Welcome to Friday Evenings favourite thread! A weekly review of what`s hot and not. As usual, the top films, dvds, top tv, top albums, the flashback, and returning a bit later for the up to minute latest Singles/Songs this week.

 

The Top Films: Compiled by Screen International for UK Box Office.

w/k ending 24th Dec 2008

01 NE THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (making £2752,132 in a week)

02 01 MADAGASCAR

03 02 2 CHRISTMASES

04 NE INKHEART (making £700,146)

05 NE RAB NE BANA DI JODI (making £403,842)

06 03 TRANSPORTER 3

07 04 THE CHANGELING

08 05 QUANTUM OF SOLACE

09 06 BOY OF LIES

10 07 LAKEVIEW TERRACE

 

We well remember the 50s original B-movie of The Day The Earth Stood Still. Is originality difficult? Sometimes re-makes are lazy. Thumbs up to people who can come up with fresh ideas. Personally I can not stand re-makes. Whether it be songs, tv series, or films. Leave them alone, and make something that has new ideas! :angry:

 

Here come the top dvd films: Compiled from Sales/Rentals by DTR.

01 01 THE DARK KNIGHT

02 02 MAMMA MIA

03 03 HANCOCK

04 04 HELLBOY 2

05 NE STAR WARS: CLONE WARS

06 05 KUNG FU PANDA

07 09 INDIANA JONES: KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULLS

08 08 ANGUS THONGS AND PERFECT SNOGGING

09 07 THE MUMMY (TOMB OF....)

10 06 WALL.E

 

Pretty static dvd film chart.

 

On the TV Related dvd Chart:

01 LEE EVANS

02 DR WHO 4TH COMPLETE SERIES

03 GAVIN AND STACEY SEASON 2

04 SPECIAL K...PETER KAY

05 MICHAEL MCINTYRE

06 JEREMY CLARKSON....THRILLER

07 UGLY BETTY

08 STRICTLY COME DANCING

09 FRANCESCO`S MEDITERRANEAN VOYAGE

10 SARAH JANE ADVENTURES SERIES 1

 

DR WHO/SARAH JANE doing good. Whatever happened to K9 AND COMPANY...A superior one off, at Christmas 1981 on BBC1.

 

The top tv shows: Compiled by B.A.R.B.

01 04 CORONATION STREET 10.72M

02 01 X FACTOR 10.60M

03 03 I`M A CELEBRITY...GET ME OUT OF HERE 9.80M

04 02 STRICTLY COME DANCING 9.75M

05 05 EASTENDERS 9.52M

06 09 HARRY HILL`S TV BURP 8.28M

07 07 EMMERDALE 7.46M

08 08 TOP GEAR 7.33M

09 06 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 7.17M

10 10 MERLIN 6.31M

 

What say we look at the week`s top albums?

w/k ending 24th Dec 2008

01 01 THE CIRCUS - TAKE THAT

02 03 SPIRIT - LEONA LEWIS

03 02 NOW 71 - VARIOUS

04 04 DAY AND AGE - KILLERS

05 05 ONLY BY THE NIGHT - KINGS OF LEON

06 09 OUT OF CONTROL - GIRLS ALOUD

07 34 I AM SASHA FIERCE - BEYONCE

08 10 PRIESTS - PRIESTS

09 07 A DECADE IN THE SUN - STEREOPHONICS

10 06 THE PROMISE - IL DIVO

11 11 FUNHOUSE - PINK

12 13 ROCKFERRY - DUFFY

13 08 RHYDIAN - RHYDIAN ROBERTS

14 17 MOS ANTHEMS 2 91-08 - VARIOUS

15 14 SOUL - SEAL

16 15 UNCLE B - N-DUBZ

17 23 GREATEST HITS - SIMPLY RED

18 20 THE SCRIPT - SCRIPT

19 19 A HUNDRED MILLION SUNS - SNOW PATROL

20 24 GREATEST HITS - ENRIQUE

21 22 MOTOWN 50 - VARIOUS

22 18 MY LOVE - CELINE DION

23 27 MAMMA MIA - OST/VARIOUS

24 21 POP PARTY 6 - VARIOUS

25 12 CIRCUS - BRITNEY SPEARS

26 29 DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS 2 - VARIOUS

27 25 BEST OF - SASH

28 37 BEST BETTE - BETTE MIDLER

29 16 CHINESE DEMOCRACY - GUNS AND ROSES

30 33 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD - RIHANNA

 

Biggest faller for Miss Britney Spears, again...and 9 VA Compilations in the top 40 this week, with JACKIE 2 at 31, RADIO ONE LIVE LOUNGE 3 at 33, and the R + B COLLECTION 08 at 35. JAMES MORRISON crashes back up the album top 40 (combined) at 34. FALL OUT BOY at 44 (the only top 50 new entry). With TAKE THAT easily taking the Number One on week 3, selling over twice as many as Leona.

 

Flashback time, and a exciting one this week in 1980...That brought us the Chapman shooting of John Lennon, with the BBC paying tribute on Monday 8th Dec 1980 with a showing of one of the films.

In the Albums, in Record Business/MRIB it look like this for Christmas 1980:

01 01 SUPER TROUPER - ABBA

02 05 DOUBLE FANTASY - JOHN LENNON

03 06 GREATEST HITS - DR HOOK

04 02 GUILTY - BARBRA STRIESAND

05 11 BARRY - BARRY MANILOW

06 10 CHART EXPLOSION - VARIOUS

07 NE FLASH GORDON - QUEEN/OST

08 09 NOT THE NINE O`CLOCK NEWS - TV CAST

09 03 AUTOAMERICAN - BLONDIE

10 07 INSPIRATIONS - ELVIS PRESLEY

11 08 ZENYATTA MONDATTA - THE POLICE

12 12 JAZZ SINGER - NEIL DIAMOND/OST

13 14 MANILOW MAGIC - BARRY MANILOW

14 25 20 GOLDEN GREATS - KEN DODD

15 16 ABSOLUTELY - MADNES

16 04 SOUND EFFECTS - THE JAM

17 21 SING 20 NUMBER ONE HITS - BROTHERHOOD OF MAN

18 17 KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER - ADAM AND THE ANTS

19 18 FOOLISH BEHAVIOUR - ROD STEWART

20 13 CLASSICS FOR DREAMING - JAMES LAST

 

New material from ABBA, outselling them all in 1980. JOHN LENNON`s murder bumping up his album sales. The NOT THE NINE O`CLOCK NEWS team of MEL SMITH, GRIFF RHYS JONES, and PAMELA STEPHENSON (BILLY CONNOLLY`s wife) doing great, and taking a pop at ABBA on the show with a song entitled "SUPER DOOPER!" We awaited Antmania, as ADAM ANT awaited too. Barry Mania, catipulted him all over the chart...Barry Manilow absolutely fantastic. People may well scoff, but it is absolutely essential that everybody goes to a Barry concert before they die. That sounds a bit dodgy, but he is a fantastic showman, and you ain`t lived until you have. BARBRA STRIESAND was teaming up with BARRY GIBB, and got a couple of top 40 singles, and a number 2 album out of it. Those K-TEL people gave us an equivalent to the later NOW! series with CHART EXPLOSION. QUEEN gave us the latest incarnation of FLASH GORDON...Is it really "Wash his body in Ajax?" Surprisingly KEN DODD in the 1980 chart...again you must see him live, more value for money...and you won`t go home in the dark! BROTHERHOOD OF MAN did an album of covers...they only had 3 number ones themselves, so covered everyone elses! JAMES LAST is another great performer...Remember "THE SEDUCTION?" I particularly remember SLADE in 1980...they performed at the Reading Festival in Aug 1980, and so sang a "live" rendition of MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY". On Sunday Evening at 8pm on the GOLD stations around Britain...NODDY HOLDER will be playing the 1973 chart, when the song first topped the chart.

