Posted July 14, 201312 yr It's Naughty Boy! Phew B-) It's a great pop song, and deserved to be there a couple of weeks ago. It was close though, Bibio and Postiljonen were strong, but nearest challenger was the 2007 track from Anneli Drecker, If it sounds 90's retro dance, probably due to Norwegian Anneli fronting dance act Bel Canto during the 90's, who made my charts last in 1995. Bibio is another lovely subtle "indie" track with some nice melodies and a retro "Rockford Files" 70's synthesiser sound sounding good in the mix. Kristina Train still Top 5 too, with her sultry Jackie Wilson cover - the original dates back to 1958 and is equally good, and about to chart under my new chart rules: if it's new to me, it deserves to count as new anyway and enter my charts. I decided if I can allow in tracks a few years old that are new to me, why not 55-year-old tracks that are new to me! First to benefit is Friend And Lover, one-hit American wonders with a very 1968-sounding track that Dermot O'Leary played on his show. I liked it right away! Red Sky July are my entry for the BJSC - it's a gorgeous slow melodic country song from Ally McErlaine of band Texas, wife Shelly Poole of Alisha's Attic, and Charity Hair of Florida band, the Alice Band. Ally is not long recovered from a major brain aneurism (critical for a year), which delayed this project. Shelly and her sister Karen are daughters of Brian Poole (of the Tremeloes 60's fame). Meanwhile sneaking in athe bottom of the chart are two new tracks from two acts who debuted in 1980: UB40 and Visage. Visage haven't had a hit since 1983.... 1 2 1 6 LA LA LA Naughty Boy/ Sam Smith 513200 2 3 2 3 YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE Anneli Drecker 206200 3 1 1 9 SUPREME Postiljonen 927500 4 9 4 4 A TOUT A L'HEURE Bibio 146350 5 5 5 3 I'M WANDERIN' Kristina Train 170000 6 11 6 5 LOVE ME AGAIN John Newman 149500 7 10 7 6 VOCAL Pet Shop Boys 168550 8 4 2 6 GOIN' CRAZY Dizzee Rascal/ Robbie Williams 483000 9 7 5 3 ALREADY GONE Red Sky July 155000 10 14 10 20 I DON'T WANT TO KNOW Fleetwood Mac 287850 11 8 1 12 COME RAIN OR COME SHINE Ray Charles 693800 12 6 3 7 BLURRED LINES Robin Thicke/ T.I./ Pharrell 317500 13 15 13 5 BEAUTIFUL Mariah Carey/ Miguel 124400 14 18 12 7 TREASURE Bruno Mars 176500 15 22 15 14 BACK SEAT OF MY CAR Paul & Linda McCartney 170100 16 12 6 13 AXIS Pet Shop Boys 391400 17 NEW 17 1 PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC Wild Cherry 23000 18 13 10 12 MAGNETISED Johnny Hates Jazz 223750 19 30 19 4 WOR Django Django 73700 20 20 1 13 GET LUCKY Daft Punk/ Pharrell Williams/ Nile Rodgers 691400 21 16 2 9 NOW IS THE START A Fine Frenzy 462750 22 17 7 8 POSTCARD FROM PARIS Glen Campbell 239500 23 NEW 23 1 REACH OUT OF THE DARKNESS Friend And Lover 19250 24 26 19 5 SAFE AND SOUND Capital Cities 95800 25 29 25 2 A ROSE BY ANY NAME Blondie/ Beth Ditto 36950 26 19 19 7 WASTING MY YOUNG YEARS London Grammar 94300 27 21 4 9 BIRDS Anouk 351850 28 63 28 4 I LOVE IT Icona Pop 37500 29 31 29 7 WALKS LIKE RIHANNA The Wanted 86900 30 25 3 9 ONLY TEARDROPS Emmelie de Forest 397750 31 28 9 11 THE ONE WHO LOVES ME NOW Agnetha Faltskog 189650 32 38 32 13 REMEMBER (WALKING IN THE SAND) The Shangri-Las 128950 33 37 33 2 DREAMING Smallpools 35000 34 23 23 5 QUEEN OF DISASTER Lana Del Ray 92400 35 24 8 9 LUV BOMB Bowie Jane 209300 36 68 36 2 I WILL LEAD YOU ON MDNGHT/Lana 23800 37 RE 37 3 SLOW LOVE Pawws 40200 38 73 38 2 NEVER FORGET Bebe Black 22600 39 59 39 2 WE WRITE THE STORY Avicii/ Benny & Bjorn 27200 40 60 40 3 DO I WANNA KNOW Arctic Monkeys 37000 41 35 1 14 FINE CHINA Chris Brown 620450 42 27 27 6 WHO'LL STOP THE RAIN John Fogerty/ Bob Seger 78850 43 RE 21 4 PUMPIN BLOOD Nonono 65500 44 33 10 9 BULA BULA QUO! Status Quo 179500 45 36 36 3 A TON OF LOVE The Editors 47600 46 34 9 10 PURPLE YELLOW RED AND BLUE Portugal. The Man 248050 47 65 47 2 BIG WHEN I WAS LITTLE Eliza Doolittle 19500 48 53 48 8 AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Marvin Gaye/ Tami Terrell 69350 49 46 1 13 SHORLEY WALL Ooberman 606500 50 50 50 2 RACER Giorgio Moroder 24000 51 49 1 13 PHOTOGRAPH Ringo Starr 410300 52 42 1 9 WHEN THE LOVE IS GOOD Big Trouble 433800 53 40 40 3 MY PROMISE Earth, Wind & Fire 45250 54 32 32 6 FORTUNATE SON John Fogerty/ Foo Fighters 72250 55 57 55 5 THE PRETTIEST STAR David Bowie 43400 56 39 39 2 WEMBLEY SONG The Killers 27700 57 47 10 11 DANCE YOUR PAIN AWAY Agnetha Faltskog 214800 58 61 58 4 START ME UP The Rolling Stones 30600 59 64 59 2 SUN Belinda Carlisle 17200 60 74 60 2 BANG BANG will.i.am 15200 61 58 1 18 WHEN YOU REALLY LOVED SOMEONE Agnetha Faltskog 647900 62 44 44 4 HOT DAMN Ivy Levan 41050 63 NEW 63 1 RIGHT NOW Rihanna/ David Guetta 7200 64 66 64 4 GOLDEN BROWN The Stranglers 25500 65 NEW 65 1 CRAZY KIDS Kesha/ will.i.am 7000 66 NEW 66 1 GETTING OVER THE STORM UB40 6800 67 67 1 111 GOD ONLY KNOWS The Beach Boys 1908150 68 72 68 3 GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN Cyndi Lauper 17600 69 69 69 2 EDGE OF SOMETHING Jamie Cullum 12400 70 70 70 3 BROKENHEARTED Lawson/ B.O.B. 18000 71 71 71 2 BROKEN Jake Bugg 11600 72 75 72 3 HEY JOE Jimi Hendrix Experience 15600 73 NEW 73 1 SHAMELESS FASHION Visage 5400 74 NEW 74 1 SING TO THE MOON Laura Mvula 5200 75 NEW 75 1 THE LAST TIME The Rolling Stones 5000 DROP OUTS 41 13 8 HOME Philip Philips 153550 43 8 12 ALIVE Empire Of The Sun 252250 45 34 4 SKIRT Kylie Minogue 64800 48 17 8 YOU Robin Stjernberg 113700 51 51 2 EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED Taylor Swift/ Ed Sheeran 23500 52 23 5 WHEN CAN I SEE YOU AGAIN Owl City 79400 54 54 5 SO GOOD TO ME Chris Malinchak 39400 55 9 11 LET HER GO Passenger 211400 56 7 7 JUST BE Paloma Faith 158900 62 62 1 DIANE YOUNG Vampire Weekend 7400
July 14, 201312 yr Hi John 1 2 1 6 LA LA LA Naughty Boy/ Sam Smith 513200 3 1 1 9 SUPREME Postiljonen 927500 4 9 4 4 A TOUT A L'HEURE Bibio 146350 6 11 6 5 LOVE ME AGAIN John Newman 149500 7 10 7 6 VOCAL Pet Shop Boys 168550 12 6 3 7 BLURRED LINES Robin Thicke/ T.I./ Pharrell 317500 13 15 13 5 BEAUTIFUL Mariah Carey/ Miguel 124400 14 18 12 7 TREASURE Bruno Mars 17650015 22 16 12 6 13 AXIS Pet Shop Boys 391400 20 20 1 13 GET LUCKY Daft Punk/ Pharrell Williams/ Nile Rodgers 691400 21 16 2 9 NOW IS THE START A Fine Frenzy 462750 24 26 19 5 SAFE AND SOUND Capital Cities 95800 25 29 25 2 A ROSE BY ANY NAME Blondie/ Beth Ditto 36950 26 19 19 7 WASTING MY YOUNG YEARS London Grammar 94300 27 21 4 9 BIRDS Anouk 351850 28 63 28 4 I LOVE IT Icona Pop 37500 30 25 3 9 ONLY TEARDROPS Emmelie de Forest 397750 40 60 40 3 DO I WANNA KNOW Arctic Monkeys 37000 45 36 36 3 A TON OF LOVE The Editors 47600 46 34 9 10 PURPLE YELLOW RED AND BLUE Portugal. The Man 248050 54 32 32 6 FORTUNATE SON John Fogerty/ Foo Fighters 72250 59 64 59 2 SUN Belinda Carlisle 17200 60 74 60 2 BANG BANG will.i.am 15200 62 44 44 4 HOT DAMN Ivy Levan 41050 64 66 64 4 GOLDEN BROWN The Stranglers 25500 68 72 68 3 GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN Cyndi Lauper 17600 73 NEW 73 1 SHAMELESS FASHION Visage 5400 74 NEW 74 1 SING TO THE MOON Laura Mvula 5200
July 14, 201312 yr Hey :) . 1 2 1 6 LA LA LA Naughty Boy/ Sam Smith 513200 6 11 6 5 LOVE ME AGAIN John Newman 149500 12 6 3 7 BLURRED LINES Robin Thicke/ T.I./ Pharrell 317500 28 63 28 4 I LOVE IT Icona Pop 37500 29 31 29 7 WALKS LIKE RIHANNA The Wanted 86900 30 25 3 9 ONLY TEARDROPS Emmelie de Forest 397750 60 74 60 2 BANG BANG will.i.am 15200 68 72 68 3 GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN Cyndi Lauper 17600 those are my faves :)
July 15, 201312 yr Hi John ^_^ My favourites from the top 40: 3 1 1 9 SUPREME Postiljonen 927500 6 11 6 5 LOVE ME AGAIN John Newman 149500 One of the best UK number ones this year 7 10 7 6 VOCAL Pet Shop Boys 168550 13 15 13 5 BEAUTIFUL Mariah Carey/ Miguel 124400 14 18 12 7 TREASURE Bruno Mars 176500 16 12 6 13 AXIS Pet Shop Boys 391400 20 20 1 13 GET LUCKY Daft Punk/ Pharrell Williams/ Nile Rodgers 691400 26 19 19 7 WASTING MY YOUNG YEARS London Grammar 94300 27 21 4 9 BIRDS Anouk 351850 28 63 28 4 I LOVE IT Icona Pop 37500 29 31 29 7 WALKS LIKE RIHANNA The Wanted 86900 30 25 3 9 ONLY TEARDROPS Emmelie de Forest 397750 34 23 23 5 QUEEN OF DISASTER Lana Del Ray 92400 39 59 39 2 WE WRITE THE STORY Avicii/ Benny & Bjorn 27200 Don't you like Avicii's Wake me Up? 40 60 40 3 DO I WANNA KNOW Arctic Monkeys 37000 Great chart! :P
July 15, 201312 yr Author Hi John 1 2 1 6 LA LA LA Naughty Boy/ Sam Smith 513200 3 1 1 9 SUPREME Postiljonen 927500 4 9 4 4 A TOUT A L'HEURE Bibio 146350 6 11 6 5 LOVE ME AGAIN John Newman 149500 7 10 7 6 VOCAL Pet Shop Boys 168550 12 6 3 7 BLURRED LINES Robin Thicke/ T.I./ Pharrell 317500 13 15 13 5 BEAUTIFUL Mariah Carey/ Miguel 124400 14 18 12 7 TREASURE Bruno Mars 17650015 22 16 12 6 13 AXIS Pet Shop Boys 391400 20 20 1 13 GET LUCKY Daft Punk/ Pharrell Williams/ Nile Rodgers 691400 21 16 2 9 NOW IS THE START A Fine Frenzy 462750 24 26 19 5 SAFE AND SOUND Capital Cities 95800 25 29 25 2 A ROSE BY ANY NAME Blondie/ Beth Ditto 36950 26 19 19 7 WASTING MY YOUNG YEARS London Grammar 94300 27 21 4 9 BIRDS Anouk 351850 28 63 28 4 I LOVE IT Icona Pop 37500 30 25 3 9 ONLY TEARDROPS Emmelie de Forest 397750 40 60 40 3 DO I WANNA KNOW Arctic Monkeys 37000 45 36 36 3 A TON OF LOVE The Editors 47600 46 34 9 10 PURPLE YELLOW RED AND BLUE Portugal. The Man 248050 54 32 32 6 FORTUNATE SON John Fogerty/ Foo Fighters 72250 59 64 59 2 SUN Belinda Carlisle 17200 60 74 60 2 BANG BANG will.i.am 15200 62 44 44 4 HOT DAMN Ivy Levan 41050 64 66 64 4 GOLDEN BROWN The Stranglers 25500 68 72 68 3 GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN Cyndi Lauper 17600 73 NEW 73 1 SHAMELESS FASHION Visage 5400 74 NEW 74 1 SING TO THE MOON Laura Mvula 5200 cheers mart!n B-) !
July 15, 201312 yr Author Hey :) . 1 2 1 6 LA LA LA Naughty Boy/ Sam Smith 513200 6 11 6 5 LOVE ME AGAIN John Newman 149500 12 6 3 7 BLURRED LINES Robin Thicke/ T.I./ Pharrell 317500 28 63 28 4 I LOVE IT Icona Pop 37500 29 31 29 7 WALKS LIKE RIHANNA The Wanted 86900 30 25 3 9 ONLY TEARDROPS Emmelie de Forest 397750 60 74 60 2 BANG BANG will.i.am 15200 68 72 68 3 GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN Cyndi Lauper 17600 those are my faves :) thanks James, and glad you like oldie from Cyndi :lol: cheers! john
July 15, 201312 yr Author Hi John ^_^ My favourites from the top 40: 3 1 1 9 SUPREME Postiljonen 927500 6 11 6 5 LOVE ME AGAIN John Newman 149500 One of the best UK number ones this year 7 10 7 6 VOCAL Pet Shop Boys 168550 13 15 13 5 BEAUTIFUL Mariah Carey/ Miguel 124400 14 18 12 7 TREASURE Bruno Mars 176500 16 12 6 13 AXIS Pet Shop Boys 391400 20 20 1 13 GET LUCKY Daft Punk/ Pharrell Williams/ Nile Rodgers 691400 26 19 19 7 WASTING MY YOUNG YEARS London Grammar 94300 27 21 4 9 BIRDS Anouk 351850 28 63 28 4 I LOVE IT Icona Pop 37500 29 31 29 7 WALKS LIKE RIHANNA The Wanted 86900 30 25 3 9 ONLY TEARDROPS Emmelie de Forest 397750 34 23 23 5 QUEEN OF DISASTER Lana Del Ray 92400 39 59 39 2 WE WRITE THE STORY Avicii/ Benny & Bjorn 27200 Don't you like Avicii's Wake me Up? 40 60 40 3 DO I WANNA KNOW Arctic Monkeys 37000 Great chart! :P Thanks Jason! Yes that John Newman track is still growing on me. I've only really heard the new Avicii next number one a couple of times. I like it, so it's bound to chart next week, but how high will depend on how much I hear it by Sunday :lol: cheers john
July 15, 201312 yr Hi, John! :D Nice No.1. Friend And Love are also new artists for me. Never heard them before. And i agree it's a very 1968-sounding track! I wonder, what made you return Wild Cherry's funky classic to the chart, John?
July 15, 201312 yr Pleased to see We Write The Story in the top 40 John :cheer: Good chart as always, great #1!
July 15, 201312 yr Hi 1 2 1 6 LA LA LA Naughty Boy/ Sam Smith 513200 3 1 1 9 SUPREME Postiljonen 927500 6 11 6 5 LOVE ME AGAIN John Newman 149500 8 4 2 6 GOIN' CRAZY Dizzee Rascal/ Robbie Williams 483000 12 6 3 7 BLURRED LINES Robin Thicke/ T.I./ Pharrell 317500 13 15 13 5 BEAUTIFUL Mariah Carey/ Miguel 124400 14 18 12 7 TREASURE Bruno Mars 176500 20 20 1 13 GET LUCKY Daft Punk/ Pharrell Williams/ Nile Rodgers 691400 26 19 19 7 WASTING MY YOUNG YEARS London Grammar 94300 27 21 4 9 BIRDS Anouk 351850 28 63 28 4 I LOVE IT Icona Pop 37500 29 31 29 7 WALKS LIKE RIHANNA The Wanted 86900 30 25 3 9 ONLY TEARDROPS Emmelie de Forest 397750 31 28 9 11 THE ONE WHO LOVES ME NOW Agnetha Faltskog 189650 32 38 32 13 REMEMBER (WALKING IN THE SAND) The Shangri-Las 128950 37 RE 37 3 SLOW LOVE Pawws 40200 39 59 39 2 WE WRITE THE STORY Avicii/ Benny & Bjorn 27200 40 60 40 3 DO I WANNA KNOW Arctic Monkeys 37000 41 35 1 14 FINE CHINA Chris Brown 620450 47 65 47 2 BIG WHEN I WAS LITTLE Eliza Doolittle 19500 48 53 48 8 AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Marvin Gaye/ Tami Terrell 69350 51 49 1 13 PHOTOGRAPH Ringo Starr 410300 52 42 1 9 WHEN THE LOVE IS GOOD Big Trouble 433800 57 47 10 11 DANCE YOUR PAIN AWAY Agnetha Faltskog 214800 60 74 60 2 BANG BANG will.i.am 15200 61 58 1 18 WHEN YOU REALLY LOVED SOMEONE Agnetha Faltskog 647900 62 44 44 4 HOT DAMN Ivy Levan 41050 63 NEW 63 1 RIGHT NOW Rihanna/ David Guetta 7200 64 66 64 4 GOLDEN BROWN The Stranglers 25500 65 NEW 65 1 CRAZY KIDS Kesha/ will.i.am 7000 67 67 1 111 GOD ONLY KNOWS The Beach Boys 1908150 68 72 68 3 GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN Cyndi Lauper 17600 69 69 69 2 EDGE OF SOMETHING Jamie Cullum 12400 70 70 70 3 BROKENHEARTED Lawson/ B.O.B. 18000 71 71 71 2 BROKEN Jake Bugg 11600 74 NEW 74 1 SING TO THE MOON Laura Mvula 5200 75 NEW 75 1 THE LAST TIME The Rolling Stones 5000 Good Chart!
July 16, 201312 yr Author Hi, John! :D Nice No.1. Friend And Love are also new artists for me. Never heard them before. And i agree it's a very 1968-sounding track! I wonder, what made you return Wild Cherry's funky classic to the chart, John? Thanks Andrey, Friend & Lover seems to have appeared in a few more recent movies so that's why Dermot played it I think, and Wild Cherry was in last week's Top 40 Archive tracks (best-selling downloads over 12 months old) - I have no idea why it's suddenly selling but it deserved a 2nd chart run :lol: Usually it's made up of more recent hits, but I note any older faves down and stick them in a list waiting for a less busy chart so they can re-enter, but Wild Cherry leap-frogged them all! cheers! john
July 16, 201312 yr Author Pleased to see We Write The Story in the top 40 John :cheer: Good chart as always, great #1! Thanks B-) , and also thanks for reminding me to download Avicii/B&B, I'm still playing it in the car along with Naughty Boy & 20 or 30 others :lol: cheers! john
July 16, 201312 yr Author Hi 1 2 1 6 LA LA LA Naughty Boy/ Sam Smith 513200 3 1 1 9 SUPREME Postiljonen 927500 6 11 6 5 LOVE ME AGAIN John Newman 149500 8 4 2 6 GOIN' CRAZY Dizzee Rascal/ Robbie Williams 483000 12 6 3 7 BLURRED LINES Robin Thicke/ T.I./ Pharrell 317500 13 15 13 5 BEAUTIFUL Mariah Carey/ Miguel 124400 14 18 12 7 TREASURE Bruno Mars 176500 20 20 1 13 GET LUCKY Daft Punk/ Pharrell Williams/ Nile Rodgers 691400 26 19 19 7 WASTING MY YOUNG YEARS London Grammar 94300 27 21 4 9 BIRDS Anouk 351850 28 63 28 4 I LOVE IT Icona Pop 37500 29 31 29 7 WALKS LIKE RIHANNA The Wanted 86900 30 25 3 9 ONLY TEARDROPS Emmelie de Forest 397750 31 28 9 11 THE ONE WHO LOVES ME NOW Agnetha Faltskog 189650 32 38 32 13 REMEMBER (WALKING IN THE SAND) The Shangri-Las 128950 37 RE 37 3 SLOW LOVE Pawws 40200 39 59 39 2 WE WRITE THE STORY Avicii/ Benny & Bjorn 27200 40 60 40 3 DO I WANNA KNOW Arctic Monkeys 37000 41 35 1 14 FINE CHINA Chris Brown 620450 47 65 47 2 BIG WHEN I WAS LITTLE Eliza Doolittle 19500 48 53 48 8 AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Marvin Gaye/ Tami Terrell 69350 51 49 1 13 PHOTOGRAPH Ringo Starr 410300 52 42 1 9 WHEN THE LOVE IS GOOD Big Trouble 433800 57 47 10 11 DANCE YOUR PAIN AWAY Agnetha Faltskog 214800 60 74 60 2 BANG BANG will.i.am 15200 61 58 1 18 WHEN YOU REALLY LOVED SOMEONE Agnetha Faltskog 647900 62 44 44 4 HOT DAMN Ivy Levan 41050 63 NEW 63 1 RIGHT NOW Rihanna/ David Guetta 7200 64 66 64 4 GOLDEN BROWN The Stranglers 25500 65 NEW 65 1 CRAZY KIDS Kesha/ will.i.am 7000 67 67 1 111 GOD ONLY KNOWS The Beach Boys 1908150 68 72 68 3 GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN Cyndi Lauper 17600 69 69 69 2 EDGE OF SOMETHING Jamie Cullum 12400 70 70 70 3 BROKENHEARTED Lawson/ B.O.B. 18000 71 71 71 2 BROKEN Jake Bugg 11600 74 NEW 74 1 SING TO THE MOON Laura Mvula 5200 75 NEW 75 1 THE LAST TIME The Rolling Stones 5000 Good Chart! Hi Ken, thanks for the list, I need to hear semi 1 in BJSC - not had time yet (though I have already voted in semi 2) cheers! john
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