1 (1) Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love

2 (2) Take That – Rule The World

3 (3) Timbaland pts OneRepublic – Apologize

4 (12) Kylie Minogue – 2 Hearts

5 (4) Mark Ronson ft Amy Winehouse – Valerie

6 (9) Alicia Keys – No One

7 (5) Westlife – Home

8 (-) Bloc Party – Flux

9 (-) Runrig ft Tartan Army – Loch Lomond

10 (6) Sugababes – About You Now

11 (7) Craig David – Hot Stuff (Let’s Dance)

12 (10) Freemasons ft Bailey Tzuke – Uninvited

13 (8) Britney Spears – Gimme More

14 (-) T2 ft Jodie Aysha – Heartbroken

15 (16) Rihanna ft Ne-Yo – Hate That I Love You

16 (-) Elvis Presley – You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me

17 (21) Shayne Ward – No U Hang Up / If That’s OK With You

18 (11) Hoosiers – Goodbye Mr A

19 (17) 50 Cent ft Justin Timberlake & Timbaland – Ayo Technology

20 (34) Nickelback – Rockstar

21 (15) Ida Corr vs Fedde Le Grand – Let Me Think About It

22 (14) Nicole Scherzinger ft will.i.am – Baby Love

23 (20) Spice Girls – Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)

24 (19) Mika – Happy Ending

25 (26) Phil Collins – In The Air Tonight

26 (18) Robyn – Handle Me

27 (23) Kanye West ft T-Pain – Good Life

28 (25) Plain White T’s – Hey There Delilah

29 (28) Timbaland ft Keri Hilson – The Way I Are

30 (61) Amy Winehouse – Back To Black

31 (27) Scouting For Girls – She’s So Lovely

32 (24) Samim – Heater

33 (-) Lahayna – In The City

34 (22) McFly – The Heart Never Lies

35 (29) Akon – Sorry Blame It On Me

36 (32) Fergie – Big Girls Don’t Cry

37 (-) Led Zeppelin – Stairway To Heaven

38 (36) Rihanna ft Jay-Z – Umbrella

39 (31) Sean Kingston – Beautiful Girls

40 (35) Foo Fighters – The Pretender

 

42 (-) Pigeon Detectives – I Found Out

43 (48) Pendulum – Granite

45 (-) Hard-Fi – Can’t Get Along (Without You)

46 (-) Linkin Park – Shadow Of The Day

49 (60) Snow Patrol – Chasing Cars

52 (-) Duran Duran – Falling Down

53 (-) Soulja Boy Tellem – Crank That (Soulja Boy)

57 (67) Dizzee Rascal – Flex

59 (-) Darren Hayes – Me Myself And (I)

61 (-) Leona Lewis – Whatever It Takes

62 (70) Fergie – Clumsy

64 (re) Led Zeppelin – Whole Lotta Love

65 (-) Leona Lewis – Footprints In The Sand

72 (-) Maroon 5 – Won’t Go Home Without You

73 (-) Leona Lewis – The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

74 (re) Leona Lewis – A Moment Like This

75 (re) Andrea Bocelli – Con Te Partiro

 

This was Take That’s 4th consecutive week at #2 – the first song to manage such a run since Nizlopi – JCB Song in 2005/06, and the first to do so without reaching #1 since Destiny’s Child – Lose My Breath (although Kate Nash – Foundations did have 5 non-consecutive weeks at #2 without reaching #1 earlier in 2007).

 

The two highest new entries were the main surprise of the week – in fact in a prediction game on another forum, nobody predicted either song to go top 10!

 

This was Bloc Party’s 4th hit of 2007, and mirrored the pattern of their 2005 hits (top 5 hit at the start of the year, then 2 hits charting outside the top 10 before a return to the top 10 towards the end of the year).

 

#9 was Runrig’s first hit since 1997, and their first top 10 hit. Surprisingly for such a song it climbed from its initial midweek position. I would bet that some of the Tartan Army who featured on this record also feature on this week’s #40 hit! This song charted 2 places higher than the Spice Girls comeback hit would manage the following week (both songs being Children In Need Songs).

 

#14 marked the start of a short-lived garage revival – the main hits being this song and H “Two” O’s What’s It Gonna Be, both of which spent 3 weeks at #2. T2 is not the same act that charted in 1997 with You Got The Love.

 

Hate That I Love You could easily have spent 4 consecutive weeks at #16 if Elvis had sold a bit more (the song went 16-15-16-16).

 

#20 was the physical release of Rockstar – and we know what happened next…

 

Back To Black’s rise to #30 was as a result of Hope’s performance of it on X-Factor (they also caused Christina Aguilera – Hurt to return to the top 40). Back To Black would make another similar rise up to #30 after Christmas – made more surprising that the song only made it to #25 when physically released.

 

#33 was a download-only song that got into the chart due to some pre-order tactic (it was in fact top 20 in the first set of midweeks), and it fell out of the top 200 the following week. The act was mistakenly listed as Lahannya in the first set of midweeks, leading to much confusion.

 

#37 was the first ever chart appearance of Stairway To Heaven, as Led Zeppelin never released singles (with the exception of Whole Lotta Love in 1997).

 

#42 was a re-issue of the band’s first hit (which had made #39 the previous year).

 

#45 was the second single from Hard-Fi’s 2nd album, and was the follow-up to Suburban Knights (which had given them their biggest hit by charting at #7). This was considered a massive disappointment considering that the band had managed 5 top 15 hits from their first album (however they would go top 40 with their next hit due to a “Concert Live” promotion).

 

The Leona Lewis new/re-entries lower down were due to album track downloads. Footprints In The Sand would re-chart the following year and make #25 as well as making #2 as a double A-side with Better In Time.

 

Not a bad top 10. Take out Kylie, Westlife and Runrig, and you have a good set of future classics (or at least deserve-to-be classics).

#20 was the physical release of Rockstar – and we know what happened next…

 

Hell broke loose :cry:

Hell broke loose :cry:

 

Now come on. Rockstar was hardly Bob Dylan, but it's been really refreshing having the likes of Rockstar and Sweet About Me have time to become slow burners and be GENUINELY popular. Before the download era, the chart was just becoming the same old, same old routine. High peaks off the back of some heavy marketing, rapid fall down the chart, and no-one remembers the song a month on.