Popchartfreak

23rd March 2025 It's 4 week son top for Alex Warren with Armin van Buuren on his 3rd top 10 in 3 months at 5 - Keep The Faith also bringing Bon Jovi back into the top 5 for the first time since it hit number one in 1992. The Waterboys first went top 10 in 1985 with The Whole Of The Moon, and returned there again in the 90's to take it to number one - but they've never made my top 10 again, until now. So 40 years on, better late than never thanks to a lovely Andy Warhol-based song. Keiino make it two top 10's and a couple of others since Eurovision, and pretty much ditto for Mans Zelmerlow as Sam Ryder enters lower down and would also get a ditto, except he is still waiting for his 2nd top 10. Will this one do it? Seven years before Crowded House grabbed a number one in 1987, the Finn brothers were in Split Enz, and started a run of great synth-rock-indie-pop tracks with the fab I Got You, which peaked at 2 for me, and in the 30's in the UK charts of the time. sadly their other singles weren't UK hits, but I thought they were great. I Got You is back at 30, 45 years on. Stela Cole debuts in my chart with StereoQueen, good dance track, and in a quiet week for new entries Benson Boone gets a 4th track charting doing his best Harry Styles impression. 1 1 1 7 ORDINARY - Alex Warren 821400 2 2 2 9 CONTROL OF ME - Topic x Daecolm 467400 3 3 1 12 THE PROUD ONE - The Osmonds 950000 92095 4 8 4 8 AS TEARS GO BY - Marianne Faithfull 248150 5 11 5 4 KEEP THE FAITH - Armin van Buuren & Bon Jovi 127000 6 4 2 10 PINK PONY CLUB - Chappell Roan 481400 7 14 7 7 ANDY (A GUY LIKE YOU) - The Waterboys 154950 8 22 8 6 HALO - KEiiNO 103500 9 7 7 7 WEIGHT OF DESIRE - Tennis 184800 10 12 10 5 REVOLUTION - Mans Zelmerlow 125550 11 5 5 6 BUSY WOMAN - Sabrina Carpenter 244900 12 6 1 9 HAMMER TO THE HEART - Teddy Swims 758750 13 13 10 8 BORN WITH A BROKEN HEART - Damiano David 215800 14 9 9 8 CRYING, LAUGHING, LOVING, LYING - Labi Siffre 162200 15 10 8 13 BEAUTIFUL THAT WAY - Miley Cyrus 326300 16 15 10 9 A TEAR IN SPACE (AIRLOCK) - Glass Animals 262000 17 24 17 8 FANCY - Artemas 157100 18 56 18 2 LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN - Justin Hayward & Mike Batt 32600 19 21 1 19 LATE NIGHT PHONE CALL - Reverend And The Makers 1446550 20 16 2 8 WHO I AM - Alan Walker featuring Putri Ariana & Peder Elias 317800 21 18 1 12 MORE THAN A WOMAN - Tavares 523750 532450 22 40 22 4 THE WAY I ARE - Don Diablo 58150 23 29 23 12 LOVE ME FOR A REASON - The Osmonds 142650 24 20 5 8 CHASING PARADISE - Kygo & OneRepublic 344000 25 30 25 7 ABRADACABRA - Lady Gaga 102650 26 57 26 2 SUNSET BLVD - Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco 28900 27 19 11 10 NO BAD VIBES - Jazzy & KILIMANJARO 220300 28 34 28 5 TURN AROUND - The Lottery Winners 73150 29 28 7 19 ALL YOUR FAULT - Gwen Stefani 413450 30 NEW 30 1 I GOT YOU - Split Enz 18000 599800 31 27 27 8 THE BALLAD OF LUCY JORDAN - Marianne Faithfull 120300 32 17 8 11 I’M IN LOVE... - Andy Bell featuring Dot Allison and Michael Rother 240200 33 35 33 4 WHIRLWIND - Lainey Wilson 51700 34 26 7 9 RIPPLE - Good Neighbours 267600 35 44 35 3 LOVE IS LOVE - Kim Wilde 40750 36 33 1 19 PEOPLE WATCHING - Sam Fender 700500 37 39 18 16 BOUQUET - Gwen Stefani 235500 38 31 6 11 COLD DREAMING - Doves 213100 39 43 39 7 SOMEBODY’S SON - Empire Of The Sun featuring Lindsey Buckingham 68300 40 36 36 6 LAST NIGHT I DREAMT I FELL IN LOVE - Alok & Kylie Minogue 82450 41 37 37 5 BUTTERFLY - Marina 61400 42 32 20 8 WAY OUT - Jet Trouble 131750 43 45 43 4 WANT U - Hayley May 49000 44 48 44 3 TURN UP YOUR RADIO - Deacon Blue featuring Lorraine McIntosh 33050 45 23 23 8 DO THINGS MY OWN WAY - Sparks 115750 46 38 32 7 REVELATION - The Knocks & Dragonette 99150 47 53 47 5 KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG - Roberta Flack 46650 48 49 48 4 MARIAH CAREY THROUGH DEATH VALLEY - Blossoms 38000 49 25 20 8 LIGHTHOUSE - Kim Wilde 130600 50 54 50 4 WISH I DIDN’T MISS YOU - Angie Stone 40400 51 55 51 3 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE - David Guetta & Sia 32650 52 41 35 7 HUNT YOU DOWN - ALT BLK ERA 116400 53 42 1 19 EXTREME WAYS - Armin van Buuren & Moby 1290450 54 62 54 2 IT’S NOT RIGHT BUT IT’S OK - Felix Jaehn & Whitney Houston 18400 55 52 52 6 CRY FOR ME - The Weeknd 58200 56 68 56 3 LOVE COMES QUICKLY (LIVE AT THE ROYAL ARENA COPENHAGEN 2023) - Pet Shop Boys 22000 285550 57 66 57 3 CAFE DEL MAR - Pete Tong & Jules Buckley & The Essential Orchestra 23000 58 63 58 4 TIL A MAWNIN - Shaggy featuring Sting 27600 59 61 59 4 GRANITE MILLS - Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Russell Moore 30600 60 73 60 2 SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN - Avalan Rokston 15400 61 69 61 2 HOW BAD DO U WANT ME - Lady Gaga 13700 62 67 62 3 SORROW REPLACED - Kim Wilde featuring Midge Ure 19600 63 65 63 5 WAKE ME UP - The Weeknd featuring Justice 31800 64 60 4 48 FEEL - Pet Shop Boys 1157300 65 59 10 32 DIE WITH A SMILE - Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars 503950 66 74 66 3 HIGHER - Tom Speight 16800 67 70 67 3 CONFESSION - Louise 16800 68 46 2 16 THE DARK END OF THE STREET - Pet Shop Boys 566550 69 51 1 18 APT. - ROSE & Bruno Mars 846900 70 NEW 70 1 STEREOQUEEN - Stela Cole 6000 71 72 71 6 THE ABYSS - The Weeknd & Lana Del Ray 30200 72 80 72 2 LOUD! - Chesney Hawkes 9600 73 77 73 2 THE GIVER - Chappell Roan 10000 74 47 5 12 EUPHORIA - Armin van Buuren, Norma Jean Martine & LAWRENT with Alok 285300 75 79 75 2 FIDA KNOWN - Gloria Gaynor 9200 76 76 76 2 MANDINGO - Wu-Tang Clan & Mathematics featuring Raekwon, Inspectah Deck, Method Man & Cappadonna 9600 77 NEW 77 1 WHITE LIES - Sam Ryder 4600 78 75 70 4 LIFELINE - Jonas Blue featuring Izzy Bizu 21000 79 NEW 79 1 SORRY I’M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE - Benson Boone 4200 80 78 78 3 SCORPIO - Kim Wilde 12800 DROP OUTS 50 1 25 YOU AGAIN - The Lottery Winners featuring Reverend And The Makers 1116100 58 1 28 THE GIRL THAT I CALL HOME - Tears For Fears 1069300 64 1 28 NEVER GOING HOME TONIGHT - David Guetta & Alesso featuring Madison Love 1181600 71 11 16 CAN’T SLOW DOWN - almost Monday 301950

