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26th October 2014

It’s Jenny Lewis again on top for a second week, produced by Ryan Adams and some fab guitar work and strings. Great song, great singer, and an actress who’s been in Pleasantville and American Dad. Immaculate. U2 kick themselves out of the top 10 with the best track on their great (slagged-off) album, subtle and dark, quirky and inventive, giving them their first Top 5 hit for 8 years. Just cos it’s free doesn’t mean it’s not a great album (it is).

Frankie Valli gets the long-awaited Top 10 hit with Can’t Take My Eyes Off You - it was Andy Williams who had the UK hit. And Boystown Gang. And Pet Shop Boys in a hilariously brilliant mix with U2’s Where The Streets Have No Name, easily as good as both originals, if not much better. Andy and Pet Shop Boys both got a number one out of it, but the Four Seasons had to wait for the latest hits album following the movie of the hit stage show Jersey Boys - it’s basically a Four Seasons record.

There’s some song contest mystery records in the chart - all will be revealed eventually - but the highest new entry isn’t available in the UK: it’s Glen Campbell’s final record, recorded before he became based in a care home with alzheimers, and a heartbreaking final farewell to his loved ones, charting in the Hot 100 following a youtube video and documentary.

At 22, Tin Tin enters. Not Herge, it’s an Australian band from 1971 with a Maurice Gibb-pushed 60’s psychedelic pop track I heard for the first time on Steve Wright’s show this week. It’s fab. Take That are back at 40. Well, 60% of Take That are back. Gwen Stefani’s back at 49 after a long absence (apart from No Doubt tracks), with a record I can’t buy till January in the UK. Bet it ends up being March.


1 1 1 4 SHE'S NOT ME - Jenny Lewis 443750
2 3 1 12 CHANGING - Sigma featuring Paloma Faith 860800
3 2 2 4 GLOW - Ella Henderson 282400
4 5 4 4 LET IT BE - Labrinth 205000
5 12 5 7 SLEEP LIKE A BABY TONIGHT - U2 170900
6 11 6 17 CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU - Frankie Valli 312550
7 8 5 8 SHAKE IT OFF - Taylor Swift 318600
8 9 8 4 HELLO GOODNIGHT - Mamas Gun 129500
9 4 4 3 YOU'RE MY WORLD - Cilla Black 165000
10 27 10 5 IF YOU LET ME GO - Salt Ashes 89800

11 6 6 6 THE MIRACLE (OF JOEY RAMONE) - U2 193500
12 15 3 7 UGLY HEART - G.R.L. 315400
13 14 3 14 ANGEL IN BLUE JEANS - Train 629800
14 19 14 4 BLAME - Calvin Harris featuring John Newman 79300
15 18 15 7 SUNLIGHT - The Magician featuring Years and Years 92700
16 20 16 21 MISTY BLUE - Dorothy Moore 289300
17 7 1 11 CALL - Francesco Yates 621750
18 13 13 4 OCEAN (PROBLEM REMIX) - Andreas Moe 81350
19 NEW 19 1 I'M NOT GONNA MISS YOU - Glen Campbell 21000
20 10 10 4 WHO GETS YOUR LOVE - Vanilla 110000

21 16 16 7 CAN'T BREAK ME DOWN - Billy Idol 125850
22 NEW 22 1 TOAST AND MARMALADE FOR TEA - Tin Tin 19500
23 23 23 4 DREAMERS (UNKNOWN SOUND EDIT) - Hopium featuring Pheobe Lou 55700
24 17 17 4 BEAUTY QUEEN (SEAN FINN REMIX) - April Kry 83000
25 29 25 2 REASON - Erasure 36950
26 35 26 3 HEARTBEAT LOUD - Andy C featuring Fiora 46100
27 22 22 2 THERE MUST BE MORE TO LIFE THAN THIS - Queen and Michael Jackson 37900
28 28 28 5 PRAYER IN C - Robin Schulz and LILLYWOOD 75350
29 31 9 9 TAKE ME TO CHURCH - Hozier 203000
30 30 30 2 THE BEAT DROPS OUT (BLONDEE & HAGEN RADIO EDIT) - Marlon Roudette 36000

31 21 1 12 I'M NOT IN LOVE - 10C.C. 820550
32 45 5 8 BULLIT - Watermat 288600
33 34 33 3 COME BACK - Ella Eyre 45500
34 24 1 8 HOUNDS OF LOVE - Kate Bush 480600
35 NEW 35 1 MYSTERY TRACK 17500
36 36 36 6 PLACE WITH NO NAME - Michael Jackson 78400
37 26 26 3 I LOVED YOU - Blonde 46800
38 38 38 2 YOU RUIN ME - The Veronicas 34400
39 25 12 8 ALL ABOUT THAT BASS - Meghan Trainor 168450
40 NEW 40 1 THESE DAYS - Take That 17000

41 33 1 16 LOVE RUNS OUT - OneRepublic 966900
42 44 42 8 BABOOSHKA - Kate Bush 98750
43 43 43 3 XTC - Liz 32000
44 46 44 18 OUR LAST SUMMER - Abba 182650
45 32 10 9 NATURE'S CALL - Shaun Escoffery 191200
46 37 37 3 WHEN I FIND LOVE AGAIN - James Blunt 47350
47 42 10 9 DAYS WITH YOU - Snakehips featuring Sinead Harnett 190600
48 39 8 11 CHIMES - Hudson Mohawke 224350
49 NEW 49 1 BABY DON'T LIE - Gwen Stefani 12100
50 41 30 3 GOD ONLY KNOWS - Brian Wilson and Various Artists 44000

51 48 1 17 BECOME - Midge Ure 911700
52 60 52 2 DO IT AGAIN - The Ting Tings 21500
53 40 40 3 HONEST TOWN - Simple Minds 45250
54 59 54 8 THE MAN WITH THE CHILD IN HIS EYES - Kate Bush 66500
55 70 55 2 MY FLOWER - IAmDotter 16800
56 50 1 14 ONE - Order Of Era 656300
57 56 1 33 STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU - Stealers Wheel 743550
58 58 58 2 DANGEROUS - Rumer 20400
59 66 59 3 ZOMBIE - Jamie T 23700
60 73 60 2 BREAK FREE - Ariana Grande featuring Zedd 15400

61 64 61 4 STORM IN A TEACUP - Lynsey De Paul 25800
62 47 9 10 FORGOTTEN MAN - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 214150
63 63 63 2 TRIGGER - Maluca Lala 14400
64 NEW 64 1 MYSTERY TRACK 2 7100
65 61 1 21 COLOURS IN THE SKY - Miami Horror featuring CLEOPOLD 1614150
66 62 1 13 COME AND GET YOUR LOVE - Redbone 558900
67 NEW 67 1 MYSTERY TRACK 3 6600
68 68 9 15 DOSES AND MIMOSAS - Cherub 250150
69 NEW 69 1 CLOSER - Rae Morris 6200
70 67 1 22 TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce 897350

71 71 71 2 S.O.S. - Indila 11600
72 49 49 2 HOLD ON - Minx featuring Hannah Joy 17700
73 72 1 62 EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD - Tears For Fears 1108550
74 74 74 3 SOMETHING BLUE - Neil Diamond 10600
75 75 75 2 BEAUTIFUL - Mali Music 10000

DROP OUTS
51 6 8 THE CHAMBER - Lenny Kravitz 297950
52 31 6 ACROSS 110TH STREET - Bobby Womack 98300
53 15 5 U GOT ALL I'M LOOKING 4 - Summer Heart 92950
54 54 1 THE YEARS (PROLOGUE) - The Midnight 11000
55 35 3 CENTRAL PARK ARREST - Lynsey De Paul 45500
57 4 11 LOVERS ON THE SUN - David Guetta featuring Sam Martin 362950
65 28 5 SNOWSHIP (THOMAS JACK REMIX) - Benjamin Franklin Leftwich 77900
69 69 3 PLEASE DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD - Jamie Cullum featuring Gregory Porter 17300

This post has been edited by popchartfreak: 26th October 2014, 07:38 PM