 

The 1980 Singles...slightly different with Record Business, but my was that Xmas Top Three close:

01 03 STARTING OVER - JOHN LENNON

02 02 NO ONE QUITE LIKE GRANDMA - ST WINIFRED`S SCHOOL CHOIR

03 01 STOP THE CAVALRY - JONA LEWIE

04 06 DE DO DO DO DE DA DA DA - POLICE

05 04 SUPER TROUPER - ABBA

06 RE HAPPY XMAS WAR IS OVER - JOHN LENNON/PLASTIC ONO BAND

07 05 EMBARASSMENT - MADNESS

08 12 ANT MUSIC - ADAM AND THE ANTS

09 08 RUNAWAY BOYS - STRAY CATS

10 07 BANANA REPUBLIC - BOOMTOWN RATS

11 14 FLASH - QUEEN

12 RE IMAGINE - JOHN LENNON

13 19 RABBIT - CHAS N`DAVE

14 11 LADY - KENNY ROGERS

15 15 LIES/DON`T DRIVE MY CAR - STATUS QUO

16 09 TO CUT A LONG STORY SHORT - SPANDAU BALLET

17 17 LOVE ON THE ROCKS - NEIL DIAMOND

18 10 DO YOU FEEL MY LOVE - EDDY GRANT

19 29 NEVER MIND THE PRESENTS - BARRON KNIGHTS

20 26 OVER THE RAINBOW-YOU BELONG TO ME - MATCHBOX

21 35 THIS WRECKAGE - GARY NUMAN

22 23 LONELY TOGETHER - BARRY MANILOW

23 16 CELEBRATION - KOOL AND THE GANG

24 13 THE TIDE IS HIGH - BLONDIE

25 28 TOO NICE TO TALK TO - THE BEAT

26 38 DO NOTHING - SPECIALS

27 24 DON`T WALK AWAY - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA

28 18 ROCK N`ROLL AIN`T NOISE POLLUTION - AC/DC

29 27 DECEMBER WILL BE MAGIC AGAIN - KATE BUSH

30 42 IT`S HARD TO BE HUMBLE - MAC DAVIES

31 22 I COULD BE SO GOOD FOR YOU - DENNIS WATERMAN/GERARD KENNY

32 25 EARTH DIES SCREAMING/DREAM A LIE - UB40

33 33 LOOKING FOR CLUES - ROBERT PALMER

34 39 WHO`S GONNA ROCK YOU - THE NOLANS

35 32 BLUE MOON - SHOWADDYWADDY

36 21 I`M COMING OUT - DIANA ROSS

37 41 MY GIRL - ROD STEWART

38 37 LORRAINE - BAD MANNERS

39 20 NEVER KNEW LOVE LIKE THIS BEFORE - STEPHANIE MILLS

40 43 IF I COULD ONLY MAKE YOU CARE - MIKE BERRY

 

