Friday Evening, another lot of charts via top films, top dvds, top tv, top albums, the flashback, and of course back later for the up to minute singles charts.

 

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

w/k ending 25th March 2009

01 NE MARLEY AND ME

02 01 WATCHMEN

03 03 GRAN TORINO

04 02 SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

05 04 THE YOUNG VICTORIA

06 05 BOLT

07 06 CONFESSIONS OF A SHOP-A-HOLIC

08 07 THE UNBORN

09 08 HOTEL FOR DOGS

10 NE BRONSON

 

2 new entries, at either end of the chart! MARLEY AND ME nets a total of £4,414,169, and BRONSON nets £258,360.

 

The Top dvd films: Compiled by DTR

01 NE THE DUCHESS

02 02 HSM3

03 NE THE WOMEN

04 NE EAGLE EYE

05 01 SAW V

06 NE EASY VIRTUE

07 NE HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS AND ALIENATE PEOPLE

08 03 GHOST TOWN

09 04 QUARANTINE

10 NE BABY MAMA

 

Healthy dvd films this week, as we anticipate QUANTUM OF SOLACE next week.

 

The Top tv related dvds:

01 NE BILLY CONNOLLY: JOURNEY TO THE EDGE....

02 03 NOW THAT`S WHAT I CALL COMEDY

03 01 HEROES SERIES 2

04 NE DEVIL`S WHORE

05 06 MERLIN SERIES 2

 

Here`s a funny story (or maybe not). Now, when I was at school (thousands of years ago), I was in the same class of a girl, whose surname was Hoare (prounounced Whore, yeah)...now she was obviously very intelligent because she knew what a Whore was. I didn`t (very innocent in those days). Anyway she was rather crafty because she put it about (no not that way)! :lol: No, she told everyone that her name was pronounced Hall. Very easy thing to believe...I don`t think! :teresa:

 

Moving swiftly on, It`s the Top tv programmes: Compiled by BARB (only the top editions of programmes are noted)

01 01 CORONATION STREET 10.58M

02 03 DANCING ON ICE 9.74M

03 02 EASTENDERS 9.64M

04 04 WILD AT HEART 8.52M

05 07 LET`S DANCE FOR COMIC RELIEF 8.44M

06 05 EMMERDALE 7.68M

07 09 CASUALTY 7.05M

08 12 ANT AND DEC`s SATURDAY NIGHT TAKEAWAY 7.00M

09 11 LARK RISE TO CANDLEFORD 6.78M

10 16 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 6.73M

11 10 NATIONAL LOTTERY DRAWS 6.48M

12 06 LAW AND ORDER: UK 6.24M

13 15 WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE 5.99M

14 21 HARRY HILL`S TV BURP 5.97M

15 22 HOLBY CITY 5.93M

16 13 10 O`CLOCK NEWS 5.84M

17 27 LIFE STORIES 5.74M

18 23 6 O`CLOCK NEWS 5.57M

19 25 SUNDAY BBC NEWS 5.41M

20 RE ROGUE TRADERS 5.32M

21 17 ONE SHOW 5.24M

22 RE CREATURE COMFORTS 5.16M

23 28 THE BILL 5.01M

24 20 WATCHDOG 4.94M

25 RE Q.I. 4.90M

26 RE TOTAL WIPEOUT 4.86M

27 RE MISTRESSES 4.84M

28 30 WATERLOO ROAD 4.81M

29 RE FA CUP SOCCER 4.80M

30 29 GRAND DESIGNS 4.55M

 

I see some very depressed people still managed to watch GRAND DESIGNS (.09 less than the previous week). That 0.9 have now been admitted for psychiatric treatment! :lol: Those poor demented souls! This week`s good cause, goes to them...as we have a wip round.

 

The top albums:

