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Drops of Jupiter quite comfortably. Despite it being from what's essentially my least favourite genre of music (usually 00s, male fronted, predominantly US, played-to-death, AOR) I've always loved it, even remember buying the CD single.

+30 Metric - Doomscroller 29 HAAi (feat. Jon Hopkins) - Baby, We're Ascending 28 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Wolf 27 Ibibio Sound Machine - Protection From Evil 26 Let's Eat Grandma - Happy New Year 25 Caroline Polachek - Welcome to My Island 24 Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal - B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All) 23 Working Men's Club - Widow 22 My Chemical Romance - The Foundations of Decay 21 Fred Again - Delilah (Pull Me Out Of This) 20 Everything Everything - Bad Friday 19 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Spitting off the Edge of the World 18 yune pinku - Fai Fighter 17 Arctic Monkeys - There'd Better Be a Mirrorball 16 Everything Everything - Teletype 15 Wet Leg - Too Late Now 14Fontaines D.C. - I Love You 13 Gorillaz (feat. Tame Impala & Bootie Brown) - New Gold 12 Caroline Polachek - Billions 11 Charli XCX (feat. Rina Sawayama) - Beg For You 10 Fontaines D.C. - Jackie Down the Line 9 MUNA - What I Want 8 Rema (with Selena Gomez) - Calm Down 7 Beyoncé - Break My Soul 6 Florence + The Machine - King 5 Jamie T - A Million And One New Ways 4 Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero 3 LF System - Afraid To Feel 2 Alvvays - Easy On Your Own? 1 Jessie Ware - Free Yourself

34 - 12/07/2004 Snow Patrol - Spitting Games Chart Run: 01-02-02-02-04-05-08-13-15-21-23-26-31-30-37 (15 weeks) After Mr Brightside's time at the top was up, it was replaced by Snow Patrol who were another band I'd been enjoying that year, with Spitting Games being able to go further than either Run (#3) or Chocolate (#7) had managed before it. Final Straw was a decent album, but it was definitely a singles album, not one of my favourites of the year. Not for the first time in 2004, a decent but unspectacular song by a newly successful band hits the top of my chart, whilst my big favourite from theirs falls short. Spitting Games is still a good song that I like, but it's nothing on Run. As far as the album goes, I'd rank Wow higher too although never released as a single. 2025 Rating: 7/10 Songs kept from #1: Morrissey - First of the Gang To Die The big UK #1 Lola's Theme entered in the top 10, but it was the former Smiths singer that went closest in an all new top 2. First of the Gang To Die was his second runner-up of the year, I can't say I listen to either now but this would be the one I'd pick.

Haha that's great! It is completely inescapable, definitely. Without giving too much away, did like some of their other HF singles a lot too...

Looking forward to this one, hoping the top end aligns to mine!

33 - 24/05/2004 The Killers - Mr Brightside Chart Run: 01-01-01-01-01-01-01-03-04-03-03-06-08-09-12-13-17-19-21-23-24-28-31-32-31-33-36 (27 weeks) And now for the big one. Seven weeks at the top and another three hanging around the top 3. Only one song has ever spent longer than its 7 weeks at #1, only three songs have ever spent longer than its 27 weeks in the chart. After a strong start to the year for a new wave of indie bands, the summer of '04 took it to new levels - debut albums from Kasabian, Razorlight and The Killers were all released, and I was straight onto all of them. Mr Brightside felt like such an upbeat, feelgood tune, with it and its parent album Hot Fuss very much soundtracking my summer. It was about this time that I first joined BuzzJack's predecessor site CoolClarity, and for the first time was aware of midweek charts which blew my mind. I absolutely adored Mr Brightside, there was never anything going to stop it from a long run at the top. I find Mr Brightside such a conflicting song, because it is fundamentally brilliant, and the size it has become in the last two decades is fully deserved. At one point about 15 years ago I may well have said it was a top 3 single of all time, but there can't be many (if any) songs I've heard more times in my 36 years on earth, and as a result it has definitely become something I'm tired of and I just wouldn't ever choose to listen to it anymore. It's nice to hear occasionally, but with what must be close to 100% night out hearing rate, that's all that's needed. 2025 Rating: 8/10 Songs Kept from #1: Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl (3 weeks), Razorlight - Golden Touch (3 weeks), The Hives - Walk Idiot Walk (1 week) The differing levels of quality of music out at any given point in time can influence how well songs do on personal charts - there have definitely been occasions where I've felt the strength of a top 5/10 is significantly higher than it was a couple of months earlier, and therefore songs can feel like they've peaked either too high or low. This was even more the case when I mirrored my chart to the UK chart's release schedule, as when two of the years' best songs are released in the same week it's difficult for both to hit the top spot. At the end of the year, I compiled my favourite songs of the year and ranked them as such: 01 Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out 02 The Killers - Mr Brightside 03 Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl 04 Razorlight - Golden Touch At any other time, Jet and Razorlight are hitting the top and I'm thinking it's a better year for number ones than it was. As well as these, both Supergrass - Kiss of Life and Scissor Sisters - Laura charted at #3, and could quite easily have been #1s too at other times, the former in particular being an underrated gem from their large back catalogue.

