7th November 1993

It's a second chart-topper of 1993 for The Bee Gees, as the gorgeous ballad For Whom The Bell Tolls becomes their 6th number one, 7th if Robin Gibb's Saved By The Bell is included, in which case they have already had number ones in 4 different decades in my charts. I also bought the album in Florida - cheaper than the UK - on my 3rd Theme Park holiday there. Going to the USA was exciting then - records not out in the UK, TV series like Deep Space 9 and Next Generation way ahead of their UK debut, and some shows never broadcast in the UK.

Jimmy Durante gets his first posthumous top 10 (but not his last), As Time Goes By outdoing the Dooley Wilson original in 1977, The Levellers getting a rare top 10 with the upbeat tribal This Garden, and Captain Hollywood Project leap up a whopping 64 places to 8 with More And More. Janet Jackson adds another top 10 with Again at 9 and Bowie can still do it 21 years on as Miracle Goodnight peaks at 10.

Cilla and Dusty have a 60's-icon duet with Heart & Soul - a shame that wasnt a hit, it's jaunty enough and it was nice to see Cilla off the telly and singing again at 23 in my charts. Wet Wet Wet Shed A Tear at 48, it's a ballad (of course), laid-back (natch) and mildly pleasant actually. James, meanwhile, get Laid at 51. 2 years into their run of quality singles, with no end in site. Elton John has a covers duets album out, and calls on Kiki Dee, old chart-topping chum, to cover True Love of all things. It wasn't bad, it just seemed a little under-whelming for Kiki's comeback chart hit. The original Crosby/Grace Kelly track is good though.

Whitney Houston is Queen Of The Night, one of her better upbeat dance tracks, at 55, Sting returns at 72 with a rather good cover of Demolition Man, surprisingly exciting for Sting's solo career, but not as this was originally a Police album track goodie, and is now title theme for a Wesley Snipes movie of the same name. I think Grace Jones covered this one too, so it's got pedigree. A forgotten goodie as Sting hits 14 years of charting. Neither Sultans Of Ping nor Guru ring a bell, though it's nice Dee C Lee gets a credit 8 years on from See The Day.


1 ( 9 ) FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS The Bee Gees
2 ( 2 ) PLAY DEAD David Arnold/ Bjork
3 ( 1 ) LIFE Haddaway
4 ( 3 ) YOU OWE IT ALL TO ME Texas
5 ( 4 ) GO WEST Pet Shop Boys
6 ( 20 ) AS TIME GOES BY Jimmy Durante
7 ( 19 ) THIS GARDEN The Levellers
8 ( 72 ) MORE AND MORE Captain Hollywood Project
9 ( 12 ) AGAIN Janet Jackson
10 ( 21 ) MIRACLE GOODNIGHT David Bowie

11 ( 5 ) RELIGHT MY FIRE Take That / Lulu
12 ( 7 ) RELAX Frankie Goes To Hollywood
13 ( 6 ) BUMPED Right Said Fred
14 ( 8 ) STAY Eternal
15 ( 11 ) MOONLIGHT SHADOW Mike Oldfield
16 ( 10 ) PASS IT ON Bitty McLean
17 ( 23 ) PAYING THE PRICE OF LOVE The Bee Gees
18 ( 18 ) CRYIN' Aerosmith
19 ( 35 ) RING OF FIRE Johnny Cash
20 ( 53 ) FEEL LIKE MAKING LOVE Pauline Henry

21 ( 13 ) GANGSTERS The Specials
22 ( 15 ) MICHELLE The Beatles
23 ( NEW ) HEART AND SOUL Cilla Black and Dusty Springfield
24 ( 29 ) LEMON U2
25 ( 36 ) JULIA Chris Rea
26 ( 16 ) CHRONOLOGIE PART IV Jean-Michel Jarre
27 ( 37 ) DON'T BE A STRANGER Dina Carroll
28 ( 68 ) COMIN' ON The Shamen
29 ( 14 ) TURN ON TUNE IN COP OUT Freak Power featuring Norman Cook
30 ( 39 ) I'D DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE (BUT I WON'T DO THAT) Meatloaf

31 ( 33 ) THE RIVER OF DREAMS Billy Joel
32 ( 22 ) NOW I KNOW WHAT MADE OTIS BLUE Paul Young
33 ( 17 ) BREAKDOWN One Dove
34 ( 27 ) ONE GOODBYE IN TEN Shara Nelson
35 ( 25 ) OB-LA-DI-OB-LA-DA The Beatles
36 ( 31 ) RIGHT HERE (HUMAN NATURE) SWV
37 ( 24 ) CHAIN REACTION Diana Ross
38 ( 52 ) GOT TO GET IT Culture Beat
39 ( 70 ) GIVE IT UP The Goodmen
40 ( 49 ) U GOT 2 LET THE MUSIC Cappella

41 ( 41 ) WILD WOOD Paul Weller
42 ( 28 ) THE GIFT INXS
43 ( 60 ) BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY Phil Collins
44 ( 26 ) MY BOY LOLLIPOP Millie
45 ( 42 ) BOOM! SHAKE SHAKE THE ROOM DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
46 ( 30 ) GOTTA GET IT RIGHT Lena Fiagbe
47 ( 47 ) PEACH Prince
48 ( NEW ) SHED A TEAR Wet Wet Wet
49 ( 48 ) EAGLE/DANCING QUEEN Abba
50 ( 69 ) WHY MUST ME WAIT UNTIL TONIGHT Tina Turner

51 ( NEW ) LAID James
52 ( 34 ) MOVING ON UP M People
53 ( 44 ) HE DOESN’T LOVE YOU LIKE I DO Nick Heyward
54 ( 45 ) CONDEMNATION Depeche Mode
55 ( NEW ) QUEEN OF THE NIGHT Whitney Houston
56 ( 51 ) DREAM LOVER Mariah Carey
57 ( 62 ) WHAT IS IT YOU WANTED (LP TRACK) Willie Nelson
58 ( 58 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex
59 ( 38 ) ALL ABOUT SOUL Billy Joel
60 ( 73 ) PLEASE FORGIVE ME Bryan Adams

61 ( 56 ) PRAY Take That
62 ( 32 ) SO NATURAL Lisa Stansfield
63 ( 40 ) SUNDAY SUNDAY Blur
64 ( 63 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers
65 ( 64 ) HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles
66 ( NEW ) TRUE LOVE Elton John and Kiki Dee
67 ( 59 ) IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE Roxette
68 ( 57 ) WAR Edwin Starr
69 ( 46 ) RAIN Madonna
70 ( 61 ) LIVING ON MY OWN Freddie Mercury

71 ( 65 ) RUNAWAY TRAIN Soul Asylum
72 ( NEW ) DEMOLITION MAN Sting
73 ( 43 ) WONDERFUL LAND Hank B. Marvin/ Mark Knopfler
74 ( NEW ) MICHIKO Sultans Of Ping
75 ( NEW ) NO TIME TO PLAY Guru featuring D.C. Lee

The first single "Through The Years" spent 4 weeks in my chart and peaked at # 11.

My retro chart was started with 1970 year, so it didn't include her 60s big hits. My favourite Cilla single is "Something Tells Me (Something Is Gonna Happen Tonight)" , "Best single of the year" for 1971.

Poor David Arnold & Björk!!!!

Yes 'For Whom The Bell Tolls' should have been the Christmas #1 and 'More and More' should have made top 10!

Edited November 11, 2025Nov 11 by TheSnake

21 hours ago, Last Dreamer said:

The first single "Through The Years" spent 4 weeks in my chart and peaked at # 11.

My retro chart was started with 1970 year, so it didn't include her 60s big hits. My favourite Cilla single is "Something Tells Me (Something Is Gonna Happen Tonight)" , "Best single of the year" for 1971.

I liked Through The Years, it was nice to have her back in the studio! 60's Cilla is my fave era but Something Tells Me was the song she did each week on her TV show, quite catchy.👍

15 hours ago, dandy* said:

Poor David Arnold & Björk!!!!

I know! Deprived of a worthy number one by my beloved Bee Gees on form - 26 years of love is hard to shift 😄Plus side, Bjorks new track with Rosalia is amazing, so there's still a chance she might get that elusive chart-topper. 😇

15 hours ago, TheSnake said:

Yes 'For Whom The Bell Tolls' should have been the Christmas #1 and 'More and More' should have made top 10!

I totally agree! 😄🤩

14th November 1993 2nd Florida chart

It's back on top for Go West as I continue with Theme Park Fortnight, plus the Florida Keys (see songs heard on the radio lower down) and as US radio hits bring a lot of new tracks and re-entries for previous UK hits. Madonna suddenly leaps back up to a new peak of 8 with Rain and Toni Braxton debuts at 9 with Another Sad Love Song. Haddaway, US3, Ace Of Base, Culture Beat, Janet Jackson, Shaggy, Inner Circle, Gabrielle, Robin S, Mariah Carey, Gin Blossoms and 10,000 Maniacs all benefit from returning due to pop radio plays.

New tracks include Dwight Yoakam's country cover of Elvis' Suspicious Minds from a current movie, Honeymoon In Vegas, in at 34, Tears For Fears' Break It Down Again new at at 37, both tracks pretty good and the former should have been a UK single and hit. And errr, that's it for actual new tracks as I'm cut off from what was happening in the UK, no internet in them days!


1 ( 5 ) GO WEST Pet Shop Boys
2 ( 1 ) FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS The Bee Gees
3 ( 2 ) PLAY DEAD David Arnold/ Bjork
4 ( 4 ) YOU OWE IT ALL TO ME Texas
5 ( 3 ) LIFE Haddaway
6 ( 8 ) MORE AND MORE Captain Hollywood Project
7 ( 9 ) AGAIN Janet Jackson
8 ( 69 ) RAIN Madonna
9 ( NEW ) ANOTHER SAD LOVE SONG Toni Braxton
10 ( 6 ) AS TIME GOES BY Jimmy Durante

11 ( 17 ) PAYING THE PRICE OF LOVE The Bee Gees
12 ( 7 ) THIS GARDEN The Levellers
13 ( RE ) WHAT IS LOVE Haddaway
14 ( 12 ) RELAX Frankie Goes To Hollywood
15 ( 31 ) THE RIVER OF DREAMS Billy Joel
16 ( 10 ) MIRACLE GOODNIGHT David Bowie
17 ( 18 ) CRYIN' Aerosmith
18 ( 30 ) I'D DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE (BUT I WON'T DO THAT) Meatloaf
19 ( 11 ) RELIGHT MY FIRE Take That / Lulu
20 ( RE ) CANTALOOP US3

21 ( 56 ) DREAM LOVER Mariah Carey
22 ( 15 ) MOONLIGHT SHADOW Mike Oldfield
23 ( 13 ) BUMPED Right Said Fred
24 ( RE ) ALL THAT SHE WANTS Ace Of Bass
25 ( 16 ) PASS IT ON Bitty McLean
26 ( 20 ) FEEL LIKE MAKING LOVE Pauline Henry
27 ( RE ) MR VAIN Culture Beat
28 ( 14 ) STAY Eternal
29 ( 71 ) RUNAWAY TRAIN Soul Asylum
30 ( 19 ) RING OF FIRE Johnny Cash

31 ( 21 ) GANGSTERS The Specials
32 ( 22 ) MICHELLE The Beatles
33 ( 36 ) RIGHT HERE (HUMAN NATURE) SWV
34 ( NEW ) SUSPICIOUS MINDS Dwight Yoakam
35 ( RE ) IF Janet Jackson
36 ( 23 ) HEART AND SOUL Cilla Black and Dusty Springfield
37 ( NEW ) BREAK IT DOWN AGAIN Tears For Fears
38 ( 39 ) GIVE IT UP The Goodmen
39 ( 60 ) PLEASE FORGIVE ME Bryan Adams
40 ( 43 ) BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY Phil Collins

41 ( 35 ) OB-LA-DI-OB-LA-DA The Beatles
42 ( 25 ) JULIA Chris Rea
43 ( 32 ) NOW I KNOW WHAT MADE OTIS BLUE Paul Young
44 ( 34 ) ONE GOODBYE IN TEN Shara Nelson
45 ( 24 ) LEMON U2
46 ( 37 ) CHAIN REACTION Diana Ross
47 ( 55 ) QUEEN OF THE NIGHT Whitney Houston
48 ( 29 ) TURN ON TUNE IN COP OUT Freak Power featuring Norman Cook
49 ( 26 ) CHRONOLOGIE PART IV Jean-Michel Jarre
50 ( 49 ) EAGLE/DANCING QUEEN Abba

51 ( 41 ) WILD WOOD Paul Weller
52 ( RE ) OH CAROLINA Shaggy
53 ( 53 ) HE DOESN’T LOVE YOU LIKE I DO Nick Heyward
54 ( 27 ) DON'T BE A STRANGER Dina Carroll
55 ( 28 ) COMIN' ON The Shamen
56 ( 59 ) ALL ABOUT SOUL Billy Joel
57 ( 40 ) U GOT 2 LET THE MUSIC Cappella
58 ( 58 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex
59 ( 33 ) BREAKDOWN One Dove
60 ( 51 ) LAID James

61 ( 44 ) MY BOY LOLLIPOP Millie
62 ( RE ) SWEAT (A LA LA LA LONG) Inner Circle
63 ( 45 ) BOOM! SHAKE SHAKE THE ROOM DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
64 ( 64 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers
65 ( 65 ) HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles
66 ( 54 ) CONDEMNATION Depeche Mode
67 ( RE ) DREAMS Gabrielle
68 ( RE ) LUV 4 LUV Robin S
69 ( 48 ) SHED A TEAR Wet Wet Wet
70 ( 61 ) PRAY Take That

71 ( 38 ) GOT TO GET IT Culture Beat
72 ( RE ) HERO Mariah Carey
73 ( 66 ) TRUE LOVE Elton John and Kiki Dee
74 ( RE ) HEY JEALOUSY Gin Blossoms
75 ( RE ) BECAUSE THE NIGHT 10000 Maniacs


playlist oldies
1 SWEET TALKING GUY The Chiffons (Miami/Florida Turnpike)
2 KIND OF A DRAG The Buckinghams (Belz Shopping Mall)
3 DON’T WANNA FALL IN LOVE Jane Child (Florida Keys)

Its like the end of year itunes voucher effect there used to be when some of the biggest songs of the year re-enter!

And yes for Robin S I prefer 'Luv 4 Luv' to the rather overplayed 'Show Me Love'

Edited November 21, 2025Nov 21 by TheSnake

12 hours ago, TheSnake said:

Its like the end of year itunes voucher effect there used to be when some of the biggest songs of the year re-enter!

And yes for Robin S I prefer 'Luv 4 Luv' to the rather overplayed 'Show Me Love'

Ha! Yes I remember those days 😄It shows how radio influenced my charts - it was either buy them, tape them onto cassette and play them, or radio....😮

21st November 1993

It's the last few days of the Florida holiday, and a few days back in the UK, so the chart is a mix of both scenes with more re-entries, and the Bee Gees return to the top spot for a second week as they appear live on TV doing oldies. Frankie Goes To Hollywood's 1985 number 2 returns to reach the same peak as highest new entry, just ahead of US hit Ooh Child from Dino, a remake of a fairly obscure early 70's goodie. Great song, and a US hit both times.

Hot on Florida pop radio, Blind Melon enter at 6 with No Rain, by this time I was recording stuff off the radio direct onto my radio/cassette recorder, so lots of period goodies I really should post online for nostalgia. Back in the UK, Kate Bush has Moments Of Pleasure in at 7, the usual classy stuff - and who knew there would be nothing much for another 15 years! Soul Asylum also big in Orlando, and leap to 9 with the fab Runaway Train. Meat Loaf finally cracks the top 10 with his Monster hit, 12 years on from Bat Out Of Hell doing it.

The Doobie Brothers, criminally, never had a UK hit with Long Train Runnin' though Bananarama bagged a cover version, which has no doubt helped the remix finally chart and in here at 15 - it's good, the original is better. Lisa Keith, fresh from the US charts, leaps in at 18 with Better Than You, and Lonnie Gordon is also getting airplay there and returns at 25. Bazza Manilow gets the remix treatment too, Could It Be Magic popping in at 40, having gone top 10 in 1979 for me.

Belinda Carlisle is laying down her arms at 50, Mr. Big cover Wild World to lesser effect than many before, Heart ask Will You Be There In The Morning, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince return with a new track, I'm Looking For The One To Be With, at 59, it Feels Like Heaven to Urban Cookie Collective, Terence Trent D'Arby is new at 62 with Let Her Down Easy, ahead of Crowded House's Nails In My Feet, 3 Tony's getting another chart entry, Michael Bolton crooning, Bryan Adams, Sting and Rod Stewart collaborating on a movie dirge, Jodeci and Guns'n'Roses all getting US plugs, and in the UK The Orb and Def Leppard pop in from the charts. One of the biggest ever chart invasions, well over one-third turnover.


1 ( 2 ) FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS The Bee Gees
2 ( NEW ) WELCOME TO THE PLEASUREDOME Frankie Goes To Hollywood
3 ( NEW ) OOH CHILD Dino
4 ( 1 ) GO WEST Pet Shop Boys
5 ( 7 ) AGAIN Janet Jackson
6 ( NEW ) NO RAIN Blind Melon
7 ( NEW ) MOMENTS OF PLEASURE Kate Bush
8 ( 11 ) PAYING THE PRICE OF LOVE The Bee Gees
9 ( 29 ) RUNAWAY TRAIN Soul Asylum
10 ( 18 ) I'D DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE (BUT I WON'T DO THAT) Meatloaf

11 ( 4 ) YOU OWE IT ALL TO ME Texas
12 ( 3 ) PLAY DEAD David Arnold/ Bjork
13 ( 6 ) MORE AND MORE Captain Hollywood Project
14 ( 5 ) LIFE Haddaway
15 ( NEW ) LONG TRAIN RUNNIN’ ’93 The Doobie Brothers
16 ( 9 ) ANOTHER SAD LOVE SONG Toni Braxton
17 ( 24 ) ALL THAT SHE WANTS Ace Of Bass
18 ( NEW ) BETTER THAN YOU Lisa Keith
19 ( 13 ) WHAT IS LOVE Haddaway
20 ( 15 ) THE RIVER OF DREAMS Billy Joel

21 ( 8 ) RAIN Madonna
22 ( 14 ) RELAX Frankie Goes To Hollywood
23 ( 10 ) AS TIME GOES BY Jimmy Durante
24 ( 39 ) PLEASE FORGIVE ME Bryan Adams
25 ( NEW ) HAPPENING ALL OVER AGAIN Lonnie Gordon
26 ( 37 ) BREAK IT DOWN AGAIN Tears For Fears
27 ( 12 ) THIS GARDEN The Levellers
28 ( 17 ) CRYIN' Aerosmith
29 ( 19 ) RELIGHT MY FIRE Take That / Lulu
30 ( 16 ) MIRACLE GOODNIGHT David Bowie

31 ( 21 ) DREAM LOVER Mariah Carey
32 ( 22 ) MOONLIGHT SHADOW Mike Oldfield
33 ( RE ) I DROVE ALL NIGHT Roy Orbison
34 ( 20 ) CANTALOOP US3
35 ( RE ) DEMOLITION MAN Sting
36 ( 73 ) TRUE LOVE Elton John and Kiki Dee
37 ( 60 ) LAID James
38 ( 35 ) IF Janet Jackson
39 ( 33 ) RIGHT HERE (HUMAN NATURE) SWV
40 ( NEW ) COULD IT BE MAGIC ’93 Barry Manilow

41 ( 23 ) BUMPED Right Said Fred
42 ( 32 ) MICHELLE The Beatles
43 ( 31 ) GANGSTERS The Specials
44 ( 68 ) LUV 4 LUV Robin S
45 ( 25 ) PASS IT ON Bitty McLean
46 ( 27 ) MR VAIN Culture Beat
47 ( RE ) (I CAN'T) HELP FALLIN' IN LOVE WITH YOU UB40
48 ( 26 ) FEEL LIKE MAKING LOVE Pauline Henry
49 ( 74 ) HEY JEALOUSY Gin Blossoms
50 ( NEW ) LAY DOWN YOUR ARMS Belinda Carlisle

51 ( 50 ) EAGLE/DANCING QUEEN Abba
52 ( 75 ) BECAUSE THE NIGHT 10000 Maniacs
53 ( 28 ) STAY Eternal
54 ( NEW ) WILD WORLD Mr. Big
55 ( 62 ) SWEAT (A LA LA LA LONG) Inner Circle
56 ( 30 ) RING OF FIRE Johnny Cash
57 ( RE ) HIGHER GROUND UB40
58 ( NEW ) WILL YOU BE THERE IN THE MORNING Heart
59 ( NEW ) I’M LOOKING FOR THE ONE TO BE WITH DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
60 ( 58 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex

61 ( NEW ) FEELS LIKE HEAVEN Urban Cookie Collective
62 ( NEW ) LET HER DOWN EASY Terence Trent D’Arby
63 ( NEW ) NAILS IN MY FEET Crowded House
64 ( 67 ) DREAMS Gabrielle
65 ( 64 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers
66 ( 65 ) HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles
67 ( NEW ) ANNIVERSARY Tony! Toni! Tone
68 ( NEW ) SAID I LOVED YOU BUT I LIED Michael Bolton
69 ( 34 ) SUSPICIOUS MINDS Dwight Yoakam
70 ( NEW ) ALL FOR LOVE Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart & Sting

