john v's 23rd April 2016 charts, It's Prince, Prince, Prince, Prince or Pet Shop Boys at 1. |
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Apr 24 2016, 09:32 PM
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BuzzJack Legend
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23rd April 2016
It’s a Prince invasion following the shocking news of his sudden death, one of the giants of music - he may never have had the universal appeal of his contemporaries Madonna and Michael Jackson but he was a significant influence and prolific writer/musician/producer/live sensation/one-man business. I was a fan. In at 1 it’s therefore his greatest single, When Doves Cry, no bassline and brilliant, peaking at 2 originally in 1984 in my chart it at last goes one better. This isn’t the reason to re-chart it I’d hoped for though. That leaves Pet Shop Boys stalled at 2 as more Prince records enter the top 10, including at 4 a record that is a Prince record in all but name - he wrote it, produced it and gave it away to Sheena Easton where it has languished in obscurity ever since. The brilliant 101 topped my chart in 1989, I Wish U Heaven topped my chart in 1988, back now at 5, and Sign O’ The Times peaked at 2 in 1987, back at 6. All are brilliant, and I’ve added video links to youtube which probably wont be there long - Prince on Youtube is a no-no so younger folk may not even have seen these videos. In the case of I Wish U Heaven I doubt anyone’s heard it’s Second Summer Of Love brilliant vibe before as the single isn’t on compilations and is only available as part of the album Lovesexy - Prince infuriated me when he released the album as a continuous track, there were no track dividers, and when I wanted to play the track I had to fast forward the whole bloody album. It’s still like that. Just one of the many fan-piss-off decisions he made! Highest non-Prince entry is Adore Delano and Take Me There at 17, before we head back to more Prince tracks. In at 20, Starfish And Coffee, one of his best album tracks, one that should have been a single off the fab Sign O’ The Times album, a period when Prince was on fire. In at 26, Raspberry Beret, one I under-rated at the time (1985), at 30 Alphabet Street (number 1 in 1988), and Sheena’s back with Prince at 38 on U Got The Look (top 10 in 1987). Outside the 40: I Would Die 4 U, Kiss, If I Was Your Girlfriend, Let’s Go Crazy, Little Red Corvette, Take Me With U, Purple Rain, and I Wanna Be Your Lover. Phew! Good thing I expanded my chart to 100 this year, no sign of it returning to 75 anytime soon. 1 NEW 1 1 WHEN DOVES CRY Prince 170000 2 2 2 2 SAY IT TO ME Pet Shop Boys 230000 3 1 1 2 WICHITA LINEMAN Glen Campbell 255000 4 NEW 4 1 101 Sheena Easton featuring Prince 65000 5 NEW 5 1 I WISH U HEAVEN Prince 60000 6 NEW 6 1 SIGN O’ THE TIMES Prince 55000 7 3 3 2 RIDING INTO BLUE (COWBOY SONG) Inga Humpe 135000 8 13 8 2 THE ‘IN’ CROWD Bryan Ferry 80000 9 5 1 6 NIRVANA Squeeze 535000 10 9 1 10 THE POP KIDS Pet Shop Boys 784700 11 11 1 10 ONE LAST NIGHT Vaults 926000 12 32 12 2 ULAY OH How I Became The Bomb 52800 13 7 5 5 HAPPINESS Pet Shop Boys 252000 14 14 1 15 FADED/ FADED (RESTRUNG) Alan Walker featuring Iselin Solheim 1303000 15 15 15 5 WHERE WOULD I BE? Gwen Stefani 86300 16 6 1 8 ANGEL OF THE MORNING Juice Newton 597000 17 NEW 17 1 TAKE ME THERE Adore Delano 23000 18 8 8 7 OVERCOME Laura Mvula featuring Nile Rodgers 177000 19 19 19 16 A DAY IN THE LIFE The Beatles 289000 20 NEW 20 1 STARFISH AND COFFEE Prince 20000 21 4 4 2 COME AND GET YOUR LOVE Redbone 84750 22 20 4 10 AMANECER Bomba Estereo 351250 23 12 12 6 THE LESS I KNOW THE BETTER Tame Impala 121750 24 24 24 5 VENUS Frankie Avalon 92000 25 16 16 7 REAL LOVE Florrie 102550 26 NEW 26 1 RASPBERRY BERET Prince 18500 27 28 27 4 I’M IN CONTROL AlunaGeorge featuring Popcaan 46800 28 38 28 2 UNDERTOW Pet Shop Boys 35500 29 17 6 8 ONE STRIKE All Saints 285300 30 NEW 30 1 ALPHABET STREET Prince 18000 31 10 2 5 YES McAlmont & Butler 239900 32 18 10 8 OBJECTS IN THE MIRROR a-ha 159100 33 30 30 3 KEEP SINGING Rick Astley 52800 34 21 8 7 SHE’S ON FIRE Bo Saris 215950 35 50 35 2 THIS GIRL (KUNGS VS COOKIN' ON 3 BURNERS