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Update on OCC website but not the full top 20

Definitely nothing on Radio 1.

I make it that My Heart Will Go On is the 26th song to return to the top spot in the same chart run. Two of those ( I Believe by Frankie Laine and Singing The Blues by Guy Mitchell ) had 3 turns at number 1 in the same chart run.

Congratulations ( sort of ) to Alex Warren as Ordinary is the UKs most popular song for a record equaling 18th week. Golden by Huntr/X / Ejae / Audrey Nuna / Rei Ami number 1 tonight on SCR sales of 42,853. Ordinary by Alex Warren number 9 on ACR sales of 25,438 but if still on SCR, it's sales would be 49,590.

surely Paranoid by Black Sabbath at 32 deserves a play instead of songs that have been around forever like Beautiful Things. Could even dig out the Pops performance from September 1970 and show that.

Confirmation in the sales report that Ordinary by Alex Warren would be number 1 for week 17 if still on SCR ( that includes last week as predicted ) Tonight: Daisies at number 1 on SCR sales of 40,643 Ordinary at number 7 on ACR sales of 27,571 but pre-adjusted sales of 53,884.

3 of the 4 weeks since it left the number 1 spot.

I'm calling it. Alan Jones does not mention it in the sales report, but surely Ordinary by Alex Warren would still be number 1 tonight if not on ACR Dior number 1 on SCR sales of 42,157. Ordinary by Alex Warren number 7 on ACR sales of 27,602.

Who do you think should be presenting these shows ?

Dior by MK featuring Chrystal number 1 tonight on SCR sales of 39,701 Ordinary by Alex Warren number 8 on ACR sales of 26,594 but would still be number 1 if on SCR with sales of 52,191

We have just had the provisional schedule for the 25th July and the 1998 shows continue at 7pm : 7pm - 20th February - Jo Whiley ( Happy 60th Birthday today Jo !! ) 7.30pm - Jayne Middlemiss There will then be a Prom at 8pm and the retro hour from 9.40pm. Hopefully that will be the pattern from now on during Prom season - according to my calculations, BBC4 can finish 1998 on the week before Christmas if there are no more breaks.

Manchild by Sabrina Carpenter number 1 tonight on SCR sales of 45,756. Ordinary by Alex Warren dropped from 1 to 9 on ACR sales of 28,702 but would still be number 1 if on SCR with sales of 56,289.

1998 will return on the 18th July with a double bill at 7pm. 6 February - Zoe Ball presenting 13 February - Jayne Middlemiss presenting

The gap between Never Ever at 1 and Bamboogie at number 2 was in fact 557 sales according to this article on the OCC website. https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-closest-battles-for-number-1-on-the-official-singles-chart__22356/

Tonight we will have the 9th and 16th January shows Next Friday - the 23rd and 30th January shows. We then take a break from 1998 for a fortnight ( cannot see the schedule for 11 July yet ) 27 June Glastonbury 4 July - Test Cricket highlights.

In 1997 a record ( at the time ) 21 songs go straight in at number 1. Too Much was the 88th song to debut at number 1 in UK chart history. There were 213 songs going straight into the top 10 in 1997 beating the 1996 record of 176. How different things are in the streaming era when we have only had 18 son gs go straight into the top 10 after 5 months of 2025.

Fun fact Up to this point in 1997, the number of songs going straight into the top 10 was 199. That is way ahead of last year's record total of 176 with 5 charts still to go.

In that case, Beautiful Things ( currently 27 top 10 weeks ) will overtake All I Want For Christmas Is You ( 49 top 10 weeks ) !!

Messy drops to number 11 tonight. Its ACR sales are 22,188 - however it would still be number 1 if on SCR with pre-adjusted sales of 42,705 compared to Pink Pony Club at number 1 with sales of 39,032.

Pink Pony Club by Chappell Roan number 1 tonight on sales of 38,645. Messy by Lola Young on ACR at number 7 on sales of 23,715 but would be number 1 again if still on SCR on pre-adjusted sales of 45,307.

On tonight's chart, Not Like Us by Kendrick Lamar is number 1 on sales of 37,456. Messy by Lola Young has gone to ACR this week on sales of 23,069 at number 9, however if still on SCR, Messy would be number 1 on pre-adjusted sales of 44,442.

FYI - BBC4 will not be showing the episode on the 28th March 1997 due to I Belive I Can Fly playing over the chart rundown. They will also skip the 3 weeks the song was at number 1 - 11 , 18 , 25 April shows.

A lot of the archive up to and including 1975 was wiped as the BBC used to reuse tapes and it was only in 1976 that the BBC changed policy and started keeping the tapes which is why the repeats on BBC4 started with April 1976 back in 2011. Only occasional episodes and performances exist in the years before 1976 which is why you keep seeing the same old clips again and again on retro compilations - eg T Rex and Elton on Hot Love and Rod Stewart with John Peel on Maggie May where he played football. As for 1975 , apart from the 5 episodes we will see, 5 other episodes exist in the BBC as complete recordings - one of those is an off air recording, presumably someone at home recorded the show - ita s DLT show so we wont see it anyway ( we did see an off air recording of David Hamilton's last show in March 1977 ). Of the other 4 episodes that exist in full and could be shown, 3 are presented by Savile and the other 1 is presented by Savile and DLT so they won't be shown. It really was staggering that Savile presented so many shows ( over 270 ) when he didn't give a sh** about the music or artists - it was all about him.

The other episode from 1975 that can be broadcast - the 28th August show with Tony Blackburn - will be shown on the 24th January at 8.55pm according to the provisional schedule just released. Line up (19) KENNY – Julie-Ann (2) ROD STEWART – Sailing (video) (29) THE EAGLES – One Of These Nights (danced to by Pan’s People) (39) DESMOND DEKKER – Sing A Little Song (13) JASPER CARROTT – Funky Moped (NEW) GILBERT O’SULLIVAN – I’ll Believe It When I See It (20) HOT CHOCOLATE – A Child’s Prayer (NEW) PETER SKELLERN – She Gives Me Hard Times (12) BIMBO JET – El Bimbo (Performed by the TOTP Orchestra) (6) BILLIE JO SPEARS – Blanket On The Ground (video) (42) CHRIS SPEDDING – Motor Biking (1) THE STYLISTICS – Can’t Give You Anything (But My Love) (video) (9) MIKE BATT with THE NEW EDITION – Summertime City (and credits)

Over the past couple of years we have seen a marked increase the number of songs going straight into the top 10 - largely due to HMV selling CD singles for 1.99 on the week of release before increasing to 3.99 from week 2 onwards. Why wait until week 2 to buy a single at double the price ? Straight into the Top 10 by Year 1985 – 11 1986 – 9 1987 – 19 1988 – 20 1989 – 30 1990 – 24 1991 – 43 1992 – 60 1993 – 71 1994 – 74 1995 – 110 1996 – 176 How many songs will go straight into the top 10 in 1997 ?