 55 28 2 THE JOKER AND THE QUEEN – Ed Sheeran featuring Taylor Swift 29100
29 56 29 3 ORIGINAL SIN – Sofi Tukker 34200
30 35 30 7 SEVENTEEN GOING UNDER – Sam Fender 86750

31 37 31 5 SWEET YOUNG THING – The Monkees 74050
32 30 1 25 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU – ABBA 1387250
33 48 33 4 BREAKUP RITUALS – Mishcatt 48100
34 15 15 6 OH MY GOD – Adele 124900
35 50 35 4 THE BEST MISTAKES – The Divine Comedy 45500
36 23 17 7 SACRIFICE – The Weeknd 135650
37 42 37 4 SHUT OFF THE LIGHTS – Bastille 48700
38 34 1 25 DON’T SHUT ME DOWN – ABBA 1666300
39 31 5 16 KEEP AN EYE ON DAN – ABBA 587750
40 27 1 9 HELLO IT’S ME – Todd Rundgren 698400

41 24 24 7 WHERE ARE YOU NOW – Lost Frequencies & Calum Scott 110300
42 52 42 3 BLOOR STREET – Kiefer Sutherland 35450
43 43 43 7 IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND – Gordon Lightfoot 68100
44 36 36 5 GHOST – Justin Bieber 69850
45 25 18 8 MY HERO – Westlife 136650
46 NEW 46 1 AM GOLD – Train 12750
47 33 18 9 SWEET TALKER – Years & Years + Galantis 144000
48 28 8 13 HOLIDAY – Confidence Man 344300
49 32 27 7 LET’S ALL DANCE – Donny Osmond featuring Charlie Wilson 112600
50 38 1 17 LITTLE THINGS – ABBA 747900

51 75 51 2 DADDY COOL – LIZOT x Boney 16750
52 NEW 52 1 FUNNY GIRL – Father John Misty 11500
53 58 53 3 BREAK THE MAN – Tears For Fears 28450
54 60 54 2 I SEE STARS – The Shires 21000
55 40 40 6 FLAMES – NERVO featuring Salena Mostroianni 57400
56 61 56 2 IT’S TOO LATE – Carole King 18100
57 39 39 4 C’MON PEOPLE (WE’RE MAKING IT NOW) – Richard Ashcroft featuring Liam Gallagher 52050
58 62 58 2 FINGERS CROSSED – Lauren Spencer-Smith 7400
59 64 59 3 GOOD NIGHT ON EARTH – Eels 22400
60 68 60 2 WALKING IN THE RAIN – The Ronettes 16400

61 44 1 9 YOU JUST MAY BE THE ONE – The Monkees 485500
62 53 62 4 I ENGINEER – Animotion 38850
63 63 63 6 BABY I LOVE YOU – The Ronettes 40200
64 51 51 6 PLANET IN THE SKY – Klingande x Merk & Kremont featuring MKLA 49050
65 66 65 3 ANYONE FOR YOU – George Ezra 19800
66 47 47 6 BILLY GOODBYE – Franz Ferdinand 60000
67 72 67 2 ACT OF LOVE – Simple Minds 12200
68 46 35 6 WILDER DAYS – Morgan Wade 76350
69 70 69 4 MORNING OF MY LIFE – John Holt 22800
70 73 70 2 BRIGHTER DAYS – Emeli Sande 11400

71 NEW 71 1 BEG FOR YOU – Charli XCX featuring Rina Sawayama 5800
72 NEW 72 1 HALLUCINATION – Regard and Years and Years 5600
73 NEW 73 1 FAMILY AFFAIR – Mary J. Blige 5400
74 NEW 74 1 TROUBLE – Troye Sivan & Jay Som 5200
75 NEW 75 1 THE NEXT EPISODE – Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg 5000

DROP OUTS
45 2 5 BE MY BABY – The Ronettes 300000
59 49 5 PAINT THE RED ROSE BLUE – Elvis Costello & The Imposters 46200
65 65 3 WE DON’T TALK ABOUT BRUNO – Encanto Cast 18600
67 67 3 ABCDEFU – GAYLE 19800
69 69 3 DOWN UNDER – Luude featuring Colin Hay 17800
71 10 14 WORLD WE USED TO KNOW – Alan Walker & Winona Oak 321700
74 74 2 THE POWER OF LOVE – Jennifer Rush 10200

27th February 2022

It’s 3 weeks on top for LEON, who is getting chased now by The Weeknd’s next single (if has any sense) Less Than Zero at 2, his 4th number 2, with 2 chart-toppers to date, with Tove Styrke’s fab Show Me Love at 3. Great video, great twangy guitar. Shooting into the top 10 to give Ed Sheeran his first top 10 from the new album (and 4th top 20), is the lovely The Joker And The Queen, it’s only his 3rd top 10 (yes you heard that right!) though Taylor Swift is now on 7. Neither of them has ever topped my charts. Meat Loaf finally gets a top 10 credit from his 1978 Bat Out Of Hell single, his 5th.

Eels leap into the top 30 for a 25th year of consistent quirky quality, and highest new entry is Billy Fury’s advert-promoted remix of his wondrous Wondrous Place, which first charted in re-recorded form in 1983 just before his sad early death from a heart problem. Billy had been my first-ever favourite pop star, him and Adam Faith, when I was pre-school and called him Billy Floory. new at 37. Tears For Fears go top 40 as they do a host of promo interviews across the USA, with heart-warming tales of mutual support following the death of Roland’s wife, and a renewed reason to create a new album, out this week, with Break The Man being about Roland’s late wife. I saw them on the last tour, not long after she had died, and they were still great.

OneRepublic are back, 3 years on from the last chart entry, but West Coast at 47 gives 12 years of charting. AWOLNATION seem to be covering relevant political songs of over 30 years ago, the still-relevant Wind Of Change as a reminder of what was supposed to happen (I assume) and Beds Are Burning as a comment on what is actually happening (I assume). The Scorpions and Midnight Oil originals are great, these covers with guests are pretty good too. 4th and 5th charting tracks for them. Gary Brooker of Procol Harum died this week, sadly, so my three fave tracks of his enter, the classic (obv) and 2 lesser known mini-gems, Pandora’s Box from 1975, and Conquistador, with full orchestra, from 1972, the year A Whiter Sahde Of Pale first made my charts 5-years late.

I’ve had to expand my harts again to have room for Florence + The Machine’s return after 2 years, 13 years into her career, Brian May back with another solo hit 48 years since 7 Seas Of Rhye banged into my number one spot for Queen, Johnny Marr’s Night And Day, his 2nd of the last few months, Royksopp teaming up with Alison Goldfrapp, it’s been 5 years since Goldfrapp last charted and 22 years since they debuted, Royksopp 6 years and 20 years for the same respective stats. Finally, John Williams is either the film composer (who first charted in 1978 with the Superman theme) or the guitarist (who first charted with The Deer Hunter theme in 1979) or someone else called John Williams. Not sure! I’d guess the classical guitarist. Petula Clark, though, had a number one in 2013, last charted with new material in 2016, and first charted (for me) in 1971 – but actually she would have charted and topped my charts with Downtown in 1964 – which did top my charts in ’88 and ’99 in remix form – so that’s either 51 years of charting or 58 years of love, whichever is pretty amazing that Pet, who was making records as a child in the 40’s, and films, can still chart aged 89. Incredible!

1 1 1 6 WISHFUL THINKING – LEON 637400
2 4 2 8 LESS THAN ZERO – The Weeknd 459000
3 8 3 6 SHOW ME LOVE – Tove Styrke 222100
4 3 3 7 BETTER DAYS – Neiked, Mae Muller & Polo G 415800
5 5 5 6 WE STAND ALONE – George Cosby 259000
6 9 6 5 LOST – Tinlicker featuring Run Rivers 173750
7 7 7 8 NO CHOICE – Tame Impala 263150
8 28 8 3 THE JOKER AND THE QUEEN – Ed Sheeran featuring Taylor Swift 77100
9 11 9 6 YOU TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH – Meat Loaf 156550
10 10 10 12 NO DOUBT ABOUT IT – ABBA 248700

11 2 1 5 EVERLASTING LOVE – Love Affair 607000
12 18 12 5 I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR – Scarlett Johansson & Bono 117750
13 6 4 9 DANCING AWAY IN TEARS – Yola 428000
14 19 14 6 SHADOWS – Bonobo featuring Jordan Rakei 105700
15 15 15 5 NEW LOW – Nightlife 103450
16 21 16 4 EVERYTHING’S ELECTRIC – Liam Gallagher featuring Dave Grohl 62350
17 23 17 5 FINISH LINE – Elton John & Stevie Wonder 70550
18 24 18 7 WON’T STAND DOWN – Muse 111300
19 29 19 4 ORIGINAL SIN – Sofi Tukker 55200
20 13 1 17 WHEN YOU DANCED WITH ME – ABBA 1384000

21 12 6 8 BRAVE – Ella Henderson 314500
22 25 22 5 NEW TRICK – CXLOE 70350
23 14 5 8 NOTHING’S EVER GONNA BE GOOD ENOUGH – Miles Kane featuring Corinne Bailey Rae 323250
24 17 3 17 BUMBLEBEE – ABBA 830000
25 27 25 5 WINTER KILLS ME – Markus Schulz featuring Lady V 84650
26 26 26 4 RIBBON ROUND THE BOMB – Blossoms 53800
27 22 1 17 ODE TO FREEDOM – ABBA 1131300
28 20 1 16 GIVE IT ALL UP – Duran Duran featuring Tove Lo 1314300
29 30 29 8 SEVENTEEN GOING UNDER – Sam Fender 104950
30 59 30 4 GOOD NIGHT ON EARTH – Eels 40400

31 31 31 6 SWEET YOUNG THING – The Monkees 91950
32 16 16 10 PAPA GENE’S BLUES – The Monkees 170900
33 42 33 4 BLOOR STREET – Kiefer Sutherland 53150
34 38 1 26 DON’T SHUT ME DOWN – ABBA 1683900
35 32 1 26 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU – ABBA 1404750
36 51 36 3 DADDY COOL – LIZOT x Boney 34150
37 NEW 37 1 WONDROUS PLACE (STRING AND TINS REMIX) – Billy Fury 17300
38 60 38 3 WALKING IN THE RAIN – The Ronettes 33600
39 46 39 2 AM GOLD – Train 29850
40 53 40 4 BREAK THE MAN – Tears For Fears 45450

41 43 41 8 IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND – Gordon Lightfoot 82100
42 39 5 17 KEEP AN EYE ON DAN – ABBA 601500
43 40 1 10 HELLO IT’S ME – Todd Rundgren 711900
44 33 33 5 BREAKUP RITUALS – Mishcatt 61350
45 62 45 5 I ENGINEER – Animotion 51850
46 34 15 7 OH MY GOD – Adele 136650
47 65 47 4 ANYONE FOR YOU – George Ezra 32300
48 NEW 48 1 WEST COAST – OneRepublic 12300
49 35 35 5 THE BEST MISTAKES – The Divine Comedy 57600
50 NEW 50 1 SAME AIR – The Rocket Summer 12000

51 54 51 3 I SEE STARS – The Shires 32750
52 52 52 2 FUNNY GIRL – Father John Misty 23000
53 56 53 3 IT’S TOO LATE – Carole King 29350
54 63 54 7 BABY I LOVE YOU – The Ronettes 51200
55 55 40 7 FLAMES – NERVO featuring Salena Mostroianni 68200
56 37 37 5 SHUT OFF THE LIGHTS – Bastille 59300
57 70 57 3 BRIGHTER DAYS – Emeli Sande 21800
58 58 58 3 FINGERS CROSSED – Lauren Spencer-Smith 29800
59 36 17 8 SACRIFICE – The Weeknd 145750
60 50 1 18 LITTLE THINGS – ABBA 757900

61 NEW 61 1 BEDS ARE BURNING – AWOLNATION featuring Tim McIlrath 7500
62 41 24 8 WHERE ARE YOU NOW – Lost Frequencies & Calum Scott 117700
63 71 63 2 BEG FOR YOU – Charli XCX featuring Rina Sawayama 13000
64 NEW 64 1 WIND OF CHANGE – AWOLNATION featuring Brandon Boyd of Incubus & Portugal. The Man 7100
65 69 65 5 MORNING OF MY LIFE – John Holt 29800
66 NEW 66 1 CONQUISTADOR – Procol Harum 6800
67 67 67 3 ACT OF LOVE – Simple Minds 18800
68 NEW 68 1 TELL SOMEBODY – Yemi Alade, Yaba Buluku Boyz & Effyzzie Music 6400
69 NEW 69 1 ON MY WAY UP – Brian May 6200
70 72 70 2 HALLUCINATION – Regard and Years and Years 11600

71 73 71 2 FAMILY AFFAIR – Mary J. Blige 11200
72 74 72 2 TROUBLE – Troye Sivan & Jay Som 10800
73 44 36 6 GHOST – Justin Bieber 75250
74 NEW 74 1 KING – Florence + The Machine 5200
75 75 75 2 THE NEXT EPISODE – Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg 10000
76 NEW 76 1 A WHITER SHADE OF PALE – Procol Harum 4800
77 NEW 77 1 NIGHT AND DAY – Johnny Marr 4600
78 NEW 78 1 IMPOSSIBLE – Royksopp & Alison Goldfrapp 4400
79 NEW 79 1 LUMINESCENT – The John Williams Syndicate with Petula Clark 4200
80 NEW 80 1 PANDORA’S BOX – Procol Harum 4000

DROP OUTS
45 18 8 MY HERO – Westlife 136650
47 18 9 SWEET TALKER – Years & Years + Galantis 144000
48 8 13 HOLIDAY – Confidence Man 344300
49 27 7 LET’S ALL DANCE – Donny Osmond featuring Charlie Wilson 112600
57 39 4 C’MON PEOPLE (WE’RE MAKING IT NOW) – Richard Ashcroft featuring Liam Gallagher 52050
61 1 9 YOU JUST MAY BE THE ONE – The Monkees 485500
64 51 6 PLANET IN THE SKY – Klingande x Merk & Kremont featuring MKLA 49050
66 47 6 BILLY GOODBYE – Franz Ferdinand 60000
68 35 6 WILDER DAYS – Morgan Wade 76350

My January 2022 Charts

2nd January 2022

It’s Todd Rundgren’s 1969 song, and 1972 recording, Hello It’s Me finally topping my chart almost 48 years after making my top 5, such a gorgeous record, and keeping off The Monkees Mike Nesmith songs from the top spot, both great loves of mine in the late 60’s/early 70’s. I almost charted The Beatles When I’m 64, as I remember it from when it was new and fresh and 64 seemed so old, and the song so sweet and sentimental. And now I have just turned 64, and those days are bittersweet distant fond memories (mostly). I still don’t feel 64 though, I’m still 35 in my head.

Alesso goes top 10 as he also enters new with Katy Perry and t’other end of the chart, and Confidence Man get a first top 10 slot with Holiday. Ed Sheeran has 3 in the top 30 suddenly, actual Ed invasion with his songwriting credit on Westlife’s new My Hero to boot, Yola’s back with another goodie, Bowie has a second vintage track in, Jack Savoretti’s on his 4th or 5th off the album, and Taylor Swift is new in with a track that should have been out first time round, but wasn’t, so the re-record will have to do.

1 2 1 2 HELLO IT’S ME – Todd Rundgren 285000
2 7 2 2 YOU JUST MAY BE THE ONE – The Monkees 165000
3 3 1 8 GIVE IT ALL UP – Duran Duran featuring Tove Lo 865000
4 12 4 2 WHAT AM I DOING HANGING ROUND? – The Monkees 100000
5 4 1 9 ODE TO FREEDOM – ABBA 865000
6 5 1 9 WHEN YOU DANCED WITH ME – ABBA 765000
7 6 3 9 BUMBLEBEE – ABBA 550000
8 1 1 9 LITTLE THINGS – ABBA 618000
9 22 9 7 SOMEBODY TO USE – Alesso 136000
10 24 10 6 HOLIDAY – Confidence Man 121200

11 8 5 9 KEEP AN EYE ON DAN – ABBA 420000
12 10 10 8 WORLD WE USED TO KNOW – Alan Walker & Winona Oak 215850
13 13 2 14 DOPAMINE – Purple Disco Machine featuring Eyelar 648600
14 15 14 7 EVERYWHERE – Niall Horan & Anne-Marie 153400
15 19 15 2 SOME OF SHELLY’S BLUES – The Monkees 48000
16 11 1 5 HIGH FLY – John Miles 572000
17 9 9 12 ON MELANCHOLY HILL – Gorillaz 285650
18 21 18 8 DO YA FEEL MY LOVE? – Stereophonics 134900
19 14 9 10 MOTH TO A FLAME – Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd 242000
20 23 20 11 SEE YA WHEN I SEE YA – Miles Kane 164300

21 18 10 10 ABRAHAM, MARTIN & JOHN – Marvin Gaye & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra featuring Beverley Knight 275350
22 20 1 18 DON’T SHUT ME DOWN – ABBA 1540500
23 32 23 8 KISS OF LIFE – Kylie Minogue & Jessie Ware 128850
24 17 10 9 I CAN BE THAT WOMAN – ABBA 238900
25 49 25 7 OVERPASS GRAFFITI – Ed Sheeran 80250
26 16 16 11 SHIVERS – Ed Sheeran 205400
27 41 27 12 UNDENIABLE – Kygo featuring X Ambassadors 177100
28 25 1 18 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU – ABBA 1264050
29 29 5 12 UNBELIEVABLE – Texas 306250
30 50 30 5 MERRY CHRISTMAS – Elton John & Ed Sheeran 58800

31 36 31 2 LISTEN TO THE BAND – The Monkees 35300
32 27 6 11 JUST A NOTION – ABBA 355200
33 33 33 9 SO HAPPY IT HURTS – Bryan Adams 124550
34 26 7 18 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) – Elton John & Dua Lipa 519250
35 37 35 8 MAGNIFICENT HURT – Elvis Costello & The Imposters 98900
36 38 36 8 GOING HOME – Goldfish featuring Max Vidima 106700
37 40 37 8 UNSTOPPABLE – James Blunt 97900
38 45 38 8 YOUR SONG SAVED MY LIFE – U2 98400
39 63 39 6 INVISIBLE THINGS – Natalie Imbruglia 49500
40 47 40 9 TIME (HEARTS FULL OF LOVE) – Erasure 84200

41 31 1 14 HERE COMES THE NIGHT – Agnes 784700
42 28 18 10 ALYGATYR – Kasabian 186250
43 30 30 8 WAKE ME UP – Foals 120100
44 56 44 7 SWEET DREAMS & DYNAMITE – Seeb & Nina Nesbitt 56450
45 34 23 10 YOU’VE GOT A HABIT OF LEAVING – David Bowie 159000
46 35 22 8 FANCY (DAVE AUDE REMIX) – Reba McEntire 133600
47 55 47 8 ENEMY – Imagine Dragons x J.I.D. 76700
48 52 48 2 PAPA GENE’S BLUES – The Monkees 23800
49 54 49 5 MUSIC – John Miles 44300
50 53 50 8 SOUVENIR – Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 67750

51 42 8 17 AS GOOD AS NEW – ABBA 350550
52 NEW 52 1 DANCING AWAY IN TEARS – Yola 11500
53 71 53 2 SWEET TALKER – Years & Years + Galantis 17050
54 59 54 5 SLOWDOWN – John Miles 41300
55 43 15 9 NO DOUBT ABOUT IT – ABBA 144950
56 60 56 8 AFTER LAST NIGHT – Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak & Silk Sonic featuring Thundercat & Bootsy Collins 69800
57 64 57 8 CAN’T STOP WRITING SONGS ABOUT YOU – Kylie Minogue & Gloria Gaynor 55100
58 46 7 13 THE TIPPING POINT – Tears For Fears 258100
59 39 39 9 YULETIDE THROWDOWN AKA RAPTURE – Blondie featuring Fab 5 Freddy 106850
60 69 60 2 MARY’S BOY CHILD – Harry Belafonte 16200

61 48 9 17 DUM DUM DIDDLE – ABBA 344500
62 66 62 6 RUN FOR HOME – Lindisfarne 36800
63 NEW 63 1 MY HERO – Westlife 7200
64 44 28 9 AFTER ALL – Elton John & Charlie Puth 121800
65 51 39 9 WHITER SHADE OF PALE – Santana featuring Steve Winwood 96050
66 70 66 2 RIO – Michael Nesmith 12800
67 NEW 67 1 CAN’T HELP THINKING ABOUT ME – David Bowie 6600
68 58 49 8 RUSHING WATER – Sting 77700
69 NEW 69 1 THE WAY YOU SAID GOODBYE – Jack Savoretti 6200
70 61 22 11 A SECOND TO MIDNIGHT – Kylie Minogue & Years & Years 159850

71 62 38 12 STARLIGHT – Westlife 125300
72 NEW 72 1 WHEN I’M GONE – Alesso & Katy Perry 5600
73 NEW 73 1 MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE (TAYLOR’S VERSION) – Taylor Swift 5400
74 57 25 10 TELL IT TO MY HEART – Meduza featuring Hozier 132100
75 67 17 12 SORRY – Emma Steinbakken 183750

DROP OUTS
65 41 7 THROW ME A LINE – HAEVN 87300
68 43 8 BLUE BANISTERS – Lana Del Ray 85500
72 11 11 WHEN YOU WERE MINE – Joy Crookes 188900
73 33 11 HUMANKIND – Coldplay 132200
74 23 11 BURNING BRIDGES – Sigrid 128400
75 20 12 ALL OF THE TIME – Jungle 156500

9th January 2022

It’s The Monkees 1967 album track, written and sung by the late Michael Nesmith, one I’ve loved since I first heard them sing it on their TV show back in 1967 and over the years since. You Just May Be The One gives them an 8th chart-topper, with the nearest track getting through the top 10 blockade being Miles Kane’s new single with Corinne Bailey Rae, his first top 10 since Rearrange in 2011, and hers since Paris Nights in 2010, with Corinne having 17 years of top 10’s and Miles (with Last Shadow Puppets) 14 years. Nothing’s Ever Gonna Be Good Enough is delightfully upbeat and catchy.

Ed Sheeran adds to his top 20’s 2 weeks after Shivers departed it, Kylie adds to her immensely-long run of top 20’s, Seeb grab a 3rd, and The Weeknd gets 2 new tracks from the new album in the chart, Higher Than Zero at 20, and Sacrifice at 30. He’s now on well over 20 “hits” since his first number 2 peak of Twenty-Eight 9 years ago. Yola gets a 2nd top 40, Ella Henderson enters new at 25 with the great new single Brave, her 6th since Ghost went top 10 in 2014. Taylor Swift, Alesso and Katy Perry all add to their long lists of top tracks with climbers.

New entries lower down include Donny Osmond, 50 years on from me loving The Osmonds One Bad Apple, and 50 years since Puppy Love gave him a first solo hit. He’s a week older than me, and no he’s not in his 70’s, he was 13 when he started having hits! Let’s All Dance sounds pretty contemporary for a 64-year-old ex-teen-crooner who’s in panto with Julian Clary at the mo. Pete Tong & co cover Love Can’t Turn Around, the 80’s House classic, Tame Impala sneak out a former B side as an A side ahead of an album of B sides and remixes, Gordon Lightfoot’s 1971 classic is back, If You Could Read My Mind is just fabulous, Sam Fender debuts with Seventeen Going Under, and Lost Frequencies and Calum Scott with Where Are You Now.

