Posted March 16, 201411 yr 16th March 2014 41 years late, Stealers Wheel finally get to Number 1 - a classic that I mildly liked at the time (peaked at 20 in 1973), and after Gerry Rafferty (the main man) hit my number one on 3 occasions with all-time-fave Baker Street (1978, 1990, 2011), and again with Get It Right Next Time in 1979, it became a major favourite oldie, not hurt by Quentin Tarantino’s movie exposure and other media spotlights. I’ve been waiting for it to sell enough in one week to make the Official Charts Company archive Top 40, which it did last week. Hooray! Stuck In The Middle With You at 1 at last. Bad news for Kylie, as she’s halted at 2, and otherwise she’d have had her 9th number 1 in 26 years, instead it’s her first number 2 since Wow in 2008. 2 more entries for her, the new album title track, and one with Enrique Iglesias, giving him 15 years of chart hits - his actual current UK chart hit being absent in all it’s Pitbullishness - including a number one, but not one you’d expect, no I went for Be With You in 2000, in sync with the USA. Elsewhere the fab new UK Eurovision entry is straight in at 10 for Molly, fingers-crossed for her as it’s our best shot at a win since Come Back, Jessica Garlick’s 2002 entry. Dan Croll gets a 2nd Top 10 to join his UK album chart entry, U2, Beyonce, Jay-Z, Coldplay, Dario G and Shirley Bassey all get a Top 20 entry to add to their lists of John hits and all of them have had previous number ones. You can’t say that’s not varied! New entries, Roberta Flack’s back again thanks to BBC promos, third time round (1972, 2010, 2014) for her. She was in the picture round of a pub quiz I went to the other week. Given that she’s not been in the media for 30 years plus, no team got the answer right. I only wish I’d thought of exclaiming “Well that’s the first time ever I saw her face!” out loud when the answer was announced. Instead of 20 minutes later in the car. Imelda May, a Johnny Cash unreleased gem and Robbie Williams sneak in at the lower end, meanwhile. 1 NEW 1 1 STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU - Stealers Wheel 170000 2 7 2 7 INTO THE BLUE - Kylie Minogue 335000 3 1 1 7 LET THE NIGHT - Dirty Vegas 416700 4 9 4 4 SAY SOMETHING - A Great Big World featuring Christina Aguilera 132500 5 5 5 4 ISN'T IT STRANGE - Parralox 151300 6 2 1 5 UE O MUITE ARUKO (SUKIYAKI) - Kyu Sakamoto 443000 7 13 7 4 FROM NOWHERE - Dan Croll 109000 8 12 8 4 HEAVEN KNOWS - The Pretty Reckless 120500 9 4 4 5 SOS IN BEL AIR - Phoenix 231500 10 NEW 10 1 CHILDREN OF THE UNIVERSE - Molly Smitten-Downes 42000 11 3 1 8 THEME FROM A SUMMER PLACE - Percy Faith 757000 12 6 3 5 ONCE UPON A DREAM - Lana Del Ray 225000 13 15 13 7 READY FOR YOUR LOVE - Gorgon City featuring MNEK 158300 14 20 14 7 CAN'T RELY ON YOU - Paloma Faith featuring Pharrell Williams 141300 15 10 10 6 KINGS - The Pierces 160500 16 8 1 8 DERNIERE DANSE - Indila 646400 17 27 17 4 INVISIBLE - U2 59300 18 26 18 6 DRUNK IN LOVE - Beyonce and Jay-Z 88500 19 23 19 2 MAGIC - Coldplay 40250 20 30 20 5 WE GOT MUSIC - Dario G and Dame Shirley Bassey 57200 21 11 4 6 DARK HORSE - Katy Perry featuring Juicy J 189750 22 17 17 7 RATHER BE - Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne 128400 23 16 16 5 EVERY LITTLE THING - Maxi Priest 102550 24 29 24 3 IN YOUR BED - Ariana & The Rose 49200 25 25 25 13 RED LIGHT SPELLS DANGER - Billy Ocean 192700 26 33 26 2 DESTROY EVERYTHING YOU TOUCH - Ladytron 36200 27 14 3 8 FLY BOY BLUE/ LUNETTE - Elbow 338400 28 21 1 11 I WALK ALONE - Cher 961300 29 48 29 4 CHANGES - Faul and Wad Ad versus Pnau 53500 30 19 19 4 STATION - Lapsley 66000 31 18 18 4 WHERE WE BELONG - Fedde Le Grand and Di-Rect 79600 32 22 7 8 IF U GOT IT - Chris Malinchak (featuring Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations) 251000 33 39 33 4 F FOR YOU - Disclosure featuring Mary J. Blige 55250 34 34 34 4 BABA YETU - Christopher Tin featuring Soweto Gospel Choir 70400 35 35 23 5 BELIEVE IN ME - The Pierces 92750 36 50 36 3 SINCE I LOST MY BABY - Engelbert Humperdinck with Cliff Richard 39400 37 NEW 37 1 KISS ME ONCE - Kylie Minogue 17300 38 NEW 38 1 THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE - Roberta Flack 17200 39 44 39 3 AIR BALLOON - Lily Allen 40750 40 31 6 8 DOWN IN THE HOLE - Bruce Springsteen 239500 41 36 1 16 UNDER CONTROL - Calvin Harris and Alesso featuring Hurts 1056600 42 24 10 4 REBEL REBEL - David Bowie 79950 43 43 36 9 LET GO FOR TONIGHT - Foxes 107000 44 38 38 3 HOOKED ON A FEELING - Blue Swede 47550 45 49 45 3 WE BUILT THIS CITY - Starship 30300 46 37 3 9 LONG BLACK ROAD - ELO 414800 47 40 40 5 BRAVEHEART - Neon Jungle 54200 48 66 48 4 FULL CIRCLE - Half Moon Run 42450 49 51 10 7 BEST DAY OF OUR LIVES - American Authors 157050 50 46 7 15 HAPPY - Pharrell Williams 353000 51 28 12 9 XO - Beyonce 213050 52 32 32 4 SOLO DANCING - Indiana 64300 53 41 33 5 YOUNG GIRLS - Bruno Mars 77650 54 42 26 7 CARRY ON - Lisa Stansfield 95900 55 69 55 2 TSUNAMI - Dvbbs and Bourgeous featuring Tinie Tempah 17000 56 56 1 30 EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD - Tears For Fears 844150 57 NEW 57 1 CLOSER - Thief 10400 58 45 19 5 COME ALIVE - Chromeo featuring Toro Y Moi 80100 59 NEW 59 1 WE KNOW - Momofoko 10100 60 60 60 4 SHOT ME DOWN - David Guetta featuring Skylar Grey 32100 61 47 14 6 MEANT - Elizavet 111500 62 NEW 62 1 HIDEAWAY - Kiesza 7400 63 52 7 11 WON'T BE BROKEN - Keane 318500 64 NEW 64 1 SAMBA DO MUNDO - Fatboy Slim Presents Gregor Salto featuring Saxsymbol & Todorov 7100 65 72 65 2 RED LIGHTS - Tiesto 12600 66 57 6 11 IF I LOSE MYSELF - OneRepublic vs Alesso 250200 67 67 67 3 JUST LIKE FIRE WOULD - Bruce Springsteen 18200 68 63 1 29 ANIMALS - Martin Garrix 935200 69 NEW 69 1 SHINE MY SHOES - Robbie Williams 6200 70 70 70 2 MY LOVE - Route 94 featuring Jess Glynne 12000 71 NEW 71 1 BEAUTIFUL - Kylie Minogue and Enrique Iglesias 5800 72 NEW 72 1 WHEN WE'RE FIRE - Lo-Fang 5600 73 NEW 73 1 SHE USED TO LOVE ME A LOT - Johnny Cash 5400 74 73 1 48 PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr 652850 75 NEW 75 1 IT'S GOOD TO BE ALIVE - Imelda May 5000 DROP OUTS 53 10 8 MAKE IT WONDERFUL - Erasure 201850 54 13 8 10538 OVERTURE (AMERICAN HUSTLE SOUNDTRACK VERSION) - ELO 162800 55 46 3 GIRLS CHASE BOYS - Ingrid Michaelson 36300 58 24 16 SUNNY - Bobby Hebb 219350 59 59 2 DON'T WAIT - Mapei 16700 61 2 11 HOLDING ON FOR LIFE - Broken Bells 560900 62 5 15 HEY BROTHER - Avicii featuring Dan Kaminski 453850 64 40 5 SEE YOU ON FRIDAY - IU featuring Jang Yi-jeong 62300 65 19 11 RIPTIDE - Vance Joy 160850 68 68 4 GOODNESS GRACIOUS - Eliza Doolittle 24400 71 71 2 CURTAIN CALL - Steed Lord 11600 74 74 1 FEELIN' MYSELF - will.i.am featuring Miley Cyrus, Wiz Khalifa and French Montana 5200 75 75 1 STAY THE NIGHT - Zedd featuring Hayley Williams 5000
