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[Popchartfreak]

9th August 2020

It's a first week on top for Kylie's new lead single off the next album, and that gives her membership of an exclusive club - acts that have topped my charts in 4 consecutive decades with new material: Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison did it (but needed Beatles songs to qualify, as well as solo), The Bee Gees did it first (60's through 90's), while others include Pet Shop Boys, Madonna, George Michael. No act has ever done 5 decades - but Madonna and Pet Shop Boys only need one more unbeatable track to take that crown. Kylie has now had 13 chart-toppers, not bad considering I took 5 years into her career to be totally convinced.

Highest new entry at 7 if a second top 10 for Doja Cat, hot on the heels of her chart-topper Say So, Freak being a naughty song lying on a bed of Paul Anka 50's doo-wops backing (and a bit of Paul Anka at the end, Put Your Head On My Shoulder being a huge hit when I was one-year old in 1959, and Paul was only 18 when he wrote it. Paul hasn't troubled my charts for 45 years, though his songs have popped up in the interim in cover versions. My Way is one nobody has ever heard of, sung by the obscure Frank Sinatra and The Sex Pistols. Not together, obviously. That would be insane.

Donna Summer has a massive leap into the 20 with her remixed Grand Illusion, the 1980 track being her first previously-uncharted track since 1994 and her first top 20 since I Feel Love charted for the 4th time, following her death in 2012. Big top 40 leapers for Billie Eilish, her 5th, The Killers rebounding to a new peak after the Springsteen-esque climax made it fresh again, Faithless getting a first with new material since 2004, and The Vamps getting only a 2nd in their chart career, the first in two years.

Erasure are back 32 years on with A Little Respect doing better than the new grat track which I couldnt get to hear on youtube, Sub Focus get a 4th chart entry in 8 years, dragging along Wilkinson, who has guested before elsewhere, Charlie Puth brings his Girlfriend along, while he's still having Summer Feelings with another. How rude! Aussie Eurovision Kate gets a rather good quirky follow-up, Johnny Hates Jazz get a first chart entry in 7 years and extend their run to 33 years, Keith Urban cracks another one off in rapid succession, truly a Superman, and it's a big welcome back to 80's electronic duo Yello who have been absent for about 30 years or so, but now have a span of 34 years. Deep Purple make it two 2020 chart hits, that's a first for them. Had hits in 1970, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1980 - but never 2 in a year.



1 2 1 3 SAY SOMETHING Kylie Minogue 400000
2 1 1 2 RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM Maxine Nightingale 285000
3 10 3 8 HALLUCINOGENICS (SEEB REMIX) Matt Maeson 232900
4 4 4 5 SALAMANDER STREET Callum Beattie 224750
5 7 5 2 SUGAR MAN (THE GOLDFISH MIX) Rodriguez 110000
6 3 1 5 HOW LONG Ace featuring Paul Carrack 480000
7 NEW 7 1 FREAK Doja Cat featuring Paul Anka 50000
8 9 8 5 AND IT BREAKS MY HEART LEON 141700
9 6 1 7 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 529500
10 11 10 4 SUN IS SHINING Bob Marley Featuring Robin Schulz 101550

11 24 11 13 BIG LOG Robert Plant 169350
12 5 3 6 HALLUCINATE Dua Lipa 283800
13 8 1 8 SPINNING OVER YOU REYKO 825000
14 17 14 3 EXILE Taylor Swift featuring Bon Iver 62400
15 15 15 4 SMILE Katy Perry 84200
16 27 16 9 THE SIX-TEENS The Sweet 136250
17 22 17 6 I USED TO BE COOL Bright Light Bright Light 97500
18 65 18 2 GRAND ILLUSION (LE FLEX POOLSIDE MIX) Donna Summer 29000
19 36 19 3 DANGEROUS LOVE Tiwa Savage 45300
20 25 20 5 FOOLED AROUND AND FELL IN LOVE Miranda Lambert featuring Maren Morris, Elle King, Ashley McBride, Tenille Townes, and Caylee Hammack 66750

21 33 21 2 ONE AND ONE MAKE FIVE Pet Shop Boys 37450
22 18 18 4 DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT Jubel featuring NEIMY 65950
23 12 1 13 IN YOUR EYES Robin Schulz featuring Alida 900550
24 53 24 2 MY FUTURE Billie Eilish 30250
25 13 8 8 SAVIOUR (EXTENDED MIX) Dimension & Sharlene Hector 251500
26 90 26 8 MY OWN SOUL’S WARNING The Killers 90600
27 16 3 7 MALIBU Kim Petras 346400
28 21 5 8 FADED Izzy Bizu 247450
29 20 6 7 SHOULD I GIVE IT ALL UP (DEMO) James Blunt 248400
30 32 30 4 WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT Kygo & Tina Turner 57400

31 19 10 5 THE THINGS WE DO Foster The People 127900
32 40 32 3 BLACK DOG Arlo Parks 42200
33 43 33 4 THIS FEELING Faithless featuring Suli Breaks and Nathan Ball 44400
34 14 7 12 I FLY Galantis featuring Faouzia 278600
35 39 35 10 GOODBYE STRANGER Supertramp 109750
36 38 36 3 THE ONE THAT YOU LOVE LP 41800
37 37 37 3 21ST CENTURY SCHIZOID MAN Toyah & The Humans featuring Jessica Gallo 41400
38 NEW 38 1 A LITTLE RESPECT Erasure 17200
39 23 8 7 HUSAVIK Will Ferrell & My Marianne 161150
40 91 40 2 MARRIED IN VEGAS The Vamps 18900

