8th March 2026

It's a new club chart-topper as Ilennium get only a second charted track 6 years on from the first, but go all the way with Don't Want Your Love aided and abetted by Ellie Goulding who grabs her second number one inside 3 years. Bob Sinclar last troubled my charts 6 years ago as well, but his total of 10 charting tracks includes 2 other top 10's one with Robbie Williams in 2019 and World Hold On 2 decades ago. This time he brings along Kiesza, yet another 2020 last-time charter, and her first top 10 with the Nu Shooz cover since Hideaway in 2014. Up to 5.

Of the four Country boys, only Morgan Wallen had a previous top 10 in 2021 with 7 Summers, though Eric Church topped with Glen Campbell. Tim McGraw though can claim chart action in each of the last 4 decades now, if nothing else showing I was into Country before it got fashionable again. Neil Sedaka makes upward progress with all 6 of his tracks, but The Immigrant makes it a second top 10 appearance 51 years on. The lyrics were ahead of their time.

David Guetta's Prayer romps into the top 20, while loads of tracks shoot up into the top 40 in a right old clear-out of tracks that have been treading water while I was out of the country. A quiet week for new entries give me a chance to chop the chart down to 95, and expect that chopping again next week barring a load of fab new releases. Depeche Mode cover Buffy Sainte-Marie's Universal Soldier, a 60's hit for Donovan, and one I first knew 56 years ago by Glen Campbell. It's for charity, and the lyrics will remain relevant till the end of homo sapiens, barring divine intervention or the invention of giant-sized Replicators a la Star Trek at zero cost to everyone on the planet. New at 85.

Bebe Rexha samples some Faithless on her newie New Religion, 30 years on and still sounding pumping, 5 years since their last charter for Faithless, 3 years since Bebe hit 2 with Snoop Dogg on Satellite, and 8 years on from a Florida Georgia Line collab. She has guested here and there though on others tracks. New at 88 one ahead of Harry Styles second-best track off the new Kiss n Disco album (as I will call it, but it's mainly Kiss, and one disco), American Girls, with final slots for Squeeze, Tilbrook & Difford, Glen and Chris, first charted for me way back in 1978 on the number 3 Take Me I'm Yours - and they didn't reach a higher peak than that until 2016 when Nirvana finally gave them a number one. Why Don't You is an old song from the 70's, part of a scrapped album that didn't see the light of day until the newly-recorded version in 2026. Finally, White Plains chart career I largely missed due to being in Singapore for 2 years 1969 to 1971, so When You Are A King gets a belated chart debut 55 years late, after hitting the sales chart, and just after...I returned from Singapore almost 2 weeks ago! So that seems beautifully appropriate.

1 10 1 4 DON'T WANT YOUR LOVE - Ilennium & Ellie Goulding 222500

2 1 1 7 APERTURE - Harry Styles 676300

3 3 1 13 RELIQUIA - ROSALIA 1007500

4 2 1 13 FREE LOVE - Cast 1176250

5 40 5 2 I CAN'T WAIT - Bob Sinclar & Kiesza 77000

6 9 6 8 EMBERS - Robin Schulz featuring Izzy Bizu 227100

7 11 7 2 THE IMMIGRANT - Neil Sedaka 87000

8 12 8 4 MCARTHUR - HARDY, Morgan Wallen, Tim McGraw, Eric Church 97000

9 5 5 10 BROKEN STRINGS - Alan Walker featuring Katherine O'Ryan & Isabella Melkman 470500

10 4 1 12 TELL ME THERE'S A HEAVEN - Chris Rea 1092000

11 6 4 17 YOUR LAST SONG - The Lottery Winners 731900

12 8 1 22 LOTUS - Rose Gray 1346350

13 37 13 2 LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN - Neil Sedaka 49300

14 39 14 4 LUCKY AGAIN - Lykke Li 52400

15 7 5 8 TROUBLE FOLLOWS - YONAKA 304500

16 16 16 8 HAND IN MY HAND - Rob Thomas 107200

17 15 15 15 ESIBIZIONISTA - Annalisa 226450

18 18 18 8 MORRISSEY - Robbie Williams 139700

19 62 19 2 PRAYER - David Guetta, Kiko & Olivier Giacomotto 28400

20 20 20 10 END OF BEGINNING - Djo 164800

21 21 21 10 GIVE ME SOMETHING - OneRepublic 166550

22 22 22 17 CHOOSIN' TEXAS - Ella Langley 217150

23 13 1 14 SHAKE IT DOWN - Mud 961250

24 14 6 14 HEAVY NEWS - Richard Ashcroft 363850

25 17 10 15 BEAUTIFUL SPIRITUAL - Blue 364700

26 19 1 16 WONDERFUL WORLD BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE - Jimmy Cliff 741700

27 34 27 8 PERFECT DAY - Al Green featuring RAYE 126150

28 59 28 2 VERTIGO - AVALAN ROKSTON 28400

29 32 29 11 OPALITE - Taylor Swift 135750

30 26 16 12 DIVE INTO THE OCEAN - Alok, Zeeba & Portugal. The Man 201900

31 38 31 8 ALL MY LIFE - Robbie Williams 97500

32 30 1 25 SECRETS - Miley Cyrus featuring Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood 1331200

33 28 13 23 HELLO - Sigala x Leigh-Anne x Jonita Gandhi 411200

34 60 34 4 COLD SWEAT, HOT BOYS - Bright Light Bright Light featuring Ana Matronic 37200

35 58 35 2 STAY THE NIGHT - Winona Oak 27700

36 57 36 4 HOMEWRECKER - sombr 39800

37 42 37 9 SWEET LOVE - Stephen Sanchez 114750

38 23 23 9 I JUST MIGHT - Bruno Mars 149200

39 24 1 25 DIE WITH A SMILE - Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars 917350

40 29 18 13 CHURCH - JADE 202200

41 33 19 8 ADDICTED TO LOVE - CHVRCHES 142000

42 51 42 4 FEELS LIKE HEAVEN - Loreen 47500

43 35 8 21 SAVE MY LOVE (NICKY ROMERO REMIX) - Marshmello, Ellie Goulding & AVAION 539300

44 72 44 2 LOST - almost monday 18650

45 61 45 2 RIDE - Jessie Ware 20500

46 52 46 4 DIE FOR ME - ZAYN 45850

47 65 47 6 PINS AND NEEDLES - Callum Beattie 45500

48 71 48 4 STARLIGHT - Cannons 24900

49 64 49 4 DRIVE SAFE - Myles Smith & Niall Horan 27600

50 36 36 10 ONLY GONNA LET YOU DOWN - Loaded Honey 105750

51 25 9 16 MANY RIVERS TO CROSS - Jimmy Cliff 404800

52 41 36 13 THE CHANCE WON'T COME AGAIN - Andy Bell featuring Tim Rice-Oxley 161700

53 44 19 24 FIX WHAT YOU DIDN'T BREAK - Nate Smith 323950

54 66 54 2 BAD BLOOD - Neil Sedaka featuring Elton John 17800

55 63 55 4 I DON'T UNDERSTAND - MT Jones 26800

56 53 1 39 GOD ONLY KNOWS - The Beach Boys 1247750

57 67 57 4 VINCENT - Don McLean 27200

58 48 1 27 BRAND NEW ME - Saint Etienne featuring Confidence Man 1254450

59 54 47 8 FALLING INTO YOU - Appleton 82400

60 27 27 8 TO LOVE SOMEBODY - Al Green 126900

61 31 3 15 I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS - Greg Lake 435350

62 50 3 20 BERGHAIN - ROSALIA Featuring Bjork & Yves Tumor 614850

63 55 48 10 GONE GONE GONE - David Guetta, Teddy Swims, Tones and I 90900

64 82 64 2 LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER - Neil Sedaka 10700

