Posted November 5Nov 5 1st November 2026It's a big turnover week for new entries, including the top 2 as 2 1968 classics debut for Love Affair following the sad death of lead singer Steve Ellis. Steve was 8 years older than me and a teen pop star in 1968/9 when I got big into the UK charts, notably on the UK classic version of Everlasting Love which topped my charts in 2022 and is now on its 3rd top 5 run, not to mention also charting for the original version by Robert Knight. The follow-up to that smash was also a Robert Knight cover, Rainbow Valley, and if anything I love it as much or more than Everlasting Love, but it has never charted before, missing my first charts by a few weeks. So it deservedly debuts on top, with significant vocal assistance in a solo from Sunny and Sue - two sisters who appeared on multiple key UK pop hits of the era by T.Rex, Bowie, Joe Cocker, Dusty, Mott The Hoople, Tom Jones, Cerrone, Giorgio Moroder, Frank Zappa and Elton John, and solo, and together in the original Brotherhood Of Man and The Pearls, and on stage backing Lulu and Vikki in Eurovision. Phew! Totally deserve label credit for my new number one, Love Affair's 2nd and at 58 years old one of the oldest tracks to top my charts for the first time.Elsewhere Love Affair debut with One Road at 86, one I did know at the time but didn't chart, and two that did chart in 1968 and 1969: A Day Without Love went top 20, and Bringing On Back The Good Times hit 6, now back at 97 and 91. This is all bad news for Jimmy Mack which is denied the top spot dropping to 3, and Take That grab another top 10 - their 18th in 33 years, and 2nd of the year, with another up to 41. New at 70, Primal Scream debut belatedly with the 2009 track Miss Lucifer, their 2nd oldie on the list. Another oldie returns at 85 for Chairmen Of The Board, Give Me Just A Little More Time last troubling my chart 56 years ago, as it is getting download sales of late.New tracks start with Lainey Wilson getting a 3rd year of hits and a 4th in Kinda Love It at 83, nothing to do with the 80's Doctor Who episode Kinda. Armin van Buuren is never far away from a new hit, and sure enough he's back with singer Bob Douwe on What If I Told You at 84, 13 years of charting at least a dozen tracks. Holly Humberstone is Too Cute To Be Lonely on her 4th of 2026, in at 87 with her 5th in total since 2021. Delta Goodrem is on her 3rd of the year, Warrior at 92 giving her 7 chart entries in 25 years. Not bad and Eurovision to boot too.Tate McRae's good new single Housewife debuts at 92, only her 3rd charter in 5 years, Madonna gets yet another Confessions II album track, the closer L.E.S. Girls, on the rundown at 95 and James Blunt is the 2nd Traitors Celebrity star on the chart (see Maya Jama) with Circles at 96 - James has had 25 chart hits here since You're Beautiful in 2005 but never hit the top spot. Harry Styles grabs a 3rd chart entry off the current album as he is Coming Up Roses at 97, that makes 20 solo hits since Sign Of The Times in 2017, including 5 number ones. Fontaines D.C. get a second on the 100 with Japan at 99, their 3rd in total, and Saint Etienne are at 100 with another track off their final album, Sweet Melodies. That'll be over 25 hits, not including solo projects in 34 years. 