We feel for THE JACKSONS who were just out of the 40 in 1980 at 41 with"HEARTBREAK HOTEL"...not the Elvis song, but another. The top 3 was very close in 1980, all the 3 including the dreaded "Grandma" were pushing over 150,000 by Friday 19th Dec 1980. Grandma peaked at 2 in Record Business, with Lennon at the top. JONA LEWIE (formerly Terry Dactyl And The Dinosaurs) sold just as many in that period. THE POLICE and ABBA were neck and neck, all week. ANT MUSIC kept us going as ADAM ANT really took off in Jan 1981. The STRAY CATS bursted on the scene, bring Rock-a-billy in, along with MATCHBOX (also in with their medley). BOOMTOWN RATS were telling us more on Ireland. STATUS QUO, and The SPECIALS both gave us double A sides. The QUO were brilliant in Brighton last Friday, but the sound system at the new Wembley is atrocious. CHAS N`DAVE had more Rabbit than Sainsburys...I have never seen rabbit on sell, in Sainsburys! QUEEN gave us the single of FLASH. SPANDAU BALLET had their first hit. NEIL DIAMOND was on the rocks! The BARRON KNIGHTS had the ultimate Christmas hit..."Old Mrs Girt. sher lifted her skirt, and did the Hokey Cokey...Mr Smith got stuck in the lift, it wouldn`t go up or down you know! The medley took, takes on Another Brick In The Wall, and Day Trip To Bangor. Including, Santa getting drunk and driving in to the wall! EDDY GRANT and BLONDIE went down the chart. BARRY MANILOW hung about the chart forever with "LONELY TOGETHER", and never made the top 20. The SPECIALS gave us a 2-Tone Xmas, from Coventry. KOOL AND THE GANG sang Kylie!!! ELO were still releasing songs from the year`s worse film "Xanadu". New Wave via GARY NUMAN (no doubt eating toast). AC/DC gave us the hard stuff, and a great concert in 1980. MAC DAVIES was back after 8 years. DENNIS WATERMAN teamed up, with GERARD KENNY in the writing of the theme to "MINDER". KATE BUSH sung about St Nicholas down the chimney! SHOWADDYWADDY thought it was 1961. DIANA ROSS came out, unleashing a kind of "gay" anthem. Got a feeling ROD STEWART didn`t make the Radio One Top 40 with "My Girl", this was a re-make and made it`s Independant Radio peak. BAD MANNERS were going to kill Lorraine, when they found her...reminding me of LORRAINE CHASE in LWT`s "The Other`Arf on tv in 1980. After watching that one, I felt the same! But wasn`t the lovely Lorraine, great in Blankety Blank...at it`s best with Mr Terry Wogan. The Nolans kept going...as did the family! MIKE BERRY was with the OUTLAWS in the 60s. In 1980 he appeared in WORZEL GUMMIDGE. Then also took over from Trevor Bannister in "Are You Being Served?" Where he played the ever micky taking Mr Spooner...although Trevor Bannister`s Mr Lucas, had been so much better.

 

(Vintage Charts compiled by Record Business Magazine for Independant Radio 1980).

 

 

Stick around for the latest singles soon....

Thanks Dave

 

Where is Enya in the albums please? :)

Thanks Dave

 

Where is Enya in the albums please? :)

Enya is stuck at a combined 36.

Thanks Dave ;)

05 04 SUPER TROUPER - ABBA

 

:wub:

 

I can't believe St Winifred's School Choir beat John Lennon, what a travesty!

Thanks Dave

 

I love ABBA, but Super Trouper is one of my least favourite of their songs. The album's fabulous though :wub:

"Flashback time, and a exciting one this week in 1980...That brought us the Chapman shooting of John Lennon, with the BBC paying tribute on Monday 8th Dec 1980 with a showing of one of the films."

 

Is this definitely correct? I'm sure the news didn't break over here until the morning of 9th December?

Didn't realise Jona Lewie made #1 the previous week, I wish he did on the official chart.

 

Excellent retro chart, huge fall for Blondie

 

I hope you didn't get any rabbit from Sainsbury's Dave :unsure: ;)

Here is the finish...The top selling Singles at Christmas 2008! :rolleyes:

 

Starting Physically, with the top selling singles in the physical form:

w/k ending 26th Dec 2008

01 NE ALEXANDRA

02 01 BANDAGED

03 NE GERALDINE

04 02 HERO - X FACTOR FINALISTS

05 03 BOYZONE

06 05 ALESHA DIXON

07 NE WOMBATS

08 04 STATUS QUO

09 13 IF I WERE A BOY - BEYONCE

10 06 BRITNEY

11 NE HOT LEG

12 08 GEORGE SAMPSON

13 07 TAKE THAT

14 09 OASIS

15 NE SCOOTER

16 11 T.I.

