Posted December 16, 20195 yr 15th December 2019 It's a 4th week on top for Sigma and Jack Savoretti, who were nearly overhauled by the return of Roxette's 2013 remixed chart-topper at 2 - it was their 3rd and final number one, following It Must Have Been Love and the double A Look Into My Heart/Dangerous in 1990. Marie Fredriksson sadly lost her battle with cancer this week, and a couple of other singles that under-performed in my charts also enter lower down (if you can call peaking at 2 for Fading Like a Flower under-performing), but the chart-toppers had at least 2 runs each. I also saw Kim Wilde in acoustic concert with her bruv Ricky and his daughter Scarlett this week, and they were doing intimate low-key Christmas themed hits featuring the Wilde Winter Songbook, assorted Xmas classics, and acoustic covers of her biggest hits for a totally charming, flawless gig, very different from the 3 previous full-on rockpop gigs I've caught her at. Just fab, and that's why there's a bunch of new entries for non-charting tracks, and 2 re-entries headed by the lovely Isobel's Dream, back for a 3rd Xmas and a new chart peak of 4. Kim has been having chart entries for almost 39 years, and Ricky (as songwriter-producer of all her stuff) for 47 years - he debuted in 1972 with I Am An Astronaut, a sort of charming pre-teen kiddie novelty single that came out for xmas 1972 and flopped in the UK charts. The Weeknd leaps up Blindingly to 11, in stark contrast with the non-charting Heartless, which I must be to exclude it. Frankie Valli's 1972 oldie, 1975 UK hit, The Night returns to the top 30 after being away for 44 years, thanks to an advert, Billie Eilish gets another top 40, and Noel Gallagher gets his 4th of 2019 as his Xmas song wanders upwards like a star. There's a lot of Xmas tracks in the chart - but not the usual suspects that chart in the UK charts each year, though Last Christmas is here via Kim Wilde's cover. I count 9 of 'em, but there's still time for Chris Rea and others to return, assuming I actually hear them. I'm not on my usual pre-xmas holiday this year so I'm not out and about seeing xmas videos and karaoke in the pub. 1 1 1 9 YOU AND ME AS ONE Sigma & Jack Savoretti 1145100 2 NEW 2 1 THE SWEET HELLO THE SAD GOODBYE (BASSFLOW REMAKE) Roxette 115000 3 5 3 4 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 168200 4 NEW 4 1 ISOBEL’S DREAM Kim Wilde 65000 5 2 1 6 THIS IS HOW (WE WANT YOU TO GET HIGH) George Michael 479100 6 3 1 7 ONE SHY MORNING Amon Tobin 850000 7 6 3 7 DON’T START NOW Dua Lipa 370400 8 13 8 7 NO PLACE RUFUS DU SOL 189900 9 9 9 4 BOB DYLAN Fall Out Boy 126500 10 4 4 7 TOMIE GHOST DATA 315200 11 72 11 2 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 42600 12 8 4 10 LIGHTS UP Harry Styles 453400 13 7 7 4 DO I LOVE YOU (INDEED I DO) Frank Wilson 180000 14 15 14 2 DON’T START WITHOUT ME (2019 RADIO EDIT) The Fizz 56000 15 10 10 6 MONSTERS James Blunt 157800 16 16 16 4 CAN’T FIGHT THIS FEELING Bastille featuring Contemporary London Orchestra 78000 17 17 17 4 CAN I KEEP YOU Efisio Cross 68200 18 12 1 16 NOBODY ELSE The S.L.P. 1002400 