Posted April 5Apr 5 30th March 2025It's Selena Gomez grabbing her first number one along with Benny Blanco. Sunset Blvd is tunefully fab, remember driving down it fondly back in 1979 when Selena wasn't even a twinkle in her parents eyes, who were probably at school. It's only taken about 15 years to get a chart-topper, though Benny has been there before as songwriter/producer for Katy Perry and Maroon 5. That leaves the big climb to the top spot overshadowing another leap from a duo - Justin Hayward topped my charts in 1978 while on a Moody Blues solo outing for Jeff Wayne's War Of The World - Forever Autumn - and this is his highest peak other than with The Moody Blues timeless chart-topper Nights In White Satin. Life In A Northern Town went top 5 in 1985 for Dream Academy, so the song is long a classic fave, spruced up beautifully by Mike Batt who also last had a number one in my charts in the 70's - his own TV theme tune Summertime City in 1975. Highest new entry comes from US cult musician Mondo Cozmo with a Dylan-Gospel-tinged show-stopper from 5 years or so ago that came and went unnoticed, Shine. It was featured as the run-out song to the current series of Reacher on Amazon, and is a bit of a gem. New at 39. Sophie Ellis-Bextor keeps the disco goodies coming, even if they aren't charting, Relentless Love at 68, while Lizzo returns after a gap of a couple of years with Still Bad. The Lottery Winners have a new album out with an unlikely guest vocal from Nickelback's Chad Kroeger. Hands up who saw that one coming? Me, neither, but it works - Ragdoll at 72. Ash occasionally return to my charts 30 years after their heyday, and they've gone and dropped another "who saw that one coming?" with a cover of Harry Belafonte's Jump In The Line, a rousing cover too, and a song I know from way back in my childhood as my dad had Harry Belafonte's Caribbean Greatest Hits on an album. Bryan Adams is never far away from a rocking return, and Radio 2 have been hitting Make Up Your Mind a lot, new at 74, for 40 years of charting, and Sheryl Crow's oldie Soak Up The Sun has been nicely revamped into a laid-back summertime dance vibe, it sounds pretty good, at 76 and that leaves Franz Ferdinand in the bottom slot with at least a 4th track from their new album.1 26 1 3 SUNSET BLVD - Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco 1989002 18 2 3 LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN - Justin Hayward & Mike Batt 1476003 1 1 8 ORDINARY - Alex Warren 9064004 2 2 10 CONTROL OF ME - Topic x Daecolm 5324005 3 1 13 THE PROUD ONE - The Osmonds 10100006 4 4 9 AS TEARS GO BY - Marianne Faithfull 3031507 5 5 5 KEEP THE FAITH - Armin van Buuren & Bon Jovi 1770008 6 2 11 PINK PONY CLUB - Chappell Roan 5294009 7 7 8 ANDY (A GUY LIKE YOU) - The Waterboys 19995010 8 8 7 HALO - KEiiNO 14550011 9 7 8 WEIGHT OF DESIRE - Tennis 22180012 13 10 10 BORN WITH A BROKEN HEART - Damiano David 25080013 10 10 6 REVOLUTION - Mans Zelmerlow 15755014 11 5 7 BUSY WOMAN - Sabrina Carpenter 27390015 25 15 8 ABRADACABRA - Lady Gaga 12965016 17 16 9 FANCY - Artemas 18210017 22 17 5 THE WAY I ARE - Don Diablo 8115018 23 18 13 LOVE ME FOR A REASON - The Osmonds 16465019 12 1 10 HAMMER TO THE HEART - Teddy