Posted August 19, 201213 yr There a lot of fans of modern divas on buzzjack, but thanks to the Olympics it's either a 5th Number One (or 4th if remixes count as returns to number one) for goddess Kate Bush. In terms of the greatest British female acts of all-time, Kate ranks Top 3, possibly the greatest female songwriter. No offence to all the modern pretenders to the throne, of course, some very good British singers over the years and the greatest modern challenger as an interpreter of song (and writer) the late great Amy Winehouse, but the greatest vocalist there has ever been (female) is Dusty Springfield. Kate's not technically as brilliant a vocalist but she has written epic Number Ones in my chart like Wuthering Heights, Hounds Of Love, This Woman's Work and returning to Number One for the first time since 1985...see below! Coldplay/Rihanna has just passed a few more in my all-time chartpoints list to get the biggest total since Billie Jean in 1983. It's the greatest single of the 21st Century so far. Feel free to quote that back to me in the unlikely event it's been forgotten in 20 years. I'm generally pretty good at spotting records that will pass the test of time, had 50 years practice at it. Honest. I first went mad on pop music age 5, 1963, and Ive been mad on it ever since. When older folks my age, or 40 or 30 or 25 start saying "music's not as good as it was back in my day" I point out everyone loves music most in their teen years. It's still great look at some of the fab records in this weeks chart, even with the oldies ignored. Records shooting up my chart this week: Killers, Fun, Muse, Of Monsters And Men, and a high new entry from Mika with a promising comeback newie... 1 1 1 RUNNING UP THAT HILL (MAKE A DEAL WITH GOD REMIX) Kate Bush 145000 2 2 2 I STARTED A JOKE Pet Shop Boys 230000 3 1 2 A CERTAIN "JE NE SAIS QUOI" Pet Shop Boys 255000 4 4 3 LITTLE TALKS Of Monsters And Men 105400 5 5 6 FOREIGN FIELDS Elton John vs Pnau 232800 6 1 43 PRINCESS OF CHINA Coldplay/ Rihanna 3141400 7 7 7 SURVIVAL Muse 173200 8 1 6 UNDER THE WESTWAY Blur 351000 9 9 12 STAYIN' ALIVE The Bee Gees 286850 10 10 6 RUNAWAYS The Killers 117750 11 5 9 BABY COME HOME Scissor Sisters 390100 12 12 5 BLOW ME (ONE LAST KISS) P!nk 78600 13 2 13 50 WAYS TO SAY GOODBYE Train 701500 14 14 13 A HORSE WITH NO NAME America 274250 15 15 4 SOME NIGHTS fun. 58500 16 1 9 SAD Elton John vs Pnau 759000 17 17 5 TRAVELIN' BOY Rumer 100250 18 18 10 OUR HOUSE Madness 144750 19 7 7 WIDE AWAKE Katy Perry 227600 20 10 3 FIRST STEPS Elbow 79100 21 4 13 WHEN THEY FIGHT, THEY FIGHT The Generationals 520500 22 4 7 WINNER Pet Shop Boys 270500 23 5 7 THAT GIRL Noisettes 293250 24 24 1 WATERLOO SUNSET The Kinks 19000 25 15 3 PHOENIX Elton John vs Pnau 72750 26 26 1 CELEBRATE Mika/Pharrell Williams 18500 27 27 7 WHITE LIGHT George Michael 94300 28 18 4 SPRINGSTEEN Eric Church 62600 29 1 16 SOLDIERS Abba 815450 30 30 15 VENUS Shocking Blue 208550 31 28 2 COME TOGETHER The Arctic Monkeys 36200 32 32 3 INVINCIBLE Lemar 41900 33 3 13 RESCUE ME Gemma Ray 800700 34 3 21 DRIVE BY Train 704850 35 4 10 BLACK HEART StooShe 315100 36 9 8 SPECTRUM (SAY MY NAME) Florence & The Machine 250150 37 27 5 TURN UP THE RADIO Madonna 80500 38 38 1 ONE DAY LIKE THIS Elbow 17200 39 39 3 LAURA Bat For Lashes 40200 40 40 1 IMAGINE John Lennon 17000 41 1 23 ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART Cilla Black 762200 42 1 12 ANOTHER DAY Paul McCartney 619750 43 10 7 NATIONAL ANTHEM Lana Del Rey 166600 44 6 15 PAYPHONE Maroon 5/ Wiz Khalifa 389000 45 45 15 I DON'T WANT TO KNOW Fleetwood Mac 138900 46 46 4 WE'LL BE COMING BACK Calvin Harris/ Example 37450 47 47 7 UNFINISHED SYMPATHY Massive Attack 56000 48 48 1 THE WAY THROUGH THE WOODS Pet Shop Boys 12300 49 25 8 SCREAM Usher 97700 50 13 12 CHASING THE SUN The Wanted 216450 51 1 40 I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Aretha Franklin 1385850 52 1 30 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Gotye/Kimbra 1580800 53 53 3 SHE'S SO MEAN Matchbox 20 29600 54 1 16 SHOULD I LAUGH OR CRY Abba 624550 55 4 17 TOO CLOSE Alex Clare 435600 56 56 5 30 MINUTE LOVE AFFAIR Paloma Faith 39600 57 40 6 SOVEREIGN LIGHT CAFE Keane 61200 58 1 64 GOD ONLY KNOWS The Beach Boys 1549650 59 1 84 BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 1892850 60 1 40 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER Simon & Garfunkel 1310300 61 7 15 SILHOUETTES Avicii/ Salem Al Fakir 384200 62 62 2 HEROES David Bowie 14200 63 63 2 UNDER THE SUN Cheryl 14400 64 27 5 VEGAS GIRL Conor Maynard 62750 65 14 7 POUND THE ALARM Nicki Minaj 123750 66 66 2 (I'M NOT YOUR) STEPPIN' STONE The Monkees 12400 67 5 19 CALL ME MAYBE Carly Rae Jepson 509100 68 68 1 READ ALL ABOUT IT PART 3 Emelie Sande 6400 69 20 3 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Walk Off The Earth 43700 70 70 2 TUBULAR BELLS Mike Oldfield 11000 71 24 5 I CAN ONLY IMAGINE David Guetta/Chris Brown/ Lil Wayne 65650 72 72 1 BACK TO LIFE Soul II Soul/ Caron Wheeler 5600 73 73 1 HEATWAVE Wiley/ Rhymez/ Ms D 5400 74 74 1 TAKING OVER ME Lawson 5200 75 75 1 HELTER SKELTER The Beatles 5000 Edited August 19, 201213 yr by popchartfreak
August 19, 201213 yr Hi John 1 1 RUNNING UP THAT HILL (MAKE A DEAL WITH GOD REMIX) Kate Bush 145000 2 2 2 I STARTED A JOKE Pet Shop Boys 230000 3 1 2 A CERTAIN "JE NE SAIS QUOI" Pet Shop Boys 255000 4 4 3 LITTLE TALKS Of Monsters And Men 105400 5 5 6 FOREIGN FIELDS Elton John vs Pnau 232800 6 1 43 PRINCESS OF CHINA Coldplay/ Rihanna 3141400 7 7 7 SURVIVAL Muse 173200 8 1 6 UNDER THE WESTWAY Blur 351000 10 10 6 RUNAWAYS The Killers 117750 11 5 9 BABY COME HOME Scissor Sisters 390100 12 12 5 BLOW ME (ONE LAST KISS) P!nk 78600 15 15 4 SOME NIGHTS fun. 58500 16 1 9 SAD Elton John vs Pnau 759000 17 17 5 TRAVELIN' BOY Rumer 100250 18 18 10 OUR HOUSE Madness 144750 19 7 7 WIDE AWAKE Katy Perry 227600 20 10 3 FIRST STEPS Elbow 79100 22 4 7 WINNER Pet Shop Boys 270500 24 24 1 WATERLOO SUNSET The Kinks 19000 27 27 7 WHITE LIGHT George Michael 94300 31 28 2 COME TOGETHER The Arctic Monkeys 36200 36 9 8 SPECTRUM (SAY MY NAME) Florence & The Machine 250150 37 27 5 TURN UP THE RADIO Madonna 80500 38 38 1 ONE DAY LIKE THIS Elbow 17200 39 39 3 LAURA Bat For Lashes 40200 40 40 1 IMAGINE John Lennon 17000 43 10 7 NATIONAL ANTHEM Lana Del Rey 166600 44 6 15 PAYPHONE Maroon 5/ Wiz Khalifa 389000 46 46 4 WE'LL BE COMING BACK Calvin Harris/ Example 37450 47 47 7 UNFINISHED SYMPATHY Massive Attack 56000 48 48 1 THE WAY THROUGH THE WOODS Pet Shop Boys 12300 51 1 40 I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Aretha Franklin 1385850 52 1 30 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Gotye/Kimbra 1580800 55 4 17 TOO CLOSE Alex Clare 435600 56 56 5 30 MINUTE LOVE AFFAIR Paloma Faith 39600 59 1 84 BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 1892850 62 62 2 HEROES David Bowie 14200 68 68 1 READ ALL ABOUT IT PART 3 Emelie Sande 6400 72 72 1 BACK TO LIFE Soul II Soul/ Caron Wheeler 5600 75 75 1 HELTER SKELTER The Beatles 5000 Quite a variety of tracks in there, and you must have thrown in the kitchen sink. :lol:
August 19, 201213 yr Author Quite a variety of tracks in there, and you must have thrown in the kitchen sink. :lol: ..and backatacha you highlighted quite a wide variety of tracks too! The ever-changing world of pop music is endlessly wonderful:)
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