19 11 8 8 ORPHANS Coldplay 239100 20 30 20 4 TIME FOR CHANGE Robbie Williams 49800 21 51 21 2 THE NIGHT Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons 31500 22 14 14 6 STAY HAPPY AU/RA 86700 23 24 23 6 STONE Collard featuring Bakar 79050 24 26 24 10 GOOD LUCK Broken Bells 125200 25 40 25 4 BURNING THE HEATHER Pet Shop Boys 49850 26 18 18 8 SYMPHONY OF YOU Pete Tong & HERO featuring Boy George 121600 27 23 1 14 DEAR FUTURE SELF (HANDS UP) Fall Out Boy featuring Wyclef Jean 877650 28 19 10 13 DON’T CALL ME ANGEL (CHARLIE’S ANGELS) Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus & Lana Del Ray 274800 29 29 29 7 THE TRUTH James Blunt 82500 30 45 30 5 EVERYTHING I WANT Billie Eilish 52200 31 20 8 11 ECHOES Lola Marsh 304400 32 25 9 11 TURN ME ON Riton & Oliver Heldens featuring Vula 269000 33 35 33 7 YOUNGER Jonas Blue & HRVY 82000 34 37 34 6 STACK IT UP Liam Payne featuring A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie 76500 35 32 25 4 HEYO The Makemakes 51700 36 41 36 7 WHAT YOU WAITING FOR? Gwen Stefani 90600 37 38 37 5 MAI TAIS Train & Skylar Grey 60300 38 69 38 2 WANDERING STAR Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 23400 39 43 39 5 BEAUTIFUL GHOSTS Taylor Swift 55000 40 22 3 10 FROM OUT OF NOWHERE Jeff Lynne’s ELO 435900 41 21 2 12 MOUNTAINS Bjorn Olav Edvardson & Arcteec 568350 42 36 15 11 DREAMS OF YOU Icarus featuring Rae Morris 211950 43 39 39 4 I FEEL LOVE Sam Smith 54100 44 31 1 20 I TRANCE Agnes 1620150 45 46 45 7 PUMP IT UP Endor 71000 46 28 6 12 YOU. Lucy Daydream 358350 47 71 47 2 ADORE YOU Harry Styles 18300 48 27 20 7 TRAMPOLINE SHAED featuring ZAYN 124650 49 34 19 11 NICE TO MEET YA Niall Horan 182650 50 33 18 8 AN OPEN MIND Pet Shop Boys 145900 51 73 51 3 CLEAN Hey Violet 21150 52 44 44 7 WILD ROSES Of Monsters And Men 67800 53 59 53 5 I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Doris Day 36750 54 54 54 4 THUMBS Sabrina Carpenter 35300 55 76 55 2 HAMMER Louise 15600 56 50 50 7 IT MIGHT BE TIME Tame Impala 64100 57 60 57 3 CALIFORNIA HALO BLUE AWOLNATION 25800 58 NEW 58 1 HOPE Kim Wilde 10200 59 63 59 3 LYING DOWN Celine Dion 22500 60 66 60 2 WE GOT LOVE Sigala featuring Ella Henderson 16800 61 48 4 16 THE BEACH The Makemakes 489650 62 64 62 5 JUMP AROUND House Of Pain 29300 63 65 63 3 NEVER TEAR US APART INXS 18800 64 NEW 64 1 KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE Kim Wilde 7100 65 49 16 12 ABOUT YOU Otto Knows 189900 66 67 66 4 OWN IT Stormzy featuring Ed Sheeran & Burna Boy 23400 67 NEW 67 1 NEW LIFE Kim Wilde 6600 68 74 68 2 2 IN A MILLION Steve Aoki, Sting & SHAED 11600 69 77 69 2 THIS IS REAL Jax Jones & Ella Henderson 10800 70 42 23 8 NO BOUNDARIES Pet Shop Boys 111600 71 75 71 2 FINALLY//BEAUTIFUL STRANGER Halsey 10800 72 47 47 7 GLORYBOX Portishead 64550 73 57 57 3 LAZY The Vaccines & Kylie Minogue 22200 74 68 14 15 REALLY DON’T LIKE U Tove Lo featuring Kylie Minogue 210200 75 NEW 75 1 FADING LIKE A FLOWER Roxette 5000 76 78 76 2 THAT’S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, Elton John & Gladys Knight 9200 77 80 77 2 CAN’T FIGHT THIS FEELING REO Speedwagon 8600 78 55 9 10 LONELY Noah Cyrus 274750 79 NEW 79 1 THE LOOK Roxette 4200 80 NEW 80 1 LAST CHRISTMAS Kim Wilde 4000 ROP OUTS 52 33 9 FREEDOM Rayelle 88000 53 25 11 COME AND GET IT (STUDIO DEMO) The Beatles 159200 56 56 2 CRUCIFIED Army Of Lovers 18100 58 15 11 HERE COMES THE SUN (760950) The Beatles 205000 61 31 7 ARABESQUE Coldplay 91150 62 49 7 I AM Club Yoko 69900 70 32 9 RED IS THE WAY Paige Cavell & Xenomania 105750 79 1 30 FREE TO GO Seeb & Highasakite 1884700
December 16, 20195 yr Hello John! Nice to see Roxette in the top 3, as well as "Watermelon Sugar"! I also like the big gains for "Blinding Lights", "Time For Change", "Everything I Wanted", "Wandering Star" and "Adore You" and of course the Roxette debuts! Great chart!
December 16, 20195 yr Fantastic highest NE from ROxette there, and well deserved. Great to see Robbie rising to the top 20 and interesting to see Doris Day in the top 75! Not my favourite version of 'I'll Be Home For Christmas'. Loved the Killers version a few years back. Edited December 16, 20195 yr by ChristmaSteve201
December 17, 20195 yr Hi John, Merry Christmas. Here's my faves: 1 1 1 9 YOU AND ME AS ONE Sigma & Jack Savoretti 1145100 2 NEW 2 1 THE SWEET HELLO THE SAD GOODBYE (BASSFLOW REMAKE) Roxette 115000 so sad :( Roxette were one of those groups who had far more great tunes than you actually remembered 3 5 3 4 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 168200 4 NEW 4 1 ISOBEL’S DREAM Kim Wilde 65000 5 2 1 6 THIS IS HOW (WE WANT YOU TO GET HIGH) George Michael 479100 6 3 1 7 ONE SHY MORNING Amon Tobin 850000 7 6 3 7 DON’T START NOW Dua Lipa 370400 10 4 4 7 TOMIE GHOST DATA 315200 11 72 11 2 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 42600 12 8 4 10 LIGHTS UP Harry Styles 453400 13 7 7 4 DO I LOVE YOU (INDEED I DO) Frank Wilson 180000 14 15 14 2 DON’T START WITHOUT ME (2019 RADIO EDIT) The Fizz 56000 :wub: 15 10 10 6 MONSTERS James Blunt 157800 16 16 16 4 CAN’T FIGHT THIS FEELING Bastille featuring Contemporary London Orchestra 78000 19 11 8 8 ORPHANS Coldplay 239100 20 30 20 4 TIME FOR CHANGE Robbie Williams 49800 21 51 21 2 THE NIGHT Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons 31500 25 40 25 4 BURNING THE HEATHER Pet Shop Boys 49850 26 18 18 8 SYMPHONY OF YOU Pete Tong & HERO featuring Boy George 121600 27 23 1 14 DEAR FUTURE SELF (HANDS UP) Fall Out Boy featuring Wyclef Jean 877650 28 19 10 13 DON’T CALL ME ANGEL (CHARLIE’S ANGELS) Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus & Lana Del Ray 274800 30 45 30 5 EVERYTHING I WANT Billie Eilish 52200 32 25 9 11 TURN ME ON Riton & Oliver Heldens featuring Vula 269000 33 35 33 7 YOUNGER Jonas Blue & HRVY 82000 34 37 34 6 STACK IT UP Liam Payne featuring A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie 76500 36 41 36 7 WHAT YOU WAITING FOR? Gwen Stefani 90600 38 69 38 2 WANDERING STAR Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 23400 39 43 39 5 BEAUTIFUL GHOSTS Taylor Swift 55000 40 22 3 10 FROM OUT OF NOWHERE Jeff Lynne’s ELO 435900 42 36 15 11 DREAMS OF YOU Icarus featuring Rae Morris 211950 43 39 39 4 I FEEL LOVE Sam Smith 54100 44 31 1 20 I TRANCE Agnes 1620150 45 46 45 7 PUMP IT UP Endor 71000 46 28 6 12 YOU. Lucy Daydream 358350 47 71 47 2 ADORE YOU Harry Styles 18300 48 27 20 7 TRAMPOLINE SHAED featuring ZAYN 124650 49 34 19 11 NICE TO MEET YA Niall Horan 182650 50 33 18 8 AN OPEN MIND Pet Shop Boys 145900 51 73 51 3 CLEAN Hey Violet 21150 53 59 53 5 I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Doris Day 36750 54 54 54 4 THUMBS Sabrina Carpenter 35300 55 76 55 2 HAMMER Louise 15600 58 NEW 58 1 HOPE Kim Wilde 10200 59 63 59 3 LYING DOWN Celine Dion 22500 60 66 60 2 WE GOT LOVE Sigala featuring Ella Henderson 16800 62 64 62 5 JUMP AROUND House Of Pain 29300 63 65 63 3 NEVER TEAR US APART INXS 18800 64 NEW 64 1 KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE Kim Wilde 7100 65 49 16 12 ABOUT YOU Otto Knows 189900 66 67 66 4 OWN IT Stormzy featuring Ed Sheeran & Burna Boy 23400 67 NEW 67 1 NEW LIFE Kim Wilde 6600 :wub: 69 77 69 2 THIS IS REAL Jax Jones & Ella Henderson 10800 70 42 23 8 NO BOUNDARIES Pet Shop Boys 111600 72 47 47 7 GLORYBOX Portishead 64550 73 57 57 3 LAZY The Vaccines & Kylie Minogue 22200 74 68 14 15 REALLY DON’T LIKE U Tove Lo featuring Kylie Minogue 210200 75 NEW 75 1 FADING LIKE A FLOWER Roxette 5000 :wub: 76 78 76 2 THAT’S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, Elton John & Gladys Knight 9200 77 80 77 2 CAN’T FIGHT THIS FEELING REO Speedwagon 8600 79 NEW 79 1 THE LOOK Roxette 4200 80 NEW 80 1 LAST CHRISTMAS Kim Wilde 4000 Fantastic chart as always :cheer:
December 18, 20195 yr Hi John! Nice to see Sigma/Jack still on the top spot, I'm coming back round to it again actually! May re-enter my Top 40 in the New Year. Giving the Roxette track a listen now, a nice piece - the beat goes quite well with the vocals I think! Great chart :D
December 20, 20195 yr (if you can call peaking at 2 for Fading Like a Flower under-performing) I first heard 'Fading Like A Flower' in the form of the Dancing DJ's remixed version which charted in 2005! :lol: THE SWEET HELLO THE SAD GOODBYE (BASSFLOW REMAKE) I just listened to, very good, sounds like it should have been a Eurovision entry! Surprised not to see River in this personal chart, either Ellie Goulding's new version or the superior Joni Mitchell original! Edited December 20, 20195 yr by XmasIslandSnake
December 21, 20195 yr Hi John, The best 3 in your Top 10 this week: Harry Styles, George Michael and Dua Lipa Great Gainer : The Weeknd :cheer: Robbie Williams at no 20 :funky: Nice Wham classic cover from Kim Wilde :dance:
December 23, 20195 yr Author Hello John! Nice to see Roxette in the top 3, as well as "Watermelon Sugar"! I also like the big gains for "Blinding Lights", "Time For Change", "Everything I Wanted", "Wandering Star" and "Adore You" and of course the Roxette debuts! Great chart! Hi Sergej! :) Thanks for commenting, Roxette news upcoming in the new chart :)
December 23, 20195 yr Author Fantastic highest NE from ROxette there, and well deserved. Great to see Robbie rising to the top 20 and interesting to see Doris Day in the top 75! Not my favourite version of 'I'll Be Home For Christmas'. Loved the Killers version a few years back. Thanks Steve :) I don't know that Killers version! Must check it out before xmas :lol: I'm not that familiar with the song at all, I only picked up on it as it's on a new LSO reboot of classics :o
December 23, 20195 yr Author oh I just discovered that particular Roxette song too! It's great. Thanks and yes it's fab, love the remixed version most of all... :wub:
December 23, 20195 yr Author Hi John, Merry Christmas. Here's my faves: 1 1 1 9 YOU AND ME AS ONE Sigma & Jack Savoretti 1145100 2 NEW 2 1 THE SWEET HELLO THE SAD GOODBYE (BASSFLOW REMAKE) Roxette 115000 so sad :( Roxette were one of those groups who had far more great tunes than you actually remembered 3 5 3 4 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 168200 4 NEW 4 1 ISOBEL’S DREAM Kim Wilde 65000 5 2 1 6 THIS IS HOW (WE WANT YOU TO GET HIGH) George Michael 479100 6 3 1 7 ONE SHY MORNING Amon Tobin 850000 7 6 3 7 DON’T START NOW Dua Lipa 370400 10 4 4 7 TOMIE GHOST DATA 315200 11 72 11 2 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 42600 12 8 4 10 LIGHTS UP Harry Styles 453400 13 7 7 4 DO I LOVE YOU (INDEED I DO) Frank Wilson 180000 14 15 14 2 DON’T START WITHOUT ME (2019 RADIO EDIT) The Fizz 56000 :wub: 15 10 10 6 MONSTERS James Blunt 157800 16 16 16 4 CAN’T FIGHT THIS FEELING Bastille featuring Contemporary London Orchestra 78000 19 11 8 8 ORPHANS Coldplay 239100 20 30 20 4 TIME FOR CHANGE Robbie Williams 49800 21 51 21 2 THE NIGHT Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons 31500 25 40 25 4 BURNING THE HEATHER Pet Shop Boys 49850 26 18 18 8 SYMPHONY OF YOU Pete Tong & HERO featuring Boy George 121600 27 23 1 14 DEAR FUTURE SELF (HANDS UP) Fall Out Boy featuring Wyclef Jean 877650 28 19 10 13 DON’T CALL ME ANGEL (CHARLIE’S ANGELS) Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus & Lana Del Ray 274800 30 45 30 5 EVERYTHING I WANT Billie Eilish 52200 32 25 9 11 TURN ME ON Riton & Oliver Heldens featuring Vula 269000 33 35 33 7 YOUNGER Jonas Blue & HRVY 82000 34 37 34 6 STACK IT UP Liam Payne featuring A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie 76500 36 41 36 7 WHAT YOU WAITING FOR? Gwen Stefani 90600 38 69 38 2 WANDERING STAR Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 23400 39 43 39 5 BEAUTIFUL GHOSTS Taylor Swift 55000 40 22 3 10 FROM OUT OF NOWHERE Jeff Lynne’s ELO 435900 42 36 15 11 DREAMS OF YOU Icarus featuring Rae Morris 211950 43 39 39 4 I FEEL LOVE Sam Smith 54100 44 31 1 20 I TRANCE Agnes 1620150 45 46 45 7 PUMP IT UP Endor 71000 46 28 6 12 YOU. Lucy Daydream 358350 47 71 47 2 ADORE YOU Harry Styles 18300 48 27 20 7 TRAMPOLINE SHAED featuring ZAYN 124650 49 34 19 11 NICE TO MEET YA Niall Horan 182650 50 33 18 8 AN OPEN MIND Pet Shop Boys 145900 51 73 51 3 CLEAN Hey Violet 21150 53 59 53 5 I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Doris Day 36750 54 54 54 4 THUMBS Sabrina Carpenter 35300 55 76 55 2 HAMMER Louise 15600 58 NEW 58 1 HOPE Kim Wilde 10200 59 63 59 3 LYING DOWN Celine Dion 22500 60 66 60 2 WE GOT LOVE Sigala featuring Ella Henderson 16800 62 64 62 5 JUMP