Posted January 5Jan 5 29th December 2024 It's a fashionably late New Year chart with Extreme Ways grabbing a second week on top for Armin van Buuren and Moby, in a mostly still quiet chart as the christmas songs exit and allow me to go back to a top 75, phew! The biggest influence on my chart this week was Jools Holland's Hootenanny, New Years Eve fireworks on the telly and some great acts playing live in the studio, notably Marc Almond ("He must be about 70" opined one friend, "No he's about my age" I said. "That's what I said" came the retort to much mirth and amusement :lol: ) doing his best song Say Hello Wave Goodbye, back for a 3rd run at 55, the fabulous Jungle, and the great The Dead South, both former BJSC entries of mine that subsequently went on to great success and acclaim. Just sayin'.....! Anyways 2 of Jungle's former hits pop back in. OneRepublic extend their chart run to, ooh, must be 16 years or so now, as they collab with big new Country act Jelly Roll at 71, Miley Cyrus drops a film ballad, and Franz Ferdinand grab a 20 year-span of hits since they topped my chart with the wonderful Take Me Out. 1 1 1 7 EXTREME WAYS - Armin van Buuren & Moby 654250 2 2 1 7 LATE NIGHT PHONE CALL - Reverend And The Makers 857800 3 3 3 7 DISCO AT THE STRIP CLUB - Reve 464500 4 4 4 10 LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES - Pet Shop Boys 382800 5 6 5 4 HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL - Tavares 169800 6 8 6 6 APT. - ROSE & Bruno Mars 204350 7 7 7 8 WITHOUT YA - Bakermat featuring Gladys Knight 281300 8 11 1 14 YOU AGAIN - The Lottery Winners featuring Reverend And The Makers 881400 9 5 5 4 I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND - The Beatles 170000 10 10 6 11 FANTASY - JADE 327400 11 9 1 8 SCREAMLAND - Father John Misty 490250 12 12 12 10 THE FEELING - Rudimental, 1991, PNAU & AR/CO 212100 13 13 13 7 NOW OR NEVER (IT’S MY LIFE) - Bon Jovi x Pitbull 142250 14 16 8 8 DISCO WITCH - LEXXE 238750 15 27 15 4 DON’T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC - Tavares 81200 16 15 4 13 HIGHER - Tom Grennan 434700 17 14 14 11 TABOO - Kylie Minogue 163800 18 18 1 17 NEVER GOING HOME TONIGHT - David Guetta & Alesso featuring Madison Love 1003850 19 19 19 9 ALL THE YOUNG DUDES - Pet Shop Boys 133750 20 20 20 8 SOMEONE FOR ME - Kylie Minogue 120300 21 17 12 8 I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES - The Jackson Sisters 193750 22 22 1 7 WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) - Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield 469000 23 21 2 13 EVIL WOMAN - Duran Duran 485900 24 23 15 14 HEAVY IS THE CROWN - Linkin Park 211200 25 33 25 7 ALL YOUR FAULT - Gwen Stefani 78250 26 26 26 10 DISEASE - Lady Gaga 116700 27 29 15 8 BACK AT YOUR DOOR - Orville Peck & Debbii Dawson 137300 28 24 1 17 THE GIRL THAT I CALL HOME - Tears For Fears 918200 29 35 29 5 CAN’T SLOW DOWN - almost Monday 76250 30 36 30 4 NIGHTMARE - Geowulf 58500 31 32 31 4 SUPERSCAR - Adela 66950 32 37 32 11 SHOULDA LEFT YA - Kylie Minogue 141650 33 28 19 11 GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF - Chesney Hawkes 154200 34 38 34 8 YOUNG LION - Sade 100300 35 46 35 4 THE DARK END OF THE STREET - Pet Shop Boys 51850 36 40 36 5 RISK IT ALL - Shy FX featuring Maverick Sabre 656750 37 25 25 5 TRUCKS - Cars On The Road Cast 86150 38 39 38 7 PEOPLE WATCHING - Sam Fender 84200 39 31 31 6 SAY GOODBYE TO MUM AND DAD - Tears For Fears 87000 40 34 1 17 HEART LIKE MINE - Sam Feldt featuring Rosa Linn 1004100 41 41 30 10 LONELY HEART - Alesso & John Alto 132400 42 44 8 