Posted December 29, 2024Dec 29 22nd December 2024 It's a second week in windswept Gran Canaria so a very late chart posting here, with Armin van Buuren grabbing his first-ever chart-topper 11 years after debuting, and with a Moby remix, gving Moby a second chart-topper with yet another old track - Extreme Ways originally peaked at 25 22 years ago, but this version is the biz. The Beatles' kiddie-pleasing I Want To Hold Your Hand goes top 5 61 years after it would have topped my hypothetical charts, almost 49 years after it debuted in my actual charts, so this is basically a 6th decade of charting, having missed out on the 90's. Tavares' Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel also gets another top 10 run, it's 3rd after doing it in 1976 and 1986, and tracks just jostle positions a bit elsewhere as media goes full-on Christmas songs, with ABBA's Little Things christmas chart-topper of three years back swapping with the exiting Chris Rea - oddly I didnt get to hear that one over Christmas. 1 2 1 6 EXTREME WAYS - Armin van Buuren & Moby 484250 2 1 1 6 LATE NIGHT PHONE CALL - Reverend And The Makers 742800 3 3 3 6 DISCO AT THE STRIP CLUB - Reve 379500 4 4 4 9 LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES - Pet Shop Boys 317800 5 10 5 3 I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND - The Beatles 125000 6 11 6 3 HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL - Tavares 109800 7 7 7 7 WITHOUT YA - Bakermat featuring Gladys Knight 231300 8 9 8 5 APT. - ROSE & Bruno Mars 149350 9 5 1 7 SCREAMLAND - Father John Misty 453250 10 6 6 10 FANTASY - JADE 285400 11 8 1 13 YOU AGAIN - The Lottery Winners featuring Reverend And The Makers 833400 12 14 12 9 THE FEELING - Rudimental, 1991, PNAU & AR/CO 177100 13 21 13 6 NOW OR NEVER (IT’S MY LIFE) - Bon Jovi x Pitbull 110250 14 22 14 10 TABOO - Kylie Minogue 140800 15 13 4 12 HIGHER - Tom Grennan 409700 16 15 8 7 DISCO WITCH - LEXXE 209750 17 12 12 7 I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES - The Jackson Sisters 174000 18 16 1 16 NEVER GOING HOME TONIGHT - David Guetta & Alesso featuring Madison Love 981850 19 29 19 8 ALL THE YOUNG DUDES - Pet Shop Boys 112750 20 24 20 7 SOMEONE FOR ME - Kylie Minogue 100300 21 18 2 12 EVIL WOMAN - Duran Duran 466650 22 17 1 6 WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) - Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield 449500 23 19 15 13 HEAVY IS THE CROWN - Linkin Park 192200 24 20 1 16 THE GIRL THAT I CALL HOME - Tears For Fears 899900 25 25 25 4 TRUCKS - Cars On The Road Cast 68850 26 27 26 9 DISEASE - Lady Gaga 98200 27 28 27 3 DON’T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC - Tavares 54200 28 23 19 10 GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF - Chesney Hawkes 136500 29 26 15 7 BACK AT YOUR DOOR - Orville Peck & Debbii Dawson 118900 30 33 30 9 HONEY - Lenny Kravitz 103800 31 36 31 5 SAY GOODBYE TO MUM AND DAD - Tears For Fears 69900 32 42 32 3 SUPERSCAR - Adela 49050 33 45 33 6 ALL YOUR FAULT - Gwen Stefani 59350 34 30 1 16 HEART LIKE MINE - Sam Feldt featuring Rosa Linn 986100 35 39 35 4 CAN’T SLOW DOWN - almost Monday 58050 36 46 36 3 NIGHTMARE - Geowulf 40500 37 37 37 10 SHOULDA LEFT YA - Kylie Minogue 123850 38 40 38 7 YOUNG LION - Sade 82700 39 43 39 6 PEOPLE WATCHING - Sam Fender 67000 40 47 40 4 RISK IT ALL - Shy FX featuring Maverick Sabre 48350 41 34 30 9 LONELY HEART - Alesso & John Alto 118400 42 35 9 11 FREEDOM OF THE NIGHT - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 239800 43 31 1 15 LOOKING THROUGH THE WINDOWS - The Jackson 5 794900 44 32 8 17 WALK AWAY RENEE - The Four Tops 368850 45 38 12 14 ALL MY LIFE - Purple Disco Machine & The Magician 277000 46 52 46 3 THE DARK END OF THE STREET - Pet Shop Boys 34350 47 41 4 35 FEEL - Pet Shop Boys 1015300 48 44 4 29 BIRDS OF A FEATHER - Billie Eilish 703950 49 48 48 5 MIDNIGHT TRAIN - Kim Wilde 44800 50 53 50 7 NEW SPORT - Rizzle Kicks 65550 51 51 51 5 CHRISTMAS MAGIC - Perrie 48300 52 50 50 5 FORBIDDEN ROAD - Robbie Williams 56700 53 49 49 7 FREE - Rose Gray 64500 54 55 54 3 MISERERE - Pet Shop Boys 28800 55 59 55 3 ANOTHER NIGHT - Grace Davies 27700 56 56 56 4 STEAL AWAY - Robbie Dupree 36400 57 58 57 2 YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE - New Radicals 20600 58 76 58 2 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK - The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl 15000 59 63 59 6 SO SENSITIVE - Ice Cube 40900 60 60 60 3 RATATATA - BABYMETAL & Electric Callboy 30000 61 57 9 18 BLOOM - Good Neighbours 377100 62 62 10 19 DIE WITH A SMILE - Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars 381900 63 75 63 3 TANGERINE RAYS - Zedd featuring Bea MIller & Flood 17200 64 64 64 3 EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE - Simple Minds 21300 65 66 65 3 HOT TO GO - Chappell Roan 20200 66 68 66 4 LATE ’88 - Deacon Blue 25600 67 67 67 3 BOUQUET - Gwen Stefani 19200 68 69 68 3 NICE TO MEET YOU - Myles Smith 18400 69 71 69 3 LIVE FOREVER - Chesney Hawkes 17200 70 70 70 3 YOU AIN’T THE ONLY ONE - Mary J. Blige 17600 71 54 14 14 OUR WORLD - Blue Mink 191100 72 61 24 7 BUS STOP PLEASE - Fatboy Slim & Daniel Steinberg 81050 73 73 73 3 WINTER SONG - Mike Batt featuring Paul Carrack 16200 74 74 74 2 VIVA L’OPERA - Armin van Buuren featuring Natalie Gioia 10400 75 65 4 13 LIGHTS CAMERA ACTION - Kylie Minogue 493350 76 72 1 35 NEW LONDON BOY - Pet Shop Boys 2554750 77 NEW 77 1 LITTLE THINGS - ABBA 4600 78 78 78 2 BARBARELLA (THE RE-WORK!) - Betty Boo 8800 79 80 79 2 I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS - Greg Lake 8200 80 77 39 9 EMILY SAID - Tears For Fears 71000 DROP OUTS: 79 48 2 DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS - Chris Rea 16500
December 29, 2024Dec 29 Hi there John! Nice to see "I Want To Hold Your Hand" in the top 5. Great chart! Take care.
December 31, 2024Dec 31 Hi John, happy to see 'APT.', 'Disease' and 'People Watching' still heading upwards! 'Screamland' and 'Back At Your Door' both made my top 40 recently too.
January 4Jan 4 Hey John, Bakermat/Gladys Knight and Rosé/Bruno still Top 10 :cheer: Pitbull/Bon Jovi, Kylie and Pet Shop Boys Top 20, Lenny Kravitz Top 30, Gwen Stefani and Sam Fender Top 40 :w00t: Always glad to see ABBA in the chart :yahoo: :D
January 5Jan 5 Author Hi there John! Nice to see "I Want To Hold Your Hand" in the top 5. Great chart! Take care. Hi Sergej! :) Thanks and not a lot going on this week chartwise B-)
January 5Jan 5 Author Hi John, happy to see 'APT.', 'Disease' and 'People Watching' still heading upwards! 'Screamland' and 'Back At Your Door' both made my top 40 recently too. Hi Jim! :) Thanks for popping in and commenting, and yay to Screamland also going top 40 with you. It could never be a hit track, but it's great anyway :yahoo:
January 5Jan 5 Author Hey John, Bakermat/Gladys Knight and Rosé/Bruno still Top 10 :cheer: Pitbull/Bon Jovi, Kylie and Pet Shop Boys Top 20, Lenny Kravitz Top 30, Gwen Stefani and Sam Fender Top 40 :w00t: Always glad to see ABBA in the chart :yahoo: :D Hey Sven! :) Thanks for the picks and Happy New Year! B-)
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