Nice finish to this John, can't argue with the top 2. Would probably have Lola's Theme in the same position. Not as big on Toxic but definitely one of Britney's best and stands out in this year.

32 - 26/04/2004 The Streets - Fit But You Know It Chart Run: 01-01-01-01-04-06-06-06-08-10-14-18-23-25-25-28-33-40 (18 weeks) A lead single to follow-up one of my all-time favourite albums, in Original Pirate Material. The Streets weren't exactly my 'thing' at the time, but I was taken in by the obvious English slant to everything about Mike Skinner - the lyrical content, the accent. OPM was a top 10 all-time album and remains so. The follow-up, A Grand Don't Come For Free, was an album I enjoyed but not to the same level. Its first single was everywhere and became his biggest hit, even more laddy and whimsical then previous efforts, and was straight in at number one for me where it spent the next month. It's a song which is incredibly of its time, particularly with its lyrical content which Skinner has said wouldn't write now, yet still holds a nice wave of nostalgia. It remains decent to listen to, but towards the bottom of song choices from those first two albums. I'm please Dry Your Eyes went further in the UK and became his signature hit, it remains the best song off its parent album, but started 03-04-05 for me so won't have a re-listen and deeper dive. 2025 Rating: 7/10 Songs kept from #1: Ash - Orpheus, Morrissey - Irish Blood, English Heart, Keane - Everybody's Changing For its four weeks at the top, there were four different songs occupying the runners-up berth. For Lovers for the first week, then Ash with the lead single to the follow-up of one of my favourite albums of the early part of the decade Free All Angels in Orpheus, Morrissey's big solo effort came next with his most hyped return in a long while, and then Keane almost making it 2/2 at the top with a slightly odd early chart run of 03-06-02-08. Other decent hits at the time were big R&B hit Dip It Low by Christina Milian and Jay-Z with 99 Problems

A couple of passable efforts and a load of dirge. Tough choice, might as well go Rooftops get it over with. Even though I'd liked them a lot previously I thought this was a massive comedown in quality.

31 - 12/04/2004 Wolfman feat. Pete Doherty - For Lovers Chart Run: 01-01-02-04-04-05-09-11-11-14-18-22-22-26-33-37-34-40 (18 weeks) Following The Libertines big 2003, a single featuring the vocals of Pete Doherty was always going to get some interest, and it became his first top 10 hit in the UK entering at #7, along with songwriter Peter Wolfe AKA Wolfman, with a re-working of a song he wrote in the early 90s. As a big fan of The Libertines work, it's of little surprise that this entered at the top, it was something a bit different to the energy which they provided but I loved the vocal on it. Sometimes listening to something for the first time in a while really makes you remember just how good it is, and that's definitely the case here. For Lovers is absolutely superb, the lyrics are beautiful, his voice is great, and the production is fantastic. The first song in this list I've felt the need to listen again shortly after my initial re-visit. Somewhat annoyingly, this is now tagged on Spotify as being by Jake Fior, who was the producer on it. 2025 Rating: 10/10 Songs kept from #1: The Rasmus - In The Shadows, Franz Ferdinand - The Dark of the Matinée The first #2 peaks for a while as The Rasmus climbed 03-02 and then Franz Ferdinand entered there not quite equalling their previous peak. Both songs are good, but #2 peaks are worthy. At the time it wasn't an entry of note, with a 2 week chart run of 29-35 but The Rat by The Walkmen entered whilst For Lovers was at the top, and if I were to rank all songs from 2004 now, would definitely be top 10, potentially top 5.

2022: HAAi feat. Jon Hopkins - Baby, We're Ascending Ibibio Sound Machine - Protection From Evil Everything Everything - Bad Friday 2023: Bob Vylan - Dream Big Chemical Brothers feat. Halo Maud - Live Again DJ Seinfeld & Confidence Man - Now U Do MGMT - Mother Nature 2024: English Teacher - R&B Fat Dog - Running FKA Twigs - Eusexua Michael Kiwanuka - Floating Parade

+30 Wolf Alice - The Last Man On Earth 29 Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever 28 BICEP (feat. Clara La San) - Saku 27 Little Simz - Introvert 26 Let's Eat Grandma - Hall Of Mirrors 25 Bicep - Apricots 24 Wolf Alice - How Can I Make It OK? 23 Wet Leg - Chaise Lounge 22 MUNA (feat. Phoebe Bridgers) - Silk Chiffon 21 Coldplay - Coloratura 20 CHVRCHES (feat. Robert Smith) - How Not to Drown 19 Turnstile - MYSTERY 18 Wolf Alice - Lipstick on the Glass 17 Weeknd - Save Your Tears (Original / Ariana Grande Remix) 16 DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ - Try Not To Be Afraid 15 Fred again.. (feat. The Blessed Madonna) - Marea (We've Lost Dancing) 14 Lil Ugly Mane - Porcelain Slightly 13 Sigrid - Burning Bridges 12 Biffy Clyro - Errors In the History Of God 11 Dave - In The Fire 10 Caroline Polachek - Bunny Is A Rider 9 Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under 8 Jockstrap - 50/50 7 Glass Animals - Heat Waves 6 Ewan McVicar - Tell Me Something Good 5 Coldplay - Higher Power 4 Mitski - The Only Heartbreaker 3 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits 2 Go_A - Shum 1 SZA - Good Days

30 - 29/03/2004 Basement Jaxx feat. JC Chasez - Plug It In Chart Run: 01-01-04-05-04-09-12-12-16-15-16-18-23-25-29-34-34-36-38 (19 weeks) It doesn't take long for the first act to appear twice in the year, as the follow-up to the years first chart topper equals its achievement, Basement Jaxx entering at #1 again with Plug It In, this time with vocals being provided by N-Sync's JC Chasez. It was a relatively minor hit in the UK (#20), but was something I enjoyed a lot at the time - JC provides a great vocal and it feels similar in style to some of Basement Jaxx's early singles. It's not really a favourite Basement Jaxx song of mine, not something I've listened to regularly over the years, but is still decent and enjoyable to listen to. 2025 Rating: 7/10 Once again, I Miss You was the runner up for both of these weeks. Scissor Sisters - Take Your Mama and The Rasmus - In The Shadows are the pick of the top 10 new entries.

Dry Your Eyes would comfortably take my top spot in this, absolutely delighted that he was able to have a #1 single. For what it is, Cha Cha Slide is fine really.

Sorry went on holiday and hadn't been bothered to re-start, nice to see there's some demand! 29 - 08/03/2004 Jet - Look What You've Done Chart Run: 01-01-01-05-08-13-14-12-16-20-19-26-36-40 (14 weeks) Without remembering exactly all the number ones I had 20+ years ago, but thinking about which songs and albums I enjoyed the most, Australians Jet would have felt like a safe bet to be in this list, and here they are, but it's not with the song. After the minor hits (both for me and in the UK) at the end of 2003 with Rollover DJ and Are You Gonna Be My Girl, Get Born was an early purchase from this wave of indie albums, and I thought it was great. Look What You've Done is more on the Keane/Snow Patrol sound of things compared to their more common rockier output, and the mellow side of them was one I enjoyed as much. They were one of a number of acts of this era and type who really fell away after their debut, although they did follow this up with three singles to reach #2. It's not exactly a go-to two decades later, but it's perfectly pleasant and I still enjoy it. Get Born has stood the test of time really well for me. In my end of year chart for '04, this was ranked just outside the top 20 whilst Are You Gonna Be My Girl was #3, and I don't think I'd have that one much lower now, but this one probably would do. It's a shame Are You Gonna... is not the song of theirs I'm listening to again, but such was the way I did my chart it was stuck behind an absolute monster hit when it was re-released. 2025 Rating: 7/10 I Miss You was runner-up for the duration of its stay at the top, the pick of the other new entries in these weeks were excellent N*E*R*D - She Wants to Move, Outkast's Hey Ya! follow-up I Like The Way You Move, and the wonderfully-popular-for-15-year-olds Stacy's Mom by Fountains of Wayne, which still has a nice nostalgic feel to it.

