3rd March 2019

 

It's straight in at 1 for 1978 Eurodisco obscure goodie American Generation, giving The Ritchie Family a belated chart-topper 40 years after it peaked around 40 places lower, and thanks to my rediscovering it and entering it into the BJSC. I've gone slightly mad on it's hooks and retro-charm! The sisters first charted in 1975 for me, then hit my top 10 with The Best Disco In Town in 1976, and have had to wait a whopping 44 years to get that chart-topper.

 

This week I've been on holiday in Gran Canaria, and haven't had any time to listen to new music, or current music for the most part, so mostly oldies enter my charts. I was at the airport when I heard the sad news about the death of Keith Flint, hence his greatest moment back in my top 5 23 years on, on top of the loss of Talk Talk mainman Mark Hollis, which has also brought their best tracks back in my chart for the 3rd time in the case of chart-topper It's My Life, and twice top tenner Life's What You Make It.

 

 

 

1 NEW 1 1 AMERICAN GENERATION The Ritchie Family 170000

2 2 2 3 365 Zedd & Katy Perry 250000

3 4 3 3 BEST 54 (ALL GOOD NOW) Jungle 167100

4 NEW 4 1 FIRESTARTER The Prodigy 65000

5 1 1 3 THE KILLING MOON (SYMPHONIC VERSION) Echo & The Bunnymen 400000

6 7 6 3 ELECTRO ROMANTICO Bob Sinclar featuring Robbie Williams 122600

7 3 2 6 SWAN SONG Dua Lipa 323000

8 6 3 7 STARTED OUT Georgia 375200

9 10 5 6 TRAMPOLINE SHAED 261000

10 12 10 4 WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT THE RICH? Pet Shop Boys 123000

 

11 5 5 7 CANDLELIGHT Jack Savoretti 251200

12 8 1 10 SERMON Mercury Rev featuring Margo Price 543100

13 18 13 3 TALK Khalid 65000

14 9 4 6 JUICE Lizzo 281000

15 11 7 6 BETTER THAN ME Ten Tonnes 185000

16 13 13 5 GOT TO KEEP ON The Chemical Brothers 114400

17 17 17 5 BONES Galantis featuring OneRepublic 94800

18 NEW 18 1 IT’S MY LIFE Talk Talk 22000

19 19 19 3 DON’T FEEL LIKE CRYING Sigrid 54750

20 30 20 3 GRAFFITI CHVRCHES 45400

 

21 15 15 7 GIVE YOU UP Dido 122850

22 14 9 5 ME & U Tommy Trash featuring Anna Lunoe 130250

23 16 4 10 LOST CONTROL Alan Walker & Sorana 394750

24 25 24 5 FARAWAY LOOK Yola 80050

25 27 25 3 WHO DO YOU LOVE The Chainsmokers & 5 Seconds Of Summer 54700

26 26 13 7 VOTE FOR ME The Specials 152150

27 21 1 15 THIS FEELING Chainsmokers featuring Kelsea Ballerini 844150

28 22 1 14 NOTHING BREAKS LIKE A HEART Mark Ronson featuring Miley Cyrus 990850

29 34 29 3 COLD IN LA Why Don’t We 42600

30 40 30 4 ON SOCIAL MEDIA Pet Shop Boys 53400

 

31 31 24 11 HOLA (I SAY) Marco Mengoni featuring Tom Walker 168100

32 32 6 11 ONLY YOU Theophilus London featuring Tame Impala 304350

33 33 33 5 WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? Ruelle 73450

34 NEW 34 1 LIFE’S WHAT YOU MAKE IT Talk Talk 17600

35 48 35 2 YOUR EX Paloma Faith 29800

36 38 36 5 ALL MY FRIENDS The Revivalists 76200

37 20 2 8 MY OCTOBER SYMPHONY Pet Shop Boys 335200

38 46 38 3 PRETEND CNCO 36350

39 NEW 39 1 KILLING MY TIME G-Flip 17100

40 50 40 3 MISS ME MORE Kelsea Ballerini 34300

 

41 28 25 8 DANCING WITH A STRANGER Sam Smith & Normani 127150

42 52 42 2 FOR PETE’S SAKE The Monkees 25250

43 29 5 9 WICKED GAMES RAIGN 279550

44 41 1 13 GOODBYE TO LOVE Carpenters & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 1095300

45 32 26 4 GIVE STUPIDITY A CHANCE Pet Shop Boys 67500

46 31 15 9 BARCELONA Andy Burrows & Matt Haig 181150

47 45 1 20 DIAMOND HEART Alan Walker & Sophia Somajo 1021550

48 53 48 3 HEAL ME Grace Carter 29350

49 59 49 2 WALK ME HOME P!nk 22200

50 39 5 10 BOUNCE Albin Lee Meldau 317250

 

