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Friday 20th August

 

The weekly unofficial look at what's been happening this week, based on sales & chart averages. All put together by our friends at DTR.

 

The Top Books

01 01 LOST SYMBOL - DAN BROWN

02 06 GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNETS NEST - STEIG LARRSON

03 02 ICE CREAM GIRLS - DOROTHY KOOMSON

04 03 PICTURE PERFECT - JODI PICOULT

05 04 STOLEN - LESLEY PEARSE

06 NE THE COMPLAINTS - IAN RANKIN

07 NE SWIMSUIT - JAMES PATTERSON

08 05 HER FEARFUL SYMMETRY - AUDREY NIFFINEGGER

09 07 GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE - STEIG LARRSON

10 09 PLAY DEAD - HARLEN COBEN

 

The Top Games

01 01 RED DEAD REDEMPTION

02 02 SUPER MARIO GALAXY 2

03 03 DANCE ON BROADWAY

04 NE ART ACADEMY

05 08 UNCHARTED 2 AMONG THIEVES

06 05 JUST DANCE

07 04 STARCRAFT 2

08 07 BATTLEFIELD BAD COMPANY 2

09 09 SIMS 3 AMBITIONS

10 10 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV

 

The Top Dvd Films

01 01 BLIND SIDE

02 02 CLASH OF THE TITANS

03 15 SHERLOCK HOLMES

04 03 SHUTTER ISLAND

05 NE CENTURION

06 04 REMEMBER ME

07 05 LEGION

08 06 FROM PARIS WITH LOVE

09 07 THE STRANGER

10 08 INFIDEL

2 goats were sniffing around some rubbish bins the other day. One of them ate a copy of "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo". The other goat says " Was it any good?". The first goat replied "Well it wasn't as good as the book!" :lol: Which explains why it didn't hang about in the top 10 Dvds very long! :thumbup:

 

The Top Box Office Films: Courtesy of Screen International

01 01 TOY STORY 3

02 03 INCEPTION

03 NE LAST AIRBENDER

04 02 KNIGHT AND DAY

05 NE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE

06 04 STEP UP 3D

07 06 KARATE KID

08 07 A TEAM

09 05 CATS AND DOGS 2

10 NE TINKER BELL

 

The Top TV Programmes: Courtesy of BARB

01 01 EASTENDERS 9.26

02 02 CORONATION STREET 9.04

03 03 SHERLOCK 8.66

04 04 EMMERDALE 7.02

05 NE THE DEEP 5.62

06 05 WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE 5.58

07 07 CASUALTY 5.36

08 08 HOLBY CITY 5.27

09 10 HEARTBEAT 5.06

10 11 MY FAMILY 4.89

11 13 CELEBRITY MASTERCHEF 4.70

12 12 10 O' CLOCK NEWS 4.67

13 NE MISTRESSES 4.64

14 15 LOTTERY 4.56

15 25 TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT 4.51

16 17 COUNTRYFILE 4.38

17 21 SIX O'CLOCK NEWS 4.19

18 20 LAST OF THE SUMMER WINE 4.06

19 22 ONE SHOW 4.05

20 14 MIDSOMER MURDERS 4.02

21 19 JOHN BISHOP'S BRITAIN 3.92

22 RE YOU'VE BEEN FRAMED 3.90

23 RE WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE 3.89

24 24 IDENTITY 3.82

25 NE ODD ONE IN 3.81

26 NE THE UNFORGETTABLE BOB MONKHOUSE 3.57

27 06 TOP GEAR 3.56

28 30 POLICE CAMERA ACTION 3.42

29 NE THE NORMANS 3.32

30 RE ITV NEWS 3.28

 

The Top Albums

01 NE FINAL FRONTIER - IRON MAIDEN

02 01 NOW 76 - VARIOUS

03 02 RECOVERY - EMINEM

04 NE HEADLINES - SATURDAYS

05 03 SUBURBS - ARCADE FIRE

06 04 80s GROOVE - VARIOUS

07 05 DEFAMATION OF STRICKLAND BANKS - PLAN B

08 08 AMERICAN ANTHEMS - VARIOUS

09 09 CRAZY LOVE - MICHAEL BUBLE

10 15 SUNNY SIDE UP - PAOLO NUTINI

11 06 ELIZA - ELIZA DOOLITTLE

12 07 FAME - LADY GAGA

13 NE ILLUSION OF SAFETY - HOOSIERS

14 11 CHILLED R + B SUMMER 2010 - VARIOUS

15 12 ANNUAL 15 YEARS - VARIOUS

16 13 ANTHEMS R + B - VARIOUS

17 14 JASON - JASON DERULO

18 23 DO YOU WANT THE TRUTH OR SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL - PALOMA FAITH

