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[Popchartfreak]

1st November 2020

It's Perfectly Untrue and fab Lucia & her fab Best Boys presiding over an unheard-of domination of my top 10 by 3 acts: to feature your name has to begin with an "L" or else be John Lennon, Kylie Minogue or Paloma Faith. Paloma has a new album track out, Last Night On Earth rocketing up 80 places to 8, as last week's chart-topper is Falling Down to 3 thanks to some Gold-digging entering at 2 - Paloma Faith's new single (I presume, as there's a fab video), giving her 3 simultaneous top 10's, 4 tracks charting off the album, and it's not even out yet. Kylie's not far behind, and the same applies, only 3 tracks so far though, 2 of them top 10 this week, and all 3 also top 10's with a chart-topper.

New in at 12 with a boom, it's The Avalanches returning with their first top 20 since 2001, and third in total, aided and assisted by a sample of the great 80's Eye In The Sky hook from Alan Parsons Project. New Order grab another top 40, too many to count since 1981, and Dubstar add to their more modest run over 25 years or so. Dua Lipa gets yet another Future Nostalgia track into my list - at least the 6th, not counting remixes! Yvonne Elliman's fab 1979 Love Pains finally charts, having missed-out at the time due to 1979 being probably the best and busiest pop chart freaking year ever, and I didn't think to expand my charts to 100 (as I do now as needed) to include every song I like. Plus it got no radio airplay at all at the time. Also from '79, The Specials brilliant debut, Gangsters, is back.

Bright Light Bright Light has a swift return with a newie, bringing along Andy Bell of Erasure for his 3rd of the year, AC/DC unexpectedly dropped a new single from a new album, just when it seemed it was all over, and enter with Shot In The Dark, and a first new chart entry for at least 25 years, and extends their run to over 40 years and then some. Singer Brian Johnson was charting in 1972 for me, Don't Do That kicking off a run of 5 singles for his band Geordie. So 48 years then! But that's nothing! Dame Shirley Bassey brings a track off her finale (?) album in as well, still with sass in her 80's, her first chart entry in 6 years, her chart-run extending to 50 years, but actually it should really be 56 years as I loved Goldfinger as a kid & my dad had her albums in those pre-charting 60's days. Finally, due to halloween a 1974 chart-topper for me (flop otherwise) pops in to welcome Thunderthighs back - they had a hit with Lynsey De Paul's Central Park Arrest, and did the sha la la la push push on Mott The Hoople's Roll Away The Stone and the do do do-dee-do's on Lou Reed's Walk On The Wild Side. Under-rated!



1 3 1 3 PERFECTLY UNTRUE Lucia & The Best Boys 300000
2 NEW 2 1 GOLD Paloma Faith 115000
3 1 1 3 FALLING DOWN Paloma Faith 340000
4 7 4 4 NO ORDINARY Labrinth 163800
5 5 4 6 MAGIC Kylie Minogue 260500
6 2 1 4 MIND GAMES John Lennon 395000
7 11 7 2 I LOVE IT Kylie Minogue 87000
8 82 8 2 LAST NIGHT ON EARTH Paloma Faith 51600
9 4 1 4 #9 DREAM John Lennon 395000
10 6 6 6 CHASING A FEELING LEON 161850

11 8 1 9 NUMB Jessi 784250
12 NEW 12 1 INTERSTELLAR LOVE The Avalanches featuring Leon Bridges & The Alan Parsons Project 35000
13 10 10 5 WONDER Shawn Mendes 139700
14 9 1 12 MIDNIGHT SKY Miley Cyrus 1266600
15 16 15 7 ONE TOO MANY Keith Urban & P!nk 128500
16 14 14 4 ARM’S LENGTH Kacy Hill 79350
17 19 17 4 NAKED (WITH MY HEADPHONES ON) Rat City & Kiesza 67000
18 20 18 5 OK NOT TO BE OK Marshmello featuring Demi Lovato 85700
19 15 3 11 TICK TOCK Clean Bandit & Mabel featuring 24kGoldn 501700
20 23 20 12 LOVE AND AFFECTION Joan Armatrading 164450

21 12 7 7 I HOPE Gabby Barrett featuring Charlie Puth 182850
22 24 22 3 LIGHT Michael Kiwanuka 56900
23 26 23 4 LIE TO ME Vera Blue 60750
24 27 24 5 SAVE YOUR TEARS The Weeknd 75700
25 28 25 5 WE’VE ONLY JUST BEGUN Carpenters 84050
26 21 2 12 GHOSTKEEPER Klangkarussell & GIVVEN 713250
27 18 9 10 SAME THINGS Georgia Lines 178000
28 17 8 7 SOMETHING MORE (EDIT) Roisin Murphy 185800
29 41 29 4 BE A REBEL New Order 40200
30 22 9 7 CRYING AT THE DISCOTHEQUE Sophie Ellis-Bextor 200500

31 13 13 4 HOLD ME TIGHT Johnny Nash 97900
32 42 32 4 FREE AS A BIRD (ACOUSTIC) Dubstar 40150
33 35 33 4 BEFORE I GO Mimi Webb 59400
34 40 34 3 CALIFORNIAN SOIL London Grammar 37400
35 65 35 2 AMEN Tom Grennan 24500
36 57 36 3 COURAGE TO CHANGE Sia 29600
37 25 1 10 ALL THE STARS Kendrick Lamar, SZA 729050
38 39 38 7 911 Lady Gaga 70850
39 52 39 6 LET ME GO (CERRONE MIX) Duke Dumont & RY X 53900
40 46 40 5 DREAM ON ME Ella Henderson x Roger Sanchez 56800

41 48 41 4 LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 47400
42 36 1 15 SAY SOMETHING Kylie Minogue 917200
43 29 16 11 BEND THE KNEE Bruno Martini, IZA & Timbaland 193900
44 37 37 7 PAPER DRAGON Dami Im 93800
45 49 45 3 LET ME LOVE YOU LIKE A WOMAN Lana Del Ray 28100
46 32 7 11 CHINA SHOP St. Lucia 294500
47 30 6 9 SECONDS (ELECTRIC LADY SESSIONS) LCD Soundsystem 290500
48 31 5 10 ELECTRIC LOVE BORNS 376950
49 33 8 9 LOVER 4 NOW Groove Armada featuring Todd Edwards 258350
50 51 50 4 ELITA Gary Barlow, Michael Buble & Sebastian Yatra 35150

51 43 1 13 FREAK Doja Cat featuring Paul Anka 622450
52 55 52 6 TROUBLE’S COMING Royal Blood 46900
53 34 17 8 WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN Saara Aalto & Baga Chipz 129350
54 56 54 9 LOADED Primal Scream 62400
55 60 55 4 I MISS U Jax Jones & AU/RA 26600
56 38 10 10 OVER NOW Calvin Harris, The Weeknd 198600
57 94 57 2 ONE MINUTE YOU’RE HERE Bruce Springsteen 12000
58 59 58 3 SPACE Biffy Clyro 23500
59 62 59 4 BLOWBACK The Killers 26700
60 61 60 4 LOVE LOOKS BETTER Alicia Keys 24900

61 53 53 6 YOU & ME SONG Joy Crookes 52950
62 44 33 7 DIAMONDS Sam Smith 86450
63 50 10 13 AIR I BREATHE Sub Focus featuring Wilkinson 237600
64 66 64 4 HOLY Justin Bieber featuring Chance The Rapper 20400
65 NEW 65 1 FEVER Dua Lipa & Angele 7000
66 70 66 4 BEAUTIFUL BOY John Lennon 20600
67 67 67 3 JERUSALEMA Master KG featuring Nomcebo Zikode 17000
68 93 68 2 11 PAST THE HOUR Imelda May 8100
69 72 69 7 CUBA Gibson Brothers 34400
70 91 70 2 TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT McFly 7900

71 45 45 8 STRANGE DAYS The Struts & Robbie Williams 73000
72 47 47 7 AVALANCHE Aimee Mann 62100
73 87 73 2 STRAIGHT TO THE MORNING Hot Chip featuring Jarvis Cocker 8000
74 74 74 4 I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW Johnny Nash 17600
75 79 75 2 MAKE YOU MINE PUBLIC 9200
76 54 10 14 MY FUTURE Billie Eilish 288750
77 83 77 3 TWO HEARTS Phil Collins 9700
78 86 78 4 TEARS ON MY PILLOW Johnny Nash 10900
79 64 64 5 LET’S LOVE David Guetta & Sia 27500
80 80 80 4 STAND BY ME John Lennon 12200

81 NEW 81 1 GANGSTERS The Specials 3800
82 85 82 2 (L’ETE INDIEN) INDIAN SUMMER Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood 6600
83 68 68 6 GIANTS Dermot Kennedy 26000
84 88 84 3 CARIBBEAN QUEEN (NO MORE LOVE ON THE RUN) Billy Ocean 7100
85 NEW 85 1 LOVE PAINS Yvonne Elliman 3000
86 71 36 7 IN THE END Sheryl Crow 74100
87 NEW 87 1 GOOD AT GOODBYES Bright Light Bright Light featuring Andy Bell 2600
88 58 16 12 BLUEBIRD Miranda Lambert 182050
89 89 89 2 GHOSTS Bruce Springsteen 4400
90 90 90 2 WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD Louis Armstrong 4000

91 92 91 2 I’M A WOMAN Woman & Brian May featuring Kerry Ellis, Gina Murray, A-J Casey & Mazz Murray 3700
92 NEW 92 1 SHOT IN THE DARK AC/DC 1800
93 NEW 93 1 LOOK BUT DON’T TOUCH Dame Shirley Bassey 1700
94 NEW 94 1 DRACULA’S DAUGHTER Thunderthighs 1600
95 95 95 2 PATA PATA Miriam Makebo 3000

DROP OUTS
63 8 11 BREATHE DEEPER Tame Impala 254350
69 64 6 I NEED YOU TO HATE ME JC Stewart 30300
73 16 8 THELMA AND LOUISE Anna Bergendahl 148200
75 75 4 PEOPLE LIKE US (from DOOM PATROL Season 1) Matt Bomer featuring Alan Mingo Jr 16800
76 29 7 WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS Steps 80900
77 28 7 FROM CLOUDY BAY TO MALIBU Nik Kershaw 72900
78 14 12 A LITTLE RESPECT Erasure 211550
81 9 14 DANGEROUS LOVE Tiwa Savage 295450
84 5 16 AND IT BREAKS MY HEART LEON 447350