Posted January 24, 20169 yr 24th January 2016 It’s another David Bowie oldie on top, one I like to think he wrote for me (I’m John, and he’s only dancing, so that’s fine). This is the 3rd time it’s made my top 5, in 1972, in 1980 (in an alternate 1972 version) and now again. There was also that other double A side version (Again) which is the worst of all the various versions - it’s like Bowie was never quite satisfied with it, leaving off his big albums, I think bizarrely so. It’s pretty obscure as a result of that decision, but it’s much better than many of the tracks that made it on to Ziggy and Aladdin. Play loud and it all makes sense. His 12th chart-topper, and only a 44-year wait from entering my chart to do it - a new chart record. It’s a manic chart, stuffed with fabulous hot new singles, and still Hurts and Florence won’t shift, cos I love them so, still. Florence is now 2nd biggest record of the 21st century and Hurts are in the top 10. In at 4, it’s an unusual banging dance track, the producers seem to have purposely shifted it slightly off the beat, which is totally bizarre-sounding but soooo obsessive for me. Zonderling and Bishop are new to me, and this track is FAB. Alan Walker and Turin Brakes both go top 10, and the theme tune to David Bowie’s 80’s movie, Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence is back for Ryuchi Sakamoto, it’s still lovely and haunting, in at 17. Ryuchi first made my chart in 1980 with Yellow Magic Orchestra’s Invaders Theme, which I’ve been playing a lot lately too. Talking of Bowie, some drop out, some enter, some go up, such as Tis A Pity She Was A Whore, experimental industrial rock, almost, and into the 40 along with the gorgeous The Prettiest Star. New tracks, the marathon title track to Blackstar is into the 75, all jazzy, an Aladdin Sane album track, Panic In Detroit, and also a live performance of Pink Floyd’s Arnold Layne with David Gilmour, which I never charted - I must have been on holiday out of the country and missed it when it went UK top 20. David’s Pet Shop Boys Hallo Spaceboy (final part of the Major Tom referenced trilogy) stays static, but Pet Shop Boys have released a new track from a forthcoming new album and it sits amongst a bunch of Bowie tracks, I think appropriately. Inner Sanctum is pure dance, pretty much, and enters unusually low for a PSB track, for me. There are loads of tracks re-entering, or entering again as new (it’s a new year, so a new entry if they exited the chart in 2015 in my version of chart worlds) thanks to the hideously slow UK singles chart finally getting behind tracks that were in my charts last year - though some it must be said did chart in the UK Sales chart as opposed to combined streaming chart - or else Radio 1 and 2 have suddenly got behind them. So X Ambassadors, Tame Impala, Elle King, 99 Souls, Thomas Rhett are on the up again. Finally, Glenn Frey died this week, and I’ve had to chuck out Lemmy and Natalie Cole tracks to make way for solo Glenn and Eagles tracks, but I stuck with ones that were 100% Glenn that underperformed in my charts. 6VrqCBsbeuc 1 13 1 2 JOHN I’M ONLY DANCING David Bowie 202000 2 2 1 11 WINGS Hurts 1540000 3 3 1 21 QUEEN OF PEACE Florence + The Machine 2425000 4 NEW 4 1 CRAZY FOR YOU Zonderling featuring Bishop 65000 5 4 4 2 HOME WE’LL GO (TAKE MY HAND) Steve Aoki and Walk Off The Earth 125000 6 6 6 5 WISH Hurts 178250 7 5 5 4 INTO THE NIGHT Nero 175300 8 15 8 2 FADED Alan Walker 55000 9 9 9 2 CHANGES David Bowie 90000 10 17 10 2 KEEP ME AROUND (RADIO MIX) Turin Brakes 65000 A1CKiO8CbEs 11 11 4 8 HYMN FOR THE WEEKEND Coldplay featuring Beyonce 343000 12 7 7 6 ISOBEL’S DREAM Kim Wilde 201400 13 1 1 2 HEROES David Bowie 202000 14 10 6 6 CHEAP THRILLS SIA 252000 15 8 8 6 LAZARUS David Bowie 129600 16 19 16 3 REAL LOVE Chris Lee 66000 17 NEW 17 1 MERRY CHRISTMAS MR LAWRENCE Ryuchi Sakamoto 23000 18 18 18 19 GEE WHIZ (LOOK AT HIS EYES) Carla Thomas 243700 19 27 19 2 7 YEARS Lukas Graham 39400 20 23 20 4 AMAZING Foxes 62450 21 36 21 3 RENEGADES X Ambassadors 47150 22 14 7 8 DELILAH Florence + The Machine 231100 23 22 1 12 ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME Coldplay 1325750 24 25 24 2 THE OPEN ROAD Postiljonen 37750 25 NEW 25 1 SPEAKING OF MOMENTS BLEITCH 18750 26 NEW 26 1 MONODY TheFatRat featuring Laura Brehm 18500 27 21 3 14 HEAVEN Shaun Frank & KSHMR featuring Delaney 719150 28 42 28 2 KEEPING YOUR HEAD UP Birdy 32050 29 48 29 2 'TIS A PITY SHE WAS A WHORE David Bowie 57300 30 35 30 2 DON’T EVEN TRY Bryan Adams 35500 -zF2tsBJnpk 31 33 31 2 ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS David Bowie 35600 32 32 32 2 GOLDEN YEARS David Bowie 35600 33 55 13 13 LET IT HAPPEN Tame Impala 198750 34 12 12 2 LIFE ON MARS? David Bowie 52600 35 29 19 6 ALL MY FRIENDS Snakehips featuring Tinashe and Chance The Rapper 102500 36 38 36 2 THE JEAN GENIE David Bowie 34600 37 20 9 6 NEED UR LOVE Charli XCX 164700 38 41 38 2 OH! YOU PRETTY THINGS David Bowie 31200 39 NEW 39 1 THE WANDERING SONGSTRESS The Shanghai Restoration Project featuring Zhang Le 17100 40 40 40 3 A DAY IN THE LIFE The Beatles 51000 41 24 24 4 ARMY OF ME Anastacia 70400 42 26 3 10 WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE Adele 432450 43 34 6 11 ONE STEP AT A TIME Jeff Lynne’s ELO 344600 44 37 37 4 OUT OF THE WOODS Taylor Swift 50000 45 50 45 2 BOYS KEEP SWINGING David Bowie 25000 46 49 46 10 I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND The Beatles 92100 47 47 47 2 SUFRAGETTE CITY David Bowie 25000 48 NEW 48 1 YOU BELONG TO THE CITY Glenn Frey 12300 49 16 16 2 SPACE ODDITY David Bowie 37100 50 NEW 50 1 NOT LETTING GO Tinie Tempah featuring Jess Glynne 12000 j4ueaD22hg8 51 31 3 20 THE RAIN THE PARK AND OTHER THINGS The Cowsills 537450 52 90 52 2 FAST CAR Jonas Blue featuring Dakota 13500 53 53 53 2 THIS IS NOT AMERICA David Bowie with The Pat Metheny Band 22500 54 30 16 8 BANG MY HEAD David Guetta featuring SIA and Fetty Wap 119200 55 70 55 2 BAD HABITS The Last Shadow Puppets 16800 56 56 56 7 LIVERPOOL LULLABY Cilla Black 46900 57 57 57 2 HALLO SPACEBOY David Bowie with Pet Shop Boys 20800 58 28 28 2 STARMAN David Bowie 28500 59 NEW 59 1 INNER SANCTUM Pet Shop Boys 10100 60 89 60 2 I CAN’T GIVE EVERYTHING David Bowie 12200 lNLkcOqQSBM 61 39 9 10 THE GIRL IS MINE 99 Souls featuring Destiny’s Child and Brandy 234000 62 62 62 3 ACROSS THE UNIVERSE The Beatles 22200 63 43 43 4 STRESSED OUT twenty one pilots 40100 64 NEW 64 1 CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF MYSELF Santigold featuring B.C. 7100 65 68 65 5 CHRISTMAS WITHOUT A PRAYER Sparks 23800 66 NEW 66 1 BLACKSTAR David Bowie 6800 67 44 18 6 SHUT ‘EM UP The Prodigy featuring Public Enemy and Manfred Mann 81850 68 65 65 4 IN THE NIGHT The Weeknd 25600 69 