51 37 37 8 LONGSHOT Catfish & The Bottlemen 104550

52 35 28 6 CRY TO ME Solomon Burke 87800

53 36 1 8 JEALOUSY (ALBUM VERSION) Pet Shop Boys 647900

54 42 19 8 HOPE IS A DANGEROUS THING Lana Del Ray 140800

55 47 47 5 FAVOURITE THING Fleur East 52150

56 51 10 9 (UNDERNEATH THE) LOVELY LONDON SKY Lin-Manuel Miranda 178050

57 43 16 10 LOVELY Billie Eilish & Khalid 157000

58 44 20 10 WHEN THE PARTY’S OVER Billie Eilish 164600

59 64 59 6 A NEW ENGLAND Kirsty MacColl 40400

60 54 6 17 THANK YOU, NEXT Ariana Grande 500500

 

61 66 61 2 HAPPY TOGETHER The Turtles 14300

62 71 62 2 YOUR AUNTY GRIZELDA The Monkees 13200

63 49 49 5 TOKYO White Lies 45200

64 68 64 4 HANDMADE HEAVEN MARINA 24500

65 65 1 37 HEY LOOK MA, I MADE IT Panic! At The Disco 2066500

66 57 6 13 E-LO Los Unidades (Coldplay) & Pharrell Williams featuring Jozzy 324850

67 NEW 67 1 SAVE A LITTLE LOVE Junior J featuring John Gibbons & Therese 6600

68 58 7 16 BREATHE Camelphat & Cristoph featuring Jem Cooke 324350

69 69 69 4 THE FORGOTTEN CHILD Pet Shop Boys 24400

70 60 1 18 SHADOWS Black Atlass 826100

 

71 NEW 71 1 I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW Tiffany 5800

72 75 72 2 DESIRE Sub Focus & Dimension 10600

73 NEW 73 1 TODAY Talk Talk 5400

74 NEW 74 1 DOVE Pillar Point 5200

75 NEW 75 1 BREATHE The Prodigy 5000

 

DROP OUTS

55 14 7 GIANT Calvin Harris & Rag’n’Bone Man 127350

56 48 5 SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM Trevor Horn featuring The Sarm Orchestra & Rumer 52050

61 36 7 HELLO MY LOVE Westlife 95850

62 25 7 WITHOUT ME Halsey 75700

63 28 6 SUCH A REMARKABLE DAY Charlotte Gainsbourg 80000

67 46 6 DANCE MUSIC Bananarama 57950

70 35 8 PLAY Jax Jones & Years & Years 89500

72 29 9 LOVE HAS ALL BEEN DONE BEFORE Jade Bird 115400

73 29 9 WE APPRECIATE POWER Grimes featuring HANA 110150

74 7 17 BRAZILIAN SOUL The Knocks featuring Sofi Tukker 470000

Hi John!

 

American Generation is a pretty decent track, great to see it qualify for the final!

 

Firestarter is one of The Prodigy's best, it's tragic what's happened as I've grown up listening to their music and it doesn't feel right that he's not around anymore :(

 

And of course Talk Talk as well :( That one reminds me of being younger as well even if I wasn't around when it was released, a great song!

 

Great chart :D

Hi John,

 

Wow! The Ritchie Family! I still love it :yahoo:

 

Still Top 10; Zedd, Bob Sinclar and Dua Lipa :cheer:

 

Khalid almost Top 10 :cheer:

Hi John!

 

American Generation is a pretty decent track, great to see it qualify for the final!

 

Firestarter is one of The Prodigy's best, it's tragic what's happened as I've grown up listening to their music and it doesn't feel right that he's not around anymore :(

 

And of course Talk Talk as well :( That one reminds me of being younger as well even if I wasn't around when it was released, a great song!

 

Great chart :D

 

Hi Pete,

 

Thanks for dropping by! :) Glad you like The Ritchie Family track, it's one I liked but got overshadowed by much more famous tracks at the time, so I'm happy to see some Eurodisco cheese make it :lol:

 

Sad about Keith & Mark yes, though Talk Talk were also really 90's as they had reissued success with some of their 80's tracks.

 

Cheers! B-)

Hi John,

 

Wow! The Ritchie Family! I still love it :yahoo:

 

Still Top 10; Zedd, Bob Sinclar and Dua Lipa :cheer:

 

Khalid almost Top 10 :cheer:

 

Thanks Sven, I'm surprised you know The Ritchie Family, though it was bigger in Europe than the UK (where no-one knows it!) :heart:

 

Khalid still almost top 10 this week due to an invasion of new stuff! B-)

 

cheers!

john

Hello John!

Nice to see the Prodigy debuts, still sad what happened to Keith.

I'm also surprised I haven't seen "Such A Shame" by Talk Talk, in your chart, but 2 other songs, one including "It's My Life", which I've heard. "Such A Shame" is actually played from time to time on a german radio I'm hearing.

I also like the huge gain for "Graffiti" and the Prodigy debuts!

Great chart!