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19TH JANUARY



All Change at the top of the charts with the first new No 1 single of the decade which comes in the form of the Pretenders. Chrissie Hynde's boys have had two previous hit "Stop Your Sobbing" and "Kid" both stalled outside the top 20 during last year, a fate which "Brass In Pocket" looked like sharing as it rose 57-48-47-33-30 pre Christmas, however it seemed to catch the public interest as it burst into the Christmas top 10 selling over 200,000 copies during 1979 and this week increases sales to a very respectable (for January) 76,000 copies this week taking the tally to 356,000 as it reaches the No 1 spot, could it end up a million seller?



Proving that keeping that top spot won't be a walkover for the Pretenders are Billy Preston and Syreeta who bolt from 11-2 this week with "With You I'm Born Again". The track is taken from the forthcoming film "Fast Break" and is co-penned by David Shire who of course had a hand in the Saturday Night Fever" film soundtrack that you may have lingering in your record collection. The appearance on Top Of the Pops helped the track to leapfrog over KC & Sunshine Band's "Please Don't Go" which looked to have the No 2 position all sewed up, just 1,000 copies separated the pair with sales of 72,000 and 71,000 respectively.



One place beneath KC rests Madness, proving that their last hits ability to make the magic 10 "One Step Beyond" was no one off. "My Girl" becomes both their fastest rising hit and now highest peaking as it sprints to No 4 on sales of 60,000. It's the third release from the "nutty boys" all of which are available on their debut album which saw the light of day back in October. Band member Mike Barson wrote the song about his girlfriend in case you were curious- wonder if she's forgiven him?



Also powering up the charts at No 6 are the Nolans, improving considerably on the No 33 peak of "Spirit, Body and Soul" last November. Since that hit one Nolan has recently left the band (Anne) and been replaced by another (Coleen) full time and changed their name from the Nolan Sisters. Of course the act have been staple on the TV for last few years after debuting on Cliff Richard's show "Stuck On You" and have supported the likes of Englebert Humperdink and Frank Sinatra and failed in last years "A song for Europe" losing out to Black Lace. They finally get a hit today with "I'm In The Mood For Dancing" with sales of 56,000.

Elsewhere in the top 10 Pink Floyd finally give up the top spot after 5 weeks sliding 1-5 (58,000), Abba fall further moving 2-7 (45,000) The Beat collapse 6-8 (32,000), Fiddler's Dram fall 4-9 (31,000) and The Tourists just hang in there 5-10 (29,000).

1- BRASS IN POCKET- The Pretenders (76,000)
2- WITH YOU I’M BORN AGAIN- Billy Preston & Syreeta (72,000)
3- PLEASE DON’T GO- KC & The Sunshine Band (71,000)
4- MY GIRL- Madness (60,000)
5- ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL- Pink Floyd (58,000)
6- I’M IN THE MOOD FOR DANCING- The Nolans (56,000)
7- I HAVE A DREAM- Abba (45,000)
8- TEARS OF A CLOWN/ RANKING FULL STOP- The Beat (32,000)
9- A DAY TRIP TO BANGOR- Fiddlers Dram (31,000)
10- I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU- The Tourists (29,000)




I made a few of these but they took so long and got blocked but I'll embed the ones I did!

So the top 10 in ITV chart show stylee!