Posted March 30, 20242 yr 24th March 2024 It's a bop top 3 with Martin Garrix back up for a second week on top, but threatened by the Toxic-inspired Ride at 2 from Mia Rodriguez and a chart debut for Rose Gray at 3 with the clubtastic Ecstasy. I feel like clubbing, if only I had the energy! That's Rose's 3rd top 3 inside 3 years in my charts. Some of last week's new crop get big leaps this week, while the new entries include a 2nd return to form this year from Lenny Kravitz, on the 80's-ish Human at 36. Girls Aloud have some unreleased tracks out, and in at 43 the rather nice Baby When You Go makes a decent addition to their back catalogue of the Noughties. Seeb have been charting for 7 years, including chart-topper Free to Go in 2019, and they return with Before You go at 64. The Legendary Bon Jovi return for a 38th year of charting at 70, while Fairground Attraction split up in 1988 or thereabouts, a big hit, a good follow-up and that was that apart from Eddie Reader's solo career in the 90's - well she and gang are back 36 years on for a pertinent song, What's Wrong With The World? I could write a book to answer that one. That leaves Mark Knopfler's Guitar Heroes on the charity 10-minute cover of his Local Hero movie theme Going Home - it's an instrumental with more rock legends than have ever gathered together on one track before, totally guaranteed. Mark obviosuly has been charting for 45 years, since Sultans Of Swing hit 2 in my charts for Dire Straits, but it brings back Ringo Starr, Duane Eddy, Hank Marvin, Brian May, Joan Jett and many many more to the singles chart. The OCC will never bother to mention it, but Duane Eddy and Hank Marvin were active in the 1950's, so beat that anyone! (nobody can, most others are dead) From the point of view of my charts, that gives actual chart spans of 49 years to Duane and Hank, 50 to Brian May, and 56 to Ringo, who now holds the record for longest chart-span ahead of The Beatles, oops! Had I been charting in the 60's Hank would hold the record with 61 years, from Summer Holiday/Bachelor Boy. 1 2 1 6 CARRY YOU - Martin Garrix, Third=Party & Oaks featuring Declan J Donovan 587000 2 5 2 4 RIDE - Mia Rodriguez 230500 3 NEW 3 1 ECSTASY - Rose Gray 85000 4 1 1 4 HOLD TIGHT! - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 395000 5 3 1 8 HOLD ON HOPE - Glen Campbell & Eric Church 661000 6 7 6 6 TRAINING SEASON - Dua Lipa 218500 7 10 7 7 CRAZY LOVE - Above & Beyond featuring Zoe Johnston 191600 8 6 1 10 BURNING IN FLAMES - Kaiser Chiefs 719000 9 9 9 4 LIGHTER - Galantis, David Guetta & 5 Seconds Of Summer 131400 10 4 4 10 NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS - Boney M 249300 11 23 11 6 THERE’S NO ME...WITHOUT YOU - Glen Campbell & Carole King 131550 12 8 8 6 LET IT RIDE - Paloma Faith 202000 13 11 1 9 BLAME YOU - Nero featuring Alana Watson 794000 14 12 3 9 OH NO :: HE SAID WHAT? - Nothing But Thieves 486000 15 16 10 8 TURN THE LIGHTS BACK ON - Billy Joel 235200 16 17 16 5 SATURN - SZA 94000 17 15 12 10 THE ANSWER - Johnny Marr 227600 18 19 18 3 I JUST WANNA STAY HERE - Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gormez 62250 19 28 19 5 GIMME SOME KINDA SIGN - UB40 featuring Gilly G 68900 20 25 20 3 SWEATPANTS - Paloma Faith 51250 21 14 1 12 SEND IN THE CLOWNS - Glynis Johns 575550 22 13 1 5 THE SOUND OF THE CROWD - The Human League 391500 23 18 6 10 ALL NIGHT LONG - Kungs, David Guetta & Izzy Bizu 362450 24 26 24 5 I’M NOT BITTER - Dadi Freyr 78650 25 79 25 2 HOME - Good Neighbours 22950 26 20 8 9 LONELINESS - Pet Shop Boys 282500 27 24 10 10 NEVER BE ALONE - Becky Hill & Sonny Fodera 213550 28 