5th March 2023

 

Sorry for the late chart yet again, tennis injury, fell over hard, right hand damage, balloon-sized, fingers like the claw from Toy Story 2. "The claw...!" all stiff and bent, hey ho! No bones broken.

 

It's 2 weeks on top for Linda Ronstadt's yearning Long, Long Time feature from The Last Of Us as a TV repeat of Dusty's career helps keep her at 2. When it comes to actual singers, as opposed to songwriters, Dusty remains my all-time fave. A perfectionist inspired by Black American soul singers that she aspired to be as good as (but never felt she was). Dusty, as the fab Madeline Bell pointed out - no slouch herself in the vocal department - had soul, it's a quality not a colour.

 

Niall Horan gets a 2nd top 10 with his fab Heaven, and highest new entry is a terrific dance stomper from Kaleena Zanders and Shift K3y at 9, with Kelly from Stereophonics also adding to his top 10's under the Far From Saints guise. Thomas Rhett takes Doris Day into the 20 with a 70 year-old song and sample (more or less), the sweet Simple As A Song, and Birdy is back with a Kate Bush-inspired new track called Raincatchers, but fans of Cloudbusting might notice the tribute. Utah Saints previously topped my charts with Something Good, also Kate-inspired.

 

Pulp chart 2 early-ish Pulp minor hits following the sad death of Steve Mackey, who contributed a good deal to their sound and was a top chap according to everyone: Do You Remember The First Time and Babies come back as they weren't big chart hits for me at the time. Ellie Goulding makes it 2 on the chart as Like A Saviour joins All By Myself, and the rest of the new entries are all chart debuting acts, bar Sparks, who drop new single The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte. I highly recommend the Netflix Edgar Wright documentary The Sparks Brothers. Watch, and marvel at a unique influential career, and their 49-years of charting since I rushed out to buy This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us.

 

 

1 1 1 5 LONG, LONG TIME - Linda Ronstadt 372100

2 2 1 4 A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME - Dusty Springfield & Burt Bacharach 460000

3 3 1 7 BORROWED TIME - Rick and Morty & Tennis 880000

4 4 3 7 THAT AIN’T RIGHT - Eloise Viola 451000

5 5 5 7 GOOD TO YOU - RHODES 293000

6 8 6 4 GHOSTS AGAIN - Depeche Mode 126800

7 33 7 3 HEAVEN - Niall Horan 78700

8 9 8 6 UNTIL I FOUND YOU - Stephen Sanchez 148500

9 NEW 9 1 VIBRATION - Kaleena Zanders & Shift K3y 45000

10 19 10 4 LET’S TURN THIS THING AROUND - Far From Saints 86600

 

11 6 6 8 FREE (DO WHAT U WANT) - Pete Tong, Ultra Nate, LP Giobbi & Jules Buckley 225100

12 16 12 7 MANCHESTER - Kishi Bashi 133300

13 10 4 6 WOMAN - Lady Blackbird 237500

14 18 14 4 PEARLS - Jessie Ware 74000

15 15 15 7 EIGHT MILES HIGH - The Byrds 155600

16 17 16 5 THAT BOY ON THE STAGE - Suede 77000

17 11 1 18 RELEASE - 220 KID & ASDIS 1437800

18 12 10 7 CAN’T STAY AWAY - Darin 186600

19 25 19 4 SILENT RUNNING - Gorillaz featuring Adeleye Omotaye 68850

20 59 20 3 SIMPLE AS A SONG - Thomas Rhett featuring Doris Day 37100

 

21 7 5 8 NOORIE - Bally Sagoo 289500

22 13 13 8 FLOWERS - Miley Cyrus 163950

23 30 23 5 TOO MUCH MUSIC - Jake Shears 76300

24 21 1 18 I’M A MESS - Avril Lavigne with YUNGBLUD 835650

25 29 25 6 TRUSTFALL - P!nk 90100

26 NEW 26 1 RAINCATCHERS - Birdy 18500

27 14 5 8 10:35 - Tiesto & Tate McRae 304400

28 38 28 6 DEEP IN VOGUE - RHYME SO featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor 63100

