Posted March 7, 200817 yr Early again for a Friday night, but the same break off point, of late Friday afternoon. The most up to date chart in Britain, with thanks to Dave Taylor (daverictaylor@yahoo.co.uk). This week we have albums, films, dvds, and the latest singles/tracks as usual, teamed up with charts from the past. This week, it`s back to March 1989. Here is the album chart... w/k ending 14/03 01 NE ROCKFERRY - DUFFY 02 NE DIG LAZURUS DIG - NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS 03 07 BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE 04 02 ALL THE RIGHT REASONS - NICKELBACK 05 01 SEVENTH TREE - GOLDFRAPP 06 10 BREAKDOWN 08-VERY BEST OF EUPHORIC DANCE - VARIOUS 07 11 SOUND OF BASSLINE - VARIOUS 08 NE MASH UP MIX 08 - VARIOUS 09 03 LIFE IN CARTOON MOTION - MIKA 10 06 VERSION - MARK RONSON 11 04 19 - ADELE 12 09 THRILLER 25 - MICHAEL JACKSON 13 26 CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE - MICHAEL BUBLE 14 13 THIS IS THE LIFE - AMY MACDONALD 15 07 JOIN WITH US - THE FEELING 16 16 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD - RIHANNA 17 17 SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC - JACK JOHNSON 18 18 X - KYLIE MINOGUE 19 19 STARTED A FIRE - ONE NIGHT ONLY 20 20 RAISING SAND - PLANT/KRAUSS Never fully understand mrib`s album chart, the bottom of the top 20, seems to always be static. Remember the albums in 1989?... w/k ending 11th Mar 89 01 01 A NEW FLAME - SIMPLY RED 02 02 ANYTHING FOR YOU - GLORIA ESTEFAN 03 03 ANCIENT HEART - TANITA TIKARUM 04 10 SPIKE - ELVIS COSTELLO 05 09 BAD - MICHAEL JACKSON 06 04 THE RAW AND THE COOKED - FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS 07 06 HYSTERIA - DEF LEPPARD 08 07 MYSTERY GIRL - ROY ORBISON 09 05 BIG AREA - THEN JERICHO 10 NE CHEEK TO CHEEK - VARIOUS ARTISTS 11 22 TRUE LOVE WAYS - BUDDY HOLLY/CRICKETS 12 12 WANTED - YAZZ 13 NE DEEP HEAT - VARIOUS ARTISTS 14 08 THE LEGENDARY ROY ORBISON 15 25 TRACEY CHAPMAN - TRACEY CHAPMAN 16 11 LIVING YEARS - MIKE AND THE MECHANICS 17 17 THE INNOCENTS - ERASURE 18 16 THE MARQUEE 30 LEGENDARY YEARS - VARIOUS ARTISTS 19 26 REMOTE - HUE AND CRY 20 32 STOP - SAM BROWN Looking down 89`s albums, we see that both SIMPLY RED, and MICHAEL JACKSON also have albums, in the chart of today. SIMPLY RED, had the top selling album, for much of the year, but on Christmas Eve of 89, was pipped to the top of the biggest selling albums of the year, by JASON DONOVAN, although the Red`s had this album near the top 5, every week, for the rest of the year. ELVIS COSTELLO`s latest contained the single VERONICA, as THEN JERICHO`s BIG AREA contained the title track. THE RAW AND THE COOKED by FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS contained a few hit singles, as did HYSTERIA for DEF LEPPARD. YAZZ did the same, on her album...ROY ORBISON still had 2 albums in the top 15, following his untimely death in 1988. CHEEK TO CHEEK was a love songs compilation, DEEP HEAT featured recent hits, and just outside the 20, at 21 was 1989`s Brits collection, THE AWARDS 1989...Was that the awards with SAM FOX, and MICK FLEETWOOD??? On to 1989`s singles... w/k ending 11th Mar 89 01 02 LEAVE ME ALONE - MICHAEL JACKSON 02 01 BELFAST CHILD - SIMPLE MINDS 03 03 STOP - SAM BROWN 04 05 HELP- BANANARAMA/LANANEENEENOONOO 05 36 TOO MANY BROKEN HEARTS - JASON DONOVAN 06 07 HEY MUSIC LOVER - S`EXPRESS 07 04 LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING - MICHAEL BALL 08 17 CAN`T STAY AWAY FROM YOU - GLORIA ESTEFAN 09 10 NOTHIN` HAS BEEN PROVED - DUSTY SPRINGFIELD 10 25 TURN UP THE BASS - TYREE/KOOL ROCK STEADY 11 08 I DON`T WANT A LOVER - TEXAS 12 20 BLOW THE HOUSE DOWN - LIVING IN A BOX 13 06 MY PREROGATIVE - BOBBY BROWN 14 NE STRAIGHT UP - PAULA ABDUL 15 29 WAGES DAY - DEACON BLUE 16 18 WILD THING/LOC`ED AFTER DARK - TONE LOC 17 19 EVERY ROSE HAS IT`S THORN - POISON 18 13 LOOKING FOR LINDA - HUE AND CRY 19 34 THIS TIME I KNOW IT`S FOR REAL - DONNA SUMMER 20 46 MEAN MAN - W.A.S.P. 21 27 I`D RATHER JACK - REYNOLDS GIRLS 22 09 SOMETHINGS GOTTEN HOLD OF MY HEART - MARC ALMOND/GENE PITNEY 23 31 EVERYTHING COUNTS - DEPECHE MODE 24 11 HOLD ME IN YOUR ARMS - RICK ASTLEY 25 35 CELEBRATE THE WORLD - WOMACK AND WOMACK 26 16 LOVE TRAIN - HOLLY JOHNSON 27 NE ROUND AND ROUND - NEW ORDER 28 15 FINE TIME - YAZZ 29 NE SLEEPTALK - ALSON WILIAMS 30 12 ROCKET - DEF LEPPARD Now we were all listening with baited breath, in 89, to th NETWORK CHART SHOW with DAVID KID JENSEN, sponsered by....NESCAFE. No surprise that LEAVE ME ALONE was a MRIB number one, and did not top the Radio One/Gallup chart. BELFAST CHILD was from the SIMPLE MINDS E.P. BALLAD OF THE STREETS....COMIC RELIEF, put BANANARAMA in the charts, with a bit of help from the unfunniest duo on tv, FRENCH AND SAUNDERS (Biased or what)!!! SAM BROWN is of course, JOE BROWN`s daughter, and in 1989, she had a top 3 single, and top 20 album. DUSTY SPRINGFIELD took NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVED from the film, SCANDEL...TYREE annoyed us with TURN UP THE BASS, repeated over and over, and by the end, we wanted to Turn OFF the Bass!!! PAULA ABDUL scored with her first hit...HUE AND CRY took a song from the album...the REYNOLDS GIRLS apparently did not like Oldies! DEPECHE MODE re-hashed a mix of their 1983 hit. NEW ORDER went ROUND AND ROUND (nothing to do with hits by JAKI GRAHAM, or SPANDAU BALLET). W.A.S.P. (can you remember what it stood for)?....it was We Are Sexual Perverts, of course!! They hit the top 20, and WOMACK AND WOMACK could not match success of TEARDROPS, from 1988. Outside the 30 was, WHO WANTS TO BE THE DISCO KING by the WONDER STUFF at 32, VERONICA and ELVIS COSTELLO at 34, VIXEN were CRYIN` at 35, KIM WILDE wanted LOVE IN THE NATURAL WAY at 37. My fav was INTERNATIONAL RESCUE by FUZZBOX at 42. Here are this week`s top films... w/k ending 14th Mar 08 01 NE THE BANK JOB 02 NE SKIN PAD 03 01 JUMPER 04 NE THE ACCIDENTAL HUSBAND 05 04 JUNO 06 02 BE KIND REWIND 07 07 THERE WILL BE BLOOD 08 NE UNTRACEABLE 09 03 RAMBO 10 05 NATIONAL TREASURE-BOOK OF SECRETS The top off-line dvd rentals... w/k ending 14th Mar 08 01 NE STALOUT 02 NE THE INVASION 03 NE ELIZABETH-THE GOLDEN AGE 04 01 RUN FAT BOY RUN 05 NE EASTERN PROMISES 06 04 THE BRAVE ONE 07 05 MR BROOKES 08 06 RATATOUILLE 09 08 THE KINGDOM 10 09 KNOCKED UP Ready for the big finish? The most up to date chart in Britain coming, but these are the top 5 physicals this week...01) DUFFY, 02) WESTLIFE, 03 H TWO 0, 04) WE ARE SCIENTISTS, 05) TAIO CRUZ....The top 5 downloads, 01) DUFFY, 02) NICKELBACK, 03) ONE REPUBLIC, 04) H TWO 0, 05) TAIO CRUZ. Put together, they look like this... w/k ending 14/03 50 NE TIME TO PRETEND - MGMT 49 NE IF ONLY - KT TUNSTALL 48 NE CASSIUS - FOALS * 47 50 TAKE YOU THERE - SEAN KINGSTON 46 32 HOMECOMING - KANYE WEST * 45 NE YOUNG LOVE - MYSTERY JETS/LAURA MARLING * 44 37 BLEEDING LOVE - LEONA LEWIS 43 36 CALL THE SHOTS - GIRLS ALOUD 42 25 READY FOR THE FLOOR - HOT CHIP 41 31 MOVING TO NEW YORK - WOMBATS 40 28 RELAX - MIKA 39 NE BLIND - HERCULES/LOVE AFFAIR 38 29 ELVIS AIN`T DEAD - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 37 NE FIND THE TIME - GET CAPE WEAR CAPE FLY 36 NE DENIAL - SUGABABES * 35 NE THE MYSTERY - DOUG WALKER * 34 30 RIDE IT - JAY SEAN 33 26 NO ONE - ALICIA KEYS 32 23 SUPERSTAR - LUPE FIASCO 31 NE ALWAYS BE - JIMMY EAT WORLD 30 17 I THOUGHT IT WAS OVER - THE FEELING 29 NE BEGINNING OF THE TWIST - FUTUREHEADS * 28 21 APOLOGISE - ONE REPUBLIC 27 39 BETTER IN TIME/FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND - LEONA LEWIS * 26 22 CRANK THAT - SOULJA BOY 25 20 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT 24 15 PIECE OF ME - BRITNEY SPEARS 23 18 A & E - GOLDFRAPP 22 14 JUST FOR TONIGHT - ONE NIGHT ONLY 21 13 VALERIE - RONSON/WINEHOUSE 20 37 CAN`T SPEAK FRENCH - GIRLS ALOUD * 19 33 MY DESTINY - DELINQUENT/K. CAT 18 16 SCREAM - TIMBALAND/HILSON/SCHERWZINGER * 17 10 WORK - KELLY ROWLAND 16 19 WITH YOU - CHRIS BROWN * 15 NE AFTER HOURS - WE ARE SCIENTISTS 14 27 SOMETHING GOOD 08 - UTAH SAINTS/VAN SHE * 13 06 CHASING PAVEMENTS - ADELE 12 08 SUN GOES DOWN - DAVID JORDAN 11 09 DON`T STOP THE MUSIC - RIHANNA 10 12 LOW - FLO RIDA * 09 05 WOW - KYLIE MINOGUE 08 24 FASCINATION - ALPHABEAT 07 40 US AGAINST THE WORLD - WESTLIFE 06 04 NOW YOU`RE GONE - BASSHUNTER/DJ MENTAL THEO 05 11 COME ON GIRLS - TAIO CRUZ 04 07 STOP AND STARE - ONE REPUBLIC 03 03 ROCKSTAR - NICKELBACK 02 02 WHAT`S IT GONNA BE - H TWO 0 01 01 MERCY - DUFFY * Denotes dowlnload only track DUFFY sales 18,000 more than H TWO 0, to spend a 4th week, at the top. We do note....that in mrib`s chart TING TINGS are actually number 16, but we have taken it out, in order to compare it to the Radio one chart, on Sunday. Actually TING TINGS have gone from 27 - 16, a great shame they are not allowed in the other chart. The people at OCC, have also removed the EDITORS, from the singles chart, because it has a free sticker with it, they hang in our chart today, at the bottom of the top 75. Outside the top 50 are, VAMPIRE WEEKEND at 51, ENVY AND OTHER SINS 54, DARREN HAYES is 62, T-PAIN at 61, AMY MACDONALD and RUN at 64, and also in the top 70 are, GNARLS BARKLEY, THE MANICS, and GABRIELLA CILMI. Of course the UTAH SAINTS original track, was based on CLOUDBUSTING (a 1985 top 20 hit, for KATE BUSH, with the words, "I know that SOMETHING GOOD is gonna happen"). Don`t forget to join us on Monday, for Next Week`s Chart, and maybe we will find out, why Westlife, did not make the top 3, like we said they would!! Edited March 14, 200817 yr by trevs
March 8, 200817 yr Thanks Trevs, as usual ;) Big big shame about the Ting Tings :angry: Any idea where they should have been, on last week`s official chart? :D
March 8, 200817 yr Author Thanks Trevs, as usual ;) Big big shame about the Ting Tings :angry: Any idea where they should have been, on last week`s official chart? :D They would have been number 26, on the official chart last week. To think, this week, they are denied a top 20 place. Silly rules really. Aren`t the charts supposed to be about popularity, of songs, not silly rules. Surely, if you didn`t like a song (whether it was a freebie/or came with a freebie, of another object), then surely a person, would not even get it? It beggars belief really!
March 8, 200817 yr Surely, if you didn`t like a song (whether it was a freebie/or came with a freebie, of another object), then surely a person, would not even get it? It beggars belief really! Not true, people love getting things for nothing and if they hadn't heard it before they may download it anyway since its not costing them anything
March 8, 200817 yr Author Not true, people love getting things for nothing and if they hadn't heard it before they may download it anyway since its not costing them anything Spoken like a true Scotsman! :D I see what you mean though, usually if something is offered free, there is usually some sort of con involved! It would be good to find out, how many people, have actually paid, for the release, as I have never actually heard it on the radio. Edited March 8, 200817 yr by trevs
March 8, 200817 yr 02 01 BELFAST CHILD - SIMPLE MINDS 03 03 STOP - SAM BROWN :wub: Love those two tracks 21 27 I`D RATHER JACK - REYNOLDS GIRLS O god, this was rather irritating at the time, whatever happened to the girls, I think it was a one hit wonder. :unsure:
March 8, 200817 yr Thanks for this trevs! I agree with MK, the Ting Tings download sales have to be excluded if they are freebies as people will download free songs just to hear them. Once a week I go to indiestore and download a few free tracks that have been made available that week. I've never heard them (and usually I've never even heard of the act) and if I had to pay for them would never probably download them.
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