2 minutes ago, jargon said:

At least Wet Wet Wet had the decency to delete their single by this point..

It spent another 20 weeks top 75 though 🤭

If it was Seventeen Going Under and not Rein Me In.

Did the Wets actually delete their song or was it just a marketing ploy? Either way Whigfield would've knocked them off after 15 weeks anyway.

Just now, gasman449 said:

Did the Wets actually delete their song or was it just a marketing ploy? Either way Whigfield would've knocked them off after 15 weeks anyway.

They got their label to delete it

2 minutes ago, gasman449 said:

Did the Wets actually delete their song or was it just a marketing ploy? Either way Whigfield would've knocked them off after 15 weeks anyway.

I'm pretty sure it was a gimmick to try and equalise with Bryan Adams, knowing Whigfield was coming - even if that isn't the official line.

I despair at the state of music right now.

Love Is All Around sold 65k in its 15th and final week at number 1 and Saturday Night sold 149k in its first week at number 1

Three new entries in the entire top 100! Feck its woeful. Maybe just end the singles chart altogether. it doesn't resemble anything worth keeping. How will the next generation have nostalgia for the excitement of the charts?

Geffen need to push Stupid Song before Ariana Grande releases her next album

5 minutes ago, Hadji said:

Love Is All Around sold 65k in its 15th and final week at number 1 and Saturday Night sold 149k in its first week at number 1

And in deletion week the Wets sold 104k at #2.

I hope that once Rein Me In breaks the record, it starts to have its decline. We are desperately in need of a new number 1. Don't know what can be done but the OCC need to look at how to freshen up the charts.

Rein Me In is better than Frankie Laine I Believe so I dont mind it getting the record but gosh we should have had more #1s this year.

Elsewhere, I will be the only one on here who is glad Alyssa Grace - Bloodstream is back in the top 40, great and powerful song about a sad and disturbing situation. Acoustic folk pop isn't usually my thing at all!

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This goes to show how Rein Me In as literally took over the singles chart this year

08 Jan	RAYE	WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!
15 Jan	Djo	End of Beginning
22 Jan	Djo	End of Beginning
29 Jan	Dave & Tems	Raindance
05 Feb	Harry Styles	Aperture
12 Feb	Dave & Tems	Raindance
19 Feb	Taylor Swift	Opalite
26 Feb	Sam Fender and Olivia Dean	Rein Me In
05 Mar	Sam Fender and Olivia Dean	Rein Me In
12 Mar	Sam Fender and Olivia Dean	Rein Me In
19 Mar	Harry Styles	California Girls
26 Mar	Sam Fender and Olivia Dean	Rein Me In
02 Apr	Sam Fender and Olivia Dean	Rein Me In
09 Apr	Sam Fender and Olivia Dean	Rein Me In
16 Apr	Sam Fender and Olivia Dean	Rein Me In
23 Apr	Sam Fender and Olivia Dean	Rein Me In
30 Apr	Olivia Rodrigo	drop dead
07 May	Sam Fender and Olivia Dean	Rein Me In
14 May	Sam Fender and Olivia Dean	Rein Me In
21 May	Sam Fender and Olivia Dean	Rein Me In
28 May	Sam Fender and Olivia Dean	Rein Me In
04 Jun	Sam Fender and Olivia Dean	Rein Me In
11 Jun	Ariana Grande	hate that i made you love me
18 Jun	Taylor Swift	I Knew It, I Knew You
25 Jun	Taylor Swift	I Knew It, I Knew You
02 Jul	Sam Fender and Olivia Dean	Rein Me In
09 Jul	Sam Fender and Olivia Dean	Rein Me In
16 Jul	Sam Fender and Olivia Dean	Rein Me In
23 Jul	Sam Fender and Olivia Dean	Rein Me In

1 hour ago, Borza said:

Three new entries in the entire top 100! Feck its woeful. Maybe just end the singles chart altogether. it doesn't resemble anything worth keeping. How will the next generation have nostalgia for the excitement of the charts?

It's a slow period for the charts but I don't think that justifies ending the entire thing. Just 2 years ago, we had loads of huge hits all taking off at the same time - the likes of Espresso, Beautiful Things, Lose Control, A Bar Song (Tipsy), etc were all huge at a similar period and the bar for top 10 was really high. Things come in waves, there'll be an improvement when the industry gets its shit together.

1 hour ago, Hadji said:

Geffen need to push Stupid Song before Ariana Grande releases her next album

It's already being pushed?