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Missy Elliot is the weakest here. Nickelback, much as I generally dont rate them, Photograph may be their best track, and Electrical Storm is fgood U2.

Thanks, jade, sorry I missed friday's off to London! Well done, Rollo on the 39, and both of you 30's on thurs/fri, :) Round 1: 39 Round 2: 39 3 in 10: 3 ( ) I like to be chronological for fave acts....that's just showing off!! :lol:

Teardrops is a classic, Womack & Womack were always classy and Love Wars was equally fab. Some of their lesser hits and flops were also good, and yes, Brother of Bobby, daughter of Sam Cooke. The Harder I Try is decent SAW for me, I like the melody, most of their best records were referring back to 60's Motown/Soul. Breathe was typical US radio fodder of the time, I think I picked it up in the bargain bin before it became a hit in the UK, I quite liked it for a while. Bomb The Bass I don't recall ever hearing the Megablast side, but the other side I liked. A Groovy Kind Of Love was a sensitive cover of a very nostalgic beloved mid-60's hit for me, The Mindbenders still takes me back to the time and place of being 8 years old. I still rate Phil's version, the song is (my fave phrase) bullet-proof.

week 18: Best: TLC - Waterfalls Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (feat. L.V.) Janet Jackson - Again Madonna - Take A Bow Seal - Kiss From A Rose Worst: The Heights - How Do You Talk To An Angel (dreadful uninspired plodding ballad) Boyz II Men - On Bended Knee (for turning into a self-parody with identikit plodding soul) Michael Jackson - You Are Not Alone (for accepting an R.Kelly plodding soul song with bad memories attached to it for me) Week 19: When the the US chart-toppers really went c-rap for me. 4 of the 5 best would all have lost to the 5 best on week 18, bar Britney. It's come to something when Mariah Carey made one of the 5 best tracks (2 if you count non-topper-yet All I Want For Xmas). There are a handful of great rap/r'n'b tracks here that just fall short for me. Best: Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time Spice Girls - Wannabe Mariah Carey - Fantasy Hanson - MMMBop Brandy and Monica - The Boy Is Mine Worst: OMG how does one narrow down this load of cack to just 3!!? I think I have to ignore the more obscure of the multitude of dross and focus on monster crimes to music. Elton John - Candle In The Wind 1997( for taking one of Eltons most dreary songs and making it globally worse) Puff Daddy - I'll Be Missing You (feat. Faith Evans and 112) (for ruining a dark stalker classic by turning it into an opportunistic cash-in track, and for being Puff Daddy who I took an instant dislike to, not least for resurrecting an old British gay slur in his name, while sounding like a Sugar Daddy) Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men - One Sweet Day (for refusing to drop from the top spot for months and months)

1st February 1975 It's 2 weeks on top for Michael Jackson's 1981 number one as the late Steve Harley starts to challenge up at 3, and Syreeta gets a first top 10. I should probably include Stevie Wonder in that stat but I can't hear him on the record this time, though it has his print all over it. There are only 2 new entries this week, Billie-Jo Spears is 5 months early for the UK as she enters the Country Music chart in the USA with Blanket On The Ground, one I'm more fond of now than I was at the time, in at 38, while Earth, Wind & Fire start their golden period with Shining Star at 71 - not a UK hit though, that would be another 2 years off. 1 ( 1 ) ONE DAY IN YOUR LIFE - Michael Jackson # 1 2 ( 2 ) JANUARY - Pilot # 1 3 ( 11 ) MAKE ME SMILE (COME UP AND SEE ME) - Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel # 3 4 ( 3 ) HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW - Olivia Newton-John # 2 5 ( 4 ) JACKIE BLUE - The Ozark Mountain Daredevils # 4 6 ( 5 ) LOVIN' YOU - Minnie Ripperton # 1 7 ( 8 ) THERE’S A WHOLE LOT OF LOVING - Guys & Dolls # 7 8 ( 6 ) #9 DREAM - John Lennon # 1 9 ( 7 ) CAN’T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD - Electric Light Orchestra # 1 10 ( 12 ) YOUR KISS IS SWEET - Syreeta # 10 11 ( 18 ) ONLY YOU AND ROCK AND ROLL - Redbone # 11 12 ( 9 ) GOODBYE MY LOVE - The Glitter Band # 9 13 ( 14 ) CHILD OF LOVE - Caston & Majors # 1 14 ( 16 ) MY HEART’S SYMPHONY - Gary Lewis & The Playboys # 14 15 ( 19 ) SUPERGIRL - Graham Bonney # 15 16 ( 10 ) HOW DOES IT FEEL - Slade # 10 17 ( 25 ) I’M ON MY WAY - Dean Parrish # 17 18 ( 17 ) BE MY BABY - The Ronettes # 1 19 ( 13 ) SO LONG - ABBA # 4 20 ( 20 ) DOWN DOWN - Status Quo # 5 21 ( 24 ) WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO? - Diana Ross & The Supremes # 3 22 ( 21 ) BAD BLOOD - Neil Sedaka featuring Elton John # 10 23 ( 48 ) MY ELUSIVE DREAMS - Charlie Rich # 23 24 ( 36 ) DISCO-TEKIN - Reunion # 24 25 ( 27 ) THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN - Lulu # 7 26 ( 23 ) I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU - ABBA # 1 27 ( 26 ) WALKING IN RHYTHM - The Blackbyrds # 4 28 ( 15 ) SINCE I FOUND MY BABY - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose # 15 29 ( 39 ) WE’RE ALMOST THERE - Michael Jackson # 29 30 ( 29 ) ROLL ON DOWN THE HIGHWAY - Bachman-Turner Overdrive # 29 31 ( 31 ) SHA LA LA (MAKE ME HAPPY) - Al Green # 4 32 ( 38 ) L-O-V-E (LOVE) - Al Green # 32 33 ( 30 ) THE ORINOCO KID - The Wombles # 15 34 ( 37 ) STREET CORNER MUSIC - Dave Jordan # 34 35 ( 28 ) PURELY BY COINCIDENCE - Sweet Sensation # 28 36 ( 40 ) THEN I CHANGE HANDS - Mick Robertson # 36 37 ( 35 ) I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU - Gary Shearston # 1 38 ( NEW ) BLANKET ON THE GROUND - Billie Jo Spears # 38 39 ( 42 ) THE BARGAIN STORE - Dolly Parton # 39 40 ( 22 ) FOOTSEE - Wigans Chosen Few # 18 41 ( 34 ) NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE - Gloria Gaynor # 1 42 ( 33 ) YOU AIN’T SEEN NOTHIN’ YET - Bachman-Turner Overdrive # 1 43 ( 43 ) YOU’RE THE FIRST THE LAST MY EVERYTHING - Barry White # 2 44 ( 47 ) DRACULA’S DAUGHTER - Thunderthighs # 12 45 ( 41 ) MS GRACE - The Tymes # 15 46 ( 46 ) LADY MARMALADE - LaBelle # 8 47 ( 52 ) IRE FEELINGS (SKANGA) - Rupie Edwards # 10 48 ( 55 ) I’LL TAKE A MELODY - The Hues Corporation # 48 49 ( 65 ) FLY NOW - Brian Protheroe # 49 50 ( 79 ) THIS MONDAY MORNING FEELING - Tito Simon # 50 51 ( 54 ) HOW LONG - Ace featuring Paul Carrack # 1 52 ( 56 ) BEACH BABY - The First Class # 1 53 ( 45 ) ALL I WANT IS YOU - Roxy Music # 1 54 ( 58 ) I CAN HELP - Billy Swan # 9 55 ( 49 ) DREAMER - Supertramp # 15 56 ( 66 ) WE LOVE EACH OTHER - Charlie Rich # 56 57 ( 51 ) GONNA MAKE YOU A STAR - David Essex # 13 58 ( 62 ) ANGIE BABY - Helen Reddy # 1 59 ( 57 ) MAGIC - Pilot # 20 60 ( 53 ) PICK UP THE PIECES - Average White Band # 28 61 ( 44 ) I'M A WOMAN - Maria Muldaur # 44 62 ( 32 ) TOBY - The Chi-Lites # 19 63 ( 61 ) CRYING OVER YOU - Ken Boothe # 29 64 ( 64 ) NOW I’M HERE - Queen # 60 65 ( 60 ) DO IT, DO IT - The Peppers # 27 66 ( 70 ) ONLY ONE WOMAN - Nigel Olsson # 64 67 ( 75 ) I JUST CAN’T SAY GOODBYE - The Philly Devotions # 67 68 ( 81 ) I WON’T MAKE THAT MISTAKE AGAIN - Gary Lewis & The Playboys # 68 69 ( 71 ) SUPERNATURAL THING - Ben E. King # 69 70 ( 50 ) MY MAIN MAN - The Staple Singers # 29 71 ( NEW ) SHINING STAR - Earth, Wind & Fire # 71 72 ( 59 ) SHAME SHAME SHAME - Shirley & Company # 23 73 ( 72 ) ONCE YOU GET STARTED - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan # 70 74 ( 82 ) LOVE GAMES - The Drifters # 74 75 ( 73 ) SATIN SOUL - The Love Unlimited Orchestra # 73 76 ( 78 ) I WON’T DANCE - John Henry # 76 77 ( 83 ) LEGO SKANGA - Rupie Edwards # 77 78 ( 76 ) MY LAST NIGHT WITH YOU - Arrows # 76 79 ( 85 ) GERONIMO’S CADILLAC - Claire Hamill # 79 80 ( 80 ) NEVER ENDING SONG OF LOVE - Smoking 007 # 80

