Posted July 6, 20231 yr 2nd July 2023 It's a 3rd number one for Sparks, 49 years on from their first, and they have 4 tracks on the chart with new album track take Me For A Ride, orchestra and blistering guitar on top, and new entry of Shopping Mall Of Love at 100 - it dates from 1986 and showcases main songwriter Ron Mael on vocals, an extreme rarity, and one they have been singing on their current tour. Needless to say, no Act has a longer chart span with new number ones on my personal charts. They take the crown back from ABBA who took it off Sparks in 2021. It was Glastonbury last week, and headliner Elton John bade his touring life in the UK farewell with a greatest hits set that pushed his back catalogue into the charts, especially the sales charts, so that gives me an opportunity to re-chart 3 of them that havent made my charts since hitting my number one slot in the 70's, led by the smooth Philly sounds of Philadelphia Freedom at 2, from 1975, Benny & The Jet from 1974 (both also US chart-toppers) at 98, and Pinball Wizard from 1976 at 95. Biggest climbers are Idina Menzel at 20 from 70 with Move, and Tears For Fears up from 95 to 28 with End Of Night. Plus Belinda Carlisle and Alison Goldfrapp both shooting up fast. Jubel and Mae Muller both return with new tracks, as does Albin Lee Meldau, while Simple Minds keep on extending their run with the latest single off the new album, Solstice Kiss making it easily 41 years of chart entries. Blur are back in rock mode and a second on the list, Shaggy and Rayvon guest on a revamp of Rupert Holmes Pina Colada Song from 1979 and get their first entry together in over 21 years, Shaggy now on 30 years of chart entries, and sneaking in at 99 local band Slowave debut with Medicine. Think a little bit Linkin Park, for this track, amongst their varied output and occasional plays on Radio 1 and local radio. My mate's son-in-law is the lead singer and co-creator, but don't let that make you think I may be biased. I am. They're good. 1 3 1 6 TAKE ME FOR A RIDE - Sparks 490800 2 NEW 2 1 PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM - Elton John Band 115000 3 1 1 6 SANITY - Belinda Carlisle 440400 4 2 1 8 PROMISE - Voyager 793300 5 5 5 7 PADAM PADAM - Kylie Minogue 242400 6 6 6 4 RUNNING WILD - Wiguez, Vizzen & Maestro Chives 175600 7 7 7 4 BLOODSTREAM - LOWES 157000 8 4 4 9 HERO - Alan Walker featuring Sasha Alex Sloan 302700 9 11 9 2 INNER SMILE - Texas 82000 10 8 8 7 UNHEALTHY - Anne-Marie featuring Shania Twain 189100 11 10 10 6 COOL FOR THE SUMMER (ROCK VERSION) - Demi Lovato 128000 12 12 12 7 MELTDOWN - Niall Horan 179600 13 9 1 17 JADED - Miley Cyrus 1199200 14 14 2 11 SATELLITE - Bebe Rexha & Snoop Dogg 659000 15 15 6 11 HOLD ME LIKE A GRUDGE - Fall Out Boy 313800 16 21 16 6 RIVER DEEP MOUNTAIN HIGH - Ike & Tina Turner 129750 17 19 17 7 THE NARCISSIST - Blur 85600 18 16 12 9 LOVING YOU - The Cannons 247750 19 20 19 9 SATELLITE - Harry Styles 157550 20 70 20 3 MOVE - Idina Menzel 28000 21 18 2 4 BURN - Pet Shop Boys 221750 22 13 13 11 HELLO STRANGER - Barbara Lewis 228600 23 17 17 8 WHO THE HELL IS EDGAR? - Teya & Salena 154450 24 28 24 8 CHA CHA CHA - Kaarija 72200 25 26 25 6 GOLDEN - LP 81350 26 33 26 9 REACT - Switch Disco featuring Ella Henderson & Robert Miles 103900 27 79 27 3 IN ELECTRIC BLUE - Alison Goldfrapp 23900 28 95 28 2 END OF NIGHT - Tears For Fears 19800 29 86 29 3 IF U GO - Belinda Carlisle 22700 30 68 30 4 CAN’T BRING ME DOWN - Bakermat, Toby Gad featuring Nicole Bus 27700 31 32 31 4 SCREAMING HALLELUJAH - Far From Saints 66150 32 37 32 6 DANCE THE NIGHT - Dua Lipa 68300 33 22 7 11 BE MY LOVER - Hypaton & David Guetta featuring La Bouche 339500 34 24 16 9 DNA - Sophie & The Giants featuring MEARSY 181250 35 25 18 10 LET ME DOWN - The Lottery Winners featuring Boy George 135050 36 41 36 4 ASUMBULWE - Esther Chungu 46400 37 29 1 16 TATTOO - Loreen 676650 38 38 38 6 MMMBOP 2.0 - Busted & Hanson 60850 39 42 39 6 THE MONA LISA’S PACKING, LEAVING LATE TONIGHT - Sparks 70800 40 23 23 2 TELL ME THE ANSWER - Texas 36250 41 27 6 16 RIVER - Miley Cyrus 517000 42 49 42 4 FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN - Leif Coffield featuring Wuh Oh 34850 43 30 30 7 KARMA - Taylor Swift 114900 44 44 44 8 BECAUSE OF YOU - Gustaph 73000 45 48 45 9 I’D BE SURPRISINGLY GOOD FOR YOU - Linda Lewis 77500 46 39 3 13 CANDLE FLAME - Jungle featuring Erick The Architect 467750 47 31 31 7 THE UNIVERSE - Roisin Murphy 74100 48 34 34 9 DON’T GET ME WRONG - Matchbox Twenty 108800 49 36 23 10 INNER LIGHT - Elderbrook featuring Bob Moses 142850 50 43 43 7 DIVE - Olivia Dean 62700 51 45 1 6 NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS - Ike & Tina Turner 402500 52 52 52 4 WHAT IF THERE WERE NO SIDES AT ALL - Bryan Adams 39400 53 40 40 10 CITIES IN DUST - Garbage 81350 54 56 54 4 RUN TO YOU - LMC featuring Bryan Adams 32400 55 66 55 4 VOICES - Jake Shears featuring Kylie Minogue 23900 56 89 56 3 STARS - PNAU, Bebe Rexha, Ozuna 14400 57 65 57 6 LET YOUR HAIR DOWN - Simply Red 29600 58 58 58 7 CUPID - Fifty Fifty 40900 59 59 59 4 BAD COMPANY - Purple Disco Machine 34900 60 61 60 4 THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA - Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto featuring Astrud Gilberto 28800 61 35 27 8 EVIDEMENT - La Zarra 115400 62 62 62 3 SUBURBIA - Pet Shop Boys 21800 63 71 63 3 GLORY - Gabriels 14500 64 54 54 6 NOTHING IS AS GOOD AS THEY SAY IT IS - Sparks 38700 65 46 46 9 NO MORE LIES - Thundercat & Tame Impala 64850 66 47 34 7 WHOLE AGAIN - Dadi Freyr 70100 67 77 67 6 PEGASUS - Arlo Parks featuring Phoebe Bridgers 22000 68 72 68 4 HIGH HOPES - Louise 21200 69 69 69 8 MOUNTAIN - Sam Ryder 36600 70 50 36 7 SAY YES TO HEAVEN - Lana Del Ray 58600 71 63 63 8 I USED TO BE IN LOVE - Jake Shears 34600 72 84 72 3 MUSCLE MEMORY - Kamille featuring Nile Rodgers 11600 73 73 73 4 THUNDER RUMBLES - The Cat Empire 17300 74 81 74 7 IT’S OVER, IF WE RUN OUT OF LOVE... - David Holmes featuring Raven Violet 19100 75 93 75 2 SHY BOY - Carly Rae Jepsen 6700 76 67 67 8 SOARELE SI LUNA - Pasha Parfeni 44200 77 57 57 8 RULES - Ian Brown 49800 78 NEW 78 1 NEVER-ENDING SONG - Conan Gray 4400 79 80 79 4 LET THE SUN COME IN - Pretenders 15400 80 85 80 4 BREAK A BROKEN HEART - Andrew Lambrou 10400 81 90 81 6 SHOW ME HOW - Foo Fighters 11300 82 82 82 3 SUMMER SON - Texas 10800 83 83 83 8 LIVE MORE & LOVE MORE - Cat Burns 21300 84 53 17 14 MIRACLE - Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding 224150 85 55 1 15 A LETTER TO MY 21 YEAR OLD SELF - Reverend & The Makers 748300 86 NEW 86 1 TRIPLE A - Jubel featuring NLE Choppa 2800 87 60 1 20 HEAVEN - Niall Horan 1137400 88 NEW 88 1 ME MYSELF & I - Mae Muller 2400 89 91 89 3 DOMINOES - Jungle 5300 90 97 90 2 RUNAWAY - OneRepublic 3300 91 NEW 91 1 WHEN YOU’RE HERE - Albin Lee Meldau 1900 92 NEW 92 1 SOLSTICE KISS - Simple Minds 1800 93 99 93 2 DON’T GET ME WRONG - Pretenders 2800 94 NEW 94 1 ST. CHARLES SQUARE - Blur 1600 95 NEW 95 1 PINBALL WIZARD - Elton John 1500 96 100 96 2 BLACK EYED BOY - Texas 2400 97 NEW 97 1 IF YOU LIKE PINA COLADAS - DJ Cassidy & Shaggy featuring Rayvon 1300 98 NEW 98 1 BENNIE AND THE JETS - Elton John 1200 99 NEW 99 1 MEDICINE - Slowave 1100 100 NEW 100 1 SHOPPING MALL OF LOVE - Sparks 1000 DROP OUTS 51 40 6 PRAISING YOU - Rita Ora and Fatboy Slim 64000 64 26 8 RODEO - Bimini 115900 74 11 10 JEALOUSY - Kaiser Chiefs 226650 75 9 10 COUNCIL SKIES - Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 218100 76 73 6 LET GO - Tom Speight 21200 78 1 20 GHOSTS AGAIN - Depeche Mode 880650 87 87 5 IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY - Sparks 10400 88 63 7 SOLO - Blanka 36800 92 5 17 RAINCATCHERS - Birdy 492100 94 94 2 DUE VITE - Marco Mengoni 2700 96 96 3 QUEEN OF KINGS - Alessandra 3900 98 98 2 HEART OF STEEL - Tvorchi 2200
July 6, 20231 yr Hi there John! Nice to see "Shy Boy" gain huge and the debuts for "Triple A", "St. Charles Square" and "Bennie and the Jets". Great chart! Take care.
July 7, 20231 yr Hey John! Ooo Kylie holding at #5 still! I am shocked! I really am. Hopefully it hangs around for a while! Cupid surprisingly not climbing any higher than #58 :o I am disgusted 😝 hopefully it can climb soon. Shy boy is awful. Well, not awful but it's definitely not a Carly banger. I'm longing for her massive Carly bops at this point. Live more and love more is finally entering my chart next week. It's not bad and I certainly feel it's just as good as Go. I'm surprised it didn't do anything. Nice chart John! ^_^
July 9, 20231 yr Hey John, I like The Sparks, oldie from Elton John + Kylie :heart: and Anne-Marie/Shania Twain :cheer: Switch Disco, Bakermat and Tears For Fears Top 30 :yahoo: Best new entries bubbling under : Mae Muller and Conan Gray + all the other Elton John tracks :dance:
July 9, 20231 yr Great to see new peak positions for Harry Styles, Leif Coffield, Carly Rae Jepsen, Andrew Lambrou and One Republic :D Also good to see new debuts from Conan Gray and DJ Cassidy :D
July 13, 20231 yr Author Hi there John! Nice to see "Shy Boy" gain huge and the debuts for "Triple A", "St. Charles Square" and "Bennie and the Jets". Great chart! Take care. Hi Sergej! Thanks for the pics and hope all is fab with you :)
July 13, 20231 yr Author Hey John! Ooo Kylie holding at #5 still! I am shocked! I really am. Hopefully it hangs around for a while! Cupid surprisingly not climbing any higher than #58 :o I am disgusted 😝 hopefully it can climb soon. Shy boy is awful. Well, not awful but it's definitely not a Carly banger. I'm longing for her massive Carly bops at this point. Live more and love more is finally entering my chart next week. It's not bad and I certainly feel it's just as good as Go. I'm surprised it didn't do anything. Nice chart John! ^_^ Hey James! I think you read my mind again - this time with Kylie getting to the top (see my new chart - I wasn't expecting it, but there you go, she got there) :lol: Cupid still sounds fun, I'm not tired of it. Shy Boy is def not typical Carly, I think that's why I like it, I like to be surprised. Boo! OK not that sort of surprise :lol: Cat Burns is consistently sweet and wistful but it seems nobody wants that, so glad you like it! Thanks for the comments! B-)
July 13, 20231 yr Author Hey John, I like The Sparks, oldie from Elton John + Kylie :heart: and Anne-Marie/Shania Twain :cheer: Switch Disco, Bakermat and Tears For Fears Top 30 :yahoo: Best new entries bubbling under : Mae Muller and Conan Gray + all the other Elton John tracks :dance: Hey Sven! :) Thanks for the picks, glad you like Sparks, Elton and Kylie :yahoo: Tears Fior Fears too, love that one so classic 80's TFF-sounding cheers! B-)
July 13, 20231 yr Author Interesting new entries! So long Elton John :( Hi Uhsting thanks, and yes old Elton tour no more, glad I saw him back in 1988-ish though before his voice went :dance:
July 13, 20231 yr Author Great to see new peak positions for Harry Styles, Leif Coffield, Carly Rae Jepsen, Andrew Lambrou and One Republic :D Also good to see new debuts from Conan Gray and DJ Cassidy :D Hi SSP! :) , thanks for the picks! B-)
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