Posted April 10Apr 10 6th April 2025It's a new number one for Justin Hayward, grabbing his 2nd solo number one 47 years on from his previous Forever Autumn, though he has also topped the chart twice with Moody Blues classics, and Mike Batt, who goes one better as he gets his 2nd chart-topper almost 50 years on from Summer Time City. That means the chart record for a second number one with new material is snatched from Sparks. Life In A Northern Town has also never topped my chart before, though it came close in 1985. Mondo Cozmo has had a big push from the 3rd series of Reacher ending on the track Shine, and generated a lot of interest in the flop fab anthem. Shine is uplifting in dark times, even if one isn't religious. Up a whopping 37 places. Avalan Rokston also got some sales chart action, but this time thanks to Tik Tok. They sound not unlike The Weeknd in bop mode.Long-time drummer of Blondie sadly died aged 70 this week, and there are some cherry-picked drum-themed Blondie oldies (and their most recent number one Good Boys) popping back in: Atomic, Hanging On The Telephone and Picture This. Tom Grennan keeps his small run of chart entries going with Boys Don't Cry, and Rudimental are always with a chart entry when they do a good collab - such as Khalid. Miley Cyrus is feeling more musically experimental at the mo, and End Of The World drops in, leaving Ariane Grande using a century-old song as a new song, and finally The Doobie Brothers return with Michael McDonald on lead vocal - it's been, ooh, 36 years or so since they had new material chart for me. That's not a record gap, but it's still huge! 1 2 1 4 LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN - Justin Hayward & Mike Batt 3176002 39 2 2 SHINE - Mondo Cozmo 1321003 1 1 4 SUNSET BLVD - Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco 2839004 7 4 6 KEEP THE FAITH - Armin van Buuren & Bon Jovi 2420005 3 1 9 ORDINARY - Alex Warren 9664006 4 2 11 CONTROL OF ME - Topic x Daecolm 5874007 41 7 4 SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN - Avalan Rokston 795508 13 8 7 REVOLUTION - Mans Zelmerlow 2025509 5 1 14 THE PROUD ONE - The Osmonds 105500010 9 7 9 ANDY (A GUY LIKE YOU) - The Waterboys 24195011 21 11 3 I GOT YOU - Split Enz 7475012 8 2 12 PINK PONY CLUB - Chappell Roan 56440013 6 4 10 AS TEARS GO BY - Marianne Faithfull 33515014 10 8 8 HALO - KEiiNO 17450015 14 5 8 BUSY WOMAN - Sabrina Carpenter 30090016 22 16 5 LOVE IS LOVE - Kim Wilde 8525017 15 15 9 ABRADACABRA - Lady Gaga 15265018 12 10 11 BORN WITH A BROKEN HEART - Damiano David 27280019 11 7 9 WEIGHT OF DESIRE - Tennis 24280020 40 20 5 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE - David Guetta & Sia 6675021 16 16 10 FANCY - Artemas 20185022 17 17 6 THE WAY I ARE - Don Diablo 10065023 18 18 14 LOVE ME FOR A REASON - The Osmonds 18390024 55 24 4 HOW BAD DO U WANT ME - Lady Gaga 4350025 38 25 3 WHITE LIES - Sam Ryder 4055026 27 26 7 TURN AROUND - The Lottery Winners 11005027 19 1 11 HAMMER TO THE HEART - Teddy Swims 79815028 28 28 9 SOMEBODY’S SON - Empire Of The Sun featuring Lindsey Buckingham 10490029 20 8 15 BEAUTIFUL THAT WAY - Miley Cyrus & Andrew Wyatt 36450030 26 1 21 LATE NIGHT PHONE CALL - Reverend And The Makers 148305031 32 31 7 KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG - Roberta Flack 8235032 33 32 5 TURN UP YOUR RADIO - Deacon Blue featuring Lorraine McIntosh 6855033 35 33 6 MARIAH CAREY THROUGH DEATH VALLEY - Blossoms 7320034 30 11 12 NO BAD VIBES - Jazzy & KILIMANJARO 25590035 50 35 5 SORROW REPLACED - Kim Wilde featuring Midge Ure 4910036 29 5 10 CHASING PARADISE - Kygo & OneRepublic 37960037 48 37 4 IT’S NOT RIGHT BUT IT’S OK - Felix Jaehn & Whitney Houston 4800038 31 31 6 WANT U - Hayley May 8410039 36 1 21 PEOPLE WATCHING - Sam Fender 73500040 24 10 11 A TEAR IN SPACE (AIRLOCK) - Glass Animals 29800041 34 7 21 ALL YOUR FAULT - Gwen Stefani 44505042 NEW 42 1 ATOMIC - Blondie 1375043 54 43 5 CAFE DEL MAR - Pete Tong & Jules Buckley & The Essential Orchestra 4750044 23 2 10 WHO I AM - Alan Walker featuring Putri Ariana & Peder Elias 35030045 NEW 45 1 GOOD BOYS - Blondie 1300046 25 9 10 CRYING, LAUGHING, LOVING, LYING - Labi Siffre 19370047 60 47 5 CONFESSION - Louise 3930048 56 48 6 TIL A MAWNIN - Shaggy featuring Sting 5050049 37 37 6 WISH I DIDN’T MISS YOU - Angie Stone 6980050 53 50 5 LOVE COMES QUICKLY (LIVE AT THE ROYAL ARENA COPENHAGEN 2023) - Pet Shop Boys 4525051 63 51 3 STEREOQUEEN - Stela Cole 2495052 46 7 11 RIPPLE - Good Neighbours 29185053 61 53 3 SORRY I’M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE - Benson Boone 2295054 76 54 2 SOAK UP THE SUN (SURF MESA REMIX) - Sheryl Crow 1580055 71 55 2 STILL BAD - Lizzo 1660056 58 56 5 HIGHER - Tom Speight 3760057 42 33 6 WHIRLWIND - Lainey Wilson 7585058 59 4 50 FEEL - Pet Shop Boys 117760059 64 59 4 LOUD! - Chesney Hawkes 2680060 68 60 2 RELENTLESS LOVE - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 1640061 47 18 18 BOUQUET - Gwen Stefani 25530062 57 20 10 WAY OUT - Jet Trouble 14955063 NEW 63 1 HANGING ON THE TELEPHONE - Blondie 720064 70 64 4 THE GIVER - Chappell Roan 2310065 69 65 4 FIDA KNOWN - Gloria Gaynor 2240066 49 6 13 COLD DREAMING - Doves 23200067 NEW 67 1 BOYS DON’T CRY - Tom Grennan 660068 72 68 2 RAGDOLL - The Lottery Winners featuring Chad Kroeger 1200069 NEW 69 1 ALL I KNOW - Rudimental x Khalid 620070 73 70 2 JUMP IN THE LINE - Ash 1140071 74 71 2 MAKE UP YOUR MIND - Bryan Adams 1100072 51 36 8 LAST NIGHT I DREAMT I FELL IN LOVE - Alok & Kylie Minogue 9980073 45 8 13 I’M IN LOVE... - Andy Bell featuring Dot Allison and Michael Rother 25660074 75 74 4 MANDINGO - Wu-Tang Clan & Mathematics featuring Raekwon, Inspectah Deck, Method Man & Cappadonna 1980075 80 75 2 BAR LONELY - Franz Ferdinand 900076 52 37 7 BUTTERFLY - Marina 7770077 NEW 77 1 END OF THE WORLD - Miley Cyrus 460078 NEW 78 1 DREAMING - Blondie 440079 NEW 79 1 TWILIGHT ZONE - Ariane Grande 420080 NEW 80 1 LEARN TO LET GO - The Doobie Brothers 4000DROP OUTS 44 27 10 THE BALLAD OF LUCY JORDAN - Marianne Faithfull 133550 43 1 13 MORE THAN A WOMAN - Tavares 537250 62 32 8 REVELATION - The Knocks & Dragonette 106550 65 23 9 DO THINGS MY OWN WAY - Sparks 122750 66 1 20 EXTREME WAYS - Armin van Buuren & Moby 1297250 67 35 8 HUNT YOU DOWN - ALT BLK ERA 123000 77 52 7 CRY FOR ME - The Weeknd 62800 78 59 5 GRANITE MILLS - Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Russell Moore 35000 79 63 6 WAKE ME UP - The Weeknd featuring Justice 36000
April 12Apr 12 Hey John,Selena, Armin, Alex all Top 10 + Avalan Rokston and Mans Zelmerlow new in the Top 10 👌Kim Wilde, David Guetta/Sia Top 20, Lady Gaga and Sam Ryder Top 30 and Felix Jaehn/Whitney Houston Top 40 👏👏Best new entries bubbling under : The Doobie Brothers ❣️, Ariana Grande ❣️, Miley Cyrus and the oldies from Blondie 🤩
April 12Apr 12 Hi there John!Nice to see "Revolution" in the top 10, the big gains for "Beautiful People", "How Bad Do U Want Me" and "It's Not Right But It's Ok" and the debuts for "Atomic", "Boys Don't Cry", "All I Know", "End Of The World" and "Twilight Zone".Great chart!Take care.
April 13Apr 13 Great to see new peak positions for David Guetta, Lady Gaga, Felix Jaehn, Shaggy, Stela Cole, Benson Boone, Lizzo, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Chappell Roan, Gloria Gaynor and Bryan Adams 😁New debut for Doobie Brothers 😁
April 13Apr 13 Hi John. Hope you've had a good week. My faves:1 2 1 4 LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN - Justin Hayward & Mike Batt 317600 I keep forgetting to chart this! I must rectify that next week 3 1 1 4 SUNSET BLVD - Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco 283900 Finally Top 40 for me this week. It's certainly growing on me so should climb higher4 7 4 6 KEEP THE FAITH - Armin van Buuren & Bon Jovi 2420005 3 1 9 ORDINARY - Alex Warren 9664006 4 2 11 CONTROL OF ME - Topic x Daecolm 5874008 13 8 7 REVOLUTION - Mans Zelmerlow 2025509 5 1 14 THE PROUD ONE - The Osmonds 105500011 21 11 3 I GOT YOU - Split Enz 7475012 8 2 12 PINK PONY CLUB - Chappell Roan 56440013 6 4 10 AS TEARS GO BY - Marianne Faithfull 33515015 14 5 8 BUSY WOMAN - Sabrina Carpenter 30090016 22 16 5 LOVE IS LOVE - Kim Wilde 8525017 15 15 9 ABRADACABRA - Lady Gaga 15265018 12 10 11 BORN WITH A BROKEN HEART - Damiano David 27280020 40 20 5 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE - David Guetta & Sia 6675021 16 16 10 FANCY - Artemas 20185022 17 17 6 THE WAY I ARE - Don Diablo 10065023 18 18 14 LOVE ME FOR A REASON - The Osmonds 18390024 55 24 4 HOW BAD DO U WANT ME - Lady Gaga 4350025 38 25 3 WHITE LIES - Sam Ryder 4055028 28 28 9 SOMEBODY’S SON - Empire Of The Sun featuring Lindsey Buckingham 10490029 20 8 15 BEAUTIFUL THAT WAY - Miley Cyrus & Andrew Wyatt 36450030 26 1 21 LATE NIGHT PHONE CALL - Reverend And The Makers 148305032 33 32 5 TURN UP YOUR RADIO - Deacon Blue featuring Lorraine McIntosh 6855033 35 33 6 MARIAH CAREY THROUGH DEATH VALLEY - Blossoms 7320034 30 11 12 NO BAD VIBES - Jazzy & KILIMANJARO 25590035 50 35 5 SORROW REPLACED - Kim Wilde featuring Midge Ure 4910036 29 5 10 CHASING PARADISE - Kygo & OneRepublic 37960037 48 37 4 IT’S NOT RIGHT BUT IT’S OK - Felix Jaehn & Whitney Houston 4800039 36 1 21 PEOPLE WATCHING - Sam Fender 73500042 NEW 42 1 ATOMIC - Blondie 13750 ❤️43 54 43 5 CAFE DEL MAR - Pete Tong & Jules Buckley & The Essential Orchestra 4750044 23 2 10 WHO I AM - Alan Walker featuring Putri Ariana & Peder Elias 35030045 NEW 45 1 GOOD BOYS - Blondie 13000 Didn't realise Clem Burke passed away 😥 This was a great latter day hit. Deserved better than a no.12 peak. 46 25 9 10 CRYING, LAUGHING, LOVING, LYING - Labi Siffre 19370047 60 47 5 CONFESSION - Louise 3930049 37 37 6 WISH I DIDN’T MISS YOU - Angie Stone 6980050 53 50 5 LOVE COMES QUICKLY (LIVE AT THE ROYAL ARENA COPENHAGEN 2023) - Pet Shop Boys 4525053 61 53 3 SORRY I’M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE - Benson Boone 2295054 76 54 2 SOAK UP THE SUN (SURF MESA REMIX) - Sheryl Crow 1580055 71 55 2 STILL BAD - Lizzo 1660058 59 4 50 FEEL - Pet Shop Boys 117760059 64 59 4 LOUD! - Chesney Hawkes 2680060 68 60 2 RELENTLESS LOVE - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 1640063 NEW 63 1 HANGING ON THE TELEPHONE - Blondie 7200 ❤️64 70 64 4 THE GIVER - Chappell Roan 