Posted May 15, 20178 yr 14th May 2017 In from nowhere a belting 2016 track from an Italian production duo I've never heard of: Vinai. maybe that makes up for Italy not winning Eurovision as expected by the bookies. Their track is in at 52 here, along with a host of Euro-tracks, headed up by the winner, the lovely ballad by the Portugal brother-sister singer-writer low-key and non-manufactured charm of Salvador Sobral in at 30. Had I compiled a top 200 current fave tracks (too much hard work!) the UK entry would not feature in it... Another electronic music duo are in at 12, The Knocks, with a goodie. Knock Knock Who's There, as Mary Hopkin once said in her 1970 UK Eurovision song (now I could hum that one!) - answer: no-one, just The Knocks. The late Robert Miles has his 2 great singles enter my chart, topped by One And One in at 18, still lovely. Highest climber is a mid-70's American hit from Guardians Of The Galaxy, I'm very into Wham Bang Shang-A-Lang right now. In fact I'd rate it higher than both Bang Shang-A Lang by The Archies (1968) and Shang A Lang by The Bay City Rollers (1974) but not quite up to Wham! standards. There aren't enough songs about superheroes. There just aren't. We've had Supergirl (Graham Bonney) and Donovan's Sunshine Superman (which also mentioned Green Lantern), Batdance (Prince's movie theme mash-up), well at long last there's another goodie to add: Batman & Robin, all about a naughty dream. Fun n fab, and in at 32 for the wonderfully puntastically-named Cazzie Opeia & Jin x Jin (a swedish/kpop hookup) a singalong a la Charli X. 1 NEW 1 1 INTO THE FIRE VINAI featuring Anjulie 170000 2 3 2 4 BEAUTIFUL ONES Hurts 347000 3 1 1 6 FEELS LIKE SUMMER Weezer 540000 4 2 1 8 CHARIOTS Paper Route 622000 5 7 5 4 HURRICANE Drones Club 180000 6 4 3 5 IN MY WORLD Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 311000 7 5 5 8 TRUTH IS A BEAUTIFUL THING London Grammar 324400 8 10 8 3 BUSTED AND BLUE Gorillaz 117000 9 6 1 8 WE GOT THE POWER Gorillaz featuring Jehnny Beth 735000 10 13 10 3 WAY BACK TLC featuring Snoop Dogg 91300 11 12 11 8 BECAUSE The Beatles 188150 12 NEW 12 1 CLASSIC The Knocks featuring Powers 35000 13 11 2 5 CRAZY (ASH HOWES RADIO EDIT) Bird 299000 14 8 5 8 WAITING FOR THE STARS Vitalic featuring David Shaw and The Beat 308200 15 9 5 8 LOST ON YOU LP 367000 16 16 16 4 PASSIONFRUIT Drake 73600 17 49 17 4 WHAM BANG SHANG-A-LANG Silver 49700 18 NEW 18 1 ONE AND ONE Robert Miles featuring Maria Naylor 22000 19 24 19 7 SYMPHONY Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson 111350 20 14 1 9 SEASONS (WAITING ON YOU) Future Islands 619000 21 25 21 4 LONG TIME Blondie 66200 22 15 4 8 CAN I SIT NEXT TO YOU Spoon 357500 23 17 1 9 ALONE AGAIN OR Love 706250 24 18 18 5 THUMBS Sabrina Carpenter 94100 25 29 25 4 STORY OF A HEART Steps 54850 26 21 1 14 CHAINED TO THE RHYTHM Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley 1274500 27 20 10 9 UNDER YOUR SKIN SeeB and R. City 234400 28 28 28 8 LONG COOL WOMAN (IN A BLACK DRESS) The Hollies 111050 29 35 29 4 INDIGO Moment 56050 30 NEW 30 1 AMAR PELOS DOIS Salvador Sobral 18000 31 