5th September 2021
It’s been almost 40 years, but Abba have returned with new material and a new hologram tour and a new album, and I’m emotional at the impossible happening. No act has ever the sheer consistency in my charts that Abba have had – Waterloo topped my charts instantly, and from Mamma Mia onwards every single they released topped my charts – so technically they have had 45 years without failing to top my charts now that I Still Have Faith In You, a gorgeous Frida-vocal ballad brimming with emotion and acknowledging the passing of the years, is straight in at 1. Except that Don’t Shut Me Down, Agnetha’s lead poppier track is kept at 2 for now, so that instantly also ruins their record 45-years unless it hits the top eventually. It’s Abba’s 33rd chart-topper including album tracks and rarities, and the quality of the new music surpasses my hopes, and I feel like I’m 16 to 24 again getting excited by a new Abba single. Typical! Just like buses, you wait 40 years and 2 come along at once!
So that’s bad luck to Majid Jordan and Keane who would otherwise have been battling for the top spot, Majid out-doing The Weeknd on his sound-alike fab track, and Keane’s catalogue oldie giving them a 5th top 5, including 2 chart-toppers. Abba’s stat achievements include a record official singles run of 22 number ones, a record gap of nearly 37 years between new material hitting number one after the last official new material hit number one, though this does exclude solo stuff (Agnetha has topped my charts in the 00’s) old album tracks and re-issues and unreleased material. It also means Abba take the new record for longest span of number ones with new material, stealing Sparks’ thunder, who topped in 1974 and again in 2019. Abba topped just before Sparks and now nearly two years longer than Sparks most-recent number one. Sparks are still big news, though, so they may yet get it back. Prob not though!
Lindsey Buckingham gets his first top 10 in 4 years (with Christine McVie), and first solo top 10 since 1982 when Trouble topped my charts. The year Abba last released a new single. Little Mix, meanwhile, get their first top 10 along with Anne-Marie, after 10 years of trying – their previous highest-placed was Wings at 12 in 2012. Anna Of The North finally goes top 20 on a 5th charting single, her lovely Cher cover, and new entries are thin on the ground: JLS return with a good track after 9 years away, Dorothy Moore’s 1976 soul goodie is back, all Misty Blue, and finally Sneaker Pimps drop back in unexpectedly – They topped my charts in 1997 with the wonderful 6 Underground, had a follow-up, and then nothing for 25 years. I mean, ordinarily that would be noteworthy impressive, but y’know, Abba…
1 NEW 1 1 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU – Abba 170000
2 NEW 2 1 DON’T SHUT ME DOWN – Abba 115000
3 3 3 7 WAVES OF BLUE – Majid Jordan 321700
4 7 4 4 DIRT – Keane 159500
5 1 1 15 YOU – Regard, Troye Sivan & Tate McRae 1051000
6 5 5 4 YOU CAN CALL ME – Texas 181250
7 4 4 7 MOVE WITH ME – Mad Circuit 224200
8 2 1 16 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME – Marshmello x Jonas Brothers 1239150
9 24 9 2 ON THE WRONG SIDE – Lindsey Buckingham 64000
10 11 10 7 KISS MY (UH-OH) – Anne-Marie & Little Mix 141300
11 8 8 8 I AM WHAT I AM (COPENHAGEN 2021 WORLDPRIDE ANTHEM) – Aqua 158250elton john
12 6 2 11 MORE THAN A WOMAN (SG’S PARADISE EDIT) – Bee Gees x SG Lewis 839250
13 9 9 4 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) – Elton John & Dua Lipa 149000
14 12 12 4 PSYCHO – Maisie Peters 87800
15 10 10 7 RED BUTTON – AJA 122500
16 17 16 4 HOPE – Sigma & Carla Marie 72200
17 15 10 9 CALL ON ME – RAYE 199850
18 23 18 7 BELIEVE – Anna Of The North 95650
19 13 3 14 TOO MUCH HISTORY – Jack Savoretti 701600
20 20 20 5 TAKE MY BREATH – The Weeknd 96500
21 29 21 15 DON’T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING – Gerry & The Pacemakers 153350
22 26 22 4 IF SOMETHING’S GONNA KILL ME (IT MIGHT AS WELL BE LOVE) – The Stranglers 61900
23 16 6 12 GOODBYE – The Veronicas 404600
24 14 7 10 NOTHING ELSE MATTERS – Miley Cyrus featuring WATT, Elton John, Yo-Yo Ma, Robert Trujillo & Chad Smith 263300
25 19 1 17 GOD ONLY KNOWS – For KING & COUNTRY & Dolly Parton 875050
26 18 1 9 IT MUST BE LOVE – Labi Siffre 583500
27 45 27 2 I DON’T MIND – Lindsey Buckingham 31400
28 28 28 5 SKATE – Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak & Silk Sonic 89400
29 39 29 3 TAKE ME FOR A RIDE – Steps 42500
30 37 30 4 FLY AWAY – Tones And I 51700
31 22 18 8 CHASING KITES – Georgie 140350
32 30 15 8 WAIT AROUND – Kyle Falconer 148150
33 52 33 2 GOODBYE – LP 29200
34 55 34 2 A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELY SQUARE – Tori Amos 28400
35 38 35 2 SUNSHINE – Liam Payne 34700
36 25 25 11 IN MY EYES – Chris Malinchak & Kiesza 172900
37 40 37 2 BITTER TASTE – Billy Idol 34300
38 56 38 7 THE LAKES (ORIGINAL VERSION) – Taylor Swift 60000
39 42 39 5 DON’T GO YET – Camila Cabello 59250
40 49 40 5 GOOD 4 U – Olivia Rodrigo 57650
41 21 5 8 STARLIGHT – Yola 302350
42 53 42 3 LOVE LIKE THAT – Lola Lennox 30800
43 33 1 15 GYPSIES, TRAMPS AND THIEVES – Cher 680350
44 27 1 11 THIS IS YOUR LIFE – Banderas 688150
45 35 1 9 I AM THE ANTICHRIST TO YOU – Kishi Bashi 505400
46 50 46 4 CAN’T LET GO – Alison Krauss & Robert Plant 43350
47 31 8 15 MONSTER – Paloma Faith 390950
48 58 48 4 SAY WHAT YOU MEAN – Raleigh Ritchie 34700
49 32 17 9 TALK ABOUT IT – Jungle 147450
50 57 50 4 PRESSURE MACHINE – The Killers 38400
51 36 36 7 FALLING – McAlmont & Butler 66450
52 34 34 7 RATHER BE – Rat City & Isak Heim 97450
53 63 53 3 SECRET LIFE – Jack Savoretti 24450
54 44 3 16 OUT THE CAGE – Keith Urban featuring Breland & Nile Rodgers 450050
55 48 20 9 BUILD IT BETTER – Natalie Imbruglia 132100
56 41 10 15 SHELLFISH MADEMOISELLE – Roisin Murphy 314250
57 65 57 2 FLYING ON THE GROUND – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 17400
58 54 1 17 SARA – Fleetwood Mac 606000
59 75 59 2 WHILE YOU’RE STILL YOUNG – Sophie Ellis-Bextor & The Feeling 15100
60 73 60 3 WILD HEARTS – Keith Urban 20800
61 67 61 3 THE SECRET HE HAD MISSED – Manic Street Preachers featuring Julia Cumming 20500
62 51 14 11 TOLD YOU SO – Nathan Evans 228450
63 74 63 2 FLASHBACK (COLLRBONE REMIX) – Javiera Mena featuring Collrbone 12400
64 47 19 8 CRYING ON THE BATHROOM FLOOR – Will Young 125500
65 70 65 2 MY HEART GOES (LA DI DA) – Becky Hill & Topic 13000
66 66 66 5 FANTASY – Mariah Carey 31600
67 69 67 4 OUT OUT – Joel Corry x Jax Jones featuring Charli XCX & Saweetie 24000
68 68 68 3 YOU & I – Navos & HARLEE 17800
69 71 69 3 DRIVE – Clean Bandit & Topic featuring Wes Nelson 17200
70 72 70 2 HONKY TONK WOMEN – The Rolling Stones 11600
71 NEW 71 1 ETERNAL LOVE – JLS 5800
72 43 43 7 MENERGY (PURPLE DISCO MACHINE REMIX) – Patrick Cowley & Purple Disco Machine featuring Sylvester 61550
73 76 73 2 ONE NIGHT – Griff 10400
74 80 74 2 MAGICAL – Laura Mvula 9200
75 59 37 10 EXCUSES – Mentis featuring Kate Smith 96800
76 78 76 2 (I CAN’T GET NO) SATISFACTION – The Rolling Stones 9200
77 77 77 2 DO THE TELEVISION – Jake Shears 9200
78 79 78 2 CATHY’S CLOWN – The Everly Brothers 8600
79 NEW 79 1 ALIBIS – Sneaker Pimps 4200
80 NEW 80 1 MISTY BLUE – Dorothy Moore 4000
DROP OUTS
46 8 9 IF YOU LOVE ME (REALLY LOVE ME) – Brenda Lee 194750
60 60 4 IKO IKO (MY BESTIE) – Justin Wellington featuring Small Jam 28700
61 12 16 BELIEVERS – Alan Walker & Conor Maynard 350550
62 28 9 LET THEM KNOW – Mabel 115950
64 1 28 NEED A LITTLE LOVE – The Fratellis 1195600
12th September 2021
It’s two weeks on top for the life-affirming, love-lasting I Still Have Faith In You, Abba equalling weeks on top for SOS, Gimme Gimme, Gimme, I Have A Dream, Head Over Heels, and Under Attack for their official UK singles. That leaves Don’t Shut Me Down at 2, out-peaking only Ring Ring, People Need Love, So Long and I Do I Do I Do amongst official UK singles. Elton & Dua reach a new peak of 7 and Maisie Peters gets a first top 10 with Psycho.
The Stranglers get a first top 20 since 2004, and extends their top 20 chart-span to 44 years since Peaches/Go Buddy Go first did it. LP grabs a 3rd top 20, plus one chart-topper with Morrissey, and there’s a couple of Abba album tracks that have never charted for me, courtesy of Album Chart appearances for Voulez Vous and Arrival following the back catalogue boost last week: Dum Dum Diddle has a silly title but mentions Fiddle, one of my school nicknames (surname related not anything else!) and has a brilliant melody and arrangement, from the days I played Arrival to death, while As Good As New was lined up to be a single at one stage, but they were spoilt for choice on Voulez Vous and chose 4 others instead.
Dermot Kennedy gets a second chart entry with a goodie, James Blunt sneaks in yet another on his long chart list, Stereophonics return for a 24-year chart span, and surprisingly their first since 2013, Ella Henderson adds to her list, and Glass Animals debut. Amongst the oldies are a couple for Girls Aloud following the sad passing of Sarah Harding, another Rolling Stones goodie for Charlie Watts RIP, and The Adventures Broken Land returning as it started selling on itunes top 200 before they chopped it down to 100. Prob just as well as it’ll reduce the number of oldies in my chart…..
1 1 1 2 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU – Abba 340000
2 2 2 2 DON’T SHUT ME DOWN – Abba 230000
3 4 3 5 DIRT – Keane 244400
4 3 3 8 WAVES OF BLUE – Majid Jordan 386700
5 9 5 3 ON THE WRONG SIDE – Lindsey Buckingham 124000
6 6 5 5 YOU CAN CALL ME – Texas 236250
7 13 7 5 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) – Elton John & Dua Lipa 199000
8 5 1 16 YOU – Regard, Troye Sivan & Tate McRae 1099000
9 14 9 5 PSYCHO – Maisie Peters 132800
10 11 8 9 I AM WHAT I AM (COPENHAGEN 2021 WORLDPRIDE ANTHEM) – Aqua 200250
11 7 4 8 MOVE WITH ME – Mad Circuit 261200
12 10 10 8 KISS MY (UH-OH) – Anne-Marie & Little Mix 176300
13 16 13 5 HOPE – Sigma & Carla Marie 104200
14 20 14 6 TAKE MY BREATH – The Weeknd 125500
15 8 1 17 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME – Marshmello x Jonas Brothers 1266150
16 22 16 5 IF SOMETHING’S GONNA KILL ME (IT MIGHT AS WELL BE LOVE) – The Stranglers 86900
17 21 17 16 DON’T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING – Gerry & The Pacemakers 176350
18 18 18 8 BELIEVE – Anna Of The North 117650
19 12 2 12 MORE THAN A WOMAN (SG’S PARADISE EDIT) – Bee Gees x SG Lewis 860250
20 33 20 3 GOODBYE – LP 49200
21 27 21 3 I DON’T MIND – Lindsey Buckingham 51150
22 30 22 5 FLY AWAY – Tones And I 71200
23 29 23 4 TAKE ME FOR A RIDE – Steps 61750
24 15 10 8 RED BUTTON – AJA 141500
25 35 25 3 SUNSHINE – Liam Payne 53450
26 34 26 3 A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELY SQUARE – Tori Amos 46900
27 28 27 6 SKATE – Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak & Silk Sonic 107800
28 17 10 10 CALL ON ME – RAYE 218150
29 19 3 15 TOO MUCH HISTORY – Jack Savoretti 719800
30 37 30 3 BITTER TASTE – Billy Idol 52300
31 26 1 10 IT MUST BE LOVE – Labi Siffre 601400
32 25 1 18 GOD ONLY KNOWS – For KING & COUNTRY & Dolly Parton 892850
33 42 33 4 LOVE LIKE THAT – Lola Lennox 48500
34 38 34 8 THE LAKES (ORIGINAL VERSION) – Taylor Swift 77600
35 39 35 6 DON’T GO YET – Camila Cabello 77750
36 40 36 6 GOOD 4 U – Olivia Rodrigo 75050
37 23 6 13 GOODBYE – The Veronicas 421900
38 31 18 9 CHASING KITES – Georgie 157550
39 48 39 5 SAY WHAT YOU MEAN – Raleigh Ritchie 51800
40 46 40 5 CAN’T LET GO – Alison Krauss & Robert Plant 60350
41 32 15 9 WAIT AROUND – Kyle Falconer 162150
42 50 42 5 PRESSURE MACHINE – The Killers 52150
43 24 7 11 NOTHING ELSE MATTERS – Miley Cyrus featuring WATT, Elton John, Yo-Yo Ma, Robert Trujillo & Chad Smith 276800
44 NEW 44 1 DUM DUM DIDDLE – Abba 13250
45 71 45 2 ETERNAL LOVE – JLS 18800
46 43 1 16 GYPSIES, TRAMPS AND THIEVES – Cher 693100
47 36 25 12 IN MY EYES – Chris Malinchak & Kiesza 185400
48 53 48 4 SECRET LIFE – Jack Savoretti 36750
49 69 49 4 DRIVE – Clean Bandit & Topic featuring Wes Nelson 29300
50 57 50 3 FLYING ON THE GROUND – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 29400
51 RE 6 11 FOLLOWING THE SUN – SUPER-HI and Neeka 339750
52 59 52 3 WHILE YOU’RE STILL YOUNG – Sophie Ellis-Bextor & The Feeling 26600
53 44 1 12 THIS IS YOUR LIFE – Banderas 699400
54 60 54 4 WILD HEARTS – Keith Urban 31800
55 63 55 3 FLASHBACK (COLLRBONE REMIX) – Javiera Mena featuring Collrbone 23200
56 65 56 3 MY HEART GOES (LA DI DA) – Becky Hill & Topic 23600
57 68 57 4 YOU & I – Navos & HARLEE 28200
58 41 5 9 STARLIGHT – Yola 312550
59 NEW 59 1 AS GOOD AS NEW – Abba 10100
60 58 1 18 SARA – Fleetwood Mac 616000
61 52 34 8 RATHER BE – Rat City & Isak Heim 104950
62 79 62 2 ALIBIS – Sneaker Pimps 11600
63 77 63 3 DO THE TELEVISION – Jake Shears 16400
64 54 3 17 OUT THE CAGE – Keith Urban featuring Breland & Nile Rodgers 457150
65 NEW 65 1 BETTER DAYS – Dermot Kennedy 7000
66 67 66 5 OUT OUT – Joel Corry x Jax Jones featuring Charli XCX & Saweetie 30800
67 70 67 3 HONKY TONK WOMEN – The Rolling Stones 18200
68 73 68 3 ONE NIGHT – Griff 16800
69 61 61 4 THE SECRET HE HAD MISSED – Manic Street Preachers featuring Julia Cumming 26700
70 74 70 3 MAGICAL – Laura Mvula 15200
71 NEW 71 1 BROKEN LAND – The Adventures 5800
72 NEW 72 1 LOVE UNDER PRESSURE – James Blunt 5600
73 78 73 3 CATHY’S CLOWN – The Everly Brothers 14000
74 NEW 74 1 HANGING ON YOUR HINGES – Stereophonics 5200
75 NEW 75 1 THE PROMISE – Girls Aloud 5000
76 NEW 76 1 RISK IT ALL – Ella Henderson, House Gospel Choir & Just Kiddin’ 4800
77 80 77 2 MISTY BLUE – Dorothy Moore 8600
78 NEW 78 1 HEAT WAVES – Glass Animals 4400
79 NEW 79 1 SHE’S A RAINBOW – The Rolling Stones 4200
80 NEW 80 1 SOUND OF THE UNDERGROUND – Girls Aloud 4000
DROP OUTS
45 1 9 I AM THE ANTICHRIST TO YOU – Kishi Bashi 505400
47 8 15 MONSTER – Paloma Faith 390950
49 17 9 TALK ABOUT IT – Jungle 147450
51 36 7 FALLING – McAlmont & Butler 66450
55 20 9 BUILD IT BETTER – Natalie Imbruglia 132100
56 10 15 SHELLFISH MADEMOISELLE – Roisin Murphy 314250
62 14 11 TOLD YOU SO – Nathan Evans 228450
64 19 8 CRYING ON THE BATHROOM FLOOR – Will Young 125500
66 66 5 FANTASY – Mariah Carey 31600
72 43 7 MENERGY (PURPLE DISCO MACHINE REMIX) – Patrick Cowley & Purple Disco Machine featuring Sylvester 61550
75 37 10 EXCUSES – Mentis featuring Kate Smith 96800
76 76 2 (I CAN’T GET NO) SATISFACTION – The Rolling Stones 9200
19th September 2021
It’s a 3rd week on top for Abba – but they replace themselves on top with Don’t Shut Me Down, Agnetha replacing Frida, and her first chart-topper as vocalist since 2004 when If I Thought You’d Ever Change Your Mind spent 2 weeks there. So Agnetha has 1 more chart-topper than the other Abba members’ new total of 34 number ones, and that means their run of chart-topping singles remains complete since late 1975.
Billy Idol makes it 3 top 10’s in a row, following on from his Miley Cyrus feature, and his remix of 1984 chart-topper Eyes Without A Face, and his 11th in total. LP grabs a 3rd top 10 with Goodbye, and Lindsey Buckingham gets 2 simultaneous top 20’s for the first time in his 40-year solo run, or 44-year Mac-included run. Sneaker Pimps have a huge climb for a 3rd top 40, HARLEE gets a 2nd, Rod Stewart gets the highest new entry as he’s back for One More Time at 35, still avoiding the horrible cover versions-pits he plummeted for most of the last 20 years, and making it a very satisfying exactly 50-years since Maggie May kicked it all off.
Talking of Class of 1971, I also didn’t expect Donny Osmond to be making my personal charts 50 years on, yet here he is doing a creditable attempt at recent pop styles of the likes of stars 40 years younger – old Don is the same age as me and it’s 50 years since The Osmonds TV show theme One Bad Apple became a fave. Speaking of veterans, Diane Warren drafts in some help to get her first chart entry as a credited artist after 36 years of hit-making songs, and many a chart-topper like Pet Shop Boys’ Numb.
Talking of veterans, again, Sting is back again, with a pleasant new track extending his solo run to 39 years and his Police-chart-bothering to 42 years since I was buying every new single they released. That leaves Blossoms back again with their lovely tuneful brand of old-fashioned guitar pop that died out about 12 years ago, seemingly never to return to streaming charts success. Their 9th chart entry since Charlemagne.
1 2 1 3 DON’T SHUT ME DOWN – Abba 400000
2 1 1 3 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU – Abba 455000
3 4 3 9 WAVES OF BLUE – Majid Jordan 471700
4 5 4 5 ON THE WRONG SIDE – Lindsey Buckingham 189000
5 3 3 6 DIRT – Keane 300400
6 30 6 4 BITTER TASTE – Billy Idol 107300
7 7 7 6 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) – Elton John & Dua Lipa 249000
8 8 1 17 YOU – Regard, Troye Sivan & Tate McRae 1147000
9 6 5 6 YOU CAN CALL ME – Texas 281250
10 20 10 4 GOODBYE – LP 91200
11 9 9 6 PSYCHO – Maisie Peters 169800
12 21 12 4 I DON’T MIND – Lindsey Buckingham 86150
13 13 13 6 HOPE – Sigma & Carla Marie 136200
14 14 14 7 TAKE MY BREATH – The Weeknd 154500
15 17 15 17 DON’T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING – Gerry & The Pacemakers 203350
16 16 16 6 IF SOMETHING’S GONNA KILL ME (IT MIGHT AS WELL BE LOVE) – The Stranglers 111900
17 26 17 4 A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELY SQUARE – Tori Amos 69900
18 25 18 4 SUNSHINE – Liam Payne 75450
19 10 8 10 I AM WHAT I AM (COPENHAGEN 2021 WORLDPRIDE ANTHEM) – Aqua 221250
20 11 4 9 MOVE WITH ME – Mad Circuit 281200
21 12 10 9 KISS MY (UH-OH) – Anne-Marie & Little Mix 196050
22 15 1 18 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME – Marshmello x Jonas Brothers 1285650
23 23 23 5 TAKE ME FOR A RIDE – Steps 81000
24 62 24 3 ALIBIS – Sneaker Pimps 30600
25 19 2 13 MORE THAN A WOMAN (SG’S PARADISE EDIT) – Bee Gees x SG Lewis 879000
26 27 26 7 SKATE – Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak & Silk Sonic 126300
27 18 18 9 BELIEVE – Anna Of The North 136050
28 22 22 6 FLY AWAY – Tones And I 89500
29 57 29 5 YOU & I – Navos & HARLEE 46400
30 35 30 7 DON’T GO YET – Camila Cabello 95750
31 33 31 5 LOVE LIKE THAT – Lola Lennox 66400
32 51 6 12 FOLLOWING THE SUN – SUPER-HI and Neeka 357550
33 24 10 9 RED BUTTON – AJA 159200
34 36 34 7 GOOD 4 U – Olivia Rodrigo 92650
35 NEW 35 1 ONE MORE TIME – Rod Stewart 17500
36 31 1 11 IT MUST BE LOVE – Labi Siffre 618800
37 44 37 2 DUM DUM DIDDLE – Abba 30550
38 42 38 6 PRESSURE MACHINE – The Killers 69350
39 48 39 5 SECRET LIFE – Jack Savoretti 53850
40 54 40 5 WILD HEARTS – Keith Urban 49800
41 28 10 11 CALL ON ME – RAYE 232150
42 29 3 16 TOO MUCH HISTORY – Jack Savoretti 733550
43 32 1 19 GOD ONLY KNOWS – For KING & COUNTRY & Dolly Parton 906350
44 45 44 3 ETERNAL LOVE – JLS 32050
45 49 45 5 DRIVE – Clean Bandit & Topic featuring Wes Nelson 42300
46 68 46 4 ONE NIGHT – Griff 29550
47 38 18 10 CHASING KITES – Georgie 170050
48 55 48 4 FLASHBACK (COLLRBONE REMIX) – Javiera Mena featuring Collrbone 35500
49 46 1 17 GYPSIES, TRAMPS AND THIEVES – Cher 705200
50 52 50 4 WHILE YOU’RE STILL YOUNG – Sophie Ellis-Bextor & The Feeling 38600
51 59 51 2 AS GOOD AS NEW – Abba 21850
52 34 34 9 THE LAKES (ORIGINAL VERSION) – Taylor Swift 89100
53 39 39 6 SAY WHAT YOU MEAN – Raleigh Ritchie 63050
54 72 54 2 LOVE UNDER PRESSURE – James Blunt 16600
55 56 55 4 MY HEART GOES (LA DI DA) – Becky Hill & Topic 34400
56 65 56 2 BETTER DAYS – Dermot Kennedy 17600
57 41 15 10 WAIT AROUND – Kyle Falconer 172550
58 63 58 4 DO THE TELEVISION – Jake Shears 26600
59 74 59 2 HANGING ON YOUR HINGES – Stereophonics 15300
60 37 6 14 GOODBYE – The Veronicas 431900
61 40 40 6 CAN’T LET GO – Alison Krauss & Robert Plant 67850
62 50 50 4 FLYING ON THE GROUND – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 36800
63 60 1 19 SARA – Fleetwood Mac 623200
64 66 64 6 OUT OUT – Joel Corry x Jax Jones featuring Charli XCX & Saweetie 37900
65 67 65 4 HONKY TONK WOMEN – The Rolling Stones 25200
66 47 25 13 IN MY EYES – Chris Malinchak & Kiesza 192200
67 69 61 5 THE SECRET HE HAD MISSED – Manic Street Preachers featuring Julia Cumming 33300
68 NEW 68 1 SEASIDE – Diane Warren, Rita Ora, Sofia Reyes & Reik 6400
69 70 69 4 MAGICAL – Laura Mvula 21400
70 53 1 13 THIS IS YOUR LIFE – Banderas 705400
71 71 71 2 BROKEN LAND – The Adventures 11600
72 78 72 2 HEAT WAVES – Glass Animals 10000
73 76 73 2 RISK IT ALL – Ella Henderson, House Gospel Choir & Just Kiddin’ 10200
74 NEW 74 1 WHO – Donny Osmond 5200
75 77 75 3 MISTY BLUE – Dorothy Moore 13600
76 NEW 76 1 ON MY WAY – Natalie Imbruglia 4800
77 61 34 9 RATHER BE – Rat City & Isak Heim 109550
78 NEW 78 1 IF IT’S LOVE – Sting 4400
79 79 79 2 SHE’S A RAINBOW – The Rolling Stones 8400
80 NEW 80 1 CARE FOR – Blossoms 4000
DROP OUTS
43 7 11 NOTHING ELSE MATTERS – Miley Cyrus featuring WATT, Elton John, Yo-Yo Ma, Robert Trujillo & Chad Smith 276800
58 5 9 STARLIGHT – Yola 312550
64 3 17 OUT THE CAGE – Keith Urban featuring Breland & Nile Rodgers 457150
73 73 3 CATHY’S CLOWN – The Everly Brothers 14000
75 75 1 THE PROMISE – Girls Aloud 5000
80 80 1 SOUND OF THE UNDERGROUND – Girls Aloud 4000
26th September 2021
It’s 2 weeks on top for Don’t Shut Me Down, equalling the 2 on top for I Still Have Faith In You, giving Abba 4 weeks in a row in the top spot for the first time since 1992 when Dancing Queen grabbed 8 weeks in a row. Billy Idol gets his highest charting solo track since 1984, and Tori Amos gets a 2nd top 10 and highest-ever chart-placing since 1994 with her gorgeous version of a very old classic British song. Liam Payne gets his second top 10 as lead artist, his first since his Rita Ora duet 3 years ago.
Sneaker Pimps get a 2nd top 20 23 years on from chart-topper 6 Underground, and highest new entry is Coldplay back on form at 18 with BTS along for a ride on their biggest-chart entry to date. My Universe is Coldplay’s first top 20 in 2 years. Debuting at 39, Great Van Fleet with a very Glam Prog Rock track, Heat Above, and Duran Duran get a second Anniversary entry of 2021 40 years on from Planet Earth. Kacey Musgraves returns, Johnny Marr extends his chart career to 38 years, and Lil Nas X belatedly gets a follow-up to Old Town Road with album track That’s What I Want.
1 1 1 4 DON’T SHUT ME DOWN – Abba 570000
2 2 1 4 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU – Abba 570000
3 5 3 7 DIRT – Keane 385400
4 6 4 5 BITTER TASTE – Billy Idol 172300
5 3 3 10 WAVES OF BLUE – Majid Jordan 531700
6 4 4 6 ON THE WRONG SIDE – Lindsey Buckingham 244000
7 17 7 5 A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELY SQUARE – Tori Amos 119900
8 12 8 5 I DON’T MIND – Lindsey Buckingham 134150
9 10 9 5 GOODBYE – LP 136200
10 18 10 5 SUNSHINE – Liam Payne 117450
11 7 7 7 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) – Elton John & Dua Lipa 286000
12 16 12 7 IF SOMETHING’S GONNA KILL ME (IT MIGHT AS WELL BE LOVE) – The Stranglers 146900
13 8 1 18 YOU – Regard, Troye Sivan & Tate McRae 1179000
14 24 14 4 ALIBIS – Sneaker Pimps 59600
15 15 15 18 DON’T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING – Gerry & The Pacemakers 230350
16 9 5 7 YOU CAN CALL ME – Texas 306250
17 11 9 7 PSYCHO – Maisie Peters 192800
18 NEW 18 1 MY UNIVERSE – Coldplay x BTS 22000
19 13 13 7 HOPE – Sigma & Carla Marie 157200
20 20 4 10 MOVE WITH ME – Mad Circuit 301200
21 14 14 8 TAKE MY BREATH – The Weeknd 174250
22 19 8 11 I AM WHAT I AM (COPENHAGEN 2021 WORLDPRIDE ANTHEM) – Aqua 240750
23 21 10 10 KISS MY (UH-OH) – Anne-Marie & Little Mix 215300
24 54 24 3 LOVE UNDER PRESSURE – James Blunt 35600
25 29 25 6 YOU & I – Navos & HARLEE 65150
26 22 1 19 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME – Marshmello x Jonas Brothers 1304150
27 27 18 10 BELIEVE – Anna Of The North 154450
28 28 22 7 FLY AWAY – Tones And I 107800
29 40 29 6 WILD HEARTS – Keith Urban 68000
30 30 30 8 DON’T GO YET – Camila Cabello 113750
31 31 31 6 LOVE LIKE THAT – Lola Lennox 84300
32 37 32 3 DUM DUM DIDDLE – Abba 48350
33 23 23 6 TAKE ME FOR A RIDE – Steps 98700
34 34 34 8 GOOD 4 U – Olivia Rodrigo 110250
35 35 35 2 ONE MORE TIME – Rod Stewart 35000
36 44 36 4 ETERNAL LOVE – JLS 49450
37 25 2 14 MORE THAN A WOMAN (SG’S PARADISE EDIT) – Bee Gees x SG Lewis 896300
38 48 38 5 FLASHBACK (COLLRBONE REMIX) – Javiera Mena featuring Collrbone 52700
39 NEW 39 1 HEAT ABOVE – Greta Van Fleet 17100
40 56 40 3 BETTER DAYS – Dermot Kennedy 34600
41 26 26 8 SKATE – Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak & Silk Sonic 140300
42 36 1 12 IT MUST BE LOVE – Labi Siffre 632550
43 32 6 13 FOLLOWING THE SUN – SUPER-HI and Neeka 371050
44 45 44 6 DRIVE – Clean Bandit & Topic featuring Wes Nelson 55550
45 33 10 10 RED BUTTON – AJA 172200
46 46 46 5 ONE NIGHT – Griff 42300
47 51 47 3 AS GOOD AS NEW – Abba 34350
48 68 48 2 SEASIDE – Diane Warren, Rita Ora, Sofia Reyes & Reik 18700
49 55 49 5 MY HEART GOES (LA DI DA) – Becky Hill & Topic 46500
50 58 50 5 DO THE TELEVISION – Jake Shears 38600
51 43 1 20 GOD ONLY KNOWS – For KING & COUNTRY & Dolly Parton 918100
52 41 10 12 CALL ON ME – RAYE 243650
53 59 53 3 HANGING ON YOUR HINGES – Stereophonics 26550
54 49 1 18 GYPSIES, TRAMPS AND THIEVES – Cher 716200
55 42 3 17 TOO MUCH HISTORY – Jack Savoretti 744350
56 72 56 3 HEAT WAVES – Glass Animals 20600
57 38 38 7 PRESSURE MACHINE – The Killers 80750
58 NEW 58 1 ANNIVERSARY – Duran Duran 10200
59 39 39 6 SECRET LIFE – Jack Savoretti 63950
60 80 60 2 CARE FOR – Blossoms 14000
61 50 50 5 WHILE YOU’RE STILL YOUNG – Sophie Ellis-Bextor & The Feeling 46100
62 47 18 11 CHASING KITES – Georgie 177450
63 76 63 2 ON MY WAY – Natalie Imbruglia 12000
64 64 64 7 OUT OUT – Joel Corry x Jax Jones featuring Charli XCX & Saweetie 45000
65 65 65 5 HONKY TONK WOMEN – The Rolling Stones 32200
66 78 66 2 IF IT’S LOVE – Sting 11200
67 63 1 20 SARA – Fleetwood Mac 629800
68 71 68 3 BROKEN LAND – The Adventures 18000
69 69 69 5 MAGICAL – Laura Mvula 27600
70 53 39 7 SAY WHAT YOU MEAN – Raleigh Ritchie 69050
71 67 61 6 THE SECRET HE HAD MISSED – Manic Street Preachers featuring Julia Cumming 39100
72 73 72 3 RISK IT ALL – Ella Henderson, House Gospel Choir & Just Kiddin’ 15800
73 57 15 11 WAIT AROUND – Kyle Falconer 177950
74 74 74 2 WHO – Donny Osmond 10400
75 75 75 4 MISTY BLUE – Dorothy Moore 18600
76 62 50 5 FLYING ON THE GROUND – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 41600
77 NEW 77 1 JUSTIFIED – Kacey Musgraves 4600
78 79 78 3 SHE’S A RAINBOW – The Rolling Stones 12800
79 NEW 79 1 SPIRIT POWER AND SOUL – Johnny Marr 4200
80 NEW 80 1 THAT’S WHAT I WANT – Lil Nas X 4000
DROP OUTS
52 34 9 THE LAKES (ORIGINAL VERSION) – Taylor Swift 89100
60 6 14 GOODBYE – The Veronicas 431900
61 40 6 CAN’T LET GO – Alison Krauss & Robert Plant 67850
66 25 13 IN MY EYES – Chris Malinchak & Kiesza 192200
70 1 13 THIS IS YOUR LIFE – Banderas 705400
77 34 9 RATHER BE – Rat City & Isak Heim 109550
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