1 2 1 3 YOU JUST MAY BE THE ONE – The Monkees 335000
2 1 1 3 HELLO IT’S ME – Todd Rundgren 400000
3 3 1 9 GIVE IT ALL UP – Duran Duran featuring Tove Lo 950000
4 4 4 3 WHAT AM I DOING HANGING ROUND? – The Monkees 165000
5 5 1 10 ODE TO FREEDOM – ABBA 925000
6 6 1 10 WHEN YOU DANCED WITH ME – ABBA 820000
7 7 3 10 BUMBLEBEE – ABBA 600000
8 10 8 7 HOLIDAY – Confidence Man 169200
9 NEW 9 1 NOTHING’S EVER GONNA BE GOOD ENOUGH – Miles Kane featuring Corinne Bailey Rae 45000
10 11 5 10 KEEP AN EYE ON DAN – ABBA 462000

11 9 9 8 SOMEBODY TO USE – Alesso 173000
12 15 12 3 SOME OF SHELLY’S BLUES – The Monkees 83000
13 14 13 8 EVERYWHERE – Niall Horan & Anne-Marie 185400
14 12 10 9 WORLD WE USED TO KNOW – Alan Walker & Winona Oak 244850
15 8 1 10 LITTLE THINGS – ABBA 645000
16 25 16 8 OVERPASS GRAFFITI – Ed Sheeran 105250
17 23 17 9 KISS OF LIFE – Kylie Minogue & Jessie Ware 151850
18 18 18 9 DO YA FEEL MY LOVE? – Stereophonics 156900
19 44 19 8 SWEET DREAMS & DYNAMITE – Seeb & Nina Nesbitt 77450
20 NEW 20 1 LESS THAN ZERO – The Weeknd 20000

21 13 2 15 DOPAMINE – Purple Disco Machine featuring Eyelar 668350
22 52 22 2 DANCING AWAY IN TEARS – Yola 31000
23 30 23 6 MERRY CHRISTMAS – Elton John & Ed Sheeran 78050
24 22 1 19 DON’T SHUT ME DOWN – ABBA 1559500
25 NEW 25 1 BRAVE – Ella Henderson 18750
26 31 26 3 LISTEN TO THE BAND – The Monkees 53800
27 19 9 11 MOTH TO A FLAME – Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd 260400
28 39 28 7 INVISIBLE THINGS – Natalie Imbruglia 67800
29 53 29 3 SWEET TALKER – Years & Years + Galantis 35250
30 NEW 30 1 SACRIFICE – The Weeknd 18000

31 16 1 6 HIGH FLY – John Miles 589900
32 28 1 19 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU – ABBA 1281850
33 29 5 13 UNBELIEVABLE – Texas 323950
34 17 9 13 ON MELANCHOLY HILL – Gorillaz 303250
35 21 10 11 ABRAHAM, MARTIN & JOHN – Marvin Gaye & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra featuring Beverley Knight 292850
36 20 20 12 SEE YA WHEN I SEE YA – Miles Kane 181700
37 63 37 2 MY HERO – Westlife 24500
38 24 10 10 I CAN BE THAT WOMAN – ABBA 256100
39 73 39 2 MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE (TAYLOR’S VERSION) – Taylor Swift 22500
40 72 40 2 WHEN I’M GONE – Alesso & Katy Perry 22600

41 27 27 13 UNDENIABLE – Kygo featuring X Ambassadors 191100
42 32 6 12 JUST A NOTION – ABBA 368950
43 26 16 12 SHIVERS – Ed Sheeran 218900
44 48 44 3 PAPA GENE’S BLUES – The Monkees 37050
45 67 45 2 CAN’T HELP THINKING ABOUT ME – David Bowie 19600
46 34 7 19 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) – Elton John & Dua Lipa 532000
47 54 47 6 SLOWDOWN – John Miles 53800
48 37 37 9 UNSTOPPABLE – James Blunt 110200
49 49 49 6 MUSIC – John Miles 56400
50 NEW 50 1 LET’S ALL DANCE – Donny Osmond featuring Charlie Wilson 12000

51 41 1 15 HERE COMES THE NIGHT – Agnes 796450
52 NEW 52 1 LOVE CAN’T TURN AROUND – Pete Tong, Riton & Vula featuring Jules Buckley & The Heritage Orchestra 11500
53 36 36 9 GOING HOME – Goldfish featuring Max Vidima 117950
54 33 33 10 SO HAPPY IT HURTS – Bryan Adams 135550
55 57 55 9 CAN’T STOP WRITING SONGS ABOUT YOU – Kylie Minogue & Gloria Gaynor 65900
56 56 56 9 AFTER LAST NIGHT – Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak & Silk Sonic featuring Thundercat & Bootsy Collins 80400
57 47 47 9 ENEMY – Imagine Dragons x J.I.D. 87100
58 42 18 11 ALYGATYR – Kasabian 196450
59 35 35 9 MAGNIFICENT HURT – Elvis Costello & The Imposters 109000
60 62 60 7 RUN FOR HOME – Lindisfarne 46800

61 43 30 9 WAKE ME UP – Foals 127600
62 40 40 10 TIME (HEARTS FULL OF LOVE) – Erasure 91600
63 38 38 9 YOUR SONG SAVED MY LIFE – U2 105600
64 66 64 3 RIO – Michael Nesmith 19900
65 51 8 18 AS GOOD AS NEW – ABBA 357550
66 NEW 66 1 NO CHOICE – Tame Impala 6800
67 69 67 2 THE WAY YOU SAID GOODBYE – Jack Savoretti 12800
68 46 22 9 FANCY (DAVE AUDE REMIX) – Reba McEntire 140000
69 45 23 11 YOU’VE GOT A HABIT OF LEAVING – David Bowie 165200
70 NEW 70 1 IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND – Gordon Lightfoot 6000

71 61 9 18 DUM DUM DIDDLE – ABBA 350300
72 NEW 72 1 SEVENTEEN GOING UNDER – Sam Fender 5600
73 58 7 14 THE TIPPING POINT – Tears For Fears 263500
74 59 39 10 YULETIDE THROWDOWN AKA RAPTURE – Blondie featuring Fab 5 Freddy 112050
75 NEW 75 1 WHERE ARE YOU NOW – Lost Frequencies & Calum Scott 5000

DROP OUTS
50 50 8 SOUVENIR – Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 67750
55 15 9 NO DOUBT ABOUT IT – ABBA 144950
60 60 2 MARY’S BOY CHILD – Harry Belafonte 16200
64 28 9 AFTER ALL – Elton John & Charlie Puth 121800
65 39 9 WHITER SHADE OF PALE – Santana featuring Steve Winwood 96050
68 49 8 RUSHING WATER – Sting 77700
70 22 11 A SECOND TO MIDNIGHT – Kylie Minogue & Years & Years 159850
71 38 12 STARLIGHT – Westlife 125300
74 25 10 TELL IT TO MY HEART – Meduza featuring Hozier 132100
75 17 12 SORRY – Emma Steinbakken 183750

Lincoln Cathedral

16th January 2022

It’s back up on top for a 2nd week for Abba’s When You Danced With Me – still time to make it an official single! That means Abba have topped my charts in 20 calendar years. Yola gets a 2nd consecutive top 5 with the lovely Dancing Away In Tears, while Ella Henderson gets her 3rd top 10 and first one since Ghost in 2014. The Weeknd makes it at least a dozen as main artist in the top 10, plus others as featured artist, including 2 number ones.

Following the sad death of the fab Ronnie Spector, the all-time classic Be My Baby is back again at 18. My dad bought the single around 1966, I grew up loving it, and it eventually topped my charts in 1974, and again in 2015. Baby I Love You, another Phil Spector production for his now late Ex, has charted many times, number one in 1973 for a fabulous Dave Edmunds Spector-ish remake, and another actual Spector-revamp for The Ramones in 1980, but never the original version till now. Sonny & Cher & Darlene Love are on backing vocals and both songs were written by the fab Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich who both have dozens of great songs to their credit. Be My Baby is one of the greatest records of all-time, loved by genius pop makers like Brian Wilson, and rock critics, and me.

New tracks include Neiked and the very Doja Cat Say So-ish Better Days, Morgan Wade debuting with Wilder Days, Adele charting the second track off 30 with Oh My God at 50, Franz Ferdinand return with their first chart entry in 4 years, and extending their run to 18 years, Billy Goodbye. Elvis Costello does a quick 2nd chart entry in a row, Paint The Red Rose Blue making it 45 years of chart-busting, Muse make it 22 years and 30 entries with Won’t Stand Down at 70, Klingande and Merk & Kremont all chart again with a collab, NERVO gets a 2nd as lead artist 7 years since Kylie, jake Shears & Nile Rodgers lent a helping on the first top 10 The Other Boys, and Joni Mitchell’s classic, much-covered, much-charted classic song Both Sides Now debuts for the first time for the original artist/writer.

1 6 1 11 WHEN YOU DANCED WITH ME – ABBA 990000
2 2 1 4 HELLO IT’S ME – Todd Rundgren 515000
3 3 1 10 GIVE IT ALL UP – Duran Duran featuring Tove Lo 1035000
4 22 4 3 DANCING AWAY IN TEARS – Yola 96000
5 1 1 4 YOU JUST MAY BE THE ONE – The Monkees 395000
6 5 1 11 ODE TO FREEDOM – ABBA 980000
7 9 7 2 NOTHING’S EVER GONNA BE GOOD ENOUGH – Miles Kane featuring Corinne Bailey Rae 95000
8 8 8 8 HOLIDAY – Confidence Man 217200
9 25 9 2 BRAVE – Ella Henderson 63750
10 20 10 2 LESS THAN ZERO – The Weeknd 62000

11 7 3 11 BUMBLEBEE – ABBA 637000
12 4 4 4 WHAT AM I DOING HANGING ROUND? – The Monkees 200000
13 13 13 9 EVERYWHERE – Niall Horan & Anne-Marie 217400
14 10 5 11 KEEP AN EYE ON DAN – ABBA 491000
15 16 15 9 OVERPASS GRAFFITI – Ed Sheeran 132250
16 19 16 9 SWEET DREAMS & DYNAMITE – Seeb & Nina Nesbitt 102450
17 11 9 9 SOMEBODY TO USE – Alesso 196000
18 NEW 18 1 BE MY BABY – The Ronettes 22000
19 14 10 10 WORLD WE USED TO KNOW – Alan Walker & Winona Oak 265850
20 15 1 12 LITTLE THINGS – ABBA 665000

21 26 21 4 LISTEN TO THE BAND – The Monkees 73550
22 17 17 10 KISS OF LIFE – Kylie Minogue & Jessie Ware 171350
23 12 12 4 PAPA GENE’S BLUES – The Monkees 102250
24 29 24 4 SWEET TALKER – Years & Years + Galantis 54250
25 18 18 10 DO YA FEEL MY LOVE? – Stereophonics 175650
26 30 26 2 SACRIFICE – The Weeknd 36500
27 37 27 3 MY HERO – Westlife 42900
28 28 28 8 INVISIBLE THINGS – Natalie Imbruglia 86100
29 24 1 20 DON’T SHUT ME DOWN – ABBA 1577700
30 21 2 16 DOPAMINE – Purple Disco Machine featuring Eyelar 686350

31 27 9 12 MOTH TO A FLAME – Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd 278300
32 40 32 3 WHEN I’M GONE – Alesso & Katy Perry 40400
33 39 33 3 MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE (TAYLOR’S VERSION) – Taylor Swift 40200
34 66 34 2 NO CHOICE – Tame Impala 24400
35 52 35 2 LOVE CAN’T TURN AROUND – Pete Tong, Riton & Vula featuring Jules Buckley & The Heritage Orchestra 29000
36 32 1 20 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU – ABBA 1299250
37 31 1 7 HIGH FLY – John Miles 607200
38 75 38 2 WHERE ARE YOU NOW – Lost Frequencies & Calum Scott 22200
39 50 39 2 LET’S ALL DANCE – Donny Osmond featuring Charlie Wilson 29100
40 45 40 3 CAN’T HELP THINKING ABOUT ME – David Bowie 36600

41 44 41 4 PAPA GENE’S BLUES – The Monkees 51050
42 33 5 14 UNBELIEVABLE – Texas 337700
43 23 23 7 MERRY CHRISTMAS – Elton John & Ed Sheeran 91350
44 47 44 7 SLOWDOWN – John Miles 67050
45 49 45 7 MUSIC – John Miles 69400
46 35 10 12 ABRAHAM, MARTIN & JOHN – Marvin Gaye & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra featuring Beverley Knight 305600
47 38 10 11 I CAN BE THAT WOMAN – ABBA 268600
48 34 9 14 ON MELANCHOLY HILL – Gorillaz 315550
49 36 20 13 SEE YA WHEN I SEE YA – Miles Kane 193800
50 NEW 50 1 OH MY GOD – Adele 12000

51 42 6 13 JUST A NOTION – ABBA 380700
52 60 52 8 RUN FOR HOME – Lindisfarne 58300
53 41 27 14 UNDENIABLE – Kygo featuring X Ambassadors 202350
54 64 54 4 RIO – Michael Nesmith 30900
55 NEW 55 1 BETTER DAYS – Neiked, Mae Muller & Polo G 10800
56 51 1 16 HERE COMES THE NIGHT – Agnes 807050
57 46 7 20 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) – Elton John & Dua Lipa 542400
58 67 58 3 THE WAY YOU SAID GOODBYE – Jack Savoretti 23000
59 NEW 59 1 WILDER DAYS – Morgan Wade 10100
60 72 60 2 SEVENTEEN GOING UNDER – Sam Fender 15600

61 43 16 13 SHIVERS – Ed Sheeran 226400
62 NEW 62 1 BILLY GOODBYE – Franz Ferdinand 7400
63 55 55 10 CAN’T STOP WRITING SONGS ABOUT YOU – Kylie Minogue & Gloria Gaynor 73100
64 70 64 2 IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND – Gordon Lightfoot 13100
65 48 37 10 UNSTOPPABLE – James Blunt 117200
66 NEW 66 1 PAINT THE RED ROSE BLUE – Elvis Costello & The Imposters 6800
67 53 36 10 GOING HOME – Goldfish featuring Max Vidima 124550
68 57 47 10 ENEMY – Imagine Dragons x J.I.D. 93500
69 56 56 10 AFTER LAST NIGHT – Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak & Silk Sonic featuring Thundercat & Bootsy Collins 86600
70 NEW 70 1 WON’T STAND DOWN – Muse 6000

71 NEW 71 1 BABY I LOVE YOU – The Ronettes 5800
72 54 33 11 SO HAPPY IT HURTS – Bryan Adams 141150
73 NEW 73 1 PLANET IN THE SKY – Klingande x Merk & Kremont featuring MKLA 5400
74 NEW 74 1 FLAMES – NERVO featuring Salena Mostroianni 5200
75 NEW 75 1 BOTH SIDES NOW – Joni Mitchell 5000

DROP OUTS
58 18 11 ALYGATYR – Kasabian 196450
59 35 9 MAGNIFICENT HURT – Elvis Costello & The Imposters 109000
61 30 9 WAKE ME UP – Foals 127600
62 40 10 TIME (HEARTS FULL OF LOVE) – Erasure 91600
63 38 9 YOUR SONG SAVED MY LIFE – U2 105600
65 8 18 AS GOOD AS NEW – ABBA 357550
68 22 9 FANCY (DAVE AUDE REMIX) – Reba McEntire 140000
69 23 11 YOU’VE GOT A HABIT OF LEAVING – David Bowie 165200
71 9 18 DUM DUM DIDDLE – ABBA 350300
73 7 14 THE TIPPING POINT – Tears For Fears 263500
74 39 10 YULETIDE THROWDOWN AKA RAPTURE – Blondie featuring Fab 5 Freddy 112050

23rd January 2022

It’s 3 weeks on top for ABBA’s When You Danced With Me, and Neiked, Mae Muller & Polo G rocket up to 9 in an otherwise quiet-ish top 10. In an about-turn Elton & Ed’s Xmas song hits a new peak inside the top 20. Think of it as a year early rather than a month late, as christmas and new years 2021 was cancelled for me, it just didn’t exist. New at 18, George Cosby with the Johnny Hates Jazz-ish We Stand Alone. No idea who he is, he seems brand new to the music industry but is getting Radio 2 plays.

Adele goes top 30, and there are 3 re-entries for the late Meat Loaf, You Took The Words Out Of My Mouth the highest as it returns at 44 44 years on, mostly because it under-performed in my charts at the time and sounded great in the Bat Out Of Hell musical I saw a few years back as a surprise birthday present. Bat Out Of Hell also pops back for at least the 3rd time, and Cher’s guest spot with Meat on Deadringer For Love ditto.

Justin Bieber’s Ghost finally impacts on me at 60, LEON’s Wishful Thinking is new, Tove Styrke’s Show Me Love joins Tove Lo’s credit with Duran Duran in the chart, and it’s her first solo entry since her debut in 2015. Bonobo, big on albums this week, debuts at 71 with Shadows, and that concludes the new stuff!

1 1 1 12 WHEN YOU DANCED WITH ME – ABBA 1160000
2 3 1 11 GIVE IT ALL UP – Duran Duran featuring Tove Lo 1150000
3 2 1 5 HELLO IT’S ME – Todd Rundgren 600000
4 4 4 4 DANCING AWAY IN TEARS – Yola 161000
5 7 5 3 NOTHING’S EVER GONNA BE GOOD ENOUGH – Miles Kane featuring Corinne Bailey Rae 155000
6 9 6 3 BRAVE – Ella Henderson 118750
7 11 3 12 BUMBLEBEE – ABBA 687000
8 8 8 9 HOLIDAY – Confidence Man 265200
9 55 9 2 BETTER DAYS – Neiked, Mae Muller & Polo G 55800
10 10 10 3 LESS THAN ZERO – The Weeknd 104000

11 6 1 12 ODE TO FREEDOM – ABBA 1017000
12 18 12 2 BE MY BABY – The Ronettes 57000
13 5 1 5 YOU JUST MAY BE THE ONE – The Monkees 427000
14 43 14 8 MERRY CHRISTMAS – Elton John & Ed Sheeran 120350
15 15 15 10 OVERPASS GRAFFITI – Ed Sheeran 159250
16 13 13 10 EVERYWHERE – Niall Horan & Anne-Marie 242400
17 14 5 12 KEEP AN EYE ON DAN – ABBA 514000
18 NEW 18 1 WE STAND ALONE – George Cosby 22000
19 21 19 5 LISTEN TO THE BAND – The Monkees 94550
20 27 20 4 MY HERO – Westlife 62900

21 16 16 10 SWEET DREAMS & DYNAMITE – Seeb & Nina Nesbitt 122200
22 17 9 10 SOMEBODY TO USE – Alesso 215500
23 24 23 5 SWEET TALKER – Years & Years + Galantis 73500
24 19 10 11 WORLD WE USED TO KNOW – Alan Walker & Winona Oak 284850
25 34 25 3 NO CHOICE – Tame Impala 43150
26 26 26 3 SACRIFICE – The Weeknd 55000
27 20 1 13 LITTLE THINGS – ABBA 683400
28 50 28 2 OH MY GOD – Adele 30300
29 29 1 21 DON’T SHUT ME DOWN – ABBA 1595900
30 32 30 4 WHEN I’M GONE – Alesso & Katy Perry 58400

31 35 31 3 LOVE CAN’T TURN AROUND – Pete Tong, Riton & Vula featuring Jules Buckley & The Heritage Orchestra 46900
32 22 17 11 KISS OF LIFE – Kylie Minogue & Jessie Ware 188850
33 33 33 4 MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE (TAYLOR’S VERSION) – Taylor Swift 57900
34 38 34 3 WHERE ARE YOU NOW – Lost Frequencies & Calum Scott 39800
35 12 4 5 WHAT AM I DOING HANGING ROUND? – The Monkees 217500
36 36 1 21 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU – ABBA 1316650
37 39 37 3 LET’S ALL DANCE – Donny Osmond featuring Charlie Wilson 46700
38 28 28 9 INVISIBLE THINGS – Natalie Imbruglia 103300
39 41 39 5 PAPA GENE’S BLUES – The Monkees 68150
40 40 40 4 CAN’T HELP THINKING ABOUT ME – David Bowie 53600

41 25 18 11 DO YA FEEL MY LOVE? – Stereophonics 189650
42 44 42 8 SLOWDOWN – John Miles 80800
43 30 2 17 DOPAMINE – Purple Disco Machine featuring Eyelar 699850
44 NEW 44 1 YOU TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH – Meat Loaf 13250
45 45 45 8 MUSIC – John Miles 82400
46 31 9 13 MOTH TO A FLAME – Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd 292050
47 37 1 8 HIGH FLY – John Miles 619700
48 59 48 2 WILDER DAYS – Morgan Wade 22400
49 NEW 49 1 SWEET YOUNG THING – The Monkees 12100
50 58 50 4 THE WAY YOU SAID GOODBYE – Jack Savoretti 35000

51 51 6 14 JUST A NOTION – ABBA 392450
52 52 52 9 RUN FOR HOME – Lindisfarne 69800
53 42 5 15 UNBELIEVABLE – Texas 348950
54 54 54 5 RIO – Michael Nesmith 41900
55 70 55 2 WON’T STAND DOWN – Muse 16800
56 60 56 3 SEVENTEEN GOING UNDER – Sam Fender 26200
57 62 57 2 BILLY GOODBYE – Franz Ferdinand 17800
58 NEW 58 1 BAT OUT OF HELL – Meat Loaf 10200
59 47 10 12 I CAN BE THAT WOMAN – ABBA 278700
60 NEW 60 1 GHOST – Justin Bieber 10000

61 64 61 3 IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND – Gordon Lightfoot 20600
62 NEW 62 1 WISHFUL THINKING – LEON 7400
63 66 63 2 PAINT THE RED ROSE BLUE – Elvis Costello & The Imposters 14000
64 NEW 64 1 SHOW ME LOVE – Tove Styrke 7100
65 56 1 17 HERE COMES THE NIGHT – Agnes 814050
66 73 66 2 PLANET IN THE SKY – Klingande x Merk & Kremont featuring MKLA 12200
67 57 7 21 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) – Elton John & Dua Lipa 549000
68 71 68 2 BABY I LOVE YOU – The Ronettes 12200
69 74 69 2 FLAMES – NERVO featuring Salena Mostroianni 11400
70 46 10 13 ABRAHAM, MARTIN & JOHN – Marvin Gaye & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra featuring Beverley Knight 311600

71 NEW 71 1 SHADOWS – Bonobo featuring Jordan Rakei 5800
72 75 72 2 BOTH SIDES NOW – Joni Mitchell 10600
73 53 27 15 UNDENIABLE – Kygo featuring X Ambassadors 207750
74 NEW 74 1 DEADRINGER FOR LOVE – Meat Loaf featuring Cher 5200
75 23 12 5 SOME OF SHELLY’S BLUES – The Monkees 107250

DROP OUTS
48 9 14 ON MELANCHOLY HILL – Gorillaz 315550
49 20 13 SEE YA WHEN I SEE YA – Miles Kane 193800
61 16 13 SHIVERS – Ed Sheeran 226400
63 55 10 CAN’T STOP WRITING SONGS ABOUT YOU – Kylie Minogue & Gloria Gaynor 73100
65 37 10 UNSTOPPABLE – James Blunt 117200
67 36 10 GOING HOME – Goldfish featuring Max Vidima 124550
68 47 10 ENEMY – Imagine Dragons x J.I.D. 93500
69 56 10 AFTER LAST NIGHT – Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak & Silk Sonic featuring Thundercat & Bootsy Collins 86600
72 33 11 SO HAPPY IT HURTS – Bryan Adams 141150

30th January 2022

It’s all about the 1960’s as The Love Affair finally get elusive chart entry and number one with the classic Everlasting Love from 1968 when it topped the UK charts, and was a massive fave of mine along with My Rainbow Valley, the wonderful follow-up, but both were a few months early for my first charts, so 1969’s Bringing On Back The Good Times was the first top 10 they had, and thanks to some itunes sales this week Everlasting Love gives them a first number one 54 years late. The original version by Robert Knight charted in 1974, among many other charting versions of the song across the decades. The song is flawless and can cope with any treatment and come out smelling of roses. That a 54-year-old song is selling well would be like a song from 1914 selling well in 1968. That would have been unheard of as recorded music essentially only went back 40 years while still having at least a degree of audio quality.

That means The Ronettes’ Be My Baby has to make do with a number 2, but it’s already topped my charts in 1964 and a few years back. Both the top 2 would have topped my hypothetical charts as a 10-year-old and a 5-year-old for The Ronettes. LEON has a massive climb to 12, for a 7th year of hitting, while highest new entry in a very busy week comes from U2 – well, actually from Black Widow & U2 aka Scarlett Johansson and Bono, with a Sing 2 version of their 1987 chart-topper (for me), the still-brilliant I Still Haven;t Found What I’m Looking For at 24. Tove Styrke has a big climb to 30, and new at 40, it’s my beloved Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) which has been selling on itunes for weeks now, but I haven’t recharted to date as it topped my charts already in 1970 and 1975 with massive runs, but my happy Singapore nostalgia makes me chart it yet again for some extra chart “sales” for Edison Lighthouse. Lead singer Tony Burrows has charted under many names, most of them equally fab, like The Flowerpot Men from 1967, First Class from 1974, and he had 3 records in the UK chart in 1970 at the same time, this one, and also as White Plains, and Brotherhood Of Man.

There’s a lot of new acts debuting this week, some obscure, some currently huge, but I’ll ignore them all and mention Animotion finally charting I Engineer 37 years late, the band topped my charts in 1985 with the brilliant Obsession. Richard Ashcroft revamps his 2000 top 10 hit C’Mon People with Liam Gallagher, extending his chart run to 35 years since The Verve topped with Bittersweet Symphony. Mishcatt gets a first solo entry, but topped with the late Avicii a couple of years ago, The Divine Comedy return for the first time in 12 years, The Best Mistakes extending their chart run to 26 years or so, Elton John & Stevie Wonder join together to extend theirs to 54 years (Stevie) and 51 years (Elton), which is no mean feat. Or “featuring” on records these days, but they are too big to not co-star. Colin hay re-charts his 1983 chart-topper Down Under as guest vocalist to Luude, also an Aussie, and lastly John Holt charts his 1973 non-hit Morning Of My Life, his reggae version of The Bee Gees 1970 song, which I’ve never heard in my life before, but which is selling on itunes. So his chart career is a top 10 cover of Help Me Make It Through The Night in 1974, and this, both of them from the 1,000 Volts of Holt reggae album.

Just because I can, who in my chart have I seen live in concert? Duran Duran, The Monkees, U2, Katy Perry, Elton John, Kylie Minogue, David Bowie & Men At Work. I’ve also stood next to Donny Osmond, and have tickets to see Virtual ABBA…

1 NEW 1 1 EVERLASTING LOVE – Love Affair 170000
2 12 2 3 BE MY BABY – The Ronettes 172000
3 1 1 13 WHEN YOU DANCED WITH ME – ABBA 1245000
4 4 4 5 DANCING AWAY IN TEARS – Yola 226000
5 9 5 3 BETTER DAYS – Neiked, Mae Muller & Polo G 115800
6 2 1 12 GIVE IT ALL UP – Duran Duran featuring Tove Lo 1205000
7 10 7 4 LESS THAN ZERO – The Weeknd 154000
8 5 5 4 NOTHING’S EVER GONNA BE GOOD ENOUGH – Miles Kane featuring Corinne Bailey Rae 203000
9 6 6 4 BRAVE – Ella Henderson 163750
10 3 1 6 HELLO IT’S ME – Todd Rundgren 642000

11 7 3 13 BUMBLEBEE – ABBA 724000
12 62 12 2 WISHFUL THINKING – LEON 42400
13 11 1 13 ODE TO FREEDOM – ABBA 1049000
14 8 8 10 HOLIDAY – Confidence Man 294200
15 18 15 2 WE STAND ALONE – George Cosby 49000
16 25 16 4 NO CHOICE – Tame Impala 68150
17 28 17 3 OH MY GOD – Adele 53300
18 23 18 6 SWEET TALKER – Years & Years + Galantis 95500
19 26 19 4 SACRIFICE – The Weeknd 76000
20 20 20 5 MY HERO – Westlife 82900

21 13 1 6 YOU JUST MAY BE THE ONE – The Monkees 446750
22 17 5 13 KEEP AN EYE ON DAN – ABBA 533500
23 16 13 11 EVERYWHERE – Niall Horan & Anne-Marie 261650
24 NEW 24 1 I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR – Scarlett Johansson & Bono 19000
25 30 25 5 WHEN I’M GONE – Alesso & Katy Perry 77150
26 34 26 4 WHERE ARE YOU NOW – Lost Frequencies & Calum Scott 58300
27 15 15 11 OVERPASS GRAFFITI – Ed Sheeran 177650
28 44 28 2 YOU TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH – Meat Loaf 31550
29 39 29 6 PAPA GENE’S BLUES – The Monkees 86350
30 64 30 2 SHOW ME LOVE – Tove Styrke 25100

31 29 1 22 DON’T SHUT ME DOWN – ABBA 1613800
32 24 10 12 WORLD WE USED TO KNOW – Alan Walker & Winona Oak 302650
33 27 1 14 LITTLE THINGS – ABBA 701100
34 37 34 4 LET’S ALL DANCE – Donny Osmond featuring Charlie Wilson 64300
35 14 14 9 MERRY CHRISTMAS – Elton John & Ed Sheeran 137850
36 36 1 22 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU – ABBA 1334050
37 48 37 3 WILDER DAYS – Morgan Wade 39700
38 55 38 3 WON’T STAND DOWN – Muse 34000
39 42 39 9 SLOWDOWN – John Miles 97900
40 NEW 40 1 LOVE GROWS (WHERE MY ROSEMARY GOES) – Edison Lighthouse 17000

41 19 19 6 LISTEN TO THE BAND – The Monkees 108550
42 22 9 11 SOMEBODY TO USE – Alesso 229250
43 21 16 11 SWEET DREAMS & DYNAMITE – Seeb & Nina Nesbitt 135700
44 NEW 44 1 LOST – Tinlicker featuring Run Rivers 13250
45 31 31 4 LOVE CAN’T TURN AROUND – Pete Tong, Riton & Vula featuring Jules Buckley & The Heritage Orchestra 59900
46 49 46 2 SWEET YOUNG THING – The Monkees 24850
47 71 47 2 SHADOWS – Bonobo featuring Jordan Rakei 18300
48 56 48 4 SEVENTEEN GOING UNDER – Sam Fender 38500
49 60 49 2 GHOST – Justin Bieber 22100
50 NEW 50 1 WINTER KILLS ME – Markus Schulz featuring Lady V 12000

51 32 17 12 KISS OF LIFE – Kylie Minogue & Jessie Ware 200600
52 33 33 5 MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE (TAYLOR’S VERSION) – Taylor Swift 69400
53 NEW 53 1 NEW LOW – Nightlife 11250
54 35 4 6 WHAT AM I DOING HANGING ROUND? – The Monkees 228500
55 NEW 55 1 C’MON PEOPLE (WE’RE MAKING IT NOW) – Richard Ashcroft featuring Liam Gallagher 10800
56 57 56 3 BILLY GOODBYE – Franz Ferdinand 28400
57 40 40 5 CAN’T HELP THINKING ABOUT ME – David Bowie 65000
58 58 58 2 BAT OUT OF HELL – Meat Loaf 20400
59 NEW 59 1 I ENGINEER – Animotion 10100
60 63 60 3 PAINT THE RED ROSE BLUE – Elvis Costello & The Imposters 24000

61 61 61 4 IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND – Gordon Lightfoot 28100
62 43 2 18 DOPAMINE – Purple Disco Machine featuring Eyelar 707250
63 66 63 3 PLANET IN THE SKY – Klingande x Merk & Kremont featuring MKLA 19400
64 NEW 64 1 BREAKUP RITUALS – Mishcatt 7100
65 38 28 10 INVISIBLE THINGS – Natalie Imbruglia 110300
66 68 66 3 BABY I LOVE YOU – The Ronettes 19000
67 NEW 67 1 ABCDEFU – GAYLE 6600
68 NEW 68 1 SHUT OFF THE LIGHTS – Bastille 6400
69 69 69 3 FLAMES – NERVO featuring Salena Mostroianni 17600
70 NEW 70 1 THE BEST MISTAKES – The Divine Comedy 6000

71 NEW 71 1 FINISH LINE – Elton John & Stevie Wonder 5800
72 NEW 72 1 NEW TRICK – CXLOE 5600
73 NEW 73 1 DOWN UNDER – Luude featuring Colin Hay 5400
74 NEW 74 1 WE DON’T TALK ABOUT BRUNO – Encanto Cast 5200
75 NEW 75 1 MORNING OF MY LIFE – John Holt 5000

DROP OUTS
50 50 4 THE WAY YOU SAID GOODBYE – Jack Savoretti 35000
41 18 11 DO YA FEEL MY LOVE? – Stereophonics 189650
45 45 8 MUSIC – John Miles 82400
46 9 13 MOTH TO A FLAME – Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd 292050
47 1 8 HIGH FLY – John Miles 619700
51 6 14 JUST A NOTION – ABBA 392450
52 52 9 RUN FOR HOME – Lindisfarne 69800
53 5 15 UNBELIEVABLE – Texas 348950
54 54 5 RIO – Michael Nesmith 41900
59 10 12 I CAN BE THAT WOMAN – ABBA 278700
65 1 17 HERE COMES THE NIGHT – Agnes 814050
67 7 21 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) – Elton John & Dua Lipa 549000
70 10 13 ABRAHAM, MARTIN & JOHN – Marvin Gaye & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra featuring Beverley Knight 311600
72 72 2 BOTH SIDES NOW – Joni Mitchell 10600
73 27 15 UNDENIABLE – Kygo featuring X Ambassadors 207750
74 74 1 DEADRINGER FOR LOVE – Meat Loaf featuring Cher 5200
75 12 5 SOME OF SHELLY’S BLUES – The Monkees 107250

My 2015 Charts – Sept to Dec

Me in Puerto Mogan GC 2015 and where I want to be again soon!

27th Dec 2015

For the 3rd time in 5 weeks it’s Hurts back on top, with the epic Wings – in fact the whole top 3 is an Epic lock-out as Coldplay and Florence refuse to drop even against challenges from their other new top 10 tracks. Queen Of Peace is now firmly inside my all-time Top 100 chart points hits and it’s still at 2! SIA gets yet another top 10 track, with the very latino-rhythm Cheap Thrills, as yet another kiddie chorus joins in the upper chart singing (see POWERS). Meanwhile, a record I didn’t know at all in the 60’s, or 70’s, or 80’s is up to 7 with it’s fab harmonies, for actual singing mother and kids, The Cowsills.

Oldies featured in Minions go up a bit more (just watched the DVD), and it’s christmas, as the best of the regular xmas chart entries in the UK hits my top 10 yet again for the umpteenth time, the gorgeous Driving Home For Christmas, which is sentimentally spot-on with the fab husky voice of Chris Rea. The best christmas song of the 21st century is also back at 20, it’s Leona Lewis, give it a few years and it’ll be charting every christmas along with Mariah & Co. Charli XCX is back in my 20, The Prodigy & David Bowie have huge leaps, giving 20-odd years for the former, 44 years the latter, both are pretty fab and non-pop. Kim Wilde too does the same with a lovely christmassy ballad, for almost 35 years of chart action.

Star Wars is out, and the theme and extended incidental music is into the 40 for the first time since Meco’s version topped in 1977, Tame Impala have a single edit out of Let It Happen, getting some radio play at last, and shoots back up, while highest new entry is Hurts. No holding them down this year! I Wish it chart luck!

1 2 1 7 WINGS Hurts 970000
2 4 1 17 QUEEN OF PEACE Florence + The Machine 2025000
3 1 1 8 ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME Coldplay 1165000
4 3 3 6 WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE Adele 303200
5 6 5 4 HYMN FOR THE WEEKEND Coldplay featuring Beyonce 139000
6 17 6 2 CHEAP THRILLS SIA 78000
7 9 7 16 THE RAIN THE PARK AND OTHER THINGS The Cowsills 362800
8 8 3 10 HEAVEN Shaun Frank & KSHMR featuring Delaney 612000
9 37 9 2 DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Chris Rea 62300
10 13 10 4 DELILAH Florence + The Machine 103600

11 7 5 6 HOT POWERS 273000
12 14 12 24 HAPPY TOGETHER The Turtles 346500
13 12 9 6 THE GIRL IS MINE 99 Souls featuring Destiny’s Child and Brandy 157400
14 27 14 2 NEED UR LOVE Charli XCX 47400
15 10 10 6 FAST LANE Rationale 177200
16 11 6 5 WHAT A DIFF’RENCE A DAY MADE Dinah Washington & Belford Hendrick’s Orchestra 204000
17 16 6 7 ONE STEP AT A TIME Jeff Lynne’s ELO 275000
18 23 18 6 SUGAR Loud Places featuring Francesco Yates 84950
19 21 19 5 SEND MY LOVE (TO YOUR NEW LOVER) Adele 90400
20 84 20 2 ONE MORE SLEEP Leona Lewis 23200

21 5 3 6 LITTLE MAN Sonny And Cher 339750
22 29 22 4 BANG MY HEAD David Guetta featuring SIA and Fetty Wap 45700
23 15 15 5 GIVE IT ALL Foals 73850
24 87 24 2 SHUT ‘EM UP The Prodigy featuring Public Enemy and Manfred Mann 21600
25 20 6 8 COMING HOME Sigma & Rita Ora 274750
26 22 15 5 1/M/T Mirror Talk 105750
27 85 27 2 ISOBEL’S DREAM Kim Wilde 21400
28 24 4 11 HEY BOY Take That 335800
29 38 29 2 WHO KNOWS Protoje featuring Chronixx 35400
30 35 30 5 DOWN LOW Alex Winston 73800

31 33 31 20 MELLOW YELLOW Donovan 234000
32 18 18 7 WHITE DECEMBER Kylie Minogue 133400
33 73 33 2 MAIN TITLE AND THE ATTACK ON THE JAKKU VILLAGE (Star Wars: The Force Awakens Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) John Williams 23100
34 63 34 2 ALL MY FRIENDS Snakehips featuring Tinashe and Chance The Rapper 24800
35 90 13 9 LET IT HAPPEN Tame Impala 147700
36 19 19 6 WHAT ARE THE CHANCES? Duran Duran 83200
37 100 37 2 LAZARUS David Bowie 18300
38 56 38 6 CONFIDENT Demi Lovato 47600
39 47 39 7 DON’T GIVE UP (ON LOVE) Blinkie 58050
40 40 40 2 SWEET LOVIN’ Sigala featuring Bryn Christopher 34000

41 42 41 15 GEE WHIZ (LOOK AT HIS EYES) Carla Thomas 158950
42 36 36 4 RIVER LEA Adele 55950
43 60 43 2 YOU BELONG TO ME Bryan Adams 23500
44 NEW 44 1 WISH Hurts 13250
45 25 16 7 DREAMS Life Of Dillon 104000
46 26 26 3 WHEN WE WERE YOUNG Adele 49250
47 41 1 10 HELLO Adele 553500
48 28 5 14 CHAMAK CHALLO CHEL CHABELI Kumar Sanu, Shreya Ghoshal & Sajid – Wajid 434100
49 31 8 9 ECHOES IN RAIN Enya 251500
50 44 11 8 SAX Fleur East 174950

51 55 51 6 FOCUS Ariana Grande 40150
52 52 52 2 DON’T LEAVE TKDJS featuring AYER 23000
53 34 20 5 HIGHLAND One More Time 88250
54 54 54 2 I WAS BORN ON CHRISTMAS DAY Saint Etienne 22000
55 30 30 4 EVERY DAY’S LIKE CHRISTMAS (A STOCK AITKEN WATERMAN REMIX) Kylie Minogue 41000
56 32 19 8 SORRY Justin Bieber 126000
57 58 57 6 I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND The Beatles 45200
58 39 39 4 GLITTER & GOLD Barns Courtney 44300
59 53 3 13 BLACK SOAP Ex Cops 428800
60 45 5 10 CIRCLES Truls 346100

61 46 3 18 YOU DON’T OWN ME Grace featuring G-Eazy 540500
62 50 50 4 DIRT SLEDDING The Killers featuring Ryan Pardey & Richard Dreyfuss 27700
63 74 63 2 ALIVE SIA 12400
64 59 3 16 I’M IN LOVE WITH MY LIFE PHASES 492150
65 65 65 7 RIDE-O-ROCKET The Brothers Johnson 38400
66 RE 43 5 HAPPY ALONE Matrix & Futurebound featuring V. Bozeman 43800
67 61 51 6 I’VE BEEN SECRETLY FALLING APART Owsey Jernalism & Resotone 44750
68 79 68 2 HISTORY One Direction 10600
69 69 69 2 THE SOUND OF SILENCE Disturbed 12400
70 NEW 70 1 BAZAAR (Sunburn Goa 2015 Anthem) KSHMR and Marnik 6000

71 43 43 6 TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK Mumford And Sons 42800
72 51 24 9 GO! Postiljonen 137800
73 48 39 7 100 DEGREES Kylie Minogue featuring Dannii Minogue 63000
74 75 74 2 ECHOES OF MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE Shakin’ Stevens 10200
75 80 75 4 A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS Coldplay 12800

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76 49 49 4 STAY Kygo featuring Maty Noyes 33500
77 57 32 5 NOTHING’S GONNA HURT YOU BABY Cigarettes After Sex 67100
78 78 10 13 EX’S AND OH’S Elle King 218650
79 81 79 2 SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN The Crystals 8000
80 66 9 13 HERE FOR YOU Kygo featuring Ella Henderson 256100

81 62 16 10 SAME OLD LOVE Selena Gomez 169500
82 RE 4 16 WILDEST DREAMS Taylor Swift 368500
83 77 2 17 CRASH AND BURN Thomas Rhett 861400
84 92 84 2 CHRISTMAS WITHOUT A PRAYER Sparks 5000
85 70 70 6 LEFT HAND FREE Alt-J 23800
86 86 86 2 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl 5600
87 89 87 4 SAINT CECILIA Foo Fighters 7100
88 96 88 3 LIVERPOOL LULLABY Cilla Black 4900
89 71 9 10 MUSIC TO MY SOUL CeeLo Green 203050
90 72 3 11 HAPPINESS IAMX 336750

91 91 8 17 OCEAN DRIVE Duke Dumont featuring Robert Owens 290350
92 94 6 15 WHEN I WAS A BOY Jeff Lynne’s ELO 250000
93 93 93 5 TUSK (07/19/79 VERSION) Fleetwood Mac 7100
94 83 27 8 BURNING LOVE Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 88200
95 RE 57 5 TIRED OF TALKING LEON 23500
96 82 54 5 JESUS MADE ME BAD Lao Ra 26600
97 97 97 3 CAN’T GET USED TO LOSING YOU The Beat 3600
98 RE 56 6 NEVER ENDING CIRCLES CHVRCHES 31100
99 98 5 15 I’M IN LOVE Noonie Bao 326100
100 NEW 100 1 STOP THE CAVALRY Jona Lewie 1000

20th December 2015

Yes it’s Coldplay back at 1 for the third time and the 5th week, hotly pursued by Adele at 3 and Coldplay (with an assist from Beyonce on backing vocals so I’m giving her credit!) up to 6 from 50 with what I hope is the next single Hymn For The Weekend. Ditto Adele’s Water Under The Bridge, hoping it’s the next single. Highest new entry is SIA, at 17, and isn’t she greedy!? Looking for Cheap Thrills, she’s also Alive in at 74 and banging her head with David Guetta again at 29.

There’s a bunch of oldies and newies xmas songs entering or climbing, Charli XCX and Sigala are back, Star Wars makes an impact (the original John Williams score has never charted, even though the disco version by Meco topped my chart in 1977), and must mention Manfred Mann getting a Prodigy credit along with Public Enemy, who have been sampled along with the Manfred Mann re-sample. Manfred Mann were a pre-teen fave pop band of mine, and morphed into Manfred Mann’s Earthband in the 70’s, and have been away from my charts for quite some time! Manfred had 4 chart-toppers in both versions, and they now have a chart span of 47 years since they first hit my number one with Fox On The Run at Xmas 1968. I was mad on that record

1 2 1 7 ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME Coldplay 1080000
2 1 1 6 WINGS Hurts 800000
3 7 3 5 WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE Adele 238200
4 4 1 16 QUEEN OF PEACE Florence + The Machine 1910000
5 3 3 5 LITTLE MAN Sonny And Cher 320000
6 50 6 3 HYMN FOR THE WEEKEND Coldplay featuring Beyonce 79000
7 5 5 5 HOT POWERS 236000
8 8 3 9 HEAVEN Shaun Frank & KSHMR featuring Delaney 564000
9 11 9 15 THE RAIN THE PARK AND OTHER THINGS The Cowsills 312800
10 10 10 5 FAST LANE Rationale 150200

11 6 6 4 WHAT A DIFF’RENCE A DAY MADE Dinah Washington & Belford Hendrick’s Orchestra 179000
12 9 9 5 THE GIRL IS MINE 99 Souls featuring Destiny’s Child and Brandy 125400
13 15 13 3 DELILAH Florence + The Machine 61600
14 14 14 23 HAPPY TOGETHER The Turtles 311500
15 26 15 4 GIVE IT ALL FOALS 54600
16 12 6 6 ONE STEP AT A TIME Jeff Lynne’s ELO 252000
17 NEW 17 1 CHEAP THRILLS SIA 23000
18 18 18 6 WHITE DECEMBER Kylie Minogue 115600
19 19 19 5 WHAT ARE THE CHANCES? Duran Duran 65800
20 13 6 7 COMING HOME Sigma & Rita Ora 256000

21 27 21 4 SEND MY LOVE (TO YOUR NEW LOVER) Adele 69400
22 21 15 4 1/M/T Mirror Talk 87250
23 28 23 5 SUGAR Loud Places featuring Francesco Yates 62950
24 17 4 10 HEY BOY Take That 317500
25 16 16 6 DREAMS Life Of Dillon 91000
26 30 26 2 WHEN WE WERE YOUNG Adele 36500
27 NEW 27 1 NEED UR LOVE Charli XCX 18400
28 23 5 13 CHAMAK CHALLO CHEL CHABELI Kumar Sanu, Shreya Ghoshal & Sajid – Wajid 421800
29 75 29 3 BANG MY HEAD David Guetta featuring SIA and Fetty Wap 26200
30 58 30 3 EVERY DAY’S LIKE CHRISTMAS (A STOCK AITKEN WATERMAN REMIX) Kylie Minogue 30200

31 22 8 8 ECHOES IN RAIN Enya 239400
32 25 19 7 SORRY Justin Bieber 115400
33 34 33 19 MELLOW YELLOW Donovan 216100
34 20 20 4 HIGHLAND One More Time 77000
35 43 35 4 DOWN LOW Alex Winston 55800
36 48 36 3 RIVER LEA Adele 42200
37 NEW 37 1 DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Chris Rea 17300
38 NEW 38 1 WHO KNOWS Protoje featuring Chronixx 17200
39 40 39 3 GLITTER & COLD Barns Courtney 44300
40 NEW 40 1 SWEET LOVIN’ Sigala featuring Bryn Christopher 17000

41 35 1 9 HELLO Adele 541000
42 44 42 14 GEE WHIZ (LOOK AT HIS EYES) Carla Thomas 144950
43 46 43 5 TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK Mumford And Sons 37000
44 31 11 7 SAX Fleur East 162950
45 37 5 9 CIRCLES Truls 336100
46 29 3 17 YOU DON’T OWN ME Grace featuring G-Eazy 533000
47 53 47 6 DON’T GIVE UP (ON LOVE) Blinkie 40950
48 39 39 6 100 DEGREES Kylie Minogue featuring Dannii Minogue 57600
49 49 49 3 STAY Kygo featuring Maty Noyes 28700
50 68 50 3 DIRT SLEDDING The Killers featuring Ryan Pardey & Richard Dreyfuss 20300

51 24 24 8 GO! Postiljonen 132200
52 NEW 52 1 DON’T LEAVE TKDJS featuring AYER 11500
53 45 3 12 BLACK SOAP Ex Cops 418700
54 NEW 54 1 I WAS BORN ON CHRISTMAS DAY Saint Etienne 11000
55 62 55 5 FOCUS Ariana Grande 28400
56 59 56 5 CONFIDENT Demi Lovato 30400
57 32 32 4 NOTHING’S GONNA HURT YOU BABY Cigarettes After Sex 62500
58 60 58 5 I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND The Beatles 34800
59 57 3 15 I’M IN LOVE WITH MY LIFE PHASES 485050
60 NEW 60 1 YOU BELONG TO ME Bryan Adams 10000

61 51 51 5 I’VE BEEN SECRETLY FALLING APART Owsey Jernalism & Resotone 38150
62 33 16 9 SAME OLD LOVE Selena Gomez 165700
63 NEW 63 1 ALL MY FRIENDS Snakehips featuring Tinashe and Chance The Rapper 7200
64 36 36 6 PAINT ME LIKE A FRENCH GIRL Breakdlaw featuring The Glitchfox 55100
65 65 65 6 RIDE-O-ROCKET The Brothers Johnson 31400
66 42 9 12 HERE FOR YOU Kygo featuring Ella Henderson 252100
67 61 57 6 INDULGE Jones 45800
68 38 16 6 THE DYING OF THE LIGHT Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 112350
69 NEW 69 1 THE SOUND OF SILENCE Disturbed 6200
70 70 70 5 LEFT HAND FREE Alt-J 20800

71 47 9 9 MUSIC TO MY SOUL CeeLo Green 201850
72 52 3 10 HAPPINESS IAMX 334750
73 NEW 73 1 MAIN TITLE AND THE ATTACK ON THE JAKKU VILLAGE (Star Wars: The Force Awakens Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) John Williams 5400
74 NEW 74 1 ALIVE SIA 5200
75 NEW 75 1 ECHOES OF MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE Shakin’ Stevens 5000

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76 41 20 6 ONLY YOU Kylie Minogue with James Corden 96000
77 64 2 16 CRASH AND BURN Thomas Rhett 858000
78 67 10 12 EX’S AND OH’S Elle King 214050
79 NEW 79 1 HISTORY One Direction 4200
80 87 80 3 A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS Coldplay 7800

81 NEW 81 1 SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN The Crystals 3800
82 54 54 4 JESUS MADE ME BAD Lao Ra 25200
83 71 27 7 BURNING LOVE Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 86600
84 NEW 84 1 ONE MORE SLEEP Leona Lewis 3200
85 NEW 85 1 ISOBEL’S DREAM Kim Wilde 3000
86 NEW 86 1 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl 2800
87 NEW 87 1 SHUT ‘EM UP The Prodigy featuring Public Enemy and Manfred Mann 2600
88 55 28 12 LOVE ME LIKE YOU Little Mix 147000
89 97 89 3 SAINT CECILIA Foo Fighters 4500
90 73 13 8 LET IT HAPPEN Tame Impala 130200

91 88 8 16 OCEAN DRIVE Duke Dumont featuring Robert Owens 288450
92 NEW 92 1 CHRISTMAS WITHOUT A PRAYER Sparks 1800
93 95 93 4 TUSK (07/19/79 VERSION) Fleetwood Mac 5400
94 90 6 13 WHEN I WAS A BOY Jeff Lynne’s ELO 248200
95 89 1 18 ROUSSEAU Nerina Pallot 579200
96 99 96 2 LIVERPOOL LULLABY Cilla Black 2500
97 100 97 2 CAN’T GET USED TO LOSING YOU The Beat 2300
98 98 5 14 I’M IN LOVE Noonie Bao 325000
99 82 3 15 LIGHTS Hurts 324100
100 NEW 100 1 LAZARUS David Bowie 1000

13th DEC 2015

Its Hurts back on top for a second week as destinys child and brandy return to my top 10 over a decade on from the last times. Im on holiday away from uk radio and media so my charts grt a breather from new entries, hooray! With a bit of luck i can drop back to 75 in the new year, assuming only xmas tracks popup again next week

florence gets another big climb into the 20, duran get a 3rd this year, and kylies up up up and down accordingly. Ditto adele mostly as she gets yet another new entry. FOALS climb high lots of rebound tracks and thats that. TTFN

1 2 1 5 WINGS Hurts 685000
2 1 1 6 ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME Coldplay 910000
3 4 3 4 LITTLE MAN Sonny And Cher 260000
4 3 1 15 QUEEN OF PEACE Florence + The Machine 1845000
5 5 5 4 HOT POWERS 186000
6 9 6 3 WHAT A DIFF’RENCE A DAY MADE Dinah Washington & Belford Hendrick’s Orchestra 142000
7 7 7 4 WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE Adele 153200
8 8 3 8 HEAVEN Shaun Frank & KSHMR featuring Delaney 516000
9 16 9 4 THE GIRL IS MINE 99 Souls featuring Destiny’s Child and Brandy 90400
10 10 10 4 FAST LANE Rationale 108200

11 14 11 13 THE RAIN THE PARK AND OTHER THINGS The Cowsills 267800
12 6 6 5 ONE STEP AT A TIME Jeff Lynne’s ELO 227000
13 11 6 6 COMING HOME Sigma & Rita Ora 236000
14 33 14 22 HAPPY TOGETHER The Turtles 282500
15 87 15 2 DELILAH Florence + The Machine 29600
16 23 16 5 DREAMS Life Of Dillon 74250
17 17 4 9 HEY BOY Take That 298500
18 27 18 5 WHITE DECEMBER Kylie Minogue 93600
19 38 19 4 WHAT ARE THE CHANCES? Duran Duran 44800
20 20 20 3 HIGHLAND One More Time 59500

21 15 15 3 1/M/T Mirror Talk 67750
22 18 8 7 ECHOES IN RAIN Enya 221500
23 12 5 12 CHAMAK CHALLO CHEL CHABELI Kumar Sanu, Shreya Ghoshal & Sajid – Wajid 403500
24 26 24 7 GO! Postiljonen 120450
25 19 19 6 SORRY Justin Bieber 97600
26 71 26 3 GIVE IT ALL FOALS 27600
27 30 27 3 SEND MY LOVE (TO YOUR NEW LOVER) Adele 49650
28 35 28 4 SUGAR Loud Places featuring Francesco Yates 43700
29 29 3 16 YOU DON’T OWN ME Grace featuring G-Eazy 520150
30 NEW 30 1 WHEN WE WERE YOUNG Adele 18000

31 13 11 6 SAX Fleur East 149700
32 37 32 3 NOTHING’S GONNA HURT YOU BABY Cigarettes After Sex 52100
33 28 16 8 SAME OLD LOVE Selena Gomez 158300
34 40 34 18 MELLOW YELLOW Donovan 198400
35 22 1 8 HELLO Adele 527000
36 RE 36 5 PAINT ME LIKE A FRENCH GIRL Breakdlaw featuring The Glitchfox 48000
37 25 5 8 CIRCLES Truls 323100
38 21 16 5 THE DYING OF THE LIGHT Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 105950
39 60 39 5 100 DEGREES Kylie Minogue featuring Dannii Minogue 45300
40 58 40 2 GLITTER & COLD Barns Courtney 27200

41 24 20 5 ONLY YOU Kylie Minogue with James Corden 91200
42 39 9 11 HERE FOR YOU Kygo featuring Ella Henderson 245300
43 46 43 3 DOWN LOW Alex Winston 38300
44 45 44 13 GEE WHIZ (LOOK AT HIS EYES) Carla Thomas 131200
45 32 3 11 BLACK SOAP Ex Cops 407450
46 67 46 4 TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK Mumford And Sons 23500
47 34 9 8 MUSIC TO MY SOUL CeeLo Green 196050
48 48 48 2 RIVER LEA Adele 24800
49 78 49 2 STAY Kygo featuring Maty Noyes 16600
50 50 50 2 HYMN FOR THE WEEKEND Coldplay 24000

51 55 51 4 I’VE BEEN SECRETLY FALLING APART Owsey Jernalism & Resotone 30650
52 31 3 9 HAPPINESS IAMX 329150
53 94 53 5 DON’T GIVE UP (ON LOVE) Blinkie 28450
54 66 54 3 JESUS MADE ME BAD Lao Ra 21600
55 79 28 11 LOVE ME LIKE YOU Little Mix 144600
56 56 56 5 NEVER ENDING CIRCLES CHVRCHES 29900
57 52 3 14 I’M IN LOVE WITH MY LIFE PHASES 474950
58 90 58 2 EVERY DAY’S LIKE CHRISTMAS (A STOCK AITKEN WATERMAN REMIX) Kylie Minogue 12200
59 63 59 4 CONFIDENT Demi Lovato 19800
60 65 60 4 I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND The Beatles 24600

61 61 57 5 INDULGE Jones 39200
62 62 62 4 FOCUS Ariana Grande 17600
63 43 13 8 USED TO LOVE YOU Gwen Stefani 156450
64 53 2 15 CRASH AND BURN Thomas Rhett 853400
65 69 65 5 RIDE-O-ROCKET The Brothers Johnson 24400
66 41 30 7 CHEYENNE Jason Derulo 91900
67 47 10 11 EX’S AND OH’S Elle King 209650
68 91 68 2 DIRT SLEDDING The Killers featuring Ryan Pardey & Richard Dreyfuss 8300
69 44 33 7 I LIKE IT We The Kings 80750
70 74 70 4 LEFT HAND FREE Alt-J 14800

71 51 27 6 BURNING LOVE Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 83200
72 49 27 7 IMMORTALS Jean-Michel Jarre & f*** Buttons 100000
73 54 13 7 LET IT HAPPEN Tame Impala 128200
74 36 36 8 SOMETHING IN THE WAY YOU MOVE Ellie Goulding 82300
75 85 75 2 BANG MY HEAD David Guetta featuring SIA and Fetty Wap 8000

76 68 47 6 KISS ME Olly Murs 49900
77 42 15 8 SUPERHEATED New Order featuring Brandon Flowers 144400
78 57 57 4 TIRED OF TALKING LEON 22000
79 64 64 5 LOVE GAVE ME MORE Simply Red 32300
80 59 36 6 YOUNG AND UNAFRAID The Moth And The Flame 61250

81 81 60 5 CAN’T SLEEP LOVE Pentatonix 28600
82 76 3 14 LIGHTS Hurts 323000
83 72 33 5 I COULD BE Shane Filan with Nadine Coyle 55450
84 RE 43 4 HAPPY ALONE Matrix & Futurebound featuring V. Bozeman 37000
85 73 4 15 WILDEST DREAMS Taylor Swift 364900
86 89 86 5 FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE Stevie Wonder 10600
87 98 87 2 A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS Coldplay 3800
88 77 8 15 OCEAN DRIVE Duke Dumont featuring Robert Owens 286550
89 83 1 17 ROUSSEAU Nerina Pallot 577700
90 82 6 12 WHEN I WAS A BOY Jeff Lynne’s ELO 246600

91 92 91 5 THE WANDERER Dion 7800
92 97 92 3 SHACKLES (PRAISE YOU) Mary Mary 4100
93 93 93 2 HOME Chelsea Lankes 3400
94 84 84 5 THE CRAZY ONES Paloma Faith 12000
95 99 95 3 TUSK (07/19/79 VERSION) Fleetwood Mac 3700
96 80 20 12 HOLY HOLY Orenda Fink 172000
97 100 97 2 SAINT CECILIA Foo Fighters 2300
98 86 5 13 I’M IN LOVE Noonie Bao 323800
99 NEW 99 1 LIVERPOOL LULLABY Cilla Black 1100
100 NEW 100 1 CAN’T GET USED TO LOSING YOU The Beat 1000

 

6th Dec 2015

It’s Coldplay, back up for a 4th week, and a new entry just outside the 40, and inside the 100, with Adele grabbing a second top 10, this year, a 3rd top 40, a 5th top 75 and that’s just greedy for both of them!

Rationale gets a 2nd top 10, while Kygo gets a 4th hit of the year, David Guetta pops back aftyer a break, Florence has a new track joining Queen Of Peace which refuses to budge from the top 3, and Kylie has a Stock Aitken Waterman track new in – yes it’s new! It’s also her 4th track in the chart and 8th of the year – Kylie is also greedy! Joining The Killers with a Santa track, it’s actor Richard Dreyfuss, of Close Encounters, Jaws and many a fab movie. Who’da thought it!

1 2 1 5 ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME Coldplay 795000
2 1 1 4 WINGS Hurts 515000
3 3 1 14 QUEEN OF PEACE Florence + The Machine 1780000
4 5 4 3 LITTLE MAN Sonny And Cher 175000
5 9 5 3 HOT POWERS 126000
6 7 6 4 ONE STEP AT A TIME Jeff Lynne’s ELO 192000
7 12 7 3 WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE Adele 103200
8 4 3 7 HEAVEN Shaun Frank & KSHMR featuring Delaney 468000
9 10 9 2 WHAT A DIFF’RENCE A DAY MADE Dinah Washington & Belford Hendrick’s Orchestra 87000
10 39 10 3 FAST LANE Rationale 66200

11 8 6 5 COMING HOME Sigma & Rita Ora 204000
12 6 5 11 CHAMAK CHALLO CHEL CHABELI Kumar Sanu, Shreya Ghoshal & Sajid – Wajid 384250
13 11 11 5 SAX Fleur East 131800
14 41 14 12 THE RAIN THE PARK AND OTHER THINGS The Cowsills 229800
15 19 15 2 1/M/T Mirror Talk 48000
16 38 16 3 THE GIRL IS MINE 99 Souls featuring Destiny’s Child and Brandy 45400
17 17 4 8 HEY BOY Take That 275500
18 14 8 6 ECHOES IN RAIN Enya 202000
19 29 19 5 SORRY Justin Bieber 78800
20 22 20 2 HIGHLAND One More Time 39500

21 16 16 4 THE DYING OF THE LIGHT Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 88750
22 13 1 7 HELLO Adele 509500
23 18 18 4 DREAMS Life Of Dillon 49250
24 20 20 4 ONLY YOU Kylie Minogue with James Corden 77200
25 15 5 7 CIRCLES Truls 305800
26 28 26 6 GO! Postiljonen 101450
27 32 27 4 WHITE DECEMBER Kylie Minogue 71600
28 23 16 7 SAME OLD LOVE Selena Gomez 140600
29 61 3 15 YOU DON’T OWN ME Grace featuring G-Eazy 502050
30 44 30 2 SEND MY LOVE (TO YOUR NEW LOVER) Adele 31250

31 21 3 8 HAPPINESS IAMX 317650
32 27 3 10 BLACK SOAP Ex Cops 394450
33 35 33 21 HAPPY TOGETHER The Turtles 254500
34 24 9 7 MUSIC TO MY SOUL CeeLo Green 183450
35 67 35 3 SUGAR Loud Places featuring Francesco Yates 25500
36 45 36 7 SOMETHING IN THE WAY YOU MOVE Ellie Goulding 77100
37 40 37 2 NOTHING’S GONNA HURT YOU BABY Cigarettes After Sex 34300
38 75 38 3 WHAT ARE THE CHANCES? Duran Duran 23800
39 31 9 10 HERE FOR YOU Kygo featuring Ella Henderson 231550
40 43 40 17 MELLOW YELLOW Donovan 180800

41 30 30 6 CHEYENNE Jason Derulo 85100
42 25 15 7 SUPERHEATED New Order featuring Brandon Flowers 139800
43 26 13 7 USED TO LOVE YOU Gwen Stefani 149250
44 33 33 6 I LIKE IT We The Kings 74550
45 46 45 12 GEE WHIZ (LOOK AT HIS EYES) Carla Thomas 117950
46 50 46 2 DOWN LOW Alex Winston 24800
47 42 10 10 EX’S AND OH’S Elle King 203050
48 NEW 48 1 RIVER LEA Adele 12400
49 34 27 6 IMMORTALS Jean-Michel Jarre & f*** Buttons 94400
50 NEW 50 1 HYMN FOR THE WEEKEND Coldplay 12000

51 51 27 5 BURNING LOVE Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 77400
52 48 3 13 I’M IN LOVE WITH MY LIFE PHASES 464550
53 49 2 14 CRASH AND BURN Thomas Rhett 846300
54 37 13 6 LET IT HAPPEN Tame Impala 122800
55 65 55 3 I’VE BEEN SECRETLY FALLING APART Owsey Jernalism & Resotone 18900
56 69 56 4 NEVER ENDING CIRCLES CHVRCHES 19300
57 77 57 3 TIRED OF TALKING LEON 17600
58 NEW 58 1 GLITTER & COLD Barns Courtney 10200
59 36 36 5 YOUNG AND UNAFRAID The Moth And The Flame 57250
60 62 60 4 100 DEGREES Kylie Minogue featuring Dannii Minogue 28200

61 57 57 4 INDULGE Jones 31700
62 91 62 3 FOCUS Ariana Grande 10300
63 97 63 3 CONFIDENT Demi Lovato 9700
64 54 64 4 LOVE GAVE ME MORE Simply Red 28100
65 74 65 3 I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND The Beatles 14600
66 81 66 2 JESUS MADE ME BAD Lao Ra 10600
67 88 67 3 TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK Mumford And Sons 10700
68 47 47 5 KISS ME Olly Murs 45100
69 76 69 4 RIDE-O-ROCKET The Brothers Johnson 17400
70 70 70 2 WICKED SON Lincoln Jesser 12000

71 84 71 2 GIVE IT ALL FOALS 9000
72 53 33 4 I COULD BE Shane Filan with Nadine Coyle 51850
73 55 4 14 WILDEST DREAMS Taylor Swift 361900
74 92 74 3 LEFT HAND FREE Alt-J 8800
75 82 75 4 EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES Panic! At The Disco 14800

76 63 3 13 LIGHTS Hurts 319400
77 64 8 14 OCEAN DRIVE Duke Dumont featuring Robert Owens 284150
78 NEW 78 1 STAY Kygo featuring Maty Noyes 4400
79 58 28 10 LOVE ME LIKE YOU Little Mix 133800
80 59 20 11 HOLY HOLY Orenda Fink 170600

81 60 60 4 CAN’T SLEEP LOVE Pentatonix 24800
82 72 6 11 WHEN I WAS A BOY Jeff Lynne’s ELO 244600
83 80 1 16 ROUSSEAU Nerina Pallot 575500
84 86 84 4 THE CRAZY ONES Paloma Faith 10400
85 NEW 85 1 BANG MY HEAD David Guetta featuring SIA and Fetty Wap 3000
86 71 5 12 I’M IN LOVE Noonie Bao 322600
87 NEW 87 1 DELILAH Florence + The Machine 2600
88 52 20 8 WAVES DANCE WITH THE DEAD 116250
89 90 89 4 FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE Stevie Wonder 7800
90 NEW 90 1 EVERY DAY’S LIKE CHRISTMAS (A STOCK AITKEN WATERMAN REMIX) Kylie Minogue 2000

91 NEW 91 1 DIRT SLEDDING The Killers featuring Ryan Pardey & Richard Dreyfuss 1900
92 95 92 4 THE WANDERER Dion 5900
93 NEW 93 1 HOME Chelsea Lankes 1700
94 73 73 4 DON’T GIVE UP (ON LOVE) Blinkie 17200
95 68 33 7 SECOND HAND HEART Ben Haenow featuring Kelly Clarkson 64250
96 56 56 6 EYES SHUT Years And Years 38800
97 100 97 2 SHACKLES (PRAISE YOU) Mary Mary 2300
98 NEW 98 1 A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS Coldplay 1200
99 99 99 2 TUSK (07/19/79 VERSION) Fleetwood Mac 2200
100 NEW 100 1 SAINT CECILIA Foo Fighters 1000

29th November 2015

It’s Hurts, finally getting their first solo chart-topper, after having previously done it with Calvin Harris, and their Wings were big enough to knock Coldplay off their perch after 3 weeks. It’s still a brilliant chart for me, and a fab top 10, even old fave Sonny & Cher can only manage 5, and Dinah Washington is back after a long gap with yet another advert-related gem, this time What A Diffrence A Day Made highest new entry at 10, having previously done the trick with Mad About The Boy over 20 years ago. The song previously made my top 10 in a brilliant disco version by Esther Philips in 1975, but Dinah’s is the older and best version.

There are still too many new records around for me to wind down my top 100 listing yet, many that should have been top 75 have dropped out already without making the 75, and plenty more still lining up. Adele has a good jump to 12 and enters with another album track at 44, Life Of Dillon get a big ol’ climb into the top 20, a second hit for them, not just in their Dreams, while highest new track is Mirror Talk at 19 with very 80’s retro 1/M/T. That stands for Oner More Time. One More Time, the band, featuring Abba’s Benny Andersson’s lad and missus, are back at 22 after a 23-year gap, with the great Highland, which went top 10 first time round. Also back, Grace and her fab Lesley Gore cover of Buzzjack entry You Don’t Own Me, which has finally made the UK charts some months after peaking at 3 in mine. I do love it when songs I love become hits. Lesley Gore’s version also topped my charts early in the year following her death, so yay, recognition!

1 2 1 3 WINGS Hurts 400000
2 1 1 4 ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME Coldplay 625000
3 4 1 13 QUEEN OF PEACE Florence + The Machine 1695000
4 3 3 6 HEAVEN Shaun Frank & KSHMR featuring Delaney 420000
5 7 5 2 LITTLE MAN Sonny And Cher 110000
6 5 5 10 CHAMAK CHALLO CHEL CHABELI Kumar Sanu, Shreya Ghoshal & Sajid – Wajid 349250
7 9 7 3 ONE STEP AT A TIME Jeff Lynne’s ELO 137000
8 6 6 4 COMING HOME Sigma & Rita Ora 167000
9 19 9 2 HOT POWERS 66000
10 NEW 10 1 WHAT A DIFF’RENCE A DAY MADE Dinah Washington & Belford Hendrick’s Orchestra 42000

11 12 11 4 SAX Fleur East 99800
12 29 12 2 WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE Adele 53200
13 8 1 6 HELLO Adele 490000
14 14 8 5 ECHOES IN RAIN Enya 180000
15 10 5 6 CIRCLES Truls 287000
16 16 16 3 THE DYING OF THE LIGHT Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 69000
17 25 4 7 HEY BOY Take That 252500
18 69 18 3 DREAMS Life Of Dillon 30000
19 NEW 19 1 1/M/T Mirror Talk 21000
20 20 20 3 ONLY YOU Kylie Minogue with James Corden 58200

21 11 3 7 HAPPINESS IAMX 299750
22 NEW 22 1 HIGHLAND One More Time 19500
23 23 16 6 SAME OLD LOVE Selena Gomez 122300
24 18 9 6 MUSIC TO MY SOUL CeeLo Green 165750
25 15 15 6 SUPERHEATED New Order featuring Brandon Flowers 126050
26 13 13 6 USED TO LOVE YOU Gwen Stefani 135750
27 21 3 9 BLACK SOAP Ex Cops 376650
28 31 28 5 GO! Postiljonen 82950
29 39 29 4 SORRY Justin Bieber 57800
30 30 30 5 CHEYENNE Jason Derulo 71100

31 24 9 9 HERE FOR YOU Kygo featuring Ella Henderson 214450
32 32 32 3 WHITE DECEMBER Kylie Minogue 53200
33 40 33 5 I LIKE IT We The Kings 61300
34 34 27 5 IMMORTALS Jean-Michel Jarre & f*** Buttons 82200
35 37 35 20 HAPPY TOGETHER The Turtles 236800
36 42 36 4 YOUNG AND UNAFRAID The Moth And The Flame 47150
37 22 13 5 LET IT HAPPEN Tame Impala 111800
38 84 38 2 THE GIRL IS MINE 99 Souls featuring Destiny’s Child and Brandy 20400
39 64 39 2 FAST LANE Rationale 24200
40 NEW 40 1 NOTHING’S GONNA HURT YOU BABY Cigarettes After Sex 17000

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41 17 17 11 THE RAIN THE PARK AND OTHER THINGS The Cowsills 200800
42 26 10 9 EX’S AND OH’S Elle King 190450
43 45 43 16 MELLOW YELLOW Donovan 163800
44 NEW 44 1 SEND MY LOVE (TO YOUR NEW LOVER) Adele 13250
45 50 45 6 SOMETHING IN THE WAY YOU MOVE Ellie Goulding 59700
46 49 46 11 GEE WHIZ (LOOK AT HIS EYES) Carla Thomas 104950
47 59 47 4 KISS ME Olly Murs 38700
48 46 3 12 I’M IN LOVE WITH MY LIFE PHASES 453050
49 38 2 13 CRASH AND BURN Thomas Rhett 835050
50 NEW 50 1 DOWN LOW Alex Winston 12000

51 27 27 4 BURNING LOVE Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 65650
52 28 20 7 WAVES DANCE WITH THE DEAD 113850
53 33 33 3 I COULD BE Shane Filan with Nadine Coyle 46250
54 67 54 3 LOVE GAVE ME MORE Simply Red 21000
55 41 4 13 WILDEST DREAMS Taylor Swift 356500
56 58 56 5 EYES SHUT Years And Years 37400
57 62 57 3 INDULGE Jones 24200
58 35 28 9 LOVE ME LIKE YOU Little Mix 129600
59 36 20 10 HOLY HOLY Orenda Fink 166600
60 63 60 3 CAN’T SLEEP LOVE Pentatonix 21000

61 RE 3 14 YOU DON’T OWN ME Grace featuring G-Eazy 483850
62 66 62 3 100 DEGREES Kylie Minogue featuring Dannii Minogue 18200
63 55 3 12 LIGHTS Hurts 314600
64 51 8 13 OCEAN DRIVE Duke Dumont featuring Robert Owens 279550
65 99 65 2 I’VE BEEN SECRETLY FALLING APART Owsey Jernalism & Resotone 8100
66 43 43 3 HAPPY ALONE Matrix & Futurebound featuring V. Bozeman 33800
67 96 67 2 SUGAR Loud Places featuring Francesco Yates 8000
68 44 33 6 SECOND HAND HEART Ben Haenow featuring Kelly Clarkson 62750
69 95 69 3 NEVER ENDING CIRCLES CHVRCHES 8700
70 NEW 70 1 WICKED SON Lincoln Jesser 6000

71 53 5 11 I’M IN LOVE Noonie Bao 319800
72 60 6 10 WHEN I WAS A BOY Jeff Lynne’s ELO 241000
73 73 73 3 DON’T GIVE UP (ON LOVE) Blinkie 15600
74 88 74 2 I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND The Beatles 7600
75 94 75 2 WHAT ARE THE CHANCES? Duran Duran 6600

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76 83 76 3 RIDE-O-ROCKET The Brothers Johnson 11200
77 87 77 2 TIRED OF TALKING LEON 7200
78 52 52 6 THE HILLS The Weeknd featuring Eminem 50400
79 71 4 9 HANDS OF LOVE Miley Cyrus 279850
80 72 1 15 ROUSSEAU Nerina Pallot 572100

81 NEW 81 1 JESUS MADE ME BAD Lao Ra 3800
82 82 82 3 EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES Panic! At The Disco 9800
83 NEW 83 1 SLEEP WHEN WE’RE DEAD ItaloBrothers 3400
84 NEW 84 1 GIVE IT ALL FOALS 3200
85 54 54 4 PAINT ME LIKE A FRENCH GIRL Breakdlaw featuring The Glitchfox 30600
86 89 86 3 THE CRAZY ONES Paloma Faith 7200
87 56 10 10 PHILOSOPHIZE IN IT! CHEMICALIZE WITH IT! Kishi Bashi 204400
88 93 88 2 TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK Mumford And Sons 4100
89 74 6 12 BACK WHERE I BELONG Jack Savoretti 250000
90 91 90 3 FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE Stevie Wonder 5600

91 100 91 2 FOCUS Ariana Grande 2900
92 92 92 2 LEFT HAND FREE Alt-J 3600
93 47 35 6 WHAT DO YOU MEAN Justin Bieber 64500
94 57 57 4 WRITING’S ON THE WALL Sam Smith 26500
95 97 95 3 THE WANDERER Dion 4100
96 65 22 6 RESONATE Avec Sans 62700
97 98 97 2 CONFIDENT Demi Lovato 2500
98 75 6 14 THE GATES Young Empires 311400
99 NEW 99 1 TUSK (07/19/79 VERSION) Fleetwood Mac 1100
100 NEW 100 1 SHACKLES (PRAISE YOU) Mary Mary 1000

22nd November 2015

3 weeks on top for Coldplay, and 2 weeks at 2 for Hurts, and 3 weeks at 3 for Shaun Frank and KSHMR featuring Delaney, still in Heaven. Highehst new entry at 7 is a 1966 classic from Sonny & Cher, pre-dating my chart, but one I’ve loved for over 50 years, all gypsy charm used to later great effect by Cher in her solo records, Little Man was a big European hit and now is used by Amazon in an advert. Not that I love tax-dodging mega-corporations, but hey it gives me an excuse to chart it at last, giving Sonny & Cher a run of 43 years since All I Ever Need Is You topped my chart in 1972. They would, of course, have topped with I Got You Babe in 1965 cos I loved it as a toddler.

Fleur East jumps up 26 places, Noel Gallagher makes the 20 for the 3rd time this year, and Kylie does it for the 5th time with Only You, as the highest new record is at 19, and it’s HOT. No, it is, a great dance track. Adele’s world-domination is upon us, and the best track from the album on first hearing is in at 29, Water Under The Bridge joining Hello in the chart. In the 40 Justin Bieber replaces himself, and says Sorry, while lower down Rationale gets a second entry, 99 Souls bring back Destiny’s Child and Brandy to my chart, Duran Duran and Mumford & Sons return with new singles, and The Beatles come back for the third time with I Want To Hold Your Hand, thanks to the 1 album/dvd return, which I’ve finally bought now I can get all of the promos in one place. Hooray! Like Sonny & Cher, The Beatles woulda topped my charts in the 60’s, twice, as it was among the first batch of singles my dad bought in 1966 for a brand new record player, and which I played to death over the rest of the decade, pre-teen. Still missing that official chart-topper with it though…

1 1 1 3 ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME Coldplay 510000
2 2 2 2 WINGS Hurts 230000
3 3 3 5 HEAVEN Shaun Frank & KSHMR featuring Delaney 355000
4 4 1 12 QUEEN OF PEACE Florence + The Machine 1610000
5 6 5 9 CHAMAK CHALLO CHEL CHABELI Kumar Sanu, Shreya Ghoshal & Sajid – Wajid 294250
6 9 6 3 COMING HOME Sigma & Rita Ora 119000
7 NEW 7 1 LITTLE MAN Sonny And Cher 50000
8 5 1 5 HELLO Adele 458000
9 10 9 2 ONE STEP AT A TIME Jeff Lynne’s ELO 87000
10 7 5 5 CIRCLES Truls 260000

11 8 3 6 HAPPINESS IAMX 280000
12 38 12 3 SAX Fleur East 62800
13 18 13 5 USED TO LOVE YOU Gwen Stefani 117250
14 11 8 4 ECHOES IN RAIN Enya 151000
15 15 15 5 SUPERHEATED New Order featuring Brandon Flowers 107300
16 24 16 2 THE DYING OF THE LIGHT Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 44000
17 17 17 10 THE RAIN THE PARK AND OTHER THINGS The Cowsills 186800
18 12 9 5 MUSIC TO MY SOUL CeeLo Green 146750
19 NEW 19 1 HOT POWERS 21000
20 29 20 2 ONLY YOU Kylie Minogue with James Corden 38200

21 14 3 8 BLACK SOAP Ex Cops 358250
22 13 13 4 LET IT HAPPEN Tame Impala 94500
23 16 16 5 SAME OLD LOVE Selena Gomez 103050
24 22 9 8 HERE FOR YOU Kygo featuring Ella Henderson 196550
25 21 4 6 HEY BOY Take That 229500
26 19 10 8 EX’S AND OH’S Elle King 176700
27 30 27 3 BURNING LOVE Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 53900
28 20 20 6 WAVES DANCE WITH THE DEAD 102350
29 NEW 29 1 WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE Adele 18200
30 32 30 4 CHEYENNE Jason Derulo 53100

31 31 31 4 GO! Postiljonen 64650
32 34 32 2 WHITE DECEMBER Kylie Minogue 35400
33 37 33 2 I COULD BE Shane Filan with Nadine Coyle 35000
34 27 27 4 IMMORTALS Jean-Michel Jarre & f*** Buttons 64600
35 28 28 8 LOVE ME LIKE YOU Little Mix 119400
36 26 20 9 HOLY HOLY Orenda Fink 156500
37 39 37 19 HAPPY TOGETHER The Turtles 219300
38 25 2 12 CRASH AND BURN Thomas Rhett 822950
39 49 39 3 SORRY Justin Bieber 39600
40 50 40 4 I LIKE IT We The Kings 43600
41 23 4 12 WILDEST DREAMS Taylor Swift 345700
42 58 42 3 YOUNG AND UNAFRAID The Moth And The Flame 29750
43 43 43 2 HAPPY ALONE Matrix & Futurebound featuring V. Bozeman 27000
44 33 33 5 SECOND HAND HEART Ben Haenow featuring Kelly Clarkson 56350
45 47 45 15 MELLOW YELLOW Donovan 150300
46 41 3 11 I’M IN LOVE WITH MY LIFE PHASES 440750
47 35 35 5 WHAT DO YOU MEAN Justin Bieber 62800
48 36 36 7 LAY IT ALL ON ME Rudimental featuring Ed Sheeran 80300
49 55 49 10 GEE WHIZ (LOOK AT HIS EYES) Carla Thomas 92200
50 60 50 5 SOMETHING IN THE WAY YOU MOVE Ellie Goulding 46700

51 40 8 12 OCEAN DRIVE Duke Dumont featuring Robert Owens 272450
52 56 52 5 THE HILLS The Weeknd featuring Eminem 46000
53 48 5 10 I’M IN LOVE Noonie Bao 314000
54 57 54 3 PAINT ME LIKE A FRENCH GIRL Breakdlaw featuring The Glitchfox 27600
55 53 3 11 LIGHTS Hurts 307400
56 42 10 9 PHILOSOPHIZE IN IT! CHEMICALIZE WITH IT! Kishi Bashi 201800
57 62 57 3 WRITING’S ON THE WALL Sam Smith 24900
58 72 58 4 EYES SHUT Years And Years 26800
59 59 59 3 KISS ME Olly Murs 26200
60 45 6 9 WHEN I WAS A BOY Jeff Lynne’s ELO 235400

61 44 6 12 DO IT WELL XYconstant featuring Tom Aspaul 254400
62 68 62 2 INDULGE Jones 13800
63 81 63 2 CAN’T SLEEP LOVE Pentatonix 11000
64 NEW 64 1 FAST LANE Rationale 7100
65 54 22 5 RESONATE Avec Sans 61300
66 80 66 2 100 DEGREES Kylie Minogue featuring Dannii Minogue 10800
67 83 67 2 LOVE GAVE ME MORE Simply Red 10000
68 67 48 5 BETTER LOVE Foxes 43550
69 92 69 2 DREAMS Life Of Dillon 8000
70 46 7 10 BLACK AND WHITE Kylie Minogue + Garibay featuring Shaggy 269550

71 63 4 8 HANDS OF LOVE Miley Cyrus 275650
72 70 1 14 ROUSSEAU Nerina Pallot 568100
73 76 73 2 DON’T GIVE UP (ON LOVE) Blinkie 10200
74 64 6 11 BACK WHERE I BELONG Jack Savoretti 247800
75 61 6 13 THE GATES Young Empires 310200
76 52 52 5 SATURDAY NIGHT Yukon Blonde 44600
77 51 14 8 S.O.B. Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats 150700
78 66 60 5 HOTLINE BLING Drake 33000
79 71 14 9 TODAY’S THE DAY P!NK 141700
80 65 23 6 PRETTY LITTLE GANGSTER Ryder 72150

81 78 38 4 WHEN I STOP DREAMING Don Henley featuring Dolly Parton 42400
82 87 82 2 EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES Panic! At The Disco 6200
83 85 83 2 RIDE-O-ROCKET The Brothers Johnson 6400
84 NEW 84 1 THE GIRL IS MINE 99 Souls featuring Destiny’s Child and Brandy 3200
85 90 85 2 TAKE ME HOME Jess Glynne 5000
86 69 66 5 THE AUSTERITY OF LOVE Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott 28800
87 NEW 87 1 TIRED OF TALKING LEON 2600
88 NEW 88 1 I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND The Beatles 2400
89 89 89 2 THE CRAZY ONES Paloma Faith 4400
90 75 75 3 RULE THE WORLD Walk Off The Earth 12000

91 93 91 2 FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE Stevie Wonder 3600
92 NEW 92 1 LEFT HAND FREE Alt-J 1800
93 NEW 93 1 TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK Mumford And Sons 1700
94 NEW 94 1 WHAT ARE THE CHANCES? Duran Duran 1600
95 100 95 2 NEVER ENDING CIRCLES CHVRCHES 2500
96 NEW 96 1 SUGAR Loud Places featuring Francesco Yates 1400
97 97 97 2 THE WANDERER Dion 2600
98 NEW 98 1 CONFIDENT Demi Lovato 1200
99 NEW 99 1 I’VE BEEN SECRETLY FALLING APART Owsey Jernalism & Resotone 1100
100 NEW 100 1 FOCUS Ariana Grande 1000

 

22nd November 2015

3 weeks on top for Coldplay, and 2 weeks at 2 for Hurts, and 3 weeks at 3 for Shaun Frank and KSHMR featuring Delaney, still in Heaven. Highehst new entry at 7 is a 1966 classic from Sonny & Cher, pre-dating my chart, but one I’ve loved for over 50 years, all gypsy charm used to later great effect by Cher in her solo records, Little Man was a big European hit and now is used by Amazon in an advert. Not that I love tax-dodging mega-corporations, but hey it gives me an excuse to chart it at last, giving Sonny & Cher a run of 43 years since All I Ever Need Is You topped my chart in 1972. They would, of course, have topped with I Got You Babe in 1965 cos I loved it as a toddler.

Fleur East jumps up 26 places, Noel Gallagher makes the 20 for the 3rd time this year, and Kylie does it for the 5th time with Only You, as the highest new record is at 19, and it’s HOT. No, it is, a great dance track. Adele’s world-domination is upon us, and the best track from the album on first hearing is in at 29, Water Under The Bridge joining Hello in the chart. In the 40 Justin Bieber replaces himself, and says Sorry, while lower down Rationale gets a second entry, 99 Souls bring back Destiny’s Child and Brandy to my chart, Duran Duran and Mumford & Sons return with new singles, and The Beatles come back for the third time with I Want To Hold Your Hand, thanks to the 1 album/dvd return, which I’ve finally bought now I can get all of the promos in one place. Hooray! Like Sonny & Cher, The Beatles woulda topped my charts in the 60’s, twice, as it was among the first batch of singles my dad bought in 1966 for a brand new record player, and which I played to death over the rest of the decade, pre-teen. Still missing that official chart-topper with it though…

1 1 1 3 ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME Coldplay 510000
2 2 2 2 WINGS Hurts 230000
3 3 3 5 HEAVEN Shaun Frank & KSHMR featuring Delaney 355000
4 4 1 12 QUEEN OF PEACE Florence + The Machine 1610000
5 6 5 9 CHAMAK CHALLO CHEL CHABELI Kumar Sanu, Shreya Ghoshal & Sajid – Wajid 294250
6 9 6 3 COMING HOME Sigma & Rita Ora 119000
7 NEW 7 1 LITTLE MAN Sonny And Cher 50000
8 5 1 5 HELLO Adele 458000
9 10 9 2 ONE STEP AT A TIME Jeff Lynne’s ELO 87000
10 7 5 5 CIRCLES Truls 260000

11 8 3 6 HAPPINESS IAMX 280000
12 38 12 3 SAX Fleur East 62800
13 18 13 5 USED TO LOVE YOU Gwen Stefani 117250
14 11 8 4 ECHOES IN RAIN Enya 151000
15 15 15 5 SUPERHEATED New Order featuring Brandon Flowers 107300
16 24 16 2 THE DYING OF THE LIGHT Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 44000
17 17 17 10 THE RAIN THE PARK AND OTHER THINGS The Cowsills 186800
18 12 9 5 MUSIC TO MY SOUL CeeLo Green 146750
19 NEW 19 1 HOT POWERS 21000
20 29 20 2 ONLY YOU Kylie Minogue with James Corden 38200

21 14 3 8 BLACK SOAP Ex Cops 358250
22 13 13 4 LET IT HAPPEN Tame Impala 94500
23 16 16 5 SAME OLD LOVE Selena Gomez 103050
24 22 9 8 HERE FOR YOU Kygo featuring Ella Henderson 196550
25 21 4 6 HEY BOY Take That 229500
26 19 10 8 EX’S AND OH’S Elle King 176700
27 30 27 3 BURNING LOVE Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 53900
28 20 20 6 WAVES DANCE WITH THE DEAD 102350
29 NEW 29 1 WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE Adele 18200
30 32 30 4 CHEYENNE Jason Derulo 53100

31 31 31 4 GO! Postiljonen 64650
32 34 32 2 WHITE DECEMBER Kylie Minogue 35400
33 37 33 2 I COULD BE Shane Filan with Nadine Coyle 35000
34 27 27 4 IMMORTALS Jean-Michel Jarre & f*** Buttons 64600
35 28 28 8 LOVE ME LIKE YOU Little Mix 119400
36 26 20 9 HOLY HOLY Orenda Fink 156500
37 39 37 19 HAPPY TOGETHER The Turtles 219300
38 25 2 12 CRASH AND BURN Thomas Rhett 822950
39 49 39 3 SORRY Justin Bieber 39600
40 50 40 4 I LIKE IT We The Kings 43600

41 23 4 12 WILDEST DREAMS Taylor Swift 345700
42 58 42 3 YOUNG AND UNAFRAID The Moth And The Flame 29750
43 43 43 2 HAPPY ALONE Matrix & Futurebound featuring V. Bozeman 27000
44 33 33 5 SECOND HAND HEART Ben Haenow featuring Kelly Clarkson 56350
45 47 45 15 MELLOW YELLOW Donovan 150300
46 41 3 11 I’M IN LOVE WITH MY LIFE PHASES 440750
47 35 35 5 WHAT DO YOU MEAN Justin Bieber 62800
48 36 36 7 LAY IT ALL ON ME Rudimental featuring Ed Sheeran 80300
49 55 49 10 GEE WHIZ (LOOK AT HIS EYES) Carla Thomas 92200
50 60 50 5 SOMETHING IN THE WAY YOU MOVE Ellie Goulding 46700

51 40 8 12 OCEAN DRIVE Duke Dumont featuring Robert Owens 272450
52 56 52 5 THE HILLS The Weeknd featuring Eminem 46000
53 48 5 10 I’M IN LOVE Noonie Bao 314000
54 57 54 3 PAINT ME LIKE A FRENCH GIRL Breakdlaw featuring The Glitchfox 27600
55 53 3 11 LIGHTS Hurts 307400
56 42 10 9 PHILOSOPHIZE IN IT! CHEMICALIZE WITH IT! Kishi Bashi 201800
57 62 57 3 WRITING’S ON THE WALL Sam Smith 24900
58 72 58 4 EYES SHUT Years And Years 26800
59 59 59 3 KISS ME Olly Murs 26200
60 45 6 9 WHEN I WAS A BOY Jeff Lynne’s ELO 235400

61 44 6 12 DO IT WELL XYconstant featuring Tom Aspaul 254400
62 68 62 2 INDULGE Jones 13800
63 81 63 2 CAN’T SLEEP LOVE Pentatonix 11000
64 NEW 64 1 FAST LANE Rationale 7100
65 54 22 5 RESONATE Avec Sans 61300
66 80 66 2 100 DEGREES Kylie Minogue featuring Dannii Minogue 10800
67 83 67 2 LOVE GAVE ME MORE Simply Red 10000
68 67 48 5 BETTER LOVE Foxes 43550
69 92 69 2 DREAMS Life Of Dillon 8000
70 46 7 10 BLACK AND WHITE Kylie Minogue + Garibay featuring Shaggy 269550

71 63 4 8 HANDS OF LOVE Miley Cyrus 275650
72 70 1 14 ROUSSEAU Nerina Pallot 568100
73 76 73 2 DON’T GIVE UP (ON LOVE) Blinkie 10200
74 64 6 11 BACK WHERE I BELONG Jack Savoretti 247800
75 61 6 13 THE GATES Young Empires 310200

76 52 52 5 SATURDAY NIGHT Yukon Blonde 44600
77 51 14 8 S.O.B. Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats 150700
78 66 60 5 HOTLINE BLING Drake 33000
79 71 14 9 TODAY’S THE DAY P!NK 141700
80 65 23 6 PRETTY LITTLE GANGSTER Ryder 72150

81 78 38 4 WHEN I STOP DREAMING Don Henley featuring Dolly Parton 42400
82 87 82 2 EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES Panic! At The Disco 6200
83 85 83 2 RIDE-O-ROCKET The Brothers Johnson 6400
84 NEW 84 1 THE GIRL IS MINE 99 Souls featuring Destiny’s Child and Brandy 3200
85 90 85 2 TAKE ME HOME Jess Glynne 5000
86 69 66 5 THE AUSTERITY OF LOVE Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott 28800
87 NEW 87 1 TIRED OF TALKING LEON 2600
88 NEW 88 1 I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND The Beatles 2400
89 89 89 2 THE CRAZY ONES Paloma Faith 4400
90 75 75 3 RULE THE WORLD Walk Off The Earth 12000

91 93 91 2 FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE Stevie Wonder 3600
92 NEW 92 1 LEFT HAND FREE Alt-J 1800
93 NEW 93 1 TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK Mumford And Sons 1700
94 NEW 94 1 WHAT ARE THE CHANCES? Duran Duran 1600
95 100 95 2 NEVER ENDING CIRCLES CHVRCHES 2500
96 NEW 96 1 SUGAR Loud Places featuring Francesco Yates 1400
97 97 97 2 THE WANDERER Dion 2600
98 NEW 98 1 CONFIDENT Demi Lovato 1200
99 NEW 99 1 I’VE BEEN SECRETLY FALLING APART Owsey Jernalism & Resotone 1100
100 NEW 100 1 FOCUS Ariana Grande 1000

5th November 2015
2 weeks at 1 for the brilliant Coldplay new single, nothing like any of their previous singles, it’s so intricate and joyously irresistible, multiple hooks galore both instrumental and the main vocal melodies. Straight in at 2, it’s the perennial British bridesmaids, Hurts, with a glorious power ballad, Wings, and their 3rd in a row to hit my top 3 in 2015. Hugely popular in parts of Europe, fabulous live, great albums, and the UK remains stubbornly ignorant of one of our best acts of this century, which, given the drivel that occupies a fair portion of the singles chart, makes me rather peed off. Staying at 3, it’s the fabulous Heaven, with that sexy throbbing teasing class dance track from Shaun Frank, KSHMR and Delaney.

To be honest, in normal times any of the top 10 could be topping my chart quite happily, while the track at 40 would be around 15 spots higher, and the one at 75 should be scraping on the doors of the top 40. So many great records around that I’ve bought, I’ve had to give up and admit defeat and expand my chart to 100 for the first time since 1983 to catch good tracks that just can’t get into the 75 after weeks of hanging around. The number 100 would generally be inside the top 75 comfortably. Sigma and Rita Ora move into the 10, ELO get a 2nd top 10 of the year with the very 70’s ELO sounding One Step At A Time – if I have one complaint, it’s my MP3 download sounds like it’s been recorded with ear muffs around the mixing deck.

Which brings me to another complaint I have with MP3’s from itunes: so many tracks start and continue with what sounds like vinyl record hiss, clicks and pops, and it is really pissing me off – there is no need for all of this fake extraneous pretentious background noise, and I’m going to stop buying any artist that insists on doing it, it’s not clever and it’s doesn’t make them sound “classic”, just annoying. So there, naming names Olly Murs, CeeLo, Selena Gomez, Breakdlaw, and other assorted pop and dance tracks.

New entries: Noel Gallagher gets another high flying new entry off his latest album, while also oldie Oasis charting in the UK thanks to John Lewis, Half The World Away, is in belatedly at 95. It’s a very Kylie early Christmas too, with 3 new entries, a sweet cover of Yazoo’s 1982 chart-topper Only You at 29 with comedian/host/actor James Corden, a song new to me, but classic xmas sounding, at 34 White December, and finally 100 degrees with sister Dannii returning after a long break at 81. It’s a dance number and if anyone can tell which one is which, got better ears than me!

Others: Shane Filan and Nadine Coyle have a duet, Matrix & Futurebound are back, ditto Simply Red’s 70’s soul groove, and Panic! At The Disco’s rocking out, not to mention crazy Paloma Faith’s theme toon, Life Of Dillon’s return, and oldies from Stevie Wonder, For Once In My Life is back after first charting in 1969, 1960’s oldie The Wanderer is back for Dion thanks to an advert for some computer game or other, and charting for the first time since 1976, while the Back To The Future 30th “anniversary” got Huey Lewis into the UK sales charts, and a bit late into mine, 30 years on since it last exited.

1 1 1 2 ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME Coldplay 340000
2 NEW 2 1 WINGS Hurts 115000
3 3 3 4 HEAVEN Shaun Frank & KSHMR featuring Delaney 270000
4 2 1 11 QUEEN OF PEACE Florence + The Machine 1545000
5 4 1 4 HELLO Adele 410000
6 7 6 8 CHAMAK CHALLO CHEL CHABELI Kumar Sanu, Shreya Ghoshal & Sajid – Wajid 234250
7 5 5 4 CIRCLES Truls 218000
8 6 3 5 HAPPINESS IAMX 243000
9 24 9 2 COMING HOME Sigma & Rita Ora 64000
10 NEW 10 1 ONE STEP AT A TIME Jeff Lynne’s ELO 42000

11 8 8 3 ECHOES IN RAIN Enya 122000
12 9 9 4 MUSIC TO MY SOUL CeeLo Green 124750
13 16 13 3 LET IT HAPPEN Tame Impala 75000
14 11 3 7 BLACK SOAP Ex Cops 338500
15 28 15 4 SUPERHEATED New Order featuring Brandon Flowers 80300
16 17 16 4 SAME OLD LOVE Selena Gomez 83800
17 19 17 9 THE RAIN THE PARK AND OTHER THINGS The Cowsills 163800
18 18 18 4 USED TO LOVE YOU Gwen Stefani 85250
19 13 10 7 EX’S AND OH’S Elle King 158200
20 21 20 5 WAVES DANCE WITH THE DEAD 84050

21 10 4 5 HEY BOY Take That 210750
22 15 9 7 HERE FOR YOU Kygo featuring Ella Henderson 177550
23 12 4 11 WILDEST DREAMS Taylor Swift 331700
24 NEW 24 1 THE DYING OF THE LIGHT Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 19000
25 14 2 11 CRASH AND BURN Thomas Rhett 805750
26 20 20 8 HOLY HOLY Orenda Fink 139100
27 30 27 3 IMMORTALS Jean-Michel Jarre & f*** Buttons 47000
28 29 28 7 LOVE ME LIKE YOU Little Mix 101900
29 NEW 29 1 ONLY YOU Kylie Minogue featuring James Corden 18200
30 35 30 2 BURNING LOVE Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 35500

31 39 31 3 GO! Postiljonen 46750
32 48 32 3 CHEYENNE Jason Derulo 35100
33 54 33 4 SECOND HAND HEART Ben Haenow featuring Kelly Clarkson 43100
34 NEW 34 1 WHITE DECEMBER Kylie Minogue 17600
35 36 35 4 WHAT DO YOU MEAN Justin Bieber 50300
36 40 36 6 LAY IT ALL ON ME Rudimental featuring Ed Sheeran 68000
37 NEW 37 1 I COULD BE Shane Filan with Nadine Coyle 17300
38 56 38 2 SAX Fleur East 27800
39 41 39 18 HAPPY TOGETHER The Turtles 202000
40 33 8 11 OCEAN DRIVE Duke Dumont featuring Robert Owens 260700

41 22 3 10 I’M IN LOVE WITH MY LIFE PHASES 428000
42 23 10 8 PHILOSOPHIZE IN IT! CHEMICALIZE WITH IT! Kishi Bashi 191200
43 NEW 43 1 HAPPY ALONE Matrix & Futurebound featuring V. Bozeman 13500
44 25 6 11 DO IT WELL XYconstant featuring Tom Aspaul 246900
45 27 6 8 WHEN I WAS A BOY Jeff Lynne’s ELO 225400
46 32 7 9 BLACK AND WHITE Kylie Minogue + Garibay featuring Shaggy 263550
47 49 47 14 MELLOW YELLOW Donovan 137300
48 42 5 9 I’M IN LOVE Noonie Bao 302750
49 57 49 2 SORRY Justin Bieber 22500
50 61 50 3 I LIKE IT We The Kings 26600

51 26 14 7 S.O.B. Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats 146100
52 53 52 4 SATURDAY NIGHT Yukon Blonde 39800
53 46 3 10 LIGHTS Hurts 296600
54 34 22 4 RESONATE Avec Sans 54300
55 55 55 9 GEE WHIZ (LOOK AT HIS EYES) Carla Thomas 80100
56 59 56 4 THE HILLS The Weeknd featuring Eminem 34500
57 69 57 2 PAINT ME LIKE A FRENCH GIRL Breakdlaw featuring The Glitchfox 16600
58 71 58 2 YOUNG AND UNAFRAID The Moth And The Flame 16000
59 70 59 2 KISS ME Olly Murs 16100
60 63 52 4 SOMETHING IN THE WAY YOU MOVE Ellie Goulding 34700

61 47 6 12 THE GATES Young Empires 305200
62 64 62 2 WRITING’S ON THE WALL Sam Smith 14500
63 31 4 7 HANDS OF LOVE Miley Cyrus 269850
64 43 6 10 BACK WHERE I BELONG Jack Savoretti 242600
65 37 23 5 PRETTY LITTLE GANGSTER Ryder 68150
66 60 60 4 HOTLINE BLING Drake 28600
67 65 48 4 BETTER LOVE Foxes 37150
68 NEW 68 1 INDULGE Jones 6400
69 66 66 4 THE AUSTERITY OF LOVE Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott 25400
70 45 1 13 ROUSSEAU Nerina Pallot 562500

71 44 14 8 TODAY’S THE DAY P!NK 137500
72 72 72 3 EYES SHUT Years And Years 16600
73 76 73 2 REDEMPTION Sigma featuring Diztortion 10200
74 NEW 74 1 HUNDRED MILES Yall featuring Gabriela Richardson 5200
75 75 75 2 RULE THE WORLD Walk Off The Earth 10000
76 NEW 76 1 DON’T GIVE UP (ON LOVE) Blinkie 4800
77 NEW 77 1 LEAVES Baile & Felicia Douglass 4600
78 38 38 3 WHEN I STOP DREAMING Don Henley featuring Dolly Parton 38600
79 50 5 12 I AM THE ANTICHRIST TO YOU Kishi Bashi 320300
80 NEW 80 1 100 DEGREES Kylie Minogue featuring Dannii Minogue 4000

81 NEW 81 1 CAN’T SLEEP LOVE Pentatonix 3800
82 51 10 11 EVERYBODY FEELING SOMETHING Marlon Roudette featuring K. Stewart 286650
83 NEW 83 1 LOVE GAVE ME MORE Simply Red 3400
84 58 24 9 ELECTRIC LOVE BORNS 117100
85 NEW 85 1 RIDE-O-ROCKET The Brothers Johnson 3000
86 62 16 9 DANGEROUS Big Data featuring Joywave 139850
87 NEW 87 1 EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES Panic! At The Disco 2600
88 52 33 9 RUNNIN’ (LOSE IT ALL) Naughty Boy featuring Beyonce & Arrow Benjamin 120250
89 NEW 89 1 THE CRAZY ONES Paloma Faith 2200
90 NEW 90 1 TAKE ME HOME Jess Glynne 2000

91 73 73 2 CRADLE TO THE GRAVE Squeeze 7300
92 NEW 92 1 DREAMS Life Of Dillon 1800
93 NEW 93 1 FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE Stevie Wonder 1700
94 68 68 3 BAD Lost Kings featuring Jessame 13200
95 NEW 95 1 HALF THE WORLD AWAY Oasis 1500
96 67 67 5 LEVELS Nick Jonas 25400
97 NEW 97 1 THE WANDERER Dion 1300
98 74 74 2 PERFECT One Direction 6400
99 NEW 99 1 THE POWER OF LOVE Huey Lewis and The News 1100
100 NEW 100 1 NEVER ENDING CIRCLES CHVRCHES 1000

8th November 2015

It’s Coldplay, on an Adventure Of A Lifetime straight in at number one with their 6th chart-topper over a 10-year period and 15 years of chart entries. It’s been a while since a new record came in at 1 in my charts, tracks tended to grow over a period of weeks thanks to radio airplay, but the great advantage of the world release day OAOS is that it’s freshened up the music scene no end, a record can just turn up unnanounced, you can buy it instantly and 2 days later (my chart is still Sunday-based) it’s topping my chart. I now actively scour through new releases on fridays and buy the ones I like the sound of based on itunes clips. It also means my charts are highly competitive compared to some years in previous decades, what with Buzzjack Song Contest bringing batches of great new songs every month. Records get ejected far too early…

Shaun Frank snuggles up to Florence at 2, Shreya Ghoshal & friends go back up to 7 as I go Bollywood again, and Enya grabs another top 10 for her list. Ditto CeeLo. Tame Impala make it 3 top 20, Selena Gomez 2, and the gorgeous Orenda Fink track leaps back up to 20. 2nd highest new entry at 24 is Sigma, back again big with Rita Ora in drum n bass tow – their other track is thus kept out of my chart at 76 (with Diztortion) by themselves. Jean-Michel Jarre is back in the 30, and Elvis is back at 35 with an orchestral reimagining of one of his few great 70’s singles, Burning Love, which hit my top 10 in 1972, 43 years ago. I was 14 and Elvis was there all my life and still only 37. 5 years later he was dead and now he’s been dead almost as long as he was alive, but it doesn’t stop the chart entries!

Justin Bieber has been much ignored in my charts, bar one or two tracks, but I’va been forced to admit I like his latest two singles, Sorry, What do you mean!? Up to 36 while his new one is in at 57. He’s still not the greatest singer in the world, but that never held Bob Dylan back. I’ve also relented on Sam Smith, in the context of the movie Spectre, the track works and pops in at 64. Postiljonen get a 3rd top 40, X Factor chuck out another act (Fleur East) heavily borrowing from Mark Ronson/ Bruno Mars, and wholesale sampling Shake Your Body’s riff. I’m sure Jacko would approve, as long as he got writing credit, so I hope they ran it through co-writer Randy Jackson before proceeding….! Other newies, Olly’s back, ditto One Direction, Squeeze, and Walk Off The Earth. Only half of them are former X factor acts, phew!

1 NEW 1 1 ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME Coldplay 170000
2 2 1 10 QUEEN OF PEACE Florence + The Machine 1480000
3 6 3 3 HEAVEN Shaun Frank & KSHMR featuring Delaney 185000
4 1 1 3 HELLO Adele 350000
5 5 5 3 CIRCLES Truls 168000
6 3 3 4 HAPPINESS IAMX 195000
7 31 7 7 CHAMAK CHALLO CHEL CHABELI Kumar Sanu, Shreya Ghoshal & Sajid – Wajid 179250
8 11 8 2 ECHOES IN RAIN Enya 85000
9 13 9 3 MUSIC TO MY SOUL CeeLo Green 89750
10 4 4 4 HEY BOY Take That 191000

11 7 3 6 BLACK SOAP Ex Cops 309500
12 17 4 10 WILDEST DREAMS Taylor Swift 312450
13 10 10 6 EX’S AND OH’S Elle King 137200
14 8 2 10 CRASH AND BURN Thomas Rhett 787000
15 9 9 6 HERE FOR YOU Kygo featuring Ella Henderson 158050
16 30 16 2 LET IT HAPPEN Tame Impala 43000
17 26 17 3 SAME OLD LOVE Selena Gomez 58800
18 18 18 3 USED TO LOVE YOU Gwen Stefani 63250
19 20 19 8 THE RAIN THE PARK AND OTHER THINGS The Cowsills 140800
20 47 20 7 HOLY HOLY Orenda Fink 120600

21 24 21 4 WAVES DANCE WITH THE DEAD 64050
22 14 3 9 I’M IN LOVE WITH MY LIFE PHASES 414000
23 15 10 7 PHILOSOPHIZE IN IT! CHEMICALIZE WITH IT! Kishi Bashi 177450
24 NEW 24 1 COMING HOME Sigma & Rita Ora 19000
25 12 6 10 DO IT WELL XYconstant featuring Tom Aspaul 233650
26 16 14 6 S.O.B. Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats 134350
27 19 6 7 WHEN I WAS A BOY Jeff Lynne’s ELO 212400
28 35 28 3 SUPERHEATED New Order featuring Brandon Flowers 53300
29 29 29 6 LOVE ME LIKE YOU Little Mix 83600
30 56 30 2 IMMORTALS Jean-Michel Jarre & f*** Buttons 28600

31 21 4 6 HANDS OF LOVE Miley Cyrus 262650
32 25 7 8 BLACK AND WHITE Kylie Minogue + Garibay featuring Shaggy 250800
33 27 8 10 OCEAN DRIVE Duke Dumont featuring Robert Owens 243700
34 22 22 3 RESONATE Avec Sans 43300
35 NEW 35 1 BURNING LOVE Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 17500
36 57 36 3 WHAT DO YOU MEAN Justin Bieber 32800
37 23 23 4 PRETTY LITTLE GANGSTER Ryder 61150
38 40 38 2 WHEN I STOP DREAMING Don Henley featuring Dolly Parton 34200
39 51 39 2 GO! Postiljonen 28850
40 54 40 5 LAY IT ALL ON ME Rudimental featuring Ed Sheeran 50600

41 42 41 17 HAPPY TOGETHER The Turtles 184900
42 28 5 8 I’M IN LOVE Noonie Bao 290450
43 32 6 9 BACK WHERE I BELONG Jack Savoretti 235500
44 50 14 7 TODAY’S THE DAY P!NK 131700
45 39 1 12 ROUSSEAU Nerina Pallot 556500
46 36 3 9 LIGHTS Hurts 285350
47 38 6 11 THE GATES Young Empires 297700
48 75 48 2 CHEYENNE Jason Derulo 17300
49 49 49 13 MELLOW YELLOW Donovan 124800
50 34 5 11 I AM THE ANTICHRIST TO YOU Kishi Bashi 316100

51 37 10 10 EVERYBODY FEELING SOMETHING Marlon Roudette featuring K. Stewart 283050
52 33 33 8 RUNNIN’ (LOSE IT ALL) Naughty Boy featuring Beyonce & Arrow Benjamin 117850
53 53 53 3 SATURDAY NIGHT Yukon Blonde 28300
54 62 54 3 SECOND HAND HEART Ben Haenow featuring Kelly Clarkson 25400
55 55 55 8 GEE WHIZ (LOOK AT HIS EYES) Carla Thomas 69300
56 NEW 56 1 SAX Fleur East 10600
57 NEW 57 1 SORRY Justin Bieber 10400
58 43 24 8 ELECTRIC LOVE BORNS 113900
59 65 59 3 THE HILLS The Weeknd featuring Eminem 23900
60 69 60 3 HOTLINE BLING Drake 21800

61 64 61 2 I LIKE IT We The Kings 14600
62 45 16 8 DANGEROUS Big Data featuring Joywave 137050
63 52 52 3 SOMETHING IN THE WAY YOU MOVE Ellie Goulding 24700
64 NEW 64 1 WRITING’S ON THE WALL Sam Smith 7100
65 48 48 3 BETTER LOVE Foxes 30550
66 66 66 3 THE AUSTERITY OF LOVE Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott 19200
67 67 67 4 LEVELS Nick Jonas 24000
68 74 68 2 BAD Lost Kings featuring Jessame 11600
69 NEW 69 1 PAINT ME LIKE A FRENCH GIRL Breakdlaw featuring The Glitchfox 6200
70 NEW 70 1 KISS ME Olly Murs 6000

71 NEW 71 1 YOUNG AND UNAFRAID The Moth And The Flame 5800
72 73 72 2 EYES SHUT Years And Years 11000
73 NEW 73 1 CRADLE TO THE GRAVE Squeeze 5400
74 NEW 74 1 PERFECT One Direction 5200
75 NEW 75 1 RULE THE WORLD Walk Off The Earth 5000

DROP OUTS
41 25 7 R U MINE (LOST KINGS REMIX) ROZES 111050
44 8 8 LAST NIGHT IN THE CITY Duran Duran featuring Kiesza 204000
46 43 5 JOY Will Young 50450
58 49 5 FEVER Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra featuring Michael Buble 55400
59 1 14 I HAD THIS THING Royksopp 684950
60 1 12 BODY Niia 638400
61 61 2 UGLY Drew 12700
63 2 11 FUEL TO THE FIRE Rationale 499300
68 68 2 I FEEL GOOD Thomas Rhett featuring Lunchmoney Lewis 11600
70 70 1 WORDS CAN BREAK YOUR HEART Don Henley 6000
71 1 21 SHINE Years And Years 1235100
72 1 34 BE MY BABY The Ronettes 1107050

1st November 2015

It’s Adele knocking off Florence after 7 weeks at 1, so she equals the 21st century record of Keane’s Disconnected, Take That’s The Flood and Brandon Flowers’ Crossfire, but falls just one week short of the record-holder Princess Of China, Coldplay and Rihanna’s 8 week topper (in 2 runs). Adele gets a second number one, way back to debut Chasing Pavements and nothing since, till now. Hello! IAMX spit venom up to 3, Kygo and Ella Henderson get their 2nd top 10 of the year, though their first together, and Elle King gets her first ever.

Highest new entry at 11 is Enya. Enya! Yes it’s been 6 years since she last charted, and 15 years since she was in the top 10 with Only Time, not to mention 27 years since Orinoco Flow gave her a first top 10. Echoes In Rain sounds like it could easily have been the follow-up, a bit late. CeeLo is up to 13, his first top 20 in 3 years, Avec Sans have a big climber into the 40, and Tame Impala get a third top 40 entry at 30, Let It Happen! Greedy Don Henley has 2 new entries, the highest a lovely country duet with Dolly Parton at 40, and Postiljonen return with Go! Both Don and Postiljonen have previously hit the top spot with Boys Of Summer and Supreme, respectively. Jean-Michel Jarre is also back after a 15-year gap, in partnership with F Buttons (as I call ‘em), giving the synth legend a cool 38 years of chart action, since Oxygene Part 4 almost topped my chart in 1977. It sounded futuristic at the time – cos it was! We The Kings get a third chart entry 4 years on from the first one, while Lost Kings pop in with a large borrow of Carl Carlton’s 80‘s hit She’s A Bad Mama Jama, and Years And Years and Jason Derulo both add to their chart entry list.

1 2 1 2 HELLO Adele 285000
2 1 1 9 QUEEN OF PEACE Florence + The Machine 1365000
3 7 3 3 HAPPINESS IAMX 140000
4 4 4 3 HEY BOY Take That 149000
5 8 5 2 CIRCLES Truls 108000
6 9 6 2 HEAVEN Shaun Frank & KSHMR featuring Delaney 100000
7 3 3 5 BLACK SOAP Ex Cops 272500
8 5 2 9 CRASH AND BURN Thomas Rhett 758000
9 15 9 5 HERE FOR YOU Kygo featuring Ella Henderson 131050
10 18 10 5 EX’S AND OH’S Elle King 105200

11 NEW 11 1 ECHOES IN RAIN Enya 37000
12 6 6 9 DO IT WELL XYconstant featuring Tom Aspaul 215900
13 46 13 2 MUSIC TO MY SOUL CeeLo Green 44750
14 11 3 8 I’M IN LOVE WITH MY LIFE PHASES 394500
15 10 10 6 PHILOSOPHIZE IN IT! CHEMICALIZE WITH IT! Kishi Bashi 158200
16 16 14 5 S.O.B. Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats 115850
17 21 4 9 WILDEST DREAMS Taylor Swift 277450
18 23 18 2 USED TO LOVE YOU Gwen Stefani 41250
19 13 6 6 WHEN I WAS A BOY Jeff Lynne’s ELO 194000
20 26 20 7 THE RAIN THE PARK AND OTHER THINGS The Cowsills 119800

21 12 4 5 HANDS OF LOVE Miley Cyrus 244750
22 69 22 2 RESONATE Avec Sans 25700
23 48 23 3 PRETTY LITTLE GANGSTER Ryder 43850
24 32 24 3 WAVES DANCE WITH THE DEAD 44300
25 14 7 7 BLACK AND WHITE Kylie Minogue + Garibay featuring Shaggy 233000
26 37 26 2 SAME OLD LOVE Selena Gomez 35800
27 17 8 9 OCEAN DRIVE Duke Dumont featuring Robert Owens 226000
28 19 5 7 I’M IN LOVE Noonie Bao 276700
29 40 29 5 LOVE ME LIKE YOU Little Mix 65400
30 NEW 30 1 LET IT HAPPEN Tame Impala 18000

31 20 9 6 CHAMAK CHALLO CHEL CHABELI Kumar Sanu, Shreya Ghoshal & Sajid – Wajid 129250
32 22 6 8 BACK WHERE I BELONG Jack Savoretti 222000
33 33 33 7 RUNNIN’ (LOSE IT ALL) Naughty Boy featuring Beyonce & Arrow Benjamin 106350
34 34 5 10 I AM THE ANTICHRIST TO YOU Kishi Bashi 304100
35 35 35 2 SUPERHEATED New Order featuring Brandon Flowers 35000
36 29 3 8 LIGHTS Hurts 372600
37 30 10 9 EVERYBODY FEELING SOMETHING Marlon Roudette featuring K. Stewart 271300
38 31 6 10 THE GATES Young Empires 285200
39 39 1 11 ROUSSEAU Nerina Pallot 543500
40 NEW 40 1 WHEN I STOP DREAMING Don Henley featuring Dolly Parton 17000

41 25 25 7 R U MINE (LOST KINGS REMIX) ROZES 111050
42 44 42 16 HAPPY TOGETHER The Turtles 170900
43 24 24 7 ELECTRIC LOVE BORNS 103700
44 28 8 8 LAST NIGHT IN THE CITY Duran Duran featuring Kiesza 204000
45 27 16 7 DANGEROUS Big Data featuring Joywave 129650
46 43 43 5 JOY Will Young 50450
47 36 28 6 HOLY HOLY Orenda Fink 100600
48 53 48 2 BETTER LOVE Foxes 23550
49 52 49 12 MELLOW YELLOW Donovan 112700
50 38 14 6 TODAY’S THE DAY P!NK 118450

51 NEW 51 1 GO! Postiljonen 11750
52 70 52 2 SOMETHING IN THE WAY YOU MOVE Ellie Goulding 17500
53 71 53 2 SATURDAY NIGHT Yukon Blonde 17050
54 60 54 4 LAY IT ALL ON ME Rudimental featuring Ed Sheeran 33600
55 57 55 7 GEE WHIZ (LOOK AT HIS EYES) Carla Thomas 58500
56 NEW 56 1 IMMORTALS Jean-Michel Jarre & F**k Buttons 10600
57 75 57 2 WHAT DO YOU MEAN Justin Bieber 15400
58 49 49 5 FEVER Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra featuring Michael Buble 55400
59 51 1 14 I HAD THIS THING Royksopp 684950
60 50 1 12 BODY Niia 638400

61 74 61 2 UGLY Drew 12700
62 65 62 2 SECOND HAND HEART Ben Haenow featuring Kelly Clarkson 14400
63 45 2 11 FUEL TO THE FIRE Rationale 499300
64 NEW 64 1 I LIKE IT We The Kings 7100
65 66 65 2 THE HILLS The Weeknd featuring Eminem 13800
66 72 66 2 THE AUSTERITY OF LOVE Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott 12400
67 73 67 3 LEVELS Nick Jonas 17400
68 RE 68 2 I FEEL GOOD Thomas Rhett featuring Lunchmoney Lewis 11600
69 RE 69 2 HOTLINE BLING Drake 11800
70 NEW 70 1 WORDS CAN BREAK YOUR HEART Don Henley 6000

71 64 1 21 SHINE Years And Years 1235100
72 68 1 34 BE MY BABY The Ronettes 1107050
73 NEW 73 1 EYES SHUT Years And Years 5400
74 NEW 74 1 BAD Lost Kings featuring Jessame 5200
75 NEW 75 1 CHEYENNE Jason Derulo 5000

DROP OUTS
41 20 3 LUVAROTORRRRRY! Reol featuring nqrse 51500
42 23 8 ALL SHE WANTS MIKA 132050
47 34 6 LET IT ALL GO RHODES & Birdy 83700
54 35 4 TAKE THIS CHANCE Anastacia 52250
55 10 9 DOWNTOWN Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee, and Grandmaster Caz 208400
56 33 5 RIVERS Thomas Jack 66800
58 49 2 WAKE UP The Vamps 22300
59 15 9 THE WAKE a-ha 172750
61 10 11 APACHE (JUMP ON IT!) The Sugarhill Gang 239600
62 46 6 HELP IS COMING Crowded House 53550
63 43 3 PLAYING WITH FIRE Andreya Triana 30900
67 1 25 SO YOU WIN AGAIN Hot Chocolate 615050

2015

25th October 2015

It’s a 7-week run on top for Florence, equalling Keane’s longest-running number one of the 2010’s, and the competition is absolutely intense in the top 10, making it all the more remarkable. 10 weeks in a row is the all-time record, so just 3 to go, or will she give in to highest new entry Adele, who’s stunning new ballad is in at 2, Hello? That’s her second-biggest hit, trailing only number one Chasing Pavements. Take That grabbed another chart-topper in 2014, and now they are shooting up into the top 5 again 22 years after Pray topped my chart. XYConstant go top 10, IAMX’s powerful Happiness is 68 places, and 2 new entries for Truls and Shaun Frank & KSHMR straight into the top 10 just ahead of Kishi Bashi’s second of the year means a massive clear-out at the top end of the chart.

Elle King goes top 20, Gwen Stefani is back at 23 18 years or so since No Doubt debuted, and 16 years since Gwen had her first solo credit in my top 20 with Moby (Southside), and before going on to get 2 solo chart-toppers in the noughties. New Order get a second chart entry of 2015 with help from Brandon Flowers, fresh off a string of big hits and 2 number ones in 2015, over a decade of hits for Brandon, 35 years for New Order, more or less. Others: Selena gets a quick second hit, Cee-Lo is back after a gap busy with legal affairs, so to speak, Foxes keeps the run of singles going, Kelly Clarkson is on a decade plus in tow with Ben Haenow back again, and The Weeknd gets his 3rd of the year with an assist from Eminem and 16 years-worth of singles. Ellie Goulding, and Justin Bieber, sneak in, while part of The Beautiful South get another hit at 72 with some wordplay as always.

1 1 1 8 QUEEN OF PEACE Florence + The Machine 1250000
2 NEW 2 1 HELLO Adele 115000
3 3 3 4 BLACK SOAP Ex Cops 222500
4 24 4 2 HEY BOY Take That 84000
5 2 2 8 CRASH AND BURN Thomas Rhett 710000
6 17 6 8 DO IT WELL XYconstant featuring Tom Aspaul 180900
7 75 7 2 HAPPINESS IAMX 55000
8 NEW 8 1 CIRCLES Truls 48000
9 NEW 9 1 HEAVEN Shaun Frank & KSHMR featuring Delaney 45000
10 12 10 5 PHILOSOPHIZE IN IT! CHEMICALIZE WITH IT! Kishi Bashi 131200

11 4 3 7 I’M IN LOVE WITH MY LIFE PHASES 365500
12 5 4 4 HANDS OF LOVE Miley Cyrus 225000
13 6 6 5 WHEN I WAS A BOY Jeff Lynne’s ELO 173000
14 10 7 6 BLACK AND WHITE Kylie Minogue + Garibay featuring Shaggy 214250
15 18 15 4 HERE FOR YOU Kygo featuring Ella Henderson 86050
16 14 14 4 S.O.B. Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats 90850
17 15 8 8 OCEAN DRIVE Duke Dumont featuring Robert Owens 207600
18 30 18 4 EX’S AND OH’S Elle King 63200
19 7 5 6 I’M IN LOVE Noonie Bao 258400
20 9 9 5 CHAMAK CHALLO CHEL CHABELI Kumar Sanu, Shreya Ghoshal & Sajid – Wajid 111350

21 25 4 8 WILDEST DREAMS Taylor Swift 254250
22 11 6 7 BACK WHERE I BELONG Jack Savoretti 204200
23 NEW 23 1 USED TO LOVE YOU Gwen Stefani 19250
24 29 24 6 ELECTRIC LOVE BORNS 90200
25 28 25 6 R U MINE (LOST KINGS REMIX) ROZES 97050
26 26 26 6 THE RAIN THE PARK AND OTHER THINGS The Cowsills 99800
27 16 16 6 DANGEROUS Big Data featuring Joywave 116650
28 8 8 7 LAST NIGHT IN THE CITY Duran Duran featuring Kiesza 190750
29 13 3 7 LIGHTS Hurts 355200
30 19 10 8 EVERYBODY FEELING SOMETHING Marlon Roudette featuring K. Stewart 254000

31 22 6 9 THE GATES Young Empires 268000
32 61 32 2 WAVES DANCE WITH THE DEAD 25300
33 38 33 6 RUNNIN’ (LOSE IT ALL) Naughty Boy featuring Beyonce & Arrow Benjamin 88650
34 27 5 9 I AM THE ANTICHRIST TO YOU Kishi Bashi 286500
35 NEW 35 1 SUPERHEATED New Order featuring Brandon Flowers 17500
36 36 28 5 HOLY HOLY Orenda Fink 88100
37 NEW 37 1 SAME OLD LOVE Selena Gomez 17300
38 21 14 5 TODAY’S THE DAY P!NK 106450
39 32 1 10 ROUSSEAU Nerina Pallot 526400
40 45 40 4 LOVE ME LIKE YOU Little Mix 47200

41 20 20 3 LUVAROTORRRRRY! Reol featuring nqrse 51500
42 23 23 8 ALL SHE WANTS MIKA 132050
43 50 43 4 JOY Will Young 37700
44 44 44 15 HAPPY TOGETHER The Turtles 157150
45 31 2 10 FUEL TO THE FIRE Rationale 492100
46 NEW 46 1 MUSIC TO MY SOUL Cee-Lo Green 12750
47 34 34 6 LET IT ALL GO RHODES & Birdy 83700
48 48 48 2 PRETTY LITTLE GANGSTER Ryder 24600
49 53 49 4 FEVER Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra featuring Michael Buble 45200
50 41 1 11 BODY Niia 628400

51 42 1 13 I HAD THIS THING Royksopp 674850
52 52 52 11 MELLOW YELLOW Donovan 100600
53 NEW 53 1 BETTER LOVE Foxes 11250
54 35 35 4 TAKE THIS CHANCE Anastacia 52250
55 39 10 9 DOWNTOWN Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee, and Grandmaster Caz 208400
56 33 33 5 RIVERS Thomas Jack 66800
57 57 57 6 GEE WHIZ (LOOK AT HIS EYES) Carla Thomas 47700
58 49 49 2 WAKE UP The Vamps 22300
59 37 15 9 THE WAKE a-ha 172750
60 63 60 3 LAY IT ALL ON ME Rudimental featuring Ed Sheeran 22600

61 47 10 11 APACHE (JUMP ON IT!) The Sugarhill Gang 239600
62 46 46 6 HELP IS COMING Crowded House 53550
63 43 43 3 PLAYING WITH FIRE Andreya Triana 30900
64 54 1 20 SHINE Years And Years 1229300
65 NEW 65 1 SECOND HAND HEART Ben Haenow featuring Kelly Clarkson 7000
66 NEW 66 1 THE HILLS The Weeknd featuring Eminem 6800
67 67 1 25 SO YOU WIN AGAIN Hot Chocolate 615050
68 66 1 33 BE MY BABY The Ronettes 1101450
69 NEW 69 1 RESONATE Avec Sans 6200
70 NEW 70 1 SOMETHING IN THE WAY YOU MOVE Ellie Goulding 6000

71 NEW 71 1 SATURDAY NIGHT Yukon Blonde 5800
72 NEW 72 1 THE AUSTERITY OF LOVE Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott 5600
73 73 73 2 LEVELS Nick Jonas 10800
74 NEW 74 1 UGLY Drew 5200
75 NEW 75 1 WHAT DO YOU MEAN Justin Bieber 5000

DROP OUTS
40 40 5 OCEAN tiny deaths 63100
51 40 5 HEART OF OAK Richard Hawley 67500
55 6 10 BODY TALK Foxes 276100
56 37 5 FOR A BETTER DAY Avicii featuring Alex Ebert 61000
58 3 10 GOOD FOR YOU Selena Gomez featuring A$AP Rocky 270200
59 32 5 BODY ON ME Rita Ora featuring Chris Brown 71300
60 60 3 BRAND NEW DAY Bryan Adams 22500
62 23 7 COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS Above And Beyond featuring Gemma Hayes 106750
64 5 14 PEANUT BUTTER JELLY Galantis 371900
65 65 2 TALK TO ME Nick Brewer featuring Bibi Bourelly 12200
68 68 3 TIRING GAME John Newman featuring Charlie Wilson 17400
69 28 7 COOL FOR THE SUMMER Demi Lovato 91500
70 12 10 OH MY LOVE The Score 173200
71 71 2 LEAVE A TRACE CHVRCHES 10800
72 72 2 SOLACE Fyfe 11200
74 74 1 UP IN FLAMES Ruelle 5200

18th Oct 2015

It’s florence getting the longest run on top since keane did 7 weeks 3 years back, at 6 weeks we are getting into all-time territory! That also applies to thomas rhett’s 5 week run at 2. Very few records have had 5 consecutive weeks at 2 in my charts, and pretty much that have failed to reach number one. Ex cops fab track is 3 and highest new entry is from take that in at 24.

Its a short commentary from me cos i am on hols and going out to the bars. Hooray! Heaven doing nothing.

1 1 1 7 QUEEN OF PEACE Florence + The Machine 1080000
2 2 2 7 CRASH AND BURN Thomas Rhett 650000
3 12 3 3 BLACK SOAP Ex Cops 137500
4 3 3 6 I’M IN LOVE WITH MY LIFE PHASES 328500
5 4 4 3 HANDS OF LOVE Miley Cyrus 190000
6 10 6 4 WHEN I WAS A BOY Jeff Lynne’s ELO 141000
7 5 5 5 I’M IN LOVE Noonie Bao 237400
8 9 8 6 LAST NIGHT IN THE CITY Duran Duran featuring Kiesza 172450
9 19 9 4 CHAMAK CHALLO CHEL CHABELI Kumar Sanu, Shreya Ghoshal & Sajid – Wajid 91350
10 7 7 5 BLACK AND WHITE Kylie Minogue + Garibay featuring Shaggy 185250

11 6 6 6 BACK WHERE I BELONG Jack Savoretti 184700
12 16 12 4 PHILOSOPHIZE IN IT! CHEMICALIZE WITH IT! Kishi Bashi 89200
13 8 3 6 LIGHTS Hurts 337000
14 23 14 3 S.O.B. Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats 65850
15 11 8 7 OCEAN DRIVE Duke Dumont featuring Robert Owens 184600
16 18 16 5 DANGEROUS Big Data featuring Joywave 98250
17 33 17 7 DO IT WELL XYconstant featuring Tom Aspaul 125900
18 21 18 3 HERE FOR YOU Kygo featuring Ella Henderson 59050
19 13 10 7 EVERYBODY FEELING SOMETHING Marlon Roudette featuring K. Stewart 236000
20 35 20 2 LUVAROTORRRRRY! Reol featuring nqrse 37500

21 14 14 4 TODAY’S THE DAY P!NK 89250
22 15 6 8 THE GATES Young Empires 250100
23 25 23 7 ALL SHE WANTS MIKA 118300
24 NEW 24 1 HEY BOY Take That 19000
25 17 4 7 WILDEST DREAMS Taylor Swift 234500
26 29 26 5 THE RAIN THE PARK AND OTHER THINGS The Cowsills 91300
27 20 5 8 I AM THE ANTICHRIST TO YOU Kishi Bashi 268900
28 28 28 5 R U MINE (LOST KINGS REMIX) ROZES 78300
29 48 29 5 ELECTRIC LOVE BORNS 71200
30 36 30 3 EX’S AND OH’S Elle King 41200

31 22 2 9 FUEL TO THE FIRE Rationale 479100
32 24 1 9 ROUSSEAU Nerina Pallot 509300
33 37 33 4 RIVERS Thomas Jack 56200
34 40 34 5 LET IT ALL GO RHODES & Birdy 71200
35 42 35 3 TAKE THIS CHANCE Anastacia 41250
36 32 28 4 HOLY HOLY Orenda Fink 70700
37 30 15 8 THE WAKE a-ha 162650
38 38 38 5 RUNNIN’ (LOSE IT ALL) Naughty Boy featuring Beyonce & Arrow Benjamin 70950
39 39 10 8 DOWNTOWN Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee, and Grandmaster Caz 197600
40 43 40 5 OCEAN tiny deaths 63100

41 31 1 10 BODY Niia 616400
42 34 1 12 I HAD THIS THING Royksopp 663100
43 58 43 2 PLAYING WITH FIRE Andreya Triana 23700
44 47 44 14 HAPPY TOGETHER The Turtles 143900
45 60 45 3 LOVE ME LIKE YOU Little Mix 30200
46 57 46 5 HELP IS COMING Crowded House 46150
47 45 10 10 APACHE (JUMP ON IT!) The Sugarhill Gang 232100
48 NEW 48 1 PRETTY LITTLE GANGSTER Ryder 12300
49 NEW 49 1 WAKE UP The Vamps 12100
50 67 50 3 JOY Will Young 24200

51 41 40 5 HEART OF OAK Richard Hawley 67500
52 55 52 10 MELLOW YELLOW Donovan 89100
53 53 53 3 FEVER Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra featuring Michael Buble 33100
54 52 1 19 SHINE Years And Years 1222200
55 46 6 10 BODY TALK Foxes 276100
56 56 37 5 FOR A BETTER DAY Avicii featuring Alex Ebert 61000
57 61 57 5 GEE WHIZ (LOOK AT HIS EYES) Carla Thomas 37300
58 50 3 10 GOOD FOR YOU Selena Gomez featuring A$AP Rocky 270200
59 49 32 5 BODY ON ME Rita Ora featuring Chris Brown 71300
60 64 60 3 BRAND NEW DAY Bryan Adams 22500

61 NEW 61 1 WAVES DANCE WITH THE DEAD 7500
62 51 23 7 COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS Above And Beyond featuring Gemma Hayes 106750
63 73 63 2 LAY IT ALL ON ME Rudimental featuring Ed Sheeran y
64 54 5 14 PEANUT BUTTER JELLY Galantis 371900
65 74 65 2 TALK TO ME Nick Brewer featuring Bibi Bourelly 12200
66 65 1 32 BE MY BABY The Ronettes 1095050
67 66 1 24 SO YOU WIN AGAIN Hot Chocolate 608450
68 71 68 3 TIRING GAME John Newman featuring Charlie Wilson 17400
69 59 28 7 COOL FOR THE SUMMER Demi Lovato 91500
70 68 12 10 OH MY LOVE The Score 173200

71 75 71 2 LEAVE A TRACE CHVRCHES 10800
72 72 72 2 SOLACE Fyfe 11200
73 NEW 73 1 LEVELS Nick Jonas 5400
74 NEW 74 1 UP IN FLAMES Ruelle 5200
75 NEW 75 1 HAPPINESS IAMX 5000

DROP OUTS
26 15 16 SPOOKY Dusty Springfield 218900
27 19 7 TINY DANCER Elton John 108850
44 9 11 DON’T BE SO HARD ON YOURSELF Jess Glynne 284300
62 39 6 TAKE A PICTURE OF THIS Don Henley 61900
63 25 5 FEED YOUR HEAD (RADIO EDIT) Paul Kalkbrenner featuring Jefferson Airplane 62200
69 36 4 TWO MINDS NERO 51200
70 7 11 THIS SUMMER Maroon 5 234350

11th October 2015

It’s a whopping 5-week run on top for the unstoppable machine that is Florence, Queen Of Peace, Queen Of Charts, so many challengers for the crown but to be honest none come close. That’s still bad news for Thomas Rhett and a very unlucky 4th week at 2, still crashing still burning, while PHASES and their fab video go up to 3. Jack Savoretti gets a 3rd top 10 of 2015, Duran Duran get a 2nd top 10 of 2015 too and Kiesza her 2nd in total, and Jeff Lynne aka ELO makes it a good mostly-non-stop run of Top 10 singles for 43 years, albeit missing with new material (but not with old material) for 25 years.

