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At least it gives him a break from sleepless nights over what should have opened Now albums.

I always thought it was a Dojo Cat.

5 year old brain here!

End-of-Year chart coming!

Not as many festive favourites as usual but still a decent showing. Sorry Kylie, you released your MP3 too late and I go back 30 days. I don't make the rules up. Oh hang on, I do. THIS WEEK'S TOP 40 01 (01) Robyn: Dopamine (24-5-1-1-1) 02 (11) South Arcade: Drive Myself Home (36-22-11-2) 03 (14) kwn: Do What I Say (36-14-3) 04 (08) HAVEN. ft. Kaitlin Aragon: I Run (26-8-4) 05 (03) Tate McRae: NOBODY’S GIRL (40-17-3-5) 06 (02) Fred Again..,Sammy Virji & Reggie: Talk of the Town (8-5-2-6) 07 (12) Sonny Fodera, D.O.D & Poppy Baskcomb: Think About Us (23-14-16-3-9-12-7) 08 (07) Yeat: COMË N GO (36-10-4-7-8) 09 (NE) Kylie Minogue: XMAS (9) 10 (13) Amber Mark with Anderson .Paak: Don’t Remind Me (29-13-13-10) 11 (04) Wet Leg: Pokemon (26-9-3-4-11) 12 (06) Charli xcx: Chains of Love (35-17-7-6-12) 13 (05) Florence + The Machine: Sympathy Magic (27-13-6-2-5-13) 14 (09) Geese: Cobra (19-8-9-14) 15 (17) EsDeeKid: Century (34-27-34-16-17-15) 16 (16) Josh Baker ft. The Egyptian Lover & Rome Fortune: Dr Feel Right (33-16-16) 17 (30) Band Aid: Do They Know It’s Christmas? (26-18-6-xx-40-17-32-xx-35-23-xx-34-xx-18-3-12-xx-30-17) 18 (19) Katy Parry: Bandaids (38-29-19-18) 19 (37) Sub Focus: Elevate (37-19) 20 (10) Hayley WIlliams: Good Ol’ Days (38-x-15-6-10-20) 21 (21) Dave ft. Tems: Raindance (24-13-2-3-1-12-21-21) 22 (NE) keiyaA: k.i.s.s. (22) 23 (18) The Wombats: Holy Sugar (37-xx-18-18-23) 24 (31) D-Block Europe: Bad Luck (31-24) 25 (22) Alessi Rose: First Original Thought (33-29-18-10-22-25) 26 (32) Maisie Peters: Say My Name In Your Sleep (32-26) 27 (RE) Chris Rea: Driving Home For Christmas (39-18-14-21-xx-26-33-xx-37-xx-10-xx-27) 28 (NE) Slade: Merry Xmas Everybody (32-xx-28) 29 (36) Sadie Jean: The One That I Want (But I Don’t Know Why) (36-29) 30 (NE) Rose Grey: Wet & Wild (feat. DUDA BEAT) (30) 31 (15) KETTAMA: Man With The Second Face (40-33-22-25-15-31) 32 (20) Paige Tomlinson: Listen To Me (31-20-32) 33 (NE) Kneecap ft. Sub Focus: No Comment (33) 34 (NE) Jade: cHuRcH (34) 35 (29) FKA Twigs: HARD (29-35) 36 (NE) Sam Fender: The Treadmill (36) 37 (23) Nia Archives: Maia Maia (31-11-23-37) 38 (39) HUGEL & SOLTO (FR): Jamaican (Bam Bam) (39-39-38) 39 (34) Mr Blobby: Mr Blobby (34-39) 40 (RE) Jona Lewie: Stop The Cavalry (39-18-14-9-10-xx-38-xx-21-xx-40) OUT 24 (28) The Stone Roses: Fools Gold (37-28-24) 25 (34) Rosalía & Yahritza y Su Esencia: La Perla (34-25) 26 (21) PinkPantheress: Stateside (17-9-7-5-8-16-21-26) 27 (15) oskar med k ft. Khalid: nobody (make me feel) (26-14-4-4-4-15-27) 28 (NE) Chloe Qisha: So Sad So Hot (28) 33 (NE) Holly Humberstone: Die Happy (33) 35 (32) Royel Otis: Who’s Your Boyfriend (39-32-35) 38 (NE) Sienna Spiro: Die On This Hill (38) 40 (14) Lily Allen: Madeleine (34-18-6-2-2-14-40)

