25th November 2018

 

It's a 3rd week on top (and 7 weeks in total) for the symphonic Cars, keeping off the symphonic Beatles at 2, and just when you think it can't get any more symphonic - it does! Yes even more symphonic covers of oldies are out for the christmas gifting market aimed at people of a "certain age" - hi! Most of them do nothing much to the originals, but those that make an effort turn up as new entries: at 7 - Buddy Holly's highest-ever chart position, a really lovely version of True Love Ways finally getting him into my top 10 charts 60 years after he died, and 50 years after I started charting, just missing his extended posthumous chart career. At 19 it's Cilla's best non-cover, a song gifted by Lennon-McCartney (mostly Paul, I think), It's For You - this one though by the Liverpool Philharmonic, which although not as great as George Martin's original production, doesn't detract from the others in quite the same way as most of the re-imagined Cilla tracks. It previously went top 5 a decade ago or so.

 

Highest new entry proper is Raaginda, at 17, a lovely Eastern-flavoured instrumental, while a key drama TV show spot has highlighted the gorgeousness of a long-forgotten Connie Francis track, in at 24. That's her 3rd chart entry, all in the 21st century, so belated appreciation from me! Other charting oldies due to adverts, films, TV spots, TV performances: they have all made the itunes 200 so I'm counting them as valid: The Love Affair, the only UK hit version never to chart, and the best version, of Everlasting Love from 1968; Streets Of London from a 1969 album, a re-recorded hit in 1974, and recently re-recorded again for a 3rd time round; See The Day, Dee C. Lee's lovely 1985 biggie, joining her ex Paul Weller in my chart; AWOLNATION back 5 years on; Billy Joel back again 43 years after it first charted in my charts and in the USA; Queen's Highlander single from 1986.

 

Actual new stuff: Chainsmokers are back, with Kelsea Ballerini in tow, both adding to their hits total; Jean-Michel Jarre's best track off his new album, extending his chart run to 41 years; DNCE return assisting chart debuts from Merk & Kremont; The Beat and Ranking Roger are back with new charting material for the first time in decades, a decent bit of retro-ska, giving them a chart expanse of 39 years, hooray!

 

1 1 1 3 DRIVE (SYMPHONIC VERSION) The Cars 510000

2 2 2 2 GOOD NIGHT The Beatles 230000

3 4 1 4 SHADOWS Black Atlass 435000

4 5 3 6 DIAMOND HEART Alan Walker & Sophia Somajo 344500

5 6 5 6 STARFISH Rhys featuring FELIX SANDMAN 196000

6 3 3 3 ARREST THE PRESIDENT Ice Cube 200000

7 NEW 7 1 TRUE LOVE WAYS Buddy Holly & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 50000

8 10 8 3 THANK YOU, NEXT Ariana Grande 107800

9 7 4 7 JOY. for KING & COUNTRY 281500

10 14 10 3 I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS (SYMPHONIC VERSION) Foreigner 93000

 

11 9 9 4 BRAZILIAN SOUL The Knocks featuring Sofi Tukker 144000

12 12 12 4 FRENCH CLASS HalfNoise 118500

13 8 8 6 HEAVEN LET ME IN Friendly Fires 175850

14 22 14 3 SMALLTOWN BOY (SYMPHONIC VERSION) Bronski Beat 66100

15 18 15 4 BABY Clean Bandit featuring Marina & The Diamonds & Luis Fonzi 74900

16 11 3 7 NEED YOU TONITE Mylo featuring Judie Tzuke 259700

17 NEW 17 1 RISE Raaginder 23000

18 26 18 2 KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE The Fizz 40500

19 NEW 19 1 IT’S FOR YOU Cilla Black with The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 21000

20 16 1 9 TOOGOODTOBETRUE Gallant featuring Sufjan Stevens & Rebecca Sugar 601000

 

21 20 12 7 ALL I AM Jess Glynne 155350

22 23 22 4 LOVE Boyzone 63550

23 13 7 7 GRAVITY Paul Weller 258550

24 NEW 24 1 YOU’RE GONNA MISS ME Connie Francis 19000

25 19 19 3 SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE Queen 60750

26 17 2 9 MAD AT YOU Noah Cyrus & Gallant 422250

27 38 27 2 DON’T START WITHOUT ME The Fizz 35600

28 28 28 5 HOW LONG WILL THIS LAST? Blossoms 70800

29 34 29 3 39 Queen 52900

30 36 30 3 ALGORITHM Muse 45800

 

31 21 2 10 NOTHING BURNS LIKE THE COLD Snoh Aalegra featuring Vince Staples 545400

32 25 25 5 VENOM Eminem 72750

33 33 33 7 POLAROID Jonas Blue, Liam Payne & Lennon Stella 100900

34 41 34 5 BURN Super8 & Tab featuring Hero Baldwin 62450

35 24 5 7 TIME CAN HEAL A MAN SAVEUS 269500

36 37 36 5 LET YOU BE RIGHT Meghan Trainor 70800

37 31 15 6 LOST IN JAPAN (REMIX) Shawn Mendes & Zedd 119700

38 15 15 5 RADIO GAGA Queen 103600

39 29 3 9 IDEA The O’My’s featuring Chance The Rapper 409550

40 48 40 3 JAPAN Plastician 41600

 

41 27 1 8 SHE Charles Aznavour 504400

42 35 1 23 HEY LOOK MA, I MADE IT Panic! At The Disco 1928650

43 43 43 4 THE GREATEST SHOW Panic! At The Disco 45100

44 NEW 44 1 EVERLASTING LOVE The Love Affair 13250

45 50 45 3 SHELTER Monkey Safari 30200

46 49 46 3 LOVE OF MY LIFE Queen 35050

47 NEW 47 1 THIS FEELING Chainsmokers featuring Kelsea Ballerini 12500

48 61 48 3 LONELY STAR Ariana and The Rose 26400

49 54 49 2 BREATHE Camelphat & Cristoph featuring Jem Cooke 23100

50 NEW 50 1 SEE THE DAY Dee C. Lee 12000

 

51 39 39 6 VOR SONNEN-AUFGANG Laibach 65150

52 40 9 9 MOVES Olly Murs featuring Snoop Dogg 240500

53 57 53 3 HEY DJ CNCO, Meghan Trainor & Sean Paul 28050

54 59 54 3 MAPACHE Cari Cari 28300

55 44 44 4 OUT OF OUR HEADS Take That 42950

56 70 56 2 HUFF + PUFF Just A Band 16600

57 58 57 3 CHANCES Backstreet Boys 30700

58 62 58 4 WE LIVE FOREVER The Prodigy 30200

59 69 59 3 STAR Kiki Dee 21700

60 71 60 2 TINTS Anderson .Paak featuring Kendrick Lamar 15800

 

61 NEW 61 1 STREETS OF LONDON Ralph McTell 7500

62 65 62 3 PARADISE Nicky Romero featuring Walk Off The Earth 21400

63 NEW 63 1 INFINITY (MOVEMENT 6) Jean-Michel Jarre 7200

64 NEW 64 1 HANDS UP Merk & Kremont featuring DNCE 7100

65 73 65 2 OOH LA LA The Faces 12400

66 55 5 15 PROMISES Calvin Harris & Sam Smith 450700

67 68 67 2 SWEET BUT PSYCHO Ava Max 13000

68 42 18 6 I’M STILL HERE Sia 104450

69 75 69 2 PURE SHORES All Saints 11200

70 NEW 70 1 MANIAC The Beat featuring Ranking Roger 6000

 

71 60 10 13 THE DARK SIDE Muse 236050

72 NEW 72 1 SAIL AWOLNATION 5600

73 74 73 3 UNSTEADY (ERICH LEE GRAVITY REMIX) X Ambassadors 15600

74 NEW 74 1 THE PIANO MAN Billy Joel 5200

75 NEW 75 1 WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER Queen 5000

 

DROP OUTS

30 1 10 A CHANGE IS GONNA COME Sam Cooke 465650

32 32 4 WE WILL ROCK YOU Queen 45300

45 9 8 UNDER MY SKIN Gabrielle 159050

46 29 6 BACK & FORTH MK, Jonas Blue & Becky Hill 71300

47 11 7 ON MY WAY Bunt. featuring Leah Haywood 158300

51 22 5 RUN T’Pau 75850

52 6 10 SECRETS P!nk 328150

53 53 4 A KIND OF MAGIC Queen 43050

56 54 5 APPEALS Bayonne 37600

63 53 5 STOP TALKING Miya Folick 46900

64 64 4 I WANT TO BREAK FREE Queen 28400

66 66 4 CALL ME SIR Train featuring Cam & Travie McCoy 26800

67 24 11 JUST GOT PAID Sigala, Elle Ayre & Meghan Trainor featuring French Montana 165900

72 25 6 LOOK IN HER EYES Rod Stewart 78200

Hi Popchartfreak!

 

Amazed to see Jean-Michel Jarre there! Such an innovative composer and I will have a listen to the 6th movement later. Swedish Starfish any higher in the later weeks? joy. to hit another peak? Great week overall!

Hello John!

I like the big gain for "Tints" and the debuts for "Hands Up" and "Sail"!

Great chart!

Hi Popchartfreak!

 

Amazed to see Jean-Michel Jarre there! Such an innovative composer and I will have a listen to the 6th movement later. Swedish Starfish any higher in the later weeks? joy. to hit another peak? Great week overall!

 

Hi Uhsting, Thanks for the comment, I had no idea Starfish was by a Swedish act, oops! yes it will go higher though! joy sadly has already peaked, and yes Jean-Michel is a legend, I was 19 when I became a fan! :lol:

 

cheers

john

Hello John!

I like the big gain for "Tints" and the debuts for "Hands Up" and "Sail"!

Great chart!

 

 

Thanks Sergej! B-)