40 Norah Jones - Thinking About You (10wks 27*-7-5-4-9-10-15-20-27)

 

 

Taken from her third album Not Too Late, this track previewed the album in January, sadly this piece of smooth jazz failed to trouble the UK Top75.

39 Maximo Park - Our Velocity (15wks 26-18-17-23-27-30-24-25-26-27-28-26-30-33-37)

 

 

"Our Velocity" was the first single from Our Earthly Pleasures, the second album from the band, Maxïmo Park. The single was released two weeks prior to the release of the album, on March 19, 2007. It peaked at UK#9.

 

The song has been highly regarded and in VH1's "50 Greatest Songs of 2007 So Far" it placed at number 1 whilst Teletext's music page Planet Sound named "Our Velocity" as the best single of 2007.

38 Nerina Pallot - Learning To Breathe (8wks 18-7-4*-2-6-16-33)

 

 

"Learning to Breathe" was the third single from the re-release of Nerina Pallot's album Fires; overall it is the album's fifth single release. It was released the second week of January & reached a very disappointing UK#70.

37 Richard Hawley - Tonight The Streets Are Ours (9wks 23-7-6-3-7-9-16-28-33)

 

 

Lady's Bridge is the fifth studio album from Sheffield musician (and former member of the Longpigs & Pulp) Richard Hawley. The album follows his 2005 Mercury Music Prize nominated album Coles Corner. Taken from it was this lead single which reached UK#40.

 

36 Arcade Fire - No Cars Go (10wks 28-19-15-6-4-7-11-18-26-37)

 

 

"No Cars Go" is a song by Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire. It was the third single released from the band's second full-length album, Neon Bible. When released in August it failed to reach the UK Top75.

 

35 Mutya - Real Girl (11wks 8-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-11-20-34)

 

 

Sampling Lenny Kravitz's It Ain't Over Till It's Over, the title track of (ex-Sugababes) Mutya's debut album reached UK#2 in early May.

 

 

34 Candie Payne - One More Chance (10wks 28-16-9-9-13-15-20-29-34-36)

 

 

Candie Payne (born 1983) is an English singer-songwriter from Liverpool, signed as a solo artist to Deltasonic. She is the sister of Howie Payne, the frontman of now defunct band The Stands and Sean Payne, the drummer of The Zutons.

 

Taken from the debut album I Wish I Could Have Loved You More, this track produced by Mark Ronson failed to reach the UK Top75 (#122) despite support from Radio 2.

33 Coral - Who's Gonna Find Me (10wks 18-6-3-3-3-3-7-13-21-39)

 

 

Keeping the Scouse connection going... Who's Gonna Find Me is the first single from the fourth full-length album by Merseyside band The Coral, Roots & Echoes, and was released on July 30, 2007. This track only reached UK#25 in August.

 

 

32 Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm (11wks 10-7-5-4-3-2-2-8-16-27-40)

 

 

"Brianstorm" (often mistaken as 'Brainstorm') is a song by Sheffield-based indie rock band Arctic Monkeys and is the opening track on their second album, Favourite Worst Nightmare. The song was released as the first single from that album on 2 April 2007, debuting at #11 in the UK Singles Chart via downloads alone. The single was released in physical formats on 16 April, the week before the release of the album, and charted at #2 in the UK Singles Chart behind Beyoncé' and Shakira's "Beautiful Liar." :puke2:

 

 

31 Siouxsie Sioux - Here Comes That Day (9wks 1-3-5-9-16-23-20-24-33)

 

 

"Here Comes That Day" is a song co-written and recorded by Siouxsie, for her 2007 solo album MantaRay. It was released as the album's second single in the UK on October 29, 2007. Despite being a Radio 2 Record Of The Week this superb "Shirley Bassey like strut meets Portishead film noir" (© thisispop) failed to trouble the UK Top75.

 

 

30 Alicia Keys - No One (16wks 37-17-7-7-7-8-7-11-14-7-3-2-4-9-17-34)

 

 

"No One" is an R&B/soul song written and produced by American singer-songwriter Alicia Keys and American songwriters/producers Kerry Brothers, Jr. and George D. Harry for Keys' third studio album, As I Am (2007). Released as the album's lead single in September 2007, this is one of Keys' most successful songs worldwide, topping the United World Chart for two weeks and becoming the twentieth best-selling single of 2007 with sales of 3,556,000. It also topped the Billboard US singles chart & reached UK#6 in November.

29 Robbie Williams - The 80's (6wks 3-1-1-5-17-28)

 

 

Taken from his "ill-fated" Rudebox album, this marvellous track was a promo only "4th" single for the album. Featuring a hugely entertaining video which was the winner of a competition of Robbie's official fanclub. Sadly it picked up little airplay on UK radio & sank without trace.

 

28 Travis - My Eyes (7wks 1-1-2-11-18-28-40)

 

 

My Eyes was the third single to be released by Travis from their fifth studio album The Boy With No Name. The song was released on 17th September 2007, yet it provided Travis with their lowest charting UK hit (UK#60) despite a brilliantly funny video which received a great deal of video play.

 

 

27 KT Tunstall - Hold On (10wks 19-12-6-2-2-2-2-11-24-37)

 

 

"Hold On" is an alternative rock song performed by Scottish singer KT Tunstall. The song was written by Tunstall and produced by Steve Osborne for Tunstall's third album Drastic Fantastic (2007). The song was released as the album's first single. It was released on CD and 7-inch in the United Kingdom on 27 August 2007 and peaked at a disappointing UK#21.

26 Feist - 1234 (15wks 21-15-12-11-11-9-11-15-23-35-OUT*3-20-13-16-30-40)

 

 

Leslie Feist (born February 13, 1976 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada) is a Grammy-nominated Canadian singer-songwriter.

 

Prior to the Apple iPod Nano commercial airing in the USA, The Reminder was selling at approximately 6,000 copies per week, and "1234" at 2,000 downloads per week. Following the commercial, the song passed 73,000 total downloads and reached No. 7 on Hot Digital Songs and No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100. The Reminder jumped from No. 36 to No. 28 on the Billboard 200, with sales of 19,000.

 

Following the television advertisement for the iPod nano in the UK, the single beat its original chart position of 102 to become number 8 in the UK charts. Please note it reached my Personal Chart peak during it's first release when it failed to make the UK Top75!

 

25 Robbie Williams - She's Madonna (12wks 14-12-10-DSQ(4)-8-4-2-2-2-5-8-12-18)

 

 

"She's Madonna" is the third and final international single released from Robbie Williams's album Rudebox. A collaboration with the Pet Shop Boys, it is a love song to pop star Madonna and was released on March 5, 2007. The song became one of the Williams' lower-charting hits in the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 16. Elsewhere it was more successful, peaking at number one in eight countries and in the European 100 singles chart.

 

The video is notable for Robbie continuing the long tradition of great British acts appearing in drag (The Kinks, Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Queen...).

24 White Stripes - Icky Thump (11wks 6-4-3-3-3-2-2-2-7-18-30)

 

 

"Icky Thump" is a song recorded by The White Stripes. Written by band member Jack White, it is the first single released from the White Stripes' sixth album of the same name. The name of the track comes from the Northern England exclamation "Ecky Thump," roughly meaning "what the heck?" The title was then changed to "Icky" so that "teenagers would understand it better back in America," in the same way Led Zeppelin took out the "a" so kids wouldn't call them 'Lead Zeppelin' (pronounced 'leed')".

 

Released in June this track hit UK#2 & USA#26.

 

23 Britney Spears - Gimme More (12wks 2-2-3-4-4-1-2-9-13-23-31-36)

 

 

"Gimme More" is a dance-pop song recorded by American singer Britney Spears for her fifth studio album, Blackout (2007). The song was written during the period of her second pregnancy, and was set as the album's opener. Dubbed as a comeback release for Spears, however, the song does not speak about her musical return, instead it features racy lyrics backed with breathy vocals and uptempo beats. Thanks not least to the futuristic sounding Danja production it hit UK & USA#3.

 

22 Take That - Rule The World (12wks 3-1-2-3-3-5-6-8-12-16-24-34)

 

 

The song is featured in the film Stardust during the closing credits. Gary Barlow performs the lead vocals. Released in October this single became stuck for a month at UK#2 behind Leone Lewis but it topped the European Top 200 Chart.

21 Adele - Hometown Glory (12wks 20-14-10-6-5-3-3-6-9-15-23-35)

 

 

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (b. 1988) is an English Soul/Jazz singer from Tottenham, London. She is currently signed to independent music label XL Recordings. "Hometown Glory", described as a "traffic stopper" in which Adele sings the praises of Tottenham, London, was released on 22 October 2007 as a limited edition 7" vinyl on Jamie T's label Pacemaker Recordings, with B Side 'Best For Last'; plans for general release are unavailable at present, hence it did not reach the UK Top75.

 

Expect big things from Adele in 2008.