74 28 2 BEEN LIKE THIS - Meghan Trainor & T-Pain 23500 29 38 29 3 KISSING STRANGERS - Usher 40000 30 31 30 5 ILLUSIONS - Jalen Ngonda 66000 31 21 15 8 KISS OF LIFE - Shaznay Lewis 155550 32 71 32 2 LOVE ON - Selena Gomez 23600 33 40 33 4 END OF BEGINNING - DJO 44700 34 34 34 7 I’LL BE AROUND - The Detroit Spinners 88250 35 35 35 4 SECRETS - Glockenbach and Ownboss featuring Jazz Montell 56900 36 NEW 36 1 HUMAN - Lenny Kravitz 17400 37 22 19 9 BEAT OF YOUR HEART - Purple Disco Machine & ASDIS 132850 38 29 29 7 OH HI - Crowded House 98600 39 27 7 10 SELFISH - Justin Timberlake 282450 40 30 2 9 SPITFIRE - WE ARE ONE 446500 41 41 41 7 COULD IT BE I’M FALLING IN LOVE - The Detroit Spinners 72900 42 42 42 4 DIZZY - Olly Alexander 41300 43 NEW 43 1 BABY WHEN YOU GO - Girls Aloud 13500 44 32 32 7 LONELY DANCERS - Conan Gray 105350 45 45 45 5 ENOUGH - Jess Glynne 45500 46 33 22 8 STARS ON 45 THEME - Sgt Slick featuring Starsound 132050 47 49 47 2 JUDY TEEN - Cockney Rebel 24600 48 54 48 5 ALL OR NOTHING - Rebecca & Fiona 43100 49 51 49 5 BELFAST CHILD - Simple Minds 55450 50 69 50 2 WE CAN’T BE FRIENDS (WAIT FOR YOUR LOVE) - Ariana Grande 18200 51 43 22 11 YES, AND? - Ariana Grande 173000 52 48 1 17 IMMORTAL - Lufthaus featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Robbie Williams 1153550 53 53 53 5 LOCKSMITH - Sadie Jean 51350 54 39 15 10 SUPERNOVA - Bananarama 194500 55 56 55 5 SO MUCH (FOR) STARDUST - Fall Out Boy 37400 56 36 36 6 IS THIS LOVE? - James 76000 57 57 57 4 PURPLE IRISES - Gwen Stefani & Blake Shelton 29800 58 46 9 10 NO STRINGS - X Ambassadors 230900 59 60 59 4 PRETTY LITTLE THING - Jungle featuring Bas 29500 60 61 60 3 SHIP OF FOOLS - World Party 22500 61 47 8 10 AM I GETTING THROUGH PARTS 1 & 2 - Sheryl Crow 246600 62 37 33 7 DANCE ALONE - Sia & Kylie Minogue 106500 63 44 44 8 NOT PREPARED FOR YOU - Beverley Knight 78800 64 NEW 64 1 BEFORE YOU GO - Seeb 7100 65 65 65 4 FLAMME - Juliette Armanet 22200 66 73 66 2 THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - Steve Harley & Sarah Brightman 12200 67 70 67 3 HEARTS ON THE RUN - Delta Goodrem 17000 68 68 68 5 DRIVING ME CRAZY - Rick Astley 28800 69 76 69 2 CALL - Kasabian 11000 70 NEW 70 1 LEGENDARY - Bon Jovi 6000 71 NEW 71 1 TOO SWEET - Hozier 5800 72 55 41 6 HIGH - Stephen Sanchez 61350 73 75 73 3 DO NOT DISTURB (KRYSTAL KLEAR NEW WAVE REMIX) - Bananarama 14600 74 50 5 13 SHADES OF LOVE - The Blessed Madonna featuring The Joy 409050 75 78 75 2 OUR WORLD - James 9400 76 NEW 76 1 GOING HOME (THEME FROM LOCAL HERO) - Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes 4800 77 77 77 3 ALL BY MYSELF - Eric Carmen 13200 78 NEW 78 1 WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE WORLD? - Fairground Attraction 4400 79 52 6 11 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE (STAY HIGH) - The Black Keys 315650 80 80 80 2 DOCTOR (WORK IT OUT) - Pharrell Williams & Miley Cyrus 8000 DROP OUTS 58 23 10 DEEP IN YOUR LOVE - Alok & Bebe Rexha 140100 59 12 10 LOSE CONTROL - Teddy Swims 213600 62 62 4 THE RIGHT WRONG - The Feeling 23800 63 24 10 A LITTLE MORE LOST - Georgia Ku 161800 64 1 18 GOOD AT BREAKING HEARTS - Jungle featuring JNR Williams & 33.3 934750 66 30 9 HIGH - Bryn Christopher 124300 67 19 9 CAN’T GET ENOUGH - Jennifer Lopez 146200 72 72 4 ROUND WE GO - Madness 21800
March 31, 20242 yr Hey John, Great Top 3 with Martin, Mia and Rose :dance: Dua Lipa and Galantis Top 10, Meghan Trainor/T-Pain and Usher Top 30, Selena Gomez and Lenny Kravitz Top 40 :cheer: Best new entry bubbling under ; Girls Aloud :yahoo: . But, Bon Jovi, Hozier, Seeb and Mark Knopfler are also good........
