HiyaLuv!

It's pretty much a certainty!

THIS WEEK'S TOP 40 01 (02) Shakira x Burna Boy: Dai Dai (37-20-8-2-2-1) 02 (04) Fisher ft. Florence Arman: What A Life (20-4-2) 03 (03) Josh Baker & Poppy Baskcomb: My Place (40-25-16-3-3-3) 04 (10) Carlita and SOFI TUKKER: Manhattan (26-10-4) 05 (14) Ariana Grande: Petal (39-14-5) 06 (01) Jungle: Someday, Somewhere (38-17-6-1-6) 07 (32) Madonna & Kylie Minogue: Love Sensation (32-7) 08 (26) Slayyyter: BRAND NEW CHANEL$ (26-8) 09 (05) KATSEYE: Animal (36-14-5-9) 10 (25) Bebe Rexha & David Guetta: Sad Girls (25-10) 11 (07) HUGEL, Imael Angel, Ultra Naté: Movin' To The Sun (21-11-4-4-5-7-11) 12 (23) Charli xcx: Camera (37-23-12) 13 (NE) ADÉLA: Ain't In LA (13) 14 (NE) Ellie Goulding: Ravers (14) 15 (16) Fat Dog: Cancel Me (I'm Tired) (38-12-16-15) 16 (06) beabadoobee: Sun Has Set (28-10-6-2-1-6-16) 17 (NE) John Summit & Absolutely: DON'T BELIEVE IT (17) 18 (12) The Kid LAROI ft. Kehlani: GIRLS (Remix) (23-12-18) 19 (15) Sam Smith ft. The TwoCity Chorus: Oh Mother (34-15-19) 20 (13) Jorja Smith ft. Wizkid: Alive (40-31-17-13-20) 21 (39) Barry Can't Swim: Dance Dance Dance! (39-21) 22 (11) Phoebe Bridgers: Lost Boys (14-7-5-3-4-11-22) 23 (09) Chase & Status ft. J Hus and IRAH: Disgruntled (34-10-9-23) 24 (17) Nia Archives ft. Jorja Smith: Get Me Down (36-20-16-17-24) 25 (18) kwn: Risk It All (37-21-8-18-25) 26 (NE) Westside Cowboy: Pin Up Boys (26) 27 (NE) K-Trap ft. Young Adz: CAN'T SAY NO (27) 28 (36) Sombr: My Body Isn't Ready (40-19-33-25-24-36-28) 29 (08) Jessie Ware: Sauna (30-14-7-8-29) 30 (38) Gorgon City ft. Jem Cooke: Oracle (38-30) 31 (30) Silva Bumpa: On 2Nite (8-1-1-1-5-10-30-29-30-31) 32 (24) Gracie Abrams: Look At My Life (28-31-18-15-24-32) 33 (NE) Alessi Rose: Dependent (33) 34 (27) Carly Rae Jepsen: On Wires (38-27-34) 35 (NE) Sienna Spiro: Great Expectation (35) 36 (RE) Lime Garden: Cross My Heart (36) 37 (22) Chaka Khan and Snoop Dogg: Boogie’s In My Soul (34-19-11-19-22-37) 38 (28) Tove Lo: I'm Your Girl Right? (40-28-38) 39 (NE) Rachel Chinouriri: one song away from crying (39) 40 (20) Overmono: Lockup (37-24-30-xx-20-40) OUT 19 (09) Madonna: Danceteria (18-8-3-1-9-19) 21 (18) Holly Humberstone: White Noise (27-10-18-21) 29 (28) Peggy Gou ft. Ayra Starr: Wo, Man (39-26-34-33-28-29) 31 (13) Kettama: comes and goes (20-4-7-6-13-31) 33 (11) Barry Can't Swim: Return To Bhibo (18-4-2-1-1-5-11-33) 34 (21) Jazzy x Chris Lorenzo: Invisible (25-21-11-7-21-34) 35 (36) Yard Act: New Beginnings (24-19-22-36-35) 37 (NE) Solomun & Skrillex: Rumpta (37) 40 (NE) Luude x 1991: All We Do Is Dance (40)

But can they do it as well as Ronan Keating and various collaborators?

You just know Rein Me In (Sleigh Me In Remix) is coming in just over three months. Yours to own forever on red and green 7" vinyl for just £19.99! All my memories of you ring like Christmas.

