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12th July 2020

It's 3 weeks on top for Spinning Over You as REYKO holds off Watermelon Sugar at 2, which reaches a new peak on it's 2nd chart run - giving Harry Styles the rare accolade of reaching the top 3 twice inside a 12-month period with the same track. That hardly-ever happens in my charts, as records tend to drop out of my charts naturally once I've heard them enough. Getting a second-wind is rare until a suitable length of time has passed. I still love Watermelon Sugar, though, my current karaoke song (at home, natch).

Izzy Bizu goes top 5 with faded, and highest new entry is actually a 1974 top 30 track for me returning after selling well on itunes (an advert probably) - How Long was the only UK hit for the UK band Ace, but they had a bigger US hit with it (perfect-sounding for US radio), while lead-singer Paul Carrack went on to have a still-going career as a solo singer, and guest vocalist for bands such as Squeeze and Mike + The Mechanics, including covering his own song in the 90's - How Long? 46 years it's taken to break into my top 20, top 10, and well-deserved too as I love it way more than I did at the time, it sounds fab.

My Marianne & Will Ferrell grab radio 2 Playlisting as everyone agrees Husavik is actually more than a parody Eurovision song - it's a bloody-good song as good as many a Eurovision winner - and it leaps up to 8 here. Travis grab another top 20 for 2020, making A Ghost their 11th in 23 years, Dua Lipa rockets into the 40 as she Hallucinates her 11th top 40, the previous 10 all going top 10, the only one to fall short being IDGAF. Appropriately, no doubt. Foster The People get a 6th track into my charts, not so many for a 9-year-run, but they include debuting with a chart-topper and a number 2 in 2018.

Callum Beattie debuts with Salamander Street. The only other song featuring that reptile in it that I know of is Salamander Palagander, from Tyrannosaurus Rex way back when. Leon is back again in 2020 for the second time, The Lightning Seeds bring Pure back into my charts 30 years or so on, a gem of a track, and an under-rated 90's band (again, selling on itunes, must be an advert), The Cult also drop back in after 35 years away with She Sells Sanctuary returning, as does Chi Mai for the late Ennio Morricone after a 39-year absence - I could have charted many more from the 60's, but as I have been creating brand new weekly charts for the late 60's contrasting what I liked then with what I like now that I'm older and know way more tracks than I did at the time, I've kind of given the Spaghetti Western stuff a good run in those charts recently.

The Guardians Of The Galaxy featured a fab 70's track from Elvin Bishop, covered about a year ago by a who's who of female-country acts and missed by me for some reason - but they join the revived (Dixie) Chicks (former) Country female acts on my list with Fooled Around And Fell In Love, headed by Miranda Lambert who gets a second chart entry 6 years on from Automatic. Meghan Trainor also returns again, Raye joins herself on the chart (albeit solo this time), 2 years since Friends went top 20, and I manage to drop the chart length to 90 by chucking out 15 tracks.

1 1 1 4 SPINNING OVER YOU REYKO 625000
2 5 2 3 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 194500
3 4 3 3 MALIBU Kim Petras 198000
4 2 1 9 IN YOUR EYES Robin Schulz featuring Alida 763300
5 13 5 4 FADED Izzy Bizu 117400
6 6 6 3 SHOULD I GIVE IT ALL UP (DEMO) James Blunt 128200
7 NEW 7 1 HOW LONG Ace featuring Paul Carrack 50000
8 36 8 3 HUSAVIK Will Ferrell & My Marianne 67800
9 7 5 8 SUMMER FEELINGS Lennon Stella featuring Charlie Puth 283350
10 3 1 6 A CHANGE IS GONNA COME Sam Cooke 582000

11 20 11 6 ((TRANCE)) The S.L.P. 118000
12 12 12 4 SAVIOUR (EXTENDED MIX) Dimension & Sharlene Hector 110750
13 11 7 9 WHILE WE’RE YOUNG Huey Lewis & The News 332400
14 16 14 8 I FLY Galantis featuring Faouzia 153000
15 8 1 9 VIOLENT THING Ben Dolic 890000
16 14 1 16 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 1198100
17 9 3 9 TEARS GETTING SOBER VICTORIA 498000
18 25 18 3 OH WHAT A FEELING Walk Off The Earth 57950
19 39 19 6 A GHOST Travis 68100
20 10 10 9 ALL THAT Sparks 237800

21 17 17 8 WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (LEBROCK REMIX) Boston Manor featuring LeBrock 131350
22 28 22 4 HALLUCINOGENICS (SEEB REMIX) Matt Maeson 54900
23 15 3 9 MOVE The Mamas 463250
24 29 24 3 DIDN’T WANT TO BE THIS LONELY Pretenders 40000
25 21 2 12 THE LAKE Galantis & Wrabel 637500
26 18 2 9 ALL OF MY LOVE Destiny & B.O.K. 600500
27 19 16 7 BLAME IT ON ME Melanie C 133900
28 30 28 5 LOVE IS LIKE OXYGEN The Sweet 75500
29 22 22 6 DREAM GIRL Anna Of The North 92400
30 40 30 3 RIDE (EDIT) Lenny Kravitz 40400

31 37 31 4 BREATHE Marilyn 48800
32 23 23 8 FET HOUSE MODE Rebecca & Fiona 115550
33 33 7 12 SECRETS Regard & Raye 303250
34 24 9 10 PEOPLE ON THE HIGH LINE (RICHARD X RADIO EDIT) New Order 252700
35 35 35 6 POMEGRANATE deadmau5 & The Neptunes 71750
36 27 10 9 LEFT OUT IN THE COLD Sparks 252800
37 46 37 9 BIG LOG Robert Plant 77550
38 94 38 2 HALLUCINATE Dua Lipa 18800
39 31 7 9 UNIVERSO Blas Canto 283900
40 48 40 5 THE SIX-TEENS The Sweet 57650

41 34 34 4 MY OWN SOUL’S WARNING The Killers 53900
42 32 12 9 FAI RUMORE Diodato 196250
43 47 43 9 ISN’T SHE LOVELY Stevie Wonder 79000
44 38 1 20 SAY SO Doja Cat 1028900
45 95 45 2 I USED TO BE COOL Bright Light Bright Light 14500
46 52 46 9 FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH Buffalo Springfield 79300
47 49 47 4 THE WRITER Four Of Diamonds & Mr Eazi 40200
48 61 48 3 OLD ME 5 Seconds Of Summer 22000
49 26 26 7 ALICE Lady Gaga 99700
50 NEW 50 1 THE THINGS WE DO Foster The People 12000

51 NEW 51 1 SALAMANDER STREET Callum Beattie 11750
52 56 52 6 GOODBYE STRANGER Supertramp 49600
53 41 18 10 CHIQUITITA (SPANISH VERSION) Cher 165250
54 66 54 2 ORDINARY WORLD Duran Duran 17800
55 42 18 9 LAWNMOWER Sparks 160550
56 57 56 4 FIRE AND FURY Overcoats 38900
57 NEW 57 1 AND IT BREAKS MY HEART LEON 10400
58 55 1 10 THE MODEL Kraftwerk 385750
59 59 29 9 BE KIND Marshmello & Halsey 117350
60 68 60 3 ARISTOCRATS Raleigh Ritchie 18000

61 44 44 6 SAVE A KISS Jessie Ware 61950
62 71 62 3 MY HURRICANE Jamie Scott 18200
63 69 63 3 MARCH MARCH The Chicks 17200
64 74 64 5 ACTION The Sweet 22700
65 76 65 5 TAKE CARE OF YOU Ella Henderson 24000
66 45 37 6 LITTLE BIT OF LOVE JP Cooper 75100
67 58 58 5 LEARN TO FLY Surfaces & Elton John 37800
68 50 32 8 ONE WORLD, ONE PRAYER The Wailers featuring Skip Marley, Farruko, Shaggy & Cedella Marley 103100
69 70 69 4 CAN’T START OVER AGAIN Dion featuring Jeff Beck 23400
70 86 70 3 KARAOKE BooDaBash & Alessandra Omaroso 10700

71 78 71 3 HEAVEN ON MY MIND Becky Hill & Sigala 11900
72 72 72 4 PYRAMIDS Noonie Bao 21200
73 80 73 3 WHERE I’M COMING FROM Lila Ike 10700
74 79 74 5 BREAKING ME Topic & A7S 21800
75 75 75 5 HIGH ON YOU Sigma & John Newman 20800
76 93 76 2 THOUSAND FACES Don Diablo & Andy Grammer 6500
77 63 5 18 CAUTION The Killers 542050
78 87 78 3 SQUARES Raleigh Ritchie 9000
79 53 42 6 WOMAN Andreya Triana 64400
80 NEW 80 1 PURE The Lightning Seeds 4000

81 NEW 81 1 FOOLED AROUND AND FELL IN LOVE Miranda Lambert featuring Maren Morris, Elle King, Ashley McBride, Tenille Townes, and Caylee Hammack 3800
82 67 35 8 FINGERTIPS Tom Gregory 80200
83 NEW 83 1 MAKE YOU DANCE Meghan Trainor 3400
84 NEW 84 1 NATALIE DON’T RAYE 3200
85 92 85 2 I’M ON MY WAY Bob Sinclar 4800
86 91 86 3 THE TIME IS NOW Moloko 5700
87 89 87 3 CRAZY IN LOVE Beyonce featuring Jay-Z 6900
88 54 35 8 X Jonas Brothers featuring KAROL G 99300
89 NEW 89 1 CHI MAI Ennio Morricone 2200
90 NEW 90 1 SHE SELLS SANCTUARY The Cult 2000


DROP OUTS
43 1 4 THE BALLROOM BLITZ The Sweet 268250
51 36 5 HEY NOW (THINK I GOT A FEELING) Erasure 69250
60 60 5 CANDY TOWN Brand New Heavies featuring Candy Dulfer 31000
62 52 5 DREAMING OF YOU (IN ISOLATION) The Coral & Blossoms 41000
64 64 4 CO-CO The Sweet 24700
65 43 7 POLAROID Keith Urban 67450
73 48 7 HURT BY YOU Donna Missal 52950
77 77 5 HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN Creedence Clearwater Revival 18200
81 63 6 NO LOVE Skip Marley 29200
82 76 5 THE FUNK IS BACK Brand New Heavies featuring Simon Bartholomew 19800
83 64 5 LOOK FOR THE GOOD Jason Mraz 29100
84 84 3 SONG FOR SAM COOKE (HERE IN AMERICA) Dion featuring Paul Simon 9400
85 2 15 BREAK MY HEART Dua Lipa 591450
88 36 7 RAIN ON ME Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande 78900
90 83 3 WE’LL MEET AGAIN Vera Lynn 8800