29 23 5 13 HIGH - Reverend & The Makers 411250

30 22 4 7 DOWN BY THE RIVER ‘O’ - The Levellers 299500

 

31 24 24 7 DIGGING DEEPER - Alison Goldfrapp & Claptone 110150

32 48 32 5 WHEN YOU KNOW - Cheat Codes & Matt Stell 53100

33 20 20 8 GIDDY UP! - Shania Twain 144200

34 40 34 4 TODAY - Sugababes 50600

35 49 35 6 FOREVER FORGET - Lucia & The Best Boys 58900

36 26 26 7 GONNA BE YOU - Dolly Parton, Belinda Carlisle & Cyndi Lauper featuring Gloria Estefan & Debbie Harry 107700

37 43 37 4 EYE KNOW - De La Soul featuring Otis Redding & Steely Dan 52800

38 52 38 2 YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE - Candi Staton 28700 802300

39 73 39 2 THE PROMISE - When In Rome 22500

40 60 40 2 SAN DAMIANO (HEART AND SOUL) - Sal Solo 27000

 

41 34 1 18 NEVER GONNA NOT DANCE AGAIN - P!nk 899500

42 42 42 7 MR. TAMBOURINE MAN - The Byrds 74850

43 37 1 24 DAYDREAMING - Harry Styles 1064800

44 36 1 22 ALL BY MYSELF - Alok, Sigala & Ellie Goulding 1177050

45 27 9 15 PEOPLE PLEASER - Cat Burns 330400

46 46 46 5 ILYAF (I LOVE YOU ALWAYS FOREVER) - Donna Lewis & Digital Farm Animals 53500

47 41 4 19 SUMMER OF ‘42 - Kishi Bashi 627000

48 NEW 48 1 DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME - Pulp 12300

49 28 8 17 MISS YOU - Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz 387200

50 31 8 13 BACK TO YOU - Lost Frequencies, Elley Duhe & X Ambassadors 279100

 

51 32 13 9 EASY TO LOVE - Armin van Buuren & Matoma featuring Teddy Swims 171300

52 35 10 15 GOLDEN HOUR - JVKE 297400

53 NEW 53 1 GAME OF LOVE - LOWES 11250

54 58 54 2 BREAKING THE CIRCLE (SUDLOW RADIO MIX) - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 21200

55 NEW 55 1 LIKE A SAVIOUR - Ellie Goulding 10800

56 68 56 3 FEVER - Alison Goldfrapp & Paul Woolford 22800

57 47 1 21 WOLF - Yeah Yeah Yeahs 1004750

58 62 58 3 I FEEL LIKE DANCING - Jason Mraz 23800

59 39 33 7 BELIEVE IN ME - Richard Marx 98700

60 50 1 20 LIONHEART (FEARLESS) - Joel Corry & Tom Grennan 992850

 

61 67 61 2 NIGHTSHIFT - Bruce Springsteen 14100

62 54 5 16 HOW 2 DANCE - Kaiser Chiefs 426250

63 NEW 63 1 I DON’T MIND - Georgia Twinn 7200

64 NEW 64 1 THE GIRL IS CRYING IN HER LATTE - Sparks 7100

65 70 65 3 CAUTION TO THE WIND - Everything But The Girl 18600

66 51 28 7 GOLD - Loi 90200

67 NEW 67 1 PARTY - Planet 1999 6600

68 53 37 8 GEORGIA - Thomas Headon 100150

69 NEW 69 1 ALL MINE - D.O.D. 6200

70 71 70 3 JOLENE - Olivia Newton-John featuring Dolly Parton 17000

 

71 NEW 71 1 HARD DAYS LOVE - Lily Moore 5800

72 NEW 72 1 LIKE A RIVER - Frederico & Tiffany Aris 5600

73 55 7 16 YOU CAN FIND IT HERE - The Fizz 425650

74 NEW 74 1 BABIES - Pulp 5200

75 75 1 34 ELOISE - Barry Ryan 677250

 

DROP OUTS

44 44 3 LIVING IN THE PAST (HOME DEMO) - Pet Shop Boys 39500

45 20 18 HERE THERE AND EVERYWHERE - The Beatles 245850

56 2 17 GONE WITH THE WIND IS MY LOVE - Rita & The Tiaras 521250

57 4 14 RANDOMIZE - Otto Knows & Alex Aris 332300

61 33 18 LAVENDER HAZE - Taylor Swift 217950

63 17 8 DIFFERENT DRUM - PP Arnold 128600

64 40 7 NOBODY HAS TO KNOW - The Webb Brothers 70150

65 2 11 SENSE - The Lightning Seeds featuring Terry Hall 349800 670250

66 1 21 LITTLE DOES SHE KNOW - The Kursaal Flyers 647500

72 27 8 100% PURE LOVE - Years & Years 113200

74 50 8 HEART LIKE A TRUCK - Lainey Wilson 69050

74 74 1 RENT (LIVE ON RADIO 2) - Jake Shears featuring Neil Tennant & BBC Concert Orchestra 5200

Raincatchers :cheer: :cheer: Hard Days Love is also another good choice too :wub:

Great to see new peak positions for Depeche Mode, Niall Horan, Stephen Sanchez, Gorillaz, Pink and When In Rome :D

 

Also good seeing a new entry from Ellie Goulding :D

Hi John!

Nice to see "Heaven" reach the top 10, the big gain for "The Promise" and the debuts for "Vibration", "Game Of Love", "Like A Saviour", "All Mine" and "Like A River".

Great chart!

Hello John! Hole you're well!

 

Ghosts again is doing very well here :cheer: absolutely love it though.

I don't mind heaven per se. It's an alright song. I feel he's chasing Harry though.

Trustfall continuing to climb :wub: that makes me very very happy. It's honestly one of her best efforts.

Raincatchers is a great song from Birdy. Can't fault her with this one. I absolutely adored her when she first burst onto the music scene.

I've never heard it but this song title made my head spin. - the girl is crying in her latte 🤣🤣 like what is that?

 

Fab chart John!

Raincatchers :cheer: :cheer: Hard Days Love is also another good choice too :wub:

 

Thanks Uhsting! :) , glad you like those tracks! Raincatchers is very Kate Bush.... :cheer:

Great to see new peak positions for Depeche Mode, Niall Horan, Stephen Sanchez, Gorillaz, Pink and When In Rome :D

 

Also good seeing a new entry from Ellie Goulding :D

 

Hi SSP! :)

 

Thanks for the picks! :dance:

 

cheers! B-)

Hi John!

Nice to see "Heaven" reach the top 10, the big gain for "The Promise" and the debuts for "Vibration", "Game Of Love", "Like A Saviour", "All Mine" and "Like A River".

Great chart!

 

Hi Sergej! :)

 

thanks for the picks! B-)

Hello John! Hole you're well!

 

Ghosts again is doing very well here :cheer: absolutely love it though.

I don't mind heaven per se. It's an alright song. I feel he's chasing Harry though.

Trustfall continuing to climb :wub: that makes me very very happy. It's honestly one of her best efforts.

Raincatchers is a great song from Birdy. Can't fault her with this one. I absolutely adored her when she first burst onto the music scene.

I've never heard it but this song title made my head spin. - the girl is crying in her latte 🤣🤣 like what is that?

 

Fab chart John!

 

Hey James! :) My hand is getting more movement back thanks :cheer: :)

 

Ghosts Again is good yes, and I can see what you mean about Heaven moving towards Harry's style, but it's goodie anyway :)

 

Sorry, bad news, Trustfall has peaked for me (barring a comeback!) - but I still like it!

 

I also liked Birdy when she came out, she's got more interesting as she's gone on. Sparks songs are usually mad titles, and the records are equally quirky, I was 16 when I fell in love with them and they are still going in their 70's! :lol: :yahoo: