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21st September 2014

It's Kate Bush returning to number one with Hounds Of Love 28 years after dropping off the top slot. Partly it's the Archive charting of it, but it's also cos London readers Wyfes played it at Duckies Sitges as "our most favourite record in the world" as is traditional with one great oldie. I sang along like a madman in the opera-house venue and had a fab time dancing till 3am. Yes at my age, outrageous. Smiths, Bowie, Icona Pop, Gossip, Fifth Dimension, Diana Ross, Donna Summer, zillions of others and also the classic song shooting up to 24 which had everyone singing along, and Stealers Wheel going back up to 46.

Bad news for Sigma and Paloma who have to make do with 2, but Paloma's already had a chart-topper this year, and 2 is pretty good! G.R.L. rocket from 73 to 8 with a great pop song, it's got actual good lyrics and a great tune, while a bit of rock joins KONGOS in the top 10 as Tom Petty gets one of his rare Top 10 hits. Tom tends not to have big ones but he's been charting now since 1977 with a long list of lesser hits. In the week that co-writer Bob Crewe died, Frankie Valli's Can't take My Eyes Off You hits 24, while The Real Tuesday Weld smooth tune charts twice, once with Claudia Brucken, who also has two on the climb. Fall Out Boy keep up the run of Top 40 hits, running Centuries, and U2 also have 2 from the new album pottering about lower down.


1 5 1 3 HOUNDS OF LOVE Kate Bush
2 16 2 7 CHANGING Sigma featuring Paloma Faith
3 3 3 9 ANGEL IN BLUE JEANS Train
4 1 1 7 I'M NOT IN LOVE 10C.C.
5 2 2 7 COME WITH ME NOW KONGOS
6 4 1 11 LOVE RUNS OUT OneRepublic
7 6 6 4 THE CHAMBER Lenny Kravitz
8 73 8 2 UGLY HEART G.R.L.
9 14 9 5 FORGOTTEN MAN Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
10 11 10 4 DAYS WITH YOU Snakehips featuring Sinead Harnett

11 8 4 7 LOVERS ON THE SUN David Guetta featuring Sam Martin
12 12 12 15 SUMMER IN THE CITY The Lovin' Spoonful
13 9 7 6 RED CASSETTE Mamas Gun
14 20 14 4 NATURE'S CALL Shaun Escoffery
15 15 4 6 CALL Francesco Yates
16 7 7 6 WON'T LOOK BACK Duke Dumont featuring Yolande
17 22 17 6 CHIMES Hudson Mohawke
18 18 18 17 WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE Billy Joel
19 10 1 9 ONE Order Of Era
20 27 20 3 SHAKE IT OFF Taylor Swift

21 19 19 4 SUPERHEROES The Script
22 23 22 5 I AM THE WORLD Robin Gibb
23 13 1 12 BECOME Midge Ure
24 44 24 12 CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU Frankie Valli
25 21 1 8 COME AND GET YOUR LOVE Redbone
26 NEW 26 1 U GOT ALL I’M LOOKING 4 Summer Heart
27 NEW 27 1 GAY 4 IT $WAGGOT
28 28 28 4 TAKE ME TO CHURCH Hozier
29 NEW 29 1 (I ALWAYS KILL) THE THINGS I LOVE The Real Tuesday Weld
30 25 1 16 COLOURS IN THE SKY Miami Horror featuring CLEOPOLD

31 17 17 3 POP 101 Marianas Trench barely featuring Anami Vice
32 24 15 8 ELEVATION Erasure
33 33 33 3 CREATION The Pierces
34 34 34 5 ESCAPE (THE PINA COLADA SONG) Rupert Holmes
35 NEW 35 1 CENTURIES Fall Out Boy
36 NEW 36 1 SNOWSHIP (THOMAS JACK REMIX) Benjamin Franklin Leftwich
37 38 37 16 MISTY BLUE Dorothy Moore
38 30 6 12 MY TYPE Saint Motel
39 39 39 5 MAPS Maroon 5
40 40 40 2 ACROSS 110TH STREET Bobby Womack

41 29 4 11 HOME Naughty Boy featuring Sam Romans
42 32 9 8 SWEETNESS ALIVE Goldroom featuring Say Lou Lou
43 49 43 2 CAN'T BREAK ME DOWN Billy Idol
44 36 36 5 STRANGER Chris Malinchak featuring Mikky Ekko
45 35 35 4 FIGURE IT OUT Royal Blood
46 60 1 28 STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU Stealers Wheel
47 47 47 2 SLEEP LIKE A BABY TONIGHT U2
48 NEW 48 2 HELP OUR SOULS (URBAN CONTACT REMIX) NIHLS
49 55 49 3 BABOOSHKA Kate Bush
50 NEW 50 1 MOONWALK AWAY (MOONLANDING MIX) Goldfish

51 37 37 4 LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME Dolly Parton
52 52 52 13 OUR LAST SUMMER Abba
53 26 9 12 OPEN DOORS Electric Lady Lab
54 31 4 8 FOOLED AROUND AND FELL IN LOVE Elvin Bishop
55 43 6 9 PERFUME Sparks
56 67 56 2 (I ALWAYS KILL) THE THINGS I LOVE The Real Tuesday Weld featuring Claudia Brucken
57 48 9 10 DOSES AND MIMOSAS Cherub
58 58 58 4 BLACK WIDOW Iggy Azalea featuring Rita Ora
59 54 1 17 TIME IN A BOTTLE Jim Croce
60 46 5 12 AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell

61 42 5 12 SUNDREAM RUFUS
62 50 18 10 GHOSTCITY Thomas Azier
63 NEW 63 1 IF YOU LET ME GO Salt Ashes
64 72 64 2 NEVERMIND Claudia Brucken
65 71 65 3 THE MAN WITH THE CHILD IN HIS EYES Kate Bush
66 NEW 66 1 LOW Inna
67 57 40 3 ALL ABOUT THAT BASS Meghan Trainor
68 68 1 57 EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD Tears For Fears
69 69 69 2 SUNLIGHT The Magician featuring Years and Years
70 NEW 70 1 WHEN IT'S BUSY EARNING Jungle

71 62 1 21 ONLY LOVE CAN HURT LIKE THIS Paloma Faith
72 63 3 10 MUSIC John Miles
73 NEW 73 1 THE MIRACLE (OF JOEY RAMONE) U2
74 NEW 74 1 PLACE WITH NO NAME Michael Jackson
75 NEW 75 1 BLAME IT ON ME George Ezra

DROP OUTS
41 27 5 STARING AT THE SUN Anastacia
45 45 4 I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE Sam Smith
51 14 7 PROBLEM Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea
53 30 7 YOUR LOVE Nicole Scherzinger
56 36 5 SILHOUETTE Ali Campbell
59 10 6 UNITED KIDS OF THE WORLD Headhunterz featuring Krewella

61 39 11 WRONG CLUB The Ting Tings
64 33 4 MUST BE LOVE Christina Grimmie
65 65 2 DOWN THE WRONG WAY Chrissie Hynde and Neil Young
66 10 9 BOOM CLAP Charli XCX
70 25 6 CHERRY BOMB The Runaways
74 74 1 AS GOOD AS GONE Andy Burrows
75 75 1 PLEASE DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD Jamie Cullum featuring Gregory Porter