7th January 2018

 

It's a second week for the lush Aretha Franklin ballad 44 years on, just holding off a massive 70-place leap for Oh Wonder, now getting well-deserved Radio 2 support. Radio 2 seems to have gone full on-board with the sort of new tracks that Radio 1 would have played a few years ago, which is good news. It's a mass xmas song drop-out week, as 3 songs with Home in the title are in my top 10, ironically, as I'm still trapped at home caring for my mum with dad back in hospital, and me unable to get to work.

 

Midge Ure's 1995 UK flop (but big with me) Breathe is back, in the orchestral vogue, which suits it better than some of the bigger hits on the album, while Naughty Boy is back with a Jonas brother in tow at 23, leaping over another Jonas brother at 24. Both doing better than any actual Jonas Brothers records ever did in my charts. Portugal. The Man's 2017 oldie is back in the 40, as their new one enters at 48.

 

P!nk has a 3rd top 40 off the latest album, Lindsey & Christine get a 3rd of 5 album tracks to hit the 40, Pet Shop Boys version of their Girls Aloud/Xenomania hit belatedly pops in, Shed Seven return for over 20 years of entries, and Jessie ware has a welcome return.

 

1 1 1 5 UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) Aretha Franklin with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 625000

2 72 2 2 LIFETIMES Oh Wonder 120600

3 4 3 7 LIST OF PEOPLE (TO TRY AND FORGET) Tame Impala 343200

4 3 1 7 HOW CAN I BE SURE David Cassidy 805000

5 12 5 9 (DON’T FEAR) THE REAPER Blue Oyster Cult 211400

6 16 6 3 ON OUR WAY HOME Empire Of The Sun 97800

7 9 7 4 HOME FOR MY HEART The Fizz featuring Rick Wakeman 130900

8 6 5 8 PHASES Alma & French Montana 370400

9 5 1 10 MYSTERY OF LOVE Sufjan Stevens 862000

10 18 10 3 HOME Joe Goddard featuring Brainstorm 82000

 

11 7 1 10 AMEN The Fizz 817000

12 8 8 7 I KNOW YOU Craig David featuring Bastille 192150

13 19 13 3 SHINE ON ME Dan Auerbach 71200

14 14 14 3 PRETTY BABY Sister Sledge 76750

15 13 8 8 COLA CamelPhat & Elderbrook 251400

16 10 10 8 GUILTY Paloma Faith 180600

17 17 17 7 I CAN FEEL YOUR HEARTBEAT The Partridge Family featuring David Cassidy & Shirley Jones 142950

18 11 9 18 DO IT AGAIN Steely Dan 421500

19 15 3 13 BETWEEN TWO ISLANDS Pet Shop Boys 513000

20 20 20 3 STREETS OF LONDON Ralph McTell featuring The Crisis Choir with Annie Lennox 57000

 

21 2 1 6 DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Chris Rea 352050

22 NEW 22 1 BREATHE (ORCHESTRATED) Midge Ure 19500

23 NEW 23 1 ONE CHANCE TO DANCE Naughty Boy featuring Joe Jonas 19250

24 24 24 6 FIND YOU Nick Jonas 98250

25 25 25 3 THIS CAN’T BE TRUE Eddie Holman 54900

26 56 5 15 FEEL IT STILL Portugal. The Man 517300

27 22 7 8 HOLD ME TIGHT OR DON’T Fall Out Boy 223300

28 NEW 28 1 WHERE WE GO P!nk 18300

29 23 1 13 I LOVE YOU BUT I’M LOST Tears For Fears 701950

30 21 10 8 BLUE ANGEL Roy Orbison & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 189200

 

31 27 1 19 CRYBABY Paloma Faith 1062550

32 26 4 10 TIMEBOMBS HURRICANES Written By Wolves 395200

33 28 5 7 I’M A CLOWN David Cassidy 226500

34 38 34 7 BANDALA The Partridge Family featuring David Cassidy & Shirley Jones 78100

35 31 19 9 SILENCE Marshmello featuring Khalid 132350

36 32 17 10 ANYWHERE Rita Ora 187150

37 35 3 15 READY TO GO Hurts 622000

38 34 8 9 THE CALLING TheFatRat featuring Laura Brehm 277050

39 50 39 2 LAY DOWN FOR FREE Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 29100

