26th October 2025

It's 2 weeks on top for Miley Fleetwood Cyrus Mac, still holding of Saint Etienne and Confidence Man, though sombr grabs his 2nd top 3 with Back To Friends, and oldies from The Style Council, Talking Heads return to the top 10, Nancy Sinatra finally grabs a long-deserved Sugar Town top 10 (most of her career was pre-personal charting), her 10th top ten. JADE gets a second top 10 with Unconditional and Ian Storm a first with the cover of the Kansas 1970's minor hit.

Pet Shop Boys enter a new orchestral version, much-edited, of It's A Sin - it first hit the top spot in 1987, and has since been back on top in the 21st century, and now back again at 26. Dave Ball of Soft Cell and The Grid died last week, so two under-rated classics pop back again, Say Hello Wave Goodbye on it's 5th chart run at 30, an emoting classic, and Torch returns lower down, having only charted the once, but hitting the top spot in 1982. Tainted Love has regularly been big in my charts, so that's having a break this time.

Spanish superstar ROSALIA gets a second chart entry, banging in with the symphonic and schizophrenic Berghain, a right interesting track with Bjork being Bjork (and a chart return after a gap of 24 years, instantly increasing her chart span to almost 35 years including Sugarcubes' Hit) and a rap tacked on the end from Yves Tumor. Just behind, and who would have predicted it (not me) but Westlife have another good track out, much better than their bland heyday, Chariot giving them a run of 26 years or so, new at 66.

The Castells early 60's obscurity, Little Sad Eyes, featured in a TV show last week, and the very 1950's charm appealed to me, so in that debuts at 78 while another TV series featured The Ventures classic instrumental from the same era, Walk, Don't Run, so that pops in at 85 too. Louis Tomlinson is back again with his occasional chart forays, this one Lemonade, Depeche Mode have an outake from Memento Mori dropping as a single, and In The End is dark and affecting at 80, for 44 years of charting, and an unexpected collab at 81 returns Yungblud to the chart (last here with Avril Lavigne 2 years ago on chart-topper I'm A Mess) along with Aerosmith, on My Only Angel - it's been 13 years since a new track charted, and 38 years since they debuted.

Two more comebacks remain, Foo Fighters' Asking For A Friend at 83 is a pretty decent, and their first for 2 years, extending their run to 28 years. Yes, that doesn't sound right, but it's true! Cerrone has been back in the 2020's, with Purple Disco Machine, but the funky A Part Of You extends the synth pioneer chart run to a whopping 47 years since Supernature first cracked it.

1 1 1 6 SECRETS - Miley Cyrus featuring Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood 577700