Private Eye (who are invariably morally and factually right on almost everything) have a special online downloadable Letby link to evidence that suggests she should be allowed to appeal. The main thrust seems to be the part that statistics played in the conviction as opposed to actual provable medical evidence. Essentially Cluster numbers can happen naturally in statistics, even in suspicious-looking tragedies like this, where some of the ill babies had underlying conditions. Cross-referenced with who is on duty (and Letby wasn't on duty for the majority of the still-high numbers of deaths) at the very least throws a question over the validity of making assumptions based on "clusters" and a duty roster which may or may not mean anything. I have no view either way, but I do believe in truth and evidence and have seen enough wrongful convictions in my life to realise that both prosecutors or defence can sometimes be lacking in thoroughness at their job. People are fallible, that's a fact.

Find My Love still sounds bubbly and fun, one of the "better follow-up than big hit" acts (see Tight Fit and numerous others). Iron maiden. Have I mentioned how much I generally hate their cloned cartoon singles? Thought so.... :lol: Motorhead anyday, thanks.

36's all round, well done! I watched TV Popmaster s2 ep 9 last night, ooh I was very poor though I did at least get some 21st century questions right: Calvin Harris' Promises featured which singer in 2018, Leona Lewis' double A in 2008 had which track on the other side and a couple of others. I got every single lyric round wrong, as usual, not least bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom, bom bom bom and then some words - yes of course it was that dance track from Joel Corry with MNEK. :o Round 1: 36 ( ) Round 2: 39 3 in 10: 3 )

an easy first one to Chuckie out, the only track I didnt chart. Most of these are pretty good.

Thanks :) Ouch at throwing diaries out! I started a diary in 1976 and kept going until the 2000's when life started getting too grim to want to record and remember. My school books also got cleared out along with comics and toys every time we moved (annually, mostly) but mum kept this one as it was a series of my early writings and artwork. The teacher made us draw a picture about what we'd done that weekend/holiday and then write about it. I think she got fed up with me going on about Doctor Who and pop music in the end :lol: Good to hear you were more environmentally conscious than me. I stopped catching fish after the first batch died overnight, as I just got upset when any living thing died. Still do!

Kim was more of a singles act - like Hot Chocolate, for example, who also never sold albums until their first and second and third Hits albums, and who were also on RAK and had a minor hit with one of brother Ricky Wilde's/dad Marty Wilde's songs written for Kim. I don't think RAK, much as I love them, were really geared around album promotion. They were very much single by single focused, but managed to get a good number of hits for most of their big acts. Kim had to leave Mickie Most to get another album hit, and Close was very much a series of singles off the album rather than the other way round. It's no co-incidence they have named the new album Closer, referring back to Kim's most cohesive album.

88 (NEW) WHY CAN'T WE BE LOVERS - Holland-Dozier featuring Lamont Dozier 8tTOVjP4DEo Another genre that doesn't always get the radio love is 70's soul - or at least lesser hits like this. Holland-Dozier-Holland crafted some of the greatest records of the 60's, not least The Supremes, The Four Tops and various other Motown acts, but after a falling-out with Berry Gordy they left to set up their own Invictus label and masterminded acts like Freda Payne and Chairmen Of The Board. Once in a while they dropped their own stuff though, and this forgotten soul ballad, sung well by Lamont Dozier, is a great song. Just a minor UK hit, which is why it's been largely forgotten, given that it wasn't that well-known at the time anyway, they didn't do Top Of The Pops, and it's never been covered that I can recall. Which is shame, as it's a classy track all round and deserves some belated appreciation. Maybe it's the long wait for a hook that keeps it more of a cult soul track than a popular one.

89 (80) I AM WHAT I AM - Greyhound bACTMH2zaYk One of the lost bands of the early 70's, almost no footage from Top Of The Pops or elsewhere exists of their short run of hits, all wiped out of existence - which I see as a great loss, I really loved their lively reggae covers, and they have pretty much been lost in the mists of time. They never get airplay on any radio station, but I play them, I love their singalong hits, great lead singer, well-produced British reggae. This might not be quite up with 1971 debut Black And White but it's a great song, WAY better than that famous show-tune that everyone knows but one I never liked until Aqua did a wonderful sensitive ballad version the other year. Back in 1972, this song was reasonably well-known but it had never been a hit. I just about prefer it to Bowie's Changes in this rating. I'm not saying it's BETTER than Changes, I'm saying I enjoy hearing it more, even if the song can't even scrape up a Wikipedia entry these days. And as far as radio is concerned, if it's not Bob Marley it doesn't exist. Apologies to the legendary very late Bob, but it did very much exist without him and was a big part of British pop culture in the late 60's and 70's.

90 (NEW) CHANGES - David Bowie 4BgF7Y3q-as Here's a new entry for a classic: David Bowie was unknown to me when this came out in January of 1972. Space Oddity didn't make it onto Singapore radio in 1969 (that I heard) and I have vague memories of this getting a couple of plays on a Saturday Radio 1 show, maybe Stuart Henry or someone like that. Not enough for me to feel like Bowie was going to be the next huge thing as a challenge to T. Rex, or feel like I needed to tape it off the radio, so it certainly didn't chart for me at the time. By 1975, as B side to the reactivated Space Oddity, I very much did like it and know it - as anything Bowie-related was getting radio play in 1973 onwards. So, as this exercise is all about putting records in the year they came out (or peaked in if it's the end of December and they run into January), I now judge this one to be 90th best of 1972, it's a great rock ballad and Bowie was robbed of a hit. First of 4 for the Glam Man.

I swear I havent heard I Need You since 1988, I'd totally forgotten how it went - possibly something to do with peaking at 8 in my charts and then diving out after 6 weeks. They look about 15 years old! I quite enjoyed hearing it again actually. Sweet. Unlike Kylie's Locomotion remix, which was mostly annoying after the novelty wore off. Little Eva was top 3 for me in 1972, Grand Funk charted with it in 1974 in my charts, and I really didn't feel the need for any other version than Little Eva/Carole King. I still don't. It's one of those songs that sounds cheesy unless it's the original, party, version.

Ha! :D I bet he got VIP complimentary tickets :teresa:

1 2 1 12 PEOPLE WATCHING - Sam Fender 462900 2 1 1 6 THE PROUD ONE - The Osmonds 425000 3 3 3 9 THE DARK END OF THE STREET - Pet Shop Boys 317850 4 5 1 12 EXTREME WAYS - Armin van Buuren & Moby 1124250 5 25 5 2 HAMMER TO THE HEART - Teddy Swims 78750 6 4 1 11 APT. - ROSE & Bruno Mars 719350 7 18 7 5 MORE THAN A WOMAN - Tavares 110000 8 22 8 2 RIPPLE - Good Neighbours 67500 9 19 9 2 CHASING PARADISE - Kygo & OneRepublic 66000 10 6 1 12 LATE NIGHT PHONE CALL - Reverend And The Makers 1274800 11 7 7 12 ALL YOUR FAULT - Gwen Stefani 265250 12 8 5 5 EUPHORIA - Armin van Buuren, Norma Jean Martine & LAWRENT with Alok 174000 13 11 11 10 CAN’T SLOW DOWN - almost Monday 213000 14 15 14 11 MIDNIGHT TRAIN - Kim Wilde 171100 15 14 14 8 BARBARELLA - Betty Boo 111450 16 29 16 6 BEAUTIFUL THAT WAY - Miley Cyrus 77300 17 57 17 2 PINK PONY CLUB - Chappell Roan 33400 18 10 10 10 TRUCKS - Cars On The Road Cast 206900 19 16 16 9 NIGHTMARE - Geowulf 161750 20 20 20 9 ANOTHER NIGHT - Grace Davies 133000 21 12 3 12 DISCO AT THE STRIP CLUB - Reve 694250 22 13 13 16 TABOO - Kylie Minogue 305300 23 9 9 9 DON’T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC - Tavares 267450 24 17 1 19 YOU AGAIN - The Lottery Winners featuring Reverend And The Makers 1026400 25 27 25 9 LIVE FOREVER - Chesney Hawkes 111750 26 23 4 13 WITHOUT YA - Bakermat featuring Gladys Knight 486050 27 46 27 3 NO BAD VIBES - Jazzy & KILIMANJARO 37650 28 35 28 4 KEEP ME SATISFIED - Jungle 55200 29 33 29 9 BOUQUET - Gwen Stefani 108350 30 50 30 2 A TEAR IN SPACE (AIRLOCK) - Glass Animals 30000 31 21 4 16 FANTASY - JADE 527050 32 26 26 10 LATE ’88 - Deacon Blue 116650 33 28 1 22 NEVER GOING HOME TONIGHT - David Guetta & Alesso featuring Madison Love 1100850 34 32 1 13 SCREAMLAND - Father John Misty 637150 35 63 35 4 LET ME IN - The Osmonds 35900 36 47 36 4 I’M IN LOVE... - Andy Bell featuring Dot Allison and Michael Rother 44000 37 31 8 12 NOW OR NEVER (IT’S MY LIFE) - Bon Jovi x Pitbull 297450 38 66 38 2 CONTROL OF ME - Topic x Daecolm 24000 39 38 38 6 NIGHT OR DAY - Franz Ferdinand 76450 40 65 40 2 FANCY - Artemas 24000