I'm going on my last.fm stats from May 2008 - December 2025 here but feel free to do it anyway you like! 1) Manic Street Preachers – 7,498 plays 2) Pet Shop Boys – 4,204 3) New Order – 3,180 4) The Cure – 2,288 5) Kylie Minogue – 2,215 6) Future of the Left – 2,010 7) Cancelled West – 1,923 8) Lana Del Rey – 1,772 9) Calvin Harris – 1,765 10) Radiohead – 1,752 11) R.E.M. – 1,736 12) Gorillaz – 1,641 13) Blur – 1,596 14) Foals – 1,588 15) David Bowie – 1,514 16) Eminem – 1,490 17) Sam Fender – 1,483 18) Mclusky – 1,423 19) Interpol – 1,360 20) Everything Everything – 1,317 21) Arctic Monkeys – 1,315 22) Lady Gaga – 1,300 23) The Beatles – 1,291 24) Muse – 1,289 25) The Smiths – 1,253 26) The Prodigy – 1,246 27) Madonna – 1,213 28) Jessie Ware – 1,205 29) U2 – 1,189 30) Michael Jackson – 1,178 31) Depeche Mode – 1,170 32) Taylor Swift – 1,158 33) Pulp – 1,134 34) Two Door Cinema Club – 1,124 35) Queen – 1,098 36) The National – 1,098 37) Metronomy – 1,097 38) Dizzee Cancelled – 1,091 39) Oasis – 1,089 40) David Guetta – 1,068 And Merry Christmas!

Just wanna say thank you to everyone who made this happen. As I said before, I Should Be So Lucky is one of the first megahits I remember and Kylie is one of two acts from that time who have stayed around and not had a huge drop in quality since, the other being the Pet Shop Boys, but I don't think they're getting another Christmas #1 somehow. And the only reason almost all her singles from the past 15 years haven't been all over that station with a '1' in its name is her age. Music's Too Sad Without You sounded a bit old admittedly. I thought Padam Padam getting to #8 was magnificent, but THIS? Would you have even dreamed of it two months ago? WHAT A DAY!

"...given it's red colour lol" One more week of this and I'm off back to black!

Tune tbf, that was back to peak Gaga. My eyes would have rolled back in ecstasy. Wish Katy Perry would do one like that!

Merry Christmas to you both and all other HiyaLuv chart followers by the way!

Yep, when I saw it was finally on streaming and I knew I just HAD to get it in there! Kylie possibly coming for an iconic 1-OUT chart run next week.

Don't think I'll ever get the huge popularity of Man I Need. Sounds like a Sade b-side from 1986. Not that I don't like Sade.

Not sure this is even in Sam Fender's 25 best songs but people love it!

Only 15 songs to fit inside 70 minutes.

1/100 now! Absolutely kicking myself for not putting the tenner on at 7/1 the other day!