I know I was critical of the #1s of 2003, but 2004 really was the pits. Remembering a couple of what's to come I sort of can't believe haven't appeared, but the quality has been so poor no real complaints. I'd have Call on Me in the top 10, but it's not a particular favourite. The two McFly tracks I'd put top 20 too. Certainly no arguments with the bottom 3.

Thanks for the reminder tag, feel free to do so every week if not voted... +30 Phoebe Bridgers - I Know The End 29 Bicep - Atlas 28 London Grammar - Baby It's You 27 Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto 26 Taylor Swift & Bon Iver – Exile 25 Everything Everything - Violent Sun 24 Aly & Fila and Plumb - Somebody Loves You 23 Gorillaz (feat. slowthai & SOFT PLAY) - Momentary Bliss 22 Fontaines D.C. - A Hero's Death 21 Dua Lipa - Hallucinate 20 Weeknd - In Your Eyes 19 Gerry Cinnamon - Where We're Going 18 Lykke Li - BRONN 17 Taylor Swift - August 16 Weeknd - Blinding Lights 15 Powfu (feat. Beabadoobee) - Death Bed (Coffee For Your Head) 14 aamourocean - Parmi les Mortels 13 1975 - If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know) 12 Charli XCX - Forever 11 Dadi Freyr - Think About Things 10 Taylor Swift - Cardigan 9 Bring Me The Horizon - Parasite Eve 8 HAIM - The Steps 7 24kGoldn (feat. Iann Dior) - Mood 6 Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure 5 SAINt JHN - Roses (Imanbek Remix) 4 Taylor Swift - Willow 3 Rina Sawayama - XS 2 Charli XCX - Party 4 U 1 Little Mix - Sweet Melody

01 (02) Ninajirachi - Infohazard (01) (07) (1 week) 02 (03) Florence + The Machine - Everybody Scream (02) (06) 03 (01) Water From Your Eyes - Playing Classics (01) (10) (4 weeks) 04 (06) Slow Crush - Covet (04) (05) 05 (15) Of Monsters and Men - Dream Team (05) (03) 06 (05) Metronomy - Heartbreaker (SHERELLE's Bed Shaking With Metronomy Remix) (05) (06) 07 (04) Sprints - Beg (03) (07) 08 (13) The Cribs - Summer Seizures (08) (04) 09 (11) Big Thief - Words (09) (04) 10 (08) Wolf Alice - White Horses (02) (09) 11 (12) Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers - MOTHER (11) (05) 12 (07) White Lies - In The Middle (01) (11) (2 weeks) 13 (20) Burial - Comafields (13) (04) 14 (09) Wisp - Black Swan (06) (07) 15 (16) Chalk - Pain (15) (05) 16 (22) Honeyglaze - Turn Out Right (16) (03) 17 (10) The Hives - The Hives Forever Forever The Hives (10) (07) 18 (18) Mount Palomar feat. Makeshift Art Bar - Pass The Parcel (18) (04) 19 (26) Rhydian Dafydd - Make The Sign (19) (02) 20 (34) Hatchie - Lose It Again (20) (02) 21 (14) Tame Impala - End of Summer (04) (10) 22 (23) The Temper Trap - Lucky Dimes (22) (06) 23 (30) Pale Blue Eyes - New Boots (23) (02) 24 (24) Deftones - Infinite Source (24) (04) 25 (29) TTSSFU - Forever (25) (03) 26 (17) Idlewild - It's Not The First Time (13) (08) 27 (41) Jenny on Holiday - Every Ounce of Me (27) (01) 28 (27) clipping. - Mirrorshades, Pt. 1 (27) (03) 29 (33) Little Simz - Don't Leave Too Soon (29) (02) 30 (19) Wolf Alice - The Sofa (05) (12) 31 (50) Olivia Dean - Man I Need (31) (01) 32 (37) Art School Girlfirend - L.Y.A.T.T. (32) (02) 33 (21) Self Esteem - Cheers To Me (01) (13) (2 weeks) 34 (**) Samia - Cinder Block (34) (01) 35 (25) FKA twigs - Perfectly (02) (12) 36 (28) Tourist - Outside (17) (06) 37 (32) Oliver Sim - Obsession (32) (05) 38 (**) Tame Impala - Dracula (38) (01) 39 (31) Baxter Dury - Schadenfreude (11) (08) 40 (38) SG Lewis feat. London Grammar - Feelings Gone (26) (07)

Thanks, nice to see so many popular ones. They definitely are all hits that became classics. Thanks Jim, great to see you liking so many. Numb/Encore not far from making an appearance here either, 3 great tracks there really! Thanks Dandy*, good to see your 10 were all ones which I still like!

28 - 01/03/2004 blink-182 - I Miss You 01-02-02-02-02-02-05-04-06-11-14-14-17-19-22-23-26-27-31-35-38 (21 weeks) Blink-182 had their big breakthrough a few years earlier with All The Small Things, and it was their fun, upbeat pop-punk tracks that they were most known for - that, What's My Age Again, The Rock Show being their biggest hits. But I Miss You was something different; slower, gentle, lyrically great. I loved this and a long chart run including 6 weeks in the top 2 doesn't surprise me at all. If I were to create a top 3 blink-182 songs, this would be in it, and it would be alongside others that don't fit in their 'fun' category, this, Adam's Song and Stay Together For The Kids a top 3 songs that other bands of this type just didn't have. I've always thought I Miss You was great, and still do. A song which I can still just sit and listen to the lyrics of, and it's impossible not to sing along to it and not do it in Tom Delonge's accent. 2025 Rating: 9/10 Aside from this, it was a quiet week for new releases. Well in worldwide hit sense there was Toxic, but 29-38-OUT was all that could manage for me.

And I thought the #1s of the year were poor! Can't argue with your top 5 #2s although I don't care that much for Scandalous, think the other 4 would make up mine too, with either No Good Advice or the Darkness Christmas offering being the other. In the main rank, it's all in the nice enough section at the moment. I'd probably rank BEPs higher but it's not something I've listened to for ages, and I did go on to love Ignition (Remix) :| Like Glue my pick of the #3s so far

01 (01) Water From Your Eyes - Playing Classics (01) (08) (3 weeks) 02 (06) Ninajirachi - Infohazard (02) (05) 03 (04) Sprints - Beg (03) (05) 04 (02) Wolf Alice - White Horses (02) (07) 05 (03) White Lies - In The Middle (01) (09) (2 weeks) 06 (07) Wisp - Black Swan (06) (05) 07 (15) Florence + The Machine - Everybody Scream (07) (04) 08 (11) Metronomy - Heartbreaker (SHERELLE's Bed Shaking With Metronomy Remix) (08) (04) 09 (05) Tame Impala - End of Summer (04) (08) 10 (14) The Hives - The Hives Forever Forever The Hives (10) (05) 11 (20) Slow Crush - Covet (11) (03) 12 (08) Wolf Alice - The Sofa (05) (10) 13 (13) Idlewild - It's Not The First Time (13) (06) 14 (09) Self Esteem - Cheers To Me (01) (11) (2 weeks) 15 (24) Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers - MOTHER (15) (03) 16 (10) FKA twigs - Perfectly (02) (10) 17 (19) Tourist - Outside (17) (04) 18 (23) Chalk - Pain (18) (03) 19 (29) Big Thief - Words (19) (02) 20 (12) Baxter Dury - Schadenfreude (11) (06) 21 (25) Mount Palomar feat. Makeshift Art Bar - Pass The Parcel (21) (02) 22 (35) The Cribs - Summer Seizures (22) (02) 23 (17) The Hives - Legalize Living (08) (09) 24 (28) The Temper Trap - Lucky Dimes (24) (04) 25 (38) Burial - Comafields (25) (02) 26 (43) Of Monsters and Men - Dream Team (26) (01) 27 (16) Little Simz feat. Yukimi - Enough (15) (07) 28 (31) Deftones - Infinite Source (28) (02) 29 (47) Honeyglaze - Turn Out Right (29) (01) 30 (18) Ebbb - Manners (09) (07) 31 (21) Nine Inch Nails - As Alive As You Need Me To Be (20) (06) 32 (**) clipping. - Mirrorshades, Pt. 1 (32) (01) 33 (26) SG Lewis feat. London Grammar - Feelings Gone (26) (05) 34 (34) Oliver Sim - Obsession (34) (03) 35 (22) Cerrone feat. Christine and the Queens - Catching Feelings (01) (14) (1 week) 36 (42) TTSSFU - Forever (36) (01) 37 (30) Soulwax - Run Free (09) (10) 38 (32) Little Simz feat. Michael Kiwanuka & Yussuf Dayes - Lotus (01) (16) (4 weeks) 39 (27) HVOB - Abyss (04) (14) 40 (33) Blankenberge - What You Know (15) (07)

27 - 16/02/2004 Keane - Somewhere Only We Know Chart Run: 01-01-02-06-07-11-13-16-18-23-28-33 (12 weeks) Going where Snow Patrol couldn't manage, and entering at the top were Keane, another new band at the time who hit big in the UK that I got taken in by for a time. Now this really was everywhere, impossible to avoid and it was great for a while. Keane aren't a band I've really listened to much since 2004 really. I still like Somewhere Only We Know, it's well written and performed and does its job well, I'd say it is their standout song, and along with Bedshaped and Everybody's Changing make a good trio of singles that are decent enough and nice to listen to. 2025 Rating: 7/10 Take Me Out spent two more weeks as runner up behind this, which was a quiet fortnight. Kings of Leon - California Waiting deserved better than #8, in hindsight.

26 - 26/01/2004 Lostprophets - Last Train Home Chart Run: 01-01-02-03-03-05-09-11-12-14-17-19-21-26-30 (15 weeks) Not long after their previous appearance, here they are again. I can't deny I was a fan of theirs and it was a very accessible rock song with a catchy chorus. Unlike Burn Burn, Last Train Home is something I'd still get some enjoyment out of listening to, but the majority of that has been taken away simply by who it is. It's really difficult to do a 2025 rating, it's a solid 7/10 song but that just feels wrong. Is it a cop-out to leave it unrated? Thankfully, I won't have to talk about them again, Last Summer was a #2 and is and always was much better than this. 2025 Rating: Take Me Out remained the runner up for these two weeks, with Snow Patrol at #3 with Run after entering on the same week. I'd love the top 3 to have been the other way around as Run would definitely make my top 5 number ones of the year.

25 - 12/01/2004 Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out Chart Run: 01-01-02-02-01-02-02-03-04-05-06-09-13-17-20-25-31-40 (18 weeks) Ah, the great wave of indie begins. At the beginning of 2004 this was all over the radio, and became a big hit, reaching #3 in the UK and setting others up for similar success over the course of the rest of 2004. There was no question it was going to the top for me, and 8 weeks in the top 3 shows how much I loved it. I bought their debut album on release and loved it, full of excellent songs and incredibly varied. Take Me Out has remained a huge favourite song of mine. The opening riff and minute long intro is still incredible, before it belts into the catchy sing-a-long hit. I still have to rank it as one of my favourite songs of this type and era, just utterly superb. Franz Ferdinand in general were great too, whilst not hitting the heights of their debut album the rest of their output has remained at least solid with some decent singles on, including this years most recent album, and Alex Kapranos is good to listen to talk, just an excellent band and entry all round. They deserve to have one of the most well regarded songs of the era. 2025 Rating: 10/10 Its three weeks at the top were ahead of previous number ones, so nothing immediately kept off. Maroon 5 - Harder To Breathe and The Strokes - Reptilia were the highest other entries over these weeks.