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[Popchartfreak]

5th August 2018

It's a first week on top for a solo Lee Hazelwood and his moving 1966 track about growing older (and he was actually quite young at the time), pushing Panic! off the top. He first charted with Nancy Sinatra with the naughty Did You Ever in 1971, and has topped my chart in between with more old duets with her, but never done it solo. That makes it one of the oldest new-to-me records to ever top my chart. That leaves a big climb for Kungs & Stargate, both returning to the top 10 after a break, and a big climb for Au/Ra & Camelphat after 10 weeks climbing slowly. Muse return to my top 10 for the first time in 6 years, as LeAnn Rimes makes my top 20 for the first time in 20 years!

Highest new entry is from The Vamps, their first ever in 5 years of minor chart pottering about, and 2 oldies debut following a feature in the new Antman & The Wasp movie - Dusty Springfield's definitive cover of Spooky is back after hitting 15 3 years ago, while The Partridge Family and David Cassidy's TV theme tune got a prime spot in the movie, and gladdened my nostalgic heart, and is in at 35 - it def would have charted 47 years ago if I'd thought to allow TV theme tunes into my charts. A huge jump for Chainsmokers, about to overtake their oldie Paris, and a new entry for Santigold giving her a decade of entries, albeit as Santogold back then.

Ciara's been away for 9 years, but now extends her run to 13 years, which is hard to believe it's been that long! Enjoying some old-stylee rhythms m'self, anything that isn't blippety bloppety autotuned Tropical House-ish Urban-ish blatant-chart-aimed construction is such a relief! In the olden days (pre-streaming) the singles charts allowed all sorts of music in, bit of a genre-duoculture these days. Not that there arent great chart hits (there are) just a bit lacking in variety. Moan over. Ward Thomas return with tunefull country, Paloma Faith has dropped the songwriter Sia from her previously charted Warrior, and returns, Rod Stewart is back writing his own stuff again, thank goodness, and is rewarded with another chart entry 46 years since Maggie May failed to impress me much at the time (love it now). That leaves Candi Staton having a soulfunk comeback - apart from Radio 2 presenting, she hasn't bothered me much since 1999 when she last charted, and her chart run extends to 42 years, and Young Hearts Run Free.



1 2 1 7 MY AUTUMN’S DONE COME Lee Hazelwood 568500
2 1 1 7 HEY LOOK MA, I MADE IT Panic! At The Disco 1025000
3 4 3 4 ROMANTIC Hooverphonic 258000
4 3 3 3 ME MYSELF AND I Blonde featuring Bryn Christopher 195000
5 5 5 4 THE WILD DARKNESS (CYA REMIX) Moby 215000
6 22 6 4 BE RIGHT HERE Kungs & Stargate featuring GOLDN 113250
7 19 7 10 PANIC ROOM Au/Ra & CamelPhat 207550
8 13 8 3 ALWAYS Panama 99250
9 6 6 3 WOULDN’T WANT TO BE LIKE YOU Sheryl Crow featuring Annie Clark 142000
10 12 10 3 SOMETHING HUMAN Muse 104000

11 11 1 11 HIGH HOPES Panic! At The Disco 1169000
12 8 3 9 SINNER Deaf Havana 508000
13 23 13 2 ANDANTE ANDANTE Abba 51250
14 18 14 4 FRIENDS RAYE 90200
15 9 3 4 IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ME Yvonne Fair 242000
16 10 1 4 FOREVER MORE Moloko 352000
17 27 17 7 BORROWED LeAnn Rimes & Stevie Nicks 112750
18 20 18 3 CRY ON MY GUITAR Miles Kane 61000
19 NEW 19 1 JUST MY TYPE The Vamps 21000
20 31 20 4 BIRDSONG Claptone featuring Zola Blood 62000

21 7 7 12 I COULDN’T LIVE WITHOUT YOUR LOVE Petula Clark 324550
22 14 10 7 BEAUTIFUL LIFE Rick Astley 212300
23 25 23 4 LOST WITHOUT YOU Freya Ridings 62700
24 16 6 8 I ADORE U Adore Delano 313000
25 17 10 8 PARIS (VINAI REMIX) The Chainsmokers 180550
26 15 15 7 PALO SANTO Years & Years 140850
27 56 27 2 MY LOVE MY LIFE Abba 29000
28 28 28 5 BIRTHDAY Kim Wilde 77600
29 60 29 3 LOVE THE LIE Call Me Loop 33400
30 NEW 30 1 SPOOKY Dusty Springfield 18000

