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Best new song this week, the wonderful Taxes by Geese!

I agree except that Humbug includes my favourite Arctic Monkeys song, Cornerstone….., but that’s probably just me! 🤣

No problem, if that happens could I have Stevie Nicks as my reserve +1 vote and move all my others up 1 place please?

+25 Something Good Can Work - Two Door Cinema Club +24 Fade Into You - Mazzy Star +23 Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses +22 Ride - Twenty One Pilots +21 In My Life - The Beatles +20 Acquiesce - Oasis +19 A-Punk - Vampire Weekend +18 Psycho Killer - Talking Heads +17 Perfect Day - Lou Reed +16 Baba O’Riley -The Who +15 Blackbird - The Beatles +14 Tribute - Tenacious D +13 Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison +12 Ain’t No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell +11 Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver +10 You Make My Dreams (Come True) - Daryl Hall & John Oates +9 Heads Will Roll - Yeah Yeah Yeahs +8 Believer - Imagine Dragons +7 Forever Young -Alphaville +6 On Melancholy Hill - Gorillaz +5 Unstoppable - Sia +4 We Will Rock You - Queen +3 It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You) - The 1975 +2 Charlemagne - Blossoms +1 I Was Made For Lovin’ You - Kiss

Yeah maybe I was being a bit too sarcastic😂. More seriously though, is this the right place to share something new that you feel others might be interested in, especially if it’s a song/artist that’s less well known?

I apologise for posting this amongst the Oasis stuff but I’ve become ever so slightly obsessed with this fantastic country ballad released on Wednesday so felt I had to share it. Starts off simply but then grows into this magnificent Pogues or Dexys like crescendo. It’s absolutely beautiful. Maybe any Zach Bryan fans might like it?

Thank you that’s great! Sorry, I got quite a few of my initial estimates wrong this time, so I’m very grateful for your help. Great to see Good luck, Babe! get the number 1 though. Like you, I checked and double checked the figures with the feeling that it couldn’t be ahead of Billie since their positions seem to be reversed in all the other cumulative lists. As jimwatts says it’s odd to see a top 2 that didn’t reach a weekly number one. Reminds me of ‘Love The Way You Lie’ being end of year number 1 back in the day. Sabrina’s great 12 months is reflected in 3 songs in the top 7 (4 in the top 30). Will her new album be as successful I wonder? Hopefully if we do an end of Q3 list it will be a bit fresher though. Are we expecting Alex to have ascended to number 1 by then?

I’ve had a go at another rolling 12 month best sellers list, this time July ‘24 to June ‘25 (end of Q2). Thanks again to you all on this thread for any data I’ve adapted. I’m hoping the top 30 are fairly accurate but any corrections/comments are very welcome. In particular some of the sales totals are very close this time (particularly at the top) so any errors could easily affect the positions. I struggled a bit more with trying to get accurate sales figures for positions 30-40 when a lot of the older songs become a factor, so if anyone can help with those I would be very grateful. I estimate Iris plus Carry You Home, maybe Red Wine Supernova and Dreams, and obviously Mr Brightside are in there somewhere! 1 Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe! 1.565m 2 Billie Eilish - Birds Of A Feather 1.561m 3 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso 1.551m 4 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 1.430m 5 Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile 1.390m 6 Sabrina Carpenter - Taste 1.350m 7 Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please 1.317m 8 Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) 1.293m 9 Rose & Bruno Mars - APT. 1.290m 10 Gracie Abrams - That’s So True 1.260m 11 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 1.260m 12 Teddy Swims - Lose Control 1.260m 13 Post Malone ft Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help 1.260m 14 Myles Smith - Stargazing 1.219m 15 Teddy Swims - The Door 1.118m 16 Lola Young - Messy 1.170m 17 Gigi Perez - Sailor Song 1.170m 18 Hozier - Too Sweet 1.168m 19 Alex Warren - Ordinary 1.096m 20 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 1.040m 21 Chappell Roan - Hot To Go 1.025m 22 Bl3ss & CamrinWatsin ft BbyClose - Kisses 1.000m 23 Dasha - Austin 0.959m 24 Sonny Fodera, Jazzy & D.O.D. - Somedays 0.880m 25 Billie Eilish - Wildflower 0.860m 26 Chrystal - The Days 0.850m 27 Gracie Abrams - I Love You, I’m Sorry 0.850m 28 Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us 0.824m 29 Sabrina Carpenter - Bad Chem 0.79m 30 Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams 0.77m Interestingly the 2024 year end and the likely 2025 year end number ones are sitting together in the middle of the list, perhaps suggesting what I suspected, that a January to December list is no longer fully reflecting the biggest songs of the year in the streaming era.

Am I right in saying there’s still 5 songs on track for a second year of a million sales? I know the sales might drop off before year end but it would be unprecedented if it continued. Benson looking the most likely to achieve it, and join an exclusive club atm though.

+25 Let It Happen - Tame Impala +24 I Follow Rivers - Lykke Li +23 Where Is My Mind? - Pixies +22 Mardy Bum - Arctic Monkeys +21 The Sound Of Silence - Simon And Garfunkel +20 Wouldn’t It Be Nice - The Beach Boys +19 Swimming Pools (Drank) - Kendrick Lamar +18 Intro - The xx +17 One Way Or Another - Blondie +16 Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones +15 Changes - David Bowie +14 To Build A Home - The Cinematic Orchestra +13 The Chain - Fleetwood Mac +12 Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles +11 Champagne Supernova - Oasis +10 Walking On A Dream - Empire Of The Sun +9 Isn’t She Lovely - Stevie Wonder +8 Cold Little Heart - Michael Kiwanuka +7 Tiny Dancer - Elton John +6 Wild World - Yusuf/Cat Stevens +5 Hypersonic Missiles - Sam Fender +4 9 to 5 - Dolly Parton +3 Summer of ‘69 - Bryan Adams +2 Somebody Else - The 1975 +1 Lost - Frank Ocean

I’m afraid I’ve lost 10 songs and it’s a shame Redbone went out on the tiebreaker. Not too disappointed though as I think there’s so many great songs left. Really enjoying the write ups and already looking forward to the semi finals. Thanks!

No problem, I’m amazed you’re able to keep track of all these stats in the first place! As you say it’s a great song and at least it’s meant I’ve been listening to it, and the Beastie Boys in general again, after not hearing it/them for a while. Really enjoying the results so far though, thanks for your great work!

So hard to choose, so I went for my favourite song for each artist to be able to fit more in. Also it’s great to be able to put in a Beach Boys song in tribute to the genius of Brian Wilson. +30 Let It Happen - Tame Impala +29 Something Good Can Work - Two Door Cinema Club +28 I Follow Rivers - Lykke Li +27 Fade Into You - Mazzy Star +26 Where Is My Mind? - Pixies +25 Come And Get Your Love - Redbone +24 Mardy Bum - Arctic Monkeys +23 The Sound Of Silence - Simon And Garfunkel +22 King Kunta - Kendrick Lamar +21 Sabotage - Beastie Boys +20 Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses +19 Figure It Out - Royal Blood +18 Intro - The xx +17 Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A +16 Ride - Twenty One Pilots +15 In My Life - The Beatles +14 Acquiesce - Oasis +13 For What It’s Worth - Buffalo Springfield +12 One Way Or Another - Blondie +11 Baby Can I Hold You - Tracy Chapman +10 Changes - David Bowie +9 A-Punk - Vampire Weekend +8 To Build A Home - The Cinematic Orchestra +7 What’s The Difference - Dr Dre Eminem Xzibit +6 Psycho Killer - Talking Heads +5 Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones +4 Wouldn’t It Be Nice - The Beach Boys +3 Pink And White - Frank Ocean +2 Space Song - Beach House +1 Perfect Day - Lou Reed

What a great idea for a rate! Just got back from my hols so will sort out my votes ASAP.

New Pulp is fantastic! 2 from 2 so far. Great to have them back.