41 26 18 7 OH WHAT A FEELING Walk Off The Earth 127950
42 29 29 13 FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH Buffalo Springfield 141950
43 67 43 2 TO SPEAK IS A SIN Pet Shop Boys 20100
44 30 1 20 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 1268850
45 45 45 6 ORDINARY WORLD Duran Duran 66300
46 72 46 2 HAPPINESS McFly 18350
47 47 39 5 NATALIE DON’T RAYE 55400
48 54 48 2 SUNDOWN Gordon Lightfoot 23300
49 93 49 2 IN AND OUT OF LOVE Melanie C 13800
50 57 50 9 BREAKING ME Topic & A7S 57000

51 34 7 13 WHILE WE’RE YOUNG Huey Lewis & The News 408000
52 28 5 12 SUMMER FEELINGS Lennon Stella featuring Charlie Puth 277150
53 69 53 5 CHI MAI Ennio Morricone 27650
54 31 9 10 ((TRANCE)) The S.L.P. 212900
55 55 55 3 WHEN I’M WITH YOU Sparks 31700
56 56 56 5 MAKE YOU DANCE Meghan Trainor 35400
57 35 35 7 MARCH MARCH The Chicks 73900
58 52 52 2 CRAZY Daniela Andrade 21700
59 42 1 13 VIOLENT THING Ben Dolic 952000
60 79 60 2 HEAD & HEART Joel Corry featuring MNEK 14200

61 78 61 2 LIGHTER Nathan Dawe featuring KSI 11900
62 49 2 16 THE LAKE Galantis & Wrabel 692400
63 58 7 16 SECRETS Regard & Raye 351650
64 59 1 24 SAY SO Doja Cat 1070850
65 71 65 3 WORRY ABOUT ME Ellie Goulding & blackbear 17800
66 66 66 5 PURE The Lightning Seeds 28400
67 41 1 10 A CHANGE IS GONNA COME Sam Cooke 646600
68 74 68 2 CHARLIE PATTON HIGHWAY (TURN IT UP, PT 1.) Robert Plant 11600
69 60 60 7 KARAOKE BooDaBash & Alessandra Omaroso 44400
70 NEW 70 1 AIR I BREATHE Sub Focus featuring Wilkinson 6000

71 87 71 2 WHAT YOU GONNA DO??? Bastille featuring Graham Coxon 8400
72 NEW 72 1 IN HELL I’LL BE IN GOOD COMPANY The Dead South 5600
73 80 73 5 SHE SELLS SANCTUARY The Cult 18600
74 76 74 4 I WISH YOU WELL The Big Band Collective featuring Jimmy Somerville & Rick Astley 17600
75 75 75 3 OH WELL PART 2 Fleetwood Mac 13600
76 68 68 6 THOUSAND FACES Don Diablo & Andy Grammer 30100
77 81 77 4 BACK TOGETHER AGAIN Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway 13200
78 44 19 10 A GHOST Travis 125500
79 83 79 3 STOP! Sam Brown 9600
80 NEW 80 1 REAL LOVE SONG Nothing But Thieves 4000

81 46 28 7 RIDE (EDIT) Lenny Kravitz 93250
82 86 82 2 CARDIGAN (CABIN IN CANDLELIGHT VERSION) Taylor Swift 6400
83 48 23 7 DIDN’T WANT TO BE THIS LONELY Pretenders 92850
84 51 17 12 WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (LEBROCK REMIX) Boston Manor featuring LeBrock 179050
85 95 85 2 TOUGH PILL Izzy Bizu 4500
86 NEW 86 1 GIRLFRIEND Charlie Puth 2800
87 94 87 2 HOLIDAY Little Mix 4200
88 NEW 88 1 DELUDED Kate Miller-Heidke 2400
89 89 89 3 MAN OF THE WORLD Fleetwood Mac 6600
90 NEW 90 1 SPIRIT OF LOVE Johnny Hates Jazz 2000

91 NEW 91 1 SUPERMAN Keith Urban 1900
92 NEW 92 1 OUT OF SIGHT Yello 1800
93 NEW 93 1 I’M A MAN The Spencer Davis Group 1700
94 NEW 94 1 NOTHING AT ALL Deep Purple 1600
95 NEW 95 1 BLACK VELVET Alannah Myles 1500


DROP OUTS
50 3 12 TEARS GETTING SOBER VICTORIA 546600
61 40 7 THE WRITER Four Of Diamonds & Mr Eazi 81700
62 46 6 OLD ME 5 Seconds Of Summer 54900
63 45 7 FIRE AND FURY Overcoats 70850
64 56 6 MY HURRICANE Jamie Scott 46300
70 10 12 ALL THAT Sparks 275750
73 3 12 MOVE The Mamas 498950
77 77 3 RETURN OF THE MACK Mark Morrison 10000
82 2 12 ALL OF MY LOVE Destiny & B.O.K. 634100
84 23 11 FET HOUSE MODE Rebecca & Fiona 148250
85 85 5 I’M ON MY WAY Bob Sinclar 13800
88 22 9 DREAM GIRL Anna Of The North 124000
92 16 10 BLAME IT ON ME Melanie C 164550