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4th November 2018

 

It's a brand new entry and debut for Black Atlass, a fellow-Canadian signing of The Weeknd, former chart-topper here too. Moody, moving and soulful, pretty much like most of my current top 10. That keeps off 2005 oldie Need You Tonite at 3, Judie Tzuke peaking originally at 13 in 1979 with the lushly orchestrated Stay With Me Till Dawn fabness, finally getting the chart position it deserves as part of the backbone to the track. The Knocks get a second top 20, as do Sofi Tukker. Or should that be as does Sofi Tukker? Grammar and band names gets to be SO confusing sometimes. F'rinstance I just found out 48 years late that the Carpenters' are actually Carpenters. No "the" unless you are referring to the family members of the band as opposed to a recording brand, presumably. One doesn't after all say The Abba, or The U2 or The Queen. So, Carpenters have a new RPO strings-pottered new album coming out and the 1973 Yesterday Once More returns 45 years later to my chart after peaking at 2 first-time round, and Carpenters join Eurythmics and Pet Shop Boys as just a few of the bands that keep getting the superflous "the" when being talked about on the radio and in life generally.

 

In at 21, it's Paramour drummer Zac Farro under a pseudonym. Or should that be The Paramour's drummer...? I give up! Jonas Blue gets 2 top 40 entries in one fell swoop, while Meghan Trainor nearly does it too. Or should that be MEGHAN TRAINOR as it says on the label? Sorry MEGHAN I'm bored with shouty text unless it's the song title (to differentiate it from the act, as was once the traditional norm in music press song charts back when I started charting, unless bold was used instead, song first, act second) or an acronym or initials. Thus endeth the historical English lesson.

 

In at 60, The Rocky Horror Picture Show classic, some 43 years late, but one I hear most years and about time it charted, courtesy of selling on itunes for Halloween. Clean Bandit pull in Marina for some Luis Fonzi-themed Spanish-flavoured delight, or Henry Winkler as he used to be known on Happy Days about the same time as Rocky Horror debuted. Probably. Heyyyyyy! Co-star Ron Howard just Directed Solo: A Star Wars story. I think Clean Bandit also did the theme tune to that one.... Probably. Two 90's boybands both return, Take That not unexpectedly as they've had loads of chart entries here over the years, Boyzone less so: it's been 5 years since the last one. The Prodigy are another returning 90's act, with the very early-The-Prodigy-sounding We Live Forever. Don't forget the "The" on Prodigy or the name makes less sense. Finally, Panic! At The Disco get a 4th chart entry of the year (that exclamation mark really should be at the end of the name if it's a description statement, though if it's an order surely (At The Disco) should be in brackets?). Act of the year either way, Brendan Urie has even managed to put a The Greatest Showman song into my chart now - I have yet to see the film and have resisted all of the hit songs from it to date, but Brendan knows how to do musicals to my tastes. Melodrama! OTT! Panic! (At The Disco).

 

 

1 NEW 1 1 SHADOWS Black Atlass 170000

2 1 1 8 A CHANGE IS GONNA COME Sam Cooke 392650

3 10 3 4 NEED YOU TONITE Mylo featuring Judie Tzuke 149700

4 7 4 3 DIAMOND HEART Alan Walker & Sophia Somajo 134500

5 2 2 6 MAD AT YOU Noah Cyrus & Gallant 343750

6 16 6 4 JOY. for KING & COUNTRY 121500

7 8 7 4 GRAVITY Paul Weller 157300

8 3 1 6 TOOGOODTOBETRUE Gallant featuring Sufjan Stevens & Rebecca Sugar 524000

9 6 5 4 TIME CAN HEAL A MAN SAVEUS 208000

10 4 1 5 SHE Charles Aznavour 452000

 

11 5 3 6 IDEA The O’My’s featuring Chance The Rapper 355000

12 14 12 4 ALL I AM Jess Glynne 88600

13 25 13 3 HEAVEN LET ME IN Friendly Fires 60850

14 9 9 6 UNDER MY SKIN Gabrielle 127300

15 15 15 3 LOST IN JAPAN (REMIX) Shawn Mendes & Zedd 65000

16 17 11 5 ON MY WAY Bunt. featuring Leah Haywood 127400

17 11 2 7 NOTHING BURNS LIKE THE COLD Snoh Aalegra featuring Vince Staples 488000

18 18 18 3 I’M STILL HERE Sia 66000

19 13 9 6 MOVES Olly Murs featuring Snoop Dogg 194000

20 NEW 20 1 BRAZILIAN SOUL The Knocks featuring Sofi Tukker 20000

 

21 NEW 21 1 FRENCH CLASS HalfNoise 19500

22 40 22 3 RUN T’Pau 47100

23 12 6 8 SECRETS P!nk 302650

24 22 1 20 HEY LOOK MA, I MADE IT Panic! At The Disco 1879500

25 26 25 4 LOOK IN HER EYES Rod Stewart 60850

26 20 13 6 HEAVY, CALIFORNIA Jungle 127500

27 30 27 2 RADIO GAGA Queen 36400

28 44 28 6 HEAVEN TO ME Don Diablo featuring Alex Clare 74900

29 21 16 6 CLEAN EYES SYML 102050

30 19 15 6 TIDAL WAVE Portugal. The Man 104900

 

31 24 1 7 LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES (ALBUM VERSION) Pet Shop Boys 646900

32 23 23 7 I WANT A DOG (ALBUM VERSION) Pet Shop Boys 111750

33 27 10 10 THE DARK SIDE Muse 207000

34 28 4 8 HEAD HELD HIGH Kodaline 278400

35 53 35 4 BACK & FORTH MK, Jonas Blue & Becky Hill 40350

36 31 6 11 I’M NOT SCARED Pet Shop Boys 321800

37 39 24 9 JUST GOT PAID Sigala, Elle Ayre & Meghan Trainor featuring French Montana 147300

38 48 38 4 POLAROID Jonas Blue, Liam Payne & Lennon Stella 48200

39 34 5 12 PROMISES Calvin Harris & Sam Smith 420100

40 49 40 5 5 DOLLARS Christine and The Queens 58800

 

41 36 36 4 HEARTBREAK HOTEL Alice Chater 60700

42 32 10 12 MUSIC’S TOO SAD WITHOUT YOU Kylie Minogue & Jack Savoretti 241850

43 47 43 3 STARFISH Rhys featuring FELIX SANDMAN 36000

44 38 11 7 SHAME Elle King 173150

45 45 45 7 HEAD OVER HEELS Tears For Fears 67900

46 37 37 3 80’s BABY New Kids On The Block, Salt-N-Pepa, Naughty By Nature, Tiffany & Debbie Gibson 40450

47 33 2 12 WHITE DRESS Set Mo featuring Deutsch Duke 702950

48 69 48 2 VENOM Eminem 18500

49 66 49 2 LET YOU BE RIGHT Meghan Trainor 18900

50 55 50 3 GIRLS GO WILD LP 30000

 

51 29 13 8 GTFO Mariah Carey 148050

52 72 52 2 BURN Super8 & Tab featuring Hero Baldwin 17100

53 57 53 3 STOP TALKING Miya Folick 28450

54 71 54 2 HOW LONG WILL THIS LAST? Blossoms 16800

55 35 27 8 TRANZ Gorillaz 111400

56 56 56 2 A KIND OF MAGIC Queen 21200

57 65 57 3 VOR SONNEN-AUFGANG Laibach 22800

58 58 58 3 APPEALS Bayonne 26600

59 60 59 3 DEEP WATER American Authors 26100

60 NEW 60 1 THE TIME WARP Little Nell, Patricia Quinn & Richard O’Brien 10000

 

61 52 24 11 BREATHIN Ariana Grande 149950

62 NEW 62 1 BABY Clean Bandit featuring Marina & The Diamonds & Luis Fonzi 7400

63 42 1 16 ROMANTIC Hooverphonic 891500

64 64 64 2 I WANT TO BREAK FREE Queen 14200

65 NEW 65 1 YESTERDAY ONCE MORE Carpenters & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 7000

66 68 66 2 CALL ME SIR Train featuring Cam & Travie McCoy 13200

67 67 67 2 SOMEBODY TO LOVE Queen 13200

68 NEW 68 1 OUT OF OUR HEADS Take That 6400

69 70 69 3 IM NIN’ALU Ofra Haza 17200

70 NEW 70 1 THE GREATEST SHOW Panic! At The Disco 6000

 

71 NEW 71 1 LOVE Boyzone 5800

72 74 72 2 OVER YOU Macy Gray 10800

73 73 73 2 I WANT YOU TO FREAK Rak-Su 10800

74 NEW 74 1 WE LIVE FOREVER The Prodigy 5200

75 75 75 2 WE WILL ROCK YOU Queen 10000

 

DROP OUTS

41 29 6 YOUR FUNNY UNCLE Pet Shop Boys 102300

43 24 7 LIFE IS GOLDEN Suede 116850

46 5 8 WHY HER NOT ME Grace Carter 249050

50 30 7 HERE I AM (FROM THE DUMPLIN’ ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK) Dolly Parton & Sia 105200

51 5 11 VELVET ELVIS Kacey Musgraves 352150

54 6 8 DOMINOES Paul McCartney 203750

59 1 23 HIGH HOPES Panic! At The Disco 1367150

61 22 8 KONG Neneh Cherry 105200

62 62 3 1999 Charli XCX & Troye Sivan 19000

63 63 4 NORTHERN LIGHTS Soft Cell 37600

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Hello John!

Nice to see "Diamond Heart" in your top 5, the huge gains for "Heaven Let Me In" and "Back & Forth" in your top 40!

I also like the debut for "Baby"!

Great chart!

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Hello John!

Nice to see "Diamond Heart" in your top 5, the huge gains for "Heaven Let Me In" and "Back & Forth" in your top 40!

I also like the debut for "Baby"!

Great chart!

 

Hi Sergej,

 

Thanks Sergej as always! :)

 

cheers

john B-)

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