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[Popchartfreak]

19th September 2021

It's a 3rd week on top for Abba - but they replace themselves on top with Don't Shut Me Down, Agnetha replacing Frida, and her first chart-topper as vocalist since 2004 when If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind spent 2 weeks there. So Agnetha has 1 more chart-topper than the other Abba members' new total of 34 number ones, and that means their run of chart-topping singles remains complete since late 1975.

Billy Idol makes it 3 top 10's in a row, following on from his Miley Cyrus feature, and his remix of 1984 chart-topper Eyes Without A Face, and his 11th in total. LP grabs a 3rd top 10 with Goodbye, and Lindsey Buckingham gets 2 simultaneous top 20's for the first time in his 40-year solo run, or 44-year Mac-included run. Sneaker Pimps have a huge climb for a 3rd top 40, HARLEE gets a 2nd, Rod Stewart gets the highest new entry as he's back for One More Time at 35, still avoiding the horrible cover versions-pits he plummeted for most of the last 20 years, and making it a very satisfying exactly 50-years since Maggie May kicked it all off.

Talking of Class of 1971, I also didn't expect Donny Osmond to be making my personal charts 50 years on, yet here he is doing a creditable attempt at recent pop styles of the likes of stars 40 years younger - old Don is the same age as me and it's 50 years since The Osmonds TV show theme One Bad Apple became a fave. Speaking of veterans, Diane Warren drafts in some help to get her first chart entry as a credited artist after 36 years of hit-making songs, and many a chart-topper like Pet Shop Boys' Numb.

Talking of veterans, again, Sting is back again, with a pleasant new track extending his solo run to 39 years and his Police-chart-bothering to 42 years since I was buying every new single they released. That leaves Blossoms back again with their lovely tuneful brand of old-fashioned guitar pop that died out about 12 years ago, seemingly never to return to streaming charts success. Their 9th chart entry since Charlemagne.

1 2 1 3 DON’T SHUT ME DOWN - Abba 400000
2 1 1 3 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU - Abba 455000
3 4 3 9 WAVES OF BLUE - Majid Jordan 471700
4 5 4 5 ON THE WRONG SIDE - Lindsey Buckingham 189000
5 3 3 6 DIRT - Keane 300400
6 30 6 4 BITTER TASTE - Billy Idol 107300
7 7 7 6 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) - Elton John & Dua Lipa 249000
8 8 1 17 YOU - Regard, Troye Sivan & Tate McRae 1147000
9 6 5 6 YOU CAN CALL ME - Texas 281250
10 20 10 4 GOODBYE - LP 91200

11 9 9 6 PSYCHO - Maisie Peters 169800
12 21 12 4 I DON’T MIND - Lindsey Buckingham 86150
13 13 13 6 HOPE - Sigma & Carla Marie 136200
14 14 14 7 TAKE MY BREATH - The Weeknd 154500
15 17 15 17 DON’T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING - Gerry & The Pacemakers 203350
16 16 16 6 IF SOMETHING’S GONNA KILL ME (IT MIGHT AS WELL BE LOVE) - The Stranglers 111900
17 26 17 4 A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELY SQUARE - Tori Amos 69900
18 25 18 4 SUNSHINE - Liam Payne 75450
19 10 8 10 I AM WHAT I AM (COPENHAGEN 2021 WORLDPRIDE ANTHEM) - Aqua 221250
20 11 4 9 MOVE WITH ME - Mad Circuit 281200

21 12 10 9 KISS MY (UH-OH) - Anne-Marie & Little Mix 196050
22 15 1 18 LEAVE BEFORE YOU LOVE ME - Marshmello x Jonas Brothers 1285650
23 23 23 5 TAKE ME FOR A RIDE - Steps 81000
24 62 24 3 ALIBIS - Sneaker Pimps 30600
25 19 2 13 MORE THAN A WOMAN (SG’S PARADISE EDIT) - Bee Gees x SG Lewis 879000
26 27 26 7 SKATE - Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak & Silk Sonic 126300
27 18 18 9 BELIEVE - Anna Of The North 136050
28 22 22 6 FLY AWAY - Tones And I 89500
29 57 29 5 YOU & I - Navos & HARLEE 46400
30 35 30 7 DON’T GO YET - Camila Cabello 95750

31 33 31 5 LOVE LIKE THAT - Lola Lennox 66400
32 51 6 12 FOLLOWING THE SUN - SUPER-HI and Neeka 357550
33 24 10 9 RED BUTTON - AJA 159200
34 36 34 7 GOOD 4 U - Olivia Rodrigo 92650
35 NEW 35 1 ONE MORE TIME - Rod Stewart 17500
36 31 1 11 IT MUST BE LOVE - Labi Siffre 618800
37 44 37 2 DUM DUM DIDDLE - Abba 30550
38 42 38 6 PRESSURE MACHINE - The Killers 69350
39 48 39 5 SECRET LIFE - Jack Savoretti 53850
40 54 40 5 WILD HEARTS - Keith Urban 49800

41 28 10 11 CALL ON ME - RAYE 232150
42 29 3 16 TOO MUCH HISTORY - Jack Savoretti 733550
43 32 1 19 GOD ONLY KNOWS - For KING & COUNTRY & Dolly Parton 906350
44 45 44 3 ETERNAL LOVE - JLS 32050
45 49 45 5 DRIVE - Clean Bandit & Topic featuring Wes Nelson 42300
46 68 46 4 ONE NIGHT - Griff 29550
47 38 18 10 CHASING KITES - Georgie 170050
48 55 48 4 FLASHBACK (COLLRBONE REMIX) - Javiera Mena featuring Collrbone 35500
49 46 1 17 GYPSIES, TRAMPS AND THIEVES - Cher 705200
50 52 50 4 WHILE YOU’RE STILL YOUNG - Sophie Ellis-Bextor & The Feeling 38600

51 59 51 2 AS GOOD AS NEW - Abba 21850
52 34 34 9 THE LAKES (ORIGINAL VERSION) - Taylor Swift 89100
53 39 39 6 SAY WHAT YOU MEAN - Raleigh Ritchie 63050
54 72 54 2 LOVE UNDER PRESSURE - James Blunt 16600
55 56 55 4 MY HEART GOES (LA DI DA) - Becky Hill & Topic 34400
56 65 56 2 BETTER DAYS - Dermot Kennedy 17600
57 41 15 10 WAIT AROUND - Kyle Falconer 172550
58 63 58 4 DO THE TELEVISION - Jake Shears 26600
59 74 59 2 HANGING ON YOUR HINGES - Stereophonics 15300
60 37 6 14 GOODBYE - The Veronicas 431900

61 40 40 6 CAN’T LET GO - Alison Krauss & Robert Plant 67850
62 50 50 4 FLYING ON THE GROUND - Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 36800
63 60 1 19 SARA - Fleetwood Mac 623200
64 66 64 6 OUT OUT - Joel Corry x Jax Jones featuring Charli XCX & Saweetie 37900
65 67 65 4 HONKY TONK WOMEN - The Rolling Stones 25200
66 47 25 13 IN MY EYES - Chris Malinchak & Kiesza 192200
67 69 61 5 THE SECRET HE HAD MISSED - Manic Street Preachers featuring Julia Cumming 33300
68 NEW 68 1 SEASIDE - Diane Warren, Rita Ora, Sofia Reyes & Reik 6400
69 70 69 4 MAGICAL - Laura Mvula 21400
70 53 1 13 THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Banderas 705400

71 71 71 2 BROKEN LAND - The Adventures 11600
72 78 72 2 HEAT WAVES - Glass Animals 10000
73 76 73 2 RISK IT ALL - Ella Henderson, House Gospel Choir & Just Kiddin’ 10200
74 NEW 74 1 WHO - Donny Osmond 5200
75 77 75 3 MISTY BLUE - Dorothy Moore 13600
76 NEW 76 1 ON MY WAY - Natalie Imbruglia 4800
77 61 34 9 RATHER BE - Rat City & Isak Heim 109550
78 NEW 78 1 IF IT’S LOVE - Sting 4400
79 79 79 2 SHE’S A RAINBOW - The Rolling Stones 8400
80 NEW 80 1 CARE FOR - Blossoms 4000

DROP OUTS
43 7 11 NOTHING ELSE MATTERS - Miley Cyrus featuring WATT, Elton John, Yo-Yo Ma, Robert Trujillo & Chad Smith 276800
58 5 9 STARLIGHT - Yola 312550
64 3 17 OUT THE CAGE - Keith Urban featuring Breland & Nile Rodgers 457150
73 73 3 CATHY’S CLOWN - The Everly Brothers 14000
75 75 1 THE PROMISE - Girls Aloud 5000
80 80 1 SOUND OF THE UNDERGROUND - Girls Aloud 4000