2nd February 2025 It's a first number one for Sam Fender as his exciting People Watching edges out The Osmonds, but in a busy chart Teddy Swims grabs his first top 10 at 5 with Hammer To The Heart off his new album, and his 4th entry in 12 months. Tavares replace themselves in the top 10 with the Saturday Night Fever disco classic, second time around 47 years on. Good neighbours make it a hat-trick of top 10's with Ripple up to 8, and Kygo and OneRepublic add to their tallies: 9 top 10's for Ryan, including a number one, and a 4th for Kygo, his first in 9 years. Chappell Roan meanwhile is on a 4th top 20 as Pink Pony Club leaps up, and Sparks are back with a new album, dropping the lead single, Do Things My Own Way, which they have always done, as edgy and catchy as ever 51 years of charting and still fresh as a daisy. Marianne Faithful passed away this week, with her two greatest records entering in tribute, As Tears Go By - her Jagger/Richard 60's gem, and the very raw synth 1979 cover of Dr Hook's Ballad Of Lucy Jordan, still a recovering addict at the time after a period of homelessness. Kim Wilde has a new album out, Closer, and Lighthouse is a light, melodic cherry-pick, and she's doing live gigs and sill sounding fab. Shaboozey's follow-up finally charts, it's pretty catchy, Sam Fender gets his 3rd as well as number one, and The Knocks return with Dragonette. 1 2 1 12 PEOPLE WATCHING - Sam Fender 462900 2 1 1 6 THE PROUD ONE - The Osmonds 425000 3 3 3 9 THE DARK END OF THE STREET - Pet Shop Boys 317850 4 5 1 12 EXTREME WAYS - Armin van Buuren & Moby 1124250 5 25 5 2 HAMMER TO THE HEART - Teddy Swims 78750 6 4 1 11 APT. - ROSE & Bruno Mars 719350 7 18 7 5 MORE THAN A WOMAN - Tavares 110000 8 22 8 2 RIPPLE - Good Neighbours 67500 9 19 9 2 CHASING PARADISE - Kygo & OneRepublic 66000 10 6 1 12 LATE NIGHT PHONE CALL - Reverend And The Makers 1274800 11 7 7 12 ALL YOUR FAULT - Gwen Stefani 265250 12 8 5 5 EUPHORIA - Armin van Buuren, Norma Jean Martine & LAWRENT with Alok 174000 13 11 11 10 CAN’T SLOW DOWN - almost Monday 213000 14 15 14 11 MIDNIGHT TRAIN - Kim Wilde 171100 15 14 14 8 BARBARELLA - Betty Boo 111450 16 29 16 6 BEAUTIFUL THAT WAY - Miley Cyrus 77300 17 57 17 2 PINK PONY CLUB - Chappell Roan 33400 18 10 10 10 TRUCKS - Cars On The Road Cast 206900 19 16 16 9 NIGHTMARE - Geowulf 161750 20 20 20 9 ANOTHER NIGHT - Grace Davies 133000 21 12 3 12 DISCO AT THE STRIP CLUB - Reve 694250 22 13 13 16 TABOO - Kylie Minogue 305300 23 9 9 9 DON’T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC - Tavares 267450 24 17 1 19 YOU AGAIN - The Lottery Winners featuring Reverend And The Makers 1026400 25 27 25 9 LIVE FOREVER - Chesney Hawkes 111750 26 23 4 13 WITHOUT YA - Bakermat featuring Gladys Knight 486050 27 46 27 3 NO BAD VIBES - Jazzy & KILIMANJARO 37650 28 35 28 4 KEEP ME SATISFIED - Jungle 55200 29 33 29 9 BOUQUET - Gwen Stefani 108350 30 50 30 2 A TEAR IN SPACE (AIRLOCK) - Glass Animals 30000 31 21 4 16 FANTASY - JADE 527050 32 26 26 10 LATE ’88 - Deacon Blue 116650 33 28 1 22 NEVER GOING HOME TONIGHT - David Guetta & Alesso featuring Madison Love 1100850 34 32 1 13 SCREAMLAND - Father John Misty 637150 35 63 35 4 LET ME IN - The Osmonds 35900 36 47 36 4 I’M IN LOVE... - Andy Bell featuring Dot Allison and Michael Rother 44000 37 31 8 12 NOW OR NEVER (IT’S MY LIFE) - Bon Jovi x Pitbull 297450 38 66 38 2 CONTROL OF ME - Topic x Daecolm 24000 39 38 38 6 NIGHT OR DAY - Franz Ferdinand 76450 40 65 40 2 FANCY - Artemas 24000 41 42 41 5 GIMME LITTLE SIGN - Brenton Wood 51750 42 30 8 13 DISCO WITCH - LEXXE 335500 43 34 1 22 THE GIRL THAT I CALL HOME - Tears For Fears 1003700 44 36 15 19 HEAVY IS THE CROWN - Linkin Park 295650 45 45 1 22 HEART LIKE MINE - Sam Feldt featuring Rosa Linn 1071000 46 48 46 6 HURT - OneRepublic featuring Jelly Roll 59000 47 37 25 16 SHOULDA LEFT YA - Kylie Minogue 226600 48 40 40 9 YOUR NAME IN LIGHTS - Simple Minds featuring Sarah Brown 97500 49 53 49 8 VIVA L’OPERA - Armin van Buuren featuring Natalie Gioia 58350 50 41 26 9 SUPERSCAR - Adela 146850 51 39 15 13 BACK AT YOUR DOOR - Orville Peck & Debbii Dawson 215050 52 62 52 5 LOVE ME FOR A REASON - The Osmonds 36500 53 55 4 41 FEEL - Pet Shop Boys 1082750 54 60 10 25 DIE WITH A SMILE - Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars 441900 55 72 55 2 MESSY - Lola Young 16400 56 64 56 4 COLD DREAMING - Doves 29400 57 75 57 2 FOLLOW ME - Special Interest featuring Amanda Lear 15400 58 74 58 2 THE KILLING MOON - Echo & The Bunnymen 15400 59 NEW 59 1 DO THINGS MY OWN WAY - Sparks 10100 60 NEW 60 1 HUNT YOU DOWN - ALT BLK ERA 10000 61 NEW 61 1 AS TEARS GO BY - Marianne Faithful 7500 62 NEW 62 1 BORN WITH A BROKEN HEART - Damiano David 7400 63 71 63 2 NO ONE NOTICED - The Marias 13000 64 69 64 2 CRIMINALS - Meghan Trainor 13300 65 NEW 65 1 CRYING, LAUGHING, LOVING, LYING - Labi Siffre 7000 66 68 66 4 HEY YA! - Tom Speight featuring Lydia Clowes 18600 67 NEW 67 1 WAY OUT - Jet Trouble 6600 68 NEW 68 1 THE BALLAD OF LUCY JORDAN - Marianne Faithful 6400 69 70 69 3 BUILD IT UP - Franz Ferdinand 17400 70 59 59 9 NICE TO MEET YOU - Myles Smith 65900 71 NEW 71 1 LIGHTHOUSE - Kim Wilde 5800 72 67 67 3 BLOODSHOT - Enter Shikari 17600 73 NEW 73 1 GOOD NEWS - Shaboozey 5400 74 NEW 74 1 REVELATION - The Knocks & Dragonette 5200 75 NEW 75 1 ARM’S LENGTH - Sam Fender 5000 DROP OUTS 24 5 8 HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL - Tavares 291800 43 39 8 MISERERE - Pet Shop Boys 105600 44 4 17 HIGHER - Tom Grennan 499850 49 12 14 THE FEELING - Rudimental, 1991, PNAU & AR/CO 297200 51 36 8 TANGERINE RAYS - Zedd featuring Bea MIller & Flood 93250 52 2 17 EVIL WOMAN - Duran Duran 545800 54 12 12 I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES - The Jackson Sisters 255050 56 20 12 SOMEONE FOR ME - Kylie Minogue 174400 58 16 13 ALL THE YOUNG DUDES - Pet Shop Boys 199700 61 4 34 BIRDS OF A FEATHER - Billie Eilish 756650 73 71 4 BUG - Fontaines D.C. 21800

