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3rd October 2021
It’s 3 weeks on top for Don’t Shut Me Down, and 5 in total for ABBA, their longest run with new material since The Day Before You Came had 6 weeks on top in 1982. Billy Idol gets his highest chart slot since 1984’s chart-topping Eyes Without A Face, not leaving a Bitter Taste at all, and Tori Amos gets a first-ever top 5, 20-odd years late. Great Van Fleet rocket into the top 10, Heat Above and there’s more Heat Waves with a 40 place leap from Glass Animals to 16. Sneaker Pimps get a 2nd top 10 23 years on from 6 Underground hitting the top spot.
Dermot Kennedy gets his first top 20, and Duran Duran are well over 20 top 20’s on their 40th Anniversary. Blossoms have a 30-place climb for a 7th top 40, and Stereophonics a 10th. Highest new entry is from Agnes, at 32 Here Comes The Night unrelated to previous songs of the same name (eg The Beach Boys), for a 6th chart entry in 12 years, including 2 huge chart-toppers in Release me and I Trance in 2009 and 2019. Another Agnes, Obel, gets a 5th chart entry in 9 years with Fuel To Fire.
Mariah Carey’s Fantasy is to feature in a great RomCom fantasy movie – and she bounces back now at 50 I’ve seen Free Guy, a great fun movie with Ryan Reynolds. Sufjan Stevens joins Angelo De Augustine for his 4th chart foray, 15 years since Chicago went top 10, and 4 years since Mystery Of Love topped my chart. Back To Oz following in the traditions of previous Oz-titled or themed records from Scissor Sisters and many others. Ding dong!
Also new in, Purple Disco Machine return with a bit of Dopamine, BURNS boogie in with dance track Talamanca, Tom Grennan follows-up, and Ewan McVicar revamps Rufus’ 1974 chart debut for Rufus, Tell Me Something Good, a Stevie Wonder song gifted to Chaka Khan and friends, and US smash but not a UK hit, annoyingly. I charted it though, as by the time I was 16 I was getting very annoyed at the numbers of non-US-hits when UK dross littered up part of the UK charts. Can’t say that these days as both US and UK charts are littered up with the same dross.
1 1 1 5 DON’T SHUT ME DOWN – ABBA 740000
2 2 1 5 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU – ABBA 685000
3 4 3 6 BITTER TASTE – Billy Idol 257300
4 7 4 6 A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELY SQUARE – Tori Amos 184900
5 3 3 8 DIRT – Keane 445400
6 6 4 6 ON THE WRONG SIDE – Lindsey Buckingham 299000
7 39 7 2 HEAT ABOVE – Greta Van Fleet 67100
8 9 8 6 GOODBYE – LP 184200
9 14 9 5 ALIBIS – Sneaker Pimps 104600
10 10 10 6 SUNSHINE – Liam Payne 159450
11 8 8 6 I DON’T MIND – Lindsey Buckingham 171150
12 5 3 11 WAVES OF BLUE – Majid Jordan 566700
13 15 13 19 DON’T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING – Gerry & The Pacemakers 262350
14 18 14 2 MY UNIVERSE – Coldplay x BTS 51000
15 12 12 8 IF SOMETHING’S GONNA KILL ME (IT MIGHT AS WELL BE LOVE) – The Stranglers 173900
16 56 16 4 HEAT WAVES – Glass Animals 45600
17 11 7 8 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) – Elton John & Dua Lipa 309000
18 13 1 19 YOU – Regard, Troye Sivan & Tate McRae 1201000
19 40 19 4 BETTER DAYS – Dermot Kennedy 55600
20 58 20 2 ANNIVERSARY – Duran Duran 30200
21 25 21 7 YOU & I – Navos & HARLEE 84900
22 24 22 4 LOVE UNDER PRESSURE – James Blunt 55100
23 17 9 8 PSYCHO – Maisie Peters 212050
24 16 5 8 YOU CAN CALL ME – Texas 325250
25 19 13 8 HOPE – Sigma & Carla Marie 175950
26 20 4 11 MOVE WITH ME – Mad Circuit 319700
27 23 10 11 KISS MY (UH-OH) – Anne-Marie & Little Mix 233700
28 28 22 8 FLY AWAY – Tones And I 126100
29 32 29 4 DUM DUM DIDDLE – Abba 66550
30 60 30 3 CARE FOR – Blossoms 32000
31 22 8 12 I AM WHAT I AM (COPENHAGEN 2021 WORLDPRIDE ANTHEM) – Aqua 258650
32 NEW 32 1 HERE COMES THE NIGHT – Agnes 17800
33 26 1 20 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME – Marshmello x Jonas Brothers 1321850
34 38 34 6 FLASHBACK (COLLRBONE REMIX) – Javiera Mena featuring Collrbone 70300
35 35 35 3 ONE MORE TIME – Rod Stewart 52500
36 27 18 11 BELIEVE – Anna Of The North 171850
37 53 37 4 HANGING ON YOUR HINGES – Stereophonics 43850
38 29 29 7 WILD HEARTS – Keith Urban 85200
39 48 39 3 SEASIDE – Diane Warren, Rita Ora, Sofia Reyes & Reik 35800
40 30 30 9 DON’T GO YET – Camila Cabello 130750
41 21 14 9 TAKE MY BREATH – The Weeknd 188250
42 31 31 7 LOVE LIKE THAT – Lola Lennox 98050
43 47 43 4 AS GOOD AS NEW – Abba 47850
44 63 44 3 ON MY WAY – Natalie Imbruglia 25250
45 36 36 5 ETERNAL LOVE – JLS 62450
46 50 46 6 DO THE TELEVISION – Jake Shears 51350
47 42 1 13 IT MUST BE LOVE – Labi Siffre 645050
48 79 48 2 SPIRIT POWER AND SOUL – Johnny Marr 16500
49 49 49 6 MY HEART GOES (LA DI DA) – Becky Hill & Topic 58600
50 RE 50 6 FANTASY – Mariah Carey 43600
51 33 23 7 TAKE ME FOR A RIDE – Steps 110450
52 37 2 15 MORE THAN A WOMAN (SG’S PARADISE EDIT) – Bee Gees x SG Lewis 907800
53 34 34 9 GOOD 4 U – Olivia Rodrigo 121500
54 NEW 54 1 BACK TO OZ – Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine 11000
55 44 44 7 DRIVE – Clean Bandit & Topic featuring Wes Nelson 66350
56 66 56 3 IF IT’S LOVE – Sting 21800
57 54 1 19 GYPSIES, TRAMPS AND THIEVES – Cher 726600
58 77 58 2 JUSTIFIED – Kacey Musgraves 14800
59 51 1 21 GOD ONLY KNOWS – For KING & COUNTRY & Dolly Parton 928200
60 65 60 6 HONKY TONK WOMEN – The Rolling Stones 42200
61 43 6 14 FOLLOWING THE SUN – SUPER-HI and Neeka 378550
62 64 62 8 OUT OUT – Joel Corry x Jax Jones featuring Charli XCX & Saweetie 52400
63 41 26 9 SKATE – Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak & Silk Sonic 147500
64 68 64 4 BROKEN LAND – The Adventures 25100
65 52 10 13 CALL ON ME – RAYE 250650
66 72 66 4 RISK IT ALL – Ella Henderson, House Gospel Choir & Just Kiddin’ 22600
67 45 10 11 RED BUTTON – AJA 178800
68 74 68 3 WHO – Donny Osmond 16800
69 55 3 18 TOO MUCH HISTORY – Jack Savoretti 750550
70 46 46 6 ONE NIGHT – Griff 48300
71 67 1 21 SARA – Fleetwood Mac 635600
72 75 72 5 MISTY BLUE – Dorothy Moore 24200
73 NEW 73 1 DOPAMINE – Purple Disco Machine featuring Eyelar 5400
74 78 74 4 SHE’S A RAINBOW – The Rolling Stones 18000
75 80 75 2 THAT’S WHAT I WANT – Lil Nas X 9000
76 NEW 76 1 TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD – Ewan McVicar featuring Rufus & Chaka Khan 4800
77 62 18 12 CHASING KITES – Georgie 182050
78 NEW 78 1 TALAMANCA – BURNS 4400
79 NEW 79 1 DON’T BREAK THE HEART – Tom Grennan 4200
80 NEW 80 1 FUEL TO FIRE – Agnes Obel 4000
Drop outs
57 38 7 PRESSURE MACHINE – The Killers 80750
59 39 6 SECRET LIFE – Jack Savoretti 63950
61 50 5 WHILE YOU’RE STILL YOUNG – Sophie Ellis-Bextor & The Feeling 46100
69 69 5 MAGICAL – Laura Mvula 27600
70 39 7 SAY WHAT YOU MEAN – Raleigh Ritchie 69050
71 61 6 THE SECRET HE HAD MISSED – Manic Street Preachers featuring Julia Cumming 39100
73 15 11 WAIT AROUND – Kyle Falconer 177950
76 50 5 FLYING ON THE GROUND – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 41600
10th October 2021
It’s a 4th week on top for Abba’s Don’t Shut Me Down, and a 6th double-top week, as Billy Idol is kept off the top with a great single that would otherwise be fighting with a 3rd great Agnes dance track for the top spot. Both have had number ones before though, so it’s not quite so unlucky as it might have been. Agnes gets her 3rd top 5, and Duran Duran make it 40 years of top 10’s since Planet Earth & Girls On Film started the ball rolling. Coldplay have a mere 21 years of top 10’s, now, though BTS grab a first on their coat-tails.
Billie Eilish’s fabulous Bond theme is back, as I’ve just seen the film, new at 13 18 months after going top 2, and Stereophonics get only their 4th top 20 ever – they’ve had a long list of “likes” but previous few “loves” in their 25-year career, Maybe Tomorrow hit 5 in 2003, My Friends hit 7 in 2008, and Dakota a big chart-topper in 2005, so 13-years of waiting for another. It’s a quiet week for new entries, been too hectic to pay proper attention to new stuff, so it’s just the new Tears For Fears track extending their generally fab singles career to 39 years, and Jungle making it a hat-trick off the latest album. There are 2 1974 Glam Rock goodies (forgotten, for the most part, these days) following the death of John Rossall from The Glitter Band. Angel Face almost topped the UK chart (and got higher than old boss Glitter’s dirge of the time, hah! So deserved!) and Let’s Get Together Again I bought from a record shop in Gloucester after I’d been skiving rugby and football by going swimming instead (with permission of the school), and it was covered by the Human League in the 80’s.
