Posted October 14Oct 14 4th October 2026It's 2 weeks on top for Miley Cyrus' Redlights, holding off a challenge from Jungle as they get a 3rd top 3 of 2026 with Where Are You Now at 3, and Martha & The Vandellas classic 60's Motown Northern Soul stomper Heatwave is at 4, only their 2nd top 5 after Dancing In The Street did the trick in 1969! Jimmy Mack climbs to 16 for a 4th top 20 57 years late. Martha Reeves is still recording new material to boot. Dagny gets some Rain into the top 10 as Stormy Weather drops faces with Sunshine and a Heatwave to combat. Inspiral Carpets replace themselves in the top 40, Haircut 100 make it a second top 40 in the 2020's and 44 years on from the original success, though Nick Heyward has always been grabbing chart positions over the decades with me. Lil Nas X is back for the first time in a while at 77, as World's Greatest captures the vibe of Outkast's Hey Ya, and Carly Rae Jepsen's album track Amalfi Coast joins Dancefloor on the list at 86 for a 4th in 2026. The Rubettes add another classic oldie to the ones on the chart already as debut hit Sugar Baby Love returns 52 years later - it had two top 5 runs in 1974, one before it became a UK hit.We've Only Just Begun had a slot in a streaming TV series, and sounded great, so Carpenter's 1971 classic love song for newly-weds returns for a 3rd time, but has never topped my charts. Jessie Ware's most-recent single cropped up in Sitges' El Piano bar on video, so Sauna finally debuts here, her 3rd of 2026, but the even naughtier and fabber Ride still needs to be a hit single. That leaves a 60's surfer instrumental to return to my charts for The Ventures - Hawaii 5-0 had one of the most exciting title credits of any TV show, ever, and ran for almost 10 years, long enough to get a UK re-issue and charter for me in 1975. A few weeks back, one of those 50's to 80's revue shows had a cracking band backing the various singers, and the great thing about instrumentals is it could just as easily have been the original band. It sounded thumpingly fab, and in at 99. 1 1 1 3 REDLIGHTS - Miley Cyrus 3580002 2 1 16 LOVE SENSATION/AFTERHOURS RADIO EDIT - Madonna/Madonna & Kylie Minogue 9624003 5 3 8 WHERE ARE YOU NOW? - Jungle 3092004 14 4 2 (LOVE IS LIKE A) HEATWAVE - Martha & The Vandellas 940005 3 3 8 REWARD - The Teardrop Explodes 3837506 6 1 12 THE GAME OF LOVE - New Radicals & Michelle Branch 11752007 4 1 8 SUNSHINE - Jungle 9280008 11 8 8 RAIN - Dagny 1930009 8 8 9 FRAGILE - Madonna 17225010 7 4 9 SLEEPING WITH MY BOOTS ON - Lily Meola 43225011 12 1 15 CLUB TO YOUR ARMS - Rose Gray 143500012 16 12 8 OH YEAH? - Steve Lacy 14915013 17 13 4 FEEL MY LOVE - Take That & Michael Patrick Kelly 7080014 9 6 8 MESMERIZED - Freemasons featuring Faith Evans 27970015 27 15 4 DIRTY DIRTY DISCO - Rogue Traders & Dannii Minogue 6935016 38 16 2 JIMMY MACK - Martha & The Vandellas 4220017 10 10 9 STORMY WEATHER - Etta James 26050018 13 5 11 BABY I KNOW - The Rubettes 47330019 15 12 8 TAKE IT SLOW (BULLIT) - Robin Schulz & Watermat 16865020 18 10 14 DANCETERIA - Madonna 28575021 20 17 11 BLUE DREAM - Holly Humberstone 17720022 23 22 7 GOD ONLY KNOWS - for KING AND COUNTRY featuring Dolly Parton 9125023 30 23 8 LOADED - Primal Scream featuring The Emotions 8865024 21 18 11 FIREFLIES - Martin Garrix & U2 16185025 29 25 11 YOU'RE THE REASON WHY - The Rubettes 14390026 19 19 14 MEET ME IN LOVE - Blossoms featuring Maya Jama 17240027 24 8 12 THINK I'M GONNA FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU - The Dooleys 27205028 28 7 11 TONIGHT - The Rubettes 29535029 22 22 13 BIZARRE - Madonna & Martin Garrix 17550030 31 30 16 SELF AWARE - Temper City 15930031 25 14 12 WANTED - The Dooleys 20995032 41 32 4 TOUCHING FROM A DISTANCE TOO FAR - Inspiral Carpets 4540033 42 33 10 DYNAMITE - Haircut 100 7705034 40 34 9 I'M IN LOVE AGAIN - Lulu 10410035 43 35 8 LEAVE ME BEHIND - Nickelback 6515036 39 36 7 DOWN FROM DOVER - Dolly Parton 7565037 45 8 20 TALK TO YOU - ANOTR featuring 54 Ultra 35665038 36 1 14 ZABADAK! - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 71935039 49 39 6 DON'T LEAVE ME ON THE DANCEFLOOR - Carly Rae Jepsen 4540040 32 20 14 NO MORE REGRETS - almost monday 20105041 34 27 7 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - Dolly Parton 9970042 37 10 16 SUMMER FUNK - Francesco Gabbani 30605043 46 43 4 MARRY YOU AGAIN - Dan + Shay 4365044 50 44 4 BASS PERSUADES - Miley Cyrus 3265045 35 35 7 ANIMAL - KATSEYE 6800046 44 12 12 SUNRISE - Simply Red 25070047 48 5 13 SOMEDAY, SOMEWHERE - Jungle 33770048 51 48 4 SANDCASTLE DISCO - Freemasons featuring Solange 3915049 26 15 13 STUPID SONG - Olivia Rodrigo 17995050 47 2 19 THE WAVE - Jungle 89415051 59 51 6 TREASON (IT'S JUST A STORY) - The Teardrop Explodes 4225052 52 1 14 DON JUAN - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 61020053 72 53 6 ONE STEP AWAY - Madonna 2665054 73 37 12 BE HER - Ella Langley 12825055 58 55 9 D MINOR - Reverend and The Makers 5740056 53 48 10 SWING YOUR DADDY - Jim Gilstrap 7985057 57 1 21 CRYING OVER YOU - Reverend and The Makers 99895058 60 58 12 WATCHING YOU WATCHING ME - The Shires 6380059 55 5 15 TANGERINE - Damiano David 41380060 61 60 7 MOVE LIKE YOU DO - Jungle 4160061 69 61 3 FADE TO GREY - Midge Ure 1870062 71 62 3 COOL YOU DOWN - Chaka Khan & Sia 1680063 70 63 4 WATCHIN' U - Sigma & America Foster 1810064 33 33 13 THERE'S A BETTER WAY - Inspiral Carpets 12310065 56 42 13 STAND UP - Howard Jones 12380066 67 66 8 IF I LET YOU - The Womack Sisters 3590067 64 1 18 READY TO BEGIN - Appleton 60865068 66 1 23 NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE - The Jackson 5 61230069 62 3 15 HONEYBEE - Olivia Rodrigo 49875070 65 20 16 WHITE NOISE - Holly Humberstone 20665071 63 1 24 LOVE CONTROLLER - Demi Lovato 92855072 78 72 3 ENJOY THE RIDE - almost monday 1150073 74 73 9 STAND TOGETHER - Shed Seven 3240074 75 74 6 KEN - Kate Bush 2560075 77 75 4 CALLING OUT YOUR NAME - Cast 1580076 76 5 22 MASTER JACK - Four Jacks And A Jill 44775077 NEW 77 1 WORLD'S GREATEST! - Lil Nas X 460078 83 78 4 ISLANDS IN THE SUN - Al Jardine 1260079 84 23 13 I JUST MIGHT - Bruno Mars 17660080 68 17 15 DANCING WITHOUT YOU - Disco Bambino, Nile Rodgers & Sophie Ellis-Bextor 19645081 85 79 7 SOUL BELIEVER - Johnny Hates Jazz featuring Jaki Graham 2080082 80 1 23 BROTHER LOUIE - Hot Chocolate featuring Alexis Korner 72475083 91 83 3 ONE NIGHT ONLY (BREAK LOOSE BREAK FREE!) - New Radicals 660084 87 84 7 FREEDOM BUS - Sheryl Crow featuring Jesse Welles 1540085 79 8 17 HOWL - Carly Simon 36240086 NEW 86 1 AMALFI COAST - Carly Rae Jepsen 280087 90 87 3 FORGETTING YOUR KISS - Stephen Sanchez 580088 81 56 6 ROMEO II - Jungle & Bas 3350089 92 89 4 BABY KOOL (EVELYN) - Nothing But Thieves 680090 89 1 27 CLICK CLACK SYMPHONY - RAYE featuring Hans Zimmer 110240091 NEW 91 1 SUGAR BABY LOVE - The Rubettes 190092 88 84 6 EMERALD EYES - Alex Warren 1300093 54 38 7 JOLENE - Dolly Parton 6900094 99 94 4 UNETHICAL - Faouzia 480095 NEW 95 1 WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN - Carpenters 150096 NEW 96 1 SAUNA - Jessie Ware 140097 82 81 7 LOVE IS LIKE A BUTTERFLY - Dolly Parton 1790098 93 93 2 9 TO 5 - Dolly Parton 290099 NEW 99 1 HAWAII 5-0 - The Ventures 1100100 94 91 3 GOLDEN YEARS - David Bowie 4500drop outs 86 6 15 THE CURE - Olivia Rodrigo 322000 95 10 9 THE LOVE BOAT - Lowdii Beats 182750 96 88 9 SO GOOD - Charlie Jeer & Simone Ashley 15400 97 92 7 BERRY - Deniece Pearson 10600 98 96 5 SILVER LINES - SLOWAVE 6000 100 100 1 BEGINNER BOYS - Simple Minds 1000
October 14Oct 14 Hey John!I'm very surprised at how well love sensation has done here for you. That remix is great!Another climb for Carly. I'm so happy this has finally grown on you a lot now.A late new entry for sauna 😮 it's not bad at all and was immediately my favourite from her since save a kiss which is clearly her best but it didn't warranted repeated listens.Fab stuff 🎉
October 14Oct 14 Hi John!Nice to see these songs on here, specifically from your gains and debuts:1 1 1 3 REDLIGHTS - Miley Cyrus 35800011 12 1 15 CLUB TO YOUR ARMS - Rose Gray 143500012 16 12 8 OH YEAH? - Steve Lacy 14915013 17 13 4 FEEL MY LOVE - Take That & Michael Patrick Kelly 7080030 31 30 16 SELF AWARE - Temper City 15930037 45 8 20 TALK TO YOU - ANOTR featuring 54 Ultra 35665039 49 39 6 DON'T LEAVE ME ON THE DANCEFLOOR - Carly Rae Jepsen 4540044 50 44 4 BASS PERSUADES - Miley Cyrus 3265047 48 5 13 SOMEDAY, SOMEWHERE - Jungle 33770054 73 37 12 BE HER - Ella Langley 12825079 84 23 13 I JUST MIGHT - Bruno Mars 17660086 NEW 86 1 AMALFI COAST - Carly Rae Jepsen 280089 92 89 4 BABY KOOL (EVELYN) - Nothing But Thieves 680091 NEW 91 1 SUGAR BABY LOVE - The Rubettes 190094 99 94 4 UNETHICAL - Faouzia 480096 NEW 96 1 SAUNA - Jessie Ware 1400Great chart!Take care.
