Posted January 13, 201312 yr A difficult chart this one, as again so much stuff around I love, every record is lower than it deserves, and a lot of Xmas-dumpees get to re-enter after the exodus of xmas songs. I'm still mad on Swedish House mafia & Imagine dragons, but Loreen gets her 2nd Top 5, Solange is fab, Rihanna's is one of her best and still growing and my beloved Pet Shops Boys can't get that number one spot! Roxette come back with a great updated remix of what I think is an old track - it made my top 20 last year but it's rejuvenated as a download, so that's 24 years of Top 10's for them. Killers also jump back in, Squeeze get 35 years of Top 40's, Donald Fagen 38 years, and Bowie, the Legend, 43 years. In the real world he gets his first Top 10 for 20 years and a span of 43 years almost - there's hardly anyone else that can do that, and he's been away 10 years, and come back sounding and looking fragile, which is so sad. And then there's Petula Clark and Jimmy Cliff arriving - Jimmy has also been about since 1969, 43 years, but he's just a baby compared to our Pet - while she first charted in 1971, 41 years ago for me, in the real world she would have had a string of hits in the mid-60's had I been charting as a child, and she would have had her first real-world chart hits not in the 50's (as the record books might suggest) but probably the 40's - she started singing at 10 in 1942 and was a household name from then on. She was on Jools Holland at New Year, and the new track is not unlike Lana Del ray. 1 1 1 13 DON'T YOU WORRY CHILD Swedish House Mafia/ John Martin 790950 2 2 1 10 RADIOACTIVE Imagine Dragons 748750 3 4 3 8 MEMORY OF THE FUTURE (SINGLE REMIX) Pet Shop Boys 331200 4 8 4 6 MY HEART IS REFUSING ME Loreen 221750 5 16 5 2 STAY Rihanna/Mikky Ekko 85000 6 7 6 4 LOSING YOU Solange 143000 7 NEW 7 1 THE SWEET HELLO THE SAD GOODBYE (REMIX) Roxette 50000 8 5 5 3 LIGHT THE NIGHT Andy Burrows 156000 9 6 1 17 DISCONNECTED Keane 1935000 10 10 10 2 SCREAM AND SHOUT will.i.am/ Britney Spears 84000 11 3 3 2 DON'T CRY ALONE Robin Gibb 122000 12 12 6 10 TRY P!nk 370800 13 9 2 11 SOMETHING NEW Girls Aloud 543600 14 14 14 9 YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE New Radicals 193500 15 15 15 4 SHE OWNS THE STREETS The Raveonettes 94400 16 18 16 7 LIGHTNING BOLT Jake Bugg 125750 17 30 17 6 DIFFERENT Robbie Williams 94850 18 19 18 4 NEVER KNEW YOUR NAME Madness 71000 19 21 19 19 I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM Yvonne Elliman 261500 20 20 20 3 THE ROAD Hurts 58300 21 11 1 23 (I'M NOT YOUR) STEPPIN' STONE The Monkees 653900 22 RE 22 3 MISS ATOMIC BOMB The Killers 45500 23 25 23 2 FEEL AGAIN Onerepublic 38000 24 73 24 3 TOMMY Squeeze 29400 25 13 3 13 BRUISES Train/ Ashley Monroe 558850 26 RE 26 3 THESE DAYS ARE MINE I Am Kloot 38700 27 22 10 7 NOT GIVING IN Rudimental/ John Newman/ Alex Clare 164700 28 NEW 28 1 GREEN GARDEN Laura Mvula 18300 29 NEW 29 1 DREAM OF ME Kristina Train 18200 30 40 30 3 ROCK 'N' ROLL LOVE SONG Prince 52000 31 26 3 11 I FOUND YOU The Wanted 409650 32 17 7 10 LIGHT UP THE WORLD Steps 243400 33 24 1 14 RUN BOY RUN Woodkid 971700 34 64 34 3 YEAH, YEAH Willy Moon 31800 35 23 11 4 HE AIN'T HEAVY.. HE'S MY BROTHER The Justice Collective 100750 36 NEW 36 1 WHERE ARE WE NOW? David Bowie 17400 37 38 37 15 HELP ME RHONDA The Beach Boys 159000 38 39 26 6 HEAR ME Imagine Dragons 93400 39 70 39 2 MISS MARLENE Donald Fagen 23100 40 41 40 13 YOUR MOTHER SHOULD KNOW The Beatles 135400 41 29 1 10 DARK BLACK Kristina Train 577200 42 28 9 17 GANGNAM STYLE PSY 284750 43 27 27 4 HOMETOWN Andy Burrows 67400 44 47 44 7 WHOLE LOTTA ROSIE AC/DC 71250 45 RE 45 3 KISS YOU One Direction 37000 46 31 5 8 SHE'S A RAINBOW The Rolling Stones 321650 47 33 1 51 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Gotye/Kimbra 1737300 48 36 5 15 SKYFALL Adele 450850 49 49 49 7 GROOVE IS IN THE HEART Deee-Lite 66450 50 45 9 12 BENEATH YOUR BEAUTIFUL Labrinth/ Emili Sande 276700 51 58 47 7 I KNEW YOU WERE TROUBLE Taylor Swift 76750 52 34 8 16 ONE MORE NIGHT Maroon 5 343850 53 44 1 64 PRINCESS OF CHINA Coldplay/ Rihanna 3504500 54 RE 54 3 IMPOSSIBLE James Arthur 23900 55 57 55 5 FANNY (BE TENDER WITH MY LOVE) The Bee Gees 39200 56 35 10 11 LATCH Disclosure/Sam Smith 254250 57 RE 55 5 GOLD DUST DJ Fresh 44000 58 46 1 25 SOME NIGHTS fun. 1429500 59 RE 48 4 DON'T SAVE ME HAIM 45300 60 NEW 60 1 TITANIUM David Guetta/ SIA 10000 61 48 1 24 LITTLE TALKS Of Monsters And Men 1473050 62 62 1 85 GOD ONLY KNOWS The Beach Boys 1726450 63 NEW 63 1 DON'T STOP THE PARTY Pitbull/ Tjr 7200 64 37 8 13 WONDER Naughty Boy/ Emeli Sande 275150 65 67 65 5 LET'S GET IT ON Marvin Gaye 31600 66 65 1 44 ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART Cilla Black 972400 67 66 1 104 BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 2044650 68 NEW 68 1 STUPID STUPID Alex Day 6400 69 32 32 4 FIGURE 8 Ellie Goulding 59300 70 NEW 70 1 ONE MORE Jimmy Cliff 6000 71 43 9 4 DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Chris Rea 83300 72 NEW 72 1 LIES (OTTO KNOWS REMIX) Burns 5600 73 NEW 73 1 BACK IN YOUR ARMS AGAIN The Mavericks 5400 74 NEW 74 1 ONE DAY I'LL FLY AWAY Kimberley Walsh 5200 75 NEW 75 1 CUT COPY ME Petula Clark 5000 DROP OUTS 42 18 3 WARM THIS WINTER Gabriella Cilmi 55250 50 50 2 JUST BE Paloma Faith 24000 51 19 3 SLEIGH RIDE The Ronettes 50950 52 35 3 BACK HOME Guida 46000 53 53 8 DON'T SPEAK No Doubt 66650 54 54 3 TIDAL WAVE Sub Focus/ Alpine 29500 55 55 3 RIGHT NOW Rihanna/ David Guetta 27200 56 39 6 LOVER TO LOVER Florence + The Machine 78300 59 59 2 CAN YOU HEAR ME? Wiley/ Skepta/ Jme/ Ms D 20200 60 7 10 PLEASE FORGIVE MY HEART Bobby Womack 264650 61 8 12 MOVES LIKE JAGGER Bananarama 303000 63 20 3 SLEIGH RIDE fun. 44500 68 68 1 PLAY HARD David Guetta/ Ne-yo/ Akon 6400 69 55 2 INHALER Foals 17000 71 20 7 ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS (ABBEY ROAD SESSIONS) Kylie Minogue 104500 72 19 12 DIAMONDS Rihanna 174050 74 74 2 THAT'S WHAT WE CAN DO Deacon Blue 10200 75 75 1 ONE MORE SHOT The Rolling Stones 5000
January 13, 201312 yr Hi JOhn... from your top 50 1 1 1 13 DON'T YOU WORRY CHILD Swedish House Mafia/ John Martin 790950 2 2 1 10 RADIOACTIVE Imagine Dragons 748750 3 4 3 8 MEMORY OF THE FUTURE (SINGLE REMIX) Pet Shop Boys 331200 4 8 4 6 MY HEART IS REFUSING ME Loreen 221750 5 16 5 2 STAY Rihanna/Mikky Ekko 85000 6 7 6 4 LOSING YOU Solange 143000 7 NEW 7 1 THE SWEET HELLO THE SAD GOODBYE (REMIX) Roxette 50000 12 12 6 10 TRY P!nk 370800 13 9 2 11 SOMETHING NEW Girls Aloud 543600 14 14 14 9 YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE New Radicals 193500 15 15 15 4 SHE OWNS THE STREETS The Raveonettes 94400 17 30 17 6 DIFFERENT Robbie Williams 94850 20 20 20 3 THE ROAD Hurts 58300 27 22 10 7 NOT GIVING IN Rudimental/ John Newman/ Alex Clare 164700 33 24 1 14 RUN BOY RUN Woodkid 971700 34 64 34 3 YEAH, YEAH Willy Moon 31800 36 NEW 36 1 WHERE ARE WE NOW? David Bowie 17400 38 39 26 6 HEAR ME Imagine Dragons 93400 47 33 1 51 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Gotye/Kimbra 1737300 48 36 5 15 SKYFALL Adele 450850 49 49 49 7 GROOVE IS IN THE HEART Deee-Lite 66450 50 45 9 12 BENEATH YOUR BEAUTIFUL Labrinth/ Emili Sande 276700
January 13, 201312 yr Author Hi JOhn... from your top 50 1 1 1 13 DON'T YOU WORRY CHILD Swedish House Mafia/ John Martin 790950 2 2 1 10 RADIOACTIVE Imagine Dragons 748750 3 4 3 8 MEMORY OF THE FUTURE (SINGLE REMIX) Pet Shop Boys 331200 4 8 4 6 MY HEART IS REFUSING ME Loreen 221750 5 16 5 2 STAY Rihanna/Mikky Ekko 85000 6 7 6 4 LOSING YOU Solange 143000 7 NEW 7 1 THE SWEET HELLO THE SAD GOODBYE (REMIX) Roxette 50000 12 12 6 10 TRY P!nk 370800 13 9 2 11 SOMETHING NEW Girls Aloud 543600 14 14 14 9 YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE New Radicals 193500 15 15 15 4 SHE OWNS THE STREETS The Raveonettes 94400 17 30 17 6 DIFFERENT Robbie Williams 94850 20 20 20 3 THE ROAD Hurts 58300 27 22 10 7 NOT GIVING IN Rudimental/ John Newman/ Alex Clare 164700 33 24 1 14 RUN BOY RUN Woodkid 971700 34 64 34 3 YEAH, YEAH Willy Moon 31800 36 NEW 36 1 WHERE ARE WE NOW? David Bowie 17400 38 39 26 6 HEAR ME Imagine Dragons 93400 47 33 1 51 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Gotye/Kimbra 1737300 48 36 5 15 SKYFALL Adele 450850 49 49 49 7 GROOVE IS IN THE HEART Deee-Lite 66450 50 45 9 12 BENEATH YOUR BEAUTIFUL Labrinth/ Emili Sande 276700 Thanks Mart!n, good to see you like Roxette & Bowie:) cheers john
January 14, 201312 yr 2 wonderful debuts: Petula Clark and Kimberley Walsh :wub: Let's push Cilla Black. Sooner or later it would be 1.000.000 points. :)
January 14, 201312 yr Author 2 wonderful debuts: Petula Clark and Kimberley Walsh :wub: Let's push Cilla Black. Sooner or later it would be 1.000.000 points. :) Yes thanks for the kimberley link Alex, and Cilla isn't going anywhere yet - I have a list of all the 750+ songs that have hit a "million" sales in my charts over the years and that needs to be one of them! To get into the all-time Top 100 needs 2 million sales at the moment so that's unlikely though...:)
January 14, 201312 yr Hi 1 1 1 13 DON'T YOU WORRY CHILD Swedish House Mafia/ John Martin 790950 2 2 1 10 RADIOACTIVE Imagine Dragons 748750 4 8 4 6 MY HEART IS REFUSING ME Loreen 221750 5 16 5 2 STAY Rihanna/Mikky Ekko 85000 10 10 10 2 SCREAM AND SHOUT will.i.am/ Britney Spears 84000 12 12 6 10 TRY P!nk 370800 13 9 2 11 SOMETHING NEW Girls Aloud 543600 14 14 14 9 YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE New Radicals 193500 16 18 16 7 LIGHTNING BOLT Jake Bugg 125750 17 30 17 6 DIFFERENT Robbie Williams 94850 22 RE 22 3 MISS ATOMIC BOMB The Killers 45500 23 25 23 2 FEEL AGAIN Onerepublic 38000 27 22 10 7 NOT GIVING IN Rudimental/ John Newman/ Alex Clare 164700 28 NEW 28 1 GREEN GARDEN Laura Mvula 18300 31 26 3 11 I FOUND YOU The Wanted 409650 32 17 7 10 LIGHT UP THE WORLD Steps 243400 33 24 1 14 RUN BOY RUN Woodkid 971700 34 64 34 3 YEAH, YEAH Willy Moon 31800 35 23 11 4 HE AIN'T HEAVY.. HE'S MY BROTHER The Justice Collective 100750 38 39 26 6 HEAR ME Imagine Dragons 93400 40 41 40 13 YOUR MOTHER SHOULD KNOW The Beatles 135400 42 28 9 17 GANGNAM STYLE PSY 284750 45 RE 45 3 KISS YOU One Direction 37000 47 33 1 51 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Gotye/Kimbra 1737300 48 36 5 15 SKYFALL Adele 450850 49 49 49 7 GROOVE IS IN THE HEART Deee-Lite 66450 50 45 9 12 BENEATH YOUR BEAUTIFUL Labrinth/ Emili Sande 276700 51 58 47 7 I KNEW YOU WERE TROUBLE Taylor Swift 76750 52 34 8 16 ONE MORE NIGHT Maroon 5 343850 53 44 1 64 PRINCESS OF CHINA Coldplay/ Rihanna 3504500 54 RE 54 3 IMPOSSIBLE James Arthur 23900 56 35 10 11 LATCH Disclosure/Sam Smith 254250 57 RE 55 5 GOLD DUST DJ Fresh 44000 58 46 1 25 SOME NIGHTS fun. 1429500 59 RE 48 4 DON'T SAVE ME HAIM 45300 60 NEW 60 1 TITANIUM David Guetta/ SIA 10000 61 48 1 24 LITTLE TALKS Of Monsters And Men 1473050 62 62 1 85 GOD ONLY KNOWS The Beach Boys 1726450 63 NEW 63 1 DON'T STOP THE PARTY Pitbull/ Tjr 7200 64 37 8 13 WONDER Naughty Boy/ Emeli Sande 275150 65 67 65 5 LET'S GET IT ON Marvin Gaye 31600 66 65 1 44 ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART Cilla Black 972400 67 66 1 104 BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 2044650 68 NEW 68 1 STUPID STUPID Alex Day 6400 69 32 32 4 FIGURE 8 Ellie Goulding 59300 71 43 9 4 DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Chris Rea 83300 72 NEW 72 1 LIES (OTTO KNOWS REMIX) Burns 5600 Great Chart!
January 15, 201312 yr Author Hi 1 1 1 13 DON'T YOU WORRY CHILD Swedish House Mafia/ John Martin 790950 2 2 1 10 RADIOACTIVE Imagine Dragons 748750 4 8 4 6 MY HEART IS REFUSING ME Loreen 221750 5 16 5 2 STAY Rihanna/Mikky Ekko 85000 10 10 10 2 SCREAM AND SHOUT will.i.am/ Britney Spears 84000 12 12 6 10 TRY P!nk 370800 13 9 2 11 SOMETHING NEW Girls Aloud 543600 14 14 14 9 YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE New Radicals 193500 16 18 16 7 LIGHTNING BOLT Jake Bugg 125750 17 30 17 6 DIFFERENT Robbie Williams 94850 22 RE 22 3 MISS ATOMIC BOMB The Killers 45500 23 25 23 2 FEEL AGAIN Onerepublic 38000 27 22 10 7 NOT GIVING IN Rudimental/ John Newman/ Alex Clare 164700 28 NEW 28 1 GREEN GARDEN Laura Mvula 18300 31 26 3 11 I FOUND YOU The Wanted 409650 32 17 7 10 LIGHT UP THE WORLD Steps 243400 33 24 1 14 RUN BOY RUN Woodkid 971700 34 64 34 3 YEAH, YEAH Willy Moon 31800 35 23 11 4 HE AIN'T HEAVY.. HE'S MY BROTHER The Justice Collective 100750 38 39 26 6 HEAR ME Imagine Dragons 93400 40 41 40 13 YOUR MOTHER SHOULD KNOW The Beatles 135400 42 28 9 17 GANGNAM STYLE PSY 284750 45 RE 45 3 KISS YOU One Direction 37000 47 33 1 51 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Gotye/Kimbra 1737300 48 36 5 15 SKYFALL Adele 450850 49 49 49 7 GROOVE IS IN THE HEART Deee-Lite 66450 50 45 9 12 BENEATH YOUR BEAUTIFUL Labrinth/ Emili Sande 276700 51 58 47 7 I KNEW YOU WERE TROUBLE Taylor Swift 76750 52 34 8 16 ONE MORE NIGHT Maroon 5 343850 53 44 1 64 PRINCESS OF CHINA Coldplay/ Rihanna 3504500 54 RE 54 3 IMPOSSIBLE James Arthur 23900 56 35 10 11 LATCH Disclosure/Sam Smith 254250 57 RE 55 5 GOLD DUST DJ Fresh 44000 58 46 1 25 SOME NIGHTS fun. 1429500 59 RE 48 4 DON'T SAVE ME HAIM 45300 60 NEW 60 1 TITANIUM David Guetta/ SIA 10000 61 48 1 24 LITTLE TALKS Of Monsters And Men 1473050 62 62 1 85 GOD ONLY KNOWS The Beach Boys 1726450 63 NEW 63 1 DON'T STOP THE PARTY Pitbull/ Tjr 7200 64 37 8 13 WONDER Naughty Boy/ Emeli Sande 275150 65 67 65 5 LET'S GET IT ON Marvin Gaye 31600 66 65 1 44 ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART Cilla Black 972400 67 66 1 104 BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty 2044650 68 NEW 68 1 STUPID STUPID Alex Day 6400 69 32 32 4 FIGURE 8 Ellie Goulding 59300 71 43 9 4 DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Chris Rea 83300 72 NEW 72 1 LIES (OTTO KNOWS REMIX) Burns 5600 Great Chart! Hi Ken, as always thanks for the long list and comment!:) cheers:) john
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