Posted July 2Jul 2 22nd June 2025It's two weeks on top for God Only Knows, a 6th week in total for the Beach Boys classic as Good Vibrations returns to the top 5 49 years after it first hit number one in my charts. Damiano David and Loaded Honey continue to do well with multiple tracks, while throughout the chart there is such a lot of competition that tracks I still rate and sound fresh are forced to drop a bit! New entries include another catchy Myles Smith hit with Gold, a 2009 chart-topper for me from Black Eyed Peas - Rock That Body shockingly only hit 11 in the UK chart despite a brilliant expensive hi-tech video. I feel justified now it's back in the UK charts and quite right too, it's their best record. Ed Sheeran and Elliot James Reay both add new tracks to their currently charting stashes, Mark Ronson makes it over 20 years of charting with added more-recent RAYE on board, Mark having had at least 2 chart-toppers previously with Bruno Mars and Miley Cyrus respectively. That leaves ABBA's 50th anniversary re-issues of the singles from the ABBA album, and the album itself. Mamma Mia and SOS have both had long chart runs previously and nestle inside my all-time top 100, so don't really need the attention, but So Long returns 51 years on from going top 5, and I Do I Do I Do etc has a first look-in since making my top 30 in 1975 - still the lowest-charting ABBA single released after Waterloo. 1 1 1 2 GOD ONLY KNOWS - The Beach Boys 3400002 2 2 6 BROKENHEARTED - Gabry Ponte & Train 5447503 3 1 6 RUN WITH U - Mamagama 5500004 4 4 6 DON’T SPEAK - Loaded Honey 1889005 17 5 2 GOOD VIBRATIONS - The Beach Boys 830006 7 2 9 MYSTICAL MAGICAL - Benson Boone 5305007 5 3 8 VOICES - Damiano David 4814008 9 8 5 BALENCIAGA COVERED EYES - Agnes 1473009 10 1 15 SUNSET BLVD - Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco 95590010 11 10 11 FEEL IT - d4vd 24135011 8 2 12 END OF THE WORLD - Miley Cyrus 57155012 18 12 5 GLAD - Saint Etienne 8710013 12 1 10 I GUESS U NEVER REALLY CARED ABOUT ME - Artemas 68270014 49 14 2 DAYDREAMING - Elliot James Reay 4110015 50 15 2 TOKYO RAIN - Loaded Honey 3900016 6 4 10 BLUEBIRD - Lana Del Ray 34720017 13 9 7 TIME WAITED - My Morning Jacket 20650018 14 11 9 HEART BY HEART - Joe Jonas 24115019 21 19 5 OH OK - Sam Ryder 9175020 19 1 13 SHINE - Mondo Cozmo 105210021 32 21 2 WOULDN’T IT BE NICE - The Beach Boys 37550022 53 22 2 OVER - Loaded Honey 3075023 16 16 10 MARRIAGE - Nelly Furtado 17145024 15 12 6 VOYAGE - Zoe Me 14950025 22 22 8 ANGELA - Benjamin Ingrosso 14075026 27 26 7 MAN ON THE MOON - Fitz & The Tantrums 9960027 23 23 8 FIND XANADU - Alison Goldfrapp 12545028 24 3 13 RAGDOLL - The Lottery Winners featuring Chad Kroeger 37010029 72 29 4 ZOMBIE LADY - Damiano David featuring Dove Cameron 3290030 30 1 20 ORDINARY - Alex Warren 128590031 52 31 2 EASY LOVER - Miley Cyrus 2940032 46 32 6 I SAW THE MOUNTAINS - Noah Cyrus 6365033 20 1 15 HOW BAD DO U WANT ME - Lady Gaga 69420034 45 34 2 CALIFORNIA GIRLS - The Beach Boys 3060035 34 34 5 CHEMICAL REACTION - Debbii Dawson 6420036 28 25 8 I’M FREE (7TH HEAVEN RADIO EDIT) - Donna Summer 11555037 26 8 11 APOCALYPSE - Pete Tong, MoBlack & Max Zotti featuring Monolink 30980038 25 16 9 NEXT SUMMER - Damiano David 16570039 33 6 15 SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN - Avalan Rokston 38930040 51 40 6 ABSURDA - Javiera Mena 65875041 36 9 11 SPIKE ISLAND - Pulp 26200042 31 31 6 ME & YOU - Ella Henderson 8300043 43 1 32 LATE NIGHT PHONE CALL - Reverend And The Makers 166795044 29 29 9 PETITE ETOILE - Polo and Pan featuring Beth Ditto 11935045 39 1 15 LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN - Justin Hayward & Mike Batt 85870046 35 11 11 YOU KILLED THE MUSIC - Debbii Dawson 22595047 37 11 12 ALL I KNOW - Rudimental x Khalid 23520048 44 1 25 THE PROUD ONE - The Osmonds 126220049 40 14 15 IT’S NOT RIGHT BUT IT’S OK - Felix Jaehn & Whitney Houston 25960050 54 50 8 TEARS DRY TONIGHT - CYRIL & James Blunt 7850051 48 48 5 LOVER - Richard Ashcroft featuring Joan Armatrading 5515052 38 33 11 AZIZAM - Ed Sheeran 15110053 56 53 2 RUNAWAY TRAIN - Sam Feldt featuring RuthAnne 2185054 55 52 7 TASTE - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 6740055 42 5 16 LOVE IS LOVE - Kim Wilde 37435056 73 56 4 LET’S RIDE AWAY - Avicii featuring Elle King 2550057 66 57 2 MANCHILD - Sabrina Carpenter 1710058 70 58 2 BLOODLINE - Alex Warren featuring Jelly Roll 1620059 47 34 9 MIND OF A WARRIOR - Alan Walker & Sorana 10645060 65 60 6 SPORTS CAR - Tate McRae 3760061 74 61 2 FAMILY AFFAIR - Sly & The Family Stone 1270062 41 24 14 SORRY I’M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE - Benson Boone 20355063 62 62 5 PINBALL - Paul Weller 3300064 69 64 8 I DON’T WANNA TALK - Dadi Freyr 4670065 58 58 5 ROCKET - Robbie Williams featuring Tony Iommi 3700066 57 7 16 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE - David Guetta & Sia 30945067 68 67 5 GOT TO HAVE LOVE - Pulp 2960068 76 68 2 RUNNING UP A TAB AT THE HOTEL FOR THE FAB - Sparks 1120069 59 50 10 GUNSLINGER - Natalie Bergman 8930070 60 26 13 RELENTLESS LOVE - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 18290071 78 71 2 CHARGIE - Alesha Dixon featuring Tom Moutchie 1020072 61 2 21 CONTROL OF ME - Topic x Daecolm 77820073 64 57 8 BARBARIAN - AWOLNATION 5980074 77 74 5 IN DAYLIGHT - Sparks 2480075 67 7 20 ANDY (A GUY LIKE YOU) - The Waterboys 40270076 NEW 76 1 GOLD Myles Smith 480077 81 77 2 WHO KNEW DANCING WAS A SIN - Elliot James Reay 840078 75 71 8 DROWNED IN A SEA OF TEARS - Sparks 4040079 85 79 2 I GET AROUND - The Beach Boys 720080 86 80 2 EVERYBODY LAUGHS - David Byrne & Ghost Train Orchestra 680081 NEW 81 1 ROCK THAT BODY Black Eyed Peas 380082 88 82 2 FULL ATTENTION - Tom Grennan 600083 NEW 83 1 SWEETNESS Elliot James Reay 340084 87 78 4 LORD HAVE MERCY - Sparks 1460085 NEW 85 1 SUZANNE Mark Ronson & RAYE 300086 89 86 2 NEVER EVER LET YOU GO - Bryan Adams 500087 90 87 2 LITTLE RICHARD’S BIBLE - Elton John & Brandi Carlile 460088 NEW 88 1 SO LONG ABBA 240089 NEW 89 1 SAPPHIRE Ed Sheeran 220090 NEW 90 1 I DO I DO I DO I DO I DO ABBA 2000DROP OUTS 63 7 15 SORROW REPLACED - Kim Wilde featuring Midge Ure 284500 71 33 11 BOYS DON’T CRY - Tom Grennan 137200 79 51 10 THE MESSAGE - Turin Brakes 91850 80 56 8 RAIN IN THE RIVER - Bruce Springsteen 52100 82 60 9 DREAM MACHINE - Purple Disco Machine & Alison Goldfrapp 61400 83 72 6 BORDERLINE - Louise 28200 84 75 4 CATCHING FEELINGS - Cerrone x Christine And The Queens 17200
July 3Jul 3 Hey John! You gotta catch up 😂😂It's good to see taste hanging around. I quite like it to be honest though it's nowhere near her best.Sapphire is alright. Honestly though, I've not been a fan of a d Sheeran since bad habits etc ..^_^
July 4Jul 4 Hey John,Nice to see BEP 🤗Sports Car climbing!! 😇Nice climb for Miley!!Benson still climbing!! ❤️
July 4Jul 4 Hi there John!Nice to see "God Only Knows" at the top again, "Godo Vibrations" rise to the top 5, as well as the big gains for "Wouldn't It Be Nice", "Zombie Lady", "Easy Lover", "California Girls", "Let's Ride Away" and "Bloodline", the new peaks for "Tears Dry Tonight", "Manchild", "Sports Car", "I Get Around" and "Full Attention" and the debuts for "Gold", "Rock That Body", "Suzanne" and "Sapphire".Great chart!Take care.
July 5Jul 5 Great to see new peak positions for Damiano David, Miley Cyrus, Cyril, Sam Feldt, Sabrina Carpenter, Alex Warren and Tate McRae 😁New debuts for Myles Smith and Ed Sheeran 😁
July 6Jul 6 Hey John,Loaded Honey ❣️ stuck at no 4🤔 But still very high in the chart 🥰Saint Etienne almost Top 10, "Tokyo Rain" from Loaded Honey ❣️ and Elliot James Reay ❣️ also Top 20, "Over" from Loaded Honey and Damiano David Top 30 and Miley Cyrus Top 40 Best new entries bubbling under; Myles Smith, Ed Sheeran, Mark Ronson/Raye ❣️ and always ABBA 🥰
Sunday at 13:485 days Hi John. Hope all has been well with you. I'm just about recovered from my week of social activity, Here's my faves this week:1 1 1 2 GOD ONLY KNOWS - The Beach Boys 340000 undoubtedly one of the greatest recordings of all time ❤️5 17 5 2 GOOD VIBRATIONS - The Beach Boys 830006 7 2 9 MYSTICAL MAGICAL - Benson Boone 5305007 5 3 8 VOICES - Damiano David 4814008 9 8 5 BALENCIAGA COVERED EYES - Agnes 1473009 10 1 15 SUNSET BLVD - Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco 95590010 11 10 11 FEEL IT - d4vd 24135011 8 2 12 END OF THE WORLD - Miley Cyrus 57155012 18 12 5 GLAD - Saint Etienne 87100 Still amazing! And criminally (and unsurprisingly) ignored by all official charts13 12 1 10 I GUESS U NEVER REALLY CARED ABOUT ME - Artemas 68270016 6 4 10 BLUEBIRD - Lana Del Ray 34720018 14 11 9 HEART BY HEART - Joe Jonas 24115019 21 19 5 OH OK - Sam Ryder 9175020 19 1 13 SHINE - Mondo Cozmo 105210021 32 21 2 WOULDN’T IT BE NICE - The Beach Boys 37550024 15 12 6 VOYAGE - Zoe Me 14950025 22 22 8 ANGELA - Benjamin Ingrosso 14075027 23 23 8 FIND XANADU - Alison Goldfrapp 12545029 72 29 4 ZOMBIE LADY - Damiano David featuring Dove Cameron 3290030 30 1 20 ORDINARY - Alex Warren 128590031 52 31 2 EASY LOVER - Miley Cyrus 2940033 20 1 15 HOW BAD DO U WANT ME - Lady Gaga 69420034 45 34 2 CALIFORNIA GIRLS - The Beach Boys 3060035 34 34 5 CHEMICAL REACTION - Debbii Dawson 6420036 28 25 8 I’M FREE (7TH HEAVEN RADIO EDIT) - Donna Summer 11555037 26 8 11 APOCALYPSE - Pete Tong, MoBlack & Max Zotti featuring Monolink 30980038 25 16 9 NEXT SUMMER - Damiano David 16570041 36 9 11 SPIKE ISLAND - Pulp 26200042 31 31 6 ME & YOU - Ella Henderson 8300043 43 1 32 LATE NIGHT PHONE CALL - Reverend And The Makers 166795044 29 29 9 PETITE ETOILE - Polo and Pan featuring Beth Ditto 11935045 39 1 15 LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN - Justin Hayward & Mike Batt 85870046 35 11 11 YOU KILLED THE MUSIC - Debbii Dawson 22595047 37 11 12 ALL I KNOW - Rudimental x Khalid 23520048 44 1 25 THE PROUD ONE - The Osmonds 126220049 40 14 15 IT’S NOT RIGHT BUT IT’S OK - Felix Jaehn & Whitney Houston 25960050 54 50 8 TEARS DRY TONIGHT - CYRIL & James Blunt 7850051 48 48 5 LOVER - Richard Ashcroft featuring Joan Armatrading 55150 another one I keep forgetting to chart. Good use of the Love & Affection sample52 38 33 11 AZIZAM - Ed Sheeran 15110054 55 52 7 TASTE - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 6740055 42 5 16 LOVE IS LOVE - Kim Wilde 37435056 73 56 4 LET’S RIDE AWAY - Avicii featuring Elle King 2550057 66 57 2 MANCHILD - Sabrina Carpenter 1710058 70 58 2 BLOODLINE - Alex Warren featuring Jelly Roll 1620059 47 34 9 MIND OF A WARRIOR - Alan Walker & Sorana 10645060 65 60 6 SPORTS CAR - Tate McRae 3760061 74 61 2 FAMILY AFFAIR - Sly & The Family Stone 1270062 41 24 14 SORRY I’M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE - Benson Boone 20355064 69 64 8 I DON’T WANNA TALK - Dadi Freyr 4670066 57 7 16 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE - David Guetta & Sia 309450 Considering how often I hear this at work and how all my colleagues know the words off by heart, you'd never think it never made the UK Top 40!67 68 67 5 GOT TO HAVE LOVE - Pulp 2960068 76 68 2 RUNNING UP A TAB AT THE HOTEL FOR THE FAB - Sparks 1120070 60 26 13 RELENTLESS LOVE - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 18290071 78 71 2 CHARGIE - Alesha Dixon featuring Tom Moutchie 1020072 61 2 21 CONTROL OF ME - Topic x Daecolm 77820074 77 74 5 IN DAYLIGHT - Sparks 2480076 NEW 76 1 GOLD Myles Smith 4800 It's a toss up between 'Excruciating Things' and any of the relentlessly overplayed three or four hits by Myles Smith that drives me mad at work. Someone accidentally broke the stereo on Friday. Sadly, some cruel and heartless colleague fixed it 😂78 75 71 8 DROWNED IN A SEA OF TEARS - Sparks 4040079 85 79 2 I GET AROUND - The Beach Boys 720081 NEW 81 1 ROCK THAT BODY Black Eyed Peas 380082 88 82 2 FULL ATTENTION - Tom Grennan 600084 87 78 4 LORD HAVE MERCY - Sparks 1460085 NEW 85 1 SUZANNE Mark Ronson & RAYE 300086 89 86 2 NEVER EVER LET YOU GO - Bryan Adams 500088 NEW 88 1 SO LONG ABBA 2400 I've always liked this. Only narrowly missed out on a chart position in '74 I believe. Deserves to be far better well-known 89 NEW 89 1 SAPPHIRE Ed Sheeran 220090 NEW 90 1 I DO I DO I DO I DO I DO ABBA 2000To echo you, so many I've not heard here! I will have to check out these when I get an available moment. What I do know I like/love. Fantastic chart as always ❤️
Tuesday at 11:414 days Author On 03/07/2025 at 11:20, JSG said:Hey John! You gotta catch up 😂😂It's good to see taste hanging around. I quite like it to be honest though it's nowhere near her best.Sapphire is alright. Honestly though, I've not been a fan of a d Sheeran since bad habits etc ..^_^Hey James, yes I'm way behind, I may have to rollover this weeks if I dont get it done by saturday! 😄I like taste but yes it's not amongst her best tracks, nor amongst her best tracks of the last 2 years. Sapphire is alright, yes I think so too, he seems to have gone more niche of late.thanks for the comments! 😎
Tuesday at 11:444 days Author On 04/07/2025 at 07:55, seltinpixmile said:Hey John,Nice to see BEP 🤗Sports Car climbing!! 😇Nice climb for Miley!!Benson still climbing!! ❤️Hey Seltin, thanks for the picks, glad you like the BEP oldie, that always sounded great in a club 🥰Cheers! 😎
Tuesday at 11:534 days Author On 05/07/2025 at 00:17, Sergej said:Hi there John!Nice to see "God Only Knows" at the top again, "Godo Vibrations" rise to the top 5, as well as the big gains for "Wouldn't It Be Nice", "Zombie Lady", "Easy Lover", "California Girls", "Let's Ride Away" and "Bloodline", the new peaks for "Tears Dry Tonight", "Manchild", "Sports Car", "I Get Around" and "Full Attention" and the debuts for "Gold", "Rock That Body", "Suzanne" and "Sapphire".Great chart!Take care.Hi Sergej! 🙂Thanks for all the picks! Beach Boys-tastic! Hope all is fab! Take careCheers! 😎
Tuesday at 14:583 days Author On 05/07/2025 at 20:17, SSP said:Great to see new peak positions for Damiano David, Miley Cyrus, Cyril, Sam Feldt, Sabrina Carpenter, Alex Warren and Tate McRae 😁New debuts for Myles Smith and Ed Sheeran 😁Hi SSP! Thanks fir the picks as always!Cheers! 😎
Tuesday at 15:083 days Author On 06/07/2025 at 10:24, Sven10 said:Hey John,Loaded Honey ❣️ stuck at no 4🤔 But still very high in the chart 🥰Saint Etienne almost Top 10, "Tokyo Rain" from Loaded Honey ❣️ and Elliot James Reay ❣️ also Top 20, "Over" from Loaded Honey and Damiano David Top 30 and Miley Cyrus Top 40 Best new entries bubbling under; Myles Smith, Ed Sheeran, Mark Ronson/Raye ❣️ and always ABBA 🥰Hey Sven! 🙂Glad you like the Loadsa Loaded Honey, I've gone a bit Jungle-styled obsessed this week, Elliot James Reay not far behind too. thanks for the picks! 😎
Tuesday at 15:313 days Author On 06/07/2025 at 14:48, AH Gold said:Hi John. Hope all has been well with you. I'm just about recovered from my week of social activity, Here's my faves this week:1 1 1 2 GOD ONLY KNOWS - The Beach Boys 340000 undoubtedly one of the greatest recordings of all time ❤️5 17 5 2 GOOD VIBRATIONS - The Beach Boys 830006 7 2 9 MYSTICAL MAGICAL - Benson Boone 5305007 5 3 8 VOICES - Damiano David 4814008 9 8 5 BALENCIAGA COVERED EYES - Agnes 1473009 10 1 15 SUNSET BLVD - Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco 95590010 11 10 11 FEEL IT - d4vd 24135011 8 2 12 END OF THE WORLD - Miley Cyrus 57155012 18 12 5 GLAD - Saint Etienne 87100 Still amazing! And criminally (and unsurprisingly) ignored by all official charts13 12 1 10 I GUESS U NEVER REALLY CARED ABOUT ME - Artemas 68270016 6 4 10 BLUEBIRD - Lana Del Ray 34720018 14 11 9 HEART BY HEART - Joe Jonas 24115019 21 19 5 OH OK - Sam Ryder 9175020 19 1 13 SHINE - Mondo Cozmo 105210021 32 21 2 WOULDN’T IT BE NICE - The Beach Boys 37550024 15 12 6 VOYAGE - Zoe Me 14950025 22 22 8 ANGELA - Benjamin Ingrosso 14075027 23 23 8 FIND XANADU - Alison Goldfrapp 12545029 72 29 4 ZOMBIE LADY - Damiano David featuring Dove Cameron 3290030 30 1 20 ORDINARY - Alex Warren 128590031 52 31 2 EASY LOVER - Miley Cyrus 2940033 20 1 15 HOW BAD DO U WANT ME - Lady Gaga 69420034 45 34 2 CALIFORNIA GIRLS - The Beach Boys 3060035 34 34 5 CHEMICAL REACTION - Debbii Dawson 6420036 28 25 8 I’M FREE (7TH HEAVEN RADIO EDIT) - Donna Summer 11555037 26 8 11 APOCALYPSE - Pete Tong, MoBlack & Max Zotti featuring Monolink 30980038 25 16 9 NEXT SUMMER - Damiano David 16570041 36 9 11 SPIKE ISLAND - Pulp 26200042 31 31 6 ME & YOU - Ella Henderson 8300043 43 1 32 LATE NIGHT PHONE CALL - Reverend And The Makers 166795044 29 29 9 PETITE ETOILE - Polo and Pan featuring Beth Ditto 11935045 39 1 15 LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN - Justin Hayward & Mike Batt 85870046 35 11 11 YOU KILLED THE MUSIC - Debbii Dawson 22595047 37 11 12 ALL I KNOW - Rudimental x Khalid 23520048 44 1 25 THE PROUD ONE - The Osmonds 126220049 40 14 15 IT’S NOT RIGHT BUT IT’S OK - Felix Jaehn & Whitney Houston 25960050 54 50 8 TEARS DRY TONIGHT - CYRIL & James Blunt 7850051 48 48 5 LOVER - Richard Ashcroft featuring Joan Armatrading 55150 another one I keep forgetting to chart. Good use of the Love & Affection sample52 38 33 11 AZIZAM - Ed Sheeran 15110054 55 52 7 TASTE - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 6740055 42 5 16 LOVE IS LOVE - Kim Wilde 37435056 73 56 4 LET’S RIDE AWAY - Avicii featuring Elle King 2550057 66 57 2 MANCHILD - Sabrina Carpenter 1710058 70 58 2 BLOODLINE - Alex Warren featuring Jelly Roll 1620059 47 34 9 MIND OF A WARRIOR - Alan Walker & Sorana 10645060 65 60 6 SPORTS CAR - Tate McRae 3760061 74 61 2 FAMILY AFFAIR - Sly & The Family Stone 1270062 41 24 14 SORRY I’M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE - Benson Boone 20355064 69 64 8 I DON’T WANNA TALK - Dadi Freyr 4670066 57 7 16 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE - David Guetta & Sia 309450 Considering how often I hear this at work and how all my colleagues know the words off by heart, you'd never think it never made the UK Top 40!67 68 67 5 GOT TO HAVE LOVE - Pulp 2960068 76 68 2 RUNNING UP A TAB AT THE HOTEL FOR THE FAB - Sparks 1120070 60 26 13 RELENTLESS LOVE - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 18290071 78 71 2 CHARGIE - Alesha Dixon featuring Tom Moutchie 1020072 61 2 21 CONTROL OF ME - Topic x Daecolm 77820074 77 74 5 IN DAYLIGHT - Sparks 2480076 NEW 76 1 GOLD Myles Smith 4800 It's a toss up between 'Excruciating Things' and any of the relentlessly overplayed three or four hits by Myles Smith that drives me mad at work. Someone accidentally broke the stereo on Friday. Sadly, some cruel and heartless colleague fixed it 😂78 75 71 8 DROWNED IN A SEA OF TEARS - Sparks 4040079 85 79 2 I GET AROUND - The Beach Boys 720081 NEW 81 1 ROCK THAT BODY Black Eyed Peas 380082 88 82 2 FULL ATTENTION - Tom Grennan 600084 87 78 4 LORD HAVE MERCY - Sparks 1460085 NEW 85 1 SUZANNE Mark Ronson & RAYE 300086 89 86 2 NEVER EVER LET YOU GO - Bryan Adams 500088 NEW 88 1 SO LONG ABBA 2400 I've always liked this. Only narrowly missed out on a chart position in '74 I believe. Deserves to be far better well-known89 NEW 89 1 SAPPHIRE Ed Sheeran 220090 NEW 90 1 I DO I DO I DO I DO I DO ABBA 2000To echo you, so many I've not heard here! I will have to check out these when I get an available moment. What I do know I like/love. Fantastic chart as always ❤️Hi AH! 🙂Glad you have recovered from social overload 🤩, I'm paying the price of being hyper for too long with an inevitable low the last few days, it's too predictable, hey ho! Yes God Only Knows really should feature high in any list of the Greatest Ever, David Bennett on Youtube did a great analysis of why it was so complex and so great. Poor Saint Etienne, Bob Stanley keeps very busy in the pop biz but the band just don't get the airplay - I'm guessing they fall in between 6 Radio and Radio 2, and never get any promo on either as a consequence, boooo!Lover is a good Joan sample, yes indeed, freshens it up and Radio 2 actually playing it a bit. Beautiful People also got Radio 2 plays, so I suspect ten years from now people will remember it far more than some of the stuff higher in the chart. I'd struggle with a huge chunk of them as it is! Myles Smith comment 😆how very dare they. I find Myles always likeable, but draw the line at 12 months non-stop airplay, that's just inhuman! 😄Yes, So Long was the only ABBA single after Waterloo to fall short of the chart, but had it been a top 75 it would have charted. I remember them doing it on Top Of The Pops and it went top 5 for me! I love that frenetic guitar/synth short section that would make a great sample backbone for another new song.Thanks as always for the in-depth chart picks and comments in my very behind charts! 😎
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