1 1 1 6 DON’T SHUT ME DOWN – ABBA 910000
2 2 1 6 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU – ABBA 800000
3 3 3 7 BITTER TASTE – Billy Idol 352300
4 32 4 2 HERE COMES THE NIGHT – Agnes 82800
5 7 5 3 HEAT ABOVE – Greta Van Fleet 127100
6 6 4 7 ON THE WRONG SIDE – Lindsey Buckingham 354000
7 9 7 6 ALIBIS – Sneaker Pimps 154600
8 4 4 7 A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELY SQUARE – Tori Amos 232900
9 20 9 3 ANNIVERSARY – Duran Duran 75200
10 14 10 3 MY UNIVERSE – Coldplay x BTS 93000
11 13 11 20 DON’T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING – Gerry & The Pacemakers 299350
12 12 3 12 WAVES OF BLUE – Majid Jordan 601700
13 NEW 13 1 NO TIME TO DIE – Billie Eilish 32000
14 5 3 9 DIRT – Keane 474400
15 16 15 5 HEAT WAVES – Glass Animals 72600
16 10 10 7 SUNSHINE – Liam Payne 184450
17 8 8 7 GOODBYE – LP 207200
18 30 18 4 CARE FOR – Blossoms 54000
19 19 19 5 BETTER DAYS – Dermot Kennedy 76600
20 37 20 5 HANGING ON YOUR HINGES – Stereophonics 63850
21 11 8 7 I DON’T MIND – Lindsey Buckingham 190900
22 22 22 5 LOVE UNDER PRESSURE – James Blunt 74600
23 15 12 9 IF SOMETHING’S GONNA KILL ME (IT MIGHT AS WELL BE LOVE) – The Stranglers 193150
24 24 5 9 YOU CAN CALL ME – Texas 344250
25 18 1 20 YOU – Regard, Troye Sivan & Tate McRae 1219750
26 17 7 9 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) – Elton John & Dua Lipa 327500
27 29 27 5 DUM DUM DIDDLE – Abba 84950
28 53 28 10 GOOD 4 U – Olivia Rodrigo 139800
29 34 29 7 FLASHBACK (COLLRBONE REMIX) – Javiera Mena featuring Collrbone 88500
30 23 9 9 PSYCHO – Maisie Peters 230050
31 26 4 12 MOVE WITH ME – Mad Circuit 337600
32 28 22 9 FLY AWAY – Tones And I 143900
33 44 33 4 ON MY WAY – Natalie Imbruglia 42950
34 27 10 12 KISS MY (UH-OH) – Anne-Marie & Little Mix 251300
35 45 35 6 ETERNAL LOVE – JLS 79950
36 43 36 5 AS GOOD AS NEW – Abba 65250
37 39 37 4 SEASIDE – Diane Warren, Rita Ora, Sofia Reyes & Reik 53100
38 73 38 2 DOPAMINE – Purple Disco Machine featuring Eyelar 22600
39 21 21 8 YOU & I – Navos & HARLEE 102000
40 25 13 9 HOPE – Sigma & Carla Marie 192950
41 33 1 21 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME – Marshmello x Jonas Brothers 1335850
42 31 8 13 I AM WHAT I AM (COPENHAGEN 2021 WORLDPRIDE ANTHEM) – Aqua 272400
43 36 18 12 BELIEVE – Anna Of The North 185350
44 46 44 7 DO THE TELEVISION – Jake Shears 64600
45 78 45 2 TALAMANCA – BURNS 17400
46 48 46 3 SPIRIT POWER AND SOUL – Johnny Marr 29250
47 50 47 7 FANTASY – Mariah Carey 56100
48 38 29 8 WILD HEARTS – Keith Urban 97500
49 49 49 7 MY HEART GOES (LA DI DA) – Becky Hill & Topic 70700
50 56 50 4 IF IT’S LOVE – Sting 33800
51 54 51 2 BACK TO OZ – Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine 22750
52 80 52 2 FUEL TO FIRE – Agnes Obel 15500
53 40 30 10 DON’T GO YET – Camila Cabello 142000
54 35 35 4 ONE MORE TIME – Rod Stewart 63500
55 41 14 10 TAKE MY BREATH – The Weeknd 199050
56 75 56 3 THAT’S WHAT I WANT – Lil Nas X 19600
57 60 57 7 HONKY TONK WOMEN – The Rolling Stones 52600
58 58 58 3 JUSTIFIED – Kacey Musgraves 25000
59 42 31 8 LOVE LIKE THAT – Lola Lennox 108150
60 64 60 5 BROKEN LAND – The Adventures 35100
61 57 1 20 GYPSIES, TRAMPS AND THIEVES – Cher 734100
62 62 62 9 OUT OUT – Joel Corry x Jax Jones featuring Charli XCX & Saweetie 59800
63 68 63 4 WHO – Donny Osmond 24000
64 51 23 8 TAKE ME FOR A RIDE – Steps 117550
65 76 65 2 TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD – Ewan McVicar featuring Rufus & Chaka Khan 11800
66 59 1 22 GOD ONLY KNOWS – For KING & COUNTRY & Dolly Parton 935000
67 67 10 12 RED BUTTON – AJA 185400
68 55 44 8 DRIVE – Clean Bandit & Topic featuring Wes Nelson 72450
69 72 69 6 MISTY BLUE – Dorothy Moore 30400
70 79 70 2 DON’T BREAK THE HEART – Tom Grennan 10200
71 NEW 71 1 ANGEL FACE – The Glitter Band 5800
72 NEW 72 1 THE TIPPING POINT – Tears For Fears 5600
73 65 10 14 CALL ON ME – RAYE 256050
74 NEW 74 1 ALL OF THE TIME – Jungle 5200
75 NEW 75 1 LET’S GET TOGETHER AGAIN – The Glitter Band 5000
DROP OUTS
47 1 13 IT MUST BE LOVE – Labi Siffre 645050
52 2 15 MORE THAN A WOMAN (SG’S PARADISE EDIT) – Bee Gees x SG Lewis 907800
61 6 14 FOLLOWING THE SUN – SUPER-HI and Neeka 378550
63 26 9 SKATE – Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak & Silk Sonic 147500
66 66 4 RISK IT ALL – Ella Henderson, House Gospel Choir & Just Kiddin’ 22600
69 3 18 TOO MUCH HISTORY – Jack Savoretti 750550
70 46 6 ONE NIGHT – Griff 48300
71 1 21 SARA – Fleetwood Mac 635600
74 74 4 SHE’S A RAINBOW – The Rolling Stones 18000
77 18 12 CHASING KITES – Georgie 182050
17th October 2021
It’s 5 weeks on top for Don’t Shut Me Down, holding off Agnes from getting her 3rd chart-topper, meaning the entire top 3 is Swedish for the first time, and all Song Contest winners songs years after the event. What were the chances? Well, I have always been partial to Swedish pop! Gerry Marsden finally gets his deserved posthumous top 10 slot with childhood fave Don’t Let The Sun, and Dopamine shoots up to 8. I could do with some dopamine lately, so if that’s the best I can do, I’ll take it.
Johnny Marr is top 20 for the second solo time, but he’s had zillions in bands and guest spots dating back to 1983, and Olivia Rodrigo finally hits the top 20 after 11 weeks on the chart and about 5 months late. Joy Crookes is highest new entry with the delicious When You Were Mine at 32, and Emma Steinbakken debuts with Sorry. No I”M sorry – I forgot to chart it last week! Texas have an Unbelievable 4th charting track off the Hi album, and Coldplay make it 3 from their new album, as Humankind slides in behind.
James Morrison returns to extend his chart run to 15 years (!), his 8th, and Emeli Sande makes it 10 years and a 14th. Gorillaz debut with an old track from a decade ago that I can’t find listed as charting for me – bizarre as I recall liking it, so I guess I just must have forgot to chart it! It’s been selling on itunes, so a good excuse. Sigrid follows-up, Kygo joins forces with X Ambassadors and both return to the charts, Westlife are on a comeback 10 years since they last charted, and 22 years since they first charted, and a surprisingly numerous run of 21 chart entries, 3 of them top 10’s. Who knew! Belinda Carlisle covers 60’s golden oldie Get Together, which charted for The Dave Clark 5 in the UK (and my charts in 1970), and finally, Adele is back at 30. As the world goes Adele mad her new tune just about beats Westlife’s return for me. Oops!
1 1 1 7 DON’T SHUT ME DOWN – ABBA 1080000
2 4 2 3 HERE COMES THE NIGHT – Agnes 197800
3 2 1 7 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU – ABBA 885000
4 3 3 8 BITTER TASTE – Billy Idol 417300
5 5 5 4 HEAT ABOVE – Greta Van Fleet 187100
6 11 6 21 DON’T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING – Gerry & The Pacemakers 354350
7 7 7 7 ALIBIS – Sneaker Pimps 204600
8 38 8 3 DOPAMINE – Purple Disco Machine featuring Eyelar 70600
9 6 4 8 ON THE WRONG SIDE – Lindsey Buckingham 399000
10 10 10 4 MY UNIVERSE – Coldplay x BTS 135000
11 9 9 4 ANNIVERSARY – Duran Duran 112200
12 13 12 2 NO TIME TO DIE – Billie Eilish 67000
13 46 13 4 SPIRIT POWER AND SOUL – Johnny Marr 61250
14 18 14 6 CARE FOR – Blossoms 83000
15 15 15 6 HEAT WAVES – Glass Animals 99600
16 12 3 13 WAVES OF BLUE – Majid Jordan 626700
17 20 17 6 HANGING ON YOUR HINGES – Stereophonics 86850
18 16 10 8 SUNSHINE – Liam Payne 206450
19 22 19 6 LOVE UNDER PRESSURE – James Blunt 95600
20 28 20 11 GOOD 4 U – Olivia Rodrigo 159800
21 8 4 8 A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELY SQUARE – Tori Amos 252650
22 26 7 10 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) – Elton John & Dua Lipa 347000
23 27 23 6 DUM DUM DIDDLE – ABBA 104200
24 17 8 8 GOODBYE – LP 226200
25 19 19 6 BETTER DAYS – Dermot Kennedy 95350
26 14 3 10 DIRT – Keane 492900
27 35 28 7 ETERNAL LOVE – JLS 98350
28 33 28 5 ON MY WAY – Natalie Imbruglia 61250
29 51 29 3 BACK TO OZ – Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine 40950
30 21 8 8 I DON’T MIND – Lindsey Buckingham 208900
31 36 31 6 AS GOOD AS NEW – ABBA 83150
32 NEW 32 1 WHEN YOU WERE MINE – Joy Crookes 17800
33 37 33 5 SEASIDE – Diane Warren, Rita Ora, Sofia Reyes & Reik 70800
34 25 1 21 YOU – Regard, Troye Sivan & Tate McRae 1237350
35 23 12 10 IF SOMETHING’S GONNA KILL ME (IT MIGHT AS WELL BE LOVE) – The Stranglers 210650
36 24 5 10 YOU CAN CALL ME – Texas 361750
37 52 37 3 FUEL TO FIRE – Agnes Obel 32800
38 45 38 3 TALAMANCA – BURNS 34600
39 30 9 10 PSYCHO – Maisie Peters 247150
40 50 40 5 IF IT’S LOVE – Sting 50800
41 29 29 8 FLASHBACK (COLLRBONE REMIX) – Javiera Mena featuring Collrbone 102500
42 31 4 13 MOVE WITH ME – Mad Circuit 351350
43 32 22 10 FLY AWAY – Tones And I 157400
44 47 44 8 FANTASY – Mariah Carey 69350
45 34 10 13 KISS MY (UH-OH) – Anne-Marie & Little Mix 264300
46 NEW 46 1 SORRY – Emma Steinbakken 12750
47 58 47 4 JUSTIFIED – Kacey Musgraves 37500
48 56 48 4 THAT’S WHAT I WANT – Lil Nas X 31900
49 39 21 9 YOU & I – Navos & HARLEE 114100
50 41 1 22 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME – Marshmello x Jonas Brothers 1347850
51 57 51 8 HONKY TONK WOMEN – The Rolling Stones 64350
52 72 52 2 THE TIPPING POINT – Tears For Fears 17100
53 40 13 10 HOPE – Sigma & Carla Marie 204200
54 74 54 2 ALL OF THE TIME – Jungle 16200
55 42 8 14 I AM WHAT I AM (COPENHAGEN 2021 WORLDPRIDE ANTHEM) – Aqua 283200
56 60 56 6 BROKEN LAND – The Adventures 45700
57 43 18 13 BELIEVE – Anna Of The North 195750
58 NEW 58 1 UNBELIEVABLE – Texas 10200
59 NEW 59 1 HUMANKIND – Coldplay 10100
60 63 60 5 WHO – Donny Osmond 34000
61 65 61 3 TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD – Ewan McVicar featuring Rufus & Chaka Khan 19300
62 48 29 9 WILD HEARTS – Keith Urban 104900
63 NEW 63 1 WHO’S GONNA LOVE ME NOW? – James Morrison 7200
64 70 64 3 DON’T BREAK THE HEART – Tom Grennan 17300
65 69 65 7 MISTY BLUE – Dorothy Moore 37400
66 NEW 66 1 FAMILY – Emeli Sande 6800
67 71 67 2 ANGEL FACE – The Glitter Band 12400
68 NEW 68 1 ON MELANCHOLY HILL – Gorillaz 6400
69 61 1 21 GYPSIES, TRAMPS AND THIEVES – Cher 740300
70 NEW 70 1 BURNING BRIDGES – Sigrid 6000
71 NEW 71 1 UNDENIABLE – Kygo featuring X Ambassadors 5800
72 75 72 2 LET’S GET TOGETHER AGAIN – The Glitter Band 10600
73 NEW 73 1 GET TOGETHER – Belinda Carlisle 5400
74 NEW 74 1 EASY ON ME – Adele 5200
75 NEW 75 1 STARLIGHT – Westlife 5000
DROP OUTS
44 44 7 DO THE TELEVISION – Jake Shears 64600
49 49 7 MY HEART GOES (LA DI DA) – Becky Hill & Topic 70700
53 30 10 DON’T GO YET – Camila Cabello 142000
54 35 4 ONE MORE TIME – Rod Stewart 63500
55 14 10 TAKE MY BREATH – The Weeknd 199050
59 31 8 LOVE LIKE THAT – Lola Lennox 108150
62 62 9 OUT OUT – Joel Corry x Jax Jones featuring Charli XCX & Saweetie 59800
64 23 8 TAKE ME FOR A RIDE – Steps 117550
66 1 22 GOD ONLY KNOWS – For KING & COUNTRY & Dolly Parton 935000
67 10 12 RED BUTTON – AJA 185400
68 44 8 DRIVE – Clean Bandit & Topic featuring Wes Nelson 72450
73 10 14 CALL ON ME – RAYE 256050
24th October 2021
It’s not ABBA on top! Fellow Swedish music contest winner Agnes has grabbed her 3rd chart-topper, following on from Release Me in the noughties, I Trance in the teenies, and now a 3rd in the twenties. I should note that ABBA have topped my charts in every decade since the 70’s, either with oldies, unreleased album tracks, or recharting albums with uncharted album tracks and B sides, so that’s twice as many decades, but only 3 with new material. ABBA meanwhile drop the unreleased Just a Notion from 1978, new in at 16 – I can see why it seemed out of place in the year they released mighty tracks like Eagle, Summer Night City and Thank You For The Music, 2 of them not even UK singles!! It’s cute though. Frida, of ABBA, does backing on Harpo’s 1975 flop Moviestar, a Swedish pop star and European hit. The UK finally warmed to it a year after I’d charted it and bought it, so it’s back for a 3rd top 10 run. So that makes 6 ABBA-related tracks in the chart.
