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2024 and 2025 added :)

Line up for 24 April - Undressed - Sombr (19), Mutt - Leon Thomas (17), Messy - Lola Young (15), Nice to Meet You - Myles Smith (12), Love Me Not - Ravyn Lenae (10), Bad Dreams - Teddy Swims (9). Sports Car - Tate McRae (5), Ordinary - Alex Warren (1)

They must be on Facebook or something at least!

What were the weekly sales for Bingo when it peaked btw? Have had that in my head all day today!

Line up for 17 April - Die with a Smile - Lady Gaga / Bruno Mars (24), End of the World - Miley Cyrus (23), That’s So True - Gracie Abrams (22), Sorry I’m Here for Someone Else - Benson Boone (21), Caramel - Sleep Token (10), Show Me Love - Wizthemc / Bees & Honey (8), Azizam - Ed Sheeran (3), Ordinary - Alex Warren (1)

No it will never happen ever ever again. Hell will freeze over and the four horseman of the apocalypse will march upon us before it happens lol

I believe there is only one other song to sell a million units in one chart week. (Don’t want to spoiler it ofc).

Interesting to note that Tubthumping may very well have climbed back up to #2 if wasn’t for Diana’s death!

Line up for 10 April - Dilemma - Nemz / Central Cee (39), Tell Me - Sonny Fodera / Clementine Douglas (36), Back to Friends - Sombr (35), Mutt - Leon Thomas (22), Love Me Not - Ravyn Lenae (15), Nokia - Drake (10), Twilight Zone - Ariana Grande (5), Ordinary - Alex Warren (1)

Running Up That Hill? (Or is the 2012 remix technically a different song)

Line up for 3 April - Messy - Lola Young (13), Nice to Meet You - Myles Smith (11), Bad Dreams - Teddy Swims (9), Abracadabra - Lady Gaga (8), Sports Car - Tate McRae (6), Beautiful Things - Benson Boone (4), Pink Pony Club - Chappell Roan (2), Ordinary - Alex Warren (1)

If you genuinely can’t cope with listening to Lose Control once every week, there’s probably bigger than problems than the length of the chart show to consider.

Why don’t they start an hour earlier so they can play the entire top 40 in full?

Radio 2’s demographic is much younger than you think - it’s basically millennials now.

Line up for 27 March - Dark Thoughts - Lil Tecca (30), For Now - Jade (25), Nokia - Drake (19), Emergence - Sleep Token (17), Evil Jordan - Playboi Carti (7), Busy Woman - Sabrina Carpenter (6), Anxiety - Doechi (3), Ordinary - Alex Warren (1)