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Posted by: Popchartfreak Apr 27 2020, 04:02 PM

26th April 2020

It's 3 weeks on top for Levitating as Break My Heart hits 2 to give Dua Lipa a chart double-top as she also contributes the opening line to the charity Foo Fighters cover at 72. Times Like These peaked at a relatively lowly 20 in my charts 17 years ago (2003 was a terrible year for me, and it impacted on what I liked) while Glen Campbell's fab cover of it did much better in 2008 when it peaked at 8. Highest new entry is from Galantis & Wrabel, the brand new The Lake, in at 4 to give Galantis a 3rd top 5, including chart-topper True Feeling in 2017.

Up 43 places to 7, it's the latest Pet Shop Boys single I Don't Wanna, which had peaked in the 30's as an album track - it's the longest climb ever for a PSB single to peak (12 weeks!) and the video gives the lyrics a boost in impact: the boy in the story is basically Young Me. That was me that was, talk about identifying with a lyric! The B side, New Boy, enters at 51, and it's a song they half-wrote but never finished over 35 years ago. Now it's finished! Kygo meanwhile gets a 4th top 20 in 5 years as I'll Wait leaps up to 16, and The Weeknd gets at least his 12th top 40 as In Your Eyes pushes out Blinding Lights.

The Fizz keep their resurgence strong as Storm makes it yet another top 40 for Bucks Fizz (give or take a Bobby G) and a chart span of 39 years. That's really not bad for a British Eurovision entry is it?! No other UK Eurovision discovery act (as opposed to previously successful) comes close by a margin of 35 years, and no Eurovision act at all has a longer chart span with new material - pending the yet-to-be-released new Abba songs of course, and excluding established stars in the UK like Cliff, Lulu, Engelbert etc.

New entries include: The Rolling Stones returning after a break of 7 years, their best track in a decade, and most relevant new song (I'd venture) in almost 37 years, as a direct result of Lockdown: Living In A Ghost Town; New Kids On The Block, back again after a short break from 2018's 80's Baby, and a chart span of 31 years; Rumer back after a 5-year MIA sequence; Pretenders back after a gap of 3 years, and a chart span of 41 years for Chrissie Hynde & drummer; Alanis Morrissette back swiftly; The 1975 finally get a follow-up to 2013's Chocolate which limped in at 74 - so If You're Too Shy only has to climb 7 places next week to beat it! Shocking I know that I've never rated the Critically-acclaimed band beyond a peak of 74. Ah well, it would be boring if we all liked the same thing...


1 1 1 5 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 572100
2 3 2 5 BREAK MY HEART Dua Lipa 292400
3 2 2 11 NO TIME TO DIE Billie Eilish 623500
4 NEW 4 1 THE LAKE Galantis & Wrabel 65000
5 4 1 9 SAY SO Doja Cat 711600
6 5 5 7 CAUTION The Killers 252550
7 50 7 12 I DON’T WANNA Pet Shop Boys 182550
8 6 6 8 MISTAKES Jonas Blue & Paloma Faith 232700
9 7 4 9 THE WHOLE 9 Marina Kaye 363100
10 8 1 12 TEARS OF GOLD Faouzia 964000

11 11 11 8 LOST AT SEA Cashier No.9 178150
12 17 12 5 DANCING NEXT TO ME Greyson Chance 96400
13 9 9 8 MURPHY’S LAW Roisin Murphy 223300
14 12 12 7 GOLIATH Smith & Thell 131300
15 16 15 6 WHO I AM Melanie C 126500
16 39 16 4 I’LL WAIT Kygo & Sasha Sloan 48800
17 20 17 5 SPOTLIGHT Jessie Ware 81050
18 14 6 10 MODERN LONELINESS Lauv 309500
19 15 15 8 WHO Lauv featuring BTS 131900
20 32 20 5 ANTISOCIAL SOCIALITES Kyan Palmer, nicopop & Yuri Joness 68300

21 24 21 11 LA VIE EN ROSE Louis Armstrong 156350
22 19 19 8 ALL OF THE FEELINGS Kiesza 137550
23 10 1 12 I’M GONNA LOVE YOU JUST A LITTLE MORE BABY Barry White 1255250
24 62 24 5 IN YOUR EYES The Weeknd 40800
25 27 25 5 BLUE SKIES Music from Star Trek: Picard featuring Isa Briones 77550
26 18 2 12 HALFWAY James Blunt featuring Ward Thomas 501200
27 33 27 8 LOOK AFTER YOU Aron Wright 94050
28 21 9 9 THE OTHER SIDE SZA, Justin Timberlake 254600
29 38 29 4 HOLD ON, WE’RE GOING HOME Nerina Pallot 44400
30 34 30 8 SOMETIMES Kodaline 88400

31 25 25 6 LIMITLESS Bon Jovi 73450
32 35 32 7 CRASHING Illenium featuring Bahari 92550
33 45 33 4 THE MAN Taylor Swift 41300
34 46 34 7 KINGS & QUEENS Ava Max 69150
35 63 35 5 STORM The Fizz 33000
36 36 36 6 THROW MY BONES Deep Purple 68200
37 30 3 13 THERAPY Duke Dumont featuring Sharlene Hector 526800
38 41 38 7 HARVEST MOON Neil Young 78250
39 48 39 7 I’M TOAST Sparks 61000
40 66 40 5 LIMITLESS Richard Marx 31400

41 40 1 21 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 1390450
42 28 4 13 YOU ARE THE ONE Pet Shop Boys 449550
43 13 13 4 LEAN ON ME Bill Withers 102500
44 22 10 11 ONE OF A KIND Ronan Keating & Emeli Sande 224050
45 57 45 5 BOYFRIEND Mabel 36300
46 68 46 5 RESERVATION The Fizz 24750
47 47 47 8 MAMA Genesis 79700
48 23 23 6 YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE Gerry & The Pacemakers 92550
49 69 49 2 WHO YOU LOVIN’ LEON 18300
50 26 26 4 LOVELY DAY Bill Withers 66300

51 NEW 51 1 NEW BOY Pet Shop Boys 11750
52 29 3 6 STAY Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko 265700
53 31 14 9 COME ON OUTSIDE Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 147050
54 75 54 2 THE GREATEST James Blunt 16000
55 43 8 13 PHYSICAL Dua Lipa 303750
56 72 56 2 IF YOU THINK THIS IS REAL LIFE Blossoms 16200
57 37 25 6 100 WAYS Jackson Wang 86550
58 58 58 6 FREAKS Fisher 43600
59 71 59 2 I LOVE YOU NOW CHANGE Twinnie 15900
60 60 60 6 NO JUDGEMENT Niaill Horan 37600

61 42 24 9 YOU SHOULD BE SAD Halsey 131350
62 65 62 5 GHOST TOWN The Specials 32000
63 NEW 63 1 LIVING IN A GHOST TOWN The Rolling Stones 7200
64 70 64 5 I LOVE YOU’S Hailee Steinfeld 19400
65 49 14 12 ROSES Adam Lambert & Nile Rodgers 234100
66 NEW 66 1 HARD TIMES FOR LOVERS Rumer 6800
67 67 1 35 NOBODY ELSE The S.L.P. 1266700
68 NEW 68 1 SECRETS Regard & Raye 6400
69 78 69 2 LEAN ON ME UB40 featuring Ali Campbell & Astro 10600
70 79 70 2 I CONTAIN MULTITUDES Bob Dylan 10200

71 74 71 2 JUST THE TWO OF US Grover Washington Jr & Bill Withers 11000
72 NEW 72 1 TIMES LIKE THESE Live Lounge Allstars 5600
73 76 73 2 LIGHT OF LOVE Florence + The Machine 10200
74 64 64 6 IS EVERYBODY GOING CRAZY? Nothing But Thieves 34600
75 NEW 75 1 HOUSE PARTY New Kids On The Block featuring BoyzIIMen, Big Freedia, Naughty By Nature & Jordin Sparks 5000
76 NEW 76 1 THE BUZZ Pretenders 4800
77 77 77 3 THANK U VERY MUCH FOR THE NHS The Scaffold 12200
78 44 16 10 WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU The Avalanches featuring Blood Orange 161000
79 NEW 79 1 DIAGNOSIS Alanis Morrissette 4200
80 NEW 80 1 IF YOU’RE TOO SHY (LET ME KNOW) The 1975 4000


DROP OUTS
51 12 9 BROKEN SLEEP Agnes Obel 206300
52 17 9 INSTANT DESTINY Tame Impala 140400
53 36 8 STUPID LOVE Lady Gaga 82650
54 54 5 I’M IN LOVE Danny Dove featuring The Flirtations 37600
55 1 17 FADES AWAY Avicii featuring Mishcatt 1148100
56 4 13 WILL-O-THE-WISP Pet Shop Boys 458900
59 39 7 THE STEPS HAIM 80350
61 20 9 CUZ I LOVE YOU Lizzo 147550
73 73 5 FALLING Harry Styles 16900
80 80 1 WILD THING The Goodies 4000

Posted by: Sergej Apr 28 2020, 04:59 AM

Hey John!
Nice to see the Dua Lipa double in your top 2!
I also like the big gains for "In Your Eyes", "The Man", "Kings & Queens" and "Boyfriend", as well as the debuts for "Living In A Ghost Town", "Secrets" and "If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)"!
Great chart!

Posted by: Sven10 May 3 2020, 08:56 AM

Hi John,

Break My Heart at the same position in both charts (yours and mine !

Wow Galantis en Pet Shop Boys new entry in the Top 10.
Kygo/Sasha Sloan Top 20, The Weeknd Top 30 and Richard Marx Top 40

Best new entries: Pet Shop Boys, The Rolling Stones, Regard/Raye, Live Lounga Allstars and New Kids On The Block & Co

Posted by: uhsting May 3 2020, 11:46 AM

Hi John!

UK Eurovision songs lol... Although I do like Lucie Jones's and Michael Rice's entry though (Please don't hate me on this XD) Break My Heart is edging closer though!

Posted by: AH Gold May 3 2020, 02:44 PM

Hi John, my faves this week:

1 1 1 5 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 572100
2 3 2 5 BREAK MY HEART Dua Lipa 292400
3 2 2 11 NO TIME TO DIE Billie Eilish 623500
4 NEW 4 1 THE LAKE Galantis & Wrabel 65000
5 4 1 9 SAY SO Doja Cat 711600
6 5 5 7 CAUTION The Killers 252550
7 50 7 12 I DON’T WANNA Pet Shop Boys 182550
8 6 6 8 MISTAKES Jonas Blue & Paloma Faith 232700
9 7 4 9 THE WHOLE 9 Marina Kaye 363100
10 8 1 12 TEARS OF GOLD Faouzia 964000
11 11 11 8 LOST AT SEA Cashier No.9 178150
13 9 9 8 MURPHY’S LAW Roisin Murphy 223300
14 12 12 7 GOLIATH Smith & Thell 131300
15 16 15 6 WHO I AM Melanie C 126500
16 39 16 4 I’LL WAIT Kygo & Sasha Sloan 48800
17 20 17 5 SPOTLIGHT Jessie Ware 81050
18 14 6 10 MODERN LONELINESS Lauv 309500
20 32 20 5 ANTISOCIAL SOCIALITES Kyan Palmer, nicopop & Yuri Joness 68300
21 24 21 11 LA VIE EN ROSE Louis Armstrong 156350
22 19 19 8 ALL OF THE FEELINGS Kiesza 137550
23 10 1 12 I’M GONNA LOVE YOU JUST A LITTLE MORE BABY Barry White 1255250
24 62 24 5 IN YOUR EYES The Weeknd 40800 ooh big jump for this
27 33 27 8 LOOK AFTER YOU Aron Wright 94050
28 21 9 9 THE OTHER SIDE SZA, Justin Timberlake 254600
29 38 29 4 HOLD ON, WE’RE GOING HOME Nerina Pallot 44400
33 45 33 4 THE MAN Taylor Swift 41300
34 46 34 7 KINGS & QUEENS Ava Max 69150
35 63 35 5 STORM The Fizz 33000
37 30 3 13 THERAPY Duke Dumont featuring Sharlene Hector 526800
38 41 38 7 HARVEST MOON Neil Young 78250
39 48 39 7 I’M TOAST Sparks 61000
41 40 1 21 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 1390450
42 28 4 13 YOU ARE THE ONE Pet Shop Boys 449550
43 13 13 4 LEAN ON ME Bill Withers 102500
45 57 45 5 BOYFRIEND Mabel 36300
46 68 46 5 RESERVATION The Fizz 24750
47 47 47 8 MAMA Genesis 79700
48 23 23 6 YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE Gerry & The Pacemakers 92550
49 69 49 2 WHO YOU LOVIN’ LEON 18300
50 26 26 4 LOVELY DAY Bill Withers 66300
51 NEW 51 1 NEW BOY Pet Shop Boys 11750
52 29 3 6 STAY Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko 265700
53 31 14 9 COME ON OUTSIDE Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 147050
55 43 8 13 PHYSICAL Dua Lipa 303750
56 72 56 2 IF YOU THINK THIS IS REAL LIFE Blossoms 16200
57 37 25 6 100 WAYS Jackson Wang 86550
58 58 58 6 FREAKS Fisher 43600
59 71 59 2 I LOVE YOU NOW CHANGE Twinnie 15900
60 60 60 6 NO JUDGEMENT Niaill Horan 37600
61 42 24 9 YOU SHOULD BE SAD Halsey 131350
62 65 62 5 GHOST TOWN The Specials 32000
63 NEW 63 1 LIVING IN A GHOST TOWN The Rolling Stones 7200
64 70 64 5 I LOVE YOU’S Hailee Steinfeld 19400
65 49 14 12 ROSES Adam Lambert & Nile Rodgers 234100
67 67 1 35 NOBODY ELSE The S.L.P. 1266700
68 NEW 68 1 SECRETS Regard & Raye 6400
71 74 71 2 JUST THE TWO OF US Grover Washington Jr & Bill Withers 11000
72 NEW 72 1 TIMES LIKE THESE Live Lounge Allstars 5600
73 76 73 2 LIGHT OF LOVE Florence + The Machine 10200
74 64 64 6 IS EVERYBODY GOING CRAZY? Nothing But Thieves 34600
78 44 16 10 WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU The Avalanches featuring Blood Orange 161000
80 NEW 80 1 IF YOU’RE TOO SHY (LET ME KNOW) The 1975 4000

Thrilled to see Storm hit the Top 40. And really liking the new Leon song. Fantastic chart as ever

Posted by: Popchartfreak May 4 2020, 12:34 PM

QUOTE(Sergej @ Apr 28 2020, 05:59 AM)

Posted by: Popchartfreak May 4 2020, 12:36 PM

QUOTE(Sven10 @ May 3 2020, 09:56 AM)

Hi John,

Break My Heart at the same position in both charts (yours and mine !

Wow Galantis en Pet Shop Boys new entry in the Top 10.
Kygo/Sasha Sloan Top 20, The Weeknd Top 30 and Richard Marx Top 40

Best new entries: Pet Shop Boys, The Rolling Stones, Regard/Raye, Live Lounga Allstars and New Kids On The Block & Co

Posted by: Popchartfreak May 4 2020, 01:17 PM

QUOTE(uhsting @ May 3 2020, 12:46 PM)

Hi John!

UK Eurovision songs lol... Although I do like Lucie Jones's and Michael Rice's entry though (Please don't hate me on this XD) Break My Heart is edging closer though!

Posted by: Popchartfreak May 4 2020, 01:19 PM

QUOTE(AH Gold @ May 3 2020, 03:44 PM)

Hi John, my faves this week:

1 1 1 5 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 572100
2 3 2 5 BREAK MY HEART Dua Lipa 292400
3 2 2 11 NO TIME TO DIE Billie Eilish 623500
4 NEW 4 1 THE LAKE Galantis & Wrabel 65000
5 4 1 9 SAY SO Doja Cat 711600
6 5 5 7 CAUTION The Killers 252550
7 50 7 12 I DON’T WANNA Pet Shop Boys 182550
8 6 6 8 MISTAKES Jonas Blue & Paloma Faith 232700
9 7 4 9 THE WHOLE 9 Marina Kaye 363100
10 8 1 12 TEARS OF GOLD Faouzia 964000
11 11 11 8 LOST AT SEA Cashier No.9 178150
13 9 9 8 MURPHY’S LAW Roisin Murphy 223300
14 12 12 7 GOLIATH Smith & Thell 131300
15 16 15 6 WHO I AM Melanie C 126500
16 39 16 4 I’LL WAIT Kygo & Sasha Sloan 48800
17 20 17 5 SPOTLIGHT Jessie Ware 81050
18 14 6 10 MODERN LONELINESS Lauv 309500
20 32 20 5 ANTISOCIAL SOCIALITES Kyan Palmer, nicopop & Yuri Joness 68300
21 24 21 11 LA VIE EN ROSE Louis Armstrong 156350
22 19 19 8 ALL OF THE FEELINGS Kiesza 137550
23 10 1 12 I’M GONNA LOVE YOU JUST A LITTLE MORE BABY Barry White 1255250
24 62 24 5 IN YOUR EYES The Weeknd 40800 ooh big jump for this
27 33 27 8 LOOK AFTER YOU Aron Wright 94050
28 21 9 9 THE OTHER SIDE SZA, Justin Timberlake 254600
29 38 29 4 HOLD ON, WE’RE GOING HOME Nerina Pallot 44400
33 45 33 4 THE MAN Taylor Swift 41300
34 46 34 7 KINGS & QUEENS Ava Max 69150
35 63 35 5 STORM The Fizz 33000
37 30 3 13 THERAPY Duke Dumont featuring Sharlene Hector 526800
38 41 38 7 HARVEST MOON Neil Young 78250
39 48 39 7 I’M TOAST Sparks 61000
41 40 1 21 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 1390450
42 28 4 13 YOU ARE THE ONE Pet Shop Boys 449550
43 13 13 4 LEAN ON ME Bill Withers 102500
45 57 45 5 BOYFRIEND Mabel 36300
46 68 46 5 RESERVATION The Fizz 24750
47 47 47 8 MAMA Genesis 79700
48 23 23 6 YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE Gerry & The Pacemakers 92550
49 69 49 2 WHO YOU LOVIN’ LEON 18300
50 26 26 4 LOVELY DAY Bill Withers 66300
51 NEW 51 1 NEW BOY Pet Shop Boys 11750
52 29 3 6 STAY Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko 265700
53 31 14 9 COME ON OUTSIDE Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 147050
55 43 8 13 PHYSICAL Dua Lipa 303750
56 72 56 2 IF YOU THINK THIS IS REAL LIFE Blossoms 16200
57 37 25 6 100 WAYS Jackson Wang 86550
58 58 58 6 FREAKS Fisher 43600
59 71 59 2 I LOVE YOU NOW CHANGE Twinnie 15900
60 60 60 6 NO JUDGEMENT Niaill Horan 37600
61 42 24 9 YOU SHOULD BE SAD Halsey 131350
62 65 62 5 GHOST TOWN The Specials 32000
63 NEW 63 1 LIVING IN A GHOST TOWN The Rolling Stones 7200
64 70 64 5 I LOVE YOU’S Hailee Steinfeld 19400
65 49 14 12 ROSES Adam Lambert & Nile Rodgers 234100
67 67 1 35 NOBODY ELSE The S.L.P. 1266700
68 NEW 68 1 SECRETS Regard & Raye 6400
71 74 71 2 JUST THE TWO OF US Grover Washington Jr & Bill Withers 11000
72 NEW 72 1 TIMES LIKE THESE Live Lounge Allstars 5600
73 76 73 2 LIGHT OF LOVE Florence + The Machine 10200
74 64 64 6 IS EVERYBODY GOING CRAZY? Nothing But Thieves 34600
78 44 16 10 WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU The Avalanches featuring Blood Orange 161000
80 NEW 80 1 IF YOU’RE TOO SHY (LET ME KNOW) The 1975 4000

Thrilled to see Storm hit the Top 40. And really liking the new Leon song. Fantastic chart as ever