2310067 NEW 67 1 BOYS DON’T CRY - Tom Grennan 6600 ❤️69 NEW 69 1 ALL I KNOW - Rudimental x Khalid 620072 51 36 8 LAST NIGHT I DREAMT I FELL IN LOVE - Alok & Kylie Minogue 9980073 45 8 13 I’M IN LOVE... - Andy Bell featuring Dot Allison and Michael Rother 25660075 80 75 2 BAR LONELY - Franz Ferdinand 900076 52 37 7 BUTTERFLY - Marina 7770077 NEW 77 1 END OF THE WORLD - Miley Cyrus 460078 NEW 78 1 DREAMING - Blondie 440079 NEW 79 1 TWILIGHT ZONE - Ariane Grande 4200Fantastic chart as always ❤️
April 16Apr 16 Hey John,Nice to see Miley entering!! The song is a bop ❤️Benson climbing!! Love him 😇What a climb for Gaga with How Bad Do You Want Me!!
April 19Apr 19 Author On 12/04/2025 at 11:47, Sven10 said:Hey John,Selena, Armin, Alex all Top 10 + Avalan Rokston and Mans Zelmerlow new in the Top 10 👌Kim Wilde, David Guetta/Sia Top 20, Lady Gaga and Sam Ryder Top 30 and Felix Jaehn/Whitney Houston Top 40 👏👏Best new entries bubbling under : The Doobie Brothers ❣️, Ariana Grande ❣️, Miley Cyrus and the oldies from Blondie 🤩Hey Sven! 🙂Thanks for the picks! Hope all is great with you 😎
April 19Apr 19 Author On 12/04/2025 at 13:39, Sergej said:Hi there John!Nice to see "Revolution" in the top 10, the big gains for "Beautiful People", "How Bad Do U Want Me" and "It's Not Right But It's Ok" and the debuts for "Atomic", "Boys Don't Cry", "All I Know", "End Of The World" and "Twilight Zone".Great chart!Take care.Hi Sergej! 🙂Hope all is well! Thanks for the picks, its a shame Revolution didnt make it through to Eurovision!thnks as always 😎
April 19Apr 19 Author On 13/04/2025 at 05:18, SSP said:Great to see new peak positions for David Guetta, Lady Gaga, Felix Jaehn, Shaggy, Stela Cole, Benson Boone, Lizzo, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Chappell Roan, Gloria Gaynor and Bryan Adams 😁New debut for Doobie Brothers 😁Thanks SSP! Thanks for the picks, Doobies not moving much this week sadly, overtaken by a batch of newies! 😄
April 19Apr 19 Author On 13/04/2025 at 13:10, AH Gold said:Hi John. Hope you've had a good week. My faves:1 2 1 4 LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN - Justin Hayward & Mike Batt 317600 I keep forgetting to chart this! I must rectify that next week3 1 1 4 SUNSET BLVD - Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco 283900 Finally Top 40 for me this week. It's certainly growing on me so should climb higher4 7 4 6 KEEP THE FAITH - Armin van Buuren & Bon Jovi 2420005 3 1 9 ORDINARY - Alex Warren 9664006 4 2 11 CONTROL OF ME - Topic x Daecolm 5874008 13 8 7 REVOLUTION - Mans Zelmerlow 2025509 5 1 14 THE PROUD ONE - The Osmonds 105500011 21 11 3 I GOT YOU - Split Enz 7475012 8 2 12 PINK PONY CLUB - Chappell Roan 56440013 6 4 10 AS TEARS GO BY - Marianne Faithfull 33515015 14 5 8 BUSY WOMAN - Sabrina Carpenter 30090016 22 16 5 LOVE IS LOVE - Kim Wilde 8525017 15 15 9 ABRADACABRA - Lady Gaga 15265018 12 10 11 BORN WITH A BROKEN HEART - Damiano David 27280020 40 20 5 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE - David Guetta & Sia 6675021 16 16 10 FANCY - Artemas 20185022 17 17 6 THE WAY I ARE - Don Diablo 10065023 18 18 14 LOVE ME FOR A REASON - The Osmonds 18390024 55 24 4 HOW BAD DO U WANT ME - Lady