It was odd how quickly it all died away. I assumed WDTAB was going to be one of those songs that stuck around the lower top 40 all year but then it only went on to have 7 weeks at all after falling from #1

#09: Buzzjack’s rank of the 2022 #1s

 

Wham!

Last Christmas

 

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1st single from The Final

Released: 1984

Label: Epic Records

 

Chart Statistics

 

NE (15/12/1984) | [2-2-2-2-2-3-8-11-21-33-38-51-67-x *

RE (14/12/1985) | 32-10-6-6-14-36-68-x

RE (13/12/1986) | 85-63-47-45-71-x

RE (08/12/2007) | 50-23-14-16-40-x

RE (06/12/2008) | 67-36-26-27-45-x

RE (12/12/2009) | 53-39-41-34-x

RE (11/12/2010) | 57-53-56-61-x

RE (10/12/2011) | 55-26-28-34-x

RE (08/12/2012) | 55-34-41-35-87-x

RE (07/12/2013) | 91-44-40-36-68-x

RE (06/12/2014) | 86-39-36-35-28-x

RE (10/12/2015) | 65-27-24-18-54-x

RE (08/12/2016) | 75-19-20-16-7-x

RE (30/11/2017) | 81-29-6-3-3-2-x

RE (06/12/2018) | 52-14-7-7-3-x

RE (28/11/2019) | 80-43-13-7-5-3-x

RE (19/11/2020) | 76-44-20-3-2-2-3-1-x

RE (18/11/2021) | 85-54-28-4-3-3-3-2-x]

RE (17/11/2022) | 71-42-23-9-3-1-2-1-...

 

POINTS: 349

Highest: +13 [steve201, JulianT]

Lowest: +1 [coi, PedroNL25, rio309]

 

 

I really hate WDTAB to be honest, 7 weeks was undeserved but then again Peru should've only got to the top is Sheeran wasn't on it. I'm still traumatised by the disney top 10 takeover.

I'd possibly have excluded Mariah and Wham! from this rate myself as they already reached #1 in a previous year (same goes for Adele), plus in their case they've every chance of returning to #1 every year or two while the chart rules stay as they are, with fatigue for both songs likely to set in even more. Nevertheless, it's interesting to see where they rate at this snapshot in time, and Wham! overtaking Mariah appears to be happening in more and more places.

I'm hoping that the Christmas song momentum shift continues and we eventually get Brenda Lee going to #1 instead, much better than both Mariah and Wham! imo. (...or The Pogues please but we know that's never happening)

 

Encanto was definitely a curiously fast burning phenomenon but I think I'll always have fond memories of the soundtrack (though 'The Family Madrigal' should have been #1 instead wbk). Interested to see if there's ever a sequel if it can manage anything close to the level of chart success, considering Frozen 2 fell pretty flat compared to the original.

 

I surprisingly didn't mind the GAYLE song at the time it was big but as time went on the novelty wore off and it just became increasingly cringe. It's not the worst though. That's still to come. x

Bruno is still a very baffling case to me. Both the song and the films had nowhere near the cultural impact of the likes of the soundtrack to Frozen & The Lion King and yet it's this that finally is the first Disney soundtrack song to get to number 1, and it doesn't even make sense if you haven't seen the film like a lot of others which somehow didn't hold it back and it left almost as quickly as it came. It'll be a strange one to look back on, but a very fun song and the sort of chart oddity that I really love

'We Don't Talk About Bruno' topping the chart for 7 weeks was an absurdly brilliant moment in time for me :cheeseblock: the latin flavours of the soundtrack were a breath of fresh air in the chart

'Bruno' I liked then went off quick but by the time the end of year came I liked again so up and down for me whereas the other two Encanto hits never grew off me. Still was cool to see a Disney soundtrack top the chart though.

 

I quite like 'abcdefu' as well but was never a huge fave of mine either!

I feel like 'What was the first Disney film to spawn a #1 single' will now be a quiz question that will fool future contestants. If I wasn't an avid chart follower i'd probably guess The Lion King or Frozen to that. :lol:

something something technically it's Lilo & Stitch something something

I did consider excluding Adele, WHam & Mariah since they'd all been #1 previosuly, but in the end i decided to keep them since its the rank of the 2022 #1s and they all were #1s in 2022! thanks to all of you following along so far!

#08: Buzzjack’s rank of the 2022 #1s

 

Sam Smith and Kim Petras

Unholy

 

 

2nd single from Gloria

Released: 22nd September 2022

Label: Capitol Records UK / EMI

 

Chart Statistics

 

NE (06/10/2022) | 1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-2-16-37-46-45-59-...

 

POINTS: 354

Highest: +14 [~1^∞]

Lowest: 0 [PeteFromLeeds]

 

 

We're Halfway through so heres a rundown + whats to come:

 

#15: L*dbaby - Food Aid [24 Points]

#14: Dave - Starlight [280 Points]

#13: Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me [298 Points]

#12: GAYLE - abcdefu [304 Points]

#11: Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You [322 Points]

#10: Cast of Disney's Encanto - We Don't Talk About Bruno [329 Points]

#09: Wham! - Last Christmas [349 Points]

#08: Sam Smith & Kim Petras - Unholy [354 Points]

 

Still to come:

Adele - Easy On Me

David Guetta & Bebe Rexha - I'm Good (Blue)

Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal - BOTA

Harry Styles - As It Was

Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill

LF SYSTEM - Afraid To Feel

Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero

Unholy was surprisingly interesting. Might be my favourite Sam #1 aside from La La La actually.

I can see why it's divisive but I really like 'Unholy', it's great that something so bold blew up so much. As for the rest of this Sam era from what I have heard so far though...

From everything i've heard from the album, they picked the best track by several country miles for the lead single.

'Unholy' was such a surprisingly great single from Sam, their best for a long time. I'm surprised it's finished mid-table in this rundown, I feel like it was really well-received on Buzzjack.

#07: Buzzjack’s rank of the 2022 #1s

 

David Guetta and Bebe Rexha

I'm Good (Blue)

 

 

Non-album single

Released: 26th August 2022

Label: Warner Music UK

 

Chart Statistics

 

NE (08/09/2022) | 7-2-2-1-2-2-2-2-5-16-19-13-16-25-51-54-55-76-...

 

POINTS: 397

Highest: +14 [8 votes]

Lowest: 0 [brer, rio309]

 

Overrated average dance. I did try to like it as I had liked songs by both the acts in the past.

8 top scores for I’m Not Very Good :o . I did fear it might be as high as 5th though.

 

I have to admit it is catchy but in a very lazy way - I feel disappointed in myself if I find I’m bopping to it. :lol:

 

Also I’ve said this before but if Lewis’s CD dump for Forget Me had just been delayed very slightly it might have peaked at #2 for 7 weeks instead.

Edited January 30, 20232 yr by JulianT