March 31, 20242 yr Hi John! Nice to see "Home", "Love On" and "We Can't Be Friends (Wait For Your Love)" gain huge and the debuts for "Human", "Legendary" and "Too Sweet". Great chart! Take care.
April 1, 20242 yr Hello John! Carry you is fab. Glad to see it jump again this week. A new peak for training season yass. What a bop :wub: A nice climb for Ari and we can't be friends. It really is quite perfect! Love it. Too sweet is bloody great! I didn't expect to like it but here we are! :funky:
April 1, 20242 yr Hi John, delighted to see Rose Gray as such a high new entry! As you know, it topped my EOY for 2023, and it's just irresistibly great. Happy to see the Dua and SZA songs reaching new peaks too.
April 1, 20242 yr Hi John. Hope you've had a good Easter. My faves this week: 1 2 1 6 CARRY YOU - Martin Garrix, Third=Party & Oaks featuring Declan J Donovan 587000 2 5 2 4 RIDE - Mia Rodriguez 230500 thanks for the tip 3 NEW 3 1 ECSTASY - Rose Gray 85000 4 1 1 4 HOLD TIGHT! - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 395000 6 7 6 6 TRAINING SEASON - Dua Lipa 218500 7 10 7 7 CRAZY LOVE - Above & Beyond featuring Zoe Johnston 191600 9 9 9 4 LIGHTER - Galantis, David Guetta & 5 Seconds Of Summer 131400 10 4 4 10 NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS - Boney M 249300 awww shame this didn't qualify. It deserved to! At least you did better than me though :lol: 13 11 1 9 BLAME YOU - Nero featuring Alana Watson 794000 14 12 3 9 OH NO :: HE SAID WHAT? - Nothing But Thieves 486000 15 16 10 8 TURN THE LIGHTS BACK ON - Billy Joel 235200 16 17 16 5 SATURN - SZA 94000 18 19 18 3 I JUST WANNA STAY HERE - Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gormez 62250 21 14 1 12 SEND IN THE CLOWNS - Glynis Johns 575550 22 13 1 5 THE SOUND OF THE CROWD - The Human League 391500 23 18 6 10 ALL NIGHT LONG - Kungs, David Guetta & Izzy Bizu 362450 24 26 24 5 I’M NOT BITTER - Dadi Freyr 78650 again ta for the tip! 25 79 25 2 HOME - Good Neighbours 22950 26 20 8 9 LONELINESS - Pet Shop Boys 282500 27 24 10 10 NEVER BE ALONE - Becky Hill & Sonny Fodera 213550 32 71 32 2 LOVE ON - Selena Gomez 23600 33 40 33 4 END OF BEGINNING - DJO 44700 34 34 34 7 I’LL BE AROUND - The Detroit Spinners 88250 :heart: 36 NEW 36 1 HUMAN - Lenny Kravitz 17400 37 22 19 9 BEAT OF YOUR HEART - Purple Disco Machine & ASDIS 132850 39 27 7 10 SELFISH - Justin Timberlake 282450 41 41 41 7 COULD IT BE I’M FALLING IN LOVE - The Detroit Spinners 72900 42 42 42 4 DIZZY - Olly Alexander 41300 43 NEW 43 1 BABY WHEN YOU GO - Girls Aloud 13500 :cheer: 44 32 32 7 LONELY DANCERS - Conan Gray 105350 45 45 45 5 ENOUGH - Jess Glynne 45500 46 33 22 8 STARS ON 45 THEME - Sgt Slick featuring Starsound 132050 47 49 47 2 JUDY TEEN - Cockney Rebel 24600 49 51 49 5 BELFAST CHILD - Simple Minds 55450 50 69 50 2 WE CAN’T BE FRIENDS (WAIT FOR YOUR LOVE) - Ariana Grande 18200 51 43 22 11 YES, AND? - Ariana Grande 173000 52 48 1 17 IMMORTAL - Lufthaus featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Robbie Williams 1153550 54 39 15 10 SUPERNOVA - Bananarama 194500 57 57 57 4 PURPLE IRISES - Gwen Stefani & Blake Shelton 29800 58 46 9 10 NO STRINGS - X Ambassadors 230900 60 61 60 3 SHIP OF FOOLS - World Party 22500 62 37 33 7 DANCE ALONE - Sia & Kylie Minogue 