Posted September 9, 201212 yr Yes there are some fabulous singles about from young acts, brilliant Top 5, absolutely love them all but fun still is the most exciting record about for a 2nd week at number one. Which keeps Of Monsters & Men at 2. Pink jumps up to 3, and continues to the bridesmaid of my charts: she's been having Top 10's since 2000 in my chart but never managed higher than 3. Can she finally do it? Previous biggest hit was No.3 So What.. Which leaves big leaps and new entries from the vetarans: Sparks & Gemma Ray up to 7, Sparks last sat next to Elton John in my Top Ten in 1974, Bennie & The Jets/This Town Aint Big Enough... In at 9 Deacon Blue, absent from my charts since the early 90's, and a cracker track to return with. Beach Boys re-enter with new single off the new album. OK, it's not up to their 60's standards, but it's good, and for a band of men in their 70's it's great to have them still making decent music. Just to note that the Beach Boys were in my first ever chart in 1968, so that's exactly 44 years of new chart material. Place your bets on which bands today will still be making new albums in 2056! The Killers I reckon... Big leap for the new Muse hit, new in for 80's vets Roxette, and 60's veteran Jeff Lynne covers Etta James and enters lower down. Who? He was in the Move (and so has 42 years of hits) but is famous for being the man behind Electric Light Orchestra who hit number one in virtually every year in my chart from 1972 through to 1986. He went on the Traveling Wilburies, produced The Beatles 90's comeback singles and is a genuine all-time fave of mine. and finally, Pet Shop Boys new track Invisible enters, lamenting old people's invisibility in pop culture and life generally. Hooray! Bout time someone said it, I get fed up being categorized as "old". I still love new pop music, new movies, love TV shows like Family Guy & Dr Who, enjoy going out (just can't manage 3am finishes anymore!). We don't all enjoy watching reruns of Last Of The Summer Wine and Bingo... I suggest everyone grow old disgracefully like Madonna, and ignore everyone telling you how you should act at your age! 1 1 7 SOME NIGHTS fun. 423500 2 2 6 LITTLE TALKS Of Monsters And Men 405400 3 3 8 BLOW ME (ONE LAST KISS) P!nk 233600 4 4 6 GOOD TIMES Owl City/ Carly Rae Jepson 169400 5 5 9 RUNAWAYS The Killers 267750 6 3 9 FOREIGN FIELDS Elton John vs Pnau 420800 7 7 2 HOW DO I GET TO CARNEGIE HALL? Gemma Ray/ Sparks 67300 8 8 2 SUMMER PARADISE Simple Plan/ Sean Paul 90000 9 9 1 THE HIPSTERS Deacon Blue 45000 10 10 13 OUR HOUSE Madness 245450 11 1 46 PRINCESS OF CHINA Coldplay/ Rihanna 3273600 12 1 5 I STARTED A JOKE Pet Shop Boys 495000 13 13 4 CELEBRATE Mika/Pharrell Williams 96000 14 14 15 A HORSE WITH NO NAME America 361250 15 15 2 MADNESS Muse 45000 16 16 3 WINGS Little Mix 64000 17 17 3 WE ARE NEVER EVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER Taylor Swift 46200 18 18 4 THE WAY THROUGH THE WOODS Pet Shop Boys 72600 19 1 9 UNDER THE WESTWAY Blur 467000 20 20 6 ISN'T IT TIME The Beach Boys 93100 21 5 10 THAT GIRL Noisettes 356000 22 11 4 TAKING OVER ME Lawson 84700 23 10 6 FIRST STEPS Elbow 136050 24 24 2 WILLIAMS BLOOD Grace Jones 36100 25 25 18 VENUS Shocking Blue 263700 26 26 2 FIRES Ronan Keating 37000 27 15 6 PHOENIX Elton John vs Pnau 128550 28 28 2 SETTLE DOWN No Doubt 36300 29 4 16 WHEN THEY FIGHT, THEY FIGHT The Generationals 576200 30 7 10 SURVIVAL Muse 266200 31 1 4 RUNNING UP THAT HILL (DEAL WITH GOD 2012 REMIX) Kate Bush 250900 32 32 2 TREATMENT Labrinth 35400 33 33 10 UNFINISHED SYMPATHY Massive Attack 108200 34 1 12 SAD Elton John vs Pnau 814000 35 35 1 ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN Ellie Goulding 17500 36 36 1 JAMMING (BENNY BENASSI REMIX) Bob Marley & The Wailers 17400 37 1 5 A CERTAIN "JE NE SAIS QUOI" Pet Shop Boys 328650 38 38 2 HARDER THAN YOU THINK Public Enemy 23800 39 2 16 50 WAYS TO SAY GOODBYE Train 762000 40 40 2 GUARDIAN Alanis Morissette 34000 41 5 12 BABY COME HOME Scissor Sisters 455100 42 32 5 UNDER THE SUN Cheryl 63150 43 1 19 SOLDIERS Abba 860650 44 44 5 HEROES David Bowie 52050 45 45 1 WONDERFUL Angel 13000 46 1 26 ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART Cilla Black 801950 47 3 24 DRIVE BY Train 752150 48 48 5 SLEEP ALONE Two Door Cinema Club 40300 49 49 2 LEAVING Pet Shop Boys 24200 50 50 2 SUMMERTIME IN THE CITY Scouting For Girls 24000 51 4 13 BLACK HEART StooShe 357100 52 52 1 THE SWEET HELLO, THE SAD GOODBYE Roxette 11500 53 53 5 (I'M NOT YOUR) STEPPIN' STONE The Monkees 44850 54 1 15 ANOTHER DAY Paul McCartney 655250 55 21 4 WATERLOO SUNSET The Kinks 69300 56 42 2 BROKENHEARTED Karmin 24350 57 57 1 INVISIBLE Pet Shop Boys 10400 58 58 1 AT LAST Jeff Lynne 10200 59 1 67 GOD ONLY KNOWS The Beach Boys 1580050 60 1 87 BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 1922950 61 3 16 RESCUE ME Gemma Ray 831400 62 7 10 WIDE AWAKE Katy Perry 266300 63 63 1 SO WONDERFUL Emilia Mitiku 7200 64 1 33 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Gotye/Kimbra 1606300 65 1 43 I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Aretha Franklin 1412100 66 66 2 WHY I LOVE YOU Jay-Z/ Kanye West/ Mr Hudson 13000 67 4 15 STAYIN' ALIVE The Bee Gees 413450 68 4 20 TOO CLOSE Alex Clare 463400 69 4 10 WINNER Pet Shop Boys 297000 70 70 1 I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM Yvonne Elliman 6000 71 71 1 I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM Melanie C 5800 72 72 4 HELTER SKELTER The Beatles 21200 73 73 1 LAST NIGHT Lucy Spraggan 5400 74 74 2 WE WILL ROCK YOU Queen 10200 75 75 1 ONE LAST TIME Agnes 5000 Edited September 9, 201212 yr by popchartfreak
September 9, 201212 yr Great mixture of best from new music and oldies but goldies tracks! These songs are in my Chart now: 5 5 9 RUNAWAYS The Killers 267750 9 9 1 THE HIPSTERS Deacon Blue 45000 13 13 4 CELEBRATE Mika/Pharrell Williams 96000 19 1 9 UNDER THE WESTWAY Blur 467000 20 20 6 ISN'T IT TIME The Beach Boys 93100 28 28 2 SETTLE DOWN No Doubt 36300 31 1 4 RUNNING UP THAT HILL (DEAL WITH GOD 2012 REMIX) Kate Bush 250900 38 38 2 HARDER THAN YOU THINK Public Enemy 23800 41 5 12 BABY COME HOME Scissor Sisters 455100 48 48 5 SLEEP ALONE Two Door Cinema Club 40300 And those songs would certainly have been there, had i include old records in my Chart (i only have exception for re-issued classic tracks). 10 10 13 OUR HOUSE Madness 245450 14 14 15 A HORSE WITH NO NAME America 361250 20 20 6 ISN'T IT TIME The Beach Boys 93100 25 25 18 VENUS Shocking Blue 263700 36 36 1 JAMMING (BENNY BENASSI REMIX) Bob Marley & The Wailers 17400 44 44 5 HEROES David Bowie 52050 46 1 26 ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART Cilla Black 801950 53 53 5 (I'M NOT YOUR) STEPPIN' STONE The Monkees 44850 54 1 15 ANOTHER DAY Paul McCartney 655250 55 21 4 WATERLOO SUNSET The Kinks 69300 59 1 67 GOD ONLY KNOWS The Beach Boys 1580050 60 1 87 BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 1922950 65 1 43 I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Aretha Franklin 1412100 67 4 15 STAYIN' ALIVE The Bee Gees 413450 70 70 1 I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM Yvonne Elliman 6000 72 72 4 HELTER SKELTER The Beatles 21200 74 74 2 WE WILL ROCK YOU Queen 10200 Great Chart, John!
September 9, 201212 yr Author Great mixture of best from new music and oldies but goldies tracks! These songs are in my Chart now: And those songs would certainly have been there, had i include old records in my Chart (i only have exception for re-issued classic tracks). Great Chart, John! thanks Andrey, I've too many oldies in at the moment, their are some bubbling under new tracks, but I cant resist allowing oldies in if theyve not charted or underperformed before and they are in the album chart, singles chart or Top 40 Heritage Chart...:)
September 9, 201212 yr Hi 1 1 7 SOME NIGHTS fun. 423500 2 2 6 LITTLE TALKS Of Monsters And Men 405400 3 3 8 BLOW ME (ONE LAST KISS) P!nk 233600 4 4 6 GOOD TIMES Owl City/ Carly Rae Jepson 169400 5 5 9 RUNAWAYS The Killers 267750 6 3 9 FOREIGN FIELDS Elton John vs Pnau 420800 10 10 13 OUR HOUSE Madness 245450 11 1 46 PRINCESS OF CHINA Coldplay/ Rihanna 3273600 12 1 5 I STARTED A JOKE Pet Shop Boys 495000 13 13 4 CELEBRATE Mika/Pharrell Williams 96000 15 15 2 MADNESS Muse 45000 18 18 4 THE WAY THROUGH THE WOODS Pet Shop Boys 72600 19 1 9 UNDER THE WESTWAY Blur 467000 21 5 10 THAT GIRL Noisettes 356000 23 10 6 FIRST STEPS Elbow 136050 28 28 2 SETTLE DOWN No Doubt 36300 31 1 4 RUNNING UP THAT HILL (DEAL WITH GOD 2012 REMIX) Kate Bush 250900 33 33 10 UNFINISHED SYMPATHY Massive Attack 108200 34 1 12 SAD Elton John vs Pnau 814000 35 35 1 ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN Ellie Goulding 17500 37 1 5 A CERTAIN "JE NE SAIS QUOI" Pet Shop Boys 328650 38 38 2 HARDER THAN YOU THINK Public Enemy 23800 40 40 2 GUARDIAN Alanis Morissette 34000 44 44 5 HEROES David Bowie 52050 48 48 5 SLEEP ALONE Two Door Cinema Club 40300 49 49 2 LEAVING Pet Shop Boys 24200 52 52 1 THE SWEET HELLO, THE SAD GOODBYE Roxette 11500 57 57 1 INVISIBLE Pet Shop Boys 10400 62 7 10 WIDE AWAKE Katy Perry 266300 64 1 33 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Gotye/Kimbra 1606300 65 1 43 I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Aretha Franklin 1412100 68 4 20 TOO CLOSE Alex Clare 463400 69 4 10 WINNER Pet Shop Boys 297000 72 72 4 HELTER SKELTER The Beatles 21200 73 73 1 LAST NIGHT Lucy Spraggan 5400 Great chart as always with the added kitchen sink. :P
September 9, 201212 yr Hi John My favorites from the top 40: 1 1 7 SOME NIGHTS fun. 423500 2 2 6 LITTLE TALKS Of Monsters And Men 405400 3 3 8 BLOW ME (ONE LAST KISS) P!nk 233600 4 4 6 GOOD TIMES Owl City/ Carly Rae Jepson 169400 5 5 9 RUNAWAYS The Killers 267750 8 8 2 SUMMER PARADISE Simple Plan/ Sean Paul 90000 9 9 1 THE HIPSTERS Deacon Blue 45000 10 10 13 OUR HOUSE Madness 245450 11 1 46 PRINCESS OF CHINA Coldplay/ Rihanna 3273600 15 15 2 MADNESS Muse 45000 16 16 3 WINGS Little Mix 64000 17 17 3 WE ARE NEVER EVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER Taylor Swift 46200 18 18 4 THE WAY THROUGH THE WOODS Pet Shop Boys 72600 19 1 9 UNDER THE WESTWAY Blur 467000 22 11 4 TAKING OVER ME Lawson 84700 23 10 6 FIRST STEPS Elbow 136050 25 25 18 VENUS Shocking Blue 263700 26 26 2 FIRES Ronan Keating 37000 28 28 2 SETTLE DOWN No Doubt 36300 30 7 10 SURVIVAL Muse 266200 31 1 4 RUNNING UP THAT HILL (DEAL WITH GOD 2012 REMIX) Kate Bush 250900 33 33 10 UNFINISHED SYMPATHY Massive Attack 108200 34 1 12 SAD Elton John vs Pnau 814000 35 35 1 ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN Ellie Goulding 17500 39 2 16 50 WAYS TO SAY GOODBYE Train 762000 40 40 2 GUARDIAN Alanis Morissette 34000 A strong top 10 again. I'm pleased .fun have 2 top 10 hits in this country now. I love P!nk's video. The music and the video fits perfectly! Things are not looking great for The Killers on ITunes. However, I'd still say that another Top 20 single is likely. Great chart! :)
