17th November 2024

 

It's Pet Shop Boys back on top for a 6th week 37 years after What I Have Done (To Deserve This) was last there, giving the late legendary Dusty Springfield an extra week to add to her total as well as Neil & Chris. They popped up at the intro of Strictly on Saturday with a top megamix of their classic 80's hits, most of which popped up in the itunes sales chart afterwards, so I used that to bring the original version of my fave PSB single back. In 1987 it was one of the songs (and albums) accompanying my California/Nevada holiday, so it's nice it's back just after I get back from my last Florida holiday.

 

Duran Duran have to make do with 2 for now, as Evil Woman duplicates what the original did for ELO for quite a number of weeks until I decided to have a joint number one with ABBA's Mamma Mia one week in 1976. Tom Grennan is up to 4, Higher but not as high as his chart-topping Lionheart, while father John Misty leaps high into the top 20, but not yet as high as his Funny Girl got, followed closely by JADE, outdoing most Little Mix singles - only Wings did better out of 16 chart entries - on the very catchy Fantasy.

 

Reve overtakes herself, and highest new entry (other than the oldie) is a revamp of Bon Jovi's It's My Life with Pitbull, quite lively at 75, while further new tracks force me to expand my chart to 90 again: Ice Cube has been absent for almost 20 years as he suddenly extends his chart span to 35 years with So Sensitive, melodic hip hop with a message, it's like the olden days. I daresay some won't like the message, and get upset, which is rather the point. Reverend And The Makers drop off the top spot, but never fear. they have a new solo entry at 86 in Late Night Phone Call. Sam Fender gets his second chart hit, Gwen Stefani has a new album out and one of the tracks pops in, just ahead of an obscure bonus track from Madonna's Ray Of Light album, 26 years late.

 

 

1 NEW 1 1 WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) - Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield 170000

2 4 2 7 EVIL WOMAN - Duran Duran 257900

3 1 1 8 YOU AGAIN - The Lottery Winners featuring Reverend And The Makers 608400

4 12 4 7 HIGHER - Tom Grennan 195700

5 2 1 11 THE GIRL THAT I CALL HOME - Tears For Fears 791900

6 3 1 11 NEVER GOING HOME TONIGHT - David Guetta & Alesso featuring Madison Love 846850

7 5 1 11 HEART LIKE MINE - Sam Feldt featuring Rosa Linn 879000

8 6 4 8 LIGHTS CAMERA ACTION - Kylie Minogue 413000

9 7 1 10 LOOKING THROUGH THE WINDOWS - The Jackson 5 700000

10 10 10 6 FREEDOM OF THE NIGHT - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 112300

 

11 8 8 10 NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE - The Jackson 5 273350

12 15 12 9 ALL MY LIFE - Purple Disco Machine & The Magician 173500

13 11 1 8 AMEN - The Fizz 694000

14 21 14 9 OUR WORLD - Blue Mink 119100

15 14 8 12 WALK AWAY RENEE - The Four Tops 277300

16 20 4 30 FEEL - Pet Shop Boys 934300

17 33 17 4 LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES - Pet Shop Boys 70800

18 53 18 2 SCREAMLAND - Father John Misty 33250

19 54 19 5 FANTASY - JADE 43400

20 24 20 2 I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES - The Jackson Sisters 39000

 

21 9 9 9 STAY WITH ME - Blue Mink 193950

22 60 22 2 DISCO AT THE STRIP CLUB - Reve 29500

23 16 2 12 BABY I NEED YOUR LOVING - The Four Tops 539500

24 17 9 13 BLOOM - Good Neighbours 313950

25 32 25 9 BURNING DOWN - Alex Warren 119850

26 36 26 8 HEAVY IS THE CROWN - Linkin Park 87700

27 25 25 9 RANDY - Blue Mink 136300

28 13 13 8 THE LIGHTHOUSE - Stevie Nicks 159500

29 23 23 7 DIRTY CASH - The Adventures Of Stevie V 99900

30 18 1 17 SATURN RETURN - Reve 1290550

 

31 19 10 14 DIE WITH A SMILE - Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars 330450

32 22 13 10 DADDY KEEPS CALLING - Kaleena Zanders & Tchami 194500

33 27 17 12 FREEFALL - HAYLA 192450

34 34 34 4 THE FEELING - Rudimental, 1991, PNAU & AR/CO 49100

35 57 35 2 WITHOUT YA - Bakermat 27900

36 26 9 12 THE UNLOVING PLUM - Haircut 100 286400

37 29 24 8 DELIRIOUS (EXTENDED) - Leftwing : Kody & Raphi 143450

38 43 38 5 TABOO - Kylie Minogue 39300

39 51 39 5 GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF - Chesney Hawkes 41850

40 40 4 24 BIRDS OF A FEATHER - Billie Eilish 637400

 

41 28 7 16 WAITING FOR THE CATCH - Shed Seven featuring Issy Ferris 426850

42 49 42 5 SHOULDA LEFT YA - Kylie Minogue 41650

43 52 43 4 LONELY HEART - Alesso & John Alto 33000

44 31 13 10 NEW MOON (DARK PHASE) - Duran Duran 178250

45 35 26 9 FOREVER - HUGEL & Diplo featuring Malou & Yuna 126100

46 64 46 2 DISCO WITCH - LEXXE 19850

47 42 42 12 STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF LOVE - The Four Tops 103850

48 38 1 18 I’LL BE SEEING YOU - Jimmy Durante 985750

49 39 7 16 BELIEVER - Freemasons featuring Wynter Gordon 323100

50 73 50 4 EMILY SAID - Tears For Fears 25900

 

51 70 51 2 BACK AT YOUR DOOR - Orville Peck & Debbii Dawson 17750

52 41 29 16 DIRTY LITTLE SECRET - Artemas 205900

53 50 50 9 ANOTHER ‘WITHOUT YOU’ DAY - Blue Mink 55950

54 30 25 16 WILDFLOWER - Billie Eilish 191250

55 62 55 2 BUS STOP PLEASE - Fatboy Slim & Daniel Steinberg 18200

56 69 56 4 DISEASE - Lady Gaga 24800

57 44 9 14 TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION - Kim Wilde 380200

58 37 37 8 STARS WILL ALIGN - Kygo & Imagine Dragons 81750

59 59 59 3 ALL THE YOUNG DUDES - Pet Shop Boys 26000

60 45 8 15 CRY BABY - Clean Bandit, Anne-Marie & David Guetta 402750

 

61 46 9 15 LIFETIMES - Katy Perry 333800

62 47 38 10 DANCING IN THE FLAMES - The Weeknd 109000

63 65 63 4 HONEY - Lenny Kravitz 21400

64 55 1 30 NEW LONDON BOY - Pet Shop Boys 2524550

65 56 5 31 ESPRESSO - Sabrina Carpenter 734900

66 81 66 2 FREE - Rose Gray 10600

67 75 67 2 SOMEONE FOR ME - Kylie Minogue 11600

68 58 27 12 LET’S GO BACK - Jungle 171350

69 72 69 5 GLORIFIED - Kaleena Zanders 20200

70 63 48 10 PERFECT ME - Blossoms 72600

 

71 79 71 2 YOUNG LION - Sade 10000

72 61 42 8 SAFETY NET - Bea and her Business 83350

73 74 73 2 NEW SPORT - Rizzle Kicks 10600

74 76 63 7 ASTRONAUT - Tears For Fears 32200

75 NEW 75 1 NOW OR NEVER (IT’S MY LIFE) - Bon Jovi x Pitbull 5000

76 66 62 8 SNAP! (VERY BERRI MIX) - Bright Light Bright Light featuring Berri 38900

77 71 64 10 TASTE - Sabrina Carpenter 52300

78 68 45 8 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT (11:59) - Cassie Henderson 64350

79 48 48 9 99 MILES FROM L.A. - Art Garfunkel 53000

80 77 69 7 BAD DREAMS - Teddy Swims 28200

 

81 82 81 3 A FRAGILE THING - The Cure 10800

82 80 66 7 1685 (via J.S. Bach) - Zedd featuring Muse 30500

83 NEW 83 1 SO SENSITIVE - Ice Cube 3400

84 78 78 5 ANYONE IN LOVE - Jalen Ngonda 16800

85 85 85 2 HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT - Manic Street Preachers 6000

86 NEW 86 1 LATE NIGHT PHONE CALL - Reverend And The Makers 2800

87 84 84 3 BEAUTY HAS LAID SIEGE TO THE CITY - Pet Shop Boys 9000

88 NEW 88 1 PEOPLE WATCHING - Sam Fender 2400

89 NEW 89 1 ALL YOUR FAULT - Gwen Stefani 2200

90 NEW 90 1 HAS TO BE - Madonna 2000

 

DROP OUTS

67 19 18 BLACK FRIDAY (PRETTY LIKE THE SUN) - Lost Frequencies & Tom Odell 266700

83 24 13 EVERYBODY WILL DANCE - Pet Shop Boys 201950

Hi there John!

 

Nice to see "What Have I Done To Deserve This?" getting a debut at the top surprisingly, "Higher" in the top 5, the big gains for "Fantasy" and "Disease" and the debuts for "Now Or Never" and "People Watching".

 

Great chart!

Take care.

Great to see new peak positions for Duran Duran, Alex Warren, Alesso, Fatboy Slim, Lady Gaga and Lenny Kravitz :D

 

New debut for Bon Jovi :D

Hey John,

 

Great oldie at numero uno Pet Shop Boys/Dusty Springfield :dance:

 

Duran Duran, Sam Fedlt, Kylie and Sophie Ellis Baxter all Top 10 :cheer: + Tom Grennan entering :yahoo:

 

Jade Top 20, Alex Warren Top 30, Bakermat and Kylies "Taboo" Top 40 :w00t:

 

Nice new tracks bubbling under from : Gwen Stefani, Sam Fender and Pitbull/John Bon Jovi and the Madonna oldie :dance:

Hi there John!

 

Nice to see "What Have I Done To Deserve This?" getting a debut at the top surprisingly, "Higher" in the top 5, the big gains for "Fantasy" and "Disease" and the debuts for "Now Or Never" and "People Watching".

 

Great chart!

Take care.

 

Hi Sergej! :)

 

Hope all is good with you! Thanks for the picks and compliment!

 

cheers!

B-)

Great to see new peak positions for Duran Duran, Alex Warren, Alesso, Fatboy Slim, Lady Gaga and Lenny Kravitz :D

 

New debut for Bon Jovi :D

 

Thanks SSP! :)

Hey John,

 

Great oldie at numero uno Pet Shop Boys/Dusty Springfield :dance:

 

Duran Duran, Sam Fedlt, Kylie and Sophie Ellis Baxter all Top 10 :cheer: + Tom Grennan entering :yahoo:

 

Jade Top 20, Alex Warren Top 30, Bakermat and Kylies "Taboo" Top 40 :w00t:

 

Nice new tracks bubbling under from : Gwen Stefani, Sam Fender and Pitbull/John Bon Jovi and the Madonna oldie :dance:

 

Hey Sven! :)

 

Thanks for the picks and comments!

 

cheers! B-)