Swims 77975020 15 8 14 BEAUTIFUL THAT WAY - Miley Cyrus & Andrew Wyatt 34630021 30 21 2 I GOT YOU - Split Enz 3775022 35 22 4 LOVE IS LOVE - Kim Wilde 6025023 20 2 9 WHO I AM - Alan Walker featuring Putri Ariana & Peder Elias 33705024 16 10 10 A TEAR IN SPACE (AIRLOCK) - Glass Animals 28100025 14 9 9 CRYING, LAUGHING, LOVING, LYING - Labi Siffre 18095026 19 1 20 LATE NIGHT PHONE CALL - Reverend And The Makers 146505027 28 27 6 TURN AROUND - The Lottery Winners 9155028 39 28 8 SOMEBODY’S SON - Empire Of The Sun featuring Lindsey Buckingham 8660029 24 5 9 CHASING PARADISE - Kygo & OneRepublic 36220030 27 11 11 NO BAD VIBES - Jazzy & KILIMANJARO 23830031 43 31 5 WANT U - Hayley May 6690032 47 32 6 KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG - Roberta Flack 6445033 44 33 4 TURN UP YOUR RADIO - Deacon Blue featuring Lorraine McIntosh 5075034 29 7 20 ALL YOUR FAULT - Gwen Stefani 43105035 48 35 5 MARIAH CAREY THROUGH DEATH VALLEY - Blossoms 5550036 36 1 20 PEOPLE WATCHING - Sam Fender 71790037 50 37 5 WISH I DIDN’T MISS YOU - Angie Stone 5770038 77 38 2 WHITE LIES - Sam Ryder 2180039 NEW 39 1 SHINE - Mondo Cozmo 1710040 51 40 4 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE - David Guetta & Sia 4675041 60 41 3 SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN - Avalan Rokston 2940042 33 33 5 WHIRLWIND - Lainey Wilson 6545043 21 1 13 MORE THAN A WOMAN - Tavares 53725044 31 27 9 THE BALLAD OF LUCY JORDAN - Marianne Faithfull 13355045 32 8 12 I’M IN LOVE... - Andy Bell featuring Dot Allison and Michael Rother 25120046 34 7 10 RIPPLE - Good Neighbours 28035047 37 18 17 BOUQUET - Gwen Stefani 24800048 54 48 3 IT’S NOT RIGHT BUT IT’S OK - Felix Jaehn & Whitney Houston 3070049 38 6 12 COLD DREAMING - Doves 22520050 62 50 4 SORROW REPLACED - Kim Wilde featuring Midge Ure 3160051 40 36 7 LAST NIGHT I DREAMT I FELL IN LOVE - Alok & Kylie Minogue 9420052 41 37 6 BUTTERFLY - Marina 7290053 56 53 4 LOVE COMES QUICKLY (LIVE AT THE ROYAL ARENA COPENHAGEN 2023) - Pet Shop Boys 3325054 57 54 4 CAFE DEL MAR - Pete Tong & Jules Buckley & The Essential Orchestra 3400055 61 55 3 HOW BAD DO U WANT ME - Lady Gaga 2450056 58 56 5 TIL A MAWNIN - Shaggy featuring Sting 3820057 42 20 9 WAY OUT - Jet Trouble 14215058 66 58 4 HIGHER - Tom Speight 2700059 64 4 49 FEEL - Pet Shop Boys 116740060 67 60 4 CONFESSION - Louise 2680061 79 61 2 SORRY I’M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE - Benson Boone 1170062 46 32 8 REVELATION - The Knocks & Dragonette 10655063 70 63 2 STEREOQUEEN - Stela Cole 1320064 72 64 3 LOUD! - Chesney Hawkes 1670065 45 23 9 DO THINGS MY OWN WAY - Sparks 12275066 53 1 20 EXTREME WAYS - Armin van Buuren & Moby 129725067 52 35 8 HUNT YOU DOWN - ALT BLK ERA 12300068 NEW 68 1 RELENTLESS LOVE - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 640069 75 69 3 FIDA KNOWN - Gloria Gaynor 1540070 73 70 3 THE GIVER - Chappell Roan 1600071 NEW 71 1 STILL BAD - Lizzo 580072 NEW 72 1 RAGDOLL - The Lottery Winners featuring Chad Kroeger 560073 NEW 73 1 JUMP IN THE LINE - Ash 540074 NEW 74 1 MAKE UP YOUR MIND - Bryan Adams 520075 76 75 3 MANDINGO - Wu-Tang Clan & Mathematics featuring Raekwon, Inspectah Deck, Method Man & Cappadonna 1460076 NEW 76 1 SOAK UP THE