11 minutes ago, JosephBoone said:

A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie feat. 6ix9ine - Swervin

16 weeks top 40 and no play!

Might be wrong on this but I think the only 6ix9ine top 40 hit to get a play was FEFE, but I know GOOBA got a short snippet on both of its top 10 weeks.

I would guess this is the record! (at least for after the period where they only played the top 25.) I want to say XXXTentacion didn't get any of his songs played either? Not 100% sure as I only started listening to the show halfway through 2022

1 minute ago, gasman449 said:

I would guess this is the record! (at least for after the period where they only played the top 25.) I want to say XXXTentacion didn't get any of his songs played either? Not 100% sure as I only started listening to the show halfway through 2022

I think a few XXXTENTACION songs got played - Falling Down definitely did, and True Love (with Kanye West, from 2022). Can't remember if Arms Around You got played but I'm quite sure the rest didn't, SAD! got a Newsbeat snippet when it went top 5 to explain his death.

The Jackson 5 - Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (3 weeks)

^ I think this one hasn't had a chart play, the chart is normally replaced by the EOY countdown on the week it's finally managed to make it in!

There's bound to be one or two D-Block Europe ones but I can't remember which ones were played and which ones weren't, until I started scrobbling the chart show to my last.fm account a few years back! Elegant & Gang (7 weeks) didn't get played seemingly.

Digga D - Chingy (It's Whatever) (5 weeks) - possibly one or two of his other songs, Toxic springs to mind as a possibility

Eminem - Killshot (3 weeks) - I think anyway!

Juice WRLD - Wishing Well (9 weeks) - but I can't remember if this ended up getting a stray play one week?

Lil Mabu - MATHEMATICAL DISRESPECT (2 weeks)
Taylor Swift - the 1 (2 weeks) - the chart didn't air when it debuted at #10 and I'm not sure it got played the week after

A few that came to mind from 2015-2016 that missed out on a play during the "top 25" era due to peaking between #26 and #40:

Charlie Puth - One Call Away (11 weeks)

Fifth Harmony feat. Fetty Wap - All In My Head (Flex) (7 weeks) *

Fifth Harmony - That's My Girl (7 weeks)

Shaggy feat. Mohombi, Faydee & Costi - I Need Your Love (2 weeks)

Cheat Codes & Dante Klein - Let Me Hold You (Turn Me On) (7 weeks)

*peaked at #25 but the chart was cut short to a top 20 due to the summer mix that continued until 4:15...!

5 hours ago, JosephBoone said:

A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie feat. 6ix9ine - Swervin

16 weeks top 40 and no play!

Might be wrong on this but I think the only 6ix9ine top 40 hit to get a play was FEFE, but I know GOOBA got a short snippet on both of its top 10 weeks.

KIKA also got a snippet in its sole week top 10.

Another one I remembered is YNW Melly - Murder on my mind (8 weeks)

4 hours ago, JosephBoone said:

I think a few XXXTENTACION songs got played - Falling Down definitely did, and True Love (with Kanye West, from 2022). Can't remember if Arms Around You got played but I'm quite sure the rest didn't, SAD! got a Newsbeat snippet when it went top 5 to explain his death.

I replied to you about this on Discord but for posterity - fairly sure both 'Arms Around You' and 'Don't Cry' got at least one play on the chart show too.

Noah Kahan's Doors added assuming they don't play it on Friday. Also the two Ye tracks that charted!

The fact 6ix9ine was allowed to even briefly become a thing is a seriously dark indictment on humanity.

Ding Dong the witch is dead was skipped when it charted following a viral campaign in the aftermath of Margaret Thatcher’s death. I think a short news report was played instead explaining why it was being skipped.

Some more from the Top 25 era:

• Matoma & Becky Hill - False Alarm (6 weeks)

• Offaiah - Trouble (4 weeks)

• Kideko et al - Crank It (3 weeks)

I also remember the massive sigh of relief when Tilted by Christine & The Queens got to #20 during that period when they were only playing the Top 20 and thus received its sole chart play

19 hours ago, PeteFromLeeds said:

Some more from the Top 25 era:

• Matoma & Becky Hill - False Alarm (6 weeks)

• Offaiah - Trouble (4 weeks)

• Kideko et al - Crank It (3 weeks)

All 3 are absolute BOPS

Don't remember the Kideko song at all but it's apparently on one of my playlists so must have liked it at the time. Trouble is a stunner though one of the best dance hits of that era.

Gracie Abrams - Hit The Wall and Drake - National Treasures added. No complaints for either of those!

Gracie would have almost certainly been played last week if there was a show, unlucky timing there.

In the early 60's they wouldnt play songs about dying. So Terry by Twinkle, where her boyfriend died on his motorbike was banned. Also Tell Laura I Love Her by Ricky Valance. I think Leader Of The Pack was too.

On 06/09/2025 at 20:33, gasman449 said:

Thought there would be a thread on this somewhere 😁 here's a few multi-week songs that did not get a chart play. If there's any I've missed let me know! Will also start working on songs that only had 1 week in the chart and got skipped.

The Weeknd, Jennie and Lily Rose-Depp - One Of The Girls (11 weeks)

Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign - Carnival (9 weeks)

Morgan Wallen - Last Night (8 weeks)

Chris Brown - Angel Numbers / Ten Toes (8 weeks)

D-Block Europe - Elegant And Gang (7 weeks)

Kanye West ft. Pusha T - Runaway (7 weeks)

S******l-Idol - Ecstacy (6 weeks)

Sabrina Carpenter - Juno (5 weeks)

Tory Lanez - The Color Violet (4 weeks)

Mazza L20 - Murdaside (3 weeks)

Kendrick Lamar - Euphoria (3 weeks)

Tyler, The Creator ft. Daniel Caesar - St. Chroma (3 weeks)

Bugzy Malone and Mist - Energy (2 weeks)

Ed Sheeran - Curtains (2 weeks)

Lil Mabu - Mathematical Disrespect (2 weeks)

Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign - Back To Me (2 weeks)

Eminem ft. White Gold - Habits (2 weeks)

Playboi Carti - Evil Jordan (2 weeks)

Ye ft. Travis Scott - Father (2 weeks)

Ye ft. Andre Troutman - All The Love (2 weeks)

Noah Kahan - Doors (2 weeks)

In Big Top 40 terms - Carnival was barely played, Energy was played and Euphoria wasn’t

3 minutes ago, Sami Hook Jama said:

In Big Top 40 terms - Carnival was barely played, Energy was played and Euphoria wasn’t

There were some others skipped on that Big Top 40 chart but I’ll leave it to someone else to track them down

In 1967 Born A Woman by Sandy Posey, who sang Single Girl was banned for these lyrics.

" if you're born a woman
You're born to be hurt
You're born to be stepped on
Lied to, cheated on and treated like dirt
Ah, if you're born a woman
You're born to be hurt"

Edited Friday at 21:392 days by CRAZY CHRIS

20 minutes ago, CRAZY CHRIS said:

In 1967 Born A Woman by Sandy Posey, who sang Single Girl was banned for these lyrics.

" if you're born a woman
You're born to be hurt
You're born to be stepped on
Lied to, cheated on and treated like dirt
Ah, if you're born a woman
You're born to be hurt"

wouldn’t expect any less from the bbc back then 😐