My May 2022 Charts

1st May 2022

It’s Harry Styles grabbing his 2nd chart-topper, after Watermelon Sugar, and hot behind the very Stevie-Nicks-ish fab BirdSMITH duo, one getting criminally ignored everywhere except for one or two plays on radio 2. Florence has a 3rd track from the new album enter, new single Free, while Freedom is not far behind for Jon batiste’s 2nd chart entry, the very retro funk track new at 36. Shawn Mendes adds to his growing list of charting tracks, Emeli Sande makes it over a decade of chart entries, Will Young makes it 20 years-worth, Alison Krauss almost 30 years-worth and Robert Plant 40 years-worth.

1 8 1 5 AS IT WAS – Harry Styles 287600
2 2 1 8 THE LAST GOODBYE – ODESZA featuring Bettye LaVette 892000
3 9 3 5 KISS IT BETTER – BirdSMITH 175400
4 3 3 6 PURPLE ZONE – Soft Cell & Pet Shop Boys 370000
5 4 1 8 SPACE MAN – Sam Ryder 703250
6 1 1 2 THE HUSTLE – Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony 225000
7 5 2 8 MY LOVE – Florence + The Machine 562750
8 6 1 11 AM GOLD – Train 732850
9 11 9 5 PARTY IN MY MIND – Dolores Forever 139250
10 23 10 5 KALIMA MINOU – Shanguy & Mark Neve 92950

11 14 11 5 NIGHTFALLS – Keith Urban 107900
12 10 10 7 OUT YONDER – Elle King 171100
13 7 7 8 ESCAPE – Kx5 (Kaskade & Deadmau5) featuring Hayla 210600
14 17 14 5 MONA LISA – mxmtoon 94450
15 15 8 9 RUN – Becky Hill & Galantis 235900
16 31 16 5 PYRAMIDS – Otto Knows 84200
17 38 17 3 ALL OF YOU – Duran Duran 46800
18 29 18 5 DIE IN THE DISCO – Night Club 77450
19 26 19 11 TROUBLE – Troye Sivan & Jay Som 133900
20 58 20 3 LOST TRACK – HAIM 37400

21 50 21 3 ABOUT DAMN TIME – Lizzo 42550
22 19 8 9 HELLO WORLD – Alan Walker & Torine 223900
23 18 10 11 HALLUCINATION – Regard and Years and Years 218350
24 22 1 15 WISHFUL THINKING – LEON 1140150
25 40 25 4 WILD CHILD – The Black Keys 55250
26 32 26 5 STRANGE GAME – Mick Jagger 64500
27 51 27 5 DEEPER – ZIDA & Rat City 56950
28 28 19 8 BONES – Imagine Dragons 122300
29 NEW 29 1 FREE – Florence + The Machine 18200
30 24 2 17 LESS THAN ZERO – The Weeknd 826500

31 33 31 9 FORGIVE ME – Sofi Tukker & Mahmut Orhan 117000
32 71 32 4 CITY OF GODS (PART II) – Alicia Keys 34000
33 35 33 6 MAKE YOUR MARK – Seth Lakeman 81400
34 39 34 7 A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE – Weezer 76000
35 36 35 12 IT’S TOO LATE – Carole King 152250
36 NEW 36 1 FREEDOM – Jon Batiste 17400
37 21 5 11 FUNNY GIRL – Father John Misty 397350
38 13 6 12 WALKING IN THE RAIN – The Ronettes 312300
39 68 39 2 IT GETS DARK – Sigrid 23500
40 25 7 10 WEST COAST – OneRepublic 284550

41 16 10 6 YOU’VE GOT MY NUMBER (WHY DON’T YOU USE IT!) – The Undertones 151250
42 55 42 3 FORGET ABOUT US – Albin Lee Meldau 30750
43 43 43 2 BAGGY TROUSERS – Madness 27000
44 30 30 10 KING – Florence + The Machine 122450
45 34 1 15 SHOW ME LOVE – Tove Styrke 728200
46 42 3 16 BETTER DAYS – Neiked, Mae Muller & Polo G 636750
47 47 47 5 PRAYER – Secret Garden 54400
48 48 48 8 FROZEN – Madonna 73450
49 46 1 26 WHEN YOU DANCED WITH ME – ABBA 1520050
50 37 24 7 BRING BACK THE TIME – New Kids On The Block featuring En Vogue, Rick Astley & Salt ‘n’ Pepa 114400

51 20 20 17 IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND – Gordon Lightfoot 241800
52 41 8 10 SAME AIR – The Rocket Summer 265750
53 57 53 5 SWEET HARMONY – The Beloved 39850
54 54 1 35 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU – ABBA 1510100
55 52 1 26 ODE TO FREEDOM – ABBA 1249050
56 60 56 5 BLOW – Jackson Wang 37700
57 53 1 14 EVERLASTING LOVE – Love Affair 755200
58 27 27 16 BABY I LOVE YOU – The Ronettes 189000
59 59 59 2 HAND IN GLOVE – Sandie Shaw & The Smiths 20200
60 63 60 8 GIMME SOME LOVIN’ – The Spencer Davis Group 51200

61 12 12 2 SUNDAY GIRL – Blondie 42500
62 44 30 7 KICK – Def Leppard 92250
63 67 63 2 WATERLOO SUNSET – The Kinks 13800
64 NEW 64 1 WHEN YOU’RE GONE – Shawn Mendes 7100
65 62 1 35 DON’T SHUT ME DOWN – ABBA 1780650
66 69 66 4 FANTASY – Mariah Carey 23800
67 45 27 10 NIGHT AND DAY – Johnny Marr 114850
68 72 68 3 NEVER GIVE UP – Chronixx 17000
69 64 1 26 GIVE IT ALL UP – Duran Duran featuring Tove Lo 1595350
70 NEW 70 1 THERE ISN’T MUCH – Emeli Sande 6000

71 49 32 10 IMPOSSIBLE – Royksopp & Alison Goldfrapp 110700
72 NEW 72 1 DINNER TABLE – Nina Nesbitt 5600
73 NEW 73 1 WHY DOES IT HURT – Will Young 5400
74 NEW 74 1 GREEN GREEN GRASS – George Ezra 5200
75 NEW 75 1 SOMEBODY WAS WATCHING OVER ME – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss 5000

DROP OUTS
56 10 9 WONDROUS PLACE (STRING AND TINS REMIX) – Billy Fury 213650
61 5 14 WE STAND ALONE – George Cosby 417600
65 65 5 CHAOTIC – Tate McRae 33000
66 7 16 NO CHOICE – Tame Impala 413050
70 27 12 ANYONE FOR YOU (TIGER LILY) – George Ezra 153100
73 1 18 HELLO IT’S ME – Todd Rundgren 777950
74 41 4 SHOW ME LOVE (AMERICA) – The Wanted 31200
75 24 10 BEG FOR YOU – Charli XCX featuring Rina Sawayama 128500

8th May 2022

It’s BirdSMITH kissing it better on top, what a great record, very Stevie Nicks 80’s era. Keith Urban can’t stop getting those top 10’s, Nightfalls is just the latest, and Sigrid climbs fast into the 20 as it gets dark. Highest new entry is a 41st year of Bananarama top 40’s since Aiemwana, their cover of Yamasukis 1971 obscure great aka Daft Punk’s dad.

Tom Grennan is back, DNCE are also back after a break while Jonas brothers had more of a profile, and Tears For Fears make it a 4th from the new album to chart. PSY is back after a long absence with a bit of an assist from his BTS connections, Doja Cat finally does something more interesting, sampling the 70-odd years-old Elvis-inspiring Hound Dog herself, Big mama Thornton, and Suggs and Paul Weller do a Jam/Madness Britpop bit of combo fun.

1 3 1 6 KISS IT BETTER – BirdSMITH 345400
2 1 1 6 AS IT WAS – Harry Styles 402600
3 2 1 9 THE LAST GOODBYE – ODESZA featuring Bettye LaVette 977000
4 4 3 7 PURPLE ZONE – Soft Cell & Pet Shop Boys 435000
5 5 1 9 SPACE MAN – Sam Ryder 763250
6 9 6 6 PARTY IN MY MIND – Dolores Forever 194250
7 10 7 6 KALIMA MINOU – Shanguy & Mark Neve 142950
8 11 8 6 NIGHTFALLS – Keith Urban 155900
9 14 9 6 MONA LISA – mxmtoon 139450
10 7 2 9 MY LOVE – Florence + The Machine 604750

11 16 11 6 PYRAMIDS – Otto Knows 121200
12 18 12 6 DIE IN THE DISCO – Night Club 115450
13 8 1 12 AM GOLD – Train 764850
14 27 14 6 DEEPER – ZIDA & Rat City 85950
15 39 15 3 IT GETS DARK – Sigrid 50500
16 17 16 4 ALL OF YOU – Duran Duran 71800
17 21 17 4 ABOUT DAMN TIME – Lizzo 65550
18 20 18 4 LOST TRACK – HAIM 59400
19 26 19 6 STRANGE GAME – Mick Jagger 85500
20 12 10 8 OUT YONDER – Elle King 191100

21 13 7 9 ESCAPE – Kx5 (Kaskade & Deadmau5) featuring Hayla 230350
22 6 1 3 THE HUSTLE – Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony 244500
23 25 23 5 WILD CHILD – The Black Keys 74500
24 15 8 10 RUN – Becky Hill & Galantis 254900
25 36 25 2 FREEDOM – Jon Batiste 36150
26 19 19 12 TROUBLE – Troye Sivan & Jay Som 152400
27 32 27 5 CITY OF GODS (PART II) – Alicia Keys 52400
28 29 28 2 FREE – Florence + The Machine 36500
29 24 1 16 WISHFUL THINKING – LEON 1158350
30 22 8 10 HELLO WORLD – Alan Walker & Torine 241900

31 33 31 7 MAKE YOUR MARK – Seth Lakeman 99300
32 23 10 12 HALLUCINATION – Regard and Years and Years 236150
33 31 31 10 FORGIVE ME – Sofi Tukker & Mahmut Orhan 134700
34 34 34 8 A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE – Weezer 93600
35 35 35 13 IT’S TOO LATE – Carole King 169750
36 28 19 9 BONES – Imagine Dragons 139700
37 70 37 2 THERE ISN’T MUCH – Emeli Sande 23300
38 42 38 4 FORGET ABOUT US – Albin Lee Meldau 47950
39 NEW 39 1 FAVOURITE – Bananarama 17100
40 43 40 3 BAGGY TROUSERS – Madness 44000

41 30 2 18 LESS THAN ZERO – The Weeknd 840500
42 47 42 6 PRAYER – Secret Garden 68150
43 48 43 9 FROZEN – Madonna 86950
44 37 5 12 FUNNY GIRL – Father John Misty 410600
45 64 45 2 WHEN YOU’RE GONE – Shawn Mendes 20100
46 53 46 6 SWEET HARMONY – The Beloved 52600
47 59 47 3 HAND IN GLOVE – Sandie Shaw & The Smiths 32700
48 40 7 11 WEST COAST – OneRepublic 296850
49 38 6 13 WALKING IN THE RAIN – The Ronettes 324400
50 56 50 6 BLOW – Jackson Wang 49700

51 46 3 17 BETTER DAYS – Neiked, Mae Muller & Polo G 648500
52 49 1 27 WHEN YOU DANCED WITH ME – ABBA 1531550
53 60 53 9 GIMME SOME LOVIN’ – The Spencer Davis Group 62450
54 54 1 36 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU – ABBA 1521100
55 45 1 16 SHOW ME LOVE – Tove Styrke 739000
56 72 56 2 DINNER TABLE – Nina Nesbitt 16200
57 55 1 27 ODE TO FREEDOM – ABBA 1259450
58 63 58 3 WATERLOO SUNSET – The Kinks 24000
59 66 59 5 FANTASY – Mariah Carey 33900
60 73 60 2 WHY DOES IT HURT – Will Young 15400

61 NEW 61 1 REMIND ME – Tom Grennan 7500
62 57 1 15 EVERLASTING LOVE – Love Affair 762600
63 NEW 63 1 MOVE – DNCE 7200
64 52 8 11 SAME AIR – The Rocket Summer 272850
65 74 65 2 GREEN GREEN GRASS – George Ezra 12200
66 NEW 66 1 CLOSURE – Wrabel 6800
67 65 1 36 DON’T SHUT ME DOWN – ABBA 1787250
68 68 68 4 NEVER GIVE UP – Chronixx 23400
69 75 69 2 SOMEBODY WAS WATCHING OVER ME – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss 11200
70 NEW 70 1 MY DEMONS – Tears For Fears 6000

71 69 1 27 GIVE IT ALL UP – Duran Duran featuring Tove Lo 1601150
72 NEW 72 1 21 REASONS – Nathan Dawe x Ella Henderson 5600
73 NEW 73 1 THAT THAT – PSY & SUGA 5400
74 NEW 74 1 OOH DO U FINK U R? – Suggs & Paul Weller 5200
75 NEW 75 1 VEGAS (HOUND DOG) – Doja Cat featuring Big Mama Thornton 5000

DROP OUTS
41 10 6 YOU’VE GOT MY NUMBER (WHY DON’T YOU USE IT!) – The Undertones 151250
44 30 10 KING – Florence + The Machine 122450
50 24 7 BRING BACK THE TIME – New Kids On The Block featuring En Vogue, Rick Astley & Salt ‘n’ Pepa 114400
51 20 17 IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND – Gordon Lightfoot 241800
58 27 16 BABY I LOVE YOU – The Ronettes 189000
61 12 2 SUNDAY GIRL – Blondie 42500
62 30 7 KICK – Def Leppard 92250
67 27 10 NIGHT AND DAY – Johnny Marr 114850
71 32 10 IMPOSSIBLE – Royksopp & Alison Goldfrapp 110700

15th May 2022

It’s a new entry at for Estonia’s under-performing brilliant Eurovision entry, it suffered from being on last as everyone buggered off to the toilet or to make a cup of tea. It’s got 50’s twangy guitar vibes but is a strong song of Hope. It’s been over a decade since Eurovision had 2 tracks top my charts from the same competition. Meanwhile Gigliola Cinquetti’s touching comeback after 58 years to sing Non Ho L’Eta Per Amarti gives me the perfect excuse to finally chart what was my first fave Eurovision song back when I was 6 and give her a follow-up chart entry to 1974’s Go (Si) when she came 2nd to Abba. New at 4, with the whole top 5 sounding brilliant to me right now.

New at 7 Sweden’s Eurovision entry does well again, while Czech Republic are new at 13 with a banging dance tune that suffered from being first on, everyone had forgotten it by voting time. It’s almost as if Italy was trying to do in some rivals, what with that batch of dull ballads and then a batch of competing uptempo tracks in with a shot. Anyway, Subwoolfer with Ben from A1 also pop in lower down for Norway, wolf masks and all. I mean it’s no Caught In The Middle, but it’s fun and his first chart visit for 20 years.

Liam Gallagher invokes the spirit of bruv Noel’s Setting Sons collab with Chemical Brothers, which should piss him off nicely, new at 57, Dave Stewart makes a chart comeback for the first time in about 20 years with a quaint and charming old-fashioned song from a forthcoming musical, and extends his chart run to 43 years. Thomas Rhett gets a 4th or 5th chart track since his 10’s debut, David Guetta, Beck Hill and Ella Henderson all add to their growing list of regular entries, Galantis add to theirs too, Nerina Pallot has a return after a gap of a few years and a run of about 17 years now, Mark Ronson is also close to that and back, and ditto Chase and Status.

1 NEW 1 1 HOPE – Stefan 170000
2 1 1 7 KISS IT BETTER – BirdSMITH 460400
3 5 1 10 SPACE MAN – Sam Ryder 848250
4 NEW 4 1 NON HO L’ETA PER AMARTI – Gigliola Cinquetti 65000
5 3 1 10 THE LAST GOODBYE – ODESZA featuring Bettye LaVette 1037000
6 2 1 7 AS IT WAS – Harry Styles 457600
7 NEW 7 1 HOLD ME CLOSER – Cordelia Jakobs 50000
8 7 7 7 KALIMA MINOU – Shanguy & Mark Neve 190950
9 6 6 7 PARTY IN MY MIND – Dolores Forever 239250
10 15 10 4 IT GETS DARK – Sigrid 92500

11 8 8 7 NIGHTFALLS – Keith Urban 192900
12 17 12 5 ABOUT DAMN TIME – Lizzo 100550
13 NEW 13 1 LIGHTS OFF – We Are Domi 32000
14 16 14 5 ALL OF YOU – Duran Duran 100800
15 4 3 8 PURPLE ZONE – Soft Cell & Pet Shop Boys 462000
16 9 9 7 MONA LISA – mxmtoon 164450
17 10 2 10 MY LOVE – Florence + The Machine 627750
18 11 11 7 PYRAMIDS – Otto Knows 143200
19 12 12 7 DIE IN THE DISCO – Night Club 136450
20 14 14 7 DEEPER – ZIDA & Rat City 105950

21 18 18 5 LOST TRACK – HAIM 79150
22 13 1 13 AM GOLD – Train 784350
23 27 23 6 CITY OF GODS (PART II) – Alicia Keys 71650
24 39 24 2 FAVOURITE – Bananarama 36100
25 25 25 3 FREEDOM – Jon Batiste 54900
26 37 26 3 THERE ISN’T MUCH – Emeli Sande 41800
27 28 27 3 FREE – Florence + The Machine 54900
28 19 19 7 STRANGE GAME – Mick Jagger 103800
29 22 1 4 THE HUSTLE – Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony 262700
30 20 10 9 OUT YONDER – Elle King 209100

31 21 7 10 ESCAPE – Kx5 (Kaskade & Deadmau5) featuring Hayla 248250
32 35 32 14 IT’S TOO LATE – Carole King 187550
33 23 23 6 WILD CHILD – The Black Keys 92200
34 38 34 5 FORGET ABOUT US – Albin Lee Meldau 65550
35 29 1 17 WISHFUL THINKING – LEON 1175850
36 40 36 4 BAGGY TROUSERS – Madness 61400
37 24 8 11 RUN – Becky Hill & Galantis 272200
38 31 31 8 MAKE YOUR MARK – Seth Lakeman 116500
39 26 19 13 TROUBLE – Troye Sivan & Jay Som 169500
40 43 40 10 FROZEN – Madonna 103950

41 30 8 11 HELLO WORLD – Alan Walker & Torine 255900
42 45 42 3 WHEN YOU’RE GONE – Shawn Mendes 33850
43 32 10 13 HALLUCINATION – Regard and Years and Years 249650
44 34 34 9 A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE – Weezer 106850
45 56 45 3 DINNER TABLE – Nina Nesbitt 29200
46 46 46 7 SWEET HARMONY – The Beloved 65350
47 47 47 4 HAND IN GLOVE – Sandie Shaw & The Smiths 45200
48 36 19 10 BONES – Imagine Dragons 152000
49 60 49 3 WHY DOES IT HURT – Will Young 27500
50 63 50 2 MOVE – DNCE 19200

51 41 2 19 LESS THAN ZERO – The Weeknd 852250
52 42 42 7 PRAYER – Secret Garden 79650
53 66 53 2 CLOSURE – Wrabel 18050
54 33 31 11 FORGIVE ME – Sofi Tukker & Mahmut Orhan 145700
55 52 1 28 WHEN YOU DANCED WITH ME – ABBA 1542350
56 54 1 37 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU – ABBA 1531700
57 NEW 57 1 BETTER DAYS – Liam Gallagher 10400
58 58 58 4 WATERLOO SUNSET – The Kinks 34200
59 NEW 59 1 GIVE THAT WOLF A BANANA – Subwoolfer 10100
60 57 1 28 ODE TO FREEDOM – ABBA 1269450

61 61 61 2 REMIND ME – Tom Grennan 15000
62 NEW 62 1 EBONY MCQUEEN – Dave Stewart 7400
63 69 63 3 SOMEBODY WAS WATCHING OVER ME – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss 18400
64 51 3 18 BETTER DAYS – Neiked, Mae Muller & Polo G 655600
65 65 65 3 GREEN GREEN GRASS – George Ezra 19200
66 70 66 2 MY DEMONS – Tears For Fears 12800
67 68 67 5 NEVER GIVE UP – Chronixx 30000
68 50 50 7 BLOW – Jackson Wang 56100
69 NEW 69 1 PARADISE – Thomas Rhett 6200
70 67 1 37 DON’T SHUT ME DOWN – ABBA 1793250

71 73 71 2 THAT THAT – PSY & SUGA 11200
72 72 72 2 21 REASONS – Nathan Dawe x Ella Henderson 11200
73 74 73 2 OOH DO U FINK U R? – Suggs & Paul Weller 10600
74 75 74 2 VEGAS (HOUND DOG) – Doja Cat featuring Big Mama Thornton 10200
75 NEW 75 1 CRAZY WHAT LOVE CAN DO – David Guetta, Becky Hill & Ella Henderson 5000
76 44 5 13 FUNNY GIRL – Father John Misty 415400
77 NEW 77 1 ALICE AT THE BEACH – Nerina Pallot 4600
78 NEW 78 1 1X1 – Galantis 4400
79 NEW 79 1 TOO MUCH – Mark Ronson featuring Lucky Daye 4200
80 NEW 80 1 MIXED EMOTIONS – Chase & Status 4000

DROP OUTS
48 7 11 WEST COAST – OneRepublic 296850
49 6 13 WALKING IN THE RAIN – The Ronettes 324400
53 53 9 GIMME SOME LOVIN’ – The Spencer Davis Group 62450
55 1 16 SHOW ME LOVE – Tove Styrke 739000
59 59 5 FANTASY – Mariah Carey 33900
62 1 15 EVERLASTING LOVE – Love Affair 762600
64 8 11 SAME AIR – The Rocket Summer 272850
71 1 27 GIVE IT ALL UP – Duran Duran featuring Tove Lo 1601150

22nd May 2022

It’s still Hope on top in all of it’s cowboy twangy guitar fabness presiding over a still brilliant top 5 for me, while one Eurovision track leaps another at 6 and 7, Duran make it another top 10 around about 20 or so in 40 years while Sigrid gets a first after 4 previous attempts over the last 4 years. Wrabel has a big top climb, Tears For Fears a big top 30 climb, while Suggs n Weller, Liam Gallagher, Thomas Rhett all leap up into the 40.

Second-Highest new entry is the unexpected collab between Diana Ross and Tame Impala for the Minions movie, already her most interesting track in 36 years, and her 3rd in her comeback. Pity its not an entire album, Diana’s quality threshold improves when she hands over the reigns to great writer-producers and drops the bland overly-sentimental schlock, and she has made some corkers in her 60-year career, starting in my charts with the total classic social commentary of Love Child with The Supremes 54 years ago! In one fell swoop Diana holds the current longest chart-span with new material again with only Paul McCartney, Tom Jones or Barry Gibb in a position to overhaul her at the moment. Gibb of course wrote & produced her last great record, Chain Reaction.Turn Up The Sunshine is at 37.

Harry Styles new album is out, and I’ve cherry-picked the best track (no need thank me) Grapejuice at 31, and Late Night Talking at 78. It’s very pleasant overall, but on one listen it’s not got the sheer number of potential singles of the last album. Maybe they will grow on me though. Vangelis sadly died this week, and in tribute his 1980 chart-topper with Jon Anderson of Yes, I Hear You Now, returns at 39 to boost it’s position in my All-Time Top 900 chart. It’s so lovely.

That leaves a catchy new entry from Alfie Templeman, who debuts and is new to me, with Colour Me Blue, Ed Sheeran keeping up the pace of singles at 1 a day (or something like it) as 2Step sneaks in with Lil baby on tow. Hope he has child safety seat. Finally, Tove Lo is back as her Duran Duran chart-topping track exited a week ago. No One Dies From Love is not strictly accurate as a sentiment – loads of people do – but the sci-fi video is fab.

1 1 1 2 HOPE – Stefan 340000
2 2 1 8 KISS IT BETTER – BirdSMITH 575400
3 4 3 2 NON HO L’ETA PER AMARTI – Gigliola Cinquetti 150000
4 3 1 11 SPACE MAN – Sam Ryder 913250
5 5 1 11 THE LAST GOODBYE – ODESZA featuring Bettye LaVette 1097000
6 13 6 2 LIGHTS OFF – We Are Domi 87000
7 7 7 2 HOLD ME CLOSER – Cordelia Jakobs 100000
8 6 1 8 AS IT WAS – Harry Styles 505600
9 14 9 6 ALL OF YOU – Duran Duran 145800
10 10 10 5 IT GETS DARK – Sigrid 134500

11 8 7 8 KALIMA MINOU – Shanguy & Mark Neve 227950
12 9 6 8 PARTY IN MY MIND – Dolores Forever 274250
13 11 8 8 NIGHTFALLS – Keith Urban 224900
14 24 14 3 FAVOURITE – Bananarama 65100
15 12 12 6 ABOUT DAMN TIME – Lizzo 127550
16 18 11 8 PYRAMIDS – Otto Knows 168200
17 19 12 8 DIE IN THE DISCO – Night Club 159450
18 21 18 6 LOST TRACK – HAIM 101150
19 23 19 7 CITY OF GODS (PART II) – Alicia Keys 92650
20 53 20 3 CLOSURE – Wrabel 38050

21 17 2 11 MY LOVE – Florence + The Machine 647500
22 22 1 14 AM GOLD – Train 803850
23 15 3 9 PURPLE ZONE – Soft Cell & Pet Shop Boys 481750
24 26 24 4 THERE ISN’T MUCH – Emeli Sande 60800
25 16 9 8 MONA LISA – mxmtoon 183200
26 20 14 8 DEEPER – ZIDA & Rat City 124450
27 27 27 4 FREE – Florence + The Machine 73300
28 50 28 3 MOVE – DNCE 37500
29 32 29 15 IT’S TOO LATE – Carole King 205750
30 66 30 3 MY DEMONS – Tears For Fears 30800

31 NEW 31 1 GRAPEJUICE – Harry Styles 17900
32 36 32 5 BAGGY TROUSERS – Madness 79200
33 73 33 3 OOH DO U FINK U R? – Suggs & Paul Weller 28300
34 34 34 6 FORGET ABOUT US – Albin Lee Meldau 83150
35 69 35 2 PARADISE – Thomas Rhett 23700
36 40 36 11 FROZEN – Madonna 121350
37 NEW 37 1 TURN UP THE SUNSHINE – Diana Ross & Tame Impala 17300
38 45 38 4 DINNER TABLE – Nina Nesbitt 46400
39 NEW 39 1 I HEAR YOU NOW – Jon & Vangelis 17100
40 57 40 2 BETTER DAYS – Liam Gallagher 27400

41 35 1 18 WISHFUL THINKING – LEON 1189850
42 49 42 4 WHY DOES IT HURT – Will Young 41250
43 25 25 4 FREEDOM – Jon Batiste 68400
44 46 44 8 SWEET HARMONY – The Beloved 78600
45 47 45 5 HAND IN GLOVE – Sandie Shaw & The Smiths 58200
46 30 10 10 OUT YONDER – Elle King 221850
47 28 19 8 STRANGE GAME – Mick Jagger 116300
48 29 1 5 THE HUSTLE – Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony 275000
49 31 7 11 ESCAPE – Kx5 (Kaskade & Deadmau5) featuring Hayla 260350
50 59 50 2 GIVE THAT WOLF A BANANA – Subwoolfer 22100

51 42 42 4 WHEN YOU’RE GONE – Shawn Mendes 45600
52 33 23 7 WILD CHILD – The Black Keys 103700
53 58 53 5 WATERLOO SUNSET – The Kinks 45450
54 51 2 20 LESS THAN ZERO – The Weeknd 863250
55 37 8 12 RUN – Becky Hill & Galantis 283200
56 56 1 38 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU – ABBA 1542300
57 55 1 29 WHEN YOU DANCED WITH ME – ABBA 1552750
58 62 58 2 EBONY MCQUEEN – Dave Stewart 17600
59 77 59 2 ALICE AT THE BEACH – Nerina Pallot 14700
60 61 60 3 REMIND ME – Tom Grennan 25000

61 63 61 4 SOMEBODY WAS WATCHING OVER ME – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss 25900
62 39 19 14 TROUBLE – Troye Sivan & Jay Som 176900
63 60 1 29 ODE TO FREEDOM – ABBA 1275650
64 65 64 4 GREEN GREEN GRASS – George Ezra 26300
65 71 65 3 THAT THAT – PSY & SUGA 18200
66 41 8 12 HELLO WORLD – Alan Walker & Torine 262700
67 38 31 9 MAKE YOUR MARK – Seth Lakeman 123100
68 78 68 2 1X1 – Galantis 10800
69 79 69 2 TOO MUCH – Mark Ronson featuring Lucky Daye 10400
70 72 70 3 21 REASONS – Nathan Dawe x Ella Henderson 17200

71 74 71 3 VEGAS (HOUND DOG) – Doja Cat featuring Big Mama Thornton 16000
72 44 34 10 A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE – Weezer 112450
73 70 1 38 DON’T SHUT ME DOWN – ABBA 1798650
74 43 10 14 HALLUCINATION – Regard and Years and Years 254850
75 75 75 2 CRAZY WHAT LOVE CAN DO – David Guetta, Becky Hill & Ella Henderson 10000
76 80 76 2 MIXED EMOTIONS – Chase & Status 8800
77 NEW 77 1 COLOUR ME BLUE – Alfie Templeman 4600
78 NEW 78 1 LATE NIGHT TALKING – Harry Styles 4400
79 NEW 79 1 2STEP – Ed Sheeran featuring Lil Baby 4200
80 NEW 80 1 NO ONE DIES FROM LOVE – Tove Lo 4000

DROP OUTS
48 19 10 BONES – Imagine Dragons 152000
52 42 7 PRAYER – Secret Garden 79650
54 31 11 FORGIVE ME – Sofi Tukker & Mahmut Orhan 145700
64 3 18 BETTER DAYS – Neiked, Mae Muller & Polo G 655600
67 67 5 NEVER GIVE UP – Chronixx 30000
68 50 7 BLOW – Jackson Wang 56100
76 5 13 FUNNY GIRL – Father John Misty 415400

29th May 2022

It’s 3 weeks at 1 for Stefan still giving me some Hope during a rough time, and BirdSMITH helping me Kiss It Better keeping off 60’s fave Non Ho L’Eta for now. Bananarama get a first top 10 for 3 years, making it a 5th consecutive decade they have had top 10’a, Favourite becoming the 7th top 10 of this century to add to the dozen or so they had in the 20th century and well over 40 years of charting. That’s nowt though, compared to Diana Ross, who gets her first top 10 with new material since 1986’s Chain Reaction, Turn Up The Sunshine giving her a whopping 54 years of charting since Love Child hit my number 2, and a total of at least 18 top 10’s. Tame Impala, her other half, are on at least 6 top 10’s.

Nerina Pallot gets her first top 20 since Rousseau topped in 2015, her second number one in a chart career of 17 years, and in the week that Depeche Mode keyboardist Alan Wilder died unexpectedly, Enjoy The Silence, Personal Jesus and See You all return to my chart in tribute. Kate Bush’s classic 1985 chart-topper Running Up That Hill is back yet again (last time was 2012 Olympics-plugged, this time it’s a spot on the new series of Stranger Things boosting it into the itunes top 5). Craig David is back with some Robin S sampling on My Heart’s Been Waiting For You new at 70 some 22 years since debuting.

Blue unexpectedly return with Haven’t Found You Yet a decade on from their Eurovision come back and 21 years on from their debut. Tove Styrke, like Blue and Craig David is a former chart-topper, but in her case it’s her previous single she’s following up, YouYouYou she sings, just ahead of similarly-titled Yo Yo, Mika’s Eurovision-themed plug fresh from hosting and performing, and his first chart entry in 2 years, and his 18th in total in 15 years, including a number one with Rain in 2009. Which didnt get mentioned in his medley at all, preferring his big hits like Grace Kelly instead. Finally, Ava Max is back musing Maybe You’re The Problem.

1 1 1 3 HOPE – Stefan 510000
2 2 1 9 KISS IT BETTER – BirdSMITH 690400
3 3 3 3 NON HO L’ETA PER AMARTI – Gigliola Cinquetti 235000
4 4 1 12 SPACE MAN – Sam Ryder 978250
5 6 5 3 LIGHTS OFF – We Are Domi 147000
6 7 6 3 HOLD ME CLOSER – Cordelia Jakobs 155000
7 5 1 12 THE LAST GOODBYE – ODESZA featuring Bettye LaVette 1147000
8 8 1 9 AS IT WAS – Harry Styles 553600
9 14 9 4 FAVOURITE – Bananarama 110100
10 37 10 2 TURN UP THE SUNSHINE – Diana Ross & Tame Impala 59300

11 20 11 4 CLOSURE – Wrabel 75050
12 10 10 6 IT GETS DARK – Sigrid 169500
13 59 13 3 ALICE AT THE BEACH – Nerina Pallot 46700
14 9 9 7 ALL OF YOU – Duran Duran 174800
15 13 8 9 NIGHTFALLS – Keith Urban 251900
16 18 16 7 LOST TRACK – HAIM 126150
17 12 6 9 PARTY IN MY MIND – Dolores Forever 297250
18 11 7 9 KALIMA MINOU – Shanguy & Mark Neve 249950
19 77 19 2 COLOUR ME BLUE – Alfie Templeman 25600
20 15 12 7 ABOUT DAMN TIME – Lizzo 147550

21 19 19 8 CITY OF GODS (PART II) – Alicia Keys 112400
22 28 22 4 MOVE – DNCE 57000
23 24 23 5 THERE ISN’T MUCH – Emeli Sande 80050
24 30 24 4 MY DEMONS – Tears For Fears 49800
25 16 11 9 PYRAMIDS – Otto Knows 186950
26 22 1 15 AM GOLD – Train 822350
27 33 27 4 OOH DO U FINK U R? – Suggs & Paul Weller 46700
28 17 12 9 DIE IN THE DISCO – Night Club 177750
29 21 2 12 MY LOVE – Florence + The Machine 665700
30 31 30 2 GRAPEJUICE – Harry Styles 35900

31 34 31 7 FORGET ABOUT US – Albin Lee Meldau 101050
32 32 32 6 BAGGY TROUSERS – Madness 97000
33 23 3 10 PURPLE ZONE – Soft Cell & Pet Shop Boys 499450
34 36 34 12 FROZEN – Madonna 138950
35 35 35 3 PARADISE – Thomas Rhett 41200
36 38 36 5 DINNER TABLE – Nina Nesbitt 63800
37 39 37 2 I HEAR YOU NOW – Jon & Vangelis 34400
38 27 27 5 FREE – Florence + The Machine 90500
39 40 39 3 BETTER DAYS – Liam Gallagher 44500
40 42 40 5 WHY DOES IT HURT – Will Young 58250

41 25 9 9 MONA LISA – mxmtoon 197200
42 26 14 9 DEEPER – ZIDA & Rat City 138200
43 41 1 19 WISHFUL THINKING – LEON 1203350
44 44 44 9 SWEET HARMONY – The Beloved 91850
45 45 45 6 HAND IN GLOVE – Sandie Shaw & The Smiths 71200
46 64 46 5 GREEN GREEN GRASS – George Ezra 39050
47 50 47 3 GIVE THAT WOLF A BANANA – Subwoolfer 34500
48 53 48 6 WATERLOO SUNSET – The Kinks 57750
49 58 49 3 EBONY MCQUEEN – Dave Stewart 29700
50 60 50 4 REMIND ME – Tom Grennan 35000

51 43 25 5 FREEDOM – Jon Batiste 80150
52 65 52 4 THAT THAT – PSY & SUGA 29700
53 NEW 53 1 ENJOY THE SILENCE – Depeche Mode 11250
54 61 54 5 SOMEBODY WAS WATCHING OVER ME – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss 36900
55 46 10 11 OUT YONDER – Elle King 232650
56 56 1 39 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU – ABBA 1552900
57 54 2 21 LESS THAN ZERO – The Weeknd 873650
58 57 1 30 WHEN YOU DANCED WITH ME – ABBA 1562950
59 47 19 9 STRANGE GAME – Mick Jagger 116400
60 49 7 12 ESCAPE – Kx5 (Kaskade & Deadmau5) featuring Hayla 270350

61 68 61 3 1X1 – Galantis 18300
62 51 42 5 WHEN YOU’RE GONE – Shawn Mendes 53000
63 70 63 4 21 REASONS – Nathan Dawe x Ella Henderson 24400
64 69 64 3 TOO MUCH – Mark Ronson featuring Lucky Daye 17500
65 63 1 30 ODE TO FREEDOM – ABBA 1282650
66 71 66 4 VEGAS (HOUND DOG) – Doja Cat featuring Big Mama Thornton 22800
67 75 67 3 CRAZY WHAT LOVE CAN DO – David Guetta, Becky Hill & Ella Henderson 16600
68 79 68 2 2STEP – Ed Sheeran featuring Lil Baby 10600
69 NEW 69 1 RUNNING UP THAT HILL (MAKE A DEAL WITH GOD) – Kate Bush 6200
70 NEW 70 1 MY HEART’S BEEN WAITING FOR YOU – Craig David featuring Duvall 6000

71 76 71 3 MIXED EMOTIONS – Chase & Status 14600
72 78 72 2 LATE NIGHT TALKING – Harry Styles 10000
73 73 1 39 DON’T SHUT ME DOWN – ABBA 1804050
74 NEW 74 1 HAVEN’T FOUND YOU YET – Blue 5200
75 80 75 2 NO ONE DIES FROM LOVE – Tove Lo 9000
76 NEW 76 1 YOUYOUYOU – Tove Styrke 4800
77 NEW 77 1 PERSONAL JESUS – Depeche Mode 4600
78 NEW 78 1 MAYBE YOU’RE THE PROBLEM – Ava Max 4400
79 NEW 79 1 YO YO – MIKA 4200
80 NEW 80 1 SEE YOU – Depeche Mode 4000

DROP OUTS
29 29 15 IT’S TOO LATE – Carole King 205750
48 1 5 THE HUSTLE – Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony 275000
52 23 7 WILD CHILD – The Black Keys 103700
55 8 12 RUN – Becky Hill & Galantis 283200
62 19 14 TROUBLE – Troye Sivan & Jay Som 176900
66 8 12 HELLO WORLD – Alan Walker & Torine 262700
67 31 9 MAKE YOUR MARK – Seth Lakeman 123100
72 34 10 A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE – Weezer 112450
74 10 14 HALLUCINATION – Regard and Years and Years 254850

My June 2021 Charts

6th June 2021

It’s 2 weeks on top for Cher’s 1971 classic, holding off Norway’s TIX from the top spot for a second week. For KING & COUNTRY get a second track to peak at 4 3 years on from Joy, and I’m very happy to say I spotted the typo missing the “o” out of Country before I posted. Dolly Parton incredibly gets her first new top 10 track since 1983, and her highest chart position since Jolene went top 5 in 1976. 45 years on still got it. VICTORIA gets second top 10, Keith Urban a 3rd, and Nile Rodgers an umpteenth since Chic’s Dance Dance Dance debuted in early 1978 in my first year at Uni. Yowsah! Yowsah! Yowsah!

Marshmello and James make big moves into the 40, as highest new track is from Tiggs Da Author borrowing the rhythm from Portugal. Da Man, Suitcase Of Sins at 69. Anne-Marie & Niall Horan get together for a duet new entry to add to their lists, Jack Savoretti charts a “not a single” track off his forthcoming album, Elton John joins Rina Sawayama on a classy classical-ish ballad to extend his run to 50 years and a bit since Your Song. Not bad going. PBS (Not PSB) return for a 6-year span since Spitfire debuted, Eagle-Eye Cherry returns for the first time in 21 years, extending his run to 23 years. I bet Mabel is chuffed for her uncle. Finally, discounting oldies from the 60’s charting after-the-event, and guest spots on a couple of tracks in the 90’s covering his 60’s classics, Donovan has been absent with new material since…..1969’s Barabajagal! We have a new record for chart gap with new material, at 52 years, longest wait for a follow-up, and most decades absent from my personal charts with new material. I Am The Shamen is very psychedelic folk (I loved Donovan’s 60’s stuff, he inspired Marc Bolan, but he predates my personal charts with all but one track) and it features a video from dark-music fan film-director David Lynch. It’s not out to buy yet, sadly, but bloody well should be!

1 1 1 2 GYPSIES, TRAMPS AND THIEVES – Cher 340000
2 2 2 3 FALLEN ANGEL – TIX 275000
3 5 3 4 WOMAN – Riva Taylor 205600
4 17 4 4 GOD ONLY KNOWS – For KING & COUNTRY & Dolly Parton 121300
5 3 1 5 45 FAHRENHEIT GIRL – Drew Sycamore 515000
6 8 6 3 SET ME FREE – Eden Alene 145000
7 9 7 3 10 YEARS – Dadi Freyr 118000
8 20 8 3 GROWING UP IS GETTING OLD – VICTORIA 87250
9 24 9 3 OUT THE CAGE – Keith Urban featuring Breland & Nile Rodgers 669000
10 4 1 4 SARA – Fleetwood Mac 392000

11 7 7 3 CALL ME A SAINT – Yonaka 105750
12 11 5 7 LAZYBABY – Dove Cameron 316000
13 23 13 4 YOUNG SUMMER – Tungevaag 68850
14 6 6 9 MR HAZE – Texas 259300
15 15 15 3 EL DIABLO – Elena Tsagkrinou 81000
16 10 3 7 STRONGER – Blinkie featuring House Gospel Choir 359000
17 13 8 7 STARSTRUCK – Years & Years 230300
18 14 14 5 RUN – OneRepublic 119200
19 19 19 5 WHO’S HURTING WHO – Jack Savoretti featuring Nile Rodgers 98450
20 22 20 4 ELECTRIC – Katy Perry 58250

21 12 1 5 THE ‘IN’ CROWD – Bryan Ferry 414750
22 16 1 16 NEED A LITTLE LOVE – The Fratellis 1037100
23 47 23 3 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME – Marshmello x Jonas Brothers 36150
24 25 24 5 WHEREVER YOU GO – Lola Lennox featuring Annie Lennox 83450
25 26 25 6 YOUR POWER – Billie Eilish 80050
26 18 7 10 DEJA VU – Olivia Rodrigo 242050
27 27 27 5 EVERYTHING’S GONNA BE ALRIGHT – Mark Knight & Beverley Knight featuring London Community Gospel Choir 90700
28 30 28 3 VOILA – Barbara Pravi 53800
29 31 29 3 RUNNING – Ruben 53700
30 34 30 4 BELIEVERS – Alan Walker & Conor Maynard 48400

31 49 31 3 BEAUTIFUL BEACHES – James 33400
32 21 1 17 MY WORLD IS EMPTY WITHOUT YOU – The Supremes 749150
33 33 33 12 CRY – Godley & Creme 164850
34 37 34 4 HEAT – Paul Woodford & Amber Mark 64600
35 35 20 7 COLOUR ME IN – Hayley Williams 117400
36 45 36 3 HEARTBREAK ANTHEM – Galantis, David Guetta & Little Mix 35200
37 40 37 4 STORMY WEATHER – Kings Of Leon 60550
38 43 38 6 BEING SENTIMENTAL – Bright Light Bright Light 68200
39 28 28 3 JE ME CASSE – Destiny 53100
40 41 40 6 THE FOUR HORSEMEN – Aphrodite’s Child 74750

41 29 14 6 DANIEL – Will Young 117750
42 44 42 4 DUSK (THE NEW DIVISION REMIX) – Lucy In Disguise featuring Observer Drift 57200
43 32 26 5 LOST – Jake Bugg 80050
44 46 44 5 HIGHER POWER – Coldplay 61400
45 39 1 14 THE LAST MAN ON EARTH – Wolf Alice 1259500
46 53 46 3 INVISIBLE – Duran Duran 31100
47 52 47 4 ORWELLIAN – Manic Street Preachers 44800
48 48 48 5 PLEASE – Jessie Ware 55200
49 62 49 4 BONES – The Rasmus 31100
50 55 50 4 GOING DOWN SOUTH – The Black Keys 36000

51 38 5 7 TILL FOREVER FALLS APART – Ashe & FINNEAS 247700
52 42 27 6 NATURAL BLUES – Moby featuring Gregory Porter & Amethyst Kiah 86050
53 60 53 5 HEART AND SOUL – T’Pau 41850
54 51 1 17 LOVE CHILD – Diana Ross & The Supremes 1205050
55 74 55 2 MONSTER – Paloma Faith 16000
56 64 56 3 EASY TO LOVE (DIMITRI FROM PARIS REMIX) – Leo Sayer 21900
57 58 57 5 ALL I KNOW SO FAR – P!nk 47000
58 70 58 3 DISCOTEQUE – THE ROOP 20000
59 36 8 9 DANCE FLOOR DARLING – Kylie Minogue 228200
60 80 60 2 YOU – Regard, Troye Sivan & Tate McRae 14000

61 66 61 4 O-O-H CHILD – The Five Stairsteps 27100
62 67 62 4 WE ARE THE PEOPLE – Martin Garrix featuring Bono & The Edge 24400
63 68 63 4 SECRETS – Erasure 24400
64 59 59 4 HOLDING ON TOO LONG – HARD FEELINGS 32000
65 69 65 4 WITHOUT YOU (THE MILEY CYRUS REMIX) – The Kid Laroi & Miley Cyrus 24800
66 71 66 3 ADRENALINA – Senhit & Flo-Rida 16600
67 83 67 2 MESSAGE OF LOVE – UB40 featuring House Of Shem 10000
68 76 68 2 SHELLFISH MADEMOISELLE – Roisin Murphy 11200
69 NEW 69 1 SUITCASE OF SINS – Tiggs Da Author 6200
70 75 70 3 CRICKET WIFE – Pet Shop Boys 14000

71 73 71 4 VILLAIN – Lily Rose 21200
72 78 72 2 LOVE’S UNKIND – Donna Summer 10000
73 81 73 2 ANOTHER YOU – Alok & Bloodline featuring The Vamps 9200
74 79 74 2 DUMB – Jubel 9400
75 NEW 75 1 OUR SONG – Anne-Marie & Niall Horan 5000
76 84 76 2 AHEAD OF THE GAME – Gary Kemp 8000
77 NEW 77 1 TOO MUCH HISTORY – Jack Savoretti 4600
78 NEW 78 1 I AM THE SHAMEN – Donovan 4400
79 85 79 2 DON’T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING – Gerry & The Pacemakers 7200
80 NEW 80 1 CHOSEN FAMILY – Rina Sawayama & Elton John 4000

81 NEW 81 1 PEOPLE, LET’S DANCE – Public Service Broadcasting featuring EERA 3800
82 82 82 2 ALREADY THERE – Joan Armatrading 7200
83 56 3 15 LEAVE A LITTLE LOVE – Alesso & Armin van Buuren 568350
84 NEW 84 1 I LIKE IT – Eagle-Eye Cherry 3200
85 NEW 85 1 HOW NOT TO DROWN – CHVRCHES & Robert Smith 3000

DROP OUTS
50 14 7 CAN’T HURRY LOVE – Gabrielle 134450
54 17 6 DON’T YOU GIVE UP ON ME – Lissie 101250
57 39 5 WHACKED – Alabama 3 78750
61 15 8 MIDNIGHT MASQUERADE – Asher Monroe 132900
63 2 10 SAVE YOUR TEARS – Rose Gray 585500
65 6 10 FOLLOWING THE SUN – SUPER-HI and Neeka 328000
72 5 10 BEST OF ME – ARTBAT & Sailor & I 337600
77 18 8 KEEP MOVING – Jungle 123550

13th June 2021

It’s a first week on top for Norway’s Eurovision entry, which sold well without getting the votes on the night, the fab melodic Fallen Angel for TIX. That just keeps off the touchingly fab God Only Knows from For King & Country & Dolly Partin, Dolly getting her biggest ever chart hit for me 45 years on from her first – Jolene. Keith Urban also gets a biggest to date for a Country flavoured top 5. There is so much good music around right now that I love, so newer stuff is struggling to get a look in, and there are huge climbs for Jack Savoretti outdoing the official single with his Grat track at 14 – must be a future single! Regard also bounds into the top 20, after a I saw a youtube performance from a US chat show from the 3 of ’em.

James get their biggest hit in years, Beautiful Beaches also top 20, Roisin Murphy keeps her run of cool dance tracks from her album hot at 30, and I also miss being able to dance (as per the lyrics). Duran Duran get a first top 40 for a few years, though they did last top my chart in 2015 so it’s not that long ago. Pet Shop Boys, of similar 80’s vintage, are also back with tracks off the My Beautiful Laundrette musical, sounding (like Duran) very retro 80’s intentionally. Top-rated track at 63 is an instrumental not a million miles away from their Clothes Show theme back in the day, and outdoes their current 10-minute long single about cricket wives!

That leaves London Grammar still on form with another great track off their new album, pulled as a single, and Laura Mvula having a return after a gap of 5 years and extending her chart run to 8 years since Green Garden went top 5. I saw her in concert around 2013/14, and found her very engaging so it’s nice to have her back.

1 2 1 4 FALLEN ANGEL – TIX 445000
2 4 2 5 GOD ONLY KNOWS – For KING & COUNTRY & Dolly Parton 236300
3 1 1 3 GYPSIES, TRAMPS AND THIEVES – Cher 425000
4 9 4 4 OUT THE CAGE – Keith Urban featuring Breland & Nile Rodgers 134600
5 3 3 5 WOMAN – Riva Taylor 265600
6 6 6 4 SET ME FREE – Eden Alene 200000
7 7 7 4 10 YEARS – Dadi Freyr 168000
8 8 8 4 GROWING UP IS GETTING OLD – VICTORIA 135250
9 5 1 6 45 FAHRENHEIT GIRL – Drew Sycamore 560000
10 13 10 5 YOUNG SUMMER – Tungevaag 110850

11 23 11 4 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME – Marshmello x Jonas Brothers 73150
12 11 7 4 CALL ME A SAINT – Yonaka 140750
13 10 1 5 SARA – Fleetwood Mac 424000
14 77 14 2 TOO MUCH HISTORY – Jack Savoretti 33600
15 60 15 3 YOU – Regard, Troye Sivan & Tate McRae 41000
16 12 5 8 LAZYBABY – Dove Cameron 341000
17 19 17 6 WHO’S HURTING WHO – Jack Savoretti featuring Nile Rodgers 121450
18 18 14 6 RUN – OneRepublic 141200
19 31 19 4 BEAUTIFUL BEACHES – James 54400
20 15 15 4 EL DIABLO – Elena Tsagkrinou 101000

21 14 6 10 MR HAZE – Texas 279050
22 16 3 8 STRONGER – Blinkie featuring House Gospel Choir 378500
23 25 23 7 YOUR POWER – Billie Eilish 99300
24 22 1 17 NEED A LITTLE LOVE – The Fratellis 1056100
25 29 25 4 RUNNING – Ruben 72450
26 17 8 8 STARSTRUCK – Years & Years 248800
27 30 27 5 BELIEVERS – Alan Walker & Conor Maynard 66800
28 28 28 4 VOILA – Barbara Pravi 72100
29 20 20 5 ELECTRIC – Katy Perry 76450
30 68 30 3 SHELLFISH MADEMOISELLE – Roisin Murphy 29200

31 33 31 13 CRY – Godley & Creme 182750
32 55 32 3 MONSTER – Paloma Faith 33800
33 36 33 4 HEARTBREAK ANTHEM – Galantis, David Guetta & Little Mix 52900
34 21 1 6 THE ‘IN’ CROWD – Bryan Ferry 432350
35 46 35 4 INVISIBLE – Duran Duran 48600
36 37 36 5 STORMY WEATHER – Kings Of Leon 77950
37 56 37 4 EASY TO LOVE (DIMITRI FROM PARIS REMIX) – Leo Sayer 39200
38 24 24 6 WHEREVER YOU GO – Lola Lennox featuring Annie Lennox 100650
39 69 39 2 SUITCASE OF SINS – Tiggs Da Author 23300
40 42 40 5 DUSK (THE NEW DIVISION REMIX) – Lucy In Disguise featuring Observer Drift 74200

41 32 1 18 MY WORLD IS EMPTY WITHOUT YOU – The Supremes 763150
42 27 27 6 EVERYTHING’S GONNA BE ALRIGHT – Mark Knight & Beverley Knight featuring London Community Gospel Choir 104450
43 26 7 11 DEJA VU – Olivia Rodrigo 255550
44 34 34 5 HEAT – Paul Woodford & Amber Mark 77850
45 84 45 2 I LIKE IT – Eagle-Eye Cherry 16200
46 67 46 3 MESSAGE OF LOVE – UB40 featuring House Of Shem 22750
47 47 47 5 ORWELLIAN – Manic Street Preachers 57300
48 39 28 4 JE ME CASSE – Destiny 65400
49 35 20 8 COLOUR ME IN – Hayley Williams 129500
50 78 50 2 I AM THE SHAMEN – Donovan 16400

51 38 38 7 BEING SENTIMENTAL – Bright Light Bright Light 79950
52 58 52 4 DISCOTEQUE – THE ROOP 31500
53 53 53 6 HEART AND SOUL – T’Pau 53100
54 43 26 6 LOST – Jake Bugg 91050
55 44 44 6 HIGHER POWER – Coldplay 72200
56 45 1 15 THE LAST MAN ON EARTH – Wolf Alice 1270100
57 40 40 7 THE FOUR HORSEMEN – Aphrodite’s Child 85150
58 49 49 5 BONES – The Rasmus 41300
59 41 14 7 DANIEL – Will Young 127850
60 62 60 5 WE ARE THE PEOPLE – Martin Garrix featuring Bono & The Edge 34400

61 61 61 5 O-O-H CHILD – The Five Stairsteps 44600
62 54 1 18 LOVE CHILD – Diana Ross & The Supremes 1212450
63 NEW 63 1 BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE – Pet Shop Boys 7200
64 57 57 6 ALL I KNOW SO FAR – P!nk 54100
65 74 65 3 DUMB – Jubel 16400
66 66 66 4 ADRENALINA – Senhit & Flo-Rida 23400
67 50 50 5 GOING DOWN SOUTH – The Black Keys 42600
68 76 68 3 AHEAD OF THE GAME – Gary Kemp 14400
69 70 69 4 CRICKET WIFE – Pet Shop Boys 20200
70 82 70 3 ALREADY THERE – Joan Armatrading 13200

71 73 71 3 ANOTHER YOU – Alok & Bloodline featuring The Vamps 15000
72 72 72 3 LOVE’S UNKIND – Donna Summer 15600
73 85 73 2 HOW NOT TO DROWN – CHVRCHES & Robert Smith 8400
74 75 74 2 OUR SONG – Anne-Marie & Niall Horan 10200
75 48 48 6 PLEASE – Jessie Ware 60200
76 65 65 5 WITHOUT YOU (THE MILEY CYRUS REMIX) – The Kid Laroi & Miley Cyrus 29600
77 63 63 5 SECRETS – Erasure 29000
78 80 78 2 CHOSEN FAMILY – Rina Sawayama & Elton John 8400
79 79 79 3 DON’T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING – Gerry & The Pacemakers 11400
80 NEW 80 1 ANGELIC THUG – Pet Shop Boys 4000

81 81 81 2 PEOPLE, LET’S DANCE – Public Service Broadcasting featuring EERA 7600
82 NEW 82 1 LORD IT’S A FEELING – London Grammar 3600
83 51 5 8 TILL FOREVER FALLS APART – Ashe & FINNEAS 251100
84 NEW 84 1 GOT ME – Laura Mvula 3200
85 NEW 85 1 JOHNNY’S DARK SIDE – Pet Shop Boys 3000

DROP OUTS
52 27 6 NATURAL BLUES – Moby featuring Gregory Porter & Amethyst Kiah 86050
59 8 9 DANCE FLOOR DARLING – Kylie Minogue 228200
64 59 4 HOLDING ON TOO LONG – HARD FEELINGS 32000
71 71 4 VILLAIN – Lily Rose 21200
83 3 15 LEAVE A LITTLE LOVE – Alesso & Armin van Buuren 568350

20th June 2021

It’s a first chart-topper for for KING & COUNTRY and for Dolly Parton – giving Dolly her first-ever Number One after 45 years of trying, and coming closest with Jolene. The last 70’s veteran to finally get a chart-topper was Jean-Michel Jarre in 2016, after waiting 39 years, while Neil Young waited 42 years for his. So Dolly has the new chart record! A very lovely song holding off 3 Top 5 Eurovision tracks. Regard, Troye Sivan & Tate McRae all get a first top 10, Jack Savoretti a 4th, Jonas Brothers a 2nd and Marshmello a first.

Paloma Faith gets another top 20 track from her latest album, the 4th to do it, and Eagle-Eye Cherry gets his 3rd top 20 some 23 years on from his first and second. Roisin Murphy gets her 3rd top 20 off her current album, and Duran Duran are on at least their 23rd but I’ve lost count, it’ll be more than that! Highest new entry is George Michael’s lovely cover of First Time Ever I Saw Your Face which Roberta Flack charted with 49 years ago. It started selling on itunes after Steve Wright played the track on his show. Highest new track is Sigrid and Mirrors, her 5th chart entry, Jake Shears guests on a dance pop track from Annie, giving him 17 years of chart singing since Scissor Sisters debuted, and The Veronicas return for their 4th in 12 years, though one of them topped the chart.

It was World Record Store Day last week, so a number of vinyl singles made the Sales Charts, and I’ve cherry-picked two of them for mine – Primal Scream’s Moving On Up, and Ian Dury’s Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick 43 years on and sounding good, while 2 other 70’s tracks make the itunes charts and also pop in, 1976’s You’re My Best Friend (One of the few Queen faves that hasn’t charted since hitting), and 1979’s Good Times from Chic. Nile Rodgers is still on the chart with 2 current tracks so that makes 3 in total for him.

1 2 1 6 GOD ONLY KNOWS – For KING & COUNTRY & Dolly Parton 406300
2 1 1 5 FALLEN ANGEL – TIX 560000
3 4 3 5 OUT THE CAGE – Keith Urban featuring Breland & Nile Rodgers 219600
4 6 4 5 SET ME FREE – Eden Alene 265000
5 8 5 5 GROWING UP IS GETTING OLD – VICTORIA 195250
6 15 6 4 YOU – Regard, Troye Sivan & Tate McRae 96000
7 14 7 3 TOO MUCH HISTORY – Jack Savoretti 83600
8 11 8 5 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME – Marshmello x Jonas Brothers 121150
9 7 7 5 10 YEARS – Dadi Freyr 213000
10 3 1 4 GYPSIES, TRAMPS AND THIEVES – Cher 467000

11 5 3 6 WOMAN – Riva Taylor 302600
12 10 10 6 YOUNG SUMMER – Tungevaag 145850
13 9 1 7 45 FAHRENHEIT GIRL – Drew Sycamore 592000
14 32 14 4 MONSTER – Paloma Faith 62800
15 19 15 5 BEAUTIFUL BEACHES – James 81400
16 45 16 3 I LIKE IT – Eagle-Eye Cherry 41200
17 13 1 6 SARA – Fleetwood Mac 447000
18 30 18 4 SHELLFISH MADEMOISELLE – Roisin Murphy 51200
19 12 7 5 CALL ME A SAINT – Yonaka 161750
20 35 20 5 INVISIBLE – Duran Duran 68600

21 18 14 7 RUN – OneRepublic 160950
22 17 17 7 WHO’S HURTING WHO – Jack Savoretti featuring Nile Rodgers 140950
23 39 23 3 SUITCASE OF SINS – Tiggs Da Author 42550
24 16 5 9 LAZYBABY – Dove Cameron 360000
25 25 25 5 RUNNING – Ruben 91200
26 27 26 6 BELIEVERS – Alan Walker & Conor Maynard 85300
27 31 27 14 CRY – Godley & Creme 201150
28 20 15 5 EL DIABLO – Elena Tsagkrinou 119300
29 37 29 5 EASY TO LOVE (DIMITRI FROM PARIS REMIX) – Leo Sayer 57400
30 24 1 18 NEED A LITTLE LOVE – The Fratellis 1074100

31 23 23 8 YOUR POWER – Billie Eilish 117200
32 33 32 5 HEARTBREAK ANTHEM – Galantis, David Guetta & Little Mix 70700
33 22 3 9 STRONGER – Blinkie featuring House Gospel Choir 396200
34 21 6 11 MR HAZE – Texas 296650
35 46 35 4 MESSAGE OF LOVE – UB40 featuring House Of Shem 40250
36 28 28 5 VOILA – Barbara Pravi 89500
37 42 27 7 EVERYTHING’S GONNA BE ALRIGHT – Mark Knight & Beverley Knight featuring London Community Gospel Choir 121750
38 26 8 9 STARSTRUCK – Years & Years 266000
39 63 39 2 BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE – Pet Shop Boys 24300
40 29 20 6 ELECTRIC – Katy Perry 93450

41 36 36 6 STORMY WEATHER – Kings Of Leon 91950
42 50 42 3 I AM THE SHAMEN – Donovan 30150
43 34 1 7 THE ‘IN’ CROWD – Bryan Ferry 445850
44 NEW 44 1 THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE – George Michael 13250
45 41 1 19 MY WORLD IS EMPTY WITHOUT YOU – The Supremes 776150
46 80 46 2 ANGELIC THUG – Pet Shop Boys 16750
47 65 47 4 DUMB – Jubel 28900
48 74 48 3 OUR SONG – Anne-Marie & Niall Horan 22500
49 53 49 7 HEART AND SOUL – T’Pau 65200
50 52 50 5 DISCOTEQUE – THE ROOP 43500

51 40 40 6 DUSK (THE NEW DIVISION REMIX) – Lucy In Disguise featuring Observer Drift 85950
52 38 24 7 WHEREVER YOU GO – Lola Lennox featuring Annie Lennox 112150
53 70 53 4 ALREADY THERE – Joan Armatrading 24450
54 43 7 12 DEJA VU – Olivia Rodrigo 266550
55 48 28 5 JE ME CASSE – Destiny 76200
56 NEW 56 1 MIRROR – Sigrid 10600
57 60 57 6 WE ARE THE PEOPLE – Martin Garrix featuring Bono & The Edge 44800
58 68 58 4 AHEAD OF THE GAME – Gary Kemp 24600
59 73 59 3 HOW NOT TO DROWN – CHVRCHES & Robert Smith 18500
60 66 60 5 ADRENALINA – Senhit & Flo-Rida 33400

61 85 61 2 JOHNNY’S DARK SIDE – Pet Shop Boys 9800
62 72 62 4 LOVE’S UNKIND – Donna Summer 23000
63 71 63 4 ANOTHER YOU – Alok & Bloodline featuring The Vamps 22200
64 62 1 19 LOVE CHILD – Diana Ross & The Supremes 1219550
65 56 1 16 THE LAST MAN ON EARTH – Wolf Alice 1277100
66 51 38 8 BEING SENTIMENTAL – Bright Light Bright Light 86750
67 49 20 9 COLOUR ME IN – Hayley Williams 136100
68 78 68 3 CHOSEN FAMILY – Rina Sawayama & Elton John 14800
69 47 47 6 ORWELLIAN – Manic Street Preachers 63500
70 NEW 70 1 YOU’RE MY BEST FRIEND – Queen 6000

71 82 71 2 LORD IT’S A FEELING – London Grammar 9400
72 NEW 72 1 NEON LIGHTS – Annie featuring Jake Shears 5600
73 44 34 6 HEAT – Paul Woodford & Amber Mark 83250
74 79 74 4 DON’T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING – Gerry & The Pacemakers 16600
75 59 14 8 DANIEL – Will Young 132850
76 NEW 76 1 MOVIN’ ON UP – Primal Scream 4800
77 54 26 7 LOST – Jake Bugg 95650
78 NEW 78 1 GOODBYE – The Veronicas 4400
79 69 69 5 CRICKET WIFE – Pet Shop Boys 24400
80 81 80 3 PEOPLE, LET’S DANCE – Public Service Broadcasting featuring EERA 11600

81 84 81 2 GOT ME – Laura Mvula 7000
82 55 44 7 HIGHER POWER – Coldplay 75800
83 NEW 83 1 BUTTER – BTS 3400
84 NEW 84 1 HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK – Ian Dury & The Blockheads 3200
85 NEW 85 1 GOOD TIMES – Chic 3000

DROP OUTS
57 40 7 THE FOUR HORSEMEN – Aphrodite’s Child 85150
58 49 5 BONES – The Rasmus 41300
61 61 5 O-O-H CHILD – The Five Stairsteps 44600
64 57 6 ALL I KNOW SO FAR – P!nk 54100
67 50 5 GOING DOWN SOUTH – The Black Keys 42600
75 48 6 PLEASE – Jessie Ware 60200
76 65 5 WITHOUT YOU (THE MILEY CYRUS REMIX) – The Kid Laroi & Miley Cyrus 29600
77 63 5 SECRETS – Erasure 29000
83 5 8 TILL FOREVER FALLS APART – Ashe & FINNEAS 251100

27th June 2021

It’s straight in on top for 1991 top 10 track This Is Your Life, after popping into the itunes top 200 yesterday, presumably from a Top Of The Pops 1991 appearance. A great track, under-rated at the time and since. That means Regard & co have to wait to see if they grab the top spot next week, after going up to 2. Eagle-Eye Cherry gets a 2nd top 10 23 years on from Save Tonight, and new at 23 it’s a revamp of The Bee Gees Saturday Night Fever soundtrack classic More Than A Woman, which is very different from the hit Tavares version in 1978.

Donovan gets into the top 40 for the first time in 52 years with new material, I Am The Shamen being the best thing he’s done since my pre-charting years, when Jennifer Juniper was a big fave in 1968 with 10-year-old me. Veterans Joan Armatrading and Manic Street Preachers also go top 40, while recent Sea Shanty man Nathan Evans follows-up with a goodie in at 38, Told You So. Diana Ross is back with her first charting new track in 22 years, so she gets a first new 21st century entry to join her 2 oldies on the rundown. Diana first charted with Love Child in 1968, which I loved, and 50 years ago I bought my first Diana Ross record, I’m Still Waiting, she’s topped my charts umpteen times solo and as part of The Supremes (albeit with oldies for quite a few of them), and I have a 1971 album, and numerous hits albums. So, no, Thank YOU Diana…and yes to me also, for half a century of buying your records.

Others: Ed Sheeran’s back and he’s not whining too much, Chris Malinchak & Kiesza join together to create some more chart entries, Imelda May adds to her run, and Kim Wilde & Boy George get a second combo of the year, though still waiting for the Boy George lead track to be made available to buy. Kim’s Cambodia was of course recently re-written by Griff disguised as a Black Hole. That leads a track from 1957, older than actual me, to chart – Bonnie Guitar’s dark song featured in Loki episode 3’s closing credits. First time Ive heard it, and I like it!

1 NEW 1 1 THIS IS YOUR LIFE – Banderas 170000
2 6 2 5 YOU – Regard, Troye Sivan & Tate McRae 211000
3 2 1 6 FALLEN ANGEL – TIX 645000
4 1 1 7 GOD ONLY KNOWS – For KING & COUNTRY & Dolly Parton 471300
5 8 5 6 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME – Marshmello x Jonas Brothers 181150
6 7 6 4 TOO MUCH HISTORY – Jack Savoretti 138600
7 4 4 6 SET ME FREE – Eden Alene 315000
8 3 3 6 OUT THE CAGE – Keith Urban featuring Breland & Nile Rodgers 267600
9 5 5 6 GROWING UP IS GETTING OLD – VICTORIA 240250
10 16 10 4 I LIKE IT – Eagle-Eye Cherry 83200

11 9 7 6 10 YEARS – Dadi Freyr 250000
12 14 12 5 MONSTER – Paloma Faith 97800
13 13 1 8 45 FAHRENHEIT GIRL – Drew Sycamore 624000
14 10 1 5 GYPSIES, TRAMPS AND THIEVES – Cher 496000
15 15 15 6 BEAUTIFUL BEACHES – James 108400
16 12 10 7 YOUNG SUMMER – Tungevaag 170850
17 18 17 5 SHELLFISH MADEMOISELLE – Roisin Murphy 74200
18 23 18 4 SUITCASE OF SINS – Tiggs Da Author 64550
19 44 19 2 THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE – George Michael 34250
20 26 20 7 BELIEVERS – Alan Walker & Conor Maynard 105300

21 11 3 7 WOMAN – Riva Taylor 322350
22 17 1 7 SARA – Fleetwood Mac 466500
23 NEW 23 1 MORE THAN A WOMAN (SG’S PARADISE EDIT) – Bee Gees x SG Lewis 19250
24 27 24 15 CRY – Godley & Creme 220150
25 21 14 8 RUN – OneRepublic 179700
26 35 26 5 MESSAGE OF LOVE – UB40 featuring House Of Shem 58750
27 20 20 6 INVISIBLE – Duran Duran 86850
28 24 5 10 LAZYBABY – Dove Cameron 378300
29 42 29 4 I AM THE SHAMEN – Donovan 48250
30 32 30 6 HEARTBREAK ANTHEM – Galantis, David Guetta & Little Mix 88700

31 19 7 6 CALL ME A SAINT – Yonaka 179650
32 39 32 3 BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE – Pet Shop Boys 42100
33 22 17 8 WHO’S HURTING WHO – Jack Savoretti featuring Nile Rodgers 158650
34 47 34 5 DUMB – Jubel 46500
35 28 15 6 EL DIABLO – Elena Tsagkrinou 136800
36 30 1 19 NEED A LITTLE LOVE – The Fratellis 1091500
37 37 27 8 EVERYTHING’S GONNA BE ALRIGHT – Mark Knight & Beverley Knight featuring London Community Gospel Choir 139050
38 NEW 38 1 TOLD YOU SO – Nathan Evans 17200
39 69 39 7 ORWELLIAN – Manic Street Preachers 80600
40 53 40 5 ALREADY THERE – Joan Armatrading 41450

41 29 29 6 EASY TO LOVE (DIMITRI FROM PARIS REMIX) – Leo Sayer 71400
42 46 42 3 ANGELIC THUG – Pet Shop Boys 30500
43 40 20 7 ELECTRIC – Katy Perry 106950
44 33 3 10 STRONGER – Blinkie featuring House Gospel Choir 409450
45 25 25 6 RUNNING – Ruben 104200
46 78 46 2 GOODBYE – The Veronicas 17150
47 49 47 8 HEART AND SOUL – T’Pau 77700
48 48 48 4 OUR SONG – Anne-Marie & Niall Horan 34800
49 31 23 9 YOUR POWER – Billie Eilish 129300
50 34 6 12 MR HAZE – Texas 308650

51 38 8 10 STARSTRUCK – Years & Years 277750
52 36 28 6 VOILA – Barbara Pravi 101000
53 57 53 7 WE ARE THE PEOPLE – Martin Garrix featuring Bono & The Edge 56050
54 60 54 6 ADRENALINA – Senhit & Flo-Rida 44400
55 56 55 2 MIRROR – Sigrid 21400
56 59 56 4 HOW NOT TO DROWN – CHVRCHES & Robert Smith 29100
57 61 57 3 JOHNNY’S DARK SIDE – Pet Shop Boys 20200
58 58 58 5 AHEAD OF THE GAME – Gary Kemp 34800
59 62 59 5 LOVE’S UNKIND – Donna Summer 33100
60 63 60 5 ANOTHER YOU – Alok & Bloodline featuring The Vamps 32200

61 45 1 20 MY WORLD IS EMPTY WITHOUT YOU – The Supremes 783650
62 43 1 8 THE ‘IN’ CROWD – Bryan Ferry 453250
63 NEW 63 1 THANK YOU – Diana Ross 7200
64 71 64 3 LORD IT’S A FEELING – London Grammar 16500
65 72 65 2 NEON LIGHTS – Annie featuring Jake Shears 12600
66 NEW 66 1 THE WALLS ARE WAY TOO THIN – Holly Humberstone 6800
67 68 67 4 CHOSEN FAMILY – Rina Sawayama & Elton John 21400
68 41 36 7 STORMY WEATHER – Kings Of Leon 98350
69 70 69 2 YOU’RE MY BEST FRIEND – Queen 12200
70 50 50 6 DISCOTEQUE – THE ROOP 49500

71 64 1 20 LOVE CHILD – Diana Ross & The Supremes 1225350
72 74 72 5 DON’T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING – Gerry & The Pacemakers 22200
73 51 40 7 DUSK (THE NEW DIVISION REMIX) – Lucy In Disguise featuring Observer Drift 91350
74 76 74 2 MOVIN’ ON UP – Primal Scream 10000
75 54 7 13 DEJA VU – Olivia Rodrigo 271550
76 65 1 17 THE LAST MAN ON EARTH – Wolf Alice 1281900
77 NEW 77 1 BAD HABITS – Ed Sheeran 4600
78 81 78 3 GOT ME – Laura Mvula 11400
79 NEW 79 1 DARK MOON – Bonnie Guitar 4200
80 NEW 80 1 IN MY EYES – Chris Malinchak & Kiesza 4000

81 84 81 2 HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK – Ian Dury & The Blockheads 7000
82 83 82 2 BUTTER – BTS 7000
83 NEW 83 1 DIAMONDS – Imelda May 3400
84 85 84 2 GOOD TIMES – Chic 6200
85 NEW 85 1 SHINE ON – Kim Wilde & Boy George 3000

DROP OUTS
52 24 7 WHEREVER YOU GO – Lola Lennox featuring Annie Lennox 112150
55 28 5 JE ME CASSE – Destiny 76200
66 38 8 BEING SENTIMENTAL – Bright Light Bright Light 86750
67 20 9 COLOUR ME IN – Hayley Williams 136100
73 34 6 HEAT – Paul Woodford & Amber Mark 83250
75 14 8 DANIEL – Will Young 132850
77 26 7 LOST – Jake Bugg 95650
79 69 5 CRICKET WIFE – Pet Shop Boys 24400
80 80 3 PEOPLE, LET’S DANCE – Public Service Broadcasting featuring EERA 11600
82 44 7 HIGHER POWER – Coldplay 75800

My May-Aug 2019 Charts

Ruthless megalomaniac at the London Film & Comic Con, and some Daleks.

 

18th August 2019

It’s 3 weeks on top for Agnes, still Trancing strongly, what a fabulous track it is, so strong it holds off an 80’s grade A classic from a-ha, as 1986 chart-topper The Sun Always Shines On TV returns at 2 following a feature in the good Blinded By The Light movie, set in 1987, and showcasing pop at that time (see It’s A Sin entering lower down) and Bruce Springsteen songs – though not the track up to 13 off his new album, still making great music 44 years since Born To Run debuted in my chart – and which is also back thanks to the film.

Highest climber is Paul Kalkbrenner up 63 to 4 – I could do with some decent clubs to jiggle about a bit to this and Agnes, chances are low I’ll find one with a DJ to my taste that opens from 6pm to 9.30pm! Highest new track is Liam Gallagher, replacing himself in my 40 with his second Oasis-sounding top 10 of the year – One Of Us is not an Abba cover, it’s clearly another mouthing off about his older, more-talented brother. Yes, Noel, the one who drops out the top 10 and who wrote a good song called Slide Away. No, not the Slide Away entering at 8 for Miley Cyrus, that’s another fab new song, her second top of the year, and I’m really rating her new stuff lately.

Kaiser Chiefs also get a second top 10 of the year, Shallou and Colin get a big top 40 climb, Lana Del Ray gets a second top 40 of 2019 with Looking For America. So am I, but I think it may be some time. LEON has a decent climb, she’s not Falling at all, and P.P. Arnold gets her first-ever solo top 40 only 51 years late….! Dario G is back 5 years on from his top 20 track with Shirley Bassey, and 21 years on from topping with his Carnaval De Paris, and finally Dolly Parton’s Here You Come Again returns 41 years on since it fell short of my top 40. It’s sounding fab in a current advert, so that peak chart position needs correcting belatedly!

1 1 1 2 I TRANCE Agnes 340000
2 NEW 2 1 THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV a-ha 115000
3 2 2 4 PEACE OF MIND Avicii featuring Vargas & Lagola 255100
4 67 4 2 NO GOODBYE Paul Kalkbrenner featuring Chiara Hunter 71600
5 3 1 14 FREE TO GO Seeb & Highasakite 1386500
6 6 4 14 SOLID GOLD PNAU featuring Kira Divine & Marques Toliver 571900
7 NEW 7 1 ONE OF US Liam Gallagher 50000
8 NEW 8 1 SLIDE AWAY Miley Cyrus 48000
9 10 9 8 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee 220750
10 15 10 6 PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER The Kaiser Chiefs 146700

11 5 1 9 LIVIN’ THING Electric Light Orchestra 1092000
12 11 3 12 THE HUMAN STONE KDA featuring Angie Stone 657000
13 19 13 3 THE WAYFARER Bruce Springsteen 63500
14 4 3 10 SAIL ON Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 557500
15 8 8 8 MAD LOVE Mabel 214450
16 16 16 3 TIME WON’T GO SLOWLY Snow Patrol 67400
17 7 5 13 DROP TOP Keith Urban featuring Kassi Ashton 430450
18 18 18 10 YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN Taylor Swift 177400
19 20 19 3 FRIENDS Dido 58100
20 12 12 8 DON’T LET ME BE LONELY Mark Ronson featuring YEBBA 193800

21 9 1 8 TITANIUM David Guetta featuring Sia 401550
22 45 22 3 COUNT ON Shallou & Colin 37700
23 13 6 11 MOTHER’S DAUGHTER Miley Cyrus 346250
24 14 5 7 I DARE YOU The Regrettes 272000
25 26 25 3 EMOTION Purple Disco Machine featuring The Emotions 50250
26 28 26 6 YOUR GIRLFRIEND Blossoms 83000
27 39 27 5 FORGIVE OR FORGET Ina Wrolsden 60900
28 35 28 3 DAYS GO BY (CAMELPHAT REMIX) Dirty Vegas 46800
29 23 23 7 GOOD AS HELL Lizzo 115750
30 37 30 3 GREYHOUND Collard 45900

31 17 7 13 RECORD COLLECTION The Kaiser Chiefs 358650
32 32 32 3 I’M GOOD Wafia 43000
33 74 33 2 LOOKING FOR AMERICA Lana Del Ray 22900
34 40 34 3 FAVORITE SOUND Audien & Echosmith 46700
35 48 35 3 FALLING LEON 36600
36 21 10 15 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike 315750
37 43 37 3 BABY BLUE P.P. Arnold 40900
38 38 26 10 WISH YOU WELL Sigala featuring Becky Hill 140100
39 24 8 13 LOOKING FOR SOMEONE (RADIO MIX) Bananarama 283950
40 31 1 15 ARCADE Duncan Laurence 972250

41 36 36 4 SOMEONE LIKE YOU (ATARI HERO REMIX) The Sugarhill Gang Grandmaster Mele Mel & SCORPIO Furious5 featuring Barshon 54800
42 53 42 3 ONLY WHEN YOU’RE AROUND The Dualers 35000
43 34 29 7 YOUTH & LOVE Jack Savoretti featuring Mika 98900
44 22 10 7 DESTINY Zero 7 featuring Sia 159100
45 46 45 5 GO! Public Service Broadcasting 56400
46 27 5 11 SHOCKWAVE Liam Gallagher 353050
47 25 11 7 RESCUE ME OneRepublic 166550
48 50 48 5 SCHOOL’S OUT Alice Cooper 54900
49 49 49 4 FADE OUT Seeb & Olivia O’Brien & Space Primates 37500
50 58 50 6 CAN WE PRETEND Pink featuring Cash Cash 51000

51 44 1 18 LATE NIGHT FEELINGS Mark Ronson featuring Lykke Li 889400
52 30 22 8 SEX MONEY FEELINGS DIE Lykke Li 111350
53 56 53 5 CASTLES Freya Ridings 35450
54 59 54 3 MONEY Michael Kiwanuka & Tom Misch 28600
55 33 20 7 BLOW Ed Sheeran, Chris Stapleton & Bruno Mars 116100
56 NEW 56 1 SHOOT ME DOWN Fiona Walden 10600
57 65 57 3 TRUE LOVE Ariana & The Rose 23000
58 60 58 4 HOW GLAD I AM Chrissie Hynde with the Valve Bone Woe Ensemble 32800
59 77 59 2 LOVE TOO MUCH Keane 14700
60 63 60 3 HIGHER LOVE Kygo & Whitney Houston 23400

61 41 3 15 MIRACLE Caravan Palace 607900
62 54 1 12 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD Elton John 563050
63 29 29 10 STAY (DON’T GO AWAY) David Guetta featuring Raye 121100
64 66 64 3 YOUNG AND IN LOVE Ingrid Michaelson 18700
65 69 65 3 SILHOUETTES Friendly Fires 18200
66 68 66 3 TWO NIGHTS PART II Lykke Li, Skrillex & Ty Dolla $ign 19600
67 NEW 67 1 BORN TO RUN Bruce Springsteen 6600
68 76 20 8 FLYING ON MY OWN Celine Dion 121150
69 47 35 8 6AM Max Pope 88100
70 NEW 70 1 IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys 6000

71 72 71 2 TRUTH Mark Ronson featuring Alicia Keys & The Last Artful, Dodgr 11400
72 75 72 3 MINE RIGHT NOW Sigrid 14600
73 73 73 3 EVER AGAIN (SINGLE MIX) Robyn 15400
74 79 74 2 ONLY HUMAN The Jonas Brothers 9400
75 78 75 3 MEN BEHAVING BADLY Chiedu Oraka & Deezkid featuring Jacob Aaron 13800
76 NEW 76 1 HERE YOU COME AGAIN Dolly Parton 4800
77 80 77 2 LITTLE HELP The BossHoss featuring Mimy & Josy 8600
78 42 17 8 RENAISSANCE Culture Shock 134500
79 NEW 79 1 HUNGRY HEART Bruce Springsteen 4200
80 NEW 80 1 HOLA (RADIO EDIT) Dario G 4000

DROP OUTS
51 34 7 SENORITA Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello 85650
52 37 7 THE WAY I FEEL Keane 75300
55 55 6 LULLABY The Cure 47000
57 43 6 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE Ed Sheeran featuring Khalid 51700
61 30 6 ALL THE LOVERS Kylie Minogue 74600
62 62 4 BRIGHT BLUE SKIES Mitch James 25600
64 48 5 DEATH OF ME PVRIS 39900
70 70 4 SHINE Emeli Sande 22400
71 71 3 GONE Charli XCX & Christine And The Queens 17400

 

11th August 2019

It’s a 2nd week on top for the fab Agnes I Trance, holding off the late Avicii and his Vargas & Lagola combo Peace Of Mind at 2, his highest-charting track, beating Hey Brother which peaked at 5. Post malone & Swae Lee get a first top 10, Snow Patrol climb bigly into the 20, their first to do that since Chasing Cars 12 years back, Dido gets another top 20 of this year, and Brooooce also does the same on the day I saw the fab Blinded By The Light. Springsteen still has it, 44 years on from his debut Born To Run – which featured in the movie, quite rightly.

A second top 40 in a row for Purple Disco Machine, Wafia climbs up fast, loads of others climb in a week of few new entries – there just is no more room in my chart with so many climbing! Highest is Paul Kalkbrenner, who charted with a Leonard Cohen remix previously, Mark Ronson also pops back with a 5th track off his album, giving Alicia Keys a rare chart entry these days – 18 years since Fallin’ and 9 years since Empire State Of Mind topped with Jay-Z. Lana Del Ray and Keane make swift chart returns on the previous singles, JOnas Brothers get a 3rd off the new LP, and The BossHoss are back 2 years on from Word Up.

1 1 1 2 I TRANCE Agnes 340000
2 8 2 3 PEACE OF MIND Avicii featuring Vargas & Lagola 170100
3 2 1 13 FREE TO GO Seeb & Highasakite 1326500
4 4 3 9 SAIL ON Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 528500
5 3 1 8 LIVIN’ THING Electric Light Orchestra 1055000
6 7 4 13 SOLID GOLD PNAU featuring Kira Divine & Marques Toliver 516900
7 5 5 12 DROP TOP Keith Urban featuring Kassi Ashton 407450
8 10 8 7 MAD LOVE Mabel 187450
9 6 1 7 TITANIUM David Guetta featuring Sia 381800
10 14 10 7 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee 175750

11 11 3 11 THE HUMAN STONE KDA featuring Angie Stone 622000
12 13 12 7 DON’T LET ME BE LONELY Mark Ronson featuring YEBBA 173800
13 9 6 10 MOTHER’S DAUGHTER Miley Cyrus 327000
14 12 5 6 I DARE YOU The Regrettes 253000
15 15 15 5 PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER The Kaiser Chiefs 104700
16 36 16 2 TIME WON’T GO SLOWLY Snow Patrol 42400
17 23 7 12 RECORD COLLECTION The Kaiser Chiefs 341750
18 18 18 9 YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN Taylor Swift 155400
19 57 19 2 THE WAYFARER Bruce Springsteen 31500
20 39 20 2 FRIENDS Dido 37100

21 19 10 14 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike 298350
22 16 10 6 DESTINY Zero 7 featuring Sia 145850
23 25 23 6 GOOD AS HELL Lizzo 97550
24 24 8 12 LOOKING FOR SOMEONE (RADIO MIX) Bananarama 266850
25 17 11 6 RESCUE ME OneRepublic 153950
26 45 26 2 EMOTION Purple Disco Machine featuring The Emotions 31500
27 21 5 10 SHOCKWAVE Liam Gallagher 340300
28 32 28 5 YOUR GIRLFRIEND Blossoms 64500
29 33 29 9 STAY (DON’T GO AWAY) David Guetta featuring Raye 113900
30 22 22 7 SEX MONEY FEELINGS DIE Lykke Li 99850

31 26 1 14 ARCADE Duncan Laurence 955250
32 62 32 2 I’M GOOD Wafia 25200
33 20 20 6 BLOW Ed Sheeran, Chris Stapleton & Bruno Mars 105550
34 29 29 6 YOUTH & LOVE Jack Savoretti featuring Mika 85400
35 54 35 2 DAYS GO BY (CAMELPHAT REMIX) Dirty Vegas 28500
36 40 36 3 SOMEONE LIKE YOU (ATARI HERO REMIX) The Sugarhill Gang Grandmaster Mele Mel & SCORPIO Furious5 featuring Barshon 40800
37 56 37 2 GREYHOUND Collard 27900
38 28 26 9 WISH YOU WELL Sigala featuring Becky Hill 122900
39 52 39 4 FORGIVE OR FORGET Ina Wrolsden 42500
40 49 40 2 FAVORITE SOUND Audien & Echosmith 29100

41 31 3 14 MIRACLE Caravan Palace 600400
42 27 17 7 RENAISSANCE Culture Shock 130100
43 59 43 2 BABY BLUE P.P. Arnold 23600
44 38 1 17 LATE NIGHT FEELINGS Mark Ronson featuring Lykke Li 877650
45 74 45 2 COUNT ON Shallou & Colin 18200
46 46 46 4 GO! Public Service Broadcasting 43400
47 35 35 7 6AM Max Pope 81900
48 66 48 2 FALLING LEON 19100
49 64 49 3 FADE OUT Seeb & Olivia O’Brien & Space Primates 25400
50 51 50 4 SCHOOL’S OUT Alice Cooper 42600

51 34 34 7 SENORITA Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello 85650
52 37 37 7 THE WAY I FEEL Keane 75300
53 60 53 2 ONLY WHEN YOU’RE AROUND The Dualers 21250
54 47 1 11 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD Elton John 555650
55 55 55 6 LULLABY The Cure 47000
56 73 56 4 CASTLES Freya Ridings 24200
57 43 43 6 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE Ed Sheeran featuring Khalid 51700
58 58 58 5 CAN WE PRETEND Pink featuring Cash Cash 39000
59 61 59 2 MONEY Michael Kiwanuka & Tom Misch 17600
60 65 60 3 HOW GLAD I AM Chrissie Hynde with the Valve Bone Woe Ensemble 22600

61 30 30 6 ALL THE LOVERS Kylie Minogue 74600
62 67 62 4 BRIGHT BLUE SKIES Mitch James 25600
63 69 63 2 HIGHER LOVE Kygo & Whitney Houston 13400
64 48 48 5 DEATH OF ME PVRIS 39900
65 72 65 2 TRUE LOVE Ariana & The Rose 12600
66 76 66 2 YOUNG AND IN LOVE Ingrid Michaelson 11600
67 NEW 67 1 NO GOODBYE Paul Kalkbrenner featuring Chiara Hunter 6600
68 68 68 2 TWO NIGHTS PART II Lykke Li, Skrillex & Ty Dolla $ign 12800
69 75 69 2 SILHOUETTES Friendly Fires 11200
70 70 70 4 SHINE Emeli Sande 22400

71 71 71 3 GONE Charli XCX & Christine And The Queens 17400
72 NEW 72 1 TRUTH Mark Ronson featuring Alicia Keys & The Last Artful, Dodgr 5600
73 77 73 2 EVER AGAIN (SINGLE MIX) Robyn 10000
74 NEW 74 1 LOOKING FOR AMERICA Lana Del Ray 5200
75 80 75 2 MINE RIGHT NOW Sigrid 9000
76 42 20 7 FLYING ON MY OWN Celine Dion 114750
77 NEW 77 1 LOVE TOO MUCH Keane 4600
78 78 78 2 MEN BEHAVING BADLY Chiedu Oraka & Deezkid featuring Jacob Aaron 8800
79 NEW 79 1 ONLY HUMAN The Jonas Brothers 4200
80 NEW 80 1 LITTLE HELP The BossHoss featuring Mimy & Josy 4000

DROP OUTS
41 24 7 RUNAWAY RUNAWAY Mars Argo 102200
44 28 8 GOD CONTROL Madonna 100450
50 37 4 SING IT WITH ME JP Cooper & Astrid S 50950
53 53 5 PRAYING Keiino 44100
63 63 4 STILL THE GOOD OLD DAYS Sheryl Crow featuring Joe Walsh 19800
79 10 12 FOCUS ON ME MARUV 236250

 

 

4th August 2019

It’s straight in on top for a track I’ve known for less than 24 hours, Agnes and her self-descriptive fab single I Trance. Her 2009 chart-topper Release Me was a bit of an anthem in my Gran Canaria late-night holiday club days, but she hasnt charted since 2012, and this is only her 4th chart entry. At 8 a huge leap for Avicii, posthumously claiming his 5th top 10 with the sad-themed Peace Of Mind, with Vargas & Lagola also getting a 2nd top 10 of the year. Mabel gets a 2nd too.

All the action is lower-down the chart though, as there is another mass invasion, this time new tracks, and I’ve had to extend my chart to 80 again to accomodate them. In at 36 Snow Patrol get a first top 40 in 9 years (and that was a re-entry) and their 8th in total after a break of 8 years away, with Time Won’t Go Slowly. So true! Dido’s back for a 3rd top 40 0f 2019, The Sugarhill gang get a 3rd top 40 40 years since their first, and Grandmaster Flash/Mele Mel a 4th 36 years on. Purple Disco Machine replace themselves in my chart at 45 with the Emotions-sampling Emotion, which charted 42 years ago as I Don’t Wanna Lose Your Love and has been sampled heavily since, notably by Primal Scream in 1990 on Loaded.

Dirty Vegas have been camelphat-ed at 54, a shocking 18 years on from Days Go By peaking at 4, and 17 years since the remix peaked at 3 in my charts. 3rd time lucky? Collard’s Greyhound is a smooth new soul track which came up as an advert on Youtube just for me, as I was looking at 60’s soul tracks, and which made a change from being bombarded endlessly by a bloody Grammarly hype. Collard is one of the few times in my life when an advert has got a sale out of me. Cos it’s good. Springsteen is back with a 2nd hit of the year, still Born To Run 44 years on. That’s nothing though…

In at 59 with Baby Blue gives P.P. Arnold her first-ever solo hit – 52 years late. P.P. had UK soul success in the late 60’s, but too early for my first charts, despite later failed attempts by Barry Gibb to get an album release for her of stuff he had produced. Following the death of her daughter she concentrated on guest vocals in the 70’s onwards, and last charted with Ocean Colour Scene in 1998. Steve Cradock is a huge fan, and drafted in his big mate, also a fan, Paul Weller for a brand new album, of which this is the first track. So, 52 years-late here she is, still soulful. Check her guest spots on, ooh 3am Eternal (KLF), Itchycoo Park (The Small faces), the original version of Cat Stevens’ First Cut Is The Deepest, Peter Gabriel’s Sledgehammer, Beatmasters Burn It Up and more.

Whitney is also back, a decade literally late, with her Kygo revamp of her cover of Steve Winwood’s Higher Love. The first track on the aforementioned PP arnold Barry Gibb album was a Steve Winwood track – the album eventually got released a few years back thanks to the efforts of Steve Cradock. I love a circular anecdote.

1 NEW 1 1 I TRANCE Agnes 170000
2 3 1 12 FREE TO GO Seeb & Highasakite 1241500
3 2 1 7 LIVIN’ THING Electric Light Orchestra 995000
4 4 3 8 SAIL ON Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 463500
5 5 5 11 DROP TOP Keith Urban featuring Kassi Ashton 357450
6 1 1 6 TITANIUM David Guetta featuring Sia 336800
7 7 4 12 SOLID GOLD PNAU featuring Kira Divine & Marques Toliver 461900
8 64 8 2 PEACE OF MIND Avicii featuring Vargas & Lagola 55100
9 6 6 9 MOTHER’S DAUGHTER Miley Cyrus 295000
10 12 10 6 MAD LOVE Mabel 139450

11 9 3 10 THE HUMAN STONE KDA featuring Angie Stone 585000
12 8 5 5 I DARE YOU The Regrettes 224000
13 15 13 6 DON’T LET ME BE LONELY Mark Ronson featuring YEBBA 138800
14 16 14 6 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee 133750
15 19 15 4 PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER The Kaiser Chiefs 77700
16 10 10 5 DESTINY Zero 7 featuring Sia 126350
17 11 11 5 RESCUE ME OneRepublic 135200
18 18 18 8 YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN Taylor Swift 133400
19 13 10 13 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike 278600
20 22 20 5 BLOW Ed Sheeran, Chris Stapleton & Bruno Mars 87850

21 14 5 9 SHOCKWAVE Liam Gallagher 321900
22 23 22 6 SEX MONEY FEELINGS DIE Lykke Li 81850
23 20 7 11 RECORD COLLECTION The Kaiser Chiefs 318750
24 17 8 11 LOOKING FOR SOMEONE (RADIO MIX) Bananarama 247850
25 25 25 5 GOOD AS HELL Lizzo 78300
26 21 1 13 ARCADE Duncan Laurence 937350
27 27 17 6 RENAISSANCE Culture Shock 116350
28 31 26 8 WISH YOU WELL Sigala featuring Becky Hill 105700
29 30 29 5 YOUTH & LOVE Jack Savoretti featuring Mika 67800
30 40 30 5 ALL THE LOVERS Kylie Minogue 67100

31 26 3 13 MIRACLE Caravan Palace 586400
32 34 32 4 YOUR GIRLFRIEND Blossoms 46200
33 33 33 8 STAY (DON’T GO AWAY) David Guetta featuring Raye 95700
34 35 34 6 SENORITA Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello 73900
35 36 35 6 6AM Max Pope 69400
36 NEW 36 1 TIME WON’T GO SLOWLY Snow Patrol 17400
37 38 37 6 THE WAY I FEEL Keane 63800
38 32 1 16 LATE NIGHT FEELINGS Mark Ronson featuring Lykke Li 864400
39 NEW 39 1 FRIENDS Dido 17100
40 68 40 2 SOMEONE LIKE YOU (ATARI HERO REMIX) The Sugarhill Gang Grandmaster Mele Mel & SCORPIO Furious5 featuring Barshon 23400

41 24 24 7 RUNAWAY RUNAWAY Mars Argo 102200
42 29 20 6 FLYING ON MY OWN Celine Dion 109950
43 50 43 5 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE Ed Sheeran featuring Khalid 41300
44 28 28 8 GOD CONTROL Madonna 100450
45 NEW 45 1 EMOTION Purple Disco Machine featuring The Emotions 13000
46 49 46 3 GO! Public Service Broadcasting 30650
47 39 1 10 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD Elton John 544650
48 52 48 4 DEATH OF ME PVRIS 32800
49 NEW 49 1 FAVORITE SOUND Audien & Echosmith 12100
50 37 37 4 SING IT WITH ME JP Cooper & Astrid S 50950

51 51 51 3 SCHOOL’S OUT Alice Cooper 30600
52 59 52 3 FORGIVE OR FORGET Ina Wrolsden 25400
53 53 53 5 PRAYING Keiino 44100
54 NEW 54 1 DAYS GO BY (CAMELPHAT REMIX) Dirty Vegas 11000
55 55 55 5 LULLABY The Cure 36200
56 NEW 56 1 GREYHOUND Collard 10600
57 NEW 57 1 THE WAYFARER Bruce Springsteen 10400
58 58 58 4 CAN WE PRETEND Pink featuring Cash Cash 28800
59 NEW 59 1 BABY BLUE P.P. Arnold 10100
60 NEW 60 1 ONLY WHEN YOU’RE AROUND The Dualers 10000

61 NEW 61 1 MONEY Michael Kiwanuka & Tom Misch 7500
62 NEW 62 1 I’M GOOD Wafia 7400
63 63 63 4 STILL THE GOOD OLD DAYS Sheryl Crow featuring Joe Walsh 19800
64 69 64 2 FADE OUT Seeb & Olivia O’Brien & Space Primates 13300
65 72 65 2 HOW GLAD I AM Chrissie Hynde with the Valve Bone Woe Ensemble 12600
66 NEW 66 1 FALLING LEON 6800
67 67 67 3 BRIGHT BLUE SKIES Mitch James 18200
68 NEW 68 1 TWO NIGHTS PART II Lykke Li, Skrillex & Ty Dolla $ign 6400
69 NEW 69 1 HIGHER LOVE Kygo & Whitney Houston 6200
70 70 70 3 SHINE Emeli Sande 16400

71 71 71 2 GONE Charli XCX & Christine And The Queens 11600
72 NEW 72 1 TRUE LOVE Ariana & The Rose 5600
73 75 73 3 CASTLES Freya Ridings 13600
74 NEW 74 1 COUNT ON Shallou & Colin 5200
75 NEW 75 1 SILHOUETTES Friendly Fires 5000
76 NEW 76 1 YOUNG AND IN LOVE Ingrid Michaelson 4800
77 NEW 77 1 EVER AGAIN (SINGLE MIX) Robyn 4600
78 NEW 78 1 MEN BEHAVING BADLY Chiedu Oraka & Deezkid featuring Jacob Aaron 4400
79 46 10 12 FOCUS ON ME MARUV 236250
80 NEW 80 1 MINE RIGHT NOW Sigrid 4000

DROP OUTS
41 28 7 STRANGER NIGHTS Patrick Martin 93300
42 12 13 JUNGLE BOOGIE Kool & The Gang 239500
43 43 7 CHUNG KUO Vangelis 61700
44 26 9 NEVER REALLY OVER Katy Perry 123300
45 18 12 BODY FUNK Purple Disco Machine 208550
47 47 5 WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG The Killers 39850
48 36 5 CROWN Stormzy 77000
54 9 12 BODY HIGH Sam Bluer 299650
56 40 5 STARRY NIGHT Peggy Gou 56800
57 57 2 INFO FREAKO Jesus Jones 15000
60 60 5 THIS CHARMING MAN The Smiths 30200
61 1 15 TIME IN A TREE Raleigh Ritchie 632400
62 9 13 HUNGRY CHILD Hot Chip 278650
65 65 4 WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT LOVE IS Craig David 24400
66 46 6 WOKE UP LATE Drax Project featuring Hailee Steinfeld 49350
73 1 21 CHRYSALIS Empire Of The Sun 846900
74 74 2 FEEL THE BENEFIT 10c.c. 8200

 

 

That’s Conchita Wurst on stage in Gran Canaria – you’ll have to take my word for it! 🙂

 

28th July 2019

It’s a return to the top spot for classic 2011 chart-topper Titanium, now getting it’s 3rd week on top. It was the first of 2 chart-toppers from the Nothing But The Beat album which I bought in a posh Florida shopping mall record store – one of the few left that I could find in the 21 years since my first visit when stores were everywhere and malls were full. It’s still also Sia’s only chart-topper, though her other oldie (with Zero 7) gives a double top ten week.

Kaiser Chiefs also meet themselves in the top 20 as the new climbs to 19, Jack Savoretti keeps his top 40’s going, and Mika gets a credit to boot – his 16th top 40 in 12 years, including one number one (not the one you think, either, it’s Rain). Blossoms get a big climb into the 40 and I cut my chart down to 75, having a bit of a clear-out of oldies now Glasto is gone. There are few new entries, but Seeb get a second in the 75 with Fade Out entering, Avicii gets another posthumous entry, this one with Vargas & Lagola’s 3rd chart entry, Charli XCX joins forces with Christine and both return – and some golden oldies return, both from 1979 debuts:

Chrissie Hynde debuted with The Pretenders’ Stop Your Sobbing and has never really stopped charting since, just not as regularly as of old – well, she’s back with an orchestra (of sorts) and a cover of the 1964 Nancy Wilson blues/jazz classic How Glad I Am – which belatedly made my top 10 in 2013, and first charted for me in a version by Kiki Dee in 1975. The other comeback? The Sugarhill Gang! First charting with Rapper’s Delight, the first proper “rap” record as such to be a crossover hit. Most recently in my top 10 in 2015 with oldie Apache, this is their first new material to chart since the early 80’s! It’s also bringing back Grandmaster Mele Mel – why the ‘L’ he’s dropped an L from his name I don’t know but he’s the brains and voice behind The Message and White Lines, the greatest rap records of the 80’s for me, not to mention Chaka Khan, Chaka Khan, let me love Chaka Khan on I Feel For You. He brings along his Furious5, who are probably livid rather than furious these days.

1 6 1 5 TITANIUM David Guetta featuring Sia 281800
2 1 1 6 LIVIN’ THING Electric Light Orchestra 910000
3 2 1 11 FREE TO GO Seeb & Highasakite 1126500
4 3 3 7 SAIL ON Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 398500
5 7 5 10 DROP TOP Keith Urban featuring Kassi Ashton 297450
6 8 6 8 MOTHER’S DAUGHTER Miley Cyrus 250000
7 4 4 11 SOLID GOLD PNAU featuring Kira Divine & Marques Toliver 411900
8 5 5 4 I DARE YOU The Regrettes 189000
9 9 3 9 THE HUMAN STONE KDA featuring Angie Stone 548000
10 14 10 4 DESTINY Zero 7 featuring Sia 101350

11 11 11 4 RESCUE ME OneRepublic 112200
12 16 12 5 MAD LOVE Mabel 97450
13 10 10 12 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike 257600
14 12 5 8 SHOCKWAVE Liam Gallagher 302150
15 17 15 5 DON’T LET ME BE LONELY Mark Ronson featuring YEBBA 106800
16 18 16 5 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee 104750
17 13 8 10 LOOKING FOR SOMEONE (RADIO MIX) Bananarama 228850
18 21 18 7 YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN Taylor Swift 111400
19 33 19 3 PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER The Kaiser Chiefs 50700
20 19 7 10 RECORD COLLECTION The Kaiser Chiefs 299500

21 15 1 12 ARCADE Duncan Laurence 918850
22 25 22 4 BLOW Ed Sheeran, Chris Stapleton & Bruno Mars 67850
23 35 23 5 SEX MONEY FEELINGS DIE Lykke Li 62350
24 27 24 6 RUNAWAY RUNAWAY Mars Argo 88200
25 37 25 4 GOOD AS HELL Lizzo 59550
26 24 3 12 MIRACLE Caravan Palace 568500
27 22 17 5 RENAISSANCE Culture Shock 97950
28 30 28 7 GOD CONTROL Madonna 87200
29 20 20 5 FLYING ON MY OWN Celine Dion 96200
30 41 30 4 YOUTH & LOVE Jack Savoretti featuring Mika 49600

31 26 26 7 WISH YOU WELL Sigala featuring Becky Hill 87400
32 29 1 15 LATE NIGHT FEELINGS Mark Ronson featuring Lykke Li 847200
33 40 33 7 STAY (DON’T GO AWAY) David Guetta featuring Raye 78000
34 70 34 3 YOUR GIRLFRIEND Blossoms 28400
35 38 35 5 SENORITA Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello 56300
36 45 36 5 6AM Max Pope 51900
37 53 37 3 SING IT WITH ME JP Cooper & Astrid S 38950
38 43 38 5 THE WAY I FEEL Keane 46500
39 39 1 9 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD Elton John 532150
40 42 40 4 ALL THE LOVERS Kylie Minogue 49100

41 28 28 7 STRANGER NIGHTS Patrick Martin 93300
42 23 12 13 JUNGLE BOOGIE Kool & The Gang 239500
43 52 43 7 CHUNG KUO Vangelis 61700
44 31 26 9 NEVER REALLY OVER Katy Perry 123300
45 34 18 12 BODY FUNK Purple Disco Machine 208550
46 32 10 11 FOCUS ON ME MARUV 232050
47 51 47 5 WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG The Killers 39850
48 36 36 5 CROWN Stormzy 77000
49 71 49 2 GO! Public Service Broadcasting 17900
50 63 50 4 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE Ed Sheeran featuring Khalid 27800

51 64 51 2 SCHOOL’S OUT Alice Cooper 18850
52 72 52 3 DEATH OF ME PVRIS 20500
53 54 53 4 PRAYING Keiino 32850
54 44 9 12 BODY HIGH Sam Bluer 299650
55 66 55 4 LULLABY The Cure 25400
56 50 40 5 STARRY NIGHT Peggy Gou 56800
57 77 57 2 INFO FREAKO Jesus Jones 15000
58 69 58 3 CAN WE PRETEND Pink featuring Cash Cash 18600
59 81 59 2 FORGIVE OR FORGET Ina Wrolsden 13900
60 68 60 5 THIS CHARMING MAN The Smiths 30200

61 59 1 15 TIME IN A TREE Raleigh Ritchie 632400
62 60 9 13 HUNGRY CHILD Hot Chip 278650
63 83 63 3 STILL THE GOOD OLD DAYS Sheryl Crow featuring Joe Walsh 12600
64 NEW 64 1 PEACE OF MIND Avicii featuring Vargas & Lagola 7100
65 67 65 4 WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT LOVE IS Craig David 24400
66 46 46 6 WOKE UP LATE Drax Project featuring Hailee Steinfeld 49350
67 75 67 2 BRIGHT BLUE SKIES Mitch James 11600
68 NEW 68 1 SOMEONE LIKE YOU (ATARI HERO REMIX) The Sugarhill Gang Grandmaster Mele Mel & SCORPIO Furious5 featuring Barshon 6400
69 NEW 69 1 FADE OUT Seeb & Olivia O’Brien & Space Primates 6200
70 78 70 2 SHINE Emeli Sande 10400

71 NEW 71 1 GONE Charli XCX & Christine And The Queens 5800
72 NEW 72 1 HOW GLAD I AM Chrissie Hyne with the Valve Bone Woe Ensemble 5600
73 73 1 21 CHRYSALIS Empire Of The Sun 846900
74 85 74 2 FEEL THE BENEFIT 10c.c. 8200
75 84 75 2 CASTLES Freya Ridings 8200

DROP OUTS
47 47 6 IF I CAN’T HAVE YOU Shawn Mendes 54600
48 20 9 MY LOVE Will Young 135200
49 32 5 THE GLAMOROUS LIFE Prince 76600
55 55 3 LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT Kylie Minogue 24300
56 5 10 ZERO GRAVITY Kate Miller-Heidke 326950
57 3 10 SPIRIT IN THE SKY Keiino 374350
58 9 10 DOIN’ TIME Lana Del Ray 256100
61 8 12 BLACK STAR DANCING Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 279000
62 29 11 I DON’T CARE Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber 144600
65 28 9 ALONE Richard Hawley 103900
74 48 6 INTO HAPPINESS Phantogram 50150
76 76 3 CAN’T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD Kylie Minogue 11400
79 79 3 BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW Kylie Minogue 12200
80 10 12 ROCKET MAN Taron Egerton 220450
82 6 15 DATE STAMP ABC 291950

 

 

21st July 2019

It’s four weeks on top for ELO, 6 in total, as nothing new comes along to challenge it, the nearest fresh challenger is The Regrettes at 5, their second chart hit, and first top 40. Fun! Titanium goes top 10 7 years after topping my chart, and Sia’s other oldie beats it’s previous peak of 16 in 2000 for Zero 7’s lovely Destiny, which I under-rated at the time. Dominic Fike finally makes the top 10 after 11 weeks of trying.

Meanwhile, 50 years ago on the 21st July I was watching footage of the Moon Landing on our black and white TV, specially allowed to broadcast overnight and in the morning – though I didn’t get woken up for the glorious actual moment which contrary to media coverage happened in the UK on the 21st, not the 20th! I still say GMT should be the primary source when events happen off-planet It was enormously impressive as any achievement to this 11-year-old, and hugely risky, so all the more awesome. As a sort-of tribute, Public Service Broadcasting enter belatedly with Go! based on Apollo 11, and sampling Nasa heavily, in at 71. While School’s Out made the itunes chart, and although it was 3 years too late for Apollo, it was sort of appropriate as Primary School was indeed Out for me around that time. Alice Cooper made my top 5 in 1972, and charted again in 1974.

The Kaisers get a big climb into the 40, Lykke Li gets a second top 40, ditto Lizzo, and Shawn Mendes overtakes himself with Camila,as Senorita goes into the 40. Shawn’s 3rd top 40, and Camila’s 3rd too. I finally get to cut down the size of the chart to 85 in a quiet week for newcomers, as a load of Glasto oldies depart in a rush, Mitch James being the highest actual new current track at 75! Even with PVRIS and P!nk climbing into the 75 that’s historically low for a top 75 chart. It has been manic of late though, so it gives room for lots of climbers to grab a more representative chart position. Jesus Jones return 29 years on with the fab Info Freako, a non-hit of the time that deserved better.

1 1 1 5 LIVIN’ THING Electric Light Orchestra 795000
2 2 1 10 FREE TO GO Seeb & Highasakite 1041500
3 3 3 6 SAIL ON Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 333500
4 4 4 10 SOLID GOLD PNAU featuring Kira Divine & Marques Toliver 361900
5 5 5 3 I DARE YOU The Regrettes 141000
6 11 6 4 TITANIUM David Guetta featuring Sia 111800
7 8 7 9 DROP TOP Keith Urban featuring Kassi Ashton 237450
8 9 8 7 MOTHER’S DAUGHTER Miley Cyrus 195000
9 6 3 8 THE HUMAN STONE KDA featuring Angie Stone 503000
10 14 10 11 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike 225600

11 19 11 3 RESCUE ME OneRepublic 75200
12 7 5 7 SHOCKWAVE Liam Gallagher 273150
13 10 8 9 LOOKING FOR SOMEONE (RADIO MIX) Bananarama 205850
14 34 14 3 DESTINY Zero 7 featuring Sia 59350
15 13 1 11 ARCADE Duncan Laurence 899100
16 33 16 4 MAD LOVE Mabel 62450
17 20 17 4 DON’T LET ME BE LONELY Mark Ronson featuring YEBBA 79800
18 18 18 4 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee 79750
19 15 7 9 RECORD COLLECTION The Kaiser Chiefs 279500
20 21 20 4 FLYING ON MY OWN Celine Dion 78000

21 25 21 6 YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN Taylor Swift 89400
22 17 17 4 RENAISSANCE Culture Shock 79550
23 12 12 12 JUNGLE BOOGIE Kool & The Gang 225750
24 16 3 11 MIRACLE Caravan Palace 550000
25 39 25 3 BLOW Ed Sheeran, Chris Stapleton & Bruno Mars 48350
26 35 26 6 WISH YOU WELL Sigala featuring Becky Hill 69500
27 30 27 5 RUNAWAY RUNAWAY Mars Argo 69200
28 28 28 6 STRANGER NIGHTS Patrick Martin 79300
29 24 1 14 LATE NIGHT FEELINGS Mark Ronson featuring Lykke Li 829400
30 36 30 6 GOD CONTROL Madonna 68900

31 26 26 8 NEVER REALLY OVER Katy Perry 110050
32 23 10 10 FOCUS ON ME MARUV 219300
33 50 33 2 PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER The Kaiser Chiefs 29700
34 22 18 11 BODY FUNK Purple Disco Machine 195550
35 59 35 4 SEX MONEY FEELINGS DIE Lykke Li 43100
36 37 36 4 CROWN Stormzy 64700
37 47 37 3 GOOD AS HELL Lizzo 40800
38 58 38 4 SENORITA Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello 38800
39 29 1 8 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD Elton John 515050
40 49 40 6 STAY (DON’T GO AWAY) David Guetta featuring Raye 60300

41 54 41 3 YOUTH & LOVE Jack Savoretti featuring Mika 31600
42 53 42 3 ALL THE LOVERS Kylie Minogue 32100
43 70 43 4 THE WAY I FEEL Keane 29300
44 38 9 11 BODY HIGH Sam Bluer 288650
45 63 45 4 6AM Max Pope 34500
46 60 46 5 WOKE UP LATE Drax Project featuring Hailee Steinfeld 42550
47 56 47 6 IF I CAN’T HAVE YOU Shawn Mendes 54600
48 31 20 9 MY LOVE Will Young 135200
49 32 32 5 THE GLAMOROUS LIFE Prince 76600
50 40 40 4 STARRY NIGHT Peggy Gou 46200

51 62 51 4 WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG The Killers 27350
52 55 52 6 CHUNG KUO Vangelis 48200
53 57 53 2 SING IT WITH ME JP Cooper & Astrid S 21650
54 68 54 3 PRAYING Keiino 21600
55 64 55 3 LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT Kylie Minogue 24300
56 46 5 10 ZERO GRAVITY Kate Miller-Heidke 326950
57 44 3 10 SPIRIT IN THE SKY Keiino 374350
58 45 9 10 DOIN’ TIME Lana Del Ray 256100
59 52 1 14 TIME IN A TREE Raleigh Ritchie 624900
60 51 9 12 HUNGRY CHILD Hot Chip 271250

61 42 8 12 BLACK STAR DANCING Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 279000
62 43 29 11 I DON’T CARE Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber 144600
63 75 63 3 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE Ed Sheeran featuring Khalid 15800
64 NEW 64 1 SCHOOL’S OUT Alice Cooper 7100
65 41 28 9 ALONE Richard Hawley 103900
66 77 66 3 LULLABY The Cure 14600
67 72 67 3 WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT LOVE IS Craig David 17400
68 73 68 4 THIS CHARMING MAN The Smiths 20200
69 89 69 2 CAN WE PRETEND Pink featuring Cash Cash 8400
70 76 70 2 YOUR GIRLFRIEND Blossoms 10800

71 NEW 71 1 GO! Public Service Broadcasting 5800
72 83 72 2 DEATH OF ME PVRIS 9000
73 69 1 20 CHRYSALIS Empire Of The Sun 841500
74 48 48 6 INTO HAPPINESS Phantogram 50150
75 NEW 75 1 BRIGHT BLUE SKIES Mitch James 5000
76 81 76 3 CAN’T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD Kylie Minogue 11400
77 NEW 77 1 INFO FREAKO Jesus Jones 4600
78 NEW 78 1 SHINE Emeli Sande 4400
79 79 79 3 BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW Kylie Minogue 12200
80 61 10 12 ROCKET MAN Taron Egerton 220450

81 NEW 81 1 FORGIVE OR FORGET Ina Wrolsden 3800
82 27 6 15 DATE STAMP ABC 291950
83 90 83 2 STILL THE GOOD OLD DAYS Sheryl Crow featuring Joe Walsh 5400
84 NEW 84 1 CASTLES Freya Ridings 3200
85 NEW 85 1 FEEL THE BENEFIT 10c.c. 3000

DROP OUTS
65 50 6 JOY Bastille 50600
66 18 9 TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose 164750
67 67 3 SUMMERTIME DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince 18000
71 1 13 MEDELLIN Madonna & Maluma 647200
74 13 12 ALL DAY AND NIGHT Jax Jones, Martin Solveig (aka Europa) & Madison Beer 221700
78 78 2 THE LOVECATS The Cure 7400
80 80 2 CLOSE TO ME The Cure 8000
82 82 2 WHERE THE WILD ROSES GROW Kylie Minogue & Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 7000
84 84 2 HUMAN The Killers 5200
85 15 11 NEW YORK CITY Kylie Minogue 168450
86 86 2 SPINNING AROUND Kylie Minogue 5000
87 87 2 IN BETWEEN DAYS The Cure 5200
88 88 2 BOYS DON’T CRY The Cure 4800

 

 

14th July 2019

It’s 3 weeks on top for ELO, 5 weeks in total, cos it still sounds so fab played loud these 43 years later, and becomes their longest-running number one. Noel Gallagher gets his highest-charting solo record, ahead of AKA..What A Life which peaked at 5 in 2011, with Sail On – though obviously not quite up their Oasis chart-toppers like Whatever, Wonderwall, Don’t Look Back In Anger and The Importance Of Being Idle. Up debuting inside the top 5, with their second chart hit, it’s The Regrettes and the fab I Dare You, while Keith Urban gets his second top 10, following 2017 number 2 The Fighter with Drop Top Down. Miley Cyrus gets her 6th top 10, as Titanium rockets up 30 places to 11 – 8 years on from topping my charts and it still sounds fresh and exciting, one of the great singles of the decade.

OneRepublic shoot up into the top 20 for the 9th time, Mark Ronson for the 7th, while Madonna goes top 40 with God Control, her 4th of the year. Ed Sheeran replaces himself in the 40, which is a bit of a BLOW, I’m sure, while highest new entry is Kaiser Chiefs at 50 with People Know How To Love One Another, their 2nd on the list. JP Cooper returns with a newie at 57. Sing It With Me! Blossoms also return with Your Girlfriend. She certainly isn’t mine. PVRIS enter in my still-extended chart rundown of 90, at 83, much lower than they would be without all the Glasto oldies hogging the chart spots, Pink gets a 5th track off Hurts 2 B Human entering, and Sheryl Crow returns, extending her run to 25 years of chart hits – this time bringing along Joe Walsh. Joe has charted umpteen times as part of The Eagles, going back to New Kid In Town around the time Livin’ Thing was charting, but he’d been on records back in the 60’s, 70’s and beyond, for his guitar skills, a whole who’s who in music it is too from The Beach Boys to The Foo Fighters. As a solo act, though, he debuted in 1978 with Life’s Been Good, a fab single, and…that was it. 41 years later and he gets a follow-up co-credit, that must be a record wait for a follow-up to a one-hit-wonder with new material!

1 1 1 4 LIVIN’ THING Electric Light Orchestra 625000
2 2 1 9 FREE TO GO Seeb & Highasakite 926500
3 4 3 5 SAIL ON Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 248500
4 7 4 9 SOLID GOLD PNAU featuring Kira Divine & Marques Toliver 296900
5 19 5 2 I DARE YOU The Regrettes 81000
6 3 3 7 THE HUMAN STONE KDA featuring Angie Stone 458000
7 5 5 6 SHOCKWAVE Liam Gallagher 238150
8 12 8 8 DROP TOP Keith Urban featuring Kassi Ashton 187450
9 11 9 6 MOTHER’S DAUGHTER Miley Cyrus 147000
10 8 8 8 LOOKING FOR SOMEONE (RADIO MIX) Bananarama 173850

11 41 11 3 TITANIUM David Guetta featuring Sia 56800
12 13 12 11 JUNGLE BOOGIE Kool & The Gang 206500
13 6 1 10 ARCADE Duncan Laurence 872100
14 14 14 10 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike 183600
15 9 7 8 RECORD COLLECTION The Kaiser Chiefs 258500
16 10 3 10 MIRACLE Caravan Palace 531000
17 23 17 3 RENAISSANCE Culture Shock 60050
18 25 18 3 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee 57750
19 38 19 2 RESCUE ME OneRepublic 38200
20 26 20 3 DON’T LET ME BE LONELY Mark Ronson featuring YEBBA 56800

21 22 21 3 FLYING ON MY OWN Celine Dion 58000
22 18 18 10 BODY FUNK Purple Disco Machine 177950
23 15 10 9 FOCUS ON ME MARUV 201500
24 17 1 13 LATE NIGHT FEELINGS Mark Ronson featuring Lykke Li 811200
25 30 25 5 YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN Taylor Swift 69650
26 31 26 7 NEVER REALLY OVER Katy Perry 92150
27 16 6 14 DATE STAMP ABC 288350
28 35 28 5 STRANGER NIGHTS Patrick Martin 61000
29 21 1 7 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD Elton John 497950
30 36 30 4 RUNAWAY RUNAWAY Mars Argo 50800

31 20 20 8 MY LOVE Will Young 122900
32 37 32 4 THE GLAMOROUS LIFE Prince 64500
33 42 33 3 MAD LOVE Mabel 37450
34 46 34 2 DESTINY Zero 7 featuring Sia 30350
35 48 35 5 WISH YOU WELL Sigala featuring Becky Hill 51000
36 49 36 5 GOD CONTROL Madonna 50900
37 40 37 3 CROWN Stormzy 47300
38 24 9 10 BODY HIGH Sam Bluer 275400
39 47 39 2 BLOW Ed Sheeran, Chris Stapeleton & Bruno Mars 29600
40 55 40 3 STARRY NIGHT Peggy Gou 34200

41 28 28 8 ALONE Richard Hawley 96900
42 27 8 11 BLACK STAR DANCING Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 271500
43 29 29 10 I DON’T CARE Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber 137200
44 33 3 9 SPIRIT IN THE SKY Keiino 363950
45 34 9 9 DOIN’ TIME Lana Del Ray 245900
46 39 5 9 ZERO GRAVITY Kate Miller-Heidke 316350
47 54 47 2 GOOD AS HELL Lizzo 23500
48 53 48 5 INTO HAPPINESS Phantogram 44950
49 56 49 5 STAY (DON’T GO AWAY) David Guetta featuring Raye 43300
50 NEW 50 1 PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER The Kaiser Chiefs 12000

51 45 9 11 HUNGRY CHILD Hot Chip 261250
52 44 1 13 TIME IN A TREE Raleigh Ritchie 614800
53 64 53 2 ALL THE LOVERS Kylie Minogue 18350
54 67 54 2 YOUTH & LOVE Jack Savoretti featuring Mika 17600
55 59 55 5 CHUNG KUO Vangelis 36700
56 57 56 5 IF I CAN’T HAVE YOU Shawn Mendes 42100
57 NEW 57 1 SING IT WITH ME JP Cooper & Astrid S 10400
58 70 58 3 SENORITA Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello 21600
59 61 59 3 SEX MONEY FEELINGS DIE Lykke Li 25600
60 62 60 4 WOKE UP LATE Drax Project featuring Hailee Steinfeld 29800

61 43 10 11 ROCKET MAN Taron Egerton 216450
62 77 62 3 WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG The Killers 16600
63 63 63 3 6AM Max Pope 21500
64 68 64 2 LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT Kylie Minogue 13500
65 50 50 6 JOY Bastille 50600
66 32 18 9 TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose 164750
67 71 67 3 SUMMERTIME DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince 18000
68 79 68 2 PRAYING Keiino 10600
69 69 1 19 CHRYSALIS Empire Of The Sun 836100
70 73 70 3 THE WAY I FEEL Keane 15800

71 60 1 13 MEDELLIN Madonna & Maluma 647200
72 74 72 2 WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT LOVE IS Craig David 10800
73 78 73 3 THIS CHARMING MAN The Smiths 13800
74 51 13 12 ALL DAY AND NIGHT Jax Jones, Martin Solveig (aka Europa) & Madison Beer 221700
75 82 75 2 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE Ed Sheeran featuring Khalid 8600
76 NEW 76 1 YOUR GIRLFRIEND Blossoms 4800
77 84 77 2 LULLABY The Cure 7800
78 85 78 2 THE LOVECATS The Cure 7400
79 81 79 2 BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW Kylie Minogue 8000
80 80 80 2 CLOSE TO ME The Cure 8000

81 86 81 2 CAN’T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD Kylie Minogue 6600
82 83 82 2 WHERE THE WILD ROSES GROW Kylie Minogue & Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 7000
83 NEW 83 1 DEATH OF ME PVRIS 3400
84 90 84 2 HUMAN The Killers 5200
85 75 15 11 NEW YORK CITY Kylie Minogue 168450
86 89 86 2 SPINNING AROUND Kylie Minogue 5000
87 87 87 2 IN BETWEEN DAYS The Cure 5200
88 88 88 2 BOYS DON’T CRY The Cure 4800
89 NEW 89 1 CAN WE PRETEND Pink featuring Cash Cash 2200
90 NEW 90 1 STILL THE GOOD OLD DAYS Sheryl Crow featuring Joe Walsh 2000

DROP OUTS
52 44 7 ONE TOUCH Jess Glynne & Jax Jones 64950
58 23 6 TINY DANCER Elton John 88750
65 65 6 FIND U AGAIN Mark Ronson featuring Camila Cabello 33400
66 50 7 THIS LIFE Vampire Weekend 62250
72 72 5 DREAM GLOW BTS & Charli XCX 23600
76 48 8 NAKED ALONE L Devine & INDIIA 69550

 

 

7th July 2019

It’s a second week on top, and the fourth week in total, for 1976 sweeping strings classic Livin’ Thing, not the first chart-topping ELO oldie by any means. Noel Gallagher leapfrogs his younger brother at 4, and Bananarama get a second top 10 of the year 38 years since their debut. The highest new entry is from The Regrettes channeling The Strokes in a poppy fashion, and the chart has been extended thanks to an invasion of Kylie & Cure tracks from Glastonbury which sold well on itunes for a few days afterwards.

OneRepublic return, straight in the 40 at 38 for Rescue Me, giving them 11 years of entries since Stop And Stare went top 3 in 2008. Sia has 2 oldies on the chart as her 2000 top 20 returns, the lovely Destiny with Zero 7, at 47, and Ed Sheeran gets a hat-trick with 2 more tracks off his collaborations album doing what none of his previous albums has managed, at least simultaneously. Highest placed is a right old rock-it-up with Chris Stapleton and Bruno Mars, t’other a more soulful Sheeran with Khalid lending a hand, both of them vast improvements on Whiny Romantic Ed.

Lizzo gets a second chart entry, Jack Savoretti is back yet again like a bullet, this time in a collab with Mika, who’s knocking on 15 years of hits before too long, nestling by a former chart-topper from his previous duet partner Kylie. Craig David is on the re-re-wind for 2 decades of hits as his latest pops in, and Keiino get a quick follow-up with a track that’s not entirely unlike their Eurovision popular-vote-winner.

1 1 1 3 LIVIN’ THING Electric Light Orchestra 455000
2 2 1 8 FREE TO GO Seeb & Highasakite 811500
3 3 3 6 THE HUMAN STONE KDA featuring Angie Stone 403000
4 9 4 4 SAIL ON Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 163500
5 5 5 5 SHOCKWAVE Liam Gallagher 188150
6 4 1 9 ARCADE Duncan Laurence 840100
7 8 7 8 SOLID GOLD PNAU featuring Kira Divine & Marques Toliver 231900
8 22 8 7 LOOKING FOR SOMEONE (RADIO MIX) Bananarama 131850
9 11 7 7 RECORD COLLECTION The Kaiser Chiefs 231500
10 7 3 9 MIRACLE Caravan Palace 506000

11 16 11 5 MOTHER’S DAUGHTER Miley Cyrus 102000
12 14 12 7 DROP TOP Keith Urban featuring Kassi Ashton 139450
13 19 13 10 JUNGLE BOOGIE Kool & The Gang 171500
14 23 14 9 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike 154600
15 10 10 8 FOCUS ON ME MARUV 191250
16 6 6 13 DATE STAMP ABC 269950
17 13 1 12 LATE NIGHT FEELINGS Mark Ronson featuring Lykke Li 792200
18 21 18 9 BODY FUNK Purple Disco Machine 158450
19 NEW 19 1 I DARE YOU The Regrettes 21000
20 30 20 7 MY LOVE Will Young 105000

21 12 1 6 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD Elton John 479750
22 25 22 2 FLYING ON MY OWN Celine Dion 38250
23 32 23 2 RENAISSANCE Culture Shock 37050
24 15 9 9 BODY HIGH Sam Bluer 258200
25 40 25 2 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee 35750
26 28 26 2 DON’T LET ME BE LONELY Mark Ronson featuring YEBBA 36800
27 17 8 10 BLACK STAR DANCING Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 257750
28 29 28 7 ALONE Richard Hawley 82900
29 31 29 9 I DON’T CARE Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber 123700
30 37 30 4 YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN Taylor Swift 50900

31 36 31 6 NEVER REALLY OVER Katy Perry 73650
32 18 18 8 TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose 157950
33 20 3 8 SPIRIT IN THE SKY Keiino 350700
34 24 9 8 DOIN’ TIME Lana Del Ray 232900
35 49 35 4 STRANGER NIGHTS Patrick Martin 42700
36 54 36 3 RUNAWAY RUNAWAY Mars Argo 32800
37 39 37 3 THE GLAMOROUS LIFE Prince 46700
38 NEW 38 1 RESCUE ME OneRepublic 17200
39 26 5 8 ZERO GRAVITY Kate Miller-Heidke 303600
40 45 40 2 CROWN Stormzy 30000
41 41 42 2 TITANIUM David Guetta featuring Sia 19800
42 42 43 2 MAD LOVE Mabel 19750
43 43 10 10 ROCKET MAN Taron Egerton 208950
44 44 1 12 TIME IN A TREE Raleigh Ritchie 603300
45 45 9 10 HUNGRY CHILD Hot Chip 249500
46 46 47 1 DESTINY Zero 7 featuring Sia 12750
47 47 48 1 BLOW Ed Sheeran, Chris Stapeleton & Bruno Mars 12500
48 48 49 4 WISH YOU WELL Sigala featuring Becky Hill 33500
49 49 50 4 GOD CONTROL Madonna 33500
50 50 51 5 JOY Bastille 43600

51 51 13 11 ALL DAY AND NIGHT Jax Jones, Martin Solveig (aka Europa) & Madison Beer 216500
52 52 44 7 ONE TOUCH Jess Glynne & Jax Jones 64950
53 53 54 4 INTO HAPPINESS Phantogram 32650
54 54 55 1 GOOD AS HELL Lizzo 11000
55 55 56 2 STARRY NIGHT Peggy Gou 17200
56 56 57 4 STAY (DON’T GO AWAY) David Guetta featuring Raye 31200
57 57 58 4 IF I CAN’T HAVE YOU Shawn Mendes 31500
58 58 23 6 TINY DANCER Elton John 88750
59 59 60 4 CHUNG KUO Vangelis 25900
60 60 1 12 MEDELLIN Madonna & Maluma 641400

61 61 62 2 SEX MONEY FEELINGS DIE Lykke Li 14500
62 62 63 3 WOKE UP LATE Drax Project featuring Hailee Steinfeld 19800
63 63 64 2 6AM Max Pope 14300
64 NEW 64 1 ALL THE LOVERS Kylie Minogue 7100
65 69 65 6 FIND U AGAIN Mark Ronson featuring Camila Cabello 33400
66 50 50 7 THIS LIFE Vampire Weekend 62250
67 NEW 67 1 YOUTH & LOVE Jack Savoretti featuring Mika 6600
68 NEW 68 1 LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT Kylie Minogue 6400
69 63 1 18 CHRYSALIS Empire Of The Sun 829900
70 73 70 2 SENORITA Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello 11400

71 72 71 2 SUMMERTIME DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince 11400
72 75 72 5 DREAM GLOW BTS & Charli XCX 23600
73 78 73 2 THE WAY I FEEL Keane 9800
74 NEW 74 1 WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT LOVE IS Craig David 5200
75 47 15 10 NEW YORK CITY Kylie Minogue 165450
76 48 48 8 NAKED ALONE L Devine & INDIIA 69550
77 77 77 2 WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG The Killers 9200
78 80 78 2 THIS CHARMING MAN The Smiths 8400
79 NEW 79 1 PRAYING Keiino 4200
80 NEW 80 1 CLOSE TO ME The Cure 4000

81 NEW 81 1 BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW Kylie Minogue 3800
82 NEW 82 1 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE Ed Sheeran featuring Khalid 3600
83 NEW 83 1 WHERE THE WILD ROSES GROW Kylie Minogue & Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 3400
84 NEW 84 1 LULLABY The Cure 3200
85 NEW 85 1 THE LOVECATS The Cure 3000
86 NEW 86 1 CAN’T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD Kylie Minogue 2800
87 NEW 87 1 IN BETWEEN DAYS The Cure 2600
88 NEW 88 1 BOYS DON’T CRY The Cure 2400
89 NEW 89 1 SPINNING AROUND Kylie Minogue 2200
90 NEW 90 1 HUMAN The Killers 2000

 

 

DROP OUTS
41 6 12 SHOW ME ABC 241000
42 20 7 EL MUNDO Offer Nissim Presents Jimmy Fontana 116900
46 7 7 TRUTH (RADIO EDIT) Chingiz 205200
51 23 5 TAKE YOU HOME Dido 79600
52 36 7 I RISE Madonna 95500
53 3 10 IT’S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME Harry James & His Orchestra & Kitty Kallen 357050
57 4 10 HELLO SUNSHINE Bruce Springsteen 292650
61 17 10 ME! Taylor Swift featuring Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco 162450
74 19 11 LET ME DOWN SLOWLY Alec Benjamin featuring Alessia Cara 167650
76 20 9 ABOUT WORK THE DANCEFLOOR (EDIT) Georgia 127550
79 16 9 LOVE AGAIN New Hope Club 150000

 

30th June 2019

It’s a third week on top for ELO as Livin’ Thing returns to the top almost 43 years later, since Steely Dan knocked them off the top with a Haitian Divorce. Thanks to the Toy Story 4 trailer, which is a solid 8/10 film, still got it does Pixar. I also bought the Spiderman multiverse DVD which belatedly brings Sunflower into my chart for Post Malone & Swae Lee, while voice actor in it Hailee Steinfeld goes up a few spots with her guest vocal. I saw Hailee support Katy Perry in Barcelona a year or two back, she was good, and Katy was fab, she makes the top 40 with her latest, just ahead of former frenemy Taylor Swift. Talking of concerts, Stormzy got a boost at Glasto and enters with Crown, while The Killers return with When We were Young due to back catalogue itunes boosting after their set with the Pet Shop Boys and Johnny Marr. Only fair since the Pets got his support at the Brits a decade ago, and they have also worked with Johnny consistently over the years, The Smiths entering again with their Glasto cover from Brandon. His two fave acts and albums don’t cha know, both together. Suedey and I both saw Marr, Tennant & Lowe them in The Royal Albert Hall t’other year. They were fab. Name-dropper!

2 Gallaghers sailing in the top 10 for the price of one, bit of a Shockwave, MIley Cyrus grabs another top 20, Kool & The Gang also get one after decades of drought, with their earliest track and one that never charted for me originally. The advert is good too! Highest new entry – prepare yourselves – is, err Celine Dion. 6 years since she last graced my top 20, and 30 years since she first scraped into my chart, she’s only gone and done a dance banger where for once her OTT vocals suit it. Celine has had the occasional top 10 from me (around one a decade on average and she’s overdue another…). Mark Ronson gets a 3rd album track in my chart, another goodie, while Lykke Li fresh of his chart-topper, also enters with her own track. Mabel’s back with a follow-up, David Guetta gets a second – well Titanium is back, thanks to an advert, for a third run in my chart. Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello both get a simultaneous 2nd charter, and Keane sneak in extending their chart run to knocking on 15 years.

1 2 1 2 LIVIN’ THING Electric Light Orchestra 285000
2 1 1 7 FREE TO GO Seeb & Highasakite 696500
3 4 3 5 THE HUMAN STONE KDA featuring Angie Stone 318000
4 3 1 8 ARCADE Duncan Laurence 785100
5 9 5 4 SHOCKWAVE Liam Gallagher 128150
6 8 6 12 DATE STAMP ABC 244950
7 5 3 8 MIRACLE Caravan Palace 464000
8 10 8 7 SOLID GOLD PNAU featuring Kira Divine & Marques Toliver 181900
9 12 9 3 SAIL ON Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 98500
10 16 10 7 FOCUS ON ME MARUV 164250

11 7 7 6 RECORD COLLECTION The Kaiser Chiefs 186500
12 6 1 5 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD Elton John 460000
13 13 1 11 LATE NIGHT FEELINGS Mark Ronson featuring Lykke Li 769200
14 22 14 6 DROP TOP Keith Urban featuring Kassi Ashton 104450
15 15 9 8 BODY HIGH Sam Bluer 239200
16 29 16 4 MOTHER’S DAUGHTER Miley Cyrus 65000
17 11 8 9 BLACK STAR DANCING Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 239350
18 18 18 7 TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose 140150
19 27 19 9 JUNGLE BOOGIE Kool & The Gang 139500
20 14 3 7 SPIRIT IN THE SKY Keiino 333000

21 24 21 8 BODY FUNK Purple Disco Machine 136450
22 28 22 6 LOOKING FOR SOMEONE (RADIO MIX) Bananarama 83850
23 26 23 8 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike 125600
24 17 9 7 DOIN’ TIME Lana Del Ray 215300
25 NEW 25 1 FLYING ON MY OWN Celine Dion 18750
26 19 5 7 ZERO GRAVITY Kate Miller-Heidke 286500
27 20 10 9 ROCKET MAN Taron Egerton 195450
28 NEW 28 1 DON’T LET ME BE LONELY Mark Ronson featuring YEBBA 18300
29 37 29 6 ALONE Richard Hawley 64600
30 35 30 6 MY LOVE Will Young 85000

31 38 31 8 I DON’T CARE Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber 105500
32 NEW 32 1 RENAISSANCE Culture Shock 17800
33 25 13 10 ALL DAY AND NIGHT Jax Jones, Martin Solveig (aka Europa) & Madison Beer 204750
34 23 23 5 TINY DANCER Elton John 78550
35 30 9 9 HUNGRY CHILD Hot Chip 236500
36 42 36 5 NEVER REALLY OVER Katy Perry 55750
37 56 37 3 YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN Taylor Swift 32900
38 40 1 11 TIME IN A TREE Raleigh Ritchie 590050
39 48 39 2 THE GLAMOROUS LIFE Prince 29400
40 NEW 40 1 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee 17000

41 21 6 12 SHOW ME ABC 241000
42 32 20 7 EL MUNDO Offer Nissim Presents Jimmy Fontana 116900
43 31 1 11 MEDELLIN Madonna & Maluma 631400
44 49 44 6 ONE TOUCH Jess Glynne & Jax Jones 53450
45 NEW 45 1 CROWN Stormzy 13000
46 33 7 7 TRUTH (RADIO EDIT) Chingiz 205200
47 44 15 9 NEW YORK CITY Kylie Minogue 160450
48 50 48 7 NAKED ALONE L Devine & INDIIA 64750
49 64 49 3 STRANGER NIGHTS Patrick Martin 25200
50 53 50 6 THIS LIFE Vampire Weekend 55450

51 34 23 5 TAKE YOU HOME Dido 79600
52 36 36 7 I RISE Madonna 95500
53 46 3 10 IT’S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME Harry James & His Orchestra & Kitty Kallen 357050
54 78 54 2 RUNAWAY RUNAWAY Mars Argo 15400
55 60 55 4 JOY Bastille 31600
56 73 56 3 INTO HAPPINESS Phantogram 21400
57 43 4 10 HELLO SUNSHINE Bruce Springsteen 292650
58 70 58 3 STAY (DON’T GO AWAY) David Guetta featuring Raye 20600
59 71 59 3 IF I CAN’T HAVE YOU Shawn Mendes 21100
60 67 60 3 WISH YOU WELL Sigala featuring Becky Hill 21200

61 45 17 10 ME! Taylor Swift featuring Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco 162450
62 62 62 3 GOD CONTROL Madonna 21400
63 61 1 17 CHRYSALIS Empire Of The Sun 823700
64 NEW 64 1 6AM Max Pope 7100
65 NEW 65 1 SEX MONEY FEELINGS DIE Lykke Li 7000
66 72 66 2 WOKE UP LATE Drax Project featuring Hailee Steinfeld 12400
67 74 67 3 CHUNG KUO Vangelis 15800
68 NEW 68 1 STARRY NIGHT Peggy Gou 6400
69 69 69 5 FIND U AGAIN Mark Ronson featuring Camila Cabello 26400
70 NEW 70 1 MAD LOVE Mabel 6000

71 NEW 71 1 TITANIUM David Guetta featuring Sia 5800
72 NEW 72 1 SUMMERTIME DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince 5600
73 NEW 73 1 SENORITA Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello 5400
74 52 19 11 LET ME DOWN SLOWLY Alec Benjamin featuring Alessia Cara 167650
75 76 75 4 DREAM GLOW BTS & Charli XCX 18000
76 54 20 9 ABOUT WORK THE DANCEFLOOR (EDIT) Georgia 127550
77 NEW 77 1 WHEN WE WERE YOUNG The Killers 4600
78 NEW 78 1 THE WAY I FEEL Keane 4400
79 51 16 9 LOVE AGAIN New Hope Club 150000
80 NEW 80 1 THIS CHARMING MAN The Smiths 4000

DROP OUTS
39 39 6 LET ME KNOW (RADIO EDIT) (168900) Roisin Murphy 73950
41 41 4 BENNIE AND THE JETS Elton John 50500
47 31 6 REPLAY Tamta 91200
55 48 6 LIKE IT ZENA 63600
57 37 6 SHE GOT ME Luca Hanni 71450
58 58 5 YOU’RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY Emma Bunton featuring Jade Jones 39600
59 8 9 JENNY OF OLDSTONES (GAME OF THRONES) Florence + The Machine 186700
63 10 12 SELFISH Vargas & Lagola 218500
65 65 4 SATURDAY NIGHT’S ALRIGHT (FOR FIGHTING) Elton John 25800
66 66 4 CROCODILE ROCK (947700) Elton John 25600
68 52 7 BLAST OFF Gesaffelstein & Pharrell Williams 55700
75 39 6 (I’M GONNA) LOVE ME AGAIN Elton John & Taron Egerton 67950
77 57 7 BAD GUY Billie Eilish 54400
79 53 7 TALK (SINGLE EDIT) Two Door Cinema Club 59400
80 1 13 THE SUN AIN’T GONNA SHINE ANYMORE The Walker Brothers 811800

 

 

23rd June 2019

It’s 2 weeks on top for the two Norwegian duos as ELO enter at 2 following Livin’ Thing’s use in Toy Story 4’s movie trailer – possibly my fave ELO song, topping my charts around December 1976 as we headed into huge snowfalls in Mansfield (where I lived at that time aged 18). Ah memories, nice to see it featuring again. ABC also get an oldies top 10, this time it’s the turn of Date Stamp from The Lexicon Of Love, the 6th following on the heels of the 5th top 10 from the classic album. If you haven’t heard the album, shame! (rings bell) Shame! (rings bell) Shame! (rings bell)

Liam Gallagher knocks his older bruv out my top 10, as Noel gets 11 and 12, so they are both winners really. I’m sure if they saw my charts they would approve of both getting one up on the other. Now, now children! Richard Hawley gets his 12th top 40 entry in 17 years. Liam’s on his 3rd top 10 and 5th top 40, some way to go to catch up with Noel or Oasis. Sheeran & Bieber go top 40 too, so how many have they had? Justin is on 7 now, over 7 years, which is one more a year than I was expecting – HHOK – while Ed’s on his 4th. In fact Sheeran has only had 10 including collaborations make my chart at all in 8 years and only 2 of them went top 10. Hey ho, over-rated IMHO. Nice bloke though.

Few new entries this week, bit of a relief, I:m hoping to get back to a 75 soon, but Prince has a new album of his original versions of his songs gifted to others – I’m sure he would have not approved of breaking into his sealed vault and bunging them out, most of them not a patch on the hit versions, sounding a bit demo-ey for a reason, but The Glamorous Life is a pretty good version of his production/song for Sheila E, his protege. Which is a polite way of saying girlfriend and co-worker. Sheila’s version only peaked at 33 in my 1985 charts, so just 15 places to go to equal it then!

1 1 1 6 FREE TO GO Seeb & Highasakite 581500
2 NEW 2 1 LIVIN’ THING Electric Light Orchestra 115000
3 3 1 7 ARCADE Duncan Laurence 720100
4 5 4 4 THE HUMAN STONE KDA featuring Angie Stone 233000
5 4 3 7 MIRACLE Caravan Palace 414000
6 2 1 4 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD Elton John 425000
7 7 7 5 RECORD COLLECTION The Kaiser Chiefs 149500
8 16 8 11 DATE STAMP ABC 189950
9 25 9 3 SHOCKWAVE Liam Gallagher 68150
10 15 10 6 SOLID GOLD PNAU featuring Kira Divine & Marques Toliver 133900

11 8 8 8 BLACK STAR DANCING Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 216350
12 26 12 2 SAIL ON Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 53500
13 9 1 10 LATE NIGHT FEELINGS Mark Ronson featuring Lykke Li 737200
14 10 3 6 SPIRIT IN THE SKY Keiino 313000
15 14 9 7 BODY HIGH Sam Bluer 212200
16 17 16 6 FOCUS ON ME MARUV 122250
17 11 9 6 DOIN’ TIME Lana Del Ray 196300
18 19 18 6 TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose 118150
19 13 5 6 ZERO GRAVITY Kate Miller-Heidke 268000
20 12 10 8 ROCKET MAN Taron Egerton 177050

21 6 6 11 SHOW ME ABC 227000
22 27 22 5 DROP TOP Keith Urban featuring Kassi Ashton 75450
23 29 23 4 TINY DANCER Elton John 60950
24 30 24 7 BODY FUNK Purple Disco Machine 116700
25 18 13 9 ALL DAY AND NIGHT Jax Jones, Martin Solveig (aka Europa) & Madison Beer 187050
26 28 26 7 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike 106350
27 31 27 8 JUNGLE BOOGIE Kool & The Gang 118500
28 33 28 5 LOOKING FOR SOMEONE (RADIO MIX) Bananarama 64350
29 38 29 3 MOTHER’S DAUGHTER Miley Cyrus 40000
30 22 9 8 HUNGRY CHILD Hot Chip 219000

31 24 1 10 MEDELLIN Madonna & Maluma 617900
32 20 20 6 EL MUNDO Offer Nissim Presents Jimmy Fontana 103150
33 21 7 6 TRUTH (RADIO EDIT) Chingiz 192450
34 23 23 4 TAKE YOU HOME Dido 67850
35 36 35 5 MY LOVE Will Young 67000
36 40 36 6 I RISE Madonna 84000
37 58 37 5 ALONE Richard Hawley 46400
38 45 38 7 I DON’T CARE Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber 87600
39 42 39 6 LET ME KNOW (RADIO EDIT) Roisin Murphy 73950
40 32 1 10 TIME IN A TREE Raleigh Ritchie 572850

41 43 41 4 BENNIE AND THE JETS Elton John 50500
42 50 42 4 NEVER REALLY OVER Katy Perry 38350
43 34 4 9 HELLO SUNSHINE Bruce Springsteen 282250
44 39 15 8 NEW YORK CITY Kylie Minogue 147950
45 35 17 9 ME! Taylor Swift featuring Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco 154950
46 37 3 9 IT’S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME Harry James & His Orchestra & Kitty Kallen 345800
47 41 31 6 REPLAY Tamta 91200
48 NEW 48 1 THE GLAMOROUS LIFE Prince 12300
49 56 49 5 ONE TOUCH Jess Glynne & Jax Jones 40200
50 53 50 6 NAKED ALONE L Devine & INDIIA 52450

51 44 16 8 LOVE AGAIN New Hope Club 145800
52 46 19 10 LET ME DOWN SLOWLY Alec Benjamin featuring Alessia Cara 162450
53 54 53 5 THIS LIFE Vampire Weekend 43450
54 47 20 8 ABOUT WORK THE DANCEFLOOR (EDIT) Georgia 122750
55 48 48 6 LIKE IT ZENA 63600
56 75 56 2 YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN Taylor Swift 15600
57 51 37 6 SHE GOT ME Luca Hanni 71450
58 60 58 5 YOU’RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY Emma Bunton featuring Jade Jones 39600
59 49 8 9 JENNY OF OLDSTONES (GAME OF THRONES) Florence + The Machine 186700
60 71 60 3 JOY Bastille 20800

61 55 1 16 CHRYSALIS Empire Of The Sun 816500
62 67 62 2 GOD CONTROL Madonna 14000
63 57 10 12 SELFISH Vargas & Lagola 218500
64 70 64 2 STRANGER NIGHTS Patrick Martin 13100
65 65 65 4 SATURDAY NIGHT’S ALRIGHT (FOR FIGHTING) Elton John 25800
66 66 66 4 CROCODILE ROCK Elton John 25600
67 77 67 2 WISH YOU WELL Sigala featuring Becky Hill 11200
68 59 52 7 BLAST OFF Gesaffelstein & Pharrell Williams 55700
69 76 69 4 FIND U AGAIN Mark Ronson featuring Camila Cabello 20200
70 78 70 2 STAY (DON’T GO AWAY) David Guetta featuring Raye 10400

71 74 71 2 IF I CAN’T HAVE YOU Shawn Mendes 11000
72 NEW 72 1 WOKE UP LATE Drax Project featuring Hailee Steinfeld 5600
73 73 73 2 INTO HAPPINESS Phantogram 10800
74 80 74 2 CHUNG KUO Vangelis 9200
75 52 39 6 (I’M GONNA) LOVE ME AGAIN Elton John & Taron Egerton 67950
76 79 76 3 DREAM GLOW BTS & Charli XCX 13000
77 63 57 7 BAD GUY Billie Eilish 54400
78 NEW 78 1 RUNAWAY RUNAWAY Mars Argo 4400
79 61 53 7 TALK (SINGLE EDIT) Two Door Cinema Club 59400
80 64 1 13 THE SUN AIN’T GONNA SHINE ANYMORE The Walker Brothers 811800

DROP OUTS
62 28 5 FUTURE Madonna & Quavo 75250
68 59 5 STORM Victor Crone 35900
69 56 5 SOLDI Mahmood 42000
72 72 4 RUNAWAY TRAIN Boy George & Culture Club featuring Gladys Knight 20000

 

16th June 2019

It’s a first week on top for 2 Norwegian duo’s Seeb, and Highasakite, Free To Go comfortably beating previous chart entries, Seeb’s Under YOur Skin hit 10 in 2017, and Highasakite err, none at all. ABC belatedly get a 5th top 10 from The Lexicon Of Love album 37 years late, and Kaiser Chiefs make it 15 years of top 10’s since they started with a bang, chart-toppingly I Predict A Riot. Liam Gallagher creates shockwaves rocketing up one place above the new entry from his older brother Noel – though Noel still has one in the top 10, to throw raspberries at each other.

Miley Cyrus climbs big into the 40, Madonna gets a 4th track on the chart with the last remaining good track on her new album. I’m guessing she got an autotune programmer for Xmas cos it quite gets on yer tits over the course of an album when overdone. Or even done. I’m getting severely teed-off at the cliched drivel disguised by the bleepings and fartings on numerous chart tracks when it’s totally unnecessary. If you can’t sing hire someone who can. If you want to remove all emotion from a song, hire a robot. Suddenly Ed Sheeran sounds super-human in comparison!

Still waiting for chart spaces, new entries cluster round the bottom end, Shawn Mendes belatedly adding to his modest handful of chart entries, Sigala a few more, David Guetta oodles and oodles (well, 20-odd) since 2006, including 2 number ones. That leaves Vangelis oldie Chung Kuo sneaking in, one I rated muchly back in the 80’s but which never charted as I only discovered it as an oldie (and they were banned unless they were in the UK charts) – it was written inspirationally based on music from China, back in those days still behind an Iron Curtain culturally and politically. I loved Chinese instruments and sounds from my days in Singapore as a child/teen, and the synth sounds made it sound modern. Vangelis had topped my chart in 1980 with Jon Anderson, and first charted in 1975 with Aphrodite’s Child, along with Demis Roussos.

1 2 1 5 FREE TO GO Seeb & Highasakite 411500
2 1 1 3 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD Elton John 370000
3 3 1 6 ARCADE Duncan Laurence 635100
4 4 3 6 MIRACLE Caravan Palace 354000
5 5 5 3 THE HUMAN STONE KDA featuring Angie Stone 168000
6 14 6 10 SHOW ME ABC 207250
7 15 7 4 RECORD COLLECTION The Kaiser Chiefs 99500
8 8 8 7 BLACK STAR DANCING Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 179350
9 6 1 9 LATE NIGHT FEELINGS Mark Ronson featuring Lykke Li 705200
10 11 3 5 SPIRIT IN THE SKY Keiino 284000

11 9 9 5 DOIN’ TIME Lana Del Ray 173300
12 10 10 7 ROCKET MAN Taron Egerton 157050
13 7 5 5 ZERO GRAVITY Kate Miller-Heidke 247000
14 12 9 6 BODY HIGH Sam Bluer 185200
15 24 15 5 SOLID GOLD PNAU featuring Kira Divine & Marques Toliver 91900
16 22 16 10 DATE STAMP ABC 141950
17 17 17 5 FOCUS ON ME MARUV 97250
18 13 13 8 ALL DAY AND NIGHT Jax Jones, Martin Solveig (aka Europa) & Madison Beer 168300
19 20 19 5 TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose 96150
20 23 20 5 EL MUNDO Offer Nissim Presents Jimmy Fontana 85350

21 16 7 5 TRUTH (RADIO EDIT) Chingiz 174750
22 18 9 7 HUNGRY CHILD Hot Chip 201000
23 26 23 3 TAKE YOU HOME Dido 50250
24 19 1 9 MEDELLIN Madonna & Maluma 600000
25 78 25 2 SHOCKWAVE Liam Gallagher 23150
26 NEW 26 1 SAIL ON Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 18500
27 27 27 4 DROP TOP Keith Urban featuring Kassi Ashton 55950
28 30 28 6 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike 87800
29 35 29 3 TINY DANCER Elton John 41700
30 33 30 6 BODY FUNK Purple Disco Machine 97700

31 34 31 7 JUNGLE BOOGIE Kool & The Gang 100100
32 28 1 9 TIME IN A TREE Raleigh Ritchie 555850
33 51 33 4 LOOKING FOR SOMEONE (RADIO MIX) Bananarama 46050
34 21 4 8 HELLO SUNSHINE Bruce Springsteen 268750
35 29 17 8 ME! Taylor Swift featuring Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco 141950
36 44 36 4 MY LOVE Will Young 49500
37 25 3 8 IT’S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME Harry James & His Orchestra & Kitty Kallen 333050
38 77 38 2 MOTHER’S DAUGHTER Miley Cyrus 21800
39 41 15 7 NEW YORK CITY Kylie Minogue 134700
40 40 40 5 I RISE Madonna 66600

41 31 31 5 REPLAY Tamta 78700
42 45 42 5 LET ME KNOW (RADIO EDIT) Roisin Murphy 56850
43 50 43 3 BENNIE AND THE JETS Elton John 36500
44 36 16 7 LOVE AGAIN New Hope Club 134050
45 46 45 6 I DON’T CARE Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber 70400
46 32 19 9 LET ME DOWN SLOWLY Alec Benjamin featuring Alessia Cara 150950
47 38 20 7 ABOUT WORK THE DANCEFLOOR (EDIT) Georgia 111750
48 49 48 5 LIKE IT ZENA 52800
49 37 8 8 JENNY OF OLDSTONES (GAME OF THRONES) Florence + The Machine 176600
50 65 50 3 NEVER REALLY OVER Katy Perry 24600

51 43 37 5 SHE GOT ME Luca Hanni 61050
52 39 39 5 (I’M GONNA) LOVE ME AGAIN Elton John & Taron Egerton 62950
53 55 53 5 NAKED ALONE L Devine & INDIIA 40450
54 60 54 4 THIS LIFE Vampire Weekend 32200
55 47 1 15 CHRYSALIS Empire Of The Sun 809000
56 64 56 4 ONE TOUCH Jess Glynne & Jax Jones 28100
57 48 10 11 SELFISH Vargas & Lagola 211300
58 61 58 4 ALONE Richard Hawley 29100
59 52 52 6 BLAST OFF Gesaffelstein & Pharrell Williams 49300
60 62 60 4 YOU’RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY Emma Bunton featuring Jade Jones 29400

61 53 53 6 TALK (SINGLE EDIT) Two Door Cinema Club 55200
62 42 28 5 FUTURE Madonna & Quavo 75250
63 57 57 6 BAD GUY Billie Eilish 49800
64 58 1 12 THE SUN AIN’T GONNA SHINE ANYMORE The Walker Brothers 807800
65 66 65 3 SATURDAY NIGHT’S ALRIGHT (FOR FIGHTING) Elton John 18800
66 67 66 3 CROCODILE ROCK Elton John 18800
67 NEW 67 1 GOD CONTROL Madonna 6600
68 59 59 5 STORM Victor Crone 35900
69 56 56 5 SOLDI Mahmood 42000
70 NEW 70 1 STRANGER NIGHTS Patrick Martin 6000

71 75 71 2 JOY Bastille 10800
72 72 72 4 RUNAWAY TRAIN Boy George & Culture Club featuring Gladys Knight 20000
73 NEW 73 1 INTO HAPPINESS Phantogram 5400
74 NEW 74 1 IF I CAN’T HAVE YOU Shawn Mendes 5200
75 NEW 75 1 YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN Taylor Swift 5000
76 76 76 3 FIND U AGAIN Mark Ronson featuring Camila Cabello 14000
77 NEW 77 1 WISH YOU WELL Sigala featuring Becky Hill 4600
78 NEW 78 1 STAY (DON’T GO AWAY) David Guetta featuring Raye 4400
79 80 79 2 DREAM GLOW BTS & Charli XCX 8200
80 NEW 80 1 CHUNG KUO Vangelis 4000

DROP OUTS
54 54 8 ONE STEP BEYOND (439400) Madness 66600
63 6 8 NEVERMIND Dennis Lloyd 237850
68 68 2 I GUESS THAT’S WHY THEY CALL IT THE BLUES (553100) Elton John 12600
69 5 5 BLACK HILLS OF DAKOTA Doris Day & Howard Keel 129600
70 70 2 BOYS GO WILD LP 11200
71 71 2 DON’T GO BREAKING MY HEART (606450) Elton John & Kiki Dee 10400
73 73 2 IN THESE SHOES (134100) Kirsty MacColl 9600
74 30 8 RAINBOW Kacey Musgraves 81900
79 79 2 LA VENDA Miki Nunez 8200

 

 

9th June 2019

It’s a first week on top for a key biopic track on Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road came out during a period of great records back in late 1973 as I was moving to Gloucester and a new school, and so never topped the chart as Crocodile Rock had done, and Bennie & The Jets would do in 1974, but better 45 years late than never, it becomes his 13th chart-topper – or 14th if you count Scissor Sisters’ I Don’t Feel Like Dancing co-write which has Elton written large all over it. See his Taron Egerton duet for more examples of that style, while Taron takes Rocket Man into the 10. Pity his solo stuff since 1990 has ignored fun in favour of “serious” music styles.

Seeb and Highasakite just miss out on top spot, as KDA give Angie Stone a career peak almost 2 decades on, and a higher peak than Human League’s Sound Of The Crowd has had to date. Oops! Unfair! A sudden big climb for Noel Gallagher as his younger estranged brother enters low with a Shockwave, Noel’s third solo top 10 in 8 years to add to the 14 or 15 Oasis have. Big climbs for Kaiser Chiefs 11th top 20 in 14 years, Dido and Keith Urban go top 40, and the only other newies are Bastille with a spot of Joy at getting a 6th chart entry, Miley Cyrus replacing her dad in the chart, and BTS debuting helping Charli XCX to another notch on the bedpost of her chart positions – 5th.

1 3 1 2 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD Elton John 255000
2 4 2 4 FREE TO GO Seeb & Highasakite 241500
3 2 1 5 ARCADE Duncan Laurence 550100
4 5 3 5 MIRACLE Caravan Palace 289000
5 8 5 2 THE HUMAN STONE KDA featuring Angie Stone 108000
6 1 1 8 LATE NIGHT FEELINGS Mark Ronson featuring Lykke Li 660200
7 7 5 4 ZERO GRAVITY Kate Miller-Heidke 215000
8 26 8 6 BLACK STAR DANCING Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 131350
9 10 9 4 DOIN’ TIME Lana Del Ray 136300
10 11 10 6 ROCKET MAN Taron Egerton 122050

11 6 3 4 SPIRIT IN THE SKY Keiino 242000
12 9 9 5 BODY HIGH Sam Bluer 156200
13 15 13 7 ALL DAY AND NIGHT Jax Jones, Martin Solveig (aka Europa) & Madison Beer 146300
14 18 14 9 SHOW ME ABC 152250
15 35 15 3 RECORD COLLECTION The Kaiser Chiefs 49500
16 13 7 4 TRUTH (RADIO EDIT) Chingiz 155000
17 23 17 4 FOCUS ON ME MARUV 74250
18 16 9 6 HUNGRY CHILD Hot Chip 181500
19 14 1 8 MEDELLIN Madonna & Maluma 581000
20 25 20 4 TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose 75150

21 12 4 7 HELLO SUNSHINE Bruce Springsteen 251150
22 32 22 9 DATE STAMP ABC 116950
23 31 23 4 EL MUNDO Offer Nissim Presents Jimmy Fontana 65350
24 29 24 4 SOLID GOLD PNAU featuring Kira Divine & Marques Toliver 64900
25 17 3 7 IT’S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME Harry James & His Orchestra & Kitty Kallen 315750
26 49 26 2 TAKE YOU HOME Dido 31000
27 46 27 3 DROP TOP Keith Urban featuring Kassi Ashton 37550
28 21 1 8 TIME IN A TREE Raleigh Ritchie 538050
29 24 17 7 ME! Taylor Swift featuring Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco 124450
30 34 30 5 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike 69500

31 33 31 4 REPLAY Tamta 64700
32 19 19 8 LET ME DOWN SLOWLY Alec Benjamin featuring Alessia Cara 138200
33 38 33 5 BODY FUNK Purple Disco Machine 79700
34 39 34 6 JUNGLE BOOGIE Kool & The Gang 82200
35 70 35 2 TINY DANCER Elton John 23500
36 27 16 6 LOVE AGAIN New Hope Club 120800
37 22 8 7 JENNY OF OLDSTONES (GAME OF THRONES) Florence + The Machine 164500
38 20 20 6 ABOUT WORK THE DANCEFLOOR (EDIT) Georgia 99250
39 40 39 4 (I’M GONNA) LOVE ME AGAIN Elton John & Taron Egerton 51450
40 43 40 4 I RISE Madonna 49600

41 30 15 6 NEW YORK CITY Kylie Minogue 117600
42 28 28 4 FUTURE Madonna & Quavo 67850
43 37 37 4 SHE GOT ME Luca Hanni 49300
44 44 44 3 MY LOVE Will Young 32100
45 47 45 4 LET ME KNOW (RADIO EDIT) Roisin Murphy 43100
46 48 46 5 I DON’T CARE Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber 57400
47 41 1 14 CHRYSALIS Empire Of The Sun 798200
48 42 10 10 SELFISH Vargas & Lagola 200900
49 50 49 4 LIKE IT ZENA 40500
50 54 50 2 BENNIE AND THE JETS Elton John 23000

51 57 51 3 LOOKING FOR SOMEONE (RADIO MIX) Bananarama 28350
52 52 52 5 BLAST OFF Gesaffelstein & Pharrell Williams 39200
53 53 53 5 TALK (SINGLE EDIT) Two Door Cinema Club 47700
54 59 54 8 ONE STEP BEYOND Madness 66600
55 64 55 4 NAKED ALONE L Devine & INDIIA 29200
56 56 56 4 SOLDI Mahmood 35800
57 60 57 5 BAD GUY Billie Eilish 42600
58 51 1 11 THE SUN AIN’T GONNA SHINE ANYMORE The Walker Brothers 800700
59 62 59 4 STORM Victor Crone 29500
60 68 60 3 THIS LIFE Vampire Weekend 21200

61 65 61 3 ALONE Richard Hawley 18900
62 67 62 3 YOU’RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY Emma Bunton featuring Jade Jones 19400
63 36 6 8 NEVERMIND Dennis Lloyd 237850
64 71 64 3 ONE TOUCH Jess Glynne & Jax Jones 17500
65 72 65 2 NEVER REALLY OVER Katy Perry 12600
66 75 66 2 SATURDAY NIGHT’S ALRIGHT (FOR FIGHTING) Elton John 11800
67 73 67 2 CROCODILE ROCK Elton John 12000
68 69 68 2 I GUESS THAT’S WHY THEY CALL IT THE BLUES Elton John 12600
69 45 5 5 BLACK HILLS OF DAKOTA Doris Day & Howard Keel 129600
70 74 70 2 BOYS GO WILD LP 11200

71 77 71 2 DON’T GO BREAKING MY HEART Elton John & Kiki Dee 10400
72 76 72 3 RUNAWAY TRAIN Boy George & Culture Club featuring Gladys Knight 14400
73 79 73 2 IN THESE SHOES Kirsty MacColl 9600
74 55 30 8 RAINBOW Kacey Musgraves 81900
75 NEW 75 1 JOY Bastille 5000
76 78 76 2 FIND U AGAIN Mark Ronson featuring Camila Cabello 9200
77 NEW 77 1 MOTHER’S DAUGHTER Miley Cyrus 4600
78 NEW 78 1 SHOCKWAVE Liam Gallagher 4400
79 80 79 2 LA VENDA Miki Nunez 8200
80 NEW 80 1 DREAM GLOW BTS & Charli XCX 4000

DROP OUTS
58 18 7 OLD TOWN ROAD Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus 125150
61 3 13 KIND OF LOVE Rat City featuring Isak Heim 510250
63 15 8 WEDDING BELL BLUES Morrissey featuring Billie Joe Armstrong & Lydia Night 142950
66 1 10 JACKIE (1685300) Scott Walker 583200

 

2nd June 2019

It’s a first week on top at last for Mark Ronson and Lykke Li, Mark’s 2nd of the year and 3rd in total, and Lykke Li’s first-ever. They just overhauled Arcade and the highest new entry from the Elton John chart invasion off the back of Rocketman – which I’ve seen twice already and is rather fab. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road has a key feature in the climax of the film, Taron Egerton does a fantastic acting job, and a singing job too, the new versions are often great in new ways, not least Rocket man rocketing up to 11 for Taron’s version – Elton’s version has already charted 3 times and topped my chart. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road has always been a fave Elton track from the Autumn of 1973 when it just fell short of Number 1 in my charts – but it’s never had another run until now.

It’s another load of new entries pushing out great tracks far too early, and not allowing me to reduce my chart back to 75 – quite frankly I could easily have expanded it to 100, but am trying not to as it’s too much work! In at 8 it’s a KDA re-imagining of Angie Stone’s 2002 I Wish I Didn’t Miss You, which peaked at 23 first time round in my charts, backed up with the non-credited rhythm-track to Human League’s Sound Of The Crowd. It works so well! Lana Del ray grabs yet another top 10, her 9th in 8 years, and The Kaiser Chiefs shoot into the 40 with the very La Roux Bulletproof-inspired Record Collection, their 16th in 14 years.

Dido gets a 3rd chart entry of the year, her 17th in 18 years, and the Elton John mini-invasion continues with my 1974 chart-topper (it was banished in the UK to a B-side of the tedious Candle In The Wind) Bennie & The Jets, the 1972 chart-topper Crocodile Rock, 1976 chart-topper Don’t Go Breaking My Heart, and a batch of others, with other huge Elton tracks not charting as they’ve already had big runs. Elton has had a load of Number Ones in my charts….

Lower down, Katy Perry returns with her 2nd of the year, LP is back with Boys Go Wild, but songs charting in different years are not re-entries to me, they are new chart runs, Mark Ronson gets a 3rd of 2019, this time with Camila Cabello, the late great Kirsty is back with her shoes, a 2000 number 16 track shortly before she died tragically, and Miki Nunez sneaks in with his Spanish Eurovision entry as I have a fab gatefold CD with lyric sheets from Eurovision in Israel especially for me – via a friend who was there.

1 2 1 7 LATE NIGHT FEELINGS Mark Ronson featuring Lykke Li 605200
2 1 1 4 ARCADE Duncan Laurence 465100
3 NEW 3 1 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD Elton John 85000
4 8 4 3 FREE TO GO Seeb & Highasakite 126500
5 3 3 4 MIRACLE Caravan Palace 224000
6 4 3 3 SPIRIT IN THE SKY Keiino 205000
7 5 5 3 ZERO GRAVITY Kate Miller-Heidke 165000
8 NEW 8 1 THE HUMAN STONE KDA featuring Angie Stone 48000
9 9 9 4 BODY HIGH Sam Bluer 121200
10 13 10 3 DOIN’ TIME Lana Del Ray 91300

11 36 11 5 ROCKET MAN Taron Egerton 80050
12 6 4 6 HELLO SUNSHINE Bruce Springsteen 231400
13 7 7 3 TRUTH (RADIO EDIT) Chingiz 130000
14 10 1 7 MEDELLIN Madonna & Maluma 560000
15 15 15 6 ALL DAY AND NIGHT Jax Jones, Martin Solveig (aka Europa) & Madison Beer 114300
16 11 9 5 HUNGRY CHILD Hot Chip 159500
17 12 3 6 IT’S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME Harry James & His Orchestra & Kitty Kallen 297000
18 20 18 8 SHOW ME ABC 123250
19 22 19 7 LET ME DOWN SLOWLY Alec Benjamin featuring Alessia Cara 120400
20 21 20 5 ABOUT WORK THE DANCEFLOOR (EDIT) Georgia 82050

21 16 1 7 TIME IN A TREE Raleigh Ritchie 519750
22 14 8 6 JENNY OF OLDSTONES (GAME OF THRONES) Florence + The Machine 147200
23 25 23 3 FOCUS ON ME MARUV 51250
24 17 17 6 ME! Taylor Swift featuring Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco 106250
25 26 25 3 TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose 55150
26 28 26 5 BLACK STAR DANCING Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 83350
27 18 16 5 LOVE AGAIN New Hope Club 103400
28 29 28 3 FUTURE Madonna & Quavo 54100
29 35 29 3 SOLID GOLD PNAU featuring Kira Divine & Marques Toliver 45900
30 19 15 5 NEW YORK CITY Kylie Minogue 103600

31 38 31 3 EL MUNDO Offer Nissim Presents Jimmy Fontana 46100
32 32 32 8 DATE STAMP ABC 97450
33 40 33 3 REPLAY Tamta 46800
34 37 34 4 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike 51500
35 75 35 2 RECORD COLLECTION The Kaiser Chiefs 22500
36 23 6 7 NEVERMIND Dennis Lloyd 230650
37 43 37 3 SHE GOT ME Luca Hanni 35800
38 39 38 4 BODY FUNK Purple Disco Machine 62000
39 41 39 5 JUNGLE BOOGIE Kool & The Gang 64600
40 46 40 3 (I’M GONNA) LOVE ME AGAIN Elton John & Taron Egerton 34350

41 33 1 13 CHRYSALIS Empire Of The Sun 785700
42 24 10 9 SELFISH Vargas & Lagola 188600
43 47 43 3 I RISE Madonna 32600
44 72 44 2 MY LOVE Will Young 18850
45 27 5 4 BLACK HILLS OF DAKOTA Doris Day & Howard Keel 123400
46 68 46 2 DROP TOP Keith Urban featuring Kassi Ashton 19150
47 55 47 3 LET ME KNOW (RADIO EDIT) Roisin Murphy 30100
48 51 48 4 I DON’T CARE Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber 44650
49 NEW 49 1 TAKE YOU HOME Dido 12100
50 50 50 3 LIKE IT ZENA 28400

51 45 1 10 THE SUN AIN’T GONNA SHINE ANYMORE The Walker Brothers 790500
52 52 52 4 BLAST OFF Gesaffelstein & Pharrell Williams 27700
53 54 53 4 TALK (SINGLE EDIT) Two Door Cinema Club 36450
54 NEW 54 1 BENNIE AND THE JETS Elton John 11000
55 30 30 7 RAINBOW Kacey Musgraves 76700
56 56 56 3 SOLDI Mahmood 25200
57 69 57 2 LOOKING FOR SOMEONE (RADIO MIX) Bananarama 16600
58 42 18 7 OLD TOWN ROAD Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus 125150
59 59 59 7 ONE STEP BEYOND Madness 55600
60 60 60 4 BAD GUY Billie Eilish 32200

61 44 3 13 KIND OF LOVE Rat City featuring Isak Heim 510250
62 63 62 3 STORM Victor Crone 19400
63 53 15 8 WEDDING BELL BLUES Morrissey featuring Billie Joe Armstrong & Lydia Night 142950
64 64 64 3 NAKED ALONE L Devine & INDIIA 18400
65 78 65 2 ALONE Richard Hawley 11400
66 61 1 10 JACKIE Scott Walker 583200
67 73 67 2 YOU’RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY Emma Bunton featuring Jade Jones 12000
68 76 68 2 THIS LIFE Vampire Weekend 11200
69 NEW 69 1 I GUESS THAT’S WHY THEY CALL IT THE BLUES Elton John 6200
70 NEW 70 1 TINY DANCER Elton John 6000

71 77 71 2 ONE TOUCH Jess Glynne & Jax Jones 10400
72 NEW 72 1 NEVER REALLY OVER Katy Perry 5600
73 NEW 73 1 CROCODILE ROCK Elton John 5400
74 NEW 74 1 BOYS GO WILD LP 5200
75 NEW 75 1 SATURDAY NIGHT’S ALRIGHT (FOR FIGHTING) Elton John 5000
76 80 76 2 RUNAWAY TRAIN Boy George & Culture Club featuring Gladys Knight 8800
77 NEW 77 1 DON’T GO BREAKING MY HEART Elton John & Kiki Dee 4600
78 NEW 78 1 FIND U AGAIN Mark Ronson featuring Camila Cabello 4400
79 NEW 79 1 IN THESE SHOES Kirsty MacColl 4200
80 NEW 80 1 LA VENDA Miki Nunez 4000

DROP OUTS
31 18 4 AS LONG AS I HAVE TO Vargas & Lagola 79900
34 11 10 PATIENCE Tame Impala 204250
48 7 12 OCEAN EYES Billie Eilish 284450
49 25 3 MOVE OVER DARLING (508150) Doris Day 49050
57 6 12 YOU BELONG TO ME Cat Pierce 470100
58 7 12 DON’T CALL ME UP Mabel 240300
62 22 7 BORDERLINE Tame Impala 99200
65 65 4 VENUS Shocking Blue 23800
66 11 10 FEEL THE SAME Olly Murs featuring Nile Rodgers 202800
67 38 6 THINK OF ME The Veronicas 66400
70 1 13 AMERICAN GENERATION (457750) The Ritchie Family 452550
71 5 12 STUFF LIKE THAT Bananarama 325700
74 74 3 SOFIA Alvaro Soler 15600
79 79 1 BOYS KEEP SWINGING (550650) David Bowie 4200

 

 

26th May 2019

It’s a second week on top for Arcade, meaning poor ol Mark Ronson & Lykke Li get 3 weeks stuck at 2. Eurovision songs consolidate their hold throughout the chart, and it remains an expanded 80 due to more great new tracks out. Caravan Palace climb to 3, while massive climbs for SEEB & Highasakite to enter the top from outside the 40, and Sam Bluer climbs to 9.

Lana Del Ray gets a great climb to 13 with her Summertime rewrite, still clocking up regular high chart slots several years on from her debut, Jax Jones & co go top 20, as does Taylor Swift and Brendan whose run of hits is Lana Del Ray-ish in terms of years, longer for PATD. ABC get a 5th track from absolute classic album The Lexicon Of Love to go top 20 – some 37 years since the last one – MARUV and Pnau go top 40, Taron Egerton gets a top 40 with an Elton song as they both climb with a new combo, and climbers galore outside the top 40 in a massively busy chart.

New entries from Keith Urban, clearly all pop not country right now, Bananarama’s 3rd off the new album to chart, Will Young’s 2nd, Kaiser Chief’s return after a couple of years away, and a 14-year chart run since they started with a couple of chart-toppers in 2005. Emma BUnton is spicefully back with a Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell cover, Vampire Weekend, Jess Glynne, Jax Jones getting a 2nd in the chart, all return, while Richard Hawley is back after 4-years away and extends his chart run to 17 years. Bowie returns after being released and making the sales charts, 3rd-time round for Boys Keep Swinging his 1979 cross-dressing gem, and Bog George & Culture Club sneak in with a duet with Gladys Knight, certainly one I never expected to see! Runaway Train means George gets his first chart entry for 5 years, Culture Club get their first for 20 years, and Gladys for getting on 30 years (barring oldies)! Culture Club first charted 37 years ago, Gladys 47 years ago, though her career predates my personal charts and she def would have charted in 1967 had I started earlier.

1 1 1 3 ARCADE Duncan Laurence 350100
2 2 2 6 LATE NIGHT FEELINGS Mark Ronson featuring Lykke Li 435200
3 7 3 3 MIRACLE Caravan Palace 164000
4 3 3 2 SPIRIT IN THE SKY Keiino 150000
5 6 5 2 ZERO GRAVITY Kate Miller-Heidke 115000
6 4 4 5 HELLO SUNSHINE Bruce Springsteen 196400
7 8 7 2 TRUTH (RADIO EDIT) Chingiz 98000
8 43 8 2 FREE TO GO Seeb & Highasakite 61500
9 19 9 3 BODY HIGH Sam Bluer 76200
10 5 1 6 MEDELLIN Madonna & Maluma 531000

11 9 9 4 HUNGRY CHILD Hot Chip 134500
12 10 3 5 IT’S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME Harry James & His Orchestra & Kitty Kallen 274000
13 37 13 2 DOIN’ TIME Lana Del Ray 49300
14 12 8 5 JENNY OF OLDSTONES (GAME OF THRONES) Florence + The Machine 127700
15 29 15 5 ALL DAY AND NIGHT Jax Jones, Martin Solveig (aka Europa) & Madison Beer 87300
16 11 1 6 TIME IN A TREE Raleigh Ritchie 500000
17 21 17 5 ME! Taylor Swift featuring Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco 87250
18 16 16 4 LOVE AGAIN New Hope Club 85000
19 15 15 4 NEW YORK CITY Kylie Minogue 85600
20 26 20 7 SHOW ME ABC 101250

21 28 21 4 ABOUT WORK THE DANCEFLOOR (EDIT) Georgia 62050
22 22 22 6 LET ME DOWN SLOWLY Alec Benjamin featuring Alessia Cara 99400
23 14 6 6 NEVERMIND Dennis Lloyd 213250
24 17 10 8 SELFISH Vargas & Lagola 174850
25 44 25 2 FOCUS ON ME MARUV 32000
26 31 26 2 TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose 36400
27 13 5 3 BLACK HILLS OF DAKOTA Doris Day & Howard Keel 110400
28 33 28 4 BLACK STAR DANCING Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 64850
29 34 29 2 FUTURE Madonna & Quavo 35800
30 30 30 6 RAINBOW Kacey Musgraves 65900

31 18 18 4 AS LONG AS I HAVE TO Vargas & Lagola 79900
32 32 32 7 DATE STAMP ABC 79650
33 20 1 12 CHRYSALIS Empire Of The Sun 771700
34 23 11 10 PATIENCE Tame Impala 204250
35 58 35 2 SOLID GOLD PNAU featuring Kira Divine & Marques Toliver 27700
36 46 36 4 ROCKET MAN Taron Egerton 43050
37 55 37 3 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike 33900
38 54 38 2 EL MUNDO Offer Nissim Presents Jimmy Fontana 28200
39 39 39 3 BODY FUNK Purple Disco Machine 44800
40 49 40 2 REPLAY Tamta 29100

41 47 41 4 JUNGLE BOOGIE Kool & The Gang 47500
42 24 18 6 OLD TOWN ROAD Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus 114950
43 75 43 2 SHE GOT ME Luca Hanni 18500
44 27 3 12 KIND OF LOVE Rat City featuring Isak Heim 502750
45 40 1 9 THE SUN AIN’T GONNA SHINE ANYMORE The Walker Brothers 778750
46 77 46 2 (I’M GONNA) LOVE ME AGAIN Elton John & Taron Egerton 17350
47 67 47 2 I RISE Madonna 19100
48 35 7 12 OCEAN EYES Billie Eilish 284450
49 25 25 3 MOVE OVER DARLING Doris Day 49050
50 78 50 2 LIKE IT ZENA 16400

51 56 51 3 I DON’T CARE Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber 32350
52 61 52 3 BLAST OFF Gesaffelstein & Pharrell Williams 26200
53 41 15 7 WEDDING BELL BLUES Morrissey featuring Billie Joe Armstrong & Lydia Night 135750
54 64 54 3 TALK (SINGLE EDIT) Two Door Cinema Club 25200
55 66 55 2 LET ME KNOW (RADIO EDIT) Roisin Murphy 17600
56 80 56 2 SOLDI Mahmood 14600
57 48 6 12 YOU BELONG TO ME Cat Pierce 470100
58 52 7 12 DON’T CALL ME UP Mabel 240300
59 62 59 6 ONE STEP BEYOND Madness 45500
60 69 60 3 BAD GUY Billie Eilish 22200

61 50 1 9 JACKIE Scott Walker 576400
62 38 22 7 BORDERLINE Tame Impala 99200
63 76 63 2 STORM Victor Crone 12000
64 79 64 2 NAKED ALONE L Devine & INDIIA 11300
65 72 65 4 VENUS Shocking Blue 23800
66 42 11 10 FEEL THE SAME Olly Murs featuring Nile Rodgers 202800
67 51 38 6 THINK OF ME The Veronicas 66400
68 NEW 68 1 DROP TOP Keith Urban featuring Kassi Ashton 6400
69 NEW 69 1 LOOKING FOR SOMEONE (RADIO MIX) Bananarama 6200
70 70 1 13 AMERICAN GENERATION (457750) The Ritchie Family 352550

71 36 5 12 STUFF LIKE THAT Bananarama 325700
72 NEW 72 1 MY LOVE Will Young 5600
73 NEW 73 1 YOU’RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY Emma Bunton featuring Jade Jones 5400
74 74 74 3 SOFIA Alvaro Soler 15600
75 NEW 75 1 RECORD COLLECTION The Kaiser Chiefs 5000
76 NEW 76 1 THIS LIFE Vampire Weekend 4800
77 NEW 77 1 ONE TOUCH Jess Glynne & Jax Jones 4600
78 NEW 78 1 ALONE Richard Hawley 4400
79 NEW 79 1 BOYS KEEP SWINGING David Bowie 4200
80 NEW 80 1 RUNAWAY TRAIN Boy George & Culture Club featuring Gladys Knight 4000

DROP OUTS
45 25 6 HUSTLE P!nk 104950
53 39 5 SO CLOSE NOTD, Felix Jaehn & Captain Cuts featuring Georgia Ku 67350
57 18 6 SOS Avicii featuring Aloe Blacc 106400
59 35 6 PIECE OF YOUR HEART Meduza featuring GOODBOYS 91700
60 48 4 LOVE IS ON THE LINE Jack Savoretti 40600
63 2 14 365 Zedd & Katy Perry 600150
65 46 5 MAIN TITLE (GAME OF THRONES) Ramin Djawadi 52400
68 52 4 YOU SAY Lauren Daigle 36150
71 37 2 SECRET LOVE (133950) Doris Day 22800
73 3 14 BEST 54 (ALL GOOD NOW) Jungle 589800

 

19th May 2019

It’s a huge climb of 58 places for the Eurovision winner from Duncan Laurence – I didn’t actually know it was entered last week, oops, I just liked it! Arcade is the highest climb to the top for ages, and also the first Eurovision song to top for 5 years and the first winner to top since 2010. An actual great Coldplay-ish song, and deserved winner for The Netherlands who topped my chart in 1975 with Ding A Dong (Teach-In). Elsewhere there’s a Eurovision invasion, I’ve had to expand my charts to 80 to cope with the huge influx of new tracks and not enough dropping out. Keiino won the popular vote and enter at 3 for Norway, Australia did an amazing performance and are at 6, and Azerbaijan as always put their oil money where their music mouth is and buy in another great pop song, in at 8. That all means Mark Ronson stays at 2, and a bunch of hot tracks are kicked out of the 10.

Sam Bluer rockets into the 20, an old early 70’s soul fave has made the itunes chart (I’ve no idea why but it gives me an excuse to finally chart it 20-odd years after I’d come across it on US oldies stations): Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose’s Too Late To Turn Back Now, in at 31. Madonna gets 2 new entries, fresh from her Eurovision performance of Future, in at 34, and I Rise at 67. A one-time popular pop star plugging his greatest hits said this week that Madonna would do anything for money, as criticism of her turning up in Israel. 1. No she doesn’t, you dont catch her doing TV adverts for cash like many I could mention 2. You can rely on Madonna to be controversial and make political or social comments ESPECIALLY if she’s told not to do something 3. It’s a music competition, slag off her, slag off every country for taking part, and every performer, or accept it’s supposed to be above politics as sporting events are.

Lana Del Ray is back with a rewrite of the classic Summertime, a George Gershwin cover hit for Fun Boy Three in 1983, and dating back to 1934 and the definitive Billie Holliday version sometime after. The number of ancient songs in my chart just grows, not least the 60’s Jimmy Fortuna song heavily unnoficially reworked by Offer Nissim in at 54! Highasakite are back after a gap of a few years, Pnau also return as Empire Of The Sun hang on to a top 20 spot, spot the connection! Finally, Elton has a film soundtrack duet with Taron Egerton to go with Taron’s climbing Rocket Man cover.

1 59 1 2 ARCADE Duncan Laurence 180100
2 2 2 5 LATE NIGHT FEELINGS Mark Ronson featuring Lykke Li 320200
3 NEW 3 1 SPIRIT IN THE SKY Keiino 85000
4 7 4 4 HELLO SUNSHINE Bruce Springsteen 141400
5 1 1 5 MEDELLIN Madonna & Maluma 489000
6 NEW 6 1 ZERO GRAVITY Kate Miller-Heidke 55000
7 14 7 2 MIRACLE Caravan Palace 79000
8 NEW 8 1 TRUTH (RADIO EDIT) Chingiz 48000
9 9 9 3 HUNGRY CHILD Hot Chip 97500
10 3 3 4 IT’S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME Harry James & His Orchestra & Kitty Kallen 239000

11 4 1 5 TIME IN A TREE Raleigh Ritchie 475000
12 8 8 4 JENNY OF OLDSTONES (GAME OF THRONES) Florence + The Machine 98700
13 5 5 2 BLACK HILLS OF DAKOTA Doris Day & Howard Keel 92000
14 6 6 5 NEVERMIND Dennis Lloyd 194000
15 15 15 3 NEW YORK CITY Kylie Minogue 64600
16 20 16 3 LOVE AGAIN New Hope Club 63000
17 10 10 7 SELFISH Vargas & Lagola 155850
18 19 18 3 AS LONG AS I HAVE TO Vargas & Lagola 62000
19 58 19 2 BODY HIGH Sam Bluer 31200
20 13 1 11 CHRYSALIS Empire Of The Sun 754000

21 36 21 4 ME! Taylor Swift featuring Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco 64250
22 26 22 5 LET ME DOWN SLOWLY Alec Benjamin featuring Alessia Cara 79900
23 11 11 9 PATIENCE Tame Impala 186650
24 18 18 5 OLD TOWN ROAD Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus 101200
25 29 25 2 MOVE OVER DARLING Doris Day 36950
26 28 26 6 SHOW ME ABC 81250
27 12 3 11 KIND OF LOVE Rat City featuring Isak Heim 489500
28 40 28 3 ABOUT WORK THE DANCEFLOOR (EDIT) Georgia 42300
29 32 29 4 ALL DAY AND NIGHT Jax Jones, Martin Solveig (aka Europa) & Madison Beer 60300
30 33 30 5 RAINBOW Kacey Musgraves 47900

31 NEW 31 1 TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose 17900
32 42 32 6 DATE STAMP ABC 61850
33 34 33 3 BLACK STAR DANCING Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 46550
34 NEW 34 1 FUTURE Madonna & Quavo 17600
35 17 7 11 OCEAN EYES Billie Eilish 272100
36 16 5 11 STUFF LIKE THAT Bananarama 319900
37 NEW 37 1 DOIN’ TIME Lana Del Ray 17300
38 22 22 6 BORDERLINE Tame Impala 91800
39 56 39 2 BODY FUNK Purple Disco Machine 27700
40 21 1 8 THE SUN AIN’T GONNA SHINE ANYMORE The Walker Brothers 765750

41 24 15 6 WEDDING BELL BLUES Morrissey featuring Billie Joe Armstrong & Lydia Night 124500
42 23 11 9 FEEL THE SAME Olly Murs featuring Nile Rodgers 196000
43 NEW 43 1 FREE TO GO Seeb & Highasakite 13500
44 NEW 44 1 FOCUS ON ME MARUV 13250
45 25 25 6 HUSTLE P!nk 104950
46 61 46 3 ROCKET MAN Taron Egerton 25650
47 54 47 3 JUNGLE BOOGIE Kool & The Gang 33500
48 27 6 11 YOU BELONG TO ME Cat Pierce 459700
49 NEW 49 1 REPLAY Tamta 12100
50 31 1 8 JACKIE Scott Walker 568900

51 38 38 5 THINK OF ME The Veronicas 59800
52 41 7 11 DON’T CALL ME UP Mabel 230100
53 39 39 5 SO CLOSE NOTD, Felix Jaehn & Captain Cuts featuring Georgia Ku 67350
54 NEW 54 1 EL MUNDO Offer Nissim Presents Jimmy Fontana 11000
55 71 55 2 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike 16600
56 60 56 2 I DON’T CARE Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber 20600
57 30 18 6 SOS Avicii featuring Aloe Blacc 106400
58 NEW 58 1 SOLID GOLD PNAU featuring Kira Divine & Marques Toliver 10200
59 35 35 6 PIECE OF YOUR HEART Meduza featuring GOODBOYS 91700
60 48 48 4 LOVE IS ON THE LINE Jack Savoretti 40600

61 63 61 2 BLAST OFF Gesaffelstein & Pharrell Williams 14700
62 62 62 5 ONE STEP BEYOND Madness 35400
63 44 2 14 365 Zedd & Katy Perry 600150
64 64 64 2 TALK (SINGLE EDIT) Two Door Cinema Club 14200
65 46 46 5 MAIN TITLE (GAME OF THRONES) Ramin Djawadi 52400
66 NEW 66 1 LET ME KNOW (RADIO EDIT) Roisin Murphy 6800
67 NEW 67 1 I RISE Madonna 6600
68 65 52 4 YOU SAY Lauren Daigle 36150
69 70 69 2 BAD GUY Billie Eilish 12200
70 55 1 12 AMERICAN GENERATION The Ritchie Family 446550

71 37 37 2 SECRET LOVE Doris Day 22800
72 72 72 3 VENUS Shocking Blue 16800
73 47 3 14 BEST 54 (ALL GOOD NOW) Jungle 589800
74 74 74 2 SOFIA Alvaro Soler 10400
75 NEW 75 1 SHE GOT ME Luca Hanni 5000
76 NEW 76 1 STORM Victor Crone 4800
77 NEW 77 1 (I’M GONNA) LOVE ME AGAIN Elton John & Taron Egerton 4600
78 NEW 78 1 LIKE IT ZENA 4400
79 NEW 79 1 NAKED ALONE L Devine & INDIIA 4200
80 NEW 80 1 SOLDI Mahmood 4000

DROP OUTS
43 25 4 FEELINGS John Newman 61150
45 1 12 YOUR EX Paloma Faith 635300
49 12 10 OLD WILD MEN 10cc 142800
50 50 3 SUPERSONIC ROCKETSHIP (352900) The Kinks 35500
51 28 7 MY SHIP IS COMING IN The Walker Brothers 90300
52 9 10 SUCKER Jonas Brothers 275850
53 16 6 STRETCH Louise 103450
57 57 2 COME AND GET YOUR LOVE (729000) Redbone 20600
66 10 13 TALK Khalid & Disclosure 349000
67 67 1 WHATEVER WILL BE, WILL BE (QUE SERA, SERA Doris Day 6600
68 68 3 LE FREAK (12” MIX) (672200) Chic 17800
69 39 4 YOU AND I LEON 48900
73 1 10 IT’S OVER Morrissey featuring LP 529700
75 75 1 ALL THIS LOVE Robin Schulz featuring Harloe 5000

 

 

12th May 2019

It’s a first week on top for Madonna & Maluma, ahead of her Eurovision appearance, with the fab latin rhythms of Medellin, which came swanning out of speakers by my gloriously sunny and hot hotel pool in Gran Canaria last week. How appropriate! Hence the lateness of this chart. That becomes Madonna’s first number one in 4 years, and her 20th in total, her oldest track to top my chart being 1984’s Holiday, though the first was 1986’s Papa Don’t Preach.

As yet another legend passes away, the 97-year-old movie star fave Doris Day – who I was watching in a movie musicals bar only days before – enters with 4 tracks that meant the most to me, largely from Calamity Jane or Move Over Darling (my fave movies of hers), the highest being the debut for Black Hills Of Dakota at 5. Move Over Darling topped my charts in 1987. With the 40’s Harry James at 3, and Doris’ 50’s track at 5, and the Raleigh Ritchie’s featured 30’s sounding sample at 4, it’s easily the oldest top 5 ever for me, and bung in 60-year-old Madonna as well, a positive youngster compared to Doris!

The top end of the chart gets frantic as loads of great new tracks take my fancy, headed by Springsteen’s first top 10 in a few years, Florence + The Machine’s haunting Game Of Thrones song taking her back into the top 10 for a 10th occasion in 10 years, and Hot Chip getting a second top 10 11 years late. Bruce ‘n’ Flo have both topped my charts previously. Highest new track is Caravan Palace with a very naughty video at 14, fab, and a massive climb into the 20 for Kylie – never far away from my charts since 1988 – and New York City.

Noel Gallagher goes top 40, Georgia gets a biggie climb for a second top 40 in a row, Purple Disco Machine debut with a Funkytown-ish funk-out, the first Eurovision song this year pops in at 59, Gesaffelstein (bless you!), Pharrell, Two-Door Cinema Club all return at the lower end, Pharrell will be knocking on 16 years with his NERD debut, Billie Eilish yet again gets 2 in the chart simultaneously, and a former Buzzjack song that I heard on my hols also pops in at 74.

1 2 1 4 MEDELLIN Madonna & Maluma 429000
2 4 2 4 LATE NIGHT FEELINGS Mark Ronson featuring Lykke Li 205200
3 3 3 3 IT’S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME Harry James & His Orchestra & Kitty Kallen 197000
4 1 1 4 TIME IN A TREE Raleigh Ritchie 438000
5 NEW 5 1 BLACK HILLS OF DAKOTA Doris Day & Howard Keel 60000
6 6 6 4 NEVERMIND Dennis Lloyd 165000
7 20 7 3 HELLO SUNSHINE Bruce Springsteen 76400
8 59 8 3 JENNY OF OLDSTONES (GAME OF THRONES) Florence + The Machine 63700
9 61 9 2 HUNGRY CHILD Hot Chip 52500
10 16 10 6 SELFISH Vargas & Lagola 132850

11 17 11 8 PATIENCE Tame Impala 167400
12 5 3 10 KIND OF LOVE Rat City featuring Isak Heim 471100
13 10 1 10 CHRYSALIS Empire Of The Sun 734000
14 NEW 14 1 MIRACLE Caravan Palace 29000
15 56 15 2 NEW YORK CITY Kylie Minogue 37600
16 8 5 10 STUFF LIKE THAT Bananarama 302500
17 7 7 10 OCEAN EYES Billie Eilish 254600
18 19 18 4 OLD TOWN ROAD Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus 82200
19 24 19 2 AS LONG AS I HAVE TO Vargas & Lagola 40000
20 30 20 2 LOVE AGAIN New Hope Club 38000

21 9 1 7 THE SUN AIN’T GONNA SHINE ANYMORE The Walker Brothers 748750
22 22 22 5 BORDERLINE Tame Impala 74600
23 11 11 8 FEEL THE SAME Olly Murs featuring Nile Rodgers 182250
24 15 15 5 WEDDING BELL BLUES Morrissey featuring Billie Joe Armstrong & Lydia Night 110500
25 27 25 5 HUSTLE P!nk 91950
26 31 26 4 LET ME DOWN SLOWLY Alec Benjamin featuring Alessia Cara 60400
27 14 6 10 YOU BELONG TO ME Cat Pierce 447400
28 32 28 5 SHOW ME ABC 62750
29 NEW 29 1 MOVE OVER DARLING Doris Day 18200
30 18 18 5 SOS Avicii featuring Aloe Blacc 96000

31 13 1 7 JACKIE Scott Walker 556900
32 35 32 3 ALL DAY AND NIGHT Jax Jones, Martin Solveig (aka Europa) & Madison Beer 42100
33 45 33 4 RAINBOW Kacey Musgraves 29900
34 53 34 2 BLACK STAR DANCING Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 28850
35 36 35 5 PIECE OF YOUR HEART Meduza featuring GOODBOYS 81600
36 39 36 3 ME! Taylor Swift featuring Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco 44500
37 NEW 37 1 SECRET LOVE Doris Day 17300
38 46 38 4 THINK OF ME The Veronicas 48050
39 40 39 4 SO CLOSE NOTD, Felix Jaehn & Captain Cuts featuring Georgia Ku 56100
40 65 40 2 ABOUT WORK THE DANCEFLOOR Georgia 24000

41 21 7 10 DON’T CALL ME UP Mabel 218600
42 47 42 5 DATE STAMP ABC 44050
43 25 25 4 FEELINGS John Newman 61150
44 33 2 13 365 Zedd & Katy Perry 592950
45 26 1 12 YOUR EX Paloma Faith 635300
46 51 46 4 MAIN TITLE (GAME OF THRONES) Ramin Djawadi 45400
47 37 3 13 BEST 54 (ALL GOOD NOW) Jungle 584400
48 49 48 3 LOVE IS ON THE LINE Jack Savoretti 30600
49 12 12 10 OLD WILD MEN 10cc 142800
50 50 50 3 SUPERSONIC ROCKETSHIP The Kinks 35500

51 28 28 7 MY SHIP IS COMING IN The Walker Brothers 90300
52 34 9 10 SUCKER Jonas Brothers 275850
53 29 16 6 STRETCH Louise 103450
54 60 54 2 JUNGLE BOOGIE Kool & The Gang 21000
55 48 1 11 AMERICAN GENERATION The Ritchie Family 440550
56 NEW 56 1 BODY FUNK Purple Disco Machine 10600
57 58 57 2 COME AND GET YOUR LOVE Redbone 20600
58 NEW 58 1 BODY HIGH Sam Bluer 10200
59 NEW 59 1 ARCADE Duncan Laurence 10100
60 NEW 60 1 I DON’T CARE Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber 10000

61 73 61 2 ROCKET MAN Taron Egerton 12900
62 62 62 4 ONE STEP BEYOND Madness 28000
63 NEW 63 1 BLAST OFF Gesaffelstein & Pharrell Williams 7200
64 NEW 64 1 TALK (SINGLE EDIT) Two Door Cinema Club 7100
65 52 52 3 YOU SAY Lauren Daigle 29750
66 38 10 13 TALK Khalid & Disclosure 349000
67 NEW 67 1 WHATEVER WILL BE, WILL BE (QUE SERA, SERA Doris Day 6600
68 68 68 3 LE FREAK (12” MIX) Chic 17800
69 43 39 4 YOU AND I LEON 48900
70 NEW 70 1 BAD GUY Billie Eilish 6000

71 NEW 71 1 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike 5800
72 72 72 2 VENUS Shocking Blue 11200
73 54 1 10 IT’S OVER Morrissey featuring LP 529700
74 NEW 74 1 SOFIA Alvaro Soler 5200
75 NEW 75 1 ALL THIS LOVE Robin Schulz featuring Harloe 5000

DROP OUTS
23 3 6 ROCK THE BOAT The Hues Corporation 317250
41 2 8 SPARROW Emeli Sande 436250
42 30 9 WE’RE THROUGH The Hollies 122950
44 37 6 HERE WITH ME Marshmello Featuring CHVRCHES 66800
55 36 4 DRUM Noa Kirel 62900
57 9 6 MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF The Walker Brothers 139500
63 13 9 NEVER COMIN DOWN Keith Urban 181400
64 28 9 CASIO Jungle 127100
66 47 9 SO AM I Ava Max 80300
67 51 5 COOL The Jonas Brothers 48450
69 56 5 KING JAMES Anderson .Paak 39200
70 70 2 SUMMER DAYS Martin Garrix featuring Macklemore & Patrick Stump pf Fall Out Boy 12000
71 71 2 LOVE ME ANYWAY P!nk featuring Chris Stapleton 11600
74 10 9 LIFTED Parker Bossley 187650
75 75 1 OVERKILL Motorhead 5000

 

 

5th March 2019

It’s a second week on top for Raleigh Ritchie’s lovely track which speaks to me as much as him, I expect – the sentiment is something I can relate to, being as my life is a rollercoaster of busy-ness interspersed with the odd bit of time doing charts. Just sitting and enjoying life gently passing by isn’t something I get to do much. Madonna is still at 2 for a second week and Harry James & Kitty Kallen shoot up to 3, which easily makes it the highest-placed charting track to predate the 1950’s, courtesy of Endgame’s closing credits.

Mark Ronson makes it 2 in a row top 10’s, and his 4th in total, Lykke Li getting her first, while Dennis Lloyd does the same. Bruce Springsteen leaps into the 20 in a single bound, his first top 20 charting track in 5 years, or his 10th in the last 20 years, and umpteenth since his first in 1975. Yes that one. Born To Run peaked outside the top 10 first time round but topped my chart in 2009. Vargas and Legoland get a second simultaneous top 30 as As Long As I Have To enters, while Selfish goes top 20, and a debut for New Hope Club at 30 outdoes more established acts entering like Noel Gallagher at 53, making 26 Oasisfestfilled years, Kylie in New York City – with some way to go to match T.Rex’s 1975 song of the same name – Redbone returning for a fourth run courtesy of Avengers again, one from 1974 and the rest from Marvel film boosts.

Kool & The Gang have never charted with Jungle Boogie, which is a bit surprising for a track and I knew at the time and quite liked, but then my chart was limited to a top 30 in those days – even Redbone only just scraped in, and turnover was fast to try and squeeze records in back in 1974. It’s also one of their best records and is currently getting blanket TV ad plays, much better than their bland disco phase that lasted for eternity. So, 27 years since they last charted, and 46 years since it was released, that would be impressive if Harry James wasn’t making it look quite recent in comparison.

It’s been 9 years since Hot Chip last charted, but they belatedly get their 6th some 13 years after their first, in at 61 with a funky workout, Georgia gets a second, Shocking Blue get a 3rd-time-round hit with a World Record Store vinyl release of Venus almost 50 years since the first time, Taron Egertin is about to star in the Fantasy Elton John biopic, and enters with Rocket Man, his second charting song (the first was in 2016 with Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark & Hugh Jackman, from the Eddie The eagle biopic spin-off album, Thrill Me), a former Elton chart-topper from 1972, and Motorhead return for a third WRS Day vinyl-pushed blowout with a spot of Overkill.

1 1 1 3 TIME IN A TREE Raleigh Ritchie 373000
2 2 2 3 MEDELLIN Madonna & Maluma 259000
3 15 3 2 IT’S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME Harry James & His Orchestra & Kitty Kallen 112000
4 29 4 3 LATE NIGHT FEELINGS Mark Ronson featuring Lykke Li 90200
5 3 3 9 KIND OF LOVE Rat City featuring Isak Heim 436100
6 12 6 3 NEVERMIND Dennis Lloyd 110000
7 7 7 9 OCEAN EYES Billie Eilish 231600
8 5 5 9 STUFF LIKE THAT Bananarama 277500
9 4 1 6 THE SUN AIN’T GONNA SHINE ANYMORE The Walker Brothers 729000
10 6 1 9 CHRYSALIS Empire Of The Sun 702000

11 14 11 7 FEEL THE SAME Olly Murs featuring Nile Rodgers 163000
12 18 12 9 OLD WILD MEN 10cc 130700
13 10 1 6 JACKIE Scott Walker 539000
14 8 6 9 YOU BELONG TO ME Cat Pierce 429000
15 17 15 4 WEDDING BELL BLUES Morrissey 91500
16 32 16 5 SELFISH Vargas & Lagola 90850
17 20 17 7 PATIENCE Tame Impala 130400
18 21 18 4 SOS Avicii featuring Aloe Blacc 78000
19 19 19 3 OLD TOWN ROAD Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus 60200
20 68 20 2 HELLO SUNSHINE Bruce Springsteen 26400

21 11 7 9 DON’T CALL ME UP Mabel 204600
22 33 22 4 BORDERLINE Tame Impala 55100
23 9 3 6 ROCK THE BOAT The Hues Corporation 317250
24 NEW 24 1 AS LONG AS I HAVE TO Vargas & Lagola 19000
25 28 25 3 FEELINGS John Newman 47650
26 13 1 11 YOUR EX Paloma Faith 622300
27 27 27 4 HUSTLE P!nk 73200
28 35 28 6 MY SHIP IS COMING IN The Walker Brothers 78550
29 16 16 5 STRETCH Louise 92200
30 NEW 30 1 LOVE AGAIN New Hope Club 18000

31 34 31 3 LET ME DOWN SLOWLY Alec Benjamin featuring Alessia Cara 41900
32 46 32 4 SHOW ME ABC 44450
33 26 2 12 365 Zedd & Katy Perry 579700
34 22 9 9 SUCKER Jonas Brothers 264350
35 66 35 2 ALL DAY AND NIGHT Jax Jones, Martin Solveig (aka Europa) & Madison Beer 24300
36 38 36 4 PIECE OF YOUR HEART Meduza featuring GOODBOYS 64100
37 25 3 12 BEST 54 (ALL GOOD NOW) Jungle 571900
38 24 10 12 TALK Khalid & Disclosure 342200
39 60 39 2 ME! Taylor Swift featuring Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco 27100
40 50 40 3 SO CLOSE NOTD, Felix Jaehn & Captain Cuts featuring Georgia Ku 39000

41 23 2 8 SPARROW Emeli Sande 436250
42 30 30 9 WE’RE THROUGH The Hollies 122950
43 39 39 3 YOU AND I LEON 42700
44 37 37 6 HERE WITH ME Marshmello Featuring CHVRCHES 66800
45 58 45 3 RAINBOW Kacey Musgraves 29800
46 49 46 3 THINK OF ME The Veronicas 30850
47 62 47 4 DATE STAMP ABC 30300
48 43 1 10 AMERICAN GENERATION The Ritchie Family 429750
49 69 49 2 LOVE IS ON THE LINE Jack Savoretti 18300
50 52 50 2 SUPERSONIC ROCKETSHIP The Kinks 23500

51 55 51 3 MAIN TITLE (GAME OF THRONES) Ramin Djawadi 32650
52 53 52 2 YOU SAY Lauren Daigle 22750
53 NEW 53 1 BLACK STAR DANCING Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 11250
54 40 1 9 IT’S OVER Morrissey featuring LP 524300
55 36 36 4 DRUM Noa Kirel 62900
56 NEW 56 1 NEW YORK CITY Kylie Minogue 10600
57 31 9 6 MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF The Walker Brothers 139500
58 NEW 58 1 COME AND GET YOUR LOVE Redbone 10200
59 72 59 2 JENNY OF OLDSTONES (GAME OF THRONES) Florence + The Machine 15700
60 NEW 60 1 JUNGLE BOOGIE Kool & The Gang 10000

61 NEW 61 1 HUNGRY CHILD Hot Chip 7500
62 65 62 3 ONE STEP BEYOND Madness 20600
63 45 13 9 NEVER COMIN DOWN Keith Urban 181400
64 41 28 9 CASIO Jungle 127100
65 NEW 65 1 ABOUT WORK THE DANCEFLOOR Georgia 7000
66 47 47 9 SO AM I Ava Max 80300
67 51 51 5 COOL The Jonas Brothers 48450
68 75 68 2 LE FREAK (12” MIX) Chic 11400
69 56 56 5 KING JAMES Anderson .Paak 39200
70 70 70 2 SUMMER DAYS Martin Garrix featuring Macklemore & Patrick Stump pf Fall Out Boy 12000

71 71 71 2 LOVE ME ANYWAY P!nk featuring Chris Stapleton 11600
72 NEW 72 1 VENUS Shocking Blue 5600
73 NEW 73 1 ROCKET MAN Taron Egerton 5400
74 42 10 9 LIFTED Parker Bossley 187650
75 NEW 75 1 OVERKILL Motorhead 5000

DROP OUTS
44 39 8 THE BIRD SYML 87500
48 40 7 HURRICANES Dido 80650
54 13 8 WHAT MORE CAN I DO? Jack Savoretti 155100
57 14 10 WALK ME HOME P!nk 179900
59 14 11 COLD IN LA Why Don’t We 193200
61 5 8 SON OF MAN GG/06 aka 10cc (Kevin Godley & Graham Gouldman) featuring Hotlegs 220400
63 33 6 ALL THE SONGS Will Young 74850
64 2 14 SWAN SONG Dua Lipa 463900
67 64 4 JUST YOU AND I Tom Walker 25300
73 73 3 MIRACLE Alan Parsons featuring Jason Mraz 15800
74 21 9 KILLING MY TIME G-Flip 147350

 

My 2017 Charts – April – June

Gran Canaria mountain scenery

 

25th June 2017

It’s a second week on top for some classic Summer Wine – I should have had some in Copenhagen for the Midsummer Festival partying last week, but I was mainly walking round streets of old buildings, oops! I did note the music scene had become tropical housed, poor dears seem to have caught the bug. Even Drake’s Passionfruit had been covered and lost a lot of it’s fruityness. So not many new entries as I’ve been starved of the UK music scene. I also did Sweden, but it was Sunday and it was closed.

Main chart stat: OMD scrape in with a new track, for 37 years of entries…

1 1 1 2 SUMMER WINE Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood 340000
2 6 2 9 BUSTED AND BLUE Gorillaz 637000
3 2 1 4 SHE’S LEAVING HOME The Beatles 435000
4 3 1 7 INTO THE FIRE VINAI featuring Anjulie 945000
5 12 5 2 THE MAN The Killers 95000
6 11 6 6 CRYING IN THE CLUB Camila Cabello 171100
7 8 7 7 CLASSIC The Knocks featuring Powers 325000
8 4 2 6 THE FIGHTER Keith Urban featuring Carrie Underwood 463000
9 5 5 6 FEEL IT STILL Portugal. The Man 297000
10 16 10 4 WALL OF GLASS Liam Gallagher 106200

11 14 11 7 AVERDAVGI Agy 173800
12 7 2 10 BEAUTIFUL ONES Hurts 732000
13 9 9 7 BATMAN & ROBIN Cazzie Opeia & Jin x Jin 232800
14 17 14 7 YOUNG RICH AND RADICAL Club Cheval 133650
15 15 5 10 HURRICANE Drones Club 408000
16 32 16 8 APOCALYPSE Cigarettes After Sex 106200
17 20 17 5 THIS MOMENT Chase & Status and Blossoms 96300
18 13 7 7 ONE AND ONE Robert Miles featuring Maria Naylor 252000
19 24 19 6 SWISH SWISH Katy Perry featuring Nicki Minaj 95300
20 39 20 8 DESPACITO (REMIX) Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber 96850

21 19 3 11 IN MY WORLD Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 482750
22 21 10 10 WHAM BANG SHANG-A-LANG Silver 232950
23 23 5 9 WAY BACK TLC featuring Snoop Dogg 321800
24 33 24 2 THE WAY YOU USED TO DO Queens Of The Stone Age 36700
25 25 1 14 CHARIOTS Paper Route 737750
26 26 13 10 PASSIONFRUIT Drake 212350
27 22 1 12 FEELS LIKE SUMMER Weezer 739900
28 29 28 6 KISSING STRANGERS DNCE featuring Nicki Minaj 84100
29 40 29 5 SHOULD’VE BEEN YOU Imelda May 63500
30 38 30 5 MALIBU Miley Cyrus 67050

31 31 31 9 DOUBLE BARREL Dave & Ansel Collins 159500
32 27 27 4 ALL ALONE AT THE GREAT TIMES DANCE Ourselves On TV 64100
33 18 18 7 OCCIDENTALI’S KARMA Francesco Gabbani 104100
34 35 34 5 ADIOS Glen Campbell 75900
35 30 30 8 BON APPETIT Katy Perry featuring Migos 112400
36 66 36 2 OH WOMAN OH MAN London Grammar 24200
37 28 17 6 KRYPTONITE George Maple 119600
38 50 38 3 EVERYBODY’S TALKING Glen Campbell 35600
39 45 39 6 CITY LIGHTS Blanche 68850
40 46 40 4 SLOW HANDS Niall Horan 43050

41 37 5 14 LOST ON YOU LP 475800
42 36 5 14 TRUTH IS A BEAUTIFUL THING London Grammar 452700
43 34 29 5 LOVE AIN’T SOMETHING YOU CAN GET FOR FREE Elkie Brooks 71900
44 10 10 9 SOUTHERN NIGHTS Glen Campbell 170450
45 59 45 3 DREAMS OF THE EVERYDAY HOUSEWIFE Glen Campbell 30200
46 48 46 8 THE CHAIN Fleetwood Mac 82050
47 47 1 15 ALONE AGAIN OR Love 790450
48 41 24 9 CRAVING YOU Thomas Rhett featuring Maren Morris 129400
49 44 1 14 WE GOT THE POWER Gorillaz featuring Jehnny Beth 841150
50 71 50 3 SWERLK MNDR & Scissor Sisters 23000

51 53 51 5 JESSICA The Allman Brothers Band 46800
52 60 52 3 CARNIVAL BEGIN Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 26300
53 51 34 11 IT’S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys 157000
54 58 54 4 LAST CHANCE TO DANCE Ekkah 36500
55 57 55 3 RED SUN Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 28000
56 49 2 11 CRAZY (ASH HOWES RADIO EDIT) Bird 395000
57 55 1 20 CHAINED TO THE RHYTHM Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley 1345200
58 42 25 10 THE CURE Lady Gaga 137200
59 68 59 2 CAME HERE FOR LOVE Sigala & Ella Eyre 16500
60 54 36 7 REASONS Jillian Jacqueline 91000

61 43 24 6 PAPER Svala 94500
62 52 20 10 STORY OF A HEART Steps 144900
63 67 63 3 ROULETTE Katy Perry 19400
64 63 1 35 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU Abba 1076700
65 NEW 65 1 OK Robin Schulz featuring James Blunt 7000
66 75 66 2 UNPREDICTABLE Olly Murs & Louisa Johnson 11800
67 62 50 5 THUNDER Imagine Dragons 42400
68 61 5 14 WAITING FOR THE STARS Vitalic featuring David Shaw and The Beat 383400
69 NEW 69 1 STRIP THAT DOWN Liam Payne featuring Quavo 6200
70 NEW 70 1 DISCONNECT Clean Bandit & Marina And The Diamonds 6000

71 73 71 3 LIVE FOREVER Oasis 16600
72 74 72 2 TOO FAR GONE Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 10800
73 NEW 73 1 DON’T MATTER NOW George Ezra 5400
74 65 1 15 SEASONS (WAITING ON YOU) Future Islands 690900
75 NEW 75 1 ISOTYPE Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 5000

DROP OUTS
56 10 13 LONG COOL WOMAN (IN A BLACK DRESS) The Hollies 222400
64 64 3 CURIOUS Alison Valentine 19100
69 57 4 PRAY WITH ME Rick Astley 29200
70 70 5 BLACK HOLE SUN Soundgarden 27800
72 35 6 GRAVITY Hovig 82800

18th June 2017

Straight in from nowhere (because it’s topping the US advert music charts, and I follow Nancy on twitter – legend!) it’s Summer Wine from the same summer as Sgt Pepper, 50 years ago. Nancy & Lee just have a brilliant trippie back catalogue, cult faves over the decades without ever being huge as a duo – Lee was the gravel-voiced songwriter and producer, Nancy the sweet voice and groovy image. The song has topped my charts before, for The Corrs and Bono back in 2003, but the original is still the best, and gives them a first number one since Some Velvet Morning topped as an oldie in 2007 – I heard it blaring out from a boat at sea off the coast of Crete just after Lee died. Did You Ever was their first hit in 1971 in my charts, topping in 1977 as part of an EP, and Nancy also topped with her dad Frank (Somethin’ Stupid), with a Lee song (Boots), and a Bond theme (You Only Live Twice).

Glen goes up with all of his tracks, notably 1977 hit, Guardians soundtrack, Southern Nights finally breaking into the top 10 (the ragtime retro track peaked at 17). The Killers are back with a fab single, new in at 12, love it, and also Queens Of The Stone Age, back after a gap of 14 years, and with only their 3rd (and highest-charting) best-to-date track. Also new: Sigala & Ella Eyre, London Grammar, Olly & Louisa.

1 NEW 1 1 SUMMER WINE Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood 170000
2 1 1 3 SHE’S LEAVING HOME The Beatles 350000
3 2 1 6 INTO THE FIRE VINAI featuring Anjulie 880000
4 3 2 5 THE FIGHTER Keith Urban featuring Carrie Underwood 415000
5 6 5 5 FEEL IT STILL Portugal The Man 252000
6 4 2 8 BUSTED AND BLUE Gorillaz 522000
7 5 2 9 BEAUTIFUL ONES Hurts 697000
8 8 8 6 CLASSIC The Knocks featuring Powers 275000
9 9 9 6 BATMAN & ROBIN Cazzie Opeia & Jin x Jin 200800
10 20 10 8 SOUTHERN NIGHTS Glen Campbell 157200

11 16 11 5 CRYING IN THE CLUB Camila Cabello 116100
12 NEW 12 1 THE MAN The Killers 35000
13 7 7 6 ONE AND ONE Robert Miles featuring Maria Naylor 230000
14 14 14 6 AVERDAVGI Agy 136800
15 11 5 9 HURRICANE Drones Club 381000
16 19 16 3 WALL OF GLASS Liam Gallagher 64200
17 22 17 6 YOUNG RICH AND RADICAL Club Cheval 104650
18 36 18 6 OCCIDENTALI’S KARMA Francesco Gabbani 86400
19 15 3 10 IN MY WORLD Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 463000
20 26 20 4 THIS MOMENT Chase & Status and Blossoms 73300

21 12 10 9 WHAM BANG SHANG-A-LANG Silver 213450
22 18 1 11 FEELS LIKE SUMMER Weezer 721500
23 13 5 8 WAY BACK TLC featuring Snoop Dogg 302550
24 39 24 5 SWISH SWISH Katy Perry featuring Nicki Minaj 74300
25 23 1 13 CHARIOTS Paper Route 719000
26 21 13 9 PASSIONFRUIT Drake 193850
27 37 27 3 ALL ALONE AT THE GREAT TIMES DANCE Ourselves On TV 46300
28 17 17 5 KRYPTONITE George Maple 102300
29 42 29 5 KISSING STRANGERS DNCE featuring Nicki Minaj 65800
30 33 30 7 BON APPETIT Katy Perry featuring Migos 94900

31 31 31 8 DOUBLE BARREL Dave & Ansel Collins 141600
32 32 32 7 APOCALYPSE Cigarettes After Sex 81200
33 NEW 33 1 THE WAY YOU USED TO DO Queens Of The Stone Age 17700
34 29 29 4 LOVE AIN’T SOMETHING YOU CAN GET FOR FREE Elkie Brooks 58400
35 38 35 4 ADIOS Glen Campbell 58300
36 27 5 13 TRUTH IS A BEAUTIFUL THING London Grammar 438950
37 30 5 13 LOST ON YOU LP 461800
38 46 38 4 MALIBU Miley Cyrus 49050
39 48 39 7 DESPACITO (REMIX) Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber 76850
40 47 40 4 SHOULD’VE BEEN YOU Imelda May 45300

41 24 24 8 CRAVING YOU Thomas Rhett featuring Maren Morris 117100
42 25 25 9 THE CURE Lady Gaga 127000
43 28 24 5 PAPER Svala 87000
44 35 1 13 WE GOT THE POWER Gorillaz featuring Jehnny Beth 829050
45 51 45 5 CITY LIGHTS Blanche 51750
46 61 46 3 SLOW HANDS Niall Horan 26050
47 45 1 14 ALONE AGAIN OR Love 777950
48 49 48 7 THE CHAIN Fleetwood Mac 69300
49 40 2 10 CRAZY (ASH HOWES RADIO EDIT) Bird 384400
50 68 50 2 EVERYBODY’S TALKING Glen Campbell 18400

51 34 34 10 IT’S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys 145750
52 41 20 9 STORY OF A HEART Steps 137500
53 56 53 4 JESSICA The Allman Brothers Band 35050
54 43 36 6 REASONS Jillian Jacqueline 81000
55 53 1 19 CHAINED TO THE RHYTHM Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley 1334800
56 10 10 13 LONG COOL WOMAN (IN A BLACK DRESS) The Hollies 222400
57 66 57 2 RED SUN Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 17200
58 59 58 3 LAST CHANCE TO DANCE Ekkah 25500
59 64 59 2 DREAMS OF THE EVERYDAY HOUSEWIFE Glen Campbell 17200
60 75 60 2 CARNIVAL BEGIN Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 15000

61 52 5 13 WAITING FOR THE STARS Vitalic featuring David Shaw and The Beat 377000
62 50 50 4 THUNDER Imagine Dragons 35800
63 63 1 34 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU Abba 1069600
64 65 64 3 CURIOUS Alison Valentine 19100
65 54 1 14 SEASONS (WAITING ON YOU) Future Islands 685700
66 NEW 66 1 OH WOMAN OH MAN London Grammar 6800
67 72 67 2 ROULETTE Katy Perry 12200
68 NEW 68 1 CAME HERE FOR LOVE Sigala & Ella Eyre 6400
69 57 57 4 PRAY WITH ME Rick Astley 29200
70 70 70 5 BLACK HOLE SUN Soundgarden 27800

71 74 71 2 SWERLK MNDR & Scissor Sisters 11000
72 44 35 6 GRAVITY Hovig 82800
73 73 73 2 LIVE FOREVER Oasis 10800
74 NEW 74 1 TOO FAR GONE Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 5200
75 NEW 75 1 UNPREDICTABLE Olly Murs & Louisa Johnson 5000

DROP OUTS
55 55 4 DIG DOWN Muse 33500
58 48 5 HEY MAMMA Sunstroke Project 56350
60 60 5 YOU’RE IN LOVE WITH A PSYCHO Kasabian 34200
62 62 2 TO THE DOOR HMLTD 14800
67 23 5 AMAR PELOS DOIS Salvador Sobral 75600
69 69 3 IN THE NAME OF MAN Plan B 17600
71 38 4 PLASTIC MACHINERY The Charlatans featuring Johnny Marr 43050

11th June 2017

I was too young to have started my charting 50 years ago – but had there been streaming available to me it’s pretty sure that The Beatles would have dominated both the real world and personal singles charts with Sgt Pepper. So it’s only fitting that She’s Leaving Home returns to number one 9 years since the last time it was on top, the best track on the classic album that can still top the UK album chart half a century on. Just to put that in some sort of perspective that would have been unthinkable in 1967, not least because recorded music didn’t stretch back half a century in any lastingly popular sense. Songs did, but not recorded music as an art form.

The Hollies finally get that Black Dress into my top 10 after 45 years patiently waiting, and in a quiet week for movement the highest new track is a Glen Campbell classic 60’s track that has never charted, but is on his new album Adios/Hits double-pack: Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife was on the first album that I owned, This Is Glen Campbell, I was mad on him as a kid. He also enters with a song that I loved at that period, a cover of the Nilsson hit, Everybody’s Talking from the movie Midnight Cowboy, and is one of the last tracks Glen recorded for his final album.

Fleetwood Mac have 2 new tracks joining their Rumours classic (The Chain) though they are labelled Buckingham/McVie. Don’t trust labels, the Mac did some of them at their last concert at the O2 – I was there! And finally, Scissor Sisters pop back (with MNDR) after being away a while, hooray! 13 years since they first topped my chart….

1 4 1 2 SHE’S LEAVING HOME The Beatles 235000
2 1 1 5 INTO THE FIRE VINAI featuring Anjulie 795000
3 2 2 4 THE FIGHTER Keith Urban featuring Carrie Underwood 350000
4 3 2 7 BUSTED AND BLUE Gorillaz 467000
5 5 2 8 BEAUTIFUL ONES Hurts 647000
6 6 6 4 FEEL IT STILL Portugal The Man 192000
7 7 7 5 ONE AND ONE Robert Miles featuring Maria Naylor 198000
8 8 8 5 CLASSIC The Knocks featuring Powers 227000
9 10 9 5 BATMAN & ROBIN Cazzie Opeia & Jin x Jin 155800
10 20 10 12 LONG COOL WOMAN (IN A BLACK DRESS) The Hollies 211800

11 11 5 8 HURRICANE Drones Club 354000
12 13 10 8 WHAM BANG SHANG-A-LANG Silver 193700
13 9 5 7 WAY BACK TLC featuring Snoop Dogg 283300
14 14 14 5 AVERDAVGI Agy 107800
15 15 3 9 IN MY WORLD Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 442000
16 17 16 4 CRYING IN THE CLUB Camila Cabello 79100
17 19 17 4 KRYPTONITE George Maple 84000
18 12 1 10 FEELS LIKE SUMMER Weezer 702000
19 29 19 2 WALL OF GLASS Liam Gallagher 39200
20 22 20 7 SOUTHERN NIGHTS Glen Campbell 115200

21 16 13 8 PASSIONFRUIT Drake 175350
22 23 22 5 YOUNG RICH AND RADICAL Club Cheval 81650
23 18 1 12 CHARIOTS Paper Route 700250
24 26 24 7 CRAVING YOU Thomas Rhett featuring Maren Morris 103100
25 30 25 8 THE CURE Lady Gaga 113250
26 33 26 3 THIS MOMENT Chase & Status and Blossoms 53300
27 21 5 12 TRUTH IS A BEAUTIFUL THING London Grammar 421550
28 24 24 4 PAPER Svala 73500
29 34 29 3 LOVE AIN’T SOMETHING YOU CAN GET FOR FREE Elkie Brooks 40800
30 25 5 12 LOST ON YOU LP 444500

31 31 31 7 DOUBLE BARREL Dave & Ansel Collins 123700
32 38 32 6 APOCALYPSE Cigarettes After Sex 63400
33 36 33 6 BON APPETIT Katy Perry featuring Migos 76900
34 37 34 9 IT’S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys 134000
35 28 1 12 WE GOT THE POWER Gorillaz featuring Jehnny Beth 815800
36 54 36 5 OCCIDENTALI’S KARMA Francesco Gabbani 64400
37 56 37 2 ALL ALONE AT THE GREAT TIMES DANCE Ourselves On TV 27900
38 43 38 3 ADIOS Glen Campbell 40800
39 40 39 4 SWISH SWISH Katy Perry featuring Nicki Minaj 55300
40 32 2 9 CRAZY (ASH HOWES RADIO EDIT) Bird 372300

41 27 20 8 STORY OF A HEART Steps 126000
42 50 42 4 KISSING STRANGERS DNCE featuring Nicki Minaj 47600
43 39 36 5 REASONS Jillian Jacqueline 70000
44 35 35 5 GRAVITY Hovig 77200
45 41 1 13 ALONE AGAIN OR Love 765450
46 49 46 3 MALIBU Miley Cyrus 31850
47 58 47 3 SHOULD’VE BEEN YOU Imelda May 28300
48 53 48 6 DESPACITO (REMIX) Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber 59750
49 51 49 6 THE CHAIN Fleetwood Mac 57000
50 60 50 3 THUNDER Imagine Dragons 28400

51 55 51 4 CITY LIGHTS Blanche 38750
52 46 5 12 WAITING FOR THE STARS Vitalic featuring David Shaw and The Beat 369500
53 52 1 18 CHAINED TO THE RHYTHM Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley 1324000
54 47 1 13 SEASONS (WAITING ON YOU) Future Islands 678700
55 59 55 4 DIG DOWN Muse 33500
56 65 56 3 JESSICA The Allman Brothers Band 23800
57 67 57 3 PRAY WITH ME Rick Astley 23000
58 48 48 5 HEY MAMMA Sunstroke Project 56350
59 74 59 2 LAST CHANCE TO DANCE Ekkah 15300
60 66 60 5 YOU’RE IN LOVE WITH A PSYCHO Kasabian 34200

61 71 61 2 SLOW HANDS Niall Horan 13300
62 62 62 2 TO THE DOOR HMLTD 14800
63 63 1 33 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU Abba 1062400
64 NEW 64 1 DREAMS OF THE EVERYDAY HOUSEWIFE Glen Campbell 7100
65 75 65 2 CURIOUS Alison Valentine 12000
66 NEW 66 1 RED SUN Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 6800
67 42 23 5 AMAR PELOS DOIS Salvador Sobral 75600
68 NEW 68 1 EVERYBODY’S TALKING Glen Campbell 6400
69 69 69 3 IN THE NAME OF MAN Plan B 17600
70 73 70 4 BLACK HOLE SUN Soundgarden 21800

71 44 38 4 PLASTIC MACHINERY The Charlatans featuring Johnny Marr 43050
72 NEW 72 1 ROULETTE Katy Perry 5600
73 NEW 73 1 LIVE FOREVER Oasis 5400
74 NEW 74 1 SWERLK MNDR & Scissor Sisters 5200
75 NEW 75 1 CARNIVAL BEGIN Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 5000

DROP OUTS
45 45 3 DON’T TAKE THE MONEY Bleachers 30400
57 48 4 FLY WITH ME Artsvik 47100
61 21 7 LONG TIME Blondie 109200
64 4 11 CAN I SIT NEXT TO YOU Spoon 396500
68 44 4 I CAN’T GO ON Robin Bengtsson 46150
70 58 5 SYSTEMAGIC Goldfrapp 42000
72 2 17 BETTER MAN Little Big Town 663150

4th June 2017

It’s Vinai for a 4th week on top, firing off a fighting challenge from Keith Urban, not to mention the best track on Sgt Pepper, back on top of the UK charts a record breaking 50 years on. there aren’t enough superlatives to cover The Beatles achievements, suffice to say She’s Leaving Home topped my chart on one of the album’s regular revivals, it was a fave in 1977 when Bryan Ferry covered it, and when I bought Sgt Pepper for the first time (vinyl of course). A music expert was on telly last night explaining the melody style is a centuries-old tradition, with roots in European folk music. Whatever, it’s one of the most glorious melodies ever written, and attached to some heart-breakingly touching lyrics. About time it was covered tropical-Alan-Walker-stylee and became a hit.

Guess who’s the highest new entry just behind Noel Gallagher guest on Gorillaz Power? Yes, bruv Liam has a solo record (most likely his best song) in at 29. Elkie Brooks rockets into the 40 with her best track since Gasoline Alley back in 1983, and Cigarettes After Sex sound like they should be on the new Twin Peaks soundtrack, and into the 40.

1 1 1 4 INTO THE FIRE VINAI featuring Anjulie 680000
2 3 2 3 THE FIGHTER Keith Urban featuring Carrie Underwood 265000
3 2 2 6 BUSTED AND BLUE Gorillaz 402000
4 NEW 4 1 SHE’S LEAVING HOME The Beatles 65000
5 4 2 7 BEAUTIFUL ONES Hurts 587000
6 6 6 3 FEEL IT STILL Portugal The Man 137000
7 11 7 4 ONE AND ONE Robert Miles featuring Maria Naylor 148000
8 8 8 4 CLASSIC The Knocks featuring Powers 179000
9 5 5 6 WAY BACK TLC featuring Snoop Dogg 251300
10 14 10 4 BATMAN & ROBIN Cazzie Opeia & Jin x Jin 110800

11 7 5 7 HURRICANE Drones Club 317000
12 9 1 9 FEELS LIKE SUMMER Weezer 680000
13 10 10 7 WHAM BANG SHANG-A-LANG Silver 158700
14 17 14 4 AVERDAVGI Agy 78800
15 12 3 8 IN MY WORLD Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 415000
16 13 13 7 PASSIONFRUIT Drake 155600
17 24 17 3 CRYING IN THE CLUB Camila Cabello 54100
18 16 1 11 CHARIOTS Paper Route 681000
19 19 19 3 KRYPTONITE George Maple 61000
20 22 20 11 LONG COOL WOMAN (IN A BLACK DRESS) The Hollies 169800

21 15 5 11 TRUTH IS A BEAUTIFUL THING London Grammar 403150
22 29 22 6 SOUTHERN NIGHTS Glen Campbell 95200
23 27 23 4 YOUNG RICH AND RADICAL Club Cheval 62150
24 26 24 3 PAPER Svala 55200
25 21 5 11 LOST ON YOU LP 426500
26 28 26 6 CRAVING YOU Thomas Rhett featuring Maren Morris 84100
27 20 20 7 STORY OF A HEART Steps 112000
28 18 1 11 WE GOT THE POWER Gorillaz featuring Jehnny Beth 798300
29 NEW 29 1 WALL OF GLASS Liam Gallagher 18200
30 30 30 7 THE CURE Lady Gaga 94500

31 31 31 6 DOUBLE BARREL Dave & Ansel Collins 105800
32 25 2 8 CRAZY (ASH HOWES RADIO EDIT) Bird 355300
33 39 33 2 THIS MOMENT Chase & Status and Blossoms 34800
34 75 34 2 LOVE AIN’T SOMETHING YOU CAN GET FOR FREE Elkie Brooks 22600
35 35 35 4 GRAVITY Hovig 63950
36 40 36 5 BON APPETIT Katy Perry featuring Migos 59200
37 37 37 8 IT’S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys 116400
38 60 38 5 APOCALYPSE Cigarettes After Sex 45600
39 36 36 4 REASONS Jillian Jacqueline 56500
40 47 40 3 SWISH SWISH Katy Perry featuring Nicki Minaj 38200

41 41 1 12 ALONE AGAIN OR Love 752450
42 23 23 4 AMAR PELOS DOIS Salvador Sobral 69000
43 59 43 2 ADIOS Glen Campbell 23600
44 38 38 3 PLASTIC MACHINERY The Charlatans featuring Johnny Marr 37250
45 54 45 3 DON’T TAKE THE MONEY Bleachers 30400
46 32 5 11 WAITING FOR THE STARS Vitalic featuring David Shaw and The Beat 358000
47 33 1 12 SEASONS (WAITING ON YOU) Future Islands 667700
48 50 48 4 HEY MAMMA Sunstroke Project 46150
49 65 49 2 MALIBU Miley Cyrus 19100
50 53 50 3 KISSING STRANGERS DNCE featuring Nicki Minaj 33850

51 51 51 5 THE CHAIN Fleetwood Mac 44900
52 46 1 17 CHAINED TO THE RHYTHM Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley 1312750
53 57 53 5 DESPACITO (REMIX) Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber 47450
54 45 45 4 OCCIDENTALI’S KARMA Francesco Gabbani 47000
55 56 55 3 CITY LIGHTS Blanche 27000
56 NEW 56 1 ALL ALONE AT THE GREAT TIMES DANCE Ourselves On TV 10600
57 48 48 4 FLY WITH ME Artsvik 47100
58 72 58 2 SHOULD’VE BEEN YOU Imelda May 15800
59 67 59 3 DIG DOWN Muse 22700
60 68 60 2 THUNDER Imagine Dragons 16400

61 34 21 7 LONG TIME Blondie 109200
62 NEW 62 1 TO THE DOOR HMLTD 7400
63 61 1 32 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU Abba 1055200
64 43 4 11 CAN I SIT NEXT TO YOU Spoon 396500
65 69 65 2 JESSICA The Allman Brothers Band 13200
66 66 66 4 YOU’RE IN LOVE WITH A PSYCHO Kasabian 24200
67 70 67 2 PRAY WITH ME Rick Astley 12600
68 44 44 4 I CAN’T GO ON Robin Bengtsson 46150
69 74 69 2 IN THE NAME OF MAN Plan B 11400
70 58 58 5 SYSTEMAGIC Goldfrapp 42000

71 NEW 71 1 SLOW HANDS Niall Horan 5800
72 62 2 17 BETTER MAN Little Big Town 663150
73 73 73 3 BLACK HOLE SUN Soundgarden 15800
74 NEW 74 1 LAST CHANCE TO DANCE Ekkah 5200
75 NEW 75 1 CURIOUS Alison Valentine 5000

DROP OUTS
42 9 10 BECAUSE The Beatles 246900
49 19 9 SYMPHONY Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson 141750
52 18 7 THUMBS Sabrina Carpenter 119100
55 29 6 INDIGO Moment 80600
63 59 3 MAMA Jonas Blue featuring William Singe 24500
64 23 5 THIS OLD HOUSE Rick Astley 76050
71 71 2 HARD TIMES Paramore 11600

28th May 2017

It’s Vinai for a 3rd week on top, holding off Gorillaz from a second chart-topper, as Portugal The Man hits a new chart peak for him at 6. Steps hit the exact chart position the original Benny Andersson Band hit with the same song, at 20, and highest new entry is the closing track from the FA Cup BBC coverage, it’s Chase & Status and Blossoms together on a goodie.

Highest climber are The Charlatans with some fab guitar from Johnny Marr, who’s been working his magic for 34 years now, and most recently at the Royal Albert Hall for the Pet Shop Boys charity gig. Fab. Glen Campbell’s Guardians Of The Galaxy oldie from 1977 goes up, as his new lead track from his final album, Adios, recorded before his alzheimers reached the final stages, enters at 59. You can hear it in his voice, but Glen is a legend for me.

Another lost musician brings in The Allman Brothers Band to my charts for the first time, I think, rather shockingly, and it’s their instrumental great Jessica which pays tribute to Cher’s ex Greg Allman. Miley Cyrus is back after a break, Plan B is back after an even longer break, and Elkie Brooks is back after an even longer longer break – well over 20 years since she released something new that impressed me, and extends her chart run here to 40 years. Not bad.

1 1 1 3 INTO THE FIRE VINAI featuring Anjulie 510000
2 3 2 5 BUSTED AND BLUE Gorillaz 317000
3 4 3 2 THE FIGHTER Keith Urban featuring Carrie Underwood 150000
4 2 2 6 BEAUTIFUL ONES Hurts 527000
5 6 5 5 WAY BACK TLC featuring Snoop Dogg 206300
6 15 6 2 FEEL IT STILL Portugal The Man 82000
7 7 5 6 HURRICANE Drones Club 280000
8 8 8 3 CLASSIC The Knocks featuring Powers 131000
9 5 1 8 FEELS LIKE SUMMER Weezer 645000
10 12 10 6 WHAM BANG SHANG-A-LANG Silver 126700

11 14 11 3 ONE AND ONE Robert Miles featuring Maria Naylor 88000
12 10 3 7 IN MY WORLD Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 388000
13 16 13 6 PASSIONFRUIT Drake 130600
14 18 14 3 BATMAN & ROBIN Cazzie Opeia & Jin x Jin 68800
15 13 5 10 TRUTH IS A BEAUTIFUL THING London Grammar 383400
16 11 1 10 CHARIOTS Paper Route 659000
17 20 17 3 AVERDAVGI Agy 49800
18 17 1 10 WE GOT THE POWER Gorillaz featuring Jehnny Beth 780000
19 24 19 2 KRYPTONITE George Maple 40000
20 25 20 6 STORY OF A HEART Steps 93600

21 19 5 10 LOST ON YOU LP 407750
22 22 22 10 LONG COOL WOMAN (IN A BLACK DRESS) The Hollies 149800
23 30 23 3 AMAR PELOS DOIS Salvador Sobral 55250
24 49 24 2 CRYING IN THE CLUB Camila Cabello 31100
25 21 2 7 CRAZY (ASH HOWES RADIO EDIT) Bird 337500
26 33 26 2 PAPER Svala 36200
27 36 27 3 YOUNG RICH AND RADICAL Club Cheval 42900
28 39 28 5 CRAVING YOU Thomas Rhett featuring Maren Morris 65600
29 32 29 5 SOUTHERN NIGHTS Glen Campbell 75700
30 35 30 6 THE CURE Lady Gaga 76500

31 34 31 5 DOUBLE BARREL Dave & Ansel Collins 87900
32 23 5 10 WAITING FOR THE STARS Vitalic featuring David Shaw and The Beat 345250
33 26 1 11 SEASONS (WAITING ON YOU) Future Islands 655200
34 31 21 6 LONG TIME Blondie 101700
35 38 35 3 GRAVITY Hovig 46450
36 40 36 3 REASONS Jillian Jacqueline 39400
37 37 37 7 IT’S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys 99100
38 66 38 2 PLASTIC MACHINERY The Charlatans featuring Johnny Marr 24000
39 NEW 39 1 THIS MOMENT Chase & Status and Blossoms 17100
40 50 40 4 BON APPETIT Katy Perry featuring Migos 41800

41 29 1 11 ALONE AGAIN OR Love 738450
42 9 9 10 BECAUSE The Beatles 246900
43 27 4 10 CAN I SIT NEXT TO YOU Spoon 389400
44 44 44 3 I CAN’T GO ON Robin Bengtsson 39750
45 52 45 3 OCCIDENTALI’S KARMA Francesco Gabbani 36000
46 41 1 16 CHAINED TO THE RHYTHM Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley 1301250
47 61 47 2 SWISH SWISH Katy Perry featuring Nicki Minaj 21200
48 48 48 3 FLY WITH ME Artsvik 36700
49 28 19 9 SYMPHONY Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson 141750
50 53 50 3 HEY MAMMA Sunstroke Project 33850

51 55 51 4 THE CHAIN Fleetwood Mac 33150
52 43 18 7 THUMBS Sabrina Carpenter 119100
53 56 53 2 KISSING STRANGERS DNCE featuring Nicki Minaj 21850
54 68 54 2 DON’T TAKE THE MONEY Bleachers 17400
55 42 29 6 INDIGO Moment 80600
56 72 56 2 CITY LIGHTS Blanche 16200
57 57 57 4 DESPACITO (REMIX) Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber 36200
58 58 58 4 SYSTEMAGIC Goldfrapp 36000
59 NEW 59 1 ADIOS Glen Campbell 10100
60 63 60 4 APOCALYPSE Cigarettes After Sex 28400

61 60 1 31 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU Abba 1048000
62 51 2 16 BETTER MAN Little Big Town 657550
63 59 59 3 MAMA Jonas Blue featuring William Singe 24500
64 45 23 5 THIS OLD HOUSE Rick Astley 76050
65 NEW 65 1 MALIBU Miley Cyrus 7000
66 73 66 3 YOU’RE IN LOVE WITH A PSYCHO Kasabian 17400
67 70 67 2 DIG DOWN Muse 12600
68 NEW 68 1 THUNDER Imagine Dragons 6400
69 NEW 69 1 JESSICA The Allman Brothers Band 6200
70 NEW 70 1 PRAY WITH ME Rick Astley 6000

71 71 71 2 HARD TIMES Paramore 11600
72 NEW 72 1 SHOULD’VE BEEN YOU Imelda May 5600
73 75 73 2 BLACK HOLE SUN Soundgarden 10400
74 NEW 74 1 IN THE NAME OF MAN Plan B 5200
75 NEW 75 1 LOVE AIN’T SOMETHING YOU CAN GET FOR FREE Elkie Brooks 5000

DROP OUTS
46 10 10 UNDER YOUR SKIN SeeB and R. City 247150
47 17 9 ON MY MIND Disciples 171100
54 27 7 BHANGRA PAUNDI PBN featuring Sharky and Manpreet Toor 98500
62 22 5 HIGH AND LOW Oliver Moldan 74100
64 40 4 WE ARE BOUND Jack Savoretti 51300
65 33 5 GREAT ROMANCES Texas 76300
67 42 4 LONG LONG ROAD Paul Weller 44500
69 69 1 GRAB THE MOMENT Jowst 6200
74 1 21 A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 1352450

 

21st May 2017

It’s VINAI still at one for a second week, holding off Hurts who have spent 2 weeks at 2, a second Gorillaz top 3 of the year, utterly different to the last one, and the highest new entry in at 4 for Keith Urban with Carrie Underwood. Both are huge in Country music, and neither of them has ever made my charts. If ya gonna do it, do it big!

The Beatles Abbey Road track goes top 10 – it would be quicker to list the ones that havent made my top 10 than have, but they topped my first ever chart with Hey Jude almost 49 years ago, when I was a foetus. Portugal The Man is back with a bang, his second top 20, at 15 with the retro-sounding Feel It Still. Batman & Robin rocket into the top 20 – and look they are being chased by Kryptonite at 24. Good thing Superman isn’t on the record too! Agy has a 46 place sprint into the 20, Thomas Rhett gets a 3rd top 40, and Nicki Minaj gets 2 new entries! Actually she does lends a quick rap to DNCE’s 3rd hit, and Katy Perry’s 3rd hit in this week’s chart.

The Charlatans are back! 27 years on since they brought their brand of fab 60’s infused Madchester Britpop into the charts, while Muse and Paramore also return after a much less long lay-off. 11 years away from my charts for the Charlatans, in fact. Finally, the late Chris Cornell joins Robert Miles in my chart in what I hope is not a 90’s pop star trend, both were not old, with Soundgarden sneaking in with their classic record.

1 1 1 2 INTO THE FIRE VINAI featuring Anjulie 340000
2 2 2 5 BEAUTIFUL ONES Hurts 462000
3 8 3 4 BUSTED AND BLUE Gorillaz 202000
4 NEW 4 1 THE FIGHTER Keith Urban featuring Carrie Underwood 65000
5 3 1 7 FEELS LIKE SUMMER Weezer 600000
6 10 6 4 WAY BACK TLC featuring Snoop Dogg 146300
7 5 5 5 HURRICANE Drones Club 230000
8 12 8 2 CLASSIC The Knocks featuring Powers 83000
9 11 9 9 BECAUSE The Beatles 233150
10 6 3 6 IN MY WORLD Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 353000

11 4 1 9 CHARIOTS Paper Route 659000
12 17 12 5 WHAM BANG SHANG-A-LANG Silver 84700
13 7 5 9 TRUTH IS A BEAUTIFUL THING London Grammar 356400
14 18 14 2 ONE AND ONE Robert Miles featuring Maria Naylor 51000
15 NEW 15 1 FEEL IT STILL Portugal The Man 27000
16 16 16 5 PASSIONFRUIT Drake 98600
17 9 1 9 WE GOT THE POWER Gorillaz featuring Jehnny Beth 758000
18 32 18 2 BATMAN & ROBIN Cazzie Opeia & Jin x Jin 39800
19 15 5 9 LOST ON YOU LP 388000
20 66 20 2 AVERDAVGI Agy 26800

21 13 2 6 CRAZY (ASH HOWES RADIO EDIT) Bird 318750
22 28 22 9 LONG COOL WOMAN (IN A BLACK DRESS) The Hollies 130300
23 14 5 9 WAITING FOR THE STARS Vitalic featuring David Shaw and The Beat 327450
24 NEW 24 1 KRYPTONITE George Maple 19000
25 25 25 5 STORY OF A HEART Steps 73600
26 20 1 10 SEASONS (WAITING ON YOU) Future Islands 637500
27 22 4 9 CAN I SIT NEXT TO YOU Spoon 375900
28 19 19 8 SYMPHONY Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson 129650
29 23 1 10 ALONE AGAIN OR Love 724450
30 30 30 2 AMAR PELOS DOIS Salvador Sobral 36000

31 21 21 5 LONG TIME Blondie 84100
32 36 32 4 SOUTHERN NIGHTS Glen Campbell 57500
33 NEW 33 1 PAPER Svala 17700
34 34 34 4 DOUBLE BARREL Dave & Ansel Collins 70000
35 38 35 5 THE CURE Lady Gaga 58500
36 64 36 2 YOUNG RICH AND RADICAL Club Cheval 24500
37 37 37 6 IT’S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys 81800
38 51 38 2 GRAVITY Hovig 28950
39 47 39 4 CRAVING YOU Thomas Rhett featuring Maren Morris 48300
40 75 40 2 REASONS Jillian Jacqueline 22000

41 26 1 15 CHAINED TO THE RHYTHM Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley 1288500
42 29 29 5 INDIGO Moment 69800
43 24 18 6 THUMBS Sabrina Carpenter 107600
44 44 44 2 I CAN’T GO ON Robin Bengtsson 26500
45 33 23 4 THIS OLD HOUSE Rick Astley 68950
46 27 10 10 UNDER YOUR SKIN SeeB and R. City 247150
47 31 17 9 ON MY MIND Disciples 171100
48 49 48 2 FLY WITH ME Artsvik 24400
49 NEW 49 1 CRYING IN THE CLUB Camila Cabello 12100
50 65 50 3 BON APPETIT Katy Perry featuring Migos 24800

51 43 2 15 BETTER MAN Little Big Town 650150
52 52 52 2 OCCIDENTALI’S KARMA Francesco Gabbani 23000
53 56 53 2 HEY MAMMA Sunstroke Project 21850
54 45 27 7 BHANGRA PAUNDI PBN featuring Sharky and Manpreet Toor 98500
55 73 55 3 THE CHAIN Fleetwood Mac 21400
56 NEW 56 1 KISSING STRANGERS DNCE featuring Nicki Minaj 10600
57 57 57 3 DESPACITO (REMIX) Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber 25800
58 58 58 3 SYSTEMAGIC Goldfrapp 25800
59 63 59 2 MAMA Jonas Blue featuring William Singe 17300
60 59 1 30 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU Abba 1040500

61 NEW 61 1 SWISH SWISH Katy Perry featuring Nicki Minaj 7500
62 35 22 5 HIGH AND LOW Oliver Moldan 74100
63 72 63 3 APOCALYPSE Cigarettes After Sex 18400
64 40 40 4 WE ARE BOUND Jack Savoretti 51300
65 39 33 5 GREAT ROMANCES Texas 76300
66 NEW 66 1 PLASTIC MACHINERY The Charlatans 6800
67 42 42 4 LONG LONG ROAD Paul Weller 44500
68 NEW 68 1 DON’T TAKE THE MONEY Bleachers 6400
69 NEW 69 1 GRAB THE MOMENT Jowst 6200
70 NEW 70 1 DIG DOWN Muse 6000

71 NEW 71 1 HARD TIMES Paramore 5800
72 NEW 72 1 CITY LIGHTS Blanche 5600
73 74 73 2 YOU’RE IN LOVE WITH A PSYCHO Kasabian 10600
74 71 1 21 A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 1352450
75 NEW 75 1 BLACK HOLE SUN Soundgarden 5000

DROP OUTS
41 41 4 STANDING WHEN IT ALL FALLS DOWN John De Sohn featuring Roshi 39200
46 9 9 YOU WANT IT DARKER (PAUL KALKBRENNER REMIX) Leonard Cohen 229200
48 3 13 TOI ET MOI Paradis 604850
50 38 4 ULTRALIFE Oh Wonder 54950
53 20 7 SOLO DANCE Martin Jensen 115650
54 54 4 LUST FOR LIFE Lana Del Ray featuring The Weeknd 38800
55 31 5 FALCON EYE Off Bloom 69300
60 60 3 DAMN I WISH I WAS YOUR LOVER Sophie B. Hawkins 25600
61 1 16 LOVE LIKE WE USED TO Captain Cuts featuring Nateur 825350
62 62 3 MONKEY SPANNER Dave & Ansel Collins 20800
67 67 1 BOY K.I.D. featuring CupcakKe 6600
68 68 5 LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES (SUPER VERSION) Pet Shop Boys 29200
69 9 11 GENTLE ON MY MIND Alison Krauss 242650
70 70 1 CHILDREN Robert Miles 6000

14th May 2017

In from nowhere a belting 2016 track from an Italian production duo I’ve never heard of: Vinai. maybe that makes up for Italy not winning Eurovision as expected by the bookies. Their track is in at 52 here, along with a host of Euro-tracks, headed up by the winner, the lovely ballad by the Portugal brother-sister singer-writer low-key and non-manufactured charm of Salvador Sobral in at 30. Had I compiled a top 200 current fave tracks (too much hard work!) the UK entry would not feature in it…

Another electronic music duo are in at 12, The Knocks, with a goodie. Knock Knock Who’s There, as Mary Hopkin once said in her 1970 UK Eurovision song (now I could hum that one!) – answer: no-one, just The Knocks. The late Robert Miles has his 2 great singles enter my chart, topped by One And One in at 18, still lovely. Highest climber is a mid-70’s American hit from Guardians Of The Galaxy, I’m very into Wham Bang Shang-A-Lang right now. In fact I’d rate it higher than both Bang Shang-A Lang by The Archies (1968) and Shang A Lang by The Bay City Rollers (1974) but not quite up to Wham! standards.

There aren’t enough songs about superheroes. There just aren’t. We’ve had Supergirl (Graham Bonney) and Donovan’s Sunshine Superman (which also mentioned Green Lantern), Batdance (Prince’s movie theme mash-up), well at long last there’s another goodie to add: Batman & Robin, all about a naughty dream. Fun n fab, and in at 32 for the wonderfully puntastically-named Cazzie Opeia & Jin x Jin (a swedish/kpop hookup) a singalong a la Charli X.

1 NEW 1 1 INTO THE FIRE VINAI featuring Anjulie 170000
2 3 2 4 BEAUTIFUL ONES Hurts 347000
3 1 1 6 FEELS LIKE SUMMER Weezer 540000
4 2 1 8 CHARIOTS Paper Route 622000
5 7 5 4 HURRICANE Drones Club 180000
6 4 3 5 IN MY WORLD Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 311000
7 5 5 8 TRUTH IS A BEAUTIFUL THING London Grammar 324400
8 10 8 3 BUSTED AND BLUE Gorillaz 117000
9 6 1 8 WE GOT THE POWER Gorillaz featuring Jehnny Beth 735000
10 13 10 3 WAY BACK TLC featuring Snoop Dogg 91300

11 12 11 8 BECAUSE The Beatles 188150
12 NEW 12 1 CLASSIC The Knocks featuring Powers 35000
13 11 2 5 CRAZY (ASH HOWES RADIO EDIT) Bird 299000
14 8 5 8 WAITING FOR THE STARS Vitalic featuring David Shaw and The Beat 308200
15 9 5 8 LOST ON YOU LP 367000
16 16 16 4 PASSIONFRUIT Drake 73600
17 49 17 4 WHAM BANG SHANG-A-LANG Silver 49700
18 NEW 18 1 ONE AND ONE Robert Miles featuring Maria Naylor 22000
19 24 19 7 SYMPHONY Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson 111350
20 14 1 9 SEASONS (WAITING ON YOU) Future Islands 619000

21 25 21 4 LONG TIME Blondie 66200
22 15 4 8 CAN I SIT NEXT TO YOU Spoon 357500
23 17 1 9 ALONE AGAIN OR Love 706250
24 18 18 5 THUMBS Sabrina Carpenter 94100
25 29 25 4 STORY OF A HEART Steps 54850
26 21 1 14 CHAINED TO THE RHYTHM Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley 1274500
27 20 10 9 UNDER YOUR SKIN SeeB and R. City 234400
28 28 28 8 LONG COOL WOMAN (IN A BLACK DRESS) The Hollies 111050
29 35 29 4 INDIGO Moment 56050
30 NEW 30 1 AMAR PELOS DOIS Salvador Sobral 18000

31 19 17 8 ON MY MIND Disciples 158600
32 NEW 32 1 BATMAN & ROBIN Cazzie Opeia & Jin x Jin 17800
33 23 23 3 THIS OLD HOUSE Rick Astley 55950
34 34 34 3 DOUBLE BARREL Dave & Ansel Collins 52400
35 22 22 4 HIGH AND LOW Oliver Moldan 66700
36 37 36 3 SOUTHERN NIGHTS Glen Campbell 39700
37 39 37 5 IT’S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys 64500
38 50 38 4 THE CURE Lady Gaga 41000
39 33 33 4 GREAT ROMANCES Texas 69300
40 40 40 3 WE ARE BOUND Jack Savoretti 44200

41 52 41 4 STANDING WHEN IT ALL FALLS DOWN John De Sohn featuring Roshi 39200
42 42 42 3 LONG LONG ROAD Paul Weller 37900
43 36 2 14 BETTER MAN Little Big Town 638400
44 NEW 44 1 I CAN’T GO ON Robin Bengtsson 13250
45 27 27 6 BHANGRA PAUNDI PBN featuring Sharky and Manpreet Toor 87500
46 26 9 9 YOU WANT IT DARKER (PAUL KALKBRENNER REMIX) Leonard Cohen 229200
47 47 47 3 CRAVING YOU Thomas Rhett featuring Maren Morris 31200
48 32 3 13 TOI ET MOI Paradis 604850
49 NEW 49 1 FLY WITH ME Artsvik 12100
50 38 38 4 ULTRALIFE Oh Wonder 54950

51 NEW 51 1 GRAVITY Hovig 11750
52 NEW 52 1 OCCIDENTALI’S KARMA Francesco Gabbani 11500
53 30 20 7 SOLO DANCE Martin Jensen 115650
54 54 54 4 LUST FOR LIFE Lana Del Ray featuring The Weeknd 38800
55 31 31 5 FALCON EYE Off Bloom 69300
56 NEW 56 1 HEY MAMMA Sunstroke Project 10600
57 75 57 2 DESPACITO (REMIX) Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber 15400
58 73 58 2 SYSTEMAGIC Goldfrapp 15600
59 55 1 29 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU Abba 1030500
60 60 60 3 DAMN I WISH I WAS YOUR LOVER Sophie B. Hawkins 25600

61 48 1 16 LOVE LIKE WE USED TO Captain Cuts featuring Nateur 825350
62 62 62 3 MONKEY SPANNER Dave & Ansel Collins 20800
63 NEW 63 1 MAMA Jonas Blue featuring William Singe 7200
64 NEW 64 1 YOUNG RICH AND RADICAL Club cheval 7100
65 71 65 2 BON APPETIT Katy Perry featuring Migos 12800
66 NEW 66 1 AVERDAVGI Agy 6800
67 NEW 67 1 BOY K.I.D. featuring CupcakKe 6600
68 68 68 5 LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES (SUPER VERSION) Pet Shop Boys 29200
69 43 9 11 GENTLE ON MY MIND Alison Krauss 242650
70 NEW 70 1 CHILDREN Robert Miles 6000

71 63 1 20 A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 1347250
72 72 72 2 APOCALYPSE Cigarettes After Sex 11200
73 74 73 2 THE CHAIN Fleetwood Mac 10600
74 NEW 74 1 YOU’RE IN LOVE WITH A PSYCHO Kasabian 5200
75 NEW 75 1 REASONS Jillian Jacqueline 5000

DROP OUTS
41 20 5 LET ME OUT Gorillaz featuring Mavis Staples & Pusha T 72900
44 30 5 CAVE Future Islands 72950
45 45 3 SIGN OF THE TIMES Harry Styles 38500
46 14 8 WATERFALL Stargate featuring P!nk and Sia 146200
51 27 4 NAKED Christopher 54250
53 15 7 NEW DAY Take That 146550
56 12 12 HARD AS DIAMONDS NUSSY 237600
57 6 14 FIRE IN MY SOUL Walk Off The Earth 368300
58 58 1 MR. BLUE SKY Electric Light Orchestra 10200
59 28 7 SCARED OF THE DARK Steps 96800
61 23 8 HOME Schwarz 115450
64 5 16 BEAUTIFUL CRIME Tamer 575650
65 65 2 STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles 13800
66 10 12 GIANTS Take That 240500
67 34 8 iT Christine And The Queens 82350
69 69 1 LAST DANCE Rhys 6200
70 5 11 SOMETHING JUST LIKE THIS The Chainsmokers and Coldplay 253150

7th May 2017

2 weeks on top for Weezer, just holding a revived Paper Route, both very exciting tracks, as is Drones Club into the 10. Lush Gorillaz also hits 10 for 2 consecutive top 10’s, Busted & Blue showing they have got the power (and were on Graham Norton singing that track to prove it). TLC and Snoop shoot up into the 20, yay! Drake overcomes my usual ambivalence and also grabs a 3rd or 4th top 20, Passionfruit is actually quite understated and non-annoying.

Steps take that Bjorn & Benny song back into the 40 5 years on, and keep the 20-years-run going, as Mr Blue Sky (a former chart topper) returns along with The Chain (a former top 20) both dating from 1976/7 and both featuring in fab scenes in Guardians Of The Galaxy, along with already charting 1977 hit Southern Nights, and the only track I’ve never charted before (as I’d never heard of it) Wham Bam from Silver.

1 1 1 5 FEELS LIKE SUMMER Weezer 455000
2 5 1 7 CHARIOTS Paper Route 557000
3 2 2 3 BEAUTIFUL ONES Hurts 232000
4 3 3 4 IN MY WORLD Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 256000
5 8 5 7 TRUTH IS A BEAUTIFUL THING London Grammar 274400
6 4 1 7 WE GOT THE POWER Gorillaz featuring Jehnny Beth 690000
7 12 7 3 HURRICANE Drones Club 120000
8 6 5 7 WAITING FOR THE STARS Vitalic featuring David Shaw and The Beat 279200
9 9 5 7 LOST ON YOU LP 340000
10 15 10 2 BUSTED AND BLUE Gorillaz 69000

11 7 2 4 CRAZY (ASH HOWES RADIO EDIT) Bird 267000
12 14 12 7 BECAUSE The Beatles 151150
13 37 13 2 WAY BACK TLC featuring Snoop Dogg 49300
14 10 1 8 SEASONS (WAITING ON YOU) Future Islands 599000
15 11 4 7 CAN I SIT NEXT TO YOU Spoon 338000
16 34 16 3 PASSIONFRUIT Drake 48600
17 13 1 8 ALONE AGAIN OR Love 687000
18 18 18 4 THUMBS Sabrina Carpenter 75100
19 17 17 7 ON MY MIND Disciples 140700
20 19 10 8 UNDER YOUR SKIN SeeB and R. City 216000

21 16 1 13 CHAINED TO THE RHYTHM Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley 1256000
22 29 22 3 HIGH AND LOW Oliver Moldan 49200
23 24 23 2 THIS OLD HOUSE Rick Astley 38250
24 25 24 6 SYMPHONY Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson 90350
25 39 25 3 LONG TIME Blondie 46450
26 21 9 8 YOU WANT IT DARKER (PAUL KALKBRENNER REMIX) Leonard Cohen 216450
27 28 27 5 BHANGRA PAUNDI PBN featuring Sharky and Manpreet Toor 74500
28 32 28 7 LONG COOL WOMAN (IN A BLACK DRESS) The Hollies 92750
29 47 29 3 STORY OF A HEART Steps 36100
30 20 20 6 SOLO DANCE Martin Jensen 104400

31 33 31 4 FALCON EYE Off Bloom 58500
32 26 3 12 TOI ET MOI Paradis 592550
33 35 33 3 GREAT ROMANCES Texas 52200
34 38 34 2 DOUBLE BARREL Dave & Ansel Collins 34800
35 44 35 3 INDIGO Moment 37850
36 31 2 13 BETTER MAN Little Big Town 624900
37 75 37 2 SOUTHERN NIGHTS Glen Campbell 22300
38 42 38 3 ULTRALIFE Oh Wonder 42950
39 49 39 4 IT’S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys 47200
40 58 40 2 WE ARE BOUND Jack Savoretti 27200

41 22 20 5 LET ME OUT Gorillaz featuring Mavis Staples & Pusha T 72900
42 57 42 2 LONG LONG ROAD Paul Weller 24150
43 43 9 10 GENTLE ON MY MIND Alison Krauss 236450
44 30 30 5 CAVE Future Islands 72950
45 46 45 3 SIGN OF THE TIMES Harry Styles 38500
46 40 14 8 WATERFALL Stargate featuring P!nk and Sia 146200
47 69 47 2 CRAVING YOU Thomas Rhett featuring Maren Morris 18700
48 48 1 15 LOVE LIKE WE USED TO Captain Cuts featuring Nateur 817850
49 62 49 3 WHAM BANG SHANG-A-LANG Silver 26700
50 67 50 3 THE CURE Lady Gaga 23800

51 27 27 4 NAKED Christopher 54250
52 64 52 3 STANDING WHEN IT ALL FALLS DOWN John De Sohn featuring Roshi 25200
53 36 15 7 NEW DAY Take That 146550
54 60 54 3 LUST FOR LIFE Lana Del Ray featuring The Weeknd 27800
55 54 1 28 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU Abba 1020400
56 56 12 12 HARD AS DIAMONDS NUSSY 237600
57 45 6 14 FIRE IN MY SOUL Walk Off The Earth 368300
58 NEW 58 1 MR. BLUE SKY Electric Light Orchestra 10200
59 41 28 7 SCARED OF THE DARK Steps 96800
60 72 60 2 DAMN I WISH I WAS YOUR LOVER Sophie B. Hawkins 15600

61 23 23 8 HOME Schwarz 115450
62 70 62 2 MONKEY SPANNER Dave & Ansel Collins 13400
63 59 1 19 A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 1341450
64 53 5 16 BEAUTIFUL CRIME Tamer 575650
65 66 65 2 STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles 13800
66 51 10 12 GIANTS Take That 240500
67 50 34 8 iT Christine And The Queens 82350
68 71 68 4 LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES (SUPER VERSION) Pet Shop Boys 22800
69 NEW 69 1 LAST DANCE Rhys 6200
70 55 5 11 SOMETHING JUST LIKE THIS The Chainsmokers and Coldplay 253150

71 NEW 71 1 BON APPETIT Katy Perry featuring Migos 5800
72 NEW 72 1 APOCALYPSE Cigarettes After Sex 5600
73 NEW 73 1 SYSTEMAGIC Goldfrapp 5400
74 NEW 74 1 THE CHAIN Fleetwood Mac 5200
75 NEW 75 1 DESPACITO (REMIX) Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber 5000

DROP OUTS
52 4 12 ANOTHER CHANCE Above And Beyond presenting Oceanlab 350050
61 27 5 HIPPOPOTAMUS Sparks 79800
63 59 4 I DON’T KNOW WHAT CAME OVER ME Mike + The Mechanics 30600
65 16 10 LOVE Lana Del Ray 174600
68 10 11 KALEIDOSCOPE Fenech-Soler 198950
73 73 2 FIRE Beth Ditto 10400
74 74 1 AUTOMATIC Amy MacDonald 5200

 

30th April 2017

It’s Weezer on top. They took Buddy Holly to 10 in 1995, Hash Pipe to 5, and Island In The Sun to 8 in 2001, and last charted in 2008, but 22 years late they finally get a number one with fab hooky inspirational Feels Like Summer. Hurts have topped twice before, in 2013 with Calvin Harris, and in 2015 with song Wings. Band Wings topped my charts in 1972, Emeli Sande topped last year with the song Hurts, so will the band Hurts get a 3rd to bring it full circle? At the mo they are up at 2.

