15th June 2025

It's a hectic chart after having to roll-over a previous chart, so there's 2 weeks-worth of entries starting with one of the greatest records ever made on top in tribute to the late, troubled, Brian Wilson. The term "genius" is flown around too often, sometimes, but for his work in the 1960's it's a fair assessment of Brian, just ask his contemporaries, not least Paul McCartney. I saw a great musician-analysis of God Only Knows, an intricate, melodic, complex work of art which owes as much to J.S. Bach as rock 'n' roll. It shouldn't work as a cohesive whole, and yet it does, and is one of the most-beautiful perfect love songs ever written. It's returns for a third run on top of my charts, for a 5th week in total. Elsewhere, the game-changing Good Vibrations first topped my chart in 1976, and also returns - for a fourth chart run. Wouldn't It Be Nice was the original US A side to God Only Knows - that frightened the record company too much to make an A side - whereas in the UK that was the B side and a belated chart hit in the late 80's, when that topped my chart. Two other Beach Boys classics have never charted before for me, so also entering are California Girls and I Get Around.

That means for now Train and Gabry Ponte are held at 2, with Loaded Honey leaping up to 4 with Don't Speak. As good as Jungle, and the new album is just lovely, two tracks entering lower down, Tokyo Rain at 50 and the more sombre Over at 53. All the tracks have linked videos, which are fab. Agnes makes it 3 decades of top 10's in a row, Saint Etienne leap into the 20 for the first time in years, and Debbii Dawson is literally beside herself, the Dolly Parton-alike overtaking the Abba-alike. Versatile!

Elliot James Reay is a new act on me, just caught 4 good videos and have charted the two most-recent, Daydreaming at 49, and Who Knew Dancing Was A Sin. Genre? Think Roy Orbison, Chris Isaak, only he's young and British and these aren't covers. Miley Cyrus is back with another good track, Easy Lover, despite not being flavor of the month for some bizarre reason, Sam Feldt follows-up his chart-topper with guest RuthAnne, Sabrina Carpenter is back with a lead on the next album, the good Manchild, Alex Warren makes it 2 on the chart, Alesha Dixon is back with her continuing jaunt into roots reggae/toasting and dat, and sounding great. Keeping the flag flying for the genre and I'm happy about that.

I saw Sparks in concert last week - they were fabulous, and better than most bands 40 years younger, the new stuff as fresh as the cherry-picked old tracks, which means I can add an extra track in the amusing Running Up The Tab At The Hotel For The Fab, which sounded banging live. Singer Russell Mael is incredibly almost 77, and his songwriter brother Ron is stunningly 80 in August. You really wouldnt believe it, and the audience was a very mixed age range, 70's to 20's. Sly Stone sadly passed away 2 weeks ago, so the classic Sly & The family Stone track Family Affair is back for a third run 53 years on. I caught the band in the 2000's on a one-off UK date that turned out to be the most disastrous gig I ever went to: Sly was in a neck-brace; only did a few songs then disappeared; they didnt come on stage until gone 10.30pm; the microphones of the Family Stone didnt work so you couldnt hear anything; back-stage substances suspected; crowd was booing due to the microphones but the band had no clue about it; people queued to demand money back, though I found it all hilariously bad and didn't. I still love 'em, funk pioneers.

David Byrne's been quiet chart-wise for about 20-odd years, since he topped my charts with Lazy, and now extends his chart career to 44 years with his catchy new one. Meanwhile Tom Grennan makes it 2 on the list, Bryan Adams adds to his recent run, and Elton joins Brandi to get his first new entry in a while, name-checking Little Richard - that means Elton has been charting for 54 years, and Brandi Carlyle hasn't.

1    NEW    1    1    GOD ONLY KNOWS    -    The Beach Boys    170000

2    2    2    5    BROKENHEARTED    -    Gabry Ponte & Train    429750

3    1    1    5    RUN WITH U    -    Mamagama    465000

4    20    4    5    DON’T SPEAK    -    Loaded Honey    123900

5    3    3    7    VOICES    -    Damiano David    431400

6    4    4    9    BLUEBIRD    -    Lana Del Ray    322200

7    5    2    8    MYSTICAL MAGICAL    -    Benson Boone    475500

8    8    2    11    END OF THE WORLD    -    Miley Cyrus    534550

9    19    9    4    BALENCIAGA COVERED EYES    -    Agnes    99300

10    7    1    14    SUNSET BLVD    -    Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco    910900

11    13    11    10    FEEL IT    -    d4vd    199350

12    6    1    9    I GUESS U NEVER REALLY CARED ABOUT ME    -    Artemas    650700

13    9    9    6    TIME WAITED    -    My Morning Jacket    183500

14    11    11    8    HEART BY HEART    -    Joe Jonas    219150

15    12    12    5    VOYAGE    -    Zoe Me    130500

16    16    16    9    MARRIAGE    -    Nelly Furtado    152200

17    NEW    17    1    GOOD VIBRATIONS    -    The Beach Boys    23000

18    47    18    4    GLAD    -    Saint Etienne    52100

19    10    1    12    SHINE    -    Mondo Cozmo    1032100

20    14    1    14    HOW BAD DO U WANT ME    -    Lady Gaga    676500

21    23    21    4    OH OK    -    Sam Ryder    70750

22    26    22    7    ANGELA    -    Benjamin Ingrosso    122000

23    24    23    7    FIND XANADU    -    Alison Goldfrapp    107050

24    21    3    12    RAGDOLL    -    The Lottery Winners featuring Chad Kroeger    351800

25    18    16    8    NEXT SUMMER    -    Damiano David    148500

26    15    8    10    APOCALYPSE    -    Pete Tong, MoBlack & Max Zotti featuring Monolink    292500

27    36    27    6    MAN ON THE MOON    -    Fitz & The Tantrums    81100

28    25    25    7    I’M FREE (7TH HEAVEN RADIO EDIT)    -    Donna Summer    98150

29    31    29    8    PETITE ETOILE    -    Polo and Pan featuring Beth Ditto    106100

30    22    1    19    ORDINARY    -    Alex Warren    1267900

31    37    31    5    ME & YOU    -    Ella Henderson    69250

32    NEW    32    1    WOULDN’T IT BE NICE    -    The Beach Boys    17800

33    28    6    14    SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN    -    Avalan Rokston    375100

34    54    34    4    CHEMICAL REACTION    -    Debbii Dawson    46700

35    17    11    10    YOU KILLED THE MUSIC    -    Debbii Dawson    213200

36    27    9    10    SPIKE ISLAND    -    Pulp    248000

37    29    11    11    ALL I KNOW    -    Rudimental x Khalid    222700

38    33    33    10    AZIZAM    -    Ed Sheeran    139600

39    35    1    14    LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN    -    Justin Hayward & Mike Batt    845700

40    30    14    14    IT’S NOT RIGHT BUT IT’S OK    -    Felix Jaehn & Whitney Houston    247500

41    32    24    13    SORRY I’M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE    -    Benson Boone    196150

42    38    5    15    LOVE IS LOVE    -    Kim Wilde    363550

43    39    1    31    LATE NIGHT PHONE CALL    -    Reverend And The Makers    1654450

44    42    1    24    THE PROUD ONE    -    The Osmonds    1262900

45    NEW    45    1    CALIFORNIA GIRLS    -    The Beach Boys    13000

46    58    46    5    I SAW THE MOUNTAINS    -    Noah Cyrus    45850

47    34    34    8    MIND OF A WARRIOR    -    Alan Walker & Sorana    96350

48    48    48    4    LOVER    -    Richard Ashcroft featuring Joan Armatrading    43400

49    NEW    49    1    DAYDREAMING    -    Elliot James Reay    12100

50    NEW    50    1    TOKYO RAIN    -    Loaded Honey    12000

51    51    51    5    ABSURDA    -    Javiera Mena    52050

52    NEW    52    1    EASY LOVER    -    Miley Cyrus    11500

53    NEW    53    1    OVER    -    Loaded Honey    11250

54    53    53    7    TEARS DRY TONIGHT    -    CYRIL & James Blunt    66500

55    52    52    6    TASTE    -    Sophie Ellis-Bextor    56400

56    NEW    56    1    RUNAWAY TRAIN    -    Sam Feldt featuring RuthAnne    10600

57    41    7    15    BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE    -    David Guetta & Sia    302650

58    65    58    4    ROCKET    -    Robbie Williams featuring Tony Iommi    30000

59    50    50    9    GUNSLINGER    -    Natalie Bergman    83100

60    40    26    12    RELENTLESS LOVE    -    Sophie Ellis-Bextor    176900

61    45    2    20    CONTROL OF ME    -    Topic x Daecolm    772600

62    66    62    4    PINBALL    -    Paul Weller    25800

63    44    7    15    SORROW REPLACED    -    Kim Wilde featuring Midge Ure    284500

