28th July 2019

 

It's a return to the top spot for classic 2011 chart-topper Titanium, now getting it's 3rd week on top. It was the first of 2 chart-toppers from the Nothing But The Beat album which I bought in a posh Florida shopping mall record store - one of the few left that I could find in the 21 years since my first visit when stores were everywhere and malls were full. It's still also Sia's only chart-topper, though her other oldie (with Zero 7) gives a double top ten week.

 

Kaiser Chiefs also meet themselves in the top 20 as the new climbs to 19, Jack Savoretti keeps his top 40's going, and Mika gets a credit to boot - his 16th top 40 in 12 years, including one number one (not the one you think, either, it's Rain). Blossoms get a big climb into the 40 and I cut my chart down to 75, having a bit of a clear-out of oldies now Glasto is gone. There are few new entries, but Seeb get a second in the 75 with Fade Out entering, Avicii gets another posthumous entry, this one with Vargas & Lagola's 3rd chart entry, Charli XCX joins forces with Christine and both return - and some golden oldies return, both from 1979 debuts:

 

Chrissie Hynde debuted with The Pretenders' Stop Your Sobbing and has never really stopped charting since, just not as regularly as of old - well, she's back with an orchestra (of sorts) and a cover of the 1964 Nancy Wilson blues/jazz classic How Glad I Am - which belatedly made my top 10 in 2013, and first charted for me in a version by Kiki Dee in 1975. The other comeback? The Sugarhill Gang! First charting with Rapper's Delight, the first proper "rap" record as such to be a crossover hit. Most recently in my top 10 in 2015 with oldie Apache, this is their first new material to chart since the early 80's! It's also bringing back Grandmaster Mele Mel - why the 'L' he's dropped an L from his name I don't know but he's the brains and voice behind The Message and White Lines, the greatest rap records of the 80's for me, not to mention Chaka Khan, Chaka Khan, let me love Chaka Khan on I Feel For You. He brings along his Furious5, who are probably livid rather than furious these days.

 

 

1 6 1 5 TITANIUM David Guetta featuring Sia 281800

2 1 1 6 LIVIN’ THING Electric Light Orchestra 910000

3 2 1 11 FREE TO GO Seeb & Highasakite 1126500

4 3 3 7 SAIL ON Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 398500

5 7 5 10 DROP TOP Keith Urban featuring Kassi Ashton 297450

6 8 6 8 MOTHER’S DAUGHTER Miley Cyrus 250000

7 4 4 11 SOLID GOLD PNAU featuring Kira Divine & Marques Toliver 411900

8 5 5 4 I DARE YOU The Regrettes 189000

9 9 3 9 THE HUMAN STONE KDA featuring Angie Stone 548000

10 14 10 4 DESTINY Zero 7 featuring Sia 101350

 

11 11 11 4 RESCUE ME OneRepublic 112200

12 16 12 5 MAD LOVE Mabel 97450

13 10 10 12 3 NIGHTS Dominic Fike 257600

14 12 5 8 SHOCKWAVE Liam Gallagher 302150

15 17 15 5 DON’T LET ME BE LONELY Mark Ronson featuring YEBBA 106800

16 18 16 5 SUNFLOWER Post Malone & Swae Lee 104750

17 13 8 10 LOOKING FOR SOMEONE (RADIO MIX) Bananarama 228850

18 21 18 7 YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN Taylor Swift 111400

19 33 19 3 PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER The Kaiser Chiefs 50700

20 19 7 10 RECORD COLLECTION The Kaiser Chiefs 299500

 

21 15 1 12 ARCADE Duncan Laurence 918850

22 25 22 4 BLOW Ed Sheeran, Chris Stapleton & Bruno Mars 67850

23 35 23 5 SEX MONEY FEELINGS DIE Lykke Li 62350

24 27 24 6 RUNAWAY RUNAWAY Mars Argo 88200

25 37 25 4 GOOD AS HELL Lizzo 59550

26 24 3 12 MIRACLE Caravan Palace 568500

27 22 17 5 RENAISSANCE Culture Shock 97950

28 30 28 7 GOD CONTROL Madonna 87200

29 20 20 5 FLYING ON MY OWN Celine Dion 96200

30 41 30 4 YOUTH & LOVE Jack Savoretti featuring Mika 49600

 

31 26 26 7 WISH YOU WELL Sigala featuring Becky Hill 87400

32 29 1 15 LATE NIGHT FEELINGS Mark Ronson featuring Lykke Li 847200

33 40 33 7 STAY (DON’T GO AWAY) David Guetta featuring Raye 78000

34 70 34 3 YOUR GIRLFRIEND Blossoms 28400

35 38 35 5 SENORITA Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello 56300

36 45 36 5 6AM Max Pope 51900

37 53 37 3 SING IT WITH ME JP Cooper & Astrid S 38950

38 43 38 5 THE WAY I FEEL Keane 46500

39 39 1 9 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD Elton John 532150

40 42 40 4 ALL THE LOVERS Kylie Minogue 49100

 

41 28 28 7 STRANGER NIGHTS Patrick Martin 93300

42 23 12 13 JUNGLE BOOGIE Kool & The Gang 239500

43 52 43 7 CHUNG KUO Vangelis 61700

44 31 26 9 NEVER REALLY OVER Katy Perry 123300

45 34 18 12 BODY FUNK Purple Disco Machine 208550

46 32 10 11 FOCUS ON ME MARUV 232050

47 51 47 5 WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG The Killers 39850

48 36 36 5 CROWN Stormzy 77000

49 71 49 2 GO! Public Service Broadcasting 17900

50 63 50 4 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE Ed Sheeran featuring Khalid 27800

 

51 64 51 2 SCHOOL’S OUT Alice Cooper 18850

52 72 52 3 DEATH OF ME PVRIS 20500

53 54 53 4 PRAYING Keiino 32850

54 44 9 12 BODY HIGH Sam Bluer 299650

55 66 55 4 LULLABY The Cure 25400

56 50 40 5 STARRY NIGHT Peggy Gou 56800

57 77 57 2 INFO FREAKO Jesus Jones 15000

58 69 58 3 CAN WE PRETEND Pink featuring Cash Cash 18600

59 81 59 2 FORGIVE OR FORGET Ina Wrolsden 13900

60 68 60 5 THIS CHARMING MAN The Smiths 30200

 

61 59 1 15 TIME IN A TREE Raleigh Ritchie 632400

62 60 9 13 HUNGRY CHILD Hot Chip 278650

63 83 63 3 STILL THE GOOD OLD DAYS Sheryl Crow featuring Joe Walsh 12600

64 NEW 64 1 PEACE OF MIND Avicii featuring Vargas & Lagola 7100

65 67 65 4 WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT LOVE IS Craig David 24400

66 46 46 6 WOKE UP LATE Drax Project featuring Hailee Steinfeld 49350

67 75 67 2 BRIGHT BLUE SKIES Mitch James 11600

68 NEW 68 1 SOMEONE LIKE YOU (ATARI HERO REMIX) The Sugarhill Gang Grandmaster Mele Mel & SCORPIO Furious5 featuring Barshon 6400

69 NEW 69 1 FADE OUT Seeb & Olivia O’Brien & Space Primates 6200

70 78 70 2 SHINE Emeli Sande 10400

 

71 NEW 71 1 GONE Charli XCX & Christine And The Queens 5800

72 NEW 72 1 HOW GLAD I AM Chrissie Hyne with the Valve Bone Woe Ensemble 5600

73 73 1 21 CHRYSALIS Empire Of The Sun 846900

74 85 74 2 FEEL THE BENEFIT 10c.c. 8200

75 84 75 2 CASTLES Freya Ridings 8200

 

DROP OUTS

47 47 6 IF I CAN’T HAVE YOU Shawn Mendes 54600

48 20 9 MY LOVE Will Young 135200

49 32 5 THE GLAMOROUS LIFE Prince 76600

55 55 3 LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT Kylie Minogue 24300

56 5 10 ZERO GRAVITY Kate Miller-Heidke 326950

57 3 10 SPIRIT IN THE SKY Keiino 374350

58 9 10 DOIN’ TIME Lana Del Ray 256100

61 8 12 BLACK STAR DANCING Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 279000

62 29 11 I DON’T CARE Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber 144600

65 28 9 ALONE Richard Hawley 103900

74 48 6 INTO HAPPINESS Phantogram 50150

76 76 3 CAN’T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD Kylie Minogue 11400

79 79 3 BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW Kylie Minogue 12200

80 10 12 ROCKET MAN Taron Egerton 220450

82 6 15 DATE STAMP ABC 291950

Hello John!

Nice to see the big gains for "Your Girlfriend", "Sing It With Me" and "Beautiful People" and the debut for "Gone"!

Great chart!

Hello John!

Nice to see the big gains for "Your Girlfriend", "Sing It With Me" and "Beautiful People" and the debut for "Gone"!

Great chart!

 

Hi Sergej :)

 

Thanks for dropping by!

 

Cheers

john B-)