Posted October 8, 201212 yr No change at the top, but Keane shoot up, and Jeff Lynne gets his first Top 10 in 22 years (with new material) with a cover of the classic Number 1 (jn my chart, earlier this year). Lower down highest new entry is Rebecca Ferguson, just ahead of hot off the press Adele (heard it just the once by chart day). Two Andy Williams songs made the Archive Top 40 listings (best-selling records over a year old), so they qualify for mine, the late great crooner is joined by equally late John Denver charting for the first time since it made my Top 20 in 1974. Add in Amy, Quenn's Freddy, two Beach Boys Wilson Brothers, INXS Michael Hutchence, and Monkees Davy Jones, and Gerry Rafferty, and it's a bit of a gloomy bunch of oldies! (But great ones) 1 1 10 LITTLE TALKS Of Monsters And Men 895400 2 1 11 SOME NIGHTS fun. 913500 3 3 3 DISCONNECTED Keane 165000 4 3 12 BLOW ME (ONE LAST KISS) P!nk 488600 5 3 6 HOW DO I GET TO CARNEGIE HALL? Gemma Ray/ Sparks 364300 6 4 5 THE HIPSTERS Deacon Blue 265000 7 4 10 GOOD TIMES Owl City/ Carly Rae Jepson 389400 8 8 4 SHE WOLF (FALLING TO PIECES) David Guetta/ SIA 169000 9 7 6 MADNESS Muse 204000 10 10 5 AT LAST Jeff Lynne 98950 11 11 3 A FACE LIKE THAT Pet Shop Boys 87000 12 12 14 UNFINISHED SYMPATHY Massive Attack 204200 13 6 8 CELEBRATE Mika/Pharrell Williams 275000 14 14 4 CANDY Robbie Williams 93100 15 15 5 THE SWEET HELLO, THE SAD GOODBYE Roxette 113500 16 16 5 ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN Ellie Goulding 99000 17 12 7 WE ARE NEVER EVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER Taylor Swift 155200 18 18 3 GANGNAM STYLE PSY 49000 19 10 6 LEAVING Pet Shop Boys 141700 20 20 6 HARDER THAN YOU THINK Public Enemy 93900 21 7 8 THE WAY THROUGH THE WOODS Pet Shop Boys 187350 22 10 8 TAKING OVER ME Lawson 211400 23 1 9 I STARTED A JOKE Pet Shop Boys 575750 24 24 9 HEROES David Bowie 119400 25 3 13 FOREIGN FIELDS Elton John vs Pnau 532050 26 1 50 PRINCESS OF CHINA Coldplay/ Rihanna 3358100 27 27 2 PUSH AND SHOVE No Doubt/Busy Signal/Major Lazer 36800 28 28 1 BACKTRACK Rebecca Ferguson 18300 29 29 5 INVISIBLE Pet Shop Boys 76300 30 30 3 NEVER TEAR US APART Paloma Faith 36250 31 24 4 HALL OF FAME The Script/will.i.am 72600 32 3 13 RUNAWAYS The Killers 408050 33 33 3 I'M SHAKIN' Jack White 52400 34 4 20 WHEN THEY FIGHT, THEY FIGHT The Generationals 646900 35 35 9 (I'M NOT YOUR) STEPPIN' STONE The Monkees 102600 36 10 10 FIRST STEPS Elbow 206250 37 34 9 SLEEP ALONE Two Door Cinema Club 105750 38 38 1 SKYFALL Adele 17200 39 39 3 STANDING IN THE DARK Lawson 45700 40 40 1 ANNIE'S SONG John Denver 17000 41 1 13 UNDER THE WESTWAY Blur 534650 42 24 6 WILLIAMS BLOOD Grace Jones 104550 43 12 7 WINGS Little Mix 149500 44 29 3 FIRE IT UP Joe Cocker 49650 45 1 9 A CERTAIN "JE NE SAIS QUOI" Pet Shop Boys 382150 46 1 16 SAD Elton John vs Pnau 870750 47 47 4 TEENAGE ICON The Vaccines 44300 48 48 1 CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU Andy Williams 12300 49 8 6 SUMMER PARADISE Simple Plan/ Sean Paul 167350 50 50 2 SPIRIT