64    57    57    7    BARBARIAN    -    AWOLNATION    54400

65    70    65    5    SPORTS CAR    -    Tate McRae    27600

66    NEW    66    1    MANCHILD    -    Sabrina Carpenter    6800

67    59    7    19    ANDY (A GUY LIKE YOU)    -    The Waterboys    397700

68    69    68    4    GOT TO HAVE LOVE    -    Pulp    23000

69    67    67    7    I DON’T WANNA TALK    -    Dadi Freyr    39600

70    NEW    70    1    BLOODLINE    -    Alex Warren featuring Jelly Roll    6000

71    43    33    11    BOYS DON’T CRY    -    Tom Grennan    137200

72    77    72    3    ZOMBIE LADY    -    Damiano David featuring Dove Cameron    14800

73    76    73    3    LET’S RIDE AWAY    -    Avicii featuring Elle King    15000

74    NEW    74    1    FAMILY AFFAIR    -    Sly & The Family Stone    5200

75    71    71    7    DROWNED IN A SEA OF TEARS    -    Sparks    36000

76    NEW    76    1    RUNNING UP A TAB AT THE HOTEL FOR THE FAB    -    Sparks    4800

77    74    74    4    IN DAYLIGHT    -    Sparks    19600

78    NEW    78    1    CHARGIE    -    Alesha Dixon featuring Tom Moutchie    4400

79    55    51    10    THE MESSAGE    -    Turin Brakes    91850

80    56    56    8    RAIN IN THE RIVER    -    Bruce Springsteen    52100

81    NEW    81    1    WHO KNEW DANCING WAS A SIN    -    Elliot James Reay    3800

82    63    60    9    DREAM MACHINE    -    Purple Disco Machine & Alison Goldfrapp    61400

83    72    72    6    BORDERLINE    -    Louise    28200

84    75    75    4    CATCHING FEELINGS    -    Cerrone x Christine And The Queens     17200

85    NEW    85    1    I GET AROUND    -    The Beach Boys    3000

86    NEW    86    1    EVERYBODY LAUGHS    -    David Byrne & Ghost Train Orchestra    2800

87    78    78    3    LORD HAVE MERCY    -    Sparks    11400

88    NEW    88    1    FULL ATTENTION    -    Tom Grennan    2400

89    NEW    89    1    NEVER EVER LET YOU GO    -    Bryan Adams    2200

90    NEW    90    1    LITTLE RICHARD’S BIBLE    -    Elton John & Brandi Carlyle    2000

               

                           DROP OUTS

    46    3    15    KEEP THE FAITH    -    Armin van Buuren & Bon Jovi    562450

    49    5    16    REVOLUTION    -    Mans Zelmerlow    437550

    60    20    15    MARIAH CAREY THROUGH DEATH VALLEY    -    Blossoms    215750

    61    26    11    SOAK UP THE SUN (SURF MESA REMIX)    -    Sheryl Crow     145300

    62    36    9    LOVE ME TO HEAVEN    -    Jonas Brothers    99250

    64    64    7    IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND    -    Cascada    44000

    68    38    14    CAFE DEL MAR    -    Pete Tong & Jules Buckley & The Essential Orchestra    162050

    73    53    8    BLINK TWICE    -    Shaboozey & Myles Smith    69250

    79    79    2    CASANOVA    -    Nemo    8400

    80    80    2    PRETTY LITTLE BABY    -    Connie Francis    8000

.....and for completeness here's the rolled-over chart for 8th June 2025, I was nowhere near a laptop for a week so it was never gonna get done!

1    1    1    4    RUN WITH U    -    Mamagama    380000

2    2    2    4    BROKENHEARTED    -    Gabry Ponte & Train    314750

3    3    3    6    VOICES    -    Damiano David    371400

4    4    4    8    BLUEBIRD    -    Lana Del Ray    267200

5    5    2    7    MYSTICAL MAGICAL    -    Benson Boone    425500

6    6    1    8    I GUESS U NEVER REALLY CARED ABOUT ME    -    Artemas    615700

7    7    1    13    SUNSET BLVD    -    Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco    868900

8    8    2    10    END OF THE WORLD    -    Miley Cyrus    486550

9    9    9    5    TIME WAITED    -    My Morning Jacket    151500

10    10    1    11    SHINE    -    Mondo Cozmo    1011100

11    11    11    7    HEART BY HEART    -    Joe Jonas    190150

12    12    12    4    VOYAGE    -    Zoe Me    103500

13    13    13    9    FEEL IT    -    d4vd    162350

14    14    1    13    HOW BAD DO U WANT ME    -    Lady Gaga    656500

15    15    8    9    APOCALYPSE    -    Pete Tong, MoBlack & Max Zotti featuring Monolink    274000

16    16    16    8    MARRIAGE    -    Nelly Furtado    127200

17    17    11    9    YOU KILLED THE MUSIC    -    Debbii Dawson    195700

18    18    16    7    NEXT SUMMER    -    Damiano David    129750

19    19    19    3    BALENCIAGA COVERED EYES    -    Agnes    54300

20    20    20    4    DON’T SPEAK    -    Loaded Honey    58900

21    21    3    11    RAGDOLL    -    The Lottery Winners featuring Chad Kroeger    332800

22    22    1    18    ORDINARY    -    Alex Warren    1249900

23    23    23    3    OH OK    -    Sam Ryder    51000

24    24    24    6    FIND XANADU    -    Alison Goldfrapp    87800

25    25    25    6    I’M FREE (7TH HEAVEN RADIO EDIT)    -    Donna Summer    79850

26    26    26    6    ANGELA    -    Benjamin Ingrosso    102500

27    27    9    9    SPIKE ISLAND    -    Pulp    230600

28    28    6    13    SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN    -    Avalan Rokston    357400

29    29    11    10    ALL I KNOW    -    Rudimental x Khalid    205400

30    30    14    13    IT’S NOT RIGHT BUT IT’S OK    -    Felix Jaehn & Whitney Houston    230500

31    31    31    7    PETITE ETOILE    -    Polo and Pan featuring Beth Ditto    87900

32    32    24    12    SORRY I’M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE    -    Benson Boone    182150

33    33    33    9    AZIZAM    -    Ed Sheeran    122400

34    34    34    7    MIND OF A WARRIOR    -    Alan Walker & Sorana    83850

35    35    1    13    LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN    -    Justin Hayward & Mike Batt    828600

36    36    36    5    MAN ON THE MOON    -    Fitz & The Tantrums    62700

37    37    37    4    ME & YOU    -    Ella Henderson    51350

38    38    5    14    LOVE IS LOVE    -    Kim Wilde    349800

39    39    1    30    LATE NIGHT PHONE CALL    -    Reverend And The Makers    1640950

40    40    26    11    RELENTLESS LOVE    -    Sophie Ellis-Bextor    166900

41    41    7    14    BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE    -    David Guetta & Sia    292250

42    42    1    23    THE PROUD ONE    -    The Osmonds    1249650

43    43    33    10    BOYS DON’T CRY    -    Tom Grennan    131400

44    44    7    14    SORROW REPLACED    -    Kim Wilde featuring Midge Ure    277300

45    45    2    19    CONTROL OF ME    -    Topic x Daecolm    765100

46    46    3    15    KEEP THE FAITH    -    Armin van Buuren & Bon Jovi    562450

47    47    47    3    GLAD    -    Saint Etienne    30100

48    48    48    3    LOVER    -    Richard Ashcroft featuring Joan Armatrading    31100

49    49    5    16    REVOLUTION    -    Mans Zelmerlow    437550

50    50    50    8    GUNSLINGER    -    Natalie Bergman    73000

51    51    51    4    ABSURDA    -    Javiera Mena    40300

52    52    52    5    TASTE    -    Sophie Ellis-Bextor    45600

53    53    53    6    TEARS DRY TONIGHT    -    CYRIL & James Blunt    55500

54    54    54    3    CHEMICAL REACTION    -    Debbii Dawson    29100

55    55    51    9    THE MESSAGE    -    Turin Brakes    87650

56    56    56    7    RAIN IN THE RIVER    -    Bruce Springsteen    48100

57    57    57    6    BARBARIAN    -    AWOLNATION    47300

58    58    58    4    I SAW THE MOUNTAINS    -    Noah Cyrus    33200

59    59    7    18    ANDY (A GUY LIKE YOU)    -    The Waterboys    391100

60    60    20    15    MARIAH CAREY THROUGH DEATH VALLEY    -    Blossoms    215750

61    61    26    11    SOAK UP THE SUN (SURF MESA REMIX)    -    Sheryl Crow     145300

62    62    36    9    LOVE ME TO HEAVEN    -    Jonas Brothers    99250

63    63    60    8    DREAM MACHINE    -    Purple Disco Machine & Alison Goldfrapp    57800

64    64    64    7    IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND    -    Cascada    44000

65    65    65    3    ROCKET    -    Robbie Williams featuring Tony Iommi    19800

66    66    66    3    PINBALL    -    Paul Weller    18400

67    67    67    6    I DON’T WANNA TALK    -    Dadi Freyr    33400

68    68    38    14    CAFE DEL MAR    -    Pete Tong & Jules Buckley & The Essential Orchestra    162050

