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Thought the Youtube video was an advert when it started, You Said No has that instant-in-ya-face catchy riff. The rest of the song is not quite as good, and Year 3000 is way better but it's OK, pretty decent for a song that doesnt get radio play these days. I was expecting to be not fussed about it. I definitely didn't hear it in clubs of the time! Bedingfield ballads left me largely unmoved, well-made and punching all the right buttons for those that enjoy slushy ballads (and I am one) but it was just a nothing-much song, and playing it now it's as if I'd never heard it before in my life it's so unmemorable. It sounds very vaguely familiar but nothing more so again I'm guessing not big on Radio 1. Pleasantly forgettable and I'd rather hear the Busted track again.

The least-bad of the covers, but plus side Carole King and Gerry Goffin get a well-deserved number one with a total classic song and original version from The Drifters. I believe is less essential as it already was a UK number one song, but even I was too young to remember that though the song was still famous in the 60's.

5 best: Super Trouper Stop The Cavalry Antmusic Starting Over Same Old Scene that prob doesnt help....

Brandy was a fabulous song, and yes we all thought it was about the drink at the time, which gives it more of an edge of hopelessness. Scott English's version is still a fave of mine and I still havent forgiven Bazza for watering it down and blanding it out, so Westlife's is a super bland cover of a bland cover. Made me appreciate Barry Manilow's version more. 😇

Muse when they are good are very very good - never quite got a chart-topper for me but some real gems. I liked Hysteria, but Supermassive Black Hole is the biggie, peaked at 2. The Darkness were fun, but an entire album would be a stretch for the ears. Justin's podcast is of interest these days.

One positive thing to come from Robson & Jerome - some classic songs that should have been number ones finally get that kudos, so the older classic versions get some mentions as part of the association.

lower down the chart, a quick kudos for Gorillaz helping to get Sparks a first top 100 singles slot in 19 years, top 75 slot in 28 years and a chart span of over 51 years with new recordings. That's behind Vera Lynn, The Beatles (sort of), The Rolling Stones, Cher... and ahead of almost everyone else. I say almost as I cant think of anyone else who might have a claim, other than Macca. They are also easily onto the list of oldest acts to get into the charts, on a par with Cher.

I have no memory of David Sneddon or the song, so playing it now. He has a very Boyband member look about him. He should have been recruited into Westlife. I dont think Radio 1 played it much which is prob why I've forgotten it. Kept Busted's best record off the top spot, which is bizarre as we can all sing along to Year 3000, but I doubt even the people that bought this could hum it, it's such a non-affair. David had 2 chart entries in my personal charts but this one DNC. I think last place is fair....I also went big on Sinead Quinn's hit and some Lemar tracks.

Completely unnecessary version coming off Ghost and monster sales of the classic. I'm assuming it's all the mums and grannies who didnt pay attention to the charts, getting their hearts fluttering at the TV show - which I never watched. I know some of the ladies at work were talking about it at the time, quite enthusiastic. I'd blocked this out of my mind so well that I didnt realise it was Jerome Flynn in Game Of Thrones until about 3 seasons in 😄Now that was an epic show, as classic on a rating scale as this cash-in cheesy record was classically bad.

RICHARD ASHCROFT/THE VERVE 1 (1 32) CHECK THE MEANING Richard Ashcroft (1318550) 2002 2 (1 17) BREAK THE NIGHT WITH COLOUR Richard Ashcroft (876400) 2006 3 (3 18) HOLD ON Richard Ashcroft (554550) 2016 4 (3 15) A SONG FOR THE LOVERS Richard Ashcroft (449200) 2000 5 (9 12) C'MON PEOPLE (WE'RE MAKING IT NOW) Richard Ashcroft (258750) 2000 6 (15 14) LOVE IS NOISE The Verve (224100) 2008 7 (9 8) MUSIC IS POWER Richard Ashcroft (194200) 2006 8 (19 12) LOVER Richard Ashcroft featuring Joan Armatrading (168150) 2025 9 (17 9) SCIENCE OF SILENCE Richard Ashcroft (159100) 2003 10 (13 9) THEY DON’T OWN ME Richard Ashcroft (138400) 2016 11 (27 5) MONEY TO BURN Richard Ashcroft (64200) 2000 12 (39 4) C’MON PEOPLE (WE’RE MAKING IT NOW) Richard Ashcroft featuring Liam Gallagher (52050) 2022

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS 1 (4 21) THE ZEPHYR SONG Red Hot Chili Peppers (639600) 2002 2 (4 13) BY THE WAY (484600) Red Hot Chili Peppers (429600) 2002 3 (8 13) UNIVERSALLY SPEAKING Red Hot Chili Peppers (363850) 2003 4 (10 12) DARK NECESSITIES Red Hot Chili Peppers (239100) 2016 5 (35 8) DANI CALIFORNIA Red Hot Chili Peppers (97450) 2006 6 (28 7) THE ADVENTURES OF RAINDANCE MAGGIE Red Hot Chili Peppers (88000) 2011 7 (39 7) CAN'T STOP Red Hot Chili Peppers (78800) 2003 8 (35 5) SNOW (HEY OH) Red Hot Chili Peppers (52700) 2006 9 (38 4) OTHER SIDE Red Hot Chili Peppers (50850) 2000 10 (30 3) ROAD TRIPPIN Red Hot Chili Peppers (49050) 2001 11 (49 4) TELL ME BABY Red Hot Chili Peppers (40650) 2006 12 (60 5) BLACK SUMMER Red Hot Chili Peppers (33600) 2022

some classics in there, and some not quite so classic, and some I have no recall how they go at all...😇

I would have had no idea what Horny meant until I was at least 14, and song lyrics often went over my head. 😮

Well that makes me optimistic that AI wont destroy humankind then! If it can't count up to 16 it will have no idea how many are left 😄

dont know the Billy and Roy hits! Call myself a fan! Billy's is quite nice, but not essential, and Roy's is very low-key, but classy. Lulu's is a goodie, got that on my 60's Lulu hits cd, Manfred's I knew better in 1969 as Si Tu Dois Partir, but it's good, and I absolutely love Almost There a huge fave, what a lush tune, and a big fan of Andy as a kid and early teen. So my dilemma is I also love Sonny & Cher and Baby Dont Go turned out to be a familiar beloved old friend when I boughts their hits CD in Cairns in 1995 and wasnt aware I already loved it. Almost There just edges it I think, it makes me all warm and fuzzy and nostalgic.

Thanks Rollo 👍Not remembering Michael Bolton hits is something to be proud of but I did like a few of his more off-the-wall tracks😄 round 1: 33 geri round 2: 39 3 in 10: Back To Black, Rehab, Tears Dry On Their Own

Fortune Faded was OK, this was also my peak RHCP period, but the top 10's for me were Zephyr Song, By The Way, Universally Speaking - the next top 10 was 2016 and Dark Necessities, and theyve only charted once since then - so a drop off from me too.

Thanks for running this Rob! Heaven I rather like, despite being a fan of the original Bryan Adams ballad - that had been huge in the USA but not the UK, def top 20 for the year but prob not top 10. Pink, Get The Party Started and her first hits had been my faves to date, but Just Like A Pill is pretty decent too. Top 20 prob is my rating. Lets check with my actual 2002 year-end chart which came where: it's quite different from how I rate them now! Lose Yourself, Sound Of The Underground would be top 10 and Elvis would be out of the top 10 along with Somethin' Stupid as basically oldie remakes, Elvis' better than the original Robbie's not as classic as the original. I think Ketchup Song might even be at 4 these days 😇 My Sweet Lord 2,442,150 Freak Like Me 857,900 Round Round 835,650 Somethin' Stupid 686,850 Dirrty 682,000 More Than A Woman 622600 A Little Less Conversation 606,300 Without Me 451,100 The Ketchup Song 367,900 Gotta Get Thru This 359,150 Just A Little 331,550 Lose Yourself 321,150 Dilemma 319,150 Sound Of The Underground 289,300 Kiss Kiss 269,600 Light My Fire 254,000 Hero 251,550 The Hindu Times 158,250 Heaven 152,600 Just Like A Pill 126,450 Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word 92,700 World Of Our Own 85,500 Anyone Of Us (Stupid Mistake) 82,000 If You're Not The One 78,700 The Tide Is High 46,800 Unbreakable 42,100 Evergreen 24,400 Colourblind 24,400 Unchained Melody 11000 Crossroads 6200 If Tomorrow Never Comes 000 The Long & Winding Road 000

if they didnt specify The Monkees UK chart breakthrough year, you could have 1966 as thats when they brokethrough in the USA 😄

Thanks Jade, glad you enjoyed the hol, and nearly there Rollo, bloody one year outs 🙂 round 1: 39 round 2: 39 3 in 10: never gonne give you up, together forever, when I fall in love

Round Round is the lesser of the 2 Babes, think that would be just inside the top 5 for me too, but Freak Like Me is a chart-topping sampling classic and would be top 2, behind George H (or in my world, number one for 2002 of new tracks).

Been ages since I heard TTTT so listening to this one now to see if I still am not on for a 65/65. :) round 1: 65 - Vernon egged it up for about a minute going on about how it was momentous if Postie got the 65, so no pressure then...😄 I bought the single and it topped my charts, the final question, so right up my street! round 2: 30 green day, not when september comes apparently 😄

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14th September 2025 It's taken 3 years or so but Chappell Roan finally gets that chart-topper with the emotional The Subway holding off a challenge from Vance Joy, Divine Feelings is fabulous and up to 2. The Biggest climber, though, is Saint Etienne grabbing a second top 5 of 2025, along with Confidence Man on Brand New Me. Check out the video, I love it. Confidence Man take their 3rd charting hit into the top 10 for a second in 3 years, while Saint Etienne are on 9 top 10's in 33 years. Kim Carnes returns Bette Davis Eyes into the top 10 for a first time in 44 years. Good Neighbours leap-frog themselves, and Sabrina Carpenter gets the highest entry with Tears at 62, just ahead of Damiano David grabbing a 6th track inside 12 months, with added Tyla and Nile Rodgers on Talk To Me - that'll be another guest-starring extension of his Chic-tastic career for Nile to not far off 48 years! Artemas follows-up his chart-topper with Eat Me Alive, Loaded Honey swap one album track for a new one - Hello Stranger is short n sweet. Saint Etienne also drop an album track in Dancing Heart, Sophie Ellis-Bextor adds another with Stay On Me, Blue get another unexpected return with the rather good One Last Time, they all get a share of vocal duties in the blustery video, and finally The Weeknd has a new video out but it doesnt seem to be on download - so Society gets bottom slot for that. 1 2 1 7 THE SUBWAY - Chappell Roan 405000 2 10 2 2 DIVINE FEELINGS - Vance Joy 157000 3 3 1 14 TOKYO RAIN - Loaded Honey 1263000 4 46 4 2 BRAND NEW ME - Saint Etienne & Confidence Man 77750 5 1 1 2 ELENORE - The Turtles 230000 6 4 1 8 12 TO 12 - sombr 485150 7 7 1 14 OVER - Loaded Honey 965750 8 5 1 9 WALK OF FAME - Miley Cyrus featuring Brittany Howard 925200 9 6 4 9 FIVE MORE SECONDS - Seafret featuring KT Tunstall 356250 10 13 10 9 BETTE DAVIS EYES - Kim Carnes 172350 11 9 3 10 HARD TO BE HAPPY - Rob Thomas 484400 12 18 12 5 THE HIVES FOREVER FOREVER THE HIVES - The Hives 89600 13 35 13 3 SELF CONTROL - Laura Branigan 66600 14 21 14 7 REALLY LOVE - Loaded Honey 144600 15 8 8 7 SPIES - Robbie Williams 165250 16 12 10 9 JUPITER - almost monday featuring Jordana 269800 17 29 17 3 AT NIGHT - Shakedown 53200 18 20 18 5 G.O.A.T. (SKY25 MIX) - Kasabian 90000 19 16 7 8 RAG DOLL - The Four Seasons 312000 20 27 20 12 HEY HI HELLO - Alison Goldfrapp 118200 21 26 21 7 DON’T LOOK DOWN - Gary Barlow featuring Becky Hill 84750 22 11 3 16 ZOMBIE LADY - Damiano David featuring Dove Cameron 591400 23 15 15 10 NO TIME TO TALK - Jonas Brothers 191200 24 24 24 6 BEAUTIFUL ODYSSEY - YouNotUs x Cascada 77400 25 14 6 12 LET IT BE FOR LOVE - Armin van Buuren featuring JAI RYU 308350 26 19 11 8 C’MON MARIANNE - The Four Seasons 203500 27 17 1 18 DON’T SPEAK - Loaded Honey 871300 28 25 5 17 GLAD - Saint Etienne 514150 29 64 29 2 PEOPLE NEED PEOPLE - Good Neighbours 25300 30 50 30 4 SPACE - Ella Eyre 39600 31 43 31 5 SINGAPORE (DEFINITIVE VERSION) - Girls Aloud 58700 32 33 32 6 ANXIETY - Doechii 86350 33 22 22 10 I’LL BE BACK - The BossHoss featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger 130000 34 23 17 9 HAIRCUT - Reverend And The Makers featuring Vicky McClure 136250 35 40 35 5 THE FIRST TIME - Damiano David 65950 36 39 36 7 ELECTRIC FLOWER - Miles Kane 76550 37 44 37 8 CHEERS TO ME - Self Esteem 77500 38 42 38 5 FORT KNOX - Sigrid 55350 39 37 1 14 GOD ONLY KNOWS - The Beach Boys 960900 40 48 40 2 SHE’D RATHER BE WITH ME - The Turtles 29300 41 28 10 10 BROKEN GAME - Finn Forster 227750 42 31 10 16 LET’S RIDE AWAY - Avicii featuring Elle King 282900 43 38 1 18 RUN WITH U - Mamagama 1038850 44 41 2 24 END OF THE WORLD - Miley Cyrus 792400 45 89 45 2 HAPPY TOGETHER - The Turtles 15100 46 30 22 9 SHOOK - Sugababes 125000 47 34 16 9 POISON VINE - Cast featuring P.P. Arnold 161100 48 51 48 4 FOUND U/ME - Good Neighbours 37850 49 73 49 3 MACHINE - Rob Thomas 22000 50 54 50 8 SAVE ME - Olly Murs 54600 51 55 51 6 HIGHER - Michael Buble 48550 52 32 32 9 IN IT WITH YOU - Craig David featuring JoJo 94050 53 45 1 27 SUNSET BLVD - Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco 1335700 54 58 54 6 ONLY DANCER - Louise 45600 55 36 18 14 BLOODLINE - Alex Warren featuring Jelly Roll 203300 56 62 56 4 I CAN’T LOSE - Jonas Brothers 27200 57 49 20 14 MANCHILD - Sabrina Carpenter 204200 58 61 58 5 SUMMER HOLIDAY - Cliff Richard & The Shadows 33100 59 74 59 4 WHAT I WANT - Morgan Wallen and Tate McRae 24100 60 65 60 4 DANCING WITH MYSELF - Royel Otis 24800 61 70 61 4 GOLDEN - HUNTR/X (EJAE, Audreu Nuna and REI AMI) KPop Demon Hunters 23100 62 NEW 62 1 TEARS - Sabrina Carpenter 7400 63 NEW 63 1 TALK TO ME - Damiano David featuring Tyla and Nile Rodgers 9200 64 87 64 2 ALL ABOUT ME - Jalen Ngonda 9700 65 83 65 2 THE DEAD DANCE - Lady Gaga 10400 66 85 66 2 BACK TO FRIENDS - sombr 9800 67 69 67 6 A LITTLE MORE UNDERSTANDING - Bryan Adams 29200 68 86 68 2 I BELIEVE IN YOU - Ladytron 9200 69 47 29 12 ON MY MIND - Alex Warren & ROSE 128500 70 79 70 3 DOLCE VITA - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 14000 71 77 71 3 EURO-COUNTRY - CMAT 14400 72 81 72 3 OH VERY YOUNG - Cat Stevens featuring Suzanne Lynch 12600 73 84 73 2 MAN ON A MISSION - The Black Keys 8600 74 68 68 5 ROMEO - Charlotte OC 26200 75 80 75 3 TAKE ME TO THE PILOT - Saint Etienne 12400 76 NEW 76 1 EAT ME ALIVE - Artemas 4800 77 88 77 2 LOSER - Tame Impala 6800 78 78 78 4 ME WITHOUT YOU - Will Young 16000 79 72 3 25 RAGDOLL - The Lottery Winners featuring Chad Kroeger 526000 80 NEW 80 1 HELLO STRANGER - Loaded Honey 4000 81 90 81 2 DREAM TEAM - Of Monsters And Men 5800 82 NEW 82 1 DANCING HEART - Saint Etienne 3600 83 NEW 83 1 ONE LAST TIME - Blue 3400 84 NEW 84 1 STAY ON ME - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 3200 85 NEW 85 1 SOCIETY - The Weeknd 3000 DROP OUTS 52 13 7 DAWN (GO AWAY) - The Four Seasons 149800 53 17 12 GOLD - Myles Smith 185250 56 56 6 CISCO BAY - Loaded Honey 46800 57 54 5 JOY - Rita Ora 41800 59 1 24 SHINE - Mondo Cozmo 1234700 60 2 17 BROKENHEARTED - Gabry Ponte & Train 954650 63 48 6 LESSONS - Loaded Honey 59500 66 7 22 FEEL IT - d4vd 543650 67 36 12 SAPPHIRE - Ed Sheeran 114250 71 61 6 THE FEELING NEVER WENT AWAY - Sam Ryder 37900 75 28 12 SWEETNESS - Elliot James Reay 142550 76 35 8 NEVER LET YOU GO - Council 81150 82 82 3 MR. ELECTRIC BLUE - Benson Boone 10800

Hi SSP!🙂 That Prince Royce part-Spanish cover of Backstreet Boys is nice, South America is a bit far to travel to see him though 😄Sam Feldt and Ingrosso just outside the top 10, Empire Of The Sun and Damiano David top 20, Robbie, sombr, Steve Aoki, Chappell Roan, blondish, Gin Blossoms, Rita, sombr, Younotus, Shaboozey, Sabrina, Gaga new in, Sigrid, Ella Eyre, Will Young, and Nathan Evans all good new entries down the lower end 🤩 great chart! 😎