The weekly preview of what`s hot or not, for next Sunday`s charts.

 

Tom will be looking at the Singles, with a selection of vids to go with them. Firstly let`s battle the album preview:

01 03 ESSENTIAL - MJ

02 NE LUNGS - FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE

03 NE EVACUATE THE DANCEFLOOR - CASCADA

04 06 LA ROUX - LA ROUX

05 01 NUMBER ONES - MJ

06 02 THRILLER (ORIGINAL/25TH ANNIVERSARY) - MJ

07 08 THE FAME - LADY GAGA

08 NE BOXED - KINGS OF LEON (3 ALBUMS BOXED SET)

09 07 CLUBLAND 15 - VA

10 21 KING OF POP - MJ

11 10 WEST RYDER LUNATIC ASYLUM - KASABIAN

12 12 SUNNY SIDE UP - PAOLO NUTINI

13 24 R + B IN THE MIX - VA

14 NE GATECRASHER TRANCE ANTHEMS 93-09 - VA

15 20 GREATEST HITS - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

16 05 OFF THE WALL - MJ

17 15 CIRCUS - TAKE THAT

18 22 THE E.N.D. - BLACK EYED PEAS

19 18 ONLY BY THE NIGHT - KOL

20 19 INVADERS MUST DIE - PRODIGY

21 NE DUCKWORTH LEWIS METHOD - DUCKWORTH LEWIS METHOD (DIVINE COMEDY)

22 26 WILD YOUNG HEARTS - NOISETTES

23 31 IT`S NOT ME IT`S YOU - LILY ALLEN

24 14 CHILLED II 1991-09 - VA

25 36 JACKIE THE ALBUM SUMMER EDITION - VA

26 NE KISSTORY CLUB ANTHEMS - VA

27 16 LOVE AND WAR - DANIEL MERRIWEATHER

28 33 FLYING HIGH - ALI CAMPBELL

29 NE STORY OF A HEART - BENNY ANDERSON BAND (BENNY OF ABBA)

30 37 SCRIPT - THE SCRIPT

 

If I seperate the 2 editions of "Thriller", out goes The Script, and Thriller 25th Anniversary is #25, and the original then goes down to #8...Confused, you will be, after tonight`s edition of "Soap!"....Wow, remember that! :lol:

Outside the 30 albums (below Jim Reeves 31, and Jason Mraz 32) are Bombay Bicycle Club (I Had The Blues etc), and David Bowie (VH1 Storytellers), Sound Of UK Funky - VA, Baby Loves Disco - VA, and not forgetting Hannah Montana 3 - OST!

 

Last week we got 7 in the 10, 14 in the 20, and 23 in the Combined top 30 albums. In the singles we got 9 in the 10, 18 in the 20, and 28 in the top 30...Meaning this is the first place, to have a good preview of the new singles chart first...with no expense spared!

Just ahead of Tom`s singles preview...Back in 1983, Radio Luxembourg came up with this: (As introduced by Tony Prince in July 1983)

01 01 BABY JANE - ROD STEWART

02 02 FLASHDANCE (WHAT A FEELING) - IRENE CARA

03 16 MOONLIGHT SHADOW - MIKE OLFIELD/MAGGIE REILLY

04 19 IOU - FREEEZ

05 04 EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE - POLICE

06 03 I GUESS THAT`S WHAT THEY CALL THE BLUES - ELTON JOHN

07 10 DEAD GIVEAWAY - SHALAMAR

08 08 WHEN WE WERE YOUNG - BUCK`S FIZZ

09 26 WHEREVER I LAY MY HAT - PAUL YOUNG

10 05 CHINA GIRL - DAVID BOWIE

11 18 TAKE THAT SITUATION - NICK HEYWARD

12 24 ROCK N`ROLL IS KING - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA

13 28 COME LIVE WITH ME - HEAVEN 17

14 06 WAITING FOR A TRAIN - FLASH AND THE PAN

15 12 BAD BOYS - WHAM

16 07 WANNA BE STARTIN`SOMETHING - MICHAEL JACKSON

17 22 WAR BABY - TOM ROBINSON

18 21 CONFUSION HITS US EVERYTIME - DENNIS GREAVES/THE TRUTH

19 NE THE TROOPER - IRON MAIDEN

20 14 DREAM TO SLEEP - H20

21 09 LADY LOVE ME ONE MORE TIME - GEORGE BENSON

22 NE FORBIDDEN COLOURS - DAVID SYLVIAN/RYUICHI SAKAMOTO

23 30 IT`S OVER - FUNK MASTERS

24 23 I WON`T HOLD YOU BACK - TOTO

25 11 DARK IS THE NIGHT - SHAKATAK

26 15 NOBODY`S DIARY - YAZOO

27 NE ALL NIGHT LONG - MARY JANE GIRLS

28 27 SHE WORK`S HARD FOR THE MONEY - DONNA SUMMER

29 NE TANTALISE - JIMMY THE HOOVER

30 NE DON`T TRY TO STOP IT - ROMAN HOLIDAY

 

