60 Mark Ronson ft Amy Winehouse - Valerie (12wks 21-16-11-7-4-6-8-14-19-24-27-38)

 

 

"Valerie" the cover of the Zutons song is the third single to be released from Mark Ronson's 2007 album Version. The track features vocals by critically-acclaimed English soul singer Amy Winehouse. This version of the track was originally done when Winehouse appeared on Jo Whiley's Live Lounge show on BBC Radio 1. The single was released on 22 October 2007, the video shows a group of jazz musicians inviting a woman from the audience onto their stage to "sing" the song, followed by (presumably) the woman's friends, in the style of group karaoke - although the women "sing" with Winehouse's voice. It has peaked at UK#2.

 

59 Scouting For Girls - She's So Lovely (8wks 18-16-13-7-8-8-18-33)

 

 

London's Scouting For Girls first full single "She's So Lovely", was released on 27 August 2007 and stayed in the Top 10 for six weeks, where it peaked at UK#7.

 

58 Dan Le Sac & Scroobius Pip - Thou Shalt Always Kill (6wks 4-4-5-8-11-22)

 

 

The song comprises a simple electronic dance beat with the vocals taking the form of a satirical rant at aspects of British modern culture. The pivotal message is to "think for yourselves" rather than to follow current trends or get caught up in hype. The title, and final line of the song, refer to 'killing' in the sense of performing excellently. It peaked at UK#30 in April.

57 Delta Goodrem - In This Life (9wks 31-10-4-5-6-11-17-28-35)

 

 

On September 15 2007, Goodrem released "In This Life", the first single from her forthcoming third album. It debuted at number one on the Australian Singles Chart becoming Goodrem's eighth number one single in Australia. This track was co-written by Brian Mcfadden (ex-Westlife) (oh the irony!) and produced by Take That's comeback producer John Shanks. It has yet to be confirmed but is being mooted for a March 2008 UK release.

 

56 Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running (10wks 21-8-7-10-11-20-24-32-38)

 

 

This was the first single released from the band's second album, Neon Bible in the UK. The single was released on March 19 on a 7" vinyl with the B-side, Broken Window in the UK under Rough Trade Records. It is the first of three appearances from Montreal's finest on my countdown. It peaked at UK#56 in April.

55 Bats For Lashes - Whats A Girl To Do (7wks 9-5-5-5-12-18-34)

 

 

Bat for Lashes is Natasha Khan a Brighton-based songwriter. Natasha Khan was born to an English mother, and a Pakistani father. the album Fur and Gold was announced as one of the albums nominated for the 2007 Mercury Prize. Sadly the single released in July failed to trouble the UK Top75.

 

Bat for Lashes' music has been likened to the work of Björk, Thom Yorke, Cat Power, Tori Amos, and Kate Bush.

54 Jamelia - No More (8wks 15-9-5-3-6-11-21-39)

 

 

"No More" was the third and final single to be released from her 3rd album Walk With Me. Despite reaching the A-List on BBC Radio 2, the single, which samples The Stranglers' 1981 hit Golden Brown had a low peak of #43 in the UK.

 

53 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black (9wks 21-13-11-10-9-12-13-17-34)

 

 

"Back to Black" is the name of the title track from the Amy Winehouse album, Back to Black. It was released as the third single from the album on 30 April 2007 in the UK. It eventually peaked at UK#25.

52 Paul McCartney - Dance Tonight (10wks 24-14-5-4-7-6-9-17-34-39)

 

 

This is the opening track to the music legend's 2007 critically acclaimed album Memory Almost Full. The song was released as a download single from Memory Almost Full in the United Kingdom on June 18, 2007: McCartney's 65th birthday. A week later, the song debuted at number 34 in the UK Singles Chart. On July 1, the song rose to number 26 in the UK charts.

 

A music video for the song was directed by Michel Gondry and features Natalie Portman and Mackenzie Crook. Gondry also appears as the drummer in the concluding shots.

51 Amy Winehouse - You Know I'm No Good (11wks 20-13-11*-5-4-5-6-11-16-27)

 

 

"You Know I'm No Good" was the second single from Amy Winehouse's second studio album, Back to Black (2006). The track follows in the footsteps of Winehouse's previous singles of a mix of jazz and R&B with her soulful, raspy vocals and this time hip hop-inspired beats over it. This track peaked at UK#18 in January.

 

 

 

50 Enemy - We'll Live In These Towns (3wks 11-7-8*)

 

 

The sixth & final single from the Coventry's band debut album hit UK#21 in December.

49 Duran Duran - Falling Down (12wks 3-3-6-8-5-4-1-2-4-5-11-31)

 

 

"Falling Down" is a song recorded by British band Duran Duran produced by Justin Timberlake with Timberlake also adding backing vocals. The UK release date was November 12, 2007, and the single entered the chart at #52, making it the second worst performing Duran Duran single in their history after "Someone Else Not Me".

48 Maps - You Don't Know Her Name (7wks 15-11-9-8-10-17-35)

 

 

Taken from the 2007 Mercury Music Awards nominated album We Can Create, this track was released as a single at the end of July by Northampton's James Chapman. This Spiritualized sounding track sadly failed to trouble the UK Top75.

47 Guillemots - Annie Let's Not Wait (7wks 29-16-9-12-17-20-24)

 

 

Released in January where it reached UK#27, it was the last track taken from their brilliant 2006 Mercury Music Award album Through The Windowpane.

46 Charlotte Hatherley - Behave (6wks 3-3-8-15-23-31)

 

 

The former Ash member failed to trouble the charts in January wiith her lead single from her second solo album The Deep Blue.

 

 

45 Cherry Ghost - Mathematics (11wks 22-19-21-17-20-22-25-28-29-31-38)

 

 

Taken from their debut album, Thirst For Romance, which entered the UK album charts at #7. Is their chart breakthrough a sublime track which reached UK#57 in April.

44 Hoosiers - Worried About Ray (10wks 18-12-6-5-3-10-16-22-27-40)

 

 

Worried About Ray is the debut single by London pop rock band The Hoosiers, borrowing heavily (IMHO) from The Turtles' 1967 hit Happy Together. It was the first single to be released from the band's upcoming debut UK#1 album The Trick To Life. It peaked at UK#5 in July and is still hanging around the charts.

43 Remi Nicole - Go Mr Sunshine (8wks 4-3-3-6-16-27-33-39)

 

 

London'S Remi's second single, "Go Mr Sunshine", was released for download on 13th August 2007, and was officially released on the 20th August. Unfortunately this was the summer of wet weather and mass floodings, as it result this single only reached UK#57.

 

 

42 Emma Pollock - Paper and Glue (6wks 15-4-2-3-8-13*)

 

 

Emma Pollock is a Scottish singer, songwriter, and guitarist. She was a founding member of The Delgados. She signed a solo recording contract with the 4AD Records label in 2005 after the amicable split of the band.

 

She has recently released her first solo album, Watch The Fireworks, in September 2007 from which this fantastic melodic melancholic track (released in late November) was taken. Sadly it failed to trouble the UK Top75 despite support from Radio 2.

 

41 Rihanna ft Jay Z - Umbrella (8wks 11-1-1-4-10-18-32-36)

 

 

The song is officially the biggest song of 2007 on the United World Chart, gaining more than 8.1 million points in less than 9 months. It is also the 9th most successful song in the last decade.

 

The song was #1 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the "Ten Best Singles of 2007", as well as #3 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007. It was also named Song of the Year in Blender Magazine's Readers' Poll 2007. "Umbrella" has recently been nominated for Song of the Year, Record Of The Year, and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at the 50th Grammy Awards.

 

According to the songwriter The-Dream, "Umbrella" was actually offered to Mary J. Blige and Britney Spears, before being picked up by Rihanna.

 

Incidentally the video was choreographed by Strictly Come Dancing judge Bruno Tonioli.