10th May 2020

 

it's straight in at 1 for Kraftwerk, following the loss of Ralf Hutter in a terrible week or so for veteran pop star losses: The Model was originally released in it's German-language version in 1978, but didn't get to chart in the UK until this English-language version was released in 1981 on the B side of Computer Love. The Model got the airplay, and topped the UK charts in early 1982 and peaked at 2 in my charts, and belatedly now tops my chart 39-years later, cos it's fab. Autobahn is also back 45 years since it went top 10 in all it's ground-breaking glory. Also in the charts at the same time as The Model was Golden Brown, The Stranglers most-famous track, which hit UK 2 and also fell-short of topping my chart until a 90's re-issue did the trick. Following the loss of co-writer & keyboardist extraordinaire Dave Greenfield to coronavirus it's back in the top 10 for a third occasion, along with No More Heroes, a fab punk anthem that charted in 1977 as I started uni, in at 61, and Nice 'n' Sleazy at 50 from 1978. I could easily have charted many others of their long list of great singles though...

 

Inside the 40, Regard and Raye climb briskly into the top 20, shhh it's a Secret, while The Rolling Stones get a first top 40 for 8 years with the lockdown anthem, Rumer returns to the top 40, and Blossoms make it a 4th, and Fisher Freaks out at 40 as the original Le Freak returns at 60 with Rebecca Ferguson, her 5th chart entry some 7 years since her last one, and Nile Rodgers umpteenth to extend his run to over 42 years. Highest new track is Cher's Spanish-language UNICEF-charity cover of Chiquitita, a sensitive cover of Abba's UNICEF-profiting original from 1979 - she's not the oldest-charting living female-singer with original material (that's Doris Day aged 89 in 2011 - but it was originally recorded in the 80's) so at 73 technically she pips Doris as oldest female with newly-recorded-new-material, and extends her run of solo charted entries to 49 years (or 55 years had I been charting in 1965, I adored I Got You Babe as a kid).

 

Another charity track by Ariana & Justin pops in at 63, Stuck With U giving Ms Grande 6 years of activity and Mr Bieber 8 years. The Fratellis comeback extends to 2 with a bit of an assist from minor soul-legend P.P. Arnold still on form on her second track of her rebirth after her first comebacks on dance tracks of the 80's and 90's from her original chart-runs in 1968, just predating my charts. New Order pop in with single remix of a 2010's album track that I'd missed, Doves are back with Brazil, 11-years absent, to give them a 7th chart entry and an 18-year run. Finally Millie Small's My Boy Lollipop returns to the chart over 30-years since it went top 10, following her passing, but young Millie's fab-ska classic was an obsession by 6-year-old me back in 1964, so might as well say it was a chart-topper 56 years ago. Little Richard also died this week, the influential rock 'n' roll revolutionary charted for me right into the late 80's, but his 1955 showstopping debut Tutti Frutti has never charted before, so it pops in as tribute 65 years late.

 

 

1 NEW 1 1 THE MODEL Kraftwerk 170000

2 2 2 3 THE LAKE Galantis & Wrabel 295000

3 1 1 7 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 827100

4 3 2 7 BREAK MY HEART Dua Lipa 442400

5 6 5 9 CAUTION The Killers 367550

6 4 2 13 NO TIME TO DIE Billie Eilish 743500

7 NEW 7 1 GOLDEN BROWN The Stranglers 50000

8 5 1 11 SAY SO Doja Cat 819600

9 9 9 7 DANCING NEXT TO ME Greyson Chance 186400

10 10 10 8 WHO I AM Melanie C 210500

 

11 7 7 14 I DON’T WANNA Pet Shop Boys 269550

12 12 12 6 I’LL WAIT Kygo & Sasha Sloan 118800

13 8 6 10 MISTAKES Jonas Blue & Paloma Faith 312700

14 15 14 7 SPOTLIGHT Jessie Ware 137050

15 11 11 10 LOST AT SEA Cashier No.9 242150

16 38 16 3 SECRETS Regard & Raye 48600

17 17 17 7 ANTISOCIAL SOCIALITES Kyan Palmer, nicopop & Yuri Joness 114300

18 27 18 9 HARVEST MOON Neil Young 118650

19 20 19 7 IN YOUR EYES The Weeknd 81800

20 14 1 14 TEARS OF GOLD Faouzia 1013000

 