March 16, 201411 yr Hi John, frm your top 50 this week as I'm in a hurry :lol: 2 7 2 7 INTO THE BLUE - Kylie Minogue 335000 4 9 4 4 SAY SOMETHING - A Great Big World featuring Christina Aguilera 132500 5 5 5 4 ISN'T IT STRANGE - Parralox 151300 10 NEW 10 1 CHILDREN OF THE UNIVERSE - Molly Smitten-Downes 42000 12 6 3 5 ONCE UPON A DREAM - Lana Del Ray 225000 13 15 13 7 READY FOR YOUR LOVE - Gorgon City featuring MNEK 158300 14 20 14 7 CAN'T RELY ON YOU - Paloma Faith featuring Pharrell Williams 141300 19 23 19 2 MAGIC - Coldplay 40250 22 17 17 7 RATHER BE - Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne 128400 24 29 24 3 IN YOUR BED - Ariana & The Rose 49200 26 33 26 2 DESTROY EVERYTHING YOU TOUCH - Ladytron 36200 30 19 19 4 STATION - Lapsley 66000 33 39 33 4 F FOR YOU - Disclosure featuring Mary J. Blige 55250 37 NEW 37 1 KISS ME ONCE - Kylie Minogue 17300 41 36 1 16 UNDER CONTROL - Calvin Harris and Alesso featuring Hurts 1056600 43 43 36 9 LET GO FOR TONIGHT - Foxes 107000 45 49 45 3 WE BUILT THIS CITY - Starship 30300 46 37 3 9 LONG BLACK ROAD - ELO 414800 49 51 10 7 BEST DAY OF OUR LIVES - American Authors 157050 50 46 7 15 HAPPY - Pharrell Williams 353000
March 16, 201411 yr Hey John :) Kylie climbing to #2 :o Drunk in love climbing also. yay! It's rather good :wub: OUCH at that fall for XO though :( You get bored of it?
March 17, 201411 yr Hi John, my faves: 1 NEW 1 1 STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU - Stealers Wheel 170000 2 7 2 7 INTO THE BLUE - Kylie Minogue 335000 4 9 4 4 SAY SOMETHING - A Great Big World featuring Christina Aguilera 132500 5 5 5 4 ISN'T IT STRANGE - Parralox 151300 6 2 1 5 UE O MUITE ARUKO (SUKIYAKI) - Kyu Sakamoto 443000 12 6 3 5 ONCE UPON A DREAM - Lana Del Ray 225000 13 15 13 7 READY FOR YOUR LOVE - Gorgon City featuring MNEK 158300 14 20 14 7 CAN'T RELY ON YOU - Paloma Faith featuring Pharrell Williams 141300 15 10 10 6 KINGS - The Pierces 160500 16 8 1 8 DERNIERE DANSE - Indila 646400 17 27 17 4 INVISIBLE - U2 59300 19 23 19 2 MAGIC - Coldplay 40250 20 30 20 5 WE GOT MUSIC - Dario G and Dame Shirley Bassey 57200 21 11 4 6 DARK HORSE - Katy Perry featuring Juicy J 189750 22 17 17 7 RATHER BE - Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne 128400 25 25 25 13 RED LIGHT SPELLS DANGER - Billy Ocean 192700 26 33 26 2 DESTROY EVERYTHING YOU TOUCH - Ladytron 36200 :yahoo: adore this! any reason for its appearance? 28 21 1 11 I WALK ALONE - Cher 961300 29 48 29 4 CHANGES - Faul and Wad Ad versus Pnau 53500 31 18 18 4 WHERE WE BELONG - Fedde Le Grand and Di-Rect 79600 32 22 7 8 IF U GOT IT - Chris Malinchak (featuring Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations) 251000 33 39 33 4 F FOR YOU - Disclosure featuring Mary J. Blige 55250 35 35 23 5 BELIEVE IN ME - The Pierces 92750 38 NEW 38 1 THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE - Roberta Flack 17200 39 44 39 3 AIR BALLOON - Lily Allen 40750 41 36 1 16 UNDER CONTROL - Calvin Harris and Alesso featuring Hurts 1056600 42 24 10 4 REBEL REBEL - David Bowie 79950 43 43 36 9 LET GO FOR TONIGHT - Foxes 107000 44 38 38 3 HOOKED ON A FEELING - Blue Swede 47550 45 49 45 3 WE BUILT THIS CITY - Starship 30300 47 40 40 5 BRAVEHEART - Neon Jungle 54200 49 51 10 7 BEST DAY OF OUR LIVES - American Authors 157050 50 46 7 15 HAPPY - Pharrell Williams 353000 51 28 12 9 XO - Beyonce 213050 55 69 55 2 TSUNAMI - Dvbbs and Bourgeous featuring Tinie Tempah 17000 56 56 1 30 EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD - Tears For Fears 844150 60 60 60 4 SHOT ME DOWN - David Guetta featuring Skylar Grey 32100 still think this is quite pointless especially as the highly more inferior Audio Bullys version is still available 62 NEW 62 1 HIDEAWAY - Kiesza 7400 63 52 7 11 WON'T BE BROKEN - Keane 318500 65 72 65 2 RED LIGHTS - Tiesto 12600 66 57 6 11 IF I LOSE MYSELF - OneRepublic vs Alesso 250200 68 63 1 29 ANIMALS - Martin Garrix 935200 70 70 70 2 MY LOVE - Route 94 featuring Jess Glynne 12000 74 73 1 48 PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr 652850 Fantastic chart as always :D
March 17, 201411 yr Love stuck in the middle :D bit odd to see it no.1 in 2014 though :lol: I sung it at a college gig a few years back. It's a really fun song. Nice climbers into your top 10 for The Pretty Reckless. Still can't believe the lead singer is that sweet innocent little girl in The Grinch :o :lol: talk about transformation! Great debut for Molly. I'm biding my time with the song as Eurovision is still 7/8 weeks away :P Good stuff.
March 17, 201411 yr Author Hi John, frm your top 50 this week as I'm in a hurry :lol: 2 7 2 7 INTO THE BLUE - Kylie Minogue 335000 4 9 4 4 SAY SOMETHING - A Great Big World featuring Christina Aguilera 132500 5 5 5 4 ISN'T IT STRANGE - Parralox 151300 10 NEW 10 1 CHILDREN OF THE UNIVERSE - Molly Smitten-Downes 42000 12 6 3 5 ONCE UPON A DREAM - Lana Del Ray 225000 13 15 13 7 READY FOR YOUR LOVE - Gorgon City featuring MNEK 158300 14 20 14 7 CAN'T RELY ON YOU - Paloma Faith featuring Pharrell Williams 141300 19 23 19 2 MAGIC - Coldplay 40250 22 17 17 7 RATHER BE - Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne 128400 24 29 24 3 IN YOUR BED - Ariana & The Rose 49200 26 33 26 2 DESTROY EVERYTHING YOU TOUCH - Ladytron 36200 30 19 19 4 STATION - Lapsley 66000 33 39 33 4 F FOR YOU - Disclosure featuring Mary J. Blige 55250 37 NEW 37 1 KISS ME ONCE - Kylie Minogue 17300 41 36 1 16 UNDER CONTROL - Calvin Harris and Alesso featuring Hurts 1056600 43 43 36 9 LET GO FOR TONIGHT - Foxes 107000 45 49 45 3 WE BUILT THIS CITY - Starship 30300 46 37 3 9 LONG BLACK ROAD - ELO 414800 49 51 10 7 BEST DAY OF OUR LIVES - American Authors 157050 50 46 7 15 HAPPY - Pharrell Williams 353000 Cheers Mart!n! know what you mean, I'm always in a rush, no worries :lol: cheers john
March 17, 201411 yr Author Hey John :) Kylie climbing to #2 :o Drunk in love climbing also. yay! It's rather good :wub: OUCH at that fall for XO though :( You get bored of it? Thanks James, Not bored with XO at all, no, I just didn't get to hear it last week (it's on a cd Ive not been playing for a few days and I only get time to hear them when I'm in the car) so it got leapfrogged by fresher ones I played a few times (including Drunk In Love). It's all cut-throat for chart positions in my chart! :lol: cheers! john
March 17, 201411 yr Author Hi John, my faves: 1 NEW 1 1 STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU - Stealers Wheel 170000 2 7 2 7 INTO THE BLUE - Kylie Minogue 335000 4 9 4 4 SAY SOMETHING - A Great Big World featuring Christina Aguilera 132500 5 5 5 4 ISN'T IT STRANGE - Parralox 151300 6 2 1 5 UE O MUITE ARUKO (SUKIYAKI) - Kyu Sakamoto 443000 12 6 3 5 ONCE UPON A DREAM - Lana Del Ray 225000 13 15 13 7 READY FOR YOUR LOVE - Gorgon City featuring MNEK 158300 14 20 14 7 CAN'T RELY ON YOU - Paloma Faith featuring Pharrell Williams 141300 15 10 10 6 KINGS - The Pierces 160500 16 8 1 8 DERNIERE DANSE - Indila 646400 17 27 17 4 INVISIBLE - U2 59300 19 23 19 2 MAGIC - Coldplay 40250 20 30 20 5 WE GOT MUSIC - Dario G and Dame Shirley Bassey 57200 21 11 4 6 DARK HORSE - Katy Perry featuring Juicy J 189750 22 17 17 7 RATHER BE - Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne 128400 25 25 25 13 RED LIGHT SPELLS DANGER - Billy Ocean 192700 26 33 26 2 DESTROY EVERYTHING YOU TOUCH - Ladytron 36200 :yahoo: adore this! any reason for its appearance? 28 21 1 11 I WALK ALONE - Cher 961300 29 48 29 4 CHANGES - Faul and Wad Ad versus Pnau 53500 31 18 18 4 WHERE WE BELONG - Fedde Le Grand and Di-Rect 79600 32 22 7 8 IF U GOT IT - Chris Malinchak (featuring Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations) 251000 33 39 33 4 F FOR YOU - Disclosure featuring Mary J. Blige 55250 35 35 23 5 BELIEVE IN ME - The Pierces 92750 38 NEW 38 1 THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE - Roberta Flack 17200 39 44 39 3 AIR BALLOON - Lily Allen 40750 41 36 1 16 UNDER CONTROL - Calvin Harris and Alesso featuring Hurts 1056600 42 24 10 4 REBEL REBEL - David Bowie 79950 43 43 36 9 LET GO FOR TONIGHT - Foxes 107000 44 38 38 3 HOOKED ON A FEELING - Blue Swede 47550 45 49 45 3 WE BUILT THIS CITY - Starship 30300 47 40 40 5 BRAVEHEART - Neon Jungle 54200 49 51 10 7 BEST DAY OF OUR LIVES - American Authors 157050 50 46 7 15 HAPPY - Pharrell Williams 353000 51 28 12 9 XO - Beyonce 213050 55 69 55 2 TSUNAMI - Dvbbs and Bourgeous featuring Tinie Tempah 17000 56 56 1 30 EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD - Tears For Fears 844150 60 60 60 4 SHOT ME DOWN - David Guetta featuring Skylar Grey 32100 still think this is quite pointless especially as the highly more inferior Audio Bullys version is still available 62 NEW 62 1 HIDEAWAY - Kiesza 7400 63 52 7 11 WON'T BE BROKEN - Keane 318500 65 72 65 2 RED LIGHTS - Tiesto 12600 66 57 6 11 IF I LOSE MYSELF - OneRepublic vs Alesso 250200 68 63 1 29 ANIMALS - Martin Garrix 935200 70 70 70 2 MY LOVE - Route 94 featuring Jess Glynne 12000 74 73 1 48 PHOTOGRAPH - Ringo Starr 652850 Fantastic chart as always :D Thanks AH, B-) Ladytron is one I missed at the time and one of our fellow buzzjackers put it on the Retro Chain Challenge thread, where I took an instant shine to it and downloaded it. I agree the Shot Me Down is an unremarkable cover of a cover of a cover, though I am fond of the original song and the audio bullys and nancy's version. If it wasn't David Guetta's name on the label I doubt it would have been a hit, or even played, the least good thing he's done in years... cheers! john
March 17, 201411 yr Author Love stuck in the middle :D bit odd to see it no.1 in 2014 though :lol: I sung it at a college gig a few years back. It's a really fun song. Nice climbers into your top 10 for The Pretty Reckless. Still can't believe the lead singer is that sweet innocent little girl in The Grinch :o :lol: talk about transformation! Great debut for Molly. I'm biding my time with the song as Eurovision is still 7/8 weeks away :P Good stuff. Thanks Rob, I had no idea The Grinch girl was Pretty Reckless! Woh, career change there then :lol: I reckon if I was ever forced to do public karaoke I'd opt for Stuck In The Middle, as I could do it Bob Dylan style and all those right notes (but not necessarily in the right order) wouldn't matter so much B-) cheers! john
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