1 NEW 1 1 RAINBOW VALLEY - Love Affair featuring Sunny And Sue 1700002 NEW 2 1 EVERLASTING LOVE - Love Affair 1150003 2 2 6 JIMMY MACK - Martha & The Vandellas 3272004 3 1 7 REDLIGHTS - Miley Cyrus 7930005 1 1 12 WHERE ARE YOU NOW? - Jungle 7942006 4 3 6 (LOVE IS LIKE A) HEATWAVE - Martha & The Vandellas 3640007 9 7 5 WORLD’S GREATEST! - Lil Nas X 1237008 8 8 12 LEAVE ME BEHIND - Nickelback 1974009 11 9 8 FEEL MY LOVE - Take That & Michael Patrick Kelly 21980010 10 1 16 THE GAME OF LOVE - New Radicals & Michelle Branch 136920011 16 11 2 CALYPSO - John Denver 6200012 12 12 8 TOUCHING FROM A DISTANCE TOO FAR - Inspiral Carpets 16520013 6 1 12 SUNSHINE - Jungle 111500014 7 1 20 LOVE SENSATION/AFTERHOURS RADIO EDIT - Madonna/Madonna & Kylie Minogue 120440015 13 8 13 FRAGILE - Madonna 30525016 18 16 3 RIGHT DOWN THE LINE - Gerry Rafferty 6900017 5 3 12 REWARD - The Teardrop Explodes 59175018 14 1 19 CLUB TO YOUR ARMS - Rose Gray 155900019 23 19 16 BE HER - Ella Langley 19680020 17 12 12 TAKE IT SLOW (BULLIT) - Robin Schulz & Watermat 25565021 15 6 12 MESMERIZED - Freemasons featuring Faith Evans 37645022 22 22 12 LOADED - Primal Scream featuring The Emotions 16615023 27 23 8 MARRY YOU AGAIN - Dan + Shay 11190024 35 24 5 AMALFI COAST - Carly Rae Jepsen 5280025 20 9 8 DIRTY DIRTY DISCO - Rogue Traders & Dannii Minogue 18010026 26 26 8 BASS PERSUADES - Miley Cyrus 10090027 25 25 10 DON’T LEAVE ME ON THE DANCEFLOOR - Carly Rae Jepsen 11755028 19 4 13 SLEEPING WITH MY BOOTS ON - Lily Meola 53855029 21 10 12 OH YEAH? - Steve Lacy 26410030 33 30 8 SANDCASTLE DISCO - Freemasons featuring Solange 10415031 24 5 15 BABY I KNOW - The Rubettes 55220032 51 32 3 ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD - The Avalanches featuring Rivers Cuomo, Vegyn & Baby Marlboro) 3375033 37 33 7 COOL YOU DOWN - Chaka Khan & Sia 7095034 30 30 13 I’M IN LOVE AGAIN - Lulu 17490035 29 29 14 DYNAMITE - Haircut 100 14825036 34 34 7 FADE TO GREY - Midge Ure 7320037 38 37 10 ONE STEP AWAY - Madonna 8515038 32 8 12 RAIN - Dagny 31300039 45 39 8 WATCHIN’ U - Sigma & America Foster 6540040 40 1 18 ZABADAK! - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 78455041 48 41 3 HIGHER - Take That 3680042 36 8 24 TALK TO YOU - ANOTR featuring 54 Ultra 42250043 82 43 2 IF I EVER SEE YOUR FACE AGAIN - Morten Harket 1410044 59 44 2 WHERE IS GONE - Fontaines D.C. & ROSALIA 2335045 53 45 5 SUGAR BABY LOVE - The Rubettes 3185046 58 46 3 TRAINING SEASON - Dua Lipa 2635047 39 39 7 ENJOY THE RIDE - almost monday 5750048 28 10 13 STORMY WEATHER - Etta James 33385049 63 49 3 SEX & DRUGS - Temper City 2120050 31 10 18 DANCETERIA - Madonna 35465051 57 51 3 CRUEL TO BE KIND - Nick Lowe 2965052 42 17 15 BLUE DREAM - Holly Humberstone 24040053 60 53 3 PATIENT ZERO - Taylor Swift 2865054 49 12 16 SUNRISE - Simply Red 29905055 52 1 18 DON JUAN - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 65550056 72 56 5 WE’VE ONLY JUST BEGUN - Carpenters 2360057 46 18 15 FIREFLIES - Martin Garrix & U2 22240058 43 43 10 TREASON (IT’S JUST A STORY) - The Teardrop Explodes 9120059 71 59 5 HAWAII FIVE-O - The Ventures 2090060 47 8 16 THINK I’M GONNA FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU - The Dooleys 33045061 55 2 23 THE WAVE - Jungle 93550062 70 62 3 FINAL CREDITS (LOADED HONEY VERSION) - The Avalanches featuring Loaded Honey 1820063 67 60 7 ONE NIGHT ONLY (BREAK LOOSE BREAK FREE!) - New Radicals 3390064 50 27 11 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - Dolly Parton 14605065 88 65 2 LONELY BY ANOTHER NAME - Albin Lee Meldau 940066 74 66 3 STOP THE WEDDING! - Ashe 1500067 76 67 3 SPECTRAL EYES - Blondie 1290068 64 1 25 CRYING OVER YOU - Reverend and The Makers 103195069 85 69 3 FLOWER IN A HURRICANE - Justice, Tame Impala, SZA & King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard 1120070 NEW 70 1 MISS LUCIFER - Primal Scream 600071 87 71 2 ANOTHER WAY TO CRY - Texas 840072 80 72 3 FEATHERS IN A STORM - Linda Perry 1200073 73 1 27 NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE - The Jackson 5 63590074 100 74 2 LET’S GET MARRIED - Miley Cyrus 620075 61 10 20 SUMMER FUNK - Francesco Gabbani 34530076 90 76 2 TIME AFTER TIME - Cyndi Lauper, CYRIL & Tones And I 680077 91 77 3 JOY. - RAYE, Absolutely & Amma 780078 92 78 3 GHOST - Sugababes 740079 44 19 18 MEET ME IN LOVE - Blossoms featuring Maya Jama 22605080 62 20 18 NO MORE REGRETS - almost monday 24165081 68 68 7 FORGETTING YOUR KISS - Stephen Sanchez 2380082 89 82 2 MAKE ME LOVE YOU - Nickelback 580083 NEW 83 1 KINDA LOVE IT - Lainey Wilson 340084 NEW 84 1 WHAT IF I TOLD YOU - Armin van Buuren & Douwe Bob 320085 NEW 85 1 GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME - Chairmen Of The Board 300086 NEW 86 1 ONE ROAD - Love Affair 280087 NEW 87 1 TOO CUTE TO BE LONELY - Holly Humberstone 260088 95 88 3 BABYDOLL - Jamie Miller 600089 69 69 8 CALLING OUT YOUR NAME - Cast 3500090 96 90 3 SILENCIO - U2 480091 NEW 91 1 BRINGING ON BACK THE GOOD TIMES - Love Affair 190092 NEW 92 1 WARRIOR - Delta Goodrem 180093 NEW 93 1 HOUSEWIFE - Tate McRae 170094 94 94 5 SAUNA - Jessie Ware 760095 NEW 95 1 L.E.S. GIRLS - Madonna 150096 NEW 96 1 CIRCLES - James Blunt 140097 NEW 97 1 A DAY WITHOUT LOVE - Love Affair 130098 NEW 98 1 COMING UP ROSES - Harry Styles 120099 NEW 99 1 JAPAN - Fontaines D.C. 1100100 NEW 100 1 SWEET MELODIES - Saint Etienne 1000DROP OUTS 41 22 10 GOD ONLY KNOWS - for KING AND COUNTRY featuring Dolly Parton 143250 54 7 14 TONIGHT - The Rubettes 338400 56 14 15 WANTED - The Dooleys 255650 65 25 14 YOU’RE THE REASON WHY - The Rubettes 187950 66 49 12 D MINOR - Reverend and The Makers 87100 75 1 21 READY TO BEGIN - Appleton 626850 77 1 27 LOVE CONTROLLER - Demi Lovato 943550 78 20 19 WHITE NOISE - Holly Humberstone 223050 79 5 18 TANGERINE - Damiano David 433700 81 5 16 SOMEDAY, SOMEWHERE - Jungle 365250 83 5 25 MASTER JACK - Four Jacks And A Jill 459950 84 1 26 BROTHER LOUIE - Hot Chocolate featuring Alexis Korner 735150 86 3 18 HONEYBEE - Olivia Rodrigo 513950 93 89 7 BABY KOOL (EVELYN) - Nothing But Thieves 12500 97 97 1 NO SCRUBS - TLC 1300 98 73 7 ISLANDS IN THE SUN - Al Jardine 23600 99 75 10 FREEDOM BUS - Sheryl Crow featuring Jesse Welles 24700
November 6Nov 6 Hi there!Nice to see these songs on here, specifically from your gains and debuts:2 NEW 2 1 EVERLASTING LOVE - Love Affair 1150009 11 9 8 FEEL MY LOVE - Take That & Michael Patrick Kelly 21980019 23 19 16 BE HER - Ella Langley 19680024 35 24 5 AMALFI COAST - Carly Rae Jepsen 5280041 48 41 3 HIGHER - Take That 3680044 59 44 2 WHERE IS GONE - Fontaines D.C. & ROSALIA 2335045 53 45 5 SUGAR BABY LOVE - The Rubettes 3185046 58 46 3 TRAINING SEASON - Dua Lipa 2635053 60 53 3 PATIENT ZERO - Taylor Swift 2865066 74 66 3 STOP THE WEDDING! - Ashe 1500069 85 69 3 FLOWER IN A HURRICANE - Justice, Tame Impala, SZA & King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard 1120074 100 74 2 LET’S GET MARRIED - Miley Cyrus 620077 91 77 3 JOY. - RAYE, Absolutely & Amma 780078 92 78 3 GHOST - Sugababes 740082 89 82 2 MAKE ME LOVE YOU - Nickelback 580084 NEW 84 1 WHAT IF I TOLD YOU - Armin van Buuren & Douwe Bob 320087 NEW 87 1 TOO CUTE TO BE LONELY - Holly Humberstone 260088 95 88 3 BABYDOLL - Jamie Miller 600090 96 90 3 SILENCIO - U2 480092 NEW 92 1 WARRIOR - Delta Goodrem 180093 NEW 93 1 HOUSEWIFE - Tate McRae 170096 NEW 96 1 CIRCLES - James Blunt 140098 NEW 98 1 COMING UP ROSES - Harry Styles 120099 NEW 99 1 JAPAN - Fontaines D.C. 1100Great chart!Take care.
November 6Nov 6 Hey John!A great run for club to your arms. It's doing amazingly well here.Don't leave me on the dancefloor peaking at #15? Could be much much worse.Stop the wedding climbing. I suspect this will do rather well for me now that I'm on board with it.Too cute to be lonely is fab. It's my favourite since the walls are way too thin but I don't feel anything will ever be as amazing as that for her.Housewife is super as well although I am hoping she switches up her sound soon.Fab stuff 🥳
Friday at 14:485 days Everlasting Love - what a classic. There are so many versions of this, but the original is still the best. Good to see Primal Scream, St Etienne, Holly, Chairmen Of The Board as well as Tate new in - hope the all can climb next week.
Saturday at 13:424 days Hey John,Miley Cyrus, Jungle, Lil Nas X and Take That/Michael Patrick Kelly all Top 10 👍Carly Rae Jepsen and Freemasons/Solange Top 30 + Sigma Top 40 Take That❣️ almost Top 40 👌Best new tracks bubbling under; Armin/Douwe Bob, Holly Humberstone, Tate McRae, Madonna and Harry Styles
Monday at 19:552 days Hi John. Hope you've had a good week. Ooh nice you found that old notebook of charts. I still have no idea where most of my 1999/2000 charts are, I fear they're permanently lost (I did move house back in 2011 which is when I last saw them). I could re-do them but that'll be too time-consuming I think and songs I like more now than I did then would get an unfair boost. Anyway, as ever, my faves:1 NEW 1 1 RAINBOW VALLEY - Love Affair featuring Sunny And Sue 1700002 NEW 2 1 EVERLASTING LOVE - Love Affair 115000 very sad news of course, although I only really know these two songs3 2 2 6 JIMMY MACK - Martha & The Vandellas 327200 ❤️4 3 1 7 REDLIGHTS - Miley Cyrus 793000 ❤️ should be a single5 1 1 12 WHERE ARE YOU NOW? - Jungle 7942006 4 3 6 (LOVE IS LIKE A) HEATWAVE - Martha & The Vandellas 3640007 9 7 5 WORLD’S GREATEST! - Lil Nas X 12370010 10 1 16 THE GAME OF LOVE - New Radicals & Michelle Branch 136920013 6 1 12 SUNSHINE - Jungle 111500014 7 1 20 LOVE SENSATION/AFTERHOURS RADIO EDIT - Madonna/Madonna & Kylie Minogue 120440015 13 8 13 FRAGILE - Madonna 30525016 18 16 3 RIGHT DOWN THE LINE - Gerry Rafferty 6900017 5 3 12 REWARD - The Teardrop Explodes 59175018 14 1 19 CLUB TO YOUR ARMS - Rose Gray 155900019 23 19 16 BE HER - Ella Langley 19680021 15 6 12 MESMERIZED - Freemasons featuring Faith Evans 37645022 22 22 12 LOADED - Primal Scream featuring The Emotions 16615024 35 24 5 AMALFI COAST - Carly Rae Jepsen 5280025 20 9 8 DIRTY DIRTY DISCO - Rogue Traders & Dannii Minogue 18010026 26 26 8 BASS PERSUADES - Miley Cyrus 10090027 25 25 10 DON’T LEAVE ME ON THE DANCEFLOOR - Carly Rae Jepsen 11755028 19 4 13 SLEEPING WITH MY BOOTS ON - Lily Meola 53855029 21 10 12 OH YEAH? - Steve Lacy 26410030 33 30 8 SANDCASTLE DISCO - Freemasons featuring Solange 10415031 24 5 15 BABY I KNOW - The Rubettes 55220033 37 33 7 COOL YOU DOWN - Chaka Khan & Sia 7095034 30 30 13 I’M IN LOVE AGAIN - Lulu 17490036 34 34 7 FADE TO GREY - Midge Ure 7320037 38 37 10 ONE STEP AWAY - Madonna 8515038 32 8 12 RAIN - Dagny 31300039 45 39 8 WATCHIN’ U - Sigma & America Foster 6540040 40 1 18 ZABADAK! - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 78455041 48 41 3 HIGHER - Take That 3680042 36 8 24 TALK TO YOU - ANOTR featuring 54 Ultra 42250043 82 43 2 IF I EVER SEE YOUR FACE AGAIN - Morten Harket 1410044 59 44 2 WHERE IS GONE - Fontaines D.C. & ROSALIA 23350 ❤️❤️❤️ still very much in love with this. Could be No.1 in my chart for a while yet!45 53 45 5 SUGAR BABY LOVE - The Rubettes 3185046 58 46 3 TRAINING SEASON - Dua Lipa 2635048 28 10 13 STORMY WEATHER - Etta James 33385050 31 10 18 DANCETERIA - Madonna 35465051 57 51 3 CRUEL TO BE KIND - Nick Lowe 2965052 42 17 15 BLUE DREAM - Holly Humberstone 24040053 60 53 3 PATIENT ZERO - Taylor Swift 2865054 49 12 16 SUNRISE - Simply Red 29905055 52 1 18 DON JUAN - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich 65550056 72 56 5 WE’VE ONLY JUST BEGUN - Carpenters 23600 ❤️ 57 46 18 15 FIREFLIES - Martin Garrix & U2 22240058 43 43 10 TREASON (IT’S JUST A STORY) - The Teardrop Explodes 9120059 71 59 5 HAWAII FIVE-O - The Ventures 2090060 47 8 16 THINK I’M GONNA FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU - The Dooleys 33045061 55 2 23 THE WAVE - Jungle 93550062 70 62 3 FINAL CREDITS (LOADED HONEY VERSION) - The Avalanches featuring Loaded Honey 1820064 50 27 11 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - Dolly Parton 14605066 74 66 3 STOP THE WEDDING! - Ashe 1500067 76 67 3 SPECTRAL EYES - Blondie 1290069 85 69 3 FLOWER IN A HURRICANE - Justice, Tame Impala, SZA & King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard 1120073 73 1 27 NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE - The Jackson 5 63590074 100 74 2 LET’S GET MARRIED - Miley Cyrus 620076 90 76 2 TIME AFTER TIME - Cyndi Lauper, CYRIL & Tones And I 680077 91 77 3 JOY. - RAYE, Absolutely & Amma 780078 92 78 3 GHOST - Sugababes 740079 44 19 18 MEET ME IN LOVE - Blossoms featuring Maya Jama 22605085 NEW 85 1 GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME - Chairmen Of The Board 300087 NEW 87 1 TOO CUTE TO BE LONELY - Holly Humberstone 260088 95 88 3 BABYDOLL - Jamie Miller 6000 quite like this atm but can see this doing an Ordinary or Beautiful Things and end up becoming insufferable!91 NEW 91 1 BRINGING ON BACK THE GOOD TIMES - Love Affair 1900 I take it back, I know 3 Love Affair songs!92 NEW 92 1 WARRIOR - Delta Goodrem 180093 NEW 93 1 HOUSEWIFE - Tate McRae 1700 ❤️ I do love this94 94 94 5 SAUNA - Jessie Ware 7600 I did think this would be higher by now!95 NEW 95 1 L.E.S. GIRLS - Madonna 150096 NEW 96 1 CIRCLES - James Blunt 140098 NEW 98 1 COMING UP ROSES - Harry Styles 120099 NEW 99 1 JAPAN - Fontaines D.C. 1100100 NEW 100 1 SWEET MELODIES - Saint Etienne 1000Fantastic chart as always ❤️
6 hours ago6 hr Hey John,Tate debuting!! It's a bop 😍Very nice to see Jamie climbing!! 😊Nice to see Miley too holding on the chart!! 😊
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