21 13 4 11 THE WHOLE 9 Marina Kaye 414850

22 18 18 13 LA VIE EN ROSE Louis Armstrong 197850

23 16 9 10 MURPHY’S LAW Roisin Murphy 267550

24 26 24 6 HOLD ON, WE’RE GOING HOME Nerina Pallot 81900

25 36 25 4 WHO YOU LOVIN’ LEON 54450

26 19 6 12 MODERN LONELINESS Lauv 349000

27 28 27 7 STORM The Fizz 69700

28 40 28 4 LEAN ON ME UB40 featuring Ali Campbell & Astro 45900

29 21 12 9 GOLIATH Smith & Thell 169250

30 22 15 10 WHO Lauv featuring BTS 169400

 

31 25 25 7 BLUE SKIES Music from Star Trek: Picard featuring Isa Briones 114200

32 29 29 6 THE MAN Taylor Swift 77300

33 33 33 7 RESERVATION The Fizz 60150

34 48 34 3 LIVING IN A GHOST TOWN The Rolling Stones 37100

35 35 35 7 LIMITLESS Richard Marx 66400

36 37 36 3 NEW BOY Pet Shop Boys 46450

37 23 23 10 SOMETIMES Kodaline 124950

38 42 38 3 HARD TIMES FOR LOVERS Rumer 37750

39 46 39 4 IF YOU THINK THIS IS REAL LIFE Blossoms 46050

40 53 40 8 FREAKS Fisher 71850

 

41 24 24 10 LOOK AFTER YOU Aron Wright 127050

42 52 42 4 I LOVE YOU NOW CHANGE Twinnie 41150

43 43 43 4 THE GREATEST James Blunt 43000

44 31 19 10 ALL OF THE FEELINGS Kiesza 168700

45 30 30 9 KINGS & QUEENS Ava Max 100150

46 54 46 4 I CONTAIN MULTITUDES Bob Dylan 33950

47 32 1 14 I’M GONNA LOVE YOU JUST A LITTLE MORE BABY Barry White 1285550

48 56 48 3 IF YOU’RE TOO SHY (LET ME KNOW) The 1975 26900

49 49 1 23 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 1414650

50 NEW 50 1 NICE ‘N’ SLEAZY The Stranglers 12000

 

51 34 2 14 HALFWAY James Blunt featuring Ward Thomas 530550

52 39 39 7 BOYFRIEND Mabel 64900

53 62 53 3 TIMES LIKE THESE Live Lounge Allstars 24250

54 61 54 3 HOUSE PARTY New Kids On The Block featuring BoyzIIMen, Big Freedia, Naughty By Nature & Jordin Sparks 23500

55 63 55 3 DIAGNOSIS Alanis Morrissette 22200

56 NEW 56 1 AUTOBAHN Kraftwerk 10600

57 60 57 7 GHOST TOWN The Specials 52400

58 NEW 58 1 CHIQUITITA (SPANISH VERSION) Cher 10200

59 50 3 15 THERAPY Duke Dumont featuring Sharlene Hector 548900

60 NEW 60 1 NOTHING LEFT BUT FAMILY Rebecca Ferguson featuring Nile Rodgers 10000

 

61 NEW 61 1 NO MORE HEROES The Stranglers 7500

62 64 62 3 THE BUZZ Pretenders 19300

63 NEW 63 1 STUCK WITH U Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber 7200

64 59 59 4 LIGHT OF LOVE Florence + The Machine 27400

65 41 9 11 THE OTHER SIDE SZA, Justin Timberlake 275600

66 69 66 4 JUST THE TWO OF US Grover Washington Jr & Bill Withers 24000

67 NEW 67 1 STRANGERS IN THE STREET The Fratellis featuring P.P. Arnold 6600

68 68 1 37 NOBODY ELSE The S.L.P. 1279500

69 71 69 2 IN A ROCKET Beoga & Lissie 12000

70 NEW 70 1 PEOPLE ON THE HIGH LINE (RICHARD X RADIO EDIT) New Order 6000

 

71 NEW 71 1 BRAZIL Doves 5800

72 73 72 2 SAVED MY LIFE Sia 11000

73 NEW 73 1 MY BOY LOLLIPOP Millie 5400

74 NEW 74 1 LEVEL OF CONCERN Twenty One Pilots 5200

75 NEW 75 1 TUTTI FRUTTI Little Richard 5000

 

 

DROP OUTS

44 32 8 CRASHING Illenium featuring Bahari 105800

45 25 7 LIMITLESS Bon Jovi 86450

47 47 9 MAMA Genesis 92200

51 36 7 THROW MY BONES Deep Purple 79950

55 39 8 I’M TOAST Sparks 71800

57 57 6 I LOVE YOU’S Hailee Steinfeld 29800

58 4 14 YOU ARE THE ONE Pet Shop Boys 459750

70 13 5 LEAN ON ME Bill Withers 108500

65 60 7 NO JUDGEMENT Niaill Horan 44600

66 10 12 ONE OF A KIND Ronan Keating & Emeli Sande 230850

67 8 14 PHYSICAL Dua Lipa 310350

72 72 4 THANK U VERY MUCH FOR THE NHS The Scaffold 17800

74 14 10 COME ON OUTSIDE Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 152250

75 14 13 ROSES Adam Lambert & Nile Rodgers 239100

Hi John!

