Posted June 16, 20205 yr 14th June 2020 It's a 70's classic knocking off a 60's classic, as The Ballroom Blitz returns to the top spot 47 years on from topping for 2 weeks in late 1973 as I moved from Lincoln to Gloucester, and Glam Rock rules the roost with Wizzard and The Sweet. I loved The Sweet, and this week saw the third member of the original line-up pass away, Steve Priest. They were often described a rock band of roadie-types decked out in glitter and mascara, but the one who camped-it-up to the limit was Steve in his outrageous outfits and blowin' kisses. His voice was the one with the short catchy noticeable bits. Still an exciting record, and a few other Sweet tracks pop back in - those needing a "sales" boost, as opposed to bigger tracks that already are well into my "million'sellers" territory. New Order go top 10 for the first time in 15 years, Sparks get a 3rd top 10 in 6 months as they replace themselves with All That, track 1 on the new album, and Mel C gets a big climb for a 2nd top 20 of the year. Lady Gaga leapfrogs herself with Alice, The S.L.P. rocket in for a second top 40, who needs Kasabian?! Actual new tracks are thin on the ground giving me an opportunity to chop the chart down in size to 85, but there's Topic, Surfaces & Elton John, giving him 2 actual new tracks in the chart for the first time in yonks and yonks, Ella Henderson extending her run and ditto Sigma and John Newman. 1 NEW 1 1 THE BALLROOM BLITZ The Sweet 170000 2 1 1 2 A CHANGE IS GONNA COME Sam Cooke 285000 3 3 3 5 IN YOUR EYES Robin Schulz featuring Alida 298300 4 2 1 5 VIOLENT THING Ben Dolic 690000 5 4 2 5 ALL OF MY LOVE Destiny & B.O.K. 470000 6 5 3 5 MOVE The Mamas 333000 7 6 3 5 TEARS GETTING SOBER VICTORIA 320000 8 7 7 5 WHILE WE’RE YOUNG Huey Lewis & The News 163400 9 12 9 6 PEOPLE ON THE HIGH LINE (RICHARD X RADIO EDIT) New Order 152100 10 17 10 5 ALL THAT Sparks 105800 11 8 1 12 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 1070100 12 9 7 5 UNIVERSO Blas Canto 203000 13 10 10 5 LEFT OUT IN THE COLD Sparks 163000 14 11 2 8 THE LAKE Galantis & Wrabel 541000 15 15 15 4 SUMMER FEELINGS Lennon Stella featuring Charlie Puth 80350 16 13 7 8 SECRETS Regard & Raye 229600 17 37 17 3 BLAME IT ON ME Melanie C 44500 18 19 18 6 CHIQUITITA (SPANISH VERSION) Cher 102600 19 14 12 5 FAI RUMORE Diodato 128000 20 24 20 5 VOICES Hurts 85400 21 16 1 16 SAY SO Doja Cat 961350 22 35 22 4 WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (LEBROCK REMIX) Boston Manor featuring LeBrock 47600 23 29 23 6 NO MORE HEROES The Stranglers 87950 24 18 18 5 LAWNMOWER Sparks 100700 25 25 25 4 I FLY Galantis featuring Faouzia 55000 26 47 26 4 FET HOUSE MODE Rebecca & Fiona 40000 27 30 27 6 AUTOBAHN Kraftwerk 88150 28 31 28 6 STUCK WITH U Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber 80500 29 32 29 5 BE KIND Marshmello & Halsey 66550 30 21 5 14 CAUTION The Killers 499300 31 52 31 3 ALICE Lady Gaga 32800 32 33 32 4 NHS70 Only Sun 56200 33 71 33 2 ((TRANCE)) The S.L.P. 23500 34 22 20 7 IN A ROCKET Beoga & Lissie 105300 35 27 17 5 YES Ben Tan featuring B-OK 101900 36 36 36 4 RAIN ON ME Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande 56900 37 38 37 4 ONE WORLD, ONE PRAYER The Wailers featuring Skip Marley, Farruko, Shaggy & Cedella Marley 49500 38 39 38 4 X Jonas Brothers featuring KAROL G 51100 39 55 39 4 FINGERTIPS Tom Gregory 38500 40 28 2 12 BREAK MY HEART Dua Lipa 568450 41 26 26 8 IF YOU’RE TOO SHY (LET ME KNOW) The 1975 108500 42 23 1 6 THE MODEL Kraftwerk 340000 43 20 20 6 NICE ‘N’ SLEAZY The Stranglers 100000 44 45 44 8 DIAGNOSIS Alanis Morrissette 83750 45 53 45 2 LITTLE BIT OF LOVE JP Cooper 24250 46 75 46 2 DREAM GIRL Anna Of The North 17750 47 56 47 2 HEY NOW (THINK I GOT A FEELING) Erasure 23100 48 58 48 4 POLAROID Keith Urban 33700 49 59 49 2 WOMAN Andreya Triana 22200 50 60 50 4 EL TEJANO Lauv featuring Sofia Reyes 28600 51 64 51 4 HURT BY YOU Donna Missal 24450 52 54 52 6 BRAZIL Doves 51500 53 74 53 2 SAVE A KISS Jessie Ware 16450 54 34 22 9 LEAN ON ME UB40 featuring Ali Campbell & Astro 131250 55 89 55 2 POMEGRANATE deadmau5 & The Neptunes 13000 56 62 56 5 FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH Buffalo Springfield 33000 57 40 10 14 HARVEST MOON Neil Young 238350 58 42 2 18 NO TIME TO DIE Billie Eilish 837700 59 NEW 59 1 LOVE IS LIKE OXYGEN The Sweet 10100 60 65 60 5 ISN’T SHE LOVELY Stevie Wonder 30000 61 50 1 19 TEARS OF GOLD Faouzia 1082250 62 70 62 5 BIG LOG Robert Plant 25000 63 76 63 2 DREAMING OF YOU (IN ISOLATION) The Coral & Blossoms 12000 64 78 64 2 LOOK FOR THE GOOD Jason Mraz 11500 65 80 65 4 CAN’T BE LIFE Mary J. Blige 14800 66 83 66 2 GOODBYE STRANGER Supertramp 10200 67 88 67 3 NO LOVE Skip Marley 11400 68 NEW 68 1 THE SIX-TEENS The Sweet 6400 69 43 30 5 ON FIRE The Roop 72500 70 44 32 7 SAVED MY LIFE Sia 76400 71 41 27 5 THINK ABOUT THINGS Dadi Freyr 72800 72 72 72 4 BLACK AND WHITE Niail Horan 19000 73 86 73 3 SINE FROM ABOVE Lady Gaga & Elton John 11000 74 79 74 2 A GHOST Travis 9400 75 NEW 75 1 CO-CO The Sweet 5000 76 85 76 2 CANDY TOWN Brand New Heavies featuring Candy Dulfer 7800 77 57 57 5 LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE Ronan Keating 52300 78 77 1 42 NOBODY ELSE The S.L.P. 1303500 79 87 79 2 THE FUNK IS BACK Brand New Heavies featuring Simon Bartholomew 6800 80 NEW 80 1 BREAKING ME Topic & A7S 4000 81 NEW 81 1 LEARN TO FLY Surfaces & Elton John 3800 82 90 82 2 HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN Creedence Clearwater Revival 5600 83 NEW 83 1 TAKE CARE OF YOU Ella Henderson 3400 84 NEW 84 1 ACTION The Sweet 3200 85 NEW 85 1 HIGH ON YOU Sigma & John Newman 3000 DROP OUTS 46 12 10 I’LL WAIT Kygo & Sasha Sloan 188950 48 10 12 WHO I AM Melanie C 281650 49 9 11 DANCING NEXT TO ME Greyson Chance 261500 51 17 8 WHO YOU LOVIN’ LEON 120750 61 39 5 LEVEL OF CONCERN Twenty One Pilots 47000 63 63 4 CLEOPATRA Efendi 18200 66 6 14 MISTAKES Jonas Blue & Paloma Faith 363550 67 19 11 IN YOUR EYES The Weeknd 137000 68 60 4 DAISIES Katy Perry 22100 69 1 27 BLINDING LIGHTS The Weeknd 1445550 73 47 5 NOTHING LEFT BUT FAMILY Rebecca Ferguson featuring Nile Rodgers 49400 81 9 14 MURPHY’S LAW Roisin Murphy 314100 82 34 7 LIVING IN A GHOST TOWN The Rolling Stones 77900 84 84 3 TIME TO SAY GOODBYE (LIVE) Sarah Brightman & Andrea Bocelli 7800
June 17, 20205 yr Hey John! Nice to see a classic in "Ballroom Blitz" at #1! I also like the big gains for "Blame It On Me", "Alice", "Fingertips", "Save A Kiss" and "Sine From Above" and the debuts for "Breaking Me", "Take Care Of You" and "High On You"! Great chart!
June 20, 20205 yr Hi John! :hi: 1 NEW 1 1 THE BALLROOM BLITZ The Sweet 170000 I actually don't know this song, or the band! Just listened to a clip though and it's very catchy. 2 1 1 2 A CHANGE IS GONNA COME Sam Cooke 285000 3 3 3 5 IN YOUR EYES Robin Schulz featuring Alida 298300 5 4 2 5 ALL OF MY LOVE Destiny & B.O.K. 470000 6 5 3 5 MOVE The Mamas 333000 7 6 3 5 TEARS GETTING SOBER VICTORIA 320000 Those are my 8th, 12th, and 3rd favorite Eurovision songs respectively, seemed like a great year quality-wise! 16 13 7 8 SECRETS Regard & Raye 229600 21 16 1 16 SAY SO Doja Cat 961350 26 47 26 4 FET HOUSE MODE Rebecca & Fiona 40000 Gosh, this was such an outstanding BJSC winner! Glad to see you charting it 28 31 28 6 STUCK WITH U Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber 80500 29 32 29 5 BE KIND Marshmello & Halsey 66550 32 33 32 4 NHS70 Only Sun 56200 35 27 17 5 YES Ben Tan featuring B-OK 101900 36 36 36 4 RAIN ON ME Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande 56900 Is it just me or does this have some Jamiroquai vibes? 38 39 38 4 X Jonas Brothers featuring KAROL G 51100 40 28 2 12 BREAK MY HEART Dua Lipa 568450 41 26 26 8 IF YOU’RE TOO SHY (LET ME KNOW) The 1975 108500 58 42 2 18 NO TIME TO DIE Billie Eilish 837700 61 50 1 19 TEARS OF GOLD Faouzia 1082250 69 43 30 5 ON FIRE The Roop 72500 71 41 27 5 THINK ABOUT THINGS Dadi Freyr 72800 72 72 72 4 BLACK AND WHITE Niail Horan 19000 80 NEW 80 1 BREAKING ME Topic & A7S 4000 Great chart!