65 56 19 17 MYSTERIOUS GIRL - Damiano David 231500

66 79 66 2 TO LOVE SOMEBODY - Holly Humberstone 11000

67 75 67 2 FEVER DREAM - Alex Warren 11600

68 83 68 2 LOVE ME - Fia 9800

69 76 69 2 SLEEPLESS IN A HOTEL ROOM - Luke Combs 11000

70 77 60 9 GALAXY - Kungs & Theophilus London 66000

71 46 3 17 ATCHAFALAYA - Orville Peck featuring Noah Cyrus 567450

72 45 4 14 CLOUD - Seafret 422700

73 85 73 4 ALLIGATOR STOMP - Tony Joe White & Flying Mojito Brothers 14800

74 81 74 4 YOU GOT TO LOSE - The Black Keys 19000

75 80 71 6 READY - CMAT 31400

76 94 76 2 THESE NIGHTS - Cannons 6400

77 98 77 2 REIN ME IN - Sam Fender & Olivia Dean 5800

78 89 69 4 CLUB BIZARRE - Alok, Sam Harper, Alex Christensen 19000

79 43 16 15 A LOVER'S CONCERTO - The Toys 220600

80 90 80 2 REJOICE - Def Leppard 6000

81 47 4 22 TIME WILL TELL - Celeste 667450

82 84 82 2 WAITING ON YOU - Rick Astley 6800

83 96 83 2 FAR AWAY - Labi Siffre 4800

84 95 84 2 BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO - Neil Sedaka 4700

85 NEW 85 1 UNIVERSAL SOLDIER - Depeche Mode 3000

86 70 46 7 PAPAOUTAI (AFRO SOUL) - mikeeysmind, Chill77 & Unjaps 67850

87 92 87 2 SONG OF THE FUTURE - U2 4400

88 NEW 88 1 NEW RELIGION - Bebe Rexha & Faithless 2400

89 NEW 89 1 AMERICAN GIRLS - Harry Styles 2200

90 99 90 2 OH! CAROL - Neil Sedaka 3100

91 69 45 7 SUCH A FUNNY WAY - Sabrina Carpenter 63200

92 NEW 92 1 WHY DON'T YOU - Squeeze 1800

93 NEW 93 1 WHEN YOU ARE A KING - White Plains 1700

94 93 80 4 RELEASE THE PRESSURE - Calvin Harris, Kasabian 11100

95 97 85 4 FREEDOM - Suzi Quatro 8800

DROP OUTS

49 9 12 X.M.A.S. - Kylie Minogue 294600

68 12 12 HOT IN DECEMBER - Kylie Minogue 238350

73 46 8 SATISFACTION SKANK - Fatboy Slim & The Rolling Stones 88900

74 55 9 SAVE MY SOUL - Bastille 76850

78 61 6 WORKINONIT - J Dilla featuring 10cc 41400

86 53 7 YOU KNOW WHAT I NEED - PNAU featuring Troye Sivan 47650

87 58 8 LA BAMBOLA - Madonna 61100

88 64 6 IMPOSTER - Louis Tomlinson 35600

91 72 6 I COULD GET USED TO THIS - Jessie Ware 29500

100 67 6 ROCK U RIGHT - Peter Andre 32600

Hi,

I think I need to check your number 1 properly. I may have listen one time to it on new music friday, but have no recognition of it. Need to check out the whole Help2 compilation - heard only good things about it - particularly of the DeMo and Olivia songs.

Hi there!

Nice to see "Don't Want Your Love" at the top, the new peaks for "Opalite", "All My Life", "Sweet Love", "Feels Like Heaven", "Die For Me", "Fever Dream", "Waiting On You" and "Song Of The Future", the big gains for "Homewrecker", "Ride", "Drive Safe", "To Love Somebody" and "Rein Me In" and the debut for "American Girls"

Great chart!

Take care.

Great to see new peak positions for Bob Sinclar, Robin Schulz, David Guetta, Taylor Swift, Sombr, Stephen Sanchez, Zayn, Don McLean, Holly Humberstone, Alex Warren and U2 😁

Hey John,

Nice debut for Bebe Rexha!! Very good song!! 🤗

Nice climb for Zayn!! ❤️

Sombr climbing a lot!! An awesome song 😍

Hey John,

Illenium/Ellie Goulding, Harry and Bob Sinclar/Kiesza Top 5

Lykke Li, oldie Neil Sedaka and David Guetta Top 20, Al Green/Raye, Sombr and Stephen Sanchez❣️ (up again) Top 40 👍

Best new tracks bubbling under: Bebe Rexcha/Faithless and Harry Styles 👌

Edited March 15Mar 15 by Sven10

Hi John. Hope you're settling in back to UK life. All good here...well, ok anyway. Had to cover the other shift this week where Heart/Hits are banned. There's older people on that shift you see - so we had 60s/70s/80s tunes which was very refreshing 😂 Speaking of oldies, thanks so much for commenting on and highlighting faves on my Retro chart - not sure how much longer I'll keep it up for. Anyways, my faves this week:

1 10 1 4 DON'T WANT YOUR LOVE - Ilennium & Ellie Goulding 222500

2 1 1 7 APERTURE - Harry Styles 676300

3 3 1 13 RELIQUIA - ROSALIA 1007500 ❤️❤️❤️ out of my Top 40 now, but I'm sure it'll sneak back in. Flawless.

4 2 1 13 FREE LOVE - Cast 1176250

5 40 5 2 I CAN'T WAIT - Bob Sinclar & Kiesza 77000

6 9 6 8 EMBERS - Robin Schulz featuring Izzy Bizu 227100

7 11 7 2 THE IMMIGRANT - Neil Sedaka 87000

10 4 1 12 TELL ME THERE'S A HEAVEN - Chris Rea 1092000

12 8 1 22 LOTUS - Rose Gray 1346350

13 37 13 2 LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN - Neil Sedaka 49300

14 39 14 4 LUCKY AGAIN - Lykke Li 52400 ❤️ her strongest song in quite some time

17 15 15 15 ESIBIZIONISTA - Annalisa 226450

20 20 20 10 END OF BEGINNING - Djo 164800

21 21 21 10 GIVE ME SOMETHING - OneRepublic 166550

22 22 22 17 CHOOSIN' TEXAS - Ella Langley 217150

23 13 1 14 SHAKE IT DOWN - Mud 961250

26 19 1 16 WONDERFUL WORLD BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE - Jimmy Cliff 741700

29 32 29 11 OPALITE - Taylor Swift 135750 quite a slow burner here!

32 30 1 25 SECRETS - Miley Cyrus featuring Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood 1331200

33 28 13 23 HELLO - Sigala x Leigh-Anne x Jonita Gandhi 411200

36 57 36 4 HOMEWRECKER - sombr 39800 finally beginning to grow on me...

38 23 23 9 I JUST MIGHT - Bruno Mars 149200

39 24 1 25 DIE WITH A SMILE - Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars 917350

40 29 18 13 CHURCH - JADE 202200 ❤️

41 33 19 8 ADDICTED TO LOVE - CHVRCHES 142000

42 51 42 4 FEELS LIKE HEAVEN - Loreen 47500

43 35 8 21 SAVE MY LOVE (NICKY ROMERO REMIX) - Marshmello, Ellie Goulding & AVAION 539300

45 61 45 2 RIDE - Jessie Ware 20500

46 52 46 4 DIE FOR ME - ZAYN 45850

47 65 47 6 PINS AND NEEDLES - Callum Beattie 45500

48 71 48 4 STARLIGHT - Cannons 24900

49 64 49 4 DRIVE SAFE - Myles Smith & Niall Horan 27600

51 25 9 16 MANY RIVERS TO CROSS - Jimmy Cliff 404800

54 66 54 2 BAD BLOOD - Neil Sedaka featuring Elton John 17800

56 53 1 39 GOD ONLY KNOWS - The Beach Boys 1247750

57 67 57 4 VINCENT - Don McLean 27200

58 48 1 27 BRAND NEW ME - Saint Etienne featuring Confidence Man 1254450

59 54 47 8 FALLING INTO YOU - Appleton 82400

60 27 27 8 TO LOVE SOMEBODY - Al Green 126900

61 31 3 15 I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS - Greg Lake 435350

62 50 3 20 BERGHAIN - ROSALIA Featuring Bjork & Yves Tumor 614850 just rewatched the Brits performance again - fabulous!

