JANUARY 2009

 

A mere 5 years ago (unless you’re 15, in which case “a third of a lifetime ago”) and yes, shockingly The Saturdays were around. That seems so wrong…. However, a new year means, err a leather-clad, whip-cracking Spanish melodrama from 1968 was still dominating my charts, leaving only one current record to hit the top: Kevin Rudolf, yes that household name shot in at 3 and up to 1, amazing for essentially a one-hit wonder. L’il Wayne, though, has had a longer career. Regardless, it’s a great record!

 

Oasis at 2, still having big hits for me, Katy Perry at 2 with Hot n Cold, both denied a number one unfairly by my love affair with DD,D,B,M&T as they were sometimes called even more confusingly. Sugababes prove they actually had far more big hits in my chart than I remember, at 6, Girls Aloud at 7, with new act Lady Gaga (5 years!?) and Lily Allen making for a heavily female-pop chart joining them in the Top 10. Britney at 20 with one I used to holiday jig along to in the video club - I won’t say dance, as it’s more a sort of swaying shuffle from one foot to another, bottle of beer in each hand (2 for 1 midnight till 1am) and I mostly had the floor to myself till the younger clubbers arrived at 10 to 1 to get the cheap drink offer and mime along to Single Ladies dance movements a perfect copy of Beyonce. And that’s just the boys. I digress. Womaniser sounded great. The thing about 2 bottles of beer is, the more drink, the better your own dancing seems to get as you go along. Amazing.

 

(PS I’m a lightweight at alcohol, prob why I seem to attract the shall we say, extroverts, like the tubby-ish kid of 20 or so who kept dancing daintily round a pole and shoving his face right up to mine time and again while spinning round me. I wasn’t quite sure whether he fancied me, wanted me to move, or was pissed. As there were plenty of other poles available, he hadn’t been there long enough (with his mates) to get drunk, I choose to continue to think it was the former, we all need ego-stroking occasionally, deluded or not) (PPS I went back to the hotel secure in the knowledge that I was devastatingly attractive) (PPPS That might have been the beers, on reflection)

 

Anyways, elsewhere, non-girlie stuff includes Jason Mraz (an ongoing big-seller these days) at 4, White Lies, Tinchy Stryder & Taio Cruz (lost in transit these days), and Fleet Foxes - surely THAT’S not 5 years old! Honestly these all seem like, what, 2 years old at the most!!

 

3rd Jan chart

 

weekly chart positions for january follow artist name...

 

 

 

THE LEGEND OF XANADU Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 1 1 2 1

I'M OUTTA TIME Oasis 2 8 19 34

HOT 'N' COLD Katy Perry 3 2 4 11

FRANCOISE Sharleen Spiteri 4 4 14 22

WARM THIS WINTER Gabriella Cilmi 5 9 13 21

THESE DAYS Glen Campbell 6 7 3 3

7 THINGS Miley Cyrus 7 5 18 28

ELUSIVE BUTTERFLY Val Doonican 8 13 21 32

BEAT GOES ON Madonna/ Kanye West 9 22 22 40

NO CAN DO Sugababes 10 6 6 6

 

 

 

LAST NIGHT IN SOHO Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 11 11 11 12

I DON'T CARE Fall Out Boy 12 16 28 44

HALLELUJAH Alexandra Burke 13 24 61

THE LAST OF THE MELTING SNOW The Leisure Society 14 14 26 14

HUMAN The Killers 15 18 20 23

GROW OLD WITH ME Glen Campbell 16 21 29 13

BROKEN STRINGS James Morrison/ Nelly Furtado 17 15 15 19

GREATEST DAY Take That 18 25 25 37

RUN Leona Lewis 19 29 56 56

WOMANIZER Britney Spears 20 31 49 58

 

 

 

WILLIAM'S BLOOD Grace Jones 21 30 41 54

THE BOY DOES NOTHING Alesha Dixon 22 43 43 71

SO WHAT Pink 23 26 35 46

THE PROMISE Girls Aloud 24 32 32 35

WITH OR WITHOUT YOU U2 25 23 23 16

NO ONE LIKE YOU Al Green/ Corrinne Bailey Rae 26 35 48 55

MILES AWAY Madonna 27 37 59

LOVE LOCKDOWN Kanye West 28 28 36 48

RIGHT NOW NA NA NA Akon 29 45 53 53

ULYSSES Franz Ferdinand 30 19 24 24

 

USE SOMEBODY Kings Of Leon 31 47 69 69

HALLELUJAH Jeff Buckley 32 50 16 26

LIFE IN TECHNICOLOUR II Coldplay 33 33 30 18

DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Chris Rea 34

WALLS Glen Campbell 35 41 46 51

GOOD DAYS BAD DAYS Kaiser Chiefs 36 36 71

THE LOVING KIND Girls Aloud 37 10 8 7

SANTA BABY Eartha Kitt 38

GRACE Will Young 39 39 39 60

BETTER Boyzone 40 73

 

NO MILK TODAY Herman's Hermits 41 42 42 42

THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL Abba 42 44 45 47

MAMMA MIA Abba 43 46 47 49

UP The Saturdays 44 51 51 52

TRAINS & WINTER RAINS Enya 45 68

WHAT ABOUT US? John Barrowman 46 63

THE YOUNG ONES Cliff Richard 47 40

PERFECT SYMMETRY Keane 48 34 17 17

IF HE SHOULD EVER LEAVE YOU Tom Jones 49 55 55 64

WE WALK Ting Tings 50 67

 

TIME OF THE SEASON The Zombies 51 61

SEE YOU AGAIN Miley Cyrus 52 52 52 59

TIMES LIKE THESE Glen Campbell 53 56 74

GRANITE Pendulum 54 65

THE LOVERS ARE LOSING Keane 55 66

SEX ON FIRE Kings Of Leon 56 59 63 63

EVERYBODY KNOWS The Dave Clark 5 57 49 44 41

VIVA LA VIDA Coldplay 58 58 66 66

SAY AHA Santogold 59 69

NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP Rick Astley 60 54 50 45

 

ANOTHER WAY TO DIE Jack White/ Alicia Keys 61

HAPPY XMAS WAR IS OVER John & Yoko/ Plastic Ono Band 62

FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues/ Kirsty Maccoll 63

KEEP THIS FIRE BURNING Outsiders/ Amanda Wilson 64 62

RAIN ON YOUR PARADE Duffy 65

ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE Brenda Lee 66

GIVE A LITTLE LOVE Tom Jones 67

ICE IN THE SUN Status Quo 68 64 64 61

WINTER WONDERLAND Macy Gray 69

WHAT IS HAPPENING Alphabeat 70

 

HEARTLESS Kanye West 71 48 62 72

LIVE YOUR LIFE T.I./ Rihanna 72

LOVE YOU ANYWAY Boyzone 73

JOHNNY GOT A BOOM BOOM Imelda May 74 74 65 50

ISSUES Saturdays 75 71

 

10th Jan new entries

 

 

LET IT ROCK Kevin Rudolf/ L'il Wayne 3 1 2

TO LOSE MY LIFE White Lies 12 12 9

I'M YOURS Jason Mraz 17 7 4

JUST DANCE Lady Gaga 20 9 8

LA LA LA Ava Leigh 27 27 20

SOBER Pink 38 38 38

MYKONOS Fleet Foxes 53 37 15

MAD Ne-Yo 57 57 43

IT'S A MAN'S MAN'S MAN'S MAN'S WORLD Seal 60 58 30

ONE STEP AT A TIME Jordin Sparks 70 67 67

WORKING ON A DREAM Bruce Springsteen 72 40 29

THE FEAR Lily Allen 75 5 5

 

 

18th Jan new entries

 

TAKE ME BACK Tinchy Stryder/ Taio Cruz 10 10

DAY 'N' NITE Kid Cudi/ Crookers 31 31

GET UP 50 Cent 33 33

GANGSTA'S PARADISE Coolio/ LV 34 25

CIRCUS Britney Spears 54 36

I DON'T WANT YOUR LOVE (I NEED YOUR LOVE) Paul Carrack 60 39

KIDS MGMT 68 68

SPACEMAN The Killers 70 65

CHANGE Daniel Merriweather 72

MY! MY! TIME FLIES! Enya 73 27

SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON IT) Beyonce 75 62

 

 

 

25th Jan new entries

 

GET ON YOUR BOOTS U2 57

POKER FACE Lady Gaga 70

FEARLESS Bryn Christopher 73

IT'S AMAZING Jem 74

BREATHE SLOW Alesha Dixon 75

Edited January 29, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

FEBRUARY 2009 CHARTS

 

1968 Whip-crackin' classic Legend Of Xanadu continues to pop up and down from the top of the charts, allowing debut newcomer Lady Gaga to grab 2 weeks at the top in between. Just Dance is the first of guess how many toppers for Gaga :) She hit the pop scene with a breath of fresh air and a great album. I'm Yours, chart staple these days, makes my Top 10 along with the fab Girls Aloud single, Fleet Foxes, Coldplay, and...yes Lady Gaga again, already, with her Ra-Ra-Rasputin rhythmed Poker Face.

 

U2 meanwhile swap oldie for newie in the 10, Miley Cyrus makes my Top 10 4 years before managing it in the UK (hey it was a good single!), Annie Lennox makes a 10 comeback, and new entries include Santogold (Santigold these days), Muse covering Nina Simone (also a chart staple these days), Pet Shop Boys going straight into the Top 5, as does Saint Etienne with yet another chart-flop (SO unfair charts sometimes), while Elbow slip in with a future classic and future big hit, Sam Gold ditto, and Taylor Swift debuts with Love Story. If I were her I'd move into pop and away from Country....

 

 

1st FEB Chart

 

THE LEGEND OF XANADU Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 1 3 4 1

LET IT ROCK Kevin Rudolf/ L'il Wayne 2 2 2 4

JUST DANCE Lady Gaga 3 1 1 2

THE FEAR Lily Allen 4 4 9 6

NO CAN DO Sugababes 5 5 14 18

I'M YOURS Jason Mraz 6 6 8 13

THE LOVING KIND Girls Aloud 7 7 7 17

THESE DAYS Glen Campbell 8 8 11 12

TO LOSE MY LIFE White Lies 9 16 3 9

WITH OR WITHOUT YOU U2 10 63

 

CHANGE Daniel Merriweather 11 11 13 25

TAKE ME BACK Tinchy Stryder/ Taio Cruz 12 12 12 14

GROW OLD WITH ME Glen Campbell 13 14 20 31

MYKONOS Fleet Foxes 14 9 15 26

LIFE IN TECHNICOLOUR II Coldplay 15 10 16 27

LAST NIGHT IN SOHO Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 16 19 19 19

WE WALK Ting Tings 17 17 27 16

CIRCUS Britney Spears 18 18 18 28

BROKEN STRINGS James Morrison/ Nelly Furtado 19 25 25 30

HOT 'N' COLD Katy Perry 20 27 30 33

 

THE LAST OF THE MELTING SNOW The Leisure Society 21 13 17 21

POKER FACE Lady Gaga 22 15 10 7

GANGSTA'S PARADISE Coolio/ LV 23 20

WORKING ON A DREAM Bruce Springsteen 24 24 24 32

GET ON YOUR BOOTS U2 25 21 21 8

LA LA LA Ava Leigh 26 42 50 58

MY! MY! TIME FLIES! Enya 27 22 28 41

HUMAN The Killers 28 37 38 39

I DON'T WANT YOUR LOVE (I NEED YOUR LOVE) Paul Carrack 29 33 46 71

IT'S A MAN'S MAN'S MAN'S MAN'S WORLD Seal 30 26 37 45

 

FRANCOISE Sharleen Spiteri 31 32 33 37

PERFECT SYMMETRY Keane 32 48 62

WARM THIS WINTER Gabriella Cilmi 33 45 49 57

JOHNNY GOT A BOOM BOOM Imelda May 34 34 42 48

EVERYBODY KNOWS The Dave Clark 5 35 30 23 15

GIVES YOU HELL All-American Rejects 36 36 48 59

MAD Ne-Yo 37 43 47 62

SOBER Pink 38 38 22 22

GREATEST DAY Take That 39 47 55 46

FLY ON THE WALL Miley Cyrus 40 31 26 10

 

ELUSIVE BUTTERFLY Val Doonican 41 41 41 42

DAY 'N' NITE Kid Cudi/ Crookers 42 53 58 61

THE PROMISE Girls Aloud 43 57 63 63

NO MILK TODAY Herman's Hermits 44 44 44 44

NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP Rick Astley 45 40 31 29

ULYSSES Franz Ferdinand 46 46 57 70

HALLELUJAH Jeff Buckley 47 61

7 THINGS Miley Cyrus 48 67

THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL Abba 49 52 52 54

SPACEMAN The Killers 50 50 32 23

 

MAMMA MIA Abba 51 51 51 51

I'M OUTTA TIME Oasis 52 71

SO WHAT Pink 53 64 74

UP The Saturdays 54 54 54 56

SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON IT) Beyonce 55

WALLS Glen Campbell 56 61 64

GET UP 50 Cent 57

GIVE A LITTLE LOVE Tom Jones 58 29 29 24

IT'S GROWING James Taylor 59 59 59

LOVE LOCKDOWN Kanye West 60

 

ICE IN THE SUN Status Quo 61 58 53 49

TIME TO PRETEND MGMT 62 62 69

USE SOMEBODY Kings Of Leon 63 66 66 66

IT'S AMAZING Jem 64 60 60

KIDS MGMT 65 65 65 60

RUN Leona Lewis 66

SHINING LIGHT Annie Lennox 67 23 6 11

SEX ON FIRE Kings Of Leon 68 68 68 55

ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY Anastacia 69 69

NO ONE LIKE YOU Al Green/ Corrinne Bailey Rae 70

 

VIVA LA VIDA Coldplay 71 72 72 73

BREATHE SLOW Alesha Dixon 72 55 40 35

RIGHT NOW NA NA NA Akon 73

IN FOR THE KILL La Roux 74

I'M THROWING MY ARMS AROUND PARIS Morrissey 75 70 34 34

 

8th FEB New Entries

 

FEARLESS Bryn Christopher 28 36 52

SAY AHA Santogold 35 35 43

FEELIN' GOOD Muse 39 45 53

I'LL BE AROUND Detroit Spinners 49 39 36

TONIGHT Jay Sean 56 56 67

I THOUGHT I LOST YOU John Travolta & Miley Cyrus 73 73

GIMME A CALL Tommy Reilly 74

LET IT GO Will Young 75 75 74

 

15th FEB New Entries

 

LOVE ETC Pet Shop Boys 5 3

OMEN The Prodigy 43 38

T SHIRT Shontelle 67 50

CRACK A BOTTLE Eminem 70 65

IT DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE Buddy Holly 71 68

 

22nd FEB New Entries

 

METHOD OF MODERN LOVE Saint Etienne 5

UP ALL NIGHT Take That 20

JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH The Saturdays 40

SOMETHING IS SQUEEZING MY SKULL Morrissey 47

TROUBLE Stone Walters 64

ONE DAY LIKE THIS Elbow 69

BLACK AND GOLD Sam Sparro 72

LOVE STORY Taylor Swift 75

 

MARCH 2009 CHARTS

 

It was a Pet Shop Boys revival going on, awards and downloads, and a Pet Shop Boys on-form return with Love etc, to give a Very Pet Shop Boys chart, Actually. Yes. Quite deserved, being as they are the best act of the last 30 years - this is not open for discussion, let's just call it fact, eh? By the end of the month they have 5 new tracks joining classic oldies in my chart. Gawd bless'em British institutions.

 

So anyway, Gaga was new and peaking, her Poker Face grabbing the top in between Pet Shop Boys, So. U2 were also getting their boots on, Miley Cyrus was in my Top 5 with a good little single flying on the wall, Take That were Up All Night at the relative undeserved flop of the single in the UK charts, but not in mine. Empire Of The Sun at 3 with the fabulous Walking On A Dream, and Tony Christie getting a bona fide NEW actual single in my top 10. What!? Not Amarillo?! Jai Ho, also joins it, sounding all fab and Indian-rhythmed, a great pop single to end the Pussycat Dolls popchart career on.

1st March chart

 

WEST END GIRLS Pet Shop Boys 1 2 6 11 14

METHOD OF MODERN LOVE Saint Etienne 2 4 4 5 4

LOVE ETC Pet Shop Boys 3 3 3 2 1

JUST DANCE Lady Gaga 4 8 14 15 15

POKER FACE Lady Gaga 5 1 2 1 2

GET ON YOUR BOOTS U2 6 7 11 16 31

FLY ON THE WALL Miley Cyrus 7 5 7 9 16

UP ALL NIGHT Take That 8 6 5 4 10

TO LOSE MY LIFE White Lies 9 18 29 34 50

WE WALK Ting Tings 10 11 20 28 44

 

THE LEGEND OF XANADU Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 11 21 21 21 21

LET IT ROCK Kevin Rudolf/ L'il Wayne 12 14 22 25 33

THE FEAR Lily Allen 13 13 15 23 27

I'M YOURS Jason Mraz 14 22 30 30 40

I'M THROWING MY ARMS AROUND PARIS Morrissey 15 15 28 44

CAN'T STOP THE RAIN Shena 16 9 9 12 23

SPACEMAN The Killers 17 24 49

THESE DAYS Glen Campbell 18 23 32 33 41

SHINING LIGHT Annie Lennox 19 16 16 20 39

OMEN The Prodigy 20 12 18 19 37

 

LAST NIGHT IN SOHO Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 21 31 31 31 32

TAKE ME BACK Tinchy Stryder/ Taio Cruz 22 34 42 49

THE LOVING KIND Girls Aloud 23 39 45 55 71

CHANGE Daniel Merriweather 24 26 36 41 56

BREATHE SLOW Alesha Dixon 25 25 25 38 60

NO CAN DO Sugababes 26 48 56 70

PARIS IS BURNING Ladyhawke 27 45 57

WALKING ON A DREAM Empire Of The Sun 28 41 8 8 3

DEAD AND GONE T.I./ Justin Timberlake 29 17 13 13 25

I'LL BE AROUND Detroit Spinners 30 30 26 22 19

 

SOBER Pink 31

THE LAST OF THE MELTING SNOW The Leisure Society 32 42 48 54 61

I LOVE MY BABY Napoleon 33 32 43 61

BROKEN STRINGS James Morrison/ Nelly Furtado 34 40 33 26 34

JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH The Saturdays 35 35 35 56

GIVE A LITTLE LOVE Tom Jones 36 54

NO LINE ON THE HORIZON U2 37 37 54

RAINDROPS (ENCORE UNE FOIS) Sash 38 59

HUMAN The Killers 39 47 47 47 52

ICE IN THE SUN Status Quo 40 38 34

 

GROW OLD WITH ME Glen Campbell 41 65

FRANCOISE Sharleen Spiteri 42 63 63 65 69

ELUSIVE BUTTERFLY Val Doonican 43

NO MILK TODAY Herman's Hermits 44 51 51 51 51

MYKONOS Fleet Foxes 45 56 62

f*** YOU Lily Allen 46 69

SOMETHING IS SQUEEZING MY SKULL Morrissey 47 27 37 46

T SHIRT Shontelle 48 55 55 63

HOT 'N' COLD Katy Perry 49 70 70 74

CRACK A BOTTLE Eminem/ Dr Dre/ 50 Cent 50 50 59

 

MAMMA MIA Abba 51 52 53 53 54

CIRCUS Britney Spears 52 57

WATCHA THINK ABOUT THAT Pussycat Dolls 53 44 44 62

YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL) Sylvester 54 53 46 42 42

LIFE IN TECHNICOLOUR II Coldplay 55 71

THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL Abba 56 61 61

LOVE STORY Taylor Swift 57 46 40 29 48

WONDERFUL Gary Go 58 49 66

UP The Saturdays 59 66

FALLING DOWN Oasis 60 28 23 10 22

 

GREATEST DAY Take That 61

WORKING ON A DREAM Bruce Springsteen 62

THE PROMISE Girls Aloud 63 74

TROUBLE Stone Walters 64

IT DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE Buddy Holly 65 62 50 40 35

ONE DAY LIKE THIS Elbow 66

TIME TO PRETEND MGMT 67 43 38

PAPER PLANES MIA 68

SHOW ME LOVE Steve Angello & Laidback/ Robin S 69 52 48 66

EVERY WORD SHE SAID Tony Christie 70 29 10 14 18

 

SEX ON FIRE Kings Of Leon 71 75

VIVA LA VIDA Coldplay 72 72 72 72 72

BETTER THAN THIS Keane 73 73 37 13

THE LAKE Antony & The Johnsons 74

MY LIFE SUCKS WITHOUT YOU Kelly Clarkson 75 68 39 39

 

8th March new entries

 

IT'S A SIN Pet Shop Boys 10 1 3 11

DON'T UPSET THE RHYTHM Noisettes 19 17 17 17

GO WEST Pet Shop Boys 20 12 7 6

BEGGIN' Frankie Valli/Four Seasons 33 41

DID YOU SEE ME COMING? Pet Shop Boys 36 19 6 5

I CAN'T HELP MYSELF Sparks 58 58

NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT Peter Bjorn & John 60 27 27 20

FLY AWAY Honeyrider 64 64

IN A MATTER OF TIME The Leisure Society 67 67

15th March new entries

 

HALO Beyonce 24 24 24

BEAUTIFUL Akon/Kardinall Offishall/Colby O'Donis 60 32 28

STRONG AGAIN N-Dubz 65 52 46

DESOLATION ROW My Chemical Romance 68

WEIGHT OF THE WORLD Lemar 69 69

RIVER DEEP MOUNTAIN HIGH Ike & Tina Turner 71 45 43

SHAKE IT Metro Station 73 35 29

RIGHT ROUND Flo-Rida 74 66 62

REVELRY Kings Of Leon 75

22nd March new entries

 

TAKIN' BACK MY LOVE Enrique Iglesias/Ciara 18 9

LIGHTEN UP MORRISSEY Sparks 36 59

JAI HO A R Rahman/Pussycat Dolls 43 8

ISLANDS IN THE STREAM Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton 50 47

NO YOU GIRLS Franz Ferdinand 57 64

IN FOR THE KILL La Roux 58 30

CAN'T GET OVER September" 59 58

ISLANDS IN THE STREAM Ruth Jones/ Rob Brydon/ Tom Jones/ Robin Gibb 60 57

NO MORE 'I LOVE YOU'S' Annie Lennox 64

FAREWELL TO THE FAIRGROUND White Lies 67 67

BLOWING IN THE WIND Bob Dylan 68 65

IT'S ALRIGHT Seal 71 55

SHOW ME LOVE Robin S 73

WALKING ON BROKEN GLASS Annie Lennox 75

 

29th March new entries

 

ALL OVER THE WORLD Pet Shop Boys 7

MORE THAN A DREAM Pet Shop Boys 12

PANDEMONIUM Pet Shop Boys 26

JUST GO Lionel Richie 36

DUST DEVIL Madness 38

MAKE IT MINE Jason Mraz 45

BIG BAD HANDSOME MAN Imelda May 49

KINGDOM OF RUST Doves 53

GENTLE ON MY MIND Glen Campbell 63

BREAKING APART Chris Isaak/ Trisha Yearwood 68

NUMBER 1 Tinchy Stryder/ N-Dubz 70

WHITE WINTER HYMNAL Fleet Foxes 73

CATHY'S CLOWN Everly Brothers 74

THINKING OF YOU Katy Perry 75

 

APRIL 2009 CHARTS

 

Pet Shop Boys old and new dominate. Go West gets a second run on top, last time 1993, and the album track that should have been a single heads the chart for the other 3 weeks. So many PSB tracks, in fact, that they keep themselves at 2 - a track that at least had a go as a single, All Over The World, following the BRITS performance of it, plus the classics. Second Best British Band Of All Time (after The Beatles)... :yahoo:

 

Gaga and Empire Of The Sun the other acts of the day for me, and surprisingly Enrique at 2 with a dance track. Lily Allen's fab Not Fair hits 3, the also fab Noisettes at 6, sadly they've gone into obscurity after a great run of singles, album and live performances on tour. How fickle is success and the singles buyer...! La Roux goes top 10, (previous Noisettes comments also apply), Bat For Lashes ditto, Girls Aloud join the Top 10 party, and sneaking in the bottom of the chart with 2 tracks, Miley Cyrus: one's an obscure country laugh, the other a future UK number one cover, thank you X Factor....

 

 

 

5th April Chart

 

GO WEST Pet Shop Boys 1 11 21 32

POKER FACE Lady Gaga 2 3 7 12

WALKING ON A DREAM Empire Of The Sun 3 9 6 5

MORE THAN A DREAM Pet Shop Boys 4 1 1 1

LOVE ETC Pet Shop Boys 5 7 11 13

TAKIN' BACK MY LOVE Enrique Iglesias/Ciara 6 4 3 2

ALL OVER THE WORLD Pet Shop Boys 7 2 2 4

METHOD OF MODERN LOVE Saint Etienne 8 12 14 23

NOT FAIR Lily Allen 9 6 5 3

DON'T UPSET THE RHYTHM Noisettes 10 13 13 6

 

 

 

JAI HO A R Rahman/Pussycat Dolls/Nicole Scherzinger 11 14 15 14

I'LL BE AROUND Detroit Spinners 12 24

DID YOU SEE ME COMING? Pet Shop Boys 13 16 22 24

IT'S A SIN Pet Shop Boys 14 15 16 22

JUST DANCE Lady Gaga 15 17 17 17

UP ALL NIGHT Take That 16 18 28 43

BETTER THAN THIS Keane 17 38 63

WEST END GIRLS Pet Shop Boys 18 21 31 34

WHOAH BILLY Lucky Soul 19 8 8 11

NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT Peter Bjorn & John 20 28 35 35

 

 

 

THE LEGEND OF XANADU Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 21 22 23 25

PANDEMONIUM Pet Shop Boys 22 5 4 7

MAKE IT MINE Jason Mraz 23 19 9 21

HALO Beyonce 24 32 32 39

FLY ON THE WALL Miley Cyrus 25 33 44 54

IN FOR THE KILL La Roux 26 10 10 28

EVERY WORD SHE SAID Tony Christie 27 44 67

BEAUTIFUL Akon/Kardinall Offishall/Colby O'Donis 28 35 48 57

SHAKE IT Metro Station 29 42 55 70

KINGDOM OF RUST Doves 30 26 19 36

 

 

 

IT DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE Buddy Holly 31 31 26 15

LAST NIGHT IN SOHO Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 32 41 41 42

CAN'T STOP THE RAIN Shena 33 39 46 47

BROKEN STRINGS James Morrison/ Nelly Furtado 34 34 37 44

FALLING DOWN Oasis 35 50

JUST GO Lionel Richie 36 54

THE FEAR Lily Allen 37 37 43 56

DUST DEVIL Madness 38 56 30

ROCKETS Simple Minds 39 20 20 33

JUST FOR ME Al Green 40 29 34 64

 

RIVER DEEP MOUNTAIN HIGH Ike & Tina Turner 41 36 33 31

DEAD AND GONE T.I./ Justin Timberlake 42 45 54

LET IT ROCK Kevin Rudolf/ L'il Wayne 43 48 52 58

THESE DAYS Glen Campbell 44 53 56 55

NO YOU GIRLS Franz Ferdinand 45 61

ISLANDS IN THE STREAM Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton 46 46

GET ON YOUR BOOTS U2 47 65

FATHER AND FRIEND Alain Clark 48 25 25 45

BIG BAD HANDSOME MAN Imelda May 49 40 39 50

THE GHOST OF YOU AND ME Colin Blunstone 50 73

 

NO MILK TODAY Herman's Hermits 51 51 51 53

I'M YOURS Jason Mraz 52 69 70

HUMAN The Killers 53 58 59 65

SHINING LIGHT Annie Lennox 54 72 61

IT'S ALRIGHT Seal 55

MAMMA MIA Abba 56 57 61

FAREWELL TO THE FAIRGROUND White Lies 57 23 12 9

GENTLE ON MY MIND Glen Campbell 58 52 45 41

OPEN ARMS Barry Manilow 59 47 53

OMEN The Prodigy 60

 

SHOW ME LOVE Steve Angello & Laidback/ Robin S 61 30 30 51

LOVE STORY Taylor Swift 62 66

BLOWING IN THE WIND Bob Dylan 63 63 58 52

ONLY HUMAN Lady Sovereign 64 43 42 59

CHANGE Daniel Merriweather 65

NUMBER 1 Tinchy Stryder/ N-Dubz 66 62 62 67

CATHY'S CLOWN Everly Brothers 67 67 65 62

BREAKING APART Chris Isaak/ Trisha Yearwood 68

DANIEL Bat For Lashes 69 18 10

LOVE & SEX & MAGIC Ciara/ Justin Timberlake 70 70 49 40

 

 

 

THE CHAIN Fleetwood Mac 71 71 69 66

VIVA LA VIDA Coldplay 72 74

WHITE WINTER HYMNAL Fleet Foxes 73 55 47 63

NO DOUBT ABOUT IT Paul Carrack 74 64 64

PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME Pink 75 24 16

 

 

12th April New Entries

 

THIS USED TO BE THE FUTURE Pet Shop Boys/ Phil Oakey 27 27 19

MAGNIFICENT U2 49 29 29

TONIGHT'S TODAY Jack Penate 59 57

EMBERS Just Jack 60 50 69

THINKING ABOUT YOU Yusuf 68 68

THE WORLD WE LIVE IN The Killers 75 60 49

 

19th April New Entries

 

IF YOU SEEK AMY Britney Spears 36 26

I'M NOT ALONE Calvin Harris 38 38

WRONG Depeche Mode 40 37

UNTOUCHABLE Girls Aloud 66 8

WILD YOUNG HEART Noisettes 71 46

SWEET SWEET KISSES Duke Special 72 72

THE SOUND OF SILENCE Simon & Garfunkel 73 68

HOEDOWN THROWDOWN Miley Cyrus 74

SO FAR AWAY Carole King 75 71

 

 

 

26th April New Entries

 

WE ARE THE PEOPLE Empire Of The Sun 18

GHOSTS Lightning Seeds 20

SOMETHING IS SQUEEZING MY SKULL Morrissey 27

NO TIME FOR TEARS The Enemy 48

NEW IN TOWN Little Boots 60

THE CLIMB Miley Cyrus 73

I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF Dusty Springfield 74

WE MADE YOU Eminem 75

Edited May 7, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

Good day, John.

2009 was the last year, when I followed UK Singles Chart.

 

These singles were # 1s in my chart :

Katy Perry - Hot And Cold [Adore "One Of The Boys" era, think the titled track also could be good as single]

Sugababes - No Can Do [Girls are back on the top after awful "Girls" :) ]

Britney Spears - Womanizer

Girls Aloud - Promise

Girls Aloud - Loving Kind

ABBA - The Winner Takes It All [No single year without ABBA songs :) ]

Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree [Like Kim & Mel version too]

Saturdays - Just Can't Get Enough [Most possible it's my "Song Of the Year" in 2009. Iconic videoclip.] :wub:

Taylor Swift - Love Story

Girls Aloud - Untouchable

 

Like :

Saturdays - Up

Ting Tings - We Walk

Lily Allen - Fear [First and last Lily Allen's song in my chart]

Britney Spears - Circus [Maybe also # 1, but not sure in it :lol: ]

Little Boots - New In Town [Not best single choice, but "Hands" in my all-time top 20 albums, maybe even in top 15]

 

APRIL 2009 CHARTS

Miley Cyrus: one's an obscure country laugh, the other a future UK number one cover, thank you X Factor....

 

Joe's X-Factor cover was very high in my weekly charts. :)

Edited May 8, 201411 yr by AlexRange

Good day, John.

2009 was the last year, when I followed UK Singles Chart.

 

These singles were # 1s in my chart :

Katy Perry - Hot And Cold [Adore "One Of The Boys" era, think the titled track also could be good as single]

Sugababes - No Can Do [Girls are back on the top after awful "Girls" :) ]

Britney Spears - Womanizer

Girls Aloud - Promise

Girls Aloud - Loving Kind

ABBA - The Winner Takes It All [No single year without ABBA songs :) ]

Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree [Like Kim & Mel version too]

Saturdays - Just Can't Get Enough [Most possible it's my "Song Of the Year" in 2009. Iconic videoclip.] :wub:

Taylor Swift - Love Story

Girls Aloud - Untouchable

 

Like :

Saturdays - Up

Ting Tings - We Walk

Lily Allen - Fear [First and last Lily Allen's song in my chart]

Britney Spears - Circus [Maybe also # 1, but not sure in it :lol: ]

Little Boots - New In Town [Not best single choice, but "Hands" in my all-time top 20 albums, maybe even in top 15]

Joe's X-Factor cover was very high in my weekly charts. :)

 

Thanks Alex,

 

I like Joe as a singer, he does have a pure voice. Now I see your list I still find it hard to believe it's 5 years ago, seems so recent! :lol:

 

cheers

john

May 2009 Charts

 

The Pet Shop Boys invasion of my charts continues apace, with More Than A Dream grabbing a 4th week on top, after being interrupted by Ike & Tina’s 60’s classic River Deep Mountain High, the huge USA flop (and huge UK hit) that sent Phil Spector into a sulk for years. It IS genius, though. Another PSB track King Of Rome pops into the top 10, while Did You See Me Coming gets a proper single release and yet another PSB number one for 2 weeks, knocking themselves off the top for the 4th time in 2009. Just to sum up the stats to May, only Lady Gaga, of new acts, interrupted a run of 3 oldies and 3 newies from Neil & Chris on top. Bit of a fan, me....

 

All this PSB action keeps off Lily Allen from getting a number one, peaking at 2 with the fab Not Fair. It’s not fair, no! Girls Aloud were Untouchable at 4, and Empire Of The Sun get a second Top 5 in 2 months with We Are The People at 4. Meanwhile Eurovision was fab, making itself heard with Alexander Rybak getting to be one of the few Eurovision winners to top my chart. The third one, in fact, after Abba and Teach-In. Other Euro entries from Ukraine, Iceland, France, Finland err I’ll just total them: 13 including UK’s Jade peaking at a lowly 56!

 

3rd May Chart

 

RIVER DEEP MOUNTAIN HIGH Ike & Tina Turner 1 2 11 13 21

MORE THAN A DREAM Pet Shop Boys 2 1 3 9 11

NOT FAIR Lily Allen 3 3 2 6 12

TAKIN' BACK MY LOVE Enrique Iglesias/Ciara 4 11 17 22 29

WALKING ON A DREAM Empire Of The Sun 5 12 22 28 28

DON'T UPSET THE RHYTHM Noisettes 6 14 23 23 23

UNTOUCHABLE Girls Aloud 7 5 4 4 9

ALL OVER THE WORLD Pet Shop Boys 8 17 19 29 48

PRAYING FOR RAIN Sibrydion 9 9 5 3 3

THIS USED TO BE THE FUTURE Pet Shop Boys/ Phil Oakey 10 21 64

 

WE ARE THE PEOPLE Empire Of The Sun 11 10 8 7 4

POKER FACE Lady Gaga 12 15 25 35 43

PANDEMONIUM Pet Shop Boys 13 25

WHOAH BILLY Lucky Soul 14 18 30 52

LOVE ETC Pet Shop Boys 15 19 26 32 37

PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME Pink 16 27 43 67

DANIEL Bat For Lashes 17 26 37 37 44

FAREWELL TO THE FAIRGROUND White Lies 18 28 50 59 59

DUST DEVIL Madness 19 16 16 16 26

GHOSTS Lightning Seeds 20 13 13 15 27

 

JUST DANCE Lady Gaga 21 23 29 34 35

JAI HO A R Rahman/Pussycat Dolls/Nicole Scherzinger 22 22 32 50 50

THE WORLD WE LIVE IN The Killers 23 20 20 18 16

KING OF ROME Pet Shop Boys 24 7 12 17 25

METHOD OF MODERN LOVE Saint Etienne 25 30 35 45 52

IF YOU SEEK AMY Britney Spears 26 31 34 54

MAGNIFICENT U2 27 8 18 33

THE LEGEND OF XANADU Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 28 29 31 31 31

MAKE IT MINE Jason Mraz 29 44

WRONG Depeche Mode 30 51 70 75

 

IT'S A SIN Pet Shop Boys 31 35 39 41 41

RELEASE ME Agnes 32 32 21 11 6

I'M NOT ALONE Calvin Harris 33 33 52 44 18

SOMETHING IS SQUEEZING MY SKULL Morrissey 34 52

GO WEST Pet Shop Boys 35 41 41 42 45

GENTLE ON MY MIND Glen Campbell 36 24 24 21 13

IN FOR THE KILL La Roux 37 43 55 69 69

LOVE & SEX & MAGIC Ciara/ Justin Timberlake 38 34 33 27 17

ROCKETS Simple Minds 39 37 54 57 64

BROKEN Eg 40 6 14 19 15

 

WEST END GIRLS Pet Shop Boys 41 42 42 43 51

DID YOU SEE ME COMING? Pet Shop Boys 42 4 1 1 2

LAST NIGHT IN SOHO Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 43 45 51 53 55

NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT Peter Bjorn & John 44 38 45 65

BROKEN STRINGS James Morrison/ Nelly Furtado 45 48 65

WILD YOUNG HEART Noisettes 46 54

HALO Beyonce 47 58

BLOWING IN THE WIND Bob Dylan 48 40

KILOMETER Sebastien Tellier 49 59

I REMEMBER Deadmau5 & Kaskade 50 50 36 26 22

 

WE MADE YOU Eminem 51 46 72

APOLOGISE Ben's Brother 52 47 40 36 19

THE CHAIN Fleetwood Mac 53 49 44 40 34

NO MILK TODAY Herman's Hermits 54 55 61 61 61

UP ALL NIGHT Take That 55 67

THE SOUND OF SILENCE Simon & Garfunkel 56 53 49 47 47

WARRIOR'S DANCE The Prodigy 57 57 47 39 39

NUMBER 1 Tinchy Stryder/ N-Dubz 58 39

CAN'T STOP THE RAIN Shena 59 63

NEW IN TOWN Little Boots 60 60 48 8 5

 

THESE DAYS Glen Campbell 61 61

KINGDOM OF RUST Doves 62

I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF Dusty Springfield 63 56 53 51 42

THE CLIMB Miley Cyrus 64 64 58 55 53

IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT Star Pilots 65 65 57

RUBBER LOVER Marmaduke Duke 66 66

SO FAR AWAY Carole King 67 62 62 58 56

I LOVE COLLEGE Asher Roth 68 68 63 63

SURFIN BIRD Trashmen 69

SHAKE IT Metro Station 70 70

 

HOEDOWN THROWDOWN Miley Cyrus 71 71 71 68

MY SHARONA The Knack 72 69 67 64 62

BOOM BOOM POW Black Eyed Peas 73 73 72

LOVE HAS LEFT THE ROOM A Camp 74 74

WHO'S LOVING YOU The Jackson 5 75 72

 

10th May new entries

 

STONE COLD SOBER Paloma Faith 36 69

CHANT NO 1 (I DON'T NEED THIS PRESSURE ON) Spandau Ballet 75 75 71 68

 

17th May new entries

 

BE MY VALENTINE (ANTI-CRISIS GIRL) (Ukraine) Svetlana Loboda 6 12 24

FAIRYTALE (Norway) Alexander Rybak 7 2 1

AIN'T NO SUNSHINE Bill Withers 9 5 7

IS IT TRUE (Iceland) Yohanna 10 10 10

ET S'IL FALLAIT LE FAIRE (France) Patricia Kaas 15 14 14

LOSE CONTROL (Finland) Waldo's People 27 24 33

ALWAYS (Azerbaijan) Aysel & Aresh 28 25 32

LEGACY Pet Shop Boys 38 38 38

TODAS AS ROAS DO AMOR (Portugal) Fler-de-lis 46 30 30

URBAN SYMPHONY (Estonia) Randjad 56 49 49

HEARTBREAK Freemasons/ Sophie Ellis Bextor 57 46 46

SHE'S GOT ME DANCING Tommy Sparks 59 48 40

LA VOIX (Sweden) Malena Ernman 60 60

IT'S MY TIME Jade Ewan 66 56

WHAT IF WE (Malta) Chiara 68

RETURN THE FAVOUR Keri Hilson/ Timbaland 73 73

TINY DANCER (HOLD ME CLOSER) Ironik/ Chipmunk/ Elton John 74 66 66

 

24th May new entries

 

FIRE Kasabian 20 20

MAMA DO Pixie Lott 62 54

BELIEVE AGAIN (Denmark) Brinck 70

LOVE CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS The Proclaimers 72 36

CANDY Paolo Nutini 74 8

 

31st May 2009

 

HER DIAMONDS Rob Thomas 58

SHOW ME WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR Carolina Liar 60

UNTOUCHED The Veronicas 63

BLUE EYES Mika 65

WAKING UP IN VEGAS Katy Perry 67

BONKERS Dizzee Rascal/ Armand Van Helden 70

MISS KISS KISS BANG (Germany) Alex Swings Oscar Sings 71

LOVE'S A MYSTERY The Pretenders 73

RED Daniel Merriweather 74

STUCK WITH EACH OTHER Shontelle/ Akon 75

Edited June 2, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

JUNE 2009

 

While I was busy doing amateur fanzines and photogroups, whaddya know a hero went ahead and died suddenly. Yes, Michael Jackson, and on balance he’d have been better off just having a quiet life and avoiding debt. In the rush of re-entries of his back catalogue there were lots of opportunities for me to push some faves, so Billie-Jean gets back at 1 for the third time, and Earth Song gets another go in the top 10, while Man In The Mirror, the track that became the main one to focus on in 2009, made my top 20 having already been a chart-topper in 1988. I always was mystified why it was such a minor hit in the UK.

 

Other oldies, Glen Campbell’s classic Gentle On My Mind finally gets a chart run and a chart-topper, while Pet Shop Boys 2nd single off the new album also hits Number One, Did You See Me Coming? I did! It’s all a Fairytale though, as Eurovision gets it’s first chart-topper in 15 years (Love City Groove the last one), but Alexander Rybak is the first winner to top my chart since Teach-In in 1975.

 

Pet Shop Boys get an album track to 5 (Legacy), as does La Roux who is Bulletproof, shortly before I saw both of them Live in concert. Other Eurovision success stories? Patricia Kaas, Svetlana Loboda, Randjad, as I go Euro-mad. Pixie Lott gets a Top 10, joined by The Noisettes, shortly before I also saw them live.

 

7th June Chart

 

DID YOU SEE ME COMING? Pet Shop Boys 1 2 8 12

CANDY Paolo Nutini 2 6 11 15

FAIRYTALE (Norway) Alexander Rybak 3 1 2 2

RELEASE ME Agnes 4 4 3 6

WE ARE THE PEOPLE Empire Of The Sun 5 3 5 10

AIN'T NO SUNSHINE Bill Withers 6 23

NEW IN TOWN Little Boots 7 12 12 14

PRAYING FOR RAIN Sibrydion 8 13 19 28

LEGACY Pet Shop Boys 9 5 13 30

NEVER FORGET YOU Noisettes 10 8 17 22

 

STONE COLD SOBER Paloma Faith 11 14 15 17

GENTLE ON MY MIND Glen Campbell 12 11 1 7

IS IT TRUE (Iceland) Yohanna 13 29 38 56

MORE THAN A DREAM Pet Shop Boys 14 21 26 36

BROKEN Eg 15 25 32 46

NOT FAIR Lily Allen 16 26 41 66

FIRE Kasabian 17 17 14 21

I'M NOT ALONE Calvin Harris 18 30 30 47

UNTOUCHABLE Girls Aloud 19 40

BULLETPROOF La Roux 20 9 9 5

 

THE WORLD WE LIVE IN The Killers 21 32

LOVE & SEX & MAGIC Ciara/ Justin Timberlake 22 22 25 35

ET S'IL FALLAIT LE FAIRE (France) Patricia Kaas 23 19 6 3

THE CHAIN Fleetwood Mac 24 16

LONGING FOR LULLABIES Kleerup 25 15 21 34

BE MY VALENTINE (ANTI-CRISIS GIRL) (Ukraine) Svetlana Loboda 26 7 7 18

TODAS AS ROAS DO AMOR (Portugal) Fler-de-lis 27 24 20 13

DON'T UPSET THE RHYTHM Noisettes 28 35 44 53

LOSE CONTROL (Finland) Waldo's People 29 38 22 31

ALWAYS (Azerbaijan) Aysel & Aresh 30 18 42

 

THE LEGEND OF XANADU Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 31 31 31 32

RIVER DEEP MOUNTAIN HIGH Ike & Tina Turner 32 36 36 41

WALKING ON A DREAM Empire Of The Sun 33 33 35 43

I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF Dusty Springfield 34 27 18 16

URBAN SYMPHONY (Estonia) Randjad 35 10 4 4

APOLOGISE Ben's Brother 36 45

TAKIN' BACK MY LOVE Enrique Iglesias/Ciara 37 37 37 42

MAMA DO Pixie Lott 38 20 10 9

BLUE EYES Mika 39 34 23 26

HEARTBREAK Freemasons/ Sophie Ellis Bextor 40 47 24 19

 

I REMEMBER Deadmau5 & Kaskade 41 53 46 67

JUST DANCE Lady Gaga 42 42 53 71

IT'S A SIN Pet Shop Boys 43 43 43 51

LOVE ETC Pet Shop Boys 44 44 52 58

THE SOUND OF SILENCE Simon & Garfunkel 45 41 29 29

LOVE CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS The Proclaimers 46 62

DUST DEVIL Madness 47

GHOSTS Lightning Seeds 48

WARRIOR'S DANCE The Prodigy 49

KING OF ROME Pet Shop Boys 50

 

GO WEST Pet Shop Boys 51 51 51 52

POKER FACE Lady Gaga 52 52 47 49

DANIEL Bat For Lashes 53 70

METHOD OF MODERN LOVE Saint Etienne 54 56 63

JAI HO A R Rahman/Pussycat Dolls/Nicole Scherzinger 55 55 67

LAST NIGHT IN SOHO Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 56 57 58 61

IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT Star Pilots 57

HER DIAMONDS Rob Thomas 58

MY SHARONA The Knack 59

SHE'S GOT ME DANCING Tommy Sparks 60

 

WEST END GIRLS Pet Shop Boys 61 61 61 63

NO MILK TODAY Herman's Hermits 62 63 64

UNTOUCHED The Veronicas 63 40 38

ROCKETS Simple Minds 64 64

CHANT NO 1 (I DON'T NEED THIS PRESSURE ON) Spandau Ballet 65

LA VOIX (Sweden) Malena Ernman 66 46 56

WAKING UP IN VEGAS Katy Perry 67 60 70

BONKERS Dizzee Rascal/ Armand Van Helden 68 59 59 59

BUILDING A WALL Pet Shop Boys 69 49 45 45

BELIEVE AGAIN (Denmark) Brinck 70 58

 

MISS KISS KISS BANG (Germany) Alex Swings Oscar Sings 71 66 60

LOVE'S A MYSTERY The Pretenders 72 50 69

RED Daniel Merriweather 73 69

TUBULAR BELLS Mike Oldfield 74 65 50 50

PALLADIO Escala 75

 

14th June new entries

 

BISTRA VODA (Bosnia & herzogovina) Regina 28 16 11

OUR HOUSE IS DADLESS Kid British/ Madness 39 55

PEARL'S DREAM Bat For Lashes 48 48 54

SHOW ME WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR Carolina Liar 54

IN FOR THE KILL La Roux 67 49 60

CON TE PARTIRO Andrea Bocelli 68 68 68

THE HIGHEST HEIGHTS (Switzerland) Lovebugs 71

KNOCK YOU DOWN Keri Hilson/ Kanye West/ Ne-Yo 72 39 37

THE SHOW Lenka 73 34 44

OUT FROM UNDER Ali Campbell 74

AND I'M TELLING YOU I'M NOT GOING Jennifer Holliday 75 57 57

 

21st June new entries

 

WHEN LOVES TAKES OVER David Guetta/ Kelly Rowland 27 24

15 MINUTES The Yeah You's 28 25

HEAVY CROSS Gossip 33 23

WORK The Saturdays 54 27

THE CARNIVAL IS OVER The Seekers 62 62

SAID IT ALL Take That 65 65

PAPARAZZI Lady Gaga 66 39

STORY OF A HEART Benny Andersson Band 69 48

NEW DIVIDE Linkin Park 71 40

HUSH HUSH (I WILL SURVIVE) Pussycat Dolls 72 55

THIS IS OUR NIGHT (Greece) Sakis Rouvas 73

BE THE ONE Jack Penate 74

SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT Nirvana 75

 

28th June new entries

 

BILLIE JEAN Michael Jackson 1

EARTH SONG Michael Jackson 8

MAN IN THE MIRROR Michael Jackson 20

BROKEN STRINGS James Morrison/ Nelly Furtado 33

RABBIT HEART (RAISE IT UP) Florence & The Machine 64

BOOM BOOM POW Black Eyed Peas 70

CARRY ME IN YOUR DREAMS (Albania) Kejsi Tola 72

FOOT OF THE MOUNTAIN a-ha 73

KISS ME THROUGH THE PHONE Soulja Boy/ Sammie 74

BATTLEFIELD Jordin Sparks 75

Edited July 10, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

JULY 2009

 

THis month I was on holiday in Sitges and Barcelona (Spain)...plus ca change, been there this week too. Anyhow, apart from the holiday pubbing and beaches, I deliberately aimed to be there for a Pet Shop Boys concert live at a gorgeous outdoor historic courtyard venue Poble Espanya in Barcelona, one hot sunny summer’s day. I was there because I didn’t get tickets to their 02 gig thanks to an unannounced top secret arrival from Michael Jackson at the 02 meaning the box office was shut (I’d taken the day off work to get the tickets!). Plan B was Barcelona, the tickets were half the price of 02, there is no ticket touting or secondary ticket selling w*n**r rip-offs, you pay by credit card and you take your credit card and passport to the venue to get in. Heaven! I loathe the internet touts with venom ripping off the real fans, buying in bulk and selling-on at inflated prices. If Spain can stop this, if Pet Shop Boys and Kate Bush can do it, so can all artists and tour venues.

 

I digress, the concert took place on the day of Michael Jackson’s funeral (who, you may recall, was the reason I was there - bizarre!) and it remains my all-time fave concert, not just for Pet Shop Boys (and they are always fabulous) but for any act, even classic memorable ones from the likes of Beach Boys, U2, Madonna, and certainly better than poor ol’ Jacko himself at Wembley. There’s a list of the set-list in order, but I was virtually the lone mousy-haired Brit near the front in a sea of gorgeous black-haired younger Spanish girls and boys (and some older ones), PSB’s seemed to attract a much younger crowd in Spain for the standing-only concert. Or possibly UK ticket prices are so high you need to be old and rich these days to go. The boys did marvels with boxes and lights and a few dancers, an arty ever-changing stage presentation, and a beautiful mix of the new stuff and the classic stuff, high quality songs. One of the marvels of pop is how a studio-based act turned out to be one of the great live draws, and with current material. Absolutely Fabulous, as they once said.

 

Back in chart-land July, and Jackson oldies dominate the charts UK and mine, but my preference is for his 70’s stuff, because that’s the Michael Jackson I most missed. We were the same age, and literally grew up “together” from age 12 onwards, I was a fan at 12, so it’s only right that the heart-breaking Ain’t No Sunshine and I’ll Be There should get to 1 and 2 first, followed my entry to his 80’s period Can You Feel It returning to the top ahead of One Day In Your Life and She’s Out Of Life. In fact, no room for many of them in my chart, many a classic booted out - but those that had already had good chart runs.

 

Keeping up the oldies theme, Dusty’s childhood classic fave I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself, gets to the top. Loved it at 5, love it still. All these oldies, of course, punishes the new stuff, and Records that would otherwise have topped my chart fall short: so mega condolences to La Roux’s Bulletproof the main victim who would have had 3 weeks on top. Other biggies, The Saturdays Work, Paolo Nutini’s Candy, Freemason’s Sophie Ellis-Bextor fabbie Heartbreak, David Guetta and Kelly Rowland’s clubtastic When Love Takes Over, and Florence & The Machine’s Rabbit Heart. Among others!

 

 

5th July Charts

 

AIN'T NO SUNSHINE Michael Jackson 1 2 2 5

I'LL BE THERE The Jackson 5 2 6 21 31

CAN YOU FEEL IT The Jacksons 3 1 7 21

BULLETPROOF La Roux 4 4 4 3

FAIRYTALE (Norway) Alexander Rybak 5 5 11 17

ONE DAY IN YOUR LIFE Michael Jackson 6 3 3 13

ET S'IL FALLAIT LE FAIRE (France) Patricia Kaas 7 14 30 36

RANDAJAD (Estonia) Urban Symphony 8 8 12 18

RELEASE ME Agnes 9 13 13 6

BILLIE JEAN Michael Jackson 10 21 31 32

 

MAMA DO Pixie Lott 11 25 39 37

GENTLE ON MY MIND Glen Campbell 12 31 43 45

BISTRA VODA (Bosnia & Herzogovina) Regina 13 39

NEW IN TOWN Little Boots 14 11 19 26

CANDY Paolo Nutini 15 9 15 16

I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF Dusty Springfield 16 12 1 1

STONE COLD SOBER Paloma Faith 17 17 22 22

WE ARE THE PEOPLE Empire Of The Sun 18 18 18 25

HEARTBREAK (MAKE ME A DANCER) Freemasons/ Sophie Ellis Bextor 19 10 5 2

MAN IN THE MIRROR Michael Jackson 20

 

FIRE Kasabian 21 34 41 41

DID YOU SEE ME COMING? Pet Shop Boys 22 22 27 30

HEAVY CROSS Gossip 23 15 26 35

NEVER FORGET YOU Noisettes 24 24 8 11

TODAS AS ROAS DO AMOR (Portugal) Fler-de-lis 25 45

SHE'S OUT OF MY LIFE Michael Jackson 26 16 14 10

WORK The Saturdays 27 7 10 7

UNTOUCHED The Veronicas 28 28 38 38

THE SOUND OF SILENCE Simon & Garfunkel 29 29 28 19

I JUST CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU Michael Jackson/ Siedah Garrett 30 42

 

WHEN LOVES TAKES OVER David Guetta/ Kelly Rowland 31 19 9 9

15 MINUTES The Yeah You's 32 23 36

THE LEGEND OF XANADU Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 33 33 33 33

EARTH SONG Michael Jackson 34

RABBIT HEART (RAISE IT UP) Florence & The Machine 35 35 25 4

MORE THAN A DREAM Pet Shop Boys 36 41 44 53

KNOCK YOU DOWN Keri Hilson/ Kanye West/ Ne-Yo 37 43 24 24

BLUE EYES Mika 38 26 37 44

PAPARAZZI Lady Gaga 39 38 16 14

BEN Michael Jackson 40 37

 

BE MY VALENTINE (ANTI-CRISIS GIRL) (Ukraine) Svetlana Loboda 41 50

PRAYING FOR RAIN Sibrydion 42 53 57

TAKIN' BACK MY LOVE Enrique Iglesias/Ciara 43 54 54

RIVER DEEP MOUNTAIN HIGH Ike & Tina Turner 44 46 46 46

BROKEN STRINGS James Morrison/ Nelly Furtado 45

LOVE & SEX & MAGIC Ciara/ Justin Timberlake 46 56 71

HUSH HUSH (I WILL SURVIVE) Pussycat Dolls 47

WALKING ON A DREAM Empire Of The Sun 48 55 55 60

TUBULAR BELLS Mike Oldfield 49 49 45 40

SAID IT ALL Take That 50 36 42

 

IT'S A SIN Pet Shop Boys 51 52 53 54

LOSE CONTROL (Finland) Waldo's People 52

POKER FACE Lady Gaga 53 60 63 63

GO WEST Pet Shop Boys 54 51 51 52

LONGING FOR LULLABIES Kleerup 55 32 34 42

DON'T STOP TILL YOU GET ENOUGH Michael Jackson 56 30 23 12

AND I'M TELLING YOU I'M NOT GOING Jennifer Holliday 57 57 52 43

STORY OF A HEART Benny Andersson Band 58 44 20 20

LEGACY Pet Shop Boys 59

NEW DIVIDE Linkin Park 60

 

LOVE ETC Pet Shop Boys 61 58 60 62

THE CARNIVAL IS OVER The Seekers 62 62 58 48

LAST NIGHT IN SOHO Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 63 63 64 64

WEST END GIRLS Pet Shop Boys 64 61 61 61

JUST DANCE Lady Gaga 65 59 59 59

DON'T UPSET THE RHYTHM Noisettes 66

THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT US Michael Jackson 67 40

CON TE PARTIRO Andrea Bocelli 68 65 65

MY SWEET LORD George Harrison 69 69 66 55

FOOT OF THE MOUNTAIN a-ha 70 70 70 39

 

CARRY ME IN YOUR DREAMS (Albania) Kejsi Tola 71

BATTLEFIELD Jordin Sparks 72 47 35 28

IN FOR THE KILL La Roux 73 75 75

OFF THE WALL Michael Jackson 74 67 56

ABC The Jackson 5 75 66

 

12th July new entries

 

SHOW ME WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR Carolina Liar 20 29 34

SHARK IN THE WATER VV Brown 27 6 8

WANNA BE STARTIN' SOMETHIN' Michael Jackson 40 32 29

ROCKETS Simple Minds 48 48 66

LA NOCHA ES PARA MI (THE NIGHT IS FOR ME) Spain Soraya 64

I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYMORE The Eagles 68 68

BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE The Jacksons 71

ROCK WITH YOU Michael Jackson 72 50

SMOOTH CRIMINAL Michael Jackson 73 62

HUMAN NATURE Michael Jackson 74 67 51

 

19th July new entries

 

WHO'S LOVING YOU? The Jackson 5 17 15

I'M NOT ALONE Calvin Harris 47 47

STICKS N' STONES Jamie T 49 49

HUSH HUSH (I WILL SURVIVE) Pussycat Dolls 69 69

I'LL GO CRAZY IF I DON'T GO CRAZY TONIGHT U2 72 72

EVERY STEP Beverley Knight 73 73

POPPIHOLLA Chicane 74 50

 

26th July new entries

 

NEVER GIVE YOU UP Raphael Saadiq 23

DON'T TRUST ME 3oH!3 27

SUPERHUMAN TOUCH Athlete 56

JUST 4 TONITE Paul Carrack 57

BORN TO RUN Bruce Springsteen 58

LOVE COMES Bananarama 65

LOOK WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO MY SONG, MA The New Seekers 67

EVACUATE THE DANCEFLOOR Cascada 68

WHAT DOES IT TAKE Nell Bryden 70

CALENDAR GIRL Neil Sedaka 71

21 GUNS Green Day 74

BEAUTIFUL Eminem 75

 

 

PET SHOP BOYS LIVE AT POBLE ESPANYA BARCELONA SPAIN

 

1. GO WEST

2. Heart

3. Left To My Own Devices/Closer To Heaven

4. Did You See Me Coming?

5. Suburbia

6. West End Girls

7. It's A Sin

8. Love etc

9. Jealousy

10. Viva La Vida/Domino Dancing

 

11. Love Comes Quickly

12. Pandemonium/Can You Forgive Her

13. Being Boring

14. Se A Vide Es

15. All Over The World

16. Always On My Mind

17. King's Cross

18. Why Don't We Live Together?

19. Building A Wall/Integral

20. Two Divided By Zero

21. The Way It Used To Be

22. Do I Have To?

Edited July 10, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

Meanwhile Eurovision was fab, making itself heard with Alexander Rybak getting to be one of the few Eurovision winners to top my chart. The third one, in fact, after Abba and Teach-In.

Nothing from British / Irish winners. Even not "Making Your Mind Up" :cry:

 

John, retro songs are the main thing, because I love your charts.

"I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself", The Carnival Is Over", Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma" were # 1s in a time of release. "If You Seek Amy" was my "Song Of The Year". It's my second favourite Spears' single after "Lucky".

 

Here is my favourite ESC songs from 2009:

1. Susanne Georgi - La Teva Decisio (Get A Life) (Andorra)

2. Sinead Mulvey and Black Daisy - Et Cetera (Ireland)

3. Elena Gheorghe - The Balkan Girls (Romania)

4. Malena Ernman - La Voix (Sweden)

5. Kejsi Tola - Carry Me In Your Dreams (Albania)

 

Eurovision winners, which were # 1 in my chart (From 1970 to 2014):

1. Dana - All Kinds Of Everything (Ireland 1970)

2. ABBA - Waterloo (Sweden 1974)

3. Brotherhood Of Man - Save Your Kisses For Me (United Kingdom 1976)

4. Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up (United Kingdom 1981)

5. Nicole - A Little Peace (Germany 1982)

6. Katrina and the Waves - Love Shine A Light (United Kingdom 1997)

7. Lena - Satellite (Germany 2010)

 

In vintage era : "Een beetje", "Tom Pillibi", "Poupee de cire, poupee de son", maybe also "Boom Bang-a-Bang"

 

 

 

AUGUST 2009

 

The big record 5 years ago was Sophie Ellis-Bextor and the Freemasons fab dance (minor) hit Heartbreak (Make Me A Dancer). It deserved to be bigger. They’d both topped my chart before, but for some reason this under-performed. 4 weeks at one this month here, though. Bad news for runners-up Florence And The Machine and the deliciously OTT Rabbit Heart at 2, Agnes at 2 for 2 weeks with the marvellous Release Me, I still cry when I singalong to it. The lyrics spoke to me at the time. Also at 2, Frankmusic and Confusion Girl, a UK 27 hit. Yes, I’d forgotten it too, already! It’s catchy enough though.

 

Coldplay had a Strawberry Swing at 9, and Kanye West helps Mr Hudson into the Top 10 like a Supernova. Meanwhile Evacuating the Dancefloor, Casacada hit 6 cos it sounded good in da clubs to me. Athlete came back with a good single at 5, Superhuman Touch, while clubbing in the Canaries also brings back Black Eyed Peas tracks. Bananarama get a good comeback non-hit with Love Comes at 10, for 28 years of hits since Aimwana. Bung in some more Pet Shop Boys tracks and remixes of oldies (The Passions) and that’s about that for my dancetastic chart.

 

 

 

 

2nd August chart

 

I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF Dusty Springfield 1 5 11 11 22

HEARTBREAK (MAKE ME A DANCER) Freemasons/ Sophie Ellis Bextor 2 1 1 1 1

RABBIT HEART (RAISE IT UP) Florence & The Machine 3 2 4 4 7

BULLETPROOF La Roux 4 6 6 10 19

DON'T STOP TILL YOU GET ENOUGH Michael Jackson 5 9 13 14 21

RELEASE ME Agnes 6 3 2 2 4

NEVER FORGET YOU Noisettes 7 7 12 12 12

WHEN LOVES TAKES OVER David Guetta/ Kelly Rowland 8 10 14 16 16

PAPARAZZI Lady Gaga 9 11 18 26 52

CONFUSION GIRL (SHAME SHAME SHAME) Frankmusic 10 4 3 3 2

 

AIN'T NO SUNSHINE Michael Jackson 11 16 21 21 31

SHARK IN THE WATER VV Brown 12 14 23 31 51

WORK The Saturdays 13 22 31 42 24

STRAWBERRY SWING Coldplay 14 12 9 18 35

WHO'S LOVING YOU? The Jackson 5 15 20 37 48 3

SHE'S OUT OF MY LIFE Michael Jackson 16 26 42 54

KNOCK YOU DOWN Keri Hilson/ Kanye West/ Ne-Yo 17 15 10 23 62

WANNA BE STARTIN' SOMETHIN' Michael Jackson 18 13 5 13 27

DON'T TRUST ME 3oH!3 19 19 19 33 9

BATTLEFIELD Jordin Sparks 20 17 15 15 28

 

CANDY Paolo Nutini 21 21 26 41

ONE DAY IN YOUR LIFE Michael Jackson 22 35 51

NEVER GIVE YOU UP Raphael Saadiq 23 23 45 9 18

STONE COLD SOBER Paloma Faith 24 27 44

FAIRYTALE (Norway) Alexander Rybak 25 37 49 71

RANDAJAD (Estonia) Urban Symphony 26 31 47 51

WE ARE THE PEOPLE Empire Of The Sun 27 32 38 49

SUPERNOVA Mr Hudson/Kanye West 28 8 7 6 14

STORY OF A HEART Benny Andersson Band 29 52

CAN YOU FEEL IT The Jacksons 30 41

 

NEW IN TOWN Little Boots 31 38 48

TUBULAR BELLS Mike Oldfield 32 25 16 8 44

DID YOU SEE ME COMING? Pet Shop Boys 33 44 54 59

THE LEGEND OF XANADU Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 34 34 35 36 41

BILLIE JEAN Michael Jackson 35 42 43 44 49

EVACUATE THE DANCEFLOOR Cascada 36 28 22 22 6

UNTOUCHED The Veronicas 37 47

AND I'M TELLING YOU I'M NOT GOING Jennifer Holliday 38 33 29 24 17

FOOT OF THE MOUNTAIN a-ha 39 74 27 46

HUMAN NATURE Michael Jackson 40 36 33 30 30

 

I'LL BE THERE The Jackson 5 41

SHOW ME WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR Carolina Liar 42

MAMA DO Pixie Lott 43 46

THE CARNIVAL IS OVER The Seekers 44 39 39 35 32

MY SWEET LORD George Harrison 45 43 41 38 36

RIVER DEEP MOUNTAIN HIGH Ike & Tina Turner 46 54 61 61

THE SOUND OF SILENCE Simon & Garfunkel 47

POPPIHOLLA Chicane 48 48 70

ET S'IL FALLAIT LE FAIRE (France) Patricia Kaas 49

I'M NOT ALONE Calvin Harris 50 55 62 62 73

 

GENTLE ON MY MIND Glen Campbell 51 51 52 52 53

GO WEST Pet Shop Boys 52 53 53 53 54

MORE THAN A DREAM Pet Shop Boys 53 57 57 57 57

BORN TO RUN Bruce Springsteen 54 49 46 43 43

IT'S A SIN Pet Shop Boys 55 56 58 58 61

SUPERHUMAN TOUCH Athlete 56 29 25 5 5

JUST 4 TONITE Paul Carrack 57

FIRE Kasabian 58

JUST DANCE Lady Gaga 59

WALKING ON A DREAM Empire Of The Sun 60

 

WEST END GIRLS Pet Shop Boys 61 62 63 63 64

LOOK WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO MY SONG, MA The New Seekers 62 61 60 50 48

I'LL GO CRAZY IF I DON'T GO CRAZY TONIGHT U2 63 63 40 37 23

LAST NIGHT IN SOHO Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 64 65 65 65 65

SWEET DREAMS Beyonce 65 40 36 28 38

POKER FACE Lady Gaga 66

BREATH AGAIN JLS 67 58 56 66

CALENDAR GIRL Neil Sedaka 68 68 68 64 63

RADAR Britney Spears 69 69 71

IN FOR THE KILL La Roux 70 70

 

LOVE ETC Pet Shop Boys 71

21 GUNS Green Day 72 64 64

READY FOR THE WEEKEND Calvin Harris 73 45 20 17 26

THE CALCULATION Regina Spektor 74

BEAUTIFUL Eminem 75 60

 

9th August new entries

 

BOOM BOOM POW Black Eyed Peas 18 17 29 58

GET SHAKY The Ian Carey Project 24 24 7 13

THE HARDEST THING Mica Paris 30 30 47

YOU'VE GOT THE LOVE Florence & The Machine 50 50

I GOTTA FEELING Black Eyed Peas 59 59 40 39

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Ben's Brother 66

CRYING LIGHTNING Arctic Monkeys 67 67 60

GET SEXY Sugababes 71 34 34 34

FIRE BURNING Sean Kingston 72 55 55 37

REMEDY Little Boots 73 66 27 8

UPRISING Muse 75 32 32 29

 

16th August new entries

 

DON'T WANNA RUN NO MORE Vagabond 8 20 11

WILD YOUNG HEARTS Noisettes 28 25 42

22" Lily Allen 69 45 40

FUNHOUSE Pink 72 70 60

SIMPLE LOVE Alison Krauss 73 73

HOLIDAY Dizzee Rascal 74 67 67

SONG 2 Blur 75 68 66

 

23rd August new entries

 

LOVE COMES Bananarama 19 10

BEAUTIFUL NIGHT Beverley Knight 39 25

KEEP YOUR HEAD UP Girls Can't Catch 56 56

NEW YORK Paloma Faith 69 45

SWEET DISPOSITION The Temper Trap 72

BOYS AND GIRLS Pixie Lott 74 33

WONDERWALL Oasis 75 75

 

30th August new entries

 

I'M IN LOVE WITH A GERMAN FILM STAR (PET SHOP BOYS REMIX) The Passions 15

AUDACITY OF HUGE Simian Mobile Disco 20

LEGACY Pet Shop Boys 46

JUMP Flo-Rida/ Nelly Furtado 47

NEVER LEAVE YOU Tinchy Stryder/ Amelle 50

MAKE IT TAKE IT Amanda Blank 55

WHERE DID ALL THE LOVE GO Kasabian 59

FOREVER YOUNG Madness 68

GHOSTS AND STUFF Deadmau5/ Rob Swire 69

ONE MORE CHANCE Bloc Party 70

SHE WOLF Shakira 71

YOUR PROTECTOR Fleet Foxes 72

I'M SO EXCITED Alesha Dixon 74

Edited September 12, 201410 yr by popchartfreak

SEPTEMBER 2009

 

In which Agnes gets on top after a few weeks of runner-upping. What a fantastic record it is, a brilliant heart-break song, earnest and passionate and melodic. If I’ve had a couple of pints I’ll be there belting it out on a dancefloor believing every word I sing. Shame she had to be knocked off after 1 week, but, hey, it’s The Beatles. It’s the astounding, influential otherworldly Tomorrow Never Knows, John Lennon’s hypnotic, druggy anthem that wasn’t even a single, but influences right through to the Chemical Brothers/Noel Gallagher’s Setting Sun are clear. Then She’s Leaving Home, a Sgt Pepper poetically sad song about children leaving, Macca at his bitter-sweetest. Finally Magical Mystery Tour, EP, TV mini-movie, and B Side, and fantastic rock track, urgent, pounding and inventive. By Beatles standards, the TV show was considered a flop, by sales standards the very expensive EP, with Booklet and 2 singles was only kept off the top of the singles charts by....The Beatles Hello Goodbye. The Beatles could do in a year what most bands dream of doing in a career. I’m a bit of a fan....

 

So who lost out to the Fab invasion? Agnes would have had 3 weeks on top, and Paloma Faith’s epic New York would have had one week on top this month. What a fantastic record that is, less known than the rival New York State Of Mind, but just as good. Others: Cascada get to 3 on the dancefloor, Noisettes have a Wild Young Heart throbbing at 5, while Little Boots has a Remedy for that at 6.

 

Pixie Lott keeps the girl pop stars a-coming in my top 10, as Boys And Girls also hit 6, as Madonna Celebrates at 8, 25 years of non-stop Top 10’s virtually, give or take the odd Hanky Panky. Robbie Williams Bodies slumps up to 4, Mika’s Golden at 7, and The Beatles get a 4th Top 10 with George Harrison’s I Need You: 3 great songwriters in one band. Shakira shows a bit of the She Wolf at 9, 7 years on from topping my chart. Whatever...

 

6th Sept Chart

 

RELEASE ME Agnes 1 2 3 11

HEARTBREAK (MAKE ME A DANCER) Freemasons/ Sophie Ellis Bextor 2 5 8 14

EVACUATE THE DANCEFLOOR Cascada 3 3 10 18

CONFUSION GIRL (SHAME SHAME SHAME) Frankmusic 4 12 23 37

WILD YOUNG HEARTS Noisettes 5 9 12 22

I'M IN LOVE WITH A GERMAN FILM STAR (PET SHOP BOYS REMIX) The Passions 6 21 32 56

SUPERHUMAN TOUCH Athlete 7 13 21 26

REMEDY Little Boots 8 8 11 6

FIRE BURNING Sean Kingston 9 18 18 24

AUDACITY OF HUGE Simian Mobile Disco 10 11 17 21

 

WHO'S LOVING YOU? The Jackson 5 11 26 42 61

NEVER FORGET YOU Noisettes 12 19 22 27

READY FOR THE WEEKEND Calvin Harris 13 25 33 33

AND I'M TELLING YOU I'M NOT GOING Jennifer Holliday 14 22 44 69

BOYS AND GIRLS Pixie Lott 15 10 6 12

RABBIT HEART (RAISE IT UP) Florence & The Machine 16 41 59 72

CELEBRATION Madonna 17 17 15 8

WHEN LOVES TAKES OVER David Guetta/ Kelly Rowland 18 27 31 31

BULLETPROOF La Roux 19 23 28 30

DON'T TRUST ME 3oH!3 20 45 62

 

LOVE COMES Bananarama 21 37 48 71

DON'T WANNA RUN NO MORE Vagabond 22 31 41 42

SUPERNOVA Mr Hudson/Kanye West 23 24 26 36

GET SHAKY The Ian Carey Project 24 30 35 35

BEAUTIFUL NIGHT Beverley Knight 25 20 20 29

NEW YORK Paloma Faith 26 16 5 4

WORK The Saturdays 27 33 45 59

BODIES Robbie Williams 28 4 4 5

THE CARNIVAL IS OVER The Seekers 29 29 19 13

HUMAN NATURE Michael Jackson 30 46 69

 

I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF Dusty Springfield 31 44 49 50

JUMP Flo-Rida/ Nelly Furtado 32 32 54 54

MY SWEET LORD George Harrison 33 51 51 51

LOVEGAME Lady Gaga 34 34 34 25

STRAWBERRY SWING Coldplay 35 53 53 53

BATTLEFIELD Jordin Sparks 36 54

I GOTTA FEELING Black Eyed Peas 37 56

DON'T STOP TILL YOU GET ENOUGH Michael Jackson 38 52 52 52

GET SEXY Sugababes 39 35 55

NEVER LEAVE YOU Tinchy Stryder/ Amelle 40 66

 

THE LEGEND OF XANADU Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 41 42 43 43

AIN'T NO SUNSHINE Michael Jackson 42

BORN TO RUN Bruce Springsteen 43 43 39 34

NEVER GIVE YOU UP Raphael Saadiq 44

UPRISING Muse 45

I'LL GO CRAZY IF I DON'T GO CRAZY TONIGHT U2 46 14 16 16

WANNA BE STARTIN' SOMETHIN' Michael Jackson 47

LOOK WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO MY SONG, MA The New Seekers 48 48 46 44

22" Lily Allen 49

HOLIDAY Dizzee Rascal 50 40 30 41

 

BILLIE JEAN Michael Jackson 51

LEGACY Pet Shop Boys 52

NOTHING IS KEEPING YOU HERE A-Ha 53 39 27 19

GENTLE ON MY MIND Glen Campbell 54 58 61 62

MAKE IT TAKE IT Amanda Blank 55 55

GO WEST Pet Shop Boys 56 61

ONE MORE CHANCE Bloc Party 57

MORE THAN A DREAM Pet Shop Boys 58 62 63 66

WHERE DID ALL THE LOVE GO Kasabian 59

CALENDAR GIRL Neil Sedaka 60

 

PAPARAZZI Lady Gaga 61

IT'S A SIN Pet Shop Boys 62 65 66 68

HAPPY HOUSE The Juan McLean 63 63

SONG 2 Blur 64 64 64 60

LAST NIGHT IN SOHO Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 65 67 67 67

WEST END GIRLS Pet Shop Boys 66 71

BIRTHDAY SEX Jeremih 67 47 36 28

WARM HEART OF AFRICA The Very Best 68

OUTTA HERE Esmee Denters 69 69

NOBODY SAID IT WOULD BE EASY Cerys Matthews 70 36 24 17

 

WONDERWALL Oasis 71

SHARK IN THE WATER VV Brown 72

WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS Joe Cocker 73 73 68 64

SEXY CHICK David Guetta/ Akon 74 74

I KNOW YOU WANT ME (CALLE OCHO) Pitbull 75

 

13th Sept new entries

 

TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS The Beatles 1 2 3

SHE'S LEAVING HOME The Beatles 6 1 2

WE ARE GOLDEN Mika 7 7 7

MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR The Beatles 15 9 1

SHE WOLF Shakira 28 14 9

RAIN The Beatles 38 29 23

SWEET DISPOSITION The Temper Trap 49 37 57

NORWEGIAN WOOD (THIS BIRD HAS FLOWN) The Beatles 50 25 20

LEFT MY HEART IN TOKYO Mini Viva 57 38 38

I NEED YOU The Beatles 59 13 10

RELATOR Pete Yorn/ Scarlett Johnasson 60 40 40

CHILLIN' Wale/ Lady Gaga 68

HERE COMES THE SUN The Beatles 70 50 39

SAY IT Booty Luv 72

LUCKY Jason Mraz/ Colbe Caillot 75

 

20th Sept new entries

 

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER The Beatles 47 32

TWIST AND SHOUT The Beatles 56 45

CANDY Paolo Nutini 57

OUT FROM UNDER Ali Campbell 58

TWO OF US The Beatles 60 48

NO REPLY The Beatles 65 58

MAMA DO Pixie Lott 70

ALL MY LOVING The Beatles 71 63

DEAR PRUDENCE The Beatles 72 70

VIVA LA VIDA Coldplay 73 73

SINGING THE BLUES Cliff Richard & The Shadows 74 74

BILLION DOLLAR BILL Whitney Houston 75 49

 

27th Sept new entries

 

GETTING UP WITH YOU The Yeah You's 15

WALKING ON A DREAM Empire Of The Sun 46

HAPPY Leona Lewis 47

OH MY GOD Nerina Pallot 55

SUPERSTITION Stevie Wonder 65

BREAK YOUR HEART Taio Cruz 75

Edited September 13, 201410 yr by popchartfreak

October 2009

 

Paloma Faith grabs her first chart-topper with the wondrous epic ballad New York, somehow being strong enough to hold off a Beatles invasion, as their albums all chart again in the UK, giving me an excuse to cherry-pick one track from each that had never made my charts before. The Beatles album tracks, no exaggeration, could have been taken as singles (they weren’t) and each album mined for 1 or 2 years (as is the standard practice in 2014). Their 7-year 2-albums and 3-singles per year output could have easily been spread out over 20 years for other acts. Number One here? I Need You, a George Harrison track from Help!

 

Robbie also bangs back with another chart-topper, Bodies, his 11th solo number 1, plus 2 with Take That. The last spot of the month is taken by Broooce, and his classic 1975 Phil-Spector wall-of-sound epic Born To Run. First-time round it fell short of my top 10, criminally, so it was a justified number one 34 years on. Still, at least it made my charts, more than it did in the UK - the original version has still never made the UK top 75, though it came close to the then-50 chart in 1975, so probably would have had there been a 75 list then.

 

Other newer noteworthy tracks: Madonna’s back at 3 with Celebration, Cerys Matthews is solo fro Catatonia and hits 2 up Arlington Way, Mika has a couple of hits with We Are Golden and the mystifyingly minor hit Rain - not to be confused with also-charting Beatles B-side classic. Real Late Starter is at 6 for the equally mystifyingly fab minor singer-songwriter Nerina Pallot, and Shakira’s a She Wolf at 9. Chuck in Little Boots, Pixie Lott, the brilliant Empire State Of Mind, and it’s otherwise a fairly quiet, oldies-dominated month.

 

4th October chart

 

 

NEW YORK Paloma Faith 1 2 3 8

MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR The Beatles 2 3 4 9

TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS The Beatles 3 7 11 21

ARLINGTON WAY Cerys Matthews 4 8 2 5

GETTING UP WITH YOU The Yeah You's 5 5 9 16

CELEBRATION Madonna 6 9 5 3

WE ARE GOLDEN Mika 7 18 26 35

I NEED YOU The Beatles 8 1 7 15

SHE WOLF Shakira 9 16 19 19

SHE'S LEAVING HOME The Beatles 10 17 41 41

 

 

REMEDY Little Boots 11 13 21 33

BOYS AND GIRLS Pixie Lott 12 12 13 23

BODIES Robbie Williams 13 4 1 2

NORWEGIAN WOOD (THIS BIRD HAS FLOWN) The Beatles 14 11 10 4

REAL LATE STARTER Nerina Pallot 15 6 6 6

RELEASE ME Agnes 16 21 32 39

GARDEN PARTY John Fogerty/ Don Henley/ Timothy B Schmidt 17 10 8 7

RAIN The Beatles 18 15 12 12

NOTHING IS KEEPING YOU HERE A-Ha 19 25 44 63

HAPPY Leona Lewis 20 20 14 18

 

 

HEARTBREAK (MAKE ME A DANCER) Freemasons/ Sophie Ellis Bextor 21 26 37 48

AUDACITY OF HUGE Simian Mobile Disco 22 31 48

MILLION DOLLAR BILL Whitney Houston 23 19 17 13

WALKING ON A DREAM Empire Of The Sun 24 14 33 51

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER The Beatles 25 22 22 20

RELATOR Pete Yorn/ Scarlett Johnasson 26 36 57

BORN TO RUN Bruce Springsteen 27 23 15 1

BIRTHDAY SEX Jeremih 28 28 23 44

EVACUATE THE DANCEFLOOR Cascada 29 34 51 57

I'LL GO CRAZY IF I DON'T GO CRAZY TONIGHT U2 30 65

 

 

FIRE BURNING Sean Kingston 31 42 42 56

THE CARNIVAL IS OVER The Seekers 32 58

LOVEGAME Lady Gaga 33 57

HERE COMES THE SUN The Beatles 34 30 25 25

WILD YOUNG HEARTS Noisettes 35 56 64 71

NEVER FORGET YOU Noisettes 36 43 63 69

BULLETPROOF La Roux 37 46

SUPERHUMAN TOUCH Athlete 38 47 30 38

TWIST AND SHOUT The Beatles 39 33 31 31

RAIN Mika 40 40 18 11

 

LOOK WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO MY SONG, MA The New Seekers 41 37 35 32

SUPERNOVA Mr Hudson/Kanye West 42 60

BEAUTIFUL NIGHT Beverley Knight 43 66

THE LEGEND OF XANADU Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 44 45 46 46

TWO OF US The Beatles 45 41 40 37

WHEN LOVES TAKES OVER David Guetta/ Kelly Rowland 46 69

SWEET DISPOSITION The Temper Trap 47 27 62

DON'T WANNA RUN NO MORE Vagabond 48 62 69

STILL SO FAR TO GO Chris Rea 49 49 36 30

NO REPLY The Beatles 50 44 43 43

 

I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF Dusty Springfield 51 51 54 54

DON'T STOP TILL YOU GET ENOUGH Michael Jackson 52 52 53 53

MY SWEET LORD George Harrison 53 53 55 55

GET SHAKY The Ian Carey Project 54

SONG 2 Blur 55 55 52

FIGHT FOR THIS LOVE Cheryl Cole 56 39 39 36

ALL MY LOVING The Beatles 57 48 45 42

CONFUSION GIRL (SHAME SHAME SHAME) Frankmusic 58

LEFT MY HEART IN TOKYO Mini Viva 59 59

WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS Joe Cocker 60 54 50 45

 

READY FOR THE WEEKEND Calvin Harris 61

SUPERSTITION Stevie Wonder 62 61 60 52

GENTLE ON MY MIND Glen Campbell 63 64 65 68

HOLIDAY Dizzee Rascal 64

STRAWBERRY SWING Coldplay 65

DEAR PRUDENCE The Beatles 66 63 61 60

LAST NIGHT IN SOHO Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 67 67 67 67

MORE THAN A DREAM Pet Shop Boys 68

FALLING FOR YOU Colbe Caillot 69 28 17

BREAK YOUR HEART Taio Cruz 70 50

 

IT'S A SIN Pet Shop Boys 71 71 72 72

KISS OF LIFE Friendly Fires 72 59 58

BAD BOYS Alexandra Burke 73 73 73 66

SECOND TIME AROUND Nell Bryden 74

KISS FROM A ROSE Seal 75

 

 

11th October new entries

 

EMPIRE STATE OF MIND Jay-Z/ Alicia Keys 24 16 10

GHOSTS AND STUFF Deadmau5/ Rob Swire 29 29 26

SOS (LET THE MUSIC PLAY) Jordin Sparks 32 24 24

ONCE MORE Spandau Ballet 35 20 14

DRUMMING SONG Florence & The Machine 38 70

I'M NOT YOUR TOY La Roux 68 58 64

DIRTEE CASH Dizzee Rascal 70 68 65

RUN THIS TOWN Jay-Z/ Rihanna/ Kanye West 72

WHAT ABOUT NOW Daughtry 74 74 70

I'M ALL OVER IT Jamie Cullum 75 27 27

 

18th October new entries

 

SAY IT Booty Luv 34 34

PENCIL FULL OF LEAD Paulo Nutini 38 28

MY MAN Jade Ewan 47 47

ABOUT A GIRL Sugababes 49 49

SEXY CHICK David Guetta/ Akon 56 61

CHILLIN' Wale/ Lady Gaga 66

WHITE LIES Mr Hudson 71 59

WHEELS Foo Fighters 75 62

 

25th October new entries

 

WATCH THE SUN COME UP Example 22

IN HER SHOES Beverley Knight 29

HAVEN'T MET YOU YET Michael Buble 40

WILD HORSES Susan Boyle 50

NO REGRETS Robbie Williams 73

FOREVER IS OVER The Saturdays 74

PAPILLON The Editors 75

Edited November 24, 201410 yr by popchartfreak

November 2009

 

In which yet more Beatles album tracks turnover on top, starting with the eastern-flavoured gentle John Lennon Norwegian Wood, as good as any of their singles. Fab! The experimental Rain, B-side to 1966 Paperback Writer, should have been a double A Side, cos it’s awesome, grabbing a week on top before being kicked off by Rain, Mika’s only number one, and the only occasion when 2 identically-titled songs hit the top consecutively. Hah! Mika’s followed by Pixie Lott, and her only chart-topper, the sweet Cry Me Out. Both have had UK number one’s as well, but not with these lesser-known/obscure tracks. I like to be different sometimes! Finally, it’s Twist And Shout, The Beatles stunning version of Twist And Shout, where John shouts himself hoarse. Huge in the States, this one was also huge in the UK - but not in the singles charts. It was an EP and they didn’t qualify in those days, but it was HUGE, trust me, I was there (age 5 or 6). It charted once available on download. Hooray!!!

 

Other biggies: Colbe Caillot’s Falling For You, Example’s watching The Sun Come Up at 3, Cheryl’s Fight For This Love at 7, Journey’s Don’t Stop Believin’ at 9, Susan Boyle’s Rolling Stones cover Wild Horses at 4, Lady Gaga at 8 (Bad Romance), Pet Shop Boys at 2 with a remixed All Over The World, Norah Jones, Westlife, Chase & Status, and a bunch of oldies.

 

1st November chart

 

 

NORWEGIAN WOOD (THIS BIRD HAS FLOWN) The Beatles 1 6 13 31 42

BORN TO RUN Bruce Springsteen 2 2 7 12 22

BODIES Robbie Williams 3 4 12 19 31

REAL LATE STARTER Nerina Pallot 4 3 11 13 25

CELEBRATION Madonna 5 9 16 32 48

GARDEN PARTY John Fogerty/ Don Henley/ Timothy B Schmidt 6 11 24 37 44

RAIN Mika 7 7 1 4 4

FALLING FOR YOU Colbe Caillot 8 8 8 16 30

MILLION DOLLAR BILL Whitney Houston 9 16 29 43 51

RAIN The Beatles 10 1 9 44

 

 

GETTING UP WITH YOU The Yeah You's 11 12 23 47

WATCH THE SUN COME UP Example 12 5 3 6 11

ARLINGTON WAY Cerys Matthews 13 26 48 48 66

MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR The Beatles 14 21 21 21 21

NEW YORK Paloma Faith 15 18 27 36 40

EMPIRE STATE OF MIND Jay-Z/ Alicia Keys 16 17 28 28 28

GHOSTS AND STUFF Deadmau5/ Rob Swire 17 19 38

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER The Beatles 18 13 2 11 13

IN HER SHOES Beverley Knight 19 14 14 14 24

FIGHT FOR THIS LOVE Cheryl Cole 20 15 10 7 20

 

 

HERE COMES THE SUN The Beatles 21 20 17 3 6

SHE WOLF Shakira 22 22 36 49 62

BOYS AND GIRLS Pixie Lott 23 34 52 60 64

I NEED YOU The Beatles 24 32 43 51 55

YOU KNOW ME Robbie Williams 25 25 19 15 15

ONCE MORE Spandau Ballet 26 38

COME SO FAR YET STILL SO FAR TO GO Chris Rea 27 31 55

LOOK WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO MY SONG, MA The New Seekers 28 23 5 57

TWIST AND SHOUT The Beatles 29 24 22 18 1

THIS IS IT Michael Jackson 30 30 59

 

 

TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS The Beatles 31 41 41 41 41

I'M ALL OVER IT Jamie Cullum 32 52

HAPPY Leona Lewis 33 33 32 33 37

TWO OF US The Beatles 34 29 26 22 19

WE ARE GOLDEN Mika 35 40

REMEDY Little Boots 36 45

PENCIL FULL OF LEAD Paulo Nutini 37 37 44 56

BIRTHDAY SEX Jeremih 38 51 60

DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' Journey 39 27 15 9 12

KISS OF LIFE Friendly Fires 40 61

 

SHE'S LEAVING HOME The Beatles 41 43 45 46 46

ALL MY LOVING The Beatles 42 39 35 29 26

NO REPLY The Beatles 43 42 40 38 35

SOS (LET THE MUSIC PLAY) Jordin Sparks 44

WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS Joe Cocker 45 44 42 39 33

HAVEN'T MET YOU YET Michael Buble 46

THE LEGEND OF XANADU Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 47 48 51 53 54

SUPERHUMAN TOUCH Athlete 48 53

ABOUT A GIRL Sugababes 49 63

WILD HORSES Susan Boyle 50 10 4 5 5

 

RELEASE ME Agnes 51 54

SUPERSTITION Stevie Wonder 52 47 47 45 39

FOREVER IS OVER The Saturdays 53 35 62

I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF Dusty Springfield 54 55 56 61 61

DON'T STOP TILL YOU GET ENOUGH Michael Jackson 55 71

HEARTBREAK (MAKE ME A DANCER) Freemasons/ Sophie Ellis Bextor 56 65

SHADOWSIDE A-ha 57 57 67 58

MY SWEET LORD George Harrison 58 60 61 65 67

DEAR PRUDENCE The Beatles 59 56 54 54 49

NICE MEN Dame Shirley Bassey 60 58

 

FIRE BURNING Sean Kingston 61

WHEELS Foo Fighters 62 59

SAY IT Booty Luv 63

I'M NOT YOUR TOY La Roux 64

WHAT ABOUT NOW Daughtry 65 62

BAD BOYS Alexandra Burke/ Flo-Rida 66 64

WE WEREN'T BORN TO FOLLOW Bon Jovi 67 28 18 23 38

LAST NIGHT IN SOHO Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 68 68 69 70 71

NO REGRETS Robbie Williams 69 66 63 63 63

SEXY CHICK David Guetta/ Akon 70

 

GENTLE ON MY MIND Glen Campbell 71

MY MAN Jade Ewan 72

IT'S A SIN Pet Shop Boys 73

DOMINOES The Big Pink 74 70

BAD ROMANCE Lady Gaga 75 73 25 8 8

 

8th November new entries

 

CRY ME A RIVER Michael Buble 36 46

MONSTER MASH Bobby Boris Pickett & The Crypt Kickers 46

MEET ME HALFWAY Black Eyed Peas 49 20 20 27

INNOCENT Stereophonics 50 30 26 45

CRY ME OUT Pixie Lott 67 31 1 3

YOU GOT THE LOVE Florence & The Machine 69

AT LAST Etta James 72 64 58 43

I GOT SOUL Young Soul Rebels 74 69

QUICKSAND La Roux 75 50 50 56

 

 

15th November new entries

 

ALL OVER THE WORLD (REMIX) Pet Shop Boys 6 2 2

ANYWAY Duck Sauce 33

MAYBE Ingrid Michaelson 34 27 36

EVERYBODY IN LOVE JLS 37 25 23

CHASING PIRATES Norah Jones 39 10 9

TIK TOK Kesha 49 35 17

GOOD GIRLS GO BAD Cobra Starship 53 34 34

WHAT ABOUT NOW Westlife 57 18 10

3 WORDS Cheryl Cole/ will.i.am 58 42 18

FLASHBACK Calvin Harris 65 40 47

JUST SAY YES Snow Patrol 66 66

GO YOUR OWN WAY Fleetwood Mac 67 64 53

UNDERDOG Kasabian 68 59

DOWN Jay Sean/ L'il Wayne 70 30 14

BLACK SWAN SONG Athlete 71

LIVIN' ON A PRAYER Bon Jovi 72

U SHOULD HAVE KNOWN Laura White 73 52 52

UNDISCLOSED DESIRES Muse 74 68 65

EARTHQUAKE Little Boots 75 75

 

22nd November new entries

 

I NEED YOU NOW Agnes 24 16

END CREDITS Chase & Status/ Plan B 55 7

PARTY IN THE USA Miley Cyrus 62 50

GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU The Bee Gees 71 59

OPEN UP YOUR DOOR Richard Hawley 72

3" Britney Spears 73 72

HOPES & FEARS Will Young 74

 

29th November new entries

 

THE OFFICIAL BBC CHILDREN IN NEED MEDLEY Peter Kay's All Star Band 29

SWEET CHILD O' MINE Taken By Trees 32

I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS Mariah Carey 57

FIREFLIES Owl City 60

YOU'RE NOT ALONE Tinchy Stryder 68

SEA OF HEARTBREAK Roseanne Cash/Bruce Springsteen 69

IT'S THE SAME OLD SONG Rod Stewart 70

ONE LOVE David Guetta/ Estelle 73

DID IT AGAIN Shakira 74

MOON RIVER Andy Williams 75

Edited November 24, 201410 yr by popchartfreak