I'm surprised Whistle is already in the YTD top 10. It's done well, but its chart run doesn't look THAT massive, compared to some of what we get these days.

Recap 40-31:

 

31 30 22 Fun. Feat. Janelle Monáe We Are Young

32 31 14 Flo Rida Whistle

33 23 18 Rita Ora Feat. Tinie Tempah R.I.P.

34 34 11 Chris Brown Don't Wake Me Up

35 32 05 Redlight Lost In Your Love

36 169 02 Professor Green Feat. Sierra Kusterbeck Avalon

37 33 04 Porter Robinson Language

38 17 02 Fazer Killer

39 NE 01 The Vaccines Teenage Icon

40 35 11 will.i.am Feat. Eva Simons This Is Love

Silly me, 'We Are Young' was only at #31 on Wednesday - so it's held strong all week. Anyway, 22-weeks straight now and still sounding incredible. Good on 'em.

I heard We Are Young on the school bus a couple of days ago, and fell in love with it again! :wub: One of my favourites of the year.

I cannot hear this song without thinking of the Eagle Eyed Cherry song. It's one of his more tolerable songs though.

 

Wait, what? Does Whistle actually sample Save Tonight? Considering that was basically my fav song of 1998, I would have thought it would be better.

It does make you realise how many great #1 singles there have been this year in comparison to others. We Are Young, Paradise, Somebody that I Used to Know, Call Me Maybe...

I heard We Are Young on the school bus a couple of days ago, and fell in love with it again! :wub: One of my favourites of the year.

 

Back when I was at school I'd hear stuff like The Kooks and Razorlight on the bus. :lol:

I'm surprised Whistle is already in the YTD top 10. It's done well, but its chart run doesn't look THAT massive, compared to some of what we get these days.

 

Perhaps it's because it's dropped quite quickly after leaving the Top 10, so it gives the illusion that its sales don't quite represent its chart run.

It does make you realise how many great #1 singles there have been this year in comparison to others. We Are Young, Paradise, Somebody that I Used to Know, Call Me Maybe...

Yes I agree - upto 2011 there have been some crackers (add Titanium too obvs).

'We Are Young' one of my favourite #1's of the year. By the way is Janelle Monae going to be releasing anything here any time soon?

 

My Top5 2012 #1's

1) Titanium

2) We Are Young

3) Spectrum (Say My Name)

4) Payphone

5) R.I.P

 

Edited September 9, 201213 yr by kenukcsfant2012

Wait, what? Does Whistle actually sample Save Tonight? Considering that was basically my fav song of 1998, I would have thought it would be better.

 

Flo Rida sampled basically my favourite song from 1998 (or around that time) in Sugar. :lol:

30 (from 28) Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe [D]

 

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/418FAjwM5bL._AA115_.jpg

 

Chart Run: 1-1-1-1-2-3-3-3-5-7-10-8-11-11-12-13-13-15-16-20-27-28-30 [23 wks]

 

Release date: 01-04-2012

Format: download only track

Label: School Boy/Interscope Records

 

Video here:

 

download track listing

1. Call Me Maybe

2. Both Sides Now

3. Talk To Me

4. Call Me Maybe (Instrumental)

 

Chart history (Year peak title):

 

2012 01 Call Me Maybe -1-

2012 05 Good Time (Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen) -2-

 

Discussion Thread Here

We Are Young seemed a bit out of place compared to the other songs when Scott was doing a 40-31 recap.

30 (from 28) Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe [D]

 

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/418FAjwM5bL._AA115_.jpg

 

Chart Run: 1-1-1-1-2-3-3-3-5-7-10-8-11-11-12-13-13-15-16-20-27-28-30 [23 wks]

 

Release date: 01-04-2012

Format: download only track

Label: School Boy/Interscope Records

 

Video here:

 

download track listing

1. Call Me Maybe

2. Both Sides Now

3. Talk To Me

4. Call Me Maybe (Instrumental)

 

Chart history (Year peak title):

 

2012 01 Call Me Maybe -1-

2012 05 Good Time (Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen) -2-

 

Discussion Thread Here

Guess every teenage girl who is in love haven't yet bought this.

Edited September 9, 201213 yr by kenukcsfant2012

Wait, what? Does Whistle actually sample Save Tonight? Considering that was basically my fav song of 1998, I would have thought it would be better.

 

It uses the same chord progression: Am/F/C/G. Also used in The Passenger by Iggy Pop, 9 Crimes by Damien Rice, and Alone by Heart.

It does make you realise how many great #1 singles there have been this year in comparison to others. We Are Young, Paradise, Somebody that I Used to Know, Call Me Maybe...

 

It has been a good year for #1s, true. The irony being that most of those were originally released last year :lol:

29 (from 19) Elbow - One Day Like This [P]

 

http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/1767730.JPG

 

Chart Run 2008-9: 39-44-63-xx-50-62-xx(8 wks)-35-48-39-52-70-75-xx-70-xx(13 wks)-48-70-35-40-62-68-74-xx(22 wks)-74 [20 wks]

Chart Run 2011: 64-xx(22 wks)-38-60 (3 wks)

 

Chart Run: 4-18-19-29 (4 wks)

 

Release date: 2-6-2008

Number of Discs: 1

Catalogue Number: 1767730

Label: POLYDOR

 

Formed in Manchester, U.K., in the late 1990s, this five-piece rock outfit hit big with their debut album, ASLEEP AT THE BACK. Combining socially relevant lyrics concerning the contemporary British experience with complex, passionate music, they drew comparisons with both classic rock acts of previous decades--including Pink Floyd and Talk Talk--and more contemporary bands like Radiohead, while pursuing a more mainstream path than experimentally inclined millennial bands like Sigur Ros and Godspeed You Black Emperor. - HMV

 

Video here:

 

track listing

1. One Day Like This

2. Lullaby

 

Chart history (Year peak title):

 

2001 36 Red -1-

2001 41 Powder Blue -2-

2001 42 Newborn -3-

2002 19 Asleep In The Back/Coming Second -4-

2003 19 Fallen Angel -1-

2003 44 Fugitive Motel -2-

2004 26 Not A Job -3-

2005 22 Forget Myself -1-

2005 53 Leaders Of The Free World -2-

2008 19 Grounds For Divorce -1-

2008 04 One Day Like This -2-

2012 58 Open Arms -1-

 

Album Discussion Thread Here

It uses the same chord progression: Am/F/C/G. Also used in The Passenger by Iggy Pop, 9 Crimes by Damien Rice, and Alone by Heart.

 

I would have never thought of that :o Are you a guitar player?

Guess every teenage girl who is in love haven't yet bought this.

 

I've noticed a lot of girls have Carly Rae Jepsen fringes now. :lol:

 

It's like in 2010 when suddenly a lot of them were dieing their hair red (which I assume was something to do with Hayley Williams and Rihanna :lol:).

It's been both a good year and a terrible year for number ones. The highs are much higher than usual but the lows? Jesus Christ some have been dreadful.