Posted March 7, 20241 yr 3rd March 2024 It's a first week ever on top of my charts for the only posthumous centenarian to have ever managed it - Glynis Johns was 100 when she died last month, and now Send In The Clowns from A Little Night Music, the song written for her, finally tops my chart 51 years late. That's not the oldest track to do it, but it just leaps over fellow half-century track Sebastian which recently also did the trick, neither of them charting at all for me previously. It's never too late to discover fabulous old music! Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich were childhood faves, but most of their chart hits pre-dated my charts (they've had 2 chart entries in 1968/69, and 2 oldies chart-toppers since) so it didn't take much to be persuaded to chart the stompingly good Hold Tight! after it turned up on an advert this week. About time! A great singalong kiddie track, but also great guitar and drums on it, and what with Edgar Wright naming a movie after Last Night In Soho 2 years back it's good to see they haven't been forgotten, new in at 9, a 4th top 10 in 56 years of charting. The highest new track is Lighter at 27, a radio 2-playlisted dance-pop track already, from Galantis, 9 years of charting including one number one, David Guetta, 21 years and still releasing stuff every other week and including 2 number ones, and 5 Seconds Of Summer who are now chart hit 6. Jungle deservedly won Best Album at the Brits - there's a long-form video of all of the Volcano tracks on Youtube, most of which I've bought, and they sound just as good playing live on TV as on record, so a proper Band. So Back On 74 is back and there's another album cut popping in, Pretty Little Thing being the 9th off Volcano, and 18th to chart. That leaves Olly Alexander going "solo" for Eurovision, on Dizzy. The First single I ever bought was called Dizzy, 1969, aged 11, Tommy Roe was the singer. Fingers-crossed for 3-time chart-topping Years & Years then aka Olly. Gwen Stefani & hubby Blake Shelton are back for an upbeat pop track together, extending Gwen's chart career to 27 years, and finally there's a debut from DJO - aka Stranger Things' Joe Keery, also good in Free Guy with Ryan Reynolds, but best known as Steve from the Netflix show as we wait for the final season. Not just Kate Bush who gets a big hit out of the show then! Moby also topped my chart after a season 4 placement, along with Kate Bush. 1 2 1 9 SEND IN THE CLOWNS - Glynis Johns 476800 2 1 1 2 THE SOUND OF THE CROWD - The Human League 285000 3 3 1 5 HOLD ON HOPE - Glen Campbell & Eric Church 431000 4 5 1 6 BLAME YOU - Nero featuring Alana Watson 665000 5 7 5 3 CARRY YOU - Martin Garrix, Third=Party & Oaks featuring Declan J Donovan 132000 6 4 1 7 BURNING IN FLAMES - Kaiser Chiefs 551000 7 6 3 6 OH NO :: HE SAID WHAT? - Nothing But Thieves 385000 8 9 8 6 LONELINESS - Pet Shop Boys 219000 9 NEW 9 1 HOLD TIGHT! - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 45000 10 10 10 5 TURN THE LIGHTS BACK ON - Billy Joel 151200 11 8 6 7 ALL NIGHT LONG - Kungs, David Guetta & Izzy Bizu 292200 12 16 12 3 TRAINING SEASON - Dua Lipa 78500 13 19 13 3 LET IT RIDE - Paloma Faith 71000 14 12 12 7 THE ANSWER - Johnny Marr 155600 15 17 15 4 CRAZY LOVE - Above & Beyond featuring Zoe Johnston 72600 16 11 7 7 SELFISH - Justin Timberlake 227200 17 13 2 6 SPITFIRE - WE ARE ONE 393000 18 15 15 5 KISS OF LIFE - Shaznay Lewis 97900 19 25 19 6 BEAT OF YOUR HEART - Purple Disco Machine & ASDIS 77300 20 30 20 7 NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS - Boney M 97300 21 14 10 7 NEVER BE ALONE - Becky Hill & Sonny Fodera 156650 22 22 22 5 STARS ON 45 THEME - Sgt Slick featuring Starsound 83200 23 31 22 8 YES, AND? - Ariana Grande 129850 24 24 24 3 THERE’S NO ME...WITHOUT YOU - Glen Campbell & Carole King 56300 25 20 20 16 MICHELLE - The Beatles 215200 26 18 15 7 SUPERNOVA - Bananarama 148400 27 NEW 27 1 LIGHTER - Galantis, David Guetta & 5 Seconds Of Summer 18400 28 21 5 10 SHADES OF LOVE - The Blessed Madonna featuring The Joy 374250 29 66 29 2 SATURN - SZA 25000 30 23 6 8 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE (STAY HIGH) - The Black Keys 282250 31 27 9 7 NO STRINGS - X Ambassadors 190550 32 26 8 7 AM I GETTING THROUGH PARTS 1 & 2 - Sheryl Crow 209300 33 38 33 4 DANCE ALONE - Sia & Kylie Minogue 64100 34 37 34 4 LONELY DANCERS - Conan Gray 56500 35 28 12 8 LOSE CONTROL - Teddy Swims 190000 36 29 23 8 DEEP IN YOUR LOVE - Alok & Bebe Rexha 116650 37 33 1 14 IMMORTAL - Lufthaus featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Robbie Williams 1116000 38 43 38 4 OH HI - Crowded House 45000 39 39 30 7 HIGH - Bryn Christopher 105200 40 32 19 7 CAN’T GET ENOUGH - Jennifer Lopez 127850 41 34 24 8 A LITTLE MORE LOST - Georgia Ku 142500 42 42 42 6 CREEPING ON THE DANCEFLOOR - The Zutons 69700 43 NEW 43 1 RIDE - Mia Rodriguez 13500 44 47 44 3 HIGH - Stephen Sanchez 30950 45 53 45 4 I’LL BE AROUND - The Detroit Spinners 36050 46 59 46 2 I’M NOT BITTER - Dadi Freyr 22850 47 50 47 3 IS THIS LOVE? - James 30900 48 49 48 5 NOT PREPARED FOR YOU - Beverley Knight 45600 49 35 12 6 SHAPE OF ME - Rita Ora featuring Keith Urban 143350 50 40 33 6 LIL BOO THANG - Paul Russell 98300 51 44 1 15 SEBASTIAN - Cockney Rebel 1170950 52 56 52 4 COULD IT BE I’M FALLING IN LOVE - The Detroit Spinners 31900 53 45 1 16 GOOD AT BREAKING HEARTS - Jungle featuring JNR Williams & 33.3 917250 54 64 54 2 ILLUSIONS - Jalen Ngonda 18100 55 55 55 4 A PLACE IN YOUR HEART - Gabrielle 32800 56 57 56 2 BELFAST CHILD - Simple Minds 21000 57 NEW 57 1 SECRETS - Glockenbach and Ownboss featuring Jazz Montell 10400 58 62 58 2 LOCKSMITH - Sadie Jean 17600 59 46 46 6 LOVER’S LEAP - Elbow 62150 60 61 60 3 TEXAS HOLD ‘EM - Beyonce 21700 61 52 52 6 STICK SEASON - Noah Kahan 55400 62 75 62 2 GIMME SOME KINDA SIGN - UB40 featuring Gilly G 12400 63 63 63 2 I PREDICT A RIOT - Kaiser Chiefs 14400 64 41 41 5 CLARITY - 24kGoldn 47500 65 73 65 2 ENOUGH - Jess Glynne 12400 66 70 66 2 ALL OR NOTHING - Rebecca & Fiona 12800 67 54 1 24 HOLD ON TO NOW - Kylie Minogue 1054950 68 68 68 5 NOTHING BUT THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD - Glen Campbell & Eric Clapton 29800 69 69 69 4 WHEN THE STARS GO BLUE - Paul Young 23400 70 51 35 8 MIRACLE - Shaznay Lewis 84750 71 71 71 3 I’D LIKE TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR PROBLEM - The Dandy Warhols featuring Slash 16400 72 78 72 2 COULD YOU BE LOVED - Bob Marley & The Wailers 10000 73 74 73 2 ROUND WE GO - Madness 10600 74 77 74 2 THE RIGHT WRONG - The Feeling 9800 75 79 75 2 SO MUCH (FOR) STARDUST - Fall Out Boy 9200 76 76 76 2 DRIVING ME CRAZY - Rick Astley 9600 77 72 72 3 IS IT OVER NOW? (TAYLOR’S VERSION) - Taylor Swift 14200 78 RE 17 16 BACK ON 74 - Jungle 208900 79 60 39 5 MURDER ON THE DANCEFLOOR - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 55100 80 80 80 2 JAMMING - Bob Marley & The Wailers 8000 81 NEW 81 1 END OF BEGINNING - DJO 3800 82 NEW 82 1 DIZZY - Olly Alexander 3600 83 NEW 83 1 FLAMME - Juliette Armanet 3400 84 NEW 84 1 PRETTY LITTLE THING - Jungle featuring Bas 3200 85 NEW 85 1 PURPLE IRISES - Gwen Stefani & Blake Shelton 3000 36 36 15 HEY BULLDOG - The Beatles 183650 48 48 3 HAVE YOU SEEN HER - The Chi-Lites 25300 58 6 16 HOUDINI - Dua Lipa 418200 65 10 12 JAMCOD - The Jesus And Mary Chain 260900 67 67 4 FROM HERE TO ETERNITY - Engelbert Humperdinck 24000
March 7, 20241 yr Hi there John! Nice to see "Saturn" gain huge, the return for "Back On 74" and the debuts for "Lighter", "Secrets", "End Of Beginning" and "Dizzy". Great chart! Take care.
March 8, 20241 yr Hey John! Carry you top 5 *.* I wonder if it'll get that high when it enters my own chart *.* A new peak for loneliness and as you so eloquently said, SNAP! Yay for that climb for training season :cheer: it is good isn't it. A bop! Oh yes! Yea and? Coming for a repeak perhaps? I wouldn't complain! Texas hold em not quite clicking with you yet? Dizzy is very decent and as Eurovision songs go, it's bang on the moment I think but I'm not convinced it'll do well. Fab chart ^_^
March 9, 20241 yr Hello John :hi: 2 1 1 2 THE SOUND OF THE CROWD - The Human League 285000 This didn't get any points from me but it was still a good discovery. I didn't know many Human League songs, just the obvious ones! 4 5 1 6 BLAME YOU - Nero featuring Alana Watson 665000 11 8 6 7 ALL NIGHT LONG - Kungs, David Guetta & Izzy Bizu 292200 I hope this introduces younger generations to the legendary Cathy Dennis (but actually, I didn't realize this wasn't originally her song!) 12 16 12 3 TRAINING SEASON - Dua Lipa 78500 16 11 7 7 SELFISH - Justin Timberlake 227200 17 13 2 6 SPITFIRE - WE ARE ONE 393000 21 14 10 7 NEVER BE ALONE - Becky Hill & Sonny Fodera 156650 23 31 22 8 YES, AND? - Ariana Grande 129850 27 NEW 27 1 LIGHTER - Galantis, David Guetta & 5 Seconds Of Summer 18400 29 66 29 2 SATURN - SZA 25000 32 26 8 7 AM I GETTING THROUGH PARTS 1 & 2 - Sheryl Crow 209300 35 28 12 8 LOSE CONTROL - Teddy Swims 190000 40 32 19 7 CAN’T GET ENOUGH - Jennifer Lopez 127850 41 34 24 8 A LITTLE MORE LOST - Georgia Ku 142500 This is lovely! I only knew her from some dance features, but saw this doing well on iTunes and thought it'd be worth listening to, it certainly was! 43 NEW 43 1 RIDE - Mia Rodriguez 13500 49 35 12 6 SHAPE OF ME - Rita Ora featuring Keith Urban 143350 50 40 33 6 LIL BOO THANG - Paul Russell 98300 57 NEW 57 1 SECRETS - Glockenbach and Ownboss featuring Jazz Montell 10400 58 62 58 2 LOCKSMITH - Sadie Jean 17600 Back-to-back 18s from you then? :o Thanks so much! I can't promise three in a row because I have no clue what I'm sending next yet :lol: 60 61 60 3 TEXAS HOLD ‘EM - Beyonce 21700 61 52 52 6 STICK SEASON - Noah Kahan 55400 63 63 63 2 I PREDICT A RIOT - Kaiser Chiefs 14400 77 72 72 3 IS IT OVER NOW? (TAYLOR’S VERSION) - Taylor Swift 14200 78 RE 17 16 BACK ON 74 - Jungle 208900 79 60 39 5 MURDER ON THE DANCEFLOOR - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 55100 81 NEW 81 1 END OF BEGINNING - DJO 3800 Great chart :D
March 9, 20241 yr New debut for Galantis :D Also great to see new peak positions for SZA, Sia, Crowded House, Beverley Knight and Beyonce :D
March 10, 20241 yr Hey John, Martin Garrix Top 5 :cheer: Nothing But Thieves, Pet Shop Boys and Billy Joel stay Top 10 :dance: Purple Disco Machine/Ásdís and oldie from Boney M Top 20 :cheer: Ariana Grande, Galantis/D.Guetta/5SOS and SZA Top 30 :w00t: Sia/Kylie and Conan Gray climbing a bit in the Top 40 :cheer: A few nice new entries bubbling under. The best one this week is the EuroSong from Olly Alexander :yahoo: Have you heard the Dutch participant?.... Horrible :puke: !! Edited March 10, 20241 yr by Sven10
March 13, 20241 yr Author Hi there John! Nice to see "Saturn" gain huge, the return for "Back On 74" and the debuts for "Lighter", "Secrets", "End Of Beginning" and "Dizzy". Great chart! Take care. Hi Sergej! :) Thanks for the picks! Take care too and hope all is fab :) B-)
March 13, 20241 yr Author Hey John! Carry you top 5 *.* I wonder if it'll get that high when it enters my own chart *.* A new peak for loneliness and as you so eloquently said, SNAP! Yay for that climb for training season :cheer: it is good isn't it. A bop! Oh yes! Yea and? Coming for a repeak perhaps? I wouldn't complain! Texas hold em not quite clicking with you yet? Dizzy is very decent and as Eurovision songs go, it's bang on the moment I think but I'm not convinced it'll do well. Fab chart ^_^ Hey James! :) Hope all is fab! Carry You even bigger this week for me, look forward to it charting for you, fingers-crossed! Training Season isa great single, being held back by a few oldies at the mo, but I expect it to climb higher. Texas Hold 'em I'm peaking on already I think, getting played on radio a lot and I'm overdosing on it, and it's a thin line between fun and annoying when you hear it too much, oops! Dizzy is a nicely-produced track, but I suspect you may be right, they need to up the stakes in the sets to give it a boost I think, Olly might not be the strongest live vocal on the night, which was poor Mae's fate, cos her record was amongst the best entries no question. cheers! B-)
March 13, 20241 yr Author Hello John :hi: 2 1 1 2 THE SOUND OF THE CROWD - The Human League 285000 This didn't get any points from me but it was still a good discovery. I didn't know many Human League songs, just the obvious ones! 4 5 1 6 BLAME YOU - Nero featuring Alana Watson 665000 11 8 6 7 ALL NIGHT LONG - Kungs, David Guetta & Izzy Bizu 292200 I hope this introduces younger generations to the legendary Cathy Dennis (but actually, I didn't realize this wasn't originally her song!) 12 16 12 3 TRAINING SEASON - Dua Lipa 78500 16 11 7 7 SELFISH - Justin Timberlake 227200 17 13 2 6 SPITFIRE - WE ARE ONE 393000 21 14 10 7 NEVER BE ALONE - Becky Hill & Sonny Fodera 156650 23 31 22 8 YES, AND? - Ariana Grande 129850 27 NEW 27 1 LIGHTER - Galantis, David Guetta & 5 Seconds Of Summer 18400 29 66 29 2 SATURN - SZA 25000 32 26 8 7 AM I GETTING THROUGH PARTS 1 & 2 - Sheryl Crow 209300 35 28 12 8 LOSE CONTROL - Teddy Swims 190000 40 32 19 7 CAN’T GET ENOUGH - Jennifer Lopez 127850 41 34 24 8 A LITTLE MORE LOST - Georgia Ku 142500 This is lovely! I only knew her from some dance features, but saw this doing well on iTunes and thought it'd be worth listening to, it certainly was! 43 NEW 43 1 RIDE - Mia Rodriguez 13500 49 35 12 6 SHAPE OF ME - Rita Ora featuring Keith Urban 143350 50 40 33 6 LIL BOO THANG - Paul Russell 98300 57 NEW 57 1 SECRETS - Glockenbach and Ownboss featuring Jazz Montell 10400 58 62 58 2 LOCKSMITH - Sadie Jean 17600 Back-to-back 18s from you then? :o Thanks so much! I can't promise three in a row because I have no clue what I'm sending next yet :lol: 60 61 60 3 TEXAS HOLD ‘EM - Beyonce 21700 61 52 52 6 STICK SEASON - Noah Kahan 55400 63 63 63 2 I PREDICT A RIOT - Kaiser Chiefs 14400 77 72 72 3 IS IT OVER NOW? (TAYLOR’S VERSION) - Taylor Swift 14200 78 RE 17 16 BACK ON 74 - Jungle 208900 79 60 39 5 MURDER ON THE DANCEFLOOR - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 55100 81 NEW 81 1 END OF BEGINNING - DJO 3800 Great chart :D Hi Jordan! :) Glad you liked The Human League track, it sounds great very loud :lol: I didn;t realise cathy didnt write All Night Long! Probably cos I never watched 80's slasher movies :lol: Yes the Georgia Ku track is a goodie, be nice if it had been a hit but itunes is not bad. Yes back-to-back 18's, on a roll right now, but no pressure, it's good to keep people guessing what you'll enter - who wants to be predictable! :lol: Cheers! B-)
March 13, 20241 yr Author New debut for Galantis :D Also great to see new peak positions for SZA, Sia, Crowded House, Beverley Knight and Beyonce :D Thanks for the picks SSP! :) Hope all is good! cheers B-)
March 13, 20241 yr Author Hey John, Martin Garrix Top 5 :cheer: Nothing But Thieves, Pet Shop Boys and Billy Joel stay Top 10 :dance: Purple Disco Machine/Ásdís and oldie from Boney M Top 20 :cheer: Ariana Grande, Galantis/D.Guetta/5SOS and SZA Top 30 :w00t: Sia/Kylie and Conan Gray climbing a bit in the Top 40 :cheer: A few nice new entries bubbling under. The best one this week is the EuroSong from Olly Alexander :yahoo: Have you heard the Dutch participant?.... Horrible :puke: !! Hey Sven! :) Thanks for the picks! No I've not heard the Dutch entry, but after your review I had to play it :lol: Oh dear! It's 2 Unlimited vs last year's Cha Cha and it's not very flattering in going for lowest-common denominator piss-take there! Oops :lol: cheers! B-)
March 13, 20241 yr Author Flamme :wub: Flamme is fun isn't it? :) Thanks for hosting BJSC again, above and beyond!!! :yahoo: B-)
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