Posted January 15, 20178 yr 15th January 2017 3 weeks on top (7 in total) for A Different Corner, as the late much-missed George Michael also has many other tracks shooting up my charts, notably the sombre and powerful Praying For Time, up to 3 after topping my chart in 1990. George was very much a man with a social conscience, and a way with words and melody, on top of his flawless vocals. That would also apply to Hand To Mouth, a 1987 album track easily good enough to be a single, and up to 28 at long last becoming the top 40 "hit" it always should have been (I disallowed album tracks from 1976 onwards until the 21st century - a foolish decision! - so I have spent opportunities since giving lost great album tracks a second chance, and sadly George's death at least allows great tracks like the groovy Soul Free and the very minor hit Cowboys And Angels (gorgeous for every laid-back and moody 9 minutes or so) to get proper chart positions. It's a new peak for Noah Cyrus and Labrinth at 4, a big climb for Lukas Graham, and an instant top 40 new entry shock comeback from Right Said Fred - in the list of most-unlikely returns to impress me, the lads would have figured quite highly on my list! Putting aside the awful novelty big hits they had (bar I'm Too Sexy which was quite clever), they had some very decent pop dance tracks, a couple of them making my top 10. Happily Sweet Treats is in that vein, and gives them a run of new hits over 25 years. As does Testify at 47 for guest vocalist Crystal Waters, Hifi Sean doing the twiddly bits. At 58, another of those multi-artist tracks featuring X Ambassadors, and Elle King, and Wiz Khalifa, all having made my top 10 previously, but not the lead act - hello to Alex Da Kid. The video is excellent. That leaves 2 re-entries for the sadly late Peter Sarstedt, both from 1969, both I loved as an 11-year-old and I learnt all the lyrics to Where Do You Go To - I used to cut them out of a magazine mum bought (I think it was called Weekend, and they published one pop song a week - the first one I discovered was Autumn Almanac by The Kinks in 1967!). I saw Peter and his two solo hit-making brothers in concert together (Eden Kane and Robin Sarstedt) back in the 90's and good they were too. 1 1 1 3 A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 510000 2 2 1 10 WHEN YOU KNOW Robbie Williams 1535000 3 12 3 3 PRAYING FOR TIME George Michael 138000 4 10 4 8 MAKE ME (CRY) Noah Cyrus featuring Labrinth 356750 5 5 2 8 SECRETS The Weeknd featuring Tears For Fears 720000 6 3 3 11 ROCKABYE Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul & Anne-Marie 458450 7 4 4 5 WE STAY TOGETHER Kaiser Chiefs featuring Sarah Thomson 244000 8 6 4 13 CLOSER The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey 480350 9 7 7 4 LEVITATE Imagine Dragons 144000 10 11 3 8 I FEEL IT COMING The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk 388400 11 52 11 2 SOUL FREE George Michael 48500 12 17 12 2 SHAPE OF YOU Ed Sheeran 58000 13 15 13 6 WANTED MORE Betsy 105900 14 18 14 4 GOOD MORNING Grouplove 85800 15 13 3 9 REDBONE Childish Gambino 428400 16 9 9 5 STAR CROSSED LOVERS Barry Gibb 116900 17 25 17 2 COWBOYS AND ANGELS George Michael 41750 18 19 18 3 IN THE ARMY NOW Status Quo 60600 19 14 8 7 NEVER GIVE UP Sia 271000 20 23 20 7 IT’S HAPPENING AGAIN Agnes Obel 111700 21 8 8 3 FASTLOVE George Michael 102750 22 24 22 5 SHED A LIGHT Robin Schulz & David Guetta featuring Cheat Codes 70500 23 51 23 2 YOU’RE NOT THERE Lukas Graham 31000 24 22 1 18 HURTS Emeli Sande 1213000 25 16 10 10 MAGNETISED Garbage 208850 26 21 2 18 GO! M83 featuring Mai Lan 890250 27 27 27 2 SILHOUETTE Tom Odell 36800 28 71 28 2 HAND TO MOUTH George Michael 24100 29 29 29 4 OOPS Little Mix featuring Charlie Puth 56150 30 33 30 7 AFTER THE AFTERPARTY Charlie XCX featuring Lil Yachty 65300 31 31 18 7 ON WHAT YOU’RE ON Busted 118300 32 34 29 7 ALONE Alan Walker 96600 33 20 20 11 1000 NIGHTS Frenship 166900 34 36 34 3 RAIN Status Quo 46750 35 26 5 10 BRUCE LEE Robbie Williams 388000 36 NEW 36 1 SWEET TREATS Right Said Fred 17400 37 49 37 3 JESUS TO A CHILD George Michael 40000 38 72 38 2 CALL ON ME (RYAN RIBACK REMIX) Starley 22800 39 42 39 10 FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN Leonard Cohen 100900 40 61 40 7 SO GOOD Louisa Johnson 65800 IC-bSbXZBcU 41 32 14 12 BREATHING UNDERWATER Emeli Sande 213450 42 41 1 12 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU Abba 827850 43 28 10 10 ONE DAY I’LL FLY AWAY Vaults 207300 44 37 6 15 STARBOY The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk 366600 45 35 10 10 ONLY HEAVEN Coldcut featuring Roots Manuva 221600 46 50 46 3 FAITH George Michael 32250 47 NEW 47 1 TESTIFY Hifi Sean featuring Crystal Waters 12500 48 38 9 16 HUMAN Rag’n’Bone Man 309900 49 55 49 3 PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN Status Quo 29500 50 47 1 20 FIRST TIME HE KISSED A BOY Kadie Elder 1117450 51 39 17 10 SEXUAL NEIKED featuring Dyo 157700 52 46 33 10 DAMN Red Rosamond 121850 53 48 1 17 HOUSE OF CARDS Red Sky July 1030050 54 54 54 5 I DON’T WANNA LIVE FOREVER ZAYN and Taylor Swift 39000 55 45 32 7 STARVING Hailey Steinfeld featuring Zedd and Grey 79400 56 30 24 5 A CHRISTMAS WE DESERVE ABC 76100 57 63 57 3 WHATEVER YOU WANT Status Quo 23600 58 NEW 58 1 NOT EASY Alex Da Kid featuring X Ambassadors, Elle King & Wiz Khalifa) 10200 59 44 20 8 EVERYBODY’S FREE (TO FEEL GOOD) Kylie Minogue 128050 60 62 60 2 FIGHTING FOR LOVE Dami Im 17400 61 43 20 12 RUN TO HIM Bobby Vee 173900 62 59 4 17 CAN’T LET GO, JUNO Kishi Bashi 463500 63 NEW 63 1 TALKING TO YOU Izzy Bizu 7200 64 68 64 10 OH, PRETTY WOMAN Roy Orbison 47400 65 67 53 5 SEPTEMBER SONG JP Cooper 38750 66 66 66 3 I’M YOUR MAN Wham! 20400 67 56 27 10 CLOSER TO LIFE Atella x Froder 128600 68 NEW 68 1 WHERE DO YOU GO TO (MY LOVELY) Peter Sarstedt 6400 69 69 69 8 SHOUT OUT TO MY EX Little Mix 32600 70 75 70 2 HELL IN PARADISE (DAVE AUDE EXTENDED MIX) Yoko Ono 11000 71 53 19 10 FIND ME Sigma featuring Birdy 165950 72 NEW 72 1 FROZEN ORANGE JUICE Peter Sarstedt 5600 73 73 1 40 WICHITA LINEMAN Glen Campbell 742200 74 65 38 7 I FEEL SO BAD Kungs featuring Ephemerals 76050 75 NEW 75 1 STEPPIN’ OUT Joe Jackson 5000 DROP OUTS 40 2 5 I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS Greg Lake 311250 57 57 2 CARELESS WHISPER George Michael 20800 58 58 2 FATHER FIGURE George Michael 15600 60 60 4 LOVE MY LIFE Robbie Williams 23700 64 59 6 WEIGHT IN GOLD Gallant 45700 70 70 1 TILTED Christine And The Queens 6000 74 7 8 WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE Adele 192600
January 16, 20178 yr Hi John My faves from the top 40: 1 1 1 3 A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 510000 2 2 1 10 WHEN YOU KNOW Robbie Williams 1535000 3 12 3 3 PRAYING FOR TIME George Michael 138000 4 10 4 8 MAKE ME (CRY) Noah Cyrus featuring Labrinth 356750 Oh! You really love this song. :cheer: 6 3 3 11 ROCKABYE Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul & Anne-Marie 458450 7 4 4 5 WE STAY TOGETHER Kaiser Chiefs featuring Sarah Thomson 244000 8 6 4 13 CLOSER The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey 480350 9 7 7 4 LEVITATE Imagine Dragons 144000 10 11 3 8 I FEEL IT COMING The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk 388400 11 52 11 2 SOUL FREE George Michael 48500 12 17 12 2 SHAPE OF YOU Ed Sheeran 58000 I like it but I prefer Castle on The Hill. 15 13 3 9 REDBONE Childish Gambino 428400 17 25 17 2 COWBOYS AND ANGELS George Michael 41750 20 23 20 7 IT’S HAPPENING AGAIN Agnes Obel 111700 21 8 8 3 FASTLOVE George Michael 102750 22 24 22 5 SHED A LIGHT Robin Schulz & David Guetta featuring Cheat Codes 70500 My former number 1, I'd love to listn to this song in the club. :wub: 23 51 23 2 YOU’RE NOT THERE Lukas Graham 31000 This is not as good as 7 Years, but I like it. 24 22 1 18 HURTS Emeli Sande 1213000 25 16 10 10 MAGNETISED Garbage 208850 26 21 2 18 GO! M83 featuring Mai Lan 890250 27 27 27 2 SILHOUETTE Tom Odell 36800 28 71 28 2 HAND TO MOUTH George Michael 24100 29 29 29 4 OOPS Little Mix featuring Charlie Puth 56150 30 33 30 7 AFTER THE AFTERPARTY Charlie XCX featuring Lil Yachty 65300 31 31 18 7 ON WHAT YOU’RE ON Busted 118300 32 34 29 7 ALONE Alan Walker 96600 36 NEW 36 1 SWEET TREATS Right Said Fred 17400 Is this a new song? It's not on You Tube. :o I love the classic I'm Too Sexy of course. :lol: 37 49 37 3 JESUS TO A CHILD George Michael 40000 38 72 38 2 CALL ON ME (RYAN RIBACK REMIX) Starley 22800 So happy this is a big hit. :w00t: 40 61 40 7 SO GOOD Louisa Johnson 65800 Good chart as always
January 16, 20178 yr Hey John! Here's to another year of us sharing the same BJSC tastes :P Good to see Closer and Robbie here.
January 16, 20178 yr Hiya! 5 5 2 8 SECRETS The Weeknd featuring Tears For Fears 720000 6 3 3 11 ROCKABYE Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul & Anne-Marie 458450 Ready for the next single thanks! 8 6 4 13 CLOSER The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey 480350 9 7 7 4 LEVITATE Imagine Dragons 144000 10 11 3 8 I FEEL IT COMING The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk 388400 :wub: I'm still preferring this to Starboy so I hope it can eventually properly smash at some point officially! 12 17 12 2 SHAPE OF YOU Ed Sheeran 58000 14 18 14 4 GOOD MORNING Grouplove 85800 19 14 8 7 NEVER GIVE UP Sia 271000 20 23 20 7 IT’S HAPPENING AGAIN Agnes Obel 111700 Another lovely track tbh! 22 24 22 5 SHED A LIGHT Robin Schulz & David Guetta featuring Cheat Codes 70500 24 22 1 18 HURTS Emeli Sande 1213000 25 16 10 10 MAGNETISED Garbage 208850 26 21 2 18 GO! M83 featuring Mai Lan 890250 30 33 30 7 AFTER THE AFTERPARTY Charlie XCX featuring Lil Yachty 65300 32 34 29 7 ALONE Alan Walker 96600 33 20 20 11 1000 NIGHTS Frenship 166900 38 72 38 2 CALL ON ME (RYAN RIBACK REMIX) Starley 22800 39 42 39 10 FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN Leonard Cohen 100900 brill chart!
January 22, 20178 yr Author Hi John My faves from the top 40: 1 1 1 3 A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 510000 2 2 1 10 WHEN YOU KNOW Robbie Williams 1535000 3 12 3 3 PRAYING FOR TIME George Michael 138000 4 10 4 8 MAKE ME (CRY) Noah Cyrus featuring Labrinth 356750 Oh! You really love this song. :cheer: 6 3 3 11 ROCKABYE Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul & Anne-Marie 458450 7 4 4 5 WE STAY TOGETHER Kaiser Chiefs featuring Sarah Thomson 244000 8 6 4 13 CLOSER The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey 480350 9 7 7 4 LEVITATE Imagine Dragons 144000 10 11 3 8 I FEEL IT COMING The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk 388400 11 52 11 2 SOUL FREE George Michael 48500 12 17 12 2 SHAPE OF YOU Ed Sheeran 58000 I like it but I prefer Castle on The Hill. 15 13 3 9 REDBONE Childish Gambino 428400 17 25 17 2 COWBOYS AND ANGELS George Michael 41750 20 23 20 7 IT’S HAPPENING AGAIN Agnes Obel 111700 21 8 8 3 FASTLOVE George Michael 102750 22 24 22 5 SHED A LIGHT Robin Schulz & David Guetta featuring Cheat Codes 70500 My former number 1, I'd love to listn to this song in the club. :wub: 23 51 23 2 YOU’RE NOT THERE Lukas Graham 31000 This is not as good as 7 Years, but I like it. 24 22 1 18 HURTS Emeli Sande 1213000 25 16 10 10 MAGNETISED Garbage 208850 26 21 2 18 GO! M83 featuring Mai Lan 890250 27 27 27 2 SILHOUETTE Tom Odell 36800 28 71 28 2 HAND TO MOUTH George Michael 24100 29 29 29 4 OOPS Little Mix featuring Charlie Puth 56150 30 33 30 7 AFTER THE AFTERPARTY Charlie XCX featuring Lil Yachty 65300 31 31 18 7 ON WHAT YOU’RE ON Busted 118300 32 34 29 7 ALONE Alan Walker 96600 36 NEW 36 1 SWEET TREATS Right Said Fred 17400 Is this a new song? It's not on You Tube. :o I love the classic I'm Too Sexy of course. :lol: 37 49 37 3 JESUS TO A CHILD George Michael 40000 38 72 38 2 CALL ON ME (RYAN RIBACK REMIX) Starley 22800 So happy this is a big hit. :w00t: 40 61 40 7 SO GOOD Louisa Johnson 65800 Good chart as always Hi Jason, thanks fr the long list! Noah Cyrus is a great song, shame it's not a hit in the UK :( I'd also love to hear Shed A Tear in a club, bet it sounds great - dont get the chance these days :( Right Said Fred is a barnd new song from a new album, and it's pretty good, surprsingly! :yahoo: Starley is good, the intro reminds me of that fab Eurovision track from the gal with the blue hair, Poli Genova B-) Cheers! john
January 22, 20178 yr Author Hey John! Here's to another year of us sharing the same BJSC tastes :P Good to see Closer and Robbie here. Hey mdh, fingers crossed! :lol: cheers! john
January 22, 20178 yr Author Hiya! 5 5 2 8 SECRETS The Weeknd featuring Tears For Fears 720000 6 3 3 11 ROCKABYE Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul & Anne-Marie 458450 Ready for the next single thanks! 8 6 4 13 CLOSER The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey 480350 9 7 7 4 LEVITATE Imagine Dragons 144000 10 11 3 8 I FEEL IT COMING The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk 388400 :wub: I'm still preferring this to Starboy so I hope it can eventually properly smash at some point officially! 12 17 12 2 SHAPE OF YOU Ed Sheeran 58000 14 18 14 4 GOOD MORNING Grouplove 85800 19 14 8 7 NEVER GIVE UP Sia 271000 20 23 20 7 IT’S HAPPENING AGAIN Agnes Obel 111700 Another lovely track tbh! 22 24 22 5 SHED A LIGHT Robin Schulz & David Guetta featuring Cheat Codes 70500 24 22 1 18 HURTS Emeli Sande 1213000 25 16 10 10 MAGNETISED Garbage 208850 26 21 2 18 GO! M83 featuring Mai Lan 890250 30 33 30 7 AFTER THE AFTERPARTY Charlie XCX featuring Lil Yachty 65300 32 34 29 7 ALONE Alan Walker 96600 33 20 20 11 1000 NIGHTS Frenship 166900 38 72 38 2 CALL ON ME (RYAN RIBACK REMIX) Starley 22800 39 42 39 10 FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTAN Leonard Cohen 100900 brill chart! Hey James, thanks for the list, loving Grouplove, it better qualify! It would be nice if Agnes got some airplay! B-) cheers! john
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