Kishi Bashi has 2 in the 20, MIKA has an about-face and hits a new peak of 25 with a sweet song with charmingly bitter lyrics, in an affectionate amusing stylee. Pity he’s no longer flavour of the month in the fickle pop biz. At least I’m loyal to good old pop stars! Highest new entry at 35 is Japanese anime cheesy stomping dance pop, LUVORATORRRRRY! Huge bit of fun which obsessed me during the week, it might not last but it’s fast food and tasty. Elle King, eh? Oh! She’s in the 40 with her bunch of exes in speedos and not much else. Not many new entries this week, so I’ll just say a buzzjack sorry i Ive not commented on your charts yet, been away this weekend and busy sorting a friend on hols in Mafia country who found himself suddenly passport, cheque cards and cash-less, not to mention no mobile top-up and no mobile charger. If you’re gonna do it, do it well…..

1 1 1 6 QUEEN OF PEACE Florence + The Machine 910000
2 2 2 6 CRASH AND BURN Thomas Rhett 535000
3 5 3 5 I’M IN LOVE WITH MY LIFE PHASES 263500
4 4 4 2 HANDS OF LOVE Miley Cyrus 130000
5 6 5 4 I’M IN LOVE Noonie Bao 187400
6 12 6 5 BACK WHERE I BELONG Jack Savoretti 147700
7 7 7 4 BLACK AND WHITE Kylie Minogue + Garibay featuring Shaggy 143250
8 3 3 5 LIGHTS Hurts 305000
9 18 9 5 LAST NIGHT IN THE CITY Duran Duran featuring Kiesza 124450
10 16 10 3 WHEN I WAS A BOY Jeff Lynne’s ELO 86000

11 8 8 6 OCEAN DRIVE Duke Dumont featuring Robert Owens 157600
12 35 12 2 BLACK SOAP Ex Cops 52500
13 10 10 6 EVERYBODY FEELING SOMETHING Marlon Roudette featuring K. Stewart 215000
14 17 14 3 TODAY’S THE DAY P!NK 69500
15 9 6 7 THE GATES Young Empires 230600
16 24 16 3 PHILOSOPHIZE IN IT! CHEMICALIZE WITH IT! Kishi Bashi 54200
17 21 4 6 WILDEST DREAMS Taylor Swift 215750
18 20 18 4 DANGEROUS Big Data featuring Joywave 73250
19 25 19 3 CHAMAK CHALLO CHEL CHABELI Kumar Sanu, Shreya Ghoshal & Sajid – Wajid 46350
20 13 5 7 I AM THE ANTICHRIST TO YOU Kishi Bashi 250500

21 37 21 2 HERE FOR YOU Kygo featuring Ella Henderson 37050
22 11 2 8 FUEL TO THE FIRE Rationale 461200
23 34 23 2 S.O.B. Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats 36850
24 14 1 8 ROUSSEAU Nerina Pallot 491500
25 58 25 6 ALL SHE WANTS MIKA 99050
26 15 15 16 SPOOKY Dusty Springfield 218900
27 19 19 7 TINY DANCER Elton John 108850
28 30 28 4 R U MINE (LOST KINGS REMIX) ROZES 60000
29 29 29 4 THE RAIN THE PARK AND OTHER THINGS The Cowsills 72800
30 23 15 7 THE WAKE a-ha 145350

31 22 1 9 BODY Niia 602400
32 28 28 3 HOLY HOLY Orenda Fink 53300
33 43 26 6 DO IT WELL XYconstant featuring Tom Aspaul 102900
34 26 1 11 I HAD THIS THING Royksopp 649350
35 NEW 35 1 LUVAROTORRRRRY! Ver Reoru featuring nqrse 17500
36 71 36 2 EX’S AND OH’S Elle King 23200
37 41 37 3 RIVERS Thomas Jack 38500
38 42 38 4 RUNNIN’ (LOSE IT ALL) Naughty Boy featuring Beyonce & Arrow Benjamin 53750
39 27 10 7 DOWNTOWN Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee, and Grandmaster Caz 180500
40 48 40 4 LET IT ALL GO RHODES & Birdy 53600

41 40 40 4 HEART OF OAK Richard Hawley 55750
42 60 42 2 TAKE THIS CHANCE Anastacia 23750
43 46 43 4 OCEAN tiny deaths 46100
44 36 9 11 DON’T BE SO HARD ON YOURSELF Jess Glynne 284300
45 39 10 9 APACHE (JUMP ON IT!) The Sugarhill Gang 219600
46 31 6 9 BODY TALK Foxes 265200
47 47 47 13 HAPPY TOGETHER The Turtles 130650
48 38 38 4 ELECTRIC LOVE BORNS 53000
49 32 32 4 BODY ON ME Rita Ora featuring Chris Brown 61200
50 33 3 9 GOOD FOR YOU Selena Gomez featuring A$AP Rocky 260000

51 44 23 6 COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS Above And Beyond featuring Gemma Hayes 99350
52 49 1 18 SHINE Years And Years 1211200
53 56 53 2 FEVER Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra featuring Michael Buble 21850
54 45 5 13 PEANUT BUTTER JELLY Galantis 364800
55 55 55 9 MELLOW YELLOW Donovan 77600
56 53 37 4 FOR A BETTER DAY Avicii featuring Alex Ebert 50400
57 59 57 4 HELP IS COMING Crowded House 33400
58 NEW 58 1 PLAYING WITH FIRE Andreya Triana 10200
59 52 28 6 COOL FOR THE SUMMER Demi Lovato 85300
60 63 60 2 LOVE ME LIKE YOU Little Mix 17200

61 62 61 4 GEE WHIZ (LOOK AT HIS EYES) Carla Thomas 26900
62 61 39 6 TAKE A PICTURE OF THIS Don Henley 61900
63 54 25 5 FEED YOUR HEAD (RADIO EDIT) Paul Kalkbrenner featuring Jefferson Airplane 62200
64 73 64 2 BRAND NEW DAY Bryan Adams 12500
65 64 1 31 BE MY BABY The Ronettes 1088250
66 65 1 23 SO YOU WIN AGAIN Hot Chocolate 601850
67 72 67 2 JOY Will Young 12200
68 50 12 9 OH MY LOVE The Score 167200
69 57 36 4 TWO MINDS NERO 51200
70 51 7 11 THIS SUMMER Maroon 5 234350

71 74 71 2 TIRING GAME John Newman featuring Charlie Wilson 11000
72 NEW 72 1 SOLACE Fyfe 5600
73 NEW 73 1 LAY IT ALL ON ME Rudimental featuring Ed Sheeran 5400
74 NEW 74 1 TALK TO ME Nick Brewer featuring Bibi Bourelly 5200
75 NEW 75 1 LEAVE A TRACE CHVRCHES 5000

DROP OUTS
66 56 4 SOCKETS Slaves 29800
67 10 11 THE OTHER BOYS NERVO featuring Kylie Minogue, Jake Shears and Nile Rodgers 225100
68 1 14 PRESSURE OFF Duran Duran featuring Janelle Monae and Nile Rodgers 656950
69 20 5 WRITTEN IN THE WATER Gin Wigmore 70350
70 70 3 HIGH BY THE BEACH Lana Del Ray 17000
75 75 1 VICTORIOUS Panic! At The Disco 5000

4th October 2015

It’s Florence for a 4th fabulous week, I just get so exasperated at what makes the charts these streaming days. 4 or 5 years ago this record would have been a monster, quite deservedly. Epic. Bad news for Thomas Rhett who gets 3 weeks stuck at 2, still love it. Look who’s in at 4!! A week ago I wouldnt have put any money on Miley Cyrus punching in at 4 from nowhere, but this theme tune to a new gay-themed movie is just a ballad anthem, best thing she’s done.

Kylie gets a 3rd top 10 hit this year, Pink gets a good jump to keep her run of non-consecutive top 20 hits going, 15 years and counting. Big leaps into the 40 for Kishi Bashi, one of 2, and Shreya Ghoshal (her biggest), while quirky new entries for a new blues clapalong Son Of A Bitch (Pure Elvis outdoing Elvis), some Ex Cops, Kygo getting his 3rd of the year, ditto Ella Henderson. Elvis is back, he hasn’t left the building – it’s an orchestral version with Michael Buble duetting on one of his good early tracks, Fever. Madonna and Peggy Lee had better known versions, but Elvis’ is pretty good too, and the new version is well done, meaning of course that being dead for nearly 40 years hasn’t stopped The King having new hit records. He was actually alive and brilliant for the start of my charts, and then less good for the next few years, but spans 46 years now.

Anastacia is also back after a gap, having had a previous number one in my chart (Sick And Tired), and since I now have access to my old charts I’ll post her biggest hits just because I can! Bryan Adams is also back 30 years on, with a track that suspiciously sounds like a Jeff Lynne production – because it is. So he’s got two in the chart. Elle King gets a fab glamrock-flavoured synth stomper new entry a year late, but I missed this one and I didn’t know her dad is actor-comedian Rob Schneider. Finally, so many tracks are still being forced out of my charts due to the intense competition, even after only one week, and I’ve downloaded them all, and more that have yet to chart, so I thought I’d also list those yet to chart, hanging about waiting….

1 1 1 5 QUEEN OF PEACE Florence + The Machine 740000
2 2 2 5 CRASH AND BURN Thomas Rhett 420000
3 3 3 4 LIGHTS Hurts 257000
4 NEW 4 1 HANDS OF LOVE Miley Cyrus 65000
5 7 5 4 I’M IN LOVE WITH MY LIFE PHASES 178500
6 6 6 3 I’M IN LOVE Noonie Bao 127400
7 13 7 3 BLACK AND WHITE Kylie Minogue + Garibay featuring Shaggy 93250
8 17 8 5 OCEAN DRIVE Duke Dumont featuring Robert Owens 120600
9 8 6 6 THE GATES Young Empires 203600
10 10 10 5 EVERYBODY FEELING SOMETHING Marlon Roudette featuring K. Stewart 183000

11 4 2 7 FUEL TO THE FIRE Rationale 441700
12 12 12 4 BACK WHERE I BELONG Jack Savoretti 92700
13 5 5 6 I AM THE ANTICHRIST TO YOU Kishi Bashi 230500
14 9 1 7 ROUSSEAU Nerina Pallot 472500
15 16 15 15 SPOOKY Dusty Springfield 200400
16 24 16 2 WHEN I WAS A BOY Jeff Lynne’s ELO 44000
17 35 17 2 TODAY’S THE DAY P!NK 40500
18 19 18 4 LAST NIGHT IN THE CITY Duran Duran featuring Kiesza 79450
19 20 19 6 TINY DANCER Elton John 90450
20 25 20 3 DANGEROUS Big Data featuring Joywave 51250

21 11 4 5 WILDEST DREAMS Taylor Swift 192750
22 14 1 8 BODY Niia 584500
23 15 15 6 THE WAKE a-ha 127350
24 58 24 2 PHILOSOPHIZE IN IT! CHEMICALIZE WITH IT! Kishi Bashi 29200
25 67 25 2 CHAMAK CHALLO CHEL CHABELI Kumar Sanu, Shreya Ghoshal & Sajid – Wajid 25350
26 21 1 10 I HAD THIS THING Royksopp 631750
27 18 10 6 DOWNTOWN Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee, and Grandmaster Caz 163400
28 38 28 2 HOLY HOLY Orenda Fink 35500
29 29 29 3 THE RAIN THE PARK AND OTHER THINGS The Cowsills 54600
30 33 30 3 R U MINE (LOST KINGS REMIX) ROZES 41700

31 22 6 8 BODY TALK Foxes 251950
32 32 32 3 BODY ON ME Rita Ora featuring Chris Brown 49100
33 31 3 8 GOOD FOR YOU Selena Gomez featuring A$AP Rocky 248000
34 NEW 34 1 S.O.B. Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats 17600
35 NEW 35 1 BLACK SOAP Ex Cops 17500
36 23 9 10 DON’T BE SO HARD ON YOURSELF Jess Glynne 271050
37 NEW 37 1 HERE FOR YOU Kygo featuring Ella Henderson 17300
38 51 38 3 ELECTRIC LOVE BORNS 40700
39 27 10 8 APACHE (JUMP ON IT!) The Sugarhill Gang 206600
40 42 40 3 HEART OF OAK Richard Hawley 41750

41 63 41 2 RIVERS Thomas Jack 21200
42 50 42 3 RUNNIN’ (LOSE IT ALL) Naughty Boy featuring Beyonce & Arrow Benjamin 36550
43 26 26 5 DO IT WELL XYconstant featuring Tom Aspaul 85200
44 34 23 5 COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS Above And Beyond featuring Gemma Hayes 87600
45 37 5 12 PEANUT BUTTER JELLY Galantis 353800
46 46 46 3 OCEAN tiny deaths 32600
47 47 47 12 HAPPY TOGETHER The Turtles 118150
48 48 48 3 LET IT ALL GO RHODES & Birdy 36600
49 43 1 17 SHINE Years And Years 1199700
50 40 12 8 OH MY LOVE The Score 160800

51 30 7 10 THIS SUMMER Maroon 5 228350
52 28 28 5 COOL FOR THE SUMMER Demi Lovato 75200
53 53 37 3 FOR A BETTER DAY Avicii featuring Alex Ebert 39800
54 41 25 4 FEED YOUR HEAD (RADIO EDIT) Paul Kalkbrenner featuring Jefferson Airplane 55000
55 55 55 8 MELLOW YELLOW Donovan 66800
56 NEW 56 1 FEVER Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra featuring Michael Buble 10600
57 36 36 3 TWO MINDS NERO 45000
58 39 30 5 ALL SHE WANTS MIKA 80300
59 64 59 3 HELP IS COMING Crowded House 23000
60 NEW 60 1 TAKE THIS CHANCE Anastacia 10000

61 49 39 5 TAKE A PICTURE OF THIS Don Henley 54500
62 66 62 3 GEE WHIZ (LOOK AT HIS EYES) Carla Thomas 19400
63 NEW 63 1 LOVE ME LIKE YOU Little Mix 7200
64 60 1 30 BE MY BABY The Ronettes 1081250
65 61 1 22 SO YOU WIN AGAIN Hot Chocolate 595050
66 56 56 4 SOCKETS Slaves 29800
67 59 10 11 THE OTHER BOYS NERVO featuring Kylie Minogue, Jake Shears and Nile Rodgers 225100
68 45 1 14 PRESSURE OFF Duran Duran featuring Janelle Monae and Nile Rodgers 656950
69 57 20 5 WRITTEN IN THE WATER Gin Wigmore 70350
70 70 70 3 HIGH BY THE BEACH Lana Del Ray 17000

71 NEW 71 1 EX’S AND OH’S Elle King 5800
72 NEW 72 1 JOY Will Young 5600
73 NEW 73 1 BRAND NEW DAY Bryan Adams 5400
74 NEW 74 1 TIRING GAME John Newman featuring Charlie Wilson 5200
75 NEW 75 1 VICTORIOUS Panic! At The Disco 5000

DROP OUTS
44 5 12 EASY LOVE Sigala featuring The Jackson 5 344650
52 40 4 THIS TOWN Kacey Musgraves 52100
54 20 5 STEP INSIDE LOVE (ALMIGHTY RADIO EDIT) CIlla Black 83750
62 49 2 SPRING/SUN/WINTER/DREAD Everything Everything 19500
65 58 2 SOMETHING RIGHT Molly Pettersson Hammar 17200
68 7 7 YOUNG AND RESTLESS Benjamin 233050
69 29 4 WHERE I BELONG HomeTown 55600
71 71 1 DITMAS Mumford & Sons 5800
72 72 1 HOTLINE BLING Drake 5600
73 73 1 WONDERFUL LIFE Katie Melua 5400
74 74 1 I FEEL GOOD Thomas Rhett featuring Lunchmoney Lewis 5200
75 75 1 HONEY, HONEY Tom Jones featuring Imelda May 5000

BUBBLING UNDERS:

LAY IT ALL ON ME Rudimental featuring Ed Sheeran
PLAYING WITH FIRE Andreya Triana
PYSCHO Muse
WAKE UP The Vamps
TALK TO ME Nick Brewer featuring Bibi Bourelly
LEAVE A TRACE CHVRCHES
HARPER VALLEY P.T.A. Squeeze
DREAMS Life Of Dillon
NEVER ENDING CIRCLES CHVRCHES
SNAKESKIN Deerhunter
GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE The Beatles
FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE Stevie Wonder
SHACKLES (PRAISE YOU) Mary Mary
BEAUTIFUL Carole King
CAN’T GET USED TO LOSING YOU The Beat
LIVERPOOL LULLABY Cilla Black
CHANGES David Bowie
RIDE-O-ROCKET Brothers Johnson

ANASTACIA’S TOP 10

1 1 19 SICK AND TIRED 1012200 (2004)
2 3 22 LEFT OUTSIDE ALONE 713200 (2004)
3 2 16 I’M OUTTA LOVE 627550 (2000)
4 19 20 ONE DAY IN YOUR LIFE 277700 (2002)
5 14 13 WELCOME TO MY TRUTH 166400 (2005)
6 28 7 WHY’D YOU LIE TO ME 90600 (2002)
7 35 5 PAID MY DUES 72900 (2001)
8 40 5 BOOM 61500 (2002)
9 43 5 NOT THAT KIND 54900 (2001)
10 30 4 COWBOYS AND KISSES 53550 (2001)

27th September 2015

3 weeks on top for Florence, as Thomas Rhett sticks at 2 and Hurts hit the top 3 for the second time this year. Kishi Bashi goes back up to a new peak of 5, as his new track enters at 58, neither song has a title that makes you think “Oh I’ve heard that title before”. Big jumps for Noonie Bao, Jack Savoretti on his 3rd top 20 of the year, and Kylie on her 3rd too, though Shaggy (also on the record) hits the 20 for the first time in over a decade and takes his run to 22 years.

So many records enter and go up, and there’s so much competition, that records that should by rights be climbing are dropping, and indeed falling out of the charts entirely just cos there’s not enough room for them. Doh! Highest new entry is ELO. Or Jeff Lynne. Or both. When I Was A Boy is a sweet “Free As A Bird”-influenced ballad (which he produced for the Beatles) full of nostalgia, and Jeff’s first actual new material in ooh over 15 years or so. As I’m a huge fan, I say a big YAY! and note that ELO first hit my charts with number one 10538 Overture in 1972, and just kept on going really, through his solo years, Traveling Wilbury-dom, and producing others. As a member of The Move, too, Jeff now has 45 sweet years in my charts.

Elsewhere: P!NK’s back with another goodie, that’ll be over 15 years of goodies then; Orenda Fink enters with a totally Twin Peaks-sounding haunting guitar ballad (fab); Tom Jones has an old-sounding country song that isn’t, aided by Imelda May, and which extends The Voice’s span of chart entries to an incredible 47 years. Incredible Tom is still knocking ‘em out, and incredible I’ve been charting them that long! Katie Melua covers Black, nice enough version, Thomas Rhett is back with some lunchmoney book-ending the chart bar one track at either end, while Drake speeds up the classic Timmy Thomas riff from Why Can’t We Live Together, huge gospel blues song for me from 1973, and infinitely superior to this other-wise decent re-use of it. Finally Shreya Ghoshal gets a second entry of the year, also from a movie, a Bollywood bit of fun along with Kumar Sanu and Sajid-Wajid. The video is fun.

1 1 1 4 QUEEN OF PEACE Florence + The Machine 570000
2 2 2 4 CRASH AND BURN Thomas Rhett 305000
3 4 3 3 LIGHTS Hurts 172000
4 3 2 6 FUEL TO THE FIRE Rationale 404700
5 22 5 5 I AM THE ANTICHRIST TO YOU Kishi Bashi 198500
6 36 6 2 I’M IN LOVE Noonie Bao 72400
7 7 7 3 I’M IN LOVE WITH MY LIFE PHASES 118500
8 6 6 5 THE GATES Young Empires 158600
9 5 1 6 ROUSSEAU Nerina Pallot 443500
10 12 10 4 EVERYBODY FEELING SOMETHING Marlon Roudette featuring K. Stewart 141000

11 8 4 4 WILDEST DREAMS Taylor Swift 173000
12 33 12 3 BACK WHERE I BELONG Jack Savoretti 57700
13 53 13 2 BLACK AND WHITE Kylie Minogue + Garibay featuring Shaggy 43250
14 9 1 7 BODY Niia 565000
15 15 15 5 THE WAKE a-ha 108100
16 16 16 14 SPOOKY Dusty Springfield 173400
17 19 17 4 OCEAN DRIVE Duke Dumont featuring Robert Owens 72600
18 10 10 5 DOWNTOWN Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee, and Grandmaster Caz 145000
19 23 19 3 LAST NIGHT IN THE CITY Duran Duran featuring Kiesza 57450
20 21 20 5 TINY DANCER Elton John 69450

21 11 1 9 I HAD THIS THING Royksopp 613250
22 13 6 7 BODY TALK Foxes 234050
23 14 9 9 DON’T BE SO HARD ON YOURSELF Jess Glynne 253650
24 NEW 24 1 WHEN I WAS A BOY Jeff Lynne’s ELO 19000
25 47 25 2 DANGEROUS Big Data featuring Joywave 31250
26 27 26 4 DO IT WELL XYconstant featuring Tom Aspaul 71700
27 17 10 7 APACHE (JUMP ON IT!) The Sugarhill Gang 189500
28 31 28 4 COOL FOR THE SUMMER Demi Lovato 63700
29 29 29 2 THE RAIN THE PARK AND OTHER THINGS The Cowsills 36400
30 18 7 9 THIS SUMMER Maroon 5 216600

31 24 3 7 GOOD FOR YOU Selena Gomez featuring A$AP Rocky 230300
32 43 32 2 BODY ON ME Rita Ora featuring Chris Brown 31300
33 70 33 2 R U MINE (LOST KINGS REMIX) ROZES 23700
34 26 23 4 COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS Above And Beyond featuring Gemma Hayes 74350
35 NEW 35 1 TODAY’S THE DAY P!NK 17500
36 38 36 2 TWO MINDS NERO 34600
37 32 5 11 PEANUT BUTTER JELLY Galantis 340800
38 NEW 38 1 HOLY HOLY Orenda Fink 17200
39 30 30 4 ALL SHE WANTS MIKA 70100
40 28 12 7 OH MY LOVE The Score 148800

41 25 25 3 FEED YOUR HEAD (RADIO EDIT) Paul Kalkbrenner featuring Jefferson Airplane 44000
42 54 42 2 HEART OF OAK Richard Hawley 24750
43 41 1 16 SHINE Years And Years 1187600
44 34 5 12 EASY LOVE Sigala featuring The Jackson 5 344650
45 35 1 13 PRESSURE OFF Duran Duran featuring Janelle Monae and Nile Rodgers 649850
46 64 46 2 OCEAN tiny deaths 19850
47 48 47 11 HAPPY TOGETHER The Turtles 105650
48 50 48 2 LET IT ALL GO RHODES & Birdy 24300
49 39 39 4 TAKE A PICTURE OF THIS Don Henley 47000
50 55 50 2 RUNNIN’ (LOSE IT ALL) Naughty Boy featuring Beyonce & Arrow Benjamin 22800

51 51 51 2 ELECTRIC LOVE BORNS 23500
52 40 40 4 THIS TOWN Kacey Musgraves 52100
53 37 37 2 FOR A BETTER DAY Avicii featuring Alex Ebert 28550
54 20 20 5 STEP INSIDE LOVE (ALMIGHTY RADIO EDIT) CIlla Black 83750
55 56 55 7 MELLOW YELLOW Donovan 56000
56 68 56 3 SOCKETS Slaves 23000
57 42 20 4 WRITTEN IN THE WATER Gin Wigmore 64150
58 NEW 58 1 PHILOSOPHIZE IN IT! CHEMICALIZE WITH IT! Kishi Bashi 10200
59 44 10 10 THE OTHER BOYS NERVO featuring Kylie Minogue, Jake Shears and Nile Rodgers 218500
60 57 1 29 BE MY BABY The Ronettes 1074150

61 61 1 21 SO YOU WIN AGAIN Hot Chocolate 588050
62 49 49 2 SPRING/SUN/WINTER/DREAD Everything Everything 19500
63 NEW 63 1 RIVERS Thomas Jack 7200
64 71 64 2 HELP IS COMING Crowded House 12900
65 58 58 2 SOMETHING RIGHT Molly Pettersson Hammar 17200
66 74 66 2 GEE WHIZ (LOOK AT HIS EYES) Carla Thomas 12000
67 NEW 67 1 CHAMAK CHALLO CHEL CHABELI Kumar Sanu, Shreya Ghoshal & Sajid – Wajid 6600
68 46 7 7 YOUNG AND RESTLESS Benjamin 233050
69 45 29 4 WHERE I BELONG HomeTown 55600
70 75 70 2 HIGH BY THE BEACH Lana Del Ray 11000

71 NEW 71 1 DITMAS Mumford & Sons 5800
72 NEW 72 1 HOTLINE BLING Drake 5600
73 NEW 73 1 WONDERFUL LIFE Katie Melua 5400
74 NEW 74 1 I FEEL GOOD Thomas Rhett featuring Lunchmoney Lewis 5200
75 NEW 75 1 HONEY, HONEY Tom Jones featuring Imelda May 5000

DROP OUTS
52 32 5 STITCHES Shawn Mendes 74700
59 59 2 HEER/ GOLDEN MOMENT Howard Goodall & The Original London Bend It Like Beckham Cast (Rekha Sawnhey) 16500
60 4 12 WHEN M+A 416650
62 8 10 WAITING FOR LOVE Avicii featuring Simon Aldred (of Cherry Ghost) 266850
63 3 12 RENEGADES X Ambassadors 383900
65 1 21 I CAN CHANGE Brandon Flowers 1572600
66 1 20 LOVE IS LIFE Hot Chocolate 731200
67 67 1 ON FIRE Stefanie Heinzmann 6600
69 69 3 LONG WAY HOME Kerri Watt 18400
72 67 3 HAPPY DAYS Squeeze 17200
73 66 2 JITTER Grace Mitchell 12200

20th September 2015

It’s Florence for a second week on top, and well deserved as she’s held off a batch of records that could easily be my number one this week, the competition is extraordinarily fierce, as there are about 25 tracks not in my chart which ought to be, and consequently tracks that are at 75 are about 25 places too low, top 40 about 15 places too low, 20 about 10 places too low, and top 10 should all be easily top 5. That’s bad for Thomas Rhett who crashes and burns at 2, but it’s a great countrypop track anyway. Hurts get another top 5 to add to their growing list, and Young Empires and PHASES are neck and neck just outside the top 5 both with fab videos too.

