Posted May 1, 20178 yr 30th April 2017 It's Weezer on top. They took Buddy Holly to 10 in 1995, Hash Pipe to 5, and Island In The Sun to 8 in 2001, and last charted in 2008, but 22 years late they finally get a number one with fab hooky inspirational Feels Like Summer. Hurts have topped twice before, in 2013 with Calvin Harris, and in 2015 with song Wings. Band Wings topped my charts in 1972, Emeli Sande topped last year with the song Hurts, so will the band Hurts get a 3rd to bring it full circle? At the mo they are up at 2. Highest new entry is a 3rd top 20 in a few weeks for Gorillaz, a gorgeous album track called Busted and Blue. Busted and Blue are also bands, though only Blue has topped my chart (Fly By II), spoiling my theme...! This Ole House was a Shakin Stevens hit. Happily, Rick Astley hasn't covered that one, he's done a very Ragnbone Man styled track which is possibly his best record since Never Gonna Give You Up. Rick on a roll! In at 24. Drake shoots up to 34 with Passionfruit. Yes, I know, his first top 40 here for 2 or 3 years after I went right off his mega-autotuning-based recent over-rated drones. 5 years on since he hit 4 with Rihanna - Take Care. TLC are back! With Snoop filling in for the late lamented Left-Eye, and like Weezer, debuting in the mid-90's. TLC only had to wait 5 years to top my chart though (Waterfalls, 1999). Good to have 'em back, it's been a gap of 15 years! Record Store day has an influx of oldie faves this week, while Guardians Of The Galaxy adds another soundtrack oldie - and I've yet to see the film I expect to be my top film of 2017 till Star Wars (no expectations to live up to then!) - Glen Campbell's Southern Nights, originally hit my top 10 in 1977. Paul Weller is back, for a smooth 40 years of chart success since The Jam popped in, also in 1977. Amy MacDonald is also back, but she's only had a mere 10 years of chart entries. 1 7 1 4 FEELS LIKE SUMMER Weezer 285000 2 13 2 2 BEAUTIFUL ONES Hurts 147000 3 3 3 3 IN MY WORLD Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 191000 4 2 1 6 WE GOT THE POWER Gorillaz featuring Jehnny Beth 635000 5 1 1 6 CHARIOTS Paper Route 442000 6 5 5 6 WAITING FOR THE STARS Vitalic featuring David Shaw and The Beat 231200 7 4 2 3 CRAZY (ASH HOWES RADIO EDIT) Bird 230000 8 6 6 6 TRUTH IS A BEAUTIFUL THING London Grammar 214400 9 9 5 6 LOST ON YOU LP 295000 10 8 1 7 SEASONS (WAITING ON YOU) Future Islands 570000 11 10 4 6 CAN I SIT NEXT TO YOU Spoon 311000 12 12 12 2 HURRICANE Drones Club 70000 13 11 1 7 ALONE AGAIN OR Love 664000 14 18 14 6 BECAUSE The Beatles 116150 15 NEW 15 1 BUSTED AND BLUE Gorillaz 27000 16 15 1 12 CHAINED TO THE RHYTHM Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley 1236250 17 17 17 6 ON MY MIND Disciples 119700 18 19 18 3 THUMBS Sabrina Carpenter 53100 19 14 10 7 UNDER YOUR SKIN SeeB and R. City 196000 20 25 20 5 SOLO DANCE Martin Jensen 86400 21 16 9 7 YOU WANT IT DARKER (PAUL KALKBRENNER REMIX) Leonard Cohen 197950 22 20 20 4 LET ME OUT Gorillaz featuring Mavis Staples & Pusha T 58900 23 24 23 7 HOME Schwarz 107950 24 NEW 24 1 THIS OLD HOUSE Rick Astley 19000 25 30 25 5 SYMPHONY Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson 71350 26 21 3 11 TOI ET MOI Paradis 573250 27 31 27 3 NAKED Christopher 42500 28 29 28 4 BHANGRA PAUNDI PBN featuring Sharky and Manpreet Toor 56100 29 52 29 2 HIGH AND LOW Oliver Moldan 29700 30 32 30 4 CAVE Future Islands 59700 31 27 2 12 BETTER MAN Little Big Town 607500 32 39 32 6 LONG COOL WOMAN (IN A BLACK DRESS) The Hollies 74450 33 33 33 3 FALCON EYE Off Bloom 40600 34 70 34 2 PASSIONFRUIT Drake 23600 35 40 35 2 GREAT ROMANCES Texas 34500 36 26 15 6 NEW DAY Take That 135300 37 NEW 37 1 WAY BACK TLC featuring Snoop Dogg 17300 38 NEW 38 1 DOUBLE BARREL Dave & Ansel Collins 17200 39 56 39 2 LONG TIME Blondie 27700 40 22 14 7 WATERFALL Stargate featuring P!nk and Sia 133450 41 28 28 6 SCARED OF THE DARK Steps 86700 42 50 42 2 ULTRALIFE Oh Wonder 25750 43 23 9 9 GENTLE ON MY MIND Alison Krauss 222950 44 64 44 2 INDIGO Moment 20350 45 38 6 13 FIRE IN MY SOUL Walk Off The Earth 357900 46 46 46 2 SIGN OF THE TIMES Harry Styles 25500 47 73 47 2 STORY OF A HEART Steps 17900 48 47 1 14 LOVE LIKE WE USED TO Captain Cuts featuring Nateur 805550 49 55 49 3 IT’S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys 30100 50 34 34 7 iT Christine And The Queens 75750 51 36 10 11 GIANTS Take That 233700 52 37 4 12 ANOTHER CHANCE Above And Beyond presenting Oceanlab 350050 53 42 5 15 BEAUTIFUL CRIME Tamer 568550 54 53 1 27 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU Abba 1009600 55 45 5 10 SOMETHING JUST LIKE THIS The Chainsmokers and Coldplay 247150 56 48 12 11 HARD AS DIAMONDS NUSSY 227000 57 NEW 57 1 LONG LONG ROAD Paul Weller 10400 58 NEW 58 1 WE ARE BOUND Jack Savoretti 10200 59 54 1 18 A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 1334250 60 66 60 2 LUST FOR LIFE Lana Del Ray featuring The Weeknd 16800 61 35 27 5 HIPPOPOTAMUS Sparks 79800 62 63 62 2 WHAM BANG SHANG-A-LANG Silver 14600 63 59 59 4 I DON’T KNOW WHAT CAME OVER ME Mike + The Mechanics 30600 64 67 64 2 STANDING WHEN IT ALL FALLS DOWN John De Sohn featuring Roshi 13700 65 41 16 10 LOVE Lana Del Ray 174600 66 NEW 66 1 STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles 6800 67 74 67 2 THE CURE Lady Gaga 11800 68 51 10 11 KALEIDOSCOPE Fenech-Soler 198950 69 NEW 69 1 CRAVING YOU Thomas Rhett featuring Maren Morris 6200 70 NEW 70 1 MONKEY SPANNER Dave & Ansel Collins 6000 71 72 71 3 LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES (SUPER VERSION) Pet Shop Boys 16400 72 NEW 72 1 DAMN I WISH I WAS YOUR LOVER Sophie B. Hawkins 5600 73 75 73 2 FIRE Beth Ditto 10400 74 NEW 74 1 AUTOMATIC Amy MacDonald 5200 75 NEW 75 1 SOUTHERN NIGHTS Glen Campbell 5000 DROP OUTS 43 11 11 CLOUDBUSTING Just Us 240550 44 35 7 BEST BEHAVIOUR Louisa Johnson 107100 49 2 14 BE THE ONE Dua Lipa 672350 57 1 24 WHEN YOU KNOW Robbie Williams 2086650 58 58 4 RUN THROUGH THE JUNGLE Creedence Clearwater Revival 33900 60 60 4 BARTENDER James Blunt 30600 61 40 7 WHEN I LOOK IN YOUR EYES Nancy Sinatra 90500 62 26 8 LOSING YOU Alison Krauss 124700 65 38 6 CLOUD 9 Jamiroquai 72050 68 20 8 LET’S WORK IT OUT Texas 121900 69 40 6 GREEN LIGHT Lorde 55300 71 71 2 AWOO Sofi Tukker featuring Betta Lemme 11600
May 1, 20178 yr Hi John I wasn't expecting to see Weezer at number 1 here, but I really like Feels Like Summer. ^_^ Also great to see the beautiful 'Beautiful Ones' at number 2. Underrated group, they actually had some good songs in the beginning of this decade. It's a pity Lost On You has stalled at number 9. It's a fantastic song. I wish it was a big hit in the UK chart. Solo Dance now top 20. :dance: Oh! Rick Astley new at #24. :o I've heard it now, his voice is so different in this song. :o Good chart! :D
May 1, 20178 yr Good to see a new entry from the wonderful Sophie B Hawkins. Did you put it in because it was played on the radio on Peter Kay's Car Share?
