26th January 2020

 

It's a first solo number one for The Weeknd after 3 previous 2's, and a topper with Ariana Grande, holding off a challenge from a return from 1978 classic ahead-of-it's-time dance track Supernature, Cerrone's only big hit in the UK which went top 3 for me around the same time as Blue Oyster Cult went top 10 with (Don't Fear) The Reaper. "More Cowbell!". 4th time round for that one, all of them top 20, and joining fellow 1978 chart-topper Ca Plane Pour Moi for a mini-invasion of a good Uni year for me.

 

Friendly fires get a 3rd top 10, including a chart-topper in 2011 with Hurting, Muse make it 6 top 10's as The Void expands upwards, and Green Day make it a 3rd top 10, having had two peaks of 4 for ballads early in their career - and then nothing big since. The Fizz make it a 5th top 10 in their current incarnation, including a number one with Amen in 2017, but add in some Bucks and increase the top 10's by 13 to 18, and the chart-toppers by 5 to 6. Cheryl also has another top 10 with Coco.

 

Highest new track is Will Young, Forever! His 16th top 20, and in at 18, including hotting the top in 2004 with Friday's Child. Pet Shop Boys drop the new album, and get instant new entries for the 2 most-commercial tracks, Wil o'the wisp at 25, and I Don't Wanna at 58. I've just bought the CD to play it through properly, but Hotspot is sounding pretty good on one quick runthrough as a whole, but minus the clear individual track highlights that the last few albums have had.

 

Jeff Lynne's back, making it 50 years of chart activity in various guises, mostly ELO, and with numerous chart-toppers, at least 15 to date, Duke Dumont is also returning, for a 7th year of chart entries, The Real Thing 1976 classic is back for a 3rd time, You To Me Are Everything peaked at 3 in 1986, Dion is back with another oldie, he first charted with a reissue of The Wanderer in 1976, Runaround Sue dates from 1961 making it 59 years-old and one of the oldest-recordings to chart in terms of release date to chart-date.

 

1 2 1 8 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 587600

2 1 1 5 FADES AWAY Avicii featuring Mishcatt 592000

3 NEW 3 1 SUPERNATURE Cerrone 85000

4 3 1 6 PLEASE DON’T f*** UP MY WORLD Sparks 627000

5 5 5 4 MONKEY BUSINESS (RADIO EDIT) Pet Shop Boys 192000

6 19 6 4 OFFLINE Friendly Fires & Friend Within 99800

7 10 7 4 KISS SOMEBODY Julie Bergan with Seeb 114700

8 13 8 2 THE VOID Muse 80000

9 18 9 2 OH YEAH! Green Day 67000

10 17 10 3 THE WORLD WE LEFT BEHIND The Fizz 72200

 

11 8 1 12 THIS IS HOW (WE WANT YOU TO GET HIGH) George Michael 844100

12 6 5 5 THE KILLING OF GEORGIE PARTS I & II Rod Stewart featuring the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 199100

13 11 3 13 DON’T START NOW Dua Lipa 603400

14 9 7 8 ADORE YOU Harry Styles 257600

15 4 4 2 CA PLANE POUR MOI (ORIGINAL 1977 VERSION) Plastic Bertrand 92000

16 7 1 7 THE SWEET HELLO THE SAD GOODBYE (BASSFLOW REMAKE) Roxette 625000

17 12 8 5 DECIDE Pet Shop Boys 137000

18 NEW 18 1 FOREVER Will Young 22000

19 20 19 3 THE KEEPER Blossoms 60750

20 NEW 20 1 (DON’T FEAR) THE REAPER Blue Oyster Cult 20000

 

21 15 3 10 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 404950

22 28 22 3 TREAT PEOPLE WITH KINDNESS Harry Styles 47800

23 14 9 11 EVERYTHING I WANTED Billie Eilish 230950

24 16 16 8 2 IN A MILLION Steve Aoki, Sting & SHAED 119200

25 NEW 25 1 WILL O’THE WISP Pet Shop Boys 18750

26 32 26 3 ORIGINAL Sia 47800

27 22 1 15 YOU AND ME AS ONE Sigma & Jack Savoretti 1381800

28 25 1 13 ONE SHY MORNING Amon Tobin 995300

29 29 1 22 NOBODY ELSE The S.L.P. 1115050

30 21 10 7 HOPE Kim Wilde 157050

 

31 26 8 13 NO PLACE RUFUS DU SOL 365500

32 27 4 16 LIGHTS UP Harry Styles 585600

33 54 33 2 RARE Selena Gomez 28700

34 34 34 8 FINALLY//BEAUTIFUL STRANGER Halsey 92500

35 30 9 10 BOB DYLAN Fall Out Boy 265500

36 40 36 3 ONE WORLD Billy Ocean 40800

37 46 37 3 WHEREVER YOU ARE Kodaline 40150

38 48 38 2 ORDINARY MAN Ozzy Osbourne featuring Elton John & Slash 29500

39 44 39 2 JULY Noah Cyrus & Leon Bridges 30350

40 41 40 3 STOP THIS FLAME Celeste 43300

 

41 31 20 8 WE GOT LOVE Sigala featuring Ella Henderson 110550

42 23 18 5 KISSING IN THE WIND Travis 80000

43 24 5 8 THE NIGHT Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons 245000

44 50 44 2 WHAT A MAN GOTTA DO Jonas Brothers 25250

45 NEW 45 1 LAZY LOVE Bobbi Storm 13000

46 57 46 2 LOST IN YESTERDAY Tame Impala 23150

47 33 9 10 BURNING THE HEATHER Pet Shop Boys 186300

48 NEW 48 1 TASTES LIKE KARMA Madilyn 12300

49 36 36 10 OWN IT Stormzy featuring Ed Sheeran & Burna Boy 94700

50 35 14 12 STAY HAPPY AU/RA 192700

 

51 42 1 20 DEAR FUTURE SELF (HANDS UP) Fall Out Boy featuring Wyclef Jean 973250

52 NEW 52 1 THERAPY Duke Dumont 11500

53 38 38 4 HIGH HEELS Melanie C featuring Sink The Pink 48350

54 NEW 54 1 YOU TO ME ARE EVERYTHING The Real Thing 11000

55 55 55 3 HURT Louise 28700

56 NEW 56 1 ALL MY LOVE Jeff Lynne’s ELO 10600

57 47 15 17 DREAMS OF YOU Icarus featuring Rae Morris 285200

58 NEW 58 1 I DON’T WANNA Pet Shop Boys 10200

59 60 59 3 REMEDY Roachford 25700

60 NEW 60 1 MAYDAY!!! FIESTA FEVER AWOLNATION featuring Alex Ebert 10000

 

61 58 1 26 I TRANCE Agnes 1681900

62 67 62 2 THOSE KINDA NIGHTS Eminem featuring Ed Sheeran 14000

63 70 63 3 DON’T WALK AWAY Jade 18200

64 65 64 3 UNDERDOG Alicia Keys 20100

65 66 65 3 TRASH GLAM BABY The Boomtown Rats 19000

66 NEW 66 1 MAKE IT TO HEAVEN David Guetta & MORTEN with Raye 6800

67 NEW 67 1 FOREVER YOURS Kygo, Avicii & Sandro Cavazza 6600

68 NEW 68 1 AND IT’S STILL ALRIGHT Nathaniel Rateliff 6400

69 NEW 69 1 BROKEN LAND The Adventures 6200

70 NEW 70 1 LONELY Joel Corry 6000

 

71 74 71 2 DARE Gorillaz featuring Shaun Ryder 11000

72 NEW 72 1 RUNAROUND SUE Dion 5600

73 39 27 9 CLEAN Hey Violet 110650

74 NEW 74 1 IN THESE ARMS JP Cooper 5200

75 NEW 75 1 SIMMER Hayley Williams 5000

 

DROP OUTS

37 28 10 BEAUTIFUL GHOSTS Taylor Swift 143500

43 40 7 THIS IS REAL Jax Jones & Ella Henderson 64500

45 23 11 STONE Collard featuring Bakar 163850

49 30 4 WINTER SONG Kim Wilde 49100

51 14 9 CAN I KEEP YOU Efisio Cross 173150

52 52 4 EVERYDAY LIFE Coldplay 34800

53 4 12 TOMIE GHOST DATA 402900

56 7 9 DO I LOVE YOU (INDEED I DO) Frank Wilson 260250

59 36 6 KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE Kim Wilde 69450

61 26 12 WHAT YOU WAITING FOR? Gwen Stefani 170600

62 62 6 THE LOOK Roxette 35400

63 38 7 HAMMER Louise 79550

64 8 13 ORPHANS Coldplay 312300

68 16 9 CAN’T FIGHT THIS FEELING Bastille featuring Contemporary London Orchestra 154550

69 24 15 GOOD LUCK Broken Bells 191100

71 62 6 FADING LIKE A FLOWER (EVERY TIME YOU LEAVE) Roxette 37200

72 10 11 MONSTERS James Blunt 232350

73 9 16 TURN ME ON Riton & Oliver Heldens featuring Vula 323850

75 28 12 THE TRUTH James Blunt 148150

Hi John, my faves:

 

1 2 1 8 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 587600 His stuff always takes a while to hit me for some reason, but I do end up loving it. Maybe in a couple of weeks it'll grow on me

2 1 1 5 FADES AWAY Avicii featuring Mishcatt 592000

3 NEW 3 1 SUPERNATURE Cerrone 85000 best of luck with this! Never knew Lene Lovich wrote the lyrics! :o

4 3 1 6 PLEASE DON’T f*** UP MY WORLD Sparks 627000

5 5 5 4 MONKEY BUSINESS (RADIO EDIT) Pet Shop Boys 192000

7 10 7 4 KISS SOMEBODY Julie Bergan with Seeb 114700

10 17 10 3 THE WORLD WE LEFT BEHIND The Fizz 72200

11 8 1 12 THIS IS HOW (WE WANT YOU TO GET HIGH) George Michael 844100

12 6 5 5 THE KILLING OF GEORGIE PARTS I & II Rod Stewart featuring the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 199100

13 11 3 13 DON’T START NOW Dua Lipa 603400

14 9 7 8 ADORE YOU Harry Styles 257600

15 4 4 2 CA PLANE POUR MOI (ORIGINAL 1977 VERSION) Plastic Bertrand 92000

16 7 1 7 THE SWEET HELLO THE SAD GOODBYE (BASSFLOW REMAKE) Roxette 625000

17 12 8 5 DECIDE Pet Shop Boys 137000

18 NEW 18 1 FOREVER Will Young 22000 :wub:

19 20 19 3 THE KEEPER Blossoms 60750 :wub:

20 NEW 20 1 (DON’T FEAR) THE REAPER Blue Oyster Cult 20000 classic!

21 15 3 10 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 404950

23 14 9 11 EVERYTHING I WANTED Billie Eilish 230950

25 NEW 25 1 WILL O’THE WISP Pet Shop Boys 18750 Great album and opening track!

27 22 1 15 YOU AND ME AS ONE Sigma & Jack Savoretti 1381800

28 25 1 13 ONE SHY MORNING Amon Tobin 995300

29 29 1 22 NOBODY ELSE The S.L.P. 1115050

30 21 10 7 HOPE Kim Wilde 157050

32 27 4 16 LIGHTS UP Harry Styles 585600

33 54 33 2 RARE Selena Gomez 28700 :wub:

36 40 36 3 ONE WORLD Billy Ocean 40800

38 48 38 2 ORDINARY MAN Ozzy Osbourne featuring Elton John & Slash 29500

39 44 39 2 JULY Noah Cyrus & Leon Bridges 30350

40 41 40 3 STOP THIS FLAME Celeste 43300

41 31 20 8 WE GOT LOVE Sigala featuring Ella Henderson 110550

43 24 5 8 THE NIGHT Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons 245000

44 50 44 2 WHAT A MAN GOTTA DO Jonas Brothers 25250

45 NEW 45 1 LAZY LOVE Bobbi Storm 13000

47 33 9 10 BURNING THE HEATHER Pet Shop Boys 186300

48 NEW 48 1 TASTES LIKE KARMA Madilyn 12300 :wub:

49 36 36 10 OWN IT Stormzy featuring Ed Sheeran & Burna Boy 94700

51 42 1 20 DEAR FUTURE SELF (HANDS UP) Fall Out Boy featuring Wyclef Jean 973250

52 NEW 52 1 THERAPY Duke Dumont 11500

53 38 38 4 HIGH HEELS Melanie C featuring Sink The Pink 48350

54 NEW 54 1 YOU TO ME ARE EVERYTHING The Real Thing 11000 :wub:

55 55 55 3 HURT Louise 28700

57 47 15 17 DREAMS OF YOU Icarus featuring Rae Morris 285200

58 NEW 58 1 I DON’T WANNA Pet Shop Boys 10200

59 60 59 3 REMEDY Roachford 25700

61 58 1 26 I TRANCE Agnes 1681900

63 70 63 3 DON’T WALK AWAY Jade 18200 :wub:

67 NEW 67 1 FOREVER YOURS Kygo, Avicii & Sandro Cavazza 6600

69 NEW 69 1 BROKEN LAND The Adventures 6200 :cheer: :heart: what's brought this back in your chart? No complaints here, it's flawless!

70 NEW 70 1 LONELY Joel Corry 6000

71 74 71 2 DARE Gorillaz featuring Shaun Ryder 11000

72 NEW 72 1 RUNAROUND SUE Dion 5600

73 39 27 9 CLEAN Hey Violet 110650

 

Incredible stuff here. As always a fantastic chart :wub:

Hi John,

 

We´ve got the same no 1 :D

Nice new entry from golden dance oldie Cerrone :D

The Weeknd, Pet Shop Boys, Julie Bergan and Avicii are still Top 10 :w00t:

 

Best new entries: Kygo/Avicii/Sandro Cavazza, Duke Dumont, David Guetta, JP Cooper and Will Young :cheer:

Hi John!

Nice that we share common #1s!

Also nice to see a huge gain for "Offline" in the top 10, as well as the other huge gains for "Rare" and "Lost In Yesterday" and the debuts for "Forever", "Don't Fear The Reaper", "Therapy", "Forever Yours", "Lonely", "In These Arms" and "Simmer"!

Great chart!

Hi John, my faves:

 

1 2 1 8 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 587600 His stuff always takes a while to hit me for some reason, but I do end up loving it. Maybe in a couple of weeks it'll grow on me

2 1 1 5 FADES AWAY Avicii featuring Mishcatt 592000

3 NEW 3 1 SUPERNATURE Cerrone 85000 best of luck with this! Never knew Lene Lovich wrote the lyrics! :o

4 3 1 6 PLEASE DON’T f*** UP MY WORLD Sparks 627000

5 5 5 4 MONKEY BUSINESS (RADIO EDIT) Pet Shop Boys 192000

7 10 7 4 KISS SOMEBODY Julie Bergan with Seeb 114700

10 17 10 3 THE WORLD WE LEFT BEHIND The Fizz 72200

11 8 1 12 THIS IS HOW (WE WANT YOU TO GET HIGH) George Michael 844100

12 6 5 5 THE KILLING OF GEORGIE PARTS I & II Rod Stewart featuring the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 199100

13 11 3 13 DON’T START NOW Dua Lipa 603400

14 9 7 8 ADORE YOU Harry Styles 257600

15 4 4 2 CA PLANE POUR MOI (ORIGINAL 1977 VERSION) Plastic Bertrand 92000

16 7 1 7 THE SWEET HELLO THE SAD GOODBYE (BASSFLOW REMAKE) Roxette 625000

17 12 8 5 DECIDE Pet Shop Boys 137000

18 NEW 18 1 FOREVER Will Young 22000 :wub:

19 20 19 3 THE KEEPER Blossoms 60750 :wub:

20 NEW 20 1 (DON’T FEAR) THE REAPER Blue Oyster Cult 20000 classic!

21 15 3 10 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 404950

23 14 9 11 EVERYTHING I WANTED Billie Eilish 230950

25 NEW 25 1 WILL O’THE WISP Pet Shop Boys 18750 Great album and opening track!

27 22 1 15 YOU AND ME AS ONE Sigma & Jack Savoretti 1381800

28 25 1 13 ONE SHY MORNING Amon Tobin 995300

29 29 1 22 NOBODY ELSE The S.L.P. 1115050

30 21 10 7 HOPE Kim Wilde 157050

32 27 4 16 LIGHTS UP Harry Styles 585600

33 54 33 2 RARE Selena Gomez 28700 :wub:

36 40 36 3 ONE WORLD Billy Ocean 40800

38 48 38 2 ORDINARY MAN Ozzy Osbourne featuring Elton John & Slash 29500

39 44 39 2 JULY Noah Cyrus & Leon Bridges 30350

40 41 40 3 STOP THIS FLAME Celeste 43300

41 31 20 8 WE GOT LOVE Sigala featuring Ella Henderson 110550

43 24 5 8 THE NIGHT Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons 245000

44 50 44 2 WHAT A MAN GOTTA DO Jonas Brothers 25250

45 NEW 45 1 LAZY LOVE Bobbi Storm 13000

47 33 9 10 BURNING THE HEATHER Pet Shop Boys 186300

48 NEW 48 1 TASTES LIKE KARMA Madilyn 12300 :wub:

49 36 36 10 OWN IT Stormzy featuring Ed Sheeran & Burna Boy 94700

51 42 1 20 DEAR FUTURE SELF (HANDS UP) Fall Out Boy featuring Wyclef Jean 973250

52 NEW 52 1 THERAPY Duke Dumont 11500

53 38 38 4 HIGH HEELS Melanie C featuring Sink The Pink 48350

54 NEW 54 1 YOU TO ME ARE EVERYTHING The Real Thing 11000 :wub:

55 55 55 3 HURT Louise 28700

57 47 15 17 DREAMS OF YOU Icarus featuring Rae Morris 285200

58 NEW 58 1 I DON’T WANNA Pet Shop Boys 10200

59 60 59 3 REMEDY Roachford 25700

61 58 1 26 I TRANCE Agnes 1681900

63 70 63 3 DON’T WALK AWAY Jade 18200 :wub:

67 NEW 67 1 FOREVER YOURS Kygo, Avicii & Sandro Cavazza 6600

69 NEW 69 1 BROKEN LAND The Adventures 6200 :cheer: :heart: what's brought this back in your chart? No complaints here, it's flawless!

70 NEW 70 1 LONELY Joel Corry 6000

71 74 71 2 DARE Gorillaz featuring Shaun Ryder 11000

72 NEW 72 1 RUNAROUND SUE Dion 5600

73 39 27 9 CLEAN Hey Violet 110650

 

Incredible stuff here. As always a fantastic chart :wub:

 

Hi AH :)

 

Thanks as ever for the long list! Blinding Lights I like immediately but it's still a grower, not bored with it at all even after over 2 months. Thanks for the Cerrone wishes, sorry The Pipettes bombed out - I did point it but it was a very competitive semi. I may get round to the one Ive been keeping in reserve this year :lol: Don't tell anyone but I didn't know Lene wrote the lyrics either until I wikipedia'd her when I entered Bird Song, oops :kink:

 

Agree about Wil O The Wisp being a great opening track, it makes an instant statement "we're back!". It's nice to have a varied album again, though a couple of the ballads are less good than the B sides of the singles! The Adventures turned up in the itunes chart last week, I'm not sure why, probably a reality show cover, ad or cinema spot, or maybe it was on an oldies TV 80's retro special. Quite a lot of oldies seem to be popping in the sales chart of late.

 

cheers!

B-)

 

Hi John,

 

We´ve got the same no 1 :D

Nice new entry from golden dance oldie Cerrone :D

The Weeknd, Pet Shop Boys, Julie Bergan and Avicii are still Top 10 :w00t:

 

Best new entries: Kygo/Avicii/Sandro Cavazza, Duke Dumont, David Guetta, JP Cooper and Will Young :cheer:

 

Thanks Sven and hi :D , and yes The Weeknd is just sweeping away the opposition the last week or two isn't he? :)

Hi John!

Nice that we share common #1s!

Also nice to see a huge gain for "Offline" in the top 10, as well as the other huge gains for "Rare" and "Lost In Yesterday" and the debuts for "Forever", "Don't Fear The Reaper", "Therapy", "Forever Yours", "Lonely", "In These Arms" and "Simmer"!

Great chart!

 

Thanks Sergej and hi too! :) Blinding Lights is topping everywhere except the streaming chart, which is odd as it's clearly the most popular record around in January 2020, and even if fairly obscure tracks have topped the UK chart recently...

Cheers!