INDESTRUCTIBLE Nelly Furtado 24000 51 1 30 ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART Cilla Black 850400 52 52 2 LOVING THE SOUND The Overtones 17300 53 53 5 I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM Yvonne Elliman 37550 54 26 4 EVERYBODY TALKS Neon Trees 61750 55 1 23 SOLDIERS Abba 905450 56 56 3 ENOUGH SAID Aaliyah/ Drake 31800 57 57 2 MY GIRL 2 Madness 20600 58 1 19 ANOTHER DAY Paul McCartney 697450 59 1 71 GOD ONLY KNOWS The Beach Boys 1620450 60 60 2 FLOWER (ABBEY ROAD SESSION) Kylie Minogue 16800 61 1 91 BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 1952950 62 20 6 FIRES Ronan Keating 95300 63 63 6 WE WILL ROCK YOU Queen 35200 64 64 2 CHERRY WINE Nas/ Amy Winehouse 13500 65 1 37 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Gotye/Kimbra 1637500 66 66 2 NEVER TEAR US APART INXS 12200 67 67 2 SAY NOTHING Example 11800 68 68 1 BEGIN AGAIN Taylor Swift 6400 69 69 2 EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE The Police 11200 70 3 28 DRIVE BY Train 786350 71 71 1 HELP ME RHONDA The Beach Boys 5800 72 72 2 ONE MORE NIGHT Maroon 5 11200 73 73 1 TURN AROUND Conor Maynard/ Ne-Yo 5400 74 74 1 MOON RIVER Andy Williams 5200 75 75 1 WHEN MY LITTLE GIRL IS SMILING Paul Carrack 5000
October 8, 201212 yr Hi 1 1 10 LITTLE TALKS Of Monsters And Men 895400 2 1 11 SOME NIGHTS fun. 913500 4 3 12 BLOW ME (ONE LAST KISS) P!nk 488600 7 4 10 GOOD TIMES Owl City/ Carly Rae Jepson 389400 8 8 4 SHE WOLF (FALLING TO PIECES) David Guetta/ SIA 169000 9 7 6 MADNESS Muse 204000 10 10 5 AT LAST Jeff Lynne 98950 12 12 14 UNFINISHED SYMPATHY Massive Attack 204200 13 6 8 CELEBRATE Mika/Pharrell Williams 275000 14 14 4 CANDY Robbie Williams 93100 16 16 5 ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN Ellie Goulding 99000 17 12 7 WE ARE NEVER EVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER Taylor Swift 155200 18 18 3 GANGNAM STYLE PSY 49000 20 20 6 HARDER THAN YOU THINK Public Enemy 93900 22 10 8 TAKING OVER ME Lawson 211400 24 24 9 HEROES David Bowie 119400 26 1 50 PRINCESS OF CHINA Coldplay/ Rihanna 3358100 27 27 2 PUSH AND SHOVE No Doubt/Busy Signal/Major Lazer 36800 30 30 3 NEVER TEAR US APART Paloma Faith 36250 31 24 4 HALL OF FAME The Script/will.i.am 72600 32 3 13 RUNAWAYS The Killers 408050 36 10 10 FIRST STEPS Elbow 206250 37 34 9 SLEEP ALONE Two Door Cinema Club 105750 38 38 1 SKYFALL Adele 17200 39 39 3 STANDING IN THE DARK Lawson 45700 40 40 1 ANNIE'S SONG John Denver 17000 43 12 7 WINGS Little Mix 149500 46 1 16 SAD Elton John vs Pnau 870750 47 47 4 TEENAGE ICON The Vaccines 44300 48 48 1 CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU Andy Williams 12300 49 8 6 SUMMER PARADISE Simple Plan/ Sean Paul 167350 50 50 2 SPIRIT INDESTRUCTIBLE Nelly Furtado 24000 56 56 3 ENOUGH SAID Aaliyah/ Drake 31800 58 1 19 ANOTHER DAY Paul McCartney 697450 59 1 71 GOD ONLY KNOWS The Beach Boys 1620450 60 60 2 FLOWER (ABBEY ROAD SESSION) Kylie Minogue 16800 61 1 91 BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 1952950 62 20 6 FIRES Ronan Keating 