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5th October 2025

It's taken over a year but Die With A Smile finally gets to the top spot, giving Gaga a 6th number one 16 years after her first (Just Dance) and Bruno Mars grabs a 5th 13 years since Grenade exploded on top, and like Gaga it's the second of 2025. That means Saint Etienne are held off the top for now, a new peak 34 years on, though Sarah Cracknell did it as guest vocalist with Mark Brown in the early Noughties. Miley Cyrus makes it a hat-trick of top 5's in 2025, with Lindsey Buckingham getting his highest charted track since 2021 (On The Wrong Side hit 4) and Mick Fleetwood his biggest since 2021 (1979 oldie Sara hit the top spot) or with new stuff 1989 (As Long As You Follow) having first done it with Albatross in early 1969 - 56 years of top 5's is pretty good!

Ella Eyre gets her first top 10 as lead artist in 11 years of charting, Nancy Sinatra's Sugar Town is featured in an advert and gives me an excuse for it to debut 58 years late, always loved it (and still love Nancy) though she hasnt had any new stuff out since the mid-2000's, she has been a fave charting her pre-personal chart classics over the years. New at 49. Taylor Swift has a new album out about to invade the charts, and she's adopted the 90's USA system: you can buy the album but not the individual tracks, in order to maximise sales. Guess what? It worked. I was forced to buy it to get the few tracks I wanted, but only as it was a fiver on downloads. So, the best track The Fate Of Ophelia debuts at 68, The Sabrina Carpenter title track The Life Of A Showgirl is at 87 and the George Michael-referencing Father Figure is at 89.

Sparks debut with a track from the Madder EP (Mad companion set) They, and leapfrog their own collab with Gorillaz, to make a very Sparks-centric chart year for me. Ron Mael is 80 years old and as inventive as ever, while Russell is a mere 78 spring chicken. Casting my mind back to being an excited 16 year-old buying This Town Ain't Big Enough as soon as it was out, the notion thatthey would have been making new music I would buy in 2025 would have seemed science-fiction. It would have been the equivalent of Blues singer Bessie Smith or Oscar Hammerstein II making the charts in 1974. She was born in 1894, he 1895, Bessie died in 1937, Oscar 1960 - though he was actively writing lyrics until his death, The Sound Of Music being his last hoorah. Unthinkable, in other words!

Perrie joins JADE in my chart, with the very Little Mix Shout Out To My Ex-ish If He Wanted To He Would at 76, Raye follws up her own recent collab with Where The Hell Is My Husband, not a million miles away from Ella Eyre's top tenner in vibe, and Sigala's back with another collab, Hello! Appropriately enough as he has charted twice before with Ella Eyre on vocals in 2017/18, and has a chart span of a decade now since Easy Lover went top 5, Hello being the 10th, a very symmetrical one a year on average if he can squeeze another one in before christmas.

1    2    1    3    DIE WITH A SMILE    -    Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars    400000

2    3    2    5    BRAND NEW ME    -    Saint Etienne & Confidence Man    337750

3    1    1    5    DIVINE FEELINGS    -    Vance Joy    582000

4    5    4    5    PEOPLE NEED PEOPLE    -    Good Neighbours    205300

5    9    5    3    SECRETS    -    Miley Cyrus featuring Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood    122700

6    4    1    10    THE SUBWAY    -    Chappell Roan    590000

7    6    1    17    TOKYO RAIN    -    Loaded Honey    1428000

8    7    1    11    12 TO 12    -    sombr    633150

9    12    9    6    AT NIGHT    -    Shakedown    158200

10    18    10    7    SPACE    -    Ella Eyre    123100

11    8    8    8    THE HIVES FOREVER FOREVER THE HIVES    -    The Hives    209600

12    16    12    6    SELF CONTROL    -    Laura Branigan    153600

13    13    4    12    FIVE MORE SECONDS    -    Seafret featuring KT Tunstall    457250

14    19    14    4    TALK TO ME    -    Damiano David featuring Tyla and Nile Rodgers    72950

15    10    1    17    OVER    -    Loaded Honey    1082750

16    11    1    12    WALK OF FAME    -    Miley Cyrus featuring Brittany Howard    1029200

17    31    17    5    BACK TO FRIENDS    -    sombr    62700

18    20    18    8    FORT KNOX    -    Sigrid    116350

19    25    19    9    ANXIETY    -    Doechii    144300

20    23    20    8    SINGAPORE (DEFINITIVE VERSION)    -    Girls Aloud    116350