October 16Oct 16 Hi Freaky,More than happy still seeing Dagny's Rain in the top 10! Great bop!☺️Blue Dream and Club to your arms are feeling pretty comfy!🤟FORGETTING YOUR KISS - Stephen Sanchez is lifting up! Nice! 😇
October 17Oct 17 Hello John 6 6 1 12 THE GAME OF LOVE - New Radicals & Michelle Branch 117520012 16 12 8 OH YEAH? - Steve Lacy 149150 Wasn't a fan at first but it's growing on me. Come on, come on, come oooooooon He's not a one hit wonder anymore, yay!20 18 10 14 DANCETERIA - Madonna 28575022 23 22 7 GOD ONLY KNOWS - for KING AND COUNTRY featuring Dolly Parton 91250 Interesting to see this one still going strong out of all the Dolly tracks, but I'm not complaining!37 45 8 20 TALK TO YOU - ANOTR featuring 54 Ultra 35665040 32 20 14 NO MORE REGRETS - almost monday 201050 Glad this band's still going strong, I recently heard 'Better Late Than Never' and that might be my new fave from them44 50 44 4 BASS PERSUADES - Miley Cyrus 3265045 35 35 7 ANIMAL - KATSEYE 6800048 51 48 4 SANDCASTLE DISCO - Freemasons featuring Solange 39150 I haven't thought about this song in a very long time! But I bet it still sounds fresh today49 26 15 13 STUPID SONG - Olivia Rodrigo 17995054 73 37 12 BE HER - Ella Langley 12825079 84 23 13 I JUST MIGHT - Bruno Mars 17660090 89 1 27 CLICK CLACK SYMPHONY - RAYE featuring Hans Zimmer 110240092 88 84 6 EMERALD EYES - Alex Warren 1300093 54 38 7 JOLENE - Dolly Parton 6900098 93 93 2 9 TO 5 - Dolly Parton 2900Nice chart - have a good week
October 18Oct 18 Hi John. Hope all is good with you and that you enjoy Lulu on Sunday. All Ok here. I did get to take over the radio on Friday. Only because the radio police was off sick. Nevertheless I was given strict instructions to only play songs they knew, which meant 70s/80s/90s stuff. Not that I minded in the slightest. Of course I slipped in the odd obscure track here and there which got no reaction at all. Still, it made a refreshing change from Olivia Dean, Alex Warren and Bruno Mars on a constant loop. As ever, my faves:1 1 1 3 REDLIGHTS - Miley Cyrus 3580002 2 1 16 LOVE SENSATION/AFTERHOURS RADIO EDIT - Madonna/Madonna & Kylie Minogue 9624003 5 3 8 WHERE ARE YOU NOW? - Jungle 3092004 14 4 2 (LOVE IS LIKE A) HEATWAVE - Martha & The Vandellas 940005 3 3 8 REWARD - The Teardrop Explodes 3837506 6 1 12 THE GAME OF LOVE - New Radicals & Michelle Branch 11752007 4 1 8 SUNSHINE - Jungle 9280008 11 8 8 RAIN - Dagny 1930009 8 8 9 FRAGILE - Madonna 17225010 7 4 9 SLEEPING WITH MY BOOTS ON - Lily Meola 43225011 12 1 15 CLUB TO YOUR ARMS - Rose Gray 143500014 9 6 8 MESMERIZED - Freemasons featuring Faith Evans 27970015 27 15 4 DIRTY DIRTY DISCO - Rogue Traders & Dannii Minogue 69350 ❤️ Believe it or not this is only Dannii's 3rd No.1 in my chart! Although there were several near-misses16 38 16 2 JIMMY MACK - Martha & The Vandellas 42200 ❤️17 10 10 9 STORMY WEATHER - Etta James 26050018 13 5 11 BABY I KNOW - The Rubettes 47330019 15 12 8 TAKE IT SLOW (BULLIT) - Robin Schulz & Watermat 16865020 18 10 14 DANCETERIA - Madonna 28575022 23 22 7 GOD ONLY KNOWS - for KING AND COUNTRY featuring Dolly Parton 9125023 30 23 8 LOADED - Primal Scream featuring The Emotions 8865025 29 25 11 YOU'RE THE REASON WHY - The Rubettes 14390026 19 19 14 MEET ME IN LOVE - Blossoms featuring Maya Jama 17240027 24 8 12 THINK I'M GONNA FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU - The Dooleys 27205028 28 7 11 TONIGHT - The Rubettes 29535029 22 22 13 BIZARRE - Madonna & Martin Garrix 17550030 31 30 16 SELF AWARE - Temper City 15930031 25 14 12 WANTED - The Dooleys 20995034 40 34 9 I'M IN LOVE AGAIN - Lulu 10410037 45 8 20 TALK TO YOU - ANOTR featuring 54 Ultra 35665038 36 1 14 ZABADAK! - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 71935039 49 39 6 DON'T LEAVE ME ON THE DANCEFLOOR - Carly Rae Jepsen 4540041 34 27 7 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - Dolly Parton 9970044 50 44 4 BASS PERSUADES - Miley Cyrus 32650 took a while to properly grow on me but I'm getting there now45 35 35 7 ANIMAL - KATSEYE 6800046 44 12 12 SUNRISE - Simply Red 25070047 48 5 13 SOMEDAY, SOMEWHERE - Jungle 33770048 51 48 4 SANDCASTLE DISCO - Freemasons featuring Solange 3915049 26 15 13 STUPID SONG - Olivia Rodrigo 17995050 47 2 19 THE WAVE - Jungle 89415051 59 51 6 TREASON (IT'S JUST A STORY) - The Teardrop Explodes 4225052 52 1 14 DON JUAN - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 61020053 72 53 6 ONE STEP AWAY - Madonna 26650 I read somewhere (no idea if it's true or not) that Cher is going to feature on a remix. 54 73 37 12 BE HER - Ella Langley 12825056 53 48 10 SWING YOUR DADDY - Jim Gilstrap 7985059 55 5 15 TANGERINE - Damiano David 41380060 61 60 7 MOVE LIKE YOU DO - Jungle 4160061 69 61 3 FADE TO GREY - Midge Ure 1870062 71 62 3 COOL YOU DOWN - Chaka Khan & Sia 1680068 66 1 23 NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE - The Jackson 5 61230069 62 3 15 HONEYBEE - Olivia Rodrigo 49875071 63 1 24 LOVE CONTROLLER - Demi Lovato 92855074 75 74 6 KEN - Kate Bush 2560076 76 5 22 MASTER JACK - Four Jacks And A Jill 44775080 68 17 15 DANCING WITHOUT YOU - Disco Bambino, Nile Rodgers & Sophie Ellis-Bextor 19645081 85 79 7 SOUL BELIEVER - Johnny Hates Jazz featuring Jaki Graham 2080082 80 1 23 BROTHER LOUIE - Hot Chocolate featuring Alexis Korner 72475090 89 1 27 CLICK CLACK SYMPHONY - RAYE featuring Hans Zimmer 110240091 NEW 91 1 SUGAR BABY LOVE - The Rubettes 1900 classic! 92 88 84 6 EMERALD EYES - Alex Warren 1300093 54 38 7 JOLENE - Dolly Parton 6900094 99 94 4 UNETHICAL - Faouzia 480095 NEW 95 1 WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN - Carpenters 1500 ditto!96 NEW 96 1 SAUNA - Jessie Ware 1400 ooh finally making a belated apperance!97 82 81 7 LOVE IS LIKE A BUTTERFLY - Dolly Parton 1790098 93 93 2 9 TO 5 - Dolly Parton 290099 NEW 99 1 HAWAII 5-0 - The Ventures 1100100 94 91 3 GOLDEN YEARS - David Bowie 4500Fantastic chart as always ❤️
October 19Oct 19 Hi John,nice to see Inspiral Carpets and Haircut 100 in your Top 40. The Carpets are one of my favourite bands of all time, particularly their early 90's stuff is brilliant.
October 24Oct 24 Author On 14/10/2026 at 18:48, JSG said:Hey John!I'm very surprised at how well love sensation has done here for you. That remix is great!Another climb for Carly. I'm so happy this has finally grown on you a lot now.A late new entry for sauna 😮 it's not bad at all and was immediately my favourite from her since save a kiss which is clearly her best but it didn't warranted repeated listens.Fab stuff 🎉Hey James! 🙂Thanks for the comments and compliments. I think Madonna vs Kylie is the collab we've been waiting 30 years for! 😄Carly is now a holiday hit for me, takes me back to a Bar in Sitges 🤩Sauna I quite liked but it wasn't as good as Ride for me, though both are naughty, but again another holiday hit for me now 😄Cheers! 😎
October 24Oct 24 Author On 14/10/2026 at 18:55, Sergej said:Hi John!Nice to see these songs on here, specifically from your gains and debuts:1 1 1 3 REDLIGHTS - Miley Cyrus 35800011 12 1 15 CLUB TO YOUR ARMS - Rose Gray 143500012 16 12 8 OH YEAH? - Steve Lacy 14915013 17 13 4 FEEL MY LOVE - Take That & Michael Patrick Kelly 7080030 31 30 16 SELF AWARE - Temper City 15930037 45 8 20 TALK TO YOU - ANOTR featuring 54 Ultra 35665039 49 39 6 DON'T LEAVE ME ON THE DANCEFLOOR - Carly Rae Jepsen 4540044 50 44 4 BASS PERSUADES - Miley Cyrus 3265047 48 5 13 SOMEDAY, SOMEWHERE - Jungle 33770054 73 37 12 BE HER - Ella Langley 12825079 84 23 13 I JUST MIGHT - Bruno Mars 17660086 NEW 86 1 AMALFI COAST - Carly Rae Jepsen 280089 92 89 4 BABY KOOL (EVELYN) - Nothing But Thieves 680091 NEW 91 1 SUGAR BABY LOVE - The Rubettes 190094 99 94 4 UNETHICAL - Faouzia 480096 NEW 96 1 SAUNA - Jessie Ware 1400Great chart!Take care.Hi Sergej! 🙂Thanks for all the picks! Glad you like Redlights! Cheers! 😎
October 24Oct 24 Hey John,Jungel Top 3, Rogue Traders/Dannii Minogue Top 20 and Carly Rae Jepsen Top 40 Come on John, just put in a little sprint and you´ll be right back with us 😁
October 24Oct 24 Author On 16/10/2026 at 17:08, bgoood said:Hi Freaky,More than happy still seeing Dagny's Rain in the top 10! Great bop!☺️Blue Dream and Club to your arms are feeling pretty comfy!🤟FORGETTING YOUR KISS - Stephen Sanchez is lifting up! Nice! 😇Hi BGood! 🙂Thanks for the picks! Glad you like them 🙂cheers! 😎
October 24Oct 24 Author On 17/10/2026 at 15:37, Riser said:Hello John 6 6 1 12 THE GAME OF LOVE - New Radicals & Michelle Branch 117520012 16 12 8 OH YEAH? - Steve Lacy 149150 Wasn't a fan at first but it's growing on me. Come on, come on, come oooooooon He's not a one hit wonder anymore, yay!20 18 10 14 DANCETERIA - Madonna 28575022 23 22 7 GOD ONLY KNOWS - for KING AND COUNTRY featuring Dolly Parton 91250 Interesting to see this one still going strong out of all the Dolly tracks, but I'm not complaining!37 45 8 20 TALK TO YOU - ANOTR featuring 54 Ultra 35665040 32 20 14 NO MORE REGRETS - almost monday 201050 Glad this band's still going strong, I recently heard 'Better Late Than Never' and that might be my new fave from them44 50 44 4 BASS PERSUADES - Miley Cyrus 3265045 35 35 7 ANIMAL - KATSEYE 6800048 51 48 4 SANDCASTLE DISCO - Freemasons featuring Solange 39150 I haven't thought about this song in a very long time! But I bet it still sounds fresh today49 26 15 13 STUPID SONG - Olivia Rodrigo 17995054 73 37 12 BE HER - Ella Langley 12825079 84 23 13 I JUST MIGHT - Bruno Mars 17660090 89 1 27 CLICK CLACK SYMPHONY - RAYE featuring Hans Zimmer 110240092 88 84 6 EMERALD EYES - Alex Warren 1300093 54 38 7 JOLENE - Dolly Parton 6900098 93 93 2 9 TO 5 - Dolly Parton 2900Nice chart - have a good week Hi Jordan! Thanks for the picks and comments as always! Steve Lacy's is a grower, sounds good in the film spot, and yes he has 2 or 3 tracks in the US Hot 100! God Only Knows, being recent, sounds fresher than Dolly's famous oldies, plus it's a great song and Dolly showing she still had it even in her 70's. almost monday I generally like anything they do, they have a real knack with ear-worms! Sandcastle Disco yes sounds like a banger, and it's one I must have missed at the time! 😮cheers! 😎
October 24Oct 24 Author On 18/10/2026 at 03:15, seltinpixmile said:Hey John,Stupid Song dropping hard 🥲Carly Top40!! That's a bop!! 😍Jungle Top3! 😊Hey Seltin,Thanks for the picks! Glad you like Jungle and Carly Rae. Poor Stupid Song, yes I reached saturation point with it, but it had a decent run 🙂cheers! 😎
October 24Oct 24 Author On 18/10/2026 at 15:13, AH Gold said:Hi John. Hope all is good with you and that you enjoy Lulu on Sunday. All Ok here. I did get to take over the radio on Friday. Only because the radio police was off sick. Nevertheless I was given strict instructions to only play songs they knew, which meant 70s/80s/90s stuff. Not that I minded in the slightest. Of course I slipped in the odd obscure track here and there which got no reaction at all. Still, it made a refreshing change from Olivia Dean, Alex Warren and Bruno Mars on a constant loop. As ever, my faves:1 1 1 3 REDLIGHTS - Miley Cyrus 3580002 2 1 16 LOVE SENSATION/AFTERHOURS RADIO EDIT - Madonna/Madonna & Kylie Minogue 9624003 5 3 8 WHERE ARE YOU NOW? - Jungle 3092004 14 4 2 (LOVE IS LIKE A) HEATWAVE - Martha & The Vandellas 940005 3 3 8 REWARD - The Teardrop Explodes 3837506 6 1 12 THE GAME OF LOVE - New Radicals & Michelle Branch 11752007 4 1 8 SUNSHINE - Jungle 9280008 11 8 8 RAIN - Dagny 1930009 8 8 9 FRAGILE - Madonna 17225010 7 4 9 SLEEPING WITH MY BOOTS ON - Lily Meola 43225011 12 1 15 CLUB TO YOUR ARMS - Rose Gray 143500014 9 6 8 MESMERIZED - Freemasons featuring Faith Evans 27970015 27 15 4 DIRTY DIRTY DISCO - Rogue Traders & Dannii Minogue 69350 ❤️ Believe it or not this is only Dannii's 3rd No.1 in my chart! Although there were several near-misses16 38 16 2 JIMMY MACK - Martha & The Vandellas 42200 ❤️17 10 10 9 STORMY WEATHER - Etta James 26050018 13 5 11 BABY I KNOW - The Rubettes 47330019 15 12 8 TAKE IT SLOW (BULLIT) - Robin Schulz & Watermat 16865020 18 10 14 DANCETERIA - Madonna 28575022 23 22 7 GOD ONLY KNOWS - for KING AND COUNTRY featuring Dolly Parton 9125023 30 23 8 LOADED - Primal Scream featuring The Emotions 8865025 29 25 11 YOU'RE THE REASON WHY - The Rubettes 14390026 19 19 14 MEET ME IN LOVE - Blossoms featuring Maya Jama 17240027 24 8 12 THINK I'M GONNA FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU - The Dooleys 27205028 28 7 11 TONIGHT - The Rubettes 29535029 22 22 13 BIZARRE - Madonna & Martin Garrix 17550030 31 30 16 SELF AWARE - Temper City 15930031 25 14 12 WANTED - The Dooleys 20995034 40 34 9 I'M IN LOVE AGAIN - Lulu 10410037 45 8 20 TALK TO YOU - ANOTR featuring 54 Ultra 35665038 36 1 14 ZABADAK! - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 71935039 49 39 6 DON'T LEAVE ME ON THE DANCEFLOOR - Carly Rae Jepsen 4540041 34 27 7 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - Dolly Parton 9970044 50 44 4 BASS PERSUADES - Miley Cyrus 32650 took a while to properly grow on me but I'm getting there now45 35 35 7 ANIMAL - KATSEYE 6800046 44 12 12 SUNRISE - Simply Red 25070047 48 5 13 SOMEDAY, SOMEWHERE - Jungle 33770048 51 48 4 SANDCASTLE DISCO - Freemasons featuring Solange 3915049 26 15 13 STUPID SONG - Olivia Rodrigo 17995050 47 2 19 THE WAVE - Jungle 89415051 59 51 6 TREASON (IT'S JUST A STORY) - The Teardrop Explodes 4225052 52 1 14 DON JUAN - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 61020053 72 53 6 ONE STEP AWAY - Madonna 26650 I read somewhere (no idea if it's true or not) that Cher is going to feature on a remix.54 73 37 12 BE HER - Ella Langley 12825056 53 48 10 SWING YOUR DADDY - Jim Gilstrap 7985059 55 5 15 TANGERINE - Damiano David 41380060 61 60 7 MOVE LIKE YOU DO - Jungle 4160061 69 61 3 FADE TO GREY - Midge Ure 1870062 71 62 3 COOL YOU DOWN - Chaka Khan & Sia 1680068 66 1 23 NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE - The Jackson 5 61230069 62 3 15 HONEYBEE - Olivia Rodrigo 49875071 63 1 24 LOVE CONTROLLER - Demi Lovato 92855074 75 74 6 KEN - Kate Bush 2560076 76 5 22 MASTER JACK - Four Jacks And A Jill 44775080 68 17 15 DANCING WITHOUT YOU - Disco Bambino, Nile Rodgers & Sophie Ellis-Bextor 19645081 85 79 7 SOUL BELIEVER - Johnny Hates Jazz featuring Jaki Graham 2080082 80 1 23 BROTHER LOUIE - Hot Chocolate featuring Alexis Korner 72475090 89 1 27 CLICK CLACK SYMPHONY - RAYE featuring Hans Zimmer 110240091 NEW 91 1 SUGAR BABY LOVE - The Rubettes 1900 classic!92 88 84 6 EMERALD EYES - Alex Warren 1300093 54 38 7 JOLENE - Dolly Parton 6900094 99 94 4 UNETHICAL - Faouzia 480095 NEW 95 1 WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN - Carpenters 1500 ditto!96 NEW 96 1 SAUNA - Jessie Ware 1400 ooh finally making a belated apperance!97 82 81 7 LOVE IS LIKE A BUTTERFLY - Dolly Parton 1790098 93 93 2 9 TO 5 - Dolly Parton 290099 NEW 99 1 HAWAII 5-0 - The Ventures 1100100 94 91 3 GOLDEN YEARS - David Bowie 4500Fantastic chart as always ❤️Hi AH! 🙂Thanks for all the picks and comments as always! Sadly Lulu postponed with sciatica, till next Spring. Plus side I can hear the new album before I see her 🤞I nearly went to see Leo Sayer again instead but I did my back in again, tch. Common annoyance. Glad you got one day free from Olivia Dean and co - I mean, she's quite mildly pleasant in an "eating too many Mars Bars" way, but I can do without hearing any of her singles TBH. Dannii has never topped my charts so you have one up on me - her biggest as lead act is I Begin To Wonder, a Gold track (500k chart sales). Ooh Cher would be a great collab with Madonna. They should invite Lulu along if it's true! 🙂 yes a bit late on Sauna, I dont like getting hot and sweaty like Jessie seems to😇Cheers! 😎
October 24Oct 24 Author On 19/10/2026 at 18:36, DaTilthulhu said:Hi John,nice to see Inspiral Carpets and Haircut 100 in your Top 40. The Carpets are one of my favourite bands of all time, particularly their early 90's stuff is brilliant.Hi DaTilt! 🙂Glad you rate Inspiral Carpets and Haircut 100, always liked them both and the new stuff is great. I went to see Haircut 100 a couple of months back and they were like a brand new energetic band taking up where they left off! cheers! 😎
October 24Oct 24 Author 2 hours ago, Sven10 said:Hey John,Jungel Top 3, Rogue Traders/Dannii Minogue Top 20 and Carly Rae Jepsen Top 40 Come on John, just put in a little sprint and you´ll be right back with us 😁Hey Sven! 🙂Thanks for the picks, and I'm rolling over a chart so I can do 2 in row and catch up! 😄 I need more hours in a day! 😇cheers! 😎
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