Jester

Jester’s Top Tunes 1057 1 (1) Michael Jackson – Human Nature // 6-1-1 (3 wks) 2 weeks at number 1 2 (2) The Chemical Brothers – Go // 7-1-2-2 (4 wks) 3 (4) Martin Garrix & Ed Sheeran – Repeat It // 11-10-4-3 (4 wks) 4 (8) Kylie Minogue - Light Up // 12-8-4 (3 wks) 5 (9) Olivia Rodrigo – The Cure // 9-5 (2 wks) 6 (5) Noah Kahan – Doors // 9-5-2-5-6 (5 wks) 7 (6) Tame Impala feat. JENNIE – Dracula (JENNIE Remix) // 2-1-1-3-5-6-7 (7 wks) 8 (7) Sombr – Potential // 10-7-4-3-1-4-7-8 (8 wks) 9 (3) Temper City – Self Aware // 12-10-8-3-9 (5 wks) 10 (-) Mystery Jets – A Hole To See The Sky Through I // 10 (1 wk) 11 (-) Slayyyter – DANCE… // 11 (1 wk) 12 (-) Taylor Swift – I Knew It, I Knew You // 12 (1 wk) 13 (10) Alex Warren – Fever Dream // 19-15-12-11-9-6-5-3-1-3-5-7-9-10-13 (15 wks) 14 (12) Prospa & Cloonee – Free Your Mind // 21-7-4-3-12-14 (6 wks) 15 (20) Boards Of Canada – You Retreat In Time And Space // 20-15 (2 wks) 16 (15) ANOTR & 54 Ultra – Talk To You // 9-6-4-2-2-6-14-15-16 (9 wks) 17 (14) Harry Styles – American Girls // 9-1-1-1-3-5-6-7-8-9-13-14-17 (13 wks) 18 (16) Sombr – Homewrecker // 10-8-4-4-2-2-5-4-2-1-1-3-6-10-14-16-16-18 (18 wks) 19 (13) Madonna – I Feel So Free // 10-5-4-2-7-13-19 (7 wks) 20 (11) Mystery Jets – Black Sage // 12-11-11-20 (4 wks) 21 (-) Alex Warren – PASSENGER // 21 (1 wk) 22 (-) Madonna – Love Sensation // 22 (1 wk) 23 (17) Olivia Rodrigo – Drop Dead // 11-11-9-6-13-17-17-23 (8 wks) 24 (22) Sam Fender & Olivia Dean – Rein Me In // 13-11-10-6-4-3-1-3-3-2-1-1-1-4-5-4-7-8-9-11-13-17-20-22-24 (25 wks) 25 (24) Tame Impala – My Old Ways // 13-5-4-2-5-8-14-18-22-24-25 (11 wks) 26 (25) Harry Styles – Aperture // 10-5-2-1-3-3-5-5-8-8-12-13-14-14-15-18-21-23-25-26 (20 wks) 27 (26) Pulp – Background Noise // 7-5-1-1-3-4-6-7-7-9-13-14-14-14-14-15-16-17-19-22-24-26-27 (22 wks) 28 (27) Djo – The Crux // 4-1-3-4-6-6-7-8-8-10-14-15-15-15-15-16-17-18-20-23-26-27-28 (23 wks) 29 (19) Becky Hill - >>>hands on me<<< // 20-15-15-18-19-29 (6 wks) 30 (23) Mantaraybryn – Buzz and Tommy // 20-19-23-30 (4 wks) 31 (18) The Strokes – Falling Out Of Love // 16-15-18-31 (4 wks) 32 (21) Sonny Fodera & Libianca – Let Me Be In Your Arms // 21-21-32 (3 wks) 33 (29) Taylor Swift – Elizabeth Taylor // 21-16-14-20-23-35-27-21-12-8-7-6-3-3-2-4-8-12-17-24-27-29-33 (23 wks) 34 (34) Arctic Monkeys – Opening Night // 9-4-1-5-6-6-6-10-10-10-13-16-19-21-22-25-31-32-34-34 (20 wks) 35 (30) PinkPantheress feat. Zara Larsson – Stateside // 11-9-5-3-3-7-2-7-8-9-13-16-21-26-29-30-35 (17 wks) 36 (32) Romy – Love Who You Love // 10-6-3-1-1-1-3-5-6-6-8-11-12-13-14-16-16-16-17-20-22-22-23-24-25-27-30-31-32-36 (30 wks) 37 (35) Taylor Swift – Opalite // 18-15-11-9-4-7-6-3-2-5-6-11-18-4-1-2-4-6-9-16-17-20-22-23-23-26-29-33-35-37 (30 wks) 38 (28) Madonna & Sabrina Carpenter – Bring Your Love // 13-11-19-25-28-38 (6 wks) 39 (37) Gorillaz, Asha Puthii, Bobby Womack, Dave Jolicoeur, Jalen Ngonda & Black Thought – The Moon Cave // 14-11-8-2-6-8-11-13-18-19-23-27-28-36-37-39 (16 wks) 40 (39) Radiohead – Let Down // 9-5-1-1-4-6-5-6-7-8-9-10-10-10-14-14-16-15-15-17-18-20-24-26-28-28-28-28-30-31-32-32-34-34-36-37-37-38-39-40 (40 wks)