Hi AH! 🙂 Not long till the weekend! Fabulous chart as always, lots to love, and much to play as per usual, I'll try and play some now as I reply! 😎

Hi AH! 🙂 Glad you got a break, and well done on dumping Heart FM, but doh! on the replacement 😄 I'm into week 4 on top for Ordinary but I feel it's just hanging on due to lack of serious competition now. Life In A Northern Town has traditional northern roots in Mike Batt's arrangement, it's really good and Mike just responded to a Wombles-related tweet from me, I keep meaning to buy his autobiography but I dont want to give Amazon any cash if I can buy it in a bookshop 😎 Die With A Smile I loved, then fairly quickly I overdosed on it, then I kept hearing it in Florida and got hols memories attached to it and I've stayed faithful ever since - if anything I think it peaked too low (at 10) in my chart but the 7 month run has more than made up for it. 🙂 Thnks as ever for the fab long list of picks!! 😎

Hey Sven! 🙂 My fave top 40 upwardly mobile tracks: - LADY GAGA - ABRACADABRA -PP❤️ / - (2x🥇@) 04 06 04 - Alex Warren - Ordinary 08 10 05 - Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 17 17 05 - Kygo & OneRepublic - Chasing Paradise 18 NE 01 - Benson Boone - Sorry I´m Here For Someone Else / - (tip09) 19 28 03 - Sabrina Carpenter - Busy Woman 20 40 02 - David Guetta & Sia - Beautiful People -PP❤️ 29 35 02 - Morgan Seatree & Florence + The Machine - Say My Name (remix´24) 33 33 02 - Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco & Gracie Abrams - Call Me When You Break Up 34 NE 01 - WizThe Mc & Bees & Honey - Show Me Love -PP❤️ / - (tip01) and from the bubblers: DOECHII - ANXIETY -PP❤️ 03 03 - Sam Fender - Arm´s Length 19 NE - Alok & Kylie Minogue - Last Night I Dreamt I Fell In Love 20 NE - Chappell Roan - The Giver / - (Qmusic AlarmSchijf 🔔 week 12) 21 years ago these were my faves: 02 01 11 - Jamelia - Superstar / - (1x🥇@) 03 02 06 - Britney Spears - Toxic / - (2x🥇@) 06 26 02 - Usher & Ludacris & Lil´Jon - Yeah! / -AS🔔 08 12 02 - George Michael - Amazing -PP❤️ 09 09 04 - Kylie Minogue - Red Blooded Woman -PP❤️ 12 11 11 - Gary Jules & Michael Andrews - Mad World -PP❤️ 30 NE 01 - Anastacia - Left Outside Alone / -AS🔔 great charts!!😎

Hey Sven! 🙂 Thanks as always for the picks of the climbers! 😎

Hi Sergej! 😎 my climbing or new entries faves this week: 1 NE 1(×1) 1 Chappell Roan – “The Giver” big new entry here!! 3 3 1(×1) 18 Chappell Roan – “Pink Pony Club” 4 11 4 11 Shaboozey – “Good News” 9 NE 9 1 Felix Jaehn ft. Whitney Houston – “It's Not Right But It's Okay”🥰 25 56 25 7 Marshmello ft. Jonas Brothers – “Slow Motion” 28 NE 28 1 Doechii – “Anxiety” 74 90 74 3 Alex Warren – “Ordinary” 80 NE 80 1 Lady Gaga – “Garden of Eden” 90 91 90 2 Selena Gomez, benny blanco, & Gracie Abrams – “Call Me When You Break Up” great charts! 🙂

Hi Sergej! 🙂 Thanks for the picks, and take care backatacha! 😎

Hi SSP! Good to see climbers from CCR, Bryan Adams, Gaga x2, Andy Bell, Benson Boone, Shaggy, Waterboys, Damiano David, Billy Idol, Gloria gaynor and Deep Blue Something back, and new entries from Whitney, Dolly (such a sadly sweet sentiment), Chappell, Suzanne Vega, Bryan Adams, Kim Wilde😎 great charts! 🙂

Hi SSP! cheers for the picks! 🎊😎

wow big 39's there, Ken will be banging on the thread to enter 😄 well done both! round 1: 33 (Ricky!) round 2: 39 3 in 10: 2 The fabulous To The Moon And Back, I Want You, the rest were very forgettable. Apparently.

kanye is a gold digger and easily the least of the 4 pour moi. Miss Piggy liked to say "pour moi" in an attempt to sound profound, and if it's good enough for her....

flipping fill.

i like all of these, but there's a few that are not big top 20's for me, so Ja Rule is the least, just edging out Destiny's Child. Well, I like Mas Que Nada in any version, the song is timeless, even one with a will.i.am overhaul, and at least Sergio gets a credit....granted not as classic as the original.

I'm going for the Feist-wait-wut?! That's a top ten 9/10 track, Cascade OTOH a cheesy peak of 71-ish 3/10. Madonna is also a whopping 10/10 chart-topping track for me. Flipping Fill didnt even chart for me, so guesses who I will be pushing to go next. Then again there's one I'm sick of hearing now lately....

yay Jade on the 39!! 🤗 round 1: 39 round 2: 39 3 in 10: 3 masses against the classes, motorcycle emptiness, a design for life