63 55 48 10 GONE GONE GONE - David Guetta, Teddy Swims, Tones and I 90900

64 82 64 2 LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER - Neil Sedaka 10700

66 79 66 2 TO LOVE SOMEBODY - Holly Humberstone 11000

67 75 67 2 FEVER DREAM - Alex Warren 11600 I do really like this one! A refreshing change from his more ballady material

70 77 60 9 GALAXY - Kungs & Theophilus London 66000

75 80 71 6 READY - CMAT 31400

76 94 76 2 THESE NIGHTS - Cannons 6400

77 98 77 2 REIN ME IN - Sam Fender & Olivia Dean 5800

78 89 69 4 CLUB BIZARRE - Alok, Sam Harper, Alex Christensen 19000

79 43 16 15 A LOVER'S CONCERTO - The Toys 220600

82 84 82 2 WAITING ON YOU - Rick Astley 6800

84 95 84 2 BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO - Neil Sedaka 4700

88 NEW 88 1 NEW RELIGION - Bebe Rexha & Faithless 2400

89 NEW 89 1 AMERICAN GIRLS - Harry Styles 2200

90 99 90 2 OH! CAROL - Neil Sedaka 3100

91 69 45 7 SUCH A FUNNY WAY - Sabrina Carpenter 63200

94 93 80 4 RELEASE THE PRESSURE - Calvin Harris, Kasabian 11100

95 97 85 4 FREEDOM - Suzi Quatro 8800

Fantastic chart as always ❤️

I really like the Bob Sinclar and Keisza version of 'I Can't Wait'. The new track by Kungs and Boyz Noise - Get Away has similar vibes and I really like both - both 80s influenced tracks.

Bebe Rexha and Faithless' track is very good too.

On 12/03/2026 at 19:50, DaTilt said:

Hi,

I think I need to check your number 1 properly. I may have listen one time to it on new music friday, but have no recognition of it. Need to check out the whole Help2 compilation - heard only good things about it - particularly of the DeMo and Olivia songs.

Hi DaTilt,

I know what you mean, I usually buy tracks on week of release based on one play - unless I hear them on radio or other places after that, and sometimes it's hard to judge what may be a grower! See Reign Me In, only taKen me 6 months to buy it! 😄

The Depeche song has recognition factor for me, takes me back to being 13 years old, so I was always going to want to hear that some more! Yay! Thanks for the comments! 😎

On 12/03/2026 at 22:30, Sergej said:

Hi there!

Nice to see "Don't Want Your Love" at the top, the new peaks for "Opalite", "All My Life", "Sweet Love", "Feels Like Heaven", "Die For Me", "Fever Dream", "Waiting On You" and "Song Of The Future", the big gains for "Homewrecker", "Ride", "Drive Safe", "To Love Somebody" and "Rein Me In" and the debut for "American Girls"

Great chart!

Take care.

Hi Sergej! 🙂

Thanks for all the picks! Take care too!

Cheers! 😎

On 14/03/2026 at 20:28, SSP said:

Great to see new peak positions for Bob Sinclar, Robin Schulz, David Guetta, Taylor Swift, Sombr, Stephen Sanchez, Zayn, Don McLean, Holly Humberstone, Alex Warren and U2 😁

Hi SSP! Thanks for all the picks! Always appreciated 🙂

Cheers! 😎

On 15/03/2026 at 08:42, seltinpixmile said:

Hey John,

Nice debut for Bebe Rexha!! Very good song!! 🤗

Nice climb for Zayn!! ❤️

Sombr climbing a lot!! An awesome song 😍

Hey Seltin!

Thanks for the pickss! Agree with the comments too 🙂

cheers! 😎

On 15/03/2026 at 11:15, Sven10 said:

Hey John,

Illenium/Ellie Goulding, Harry and Bob Sinclar/Kiesza Top 5

Lykke Li, oldie Neil Sedaka and David Guetta Top 20, Al Green/Raye, Sombr and Stephen Sanchez❣️ (up again) Top 40 👍

Best new tracks bubbling under: Bebe Rexcha/Faithless and Harry Styles 👌

Hey Sven! 🙂

Thanks for all the picks! Glad you like the fresher ones at the top end, my charts starting t move again 😄And noticing Stephen Sanchez yo-yoing too! Sadly he's down again this week! 😄

Cheers! 😎

On 15/03/2026 at 14:37, TheSnake said:

I really like the Bob Sinclar and Keisza version of 'I Can't Wait'. The new track by Kungs and Boyz Noise - Get Away has similar vibes and I really like both - both 80s influenced tracks.

Bebe Rexha and Faithless' track is very good too.

Hi Snakey!

Glad you like Bob Sinclar's, and just playing that Kungs track yes I like that one, but I do like 80's vibes generally (and the 90's vibes of the Bebe track)

cheers! 😎

On 15/03/2026 at 13:05, AH Gold said:

Hi John. Hope you're settling in back to UK life. All good here...well, ok anyway. Had to cover the other shift this week where Heart/Hits are banned. There's older people on that shift you see - so we had 60s/70s/80s tunes which was very refreshing 😂 Speaking of oldies, thanks so much for commenting on and highlighting faves on my Retro chart - not sure how much longer I'll keep it up for. Anyways, my faves this week:

1 10 1 4 DON'T WANT YOUR LOVE - Ilennium & Ellie Goulding 222500

2 1 1 7 APERTURE - Harry Styles 676300

3 3 1 13 RELIQUIA - ROSALIA 1007500 ❤️❤️❤️ out of my Top 40 now, but I'm sure it'll sneak back in. Flawless.

4 2 1 13 FREE LOVE - Cast 1176250

5 40 5 2 I CAN'T WAIT - Bob Sinclar & Kiesza 77000

6 9 6 8 EMBERS - Robin Schulz featuring Izzy Bizu 227100

7 11 7 2 THE IMMIGRANT - Neil Sedaka 87000

10 4 1 12 TELL ME THERE'S A HEAVEN - Chris Rea 1092000

12 8 1 22 LOTUS - Rose Gray 1346350

13 37 13 2 LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN - Neil Sedaka 49300

14 39 14 4 LUCKY AGAIN - Lykke Li 52400 ❤️ her strongest song in quite some time

17 15 15 15 ESIBIZIONISTA - Annalisa 226450

20 20 20 10 END OF BEGINNING - Djo 164800

21 21 21 10 GIVE ME SOMETHING - OneRepublic 166550

22 22 22 17 CHOOSIN' TEXAS - Ella Langley 217150

23 13 1 14 SHAKE IT DOWN - Mud 961250

26 19 1 16 WONDERFUL WORLD BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE - Jimmy Cliff 741700

29 32 29 11 OPALITE - Taylor Swift 135750 quite a slow burner here!

32 30 1 25 SECRETS - Miley Cyrus featuring Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood 1331200

33 28 13 23 HELLO - Sigala x Leigh-Anne x Jonita Gandhi 411200

36 57 36 4 HOMEWRECKER - sombr 39800 finally beginning to grow on me...

38 23 23 9 I JUST MIGHT - Bruno Mars 149200

39 24 1 25 DIE WITH A SMILE - Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars 917350

40 29 18 13 CHURCH - JADE 202200 ❤️

41 33 19 8 ADDICTED TO LOVE - CHVRCHES 142000

42 51 42 4 FEELS LIKE HEAVEN - Loreen 47500

43 35 8 21 SAVE MY LOVE (NICKY ROMERO REMIX) - Marshmello, Ellie Goulding & AVAION 539300

45 61 45 2 RIDE - Jessie Ware 20500

46 52 46 4 DIE FOR ME - ZAYN 45850

47 65 47 6 PINS AND NEEDLES - Callum Beattie 45500

48 71 48 4 STARLIGHT - Cannons 24900

49 64 49 4 DRIVE SAFE - Myles Smith & Niall Horan 27600

51 25 9 16 MANY RIVERS TO CROSS - Jimmy Cliff 404800

54 66 54 2 BAD BLOOD - Neil Sedaka featuring Elton John 17800

56 53 1 39 GOD ONLY KNOWS - The Beach Boys 1247750

57 67 57 4 VINCENT - Don McLean 27200

58 48 1 27 BRAND NEW ME - Saint Etienne featuring Confidence Man 1254450

59 54 47 8 FALLING INTO YOU - Appleton 82400

60 27 27 8 TO LOVE SOMEBODY - Al Green 126900

61 31 3 15 I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS - Greg Lake 435350

62 50 3 20 BERGHAIN - ROSALIA Featuring Bjork & Yves Tumor 614850 just rewatched the Brits performance again - fabulous!

63 55 48 10 GONE GONE GONE - David Guetta, Teddy Swims, Tones and I 90900

64 82 64 2 LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER - Neil Sedaka 10700

66 79 66 2 TO LOVE SOMEBODY - Holly Humberstone 11000

67 75 67 2 FEVER DREAM - Alex Warren 11600 I do really like this one! A refreshing change from his more ballady material

70 77 60 9 GALAXY - Kungs & Theophilus London 66000

75 80 71 6 READY - CMAT 31400

76 94 76 2 THESE NIGHTS - Cannons 6400

77 98 77 2 REIN ME IN - Sam Fender & Olivia Dean 5800

78 89 69 4 CLUB BIZARRE - Alok, Sam Harper, Alex Christensen 19000

79 43 16 15 A LOVER'S CONCERTO - The Toys 220600

82 84 82 2 WAITING ON YOU - Rick Astley 6800

84 95 84 2 BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO - Neil Sedaka 4700

88 NEW 88 1 NEW RELIGION - Bebe Rexha & Faithless 2400

89 NEW 89 1 AMERICAN GIRLS - Harry Styles 2200

90 99 90 2 OH! CAROL - Neil Sedaka 3100

91 69 45 7 SUCH A FUNNY WAY - Sabrina Carpenter 63200

94 93 80 4 RELEASE THE PRESSURE - Calvin Harris, Kasabian 11100

95 97 85 4 FREEDOM - Suzi Quatro 8800

Fantastic chart as always ❤️

Hi AH! 🙂

Gretting back to the old routine ta, not enough exercise and fresh air 😄Some of my fellow tourists just got back yesterday after having a very convoluted series of flights back so I can't complain after so many of them got stranded and we just got back in time. Older people on one shift sounds very odd - do they do the late shift or the day shift?! Anyway, I'm always happy to hear 60's and 70's stuff as they go out of fashion on most radio stations. I played one from 1930 yesterday (I'm reading Bob Stanley's book on 20th century pop) - surprising how many great songs were about in the 20's and 30's. Beyond The Blue Horizon is a great one, last seen done by Mike Nesmith and Lou Christie, turning up in Rainman movie.

Retro charts were always just occasional bouts of oldies charts to avoid the main chart getting swamped by them, for me, but they are often a good indicator of what you will still like down the line - cos not all oldies will still sound fresh, what with overplay! I don't need to tell you about overplay! 😄

Reliquia still classy, needs to be a hit and Berghain was stunning at the Brits. Lucky Again, it's all about those swirling middle-eastern synth/strings bits, and her best in ages. Opalite always nice, but never a massive fave at any stage, just pleasantly hummable, but neither am I fed up hearing it despite 4 or 5 months of hearing it. Yay Homewrecker, sounds good more and more to me too, and Alex Warren I generally prefer his upbeat tracks, Ordinary being an exception.

Thanks as always for the picks and comments and chat! Always fab! 😎