Well this aged well. Still not ruling it out!

Feels like total bollox especially in this day and age when they share so much new music with Radio 2. I'll always love new music (and fun content, a lot of the stuff the presenters talk about like going on holiday, being stuck in traffic jams, going to gigs, watching telly etc isn't really age-specific anyway) and R1 will always be the best source for it. It won't be long until S+D are over 30 too. I find them very relatable at 43! They probably need to stop saying 'Uncle Greg' though. If I remember rightly, Greg talks about how much he hates the ageism/target audience thing in his book!

This tune really punished me.

Poor MadgeKylie. They have shown both a lot of previously unforeseen love over recent years considering their (irrelevant) advancing ages and the enormous gaps before they were last playlisted as lead artists so I thought this would get more spins. Am I right in thinking that went 8-OUT? I thought they released more physicals? Anyway, think someone said Bring Your Love had become a R1 recurrent so I am having a bit of that. It was A-listed after all! Anyway my late summer/autumn '26 playlist (basically Alternative Now 126) is filling up fast already and it's only August 22nd, I reckon this could be a strong one, tonnes of great dance stuff in particular on the R1 playlist right now.

THIS WEEK'S TOP 40 01 (06) Jungle: Someday, Somewhere (38-17-6-1) 02 (02) Shakira x Burna Boy: Dai Dai (37-20-8-2-2) 03 (03) Josh Baker & Poppy Baskcomb: My Place (40-25-16-3-3) 04 (20) Fisher ft. Florence Arman: What A Life (20-4) 05 (14) KATSEYE: Animal (36-14-5) 06 (01) beabadoobee: Sun Has Set (28-10-6-2-1-6) 07 (05) HUGEL, Imael Angel, Ultra Naté: Movin' To The Sun (21-11-4-4-5-7) 08 (07) Jessie Ware: Sauna (30-14-7-8) 09 (10) Chase & Status ft. J Hus and IRAH: Disgruntled (34-10-9) 10 (26) Carlita and SOFI TUKKER: Manhattan (26-10) 11 (04) Phoebe Bridgers: Lost Boys (14-7-5-3-4-11) 12 (23) The Kid LAROI ft. Kehlani: GIRLS (Remix) (23-12) 13 (17) Jorja Smith ft. Wizkid: Alive (40-31-17-13) 14 (39) Ariana Grande: Petal (39-14) 15 (34) Sam Smith ft. The TwoCity Chorus: Oh Mother (34-15) 16 (12) Fat Dog: Cancel Me (I'm Tired) (38-12-16) 17 (16) Nia Archives ft. Jorja Smith: Get Me Down (36-20-16-17) 18 (08) kwn: Risk It All (37-21-8-18) 19 (09) Madonna: Danceteria (18-8-3-1-9-19) 20 (30) Overmono: Lockup (37-24-30-xx-20) 21 (18) Holly Humberstone: White Noise (27-10-18-21) 22 (19) Chaka Khan and Snoop Dogg: Boogie’s In My Soul (34-19-11-19-22) 23 (37) Charli xcx: Camera (37-23) 24 (15) Gracie Abrams: Look At My Life (28-31-18-15-24) 25 (NE) Bebe Rexha & David Guetta: Sad Girls (25) 26 (NE) Slayyyter: BRAND NEW CHANEL$ (26) 27 (38) Carly Rae Jepsen: On Wires (38-27) 28 (40) Tove Lo: I'm Your Girl Right? (40-28) 29 (28) Peggy Gou ft. Ayra Starr: Wo, Man (39-26-34-33-28-29) 30 (29) Silva Bumpa: On 2Nite (8-1-1-1-5-10-30-29-30) 31 (13) Kettama: comes and goes (20-4-7-6-13-31) 32 (NE) Madonna & Kylie Minogue: Love Sensation (32) 33 (11) Barry Can't Swim: Return To Bhibo (18-4-2-1-1-5-11-33) 34 (21) Jazzy x Chris Lorenzo: Invisible (25-21-11-7-21-34) 35 (36) Yard Act: New Beginnings (24-19-22-36-35) 36 (24) Sombr: My Body Isn't Ready (40-19-33-25-24-36) 37 (NE) Solomun & Skrillex: Rumpta (37) 38 (NE) Gorgon City ft. Jem Cooke: Oracle (38) 39 (NE) Barry Can't Swim: Dance Dance Dance! (39) 40 (NE) Luude x 1991: All We Do Is Dance (40) OUT 22 (13) Olivia Rodrigo: stupid song (16-10-8-3-8-13-22) 25 (26) Erin LeCount: The Cinema (30-24-26-25) 27 (12) Robyn: Sucker For Love (39-17-12-27) 31 (RE) Oasis: Wonderwall (31-19-xx-31) 32 (15) Charli xcx: Wink Wink (28-12-6-9-15-32) 33 (19) Keo: That's Me (13-12-19-33) 35 (09) Slayyyter: DANCE... (13-5-2-2-9-35)