SUN (SURF MESA REMIX) - Sheryl Crow 480077 55 52 7 CRY FOR ME - The Weeknd 6280078 59 59 5 GRANITE MILLS - Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Russell Moore 3500079 63 63 6 WAKE ME UP - The Weeknd featuring Justice 3600080 NEW 80 1 BAR LONELY - Franz Ferdinand 4000DROP OUTS 49 20 8 LIGHTHOUSE - Kim Wilde 130600 65 10 32 DIE WITH A SMILE - Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars 503950 68 2 16 THE DARK END OF THE STREET - Pet Shop Boys 566550 69 1 18 APT. - ROSE & Bruno Mars 846900 71 71 6 THE ABYSS - The Weeknd & Lana Del Ray 30200 74 5 12 EUPHORIA - Armin van Buuren, Norma Jean Martine & LAWRENT with Alok 285300 78 70 4 LIFELINE - Jonas Blue featuring Izzy Bizu 21000 80 78 3 SCORPIO - Kim Wilde 12800
April 6Apr 6 Great to see new peak positions for Lady Gaga, David Guetta, Felix Jaehn, Shaggy, Gloria Gaynor and Chappell Roan 😁New debuts for Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Franz Ferdinand and Bryan Adams 😁
April 6Apr 6 Hi John. Hope all is good. As ever, my faves this week:1 26 1 3 SUNSET BLVD - Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco 198900 a massive climb to the top! A similar huge climb to No.1 occurs in my chart this week too, though it's not this one. 2 18 2 3 LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN - Justin Hayward & Mike Batt 1476003 1 1 8 ORDINARY - Alex Warren 9064004 2 2 10 CONTROL OF ME - Topic x Daecolm 5324005 3 1 13 THE PROUD ONE - The Osmonds 10100006 4 4 9 AS TEARS GO BY - Marianne Faithfull 3031507 5 5 5 KEEP THE FAITH - Armin van Buuren & Bon Jovi 1770008 6 2 11 PINK PONY CLUB - Chappell Roan 52940012 13 10 10 BORN WITH A BROKEN HEART - Damiano David 250800 ❤️13 10 10 6 REVOLUTION - Mans Zelmerlow 15755014 11 5 7 BUSY WOMAN - Sabrina Carpenter 27390015 25 15 8 ABRADACABRA - Lady Gaga 12965016 17 16 9 FANCY - Artemas 18210017 22 17 5 THE WAY I ARE - Don Diablo 8115018 23 18 13 LOVE ME FOR A REASON - The Osmonds 16465020 15 8 14 BEAUTIFUL THAT WAY - Miley Cyrus & Andrew Wyatt 34630021 30 21 2 I GOT YOU - Split Enz 3775022 35 22 4 LOVE IS LOVE - Kim Wilde 60250 I read this as Love Is Holy at first. That was a great track25 14 9 9 CRYING, LAUGHING, LOVING, LYING - Labi Siffre 18095026 19 1 20 LATE NIGHT PHONE CALL - Reverend And The Makers 146505028 39 28 8 SOMEBODY’S SON - Empire Of The Sun featuring Lindsey Buckingham 8660029 24 5 9 CHASING PARADISE - Kygo & OneRepublic 36220030 27 11 11 NO BAD VIBES - Jazzy & KILIMANJARO 23830033 44 33 4 TURN UP YOUR RADIO - Deacon Blue featuring Lorraine McIntosh 5075035 48 35 5 MARIAH CAREY THROUGH DEATH VALLEY - Blossoms 5550036 36 1 20 PEOPLE WATCHING - Sam Fender 71790037 50 37 5 WISH I DIDN’T MISS YOU - Angie Stone 5770038 77 38 2 WHITE LIES - Sam Ryder 2180040 51 40 4 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE - David Guetta & Sia 4675043 21 1 13 MORE THAN A WOMAN - Tavares 53725044 31 27 9 THE BALLAD OF LUCY JORDAN - Marianne Faithfull 133550 ❤️45 32 8 12 I’M IN LOVE... - Andy Bell featuring Dot Allison and Michael Rother 25120048 54 48 3 IT’S NOT RIGHT BUT IT’S OK - Felix Jaehn & Whitney Houston 3070050 62 50 4 SORROW REPLACED - Kim Wilde featuring Midge Ure 3160051 40 36 7 LAST NIGHT I DREAMT I FELL IN LOVE - Alok & Kylie Minogue 9420052 41 37 6 BUTTERFLY - Marina 7290053 56 53 4 LOVE COMES QUICKLY (LIVE AT THE ROYAL ARENA COPENHAGEN 2023) - Pet Shop Boys 3325054 57 54 4 CAFE DEL MAR - Pete Tong & Jules Buckley & The Essential Orchestra 3400055 61 55 3 HOW BAD DO U WANT ME - Lady Gaga 2450059 64 4 49 FEEL - Pet Shop Boys 116740060 67 60 4 CONFESSION - Louise 26800 ❤️61 79 61 2 SORRY I’M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE - Benson Boone 1170065 45 23 9 DO THINGS MY OWN WAY - Sparks 12275066 53 1 20 EXTREME WAYS - Armin van Buuren & Moby 129725068 NEW 68 1 RELENTLESS LOVE - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 6400 on first listen I was very underwhelmed! A few more listens are needed I think70 73 70 3 THE GIVER - Chappell Roan 1600071 NEW 71 1 STILL BAD - Lizzo 580076 NEW 76 1 SOAK UP THE SUN (SURF MESA REMIX) - Sheryl Crow 480077 55 52 7 CRY FOR ME - The Weeknd 62800Quite a few I need to check out when I get some time - whenever that will be! What I do know I like/love. Fantastic chart as always ❤️
April 8Apr 8 Hey,Nice to see Benson climbing a lot!! Love him ❤️Getta & Sia climbing a lot!!Awesome N.1!! A very fun song 😇
April 8Apr 8 Hi there John!Nice to see "Abracadabra" gain huge, "Killing Me Softly With His Song", "Beautiful People" and "Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else" and the debut for "Relentless Love".Great chart!Take care.
April 10Apr 10 Author On 05/04/2025 at 20:06, Cody Buckley said:omg the rise for Selena I know, I was as surprised as anyone 😄 I hope it gets a proper single release down the line with some promo, def my fave thing she's done.
April 10Apr 10 Author On 06/04/2025 at 01:49, SSP said:Great to see new peak positions for Lady Gaga, David Guetta, Felix Jaehn, Shaggy, Gloria Gaynor and Chappell Roan 😁New debuts for Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Franz Ferdinand and Bryan Adams 😁Thanks for the picks SSP, hope all is great!
April 10Apr 10 Author On 06/04/2025 at 12:25, AH Gold said:Hi John. Hope all is good. As ever, my faves this week:1 26 1 3 SUNSET BLVD - Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco 198900 a massive climb to the top! A similar huge climb to No.1 occurs in my chart this week too, though it's not this one.2 18 2 3 LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN - Justin Hayward & Mike Batt 1476003 1 1 8 ORDINARY - Alex Warren 9064004 2 2 10 CONTROL OF ME - Topic x Daecolm 5324005 3 1 13 THE PROUD ONE - The Osmonds 10100006 4 4 9 AS TEARS GO BY - Marianne Faithfull 3031507 5 5 5 KEEP THE FAITH - Armin van Buuren & Bon Jovi 1770008 6 2 11 PINK PONY CLUB - Chappell Roan 52940012 13 10 10 BORN WITH A BROKEN HEART - Damiano David 250800 ❤️13 10 10 6 REVOLUTION - Mans Zelmerlow 15755014 11 5 7 BUSY WOMAN - Sabrina Carpenter 27390015 25 15 8 ABRADACABRA - Lady Gaga 12965016 17 16 9 FANCY - Artemas 18210017 22 17 5 THE WAY I ARE - Don Diablo 8115018 23 18 13 LOVE ME FOR A REASON - The Osmonds 16465020 15 8 14 BEAUTIFUL THAT WAY - Miley Cyrus & Andrew Wyatt 34630021 30 21 2 I GOT YOU - Split Enz 3775022 35 22 4 LOVE IS LOVE - Kim Wilde 60250 I read this as Love Is Holy at first. That was a great track25 14 9 9 CRYING, LAUGHING, LOVING, LYING - Labi Siffre 18095026 19 1 20 LATE NIGHT PHONE CALL - Reverend And The Makers 146505028 39 28 8 SOMEBODY’S SON - Empire Of The Sun featuring Lindsey Buckingham 8660029 24 5 9 CHASING PARADISE - Kygo & OneRepublic 36220030 27 11 11 NO BAD VIBES - Jazzy & KILIMANJARO 23830033 44 33 4 TURN UP YOUR RADIO - Deacon Blue featuring Lorraine McIntosh 5075035 48 35 5 MARIAH CAREY THROUGH DEATH VALLEY - Blossoms 5550036 36 1 20 PEOPLE WATCHING - Sam Fender 71790037 50 37 5 WISH I DIDN’T MISS YOU - Angie Stone 5770038 77 38 2 WHITE LIES - Sam Ryder 2180040 51 40 4 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE - David Guetta & Sia 4675043 21 1 13 MORE THAN A WOMAN - Tavares 53725044 31 27 9 THE BALLAD OF LUCY JORDAN - Marianne Faithfull 133550 ❤️45 32 8 12 I’M IN LOVE... - Andy Bell featuring Dot Allison and Michael Rother 25120048 54 48 3 IT’S NOT RIGHT BUT IT’S OK - Felix Jaehn & Whitney Houston 3070050 62 50 4 SORROW REPLACED - Kim Wilde featuring Midge Ure 3160051 40 36 7 LAST NIGHT I DREAMT I FELL IN LOVE - Alok & Kylie Minogue 9420052 41 37 6 BUTTERFLY - Marina 7290053 56 53 4 LOVE COMES QUICKLY (LIVE AT THE ROYAL ARENA COPENHAGEN 2023) - Pet Shop Boys 3325054 57 54 4 CAFE DEL MAR - Pete Tong & Jules Buckley & The Essential Orchestra 3400055 61 55 3 HOW BAD DO U WANT ME - Lady Gaga 2450059 64 4 49 FEEL - Pet Shop Boys 116740060 67 60 4 CONFESSION - Louise 26800 ❤️61 79 61 2 SORRY I’M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE - Benson Boone 1170065 45 23 9 DO THINGS MY OWN WAY - Sparks 12275066 53 1 20 EXTREME WAYS - Armin van Buuren & Moby 129725068 NEW 68 1 RELENTLESS LOVE - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 6400 on first listen I was very underwhelmed! A few more listens are needed I think70 73 70 3 THE GIVER - Chappell Roan 1600071 NEW 71 1 STILL BAD - Lizzo 580076 NEW 76 1 SOAK UP THE SUN (SURF MESA REMIX) - Sheryl Crow 480077 55 52 7 CRY FOR ME - The Weeknd 62800Quite a few I need to check out when I get some time - whenever that will be! What I do know I like/love. Fantastic chart as always ❤️Hi AH! 😎All OK ta, hope life is fun and not hectic! Ooh big climber for you too! Will see any second... 🙂Love Is Holy is a great record, one of her best oldies when she sings it live, sadly forgotten mostly these days though. Rick Nowels wrote it and it has that Belinda Carlisle vibe to it. He has quite the back catalogue of great songs. Sophie's new one is decent, I've heard it 3 times so far, and it's not rocketing up my chart yet...🙂Thanks as always for the big picks! 😎
April 10Apr 10 Author On 08/04/2025 at 04:01, seltinpixmile said:Hey,Nice to see Benson climbing a lot!! Love him ❤️Getta & Sia climbing a lot!!Awesome N.1!! A very fun song 😇Hey Seltin! Thanks for popping in and liking Selena, I hope it gets to be a hit, but probably won't! 😎 Benson is great and Guetta/sia I always go for 🙂cheers!
April 10Apr 10 Author On 08/04/2025 at 19:23, Sergej said:Hi there John!Nice to see "Abracadabra" gain huge, "Killing Me Softly With His Song", "Beautiful People" and "Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else" and the debut for "Relentless Love".Great chart!Take care.Hi Sergej! 😎Thanks for the picks! take care! 🙂
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