Posted November 3, 20231 yr 29th October 2023 It's a global news-week entry on top for the final Beatles record, Now And Then, as Paul & Ringo and Giles Martin with an AI assist from Peter Jackson manage to finish the abandoned effort from 1994 to make the third John Lennon cassette demo into a new Beatles song. Now And Then is a fine farewell, and the video is just so sad for me with 2 heroes long gone and the other two in their 80's, but also heart-warming having it exist at all. That makes the single their 32nd number one in my charts, behind only Abba and Pet Shop Boys in total chart-toppers. As the previous 2 Beatles singles have not been put on the revamped Red & Blue albums along with Now And Then there's been a sudden surge in downloads of Real Love and Free As A Bird, so they return to my chart for the first time since 1995, and Love Me Do is also back as the remixed B side for the first time since 1982 when it went top 5. The last time The Beatles had new material in my chart at the same time as their main UK rivals, The Rolling Stones, was the Summer of '69, when I was 11 years old - who could have predicted they'd both have new songs in my still-compiling chart as I approach my pension?! Yet, The Rolling Stones enter album track Mess It Up along with Angry. Never say Never! One of The Beatles famous non-singles (it was the lead track on a big-selling EP, which were excluded from the charts in those days) was Twist & Shout, their classic cover of The Isley Brothers hit. Rudolph Isley, one of the original members, died the other week, that track, and Shout (as made famous by Lulu) debut in tribute. Only Ronald, main lead singer, remains now. The top end of the chart is consequently, very volatile with loads of great new tracks competing, this week Paloma Faith grabs another top 5, How To Leave A Man at 4 giving her around 20 top 10's, including 6 chart-toppers, in 14 years. Kylie has 2 in the top 2 for a second week as album-track Story replaces Tension. Kylie's had well over 100 chart entries in 35 years of charting, 16 of them number one. There's a host of ABBA re-entries, as I went to see their Abbatar concert again, still fabulous and exciting and moving and a total dance party, so the best moments pop back in for the umpteenth time, 7 of 'em. That leaves OMD rocketing into the 40 for the first time in 4 years, over 43 years since they first did the trick.Diljit Dosanjh meanwhile gets a Punjabi hand from Sia, for her second on the chart and his first, on the collab Hass Hass. One of my mate's is named Hass, so I emailed the video over, for my amusement. Mary J. Blige is back again after her recent comeback, with a very 90's Jillswing groove, Still Believe In Love aided by a rapper Vado who old-fashionedly and pleasingly is coherent and swearing and cliche free. Refreshingly like the good old days when rap was new and had a point beyond getting rich and having sex. 1 NEW 1 1 NOW AND THEN - The Beatles 170000 2 2 1 5 SURE ENOUGH - Two Door Cinema Club 473250 3 1 1 6 HOLD ON TO NOW - Kylie Minogue 349900 4 12 4 4 HOW YOU LEAVE A MAN - Paloma Faith 114000 5 7 5 3 AEIOU - PNAU & Empire Of The Sun 115800 6 3 1 8 SOMETHING ON MY MIND - Purple Disco Machine x Duke Dumont x Nothing But Thieves 697000 7 52 7 3 STORY - Kylie Minogue 66900 8 6 6 6 BLACK MOONLIGHT - Duran Duran 186450 9 24 9 5 RAGAZZO SOLA - Annalisa 95500 10 13 10 4 MIRAGE - OneRepublic, Assassin’s Creed, Mishaal Tamer 85600 11 4 3 9 GIMME LOVE - SIA 405000 12 NEW 12 1 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU - ABBA 35000 13 5 1 9 YOUR SIDE OF TOWN - The Killers 757750 14 18 14 7 BAD IDEA, RIGHT? - Olivia Rodrigo 111100 15 9 9 9 CARE ABOUT ME - Anish Kumar featuring Chaka Khan 239400 16 NEW 16 1 EAGLE - ABBA 25000 17 8 8 9 TENSION - Kylie Minogue 171750 18 10 10 7 WINDOWS - Take That 154600 19 14 4 12 BURNING CASTLES - Lucia & The Best Boys 401050 20 20 20 5 MOONLIGHT - Bimini x Girls Of The Internet 88800 21 16 3 15 I BETTER LOVE YOU - Will Heard 645850 22 26 22 7 THE FOUR HORSEMEN - Isolde Lasoen 98600 23 19 13 8 YOU KNEW - Roisin Murphy 124850 24 25 24 6 PARADISE - Idina Menzel featuring Nile Rodgers 84650 25 11 1 6 IS VIC THERE? - Department S 680750 26 23 6 10 FUNNY KIND OF LONELY - Idina Menzel 341750 27 15 15 5 BETTER PLACE - *NSYNC & Justin Timberlake 99650 28 17 17 12 BACK ON 74 - Jungle 171600 29 30 29 4 FANTASY GIRL - Revenge Wife 50300 30 37 30 5 THERE FOR YOU - Emeli Sande 61850 31 21 1 12 BE MORE - Stephen Sanchez 735150 32 32 32 5 LOVERBOY - Joe Goddard featuring fiorious 72000 33 22 6 9 RED WINE SUPERNOVA - Chappell Roan 287200 34 66 34 4 VERUSCHKA - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 34200 35 27 1 16 NEW YORK TRANSIT QUEEN - Corinne Bailey Rae 1198100 36 31 1 14 VAMPIRE - Olivia Rodrigo 766750 37 50 37 3 I’M ON FIRE - Beverley Knight featuring London Community Gospel Choir 35300 38 46 38 4 WHEN THE RAIN COMES - Sugababes 41350 39 28 5 11 BACK TO YOUR HEART - Delta Goodrem 382200 40 29 7 10 BEYOND THE UNIVERSE - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 246350 41 NEW 41 1 CHIQUITITA - ABBA 14000 42 60 42 2 DOPAMINE - Mehro 23750 43 41 1 18 END OF NIGHT - Tears For Fears 809300 44 56 44 4 LOVE IS BLUE - Army Of Lovers featuring Olya Polyakova 33250 45 45 45 5 JUST KEEP WALKING - Sgt Slick & INXS 52600 46 NEW 46 1 SOS - ABBA 12750 47 NEW 47 1 VOULEZ-VOUS - ABBA 12500 48 33 17 10 WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? - Agnetha Faltskog 171000 49 69 49 2 WRECKING BALL - Dolly Parton featuring Miley Cyrus 18300 50 55 50 5 HAYAKO HAYAKO - Kali Mutsa 46000 51 38 10 14 WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? - Billie Eilish 348250 52 34 34 8 DOWN TO ONE - Bright Light Bright Light 93550 53 47 1 17 SOLSTICE KISS - Simple Minds featuring Sarah Brown 819850 54 35 19 9 ALIVE - The Scarlet Opera 113850 55 43 5 10 DANSE MACABRE - Duran Duran 278700 56 NEW 56 1 LAY ALL YOUR LOVE ON ME - ABBA 10600 57 NEW 57 1 THE VISITORS - ABBA 10400 58 36 36 9 AT YOUR WORST - Callum Scott 94350 59 40 40 5 ATOMIC CITY - U2 57050 60 39 39 9 KEEP GOING UP - Timbaland x Nelly Furtado x Justin Timberlake 85900 61 61 61 5 GET HIM BACK! - Olivia Rodrigo 30400 62 51 51 5 CONFETTI SHOTGUN - Ilse DeLange 48300 63 74 63 2 YOU KNOW ME BETTER - Roisin Murphy 12400 64 58 58 5 US AGAINST THE WORLD - Jungle 38700 65 75 65 2 THAT’S ALL I WANTED FROM YOU - Jalen Ngonda 12000 66 79 66 2 SOUL SURVIVOR - P.P. Arnold 11000 67 78 67 2 DREAMING - Marshmello, P!NK & Sting 11000 68 80 68 2 C’EST LA VIE - Madness 10400 69 77 69 2 SKIPPING LIKE A STONE - Chemical Brothers featuring Beck 10800 70 53 53 5 DJ PLAY A CHRISTMAS SONG - Cher 45600 71 72 71 4 STRANGERS - Kenya Grace 21800 72 48 48 6 ANGRY - The Rolling Stones 53400 73 42 8 11 LOOK FOR THE LIGHT - Only Murders In The Building Cast featuring Meryl Streep & Ashley Parks 234150 74 62 62 5 IT WOULDN’T BE ME (SINGLE MIX) - Simply Red 29800 75 65 65 5 USUAL PLACES - Ash 28400 76 63 63 6 SLOW TRAIN - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 35200 77 NEW 77 1 FREE AS A BIRD - The Beatles 4600 78 44 17 11 SYSTEMATIC OVERLOAD - Beverley Knight 177150 79 NEW 79 1 HASS HASS - Diljit Dosanjh X SIA 4200 80 NEW 80 1 STILL BELIEVE IN LOVE - Mary J. Blige featuring Vado 4000 81 NEW 81 1 REAL LOVE - The Beatles 3800 82 NEW 82 1 MESS IT UP - The Rolling Stones 3600 83 NEW 83 1 LOVE ME DO (2023 MIX) - The Beatles 3400 84 NEW 84 1 TWIST AND SHOUT - The Isley Brothers 3200 85 NEW 85 1 SHOUT - The Isley Brothers 3000 DROP OUTS 49 40 5 WHAT’S UP? - Dolly Parton featuring Linda Perry 56000 54 7 14 KEEP ON TALKING - Texas 362050 57 57 5 RIVERS OF MERCY - Tears For Fears 39600 59 35 5 ISN’T IT TIME? - The Babys 74700 64 11 11 PARADISE CALLING - Birdy 211800 67 15 11 IDAHO - The Hoosiers 173700 68 36 9 LOVE INVENTION - Alison Goldfrapp 98800 70 62 4 LOVERGIRL - Teena Marie 23600 71 64 4 TELL ME WHY - Rachel Wallace 23500 73 33 9 SINGLE SOON - Selena Gomez 116950 76 3 15 STAINS - Salt Ashes 477450
November 3, 20231 yr Hi John! Nice to see "Now and Then" at the top, "Ragazza Sola" reaching the top 10 (my highlight of your chart obviously!), the big gain for "Dreaming" and the debuts for the Abba songs, "Mess It Up", "Love Me Do", "Twist And Shout" and "Shout". Great chart! Take care.
November 4, 20231 yr Hey John! Hold on to now doing well. I had actually removed it from my playlist last week. Since it's the next single I guess I'll be re-adding it lol. Top 5 for Paloma :o I'm shocked :I it is good just not quite as good as a few if her previous songs. Saying that, I'm excited for the album and to hear what else she's been up to. Woweeeee that masssssiiiiivvvveeee climb for story. It's such a divine song and I do hope if she releases one final single after hold on to now that this will be it. Fab chart ^_^
November 4, 20231 yr The Beatles' final single with a #1 debut, well deserved :D Also good seeing new peak positions for Dolly Parton and Marshmello :D
November 4, 20231 yr Hey John. Good stuff for Kylie and I was a fan of your entry too. Another good'un in a row there. Shame it couldn't qualify although wasn't sure if it was that safe tbh. Paloma into the top 5 is good to see as well!