01 NE SONGS FOR MY MOTHER - RONAN KEATING

02 04 ANNIE LENNOX COLLECTION - ANNIE LENNOX

03 05 ONLY BY THE NIGHT - KOL

04 07 FARYL - FARYL SMITH

05 01 NO LINE ON THE HORIZON - U2

06 02 ALL I EVER WANTED - KELLY CLARKSON

07 NE WASTELANDS/GRACE - PETE DOHERTY

08 08 THE FAME - LADY GAGA

09 14 THE CIRCUS - TAKE THAT

10 23 101 HOUSEWORK SONGS - VARIOUS

11 03 FEARLESS - TAYLOR SWIFT

12 06 UNVADERS MUST DIE - PRODIGY

13 09 ADDICTED TO BASS 09 - VARIOUS

14 10 IT`S NOT ME IT`S YOU - LILY ALLEN

15 25 BEST BETTE - BETTE MIDLER

16 19 POP PRINCESSES - VARIOUS

17 12 VERY BEST OF EUPHORIC DANCE 09 - VARIOUS

18 16 PAST AND PRESENT - MICHAEL BALL

19 32 SONGS FOR YOU TRUTHS FOR ME - JAMES MORRISON

20 NE JUST GO - LIONEL RICHIE

21 27 MOTOWN 50 - VARIOUS

22 29 VERY BEST OF - THE DUBLINERS

23 15 ROCKFERRY - DUFFY

24 35 MAMMA MIA - OST

25 22 FREEDOM - AKON

26 20 I AM SASHA FIERCE - BEYONCE

27 NE FOREVER FRIENDS THANK YOU MUM - VARIOUS

28 40 CHASING LIGHTS (NEW EDITION) - SATURDAYS

29 21 SOLID SILVER 60s - VARIOUS

30 41 TO MUM LOVE MOTOWN - VARIOUS

 

RONAN smashes the chart apart, this week on the Mothering Sunday theme, as LIONEL RICHIE comes to the fore. He has to albums in the top 40...the new solo one at 20, and the Definitive Lionel And The Commodores at 34. Give a thought to Mr Showman (Barry Manilow), who creeps in at 35 with "The Greatest Songs Of The 80s". Now, I would appreciate someone`s help here...In December 1982, Barry release his version of "I`m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter". I can`t find that on any CD. It never gets played anywhere...So, if you know a CD that has it on, please let me know...

 

We flashback now...to March 1990. As last week we had a look at the top tv, for our chosen month (and it was very popular)...We will start with the top tv, for March 1990:

01 CORONATION STREET 20.40M

02 NEIGHBOURS 18.70*

03 EASTENDERS 18.60*

04 THIS IS YOUR LIFE 14.50M

05 STRIKE IT LUCKY 13.60M

06 THE BILL 13.30M

07 SURPRISE SURPRISE 13.20M

08 HOME AND AWAY 13.00*

09 THE COOK REPORT 12.40M

10 INSPECTOR MORSE 12.00M

11 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 11.80M

12 BRUSH STROKES 11.40M

13 THE TWO OF US 11.40M

14 THE LITTLE AND LARGE SHOW 11.20M

15 A QUESTION OF SPORT 10.80M

16 YOU BET 10.70M

17 NO JOB FOR A LADY 10.70M

18 JAWS 10.60M

19 EL CID 10.60M

20 BERGERAC 10.60M

 

Still big ratings in 1990. *Means that the soaps in question (only noted are the top episode) had repeat showings i.e. Neighbours (1.30/5.35), Home And Away (12.30/5.15), Eastenders (Tues, and Thurs were repeated on Sunday Afternoon)...So the figures for these are joined together. This is a con really because Neighbours single episodes only got 9m, Home And Away about 6.5m...So, really shouldn`t even be in the top 20. These 2 were only purchased by BBC/ITV because the price of American series rose, and was too expensive for British companies too buy. It can be said that the BBC, were spending most of there millions on Eastenders (which again only had single episode figures of 12m)...which would have put it down at the bottom of the top 10. While this was happening...British favourites: The Two Ronnies, Dave Allen etc...were making Australian shows, which the BBC would not buy to show in the UK. Coronation Street, on the other hand only got a repeat showing in the Northern regions...the single episodes still drew 16m...still the number one, without a repeat then! THIS IS YOUR LIFE was on it`s 3rd season with MICHAEL ASPEL...We fondly remember original host, the late EAMON ANDREWS. MICHAEL BARRYMORE was the host of STRIKE IT LUCKY...which became STRIKE IT RICH, after THAMES TV lost their franchise and the series was taken over by LWT. The shamed Michael`s real name is MICHAEL PARKER. THE BILL was doing alright in it`s Tues/Thurs 8pm showings. CILLA BLACK was joined by GORDON BURNS on Sunday nights in SURPRISE SURPRISE...Don`t sing Cilla! JOHN THAW was crime solving in Oxford as INSPECTOR MORSE. The ANTIQUES ROADSHOW pulled them in at 4.55pm on Sundays. Sitcoms (both rubbish, unfortunately) kept NICHOLAS LYNDHURST busy in THE TWO OF US, and KARL HOWLMAN in the absolutely terrible BRUSH STROKES...which ran for 5 long tiresome years! LITTLE AND LARGE...were on their last tv series, which was rather a shame as EDDIE LARGE later suffered ill health, and SYD LITTLE had other problems in his family. DAVID COLEMAN was still introducing A QUESTION OF SPORT on Tuesdays at 8pm. YOU BET was on it`s 3rd, and final series with BRUCE FORSYTH...In 1991 MATTHEW KELLY took over, as Bruce return to the BBC in late 1990 for a re-hashed GENERATION GAME. PENELOPE KEITH gave us a dire sitcom as Labour MP JEAN PRICE in NO JOB FOR A LADY on ITV (Mondays at 8pm). BBC 1 showed JAWS, as BERGERAC was in it`s 9th series with JOHN NETTLES. EL CID was ITV`s newest cop show, as ALFRED MOLINA, and JOHN BIRD played BLAKE AND BROMLEY who left Scotland Yard, to do some P.I. stuff on the Costa Del Sol. You might remember in the 3rd, and final series in 1992, ALFRED MOLINA left and AMANDA REDMAN joined the cast as Bromley`s daughter.

 

The albums in March 1990: Compiled by MRIB, for Independant Radio

01 NE I DO NOT WANT WHAT I HAVEN`T GOT - SINEAD O`CONNER

02 02 NOW DANCE 901 - VARIOUS

03 01 BUT SERIOUSLY - PHIL COLLINS

04 12 MISSING...PRESUMED HAVING A GOOD TIME - NOTTING HILLBILLIES

05 NE CHANGESBOWIE - DAVID BOWIE

06 24 VIVALDI: THE FOUR SEASONS - NIGEL KENNEDY

07 NE FLIGHT OF ICARUS/THE TROOPER - IRON MAIDEN

08 27 SOUL PROVIDER - MICHAEL BOLTON

09 14 THE RIGHT STUFF - NOTHIN`BUT A HOUSEPARTY - VARIOUS

10 49 ESSENTIAL PAVAROTTI - LUCIANO PAVAROTTI

11 35 HANGIN`TOUGH - NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

12 06 ROAD TO HELL - CHRIS REA

13 07 FOREIGN AFFAIR - TINA TURNER

14 03 PUMP UP THE JAM - TECHNOTRONIC

15 05 BEST OF - ROD STEWART

16 44 LIVE ON BROADWAY - BARRY MANILOW

17 04 AFFECTION - LISA STANSFIELD

18 23 10 - STRANGLERS

19 11 HEART OF STONE - CHER

20 10 JOURNEYMAN - ERIC CLAPTON

 

SINEAD ruled the roost in 1990, as NOW DANCE 901 kept the disco alive! Down went PHIL COLLINS. He had 13 weeks at number one. Notting Hill kept as going with those "Hillbillies". DAVID BOWIE was about to score a chart-topping album again. NIGEL KENNEDY brought us the punk meets classic sound. IRON MAIDEN kept double packages of 12" singles, released as limited edition collectors items in the album chart. The length and number of tracks excluded them from the singles chart, so they were lumped in the album chart. MICHAEL BOLTON smashed up, for a brief top ten entry. More dancing around the house, with THE RIGHT STUFF 2. PAVAROTTI cracked the chart...as we awaited the 1990 World Cup, or not! This was the first time that 2 Classical artists were in the top 10. Back up for those NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK...as the singles kept a-coming. CHRIS REA still couldn`t get off the M25! TINA TURNER was hanging in, as BARRY MANILOW went Live on Broadway...the only 2 artists, who appear in this week`s chart! JOURNEYMAN kept ERIC CLAPTON going for the God of Electric Guitar...Unfortunately Phil Collins kept Eric, from the top of the chart.

 

The Singles in March 1990:

01 01 DUB BE GOOD TO ME - BEATS INTERNATIONAL/LINDY LAYTON

02 09 THAT SOUNS GOOD TO ME - JIVE BUNNY

03 07 LOVE SHACK - B52`s

04 25 STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER - CANDY FLIP

05 06 BLUE SAVANNAH - ERASURE

06 04 INFINITY - GURU JOSH

07 19 I`LL BE LOVING YOU FOREVER - NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

08 08 LILY WAS HERE - DAVID A. STEWART/CANDY DULFER

09 02 BRITS 1990 MEDLEY - VARIOUS

10 03 MOMENTS IN SOUL - JT AND THE BIG FAMILY

11 05 HOW I AM I SUPOSED TO LIVE WITHOUT YOU - MICHAEL BOLTON

12 11 INNOCENCE - NATURAL THING

13 NE THE POWER - SNAP

14 10 NOTHING COMPARES TO YOU - SINEAD O`CONNER

15 29 THIS IS HOW IT FEELS - INSPIRAL CARPETS

16 42 DON`T YOU LOVE ME - 49ERS

17 39 HANDFUL OF PROMISES - BIG FUN

18 24 LOADED - PRIMAL SCREAM

19 12 GET UP (BEFORE THE NIGHT IS OVER) - TECHNOTRONIC/YA KID K

20 14 MADLY IN LOVE - BROS

21 NE EVERYTHING BEGINS WITH AN E - E-ZEE POSSE

22 13 ENJOY THE SILENCE - DEPECHE MODE

23 21 HERE WE ARE - GLORIA ESTEFAN

24 41 BIRDHOUSE IN YOUR SOUL - THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS

25 15 I DON`T KNOW ANYBODY ELSE - BLACK BOX

26 43 A GENTLEMAN`S EXCUSE ME - FISH

27 28 DELIVERANCE - MISSION

28 16 BLACK BETTY - RAM JAM

29 18 DOWNTOWN TRAIN - ROD STEWART

30 NE READ MY LIPS (ENOUGH IS ENOUGH) - JIMMY SOMERVILLE

31 17 I MIGHT - SHAKIN`STEVENS

32 20 MADE OF STONE - STONE ROSES

33 34 HOLD BACK THE RIVER - WET WET WET

34 NE CHIME - ORBITAL

35 26 ROOM AT THE TOP - ADAM ANT

36 NE ROK THE NATION - ROB N`RAZ/LEILA K

37 23 TALKING WITH MYSELF - ELECTRIBE 101

38 22 ELEPHANT STONE - STONE ROSES

39 NE ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE - JAM TRONIK

40 30 HAPPENIN`ALL OVER AGAIN - LONNIE GORDON

41 38 LOVE AND ANGER - KATE BUSH

42 NE ALL I WANNA DO IS MAKE LOVE TO YOU - HEART

43 37 ADVICE FOR THE YOUNG AT HEART - TEARS FOR FEARS

44 NE MAMA GAVE BIRTH TO THE SOUL CHILDREN - QUEEN LATIFAH/DE LA SOUL

45 32 THE DEEPER THE LOVE - WHITESNAKE

46 NE YOUR LOVE TAKES ME HIGHER - BELOVED

47 NE DEVOTION - KICKING BACK WITH TAXMAN

48 27 A LOVER SPURNED - MARC ALMOND

49 NE KISS THIS THING GOODBYE - DEL AMITRI

50 33 DUDE (LOOKS LIKE A LADY) - AEROSMITH

 

DUB BE GOOD TO ME was on it`s 3rd and final week at the top here (Lindy Layton was in Grange Hill, you know), because B52`s "LOVE SHACK" was a MRIB number one, the following week. JIVE BUNNY (thankfully) were not! CANDY FLIP revisited 1967, for a cover of the BEATLES well known hit...as the BEATLES were held off the top 23 years earlier, by ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINCK, which more or less told me that the Beatles had problems! ERASURE had that Blue...Blue Savannah Song. GURU JOSH was happy the first time round. NEW KIDS had problems with single three. Instrumental was the key with DAVID A. STEWART, who peaked at number 6 next week. THE BRITS 1990 medley, featured songs from the awards...which was music of 1989. JT gave us some MOMENTS IN SOUL and nicked certain bits from other records. Down for MICHAEL BOLTON, and INNOCENCE too. SNAP! cracked in with the highest new entry, on the way to number one for 2 weeks. Down for SINEAD covering PRINCE. INSPIRAL CARPETS gave us the brilliant THIS IS HOW IT FEELS. 49ERS sounded too much like BLACK BOX. BIG FUN were trying, and very forgetting! PRIMAL SCREAM got noisy...As TECHNOTRONIC could have been doing another take on PUMP UP THE JAM with GET UP. BROS were on their last legs, really. E-ZEE POSSE took us to the druggy/house scene. DEPECHE MODE were off a top 5 hit. GLORIA ESTEFAN went down. THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS looked promising (not to put a finer point on it)! FISH (out of MARILLION ) kept turning them out, without much success. The MISSION were the alternatives. RAM JAM were re-worked, and sounded pretty much like the 1977 original. ROD STEWART continued, as did JIMMY "POTATOHEAD" SOMERVILLE! SHAKIN`STEVENS might have done, but on this occasion did not! Fabulous STONE ROSES did though, with 2 top 40 appearances this week. WET WET WET`s offering is rather forgotten on HOLD BACK THE RIVER. ORBITAL "chimed", as ADAM ANT made a short comeback...he had been in the States, and appeared in "THE EQUALIZER" with other British star EDWARD WOODWARD...Edward, of course reall husband of MICHELLE DOTRICE of SOME MOTHERS DO `AVE EM fame. JAM TRONIK did an inferior version of Phil Collins hit. Small hits for KATE BUSH, WHITESNAKE, BELOVED, and KICKING BACK WITH TAXMAN...all songs probably not heard since 1990. Wouldn`t it be a better idea, if Radio One featured some of the 90s stuff in a different version of a Vintage Chart Programme...so it would cover that era better than that awful, boring, lowsy...need I go on?...Radio 2 Pick Of The Pops rubbish, with over voice-tracked/overrated Dale Winton! :P

