26th August 2018

 

It's a Hey Jude! 50 years ago today The Beatles greatest single was released and sometime during the following chart week my dad came home from work at RAF Swinderby and told me The Beatles had gone to Number One. That sparked my interest in the pop charts, I discovered Alan Freeman's Sunday Pick Of The Pops chart rundown, and from then on I became obsessed with music charts. I had been obsessed by pop music for at least 4 years already. Sometime later in 1968 I did my first personal chart, and a few more followed in 1969, but they weren't weekly. By 1971 they WERE weekly, by 1972 I was doing 4 or 5 a week as I went chart mad. However, once I managed to buy the first published book of pop singles charts, which gave me access to information on the 60's and early 70's, I decided that the start point was Hey Jude, and retrospectively compiled charts based on what I liked at the time for all missing weeks - which was still more or less what I liked in the early/mid 70's. So the "week-ending date for this chart (if I followed the UK singles chart) would be 1st Sept 1968, near enough as dammit 50 years since my charts "started".

 

So Happy Anniversary To Me, and Happy 50th Beatles Hey Jude! Still an epic single which has charted in the 60's, 70's, 80's, 00's in the UK charts and mine both, and now in the teenies too. It hit the top everytime in my charts cos I'm a bit of a fan. Aretha Franklin's I Say A Little Prayer was also in the very first chart and is number 2 this week. Very appropriate, albeit for tragic reasons, and she adds another entry lower down, with another waiting in the wings.

 

Biggest climber is Calvin Harris & Sam Smith, up to a promising 6 - Calvin Harris' 6th top 10 including 2 chart-toppers, and Sam's 4th including one chart-topper with Naughty Boy. Keeping up with the kiddie oldies theme The Partridge Family TV theme, as featured in Ant-Man & The Wasp, becomes their 10th top, David Cassidy's 16th including solo hits. Alan Walker gets a 4th top 40, Madonna's Like A Prayer gives her a 60th birthday top 40, Pet Shop Boys original version of Eighth Wonder's I'm Not Scared (aka Patsy Kensit) charts for the first time 30 years late, and Ariana Grande gets a second hit of the year, her 10th in all, including chart-topper Love Me Harder.

 

1 NEW 1 1 HEY JUDE The Beatles 170000

2 1 1 2 I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Aretha Franklin 285000

3 3 3 2 (YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE) A NATURAL WOMAN Aretha Franklin 170000

4 2 1 10 HEY LOOK MA, I MADE IT Panic! At The Disco 1320000

5 4 1 6 ME MYSELF AND I Blonde featuring Bryn Christopher 490000

6 43 6 2 PROMISES Calvin Harris & Sam Smith 68500

7 7 7 4 RUN THE ROAD Santigold 134000

8 5 3 7 ROMANTIC Hooverphonic 426000

9 6 6 13 PANIC ROOM Au/Ra & CamelPhat 357550

10 18 10 4 COME ON GET HAPPY The Partridge Family featuring David Cassidy & Starring Shirley Jones 103500

 

11 9 5 7 THE WILD DARKNESS (CYA REMIX) Moby 345000

12 14 10 6 SOMETHING HUMAN Muse 210000

13 12 9 5 ANDANTE ANDANTE Abba 163250

14 8 4 5 SIDE EFFECTS The Chainsmokers featuring Emily Warren 165900

15 10 6 7 BE RIGHT HERE Kungs & Stargate featuring GOLDN 237250

16 17 16 5 MY LOVE MY LIFE Abba 96500

17 31 17 2 VELVET ELVIS Stacey Musgraves 40900

18 15 6 6 WOULDN’T WANT TO BE LIKE YOU Sheryl Crow featuring Annie Clark 228000

19 21 19 2 SPANISH HARLEM Aretha Franklin 40750

20 11 1 10 MY AUTUMN’S DONE COME Lee Hazelwood 710500

 

21 40 21 2 WHITE DRESS Set Mo 36750

22 25 22 3 GIMME GIMME GIMME (A MAN AFTER MIDNIGHT) Cher 48350

23 13 13 4 JUST MY TYPE The Vamps 104250

24 16 8 6 ALWAYS Panama 178250

25 28 25 4 SPOOKY Dusty Springfield 73350

26 27 26 3 I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU Amanda Seyfreid, Christine Baranski & Julie Walters 55300

27 19 1 14 HIGH HOPES Panic! At The Disco 1235400

28 37 28 6 CREEP CITY Jake Shears 77800

29 60 29 3 DARKSIDE Alan Walker featuring AU/RA & Tomine Harket 33400

30 22 3 12 SINNER Deaf Havana 568500

 

31 20 20 7 LANGAGE Moodoid & Wednesday Campanella 105200

32 39 32 2 ANGEL Aretha Franklin 34900

33 23 16 6 CRY ON MY GUITAR Miles Kane 122950

34 24 20 7 BIRDSONG Claptone featuring Zola Blood 118600

35 45 35 2 MADE FOR NOW Janet Jackson featuring Daddy Yankee 30500

36 30 30 8 BORN TO BE YOURS Kygo & Imagine Dragons 123600

37 32 32 7 I HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY Blue October 108450

38 50 38 2 TECHNIQUE Paces featuring Emmalyn & Jeida Woods 29200

39 65 39 2 LIKE A PRAYER Madonna 24100

40 47 40 2 THUNDERCLOUDS LSD featuring Sia, Diplo & Labrinth 29500

 

41 26 14 7 FRIENDS RAYE 151700

42 46 42 3 SHOW ME THE WAY Suzi Island 39250

43 29 26 8 BIRTHDAY Kim Wilde 127800

44 42 1 15 RUN BOY RUN Woodkid 785300

45 35 10 10 BEAUTIFUL LIFE Rick Astley 261800

46 34 34 5 ON U NOTIMES 68350

47 33 29 6 JUST FRIENDS Hayden James featuring Boy Matthews 88400

48 38 3 7 IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ME Yvonne Fair 291250

49 36 36 5 SHINE Gabrielle 65300

50 67 50 6 NATURAL Imagine Dragons 58700

 

51 68 51 2 SWEET HARMONY The Beloved 18150

52 69 52 3 MISSING U Robyn 23500

53 48 40 7 SUMMERTIME MAGIC Childish Gambino 86250

54 44 19 11 OCEAN Martin Garrix featuring Khalid 156300

55 55 55 4 LEVEL UP Ciara 35800

56 59 56 2 THINK Aretha Franklin 20700

57 52 52 4 WARRIOR Paloma Faith 39800

58 58 58 4 LIE LIKE ME Ward Thomas 37600

59 41 1 7 FOREVER MORE Moloko 395350

60 51 6 11 I ADORE U Adore Delano 352350

 

61 NEW 61 1 AIN’T NO WAY Aretha Franklin 7500

62 49 23 7 LOST WITHOUT YOU Freya Ridings 100100

63 66 63 3 NO DANGER The Delgados 20800

64 57 2 19 SIT NEXT TO ME Foster The People 803550

65 53 10 11 PARIS (VINAI REMIX) The Chainsmokers 216300

66 NEW 66 1 I’M NOT SCARED Pet Shop Boys 6800

67 71 67 2 SISTERS ARE DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin 12400

68 61 7 13 LOVE LASTS FOREVER All Saints 272800

69 NEW 69 1 BREATHIN Ariana Grande 6200

70 72 70 3 CRUEL GAME (VANZETTI & SACCO REMIX) Nouvelle Phenomene 17200

 

71 54 17 10 BORROWED LeAnn Rimes & Stevie Nicks 147250

72 NEW 72 1 THE WHOLE OF THE MOON The Waterboys 5600

73 75 73 3 ALL WE DO Oh Wonder 15400

74 NEW 74 1 EASTSIDE benny blanco, Halsey & Khalid 5200

75 NEW 75 1 DON’T ACT LIKE A STRANGER Cathedrals 5000

 

DROP OUTS

56 15 9 PALO SANTO Years & Years 168850

62 50 6 ONLY YOU Cheat Codes & Little Mix 58700

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

64 49 6 FERNANDO Cher & Andy Garcia 43400

70 70 3 CONFIDENCE Candi Staton 17400

73 16 9 ALL THE WAYS Meghan Trainor 144700

74 14 12 SIMPLE Florida Georgia Line 220000

 

and here's that first chart - spot the acts still in my chart this week. Errr, 3. All oldies. I was 10 years old and so was Madonna, Prince and Michael Jackson.

 

1 HEY JUDE The Beatles

2 GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU The Bee Gees

3 KEEP ON Bruce Channel

4 HOLD ME TIGHT Johnny Nash

5 THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin

6 HELP YOURSELF Tom Jones

7 THIS GUYS IN LOVE Herb Alpert

8 SUNSHINE GIRL Herman's Hermits

9 DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME Mama Cass

10 LITTLE ARROWS Leapy Lee

 

11 I CLOSE MY EYES AND COUNT TO TEN Dusty Springfield

12 HIGH IN THE SKY Amen Corner

13 DO IT AGAIN The Beach Boys

14 DANCE TO THE MUSIC Sly & The Family Stone

15 MONY MONY Tommy James & The Shondells

16 I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Aretha Franklin

17 LADY WILLPOWER Gary Puckett & The Union Gap

18 I PRETEND Des O'Connor

19 JEZAMINE The Casuals

20 FIRE The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown

 

 

 

 

Hello John!

Amazing #1, I still remember a couple of years ago, that my classmates and I sang this at school! That's how I learned about this song, however I knew about The Beatles a long time ago, before I listened to "Hey Jude". True story.

Also like the big gains for "Darkside", "Natural" and "Missing U"!

And I like the debuts for "Breathin" and "Eastside"!

Great chart as always!

John, congratulations with 50th anniversary of your personal chart.

It is very impressive fact.

 

Hey there John :hi:

 

Excellent choice of #1 *.* It's hard to pick a favourite Beatles song but I feel like 'Hey Jude' is probably my favourite of their absolute classics. I had such an amazing time at the Beatles Story museum earlier in the month and it's resulted in me revisiting their discography all over again :heart:

 

My favourite modern new entry is 'breathin' by Ariana Grande <3 can definitely see why that's been the most cherry-picked album track, it's so good.

 

Great stuff ^_^

Hey John! From your top 40 😊

 

 

2 1 1 2 I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Aretha Franklin 285000 :heart:

3 3 3 2 (YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE) A NATURAL WOMAN Aretha Franklin 170000 :heart:

4 2 1 10 HEY LOOK MA, I MADE IT Panic! At The Disco 1320000

5 4 1 6 ME MYSELF AND I Blonde featuring Bryn Christopher 490000

6 43 6 2 PROMISES Calvin Harris & Sam Smith 68500

8 5 3 7 ROMANTIC Hooverphonic 426000 :wub:

9 6 6 13 PANIC ROOM Au/Ra & CamelPhat 357550

11 9 5 7 THE WILD DARKNESS (CYA REMIX) Moby 345000 :wub: Love it.

13 12 9 5 ANDANTE ANDANTE Abba 163250

14 8 4 5 SIDE EFFECTS The Chainsmokers featuring Emily Warren 165900

16 17 16 5 MY LOVE MY LIFE Abba 96500

17 31 17 2 VELVET ELVIS Stacey Musgraves 40900

21 40 21 2 WHITE DRESS Set Mo 36750

22 25 22 3 GIMME GIMME GIMME (A MAN AFTER MIDNIGHT) Cher 48350 :music: :yahoo:

23 13 13 4 JUST MY TYPE The Vamps 104250

25 28 25 4 SPOOKY Dusty Springfield 73350

26 27 26 3 I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU Amanda Seyfreid, Christine Baranski & Julie Walters 55300

29 60 29 3 DARKSIDE Alan Walker featuring AU/RA & Tomine Harket 33400

34 24 20 7 BIRDSONG Claptone featuring Zola Blood 118600

35 45 35 2 MADE FOR NOW Janet Jackson featuring Daddy Yankee 30500 This is fantastic. For sure her best song in the last few years.

36 30 30 8 BORN TO BE YOURS Kygo & Imagine Dragons 123600

38 50 38 2 TECHNIQUE Paces featuring Emmalyn & Jeida Woods 29200

39 65 39 2 LIKE A PRAYER Madonna 24100 :wub: I love the Mad'house version of this.

40 47 40 2 THUNDERCLOUDS LSD featuring Sia, Diplo & Labrinth 29500

 

Fantastic chart :jump:

Hi John,

 

Great tracks from the Queen of Soul in your chart!

 

Hey Jude is still a smashing track after 50 years !

50 Years ago Areathe Franklin´s I Say A Little Prayer was also a hit !

 

New in your Top 10 Calvin Harris-Sam Smith :cheer:

Hello John!

Amazing #1, I still remember a couple of years ago, that my classmates and I sang this at school! That's how I learned about this song, however I knew about The Beatles a long time ago, before I listened to "Hey Jude". True story.

Also like the big gains for "Darkside", "Natural" and "Missing U"!

And I like the debuts for "Breathin" and "Eastside"!

Great chart as always!

 

Thanks Sergej! I love anecdotes for songs in everyone's life, they stay with you for life! I would have been very enthusiastic about music lessons if they had pop music in it, even old pop music, but I think it was mainly classical or jazz. Yawn! :lol:

 

 

John, congratulations with 50th anniversary of your personal chart.

It is very impressive fact.

 

Thanks Alex! I can hardly believe it myself, it doesn't seem that long at all since I was getting all excited about Those Were The Days knocking off Hey Jude. I adored that record! :lol:

Hey there John :hi:

 

Excellent choice of #1 *.* It's hard to pick a favourite Beatles song but I feel like 'Hey Jude' is probably my favourite of their absolute classics. I had such an amazing time at the Beatles Story museum earlier in the month and it's resulted in me revisiting their discography all over again :heart:

 

My favourite modern new entry is 'breathin' by Ariana Grande <3 can definitely see why that's been the most cherry-picked album track, it's so good.

 

Great stuff ^_^

 

Hey there Jade - I still haven't got to the Beatles museum yet :( I think in honour of your visit the least they could have done was a special version of Hey Jude just for you - Hey Jade! :lol: It did rechart on itunes a few weeks ago after Carpool Karaoke, so it's sort of official but delayed for a special reason for me!

 

Yes I agree about Breathin', must be the next single

 

cheers!

Hey John! From your top 40 😊

2 1 1 2 I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Aretha Franklin 285000 :heart:

3 3 3 2 (YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE) A NATURAL WOMAN Aretha Franklin 170000 :heart:

4 2 1 10 HEY LOOK MA, I MADE IT Panic! At The Disco 1320000

5 4 1 6 ME MYSELF AND I Blonde featuring Bryn Christopher 490000

6 43 6 2 PROMISES Calvin Harris & Sam Smith 68500

8 5 3 7 ROMANTIC Hooverphonic 426000 :wub:

9 6 6 13 PANIC ROOM Au/Ra & CamelPhat 357550

11 9 5 7 THE WILD DARKNESS (CYA REMIX) Moby 345000 :wub: Love it.

13 12 9 5 ANDANTE ANDANTE Abba 163250

14 8 4 5 SIDE EFFECTS The Chainsmokers featuring Emily Warren 165900

16 17 16 5 MY LOVE MY LIFE Abba 96500

17 31 17 2 VELVET ELVIS Stacey Musgraves 40900

21 40 21 2 WHITE DRESS Set Mo 36750

22 25 22 3 GIMME GIMME GIMME (A MAN AFTER MIDNIGHT) Cher 48350 :music: :yahoo:

23 13 13 4 JUST MY TYPE The Vamps 104250

25 28 25 4 SPOOKY Dusty Springfield 73350

26 27 26 3 I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU Amanda Seyfreid, Christine Baranski & Julie Walters 55300

29 60 29 3 DARKSIDE Alan Walker featuring AU/RA & Tomine Harket 33400

34 24 20 7 BIRDSONG Claptone featuring Zola Blood 118600

35 45 35 2 MADE FOR NOW Janet Jackson featuring Daddy Yankee 30500 This is fantastic. For sure her best song in the last few years.

36 30 30 8 BORN TO BE YOURS Kygo & Imagine Dragons 123600

38 50 38 2 TECHNIQUE Paces featuring Emmalyn & Jeida Woods 29200

39 65 39 2 LIKE A PRAYER Madonna 24100 :wub: I love the Mad'house version of this.

40 47 40 2 THUNDERCLOUDS LSD featuring Sia, Diplo & Labrinth 29500

 

Fantastic chart :jump:

 

Hey James!

 

Glad you're loving Aretha tracks at the top end, thanks for the picks and comments! I agree about Janet Jackson, it's her first proper pop tune in 15 years - probably out of fashion sadly, but great to hear her back on poptastic form. I used to enjoy Mad'house, I was almost half-suspicious it was madonna herself for a while when I first heard it! :lol:

 

cheers!

 

Hi John,

 

Great tracks from the Queen of Soul in your chart!

 

Hey Jude is still a smashing track after 50 years !

50 Years ago Areathe Franklin´s I Say A Little Prayer was also a hit !

 

New in your Top 10 Calvin Harris-Sam Smith :cheer:

 

Hi Sven B-)

 

Glad you're liking Aretha stuff in the charts, plenty more this week too, I'm on a Franklin trip at the mo.

 

cheers!

 

john