28 in the 30, for Radio Luxembourg compared to Radio One...208 only missed Malcom McClaren`s "Double Dutch", and Eurythmics "Who`s That Girl". A hot summer in 1983 (when over on Radio One, Andy Peebles presented the top 40). Rod reigned supreme with his biggest hit in years. There was Flashdance, in which Irene Cara did not appear. Maggie Reilly was the uncredited vocalist with Mike Oldfield, as we remember the follow up to Moonlight Shadow was "To France". Freeez gave us the longevity that became the vowel song "IOU". The Police returned, and back with avengence too, was Elton. Shalamar were about to descend into obscurity, a bit of a "Dead Giveaway!" Buck`s Fizz were headind down the same road, as one of my favs by them "When We Were Young" hit the top 10. Paul Young covered a Marvin Gaye B side circa 1969. It was the B side of "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby". David Bowie had a bit of a naughty video to "China Girl". Nick Heyward had his 2nd solo hit. ELO were still going strong. Heaven 17 finally got off the ground in 1983, after a few years battling with flops. Flash And The Pan finally got a big UK hit. The band from Oz, made a stab at the chart in 1978 with "Down Among The Dead Men". Wham went down. Michael Jackson was "Startin`Something". A song that hasn`t over done it, on the spate of re-bursts in this last week. Tom Robinson returned without the band. The Truth, and H20 both had smallish hits. David Sylvian popped out of Japan for a duet. George Benson got his best time, between 1981-83. Everyone stared at the Mary Jane Girls on TOTP! Donna Summer "Worked Hard" for a small top 30 hit. Jimmy The Hoover could not follow up "Tantalise", despite releasing a handful of singles. The nights were drawing in for Shakatak and the days too, come to that. Roman Holiday just scraped the top 20, but that was about it.

 

 

Just before Tom get`s here, for the Singles this week, let`s have 3 more "Pops To Flop". Three songs, I tip to bomb out.

 

There`s "Messages" by the Filthy Dukes. Music from the Synthpop band who formed in London, back in 2005.

 

Honor Blackman "The Star Who Fell From Grace". 84 on 22nd August, P*ssy Galore in Bond/Cathy Gale in The Avengers...a no chancer this time.

 

What about Richmond Fontaine "You Can Move Back Here". An alternative country band from Oregon, Portland U.S, who formed in 1995. To which, we can`t find a clip! So, moving swiftly on...

 

Take it away, Tom! ;)

Cheers Dave!

 

Bubblers first:

50 NE OUR HOUSE IS DADLESS - KID BRITISH

49 41 WAKING UP IN VEGAS - KATY PERRY

47 NE WORK - CIARA

46 53 JUST DANCE - LADY GAGA

44 45 I`M NOT ALONE - CALVIN HARRIS

43 43 I`M YOURS - JASON MRAZ

41 38 NOT FAIR - LILY ALLEN

40 52 THE SHOW - LENKA

37 33 NEVER FORGET YOU - NOISETTES

36 42 I GOTTA FEELING - BLACK EYED PEAS

31 32 SAID IT ALL - TAKE THAT

 

Here is what we expect the top 30 singles to look like next sunday...

30 28 BLACK OR WHITE - MICHAEL JACKSON

29 27 DIRTY DIANA - MICHAEL JACKSON

28 25 KISS ME THRU THE PHONE - SOULJA BOY

27 21 HUSH HUSH - PUSSYCAT DOLLS

26 35 I KNOW YOU WANT ME - PITBULL

25 29 POKERFACE - LADY GAGA

24 26 BEAT IT - MICHAEL JACKSON

23 19 STICKS AND STONES - JAMIE T

22 14 RABBIT HEART - FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE

21 13 WORK - SATURDAYS

20 NE SHARK IN THE WATER - VV BROWN

19 15 HEARTBREAK MAKE ME A DANCER - FREEMASONS/SOPHIE

18 10 RED - DANIEL MERRIWEATHER

17 17 BILLIE JEAN - MICHAEL JACKSON

16 18 SMOOTH CRIMINAL - MICHAEL JACKSON

15 20 IN FOR THE KILL - LA ROUX

14 11 BONKERS - DIZZEE/ARMAND

13 31 THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON

12 16 BATTLEFIELD - JORDIN

11 12 UNTOUCHED - VERONICAS

10 NE DIAMOND RINGS - CHIPMUNK

09 09 MAMA DO - PIXIE LOTT

08 07 KNOCK YOU DOWN - KERI AND CO

07 08 RELEASE ME - AGNES

06 06 BOOM BOOM POW - BLACK EYED PEAS

05 01 MAN IN THE MIRROR - MJ

04 03 WHEN LOVE TAKES OVER - GUETTA/ROWLAND

03 05 PAPARAZZI - LADY GAGA

02 02 BULLETPROOF - LA ROUX

01 04 EVACUATE THE DANCEFLOOR - CASCADA

 

Cascada gets the #1, after an early start for Jacko, last Monday.

 

A big climb for Pitbull...the spanglish dance track I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho).

 

JLS - Beat Again are sure to top the chart in a couple of weeks, maybe! Still the biggest tip for the top.

So it looks like the Jacko mania is fading out. But the memorial service on Tuesday should keep it aound a little longer. After pipping MJ to the post on the official chart yesterday, Cascada looks like getting a second week at number one, which means that The Big Top 40 might have finally got it right. Then again, it seems that show is making an impact... Everyone I work with was saying that Man In The Mirror was number one last week... hmmm :lol:

 

Here is new entry from VV Brown, finally making her commercial breakthrough with the gorgeous summery Shark In The Water. :cheer:

 

Here is "Chip Diddy" Chipmunk, bringing some grime and lime to the charts with Diamond Rings :puke2:

 

And climbing into the top 40 are the Black Eyed Peas with I Gotta Feeling. Maybe that should be I Guetta Feeling, as David is on production duties, making this infinitely superior to Boom Boom Pow IMHO... :dance:

 

So what's the chart going to look like in coming weeks? Well here are some Picks To Click which should be getting their piece of the action in a few weeks time:

 

The Twang - Barney Rubble (comeback of Sound Of 2007 indie band from Birmingham with a summery dance-rock track using a sample of The Goodmen's Give It Up, presumably so Pitbull doesn't get there first! :lol:)

 

Green Day - 21 Guns (pop-punk veterans in anthemic pop-rock mode - am I the only one who thinks it sounds a bit like Take That? :kink: Well, and Mott The Hoople...)

 

Calvin Harris - Ready For The Weekend (he's not alone, he's with Mary Pearce! #1 on Sunday 16th August, maybe!)

 

Is that it then Dave? :)

Thanks Tom...In honest truth, we can say that "Man In The Mirror" did top the chart for 5 days, last week! So, no one was wrong (really). :lol: Although those nuts at Big Top 40, conned us because last week, they did not use any Airplay data. All made up, as ever...and this week surprise, surprise...Independant Radio`s fav artists Take That suddenly leapt up 22 places to #12! Dodgy, or what!

Also, just remembered that the top dvd this week, looks like it will go to Marley And Me.

Come on Florence! #1 album gogogog! :D

 

Pleased to see Youth And Young Manhood / Aha Shake Heartbreak / Because Of The Times making an impact even though it's just a boxed set of two really old albums and one everyone already owns.

I don't know why this JLS song is a big deal. I think it's not bad but nothing special either. Rather a little bit bland.

I find it a bit bland too, but Reality TV + commerical RnB + attactive men (not my type but hey) = SMASH.

I find it a bit bland too, but Reality TV + commerical RnB + attactive men (not my type but hey) = SMASH.

 

I think it's more

 

Reality TV

+

Boyband

+

Generic American pop sound (done well here imo though)

+

Video with generically 'boyband' dance moves

+

People who a load of people will find attractive

=

15 weeks at #1

I like JLS song, it's catchy... there is little depth to the lyrics though.

JLS track isn't bad - and a whole lot better than I was expecting. In fact, its actually quite catchy and I'm starting to really like it. :o

Interesting predictions, however I think Chipmunk will go (at least Top 5), and surely the Arctic Monkeys - Crying Lightning will challenge for a Top 10 spot.

 

Whilst if the MJJ funeral rehearsal rumours are true I predict Jackson 5 - Who's Loving You to have a major impact on the chart countdown on Sunday as well.