Dr Blind Chart: 6 Years ago (25 May 2008)

Dr Blind Retro Chart - 6 years ago: 25 May 2008

Santogold before she became Santigold, and 6 years ago this week she was spending a fifth week at the top of my chart with "L.E.S. Artistes" - her debut single release which peaked at #27 on the UK singles chart a week earlier (and subsequently plummeted to 53 on 25th May 2008). The Top 10 was pretty commercial at the time with official Top 10 hits by Pendulum ("Propane Nightmares" #9 on the UK chart) and with Coldplay's "Violet Hill" (an instant Top 10 on the UK singles chart when it debuted and peaked at No. 8 in May 2008) becoming the years fastest instant hit on my chart with a debut position of No. 24. The track was peaking this week at 5 and became one of 3 Top 5 hits from Viva La Vida, with the title track peaking at No. 5 a few months later and "Life In Technicolor II" reaching as high as No. 3 in early 2009.

Vampire Weekend were the weeks longest chart stayers with debut hit "A-Punk" racking up an eighteenth week after peaking at No. 1 in March. Follow-up "Oxford Comma" would become their first UK Top 40 hit (peaking at 38 on 1 June 2008) and was up to 8 this week, and would eventually peak at No. 3 on my chart.

Dev Hynes was at #9 with his 2nd alias Lightspeed Champion, eventually securing a Top 10 hit from three different groups he has played with - the first Test Icicles ("Circle Square Triangle") in 2005 and later Blood Orange ("Chamakay" and "You're Not Good Enough" both in 2013). He would have to wait another four years to score his first number 1 single.

On its way to becoming #1 in June, Elbow's "One Day Like This" was the weeks biggest climber (up 50-29) and gave the group their 2nd chart topper of 2008 after "Grounds For Divorce" spent a fortnight in pole position back in March.

The biggest new entry on the chart this week was from Australian duo The Presets, who were due their biggest hit with "This Boys In Love" - Portishead were finally on their way to scoring their first T10 hit with "The Rip" after "Machine Gun" peaked at No. 20 in April and Mystery Jets and MGMT were both following-up earlier #1 hits in 2008 - namely "Young Love" (w/ Laura Marling) and "Time To Pretend" respectively.

Here is how the chart looked:

TW - LW Artist / Song / Chart Run (Wks on chart) <> = wks at #1

01 - 01 Santogold "L.E.S. Artistes" *5 weeks at #1* <5> 41-28-21-12-07-01-01-01-01-01 (10)

02 - 03 Pendulum "Propane Nightmares" 47-31-19-07-03-03-02 (07)

03 - 02 Hot Chip "One Pure Thought" 38-22-11-05-02-03 (06)

04 - 11 Young Knives "Turn Tail" 45-30-18-11-04 (05)

05 - 06 Coldplay "Violet Hill" 24-13-06-05 (04)

06 - 05 Noah and the Whale "Shape Of My Heart" 50-36-24-12-07-05-06 (07)

07 - 04 Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip "Look For The Woman" 41-30-19-09-05-02-04-07 (08)

08 - 20 Vampire Weekend "Oxford Comma" 46-32-20-08 (4 weeks)

09 - 07 Lightspeed Champion "Galaxy Of The Lost" 48-28-21-14-07-09 (6 weeks)

10 - 18 Lykke Li "I’m Good I’m Gone" 35-18-10 (3 weeks)

11 - 22 Laura Marling "Cross Your Fingers"

12 - 09 Black Kids "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You"

13 - 25 Foals "Red Socks Pugie"

14 - 16 White Lies "Unfinished Business"

15 - 10 Kylie Minogue "In My Arms"

16 - 12 The Last Shadow Puppets "The Age Of The Understatement"

17 - 23 Duffy "Warwick Avenue"

18 - 26 Guillemots "Falling Out Of Reach"

19 - 29 Taio Cruz "I Can Be"

20 - 08 Robyn "Who's That Girl" <01>

21 - 13 Radiohead "Nude"

22 - 17 Make Model "The LSB"

23 - 30 Ladytron "Ghosts"

24 - 14 The Charlatans "The Misbegotten"

25 - 32 Amy MacDonald "Poison Prince"

26 - 19 Delays "Hooray"

27 - 37 Sonny J "Handsfree (If You Hold My Hand)"

28 - 15 Crisis "Consequences"

29 - 50 Elbow "One Day Like This" *BIGGEST CLIMBER*

30 - 28 MGMT "Time To Pretend" <02>

31 - 40 The Music "Strength In Numbers"

32 - 39 Sons & Daughters "This Gift"

33 - 48 We Are Scientists "Chick Lit"

34 - 33 Elbow "Grounds For Divorce" <02>

35 - 21 Adele "Cold Shoulder"

36 - 34 Cut Copy "Lights & Music"

37 - 24 Britney Spears "Break The Ice"

38 - NE The Presets "This Boy's In Love" *Highest New Entry*

39 - 31 Mystery Jets "Young Love" <02>

40 - 44 The Ting Tings "That's Not My Name"

41 - NE Portishead "The Rip" *New Entry*

42 - 27 Animal Collective "Water Curses"

43 - 36 Blood Red Shoes "Say Something Say Anything"

44 - NE Mystery Jets "Two Doors Down" *New Entry*

45 - NE Gnarls Barkley "Going On" *New Entry*

46 - 35 The Shortwave Set "No Social"

47 - 42 The Futureheads "Radio Heart"

48 - 41 Vampire Weekend "A-Punk" <01> *LONGEST CHART STAY - 18 WEEKS*

49 - NE MGMT "Electric Feel" *New Entry*

50 - 38 Los Campesinos! "My Year In Lists"

#01s of 2008

06-01-08 Robyn "Be Mine!"

13-01-08 Robyn "Be Mine!"

20-01-08 Radiohead "Jigsaw Falling Into Place"

27-01-08 Radiohead "Jigsaw Falling Into Place"

03-02-08 Hot Chip "Ready For The Floor"

10-02-08 Goldfrapp "A&E"

17-02-08 Goldfrapp "A&E"

24-02-08 Goldfrapp "A&E"

02-03-08 Vampire Weekend "A-Punk"

09-03-08 MGMT "Time To Pretend"

16-03-08 MGMT "Time To Pretend"

23-03-08 Elbow "Grounds For Divorce"

30-03-08 Elbow "Grounds For Divorce"

06-04-08 Mystery Jets ft. Laura Marling "Young Love"

13-04-08 Mystery Jets ft. Laura Marling "Young Love"

20-04-08 Robyn "Who's That Girl"

27-04-08 Santogold "L.E.S. Artistes"

04-05-08 Santogold "L.E.S. Artistes"

11-05-08 Santogold "L.E.S. Artistes"

18-05-08 Santogold "L.E.S. Artistes"

25-05-08 Santogold "L.E.S. Artistes"