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Lol! It would be interesting to see that definition of a "hit" applied to chart history! And just for the record, I remember Smiley Faces and like it....and let's not forget they have a current Top 40 hit too.

Spare a thought for poor Daniel Powter who is currently consigned to the one hit wonder category due to a chart exclusion. His follow up, Free Loop contained a version of Bad Day, and as the latter was still charting, his second single was removed from the charts!

I think this has just been done on "Pop on Trial" on TV.

And, as a small addition to this......"Jack Your Body" by Steve Silk Hurley SHOULD (according to chart rules at the time) have been excluded from the chart for an overlong running time. For some reason however, it wasn't and made No.1.

You bring songs back to the past? Does your band have a time machine? Are you Bill or Ted?

I used to own Now 8 and Now 9 on CD......but sold them for £80 each on e-bay a few years back! ch-ching :D

You have to admire how thoroughly Spice Girls fans do their research! :P

2007-08 Eric Prydz vs Floyd Proper Education Jan 2007 Notes Just Jack Starz In Their Eyes Jan 2007 Fall Out Boy This Ain't A Scene It's An Arms Race Feb 2007 Gwen Stefani featuring Akon The Sweet Escape Feb 2007 Avril Lavigne Girlfriend Mar 2007 Arctic Monkeys Brianstorm Apr 2007 Mark Ronson featuring Daniel Merriweather Stop Me Apr 2007 Manic Street Preachers Your Love Alone Is Not Enough May 2007 Maroon 5 Makes Me Wonder May 2007 Mutya Buena Real Girl May 2007 White Stripes Icky Thump Jun 2007 Lee Mead Any Dream Will Do Jun 2007 Fergie Big Girls Don't Cry Jun 2007 Kate Nash Foundations Jul 2007 Plain White T's Hey There Delilah Aug 2007 50 Cent featuring Justin Timberlake & Timbaland Ayo Technology Aug 2007 Shayne Ward No U Hang Up / If That's OK With You Oct 2007 Ida Corr vs Fedde Le Grand Let Me Think About It Oct 2007 Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse Valerie Oct 2007 Take That Rule The World Nov 2007 Nickelback Rockstar Nov 2007 T2 featuring Jodie Aysha Heartbroken Nov 2007 Soulja Boy Tellem Crank That (Soulja Boy) Dec 2007 Britney Spears Piece Of Me Jan 2008 Adele Chasing Pavements Jan 2008 H Two O featuring Platnum What’s It Gonna Be Feb 2008 From Everyhit.co.uk

My God.....Baby's Coming Back by Mcfly (A No.1 last year) was No.168 of the year! Outsold by Eye of the Tiger!!!

Lol, yeah sure okay. I should know better now than to argue with a fan on these forums over logic and fact. Just one question....is Wings the same as the Beatles??? One of the members is the same after all.....

:wacko: Well lets be honest....only one member has survived. They are barely the same band.

I think the most successful one of these campaigns so far was "Honey To The B" By Billie wasn't it?

Is this debate still going on? I think my statement about Girls Aloud fans being hardcore is being proved quite well! As for the "single" issue, as I have stated before, by definition, it is a SINGLE track on whatever media it happens to be on (The word SINGLE is the giveaway here), whether it was vinyl, CD, cassette or download. Granted most come packaged with B-sides and remixes but this is purely incentive to buy the single track released by the record company. The Girls Aloud track in question HAS been OFFICIALLY released by the record company, otherwise I would imagine Apple would be on the end of a rather hefty lawsuit right now. Promotion is not a question here....there has never been a stipulation in the charts that a record must be promoted to make the chart. But, I would also imagine that there WOULD be a clause in any "record books" that the track was a "download only" track and may not ruin this increasingly meaningless record that particular board members seem desperate to cling on to. I'd imagine none of the members of the band or their management would lose any sleep if the record came to an end!! I do not either hate nor like Girls Aloud, but personally I would find it hysterical if their next "official" release missed the top ten after all this furore! :P

eh?? Where did you read "awful" in my post?!?

Which leads to another question.....what exactly IS a single?? As i said in another thread, isn't a single just a "single" track.....therefore download surely would count???

Although referring to the discussion on the first page....if you buy into the whole "unofficial releases don't count" argument, the Beatles would have had 11 consecutive. Also I believe Westlife hold the record for most consecutive Top 5 hits.

Fair enough, but I don't think there are many people slating them for managing to chart a song without ANY publicity or a video....! Surely it's a testament to their popularity that they can chart songs in this manner. And I'm sure each member is pocketing a nice bit of cash from the sales of St Trinians so don't shed too many tears for them, eh? :P

Why turn this into a personal war against Girls Aloud? It's simply a discussion on chart records. I already acknowledged in the other thread the Beatles situation so can't we just let it lie and see what happens if another Guinness Book is released. It doesn't matter greatly anyway because Madonna (I believe) holds the ACTUAL record for consecutive Top 10 hits. Girls Aloud will only be mentioned if you start watering down the feat to individual TYPES of acts. Jeeze you fans are really hardcore aren't you?!!?

Maybe people aren't interested because it doesn't rip off the melody of a 60s/70s song like their previous two singles! :P

Leona should be Number 1 because she has sold the most this week :wacko:

That sounds totally pointless...... just re-release th original!

Isn't this missing Oasis at No.1???

In that case we can back 2 months and say Rihanna.

Does anyone know what position David Ford got to in the Album chart in the end?

The chart was a Top 50 until 1978, so yes.