69    69    69    3    GOT TO HAVE LOVE    -    Pulp    16600

70    70    70    4    SPORTS CAR    -    Tate McRae    20600

71    71    71    6    DROWNED IN A SEA OF TEARS    -    Sparks    31000

72    72    72    5    BORDERLINE    -    Louise    24800

73    73    53    8    BLINK TWICE    -    Shaboozey & Myles Smith    69250

74    74    74    3    IN DAYLIGHT    -    Sparks    15000

75    75    75    3    CATCHING FEELINGS    -    Cerrone x Christine And The Queens     14000

76    76    76    2    LET’S RIDE AWAY    -    Avicii featuring Elle King    9600

77    77    77    2    ZOMBIE LADY    -    Damiano David    9200

78    78    78    2    LORD HAVE MERCY    -    Sparks    8800

79    79    79    2    CASANOVA    -    Nemo    8400

80    80    80    2    PRETTY LITTLE BABY    -    Connie Francis    8000

Hi John!

Nice to see "God Only Knows" at the top, the new peaks for "Me & You", "Sports Car", "Zombie Lady" and "Let's Ride Away" and the debuts for "Good Vibrations", "Wouldn't It Be Nice", "California Girls", Wouldn't It Be Nice", "Manchild", "Bloodline", "I Get Around" and "Full Attention".

Great chart!

Take care.

Hey John!

Wouldn't it be nice is great of course. Assuming this is the oldie I'm thinking of.

Manchild is great. I'm glad to see that one enter. If in honest though, I had no idea she was starting a new era. This sounds so similar to the last stuff she released that I honestly thought it was just a bonus track.

Full attention is pretty decent all in all. No complaints from me. Tom Grennan has been pretty reliable with the good songs I think.

^_^

Hey John,

"God Only Knows" is still a great track ❣️

Loaded Honey Top 10 ❤️, Saint Etienne Top 20 and Debbii Dawson Top 40 👍

Best new tracks bubbling under: Sabrina Carpenter, Sam Feldt, Miley Cyrus, Elliot James Reay and Alex Warren/Jelly Roll 👏

And oldie from Sly And The Family Stone

Great to see new debuts for Miley Cyrus, Sam Feldt, Sabrina Carpenter, Alex Warren and Bryan Adams 😁

New peak positions for Tate McRae, Damiano David 😁

On 25/06/2025 at 16:20, Sergej said:

Hi John!

Nice to see "God Only Knows" at the top, the new peaks for "Me & You", "Sports Car", "Zombie Lady" and "Let's Ride Away" and the debuts for "Good Vibrations", "Wouldn't It Be Nice", "California Girls", Wouldn't It Be Nice", "Manchild", "Bloodline", "I Get Around" and "Full Attention".

Great chart!

Take care.

Hi Sergej! 🙂

Thanks for the comments and picks and glad you like all the Beach Boys oldies, what a legend Brian Wilson was!

😎

On 26/06/2025 at 07:53, JSG said:

Hey John!

Wouldn't it be nice is great of course. Assuming this is the oldie I'm thinking of.

Manchild is great. I'm glad to see that one enter. If in honest though, I had no idea she was starting a new era. This sounds so similar to the last stuff she released that I honestly thought it was just a bonus track.

Full attention is pretty decent all in all. No complaints from me. Tom Grennan has been pretty reliable with the good songs I think.

^_^

Hey James! 🙂

Yes, I'm sure Wouldn't It Be Nice is the one you're thinking of, it's used in adverts all the time, including one right now! I know what you mean about a new era for Sabrina, it really does sound like it belongs along Busy Woman as a bonus track, but both are great, melodic pop for the 2020's so I hope the new album is filled with goodies! Tom Grennan has his trademark style, and it's one I like most of the time, staying just on the right side of passion without dipping into shouty angst. Thanks for the comments and picks!

😎

On 29/06/2025 at 12:44, Sven10 said:

Hey John,

"God Only Knows" is still a great track ❣️

Loaded Honey Top 10 ❤️, Saint Etienne Top 20 and Debbii Dawson Top 40 👍

Best new tracks bubbling under: Sabrina Carpenter, Sam Feldt, Miley Cyrus, Elliot James Reay and Alex Warren/Jelly Roll 👏

And oldie from Sly And The Family Stone

Hey Sven! 🙂

Thanks for the picks and comments, glad you love God Only Knows, what a classic! ❤️Also happy you like Elliot James Reay I've only just discovered his brand of 60's/80's crooner, what a singer! 🥰

cheers! 😎

On 29/06/2025 at 19:30, SSP said:

Great to see new debuts for Miley Cyrus, Sam Feldt, Sabrina Carpenter, Alex Warren and Bryan Adams 😁

New peak positions for Tate McRae, Damiano David 😁

Hi SSP! thanks for the picks! cheers as always! 😎