31st March 2024

 

It's a brand new number one as Rose Gray does what she nearly did twice before, and is now in Ecstasy at being number one. Above & Beyond also hit a new peak with Crazy Love outdoing Another Chance which reached 4 in 2017. Good Neighbours bring Home into the top 10, and Glen Campbell gets a double posthumous top 10 with added new duet partners. Both are just wonderfully poignant. Highest new entry is Pet Shop Boys' Dancing Star, which has Domino dancing vibes, albeit with Russian-related lyrics. In at 12 with more off the EP possibly coming next week. They still have a 100% track record for singles making my charts after 39 years.

 

Girls Aloud get a biggest chart hit in 15 years, there are act debuts from rocking Des Rocs and poppy RONDE, while Moby returns with new stuff to extend his run to well over 30 years following a 6-year gap, and gets a hand from Lady Blackbird on her 4th chart entry - about time she got some success in the real music world. The Vaccines drop in with ballad Hometown Of Jupiter, which means Venus and Saturn and Jupiter make 3 planets, plus Stardust and a new entry from Empire Of The Sun making for a very astronomical chart. The Vaccines haven't charted since a Kylie collab in 2019, and this is their 5th to chart in 13 years.

 

Empire Of The Sun still have that distinctive synth and vocal sound on Changes, their 12th in a 15-year-chart-span. Liam Payne meanwhile nicks a Justin Timberlake style for Teardrops, a 6th charter in 7 years, and Declan J Donovan debuts a solo chart entry Hungry Heart, as his chart-topping collab with Martin Garrix and co drops off the top spot. AWOLNATION are on a 7th since debut smash Sail in 2013, Panoramic View new at 72, and it's a welcome return to a mellow Feeder after being AWOL, as it were, for 18 years, to give them 16 chart entries in 26 years with Hey You.

 

Another 90's band is also back, Eels' Time is as quirky as ever, but keeps their trademark sound fresh, for a 14th song to chart in 27 years, including chart-topper Last Stop: This Town. Take That's last single didnt do it for me, but they return with You And Me for 32 years of chart-bothering, Beyonce drops her new Cowboy carter album and I cherry-pick the Nancy Sinatra-sampling (Boots, of course) Ya Ya, and Richard hawley is back in reflective mood, on Heavy rain, his 14th charter in 22 years.

 

 

 

1 3 1 2 ECSTASY - Rose Gray 255000

2 1 1 7 CARRY YOU - Martin Garrix, Third=Party & Oaks featuring Declan J Donovan 702000

3 7 3 8 CRAZY LOVE - Above & Beyond featuring Zoe Johnston 276600

4 2 2 5 RIDE - Mia Rodriguez 295500

5 5 1 9 HOLD ON HOPE - Glen Campbell & Eric Church 721000

6 6 6 7 TRAINING SEASON - Dua Lipa 273500

7 25 7 3 HOME - Good Neighbours 72950

8 4 1 5 HOLD TIGHT! - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 443000

9 9 9 5 LIGHTER - Galantis, David Guetta & 5 Seconds Of Summer 176400

10 11 10 7 THERE’S NO ME...WITHOUT YOU - Glen Campbell & Carole King 173550

 

11 8 1 11 BURNING IN FLAMES - Kaiser Chiefs 756000

12 NEW 12 1 DANCING STAR - Pet Shop Boys 35000

13 43 13 2 BABY WHEN YOU GO - Girls Aloud 45500

14 12 8 7 LET IT RIDE - Paloma Faith 231000

15 16 15 6 SATURN - SZA 121000

16 13 1 10 BLAME YOU - Nero featuring Alana Watson 819000

17 15 10 9 TURN THE LIGHTS BACK ON - Billy Joel 258200

18 20 18 4 SWEATPANTS - Paloma Faith 73250

19 19 19 6 GIMME SOME KINDA SIGN - UB40 featuring Gilly G 89900

20 24 20 6 I’M NOT BITTER - Dadi Freyr 98650

 

21 14 3 10 OH NO :: HE SAID WHAT? - Nothing But Thieves 505750

22 10 4 11 NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS - Boney M 268800

23 17 12 11 THE ANSWER - Johnny Marr 246850

24 NEW 24 1 LET ME LIVE/ LET ME DIE - Des Rocs 19000

25 28 25 3 BEEN LIKE THIS - Meghan Trainor & T-Pain 42250

26 29 26 4 KISSING STRANGERS - Usher 58500

27 30 27 6 ILLUSIONS - Jalen Ngonda 84400

28 32 28 3 LOVE ON - Selena Gomez 41900

29 34 29 8 I’LL BE AROUND - The Detroit Spinners 106450

30 33 30 5 END OF BEGINNING - DJO 62700

 

31 18 18 4 I JUST WANNA STAY HERE - Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gormez 80150

32 36 32 2 HUMAN - Lenny Kravitz 35200

33 21 1 13 SEND IN THE CLOWNS - Glynis Johns 593250

34 35 34 5 SECRETS - Glockenbach and Ownboss featuring Jazz Montell 74500

35 23 6 11 ALL NIGHT LONG - Kungs, David Guetta & Izzy Bizu 379950

36 NEW 36 1 UNDECIDED - RONDE 17400

37 42 37 5 DIZZY - Olly Alexander 58600

38 41 38 8 COULD IT BE I’M FALLING IN LOVE - The Detroit Spinners 90100

39 64 39 2 BEFORE YOU GO - Seeb 24200

40 26 8 10 LONELINESS - Pet Shop Boys 299500

 

41 22 1 6 THE SOUND OF THE CROWD - The Human League 405500

42 27 10 11 NEVER BE ALONE - Becky Hill & Sonny Fodera 227300

43 31 15 9 KISS OF LIFE - Shaznay Lewis 169050

44 NEW 44 1 DARK DAYS - Moby & Lady Blackbird 13250

45 48 45 6 ALL OR NOTHING - Rebecca & Fiona 56100

46 49 46 6 BELFAST CHILD - Simple Minds 68200

47 47 47 3 JUDY TEEN - Cockney Rebel 37100

48 37 19 10 BEAT OF YOUR HEART - Purple Disco Machine & ASDIS 145150

49 NEW 49 1 HOMETOWN OF JUPITER - The Vaccines 12100

50 50 50 3 WE CAN’T BE FRIENDS (WAIT FOR YOUR LOVE) - Ariana Grande 30200

 

51 38 29 8 OH HI - Crowded House 110350

52 39 7 11 SELFISH - Justin Timberlake 293950

53 40 2 10 SPITFIRE - WE ARE ONE 457750

54 44 32 8 LONELY DANCERS - Conan Gray 116350

55 45 45 6 ENOUGH - Jess Glynne 56300

56 NEW 56 1 CHANGES - Empire Of The Sun 10600

57 60 57 4 SHIP OF FOOLS - World Party 32900

58 59 58 5 PRETTY LITTLE THING - Jungle featuring Bas 39700

59 52 1 18 IMMORTAL - Lufthaus featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Robbie Williams 1163650

60 51 22 12 YES, AND? - Ariana Grande 183000

 

61 66 61 3 THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - Steve Harley & Sarah Brightman 19700

62 NEW 62 1 TEARDROPS - Liam Payne 7400

63 53 53 6 LOCKSMITH - Sadie Jean 58550

64 69 64 3 CALL - Kasabian 18100

65 75 65 3 OUR WORLD - James 16400

66 55 55 6 SO MUCH (FOR) STARDUST - Fall Out Boy 44200

67 67 67 4 HEARTS ON THE RUN - Delta Goodrem 23600

68 70 68 2 LEGENDARY - Bon Jovi 12400

69 71 69 2 TOO SWEET - Hozier 12000

70 65 65 5 FLAMME - Juliette Armanet 28200

 

71 NEW 71 1 HUNGRY HEART - Declan J Donovan 5800

72 NEW 72 1 PANORAMIC VIEW - AWOLNATION 5600

73 NEW 73 1 HEY YOU - Feeder 5400

74 NEW 74 1 TIME - Eels 5200

75 76 75 2 GOING HOME (THEME FROM LOCAL HERO) - Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes 9800

76 NEW 76 1 YOU AND ME - Take That 4800

77 78 77 2 WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE WORLD? - Fairground Attraction 9000

78 NEW 78 1 YA YA - Beyonce 4400

79 80 79 3 DOCTOR (WORK IT OUT) - Pharrell Williams & Miley Cyrus 12200

80 NEW 80 1 HEAVY RAIN - Richard Hawley 4000

 

 

DROP OUTS

46 22 8 STARS ON 45 THEME - Sgt Slick featuring Starsound 132050

54 15 10 SUPERNOVA - Bananarama 194500

56 36 6 IS THIS LOVE? - James 76000

57 57 4 PURPLE IRISES - Gwen Stefani & Blake Shelton 29800

58 9 10 NO STRINGS - X Ambassadors 230900

61 8 10 AM I GETTING THROUGH PARTS 1 & 2 - Sheryl Crow 246600

62 33 7 DANCE ALONE - Sia & Kylie Minogue 106500

63 44 8 NOT PREPARED FOR YOU - Beverley Knight 78800

68 68 5 DRIVING ME CRAZY - Rick Astley 28800

72 41 6 HIGH - Stephen Sanchez 61350

73 73 3 DO NOT DISTURB (KRYSTAL KLEAR NEW WAVE REMIX) - Bananarama 14600

74 5 13 SHADES OF LOVE - The Blessed Madonna featuring The Joy 409050

77 77 3 ALL BY MYSELF - Eric Carmen 13200

79 6 11 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE (STAY HIGH) - The Black Keys 315650

Hey John.

 

Dancing Star is good. I like the chumbo remix thing as well, it's banging. I'm really looking forward to their album, definitely.

Hopefully too sweet can climb from it slowly position of #69. It's too good to stay there!

 

^_^

Great to see new peak positions for Good Neighbours, SZA, Meghan Trainor, Usher, Selena Gomez, Djo, Lenny Kravitz and Bon Jovi :D

 

New debuts for Awolnation, Feeder, Eels, Take That and Beyonce :D

 

Hi John!

 

Nice to see the debuts for "Changes", "Teardrops", "Hungry Heart" and "Ya Ya".

 

Great chart!

Take care.

Hey John,

 

Martin Garris, Mia Rodrigues, Galantis and Dua Lipa still Top 10 and Good Neighbours climbing Home to no 7 :cheer:

 

Pet Shop Boys and Girls Aloud Top 20, Djo Top 30, Rondé and Olly Alxander Top 40 :dance:

All the Detroit Spinners tracks are great :heart:

 

Best new entries bubbling under: Liam Payne, Beyoncé and Take That :w00t:

Oh yasss seeing a couple of BJSC 163 entries here!

Waterloo for # 1 on the next week. :)

Hey John.

 

Dancing Star is good. I like the chumbo remix thing as well, it's banging. I'm really looking forward to their album, definitely.

Hopefully too sweet can climb from it slowly position of #69. It's too good to stay there!

 

^_^

 

Hey James! :)

 

glad you like the new PSB track, Ive not heard the remixes yet, and your wish is granted Hozier shooting up my new chart :lol: I'm surprised it's caught on so big so quickly! Take Me To Church took ages to chart!

 

thanks as always! :dance:

Great to see new peak positions for Good Neighbours, SZA, Meghan Trainor, Usher, Selena Gomez, Djo, Lenny Kravitz and Bon Jovi :D

 

New debuts for Awolnation, Feeder, Eels, Take That and Beyonce :D

 

Hi SSP! :)

 

Thanks for all the picks! :)

 

cheers! B-)

Hi John!

 

Nice to see the debuts for "Changes", "Teardrops", "Hungry Heart" and "Ya Ya".

 

Great chart!

Take care.

 

Hi Sergej, Hope all is good!

 

Thanks for the picks! take care B-)

Hey John,

 

Martin Garris, Mia Rodrigues, Galantis and Dua Lipa still Top 10 and Good Neighbours climbing Home to no 7 :cheer:

 

Pet Shop Boys and Girls Aloud Top 20, Djo Top 30, Rondé and Olly Alxander Top 40 :dance:

All the Detroit Spinners tracks are great :heart:

 

Best new entries bubbling under: Liam Payne, Beyoncé and Take That :w00t:

 

Hey Sven! :)

 

Thanks for all the picks and glad you rate the Detroit Spinners tracks, I love them even more than I did back in the day! :D

 

Cheers! B-)

Oh yasss seeing a couple of BJSC 163 entries here!

 

Hi Uhsting! Yes, usually a few I chart, though not as many as when we got free downloads oops! I pay for them now :lol:

Waterloo for # 1 on the next week. :)

 

Hi Alex! :) You'd think I would re-chart it for the 50th, but it's getting some charting action in my revamped 1974 charts and I've already charted it in 1974, 1976, 1999 and 2004 and I'm about done on it for my new charts. The B side though I quite fancy charting, but again it's in my retro 1974 charts along with most of the Waterloo album. Eventually I will do an A-Z of retro charts as they are very often different from my actual charts of the time (as I didn't allow album tracks from 1976 onwards, and most of them I didn't get to hear anyway). Waterloo is very high on my All-Time Top 1000 countdown though, so I must get cracking on with that again iots been about a year since I did any! :lol: