Posted August 12, 201212 yr Yes, this week, EP tracks enter the chart! It's just like the 60's! Pet Shop Boys Winner single has gone on release, 4 tracks downloaded for £1.50 bargain, and 2 of them are better than the pleasant A side! Straight in at my number 1 & 2 there's a fab exciting guitar-riffed dance track, complete with 60's horror movie wailings in the mix, and a tribute to the late Robin Gibb, a rarely-covered Bee Gees song that is one of the Gibbs best. Ironically Bee Gees are also in my Top 10. Train fail again to get to my Number 1 and the Elbow olympic theme used by the BBC throughout the last 2 weeks makes my top 10. I think no-one realises it's Elbow cos it hasnt sold at all... Elsewhere plenty of big jumpers from the likes of Pink, fun, Of Moncters & Men, 1 1 1 A CERTAIN "JE NE SAIS QUOI" Pet Shop Boys 170000 2 2 1 I STARTED A JOKE Pet Shop Boys 115000 3 2 12 50 WAYS TO SAY GOODBYE Train 669500 4 1 5 UNDER THE WESTWAY Blur 303000 5 5 8 BABY COME HOME Scissor Sisters 353100 6 6 5 FOREIGN FIELDS Elton John vs Pnau 172800 7 1 42 PRINCESS OF CHINA Coldplay/ Rihanna 3086400 8 7 6 WIDE AWAKE Katy Perry 206600 9 9 11 STAYIN' ALIVE The Bee Gees 241850 10 10 2 FIRST STEPS Elbow 59100 11 1 8 SAD Elton John vs Pnau 734000 12 5 6 THAT GIRL Noisettes 274000 13 4 6 WINNER Pet Shop Boys 251000 14 14 12 A HORSE WITH NO NAME America 245250 15 15 2 PHOENIX Elton John vs Pnau 54000 16 16 4 BLOW ME (ONE LAST KISS) P!nk 43600 17 17 2 A LITTLE TALKS Of Monsters And Men 40400 18 18 3 SPRINGSTEEN Eric Church 44300 19 4 9 BLACK HEART StooShe 297600 20 20 9 OUR HOUSE Madness 122750 21 9 7 SPECTRUM (SAY MY NAME) Florence & The Machine 232750 22 1 15 SOLDIERS Abba 797250 23 4 12 WHEN THEY FIGHT, THEY FIGHT The Generationals 500750 24 3 12 RESCUE ME Gemma Ray 783000 25 19 4 TRAVELIN' BOY Rumer 77250 26 10 6 NATIONAL ANTHEM Lana Del Rey 153100 27 27 4 TURN UP THE RADIO Madonna 63200 28 28 1 COME TOGETHER The Arctic Monkeys 18300 29 13 6 SURVIVAL Muse 123200 30 30 14 VENUS Shocking Blue 190550 31 31 3 SOME NIGHTS fun. 31500 32 3 20 DRIVE BY Train 687250 33 33 6 WHITE LIGHT George Michael 75900 34 13 11 CHASING THE SUN The Wanted 204450 35 20 2 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Walk Off The Earth 37500 36 6 14 PAYPHONE Maroon 5/ Wiz Khalifa 375750 37 37 2 INVINCIBLE Lemar 24100 38 25 7 SCREAM Usher 85600 39 39 2 LAURA Bat For Lashes 23100 40 40 5 SOVEREIGN LIGHT CAFE Keane 50800 41 1 22 ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART Cilla Black 748200 42 1 11 ANOTHER DAY Paul McCartney 606000 43 14 6 POUND THE ALARM Nicki Minaj 116750 44 27 4 VEGAS GIRL Conor Maynard 55650 45 45 14 I DON'T WANT TO KNOW Fleetwood Mac 125900 46 24 4 I CAN ONLY IMAGINE David Guetta/Chris Brown/ Lil Wayne 59850 47 47 3 WE'LL BE COMING BACK Calvin Harris/ Example 24700 48 1 29 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Gotye/Kimbra 1569300 49 4 16 TOO CLOSE Alex Clare 424800 50 50 6 UNFINISHED SYMPATHY Massive Attack 43500 51 1 39 I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Aretha Franklin 1374100 52 1 15 SHOULD I LAUGH OR CRY Abba 613550 53 53 2 SHE'S SO MEAN Matchbox 20 18350 54 29 4 POWER & CONTROL Marina & The Diamonds 61150 55 7 14 SILHOUETTES Avicii/ Salem Al Fakir 376700 56 1 39 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER Simon & Garfunkel 1300300 57 57 3 DREAMER Rizzle Kicks 31000 58 58 4 30 MINUTE LOVE AFFAIR Paloma Faith 29000 59 1 83 BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 1882750 60 1 63 GOD ONLY KNOWS The Beach Boys 1539450 61 19 6 NO CHURCH IN THE WILD Jay-Z/ Kanye West/ Frank Ocean 85500 62 4 20 ONLY THE LONELY Roy Orbison 521350 63 63 1 UNDER THE SUN Cheryl 7200 64 5 18 CALL ME MAYBE Carly Rae Jepson 502500 65 65 3 SLEEP ALONE Two Door Cinema Club 21000 66 66 1 HEROES David Bowie 6800 67 67 1 WINNER Noisettes 6600 68 1 22 IF IT WASN'T FOR THE NIGHTS Abba 700400 69 9 9 BREAKING DOWN Florence & The Machine 220200 70 55 3 GOOD TIMES Owl City/ Carly Rae Jepson 27400 71 71 2 BOTH OF US B.O.B./ Taylor Swift 11600 72 72 1 (I'M NOT YOUR) STEPPIN' STONE The Monkees 5600 73 50 3 THE WINNER Status Quo 24000 74 19 5 RUNAWAYS The Killers 75750 75 75 1 TUBULAR BELLS Mike Oldfield 5000
August 12, 201212 yr Hi John 1 1 1 A CERTAIN "JE NE SAIS QUOI" Pet Shop Boys 170000 2 2 1 I STARTED A JOKE Pet Shop Boys 115000 4 1 5 UNDER THE WESTWAY Blur 303000 6 6 5 FOREIGN FIELDS Elton John vs Pnau 172800 7 1 42 PRINCESS OF CHINA Coldplay/ Rihanna 3086400 8 7 6 WIDE AWAKE Katy Perry 206600 10 10 2 FIRST STEPS Elbow 59100 11 1 8 SAD Elton John vs Pnau 734000 13 4 6 WINNER Pet Shop Boys 251000 16 16 4 BLOW ME (ONE LAST KISS) P!nk 43600 17 17 2 A LITTLE TALKS Of Monsters And Men 40400 20 20 9 OUR HOUSE Madness 122750 21 9 7 SPECTRUM (SAY MY NAME) Florence & The Machine 232750 25 19 4 TRAVELIN' BOY Rumer 77250 26 10 6 NATIONAL ANTHEM Lana Del Rey 153100 27 27 4 TURN UP THE RADIO Madonna 63200 28 28 1 COME TOGETHER The Arctic Monkeys 18300 29 13 6 SURVIVAL Muse 123200 31 31 3 SOME NIGHTS fun. 31500 33 33 6 WHITE LIGHT George Michael 75900 35 20 2 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Walk Off The Earth 37500 36 6 14 PAYPHONE Maroon 5/ Wiz Khalifa 375750 39 39 2 LAURA Bat For Lashes 23100 45 45 14 I DON'T WANT TO KNOW Fleetwood Mac 125900 47 47 3 WE'LL BE COMING BACK Calvin Harris/ Example 24700 48 1 29 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Gotye/Kimbra 1569300 49 4 16 TOO CLOSE Alex Clare 424800 50 50 6 UNFINISHED SYMPATHY Massive Attack 43500 :heart: Pure class 51 1 39 I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Aretha Franklin 1374100 52 1 15 SHOULD I LAUGH OR CRY Abba 613550 54 29 4 POWER & CONTROL Marina & The Diamonds 61150 55 7 14 SILHOUETTES Avicii/ Salem Al Fakir 376700 58 58 4 30 MINUTE LOVE AFFAIR Paloma Faith 29000 59 1 83 BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 1882750 65 65 3 SLEEP ALONE Two Door Cinema Club 21000 69 9 9 BREAKING DOWN Florence & The Machine 220200 70 55 3 GOOD TIMES Owl City/ Carly Rae Jepson 27400 74 19 5 RUNAWAYS The Killers 75750
August 12, 201212 yr 7 1 42 PRINCESS OF CHINA Coldplay/ Rihanna 3086400 17 17 2 A LITTLE TALKS Of Monsters And Men 40400 21 9 7 SPECTRUM (SAY MY NAME) Florence & The Machine 232750 26 10 6 NATIONAL ANTHEM Lana Del Rey 153100 28 28 1 COME TOGETHER The Arctic Monkeys 18300 31 31 3 SOME NIGHTS fun. 31500 34 13 11 CHASING THE SUN The Wanted 204450 35 20 2 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Walk Off The Earth 37500 38 25 7 SCREAM Usher 85600 39 39 2 LAURA Bat For Lashes 23100 48 1 29 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Gotye/Kimbra 1569300 49 4 16 TOO CLOSE Alex Clare 424800 51 1 39 I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Aretha Franklin 1374100 61 19 6 NO CHURCH IN THE WILD Jay-Z/ Kanye West/ Frank Ocean 85500 64 5 18 CALL ME MAYBE Carly Rae Jepson 502500 65 65 3 SLEEP ALONE Two Door Cinema Club 21000 74 19 5 RUNAWAYS The Killers 75750 Great chart!
August 13, 201212 yr Hi John 3 2 12 50 WAYS TO SAY GOODBYE Train 669500 4 1 5 UNDER THE WESTWAY Blur 303000 5 5 8 BABY COME HOME Scissor Sisters 353100 6 6 5 FOREIGN FIELDS Elton John vs Pnau 172800 7 1 42 PRINCESS OF CHINA Coldplay/ Rihanna 3086400 8 7 6 WIDE AWAKE Katy Perry 206600 9 9 11 STAYIN' ALIVE The Bee Gees 241850 10 10 2 FIRST STEPS Elbow 59100 11 1 8 SAD Elton John vs Pnau 734000 13 4 6 WINNER Pet Shop Boys 251000 15 15 2 PHOENIX Elton John vs Pnau 54000 16 16 4 BLOW ME (ONE LAST KISS) P!nk 43600 17 17 2 A LITTLE TALKS Of Monsters And Men 40400 19 4 9 BLACK HEART StooShe 297600 20 20 9 OUR HOUSE Madness 122750 21 9 7 SPECTRUM (SAY MY NAME) Florence & The Machine 232750 26 10 6 NATIONAL ANTHEM Lana Del Rey 153100 28 28 1 COME TOGETHER The Arctic Monkeys 18300 29 13 6 SURVIVAL Muse 123200 31 31 3 SOME NIGHTS fun. 31500 32 3 20 DRIVE BY Train 687250 33 33 6 WHITE LIGHT George Michael 75900 34 13 11 CHASING THE SUN The Wanted 204450 35 20 2 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Walk Off The Earth 37500 36 6 14 PAYPHONE Maroon 5/ Wiz Khalifa 375750 37 37 2 INVINCIBLE Lemar 24100 38 25 7 SCREAM Usher 85600 39 39 2 LAURA Bat For Lashes 23100 43 14 6 POUND THE ALARM Nicki Minaj 116750 44 27 4 VEGAS GIRL Conor Maynard 55650 46 24 4 I CAN ONLY IMAGINE David Guetta/Chris Brown/ Lil Wayne 59850 47 47 3 WE'LL BE COMING BACK Calvin Harris/ Example 24700 48 1 29 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Gotye/Kimbra 1569300 49 4 16 TOO CLOSE Alex Clare 424800 50 50 6 UNFINISHED SYMPATHY Massive Attack 43500 51 1 39 I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Aretha Franklin 1374100 54 29 4 POWER & CONTROL Marina & The Diamonds 61150 55 7 14 SILHOUETTES Avicii/ Salem Al Fakir 376700 56 1 39 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER Simon & Garfunkel 1300300 57 57 3 DREAMER Rizzle Kicks 31000 58 58 4 30 MINUTE LOVE AFFAIR Paloma Faith 29000 59 1 83 BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 1882750 60 1 63 GOD ONLY KNOWS The Beach Boys 1539450 61 19 6 NO CHURCH IN THE WILD Jay-Z/ Kanye West/ Frank Ocean 85500 62 4 20 ONLY THE LONELY Roy Orbison 521350 63 63 1 UNDER THE SUN Cheryl 7200 64 5 18 CALL ME MAYBE Carly Rae Jepson 502500 66 66 1 HEROES David Bowie 6800 67 67 1 WINNER Noisettes 6600 69 9 9 BREAKING DOWN Florence & The Machine 220200 70 55 3 GOOD TIMES Owl City/ Carly Rae Jepson 27400 71 71 2 BOTH OF US B.O.B./ Taylor Swift 11600 74 19 5 RUNAWAYS The Killers 75750 75 75 1 TUBULAR BELLS Mike Oldfield 5000 Great Chart! :)
August 13, 201212 yr Hi John My faves from the top 40: 1 1 1 A CERTAIN "JE NE SAIS QUOI" Pet Shop Boys 170000 Actually don't know this. I thought it was Kylie's Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi :lol: 3 2 12 50 WAYS TO SAY GOODBYE Train 669500 4 1 5 UNDER THE WESTWAY Blur 303000 5 5 8 BABY COME HOME Scissor Sisters 353100 6 6 5 FOREIGN FIELDS Elton John vs Pnau 172800 7 1 42 PRINCESS OF CHINA Coldplay/ Rihanna 3086400 8 7 6 WIDE AWAKE Katy Perry 206600 9 9 11 STAYIN' ALIVE The Bee Gees 241850 Oh! A pop classic here! Is this your favorite Bee Gees song of all time? 10 10 2 FIRST STEPS Elbow 59100 11 1 8 SAD Elton John vs Pnau 734000 13 4 6 WINNER Pet Shop Boys 251000 16 16 4 BLOW ME (ONE LAST KISS) P!nk 43600 :wub: 17 17 2 A LITTLE TALKS Of Monsters And Men 40400 19 4 9 BLACK HEART StooShe 297600 20 20 9 OUR HOUSE Madness 122750 21 9 7 SPECTRUM (SAY MY NAME) Florence & The Machine 232750 26 10 6 NATIONAL ANTHEM Lana Del Rey 153100 29 13 6 SURVIVAL Muse 123200 31 31 3 SOME NIGHTS fun. 31500 32 3 20 DRIVE BY Train 687250 34 13 11 CHASING THE SUN The Wanted 204450 35 20 2 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Walk Off The Earth 37500 36 6 14 PAYPHONE Maroon 5/ Wiz Khalifa 375750 38 25 7 SCREAM Usher 85600 39 39 2 LAURA Bat For Lashes 23100 40 40 5 SOVEREIGN LIGHT CAFE Keane 50800 Great chart! :D
August 14, 201212 yr Author Hi John My faves from the top 40: 1 1 1 A CERTAIN "JE NE SAIS QUOI" Pet Shop Boys 170000 Actually don't know this. I thought it was Kylie's Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi :lol: 3 2 12 50 WAYS TO SAY GOODBYE Train 669500 4 1 5 UNDER THE WESTWAY Blur 303000 5 5 8 BABY COME HOME Scissor Sisters 353100 6 6 5 FOREIGN FIELDS Elton John vs Pnau 172800 7 1 42 PRINCESS OF CHINA Coldplay/ Rihanna 3086400 8 7 6 WIDE AWAKE Katy Perry 206600 9 9 11 STAYIN' ALIVE The Bee Gees 241850 Oh! A pop classic here! Is this your favorite Bee Gees song of all time? 10 10 2 FIRST STEPS Elbow 59100 11 1 8 SAD Elton John vs Pnau 734000 13 4 6 WINNER Pet Shop Boys 251000 16 16 4 BLOW ME (ONE LAST KISS) P!nk 43600 :wub: 17 17 2 A LITTLE TALKS Of Monsters And Men 40400 19 4 9 BLACK HEART StooShe 297600 20 20 9 OUR HOUSE Madness 122750 21 9 7 SPECTRUM (SAY MY NAME) Florence & The Machine 232750 26 10 6 NATIONAL ANTHEM Lana Del Rey 153100 29 13 6 SURVIVAL Muse 123200 31 31 3 SOME NIGHTS fun. 31500 32 3 20 DRIVE BY Train 687250 34 13 11 CHASING THE SUN The Wanted 204450 35 20 2 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Walk Off The Earth 37500 36 6 14 PAYPHONE Maroon 5/ Wiz Khalifa 375750 38 25 7 SCREAM Usher 85600 39 39 2 LAURA Bat For Lashes 23100 40 40 5 SOVEREIGN LIGHT CAFE Keane 50800 Great chart! :D Hi Jason, thanks for the comments!:) The Pet Shop Boys title sounds like it should be a Kylie cover - actually the first Kylie early hit that I really liked a lot, so not a bad thing:) The Bee Gees is a pop classic that I underestimated at the time (it "only" made no.2 in mycharts) though there are probably at least a dozen Bee Gees tracks I love more. I was a fan right from Massachussets really, my young mum n dad bought some of their records in the late 60's:) Stayin Alive is charted cos it made the Official Charts Company Top 40 the other week (so I allow some oldies in if they chart!) cheers! john
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