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Unexpected news at this stage - 'twilight zone' vinyl, CDs and cassettes available to pre-order! https://shopuk.arianagrande.com/collections/twilight-zone released 25th July. 💙

It has updated now! 130. PinkPantheress - Illegal (+56) hopefully this can improve on its official chart peak of #48 in time.

The original 'Take On Me' is genius but not keen on A1's cover. How sacrilegious that it out peaked a-ha even if a good quiz question I was too young to remember that y2k style music video at the time but it does not look so futuristic now haha

Just taking a look at the Apple chart and... 174. Dua Lipa - Hotter Than Hell the perfect soundtrack for her playing Wembley Stadium tonight in the sweltering heat

Hi James! Yes I gave 'Plastic Box' a listen this morning and I'm enjoying that ethereal synth sound, reminds me a bit of some of Ariana's recent releases, like 'we can't be friends (wait for your love)' and 'twilight zone'. Fingers crossed it can be a hit for her! 'What Was That' is right at the top of my 'summer 2025' playlist, the chorus gets me so hyped *.* thank you for commenting 💗

Looking forward to following this! ‘We Will Rock You’ is my least favourite #1 of 2000 as well so a good start. Five have their moments but this was a really naff cover.

Round 1: 30 (didn't get: David Gates, Patsy Gallant) Round 2: 33 (didn't get: Silver Convention) 3-in-10: 3 (Time After Time, Girls Just Want To Have Fun, I Drove All Night)

'Vienna' is utter magic and one of my favourite songs. I'm another who needs to do a proper deep dive outside the singles! Same with John Foxx really as I mostly know 'Underpass' but not a lot else

Tried for Manchester on three occasions (Lotti attempted the two pre-sales and I had a go at general sale) but have had no luck!! I can't do London as I'm flying to Spain that weekend so didn't even attempt that one. Goddison's demand! Congrats to those who got tickets, hopefully can see her at some bigger venues next time 💗

Starting with JLo as well. I don't mind that Hear'Say song, it's basically a not-as-good version of 'Keep On Movin' by Five sonically but I do love that, so not a bad template.

That's quite alright, it's giving me time to continue catching up (sorry for the spam x) - speaking of which... Week 46: Westlife did find a pretty unbreakable formula so far *_* wild that they were already up to 11 #1s in just a few years. I can't say this one is anything to write home about though, so a fair last place. Even their trademark "stools" moment feels more limp than usual. Claire is a great vocalist, reaffirmed by her recent Masked Singer stint, but I do find that she's doing a bit too much on 'All Out of Love', which is quite off-putting. I didn't really need a 'Beauty and the Beast' cover either, not even one of my faves Ariana could muster up much excitement from me on that front the Darren Hayes song is a bit whiny as well. Ooft poor Sophie getting a 3! I don't think I would dip that low but do agree that it's the weakest link from a generally great singles run during her first era. Ouch at BBMak barely scraping the top 40 with a lead single. Admittedly, the whole time their song was on, my mind wandered to thinking about how "out of my heart, into your head" was the opposite phrasing of the bridge in top 30 smash 'So Good' by Bratz Rock Angelz, so probably not the best sign of being compelled by it 'I Love Rock 'N' Roll' was a pretty poor Britney single choice. Again the likes of 'Anticipating' and 'Cinderella' were right there. Having said that, it's still preferable to 'I Love Sausage Rolls'... Unfortunately 'I'm Gonna Getcha Good' doesn't do a lot for me. Just re-listening now and the instrumental break before the final chorus is very reminiscent of 'That Don't Impress Me Much'. I guess she had crafted such a winning formula that it would've been silly to stray too far. I knew Dannii as an X Factor judge before coming across any of her music and am still playing catch-up a bit. 'All I Wanna Do' and 'Everything I Wanted' were a revelation on the TOTP '97 repeats and I'm glad she kept up the dance direction into the 2000s, it suits her a lot. Agreed that the hard edged production is really cool here. That Moby song was new to me and total ear candy with the soulful sample and downtempo beats/strings, good stuff. Oh 'Work It' is so iconic *.* the backwards effect could've felt so gimmicky but Missy pulls it off with ease. She kills the production with Timbaland as ever and is of course a creative vision with the music video too. Speaking of X Factor earlier, I haven't shaken off the Honey G association with this almost a decade on... Great to have Yeah Yeah Yeahs in the chart now those gritty guitars are wonderful. Agreed with John that they're still making good music now too. The riff of 'No One Knows' sounds incredibly familiar but I wouldn't have been able put a name to the song until now, how educational.

Moving to Scooter now

Switching to 'Do Somethin’ now!

Looking forward to this as a major 80s synth-pop / new wave / post-punk nerd I have a driving lesson on Sunday evening but should be able to make the first couple of hours at least!

banner courtesy of Joseph *.* Chart #429 | 19.06.25 01. Ethel Cain - Nettles [02-01] 02. Addison Rae - Times Like These [01-02] 03. Izzy Camina - Neptune Mood 04. Addison Rae - Headphones On [01-01-01-01-01-01-01-03-04] 05. EQ - B.S.A.S. (Si Alguna Vez te Sentís Sola de Noche) [03-02-02-04-05] 06. Addison Rae - Fame is a Gun [04-05-06] 07. Demise Of Love - Like I Loved You [08-06-07] 08. akiaura, LONOWN & Baby Jane - Deathwish [06-03-02-02-03-03-07-08] 09. Addison Rae - In The Rain [08-09] 10. She Past Away - İnziva [09-10] 11. Addison Rae - Summer Forever [10-11] 12. PinkPantheress - Stateside [02-02-03-04-04-05-11-12] 13. Nilüfer Yanya - Cold Heart [12-04-05-05-06-12-13] 14. Wolf Alice - Bloom Baby Bloom [08-06-07-13-14] 15. Miley Cyrus - Pretend You're God [09-14-15] 16. Sofia Kourtesis & Daphni - Unidos [22-16-10-15-16] 17. Nilüfer Yanya - Where To Look [16-17] 18. DJ_Dave & Switch Angel - Cycles [35-22-18] 19. Katarsis - Tavo akys [06-07-11-17-19] 20. Ummet Ozcan - Ocean's Voice [18-20] 21. Zanias - Cataclysm [12-19-21] 22. Lorde - What Was That [08-05-05-07-08-13-20-22] 23. PinkPantheress - Nice to Know You [08-10-09-14-21-23] 24. Model/Actriz - Diva [03-04-06-09-10-15-23-24] 25. yeule - Evangelic Girl is a Gun [33-36-39-xx-24-25] 26. akiaura, LONOWN & Olya Holiday - Autobahn Nights 27. Abor & Tynna - Baller [25-20-16-25-27] 28. Pearly Drops - Ratgirl 29. Addison Rae - New York [26-29] 30. Lana Del Rey - Henry, come on [01-02-04-07-09-12-11-17-27-30] 31. james K - Play [28-31] 32. Miley Cyrus - Walk of Fame (feat. Brittany Howard) [18-29-32] 33. 1tbsp - Dolly Destructiva (feat. cherry chola) 34. Avalon Emerson - Don’t Be Seen With Me [25-20-32-39-xx-30-34] 35. PinkPantheress - Romeo [40-23-12-19-31-35] 36. PinkPantheress - Tonight [06-02-03-05-08-10-13-14-21-32-36] 37. BICEP - CHROMA 010 BRILLO [33-37] 38. Tiberius b - IMMACULATE 39. TDJ & Clara Kimera - On and On (You Lie) [38-xx-34-39] 40. Suki Waterhouse - The Bellboy (One Last Crush) DROPOUTS xx Miley Cyrus - Every Girl You've Ever Loved (feat. Naomi Campbell) [22-35-xx] xx TDJ - Where Is My Angel [36-xx] xx Lorde - Man Of The Year [24-37-xx] xx Ece Era - I'm Here [38-xx] xx The Marías - Back To Me [01-03-04-09-11-13-16-18-26-39-xx] xx 1-800 GIRLS - trust me [30-40-xx] CHART FLASHBACK (2022) 01. Working Men's Club - Widow [09-02-01-01-01-02-03-01-01-01] 02. Shygirl - Come For Me 03. Måneskin - SUPERMODEL [01-02-02-02-03] 04. Röyksopp - How The Flowers Grow (feat. Pixx) [35-25-xx-03-04] 05. My Chemical Romance - The Foundations of Decay [03-01-03-04-05] 06. Tove Lo - No One Dies From Love [24-10-05-04-05-06] 07. ROSALÍA - CANDY [05-03-01-01-02-03-02-11-12-05-06-07] 08. Boy Harsher - Machina (feat. Mariana Saldaña) [10-13-02-07-09-24-31-xx-08] 09. Sky Ferreira - Don’t Forget [30-08-09] 10. VLURE - Shattered Faith Congratulations to Ethel Cain for achieving her first ever #1 hit in my chart with 8 minute beauty 'Nettles' *.* thank you for the comments last week

banner courtesy of Joseph *.* Chart #429 | 19.06.25 01. Ethel Cain - Nettles [02-01] 02. Addison Rae - Times Like These [01-02] 03. Izzy Camina - Neptune Mood 04. Addison Rae - Headphones On [01-01-01-01-01-01-01-03-04] 05. EQ - B.S.A.S. (Si Alguna Vez te Sentís Sola de Noche) [03-02-02-04-05] 06. Addison Rae - Fame is a Gun [04-05-06] 07. Demise Of Love - Like I Loved You [08-06-07] 08. akiaura, LONOWN & Baby Jane - Deathwish [06-03-02-02-03-03-07-08] 09. Addison Rae - In The Rain [08-09] 10. She Past Away - İnziva [09-10] 11. Addison Rae - Summer Forever [10-11] 12. PinkPantheress - Stateside [02-02-03-04-04-05-11-12] 13. Nilüfer Yanya - Cold Heart [12-04-05-05-06-12-13] 14. Wolf Alice - Bloom Baby Bloom [08-06-07-13-14] 15. Miley Cyrus - Pretend You're God [09-14-15] 16. Sofia Kourtesis & Daphni - Unidos [22-16-10-15-16] 17. Nilüfer Yanya - Where To Look [16-17] 18. DJ_Dave & Switch Angel - Cycles [35-22-18] 19. Katarsis - Tavo akys [06-07-11-17-19] 20. Ummet Ozcan - Ocean's Voice [18-20] 21. Zanias - Cataclysm [12-19-21] 22. Lorde - What Was That [08-05-05-07-08-13-20-22] 23. PinkPantheress - Nice to Know You [08-10-09-14-21-23] 24. Model/Actriz - Diva [03-04-06-09-10-15-23-24] 25. yeule - Evangelic Girl is a Gun [33-36-39-xx-24-25] 26. akiaura, LONOWN & Olya Holiday - Autobahn Nights 27. Abor & Tynna - Baller [25-20-16-25-27] 28. Pearly Drops - Ratgirl 29. Addison Rae - New York [26-29] 30. Lana Del Rey - Henry, come on [01-02-04-07-09-12-11-17-27-30] 31. james K - Play [28-31] 32. Miley Cyrus - Walk of Fame (feat. Brittany Howard) [18-29-32] 33. 1tbsp - Dolly Destructiva (feat. cherry chola) 34. Avalon Emerson - Don’t Be Seen With Me [25-20-32-39-xx-30-34] 35. PinkPantheress - Romeo [40-23-12-19-31-35] 36. PinkPantheress - Tonight [06-02-03-05-08-10-13-14-21-32-36] 37. BICEP - CHROMA 010 BRILLO [33-37] 38. Tiberius b - IMMACULATE 39. TDJ & Clara Kimera - On and On (You Lie) [38-xx-34-39] 40. Suki Waterhouse - The Bellboy (One Last Crush) Congratulations to Ethel Cain for achieving her first ever #1 hit in my chart with 8 minute beauty 'Nettles' *.* thank you for the comments last week

1 - Ethel Cain - Nettles 2 - Addison Rae - Times Like These 3 - Izzy Camina - Neptune Mood 4 - Addison Rae - Headphones On 5 - EQ - B.S.A.S. (Si Alguna Vez te Sentís Sola de Noche) 6 - Addison Rae - Fame is a Gun 7 - Demise Of Love - Like I Loved You 8 - akiaura, LONOWN & Baby Jane - Deathwish 9 - Addison Rae - In The Rain 10 - She Past Away - İnziva 11 - Addison Rae - Summer Forever 12 - PinkPantheress - Stateside 13 - Nilüfer Yanya - Cold Heart 14 - Wolf Alice - Bloom Baby Bloom 15 - Miley Cyrus - Pretend You're God 16 - Sofia Kourtesis & Daphni - Unidos 17 - Nilüfer Yanya - Where To Look 18 - DJ_Dave & Switch Angel - Cycles 19 - Katarsis - Tavo akys 20 - Ummet Ozcan - Ocean's Voice 21 - Zanias - Cataclysm 22 - Lorde - What Was That 23 - PinkPantheress - Nice to Know You 24 - Model/Actriz - Diva 25 - yeule - Evangelic Girl is a Gun 26 - akiaura, LONOWN & Olya Holiday - Autobahn Nights 27 - Abor & Tynna - Baller 28 - Pearly Drops - Ratgirl 29 - Addison Rae - New York 30 - Lana Del Rey - Henry, come on 31 - james K - Play 32 - Miley Cyrus - Walk of Fame (feat. Brittany Howard) 33 - 1tbsp - Dolly Destructiva (feat. cherry chola) 34 - Avalon Emerson - Don’t Be Seen With Me 35 - PinkPantheress - Romeo 36 - PinkPantheress - Tonight 37 - BICEP - CHROMA 010 BRILLO 38 - Tiberius b - IMMACULATE 39 - TDJ & Clara Kimera - On and On (You Lie) 40 - Suki Waterhouse - The Bellboy (One Last Crush)

This is true, there are flaws, but at least you have the option to skip. So there’s still more choice unlike airplay where you don’t even get that option.

For radio you'd have to blanket accept everything whereas you can skip something you don't like on a playlist, where it wouldn't always automatically count in the same way My driving instructor is a Heart FM listener and will immediately mute the radio for a little bit during a lesson if a song she doesn't like comes on yet it would still count. If she stuck on a similar hits playlist on Spotify and skipped the same song then it wouldn't. So overall I like that the listener has more of a say, if that makes sense. I guess there will be people who passively listen to a whole playlist but not everyone. So I like that we at least have some choice in the matter (especially as I make my own playlists anyway)

Round 1: 30 (didn't get: Carly Simon, The Stylistics) Round 2: 30 (didn't get: Golden Earring, Sham 69) 3-in-10: 2 (Use It Up and Wear It Out, Native New Yorker) - one of these days I'll remember Going Back to My Roots

Hi James, welcome back *.* I wasn't 100% sure about 'What Was That' on first listen but it soon clicked, the chorus especially hits. Bring on the album! thank you for commenting 💗

Hello James welcome back! My favourites in your chart at the moment are: 01 Lorde - What Was That | 01 | 1 wk 02 Jade - IT girl | 02 | 1 wk 04 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club | 34-04 | 2 wks 05 Jade - FUFN (f*** You For Now) | 05 | 1 wk 11 Tove Lo - Desire | 38-28-21-19-13-21-29-36-xx-11 | 9 wks 12 Ariana Grande - Twilight Zone | 12 | 1 wk 17 Charli XCX - Party 4 U | 17 | 1 wk 18 Cynthia Everio & Ariana Grande - Defying Gravity | 18 | 1 wk 19 Jade - Angel of My Dreams | 11-01-01-01-01-01-01-01-01-01-01-01-19 | 13 wks 20 Lady Gaga - Disease | 20 | 1 wk So plenty of great stuff. Love that 'Angel of My Dreams' is still hanging in there *.*

Love that CHVRCHES choice 💚

Week 45: Errr what was Tom Jones thinking with that release awful lyrics. A few lacklustre dance covers there with 'Because The Night', 'Take My Breath Away' and 'Holiday'. I hadn't come across this Mad'House release before but wow they recycled the exact same idea of Madonna + 'You See The Trouble With Me' beat again, I think once was definitely enough. DJ Sammy's 'Heaven' runs rings around them all - a genuinely emotive version. The chorus of 'What's Your Flava?' is a bit of an earworm for me but overall it's far from Craig's best work. Something was in the air in 2002 as the only top 75 hits with 'gravy' in the title both came from that year, lol I gave American Life a go for the decade-by-decade Madonna discography rate on here about 5 years ago and 'Die Another Day' ended up being my favourite song on the album. I'm a sucker for electroclash and applaud her for doing something a bit different from what you'd expect for a Bond theme. 'I Am Mine' was a pretty good discovery from this batch! Pearl Jam had strong chart history book-ends with 'Alive' and this one.

Say you love, say you love, say you love me Addison as The Tesco Mary Live Shows Pass isn't a want, it's a need