November 5, 20231 yr Hey John, Great Top 10 !! The Beatles on top :wub: + Kylie (2x), Paloma Faith, PNAU, Purple Disco Machine, Duran Duran, OneRepublic and Annalisa Top 10 :cheer: Every ABBA (re)entry is great :wub: Beverly Knight and The Sugababes Top 40 :dance: Love the bubbling under (re)entries from The Isley Brothers, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and Mary J Blige :yahoo:
November 5, 20231 yr Hi John. Hope you've had a good week. Yes I'm appreciating the weekends, as brief as they are compared to the Mondays-Fridays which drag like anything. Woe is me :lol: Anyway, my faves: 1 NEW 1 1 NOW AND THEN - The Beatles 170000 I fully expected this to go straight at No.1 here! :lol: I've only heard it the once (enough for a low debut on my chart this week). I will need to listen to it a few more times. 2 2 1 5 SURE ENOUGH - Two Door Cinema Club 473250 ahhh sorry this DNQ'd. It didn't deserve to. 3 1 1 6 HOLD ON TO NOW - Kylie Minogue 349900 4 12 4 4 HOW YOU LEAVE A MAN - Paloma Faith 114000 5 7 5 3 AEIOU - PNAU & Empire Of The Sun 115800 :cheer: 6 3 1 8 SOMETHING ON MY MIND - Purple Disco Machine x Duke Dumont x Nothing But Thieves 697000 7 52 7 3 STORY - Kylie Minogue 66900 ooh massive climb! Future single? 8 6 6 6 BLACK MOONLIGHT - Duran Duran 186450 10 13 10 4 MIRAGE - OneRepublic, Assassin’s Creed, Mishaal Tamer 85600 11 4 3 9 GIMME LOVE - SIA 405000 12 NEW 12 1 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU - ABBA 35000 :heart: 13 5 1 9 YOUR SIDE OF TOWN - The Killers 757750 14 18 14 7 BAD IDEA, RIGHT? - Olivia Rodrigo 111100 16 NEW 16 1 EAGLE - ABBA 25000 :heart: I know I've said this before, but I'll never understand why this wasn't a UK single. It would have been huge I'm sure. Just like Head Over Heels being chosen as a UK single over When All Is Said And Done 17 8 8 9 TENSION - Kylie Minogue 171750 18 10 10 7 WINDOWS - Take That 154600 19 14 4 12 BURNING CASTLES - Lucia & The Best Boys 401050 20 20 20 5 MOONLIGHT - Bimini x Girls Of The Internet 88800 how many weeks at 20 now? :o 25 11 1 6 IS VIC THERE? - Department S 680750 26 23 6 10 FUNNY KIND OF LONELY - Idina Menzel 341750 27 15 15 5 BETTER PLACE - *NSYNC & Justin Timberlake 99650 28 17 17 12 BACK ON 74 - Jungle 171600 29 30 29 4 FANTASY GIRL - Revenge Wife 50300 :cheer: 31 21 1 12 BE MORE - Stephen Sanchez 735150 33 22 6 9 RED WINE SUPERNOVA - Chappell Roan 287200 34 66 34 4 VERUSCHKA - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 34200 35 27 1 16 NEW YORK TRANSIT QUEEN - Corinne Bailey Rae 1198100 36 31 1 14 VAMPIRE - Olivia Rodrigo 766750 37 50 37 3 I’M ON FIRE - Beverley Knight featuring London Community Gospel Choir 35300 38 46 38 4 WHEN THE RAIN COMES - Sugababes 41350 39 28 5 11 BACK TO YOUR HEART - Delta Goodrem 382200 40 29 7 10 BEYOND THE UNIVERSE - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 246350 41 NEW 41 1 CHIQUITITA - ABBA 14000 43 41 1 18 END OF NIGHT - Tears For Fears 809300 44 56 44 4 LOVE IS BLUE - Army Of Lovers featuring Olya Polyakova 33250 45 45 45 5 JUST KEEP WALKING - Sgt Slick & INXS 52600 46 NEW 46 1 SOS - ABBA 12750 47 NEW 47 1 VOULEZ-VOUS - ABBA 12500 48 33 17 10 WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? - Agnetha Faltskog 171000 51 38 10 14 WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? - Billie Eilish 348250 54 35 19 9 ALIVE - The Scarlet Opera 113850 55 43 5 10 DANSE MACABRE - Duran Duran 278700 