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis finally get into the 10, giving Melle Mel his first for 31 years, and a-ha make it 2 top 20’s this year, not bad 30 years on, and just ahead of Duran Duran who have an even longer run. It at 29, it’s 1969 American biggie, UK flop, The Cowsills, a family pop group who had a TV series based on their career (The Partridge Family) after hitting big with Hair and this one, the melodic charming The Rain The Park And Other Things. Jack Savoretti gets a 3rd top 40 entry as the UK charts continue to ignore him, boo hiss! Don Henley gets his first solo top 40 in a couple of decades or so, I think, while loads of current stars get more new entries lower down, including one (BORNS) which pops back after a break now Radio One are pushing it. Kylie’s rate of singles at the moment is break-neck, her 3rd in 3 or 4 months (collaborations and film themes), lengthening her long 27-year run! Some odlies at the lower end, Carla Thomas’ fab original of Gee Whiz is over 50 years old, and she followed her dad into the pop charts as a teenager with this – her dad is Rufus Thomas. Finally Crowded House have a charity-inspired entry, proceeds going to a worthy cause to help refugee children.

1 1 1 3 QUEEN OF PEACE Florence + The Machine 400000
2 7 2 3 CRASH AND BURN Thomas Rett 190000
3 2 2 5 FUEL TO THE FIRE Rationale 339700
4 18 4 2 LIGHTS Hurts 87000
5 3 1 5 ROUSSEAU Nerina Pallot 398500
6 19 6 4 THE GATES Young Empires 110600
7 26 7 2 I’M IN LOVE WITH MY LIFE PHASES 68500
8 4 4 3 WILDEST DREAMS Taylor Swift 136000
9 5 1 6 BODY Niia 520000
10 11 10 4 DOWNTOWN Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee, and Grandmaster Caz 123000

11 6 1 8 I HAD THIS THING Royksopp 593500
12 13 12 3 EVERYBODY FEELING SOMETHING Marlon Roudette featuring K. Stewart 99000
13 8 6 6 BODY TALK Foxes 214550
14 9 9 8 DON’T BE SO HARD ON YOURSELF Jess Glynne 234400
15 22 15 4 THE WAKE a-ha 81100
16 16 16 13 SPOOKY Dusty Springfield 148400
17 10 10 6 APACHE (JUMP ON IT!) The Sugarhill Gang 171100
18 12 7 8 THIS SUMMER Maroon 5 198600
19 27 19 3 OCEAN DRIVE Duke Dumont featuring Robert Owens 49600
20 21 20 4 STEP INSIDE LOVE (ALMIGHTY RADIO EDIT) Cilla Black 72750

21 39 21 4 TINY DANCER Elton John 49450
22 14 8 4 I AM THE ANTICHRIST TO YOU Kishi Bashi 138500
23 38 23 2 LAST NIGHT IN THE CITY Duran Duran featuring Kiesza 36450
24 15 3 6 GOOD FOR YOU Selena Gomez featuring A$AP Rocky 212400
25 53 25 2 FEED YOUR HEAD (RADIO EDIT) Paul Kalkbrenner featuring Jefferson Airplane 30000
26 23 23 3 COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS Above And Beyond featuring Gemma Hayes 56750
27 33 27 3 DO IT WELL XYconstant featuring Tom Aspaul 53200
28 17 12 6 OH MY LOVE The Score 131800
29 NEW 29 1 THE RAIN THE PARK AND OTHER THINGS The Cowsills 18200
30 30 30 3 ALL SHE WAS MIKA 53000

31 35 31 3 COOL FOR THE SUMMER Demi Lovato 45400
32 24 5 10 PEANUT BUTTER JELLY Galantis 323500
33 75 33 2 BACK WHERE I BELONG Jack Savoretti 22700
34 28 5 11 EASY LOVE Sigala featuring The Jackson 5 331400
35 25 1 12 PRESSURE OFF Duran Duran featuring Janelle Monae and Nile Rodgers 636850
36 NEW 36 1 I’M IN LOVE Noonie Bao 17400
37 NEW 37 1 FOR A BETTER DAY Avicii featuring Alex Ebert 17300
38 NEW 38 1 TWO MINDS NERO 17200
39 50 39 3 TAKE A PICTURE OF THIS Don Henley 34900
40 40 40 3 THIS TOWN Kacey Musgraves 40600

41 31 1 15 SHINE Years And Years 1174100
42 20 20 3 WRITTEN IN THE WATER Gin Wigmore 53750
43 NEW 43 1 BODY ON ME Rita Ora featuring Chris Brown 13500
44 34 10 9 THE OTHER BOYS NERVO featuring Kylie Minogue, Jake Shears and Nile Rodgers 208400
45 29 29 3 WHERE I BELONG HomeTown 49400
46 36 7 6 YOUNG AND RESTLESS Benjamin 226650
47 NEW 47 1 DANGEROUS Big Data featuring Joywave 12500
48 52 48 10 HAPPY TOGETHER The Turtles 93150
49 NEW 49 1 SPRING/SUN/WINTER/DREAD Everything Everything 12100
50 NEW 50 1 LET IT ALL GO RHODES & Birdy 12000

51 NEW 51 1 ELECTRIC LOVE BORNS 11750
52 32 32 5 STITCHES Shawn Mendes 74700
53 NEW 53 1 BLACK AND WHITE Kylie Minogue + Garibay featuring Shaggy 11250
54 NEW 54 1 HEART OF OAK Richard Hawley 11000
55 NEW 55 1 RUNNIN’ (LOSE IT ALL) Naughty Boy featuring Beyonce & Arrow Benjamin 10800
56 60 56 6 MELLOW YELLOW Donovan 45200
57 57 1 28 BE MY BABY The Ronettes 1064150
58 NEW 58 1 SOMETHING RIGHT Molly Pettersson Hammar 10200
59 68 59 2 HEER/ GOLDEN MOMENT Howard Goodall & The Original London Bend It Like Beckham Cast (Rekha Sawnhey) 16500
60 46 4 12 WHEN M+A 416650

61 58 1 20 SO YOU WIN AGAIN Hot Chocolate 580550
62 47 8 10 WAITING FOR LOVE Avicii featuring Simon Aldred (of Cherry Ghost) 266850
63 45 3 12 RENEGADES X Ambassadors 383900
64 NEW 64 1 OCEAN tiny deaths 7100
65 61 1 21 I CAN CHANGE Brandon Flowers 1572600
66 65 1 20 LOVE IS LIFE Hot Chocolate 731200
67 NEW 67 1 ON FIRE Stefanie Heinzmann 6600
68 70 68 2 SOCKETS Slaves 12400
69 69 69 3 LONG WAY HOME Kerri Watt 18400
70 NEW 70 1 R U MINE (LOST KINGS REMIX) ROZES 6000

71 NEW 71 1 HELP IS COMING Crowded House 5800
72 RE 67 3 HAPPY DAYS Squeeze 17200
73 66 66 2 JITTER Grace Mitchell 12200
74 NEW 74 1 GEE WHIZ (LOOK AT HIS EYES) Carla Thomas 5200
75 NEW 75 1 HIGH BY THE BEACH Lana Del Ray 5000

DROP OUTS
37 37 3 I AM Leona Lewis 39400
41 2 11 HOLD ME UP Conrad Sewell 554750
42 12 12 MARVIN GAYE Charlie Puth featuring Meghan Trainor 197700
43 6 8 IF I WERE YOUR WOMAN Gladys Knight And The Pips 194400
44 2 11 ‘CAUSE I’M A MAN Tame Impala 691850
48 25 5 RESTLESS YEAR Ezra Furman 72350
49 9 8 POWERFUL Major Lazer featuring Ellie Goulding and Tarrus Riley 216500
51 28 6 TIDAL WAVE EVVY 90150
54 54 3 THE GHOST OF LOVE Simply Red 22200
55 45 4 GOOD TIMES Ella Eyre featuring Sigma 40400
56 56 4 RESTLESS New Order 31700
59 8 7 IF I THOUGHT YOU’D EVER CHANGE YOUR MIND Cilla Black 178050
62 32 5 DON’T WORRY Madcon and Ray Dalton 64050
63 34 5 CLOAKED Woolf And The Wondershow 62400
64 50 5 HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE Calvin Harris and Disciples 46700
67 48 5 OMEN Disclosure featuring Sam Smith 39900
71 71 2 GUEST LIST Ward Thomas 11000
72 72 3 (I NEVER PROMISED YOU A) ROSE GARDEN (total 956700) Lynn Anderson 16800
73 73 3 RATTLE THAT LOCK David Gilmour 16200
74 74 2 DRAG ME DOWN One Direction 10200

13th September 2015

Florence does it at long last, having peaked as high as 2 before – and it’s a marathon (and flop) single that does it, I don’t understand why it wasn’t the lead single, Queen Of Peace is easily up there with her best work. Fab. That means Rationale has to settle for runners-up, with the fantastic Fuel To The Fire, while Taylor Swift hits 4 and one of her biggest chart hits in my world, and again I wonder why it was left to be umpteenth track off the album 1989. Hey ho. Thomas Rett goes top 10, (ooh! ahh!) as Sugarhill gang finally get that elusive top 10 track 33 years late.

Highest new entry are Hurts at 18, following up a number 2 pretty quickly. Lights is fab. Young Empires open up The Gates at 19, PHASES are in at 26, great video to that one, and Duke Dumont gets a huge climb to 27 with Ocean Drive and an acid house guest vocalist. Demi Lovato gets a top 40, she has after all been UP recently, and now she’s Cool For The Summer. Weren’t we all in the UK! Wet, too. Duran Duran get a 2nd top 40 hit at 38, this time with an assist from Kiesza, her 4th chart entry. Elton John’s Tiny Dancer was pretty obscure back in the 70’s, these days it’s his 2nd-biggest downloaded track, and it’s reward is to finally make my top 40 with a leap.

Kacey Musgraves get a charming 2nd top 40 this year, and a sampled dance track of Grace Slick, taken from Jefferson Airplane’s UK flop, US hit, White Rabbit, hits 53 for Paul Kalkbrenner. They first charted in my charts in 1980, top 5 with Jane, though the Airplane had been swapped for a Starship by then. Eventually Jefferson got dropped too, along with song quality, and they were rewarded with their biggest hits later in the 80’s. Grace’s finest moment was in 1980, solo, an epic record called Dreams.

1 5 1 2 QUEEN OF PEACE Florence + The Machine 230000
2 3 2 4 FUEL TO THE FIRE Rationale 254700
3 1 1 4 ROUSSEAU Nerina Pallot 338500
4 17 4 2 WILDEST DREAMS Taylor Swift 88000
5 2 1 5 BODY Niia 465000
6 4 1 7 I HAD THIS THING Royksopp 556500
7 16 7 2 CRASH AND BURN Thomas Rett 75000
8 6 6 5 BODY TALK Foxes 182550
9 9 9 7 DON’T BE SO HARD ON YOURSELF Jess Glynne 205400
10 11 10 5 APACHE (JUMP ON IT!) The Sugarhill Gang 148100

11 18 11 3 DOWNTOWN Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee, and Grandmaster Caz 81000
12 7 7 7 THIS SUMMER Maroon 5 176600
13 13 13 2 EVERYBODY FEELING SOMETHING Marlon Roudette featuring K. Stewart 64000
14 10 8 3 I AM THE ANTICHRIST TO YOU Kishi Bashi 119000
15 8 3 5 GOOD FOR YOU Selena Gomez featuring A$AP Rocky 193400
16 19 16 12 SPOOKY Dusty Springfield 123400
17 12 12 5 OH MY LOVE The Score 113000
18 NEW 18 1 LIGHTS Hurts 22000
19 37 19 3 THE GATES Young Empires 55600
20 20 20 2 WRITTEN IN THE WATER Gin Wigmore 40000

21 23 21 3 STEP INSIDE LOVE (ALMIGHTY RADIO EDIT) CIlla Black 52750
22 35 22 3 THE WAKE a-ha 54100
23 24 23 2 COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS Above And Beyond featuring Gemma Hayes 38250
24 14 5 9 PEANUT BUTTER JELLY Galantis 305700
25 15 1 11 PRESSURE OFF Duran Duran featuring Janelle Monae and Nile Rodgers 619350
26 NEW 26 1 I’M IN LOVE WITH MY LIFE PHASES 18500
27 58 27 2 OCEAN DRIVE Duke Dumont featuring Robert Owens 28600
28 26 5 10 EASY LOVE Sigala featuring The Jackson 5 313800
29 29 29 2 WHERE I BELONG HomeTown 36400
30 40 30 2 ALL SHE WAS MIKA 35000

31 21 1 14 SHINE Years And Years 1160100
32 36 32 4 STITCHES Shawn Mendes 63200
33 39 33 2 DO IT WELL XYconstant featuring Tom Aspaul 34800
34 31 10 8 THE OTHER BOYS NERVO featuring Kylie Minogue, Jake Shears and Nile Rodgers 195150
35 60 35 2 COOL FOR THE SUMMER Demi Lovato 27500
36 22 7 5 YOUNG AND RESTLESS Benjamin 213900
37 50 37 3 I AM Leona Lewis 39400
38 NEW 38 1 LAST NIGHT IN THE CITY Duran Duran featuring Kiesza 17200
39 68 39 3 TINY DANCER Elton John 29700
40 67 40 2 THIS TOWN Kacey Musgraves 23600

41 32 2 11 HOLD ME UP Conrad Sewell 554750
42 25 12 12 MARVIN GAYE Charlie Puth featuring Meghan Trainor 197700
43 27 6 8 IF I WERE YOUR WOMAN Gladys Knight And The Pips 194400
44 34 2 11 ‘CAUSE I’M A MAN Tame Impala 691850
45 44 3 11 RENEGADES X Ambassadors 376700
46 43 4 11 WHEN M+A 404650
47 33 8 9 WAITING FOR LOVE Avicii featuring Simon Aldred (of Cherry Ghost) 259450
48 30 25 5 RESTLESS YEAR Ezra Furman 72350
49 38 9 8 POWERFUL Major Lazer featuring Ellie Goulding and Tarrus Riley 216500
50 71 50 2 TAKE A PICTURE OF THIS Don Henley 17800

51 28 28 6 TIDAL WAVE EVVY 90150
52 52 52 9 HAPPY TOGETHER The Turtles 80850
53 NEW 53 1 FEED YOUR HEAD (RADIO EDIT) Paul Kalkbrenner featuring Jefferson Airplane 11250
54 69 54 3 THE GHOST OF LOVE Simply Red 22200
55 45 45 4 GOOD TIMES Ella Eyre featuring Sigma 40400
56 59 56 4 RESTLESS New Order 31700
57 57 1 27 BE MY BABY The Ronettes 1053750
58 55 1 19 SO YOU WIN AGAIN Hot Chocolate 573050
59 46 8 7 IF I THOUGHT YOU’D EVER CHANGE YOUR MIND Cilla Black 178050
60 65 60 5 MELLOW YELLOW Donovan 34600

61 56 1 20 I CAN CHANGE Brandon Flowers 1565600
62 42 32 5 DON’T WORRY Madcon and Ray Dalton 64050
63 41 34 5 CLOAKED Woolf And The Wondershow 62400
64 54 50 5 HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE Calvin Harris and Disciples 46700
65 64 1 19 LOVE IS LIFE Hot Chocolate 724400
66 NEW 66 1 JITTER Grace Mitchell 6800
67 62 48 5 OMEN Disclosure featuring Sam Smith 39900
68 NEW 68 1 HEER/ GOLDEN MOMENT Howard Goodall & The Original London Bend It Like Beckham Cast (Rekha Sawnhey) 6400
69 70 69 2 LONG WAY HOME Kerri Watt 12200
70 NEW 70 1 SOCKETS Slaves 6000

71 74 71 2 GUEST LIST Ward Thomas 11000
72 72 72 3 (I NEVER PROMISED YOU A) ROSE GARDEN Lynn Anderson 16800
73 73 73 3 RATTLE THAT LOCK David Gilmour 16200
74 75 74 2 DRAG ME DOWN One Direction 10200
75 NEW 75 1 BACK WHERE I BELONG Jack Savoretti 5000

DROP OUTS
47 33 4 ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING AND ANYTHING AT ALL Kylie Minogue 52600
48 14 5 ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART Cilla Black 97500
49 18 7 SWEET HARMONY Monarchy featuring The Pledge Choir 103950
51 35 7 INSOMNIA 2.0 (AVICII REMIX) Faithless 90750
53 18 11 GLITTERBALL Sigma featuring Ella Henderson 165550
61 40 2 90’s LOVE (ACID PT. II) The Caulfield Beats 24500
63 2 15 SOME KIND OF HEAVEN Hurts 625300
66 66 2 INTOXICATED Martin Solveig and GTA 13600

6th September 2015

It’s Nerina Pallot getting her second chart-topper 4 years on since Turn Me On Again did the trick. Rousseau is following me following me delightfully buzzing about in my head. Rationale climbs up to 3, adding fuel to the fire for the race for next week’s chart-topper, cos there’s a deluge of new songs entering high up, led by Florence And The Machine getting their (or her) biggest since Shake It Out. She’s had a handful of big singles in my charts but has yet to crack the top slot, but coming in at 5 is a good start, with Queen Of Peace, gorgeous.

Marlon Roudette returns with a second top 20 hit, Everybody feeling Something? I know I am. There’s some country jamming (ugh! ahhh! see the youtube!) as Thomas Rett enters at 16 just ahead of Taylor Swift pushing yet another 1989 track, and this one is actually better than a couple of the previous ones, in my Wildest Dreams. Gin Wigmore also gets a second top 20, Above And Beyond a second top 40, and MIKA returns yet again with a sweet 8 and a half years of top 40 tracks, non-stop pretty much. Lower down, Eagles man Don Henley drops a new track to give him 33 years of solo hits and 43 years of Eagles hits. Not a bad run really….

1 4 1 3 ROUSSEAU Nerina Pallot 253500
2 1 1 4 BODY Niia 405000
3 11 3 3 FUEL TO THE FIRE Rationale 139700
4 2 1 6 I HAD THIS THING Royksopp 501500
5 NEW 5 1 QUEEN OF PEACE Florence + The Machine 60000
6 6 6 4 BODY TALK Foxes 134550
7 10 7 6 THIS SUMMER Maroon 5 141600
8 3 3 4 GOOD FOR YOU Selena Gomez featuring A$AP Rocky 166400
9 9 9 6 DON’T BE SO HARD ON YOURSELF Jess Glynne 160400
10 8 8 2 I AM THE ANTICHRIST TO YOU Kishi Bashi 90000

11 13 11 4 APACHE (JUMP ON IT!) The Sugarhill Gang 106100
12 16 12 4 OH MY LOVE The Score 90000
13 NEW 13 1 EVERYBODY FEELING SOMETHING Marlon Roudette featuring K. Stewart 32000
14 12 5 8 PEANUT BUTTER JELLY Galantis 286700
15 5 1 10 PRESSURE OFF Duran Duran featuring Janelle Monae and Nile Rodgers 600600
16 NEW 16 1 CRASH AND BURN Thomas Rett 25000
17 NEW 17 1 WILDEST DREAMS Taylor Swift 23000
18 18 18 2 DOWNTOWN Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee, and Grandmaster Caz 44000
19 22 19 11 SPOOKY Dusty Springfield 98400
20 NEW 20 1 WRITTEN IN THE WATER Gin Wigmore 20000

21 15 1 13 SHINE Years And Years 1142200
22 7 7 4 YOUNG AND RESTLESS Benjamin 196500
23 42 23 2 STEP INSIDE LOVE (ALMIGHTY RADIO EDIT) CIlla Black 33000
24 NEW 24 1 COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS Above And Beyond featuring Gemma Hayes 19000
25 17 12 11 MARVIN GAYE Charlie Puth featuring Meghan Trainor 183950
26 24 5 9 EASY LOVE Sigala featuring The Jackson 5 295500
27 14 6 7 IF I WERE YOUR WOMAN Gladys Knight And The Pips 180900
28 28 28 5 TIDAL WAVE EVVY 78400
29 NEW 29 1 WHERE I BELONG HomeTown 18200
30 25 25 4 RESTLESS YEAR Ezra Furman 60050

31 27 10 7 THE OTHER BOYS NERVO featuring Kylie Minogue, Jake Shears and Nile Rodgers 177550
32 21 2 10 HOLD ME UP Conrad Sewell 540750
33 23 8 8 WAITING FOR LOVE Avicii featuring Simon Aldred (of Cherry Ghost) 246950
34 20 2 10 ‘CAUSE I’M A MAN Tame Impala 678600
35 39 35 2 THE WAKE a-ha 34600
36 38 36 3 STITCHES Shawn Mendes 45400
37 37 37 2 THE GATES Young Empires 34600
38 19 9 7 POWERFUL Major Lazer featuring Ellie Goulding and Tarrus Riley 204400
39 NEW 39 1 DO IT WELL XYconstant featuring Tom Aspaul 17100
40 NEW 40 1 ALL SHE WAS MIKA 17000

41 34 34 4 CLOAKED Woolf And The Wondershow 55200
42 32 32 4 DON’T WORRY Madcon and Ray Dalton 56650
43 26 4 10 WHEN M+A 391900
44 41 3 10 RENEGADES X Ambassadors 363700
45 57 45 3 GOOD TIMES Ella Eyre featuring Sigma 29600
46 29 8 6 IF I THOUGHT YOU’D EVER CHANGE YOUR MIND Cilla Black 167950
47 33 33 4 ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING AND ANYTHING AT ALL Kylie Minogue 52600
48 30 14 5 ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART Cilla Black 97500
49 31 18 7 SWEET HARMONY Monarchy featuring The Pledge Choir 103950
50 59 50 2 I AM Leona Lewis 22100

51 35 35 7 INSOMNIA 2.0 (AVICII REMIX) Faithless 90750
52 53 52 8 HAPPY TOGETHER The Turtles 69350
53 45 18 11 GLITTERBALL Sigma featuring Ella Henderson 165550
54 50 50 4 HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE Calvin Harris and Disciples 39600
55 54 1 18 SO YOU WIN AGAIN Hot Chocolate 562850
56 51 1 19 I CAN CHANGE Brandon Flowers 1558100
57 55 1 26 BE MY BABY The Ronettes 1043350
58 NEW 58 1 OCEAN DRIVE Duke Dumont 10200
59 70 59 3 RESTLESS New Order 21100
60 NEW 60 1 COOL FOR THE SUMMER Demi Lovato 10000

61 40 40 2 90’s LOVE (ACID PT. II) The Caulfield Beats 24500
62 48 48 4 OMEN Disclosure featuring Sam Smith 33300
63 49 2 15 SOME KIND OF HEAVEN Hurts 625300
64 62 1 18 LOVE IS LIFE Hot Chocolate 717400
65 65 65 4 MELLOW YELLOW Donovan 24600
66 66 66 2 INTOXICATED Martin Solveig and GTA 13600
67 NEW 67 1 THIS TOWN Kacey Musgraves 6600
68 69 68 2 TINY DANCER Elton John 12600
69 75 69 2 THE GHOST OF LOVE Simply Red 11200
70 NEW 70 1 LONG WAY HOME Kerri Watt 6000

71 NEW 71 1 TAKE A PICTURE OF THIS Don Henley 5800
72 72 72 2 (I NEVER PROMISED YOU A) ROSE GARDEN Lynn Anderson 11200
73 73 73 2 RATTLE THAT LOCK David Gilmour 10800
74 NEW 74 1 GUEST LIST Ward Thomas 5200
75 NEW 75 1 DRAG ME DOWN One Direction 5000

DROP OUTS
36 16 5 BLACK Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi featuring Norah Jones 92150
43 30 6 GHOST TOWN BLUES Lauren Housley 82400
44 44 2 CLOSER Lemaitre featuring Jennie A 24750
46 32 3 NIGHTS LIKE THIS W. Darling 43050
47 47 2 I WANT YOU Wrabel 22700
52 1 12 TOM’S DINER Giorgio Moroder featuring Britney Spears 569900
56 17 7 HURTS Kove featuring Moko 117000
58 40 6 RUN AWAY WITH ME Carly Rae Jepsen 56600
60 25 7 ORGAN The Hardkiss 86250
61 39 4 WATERFALL Vok 46700
63 10 19 LEAN ON Major Lazer featuring MO and DJ Snake 330300
64 64 3 INSTANT CRUSH Natalie Imbruglia 18100
67 67 2 HAPPY DAYS Squeeze 11800
68 68 2 KING GRADES 12200
71 4 20 HOME Max Jury 442450
74 20 7 UNDER THE MAKEUP a-ha 111200