AROUND House Of Pain 29300 63 65 63 3 NEVER TEAR US APART INXS 18800 64 NEW 64 1 KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE Kim Wilde 7100 65 49 16 12 ABOUT YOU Otto Knows 189900 66 67 66 4 OWN IT Stormzy featuring Ed Sheeran & Burna Boy 23400 67 NEW 67 1 NEW LIFE Kim Wilde 6600 :wub: 69 77 69 2 THIS IS REAL Jax Jones & Ella Henderson 10800 70 42 23 8 NO BOUNDARIES Pet Shop Boys 111600 72 47 47 7 GLORYBOX Portishead 64550 73 57 57 3 LAZY The Vaccines & Kylie Minogue 22200 74 68 14 15 REALLY DON’T LIKE U Tove Lo featuring Kylie Minogue 210200 75 NEW 75 1 FADING LIKE A FLOWER Roxette 5000 :wub: 76 78 76 2 THAT’S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, Elton John & Gladys Knight 9200 77 80 77 2 CAN’T FIGHT THIS FEELING REO Speedwagon 8600 79 NEW 79 1 THE LOOK Roxette 4200 80 NEW 80 1 LAST CHRISTMAS Kim Wilde 4000 Fantastic chart as always :cheer: Thanks for the long list AH hohohoh :lol: Yes Roxette were so consistent for a good 5 or 6 years of non-stop great singles. The new version of The Fizz xmas goodie is a bit OTT with the jingle bells, but bought it anyway, the original version is still the best though. :D Cheers as always! B-)
December 23, 20195 yr Author Hi John! Nice to see Sigma/Jack still on the top spot, I'm coming back round to it again actually! May re-enter my Top 40 in the New Year. Giving the Roxette track a listen now, a nice piece - the beat goes quite well with the vocals I think! Great chart :D Hi Pete!, thanks for dropping by, glad Sigma still resonates with you, I'm only just starting to decline on it :) Glad you like the Roxette remix, it's as good as anything they've done IMHO :) cheers! B-)
December 23, 20195 yr Author I first heard 'Fading Like A Flower' in the form of the Dancing DJ's remixed version which charted in 2005! :lol: THE SWEET HELLO THE SAD GOODBYE (BASSFLOW REMAKE) I just listened to, very good, sounds like it should have been a Eurovision entry! Surprised not to see River in this personal chart, either Ellie Goulding's new version or the superior Joni Mitchell original! Hi Snakey! Thanks for dropping by, I enjoyed that 2005 remix of Fading Like A Flower too :D Glad you like the Roxette track, a shame it wasn't a hit that one. Have to admit I've only heard River once (Ellie's version) and I didn't know the Joni Mitchell original (though I did youtube it the other week). Terrible admission: I've yet to buy Blue, just not got round to it - I was out of the country at the time and didn't get to know of Joni till 1973. I went big on her 2 albums from that era 1974/75 and am aware I need to fill some earlier gaps in now...oops! :)
December 23, 20195 yr Author Hi John, The best 3 in your Top 10 this week: Harry Styles, George Michael and Dua Lipa Great Gainer : The Weeknd :cheer: Robbie Williams at no 20 :funky: Nice Wham classic cover from Kim Wilde :dance: Hi Sven! Glad you like the big climb for The Weeknd, it's a goodie - and thanks for listening to the Kim Wilde cover of Wham! It's a nice acoustic treatment of it, quite minimal :cheer: cheers!
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