Joy Crookes climbs bigly into the 20, Texas make it an unbelievable 4th top 30 of the year, and Gorillaz decade-old flop finally gets the chart placing it deserves. I must say I prefer it to recent stuff. Kylie grabs Ollie for some duet Disco-prodding, without actually improving on the original album, Ed Sheeran gets a second charter of 2021, Shivers, and Miles Kane is back for some solo action for a 7th chart entry in a decade – not including his 6 Last Shadow Puppets side project charting tracks with Alex Turner.
1 2 1 4 HERE COMES THE NIGHT – Agnes 367800
2 1 1 8 DON’T SHUT ME DOWN – ABBA 1195000
3 3 1 8 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU – ABBA 970000
4 4 3 9 BITTER TASTE – Billy Idol 482300
5 6 5 22 DON’T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING – Gerry & The Pacemakers 414350
6 8 6 4 DOPAMINE – Purple Disco Machine featuring Eyelar 125600
7 5 5 5 HEAT ABOVE – Greta Van Fleet 237100
8 NEW 8 1 MOVIESTAR – Harpo featuring Frida 48000
9 10 9 5 MY UNIVERSE – Coldplay x BTS 180000
10 7 7 8 ALIBIS – Sneaker Pimps 246600
11 11 9 5 ANNIVERSARY – Duran Duran 149200
12 9 4 9 ON THE WRONG SIDE – Lindsey Buckingham 434000
13 13 13 5 SPIRIT POWER AND SOUL – Johnny Marr 93250
14 14 14 7 CARE FOR – Blossoms 112000
15 15 15 7 HEAT WAVES – Glass Animals 126600
16 NEW 16 1 JUST A NOTION – ABBA 25000
17 16 3 14 WAVES OF BLUE – Majid Jordan 649700
18 32 18 2 WHEN YOU WERE MINE – Joy Crookes 39800
19 23 19 7 DUM DUM DIDDLE – ABBA 125200
20 12 12 3 NO TIME TO DIE – Billie Eilish 87000
21 29 21 4 BACK TO OZ – Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine 60700
22 37 22 4 FUEL TO FIRE – Agnes Obel 52300
23 17 17 7 HANGING ON YOUR HINGES – Stereophonics 106100
24 18 10 9 SUNSHINE – Liam Payne 225450
25 22 7 11 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) – Elton John & Dua Lipa 365750
26 21 4 9 A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELY SQUARE – Tori Amos 271150
27 58 27 2 UNBELIEVABLE – Texas 28600
28 54 28 3 ALL OF THE TIME – Jungle 34500
29 31 29 7 AS GOOD AS NEW – ABBA 101350
30 46 30 2 SORRY – Emma Steinbakken 30750
31 19 19 7 LOVE UNDER PRESSURE – James Blunt 113500
32 26 3 11 DIRT – Keane 510700
33 38 33 4 TALAMANCA – BURNS 52300
34 24 8 9 GOODBYE – LP 243800
35 68 35 2 ON MELANCHOLY HILL – Gorillaz 23900
36 48 36 5 THAT’S WHAT I WANT – Lil Nas X 49300
37 20 20 12 GOOD 4 U – Olivia Rodrigo 177100
38 27 28 8 ETERNAL LOVE – JLS 115550
39 47 39 5 JUSTIFIED – Kacey Musgraves 54600
40 25 19 7 BETTER DAYS – Dermot Kennedy 112350
41 28 28 6 ON MY WAY – Natalie Imbruglia 75250
42 34 1 22 YOU – Regard, Troye Sivan & Tate McRae 1251100
43 30 8 9 I DON’T MIND – Lindsey Buckingham 222400
44 33 33 6 SEASIDE – Diane Warren, Rita Ora, Sofia Reyes & Reik 84050
45 52 45 3 THE TIPPING POINT – Tears For Fears 30100
46 35 12 11 IF SOMETHING’S GONNA KILL ME (IT MIGHT AS WELL BE LOVE) – The Stranglers 223400
47 51 47 9 HONKY TONK WOMEN – The Rolling Stones 76850
48 66 48 2 FAMILY – Emeli Sande 19100
49 36 5 11 YOU CAN CALL ME – Texas 373850
50 59 50 2 HUMANKIND – Coldplay 22100
51 39 9 11 PSYCHO – Maisie Peters 258900
52 56 52 7 BROKEN LAND – The Adventures 57200
53 40 40 6 IF IT’S LOVE – Sting 62050
54 42 4 14 MOVE WITH ME – Mad Circuit 362350
55 63 55 2 WHO’S GONNA LOVE ME NOW? – James Morrison 18000
56 NEW 56 1 A SECOND TO MIDNIGHT – Kylie Minogue & Years & Years 10600
57 61 57 4 TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD – Ewan McVicar featuring Rufus & Chaka Khan 29700
58 50 1 23 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME – Marshmello x Jonas Brothers 1358050
59 71 59 2 UNDENIABLE – Kygo featuring X Ambassadors 15900
60 60 60 6 WHO – Donny Osmond 44000
61 44 44 9 FANTASY – Mariah Carey 76850
62 45 10 14 KISS MY (UH-OH) – Anne-Marie & Little Mix 271700
63 65 63 8 MISTY BLUE – Dorothy Moore 44600
64 64 64 4 DON’T BREAK THE HEART – Tom Grennan 24400
65 41 29 9 FLASHBACK (COLLRBONE REMIX) – Javiera Mena featuring Collrbone 109500
66 70 66 2 BURNING BRIDGES – Sigrid 12800
67 67 67 3 ANGEL FACE – The Glitter Band 19000
68 43 22 11 FLY AWAY – Tones And I 163800
69 73 69 2 GET TOGETHER – Belinda Carlisle 11600
70 72 70 3 LET’S GET TOGETHER AGAIN – The Glitter Band 16600
71 74 71 2 EASY ON ME – Adele 11000
72 NEW 72 1 SHIVERS – Ed Sheeran 5600
73 75 73 2 STARLIGHT – Westlife 5400
74 69 1 22 GYPSIES, TRAMPS AND THIEVES – Cher 745500
75 NEW 75 1 SEE YA WHEN I SEE YA – Miles Kane 5000
DROP OUTS
49 21 9 YOU & I – Navos & HARLEE 114100
53 13 10 HOPE – Sigma & Carla Marie 204200
55 8 14 I AM WHAT I AM (COPENHAGEN 2021 WORLDPRIDE ANTHEM) – Aqua 283200
57 18 13 BELIEVE – Anna Of The North 195750
62 29 9 WILD HEARTS – Keith Urban 104900
31st October 2021
It’s 2 weeks on top Agnes, Here Comes The Night still banging dance, but being chased by Purple Disco Machine’s Dopamine at 2, both of them nodding to classic disco era tracks (Abba/Agnes, and Crown Heights Affair/Purple Disco). I still love disco, obviously! Texas get a big climb to 5, the lovely Unbelievable giving them 4 from 4 top 10’s from the Hi album, that hasn’t happened since 2005/6. Tears For Fears get an even bigger climb as Radio 2 playlist The Tipping Point, a grower and their 3rd biggest track of the 21st century, and 12th (at least) top 10 in 40 years.
ABBA make it 3 top 10’s at the same time, a first for them with new material, and Johnny Marr gets his first-ever solo top 10 38 years after getting his first with The Smiths (and many more under various guises in the years since). Highest new entry is a duet version of the classic Marvin Gaye Motown soul track, Abraham (Lincoln), Martin (Luther King Jr) and John (Kennedy) in a tribute to the assassinated politicians, this time with Beverley Knight doing a good job at keeping the vibe real. 51 years since that charted.
Steps keep the hits coming with their cover of the 1987 Five Star hit, The Slightest Touch, new at 58; it’s halloween, and so Monster Mash is back again, and so are Backstreet Boys with the still-fabulous Everybody – Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett hit my top 2 in 1973, when I was 15 – and it was already a decade old by then! This is the 6th time it’s charted, and Everybody has done it for the 4th time. David Bowie’s abandoned early 2000’s album is imminently due, and getting promo is You’ve Got A Habit Of Leaving, his then-new version of his 60’s song. You can’t buy it yet, annoyingly. I thought the days when record companies forced you to buy albums were deservedly dead and buried…
Kasabian return after a 3-year break for their 18th chart entry, Alygatyr, for a 17th year of chart action, Meduza bring in Hozier for a chart return after a 3-year gap, and Swedish House Mafia return following disbanding 8 years back, with a little help from their freinds – the friend being The Weeknd which can’t hurt at all for chart success. The Weeknd debuted the year they disbanded for a nice bit of baton-handing.
1 1 1 5 HERE COMES THE NIGHT – Agnes 537800
2 6 2 5 DOPAMINE – Purple Disco Machine featuring Eyelar 240600
3 2 1 9 DON’T SHUT ME DOWN – ABBA 1280000
4 3 1 9 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU – ABBA 1035000
5 27 5 3 UNBELIEVABLE – Texas 88600
6 9 6 6 MY UNIVERSE – Coldplay x BTS 235000
7 45 7 4 THE TIPPING POINT – Tears For Fears 80100
8 16 8 2 JUST A NOTION – ABBA 73000
9 4 3 10 BITTER TASTE – Billy Idol 527300
10 13 10 6 SPIRIT POWER AND SOUL – Johnny Marr 135250
11 18 11 3 WHEN YOU WERE MINE – Joy Crookes 76800
12 7 5 6 HEAT ABOVE – Greta Van Fleet 272100
13 11 9 6 ANNIVERSARY – Duran Duran 181200
14 15 14 8 HEAT WAVES – Glass Animals 155600
15 10 7 9 ALIBIS – Sneaker Pimps 273600
16 21 16 5 BACK TO OZ – Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine 85700
17 22 17 5 FUEL TO FIRE – Agnes Obel 75300
18 30 18 3 SORRY – Emma Steinbakken 52750
19 19 19 8 DUM DUM DIDDLE – ABBA 146200
20 12 4 10 ON THE WRONG SIDE – Lindsey Buckingham 454000
21 14 14 8 CARE FOR – Blossoms 131750
22 17 3 15 WAVES OF BLUE – Majid Jordan 669200
23 35 23 3 ON MELANCHOLY HILL – Gorillaz 43150
24 28 24 4 ALL OF THE TIME – Jungle 53500
25 36 25 6 THAT’S WHAT I WANT – Lil Nas X 58050
26 5 5 23 DON’T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING – Gerry & The Pacemakers 432850
27 23 17 8 HANGING ON YOUR HINGES – Stereophonics 124500
28 8 8 2 MOVIESTAR – Harpo featuring Frida 66300
29 29 29 8 AS GOOD AS NEW – ABBA 119550
30 33 30 5 TALAMANCA – BURNS 70300
31 25 7 12 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) – Elton John & Dua Lipa 383650
32 24 10 10 SUNSHINE – Liam Payne 243250
33 50 33 3 HUMANKIND – Coldplay 39800
34 39 34 6 JUSTIFIED – Kacey Musgraves 72200
35 56 35 2 A SECOND TO MIDNIGHT – Kylie Minogue & Years & Years 28100
36 20 12 4 NO TIME TO DIE – Billie Eilish 104400
37 26 4 10 A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELY SQUARE – Tori Amos 288450
38 NEW 38 1 ABRAHAM, MARTIN & JOHN – Marvin Gaye & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra featuring Beverley Knight 17200
39 38 28 9 ETERNAL LOVE – JLS 132650
40 48 40 3 FAMILY – Emeli Sande 36100
41 32 3 12 DIRT – Keane 524700
42 34 8 10 GOODBYE – LP 257550
43 47 43 10 HONKY TONK WOMEN – The Rolling Stones 90350
44 31 19 8 LOVE UNDER PRESSURE – James Blunt 126750
45 55 45 3 WHO’S GONNA LOVE ME NOW? – James Morrison 31000
46 42 1 23 YOU – Regard, Troye Sivan & Tate McRae 1263850
47 52 47 8 BROKEN LAND – The Adventures 69700
48 37 20 13 GOOD 4 U – Olivia Rodrigo 189400
49 40 19 8 BETTER DAYS – Dermot Kennedy 124450
50 66 50 3 BURNING BRIDGES – Sigrid 24800
51 41 28 7 ON MY WAY – Natalie Imbruglia 87000
52 57 52 5 TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD – Ewan McVicar featuring Rufus & Chaka Khan 41200
53 43 8 10 I DON’T MIND – Lindsey Buckingham 233650
54 44 33 7 SEASIDE – Diane Warren, Rita Ora, Sofia Reyes & Reik 95050
55 59 55 3 UNDENIABLE – Kygo featuring X Ambassadors 26700
56 64 56 5 DON’T BREAK THE HEART – Tom Grennan 35000
57 46 12 12 IF SOMETHING’S GONNA KILL ME (IT MIGHT AS WELL BE LOVE) – The Stranglers 233800
58 NEW 58 1 THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH – Steps 10200
59 72 59 2 SHIVERS – Ed Sheeran 15700
60 63 60 9 MISTY BLUE – Dorothy Moore 54600
61 54 4 15 MOVE WITH ME – Mad Circuit 369850
62 NEW 62 1 EVERYBODY (BACKSTREET’S BACK) – Backstreet Boys 7300
63 69 63 3 GET TOGETHER – Belinda Carlisle 18800
64 49 5 12 YOU CAN CALL ME – Texas 380950
65 NEW 65 1 YOU’VE GOT A HABIT OF LEAVING – David Bowie 7000
66 58 1 24 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME – Marshmello x Jonas Brothers 1364850
67 71 67 3 EASY ON ME – Adele 17600
68 51 9 12 PSYCHO – Maisie Peters 265300
69 73 69 3 STARLIGHT – Westlife 11600
70 75 70 2 SEE YA WHEN I SEE YA – Miles Kane 11000
71 NEW 71 1 ALYGATYR – Kasabian 5800
72 53 40 7 IF IT’S LOVE – Sting 67650
73 NEW 73 1 MONSTER MASH – Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett & The Crypt Kickers 5400
74 NEW 74 1 TELL IT TO MY HEART – Meduza featuring Hozier 5200
75 NEW 75 1 MOTH TO A FLAME – Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd 5000
DROP OUTS
60 60 6 WHO – Donny Osmond 44000
61 44 9 FANTASY – Mariah Carey 76850
62 10 14 KISS MY (UH-OH) – Anne-Marie & Little Mix 271700
65 29 9 FLASHBACK (COLLRBONE REMIX) – Javiera Mena featuring Collrbone 109500
67 67 3 ANGEL FACE – The Glitter Band 19000
68 22 11 FLY AWAY – Tones And I 163800
70 70 3 LET’S GET TOGETHER AGAIN – The Glitter Band 16600
74 1 22 GYPSIES, TRAMPS AND THIEVES – Cher 745500
7th November 2021
It’s ABBA on top with the last track from their first new studio album in 40 years. 40 years ago I was trudging through frozen snow to get the The Visitors on vinyl, but back in the 70’s and 80’s I didn’t allow album tracks into my charts – largely to stop ABBA taking over entirely: I always bought their albums, and always played them to death. Now my chart rules have changed and so ABBA do what they were prevented doing back in the day: They chart every track off the album, plus 2 old album tracks that never charted before, 50% of the top 20, 70% of the top 10 and 5 new entries in the top 10 – a new record for an act with new material, including 4 of the top 5 – only Duran Duran and Tove Lo stop them grabbing a complete top 5, which is bad timing for them as they would otherwise have entered at number one, for a 5th chart-topper in 40 years.
Ode To Freedom is heavily classical-themed, Strauss would have been flattered, and it’s fab, giving them a 3rd number one of the year for the first time since 1979, When You Dance With Me would make a great single, but is pipped at the post for now at 2, while the eco-friendly Bumblebee and Xmas song Little Things are just lovely melodies and sentiment, both super-sweet. In at 10, Keep An Eye On Dan is pretty fine The Visitors-era ABBA, with the other two album tracks entering relatively-lowly for the moment as they aren’t quite as immediate. Suffice to say, from Arrival onwards they would have done the same with every album track if my chart rules hadn’t been so limited. So, it’s kind of belated justice for them in these days when certain acts can fart into a microphone and still get an entire album into the US singles charts from curiosity streaming.
As a result, loads of acts drop heavily this week, not least Agnes: but the top spot remains Swedish for a record-breaking 11th week in a row. Kasabian, ed Sheeran and Steps all get big climbs into the 40, and new ones lower down include a Blondie remix aimed at the Xmas market – Rapture topped my charts 40 years ago. Lana Del Ray charts another moody Americana-flavoured track, the new album title track, Bryan Adams makes it 36 years of charting since Run To You, Elton John makes it 2 duets in a row, this time with Charlie Puth. The list of duets he’s charted over the years could easily make a list of 20. Erasure return, and 2 60’s veterans join together with a latin cover of Procol Harum’s Whiter Shade Of Pale – Santana first charted in 1974 for me (as did ABBA) and Steve Winwood in 1982-ish as a solo act, but he would have charted with Traffic in 1967 had I been charting as I loved Hole In My Shoe when I was 9.
Finally, Astro, ex of UB40 and recently touring and recording with Ali Campbell as the original singing half of an alternative UB40 (more or less), passed away far too young, so Rat In Mi iamspamspamami his song and Astro on lead, returns in tribute 34 years on. I saw him on tour with the full band back in the day, before the sad split.
1 NEW 1 1 ODE TO FREEDOM – ABBA 170000
2 NEW 2 1 WHEN YOU DANCED WITH ME – ABBA 115000
3 NEW 3 1 BUMBLEBEE – ABBA 85000
4 NEW 4 1 GIVE IT ALL UP – Duran Duran featuring Tove Lo 65000
5 NEW 5 1 LITTLE THINGS – ABBA 60000
6 3 1 10 DON’T SHUT ME DOWN – ABBA 1335000
7 1 1 6 HERE COMES THE NIGHT – Agnes 587800
8 2 2 6 DOPAMINE – Purple Disco Machine featuring Eyelar 288600
9 4 1 10 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU – ABBA 1080000
10 NEW 10 1 KEEP AN EYE ON DAN – ABBA 42000
11 5 5 4 UNBELIEVABLE – Texas 125600
12 7 7 5 THE TIPPING POINT – Tears For Fears 115100
13 8 8 3 JUST A NOTION – ABBA 105000
14 11 11 4 WHEN YOU WERE MINE – Joy Crookes 105800
15 16 15 6 BACK TO OZ – Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine 112700
16 17 16 6 FUEL TO FIRE – Agnes Obel 100300
17 10 10 7 SPIRIT POWER AND SOUL – Johnny Marr 158250
18 18 18 4 SORRY – Emma Steinbakken 74750
19 19 19 9 DUM DUM DIDDLE – ABBA 167200
20 29 20 9 AS GOOD AS NEW – ABBA 139550
21 6 6 7 MY UNIVERSE – Coldplay x BTS 254750
22 23 22 4 ON MELANCHOLY HILL – Gorillaz 62650
23 24 23 5 ALL OF THE TIME – Jungle 72750
24 9 3 11 BITTER TASTE – Billy Idol 546300
25 25 25 7 THAT’S WHAT I WANT – Lil Nas X 66800
26 12 5 7 HEAT ABOVE – Greta Van Fleet 290600
27 38 27 2 ABRAHAM, MARTIN & JOHN – Marvin Gaye & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra featuring Beverley Knight 35600
28 13 9 7 ANNIVERSARY – Duran Duran 199500
29 14 14 9 HEAT WAVES – Glass Animals 173800
30 15 7 10 ALIBIS – Sneaker Pimps 291600
31 35 31 3 A SECOND TO MIDNIGHT – Kylie Minogue & Years & Years 46000
32 40 32 4 FAMILY – Emeli Sande 53900
33 33 33 4 HUMANKIND – Coldplay 57500
34 21 14 9 CARE FOR – Blossoms 149350
35 50 35 4 BURNING BRIDGES – Sigrid 42300
36 71 36 2 ALYGATYR – Kasabian 23200
37 20 4 11 ON THE WRONG SIDE – Lindsey Buckingham 471300
38 59 38 3 SHIVERS – Ed Sheeran 32900
39 58 39 2 THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH – Steps 27300
40 22 3 16 WAVES OF BLUE – Majid Jordan 686200
41 30 30 6 TALAMANCA – BURNS 84300
42 31 7 13 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) – Elton John & Dua Lipa 397400
43 43 43 11 HONKY TONK WOMEN – The Rolling Stones 103850
44 74 44 2 TELL IT TO MY HEART – Meduza featuring Hozier 18450
45 45 45 4 WHO’S GONNA LOVE ME NOW? – James Morrison 44000
46 27 17 9 HANGING ON YOUR HINGES – Stereophonics 137250
47 34 34 7 JUSTIFIED – Kacey Musgraves 84700
48 32 10 11 SUNSHINE – Liam Payne 255550
49 69 49 4 STARLIGHT – Westlife 23700
50 75 50 2 MOTH TO A FLAME – Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd 17000
51 52 51 6 TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD – Ewan McVicar featuring Rufus & Chaka Khan 52950
52 55 52 4 UNDENIABLE – Kygo featuring X Ambassadors 38200
53 46 1 24 YOU – Regard, Troye Sivan & Tate McRae 1275100
54 65 54 2 YOU’VE GOT A HABIT OF LEAVING – David Bowie 18000
55 39 28 10 ETERNAL LOVE – JLS 143450
56 56 56 6 DON’T BREAK THE HEART – Tom Grennan 45600
57 70 57 3 SEE YA WHEN I SEE YA – Miles Kane 21400
58 26 5 24 DON’T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING – Gerry & The Pacemakers 443050
59 NEW 59 1 I CAN BE THAT WOMAN – ABBA 10100
60 63 60 4 GET TOGETHER – Belinda Carlisle 28800
61 47 47 9 BROKEN LAND – The Adventures 77200
62 NEW 62 1 BLUE BANISTERS – Lana Del Ray 7400
63 37 4 11 A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELY SQUARE – Tori Amos 295650
64 28 8 3 MOVIESTAR – Harpo featuring Frida 73400
65 NEW 65 1 YULETIDE THROWDOWN AKA RAPTURE – Blondie featuring Fab 5 Freddy 7000
66 NEW 66 1 NO DOUBT ABOUT IT – ABBA 6800
67 67 67 4 EASY ON ME – Adele 24200
68 41 3 13 DIRT – Keane 531100
69 36 12 5 NO TIME TO DIE – Billie Eilish 110600
70 NEW 70 1 AFTER ALL – Elton John & Charlie Puth 6000
71 42 8 11 GOODBYE – LP 263350
72 NEW 72 1 SO HAPPY IT HURTS – Bryan Adams 5600
73 NEW 73 1 WHITER SHADE OF PALE – Santana featuring Steve Winwood 5400
74 NEW 74 1 RAT IN MI NEHCTIK – UB40 5200
75 NEW 75 1 TIME (HEARTS FULL OF LOVE) – Erasure 5000
DROP OUTS
44 19 8 LOVE UNDER PRESSURE – James Blunt 126750
48 20 13 GOOD 4 U – Olivia Rodrigo 189400
49 19 8 BETTER DAYS – Dermot Kennedy 124450
51 28 7 ON MY WAY – Natalie Imbruglia 87000
53 8 10 I DON’T MIND – Lindsey Buckingham 233650
54 33 7 SEASIDE – Diane Warren, Rita Ora, Sofia Reyes & Reik 95050
57 12 12 IF SOMETHING’S GONNA KILL ME (IT MIGHT AS WELL BE LOVE) – The Stranglers 233800
60 60 9 MISTY BLUE – Dorothy Moore 54600
61 4 15 MOVE WITH ME – Mad Circuit 369850
62 62 1 EVERYBODY (BACKSTREET’S BACK) – Backstreet Boys 7300
64 5 12 YOU CAN CALL ME – Texas 380950
66 1 24 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME – Marshmello x Jonas Brothers 1364850
68 9 12 PSYCHO – Maisie Peters 265300
72 40 7 IF IT’S LOVE – Sting 67650
73 73 1 MONSTER MASH – Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett & The Crypt Kickers 5400
14th November 2021
It’s ABBA’s 4th chart-topper of the year as the track that needs to be a single in 2022 knocks off Ode To Freedom from the top spot – When You Danced With Me, which makes it 11 weeks of Swedish number ones, 9 weeks of Abba number ones, the second time this year ABBA have replaced themselves on top, and the first act to get 4 in a year since Pet Shop Boys last did it in the mid-teens. Keep An Eye On Dan goes top 5, meanwhile, and Just A Notion returns to the top 10 and new peak of 6, as next (Xmas) single Little Things drops 2. 80% of the top 5, and top 10 is ABBA and 6 of the top 7, two-thirds of the top 15 and 20% of the top 60 are also ABBA.
Duran Duran are in runners-up, the only track stopping complete ABBA dominance, and the last time both acts had big hits with new material in a year it was 1982. Give It All Up is fabulous, and Tove Lo also gets her biggest hit out of it to boot. Kasabian get a big top 20 climb withe rockin’ alligator – or ALYGATYR – and David Bowie gets his oldest song into the top 40, albeit a revamp. New entries from U2, with a film theme bringing them back after a gap and gives them a chart span of 40 years since Fire; Reba McIntyre’s 30-year-old cover of Bobbie Gentry’s Fancy gets a spruce-up; Kylie gets 2 more tracks from her duets deluxe, bringing Gloria Gaynor back for the first time in 30 years, or nearly 40 years with new material, some 47 years since she topped with never Can Say Goodbye.
Other veterans returning: Stereophonics, Bootsy Collins (ex-Parliament/Funkadelic 70’s bass funk fame) courtesy of Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak, Elvis Costello (44 years and counting), Sting, James Blunt, Alan Walker, Imagine Dragons & Foals, who all return to chart glory at least here if not in actual official charts.
1 2 1 2 WHEN YOU DANCED WITH ME – ABBA 285000
2 4 2 2 GIVE IT ALL UP – Duran Duran featuring Tove Lo 180000
3 1 1 2 ODE TO FREEDOM – ABBA 255000
4 3 3 2 BUMBLEBEE – ABBA 150000
5 10 5 2 KEEP AN EYE ON DAN – ABBA 102000
6 13 6 4 JUST A NOTION – ABBA 160000
7 5 5 2 LITTLE THINGS – ABBA 110000
8 8 2 7 DOPAMINE – Purple Disco Machine featuring Eyelar 336600
9 6 1 11 DON’T SHUT ME DOWN – ABBA 1380000
10 9 1 11 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU – ABBA 1122000
11 7 1 7 HERE COMES THE NIGHT – Agnes 624800
12 11 5 5 UNBELIEVABLE – Texas 160600
13 12 7 6 THE TIPPING POINT – Tears For Fears 147100
14 20 14 10 AS GOOD AS NEW – ABBA 168550
15 19 15 10 DUM DUM DIDDLE – ABBA 194200
16 27 16 3 ABRAHAM, MARTIN & JOHN – Marvin Gaye & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra featuring Beverley Knight 60600
17 18 17 5 SORRY – Emma Steinbakken 97750
18 22 18 5 ON MELANCHOLY HILL – Gorillaz 84650
19 36 19 3 ALYGATYR – Kasabian 44200
20 14 11 5 WHEN YOU WERE MINE – Joy Crookes 125800
21 15 15 7 BACK TO OZ – Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine 132450
22 23 22 6 ALL OF THE TIME – Jungle 92500
23 17 10 8 SPIRIT POWER AND SOUL – Johnny Marr 177500
24 25 24 8 THAT’S WHAT I WANT – Lil Nas X 85800
25 31 25 4 A SECOND TO MIDNIGHT – Kylie Minogue & Years & Years 64750
26 35 26 5 BURNING BRIDGES – Sigrid 60800
27 32 27 5 FAMILY – Emeli Sande 72300
28 24 3 12 BITTER TASTE – Billy Idol 564600
29 26 5 8 HEAT ABOVE – Greta Van Fleet 308800
30 38 30 4 SHIVERS – Ed Sheeran 50900
31 16 16 7 FUEL TO FIRE – Agnes Obel 118200
32 21 6 8 MY UNIVERSE – Coldplay x BTS 272550
33 33 33 5 HUMANKIND – Coldplay 75200
34 34 14 10 CARE FOR – Blossoms 166950
35 39 35 3 THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH – Steps 44800
36 28 9 8 ANNIVERSARY – Duran Duran 216900
37 44 37 3 TELL IT TO MY HEART – Meduza featuring Hozier 35750
38 30 7 11 ALIBIS – Sneaker Pimps 308800
39 54 39 3 YOU’VE GOT A HABIT OF LEAVING – David Bowie 35100
40 52 40 5 UNDENIABLE – Kygo featuring X Ambassadors 55200
41 29 14 10 HEAT WAVES – Glass Animals 187800
42 50 42 3 MOTH TO A FLAME – Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd 30750
43 49 43 5 STARLIGHT – Westlife 37200
44 57 44 4 SEE YA WHEN I SEE YA – Miles Kane 34650
45 45 45 5 WHO’S GONNA LOVE ME NOW? – James Morrison 57000
46 37 4 12 ON THE WRONG SIDE – Lindsey Buckingham 484050
47 59 47 2 I CAN BE THAT WOMAN – ABBA 22600
48 NEW 48 1 THROW ME A LINE – HAEVN 12300
49 40 3 17 WAVES OF BLUE – Majid Jordan 698300
50 60 50 5 GET TOGETHER – Belinda Carlisle 40800
51 42 7 14 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) – Elton John & Dua Lipa 409150
52 41 30 7 TALAMANCA – BURNS 95800
53 NEW 53 1 FANCY (DAVE AUDE REMIX) – Reba McEntire 11250
54 66 54 2 NO DOUBT ABOUT IT – ABBA 17800
55 NEW 55 1 WAKE ME UP – Foals 10800
56 62 56 2 BLUE BANISTERS – Lana Del Ray 18000
57 NEW 57 1 KISS OF LIFE – Kylie Minogue & Jessie Ware 10400
58 48 10 12 SUNSHINE – Liam Payne 265750
59 70 59 2 AFTER ALL – Elton John & Charlie Puth 16100
60 65 60 2 YULETIDE THROWDOWN AKA RAPTURE – Blondie featuring Fab 5 Freddy 17000
61 53 1 25 YOU – Regard, Troye Sivan & Tate McRae 1282600
62 NEW 62 1 YOUR SONG SAVED MY LIFE – U2 7400
63 72 63 2 SO HAPPY IT HURTS – Bryan Adams 12800
64 NEW 64 1 WORLD WE USED TO KNOW – Alan Walker & Winona Oak 7100
65 73 65 2 WHITER SHADE OF PALE – Santana featuring Steve Winwood 12400
66 NEW 66 1 RUSHING WATER – Sting 6800
67 NEW 67 1 DO YA FEEL MY LOVE? – Stereophonics 6600
68 NEW 68 1 MAGNIFICENT HURT – Elvis Costello & The Imposters 6400
69 NEW 69 1 GOING HOME – Goldfish featuring Max Vidima 6200
70 75 70 2 TIME (HEARTS FULL OF LOVE) – Erasure 11000
71 NEW 71 1 ENEMY – Imagine Dragons x J.I.D. 5800
72 NEW 72 1 AFTER LAST NIGHT – Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak & Silk Sonic featuring Thundercat & Bootsy Collins 5600
73 NEW 73 1 UNSTOPPABLE – James Blunt 5400
74 NEW 74 1 CAN’T STOP WRITING SONGS ABOUT YOU – Kylie Minogue & Gloria Gaynor 5200
75 NEW 75 1 SOUVENIR – Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 5000
DROP OUTS
43 43 11 HONKY TONK WOMEN – The Rolling Stones 103850
46 17 9 HANGING ON YOUR HINGES – Stereophonics 137250
47 34 7 JUSTIFIED – Kacey Musgraves 84700
51 51 6 TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD – Ewan McVicar featuring Rufus & Chaka Khan 52950
55 28 10 ETERNAL LOVE – JLS 143450
56 56 6 DON’T BREAK THE HEART – Tom Grennan 45600
58 5 24 DON’T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING – Gerry & The Pacemakers 443050
61 47 9 BROKEN LAND – The Adventures 77200
63 4 11 A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELY SQUARE – Tori Amos 295650
64 8 3 MOVIESTAR – Harpo featuring Frida 73400
67 67 4 EASY ON ME – Adele 24200
68 3 13 DIRT – Keane 531100
69 12 5 NO TIME TO DIE – Billie Eilish 110600
71 8 11 GOODBYE – LP 263350
74 74 1 RAT IN MI KITCHEN – UB40 5200
21st November 2021
It’s Duran Duran battling the Abba deluge, as they and Tove Lo get the fab Give It All Up to number one, Duran Duran’s first chart-topper in 6 years, and 4th in total since Wild Boys did the trick in 1984. Abba still have 8 of the top 10, as 2 oldies replace the first 2 singles off Voyage, but they have an increased top 20 presence as No Doubt About It shoots up to 19 giving them 11 of the top 20. I Can Be That Woman also climbs to 28 for 12 of the top 30.
In a quiet week for new entries, Niall Horan & Anne-Marie enter at 54 with their version of Fleetwood Mac’s Everywhere (a number 2 in 1988) for Children In Need, Ed Sheeran gets a 3rd hit of the year as Overpass Graffiti enters while Shivers is up to 25, Seeb return (with added Nina Nesbitt), as does Alesso, with added unknown person.
1 2 1 3 GIVE IT ALL UP – Duran Duran featuring Tove Lo 350000
2 3 1 3 ODE TO FREEDOM – ABBA 370000
3 1 1 3 WHEN YOU DANCED WITH ME – ABBA 370000
4 4 3 3 BUMBLEBEE – ABBA 215000
5 5 5 3 KEEP AN EYE ON DAN – ABBA 162000
6 6 6 5 JUST A NOTION – ABBA 215000
7 7 5 3 LITTLE THINGS – ABBA 160000
8 8 2 8 DOPAMINE – Purple Disco Machine featuring Eyelar 384600
9 14 9 11 AS GOOD AS NEW – ABBA 213550
10 15 10 11 DUM DUM DIDDLE – ABBA 236200
11 11 1 8 HERE COMES THE NIGHT – Agnes 661800
12 16 12 4 ABRAHAM, MARTIN & JOHN – Marvin Gaye & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra featuring Beverley Knight 95600
13 12 5 6 UNBELIEVABLE – Texas 192600
14 9 1 12 DON’T SHUT ME DOWN – ABBA 1409000
15 18 15 6 ON MELANCHOLY HILL – Gorillaz 101650
16 10 1 12 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU – ABBA 1147000
17 13 7 7 THE TIPPING POINT – Tears For Fears 170100
18 19 18 4 ALYGATYR – Kasabian 66200
19 54 19 3 NO DOUBT ABOUT IT – ABBA 38800
20 22 20 7 ALL OF THE TIME – Jungle 112500
21 17 17 6 SORRY – Emma Steinbakken 117500
22 25 22 5 A SECOND TO MIDNIGHT – Kylie Minogue & Years & Years 84250
23 26 23 6 BURNING BRIDGES – Sigrid 80050
24 24 24 9 THAT’S WHAT I WANT – Lil Nas X 104800
25 30 25 5 SHIVERS – Ed Sheeran 69900
26 35 26 4 THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH – Steps 62300
27 20 11 6 WHEN YOU WERE MINE – Joy Crookes 144200
28 47 28 3 I CAN BE THAT WOMAN – ABBA 40900
29 23 10 9 SPIRIT POWER AND SOUL – Johnny Marr 195700
30 39 30 4 YOU’VE GOT A HABIT OF LEAVING – David Bowie 53100
31 21 15 8 BACK TO OZ – Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine 150350
32 37 32 4 TELL IT TO MY HEART – Meduza featuring Hozier 53550
33 33 33 6 HUMANKIND – Coldplay 92900
34 53 34 2 FANCY (DAVE AUDE REMIX) – Reba McEntire 28850
35 40 35 6 UNDENIABLE – Kygo featuring X Ambassadors 72700
36 42 36 4 MOTH TO A FLAME – Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd 48150
37 29 5 9 HEAT ABOVE – Greta Van Fleet 326100
38 44 38 5 SEE YA WHEN I SEE YA – Miles Kane 51850
39 28 3 13 BITTER TASTE – Billy Idol 581700
40 43 40 6 STARLIGHT – Westlife 54200
41 48 41 2 THROW ME A LINE – HAEVN 26300
42 31 16 8 FUEL TO FIRE – Agnes Obel 131950
43 34 14 11 CARE FOR – Blossoms 180450
44 59 44 3 AFTER ALL – Elton John & Charlie Puth 29350
45 32 6 9 MY UNIVERSE – Coldplay x BTS 285550
46 64 46 2 WORLD WE USED TO KNOW – Alan Walker & Winona Oak 19850
47 55 47 2 WAKE ME UP – Foals 23300
48 38 7 12 ALIBIS – Sneaker Pimps 321100
49 56 49 3 BLUE BANISTERS – Lana Del Ray 30100
50 57 50 2 KISS OF LIFE – Kylie Minogue & Jessie Ware 22400
51 36 9 9 ANNIVERSARY – Duran Duran 228650
52 27 27 6 FAMILY – Emeli Sande 83800
53 60 53 3 YULETIDE THROWDOWN AKA RAPTURE – Blondie featuring Fab 5 Freddy 28250
54 NEW 54 1 EVERYWHERE – Niall Horan & Anne-Marie 11000
55 62 55 2 YOUR SONG SAVED MY LIFE – U2 18200
56 67 56 2 DO YA FEEL MY LOVE? – Stereophonics 17200
57 63 57 3 SO HAPPY IT HURTS – Bryan Adams 23200
58 46 4 13 ON THE WRONG SIDE – Lindsey Buckingham 494250
59 41 14 11 HEAT WAVES – Glass Animals 197900
60 49 3 18 WAVES OF BLUE – Majid Jordan 708300
61 50 50 6 GET TOGETHER – Belinda Carlisle 48300
62 65 62 3 WHITER SHADE OF PALE – Santana featuring Steve Winwood 19800
63 66 63 2 RUSHING WATER – Sting 14000
64 68 64 2 MAGNIFICENT HURT – Elvis Costello & The Imposters 13500
65 69 65 2 GOING HOME – Goldfish featuring Max Vidima 13200
66 71 66 2 ENEMY – Imagine Dragons x J.I.D. 12600
67 70 67 3 TIME (HEARTS FULL OF LOVE) – Erasure 17600
68 45 45 6 WHO’S GONNA LOVE ME NOW? – James Morrison 63400
69 72 69 2 AFTER LAST NIGHT – Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak & Silk Sonic featuring Thundercat & Bootsy Collins 11800
70 NEW 70 1 OVERPASS GRAFFITI – Ed Sheeran 6000
71 73 71 2 UNSTOPPABLE – James Blunt 11200
72 74 72 2 CAN’T STOP WRITING SONGS ABOUT YOU – Kylie Minogue & Gloria Gaynor 10800
73 75 73 2 SOUVENIR – Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 10400
74 NEW 74 1 SWEET DREAMS & DYNAMITE – Seeb & Nina Nesbitt 5200
75 NEW 75 1 SOMEBODY TO USE – Alesso 5000
DROP OUTS
51 7 14 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) – Elton John & Dua Lipa 409150
52 30 7 TALAMANCA – BURNS 95800
58 10 12 SUNSHINE – Liam Payne 265750
61 1 25 YOU – Regard, Troye Sivan & Tate McRae 1282600
28th November 2021
It’s 2 weeks on top for Duran Duran and Tove Lo – that matches the 2 weeks that 1984’s Wild Boys and 1993’s Come Undone had, and beats the one-week runs of 1993’s Ordinary World, and 2015’s Pressure Off, and also beats the 1-week of Tove Lo’s 2014’s Stay High, which I’d forgotten about – so it’s her second chart-topper, and Duran’s 5th in 4 decades. ABBA meanwhile get 12 inside the top 20, a new record, with climbs for I Can Be That Woman, the Christmas single, the 2 old album tracks and No Doubt About It.