June 21, 20205 yr Hi John, :w00t: A 70´s Sweet revival :w00t: Mel C Top 20, Ariana/Justin and Marshmello/Halsey Top 30, Lady Gaga with album track Alice Top 40 :cheer: . Best new entries: Surfaces & Elton John, Ella Henderson and Sigma/John Newman :dance:
June 21, 20205 yr Hi John, my faves: 1 NEW 1 1 THE BALLROOM BLITZ The Sweet 170000 :yahoo: an all time classic 2 1 1 2 A CHANGE IS GONNA COME Sam Cooke 285000 4 2 1 5 VIOLENT THING Ben Dolic 690000 5 4 2 5 ALL OF MY LOVE Destiny & B.O.K. 470000 6 5 3 5 MOVE The Mamas 333000 7 6 3 5 TEARS GETTING SOBER VICTORIA 320000 9 12 9 6 PEOPLE ON THE HIGH LINE (RICHARD X RADIO EDIT) New Order 152100 10 17 10 5 ALL THAT Sparks 105800 11 8 1 12 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 1070100 13 10 10 5 LEFT OUT IN THE COLD Sparks 163000 14 11 2 8 THE LAKE Galantis & Wrabel 541000 15 15 15 4 SUMMER FEELINGS Lennon Stella featuring Charlie Puth 80350 16 13 7 8 SECRETS Regard & Raye 229600 17 37 17 3 BLAME IT ON ME Melanie C 44500 18 19 18 6 CHIQUITITA (SPANISH VERSION) Cher 102600 20 24 20 5 VOICES Hurts 85400 21 16 1 16 SAY SO Doja Cat 961350 22 35 22 4 WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (LEBROCK REMIX) Boston Manor featuring LeBrock 47600 23 29 23 6 NO MORE HEROES The Stranglers 87950 24 18 18 5 LAWNMOWER Sparks 100700 25 25 25 4 I FLY Galantis featuring Faouzia 55000 26 47 26 4 FET HOUSE MODE Rebecca & Fiona 40000 27 30 27 6 AUTOBAHN Kraftwerk 88150 :heart: 28 31 28 6 STUCK WITH U Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber 80500 29 32 29 5 BE KIND Marshmello & Halsey 66550 30 21 5 14 CAUTION The Killers 499300 31 52 31 3 ALICE Lady Gaga 32800 35 27 17 5 YES Ben Tan featuring B-OK 101900 36 36 36 4 RAIN ON ME Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande 56900 38 39 38 4 X Jonas Brothers featuring KAROL G 51100 40 28 2 12 BREAK MY HEART Dua Lipa 568450 41 26 26 8 IF YOU’RE TOO SHY (LET ME KNOW) The 1975 108500 42 23 1 6 THE MODEL Kraftwerk 340000 43 20 20 6 NICE ‘N’ SLEAZY The Stranglers 100000 47 56 47 2 HEY NOW (THINK I GOT A FEELING) Erasure 23100 51 64 51 4 HURT BY YOU Donna Missal 24450 :cheer: 53 74 53 2 SAVE A KISS Jessie Ware 16450 56 62 56 5 FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH Buffalo Springfield 33000 57 40 10 14 HARVEST MOON Neil Young 238350 58 42 2 18 NO TIME TO DIE Billie Eilish 837700 59 NEW 59 1 LOVE IS LIKE OXYGEN The Sweet 10100 :yahoo: probably my favourite Sweet song 60 65 60 5 ISN’T SHE LOVELY Stevie Wonder 30000 61 50 1 19 TEARS OF GOLD Faouzia 1082250 68 NEW 68 1 THE SIX-TEENS The Sweet 6400 69 43 30 5 ON FIRE The Roop 72500 71 41 27 5 THINK ABOUT THINGS Dadi Freyr 72800 73 86 73 3 SINE FROM ABOVE Lady Gaga & Elton John 11000 75 NEW 75 1 CO-CO The Sweet 5000 :heart: 78 77 1 42 NOBODY ELSE The S.L.P. 1303500 80 NEW 80 1 BREAKING ME Topic & A7S 4000 82 90 82 2 HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN Creedence Clearwater Revival 5600 83 NEW 83 1 TAKE CARE OF YOU Ella Henderson 3400 84 NEW 84 1 ACTION The Sweet 3200 85 NEW 85 1 HIGH ON YOU Sigma & John Newman 3000 Sad to hear about Steve Priest. The Sweet had so many tracks I love - the ones in your chart plus Fox On The Run and the more silly Little Willy & Wig Wam Bam. Fantastic chart as always :heart:
June 21, 20205 yr Hi john! Love to see Take Care Of You in the chart! It has been quite a hit to chartsters! Eurovision songs are still doing quite well in the chart and In Your Eyes still at no. 3 wow!
June 24, 20205 yr Author Hey John! Nice to see a classic in "Ballroom Blitz" at #1! I also like the big gains for "Blame It On Me", "Alice", "Fingertips", "Save A Kiss" and "Sine From Above" and the debuts for "Breaking Me", "Take Care Of You" and "High On You"! Great chart! Hey Sergej! :) Glad you like Ballroom Blitz, I love a bit of Glam Rock :heart: Cheers! B-)
June 24, 20205 yr Author Hi John! :hi: 1 NEW 1 1 THE BALLROOM BLITZ The Sweet 170000 I actually don't know this song, or the band! Just listened to a clip though and it's very catchy. 2 1 1 2 A CHANGE IS GONNA COME Sam Cooke 285000 3 3 3 5 IN YOUR EYES Robin Schulz featuring Alida 298300 5 4 2 5 ALL OF MY LOVE Destiny & B.O.K. 470000 6 5 3 5 MOVE The Mamas 333000 7 6 3 5 TEARS GETTING SOBER VICTORIA 320000 Those are my 8th, 12th, and 3rd favorite Eurovision songs respectively, seemed like a great year quality-wise! 16 13 7 8 SECRETS Regard & Raye 229600 21 16 1 16 SAY SO Doja Cat 961350 26 47 26 4 FET HOUSE MODE Rebecca & Fiona 40000 Gosh, this was such an outstanding BJSC winner! Glad to see you charting it 28 31 28 6 STUCK WITH U Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber 80500 29 32 29 5 BE KIND Marshmello & Halsey 66550 32 33 32 4 NHS70 Only Sun 56200 35 27 17 5 YES Ben Tan featuring B-OK 101900 36 36 36 4 RAIN ON ME Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande 56900 Is it just me or does this have some Jamiroquai vibes? 38 39 38 4 X Jonas Brothers featuring KAROL G 51100 40 28 2 12 BREAK MY HEART Dua Lipa 568450 41 26 26 8 IF YOU’RE TOO SHY (LET ME KNOW) The 1975 108500 58 42 2 18 NO TIME TO DIE Billie Eilish 837700 61 50 1 19 TEARS OF GOLD Faouzia 1082250 69 43 30 5 ON FIRE The Roop 72500 71 41 27 5 THINK ABOUT THINGS Dadi Freyr 72800 72 72 72 4 BLACK AND WHITE Niail Horan 19000 80 NEW 80 1 BREAKING ME Topic & A7S 4000 Great chart! Hi Jordan! :hi: I think you'll like one of my new entries this week :) Never heard of Ballroom Blitz? Interesting, it was a big US hit and has been in some films, but it was almost 50 years ago now! :D I loved The Sweet as a teen :wub: I agree about Eurovision this year, my all-time fave year I think. Fet House Mode was a very worthy winner yes indeedy! Rain On Me I'd not thought of Jamiroquai, but I already hear this one in the instrumental riffs: mMfxI3r_LyA Thanks for commenting and the list! :)
June 24, 20205 yr Author Hi John, :w00t: A 70´s Sweet revival :w00t: Mel C Top 20, Ariana/Justin and Marshmello/Halsey Top 30, Lady Gaga with album track Alice Top 40 :cheer: . Best new entries: Surfaces & Elton John, Ella Henderson and Sigma/John Newman :dance: Hi Sven :) Glad you like the Sweet tracks :wub: There's loads more I could have picked, but most of the biggies have already topped my charts and got a huge "sale", so gone for one classic and some I under-rated first-time round a bit. cheers! B-)
June 24, 20205 yr Author Hi John, my faves: 1 NEW 1 1 THE BALLROOM BLITZ The Sweet 170000 :yahoo: an all time classic 2 1 1 2 A CHANGE IS GONNA COME Sam Cooke 285000 4 2 1 5 VIOLENT THING Ben Dolic 690000 5 4 2 5 ALL OF MY LOVE Destiny & B.O.K. 470000 6 5 3 5 MOVE The Mamas 333000 7 6 3 5 TEARS GETTING SOBER VICTORIA 320000 9 12 9 6 PEOPLE ON THE HIGH LINE (RICHARD X RADIO EDIT) New Order 152100 10 17 10 5 ALL THAT Sparks 105800 11 8 1 12 LEVITATING Dua Lipa 1070100 13 10 10 5 LEFT OUT IN THE COLD Sparks 163000 14 11 2 8 THE LAKE Galantis & Wrabel 541000 15 15 15 4 SUMMER FEELINGS Lennon Stella featuring Charlie Puth 80350 16 13 7 8 SECRETS Regard & Raye 229600 17 37 17 3 BLAME IT ON ME Melanie C 44500 18 19 18 6 CHIQUITITA (SPANISH VERSION) Cher 102600 20 24 20 5 VOICES Hurts 85400 21 16 1 16 SAY SO Doja Cat 961350 22 35 22 4 WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (LEBROCK REMIX) Boston Manor featuring LeBrock 47600 23 29 23 6 NO MORE HEROES The Stranglers 87950 24 18 18 5 LAWNMOWER Sparks 100700 25 25 25 4 I FLY Galantis featuring Faouzia 55000 26 47 26 4 FET HOUSE MODE Rebecca & Fiona 40000 27 30 27 6 AUTOBAHN Kraftwerk 88150 :heart: 28 31 28 6 STUCK WITH U Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber 80500 29 32 29 5 BE KIND Marshmello & Halsey 66550 30 21 5 14 CAUTION The Killers 499300 31 52 31 3 ALICE Lady Gaga 32800 35 27 17 5 YES Ben Tan featuring B-OK 101900 36 36 36 4 RAIN ON ME Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande 56900 38 39 38 4 X Jonas Brothers featuring KAROL G 51100 40 28 2 12 BREAK MY HEART Dua Lipa 568450 41 26 26 8 IF YOU’RE TOO SHY (LET ME KNOW) The 1975 108500 42 23 1 6 THE MODEL Kraftwerk 340000 43 20 20 6 NICE ‘N’ SLEAZY The Stranglers 100000 47 56 47 2 HEY NOW (THINK I GOT A FEELING) Erasure 23100 51 64 51 4 HURT BY YOU Donna Missal 24450 :cheer: 53 74 53 2 SAVE A KISS Jessie Ware 16450 56 62 56 5 FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH Buffalo Springfield 33000 57 40 10 14 HARVEST MOON Neil Young 238350 58 42 2 18 NO TIME TO DIE Billie Eilish 837700 59 NEW 59 1 LOVE IS LIKE OXYGEN The Sweet 10100 :yahoo: probably my favourite Sweet song 60 65 60 5 ISN’T SHE LOVELY Stevie Wonder 30000 61 50 1 19 TEARS OF GOLD Faouzia 1082250 68 NEW 68 1 THE SIX-TEENS The Sweet 6400 69 43 30 5 ON FIRE The Roop 72500 71 41 27 5 THINK ABOUT THINGS Dadi Freyr 72800 73 86 73 3 SINE FROM ABOVE Lady Gaga & Elton John 11000 75 NEW 75 1 CO-CO The Sweet 5000 :heart: 78 77 1 42 NOBODY ELSE The S.L.P. 1303500 80 NEW 80 1 BREAKING ME Topic & A7S 4000 82 90 82 2 HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN Creedence Clearwater Revival 5600 83 NEW 83 1 TAKE CARE OF YOU Ella Henderson 3400 84 NEW 84 1 ACTION The Sweet 3200 85 NEW 85 1 HIGH ON YOU Sigma & John Newman 3000 Sad to hear about Steve Priest. The Sweet had so many tracks I love - the ones in your chart plus Fox On The Run and the more silly Little Willy & Wig Wam Bam. Fantastic chart as always :heart: Hi AH :) Thanks for the comments and glad you like The Sweet too, Steve Priest was great fun on TV pouting it up for 3 or 4 years. Fox On The Run is already a million-seller, ditto Wig-Wam bam topped my chart in 1972 and Little Willy is yes silly fun and a bit giggly rude :D Same reason Blockbuster, Hellraiser and Teenage Rampage don;t feature - all chart-toppers with lotsa sales, whereas Love Is Like Oxygen only peaked at 2!!! Outrageous it needs more chart sales :D Ta as always! B-)
June 24, 20205 yr Author Hi john! Love to see Take Care Of You in the chart! It has been quite a hit to chartsters! Eurovision songs are still doing quite well in the chart and In Your Eyes still at no. 3 wow! Thanks Uhsting glad you liked a newie! In Your Eyes ain't done yet! :D B-)
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