106500 64 NEW 64 1 BEFORE YOU GO - Seeb 7100 66 73 66 2 THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - Steve Harley & Sarah Brightman 12200 67 70 67 3 HEARTS ON THE RUN - Delta Goodrem 17000 68 68 68 5 DRIVING ME CRAZY - Rick Astley 28800 69 76 69 2 CALL - Kasabian 11000 71 NEW 71 1 TOO SWEET - Hozier 5800 72 55 41 6 HIGH - Stephen Sanchez 61350 73 75 73 3 DO NOT DISTURB (KRYSTAL KLEAR NEW WAVE REMIX) - Bananarama 14600 77 77 77 3 ALL BY MYSELF - Eric Carmen 13200 78 NEW 78 1 WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE WORLD? - Fairground Attraction 4400 80 80 80 2 DOCTOR (WORK IT OUT) - Pharrell Williams & Miley Cyrus 8000 Fantastic chart as always :wub:
April 5, 20242 yr Author Hey John, Great Top 3 with Martin, Mia and Rose :dance: Dua Lipa and Galantis Top 10, Meghan Trainor/T-Pain and Usher Top 30, Selena Gomez and Lenny Kravitz Top 40 :cheer: Best new entry bubbling under ; Girls Aloud :yahoo: . But, Bon Jovi, Hozier, Seeb and Mark Knopfler are also good........ Hey Sven! :) Thanks for the picks and yes I'm all in a dance mood top 3 with nowhere to go except my bedroom :lol: cheers! B-)
April 5, 20242 yr Author Girls Aloud :cheeseblock: I do love me some Girls Aloud :wub: :lol: Hope you're having a deserved rest and great weekend!
April 5, 20242 yr Author Hi John! Nice to see "Home", "Love On" and "We Can't Be Friends (Wait For Your Love)" gain huge and the debuts for "Human", "Legendary" and "Too Sweet". Great chart! Take care. Hi Sergej! :) Thanks as always and hope all is fab! B-)
April 5, 20242 yr Author Hello John! Carry you is fab. Glad to see it jump again this week. A new peak for training season yass. What a bop :wub: A nice climb for Ari and we can't be friends. It really is quite perfect! Love it. Too sweet is bloody great! I didn't expect to like it but here we are! :funky: Hey james! :) Glad you rate Carry You, makes me want a cider and a dance :lol: Training Season too. Arian's friends needs a few more plays for me I think, but it is good. Hozier having chart hits wasn't on my "this is likely" list, but he is good so never write off people coming back I guess! :D thanks for the comments! B-)
April 5, 20242 yr Author Hi John, delighted to see Rose Gray as such a high new entry! As you know, it topped my EOY for 2023, and it's just irresistibly great. Happy to see the Dua and SZA songs reaching new peaks too. Hi Jim! :) Thanks for the tip, it's a fabulous track and is my new number one - :yahoo: Hope to check out some more in your Year End when I get a mo (which seems to be never!) Thanks again B-)
April 5, 20242 yr Author Hi John. Hope you've had a good Easter. My faves this week: 1 2 1 6 CARRY YOU - Martin Garrix, Third=Party & Oaks featuring Declan J Donovan 587000 2 5 2 4 RIDE - Mia Rodriguez 230500 thanks for the tip 3 NEW 3 1 ECSTASY - Rose Gray 85000 4 1 1 4 HOLD TIGHT! - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 395000 6 7 6 6 TRAINING SEASON - Dua Lipa 218500 7 10 7 7 CRAZY LOVE - Above & Beyond featuring Zoe Johnston 191600 9 9 9 4 LIGHTER - Galantis, David Guetta & 5 Seconds Of Summer 131400 10 4 4 10 NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS - Boney M 249300 awww shame this didn't qualify. It deserved to! At least you did better than me though :lol: 13 11 1 9 BLAME YOU - Nero featuring Alana Watson 794000 14 12 3 9 OH NO :: HE SAID WHAT? - Nothing But Thieves 486000 15 16 10 8 TURN THE LIGHTS BACK ON - Billy Joel 235200 16 17 16 5 SATURN - SZA 94000 18 19 18 3 I JUST WANNA STAY HERE - Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gormez 62250 21 14 1 12 SEND IN THE CLOWNS - Glynis Johns 575550 22 13 1 5 THE SOUND OF THE CROWD - The Human League 391500 23 18 6 10 ALL NIGHT LONG - Kungs, David Guetta & Izzy Bizu 362450 24 26 24 5 I’M NOT BITTER - Dadi Freyr 78650 again ta for the tip! 25 79 25 2 HOME - Good Neighbours 22950 26 20 8 9 LONELINESS - Pet Shop Boys 282500 27 24 10 10 NEVER BE ALONE - Becky Hill & Sonny Fodera 213550 32 71 32 2 LOVE ON - Selena Gomez 23600 33 40 33 4 END OF BEGINNING - DJO 44700 34 34 34 7 I’LL BE AROUND - The Detroit Spinners 88250 :heart: 36 NEW 36 1 HUMAN - Lenny Kravitz 17400 37 22 19 9 BEAT OF YOUR HEART - Purple Disco Machine & ASDIS 132850 39 27 7 10 SELFISH - Justin Timberlake 282450 41 41 41 7 COULD IT BE I’M FALLING IN LOVE - The Detroit Spinners 72900 42 42 42 4 DIZZY - Olly Alexander 41300 43 NEW 43 1 BABY WHEN YOU GO - Girls Aloud 13500 :cheer: 44 32 32 7 LONELY DANCERS - Conan Gray 105350 45 45 45 5 ENOUGH - Jess Glynne 45500 46 33 22 8 STARS ON 45 THEME - Sgt Slick featuring Starsound 132050 47 49 47 2 JUDY TEEN - Cockney Rebel 24600 49 51 49 5 BELFAST CHILD - Simple Minds 55450 50 69 50 2 WE CAN’T BE FRIENDS (WAIT FOR YOUR LOVE) - Ariana Grande 18200 51 43 22 11 YES, AND? - Ariana Grande 173000 52 48 1 17 IMMORTAL - Lufthaus featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Robbie Williams 1153550 54 39 15 10 SUPERNOVA - Bananarama 194500 57 57 57 4 PURPLE IRISES - Gwen Stefani & Blake Shelton 29800 58 46 9 10 NO STRINGS - X Ambassadors 230900 60 61 60 3 SHIP OF FOOLS - World Party 22500 62 37 33 7 DANCE ALONE - Sia & Kylie Minogue 106500 64 NEW 64 1 BEFORE YOU GO - Seeb 7100 66 73 66 2 THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - Steve Harley & Sarah Brightman 12200 67 70 67 3 HEARTS ON THE RUN - Delta Goodrem 17000 68 68 68 5 DRIVING ME CRAZY - Rick Astley 28800 69 76 69 2 CALL - Kasabian 11000 71 NEW 71 1 TOO SWEET - Hozier 5800 72 55 41 6 HIGH - Stephen Sanchez 61350 73 75 73 3 DO NOT DISTURB (KRYSTAL KLEAR NEW WAVE REMIX) - Bananarama 14600 77 77 77 3 ALL BY MYSELF - Eric Carmen 13200 78 NEW 78 1 WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE WORLD? - Fairground Attraction 4400 80 80 80 2 DOCTOR (WORK IT OUT) - Pharrell Williams & Miley Cyrus 8000 Fantastic chart as always :wub: Hi AH! :) Thanks for the selections, and thanks for the Boney M condolences, always was a bit of a risk, it's not exactly a song more a series of upbeat moods as an intro to Rasputin :D I liked your entry too, there seemed to be a high DNQ casualty count this time of many who are usually regular qualifiers, so we were in good company :lol: Easter was busy thanks, hope you had a good one - I did Stonehenge, salisbury cathedral, and Corfe Castle, 2 of them I havent seen inside since the 80's! Funny how you dont visit local attractions :lol: Also dog sitting for 4 days, so lots of walkies, ruff! Thanks as always glad you liked a couple of my faves :yahoo: :wub:
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