Posted March 1, 20241 yr 25th February 2024 It's straight in on top 43 years late for The Human League's Sound Of The Crowd, fresh from getting me onto a club dancefloor at the weekend, and a playlist ranging from Desmond Dekker's Israelites to Lizzo's About Damn Time. It's belatedly their 11th chart-topper and the third from their brilliant Dare album. The late Centenarian Glynis Johns is up to 2 with her so-sad 1973 song Send In The Clowns, written for her and spoken/sung best by her. Loved her voice as a child, and Mary Poppins. Martin Garrix grabs his first top 10 since Animals topped the chart in 2013, and Billy Joel's first since River Of Dreams in 1993, 44 years on from his first, It's Still Rock 'n' Roll To me. Some oldies have been selling on itunes, so in pops some Bob Marley gems, boosted by his biopic at the movies. How does Bob Marley like his doughnuts? W'i Jam-in. 1978 that first charted for me. Belfast Child went top 10 in 1989 for Simple Minds, and Kaiser Chiefs topped my chart in 2005 with I Predict A Riot, and has sneaked back in for the 2nd time. I requested it last year at a 70th birthday party disco, just to give younger folks a break from the 60's and 70's stuff. Fab! Dadi Freyr gets his 4th chart entry, robbed of a Eurovision win he was, by Covid! I'm Not Bitter, though, and his new one is pretty good, highest new track at 59. SZA has had two chart-toppers before going more rap oriented, but the new track is lovely, Saturn. Runs rings around some of her others. Rings? No? Please yourself! Jalen Nogonda is on a 2nd chart entry here, Illusions keeps up the vocal class and 60's soul vibes, Rebecca & Fiona get chart entry number 2, Jess Glynne keeps 'em coming for a decade of charting, and both The Feeling and Fall Out Boy are on a whopping 18 years and counting now! Veterans Corner sees Rick Astley keeping his revival ongoing for 37 years (gasp) of charting, UB40 (minus Ali and 2 sadly late former members) are on 44 years as they cover the terrific Gimme Some Sign, the 1968 Brenton Wood soul classic, slowed-down reggae stylee, and Madness are a sweet 45 years into their career since Prince Buster charted and sparked the Ska 80's revival. I was dancing to them on Saturday too. 1 NEW 1 1 THE SOUND OF THE CROWD - The Human League 170000 2 5 2 8 SEND IN THE CLOWNS - Glynis Johns 306800 3 1 1 4 HOLD ON HOPE - Glen Campbell & Eric Church 346000 4 2 1 6 BURNING IN FLAMES - Kaiser Chiefs 496000 5 3 1 5 BLAME YOU - Nero featuring Alana Watson 600000 6 4 3 5 OH NO :: HE SAID WHAT? - Nothing But Thieves 335000 7 18 7 2 CARRY YOU - Martin Garrix, Third=Party & Oaks featuring Declan J Donovan 72000 8 6 6 6 ALL NIGHT LONG - Kungs, David Guetta & Izzy Bizu 255200 9 9 9 5 LONELINESS - Pet Shop Boys 171000 10 14 10 4 TURN THE LIGHTS BACK ON - Billy Joel 109200 11 7 7 6 SELFISH - Justin Timberlake 202200 12 16 12 6 THE ANSWER - Johnny Marr 126600 13 8 2 5 SPITFIRE - WE ARE ONE 370000 14 10 10 6 NEVER BE ALONE - Becky Hill & Sonny Fodera 136900 15 17 15 4 KISS OF LIFE - Shaznay Lewis 75900 16 26 16 2 TRAINING SEASON - Dua Lipa 43500 17 32 17 3 CRAZY LOVE - Above & Beyond featuring Zoe Johnston 45600 18 15 15 6 SUPERNOVA - Bananarama 129900 19 30 19 2 LET IT RIDE - Paloma Faith 39000 20 22 20 15 MICHELLE - The Beatles 196450 21 11 5 9 SHADES OF LOVE - The Blessed Madonna featuring The Joy 355950 22 24 22 4 STARS ON 45 THEME - Sgt Slick featuring Starsound 63700 23 13 6 7 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE (STAY HIGH) - The Black Keys 264250 24 28 24 2 THERE’S NO ME...WITHOUT YOU - Glen Campbell & Carole King 37300 25 45 25 5 BEAT OF YOUR HEART - Purple Disco Machine & ASDIS 56300 26 20 8 6 AM I GETTING THROUGH PARTS 1 & 2 - Sheryl Crow 191500 27 19 9 6 NO STRINGS - X Ambassadors 172650 28 12 12 7 LOSE CONTROL - Teddy Swims 172500 29 23 23 7 DEEP IN YOUR LOVE - Alok & Bebe Rexha 99250 30 34 30 6 NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS - Boney M 77300 31 31 22 7 YES, AND? - Ariana Grande 110600 32 21 19 6 CAN’T GET ENOUGH - Jennifer Lopez 110850 33 27 1 13 IMMORTAL - Lufthaus featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Robbie Williams 1098700 34 29 24 7 A LITTLE MORE LOST - Georgia Ku 128500 35 25 12 5 SHAPE OF ME - Rita Ora featuring Keith Urban 131250 36 37 36 15 HEY BULLDOG - The Beatles 183650 37 40 37 3 LONELY DANCERS - Conan Gray 38900 38 38 38 3 DANCE ALONE - Sia & Kylie Minogue 46400 39 36 30 6 HIGH - Bryn Christopher 88100 40 39 33 5 LIL BOO THANG - Paul Russell 86300 41 41 41 4 CLARITY - 24kGoldn 40400 42 47 42 5 CREEPING ON THE DANCEFLOOR - The Zutons 55950 43 59 43 3 OH HI - Crowded House 27800 44 33 1 14 SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel 1159200 45 35 1 15 GOOD AT BREAKING HEARTS - Jungle featuring JNR Williams & 33.3 906000 46 48 46 5 LOVER’S LEAP - Elbow 52050 47 74 47 2 HIGH - Stephen Sanchez 17700 48 62 48 3 HAVE YOU SEEN HER - The Chi-Lites 25300 49 63 49 4 NOT PREPARED FOR YOU - Beverley Knight 33300 50 68 50 2 IS THIS LOVE? - James 18400 51 54 35 7 MIRACLE - Shaznay Lewis 78750 52 58 52 5 STICK SEASON - Noah Kahan 47900 53 66 53 3 I’LL BE AROUND - The Detroit Spinners 23050 54 49 1 23 HOLD ON TO NOW - Kylie Minogue 1048350 55 70 55 3 A PLACE IN YOUR HEART - Gabrielle 22000 56 73 56 3 COULD IT BE I’M FALLING IN LOVE - The Detroit Spinners 20400 57 NEW 57 1 BELFAST CHILD - Simple Minds 10400 58 50 6 16 HOUDINI - Dua Lipa 418200 59 NEW 59 1 I’M NOT BITTER - Dadi Freyr 10100 60 RE 39 4 MURDER ON THE DANCEFLOOR - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 50900 61 79 61 2 TEXAS HOLD ‘EM - Beyonce 11700 62 NEW 62 1 LOCKSMITH - Sadie Jean 7400 63 NEW 63 1 I PREDICT A RIOT - Kaiser Chiefs 7200 64 NEW 64 1 ILLUSIONS - Jalen Ngonda 7100 65 51 10 12 JAMCOD - The Jesus And Mary Chain 260900 66 NEW 66 1 SATURN - SZA 6800 67 69 67 4 FROM HERE TO ETERNITY - Engelbert Humperdinck 24000 68 71 68 4 NOTHING BUT THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD - Glen Campbell & Eric Clapton 23400 69 72 69 3 WHEN THE STARS GO BLUE - Paul Young 17200 70 NEW 70 1 ALL OR NOTHING - Rebecca & Fiona 6000 71 76 71 2 I’D LIKE TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR PROBLEM - The Dandy Warhols featuring Slash 10600 72 80 72 2 IS IT OVER NOW? (TAYLOR’S VERSION) - Taylor Swift 9600 73 NEW 73 1 ENOUGH - Jess Glynne 5400 74 NEW 74 1 ROUND WE GO - Madness 5200 75 NEW 75 1 GIMME SOME KINDA SIGN - UB40 featuring Gilly G 5000 76 NEW 76 1 DRIVING ME CRAZY - Rick Astley 4800 77 NEW 77 1 THE RIGHT WRONG - The Feeling 4600 78 NEW 78 1 COULD YOU BE LOVED - Bob Marley & The Wailers 4400 79 NEW 79 1 SO MUCH (FOR) STARDUST - Fall Out Boy 4200 80 NEW 80 1 JAMMING - Bob Marley & The Wailers 4000 DROP OUTS 44 44 5 THE OTHERSIDE - Ross Quinn 59800 42 37 6 LOVE HURT REPEAT - Alle Farben & Lewis Thompson featuring Mae Muller 66750 43 11 12 PRADA - Casso, D-Block Europe and RAYE 209000 46 27 8 NO CALIFORNIA - Ilsey 132650 52 42 6 ALIBI - Ella Henderson featuring Rudimental 64850 53 53 5 GOTTA GO HOME - Boney M 44650 55 30 8 I REMEMBER EVERYTHING - Zach Bryan featuring Kacey Musgrave 103300 56 4 13 BAD WOMAN - Paloma Faith 463050 57 57 5 WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY SONG MA - Melanie 37200 60 2 19 STORY - Kylie Minogue 845200 61 52 7 NATURAL MAGICK - Kula Shaker 55600 64 64 4 RENT - Pet Shop Boys 24900 65 60 6 YOU WANT MY - Bright Light Bright Light 41000 67 59 7 FARAWAY - Cast 48900 75 55 6 WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT - Dizzee Rascal featuring Jme & Double E 44600 77 1 24 SOMETHING ON MY MIND - Purple Disco Machine x Duke Dumont x Nothing But Thieves 1000250 78 4 16 LOOK AT YOU NOW - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 533550
March 2, 20241 yr Hey John! Carry you doing well :cheer: I'm here for that. Loneliness holding steady is good. At least it's not falling. Never be alone unfortunately out your top qp already *.* Training season has actually grown on me massively this week. What a bop! Nice chart ^_^
March 2, 20241 yr Hey John! Nice to see "Turn The Lights Back On" reaching the top 10, the big gains for "Beat Of Your Heart" and "Texas Hold 'Em", the return for "Murder On The Dancefloor" and the debuts for "Belfast Child", "Saturn", "Enough" and "Could You Be Loved". Great chart! Take care.
March 3, 20241 yr Hey John, Martin Garrix and Billy Joel Top 10 :cheer: Justin Timberlake dropping already :( Dua Lipa, Above & Beyond and Paloma Faith Top 20, Purple Disco Machine Top 30 and Conan Gray a little bit up in the Top 40 :dance: Best new entries bubbling under : Rick Astley and SZA :w00t: And of course the oldies from Sophie Ellis Baxter, Simple Minds and Bob Marley & The Wailers :yahoo: I miss the grandson of Bob, YG Marley is your chart? Or did i miss it?
March 3, 20241 yr Great to see new peak positions for Billy Joel, Crowded House, Beverley Knight, Beyonce and Paul Young :D Also good seeing new debuts for SZA and Fall Out Boy :D
March 7, 20241 yr Author Hey John! Carry you doing well :cheer: I'm here for that. Loneliness holding steady is good. At least it's not falling. Never be alone unfortunately out your top qp already *.* Training season has actually grown on me massively this week. What a bop! Nice chart ^_^ Hey James! :) Thanks for the comments and glad Training Season is growing on you, still a grower for me too, just a few oldies keeping it out of the top 10 oops! :o :lol: cheers! B-)
March 7, 20241 yr Author Hey John! Nice to see "Turn The Lights Back On" reaching the top 10, the big gains for "Beat Of Your Heart" and "Texas Hold 'Em", the return for "Murder On The Dancefloor" and the debuts for "Belfast Child", "Saturn", "Enough" and "Could You Be Loved". Great chart! Take care. Hey Sergej! :) Thanks for the picks and TC backatcha! B-)
March 7, 20241 yr Author Hey John, Martin Garrix and Billy Joel Top 10 :cheer: Justin Timberlake dropping already :( Dua Lipa, Above & Beyond and Paloma Faith Top 20, Purple Disco Machine Top 30 and Conan Gray a little bit up in the Top 40 :dance: Best new entries bubbling under : Rick Astley and SZA :w00t: And of course the oldies from Sophie Ellis Baxter, Simple Minds and Bob Marley & The Wailers :yahoo: I miss the grandson of Bob, YG Marley is your chart? Or did i miss it? Hey Sven! :) Thanks for the picks! No you havent missed YG on my charts - I've heard it a couple of times but the autotune-altered voice puts me off a bit so far. It's becoming a bit of a cliche these days, but loved Skip marley's track with Katy Perry and Bob's son Ziggy had quite a few I charted. Maybe I'll like his next one a bit more :dance: cheers! B-)
March 7, 20241 yr Author oh yasss Dadi Freyr with a banger :cheer: He's had 4 pretty good tracks so far, looking good for the future! :dance:
March 7, 20241 yr Author Great to see new peak positions for Billy Joel, Crowded House, Beverley Knight, Beyonce and Paul Young :D Also good seeing new debuts for SZA and Fall Out Boy :D Hi SSP :) , thanks for the picks! B-)
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