18 WALK AWAY RENEE - The Four Tops 382600 43 43 1 16 LOOKING THROUGH THE WINDOWS - The Jackson 5 808400 44 47 4 36 FEEL - Pet Shop Boys 1028550 45 48 4 30 BIRDS OF A FEATHER - Billie Eilish 716950 46 49 46 6 MIDNIGHT TRAIN - Kim Wilde 57550 47 63 47 4 TANGERINE RAYS - Zedd featuring Bea MIller & Flood 29700 48 55 48 4 ANOTHER NIGHT - Grace Davies 40000 49 54 49 4 MISERERE - Pet Shop Boys 40900 50 42 9 12 FREEDOM OF THE NIGHT - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 251800 51 30 30 10 HONEY - Lenny Kravitz 115550 52 45 12 15 ALL MY LIFE - Purple Disco Machine & The Magician 288500 53 57 53 3 YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE - New Radicals 31850 54 62 10 20 DIE WITH A SMILE - Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars 392900 55 NEW 55 1 SAY HELLO WAVE GOODBYE - Soft Cell 10800 56 52 50 6 FORBIDDEN ROAD - Robbie Williams 67300 57 69 57 4 LIVE FOREVER - Chesney Hawkes 27600 58 67 58 4 BOUQUET - Gwen Stefani 29400 59 66 59 5 LATE ’88 - Deacon Blue 35700 60 65 60 4 HOT TO GO - Chappell Roan 30200 61 50 50 8 NEW SPORT - Rizzle Kicks 73050 62 64 62 4 YOUR NAME IN LIGHTS - Simple Minds 28700 63 NEW 63 1 NIGHT OR DAY - Franz Ferdinand 7200 64 59 59 7 SO SENSITIVE - Ice Cube 48000 65 68 65 4 NICE TO MEET YOU - Myles Smith 25400 66 60 60 4 RATATATA - BABYMETAL & Electric Callboy 36800 67 78 67 3 BARBARELLA (THE RE-WORK!) - Betty Boo 15400 68 NEW 68 1 BACK ON ’74 - Jungle 6400 69 73 69 4 WINTER SONG - Mike Batt featuring Paul Carrack 22400 70 70 70 4 YOU AIN’T THE ONLY ONE - Mary J. Blige 23600 71 NEW 71 1 HURT - OneRepublic featuring Jelly Roll 5800 72 74 72 3 VIVA L’OPERA - Armin van Buuren featuring Natalie Gioia 16000 73 NEW 73 1 BEAUTIFUL THAT WAY - Miley Cyrus 5400 74 NEW 74 1 BUSY EARNIN’ - Jungle 5200 75 76 1 36 NEW LONDON BOY - Pet Shop Boys 2559750 DROP OUTS 51 51 5 CHRISTMAS MAGIC - Perrie 48300 53 49 7 FREE - Rose Gray 64500 56 56 4 STEAL AWAY - Robbie Dupree 36400 58 58 2 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK - The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl 15000 61 9 18 BLOOM - Good Neighbours 377100 71 14 14 OUR WORLD - Blue Mink 191100 72 24 7 BUS STOP PLEASE - Fatboy Slim & Daniel Steinberg 81050 75 4 13 LIGHTS CAMERA ACTION - Kylie Minogue 493350 77 77 1 LITTLE THINGS - ABBA 4600 79 79 2 I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS - Greg Lake 8200 80 39 9 EMILY SAID - Tears For Fears 71000 December recap with videos attached: https://popchartfreak.wordpress.com/2025/01...er-2024-charts/
January 5Jan 5 Happy New Year John! Hope you had a good Christmas. Did you have a good hols? I was ill for most of Crimbo. Still a much needed break though. Typically I'm much better now - just in time to go back to work tomorrow. Isn't that lucky? :cry: :no: Anyway, my faves: 1 1 1 7 EXTREME WAYS - Armin van Buuren & Moby 654250 2 2 1 7 LATE NIGHT PHONE CALL - Reverend And The Makers 857800 3 3 3 7 DISCO AT THE STRIP CLUB - Reve 464500 4 4 4 10 LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES - Pet Shop Boys 382800 5 6 5 4 HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL - Tavares 169800 6 8 6 6 APT. - ROSE & Bruno Mars 204350 8 11 1 14 YOU AGAIN - The Lottery Winners featuring Reverend And The Makers 881400 9 5 5 4 I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND - The Beatles 170000 10 10 6 11 FANTASY - JADE 327400 who knows, maybe this could get a late resurgence officially? Come on TikTok!!!! 11 9 1 8 SCREAMLAND - Father John Misty 490250 12 12 12 10 THE FEELING - Rudimental, 1991, PNAU & AR/CO 212100 14 16 8 8 DISCO WITCH - LEXXE 238750 15 27 15 4 DON’T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC - Tavares 81200 16 15 4 13 HIGHER - Tom Grennan 434700 17 14 14 11 TABOO - Kylie Minogue 163800 18 18 1 17 NEVER GOING HOME TONIGHT - David Guetta & Alesso featuring Madison Love 1003850 19 19 19 9 ALL THE YOUNG DUDES - Pet Shop Boys 133750 20 20 20 8 SOMEONE FOR ME - Kylie Minogue 120300 21 17 12 8 I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES - The Jackson Sisters 193750 22 22 1 7 WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) - Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield 469000 23 21 2 13 EVIL WOMAN - Duran Duran 485900 26 26 26 10 DISEASE - Lady Gaga 116700 27 29 15 8 BACK AT YOUR DOOR - Orville Peck & Debbii Dawson 137300 32 37 32 11 SHOULDA LEFT YA - Kylie Minogue 141650 33 28 19 11 GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF - Chesney Hawkes 154200 34 38 34 8 YOUNG LION - Sade 100300 35 46 35 4 THE DARK END OF THE STREET - Pet Shop Boys 51850 :cheer: 38 39 38 7 PEOPLE WATCHING - Sam Fender 84200 :cheer: 40 34 1 17 HEART LIKE MINE - Sam Feldt featuring Rosa Linn 1004100 42 44 8 18 WALK AWAY RENEE - The Four Tops 382600 43 43 1 16 LOOKING THROUGH THE WINDOWS - The Jackson 5 808400 44 47 4 36 FEEL - Pet Shop Boys 1028550 45 48 4 30 BIRDS OF A FEATHER - Billie Eilish 716950 46 49 46 6 MIDNIGHT TRAIN - Kim Wilde 57550 49 54 49 4 MISERERE - Pet Shop Boys 40900 50 42 9 12 FREEDOM OF THE NIGHT - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 251800 51 30 30 10 HONEY - Lenny Kravitz 115550 52 45 12 15 ALL MY LIFE - Purple Disco Machine & The Magician 288500 53 57 53 3 YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE - New Radicals 31850 54 62 10 20 DIE WITH A SMILE - Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars 392900 55 NEW 55 1 SAY HELLO WAVE GOODBYE - Soft Cell 10800 :heart: 59 66 59 5 LATE ’88 - Deacon Blue 35700 60 65 60 4 HOT TO GO - Chappell Roan 30200 67 78 67 3 BARBARELLA (THE RE-WORK!) - Betty Boo 15400 68 NEW 68 1 BACK ON ’74 - Jungle 6400 72 74 72 3 VIVA L’OPERA - Armin van Buuren featuring Natalie Gioia 16000 74 NEW 74 1 BUSY EARNIN’ - Jungle 5200 75 76 1 36 NEW LONDON BOY - Pet Shop Boys 2559750 Still a lot I need to check out but what I do know I like/love. Fantastic chart as always :wub:
January 5Jan 5 Great to see new peak positions for Gwen Stefani, Adela, Pet Shop Boys and Chappell Roan :D New debut for Franz Ferdinand :D
January 10Jan 10 Author Happy New Year John! Hope you had a good Christmas. Did you have a good hols? I was ill for most of Crimbo. Still a much needed break though. Typically I'm much better now - just in time to go back to work tomorrow. Isn't that lucky? :cry: :no: Anyway, my faves: 1 1 1 7 EXTREME WAYS - Armin van Buuren & Moby 654250 2 2 1 7 LATE NIGHT PHONE CALL - Reverend And The Makers 857800 3 3 3 7 DISCO AT THE STRIP CLUB - Reve 464500 4 4 4 10 LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES - Pet Shop Boys 382800 5 6 5 4 HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL - Tavares 169800 6 8 6 6 APT. - ROSE & Bruno Mars 204350 8 11 1 14 YOU AGAIN - The Lottery Winners featuring Reverend And The Makers 881400 9 5 5 4 I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND - The Beatles 170000 10 10 6 11 FANTASY - JADE 327400 who knows, maybe this could get a late resurgence officially? Come on TikTok!!!! 11 9 1 8 SCREAMLAND - Father John Misty 490250 12 12 12 10 THE FEELING - Rudimental, 1991, PNAU & AR/CO 212100 14 16 8 8 DISCO WITCH - LEXXE 238750 15 27 15 4 DON’T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC - Tavares 81200 16 15 4 13 HIGHER - Tom Grennan 434700 17 14 14 11 TABOO - Kylie Minogue 163800 18 18 1 17 NEVER GOING HOME TONIGHT - David Guetta & Alesso featuring Madison Love 1003850 19 19 19 9 ALL THE YOUNG DUDES - Pet Shop Boys 133750 20 20 20 8 SOMEONE FOR ME - Kylie Minogue 120300 21 17 12 8 I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES - The Jackson Sisters 193750 22 22 1 7 WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) - Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield 469000 23 21 2 13 EVIL WOMAN - Duran Duran 485900 26 26 26 10 DISEASE - Lady Gaga 116700 27 29 15 8 BACK AT YOUR DOOR - Orville Peck & Debbii Dawson 137300 32 37 32 11 SHOULDA LEFT YA - Kylie Minogue 141650 33 28 19 11 GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF - Chesney Hawkes 154200 34 38 34 8 YOUNG LION - Sade 100300 35 46 35 4 THE DARK END OF THE STREET - Pet Shop Boys 51850 :cheer: 38 39 38 7 PEOPLE WATCHING - Sam Fender 84200 :cheer: 40 34 1 17 HEART LIKE MINE - Sam Feldt featuring Rosa Linn 1004100 42 44 8 18 WALK AWAY RENEE - The Four Tops 382600 43 43 1 16 LOOKING THROUGH THE WINDOWS - The Jackson 5 808400 44 47 4 36 FEEL - Pet Shop Boys 1028550 45 48 4 30 BIRDS OF A FEATHER - Billie Eilish 716950 46 49 46 6 MIDNIGHT TRAIN - Kim Wilde 57550 49 54 49 4 MISERERE - Pet Shop Boys 40900 50 42 9 12 FREEDOM OF THE NIGHT - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 251800 51 30 30 10 HONEY - Lenny Kravitz 115550 52 45 12 15 ALL MY LIFE - Purple Disco Machine & The Magician 288500 53 57 53 3 YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE - New Radicals 31850 54 62 10 20 DIE WITH A SMILE - Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars 392900 55 NEW 55 1 SAY HELLO WAVE GOODBYE - Soft Cell 10800 :heart: 59 66 59 5 LATE ’88 - Deacon Blue 35700 60 65 60 4 HOT TO GO - Chappell Roan 30200 67 78 67 3 BARBARELLA (THE RE-WORK!) - Betty Boo 15400 68 NEW 68 1 BACK ON ’74 - Jungle 6400 72 74 72 3 VIVA L’OPERA - Armin van Buuren featuring Natalie Gioia 16000 74 NEW 74 1 BUSY EARNIN’ - Jungle 5200 75 76 1 36 NEW LONDON BOY - Pet Shop Boys 2559750 Still a lot I need to check out but what I do know I like/love. Fantastic chart as always :wub: Hi AH! :) Happy New Year too! Hope you have picked up from being poorly, and at least it was a break of sorts! I had a good holiday thanks, mostly sunny, lots of pub quizzes and frolics and things didnt go tits up till I got back after Boxing Day. New Years was fun, party games and quizzes with friends, but I came down with whatever has been going round and still havent shaken it off, annoyingly! Since I got back: boiler broke down, no hot water, central heating, chasing solicitors for money they still owe 3 years since mum died, British Gas chasing me as their electric Smart Meter failed years ago and they still havent replaced it, Car wouldnt start and it's wet inside, need a new one. I hate Christmas and New Year! :lol: At least there's music, though new releases are thin on the ground still! Fantasy still sounds great, I hope it resurges, should have been a big hit, very 70's funky. Dark End Of The STreet still growing, Ive never heard the original version before! Sam Fender still heavily played on Radio 2 and growing for me. Thanks as always for the picks and compliments! Hope work eases off! B-)
January 10Jan 10 Author Great to see new peak positions for Gwen Stefani, Adela, Pet Shop Boys and Chappell Roan :D New debut for Franz Ferdinand :D Thanks for the picks SSP! A quiet chart really overall! :lol:
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