Posted September 24, 20231 yr 24th September 2023 It's all about the 80's this week as Department S finally get their 42-year-old Indie classic onto the top spot, having gone top 10 first time round, despite failing to go top 20 in the UK. The late Vaughan Toulouse and friends created an influential gem with Is Vic There. Johnny Marr will definitely have been watching and taking notice. It's quite the week for 80's acts returning, Duran Duran grab a second track off their new album at 73 - Black Moonlight - as do Tears For Fears off theirs, with Rivers Of Mercy at 72. OMD are back after a break of 4 years with Slow Train at 74, re-using the Sailing On The Seven Seas rhythm and not much else. That's a 43-year span of hits, including 3 number ones in the 80's, 3 in the 90's, 1 in the 10's, and a revived 80's classic also in the 10's. Bizarrely, they were inactive in the 00's, too much Atomic Kitten going on. The 70's are also in vogue as The Babys 1978 chart-topper returns, Isn't It Time was a goodie that never became a big UK hit, while top new track is a cover of 4-Non Blondes 1992 hit What's Up, featuring Linda Perry (singer & writer) but it's mainly Dolly Parton doing one of her best vocal performances in recent years, and that'll be 47-years-worth of charting since Jolene. But that's nothing. 60's veterans The Rolling Stones are back for the first time in 3 years and they are Angry, not sure why as they now have the longest chart-span with new material of any act, at 54 years since Honky Tonk Women went top 5. They've only ever topped my chart with oldies (Satisfaction and Paint It, Black) so blatantly obviously they would have been charting for me even longer than Micky Dolenz at 58 years, had I started a few years earlier. Kylie meanwhile gets a first track off the new album sneaking in at 68, the 4th track to chart, and Tension shoots up to 24. That leaves a surprise drop from Take That, Windows at 67. It's happily nothing to do with Microsoft, or as they should be called MicroCloud Stitch-up to get anything to work without flashing a debit card. That means 31 years of charting for Gazza, Howard & Mark, including 3 number ones. 1 NEW 1 1 IS VIC THERE? - Department S 170000 2 1 1 3 SOMETHING ON MY MIND - Purple Disco Machine x Duke Dumont x Nothing But Thieves 297000 3 2 1 5 YOUR SIDE OF TOWN - The Killers 400750 4 3 1 7 BE MORE - Stephen Sanchez 557500 5 15 5 3 GIMME LOVE - SIA 93000 6 10 6 5 FUNNY KIND OF LONELY - Idina Menzel 185000 7 5 3 10 I BETTER LOVE YOU - Will Heard 477800 8 9 8 4 RED WINE SUPERNOVA - Chappell Roan 105000 9 4 4 6 BURNING CASTLES - Lucia & The Best Boys 186050 10 6 5 6 BACK TO YOUR HEART - Delta Goodrem 239800 11 7 7 5 BEYOND THE UNIVERSE - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 127400 12 11 1 11 NEW YORK TRANSIT QUEEN - Corinne Bailey Rae 1074200 13 8 1 9 VAMPIRE - Olivia Rodrigo 655200 14 13 8 6 LOOK FOR THE LIGHT - Only Murders In The Building Cast featuring Meryl Streep & Ashley Parks 157200 15 12 5 5 DANSE MACABRE - Duran Duran 191000 16 17 16 4 CARE ABOUT ME - Anish Kumar 58400 17 20 17 5 WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? - Agnetha Faltskog 77600 18 14 10 9 WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? - Billie Eilish 258600 19 16 9 7 OPEN THE DOOR, SEE WHAT YOU FIND - Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 220600 20 23 20 10 POPULAR - The Weeknd, Madonna & Playboi Carti 123950 21 21 17 6 SYSTEMATIC OVERLOAD - Beverley Knight 101500 22 19 1 14 END OF NIGHT - Tears For Fears 727300 23 18 1 13 SOLSTICE KISS - Simple Minds featuring Sarah Brown 745650 24 63 24 4 TENSION - Kylie Minogue 34000 25 24 7 10 KEEP ON TALKING - Texas 296650 26 26 15 7 IDAHO - The Hoosiers 125400 27 22 18 9 RUSH - Troye Sivan 133400 28 28 25 10 MERCY - The Blessed Madonna featuring Jacob Lusk & Gabriels 152900 29 39 29 7 BACK ON 74 - Jungle 74200 30 25 3 11 STAINS - Salt Ashes 426150 31 27 11 7 PARADISE CALLING - Birdy 162850 32 36 32 5 TRICK OF THE LIGHT - Tom Speight 66400 33 46 33 3 PARALYSED - Her Majesti 34650 34 29 25 7 HEAVEN - Cian Ducrot 100650 35 37 35 5 SINGLE SOON - Selena Gomez 59700 36 31 2 7 SILENCE (TIESTO IN SEARCH OF SUNRISE EXTENDED REMIX) - Delerium featuring Sarah MacLachlan 367800 37 48 37 5 LOVE INVENTION - Alison Goldfrapp 45400 38 45 38 7 RAY OF SOLAR - Swedish House Mafia 73100 39 49 39 6 HANDS OFF MY MONEY - YONAKA 57200 40 47 40 7 SO MUCH IN LOVE - D.O.D. 67300 41 34 7 10 CASTLES - Punctual featuring World’s First Cinema 244200 42 32 5 11 ENDLESS SUMMER - Alan Walker & Zak Abel 362600 43 38 1 18 SANITY - Belinda Carlisle 855300 44 59 44 6 THE ROPE - Semisonic 44450 45 67 45 4 ALIVE - The Scarlet Opera 26800 46 33 33 5 USED TO BE YOUNG - Miley Cyrus 83150 47 50 47 6 THESE ARE THE DAYS - S Club 50700 48 NEW 48 1 ISN’T IT TIME? - The Babys 12300 49 30 30 7 DOG DAYS ARE OVER - Florence + The Machine 69500 50 35 35 9 BESIDE YOU - James Blunt 90600 51 55 51 5 RIOT - Grace Carter 41250 52 66 52 3 DOWN TO ONE - Bright Light Bright Light 21700 53 40 40 7 SANDSTORM - Darude 97000 54 56 54 5 NEVER GONNA STOP - Rick Astley 40600 55 41 28 10 BABY I JUST DON’T - Lady Blackbird 129200 56 44 9 12 BANG BANG! (MY NEURODIVERGENT ANTHEM) - Galantis 260750 57 60 57 7 NEVER LET YOU DOWN - Aloe Blacc & Gentleman 55500 58 52 3 15 IF U GO - Belinda Carlisle 432550 59 69 59 4 AT YOUR WORST - Callum Scott 25300 60 68 60 4 KEEP GOING UP - Timbaland x Nelly Furtado x Justin Timberlake 24200 61 57 1 20 PROMISE - Voyager 1040550 62 NEW 62 1 WHAT’S UP? - Dolly Parton featuring Linda Perry 7400 63 43 36 10 ITALODISCO - The Kolors 128100 64 71 64 2 THE FOUR HORSEMEN - Isolde Lasoen 12900 65 73 65 2 DURHAM TOWN (THE LEAVIN’) - Roger Whittaker 12400 66 72 66 3 YOU KNEW - Roisin Murphy 15600 67 NEW 67 1 WINDOWS - Take That 6600 68 NEW 68 1 HOLD ON TO NOW - Kylie Minogue 6400 69 75 69 2 BAD IDEA, RIGHT? - Olivia Rodrigo 11200 70 NEW 70 1 ANGRY - The Rolling Stones 6000 71 74 71 3 SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE - Micky Dolenz 14000 72 NEW 72 1 RIVERS OF MERCY - Tears For Fears 5600 73 NEW 73 1 BLACK MOONLIGHT - Duran Duran 5400 74 NEW 74 1 SLOW TRAIN - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 5200 75 NEW 75 1 PARADISE - Idina Menzel featuring Nile Rodgers 5000 DROP OUTS 42 16 10 CRUEL SUMMER (3AM MIX) - Bananarama 148950 51 8 12 ME MYSELF & I - Mae Muller 280800 53 27 8 SLAY - Bonnie McKee 101700 54 19 9 DJ TURN IT UP - Dimension 142650 58 39 9 DE SELBY (PART 2) - Hozier 89850 61 30 9 DON’T THINK TWICE - Rita Ora 98000 62 40 8 HIGH IN BRIGHTON - FIZZ 66700 64 16 12 NEVER-ENDING SONG - Conan Gray 190700 65 20 12 IF YOU LIKE PINA COLADAS - DJ Cassidy & Shaggy featuring Rayvon 147250 70 70 5 ZINDA BANDA - Anirudh Ravichander & Irshad Kamil 22600
September 26, 20231 yr Hey John! :hi: I'm a happy to see your side of town continuing to do well. It's fab. Massive climb for Tension. Speaking of which, the album is one of the best most cohesive numbers in her entire catalogue. Single soon can hopefully keep climbing for the time being but I really wouldn't mind heating what she's got in store for us next. I was quite dissapointed when I heard windows. I was hoping for something that sounded a little more like their comeback in 2009. Nice chart ^_^
September 26, 20231 yr Hey John! Nice to see "Gimme Love" in the top 5 and the big gains for "Tension" and "Back On 74". Great chart! Take care.
September 30, 20231 yr Hey John, Purple Disco Machine, The Killers, Sanchez and Sia all Top 10 :cheer: Agnetha up in the Top 20 :heart: , Kylie Minogue Top 30, Swdish House Mafia and D.O.D. Top 40 :dance: Best new entries bubbling under ; Take That, Kylie and the Rolling Stones :heart: + Duran Duran, Tears For Fears and OMD + oldie from The Babys :w00t:
October 1, 20231 yr Hi John. Are you in Spain yet? No holiday for me sadly, although I do have a desperately needed and well deserved week off in a couple of weeks. Just two more weeks of pure evil to deal with and then I'm free :lol: Anyway, as ever, my faves: 1 NEW 1 1 IS VIC THERE? - Department S 170000 congrats on qualifying! Hope this does well for you 2 1 1 3 SOMETHING ON MY MIND - Purple Disco Machine x Duke Dumont x Nothing But Thieves 297000 3 2 1 5 YOUR SIDE OF TOWN - The Killers 400750 4 3 1 7 BE MORE - Stephen Sanchez 557500 6 10 6 5 FUNNY KIND OF LONELY - Idina Menzel 185000 8 9 8 4 RED WINE SUPERNOVA - Chappell Roan 105000 9 4 4 6 BURNING CASTLES - Lucia & The Best Boys 186050 10 6 5 6 BACK TO YOUR HEART - Delta Goodrem 239800 11 7 7 5 BEYOND THE UNIVERSE - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 127400 12 11 1 11 NEW YORK TRANSIT QUEEN - Corinne Bailey Rae 1074200 13 8 1 9 VAMPIRE - Olivia Rodrigo 655200 15 12 5 5 DANSE MACABRE - Duran Duran 191000 17 20 17 5 WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? - Agnetha Faltskog 77600 ah, no longer a snap! I'm afraid :lol: 18 14 10 9 WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? - Billie Eilish 258600 19 16 9 7 OPEN THE DOOR, SEE WHAT YOU FIND - Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 220600 20 23 20 10 POPULAR - The Weeknd, Madonna & Playboi Carti 123950 21 21 17 6 SYSTEMATIC OVERLOAD - Beverley Knight 101500 22 19 1 14 END OF NIGHT - Tears For Fears 727300 24 63 24 4 TENSION - Kylie Minogue 34000 ooh a big climb! 25 24 7 10 KEEP ON TALKING - Texas 296650 27 22 18 9 RUSH - Troye Sivan 133400 29 39 29 7 BACK ON 74 - Jungle 74200 :cheer: 30 25 3 11 STAINS - Salt Ashes 426150 31 27 11 7 PARADISE CALLING - Birdy 162850 33 46 33 3 PARALYSED - Her Majesti 34650 :cheer: 34 29 25 7 HEAVEN - Cian Ducrot 100650 35 37 35 5 SINGLE SOON - Selena Gomez 59700 36 31 2 7 SILENCE (TIESTO IN SEARCH OF SUNRISE EXTENDED REMIX) - Delerium featuring Sarah MacLachlan 367800 38 45 38 7 RAY OF SOLAR - Swedish House Mafia 73100 40 47 40 7 SO MUCH IN LOVE - D.O.D. 67300 41 34 7 10 CASTLES - Punctual featuring World’s First Cinema 244200 42 32 5 11 ENDLESS SUMMER - Alan Walker & Zak Abel 362600 43 38 1 18 SANITY - Belinda Carlisle 855300 45 67 45 4 ALIVE - The Scarlet Opera 26800 46 33 33 5 USED TO BE YOUNG - Miley Cyrus 83150 47 50 47 6 THESE ARE THE DAYS - S Club 50700 48 NEW 48 1 ISN’T IT TIME? - The Babys 12300 49 30 30 7 DOG DAYS ARE OVER - Florence + The Machine 69500 50 35 35 9 BESIDE YOU - James Blunt 90600 53 40 40 7 SANDSTORM - Darude 97000 54 56 54 5 NEVER GONNA STOP - Rick Astley 40600 56 44 9 12 BANG BANG! (MY NEURODIVERGENT ANTHEM) - Galantis 260750 58 52 3 15 IF U GO - Belinda Carlisle 432550 59 69 59 4 AT YOUR WORST - Callum Scott 25300 60 68 60 4 KEEP GOING UP - Timbaland x Nelly Furtado x Justin Timberlake 24200 61 57 1 20 PROMISE - Voyager 1040550 62 NEW 62 1 WHAT’S UP? - Dolly Parton featuring Linda Perry 7400 controversial opinion here - I've never been a fan of any version :o 63 43 36 10 ITALODISCO - The Kolors 128100 67 NEW 67 1 WINDOWS - Take That 6600 68 NEW 68 1 HOLD ON TO NOW - Kylie Minogue 6400 :heart: 69 75 69 2 BAD IDEA, RIGHT? - Olivia Rodrigo 11200 70 NEW 70 1 ANGRY - The Rolling Stones 6000 72 NEW 72 1 RIVERS OF MERCY - Tears For Fears 5600 73 NEW 73 1 BLACK MOONLIGHT - Duran Duran 5400 Fantastic chart as always :wub:
October 1, 20231 yr Great to see new peak positions for Agnetha Faltskog, The Weeknd, Kylie Minogue, Semisonic and Timbaland :D
October 3, 20231 yr Hey John. Fab to see both my last two entries top 10 again for you this week :yahoo: 'Is Vic There?' is a great oldie. I wasn't sure I was going to give it 18 until the last minute though as I had no concrete top pick out of 4 or 5 songs in my Votes. All were equally fab. Nice to have a 18 swap though :dance: it is a funny and catchy track though and I thought the guys voice sounded very David Bowie in some way too which helped. Also showed it to my friends at the bowling alley on Sunday which also will have contributed. A good one for memes :lol: I see Stephen Sanchez is back in the chart update with 'Until I Found You'. Wasn't too mad on 'Evangeline' but I should perhaps give this one a listen as it's on my Spotify ads a bit atm! Great stuff!
October 9, 20231 yr Author Hey John! :hi: I'm a happy to see your side of town continuing to do well. It's fab. Massive climb for Tension. Speaking of which, the album is one of the best most cohesive numbers in her entire catalogue. Single soon can hopefully keep climbing for the time being but I really wouldn't mind heating what she's got in store for us next. I was quite dissapointed when I heard windows. I was hoping for something that sounded a little more like their comeback in 2009. Nice chart ^_^ hey James! :) Ooh, I havent heard Kylie's album yet, glad to hear it's quite good, I expect I'll buy it at some stage soon :) I really like Windows now, hearing a lot of it on Radio 2, it doesn't necessarily sound like Take That's usual sound & style - and yet it also does a bit. That doesn't make sense! :lol: Thanks for commenting! B-)
October 9, 20231 yr Author Hey John! Nice to see "Gimme Love" in the top 5 and the big gains for "Tension" and "Back On 74". Great chart! Take care. Hey Sergej! :) Thanks for the picks take it easy too! :) B-)
October 9, 20231 yr Author Hey John, Purple Disco Machine, The Killers, Sanchez and Sia all Top 10 :cheer: Agnetha up in the Top 20 :heart: , Kylie Minogue Top 30, Swdish House Mafia and D.O.D. Top 40 :dance: Best new entries bubbling under ; Take That, Kylie and the Rolling Stones :heart: + Duran Duran, Tears For Fears and OMD + oldie from The Babys :w00t: Hey Sven! :) Thanks for the picks, glad you like the Babys oldie too! :yahoo: :) B-)
October 9, 20231 yr Author Hi John. Are you in Spain yet? No holiday for me sadly, although I do have a desperately needed and well deserved week off in a couple of weeks. Just two more weeks of pure evil to deal with and then I'm free :lol: Anyway, as ever, my faves: 1 NEW 1 1 IS VIC THERE? - Department S 170000 congrats on qualifying! Hope this does well for you 2 1 1 3 SOMETHING ON MY MIND - Purple Disco Machine x Duke Dumont x Nothing But Thieves 297000 3 2 1 5 YOUR SIDE OF TOWN - The Killers 400750 4 3 1 7 BE MORE - Stephen Sanchez 557500 6 10 6 5 FUNNY KIND OF LONELY - Idina Menzel 185000 8 9 8 4 RED WINE SUPERNOVA - Chappell Roan 105000 9 4 4 6 BURNING CASTLES - Lucia & The Best Boys 186050 10 6 5 6 BACK TO YOUR HEART - Delta Goodrem 239800 11 7 7 5 BEYOND THE UNIVERSE - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 127400 12 11 1 11 NEW YORK TRANSIT QUEEN - Corinne Bailey Rae 1074200 13 8 1 9 VAMPIRE - Olivia Rodrigo 655200 15 12 5 5 DANSE MACABRE - Duran Duran 191000 17 20 17 5 WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? - Agnetha Faltskog 77600 ah, no longer a snap! I'm afraid :lol: 18 14 10 9 WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? - Billie Eilish 258600 19 16 9 7 OPEN THE DOOR, SEE WHAT YOU FIND - Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 220600 20 23 20 10 POPULAR - The Weeknd, Madonna & Playboi Carti 123950 21 21 17 6 SYSTEMATIC OVERLOAD - Beverley Knight 101500 22 19 1 14 END OF NIGHT - Tears For Fears 727300 24 63 24 4 TENSION - Kylie Minogue 34000 ooh a big climb! 25 24 7 10 KEEP ON TALKING - Texas 296650 27 22 18 9 RUSH - Troye Sivan 133400 29 39 29 7 BACK ON 74 - Jungle 74200 :cheer: 30 25 3 11 STAINS - Salt Ashes 426150 31 27 11 7 PARADISE CALLING - Birdy 162850 33 46 33 3 PARALYSED - Her Majesti 34650 :cheer: 34 29 25 7 HEAVEN - Cian Ducrot 100650 35 37 35 5 SINGLE SOON - Selena Gomez 59700 36 31 2 7 SILENCE (TIESTO IN SEARCH OF SUNRISE EXTENDED REMIX) - Delerium featuring Sarah MacLachlan 367800 38 45 38 7 RAY OF SOLAR - Swedish House Mafia 73100 40 47 40 7 SO MUCH IN LOVE - D.O.D. 67300 41 34 7 10 CASTLES - Punctual featuring World’s First Cinema 244200 42 32 5 11 ENDLESS SUMMER - Alan Walker & Zak Abel 362600 43 38 1 18 SANITY - Belinda Carlisle 855300 45 67 45 4 ALIVE - The Scarlet Opera 26800 46 33 33 5 USED TO BE YOUNG - Miley Cyrus 83150 47 50 47 6 THESE ARE THE DAYS - S Club 50700 48 NEW 48 1 ISN’T IT TIME? - The Babys 12300 49 30 30 7 DOG DAYS ARE OVER - Florence + The Machine 69500 50 35 35 9 BESIDE YOU - James Blunt 90600 53 40 40 7 SANDSTORM - Darude 97000 54 56 54 5 NEVER GONNA STOP - Rick Astley 40600 56 44 9 12 BANG BANG! (MY NEURODIVERGENT ANTHEM) - Galantis 260750 58 52 3 15 IF U GO - Belinda Carlisle 432550 59 69 59 4 AT YOUR WORST - Callum Scott 25300 60 68 60 4 KEEP GOING UP - Timbaland x Nelly Furtado x Justin Timberlake 24200 61 57 1 20 PROMISE - Voyager 1040550 62 NEW 62 1 WHAT’S UP? - Dolly Parton featuring Linda Perry 7400 controversial opinion here - I've never been a fan of any version :o 63 43 36 10 ITALODISCO - The Kolors 128100 67 NEW 67 1 WINDOWS - Take That 6600 68 NEW 68 1 HOLD ON TO NOW - Kylie Minogue 6400 :heart: 69 75 69 2 BAD IDEA, RIGHT? - Olivia Rodrigo 11200 70 NEW 70 1 ANGRY - The Rolling Stones 6000 72 NEW 72 1 RIVERS OF MERCY - Tears For Fears 5600 73 NEW 73 1 BLACK MOONLIGHT - Duran Duran 5400 Fantastic chart as always :wub: Hi AH! :) Thanks for the BJSC wishes, it did better than I hoped! Yes, I was in Spain, hot, sunny beaches with stunning scenery and fit bronzed bodies all around (not me obviously :lol: ) and Sitges bars in the evening. Quite bustling and hot for the time of year! Hope the week off seems nearer now! I got a cold from being around zillions of people and not drinking enough liquids and skipping meals, so I stayed in since and didnt go to see Paul Young in concert/chatting, doh! :( I can see why you not keen on What's Up, I did rate it initially but after overdosing on it at the time I started to find it a bit plodding, but I've mostly had 30 years of not hearing it much and Dolly does a decent job vocally so I'm back on board :D Thanks as always for the fabulously long list of picks! B-)
October 9, 20231 yr Author Great to see new peak positions for Agnetha Faltskog, The Weeknd, Kylie Minogue, Semisonic and Timbaland :D Hi SSP! :) thanks for the picks! B-)
October 9, 20231 yr Author Hey John. Fab to see both my last two entries top 10 again for you this week :yahoo: 'Is Vic There?' is a great oldie. I wasn't sure I was going to give it 18 until the last minute though as I had no concrete top pick out of 4 or 5 songs in my Votes. All were equally fab. Nice to have a 18 swap though :dance: it is a funny and catchy track though and I thought the guys voice sounded very David Bowie in some way too which helped. Also showed it to my friends at the bowling alley on Sunday which also will have contributed. A good one for memes :lol: I see Stephen Sanchez is back in the chart update with 'Until I Found You'. Wasn't too mad on 'Evangeline' but I should perhaps give this one a listen as it's on my Spotify ads a bit atm! Great stuff! Hey Rob! :) Yes, your BJSC run continues dominating my chart top end :D Thanks for the 18 swap too, and glad Is Vic There registered for you, it still sounds as fresh as a daisy to me - ooh I love hearing when a fave gets passed round, thanks for that bowling alley story :yahoo: I do that too with other people's BJSC entries too when I get them trapped in the house for long enough with control over the Youtube remote :lol: I also bung a lot of BJSC entries that I but onto CD's for a friend who tends to like them but never gets to hear new music. I think Stephen Sanchez got a new lease of life at Glastonbury, which keeps on running, just wish Be Mine had got some exposure but radio has ignored it, doh! thanks for the comments! B-)
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