It’s a very quiet pre-christmas release week, which gives the chart a chance to catch it’s breath with everything under-performing position-wise, thanks to ABBA. Marvin Gaye & Bev Knight get Abraham Martin & John into the top 10 with an assist from the orchestra, Alan Walker gets another top 20 – he might not chart in the UK, but he’s quite the regular here. Stereophonics have a nice top 40 climb, 2nd of the year, and Kylie makes it 2 top 40’s simultaneously.
New entries from Confidence Man (Holiday is something I approve of, even though Covid is doing it’s best to stop me getting a week away for the first time in over 2 years, and following a gruelling year), Natalie Imbruglia on track 3 of 2021, and Lindisfarne popped up on the itunes top 100 briefly, no idea why, so it gave me an excuse to re-chart Run For Home 43 years on from loving it in 1978.
1 1 1 3 GIVE IT ALL UP – Duran Duran featuring Tove Lo 350000
2 2 1 4 ODE TO FREEDOM – ABBA 485000
3 3 1 4 WHEN YOU DANCED WITH ME – ABBA 455000
4 4 3 4 BUMBLEBEE – ABBA 280000
5 7 5 4 LITTLE THINGS – ABBA 220000
6 5 5 4 KEEP AN EYE ON DAN – ABBA 217000
7 8 2 9 DOPAMINE – Purple Disco Machine featuring Eyelar 434600
8 9 8 12 AS GOOD AS NEW – ABBA 261850
9 10 9 12 DUM DUM DIDDLE – ABBA 281200
10 12 10 5 ABRAHAM, MARTIN & JOHN – Marvin Gaye & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra featuring Beverley Knight 137600
11 6 6 6 JUST A NOTION – ABBA 252000
12 28 12 4 I CAN BE THAT WOMAN – ABBA 75900
13 11 1 9 HERE COMES THE NIGHT – Agnes 693800
14 15 14 7 ON MELANCHOLY HILL – Gorillaz 130650
15 19 15 4 NO DOUBT ABOUT IT – ABBA 65800
16 14 1 13 DON’T SHUT ME DOWN – ABBA 1434000
17 46 17 3 WORLD WE USED TO KNOW – Alan Walker & Winona Oak 42850
18 18 18 5 ALYGATYR – Kasabian 88200
19 16 1 13 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU – ABBA 1168000
20 13 5 7 UNBELIEVABLE – Texas 212600
21 36 21 5 MOTH TO A FLAME – Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd 67900
22 22 22 6 A SECOND TO MIDNIGHT – Kylie Minogue & Years & Years 103750
23 17 7 8 THE TIPPING POINT – Tears For Fears 189350
24 25 24 6 SHIVERS – Ed Sheeran 88900
25 32 25 5 TELL IT TO MY HEART – Meduza featuring Hozier 72300
26 26 26 5 THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH – Steps 80800
27 34 27 3 FANCY (DAVE AUDE REMIX) – Reba McEntire 47250
28 30 28 5 YOU’VE GOT A HABIT OF LEAVING – David Bowie 71400
29 38 29 6 SEE YA WHEN I SEE YA – Miles Kane 70050
30 44 30 4 AFTER ALL – Elton John & Charlie Puth 47350
31 21 17 7 SORRY – Emma Steinbakken 135400
32 23 23 7 BURNING BRIDGES – Sigrid 97850
33 56 33 3 DO YA FEEL MY LOVE? – Stereophonics 34900
34 35 34 7 UNDENIABLE – Kygo featuring X Ambassadors 90300
35 24 24 10 THAT’S WHAT I WANT – Lil Nas X 122300
36 54 36 2 EVERYWHERE – Niall Horan & Anne-Marie 28400
37 20 20 8 ALL OF THE TIME – Jungle 129800
38 40 38 7 STARLIGHT – Westlife 71400
39 27 11 7 WHEN YOU WERE MINE – Joy Crookes 161300
40 50 40 3 KISS OF LIFE – Kylie Minogue & Jessie Ware 39400
41 41 41 3 THROW ME A LINE – HAEVN 40300
42 29 10 10 SPIRIT POWER AND SOUL – Johnny Marr 209450
43 49 43 4 BLUE BANISTERS – Lana Del Ray 43600
44 57 44 4 SO HAPPY IT HURTS – Bryan Adams 36450
45 47 45 3 WAKE ME UP – Foals 36300
46 31 15 9 BACK TO OZ – Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine 163100
47 33 33 7 HUMANKIND – Coldplay 105400
48 37 5 10 HEAT ABOVE – Greta Van Fleet 338300
49 39 3 14 BITTER TASTE – Billy Idol 593800
50 75 50 2 SOMEBODY TO USE – Alesso 17000
51 55 51 3 YOUR SONG SAVED MY LIFE – U2 29950
52 53 52 4 YULETIDE THROWDOWN AKA RAPTURE – Blondie featuring Fab 5 Freddy 39750
53 65 53 3 GOING HOME – Goldfish featuring Max Vidima 24450
54 62 54 4 WHITER SHADE OF PALE – Santana featuring Steve Winwood 30800
55 63 55 3 RUSHING WATER – Sting 24800
56 64 56 3 MAGNIFICENT HURT – Elvis Costello & The Imposters 24100
57 43 14 12 CARE FOR – Blossoms 190850
58 66 58 3 ENEMY – Imagine Dragons x J.I.D. 22800
59 70 59 2 OVERPASS GRAFFITI – Ed Sheeran 16100
60 42 16 9 FUEL TO FIRE – Agnes Obel 141950
61 45 6 10 MY UNIVERSE – Coldplay x BTS 293050
62 69 62 3 AFTER LAST NIGHT – Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak & Silk Sonic featuring Thundercat & Bootsy Collins 19200
63 NEW 63 1 HOLIDAY – Confidence Man 7200
64 60 3 19 WAVES OF BLUE – Majid Jordan 715400
65 48 7 13 ALIBIS – Sneaker Pimps 328100
66 67 66 4 TIME (HEARTS FULL OF LOVE) – Erasure 24400
67 58 4 14 ON THE WRONG SIDE – Lindsey Buckingham 500850
68 71 68 3 UNSTOPPABLE – James Blunt 17600
69 73 69 3 SOUVENIR – Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 16600
70 NEW 70 1 INVISIBLE THINGS – Natalie Imbruglia 6000
71 72 71 3 CAN’T STOP WRITING SONGS ABOUT YOU – Kylie Minogue & Gloria Gaynor 16600
72 51 9 10 ANNIVERSARY – Duran Duran 234250
73 74 73 2 SWEET DREAMS & DYNAMITE – Seeb & Nina Nesbitt 10600
74 59 14 12 HEAT WAVES – Glass Animals 203100
75 NEW 75 1 RUN FOR HOME – Lindisfarne 5000
DROP OUTS
52 27 6 FAMILY – Emeli Sande 83800
61 50 6 GET TOGETHER – Belinda Carlisle 48300
68 45 6 WHO’S GONNA LOVE ME NOW? – James Morrison 63400
5th December 2021
Its straight in on top for the late John Miles exciting forgotten pop masterpiece, High Fly, which peaked at in 1975, and which goes one better following his sad death, while Music and Slow Down, both gems enter lower down and all 3 very different from each other, glam rock, rock ballad epic, and rock discofunk. Also from 1975, the best christmas song of all is back yet again for Greg Lake at 9, its prretty much charted at least once each decade since the 70s cos I Believe In Father Christmas. The Abba domination slips a bit allowing some tracks to climb to more deserving new peaks.
As i get away for my first week long break away from the house in 2 years, the usual christmas song deluge on video channels in gran canaria is absent, so elton and ed and their new entry will have to wait a week for me to play it as i cant download my itunes purchases from abroad, annoyingly. For my ipod and blue tooth speaker. New at 63.
1 NEW 1 1HIGH FLY – John Miles 170000
2 1 1 4 GIVE IT ALL UP – Duran Duran featuring Tove Lo 465000
3 2 1 5 ODE TO FREEDOM – ABBA 570000
4 3 1 5 WHEN YOU DANCED WITH ME – ABBA 520000
5 5 5 5 LITTLE THINGS – ABBA 280000
6 4 3 5 BUMBLEBEE – ABBA 335000
7 7 2 10 DOPAMINE – Purple Disco Machine featuring Eyelar 484600
8 6 5 5 KEEP AN EYE ON DAN – ABBA 265000
9 NEW 9 1 I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS – Greg Lake 45000
10 10 10 6 ABRAHAM, MARTIN & JOHN – Marvin Gaye & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra featuring Beverley Knight 179600
11 12 11 5 I CAN BE THAT WOMAN – ABBA 112900
12 21 12 6 MOTH TO A FLAME – Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd 102900
13 17 13 4 WORLD WE USED TO KNOW – Alan Walker & Winona Oak 74850
14 14 14 8 ON MELANCHOLY HILL – Gorillaz 159650
15 11 6 7 JUST A NOTION – ABBA 279000
16 16 1 14 DON’T SHUT ME DOWN – ABBA 1459000
17 24 17 7 SHIVERS – Ed Sheeran 111900
18 18 18 6 ALYGATYR – Kasabian 110200
19 13 1 10 HERE COMES THE NIGHT – Agnes 714800
20 19 1 14 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU – ABBA 1188000
21 20 5 8 UNBELIEVABLE – Texas 232350
22 27 22 4 FANCY (DAVE AUDE REMIX) – Reba McEntire 66750
23 15 15 5 NO DOUBT ABOUT IT – ABBA 85050
24 36 24 3 EVERYWHERE – Niall Horan & Anne-Marie 47400
25 33 25 4 DO YA FEEL MY LOVE? – Stereophonics 53650
26 28 26 6 YOU’VE GOT A HABIT OF LEAVING – David Bowie 89900
27 8 8 13 AS GOOD AS NEW – ABBA 279250
28 30 28 5 AFTER ALL – Elton John & Charlie Puth 65350
29 29 29 7 SEE YA WHEN I SEE YA – Miles Kane 88250
30 35 30 8 UNDENIABLE – Kygo featuring X Ambassadors 108300
31 9 9 13 DUM DUM DIDDLE – ABBA 299100
32 23 7 9 THE TIPPING POINT – Tears For Fears 207150
33 25 25 6 TELL IT TO MY HEART – Meduza featuring Hozier 90000
34 22 22 7 A SECOND TO MIDNIGHT – Kylie Minogue & Years & Years 120350
35 50 35 3 SOMEBODY TO USE – Alesso 34500
36 40 36 4 KISS OF LIFE – Kylie Minogue & Jessie Ware 56800
37 44 37 5 SO HAPPY IT HURTS – Bryan Adams 53750
38 38 38 8 STARLIGHT – Westlife 88600
39 45 39 4 WAKE ME UP – Foals 53400
40 63 40 2 HOLIDAY – Confidence Man 24200
41 41 41 4 THROW ME A LINE – HAEVN 54300
42 31 17 8 SORRY – Emma Steinbakken 149150
43 43 43 5 BLUE BANISTERS – Lana Del Ray 57100
44 53 44 4 GOING HOME – Goldfish featuring Max Vidima 37700
45 52 45 5 YULETIDE THROWDOWN AKA RAPTURE – Blondie featuring Fab 5 Freddy 52750
46 51 46 4 YOUR SONG SAVED MY LIFE – U2 42750
47 56 47 4 MAGNIFICENT HURT – Elvis Costello & The Imposters 36700
48 54 48 5 WHITER SHADE OF PALE – Santana featuring Steve Winwood 43200
49 55 49 4 RUSHING WATER – Sting 37000
50 68 50 4 UNSTOPPABLE – James Blunt 29600
51 32 23 8 BURNING BRIDGES – Sigrid 109600
52 37 20 9 ALL OF THE TIME – Jungle 141300
53 35 24 11 THAT’S WHAT I WANT – Lil Nas X 133550
54 26 26 6 THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH – Steps 91800
55 59 55 3 OVERPASS GRAFFITI – Ed Sheeran 26900
56 47 33 8 HUMANKIND – Coldplay 116000
57 39 11 8 WHEN YOU WERE MINE – Joy Crookes 171700
58 58 58 4 ENEMY – Imagine Dragons x J.I.D. 33000
59 66 59 5 TIME (HEARTS FULL OF LOVE) – Erasure 34500
60 62 60 4 AFTER LAST NIGHT – Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak & Silk Sonic featuring Thundercat & Bootsy Collins 29200
61 42 10 11 SPIRIT POWER AND SOUL – Johnny Marr 216950
62 48 5 11 HEAT ABOVE – Greta Van Fleet 345700
63 NEW 63 1 1 MERRY CHRISTMAS – Elton John & Ed Sheeran 7200
64 69 64 4 SOUVENIR – Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 23700
65 73 65 3 SWEET DREAMS & DYNAMITE – Seeb & Nina Nesbitt 17600
66 71 66 4 CAN’T STOP WRITING SONGS ABOUT YOU – Kylie Minogue & Gloria Gaynor 23400
67 46 15 10 BACK TO OZ – Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine 169800
68 NEW 68 1 MUSIC – John Miles 6400
69 49 3 15 BITTER TASTE – Billy Idol 600000
70 70 70 2 INVISIBLE THINGS – Natalie Imbruglia 12000
71 NEW 71 1 SLOWDOWN – John Miles 5800
72 75 72 2 RUN FOR HOME – Lindisfarne 10600
73 64 3 20 WAVES OF BLUE – Majid Jordan 715800
74 NEW 74 1 SLEIGH RIDE – The Ronettes 5200
75 NEW 75 1 ONE MORE SLEEP Leona Lewis 5000
DROP OUTS
72 9 10 ANNIVERSARY – Duran Duran 234250
67 4 14 ON THE WRONG SIDE – Lindsey Buckingham 500850
60 16 9 FUEL TO FIRE – Agnes Obel 141950
74 14 12 HEAT WAVES – Glass Animals 203100
65 7 12 ALIBIS – Sneaker Pimps 328100
61 6 9 MY UNIVERSE – Coldplay x BTS 293050
57 14 12 CARE FOR – Blossoms 190850
12th December 2021
It’s 2 weeks on top for the late John Miles, as I high flew to Gran Canaria all week, so mostly all I heard outside of my ipod was christmas songs, plus Cold Heart (back in at 11 for Elton & Dua) and an old Buzzjack entry of ours Loca Loca, which we’ve come to enjoy all over again (but not recharted). So, not much movement going on, Swedish House Mafia go top 10, some christmas classic climbs from Leona Lewis and returns from The Fizz, Chris Rea (for the 15th time), Darlene Love and errr Gary Glitter which I heard on holiday for the first time in 20 years or so. Used to be regarded as a xmas classic….! Hall & Oates pop in belatedly with Jingle Bell Rock, as Xmas playlists delve deep into the archives these days, back to the 40’s in many cases….
1 1 1 2 HIGH FLY – John Miles 340000
2 2 1 5 GIVE IT ALL UP – Duran Duran featuring Tove Lo 580000
3 3 1 6 ODE TO FREEDOM – ABBA 655000
4 4 1 6 WHEN YOU DANCED WITH ME – ABBA 585000
5 5 5 6 LITTLE THINGS – ABBA 340000
6 6 3 6 BUMBLEBEE – ABBA 390000
7 7 2 11 DOPAMINE – Purple Disco Machine featuring Eyelar 534600
8 9 8 2 I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS – Greg Lake 93000
9 12 9 7 MOTH TO A FLAME – Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd 147900
10 11 10 6 I CAN BE THAT WOMAN – ABBA 154900
11 RE 7 15 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) – Elton John & Dua Lipa 446150
12 8 5 6 KEEP AN EYE ON DAN – ABBA 300000
13 13 13 5 WORLD WE USED TO KNOW – Alan Walker & Winona Oak 106850
14 14 14 9 ON MELANCHOLY HILL – Gorillaz 188650
15 10 10 7 ABRAHAM, MARTIN & JOHN – Marvin Gaye & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra featuring Beverley Knight 206600
16 17 16 8 SHIVERS – Ed Sheeran 136900
17 24 17 4 EVERYWHERE – Niall Horan & Anne-Marie 70400
18 18 18 7 ALYGATYR – Kasabian 132200
19 16 1 15 DON’T SHUT ME DOWN – ABBA 1480000
20 15 6 8 JUST A NOTION – ABBA 299000
21 25 21 5 DO YA FEEL MY LOVE? – Stereophonics 73400
22 20 1 15 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU – ABBA 1207500
23 26 23 7 YOU’VE GOT A HABIT OF LEAVING – David Bowie 109150
24 19 1 11 HERE COMES THE NIGHT – Agnes 733800
25 21 5 9 UNBELIEVABLE – Texas 251100
26 35 26 4 SOMEBODY TO USE – Alesso 53000
27 29 27 8 SEE YA WHEN I SEE YA – Miles Kane 106650
28 22 22 5 FANCY (DAVE AUDE REMIX) – Reba McEntire 85050
29 30 29 9 UNDENIABLE – Kygo featuring X Ambassadors 126500
30 40 30 3 HOLIDAY – Confidence Man 42200
31 28 28 6 AFTER ALL – Elton John & Charlie Puth 83550
32 23 15 6 NO DOUBT ABOUT IT – ABBA 102850
33 37 33 6 SO HAPPY IT HURTS – Bryan Adams 71450
34 39 34 5 WAKE ME UP – Foals 71000
35 36 35 5 KISS OF LIFE – Kylie Minogue & Jessie Ware 74300
36 27 8 14 AS GOOD AS NEW – ABBA 297650
37 75 37 2 ONE MORE SLEEP – Leona Lewis 22300
38 44 38 5 GOING HOME – Goldfish featuring Max Vidima 54900
39 48 39 6 WHITER SHADE OF PALE – Santana featuring Steve Winwood 60200
40 50 40 5 UNSTOPPABLE – James Blunt 46600
41 32 7 10 THE TIPPING POINT – Tears For Fears 221150
42 47 42 5 MAGNIFICENT HURT – Elvis Costello & The Imposters 50350
43 45 43 6 YULETIDE THROWDOWN AKA RAPTURE – Blondie featuring Fab 5 Freddy 66250
44 33 25 7 TELL IT TO MY HEART – Meduza featuring Hozier 103250
45 41 41 5 THROW ME A LINE – HAEVN 67300
46 46 46 5 YOUR SONG SAVED MY LIFE – U2 55450
47 34 22 8 A SECOND TO MIDNIGHT – Kylie Minogue & Years & Years 133850
48 31 9 14 DUM DUM DIDDLE – ABBA 311400
49 49 49 5 RUSHING WATER – Sting 49000
50 NEW 50 1 DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS – Chris Rea 12000
51 38 38 9 STARLIGHT – Westlife 100350
52 42 17 9 SORRY – Emma Steinbakken 160650
53 55 53 4 OVERPASS GRAFFITI – Ed Sheeran 38150
54 43 43 6 BLUE BANISTERS – Lana Del Ray 68100
55 63 55 2 MERRY CHRISTMAS – Elton John & Ed Sheeran 18000
56 NEW 56 1 DON’T START WITHOUT ME – The Fizz 10600
57 64 57 5 SOUVENIR – Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 34100
58 58 58 5 ENEMY – Imagine Dragons x J.I.D. 43200
59 59 59 6 TIME (HEARTS FULL OF LOVE) – Erasure 44600
60 60 60 5 AFTER LAST NIGHT – Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak & Silk Sonic featuring Thundercat & Bootsy Collins 39200
61 65 61 4 SWEET DREAMS & DYNAMITE – Seeb & Nina Nesbitt 25100
62 68 62 2 MUSIC – John Miles 13800
63 71 63 2 SLOWDOWN – John Miles 13000
64 66 64 5 CAN’T STOP WRITING SONGS ABOUT YOU – Kylie Minogue & Gloria Gaynor 30500
65 NEW 65 1 ANOTHER ROCK ‘N’ ROLL CHRISTMAS – Gary Glitter 7000
66 51 23 9 BURNING BRIDGES – Sigrid 116400
67 70 67 3 INVISIBLE THINGS – Natalie Imbruglia 18600
68 54 26 7 THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH – Steps 98200
69 74 69 2 SLEIGH RIDE – The Ronettes 11400
70 72 70 3 RUN FOR HOME – Lindisfarne 16600
71 57 11 9 WHEN YOU WERE MINE – Joy Crookes 177500
72 52 20 10 ALL OF THE TIME – Jungle 146900
73 56 33 9 HUMANKIND – Coldplay 121400
74 NEW 74 1 CHRISTMAS (BABY PLEASE COME HOME) – Darlene Love 5200
75 NEW 75 1 JINGLE BELL ROCK – Daryl Hall & John Oates 5000
DROP OUTS
53 24 11 THAT’S WHAT I WANT – Lil Nas X 133550
61 10 11 SPIRIT POWER AND SOUL – Johnny Marr 216950
62 5 11 HEAT ABOVE – Greta Van Fleet 345700
67 15 10 BACK TO OZ – Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine 169700
69 3 15 BITTER TASTE – Billy Idol 600000
73 3 20 WAVES OF BLUE – Majid Jordan 720800
19th December 2021
1 1 1 3 HIGH FLY – John Miles 510000
2 2 1 6 GIVE IT ALL UP – Duran Duran featuring Tove Lo 695000
3 3 1 7 ODE TO FREEDOM – ABBA 740000
4 4 1 7 WHEN YOU DANCED WITH ME – ABBA 650000
5 5 5 7 LITTLE THINGS – ABBA 400000
6 6 3 7 BUMBLEBEE – ABBA 445000
7 7 2 12 DOPAMINE – Purple Disco Machine featuring Eyelar 584600
8 8 8 3 I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS – Greg Lake 141000
9 9 9 8 MOTH TO A FLAME – Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd 192900
10 10 10 7 I CAN BE THAT WOMAN – ABBA 196900
11 11 7 16 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) – Elton John & Dua Lipa 483150
12 12 5 7 KEEP AN EYE ON DAN – ABBA 335000
13 13 13 6 WORLD WE USED TO KNOW – Alan Walker & Winona Oak 138850
14 14 14 10 ON MELANCHOLY HILL – Gorillaz 217650
15 15 10 8 ABRAHAM, MARTIN & JOHN – Marvin Gaye & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra featuring Beverley Knight 233600
16 16 16 9 SHIVERS – Ed Sheeran 161900
17 17 17 5 EVERYWHERE – Niall Horan & Anne-Marie 97400
18 18 18 8 ALYGATYR – Kasabian 154200
19 19 1 16 DON’T SHUT ME DOWN – ABBA 1501000
20 20 6 9 JUST A NOTION – ABBA 319000
21 21 21 6 DO YA FEEL MY LOVE? – Stereophonics 93150
22 22 1 16 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU – ABBA 1227000
23 23 23 8 YOU’VE GOT A HABIT OF LEAVING – David Bowie 128400
24 24 1 12 HERE COMES THE NIGHT – Agnes 752800
25 25 5 10 UNBELIEVABLE – Texas 269850
26 26 26 5 SOMEBODY TO USE – Alesso 71500
27 27 27 9 SEE YA WHEN I SEE YA – Miles Kane 125050
28 28 22 6 FANCY (DAVE AUDE REMIX) – Reba McEntire 103350
29 29 29 10 UNDENIABLE – Kygo featuring X Ambassadors 144700
30 30 30 4 HOLIDAY – Confidence Man 60200
31 31 28 7 AFTER ALL – Elton John & Charlie Puth 101450
32 32 15 7 NO DOUBT ABOUT IT – ABBA 120650
33 33 33 7 SO HAPPY IT HURTS – Bryan Adams 89150
34 34 34 6 WAKE ME UP – Foals 88600
35 35 35 6 KISS OF LIFE – Kylie Minogue & Jessie Ware 91800
36 36 8 15 AS GOOD AS NEW – ABBA 315050
37 37 37 3 ONE MORE SLEEP – Leona Lewis 39600
38 38 38 6 GOING HOME – Goldfish featuring Max Vidima 72100
39 39 39 7 WHITER SHADE OF PALE – Santana featuring Steve Winwood 77300
40 40 40 6 UNSTOPPABLE – James Blunt 63600
41 41 7 11 THE TIPPING POINT – Tears For Fears 235150
42 42 42 6 MAGNIFICENT HURT – Elvis Costello & The Imposters 64100
43 43 43 7 YULETIDE THROWDOWN AKA RAPTURE – Blondie featuring Fab 5 Freddy 79750
44 44 25 8 TELL IT TO MY HEART – Meduza featuring Hozier 116500
45 45 41 6 THROW ME A LINE – HAEVN 80300
46 46 46 6 YOUR SONG SAVED MY LIFE – U2 68200
47 47 22 9 A SECOND TO MIDNIGHT – Kylie Minogue & Years & Years 146350
48 48 9 15 DUM DUM DIDDLE – ABBA 324700
49 49 49 6 RUSHING WATER – Sting 61100
50 50 50 2 DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS – Chris Rea 24000
51 51 38 10 STARLIGHT – Westlife 112100
52 52 17 10 SORRY – Emma Steinbakken 172150
53 53 53 5 OVERPASS GRAFFITI – Ed Sheeran 49400
54 54 43 7 BLUE BANISTERS – Lana Del Ray 79100
55 55 55 3 MERRY CHRISTMAS – Elton John & Ed Sheeran 28800
56 56 56 2 DON’T START WITHOUT ME – The Fizz 21200
57 57 57 6 SOUVENIR – Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 44500
58 58 58 6 ENEMY – Imagine Dragons x J.I.D. 53400
59 59 59 7 TIME (HEARTS FULL OF LOVE) – Erasure 54700
60 60 60 6 AFTER LAST NIGHT – Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak & Silk Sonic featuring Thundercat & Bootsy Collins 49200
61 61 61 5 SWEET DREAMS & DYNAMITE – Seeb & Nina Nesbitt 32600
62 62 62 3 MUSIC – John Miles 21200
63 63 63 3 SLOWDOWN – John Miles 20200
64 64 64 6 CAN’T STOP WRITING SONGS ABOUT YOU – Kylie Minogue & Gloria Gaynor 37600
65 65 65 2 ANOTHER ROCK ‘N’ ROLL CHRISTMAS – Gary Glitter 14000
66 66 23 10 BURNING BRIDGES – Sigrid 123200
67 67 67 4 INVISIBLE THINGS – Natalie Imbruglia 25200
68 68 26 8 THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH – Steps 104600
69 69 69 3 SLEIGH RIDE – The Ronettes 17600
70 70 70 4 RUN FOR HOME – Lindisfarne 22600
71 71 11 10 WHEN YOU WERE MINE – Joy Crookes 183300
72 72 20 11 ALL OF THE TIME – Jungle 151500
73 73 33 10 HUMANKIND – Coldplay 126800
74 74 74 2 CHRISTMAS (BABY PLEASE COME HOME) – Darlene Love 10400
75 75 75 2 JINGLE BELL ROCK – Daryl Hall & John Oates 10000
26th December 2021
It’s a 5th chart-topper of the year for Abba, as Xmas single Little Things sneaks in amongst the xmas playlists, giving Abba the most chart-toppers in one year with new material for any act since….Abba in 1979. No other act had done that before or since. I would have been incredulous if someone had said at the start of the year that Abba would do it again…! That means that huge fave of mine, Todd Rundgren’s 1973 remake of his own 1969 original Hello It’s Me, is new in at 2, having gone top 5 in early 1974 and now back in the sales chart for a reason I know not. It’s brilliant.
The other chart news is the death of Monkees fave Michael Nesmith, weeks after completing his farewell tour with Micky Dolenz, 3 of my heroes now gone from the band. I’ve seen them in various line-ups, including all 4 originals, and I love them. I last saw Micky in Wimbledon theatre dancing with dragged-up Michael Ball in hairspray. Mike Nesmith was a bonafide talented songwriter, so I’ve included some of The Monkees best non-hit-singles which were written and sung by Mike, all of them gems, plus his 1977 solo hit Rio as he eyed up creating MTV with his promo of that year.
The only new track I’ve heard in the last 2 weeks that has made an impression on me while I’ve been busy being full-time carer for my mum is Years And Years/ Galantis – and I only heard that once. Other than that, Harry Belafonte’s Mary’s Boy Child xmas classics is new in – number one when I was born, dad had Harry Belafonte’s album for me to listen to growing up, I’m retreating to my childhood for some solace from this f***ing awful year. Good riddance 2021.
1 5 1 8 LITTLE THINGS – ABBA 570000
2 NEW 2 1 HELLO IT’S ME – Todd Rundgren 115000
3 2 1 7 GIVE IT ALL UP – Duran Duran featuring Tove Lo 780000
4 3 1 8 ODE TO FREEDOM – ABBA 805000
5 4 1 8 WHEN YOU DANCED WITH ME – ABBA 710000
6 6 3 8 BUMBLEBEE – ABBA 500000
7 NEW 7 1 YOU JUST MAY BE THE ONE – The Monkees 50000
8 12 5 8 KEEP AN EYE ON DAN – ABBA 383000
9 14 9 11 ON MELANCHOLY HILL – Gorillaz 262650
10 13 10 7 WORLD WE USED TO KNOW – Alan Walker & Winona Oak 180850
11 1 1 4 HIGH FLY – John Miles 547000
12 NEW 12 1 WHAT AM I DOING HANGING ROUND? – The Monkees 35000
13 7 2 13 DOPAMINE – Purple Disco Machine featuring Eyelar 616600
14 9 9 9 MOTH TO A FLAME – Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd 221000
15 17 15 6 EVERYWHERE – Niall Horan & Anne-Marie 124400
16 16 16 10 SHIVERS – Ed Sheeran 186900
17 10 10 8 I CAN BE THAT WOMAN – ABBA 219900
18 15 10 9 ABRAHAM, MARTIN & JOHN – Marvin Gaye & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra featuring Beverley Knight 255600
19 NEW 19 1 SOME OF SHELLY’S BLUES – The Monkees 21000
20 19 1 17 DON’T SHUT ME DOWN – ABBA 1521000
21 21 21 7 DO YA FEEL MY LOVE? – Stereophonics 112900
22 26 22 6 SOMEBODY TO USE – Alesso 91000
23 27 23 10 SEE YA WHEN I SEE YA – Miles Kane 144300
24 30 24 5 HOLIDAY – Confidence Man 79200
25 22 1 17 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU – ABBA 1245750
26 11 7 17 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) – Elton John & Dua Lipa 501650
27 20 6 10 JUST A NOTION – ABBA 337400
28 18 18 9 ALYGATYR – Kasabian 172500
29 25 5 11 UNBELIEVABLE – Texas 288050
30 34 30 7 WAKE ME UP – Foals 106600
31 24 1 13 HERE COMES THE NIGHT – Agnes 770700
32 35 32 7 KISS OF LIFE – Kylie Minogue & Jessie Ware 109600
33 33 33 8 SO HAPPY IT HURTS – Bryan Adams 106850
34 23 23 9 YOU’VE GOT A HABIT OF LEAVING – David Bowie 146000
35 28 22 7 FANCY (DAVE AUDE REMIX) – Reba McEntire 120850
36 NEW 36 1 LISTEN TO THE BAND – The Monkees 17400
37 42 37 7 MAGNIFICENT HURT – Elvis Costello & The Imposters 81400
38 38 38 7 GOING HOME – Goldfish featuring Max Vidima 89300
39 43 39 8 YULETIDE THROWDOWN AKA RAPTURE – Blondie featuring Fab 5 Freddy 96850
40 40 40 7 UNSTOPPABLE – James Blunt 80600
41 29 29 11 UNDENIABLE – Kygo featuring X Ambassadors 158700
42 36 8 16 AS GOOD AS NEW – ABBA 338800
43 32 15 8 NO DOUBT ABOUT IT – ABBA 134150
44 31 28 8 AFTER ALL – Elton John & Charlie Puth 114700
45 46 45 7 YOUR SONG SAVED MY LIFE – U2 81200
46 41 7 12 THE TIPPING POINT – Tears For Fears 247900
47 59 47 8 TIME (HEARTS FULL OF LOVE) – Erasure 67200
48 48 9 16 DUM DUM DIDDLE – ABBA 337000
49 53 49 6 OVERPASS GRAFFITI – Ed Sheeran 61500
50 55 50 4 MERRY CHRISTMAS – Elton John & Ed Sheeran 40800
51 39 39 8 WHITER SHADE OF PALE – Santana featuring Steve Winwood 89050
52 NEW 52 1 PAPA GENE’S BLUES – The Monkees 11500
53 57 53 7 SOUVENIR – Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 55750
54 62 54 4 MUSIC – John Miles 32200
55 58 55 7 ENEMY – Imagine Dragons x J.I.D. 64200
56 61 56 6 SWEET DREAMS & DYNAMITE – Seeb & Nina Nesbitt 43200
57 44 25 9 TELL IT TO MY HEART – Meduza featuring Hozier 126900
58 49 49 7 RUSHING WATER – Sting 71300
59 63 59 4 SLOWDOWN – John Miles 30300
60 60 60 7 AFTER LAST NIGHT – Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak & Silk Sonic featuring Thundercat & Bootsy Collins 59200
61 47 22 10 A SECOND TO MIDNIGHT – Kylie Minogue & Years & Years 153850
62 51 38 11 STARLIGHT – Westlife 119500
63 67 63 5 INVISIBLE THINGS – Natalie Imbruglia 32400
64 64 64 7 CAN’T STOP WRITING SONGS ABOUT YOU – Kylie Minogue & Gloria Gaynor 44700
65 45 41 7 THROW ME A LINE – HAEVN 87300
66 70 66 5 RUN FOR HOME – Lindisfarne 29400
67 52 17 11 SORRY – Emma Steinbakken 178750
68 54 43 8 BLUE BANISTERS – Lana Del Ray 85500
69 NEW 69 1 MARY’S BOY CHILD – Harry Belafonte 6200
70 NEW 70 1 RIO – Michael Nesmith 6000
71 NEW 71 1 SWEET TALKER – Years & Years + Galantis 5800
72 71 11 11 WHEN YOU WERE MINE – Joy Crookes 188900
73 73 33 11 HUMANKIND – Coldplay 132200
74 66 23 11 BURNING BRIDGES – Sigrid 128400
75 72 20 12 ALL OF THE TIME – Jungle 156500
Xmas drop outs
8 8 3 I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS – Greg Lake 141000
37 37 3 ONE MORE SLEEP – Leona Lewis 39600
50 50 2 DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS – Chris Rea 24000
56 56 2 DON’T START WITHOUT ME – The Fizz 21200
65 65 2 ANOTHER ROCK ‘N’ ROLL CHRISTMAS – Gary Glitter 14000
68 26 8 THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH – Steps 104600
69 69 3 SLEIGH RIDE – The Ronettes 17600
74 74 2 CHRISTMAS (BABY PLEASE COME HOME) – Darlene Love 10400
75 75 2 JINGLE BELL ROCK – Daryl Hall & John Oates 10000
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