Posted December 23, 201212 yr So... 20 new entries, lots of classic xmas oldies (at least the ones I'm not fed up of hearing year after year) and a Rock Number One as Imagine Dragons finally knock off Keane. Pet Shop Boys get their, ooh, must be 10th Top 10 of the year! Something of a record I think for previously uncharted tracks, barring the Beatles reissue campaign of 1976. Top xmas track is the gorgeous Chris Rea perennial, which I loved in 1988 when it stiffed, and have loved more with the passing years, it makes me feel all gooey inside. Steps get a 2nd Top 10, 13 years or so after the first. Big climbs for Rudimental and Robbie Williams. Judging by the number of records out this week that failed to make the Top 40 I really would advise no-one to bother releasing anything after mid-dec until the new year, it's the kiss of death! The Hillsborough cover isn't anywhere near as good as The Hollies, but then multi-artist covers never are as good as the originals, and it's not bad at all. Two versions of Sleigh Ride chart, the Phil Spector version from the classic 60's Christmas Gift To You album, and a brand new version from fun. 4th Top 20 of the year. There's even some new acts debuting amongst the oldies, like Solange, Guida, Andy Burrows... 1 2 1 7 RADIOACTIVE Imagine Dragons 443750 2 7 2 8 SOMETHING NEW Girls Aloud 411600 3 1 1 14 DISCONNECTED Keane 1770000 4 4 4 10 DON'T YOU WORRY CHILD Swedish House Mafia/ John Martin 335950 5 8 5 20 (I'M NOT YOUR) STEPPIN' STONE The Monkees 427150 6 6 6 7 TRY P!nk 265800 7 3 3 10 BRUISES Train/ Ashley Monroe 476100 8 24 8 5 MEMORY OF THE FUTURE (SINGLE REMIX) Pet Shop Boys 121200 9 NEW 9 1 DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Chris Rea 45000 10 14 10 7 LIGHT UP THE WORLD Steps 152600 11 9 1 7 DARK BLACK Kristina Train 520000 12 5 5 5 SHE'S A RAINBOW The Rolling Stones 270000 13 34 13 4 NOT GIVING IN Rudimental/ John Newman/ Alex Clare 84800 14 11 1 11 RUN BOY RUN Woodkid 913000 15 NEW 15 1 HE AIN'T HEAVY.. HE'S MY BROTHER The Hillsborough Collective 27000 16 10 10 3 MY HEART IS REFUSING ME Loreen 89000 17 18 17 6 YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE New Radicals 108500 18 NEW 18 1 WARM THIS WINTER Gabriella Cilmi 22000 19 NEW 19 1 SLEIGH RIDE The Ronettes 21000 20 NEW 20 1 SLEIGH RIDE fun. 20000 21 12 3 8 I FOUND YOU The Wanted 344250 22 13 8 10 WONDER Naughty Boy/ Emeli Sande 232850 23 68 23 3 DIFFERENT Robbie Williams 30850 24 44 24 4 LIGHTNING BOLT Jake Bugg 58750 25 NEW 25 1 LOSING YOU Solange 18750 26 49 26 3 HEAR ME Imagine Dragons 40600 27 17 10 7 BLACK CHRISTMAS Poly Styrene 187500 28 NEW 28 1 LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS Mud 18300 29 31 29 16 I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM Yvonne Elliman 202000 30 30 30 3 HERE WITH ME The Killers 53100 31 15 8 10 MOVES LIKE JAGGER Bananarama 282200 32 16 7 8 PLEASE FORGIVE MY HEART Bobby Womack 240900 33 23 10 8 LATCH Disclosure/Sam Smith 208450 34 21 8 13 ONE MORE NIGHT Maroon 5 297150 35 NEW 35 1 FIGURE 8 Ellie Goulding 17500 36 NEW 36 1 SHE OWNS THE STREETS The Raveonettes 17400 37 20 20 5 ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS (ABBEY ROAD SESSIONS) Kylie Minogue 86400 38 NEW 38 1 LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 17200 39 NEW 39 1 HOMETOWN Andy Burrows 17100 40 NEW 40 1 BACK HOME Guida 17000 41 32 18 14 GANGNAM STYLE PSY 207700 42 22 5 12 SKYFALL Adele 399750 43 35 1 21 LITTLE TALKS