Posted December 23, 20222 yr 18th December 2022 Its straight in at 1 for The Specials' vital soundtrack to 1981 following the sad death of Terry Hall, an under rated singer and songwriter. Ghost Town topped my charts 41 years ago, as did the Fun Boy Three single new at 2 a co write with Gogo Jane Wiedlin from 1983, Our Lips Are Sealed. The Specials brilliant 1979 debut Gangsters is back at 9, the 1992 chart topper with The Lightning Seeds, the obscure but fabulous Sense is new at 26, and the terrific forgotten Fun Boy Three debut The Lunatics is back 57 while lower down Tunnel Of Love and their version of the classic Summertime also pop in. Loads more could easily returned though, such a great body of work. PP Arnold gets a solo xmas top 20 to add to her decades span of chart hits, and theres a surprise new entry for Flo Rida going all pop country with Jimmie Allen. 20 odd years or so of hits 1 NEW 1 1 GHOST TOWN The Specials 170000 2 NEW 2 1 OUR LIPS ARE SEALED Fun Boy Three 115000 3 1 1 7 NEVER GONNA NOT DANCE AGAIN - P!nk 438400 4 2 2 7 RELEASE - 220 KID & ASDIS 452800 5 5 5 8 BIGGER THAN THE WHOLE SKY - Taylor Swift 387800 6 3 1 10 WOLF - Yeah Yeah Yeahs 692400 7 4 4 8 SUMMER OF ‘42 - Kishi Bashi 347000 8 8 8 7 I’M A MESS - Avril Lavigne with YUNGBLUD 156900 9 NEW 9 1 GANGSTERS - The Specials 45000 10 13 10 5 YOU CAN FIND IT HERE - The Fizz 132500 11 7 1 11 ALL BY MYSELF - Alok, Sigala & Ellie Goulding 867000 12 6 1 9 LIONHEART (FEARLESS) - Joel Corry & Tom Grennan 797750 13 13 13 5 YOU CAN FIND IT HERE - The Fizz 122500 13 10 10 5 LAST CHANCE (CHRISTMAS MIX) - Soft Cell 113600 14 9 9 5 HOW 2 DANCE - Kaiser Chiefs 164000 15 11 1 13 DAYDREAMING - Harry Styles 858250 16 12 10 7 GONE WITH THE WIND IS MY LOVE - Rita & The Tiaras 177250 17 18 17 7 ALL THE WAY OVER - Sam Ryder 100400 18 14 14 5 RIO - Mark Owen 128000 19 42 19 2 IT WON'T BE CHRISTMAS WITHOUT YOU - PP Arnold 34750[/b] 20 15 12 8 ATLANTIS - Seafret & Seeb 210800 21 16 16 8 LIFT ME UP - Rihanna 138350 22 17 8 9 MISS YOU - Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz 261450 23 23 23 4 PEOPLE PLEASER - Cat Burns 451500 24 26 24 4 RANDOMIZE - Otto Knows & Alex Aris 60800 25 20 8 10 ANTI-HERO - Taylor Swift 305600 26 NEW 26 1 SENSE The Lightning Seeds featuring Terry Hall 18600 27 19 4 12 FEEL IT COMIN’ - Lady Blackbird 450700 28 30 28 2 HIGH - Reverend & The Makers 36200 29 33 29 7 WE ARE ALL INSANE - AWOLNATION 90200 30 22 22 9 THE BANKS OF SACREMENTO - Nathan Evans 132000 31 37 31 4 THE LONELIEST TIME - Carly Rae Jepsen & Rufus Wainwright 59900 32 21 19 10 TOO GOOD FOR GIVING UP - Liam Gallagher 151950 33 24 1 8 MOONLIGHT FEELS RIGHT - Starbuck 558700 34 32 4 11 WHAT NOW - Honey. 358300 35 39 35 4 I HATE YOU WHEN YOU’RE DRUNK - Olly Murs 58900 36 29 2 15 HEARTSTRINGS - M-22 & Ella Henderson 668850 37 27 24 8 WHERE WE STARTED - Thomas Rhett & Katy Perry 117300 38 28 28 7 MAN DOWN - CuteBad 98150 39 47 39 5 NOT ALONE - Khalid & Joe Jonas 66500 40 48 40 7 CRASH! - Propellerheads 62700 41 31 18 10 KISS ME - Dermot Kennedy 155900 42 46 42 8 HERE THERE AND EVERYWHERE - The Beatles 68350 43 58 43 4 GOLDEN HOUR - JVKE 47700 44 41 1 11 LITTLE DOES SHE KNOW - The Kursaal Flyers 541900 45 54 45 3 HOLD ME - Fleetwood Mac 30600 46 35 35 8 LAVENDER HAZE - Taylor Swift 91800 47 52 47 5 GOT IT ON TIME - Kenny Thomas 51900 48 50 48 4 MY WHITE BICYCLE - Nazereth 42000 49 49 49 5 WHAT IT MEANS - Callum Beattie 51700 50 45 1 16 LOTTA LOVE - Nicolette Larson 791250 51 53 51 2 I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS - Greg Lake 23000 52 56 52 4 THIS FLIGHT TONIGHT - Nazereth 35500 53 36 30 9 MADE YOU LOOK - Meghan Trainor 119850 54 34 19 9 EVERYTHING WE DO (WE DO IT FOR YOU) - The Fizz 150550 55 51 2 22 DANCE FOR YOU - Empress Of 810950 56 38 32 10 I LIKE THE RAIN - Tiffany 112700 57 NEW 57 1 THE LUNATICS (HAVE TAKEN OVER THE ASYLUM) - Fun Boy Three 10400 58 43 37 8 MUSIC FOR A SUSHI RESTAURANT - Harry Styles 100300 59 57 1 31 GRAPEJUICE - Harry Styles 1109800 60 60 60 3 TOGETHER THIS CHRISTMAS - Maisie Peters 27000 61 55 55 7 PLANT GIRL - Cort 45800 62 25 21 5 PRETTY BOY - Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 85150 63 63 63 2 DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS - Chris Rea 14400 64 61 1 25 WHEN IT’S COLD I’D LIKE TO DIE - Moby featuring Mimi Goese 1037950 65 65 65 3 LIGHT THE NIGHT - Andy Burrows 19600 66 44 40 8 SLIPPERY PEOPLE - The Shapeshifters featuring Ramona Renea & Fiorious 71000 67 59 59 2 LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS - Mud 16700 68 68 68 2 MERRY CHRISTMAS - Ed Sheeran & Elton John 12800 69 NEW 69 1 NO BAD DAYS - Flo Rida featuring Jimmie Allen 6200 70 NEW 70 1 SUMMERTIME - Fun Boy Three 6000 71 70 1 23 ELOISE - Barry Ryan 618250 72 72 72 2 HERO - Martin Garrix & JVKE 11200 73 NEW 73 1 TUNNEL OF LOVE - Fun Boy Three 5400 74 NEW 74 1 LAST CHRISTMAS - Wham ! 5200 75 75 75 2 BACK TO YOU - Lost Frequencies, Elley Duhe & X Ambadsadors 10000 DROP OUTS 49 10 11 DO I LOVE YOU (INDEED I DO) - Bruce Springsteen 240400 40 40 10 THE DAY THE WORLD TURNED DAYGLO - X-Ray Spex 101250 64 64 3 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK - The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl 17900 66 66 3 CHRISTMAS WRAPPING - The Waitresses 18200 74 74 2 ROCKING AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE - Brenda Lee 10200 46 46 8 BLACK MASCARA - RAYE 67800 74 1 1 SLEIGH RIDE - The Ronettes 5400 69 69 1 2000 MILES - Pretenders 6200 73 71 2 SONGBIRD - Fleetwood Mac 11200
December 23, 20222 yr 'Ghost Town' <3 shame about the reason but it's such a classic and I guess sounds eerie a bit now :(
December 23, 20222 yr Hi there! Nice tribute to the late Terry Hall. I also like the big gain for "Golden Hour". Great chart!
December 24, 20222 yr Hey John! Yours is the second chart I've seen our lips are sealed in, tonight. I've only ever heard a song with this title once before and it was by Hilary and Hayley duff. Gonna listen to it now though. It's the same song..had no idea it was a cover . Anti-hero not falling too fast and I can't ask for more than that this long after release. The Loneliest time is continuing to do really well and unfortunately I just can't get behind it. However, I am really enjoying surrender my heart and the video is fantastic. Nice chart John, have a very merry Christmas ^_^ x
December 25, 20222 yr Hey John, Pink and The Fizz Top 10 and Joe Jonas/Khalid Top 40 :cheer: The Fizz on no 10 and no 13 :lol: B-) Love the few Christmas track throughout the chart :yahoo: MERRY CHRISTMAS :hic: :w00t:
December 25, 20222 yr Merry Christmas John! Wolf is still holding strong :wub: Nice to see Last Christmas entering at the foot of the table. ;)
January 1, 20232 yr Author 'Ghost Town' <3 shame about the reason but it's such a classic and I guess sounds eerie a bit now :( Hi Rob, thanks and it always did sound eerie, what with my generation rioting in the streets and me on the dole for almost a year by that point, along with 3 million others. A grim record for a grim time - but the music scene was the complete opposite for the most part! Colourful and upbeat and new!
January 1, 20232 yr Author Hi there! Nice tribute to the late Terry Hall. I also like the big gain for "Golden Hour". Great chart! Thanks Sergej! :) Happy New Year! :)
January 1, 20232 yr Author Good to see Carly Rae Jepsen doing well :D Cheers! and Happy New Year for 2023! B-)
January 1, 20232 yr Author Hey John! Yours is the second chart I've seen our lips are sealed in, tonight. I've only ever heard a song with this title once before and it was by Hilary and Hayley duff. Gonna listen to it now though. It's the same song..had no idea it was a cover . Anti-hero not falling too fast and I can't ask for more than that this long after release. The Loneliest time is continuing to do really well and unfortunately I just can't get behind it. However, I am really enjoying surrender my heart and the video is fantastic. Nice chart John, have a very merry Christmas ^_^ x Hey James! :) I don;t know that Our Lips Are Sealed cover, and I expect Anti-Hero will be rebounding everywhere this week as Xmas records drop out! Happy New Year James! Thanks for the well-wishes, I'm isolating with a chesty Covid-19 infection though, so hopefully 2023 brings improvement for everyone! B-)
January 1, 20232 yr Author Hey John, Pink and The Fizz Top 10 and Joe Jonas/Khalid Top 40 :cheer: The Fizz on no 10 and no 13 :lol: B-) Love the few Christmas track throughout the chart :yahoo: MERRY CHRISTMAS :hic: :w00t: Hey Sven! :) Thanks for the picks and a Happy New Year to you! :) B-)
January 1, 20232 yr Author Merry Christmas John! Wolf is still holding strong :wub: Nice to see Last Christmas entering at the foot of the table. ;) Happy New Year Uhsting! :) I'm a bit late right now for charts! Thanks for the picks! B-)
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