21    22    21    8    THE FIRST TIME    -    Damiano David    123850

22    17    17    8    G.O.A.T. (SKY25 MIX)    -    Kasabian    155500

23    14    1    5    ELENORE    -    The Turtles    323250

24    29    24    5    SHE’D RATHER BE WITH ME    -    The Turtles    84000

25    15    13    5    HAPPY TOGETHER    -    The Turtles    92850

26    21    8    10    SPIES    -    Robbie Williams    224500

27    43    27    3    LOVIN’ YOU    -    Richard Ashcroft featuring Mason Williams    37500

28    53    28    2    ONCE IN A LIFETIME    -    Talking Heads    29450

29    48    29    4    EAT ME ALIVE    -    Artemas    42100

30    54    30    2    SPEAK LIKE A CHILD    -    The Style Council    29000

31    33    31    9    HIGHER    -    Michael Buble    101250

32    32    32    6    MACHINE    -    Rob Thomas    71350

33    24    10    12    JUPITER    -    almost monday featuring Jordana    325750

34    34    34    7    FOUND U/ME    -    Good Neighbours    86550

35    41    35    8    SUMMER HOLIDAY    -    Cliff Richard & The Shadows    77600

36    28    7    11    RAG DOLL    -    The Four Seasons    367450

37    27    3    13    HARD TO BE HAPPY    -    Rob Thomas    542100

38    39    38    11    SAVE ME    -    Olly Murs    102900

39    36    3    19    ZOMBIE LADY    -    Damiano David featuring Dove Cameron    644100

40    50    40    7    I CAN’T LOSE    -    Jonas Brothers    67000

41    37    11    11    C’MON MARIANNE    -    The Four Seasons    252700

42    26    20    10    DON’T LOOK DOWN    -    Gary Barlow featuring Becky Hill    137000

43    40    1    21    DON’T SPEAK    -    Loaded Honey    919300

44    30    14    10    REALLY LOVE    -    Loaded Honey    194350

45    44    1    17    GOD ONLY KNOWS    -    The Beach Boys    1000400

46    57    46    7    WHAT I WANT    -    Morgan Wallen and Tate McRae    57650

47    58    47    5    THE DEAD DANCE    -    Lady Gaga    43300

48    49    48    5    I BELIEVE IN YOU    -    Ladytron    40700

49    NEW    49    1    SUGAR TOWN    -    Nancy Sinatra    12100

50    74    50    2    WHY I CRY    -    MT Jones    17200

51    55    51    5    ALL ABOUT ME    -    Jalen Ngonda    42850

52    38    37    11    CHEERS TO ME    -    Self Esteem    123200

53    42    5    20    GLAD    -    Saint Etienne    556450

54    45    20    15    HEY HI HELLO    -    Alison Goldfrapp    161200

55    67    55    4    DANCING HEART    -    Saint Etienne    25600

56    59    56    5    LOSER    -    Tame Impala    33700

57    46    36    10    ELECTRIC FLOWER    -    Miles Kane    118100

58    64    58    4    ONE LAST TIME    -    Blue    26100

59    65    59    6    DOLCE VITA    -    Sophie Ellis-Bextor    37500

60    63    60    5    MAN ON A MISSION    -    The Black Keys    32800

61    47    24    9    BEAUTIFUL ODYSSEY    -    YouNotUs x Cascada    115000

62    62    62    4    TEARS    -    Sabrina Carpenter    29600

63    52    1    21    RUN WITH U    -    Mamagama    1070300

64    60    1    30    SUNSET BLVD    -    Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco    1362800

65    51    2    27    END OF THE WORLD    -    Miley Cyrus    823650

66    77    66    2    BE LIKE THAT    -    Seeb featuring JP Cooper    11400

67    76    67    2    UNCONDITIONAL    -    JADE    11400

68    NEW    68    1    THE FATE OF OPHELIA    -    Taylor Swift    6400

69    72    69    2    UNDRESSED    -    sombr    11800

70    RE    7    20    BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE    -    David Guetta & Sia    333050

71    88    71    2    UFO    -    Reverend And The Makers    8200

72    75    72    3    BOTTLE ROCKETS (HOLD MY HAND)    -    Scotty McCreery featuring Hootie & The Blowfish    15000

73    NEW    73    1    THEY    -    Sparks    5400

74    86    74    2    THE HAPPY DICTATOR    -    Gorillaz featuring Sparks    8000

75    85    75    2    DRACULA    -    Tame Impala    8000

76    NEW    76    1    IF HE WANTED TO HE WOULD    -    Perrie    4800

77    NEW    77    1    WHERE THE HELL IS MY HUSBAND?    -    RAYE    4600

78    78    78    2    FIX WHAT YOU DIDN’T BREAK    -    Nate Smith    8800

79    61    20    17    MANCHILD    -    Sabrina Carpenter    223400

80    83    80    3    HIPPIE SUNSHINE    -    Kasabian    11000

81    68    68    4    HELLO STRANGER    -    Loaded Honey    20000

82    84    82    3    REST EASY (IN MY LOVE)    -    Anne Murray    10200

83    80    71    6    EURO-COUNTRY    -    CMAT    27200

84    NEW    84    1    HELLO    -    Sigala x Leigh-Anne x Jonita Gandhi    3200

85    87    85    2    I WANT IT THAT WAY    -    Prince Royce    5600

86    81    75    5    DREAM TEAM    -    Of Monsters And Men    17400

87    NEW    87    1    THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL    -    Taylor Swift featuring Sabrina Carpenter    2600

88    90    88    2    SUNDAY LOVE    -    Bruce Springsteen    4400

89    NEW    89    1    FATHER FIGURE    -    Taylor Swift    2200

90    89    85    3    STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART    -    Anne Murray    7200

DROP OUTS

    82    80    3    STAY ON ME    -    Sophie Ellis-Bextor    10800

    70    59    6    DANCING WITH MYSELF    -    Royel Otis    40900

    35    10    11    BETTE DAVIS EYES    -    Kim Carnes    218850

    56    15    12    NO TIME TO TALK    -    Jonas Brothers    219100

    66    17    11    HAIRCUT    -    Reverend And The Makers featuring Vicky McClure    155150

    69    6    14    LET IT BE FOR LOVE    -    Armin van Buuren featuring JAI RYU    326850

    71    10    18    LET’S RIDE AWAY    -    Avicii featuring Elle King    300100

    73    53    8    ONLY DANCER    -    Louise    62250

    79    76    6    ME WITHOUT YOU    -    Will Young    25000

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  • Hey John 😎, Saint Etienne/Confidence Man, Miley Cyrus climbing and Ella Eyre entering the Top 10 👌 Damiano david/Tyla/Nile Rodgers climbing in the Top 20, Artemas Top 30 and The Jonas Brothers Top 4

  • Hello John 1    2    1    3    DIE WITH A SMILE    -    Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars    400000 3    1    1    5    DIVINE FEELINGS    -    Vance Joy    582000 I haven't listened yet but I'm going to,

  • Hey John! Great mix this week — I love how you blend classics and current hits! Amazing to see “Die With a Smile” still holding strong at #1 — Gaga and Bruno really made something timeless there. Als

Hey John 😎,

Saint Etienne/Confidence Man, Miley Cyrus climbing and Ella Eyre entering the Top 10 👌

Damiano david/Tyla/Nile Rodgers climbing in the Top 20, Artemas Top 30 and The Jonas Brothers Top 40 👏

Best new entries bubbling under; Taylor Swift, Perrie, Raye, Sigala and Taylor/Sabrina dance

Hello John hi

1    2    1    3    DIE WITH A SMILE    -    Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars    400000

3    1    1    5    DIVINE FEELINGS    -    Vance Joy    582000 I haven't listened yet but I'm going to, after seeing how well it's doing on the Multichart!

6    4    1    10    THE SUBWAY    -    Chappell Roan    590000

8    7    1    11    12 TO 12    -    sombr    633150 I think I missed this getting your #1, that's amazing! *.*

9    12    9    6    AT NIGHT    -    Shakedown    158200

17    31    17    5    BACK TO FRIENDS    -    sombr    62700

19    25    19    9    ANXIETY    -    Doechii    144300

28    53    28    2    ONCE IN A LIFETIME    -    Talking Heads    29450

37    27    3    13    HARD TO BE HAPPY    -    Rob Thomas    542100

40    50    40    7    I CAN’T LOSE    -    Jonas Brothers    67000

46    57    46    7    WHAT I WANT    -    Morgan Wallen and Tate McRae    57650

47    58    47    5    THE DEAD DANCE    -    Lady Gaga    43300 This song is the most stuck-in-my-head at the moment, so good. Keep climbing!

