Posted November 14, 20177 yr 12th November 2017 2 weeks on top for Tears For Fears holding off (Bucks) Fizz and a strong drive from the fab Sufjan Stevens gentle ballad. The theme is very much duos this week, multiple entries for Pet Shop Boys, Hurts, Tears For Fears, Sparks, Sofi Tukker, not to mention duets, and in with that (sort of) come OMD - a band in the early days, but largely a duo or solo for most of their career. Anyway I saw a fab gig at Southampton Guildhall, the first time Ive seen both Andy McLusky and Paul Humphries together. Highlight was the awesome Maid Of Orleans, and Messages, but they have had good runs. They played several tracks off the new album, and the first 2 tracks off it sounded just as good as the oldies - so they re-enter as they under-performed in my chart a couple of months ago. The highest re-entry the title track, The Punishment Of Luxury, while their first single and set closer, the terrific Electricity never made my chart in 1980 so here at long last it is in at 32, only 37 years late. Highest actual new act is at 16 - Tungevaag & Rabaak, a name that trips off the tongue. Well twists it at any rate. Very Europop 2015. Rita Ora bounds up to 21 and into the 40, despite the electronic version of Little Jimmy Osmond's Tweedledee noises interrupting the song. I'm tempted to do a mix with Jim's oldie... if I actually knew how. The FatRat have a second chart entry. From 1978, because it's in the itunes chart and no other reason, the fab Blue Oyster Cult classic is back for a second run almost 40 years on, PNAU grab a second entry of the year, Clean Bandit a 3rd, Dannii Minogue a second of the year, and Delta Goodrem returns to my chart after a gap of 14 years - and her previous entry peaked at 74, Born To Try. 2 places higher and it's her biggest hit. She currently holds the least-succesful-act in my chart record for any non-one-hit-wonder. Oops! 1 1 1 5 I LOVE YOU BUT I’M LOST Tears For Fears 398500 2 2 2 2 AMEN The Fizz 230000 3 10 3 2 MYSTERY OF LOVE Sufjan Stevens 127000 4 6 3 5 BETWEEN TWO ISLANDS Pet Shop Boys 272000 5 3 1 7 WAIT UP Hurts 593000 6 4 1 7 MAGNIFICENT Hurts 755000 7 9 1 11 CRYBABY Paloma Faith 820000 8 7 3 7 READY TO GO Hurts 438000 9 5 1 10 MY KINGDOM (WILLIAM BLACK REMIX) Evangeline 780650 10 RE 10 10 THE PUNISHMENT OF LUXURY Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 167500 11 8 8 3 IMMIGRANT SONG Led Zeppelin 120000 12 14 12 10 LIFE WITH THE MACBETHS Sparks 181600 13 13 10 5 SEXY NORTHERNER Pet Shop Boys 147750 14 11 4 6 GO 2.0 Burak Yeter & Ryan Rybak 253300 15 15 15 14 BOTH SIDES NOW Glen Campbell 262000 16 NEW 16 1 COMIN’ UP Tungevaag & Raaban featuring Victor Crone 25000 17 21 17 2 YOU WERE RIGHT RUFUS 42750 18 18 18 3 ULTRA LOVE Marlon Roudette 66000 19 12 8 8 BEST FRIEND Sofi Tukker featuring NERVO, The Knocks & Alisa Ueno 249150 20 16 16 3 HOLY MOUNTAIN Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 64250 21 44 21 2 ANYWHERE Rita Ora 33000 22 22 22 3 COMIC LIFE Matt Maltese 56800 23 20 20 5 LOVE HURTS Roy Orbison & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 91150 24 17 1 10 FOOTSTEPS Pet Shop Boys 834000 25 25 25 10 DO IT AGAIN Steely Dan 158250 26 27 26 2 TIMEBOMBS HURRICANES Written By Wolves 36900 27 RE 27 9 ISOTYPE Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 113200 28 23 3 10 CLOSER TO HEAVEN Pet Shop Boys 410250 29 19 9 9 EDITH PIAF (SAID IT BETTER THAN ME) Sparks 225550 30 33 30 5 EVERYTHING IS NEVER ENOUGH (VIDEO MIX) Goldfrapp 69600 31 31 31 2 DRIVEWAY culpriit 35800 32 NEW 32 1 ELECTRICITY Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 17800 33 24 6 13 GET LOW Zedd & Liam Payne 385200 34 45 34 4 ROBOT MAN Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 48400 35 38 35 2 JEALOUS (I AIN’T WITH IT) Chromeo 34700 36 36 36 5 OH, PRETTY WOMAN Roy Orbison & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 74950 37 30 14 11 ALL STARS Martin Solveig featuring Alma 209200 38 32 13 10 DUSK TILL DAWN ZAYN featuring Sia 209400 39 26 3 14 DRINK UP Train 620600 40 28 19 7 BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA P!nk 124900 41 29 29 4 A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 67500 42 34 34 4 PRAYING FOR TIME George Michael 59950 43 NEW 43 1 THE CALLING TheFatRat featuring Laura Brehm 13500 44 40 19 6 WORD UP The BossHoss 109650 45 35 10 7 CLOSE TO YOU ARLE 179900 46 49 46 3 LOVING IS EASY Rex Orange County featuring Benny Sings 35050 47 54 47 2 DEADLY VALENTINE Charlotte Gainsbourg 23500 48 41 30 6 SPENT THE DAY IN BED Morrissey 90300 49 48 1 18 TRUE FEELING Galantis 954950 50 47 1 17 STILL FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME Zoot Woman featuring Kylie Minogue 863600 51 39 39 3 RISING COST OF LOVE Elkie Brooks 41600 52 NEW 52 1 (DON’T FEAR) THE REAPER Blue Oyster Cult 11500 53 37 37 5 SAY A PRAYER TIEKS featuring Chaka Khan & Popcaan 55750 54 42 8 14 I HEAR YOU CALLING DJ Licious 315350 55 53 1 19 DREAMS Grace Slick 644900 56 43 33 8 ILL RAY (THE KING) Kasabian 86300 57 55 1 20 TWO FUX Adam Lambert 1064000 58 61 10 14 WHAT ABOUT US P!nk 288300 59 65 59 3 SAVOIR FAIRE Beth Ditto 23700 60 60 60 2 PART X1V Prequell featuring Rae Morris 20000 61 52 6 12 LIKE AN ANGEL PASSING THROUGH MY ROOM Madonna 313950 62 66 62 3 HOW LONG Charlie Puth 20200 63 46 10 13 RUN FOR COVER The Killers 261600 64 72 64 2 WHEN WE WERE HIGH LP 12700 65 64 1 35 ALONE AGAIN OR Love 978950 66 50 44 8 HAVANA Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug 66050 67 75 67 2 SPACE AGE LOVE SONG A Flock Of Seagulls 11600 68 NEW 68 1 GO BANG PNAU 6400 69 51 12 11 TALL THIN MEN Pet Shop Boys 248200 70 69 1 22 SUMMER WINE Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood 829900 71 NEW 71 1 GALAXY Dannii Minogue 5800 72 NEW 72 1 I MISS YOU Clean Bandit featuring Julia Michaels 5600 73 59 7 14 NEW RULES Dua Lipa 311250 74 NEW 74 1 LET YOU DOWN NF 5200 75 NEW 75 1 TAKE ME HOME Delta Goodrem 5000 DROP OUTS 56 4 14 MORE MESS Kungs featuring Olly Murs & Coely 532050 57 36 5 KAAMOS Tom Fall 66750 58 48 3 FREEDOM ’90 George Michael 28900 62 56 3 SILENCE Marshmello featuring Khalid 28100 63 58 5 FATHER FIGURE George Michael 37800 67 60 6 HEROES David Bowie 44800 68 18 9 FANTASY George Michael featuring Nile Rodgers 163650 70 14 8 WALK ON WATER Thirty Seconds To Mars 149100 71 19 15 POWER Little Mix featuring Stormzy 226300 73 27 10 SWINGIN’ WITH MY EYES CLOSED Shania Twain 148200 74 9 13 HOLDING ON Dannii Minogue featuring Jason Heerah 259600
November 14, 20177 yr John, when you said two obvious Fizz's # 1s I thought about "Making Your Mind Up" and "The Land Of Make Believe". I just finished my list with top 100 favourite UK # 1s. All their 3 # 1s are in top 40.
November 14, 20177 yr Great to see some OMD in your chart :D OTOH, I'm sad to see that Maid Of Orleans didn't make it. That's one of my favourite songs of the eighties (possibly even number one). Does Andy still do his Dad dancing to it? I think it's fair to sat that Electricity would have been high in my chart if I'd compile one at the time. What has prompted the return of the brilliant Don't Fear The Reaper? Oh, and it's good to see The Big O making some impact as well. The new album could have been just a gimmick but I've been impressed with what I've heard so far.
November 15, 20177 yr i'll need to listen to tff a few more times i guess, still not getting much on it... tungevaag is okay, good job i wasn't expecting a paul mccartney cover! nice omd invasion! also good to see pnau and danii here! nice chart!
November 19, 20177 yr Hi John, my faves: 1 1 1 5 I LOVE YOU BUT I’M LOST Tears For Fears 398500 2 2 2 2 AMEN The Fizz 230000 :wub: surprisingly a really great song 4 6 3 5 BETWEEN TWO ISLANDS Pet Shop Boys 272000 6 4 1 7 MAGNIFICENT Hurts 755000 7 9 1 11 CRYBABY Paloma Faith 820000 9 5 1 10 MY KINGDOM (WILLIAM BLACK REMIX) Evangeline 780650 10 RE 10 10 THE PUNISHMENT OF LUXURY Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 167500 11 8 8 3 IMMIGRANT SONG Led Zeppelin 120000 12 14 12 10 LIFE WITH THE MACBETHS Sparks 181600 13 13 10 5 SEXY NORTHERNER Pet Shop Boys 147750 15 15 15 14 BOTH SIDES NOW Glen Campbell 262000 19 12 8 8 BEST FRIEND Sofi Tukker featuring NERVO, The Knocks & Alisa Ueno 249150 20 16 16 3 HOLY MOUNTAIN Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 64250 21 44 21 2 ANYWHERE Rita Ora 33000 23 20 20 5 LOVE HURTS Roy Orbison & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 91150 24 17 1 10 FOOTSTEPS Pet Shop Boys 834000 27 RE 27 9 ISOTYPE Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 113200 28 23 3 10 CLOSER TO HEAVEN Pet Shop Boys 410250 29 19 9 9 EDITH PIAF (SAID IT BETTER THAN ME) Sparks 225550 30 33 30 5 EVERYTHING IS NEVER ENOUGH (VIDEO MIX) Goldfrapp 69600 32 NEW 32 1 ELECTRICITY Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 17800 33 24 6 13 GET LOW Zedd & Liam Payne 385200 35 38 35 2 JEALOUS (I AIN’T WITH IT) Chromeo 34700 36 36 36 5 OH, PRETTY WOMAN Roy Orbison & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 74950 37 30 14 11 ALL STARS Martin Solveig featuring Alma 209200 38 32 13 10 DUSK TILL DAWN ZAYN featuring Sia 209400 40 28 19 7 BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA P!nk 124900 41 29 29 4 A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 67500 42 34 34 4 PRAYING FOR TIME George Michael 59950 43 NEW 43 1 THE CALLING TheFatRat featuring Laura Brehm 13500 48 41 30 6 SPENT THE DAY IN BED Morrissey 90300 49 48 1 18 TRUE FEELING Galantis 954950 50 47 1 17 STILL FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME Zoot Woman featuring Kylie Minogue 863600 51 39 39 3 RISING COST OF LOVE Elkie Brooks 41600 52 NEW 52 1 (DON’T FEAR) THE REAPER Blue Oyster Cult 11500 :wub: 53 37 37 5 SAY A PRAYER TIEKS featuring Chaka Khan & Popcaan 55750 54 42 8 14 I HEAR YOU CALLING DJ Licious 315350 55 53 1 19 DREAMS Grace Slick 644900 56 43 33 8 ILL RAY (THE KING) Kasabian 86300 57 55 1 20 TWO FUX Adam Lambert 1064000 58 61 10 14 WHAT ABOUT US P!nk 288300 61 52 6 12 LIKE AN ANGEL PASSING THROUGH MY ROOM Madonna 313950 62 66 62 3 HOW LONG Charlie Puth 20200 63 46 10 13 RUN FOR COVER The Killers 261600 65 64 1 