2 2 1 8 BRAND NEW ME - Saint Etienne featuring Confidence Man 737750

3 4 3 8 BACK TO FRIENDS - sombr 262700

4 3 3 8 PEOPLE NEED PEOPLE - Good Neighbours 440300

5 9 5 5 SPEAK LIKE A CHILD - The Style Council 154000

6 13 6 5 ONCE IN A LIFETIME - Talking Heads 138450

7 18 7 4 SUGAR TOWN - Nancy Sinatra 103850

8 27 8 5 UNCONDITIONAL - JADE 84900

9 26 9 3 DUST IN THE WIND - Ian Storm, Ron van den Beuken & Menno 70100

10 5 5 7 TALK TO ME - Damiano David featuring Tyla and Nile Rodgers 222950

11 6 1 8 DIVINE FEELINGS - Vance Joy 734000

12 8 8 6 LOVIN’ YOU - Richard Ashcroft featuring Mason Williams 143500

13 7 1 20 TOKYO RAIN - Loaded Honey 1547000

14 20 14 5 BE LIKE THAT - Seeb featuring JP Cooper 78300

15 22 15 3 OH LORD - Foxy Shazam 64300

16 11 1 13 THE SUBWAY - Chappell Roan 697000

17 23 17 8 SHE’D RATHER BE WITH ME - The Turtles 155250

18 14 8 11 THE HIVES FOREVER FOREVER THE HIVES - The Hives 289600

19 12 10 10 SPACE - Ella Eyre 218100

20 25 20 10 WHAT I WANT - Morgan Wallen and Tate McRae 113900

21 21 1 15 WALK OF FAME - Miley Cyrus featuring Brittany Howard 1089700

22 15 1 14 12 TO 12 - sombr 711650

23 59 23 3 LOTUS - Rose Gray 32350

24 34 24 4 THEY - Sparks 53250

25 28 25 5 WHY I CRY - MT Jones 71350

26 NEW 26 1 IT’S A SIN (BRYCE MILLER MONSTER MIX) - Pet Shop Boys 18500

27 10 1 6 DIE WITH A SMILE - Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars 525400

28 19 4 15 FIVE MORE SECONDS - Seafret featuring KT Tunstall 521550

29 17 9 9 AT NIGHT - Shakedown 234400

30 16 6 9 SELF CONTROL - Laura Branigan 251600

31 29 27 9 MACHINE - Rob Thomas 125850

32 35 32 8 THE DEAD DANCE - Lady Gaga 95800

33 45 33 5 DRACULA - Tame Impala 46200

34 32 1 20 OVER - Loaded Honey 1137400

35 33 17 11 G.O.A.T. (SKY 25 MIX) - Kasabian 209200

36 48 36 7 ONE LAST TIME - Blue 66600

37 43 37 3 BEFORE YOU BREAK MY HEART - JADE 41800

38 40 38 7 DANCING HEART - Saint Etienne 72100

39 31 20 11 SINGAPORE (DEFINITIVE VERSION) - Girls Aloud 170850

40 NEW 40 1 SAY HELLO WAVE GOODBYE - Soft Cell 17000

41 54 41 4 THE FATE OF OPHELIA - Taylor Swift 38400

42 53 42 5 UFO - Reverend And The Makers 40600

43 39 39 8 ALL ABOUT ME - Jalen Ngonda 86450

44 24 24 11 SUMMER HOLIDAY - Cliff Richard & The Shadows 128500

45 30 15 11 FORT KNOX - Sigrid 174350

46 36 28 7 EAT ME ALIVE - Artemas 90550

47 47 47 8 LOSER - Tame Impala 71200

48 41 40 10 I CAN’T LOSE - Jonas Brothers 110300

49 37 29 12 HIGHER - Michael Buble 148850

50 38 34 10 FOUND U/ME - Good Neighbours 133150

51 68 51 4 HELLO - Sigala x Leigh-Anne x Jonita Gandhi 25750

52 52 1 20 GOD ONLY KNOWS - The Beach Boys 1034900

53 42 1 8 ELENORE - The Turtles 365550

54 58 54 5 UNDRESSED - sombr 40200

55 64 55 3 TIME WILL TELL - Celeste 20500

56 63 56 3 SOMETHING IN THE HEAVENS - Lewis Capaldi 22000

57 61 57 4 IF HE WANTED TO HE WOULD - Perrie 28100

58 49 3 16 HARD TO BE HAPPY - Rob Thomas 577900

59 66 59 5 THE HAPPY DICTATOR - Gorillaz featuring Sparks 31300

60 65 60 6 BOTTLE ROCKETS (HOLD MY HAND) - Scotty McCreery featuring Hootie & The Blowfish 38700

61 70 61 5 FIX WHAT YOU DIDN’T BREAK - Nate Smith 27300

62 69 62 3 TO THE MOON - Alok & ILLENIUM 18400

63 51 10 15 JUPITER - almost monday featuring Jordana 358700

64 79 64 2 SAVE MY LOVE (NICKY ROMERO REMIX) - Marshmello, Ellie Golding & AVAION 11300