56 NEW 56 1 LAY ALL YOUR LOVE ON ME - ABBA 10600 57 NEW 57 1 THE VISITORS - ABBA 10400 58 36 36 9 AT YOUR WORST - Callum Scott 94350 59 40 40 5 ATOMIC CITY - U2 57050 60 39 39 9 KEEP GOING UP - Timbaland x Nelly Furtado x Justin Timberlake 85900 61 61 61 5 GET HIM BACK! - Olivia Rodrigo 30400 63 74 63 2 YOU KNOW ME BETTER - Roisin Murphy 12400 64 58 58 5 US AGAINST THE WORLD - Jungle 38700 67 78 67 2 DREAMING - Marshmello, P!NK & Sting 11000 68 80 68 2 C’EST LA VIE - Madness 10400 69 77 69 2 SKIPPING LIKE A STONE - Chemical Brothers featuring Beck 10800 :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: 70 53 53 5 DJ PLAY A CHRISTMAS SONG - Cher 45600 71 72 71 4 STRANGERS - Kenya Grace 21800 72 48 48 6 ANGRY - The Rolling Stones 53400 77 NEW 77 1 FREE AS A BIRD - The Beatles 4600 78 44 17 11 SYSTEMATIC OVERLOAD - Beverley Knight 177150 81 NEW 81 1 REAL LOVE - The Beatles 3800 83 NEW 83 1 LOVE ME DO (2023 MIX) - The Beatles 3400 84 NEW 84 1 TWIST AND SHOUT - The Isley Brothers 3200 85 NEW 85 1 SHOUT - The Isley Brothers 3000 Fantastic chart as always :wub: Edited November 5, 20231 yr by AH Gold
November 7, 20231 yr We have the same no. 1! So good to see eagle in there, one of my favourite Abba tracks... Nice chart!
November 11, 20231 yr Author Hi John! Nice to see "Now and Then" at the top, "Ragazza Sola" reaching the top 10 (my highlight of your chart obviously!), the big gain for "Dreaming" and the debuts for the Abba songs, "Mess It Up", "Love Me Do", "Twist And Shout" and "Shout". Great chart! Take care. Hi Sergej! :) Thanks for the picks, and Ragazza Sola is the gift that keeps on giving, just sounds better each week, such a great record, cough BJSC, cough (if it isnt already banned from being in so many charts and Annalisa from 3 previous finals :lol: ) Have a great week! cheers B-)
November 11, 20231 yr Author Hey John! Hold on to now doing well. I had actually removed it from my playlist last week. Since it's the next single I guess I'll be re-adding it lol. Top 5 for Paloma :o I'm shocked :I it is good just not quite as good as a few if her previous songs. Saying that, I'm excited for the album and to hear what else she's been up to. Woweeeee that masssssiiiiivvvveeee climb for story. It's such a divine song and I do hope if she releases one final single after hold on to now that this will be it. Fab chart ^_^ Hey james! :) Ooh glad Kylie gets another chance, still loving it myself, along with Story. I don;t see how Kylie fail to release that one it's def the remaining stand-out track and hugely catchy, up to 3 for me. Paloma's new single has that pounding beat I like, and she gives the song her all, but I think it's peaked already for me, so not likely to give her another chart-topper! cheers! B-)
November 11, 20231 yr Author The Beatles' final single with a #1 debut, well deserved :D Also good seeing new peak positions for Dolly Parton and Marshmello :D Hi SSP! :) Thanks for the picks and glad you like The Beatles :yahoo:
November 11, 20231 yr Author Hey John. Good stuff for Kylie and I was a fan of your entry too. Another good'un in a row there. Shame it couldn't qualify although wasn't sure if it was that safe tbh. Paloma into the top 5 is good to see as well! Hey Rob! :) Thanks for the picks, and also for liking Sure Enough, so close to a qualify - which happens to my riskier entries quite often :lol: There seems to be some bias against exciting frantic songs in BJSC, I think upbeat pop, dance, or morose indie-styled seem to be the favoured genres. I was tempted by an acoustic whiny tuneful indie current release for the next one, as it's not getting any notice, but I'll save that one in case someone else wants to enter it. So I'm going full on half a century-old dark experimental longsong that no-one will know. :lol:
November 11, 20231 yr Author Hey John, Great Top 10 !! The Beatles on top :wub: + Kylie (2x), Paloma Faith, PNAU, Purple Disco Machine, Duran Duran, OneRepublic and Annalisa Top 10 :cheer: Every ABBA (re)entry is great :wub: Beverly Knight and The Sugababes Top 40 :dance: Love the bubbling under (re)entries from The Isley Brothers, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and Mary J Blige :yahoo: Hey Sven! :) Thanks for all the yahoos and picks! :yahoo: cheers! B-)
November 11, 20231 yr Author Hi John. Hope you've had a good week. Yes I'm appreciating the weekends, as brief as they are compared to the Mondays-Fridays which drag like anything. Woe is me :lol: Anyway, my faves: 1 NEW 1 1 NOW AND THEN - The Beatles 170000 I fully expected this to go straight at No.1 here! :lol: I've only heard it the once (enough for a low debut on my chart this week). I will need to listen to it a few more times. 2 2 1 5 SURE ENOUGH - Two Door Cinema Club 473250 ahhh sorry this DNQ'd. It didn't deserve to. 3 1 1 6 HOLD ON TO NOW - Kylie Minogue 349900 4 12 4 4 HOW YOU LEAVE A MAN - Paloma Faith 114000 5 7 5 3 AEIOU - PNAU & Empire Of The Sun 115800 :cheer: 6 3 1 8 SOMETHING ON MY MIND - Purple Disco Machine x Duke Dumont x Nothing But Thieves 697000 7 52 7 3 STORY - Kylie Minogue 66900 ooh massive climb! Future single? 8 6 6 6 BLACK MOONLIGHT - Duran Duran 186450 10 13 10 4 MIRAGE - OneRepublic, Assassin’s Creed, Mishaal Tamer 85600 11 4 3 9 GIMME LOVE - SIA 405000 12 NEW 12 1 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU - ABBA 35000 :heart: 13 5 1 9 YOUR SIDE OF TOWN - The Killers 757750 14 18 14 7 BAD IDEA, RIGHT? - Olivia Rodrigo 111100 16 NEW 16 1 EAGLE - ABBA 25000 :heart: I know I've said this before, but I'll never understand why this wasn't a UK single. It would have been huge I'm sure. Just like Head Over Heels being chosen as a UK single over When All Is Said And Done 17 8 8 9 TENSION - Kylie Minogue 171750 18 10 10 7 WINDOWS - Take That 154600 19 14 4 12 BURNING CASTLES - Lucia & The Best Boys 401050 20 20 20 5 MOONLIGHT - Bimini x Girls Of The Internet 88800 how many weeks at 20 now? :o 25 11 1 6 IS VIC THERE? - Department S 680750 26 23 6 10 FUNNY KIND OF LONELY - Idina Menzel 341750 27 15 15 5 BETTER PLACE - *NSYNC & Justin Timberlake 99650 28 17 17 12 BACK ON 74 - Jungle 171600 29 30 29 4 FANTASY GIRL - Revenge Wife 50300 :cheer: 31 21 1 12 BE MORE - Stephen Sanchez 735150 33 22 6 9 RED WINE SUPERNOVA - Chappell Roan 287200 34 66 34 4 VERUSCHKA - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 34200 35 27 1 16 NEW YORK TRANSIT QUEEN - Corinne Bailey Rae 1198100 36 31 1 14 VAMPIRE - Olivia Rodrigo 766750 37 50 37 3 I’M ON FIRE - Beverley Knight featuring London Community Gospel Choir 35300 38 46 38 4 WHEN THE RAIN COMES - Sugababes 41350 39 28 5 11 BACK TO YOUR HEART - Delta Goodrem 382200 40 29 7 10 BEYOND THE UNIVERSE - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 246350 41 NEW 41 1 CHIQUITITA - ABBA 14000 43 41 1 18 END OF NIGHT - Tears For Fears 