I remember making a thread about this two years ago, but I can't be bothered bumping it so I might have missed some that were also Top 10.

 

#3 The Trashmen - Surfing Bird [to #41]

#4 Delirious? - History Maker/s [to #61]

#5 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy [due to some rule change back in 2006, it then got disqualified [?]]

#8 Geraldine - Once Upon A Christmas Song [to #55]

 

So this is telling me 2 "campaign-powered" tracks this year are the ones making the record? :lol: RATM 'Killing In The Name' almost did that, luckily they dropped to #40 from #2, but they still achieved something (biggest drop inside the Top 40)! :lol:

 

And what are the other few songs that are not Christmas, charity, used for campaign or disqualified eventually that dropped from high areas of the Top 40?

Edited December 26, 201014 yr by FM11

Cliff Richard's "21st Century Christmas"

 

2-7-43-OUT

 

OK, it is Christmas related, but it's still remarkable.

 

"Come Play with Me" by Wedding Present

 

10-65-OUT

 

(though that was limited edition)

Edited December 26, 201014 yr by Manticore

Weightless by Wet Wet Wet went from 10-OUT. The only reason it charted at all was because of some ringtone purchase made en masse by fans.

I think with the Gnarls Barkley song, they decided to stop distributing it because it was too popular, hence why it dropped out the chart so suddenly (as all the shops went out of stock eventually, I suppose). I might be wrong though.

 

Gosh, that must be dreadful having to stop selling a song because it's so popular. :lol:

I'd forgotten about Wet Wet Wet - that's a good example.

 

A few more:

 

Pet Shop Boys' "A Red Letter Day": 9-42-62-OUT

Embrace's "My Weakness is None of Your Business": 9-44-69-73-OUT

Super Furry Animals' "Ice Hockey Hair": 12-41-60-OUT

Chemical Brothers' "Loops of Fury": 13-OUT

Edited December 26, 201014 yr by Manticore

I think with the Gnarls Barkley song, they decided to stop distributing it because it was too popular, hence why it dropped out the chart so suddenly (as all the shops went out of stock eventually, I suppose). I might be wrong though.

 

Gosh, that must be dreadful having to stop selling a song because it's so popular. :lol:

I checked the Wikipedia page for the song, I see the rule was that the song can't stay in the chart longer than 2 weeks without distributing physicals of it (if that makes sense). Oh, dear. :lol:

I bought the Delirious one because it was number one on amazon, I was completely unaware of a campaign till afterwards, and as yet I've never listened to it due to it apparently being christian music for easter.

The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York 6-OUT

Emma's Imagination - Focus 7-53

Tine Turner - The Best 9-63

I checked the Wikipedia page for the song, I see the rule was that the song can't stay in the chart longer than 2 weeks without distributing physicals of it (if that makes sense). Oh, dear. :lol:

 

Your explanation does - but that chart rule never did... :(

Your explanation does - but that chart rule never did... :(

 

The chart rules of 2006 made a mockery of the UK charts. January 2007 was the turning point - those rules should've just been implemented in Spring 2006 instead. Gnarls Barkley might've had 10 weeks at no. 1, then Nelly Furtado 'Maneater' without that ghastly Sandi Thom "song" hogging the top spot for one week. ** shudders **

Emma's Imagination - Focus 7-53

Tine Turner - The Best 9-63

Oh, I forgot about these actually especially the Tina Turner one which I actually never knew why it charted (I was on holiday).

Did they stop selling Crazy, or could you still download it but it not chart eligible (awful chart rule), and didn't they have to stop selling Wet Wet Wet "Love Is All Around" for the same reason (being too popular)? I don't really no I wasn't old enough to follow the charts back then.

Oh, I forgot about these actually especially the Tina Turner one which I actually never knew why it charted (I was on holiday).

 

It was a campaign from Tottenham's football fans, I think it was an anniversary of some sort which provoked it? :unsure:

Oh, I forgot about these actually especially the Tina Turner one which I actually never knew why it charted (I was on holiday).

 

It was a campaign from Tottenham's football fans, I think it was an anniversary of some sort which provoked it? :unsure:

Did they stop selling Crazy, or could you still download it but it not chart eligible (awful chart rule), and didn't they have to stop selling Wet Wet Wet "Love Is All Around" for the same reason (being too popular)? I don't really no I wasn't old enough to follow the charts back then.

It was still available to download but songs were excluded from the chart two weeks after the physical was deleted regardless of how many download sales there were.

It was a campaign from Tottenham's football fans, I think it was an anniversary of some sort which provoked it? :unsure:

 

It was from Rangers fans to "celebrate" getting one over on Celtic. Celtic fans tried to start their own campaign by getting "You'll Never Walk Alone" into the chart (which I didn't realize was a Celtic song, perhaps it was revenge against Liverpool for using "Fields of Athenry" in its campaign a year earlier). It was a ridiculous campaign on both sides fueled by borderline sectarianism rather than a love of music, which is what the chart should be about.

 

/rant.

Did they stop selling Crazy, or could you still download it but it not chart eligible (awful chart rule), and didn't they have to stop selling Wet Wet Wet "Love Is All Around" for the same reason (being too popular)? I don't really no I wasn't old enough to follow the charts back then.

 

With Crazy, I'm not 100% sure, as I wasn't fully aware of chart mechanics, etc. back then, I just listened to the music :lol:, but I think they stopped distributing the physicals, but they still sold the digitals. My understanding is, that they stopped distributing the phyicals, but obviously, the shops still had some left, so it kept selling for a couple more weeks (but not quite enough to remain at #1, as shops started selling out). The week after it was #5, all the shops had finally run out of the physicals, so since no physicals were bought, the song didn't chart? Or something like that?

Edited December 26, 201014 yr by Eric_Blob

It was still available to download but songs were excluded from the chart two weeks after the physical was deleted regardless of how many download sales there were.

 

Crazy, Maneater and The Automatic's Monster which were effected did reappear in the first all legal downloads allowed top 40 in January 2007.

Edited December 26, 201014 yr by zenon

Crazy, Maneater and The Automatic's Monster which were effected did reappear in the first all legal downloads allowed top 40 in January 2007.

And, of course, Chasing Cars :lol:

Did they stop selling Crazy, or could you still download it but it not chart eligible

 

On the first week it became ineligible to chart, it was still #10 on downloads - though at the time that meant far fewer sales than it now would.