19 10 PRAISE AND BLAME - TOM JONES

20 16 PLANET DANCE BCM - VARIOUS

21 NE THIS IS UK MCs - VARIOUS

22 NE PURE SWING - VARIOUS

23 21 RATED R - RIHANNA

24 19 XX - XX

25 17 SIGH NO MORE - MUMFORD AND SONS

26 18 ULTIMATE 80s MOVIE HITS - VARIOUS

27 22 ELEMENT OF FREEDOM - ALICIA KEYS

28 24 EPIC - VARIOUS

29 20 STREETDANCE 2010 - VARIOUS

30 29 ADVENTURES OF BOBBY RAY - B.O.B.

 

The Flashback Charts in August 1979: Charts compiled by Record Business Magazine

The Top TV back then

01 SEASIDE SPECIAL 15.80...the entertainment show, coming from Normandy with Rod Hull & Emu, the Gibson Brothers, Plastic Bertrand, Eruption, & The Loonies

02 DES O'CONNER TONIGHT 14.60...Monday at 8.10pm for Des & a host of guests

03 TO CATCH A THIEF 14.50...Cary Grant & Grace Kelly star in the Hitchcock film

04 SWORD OF JUSTICE 14.30...Dack Rambo as Jack Cole in the US adventures of a wealthy playboy

05 IT AIN'T HALF HOT MUM 13.80...jungle comedy with Windsor Davies as BSM Willams

06 HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME 12.50...Victor Hugo's book was back in the shops in 1979 & the BBC showed a film version

07 RETURN TO PARADISE 12.20...Gary Cooper stars in the 1953 film as Mr Morgan washes up on a South Pacific island

08 STAR TREK 12.00...a re-run of the series on Wednesdays on BBC1

09 GOLDEN FIDDLE AWARDS 11.90...the annual awards for musicians

10 JUKE BOX JURY 11.80...Noel Edmonds hosts this terrible re-hashed version of the 1959-65 hit & miss music show

11 NINE O'CLOCK NEWS MON 11.40

12 CORONATION STREET MON 11.40...Gail & Brian plan their wedding before the show goes on strike & Mavis Reilly has a new boyfriend (who mysteriously disappears from the show, after the ITV strike ends in November)

13 NINE O'CLOCK NEWS TUES 11.40

14 NINE O'CLOCK NEWS WEDS 10.80

15 NINE O'CLOCK NEWS 10.70

16 TOP OF THE POPS 10.50...the return of the pop show, following a BBC Musicians Union strike

17 CITIZEN SMITH 10.50...Robert Lyndsey stars in the sitcom as Wolfie Smith in series 3 (wonder why Gold TV never show the 4th series?)

18 ONEDIN LINE 10.00...Peter Gilmore as James Onedin in the Liverpool ancient drama serie on Sundays at 7.15pm

19 CROSSROADS MON 9.90...that Motel and the wobbly sets

20 HOLLYWOOD GREATS 9.80...Barry Norman narrates the tales of famous Hollywood stars. This week: The Marx Brothers

A lack of ITV programmes in there, because a big strike hit ITV Screens & after every channel was in dispute no further programmes were screen by ITV until November 1979. So, BBC1 had enormous figures throughout.

 

The Top Albums in Aug 1979: With those various artists on week 3 at the top

01 01 BEST DISCO ALBUM IN THE WORLD - VARIOUS, keeping out E.L.O. & Gary Numan

02 03 DISCOVERY - ELO

03 02 REPLICAS - TUBEWAY ARMY

04 04 I AM - EARTH WIND AND FIRE

05 05 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA - SUPERTRAMP

06 06 VOULEZ VOUS - ABBA

07 15 SOME PRODUCT-CARRI ON - SEX PISTOLS

08 09 BEST OF - THE DOOLEYS

09 11 OUTLANDOS D'AMOUR - POLICE

10 08 PARALLEL LINES - BLONDIE

11 14 STREET LIFE - CRUSADERS

12 07 BRIDGES - JOHN WILLIAMS

13 10 COMMUNIQUE - DIRE STRAITS

14 16 NIGHT OWL - GERRY RAFFERTY

15 12 DO IT YOURSELF - IAN DURY

16 18 MORNING DANCE - SPYRO GYRA

17 NE EXPOSED - MIKE OLDFIELD

18 13 LIVE KILLERS - QUEEN

19 21 MANILOW MAGIC - BARRY MANILOW

20 22 20 GOLDEN GREATS - BEACH BOYS

 

The Top Singles in Aug 1979: Bob Geldof & that nutty school girl, holding off Cliff. The wonderful Sham 69, the Police re-isssue, Abba sounding out of place, but the fabulous Dooleys almost being Abba! Dave Edmunds doing his usual thing though...nicking someone elses song. In this case Elvis Costello. Never a fan of Mr Edmunds, myself. Did Shakin' Stevens take over Dave's job later? Well he always did other people's songs too, & came from Wales as well! :teresa:

01 01 I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS - BOOMTOWN RATS

02 06 WE DON'T TALK ANYMORE - CLIFF RICHARD

03 14 REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL - IAN DURY

04 15 AFTER THE LOVE HAS GONE - EARTH WIND & FIRE

05 08 HERSHAM BOYS - SHAM 69

06 02 CAN'T STAND LOSING YOU - POLICE

07 03 ANGEL EYES/VOULEZ VOUS - ABBA

08 10 DIARY OF HORACE WIMP - ELO

09 04 WANTED - DOOLEYS

10 07 BEAT THE CLOCK - SPARKS

11 19 DUKE OF EARL - DARTS

12 05 GIRLS TALK - DAVE EDMUNDS

13 23 GANGSTERS - SPECIALS

14 27 BANG BANG - B.A. ROBERTSON

15 20 STAY WITH ME TIL DAWN - JUDIE TZUKE

16 34 ANGEL EYES - ROXY MUSIC

17 09 BORN TO BE ALIVE - PATRICK HERNANDEZ

18 22 MORNING DANCE - SPYRO GYRA

19 24 OOH WHAT A LIFE - GIBSON BROTHERS

20 13 IF I HAD YOU - KORGIS

21 11 MY SHARONA - THE KNACK

22 18 GOOD TIMES - CHIC

23 12 BREAKFAST IN AMERICA - SUPERTRAMP

24 43 GOTTA GO HOME/EL LUTE - BONEY M

25 29 IS SHE REALLY GOING OUT WITH HIM - JOE JACKSON

26 28 SWEET LITTLE ROCK N' ROLLER - SHOWADDYWADDY

27 30 JUST WHEN I NEEDED YOU MOST - RANDY VANWARMER

28 21 BAD GIRLS - DONNA SUMMER

29 16 SILLY GAMES - JANET KAY

30 NE MONEY - FLYING LIZZARDS

31 48 TEENAGE WARNING - ANGELIC UPSTARTS

32 41 GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS - KANDIDATE

33 17 ARE FRIENDS ELECTRIC - TUBEWAY ARMY

34 NE LOST IN MUSIC - SISTER SLEDGE

35 37 ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK - TELEX

36 40 YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT - ME & YOU

37 NE IF I SAID YOU HAD A BEAUTIFUL BODY - BELLAMY BROTHERS

38 32 HARMONY IN MY HEAD - BUZZCOCKS

39 NE ROCK LOBSTER - B52'S

40 NE GONE GONE GONE - JOHNNY MATHIS

 

The Top Pre-Order Singles this week

01 DYNAMITE - TAIO CRUZ 23rd Aug

02 PLEASE DON'T LET ME GO - OLLY MURS 30th Aug

03 START WITHOUT YOU - ALEXANDRA B 6th Sept

04 IT'S NOT WAR JUST THE END OF LOVE - MANIC STREET PREACHERS 13th Sept

05 WONDERFUL LIFE - HURTS 23rd Aug

 

The Top Pre-Order Albums this week

01 FLAMINGO - BRANDON FLOWERS 6th Sept

02 IN & OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS - ROBBIE WILLIAMS 11th Oct

03 BAND OF JOY - ROBERT PLANT 13th Sept

04 TBA - TAKE THAT 22nd Nov

05 TEENAGE DREAM - KATY PERRY 30th Aug

 

Hang on for the top 75 lowdown, but first the top physicals this week:

01 02 WANTED

02 NE ONE NIGHT ONLY

03 01 SATURDAYS

04 NE ASH

05 03 JLS

06 05 B.O.B.

07 NE ROLL DEEP

08 04 KYLIE

09 06 KATY PERRY

10 07 LADY GAGA

The Klaxons are the only other major new entry in the physical chart at 15. Sales are said to be way low. But in consideration, sales in that margin were never outstanding in the Summer months in that field (though obviously not as low as these days). Don't forget if you want to be outstanding in your field....Get a job as a scarecrow! ;)

 

Hang on, while I buy a new joke book....

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Have we gone back in time :unsure: 2009???

 

RED DEAD REDEMPTION and Toy Story 3 are still #1.

 

Taio #1 on pre-orders :o

 

And Go Katy on pre-orders too :dance:

Cheers Dave!

 

Good to see Iron Maiden at #1 on the albums chart!

 

And thanks for the 1979 charts! I remember ITV being on strike (and The Times newspaper too!), the ITV strike helped Doctor Who get its all time best viewing figures when the new series returned a few weeks later...

Thanks Dave :thumbup:

 

AMAZING to see Hurts top 5 on pre-orders. Do you think they could go top 20 officially?

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Without further a do, here is our exclusive top 75 lowdown. Compiled thus: The top 40 based on a selection of downloads & physical averages for the time of year, with the 41-75 based on entire download averages.

 

Top 75

SOUNDGARDEN

ASH

 

TOP 70

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS

BRUNO MARS - (Somewhere)

GREEN GRASS

GAGA - TELEPHONE 35)

GAGA - BR 34)

K'NAAN 33)

DRUMS 32) 7 inch

XX

LADY ANTEBELLUM 31)

NICKI MINAJ

 

TOP 60

SATURDAYS - HIGHER

PALOMA FAITH 30)

PENDULUM 29)

CASPA

JOURNEY

TINIE TEMPAH - PO

BLACK EYED PEAS 28)

B.O.B/BRUNO MARS 27)

RIHANNA - TE AMO

KLAXONS 26)

 

TOP 50

50 44 CLOSER TO THE EDGE - 30 SECONDS TO MARS

49 NE SO BIG - IYAZ

48 41 ALORS ON DANCE - STROMAE

47 NE AFTER DARK - COUNT & SINDEN/MYSTERY JETS 25) 7 inch

46 NE TAKE IT OFF - KESHA

45 48 EMPIRE STATE OF MIND II - ALICIA

44 40 TRY SLEEPING - ALICIA

43 36 OMG - USHER

42 35 MY FIRST KISS - 3OH!3/KESHA 24)

41 38 SHE SAID - PLAN B 23)

40 37 RIDIN SOLO - JASON DERULO

39 33 CLUB IS ALIVE - JLS 22)

38 26 BRAINWASHED - DEVLIN

37 39 WAKA WAKA - SHAKIRA

36 32 FIND YOUR LOVE - DRAKE

35 31 PRAYIN - PLAN B 21)

34 29 FRISKY - TINIE TEMPAH 20)

33 27 ALL THE LOVERS - KYLIE 19)

32 30 GETTIN OVER YOU - DAVID GUETTA

31 34 HEY SOUL SISTER - TRAIN 18)

30 24 JUST BE GOOD TO GREEN - PROFESSOR GREEN 17)

29 25 NOT AFRAID - EMINEM 16) =20

28 28 GOLD DUST - DJ FRESH

27 22 ALEJANDRO - LADY GAGA 15)

26 19 COMMANDER - KELLY ROWLAND =19

25 21 THE WRITER - ELLIE GOULDING

24 18 BANG BANG BANG - MARK RONSON 14) =18

23 NE SAY YOU DON'T WANT IT - ONE NIGHT ONLY 13) =14

22 23 STEREO LOVE - EDWARD MAYA 12)

21 20 DJ GOT US FALLIN IN LOVE - USHER/PITBULL

20 17 KICK STARTS - EXAMPLE 11) =16

19 15 I LIKE IT - ENRIQUE/PITBULL 10) =17

18 14 I NEED AIR - MAGNETIC MAN 9)

17 16 CHOICES - HOOSIERS =15

16 09 IN MY SYSTEM - TINCHY STRYDER 8) =12

15 13 WHAT IF - JASON DERULO =13

14 NE AMAZING - INNA =11

13 12 CALIFORNIA GURLS - KATY PERRY 7) =14

12 11 ONE - SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA 6) =10

11 NE LET YOU GO - CHASE AND STATUS

10 08 ALL TIME LOW - WANTED 5) =9

09 10 PACK UP - ELIZA =7

08 07 AIRPLANES - B.O.B. 4) =6

07 01 MISSING YOU - SATURDAYS 3) =5

06 06 BILLIONAIRE - TRAVIE MCCOY 2) =8

05 04 BEAUTIFUL MONSTER - NE-YO

04 05 WE NO SPEAK AMERICANO - YOLANDA BE COOL =4

03 02 CLUB CAN'T HANDLE ME - FLO RIDA =3

02 03 LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE - EMINEM & RIHANNA =2

01 NE GREEN LIGHT - ROLL DEEP 1) =1

 

) Position without downloads alone

 

= Position on Chart Show tv

 

Roll Deep easily take number one...infact they've done so all week, although some people in the media have led us otherwise! Taio Cruz next week. Will we ever see the end of these one weekers?

 

Don't forget Jason Scott on Sunday at 4pm http://www.thesuperstation.info for the complete unofficial top 40 & 7pm for the hour of bubblers/new releases. And Retro fans, join Richard Todd et moi on Atlantic Oldies 2NG at 2pm on Sunday for a look back to the BBC Top 40 for August 1967, & the end of the Pirates.

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Thanks Dave :thumbup:

 

AMAZING to see Hurts top 5 on pre-orders. Do you think they could go top 20 officially?

No, Tom I don't. :puke2:

Nice to see the Manic Street Preachers in the Pre-Release chart, what are the chances of debuting at #1 and bricking it the week after.

 

And I've just finished reading the #2 book by Stieg Larsson, awesome, I recommend this book.

Taio Cruz might be no. 1 on the Pre-Release chart but I suspect Olly Murs will sell more copies the following week and seems like a foregone conclusion 'Please Don't Let Me Go' will be UK #1 in a fortnights time.

 

Nice to see the Manic Street Preachers in the Pre-Release chart, what are the chances of debuting at #1 and bricking it the week after.

 

Very very slim. Having heard the Manics new track, I personally think the song will be lucky to go low top 10.

based on those pre-orders:

 

23rd: Taio Cruz- Dynamite

30th: Olly Murs- Please Dont Let Me Go :o (more likely Katy Perry though)

6th: Alexandra Burke- Start Without You

13th: Manic Street Preachers- Its Not War, Just The End of Love :o (could not though as they are mainly a physical act)

 

either way, the one weekers wont be stopping any time soon

 

Thanks as always Dave- great at OMG finally leaving the chart, although shocked Train and Shakira are climbing back

 

and :cry: at Chase and Status- another great number 11 that deserved top 10

 

 

 

 

I've just started the 2nd "The Girl..." book. I was gonna watch the first movie this week, but then I read that it contains parts of book #2 and that I should read book 2 first so I don't get it spoiled :(

Well, looks like C&S are gonna join the list of #11s that should have gone top 10 :(

 

I think the new Manics single will do about the same as Morrissey's I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris (#21)

Olly Murs will not go to #1. More likely Katy Perry will. I really do think she will score a chart double.
Olly Murs will not go to #1. More likely Katy Perry will. I really do think she will score a chart double.

 

Are the single and album being released on the same day?

 

That'll seriously hinder Teenage Dream (the singles)'s chart success... I think Olly Murs could get it :P

 

Then again, Olly isn't R1 playlisted :o But I think he can do pretty well anyway, like The Wanted.

Dave Edmunds doing his usual thing though...nicking someone elses song. In this case Elvis Costello. Never a fan of Mr Edmunds, myself. Did Shakin' Stevens take over Dave's job later? Well he always did other people's songs too, & came from Wales as well! :teresa:

 

Of course Dave produced the Sunsets back in the 60s and was back doing the same for Shaky on his own in the mid 80s. The Sunsets were due to release I Hear You Knockin' but Dave beat them to it. Shaky did a version on his 2007 album Now Listen which also by coincidence featured an Elvis (Costello) cover - Pump It Up!

 

Iron Maiden No. 1 album! :thumbup:

 

Might actually listen to the chart show this Sunday if they play a song from the No. 1 album...do they still do that? And what point in the chart rundown do they do the albums?

Also believe Olly Murs could outsell Katy Perry. If Diana Vickers first single was number 1 why not Olly Murs?
Kylie still top 10 in the phyisicals is great, EastEnders is top of the ratings again and Brandon Flowers is the number 1 pre album, so im well happy with all this and thank you for posting.
Also believe Olly Murs could outsell Katy Perry. If Diana Vickers first single was number 1 why not Olly Murs?

I love both, but I'd prefer TD at number 1. I think Olly will do it tho :o

Also believe Olly Murs could outsell Katy Perry. If Diana Vickers first single was number 1 why not Olly Murs?

I love both, but I'd prefer TD at number 1. I think Olly will do it tho :o

I really hope Olly does it. I just find Katy sooo overrated.

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