Posted July 3, 20196 yr Hi all, I started compiling this recently, and wondered if this was something that could be of interest here. Basically I check the Spotify daily chart for Great Britain for each day, and then pick out only those tracks that are at least 10 years old (I generally refer to the date of its chart debut to decide a track's age, but for non-singles or those older tracks that didn't chart at the time but became classics later I sometimes use other criteria to avoid any nonsensical inclusions/exclusions). If people are interested in this then I can endeavour to maintain this on here every day, with a double on Fridays to also include a retro chart derived from the OCC's weekly official chart. I can stop including exact numbers of streams if the mods wish, but have included them for this post to show what I am compiling at the moment. I would also like to back calculate the retro charts for every day in the past that had a Spotify daily chart, but they're only available on the spotifycharts website from 1st Jan 2017 onwards, so that be the practical limit for how far back I can go, unless I can find older spotify charts elsewhere. Here's what the charts would look like for the last few days, obviously they will vary in length from day to day. And note that the number one on these days, Mt Brightside, is on course to enter the top 50 of the OCC Official chart again this week, for its 51st Top 100 stint and its 209th Top 100 week, that's a combined total of 4 years in the top 100! Tuesday 2nd July 2019 1. ~ The Killers – Mr Brightside – 134181 – 41st 2. ~ Oasis – Wonderwall – 69131 – 110th 3. ^ Elton John – Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going To Be A Long, Long Time) – 62136 – 136th 4. ^ Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody – 61431 – 139th 5. ^ Queen – Don’t Stop Me Now – 59160 – 146th 6. ^ Oasis – Don’t Look Back In Anger – 57736 – 156th 7. ^ Toto – Africa – 56192 – 162nd 8. ! The Kooks – Naïve – 56033 – 163rd 9. ^ Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way – 53674 – 173rd 10. ~ Toploader – Dancing In The Moonlight – 52939 – 177th 11. ^ Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’ – 52625 – 179th 12. ^ Fleetwood Mac – Everywhere – 52285 – 183rd 13. ^ Electric Light Orchestra – Mr Blue Sky – 51518 – 186th 14. * Elton John – Tiny Dancer – 50496 – 191st 15. ! The Killers – Human – 50247 – 194th Monday 1st July 2019 1. ~ The Killers – Mr Brightside – 141490 – 36th 2. ~ Oasis – Wonderwall – 68953 – 112th 3. ~ The Killers – Human – 62125 – 131st 4. ^ Elton John – Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going To Be A Long, Long Time) – 61353 – 135th 5. ! Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody – 61296 – 136th 6. ! Queen – Don’t Stop Me Now – 60227 – 140th 7. ^ The Kooks – Naïve – 57391 – 157th 8. ~ Oasis – Don’t Look Back In Anger – 56902 – 159th 9. ! Toto – Africa – 55604 – 167th 10. ^ Toploader – Dancing In The Moonlight – 54977 – 169th 11. * The Cure – Friday I’m In Love – 53970 – 173rd 12. ~ Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’ – 53434 – 177th 13. ! Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way – 52477 – 181st 14. ! The Killers – Somebody Told Me – 52075 – 186th 15. ! Fleetwood Mac – Everywhere – 51348 – 189th 16. ! Electric Light Orchestra – Mr Blue Sky – 51332 – 190th 17. ! Bryan Adams – Summer Of ’69 – 50137 – 199th Sunday 30th June 2019 1. The Killers – Mr Brightside – 146378 – 28th 2. Oasis – Wonderwall – 71978 – 92nd 3. The Killers – Human – 69437 – 97th 4. Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody – 67987 – 101st 5. Queen – Don’t Stop Me Now – 64321 – 113th 6. Elton John – Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going To Be A Long, Long Time) – 64012 – 115th 7. Toto – Africa – 59926 – 124th 8. Oasis – Don’t Look Back In Anger – 58197 – 135th 9. The Killers – Somebody Told Me – 55605 – 146th 10. Electric Light Orchestra – Mr Blue Sky – 55330 – 148th 11. Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way – 55027 – 149th 12. Journey – Don’t Stop Believin – 54667 – 150th 13. Fleetwood Mac – Everywhere – 54100 – 153rd 14. The Beatles – Here Comes The Sun – 53541 – 158th 15. The Kooks – Naïve – 53262 – 159th 16. Bryan Adams – Summer Of ’69 – 51832 – 166th 17. Elton John – Tiny Dancer – 51411 – 169th 18. Toploader – Dancing In The Moonlight – 50170 – 177th 19. Earth, Wind & Fire – September – 49155 – 184th 20. The Jackson 5 – I Want You Back – 48651 – 189th 21. Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – 48121 – 191st 22. Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) – 47410 – 200th
July 3, 20196 yr Perhaps a weekly chart instead? Although the chart still wouldn’t change much week on week, it seems to be the same retro songs every week that stream well.
July 3, 20196 yr I imagine apart from during big events the songs would have generally a similar order?
July 3, 20196 yr There's always Throwback Thursday every week too to shake up the order somewhat for one day but other than that it's always Mr Brightside, Wonderwall, Africa, Bohemian Rhapsody et al holding up well.
July 3, 20196 yr Good to see my BJSC 'Legends' entry,Mr Blue Sky,is on here. It's certainly approriate for the change in weather we've had recently. And Africa by Toto would have been boosted by the BBC4 documentary on yacht rock in which Toto were heavily featured.
July 4, 20196 yr Author Here's the latest chart. I've worked backwards across most of June now, and so far this is one of the shortest charts. Throwback Thursday should throw a few more retro hits back into the charts for us tomorrow... Wednesday 3rd July 2019 1. ~ The Killers – Mr Brightside – 131215 – 46th 2. ~ Oasis – Wonderwall – 69938 – 108th 3. ^ Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody – 62838 – 134th 4. ^ Oasis – Don’t Look Back In Anger – 59572 – 145th 5. ~ Queen – Don’t Stop Me Now – 59208 – 147th 6. ^ The Kooks – Naïve – 58967 – 148th 7. ! Elton John – Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going To Be A Long, Long Time) – 58665 – 154th 8. ! Toto – Africa – 56399 – 165th 9. ^ Toploader – Dancing In The Moonlight – 54923 – 170th 10. ^ Fleetwood Mac – Everywhere – 52352 – 188th 11. ^ Electric Light Orchestra – Mr Blue Sky – 52162 – 189th 12. ! Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’ – 51985 – 191st 13. ! Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way – 51284 – 194th
July 4, 20196 yr Author Loving the Pride themed throwback Thursday today! Just had a look at it. Some of them aren't that old really, more of a nudge back than a throwback. I wonder which tracks will make it into our retro chart tomorrow?
July 4, 20196 yr Toto's Africa has always been a big catalogue seller though, I just don't get why Edited July 4, 20196 yr by AcerBen
July 4, 20196 yr Because it is one of the best songs of all time x (I believe it was prominently featured on an episode of 'Family Guy' which won't have hurt its continuing relevance, although it's not like 'Surfin' Bird' in that it's a totally forgotten oddity that FG brought into the mainstream of course).
July 4, 20196 yr Just had a look at it. Some of them aren't that old really, more of a nudge back than a throwback. I wonder which tracks will make it into our retro chart tomorrow? Is there a different TBT? :P I'm seeing 70s songs from Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, The Supremes etc.
July 4, 20196 yr Is there a different TBT? :P I'm seeing 70s songs from Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, The Supremes etc. That's the American TBT. This is the UK one.
July 5, 20196 yr Author Is there a different TBT? :P I'm seeing 70s songs from Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, The Supremes etc. Ha, I nearly asked the same thing, as I found that one first too, despite being in the UK. On with our Throwback Thursday Retro Chart, and it seems to have been the predicatble favourites who got a lift this Thursday, particularly Whitney, even though she was quite far down the TBT list, so I presume cherry picking is the norm for people looking at the TBT playlist. Thursday 4th July 2019 1. ~ The Killers – Mr Brightside – 132900 – 46th 2. ~ Oasis – Wonderwall – 72701 – 102nd 3. ~ Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody – 64737 – 130th 4. * Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) – 64023 – 136th 5. ^ The Kooks – Naïve – 63660 – 137th 6. ^ Toto – Africa – 60642 – 150th 7. ! Queen – Don’t Stop Me Now – 60485 – 152nd 8. ! Elton John – Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going To Be A Long, Long Time) – 60212 – 155th 9. ! Oasis – Don’t Look Back In Anger – 59162 – 161st 10. * Elton John – I’m Still Standing – 57510 – 168th 11. * The Beatles – Here Comes The Sun – 55879 – 177th 12. ! Fleetwood Mac – Everywhere – 55007 – 180th 13. ! Toploader – Dancing In The Moonlight – 54415 – 185th 14. ! Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’ – 54219 – 188th 15. * Bryan Adams – Summer Of ’69 – 54120 – 190th 16. ! Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way – 53913 – 191st 17. ! Electric Light Orchestra – Mr Blue Sky – 53629 – 192nd 18. * Earth, Wind & Fire – September – 53285 – 195th 19. * Jason Mraz – I’m Yours – 52213 – 198th As for the OCC'S weekly chart we have Mr Brightside re-entering at 54th, for its 209th week in the Top 100, meaning it has now reached a combined total of 4 years in the Top 100! But a top 1 isn't very satisfying, so let's look at the Spotify weekly chart too. 1. The Killers - Mr Brightside - 980451 - 41st 2. Oasis - Wonderwall - 528296 - 100th 3. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody - 481585 - 116th 4. Queen - Don't Stop Me Now - 464221 - 127th 5. Elton John - Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time) - 462792 - 129th 6. Toto - Africa - 445499 - 138th 7. Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger - 437363 - 145th 8. The Kooks - Naive - 424658 - 158th 9. Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere - 414874 - 161st 10. Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way - 411228 - 165th 11. Journey - Don't Stop Believin' - 409550 - 167th 12. Toploader - Dancing In The Moonlight - 409043 - 168th 13. Electric Light Orchestra - Mr Blue Sky - 406495 - 170th 14. Bryan Adams - Summer Of '69 - 400125 - 172nd 15. The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun - 391409 - 182nd 16. The Killers - Human - 389999 - 183rd 17. Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) - 379658 - 187th 18. Earth, Wind & Fire - September - 377209 - 189th 19. Elton John - Tiny Dancer - 368952 - 199th
July 6, 20196 yr Author Friday 5th July 2019 1. ~ The Killers – Mr Brightside – 148603 – 44th 2. ~ Oasis – Wonderwall – 80310 – 108th 3. ~ Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody – 73436 – 126th 4. ^ Fleetwood Mac – Everywhere – 70371 – 133rd 5. ^ Toto – Africa – 69456 – 139th 6. ^ Toploader – Dancing In The Moonlight – 68960 – 140th 7. ~ Queen – Don’t Stop Me Now – 68929 – 142nd 8. ! Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) – 67389 – 148th 9. ! Elton John – Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going To Be A Long, Long Time) – 66049 – 155th 10. ! Oasis – Don’t Look Back In Anger – 64742 – 164th 11. ^ Electric Light Orchestra – Mr Blue Sky – 63943 – 166th 12. ^ Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’ – 61683 – 180th 13. ^ Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way – 61515 – 181st 14. ! The Kooks – Naïve – 61274 – 183rd 15. ^ Earth, Wind & Fire – September – 60170 – 185th 16. ! Bryan Adams – Summer Of ’69 – 59013 – 193rd 17. * Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – 58016 – 199th
July 9, 20196 yr Author Let's catch up on the weekend Whitney rocketed up on Saturday, and there was a few other interesting changes that day, but Sunday saw a return to the general pattern, albeit it with a large number of climbers. Sunday 7th July 2019 1. ~ The Killers – Mr Brightside – 121487 – 45th 2. ^ Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody – 70324 – 99th 3. ^ Oasis – Wonderwall – 69866 – 100th 4. ^ Queen – Don’t Stop Me Now – 63364 – 115th 5. ^ Elton John - Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going To Be A Long, Long Time) – 62072 – 119th 6. ~ Toto – Africa – 61637 – 121st 7. ^ Oasis – Don’t Look Back In Anger – 55638 – 149th 8. ^ Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’ – 55325 – 150th 9. ^ Fleetwood Mac – Everywhere – 54787 – 154th 10. ^ Electric Light Orchestra – Mr Blue Sky – 53816 – 156th 11. ^ The Beatles – Here Comes The Sun – 53501 – 157th 12. ^ Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way – 53399 – 159th 13. ! Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) – 53253 – 160th 14. ^ The Kooks – Naïve – 52899 – 162nd 15. ^ Toploader – Dancing In The Moonlight – 52175 – 170th 16. ! Earth, Wind & Fire – September – 51771 – 171st 17. ^ Bryan Adams – Summer Of ’69 – 50845 – 175th 18. ^ Elton John – Tiny Dancer – 49969 – 186th 19. ^ Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – 49146 – 189th 20. * Fleetwood Mac – The Chain – 48843 – 193rd 21. ! Queen and David Bowie – Under Pressure – 48061 – 196th 22. ! Jackson 5 – I Want You Back – 47642 – 199th Saturday 6th July 2019 1. ~ The Killers – Mr Brightside – 146417 – 38th 2. ^ Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) – 88294 – 89th 3. ! Oasis – Wonderwall – 80051 – 100th 4. ! Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody – 79236 – 102nd 5. ^ Queen – Don’t Stop Me Now – 74401 – 111th 6. ! Toto – Africa – 72295 – 116th 7. ^ Elton John – Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going To Be A Long, Long Time) – 69980 – 121st 8. * Queen and David Bowie – Under Pressure – 69279 – 123rd 9. * Elton John and Kiki Dee – Don’t Go Breaking My Heart – 66966 – 134th 10. * Abba – Dancing Queen – 66619 – 139th 11. ! Fleetwood Mac – Everywhere – 65706 – 141st 12. ~ Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’ – 64420 – 145th 13. ! Oasis – Don’t Look Back In Anger – 64233 – 150th 14. ^ Earth, Wind & Fire – September – 63956 – 151st 15. ! Electric Light Orchestra – Mr Blue Sky – 62215 – 157th 16. ! Toploader – Dancing In The Moonlight – 62123 – 159th 17. ! Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way – 61842 – 160th 18. ! Bryan Adams – Summer Of ’69 – 60326 – 167th 19. ! The Kooks – Naïve – 57368 – 174th 20. * The Jackson 5 – I Want You Back – 56932 – 176th 21. ! Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – 56767 – 180th 22. * The Beatles – Here Comes The Sun – 56485 – 186th 23. * Elton John – Tiny Dancer – 55369 – 194th
July 9, 20196 yr Author Monday 8th July 2019 1. ~ The Killers – Mr Brightside – 117161 – 50th 2. ^ Oasis – Wonderwall – 64946 – 117th 3. ! Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody – 62410 – 132nd 4. ~ Queen – Don’t Stop Me Now – 58008 – 145th 5. ~ Elton John – Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going To Be A Long, Long Time) – 57746 – 147th 6. ~ Toto – Africa – 57720 – 148th 7. ^ Toploader – Dancing In The Moonlight – 57305 – 149th 8. ^ The Kooks – Naïve – 54103 – 164th 9. ! Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’ – 52596 – 170th 10. ! Oasis – Don’t Look Back In Anger – 51854 – 174th 11. ^ Earth, Wind & Fire – September – 50328 – 181st 12. ! Fleetwood Mac – Everywhere – 48935 – 191st 13. ! Electric Light Orchestra – Mr Blue Sky – 48784 – 194th 14. ^ Bryan Adams – Summer Of ’69 – 48488 – 197th 15. ! Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) – 48056 – 199th 16. ! Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way – 47956 – 200th
July 9, 20196 yr Hopefully 'Go Your Own Way' starts consistently beating 'Everywhere' soon, its a much better song I think. Toto's Africa has always been a big catalogue seller though, I just don't get why'Hold The Line' >>>>>> 'Africa' imo. Africa is less interesting imo and too middle of the road for me. other than that it's always Mr Brightside, Wonderwall, Africa, Bohemian Rhapsody et al holding up well. It's a bit depressing that it's the same old retro songs doing best every week on Spotify :(
July 12, 20196 yr Author Wednesday 10th July 2019 1. ~ The Killers – Mr Brightside – 114030 – 51st 2. ~ Oasis – Wonderwall – 66233 – 117th 3. ~ Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody – 63265 – 126th 4. ~ Toto – Africa – 59311 – 142nd 5. ^ Queen – Don’t Stop Me Now – 57333 – 148th 6. ^ The Kooks – Naïve – 57184 – 152nd 7. ~ Toploader – Dancing In The Moonlight – 57081 – 153rd 8. ^ Oasis – Don’t Look Back In Anger – 54205 – 166th 9. ! Elton John – Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going To Be A Long, Long Time) – 53890 – 169th 10. ~ Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’ – 51762 – 175th 11. ^ Electric Light Orchestra – Mr Blue Sky – 50329 – 190th 12. ! Fleetwood Mac – Everywhere – 50027 – 191st 13. ^ Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) – 48495 – 196th 14. ! Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way – 47921 – 197th Tuesday 9th July 2019 1. ~ The Killers – Mr Brightside – 50th 2. ~ Oasis – Wonderwall – 65570 – 118th 3. ~ Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody – 62356 – 131st 4. ^ Toto – Africa – 59376 – 143rd 5. ~ Elton John – Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going To Be A Long, Long Time) – 58633 – 145th 6. ! Queen – Don’t Stop Me Now – 57362 – 149th 7. ~ Toploader – Dancing In The Moonlight – 54939 – 163rd 8. ~ The Kooks – Naïve – 53338 – 169th 9. ^ Oasis – Don’t Look Back In Anger – 52725 – 170th 10. ! Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’ – 51955 – 173rd 11. ^ Fleetwood Mac – Everywhere – 51357 – 179th 12. ^ Electric Light Orchestra – Mr Blue Sky – 50163 – 190th 13. ^ Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way – 49808 – 191st 14. ! Earth, Wind & Fire – September – 48621 – 195th 15. ~ Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) – 47904 – 198th
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