17 NE I MISS YOU - BASSHUNTER

18 14 GIRLS ALOUD

19 12 LEONA - FORGIVE ME

20 NE JINGLE BELLS - BASSHUNTER

21 RE GERALDINE - WINNERS SONG

22 NE KAISER CHIEFS

23 10 KINGS OF LEON - USE SOMEBODY

24 NE SNOW PATROL

25 24 POGUES

26 18 BOB THE BUILDER

27 RE LEON JACKSON - DON`T CALL THIS LOVE

28 22 JAMES MORRISON

29 16 MCFLY

30 15 SAME DIFFERENCE

31 20 N-DUBZ

32 19 AKON

33 17 HOT N`COLD - KATY PERRY

34 23 PUSSYCAT DOLLS

35 21 WILL YOUNG

36 26 GURU JOSH

37 28 PINK

38 25 MADONNA

39 27 DUFFY

40 NE OUTSIDERS

 

LADYHAWKE at 41, JASON MRAZ 42...both selling just over 300 copies! But big sales for Alexandra`s physical as it becomes the biggest of the year, selling nearly 250,000 physicals in a 3 days! So, she will take top physical of 2008.

 

Here is the combined physical/download top 60:

60 34 CIRCUS - BRITNEY =59

59 39 IT`S CHRISTMAS TIME - STATUS QUO 41) =58

58 40 FORGIVE ME - LEONA 40) =53

57 NE DECODE - PARAMORE

56 51 DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS - CHRIS REA =55

55 55 DO THEY KNOW IT`S CHRISTMAS 84 - BAND AID =54

54 56 I`M YOURS - JASON MRAZ 39) =52

53 30 DANGEROUS - KARDINAL OFFISHALL 38) =51

52 52 HEARTLESS - KANYE WEST - =57

51 42 DISTURBIA - RIHANNA - =48

 

50 41 I KISSED A GIRL - KATY PERRY 37) =47

49 45 IT`S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS - PERRY COMO

48 43 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT 36) =45

47 61 ISSUES - SATURDAYS - =47

46 36 MY DELIRIUM - LADYHAWKE 35) =43

45 32 UP - SATURDAYS 34) =40

44 NE IS THIS CHRISTMAS - WOMBATS 33) =41

43 38 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY - SLADE 32) =38

42 NE CRACK THE SHUTTERS - SNOW PATROL 31) =39

41 37 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE - SHAKIN`STEVENS =36

 

40 26 LOVE LOCKDOWN - KANYE WEST 30) =35

39 35 RAIN ON YOUR PARADE - DUFFY 29) =44

38 31 MAD - NE-YO - =37

37 NE LOVING KIND - GIRLS ALOUD - =34

36 24 PAPA CAN YOU HEAR ME - N-DUBZ 28) =32

35 NE HALLELUJAH - LEONARD COHEN -

34 53 JINGLE BELLS - BASSHUNTER 27) =42

33 NE I MISS YOU - BASSHUNTER 26) -33

32 29 I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY - WIZZARD

31 28 BREAK EVEN - SCRIPT 25) =31

 

30 22 BETTER - BOYZONE 24) =30

29 20 I HATE THIS PART - PUSSYCAT DOLLS 23) =29

28 18 CASH IN MY POCKET - WILEY 22) =27

27 27 LAST CHRISTMAS - WHAM - =28

26 23 SO WHAT - PINK 21) =26

25 17 REHAB - RIHANNA - =24

24 16 INFINITY - GURU JOSH 20) =25

23 11 LIVE YOUR LIFE - T.I. 19) =22

22 15 SEX ON FIRE - KINGS OF LEON 18) =23

21 33 WARM THIS WINTER - GABRIELLA CILMI - =21

 

20 19 THE PROMISE - GIRLS ALOUD 17) =20

19 25 SINGLE LADIES - BEYONCE - =19

18 07 RIGHT NOW - AKON 16) =18

17 12 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU - MARIAH CAREY 15) =17

16 10 BOY DOES NOTHING - ALESHA DIXON 14) =16

15 14 HERO - X FACTOR FINALISTS 13) =14

14 08 HOT N`COLD - KATY PERRY 12) =13

13 03 PEACE ON EARTH-LITTLE DRUMMER BOY - BANDAGED 11) =12

12 13 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK - POGUES/KIRSTY MACCOLL 10) =15

11 06 HUMAN - KILLERS 09) =11

 

10 04 WOMANIZER - BRITNEY SPEARS 08) =9

09 62 LISTEN - BEYONCE 07) =6

08 05 GREATEST DAY - TAKE THAT 6) =10

07 02 USE SOMEBODY - KINGS OF LEON 5) =7

06 21 BROKEN STRINGS - JAMES MORRISON 4) =5

05 09 IF I WERE A BOY - BEYONCE 3) =4

04 NE ONCE UPON A CHRISTMAS SONG - PETER KAY 2) =8

03 01 RUN - LEONA LEWIS - =2

02 54 HALLELUJAH - JEFF BUCKLEY - =3

01 NE HALLELUJAH - ALEXANDRA 1) =1

 

) Position without downloads alone. 46 people managed to find a physical single of Beyonce`s "Listen", 4 people found physical singles of Mariah Carey, and 2 found physical singles of Slade. If you were one of those that picked up "Rule The World" this week...What took you so long?! Shakin`Stevens will probably swap places with Kanye West shortly...Shame! :lol: Chris Rea is likely to increase, and get back in the top 50. This will knock out Katy Perry`s "I Kissed A Girl", at long last!

 

= Position on Chart Show tv.

 

Amazingly the first time since Christmas 1953, see`s two versions of the same song side by side in the chart. ANSWER ME was in the same spots for both DAVID WHITFIELD and FRANKIE LAINE in 53. Of course this did happen after 1953, but this is just the 2nd time at Christmas. I could argue about "Unchained Melody" in 1955, as Jimmy Young was out sold by Al Hibbler, but apparently NME try to tell us different! Cherry Pink And Apple Blosson White did the feat in 1955 for Eddie Calvert/Perez Prado. Singing The Blues is also open to question in 1957, as I know for a fact that Tommy Steele`s version did not ever overtake Guy Mitchell`s in weekly sales. Infact Tommy struggled for a number 2 position. Alexandra sells 4 times as many as the late Jeff Buckley. Leonard Cohen get`s his first uk single! A annoyance to the ears, as ever! :unsure: Outside our top 60: Westlife are in the top 70 "I`m Already There". Rick Astley scrapes the top 75, and Elton, Neil, and the Killers hit the 75 too. Kaiser Chiefs newie get`s beaten by their last hit, as it reclimbs the top 70.

 

Note: This is not the Official Chart. It is based on Chart Show tv`s Video Singles Chart (Saturdays 9.00-10.30am, Sky 365), with added sales to make it the most up to date, and fastest chart in Britain.

 

Will we end with the top pre-order new releases? We will! :)

Pre-order Singles:

01 THE LOVING KIND - GIRLS ALOUD 12th Jan

02 NO CAN DO - SUGABABES 29th Dec

03 ISSUES - SATURDAYS 5th Jan

04 JUST DANCE - LADY GAGA 5th Jan

05 SOBER - PINK 19th Jan

06 PERFECT SYMMETRY - KEANE 29th

07 HOT CHIP - HOT CHIP/ROBERT WYATT 22nd Dec

08 THE FEAR - LILY ALLEN 26th Jan

09 DAY N`NITE - KID CUDI 12th Jan

10 LET IT ROCK - KEVIN RUDOLF 29th Dec

 

Top pre-order albums:

01 THE ALBUM - ALEXANDRA 16th Mar

02 WE SING WE DANCE WE STEAL THINGS - JASON MRAZ 29th

03 BOOMBOX - KYLIE 5th Jan

04 RELAPSE - EMINEM 26th Jan

05 HANGING ON A DREAM - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 26th Jan

06 BEFORE I SELF DESTRUCT - 50CENT 23rd Feb

07 ODESSA - BEE GEES 12th Jan

08 TONIGHT - FRANZ FERDINAND 26th

09 IT`S NOT ME IT`S YOU - LILY ALLEN 9th Feb

10 NOW 1 - VARIOUS 12th Jan

 

Just under those in the singles is Franz Ferdinand - Ulysees, and in the albums White Lies - To Lose My Life. The White Lies album is the same title as the title track single, whose pre-orders are not much to sing about!

