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[Popchartfreak]

28th December 2014

It’s Mark Ronson hitting the top spot for the first time, with Bruno Mars getting his 3rd chart-topper, and the fabulous funky Uptown Funk! The top end of the chart looks like Halloween with devils and ghosts, lower down it’s a christmas bonanza as the ghosts of xmas past enter drop climb or drop out. Not to mention movie themes from SIA (Annie’s You’re Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile) and The Weeknd climbing to 12 and entering at 7 with his theme to 50 Shades Of Grey, Earned It - greedy The Weeknd has 2 in the 10 (and his 3rd in total), and so has Madonna as Devil Pray enters at 9, and Ghosttown climbs to 4 proving she’s back on form, and with most of the album and singles yet to be released. For the record, that’s pretty much Top 10’s from 1984 for 30 years barring 10 or 15 or so that underperfomed, and Hanky Panky which is unlistenable these days.

Meanwhile Paul McCartney re-enters the top 40 with his computer game track, just behind ex-partner John Lennon back for the millionth time with Happy Xmas War Is Over, first hitting my number one in 1972, the first ever christmas chart-topper, the one that has hit the top spot way more times than any other record, and the one that has charted several times in every decade since with a grand total of chart points only beaten by 1 or 2 tracks, Abba’s Dancing Queen and on a par (I need to check after this run) with California Dreamin’ from The Mamas And The Papas.

Talking of Lennon and McCartney, Joe Cocker’s brilliant With A Little Help From My Friends returns at 5 with his epic version of The Beatles song, which first hit my top 10 46 years ago, but never quite made the top 5, and following his sad death last week. He now has two notable feats: one of the very rare covers of a Beatles song that improves on the original, I still recall being surprised and attracted and repulsed simultaneously when I first heard it on Top Of The Pops with his strange singing and body gyrations. The others: longest gap between leaving the charts and returning, almost exactly 46 years, and the longest time taken to reach a chart peak (46 years 2 months).

Another welcome return to a veteran as Linda Lewis is back after a very long break of about 15 years, thanks to a plug on Never Mind The Buzzcocks where Phil Jupetus knew instantly who she was in the mystery line-up, as do I for a long-time fave. For those who know her not, she was originally a British singer-songwriter albums artist who never quite made it big, but grabbed a hit with Rock A Doodle Doo in 1973, with it’s soul/folk sounds and her incredible vocal range. The new entry is a recently released archive BBC version, and it’s great to have her back. To check out her Mariah-Carey-ish vocal range have a look at It’s In His Kiss her 1975 disco hit cover of The Shoop Shoop Song. It pisses over every other version from a great height.


1 2 1 2 UPTOWN FUNK! Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars 270000
2 1 1 6 LOVE ME HARDER Ariana Grande featuring The Weeknd 429900
3 3 1 10 THESE DAYS Take That 731000
4 28 4 2 GHOSTTOWN Madonna 83200
5 NEW 5 1 WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS Joe Cocker 60000
6 4 4 4 UP Olly Murs featuring Demi Lovato 151750
7 NEW 7 1 EARNED IT (FIFTY SHADES OF GREY) The Weeknd 50000
8 5 5 8 THE DEVIL IS A LONELY NIGHT The Pierces 264300
9 NEW 9 1 DEVIL PRAY Madonna 45000
10 14 3 5 THE HANGING TREE James Newton Howard featuring Jennifer Lawrence 252000

11 7 7 5 OUTSIDE Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Golding 128000
12 25 12 5 YOU’RE NEVER FULLY DRESSED WITHOUT A SMILE SIA 98150
13 8 8 2 I SHOULD HAVE FOLLOWED YOU HOME Agnetha Faltskog and Gary Barlow 80000
14 17 14 4 LIKE I CAN Sam Smith 107000
15 22 13 8 WELCOME TO NEW YORK Taylor Swift 153600
16 9 9 10 I LOVED YOU Blonde featuring Melissa Steele 227250
17 6 1 10 YOU RUIN ME The Veronicas 610100
18 12 9 6 BLANK SPACE Taylor Swift 156200
19 11 4 7 SEE EMILY PLAY Pink Floyd 234600
20 10 10 5 DESIRE Years And Years 136100

21 13 5 7 GENTLE ON MY MIND The Band Perry 256750
22 15 2 7 REAL LOVE Tom Odell 310000
23 26 23 27 OUR LAST SUMMER Abba 343750
24 37 24 4 DANGEROUS David Guetta featuring Sam Martin 58800
25 34 25 2 SOMETHING I NEED Ben Haenow 36350
26 16 1 9 ANYTIME Cosmonaut Grenchko 581100
27 31 27 13 STORM IN A TEACUP Lynsey De Paul 155000
28 23 1 10 I’M NOT GONNA MISS YOU Glen Campbell 508550
29 NEW 29 1 ROCK A DOODLE DOO (RADIO STUDIO SESSION) Linda Lewis 18200
30 24 1 9 WHO’S GONNA STAND UP? (ORCHESTRAL VERSION) Neil Young 616000

31 21 1 10 DUST HALOS 589150
32 50 32 4 REAL LOVE Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne 45500
33 20 20 4 THANK GOD IT’S NOT CHRISTMAS Sparks 59700
34 RE 34 3 COOL KIDS Echosmith 28000
35 18 18 2 CHRISTMAS WRAPPING The Waitresses 39500
36 33 19 9 ADRENALINA Wisin featuring Jennifer Lopez and Ricky Martin 129800
37 64 37 3 BAILANDO Enrique Iglesias featuring Sean Paul, Descemer Bueno and Gente De Zona 29500
38 40 38 2 SHAKE THAT Danssun and Marlon Hofstadt 34200
39 NEW 39 1 HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) John & Yoko and The Plastic Ono Band with The Harlem Community Choir 17100
40 RE 40 3 HOPE FOR THE FUTURE Paul McCartney 30200

41 30 5 17 SHAKE IT OFF Taylor Swift 493850
42 NEW 42 1 ONE MORE SLEEP Leona Lewis 13750
43 19 19 3 I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS Greg Lake 53750
44 27 12 11 SOS Indila 204400
45 32 26 6 WAIT ON ME Rixton 74100
46 46 32 5 TELL ‘EM I’M GONE Cat Stevens 73250
47 45 1 20 I'M NOT IN LOVE 10C.C. 943050
48 42 4 10 BUSY EARNIN’ Jungle 295150
49 49 49 3 LEAVE WHILE I’M NOT LOOKING Paloma Faith 36500
50 55 50 2 DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Chris Rea 22800

51 48 12 11 WHEN THE BEAT DROPS OUT (BLONDEE & HAGEN RADIO EDIT) Marlon Roudette 234950
52 44 5 12 WHEN I FIND LOVE AGAIN James Blunt 276600
53 43 6 9 SAVE ME NOW Billy Idol 229950
54 57 54 9 SONG FOR THE ASKING Simon And Garfunkel 73900
55 54 1 17 HOUNDS OF LOVE Kate Bush 587650
56 69 56 2 HOME AGAIN Ashley Campbell 16800
57 29 29 4 YOU GIVE ME LOVE Idris Elba featuring Maverick Sabre 54000
58 60 58 6 SOMEBODY TO LOVE Queen 48300
59 68 59 2 FADE TO GREY (ORCHESTRAL VERSION) Visage 16500
60 53 1 21 CHANGING Sigma featuring Paloma Faith 1154950

61 61 1 42 STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU Stealers Wheel 826150
62 59 1 13 SHE’S NOT YOU Jenny Lewis 675650
63 65 63 7 MY GENERATION The Who 46600
64 NEW 64 1 7/11 Beyonce 7100
65 41 15 8 27 CLUB Chloe Black 154900
66 66 66 2 I’M AN ALBATROZ AronChupa 13600
67 NEW 67 1 THINKING ABOUT IT Just Kiddin 6600
68 67 1 20 CALL Francesco Yates 714200
69 52 52 2 STEP INTO CHRISTMAS Elton John 17700
70 NEW 70 1 DIAMONDS Josef Salvat 6000

71 71 71 2 REBEL HEART Madonna 11600
72 NEW 72 1 IT DON’T MEAN A THING Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga 5600
73 73 1 26 BECOME Midge Ure 977600
74 74 8 13 HELLO GOODNIGHT Mamas Gun 251950
75 NEW 75 1 JEALOUS Labrinth 5000


DROP OUTS
35 27 6 I DON’T CARE Cheryl 83200
36 27 3 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl 53200
38 38 3 CADILLAC, CADILLAC Train 44800
39 20 8 ANIMALS Maroon 5 106550
47 35 5 BLUE SMOKE Dolly Parton 81800
51 39 3 PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN (ACOUSTIC) Status Quo 41350
56 7 13 IF YOU LET ME GO Salt Ashes 290450
58 58 1 LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS Mud 10200
62 16 10 REASON Erasure 180700
63 45 3 SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO Jools Holland Rhythm n Blues Orchestra featuring Kylie Minogue 32600
70 70 1 SLEIGH RIDE The Ronettes 6000
72 72 1 TOCA TOCA Fly Project 5600
75 75 2 FLY ME TO THE MOON Julie London 10000

This post has been edited by popchartfreak: Dec 28 2014, 06:26 PM