71 ( RE ) INTO YOUR ARMS Lemonheads
72 ( NEW ) LATELY Jodeci
73 ( NEW ) AIN’T IT FUN Guns’n’Roses
74 ( NEW ) LITTLE FLUFFY CLOUDS The Orb
75 ( NEW ) TWO STEPS BEHIND Def Leppard


Playlist oldies
1 CRACKLIN’ ROSIE Neil Diamond (Sawgrass Turnpike to Treasure Island)
2 BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP The Foundations (Universal Studios)
3 YOU SHOULD BE DANCING The Bee Gees (Live on 70’s Special Treasure Island)

I really like that Dobbie Brothers dance remix.

Mr Big have yet another Cat Stevens cover, there's a lot!

Feels Like Heaven is good, reminds me a bit of an updated 90s version of Yazoo - Other Side of Love for some reason lol! I think its the 'da da da' vocal improvision bit in it and the synths.

'All For Love' is a bit cheesy soft rock but I like it!

'I Drove All Night' by Roy Orbison is my favourite version of the song, his voice is great in it, made poignant as he died before it was released.

Edited November 24, 2025Nov 24 by TheSnake

On 24/11/2025 at 16:32, TheSnake said:

I really like that Dobbie Brothers dance remix.

Mr Big have yet another Cat Stevens cover, there's a lot!

Feels Like Heaven is good, reminds me a bit of an updated 90s version of Yazoo - Other Side of Love for some reason lol! I think its the 'da da da' vocal improvision bit in it and the synths.

'All For Love' is a bit cheesy soft rock but I like it!

'I Drove All Night' by Roy Orbison is my favourite version of the song, his voice is great in it, made poignant as he died before it was released.

Yes I like the Doobie's remix too, I never would have guessed it would work had Bananarama not already proved that it would work as a dance track. Cyndi's version is good but Roy O will always win in a song version contest between him and N.E.1 Else for me! 🙂

28th November 1993

It's a third week on top for The Bee Gees, as the first full week back in the UK brings a serious challenge new in at 2 with the single mix of I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing as the 3rd single from the Very album. Kate Bush meanwhile is still grabbing top 3 tracks 15 years on from Wuthering Heights. The Doobie Brothers get a second top 10 as Long Train Runnin' '93 outpeaks 1979's What A Fool Believes. Also new, at 12, is a childhood fave from The Beatles 1965 TV special, as multiple artists and themselves cover the Beatles song-book in live performances. Including comic actor Peter Sellers decked up as Lawrence Olivier in full Richard III outfit talking A Hard Day's Night to a medieval lute backing. Not just funny, an accurate imitation, but it's quite sweet too. This 7-year-old liked it anyway! So it finally makes my charts.

David Bowie gets a helping hand on guitar from Lenny Kravitz on his pretty good TV series theme tune, Buddha Of Suburbia, in at 22 and a nice change of pace from Bowie. In at 27, Daryl Hall is now solo and in a Marvin Gaye groove on his version of Stop Loving Me Stop Loving You, which is terrific and should have been bigger. k.d Lang keeps the run of classy tracks going on Just Keep Me Moving at 32 and Lulu drops her soul cover of Champaigns 1981 hit, How 'Bout Us, as the latest track off her good Independence album at 35.

Saint Etienne are saying goodbye with some great stuff in 2025, but their rather good I Was Born On Christmas Day has never become the radio staple annually that it deserves to be, crowded out by American streaming company ancient songs that were never popular in the UK while lesser big UK hits dont get a look-in. New at 44. M People are also into early 80's covers as they do a decent job with Don't Look Any Further at 54, originally charted for Dennis Edwards and Siedah Garrett. The Wonder Stuff, meanwhile, are Full Of Life at 60, not heard that one in 32 years. It's quite jolly.

Lenny Kravitz gets his own solo entry at 64, Is There Any Love In Your Heart, away from Bowie, and back in rock mode. It's not bad but you'll never hear it anywhere. I certainly haven't, which is a minor shame. Go West remix their 1985 debut, We Close Our Eyes, far too soon for me to get nostaglic about it, so it pops in at 69, ahead of 2 Unlimited's Maximum Overdrive as they start to run our of steam. Coasting On Drive, maybe. Paul Young drops a mildly pleasant ballad, Hope In A Hopeless World at 73, as his run of hits start to enter lower in the UK charts.

Zhane, fresh from the US, enter with Hey Mr D.J. at 74, and some sweet r'n'b sounds, while the British version of soul is at 75 for Scousers The Christians into their 9th charting year, on The Perfect Moment. Always stylish, Garry Christian and his brothers and bandmates.


1 ( 1 ) FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS The Bee Gees at
2 ( NEW ) I WOULDN’T NORMALLY DO THIS KIND OF THING Pet Shop Boys
3 ( 7 ) MOMENTS OF PLEASURE Kate Bush
4 ( 5 ) AGAIN Janet Jackson
5 ( 15 ) LONG TRAIN RUNNIN’ ’93 The Doobie Brothers
6 ( 6 ) NO RAIN Blind Melon
7 ( 2 ) WELCOME TO THE PLEASUREDOME Frankie Goes To Hollywood
8 ( 10 ) I'D DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE (BUT I WON'T DO THAT) Meatloaf
9 ( 3 ) OOH CHILD Dino
10 ( 4 ) GO WEST Pet Shop Boys

11 ( 16 ) ANOTHER SAD LOVE SONG Toni Braxton
12 ( NEW ) A HARD DAY’S NIGHT Peter Sellers
13 ( 9 ) RUNAWAY TRAIN Soul Asylum
14 ( 24 ) PLEASE FORGIVE ME Bryan Adams
15 ( 13 ) MORE AND MORE Captain Hollywood Project
16 ( 8 ) PAYING THE PRICE OF LOVE The Bee Gees
17 ( 18 ) BETTER THAN YOU Lisa Keith
18 ( 50 ) LAY DOWN YOUR ARMS Belinda Carlisle
19 ( 35 ) DEMOLITION MAN Sting
20 ( 36 ) TRUE LOVE Elton John and Kiki Dee

21 ( 11 ) YOU OWE IT ALL TO ME Texas
22 ( NEW ) BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA David Bowie
23 ( 12 ) PLAY DEAD David Arnold/ Bjork
24 ( 14 ) LIFE Haddaway
25 ( 59 ) I’M LOOKING FOR THE ONE TO BE WITH DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
26 ( 63 ) NAILS IN MY FEET Crowded House
27 ( NEW ) STOP LOVING YOU STOP LOVING ME Daryl Hall
28 ( 58 ) WILL YOU BE THERE IN THE MORNING Heart
29 ( 22 ) RELAX Frankie Goes To Hollywood
30 ( 17 ) ALL THAT SHE WANTS Ace Of Bass

31 ( 25 ) HAPPENIN’ ALL OVER AGAIN Lonnie Gordon
32 ( NEW ) JUST KEEP ME MOVING kd Lang
33 ( 33 ) I DROVE ALL NIGHT Roy Orbison
34 ( 20 ) THE RIVER OF DREAMS Billy Joel
35 ( NEW ) HOW 'BOUT US Lulu
36 ( 19 ) WHAT IS LOVE Haddaway
37 ( 32 ) MOONLIGHT SHADOW Mike Oldfield
38 ( 21 ) RAIN Madonna
39 ( 23 ) AS TIME GOES BY Jimmy Durante
40 ( 29 ) RELIGHT MY FIRE Take That / Lulu

41 ( 28 ) CRYIN' Aerosmith
42 ( 31 ) DREAM LOVER Mariah Carey
43 ( 34 ) CANTALOOP US3
44 ( NEW ) I WAS BORN ON CHRISTMAS DAY Saint Etienne
45 ( 26 ) BREAK IT DOWN AGAIN Tears For Fears
46 ( 27 ) THIS GARDEN The Levellers
47 ( 30 ) MIRACLE GOODNIGHT David Bowie
48 ( 68 ) SAID I LOVED YOU BUT I LIED Michael Bolton
49 ( 40 ) COULD IT BE MAGIC ’93 Barry Manilow
50 ( 42 ) MICHELLE The Beatles

51 ( 51 ) EAGLE/DANCING QUEEN Abba
52 ( 39 ) RIGHT HERE (HUMAN NATURE) SWV
53 ( 43 ) GANGSTERS The Specials
54 ( NEW ) DON’T LOOK ANY FURTHER M People
55 ( 61 ) FEELS LIKE HEAVEN Urban Cookie Collective
56 ( 60 ) 20th CENTURY BOY T.Rex
57 ( 41 ) BUMPED Right Said Fred
58 ( 38 ) IF Janet Jackson
59 ( 45 ) PASS IT ON Bitty McLean
60 ( NEW ) FULL OF LIFE (HAPPY NOW) The Wonder Stuff

61 ( 37 ) LAID James
62 ( 62 ) LET HER DOWN EASY Terence Trent D’Arby
63 ( 49 ) HEY JEALOUSY Gin Blossoms
64 ( NEW ) IS THERE ANY LOVE IN YOUR HEART Lenny Kravitz
65 ( 66 ) HEY JUDE/ REVOLUTION The Beatles
66 ( 65 ) YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' The Righteous Brothers
67 ( 67 ) ANNIVERSARY Tony! Toni! Tone
68 ( 44 ) LUV 4 LUV Robin S
69 ( NEW ) WE CLOSE OUR EYES ’93 Go West
70 ( 54 ) WILD WORLD Mr. Big

71 ( NEW ) MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE 2 Unlimited
72 ( 73 ) AIN’T IT FUN Guns’n’Roses
73 ( NEW ) HOPE IN A HOPELESS WORLD Paul Young
74 ( NEW ) HEY MR D.J. Zhane
75 ( NEW ) THE PERFECT MOMENT The Christians

Florida-bought albums playlist
1 “Size Isn’t Everything” The Bee Gees
2 “Singles 1969-93” David Bowie
3 “The Top Ten Hits” Elvis Presley

There was a popular dance track sampling 'Don't Look Any Further' last year - Too Cool To Be Careless by PAWSA but I still prefer the M People version.

A '93 remix of 'We Close Our Eyes' then - I remember the Groove Cutters sampling the chorus in a top 40 hit in 2005.

'Maximum Overdrive' not one of 2 Unlimited's best songs imo.

Edited December 1, 2025Dec 1 by TheSnake

I Was Born On Christmas Day was # 1 in my weekly chart.

But there are so much great Christmas tracks (old and modern), so Saint Etienne single weren't included in my all-time top 40 Xmas songs.

That list is very unique, it didn't have any big hits and even more non-mainstream than my other charts. Only Girls Aloud - Not Tonight Santa and Britney - My Only Wish are popular enough + lovely Little Things, which sadly didn't became Christmas hit.

10 hours ago, TheSnake said:

There was a popular dance track sampling 'Don't Look Any Further' last year - Too Cool To Be Careless by PAWSA but I still prefer the M People version.

A '93 remix of 'We Close Our Eyes' then - I remember the Groove Cutters sampling the chorus in a top 40 hit in 2005.

'Maximum Overdrive' not one of 2 Unlimited's best songs imo.

I missed all of those covers, the PAWSA one sounds interesting, and yes Max Overdrive was more following the formula than doing something exciting but slightly different! Cheers for the comments! 😎

3 hours ago, Last Dreamer said:

I Was Born On Christmas Day was # 1 in my weekly chart.

But there are so much great Christmas tracks (old and modern), so Saint Etienne single weren't included in my all-time top 40 Xmas songs.

That list is very unique, it didn't have any big hits and even more non-mainstream than my other charts. Only Girls Aloud - Not Tonight Santa and Britney - My Only Wish are popular enough + lovely Little Things, which sadly didn't became Christmas hit.

I love that saint Etienne Xmas song really should be on the xmas streaming playlists on Amazon and Spotify to give them a shot at a chart slot. Little Things too. The streamers have no creativity at all, but at least Radio 2 in the UK will play less obvious xmas songs! Hooray! 🙂

2 hours ago, Popchartfreak said:

The streamers have no creativity at all, but at least Radio 2 in the UK will play less obvious xmas songs! Hooray! 🙂

It's very US based now, Slade, Wizzard and even Kirsty/Pogues became less successful in last years.

Did they play the Fizz ? True modern Christmas classic.

19 hours ago, Last Dreamer said:

It's very US based now, Slade, Wizzard and even Kirsty/Pogues became less successful in last years.

Did they play the Fizz ? True modern Christmas classic.

Sadly, no, I've never heard anybody play The Fizz' christmas songs, and even The Land Of Make Believe, which was really a christmas song, never gets played at christmas - though it does get plays at other times of the year now and then.