Thanks Dave

 

I love ABBA, but Super Trouper is one of my least favourite of their songs. The album's fabulous though :wub:

Oh yeah...and Tom, during 1980 while working with the BBC, we interviewed Benny, and Bjorn. They told us the correct words from Super Trouper...The line goes "When I called you last night from where?" People thought it was Tesco`s, Glasgow etc. But this proved incorrect. It was infact a town in Sweden...Now if I only I could remember the name! Help!

 

Maybe Colin can help?

Hurrah for the Pogues being so far ahead of Mariah! :D

"Flashback time, and a exciting one this week in 1980...That brought us the Chapman shooting of John Lennon, with the BBC paying tribute on Monday 8th Dec 1980 with a showing of one of the films."

 

Is this definitely correct? I'm sure the news didn't break over here until the morning of 9th December?

I believe you are right! I was doing a night time production thing then. I came home in the early hours, and possibly it was on the Tuesday. I am struggling remembering the tribute film on BBC. I think it was "Help", but it may have been "A Hard Days Night"...well it was for me, that evening.

Oh yeah...and Tom, during 1980 while working with the BBC, we interviewed Benny, and Bjorn. They told us the correct words from Super Trouper...The line goes "When I called you last night from where?" People thought it was Tesco`s, Glasgow etc. But this proved incorrect. It was infact a town in Sweden...Now if I only I could remember the name! Help!

 

Maybe Colin can help?

 

Who's Colin:? I really thought (and still think) it's Glasgow! That's still the official lyrics I'm sure.

 

Thanks for the singles Dave

LADYHAWKE at 41, JASON MRAZ 42...both selling just over 300 copies

 

Thats actually not that bad, compared to The Ting Tings who made #1 in the spring with less than 5000 copies.

 

Hot Leg at #11? :huh:

 

Yay for all of the songs in the pre-order chart- all are great except for Sugababes i guess. But espescially for Keane and Franz Ferdinand :wub:

Didn't realise Jona Lewie made #1 the previous week, I wish he did on the official chart.

 

Excellent retro chart, huge fall for Blondie

 

I hope you didn't get any rabbit from Sainsbury's Dave :unsure: ;)

Isn`t it strange though. I don`t think they ever sold it in Sainsburys. I certainly wouldn`t eat rabbit, these days. Rather old fashioned! Bang Bang Bang Goes The Farmers Gun, ay?! And that featured on Chas n`Dave`s 1981 hit "Stars Over 45". :o

Hot Leg at #11? :huh:

Strange it is, that "I`ve Met Jesus" is only 86 on the combined physical/download chart. This reminds me of a joke...This morning I found out that Jesus, lives in my street.

 

While walking down the road, I heard a woman in a house shout "Jesus, are you still in that bathroom!!!!"

"Flashback time, and a exciting one this week in 1980...That brought us the Chapman shooting of John Lennon, with the BBC paying tribute on Monday 8th Dec 1980 with a showing of one of the films."

 

Is this definitely correct? I'm sure the news didn't break over here until the morning of 9th December?

 

You are correct he was shot dead 23:00 Hrs New York time, so the UK awoke to the horrible news on the morning of the 9th December.

Strange it is, that "I`ve Met Jesus" is only 86 on the combined physical/download chart. This reminds me of a joke...This morning I found out that Jesus, lives in my street.

 

While walking down the road, I heard a woman in a house shout "Jesus, are you still in that bathroom!!!!"

 

:lol: That made me chuckle

 

Who's Colin:? I really thought (and still think) it's Glasgow! That's still the official lyrics I'm sure.

 

Thanks for the singles Dave

 

 

Yes it's Glasgow.

 

http://www.lyricsfreak.com/a/abba/super+tr...r_20002993.html

Thought as much, thanks Chris. I can't think of a Swedish town that rhymes with Glasgow. Maybe Malmo in a terrible accent? :)

 

Just realised Geraldine at number 4 :o :dance:

 

And the difference between last Friday and Sunday for Basshunter - Jingle Bells surely means he will be top 30 if not top 20 by the weekend right? :o :blink: