1st December 2019

 

It's a first week on top for the late George Michael, almost 3 years since he died, his first posthumous single, his 10th solo chart-topper, or his 12th including duets with Aretha & Whitney, or his 14th including Wham!, or his 16th including his uncredited contributions to Band Aid and David Cassidy's The Last Kiss. Take your pick. James Blunt gets his 2nd top 10 of the year as he simultaneously gets his 3rd top 40. It's his 6th top 10.

 

Lots of big climbers this week as the top 40 blockage fragments bigly, Fall Out Boy literally beside themselves with joy taking Bob Dylan to 16, for an 8th top 20, AU/RA staying happy as she rockets to 19, Harry Styles gets a 2nd top 40 as his previous is still top 10, Efisio Cross climbs 50 places to make it the 3rd instrumental in the 40, Bastille get a 3rd top 30 (and a second cover), Collard gets a second top 40, Jonas Blue, Broken Bells and Liam Payne add to their list, while Donna Summer & Giorgio Moroder Feel Love at 39 under the pseudonym Sam Smith. That's their 4th top 40 not including guest contributions on much better chart-topping material: La La La.

 

Some oldies drop out the chart and some oldies enter the chart: 3rd-time round for Army Of Lovers' Crucified after a gap of 27 years or so, After The Fire return with Der Kommisar 36 years later, and Voice Of The Beehive have Scary Kisses 23 years on. INXS' Never Tear Us Apart has been covered by Paloma Faith in the interim, but also returns after 31 years. New entries from Celine Dion, her 2nd of 2019, extending her chart run to 30 years give or take, The Vaccines & Kylie from the Sean The Sheep movie, the lads getting a 4th chart entry 6 years since the last one, while Kylie is never out the chart and hasn't been since 1988. AWOLNATION finally get a chart entry that isn't Sail, 6 years on, and Hey Violet return for the first time since their 2016 top 20.

 

1 3 1 4 THIS IS HOW (WE WANT YOU TO GET HIGH) George Michael 304100

2 2 1 7 YOU AND ME AS ONE Sigma & Jack Savoretti 805100

3 1 1 5 ONE SHY MORNING Amon Tobin 710000

4 5 4 5 TOMIE GHOST DATA 208200

5 4 3 5 DON’T START NOW Dua Lipa 265400

6 6 4 8 LIGHTS UP Harry Styles 370400

7 8 7 2 DO I LOVE YOU (INDEED I DO) Frank Wilson 98000

8 9 8 6 ORPHANS Coldplay 181100

9 7 1 14 NOBODY ELSE The S.L.P. 945400

10 19 10 4 MONSTERS James Blunt 88800

 

11 16 11 5 NO PLACE RUFUS DU SOL 109900

12 11 2 10 MOUNTAINS Bjorn Olav Edvardson & Arcteec 534600

13 12 3 8 FROM OUT OF NOWHERE Jeff Lynne’s ELO 399400

14 10 10 11 DON’T CALL ME ANGEL (CHARLIE’S ANGELS) Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus & Lana Del Ray 235500

15 13 8 9 ECHOES Lola Marsh 266500

16 52 16 2 BOB DYLAN Fall Out Boy 36500

17 17 1 12 DEAR FUTURE SELF (HANDS UP) Fall Out Boy featuring Wyclef Jean 840000

18 24 18 6 SYMPHONY OF YOU Pete Tong & HERO featuring Boy George 81100

19 67 19 4 STAY HAPPY AU/RA 38200

20 23 20 5 TRAMPOLINE SHAED featuring ZAYN 93950

 

21 14 9 9 TURN ME ON Riton & Oliver Heldens featuring Vula 232450

22 18 18 6 AN OPEN MIND Pet Shop Boys 116200

23 26 23 6 NO BOUNDARIES Pet Shop Boys 91850

24 79 24 2 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 23200

25 27 25 10 COME AND GET IT (STUDIO DEMO) The Beatles 147950

26 22 1 18 I TRANCE Agnes 1589000

27 15 15 10 HERE COMES THE SUN The Beatles 194800

28 20 6 10 YOU. Lucy Daydream 327300

29 80 29 2 CAN I KEEP YOU Efisio Cross 22200

30 60 30 2 CAN’T FIGHT THIS FEELING Bastille featuring Contemporary London Orchestra 28000

 

31 35 19 9 NICE TO MEET YA Niall Horan 153950

32 47 32 5 THE TRUTH James Blunt 46100

33 34 33 8 FREEDOM Rayelle 76500

34 21 9 8 LONELY Noah Cyrus 259550

35 56 35 4 STONE Collard featuring Bakar 40800

36 25 15 9 DREAMS OF YOU Icarus featuring Rae Morris 180800

37 43 37 5 YOUNGER Jonas Blue & HRVY 46800

38 45 38 4 STACK IT UP Liam Payne featuring A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie 41600

39 68 39 2 I FEEL LOVE Sam Smith 23500

40 42 40 8 GOOD LUCK Broken Bells 87700

 

41 44 41 5 WHAT YOU WAITING FOR? Gwen Stefani 59200

42 29 29 6 MY SILVER LINING First Aid Kit 90150

43 30 4 14 THE BEACH The Makemakes 469850

44 28 16 10 ABOUT YOU Otto Knows 170800

45 31 31 6 ARABESQUE Coldplay 83650

46 49 46 5 WILD ROSES Of Monsters And Men 43050

47 61 47 3 MAI TAIS Train & Skylar Grey 25800

48 51 48 5 GLORYBOX Portishead 46450

49 50 49 6 I AM Club Yoko 62500

50 65 50 3 BEAUTIFUL GHOSTS Taylor Swift 24400

 

51 36 1 12 DREAMLAND Pet Shop Boys featuring Years & Years 798200

52 32 32 8 RED IS THE WAY Paige Cavell & Xenomania 99750

53 55 53 5 PUMP IT UP Endor 45250

54 57 54 5 IT MIGHT BE TIME Tame Impala 41500

55 33 24 9 ALL OF US PNAU featuring Ollie Gabriel 130400

56 71 56 2 HEYO The Makemakes 16400

57 46 2 17 NO GOODBYE Paul Kalkbrenner featuring Chiara Hunter 741800

58 39 14 13 REALLY DON’T LIKE U Tove Lo featuring Kylie Minogue 198600

59 RE 59 2 BURNING THE HEATHER Pet Shop Boys 14100

60 66 60 3 EVERYTHING I WANT Billie Eilish 21200

 

61 NEW 61 1 CRUCIFIED Army Of Lovers 7500

62 40 9 12 SANREMO Mika 283750

63 37 20 10 FEEL LOVE Feed Me featuring Rosie Doonan 132500

64 69 64 2 THUMBS Sabrina Carpenter 13300

65 38 38 5 INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF LEISURE La Roux 56300

66 75 66 2 TIME FOR CHANGE Robbie Williams 11800

67 72 67 3 SWIMMERS Zero 7 featuring Jem Cooke 16800

68 NEW 68 1 LAZY The Vaccines & Kylie Minogue 6400

69 41 34 6 EVERY ONE OF US Rick Astley 81500

70 77 70 3 JUMP AROUND House Of Pain 14800

 

71 76 71 3 I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Doris Day 15400

72 78 72 2 OWN IT Stormzy featuring Ed Sheeran & Burna Boy 10000

73 NEW 73 1 CALIFORNIA HALO BLUE AWOLNATION 5400

74 NEW 74 1 LYING DOWN Celine Dion 5200

75 70 1 29 FREE TO GO Seeb & Highasakite 1680500

76 NEW 76 1 DER KOMMISSAR After The Fire 4800

77 NEW 77 1 NEVER TEAR US APART INXS 4600

78 58 40 9 GO The Black Keys 90050

79 NEW 79 1 SCARY KISSES Voice Of The Beehive 4200

80 NEW 80 1 CLEAN Hey Violet 4000

 

 

DROP OUTS

48 4 11 STRANGE Celeste 379500

53 46 5 EATING ME UP Four Of Diamonds 47150

54 42 5 FAITH Galantis & Dolly Parton featuring Mr Probz 51350

59 6 13 COLD James Blunt 315000

62 5 14 BIRD SONG Lene Lovich 406800

63 30 7 LOVER Taylor Swift 92900

64 21 12 INSTANTANE Paradis 166850

73 5 13 40 DAYS PJ Brennan 254350

74 1 15 THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV a-ha 699750

Good chart Pop! Almost expected to see the Human League track near the bottom end of the top 75.

 

Where do you hear your new music from these days - radio?

Nice to see George getting his getting his 16th #1 single! Could gain for me next week.

I also Like the huge gain for "Watermelon Sugar" and "I Feel Love"!

Haven't Heard of the new entries yet, but huge LOL for "Der Kommissar"! Only heard the original from Falco.

Great Chart as always John!

Hi John,

 

Love your no 1 :yahoo: George is simply the best !

 

Great to see I Feel Love entering your Top 40 :yahoo:

 

Watermelon Sugar is a big climber :cheer: This track from Harry is bubbling under in my chart.

Next week another great track "Adore You" will be the Alarmschijf on the Dutch Q-Music radio...…….

Hi John, my faves this week:

 

1 3 1 4 THIS IS HOW (WE WANT YOU TO GET HIGH) George Michael 304100

2 2 1 7 YOU AND ME AS ONE Sigma & Jack Savoretti 805100

3 1 1 5 ONE SHY MORNING Amon Tobin 710000

4 5 4 5 TOMIE GHOST DATA 208200

5 4 3 5 DON’T START NOW Dua Lipa 265400

6 6 4 8 LIGHTS UP Harry Styles 370400

7 8 7 2 DO I LOVE YOU (INDEED I DO) Frank Wilson 98000

8 9 8 6 ORPHANS Coldplay 181100

17 17 1 12 DEAR FUTURE SELF (HANDS UP) Fall Out Boy featuring Wyclef Jean 840000

18 24 18 6 SYMPHONY OF YOU Pete Tong & HERO featuring Boy George 81100

20 23 20 5 TRAMPOLINE SHAED featuring ZAYN 93950

21 14 9 9 TURN ME ON Riton & Oliver Heldens featuring Vula 232450

22 18 18 6 AN OPEN MIND Pet Shop Boys 116200

23 26 23 6 NO BOUNDARIES Pet Shop Boys 91850

24 79 24 2 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 23200

25 27 25 10 COME AND GET IT (STUDIO DEMO) The Beatles 147950

26 22 1 18 I TRANCE Agnes 1589000

27 15 15 10 HERE COMES THE SUN The Beatles 194800

28 20 6 10 YOU. Lucy Daydream 327300

30 60 30 2 CAN’T FIGHT THIS FEELING Bastille featuring Contemporary London Orchestra 28000

31 35 19 9 NICE TO MEET YA Niall Horan 153950

36 25 15 9 DREAMS OF YOU Icarus featuring Rae Morris 180800

37 43 37 5 YOUNGER Jonas Blue & HRVY 46800

38 45 38 4 STACK IT UP Liam Payne featuring A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie 41600

39 68 39 2 I FEEL LOVE Sam Smith 23500

41 44 41 5 WHAT YOU WAITING FOR? Gwen Stefani 59200

42 29 29 6 MY SILVER LINING First Aid Kit 90150

43 30 4 14 THE BEACH The Makemakes 469850

44 28 16 10 ABOUT YOU Otto Knows 170800

45 31 31 6 ARABESQUE Coldplay 83650

48 51 48 5 GLORYBOX Portishead 46450

49 50 49 6 I AM Club Yoko 62500

50 65 50 3 BEAUTIFUL GHOSTS Taylor Swift 24400

51 36 1 12 DREAMLAND Pet Shop Boys featuring Years & Years 798200

52 32 32 8 RED IS THE WAY Paige Cavell & Xenomania 99750

53 55 53 5 PUMP IT UP Endor 45250

55 33 24 9 ALL OF US PNAU featuring Ollie Gabriel 130400

57 46 2 17 NO GOODBYE Paul Kalkbrenner featuring Chiara Hunter 741800

58 39 14 13 REALLY DON’T LIKE U Tove Lo featuring Kylie Minogue 198600

59 RE 59 2 BURNING THE HEATHER Pet Shop Boys 14100

60 66 60 3 EVERYTHING I WANT Billie Eilish 21200

61 NEW 61 1 CRUCIFIED Army Of Lovers 7500

63 37 20 10 FEEL LOVE Feed Me featuring Rosie Doonan 132500

64 69 64 2 THUMBS Sabrina Carpenter 13300

65 38 38 5 INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF LEISURE La Roux 56300

66 75 66 2 TIME FOR CHANGE Robbie Williams 11800

68 NEW 68 1 LAZY The Vaccines & Kylie Minogue 6400 is it available now?

69 41 34 6 EVERY ONE OF US Rick Astley 81500

70 77 70 3 JUMP AROUND House Of Pain 14800

71 76 71 3 I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Doris Day 15400

72 78 72 2 OWN IT Stormzy featuring Ed Sheeran & Burna Boy 10000

74 NEW 74 1 LYING DOWN Celine Dion 5200

75 70 1 29 FREE TO GO Seeb & Highasakite 1680500 :cheer:

76 NEW 76 1 DER KOMMISSAR After The Fire 4800

77 NEW 77 1 NEVER TEAR US APART INXS 4600

78 58 40 9 GO The Black Keys 90050

79 NEW 79 1 SCARY KISSES Voice Of The Beehive 4200

80 NEW 80 1 CLEAN Hey Violet 4000

 

As ever a fantastic chart :cheer:

Good chart Pop! Almost expected to see the Human League track near the bottom end of the top 75.

 

Where do you hear your new music from these days - radio?

 

Hi Steve :)

 

Human League ha! :lol:

 

Ta, and I get a few tips from Radio 2, occasionally Radio 1, but mostly it's from flicking through new releases each friday evening and buying what I like the sound of, or from BJSC, or from other peoples personal charts. Basically I'm a music magpie, anything shiny that takes my fancy! :D

Nice to see George getting his getting his 16th #1 single! Could gain for me next week.

I also Like the huge gain for "Watermelon Sugar" and "I Feel Love"!

Haven't Heard of the new entries yet, but huge LOL for "Der Kommissar"! Only heard the original from Falco.

Great Chart as always John!

 

Hi "Snow" :D

 

Thanks, hope George climbs in yours too, and Harry gets his 2nd top 5 in a row this week for me!

 

Did Falco do the original Der Kommissar? :o Playing it now. That explains a lot, how a minor UK Christian-synth-disco band suddenly managed to grab a huge USA hit with a big change of sound - they nicked it and translated the lyrics into English! Falco's original is better!

 

cheers! B-)

Hi John,

 

Love your no 1 :yahoo: George is simply the best !

 

Great to see I Feel Love entering your Top 40 :yahoo:

 

Watermelon Sugar is a big climber :cheer: This track from Harry is bubbling under in my chart.

Next week another great track "Adore You" will be the Alarmschijf on the Dutch Q-Music radio...…….

 

Hi Sven! :)

 

Glad you love George, I miss him, he should be still here. For Harry,Watermelon Sugar is a big climber again this week AND he gets another new entry with Adore You. Just greedy! :D

 

cheers B-)

Hi John, my faves this week:

 

1 3 1 4 THIS IS HOW (WE WANT YOU TO GET HIGH) George Michael 304100

2 2 1 7 YOU AND ME AS ONE Sigma & Jack Savoretti 805100

3 1 1 5 ONE SHY MORNING Amon Tobin 710000

4 5 4 5 TOMIE GHOST DATA 208200

5 4 3 5 DON’T START NOW Dua Lipa 265400

6 6 4 8 LIGHTS UP Harry Styles 370400

7 8 7 2 DO I LOVE YOU (INDEED I DO) Frank Wilson 98000

8 9 8 6 ORPHANS Coldplay 181100

17 17 1 12 DEAR FUTURE SELF (HANDS UP) Fall Out Boy featuring Wyclef Jean 840000

18 24 18 6 SYMPHONY OF YOU Pete Tong & HERO featuring Boy George 81100

20 23 20 5 TRAMPOLINE SHAED featuring ZAYN 93950

21 14 9 9 TURN ME ON Riton & Oliver Heldens featuring Vula 232450

22 18 18 6 AN OPEN MIND Pet Shop Boys 116200

23 26 23 6 NO BOUNDARIES Pet Shop Boys 91850

24 79 24 2 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 23200

25 27 25 10 COME AND GET IT (STUDIO DEMO) The Beatles 147950

26 22 1 18 I TRANCE Agnes 1589000

27 15 15 10 HERE COMES THE SUN The Beatles 194800

28 20 6 10 YOU. Lucy Daydream 327300

30 60 30 2 CAN’T FIGHT THIS FEELING Bastille featuring Contemporary London Orchestra 28000

31 35 19 9 NICE TO MEET YA Niall Horan 153950

36 25 15 9 DREAMS OF YOU Icarus featuring Rae Morris 180800

37 43 37 5 YOUNGER Jonas Blue & HRVY 46800

38 45 38 4 STACK IT UP Liam Payne featuring A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie 41600

39 68 39 2 I FEEL LOVE Sam Smith 23500

41 44 41 5 WHAT YOU WAITING FOR? Gwen Stefani 59200

42 29 29 6 MY SILVER LINING First Aid Kit 90150

43 30 4 14 THE BEACH The Makemakes 469850

44 28 16 10 ABOUT YOU Otto Knows 170800

45 31 31 6 ARABESQUE Coldplay 83650

48 51 48 5 GLORYBOX Portishead 46450

49 50 49 6 I AM Club Yoko 62500

50 65 50 3 BEAUTIFUL GHOSTS Taylor Swift 24400

51 36 1 12 DREAMLAND Pet Shop Boys featuring Years & Years 798200

52 32 32 8 RED IS THE WAY Paige Cavell & Xenomania 99750

53 55 53 5 PUMP IT UP Endor 45250

55 33 24 9 ALL OF US PNAU featuring Ollie Gabriel 130400

57 46 2 17 NO GOODBYE Paul Kalkbrenner featuring Chiara Hunter 741800

58 39 14 13 REALLY DON’T LIKE U Tove Lo featuring Kylie Minogue 198600

59 RE 59 2 BURNING THE HEATHER Pet Shop Boys 14100

60 66 60 3 EVERYTHING I WANT Billie Eilish 21200

61 NEW 61 1 CRUCIFIED Army Of Lovers 7500

63 37 20 10 FEEL LOVE Feed Me featuring Rosie Doonan 132500

64 69 64 2 THUMBS Sabrina Carpenter 13300

65 38 38 5 INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF LEISURE La Roux 56300

66 75 66 2 TIME FOR CHANGE Robbie Williams 11800

68 NEW 68 1 LAZY The Vaccines & Kylie Minogue 6400 is it available now?

69 41 34 6 EVERY ONE OF US Rick Astley 81500

70 77 70 3 JUMP AROUND House Of Pain 14800

71 76 71 3 I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Doris Day 15400

72 78 72 2 OWN IT Stormzy featuring Ed Sheeran & Burna Boy 10000

74 NEW 74 1 LYING DOWN Celine Dion 5200

75 70 1 29 FREE TO GO Seeb & Highasakite 1680500 :cheer:

76 NEW 76 1 DER KOMMISSAR After The Fire 4800

77 NEW 77 1 NEVER TEAR US APART INXS 4600

78 58 40 9 GO The Black Keys 90050

79 NEW 79 1 SCARY KISSES Voice Of The Beehive 4200

80 NEW 80 1 CLEAN Hey Violet 4000

 

As ever a fantastic chart :cheer:

 

Hi AH,

 

Thanks for the looong list :wub: :D

 

Yes I bought that Vaccines single when I was reminded by your chart, but sound-quality is pretty poor actually. Some acts still seem to insist on releasing low-fi budget downloads - biggest culprit is Jeff Lynne. ELO have always been Wall Of Sound on vinyl, but it's like he's just bunging 'em out on mp3 cos he has to and is deliberately trying to make you buy the album for the proper music experience. Which has the opposite effect on me! Vaccines I have to turn the sound up a few notches just to make it as loud as other tracks I've downloded, and it lacks a full-bodied sound-depth which is a shame!

 

Cheers! B-)

Hi Steve :)

 

Human League ha! :lol:

 

Ta, and I get a few tips from Radio 2, occasionally Radio 1, but mostly it's from flicking through new releases each friday evening and buying what I like the sound of, or from BJSC, or from other peoples personal charts. Basically I'm a music magpie, anything shiny that takes my fancy! :D

 

Your exactly like myself then ☺️