THIS WEEK'S TOP 40 01 (01) Robyn: Dopamine (24-5-1-1) Christmas #1 2025 02 (05) Fred Again..,Sammy Virji & Reggie: Talk of the Town (8-5-2) 03 (17) Tate McRae: NOBODY’S GIRL (40-17-3) 04 (03) Wet Leg: Pokemon (26-9-3-4) 05 (02) Florence + The Machine: Sympathy Magic (27-13-6-2-5) 06 (07) Charli xcx: Chains of Love (35-17-7-6) 07 (04) Yeat: COMË N GO (36-10-4-7) 08 (26) HAVEN. ft. Kaitlin Aragon: I Run (26-8) 09 (08) Geese: Cobra (19-8-9) 10 (06) Hayley WIlliams: Good Ol’ Days (38-x-15-6-10) 11 (22) South Arcade: Drive Myself Home (36-22-11) 12 (09) Sonny Fodera, D.O.D & Poppy Baskcomb: Think About Us (23-14-16-3-9-12) 13 (13) Amber Mark with Anderson .Paak: Don’t Remind Me (29-13-13) 14 (36) kwn: Do What I Say (36-14) 15 (25) KETTAMA: Man With The Second Face (40-33-22-25-15) 16 (33) Josh Baker ft. The Egyptian Lover & Rome Fortune: Dr Feel Right (33-16) 17 (16) EsDeeKid: Century (34-27-34-16-17) 18 (18) The Wombats: Holy Sugar (37-xx-18-18) 19 (29) Katy Parry: Bandaids (38-29-19) 20 (31) Paige Tomlinson: Listen To Me (31-20) 21 (12) Dave ft. Tems: Raindance (24-13-2-3-1-12-21) 22 (10) Alessi Rose: First Original Thought (33-29-18-10-22) 23 (11) Nia Archives: Maia Maia (31-11-23) 24 (28) The Stone Roses: Fools Gold (37-28-24) 25 (34) Rosalía & Yahritza y Su Esencia: La Perla (34-25) 26 (21) PinkPantheress: Stateside (17-9-7-5-8-16-21-26) 27 (15) oskar med k ft. Khalid: nobody (make me feel) (26-14-4-4-4-15-27) 28 (NE) Chloe Qisha: So Sad So Hot (28) 29 (NE) FKA Twigs: HARD (29) 30 (RE) Band Aid: Do They Know It’s Christmas? (26-18-6-xx-40-17-32-xx-35-23-xx-34-xx-18-3-12-xx-30) 31 (NE) D-Block Europe: Bad Luck (31) 32 (NE) Maisie Peters: Say My Name In Your Sleep (32) 33 (NE) Holly Humberstone: Die Happy (33) 34 (NE) Mr Blobby: Mr Blobby (34) 35 (32) Royel Otis: Who’s Your Boyfriend (39-32-35) 36 (NE) Sadie Jean: The One That I Want (But I Don’t Know Why) (36) 37 (NE) Sub Focus: Elevate (37) 38 (NE) Sienna Spiro: Die On This Hill (38) 39 (39) HUGEL & SOLTO (FR): Jamaican (Bam Bam) (39-39) 40 (14) Lily Allen: Madeleine (34-18-6-2-2-14-40) OUT 19 (20) Sam Fender & Elton John: Talk To You (37-11-17-13-10-20-19) 20 (11) Sleaford Mods ft. Gwendoline Christie: The Good Life (40-23-18-11-20) 23 (13) John Summit ft. Inéz: Crystallized (38-21-9-13-23) 24 (28) Charlotte de Witte: Hymn (40-28-24) 27 (12) Turnstile: I CARE (24-6-12-27) 30 (33) ROSALÍA ft. Björk & Yves Tumor: Berghain (37-23-33-30) 35 (07) Artemas: Superstar (38-7-3-2-1-1-7-35) 37 (14) Lorde: Favourite Daughter (16-10-8-14-14-37) 38 (32) Lily Allen: Pussy Palace (31-x-32-38) 40 (35) Biffy Clyro: Goodbye (35-40)

I Should Be So Lucky was one of the first few #1s I ever remember, it's absolutely extraordinary she's still relevant after all this time. I was fecking FIVE then! Might see if I can stretch to another MP3.

Regretting not putting a tenner on when it was 7/1!

That's Xmas (Amazon Music Original) purchased and ready to play via Spotify Mobile. That took some doing, can't remember the last time I bought an MP3 from Amazon, or anywhere else for that matter!

Great to see Robyn up to A-list even after all these years and excited about F-C-U-K-ers (already had a decent run on my personal chart) and Sub Focus.

THIS WEEK'S TOP 40 01 (05) Robyn: Dopamine (24-5-1) 02 (08) Florence + The Machine: Sympathy Magic (27-13-6-2) 03 (09) Wet Leg: Pokemon (26-9-3) 04 (10) Yeat: COMË N GO (36-10-4) 05 (08) Fred Again..,Sammy Virji & Reggie: Talk of the Town (8-5) 06 (15) Hayley WIlliams: Good Ol’ Days (38-x-15-6) 07 (17) Charli xcx: Chains of Love (35-17-7) 08 (19) Geese: Cobra (19-8) 09 (03) Sonny Fodera, D.O.D & Poppy Baskcomb: Think About Us (23-14-16-3-9) 10 (18) Alessi Rose: First Original Thought (33-29-18-10) 11 (31) Nia Archives: Maia Maia (31-11) 12 (01) Dave ft. Tems: Raindance (24-13-2-3-1-12) 13 (29) Amber Mark with Anderson .Paak: Don’t Remind Me (29-13) 14 (02) Lily Allen: Madeleine (34-18-6-2-2-14) 15 (04) oskar med k ft. Khalid: nobody (make me feel) (26-14-4-4-4-15) 16 (34) EsDeeKid: Century (34-27-34-16) 17 (40) Tate McRae: NOBODY’S GIRL (40-17) 18 (RE) The Wombats: Holy Sugar (37-xx-18) 19 (20) Sam Fender & Elton John: Talk To You (37-11-17-13-10-20-19) 20 (11) Sleaford Mods ft. Gwendoline Christie: The Good Life (40-23-18-11-20) 21 (16) PinkPantheress: Stateside (17-9-7-5-8-16-21) 22 (36) South Arcade: Drive Myself Home (36-22) 23 (13) John Summit ft. Inéz: Crystallized (38-21-9-13-23) 24 (28) Charlotte de Witte: Hymn (40-28-24) 25 (22) KETTAMA: Man With The Second Face (40-33-22-25) 26 (NE) HAVEN. ft. Kaitlin Aragon: I Run (26) 27 (12) Turnstile: I CARE (24-6-12-27) 28 (37) The Stone Roses: Fools Gold (37-28) 29 (38) Katy Parry: Bandaids (38-29) 30 (33) ROSALÍA ft. Björk & Yves Tumor: Berghain (37-23-33-30) 31 (NE) Paige Tomlinson: Listen To Me (31) 32 (39) Royel Otis: Who’s Your Boyfriend (39-32) 33 (NE) Josh Baker ft. The Egyptian Lover & Rome Fortune: Dr Feel Right (33) 34 (NE) Rosalía & Yahritza y Su Esencia: La Perla (34) 35 (07) Artemas: Superstar (38-7-3-2-1-1-7-35) 36 (NE) kwn: Do What I Say (36) 37 (14) Lorde: Favourite Daughter (16-10-8-14-14-37) 38 (32) Lily Allen: Pussy Palace (31-x-32-38) 39 (NE) HUGEL & SOLTO (FR): Jamaican (Bam Bam) (39) 40 (35) Biffy Clyro: Goodbye (35-40) OUT 21 (05) EsDeeKid & Rico Ace: Phantom (10-9-7-5-21) 23 (15) Fcukers: I Like It Like That (36-21-19-15-23) 24 (30) Danny Brown: Copycats (32-30-24) 25 (07) Tkandz & CXSPER: NOW OR NEVER (14-15-9-7-25) 26 (12) Tame Impala: Dracula (10-8-4-4-10-12-26) 27 (11) Prospa ft. Kosmo Kint: Love Songs (26-12-11-27) 30 (25) Taylor Swift: The Fate of Ophelia (25-6-2-7-11-17-25-30)

Take it there's no sign of Mr Blobby in the Top 100 despite so many of us marking its landmark 32nd birthday by streaming it to death now we finally can. Oooh, blobby. Might take Amazon up on the offer of the 99p Kylie download and add it to Spotify as a local file. Still haven't heard it!

BLOBBY! I think more people need telling this is now streamable.

It's amazing she hasn't had a Xmas #1 already really. For a moment I thought Especially For You was but then I remembered it was Mistletoe and Wine, which I remember being played in assembly every morning in the week leading up to Christmas back in 1988 and first introduced me to the very concept of a Christmas #1. Then EFY was a new year #1. Either way, can totally see the nation getting fully behind this if the publicity is there. Definitely the coolest 57-year-old ever whatever the outcome!