Gaga 4350025 38 25 3 WHITE LIES - Sam Ryder 4055028 28 28 9 SOMEBODY’S SON - Empire Of The Sun featuring Lindsey Buckingham 10490029 20 8 15 BEAUTIFUL THAT WAY - Miley Cyrus & Andrew Wyatt 36450030 26 1 21 LATE NIGHT PHONE CALL - Reverend And The Makers 148305032 33 32 5 TURN UP YOUR RADIO - Deacon Blue featuring Lorraine McIntosh 6855033 35 33 6 MARIAH CAREY THROUGH DEATH VALLEY - Blossoms 7320034 30 11 12 NO BAD VIBES - Jazzy & KILIMANJARO 25590035 50 35 5 SORROW REPLACED - Kim Wilde featuring Midge Ure 4910036 29 5 10 CHASING PARADISE - Kygo & OneRepublic 37960037 48 37 4 IT’S NOT RIGHT BUT IT’S OK - Felix Jaehn & Whitney Houston 4800039 36 1 21 PEOPLE WATCHING - Sam Fender 73500042 NEW 42 1 ATOMIC - Blondie 13750 ❤️43 54 43 5 CAFE DEL MAR - Pete Tong & Jules Buckley & The Essential Orchestra 4750044 23 2 10 WHO I AM - Alan Walker featuring Putri Ariana & Peder Elias 35030045 NEW 45 1 GOOD BOYS - Blondie 13000 Didn't realise Clem Burke passed away 😥 This was a great latter day hit. Deserved better than a no.12 peak.46 25 9 10 CRYING, LAUGHING, LOVING, LYING - Labi Siffre 19370047 60 47 5 CONFESSION - Louise 3930049 37 37 6 WISH I DIDN’T MISS YOU - Angie Stone 6980050 53 50 5 LOVE COMES QUICKLY (LIVE AT THE ROYAL ARENA COPENHAGEN 2023) - Pet Shop Boys 4525053 61 53 3 SORRY I’M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE - Benson Boone 2295054 76 54 2 SOAK UP THE SUN (SURF MESA REMIX) - Sheryl Crow 1580055 71 55 2 STILL BAD - Lizzo 1660058 59 4 50 FEEL - Pet Shop Boys 117760059 64 59 4 LOUD! - Chesney Hawkes 2680060 68 60 2 RELENTLESS LOVE - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 1640063 NEW 63 1 HANGING ON THE TELEPHONE - Blondie 7200 ❤️64 70 64 4 THE GIVER - Chappell Roan 2310067 NEW 67 1 BOYS DON’T CRY - Tom Grennan 6600 ❤️69 NEW 69 1 ALL I KNOW - Rudimental x Khalid 620072 51 36 8 LAST NIGHT I DREAMT I FELL IN LOVE - Alok & Kylie Minogue 9980073 45 8 13 I’M IN LOVE... - Andy Bell featuring Dot Allison and Michael Rother 25660075 80 75 2 BAR LONELY - Franz Ferdinand 900076 52 37 7 BUTTERFLY - Marina 7770077 NEW 77 1 END OF THE WORLD - Miley Cyrus 460078 NEW 78 1 DREAMING - Blondie 440079 NEW 79 1 TWILIGHT ZONE - Ariane Grande 4200Fantastic chart as always ❤️Hi AH! 🙂Hope things are ticking over ticketyboo. I'm going to start resurrecting old words on Buzzjack, if only to send people rushing to google. Whoops-a-daisy! 😄Glad you like Life In A Northern Town, it's my latest BJSC effort to bring the mid-20th century vibes into notice, as not even Radio 2 has gone for it. Selena's best ever record for me, love it. ❣️I'd forgotten Good Boys actually made the charts, so thanks for the reminder, it's one of my top latter-day Blondie tracks, probably their best of this century and they've had some goodies, yet I never bought it I just realised so itunes here i come 😎thanks as always for the big picks! 🙂
April 19Apr 19 Author On 16/04/2025 at 04:07, seltinpixmile said:Hey John,Nice to see Miley entering!! The song is a bop ❤️Benson climbing!! Love him 😇What a climb for Gaga with How Bad Do You Want Me!!Hi Seltin, thanks for the comments and picks! Miley is great, gaga too! 🙂
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