 

Hang around, and keep an eye on these pre-orders, while a-waiting the up to minute singles charts...

The Pre-order Singles:

01 DON`T UPSET THE RYTHM - NOISETTES 23rd Mar

02 SHOW ME LOVE - STEVE ANGELO 23rd Mar

03 WRONG - DEPECHE MODE 6th Apr

04 KINGDOM OF RUST - DOVES 30th Mar

05 SHAKE IT - METRO STATION 23rd Mar

06 HEADZ SHOULDERZ KNEEZ AND TOEZ 23rd Mar

07 FAREWELL TO THE FAIRGROUND - WHITE LIES 23rd Mar

08 I`M NOT ALONE - CALVIN HARRIS 13th Apr

09 NO TIME FOR TEARS - ENEMY 13th Apr

10 MERCURY SUMMER - FIGHTSTAR 6th Apr

 

Now, I haven`t included FLO RIDA here, because it`s already on the downloads rather high! But it is also the biggest physical pre-order...so no surprises if it continues in that number one slot. There is rather a surprising riser in the pre-orders from PJ HARVEY/JOHN PARISH...as the new release is "Black-Hearted Love" on the 13th Apr, with new album on the way.

 

The pre-order albums:

01 SELDOM SEEN KID (LIVE AT ABBEY ROAD) - ELBOW 30th Mar

02 YES - PET SHOP BOYS 23rd Mar

03 NOW 72 - VARIOUS 6th Apr

04 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN - GREEN DAY 11th May

05 RELAPSE - EMINEM 18th May

06 KINGDOM OF RUST - DOVES 6th Apr

07 SOUND OF THE UNIVERSE - DEPECHE MODE 20th Apr

08 METAMORPHIS - PAPA ROACH 23rd Mar

09 A WOMAN A MAN WALKED BY - PJ HARVEY: JOHN PARISH 30th Mar

10 SCREAM - CHRIS CORNELL 23rd Mar

 

A definate number one album coming for those Pet Shop Boys?...Yes! Bye Bye Ronan!

 

Hang on, for the Singles....

Here is the finish...A bit too close, me thinks! :lol:

 

Starting with those top physical sellers (on the high street), this week:

w/k ending 27th March 2009

01 01 COMIC RELIEF 09

02 03 SATURDAYS

03 04 T.I.

04 NE PET SHOP BOYS

05 02 OASIS

06 07 KELLY CLARKSON

07 06 SEPTEMBER

08 08 TAKE THAT

09 09 TAYLOR SWIFT

10 NE LA ROUX

11 NE BETTER THAN THIS - KEANE

12 12 ALESHA DIXON

13 11 PUSSYCAT DOLLS

14 15 AKON

15 05 PETE DOHERTY

16 10 KATY PERRY - THINKING OF YOU

17 13 PRODIGY

18 14 ALEXANDRA BURKE

19 18 LADY GAGA - JUST DANCE

20 NE THIRD DEGREE - MERCY

 

Comic Relief pull off the top 2 physicals, as the Pet Shop Boys just miss the top 3. It`s 7 inch heaven for Keane, and also Third Degree...neither of which, get any downloads to speak of!

 

The top downloads alone, this week:

01 01 FLO RIDA

02 02 LADY GAGA - POKERFACE

03 04 TAYLOR SWIFT

04 03 SATURDAYS

05 06 T.I.

06 05 KELLY CLARKSON

07 09 AKON

08 18 BEYONCE - HALO

09 07 KOL - USE SOMEBODY

10 10 LADY GAGA - JUST DANCE

11 08 COMIC RELIEF

12 NE LA ROUX

13 17 JAMES MORRISON

14 13 SEPTEMBER

15 15 PRODIGY

16 11 LILY ALLEN

17 14 ALESHA DIXON

18 16 TAKE THAT

19 36 METRO STATION

20 12 SHONTELLE

 

Well, Comic Relief will take an almighty fall on Hit40uk on Sunday...They may well fall out of the 40! And we will be lucky to here Pet Shop Boys at all! What a load of tosh, that programme is...probably even more so, now they have drop the physical element!

 

Put both downloads & physicals together, and the complete top 50 is thus:

50 NE TALK YOU DOWN - SCRIPT -

49 38 SHINING LIGHT - ANNIE LENNOX - =40

48 44 PAPER PLANES - MIA 37) =46

47 NE TOO FAKE - HOCKEY 36)

46 45 KIDS - MGMT 35)

45 34 LET IT ROCK - KEVIN RUDOLF 34) =41

44 39 CIRCUS - BRITNEY SPEARS 33) =39

43 33 RUN - LEONA LEWIS - =38

42 51 GREATEST DAY - TAKE THAT 32) =37

41 35 HOT N`COLD - KATY PERRY 31) =36

 

40 36 ISSUES - SATURDAYS 30) =35

39 32 STRONG AGAIN - N-DUBZ - =33

38 NE HEADZ SHOULDERZ KNEEZ AND TOEZ - K.I.G. - =48

37 29 REVELRY - KOL 29) =34

36 31 HUMAN - KILLERS 28) =29

35 28 I`M YOURS - JASON MRAZ 27) =34

34 30 GIVES YOU HELL - ALL AMERICAN REJECTS 26) =30

33 24 TAKE ME BACK -TINCHY STRYDER/TAIO CRUZ 25) =27

32 NE TAKIN`BACK MY LOVE - ENRIQUE/CIARA - =32

31 27 THINKING OF YOU - KATY PERRY 24) =28

 

30 22 DAY N`NITE - KID CUDI 23) =24

29 21 CHIP DIDDY CHIP - CHIPMUNK 22) =26

28 25 SEX ON FIRE - KOL 21) =25

27 NE JAI HO! - AR RAHMAN/PUSSYCAT DOLLS - =31

26 17 WHATCHA THINK ABOUT THAT - PUSSYCAT DOLLS/MISSY ELLIOT 20) =21

25 21 SINGLE LADIES - BEYONCE 19) =22

24 18 CRACK A BOTTLE - EMINEM/DR DRE/50 CENT -

23 NE NO YOU GIRLS - FRANZ FERDINAND -

22 09 FALLIN`DOWN - OASIS 18) =20

21 13 T-SHIRT - SHONTELLE 17) =19

 

20 37 SHAKE IT - METRO STATION - =23

19 20 UP ALL NIGHT - TAKE THAT 16) =16

18 16 BREATHE SLOW - ALESHA DIXON 15) =18

17 11 THE FEAR - LILY ALLEN 14) =14

16 15 OMEN - PRODIGY 13) =17

15 14 CAN`T GET OVER - SEPTEMBER 12) =15

14 NE LOVE ETC - PET SHOP BOYS 11)

13 23 BROKEN STRINGS - JAMES MORRISON/NELLY FURTADO 10) =12

12 NE IN FOR THE KILL - LA ROUX 9) =13

11 11 JUST DANCE - LADY GAGA 8) =11

 

10 08 USE SOMEBODY - KOL 7) =10

09 19 HALO - BEYONCE - =9

08 10 BEAUTIFUL - AKON 6) =8

07 06 MY LIFE WOULD SUCK - KELLY CLARKSON 5) =6

06 07 DEAD AND GONE - T.I. 4) =7

05 05 LOVE STORY - TAYLOR SWIFT 3) =5

04 03 JUST CAN`T GET ENOUGH - SATURDAYS 2) =4

03 01 (BARRY) ISLANDS IN THE STREAM - COMIC RELIEF 1) =3

02 04 POKERFACE - LADY GAGA - =2

01 02 RIGHT ROUND - FLO RIDA/K$SHA - =1

 

) Position without downloads alone. Also without downloads alone are 38 Beyonce - If I Were A Boy, 39 Doman And Gooding, and 40 Alesha Dixon - Boy Does Nothing.

 

= Position on Chart Show tv

 

Flo Rida returns to the top, and sales 2,000 more than GaGa. Outside the 50, we find DOMAN AND GOODING at 52, AKON goes back up with RIGHT NOW at 54...It might be a little late for ROYKSOPP as his download takes a 12 inch physical into the top 60 for "Happy Up Here". JENNIFER HUDSON moves up to 55 with "If This Isn`t Love". SKEPTA gets a top 70 entry, as does ASHER ROTH...as MILEY CYRUS get`s "The Climb", further down...and then are LIONEL RICHIE (Just Go), and WHITE LIES newie too.

 

NOTE: The above charts are not the Official Charts. They are based on Chart Show tv`s, but with added info minus airplay, to make them the most up to date charts in Britain at this point.

A definate number one album coming for those Pet Shop Boys?...Yes! Bye Bye Ronan!

 

Great news! Since the single is going to flop for sure now :(

 

Thanks Dave

Great stuff! :D Good to see Flo Rida go back to No1, Poker Face for No1 next week PLEASE.

 

Oh no that K.I.G reminds me of when About You Now entered at No35 on downloads of a remix and then shot to the top when the radio edit was added. :(

I hoped Hockey would make the top 40. :(

That KIG song is just disgusting. Sounds like the evil lovechild of 50 Cent and DJ Casper :puke:

 

Thanks for this anyway. Still some great stuff in the chart.

Great stuff! :D Good to see Flo Rida go back to No1, Poker Face for No1 next week PLEASE.

 

Oh no that K.I.G reminds me of when About You Now entered at No35 on downloads of a remix and then shot to the top when the radio edit was added. :(

 

It was the same situation with Tinchy Stryder - Take Me Back, but that didn't go to number one... we may be safe yet :)

It was the same situation with Tinchy Stryder - Take Me Back, but that didn't go to number one... we may be safe yet :)

I think we are safe too, Tom...K.I.G. on physical on Monday, but then so is Flo Rida...Poor contest either way really! :lol:

I hope Kings of Leon - Sex On Fire beats the record of Nickelback - Rockstar and Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax of 37 consecutive weeks top 40 (is that the record which still stands?)

I hope Kings of Leon - Sex On Fire beats the record of Nickelback - Rockstar and Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax of 37 consecutive weeks top 40 (is that the record which still stands?)

 

No, I think several singles have had longer consecutive runs inside the top40 than 37 weeks, including:

 

Mr Acker Bilk Stranger On The Shore 1961 32-16-14-6-6-8-2-2-2-5-8-7-12-11-13-8-8-7-6-7-13-12-10-15-13-12-11-12-11-11-9-9-17-19-18-20-19-18-22-23-27-30-32-31-38- (45 weeks)

 

I hope Kings of Leon - Sex On Fire beats the record of Nickelback - Rockstar and Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax of 37 consecutive weeks top 40 (is that the record which still stands?)

 

It's got another 8 weeks to go yet anyway! I don't think it will do it...

No, I think several singles have had longer consecutive runs inside the top40 than 37 weeks, including:

 

Mr Acker Bilk Stranger On The Shore 1961 32-16-14-6-6-8-2-2-2-5-8-7-12-11-13-8-8-7-6-7-13-12-10-15-13-12-11-12-11-11-9-9-17-19-18-20-19-18-22-23-27-30-32-31-38- (45 weeks)

Oh no, you are telling me that Stranger On The Shore didn`t make number one! I can`t have that. It certainly was number on Pick Of The Pops (Sunday 7th Jan 1962)...Except no substitues Ethan...Guiness tried to re-write history! :o

 

BBC chart run was: 22-12-6-3-2=-1-2-2-3-6-8-10-11-12-10-8-10-11-11-12-17-13-14-15-15-14-13-14-11-12-12-12-16-19-17-20-21-21-26-26-27- A total of 41 weeks in the (proper) followed chart of the 60s.

Cheers Dave, I just hope that K.I.G track goes nowhere near the top 5 next week.

I would have been interesting to see how many copies Ronan could have sold this week had the shops not run out. I went to 3 different places today including HMV and they had none left at all. Amazon ran out on monday.

In December 1982, Barry release his version of "I`m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter". I can`t find that on any CD. It never gets played anywhere...So, if you know a CD that has it on, please let me know...

 

Its from his 1982 album called Here Comes The Night (which was retitled I Wanna Do It With You for the UK)

 

It seems to be hard to find on CD though

We flashback now...to March 1990. As last week we had a look at the top tv, for our chosen month (and it was very popular)...We will start with the top tv, for March 1990:

01 CORONATION STREET 20.40M

02 NEIGHBOURS 18.70*

03 EASTENDERS 18.60*

04 THIS IS YOUR LIFE 14.50M

05 STRIKE IT LUCKY 13.60M

06 THE BILL 13.30M

07 SURPRISE SURPRISE 13.20M

08 HOME AND AWAY 13.00*

09 THE COOK REPORT 12.40M

10 INSPECTOR MORSE 12.00M

11 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 11.80M

12 BRUSH STROKES 11.40M

13 THE TWO OF US 11.40M

14 THE LITTLE AND LARGE SHOW 11.20M

15 A QUESTION OF SPORT 10.80M

16 YOU BET 10.70M

17 NO JOB FOR A LADY 10.70M

18 JAWS 10.60M

19 EL CID 10.60M

20 BERGERAC 10.60M

 

Still big ratings in 1990. *Means that the soaps in question (only noted are the top episode) had repeat showings i.e. Neighbours (1.30/5.35), Home And Away (12.30/5.15), Eastenders (Tues, and Thurs were repeated on Sunday Afternoon)...So the figures for these are joined together. This is a con really because Neighbours single episodes only got 9m, Home And Away about 6.5m...So, really shouldn`t even be in the top 20. These 2 were only purchased by BBC/ITV because the price of American series rose, and was too expensive for British companies too buy. It can be said that the BBC, were spending most of there millions on Eastenders (which again only had single episode figures of 12m)...which would have put it down at the bottom of the top 10. While this was happening...British favourites: The Two Ronnies, Dave Allen etc...were making Australian shows, which the BBC would not buy to show in the UK. Coronation Street, on the other hand only got a repeat showing in the Northern regions...the single episodes still drew 16m...still the number one, without a repeat then! THIS IS YOUR LIFE was on it`s 3rd season with MICHAEL ASPEL...We fondly remember original host, the late EAMON ANDREWS. MICHAEL BARRYMORE was the host of STRIKE IT LUCKY...which became STRIKE IT RICH, after THAMES TV lost their franchise and the series was taken over by LWT. The shamed Michael`s real name is MICHAEL PARKER. THE BILL was doing alright in it`s Tues/Thurs 8pm showings. CILLA BLACK was joined by GORDON BURNS on Sunday nights in SURPRISE SURPRISE...Don`t sing Cilla! JOHN THAW was crime solving in Oxford as INSPECTOR MORSE. The ANTIQUES ROADSHOW pulled them in at 4.55pm on Sundays. Sitcoms (both rubbish, unfortunately) kept NICHOLAS LYNDHURST busy in THE TWO OF US, and KARL HOWLMAN in the absolutely terrible BRUSH STROKES...which ran for 5 long tiresome years! LITTLE AND LARGE...were on their last tv series, which was rather a shame as EDDIE LARGE later suffered ill health, and SYD LITTLE had other problems in his family. DAVID COLEMAN was still introducing A QUESTION OF SPORT on Tuesdays at 8pm. YOU BET was on it`s 3rd, and final series with BRUCE FORSYTH...In 1991 MATTHEW KELLY took over, as Bruce return to the BBC in late 1990 for a re-hashed GENERATION GAME. PENELOPE KEITH gave us a dire sitcom as Labour MP JEAN PRICE in NO JOB FOR A LADY on ITV (Mondays at 8pm). BBC 1 showed JAWS, as BERGERAC was in it`s 9th series with JOHN NETTLES. EL CID was ITV`s newest cop show, as ALFRED MOLINA, and JOHN BIRD played BLAKE AND BROMLEY who left Scotland Yard, to do some P.I. stuff on the Costa Del Sol. You might remember in the 3rd, and final series in 1992, ALFRED MOLINA left and AMANDA REDMAN joined the cast as Bromley`s daughter.

 

Great commentary Dave, TV certainly was excellent in those days.

Just one correction, the following year (1991) was Little and Large last series not 1990.

 

 

Thanks for this :)