95300 63 63 6 WE WILL ROCK YOU Queen 35200 64 64 2 CHERRY WINE Nas/ Amy Winehouse 13500 65 1 37 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Gotye/Kimbra 1637500 66 66 2 NEVER TEAR US APART INXS 12200 67 67 2 SAY NOTHING Example 11800 68 68 1 BEGIN AGAIN Taylor Swift 6400 69 69 2 EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE The Police 11200 70 3 28 DRIVE BY Train 786350 72 72 2 ONE MORE NIGHT Maroon 5 11200 73 73 1 TURN AROUND Conor Maynard/ Ne-Yo 5400 74 74 1 MOON RIVER Andy Williams 5200 Good to see someone have an Andy Williams track in their chart following the recent passing of him Great Chart!
October 9, 201212 yr Author Hi 74 74 1 MOON RIVER Andy Williams 5200 Good to see someone have an Andy Williams track in their chart following the recent passing of him Great Chart! thanks Ken, thanks for the chart list :) good of you to say that too thanks, ol Andy was great in his heyday. kids loved the Cookie Bear on his TV show. Man in a bear suit would wander randomly on stage during the show and ask "Can I have a cookie?". :)
October 9, 201212 yr 5 3 6 HOW DO I GET TO CARNEGIE HALL? Gemma Ray/ Sparks 364300 6 4 5 THE HIPSTERS Deacon Blue 265000 9 7 6 MADNESS Muse 204000 10 10 5 AT LAST Jeff Lynne 98950 11 11 3 A FACE LIKE THAT Pet Shop Boys 87000 12 12 14 UNFINISHED SYMPATHY Massive Attack 204200 13 6 8 CELEBRATE Mika/Pharrell Williams 275000 16 16 5 ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN Ellie Goulding 99000 19 10 6 LEAVING Pet Shop Boys 141700 20 20 6 HARDER THAN YOU THINK Public Enemy 93900 24 24 9 HEROES David Bowie 119400 27 27 2 PUSH AND SHOVE No Doubt/Busy Signal/Major Lazer 36800 30 30 3 NEVER TEAR US APART Paloma Faith 36250 32 3 13 RUNAWAYS The Killers 408050 33 33 3 I'M SHAKIN' Jack White 52400 35 35 9 (I'M NOT YOUR) STEPPIN' STONE The Monkees 102600 37 34 9 SLEEP ALONE Two Door Cinema Club 105750 38 38 1 SKYFALL Adele 17200 40 40 1 ANNIE'S SONG John Denver 17000 41 1 13 UNDER THE WESTWAY Blur 534650 42 24 6 WILLIAMS BLOOD Grace Jones 104550 47 47 4 TEENAGE ICON The Vaccines 44300 48 48 1 CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU Andy Williams 12300 51 1 30 ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART Cilla Black 850400 52 52 2 LOVING THE SOUND The Overtones 17300 53 53 5 I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM Yvonne Elliman 37550 57 57 2 MY GIRL 2 Madness 20600 58 1 19 ANOTHER DAY Paul McCartney 697450 59 1 71 GOD ONLY KNOWS The Beach Boys 1620450 60 60 2 FLOWER (ABBEY ROAD SESSION) Kylie Minogue 16800 61 1 91 BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 1952950 63 63 6 WE WILL ROCK YOU Queen 35200 65 1 37 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Gotye/Kimbra 1637500 66 66 2 NEVER TEAR US APART INXS 12200 69 69 2 EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE The Police 11200 71 71 1 HELP ME RHONDA The Beach Boys 5800 74 74 1 MOON RIVER Andy Williams 5200 Very nice Chart, John! :) Nice to see those oldies. How do you decide which of oldies track should be included in the Chart?
