Not recording today BTW because my DVD recorder just gave a disc error.

Just now, IdentFan101 said:

Hoping Freed from Desire re-enters.

Interestingly, I transferred a tape of one of the weeks that song was originally on the Top 40 - that being the 27th July 1997.

At least the only new entry missing out to these football resets is Aitch's crap sampling!

We of course now have the anthem for the South African tournament from 2010 first.

Aww “Waka Waka” is such a wonderful song. Would be great if it could go top 20.

Waka Waka only originally peaked at #21?

I would've said it's been a while since Shakira has been in the top 40 then I completely forgot about the Bizarrap Sessions lol.

36 | 35 | 39th week

RAYE

WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!

1st single from THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE.

Released: 19th September 2025

Label: RAYE

Chart Statistics

NE (02/10/2025) | 4-3-6-5-4-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-27-48-1-3-4-3-4-2-3-12-13-13-20-25-24-15-15-19-20-25-27-28-28-29-30-35-36

Sales: 1,400,000+

Certification: 2x Platinum

Status: Accelerated Chart Ratio

01 Sales

03 Audio Streaming

09 Video Streaming

Video

Biography

When RAYE speaks of her music, she doesn’t just talk of songs but of “stories”. And the South London singer-songwriter (born Rachel Agatha Keen in 1997) has quite the knack for writing them. Nominated for the Songwriter of the Year Ivor Novello Award in 2022, RAYE first broke through in 2014 with her star-signalling self-released debut EP, Welcome to the Winter, followed by the Stormzy-featuring Second EP two years later. A stream of singles and collaborations, including with Stefflon Don, Mr Eazi and Jax Jones, hinted at an artist who could shape-shift between musical spheres—and excel wherever she landed. But despite such successes (her name has also featured on the credits of songs by artists such as Beyoncé, Ellie Goulding, Little Mix and John Legend), RAYE felt trapped behind the scenes. In 2021—just months after the release of her chart-topping dance-pop anthem “BED” alongside Joel Corry and David Guetta—the singer-songwriter wrote on social media that she hadn’t been “allowed” to release her debut album and that she was “sick of being slept on” by her label, an allegation that sent shockwaves through the music industry. And it was then that RAYE returned to those stories, as she came to work on her long-awaited 2023 debut LP, My 21st Century Blues, as an independent artist. On it, she explores being a young woman in music and the trauma of sexual assault and substance abuse, but also the things any woman RAYE’s age might be moved to write about: climate change, relationships ending, falling in love with someone new. “This is about me telling the stories I want to tell, in the order I want to tell them, through the sonic landscape I want to tell them,” RAYE told Apple Music at the time of the album’s release. My 21st Century Blues, she added, wasn’t made with mainstream success in mind, yet that’s exactly what it brought. After the confronting “Hard Out Here.” and the made-for-repeat-listening “Black Mascara.”, she unleashed “Escapism.” featuring 070 Shake, a viral hit on both sides of the Atlantic and the biggest song of RAYE’s up to that point. It signalled, without doubt, that her time had come. “It is just the most beautiful validation,” said RAYE. “To know that you’re right to back yourself when you feel conviction and you feel passionately about something. I made this [album] battling and figuring out freedom, and I’m so excited for the artist I get to become. This has set the tone for me.” - Apple Music

Top 100 Chart History

2016 15 By Your Side (Jonas Blue feat. RAYE)

2016 03 You Don't Know Me (Jax Jones feat. RAYE) MILLIONAIRE

2017 65 The Line -NAS-

2017 15 Decline (RAYE & Mr Eazi) -1-

2018 26 Check (Kojo Funds feat. RAYE)

2018 41 Cigarette (RAYE, Mabel & Stefflon Don) -2-

2018 66 Friends -NAS-

2019 41 Stay (Don't Go Away) (David Guetta feat. RAYE)

2019 55 Love Me Again -1-

2020 21 Tequila (Jax Jones & Martin Solveig present Europa with RAYE)

2020 06 Secrets (Regard & RAYE)

2021 37 Regardless (RAYE & Rudimental) -2-

2021 03 BED (Joel Corry, RAYE & David Guetta) MILLIONAIRE

2021 14 Ferrari Horses (D-Block Europe & RAYE)

2021 64 Call On Me -NAS-

2021 50 I Don't Want You (Riton & RAYE)

2021 50 Money Calling (Da Beatfreakz feat. Russ Millions, RAYE & wewantwraiths)

2022 67 Waterfall (Disclosure & RAYE)

2022 01 Escapism. (RAYE & 070 Shake) -1- MILLIONAIRE

2023 69 Ice Cream Man. -AT-

2023 35 Flip A Switch. -2-

2023 23 The Weekend (Stormzy & RAYE)

2023 02 Prada (cassö, RAYE & D-Block Europe) MILLIONAIRE

2024 33 Worth It. -3-

2024 22 Genesis. -NAS-

2024 38 Moi (Central Cee & RAYE)

2024 52 Oscar Winning Tears. -4-

2025 13 Born Again (LISA feat. Doja Cat & RAYE)

2025 34 Suzanne (Mark Ronson & RAYE)

2025 01 WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! -1- MILLIONAIRE

2026 20 Nightingale Lane. -2-

2026 11 Click Clack Symphony. (feat. Hans Zimmer) -3-

2026 22 I Know You're Hurting. -AT-

2 x #1 | 5 x Top 5 | 6 x Top 10 | 12 x Top 20 | 22 x Top 40 | 33 x Top 100

Social Media

RAYE

I don't think I've heard Waka Waka since 2020 (when I was spending some free time listening to hits of 2010). I was never much of a fan but it's sounding good today!

Just now, Dark73 said:

I would've said it's been a while since Shakira has been in the top 40 then I completely forgot about the Bizarrap Sessions lol.

She should get Dai Dai into the top 40 soon, going by the climbs on Apple/ Spotify

Just now, N-S said:

Waka Waka only originally peaked at #21?

Absolutely - impressively, England's anthem for the tournament in 2010 ("Shout", a rework of the Tears for Fears hit) got to number one, impressive for a then new football anthem in 2010.

35 | | 77th week

David Baddiel, Frank Skinner and The Lightning Seeds

Three Lions

Non-album single

Released: 20th May 1996

Label: Epic / BMG

Chart Statistics

NE (01/06/1996) | 1-2-2-4-2-1-3-6-10-13-24-33-37-45-64-x

RE (26/10/1996) | 88-x

RE (20/06/1998) | 1-1-1-4-18-32-28-30-37-55-55-59-72-x

RE (03/10/1998) | 81-90-79-100-x

RE (15/06/2002) | 16-19-27-56-65-x

RE (27/07/2002) | 74-76-x

RE (10/06/2006) | 48-10-9-15-20-48-x

RE (29/05/2010) | 76-75-53-10-26-36-62-x

RE (23/06/2012) | 77-x

RE (21/06/2014) | 27-56-x

RE (23/06/2016) | 84-x

RE (28/06/2018) | 72-42-24-1-97-x

RE (24/06/2021) | 22-34-22-4-4-x

RE (01/12/2022) | 20-37-57-76-x

RE (27/06/2024) | 32-99-73-20-8-x

RE (25/06/2026) | 35

Sales: 2,200,000+

Certification: 2x Platinum

Status: Standard Chart Ratio

01 Sales

01 Audio Streaming

01 Video Streaming

Video

Biography

"Three Lions" is a song released in 1996 as a single by English band The Lightning Seeds to mark the England football team's participation in that year's European Championships, held in England. The music was written by the Lightning Seeds' Ian Broudie, with comedians David Baddiel and Frank Skinner—presenters of football-themed comedy show Fantasy Football League at the time—providing the lyrics. The title comes from the emblem of the England football team, which is in turn derived from the Coat of Arms of England. This song is one of only three songs to top the British charts twice with different lyrics, the others being "Mambo No. 5" (in versions by Lou Bega and Bob the Builder) and "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (by Band Aid and Band Aid 30). It also regularly reappears in the UK singles chart around major football tournaments involving the England team. - Wikipedia

Top 100 Chart History

David Baddiel

1996 01 Three Lions (David Baddiel, Frank Skinner & The Lightning Seeds) -NAS- MILLION SELLER

1 x #1 | 1 x Top 5 | 1 x Top 10 | 1 x Top 20 | 1 x Top 40 | 1 x Top 100

Frank Skinner

1996 01 Three Lions (David Baddiel, Frank Skinner & The Lightning Seeds) -NAS- MILLION SELLER

1 x #1 | 1 x Top 5 | 1 x Top 10 | 1 x Top 20 | 1 x Top 40 | 1 x Top 100

The Lightning Seeds

1989 16 Pure -1-

1992 28 The Life Of Riley -1-

1992 31 Sense -2-

1994 15 Lucky You -1-

1995 13 Change -2-

1995 24 Marvellous -3-

1995 18 Perfect -4-

1996 20 Ready Or Not -1-

1996 01 Three Lions (David Baddiel, Frank Skinner & The Lightning Seeds) -NAS- MILLION SELLER

1996 14 What If... -2-

1997 12 Sugar-Coated Iceberg -3-

1997 08 You Showed Me -4-

1997 41 What You Say -1-

1999 27 Life's Too Short -1-

1999 67 Sweetest Soul Sensation -2-

1 x #1 | 1 x Top 5 | 2 x Top 10 | 9 x Top 20 | 13 x Top 40 | 15 x Top 100

Social Media

David Baddiel

Frank Skinner

The Lightning Seeds

Shakira with 2 top 40 tracks was not on my bingo card for 2026!

Could genuinely see it coming home this year! Also not one 2020s song played this show yet 😂

Surprised 3 Lions isn't higher given Waka Waka made it too

Edited Friday at 15:142 days by ElectroBoy

Top 40 for an 11th different year...

And so it begins...

If you've held onto your 1996 cassettes, you'll see what I mean.

This is awful

Waka Waka is such a great song, always nice to see Shakira in the top 40.

And impressive that she looks to get the only 'new' football song this year, I wonder if any new England, Scotland or Wales specific football songs will ever chart again.

30 years since 30 years of hurt !

Retro faves:

2025: Manchild, Pink Pony Club, Sapphire

2021: Save Your Tears, Kiss Me More, I Wanna Be Your Slave

2016: Can’t Stop the Feeling, Tears, Cheap Thrills

2011: Bounce, The A Team, Mr Saxobeat

2006: Maneater, Monster, From Paris to Berlin

2001: We Come One, Don’t Stop Movin’, All Rise

1996: Killing Me Softly, Mysterious Girl, Always Be My Baby