809300 44 56 44 4 LOVE IS BLUE - Army Of Lovers featuring Olya Polyakova 33250 45 45 45 5 JUST KEEP WALKING - Sgt Slick & INXS 52600 46 NEW 46 1 SOS - ABBA 12750 47 NEW 47 1 VOULEZ-VOUS - ABBA 12500 48 33 17 10 WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? - Agnetha Faltskog 171000 51 38 10 14 WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? - Billie Eilish 348250 54 35 19 9 ALIVE - The Scarlet Opera 113850 55 43 5 10 DANSE MACABRE - Duran Duran 278700 56 NEW 56 1 LAY ALL YOUR LOVE ON ME - ABBA 10600 57 NEW 57 1 THE VISITORS - ABBA 10400 58 36 36 9 AT YOUR WORST - Callum Scott 94350 59 40 40 5 ATOMIC CITY - U2 57050 60 39 39 9 KEEP GOING UP - Timbaland x Nelly Furtado x Justin Timberlake 85900 61 61 61 5 GET HIM BACK! - Olivia Rodrigo 30400 63 74 63 2 YOU KNOW ME BETTER - Roisin Murphy 12400 64 58 58 5 US AGAINST THE WORLD - Jungle 38700 67 78 67 2 DREAMING - Marshmello, P!NK & Sting 11000 68 80 68 2 C’EST LA VIE - Madness 10400 69 77 69 2 SKIPPING LIKE A STONE - Chemical Brothers featuring Beck 10800 :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: 70 53 53 5 DJ PLAY A CHRISTMAS SONG - Cher 45600 71 72 71 4 STRANGERS - Kenya Grace 21800 72 48 48 6 ANGRY - The Rolling Stones 53400 77 NEW 77 1 FREE AS A BIRD - The Beatles 4600 78 44 17 11 SYSTEMATIC OVERLOAD - Beverley Knight 177150 81 NEW 81 1 REAL LOVE - The Beatles 3800 83 NEW 83 1 LOVE ME DO (2023 MIX) - The Beatles 3400 84 NEW 84 1 TWIST AND SHOUT - The Isley Brothers 3200 85 NEW 85 1 SHOUT - The Isley Brothers 3000 Fantastic chart as always :wub: Hi AH! :) All good ta, you have my sympathies for the mon-Fri grind, I now have a 6-day weekend and I still dont have enough time for my charts not being late! I recommend dropping hours to 4 days a week, then 2 and a half, then one, soon as it's financially viable in the distant future! Yes, a Beatles new single was a cert for a high new entry from me, but not always number one oddly! Real Love peaked at 4, none of the "new" old singles of the 80's and early 90's (like the BBC singles) did either, and actual classic era singles like Get Back, With A Little Help (77 I think), Lady Madonna have never done it either along with early Beatles singles. up to We Can Work It Out, the first official single that has topped my chart as an oldie (in 1986) Thanks for the Sure Enough condolences, I do get mystified sometimes when catchy riffs get outdone by tracks that don't seem to have an obvious hook to grab me. But then, I do like a hook, not everyone does... :lol: Yes, ABBA's UK Epic label had a lot to answer for back in the day in terms of picking out singles. They had a glaringly obvious massive monster smash double A side in the summer of '78 and chose not to release even one of Eagle or Thank You For The Music and even the US made a hit out of When All Is Said And Done. Bimini 3 weeks at 20 I think, but up this week even with the Abba invasion :lol: I've had to bloody expand to a 100 again, doh! Too many great new tracks and a bunch of oldies... Thanks as always for the picks, compliment and chart chat! B-)
November 11, 20231 yr Author We have the same no. 1! So good to see eagle in there, one of my favourite Abba tracks... Nice chart! Hi Toffo! :) Yay! The Beatles! :wub: :wub: :yahoo: :yahoo: Eagle is an all-time classic for me, adore it to bits, always :wub: Thanks for dropping by! B-)
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