October 9, 201212 yr Hi John 1 1 10 LITTLE TALKS Of Monsters And Men 895400 2 1 11 SOME NIGHTS fun. 913500 4 3 12 BLOW ME (ONE LAST KISS) P!nk 488600 7 4 10 GOOD TIMES Owl City/ Carly Rae Jepson 389400 8 8 4 SHE WOLF (FALLING TO PIECES) David Guetta/ SIA 169000 9 7 6 MADNESS Muse 204000 10 10 5 AT LAST Jeff Lynne 98950 11 11 3 A FACE LIKE THAT Pet Shop Boys 87000 12 12 14 UNFINISHED SYMPATHY Massive Attack 204200 13 6 8 CELEBRATE Mika/Pharrell Williams 275000 14 14 4 CANDY Robbie Williams 93100 15 15 5 THE SWEET HELLO, THE SAD GOODBYE Roxette 113500 16 16 5 ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN Ellie Goulding 99000 18 18 3 GANGNAM STYLE PSY 49000 19 10 6 LEAVING Pet Shop Boys 141700 20 20 6 HARDER THAN YOU THINK Public Enemy 93900 21 7 8 THE WAY THROUGH THE WOODS Pet Shop Boys 187350 23 1 9 I STARTED A JOKE Pet Shop Boys 575750 24 24 9 HEROES David Bowie 119400 25 3 13 FOREIGN FIELDS Elton John vs Pnau 532050 26 1 50 PRINCESS OF CHINA Coldplay/ Rihanna 3358100 28 28 1 BACKTRACK Rebecca Ferguson 18300 29 29 5 INVISIBLE Pet Shop Boys 76300 30 30 3 NEVER TEAR US APART Paloma Faith 36250 31 24 4 HALL OF FAME The Script/will.i.am 72600 32 3 13 RUNAWAYS The Killers 408050 37 34 9 SLEEP ALONE Two Door Cinema Club 105750 38 38 1 SKYFALL Adele 17200 45 1 9 A CERTAIN "JE NE SAIS QUOI" Pet Shop Boys 382150 46 1 16 SAD Elton John vs Pnau 870750 47 47 4 TEENAGE ICON The Vaccines 44300 49 8 6 SUMMER PARADISE Simple Plan/ Sean Paul 167350 50 50 2 SPIRIT INDESTRUCTIBLE Nelly Furtado 24000 56 56 3 ENOUGH SAID Aaliyah/ Drake 31800 57 57 2 MY GIRL 2 Madness 20600 60 60 2 FLOWER (ABBEY ROAD SESSION) Kylie Minogue 16800 61 1 91 BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 1952950 64 64 2 CHERRY WINE Nas/ Amy Winehouse 13500 65 1 37 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Gotye/Kimbra 1637500 66 66 2 NEVER TEAR US APART INXS 12200 67 67 2 SAY NOTHING Example 11800 69 69 2 EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE The Police 11200
October 9, 201212 yr Author Very nice Chart, John! :) Nice to see those oldies. How do you decide which of oldies track should be included in the Chart? Thanks Andrey! I have strict rules on oldies, they either have to be in the Top 100, or in the Top 40 Archive charts listed weekly on the official chart show website (that's the best-selling records over 12 months old, usually it's recent stuff, but sometimes older ones creep in and just miss the Top 100, especially after X Factor or Olympics-type events). I also allow one track off a greatest hits album that makes the Top 75 album chart or classic old album, but only if it's never charted before. I also only allow one new album track at a time in the Top 40 or else when a great new album comes out it'll just be 12 tracks pushing out other stuff. Remixes, new EP tracks and B Sides can also chart. cheers! john
October 9, 201212 yr Author Hi John Hi Martin, thanks for the long list again!:) appreciate it...! cheers john
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