RADIO EDIT) Kungs 29500 36 36 36 9 MISTER SANDMAN The Chordettes 136700 37 39 37 7 AIN’T GOT FAR TO GO Jess Glynne 64500 38 NEW 38 1 U GOT THE LOOK Prince featuring Sheena Easton 17200 39 25 10 10 MAKE ME LIKE YOU Gwen Stefani 193450 40 48 40 3 WILD HORSES Birdy 35100 ************************ 41 22 7 9 I TOOK A PILL IN IBIZA (SEEB REMIX) Mike Posner 239300 42 31 5 10 NEVER BE LIKE YOU Flume featuring Kai 288900 43 35 5 10 GOOD TO LOVE FKA Twigs 254850 44 26 9 11 WHERE THE LIGHT GETS IN Primal Scream featuring Sky Ferreira 237550 45 NEW 45 1 I WOULD DIE 4 U Prince 13000 46 40 40 3 PILLOWTALK ZAYN 36350 47 49 47 16 ACROSS THE UNIVERSE The Beatles 162750 48 99 48 2 ALL OVER THE WORLD Above And Beyond featuring Alex Vargas 13400 49 44 3 15 HOME WE’LL GO (TAKE MY HAND) Steve Aoki and Walk Off The Earth 594900 50 42 1 34 QUEEN OF PEACE Florence + The Machine 2888800 51 23 12 10 X GON’ GIVE IT TO YA DMX 129050 52 46 5 15 KEEP ME AROUND (RADIO MIX) Turin Brakes 407450 53 33 25 5 ONE-HIT WONDER Pet Shop Boys 71500 54 54 54 5 LUSH LIFE Zara Larsson 38300 55 NEW 55 1 KISS Prince 10800 56 43 6 8 SLIP INTO SOMETHING MORE COMFORTABLE Kinobe 224850 57 34 20 11 CAKE BY THE OCEAN DNCE 182650 58 41 11 6 THRILL ME Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark featuring Taron Egerton and Hugh Jackman 138500 59 29 29 6 WELCOME TO THE SHOW Adam Lambert featuring Laleh 67700 60 60 60 13 BIRTHDAY The Beatles 71700 61 61 61 9 CALENDAR GIRL Neil Sedaka 51900 62 62 62 7 YOU DON’T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME Dusty Springfield 42600 63 45 12 6 SANCTUARY Markus Feehily featuring Clannad 130100 64 NEW 64 1 IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND Prince 7100 65 67 65 6 THE DREAMER Anna Of The North 30200 66 58 58 9 ROSES The Chainsmokers featuring Rozes 27800 67 74 67 5 CLOSE Nick Jonas featuring Tove Lo 19900 68 89 68 2 PRISONER ROMANS featuring Rejjie Snow 8600 69 69 69 5 I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW Tommy James And The Shondells 29200 70 NEW 70 1 10,000 LUCHTBALLONEN K3 6000 71 NEW 71 1 LET’S GO CRAZY Prince 5800 72 75 72 2 IT JUST HAPPENS Roxette 10600 73 73 73 4 VICTIMS Culture Club 21400 74 NEW 74 1 THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM Andy Williams 5200 75 83 75 2 WORK FROM HOME Fifth Harmony featuring Ty Dolla $ign 8400 ********************* 76 77 76 2 TANZ MIT MIR Faun and Santiano 9400 77 82 77 3 MOTHERLAND Natalie Merchant 11200 78 65 6 19 CHEAP THRILLS SIA 422850 79 79 79 2 JUST LIKE FIRE P!NK 8400 80 80 80 2 UNDER THE INFLUENCE Elle King 8000 81 52 19 10 THE GREATEST KING 152100 82 NEW 82 1 LITTLE RED CORVETTE Prince 3600 83 84 83 9 HIT THE ROAD JACK Ray Charles 19000 84 51 10 10 I’VE GOTTA BE ME Sammy Davis Jr 193850 85 NEW 85 1 TAKE ME WITH U Prince 3000 86 NEW 86 1 GROOVY Pet Shop Boys 2800 87 NEW 87 1 PURPLE RAIN Prince & The Revolution 2600 88 88 88 7 IN MY LIFE The Beatles 12700 89 55 55 6 EVERYTHING YOU’VE COME TO EXPECT The Last Shadow Puppets 34400 90 86 86 3 100 PERSONALITIES Wildflowers 6800 91 91 91 2 AMANECER Edurne 3800 92 NEW 92 1 MELLOW BRICK ROAD Pogo 1800 93 93 93 2 FEELING BB Diamond 3400 94 95 94 2 PARTY FEARS TWO The Associates 3100 95 NEW 95 1 WAITING Alice Boman 1500 96 NEW 96 1 I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER Prince 1400 97 71 71 6 HANDS TO MYSELF Selena Gomez 22500 98 NEW 98 1 NOTHING COMPARES 2 U Sinead O’Connor 1200 99 92 34 6 AIN’T IT A DRAG Jeff Lynne’s ELO 60300 100 NEW 100 1 ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE Funkadelic 1000 DROP OUTS 27 27 14 SUFRAGETTE CITY David Bowie 202000 37 13 14 BOYS KEEP SWINGING David Bowie 236550 47 30 5 TOUCHING HEARTS AND SKIES Midge Ure 59500 53 28 6 DIE A HAPPY MAN Thomas Rhett 61550 56 28 7 DESIRE Years And Years featuring Tove Lo 91000 57 37 5 MY CHURCH Maren Morris 68150 59 24 5 PRAY Heaven 17 74600 63 1 13 CRAZY FOR YOU Zonderling featuring Bishop 731700 64 7 10 HOW LOVE BEGINS DJ Fresh & High Contrast featuring Dizzee Rascal 219800 66 19 8 I’LL TAKE YOU MSTR ROGERS 105900 68 5 14 7 YEARS Lukas Graham 412750 70 49 6 PRAY Haelos 44000 72 72 5 FRAGILE Kygo featuring Labrinth 17800 76 48 5 DETERMINATION Go West 42100 78 57 6 WAY DOWN WE GO Kaleo 33800 81 81 7 THIS WOMAN’S WORK Kate Bush 18000 85 49 5 NOTHING BUT LOVE James 43200 87 87 2 ANYWHERE YOU WANT TO GO Santana 5200 90 55 3 ONE WOMAN MAN All Saints 18200 94 16 9 SWINGS & WATERSLIDES Viola Beach 139650 96 96 1 EMPIRE Dimitri Vangelis & Wyman x Tom Staar 1400 97 59 8 MISSING YOU All Time Low 34900 98 67 5 THE SOUND OF SILENCE Disturbed 21800 100 100 1 GIVE ME YOUR LOVE Sigala featuring John Newman and Nile Rodgers 1000 |
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Apr 25 2016, 08:38 AM
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BuzzJack Gold Member
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12 32 12 2 ULAY OH How I Became The Bomb 52800
AMAZING SONG! |
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Apr 25 2016, 07:55 PM
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I've been looking for a Lasting Lover
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Hi John
Oh! 3 Prince songs in the top 3 including the number 1 When Doves Cry. However my 2 fave Prince songs are Kiss and Purple Rain. What's the title of the song at number 4? Good chart! |
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Apr 26 2016, 11:25 AM
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Apr 26 2016, 11:28 AM
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Hi John Oh! 3 Prince songs in the top 3 including the number 1 When Doves Cry. However my 2 fave Prince songs are Kiss and Purple Rain. What's the title of the song at number 4? Good chart! Thanks Jason, yes a bit of Prince to say the least! 101 is Sheena's track, thumpingly fab, I want everyone to play it loud and lots, Prince should really have kept it for himself but he couldnt have reached the notes at the end cheers! john |
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Apr 26 2016, 01:21 PM
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BuzzJack Legend
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Hey John
oh thou Prince invasion has begun I'm not really a fan of his stuff but it's great to see people by in music again in light of what's happened. ULAY OH! Such a bjsc guilty pleasure. I love it! Nice to see Work From Home making some progress. 5H beat song so far!! Brill chart! |
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Apr 26 2016, 07:14 PM
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BuzzJack Legend
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Loving the Prince invasion
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Apr 30 2016, 08:09 AM
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BuzzJack Legend
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Hey John oh thou Prince invasion has begun I'm not really a fan of his stuff but it's great to see people by in music again in light of what's happened. ULAY OH! Such a bjsc guilty pleasure. I love it! Nice to see Work From Home making some progress. 5H beat song so far!! Brill chart! Hey James Thanks, people tended to find Prince marmite back in the day, but it's good to see him viewed as one of the big pop acts. Ulay Oh! Pity it didnt do better in the votes, but it's fab, and yes 5H is the first single from them that has continued to grow on me the more I play it - I underestimated it, prob thanks to the Rihanna Work similarity (that one just annoys me) cheers! john |
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Apr 30 2016, 08:10 AM
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Apr 30 2016, 02:37 PM
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The Lady Said Go Home!
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Hi John,
Loving the Prince Take Over May he Rest in peace Great Chart |
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Apr 30 2016, 07:06 PM
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May 1 2016, 06:36 AM
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Hi John,
After Earth Wind & Fire and David Bowie it's Prince time Kungs at no 35 I'll miss Billy Paul, "Me And Mrs Jones" |
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May 2 2016, 03:50 PM
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