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[Popchartfreak]

17th August 2014

It’s OneRepublic vs Guardians Of The Galaxy vs AXE advert.

It’s the advert! If you’ve been to the cinema there’s an epic advert showing a couple through the ages fated to meet in the modern world. It’s terrific, sells male deodorant and features a cover version of a brilliant Harry Nilsson record that is just as good as the original, One (Is The Loneliest Number). I presume the estate of Nilsson weren’t playing ball...

There are 5 tracks in the Top 30, and 3 in the top 5, from Guardians Of The Galaxy, the soundtrack was outselling all albums on itunes last week, bar the Now album, and that includes Sheeran, so hooray for good taste and a great compilation album that shows invention and love for less-obvious oldies. The only other place in my top 5 is for OneRepublic, stopping at 2, and frustratingly close to that elusive number one with a record that easily deserves to be on top, it’s stomping, stonking, tuneful and fab.

Sparks go up to 6, their equal 5th biggest hit, and 8 years late. better late than never! Goldroom and Say Lou Lou, join Headhunterz and Krewella inside the top 10, which seems to cover USA, Australia, Sweden and the Netherlands in one fell swoop. How very cosmopolitan! 10CC bide their time, up to 15, Erasure keep the run of top 20 entries at 28 years (Vince 33 years), Michael Jackson, very late, but still getting new Top 20 hits 45 years on.

Highest new entry is Duke Dumont, with a Black Box-a-like track that even has a vocalist sounding uncannily like Loleatta Holloway. Pity there’s no featuring credit. Rita Ora and Cheryl Cole finally go top 40, OK I give in! They’re in! Lower down Anastacia, Rizzle Kicks, will.i.am and Ali Campbell all return. Ali was the lead singer of UB40 who had an unbroken run of chart entries till he left the band really, starting in 1980. The band, now his brother on lead, returned earlier in the year, and now Ali (with a couple of UB40 mates) returns, giving him a 19-year-span as solo “hit”-maker, and 34 years as chart-er.


1 2 1 4 ONE - Order Of Era 314200
2 3 2 6 LOVE RUNS OUT - OneRepublic 268800
3 1 1 3 COME AND GET YOUR LOVE - Redbone 340000
4 4 4 3 FOOLED AROUND AND FELL IN LOVE - Elvin Bishop 155000
5 8 5 7 AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH - Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell 148000
6 10 6 4 PERFUME - Sparks 111200
7 11 4 6 HOME - Naughty Boy featuring Sam Romans 332000
8 5 1 7 BECOME - Midge Ure 677000
9 28 9 4 SWEETNESS ALIVE - Goldroom featuring Say Lou Lou 76900
10 35 10 2 UNITED KIDS OF THE WORLD - Headhunterz featuring Krewella 59500

11 13 7 7 MY TYPE - Saint Motel 212200
12 6 1 11 COLOURS IN THE SKY - Miami Horror featuring CLEOPOLD 1455000
13 7 5 7 SUNDREAM - RUFUS 289300
14 19 14 3 PROBLEM - Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea 60400
15 31 15 2 I'M NOT IN LOVE - 10C.C. 44900
16 9 9 5 DOSES AND MIMOSAS - Cherub 143000
17 27 17 3 ELEVATION - Erasure 48400
18 15 15 7 HERE FOR YOU - Gorgon City featuring Laura Walsh 124500
19 40 19 3 LOVING YOU - Michael Jackson 43200
20 14 10 5 BOOM CLAP - Charli XCX 127400

21 21 21 10 SUMMER IN THE CITY - The Lovin' Spoonful 135600
22 NEW 22 1 WON'T LOOK BACK - Duke Dumont 19500
23 12 3 10 CHANDELIER - SIA 359250
24 18 18 6 GHOSTCITY - Thomas Azier 103600
25 NEW 25 1 CALL - Francesco Yates 18750
26 23 9 7 OPEN DOORS - Electric Lady Lab 167900
27 NEW 27 1 RED CASSETTE - Mamas Gun 18400
28 16 5 7 ONE MORE DAY (STAY WITH ME) - Example 183300
29 RE 29 4 ANGEL IN BLUE JEANS - Train 65800
30 55 30 2 CHERRY BOMB - The Runaways 28800