31 70 31 2 SIDE EFFECTS The Chainsmokers featuring Emily Warren 23900
32 24 19 8 OCEAN Martin Garrix featuring Khalid 118800
33 33 33 4 I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY Blue October 54550
34 40 34 3 JUST FRIENDS Hayden James featuring Boy Matthews 40000
35 NEW 35 1 COME ON GET HAPPY The Partridge Family featuring David Cassidy & Starring Shirley Jones 17500
36 34 1 12 RUN BOY RUN Woodkid 744300
37 26 2 9 HEART (ALBUM VERSION) Pet Shop Boys 527550
38 38 38 5 BORN TO BE YOURS Kygo & Imagine Dragons 70200
39 44 39 4 LANGAGE Moodoid & Wednesday Campanella 48650
40 47 40 4 SUMMERTIME MAGIC Childish Gambino 45700

41 21 16 7 ALL THE WAYS Meghan Trainor 127550
42 37 2 16 SIT NEXT TO ME Foster The People 773550
43 29 7 8 DON’T WORRY BABY The Beach Boys & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 185200
44 53 44 2 ON U NOTIMES 24500
45 NEW 45 1 RUN THE ROAD Santigold 13000
46 32 32 5 EVERYBODY NEEDS A KISS Benny Benassi & Sofi Tukker 71750
47 39 14 10 SIMPLE Florida Georgia Line 204200
48 69 48 2 SHINE Gabrielle 18500
49 62 49 3 CREEP CITY Jake Shears 25100
50 58 50 4 ONLY YOU Cheat Codes & Little Mix 39300

51 35 9 10 GOLDEN Kylie Minogue 260550
52 36 5 11 GIVIN UP One EskimO 431300
53 57 53 3 NATURAL Imagine Dragons 28850
54 54 54 3 RE:MEMBER Olafur Arnalds 32600
55 64 55 3 U ALREADY KNOW Keys N Krates 24700
56 45 7 10 LOVE LASTS FOREVER All Saints 246600
57 42 42 4 EYES OPEN Kris James 42450
58 41 23 6 PENDULUM Katy Perry 90750
59 43 6 10 HUMILITY Gorillaz featuring George Benson 318000
60 51 29 5 THUNDERSTRUCK AC/DC 70850

61 30 30 4 GET OFF YOUR HIGH HORSE (BIG, BOLD BRASSY MIX) Rollo Goes Camping 61300
62 63 62 2 LOST IN ISTANBUL Brianna 14600
63 46 18 7 LOW Lenny Kravitz 113950
64 NEW 64 1 LEVEL UP Ciara 7100
65 NEW 65 1 LIE LIKE ME Ward Thomas 7000
66 65 1 27 ALL THE STARS Kendrick Lamar and SZA 1174300
67 67 67 4 FERNANDO Cher & Andy Garcia 24200
68 NEW 68 1 WARRIOR Paloma Faith 6400
69 75 69 2 BELIEVER CYN 11200
70 71 70 2 OVER MY SKIN Tiffany Young 11800

71 74 71 2 ANGEL EYES Abba 11000
72 55 5 13 DELICATE Taylor Swift 347100
73 NEW 73 1 CONFIDENCE Candi Staton 5400
74 NEW 74 1 DIDN’T I Rod Stewart featuring Bridget Cady 5200
75 NEW 75 1 HYPOCRITE Jean-Michel Blais & CFCF 5000

DROP OUTS
48 40 9 IF YOU’RE OVER ME Years & Years 101500
49 49 3 ENOUGH SONOIO 33300
50 50 4 LIKE SUGAR Chaka Khan 42900
52 4 12 FUEGO Elena Foureira 418500
59 8 9 SEND IN THE CLOWNS Faultline featuring Lisa Hannigan 251800
61 37 6 SOLO Clean Bandit featuring Demi Lovato 72900
66 10 10 HELL TO THE LIARS London Grammar 200450
68 68 4 THERE’S A REASON WHY (I NEVER RETURNED YOUR CALLS) Blossoms 23200
72 19 10 HI HELLO Johnny Marr 164350
73 73 1 GOLDCHAINS Tyde Levi 5400