If SFG is rock, it’s of the very softest pop kind. They did much better, but they were way too schmaltzy for me.

Skyfall by miles.

Charles and Di’s wedding in 1981. I was 5 but can remember the hype (my sister had a scrapbook). I also recall the Falklands war in 1982 and the miners strike in 1984.

Also, the Atomic Kitten debut was a banger! Totally forgot about that one.

Also loved Alice Deejay’s Back In My Life. Great follow up.

Ooh the first (and only) forum switch for my TOTP fix!

Yeah, I agree love Northern Star. Mel C really was the most talented Spice Girl.

Oooh mysterious!

Thanks Gezza, I am going to really miss these threads. I hope your TOTP threads continue to 2006 at least!

I got Lemon Jelly and Blur as well - they look ace! I’ve been after Lemon Jelly for ages, so glad it’s been reissued.

The Pokémon Brian sketch was the best! I was too old for this but loved it.

I remember hearing the original in Italy in 2017 (they love the song it seems) and not realising it was sampled!

It started in 1993/1994 when big songs that weren’t held back for release started to enter in the top 10 then dropping the next week (e.g. Blur - Girls & Boys in 1994). This really accelerated in 1995 when singles regularly debuted at the top, though there was a good mix until around later 1996 onwards when number 1s were mainly instant. 1997 really shifted to instant hits that debuted high then dropped a lot when the cheap first week CD single was prolific.

Amazing number 1 of course - would be mine too. I’ll do my rate later in the week, but great thread, thanks!

Thanks Gezza. 1993 was not a strong year really for singles, but some great albums from REM, Pulp, Blur and Suede make up for it.

Fantastic understated dance tune, a surprising but wonderful number 1. This would also be the runner up for me.

After working out what is left, we have the same top 2 (let’s see if the same order)! I’d have Whiggy at 3.

Jester’s Top Tunes 1056 1 (6) Michael Jackson – Human Nature // 6-1 (2 wks) 1 week at number 1 2 (1) The Chemical Brothers – Go // 7-1-2 (3 wks) 3 (8) Temper City – Self Aware // 12-10-8-3 (4 wks) 4 (10) Martin Garrix & Ed Sheeran – Repeat It // 11-10-4 (3 wks) 5 (2) Noah Kahan – Doors // 9-5-2-5 (4 wks) 6 (5) Tame Impala feat. JENNIE – Dracula (JENNIE Remix) // 2-1-1-3-5-6 (6 wks) 7 (4) Sombr – Potential // 10-7-4-3-1-4-7 (7 wks) 8 (12) Kylie Minogue - Light Up // 12-8 (2 wks) 9 (-) Olivia Rodrigo – The Cure // 9 (1 wk) 10 (9) Alex Warren – Fever Dream // 19-15-12-11-9-6-5-3-1-3-5-7-9-10 (14 wks) 11 (11) Mystery Jets – Black Sage // 12-11-11 (3 wks) 12 (3) Prospa & Cloonee – Free Your Mind // 21-7-4-3-12 (5 wks) 13 (7) Madonna – I Feel So Free // 10-5-4-2-7-13 (6 wks) 14 (13) Harry Styles – American Girls // 9-1-1-1-3-5-6-7-8-9-13-14 (12 wks) 15 (14) ANOTR & 54 Ultra – Talk To You // 9-6-4-2-2-6-14-15 (8 wks) 16 (16) Sombr – Homewrecker // 10-8-4-4-2-2-5-4-2-1-1-3-6-10-14-16-16 (17 wks) 17 (17) Olivia Rodrigo – Drop Dead // 11-11-9-6-13-17-17 (7 wks) 18 (15) The Strokes – Falling Out Of Love // 16-15-18 (3 wks) 19 (18) Becky Hill - >>>hands on me<<< // 20-15-15-18-19 (5 wks) 20 (-) Boards Of Canada – You Retreat In Time And Space // 20 (1 wk) 21 (21) Sonny Fodera & Libianca – Let Me Be In Your Arms // 21-21 (2 wks) 22 (20) Sam Fender & Olivia Dean – Rein Me In // 13-11-10-6-4-3-1-3-3-2-1-1-1-4-5-4-7-8-9-11-13-17-20-22 (24 wks) 23 (19) Mantaraybryn – Buzz and Tommy // 20-19-23 (3 wks) 24 (22) Tame Impala – My Old Ways // 13-5-4-2-5-8-14-18-22-24 (10 wks) 25 (23) Harry Styles – Aperture // 10-5-2-1-3-3-5-5-8-8-12-13-14-14-15-18-21-23-25 (19 wks) 26 (24) Pulp – Background Noise // 7-5-1-1-3-4-6-7-7-9-13-14-14-14-14-15-16-17-19-22-24-26 (21 wks) 27 (26) Djo – The Crux // 4-1-3-4-6-6-7-8-8-10-14-15-15-15-15-16-17-18-20-23-26-27 (22 wks) 28 (25) Madonna & Sabrina Carpenter – Bring Your Love // 13-11-19-25-28 (5 wks) 29 (27) Taylor Swift – Elizabeth Taylor // 21-16-14-20-23-35-27-21-12-8-7-6-3-3-2-4-8-12-17-24-27-29 (22 wks) 30 (29) PinkPantheress feat. Zara Larsson – Stateside // 11-9-5-3-3-7-2-7-8-9-13-16-21-26-29-30 (16 wks) 31 (30) Jessie Ware – Ride // 10-7-4-3-7-9-12-17-22-27-28-30-31 (14 wks) 32 (31) Romy – Love Who You Love // 10-6-3-1-1-1-3-5-6-6-8-11-12-13-14-16-16-16-17-20-22-22-23-24-25-27-30-31-32 (29 wks) 33 (28) Lady Gaga & Doechii – RUNWAY // 18-15-10-16-25-28-33 (7 wks) 34 (32) Arctic Monkeys – Opening Night // 9-4-1-5-6-6-6-10-10-10-13-16-19-21-22-25-31-32-34 (19 wks) 35 (33) Taylor Swift – Opalite // 18-15-11-9-4-7-6-3-2-5-6-11-18-4-1-2-4-6-9-16-17-20-22-23-23-26-29-33-35 (29 wks) 36 (35) Chris Stussy & Tom Did It – Wide Awake // 21-21-10-7-12-14-22-32-35-36 (10 wks) 37 (36) Gorillaz, Asha Puthii, Bobby Womack, Dave Jolicoeur, Jalen Ngonda & Black Thought – The Moon Cave // 14-11-8-2-6-8-11-13-18-19-23-27-28-36-37 (15 wks) 38 (37) Olivia Dean – So Easy (To Fall In Love) // 15-13-7-4-2-2-2-2-1-5-7-7-8-10-12-16-15-11-12-15-21-23-24-24-25-27-30-32-34-37-38 (31 wks) 39 (38) Radiohead – Let Down // 9-5-1-1-4-6-5-6-7-8-9-10-10-10-14-14-16-15-15-17-18-20-24-26-28-28-28-28-30-31-32-32-34-34-36-37-37-38-39 (39 wks) 40 (39) Robbie Williams – All My Life // 16-11-8-7-2-5-9-14-17-22-27-27-29-32-32-34-34-38-39-40 (20 wks)

Wamdue Project the sole highlight for me. Travis is ok, though Fran sounded very strained.

Forever ruined by all the Labour related cringe.

I wish that remix of Wild Horses was being issued instead.

Telephone would be top 10 for me, it’s an amazing song and has an iconic video.

This is great! Very Placebo/Smashing Pumpkins.

Not a fan then John? 😂