Posted March 25, 20196 yr 25th March 2019 It's a first week on top for yet another act to debut in 2009, following Paloma Faith, this time Empire Of The Sun and Chrysalis. They've come close 3 or 4 times, but previous highest peak slot was 2 for the Aussies. Well, I say first number one - actually Nick Littlemore hit the top as Pnau in 2012 along with Elton John on Sad, while Luke Steele almost topped my charts 18 years ago in The Sleepy Jackson and their Good Dancers. Emeli Sande gets her second biggest hit (behind chart-topper Hurts) at 2, while her Sparrow is joined by a rat in the top - Rat City at 6. What with Cat in there too it's a Jungle at the top. Mabel has a huge climb into the 30, the third family Cherry to do that, the Nanas are back in the 30 for a tasty 37th year. Go back to 1982, ask me what are the chances I would still be charting new Bananarama records in 2019, and I would have said, pretty much zero. Pretty much are though! 4 10cc album tracks climb, TLC are back in the 40 for the first time since it topped in 1995, Jungle get a 2nd simultaneous top 40, and Billie Eilish gets a 3rd of the year. New entries from Tame Impala, keeping them coming fresh off their top 10 collab, Olly Murs keeping the pop run going in my charts even if he's not a UK chart regular anymore (I've always been much more faithful to acts than the ever-trend-chasing chart-mirroring average teen), Will Young is back knocking on 17 years since his early bland Evergreen and 15 years since he topped my chart with Friday's Child. Sting & Shaggy are also back with another collab, Shaggy makes it 26 years, Sting solo 36 years, and with The Police 40 years. So a total of 66 years charting. Bananarama 37 years? That's nothing. Back when I was 15 Suzi Quatro joined RAK records in the UK, Nicky Chinn & Mike Chapman churned out glam rock stompers for The Sweet, Mud and many others including Suzi, who was pretty much the first female rocker to top the charts with Can The Can & Devil Gate Drive. So, Suzi is back with a new album collaboration with her son, and gets the first 2 tracks off it into my charts. Not too far from Glam Rock, it's fair to say. So, 46 years later and she still charts, and still has never topped my charts. Outrageous! That must be the longest chart career of anyone who has never had a number one for me, despite having at least 3 that deserved to, her last serious effort was in 2011 when she went top 10 with a great cover of Goldfrapp's Strict Machine. 1 4 1 3 CHRYSALIS Empire Of The Sun 285000 2 19 2 2 SPARROW Emeli Sande 136000 3 1 1 5 YOUR EX Paloma Faith 349800 4 2 1 3 IT’S OVER Morrissey featuring LP 350000 5 3 3 6 BEST 54 (ALL GOOD NOW) Jungle 397100 6 28 6 3 KIND OF LOVE Rat City featuring Isak Heim 84100 7 6 6 3 YOU BELONG TO ME Cat Pierce 153000 8 5 5 3 SON OF MAN GG/06 aka 10cc (Kevin Godley & Graham Gouldman) featuring Hotlegs 135000 9 8 1 4 AMERICAN GENERATION The Ritchie Family 323000 10 11 10 6 TALK Khalid & Disclosure 179000 11 7 2 6 365 Zedd & Katy Perry 452000 12 9 6 6 ELECTRO ROMANTICO Bob Sinclar featuring Robbie Williams 257600 13 13 13 3 NEVER COMIN DOWN Keith Urban 87000 14 16 14 5 WALK ME HOME P!nk 95700 15 20 15 3 SUCKER Jonas Brothers 60250 16 12 9 7 WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT THE RICH? Pet Shop Boys 228000 17 18 17 3 LIFTED Parker Bossley 57500 18 10 10 4 IT’S MY LIFE Talk Talk 115000 19 23 19 6 COLD IN LA Why Don’t We 101600 20 29 20 8 ALL MY FRIENDS The Revivalists 132000 21 21 2 9 SWAN SONG Dua Lipa 394500 22 15 1 6 THE KILLING MOON (SYMPHONIC VERSION) Echo & The Bunnymen 493500 23 25 23 4 KILLING MY TIME G-Flip 73500 24 34 24 3 WHAT MORE CAN I DO? Jack Savoretti 47850 25 22 18 6 DON’T FEEL LIKE CRYING Sigrid 115000 26 64 26 3 DON’T CALL ME UP Mabel 30600 27 24 3 10 STARTED OUT Georgia 437600 28 48 28 3 STUFF LIKE THAT Bananarama 41000 29 36 29 5 DESIRE Sub Focus & Dimension 58300 30 35 30 3 SAY THE WORD Hornal with Graham Gouldman & Kevin Godley 47500 31 26 1 13 SERMON Mercury Rev featuring Margo Price 599500 32 32 17 8 BONES Galantis featuring OneRepublic 148700 33 59 33 2 WATERFALLS TLC 27800 34 46 34 3 OCEAN EYES Billie Eilish 37850 35 62 35 2 BARON SAMEDI 10cc 24900 36 39 36 3 EVERY STEP Gabrielle 41900 37 17 4 4 FIRESTARTER The Prodigy 147300 38 56 38 3 LO/HI The Black Keys 34200 39 14 14 4 LIFE’S WHAT YOU MAKE IT Talk Talk 81700 40 57 40 3 CASIO Jungle 34000 41 49 41 2 CLOCKWORK CREEP 10cc 26100 42 27 19 6 GRAFFITI CHVRCHES 98550 43 31 13 8 GOT TO KEEP ON The Chemical Brothers 164300 44 33 7 9 BETTER THAN ME Ten Tonnes 234950 45 NEW 45 1 PATIENCE Tame Impala 13000 46 60 46 4 SAVE A LITTLE LOVE Junior J featuring John Gibbons & Therese 36150 47 66 47 3 WE’RE THROUGH The Hollies 25500 48 68 48 2 HALFWAY THERE ROZES 18700 49 NEW 49 1 FEEL THE SAME Olly Murs 12100 50 52 50 2 CONNECTION Elastica 23500 51 37 5 10 CANDLELIGHT Jack Savoretti 299500 52 53 52 4 DOVE Pillar Point 38150 53 40 40 3 LEARN TO LET GO Welshly Arms 45250 54 30 5 9 TRAMPOLINE SHAED 309750 55 38 38 6 PRETEND CNCO 81550 56 75 56 2 SOMEWHERE IN HOLLYWOOD 10cc 15600 57 41 4 13 LOST CONTROL Alan Walker & Sorana 437050 58 63 58 3 BUTTERFLY LOONA 24400 59 74 59 2 HURRICANES Dido 15300 60 69 60 3 THE BIRD SYML 21600 61 65 61 2 OLD WILD MEN 10cc 14500 62 43 43 6 HEAL ME Grace Carter 63000 63 50 1 18 THIS FEELING Chainsmokers featuring Kelsea Ballerini 877350 64 44 15 10 GIVE YOU UP Dido 160900 65 67 65 2 ONLY HAPPY WHEN IT RAINS Garbage 13600 66 72 66 3 SO AM I Ava Max 17600 67 70 67 3 ME QUEDO CONTIGO Rosalia 18600 68 42 37 6 MISS ME MORE Kelsea Ballerini 71750 69 71 69 3 NEW HOUSE Rex Orange County 17800 70 NEW 70 1 ALL THE SONGS Will Young 6000 71 NEW 71 1 NO SOUL/ NO CONTROL Suzi Quatro 5800 72 45 4 9 JUICE Lizzo 317800 73 NEW 73 1 MACHO MAN Suzi Quatro 5400 74 NEW 74 1 JUST ONE LIFETIME Sting & Shaggy 5200 75 73 1 40 HEY LOOK MA, I MADE IT Panic! At The Disco 2082500 DROP OUTS 47 9 7 ME & U Tommy Trash featuring Anna Lunoe 160550 51 25 5 WHO DO YOU LOVE The Chainsmokers & 5 Seconds Of Summer 83950 54 24 7 FARAWAY LOOK Yola 108450 55 55 2 MURDER ON THE DANCEFLOOR (ORCHESTRAL VERSION) Sophie Ellis-Bextor 21400 58 13 9 VOTE FOR ME The Specials 175850 61 1 22 DIAMOND HEART Alan Walker & Sophia Somajo 1040050
March 28, 20196 yr Hi John! Great to see Chrysalis at #1 - one of my favourites from them, really enjoying it! Nice to see Hurricanes on its way up for you as well, glad to see you taking a shine to it :D Giving the new Tame Impala a listen now - it's sounding nice! Liking the piano riff in there, and the percussion is great as well. Great chart :D
March 31, 20196 yr Hi John, Emeli Sandé and Khalid Top 10 :cheer: Love Bob Sinclar/Robbie Williams, but they are already down <_< Mabel and the Jonas Brothers are fast climbers :cheer: Best new entries: Tame Impala, Olly Murs, Will Young and Sting/Shaggy :yahoo:
March 31, 20196 yr Hello John! I like the top 10 for "Talk"! Nice to see big gain for "Don't Call Me Up" too and the debuts for "Feel The Same" and "Just One Lifetime"! Great chart!
