Posted March 12, 200916 yr Another Friday evening, and how are we? Well we hope! The usual mix of charts are here with the top films, dvds, tv programmes, albums, the flashback, and then back later for those top singles/songs this week so far. Here are the top uk films this week: Compiled by Screen International for UK Box Office w/k ending 18th March 09 01 NE WATCHMEN 02 01 SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE 03 02 GRAN TORINO 04 NE THE YOUNG VICTORIA 05 04 BOLT 06 05 CONFESSIONS OF A SHOP-A-HOLIC 07 03 THE UNBORN 08 07 HOTEL FOR DOGS 09 06 THE INTERNATIONAL 10 08 HE`S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU WATCHMEN scores with a net taking of £3,243,001, with THE YOUNG VICTORIA on £1,016,058. The top film dvds: Compiled by DTR, and based on sales/rentals 01 NE SAW V 02 02 HSM3 03 01 GHOST TOWN 04 NE QUARINTINE 05 NE PINOCCHIO PLATINUM EDITION 06 NE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS 07 NE ART OF WAR 08 03 GET SMART 09 04 MARY POPPINS 10 05 TAKEN Healthy dvd films, this week. I wonder how many people actually went to the cinema, and saw the original showings of Pinocchio? Of course, some people call it PIN(KNOCK)IO...Really that is wrong, it is PIN(NO)CHIO. But then some call TARZAN...TARZ(ANNE)! No, it`s TARZ(UN)! The top tv related dvds: 01 NE HEROES SEASON 2 02 NE HOUSE A.D. SEASON 4 03 01 NOW THAT`S WHAT I CALL COMEDY 04 NE BRIDESHEAD REVISTED 05 02 FUTURAMA The top tv programmes: (Compiled by BARB, only the top editions of programmes are noted) 01 01 CORONATION STREET 10.48M 02 02 EASTENDERS 9.79M 03 03 DANCING ON ICE 9.47M 04 05 WILD AT HEART 8.30M 05 06 EMMERDALE 7.76M 06 NE LAW AND ORDER 6.96M 07 NE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FOOTBALL 6.92M 08 07 LET`S DANCE FOR COMIC RELIEF 6.90M 09 09 CASUALTY 6.84M 10 13 NATIONAL LOTTERY DRAWS 6.44M 11 11 LARKRISE TO CANDLEFORD 6.34M 12 08 SATURDAY TAKEAWAY 6.23M 13 14 10 O`CLOCK NEWS 6.03M 14 RE SIX NATIONS RUGBY 5.96M 15 15 WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE 5.82M 16 10 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 5.77M 17 22 THE ONE SHOW 5.65M 18 NE UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE 5.61M 19 30 MASTERCHEF 5.58M 20 28 WATCHDOG 5.47M 21 29 HARRY HILL`S TV BURP 5.46M 22 17 HOLBY CITY 5.44M 23 16 6 O`CLOCK NEWS 5.40M 24 NE WENDY RICHARD - A TRIBUTE 5.35M 25 20 BBC NEWS SUNDAY 4.86M 26 21 BILLY CONNOLLY 4.86M 27 24 LIFE STORIES 4.85M 28 23 THE BILL 4.74M 29 NE GRAND DESIGNS 4.66M 30 RE WATERLOO ROAD 4.65M I find it hard to believe that BBC 2 programmes (University Challenge & Masterchef), and Channel 4`s "Grand Designs" are so high...Why? Has life become so tedious, that we have to watch this stuff? University Challenge maybe, yeah...but the other two? Even the original University Challenge ITV shows, with Bamber "Your Starter For Ten" Gascoigne, couldn`t get this high! Take a look at the tv, in our Flashback year of 1978: w/k ending 11th March 1978 01 A SHARP INTAKE OF BREATH 17.80M 02 MIND YOUR LANGUAGE 17.50M 03 JAMES BOND (GOLDFINGER) 17.40M 04 MIXED BLESSINGS 17.40M 05 CORONATION STREET 16.90M 06 GEORGE AND MILDRED 16.80M 07 STARSKY AND HUTCH 16.60M BBC 08 THE PROFESSIONALS 16.60M 09 MIKE YARWOOD IN PERSONS 16.30M BBC 10 DAVE ALLEN 16.20M 11 CROSSROADS 16.00M 12 CORONATION STREET (WEDS) 15.90M 13 ROBIN`S NEST 15.60M 14 ARMCHAIR THRILLER 15.30M 15 CROSSROADS (TUES) 15.10M 16 EMMERDALE FARM (TUES) 15.00M 17 OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS 14.90M 18 ARMCHAIR THRILLER (THURS) 14.90M 19 THIS IS YOUR LIFE 14.90M 20 WILDE ALLIANCE 14.80M Look at those big ratings...and no wonder, they were all top shows. We only had to suffer CORONATION STREET on Mondays, and Wednesdays...and EMMERDALE FARM was only on Tuesdays, and Thursdays! situation comedy ruled...with DAVID JASON doing a Frank Spencer type called "Peter" in A SHARP INTAKE OF BREATH...a vehicle for JASON where he showed his true and only comic talent. MIND YOUR LANGUAGE starred the late BARRY EVANS as a teacher of Foreign Students. MIXED BLESSINGS was a sitcom, where White man marries Black woman. GEORGE AND MILDRED (of course), the spin-off of MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE with the landlords "The Ropers" moving to a posh conservative estate. Cops with Starsky And Hutch (BBC`s top American Series). DAVE ALLEN was delivering his brilliant humour on ITV. MIKE YARWOOD did his amazing impressions on BBC. ROBIN`s NEST was the other spin-off from MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE, where RICHARD O` SULLIVAN`s problems really started a la TESSA WYATT. CROSSROADS was suffered at either 5.15pm, or 6.35pm depending which ITV region you were in, 3 days a week! ARMCHAIR THRILLER gave us the willies, on Tuesday and Thursday at 8.30pm on ITV. OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS was on it`s last legs with HUGHIE GREENE...Anyone rememember the "Frank Jennings Syndicate?"....They were on the show, and occasionally pop up in pubs in the South of England. THIS IS YPUR LIFE was doing the business, for it`s best host "EAMON ANDREWS". WILDE ALLIANCE was a mystery/crime series, as a husband and wife team solved crimes in York. It starred John Stride and Julia Foster as Rupert and Amy Wilde on Tuesdays in the 9-10pm slot on ITV. Here are this week`s albums in 2009: 01 01 NO LINE ON THE HORIZON - U2 02 NE ALL I EVER WANTED - KELLY CLARKSON 03 NE FEARLESS - TAYLOR SWIFT 04 NE ANNIE LENNOX COLLECTION - ANNIE LENNOX 05 03 ONLY BY THE NIGHT - KOL 06 02 INVADERS MUST DIE - PRODIGY 07 NE FARYL - FARYL SMITH 08 05 THE FAME - LADY GAGA 09 07 ADDICTED TO BASS 09 - VARIOUS 10 04 IT`S NOT ME IT`S YOU - LILY ALLEN 11 11 WE STARTED NOTHING - TING TINGS 12 NE VERY BEST OF EUPHORIC DANCE BREAKDOWN 09 - VARIOUS 13 09 MASSIVE R + B COLLECTION SPRING 09 - VARIOUS 14 12 CIRCUS - TAKE THAT 15 06 ROCKFERRY - DUFFY 16 NE PAST AND PRESENT - MICHAEL BALL 17 13 FLEET FOXES - FLEET FOXES 18 16 DAY AND AGE - KILLERS 19 NE POP PRINCESSES - VARIOUS 20 14 I AM SASHA FIERCE - BEYONCE 21 21 SOLID SILVER 60s - VARIOUS 22 38 FREEDOM - AKON 23 NE 101 HOUSEWORK SONGS - VARIOUS 24 10 SELDOM SEEN KID - ELBOW 25 26 BEST BETTE - BETTE MIDLER 26 08 MASH UP EUPHORIA - VARIOUS 27 22 MOTOWN 50TH ANNIVERSARY - VARIOUS 28 31 PLATINUM COLLECTION - TINA TURNER 29 NE VERY BEST OF - THE DUBLINERS 30 20 ALESHA SHOW - ALESHA DIXON Well ST. PATRICK`s Day looms, as the DUBLINERS crack the top 30 combined albums! As we remember such classics as "Seven Drunken Nights", although they were only allowed to sing about 6! "Black Velvet Band" was the follow up...and another top 15 hit to boot. Things then turned out bad for such songs as "When You Are Young, Never Wed An Old Man". Songs that kept the closing days of the BBC Light Programme going, along with the start of Radio 2. When all is said though, well done to the boys. We all remember the return to the charts in 1987...when they teamed up with the Pogues, and "The Irish Rover". U2 easily beat new entries by Kelly, Taylor, and Annie...all queuing up in front of Faryl "Don`t believe the hype of the press" Smith. The albums, back in March 1978: Compiled by Record Business Magazine 01 01 THE ALBUM - ABBA 02 06 20 GOLDEN GREATS - BUDDY HOLLY 03 04 REFLECTIONS - ANDY WILLIAMS 04 11 THE KICK INSIDE - KATE BUSH 05 02 RUMOURS - FLEETWOOD MAC 06 03 VARIATIONS - ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER 07 05 OUT OF THE BLUE - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA 08 09 DARTS - DARTS 09 10 DISCO STARS - VARIOUS 10 13 CITY TO CITY - GERRY RAFFERTY 11 07 FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY FREE - ROD STEWART 12 12 25 THUMPING GREAT HITS - DAVE CLARK FIVE 13 08 NEW BOOTS AND PANTIES - IAN DURY AND THE BLOCKHEADS 14 NE FONZIES FAVOURITES - VARIOUS 15 14 SOUND OF - BREAD 16 15 ALL N`ALL - EARTH WIND AND FIRE 17 23 PLASTIC LETTERS - BLONDIE 18 16 GREATEST HITS - DONNA SUMMER 19 17 ARRIVAL - ABBA 20 20 PASTICHE - MANHATTEN TRANSFER 6 straight weeks at the top for ABBA in 1978. They had knocked off FLEETWOOD MAC in February...but KATE BUSH was messing about, as she knocked ABBA off very quickly...doing a double with album and single. ANDY WILLIAMS could have been the Mother`s Day seller, along with BUDDY HOLLY. LLOYD WEBBER spent many a week at number 3, then fell like a brick. ELO gave us "MR BLUE SKY" as a single, this came from the album "Out Of The Blue". DARTS had both a first hit single, and album. ROD STEWART had a top-weight number 2 album, and was up and down for 5 months straight. GERRY RAFFERTY did even better as "City To City", gave him a "Record Business" number one single in April. DAVE CLARK FIVE gave us 25 hits. IAN DURY had been hanging about since October 1977, then rose into the top ten in early 78. DISCO STARS was top comp, a selection of just that, as "HAPPY DAYS" gave us the Fonz, and those "FONZIES FAVOURITES". Suddenly thought of a cartoon series based on the Fonzie character...Remember "HEYYY IT`S THE KING?" A cartoon series that also featured "Undercover Elephant", and 3 ghosts "Shake Rattle And Roll". DONNA SUMMER was dropping, as BLONDIE got an early album, and an early "Record Business" number one single. PASTICHE was what MANHATTEN TRANSFER were all about, and here was the album...in the UK, at the end of 1978 MAN TRAN appeared on the TWO RONNIES new series. The top singles in March 1978: 01 01 WUTHERING HEIGHTS - KATE BUSH 02 05 DENIS - BLONDIE 03 02 TAKE A CHANCE ON ME - ABBA 04 04 COME BACK MY LOVE - DARTS 05 08 BAKER STREET - GERRY RAFFERTY 06 03 WISHING ON A STAR - ROSE ROYCE 07 11 I CAN`T STAND THE RAIN - ERUPTION 08 06 STAYIN`ALIVE - BEE GEES 09 07 MR BLUE SKY - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA 10 12 IS THIS LOVE - BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS 11 23 MATCHSTICK MEN AND MATCHSTALK CATS AND DOGS - BRIAN AND MICHAEL (BERK AND JERK) 12 14 EMOTIONS - SAMANTHA SANG 13 09 JUST ONE MORE NIGHT - YELLOW DOG 14 16 FANTASY - EARTH WIND AND FIRE 15 10 FREE E.P. - FREE 16 24 ALLY`S TARTAN ARMY - ANDY CAMERON 17 21 LILAC WINE - ELKIE BROOKS 18 37 I LOVE THE SOUND OF BREAKING GLASS - NICK LOWE 19 26 EVERY ONE`S A WINNER - HOT CHOCOLATE 20 13 FIGARO - BROTHERHOOD OF MAN 21 25 RUMOUR HAS IT - DONNA SUMMER 22 19 FIVE MINUTES - STRANGLERS 23 15 LOVE IS LIKE OXYGEN - THE SWEET 24 22 JUST THE WAY YOU ARE - BILLY JOEL 25 20 RISING FREE E.P. - TOM ROBINSON BAND 26 NE FOLLOW YOU FOLLOW ME - GENESIS 27 NE I DON`T WANT TO GO TO CHELSEA - ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ATTRACTIONS 28 34 WALK IN LOVE - MANHATTEN TRANSFER 29 17 IF I HAD WORDS - SCOTT FITZGERALD/YVONNE KEELEY 30 30 WHENEVER YOU WANT MY LOVE - REAL THING 31 33 WORDS - RITA COOLIDGE 32 40 NEWS OF THE WORLD - THE JAM 33 27 WE`VE GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN OUR HANDS - NOTTINGHAM FOREST F.C. AND PAPER LACE 34 18 HOT LEGS/I WAS ONLY JOKING - ROD STEWART 35 35 BABY COME BACK - PLAYER 36 28 THE DRUMMER MAN - TONIGHT 37 42 WHAT`S YOUR NAME WHAT`S YOUR NUMBER - ANDREA TRUE CONNECTION 38 41 SOMETIMES WHEN WE TOUCH - DAN HILL 39 29 CLASH CITY ROCKERS - CLASH 40 36 SPREAD YOUR WINGS - QUEEN KATE BUSH suffered slightly on the Record Business chart, because she only got 3 weeks at the top. Then BLONDIE knocked her off! It got better though because GERRY RAFFERTY kept BRIAN AND MICHAEL off the top! No Lowrie represented at number one there! "Big Ship, Sails On The Alley Alley O, Alley Alley O". WHAT? DARTS did ok with "Come Back My Love", and stalled at number 2...although some dodgy lyrics, "Do The Wop, Do The Wang, Do The Wop", or something similar!! Classier stuff from the quite excellent GWEN DICKEY and ROSE ROYCE. "Wishing On A Star" should have made number one, although it was their biggest hit. ERUPTION (and PRECIOUS WILSON) gave us a couple of re-makes in 1978. "I Can`t Stand The Rain", was a top 30 hit in 1974 for ANN PEEBLES. Also, the song was covered by Miss TINA TURNER. The BEE GEES were STAYIN`ALIVE...Reminding me of a send up type thing by TIM BROOKE TAYLOR in "THE GOODIES" circa 1979! BOB MARLEY was doing good with another top ten hit...His last until his untimely death in 1981. SAMANTHA SANG (along with the BEE GEES, again)...which was certainly the best version of the song, that returned to the chart a few years ago (you know who)!! YELLOW DOG were the boys from FOX, who were KENNY YOUNG and Co. Mainly a comedy hit. EARTH WIND AND FIRE got their first top 15 entry. FREE hit back with an E.P. that included previous hits (unfortunately we had to suffer ALL RIGHT NOW, a third time and it wasn`t over yet, as we found out in 1991). ANDY CAMERON was on the march with Ally`s Tartan Army...and even ROD STEWART couldn`t help Scotland in the disasterous effort in the `78 World Cup! Rod was in this week with the Double A "HOT LEGS/I WAS ONLY JOKING, MY FRIEND"....Funny thing with Rod`s Double A sided hits was the listings...HOT LEGS was played the most, but was not listed as A1 it was listed as A2...This was also the case, with "I Don`t Wanna Talk About It/First Cut Is The Deepest" in 1977, and "Angel/What Made Milwaukee Famous" in 1972...Very strange because in 1972, you simply never heard "What Made Milwaukee Famous", at all...Now you never hear "Angel!" ELKIE BROOKS made wine from the Lilac tree...a clever trick, if you can pull it off! NICK LOWE spent a lot of time, with DAVE EDMUNDS`ROCKPILE, but achieved his first, and biggest solo hit. HOT CHOCOLATE continued to churn, out those hits...which always reminded me of the theme to DAVID MCCALLUM`s "Invisible Man" series. BROTHERHOOD OF MAN went down, down, down...it was nearly over. Not such a bad thing, was "FIGARO" their worst, and one of the worse number ones, of the 70s? DONNA SUMMER was all over the place, and finally sticking to the Casablanca record label. THE STRANGLERS had "FIVE MINUTES", but they were almost there! THE SWEET were at their ends, but "Love Is Like Oxygen" payed off for them. BILLY JOEL had his first hit. TOM ROBINSON gave us his "RISING FREE" E.P...This included the track "GLAD TO BE GAY". Were the BBC going to play that? No way! We were treated to "Don`t Take No For An Answer". GENESIS struck their first top ten single...along with Mr Collins. ELVIS COSTELLO didn`t want to go to Chelsea...he`d seen them play football, too!!!! MANHATTEN TRANSFER took "Walk In Love", into the top 20...which was more class. SCOTT FITZGERALD was robbed at the 1988 Eurovision (some 10 years later). He was beaten by long-faced Celine! But in 1978, he teamed up with YVONNE KEELEY, for a song that was based on a classical piece of music. THE REAL THING were on their last legs, it seemed...No, I was never a fan of the REAL THING. A slightly over-egoed singer, really got my goat! The wonderful RITA COOLIDGE re-worked the BEE GEES 1968 number 12 hit, into the top 30. Ever heard Rita`s version of "Only You", the Yazoo/Flying Pickets hit? I believe she was one of the first, to cut it. THE JAM did "NEWS OF THE WORLD"...this was also the title of a 1982 hit for ELO...although a different song! PAPER LACE joined up with Nottingham Forest F.C. Strangely, a big hit in Holland in 1979! PAPER LACE themselves did very well in 1974 (after winning Opportunity Knocks), with 3 top 20 hits, and numerous other misses, including a version of "Hitchin`A Ride"....a 1970 hit for VANITY FARE. More class with PLAYER, and "Baby Come Back"...No not that one! TONIGHT told us about "The Drummer Man", not forgetting the Majorette. The ANDREA TRUE CONNECTION (star of certain dodgy films), could not follow up "More More More", the 1976 number 5 hit. DAN HILL kept trying (Canadian`s, never give up)...and he finally got a top 20 hit with the smoochy "Sometime`s When We Touch". When did you last, or ever hear the tracks by the CLASH, and QUEEN? All this kept us listening to the radio in March 1978...as TOM BROWNE quit the Radio One "Top Twenty Show"....with SIMON BATES taking over on the 2nd Apr 78. Was this a coincidence, that Independant Radio launched into the UK Top 30 on Capital Radio at 2pm on Sundays?...A show that was broadcast by different presenters on various other Independant Stations. These included Nicky Horne, Pete Drummond, and Timmy Mallet...while PETER YOUNG brought us the Capital Countdown on Saturday Mornings, on Capital from 9-12pm, featuring the top 40 best sellers on the London chart...disappearing in 1982, and returning in 1984 (as part of Pick Of The Pops-Take Two, with Alan Freeman of course). Shall we have a look at the pre-orders, for this week in 2009? Of course! The top pre-order singles: 01 LOVE ETC - PET SHOP BOYS 16th Mar 02 IN FOR THE KILL - LA ROUX 16th Mar 03 SHOW ME LOVE - STEVE ANGELO 23rd Mar 04 SHINE - LAURA IZIBOR 16th Mar 05 KINGDOM OF RUST - DOVES 30th Mar 06 DON`T UPSET THE RYTHM -NOISETTES 23rd Mar 07 RUNNIN - DOMAN AND GOODING 16th Mar 08 ANY MEANS NECESSARY - GOLDIE LOOKIN CHAIN 16th Mar 09 MOVIN IN CIRCLES -ROLL DEEP 16th Mar 10 SO HUMAN - LADY SOVEREIGN 30th Mar The top pre-order albums: 01 YES - PET SHOP BOYS 23rd Mar 02 SELDOM SEEN KID AT ABBEY ROAD - ELBOW 30th Mar 03 SOUNDS OF THE UNIVERSE - DEPECHE MODE 20th Apr 04 ROOTS - FLO RIDA 30th Mar 05 RELAPSE - EMINEM 18th May 06 SONGS FOR MY MOTHER - RONAN KEATING 16th Mar 07 NOW 72 - VARIOUS 6th Apr 08 21st CENTURY BREAKDOWN - GREEN DAY 11th May 09 FORK IN THE ROAD - NEIL YOUNG 30th Mar 10 GRACE/WASTELANDS - PETE DOHERTY 16th Mar Hang on for the up to minute singles chart....
March 13, 200916 yr WOW for Lady Sov Top 10 on Pre-Orders :o and 2nd highest from that particular date :dance:
March 13, 200916 yr That retro commentary is a bit of a mouthful this week :lol: must take you ages in writing it up, not 'arf, chart pickers ;)
March 13, 200916 yr Author Let`s go to the finish, then. The Top Physical Singles, this week: w/k ending 20th March 2009 01 NE ISLANDS IN THE STREAM - COMIC RELIEF 02 NE FALLIN`DOWN - OASIS 03 01 SATURDAYS 04 NE DEAD AND GONE - T.I. 05 NE LAST OF THE ENGLISH ROSES - PETE DOHERTY 06 NE CAN`T GET OVER - SEPTEMBER 07 02 KELLY CLARKSON 08 03 TAKE THAT 09 04 TAYLOR SWIFT 10 NE THINKING OF YOU - KATY PERRY 11 05 PUSSYCAT DOLLS 12 07 ALESHA DIXON 13 09 PRODIGY 14 13 ALEXANDRA BURKE 15 15 BEAUTIFUL - AKON 16 08 SHONTELLE 17 10 SINGLE LADIES - BEYONCE 18 12 JUST DANCE - LADY GAGA 19 06 LET IT GO - WILL YOUNG 20 14 KID CUDI Big physicals for the Comic Relief lot, and also Oasis...shame about the downloads though! U2 drop from 11 - 21, and Snow Patrol have a new entry at 22 with another download flop. All this means, that Hit40uk will have a very different top 10 this week! On that thought, here are the top Downloads this week: 01 01 FLO RIDA 02 02 POKERFACE - LADY GAGA 03 03 SATURDAYS 04 05 TAYLOR SWIFT 05 04 KELLY CLARKSON 06 06 T.I. 07 10 KINGS OF LEON (USE SOMEBODY) 08 07 LILY ALLEN 09 08 JUST DANCE - LADY GAGA 10 12 AKON 11 09 SHONTELLE 12 11 PUSSYCAT DOLLS 13 13 PRODIGY 14 NE SEPTEMBER 15 15 ALESHA DIXON 16 14 EMINEM 17 16 SINGLE LADIES - BEYONCE 18 19 JAMES MORRISON 19 39 HALO - BEYONCE 20 17 TAKE THAT As the download chart does not include Digital bundles, this also affects Comic Relief (they show up at 25). Oasis squeeze in at 50! Put the physicals together with the full download package...and voila: 50 42 BOY DOES NOTHING - ALESHA DIXON 42) =47 49 RE INFINITY 08 - GURU JOSH PROJECT 41) =46 48 45 UP - SATURDAYS 40) =45 47 37 TIME TO PRETEND - MGMT 39) =44 46 41 VIVA LA VIDA - COLDPLAY - =43 45 44 KIDS - MGMT 38) 44 38 SOBER - PINK 37) =42 43 39 IF I WERE A BOY - BEYONCE 36) =41 42 35 PAPER PLANES - MIA 35) =40 41 34 BEGGIN`- MADCON 34) =39 40 30 WEIGHT OF THE WORLD - LEMAR 33) =37 39 29 CIRCUS - BRITNEY SPEARS 32) =35 38 50 SHINING LIGHT - ANNIE LENNOX - =38 37 55 SHAKE IT - METRO STATION - =36 36 32 ISSUES - SATURDAYS 31) =34 35 36 HOT N`COLD - KATY PERRY 30) =33 34 26 LET IT ROCK - KEVIN RUDOLF 28) =32 33 54 RUN - LEONA LEWIS - =29 32 24 STRONG AGAIN - N-DUBZ - =31 31 28 HUMAN - KILLERS 27) =27 30 23 GIVES YOU HELL - ALL AMERICAN REJECTS 26) =28 29 31 REVELRY - KINGS OF LEON 25) =30 28 25 I`M YOURS - JASON MRAZ 24) 27 41 THINKING OF YOU - KATY PERRY 23) =26 26 21 CHIP DIDDY CHIP - CHIPMUNK 22) =23 25 19 BROKEN STRINGS - JAMES MORRISON/NELLY FURTADO 21) =20 24 22 SEX ON FIRE - KINGS OF LEON 20) =25 23 18 TAKE ME BACK - TINCHY STRYDER/TAIO CRUZ 19) =21 22 20 DAY N`NITE - KID CUDI 18) =22 21 17 SINGLE LADIES - BEYONCE 17) =19 20 13 UP ALL NIGHT - TAKE THAT 16) =18 19 44 HALO - BEYONCE - =24 18 14 CRACK A BOTTLE - EMINEM/DR DRE/50 CENT - 17 11 WHATCHA THINK ABOUT THAT - PUSSYCAT DOLLS/MISSY ELLIOT 15) =14 16 16 BREATHE SLOW - ALESHA DIXON 14) =17 15 12 OMEN - PRODIGY 13) =15 14 NE CAN`T GET OVER - SEPTEMBER 12) =16 13 09 T-SHIRT - SHONTELLE 11) =13 12 07 THE FEAR - LILY ALLEN 10) =10 11 08 JUST DANCE - LADY GAGA 9) =11 10 15 BEAUTIFUL - AKON 8) =12 09 RE FALLIN`DOWN - OASIS 7) =8 08 10 USE SOMEBODY - KINGS OF LEON 6) =9 07 06 DEAD AND GONE - T.I. 5) =7 06 03 MY LIFE WOULD SUCK WITHOUT YOU - KELLY CLARKSON 4) =6 05 05 LOVE STORY - TAYLOR SWIFT 3) =5 04 04 POKERFACE - LADY GAGA - =4 03 02 JUST CAN`T GET ENOUGH - SATURDAYS 2) =3 02 01 RIGHT ROUND - FLO RIDA - =2 01 NE (BARRY) ISLANDS IN THE STREAM - COMIC RELIEF 1) =1 ) Position without downloads alone = Position on Chart Show tv Wow, COMIC RELIEF sell more physicals than anyone this week...a wapping 5,000 sells altogether more than the dreaded FLO RIDA, who hasn`t yet been released physically. Will he return to the top, next week...or will the PET SHOP BOYS unseat those high riders? I could`ve listed the full top 60 along the way there...so outside the 50, it reads 51 AKON - RIGHT NOW, 52 MILEY CYRUS, 53 ENRIQUE/CIARA, 54 TAYLOR SWIFT - WHITE HORSE, 55 U2, 56 TING TINGS - THAT`S NOT MY NAME, 57 JENNIFER HUDSON - IF THIS ISN`T LOVE, 58 PETE DOHERTY, 59 T.I./RIHANNA - LIVE YOUR LIFE, 60 GIRLS ALOUD - THE PROMISE. In the top 70 lurks, DOMAN AND GOODING - RUNNIN`, LADYHAWKE drops to 61, NE-YO - MAD to 62, FRANKI VALLI/FOUR SEASONS to 63...and ANNIE LENNOX re-enters the top 75 with "Walking On Broken Glass", which was originally a top ten hit in the Summer of 1992. NOTE: These are not the Official Charts. They are based on Chart Show tv`s charts, but with added sales to bring it up to date. Which make`s it the most up to date chart, at this point.
March 13, 200916 yr Author That retro commentary is a bit of a mouthful this week :lol: must take you ages in writing it up, not 'arf, chart pickers ;) It started out quite short...then my head filled with more thoughts! :lol: A bit of a landmark in 1978, kind of made the BBC and the compilers (The British Market Research Bureau) think, because of the other chart body of Record Business...who compiled a top 120!
March 13, 200916 yr The sats are only 3 in physicals in comic relief week! :o that aint good. So far. They may well still overtake Oasis by Sunday's chart following their performance on CIN tonight (although they're going to have to go some tomorrow to do it!).
March 13, 200916 yr Cheers Dave! So where will the Comic Relief single be on Hit40UK on Sunday, will it even chart (given that download bundles don't count to the download chart and it will have next to zilch airplay!)
March 13, 200916 yr The sats are only 3 in physicals in comic relief week! :o that aint good. It's not bad since the actual Comic Relief single is at number one. They should both sell well tomorrow. Thanks as ever Dave The PSBs pre-orders are amazing and i would love them to be number one next week- but it's not going to... Is it?
March 13, 200916 yr It's not bad since the actual Comic Relief single is at number one. They should both sell well tomorrow. Thanks as ever Dave The PSBs pre-orders are amazing and i would love them to be number one next week- but it's not going to... Is it? Oasis have proved this week that if you have a strong enough fan base (and a decent physical tracklisting/package), you can still guarantee a Top 10 hit in the download era. Low Top 10 is very possible I'd have thought, though they will need to do 20K+
March 13, 200916 yr 05 03 ONLY BY THE NIGHT - KOL I don't think this will ever die, because major releases normally only stay ahead of it for one week. This could climb back ahead of at least Annie Lennox next week. But idk. :P Anyhoo, disappointing Flo is no longer #1, but I hope he can get it back next week. Or any week really. Great to see Oasis and September so high, and I hope Coldplay can stay around in the top 75 for another forever. Must be close to top 20 longest stays in the top 75 for singles, I think #20 is on 41 weeks (Scouting for Girls - She's So Lovely) and this is Coldplay's 39th week...
March 13, 200916 yr Oasis have proved this week that if you have a strong enough fan base (and a decent physical tracklisting/package), you can still guarantee a Top 10 hit in the download era. Low Top 10 is very possible I'd have thought, though they will need to do 20K+ Guarantee except for I'm Outta Time. ;)
March 13, 200916 yr Cheers Dave! So where will the Comic Relief single be on Hit40UK on Sunday, will it even chart (given that download bundles don't count to the download chart and it will have next to zilch airplay!) Its around about #25 on "Digital Tracks" only, so I'd imagine it'll be doing well to sneak into the top 40 on Hit 40 UK once the airplay component is added (which will boost almost all the songs around it).
March 13, 200916 yr Author Cheers Dave! So where will the Comic Relief single be on Hit40UK on Sunday, will it even chart (given that download bundles don't count to the download chart and it will have next to zilch airplay!) Yeah! I doubt it will even be in that chart! How they going to explain that? :lol: Proving further that the airplay factor on Independant Radio is garbage! :puke2:
March 13, 200916 yr Yeah! I doubt it will even be in that chart! How they going to explain that? :lol: Proving further that the airplay factor on Independant Radio is garbage! :puke2: They will manipulate it again :rolleyes: Poker Face no way was in the top 10 two weeks ago including airplay. It was scraping it last week (no. 11 on the Bullboard chart).
March 13, 200916 yr Author It's not bad since the actual Comic Relief single is at number one. They should both sell well tomorrow. Thanks as ever Dave The PSBs pre-orders are amazing and i would love them to be number one next week- but it's not going to... Is it? I had a sneaking look at pre-order physicals combined with the physical chart earlier. The Pet Shop Boys (if they were available now), are ahead of Oasis, but behind Comic Relief...that tells us that they would reside in the combined top 7. Could be good news, soon! With the highest new entry, next week!
March 13, 200916 yr Excellent stuff Dave! :) I hope Annie Lennox's Shining Light can hold on in the top40!
March 13, 200916 yr I had a sneaking look at pre-order physicals combined with the physical chart earlier. The Pet Shop Boys (if they were available now), are ahead of Oasis, but behind Comic Relief...that tells us that they would reside in the combined top 7. Could be good news, soon! With the highest new entry, next week! Wow, that's really cool. It does depend how it does on downloads of course but maybe as Oasis show, it's not that important... (Quite surprised TBH).
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