Posted February 11, 20196 yr 10th February 2019 It's a first week on top for Bobbie Gentry's fabulously moody Sermon, from 1967 the song, giving Mercury Rev a second chart-topper just over 17 years since the last one, the gorgeous The Dark Is Rising. Margo Price gets her first doing a pretty good job of competing with the much-missed Bobbie Gentry (missed as in she stopped her music career over 40 years ago). That keeps the Pet Shop Boys 1990 album track at 2 in a week when they release an EP of political or social commentary tracks, called Agenda - as in commenting on those with agendas, while having an agenda (but a worthy one, being as I agree with every word of every song). All four enter my charts, giving Chris n Neil 6 tracks in my chart. The highest new entry is What Are We Going To Do About The Rich at 19 - tax 'em heavily and force 'em to reveal all their interests worldwide, I say! Give Stupidity A Chance is an ode to Trump, or Brexit, or anything really that puts opinion, hatred and lies over facts, and is quite amusing and as clever as always. The Forgotten Child is clearly about the thousands of illegal immigrant children that have gone missing under Trump. Nobody knows where they are, and if they are even alive. Jack Savoretti gets a 4th top 10 in 4 years, Dua Lipa a 7th, huge climbs for Tommy Trash & The Chemical Brothers into the 20 as I'm clearly in a mood for clubbing. Yola, Galantis & The Revivalists get big climbs into the 40, and the only new track that doesn't feature "Pet" in the name is from Marina getting a follow-up to her Clean Bandit collab, her 9th chart entry in 9 years, including a top 10 in Prima Donna in 2012. This week I finally got to see Tears For Fears in concert for the first time - they were still fab, Curt still looking good, and a back catalogue of hits to impress. If I don't get many new entries again next week I may have to rechart Head Over Heels which under-performed in my charts! When I heard it in Donnie Darko I realised the error of my ways. Alison Moyet supported, but Ive seen her headline already with a much bigger setlist. I have to say there can be few touring acts that can start a set with a huge classic on the scale of Everybody Wants To Rule The World. 1 5 1 7 SERMON Mercury Rev featuring Margo Price 395100 2 4 2 5 MY OCTOBER SYMPHONY Pet Shop Boys 255900 3 7 3 4 STARTED OUT Georgia 187200 4 6 4 3 JUICE Lizzo 152000 5 2 1 5 JEALOUSY (ALBUM VERSION) Pet Shop Boys 600000 6 3 1 12 THIS FEELING Chainsmokers featuring Kelsea Ballerini 771000 7 1 1 11 NOTHING BREAKS LIKE A HEART Mark Ronson featuring Miley Cyrus 926050 8 18 8 4 CANDLELIGHT Jack Savoretti 106200 9 10 9 3 TRAMPOLINE SHAED 114000 10 23 10 3 SWAN SONG Dua Lipa 73000 11 11 6 7 ONLY YOU Theophilus London featuring Tame Impala 220500 12 17 12 3 BETTER THAN ME Ten Tonnes 71000 13 13 13 4 VOTE FOR ME The Specials 93150 14 8 4 7 LOST CONTROL Alan Walker & Sorana 313500 15 9 5 6 WICKED GAMES RAIGN 228100 16 51 16 2 ME & U Tommy Trash featuring Anna Lunoe 36750 17 20 17 3 GIVE YOU UP Dido 53100 18 15 15 6 BARCELONA Andy Burrows & Matt Haig 131000 19 NEW 19 1 WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT THE RICH? Pet Shop Boys 21000 20 73 20 2 GOT TO KEEP ON The Chemical Brothers 25400 21 12 5 7 BOUNCE Albin Lee Meldau 270250 22 16 16 7 LOVELY Billie Eilish & Khalid 115600 23 19 19 5 HOPE IS A DANGEROUS THING Lana Del Ray 97850 24 14 14 5 GIANT Calvin Harris & Rag’n’Bone Man 102550 25 26 25 5 WITHOUT ME Halsey 54550 26 21 1 10 GOODBYE TO LOVE Carpenters & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 1050250 27 30 27 7 HOLA (I SAY) Marco Mengoni featuring Tom Walker 94300 28 28 28 4 SUCH A REMARKABLE DAY Charlotte Gainsbourg 59300 29 NEW 29 1 GIVE STUPIDITY A CHANCE Pet Shop Boys 18200 30 32 30 5 DANCING WITH A STRANGER Sam Smith & Normani 76100 31 36 31 3 CRY TO ME Solomon Burke 40500 32 22 1 17 DIAMOND HEART Alan Walker & Sophia Somajo 982800 33 25 20 7 WHEN THE PARTY’S OVER Billie Eilish 123750 34 24 10 6 (UNDERNEATH THE) LOVELY LONDON SKY Lin-Manuel Miranda 138700 35 71 35 2 FARAWAY LOOK Yola 24300 36 39 36 5 HELLO MY LOVE Westlife 75350 37 40 37 5 LONGSHOT Catfish & The Bottlemen 58200 38 56 38 2 BONES Galantis featuring OneRepublic 27800 39 27 6 10 E-LO Los Unidades (Coldplay) & Pharrell Williams featuring Jozzy 295150 40 62 40 2 ALL MY FRIENDS The Revivalists 24400 41 29 29 7 WE APPRECIATE POWER Grimes featuring HANA 94150 42 67 42 2 WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? Ruelle 20350 43 37 6 14 THANK YOU, NEXT Ariana Grande 467400 44 35 35 6 PLAY Jax Jones & Years & Years 73100 45 33 7 13 BREATHE Camelphat & Cristoph featuring Jem Cooke 296250 46 34 1 15 SHADOWS Black Atlass 798850 47 38 29 7 LOVE HAS ALL BEEN DONE BEFORE Jade Bird 99600 48 48 48 2 IDEA The O’My’s featuring Chance The Rapper 24600 49 43 43 6 LONELY NIGHTS (ANGEL FACE) Captain & Tennille 66900 50 46 46 4 DANCE MUSIC Bananarama 41350 51 55 51 3 SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM Trevor Horn featuring The Sarm Orchestra & Rumer 29150 52 31 9 6 I’LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Tom Jones 138900 53 42 20 6 NO PLACE Backstreet Boys 95050 54 54 54 4 IN DREAMS Roy Orbison 35700 55 45 3 11 SURVIVE Don Diablo featuring Emeli Sande & Gucci Mane 481400 56 44 7 15 BRAZILIAN SOUL The Knocks featuring Sofi Tukker 457600 57 47 1 12 TRUE LOVE WAYS Buddy Holly & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 630650 58 58 58 3 SEPTEMBER Earth, Wind & Fire 25800 59 75 59 2 TOKYO White Lies 15100 60 64 60 2 FAVOURITE THING Fleur East 17100 61 49 49 4 MY LOVE GOES ON James Morrison featuring Joss Stone 37050 62 60 1 34 HEY LOOK MA, I MADE IT Panic! At The Disco 2045500 63 50 30 7 SIXTEEN Thomas Rhett 80850 64 65 64 4 PARTY FOR ONE Carly Rae Jepsen 25100 65 57 15 12 YOU’RE GONNA MISS ME Connie Francis 215250 66 66 66 4 LAND OF THE FREE The Killers 25200 67 68 67 5 DON’T THROW YOUR LOVE AWAY The Searchers 30200 68 NEW 68 1 ON SOCIAL MEDIA Pet Shop Boys 6400 69 59 9 12 RISE Raaginder 241050 70 72 70 3 A NEW ENGLAND Kirsty MacColl 17200 71 NEW 71 1 THE FORGOTTEN CHILD Pet Shop Boys 5800 72 63 1 14 DRIVE (SYMPHONIC VERSION) The Cars 818800 73 NEW 73 1 HANDMADE HEAVEN MARINA 5400 74 52 24 11 DREAM ON Aerosmith 141200 75 53 5 12 EVERLASTING LOVE The Love Affair 254550 DROP OUTS 41 31 5 REFLECTIONS OF MY LIFE Marmalade 80250 61 32 6 MAY LOVE TRAVEL WITH YOU Paul Weller 79650 69 50 5 I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO LIKE ME Robbie Williams 41100 70 39 6 COO COO COO Santigold 70550 74 18 6 EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD Trevor Horn featuring The Sarm Orchestra & Robbie Williams 90450
February 11, 20196 yr Don't know or just can't remember that song from Connie Francis. It's not a big surprise at all, because she recorded over 700 songs in her long music career. John, is it the first Westlife song in the history of your charts ? :lol:
February 12, 20196 yr Hello John! Really like the top 10 entry for "Swan Song", I also enjoyed "Candlelight", heard it for the first time and it's a beautiful song! Also very happy seeing "Bones" gain big! Great chart!
February 14, 20196 yr Hi John! Apparently Georgia is supporting Jungle on their tour so I might get to hear her live on Saturday :o (or maybe not, depending on whether the queue is so long I miss the support act). Nice to see Swan Song so high in your chart, I do think it's one of her best (although I've said that about a lot of her songs until they got boring, come to think of it maybe that's why I generally prefer follow-ups to big hits). I've just given Give Stupidity a Chance a listen, it's unquestionably PSB but some of the lyrics are... maybe not my thing oops Great chart :D
February 16, 20196 yr Hi John, Lizzo up :cheer: Wow Dua Lipa already Top 10 ! Nice new entry from the Pet Shop Boys at no 29. It´s the new single in The Netherlands!
February 16, 20196 yr Hi John! 3 7 3 4 STARTED OUT Georgia 187200 4 6 4 3 JUICE Lizzo 152000 Have you heard other Lizzo songs?? She's great, never thought I'd see her on the iTunes chart or hear her on Radio 1! 6 3 1 12 THIS FEELING Chainsmokers featuring Kelsea Ballerini 771000 7 1 1 11 NOTHING BREAKS LIKE A HEART Mark Ronson featuring Miley Cyrus 926050 9 10 9 3 TRAMPOLINE SHAED 114000 10 23 10 3 SWAN SONG Dua Lipa 73000 16 51 16 2 ME & U Tommy Trash featuring Anna Lunoe 36750 Oh how cool it would be to have Leww's/Aeroche's ear for a hit song every single month!! 22 16 16 7 LOVELY Billie Eilish & Khalid 115600 24 14 14 5 GIANT Calvin Harris & Rag’n’Bone Man 102550 25 26 25 5 WITHOUT ME Halsey 54550 33 25 20 7 WHEN THE PARTY’S OVER Billie Eilish 123750 37 40 37 5 LONGSHOT Catfish & The Bottlemen 58200 39 27 6 10 E-LO Los Unidades (Coldplay) & Pharrell Williams featuring Jozzy 295150 43 37 6 14 THANK YOU, NEXT Ariana Grande 467400 44 35 35 6 PLAY Jax Jones & Years & Years 73100 45 33 7 13 BREATHE Camelphat & Cristoph featuring Jem Cooke 296250 46 34 1 15 SHADOWS Black Atlass 798850 Finally I can comment on how awesome it was to see this as your #1 :lol: :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub: I'm so glad you love it as much as me (or maybe more)! 55 45 3 11 SURVIVE Don Diablo featuring Emeli Sande & Gucci Mane 481400 59 75 59 2 TOKYO White Lies 15100 62 60 1 34 HEY LOOK MA, I MADE IT Panic! At The Disco 2045500 63 50 30 7 SIXTEEN Thomas Rhett 80850 64 65 64 4 PARTY FOR ONE Carly Rae Jepsen 25100 74 52 24 11 DREAM ON Aerosmith 141200 Great chart! :D
February 17, 20196 yr Author Don't know or just can't remember that song from Connie Francis. It's not a big surprise at all, because she recorded over 700 songs in her long music career. John, is it the first Westlife song in the history of your charts ? :lol: Hi Alex, I didnt know that Connie Francis song either, it was entered into BJSC after featuring as the closing song in the death of a TV character as the series ended, and it's fab. It was shockingly just a minor 1959 hit for her! Westlife, I just checked, have had loads of chart entries and some big ones in my charts, I had no idea I liked them that much :lol: 6 16 BOP BOP BABY Westlife 406950 2002 4 13 SHE'S BACK AGAIN Westlife 299750 2006 9 14 QUEEN OF MY HEART Westlife 290150 2001 10 9 WHAT ABOUT NOW Westlife 156700 2009 20 11 OBVIOUS Westlife 142800 2004 17 8 IF I LET YOU GO Westlife 122500 1999 28 6 FOOL AGAIN Westlife 89000 2000 26 7 WORLD OF OUR OWN Westlife 85500 2002 39 5 SWEAR IT AGAIN (62600) Westlife 62600 1999 43 4 UNBREAKABLE Westlife 42100 2002 62 6 MANDY Westlife 39600 2003 58 5 AMAZING Westlife 36600 2006 63 3 MY LOVE Westlife 18200 2000 55 2 HOME Westlife 17900 2007 57 2 FLYING WITHOUT WINGS Westlife 17800 1999 71 3 I HAVE A DREAM/ SEASONS IN THE SUN Westlife 16600 2000 60 2 HEY WHATEVER Westlife 15600 2003 65 2 YOU RAISE ME UP Westlife 14000 2005 65 2 LIGHTHOUSE Westlife 14000 2011 75 1 WHEN YOU TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME Westlife/ Diana Ross 5000 2005 So 21 hits including the current one which is already their 9th biggest. 4 top 10's! :) cheers! john
February 17, 20196 yr Author Hello John! Really like the top 10 entry for "Swan Song", I also enjoyed "Candlelight", heard it for the first time and it's a beautiful song! Also very happy seeing "Bones" gain big! Great chart! Thanks Sergej! B-)
February 17, 20196 yr Author Hi John! Nice to see Pet Shop Boys new humorous songs! Great week! Hi Uhsting, yes nicely whimsical, I don't expect they will feature on the next album! :lol:
February 17, 20196 yr Author Hi John! Apparently Georgia is supporting Jungle on their tour so I might get to hear her live on Saturday :o (or maybe not, depending on whether the queue is so long I miss the support act). Nice to see Swan Song so high in your chart, I do think it's one of her best (although I've said that about a lot of her songs until they got boring, come to think of it maybe that's why I generally prefer follow-ups to big hits). I've just given Give Stupidity a Chance a listen, it's unquestionably PSB but some of the lyrics are... maybe not my thing oops Great chart :D Hi Pete, hope you got to see Jungle and Georgia, both have had great singles. If they did this area I'd go along.... (just checked - I missed them! Doh! Other acts on that I hadnt noticed: Stranglers, Adore Delano, Dodgy, marina, Selector so lots of opps there) Big hits are always ata disadvantage from over-exposure, the bigger the harder it is to hear them as fresh until a long time has passed without hearing them! It would be boring if we liked the same thing :D - I like the PSB political stuff, but the lyrics are a bit clumsy in song in this case, they'd work better as prose, but nobody would get to hear them :lol: cheers! john
February 17, 20196 yr Author Hi John, Lizzo up :cheer: Wow Dua Lipa already Top 10 ! Nice new entry from the Pet Shop Boys at no 29. It´s the new single in The Netherlands! Hi Sven, That PSB track is the one getting occasional plays on Radio 2 here, too :) cheers! John
February 17, 20196 yr Author Hi John! 3 7 3 4 STARTED OUT Georgia 187200 4 6 4 3 JUICE Lizzo 152000 Have you heard other Lizzo songs?? She's great, never thought I'd see her on the iTunes chart or hear her on Radio 1! 6 3 1 12 THIS FEELING Chainsmokers featuring Kelsea Ballerini 771000 7 1 1 11 NOTHING BREAKS LIKE A HEART Mark Ronson featuring Miley Cyrus 926050 9 10 9 3 TRAMPOLINE SHAED 114000 10 23 10 3 SWAN SONG Dua Lipa 73000 16 51 16 2 ME & U Tommy Trash featuring Anna Lunoe 36750 Oh how cool it would be to have Leww's/Aeroche's ear for a hit song every single month!! 22 16 16 7 LOVELY Billie Eilish & Khalid 115600 24 14 14 5 GIANT Calvin Harris & Rag’n’Bone Man 102550 25 26 25 5 WITHOUT ME Halsey 54550 33 25 20 7 WHEN THE PARTY’S OVER Billie Eilish 123750 37 40 37 5 LONGSHOT Catfish & The Bottlemen 58200 39 27 6 10 E-LO Los Unidades (Coldplay) & Pharrell Williams featuring Jozzy 295150 43 37 6 14 THANK YOU, NEXT Ariana Grande 467400 44 35 35 6 PLAY Jax Jones & Years & Years 73100 45 33 7 13 BREATHE Camelphat & Cristoph featuring Jem Cooke 296250 46 34 1 15 SHADOWS Black Atlass 798850 Finally I can comment on how awesome it was to see this as your #1 :lol: :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub: :wub: I'm so glad you love it as much as me (or maybe more)! 55 45 3 11 SURVIVE Don Diablo featuring Emeli Sande & Gucci Mane 481400 59 75 59 2 TOKYO White Lies 15100 62 60 1 34 HEY LOOK MA, I MADE IT Panic! At The Disco 2045500 63 50 30 7 SIXTEEN Thomas Rhett 80850 64 65 64 4 PARTY FOR ONE Carly Rae Jepsen 25100 74 52 24 11 DREAM ON Aerosmith 141200 Great chart! :D Hi Jordan! :) No I'd never heard of Lizzo till Radio 2 picked up on her! She's got pop energy, which is a good thing! I don't know how Lewww does it contest after contest, he's definitely got the knack for a dance tune - one of the A&R dance labels should have snapped him up by now! :) Yes so grateful for Black Atlass, Jordan, such a great record - I was hoping it would win UP but slow soulful tracks invariably dont appeal across the board on Buzzjack which is a pity - unless it's The Weeknd of course :lol: cheers! John B-)
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