Of Monsters And Men 1440500 44 36 1 22 SOME NIGHTS fun. 1393550 45 47 45 12 HELP ME RHONDA The Beach Boys 110500 46 46 46 10 YOUR MOTHER SHOULD KNOW The Beatles 91150 47 29 9 9 BENEATH YOUR BEAUTIFUL Labrinth/ Emili Sande 239200 48 48 48 3 DON'T SAVE ME HAIM 35200 49 66 49 2 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues/ Kirsty Maccoll 18900 50 50 50 2 KISS YOU One Direction 24000 51 19 19 10 DIAMONDS Rihanna 160950 52 25 17 8 HURTS LIKE HEAVEN Coldplay 113350 53 27 27 7 TROUBLEMAKER Olly Murs/ Flo Rida 99950 54 57 54 4 WHOLE LOTTA ROSIE AC/DC 33400 55 NEW 55 1 NEVER KNEW YOUR NAME Madness 10800 56 39 39 4 LOVER TO LOVER Florence + The Machine 50600 57 60 57 4 GROOVE IS IN THE HEART Deee-Lite 31000 58 59 58 6 DON'T SPEAK No Doubt 44800 59 NEW 59 1 WATERFALLS StooShe 10100 60 NEW 60 1 CHRISTMAS WRAPPING The Waitresses 10000 61 NEW 61 1 TIDAL WAVE Sub Focus/ Alpine 7500 62 62 1 82 GOD ONLY KNOWS The Beach Boys 1704250 63 69 63 2 I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY Wizzard 13400 64 71 64 2 IMPOSSIBLE James Arthur 12900 65 63 1 41 ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART Cilla Black 951600 66 65 1 101 BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 2024450 67 NEW 67 1 FOLLOW ME Muse 6600 68 NEW 68 1 RIGHT NOW Rihanna/ David Guetta 6400 69 52 52 4 THE POWER OF LOVE Gabrielle Aplin 38700 70 70 70 2 LET'S GET IT ON Marvin Gaye 12000 71 75 71 2 FANNY (BE TENDER WITH MY LOVE) The Bee Gees 10800 72 67 1 61 PRINCESS OF CHINA Coldplay/ Rihanna 3474400 73 NEW 73 1 AC-CENT-TCHU-ATE-THE-POSITIVE Jools Holland/ Rumer 5400 74 73 1 48 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Gotye/Kimbra 1701900 75 NEW 75 1 PRIDE Amy MacDonald 5000 DROP OUTS: 26 26 4 SKY The Human League 72100 28 28 4 THE OUTSIDERS Deacon Blue 65000 33 18 6 RUNAWAY Gemma Ray 106800 37 37 4 HO HEY The Lumineers 58700 38 38 3 DNA Little Mix 43500 40 40 5 LOCKED OUT OF HEAVEN Bruno Mars 60300 41 36 3 YOU'RE ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS Caro Emerald & Brook Benton 48400 42 10 9 MY GIRL 2 Madness 164650 43 43 16 WE WILL ROCK YOU Queen 150150 45 10 10 RIDE Lana Del Ray 191850 51 49 3 THE POWER OF LOVE Frankie Goes To Hollywood 28850 53 20 9 LET'S HAVE A KIKI Scissor Sisters 146350 54 6 14 CANDY Robbie Williams 332650 55 55 4 GOLD DUST DJ Fresh 33600 56 24 4 HIGHER The Overtones 62350 58 9 10 REQUIEM IN DENIM AND LEOPARDSKIN Pet Shop Boys 241250 61 30 7 PUT YOUR HANDS UP Matchbox 20 97200 64 52 4 GIRL ON FIRE Alicia Keys 36500 72 7 10 BLUE VELVET Lana Del Ray 205900 74 74 1 DIE YOUNG Kesha 5200
December 23, 201212 yr Hi John... from your top 50 1 2 1 7 RADIOACTIVE Imagine Dragons 443750 2 7 2 8 SOMETHING NEW Girls Aloud 411600 4 4 4 10 DON'T YOU WORRY CHILD Swedish House Mafia/ John Martin 335950 6 6 6 7 TRY P!nk 265800 8 24 8 5 MEMORY OF THE FUTURE (SINGLE REMIX) Pet Shop Boys 121200 13 34 13 4 NOT GIVING IN Rudimental/ John Newman/ Alex Clare 84800 14 11 1 11 RUN BOY RUN Woodkid 913000 16 10 10 3 MY HEART IS REFUSING ME Loreen 89000 17 18 17 6 YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE New Radicals 108500 22 13 8 10 WONDER Naughty Boy/ Emeli Sande 232850 23 68 23 3 DIFFERENT Robbie Williams 30850 25 NEW 25 1 LOSING YOU Solange 18750 26 49 26 3 HEAR ME Imagine Dragons 40600 28 NEW 28 1 LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS Mud 18300 30 30 30 3 HERE WITH ME The Killers 53100 33 23 10 8 LATCH Disclosure/Sam Smith 208450 34 21 8 