Hi SSP! Supernova still exploding, Damiano up, big climb for Blessid Union, must be 30 years since they last were in my charts! Gaga, Gwen, Messy up and Katy Perry in, Franz Ferdinand up, and Shaboozey new in. great chart! B-)

Hi SSP! :) Thanks for the picks! B-)

not much I recognise here, but the number one is nice and good to see a former chart-topper for me (Paula Seling) still active! :cheer:

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Hi AH! :) Hope all is ticking over well! Loving the Marianne Faithful invasion, some of them I dont know and others I know a bit, her 60's hits were never huge on radio and TV in the same way Dusty, Cilla, Petula, Sandie's were so I dont know them as well. Fab chart as always and some more tips for me to buy :lol: cheers! B-)

Hi AH! :) Hope work is mellow! Productive week ta, scanning old slide photos B-) People Watching is pretty exciting, but is a slow burner, needs a lot of plays to click! Snap at PSB's peaking at 3 then :D That was also a slow grower for me, it's quite low key and subtle. APT I overdosed on playing the video a lot, I have a low tolerance for hearing records a lot! :lol: My brother is happy to play the same faves over and over but I reach a saturation point eventually with most. All of the regular oldies in the UK charts I'm done with, I wish theyd go away and some other oldies would get a break! Oops! It's always the new fresh stuff I prefer to hear. Jazzy's hits I didn't really notice much, but this track has got some great afrobeat dance vibes and a catchy tune. Meghan can get samey at times, but she's usually fun, a rarity in these introverted, self-obsessive morose chart hit days, so I usually give her the benefit of the doubt when I play a new record once. Talking of which, Messy is a good track, I just wish APT had beat her to the top spot and while it's on the up for me at the mo, I can see it might start to grate down the line, from over-exposure. Follow Me has BJSC written all over it...no pressure though :lol: thanks as always for the in depth picks and comments B-)

Hey Sven! :) 3 weeks for APT (I think I overplayed it a bit so only 2 weeks for me :lol: ) but Messy poised to take over. Dirty csh holding, Indigo climbing sounds nice from what Ive caught, Euphoria up, Deacon Blue top 40 :cheer: Bubbling under Jazzy/Kilimanjaro, Teddy swims and Jade are top tunes, and in the oldies Dutch chart Rihanna/Calvin, Gotye, Lana Del Ray, Guetta/ Nicki, Guetta/Sia and Train were all huge tracks for me, fab charts! B-)