March 31, 20196 yr Hi John. Hope you're well. My faves this week: 1 4 1 3 CHRYSALIS Empire Of The Sun 285000 :wub: 4 2 1 3 IT’S OVER Morrissey featuring LP 350000 6 28 6 3 KIND OF LOVE Rat City featuring Isak Heim 84100 7 6 6 3 YOU BELONG TO ME Cat Pierce 153000 9 8 1 4 AMERICAN GENERATION The Ritchie Family 323000 :heart: again, thanks for bringing this into my life :lol: 10 11 10 6 TALK Khalid & Disclosure 179000 11 7 2 6 365 Zedd & Katy Perry 452000 12 9 6 6 ELECTRO ROMANTICO Bob Sinclar featuring Robbie Williams 257600 14 16 14 5 WALK ME HOME P!nk 95700 15 20 15 3 SUCKER Jonas Brothers 60250 16 12 9 7 WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT THE RICH? Pet Shop Boys 228000 shockingly their first No.1 in 15 years in my chart! :o Flamboyant was their previous in 2004, although they have hit No.2 about 7 times in between 18 10 10 4 IT’S MY LIFE Talk Talk 115000 :wub: 19 23 19 6 COLD IN LA Why Don’t We 101600 20 29 20 8 ALL MY FRIENDS The Revivalists 132000 21 21 2 9 SWAN SONG Dua Lipa 394500 22 15 1 6 THE KILLING MOON (SYMPHONIC VERSION) Echo & The Bunnymen 493500 24 34 24 3 WHAT MORE CAN I DO? Jack Savoretti 47850 25 22 18 6 DON’T FEEL LIKE CRYING Sigrid 115000 26 64 26 3 DON’T CALL ME UP Mabel 30600 27 24 3 10 STARTED OUT Georgia 437600 28 48 28 3 STUFF LIKE THAT Bananarama 41000 29 36 29 5 DESIRE Sub Focus & Dimension 58300 32 32 17 8 BONES Galantis featuring OneRepublic 148700 33 59 33 2 WATERFALLS TLC 27800 34 46 34 3 OCEAN EYES Billie Eilish 37850 36 39 36 3 EVERY STEP Gabrielle 41900 37 17 4 4 FIRESTARTER The Prodigy 147300 :wub: 39 14 14 4 LIFE’S WHAT YOU MAKE IT Talk Talk 81700 43 31 13 8 GOT TO KEEP ON The Chemical Brothers 164300 44 33 7 9 BETTER THAN ME Ten Tonnes 234950 46 60 46 4 SAVE A LITTLE LOVE Junior J featuring John Gibbons & Therese 36150 :wub: 48 68 48 2 HALFWAY THERE ROZES 18700 49 NEW 49 1 FEEL THE SAME Olly Murs 12100 50 52 50 2 CONNECTION Elastica 23500 :cheer: I underappreciated this at the time, but a big fave now 51 37 5 10 CANDLELIGHT Jack Savoretti 299500 57 41 4 13 LOST CONTROL Alan Walker & Sorana 437050 58 63 58 3 BUTTERFLY LOONA 24400 59 74 59 2 HURRICANES Dido 15300 60 69 60 3 THE BIRD SYML 21600 62 43 43 6 HEAL ME Grace Carter 63000 63 50 1 18 THIS FEELING Chainsmokers featuring Kelsea Ballerini 877350 64 44 15 10 GIVE YOU UP Dido 160900 65 67 65 2 ONLY HAPPY WHEN IT RAINS Garbage 13600 :yahoo: LOVE this! Was mad on this back in the day 66 72 66 3 SO AM I Ava Max 17600 70 NEW 70 1 ALL THE SONGS Will Young 6000 :heart: 72 45 4 9 JUICE Lizzo 317800 75 73 1 40 HEY LOOK MA, I MADE IT Panic! At The Disco 2082500 Fantastic chart as always! :cheer:
April 1, 20196 yr Author Hi John! Great to see Chrysalis at #1 - one of my favourites from them, really enjoying it! Nice to see Hurricanes on its way up for you as well, glad to see you taking a shine to it :D Giving the new Tame Impala a listen now - it's sounding nice! Liking the piano riff in there, and the percussion is great as well. Great chart :D Hi Pete! Yes Chrysalis is a grower, it seemed pleasant at first, and rewards with replays :) Hoping Hurricanes is the next single for Dido, and tame Impala can do no wrong for me, always classy and frequently brilliant! :cheer: cheers! B-)
April 1, 20196 yr Author Hi John, Emeli Sandé and Khalid Top 10 :cheer: Love Bob Sinclar/Robbie Williams, but they are already down <_< Mabel and the Jonas Brothers are fast climbers :cheer: Best new entries: Tame Impala, Olly Murs, Will Young and Sting/Shaggy :yahoo: Hi Sven, Thanks for loving so many in my chart, most of ;em still going up this week too :yahoo: cheers! B-)
April 1, 20196 yr Author Hello John! I like the top 10 for "Talk"! Nice to see big gain for "Don't Call Me Up" too and the debuts for "Feel The Same" and "Just One Lifetime"! Great chart! Hi Sergej! Talk is a goodie isn;t it :) Thanks for dropping by! cheers B-)
April 1, 20196 yr Author Hi John. Hope you're well. My faves this week: 1 4 1 3 CHRYSALIS Empire Of The Sun 285000 :wub: 4 2 1 3 IT’S OVER Morrissey featuring LP 350000 6 28 6 3 KIND OF LOVE Rat City featuring Isak Heim 84100 7 6 6 3 YOU BELONG TO ME Cat Pierce 153000 9 8 1 4 AMERICAN GENERATION The Ritchie Family 323000 :heart: again, thanks for bringing this into my life :lol: 10 11 10 6 TALK Khalid & Disclosure 179000 11 7 2 6 365 Zedd & Katy Perry 452000 12 9 6 6 ELECTRO ROMANTICO Bob Sinclar featuring Robbie Williams 257600 14 16 14 5 WALK ME HOME P!nk 95700 15 20 15 3 SUCKER Jonas Brothers 60250 16 12 9 7 WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT THE RICH? Pet Shop Boys 228000 shockingly their first No.1 in 15 years in my chart! :o Flamboyant was their previous in 2004, although they have hit No.2 about 7 times in between 18 10 10 4 IT’S MY LIFE Talk Talk 115000 :wub: 19 23 19 6 COLD IN LA Why Don’t We 101600 20 29 20 8 ALL MY FRIENDS The Revivalists 132000 21 21 2 9 SWAN SONG Dua Lipa 394500 22 15 1 6 THE KILLING MOON (SYMPHONIC VERSION) Echo & The Bunnymen 493500 24 34 24 3 WHAT MORE CAN I DO? Jack Savoretti 47850 25 22 18 6 DON’T FEEL LIKE CRYING Sigrid 115000 26 64 26 3 DON’T CALL ME UP Mabel 30600 27 24 3 10 STARTED OUT Georgia 437600 28 48 28 3 STUFF LIKE THAT Bananarama 41000 29 36 29 5 DESIRE Sub Focus & Dimension 58300 32 32 17 8 BONES Galantis featuring OneRepublic 148700 33 59 33 2 WATERFALLS TLC 27800 34 46 34 3 OCEAN EYES Billie Eilish 37850 36 39 36 3 EVERY STEP Gabrielle 41900 37 17 4 4 FIRESTARTER The Prodigy 147300 :wub: 39 14 14 4 LIFE’S WHAT YOU MAKE IT Talk Talk 81700 43 31 13 8 GOT TO KEEP ON The Chemical Brothers 164300 44 33 7 9 BETTER THAN ME Ten Tonnes 234950 46 60 46 4 SAVE A LITTLE LOVE Junior J featuring John Gibbons & Therese 36150 :wub: 48 68 48 2 HALFWAY THERE ROZES 18700 49 NEW 49 1 FEEL THE SAME Olly Murs 12100 50 52 50 2 CONNECTION Elastica 23500 :cheer: I underappreciated this at the time, but a big fave now 51 37 5 10 CANDLELIGHT Jack Savoretti 299500 57 41 4 13 LOST CONTROL Alan Walker & Sorana 437050 58 63 58 3 BUTTERFLY LOONA 24400 59 74 59 2 HURRICANES Dido 15300 60 69 60 3 THE BIRD SYML 21600 62 43 43 6 HEAL ME Grace Carter 63000 63 50 1 18 THIS FEELING Chainsmokers featuring Kelsea Ballerini 877350 64 44 15 10 GIVE YOU UP Dido 160900 65 67 65 2 ONLY HAPPY WHEN IT RAINS Garbage 13600 :yahoo: LOVE this! Was mad on this back in the day 66 72 66 3 SO AM I Ava Max 17600 70 NEW 70 1 ALL THE SONGS Will Young 6000 :heart: 72 45 4 9 JUICE Lizzo 317800 75 73 1 40 HEY LOOK MA, I MADE IT Panic! At The Disco 2082500 Fantastic chart as always! :cheer: Hi AH! I'm OK ta, just getting over pulled back muscles from dealing with mum's needs, needed a walking stick for a few days when I got up out of bed or a chair just to rub it in! :lol: So glad you (and a lot of others) went for the Ritchie Family, totally came about because I reviewed 1979 tracks and had forgotten I'd charted it, dug it out and got all mad on it :D 15 years since PSB's topped, wow! I don't they've ever gone more than 3 years without topping mine - but then I am a bit compulsive when it comes to Neil n Chris :lol: I also under-appreciated Elastica at the time, then heard it in Duckies Saturday Night Royal Vauxhall Tavern last year - full blast and it went down a storm. Garbage are another band who can do no wrong for me, and their 90's stuff was especially brilliant. cheers!
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