16th April 2017

 

Gorillaz grab a second chart-topper over a decade on from the last one, Dare - that time it was Shaun Ryder giving a helping hand, this time it's old rival Noel Gallagher and Jehnny Beth on support. Noel has had 4 chart-toppers with Oasis, and another on support for the Chemical Brothers. Highest new entry in at 2, and a record and act I'd never heard of 24 hours ago, is Bird - if you like Sugababes circa Round Round thumping dance then this may be one for you - and a new female act debut single.

 

Vitalic 80's-influenced dance fabbie goes top 10, and London Grammar's best record to date gives them a first top 10 track, while Weezer hit 9, and a 4th top 10, 9 years since they last charted and 21 years since they first did it. In at 19 it's a new duo. I say new - it's Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie with a brand new tuneful Mac-ish track. By rights it should be the new Fleetwood Mac single lead for a new Fleetwood Mac album featuring the classic Rumours line-up for the first time in nearly 30 years as Christine returns to the fold. Sadly, Stevie Nicks seems to have decided it's not really a combined group effort (presumably as she has no songs or contribution) so we have instead an elderly duo debut. Lindsey, Stevie's ex, first charted with Mac back in 1976 and as a duo with Stevie (Buckingham Nicks), while Christine was lead vocalist with Chicken Shack who hit with I'd Rather Go Blind in 1969 - so a whopping 48 year span of chart success with new material after a gap of 20 years. Christine is the ex-wife of John McVie, of Fleetwood Mac. Any mention of Mac leads to a massive list of soap opera references...!

 

Future Islands oldie is knocked off the top of my chart, but the newie (Cave) enters the 40, and JK aka Jamiroquai gets a second one this year, he must be on Cloud 9. Ditto Clean Bandit, and Nancy Sinatra with another oldie. Following a fabulous concert at the Royal Albert Hall with Johnny Marr and the London Symphony Orchestra, chock-fulla lush strings, Pet Shop Boys pop back with the 2 most-effective tracks, It's Alright in it's original single form (very different from the album version) from 1989, and Left To My Own Devices, the epic orchestral delight that kicked off the evening, here in a new Super-Tour version due out any day now.

 

 

1 2 1 4 WE GOT THE POWER Gorillaz featuring Jehnny Beth 455000

2 NEW 2 1 CRAZY (ASH HOWES RADIO EDIT) Bird 115000

3 1 1 5 SEASONS (WAITING ON YOU) Future Islands 480000

4 6 4 4 CHARIOTS Paper Route 212000

5 5 5 4 LOST ON YOU LP 205000

6 3 1 5 ALONE AGAIN OR Love 595000

7 13 7 4 WAITING FOR THE STARS Vitalic featuring David Shaw and The Beat 116200

8 12 8 4 TRUTH IS A BEAUTIFUL THING London Grammar 111400

9 20 9 2 FEELS LIKE SUMMER Weezer 65000

10 4 4 4 CAN I SIT NEXT TO YOU Spoon 232000

 

11 9 9 5 YOU WANT IT DARKER (PAUL KALKBRENNER REMIX) Leonard Cohen 153200

12 7 1 10 CHAINED TO THE RHYTHM Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley 1184250

13 8 3 9 TOI ET MOI Paradis 535000

14 19 14 5 WATERFALL Stargate featuring P!nk and Sia 97450

15 15 15 4 NEW DAY Take That 99400

16 11 9 7 GENTLE ON MY MIND Alison Krauss 190200

17 10 10 5 UNDER YOUR SKIN SeeB and R. City 146000

18 21 18 4 BECAUSE The Beatles 65150

19 NEW 19 1 IN MY WORLD Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 21000

20 14 2 10 BETTER MAN Little Big Town 571200

 

21 25 21 4 ON MY MIND Disciples 73700

22 16 16 8 LOVE Lana Del Ray 153600

23 17 4 10 ANOTHER CHANCE Above And Beyond presenting Oceanlab 321250

24 18 10 9 GIANTS Take That 204550

25 28 25 3 SOLO DANCE Martin Jensen 47650

26 33 26 5 HOME Schwarz 69700

27 27 27 3 HIPPOPOTAMUS Sparks 54800

28 34 28 4 SCARED OF THE DARK Steps 54400

29 24 6 11 FIRE IN MY SOUL Walk Off The Earth 327700

30 26 26 7 LOSING YOU Alison Krauss 117300

 

31 23 11 10 CLOUDBUSTING Just Us 227050

32 22 5 13 BEAUTIFUL CRIME Tamer 543550

33 30 20 7 LET’S WORK IT OUT Texas 115500

34 29 29 6 NO MORE SAD SONGS Little Mix featuring Machine Gun Kelly 106800

35 36 35 6 BEST BEHAVIOUR Louisa Johnson 93850

36 31 12 9 HARD AS DIAMONDS NUSSY 204100

37 67 37 2 CAVE Future Islands 23900

38 49 38 5 CLOUD 9 Jamiroquai 65050

39 59 39 3 SYMPHONY Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson 34600

40 42 40 6 WHEN I LOOK IN YOUR EYES Nancy Sinatra 83000

 

41 39 1 12 LOVE LIKE WE USED TO Captain Cuts featuring Nateur 780750

42 35 2 13 BE THE ONE Dua Lipa 660250

43 32 5 11 THE LAST OF THE SECRET AGENTS Nancy Sinatra 319000

44 43 10 9 KALEIDOSCOPE Fenech-Soler 180800

45 68 45 2 LET ME OUT Gorillaz featuring Mavis Staples & Pusha T 19400

46 54 46 5 iT Christine And The Queens 46150

47 53 47 4 LONG COOL WOMAN (IN A BLACK DRESS) The Hollies 39550

48 63 48 2 BHANGRA PAUNDI PBN featuring Sharky and Manpreet Toor 19600

49 40 5 8 SOMETHING JUST LIKE THIS The Chainsmokers and Coldplay 223350

50 50 40 5 GREEN LIGHT Lorde 49100

 

51 47 1 16 A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 1313150

52 51 1 23 WHEN YOU KNOW Robbie Williams 2076250

53 52 1 25 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU Abba 987350

54 37 28 9 GIVE ME A BREAK STOP NOW REOL 130400

55 41 26 5 THINKING OF YOU Sister Sledge 79600

56 38 38 5 YOU’RE A f***ING JOKE Bec Sandridge 66200

57 46 8 13 MOVING ON AND GETTING OVER John Mayer 308400

58 64 58 3 RUN THROUGH THE JUNGLE Creedence Clearwater Revival 23700

59 NEW 59 1 THUMBS Sabrina Carpenter 10100

60 44 37 7 SAVING LIGHT Gareth Emery & Standerwick featuring HALIENE 96950

 

61 71 61 2 I DON’T KNOW WHAT CAME OVER ME Mike + The Mechanics 13300

62 62 62 3 BARTENDER James Blunt 20600

63 NEW 63 1 IT’S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys 7200

64 58 2 21 SECRETS The Weeknd featuring Tears For Fears 992000

65 65 65 3 CIAO ADIOS Anne-Marie 21000

66 66 66 6 SAY HELLO WAVE GOODBYE Soft Cell 37200

67 45 16 7 ONLY YOU Jack Savoretti 111550

68 70 68 3 HARVEST MOON Neil Young 18400

69 NEW 69 1 NAKED Christopher 6200

70 57 57 4 A NIGHT AND A DAY Pepe Deluxe 31900

 

71 NEW 71 1 AWOO Sofi Tukker featuring Betta Lemme 5800

72 75 72 3 NO PARTICULAR PLACE TO GO Chuck Berry 15600

73 NEW 73 1 FALCON EYE Off Bloom 5200

74 48 35 5 TURBO KILLER Carpenter Brut 59300

75 NEW 75 1 LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES (SUPER VERSION) Pet Shop Boys 5000

 

DROP OUTS

55 17 4 MAJOR TOM (VOLLIG LOSGELOST) Peter Schilling 66000

56 8 10 BLACK TEARS Imelda May featuring Jeff Beck 241850

60 60 4 HYPNOTISED Coldplay 30400

61 17 7 LOVE ON Dave Ramone featuring Minelli 115650

69 8 11 MOVE Saint Motel 250100

72 72 2 DEAR ADELAIDE Breanne Duren 11200

73 51 4 THAT’S WHAT I LIKE Bruno Mars 34350

74 4 25 CLOSER The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey 701600

Hi John

 

Gorillaz are back with a great song. Also like the Claptone remix version of it.

I didn't find Bird's song on YouTube.

The Weezer song has a good atmosphere and the voice of the singer fits very well with the song.

Waterfall still climbing. Do you prefer P!nk or Sia in this song? Shame they're not in the music video.

Symphony top 40 here. :cheer:

 

Good chart!

 

 

Hi Jason, thanks for the comments, I think I prefer P!nk to Sia. Or Sia to P!nk. Not sure! :lol:

 

This is the link to the Bird remix I like best:

 

https://soundcloud.com/birdofficial