People do have a lot of trouble telling the difference between official and promo/buzz singles these days! Wikipedia makes matters worse as anyone can edit it. If it wasn't on the radio lots of times and wasn't promoted heavily, chances are it wasn't a real bloody single! I admit that it can get confusing when Crapital/Jack Saunders play things that were clearly meant to be buzz tracks or when mid-2020s Now That's What I Call Music put Lola Young/Lewis Capaldi album/EP tracks on their compilations to make their 50p budget go further.

It's gonna happen.

MadgeKylie coming on Friday, mark my words. Especially if it's popping up on official hits playlists. It fits Radio 1 perfectly and I think since Kate Bush they are much more open to veteran acts as long as the tune doesn't stand out like a sore fecking thumb on the station. R1 isn't that much of a "youth" station listener-wise in 2026 and it doesn't feel like they even pretend it is anymore, I frequently hear voice notes on there from people who say they're on their way to pick up their grandkids etc so God knows where that 15-29 nonsense fits into this. That age range was put in place at a time when pop culture worked completely differently and when there was a clear generational gap when it came to music. My late mother was 30 in 1988 and called house music (which she hated) "bang bang bang" music, think the only new albums she bought after that were by Westlife. Most of the dance songs I hear on Radio 1 and see on the charts now sound like they could have easily come out in 1995. I'm 43 and just streamed three hours of current club tunes! People who bought Rhythm Is A Dancer when they were 15/16 are 49/50 now! Nowadays it doesn't feel like there is very much at all on the Radio 1 playlist which would scare off your average 50-year-old. I mean, dance doesn't really change does it? Do pop, indie and metal change much really? I'll concede that rap has a new subgenre every now and then but that seems very quiet right now. A lot of their music policy is about current euphoric uptempo anthems and I believe Love Sensation ticks all those boxes! Love Sensation could easily be by a a pair of 25 year olds regardless of their actual ages and that's what it's all about. You can be as old as you want as long as your music sounds youthful (and ironically a lot of the acoustic/country stuff by twentysomethings that's getting on like Boston doesn't sound very youthful or vibrant to me at all but oh well, if that's what the cool kids are into they gotta reflect that). Anyway, rant over. There was a point there somewhere, I promise.

Well, when I have my 'fake Radio 1' Spotify sessions I kind of use their playlist as a foundation (whilst also including the best R2/6 songs, resurgent ancient viral tunes and any other "specialist/nighttime R1" bangers that have found their way onto my radar) and the Slayyyter tune fell off their playlist a few weeks ago so guessing that caused the epic drop, especially with my chart being based on the past 30 days of streams! Generally, songs need about 6 or 7 streams over 30 days to get in my Top 40 and maybe 13-15 to get to #1 but it can fluctuate. Hope you're well!

Kylie & Madge at #8 in 2026? I am having a bit of that. 7-year-old 1990 me is very happy, and 43-year-old 2026 me feels even better! Now hoping it will be added to a load of hits playlists and stay on the chart for a decent while!

Her actual voice sounds like it wouldn't be that bad if she toned things down a bit but her delivery on this song is like a tortured yodeller, dreading hearing this on the radio for weeks if not months on end.

THIS WEEK'S TOP 40 01 (02) beabadoobee: Sun Has Set (28-10-6-2-1) 02 (08) Shakira x Burna Boy: Dai Dai (37-20-8-2) 03 (16) Josh Baker & Poppy Baskcomb: My Place (40-25-16-3) 04 (03) Phoebe Bridgers: Lost Boys (14-7-5-3-4) 05 (04) HUGEL, Imael Angel, Ultra Naté: Movin' To The Sun (21-11-4-4-5) 06 (17) Jungle: Someday, Somewhere (38-17-6) 07 (14) Jessie Ware: Sauna (30-14-7) 08 (21) kwn: Risk It All (37-21-8) 09 (01) Madonna: Danceteria (18-8-3-1-9) 10 (34) Chase & Status ft. J Hus and IRAH: Disgruntled (34-10) 11 (05) Barry Can't Swim: Return To Bhibo (18-4-2-1-1-5-11) 12 (38) Fat Dog: Cancel Me (I'm Tired) (38-12) 13 (06) Kettama: comes and goes (20-4-7-6-13) 14 (36) KATSEYE: Animal (36-14) 15 (18) Gracie Abrams: Look At My Life (28-31-18-15) 16 (20) Nia Archives ft. Jorja Smith: Get Me Down (36-20-16) 17 (31) Jorja Smith ft. Wizkid: Alive (40-31-17) 18 (10) Holly Humberstone: White Noise (27-10-18) 19 (11) Chaka Khan and Snoop Dogg: Boogie’s In My Soul (34-19-11-19) 20 (NE) Fisher ft. Florence Arman: What A Life (20) 21 (07) Jazzy x Chris Lorenzo: Invisible (25-21-11-7-21) 22 (13) Olivia Rodrigo: stupid song (16-10-8-3-8-13-22) 23 (NE) The Kid LAROI ft. Kehlani: GIRLS (Remix) (23) 24 (25) Sombr: My Body Isn't Ready (40-19-33-25-24) 25 (26) Erin LeCount: The Cinema (30-24-26-25) 26 (NE) Carlita and SOFI TUKKER: Manhattan (26) 27 (12) Robyn: Sucker For Love (39-17-12-27) 28 (33) Peggy Gou ft. Ayra Starr: Wo, Man (39-26-34-33-28) 29 (30) Silva Bumpa: On 2Nite (8-1-1-1-5-10-30-29) 30 (RE) Overmono: Lockup (tbc) 31 (RE) Oasis: Wonderwall (tbc) 32 (15) Charli xcx: Wink Wink (28-12-6-9-15-32) 33 (19) Keo: That's Me (13-12-19-33) 34 (NE) Sam Smith ft. The TwoCity Chorus: Oh Mother (34) 35 (09) Slayyyter: DANCE... (13-5-2-2-9-35) 36 (22) Yard Act: New Beginnings (24-19-22-36) 37 (NE) Charli xcx: Camera (37) 38 (NE) Carly Rae Jepsen: On Wires (38) 39 (NE) Ariana Grande: Petal (39) 40 (NE) Tove Lo: I'm Your Girl Right? (40) OUT 23 (14) Aitch: RMB (Ring My Bell) (36-23-14-23) 24 (22) Beyoncé: MORNING DEW (DONK) (31-22-24) 27 (29) The Rolling Stones: Jealous Lover (25-29-27) 28 (26) Wasia Project: Bleeding Gold (26-27-26-28) 29 (32) Fleetwood Mac: Everywhere (32-29) 32 (13) Drake: Janice STFU (26-4-2-2-3-12-13-32) 35 (NE) Katy Perry: The One That Got Away (35) 37 (NE) Friction: Stay (37) 39 (NE) Take That: Sweet July (39) 40 (RE) FLO: Don't Break Her Heart (38-x-40)

Didn't they famously ignore Spinning Around and Hips Don't Lie at the time too? They're on loads!

Definitely, they've played it 189 times since 2017 according to these stats! So basically completely ignoring the fact they snubbed it back in the day and giving it official R1 Anthem status!

13 weeks on the Top 75 so far even if it never went Top 40, I'll put that down as a hit. Sometimes it's a marathon, not a sprint these days!

Satisfy was better when it was called 'Finally', 34 years ago.

Can't be a recurrent if it was never playlisted in the first place! Not seeing it on the playlist is making my teeth itch but that's just how my spicy brain works. 22 plays in the past week! Anyway I've put it in the A-list section of my Spotify version of the R1 Playlist to reflect its real-world amount of airtime.

AND they're not gonna be a thing in a million years! Cowell is absolutely deluded if he thinks they will be, he thinks it's still 2002/2011!

Why don't they just officially add Dai Dai? It's obviously on very heavy rotation. It's on every time I tune in! Wonder if there's any chance of MadgeKylie getting on next week.

THIS WEEK'S TOP 40 01 (03) Madonna: Danceteria (18-8-3-1) 02 (06) beabadoobee: Sun Has Set (28-10-6-2) 03 (05) Phoebe Bridgers: Lost Boys (14-7-5-3) 04 (04) HUGEL, Imael Angel, Ultra Naté: Movin' To The Sun (21-11-4-4) 05 (01) Barry Can't Swim: Return To Bhibo (18-4-2-1-1-5) 06 (07) Kettama: comes and goes (20-4-7-6) 07 (11) Jazzy x Chris Lorenzo: Invisible (25-21-11-7) 08 (20) Shakira x Burna Boy: Dai Dai (37-20-8) 09 (02) Slayyyter: DANCE... (13-5-2-2-9) 10 (27) Holly Humberstone: White Noise (27-10) 11 (19) Chaka Khan and Snoop Dogg: Boogie’s In My Soul (34-19-11) 12 (17) Robyn: Sucker For Love (39-17-12) 13 (08) Olivia Rodrigo: stupid song (16-10-8-3-8-13) 14 (30) Jessie Ware: Sauna (30-14) 15 (09) Charli xcx: Wink Wink (28-12-6-9-15) 16 (25) Josh Baker & Poppy Baskcomb: My Place (40-25-16) 17 (38) Jungle: Someone, Somewhere (38-17) 18 (31) Gracie Abrams: Look At My Life (28-31-18) 19 (12) Keo: That's Me (13-12-19) 20 (36) Nia Archives ft. Jorja Smith: Get Me Down (36-20) 21 (37) kwn: Risk It All (37-21) 22 (19) Yard Act: New Beginnings (24-19-22) 23 (14) Aitch: RMB (Ring My Bell) (36-23-14-23) 24 (22) Beyoncé: MORNING DEW (DONK) (31-22-24) 25 (33) Sombr: My Body Isn't Ready (40-19-33-25) 26 (24) Erin LeCount: The Cinema (30-24-26) 27 (29) The Rolling Stones: Jealous Lover (25-29-27) 28 (26) Wasia Project: Bleeding Gold (26-27-26-28) 29 (32) Fleetwood Mac: Everywhere (32-29) 30 (10) Silva Bumpa: On 2Nite (8-1-1-1-5-10-30) 31 (40) Jorja Smith ft. Wizkid: Alive (40-31) 32 (13) Drake: Janice STFU (26-4-2-2-3-12-13-32) 33 (34) Peggy Gou ft. Ayra Starr: Wo, Man (39-26-34-33) 34 (NE) Chase & Status ft. J Hus and IRAH: Disgruntled (34) 35 (NE) Katy Perry: The One That Got Away (35) 36 (NE) KATSEYE: Animal (36) 37 (NE) Friction: Stay (37) 38 (NE) Fat Dog: Cancel Me (I'm Tired) (38) 39 (NE) Take That: Sweet July (39) 40 (RE) FLO: Don't Break Her Heart (38-x-40) OUT 15 (17) Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull: On The Floor (34-17-15) 16 (09) Sienna Spiro: Material Lover (37-12-9-4-9-16) 21 (15) Muse: Nightshift Superstar (35-24-15-21) 23 (22) Becky Hill: More! More! More! (17-16-22-23) 28 (18) Temper City: Self Aware (34-15-18-28) 35 (14) MK ft. Poppy Baskcomb: Zone (15-4-3-2-4-7-9-14-35) 39 (16) Alex Warren: Passenger (38-7-6-7-16-39)

I did not mean to be rude but the repetition was rapidly driving me totally insane, the last thing I would want to come across as is a bully though, I think there is a good reason why he is like that and I think this place wouldn't quite be the same without the afore-mentioned iconic Buzzjack member that keeps us all talking, he is part of the furniture so I guess I will just take a deep breath and ignore anything that gets right on my last nerve in future! Apologies to all concerned, off for a lie-down until I'm about 70 years old (2053 by the way).