September 9, 201212 yr Hi John, I like: 1 1 7 SOME NIGHTS fun. 423500 (LOVE this, better than We Are Young I think) 2 2 6 LITTLE TALKS Of Monsters And Men 405400 3 3 8 BLOW ME (ONE LAST KISS) P!nk 233600 4 4 6 GOOD TIMES Owl City/ Carly Rae Jepson 169400 5 5 9 RUNAWAYS The Killers 267750 6 3 9 FOREIGN FIELDS Elton John vs Pnau 420800 8 8 2 SUMMER PARADISE Simple Plan/ Sean Paul 90000 (Really like this in French, in English not so much, they're Quebecers you see!) 10 10 13 OUR HOUSE Madness 245450 11 1 46 PRINCESS OF CHINA Coldplay/ Rihanna 3273600 12 1 5 I STARTED A JOKE Pet Shop Boys 495000 (Great cover, looking forward to the album!) 13 13 4 CELEBRATE Mika/Pharrell Williams 96000 (Finally, someone else that loves this) 14 14 15 A HORSE WITH NO NAME America 361250 (A good old Radio 2 song :D) 15 15 2 MADNESS Muse 45000 16 16 3 WINGS Little Mix 64000 17 17 3 WE ARE NEVER EVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER Taylor Swift 46200 18 18 4 THE WAY THROUGH THE WOODS Pet Shop Boys 72600 20 20 6 ISN'T IT TIME The Beach Boys 93100 22 11 4 TAKING OVER ME Lawson 84700 23 10 6 FIRST STEPS Elbow 136050 24 24 2 WILLIAMS BLOOD Grace Jones 36100 (Did you just hear it for the first time recently? I love her :wub:) 25 25 18 VENUS Shocking Blue 263700 (Must admit I prefer Bananarama!) 27 15 6 PHOENIX Elton John vs Pnau 128550 28 28 2 SETTLE DOWN No Doubt 36300 30 7 10 SURVIVAL Muse 266200 31 1 4 RUNNING UP THAT HILL (DEAL WITH GOD 2012 REMIX) Kate Bush 250900 (I meant to chart this new version but I forgot, hopefully she will have a new album later in the year!) 32 32 2 TREATMENT Labrinth 35400 33 33 10 UNFINISHED SYMPATHY Massive Attack 108200 34 1 12 SAD Elton John vs Pnau 814000 35 35 1 ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN Ellie Goulding 17500 37 1 5 A CERTAIN "JE NE SAIS QUOI" Pet Shop Boys 328650 (Why was this not on the album, fantastic song, one of their best lyrics ever I think!) 38 38 2 HARDER THAN YOU THINK Public Enemy 23800 39 2 16 50 WAYS TO SAY GOODBYE Train 762000 40 40 2 GUARDIAN Alanis Morissette 34000 41 5 12 BABY COME HOME Scissor Sisters 455100 42 32 5 UNDER THE SUN Cheryl 63150 43 1 19 SOLDIERS Abba 860650 (Nice obscurity from them, definitely a highlight of the brilliant Visitors album) 44 44 5 HEROES David Bowie 52050 45 45 1 WONDERFUL Angel 13000 46 1 26 ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART Cilla Black 801950 47 3 24 DRIVE BY Train 752150 48 48 5 SLEEP ALONE Two Door Cinema Club 40300 49 49 2 LEAVING Pet Shop Boys 24200 51 4 13 BLACK HEART StooShe 357100 52 52 1 THE SWEET HELLO, THE SAD GOODBYE Roxette 11500 (My friend works at a theatre in New York where they had a gig last week, was very jealous!) 53 53 5 (I'M NOT YOUR) STEPPIN' STONE The Monkees 44850 54 1 15 ANOTHER DAY Paul McCartney 655250 55 21 4 WATERLOO SUNSET The Kinks 69300 56 42 2 BROKENHEARTED Karmin 24350 57 57 1 INVISIBLE Pet Shop Boys 10400 59 1 67 GOD ONLY KNOWS The Beach Boys 1580050 60 1 87 BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 1922950 62 7 10 WIDE AWAKE Katy Perry 266300 64 1 33 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Gotye/Kimbra 1606300 65 1 43 I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Aretha Franklin 1412100 66 66 2 WHY I LOVE YOU Jay-Z/ Kanye West/ Mr Hudson 13000 67 4 15 STAYIN' ALIVE The Bee Gees 413450 68 4 20 TOO CLOSE Alex Clare 463400 69 4 10 WINNER Pet Shop Boys 297000 70 70 1 I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM Yvonne Elliman 6000 71 71 1 I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM Melanie C 5800 (Have you heard Agnetha from ABBA's Swedish version? :wub:) 73 73 1 LAST NIGHT Lucy Spraggan 5400 74 74 2 WE WILL ROCK YOU Queen 10200 75 75 1 ONE LAST TIME Agnes 5000 Great chart, love the mix of old and new, I really need to start a retro chart!
September 10, 201212 yr Author [ Great chart as always with the added kitchen sink. :P Thanks Mart!n, I'm a firm believer in kitchen sinks!:)
September 10, 201212 yr Author Hi John My favorites from the top 40: A strong top 10 again. I'm pleased .fun have 2 top 10 hits in this country now. I love P!nk's video. The music and the video fits perfectly! Things are not looking great for The Killers on ITunes. However, I'd still say that another Top 20 single is likely. Great chart! :) Thanks Jason. I must stop typing fun. and change it to .fun :) Hope the Killers go Top 10 but I suspect you're right, we live in rough times for Rock singles, though it all goes in circles, rock, pop and dance tend to alternate on 10 yearly cycles or so.. cheers! john
September 10, 201212 yr Author Hi John, I like: 1 1 7 SOME NIGHTS fun. 423500 (LOVE this, better than We Are Young I think) 8 8 2 SUMMER PARADISE Simple Plan/ Sean Paul 90000 (Really like this in French, in English not so much, they're Quebecers you see!)12 1 5 I STARTED A JOKE Pet Shop Boys 495000 (Great cover, looking forward to the album!) 13 13 4 CELEBRATE Mika/Pharrell Williams 96000 (Finally, someone else that loves this) 14 14 15 A HORSE WITH NO NAME America 361250 (A good old Radio 2 song :D) 24 24 2 WILLIAMS BLOOD Grace Jones 36100 (Did you just hear it for the first time recently? I love her :wub:) 25 25 18 VENUS Shocking Blue 263700 (Must admit I prefer Bananarama!) 31 1 4 RUNNING UP THAT HILL (DEAL WITH GOD 2012 REMIX) Kate Bush 250900 (I meant to chart this new version but I forgot, hopefully she will have a new album later in the year!) 37 1 5 A CERTAIN "JE NE SAIS QUOI" Pet Shop Boys 328650 (Why was this not on the album, fantastic song, one of their best lyrics ever I think!) 43 1 19 SOLDIERS Abba 860650 (Nice obscurity from them, definitely a highlight of the brilliant Visitors album) 52 52 1 THE SWEET HELLO, THE SAD GOODBYE Roxette 11500 (My friend works at a theatre in New York where they had a gig last week, was very jealous!) 71 71 1 I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM Melanie C 5800 (Have you heard Agnetha from ABBA's Swedish version? :wub:) Great chart, love the mix of old and new, I really need to start a retro chart! Thanks Tom, for all the indepth comments! I agree with .fun, I'm also buying the Pet Shop Boys (laidback) album, I suppose the EP tracks didnt fit the mood, but you're right they are strong enough to be singles in their own right, and Je Ne Sais Quoi has just one dodgy half-line which could easily be replaced with a better turn of phrase to make a great song! I usually like Mika records, even the flops sound like hits to me, had they come out 6 years ago... I heard the Grace Jones track for the first time, proper, on Radio 2, so as it hadnt really charted before....:) Bananarama's Venus is fab, but the quirky hippy Top Of The Pops Dutch original is charming too (also never charted before) Roxette, yes I'd love them to tour the UK... No, not heard Agnetha's version, but she can do no wrong in my eys so I'm bound to like it! thanks again cheers! john
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