31 24 24 5 ME AND MY BROKEN HEART - Rixton 74200
32 17 5 6 BULLIT - Watermat 257800
33 33 33 2 CHANGING - Sigma featuring Paloma Faith 35400
34 32 1 16 ONLY LOVE CAN HURT LIKE THIS - Paloma Faith 944300
35 53 35 4 CRAZY STUPID LOVE - Cheryl Cole featuring Tinie Tempah 44950
36 38 36 3 TRY - Dolly Parton 44700
37 42 37 12 WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE - Billy Joel 135250
38 50 38 4 I WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN - Rita Ora 45400
39 39 39 6 AM I WRONG - Nico And Vinz 69500
40 48 40 3 WOULD YOU FIGHT FOR MY LOVE - Jack White 41300

41 41 1 12 TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce 801300
42 NEW 42 1 MEANT TO BE KIND - Hannah Grace 13750
43 46 43 11 MISTY BLUE - Dorothy Moore 113050
44 22 3 5 MUSIC - John Miles 204750
45 20 20 8 UPTIGHT DOWNTOWN - La Roux 117200
46 29 8 7 GOOD KISSER - Usher 184550
47 26 26 5 URL BADMAN - Lily Allen 66100
48 NEW 48 1 STRANGE ENOUGH - VERITE 12300
49 52 49 7 CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU - Frankie Valli 71300
50 RE 50 7 WRONG CLUB - The Ting Tings 47400

51 25 18 4 GATES - Speak 52700
52 54 52 3 JUNGLE (REMIX) - X Ambassadors and Jamie N Common featuring Jay-Z 28500
53 30 30 6 COMING OF AGE - Foster The People 76850
54 56 54 4 RUDE - MAGIC! 38000
55 67 55 2 DON'T - Ed Sheeran 17400
56 60 56 8 OUR LAST SUMMER - Abba 64400
57 57 1 23 STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU - Stealers Wheel 636450
58 NEW 58 1 WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING - Within Temptation featuring Dave Pirner 10200
59 63 59 3 YOUR LOVE - Nicole Scherzinger 23500
60 NEW 60 1 CIRCLES - Vanic x Machineheart 10000

61 NEW 61 1 FIVE HOURS - Deorro 7500
62 62 62 2 LOVERS IN THE SUN - David Guetta featuring Sam Martin 14800
63 66 63 3 GIANT IN MY HEART - Kiesza 19800
64 NEW 64 1 MILLION QUESTIONS - Urban Contact 7100
65 64 1 52 EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD - Tears For Fears 1046750
66 34 34 4 WHEN I LOOK - Bobmo featuring Shaun J. Wright 55000
67 NEW 67 1 STARING AT THE SUN - Anastacia 6600
68 NEW 68 1 CHIMES - Hudson Mohawke 6400
69 NEW 69 1 ONE DAY (VANDAAG) - Bakermat 6200
70 70 70 2 LOUDER - Neon Jungle 12000

71 NEW 71 1 TELL HER - Rizzle Kicks 5800
72 NEW 72 1 SILHOUETTE - Ali Campbell 5600
73 72 1 30 THEME FROM A SUMMER PLACE - Percy Faith 997100
74 NEW 74 1 NO OTHER WAY - Sinead Harnett featuring Snakehips 5200
75 NEW 75 1 IT'S MY BIRTHDAY - will.i.am featuring Cody 5000


DROP OUTS
36 6 5 HURRICANE - Chassio 186400
37 26 5 TIME - Jungle 89100
43 19 8 CLASSIC - MKTO 108250
44 5 9 ALL THESE ROADS - Sultan and Ned Shepard featuring Zella Day and Sam Martin 259050
45 25 5 ONE IN A MILLION - Paul Carrack 64000
47 6 11 WASTED - Tiesto featuring Matthew Koma 328450
49 24 4 FOOL - Pamela Myburgh 56100
51 10 3 THE SWEET SONG (FUKUSHIMA MON AMOUR) - The Penelopes 74750
58 58 2 THERE'S A BEAST AND WE ALL FEED IT - Jake Bugg 16800
59 2 12 SING - Ed Sheeran 497000
61 20 5 U GET ME HIGH - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 81800
65 40 4 ARGENTINA (PARTS I, II, III) - Tokyo Police Club 52250
68 68 2 HITTING THE FAN - David Buckley 11800
69 69 2 TWO WEEKS - FKA twigs 11400
71 71 2 OVERDRIVE - Oliver Heldens X Becky Hill 10800
73 73 1 TROUBLE WITH MY BABY - Paloma Faith 5400
74 74 1 MAPS - Maroon 5 5200
75 75 1 ISTANBUL - Morrissey 5000

This post has been edited by popchartfreak: Aug 17 2014, 05:49 PM