19th August 2018

 

It's the late, great Aretha on top, probably the greatest female vocalist of all-time, though I rate her huge fan Dusty just as much, and both are in my chart this week. It's an Aretha invasion following her sad passing, led by her 1968 definitive version of I Say A Little Prayer, a song I loved as 10-year-old, and played to death on a various artists hits album in Singapore as an 11-year-old (my dad bought it), and which finally topped my charts in 2011. The Bacharach/David song is therefore justifiably back on top for a 2nd week just ahead of her brilliant version of Carole King's You Make Me Feel (Like A Natural Woman) which both artists have charted before this century, as album track oldies, and which reaches a new peak of 3. Elsewhere, Spanish Harlem was a top 10 hit for me in 1971 when I was charting proper, Angel criminally never made my charts as it was strictly UK top 30 hits only in those days as a silly chart rule, Think has never charted (predating my charts) and Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves is back 33 years after going top 10 with Eurythmics.

 

Elsewhere Santigold gets her first top 10 since 2008's Les Artistes, Cher rockets Abba into the 40, Stacey Musgraves gets a different Velvet Elvis song to Alex Winston's 2013 chart-topper into the 40, Calvin & Sam enter, Sam Smith's highest-charting track since Like I Can went top 10 2 years ago. Janet Jackson is back! It's been 12 years since she last troubled my charts, 14 years since she got as high as 45, and 17 years since she last topped my chart with Someone To Call My Lover, a great under-rated single, the last of 5 number ones. Talking of old chart-toppers, The Beloved's 1993 classic is back because it is selling on itunes, and so is Like A Prayer for Madonna, presumably in celebration of her 60th birthday. The end of that sentence just seems unreal and SO wrong.

 

1 NEW 1 1 I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Aretha Franklin 170000

2 2 1 9 HEY LOOK MA, I MADE IT Panic! At The Disco 1255000

3 NEW 3 1 (YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE) A NATURAL WOMAN Aretha Franklin 85000

4 1 1 5 ME MYSELF AND I Blonde featuring Bryn Christopher 430000

5 5 3 6 ROMANTIC Hooverphonic 378000

6 7 6 12 PANIC ROOM Au/Ra & CamelPhat 312550

7 19 7 3 RUN THE ROAD Santigold 84000

8 4 4 4 SIDE EFFECTS The Chainsmokers featuring Emily Warren 136900

9 8 5 6 THE WILD DARKNESS (CYA REMIX) Moby 308000

10 6 6 6 BE RIGHT HERE Kungs & Stargate featuring GOLDN 210250

 

11 3 1 9 MY AUTUMN’S DONE COME Lee Hazelwood 690500

12 9 9 4 ANDANTE ANDANTE Abba 131250

13 13 13 3 JUST MY TYPE The Vamps 85000

14 10 10 5 SOMETHING HUMAN Muse 175000

15 11 6 5 WOULDN’T WANT TO BE LIKE YOU Sheryl Crow featuring Annie Clark 206000

16 12 8 5 ALWAYS Panama 159250

17 22 17 4 MY LOVE MY LIFE Abba 71500

18 18 18 3 COME ON GET HAPPY The Partridge Family featuring David Cassidy & Starring Shirley Jones 61500

19 15 1 13 HIGH HOPES Panic! At The Disco 1217000

20 25 20 6 LANGAGE Moodoid & Wednesday Campanella 87400

 

21 NEW 21 1 SPANISH HARLEM Aretha Franklin 19750

22 17 3 11 SINNER Deaf Havana 550500

23 16 16 5 CRY ON MY GUITAR Miles Kane 105250

24 20 20 6 BIRDSONG Claptone featuring Zola Blood 101000

25 59 25 2 GIMME GIMME GIMME (A MAN AFTER MIDNIGHT) Cher 28850

26 14 14 6 FRIENDS RAYE 137700

27 27 27 2 I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU Amanda Seyfreid, Christine Baranski & Julie Walters 36800

28 28 28 3 SPOOKY Dusty Springfield 54600

29 26 26 7 BIRTHDAY Kim Wilde 114300

30 30 30 7 BORN TO BE YOURS Kygo & Imagine Dragons 106200

 

31 NEW 31 1 VELVET ELVIS Stacey Musgraves 17900

32 32 32 6 I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY Blue October 91150

33 29 29 5 JUST FRIENDS Hayden James featuring Boy Matthews 75900

34 43 34 4 ON U NOTIMES 55600

35 24 10 9 BEAUTIFUL LIFE Rick Astley 248800

36 37 36 4 SHINE Gabrielle 53200

37 39 37 5 CREEP CITY Jake Shears 59500

38 21 3 6 IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ME Yvonne Fair 278950

39 NEW 39 1 ANGEL Aretha Franklin 17100

40 NEW 40 1 WHITE DRESS Set Mo 17000

 

41 23 1 6 FOREVER MORE Moloko 385250

42 41 1 14 RUN BOY RUN Woodkid 772050

43 NEW 43 1 PROMISES Calvin Harris & Sam Smith 13500

44 44 19 10 OCEAN Martin Garrix featuring Khalid 145300

45 NEW 45 1 MADE FOR NOW Janet Jackson featuring Daddy Yankee 13000

46 46 46 2 SHOW ME THE WAY Suzi Island 25500

47 NEW 47 1 THUNDERCLOUDS LSD featuring Sia, Diplo & Labrinth 12500

48 40 40 6 SUMMERTIME MAGIC Childish Gambino 75000

49 31 23 6 LOST WITHOUT YOU Freya Ridings 92700

50 NEW 50 1 TECHNIQUE Paces featuring Emmalyn & Jeida Woods 12000

 

51 34 6 10 I ADORE U Adore Delano 342350

52 52 52 3 WARRIOR Paloma Faith 29400

53 35 10 10 PARIS (VINAI REMIX) The Chainsmokers 209300

54 33 17 9 BORROWED LeAnn Rimes & Stevie Nicks 141450

55 64 55 3 LEVEL UP Ciara 25000

56 36 15 9 PALO SANTO Years & Years 168850

57 47 2 18 SIT NEXT TO ME Foster The People 796450

58 58 58 3 LIE LIKE ME Ward Thomas 27400

59 NEW 59 1 THINK Aretha Franklin 10100

60 74 60 2 DARKSIDE Alan Walker featuring AU/RA & Tomine Harket 15200

 

61 48 7 12 LOVE LASTS FOREVER All Saints 266400

62 50 50 6 ONLY YOU Cheat Codes & Little Mix 58700

63 60 60 3 DIDN’T I Rod Stewart featuring Bridget Cady 22400

64 49 49 6 FERNANDO Cher & Andy Garcia 43400

65 NEW 65 1 LIKE A PRAYER Madonna 7000

66 66 66 2 NO DANGER The Delgados 13600

67 53 53 5 NATURAL Imagine Dragons 46700

68 NEW 68 1 SWEET HARMONY The Beloved 6400

69 71 69 2 MISSING U Robyn 12000

70 70 70 3 CONFIDENCE Candi Staton 17400

 

71 NEW 71 1 SISTERS ARE DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin 5800

72 72 72 2 CRUEL GAME (VANZETTI & SACCO REMIX) Nouvelle Phenomene 11200

73 51 16 9 ALL THE WAYS Meghan Trainor 144700

74 56 14 12 SIMPLE Florida Georgia Line 220000

75 75 75 2 ALL WE DO Oh Wonder 10000

 

DROP OUTS

38 7 13 I COULDN’T LIVE WITHOUT YOUR LOVE Petula Clark 341750

42 2 10 HEART (ALBUM VERSION) Pet Shop Boys 541300

45 29 4 LOVE THE LIE Call Me Loop 46400

54 54 4 RE:MEMBER Olafur Arnalds 43600

55 55 4 U ALREADY KNOW Keys N Krates 35500

57 57 3 ANGEL EYES Abba 21400

61 32 6 EVERYBODY NEEDS A KISS Benny Benassi & Sofi Tukker 79250

62 6 11 HUMILITY Gorillaz featuring George Benson 325400

63 9 11 GOLDEN Kylie Minogue 267750

65 5 12 GIVIN UP One EskimO 438300

67 1 28 ALL THE STARS Kendrick Lamar and SZA 1180900

68 68 3 OVER MY SKIN Tiffany Young 18200

69 18 8 LOW Lenny Kravitz 120150

73 73 2 HYPOCRITE Jean-Michel Blais & CFCF 10400

Hi John!

 

RIP Aretha :( I Say A Little Prayer is a classic, I'm dancing now listening to it! Natural Woman is also a great choice and a very memorable piece.

 

Not heard Spanish Harlem before actually, her vocals sound great on it though!

 

Just giving Thunderclouds a listen also, I'm enjoying the vocals and instrumentation but I question what involvement Diplo had in making this :lol:

 

Poor One Eskimo dropping out :(

 

Great chart :D

Hey John!

 

 

2 2 1 9 HEY LOOK MA, I MADE IT Panic! At The Disco 1255000

3 NEW 3 1 (YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE) A NATURAL WOMAN Aretha Franklin 85000 I had no idea this was Aretha Franklin 🙂

4 1 1 5 ME MYSELF AND I Blonde featuring Bryn Christopher 430000

5 5 3 6 ROMANTIC Hooverphonic 378000 :wub:

6 7 6 12 PANIC ROOM Au/Ra & CamelPhat 312550

8 4 4 4 SIDE EFFECTS The Chainsmokers featuring Emily Warren 136900

9 8 5 6 THE WILD DARKNESS (CYA REMIX) Moby 308000 :wub:

13 13 13 3 JUST MY TYPE The Vamps 85000

15 11 6 5 WOULDN’T WANT TO BE LIKE YOU Sheryl Crow featuring Annie Clark 206000

17 22 17 4 MY LOVE MY LIFE Abba 71500

24 20 20 6 BIRDSONG Claptone featuring Zola Blood 101000 :wub:

25 59 25 2 GIMME GIMME GIMME (A MAN AFTER MIDNIGHT) Cher 28850 Big bit bop!

26 14 14 6 FRIENDS RAYE 137700

27 27 27 2 I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU Amanda Seyfreid, Christine Baranski & Julie Walters 36800

30 30 30 7 BORN TO BE YOURS Kygo & Imagine Dragons 106200

31 NEW 31 1 VELVET ELVIS Stacey Musgraves 17900

36 37 36 4 SHINE Gabrielle 53200

37 39 37 5 CREEP CITY Jake Shears 59500

39 NEW 39 1 ANGEL Aretha Franklin 17100

40 NEW 40 1 WHITE DRESS Set Mo 17000

 

Fab chart as per!

Hi John!

 

RIP Aretha :( I Say A Little Prayer is a classic, I'm dancing now listening to it! Natural Woman is also a great choice and a very memorable piece.

 

Not heard Spanish Harlem before actually, her vocals sound great on it though!

 

Just giving Thunderclouds a listen also, I'm enjoying the vocals and instrumentation but I question what involvement Diplo had in making this :lol:

 

Poor One Eskimo dropping out :(

 

Great chart :D

 

Hi Pete!

 

Thanks for the Aretha comments, she was a great. Spanish Harlem was a song I always liked, familiar from childhood, then I heard Aretha's version and she notched it up a level, as she often did!

 

Still loving OneEskimo even if it's dropped out - what goes up must go down :lol: Played it yesterday actually, still cool.

 

cheers!

John

Hey John!

2 2 1 9 HEY LOOK MA, I MADE IT Panic! At The Disco 1255000

3 NEW 3 1 (YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE) A NATURAL WOMAN Aretha Franklin 85000 I had no idea this was Aretha Franklin 🙂

4 1 1 5 ME MYSELF AND I Blonde featuring Bryn Christopher 430000

5 5 3 6 ROMANTIC Hooverphonic 378000 :wub:

6 7 6 12 PANIC ROOM Au/Ra & CamelPhat 312550

8 4 4 4 SIDE EFFECTS The Chainsmokers featuring Emily Warren 136900

9 8 5 6 THE WILD DARKNESS (CYA REMIX) Moby 308000 :wub:

13 13 13 3 JUST MY TYPE The Vamps 85000

15 11 6 5 WOULDN’T WANT TO BE LIKE YOU Sheryl Crow featuring Annie Clark 206000

17 22 17 4 MY LOVE MY LIFE Abba 71500

24 20 20 6 BIRDSONG Claptone featuring Zola Blood 101000 :wub:

25 59 25 2 GIMME GIMME GIMME (A MAN AFTER MIDNIGHT) Cher 28850 Big bit bop!

26 14 14 6 FRIENDS RAYE 137700

27 27 27 2 I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU Amanda Seyfreid, Christine Baranski & Julie Walters 36800

30 30 30 7 BORN TO BE YOURS Kygo & Imagine Dragons 106200

31 NEW 31 1 VELVET ELVIS Stacey Musgraves 17900

36 37 36 4 SHINE Gabrielle 53200

37 39 37 5 CREEP CITY Jake Shears 59500

39 NEW 39 1 ANGEL Aretha Franklin 17100

40 NEW 40 1 WHITE DRESS Set Mo 17000

 

Fab chart as per!

 

Hey James!

 

You may have heard Natural Woman in the Carole King version (she wrote it but didnt have the hit with it, sort of the Sia of her day), Cher is really taking it into overdrive with the Abba covers isn't she? :lol: She's been tweeting she's very tired after doing them and getting it all done for release, but not surprising at her age!

 

Glad you like Stacey Musgraves track too, such a tune in the old-fashioned sense of a fab melody! :D

 

cheers!

john B-)

 

 

Nice aritha tribute! Good chart as always!

Funnily enough I had a similar chart rule back in the 80s and 90s, anything that hadn't appeared in the top 75 in the last four weeks was excluded, resulting in some high entries and bizzare exits! Nowadays any thing is allowed to chart!

 

Nice aritha tribute! Good chart as always!

Funnily enough I had a similar chart rule back in the 80s and 90s, anything that hadn't appeared in the top 75 in the last four weeks was excluded, resulting in some high entries and bizzare exits! Nowadays any thing is allowed to chart!

 

Hi Toffo, cheers and yes I also wonder what I was thinking restricting my charts to just the UK top 30, so many great records would have charted and made my charts more interesting (and accurate, as often I bought singles before they could enter my chart at 1!). When I did make the change in 1974, I quickly found it was a non-chart takeover and quite volatile!