35 ALONE AGAIN OR Love 978950 66 50 44 8 HAVANA Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug 66050 67 75 67 2 SPACE AGE LOVE SONG A Flock Of Seagulls 11600 68 NEW 68 1 GO BANG PNAU 6400 69 51 12 11 TALL THIN MEN Pet Shop Boys 248200 70 69 1 22 SUMMER WINE Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood 829900 71 NEW 71 1 GALAXY Dannii Minogue 5800 quite underwhelming imo 72 NEW 72 1 I MISS YOU Clean Bandit featuring Julia Michaels 5600 73 59 7 14 NEW RULES Dua Lipa 311250 have you heard the 80s remix of this? I actually prefer it :lol: 74 NEW 74 1 LET YOU DOWN NF 5200 Your top 2 has also been in my top 3 at one point. Not often that happens surprisingly! As always, a great chart! :D
November 19, 20177 yr Author John, when you said two obvious Fizz's # 1s I thought about "Making Your Mind Up" and "The Land Of Make Believe". I just finished my list with top 100 favourite UK # 1s. All their 3 # 1s are in top 40. Thanks Alex, Oddly I was never that fussed about Making Your Mind Up :lol: Look forward to your top 100...! cheers john B-)
November 19, 20177 yr Author Great to see some OMD in your chart :D OTOH, I'm sad to see that Maid Of Orleans didn't make it. That's one of my favourite songs of the eighties (possibly even number one). Does Andy still do his Dad dancing to it? I think it's fair to sat that Electricity would have been high in my chart if I'd compile one at the time. What has prompted the return of the brilliant Don't Fear The Reaper? Oh, and it's good to see The Big O making some impact as well. The new album could have been just a gimmick but I've been impressed with what I've heard so far. Hi Simon! Well, I have to say Maid Of Orleans is also my fave OMD song and it was the star moment at the concert, and it underperformed in my chart (it peaked at 2!) so I have now remedied it - you may enjoy my new chart..... :lol: Andy still does his dad dancing, but he did that when he was a kid so it's still OK :D I've no idea why Blue Oyster Cult has been selling again but it was in the itunes top 200 last week, so it was a golden opportunity excuse to rechart another classic that underperformed in my chart (it only made my top 10!). The new album for the Big O is very tasteful, and mum was dancing round to it with joy this morning which the new carer found sweet, I think, as she was all hugging and kissing while dancing. Cheers! john
November 19, 20177 yr Author i'll need to listen to tff a few more times i guess, still not getting much on it... tungevaag is okay, good job i wasn't expecting a paul mccartney cover! nice omd invasion! also good to see pnau and danii here! nice chart! Thanks Toffo, It's the hook of the duetting on TFF, like old stylee Curt vocals on their early stuff, that makes it a winner for me, the bit before the title :) Ah Coming Up, Macca doing Sparks in the video, great fun that one :lol: Not only Pnau, but also Empire Of The Sun. Now all I have to do is rechart The Sleepy Jackson and I've a full linked set :D Cheers! john
November 19, 20177 yr Author Hi John, my faves: 1 1 1 5 I LOVE YOU BUT I’M LOST Tears For Fears 398500 2 2 2 2 AMEN The Fizz 230000 :wub: surprisingly a really great song 4 6 3 5 BETWEEN TWO ISLANDS Pet Shop Boys 272000 6 4 1 7 MAGNIFICENT Hurts 755000 7 9 1 11 CRYBABY Paloma Faith 820000 9 5 1 10 MY KINGDOM (WILLIAM BLACK REMIX) Evangeline 780650 10 RE 10 10 THE PUNISHMENT OF LUXURY Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 167500 11 8 8 3 IMMIGRANT SONG Led Zeppelin 120000 12 14 12 10 LIFE WITH THE MACBETHS Sparks 181600 13 13 10 5 SEXY NORTHERNER Pet Shop Boys 147750 15 15 15 14 BOTH SIDES NOW Glen Campbell 262000 19 12 8 8 BEST FRIEND Sofi Tukker featuring NERVO, The Knocks & Alisa Ueno 249150 20 16 16 3 HOLY MOUNTAIN Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 64250 21 44 21 2 ANYWHERE Rita Ora 33000 23 20 20 5 LOVE HURTS Roy Orbison & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 91150 24 17 1 10 FOOTSTEPS Pet Shop Boys 834000 27 RE 27 9 ISOTYPE Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 113200 28 23 3 10 CLOSER TO HEAVEN Pet Shop Boys 410250 29 19 9 9 EDITH PIAF (SAID IT BETTER THAN ME) Sparks 225550 30 33 30 5 EVERYTHING IS NEVER ENOUGH (VIDEO MIX) Goldfrapp 69600 32 NEW 32 1 ELECTRICITY Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 17800 33 24 6 13 GET LOW Zedd & Liam Payne 385200 35 38 35 2 JEALOUS (I AIN’T WITH IT) Chromeo 34700 36 36 36 5 OH, PRETTY WOMAN Roy Orbison & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 74950 37 30 14 11 ALL STARS Martin Solveig featuring Alma 209200 38 32 13 10 DUSK TILL DAWN ZAYN featuring Sia 209400 40 28 19 7 BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA P!nk 124900 41 29 29 4 A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 67500 42 34 34 4 PRAYING FOR TIME George Michael 59950 43 NEW 43 1 THE CALLING TheFatRat featuring Laura Brehm 13500 48 41 30 6 SPENT THE DAY IN BED Morrissey 90300 49 48 1 18 TRUE FEELING Galantis 954950 50 47 1 17 STILL FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME Zoot Woman featuring Kylie Minogue 863600 51 39 39 3 RISING COST OF LOVE Elkie Brooks 41600 52 NEW 52 1 (DON’T FEAR) THE REAPER Blue Oyster Cult 11500 :wub: 53 37 37 5 SAY A PRAYER TIEKS featuring Chaka Khan & Popcaan 55750 54 42 8 14 I HEAR YOU CALLING DJ Licious 315350 55 53 1 19 DREAMS Grace Slick 644900 56 43 33 8 ILL RAY (THE KING) Kasabian 86300 57 55 1 20 TWO FUX Adam Lambert 1064000 58 61 10 14 WHAT ABOUT US P!nk 288300 61 52 6 12 LIKE AN ANGEL PASSING THROUGH MY ROOM Madonna 313950 62 66 62 3 HOW LONG Charlie Puth 20200 63 46 10 13 RUN FOR COVER The Killers 261600 65 64 1 35 ALONE AGAIN OR Love 978950 66 50 44 8 HAVANA Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug 66050 67 75 67 2 SPACE AGE LOVE SONG A Flock Of Seagulls 11600 68 NEW 68 1 GO BANG PNAU 6400 69 51 12 11 TALL THIN MEN Pet Shop Boys 248200 70 69 1 22 SUMMER WINE Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood 829900 71 NEW 71 1 GALAXY Dannii Minogue 5800 quite underwhelming imo 72 NEW 72 1 I MISS YOU Clean Bandit featuring Julia Michaels 5600 73 59 7 14 NEW RULES Dua Lipa 311250 have you heard the 80s remix of this? I actually prefer it :lol: 74 NEW 74 1 LET YOU DOWN NF 5200 Your top 2 has also been in my top 3 at one point. Not often that happens surprisingly! As always, a great chart! :D Hi AH, Glad you like my top 2 as strongly :yahoo: The Fizz song is as good as a very good Bucks Fizz track, which I wouldn't have predicted in a million years! :o The Dannii track I bought on half a listen, and previous loyalty, but yes on repeat listen it's not as good as the last single - though maybe better than a few of her early singles - just! :lol: Not heard that 80's Dua Lipa, sounds like one to check out....! cheers as ever for you list and comments! cheers john
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