Posted May 21May 21 18th May 2025It's up to the top spot for Artemas' banging dark I Guess U Never Really Cared For Me, 4th time lucky in terms of singles, and holding off Benson Boone's fab new track Mystical Magical at 2. It was Eurovision this week and some great tracks underperformed: Gabry Ponte had a good entry for San Marino, but it's his new track with long-time faves Train that is the highest new entry at 21 - Brokenhearted is Gabry's first chart entry, but Train have been hitting for 25 years, pretty much regularly over the years with many great tracks. The best track to fail to get to the final was Azerbaijan's Mamagama on the great pop track Run With U - I think the unusual lead vocal put most people off, but I enjoy unusual and the record is well-constructed. New at 38, just 8 spots behind the runner-up in the Sweden qualifications: Mans wuz robbed, I really didnt enjoy Kaj much. That leaves the judges' 2nd fave Switzerland, an old-fashioned melodic ballad, classy and no fusses or frills to distract one from the less good songs. Voyage is new at 52, but got nul points from the public, as did the UK despite a spirited performance of a bit of a mash-up of a song. Half the songs this year were more snatches of genres than actual songs, hence the low number of entries in my chart.Jungle sort of enter at 66 with Don't Speak - or rather it's J Lloyd and Lydia Kitto from Jungle under the name Loaded Honey with a great new pop track. Regular Chilean fave Javiera Mena is back with a new album, a bit low-key this one but the track Absurda has a great classic melody, reminds me a bit of the 1964 Eurovision winner in places, Non Ho L'Eta Per Amarti. Noah Cyrus joins her sis in my chart, not for the first time, on the Americana-ish I Saw The Mountains, she's always interesting Noah and it fits well with Lana Del Ray's John Denver-ish Bluebird in my chart. That leaves Tate McRae finally getting Sports Car into my chart 3 months late, and Ella Henderson back with another catchy track Me & You, it must be 11 years of charting or so for Ella now, not bad for a TV singing show start. 1 2 1 5 I GUESS U NEVER REALLY CARED ABOUT ME - Artemas 3357002 7 2 4 MYSTICAL MAGICAL - Benson Boone 1905003 1 1 10 HOW BAD DO U WANT ME - Lady Gaga 5565004 3 2 7 END OF THE WORLD - Miley Cyrus 3355505 4 1 8 SHINE - Mondo Cozmo 8821006 6 1 10 SUNSET BLVD - Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco 7189007 8 7 3 VOICES - Damiano David 1164008 11 8 6 APOCALYPSE - Pete Tong, MoBlack & Max Zotti featuring Monolink 1720009 10 9 6 SPIKE ISLAND - Pulp 16680010 5 3 8 RAGDOLL - The Lottery Winners featuring Chad Kroeger 26430011 14 11 7 ALL I KNOW - Rudimental x Khalid 14900012 29 12 5 BLUEBIRD - Lana Del Ray 7720013 16 13 6 YOU KILLED THE MUSIC - Debbii Dawson 11270014 21 14 10 IT’S NOT RIGHT BUT IT’S OK - Felix Jaehn & Whitney Houston 17475015 19 15 4 HEART BY HEART - Joe Jonas 8415016 12 1 15 ORDINARY - Alex Warren 119140017 9 7 11 SORROW REPLACED - Kim Wilde featuring Midge Ure 23250018 23 18 4 NEXT SUMMER - Damiano David 5975019 13 1 10 LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN - Justin Hayward & Mike Batt 77560020 18 6 10 SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN - Avalan Rokston 30155021 NEW 21 1 BROKENHEARTED - Gabry Ponte & Train 1975022 65 22 2 TIME WAITED - My Morning Jacket 2650023 15 5 11 LOVE IS LOVE - Kim Wilde 29750024 25 24 9 SORRY I’M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE - Benson Boone 12815025 30 25 6 FEEL IT - d4vd 7735026 35 26 8 RELENTLESS LOVE - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 11530027 22 1 20 THE PROUD ONE - The Osmonds 120465028 39 28 5 MARRIAGE - Nelly Furtado 5820029 17 3 12 KEEP THE FAITH - Armin van Buuren & Bon Jovi 52320030 24 5 13 REVOLUTION - Mans Zelmerlow 39605031 33 1 27 LATE NIGHT PHONE CALL - Reverend And The Makers 158935032 40 32 3 ANGELA - Benjamin Ingrosso 4730033 26 26 8 SOAK UP THE SUN (SURF MESA REMIX) - Sheryl Crow 11680034 36 34 5 COME BACK AND SHAKE ME - Clodagh Rodgers 6920035 20 7 11 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE - David Guetta & Sia 24725036 28 28 7 HANGING ON THE TELEPHONE - Blondie 9405037 37 37 7 BOYS DON’T CRY - Tom Grennan 8670038 NEW 38 1 RUN WITH U - Mamagama 1720039 34 2 16 CONTROL OF ME - Topic x Daecolm 72510040 46 40 6 AZIZAM - Ed Sheeran 6980041 32 20 12 MARIAH CAREY THROUGH DEATH VALLEY - Blossoms 18275042 50 42 5 GOODNIGHT MIDNIGHT - Clodagh Rodgers 4980043 38 38 11 CAFE DEL MAR - Pete Tong & Jules Buckley & The Essential Orchestra 13825044 53 44 3 FIND XANADU - Alison Goldfrapp 3130045 58 45 4 PETITE ETOILE - Polo and Pan featuring Beth Ditto 3500046 45 45 6 ETERNAL LIFE - Robin Schulz & Oswald 6225047 52 47 4 MIND OF A WARRIOR - Alan Walker & Sorana 3540048 41 36 6 LOVE ME TO HEAVEN - Jonas Brothers 7445049 44 7 15 ANDY (A GUY LIKE YOU) - The Waterboys 36030050 70 50 3 I’M FREE (7TH HEAVEN RADIO EDIT) - Donna Summer 2360051 43 5 14 BUSY WOMAN - Sabrina Carpenter 40310052 NEW 52 1 VOYAGE - Zoe Me 1150053 27 6 9 I GOT YOU - Split Enz 30440054 31 8 7 ATOMIC - Blondie 16115055 55 55 6 THE MESSAGE - Turin Brakes 5430056 57 56 5 BLINK TWICE - Shaboozey & Myles Smith 4720057 59 57 5 GUNSLINGER - Natalie Bergman 3750058 66 58 3 TEARS DRY TONIGHT - CYRIL & James Blunt 2220059 71 59 2 MAN ON THE MOON - Fitz & The Tantrums 1590060 60 60 5 DREAM MACHINE - Purple Disco Machine & Alison Goldfrapp 3720061 47 1 17 HAMMER TO THE HEART - Teddy Swims 88915062 61 7 27 ALL YOUR FAULT - Gwen Stefani 50200063 75 63 2 TASTE - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 1220064 68 64 3 BARBARIAN - AWOLNATION 1950065 63 4 56 FEEL - Pet Shop Boys 122140066 NEW 66 1 DON’T SPEAK - Loaded Honey 680067 NEW 67 1 ABSURDA - Javiera Mena 660068 69 68 4 IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND - Cascada 2280069 49 15 9 WHITE LIES - Sam Ryder 14115070 51 30 11 CONFESSION - Louise 12310071 72 71 4 RAIN IN THE RIVER - Bruce Springsteen 2020072 64 1 27 PEOPLE WATCHING - Sam Fender 79345073 NEW 73 1 I SAW THE MOUNTAINS - Noah Cyrus 540074 73 73 7 LEARN TO LET GO - The Doobie Brothers 3420075 78 75 3 I DON’T WANNA TALK - Dadi Freyr 1380076 48 27 12 TIL A MAWNIN - Shaggy featuring Sting 13935077 77 77 3 DROWNED IN A SEA OF TEARS - Sparks 1380078 79 78 2 BORDERLINE - Louise 860079 NEW 79 1 SPORTS CAR - Tate McRae 420080 NEW 80 1 ME & YOU - Ella Henderson 4000DROP OUTS 42 16 6 GOOD BOYS - Blondie 110650 54 28 10 LOVE COMES QUICKLY (LIVE AT THE ROYAL ARENA COPENHAGEN 2023) - Pet Shop Boys 118500 56 47 8 STEREOQUEEN - Stela Cole 83900 62 8 13 HALO - KEiiNO 249050 67 11 14 ABRADACABRA - Lady Gaga 259500 74 50 9 LOUD! - Chesney Hawkes 75850 76 59 6 TWILIGHT ZONE - Ariana Grande 43700 80 79 2 MY DEVOTION - Sparks 8200
May 21May 21 Hi John!Nice to see "Mystical Magical" as the runner-up, "Voices" and "Spike Island" reach a new peak, the new peaks for "All I Know", "It's Not Right But It's Okay", "Next Summer", "Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else", "Feel It", "Relentless Love", "Angela", "Azizam", "Blink Twice" and "Tears Dry Tonight", the big gains for "Bluebird", "Marriage" and "Taste" and the debuts for "Voyage", "Sports Car" and "Me & You".Great chart!Take care.
May 24May 24 Hey John,Great Top 4 and Pete Tong entering the Top 10 👌Lana Del Rey, Felix/Whitney and Damiano David Top 20, Gabry Ponte, My Morning Jacket ❤️, Nelly Furtado and Sophie Ellis Baxter Top 30, Ed Sheeran and a nice EurovisionSong from Mamagama (Azerbaijan) Top 40 👍 Bubbling under : Donna Summer climbing fast 😍Best new tracks : Zoë Më (EuroSong-Switserland) and Loaded Honey ❤️
May 25May 25 Hi John. Hope all is good. So you're in OGAE? How did that happen? Here's my faves this week:1 2 1 5 I GUESS U NEVER REALLY CARED ABOUT ME - Artemas 3357002 7 2 4 MYSTICAL MAGICAL - Benson Boone 190500 I got shouted at by some co-workers when Beautiful Things came on Hits Radio YET again (4th time that day) and I turned it off in anger! 😅 I did change it to Radio 2 briefly, but that proved to be too radical for my colleagues 😂 I'm more surprised Heart/Hits haven't latched on to this yet! Give it time...3 1 1 10 HOW BAD DO U WANT ME - Lady Gaga 5565004 3 2 7 END OF THE WORLD - Miley Cyrus 335550 ❤️ rapidly becoming my favourite Miley song6 6 1 10 SUNSET BLVD - Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco 7189007 8 7 3 VOICES - Damiano David 1164008 11 8 6 APOCALYPSE - Pete Tong, MoBlack & Max Zotti featuring Monolink 1720009 10 9 6 SPIKE ISLAND - Pulp 16680011 14 11 7 ALL I KNOW - Rudimental x Khalid 14900012 29 12 5 BLUEBIRD - Lana Del Ray 7720013 16 13 6 YOU KILLED THE MUSIC - Debbii Dawson 112700 ❤️14 21 14 10 IT’S NOT RIGHT BUT IT’S OK - Felix Jaehn & Whitney Houston 17475016 12 1 15 ORDINARY - Alex Warren 119140017 9 7 11 SORROW REPLACED - Kim Wilde featuring Midge Ure 23250018 23 18 4 NEXT SUMMER - Damiano David 5975019 13 1 10 LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN - Justin Hayward & Mike Batt 77560023 15 5 11 LOVE IS LOVE - Kim Wilde 29750024 25 24 9 SORRY I’M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE - Benson Boone 12815025 30 25 6 FEEL IT - d4vd 7735026 35 26 8 RELENTLESS LOVE - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 11530027 22 1 20 THE PROUD ONE - The Osmonds 120465029 17 3 12 KEEP THE FAITH - Armin van Buuren & Bon Jovi 52320030 24 5 13 REVOLUTION - Mans Zelmerlow 396050 so Sweden didn't win! Like you, I thought KAJ had it in the bag! Not the only shock on the night of course! The voting being more baffling than usual. And let's not get started on the televoting!....31 33 1 27 LATE NIGHT PHONE CALL - Reverend And The Makers 158935032 40 32 3 ANGELA - Benjamin Ingrosso 4730033 26 26 8 SOAK UP THE SUN (SURF MESA REMIX) - Sheryl Crow 11680034 36 34 5 COME BACK AND SHAKE ME - Clodagh Rodgers 6920035 20 7 11 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE - David Guetta & Sia 24725036 28 28 7 HANGING ON THE TELEPHONE - Blondie 9405037 37 37 7 BOYS DON’T CRY - Tom Grennan 8670039 34 2 16 CONTROL OF ME - Topic x Daecolm 72510040 46 40 6 AZIZAM - Ed Sheeran 6980041 32 20 12 MARIAH CAREY THROUGH DEATH VALLEY - Blossoms 18275042 50 42 5 GOODNIGHT MIDNIGHT - Clodagh Rodgers 4980043 38 38 11 CAFE DEL MAR - Pete Tong & Jules Buckley & The Essential Orchestra 13825044 53 44 3 FIND XANADU - Alison Goldfrapp 3130045 58 45 4 PETITE ETOILE - Polo and Pan featuring Beth Ditto 3500047 52 47 4 MIND OF A WARRIOR - Alan Walker & Sorana 3540048 41 36 6 LOVE ME TO HEAVEN - Jonas Brothers 7445050 70 50 3 I’M FREE (7TH HEAVEN RADIO EDIT) - Donna Summer 23600 ❤️❤️❤️51 43 5 14 BUSY WOMAN - Sabrina Carpenter 40310052 NEW 52 1 VOYAGE - Zoe Me 11500 the nil points from the public is incomprehensible53 27 6 9 I GOT YOU - Split Enz 30440054 31 8 7 ATOMIC - Blondie 16115058 66 58 3 TEARS DRY TONIGHT - CYRIL & James Blunt 2220060 60 60 5 DREAM MACHINE - Purple Disco Machine & Alison Goldfrapp 3720063 75 63 2 TASTE - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 1220065 63 4 56 FEEL - Pet Shop Boys 122140068 69 68 4 IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND - Cascada 2280069 49 15 9 WHITE LIES - Sam Ryder 14115070 51 30 11 CONFESSION - Louise 12310072 64 1 27 PEOPLE WATCHING - Sam Fender 79345075 78 75 3 I DON’T WANNA TALK - Dadi Freyr 1380077 77 77 3 DROWNED IN A SEA OF TEARS - Sparks 1380078 79 78 2 BORDERLINE - Louise 860079 NEW 79 1 SPORTS CAR - Tate McRae 4200 I was pretty late to this too. I ended up loving it!80 NEW 80 1 ME & YOU - Ella Henderson 4000Fantastic chart as always ❤️
May 26May 26 Great to see new peak positions for Benson Boone, Felix Jaehn, Damian David, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Nelly Furtado, Ed Sheeran, Cyril and Cascada 😁New debuts for Gabry Ponte and Tate McRae 😁
May 28May 28 Author On 21/05/2025 at 22:10, Sergej said:Hi John!Nice to see "Mystical Magical" as the runner-up, "Voices" and "Spike Island" reach a new peak, the new peaks for "All I Know", "It's Not Right But It's Okay", "Next Summer", "Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else", "Feel It", "Relentless Love", "Angela", "Azizam", "Blink Twice" and "Tears Dry Tonight", the big gains for "Bluebird", "Marriage" and "Taste" and the debuts for "Voyage", "Sports Car" and "Me & You".Great chart!Take care.Hi Sergej! 🙂Thanks for all the picks I'm happy you like so many! 🥰Take care and thanks again! 😎
May 28May 28 Author On 24/05/2025 at 11:07, Sven10 said:Hey John,Great Top 4 and Pete Tong entering the Top 10 👌Lana Del Rey, Felix/Whitney and Damiano David Top 20, Gabry Ponte, My Morning Jacket ❤️, Nelly Furtado and Sophie Ellis Baxter Top 30, Ed Sheeran and a nice EurovisionSong from Mamagama (Azerbaijan) Top 40 👍Bubbling under : Donna Summer climbing fast 😍Best new tracks : Zoë Më (EuroSong-Switserland) and Loaded Honey ❤️Hey Sven! 🙂I forgot to mention that Pete Tong track is a Cigarettes After Sex song, makes for a nice banger, thanks for the picks and the Morning Jacket tip ❤️cheers! 😎
May 28May 28 Author On 25/05/2025 at 14:40, AH Gold said:Hi John. Hope all is good. So you're in OGAE? How did that happen? Here's my faves this week:1 2 1 5 I GUESS U NEVER REALLY CARED ABOUT ME - Artemas 3357002 7 2 4 MYSTICAL MAGICAL - Benson Boone 190500 I got shouted at by some co-workers when Beautiful Things came on Hits Radio YET again (4th time that day) and I turned it off in anger! 😅 I did change it to Radio 2 briefly, but that proved to be too radical for my colleagues 😂 I'm more surprised Heart/Hits haven't latched on to this yet! Give it time...3 1 1 10 HOW BAD DO U WANT ME - Lady Gaga 5565004 3 2 7 END OF THE WORLD - Miley Cyrus 335550 ❤️ rapidly becoming my favourite Miley song6 6 1 10 SUNSET BLVD - Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco 7189007 8 7 3 VOICES - Damiano David 1164008 11 8 6 APOCALYPSE - Pete Tong, MoBlack & Max Zotti featuring Monolink 1720009 10 9 6 SPIKE ISLAND - Pulp 16680011 14 11 7 ALL I KNOW - Rudimental x Khalid 14900012 29 12 5 BLUEBIRD - Lana Del Ray 7720013 16 13 6 YOU KILLED THE MUSIC - Debbii Dawson 112700 ❤️14 21 14 10 IT’S NOT RIGHT BUT IT’S OK - Felix Jaehn & Whitney Houston 17475016 12 1 15 ORDINARY - Alex Warren 119140017 9 7 11 SORROW REPLACED - Kim Wilde featuring Midge Ure 23250018 23 18 4 NEXT SUMMER - Damiano David 5975019 13 1 10 LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN - Justin Hayward & Mike Batt 77560023 15 5 11 LOVE IS LOVE - Kim Wilde 29750024 25 24 9 SORRY I’M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE - Benson Boone 12815025 30 25 6 FEEL IT - d4vd 7735026 35 26 8 RELENTLESS LOVE - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 11530027 22 1 20 THE PROUD ONE - The Osmonds 120465029 17 3 12 KEEP THE FAITH - Armin van Buuren & Bon Jovi 52320030 24 5 13 REVOLUTION - Mans Zelmerlow 396050 so Sweden didn't win! Like you, I thought KAJ had it in the bag! Not the only shock on the night of course! The voting being more baffling than usual. And let's not get started on the televoting!....31 33 1 27 LATE NIGHT PHONE CALL - Reverend And The Makers 158935032 40 32 3 ANGELA - Benjamin Ingrosso 4730033 26 26 8 SOAK UP THE SUN (SURF MESA REMIX) - Sheryl Crow 11680034 36 34 5 COME BACK AND SHAKE ME - Clodagh Rodgers 6920035 20 7 11 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE - David Guetta & Sia 24725036 28 28 7 HANGING ON THE TELEPHONE - Blondie 9405037 37 37 7 BOYS DON’T CRY - Tom Grennan 8670039 34 2 16 CONTROL OF ME - Topic x Daecolm 72510040 46 40 6 AZIZAM - Ed Sheeran 6980041 32 20 12 MARIAH CAREY THROUGH DEATH VALLEY - Blossoms 18275042 50 42 5 GOODNIGHT MIDNIGHT - Clodagh Rodgers 4980043 38 38 11 CAFE DEL MAR - Pete Tong & Jules Buckley & The Essential Orchestra 13825044 53 44 3 FIND XANADU - Alison Goldfrapp 3130045 58 45 4 PETITE ETOILE - Polo and Pan featuring Beth Ditto 3500047 52 47 4 MIND OF A WARRIOR - Alan Walker & Sorana 3540048 41 36 6 LOVE ME TO HEAVEN - Jonas Brothers 7445050 70 50 3 I’M FREE (7TH HEAVEN RADIO EDIT) - Donna Summer 23600 ❤️❤️❤️51 43 5 14 BUSY WOMAN - Sabrina