May 2, 20178 yr Hi John! 1 7 1 4 FEELS LIKE SUMMER Weezer 285000 5 1 1 6 CHARIOTS Paper Route 442000 I told Noah this got to #1 on your chart, he was well pleased :D 9 9 5 6 LOST ON YOU LP 295000 12 12 12 2 HURRICANE Drones Club 70000 16 15 1 12 CHAINED TO THE RHYTHM Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley 1236250 17 17 17 6 ON MY MIND Disciples 119700 18 19 18 3 THUMBS Sabrina Carpenter 53100 20 25 20 5 SOLO DANCE Martin Jensen 86400 25 30 25 5 SYMPHONY Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson 71350 I prefer this over Rockabye, it definitely sounds more like Clean Bandit 27 31 27 3 NAKED Christopher 42500 29 52 29 2 HIGH AND LOW Oliver Moldan 29700 31 27 2 12 BETTER MAN Little Big Town 607500 33 33 33 3 FALCON EYE Off Bloom 40600 34 70 34 2 PASSIONFRUIT Drake 23600 39 56 39 2 LONG TIME Blondie 27700 Really impressed with this, I didn't realize it was new when I heard it! 42 50 42 2 ULTRALIFE Oh Wonder 25750 44 64 44 2 INDIGO Moment 20350 46 46 46 2 SIGN OF THE TIMES Harry Styles 25500 48 47 1 14 LOVE LIKE WE USED TO Captain Cuts featuring Nateur 805550 55 45 5 10 SOMETHING JUST LIKE THIS The Chainsmokers and Coldplay 247150 56 48 12 11 HARD AS DIAMONDS NUSSY 227000 65 41 16 10 LOVE Lana Del Ray 174600 Total return to form for Lana :heart: 67 74 67 2 THE CURE Lady Gaga 11800 68 51 10 11 KALEIDOSCOPE Fenech-Soler 198950 69 NEW 69 1 CRAVING YOU Thomas Rhett featuring Maren Morris 6200 72 NEW 72 1 DAMN I WISH I WAS YOUR LOVER Sophie B. Hawkins 5600 Great chart! :D
May 3, 20178 yr love the mix of old and new here as always some gems stand out: DOUBLE BARREL Dave & Ansel Collins DAMN I WISH I WAS YOUR LOVER Sophie B. Hawkins hurts are so high here! wow at weezer at #1, they last topped my chart with their cover of erasure's 'a little respect' brill chart as usual!
May 7, 20178 yr Excellent list, looking forward to the next one! Love the majority of tracks in your list. Really happy to see more and more people post not only the mainstream top 40 stuff.
May 7, 20178 yr Author Hi John I wasn't expecting to see Weezer at number 1 here, but I really like Feels Like Summer. ^_^ Also great to see the beautiful 'Beautiful Ones' at number 2. Underrated group, they actually had some good songs in the beginning of this decade. It's a pity Lost On You has stalled at number 9. It's a fantastic song. I wish it was a big hit in the UK chart. Solo Dance now top 20. :dance: Oh! Rick Astley new at #24. :o I've heard it now, his voice is so different in this song. :o Good chart! :D Hi Jason, glad you like Weezer as it's gettign a 2nd week on top :lol: Hurts were fab, and are fab, very under-appreciated in the UK. LP was on Jools Holland so she may well get a boost of sorts, even if it's just general awareness rather than an actual hit. My so-called-mate has said I no longer resemble Mary Berry (I don't!) I now look like LP (I don't!!!) - he's so mean to me just cos I say he resembles Susan Boyle! :lol: cheers! john
May 7, 20178 yr Author Good to see a new entry from the wonderful Sophie B Hawkins. Did you put it in because it was played on the radio on Peter Kay's Car Share? Ho Rollo, I didn't realise it was on Peter Kay, that explains why it made the itunes top 100 that week! I tend to allow oldies that feature in films or make the itunes charts (unless they have charted many times already). Fab record! cheers john
May 7, 20178 yr Author Hi John! 1 7 1 4 FEELS LIKE SUMMER Weezer 285000 5 1 1 6 CHARIOTS Paper Route 442000 I told Noah this got to #1 on your chart, he was well pleased :D 9 9 5 6 LOST ON YOU LP 295000 12 12 12 2 HURRICANE Drones Club 70000 16 15 1 12 CHAINED TO THE RHYTHM Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley 1236250 17 17 17 6 ON MY MIND Disciples 119700 18 19 18 3 THUMBS Sabrina Carpenter 53100 20 25 20 5 SOLO DANCE Martin Jensen 86400 25 30 25 5 SYMPHONY Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson 71350 I prefer this over Rockabye, it definitely sounds more like Clean Bandit 27 31 27 3 NAKED Christopher 42500 29 52 29 2 HIGH AND LOW Oliver Moldan 29700 31 27 2 12 BETTER MAN Little Big Town 607500 33 33 33 3 FALCON EYE Off Bloom 40600 34 70 34 2 PASSIONFRUIT Drake 23600 39 56 39 2 LONG TIME Blondie 27700 Really impressed with this, I didn't realize it was new when I heard it! 42 50 42 2 ULTRALIFE Oh Wonder 25750 44 64 44 2 INDIGO Moment 20350 46 46 46 2 SIGN OF THE TIMES Harry Styles 25500 48 47 1 14 LOVE LIKE WE USED TO Captain Cuts featuring Nateur 805550 55 45 5 10 SOMETHING JUST LIKE THIS The Chainsmokers and Coldplay 247150 56 48 12 11 HARD AS DIAMONDS NUSSY 227000 65 41 16 10 LOVE Lana Del Ray 174600 Total return to form for Lana :heart: 67 74 67 2 THE CURE Lady Gaga 11800 68 51 10 11 KALEIDOSCOPE Fenech-Soler 198950 69 NEW 69 1 CRAVING YOU Thomas Rhett featuring Maren Morris 6200 72 NEW 72 1 DAMN I WISH I WAS YOUR LOVER Sophie B. Hawkins 5600 Great chart! :D Hi Jordan thanks for telling Noah about Paper Route topping, it's such an exciting record, that final 30 seconds is epic! It's back up to 2 again this week, hooray! Lana's is another goodie, she seems to be doing her best stuff since her first album, and yes Blondie sounds like it could easily have come off peak-period Blondie albums, give or take her voice a bit more mature-sounding these days. cheers! john B-)
May 7, 20178 yr Author love the mix of old and new here as always some gems stand out: DOUBLE BARREL Dave & Ansel Collins DAMN I WISH I WAS YOUR LOVER Sophie B. Hawkins hurts are so high here! wow at weezer at #1, they last topped my chart with their cover of erasure's 'a little respect' brill chart as usual! Hi Toffo, ooh glad you like Double Barrel, it still sounds like it lives in a universe of it's own, stylewise. Weezer have had to wait a bit longer to top my chart than yours (and they deserved to top it 2 or 3 times)! cheers! john
May 7, 20178 yr Author Excellent list, looking forward to the next one! Love the majority of tracks in your list. Really happy to see more and more people post not only the mainstream top 40 stuff. Thanks PD, glad you like the chart - I'm probably further away from the singles chart than I have ever been in my life (it's all a bit samey-sounding these days), but I'm still a huge fan of brilliantly-created singles/tracks, hit or flop, either way is fine with me.. :)
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