Highest new entry is a 3rd top 20 in a few weeks for Gorillaz, a gorgeous album track called Busted and Blue. Busted and Blue are also bands, though only Blue has topped my chart (Fly By II), spoiling my theme…! This Ole House was a Shakin Stevens hit. Happily, Rick Astley hasn’t covered that one, he’s done a very Ragnbone Man styled track which is possibly his best record since Never Gonna Give You Up. Rick on a roll! In at 24.

Drake shoots up to 34 with Passionfruit. Yes, I know, his first top 40 here for 2 or 3 years after I went right off his mega-autotuning-based recent over-rated drones. 5 years on since he hit 4 with Rihanna – Take Care. TLC are back! With Snoop filling in for the late lamented Left-Eye, and like Weezer, debuting in the mid-90’s. TLC only had to wait 5 years to top my chart though (Waterfalls, 1999). Good to have ’em back, it’s been a gap of 15 years!

Record Store day has an influx of oldie faves this week, while Guardians Of The Galaxy adds another soundtrack oldie – and I’ve yet to see the film I expect to be my top film of 2017 till Star Wars (no expectations to live up to then!) – Glen Campbell’s Southern Nights, originally hit my top 10 in 1977. Paul Weller is back, for a smooth 40 years of chart success since The Jam popped in, also in 1977. Amy MacDonald is also back, but she’s only had a mere 10 years of chart entries.

1 7 1 4 FEELS LIKE SUMMER Weezer 285000
2 13 2 2 BEAUTIFUL ONES Hurts 147000
3 3 3 3 IN MY WORLD Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 191000
4 2 1 6 WE GOT THE POWER Gorillaz featuring Jehnny Beth 635000
5 1 1 6 CHARIOTS Paper Route 442000
6 5 5 6 WAITING FOR THE STARS Vitalic featuring David Shaw and The Beat 231200
7 4 2 3 CRAZY (ASH HOWES RADIO EDIT) Bird 230000
8 6 6 6 TRUTH IS A BEAUTIFUL THING London Grammar 214400
9 9 5 6 LOST ON YOU LP 295000
10 8 1 7 SEASONS (WAITING ON YOU) Future Islands 570000

11 10 4 6 CAN I SIT NEXT TO YOU Spoon 311000
12 12 12 2 HURRICANE Drones Club 70000
13 11 1 7 ALONE AGAIN OR Love 664000
14 18 14 6 BECAUSE The Beatles 116150
15 NEW 15 1 BUSTED AND BLUE Gorillaz 27000
16 15 1 12 CHAINED TO THE RHYTHM Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley 1236250
17 17 17 6 ON MY MIND Disciples 119700
18 19 18 3 THUMBS Sabrina Carpenter 53100
19 14 10 7 UNDER YOUR SKIN SeeB and R. City 196000
20 25 20 5 SOLO DANCE Martin Jensen 86400

21 16 9 7 YOU WANT IT DARKER (PAUL KALKBRENNER REMIX) Leonard Cohen 197950
22 20 20 4 LET ME OUT Gorillaz featuring Mavis Staples & Pusha T 58900
23 24 23 7 HOME Schwarz 107950
24 NEW 24 1 THIS OLD HOUSE Rick Astley 19000
25 30 25 5 SYMPHONY Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson 71350
26 21 3 11 TOI ET MOI Paradis 573250
27 31 27 3 NAKED Christopher 42500
28 29 28 4 BHANGRA PAUNDI PBN featuring Sharky and Manpreet Toor 56100
29 52 29 2 HIGH AND LOW Oliver Moldan 29700
30 32 30 4 CAVE Future Islands 59700

31 27 2 12 BETTER MAN Little Big Town 607500
32 39 32 6 LONG COOL WOMAN (IN A BLACK DRESS) The Hollies 74450
33 33 33 3 FALCON EYE Off Bloom 40600
34 70 34 2 PASSIONFRUIT Drake 23600
35 40 35 2 GREAT ROMANCES Texas 34500
36 26 15 6 NEW DAY Take That 135300
37 NEW 37 1 WAY BACK TLC featuring Snoop Dogg 17300
38 NEW 38 1 DOUBLE BARREL Dave & Ansel Collins 17200
39 56 39 2 LONG TIME Blondie 27700
40 22 14 7 WATERFALL Stargate featuring P!nk and Sia 133450

41 28 28 6 SCARED OF THE DARK Steps 86700
42 50 42 2 ULTRALIFE Oh Wonder 25750
43 23 9 9 GENTLE ON MY MIND Alison Krauss 222950
44 64 44 2 INDIGO Moment 20350
45 38 6 13 FIRE IN MY SOUL Walk Off The Earth 357900
46 46 46 2 SIGN OF THE TIMES Harry Styles 25500
47 73 47 2 STORY OF A HEART Steps 17900
48 47 1 14 LOVE LIKE WE USED TO Captain Cuts featuring Nateur 805550
49 55 49 3 IT’S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys 30100
50 34 34 7 iT Christine And The Queens 75750

51 36 10 11 GIANTS Take That 233700
52 37 4 12 ANOTHER CHANCE Above And Beyond presenting Oceanlab 350050
53 42 5 15 BEAUTIFUL CRIME Tamer 568550
54 53 1 27 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU Abba 1009600
55 45 5 10 SOMETHING JUST LIKE THIS The Chainsmokers and Coldplay 247150
56 48 12 11 HARD AS DIAMONDS NUSSY 227000
57 NEW 57 1 LONG LONG ROAD Paul Weller 10400
58 NEW 58 1 WE ARE BOUND Jack Savoretti 10200
59 54 1 18 A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 1334250
60 66 60 2 LUST FOR LIFE Lana Del Ray featuring The Weeknd 16800

61 35 27 5 HIPPOPOTAMUS Sparks 79800
62 63 62 2 WHAM BANG SHANG-A-LANG Silver 14600
63 59 59 4 I DON’T KNOW WHAT CAME OVER ME Mike + The Mechanics 30600
64 67 64 2 STANDING WHEN IT ALL FALLS DOWN John De Sohn featuring Roshi 13700
65 41 16 10 LOVE Lana Del Ray 174600
66 NEW 66 1 STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles 6800
67 74 67 2 THE CURE Lady Gaga 11800
68 51 10 11 KALEIDOSCOPE Fenech-Soler 198950
69 NEW 69 1 CRAVING YOU Thomas Rhett featuring Maren Morris 6200
70 NEW 70 1 MONKEY SPANNER Dave & Ansel Collins 6000

71 72 71 3 LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES (SUPER VERSION) Pet Shop Boys 16400
72 NEW 72 1 DAMN I WISH I WAS YOUR LOVER Sophie B. Hawkins 5600
73 75 73 2 FIRE Beth Ditto 10400
74 NEW 74 1 AUTOMATIC Amy MacDonald 5200
75 NEW 75 1 SOUTHERN NIGHTS Glen Campbell 5000

DROP OUTS
43 11 11 CLOUDBUSTING Just Us 240550
44 35 7 BEST BEHAVIOUR Louisa Johnson 107100
49 2 14 BE THE ONE Dua Lipa 672350
57 1 24 WHEN YOU KNOW Robbie Williams 2086650
58 58 4 RUN THROUGH THE JUNGLE Creedence Clearwater Revival 33900
60 60 4 BARTENDER James Blunt 30600
61 40 7 WHEN I LOOK IN YOUR EYES Nancy Sinatra 90500
62 26 8 LOSING YOU Alison Krauss 124700
65 38 6 CLOUD 9 Jamiroquai 72050
68 20 8 LET’S WORK IT OUT Texas 121900
69 40 6 GREEN LIGHT Lorde 55300
71 71 2 AWOO Sofi Tukker featuring Betta Lemme 11600

 

23rd April 2017

It’s Paper Route, a Nashville band that sound nothing Country at all, and not unlike The Chemical Brothers and The Prodigy at their peak, on top with the fab Chariots. Love that climax. That knocks off Gorillaz fab Power and holds off Buckingham-McVie aka Fleetwood Mac as shoulda-been at 3, back at their melodic best. Highest new entry is Drone Club, an anonymous British band (presumably) at 12, just ahead of Hurts, powering back with another epic EDM track, albeit this one with a tinge of current Tropical/EDM vibes (obviously learnt from Gaga – back at the lower end of the chart – and Maroon 5, that adopting new music sounds is a way of getting attention).

A huge sprint for Thumbs, as Sabrina Carpenter tales a very Black & Gold-ish/Aguilera-ish dance track into the 20, just ahead of a 2nd Gorillaz track, giving Mavis Staples her first top 30 since 1974. That’s a helluva chart gap! Texas get a new top 40, very 60’s girl-group, off the new album as the first single exits the 40. Harry Styles grabs a solo entry, following where Zayn trail-blazed, albeit with a power rock ballad. Blondie extend their run of hits this year to 2, some 37 years on from debuting in 1978. Talking of oldies, a track that never charted in the UK (or my charts) pops in off the new Guardians Of The Galaxy soundtrack. I’m sure I’ll love it, and Silver’s song, even more – I didn’t know the track. Drake’s back. I swore I wouldn’t, but I have! Also, Steps get a second entry with an Abba-related song which previously charted in 2009 and peaked at 20 for The Benny Andersson Band, who wrote it. Steps always were wannabe Abba’s…

1 4 1 5 CHARIOTS Paper Route 382000
2 1 1 5 WE GOT THE POWER Gorillaz featuring Jehnny Beth 570000
3 19 3 2 IN MY WORLD Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 106000
4 2 2 2 CRAZY (ASH HOWES RADIO EDIT) Bird 180000
5 7 5 5 WAITING FOR THE STARS Vitalic featuring David Shaw and The Beat 176200
6 8 6 5 TRUTH IS A BEAUTIFUL THING London Grammar 166400
7 9 7 3 FEELS LIKE SUMMER Weezer 115000
8 3 1 6 SEASONS (WAITING ON YOU) Future Islands 528000
9 5 5 5 LOST ON YOU LP 250000
10 10 4 5 CAN I SIT NEXT TO YOU Spoon 274000

11 6 1 6 ALONE AGAIN OR Love 632000
12 NEW 12 1 HURRICANE Drones Club 35000
13 NEW 13 1 BEAUTIFUL ONES Hurts 32000
14 17 10 6 UNDER YOUR SKIN SeeB and R. City 175000
15 12 1 11 CHAINED TO THE RHYTHM Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley 1211250
16 11 9 6 YOU WANT IT DARKER (PAUL KALKBRENNER REMIX) Leonard Cohen 178200
17 21 17 5 ON MY MIND Disciples 96700
18 18 18 5 BECAUSE The Beatles 87150
19 59 19 2 THUMBS Sabrina Carpenter 31100
20 45 20 3 LET ME OUT Gorillaz featuring Mavis Staples & Pusha T 39400

21 13 3 10 TOI ET MOI Paradis 554750
22 14 14 6 WATERFALL Stargate featuring P!nk and Sia 116950
23 16 9 8 GENTLE ON MY MIND Alison Krauss 209450
24 26 24 6 HOME Schwarz 88700
25 25 25 4 SOLO DANCE Martin Jensen 66400
26 15 15 5 NEW DAY Take That 117900
27 20 2 11 BETTER MAN Little Big Town 589600
28 28 28 5 SCARED OF THE DARK Steps 72700
29 48 29 3 BHANGRA PAUNDI PBN featuring Sharky and Manpreet Toor 37800
30 39 30 4 SYMPHONY Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson 52600

31 69 31 2 NAKED Christopher 24100
32 37 32 3 CAVE Future Islands 41700
33 73 33 2 FALCON EYE Off Bloom 22900
34 46 34 6 iT Christine And The Queens 63750
35 27 27 4 HIPPOPOTAMUS Sparks 72300
36 24 10 10 GIANTS Take That 221950
37 23 4 11 ANOTHER CHANCE Above And Beyond presenting Oceanlab 338550
38 29 6 12 FIRE IN MY SOUL Walk Off The Earth 344900
39 47 39 5 LONG COOL WOMAN (IN A BLACK DRESS) The Hollies 56650
40 NEW 40 1 GREAT ROMANCES Texas 17000

41 22 16 9 LOVE Lana Del Ray 167600
42 32 5 14 BEAUTIFUL CRIME Tamer 557300
43 31 11 11 CLOUDBUSTING Just Us 240550
44 35 35 7 BEST BEHAVIOUR Louisa Johnson 107100
45 49 5 9 SOMETHING JUST LIKE THIS The Chainsmokers and Coldplay 236350
46 NEW 46 1 SIGN OF THE TIMES Harry Styles 12750
47 41 1 13 LOVE LIKE WE USED TO Captain Cuts featuring Nateur 793250
48 36 12 10 HARD AS DIAMONDS NUSSY 216400
49 42 2 14 BE THE ONE Dua Lipa 672350
50 NEW 50 1 ULTRALIFE Oh Wonder 12000

51 44 10 10 KALEIDOSCOPE Fenech-Soler 192550
52 NEW 52 1 HIGH AND LOW Oliver Moldan 11500
53 53 1 26 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU Abba 998600
54 51 1 17 A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 1324150
55 63 55 2 IT’S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys 18000
56 NEW 56 1 LONG TIME Blondie 10600
57 52 1 24 WHEN YOU KNOW Robbie Williams 2086650
58 58 58 4 RUN THROUGH THE JUNGLE Creedence Clearwater Revival 33900
59 61 59 3 I DON’T KNOW WHAT CAME OVER ME Mike + The Mechanics 23400
60 62 60 4 BARTENDER James Blunt 30600

61 40 40 7 WHEN I LOOK IN YOUR EYES Nancy Sinatra 90500
62 30 26 8 LOSING YOU Alison Krauss 124700
63 NEW 63 1 WHAM BANG SHANG-A-LANG Silver 7200
64 NEW 64 1 INDIGO Moment 7100
65 38 38 6 CLOUD 9 Jamiroquai 72050
66 NEW 66 1 LUST FOR LIFE Lana Del Ray featuring The Weeknd 6800
67 NEW 67 1 STANDING WHEN IT ALL FALLS DOWN John De Sohn featuring Roshi 6600
68 33 20 8 LET’S WORK IT OUT Texas 121900
69 50 40 6 GREEN LIGHT Lorde 55300
70 NEW 70 1 PASSIONFRUIT Drake 6000

71 71 71 2 AWOO Sofi Tukker featuring Betta Lemme 11600
72 75 72 2 LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES (SUPER VERSION) Pet Shop Boys 10600
73 NEW 73 1 STORY OF A HEART Steps 5400
74 NEW 74 1 THE CURE Lady Gaga 5200
75 NEW 75 1 FIRE Beth Ditto 5000

DROP OUTS
34 29 6 NO MORE SAD SONGS Little Mix featuring Machine Gun Kelly 106800
43 5 11 THE LAST OF THE SECRET AGENTS Nancy Sinatra 319000
54 28 9 GIVE ME A BREAK STOP NOW REOL 130400
55 26 5 THINKING OF YOU Sister Sledge 79600
56 38 5 YOU’RE A f***ING JOKE Bec Sandridge 66200
57 8 13 MOVING ON AND GETTING OVER John Mayer 308400
60 37 7 SAVING LIGHT Gareth Emery & Standerwick featuring HALIENE 96950
64 2 21 SECRETS The Weeknd featuring Tears For Fears 992000
65 65 3 CIAO ADIOS Anne-Marie 21000
66 66 6 SAY HELLO WAVE GOODBYE Soft Cell 37200
67 16 7 ONLY YOU Jack Savoretti 111550
68 68 3 HARVEST MOON Neil Young 18400
70 57 4 A NIGHT AND A DAY Pepe Deluxe 31900
72 72 3 NO PARTICULAR PLACE TO GO Chuck Berry 15600
74 35 5 TURBO KILLER Carpenter Brut 59300

 

16th April 2017

Gorillaz grab a second chart-topper over a decade on from the last one, Dare – that time it was Shaun Ryder giving a helping hand, this time it’s old rival Noel Gallagher and Jehnny Beth on support. Noel has had 4 chart-toppers with Oasis, and another on support for the Chemical Brothers. Highest new entry in at 2, and a record and act I’d never heard of 24 hours ago, is Bird – if you like Sugababes circa Round Round thumping dance then this may be one for you – and a new female act debut single.

Vitalic 80’s-influenced dance fabbie goes top 10, and London Grammar’s best record to date gives them a first top 10 track, while Weezer hit 9, and a 4th top 10, 9 years since they last charted and 21 years since they first did it. In at 19 it’s a new duo. I say new – it’s Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie with a brand new tuneful Mac-ish track. By rights it should be the new Fleetwood Mac single lead for a new Fleetwood Mac album featuring the classic Rumours line-up for the first time in nearly 30 years as Christine returns to the fold. Sadly, Stevie Nicks seems to have decided it’s not really a combined group effort (presumably as she has no songs or contribution) so we have instead an elderly duo debut. Lindsey, Stevie’s ex, first charted with Mac back in 1976 and as a duo with Stevie (Buckingham Nicks), while Christine was lead vocalist with Chicken Shack who hit with I’d Rather Go Blind in 1969 – so a whopping 48 year span of chart success with new material after a gap of 20 years. Christine is the ex-wife of John McVie, of Fleetwood Mac. Any mention of Mac leads to a massive list of soap opera references…!

Future Islands oldie is knocked off the top of my chart, but the newie (Cave) enters the 40, and JK aka Jamiroquai gets a second one this year, he must be on Cloud 9. Ditto Clean Bandit, and Nancy Sinatra with another oldie. Following a fabulous concert at the Royal Albert Hall with Johnny Marr and the London Symphony Orchestra, chock-fulla lush strings, Pet Shop Boys pop back with the 2 most-effective tracks, It’s Alright in it’s original single form (very different from the album version) from 1989, and Left To My Own Devices, the epic orchestral delight that kicked off the evening, here in a new Super-Tour version due out any day now.

1 2 1 4 WE GOT THE POWER Gorillaz featuring Jehnny Beth 455000
2 NEW 2 1 CRAZY (ASH HOWES RADIO EDIT) Bird 115000
3 1 1 5 SEASONS (WAITING ON YOU) Future Islands 480000
4 6 4 4 CHARIOTS Paper Route 212000
5 5 5 4 LOST ON YOU LP 205000
6 3 1 5 ALONE AGAIN OR Love 595000
7 13 7 4 WAITING FOR THE STARS Vitalic featuring David Shaw and The Beat 116200
8 12 8 4 TRUTH IS A BEAUTIFUL THING London Grammar 111400
9 20 9 2 FEELS LIKE SUMMER Weezer 65000
10 4 4 4 CAN I SIT NEXT TO YOU Spoon 232000

11 9 9 5 YOU WANT IT DARKER (PAUL KALKBRENNER REMIX) Leonard Cohen 153200
12 7 1 10 CHAINED TO THE RHYTHM Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley 1184250
13 8 3 9 TOI ET MOI Paradis 535000
14 19 14 5 WATERFALL Stargate featuring P!nk and Sia 97450
15 15 15 4 NEW DAY Take That 99400
16 11 9 7 GENTLE ON MY MIND Alison Krauss 190200
17 10 10 5 UNDER YOUR SKIN SeeB and R. City 146000
18 21 18 4 BECAUSE The Beatles 65150
19 NEW 19 1 IN MY WORLD Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 21000
20 14 2 10 BETTER MAN Little Big Town 571200

21 25 21 4 ON MY MIND Disciples 73700
22 16 16 8 LOVE Lana Del Ray 153600
23 17 4 10 ANOTHER CHANCE Above And Beyond presenting Oceanlab 321250
24 18 10 9 GIANTS Take That 204550
25 28 25 3 SOLO DANCE Martin Jensen 47650
26 33 26 5 HOME Schwarz 69700
27 27 27 3 HIPPOPOTAMUS Sparks 54800
28 34 28 4 SCARED OF THE DARK Steps 54400
29 24 6 11 FIRE IN MY SOUL Walk Off The Earth 327700
30 26 26 7 LOSING YOU Alison Krauss 117300

31 23 11 10 CLOUDBUSTING Just Us 227050
32 22 5 13 BEAUTIFUL CRIME Tamer 543550
33 30 20 7 LET’S WORK IT OUT Texas 115500
34 29 29 6 NO MORE SAD SONGS Little Mix featuring Machine Gun Kelly 106800
35 36 35 6 BEST BEHAVIOUR Louisa Johnson 93850
36 31 12 9 HARD AS DIAMONDS NUSSY 204100
37 67 37 2 CAVE Future Islands 23900
38 49 38 5 CLOUD 9 Jamiroquai 65050
39 59 39 3 SYMPHONY Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson 34600
40 42 40 6 WHEN I LOOK IN YOUR EYES Nancy Sinatra 83000

41 39 1 12 LOVE LIKE WE USED TO Captain Cuts featuring Nateur 780750
42 35 2 13 BE THE ONE Dua Lipa 660250
43 32 5 11 THE LAST OF THE SECRET AGENTS Nancy Sinatra 319000
44 43 10 9 KALEIDOSCOPE Fenech-Soler 180800
45 68 45 2 LET ME OUT Gorillaz featuring Mavis Staples & Pusha T 19400
46 54 46 5 iT Christine And The Queens 46150
47 53 47 4 LONG COOL WOMAN (IN A BLACK DRESS) The Hollies 39550
48 63 48 2 BHANGRA PAUNDI PBN featuring Sharky and Manpreet Toor 19600
49 40 5 8 SOMETHING JUST LIKE THIS The Chainsmokers and Coldplay 223350
50 50 40 5 GREEN LIGHT Lorde 49100

51 47 1 16 A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 1313150
52 51 1 23 WHEN YOU KNOW Robbie Williams 2076250
53 52 1 25 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU Abba 987350
54 37 28 9 GIVE ME A BREAK STOP NOW REOL 130400
55 41 26 5 THINKING OF YOU Sister Sledge 79600
56 38 38 5 YOU’RE A f***ING JOKE Bec Sandridge 66200
57 46 8 13 MOVING ON AND GETTING OVER John Mayer 308400
58 64 58 3 RUN THROUGH THE JUNGLE Creedence Clearwater Revival 23700
59 NEW 59 1 THUMBS Sabrina Carpenter 10100
60 44 37 7 SAVING LIGHT Gareth Emery & Standerwick featuring HALIENE 96950

61 71 61 2 I DON’T KNOW WHAT CAME OVER ME Mike + The Mechanics 13300
62 62 62 3 BARTENDER James Blunt 20600
63 NEW 63 1 IT’S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys 7200
64 58 2 21 SECRETS The Weeknd featuring Tears For Fears 992000
65 65 65 3 CIAO ADIOS Anne-Marie 21000
66 66 66 6 SAY HELLO WAVE GOODBYE Soft Cell 37200
67 45 16 7 ONLY YOU Jack Savoretti 111550
68 70 68 3 HARVEST MOON Neil Young 18400
69 NEW 69 1 NAKED Christopher 6200
70 57 57 4 A NIGHT AND A DAY Pepe Deluxe 31900

71 NEW 71 1 AWOO Sofi Tukker featuring Betta Lemme 5800
72 75 72 3 NO PARTICULAR PLACE TO GO Chuck Berry 15600
73 NEW 73 1 FALCON EYE Off Bloom 5200
74 48 35 5 TURBO KILLER Carpenter Brut 59300
75 NEW 75 1 LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES (SUPER VERSION) Pet Shop Boys 5000

DROP OUTS
55 17 4 MAJOR TOM (VOLLIG LOSGELOST) Peter Schilling 66000
56 8 10 BLACK TEARS Imelda May featuring Jeff Beck 241850
60 60 4 HYPNOTISED Coldplay 30400
61 17 7 LOVE ON Dave Ramone featuring Minelli 115650
69 8 11 MOVE Saint Motel 250100
72 72 2 DEAR ADELAIDE Breanne Duren 11200
73 51 4 THAT’S WHAT I LIKE Bruno Mars 34350
74 4 25 CLOSER The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey 701600

 

9th April 2017

Its Future Islands on top as I get to see that amazing live performance from David Lettermans show a few years back – and coincidentally the band are back with a new album, and enter The Cave from it as well. Gorillaz also grab another entry with soul legend Mavis Staples and her second entry of 2017 as guest vocalist her last song oddly had the same title as the track held at 2 for Gorillaz. Exactly 45 years since she grabbed a number 3 in my charts with her dad and sister I’ll Take You There.

Not much movement this week as im on holiday in Gran Canaria but Vitalic leap up, as does London Grammar, into the 20, and Martin Jensen into the 40. Highest new entry is 90’s veteran act Weezer, well over 20 years since Buddy Holly debuted, now it Feels Like Summer. Mike + The Mechanics are also back after years away, and 32 years since Silent Running hit my top 10 – though if you count Mike Rutherford’s career in Genesis he first charted in 1974 when he knew what he liked in my wardrobe. I should probably rephrase that…! That leaves a bit of banging bhangra popping in at 63. I like to be varied…

1 3 1 4 SEASONS (WAITING ON YOU) Future Islands 395000
2 2 2 3 WE GOT THE POWER Gorillaz featuring Jehnny Beth 285000
3 1 1 4 ALONE AGAIN OR Love 540000
4 4 4 3 CAN I SIT NEXT TO YOU Spoon 190000
5 7 5 3 LOST ON YOU LP 145000
6 6 6 3 CHARIOTS Paper Route 147000
7 12 7 2 LOST ON YOU LP 85000
7 5 1 9 CHAINED TO THE RHYTHM Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley 1149250
8 8 3 8 TOI ET MOI Paradis 503000
9 12 9 4 YOU WANT IT DARKER (PAUL KALKBRENNER REMIX) Leonard Cohen 116200
10 10 10 4 UNDER YOUR SKIN SeeB and R. City 123000

11 9 9 6 GENTLE ON MY MIND Alison Krauss 165200
12 28 12 3 TRUTH IS A BEAUTIFUL THING London Grammar 63400
13 39 13 3 WAITING FOR THE STARS Vitalic featuring David Shaw and The Beat 66200
14 11 2 9 BETTER MAN Little Big Toiwn 551200
15 15 15 3 NEW DAY Take That 72400
16 16 16 7 LOVE Lana Del Ray 134100
17 14 4 9 ANOTHER CHANCE Above And Beyond presenting Oceanlab 302000
18 17 10 8 GIANTS Take That 185550
19 25 19 4 WATERFALL Stargate featuring P!nk and Sia 68450
20 NEW 20 1 FEELS LIKE SUMMER Weezer 20000

21 27 21 3 BECAUSE The Beatles 43150
22 13 5 12 BEAUTIFUL CRIME Tamer 525750
23 19 11 9 CLOUDBUSTING Just Us 209150
24 21 6 10 FIRE IN MY SOUL Walk Off The Earth 309500
25 34 25 3 ON MY MIND Disciples 53950
26 32 26 6 LOSING YOU Alison Krauss 99300
27 30 27 2 HIPPOPOTAMUS Sparks 36400
28 56 28 2 SOLO DANCE Martin Jensen 28900
29 29 29 5 NO MORE SAD SONGS Little Mix featuring Machine Gun Kelly 89200
30 20 20 6 LET’S WORK IT OUT Texas 97800

31 22 12 8 HARD AS DIAMONDS NUSSY 186700
32 18 5 10 THE LAST OF THE SECRET AGENTS Nancy Sinatra 305500
33 44 33 4 HOME Schwarz 51200
34 48 34 3 SCARED OF THE DARK Steps 36100
35 24 2 12 BE THE ONE Dua Lipa 646500
36 46 36 5 BEST BEHAVIOUR Louisa Johnson 76350
37 61 28 8 GIVE ME A BREAK STOP NOW REOL 119500
38 38 38 4 YOU’RE A f***ING JOKE Bec Sandridge 55600
39 31 1 11 LOVE LIKE WE USED TO Captain Cuts featuring Nateur 766750
40 36 5 7 SOMETHING JUST LIKE THIS The Chainsmokers and Coldplay 211250

41 26 26 4 THINKING OF YOU Sister Sledge 68800
42 42 42 5 WHEN I LOOK IN YOUR EYES Nancy Sinatra 66250
43 33 10 8 KALEIDOSCOPE Fenech-Soler 167550
44 37 37 6 SAVING LIGHT Gareth Emery & Standerwick featuring HALIENE 84950
45 23 16 6 ONLY YOU Jack Savoretti 104950
46 40 8 12 MOVING ON AND GETTING OVER John Mayer 298000
47 43 1 15 A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 1301400
48 35 35 4 TURBO KILLER Carpenter Brut 54100
49 50 49 4 CLOUD 9 Jamiroquai 47850
50 54 50 4 GREEN LIGHT Lorde 37100

51 49 1 22 WHEN YOU KNOW Robbie Williams 2064750
52 52 1 24 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU Abba 976100
53 60 53 3 LONG COOL WOMAN (IN A BLACK DRESS) The Hollies 27050
54 57 54 4 iT Christine And The Queens 33400
55 41 17 4 MAJOR TOM (VOLLIG LOSGELOST) Peter Schilling 66000
56 45 8 10 BLACK TEARSImelda May featuring Jeff Beck241850
57 59 57 3 A NIGHT AND A DAY Pepe Deluxe 25900
58 55 2 20 SECRETS The Weeknd featuring Tears For Fears 984900
59 62 59 2 SYMPHONY Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson 17500
60 63 60 4 HYPNOTISED Coldplay 30400

61 53 17 7 LOVE ON Dave Ramone featuring Minelli 115650
62 71 62 2 BARTENDER James Blunt 13200
63 NEW 63 BHANGRA PAUNDI PBN featuring Sharky P and Manpreet Toor 7300
64 68 64 2 RUN THROUGH THE JUNGLE Creedence Clearwater Revival 13500
65 65 65 2 CIAO ADIOS Anne-Marie 14000
66 66 66 5 SAY HELLO WAVE GOODBYE Soft Cell 30400
67 NEW 67 1 CAVE Future Islands 6600
68 NEW 68 1 LET ME OUT Gorillaz featuring Mavis Staples 6400
69 58 8 11 MOVE Saint Motel 250100
70 70 70 2 HARVEST MOON Neil Young 12000

71 NEW 71 1 DON’T KNOW WHAT CAME OVER ME Mike + The Mechanics 5800
72 72 72 2 DEAR ADELAIDE Breanne Duren 11200
73 51 51 4 THAT’S WHAT I LIKE Bruno Mars 34350
74 64 4 25 CLOSER The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey 701600
75 75 75 2 NO PARTICULAR PLACE TO GO Chuck Berry 10000

DROP OUTS
69 4 13 COWBOYS AND ANGELS George Michael 355250
74 74 1 NIRVANA Ryder 5200
67 67 2 REMEMBER ME Jennifer Hudson 13000
47 38 2 LIKE I LOVE YOU Greta Zazza 29700
73 73 1 MAMA NEVER TOLD ME Sister Sledge 5400

2nd April 2017

It’s Love for a second week on top just holding off Gorillaz lyrics for the moment and a storming track that needs to be a single ASAP, leaving them just one short of grabbing a second Number One (Dare was the last one). Gentle On My Mind makes my top 10 for Alison Krauss, the third version to do that since Dean Martin first did it in 1969. A pop track that should be getting some Spotify love (but isnt) is at 10, it gets Under Your Skin.

The late Leonard Cohen gets his biggest ever chart hit here, Take That add to their numerous top 20 tracks, Lana Del Ray grabs another, too, and so do Texas, who have had more than the pair of them put together. Probably. Veteran sixty-somethings Sparks are also back in at 30 with new quirky track Hippopotamus, for a sweet 43 years of being different from anyone else, right from the day they entered my charts in on high from nowhere on one hearing with This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us, one of those “Eh what was that!?” showstopper moments.

Lower down, a batch of current chart hits finally find a gap to sneak in, along with some oldies, CCR feature in the Kong movie, along with the Hollies CCR copycat track (the best thing about the film by far!), the late Chuck Berry and Joannie Sledge enter with some fave oldies, and The Beatles rocket into the top 30 with the gorgeous Abbey Road harmony track Because: beacuse the album’s just charted again, and because it’s featured effectively in a current advert and because I’ve never charted it before, and if it’s OK for Drake to stuff the singles chart with 22 album tracks, it’s more than OK for me to stuff my chart with non-Drake album tracks. So there!

1 1 1 3 ALONE AGAIN OR Love 455000
2 6 2 2 WE GOT THE POWER Gorillaz featuring Jehnny Beth 170000
3 3 3 3 SEASONS (WAITING ON YOU) Future Islands 225000
4 5 4 2 CAN I SIT NEXT TO YOU Spoon 125000
5 2 1 8 CHAINED TO THE RHYTHM Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley 1099250
6 11 6 2 CHARIOTS Paper Route 92000
7 12 7 2 LOST ON YOU LP 85000
8 4 3 7 TOI ET MOI Paradis 455000
9 15 9 5 GENTLE ON MY MIND Alison Krauss 128200
10 22 10 3 UNDER YOUR SKIN SeeB and R. City 81000

11 7 2 8 BETTER MAN Little Big Town 522200
12 24 12 3 YOU WANT IT DARKER (PAUL KALKBRENNER REMIX) Leonard Cohen 71200
13 13 5 11 BEAUTIFUL CRIME Tamer 506250
14 9 4 8 ANOTHER CHANCE Above And Beyond presenting Oceanlab 279000
15 27 15 2 NEW DAY Take That 45400
16 26 16 6 LOVE Lana Del Ray 109100
17 10 10 7 GIANTS Take That 163550
18 8 5 9 THE LAST OF THE SECRET AGENTS Nancy Sinatra 287600
19 14 11 8 CLOUDBUSTING Just Us 189900
20 25 20 5 LET’S WORK IT OUT Texas 79800

21 18 6 9 FIRE IN MY SOUL Walk Off The Earth 290500
22 17 12 7 HARD AS DIAMONDS NUSSY 167800
23 16 16 5 ONLY YOU Jack Savoretti 91950
24 19 2 11 BE THE ONE Dua Lipa 629000
25 33 25 3 WATERFALL Stargate featuring P!nk and Sia 47450
26 28 26 3 THINKING OF YOU Sister Sledge 54800
27 75 27 2 BECAUSE The Beatles 23400
28 59 28 2 TRUTH IS A BEAUTIFUL THING London Grammar 28400
29 32 29 4 NO MORE SAD SONGS Little Mix featuring Machine Gun Kelly 71000
30 NEW 30 1 HIPPOPOTAMUS Sparks 18000

31 21 1 10 LOVE LIKE WE USED TO Captain Cuts featuring Nateur 749650
32 36 32 5 LOSING YOU Alison Krauss 80800
33 20 10 7 KALEIDOSCOPE Fenech-Soler 154050
34 34 34 2 ON MY MIND Disciples 35200
35 37 35 3 TURBO KILLER Carpenter Brut 41800
36 23 5 6 SOMETHING JUST LIKE THIS The Chainsmokers and Coldplay 194250
37 40 37 5 SAVING LIGHT Gareth Emery & Standerwick featuring HALIENE 71700
38 56 38 3 YOU’RE A f***ING JOKE Bec Sandridge 38400
39 39 39 2 WAITING FOR THE STARS Vitalic featuring David Shaw and The Beat 34200
40 30 8 11 MOVING ON AND GETTING OVER John Mayer 285250

41 29 17 3 MAJOR TOM (VOLLIG LOSGELOST) Peter Schilling 55200
42 42 42 4 WHEN I LOOK IN YOUR EYES Nancy Sinatra 52500
43 41 1 14 A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 1288900
44 46 44 3 HOME Schwarz 33500
45 31 8 9 BLACK TEARS Imelda May featuring Jeff Beck 228250
46 49 39 4 BEST BEHAVIOUR Louisa Johnson 58950
47 38 38 2 LIKE I LOVE YOU Greta Zazza 29700
48 64 48 2 SCARED OF THE DARK Steps 19400
49 44 1 21 WHEN YOU KNOW Robbie Williams 2053000
50 50 50 3 CLOUD 9 Jamiroquai 35750

51 60 51 3 THAT’S WHAT I LIKE Bruno Mars 28950
52 51 1 23 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU Abba 964600
53 35 17 6 LOVE ON Dave Ramone featuring Minelli 108150
54 61 54 3 GREEN LIGHT Lorde 25100
55 52 2 19 SECRETS The Weeknd featuring Tears For Fears 974700
56 NEW 56 1 SOLO DANCE Martin Jensen 10600
57 70 57 3 iT Christine And The Queens 22400
58 47 8 10 MOVE Saint Motel 243900
59 73 59 2 A NIGHT AND A DAY Pepe Deluxe 15500
60 71 60 2 LONG COOL WOMAN (IN A BLACK DRESS) The Hollies 15800

61 43 28 7 GIVE ME A BREAK STOP NOW REOL 102200
62 NEW 62 1 SYMPHONY Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson 7400
63 66 63 3 HYPNOTISED Coldplay 20400
64 57 4 24 CLOSER The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey 696400
65 NEW 65 1 CIAO ADIOS Anne-Marie 7000
66 69 66 4 SAY HELLO WAVE GOODBYE Soft Cell 23600
67 68 67 2 REMEMBER ME Jennifer Hudson 13000
68 NEW 68 1 RUN THROUGH THE JUNGLE Creedence Clearwater Revival 6400
69 54 4 13 COWBOYS AND ANGELS George Michael 355250
70 NEW 70 1 HARVEST MOON Neil Young 6000

71 NEW 71 1 BARTENDER James Blunt 5800
72 NEW 72 1 DEAR ADELAIDE Breanne Duren 5600
73 NEW 73 1 MAMA NEVER TOLD ME Sister Sledge 5400
74 NEW 74 1 NIRVANA Ryder 5200
75 NEW 75 1 NO PARTICULAR PLACE TO GO Chuck Berry 5000

DROP OUTS
45 14 8 FUN Blondie 144000
48 8 12 SHAPE OF YOU Ed Sheeran 322000
53 5 10 YOU’RE GONNA LIVE FOREVER IN ME John Mayer 298150
55 34 5 SHOW YOU THE WAY Thundercat featuring Michael McDonald & Kenny Loggins 71000
58 7 12 CALL ON ME (RYAN RIBACK REMIX) Starley 335200
62 62 4 PINNACLE Tone Damli 25700
63 50 3 BEYOND MEMORY Nina 29800
65 23 6 PAPER GAMES Kaneholler 86250
67 67 2 HIGHS AND LOWS Emeli Sande 12800
72 48 6 DO IT AGAIN SOLDOUT featuring GOOSE 46900
74 26 5 A KIND OF LOVE Marc Almond 72850