Carpenter 40310052 NEW 52 1 VOYAGE - Zoe Me 11500 the nil points from the public is incomprehensible53 27 6 9 I GOT YOU - Split Enz 30440054 31 8 7 ATOMIC - Blondie 16115058 66 58 3 TEARS DRY TONIGHT - CYRIL & James Blunt 2220060 60 60 5 DREAM MACHINE - Purple Disco Machine & Alison Goldfrapp 3720063 75 63 2 TASTE - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 1220065 63 4 56 FEEL - Pet Shop Boys 122140068 69 68 4 IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND - Cascada 2280069 49 15 9 WHITE LIES - Sam Ryder 14115070 51 30 11 CONFESSION - Louise 12310072 64 1 27 PEOPLE WATCHING - Sam Fender 79345075 78 75 3 I DON’T WANNA TALK - Dadi Freyr 1380077 77 77 3 DROWNED IN A SEA OF TEARS - Sparks 1380078 79 78 2 BORDERLINE - Louise 860079 NEW 79 1 SPORTS CAR - Tate McRae 4200 I was pretty late to this too. I ended up loving it!80 NEW 80 1 ME & YOU - Ella Henderson 4000Fantastic chart as always ❤️Hi AH 🙂Off Up North tomorrow for a week to see relatives around Mansfield and the area, and Uni friends, so I may be late with my chart next week as ABBA Voyage a week saturday (again)! Hope all is Fab with you. My London comics fanzine mate is editor designer of the UK OGAE mag, been doing it for decades, so I have always had occasional benefit of any leftovers and free CD's (when they were a thing) that got handed out backstage without actually joining up officially, mostly cos I just never got round to it. My mate (currently back) in Birkenhead's life-long mate is also a contributor to the mag for decades, and it was such a coincidence that we both randomly had links to OGAE without being in it, that I took the hint 😄I'm not surprised 12 months of listening to Beautiful Things 4 times a day is driving people insane 😄 no record, however good, justifies that sort of mental torture - Radio 2, 6 weeks max and you're banished! And no ads! It's not your fault Hits radio have zero imagination and should be playing the new track instead, there's no excuse! When I go into Tesco, I'm always interested in the varied mix of of music from across the ages, the annoyingly obvious giant hits are usually absent. I should write a letter of congrats really!😎I took a mischievous delight in Kaj not winning after Sweden rejecting mans' more orthodox fab pop record. Oops! 😄The voting problems of the televote can easily be solved - stop letting people vote 20 times for one or multiple tracks, it's just distorting the reality which is generally more realistically seen in streaming and downloading charts. Then some of the nations getting nul points might actually make the nation top 10's. It's the greed of wanting cash for votes that distorts it. They used to call this corruption in the olden days, like buying multiple copies of the same records at chart panel shops!😇Thanks as always for the huge support! 😎
May 28May 28 Author On 26/05/2025 at 16:00, SSP said:Great to see new peak positions for Benson Boone, Felix Jaehn, Damian David, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Nelly Furtado, Ed Sheeran, Cyril and Cascada 😁New debuts for Gabry Ponte and Tate McRae 😁Hi SSP, thanks as always for the picks and tips! 😎
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