It’s Pet Shop Boys on top for a 2nd week, fresh as I get back from 5 days in Salou on rollercoasters again (one is never too old for a cheap thrill) and having read the Johnny Marr autobiog – Pet Shop Boys feature, as they should when I saw him helping them out at The Albert Hall charity gig last summer with Suedehead. Footsteps would have fit in beautifully.
Evangeline shoots up to 4, and is growing on me bigtime, clubtastic, and The Killers climb 22 to grab a second consecutive top 10, some 13 years on from first doing that! As I enjoy a nice round-robin of reference, Brandon Flowers is a huge Pet Shop Boys and Smiths fan, and Suedehead was Morrisey’s debut solo single after The Smiths split up and Johnny Marr moved on to Electronic with Bernard Sumner and guests Pet Shop Boys.
Reggaeton Lento was getting some cabaret evening cover in the holiday hotel in the evenings, along with Despacito and other Latin hits, and theatrical musical Cabaret songs – which was a cue for Liza Minelli, who also had an album produced and songs written by Pet Shop Boys in 1989. Life is circular.
1 1 1 3 FOOTSTEPS Pet Shop Boys 455000
2 2 1 4 CRYBABY Paloma Faith 450000
3 4 3 3 CLOSER TO HEAVEN Pet Shop Boys 167700
4 27 4 3 MY KINGDOM (WILLIAM BLACK REMIX) Evangeline 96150
5 3 3 7 DRINK UP Train 418000
6 11 6 6 GET LOW Zedd & Liam Payne 146750
7 10 7 7 NEW RULES Dua Lipa 174300
8 9 8 15 SWISH SWISH Katy Perry featuring Nicki Minaj 312200
9 5 4 8 MORE MESS Kungs featuring Olly Murs & Coely 407400
10 32 10 6 RUN FOR COVER The Killers 107050
11 6 1 11 TRUE FEELING Galantis 842000
12 12 12 4 TALL THIN MEN Pet Shop Boys 121500
13 13 6 5 LIKE AN ANGEL PASSING THROUGH MY ROOM Madonna 209000
14 7 1 10 STILL FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME Zoot Woman featuring Kylie Minogue 747600
15 16 15 6 REGGAETON LENTO CNCO & Little Mix 131350
16 19 16 2 WALK ON WATER Thirty Seconds To Mars 46000
17 8 8 7 IT’S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE Glen Campbell 199000
18 24 18 3 FANTASY George Michael featuring Nile Rodgers 58500
19 15 9 7 HOLDING ON Dannii Minogue featuring Jason Heerah 182150
20 30 20 3 DUSK TILL DAWN ZAYN featuring Sia 44400
21 17 8 10 ROCKIN’ The Weeknd 297450
22 23 22 4 ELIZABETH TAYLOR (MULHOLLAND EDITION) Clare Maguire 74350
23 33 23 2 EDITH PIAF (SAID IT BETTER THAN ME) Sparks 36950
24 18 10 7 WHAT ABOUT US P!nk 195450
25 21 19 6 DIVE (3.35 EDIT) Saint Etienne 96700
26 28 26 4 MERMAID Skott 66200
27 26 8 11 I’LL BE AROUND Empire Of The Sun 322350
28 20 20 4 BELIEVE/SONG FOR GUY Pet Shop Boys featuring Elton John 76700
29 29 29 4 SWINGIN’ WITH MY EYES CLOSED Shania Twain 59700
30 25 4 11 AVE PLAGUE KING PLAGUE 487750
31 36 31 4 ALL STARS Martin Solveig featuring Alma 51900
32 14 14 5 3 A.M. (ETERNAL) The KLF 122800
33 40 33 7 BOTH SIDES NOW Glen Campbell 102200
34 34 27 7 I COULD USE A LOVE SONG Maren Morris 97400
35 31 1 13 TWO FUX Adam Lambert 986400
36 38 36 4 NON BELIEVER London Grammar 59200
37 22 1 7 GALVESTON Glen Campbell 711800
38 67 38 2 TENSION CENTVRIES 23800
39 39 39 4 DARK NIGHTS Dorothy 53000
40 43 40 6 IN AND OUT Beth Ditto 78100
41 37 37 4 POSITIVE ROLE MODEL Pet Shop Boys 50200
42 35 19 9 POWER Little Mix featuring Stormzy 148650
43 59 43 4 DUM DUM Kideko 35000
44 54 44 3 DO IT AGAIN Steely Dan 31750
45 41 14 7 I HEAR YOU CALLING DJ Licious 134500
46 44 1 12 DREAMS Grace Slick 562500
47 47 7 11 MR SANDMAN Syml 281400
48 65 48 2 LIFE WITH THE MACBETHS Sparks 19300
49 57 49 6 SUPERFRESH Jamiroquai 51200
50 50 8 8 DARTH VADER Dragonette 204550
51 48 8 12 UNFORGETTABLE French Montana featuring Swae Lee 305750
52 45 19 6 MAN BEHIND THE SUN Callum Beattie 88800
53 53 53 4 WOULDN’T WANNA BE YA YONAKA 33900
54 42 5 7 I’M NOT GONNA MISS YOU Glen Campbell 259250
55 46 26 6 GOTTA GET A GRIP (SEEB REMIX) Mick Jagger 95850
56 51 3 15 THE MAN The Killers 522150
57 55 1 15 SUMMER WINE Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood 783400
58 56 56 6 FEEL ABOUT YOU Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 52800
59 52 48 6 BACK TO YOU Louis Tomlinson featuring Bebe Rexha & Digital Farm Animals 63100
60 49 49 4 DANCING IN THE RAIN The Fizz 46300
61 61 1 28 ALONE AGAIN OR Love 928350
62 62 62 3 THIS KIND OF LOVE George Michael 22200
63 58 4 12 NO GOOD FOR YOU The Union featuring Lovespeake 341200
64 RE 64 3 CHASING HIGHS Alma 19500
65 75 65 2 YALLA Inna 12000
66 74 66 2 THE WOLF SIAMES 12000
67 71 67 2 LOVE IN RUINS Gryffin featuring Sinead Harnett 12400
68 NEW 68 1 BEST FRIEND Sofi Tukker featuring NERVO, The Knocks & Alisa Ueno 6400
69 NEW 69 1 ILL RAY (THE KING) Kasabian 6200
70 60 20 10 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE BEAUTIFUL PROBLEMS Lana Del Ray featuring Stevie Nicks 149950
71 72 71 3 YOU’RE THE BEST THING ABOUT ME U2 16400
72 63 10 10 MIRACLES (SOMEONE SPECIAL) Coldplay & Big Sean 209850
73 73 1 48 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU Abba 1154100
74 NEW 74 1 MORE THAN FRIENDS James Hype featuring Kelli-Leigh 5200
75 NEW 75 1 HAVANA Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug 5000
DROP OUTS
64 60 5 UGLY Jaira Burns 38400
66 10 9 IT’S SUNNY TLC featuring Bobby Hebb 191900
68 68 4 DO YA THINK I’M SEXY? Rod Stewart featuring DNCE 23400
69 17 11 TOO MUCH Blondie 165300
70 19 9 THE PUNISHMENT OF LUXURY Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 125500
17th September 2017
It’s the Pet Shop Boys gorgeous Footsteps on top, a 1999 album track that should have been a single, but in those days I only allowed one album track per album to chart – these days I’m going with around 3, and Nightlife made the charts again recently, so that’s an excuse to finally get it on top, as it would have done in late ’99 had I changed my chart rules. That’s a 44th topper, and one not far behind from the same album at 4.
The late Glen Campbell makes the top 10 47 years since the first time (it topped my chart in 1970), and Katy Perry finally goes top 10 after 14 weeks on my chart, Swish! Thirty Seconds From Mars, the band of The Joker, at least the Suicide Squad version, is the highest entry at 19. Any DC comics connection is good enough for me! ZAYN and Sia rocket up to 30, and Sparks get 2 new entries, the best new tracks off Hippopotamus, which was getting heavily pushed on posters all over Copenhagen back in July, so a bit of a wait! Suedey entered Edith Piaf into Buzzjack Song Contest, and had it been the studio version it would have done much better. Sparks, 43 years of charting here and still going strong.
1 2 1 2 FOOTSTEPS Pet Shop Boys 285000
2 1 1 3 CRYBABY Paloma Faith 335000
3 3 3 6 DRINK UP Train 358000
4 33 4 2 CLOSER TO HEAVEN Pet Shop Boys 82700
5 5 4 7 MORE MESS Kungs featuring Olly Murs & Coely 362400
6 6 1 10 TRUE FEELING Galantis 805000
7 4 1 9 STILL FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME Zoot Woman featuring Kylie Minogue 718600
8 11 8 6 IT’S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE Glen Campbell 176000
9 25 9 14 SWISH SWISH Katy Perry featuring Nicki Minaj 264200
10 17 10 6 NEW RULES Dua Lipa 124300
11 23 11 5 GET LOW Zedd & Liam Payne 91750
12 13 12 3 TALL THIN MEN Pet Shop Boys 86500
13 8 6 4 LIKE AN ANGEL PASSING THROUGH MY ROOM Madonna 177000
14 14 14 4 3 A.M. (ETERNAL) The KLF 105000
15 9 9 6 HOLDING ON Dannii Minogue featuring Jason Heerah 161150
16 16 16 5 REGGAETON LENTO CNCO & Little Mix 104350
17 12 8 9 ROCKIN’ The Weeknd 277700
18 10 10 6 WHAT ABOUT US P!nk 176450
19 NEW 19 1 WALK ON WATER Thirty Seconds To Mars 21000
20 20 20 3 BELIEVE/SONG FOR GUY Pet Shop Boys featuring Elton John 58400
21 19 19 5 DIVE (3.35 EDIT) Saint Etienne 77950
22 7 1 6 GALVESTON Glen Campbell 694500
23 30 23 3 ELIZABETH TAYLOR (MULHOLLAND EDITION) Clare Maguire 54850
24 35 24 2 FANTASY George Michael featuring Nile Rodgers 36500
25 15 4 10 AVE PLAGUE KING PLAGUE 469750
26 18 8 10 I’LL BE AROUND Empire Of The Sun 303950
27 46 27 2 MY KINGDOM (WILLIAM BLACK REMIX) Evangeline 31150
28 31 28 3 MERMAID Skott 47700
29 37 29 3 SWINGIN’ WITH MY EYES CLOSED Shania Twain 41500
30 68 30 2 DUSK TILL DAWN ZAYN featuring Sia 24400
31 24 1 12 TWO FUX Adam Lambert 968900
32 56 32 5 RUN FOR COVER The Killers 65050
33 NEW 33 1 EDITH PIAF (SAID IT BETTER THAN ME) Sparks 17700
34 27 27 6 I COULD USE A LOVE SONG Maren Morris 79800
35 21 19 8 POWER Little Mix featuring Stormzy 134900
36 58 36 3 ALL STARS Martin Solveig featuring Alma 34000
37 52 37 3 POSITIVE ROLE MODEL Pet Shop Boys 36200
38 39 38 3 NON BELIEVER London Grammar 41800
39 50 39 3 DARK NIGHTS Dorothy 35900
40 40 40 6 BOTH SIDES NOW Glen Campbell 84500
41 26 14 6 I HEAR YOU CALLING DJ Licious 121500
42 22 5 6 I’M NOT GONNA MISS YOU Glen Campbell 248250
43 43 43 5 IN AND OUT Beth Ditto 61100
44 38 1 11 DREAMS Grace Slick 549750
45 29 19 5 MAN BEHIND THE SUN Callum Beattie 77300
46 28 26 5 GOTTA GET A GRIP (SEEB REMIX) Mick Jagger 85050
47 34 7 10 MR SANDMAN Syml 268900
48 36 8 11 UNFORGETTABLE French Montana featuring Swae Lee 294000
49 49 49 3 DANCING IN THE RAIN The Fizz 36300
50 32 8 7 DARTH VADER Dragonette 192550
51 42 3 14 THE MAN The Killers 511550
52 48 48 5 BACK TO YOU Louis Tomlinson featuring Bebe Rexha & Digital Farm Animals 53000
53 74 53 3 WOULDN’T WANNA BE YA YONAKA 22650
54 61 54 2 DO IT AGAIN Steely Dan 18500
55 51 1 14 SUMMER WINE Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood 773000
56 57 56 5 FEEL ABOUT YOU Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 42600
57 59 57 5 SUPERFRESH Jamiroquai 39100
58 44 4 11 NO GOOD FOR YOU The Union featuring Lovespeake 334000
59 69 59 3 DUM DUM Kideko 21500
60 47 20 9 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE BEAUTIFUL PROBLEMS Lana Del Ray featuring Stevie Nicks 143950
61 60 1 27 ALONE AGAIN OR Love 920850
62 62 62 2 THIS KIND OF LOVE George Michael 14800
63 45 10 9 MIRACLES (SOMEONE SPECIAL) Coldplay & Big Sean 204250
64 64 60 5 UGLY Jaira Burns 38400
65 NEW 65 1 LIFE WITH THE MACBETHS Sparks 7000
66 55 10 9 IT’S SUNNY TLC featuring Bobby Hebb 191900
67 NEW 67 1 TENSION CENTVRIES 6600
68 71 68 4 DO YA THINK I’M SEXY? Rod Stewart featuring DNCE 23400
69 63 17 11 TOO MUCH Blondie 165300
70 65 19 9 THE PUNISHMENT OF LUXURY Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 125500
71 NEW 71 1 LOVE IN RUINS Gryffin featuring Sinead Harnett 5800
72 75 72 2 YOU’RE THE BEST THING ABOUT ME U2 10600
73 73 1 47 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU Abba 1148700
74 NEW 74 1 THE WOLF SIAMES 5200
75 NEW 75 1 YALLA Inna 5000
DROP OUTS
41 29 5 GOOD RIDDANCE (TIME OF YOUR LIFE) Glen Campbell 79350
53 36 5 SWIMMING POOL SUMMER Capital Cities 64450
54 27 6 THE SPIRIT OF THE HAWK Rednex 89300
66 18 8 RAIN The Script 137800
67 10 9 GENEVE John Otway 209600
70 35 7 WILD THOUGHTS DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna & Bryson Tiller 77250
72 40 8 SUBEME LA RADIO Enrique Iglesias featuring Descemer Bueno, Zion and Lennox 84200
10th September 2017
It’s Paloma Faith grabbing a 4th chart-topper, as she enters the UK sales top 40 with the fab Crybaby (but not the steaming chart), just keeping ahead of the highest new entry from a Pet Shop Boys mini-invasion – all previously uncharted tracks from Nightlife Deluxe Edition – with Footsteps at 2, a totally gorgeous genteel night-themed song which could easily have been in the musical Closer To Heaven – as in fact could that track entering at 33, and the track intended for it (but dropped) Tall Thin Men at 13.
Two Minogues in the top 10, George Michael returns with a Listen Without Prejudice era non-album track, here remixed by Nile Rodgers, new at 35, while an unreleased leaked ballad is at 62. Needs releasing. Shania Twain bounds into the top 40 for her 2nd of the year, London Grammar get a 3rd, while Steely Dan return for the first time in decades following the death of Walter Becker, here with my UK 1975 Top 10 (and their best track) Do It Again – and that took 3 years to scrape into the official UK top 40.
Sia’s back yet again, non-stop Dusk Till Dawn hitmaker really, with Zayn – or ZAYN! – making 3 One Direction-member tracks in the chart. Never would have thought! U2 scrape in with their new lead album track. Scrape is the right word, it sounds very U2 on first hearing (which is OK by me), but a bit lacking something compared to previous album lead singles.
1 7 1 2 CRYBABY Paloma Faith 220000
2 NEW 2 1 FOOTSTEPS Pet Shop Boys 115000
3 4 3 5 DRINK UP Train 273000
4 2 1 8 STILL FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME Zoot Woman featuring Kylie Minogue 668600
5 5 4 6 MORE MESS Kungs featuring Olly Murs & Coely 302400
6 3 1 9 TRUE FEELING Galantis 755000
7 1 1 5 GALVESTON Glen Campbell 675000
8 6 6 3 LIKE AN ANGEL PASSING THROUGH MY ROOM Madonna 145000
9 13 9 5 HOLDING ON Dannii Minogue featuring Jason Heerah 134150
10 10 10 5 WHAT ABOUT US P!nk 154450
11 14 11 5 IT’S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE Glen Campbell 128000
12 8 8 8 ROCKIN’ The Weeknd 254700
13 22 13 2 TALL THIN MEN Pet Shop Boys 51500
14 15 14 3 3 A.M. (ETERNAL) The KLF 76000
15 9 4 9 AVE PLAGUE KING PLAGUE 451000
16 17 16 4 REGGAETON LENTO CNCO & Little Mix 79350
17 18 17 5 NEW RULES Dua Lipa 82300
18 11 8 9 I’LL BE AROUND Empire Of The Sun 285450
19 20 19 4 DIVE (3.35 EDIT) Saint Etienne 58200
20 27 20 2 BELIEVE/SONG FOR GUY Pet Shop Boys featuring Elton John 38400
21 25 19 7 POWER Little Mix featuring Stormzy 117400
22 12 5 5 I’M NOT GONNA MISS YOU Glen Campbell 234500
23 35 23 4 GET LOW Zedd & Liam Payne 54750
24 16 1 11 TWO FUX Adam Lambert 951000
25 39 15 13 SWISH SWISH Katy Perry featuring Nicki Minaj 219200
26 23 14 5 I HEAR YOU CALLING DJ Licious 107500
27 40 27 5 I COULD USE A LOVE SONG Maren Morris 62200
28 26 26 4 GOTTA GET A GRIP (SEEB REMIX) Mick Jagger 72300
29 19 19 4 MAN BEHIND THE SUN Callum Beattie 64300
30 34 30 2 ELIZABETH TAYLOR (MULHOLLAND EDITION) Clare Maguire 35600
31 52 31 2 MERMAID Skott 29400
32 21 8 6 DARTH VADER Dragonette 180550
33 NEW 33 1 CLOSER TO HEAVEN Pet Shop Boys 17700
34 24 7 9 MR SANDMAN Syml 256400
35 NEW 35 1 FANTASY George Michael featuring Nile Rodgers 17500
36 37 8 10 UNFORGETTABLE French Montana featuring Swae Lee 281700
37 70 37 2 SWINGIN’ WITH MY EYES CLOSED Shania Twain 23300
38 31 1 10 DREAMS Grace Slick 536500
39 61 39 2 NON BELIEVER London Grammar 24600
40 42 40 5 BOTH SIDES NOW Glen Campbell 67500
41 29 29 5 GOOD RIDDANCE (TIME OF YOUR LIFE) Glen Campbell 79350
42 32 3 13 THE MAN The Killers 499800
43 47 43 4 IN AND OUT Beth Ditto 47600
44 30 4 10 NO GOOD FOR YOU The Union featuring Lovespeake 323800
45 28 10 8 MIRACLES (SOMEONE SPECIAL) Coldplay & Big Sean 197050
46 NEW 46 1 MY KINGDOM (WILLIAM BLACK REMIX) Evangeline 12750
47 38 20 8 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE BEAUTIFUL PROBLEMS Lana Del Ray featuring Stevie Nicks 133950
48 50 48 4 BACK TO YOU Louis Tomlinson featuring Bebe Rexha & Digital Farm Animals 41500
49 49 49 2 DANCING IN THE RAIN The Fizz 24200
50 66 50 2 DARK NIGHTS Dorothy 18800
51 43 1 13 SUMMER WINE Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood 762200
52 62 52 2 POSITIVE ROLE MODEL Pet Shop Boys 18900
53 36 36 5 SWIMMING POOL SUMMER Capital Cities 64450
54 33 27 6 THE SPIRIT OF THE HAWK Rednex 89300
55 41 10 8 IT’S SUNNY TLC featuring Bobby Hebb 185100
56 44 44 4 RUN FOR COVER The Killers 47250
57 58 57 4 FEEL ABOUT YOU Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 32000
58 68 58 2 ALL STARS Martin Solveig featuring Alma 16600
59 63 59 4 SUPERFRESH Jamiroquai 28700
60 59 1 26 ALONE AGAIN OR Love 913350
61 NEW 61 1 DO IT AGAIN Steely Dan 7500
62 NEW 62 1 THIS KIND OF LOVE George Michael 7400
63 53 17 10 TOO MUCH Blondie 159100
64 60 60 4 UGLY Jaira Burns 31300
65 45 19 8 THE PUNISHMENT OF LUXURY Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 119500
66 55 18 8 RAIN The Script 137800
67 56 10 9 GENEVE John Otway 209600
68 NEW 68 1 DUSK TILL DAWN ZAYN featuring Sia 6400
69 74 69 2 DUM DUM Kideko 11400
70 46 35 7 WILD THOUGHTS DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna & Bryson Tiller 77250
71 71 71 3 DO YA THINK I’M SEXY? Rod Stewart featuring DNCE 17000
72 54 40 8 SUBEME LA RADIO Enrique Iglesias featuring Descemer Bueno, Zion and Lennox 84200
73 73 1 46 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU Abba 1143300
74 69 69 2 WOULDN’T WANNA BE YA YONAKA 11400
75 NEW 75 1 YOU’RE THE BEST THING ABOUT ME U2 5000
DROP OUTS
48 39 4 GLORIOUS Macklemore featuring Skylar Grey 47650
51 51 4 TRY A LITTLE KINDNESS Glen Campbell 45250
57 29 6 NERDY BOY Sushy featuring Roachie 92300
64 14 15 MALIBU Miley Cyrus 240550
65 34 6 FIOR DI LATTE Phoenix 72900
67 17 9 BLESS THIS ACID HOUSE Kasabian 143750
72 72 1 DOWN THE ROAD C2C featuring John Lee Hooker 5600
75 75 1 MANGO BAY MONOMOTION 5000
3rd September 2017
It’s Galveston for a 3rd week on top in a pretty static top 5, but with a hot new entry for Paloma Faith returning with a fab song Crybaby in at 7 giving her 8 years of top 10 hits since New York topped my chart. 8 top 10’s and 3 number one’s later and she’s back. P!nk finally gets back into the top 10, her 10th at least.
Little Mix replace themselves in the top 20, and Saint Etienne rocket into the 20, at least their 8th since 1993, plus a chart-topper for Sarah Cracknell. Pet Shop Boys have 3 expanded versions of 3 of their more recent albums with loads of fab tracks, several I don’t know and didn’t own. The first album I played is 1999’s Nightlife, so in at 22 is a total showtune written for their musical (but dropped), Tall Thin Men is amusingly short and fab. AT 27 they have mashed up 2 Elton John songs, got him to sing on the new versions…and never released it. Pretty good version, and both songs made my top 10 in their original versions.
Clare Maguire is back with a remixed version of previous 2016 top 10 Elizabeth Taylor, Swish Swish re-enters for Katy Perry now I know it’s all about Taylor Swift. Now I like Taylor’s songs, but let’s be honest she seems to slag off everyone she meets in her songs, so turnabout is fair play, she started it. So there, nyah, na, nana naaa. One would hope she might grow up and write about something important instead. Katy does and sticks up for the non-rich to boot.
In at 49, and here’s a chart return I never thought I’d see – it’s Bucks Fizz! OK, Bobby G is missing, which is a shame as he owns the name and his vocals were a key part, but hey ho, pretty much them 36 years on. They had a decade-run in my charts, and 3 chart-toppers.
1 1 1 4 GALVESTON Glen Campbell 625000
2 2 1 7 STILL FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME Zoot Woman featuring Kylie Minogue 603600
3 3 1 8 TRUE FEELING Galantis 700000
4 4 4 4 DRINK UP Train 188000
5 6 4 5 MORE MESS Kungs featuring Olly Murs & Coely 242400
6 10 6 2 LIKE AN ANGEL PASSING THROUGH MY ROOM Madonna 97000
7 NEW 7 1 CRYBABY Paloma Faith 50000
8 9 8 7 ROCKIN’ The Weeknd 219700
9 7 4 8 AVE PLAGUE KING PLAGUE 424000
10 12 10 4 WHAT ABOUT US P!nk 112450
11 8 8 8 I’LL BE AROUND Empire Of The Sun 263450
12 5 5 4 I’M NOT GONNA MISS YOU Glen Campbell 215000
13 15 13 4 HOLDING ON Dannii Minogue featuring Jason Heerah 89150
14 17 14 4 IT’S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE Glen Campbell 91000
15 20 15 2 3 A.M. The KLF 47000
16 11 1 10 TWO FUX Adam Lambert 932000
17 34 17 3 REGGAETON LENTO CNCO & Little Mix 54350
18 22 18 4 NEW RULES Dua Lipa 59300
19 30 19 3 MAN BEHIND THE SUN Callum Beattie 46100
20 60 20 3 DIVE (3.35 EDIT) Saint Etienne 37200
21 13 8 5 DARTH VADER Dragonette 162750
22 NEW 22 1 TALL THIN MEN Pet Shop Boys 19500
23 14 14 4 I HEAR YOU CALLING DJ Licious 89000
24 16 7 8 MR SANDMAN Syml 238800
25 19 19 6 POWER Little Mix featuring Stormzy 97650
26 26 26 3 GOTTA GET A GRIP (SEEB REMIX) Mick Jagger 54000
27 NEW 27 1 BELIEVE/SONG FOR GUY Pet Shop Boys featuring Elton John 18400
28 18 10 7 MIRACLES (SOMEONE SPECIAL) Coldplay & Big Sean 184050
29 29 29 4 GOOD RIDDANCE (TIME OF YOUR LIFE) Glen Campbell 65350
30 21 4 9 NO GOOD FOR YOU The Union featuring Lovespeake 310550
31 31 1 9 DREAMS Grace Slick 519300
32 25 3 12 THE MAN The Killers 486050
33 27 27 5 THE SPIRIT OF THE HAWK Rednex 78300
34 NEW 34 1 ELIZABETH TAYLOR (MULHOLLAND EDITION) Clare Maguire 17600
35 50 35 3 GET LOW Zedd & Liam Payne 35500
36 36 36 4 SWIMMING POOL SUMMER Capital Cities 53200
37 24 8 9 UNFORGETTABLE French Montana featuring Swae Lee 264300
38 23 20 7 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE BEAUTIFUL PROBLEMS Lana Del Ray featuring Stevie Nicks 121450
39 RE 15 12 SWISH SWISH Katy Perry featuring Nicki Minaj 200450
40 49 40 4 I COULD USE A LOVE SONG Maren Morris 43800
41 28 10 7 IT’S SUNNY TLC featuring Bobby Hebb 174300
42 44 42 4 BOTH SIDES NOW Glen Campbell 50500
43 41 1 12 SUMMER WINE Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood 750450
44 45 44 3 RUN FOR COVER The Killers 36650
45 33 19 7 THE PUNISHMENT OF LUXURY Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 112500
46 35 35 6 WILD THOUGHTS DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna & Bryson Tiller 71250
47 54 47 3 IN AND OUT Beth Ditto 34100
48 39 39 4 GLORIOUS Macklemore featuring Skylar Grey 47650
49 NEW 49 1 DANCING IN THE RAIN The Fizz 12100
50 55 50 3 BACK TO YOU Louis Tomlinson featuring Bebe Rexha & Digital Farm Animals 29200
51 51 51 4 TRY A LITTLE KINDNESS Glen Campbell 45250
52 NEW 52 1 MERMAID Skott 11500
53 38 17 9 TOO MUCH Blondie 151900
54 40 40 7 SUBEME LA RADIO Enrique Iglesias featuring Descemer Bueno, Zion and Lennox 78600
55 37 18 7 RAIN The Script 131000
56 47 10 8 GENEVE John Otway 203000
57 32 29 6 NERDY BOY Sushy featuring Roachie 92300
58 68 58 3 FEEL ABOUT YOU Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 21600
59 57 1 25 ALONE AGAIN OR Love 903350
60 62 60 3 UGLY Jaira Burns 24200
61 NEW 61 1 NON BELIEVER London Grammar 7500
62 NEW 62 1 POSITIVE ROLE MODEL Pet Shop Boys 7400
63 69 63 3 SUPERFRESH Jamiroquai 18600
64 58 14 15 MALIBU Miley Cyrus 240550
65 43 34 6 FIOR DI LATTE Phoenix 72900
66 NEW 66 1 DARK NIGHTS Dorothy 6800
67 42 17 9 BLESS THIS ACID HOUSE Kasabian 143750
68 NEW 68 1 ALL STARS Martin Solveig featuring Alma 6400
69 NEW 69 1 WOULDN’T WANNA BE YA YONAKA 6200
70 NEW 70 1 SWINGIN’ WITH MY EYES CLOSED Shania Twain 6000
71 73 71 2 DO YA THINK I’M SEXY? Rod Stewart featuring DNCE 11200
72 NEW 72 1 DOWN THE ROAD C2C featuring John Lee Hooker 5600
73 72 1 45 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU Abba 1137900
74 NEW 74 1 DUM DUM Kideko 5200
75 NEW 75 1 MANGO BAY MONOMOTION 5000
DROP OUTS
46 1 6 NUMB Linkin Park 523750
48 31 9 REAL LIFE Duke Dumont & Gordon City featuring Naations 128250
52 23 9 LIFE’S ABOUT TO GET GOOD Shania Twain 146000
53 16 9 FEELS Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean 161900
56 1 16 INTO THE FIRE VINAI featuring Anjulie 1189500
59 59 3 GYPSY (CATCH ME IF YOU CAN) Norda & Mike De Ville featuring Joanna Jones 26400
61 4 15 CRYING IN THE CLUB Camila Cabello 485650
63 5 9 CHINATOWN Liam Gallagher 282500
64 64 2 BRICKS Le Grind 13700
65 65 2 CHASING HIGHS Alma 12400
66 1 13 SHE’S LEAVING HOME The Beatles 607350
67 20 3 WICHITA LINEMAN Glen Campbell 44400
70 70 3 NO HORSES Garbage 16400
71 71 1 WHAT TIME IS LOVE The KLF 5800
74 34 8 LOVE IS LOVE IS LOVE LeAnne Rimes 103750
75 75 1 WITHOUT YOU Avicii featuring Sandro Cavezza 5000
27th August 2017
Back on top for a second week, it’s the Jimmy Webb classic for the late great Glen, and in the same week Texas (including Galveston) gets whacked by a massive hurricane. Train get yet another top 5 single here, 16 years since Drops Of Jupiter peaked at 10, at least the 8th or 9th time they’ve done the top 10 and the 6th top 5. In at 10, it’s a 90’s-themed invasion as I come across an unreleased 1999 gem, purely by accident looking for an entry to the Buzzjack Song Contest – it’s Madonna doing a version of a wonderful gentle ballad from Abba’s final studio album. It was intended to go on the Music album, and Madonna really should have followed through with it, it’s charming.
New at 20, my 1991 chart-topper for the KLF returns, as TV pushes sales up of what of their back-catalogue is available to buy (clue: very little). Fortunately I already have pretty much everything of theirs I wanted to own, not to mention earlier stuff from the 80’s, and as part of the band Brilliant, who were pretty fine. 3am eternal!
Big jumps for Dua Lipa to 22, Callum Beattie to 30, and a host of current chart hits into my 40 – that hasn’t happened for some time! Rod Stewart’s 1978 chart-topper is also back, regarded as his cheesiest track generally, it always had that great riff going for it, and this time it gets the DNCE treatment. It really should say DNCE featuring Rod Stewart as it’s very much in their style, not Rod’s…..
1 2 1 3 GALVESTON Glen Campbell 455000
2 1 1 6 STILL FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME Zoot Woman featuring Kylie Minogue 488600
3 3 1 7 TRUE FEELING Galantis 615000
4 11 4 3 DRINK UP Train 123000
5 5 5 3 I’M NOT GONNA MISS YOU Glen Campbell 180000
6 6 4 4 MORE MESS Kungs featuring Olly Murs & Coely 182400
7 4 4 7 AVE PLAGUE KING PLAGUE 379000
8 8 8 7 I’LL BE AROUND Empire Of The Sun 226450
9 10 9 6 ROCKIN’ The Weeknd 171700
10 NEW 10 1 LIKE AN ANGEL PASSING THROUGH MY ROOM Madonna 42000
11 7 1 9 TWO FUX Adam Lambert 907000
12 17 12 3 WHAT ABOUT US P!nk 70750
13 9 8 4 DARTH VADER Dragonette 143000
14 18 14 3 I HEAR YOU CALLING DJ Licious 69750
15 21 15 3 HOLDING ON Dannii Minogue featuring Jason Heerah 57150
16 13 7 7 MR SANDMAN Syml 219800
17 19 17 3 IT’S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE Glen Campbell 62000
18 12 10 6 MIRACLES (SOMEONE SPECIAL) Coldplay & Big Sean 165750
19 22 19 5 POWER Little Mix featuring Stormzy 78900
20 NEW 20 1 3 A.M. The KLF 20000
21 14 4 8 NO GOOD FOR YOU The Union featuring Lovespeake 292550
22 50 22 3 NEW RULES Dua Lipa 37300
23 20 20 6 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE BEAUTIFUL PROBLEMS Lana Del Ray featuring Stevie Nicks 104250
24 15 8 8 UNFORGETTABLE French Montana featuring Swae Lee 247000
25 23 3 11 THE MAN The Killers 468250
26 40 26 2 GOTTA GET A GRIP (SEEB REMIX) Mick Jagger 35500
27 36 27 4 THE SPIRIT OF THE HAWK Rednex 60600
28 16 10 6 IT’S SUNNY TLC featuring Bobby Hebb 160300
29 38 29 3 GOOD RIDDANCE (TIME OF YOUR LIFE) Glen Campbell 47150
30 64 30 2 MAN BEHIND THE SUN Callum Beattie 25100
31 25 1 8 DREAMS Grace Slick 501400
32 29 29 5 NERDY BOY Sushy featuring Roachie 81900
33 30 19 6 THE PUNISHMENT OF LUXURY Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 99500
34 42 34 2 REGGAETON LENTO CNCO & Little Mix 31350
35 43 35 5 WILD THOUGHTS DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna & Bryson Tiller 59000
36 54 36 3 SWIMMING POOL SUMMER Capital Cities 35800
37 26 18 6 RAIN The Script 120200
38 27 17 8 TOO MUCH Blondie 140650
39 53 39 3 GLORIOUS Macklemore featuring Skylar Grey 35350
40 45 40 6 SUBEME LA RADIO Enrique Iglesias featuring Descemer Bueno, Zion and Lennox 67600
41 37 1 11 SUMMER WINE Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood 736950
42 28 17 8 BLESS THIS ACID HOUSE Kasabian 137150
43 34 34 5 FIOR DI LATTE Phoenix 65900
44 47 44 3 BOTH SIDES NOW Glen Campbell 36750
45 57 45 2 RUN FOR COVER The Killers 23400
46 24 1 6 NUMB Linkin Park 523750
47 33 10 7 GENEVE John Otway 192400
48 31 31 9 REAL LIFE Duke Dumont & Gordon City featuring Naations 128250
49 61 49 3 I COULD USE A LOVE SONG Maren Morris 26800
50 70 50 2 GET LOW Zedd & Liam Payne 18000
51 51 51 3 TRY A LITTLE KINDNESS Glen Campbell 33500
52 39 23 9 LIFE’S ABOUT TO GET GOOD Shania Twain 146000
53 35 16 9 FEELS Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean 161900
54 56 54 2 IN AND OUT Beth Ditto 21600
55 68 55 2 BACK TO YOU Louis Tomlinson featuring Bebe Rexha & Digital Farm Animals 17200
56 46 1 16 INTO THE FIRE VINAI featuring Anjulie 1189500
57 55 1 24 ALONE AGAIN OR Love 893250
58 48 14 14 MALIBU Miley Cyrus 233450
59 59 59 3 GYPSY (CATCH ME IF YOU CAN) Norda & Mike De Ville featuring Joanna Jones 26400
60 63 60 2 DIVE (3.35 EDIT) Saint Etienne 17200
61 49 4 15 CRYING IN THE CLUB Camila Cabello 485650
62 66 62 2 UGLY Jaira Burns 14200
63 41 5 9 CHINATOWN Liam Gallagher 282500
64 67 64 2 BRICKS Le Grind 13700
65 RE 65 2 CHASING HIGHS Alma 12400
66 58 1 13 SHE’S LEAVING HOME The Beatles 607350
67 32 20 3 WICHITA LINEMAN Glen Campbell 44400
68 75 68 2 FEEL ABOUT YOU Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 11400
69 74 69 2 SUPERFRESH Jamiroquai 11400
70 73 70 3 NO HORSES Garbage 16400
71 NEW 71 1 WHAT TIME IS LOVE The KLF 5800
72 72 1 44 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU Abba 1132500
73 NEW 73 1 DO YA THINK I’M SEXY? Rod Stewart featuring DNCE 5400
74 44 34 8 LOVE IS LOVE IS LOVE LeAnne Rimes 103750
75 NEW 75 1 WITHOUT YOU Avicii featuring Sandro Cavezza) 5000
DROP OUTS
52 33 6 CHAMELEON Pnau 94250
60 47 2 BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX Glen Campbell 22500
62 6 12 WALL OF GLASS Liam Gallagher 317050
65 65 2 REIMS RL Grime 13600
69 11 16 DESPACITO (REMIX) Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber 254100
71 71 1 NOT ENOUGH Lido featuring THEY 5800
20th August 2017
It’s Zoot Woman on top, the British electronica have been releasing tracks for 20 years without me ever noticing until they teamed up with Kylie – so wham, only 2 decades of waiting! Kylie meanwhile gets an 11th number one since her first in 1994 and her most-recent in 2014. Ol’ Kylie has had well over 30 top 10 hits here, so you can see I quite like her.
Glen Campbell still has a big presence on my chart, and the chart is so crammed with great stuff that good singles I still like have been pushed out (including several Glen Campbell tracks). Frankly I could easily do a top 120 or so of tracks I like right now (If I had the time!), and every track in my chart is underperforming compared to where they deserve to be.
P!nk has a big climb into the 20, as Lana Del Ray returns to the 20 for the 2nd time this year and thereby giving Stevie Nicks a top 20 for the first time in 6 years (not including Fleetwood Mac). Dannii Minogue also leaps to 21, chasing her sis, with what is shockingly her first top 40 track in 12 years. Highest new entry is a fab SEEB remix of a new Mick Jagger track, at 40, his first chart entry outside the Stones in 13 years, and his first top 40 since Gosh Knows When…
Little Mix go all latin pop with CNCO and grab a second chart hit at 42, Dua Lipa has a big climb into the 50, The Killers also grab a second entry, and Beth Ditto improves on her minor first single off the new album, entering higher than Fire. Saint Etienne keep the regular run of hits a-coming, 25 years and counting, and 2 ex-One Direction boys enter proving that the better-quality and more-varied solo material of all 5 members has already out-done everything they did as a band – an underwhelming 7 or 8 chart entries and none of them going top 40, I think.
1 2 1 5 STILL FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME Zoot Woman featuring Kylie Minogue 373600
2 1 1 2 GALVESTON Glen Campbell 285000
3 3 1 6 TRUE FEELING Galantis 530000
4 6 4 6 AVE PLAGUE KING PLAGUE 329000
5 5 5 2 I’M NOT GONNA MISS YOU Glen Campbell 120000
6 4 4 3 MORE MESS Kungs featuring Olly Murs & Coely 127400
7 7 1 8 TWO FUX Adam Lambert 870000
8 9 8 6 I’LL BE AROUND Empire Of The Sun 178450
9 8 8 3 DARTH VADER Dragonette 111000
10 12 10 5 ROCKIN’ The Weeknd 126700
11 19 11 2 DRINK UP Train 58000
12 10 10 5 MIRACLES (SOMEONE SPECIAL) Coldplay & Big Sean 143750
13 14 7 6 MR SANDMAN Syml 194800
14 15 4 7 NO GOOD FOR YOU The Union featuring Lovespeake 272800
15 16 8 7 UNFORGETTABLE French Montana featuring Swae Lee 228000
16 13 10 5 IT’S SUNNY TLC featuring Bobby Hebb 142000
17 46 17 2 WHAT ABOUT US P!nk 35750
18 25 18 2 I HEAR YOU CALLING DJ Licious 40750
19 30 19 2 IT’S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE Glen Campbell 39000
20 26 20 5 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE BEAUTIFUL PROBLEMS Lana Del Ray featuring Stevie Nicks 85000
21 57 21 2 HOLDING ON Dannii Minogue featuring Jason Heerah 30150
22 27 22 4 POWER Little Mix featuring Stormzy 57900
23 23 3 10 THE MAN The Killers 449500
24 11 1 5 NUMB Linkin Park 511000
25 21 1 7 DREAMS Grace Slick 483500
26 18 18 5 RAIN The Script 102900
27 22 17 7 TOO MUCH Blondie 123450
28 17 17 7 BLESS THIS ACID HOUSE Kasabian 123400
29 31 29 4 NERDY BOY Sushy featuring Roachie 64100
30 24 19 5 THE PUNISHMENT OF LUXURY Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 81800
31 35 31 8 REAL LIFE Duke Dumont & Gordon City featuring Naations 115950
32 20 20 2 WICHITA LINEMAN Glen Campbell 37800
33 29 10 6 GENEVE John Otway 179900
34 48 34 4 FIOR DI LATTE Phoenix 52400
35 33 16 8 FEELS Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean 150650
36 37 36 3 THE SPIRIT OF THE HAWK Rednex 42200
37 36 1 10 SUMMER WINE Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood 722950
38 51 38 2 GOOD RIDDANCE (TIME OF YOUR LIFE) Glen Campbell 28950
39 44 23 8 LIFE’S ABOUT TO GET GOOD Shania Twain 134500
40 NEW 40 1 GOTTA GET A GRIP (SEEB REMIX) Mick Jagger 17000
41 28 5 8 CHINATOWN Liam Gallagher 275300
42 NEW 42 1 REGGAETON LENTO CNCO & Little Mix 13750
43 50 43 4 WILD THOUGHTS DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna & Bryson Tiller 41500
44 34 34 7 LOVE IS LOVE IS LOVE LeAnne Rimes 98550
45 45 45 5 SUBEME LA RADIO Enrique Iglesias featuring Descemer Bueno, Zion and Lennox 50600
46 42 1 15 INTO THE FIRE VINAI featuring Anjulie 1178900
47 54 47 2 BOTH SIDES NOW Glen Campbell 23500
48 39 14 13 MALIBU Miley Cyrus 223250
49 38 4 14 CRYING IN THE CLUB Camila Cabello 478150
50 71 50 2 NEW RULES Dua Lipa 17800
51 60 51 2 TRY A LITTLE KINDNESS Glen Campbell 21750
52 40 33 6 CHAMELEON Pnau 94250
53 65 53 2 GLORIOUS Macklemore featuring Skylar Grey 18250
54 62 54 2 SWIMMING POOL SUMMER Capital Cities 18400
55 55 1 23 ALONE AGAIN OR Love 882850
56 NEW 56 1 IN AND OUT Beth Ditto 10600
57 NEW 57 1 RUN FOR COVER The Killers 10400
58 59 1 12 SHE’S LEAVING HOME The Beatles 600550
59 69 59 2 GYPSY (CATCH ME IF YOU CAN) Norda & Mike De Ville featuring Joanna Jones 16300
60 47 47 2 BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX Glen Campbell 22500
61 63 61 2 I COULD USE A LOVE SONG Maren Morris 14700
62 43 6 12 WALL OF GLASS Liam Gallagher 317050
63 NEW 63 1 DIVE (3.35 EDIT) Saint Etienne 7200
64 NEW 64 1 MAN BEHIND THE SUN Callum Beattie 7100
65 67 65 2 REIMS RL Grime 13600
66 NEW 66 1 UGLY Jaira Burns 6800
67 NEW 67 1 BRICKS Le Grind 6600
68 NEW 68 1 BACK TO YOU Louis Tomlinson featuring Bebe Rexha & Digital Farm Animals 6400
69 52 11 16 DESPACITO (REMIX) Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber 254100
70 NEW 70 1 GET LOW Zedd & Liam Payne 6000
71 NEW 71 1 NOT ENOUGH Lido featuring THEY 5800
72 72 1 43 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU Abba 1126900
73 75 73 2 NO HORSES Garbage 10400
74 NEW 74 1 SUPERFRESH Jamiroquai 5200
75 NEW 75 1 FEEL ABOUT YOU Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 5000
DROP OUTS
32 3 6 LOOKING FOR THE RAIN UNKLE featuring Mark Lanegan & ESKA 296300
41 41 15 THE CHAIN Fleetwood Mac 177050
49 39 6 DIFFERENT DAYS The Charlatans 63800
53 5 13 FEEL IT STILL Portugal. The Man 488200
56 2 13 THE FIGHTER Keith Urban featuring Carrie Underwood 596650
58 29 8 ISOTYPE Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 94800
61 29 6 JAG TRODDE ANGLARNA FANNS Kamferdrops 83850
64 64 1 WALLS Glen Campbell 7100
66 12 4 IN THE END Linkin Park 87200
68 68 3 VERSACE ON THE FLOOR Bruno Mars vs David Guetta 18000
70 70 1 GENTLE ON MY MIND Glen Campbell 6000
73 73 1 CHASING HIGHS Alma 5400
74 74 1 JUST LIKE ALWAYS Glen Campbell 5200
13th August 2017
It’s the late great Glen Campbell at 1, spearheading a posthumous invasion of old tracks and one new one. Galveston hit my number 2 when I was doing my first occasional chart dabblings age 10 and 11, this one was summer of ’69, and a Jimmy Webb classic. It was also on the first pop album my parents bought for me, so it’s pretty appropriate that Galveston now takes the record for longest-wait to top my charts, over 48 years, on his 12th chart-topper.
Second-highest charting Glen song is his most recent number one for me, 2014, and his single off his last EP with lyrics that break the heart with his inverted alzheimers love-song to his wife, knowing he soon wouldn’t remember her – I’m Not Gonna Miss You is high emotion. Even without Glen’s death it would be a busy chart – there are loads bubbling-under – so big climbs for Kungs new track up from 62 to 4 with some help for Olly Murs, equalling their huge hit from last year, Kylie gets another number 2 to add to her long list, and Dragonette get a first top 10 up to 8.
Empire Of The Sun have had previous top 10’s, but not for a while, and ditto Coldplay (but who never have a long break away). Highest new song is Train at 19, also top 10 regulars, though they have to climb to the top, while DJ Licious is in at 25. Rednex get a third top 40 some 17 years late on it’s original release and 23 years since the last one. Pink is back, following her top 10 (here only) earlier this year with SIA, and Danni Minogue joins her sister in the chart for the first time since they did that xmas duet track together a couple of years ago. It’s 26 years since she debuted.
1 NEW 1 1 GALVESTON Glen Campbell 170000
2 5 2 4 STILL FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME Zoot Woman featuring Kylie Minogue 203600
3 1 1 5 TRUE FEELING Galantis 445000
4 62 4 2 MORE MESS Kungs featuring Olly Murs & Coely 72400
5 NEW 5 1 I’M NOT GONNA MISS YOU Glen Campbell 60000
6 4 4 5 AVE PLAGUE KING PLAGUE 264000
7 3 1 7 TWO FUX Adam Lambert 820000
8 30 8 2 DARTH VADER Dragonette 66000
9 14 9 5 I’LL BE AROUND Empire Of The Sun 130450
10 11 10 4 MIRACLES (SOMEONE SPECIAL) Coldplay & Big Sean 108750
11 2 1 4 NUMB Linkin Park 492000
12 20 12 4 ROCKIN’ The Weeknd 84700
13 10 10 4 IT’S SUNNY TLC featuring Bobby Hebb 117000
14 7 7 5 MR SANDMAN Syml 162800
15 6 4 6 NO GOOD FOR YOU The Union featuring Lovespeake 243800
16 8 8 6 UNFORGETTABLE French Montana featuring Swae Lee 201000
17 22 17 6 BLESS THIS ACID HOUSE Kasabian 105100
18 18 18 4 RAIN The Script 84400
19 NEW 19 1 DRINK UP Train 21000
20 NEW 20 1 WICHITA LINEMAN Glen Campbell 20000
21 9 1 6 DREAMS Grace Slick 464750
22 21 17 6 TOO MUCH Blondie 106050
23 15 3 9 THE MAN The Killers 430250
24 19 19 4 THE PUNISHMENT OF LUXURY Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 63800
25 NEW 25 1 I HEAR YOU CALLING DJ Licious 18750
26 26 26 4 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE BEAUTIFUL PROBLEMS Lana Del Ray featuring Stevie Nicks 65000
27 60 27 3 POWER Little Mix featuring Stormzy 38400
28 17 5 7 CHINATOWN Liam Gallagher 261300
29 13 10 5 GENEVE John Otway 162200
30 NEW 30 1 IT’S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE Glen Campbell 18000
31 36 31 3 NERDY BOY Sushy featuring Roachie 45900
32 12 3 6 LOOKING FOR THE RAIN UNKLE featuring Mark Lanegan & ESKA 296300
33 16 16 7 FEELS Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean 133150
34 34 34 6 LOVE IS LOVE IS LOVE LeAnne Rimes 85300
35 35 35 7 REAL LIFE Duke Dumont & Gordon City featuring Naations 98050
36 23 1 9 SUMMER WINE Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood 705650
37 61 37 2 THE SPIRIT OF THE HAWK Rednex 24800
38 25 4 13 CRYING IN THE CLUB Camila Cabello 466050
39 28 14 12 MALIBU Miley Cyrus 210950
40 33 33 5 CHAMELEON Pnau 82750
41 42 41 15 THE CHAIN Fleetwood Mac 177050
42 31 1 14 INTO THE FIRE VINAI featuring Anjulie 1166150
43 29 6 11 WALL OF GLASS Liam Gallagher 309650
44 32 23 7 LIFE’S ABOUT TO GET GOOD Shania Twain 117400
45 50 45 4 SUBEME LA RADIO Enrique Iglesias featuring Descemer Bueno, Zion and Lennox 37600
46 NEW 46 1 WHAT ABOUT US P!nk 12750
47 NEW 47 1 BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX Glen Campbell 12500
48 48 48 3 FIOR DI LATTE Phoenix 34800
49 39 39 6 DIFFERENT DAYS The Charlatans 63800
50 58 50 3 WILD THOUGHTS DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna & Bryson Tiller 28000
51 NEW 51 1 GOOD RIDDANCE (TIME OF YOUR LIFE) Glen Campbell 11750
52 41 11 15 DESPACITO (REMIX) Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber 247900
53 38 5 13 FEEL IT STILL Portugal. The Man 488200
54 NEW 54 1 BOTH SIDES NOW Glen Campbell 11000
55 52 1 22 ALONE AGAIN OR Love 872050
56 44 2 13 THE FIGHTER Keith Urban featuring Carrie Underwood 596650
57 NEW 57 1 HOLDING ON Dannii Minogue featuring Jason Heerah 10400
58 45 29 8 ISOTYPE Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 94800
59 53 1 11 SHE’S LEAVING HOME The Beatles 590350
60 NEW 60 1 TRY A LITTLE KINDNESS Glen Campbell 10000
61 46 29 6 JAG TRODDE ANGLARNA FANNS Kamferdrops 83850
62 NEW 62 1 SWIMMING POOL SUMMER Capital Cities 7400
63 NEW 63 1 I COULD USE A LOVE SONG Maren Morris 7200
64 NEW 64 1 WALLS Glen Campbell 7100
65 NEW 65 1 GLORIOUS Macklemore featuring Skylar Grey 7000
66 27 12 4 IN THE END Linkin Park 87200
67 NEW 67 1 REIMS RL Grime 6600
68 68 68 3 VERSACE ON THE FLOOR Bruno Mars vs David Guetta 18000
69 NEW 69 1 GYPSY (CATCH ME IF YOU CAN) Norda & Mike De Ville featuring Joanna Jones 6200
70 NEW 70 1 GENTLE ON MY MIND Glen Campbell 6000
71 NEW 71 1 NEW RULES Dua Lipa 5800
72 69 1 42 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU Abba 1121300
73 NEW 73 1 CHASING HIGHS Alma 5400
74 NEW 74 1 JUST LIKE ALWAYS Glen Campbell 5200
75 NEW 75 1 NO HORSES Garbage 5000
DROP OUTS
24 24 9 DREAMS OF THE EVERYDAY HOUSEWIFE Glen Campbell 142800
37 37 7 CAME HERE FOR LOVE Sigala & Ella Eyre 92050
40 40 6 THUNDER Imagine Dragons 59400
43 2 15 BUSTED AND BLUE Gorillaz 805150
47 47 6 KING KONG Icarus 62300
49 40 4 COME PRIMA Tony Dallara 65150
51 2 16 BEAUTIFUL ONES Hurts 824200
54 54 3 SHE’S ON MY MIND JP Cooper 28200
55 50 5 SAY I’M NOT ALONE Martine McCutcheon 46400
56 56 4 MY ELUSIVE DREAMS George Jones & Tammy Wynette 31400
57 18 8 THE WAY YOU USED TO DO Queens Of The Stone Age 139900
59 59 3 ALIVE Ben Haenow 21900
63 13 11 THIS MOMENT Chase & Status and Blossoms 208300
64 1 20 CHARIOTS Paper Route 807200
65 65 1 PRISONER IN MOTION Georgia Denton 7000
66 46 5 IMAGINING MY MAN Aldous Harding 54800
67 15 9 ROULETTE Katy Perry 134950
70 70 1 MILLION BUCKS Smallpools 6000
71 13 16 PASSIONFRUIT Drake 285000
72 72 3 FRONTLINE The Selecter 16400
73 1 18 FEELS LIKE SUMMER Weezer 798200
74 74 1 HUMAN TOUCH Betty Who 5200
75 75 2 YOU MAKE MY DREAMS COME TRUE Daryl Hall & John Oates 10000
Copenhagen for a City Denmark break
6th August 2017
It’s the joyful hook-driven pop flop of Galantis for one week only on top, knocking off the late Chester B from Linkin Park after a 2-week run. I can say one-week-only as the late great Glen Campbell died after I had finished this chart (running late due to a Salou, Spain break), and a host of his classics are in the itunes chart today – and in mine on Sunday.
Here for now, though, Zoot Woman takes Kylie back into the top 10 after being absent a year or two, for a whopping and frankly unbelievable almost 30 years since she was so lucky for the first time! TLC get a second top 10 of the year, and a second time for Sunny, the song. Boney M did it 40 years back. Big climbs for Coldplay into the 20 spanning the 21st century, and OMD, 37 years since Messages first did it.
The Weeknd keeps his run of big hits going, 5 years or so into his chart career here, and highest new entry is Dragonette, and a Star wars-related song. Darth Vader follows where Meco started 40 years ago when his disco theme to the debut movie topped my charts. Finally Rednex appear again after a chart break of well over 20 years. Swedish yee-haws all round.
1 3 1 4 TRUE FEELING Galantis 360000
2 1 1 3 NUMB Linkin Park 455000
3 2 1 6 TWO FUX Adam Lambert 770000
4 5 4 4 AVE PLAGUE KING PLAGUE 209000
5 27 5 3 STILL FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME Zoot Woman featuring Kylie Minogue 88600
6 4 4 5 NO GOOD FOR YOU The Union featuring Lovespeake 216800
7 9 7 4 MR SANDMAN Syml 133800
8 13 8 5 UNFORGETTABLE French Montana featuring Swae Lee 186000
9 7 1 5 DREAMS Grace Slick 445000
10 16 10 3 IT’S SUNNY TLC featuring Bobby Hebb 85000
11 26 11 3 MIRACLES (SOMEONE SPECIAL) Coldplay & Big Sean 66750
12 6 3 5 LOOKING FOR THE RAIN UNKLE featuring Mark Lanegan & ESKA 278500
13 10 10 4 GENEVE John Otway 144000
14 20 14 4 I’LL BE AROUND Empire Of The Sun 85450
15 8 3 8 THE MAN The Killers 411000
16 23 16 6 FEELS Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean 115450
17 11 5 6 CHINATOWN Liam Gallagher 243000
18 18 18 3 RAIN The Script 62400
19 45 19 3 THE PUNISHMENT OF LUXURY Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 44800
20 36 20 3 ROCKIN’ The Weeknd 49700
21 17 17 5 TOO MUCH Blondie 86550
22 19 19 5 BLESS THIS ACID HOUSE Kasabian 82100
23 15 1 8 SUMMER WINE Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood 688250
24 24 24 9 DREAMS OF THE EVERYDAY HOUSEWIFE Glen Campbell 142800
25 14 4 12 CRYING IN THE CLUB Camila Cabello 448850
26 30 26 3 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE BEAUTIFUL PROBLEMS Lana Del Ray featuring Stevie Nicks 46500
27 12 12 3 IN THE END Linkin Park 80400
28 28 14 11 MALIBU Miley Cyrus 193850
29 21 6 10 WALL OF GLASS Liam Gallagher 296150
30 NEW 30 1 DARTH VADER Dragonette 18000
31 22 1 13 INTO THE FIRE VINAI featuring Anjulie 1152400
32 41 23 6 LIFE’S ABOUT TO GET GOOD Shania Twain 104150
33 38 33 4 CHAMELEON Pnau 65750
34 34 34 5 LOVE IS LOVE IS LOVE LeAnne Rimes 67700
35 35 35 6 REAL LIFE Duke Dumont & Gordon City featuring Naations 80550
36 56 36 2 NERDY BOY Sushy featuring Roachie 28000
37 RE 37 7 CAME HERE FOR LOVE Sigala & Ella Eyre 92050
38 25 5 12 FEEL IT STILL Portugal. The Man 476950
39 49 39 5 DIFFERENT DAYS The Charlatans 51700
40 RE 40 6 THUNDER Imagine Dragons 59400
41 37 11 14 DESPACITO (REMIX) Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber 236400
42 42 42 14 THE CHAIN Fleetwood Mac 163050
43 31 2 15 BUSTED AND BLUE Gorillaz 805150
44 39 2 12 THE FIGHTER Keith Urban featuring Carrie Underwood 586050
45 29 29 7 ISOTYPE Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 84600
46 32 29 5 JAG TRODDE ANGLARNA FANNS Kamferdrops 76350
47 55 47 6 KING KONG Icarus 62300
48 58 48 2 FIOR DI LATTE Phoenix 22500
49 40 40 4 COME PRIMA Tony Dallara 65150
50 65 50 3 SUBEME LA RADIO Enrique Iglesias featuring Descemer Bueno, Zion and Lennox 24600
51 48 2 16 BEAUTIFUL ONES Hurts 824200
52 52 1 21 ALONE AGAIN OR Love 861250
53 53 1 10 SHE’S LEAVING HOME The Beatles 580250
54 54 54 3 SHE’S ON MY MIND JP Cooper 28200
55 50 50 5 SAY I’M NOT ALONE Martine McCutcheon 46400
56 63 56 4 MY ELUSIVE DREAMS George Jones & Tammy Wynette 31400
57 47 18 8 THE WAY YOU USED TO DO Queens Of The Stone Age 139900
58 71 58 2 WILD THOUGHTS DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna & Bryson Tiller 16000
59 66 59 3 ALIVE Ben Haenow 21900
60 60 60 2 POWER Little Mix featuring Stormzy 20000
61 NEW 61 1 THE SPIRIT OF THE HAWK Rednex 7500
62 NEW 62 1 MORE MESS Kungs featuring Olly Murs & Coely 7400
63 43 13 11 THIS MOMENT Chase & Status and Blossoms 208300
64 62 1 20 CHARIOTS Paper Route 807200
65 NEW 65 1 PRISONER IN MOTION Georgia Denton 7000
66 46 46 5 IMAGINING MY MAN Aldous Harding 54800
67 33 15 9 ROULETTE Katy Perry 134950
68 74 68 2 VERSACE ON THE FLOOR Bruno Mars vs David Guetta 11600
69 68 1 41 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU Abba 1115700
70 NEW 70 1 MILLION BUCKS Smallpools 6000
71 61 13 16 PASSIONFRUIT Drake 285000
72 72 72 3 FRONTLINE The Selecter 16400
73 69 1 18 FEELS LIKE SUMMER Weezer 798200
74 NEW 74 1 HUMAN TOUCH Betty Who 5200
75 75 75 2 YOU MAKE MY DREAMS COME TRUE Daryl Hall & John Oates 10000
DROP OUTS
44 20 8 SWERLK MNDR & Scissor Sisters 92450
51 33 5 ACROSS THE UNIVERSE Rufus Wainwright 74550
57 15 11 SWISH SWISH Katy Perry featuring Nicki Minaj 183350
59 59 4 MOVE YOUR BODY Donny Montell 33400
64 64 4 JUMP Death Team 24900
67 67 2 RUN Foo Fighters 11600
70 58 2 LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS World’s End Girlfriend 16200
73 73 1 INFINITY Stellar Dreams 5400
30th July 2017
yes, it’s a second week for the much missed Linkin Park singer, Numb holds on and keeps some Buzzjack Song Contest entries out of the top 3 (KING PLAGUE’s Ave Maria rework, and Union’s hook-filled pop goodie) and holds off from Galantis, grabbing a top 3 for the first time, and quite why it’s not getting saturation airplay is a mystery to me.
John Otway gets a first top 10 after 40 years of trying, and Syml does what The Chordettes failed to do last year – grab a top 10 – although as an oldie The Chordettes had a tougher time of it. TLC make it 2 in a row top 20’s, Blondie also grab another, The Script their top 20 first for 3 or 4 years, ditto Empire Of The Sun, and Kasabian also ditto.
Coldplay, Lana Del Ray, Stevie Nicks, Kylie Minogue and The Weeknd are all familiar top 40 returnees, and all have topped my chart, some of them many many times.
1 1 1 2 NUMB Linkin Park 340000
2 2 1 5 TWO FUX Adam Lambert 685000
3 6 3 3 TRUE FEELING Galantis 190000
4 5 4 4 NO GOOD FOR YOU The Union featuring Lovespeake 161800
5 10 5 3 AVE PLAGUE KING PLAGUE 144000
6 3 3 4 LOOKING FOR THE RAIN UNKLE featuring Mark Lanegan & ESKA 243500
7 4 1 4 DREAMS Grace Slick 400000
8 8 3 7 THE MAN The Killers 384000
9 19 9 3 MR SANDMAN Syml 83800
10 12 10 3 GENEVE John Otway 112000
11 7 5 5 CHINATOWN Liam Gallagher 220000
12 15 12 2 IN THE END Linkin Park 62000
13 13 9 4 UNFORGETTABLE French Montana featuring Swae Lee 138000
14 9 4 11 CRYING IN THE CLUB Camila Cabello 430100
15 11 1 7 SUMMER WINE Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood 669000
16 30 16 2 IT’S SUNNY TLC featuring Bobby Hebb 43000
17 22 17 4 TOO MUCH Blondie 66800
18 27 18 2 RAIN The Script 40400
19 36 19 4 BLESS THIS ACID HOUSE Kasabian 62600
20 25 20 3 I’LL BE AROUND Empire Of The Sun 56450
21 20 6 9 WALL OF GLASS Liam Gallagher 277950
22 17 1 12 INTO THE FIRE VINAI featuring Anjulie 1134500
23 16 16 5 FEELS Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean 90450
24 24 24 8 DREAMS OF THE EVERYDAY HOUSEWIFE Glen Campbell 123800
25 18 5 11 FEEL IT STILL Portugal. The Man 459750
26 53 26 2 MIRACLES (SOMEONE SPECIAL) Coldplay & Big Sean 29750
27 58 27 2 STILL FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME Zoot Woman featuring Kylie Minogue 28600
28 14 14 10 MALIBU Miley Cyrus 175550
29 35 29 6 ISOTYPE Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 71600
30 60 30 2 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE BEAUTIFUL PROBLEMS Lana Del Ray featuring Stevie Nicks 28000
31 21 2 14 BUSTED AND BLUE Gorillaz 791650
32 29 29 4 JAG TRODDE ANGLARNA FANNS Kamferdrops 63600
33 23 15 8 ROULETTE Katy Perry 128350
34 37 34 4 LOVE IS LOVE IS LOVE LeAnne Rimes 50100
35 40 35 5 REAL LIFE Duke Dumont & Gordon City featuring Naations 63050
36 48 36 2 ROCKIN’ The Weeknd 29700
37 26 11 13 DESPACITO (REMIX) Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber 222400
38 39 38 3 CHAMELEON Pnau 48050
39 38 2 11 THE FIGHTER Keith Urban featuring Carrie Underwood 572800
40 42 40 3 COME PRIMA Tony Dallara 53050
41 34 23 5 LIFE’S ABOUT TO GET GOOD Shania Twain 86350
42 43 42 13 THE CHAIN Fleetwood Mac 149300
43 28 13 10 THIS MOMENT Chase & Status and Blossoms 201100
44 31 20 8 SWERLK MNDR & Scissor Sisters 92450
45 55 45 2 THE PUNISHMENT OF LUXURY Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 23800
46 46 46 4 IMAGINING MY MAN Aldous Harding 48000
47 32 18 7 THE WAY YOU USED TO DO Queens Of The Stone Age 129500
48 45 2 15 BEAUTIFUL ONES Hurts 812450
49 59 49 4 DIFFERENT DAYS The Charlatans 34600
50 50 50 4 SAY I’M NOT ALONE Martine McCutcheon 35600
51 33 33 5 ACROSS THE UNIVERSE Rufus Wainwright 74550
52 52 1 20 ALONE AGAIN OR Love 849750
53 41 1 9 SHE’S LEAVING HOME The Beatles 569000
54 69 54 2 SHE’S ON MY MIND JP Cooper 17200
55 56 55 5 KING KONG Icarus 49800
56 NEW 56 1 NERDY BOY Sushy featuring Roachie 10600
57 51 15 11 SWISH SWISH Katy Perry featuring Nicki Minaj 183350
58 NEW 58 1 FIOR DI LATTE Phoenix 10200
59 61 59 4 MOVE YOUR BODY Donny Montell 33400
60 NEW 60 1 POWER Little Mix featuring Stormzy 10000
61 57 13 15 PASSIONFRUIT Drake 279200
62 62 1 19 CHARIOTS Paper Route 800100
63 66 63 3 MY ELUSIVE DREAMS George Jones & Tammy Wynette 20800
64 65 64 4 JUMP Death Team 24900
65 72 65 2 SUBEME LA RADIO Enrique Iglesias featuring Descemer Bueno, Zion and Lennox 12600
66 75 66 2 ALIVE Ben Haenow 11800
67 RE 67 2 RUN Foo Fighters 11600
68 68 1 40 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU Abba 1109500
69 67 1 17 FEELS LIKE SUMMER Weezer 792800
70 RE 58 2 LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS World’s End Girlfriend 16200
71 NEW 71 1 WILD THOUGHTS DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna & Bryson Tiller 5800
72 74 72 2 FRONTLINE The Selecter 10800
73 NEW 73 1 INFINITY Stellar Dreams 5400
74 NEW 74 1 VERSACE ON THE FLOOR Bruno Mars vs David Guetta 5200
75 NEW 75 1 YOU MAKE MY DREAMS COME TRUE Daryl Hall & John Oates 5000
DROP OUTS
44 10 11 AVERDAVGI Agy 232350
47 7 11 CLASSIC The Knocks featuring Powers 415700
49 30 6 OH WOMAN OH MAN London Grammar 89700
54 37 6 CAME HERE FOR LOVE Sigala & Ella Eyre 74750
63 3 15 IN MY WORLD Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 532800
64 64 4 WALKING THE WIRE Imagine Dragons 28400
70 70 2 WEARING NOTHING Dagny 11200
71 5 14 HURRICANE Drones Club 463150
73 13 11 YOUNG RICH AND RADICAL Club Cheval 207900
23rd July 2017
In the week of the tragic loss of Chester Bennington, I had to finally give the epic Numb the love I didn’t give at the time, 14 years ago (I was in a bad place that year and couldnt cope with depressing music) – it only peaked at 30 in my charts, and it took the Jay-Z mash-up to take it to 15 on a long chart run to see what I’d missed. So, 16 years after In The End hit 7 in my charts (and re-enters at 15 here), Faint did ditto a few years later, and Steve Aoki took A Light That Never Comes to 5 4 years ago, Linkin Park finally get a number one here, knocking off the still-superb Adam Lambert track.
The Union climb fast into the top 5, Syml into the top 20, and the highest new new entry, as opposed to older tracks, is from The Script at 27 – it never rains on Danny, it seems, but hey, for TLC it’s Sunny – a fab reworking of the 1966 Bobby Hebb classic (who features on the track along with an Earth Wind & Fire sample – September). Last in my charts courtesy of Boney M 40 years ago! OMD got top 40, along with a host of returnees, but they also have another new track in at 55 – the new album title track, The Punishment of Luxury, while The Weeknd makes it 5 in a row off Starboy, Rockin’ in at 48.
Coldplay at back with a goodie at 53, Miracles, and Kylie is also back for her 31st year of chart hits here, assisting Zoot Woman at 58, as Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks assists Lana Del Ray on her 3rd of the year, nicel leapfrogging her two Mac compadres in the process for 41 years of charting. Enrique’s Latin smash also enters at last (I’ve given in, I’m bound to hear it next week on a Spanish theme park family break), and gives him 18 years-worth of hits, loads of ’em. You want longevity though? The Selecter have been away for a while, since their 2-tone heyday – Pauline Black has always popped up here and there over the years in the media or touring, but they haven’t troubled my charts since 1980, or solo Pauline since 1982’s Shoorah Shoorah – so a gap of 35 years, that’s one of the longest gaps ever for a returning act with new material.
1 NEW 1 1 NUMB Linkin Park 170000
2 1 1 4 TWO FUX Adam Lambert 570000
3 3 3 3 LOOKING FOR THE RAIN UNKLE featuring Mark Lanegan & ESKA 188500
4 2 1 3 DREAMS Grace Slick 350000
5 22 5 3 NO GOOD FOR YOU The Union featuring Lovespeake 96800
6 7 6 2 TRUE FEELING Galantis 105000
7 5 5 4 CHINATOWN Liam Gallagher 183000
8 8 3 6 THE MAN The Killers 336000
9 6 4 10 CRYING IN THE CLUB Camila Cabello 401100
10 10 10 2 AVE PLAGUE KING PLAGUE 84000
11 4 1 6 SUMMER WINE Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood 642000
12 12 12 2 GENEVE John Otway 70000
13 9 9 3 UNFORGETTABLE French Montana featuring Swae Lee 106000
14 17 14 9 MALIBU Miley Cyrus 157250
15 NEW 15 1 IN THE END Linkin Park 27000
16 27 16 4 FEELS Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean 71200
17 11 1 11 INTO THE FIRE VINAI featuring Anjulie 1115000
18 13 5 10 FEEL IT STILL Portugal. The Man 441000
19 32 19 2 MR SANDMAN Syml 38800
20 14 6 8 WALL OF GLASS Liam Gallagher 258200
21 16 2 13 BUSTED AND BLUE Gorillaz 773750
22 35 22 3 TOO MUCH Blondie 43800
23 15 15 7 ROULETTE Katy Perry 110650
24 24 24 7 DREAMS OF THE EVERYDAY HOUSEWIFE Glen Campbell 104800
25 33 25 2 I’LL BE AROUND Empire Of The Sun 36450
26 21 11 12 DESPACITO (REMIX) Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber 205100
27 NEW 27 1 RAIN The Script 18400
28 19 13 9 THIS MOMENT Chase & Status and Blossoms 196600
29 38 29 3 JAG TRODDE ANGLARNA FANNS Kamferdrops 45800
30 NEW 30 1 IT’S SUNNY TLC featuring Bobby Hebb 18000
31 20 20 7 SWERLK MNDR & Scissor Sisters 79200
32 18 18 6 THE WAY YOU USED TO DO Queens Of The Stone Age 117000
33 34 33 4 ACROSS THE UNIVERSE Rufus Wainwright 62800
34 23 23 4 LIFE’S ABOUT TO GET GOOD Shania Twain 72350
35 45 35 5 ISOTYPE Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 53400
36 49 36 3 BLESS THIS ACID HOUSE Kasabian 41600
37 58 37 3 LOVE IS LOVE IS LOVE LeAnne Rimes 32500
38 26 2 10 THE FIGHTER Keith Urban featuring Carrie Underwood 555700
39 42 39 2 CHAMELEON Pnau 30850
40 44 40 4 REAL LIFE Duke Dumont & Gordon City featuring Naations 45550
41 25 1 8 SHE’S LEAVING HOME The Beatles 557750
42 48 42 2 COME PRIMA Tony Dallara 36050
43 43 43 12 THE CHAIN Fleetwood Mac 135550
44 28 10 11 AVERDAVGI Agy 232350
45 36 2 14 BEAUTIFUL ONES Hurts 800150
46 53 46 3 IMAGINING MY MAN Aldous Harding 35250
47 29 7 11 CLASSIC The Knocks featuring Powers 415700
48 NEW 48 1 ROCKIN’ The Weeknd 12300
49 30 30 6 OH WOMAN OH MAN London Grammar 89700
50 71 50 3 SAY I’M NOT ALONE Martine McCutcheon 23600
51 31 15 10 SWISH SWISH Katy Perry featuring Nicki Minaj 172950
52 52 1 19 ALONE AGAIN OR Love 838250
53 NEW 53 1 MIRACLES (SOMEONE SPECIAL) Coldplay & Big Sean 11250
54 37 37 6 CAME HERE FOR LOVE Sigala & Ella Eyre 74750
55 NEW 55 1 THE PUNISHMENT OF LUXURY Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 10800
56 56 56 4 KING KONG Icarus 39000
57 46 13 14 PASSIONFRUIT Drake 271700
58 NEW 58 1 STILL FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME Zoot Woman featuring Kylie Minogue 10200
59 69 59 3 DIFFERENT DAYS The Charlatans 22500
60 NEW 60 1 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE BEAUTIFUL PROBLEMS Lana Del Ray featuring Stevie Nicks 10000
61 62 61 3 MOVE YOUR BODY Donny Montell 22300
62 51 1 18 CHARIOTS Paper Route 792700
63 55 3 15 IN MY WORLD Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 532800
64 64 64 4 WALKING THE WIRE Imagine Dragons 28400
65 73 65 3 JUMP Death Team 17800
66 66 66 2 MY ELUSIVE DREAMS George Jones & Tammy Wynette 13600
67 57 1 16 FEELS LIKE SUMMER Weezer 786600
68 68 1 39 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU Abba 1103100
69 NEW 69 1 SHE’S ON MY MIND JP Cooper 6200
70 74 70 2 WEARING NOTHING Dagny 11200
71 50 5 14 HURRICANE Drones Club 463150
72 NEW 72 1 SUBEME LA RADIO Enrique Iglesias featuring Descemer Bueno, Zion and Lennox 5600
73 39 13 11 YOUNG RICH AND RADICAL Club Cheval 207900
74 NEW 74 1 FRONTLINE The Selecter 5200
75 NEW 75 1 ALIVE Ben Haenow 5000
DROP OUTS
40 40 5 UNPREDICTABLE Olly Murs & Louisa Johnson 59300
41 23 7 SLOW HANDS Niall Horan 95100
47 32 6 EVERYBODY’S TALKING Glen Campbell 83700
54 9 10 BATMAN & ROBIN Cazzie Opeia & Jin x Jin 277550
59 39 4 OK Robin Schulz featuring James Blunt 51200
60 5 17 LOST ON YOU LP 510800
61 18 8 SHOULD’VE BEEN YOU Imelda May 111200
63 16 11 APOCALYPSE Cigarettes After Sex 146400
65 5 12 WAY BACK TLC featuring Snoop Dogg 359700
67 34 14 IT’S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys 181200
70 70 4 DISCONNECT Clean Bandit & Marina And The Diamonds 24000
72 28 9 KISSING STRANGERS DNCE featuring Nicki Minaj 115450
75 5 17 TRUTH IS A BEAUTIFUL THING London Grammar 476700
16th July 2017
Adam Lambert returns to the top for a second week, pushing off Grace Slick’s classic obscurity after only one week on top. UNKLE do a fab Lee Hazelwood impression, plus cinematic arrangement and leapfrog the man himself with his 50-years-old classic. The highest new entry is Galantis, with a killer pop tune and hook. Instant fave, and a return to the top 10 for them, at 7. It’s Ave Maria – trip-hop style – in at 10, and just lovely for King Plague, who has a very catchy name – Belaruse female musician apparently, though info is hard to come by.
In at 12, 40-years-old, it’s an orchestral wonder from John Otway, dating from the time of his first appearance in my chart with Wild Willy Barrett, Really Free. Geneve is still lovely, even without a Willy. Scissor Sisters have had 5 chart-toppers since debuting with one of ’em in 2004, Comfortably Numb, and last made the top 20 in 2012 with Let’s Have A Kiki. Good to have them back, albeit guesting.
Syml fronts band Barcelona (where I’ll be popping through in 2 weeks – the city that is), and hails from Seattle, which accounts for the sultry moody version of the 50’s pop classic that recently charted here for the Chordettes, which brings back magic memories of the 50’s for me – via Back To The Future of course, I’m not that old! Ditto the current advert-song from Tony Dallara, a fab vintage Italian croon almost as old as The Chordettes.
Empire Of The Sun return, and so do Pnau. Nick Littlemore features in both bands. Pnau have topped my charts with their Elton John sampling tracks, and the other Empire member topped my charts as a member of The Sleepy Jackson. There’s another Nancy & Lee classic entering (as a Tammy Wynette duet cover they made the definitive version of) – but this one is Tammy covering herself from 1973 with hubbie George Jones, a version that is new to me, a lovely country duet of My Elusive Dreams.
1 2 1 3 TWO FUX Adam Lambert 455000
2 1 1 2 DREAMS Grace Slick 285000
3 26 3 2 LOOKING FOR THE RAIN UNKLE featuring Mark Lanegan & ESKA 103500
4 3 1 5 SUMMER WINE Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood 605000
5 8 5 3 CHINATOWN Liam Gallagher 133000
6 4 4 9 CRYING IN THE CLUB Camila Cabello 356100
7 NEW 7 1 TRUE FEELING Galantis 50000
8 5 3 5 THE MAN The Killers 288000
9 14 9 2 UNFORGETTABLE French Montana featuring Swae Lee 74000
10 NEW 10 1 AVE PLAGUE KING PLAGUE 42000
11 7 1 10 INTO THE FIRE VINAI featuring Anjulie 1092000
12 NEW 12 1 GENEVE John Otway 35000
13 9 5 9 FEEL IT STILL Portugal. The Man 419000
14 6 6 7 WALL OF GLASS Liam Gallagher 238200
15 16 15 6 ROULETTE Katy Perry 91400
16 10 2 12 BUSTED AND BLUE Gorillaz 754000
17 20 17 8 MALIBU Miley Cyrus 128250
18 22 18 5 THE WAY YOU USED TO DO Queens Of The Stone Age 99200
19 13 13 8 THIS MOMENT Chase & Status and Blossoms 178300
20 28 20 6 SWERLK MNDR & Scissor Sisters 61300
21 11 11 11 DESPACITO (REMIX) Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber 186600
22 37 22 2 NO GOOD FOR YOU The Union featuring Lovespeake 36800
23 27 23 3 LIFE’S ABOUT TO GET GOOD Shania Twain 54750
24 24 24 6 DREAMS OF THE EVERYDAY HOUSEWIFE Glen Campbell 85800
25 12 1 7 SHE’S LEAVING HOME The Beatles 543750
26 18 2 9 THE FIGHTER Keith Urban featuring Carrie Underwood 538500
27 34 27 3 FEELS Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean 46200
28 15 10 10 AVERDAVGI Agy 219100
29 17 7 10 CLASSIC The Knocks featuring Powers 403200
30 30 30 5 OH WOMAN OH MAN London Grammar 77600
31 19 15 9 SWISH SWISH Katy Perry featuring Nicki Minaj 161200
32 NEW 32 1 MR SANDMAN Syml 17800
33 NEW 33 1 I’LL BE AROUND Empire Of The Sun 17700
34 35 34 3 ACROSS THE UNIVERSE Rufus Wainwright 45100
35 66 35 2 TOO MUCH Blondie 24300
36 25 2 13 BEAUTIFUL ONES Hurts 787150
37 38 37 5 CAME HERE FOR LOVE Sigala & Ella Eyre 63750
38 57 38 2 JAG TRODDE ANGLARNA FANNS Kamferdrops 27600
39 21 13 10 YOUNG RICH AND RADICAL Club Cheval 202500
40 40 40 5 UNPREDICTABLE Olly Murs & Louisa Johnson 59300
41 23 23 7 SLOW HANDS Niall Horan 95100
42 NEW 42 1 CHAMELEON Pnau 13750
43 44 43 11 THE CHAIN Fleetwood Mac 122050
44 59 44 3 REAL LIFE Duke Dumont & Gordon City featuring Naations 28550
45 52 45 4 ISOTYPE Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 35900
46 33 13 13 PASSIONFRUIT Drake 261300
47 32 32 6 EVERYBODY’S TALKING Glen Campbell 83700
48 NEW 48 1 COME PRIMA Tony Dallara 12300
49 49 49 2 BLESS THIS ACID HOUSE Kasabian 24200
50 31 5 13 HURRICANE Drones Club 457350
51 36 1 17 CHARIOTS Paper Route 785300
52 48 1 18 ALONE AGAIN OR Love 826750
53 53 53 2 IMAGINING MY MAN Aldous Harding 22500
54 41 9 10 BATMAN & ROBIN Cazzie Opeia & Jin x Jin 277550
55 42 3 14 IN MY WORLD Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 525600
56 56 56 3 KING KONG Icarus 28400
57 47 1 15 FEELS LIKE SUMMER Weezer 780000
58 75 58 2 LOVE IS LOVE IS LOVE LeAnne Rimes 15200
59 39 39 4 OK Robin Schulz featuring James Blunt 51200
60 50 5 17 LOST ON YOU LP 510800
61 29 18 8 SHOULD’VE BEEN YOU Imelda May 111200
62 62 62 2 MOVE YOUR BODY Donny Montell 14800
63 43 16 11 APOCALYPSE Cigarettes After Sex 146400
64 64 64 3 WALKING THE WIRE Imagine Dragons 21300
65 45 5 12 WAY BACK TLC featuring Snoop Dogg 359700
66 NEW 66 1 MY ELUSIVE DREAMS George Jones & Tammy Wynette 6800
67 63 34 14 IT’S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys 181200
68 67 1 38 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU Abba 1096700
69 69 69 2 DIFFERENT DAYS The Charlatans 12400
70 70 70 4 DISCONNECT Clean Bandit & Marina And The Diamonds 24000
71 71 71 2 SAY I’M NOT ALONE Martine McCutcheon 11600
72 51 28 9 KISSING STRANGERS DNCE featuring Nicki Minaj 115450
73 73 73 2 JUMP Death Team 10800
74 NEW 74 1 WEARING NOTHING Dagny 5200
75 61 5 17 TRUTH IS A BEAUTIFUL THING London Grammar 476700
DROP OUTS
46 10 12 WHAM BANG SHANG-A-LANG Silver 263400
54 18 9 OCCIDENTALI’S KARMA Francesco Gabbani 126100
55 50 6 LAST CHANCE TO DANCE Ekkah 59300
58 58 1 LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS World’s End Girlfriend 10200
60 60 3 STRIP THAT DOWN Liam Payne featuring Quavo 23600
65 48 5 CARNIVAL BEGIN Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 45600
68 27 6 ALL ALONE AT THE GREAT TIMES DANCE Ourselves On TV 82600
72 72 1 WISHING GIRL Lola Marsh 5600
74 1 22 CHAINED TO THE RHYTHM Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley 1357900
9th July 2017
For the second week in a row, and the third chart-topper in a row, it’s new at one – this time for Grace Slick’s 1980 worldwide flop (but a minor chart hit for me) which I rediscovered a few years back and fell in love with big time, so around a 37 wait to reach the top of my charts. It was close though, as Adam lambert is still strong. Liam Gallagher gets 2 consecutive top 10’s – it’s like the old Oasis days!
After 10 weeks Despacito hits a new peak of 11, slow climbing which is appropriate given the title, and as a watched a large of crowd of English London Pride attendees swaying along in the street and not being able to sing the lyrics, it made even more sense why it’s so popular. In at 14, another one that suddenly made sense to me once I heard it properly, French Montana being the highest new track to enter with Unforgettable, a great record.
Down t’bottom end, Blondie grab a 3rd chart entry of 2017, getting very close to 40 years of chart hits here, while Martine Mcutcheon is back 16 years since she last troubled my charts, and LeAnn Rimes a nearly as long 14 years. I do enjoy unexpected comebacks!
