5th November 2023

 

 

It's a second week on top for The Beatles, who last did that in 1995 with a new track (Free As A Bird), and extends their run of number singles to 55 years since Hey Jude topped my very first chart, the week I discovered the UK top 30 radio show Pick Of The Pops! I've been forced to extend my chart to 100, I blame The Beatles, ABBA, and Pet Shop Boys, my holy trinity of worship pop perfection. And also the large number of great new records around.

 

Talking of pop perfection, Kylie takes Story to 3 for a 3rd top 3 of 2023 and 5 top 10's off the latest album, something she didn't manage with her first album in 1988, though she did get 2. Chappell Roan makes it 2 in a row with her new entry at 48, and Dario G returns to the chart after a gap of 9 years, Savour The The Miracle Of Life being a great comeback to give him an 8th chart entry since topping with Carnaval De Paris 25 years ago, and new in at 54.

 

Jungle chart their 4th and 5th tracks off their new album, Every Night at 56, complete with the usual great dance video troupe, and ditto Problemz at 91. They can cut it with live TV performances too. Pet Shop Boys debut at 72 with Radiophonic, taken from their 1999 album, Nightlife, while Stefanie Joosten covers Sparks 1980 minor hit, Tryouts For The Human Race, when they were deep in Giorgio Moroder synth mode, and Giorgio is back on the new track too. Which gives him a first hit since topping with Britney Spears, and other singles with Sia and Kylie, in 2015. That gives him a whopping 46 years chart span since From Here To Eternity became his first solo hit, and 51 years since Son Of My father got covered by Chicory Tip to gift synthpop to the world.

 

Dolly Parton grabs a 3rd chart entry of 2023, and has some pertinent lyrics about the state of the world right now on World On Fire, a strong new song from the 77-year-old, who still has a way with lyrics and melody to create something powerful. Bananarama make it 42 years of charting, at 79, just ahead of a revamp of Class Of 8's Kim Wilde classic Cambodia. OMD, Tom Speight, Duran Duran, Noel Gallagher and Gustaph (he of Belgian Eurovision entry) all return for more 2023 chart entries, while Sheryl Crow is back after a 3-year gap to extend her run to nearly 30 years.

 

 

 

1 1 1 2 NOW AND THEN - The Beatles 340000

2 3 1 7 HOLD ON TO NOW - Kylie Minogue 464900

3 7 3 4 STORY - Kylie Minogue 151900

4 5 4 4 AEIOU - PNAU & Empire Of The Sun 180800

5 2 1 6 SURE ENOUGH - Two Door Cinema Club 533250

6 6 1 9 SOMETHING ON MY MIND - Purple Disco Machine x Duke Dumont x Nothing But Thieves 752000

7 9 7 6 RAGAZZO SOLA - Annalisa 145500

8 4 4 5 HOW YOU LEAVE A MAN - Paloma Faith 162000

9 12 9 2 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU - ABBA 80000

10 8 6 7 BLACK MOONLIGHT - Duran Duran 228450

 

11 14 11 8 BAD IDEA, RIGHT? - Olivia Rodrigo 148100

12 16 12 2 EAGLE - ABBA 60000

13 10 10 5 MIRAGE - OneRepublic, Assassin’s Creed, Mishaal Tamer 117600

14 20 14 6 MOONLIGHT - Bimini x Girls Of The Internet 117800

15 24 15 7 PARADISE - Idina Menzel featuring Nile Rodgers 111650

16 11 3 10 GIMME LOVE - SIA 430000

17 13 1 10 YOUR SIDE OF TOWN - The Killers 780750

18 15 9 10 CARE ABOUT ME - Anish Kumar featuring Chaka Khan 261400

19 34 19 5 VERUSCHKA - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 55200

20 22 20 8 THE FOUR HORSEMEN - Isolde Lasoen 118600

 

21 42 21 3 DOPAMINE - Mehro 43500

22 17 8 10 TENSION - Kylie Minogue 191250

23 19 4 13 BURNING CASTLES - Lucia & The Best Boys 420300

24 18 10 8 WINDOWS - Take That 173600

25 30 25 6 THERE FOR YOU - Emeli Sande 80600

26 21 3 16 I BETTER LOVE YOU - Will Heard 664350

27 23 13 9 YOU KNEW - Roisin Murphy 142250

28 29 28 5 FANTASY GIRL - Revenge Wife 68600

29 38 29 5 WHEN THE RAIN COMES - Sugababes 59550

30 41 30 2 CHIQUITITA - ABBA 32000

 

31 26 6 11 FUNNY KIND OF LONELY - Idina Menzel 359650

32 49 32 3 WRECKING BALL - Dolly Parton featuring Miley Cyrus 36100

33 46 33 2 SOS - ABBA 30450

34 27 15 6 BETTER PLACE - *NSYNC & Justin Timberlake 117250

35 31 1 13 BE MORE - Stephen Sanchez 752650

36 36 1 15 VAMPIRE - Olivia Rodrigo 784150

37 44 37 5 LOVE IS BLUE - Army Of Lovers featuring Olya Polyakova 50550

38 35 1 17 NEW YORK TRANSIT QUEEN - Corinne Bailey Rae 1215300

39 28 17 13 BACK ON 74 - Jungle 188700

40 79 40 2 HASS HASS - Diljit Dosanjh X SIA 21200

 

41 45 41 6 JUST KEEP WALKING - Sgt Slick & INXS 66600

42 25 1 7 IS VIC THERE? - Department S 694500

43 32 32 6 LOVERBOY - Joe Goddard featuring fiorious 85500

44 47 44 2 VOULEZ-VOUS - ABBA 25750

45 33 6 10 RED WINE SUPERNOVA - Chappell Roan 300200

46 37 37 4 I’M ON FIRE - Beverley Knight featuring London Community Gospel Choir 48050

47 50 47 6 HAYAKO HAYAKO - Kali Mutsa 58500

48 NEW 48 1 SUPER GRAPHIC ULTRA MODERN GIRL - Chappell Roan 12300

49 56 49 2 LAY ALL YOUR LOVE ON ME - ABBA 22700

50 43 1 19 END OF NIGHT - Tears For Fears 821300

 

51 40 7 11 BEYOND THE UNIVERSE - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 258100

52 39 5 12 BACK TO YOUR HEART - Delta Goodrem 393700

53 57 53 2 THE VISITORS - ABBA 21650

54 NEW 54 1 SAVOUR THE MIRACLE OF LIFE - Dario G 11000

55 55 5 11 DANSE MACABRE - Duran Duran 289500

56 NEW 56 1 EVERY NIGHT - Jungle 10600

57 63 57 3 YOU KNOW ME BETTER - Roisin Murphy 22800

58 61 58 6 GET HIM BACK! - Olivia Rodrigo 40600

59 80 59 2 STILL BELIEVE IN LOVE - Mary J. Blige featuring Vado 14100

60 69 60 3 SKIPPING LIKE A STONE - Chemical Brothers featuring Beck 20800

 

61 66 61 3 SOUL SURVIVOR - P.P. Arnold 18500

62 65 62 3 THAT’S ALL I WANTED FROM YOU - Jalen Ngonda 19400

63 53 1 18 SOLSTICE KISS - Simple Minds featuring Sarah Brown 827050

64 67 64 3 DREAMING - Marshmello, P!NK & Sting 18100

65 52 34 9 DOWN TO ONE - Bright Light Bright Light 100550

66 68 66 3 C’EST LA VIE - Madness 17200

67 48 17 11 WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? - Agnetha Faltskog 177600

68 51 10 15 WHAT WAS I MADE FOR? - Billie Eilish 354650

69 54 19 10 ALIVE - The Scarlet Opera 120050

70 62 51 6 CONFETTI SHOTGUN - Ilse DeLange 54300

 

71 71 71 5 STRANGERS - Kenya Grace 27600

72 NEW 72 1 RADIOPHONIC - Pet Shop Boys 5600

73 77 73 2 FREE AS A BIRD - The Beatles 10000

74 70 53 6 DJ PLAY A CHRISTMAS SONG - Cher 50800

75 NEW 75 1 TRYOUTS FOR THE HUMAN RACE - Stefanie Joosten featuring Giorgio Moroder 5000

76 59 40 6 ATOMIC CITY - U2 61850

77 NEW 77 1 WORLD ON FIRE - Dolly Parton 4600

78 81 78 2 REAL LOVE - The Beatles 8200

79 NEW 79 1 FEEL THE LOVE - Bananarama 4200

80 NEW 80 1 OVERDRIVE - Ofenbach featuring Norma Jean Martine 4000

 

81 83 81 2 LOVE ME DO (2023 MIX) - The Beatles 7200

82 82 82 2 MESS IT UP - The Rolling Stones 7200

83 85 83 2 SHOUT - The Isley Brothers 6400

84 84 84 2 TWIST AND SHOUT - The Isley Brothers 6400

85 NEW 85 1 ALREADY KNOW - Gustaph 3000

86 NEW 86 1 WONDERFUL WONDER - Tom Speight featuring Ward Thomas 2800

87 NEW 87 1 LOVE VOUDOU - Duran Duran 2600

88 NEW 88 1 LOOK AT YOU NOW - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 2400

89 72 48 7 ANGRY - The Rolling Stones 55600

90 64 58 6 US AGAINST THE WORLD - Jungle 40700

 

91 NEW 91 1 PROBLEMZ - Jungle 1900

92 58 36 10 AT YOUR WORST - Callum Scott 96150

93 60 39 10 KEEP GOING UP - Timbaland x Nelly Furtado x Justin Timberlake 87600

94 73 8 12 LOOK FOR THE LIGHT - Only Murders In The Building Cast featuring Meryl Streep & Ashley Parks 235750

95 78 17 12 SYSTEMATIC OVERLOAD - Beverley Knight 178650

96 NEW 96 1 WE’RE GONNA GET THERE IN THE END - Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 1400

97 74 62 6 IT WOULDN’T BE ME (SINGLE MIX) - Simply Red 31100

98 NEW 98 1 ALARM CLOCK - Sheryl Crow 1200

99 75 65 6 USUAL PLACES - Ash 29500

100 76 63 7 SLOW TRAIN - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 36200

Which Beatles song spent the least number weeks on the top of your chart ?

Hi there John!

 

Nice to see "Now and Then" at the top, "Knowing Me Knowing You" reaching the top 10, the big gains for "Chiquitita" and "SOS" and the debut for "Overdrive".

 

Great chart!

Take care.

Hey John,

 

Love 9 out of 10 tracks of the Top 10 :yahoo: .

Only TDCC is not my cup of tea :coffee: :D

 

Love off course all ABBA tracks :heart:

 

Idina Menzel/Nile Rodgers and OMD Top 20, Sugababes Top 30, Dolly/Miley and Army Of Lovers Top 40 :cheer:

 

Best new entries bubbling under : Dario G, Bananarama, Ofenbach/NJM and Stefanie Joosten/Giorgio Moroder :dance:

 

Love also the original version from "Tryouts For The Human Race" by The Sparks :w00t:

Hey John!

 

I'm not a fan of now and then unfortunately but you can't win em all.

Hold on to now is doing very well here. It's far too samey with the rest of the album though I think.

Story on the other hand is seriously impressive. Inswear if this doesn't become a single it very well may be the biggest missed opportunity on an album for a long time.

I'm glad bad idea right is continuing to do well for you. That's one that's still growing on me now. It's great.

Vampire has done so well here too. Hopefully that will continue.

 

Fab chart ^_^

Gustaph :o

Which Beatles song spent the least number weeks on the top of your chart ?

 

Hi Alex, oh lots of them have had just the one week on top, but they've all been as oldies, and some have gone back to one years later to add to their total. The only Beatles song that had one week on top when it was new was Hey Jude in 1968 (my first ever chart), cos it was quickly knocked off the top by Those Were The Days :) But it topped my charts again in 1976, 1988, and again in the noughties I think :o

Hi there John!

 

Nice to see "Now and Then" at the top, "Knowing Me Knowing You" reaching the top 10, the big gains for "Chiquitita" and "SOS" and the debut for "Overdrive".

 

Great chart!

Take care.

 

Hi Sergej! :) Thanks as always for the wishes and picks! B-)

Hey John,

 

Love 9 out of 10 tracks of the Top 10 :yahoo: .

Only TDCC is not my cup of tea :coffee: :D

 

Love off course all ABBA tracks :heart:

 

Idina Menzel/Nile Rodgers and OMD Top 20, Sugababes Top 30, Dolly/Miley and Army Of Lovers Top 40 :cheer:

 

Best new entries bubbling under : Dario G, Bananarama, Ofenbach/NJM and Stefanie Joosten/Giorgio Moroder :dance:

 

Love also the original version from "Tryouts For The Human Race" by The Sparks :w00t:

 

Hey Sven! :)

 

Thanks for the picks! I also like the original Sparks version of Tryouts but it never hit a high position in my chart as it got little radio airplay so I didnt get to hear it much! Doh!

 

cheers! B-)

Hey John!

 

I'm not a fan of now and then unfortunately but you can't win em all.

Hold on to now is doing very well here. It's far too samey with the rest of the album though I think.

Story on the other hand is seriously impressive. Inswear if this doesn't become a single it very well may be the biggest missed opportunity on an album for a long time.

I'm glad bad idea right is continuing to do well for you. That's one that's still growing on me now. It's great.

Vampire has done so well here too. Hopefully that will continue.

 

Fab chart ^_^

 

Hey James! :)

 

I think Now & Then means more to older fans just so happy to have The Beatles back, so not surprised if it isn't everyone's cup of tea! :D I have flicked through the tracks on the Kylie album now and I came to the conclusion that a chunk of it it is mildly pleasant but not as memorable as the singles and the 2 I'm currently charting top 10 - so it may be I need to hear them a few times to catch some subtler touches! :o Story is the standout non-single, no question! Oops all 3 Olivia's dropping this week, but it is a very busy chart! :lol:

 

Thanks as ever for the comments :wub: B-)

 

 

Gustaph :o

 

I know, I was surprised myself :lol: