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[Popchartfreak]

20th September 2020

It's Miley Cyrus on top for a 4th week, still ruling with one of the best pop singles of the year, and holding off a fab track from Jessi. St Lucia get a first top 10, McFly grab only the 2nd top 10 of their career with the joyful Happiness, it only took 7 years for their first, and 9 years for their second, so roll on 2031 then. Groove Armada have taken even longer - 13 years since their last top 10, and 21 years since the first, averaging one a decade. See them also in the 2030's! In at 14, highest new entry is from Sophie Ellis-Bextor in a case of sweet revenge, as I was starting my clubbing days in 2001 and she was topping my charts for 3 weeks before getting kicked off by Alcazar's Crying At The Discotheque. So she's covered it, very nicely, giving her a first top 20 in 10 years.

Timbaland guests on Bruno Martini's Bend The Knee to get his first top 20 since topping my chart in 2010 with Nelly Furtado on Morning After Dark, while Calvin Harris gets his first top 20 in 2 years, in what is a long list of at least 12. As Bon Jovi go top 40 with the Covid-19 upbeat Do What You Can, their most relevant song in 20 years, Sheryl Crow also jumps on board with the more general-themed anti-Trump song In The End at 70, it's biting searing lyrics telling it like it is and extending her chart relevance to 26 years. Meanwhile Saara Alto & Drag Race pal Baga Chipz shoot into the 40, giving Saara a 2nd top 40 two years on from her Finland Eurovision chart-topper Monsters, as Ava Max gets an Ace-Of-Base-ish 3rd top 40.

Roisin Murphy enters at 60 with Something More, the latest in her line of recent charting dance tracks 22 years on from Moloko days, Paloma Faith makes a big ballad return hoping for a 6th chart-topper in 11 years and a 3rd decade, Better Than This at 68, while another former Eurovision act is back at 73 as Dami Im gets a 3rd 4 years from her Aussie top 3 Sound Of Silence, with Paper Dragon. Aimee Mann returns with a classy, haunting TV theme song, Avalanche, giving her a first appearance in 26 years, and 35 years since she first turned up in the band Til Tuesday.

Charlie Puth is a serial guest vocalist this year, this week with Gabby Barrett, and Keith Urban keeps the run of chart entries going rapidly, each before the previous one drops out, this time with P!nk on tow - 21 years since she debuted. Sam Smith drops a first solo non-collab, non-cover, non-whiney track in 5 years with Diamonds in at 83 - it's a gem, arf! Finally Lady Gaga dials 911 and sneaks in at the bottom end.



1 1 1 6 MIDNIGHT SKY Miley Cyrus 812600
2 6 2 3 NUMB Jessi 189250
3 2 1 4 ALL THE STARS Kendrick Lamar, SZA 485000
4 5 2 6 GHOSTKEEPER Klangkarussell & GIVVEN 495000
5 4 4 5 TICK TOCK Clean Bandit & Mabel featuring 24kGoldn 218600
6 7 6 3 SECONDS (ELECTRIC LADY SESSIONS) LCD Soundsystem 124000
7 8 7 4 ELECTRIC LOVE BORNS 177000
8 13 8 5 CHINA SHOP St. Lucia 114450
9 12 9 8 HAPPINESS McFly 182300
10 14 10 3 LOVER 4 NOW Groove Armada featuring Todd Edwards 89400

11 9 1 9 SAY SOMETHING Kylie Minogue 782000
12 10 1 7 FREAK Doja Cat featuring Paul Anka 502000
13 11 8 6 BREATHE DEEPER Tame Impala 167500
14 NEW 14 1 CRYING AT THE DISCOTHEQUE Sophie Ellis-Bextor 29000
15 3 3 3 OF COURSE I’M LYING Yello 133000
16 23 16 6 BLUEBIRD Miranda Lambert 99400
17 18 17 3 THELMA AND LOUISE Anna Bergendahl 63300
18 19 18 8 TO SPEAK IS A SIN Pet Shop Boys 139150
19 28 19 5 BEND THE KNEE Bruno Martini, IZA & Timbaland 76000
20 36 20 4 OVER NOW Calvin Harris, The Weeknd 51900

21 15 10 7 AIR I BREATHE Sub Focus featuring Wilkinson 144450
22 16 5 11 AND IT BREAKS MY HEART LEON 388200
23 30 23 7 REAL LOVE SONG Nothing But Thieves 100650
24 27 24 7 A LITTLE RESPECT Erasure 124400
25 17 9 9 DANGEROUS LOVE Tiwa Savage 231050
26 45 26 4 DO WHAT YOU CAN Bon Jovi 39400
27 32 27 5 BABY IT’S YOU London Grammar 60700
28 20 10 8 MY FUTURE Billie Eilish 206550
29 21 1 8 RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM Maxine Nightingale 487950
30 33 30 12 ORDINARY WORLD Duran Duran 170800

31 34 31 5 TRAVEL BACK IN TIME Little Jinder’s Unreleased Romance & Little Jinder 68000
32 22 4 8 SUGAR MAN (THE GOLDFISH MIX) Rodriguez 342300
33 24 18 10 THIS FEELING Faithless featuring Suli Breaks and Nathan Ball 162400
34 38 34 8 SUNDOWN Gordon Lightfoot 116350
35 31 10 10 SUN IS SHINING Bob Marley Featuring Robin Schulz 239450
36 26 9 12 I USED TO BE COOL Bright Light Bright Light 259400
37 39 37 3 THIS FLIGHT TONIGHT Nazereth 46700
38 81 38 2 WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN Saara Aalto & Baga Chipz 21000
39 48 39 6 LOVE AND AFFECTION Joan Armatrading 53500
40 53 40 5 WHO’S LAUGHING NOW Ava Max 52450

41 54 41 5 TAKE YOU DANCING Jason Derulo 44200
42 29 7 8 GRAND ILLUSION (LE FLEX POOLSIDE MIX) Donna Summer 215450
43 25 7 8 ONE AND ONE MAKE FIVE Pet Shop Boys 220700
44 49 44 5 SAILING The Sutherland Brothers 47350
45 40 40 5 60’S WORLD Marty Wilde featuring Kim Wilde 46800
46 60 46 4 NERVES OF STEEL Erasure 27150
47 52 47 3 MAJOR TOM (COMING HOME) Peter Schilling 30600
48 67 48 3 MAYBE LOVE IS IN NYC Pretenders 20800
49 35 18 10 WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT Kygo & Tina Turner 166000
50 55 50 4 SAME THINGS Georgia Lines 27400

51 43 4 11 SALAMANDER STREET Callum Beattie 359200
52 57 52 5 THING Edwina Biglet & The Miglets 38900
53 37 30 7 SUPERMAN Keith Urban 94350
54 42 3 14 HALLUCINOGENICS (SEEB REMIX) Matt Maeson 392550
55 46 33 8 IN AND OUT OF LOVE Melanie C 97700
56 78 56 2 WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS Steps 15000
57 62 57 5 DYNAMITE BTS 29400
58 63 58 5 THE PIE The Sutherland Brothers 33000
59 71 59 3 LEGENDS NEVER DIE Orville Peck & Shania Twain 17500
60 NEW 60 1 SOMETHING MORE (EDIT) Roisin Murphy 10000

61 69 61 5 DOESN’T MATTER Gallant 23400
62 65 62 5 FINGERS CROSSED Agnes 24800
63 58 1 19 IN YOUR EYES Robin Schulz featuring Alida 972250
64 72 64 5 DREAM KID The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver 21300
65 59 1 13 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 619200
66 77 66 3 CRAZY DAYS The Shires 13600
67 75 67 3 TONIGHT I RUN Astraea 13100
68 NEW 68 1 BETTER THAN THIS Paloma Faith 6400
69 41 25 6 TO BE YOUNG Anne-Marie featuring Doja Cat 78050
70 NEW 70 1 IN THE END Sheryl Crow 6000

71 44 17 8 MARRIED IN VEGAS The Vamps 117350
72 89 72 2 STRANGE DAYS The Struts & Robbie Williams 7800
73 NEW 73 1 PAPER DRAGON Dami Im 5400
74 90 74 2 FROM CLOUDY BAY TO MALIBU Nik Kershaw 7200
75 84 75 2 THE ONLY THING Travis featuring Susanna Hoffs 8200
76 76 76 3 LOADED Primal Scream 13000
77 47 47 6 WILL YOU RETURN/WHEN YOU COME DOWN The Flaming Lips featuring Particle Kid 49300
78 80 78 4 HYGIENE STRIP Dubstar 12100
79 NEW 79 1 AVALANCHE Aimee Mann 4200
80 85 80 3 RADAR LOVE Golden Earring 8400

81 NEW 81 1 I HOPE Gabby Barrett featuring Charlie Puth 3800
82 NEW 82 1 ONE TOO MANY Keith Urban & P!nk 3600
83 NEW 83 1 DIAMONDS Sam Smith 3400
84 87 84 3 WHAT’S YOUR PLEASURE? Jessie Ware 6900
85 86 85 3 SCARLET The Rolling Stones featuring Jimmy Page 7000
86 88 86 3 MAMBO SUN Sean Lennon & Charlotte Kemp Muhl 6200
87 NEW 87 1 CUBA Gibson Brothers 2600
88 NEW 88 1 I NEED YOU TO HATE ME JC Stewart 2400
89 NEW 89 1 I KNOW HIM SO WELL Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson 2200
90 NEW 90 1 911 Lady Gaga 2000

DROP OUTS
50 50 4 SPAGHETTI City Of The Sun 44950
51 1 10 HOW LONG Ace featuring Paul Carrack 583400
56 56 5 MY WAY Aloe Blacc 33600
61 20 8 BLACK DOG Arlo Parks 122200
64 32 5 BACK AT WRONG Lola Lennox 67150
66 3 11 HALLUCINATE Dua Lipa 353950
68 68 5 ON THE ROAD AGAIN First Aid Kit 28000
70 34 6 DELUDED Kate Miller-Heidke 67600
73 73 6 SPIRIT OF LOVE Johnny Hates Jazz 21000
74 18 10 FOOLED AROUND AND FELL IN LOVE Miranda Lambert featuring Maren Morris, Elle King, Ashley McBride, Tenille Townes, and Caylee Hammack 146450
79 27 8 THE ONE THAT YOU LOVE LP 103200
82 82 4 THE DARK SYML 8100
83 83 4 ARMS OF MARY The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver 9200