40 49 40 4 WOLVES Selena Gomez & Marshmello 44900

 

41 37 4 22 BOTH SIDES NOW Glen Campbell 478300

42 42 1 15 MAGNIFICENT Hurts 912150

43 40 1 15 WAIT UP Hurts 797350

44 41 1 8 MAID OF ORLEANS (THE WALTZ JOAN OF ARC) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 339850

45 45 1 18 FOOTSTEPS Pet Shop Boys 954150

46 47 46 4 RUT The Killers 41250

47 71 45 5 DON’T TAKE THE MONEY Bleachers 48700

48 NEW 48 1 LIVE IN THE MOMENT Portugal. The Man 12300

49 33 8 8 GOLDEN SLUMBERS The Beatles 199800

50 NEW 50 1 YOUR DOMINO Jesse Ware 12000

 

51 30 20 5 YOU MAKE IT FEEL LIKE CHRISTMAS Gwen Stefani featuring Blake Shelton 86600

52 44 17 10 YOU WERE RIGHT RUFUS 175700

53 69 53 2 GORGEOUS Taylor Swift 17450

54 48 1 18 MY KINGDOM (WILLIAM BLACK REMIX) Evangeline 928950

55 55 1 27 DREAMS Grace Slick 731500

56 51 6 21 GET LOW Zedd & Liam Payne 489150

57 57 57 4 SMOKE CLEARS Andy Grammer 32800

58 43 24 9 GO BANG PNAU 137800

59 46 10 13 SEXY NORTHERNER Pet Shop Boys 264100

60 NEW 60 1 STRANGERS Sigrid 10000

 

61 53 18 11 ULTRA LOVE Marlon Roudette 188400

62 52 15 9 COMIN’ UP Tungevaag & Raaban featuring Victor Crone 157550

63 59 59 4 F**K YOU KRISTMAS! (SWEARY VERSION) Kim Wilde & Lawnmower Deth 37400

64 54 54 2 WHEN A CHILD IS BORN Johnny Mathis 18100

65 NEW 65 1 PEOPLE WILL TALK Shed Seven 7000

66 29 29 3 STOP THE CAVALRY Jona Lewie 30000

67 67 1 43 ALONE AGAIN OR Love 1030950

68 NEW 68 1 THE LOVING KIND (MONITOR MIX) Pet Shop Boys 6400

69 68 29 12 A DIFFERENT CORNER George Michael 129550

70 NEW 70 1 THE WEEKEND (FUNK WAV REMIX) SZA & Calvin Harris 6000

 

71 58 19 14 BEAUTIFUL TRAUMA P!nk 185400

72 39 39 3 STEP INTO CHRISTMAS Elton John 29700

73 63 34 8 GOLDEN SLUMBERS Elbow 89900

74 66 3 18 CLOSER TO HEAVEN Pet Shop Boys 480450

75 36 36 5 LAST CHRISTMAS Wham! 66800

 

DROP OUTS

60 37 6 COULD IT BE FOREVER David Cassidy 87350

61 40 6 DAYDREAMER David Cassidy 59100

62 16 7 ONLY YOU (2017 VERSION) Yazoo 121800

64 64 1 CHRISTMAS WRAPPING The Waitresses 7100

65 65 1 HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band (with the Harlem Community Choir) 7000

70 70 1 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl 6000

73 73 1 FELIZ NAVIDAD Jose Feliciano 5400

74 74 1 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE Shakin’ Stevens 5200

75 75 1 ONE MORE SLEEP Leona Lewis 5000

big climb for oh wonder then!

not a bad remake of breathe there ...

sigrid at last!

and love's alone again or still on your chart, is this a record continuous run?!

 

good chart!

big climb for oh wonder then!

not a bad remake of breathe there ...

sigrid at last!

and love's alone again or still on your chart, is this a record continuous run?!

 

good chart!

 

Hi Toffo,

 

Oh Wonder is fab! :wub:

Breathe is as good as the original I think :)

Been a good week foe Sigrid, not just in my charts :lol:

 

Love isn't even close to a record - many tracks were on my charts for years, and reissued hits again and years again. No surprises if I say they were singles by The Beatles, Abba, and my all-time fave record Baker Street, and some others. I can't say more as it will give away my all-time top 10 "sales" when I re-start it :lol:

 

cheers!

john