Posted December 29, 201212 yr So the final Number One of the year is a B side from 1966 covered by the Sex Pistols - appropriately enough as there have been the fewest ever number of new records get to the top in 2012, thanks to a lot of oldies, long-runners from 2011 hanging over, and long-runners from 2012. It's The Monkees 5th Number One, and their are plenty of their classic album tracks that could still chart someday, and a belated tribute to the late Davy Jones who I got to see 3 times, the last time with the complete original line-up. Steps continue the slow climb with their best-ever record. Andy Burrows has highest new entry at 8, and climber lower down, following on from his 2010 Number One (as I Am Arrows) Green Grass. Better known as the talented one out of Razorlight (2005 Number One with Somewhere Else), he's got 2 good singles out at the mo. Psy finally goes Top 10 and Sedish House Mafia up to 2, as I continue to love the songs/video (Psy). Hurts return with a song that comes over a bit like 80's synth meets Jesus & Mary Chain, rather good too. Prince meanwhile extends his run of Top 40 hits to over 32 years, and Madness 33 years. Let me think, go back to autumn 1979 when Madness first entered my charts, then go back another 33 years, hmmm that would be like Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole or Glen Miller having chart hits. And 4 of them were dead by then! Yet I don't feel like I'm 134 years young. Ho Hey, as The Lumineers say. 1 5 1 21 (I'M NOT YOUR) STEPPIN' STONE The Monkees 597150 2 4 2 11 DON'T YOU WORRY CHILD Swedish House Mafia/ John Martin 450950 3 1 1 8 RADIOACTIVE Imagine Dragons 518750 4 3 1 15 DISCONNECTED Keane 1835000 5 8 5 6 MEMORY OF THE FUTURE (SINGLE REMIX) Pet Shop Boys 181200 6 2 2 9 SOMETHING NEW Girls Aloud 466600 7 10 7 8 LIGHT UP THE WORLD Steps 202600 8 NEW 8 1 LIGHT THE NIGHT Andy Burrows 48000 9 41 9 15 GANGNAM STYLE PSY 252700 10 13 10 5 NOT GIVING IN Rudimental/ John Newman/ Alex Clare 126800 11 15 11 2 HE AIN'T HEAVY.. HE'S MY BROTHER The Hillsborough Collective 64000 12 6 6 8 TRY P!nk 300800 13 7 3 11 BRUISES Train/ Ashley Monroe 508100 14 21 3 9 I FOUND YOU The Wanted 373250 15 17 15 7 YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE New Radicals 135500 16 11 1 8 DARK BLACK Kristina Train 545000 17 23 17 4 DIFFERENT Robbie Williams 53850 18 14 1 12 RUN BOY RUN Woodkid 935000 19 12 5 6 SHE'S A RAINBOW The Rolling Stones 291000 20 24 20 5 LIGHTNING BOLT Jake Bugg 78750 21 16 10 4 MY HEART IS REFUSING ME Loreen 108750 22 18 18 2 WARM THIS WINTER Gabriella Cilmi 41500 23 25 23 2 LOSING YOU Solange 38000 24 9 9 2 DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Chris Rea 64000 25 29 25 17 I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM Yvonne Elliman 220750 26 26 26 4 HEAR ME Imagine Dragons 59100 27 39 27 2 HOMETOWN Andy Burrows 35500 28 NEW 28 1 EXILE 2013 Hurts 18300 29 19 19 2 SLEIGH RIDE The Ronettes 39200 30 36 30 2 SHE OWNS THE STREETS The Raveonettes 35400 31 22 8 11 WONDER Naughty Boy/ Emeli Sande 250750 32 35 32 2 FIGURE 8 Ellie Goulding 35300 33 33 10 9 LATCH Disclosure/Sam Smith 226150 34 34 8 14 ONE MORE NIGHT Maroon 5 314750 35 40 35 2 BACK HOME Guida 34500 36 42 5 13 SKYFALL Adele 417150 37 20 20 2 SLEIGH RIDE fun. 37300 38 55 38 2 NEVER KNEW YOUR NAME Madness 28000 39 56 39 5 LOVER TO LOVER Florence + The Machine 67700 40 NEW 40 1 ROCK 'N' ROLL LOVE SONG Prince 17000 41 45 41 13 HELP ME RHONDA The Beach Boys 124500 42 32 7 9 PLEASE FORGIVE MY HEART Bobby Womack 254650 43 31 8 11 MOVES LIKE JAGGER Bananarama 295500 44 46 44 11 YOUR MOTHER SHOULD KNOW The Beatles 104400 45 44 1 23 SOME NIGHTS fun. 1406550 46 43 1 22 LITTLE TALKS Of Monsters And Men 1453250 47 47 9 10 BENEATH YOUR BEAUTIFUL Labrinth/ Emili Sande 251700 48 37 20 6 ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS (ABBEY ROAD SESSIONS) Kylie Minogue 98700 49 54 49 5 WHOLE LOTTA ROSIE AC/DC 45500 50 NEW 50 1 JUST BE Paloma Faith 12000 51 27 10 8 BLACK CHRISTMAS Poly Styrene 199250 52 30 30 4 HERE WITH ME The Killers 64600 53 57 53 5 GROOVE IS IN THE HEART Deee-Lite 42250 54 61 54 2 TIDAL WAVE Sub Focus/ Alpine 18500 55 NEW 55 1 INHALER Foals 10800 56 58 56 7 DON'T SPEAK No Doubt 55400 57 67 57 2 FOLLOW ME Muse 17000 58 RE 47 5 I KNEW YOU WERE TROUBLE Taylor Swift 54800 59 NEW 59 1 CAN YOU HEAR ME? 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December 29, 201212 yr Hi John 2 4 2 11 DON'T YOU WORRY CHILD Swedish House Mafia/ John Martin 450950 3 1 1 8 RADIOACTIVE Imagine Dragons 518750 5 8 5 6 MEMORY OF THE FUTURE (SINGLE REMIX) Pet Shop Boys 181200 6 2 2 9 SOMETHING NEW Girls Aloud 466600 9 41 9 15 GANGNAM STYLE PSY 252700 10 13 10 5 NOT GIVING IN Rudimental/ John Newman/ Alex Clare 126800 12 6 6 8 TRY P!nk 300800 15 17 15 7 YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE New Radicals 135500 17 23 17 4 DIFFERENT Robbie Williams 53850 18 14 1 12 RUN BOY RUN Woodkid 935000 21 16 10 4 MY HEART IS REFUSING ME Loreen 108750 23 25 23 2 LOSING YOU Solange 38000 26 26 26 4 HEAR ME Imagine Dragons 59100 31 22 8 11 WONDER Naughty Boy/ Emeli Sande 250750 32 35 32 2 FIGURE 8 Ellie Goulding 35300 33 33 10 9 LATCH Disclosure/Sam Smith 226150 34 34 8 14 ONE MORE NIGHT Maroon 5 314750 36 42 5 13 SKYFALL Adele 417150 39 56 39 5 LOVER TO LOVER Florence + The Machine 67700 45 44 1 23 SOME NIGHTS fun. 1406550 46 43 1 22 LITTLE TALKS Of Monsters And Men 1453250 47 47 9 10 BENEATH YOUR BEAUTIFUL Labrinth/ Emili Sande 251700 48 37 20 6 ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS (ABBEY ROAD SESSIONS) Kylie Minogue 98700 50 NEW 50 1 JUST BE Paloma Faith 12000 52 30 30 4 HERE WITH ME The Killers 64600 53 57 53 5 GROOVE IS IN THE HEART Deee-Lite 42250 54 61 54 2 TIDAL WAVE Sub Focus/ Alpine 18500 56 58 56 7 DON'T SPEAK No Doubt 55400 57 67 57 2 FOLLOW ME Muse 17000 61 51 19 11 DIAMONDS Rihanna 168450 64 NEW 64 1 YEAH, YEAH Willy Moon 7100 66 66 1 102 BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 2031250 67 NEW 67 1 CLOWN Emili Sande 6600 72 72 1 62 PRINCESS OF CHINA Coldplay/ Rihanna 3480000 74 74 1 49 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Gotye/Kimbra 1707100
December 30, 201212 yr Author Hi John 2 4 2 11 DON'T YOU WORRY CHILD Swedish House Mafia/ John Martin 450950 3 1 1 8 RADIOACTIVE Imagine Dragons 518750 5 8 5 6 MEMORY OF THE FUTURE (SINGLE REMIX) Pet Shop Boys 181200 6 2 2 9 SOMETHING NEW Girls Aloud 466600 9 41 9 15 GANGNAM STYLE PSY 252700 10 13 10 5 NOT GIVING IN Rudimental/ John Newman/ Alex Clare 126800 12 6 6 8 TRY P!nk 300800 15 17 15 7 YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE New Radicals 135500 17 23 17 4 DIFFERENT Robbie Williams 53850 18 14 1 12 RUN BOY RUN Woodkid 935000 21 16 10 4 MY HEART IS REFUSING ME Loreen 108750 23 25 23 2 LOSING YOU Solange 38000 26 26 26 4 HEAR ME Imagine Dragons 59100 31 22 8 11 WONDER Naughty Boy/ Emeli Sande 250750 32 35 32 2 FIGURE 8 Ellie Goulding 35300 33 33 10 9 LATCH Disclosure/Sam Smith 226150 34 34 8 14 ONE MORE NIGHT Maroon 5 314750 36 42 5 13 SKYFALL Adele 417150 39 56 39 5 LOVER TO LOVER Florence + The Machine 67700 45 44 1 23 SOME NIGHTS fun. 1406550 46 43 1 22 LITTLE TALKS Of Monsters And Men 1453250 47 47 9 10 BENEATH YOUR BEAUTIFUL Labrinth/ Emili Sande 251700 48 37 20 6 ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS (ABBEY ROAD SESSIONS) Kylie Minogue 98700 50 NEW 50 1 JUST BE Paloma Faith 12000 52 30 30 4 HERE WITH ME The Killers 64600 53 57 53 5 GROOVE IS IN THE HEART Deee-Lite 42250 54 61 54 2 TIDAL WAVE Sub Focus/ Alpine 18500 56 58 56 7 DON'T SPEAK No Doubt 55400 57 67 57 2 FOLLOW ME Muse 17000 61 51 19 11 DIAMONDS Rihanna 168450 64 NEW 64 1 YEAH, YEAH Willy Moon 7100 66 66 1 102 BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 2031250 67 NEW 67 1 CLOWN Emili Sande 6600 72 72 1 62 PRINCESS OF CHINA Coldplay/ Rihanna 3480000 74 74 1 49 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Gotye/Kimbra 1707100 thanks Mart!n, Happy New Year! cheers john
December 30, 201212 yr Hi, John! :) Quite a surprise No.1! I suppose it's a great choice for the final chart of the year! I've discovered Don't You Worry Child for myself recently. Good song. I'm sort of disappointed with the new Hurts song. Love their previous album a lot. EXILE 2013 sounds a bit different though. Happy New Year, John! :D
December 30, 201212 yr Author Hi, John! :) Quite a surprise No.1! I suppose it's a great choice for the final chart of the year! I've discovered Don't You Worry Child for myself recently. Good song. I'm sort of disappointed with the new Hurts song. Love their previous album a lot. EXILE 2013 sounds a bit different though. Happy New Year, John! :D Thanks Andrey, Happy New Year to you too :yahoo: I always loved that Monkees B side as a kid, and never really stopped loving it:) Swedish House Mafia is a grower, always a good sign for a classic pop song. Hurts I only heard once so far, and I doubt it's remotely commercial in any way, but I liked the transfer from slow ballad to synthy-guitar-ish feedback build. Unusual B-) cheers john
December 30, 201212 yr John, It's fun to have very old songs on the top. I was very obsessed with old songs, which have any association with Eurovision in 2012. My top 3 for this Xmas / New Year week: 2 songs from Irish National Preselection - 1984 and my favourite song from Swiss National Final 2013 [First preselection in this year] 1. Flo McSweeney - This Is For You (1984) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5AmjynWu8s 2. Carrousel – J’avais Rendez-Vous (2012) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tToPDh4ILb0 3. Sheeba - My Love and You (1984) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJDPkeby7jo
December 30, 201212 yr Author John, It's fun to have very old songs on the top. I was very obsessed with old songs, which have any association with Eurovision in 2012. My top 3 for this Xmas / New Year week: 2 songs from Irish National Preselection - 1984 and my favourite song from Swiss National Final 2013 [First preselection in this year] 1. Flo McSweeney - This Is For You (1984) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5AmjynWu8s 2. Carrousel – J’avais Rendez-Vous (2012) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tToPDh4ILb0 3. Sheeba - My Love and You (1984) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJDPkeby7jo Thanks Alex, the 70's group Jigsaw (my first ever live concert, and a couple of hit singles/songs, including one covered by St Etienne - Who Do You Think You Are) had a few 80's eurovision connections Ive just found out after forgetting, through songwriter singer who did a few UK entries then. That'll test your knowledge! cheers john:)
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