19 17 8 ON MY MIND Disciples 158600 32 NEW 32 1 BATMAN & ROBIN Cazzie Opeia & Jin x Jin 17800 33 23 23 3 THIS OLD HOUSE Rick Astley 55950 34 34 34 3 DOUBLE BARREL Dave & Ansel Collins 52400 35 22 22 4 HIGH AND LOW Oliver Moldan 66700 36 37 36 3 SOUTHERN NIGHTS Glen Campbell 39700 37 39 37 5 IT’S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys 64500 38 50 38 4 THE CURE Lady Gaga 41000 39 33 33 4 GREAT ROMANCES Texas 69300 40 40 40 3 WE ARE BOUND Jack Savoretti 44200 41 52 41 4 STANDING WHEN IT ALL FALLS DOWN John De Sohn featuring Roshi 39200 42 42 42 3 LONG LONG ROAD Paul Weller 37900 43 36 2 14 BETTER MAN Little Big Town 638400 44 NEW 44 1 I CAN’T GO ON Robin Bengtsson 13250 45 27 27 6 BHANGRA PAUNDI PBN featuring Sharky and Manpreet Toor 87500 46 26 9 9 YOU WANT IT DARKER (PAUL KALKBRENNER REMIX) Leonard Cohen 229200 47 47 47 3 CRAVING YOU Thomas Rhett featuring Maren Morris 31200 48 32 3 13 TOI ET MOI Paradis 604850 49 NEW 49 1 FLY WITH ME Artsvik 12100 50 38 38 4 ULTRALIFE Oh Wonder 54950 51 NEW 51 1 GRAVITY Hovig 11750 52 NEW 52 1 OCCIDENTALI’S KARMA Francesco Gabbani 11500 53 30 20 7 SOLO DANCE Martin Jensen 115650 54 54 54 4 LUST FOR LIFE Lana Del Ray featuring The Weeknd 38800 55 31 31 5 FALCON EYE Off Bloom 69300 56 NEW 56 1 HEY MAMMA Sunstroke Project 10600 57 75 57 2 DESPACITO (REMIX) Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber 15400 58 73 58 2 SYSTEMAGIC Goldfrapp 15600 59 55 1 29 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU Abba 1030500 60 60 60 3 DAMN I WISH I WAS YOUR LOVER Sophie B. Hawkins 25600 61 48 1 16 LOVE LIKE WE USED TO Captain Cuts featuring Nateur 825350 62 62 62 3 MONKEY SPANNER Dave & Ansel Collins 20800 63 NEW 63 1 MAMA Jonas Blue featuring William Singe 7200 64 NEW 64 1 YOUNG RICH AND RADICAL Club cheval 7100 65 71 65 2 BON APPETIT Katy Perry featuring Migos 12800 66 NEW 66 1 AVERDAVGI Agy 6800 67 NEW 67 1 BOY K.I.D. featuring CupcakKe 6600 68 68 68 5 LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES (SUPER VERSION) Pet Shop Boys 29200 69 43 9 11 GENTLE ON MY MIND Alison Krauss 242650 70 NEW 70 1 CHILDREN Robert Miles 6000 71 63 1 20 A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 1347250 72 72 72 2 APOCALYPSE Cigarettes After Sex 11200 73 74 73 2 THE CHAIN Fleetwood Mac 10600 74 NEW 74 1 YOU’RE IN LOVE WITH A PSYCHO Kasabian 5200 75 NEW 75 1 REASONS Jillian Jacqueline 5000 DROP OUTS 41 20 5 LET ME OUT Gorillaz featuring Mavis Staples & Pusha T 72900 44 30 5 CAVE Future Islands 72950 45 45 3 SIGN OF THE TIMES Harry Styles 38500 46 14 8 WATERFALL Stargate featuring P!nk and Sia 146200 51 27 4 NAKED Christopher 54250 53 15 7 NEW DAY Take That 146550 56 12 12 HARD AS DIAMONDS NUSSY 237600 57 6 14 FIRE IN MY SOUL Walk Off The Earth 368300 58 58 1 MR. BLUE SKY Electric Light Orchestra 10200 59 28 7 SCARED OF THE DARK Steps 96800 61 23 8 HOME Schwarz 115450 64 5 16 BEAUTIFUL CRIME Tamer 575650 65 65 2 STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER The Beatles 13800 66 10 12 GIANTS Take That 240500 67 34 8 iT Christine And The Queens 82350 69 69 1 LAST DANCE Rhys 6200 70 5 11 SOMETHING JUST LIKE THIS The Chainsmokers and Coldplay 253150
May 15, 20178 yr Hi John I like that dance track at number 1. I like the music video too. :dance: Hurts up 1 place to number 2. Beautiful song. Classic is a 2014 song but I didn't know it. Dance music is shining in your chart recently. :P Robert Miles is a dance legend. :( I love Children and One & One. Oh yes! Great to see the Eurovision winner at #30. It's a cute song and I like his mannerisms and charisma. :lol: Good chart! :D
May 17, 20178 yr 1 NEW 1 1 INTO THE FIRE VINAI featuring Anjulie 170000 pretty good this! 12 NEW 12 1 CLASSIC The Knocks featuring Powers 35000 not a bad track this 18 NEW 18 1 ONE AND ONE Robert Miles featuring Maria Naylor 22000 prefer children but his is still a classic too 30 NEW 30 1 AMAR PELOS DOIS Salvador Sobral 18000 struggling with this a bit, but it may grow on me 32 NEW 32 1 BATMAN & ROBIN Cazzie Opeia & Jin x Jin 17800 this is a bit crazy! 44 NEW 44 1 I CAN’T GO ON Robin Bengtsson 13250 one of the better euro songs great chart as usual, quite a few i don't know!
May 21, 20178 yr Hi John, sorry for not commenting for ages. Anyway, my faves: 1 NEW 1 1 INTO THE FIRE VINAI featuring Anjulie 170000 2 3 2 4 BEAUTIFUL ONES Hurts 347000 6 4 3 5 IN MY WORLD Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 311000 9 6 1 8 WE GOT THE POWER Gorillaz featuring Jehnny Beth 735000 :wub: 12 NEW 12 1 CLASSIC The Knocks featuring Powers 35000 13 11 2 5 CRAZY (ASH HOWES RADIO EDIT) Bird 299000 14 8 5 8 WAITING FOR THE STARS Vitalic featuring David Shaw and The Beat 308200 15 9 5 8 LOST ON YOU LP 367000 16 16 16 4 PASSIONFRUIT Drake 73600 18 NEW 18 1 ONE AND ONE Robert Miles featuring Maria Naylor 22000 19 24 19 7 SYMPHONY Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson 111350 20 14 1 9 SEASONS (WAITING ON YOU) Future Islands 619000 21 25 21 4 LONG TIME Blondie 66200 22 15 4 8 CAN I SIT NEXT TO YOU Spoon 357500 23 17 1 9 ALONE AGAIN OR Love 706250 24 18 18 5 THUMBS Sabrina Carpenter 94100 25 29 25 4 STORY OF A HEART Steps 54850 the 7th Heaven remix is the best version imo 26 21 1 14 CHAINED TO THE RHYTHM Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley 1274500 27 20 10 9 UNDER YOUR SKIN SeeB and R. City 234400 :wub: 28 28 28 8 LONG COOL WOMAN (IN A BLACK DRESS) The Hollies 111050 29 35 29 4 INDIGO Moment 56050 30 NEW 30 1 AMAR PELOS DOIS Salvador Sobral 18000 31 19 17 8 ON MY MIND Disciples 158600 33 23 23 3 THIS OLD HOUSE Rick Astley 55950 34 34 34 3 DOUBLE BARREL Dave & Ansel Collins 52400 :wub: 35 22 22 4 HIGH AND LOW Oliver Moldan 66700 37 39 37 5 IT’S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys 64500 38 50 38 4 THE CURE Lady Gaga 41000 43 36 2 14 BETTER MAN Little Big Town 638400 44 NEW 44 1 I CAN’T GO ON Robin Bengtsson 13250 46 26 9 9 YOU WANT IT DARKER (PAUL KALKBRENNER REMIX) Leonard Cohen 229200 :wub: 48 32 3 13 TOI ET MOI Paradis 604850 50 38 38 4 ULTRALIFE Oh Wonder 54950 51 NEW 51 1 GRAVITY Hovig 11750 52 NEW 52 1 OCCIDENTALI’S KARMA Francesco Gabbani 11500 53 30 20 7 SOLO DANCE Martin Jensen 115650 54 54 54 4 LUST FOR LIFE Lana Del Ray featuring The Weeknd 38800 56 NEW 56 1 HEY MAMMA Sunstroke Project 10600 59 55 1 29 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU Abba 1030500 :wub: 60 60 60 3 DAMN I WISH I WAS YOUR LOVER Sophie B. Hawkins 25600 :wub: 61 48 1 16 LOVE LIKE WE USED TO Captain Cuts featuring Nateur 825350 62 62 62 3 MONKEY SPANNER Dave & Ansel Collins 20800 63 NEW 63 1 MAMA Jonas Blue featuring William Singe 7200 64 NEW 64 1 YOUNG RICH AND RADICAL Club cheval 7100 65 71 65 2 BON APPETIT Katy Perry featuring Migos 12800 68 68 68 5 LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES (SUPER VERSION) Pet Shop Boys 29200 70 NEW 70 1 CHILDREN Robert Miles 6000 71 63 1 20 A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 1347250 72 72 72 2 APOCALYPSE Cigarettes After Sex 11200 :cheer: 73 74 73 2 THE CHAIN Fleetwood Mac 10600 74 NEW 74 1 YOU’RE IN LOVE WITH A PSYCHO Kasabian 5200 if this had been released five years ago (pre-streaming), it would have been an easy Top 10 hit. Probably Gorillaz too :( As usual, plenty I need to check out and some flawless classics here too. Fantastic as always
May 22, 20178 yr Author Hi John I like that dance track at number 1. I like the music video too. :dance: Hurts up 1 place to number 2. Beautiful song. Classic is a 2014 song but I didn't know it. Dance music is shining in your chart recently. :P Robert Miles is a dance legend. :( I love Children and One & One. Oh yes! Great to see the Eurovision winner at #30. It's a cute song and I like his mannerisms and charisma. :lol: Good chart! :D Hi Jason, Glad you like the new number one - I must check out that video! I didn't realise Classic was from 2014, it's new to me too, and Robert Miles both those tracks went top 10 for me first time round - Children did the best, but I prefer One And One these days. I loved the Euro winner, very charming and sweet I thought. cheers! john B-)
May 22, 20178 yr Author 1 NEW 1 1 INTO THE FIRE VINAI featuring Anjulie 170000 pretty good this! 12 NEW 12 1 CLASSIC The Knocks featuring Powers 35000 not a bad track this 18 NEW 18 1 ONE AND ONE Robert Miles featuring Maria Naylor 22000 prefer children but his is still a classic too 30 NEW 30 1 AMAR PELOS DOIS Salvador Sobral 18000 struggling with this a bit, but it may grow on me 32 NEW 32 1 BATMAN & ROBIN Cazzie Opeia & Jin x Jin 17800 this is a bit crazy! 44 NEW 44 1 I CAN’T GO ON Robin Bengtsson 13250 one of the better euro songs great chart as usual, quite a few i don't know! Hi Toffo, glad you like my number one too :) Batman & Robin is pure mad crazy fun :cheer: thanks for the comments! cheers john B-)
May 22, 20178 yr Author Hi John, sorry for not commenting for ages. Anyway, my faves: 1 NEW 1 1 INTO THE FIRE VINAI featuring Anjulie 170000 2 3 2 4 BEAUTIFUL ONES Hurts 347000 6 4 3 5 IN MY WORLD Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 311000 9 6 1 8 WE GOT THE POWER Gorillaz featuring Jehnny Beth 735000 :wub: 12 NEW 12 1 CLASSIC The Knocks featuring Powers 35000 13 11 2 5 CRAZY (ASH HOWES RADIO EDIT) Bird 299000 14 8 5 8 WAITING FOR THE STARS Vitalic featuring David Shaw and The Beat 308200 15 9 5 8 LOST ON YOU LP 367000 16 16 16 4 PASSIONFRUIT Drake 73600 18 NEW 18 1 ONE AND ONE Robert Miles featuring Maria Naylor 22000 19 24 19 7 SYMPHONY Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson 111350 20 14 1 9 SEASONS (WAITING ON YOU) Future Islands 619000 21 25 21 4 LONG TIME Blondie 66200 22 15 4 8 CAN I SIT NEXT TO YOU Spoon 357500 23 17 1 9 ALONE AGAIN OR Love 706250 24 18 18 5 THUMBS Sabrina Carpenter 94100 25 29 25 4 STORY OF A HEART Steps 54850 the 7th Heaven remix is the best version imo 26 21 1 14 CHAINED TO THE RHYTHM Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley 1274500 27 20 10 9 UNDER YOUR SKIN SeeB and R. City 234400 :wub: 28 28 28 8 LONG COOL WOMAN (IN A BLACK DRESS) The Hollies 111050 29 35 29 4 INDIGO Moment 56050 30 NEW 30 1 AMAR PELOS DOIS Salvador Sobral 18000 31 19 17 8 ON MY MIND Disciples 158600 33 23 23 3 THIS OLD HOUSE Rick Astley 55950 34 34 34 3 DOUBLE BARREL Dave & Ansel Collins 52400 :wub: 35 22 22 4 HIGH AND LOW Oliver Moldan 66700 37 39 37 5 IT’S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys 64500 38 50 38 4 THE CURE Lady Gaga 41000 43 36 2 14 BETTER MAN Little Big Town 638400 44 NEW 44 1 I CAN’T GO ON Robin Bengtsson 13250 46 26 9 9 YOU WANT IT DARKER (PAUL KALKBRENNER REMIX) Leonard Cohen 229200 :wub: 48 32 3 13 TOI ET MOI Paradis 604850 50 38 38 4 ULTRALIFE Oh Wonder 54950 51 NEW 51 1 GRAVITY Hovig 11750 52 NEW 52 1 OCCIDENTALI’S KARMA Francesco Gabbani 11500 53 30 20 7 SOLO DANCE Martin Jensen 115650 54 54 54 4 LUST FOR LIFE Lana Del Ray featuring The Weeknd 38800 56 NEW 56 1 HEY MAMMA Sunstroke Project 10600 59 55 1 29 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU Abba 1030500 :wub: 60 60 60 3 DAMN I WISH I WAS YOUR LOVER Sophie B. Hawkins 25600 :wub: 61 48 1 16 LOVE LIKE WE USED TO Captain Cuts featuring Nateur 825350 62 62 62 3 MONKEY SPANNER Dave & Ansel Collins 20800 63 NEW 63 1 MAMA Jonas Blue featuring William Singe 7200 64 NEW 64 1 YOUNG RICH AND RADICAL Club cheval 7100 65 71 65 2 BON APPETIT Katy Perry featuring Migos 12800 68 68 68 5 LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES (SUPER VERSION) Pet Shop Boys 29200 70 NEW 70 1 CHILDREN Robert Miles 6000 71 63 1 20 A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 1347250 72 72 72 2 APOCALYPSE Cigarettes After Sex 11200 :cheer: 73 74 73 2 THE CHAIN Fleetwood Mac 10600 74 NEW 74 1 YOU’RE IN LOVE WITH A PSYCHO Kasabian 5200 if this had been released five years ago (pre-streaming), it would have been an easy Top 10 hit. Probably Gorillaz too :( As usual, plenty I need to check out and some flawless classics here too. Fantastic as always Hi AH, no worries, takes a lot of time to get through my charts, I know! :lol: I think you're right about streaming and Gorillaz and Kasabian, the banishing of older acts from the singles chart has been it's second-worst feature. The closest parallel I can think of was when the British Invasion in the States decimated established American pop stars - and even there they still had minor hits. Not heard that 7th heaven remix, must check it out.. cheers! john B-)
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