Posted February 23, 201312 yr FEB 2003 CHARTS 2nd FEB charts DANGER! HIGH VOLTAGE! Electric Six 1 2 5 4 AM I ON YOUR MIND Oxygen/ Andrea Britton 2 3 4 6 ALL THE THINGS SHE SAID tATu 3 1 1 1 GOOD DANCERS The Sleepy Jackson 4 4 3 3 MOVE YOUR FEET Junior Senior 5 6 7 7 LONESOME DAY Bruce Springsteen 6 8 13 17 CRY ME A RIVER Justin Timberlake 7 7 6 5 NAUGHTY GIRL Holly Valance 8 11 16 28 DIRRTY Christina Aguilera/ Redman 9 9 11 13 BE WITH YOU/ THE LAST GOODBYE Atomic Kitten 10 10 15 24 I WAS MADE TO LOVE HER Stevie Wonder 11 13 17 21 YOSHIMI BATTLES THE PINK ROBOTS PT 1 Flaming Lips 12 12 12 18 GAME OF LOVE Santana/ Michelle Branch 13 16 23 25 LIKE I LOVE YOU Justin Timberlake 14 14 18 27 COME INTO MY WORLD Kylie Minogue 15 22 29 36 SOUND OF THE UNDERGROUND Girls Aloud 16 23 19 23 SACRED TRUST One True Voice 17 15 21 31 (I CAN'T GET NO) SATISFACTION Rolling Stones 18 21 22 22 WONDERBOY Tenacious D 19 27 45 52 DON'T WORRY Appleton 20 5 2 2 THE WAY (PUT YOUR HAND IN MY HAND) Divine Inspiration 21 30 47 56 HIDDEN AGENDA Craig David 22 18 30 44 I CAN SEE FOR MILES The Who 23 29 36 41 HEAVEN DJ Sammy 24 43 SOLSBURY HILL Erasure 25 34 34 34 FAMILY PORTRAIT Pink 26 32 46 65 YOU'RE A SUPERSTAR Love Inc 27 44 44 55 THE FINAL ARREARS Mull Historical Society 28 17 8 11 FEEL Robbie Williams 29 45 SEEN THE LIGHT Supergrass 30 25 31 50 YEAR 3000 Busted 31 28 20 15 BLUE SONG Mint Royale 32 31 37 51 HEAVEN IS CLOSER (FEELS LIKE HEAVEN) Dario G 33 48 57 COME ON OVER John Silver 34 49 62 WALK ON BY Dionne Warwick 35 38 38 38 DON'T LET ME DOWN Will Young 36 47 STOLE Kelly Rowland 37 19 32 16 SCIENCE OF SILENCE Richard Ashcroft 38 56 SK8TER BOI Avril Lavigne 39 20 28 48 I'M GONNA GETCHA GOOD Shania Twain 40 52 65 I STARTED A JOKE Bee Gees 41 41 41 42 MASSACHUSSETS Bee Gees 42 42 42 43 JUST THE WAY I'M FEELING Feeder 43 55 55 I'M RIGHT HERE Samantha Mumba 44 53 67 70 CHECK THE MEANING Richard Ashcroft 45 46 51 54 DISEASE Matchbox 20 46 33 33 29 MUNDIAN TO BACH KE Panjabi MC 47 39 43 58 LOVE WILL COME THROUGH Travis 48 66 STUCK INSIDE A CLOUD George Harrison 49 65 HERE IT COMES AGAIN Melanie C 50 37 24 19 REFLECTIONS Diana Ross & The Supremes 51 51 52 53 SCORPIO RISING Death In Vegas/ Liam Gallagher 52 STRONGER Sugababes 53 MUSIC GETS THE BEST OF ME Sophie Ellis-Bextor 54 LOSE YOURSELF Eminem 55 TIMES LIKE THESE Foo Fighters 56 BIG YELLOW TAXI Counting Crows/ Vanessa Carlton 57 35 35 35 THE OPERA SONG Jurgen De Vries/ Charlotte Church 58 36 48 66 MY SWEET LORD George Harrison 59 59 59 62 I'M GONNA BE STRONG Gene Pitney 60 60 60 60 RAG DOLL Four Seasons 61 61 61 61 THE BEAT GOES ON Bob St Clar 62 50 TAKE THE SKINHEADS BOWLING Camper Van Beethoven 63 63 66 FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH Cardigans 64 64 64 TREAT ME LIKE A LADY Zoe Birkett 65 THE NIGHT Soft Cell 66 40 27 20 ELECTRICAL STORM U2 67 GOD ONLY KNOWS Beach Boys 68 68 69 69 IN MY PLACE Coldplay 69 70 A LITTLE BIT Rosie Ribbons 70 PAIN KILLER Turin Brakes 71 40 33 THE ZEPHYR SONG Red Hot Chili Peppers 72 BEAUTIFUL Christina Aguilera 73 54 49 49 CLOCKS Coldplay 74 9 8 COCHISE Audioslave 75 9th FEB entries PRAY Syntax 24 10 10 SONGBIRD Oasis 26 14 12 CAN'T STOP Red Hot Chili Peppers 57 54 39 AUTOMATIC Sarah Whatmore 58 68 KNOW YOU WANNA 3rd Edge 62 53 SING FOR THE MOMENT Eminem 67 OK Big Brovaz 69 50 37 HEY MA Cam'ron 71 68 59 '03 BONNIE & CLYDE Jay-Z/ Beyonce Knowles 72 63 63 I BEGIN TO WONDER Danii Minogue 73 25 14 SHAPE Sugababes 74 FAMILIAR FEELINGS Moloko 75 71 67 16th FEB entries SPIRIT IN THE SKY Gareth Gates & The Kumars 26 26 A THING ABOUT YOU Roxette 39 47 THE BOYS OF SUMMER DJ Sammy 56 46 LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH AND THE FAMOUS Good Charlotte 58 40 DON'T THINK YOU'RE THE FIRST The Coral 70 30 ALL OF YOUR DAYS WILL BE BLESSED Ed Harcourt 72 I CAN'T BREAK DOWN Sinead Quinn 73 64 PLEASE Robin Gibb 74 SOMETHING THAT YOU SAID The Bangles 75 23rd FEB entries ANY ROAD WILL TAKE YOU THERE George Harrison 9 SUNRISE Simply Red 32 LIGHT AND DAY Polyphonic Spree 45 GET OVER IT OK Go 57 PARADISE LL Cool J/ Amerie 71 I'M WITH YOU Avril Lavigne 72 SHOWDOWN Jody Lei 73 BEING NOBODY Liberty X/ Richard X 74 FLASH Vanguard/ Queen 75
February 24, 201312 yr Good day, John Some nice personal memories from 2003. Third and last year in row with 1 personal ultimate artist, which very low-known in music world. 2001 : allSTARS* - allSTARS* 2002 : H & Claire - Another You, Another Me 2003 : Sinead Quinn - Ready To Run Maybe it's my ALL-TIME top 3 albums. My 4 # 1 songs here : Very painful flop for my personal ultimate favourite "I Can't Break Down" (10 weeks # 1) :( Only Anmary and maybe one song from 1980 has more # 1 weeks in my charts I think, that you don't like Sugababes ballads (after very low places for "Shape" and "Stronger") Girls Aloud - Sound Of The Underground Another favourites : Rosie Ribbons - A Little Bit (Personal # 1 or # 2. I don't remember precise peak position) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Music Gets The Best Of Me Appleton - Don't Worry Sarah Whatmore - Automatic Holly Valance - Naughty Girl Shania Twain - I'm Gonna Getcha Good
February 24, 201312 yr Author Good day, John Some nice personal memories from 2003. Third and last year in row with 1 personal ultimate artist, which very low-known in music world. 2001 : allSTARS* - allSTARS* 2002 : H & Claire - Another You, Another Me 2003 : Sinead Quinn - Ready To Run Maybe it's my ALL-TIME top 3 albums. My 4 # 1 songs here : Very painful flop for my personal ultimate favourite "I Can't Break Down" (10 weeks # 1) :( Only Anmary and maybe one song from 1980 has more # 1 weeks in my charts I think, that you don't like Sugababes ballads (after very low places for "Shape" and "Stronger") Girls Aloud - Sound Of The Underground Another favourites : Rosie Ribbons - A Little Bit (Personal # 1 or # 2. I don't remember precise peak position) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Music Gets The Best Of Me Appleton - Don't Worry Sarah Whatmore - Automatic Holly Valance - Naughty Girl Shania Twain - I'm Gonna Getcha Good Thanks Alex, I think I need to play my minidiscs again from 2003 (I'm still reviewing 2002!) to update my year-end top 100 lists, I'm sure some of those you like will feature:) Sugababes, yes, you're right, sometimes their ballads didn't hit me - I still like them or they wouldnt chart, but I really love their poppier stuff (in my review of 2002 they have 2 singles at 10 and 14 for January to September, I've still got another 4 months to re-listen to but I will post the Top 100 when Ive done, and compare it with what I thought at the time chart-points-wise) cheers! john
March 7, 201312 yr Great stuff John :D Fascinating read. It also gives me the opportunity to dig out my own chart from the time :P w/e 3 March 2003 1 (1) Tatu - All The Things She Said 2 (2) Dee Dee - Forever (Ian Van Dahl Remix) 3 (3) Darren Hayes - Crush (1980 Me) 4 (5) Jurgen Vries ft CMC - Brave New World (The Opera Song) 5 (4) Soft Cell - The Night 6 (7) Massive Ego - Murder 7 (10) Holly - Out Here On My Own 8 (NE) Sinead Quinn - I Can't Break Down 9 (NE) Sarah Whatmore - Automatic 10 (8) Divine Inspiration - The Way (Put Your Hand In My Hand) 11 (11) Alexia - Goodbye 12 (NE) Blazin Squad - Reminise/Where The Story Ends 13 (6) Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River 14 (9) Feeder - Just The Way I'm Feeling 15 (NE) Appleton - Don't Worry 16 (20) Flaming Lips - Yoshumi Battles The Pink Robot Pt.1 17 (12) Karaja - She Moves (La La La) 18 (13) Eminem - Lose Yourself 19 (15) Bounce & Styles ft Emma B - What U Need (Tonight) 20 (14) Lemon Jelly - Nice Weather For Ducks 21 (16) John Silver - Come On Over 22 (NE) Oakenfold - Harder They Come 23 (20) Chicane - Saltwater (2003 Re-Issue) 24 (17) Counting Crows ft Vanessa Carlton - Big Yellow Taxi 25 (25) Girls Aloud - Sound Of The Underground 26 (31) Daniel Bedingfield - If You're Not The One 27 (NE) Polyphonic Spree - Light & Day 28 (24) Electric Six - Danger! High Voltage! 29 (29) Ms Dynamite - Put Him Out 30 (23) Dario G - Feels Like Heaven (Heaven Is Closer) 31 (26) Kelly Rowland - Stole 32 (NE) Jody Lei - Showdown 33 (NE) Idlewild - Modern Way Of Letting Go 34 (18) Oasis - Songbird 35 (34) Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi 36 (35) Milk Inc - Land Of The Living 37 (36) Robbie Williams - Feel 38 (38) Massive Ego ft 'Miss' Dusty O - My Heart Goes Bang 39 (NE) LL Cool J ft Amerie - Paradise 40 (22) Driftwood - Freeloader Some all time faves here, and several (including all new entries from 12 downwards) I have no recollection of whatsoever! All The Things She Said went on to be the biggest hit of the decade in my chart, spending six weeks on top. This was its last week at No.1. It got knocked off by Christina Aguilera's Beautiful the following week.
