Posted January 4, 20223 yr 2nd January 2022 It's Todd Rundgren's 1969 song, and 1972 recording, Hello It's Me finally topping my chart almost 48 years after making my top 5, such a gorgeous record, and keeping off The Monkees Mike Nesmith songs from the top spot, both great loves of mine in the late 60's/early 70's. I almost charted The Beatles When I'm 64, as I remember it from when it was new and fresh and 64 seemed so old, and the song so sweet and sentimental. And now I have just turned 64, and those days are bittersweet distant fond memories (mostly). I still don't feel 64 though, I'm still 35 in my head. Alesso goes top 10 as he also enters new with Katy Perry and t'other end of the chart, and Confidence Man get a first top 10 slot with Holiday. Ed Sheeran has 3 in the top 30 suddenly, actual Ed invasion with his songwriting credit on Westlife's new My Hero to boot, Yola's back with another goodie, Bowie has a second vintage track in, Jack Savoretti's on his 4th or 5th off the album, and Taylor Swift is new in with a track that should have been out first time round, but wasn't, so the re-record will have to do. 1 2 1 2 HELLO IT’S ME - Todd Rundgren 285000 2 7 2 2 YOU JUST MAY BE THE ONE - The Monkees 165000 3 3 1 8 GIVE IT ALL UP - Duran Duran featuring Tove Lo 865000 4 12 4 2 WHAT AM I DOING HANGING ROUND? - The Monkees 100000 5 4 1 9 ODE TO FREEDOM - ABBA 865000 6 5 1 9 WHEN YOU DANCED WITH ME - ABBA 765000 7 6 3 9 BUMBLEBEE - ABBA 550000 8 1 1 9 LITTLE THINGS - ABBA 618000 9 22 9 7 SOMEBODY TO USE - Alesso 136000 10 24 10 6 HOLIDAY - Confidence Man 121200 11 8 5 9 KEEP AN EYE ON DAN - ABBA 420000 12 10 10 8 WORLD WE USED TO KNOW - Alan Walker & Winona Oak 215850 13 13 2 14 DOPAMINE - Purple Disco Machine featuring Eyelar 648600 14 15 14 7 EVERYWHERE - Niall Horan & Anne-Marie 153400 15 19 15 2 SOME OF SHELLY’S BLUES - The Monkees 48000 16 11 1 5 HIGH FLY - John Miles 572000 17 9 9 12 ON MELANCHOLY HILL - Gorillaz 285650 18 21 18 8 DO YA FEEL MY LOVE? - Stereophonics 134900 19 14 9 10 MOTH TO A FLAME - Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd 242000 20 23 20 11 SEE YA WHEN I SEE YA - Miles Kane 164300 21 18 10 10 ABRAHAM, MARTIN & JOHN - Marvin Gaye & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra featuring Beverley Knight 275350 22 20 1 18 DON’T SHUT ME DOWN - ABBA 1540500 23 32 23 8 KISS OF LIFE - Kylie Minogue & Jessie Ware 128850 24 17 10 9 I CAN BE THAT WOMAN - ABBA 238900 25 49 25 7 OVERPASS GRAFFITI - Ed Sheeran 80250 26 16 16 11 SHIVERS - Ed Sheeran 205400 27 41 27 12 UNDENIABLE - Kygo featuring X Ambassadors 177100 28 25 1 18 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU - ABBA 1264050 29 29 5 12 UNBELIEVABLE - Texas 306250 30 50 30 5 MERRY CHRISTMAS - Elton John & Ed Sheeran 58800 31 36 31 2 LISTEN TO THE BAND - The Monkees 35300 32 27 6 11 JUST A NOTION - ABBA 355200 33 33 33 9 SO HAPPY IT HURTS - Bryan Adams 124550 34 26 7 18 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) - Elton John & Dua Lipa 519250 35 37 35 8 MAGNIFICENT HURT - Elvis Costello & The Imposters 98900 36 38 36 8 GOING HOME - Goldfish featuring Max Vidima 106700 37 40 37 8 UNSTOPPABLE - James Blunt 97900 38 45 38 8 YOUR SONG SAVED MY LIFE - U2 98400 39 63 39 6 INVISIBLE THINGS - Natalie Imbruglia 49500 40 47 40 9 TIME (HEARTS FULL OF LOVE) - Erasure 84200 41 31 1 14 HERE COMES THE NIGHT - Agnes 784700 42 28 18 10 ALYGATYR - Kasabian 186250 43 30 30 8 WAKE ME UP - Foals 120100 44 56 44 7 SWEET DREAMS & DYNAMITE - Seeb & Nina Nesbitt 56450 45 34 23 10 YOU’VE GOT A HABIT OF LEAVING - David Bowie 159000 46 35 22 8 FANCY (DAVE AUDE REMIX) - Reba McEntire 133600 47 55 47 8 ENEMY - Imagine Dragons x J.I.D. 76700 48 52 48 2 PAPA GENE’S BLUES - The Monkees 23800 49 54 49 5 MUSIC - John Miles 44300 50 53 50 8 SOUVENIR - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 67750 51 42 8 17 AS GOOD AS NEW - ABBA 350550 52 NEW 52 1 DANCING AWAY IN TEARS - Yola 11500 53 71 53 2 SWEET TALKER - Years & Years + Galantis 17050 54 59 54 5 SLOWDOWN - John Miles 41300 55 43 15 9 NO DOUBT ABOUT IT - ABBA 144950 56 60 56 8 AFTER LAST NIGHT - Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak & Silk Sonic featuring Thundercat & Bootsy Collins 69800 57 64 57 8 CAN’T STOP WRITING SONGS ABOUT YOU - Kylie Minogue & Gloria Gaynor 55100 58 46 7 13 THE TIPPING POINT - Tears For Fears 258100 59 39 39 9 YULETIDE THROWDOWN AKA RAPTURE - Blondie featuring Fab 5 Freddy 106850 60 69 60 2 MARY’S BOY CHILD - Harry Belafonte 16200 61 48 9 17 DUM DUM DIDDLE - ABBA 344500 62 66 62 6 RUN FOR HOME - Lindisfarne 36800 63 NEW 63 1 MY HERO - Westlife 7200 64 44 28 9 AFTER ALL - Elton John & Charlie Puth 121800 65 51 39 9 WHITER SHADE OF PALE - Santana featuring Steve Winwood 96050 66 70 66 2 RIO - Michael Nesmith 12800 67 NEW 67 1 CAN’T HELP THINKING ABOUT ME - David Bowie 6600 68 58 49 8 RUSHING WATER - Sting 77700 69 NEW 69 1 THE WAY YOU SAID GOODBYE - Jack Savoretti 6200 70 61 22 11 A SECOND TO MIDNIGHT - Kylie Minogue & Years & Years 159850 71 62 38 12 STARLIGHT - Westlife 125300 72 NEW 72 1 WHEN I’M GONE - Alesso & Katy Perry 5600 73 NEW 73 1 MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE (TAYLOR’S VERSION) - Taylor Swift 5400 74 57 25 10 TELL IT TO MY HEART - Meduza featuring Hozier 132100 75 67 17 12 SORRY - Emma Steinbakken 183750 DROP OUTS 65 41 7 THROW ME A LINE - HAEVN 87300 68 43 8 BLUE BANISTERS - Lana Del Ray 85500 72 11 11 WHEN YOU WERE MINE - Joy Crookes 188900 73 33 11 HUMANKIND - Coldplay 132200 74 23 11 BURNING BRIDGES - Sigrid 128400 75 20 12 ALL OF THE TIME - Jungle 156500
January 4, 20223 yr Hey John, Happy Birthday for yesterday (did wish it in the Lounge too). I've not heard much of the ABBA songs. I'm not massive on them overall myself but 'Keep A Eye On Dan' is pretty good. Helps that I have a friend called Dan who I sent the link to haha. 'Holiday' is still that bop too! Edited January 4, 20223 yr by Rob S~
January 4, 20223 yr Author Hey John, Happy Birthday for yesterday (did wish it in the Lounge too). I've not heard much of the ABBA songs. I'm not massive on them overall myself but 'Keep A Eye On Dan' is pretty good. Helps that I have a friend called Dan who I sent the link to haha. 'Holiday' is still that bop too! Thanks Rob, I forgot to check (so have sent a thank you there to you and Snakey!) but the great thing is I now have an excuse I can pretend to use anytime I forget something: "I'm nearly 65 me y'know" get out my grandma's walking stick and play on it :lol: "Dan" is a goodie, hope your friend enjoyed the link :lol: At least it prob makes a change for him to Elton John's or Bat For Lashes' Daniel :D
January 5, 20223 yr Hi there John! Happy belated birthday! Nice to see "Holiday" in the top 10, the big gains for "Overpass Graffiti", "Sweet Dreams & Dynamite" and "Sweet Talker" and the debuts for "When I'm Gone" and "Message In A Bottle". Great chart!
January 9, 20223 yr Hi John, ABBA Christmas track is dropping :arrr: Alesso and Confidence Man Top 10. Kylie/Jessie Top 30 Ed & Elton climbing :w00t: Love all 6 new entries: Yola, Westlife, David Bowie, Alesso/Katy Perry, Taylor Swift and Jack Savoretti :cheer:
January 9, 20223 yr Hi John, hope all is well. My faves this week: 3 3 1 8 GIVE IT ALL UP - Duran Duran featuring Tove Lo 865000 5 4 1 9 ODE TO FREEDOM - ABBA 865000 6 5 1 9 WHEN YOU DANCED WITH ME - ABBA 765000 7 6 3 9 BUMBLEBEE - ABBA 550000 8 1 1 9 LITTLE THINGS - ABBA 618000 10 24 10 6 HOLIDAY - Confidence Man 121200 11 8 5 9 KEEP AN EYE ON DAN - ABBA 420000 13 13 2 14 DOPAMINE - Purple Disco Machine featuring Eyelar 648600 14 15 14 7 EVERYWHERE - Niall Horan & Anne-Marie 153400 16 11 1 5 HIGH FLY - John Miles 572000 17 9 9 12 ON MELANCHOLY HILL - Gorillaz 285650 19 14 9 10 MOTH TO A FLAME - Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd 242000 22 20 1 18 DON’T SHUT ME DOWN - ABBA 1540500 23 32 23 8 KISS OF LIFE - Kylie Minogue & Jessie Ware 128850 24 17 10 9 I CAN BE THAT WOMAN - ABBA 238900 25 49 25 7 OVERPASS GRAFFITI - Ed Sheeran 80250 26 16 16 11 SHIVERS - Ed Sheeran 205400 27 41 27 12 UNDENIABLE - Kygo featuring X Ambassadors 177100 28 25 1 18 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU - ABBA 1264050 29 29 5 12 UNBELIEVABLE - Texas 306250 30 50 30 5 MERRY CHRISTMAS - Elton John & Ed Sheeran 58800 I did like this at first, but the Ladbaby thing is unforgivable as far as I'm concerned :lol: 32 27 6 11 JUST A NOTION - ABBA 355200 34 26 7 18 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) - Elton John & Dua Lipa 519250 39 63 39 6 INVISIBLE THINGS - Natalie Imbruglia 49500 40 47 40 9 TIME (HEARTS FULL OF LOVE) - Erasure 84200 41 31 1 14 HERE COMES THE NIGHT - Agnes 784700 42 28 18 10 ALYGATYR - Kasabian 186250 43 30 30 8 WAKE ME UP - Foals 120100 44 56 44 7 SWEET DREAMS & DYNAMITE - Seeb & Nina Nesbitt 56450 46 35 22 8 FANCY (DAVE AUDE REMIX) - Reba McEntire 133600 47 55 47 8 ENEMY - Imagine Dragons x J.I.D. 76700 49 54 49 5 MUSIC - John Miles 44300 50 53 50 8 SOUVENIR - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 67750 51 42 8 17 AS GOOD AS NEW - ABBA 350550 53 71 53 2 SWEET TALKER - Years & Years + Galantis 17050 :cheer: 54 59 54 5 SLOWDOWN - John Miles 41300 55 43 15 9 NO DOUBT ABOUT IT - ABBA 144950 57 64 57 8 CAN’T STOP WRITING SONGS ABOUT YOU - Kylie Minogue & Gloria Gaynor 55100 58 46 7 13 THE TIPPING POINT - Tears For Fears 258100 59 39 39 9 YULETIDE THROWDOWN AKA RAPTURE - Blondie featuring Fab 5 Freddy 106850 60 69 60 2 MARY’S BOY CHILD - Harry Belafonte 16200 61 48 9 17 DUM DUM DIDDLE - ABBA 344500 62 66 62 6 RUN FOR HOME - Lindisfarne 36800 64 44 28 9 AFTER ALL - Elton John & Charlie Puth 121800 66 70 66 2 RIO - Michael Nesmith 12800 70 61 22 11 A SECOND TO MIDNIGHT - Kylie Minogue & Years & Years 159850 71 62 38 12 STARLIGHT - Westlife 125300 72 NEW 72 1 WHEN I’M GONE - Alesso & Katy Perry 5600 73 NEW 73 1 MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE (TAYLOR’S VERSION) - Taylor Swift 5400 74 57 25 10 TELL IT TO MY HEART - Meduza featuring Hozier 132100 75 67 17 12 SORRY - Emma Steinbakken 183750 So much I need to hear, but of course what I do know here I like a lot. Fantastic chart as always :wub:
January 10, 20223 yr Author Hi there John! Happy belated birthday! Nice to see "Holiday" in the top 10, the big gains for "Overpass Graffiti", "Sweet Dreams & Dynamite" and "Sweet Talker" and the debuts for "When I'm Gone" and "Message In A Bottle". Great chart! Hi Sergej! Thanks for the birthday wishes :) Glad you like some newies and climbers! cheers! :lol:
January 10, 20223 yr Author Hi John, ABBA Christmas track is dropping :arrr: Alesso and Confidence Man Top 10. Kylie/Jessie Top 30 Ed & Elton climbing :w00t: Love all 6 new entries: Yola, Westlife, David Bowie, Alesso/Katy Perry, Taylor Swift and Jack Savoretti :cheer: Hi Sven! :) Yes poor Abba, but nothing sounds as dead as a xmas record in january (even if Ed & Elton are climbing - I didn't get to hear it over xmas, but I did hear the Abba song) :lol: Glad you like the new entries! :D cheers! B-)
January 10, 20223 yr Author Hi John! Great to see you back :D Loving When I'm Gone here :wub: Hi Uhsting! :) , thanks and glad you like When I'm Gone cheers! B-)
January 10, 20223 yr Author Hi John, hope all is well. My faves this week: 3 3 1 8 GIVE IT ALL UP - Duran Duran featuring Tove Lo 865000 5 4 1 9 ODE TO FREEDOM - ABBA 865000 6 5 1 9 WHEN YOU DANCED WITH ME - ABBA 765000 7 6 3 9 BUMBLEBEE - ABBA 550000 8 1 1 9 LITTLE THINGS - ABBA 618000 10 24 10 6 HOLIDAY - Confidence Man 121200 11 8 5 9 KEEP AN EYE ON DAN - ABBA 420000 13 13 2 14 DOPAMINE - Purple Disco Machine featuring Eyelar 648600 14 15 14 7 EVERYWHERE - Niall Horan & Anne-Marie 153400 16 11 1 5 HIGH FLY - John Miles 572000 17 9 9 12 ON MELANCHOLY HILL - Gorillaz 285650 19 14 9 10 MOTH TO A FLAME - Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd 242000 22 20 1 18 DON’T SHUT ME DOWN - ABBA 1540500 23 32 23 8 KISS OF LIFE - Kylie Minogue & Jessie Ware 128850 24 17 10 9 I CAN BE THAT WOMAN - ABBA 238900 25 49 25 7 OVERPASS GRAFFITI - Ed Sheeran 80250 26 16 16 11 SHIVERS - Ed Sheeran 205400 27 41 27 12 UNDENIABLE - Kygo featuring X Ambassadors 177100 28 25 1 18 I STILL HAVE FAITH IN YOU - ABBA 1264050 29 29 5 12 UNBELIEVABLE - Texas 306250 30 50 30 5 MERRY CHRISTMAS - Elton John & Ed Sheeran 58800 I did like this at first, but the Ladbaby thing is unforgivable as far as I'm concerned :lol: 32 27 6 11 JUST A NOTION - ABBA 355200 34 26 7 18 COLD HEART (PNAU REMIX) - Elton John & Dua Lipa 519250 39 63 39 6 INVISIBLE THINGS - Natalie Imbruglia 49500 40 47 40 9 TIME (HEARTS FULL OF LOVE) - Erasure 84200 41 31 1 14 HERE COMES THE NIGHT - Agnes 784700 42 28 18 10 ALYGATYR - Kasabian 186250 43 30 30 8 WAKE ME UP - Foals 120100 44 56 44 7 SWEET DREAMS & DYNAMITE - Seeb & Nina Nesbitt 56450 46 35 22 8 FANCY (DAVE AUDE REMIX) - Reba McEntire 133600 47 55 47 8 ENEMY - Imagine Dragons x J.I.D. 76700 49 54 49 5 MUSIC - John Miles 44300 50 53 50 8 SOUVENIR - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 67750 51 42 8 17 AS GOOD AS NEW - ABBA 350550 53 71 53 2 SWEET TALKER - Years & Years + Galantis 17050 :cheer: 54 59 54 5 SLOWDOWN - John Miles 41300 55 43 15 9 NO DOUBT ABOUT IT - ABBA 144950 57 64 57 8 CAN’T STOP WRITING SONGS ABOUT YOU - Kylie Minogue & Gloria Gaynor 55100 58 46 7 13 THE TIPPING POINT - Tears For Fears 258100 59 39 39 9 YULETIDE THROWDOWN AKA RAPTURE - Blondie featuring Fab 5 Freddy 106850 60 69 60 2 MARY’S BOY CHILD - Harry Belafonte 16200 61 48 9 17 DUM DUM DIDDLE - ABBA 344500 62 66 62 6 RUN FOR HOME - Lindisfarne 36800 64 44 28 9 AFTER ALL - Elton John & Charlie Puth 121800 66 70 66 2 RIO - Michael Nesmith 12800 70 61 22 11 A SECOND TO MIDNIGHT - Kylie Minogue & Years & Years 159850 71 62 38 12 STARLIGHT - Westlife 125300 72 NEW 72 1 WHEN I’M GONE - Alesso & Katy Perry 5600 73 NEW 73 1 MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE (TAYLOR’S VERSION) - Taylor Swift 5400 74 57 25 10 TELL IT TO MY HEART - Meduza featuring Hozier 132100 75 67 17 12 SORRY - Emma Steinbakken 183750 So much I need to hear, but of course what I do know here I like a lot. Fantastic chart as always :wub: Hi AH! :) Happy New Year! Mum is a lot improved thanks but not keen to leave bed anymore, she currently won't sit up unaided never mind try to stand, which will be problematic if she doesn't get mobile again. happily I never got to hear the Ladbaby record, after the previous 3 I just wasn't even bothered about trying it out! And I didnt get to hear Merry Christmas more than once I think, even though I'd bought it :o Thanks as always for the listingness! B-)
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