Posted December 8, 20231 yr 3rd December 2023 It's 2 weeks on top for Sebastian, sprawling, orchestral choir-ey and experimental for the time, and still wonderful Cockney Rebel giving Steve harley another number one that isn't called Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me), but Kylie's back up to a new peak with Story, trying for that 3rd chart-topper off the album. Highest new entry at 19 is a very late entry for The Moody Blues Go Now, known it for 66 years or more but wasnt charting back then, so in tribute to a great lead vocal from the late Denny Laine, sadly dying this week. No Wings stuff here but loved all of the records he was involved in, and co-wrote with Paul McCartney. New at 84 though, his 1967 single Say You Don't Mind which I taped off the Singapore radio in 1970 and always liked, which explains why Colin Blunstone's great cover in 1972 topped my charts then. New at 25, Argy and Omnya's ambitious dance instrumental Aria enters belatedly purely because I forgot to chart it 4 weeks ago when I bought it, doh! Lufthaus debut with a good Sophie and Robbie assist, so that's 27 years of solo Robbie. Shane McGowan died this week as well as Denny laine, and his Xmas classic is back with the wonderful late Kirsty as usual for the umpteenth time for the former chart-topper 36 years old this month. Madonna is another belated debut this week, Radio 2 played it and reminded me I never charted her cute version of Santa Baby in the late 80's, as I denied album tracks chart places back then. I bought the charity album it's on, lots of forgotten famous pop star goodies on it. 1 1 1 2 SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel 340000 2 8 2 8 STORY - Kylie Minogue 411900 3 2 1 3 GOOD AT BREAKING HEARTS - Jungle featuring JNR Williams & 33.3 370000 4 5 4 5 SAVOUR THE MIRACLE OF LIFE - Dario G 168300 5 3 1 11 HOLD ON TO NOW - Kylie Minogue 754900 6 7 4 5 LOOK AT YOU NOW - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 217400 7 4 1 6 NOW AND THEN - The Beatles 740000 8 10 8 5 ALREADY KNOW - Gustaph 133300 9 9 4 9 VERUSCHKA - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 265200 10 6 3 6 KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU - ABBA 312000 11 11 7 7 DOPAMINE - Mehro 202500 12 12 12 5 OVERDRIVE - Ofenbach featuring Norma Jean Martine 127750 13 16 13 6 SOS - ABBA 126450 14 19 14 5 RADIOPHONIC - Pet Shop Boys 79900 15 13 1 10 SURE ENOUGH - Two Door Cinema Club 688250 16 14 4 8 AEIOU - PNAU & Empire Of The Sun 321800 17 17 17 6 HASS HASS - Diljit Dosanjh X SIA 107200 18 18 18 5 SUPER GRAPHIC ULTRA MODERN GIRL - Chappell Roan 90800 19 NEW 19 1 GO NOW - The Moody Blues 21000 20 20 1 13 SOMETHING ON MY MIND - Purple Disco Machine x Duke Dumont x Nothing But Thieves 858000 21 21 13 10 MOONLIGHT - Bimini x Girls Of The Internet 214300 22 25 22 6 LAY ALL YOUR LOVE ON ME - ABBA 96050 23 27 23 6 STILL BELIEVE IN LOVE - Mary J. Blige featuring Vado 75050 24 24 24 7 SKIPPING LIKE A STONE - Chemical Brothers featuring Beck 89100 25 NEW 25 1 ARIA - Argy & Omnya 18750 26 32 26 4 HOUDINI - Dua Lipa 51900 27 22 7 10 RAGAZZO SOLA - Annalisa 257400 28 28 28 9 LOVE IS BLUE - Army Of Lovers featuring Olya Polyakova 122650 29 29 29 5 EVERY NIGHT - Jungle 81800 30 30 30 5 TRYOUTS FOR THE HUMAN RACE - Stefanie Joosten featuring Giorgio Moroder 81600 31 15 15 6 CHIQUITITA - ABBA 124900 32 33 32 7 YOU KNOW ME BETTER - Roisin Murphy 83300 33 26 10 9 MIRAGE - OneRepublic, Assassin’s Creed, Mishaal Tamer 198300 34 43 34 5 WE’RE GONNA GET THERE IN THE END - Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 43100 35 40 35 5 WORLD ON FIRE - Dolly Parton 62600 36 48 36 5 LOVE VOUDOU - Duran Duran 43700 37 45 37 3 OWNER OF A LONELY HEART - Trevor Horn & Rick Astley 34300 38 50 38 4 HELLO LOVE - Jesse Ware 38800 39 46 39 3 I’VE BEEN IN LOVE - Jungle featuring Channel Tres 37350 40 44 40 5 WONDERFUL WONDER - Tom Speight featuring Ward Thomas 54450 41 23 2 6 EAGLE - ABBA 253250 42 37 1 14 YOUR SIDE OF TOWN - The Killers 849200 43 34 4 9 HOW YOU LEAVE A MAN - Paloma Faith 241100 44 47 44 5 PROBLEMZ - Jungle 50550 45 31 15 11 PARADISE - Idina Menzel featuring Nile Rodgers 183800 46 39 3 20 I BETTER LOVE YOU - Will Heard 729600 47 67 47 3 CAN’T CATCH ME NOW - Olivia Rodrigo 23500 48 51 48 3 GIRL - The Beatles 31250 49 35 6 11 BLACK MOONLIGHT - Duran Duran 303800 50 53 50 6 MESS IT UP - The Rolling Stones 51800 51 62 51 5 ALARM CLOCK - Sheryl Crow 30550 52 55 52 3 TK421 - Lenny Kravitz 25700 53 36 20 10 THERE FOR YOU - Emeli Sande 147650 54 63 54 5 FEEL THE LOVE - Bananarama 35000 55 41 8 14 TENSION - Kylie Minogue 251850 56 61 56 4 I KEEP THEM ON THE FLOOR BESIDE MY BED (THE CHRISTMAS EDITION) - Agnetha Faltskog 24900 57 38 9 14 CARE ABOUT ME - Anish Kumar featuring Chaka Khan 326300 58 59 58 4 CARE - Lucia & The Best Boys 29900 59 60 59 3 THIS BOY - The Beatles 26700 60 52 1 19 VAMPIRE - Olivia Rodrigo 836000 61 79 61 2 BAD WOMAN - Paloma Faith 11700 62 57 1 21 NEW YORK TRANSIT QUEEN - Corinne Bailey Rae 1258700 63 66 63 3 HEY BULLDOG - The Beatles 20000 64 RE 53 7 DJ PLAY A CHRISTMAS SONG - Cher 57900 65 68 65 3 WRAP ME UP - Jimmy Fallon & Meghan Trainor 18200 66 49 3 14 GIMME LOVE - SIA 484100 67 NEW 67 1 IMMORTAL - Lufthaus feat Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Robbie Williams 6600 68 72 68 4 RAINY DAYS IN JUNE - Barbara 20200 69 69 69 4 IS IT LOVE - Loreen 21800 70 76 70 3 MICHELLE - The Beatles 14000 71 74 71 3 HERE THERE AND EVERYWHERE - The Beatles 15200 72 NEW 72 1 WE CAN HAVE IT ALL - Danny Byrd 5600 73 77 73 3 LEAVING NEW YORK - Micky Dolenz 13800 74 NEW 74 1 WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? - Misterwives 5200 75 NEW 75 1 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK - The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl 5000 76 78 76 4 CHE T’O DICO A FA - Angelina Mango 15200 77 NEW 77 1 WORTH IT - RAYE 4600 78 NEW 78 1 LOVE/HATE - Mari Bella 4400 79 NEW 79 1 SOMETIMES (I’M LONELY) - The Kiffness 4200 80 80 80 2 ANGELS CRY TOO - Lucia & The Best Boys 8000 81 NEW 81 1 WONDER EYE - Little Moon 3800 82 NEW 82 1 SANTA BABY - Madonna 3600 83 NEW 83 1 PRADA - Casso, D-Block Europe and RAYE 3400 84 NEW 84 1 SAY YOU DON’T MIND - Denny Laine 3200 85 NEW 85 1 GIRLS IN LOVE - Grungerman x Andreas Dorau 3000 DROP OUTS 42 28 6 WRECKING BALL - Dolly Parton featuring Miley Cyrus 86450 54 11 11 BAD IDEA, RIGHT? - Olivia Rodrigo 200600 56 20 11 THE FOUR HORSEMEN - Isolde Lasoen 164800 58 13 12 YOU KNEW - Roisin Murphy 184650 64 4 16 BURNING CASTLES - Lucia & The Best Boys 458700 65 10 11 WINDOWS - Take That 212050 70 68 8 STRANGERS - Kenya Grace 45800 71 46 5 THE VISITORS - ABBA 52950 73 1 22 END OF NIGHT - Tears For Fears 847300 75 40 5 VOULEZ-VOUS - ABBA 59250
December 8, 20231 yr Hi John! Nice to see "Can't Catch Me Now" gain huge and the debuts for "Fairytale Of New York", "Worth It" and "Prada". Great chart! Take care.
December 9, 20231 yr Hey John! Story upto #8 :o I am shook. A new peak for Houdini yass. Fab song. Good climb for bad woman. I do wish this could be a hit for her but I know it won't be. It's good to see Prada finally enter albeit very late. Such a bop though. Fab chart ^_^
December 9, 20231 yr Hello John :hi: 1 1 1 2 SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel 340000 This seemed to have a decent result to end the year, congrats! 7 4 1 6 NOW AND THEN - The Beatles 740000 8 10 8 5 ALREADY KNOW - Gustaph 133300 I was excited to see a new Gustaph song, 'Because Of You' was my personal fave from Eurovision! 12 12 12 5 OVERDRIVE - Ofenbach featuring Norma Jean Martine 127750 13 16 13 6 SOS - ABBA 126450 18 18 18 5 SUPER GRAPHIC ULTRA MODERN GIRL - Chappell Roan 90800 21 21 13 10 MOONLIGHT - Bimini x Girls Of The Internet 214300 26 32 26 4 HOUDINI - Dua Lipa 51900 30 30 30 5 TRYOUTS FOR THE HUMAN RACE - Stefanie Joosten featuring Giorgio Moroder 81600 42 37 1 14 YOUR SIDE OF TOWN - The Killers 849200 47 67 47 3 CAN’T CATCH ME NOW - Olivia Rodrigo 23500 52 55 52 3 TK421 - Lenny Kravitz 25700 55 41 8 14 TENSION - Kylie Minogue 251850 60 52 1 19 VAMPIRE - Olivia Rodrigo 836000 64 RE 53 7 DJ PLAY A CHRISTMAS SONG - Cher 57900 74 NEW 74 1 WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? - Misterwives 5200 :cheer: It's probably been a while since the last Harmonica entry in your chart, I hope this one will hang around for a bit ^_^ Thanks for your support as always! 83 NEW 83 1 PRADA - Casso, D-Block Europe and RAYE 3400 Great chart!
December 10, 20231 yr hey John, Still love oldie "Sebastian" from Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel :heart: Kylie Minogue (2x) , Dario G :cheer: The Beatles dropping :( but still Top 10 :yahoo: Dua Lipa Top 30, Trevor Horn/Rick Astley, Duran Duran, Jungle/Channel Tres and Jessie Ware Top 40 :dance: Best new/re-entries ; Christmas Cher, Madonna and The Pogues/Kirsty MacCall + Lufthaus/Sophie Ellis Baxter/Robbie Williams and Raye :w00t:
December 10, 20231 yr Great to see new peak positions for ABBA, Dua Lipa, Dolly Parton, Duran Duran, Trevor Horn, Jungle, Rolling Stones, Barbara and The Beatles :D New debuts for The Moody Blues, Danny Byrd and The Kiffness :D
December 15, 20231 yr Author Hi John! Nice to see "Can't Catch Me Now" gain huge and the debuts for "Fairytale Of New York", "Worth It" and "Prada". Great chart! Take care. Hi Sergej! :) Thanks as always for the picks! Take it easy :)
December 15, 20231 yr Author Hey John! Story upto #8 :o I am shook. A new peak for Houdini yass. Fab song. Good climb for bad woman. I do wish this could be a hit for her but I know it won't be. It's good to see Prada finally enter albeit very late. Such a bop though. Fab chart ^_^ Hey James! :) Sadly 2 is as good as it gets for Story, but thats pretty good! Houdini not gonna pull a late UK chart-topper out of the hat like the Barbie one did, sadly, it is good though. Paloma's hit-making days long over sadly, not many long-timers have that sort of pulling power after 15 years, but she's still great. Prada is still growing on me, so I'll see how I get on with it over the next few weeks :) Thanks for the comments as always! B-)
December 15, 20231 yr Author Hello John :hi: 1 1 1 2 SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel 340000 This seemed to have a decent result to end the year, congrats! 7 4 1 6 NOW AND THEN - The Beatles 740000 8 10 8 5 ALREADY KNOW - Gustaph 133300 I was excited to see a new Gustaph song, 'Because Of You' was my personal fave from Eurovision! 12 12 12 5 OVERDRIVE - Ofenbach featuring Norma Jean Martine 127750 13 16 13 6 SOS - ABBA 126450 18 18 18 5 SUPER GRAPHIC ULTRA MODERN GIRL - Chappell Roan 90800 21 21 13 10 MOONLIGHT - Bimini x Girls Of The Internet 214300 26 32 26 4 HOUDINI - Dua Lipa 51900 30 30 30 5 TRYOUTS FOR THE HUMAN RACE - Stefanie Joosten featuring Giorgio Moroder 81600 42 37 1 14 YOUR SIDE OF TOWN - The Killers 849200 47 67 47 3 CAN’T CATCH ME NOW - Olivia Rodrigo 23500 52 55 52 3 TK421 - Lenny Kravitz 25700 55 41 8 14 TENSION - Kylie Minogue 251850 60 52 1 19 VAMPIRE - Olivia Rodrigo 836000 64 RE 53 7 DJ PLAY A CHRISTMAS SONG - Cher 57900 74 NEW 74 1 WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? - Misterwives 5200 :cheer: It's probably been a while since the last Harmonica entry in your chart, I hope this one will hang around for a bit ^_^ Thanks for your support as always! 83 NEW 83 1 PRADA - Casso, D-Block Europe and RAYE 3400 Great chart! Hi Jordan! :) Rizzard is a great word, never even knew it existed :lol: Thanks for the picks, and comments, and yes I was happy Sebastian did so well, bit of an out-there entry so happy it didnt flop, and was very happy to see you win with a fab record shooting up my charts as I type. Very deserved win and long overdue! Biggest climber this week too, dance grooves are infectious. Yay! :cheer: Gustaph was good in Eurovision but I like Already Know even more, bit of a tune! I'm interested to see what you will be entering in the January BJSC now it can automatically qualify! :yahoo: B-)
December 15, 20231 yr Author hey John, Still love oldie "Sebastian" from Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel :heart: Kylie Minogue (2x) , Dario G :cheer: The Beatles dropping :( but still Top 10 :yahoo: Dua Lipa Top 30, Trevor Horn/Rick Astley, Duran Duran, Jungle/Channel Tres and Jessie Ware Top 40 :dance: Best new/re-entries ; Christmas Cher, Madonna and The Pogues/Kirsty MacCall + Lufthaus/Sophie Ellis Baxter/Robbie Williams and Raye :w00t: Hey Sven! :) Thanks for loving Sebastian! :yahoo: So fab to find others who love it! The Beatles declining but lots of oldies climbing too, it all balances out :D Thanks for all the picks, there may be Xmas oldies as it gets nearer once Ive got the xmas cards out the way and can get the decs and tree out :D Cheers! B-)
December 15, 20231 yr Author Great to see new peak positions for ABBA, Dua Lipa, Dolly Parton, Duran Duran, Trevor Horn, Jungle, Rolling Stones, Barbara and The Beatles :D New debuts for The Moody Blues, Danny Byrd and The Kiffness :D Hi SSP, thanks for the picks! Always lot of classic act appreciation and new acts too! B-)
December 15, 20231 yr C**kney Rebel is fab both 'Come Up And See Me' and 'Sebastian', I also know 'Mr Soft' but that's a bit disturbing and creepy!
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