The two Beatles records were listed alphabetically (Blackbird at #118 and I Am The Walrus at #119, both selling 2,019 copies) but that may just be a co-incidence

The two Beatles records were listed alphabetically (Blackbird at #118 and I Am The Walrus at #119, both selling 2,019 copies) but that may just be a co-incidence

When it's two songs by the same band qt 118 and 119 it doesn't really matter. However, they'd want something more satisfactory higher up the chart.

Maybe I'm just sad but I've always considered every single I've ever bought as a sort of vote. I've bought hundreds of singles over the years and there must be dozens that I've never played or else played once that evening when I got in (or these days offline) and not again. I would definitely have bought more copies of Foundations that particular week had I known that it was that close. And I did buy Rage without knowing If I'd like it (I did although it was a bit sweary for my normal tastes) and about seven or eight copies of Bird Is The Word, some through gifting (I still don't believe the final placing and sales info for that BTW). I have also withheld my purchases of some singles if there was something else I wanted to get to number 1 and I knew the week would be relatively close. Oh and I bought James Blunt's You're beautiful on several different weeks as it was getting exciting willing it up the chart every week and trying to get it to number 1.

I don't like the 'one person can't make any difference' attitude as if we all thought that noone would buy any legal singles or do anything much. While I thiink of it how many times has the Chart Update had a different number one to the final chart? Wonder if the public announcement of placings on a weds has increased tactical buying generally and ended up changing the outcome in any given weeks?

Maybe I'm just sad but I've always considered every single I've ever bought as a sort of vote. I've bought hundreds of singles over the years and there must be dozens that I've never played or else played once that evening when I got in (or these days offline) and not again.

 

Back in the vinyl era, I rarely, if ever played B-sides of singles I bought.