1 NEW 1 1 DREAMS Grace Slick 170000
2 1 1 2 TWO FUX Adam Lambert 285000
3 2 1 4 SUMMER WINE Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood 540000
4 4 4 8 CRYING IN THE CLUB Camila Cabello 301100
5 3 3 4 THE MAN The Killers 240000
6 8 6 6 WALL OF GLASS Liam Gallagher 209200
7 5 1 9 INTO THE FIRE VINAI featuring Anjulie 1055000
8 16 8 2 CHINATOWN Liam Gallagher 73000
9 9 5 8 FEEL IT STILL Portugal. The Man 387000
10 7 2 11 BUSTED AND BLUE Gorillaz 729000
11 17 11 10 DESPACITO (REMIX) Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber 166850
12 6 1 6 SHE’S LEAVING HOME The Beatles 525000
13 14 13 7 THIS MOMENT Chase & Status and Blossoms 157300
14 NEW 14 1 UNFORGETTABLE French Montana featuring Swae Lee 29000
15 10 10 9 AVERDAVGI Agy 200800
16 20 16 5 ROULETTE Katy Perry 64400
17 11 7 9 CLASSIC The Knocks featuring Powers 385000
18 12 2 8 THE FIGHTER Keith Urban featuring Carrie Underwood 520000
19 15 15 8 SWISH SWISH Katy Perry featuring Nicki Minaj 143300
20 29 20 7 MALIBU Miley Cyrus 105250
21 13 13 9 YOUNG RICH AND RADICAL Club Cheval 185400
22 19 19 4 THE WAY YOU USED TO DO Queens Of The Stone Age 77200
23 25 23 6 SLOW HANDS Niall Horan 81100
24 34 24 5 DREAMS OF THE EVERYDAY HOUSEWIFE Glen Campbell 66800
25 24 2 12 BEAUTIFUL ONES Hurts 769750
26 NEW 26 1 LOOKING FOR THE RAIN UNKLE featuring Mark Lanegan & ESKA 18500
27 39 27 2 LIFE’S ABOUT TO GET GOOD Shania Twain 35500
28 35 28 5 SWERLK MNDR & Scissor Sisters 41300
29 18 18 7 SHOULD’VE BEEN YOU Imelda May 103700
30 36 30 4 OH WOMAN OH MAN London Grammar 59600
31 23 5 12 HURRICANE Drones Club 445350
32 32 32 5 EVERYBODY’S TALKING Glen Campbell 71200
33 26 13 12 PASSIONFRUIT Drake 248550
34 58 34 2 FEELS Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean 27800
35 60 35 2 ACROSS THE UNIVERSE Rufus Wainwright 27500
36 27 1 16 CHARIOTS Paper Route 773550
37 NEW 37 1 NO GOOD FOR YOU The Union featuring Lovespeake 17300
38 46 38 4 CAME HERE FOR LOVE Sigala & Ella Eyre 46450
39 40 39 3 OK Robin Schulz featuring James Blunt 41100
40 43 40 4 UNPREDICTABLE Olly Murs & Louisa Johnson 42300
41 21 9 9 BATMAN & ROBIN Cazzie Opeia & Jin x Jin 266550
42 28 3 13 IN MY WORLD Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 514800
43 22 16 10 APOCALYPSE Cigarettes After Sex 139200
44 44 44 10 THE CHAIN Fleetwood Mac 108550
45 31 5 11 WAY BACK TLC featuring Snoop Dogg 352700
46 33 10 12 WHAM BANG SHANG-A-LANG Silver 263400
47 38 1 14 FEELS LIKE SUMMER Weezer 769600
48 47 1 17 ALONE AGAIN OR Love 815250
49 NEW 49 1 BLESS THIS ACID HOUSE Kasabian 12100
50 45 5 16 LOST ON YOU LP 500800
51 41 28 8 KISSING STRANGERS DNCE featuring Nicki Minaj 109850
52 68 52 3 ISOTYPE Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 22900
53 NEW 53 1 IMAGINING MY MAN Aldous Harding 11250
54 54 18 9 OCCIDENTALI’S KARMA Francesco Gabbani 126100
55 50 50 6 LAST CHANCE TO DANCE Ekkah 59300
56 63 56 2 KING KONG Icarus 17800
57 NEW 57 1 JAG TRODDE ANGLARNA FANNS Kamferdrops 10400
58 NEW 58 1 LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS World’s End Girlfriend 10200
59 74 59 2 REAL LIFE Duke Dumont & Gordon City featuring Naations 15300
60 62 60 3 STRIP THAT DOWN Liam Payne featuring Quavo 23600
61 52 5 16 TRUTH IS A BEAUTIFUL THING London Grammar 471700
62 NEW 62 1 MOVE YOUR BODY Donny Montell 7400
63 57 34 13 IT’S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys 174600
64 64 64 2 WALKING THE WIRE Imagine Dragons 14200
65 48 48 5 CARNIVAL BEGIN Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 45600
66 NEW 66 1 TOO MUCH Blondie 6800
67 65 1 37 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU Abba 1090300
68 49 27 6 ALL ALONE AT THE GREAT TIMES DANCE Ourselves On TV 82600
69 NEW 69 1 DIFFERENT DAYS The Charlatans 6200
70 70 70 3 DISCONNECT Clean Bandit & Marina And The Diamonds 18000
71 NEW 71 1 SAY I’M NOT ALONE Martine McCutcheon 5800
72 NEW 72 1 WISHING GIRL Lola Marsh 5600
73 NEW 73 1 JUMP Death Team 5400
74 61 1 22 CHAINED TO THE RHYTHM Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley 1357900
75 NEW 75 1 LOVE IS LOVE IS LOVE LeAnne Rimes 5000
DROP OUTS
30 30 10 DOUBLE BARREL Dave & Ansel Collins 177500
37 7 8 ONE AND ONE Robert Miles featuring Maria Naylor 269300
42 34 6 ADIOS Glen Campbell 89650
51 51 6 JESSICA The Allman Brothers Band 58550
53 30 9 BON APPETIT Katy Perry featuring Migos 123650
55 17 7 KRYPTONITE George Maple 130400
56 1 15 WE GOT THE POWER Gorillaz featuring Jehnny Beth 851750
59 39 7 CITY LIGHTS Blanche 78950
66 24 10 CRAVING YOU Thomas Rhett featuring Maren Morris 136200
67 55 4 RED SUN Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 34600
69 69 4 LIVE FOREVER Oasis 22800
71 29 6 LOVE AIN’T SOMETHING YOU CAN GET FOR FREE Elkie Brooks 77700
72 2 12 CRAZY (ASH HOWES RADIO EDIT) Bird 400600
73 73 2 DON’T MATTER NOW George Ezra 10800
75 75 1 RUN Foo Fighters 5000
2nd July 2017
In from nowhere it’s Adam Lambert with his ambitious and fabulous Two Fux, far and away his best ever record (and he’s had a few goodies). In rhythm it reminds me of a 90’s gem from ex-New Kid On The Block Jordan Knight’s 1998 number 2 (here) Give It To Me, but it is sassier and more swirling. Adam’s been having occasional entries here since 2010, so at long last a biggie. That means The Killers get close but no cigar, The Man is great, much better than the ever present Mr Brightside which is outselling it in the UK charts and within 50,000 sales (not streaming) of a million! I just don’t get it!
Second highest new entry is a 2nd top 20 track for Liam Gallagher, one of his best ballads, Chinatown at 16. Katy Perry rockets into the 20 with Roulette as Swish swish stays ahead, and a new entry for Calvin Harris featuring her at 58 gives her 5 consecutive tracks on the list. My rules won’t be amended to exclude artists with more than 3….
Imelda gets a 2nd top 20 of the year, QOTSA get a first one ever, and in at 39 Shania Twain is back and jolly as ever after a gap of 13 years, she topped my chart in 1999 though That Don’t Impress Me Much as much as almost 20 years of chart-spanning. Rufus Wainwright covers a Beatles classic, used on a TV advert, while Foo Fighters and Imagine Dragons add to the long run of chart entries, the Foo’s covering 20 years, Imagine Dragons 5 or 6 years.
1 NEW 1 1 TWO FUX Adam Lambert 170000
2 1 1 3 SUMMER WINE Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood 455000
3 5 3 3 THE MAN The Killers 180000
4 6 4 7 CRYING IN THE CLUB Camila Cabello 236100
5 4 1 8 INTO THE FIRE VINAI featuring Anjulie 1005000
6 3 1 5 SHE’S LEAVING HOME The Beatles 490000
7 2 2 10 BUSTED AND BLUE Gorillaz 687000
8 10 8 5 WALL OF GLASS Liam Gallagher 154200
9 9 5 7 FEEL IT STILL Portugal. The Man 342000
10 11 10 8 AVERDAVGI Agy 173800
11 7 7 8 CLASSIC The Knocks featuring Powers 362000
12 8 2 7 THE FIGHTER Keith Urban featuring Carrie Underwood 498000
13 14 13 8 YOUNG RICH AND RADICAL Club Cheval 165650
14 17 14 6 THIS MOMENT Chase & Status and Blossoms 125300
15 19 15 7 SWISH SWISH Katy Perry featuring Nicki Minaj 122300
16 NEW 16 1 CHINATOWN Liam Gallagher 25000
17 20 17 9 DESPACITO (REMIX) Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber 129850
18 29 18 6 SHOULD’VE BEEN YOU Imelda May 85500
19 24 19 3 THE WAY YOU USED TO DO Queens Of The Stone Age 57700
20 63 20 4 ROULETTE Katy Perry 39400
21 13 9 8 BATMAN & ROBIN Cazzie Opeia & Jin x Jin 252550
22 16 16 9 APOCALYPSE Cigarettes After Sex 125700
23 15 5 11 HURRICANE Drones Club 427450
24 12 2 11 BEAUTIFUL ONES Hurts 751000
25 40 25 5 SLOW HANDS Niall Horan 61850
26 26 13 11 PASSIONFRUIT Drake 230850
27 25 1 15 CHARIOTS Paper Route 756150
28 21 3 12 IN MY WORLD Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 501050
29 30 29 6 MALIBU Miley Cyrus 85250
30 31 30 10 DOUBLE BARREL Dave & Ansel Collins 177500
31 23 5 10 WAY BACK TLC featuring Snoop Dogg 339700
32 38 32 4 EVERYBODY’S TALKING Glen Campbell 53400
33 22 10 11 WHAM BANG SHANG-A-LANG Silver 250650
34 45 34 4 DREAMS OF THE EVERYDAY HOUSEWIFE Glen Campbell 47800
35 50 35 4 SWERLK MNDR & Scissor Sisters 23000
36 36 36 3 OH WOMAN OH MAN London Grammar 41600
37 18 7 8 ONE AND ONE Robert Miles featuring Maria Naylor 269300
38 27 1 13 FEELS LIKE SUMMER Weezer 757100
39 NEW 39 1 LIFE’S ABOUT TO GET GOOD Shania Twain 17100
40 65 40 2 OK Robin Schulz featuring James Blunt 24000
41 28 28 7 KISSING STRANGERS DNCE featuring Nicki Minaj 98100
42 34 34 6 ADIOS Glen Campbell 89650
43 66 43 3 UNPREDICTABLE Olly Murs & Louisa Johnson 25300
44 46 44 9 THE CHAIN Fleetwood Mac 95300
45 41 5 15 LOST ON YOU LP 488800
46 59 46 3 CAME HERE FOR LOVE Sigala & Ella Eyre 29250
47 47 1 16 ALONE AGAIN OR Love 802950
48 52 48 4 CARNIVAL BEGIN Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 38600
49 32 27 5 ALL ALONE AT THE GREAT TIMES DANCE Ourselves On TV 76200
50 54 50 5 LAST CHANCE TO DANCE Ekkah 48500
51 51 51 6 JESSICA The Allman Brothers Band 58550
52 42 5 15 TRUTH IS A BEAUTIFUL THING London Grammar 464200
53 35 30 9 BON APPETIT Katy Perry featuring Migos 123650
54 33 18 8 OCCIDENTALI’S KARMA Francesco Gabbani 115100
55 37 17 7 KRYPTONITE George Maple 130400
56 49 1 15 WE GOT THE POWER Gorillaz featuring Jehnny Beth 851750
57 53 34 12 IT’S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys 167400
58 NEW 58 1 FEELS Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean 10200
59 39 39 7 CITY LIGHTS Blanche 78950
60 NEW 60 1 ACROSS THE UNIVERSE Rufus Wainwright 10000
61 57 1 21 CHAINED TO THE RHYTHM Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley 1352700
62 69 62 2 STRIP THAT DOWN Liam Payne featuring Quavo 13600
63 NEW 63 1 KING KONG Icarus 7200
64 NEW 64 1 WALKING THE WIRE Imagine Dragons 7100
65 64 1 36 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU Abba 1083700
66 48 24 10 CRAVING YOU Thomas Rhett featuring Maren Morris 136200
67 55 55 4 RED SUN Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 34600
68 75 68 2 ISOTYPE Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 11400
69 71 69 4 LIVE FOREVER Oasis 22800
70 70 70 2 DISCONNECT Clean Bandit & Marina And The Diamonds 12000
71 43 29 6 LOVE AIN’T SOMETHING YOU CAN GET FOR FREE Elkie Brooks 77700
72 56 2 12 CRAZY (ASH HOWES RADIO EDIT) Bird 400600
73 73 73 2 DON’T MATTER NOW George Ezra 10800
74 NEW 74 1 REAL LIFE Duke Dumont & Gordon City featuring Naations 5200
75 NEW 75 1 RUN Foo Fighters 5000
DROP OUTS
44 10 9 SOUTHERN NIGHTS Glen Campbell 170450
58 25 10 THE CURE Lady Gaga 137200
60 36 7 REASONS Jillian Jacqueline 91000
61 24 6 PAPER Svala 94500
62 20 10 STORY OF A HEART Steps 144900
67 50 5 THUNDER Imagine Dragons 42400
68 5 14 WAITING FOR THE STARS Vitalic featuring David Shaw and The Beat 383400
72 72 2 TOO FAR GONE Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 10800
74 1 15 SEASONS (WAITING ON YOU) Future Islands 690900
That leaves a newie from golden oldie Dolly Parton, giving her a span of 40 years of charting, and an oldie from Nancy Sinatra, her version of Neil Diamond’s 60’s Holly Holy, probably the best version I’ve heard, even over the previously charted Junior Walker & The All Stars (1973) and UB40 (1998) and Neil’s original. Nancy has an official chart run of 45 years, but it should be 50 years (cos These Boots would have topped my imaginary chart in 1966, being as I was mad on it aged 8).
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