62    62    62    4    TEARS    -    Sabrina Carpenter    29600

65    51    2    27    END OF THE WORLD    -    Miley Cyrus    823650

69    72    69    2    UNDRESSED    -    sombr    11800

72    75    72    3    BOTTLE ROCKETS (HOLD MY HAND)    -    Scotty McCreery featuring Hootie & The Blowfish    15000

75    85    75    2    DRACULA    -    Tame Impala    8000

77    NEW    77    1    WHERE THE HELL IS MY HUSBAND?    -    RAYE    4600

78    78    78    2    FIX WHAT YOU DIDN’T BREAK    -    Nate Smith    8800 Yay! I'm taking at least partial credit for this one kink

79    61    20    17    MANCHILD    -    Sabrina Carpenter    223400

Great chart D

Hey John!

Great mix this week — I love how you blend classics and current hits!

Amazing to see “Die With a Smile” still holding strong at #1 — Gaga and Bruno really made something timeless there. Also really cool to see “Secrets” and “Self Control” rising; Laura Branigan’s inclusion gives the chart such a nice retro touch!

Damiano David’s “Talk to Me” climbing is another highlight — that collab with Tyla and Nile Rodgers is dripping with charisma. And nice jump for sombr’s “Back to Friends”, that track’s been growing on me week by week!

Huge welcome to the new entries too — Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” and “The Life of a Showgirl” (ft. Sabrina Carpenter) are stunning additions, and Perrie’s “If He Wanted To He Would” plus RAYE’s “WHERE THE HELL IS MY HUSBAND?” make for such a fierce new lineup!

Awesome chart as always — a perfect mix of nostalgia, pop energy, and personality!

Hi John. Hope you've had a good week and are recovering from your holiday. I'm very jealous 😂. No more time off until Christmas for me sadly. Oh to answer your question - Wolf Alice's 6 consecutive week run at No.2 on my chart is indeed a record. Well, a joint record. The only other two tracks to spend 6 weeks at No.2 without getting to No.1 are ATB's 9pm...Til I Come in '99 and Nicole Scherzinger's Don't Hold Your Breath in '11. Just some pointless AH Gold chart trivia for you 😂. Anyway, my faves this week:

1    2    1    3    DIE WITH A SMILE    -    Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars    400000

2    3    2    5    BRAND NEW ME    -    Saint Etienne & Confidence Man    337750 doing much better here than in my chart. Did I read that right - they've never had a No.1 in your chart? 😵

3    1    1    5    DIVINE FEELINGS    -    Vance Joy    582000

5    9    5    3    SECRETS    -    Miley Cyrus featuring Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood    122700

6    4    1    10    THE SUBWAY    -    Chappell Roan    590000

7    6    1    17    TOKYO RAIN    -    Loaded Honey    1428000

8    7    1    11    12 TO 12    -    sombr    633150

9    12    9    6    AT NIGHT    -    Shakedown    158200

12    16    12    6    SELF CONTROL    -    Laura Branigan    153600

14    19    14    4    TALK TO ME    -    Damiano David featuring Tyla and Nile Rodgers    72950

15    10    1    17    OVER    -    Loaded Honey    1082750

16    11    1    12    WALK OF FAME    -    Miley Cyrus featuring Brittany Howard    1029200

17    31    17    5    BACK TO FRIENDS    -    sombr    62700

19    25    19    9    ANXIETY    -    Doechii    144300

20    23    20    8    SINGAPORE (DEFINITIVE VERSION)    -    Girls Aloud    116350

21    22    21    8    THE FIRST TIME    -    Damiano David    123850

23    14    1    5    ELENORE    -    The Turtles    323250

24    29    24    5    SHE’D RATHER BE WITH ME    -    The Turtles    84000

25    15    13    5    HAPPY TOGETHER    -    The Turtles    92850

28    53    28    2    ONCE IN A LIFETIME    -    Talking Heads    29450

29    48    29    4    EAT ME ALIVE    -    Artemas    42100

30    54    30    2    SPEAK LIKE A CHILD    -    The Style Council    29000

35    41    35    8    SUMMER HOLIDAY    -    Cliff Richard & The Shadows    77600

36    28    7    11    RAG DOLL    -    The Four Seasons    367450

37    27    3    13    HARD TO BE HAPPY    -    Rob Thomas    542100

38    39    38    11    SAVE ME    -    Olly Murs    102900

39    36    3    19    ZOMBIE LADY    -    Damiano David featuring Dove Cameron    644100

41    37    11    11    C’MON MARIANNE    -    The Four Seasons    252700

43    40    1    21    DON’T SPEAK    -    Loaded Honey    919300

44    30    14    10    REALLY LOVE    -    Loaded Honey    194350

45    44    1    17    GOD ONLY KNOWS    -    The Beach Boys    1000400

47    58    47    5    THE DEAD DANCE    -    Lady Gaga    43300

49    NEW    49    1    SUGAR TOWN    -    Nancy Sinatra    12100 As soon as I heard this on the advert I thought it'd appear here. Went Top 10 for me in 2009 if memory serves correctly. Still a banger.

52    38    37    11    CHEERS TO ME    -    Self Esteem    123200

53    42    5    20    GLAD    -    Saint Etienne    556450

55    67    55    4    DANCING HEART    -    Saint Etienne    25600

56    59    56    5    LOSER    -    Tame Impala    33700

59    65    59    6    DOLCE VITA    -    Sophie Ellis-Bextor    37500

61    47    24    9    BEAUTIFUL ODYSSEY    -    YouNotUs x Cascada    115000

62    62    62    4    TEARS    -    Sabrina Carpenter    29600

63    52    1    21    RUN WITH U    -    Mamagama    1070300

64    60    1    30    SUNSET BLVD    -    Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco    1362800

65    51    2    27    END OF THE WORLD    -    Miley Cyrus    823650

66    77    66    2    BE LIKE THAT    -    Seeb featuring JP Cooper    11400

67    76    67    2    UNCONDITIONAL    -    JADE    11400 ❤️❤️❤️ still can't get enough of this. If there was any justice this would be absolutely massive!

68    NEW    68    1    THE FATE OF OPHELIA    -    Taylor Swift    6400 sounds a bit like Little Boots' Remedy in places for me. Still a good pop record though.

69    72    69    2    UNDRESSED    -    sombr    11800

70    RE    7    20    BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE    -    David Guetta & Sia    333050 this still gets played about three times a shift on Hits Radio which is quite baffling considering it didn't exactly set the official charts alight. And yep, I'm getting quite sick of it 😂

73    NEW    73    1    THEY    -    Sparks    5400

74    86    74    2    THE HAPPY DICTATOR    -    Gorillaz featuring Sparks    8000

75    85    75    2    DRACULA    -    Tame Impala    8000

76    NEW    76    1    IF HE WANTED TO HE WOULD    -    Perrie    4800

77    NEW    77    1    WHERE THE HELL IS MY HUSBAND?    -    RAYE    4600

79    61    20    17    MANCHILD    -    Sabrina Carpenter    223400

83    80    71    6    EURO-COUNTRY    -    CMAT    27200 having quite a steady run in the lower reaches!

84    NEW    84    1    HELLO    -    Sigala x Leigh-Anne x Jonita Gandhi    3200

Fantastic chart as always ❤️


Hey John!

I'm ecstatic back to friends is doing so well here. Honestly, it's a brilliant song and to think it's still on the official chart too.

I do hope unconditional can climb quite well and peak quite high here. What a track this is from her. Very underrated this one.

The fate of Ophelia is fantastic. I'm glad to see it enter this week. Hopefully it peaks nice and high for you.

If he wanted to he would and where is my husband are both smashing. Love them. Hopefully both will do fantastic in the long run.

Brilliant chart 😄

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars for #1 😁

Great to see new peak positions for Miley Cyrus, Ella Eyre, Damiano David, Sombr, Sigrid, Doechii, Richard Ashcroft, Olly Murs, Jonas Brothers, Morgan Wallen, Scotty McCreery, Gorillaz, Tame Impala and Prince Royce 😁

New debuts for Taylor Swift, David Guetta and Sigala 😁

Hey John,

Taylor entering!! Very nice song ❤️

Nice to see Damiano almost in the Top20!! 😇

Back To Friends climbing a lot!! 😍

Talk To Me almost Top10!! 🥰

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On 11/10/2025 at 10:47, Sven10 said:

Hey John 😎,

Saint Etienne/Confidence Man, Miley Cyrus climbing and Ella Eyre entering the Top 10 👌

Damiano david/Tyla/Nile Rodgers climbing in the Top 20, Artemas Top 30 and The Jonas Brothers Top 40 👏

Best new entries bubbling under; Taylor Swift, Perrie, Raye, Sigala and Taylor/Sabrina dance

Hey Sven! 🙂

Thanks for the picks and comments!

cheers! 😎

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On 11/10/2025 at 14:58, Riser said:

Hello John hi

1    2    1    3    DIE WITH A SMILE    -    Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars    400000

3    1    1    5    DIVINE FEELINGS    -    Vance Joy    582000 I haven't listened yet but I'm going to, after seeing how well it's doing on the Multichart!

6    4    1    10    THE SUBWAY    -    Chappell Roan    590000

8    7    1    11    12 TO 12    -    sombr    633150 I think I missed this getting your #1, that's amazing! *.*

9    12    9    6    AT NIGHT    -    Shakedown    158200

17    31    17    5    BACK TO FRIENDS    -    sombr    62700

19    25    19    9    ANXIETY    -    Doechii    144300

28    53    28    2    ONCE IN A LIFETIME    -    Talking Heads    29450

37    27    3    13    HARD TO BE HAPPY    -    Rob Thomas    542100

40    50    40    7    I CAN’T LOSE    -    Jonas Brothers    67000

46    57    46    7    WHAT I WANT    -    Morgan Wallen and Tate McRae    57650

47    58    47    5    THE DEAD DANCE    -    Lady Gaga    43300 This song is the most stuck-in-my-head at the moment, so good. Keep climbing!

62    62    62    4    TEARS    -    Sabrina Carpenter    29600

65    51    2    27    END OF THE WORLD    -    Miley Cyrus    823650

69    72    69    2    UNDRESSED    -    sombr    11800

72    75    72    3    BOTTLE ROCKETS (HOLD MY HAND)    -    Scotty McCreery featuring Hootie & The Blowfish    15000

75    85    75    2    DRACULA    -    Tame Impala    8000

77    NEW    77    1    WHERE THE HELL IS MY HUSBAND?    -    RAYE    4600

78    78    78    2    FIX WHAT YOU DIDN’T BREAK    -    Nate Smith    8800 Yay! I'm taking at least partial credit for this one kink

79    61    20    17    MANCHILD    -    Sabrina Carpenter    223400

Great chart D

Hello Jordan! hi

Thanks for the chart picks and comments! I'm really pleased Vance Joy is doing so well in the multi-chart, or Muttley-Chart as I spelt it first - Wacky Races 1960's tops that chart! - it's fab and deserves to be a hit. sombr is happening in my charts too, 12 to 12 was the one that convinced me, and now I'm catching up. Dead Dance is very catchy love the Phantom Of The Opera intro, and a great dance routine on the TV show, Wednesday continues to be fun and Gaga guests, as does ex-number one act Billie Piper, and Joanna Lumley to boot got quite close on Pet Shop Boys Absolutely Fabulous.😄

You can take 100% credit for Nate Smith 🤩

cheers! 😎

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On 11/10/2025 at 16:33, Sergej said:

Hey John!

Great mix this week — I love how you blend classics and current hits!

Amazing to see “Die With a Smile” still holding strong at #1 — Gaga and Bruno really made something timeless there. Also really cool to see “Secrets” and “Self Control” rising; Laura Branigan’s inclusion gives the chart such a nice retro touch!

Damiano David’s “Talk to Me” climbing is another highlight — that collab with Tyla and Nile Rodgers is dripping with charisma. And nice jump for sombr’s “Back to Friends”, that track’s been growing on me week by week!

Huge welcome to the new entries too — Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” and “The Life of a Showgirl” (ft. Sabrina Carpenter) are stunning additions, and Perrie’s “If He Wanted To He Would” plus RAYE’s “WHERE THE HELL IS MY HUSBAND?” make for such a fierce new lineup!

Awesome chart as always — a perfect mix of nostalgia, pop energy, and personality!

Hey Sergej! 🙂

Awww thanks for the comments thats very sweet of you! 🥰 There were old songs in my first ever charts when I was 10 (albeit just a few years old) so I just kept going, though I try not to do overdo it and repeat oldies too much 😄Talk To Me is great and Damiano's solo stuff is top notch, he really should be having global hits, sombr I'm late to the party but Back To Friends is fab. Glad you like the new entries too, been playing the new taylor album, there's a couple of potential more tracks to turn up I think.

cheers! 😎

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On 12/10/2025 at 13:38, AH Gold said:

Hi John. Hope you've had a good week and are recovering from your holiday. I'm very jealous 😂. No more time off until Christmas for me sadly. Oh to answer your question - Wolf Alice's 6 consecutive week run at No.2 on my chart is indeed a record. Well, a joint record. The only other two tracks to spend 6 weeks at No.2 without getting to No.1 are ATB's 9pm...Til I Come in '99 and Nicole Scherzinger's Don't Hold Your Breath in '11. Just some pointless AH Gold chart trivia for you 😂. Anyway, my faves this week:

1    2    1    3    DIE WITH A SMILE    -    Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars    400000

2    3    2    5    BRAND NEW ME    -    Saint Etienne & Confidence Man    337750 doing much better here than in my chart. Did I read that right - they've never had a No.1 in your chart? 😵

3    1    1    5    DIVINE FEELINGS    -    Vance Joy    582000

5    9    5    3    SECRETS    -    Miley Cyrus featuring Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood    122700

6    4    1    10    THE SUBWAY    -    Chappell Roan    590000

7    6    1    17    TOKYO RAIN    -    Loaded Honey    1428000

8    7    1    11    12 TO 12    -    sombr    633150

9    12    9    6    AT NIGHT    -    Shakedown    158200

12    16    12    6    SELF CONTROL    -    Laura Branigan    153600

14    19    14    4    TALK TO ME    -    Damiano David featuring Tyla and Nile Rodgers    72950

15    10    1    17    OVER    -    Loaded Honey    1082750

16    11    1    12    WALK OF FAME    -    Miley Cyrus featuring Brittany Howard    1029200

17    31    17    5    BACK TO FRIENDS    -    sombr    62700

19    25    19    9    ANXIETY    -    Doechii    144300

20    23    20    8    SINGAPORE (DEFINITIVE VERSION)    -    Girls Aloud    116350

21    22    21    8    THE FIRST TIME    -    Damiano David    123850

23    14    1    5    ELENORE    -    The Turtles    323250

24    29    24    5    SHE’D RATHER BE WITH ME    -    The Turtles    84000

25    15    13    5    HAPPY TOGETHER    -    The Turtles    92850

28    53    28    2    ONCE IN A LIFETIME    -    Talking Heads    29450

29    48    29    4    EAT ME ALIVE    -    Artemas    42100

30    54    30    2    SPEAK LIKE A CHILD    -    The Style Council    29000

35    41    35    8    SUMMER HOLIDAY    -    Cliff Richard & The Shadows    77600

36    28    7    11    RAG DOLL    -    The Four Seasons    367450

37    27    3    13    HARD TO BE HAPPY    -    Rob Thomas    542100

38    39    38    11    SAVE ME    -    Olly Murs    102900

39    36    3    19    ZOMBIE LADY    -    Damiano David featuring Dove Cameron    644100

41    37    11    11    C’MON MARIANNE    -    The Four Seasons    252700

43    40    1    21    DON’T SPEAK    -    Loaded Honey    919300

44    30    14    10    REALLY LOVE    -    Loaded Honey    194350

45    44    1    17    GOD ONLY KNOWS    -    The Beach Boys    1000400

47    58    47    5    THE DEAD DANCE    -    Lady Gaga    43300

49    NEW    49    1    SUGAR TOWN    -    Nancy Sinatra    12100 As soon as I heard this on the advert I thought it'd appear here. Went Top 10 for me in 2009 if memory serves correctly. Still a banger.

52    38    37    11    CHEERS TO ME    -    Self Esteem    123200

53    42    5    20    GLAD    -    Saint Etienne    556450

55    67    55    4    DANCING HEART    -    Saint Etienne    25600

56    59    56    5    LOSER    -    Tame Impala    33700

59    65    59    6    DOLCE VITA    -    Sophie Ellis-Bextor    37500

61    47    24    9    BEAUTIFUL ODYSSEY    -    YouNotUs x Cascada    115000

62    62    62    4    TEARS    -    Sabrina Carpenter    29600

63    52    1    21    RUN WITH U    -    Mamagama    1070300

64    60    1    30    SUNSET BLVD    -    Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco    1362800

65    51    2    27    END OF THE WORLD    -    Miley Cyrus    823650

66    77    66    2    BE LIKE THAT    -    Seeb featuring JP Cooper    11400

67    76    67    2    UNCONDITIONAL    -    JADE    11400 ❤️❤️❤️ still can't get enough of this. If there was any justice this would be absolutely massive!

68    NEW    68    1    THE FATE OF OPHELIA    -    Taylor Swift    6400 sounds a bit like Little Boots' Remedy in places for me. Still a good pop record though.

69    72    69    2    UNDRESSED    -    sombr    11800

70    RE    7    20    BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE    -    David Guetta & Sia    333050 this still gets played about three times a shift on Hits Radio which is quite baffling considering it didn't exactly set the official charts alight. And yep, I'm getting quite sick of it 😂

73    NEW    73    1    THEY    -    Sparks    5400

74    86    74    2    THE HAPPY DICTATOR    -    Gorillaz featuring Sparks    8000

75    85    75    2    DRACULA    -    Tame Impala    8000

76    NEW    76    1    IF HE WANTED TO HE WOULD    -    Perrie    4800

77    NEW    77    1    WHERE THE HELL IS MY HUSBAND?    -    RAYE    4600

79    61    20    17    MANCHILD    -    Sabrina Carpenter    223400

83    80    71    6    EURO-COUNTRY    -    CMAT    27200 having quite a steady run in the lower reaches!

84    NEW    84    1    HELLO    -    Sigala x Leigh-Anne x Jonita Gandhi    3200

Fantastic chart as always ❤️


Hi AH! 🙂

Thanks for the well-wishes, though I've come down with a bad cold or something the last week so running late with charts, If I was still working I would have called in sick, but I asked myself for some time off and said "OK but you've just come back from Spain, it's your own fault!" 😄Ooh sorry it's Xmas till you get a break again, these dark cold months are the worst.

Thanks for the chart stats, 6 weeks for ATB and Nicole too I think is quite impressive - I'm not sure any record has ever done 6 weeks at 2 without topping my chart, I must look it up. I reckon 4 weeks is the most though. And yes, Saint Etienne have never topped my chart, though Sarah Cracknell has with Mark Brown. At least until the next hour or so...!😇

Well done on predicting Sugar Town would chart, I can never turn down Nancy Sinatra, and well done on beating me to charting it by about 14 years! Unconditional is great yes, and Ophelia is the highlight of the new album - if I had a criticism its that I would have liked a bit more variety, I much prefer Lover, for example, but it's pleasant enough. Maybe Hits Radio is tagged by that station in Sitges that was playing Guetta/Sia too 😄fret not its back for one week only as a holiday hit.

Thanks as always for the comprehensive appreciation! 😎

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On 13/10/2025 at 09:06, JSG said:

Hey John!

I'm ecstatic back to friends is doing so well here. Honestly, it's a brilliant song and to think it's still on the official chart too.

I do hope unconditional can climb quite well and peak quite high here. What a track this is from her. Very underrated this one.

The fate of Ophelia is fantastic. I'm glad to see it enter this week. Hopefully it peaks nice and high for you.

If he wanted to he would and where is my husband are both smashing. Love them. Hopefully both will do fantastic in the long run.

Brilliant chart 😄

Hey James!🙂

Thanks for the picks and comments, I'm thinking all of those are growers and could be around a while!👍

Cheers! 😎

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Hi SSP!

Thanks for the picks and as always quite a genre-varied bunch!😎

cheers!

On 13/10/2025 at 19:17, SSP said:

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars for #1 😁

Great to see new peak positions for Miley Cyrus, Ella Eyre, Damiano David, Sombr, Sigrid, Doechii, Richard Ashcroft, Olly Murs, Jonas Brothers, Morgan Wallen, Scotty McCreery, Gorillaz, Tame Impala and Prince Royce 😁

New debuts for Taylor Swift, David Guetta and Sigala 😁

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On 15/10/2025 at 20:55, seltinpixmile said:

Hey John,

Taylor entering!! Very nice song ❤️

Nice to see Damiano almost in the Top20!! 😇

Back To Friends climbing a lot!! 😍

Talk To Me almost Top10!! 🥰

Hey Seltin! 🙂

Thanks for the picks!

cheers! 😎

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