Nice to see the big gains for "Secrets" and "Living In A Ghost Town" and the debuts for "Level Of Concern" and "Tutti Frutti" (RIP Little Richard).

Great chart!

Hi john! Great week overall! Surprised to see Kraftwerk in quite some charts actually. I've never heard of them before so quite surprised to see them!

 

EDIT: So sorry for the loss of Kraftwerk's Florian Schneider :( :( My deepest condolences

Edited May 12, 20205 yr by uhsting

The Model is a good tune, I have also listened to the Trans-Europe Express album by Kraftwerk and it is very good.

 

Secrets is one of the best dance tracks in a while, the instrumental drop in it after the chorus is definitely a bit 80s electro-disco.

Hello John!

 

4 3 2 7 BREAK MY HEART Dua Lipa 442400

5 6 5 9 CAUTION The Killers 367550

6 4 2 13 NO TIME TO DIE Billie Eilish 743500 Amazing longevity! Pretty sure I mentioned that last time but I'm still impressed :P

8 5 1 11 SAY SO Doja Cat 819600 I just learned this on the ukulele last night. 8 weeks of lockdown will have that effect :lol:

17 17 17 7 ANTISOCIAL SOCIALITES Kyan Palmer, nicopop & Yuri Joness 114300

19 20 19 7 IN YOUR EYES The Weeknd 81800

20 14 1 14 TEARS OF GOLD Faouzia 1013000

24 26 24 6 HOLD ON, WE’RE GOING HOME Nerina Pallot 81900 Is this....a Drake cover? :o

26 19 6 12 MODERN LONELINESS Lauv 349000

29 21 12 9 GOLIATH Smith & Thell 169250

32 29 29 6 THE MAN Taylor Swift 77300

39 46 39 4 IF YOU THINK THIS IS REAL LIFE Blossoms 46050

45 30 30 9 KINGS & QUEENS Ava Max 100150

48 56 48 3 IF YOU’RE TOO SHY (LET ME KNOW) The 1975 26900

49 49 1 23 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 1414650

52 39 39 7 BOYFRIEND Mabel 64900

53 62 53 3 TIMES LIKE THESE Live Lounge Allstars 24250

63 NEW 63 1 STUCK WITH U Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber 7200

74 NEW 74 1 LEVEL OF CONCERN Twenty One Pilots 5200

75 NEW 75 1 TUTTI FRUTTI Little Richard 5000 It didn't really occur to me that he was one of the greatest legends to still be alive, until he passed. RIP :(

 

Great chart :D

Hi John!

 

The Model is a great song, nice to see it become a posthumous #1 for you.

 

In fact a whole set of posthumous entries with The Stranglers, Kraftwerk and My Boy Lollipop, it really hasn't been a good week for music has it :(

 

On a more positive note I'm really liking Level of Concern, I didn't listen to it until yesterday as I just assumed it wouldn't be my thing but it is pretty funky!

 

Great chart :D

Hi John,

 

Pet Shop Boys already out of The Top 10 :(

Regard & Raye and The Weeknd up in the Top 20, UB´40 & Co Top 30, The Rolling Stones Top 40 and New Kids On The Block & Co Top 50 :dance:

 

Best new entries: Cher, Rebecca Ferguson/Nile Rodgers, Justin/Ariana and Twenty One Pilots :yahoo:

 

Nice new entry by golden oldie Little Richard :angel:

Hi John!

Nice to see the big gains for "Secrets" and "Living In A Ghost Town" and the debuts for "Level Of Concern" and "Tutti Frutti" (RIP Little Richard).

Great chart!

 

Hi Sergej! :)

 

Thanks! B-)

Hi john! Great week overall! Surprised to see Kraftwerk in quite some charts actually. I've never heard of them before so quite surprised to see them!

 

EDIT: So sorry for the loss of Kraftwerk's Florian Schneider :( :( My deepest condolences

 

Hi Uhsting,

 

thanks for the comment and Kraftwerk condolences! They were hugely influential on most modern music so sad about Ralf :(

The Model is a good tune, I have also listened to the Trans-Europe Express album by Kraftwerk and it is very good.