65 NEW 65 1 BERGHAIN - ROSALIA Featuring Bjork & Yves Tumor 7000

66 NEW 66 1 CHARIOT - Westlife 6800

67 73 67 6 HIPPIE SUNSHINE - Kasabian 27600

68 71 68 4 FATHER FIGURE - Taylor Swift 18000

69 72 69 6 REST EASY (IN MY LOVE) - Anne Murray 25800

70 46 46 8 I BELIEVE IN YOU - Ladytron 72200

71 57 57 8 MAN ON A MISSION - The Black Keys 59400

72 62 62 4 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! - RAYE 23200

73 55 8 13 SPIES - Robbie Williams 253950

74 74 74 4 THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL - Taylor Swift featuring Sabrina Carpenter 17000

75 75 75 3 PRETTY FACE - Robbie Williams 12200

76 NEW 76 1 TORCH - Soft Cell 4800

77 76 76 3 PLAY THIS SONG - Mariah Carey featuring Anderson .Paak 11400

78 NEW 78 1 LITTLE SAD EYES - The Castells 4400

79 NEW 79 1 LEMONADE - Louis Tomlinson 4200

80 NEW 80 1 IN THE END - Depeche Mode 4000

81 NEW 81 1 MY ONLY ANGEL - Aerosmith, YUNGBLUD 3800

82 77 77 3 HEART OF STONE - Jelly Roll 11600

83 NEW 83 1 ASKING FOR A FRIEND - Foo Fighters 3400

84 NEW 84 1 A PART OF YOU - Cerrone 3200

85 NEW 85 1 WALK DON’T RUN - The Ventures 3000

Drop Outs:

44 13 7 HAPPY TOGETHER - The Turtles 124100

50 21 10 THE FIRST TIME - Damiano David 153550

56 19 11 ANXIETY - Doechii 172500

60 58 8 DOLCE VITA - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 57700

67 1 23 DON’T SPEAK - Loaded Honey 937650

78 78 4 SUNDAY LOVE - Bruce Springsteen 11600

80 80 4 I WANT IT THAT WAY - Prince Royce 12800

Hey John,

Miley + and Saint Etienne/Confidence Man still at the Top

Jade and Ian Storm Top 10, Rose Gray and Pet Shop Boys Top 30, Blue, Tame Impala and Jade Top 40

Best new entries bubbling under: Westlife, Louis Tomlinson, Cerrone and Depeche Mode 👌

Hey John!

What a fascinating and eclectic chart this week — I love how diverse your Top 10 is. “SECRETS” holding strong at #1; Miley teaming up with Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood clearly hit the perfect classic–modern sweet spot. “ONCE IN A LIFETIME” climbing to #6 feels iconic — it’s timeless and still resonates so well today.

It’s awesome to see “UNCONDITIONAL” by JADE surging into the Top 10, so are the steady rises for “THE DEAD DANCE” and “DRACULA”.

Nice debuts too! “BERGHAIN” is unique, as are Louis Tomlinson’s “LEMONADE” and Depeche Mode’s “IN THE END” they add even more variety to your lower end.

All in all, another rich, unpredictable mix — your chart always feels like a journey through decades and genres.

Miley Cyrus for #1 again 😁

New peak positions for Sombr, Ian Storm, Morgan Wallen, Lady Gaga, Tame Impala, Taylor Swift, Sigala, Lewis Capaldi, Gorillaz and Scotty McCreery 😁

Also good seeing new debuts for Westlife, Soft Cell, Louis Tomlinson, Depeche Mode and Aerosmith 😁

Hey John!

Back to friends getting a new peak is fantastic, honestly. Loving his output.

Yass jade. Unconditional to smash here even more 😃🤣 it's just soooo gooooood.

Undressed continuing its very slow ascent up the ranks. I am not complaining. I'm actually surprised he hasn't already released a new single.

Fab chart! 😃

Hey John,

Undressed climbing!! 🤗

Taylor almost Top40!! Very good song!! 😇

Jade Top40!!

Back To Friends almost N.1!! ❤️