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Thanks for commenting and reading Jade, I had been meaning to respond earlier! Glad to see you have enjoyed so much of it <3

That's ok, glad you are reading even if not commenting - I know its hard to keep up with so many threads, I've got way behind on the #1 ranks! A good choice of favourites.

Right, time to actually respond to some of the comments in here... Thanks Jim - great to see so many you enjoy. Funeral is such an incredible album, a lot of truly great songs, Tunnels is definitely a worthy choice!

63 - 17/10/2005 Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor Chart Run: 01-01-02-02-03-05-08-08-09-10-08-10-14-19-28-24-29-33-39 (19 weeks) A song which most could have predicted to appear in this list now, with Arctic Monkeys debut I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor making it a third number one of the year shared with the UK chart. September 2005 signalled the start of my A-Levels, and the Monkeys were big business in the sixth form common room - the likes of Fake Tales of San Francisco, Scummy Man, and early versions of Riot Van and Cigarette Smoke were all over the common room stereo. If I'd done this chart based on what I liked and was listening to at the time, then I'm sure Fake Tales would've been a top 5 hit, and this wouldn't have been their debut entry, but sticking to the release schedule meant that it was. A simple song, and watching the video you remember just how young and kind of awkward they were at the time. I remember there being significant hype about this, and that on BuzzJack's predecessor forum CoolClarity was a long voice in bigging up just how big this could be. At the time it had very little exposure in the traditional places for promotion, so a top 10 was the most a lot of people could imagine, rather than cruising to the top. It was another single I bought first week on CD, was routing for it to go to the top, it's probably as delighted as I've ever been at a song going to #1. I was always going to be one of the half a million that bought their debut album in release week, and played it to death, although we did know so much of it beforehand and a couple of tracks weren't as good as some of their original demo recordings. It's still a classic, I've listened to it loads over the years, but it's not right amongst their very best, not typically what I'd put on if I wanted to listen to some Monkeys. 2026 Rating: 9/10 It was a quiet couple of weeks for releases, it was the only song that reached my top 20 from its release week. There was an entry at #2 in its second week, but the two songs would swap places the following week...

There was another Help (A Day in the Life) from War Child in 2005-6ish which I really enjoyed, some great songs on there from some of the acts of the time - Bloc Party, Manics, Hard-Fi, and a couple of high profile covers I remember (Kaisers - Heard It Through The Grapevine). Would look forward to this, a lot of good acts on there.

01 (02) Tourist feat. Real Lies - Love In Silence (01) (05) 02 (01) Holybones - These Are The Rooms (01) (07) (2 weeks) 03 (04) Emma Pollock - Black Magnetic (03) (05) 04 (08) Gorillaz feat. Omar Souleyman & Yaslin Bay - Damascus (04) (04) 05 (03) Boko Yout - Gusto (02) (07) 06 (05) Daniel Avery feat. Ellie Rowsell - Haze (01) (11) (4 weeks) 07 (06) White Lies - Juice (02) (10) 08 (07) Clark - Janus Model (07) (06) 09 (15) Sudan Archives - A Bug's Life (09) (04) 10 (09) Jenny on Holiday - Good Intentions (06) (08) 11 (19) PVA - Send (11) (03) 12 (13) Dry Cleaning - Cruise Ship Designer (12) (06) 13 (12) Rose Gray - April (Daniel Avery Remix) (12) (06) 14 (21) Night Tapes - Swordsman (14) (03) 15 (11) The Maccabess - Koya (01) (13) (3 weeks) 16 (10) Jean Dawson - Prize Fighter (04) (08) 17 (29) Oklou - Dance 2 (17) (02) 18 (14) Ethel Cain - Dust Bowl (04) (10) 19 (25) Ladytron - Caught In The Blink of An Eye (19) (02) 20 (17) Getdown Services - I Want To Eat It (17) (05) 21 (16) Deadletter - To The Brim (11) (08) 22 (26) St. Lucia - Into The Sky (22) (03) 23 (32) FAUZIA - The Way (23) (02) 24 (24) Yonaka - Hit Me When I'm Sore (24) (04) 25 (18) Hatchie - Sage (13) (07) 26 (**) Hercules & Love Affair feat. Hips & Lips - Body and Soul (26) (01) 27 (20) The Orielles - Three Halves (07) (09) 28 (27) Elder Island - Ordinary Love (22) (06) 29 (36) The Twilight Sad - Waiting For The Phone Call (29) (02) 30 (42) Olivia Dean - Baby Steps (30) (01) 31 (31) Trudge feat. CAIVA - Shades of Hesitation (31) (03) 32 (41) Sophia Stel - All My Friends Are Models (32) (01) 33 (23) Confidence Man - 17 (23) (05) 34 (22) Mount Palomar feat. Pip Blom - Little Fractures (11) (08) 35 (28) G. Jones & Eprom - By Your Side (25) (05) 36 (**) Howling Bells - Melbourne (36) (01) 37 (33) Fold feat. George FitzGerald - Milk (24) (09) 38 (30) Tame Impala - Dracula (03) (15) 39 (44) Anna von Hausswolff - Struggle With The Beast (39) (01) 40 (34) The Cribs - A Point Too Hard to Make (08) (10)

They were the 5 drivers I rated below a 5/10, so a great start. Horrible to watch Hamilton at times, just sadness really.

62 - 10/10/2005 Louis XIV - Finding Out True Love Is Blind Chart Run: 01-02-04-05-06-07-10-13-16-19-23-25-24-28-33-38-37 (17 weeks) Quite possibly the least known song and act to appear so far, this is very much a Zane Lowe Radio 1 show influenced entry, as he played them a lot during 2005, this being released initially earlier in the year and re-released, going higher in my own chart and reaching the UK singles chart at #57. Hailing from San Diego, they only released a couple of albums, and were known for their lyrics being somewhat sexualised and criticised for being condescending towards women, which Finding Out True Love is Blind fits the description. This feels very much of its time, it's fine and I have enjoyed listening to it again, but they aren't a band I've listened to much, and this is certainly the only song of theirs I'm ever likely to now. 2026 Rating: 6/10 Rebellion (Lies) fell to the runners-up spot, but there were three new entries in the top 4, the other two songs being ones I rank much more highly now - Feeder with Shatter - up there with their best songs and one of a few of theirs I still love (and as with their popular hit Just a Day, originally a B-side and fan popularity got it an official single release), and Death Cab for Cutie - Soul Meets Body - their first of many entries of theirs, a great song from their Plans album but #4 does feel about right.

61 - 05/09/2005 Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies) Chart Run: 01-01-01-01-01-02-03-03-04-04-06-07-10-11-13-14-12-16-19-23-25-25-24-26-30-36-38-37-38 (29 weeks) After The Golden Path and Mr Brightside, here comes the third of just four songs to spend more than half a year in my personal chart, Arcade Fire spanning 29 weeks from the beginning of September 2005 until well into the next year. Rebellion (Lies) was their 4th hit, the previous three all coming within the 6 months prior to this, but they were all tracks I heard a bit, but not that often and not enough to have dug out and listened to on their own - Laika (#25), Power Out (#32), Cold Wind (#36) were not that different to their performance on the UK singles chart. Just after I'd got my GCSE results I remember buying three albums together, of largely smaller acts who's songs I'd enjoyed hearing and seemed to have got impressive acclaim online - The Go! Team's Thunder, Lightning, Strike, Everything Is by Nine Black Alps and Funeral by Arcade Fire. All three were very different, but I absolutely loved all three. Arcade Fire's next single Rebellion (Lies) was just around the corner, and was my instant favourite on the album, the way its intro builds up, the interesting array of different instruments they'd been praised so much for, the contrast of Win's male lead vocal and Regine's female backing vocal, the sing-a-long catchy nature of the anthemic chorus which wasn't present on a lot of Funeral, it was easy to see why and how it, and they, had received so much praise. In a year which had already contained a few incredible hits, this was another to add to the list and was a sure-thing for an end of year top 5, ending up being ranked as runner-up to Hounds of Love. It's safe to say that it's a song which has remained one of my all time favourites over the last 20 years, always great to listen to and always makes me happy, still sounding as utterly fabulous as it always did. To provide some context into my listening of it, since I first discovered and set up a last.fm account at the end of 2007 I've always been very regimented in making sure whatever means of listening to music has been set up to scrobble what I've been listening to, now well past half a million scrobbles of nearly 50,000 different tracks. The entire top 100 of all time is almost entirely made up of songs released (or discovered, at least) during that period, the only exception being Rebellion (Lies) sitting comfortably in the top 50, and despite Arcade Fire going on to become one of my all time favourite acts, is comfortably #1 ranked amongst their tracks despite the majority of its plays coming from before I'd set the account up. 2026 Rating: 10/10 Songs kept from #1: Coldplay - Fix You, Kanye West & Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger, The Go! Team - Bottle Rocket, The Prodigy - Voodoo People (Pendulum Remix) A busy few weeks for songs which didn't quite make it, as the #2 changed hands each week, with Dare getting a week there too. Coldplay charted higher and for much longer than Speed of Sound but couldn't quite reach the summit, Kanye got his biggest hit yet, The Go! Team's funkiness was always going to chart high given how much I loved the album, and then The Prodigy released some remixes ahead of their super-popular Greatest Hits compilation, and I've always felt the Pendulum remix too Voodoo People to a higher level than the original. It was a good time for Pendulum as Slam was also a top 3 hit during this period, that joining Imogen Heap's Hide and Seek as the main other highlights from this time.

Dry Cleaning Mandy, Indiana Twilight Sad - 7 - Meh Morrissey

60 - 29/08/2005 Gorillaz - Dare Chart Run: 01-03-02-04-07-09-12-11-13-13-14-17-19-24-29-32-33-35-37 (19 weeks) And now for a third consecutive song to spend just the one week at the top, and a second consecutive chart topper for Gorillaz, as Dare followed Feel Good Inc. to the top and cemented them as one of the biggest acts in the country as for the second week in a row the top of my chart mirrored that of the UK, which would happen once more in the final four months of the year. Featuring Shaun Ryder of Happy Mondays on the song, Dare seemed to have a lot of hype at the time and was an immediate highlight from the Demon Days album, it was a big highlight of the year for me at the time and it had considerable longevity in my chart over the autumn. Not as good as their other big hit, but one I still love and have listened to a lot in the intervening 20 years. 2026 Rating: 8/10 Songs kept from #1: The Bravery - Unconditional Reaching a place higher than An Honest Mistake had done early in the year, The Bravery were definitely one of the short lived sounds of 2005, with a fantastic half of an album. There had started to be more releases I liked again as summer came to a close, with six reaching the top 10 on this week, KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See and Elbow - Forget Myself being the pick of them.

How many times was Fleeting confirmed?

01 (01) Holybones - These Are The Rooms (01) (06) (2 weeks) 02 (05) Tourist feat. Real Lies - Love In Silence (02) (04) 03 (02) Boko Yout - Gusto (02) (06) 04 (12) Emma Pollock - Black Magnetic (04) (04) 05 (03) Daniel Avery feat. Ellie Rowsell - Haze (01) (10) (4 weeks) 06 (04) White Lies - Juice (02) (09) 07 (08) Clark - Janus Model (07) (05) 08 (19) Gorillaz feat. Omar Souleyman & Yaslin Bay - Damascus (08) (03) 09 (09) Jenny on Holiday - Good Intentions (06) (07) 10 (06) Jean Dawson - Prize Fighter (04) (07) 11 (07) The Maccabess - Koya (01) (12) (3 weeks) 12 (16) Rose Gray - April (Daniel Avery Remix) (12) (05) 13 (17) Dry Cleaning - Cruise Ship Designer (13) (05) 14 (10) Ethel Cain - Dust Bowl (04) (09) 15 (21) Sudan Archives - A Bug's Life (15) (03) 16 (11) Deadletter - To The Brim (11) (07) 17 (18) Getdown Services - I Want To Eat It (17) (04) 18 (13) Hatchie - Sage (13) (06) 19 (28) PVA - Send (19) (02) 20 (14) The Orielles - Three Halves (07) (08) 21 (33) Night Tapes - Swordsman (21) (02) 22 (15) Mount Palomar feat. Pip Blom - Little Fractures (11) (07) 23 (23) Confidence Man - 17 (23) (04) 24 (29) Yonaka - Hit Me When I'm Sore (24) (03) 25 (**) Ladytron - Caught In The Blink of An Eye (25) (01) 26 (31) St. Lucia - Into The Sky (26) (02) 27 (26) Elder Island - Ordinary Love (22) (05) 28 (25) G. Jones & Eprom - By Your Side (25) (04) 29 (43) Oklou - Dance 2 (29) (01) 30 (20) Tame Impala - Dracula (03) (14) 31 (37) Trudge feat. CAIVA - Shades of Hesitation (31) (02) 32 (**) FAUZIA - The Way (32) (01) 33 (35) Fold feat. George FitzGerald - Milk (24) (08) 34 (22) The Cribs - A Point Too Hard to Make (08) (09) 35 (24) Pulp - The Man Comes Around (24) (06) 36 (**) The Twilight Sad - Waiting For The Phone Call (36) (01) 37 (27) Daphni - Waiting So Long (14) (08) 38 (32) Hatchie - Lose It Again (03) (15) 39 (30) Jake Bugg - Oblivious (05) (11) 40 (36) Samia - Cinder Block (02) (14)

59 - 22/08/2005 Oasis - The Importance Of Being Idle Chart Run: 01-03-04-05-08-16-15-17-17-22-21-24-28-32-34 (15 weeks) Oasis made a return earlier in 2005 with Lyla, but that Oasis-by-numbers song wasn't for me, and charted for just the one week. The Importance of Being Idle was completely different, much better with Noel at the helm and showed that they could still release music with a bit more originality, and I did enjoy it a lot, enough to give it a week at the top. I eventually got Don't Believe The Truth, to continue a complete album collection within my household, but I haven't listened to it for close to 20 years. They aren't a band I listen to that often, and haven't really been taken in by their recent reunion, not helped by my growing to significantly dislike both Gallagher brothers as people. This is fine, but it's not a song of theirs I listen to all that often. Overall, I find this a bit of a 'meh' song from a band that makes me go 'meh' 2026 Rating: 7/10 Songs kept from #1: John Legend feat. Kanye West - Number One A second song hitting the runners-up spot in 2005 for John Legend, and a second top 3 hit of the year for Kanye West. It's still a decent song, but definitely better on the album. Elsewhere, two Yorkshire indie bands of completely contrasting success entered the top 10 - The Cribs with Martell and Kaiser Chiefs with I Predict a Riot - I think I had tired of this slightly between its two releases 9 months apart, so peaks of #11 in 2004 and #8 in 2005 seem somewhat low.

I have entered but wouldn't be surprised if someone else got there first

58 - 15/08/2005 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Ain't No Easy Way Chart Run: 01-03-07-12-14-18-28-31-38 (9 weeks) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club had built up a reasonable following with their first couple of albums in 2001 and 2003, hitting the #3 in the UK chart with their second, Take Them On, On Your Own. A few small charting singles went with these and the excellent Stop was a song I loved and got some brief covering after charting at #2 for three weeks for me behind Don't Look Back Into The Sun. Their third album Howl followed in 2005, it was less rocky than their previous work with a much more stripped down folk and blues sound, and Ain't No Easy Way was typical of that. It was an album I enjoyed a lot, but is easy to see why fans of earlier work may have been put off. It took advantage of the slower period in releases to reach the top, but lasted only a week. It also has the shortest chart run of any 'normal' #2 so far (discounting The Darkness's Christmas hit) by 2 weeks. BRMC have quietly gone about becoming a favourite act of mine without me really realising it, they're not one I immediately think of but they've released a number of excellent albums over nearly 20 years of releasing them. This song is still good, but they do have plenty of others I'd listen to over it. 2026 Rating: 7/10 Going Missing was knocked down to #2 for its week at the top. It was one of five new entries into the top 10, however none of the others have gone on to become particular favourites - Babyshambles - f*** Forever was the highest (#3) and the one I'd be most likely to listen to now, but not a particular favourite of mine.

57 - 18/07/2005 Maximo Park - Going Missing Chart Run: 01-01-01-01-02-04-10-15-20-22-31-33-32-34-38-39 (16 weeks) Ah, the ultimate mid 2000s indie obsession. Whilst others had more success, or shone for longer, no one's star was shining as brightly to me as Maximo Park's did in 2005-07. A Certain Trigger must be in my top 10 most played records of all time, one of its singles is probably in my top 10 most played songs of all time (but that will be coming later) and on other, less successful or more boring music forums I was on at the time my username was Maximo Mark. I was, it has to be said, quite obsessed. A bit of Zane Lowe play in late 2004 put them on my radar with a small charting hit with The Coast Is Always Changing, before the rest of the singles from the album would peak at #2, #2, #1, #1 and #5 for me. They had catchy tunes, great riffs, clever lyrics, a slight regional twang in Paul Smith's vocal, and he looked cool as in his sharp suit and bowler hat. After a couple of bangers had been released, getting stuck behind Stereophonics and Nine Inch Nails in my chart, along came Going Missing - I'd been listening to it for weeks on the album, and it was an obvious choice of single, showing a different side to them, more mellow and laidback than previous. By this point it had been 2 or 3 years since I'd bought physical singles in any great number, but there were three release week Maximo Park CDs purchased in 2005. I'm often drawn back to Maximo Park, they hold such nostalgia that I'll always listen to new songs of theirs and whilst I probably only care for half of them, they're still decent enough to keep me entertained. A Certain Trigger is still a firm favourite from this period, and I still adore the singles from it, Going Missing still sounds superb. 2026 Rating: 9/10 Songs kept from #1: Bloc Party - The Pioneers, Goldfrapp - Ooh La La There was an element of quiet about this summer period of the year in releases, as fewer songs were hitting the top 10, so definitely part of the 4 week stay for Going Missing was a lack of competition. The Pioneers is still great but hardly Bloc Party at their best, grabbing a fortnight at #2 before The Boxer returned and then Goldfrapp entered - Ooh La La not being something I go back to now, a definite deserved month at the top for Maximo Park.

8 Lando Norris 8 Oscar Piastri 8 Charles Leclerc 4 Lewis Hamilton 10 Max Verstappen 3 Yuki Tsunoda 7 Kimi Antonelli 8 George Russell 9 Fernando Alonso 2 Lance Stroll 2 Jack Doohan 5 Pierre Gasly 6 Esteban Ocon 8 Oliver Bearman 8 Isack Hadjar 5 Liam Lawson 7 Alexander Albon 7 Carlos Sainz Jr 6 Gabriel Bortoleto 7 Nico Hulkenberg 3 Franco Colapinto

Ladytron was the only song I wanted to hear about second time, so got to be that.

56 - 11/07/2005 The Chemical Brothers feat. Tim Burgess - The Boxer Chart Run: 01-03-03-02-03-07-10-15-18-21-27 (11 week) Consecutive entries for acts appearing for a third time overall, and second time in 2005. Just missing the UK top 40 at #41, The Boxer became The Chemical Brothers first charting single to miss the top 40, and has certainly not gone on to be a track of theirs that's well loved and remembered, but it was one I always enjoyed a lot from first hearing Push The Button - one from their more mellow side (certainly in comparison to the first singles Galvanize and Believe off this album), and with The Charlatans' Tim Burgess providing a great vocal for the track, as he had done nearly a decade earlier on the fabulous Life Is Sweet.. Whilst I wouldn't rate this amongst my favourite Chemical Brothers tracks, it certainly stands up to the test of time and one which I still enjoy a lot - Tim is still an excellent choice of vocalist for them to have used again. 2025 Rating: 8/10 Superman was knocked down to the runner-up spot, the next highest new entry (and song I'd most likely listen to now) went to Editors with Blood.

Thanks both for recent comments, glad it's still being followed. No real time over Christmas, so picking up again now....

+20 Stop The Cavalry - Jona Lewie (1980) 19 Whatever - Oasis (1994) 18 Stan - Eminem (2000) 17 Fairytale Of New York - The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl (2005) 16 Gotta Get Thru This - Daniel Bedingfield (2001) 15 Last Christmas- Wham! (2017/2020/2021) 14 Ain't Got No (I Got Life) / Do What You Gotta Do - Nina Simone (1968) 13 You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling / Ebb Tide - The Righteous Brothers (1990) 12 Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me - George Michael & Elton John (1991) 11 Walking On The Moon - The Police (1979) 10 Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid (1985) 9 Would I Lie To You - Charles & Eddie (1992) 8 Bad Romance - Lady Gaga (2009) 7 Father And Son - Boyzone (1995) 6 Imagine - John Lennon (1999) 5 Twist And Shout - Chaka Demus & Pliers (1993) 4 Perfect Day - Various Artists (1997) 3 Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi (2019) 2 Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy - David Bowie & Bing Crosby (1982) 1 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Mel Smith & Kim Wilde (1987)

01 (01) Daniel Avery feat. Ellie Rowsell - Haze (01) (07) (3 weeks) 02 (03) White Lies - Juice (02) (06) 03 (02) The Maccabess - Koya (01) (09) (3 weeks) 04 (04) Ethel Cain - Dust Bowl (04) (06) 05 (07) Jean Dawson - Prize Fighter (05) (04) 06 (10) Jenny on Holiday - Good Intentions (06) (04) 07 (09) The Orielles - Three Halves (07) (05) 08 (20) Boko Yout - Gusto (08) (03) 09 (05) Tame Impala - Dracula (03) (11) 10 (06) Jake Bugg - Oblivious (05) (08) 11 (24) Holybones - These Are The Rooms (11) (03) 12 (08) The Cribs - A Point Too Hard to Make (08) (06) 13 (25) Clark - Janus Model (13) (02) 14 (14) Daphni - Waiting So Long (14) (05) 15 (16) Mount Palomar feat. Pip Blom - Little Fractures (15) (04) 16 (17) Hatchie - Sage (16) (03) 17 (21) Deadletter - To The Brim (17) (04) 18 (12) Hatchie - Lose It Again (03) (12) 19 (11) Lianne La Havas - Disarray (02) (10) 20 (13) Dry Cleaning - Hit My Head All Day (08) (09) 21 (15) Miss Grit - Tourist Mind (11) (07) 22 (33) Rose Gray - April (Daniel Avery Remix) (22) (02) 23 (18) Samia - Cinder Block (02) (11) 24 (28) Elder Island - Ordinary Love (24) (02) 25 (19) Robyn - Dopamine (19) (05) 26 (41) Tourist feat. Real Lies - Love In Silence (26) (01) 27 (27) The Futureheads - The Twelve Days of Christmas (27) (03) 28 (36) Dry Cleaning - Cruise Ship Designer (28) (02) 29 (43) Getdown Services - I Want To Eat It (29) (01) 30 (23) Jenny on Holiday - Every Ounce of Me (02) (11) 31 (32) Pulp - The Man Comes Around (31) (03) 32 (46) Emma Pollock - Black Magnetic (32) (01) 33 (22) Soulwax - The False Economy (10) (07) 34 (26) HAAi - Voices (08) (10) 35 (44) Confidence Man - 17 (35) (01) 36 (29) Jasper Tygner feat. Holybones - 28 Days (26) (05) 37 (30) Daniel Avery feat. Julie Dawson - The Ghost of Her Smile (13) (08) 38 (35) Honeyglaze - Movies (English Teacher Rework) (22) (08) 39 (**) G. Jones & Eprom - By Your Side (39) (01) 40 (34) Fold feat. George FitzGerald - Milk (24) (06)

55 - 20/06/2005 Stereophonics - Superman Chart Run: 01-01-01-02-05-04-03-04-10-13-18-21-23-29-39 (15 weeks) Here for a third time, as the follow-up to Dakota follows it right to the top. Superman was a step down on Dakota, but then it'd have been incredibly difficult for it not to be, but was still a great effort, and continued their newer heavier, synthier sound. It was certainly an early favourite of mine from the album, and a worthy choice for the next single. It's not in my top Phonics songs, but still one I enjoy a lot and gets a fair amount of listening, and definitely a standout from Language. Sex. Violence. Other. 2025 Rating: 8/10 Songs kept from #1: Hard-Fi - Hard To Beat, Royksopp - Only This Moment, Beck - Girl The half-way point of the year was certainly a busy period for great releases, and three songs entered at #2 behind Superman. Hard-Fi were one of the few indie bands of the time that I never really to into, but Hard To Beat was excellent and became their only top 10 hit, Royksopp followed up their 2003 album with lead single Only This Moment which is simply gorgeous, and Beck also returned with the fun Girl - all three of these are decent and I still like, but definitely right to have Superman above them. The UK number one from the time, Ghetto Gospel by 2Pac and Elton John, Alkaline Trio - Time To Waste and Kanye West - Diamonds from Sierra Leone also entered in the top 5 during these three weeks, and there are some hidden gems which I've gone on to love that charted much lower down - Soulwax - NY Excuse (#14), We Are Scientists - Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt (#18), The Subways - Rock & Roll Queen (#20) and Pendulum - Tarantula (#29),

54 - 30/05/2005 The White Stripes - Blue Orchid Chart Run: 01-01-01-06-07-09-10-16-18-18-21-26-31-38-36 (14 weeks) A week after Forever Lost was released, another huge song of the summer of 2005 was released, and The White Stripes got their second number one single. I remember loving this from when I first heard it (as Zane Lowe's Hottest Record In The World Today, I think), and it was a huge part of a GSCE revision soundtrack over these months. They were always capable of a great riff, and the intro of Blur Orchid was exceptional, with the same riff being used throughout the song it made it a superb addition to their catalogue and as they released more from its parent album proved the theory that they were capable of brilliance once per album, with follow-up My Doorbell managing just two weeks in my chart with a run of 20-34. There are probably only about half a dozen White Stripes songs I ever listen to nowadays, but this is still my top song of theirs, it's still as brilliant a three minutes as it ever was. 2025 Rating: 9/10 Songs kept from #1: John Legend - Ordinary People, Jack Johnson - Good People In peak-times for mainstream indie, there were a few others who became quite commercially successful from other genres who I got into, and I enjoyed John and Jack's albums a lot in 2005 - both are still good songs but not really albums I listen to any more, far more likely to put Jack Johnson on of the two, but maybe not this song. Also entering towards the top, an underrated favourite of mine in List of Demands by Saul Williams, and Foo Fighters could only follow-up and incredible 2002/3 with #7 for Best of You, despite it being absolutely everywhere.