 

Secrets is one of the best dance tracks in a while, the instrumental drop in it after the chorus is definitely a bit 80s electro-disco.

 

Hi Snakey!

 

Thanks for the comment & I must listen to Trans Europe Express (I've never heard it, shockingly, outside the singles! :o )

 

Secrets has grown on me rapidly, love a great dance track me, I need to be in a club again instead of locked indoors :lol:

Hello John!

 

4 3 2 7 BREAK MY HEART Dua Lipa 442400

5 6 5 9 CAUTION The Killers 367550

6 4 2 13 NO TIME TO DIE Billie Eilish 743500 Amazing longevity! Pretty sure I mentioned that last time but I'm still impressed :P

8 5 1 11 SAY SO Doja Cat 819600 I just learned this on the ukulele last night. 8 weeks of lockdown will have that effect :lol:

17 17 17 7 ANTISOCIAL SOCIALITES Kyan Palmer, nicopop & Yuri Joness 114300

19 20 19 7 IN YOUR EYES The Weeknd 81800

20 14 1 14 TEARS OF GOLD Faouzia 1013000

24 26 24 6 HOLD ON, WE’RE GOING HOME Nerina Pallot 81900 Is this....a Drake cover? :o

26 19 6 12 MODERN LONELINESS Lauv 349000

29 21 12 9 GOLIATH Smith & Thell 169250

32 29 29 6 THE MAN Taylor Swift 77300

39 46 39 4 IF YOU THINK THIS IS REAL LIFE Blossoms 46050

45 30 30 9 KINGS & QUEENS Ava Max 100150

48 56 48 3 IF YOU’RE TOO SHY (LET ME KNOW) The 1975 26900

49 49 1 23 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 1414650

52 39 39 7 BOYFRIEND Mabel 64900

53 62 53 3 TIMES LIKE THESE Live Lounge Allstars 24250

63 NEW 63 1 STUCK WITH U Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber 7200

74 NEW 74 1 LEVEL OF CONCERN Twenty One Pilots 5200

75 NEW 75 1 TUTTI FRUTTI Little Richard 5000 It didn't really occur to me that he was one of the greatest legends to still be alive, until he passed. RIP :(

 

Great chart :D

 

Hi Jordan! :)

 

Billie is still fab, and she's influencing acts in Eurovision now, can't be bad! :)

 

Well, now I'm impressed learning stuff to play on the ukelele!! :o :cheer: My mate next door is using Lockdown to sing along to for his Daily Ukelele youtube videos (all old songs, though, nothing recent). He plays in a band for fun, the ukelele is a more recent passion. It works really well ("ukelele rick" if you get curious :) )

 

Nerina Pallot is indeed a Drake cover, all stripped back and stark, but oddly effective - took me a minute to realise it was Drake's song! If only he was that good nowadays :kink:

 

Yes, I'd been sort of happy that we still had Little Richard around, as much because he was always popping up here and there throughout my life as for his music. I liked him, but preferred his 80's stuff, oops! :D He influenced the greats though, and that's more than enough!

 

thanks!

B-)

Hi John!

 

The Model is a great song, nice to see it become a posthumous #1 for you.

 

In fact a whole set of posthumous entries with The Stranglers, Kraftwerk and My Boy Lollipop, it really hasn't been a good week for music has it :(

 

On a more positive note I'm really liking Level of Concern, I didn't listen to it until yesterday as I just assumed it wouldn't be my thing but it is pretty funky!

 

Great chart :D

 

Hi Pete! :)

 

Yes The Model should have topped my chart first time round - kept off the top by Lindsey Buckingham I think, he who on The Killers current track. Yes, been a terrible fortnight for music losses actually :(

 

Level Of Concern sounds not unlike Lauv at times, so that can't be bad :D

 

cheers!

 

B-)

Hi John,

 

Pet Shop Boys already out of The Top 10 :(

Regard & Raye and The Weeknd up in the Top 20, UB´40 & Co Top 30, The Rolling Stones Top 40 and New Kids On The Block & Co Top 50 :dance:

 

Best new entries: Cher, Rebecca Ferguson/Nile Rodgers, Justin/Ariana and Twenty One Pilots :yahoo:

 

Nice new entry by golden oldie Little Richard :angel:

 

Hi Sven! :)

 

Yes PSB dropping already :o :lol: I've heard it a lot over the last 2 months, so it's not quite as fresh as other stuff around...

 

Thanks for the other likes :heart:

 

B-)