March 7, 201312 yr Author Great stuff John :D Fascinating read. It also gives me the opportunity to dig out my own chart from the time :P w/e 3 March 2003 1 (1) Tatu - All The Things She Said 2 (2) Dee Dee - Forever (Ian Van Dahl Remix) 3 (3) Darren Hayes - Crush (1980 Me) 4 (5) Jurgen Vries ft CMC - Brave New World (The Opera Song) 5 (4) Soft Cell - The Night 6 (7) Massive Ego - Murder 7 (10) Holly - Out Here On My Own 8 (NE) Sinead Quinn - I Can't Break Down 9 (NE) Sarah Whatmore - Automatic 10 (8) Divine Inspiration - The Way (Put Your Hand In My Hand) 11 (11) Alexia - Goodbye 12 (NE) Blazin Squad - Reminise/Where The Story Ends 13 (6) Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River 14 (9) Feeder - Just The Way I'm Feeling 15 (NE) Appleton - Don't Worry 16 (20) Flaming Lips - Yoshumi Battles The Pink Robot Pt.1 17 (12) Karaja - She Moves (La La La) 18 (13) Eminem - Lose Yourself 19 (15) Bounce & Styles ft Emma B - What U Need (Tonight) 20 (14) Lemon Jelly - Nice Weather For Ducks 21 (16) John Silver - Come On Over 22 (NE) Oakenfold - Harder They Come 23 (20) Chicane - Saltwater (2003 Re-Issue) 24 (17) Counting Crows ft Vanessa Carlton - Big Yellow Taxi 25 (25) Girls Aloud - Sound Of The Underground 26 (31) Daniel Bedingfield - If You're Not The One 27 (NE) Polyphonic Spree - Light & Day 28 (24) Electric Six - Danger! High Voltage! 29 (29) Ms Dynamite - Put Him Out 30 (23) Dario G - Feels Like Heaven (Heaven Is Closer) 31 (26) Kelly Rowland - Stole 32 (NE) Jody Lei - Showdown 33 (NE) Idlewild - Modern Way Of Letting Go 34 (18) Oasis - Songbird 35 (34) Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi 36 (35) Milk Inc - Land Of The Living 37 (36) Robbie Williams - Feel 38 (38) Massive Ego ft 'Miss' Dusty O - My Heart Goes Bang 39 (NE) LL Cool J ft Amerie - Paradise 40 (22) Driftwood - Freeloader Some all time faves here, and several (including all new entries from 12 downwards) I have no recollection of whatsoever! All The Things She Said went on to be the biggest hit of the decade in my chart, spending six weeks on top. This was its last week at No.1. It got knocked off by Christina Aguilera's Beautiful the following week. Thanks AH, glad to see we co-incide on a quite a few tracks, I have the same problem remembering them all because the charts were so fast in those days you got to hear them just a few times unless they were playlisted but the Appleton and Polyphonic Spree new entries stick in my mind as good ones:) cheers john
March 19, 201312 yr Author MARCH 2003 Trevor Horn and some Russian ladies dominating pop for a while..:) 2nd March ALL THE THINGS SHE SAID tATu 1 1 2 3 7 CRY ME A RIVER Justin Timberlake 2 2 1 1 3 GOOD DANCERS The Sleepy Jackson 3 3 12 15 22 DON'T WORRY Appleton 4 4 4 5 6 DANGER! HIGH VOLTAGE! Electric Six 5 11 25 32 39 CLOCKS Coldplay 6 13 26 34 34 MOVE YOUR FEET Junior Senior 7 9 7 4 2 PAIN KILLER Turin Brakes 8 5 5 14 14 AM I ON YOUR MIND Oxygen/ Andrea Britton 9 15 21 25 33 I BEGIN TO WONDER Danii Minogue 10 6 6 6 4 PRAY Syntax 11 22 14 19 23 SUNRISE Simply Red 12 7 3 2 1 SUGAH Ruby Amanfu 13 10 15 12 11 HERE IT COMES AGAIN Melanie C 14 14 17 16 10 ANY ROAD George Harrison 15 18 29 29 29 STOLE Kelly Rowland 16 21 27 27 35 THE FINAL ARREARS Mull Historical Society 17 26 23 31 48 I CAN'T BREAK DOWN Sinead Quinn 18 8 8 8 5 DIRRTY Christina Aguilera/ Redman 19 34 45 56 61 THE NIGHT Soft Cell 20 33 33 39 56 YEAR 3000 Busted 21 32 36 45 SONGBIRD Oasis 22 36 38 42 54 GET OVER IT OK Go 23 12 9 7 15 (I CAN'T GET NO) SATISFACTION Rolling Stones 24 24 24 24 26 I WAS MADE TO LOVE HER Stevie Wonder 25 29 31 35 42 LONESOME DAY Bruce Springsteen 26 44 57 66 TWO MOONS Adam Snyder 27 16 22 26 31 LIGHT AND DAY Polyphonic Spree 28 35 20 28 12 YOSHIMI BATTLES THE PINK ROBOTS PT 1 Flaming Lips 29 53 51 65 GAME OF LOVE Santana/ Michelle Branch 30 42 44 44 46 LIKE I LOVE YOU Justin Timberlake 31 45 53 53 59 LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS Good Charlotte 32 49 35 38 58 THE BOYS OF SUMMER DJ Sammy 33 31 19 21 36 SOLSBURY HILL Erasure 34 55 43 52 69 BEAUTIFUL Christina Aguilera 35 30 28 20 30 FAMILIAR FEELINGS Moloko 36 23 16 33 47 OK Big Brovaz 37 54 69 THUGZ MANSION 2Pac 38 20 13 10 8 I'M WITH YOU Avril Lavigne 39 28 18 18 25 AUTOMATIC Sarah Whatmore 40 40 54 64 WALK ON BY Dionne Warwick 41 41 41 41 41 DON'T THINK YOU'RE THE FIRST The Coral 42 19 11 11 17 NAUGHTY GIRL Holly Valance 43 51 64 I STARTED A JOKE Bee Gees 44 46 47 48 49 MASSACHUSSETS Bee Gees 45 47 48 49 50 I CAN SEE FOR MILES The Who 46 48 49 50 52 SPIRIT IN THE SKY Gareth Gates & The Kumars 47 52 55 55 CAN'T STOP Red Hot Chili Peppers 48 50 58 71 BE WITH YOU/ THE LAST GOODBYE Atomic Kitten 49 59 SOUND OF THE UNDERGROUND Girls Aloud 50 64 66 BLUE SONG Mint Royale 51 HIDDEN AGENDA Craig David 52 COME INTO MY WORLD Kylie Minogue 53 DISEASE Matchbox 20 54 REFLECTIONS Diana Ross & The Supremes 55 56 56 57 57 SACRED TRUST One True Voice 56 SHOWDOWN Jody Lei 57 37 42 51 51 BIG YELLOW TAXI Counting Crows/ Vanessa Carlton 58 CHECK THE MEANING Richard Ashcroft 59 60 60 60 65 A THING ABOUT YOU Roxette 60 I'M GONNA BE STRONG Gene Pitney 61 61 61 61 62 RAG DOLL Four Seasons 62 62 62 62 64 MY SWEET LORD George Harrison 63 63 63 63 63 SK8TER BOI Avril Lavigne 64 THE HARDER THEY COME Oakenfold 65 38 32 36 44 YOU'RE A SUPERSTAR Love Inc 66 73 PARADISE LL Cool J/ Amerie 67 39 67 FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH Cardigans 68 68 68 SOMETHING THAT YOU SAID The Bangles 69 58 37 37 24 GOD ONLY KNOWS Beach Boys 70 70 70 70 70 SEEN THE LIGHT Supergrass 71 SING FOR THE MOMENT Eminem 72 67 BEING NOBODY Liberty X/ Richard X 73 57 46 43 40 I'LL BE YOUR ANGEL Kira 74 66 52 67 TIME AFTER TIME Novaspace 75 9th March New Entries CAN YOU DIG IT? Mock Turtles 17 10 13 13 KEEP ME A SECRET Ainsley Henderson 25 30 22 19 EPLE Royksopp 27 39 47 67 KA-CHING! Shania Twain 43 34 23 20 COME UNDONE Robbie Williams 65 65 30 27 ALL I HAVE Jennifer Lopez/ LL Cool J 69 58 43 HARMONIC GENERATOR Datsuns 71 ALL OF YOUR DAYS WILL BE BLESSED Ed Harcourt 72 40 40 LOVE ON THE RUN Chicane/ Peter Cunnah 74 71 68 HIT THE FREEWAY Toni Braxton 75 72 69 16th March new Entries BOTHER Stone Sour 50 17 21 HURT Johnny Cash 59 59 SCANDALOUS Mis-Teeq 73 72 37 SHAPE Sugababes/ Sting 74 THE TRUTH IS NO WORDS The Music 75 23rd March New Entries (IT LOOKS LIKE) I'LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Tom Jones 9 9 DO IT FOR LOVE Daryl Hall & John Oates 46 18 ONE HORSE TOWN The Thrills 54 38 WORK IT Nelly/ Justin Timberlake 73 73 BORN TO TRY Delta Goodrem 74 THE BITTER END Placebo 75 55 30th March New Entries AMERICAN LIFE Madonna 16 SOFT LIKE ME Saint Etienne 28 MIDNIGHT Un-Cut 32 WEEKEND Scooter 45 CRY Kym Marsh 53 U MAKE ME WANNA Blue 60 PROVIDER NERD 66 BUMP BUMP BUMP B2K / P. Diddy 68 MAKE LUV Room 5/ Oliver Cheatham 71 IN DA CLUB 50 Cent 72 SOMEWHERE I BELONG Linkin Park 74 INCREDIBLE Darius 75
March 19, 201312 yr Good evening, John Why you wrote "not real" in the title of this thread? Top 5 for Sinead Quinn :wub: Many songs, which I love : Shania Twain - Ka Ching Kym Marsh - Cry [Love her album, "Live Forever" in my all-time top 100 songs] Sugababes - Shape Delta Goodrem - Born To Try
March 19, 201312 yr Author Good evening, John Why you wrote "not real" in the title of this thread? Top 5 for Sinead Quinn :wub: Many songs, which I love : Shania Twain - Ka Ching Kym Marsh - Cry [Love her album, "Live Forever" in my all-time top 100 songs] Sugababes - Shape Delta Goodrem - Born To Try Thanks Alex:) I wrote "not real" in case someone expected the BBC charts and was disappointed to find it's just my faves of the time:) I cant recall what numbers the ones you liked peaked at, so April should be interesting most of them still going up in March! cheers John
April 29, 201312 yr Author APRIL 2003 One of the low points of my life, and the Hollies record title was starting to look optimistic (I had pneumonia after burning out from clubbing and pubbing for two years non-stop, doing my teenage madness a bit later than most, followed by depression when I just felt ill forever). I was a quiet shy lad as a teen/20's and it was genie out of the bottle time.... 6th APRIL chart I'M ALIVE The Hollies 1 3 12 16 SUNRISE Simply Red 2 2 7 8 THUGZ MANSION 2Pac 3 1 2 2 I BEGIN TO WONDER Danii Minogue 4 8 14 20 CRY ME A RIVER Justin Timberlake 5 5 11 13 MAKE LUV Room 5/ Oliver Cheatham 6 6 16 18 SUGAH Ruby Amanfu 7 13 23 27 I CAN'T BREAK DOWN Sinead Quinn 8 18 43 57 MOVE YOUR FEET Junior Senior 9 12 13 14 DON'T WORRY Appleton 10 21 17 22 ALL THE THINGS SHE SAID tATu 11 22 34 42 PROVIDER NERD 12 10 3 5 SCANDALOUS Mis-Teeq 13 7 6 6 CLOCKS Coldplay 14 4 4 7 HERE IT COMES AGAIN Melanie C 15 26 31 43 AMERICAN LIFE Madonna 16 15 15 15 BOTHER Stone Sour 17 27 27 36 MIDNIGHT Un-Cut 18 14 8 11 CAN YOU DIG IT? Mock Turtles 19 19 21 25 HURT Johnny Cash 20 28 5 4 (IT LOOKS LIKE) I'LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Tom Jones 21 32 49 66 LIGHT AND DAY Polyphonic Spree 22 16 28 35 PAIN KILLER Turin Brakes 23 23 42 50 GET OVER IT OK Go 24 30 46 56 KEEP ME A SECRET Ainsley Henderson 25 33 33 45 DON'T THINK YOU'RE THE FIRST The Coral 26 40 40 40 THE NOTHING MAN Bruce Springsteen 27 24 10 12 SOFT LIKE ME Saint Etienne 28 20 22 33 DO IT FOR LOVE Daryl Hall & John Oates 29 43 BEAUTIFUL Christina Aguilera 30 39 55 67 (I CAN'T GET NO) SATISFACTION Rolling Stones 31 31 32 34 GOOD DANCERS The Sleepy Jackson 32 17 26 31 COME UNDONE Robbie Williams 33 25 25 9 PRAY Syntax 34 34 45 49 ANY ROAD George Harrison 35 9 19 19 ONE HORSE TOWN The Thrills 36 36 30 30 A LITTLE LIKE YOU Grand Drive 37 56 KA-CHING! Shania Twain 38 48 WEEKEND Scooter 39 29 53 61 I'M WITH YOU Avril Lavigne 40 46 54 54 WALK ON BY Dionne Warwick 41 41 41 41 SOMETHING THAT YOU SAID The Bangles 42 42 STOLE Kelly Rowland 43 38 44 53 I WAS MADE TO LOVE HER Stevie Wonder 44 45 48 48 AM I ON YOUR MIND Oxygen/ Andrea Britton 45 55 66 RHYTHM IS A DANCER (2003) Snap 46 44 35 32 THE BOYS OF SUMMER DJ Sammy 47 67 TWO MOONS Adam Snyder 48 61 ALL I HAVE Jennifer Lopez/ LL Cool J 49 49 DANGER! HIGH VOLTAGE! Electric Six 50 60 67 I STARTED A JOKE Bee Gees 51 51 51 51 MASSACHUSSETS Bee Gees 52 52 52 52 CRY Kym Marsh 53 53 39 37 I CAN SEE FOR MILES The Who 54 57 61 65 BUMP BUMP BUMP B2K / P. Diddy 55 50 GAME OF LOVE Santana/ Michelle Branch 56 59 62 62 ON THE HORIZON Melanie C 57 35 20 17 REFLECTIONS Diana Ross & The Supremes 58 58 59 59 BREAK 4 LUV Raze 59 IN DA CLUB 50 Cent 60 47 47 39 BEING NOBODY Liberty X/ Richard X 61 I'M GONNA BE STRONG Gene Pitney 62 62 60 60 MY SWEET LORD George Harrison 63 63 63 63 RAG DOLL Four Seasons 64 64 64 64 EL SALVADORE Athlete 65 CHECK THE MEANING Richard Ashcroft 66 69 71 THE BITTER END Placebo 67 LIKE I LOVE YOU Justin Timberlake 68 NOT GONNA GET US t.A.T.u. 69 54 38 38 GOD ONLY KNOWS Beach Boys 70 70 70 70 MESMERISE Ja Rule/ Ashanti 71 66 BE MINE David Gray 72 37 24 24 WORK IT Nelly/ Justin Timberlake 73 68 FAMILIAR FEELINGS Moloko 74 I CAN'T READ YOU Daniel Bedingfield 75 65 37 46 13th APRIL new entries ROCK YOUR BODY Justin Timberlake 11 9 3 FAVOURITE THINGS Big Brovaz 71 71 GOSSIP FOLKS Missy Elliott/ Ludacris 72 58 58 WHEN I SEE YOU Macy Gray 73 69 55 DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YA Aaliyah 74 74 LANDSLIDE The Dixie Chicks 75 18 10 20th APRIL new entries SUMMER WINE The Corrs/ Bono 1 1 MAKE ME SMILE (COME UP AND SEE ME) Erasure 29 26 UNWELL Matchbox 20 36 28 SEVEN NATION ARMY The White Stripes 50 29 I'LL BE AROUND Joan Osbourne 56 23 LONELINESS Tomcraft 57 44 DANCIN' TONIGHT Stereopol/ Nevada 65 CAN'T NOBODY Kelly Rowland 68 47 BOY (I NEED YOU) Mariah carey/ Cam'ron 72 LOVE DOESN'T HAVE TO HURT Atomic Kitten 73 73 SOMEWHERE I BELONG Linkin Park 74 U MAKE ME WANNA Blue 75 27th APRIL new entries DAMAGED Plummet 21 TRAIN Goldfrapp 68 OUT OF TIME Blur 69 BUY IT IN BOTTLES Richard Ashcroft 72 COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER Meatloaf/ Patti Russo 75
May 28, 201312 yr Author MAY 2003 Ten years ago it was all Justin (plus ca change etc) and Corrs cover of Nancy & Lee, Mel C and her inexplicable flop, and a Drifters oldie. Johnny Cash sadly got a runners-up slot. Doh! 4th MAY chart SUMMER WINE The Corrs/ Bono 1 3 6 9 HURT Johnny Cash 2 2 5 11 ROCK YOUR BODY Justin Timberlake 3 1 4 5 THUGZ MANSION 2Pac 4 8 8 13 THE NOTHING MAN Bruce Springsteen 5 5 12 19 LANDSLIDE The Dixie Chicks 6 4 10 14 CLOCKS Coldplay 7 13 13 21 PROVIDER NERD 8 12 18 25 AMERICAN LIFE Madonna 9 14 22 34 DAMAGED Plummet 10 11 11 8 SCANDALOUS Mis-Teeq 11 23 31 39 I'LL BE AROUND Joan Osbourne 12 7 7 7 SUNRISE Simply Red 13 15 15 15 MIDNIGHT Un-Cut 14 17 21 31 ON THE HORIZON Melanie C 15 9 1 2 MOVE YOUR FEET Junior Senior 16 16 23 27 CRY ME A RIVER Justin Timberlake 17 24 32 35 I'M ALIVE The Hollies 18 21 25 32 MAKE ME SMILE (COME UP AND SEE ME) Erasure 19 25 33 47 SEVEN NATION ARMY The White Stripes 20 20 26 44 ANY ROAD George Harrison 21 26 14 12 COME UNDONE Robbie Williams 22 37 62 UNWELL Matchbox 20 23 22 17 33 I BEGIN TO WONDER Danii Minogue 24 36 43 57 NOT GONNA GET US t.A.T.u. 25 18 24 23 CRY Kym Marsh 26 19 16 24 CAN YOU DIG IT? Mock Turtles 27 31 39 45 MAKE LUV Room 5/ Oliver Cheatham 28 28 35 37 TRAIN Goldfrapp 29 29 42 CAN'T MAKE UP MY MIND Sonique 30 10 9 4 DON'T WORRY Appleton 31 45 SUGAH Ruby Amanfu 32 47 56 IF I FALL Aqualung 33 33 55 GOOD DANCERS The Sleepy Jackson 34 42 50 56 WITCH QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS Edwyn Collins 35 32 49 (I CAN'T GET NO) SATISFACTION Rolling Stones 36 38 40 41 RHYTHM IS A DANCER (2003) Snap 37 19 10 LONELINESS Tomcraft 38 6 3 3 BE MINE David Gray 39 WHO SAID (STUCK IN THE UK) Planet Funk 40 43 WALK ON BY Dionne Warwick 41 41 41 42 SOFT LIKE ME Saint Etienne 42 YOU DIDN'T EXPECT THAT Billy Crawford 43 35 44 66 GAY BAR Electric 6 44 30 30 29 DON'T LET GO David Sneddon 45 34 34 26 LIGHT AND DAY Polyphonic Spree 46 CAN'T NOBODY Kelly Rowland 47 40 47 DON'T THINK YOU'RE THE FIRST The Coral 48 57 ALL THE THINGS SHE SAID tATu 49 54 I WAS MADE TO LOVE HER Stevie Wonder 50 50 54 55 I STARTED A JOKE Bee Gees 51 51 52 53 MASSACHUSSETS Bee Gees 52 52 53 54 PRAY Syntax 53 62 DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YA Aaliyah 54 39 48 WHEN I SEE YOU Macy Gray 55 ONE HORSE TOWN The Thrills 56 OUT OF TIME Blur 57 53 COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER Meatloaf/ Patti Russo 58 REFLECTIONS Diana Ross & The Supremes 59 59 59 59 I'M GONNA BE STRONG Gene Pitney 60 61 61 61 BOTHER Stone Sour 61 IN DA CLUB 50 Cent 62 MY SWEET LORD George Harrison 63 63 63 64 RAG DOLL Four Seasons 64 64 64 65 GAME OF LOVE Santana/ Michelle Branch 65 67 VIRTUALITY Vbirds 66 60 HERE IT COMES AGAIN Melanie C 67 FAVOURITE THINGS Big Brovaz 68 55 38 22 DESTINATION DTS/ Roxanne Wilde 69 58 58 GOD ONLY KNOWS Beach Boys 70 70 70 71 MADAME HELGA Stereophonics 71 71 YOU SAID NO Busted 72 65 KNOCK OUT Triple Eight 73 ALL POSSIBILITIES Badly Drawn Boy 74 69 FAST BOY Bluetones 75 56 11th MAY new entries CHING CHING Terri Walker 27 20 20 STUCK IN A GROOVE Puretone 44 51 SAY YOU WILL Fleetwood Mac 46 45 69 EXCUSE ME MISS Jay-Z 48 46 67 KEEP IT TO YOURSELF Gerry Rafferty 49 29 28 WE USED TO BE FRIENDS Dandy Warhols 66 66 X GON' GIVE IT TO YA DMX 68 YOU KNOW WHO YOUR FRIENDS ARE The Pretenders 69 60 46 TO LOVE A WOMAN Enrique Iglesias/ Lionel Richie 72 DATE WITH THE NIGHT The Yeah Yeah Yeahs 73 67 RISE AND FALL Craig David & Sting 74 68 SPEECHLESS D-Note 75 18th MAY new entries UP ON THE ROOF The Drifters 2 1 BRING ME TO LIFE Evanescence 27 16 HUSAN Bhangra Knights Vs Husan 28 17 HOLLYWOOD Madonna 36 36 YOU SPIN ME ROUND 2003 Dead Or Alive 37 49 MAN ON A MISSION Daryl Hall & John Oates 57 40 NO LETTING GO Wayne Wonder 65 18 PAVEMENT CRACKS Annie Lennox 71 50 ABOUT MY IMAGINATION Jackson Browne 72 A.D.I.D.A.S. Killer Mike/ Big Boi 73 FORGET ABOUT TOMORROW Feeder 74 IGNITION R Kelly 75 48 25th MAY new entries CRAZY IN LOVE Beyonce Knowles 6 UNIVERSALLY SPEAKING Red Hot Chili Peppers 30 LATELY Lisa Scott-Lee 38 RIGHTEOUSLY Lucinda Williams 43 FREE ME Emma Bunton 51 HOME Bone Thugs n Harmony/ Phil Collins 52 GUANTANAMO Outlandish 58 FOREVER AND FOR ALWAYS Shania Twain 60 NO GOOD ADVICE Girls Aloud 62 WIMMIN' Ashley Hamilton 63 DON'T WANNA LOSE THIS FEELING Dannii Minogue 68 GIRLS & BOYS Good Charlotte 70 BIG SUR The Thrills 72 DO IT WITH MADONNA The Androids 73 BUSINESS Eminem 74 MY LOVE IS ALWAYS Saffron Hill/ Ben Onono 75
July 3, 201312 yr Author JUNE 2003 I was out of step with the charts 10 years ago - an ex-spice-girl flop and a minor comeback from Sonique kept the pop and dance flag flying (see, I was ahead of my time) until rock kicked them off and Evanescence took over at the top. All 3 great pop records, as were many of those lower down most notably Moloko, a genius dance record. Pharrell's in there too (NERD)... 1st JUNE chart ON THE HORIZON Melanie C 1 3 6 6 3 LONELINESS Tomcraft 2 6 14 21 14 CAN'T MAKE UP MY MIND Sonique 3 1 1 1 2 UP ON THE ROOF The Drifters 4 4 2 3 4 CRAZY IN LOVE Beyonce Knowles 5 2 4 7 9 ROCK YOUR BODY Justin Timberlake 6 11 19 27 34 DAMAGED Plummet 7 16 29 51 FOREVER MORE Moloko 8 5 5 4 6 NO LETTING GO Wayne Wonder 9 9 9 8 7 HUSAN Bhangra Knights Vs Husan 10 12 21 23 26 I'LL BE AROUND Joan Osbourne 11 17 28 42 SAY YOU WILL Fleetwood Mac 12 8 13 13 21 SUMMER WINE The Corrs/ Bono 13 13 16 16 17 KEEP IT TO YOURSELF Gerry Rafferty 14 10 8 17 28 ANY ROAD George Harrison 15 24 31 44 58 BRING ME TO LIFE Evanescence 16 14 3 2 1 FREE ME Emma Bunton 17 7 7 19 19 THUGZ MANSION 2Pac 18 27 33 41 48 SUNRISE Simply Red 19 22 24 28 33 LATELY Lisa Scott-Lee 20 20 26 34 45 HURT Johnny Cash 21 33 43 67 FAVOURITE THINGS Big Brovaz 22 19 30 38 38 NOT GONNA GET US t.A.T.u. 23 31 41 WIMMIN' Ashley Hamilton/ Robbie Williams 24 15 12 12 15 LANDSLIDE The Dixie Chicks 25 34 45 56 RHYTHM IS A DANCER (2003) Snap 26 CHING CHING Terri Walker 27 51 62 GUANTANAMO Outlandish 28 28 27 GAY BAR Electric 6 29 18 15 15 22 UNIVERSALLY SPEAKING Red Hot Chili Peppers 30 30 17 10 10 MOVE YOUR FEET Junior Senior 31 35 38 45 52 HOME Bone Thugs n Harmony/ Phil Collins 32 23 22 31 57 CLOCKS Coldplay 33 50 THE NOTHING MAN Bruce Springsteen 34 53 CRY ME A RIVER Justin Timberlake 35 41 46 57 HOLLYWOOD Madonna 36 36 32 32 32 CRY Kym Marsh 37 52 FOREVER AND FOR ALWAYS Shania Twain 38 21 11 9 11 PROVIDER NERD 39 66 MAKING MUSIC Chungking 40 25 25 20 18 DON'T LET GO David Sneddon 41 WALK ON BY Dionne Warwick 42 42 42 43 44 (I CAN'T GET NO) SATISFACTION Rolling Stones 43 44 44 46 47 I'M ALIVE The Hollies 44 62 MAKE LUV Room 5/ Oliver Cheatham 45 45 52 69 BUSINESS Eminem 46 46 40 40 40 MIDNIGHT Un-Cut 47 56 60 IGNITION R Kelly 48 68 68 SCANDALOUS Mis-Teeq 49 69 PAVEMENT CRACKS Annie Lennox 50 BROKEN BONES Love Inc 51 37 35 35 51 MAN ON A MISSION Daryl Hall & John Oates 52 THERE THERE Radiohead 53 32 10 11 13 I STARTED A JOKE Bee Gees 54 54 54 54 55 MASSACHUSSETS Bee Gees 55 55 55 55 56 I WAS MADE TO LOVE HER Stevie Wonder 56 58 58 63 65 RIGHTEOUSLY Lucinda Williams 57 AMERICAN LIFE Madonna 58 REFLECTIONS Diana Ross & The Supremes 59 59 59 60 60 MADAME HELGA Stereophonics 60 60 I'M GONNA BE STRONG Gene Pitney 61 61 61 61 61 NO GOOD ADVICE Girls Aloud 62 67 57 GOOD DANCERS The Sleepy Jackson 63 70 72 MY SWEET LORD George Harrison 64 64 64 64 64 RAG DOLL Four Seasons 65 65 65 65 63 YOU KNOW WHO YOUR FRIENDS ARE The Pretenders 66 GIRLS & BOYS Good Charlotte 67 DON'T WANNA LOSE THIS FEELING Dannii Minogue 68 43 36 36 54 CAN YOU DIG IT? Mock Turtles 69 DO IT WITH MADONNA The Androids 70 GOD ONLY KNOWS Beach Boys 71 71 71 71 71 BIG SUR The Thrills 72 63 53 53 53 STOP SIGN Abs 73 29 23 22 29 I BEGIN TO WONDER Danii Minogue 74 MISFIT Amy Studt 75 57 39 66 66 8th JUNE new entries WE USED TO BE FRIENDS Dandy Warhols 26 18 14 16 I CAN'T REMEMBER The Thorns 38 47 THE WRECKONING Boomcat 39 48 37 35 WHY CAN'T I BE YOU Shed Seven 40 51 CRY BABY Jemini 47 56 FLY ON THE WINGS OF LOVE XTM & DJ Chucky/ Annia 48 34 30 27 SUNLIGHT DJ Sammy 49 37 26 23 ROCK WIT' CHU (AWWW BABY) Ashanti 72 49 29 20 FAINT Linkin Park 73 63 18 8 DIRTY STICKY FLOOR Dave Gahan 74 69 39 30 I KNOW WHAT YOU WANT Busta Rhymes & Mariah Carey 75 50 50 39 15th JUNE new entries WALKING ON THIN ICE Ono 20 33 46 NOW IT'S ON Grandaddy 66 48 43 WHAT I SAW Kings Of Leon 67 49 42 AT THE END Iio 70 52 37 AVERAGE MAN Turin Brakes 73 GOD PUT A SMILE UPON YOUR FACE Coldplay 74 24 24 TRASHED Skin 75 22nd JUNE new entries SOLDIER GIRL (REMIX) The Polyphonic Spree 5 5 CRAZY BEAT Blur 25 25 HOW DID YOU KNOW Kurtis Mantronix/ Chamonix 47 12 SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL Robbie Williams 58 49 BOUT Jamelia 59 50 JUST BECAUSE Jane's Addiction 62 36 EVERYTHING EVENTUALLY Appleton 68 FIGHT TEST The Flaming Lips 70 31 PASS IT ON The Coral 72 67 WESTSIDE Athlete 73 59 FIGHTER Christina Aguilera 74 GIRLS NOT GREY AFI 75 29th JUNE new entries VOYEUR ON COURSE The Sleepy Jackson 41 I'M GLAD Jennifer Lopez 62 BABY I DON'T CARE Jennifer Ellison 68 FEEL GOOD TIME Pink/ William Orbit 69 LOW Foo Fighters 70 GROWING ON ME The Darkness 72 GIRL IN THE MOON Darius 73 SHAKESPEARE'S (WAY WITH) WORDS One True Voice 74 GIRLFRIEND B2K 75
July 26, 201311 yr Author JULY 2003 One of my all-time fave club tracks at number one (no, not Beyonce, though that is still her best ever record and the best use of a Chi-Lites sample ever) - Moloko. Awesome track, and nobody knows it as far as I can tell...! Actually I was heavily into dance music at the time, plus the odd quirky Polyphonic-ish track. 6th July Chart FOREVER MORE Moloko 1 2 1 4 CAN'T MAKE UP MY MIND Sonique 2 3 4 3 BRING ME TO LIFE Evanescence 3 6 6 8 HOW DID YOU KNOW Kurtis Mantronix/ Chamonix 4 12 12 6 SOLDIER GIRL (REMIX) The Polyphonic Spree 5 4 7 11 CRAZY IN LOVE Beyonce Knowles 6 1 2 2 FAINT Linkin Park 7 7 14 23 ON THE HORIZON Melanie C 8 10 10 14 NO LETTING GO Wayne Wonder 9 9 9 9 UNIVERSALLY SPEAKING Red Hot Chili Peppers 10 8 13 13 FOREVER AND FOR ALWAYS Shania Twain 11 11 16 26 UP ON THE ROOF The Drifters 12 13 22 22 MAKING MUSIC Chungking 13 16 26 37 LONELINESS Tomcraft 14 15 21 29 WALKING ON THIN ICE Ono 15 26 42 WE USED TO BE FRIENDS Dandy Warhols 16 23 38 54 THERE THERE Radiohead 17 29 29 45 ROCK WIT' CHU (AWWW BABY) Ashanti 18 30 35 42 WIMMIN' Ashley Hamilton/ Robbie Williams 19 28 51 51 DIRTY STICKY FLOOR Dave Gahan 20 22 34 44 FIGHT TEST The Flaming Lips 21 31 31 43 SUMMER WINE The Corrs/ Bono 22 25 33 41 SAY YOU WILL Fleetwood Mac 23 21 28 24 GOD PUT A SMILE UPON YOUR FACE Coldplay 24 24 24 34 GAY BAR Electric 6 25 33 52 73 HUSAN Bhangra Knights Vs Husan 26 37 49 49 FLY ON THE WINGS OF LOVE XTM & DJ Chucky/ Annia 27 48 59 59 YOU WERE THE LAST HIGH The Dandy Warhols 28 18 8 7 FREE ME Emma Bunton 29 38 48 63 LIGHTS OUT Lisa-Marie Presley 30 17 15 15 CRAZY BEAT Blur 31 55 68 AT THE END Iio 32 52 WESTSIDE Athlete 33 54 STOP SIGN Abs 34 43 VOYEUR ON COURSE The Sleepy Jackson 35 35 53 JUST BECAUSE Jane's Addiction 36 36 18 18 ROCK YOUR BODY Justin Timberlake 37 41 43 46 SUNLIGHT DJ Sammy 38 45 NOW IT'S ON Grandaddy 39 34 62 71 BUSINESS Eminem 40 58 WHAT I SAW Kings Of Leon 41 74 HOLLYWOOD Madonna 42 42 27 20 MAYBE TOMORROW Stereophonics 43 27 23 10 SUNRISE Simply Red 44 51 WALK ON BY Dionne Warwick 45 46 46 47 BOUT Jamelia 46 KEEP IT TO YOURSELF Gerry Rafferty 47 PASS IT ON The Coral 48 44 44 36 INVISIBLE D-Side 49 49 41 33 PIN The Yeah Yeah Yeahs 50 50 BABY I DON'T CARE Jennifer Ellison 51 66 FAVOURITE THINGS Big Brovaz 52 I'M GLAD Jennifer Lopez 53 53 TAKE IT AND RUN The Bandits 54 39 39 38 THUGZ MANSION 2Pac 55 67 I KNOW WHAT YOU WANT Busta Rhymes & Mariah Carey 56 MASSACHUSSETS Bee Gees 57 57 58 58 I STARTED A JOKE Bee Gees 58 59 63 66 MOVE YOUR FEET Junior Senior 59 62 REFLECTIONS Diana Ross & The Supremes 60 60 60 61 I'M GONNA BE STRONG Gene Pitney 61 61 61 62 THE WRECKONING Boomcat 62 BROKEN BONES Love Inc 63 MY SWEET LORD George Harrison 64 64 64 65 THE NIGHT Scooter 65 56 36 27 RAG DOLL Four Seasons 66 GOLDEN RETRIEVER Super Furry Animals 67 40 30 16 ALONE AGAIN OR Calexico 68 20 20 12 JOGI Panjabi MC 69 LOW Foo Fighters 70 65 GOD ONLY KNOWS Beach Boys 71 71 71 72 DISCO The Wannadies 72 68 66 57 BECAUSE YOU Cosmic Rough Riders 73 32 32 32 FEEL GOOD TIME Pink/ William Orbit 74 73 50 50 OVERRATED Siobahn Donaghy 75 13th July New Entries UNWELL Matchbox 20 5 11 21 ARE YOU READY FOR LOVE Elton John 14 5 5 FOREVER AND A DAY The Delays 19 19 25 ARE YOU HAPPY NOW Michelle Branch 47 37 28 SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL Robbie Williams 63 40 31 C'MON Mario 69 69 FOOL NO MORE S Club 8 70 45 30 DEEPEST BLUE Deepest Blue 72 54 35 YOU'RE THE STORM The Cardigans 75 70 20th July New Entries WHITE FLAG Dido 3 1 TRAIN ON A TRACK Kelly Rowland 17 17 FAKE Simply Red 25 19 COME ON OVER Kym Marsh 47 53 REAL THINGS Javine 55 55 FURTHER Longview 56 40 MAGIC FLY Minimalistix 57 48 SATISFACTION Benny Benassi Presents The Biz 65 56 ALL IN MY HEAD Kosheen 67 52 SAVING GRACE The Pretenders 70 64 DESTINY N-Trance/ Kelly Llorenna 72 SLEEPING WITH THE LIGHT ON Busted 73 I JUST NEED MYSELF Ocean Colour Scene 74 CAN'T GET IT BACK Mis-Teeq 75 27th July New Entries EVERYTHING EVENTUALLY Appleton 39 SILENCE IS EASY Starsailor 60 CARRION British Sea Power 67 WHAT YOU NEED IS Sinead Quinn 68 NOTHING BUT YOU Paul Van Dyk/ Hemstock & Jennings 69 FINEST DREAMS Richard X/ Kelis 74 LOSING GRIP Avril Lavigne 75
August 26, 201311 yr Author AUGUST 2003 Dance tracks from Beyonce & future hubbie, Kurtis Mantronix, and retro release from Elton (25 years after first charting) took turns at the top, punctuated by Dido and out of nowhere Mark Owen, proving that Take That actually had 3 good songwriters. Shock! 3rd August chart CRAZY IN LOVE Beyonce Knowles/Jay-Z 1 2 4 11 15 WHITE FLAG Dido 2 1 2 4 7 HOW DID YOU KNOW Kurtis Mantronix/ Chamonix 3 3 1 2 4 CAN'T MAKE UP MY MIND Sonique 4 4 10 15 21 FOREVER MORE Moloko 5 5 11 16 22 MAYBE TOMORROW Stereophonics 6 6 5 7 9 YOU WERE THE LAST HIGH The Dandy Warhols 7 8 6 5 6 BRING ME TO LIFE Evanescence 8 14 23 28 37 JUST BECAUSE Jane's Addiction 9 15 15 22 26 SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL (REMIX) The Rolling Stones 10 7 3 12 14 ARE YOU READY FOR LOVE Elton John 11 11 9 8 1 ALONE AGAIN OR Calexico 12 17 24 24 29 HOLLYWOOD Madonna 13 10 19 32 32 NO LETTING GO Wayne Wonder 14 21 32 45 50 TRAIN ON A TRACK Kelly Rowland 15 9 12 13 8 SOLDIER GIRL (REMIX) The Polyphonic Spree 16 33 45 ON THE HORIZON Melanie C 17 23 26 36 41 LIGHTS OUT Lisa-Marie Presley 18 28 39 26 34 FAKE Simply Red 19 26 16 14 18 FURTHER Longview 20 19 25 25 25 GOLDEN RETRIEVER Super Furry Animals 21 36 41 52 71 MAGIC FLY Minimalistix 22 22 22 20 27 UNIVERSALLY SPEAKING Red Hot Chili Peppers 23 39 47 FOOL NO MORE S Club 8 24 24 17 17 24 I'M IN HEAVEN Jason Nevins/ UKNY/ Holly James 25 13 7 6 5 DEEPEST BLUE Deepest Blue 26 34 34 41 45 THE NIGHT Scooter 27 41 ARE YOU HAPPY NOW Michelle Branch 28 43 52 53 75 LONELINESS Tomcraft 29 29 29 33 44 SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL Robbie Williams 30 20 30 38 51 UP ON THE ROOF The Drifters 31 31 31 31 31 DISCO The Wannadies 32 32 43 43 43 EVERYTHING EVENTUALLY Appleton 33 38 46 46 66 FAINT Linkin Park 34 42 49 57 SILENCE IS EASY Starsailor 35 12 8 9 11 PASS IT ON The Coral 36 37 42 65 UNWELL Matchbox 20 37 50 58 SAY YOU WILL Fleetwood Mac 38 49 53 ALL IN MY HEAD Kosheen 39 30 27 42 59 FEEL GOOD TIME Pink/ William Orbit 40 40 33 47 47 INVISIBLE D-Side 41 46 FOREVER AND A DAY The Delays 42 56 61 FOREVER AND FOR ALWAYS Shania Twain 43 57 GOD PUT A SMILE UPON YOUR FACE Coldplay 44 REAL THINGS Javine 45 45 38 54 56 SUMMER WINE The Corrs/ Bono 46 51 55 ROCK WIT' CHU (AWWW BABY) Ashanti 47 53 56 WALK ON BY Dionne Warwick 48 48 48 51 52 ROCK YOUR BODY Justin Timberlake 49 52 54 58 58 YOU'RE THE STORM The Cardigans 50 58 MAKING MUSIC Chungking 51 BECAUSE YOU Cosmic Rough Riders 52 WIMMIN' Ashley Hamilton/ Robbie Williams 53 61 SATISFACTION Benny Benassi Presents The Biz 54 54 35 68 NOTHING BUT YOU Paul Van Dyk/ Hemstock & Jennings 55 HUSAN Bhangra Knights Vs Husan 56 67 SAVING GRACE The Pretenders 57 THERE THERE Radiohead 58 MASSACHUSSETS Bee Gees 59 60 60 61 61 FIGHT TEST The Flaming Lips 60 REFLECTIONS Diana Ross & The Supremes 61 62 62 62 62 I'M GONNA BE STRONG Gene Pitney 62 63 63 63 63 WHAT YOU NEED IS Sinead Quinn 63 FLY ON THE WINGS OF LOVE XTM & DJ Chucky/ Annia 64 RHYTHM BANDITS Junior Senior 65 27 20 27 38 MY SWEET LORD George Harrison 66 66 66 67 68 CAN'T GET IT BACK Mis-Teeq 67 59 67 I STARTED A JOKE Bee Gees 68 71 71 NEVER GONNA LEAVE YOUR SIDE Daniel Bedingfield 69 55 51 YOU'RE FREE Yomanda 70 70 SLEEPING WITH THE LIGHT ON Busted 71 47 28 21 17 GOD ONLY KNOWS Beach Boys 72 72 72 72 73 SWING SWING The All-American Rejects 73 73 73 STRICT MACHINE Goldfrapp 74 69 68 MOLLY'S CHAMBER Kings Of Leon 75 68 57 35 35 10th August new entries COMPLETE Jamieson 16 14 23 23 BREATHE Blu Cantrell/ Sean Paul 18 13 3 3 NEVER LEAVE YOU (UH-OOH) Lumidee 25 21 37 53 WHERE IS THE LOVE Black Eyed Peas/ Justin Timberlake 35 18 10 10 I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF The White Stripes 44 44 44 36 SPANISH Craig David 64 59 59 54 SNAKE R. Kelly 65 64 64 64 IN LOVE Lisa Maffia 74 PRETTY GREEN EYES Ultrabeat 75 37 29 19 17th August new entries FRONTIN' Pharrell Williams/ Jay-Z 36 19 13 RUBBERNECKIN' Elvis Presley 40 39 39 SUNSHINE Gareth Gates 50 50 28 FINEST DREAMS Richard X/ Kelis 65 49 42 JULIET (KEEP THAT IN MIND) Thea Gilmore 69 66 WHEN THIS RIVER ROLLS OVER YOU The Stands 70 40 49 FALLEN ANGEL Elbow 74 48 48 DO ME WRONG Mel Blatt 75 73 24th August new entries FOUR MINUTE WARNING Mark Owen 1 2 GET IT TOGETHER Seal 18 16 LOVE IN STORE Fleetwood Mac 30 30 STUCK Stacie Orrico 34 20 A THOUSAND BEAUTIFUL THINGS Annie Lennox 55 40 IT'S YOUR MUSIC Intenso Project 56 46 I BELIEVE IN A THING CALLED LOVE The Darkness 60 55 WE CAN Leann Rimes 69 69 BEST OF ORDER David Sneddon 70 70 STOP Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 71 60 HOORAY HOORAY (IT'S A CHEEKY HOLIDAY) The Cheeky Girls 74 CAN'T HOLD US DOWN Christina Aguilera/ L'il Kim 75 65 31st August new entries MISS PERFECT Abs 12 ALIVE Sonique 33 LIFE GOT COLD Girls Aloud 57 THE POWER OF BHANGRA Snap! 67 SWEET DREAMS MY LA EX Rachel Stevens 72 SENORITA Justin Timberlake 74
September 22, 201311 yr Author SEPTEMBER 2003 Blondie topped my charts with a non-hit, a cool clubbing track, and their first Number One since 1981 - boo hiss to those ageist radio programmers! Actually, it was worse than that, massive hit Blu Cantrell was soundly ignored by Radio 1, just because it could. Plus ca change... I was clubbing fairly regularly in those days, so dance tracks do well generally. I fondly recall coming out of a bar in Southampton to be greeted by shouts of "f~ck~@* que@@$$ Cu&~S" from 4 asian (Pakistani origined) youths in a car who did a wheelie round a car park and sped off with my mate shaking his fist after them. Ah those were the days... Plus ca change... 7th September chart GOOD BOYS Blondie 1 1 2 2 ARE YOU READY FOR LOVE Elton John 2 4 8 12 BREATHE Blu Cantrell/ Sean Paul 3 2 5 8 FOUR MINUTE WARNING Mark Owen 4 3 7 11 HOW DID YOU KNOW Kurtis Mantronix/ Chamonix 5 9 17 21 I'M IN HEAVEN Jason Nevins/ UKNY/ Holly James 6 11 20 25 THANK YOU BABY Shania Twain 7 5 4 6 GET IT TOGETHER Seal 8 6 3 3 MISS PERFECT Abs 9 12 6 7 WHERE IS THE LOVE Black Eyed Peas/ Justin Timberlake 10 17 31 39 TRAIN ON A TRACK Kelly Rowland 11 18 27 31 WHITE FLAG Dido 12 8 14 16 FRONTIN' Pharrell Williams/ Jay-Z 13 16 26 28 SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL (REMIX) The Rolling Stones 14 7 16 19 SILENCE IS EASY Starsailor 15 15 21 23 YOU WERE THE LAST HIGH The Dandy Warhols 16 22 24 24 SLEEPING WITH THE LIGHT ON Busted 17 26 39 53 MAYBE TOMORROW Stereophonics 18 21 23 27 PRETTY GREEN EYES Ultrabeat 19 24 34 43 SUPERSTAR Jamelia 20 10 9 9 STUCK Stacie Orrico 21 31 47 59 CRAZY IN LOVE Beyonce Knowles 22 33 35 38 SUNSHINE Gareth Gates 23 19 15 14 DON'T KNOW WHY Norah Jones 24 13 10 15 COMPLETE Jamieson 25 27 36 42 FAKE Simply Red 26 41 52 61 GENIE IN A BOTTLE Speedway 27 34 51 65 CAN'T MAKE UP MY MIND Sonique 28 39 43 50 RUBBERNECKIN' Elvis Presley 29 29 29 29 I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF The White Stripes 30 30 25 33 FOREVER MORE Moloko 31 40 44 51 DO ME WRONG Mel Blatt 32 42 ALIVE Sonique 33 45 UP ON THE ROOF The Drifters 34 36 41 41 SWEET DREAMS MY LA EX Rachel Stevens 35 25 13 13 FALLEN ANGEL Elbow 36 20 33 40 FOOL NO MORE S Club 8 37 43 56 71 A THOUSAND BEAUTIFUL THINGS Annie Lennox 38 32 46 FURTHER Longview 39 46 71 LIFE GOT COLD Girls Aloud 40 28 37 45 JUST BECAUSE Jane's Addiction 41 51 ALONE AGAIN OR Calexico 42 47 72 HOLLYWOOD Madonna 43 SHAKE IT Lee Cabrera/ Alex Cartana 44 23 18 17 I BELIEVE IN A THING CALLED LOVE The Darkness 45 38 38 32 ON THE HORIZON Melanie C 46 54 54 57 LOVE IN STORE Fleetwood Mac 47 MAGIC FLY Minimalistix 48 LIGHTS OUT Lisa-Marie Presley 49 49 57 67 CAN'T HOLD US DOWN Christina Aguilera/ L'il Kim 50 37 40 47 BRING ME TO LIFE Evanescence 51 56 WHEN THIS RIVER ROLLS OVER YOU The Stands 52 52 WALK ON BY Dionne Warwick 53 53 53 54 RHYTHM BANDITS Junior Senior 54 58 LET THE SUNSHINE IN Milk & Sugar 55 44 32 26 NO LETTING GO Wayne Wonder 56 LONELINESS Tomcraft 57 57 BRIGHT LIGHTS Matchbox 20 58 48 19 18 FINEST DREAMS Richard X/ Kelis 59 CARNIVAL GIRL Texas 60 35 11 10 DEEPEST BLUE Deepest Blue 61 61 REFLECTIONS Diana Ross & The Supremes 62 62 62 62 I'M GONNA BE STRONG Gene Pitney 63 63 63 63 MASSACHUSSETS Bee Gees 64 71 DISKO The Wannadies 65 BEST OF ORDER David Sneddon 66 REAL THINGS Javine 67 ROCK YOUR BODY Justin Timberlake 68 MY SWEET LORD George Harrison 69 72 SENORITA Justin Timberlake 70 60 55 52 MIXED UP WORLD Sophie Ellis-Bextor 71 HOLE IN THE HEAD Sugababes 72 50 45 34 GOD ONLY KNOWS Beach Boys 73 70 70 70 SEND YOUR LOVE Sting 74 64 28 20 LOVE @ FIRST SIGHT Mary J. Blige/ Method Man 75 out 67 60 14th September new entries DISTANT DRUMS Jim Reeves 14 12 5 NUMB Linkin Park 55 30 30 NEW KILLER STAR David Bowie 59 59 BABY BOY Beyonce/ Sean Paul 65 65 THE GOLDEN PATH The Chemical Brothers/The Flaming Lips 66 55 TIME IS RUNNING OUT Muse 67 48 35 BABY BOY Big Brovaz 68 68 68 GOING UNDER Evanescence 69 69 69 RE-OFFENDER Travis 73 61 46 WILDEST DREAMS Iron Maiden 74 SANTA CRUZ (YOU'RE NOT THAT FAR) The Thrills 75 21st September new entries HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART? The Bee Gees 1 1 YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND James Taylor 22 22 TOO FAR GONE Lisa Scott-Lee 42 37 MY LOVE IS LIKE...WO! Mya 49 49 SHOW ME A SIGN Kontakt 50 48 JUMPIN' Liberty X 58 44 HEY WHATEVER Westlife 60 72 SHAKE YA TAILFEATHER Nelly, P Diddy & Murphy Lee 64 64 DANCE WITH YOU (NACHNA TERE NAAL) Rishi Rich Project/ Jay Sean & Juggy D 66 66 JUSTIFY THE RAIN Cosmic Rough Riders 73 73 SOMEDAY Nickelback 74 74 MY TIME Dutch/ Crystal Waters 75 28th September new entries GOOD DANCERS The Sleepy Jackson 4 BARCELONA D Kay & Epsilon/ Stamina MC 36 WORLD FILLED WITH LOVE Craig David 56 PANDORA'S KISS Louise 58 SPECIAL NEEDS Placebo 75
November 2, 201311 yr Author OCTOBER 2003 A mix of childhood oldie faves (Cilla would have been weeks at 1 back in 1964, I was mad on it, and it's aged well, diva ballad supreme), and the new minor hits (Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Pet Shop Boys) being under-appreciated but topping my charts, and near-misses from Shania Twain, Seal and the only actual big hit Jamelia, a great personality but short career as singer, sadly. I have to say the actual charts of the time had a lot of stuff in it that didn't chart in mine, sorry if you adore Fast Food Rockers, Scooter and the like. I don't.... :lol: 5th October chart YOU'RE MY WORLD Cilla Black 1 1 3 6 THANK YOU BABY (FOR MAKING SOMEDAY COME SO SOON)! Shania Twain 2 3 5 9 GET IT TOGETHER Seal 3 2 4 4 GOOD DANCERS The Sleepy Jackson 4 4 12 22 HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART? The Bee Gees 5 5 6 12 GOOD BOYS Blondie 6 9 8 8 CARNIVAL GIRL Texas 7 7 13 15 SUPERSTAR Jamelia 8 8 2 5 MISS PERFECT Abs 9 11 16 16 BREATHE Blu Cantrell/ Sean Paul 10 15 15 20 DISTANT DRUMS Jim Reeves 11 22 26 37 I BELIEVE IN A THING CALLED LOVE The Darkness 12 12 10 21 ARE YOU READY FOR LOVE Elton John 13 13 14 18 FOUR MINUTE WARNING Mark Owen 14 14 19 19 DON'T KNOW WHY Norah Jones 15 19 23 26 WHITE FLAG Dido 16 16 17 17 SEND YOUR LOVE Sting 17 17 22 31 BRIGHT LIGHTS Matchbox 20 18 18 18 32 SUNSHINE Gareth Gates 19 29 48 YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND James Taylor 20 20 28 54 SWEET DREAMS MY LA EX Rachel Stevens 21 21 21 27 SHAKE IT (MOVE A LITTLE CLOSER) Lee Cabrera/ Alex Cartana 22 33 51 67 SILENCE IS EASY Starsailor 23 23 25 33 HOW DID YOU KNOW Kurtis Mantronix/ Chamonix 24 30 31 40 SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL (REMIX) The Rolling Stones 25 25 33 25 LET THE SUNSHINE IN Milk & Sugar 26 42 62 WORLD FILLED WITH LOVE Craig David 27 31 7 7 MIXED UP WORLD Sophie Ellis-Bextor 28 6 1 3 RUBBERNECKIN' Elvis Presley 29 28 49 61 BARCELONA D Kay & Epsilon/ Stamina MC 30 26 39 52 YOU WERE THE LAST HIGH The Dandy Warhols 31 43 53 56 FRONTIN' Pharrell Williams/ Jay-Z 32 36 45 63 WHERE IS THE LOVE Black Eyed Peas/ Justin Timberlake 33 40 43 43 HOLE IN THE HEAD Sugababes 34 48 35 28 I'M IN HEAVEN Jason Nevins/ UKNY/ Holly James 35 47 56 59 MAYBE TOMORROW Stereophonics 36 51 61 69 RE-OFFENDER Travis 37 46 60 MAYBE Emma Bunton 38 45 36 13 TRAIN ON A TRACK Kelly Rowland 39 39 41 46 THE GOLDEN PATH The Chemical Brothers/The Flaming Lips 40 57 UP ON THE ROOF The Drifters 41 41 42 44 CRAZY IN LOVE Beyonce Knowles 42 TIME IS RUNNING OUT Muse 43 60 70 JUMPIN' Liberty X 44 44 38 38 NUMB Linkin Park 45 66 GOING UNDER Evanescence 46 38 44 COMPLETE Jamieson 47 61 73 I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF The White Stripes 48 SENORITA Justin Timberlake 49 SLOW Kylie Minogue 50 37 29 24 FALLEN ANGEL Elbow 51 54 PRETTY GREEN EYES Ultrabeat 52 73 WILDERNESS Jurgen Vries/ Shena 53 53 WALK ON BY Dionne Warwick 54 55 55 55 TOO FAR GONE Lisa Scott-Lee 55 CAN'T MAKE UP MY MIND Sonique 56 FOREVER MORE Moloko 57 67 PANDORA'S KISS Louise 58 35 47 ON THE HORIZON Melanie C 59 63 66 71 LOVE @ FIRST SIGHT Mary J. Blige/ Method Man 60 STARS Morjac/ Raz Conway 61 32 32 45 REFLECTIONS Diana Ross & The Supremes 62 62 63 64 I'M GONNA BE STRONG Gene Pitney 63 64 64 66 LIFE GOT COLD Girls Aloud 64 CAN'T HOLD US DOWN Christina Aguilera/ L'il Kim 65 MY LOVE IS LIKE...WO! Mya 66 FAKE Simply Red 67 72 46 51 NEW KILLER STAR David Bowie 68 27 27 47 FIVE MILE Turin Brakes 69 34 34 34 GOD ONLY KNOWS Beach Boys 70 71 71 72 5.15" The Strokes 71 58 37 29 SHAKE YA TAILFEATHER Nelly, P Diddy & Murphy Lee 72 SOMEDAY Nickelback 73 52 52 THE FIRST CUT IS THE DEEPEST Sheryl Crow 74 24 24 14 HAVE IT ALL Foo Fighters 75 12th Oct new entries MIRACLES Pet Shop Boys 10 9 1 SUMMER JAM UD Project 49 40 57 SUNDOWN S Club 8 50 30 41 BRIGHTER THAN SUNSHINE Aqualung 56 20 10 BABY BOY Beyonce/ Sean Paul 59 59 53 CAN'T EXPLAIN Longview 65 65 65 TWO STEP ROCK The Bandits 68 69 WASTING MY TIME Kosheen 69 50 50 BAD DAY REM 70 54 30 DOWNLOAD IT CLEA 74 72 FIND THE COLOUR Feeder 75 19th Oct new entries TURN ME ON Kevin Lyttle 11 11 STATE OF MIND Holly Valance 57 36 GOOD SONG Blur 58 48 TROUBLE Pink 67 60 GUILTY Blue 68 68 UH HUH 2003 B2K 74 ATTITUDE Suede 75 26th Oct new entries MATTHEW AND SON Cat Stevens 2 SEXED UP Robbie Williams 23 OH L'AMOUR Erasure 35 BORN AGAIN Starsailor 39 JUST A LITTLE MORE LOVE David Guetta/ Chris Willis 42 I NEED YOU The Stands 49 TIME OF OUR LIVES Paul van Dyk/ Vega 4 58 CHIHUAHUA DJ Bobo 62 JUST A FEW THINGS THAT I AIN'T The Beautiful South 70 STAND BACK Linus Loves/Sam Obernik 73 HEY YA Outkast 74 DANCE COMMANDER Electric Six 75
November 2, 201311 yr Good evening, John Sad, that your great chart threads don't have many comments. Try to post them on UKMix. Many amazing pure pop here : I had three same # 1 hits (You're My World, Mixed Up World, White Flag). Add my # 1 hits : Emma Bunton - Maybe, Rachel Stevens - Sweet Dreams My La-Ex, Holly Valance - State Of Mind. Cheeky Girls were my # 1 only once with their Christmas classic song "Have A Cheeky Christmas" :wub: Didn't heard Corrs version of "Summer Wine". Shania Twain - Thank You Baby. I prefer her songs before "Up" album, include very underrated singles from "Shania Twain". Most from them were popular only on country radiostations in US. Lisa Scott Lee (Favourite singer of my sister, her favourite songs "Lately" and "Electric") Clea - Download It (The album wasn't realeased in UK, but I have very rare Russian version on the cassette type :) ) Edited November 2, 201311 yr by AlexRange
November 2, 201311 yr I would have thought State of Mind was too abrasive for you, Alex. I love it. Edited November 2, 201311 yr by AnthonyT
November 2, 201311 yr Author Good evening, John Sad, that your great chart threads don't have many comments. Try to post them on UKMix. Many amazing pure pop here : I had three same # 1 hits (You're My World, Mixed Up World, White Flag). Add my # 1 hits : Emma Bunton - Maybe, Rachel Stevens - Sweet Dreams My La-Ex, Holly Valance - State Of Mind. Cheeky Girls were my # 1 only once with their Christmas classic song "Have A Cheeky Christmas" :wub: Didn't heard Corrs version of "Summer Wine". Shania Twain - Thank You Baby. I prefer her songs before "Up" album, include very underrated singles from "Shania Twain". Most from them were popular only on country radiostations in US. Lisa Scott Lee (Favourite singer of my sister, her favourite songs "Lately" and "Electric") Clea - Download It (The album wasn't realeased in UK, but I have very rare Russian version on the cassette type :) ) Thanks Alex, I dont know UKMix I'll have to take a look B-) It was very much pop and dance in 2003, then rock started to edge back in 2004 for a few years. Summer Wine is a Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood cult classic, but the Corrs did a good job of it ^_^ cheers! john
November 2, 201311 yr Author I would have thought State of Mind was too abrasive for you, Alex. I love it. It's a forgotten minor goodie, my fave (unexpected) thing she did B-)
November 3, 201311 yr Don't know why, how I could miss "What You Need Is" by Sinead Quinn. One from the most favourite songs in 2003 with 7 or 8 weeks # 1. Edited November 3, 201311 yr by AlexRange
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