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Have we had the lead singers of the two biggest boy bands of the 90s yet?

Competition for what, the No.36 spot?!? :P Only kidding, will probably do alright but third release from album is unlikely to chart that high.

Fantastic commentary and the obscure facts are very interesting to read! Please keep it up. I get the impression from replies on this thread that people are favouring Ben's commentary which is unfair. This is great work and I look forward to reading it every week!

More to the point.....what song is Peter Kay gonna pop up with, putting the "official" song to shame?

Oh dear....I sense "Walk This Way" level of sales....... If you're gonna go down the cheesy cover route, at least choose a cheesy song to cover.

Aaah always pipped at the post! :lol:

I wonder when the other two Band Aids are going to enter the chart?? :P

At the end of the day, these "consecutive run" records will continue to appear but most of them will have footnotes or exceptions, ie *excluding album tracks or *excluding unofficial singles or, in Girls Aloud's case, *excluding one single which we don't count because it didn't make Top 10 :wacko: As I have said before, artists charting album tracks or unofficial singles are probably proud of the fact that they are popular enough to do so and don't give a damn about "records". It is just the obssessive fans (you know who you are!) who care.

Whose song do you count it as then?? :P

Oasis should take advantage of the confusion to enjoy what will probably be their last day at No.1 in the singles chart! :P

Yep.....Good to see Mambo at No.5! :P

David Jordan? Soul'ja Boy?

Dear God, the midweek charts aren't even out yet and the thread is already full of tedious Girls Aloud and Sugababes banter :( Its not like the warning on page one isn't big enough is it?

I think it is quite a compliment to Peter Kay's charitable output that you assume all his releases are for charity......

Thanks for the intelligent response. News is news whatever it happens to be about whether its about war, politics or the music charts, I would argue that the point is the same. To not want an update because it might be "boring" is ridiculous. If you don't like then do as the majority of people say and don't read it, in the same way you wouldn't buy a newspaper.

I couldn't agree less. Do you think we should only publish newspapers twice a week because too much news is boring?!?! :wacko:

Oh dear how tacky. Why don't they just turn into a Beatles tribute band and be done with it? :blink:

"Inside" by Stiltskin in 1994.

I agree totally, I can't believe how much this track has grown on me, although the best part is still Calvin Harris. I guess I just had to get past Dizzee's godawful contribution to Band Aid to appreciate Dance Wiv Me!

Thank you for demonstrating your level of intelligence by turning an interesting discussion into one where you call me a "prune". Again, if you DO YOUR RESEARCH, you will find that people ARE buying the Lynrrd Skynryd original where otherwise they wouldn't, hence it's appearance in the charts in the last month.

What a strange comment. It doesn't rip it off at all...it samples it. If you do your research you will find that the writers from Lynryd Skynyrd are give appropriate credit, as is Warren Zevon.

Can anyone shed any light as to why "Africa" by Toto is No.2 in the Irish Itunes charts? Seems rather random but I'm sure there is some reason for it.

Aren't there rules in place against these pages and pages of McFly hate, or do those only apply when people are slagging off Girls Aloud?

Most Successful Acts Not To Have A Number 1 Single Depeche Mode have had most Top 40 hits without making No. 1 (42 of them up to Nov 2006). In fact, they've never risen above No. 4. Billy Fury has spent 231 weeks on the Top 40. No other artist has spent longer on the chart without making No. 1. His best chart placing was Number 2 for "Jealousy" in 1961. Special mention must also go to Sash! who has made Number 2 on five occasions. No other artist has been 'runner up' with so many singles without ever making it to Number 1. (Jon) Bon Jovi has featured on twenty Top 10 singles but never made the number 1 position. Three hits behind, Janet Jackson has appeared on seventeen Top 10 singles without reaching the top spot. from Everyhit.com

give a prize to that man!