NEW 69 1 BLOODSPORT '15 Raleigh Ritchie 6200 70 NEW 70 1 AIN’T TOO COOL LunchMoney Lewis 6000 71 82 71 2 SOUND AND VISION David Bowie 9400 72 45 3 10 LITTLE MAN Sonny And Cher 409100 73 73 73 2 CHINA GIRL David Bowie 10800 74 NEW 74 1 BORROWED TIME Frances 5200 75 75 75 4 BEAUTIFUL Carole King 20000 ***************************************************** 76 46 6 9 WHAT A DIFF’RENCE A DAY MADE Dinah Washington & Belford Hendrick’s Orchestra 259200 77 58 5 28 HAPPY TOGETHER The Turtles 463300 78 60 60 2 ASHES TO ASHES David Bowie 14400 79 79 79 2 THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD David Bowie 8400 80 52 22 11 DON’T GIVE UP (ON LOVE) Blinkie 110950 81 61 5 10 HOT POWERS 329300 82 59 37 5 BAZAAR (Sunburn Goa 2015 Anthem) KSHMR and Marnik 49750 83 54 29 6 WHO KNOWS Protoje featuring Chronixx 86200 84 RE 10 14 EX’S AND OH’S Elle King 221850 85 81 3 17 BLACK SOAP Ex Cops 455800 86 NEW 86 1 THRESHOLD Redlight featuring Melisa Whiskey 2800 87 RE 2 18 CRASH AND BURN Thomas Rhett 864000 88 NEW 88 1 WILD HORSES BISHOP 2400 89 63 35 6 DON’T LEAVE TKDJS featuring AYER 63900 90 51 15 9 GIVE IT ALL Foals 132350 91 64 46 4 STEVIE KNOWS Olly Murs 31750 92 NEW 92 1 LYIN’ EYES The Eagles 1800 93 NEW 93 1 ARNOLD LAYNE David Gilmour featuring David Bowie 1700 94 100 94 2 ONLY YOU Chris Lee 2600 95 99 95 2 ONE CALL AWAY Charlie Puth 2600 96 96 96 2 YOUNG AMERICANS David Bowie 2800 97 98 97 2 MAGIC DANCE David Bowie 2500 98 NEW 98 1 NEW KID IN TOWN The Eagles 1200 99 69 6 12 COMING HOME Sigma & Rita Ora 307050 100 NEW 100 1 PANIC IN DETROIT David Bowie 1000 DROP OUTS 66 26 23 MELLOW YELLOW Donovan 277800 67 17 8 SEND MY LOVE (TO YOUR NEW LOVER) Adele 137700 71 36 9 FOCUS Ariana Grande 80750 72 47 10 RIDE-O-ROCKET The Brothers Johnson 66900 74 74 1 STITCHES Shawn Mendes 5200 76 39 3 SILVER MACHINE Hawkwind 39000 77 4 14 HEY BOY Take That 371750 78 33 5 MAIN TITLE AND THE ATTACK ON THE JAKKU VILLAGE (Star Wars: The Force Awakens Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) John Williams 58700 80 10 9 FAST LANE Rationale 217400 83 15 3 ACE OF SPADES Motorhead 42900 84 32 3 UNFORGETTABLE Natalie Cole and Nat ‘King’ Cole 38800 85 48 3 I’D NEVER FIND ANOTHER YOU Billy Fury 26550 86 16 10 DREAMS Life Of Dillon 128800 87 71 3 HOLLOW Tori Kelly featuring Big Sean 14200 88 88 1 UNDER PRESSURE David Bowie and Queen 2400 91 45 7 A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS Coldplay 40700 92 3 19 I’M IN LOVE WITH MY LIFE PHASES 506750 93 93 1 FAME David Bowie 1700 94 67 4 THE SOUND OF SILENCE Disturbed 20600 95 95 1 MODERN LOVE David Bowie 1500 97 63 5 HISTORY One Direction 26200
January 25, 20169 yr Hi John 1 13 1 2 JOHN I’M ONLY DANCING David Bowie 202000 I didn't know this song to be honest. It's nice on first listen. :P 2 2 1 11 WINGS Hurts 1540000 3 3 1 21 QUEEN OF PEACE Florence + The Machine 2425000 4 NEW 4 1 CRAZY FOR YOU Zonderling featuring Bishop 65000 6 6 6 5 WISH Hurts 178250 7 5 5 4 INTO THE NIGHT Nero 175300 8 15 8 2 FADED Alan Walker 55000 Lovin' this dance track atm :wub: 9 9 9 2 CHANGES David Bowie 90000 11 11 4 8 HYMN FOR THE WEEKEND Coldplay featuring Beyonce 343000 13 1 1 2 HEROES David Bowie 202000 15 8 8 6 LAZARUS David Bowie 129600 19 27 19 2 7 YEARS Lukas Graham 39400 20 23 20 4 AMAZING Foxes 62450 21 36 21 3 RENEGADES X Ambassadors 47150 22 14 7 8 DELILAH Florence + The Machine 231100 23 22 1 12 ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME Coldplay 1325750 28 42 28 2 KEEPING YOUR HEAD UP Birdy 32050 31 33 31 2 ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS David Bowie 35600 34 12 12 2 LIFE ON MARS? David Bowie 52600 37 20 9 6 NEED UR LOVE Charli XCX 164700 Good chart! :D
January 25, 20169 yr Really liking Bloodsport and Ain't Too Cool from the lower regions of your chart. :D Also need to check out that Pet Shop Boys track as I liked Thursday back in 2013 and their old stuff - one of the best British bands in my opinion. Still loving Lukas Graham and Coldplay - the first of those needs to smash here, it's got all the potential and just needs a radio push really :D Great chart!
January 28, 20169 yr Hello ;) still a Bowie #1 :cheer: really liking the Zonderling track. very catchy! can't wait til you hear what I'm sending next month. imma win tbh.
January 29, 20169 yr Author Hi John 1 13 1 2 JOHN I’M ONLY DANCING David Bowie 202000 I didn't know this song to be honest. It's nice on first listen. :P 2 2 1 11 WINGS Hurts 1540000 3 3 1 21 QUEEN OF PEACE Florence + The Machine 2425000 4 NEW 4 1 CRAZY FOR YOU Zonderling featuring Bishop 65000 6 6 6 5 WISH Hurts 178250 7 5 5 4 INTO THE NIGHT Nero 175300 8 15 8 2 FADED Alan Walker 55000 Lovin' this dance track atm :wub: 9 9 9 2 CHANGES David Bowie 90000 11 11 4 8 HYMN FOR THE WEEKEND Coldplay featuring Beyonce 343000 13 1 1 2 HEROES David Bowie 202000 15 8 8 6 LAZARUS David Bowie 129600 19 27 19 2 7 YEARS Lukas Graham 39400 20 23 20 4 AMAZING Foxes 62450 21 36 21 3 RENEGADES X Ambassadors 47150 22 14 7 8 DELILAH Florence + The Machine 231100 23 22 1 12 ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME Coldplay 1325750 28 42 28 2 KEEPING YOUR HEAD UP Birdy 32050 31 33 31 2 ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS David Bowie 35600 34 12 12 2 LIFE ON MARS? David Bowie 52600 37 20 9 6 NEED UR LOVE Charli XCX 164700 Good chart! :D Hi jason n thanks, aww Im glad you thought John I'm Only dancing was nice! Alan Walker must chart soon, surely!? cheers! john B-)
January 29, 20169 yr Author Really liking Bloodsport and Ain't Too Cool from the lower regions of your chart. :D Also need to check out that Pet Shop Boys track as I liked Thursday back in 2013 and their old stuff - one of the best British bands in my opinion. Still loving Lukas Graham and Coldplay - the first of those needs to smash here, it's got all the potential and just needs a radio push really :D Great chart! thanks mdh, looks like you got your wish with Lukas Graham, it will make the charts next week! Too right about PSB's, the new one is a grower, the melody doesn't leap out you, but improves with repeat plays. Bloodsport could also break-through I think, prob in about 3 months judging by the state of the singles charts these days :lol: cheers! john B-)
January 29, 20169 yr Author Hello ;) still a Bowie #1 :cheer: really liking the Zonderling track. very catchy! can't wait til you hear what I'm sending next month. imma win tbh. Hey James, you are on quite the consecutive run of success in qualifying I notice! Look forward to a conquering Mulgracia again, yay! I love that Zonderling, oh my word, yes I do :wub: cheers! john B-)
February 1, 20169 yr Author Hi John, Great Bowie Chart again :P Catchy no 4 Zonderling :P Good Chart :D Thanks Sven! B-)
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