Posted March 1, 20205 yr 1st March 2020 It's a first week on top for Barry White's classic sexy soul debut from 1973, as featured in Birds Of Prey, and which first-time round hit my top 5 but had a short chart run because it was only in the UK top 30 for a few weeks (I based my charts exclusively on tracks inside the top 30 in those days). So, only taken almost 47 years to get there, and his 2nd chart-topper following Let The Music Play which topped in 2000 a mere 24 years late, this one nearly doubles that gap. James Blunt grabs another top 10 from his current album, he's really back on top form of late, and 1979 top 20 track (for me) Driver's Seat, returns Sniff 'n' The Tears to the charts at 12, 41 years on, thanks to my entering it into a music competition - now it can get a much better chart placing for such a great record. Another big batch of new entries means that there are virtually no records dropping outside the top 50 - they've all had to be evicted to make way for all the fresh stuff! Big climbs into the 40 for Agnes Obel, Lauv, Lizzo, Ronan & Emeli (Ronan Keating having been away for 8 years, but extending his chart run of solo stuff to 21 years), X Ambassadors & The Avalanches. Newies include the UK Eurovision entry from John Newman's brother James, probably our best chance to do well since Blue's entry; SZA back with Justin Timberlake in tow, his chart run now 17 years solo (with 5 chart-toppers) or 21 years with N'Sync (plus another chart-topper). It's another month so it must be another Noel Gallagher single, he usually has 2 charting simultaneously the last year or so; Lady Gaga is back doing dance music, and returns to my chart for the first time in 6 years - that's longer than her entire prolific career up to that point, but extends her run to 11 years, including 4 chart-toppers in her early Fame-hot days. Paloma Faith returns assisting Jonas Blue, she is also of the Class of 2009, but her 4 chart-toppers are spread-out over her entire career and she has only missed out on charting in 2019. Finally, The Shapeshifters return 14 years since they last troubled my charts, and 16 years since Lola's Theme was a big debut. Unexpected returns are always welcome in my charts! 1 2 1 4 I’M GONNA LOVE YOU JUST A LITTLE MORE BABY Barry White 364000 2 1 1 4 TEARS OF GOLD Faouzia 476000 3 3 3 5 THERAPY Duke Dumont featuring Sharlene Hector 303500 4 4 1 13 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 1171600 5 7 4 6 WILL O’THE WISP Pet Shop Boys 303750 6 6 5 6 AND IT’S STILL ALRIGHT Nathaniel Rateliff 246400 7 10 7 5 YOU ARE THE ONE Pet Shop Boys 156750 8 5 1 10 FADES AWAY Avicii featuring Mishcatt 1015000 9 13 9 4 HALFWAY James Blunt featuring Ward Thomas 99700 10 9 3 6 FOREVER Will Young 314000 11 8 6 6 MAKE IT TO HEAVEN David Guetta & MORTEN with Raye 211800 12 NEW 12 1 DRIVER’S SEAT Sniff ‘n’ The Tears 35000 13 11 5 7 KISS SOMEBODY Julie Bergan with Seeb 341700 14 36 14 5 PHYSICAL Dua Lipa 75050 15 20 15 5 BLUE MOON RISING Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 88200 16 19 16 4 ROSES Adam Lambert & Nile Rodgers 78000 17 34 17 6 LONELY Joel Corry featuring HARLEE 95650 18 16 6 9 OFFLINE Friendly Fires & Friend Within 251800 19 15 9 8 THE WORLD WE LEFT BEHIND The Fizz 219200 20 30 20 4 IN MY ARMS Purple Disco Machine featuring Inner Life & Jocelyn Brown, with Al Stewart 57850 21 12 12 6 ALL MY LOVE Jeff Lynne’s ELO 156350 22 14 4 9 MONKEY BUSINESS (RADIO EDIT) Pet Shop Boys 392500 23 17 17 7 JULY Noah Cyrus & Leon Bridges 131000 24 49 24 2 BROKEN SLEEP Agnes Obel 31100 25 27 25 3 NO TIME TO DIE Billie Eilish 54250 26 60 26 2 MODERN LONELINESS Lauv 28500 27 28 27 4 REACT Pussycat Dolls 54900 28 18 9 7 OH YEAH! Green Day 199300 29 47 29 2 CUZ I LOVE YOU Lizzo 30700 30 40 30 5 WINNING WAYS The Fizz 69150 31 25 7 13 ADORE YOU Harry Styles 365000 32 21 8 7 THE VOID Muse 217550 33 52 33 3 ONE OF A KIND Ronan Keating & Emeli Sande 34600 34 41 34 5 HAPPY PEOPLE Pet Shop Boys 75800 35 54 35 2 GREAT UNKNOWN X Ambassadors 28500 36 56 36 2 WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU The Avalanches featuring Blood Orange 28000 37 22 22 7 LOST IN YESTERDAY Tame Impala 115300 38 23 23 6 TASTES LIKE KARMA Madilyn 103850 39 42 39 4 REASONS I DRINK Alanis Morrissette 49000 40 48 40 4 TENNIS FAN Banoffee featuring Empress Of 47000 41 24 3 6 SUPERNATURE Cerrone 287000 42 32 1 17 THIS IS HOW (WE WANT YOU TO GET HIGH) George Michael 939150 43 38 1 27 NOBODY ELSE The S.L.P. 1198750 44 33 33 5 NARCISSUS Roisin Murphy 67350 45 45 45 4 AT ROCK BOTTOM Pet Shop Boys 46000 46 26 20 7 RARE Selena Gomez 118700 47 67 47 2 INSTANT DESTINY Tame Impala 19100 48 29 29 6 FOREVER YOURS Kygo, Avicii & Sandro Cavazza 89800 49 71 49 2 SIX DAYS IN JUNE The Fratellis 17900 50 44 3 18 DON’T START NOW Dua Lipa 683550 51 62 51 3 LA VIE EN ROSE Louis Armstrong 24350 52 31 24 6 LAZY LOVE Bobbi Storm 98650 53 35 35 6 I DON’T WANNA Pet Shop Boys 85950 54 63 54 2 CHANGE MY MIND Celine Dion 18200 55 37 1 11 PLEASE DON’T f*** UP MY WORLD Sparks 733350 56 39 20 7 ORDINARY MAN Ozzy Osbourne featuring Elton John & Slash 114750 57 70 57 3 KNOW YOUR WORTH Khalid & Disclosure 21400 58 64 58 4 BETTER OF WITHOUT YOU Becky Hill featuring Shift K3Y 28300 59 43 3 15 WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles 482500 60 68 60 2 MELTDOWN Jake Shears 16400 61 69 61 2 ON BTS featuring Sia 13700 62 74 62 2 DEAR JEALOUSY MIKA 12800 63 NEW 63 1 MY LAST BREATH James Newman 7200 64 NEW 64 1 THE WHOLE 9 Marina Kaye 7100 65 75 65 2 INSTANT HISTORY Biffy Clyro 12000 66 NEW 66 1 THE OTHER SIDE SZA, Justin Timberlake 6800 67 NEW 67 1 SAY SO Doja Cat 6600 68 NEW 68 1 YOU SHOULD BE SAD Halsey 6400 69 NEW 69 1 COME ON OUTSIDE Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 6200 70 73 70 2 WHAT IF I NEVER GET OVER YOU Lady Antebellum 11400 71 NEW 71 1 ALWAYS Waze & Odyssey vs Tommy Theo featuring George Michael & Mary J. Blige 5800 72 NEW 72 1 STUPID LOVE Lady Gaga 5600 73 NEW 73 1 MISTAKES Jonas Blue & Paloma Faith 5400 74 NEW 74 1 SECOND CHANCE The Shapeshifters featuring Kimberly Davis 5200 75 NEW 75 1 ROSES (IMANBEK REMIX) SAINt JHN 5000 DROP OUTS 46 19 7 THE KEEPER Blossoms 130900 50 50 5 SIMMER Hayley Williams 50600 51 32 6 WHAT A MAN GOTTA DO Jonas Brothers 86100 53 21 7 TREAT PEOPLE WITH KINDNESS Harry Styles 110200 55 55 4 AMOUREUSE (608550) Kiki Dee 35000 57 57 4 WEDDING IN BERLIN Pet Shop Boys 33300 58 24 7 ORIGINAL Sia 108450 59 59 3 PALE HORSES Ina Wroldsen 23000 61 61 4 NEW ME Ella Eyre 25100 65 65 5 RUNAROUND SUE Dion 30600 66 16 12 2 IN A MILLION Steve Aoki, Sting & SHAED 173300 72 1 24 DEAR FUTURE SELF (HANDS UP) Fall Out Boy featuring Wyclef Jean 1003450
March 1, 20205 yr Hello John! I like the big gains for "Physical", "Lonely", "Cuz I Love You", "Know Your Worth" and "Instant History" and the debuts for "My Last Breath", "The Other Side", "Say So", "You Should Be Sad", "Stupid Love", "Mistakes" and "Roses"! Great chart!
March 2, 20205 yr Great to see Saint Jhn entering finally! Bit mixed on the paloma collab, it's OK but I usually love paloma stuff... Loving the lady gaga track! Ooh need to check out that shapeshifters one... I had similar chart rules back in the 80s haha... Good stuff!
March 8, 20205 yr Hi John, Yes Barry White on TOP :yahoo: Dua Lipa, Joel Corry/Harlee and Purple Disco Machine climbing fast :cheer: Best new entries: SZA/Justin Timberlake, Dojo Cat, Lady Gaga, Jonas Blue/Paloma Faith, Shapeshifter-Kimberly Davis and SAINt JHN Roses remix The EuroSong could be a hit. Great track by Waza,Oddesey and Tommy Theo ft the great George Michael and Mary J Blige :yahoo: :heart:
March 9, 20205 yr Author Hello John! I like the big gains for "Physical", "Lonely", "Cuz I Love You", "Know Your Worth" and "Instant History" and the debuts for "My Last Breath", "The Other Side", "Say So", "You Should Be Sad", "Stupid Love", "Mistakes" and "Roses"! Great chart! Hi Sergej! :) Glad you like some of the newies! Thanks for commenting :)
March 9, 20205 yr Author Great to see Saint Jhn entering finally! Bit mixed on the paloma collab, it's OK but I usually love paloma stuff... Loving the lady gaga track! Ooh need to check out that shapeshifters one... I had similar chart rules back in the 80s haha... Good stuff! Hi Toffo! :) Yes Saint Jhn took a while to grow on me, unusually as I tend to go for dance tracks as a rule :o Yes I think the collab is also OK - I like it, but it's not up there with most of her great solo stuff, but I had to buy it - it's Paloma Faith! Gaga's new one is like stepping back in a time warp to 10 years ago, it could have been the follow-up to Bad Romance in an alternate universe :lol: Crikey you hve been charting a long time too then! thanks for commenting! :)
March 9, 20205 yr Author Hi John, Yes Barry White on TOP :yahoo: Dua Lipa, Joel Corry/Harlee and Purple Disco Machine climbing fast :cheer: Best new entries: SZA/Justin Timberlake, Dojo Cat, Lady Gaga, Jonas Blue/Paloma Faith, Shapeshifter-Kimberly Davis and SAINt JHN Roses remix The EuroSong could be a hit. Great track by Waza,Oddesey and Tommy Theo ft the great George Michael and Mary J Blige :yahoo: :heart: Hi Sven, yes I'm still gonna love that Barry White song a little more as time goes by :lol: Glad you like a batch of new entries! Thanks for commenting :)
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