13 ONE MORE NIGHT Maroon 5 297150 35 NEW 35 1 FIGURE 8 Ellie Goulding 17500 37 20 20 5 ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS (ABBEY ROAD SESSIONS) Kylie Minogue 86400 38 NEW 38 1 LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 17200 42 22 5 12 SKYFALL Adele 399750 43 35 1 21 LITTLE TALKS Of Monsters And Men 1440500 44 36 1 22 SOME NIGHTS fun. 1393550 47 29 9 9 BENEATH YOUR BEAUTIFUL Labrinth/ Emili Sande 239200 48 48 48 3 DON'T SAVE ME HAIM 35200 49 66 49 2 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues/ Kirsty Maccoll 18900
December 24, 201212 yr Hi John! Wow, massive 20 new entries this week! Great Xmas song from Chris Rea! A classic song by the Stones have been replaced by classic Monkees track at No.5 :-) Wish you a very Merry Christmas, John! :)
December 24, 201212 yr Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, John Glad to see Amy MacDonald with "Pride" in your chart, even if she is last. and finally Steps in top 10 :cheer:
December 24, 201212 yr Author Hi John... from your top 50 1 2 1 7 RADIOACTIVE Imagine Dragons 443750 2 7 2 8 SOMETHING NEW Girls Aloud 411600 4 4 4 10 DON'T YOU WORRY CHILD Swedish House Mafia/ John Martin 335950 6 6 6 7 TRY P!nk 265800 8 24 8 5 MEMORY OF THE FUTURE (SINGLE REMIX) Pet Shop Boys 121200 13 34 13 4 NOT GIVING IN Rudimental/ John Newman/ Alex Clare 84800 14 11 1 11 RUN BOY RUN Woodkid 913000 16 10 10 3 MY HEART IS REFUSING ME Loreen 89000 17 18 17 6 YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE New Radicals 108500 22 13 8 10 WONDER Naughty Boy/ Emeli Sande 232850 23 68 23 3 DIFFERENT Robbie Williams 30850 25 NEW 25 1 LOSING YOU Solange 18750 26 49 26 3 HEAR ME Imagine Dragons 40600 28 NEW 28 1 LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS Mud 18300 30 30 30 3 HERE WITH ME The Killers 53100 33 23 10 8 LATCH Disclosure/Sam Smith 208450 34 21 8 13 ONE MORE NIGHT Maroon 5 297150 35 NEW 35 1 FIGURE 8 Ellie Goulding 17500 37 20 20 5 ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS (ABBEY ROAD SESSIONS) Kylie Minogue 86400 38 NEW 38 1 LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 17200 42 22 5 12 SKYFALL Adele 399750 43 35 1 21 LITTLE TALKS Of Monsters And Men 1440500 44 36 1 22 SOME NIGHTS fun. 1393550 47 29 9 9 BENEATH YOUR BEAUTIFUL Labrinth/ Emili Sande 239200 48 48 48 3 DON'T SAVE ME HAIM 35200 49 66 49 2 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues/ Kirsty Maccoll 18900 Thanks Martin, Merry Xmas!:) cheers john
December 24, 201212 yr Author Hi John! Wow, massive 20 new entries this week! Great Xmas song from Chris Rea! A classic song by the Stones have been replaced by classic Monkees track at No.5 :-) Wish you a very Merry Christmas, John! :) thanks Andrey, I even had to leave out about 5 more that will chart next time, like Emili Sande, just not enough room! merry xmas & a happy 2013! cheers john:)
December 24, 201212 yr Author Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, John Glad to see Amy MacDonald with "Pride" in your chart, even if she is last. and finally Steps in top 10 :cheer: Thanks Alex, and Merry Xmas! Yes, some records take a few hearings to register with me properly, some are instant. Ive only heard the Amy track once, on TV, but I liked it right away. Steps is more of a grower - probably why it flopped, it didn't get airplay, just a few odd plays here and there on Radio 2. cheers! john:)
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