8th April 2018

 

It's straight in for a 40th anniversary vinyl picture disc reissue on top - or rather the B side of Take A Chance On Me - just ahead of World Record Day when another Abba 1978 classic gets that treatment. Back in the day I didn't allow Abba B sides and album tracks in my charts (or any other acts) because my top 10's would have been Ed Sheeran invasions and there was too much to love equally as much. Well now streaming has pooed on that in the real charts, so have I changed my rules. So a huge fave in 1978 finally gets it's own chance to shine, having previously popped into my top 10 in 1999 during an Abba invasion sparked by a Box-set of rarity singles. I'm A Marionette was the key track in a mini-musical of The Album and The Movie. It would sound great in Mamma Mia 2, is all I'm suggesting...

 

So 44 years of Abba chart-toppers (pretty much all singles and as many album tracks) which stops a gloriously singalong cheesy country track from Kylie doing it (A Lifetime To Repair), but gives her a 3rd top 10 off Golden - along with another 3 new ones, making it a very greedy 6 scattered around the chart - it is a very good album though, most of the tracks stand out as potential singles. That's not all, though, it's been a very good week for new albums, 2 big ones from The Weeknd enter, 2 biggies from Eels, 2 from Lissie (all now having 3 in the list), 2 from Lisa Stansfield, and 2 from Kacey Musgraves. Phew!

 

I saw Kim Wilde headlining her first tour in decades with a new album Hear Come The Aliens, on Saturday, and rather fab she was too, really rocking it family-style with bruv Ricky and niece Scarlet. Some of the new stuff sounded as fab as the old classics, which gives a boost to Kandy Krush into the 20 some 37 years since show-closer stormer Kids In America. She is still as engaging as ever and a great back-catalogue to boot.

 

The mass invasion is bad news for a lot of records which fall or drop out prematurely when they should be climbing, but hey that's chart-life, if it's chockablock there's only 75 spots available! Meanwhile another album track (Lloyd Webber at 70) from Lana Del Ray enters, covering the Evita add-on for Madonna's film version, and I must say I much prefer Lana's reading. Meanwhile Florence covers Tiny Dancer for an Elton/Bernie multi-artist effort, a fab song that was not a hit single in the early 70's, and she has the best track on the album. That leaves only Alice Merton returning her No Roots to the chart a year on as it finally becomes a UK radio/chart presence. Better late than never.

 

1 NEW 1 1 I’M A MARIONETTE Abba 170000

2 NEW 2 1 A LIFETIME TO REPAIR Kylie Minogue 115000

3 1 1 3 YOU’RE SO COOL Jonathan Bree 303000

4 2 1 9 BEST DAYS Lissie 719000

5 5 5 6 BEND Ria Mae 226300

6 3 1 10 ALL THE STARS Kendrick Lamar and SZA 871350

7 8 7 4 MAKE YOUR OWN KIND OF MUSIC Paloma Faith 122300

8 4 4 4 STOP ME FROM FALLING Kylie Minogue 216000

9 14 9 2 NOTHING TO REGRET Robinson 74000

10 15 10 8 CAPITAL LETTERS Hailee Steinfeld featuring BoodPop 197800

 

11 6 6 8 STARCROSSED LOSERS The Fratellis 270100

12 12 3 11 SAY SOMETHING Justin Timberlake featuring Chris Stapleton 570000

13 21 13 2 RAINING GLITTER Kylie Minogue 51750

14 11 11 5 SANCTIFY Years & Years 142100

15 30 15 4 KANDY KRUSH Kim Wilde 63400

16 9 4 9 LET ME GO Hailee Steinfeld featuring Florida Georgia Line & watt 379200

17 NEW 17 1 SWEET SCORCHED EARTH Eels 23000

18 10 10 5 IN DEEP LOVE Beca 160000

19 19 19 10 RHIANNON (ALBUM VERSION) Fleetwood Mac 179600

20 NEW 20 1 HURT YOU The Weeknd featuring Gesaffelstein 20000

 

21 17 14 7 LULLABY Sigala & Paloma Faith 135600

22 13 6 7 MAKE ME FEEL Janelle Monae 245100

23 7 3 4 PANINARO (ITALIAN REMIX) Pet Shop Boys 214250

24 16 1 9 MONSTERS Saara Aalto 869000

25 NEW 25 1 CALL OUT MY NAME The Weeknd 18750

26 18 18 3 YARADA LIJ Mikael Seifu 59500

27 29 27 4 TIME IN A BOTTLE Lykke Li 60200

28 NEW 28 1 YOU ARE THE SHINING LIGHT Eels 18300

29 22 18 5 LUCID DREAM Owl City 87700

30 NEW 30 1 EVERY LITTLE PART OF ME Kylie Minogue 18000

 

31 31 31 2 WHITE FLAG Bishop Briggs 35800

32 32 32 5 VINCENT Don McLean 80400

33 20 20 3 SLIGHTLY ALL THE TIME Garden City Movement 56450

34 24 9 6 KILLER Pete Tong Heritage Orchestra featuring Seal 157850

35 35 35 2 INTERNATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT Robbie Williams 35000

36 NEW 36 1 MUSIC’S TOO SAD WITHOUT YOU Kylie Minogue & Jack Savoretti 17400

37 37 37 3 SAY AMEN (SATURDAY NIGHT) Panic! At The Disco 41700

38 25 25 5 HANDERNA MOT HIMLEN Petra Marklund 84100

39 23 5 12 TIL I’M DONE Paloma Faith 379750

40 40 40 5 TWO DIVIDED BY ZERO Pet Shop Boys 59100

 

41 27 5 11 THE DECONSTRUCTION Eels 347350

42 NEW 42 1 EVERYTHING Lisa Stansfield 13750

43 33 2 10 PRAY FOR ME The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar 492700

44 NEW 44 1 CASTLES Lissie 13250

45 26 12 7 HEART TO BREAK Kim Petras 163650

46 28 28 6 LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY Rosemary Martins 97200

47 44 3 16 ON OUR WAY HOME Empire Of The Sun 724350

48 41 1 11 ANYONE WHO KNOWS WHAT LOVE IS (WILL UNDERSTAND) Irma Thomas 703750

49 47 1 18 UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) Aretha Franklin with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 1005150

50 NEW 50 1 YOU MUST LOVE ME Lana Del Ray 12000

 

51 42 42 5 YOU ARE THE REASON (DUET VERSION) Calum Scott & Leona Lewis 64350

52 52 52 4 IN THE NIGHT Pet Shop Boys 35400

53 53 53 3 SOMEONE OUT THERE Rae Morris 28700

54 NEW 54 1 HIGH HORSE Kacey Musgraves 11000

55 51 51 2 FLAMES David Guetta & Sia 22550

56 NEW 56 1 SINCERELY YOURS Kylie Minogue 10600

57 34 12 9 MEANT TO BE Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line 188800

58 NEW 58 1 CRAZY GIRL Lissie 10200

59 NEW 59 1 TINY DANCER Florence + The Machine 10100

60 36 4 9 FEEL LIKE I DO Disclosure & Al Green 322050

 

61 46 46 6 MUTINY Think Up Anger featuring Crazy Vocal 52100

62 62 62 3 PARADISE George Ezra 20000

63 49 49 4 FLOWER OF THE UNIVERSE Sade 31200

64 75 64 2 LADY POWERS Vera Blue 12100

65 50 5 28 FEEL IT STILL Portugal. The Man 756050

66 66 66 3 BLAZE UP Mai Lan 19200

67 38 14 8 IT’S MY HOUSE MIKA 165550

68 60 1 20 HOW CAN I BE SURE David Cassidy 1019100

69 NEW 69 1 BILLIONAIRE Lisa Stansfield 6200

70 63 63 4 STORM SuRie 25600

 

71 39 39 4 BLACK AND BLUE (WARRIOR) Paloma Faith & Sia 49150

72 48 20 8 ALL FALLS DOWN Alan Walker featuring Noah Cyrus & Digital Farm Animals 108700

73 55 25 6 SLIDE LPX 82600

74 NEW 74 1 NO ROOTS Alice Merton 5200

75 NEW 75 1 SPACE COWBOY Kacey Musgraves 5000

 

DROP OUTS

43 33 4 NOT ABOUT YOU HAIKU HANDS 62200

45 18 10 THESE DAYS Rudimental featuring Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen 184750

54 10 11 NEVER Embrace featuring Kerri Watt 297900

56 56 3 NAKED AND SACRED Maria Naylor 26500

57 22 7 SAY YEAH Kishi Bashi 109350

58 8 12 FOR YOU Liam Payne & Rita Ora 273350

59 29 6 NEXT TO ME Imagine Dragons 83400

61 1 19 I KNOW YOU Craig David featuring Bastille 672250

64 33 5 NO EXCUSES Meghan Trainor 65650

65 65 4 HOLY WAR Rainbow Kitten Surprise 24000

67 67 1 STAY Shakespear’s Sister 6600

68 68 2 YOU & I Asmik Shiroyan 11600

69 24 6 SUICIDE GIRLS DANCE CAIN 85450

70 70 1 KOTO Cloze 6000

71 71 1 FLY TO PARADISE Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir 4 5800

72 60 5 A PLACE IN THE SUN UB40 featuring Ali, Astro & Mickey 36200

73 56 5 WHAT GOOD IS LOVE Paul Rey 35500

74 74 1 FEDERKLEID FAUN 5200

"I'm A Marionette" grew up for me very much after Dutch TV musical "ABBAcadabra".

This song was a main theme for the witch, played by wonderful Marga Scheide (member of popular girl group Luv').

 

John, which ABBA song is your least favourite ?

Edited April 11, 20187 yr by Good Old Days

Hi John!

 

Fratellis out of the Top 10 :( Oh well, it had to happen at some point!

 

Kylie Minogue and Jack Savoretti? Will need to give that a listen!

 

Nice to see No Roots enter, albeit a year late :P Wonder if it'll do anything in the UK now?

 

Great Chart :D

Hello John!

Nice to see "Capital Letters" in the top 10!

Like the Weeknd's debuts, also great to see "No Roots" and "Space Cowboy" debut!

Great chart as always!

Hi John,

 

Nice to see ABBA is still alive :cheer:

 

And the Kylie revival is :banana:

 

I see a few new tracks to.

Best one is "Call Out My Name"

"I'm A Marionette" grew up for me very much after Dutch TV musical "ABBAcadabra".

This song was a main theme for the witch, played by wonderful Marga Scheide (member of popular girl group Luv').

 

John, which ABBA song is your least favourite ?

 

Hi Alex, I never saw that ABBA cadabra show, but I still have fond memories at being at University and buying The Album and playing it till my room-mates got sick of it, I think :lol:

 

It's hard to pick a Least favourite Abba song, some of the early songs weren't all that great, and B sides like Crazy World were a bit dull, but I'd probably opt for King Kong Song for the lyrics - it's sort of so bad/funny that it's enjoyable! :lol:

Hi John!

 

Fratellis out of the Top 10 :( Oh well, it had to happen at some point!

 

Kylie Minogue and Jack Savoretti? Will need to give that a listen!

 

Nice to see No Roots enter, albeit a year late :P Wonder if it'll do anything in the UK now?

 

Great Chart :D

 

Thanks Pete B-)

 

Everything that goes up must come down :lol:

 

Kylie & Jack is pretty good quality I must say!

 

No Roots had a run a year ago, but I don't recognise songs that peak in different years as re-entries, I want them listing the new peaks as different chart runs - I get VERY annoyed when I see Chart books showing Love Me Do by The Beatles as charting in 1962 and peaking at 4. It peaked at 17 in 1962 and then recharted in 1982 and peaked at 4, two chart runs not one :lol:

 

Hope it does a Feel It Still though!

 

cheers!

john

Hello John!

Nice to see "Capital Letters" in the top 10!

Like the Weeknd's debuts, also great to see "No Roots" and "Space Cowboy" debut!

Great chart as always!

 

Hi Sergej,

 

thanks!

cheers

john B-)

Hi John,

 

Nice to see ABBA is still alive :cheer:

 

And the Kylie revival is :banana:

 

I see a few new tracks to.

Best one is "Call Out My Name"

 

Hi Sven,

 

Abba have never stopped being alive to me since the day they won Eurovision and I rushed out to buy it :lol:

 

Kylie took me by surprise how good the album is!

 

Cheers!

john B-)