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THIS WEEK'S TOP 40 01 (01) Calvin Harris ft. Clementine Douglas: Blessings (11-3-1-1-1) 02 (02) Pulp: Got To Have Love (32-2-2) 03 (07) Haim: Down To Be Wrong (37-19-6-7-3) 04 (11) Kettama: It Gets Better (Forever Mix) (11-4) 05 (04) Jorja Smith: The Way I Love You (28-16-3-4-5) 06 (31) Tate McRae: Just Keep Watching (31-6) 07 (10) Robbie Williams ft. Tony Iommi: Rocket (30-10-7) 08 (03) Wolf Alice: Bloom Baby Bloom (23-13-3-8) 09 (32) Max Dean, Luke Dean & Locky: Can't Decide (32-9) 10 (18) Addison Rae: Fame Is A Gun (18-10) 11 (08) The Wombats: I Love America And She Hates Me (34-21-27-8-11) 12 (05) Rihanna: Friend Of Mine (26-16-5-12) 13 (12) Miley Cyrus: Easy Lover (12-13) 14 (NE) Sammy Virji x Skepta: Cops & Robbers (14) 15 (06) Lola Young: One Thing (33-20-6-15) 16 (27) Pulp: Tina (27-16) 17 (16) James Hype: Don’t Wake Me Up (27-17-7-2-5-4-16-17) 18 (09) South Arcade: Supermodels (33-22-18-9-18) 19 (33) Myles Smith: Gold (33-19) 20 (26) Tate McRae: Revolving Door (31-24-x-33-13-11-13-11-9-26-20) 21 (37) A Little Sound & Arcando: Stars (37-21) 22 (17) Barry Can’t Swim & O’Flynn: Kimpton (15-12-4-2-17-22) 23 (28) Wet Leg: CPR (28-23) 24 (NE) MK ft. Chrystal: Dior (24) 25 (39) SG Lewis: Back Of My Mind (39-25) 26 (20) Lorde: What Was That (14-4-1-1-8-20-26) 27 (13) Chloé Caillet ft. Jocelyn Brown: The One (36-15-13-27) 28 (21) MOLIY feat. Shenseea, Skillibeng & Silent Addy: Shake It To The Max (FLY) (Remix) (40-8-4-2-5-21-28) 29 (23) NewDad: Entertainer (32-25-23-29) 30 (22) Jordan Adetunji: X In The City (23-15-10-22-30) 31 (19) Rudimental with Khalid: All I Know (35-19-31) 32 (14) sombr: undressed (37-27-22-17-12-14-32) 33 (NE) YUNGBLUD: Zombie (33) 34 (NE) Sabrina Carpenter: Manchild (34) 35 (NE) PinkPantheress: Illegal (35) 36 (15) Cheetah & Nia Archives: Get Loose (24-18-7-15-36) 37 (NE) Ed Sheeran: Sapphire (37) 38 (NE) Beyoncé: BODYGUARD (38) 39 (29) Sam Fender: Tyrants (21-16-12-11-29-39) 40 (NE) Djo: Delete Ya (40) OUT 24 (21) Sebestian Ingrosso ft. Namasenda: No Enemies (34-21-24) 25 (34) Elton John & Brandi Carlile: Little Richard’s Bible (34-25) 30 (17) Sam Fender: Little Bit Closer (21-20-10-21-x-24-14-19-13-12-12-9-13-17-30) 34 (37) Charli xcx: Party 4 U (37-34) 35 (24) Remember Monday: What The Hell Just Happened? (36-24-10-9-24-35) 36 (33) Avicii ft. Elle King: Let’s Ride Away (33-36) 38 (14) Addison Rae: Headphones On (27-10-8-6-14-38) 40 (RE) Pulp: Spike Island (38-21-23-xx-40)

Just wanted to point out that Tafty was joking and it's all fine now, it was some Buzzjack in-joke stuff that went right over my head and we're all fine now, sorted it over DMs!

It ain't going away, there'll be two or three big ones every year for the rest of our lives! Some will have multiple hits and long careers, others won't.

I have tried and tried to like that Sombr song but turns out it was just too whiny for me. Also put a lot of effort into getting Djo but just not clicking!

Again, didn't mean to pee anybody off but it certainly seems to have inspired a fun debate!

As Yard Act once said, "we CAN'T have that!". One of the reasons I got so into Sam Fender was that I expected him to be like this but then he completely surprised me with loads of Springsteen-esque songs about austerity and life in the North East. Gotta admit, I completely presumed he'd be one of the beige ones when he first emerged back in 2018. But then I heard Dead Boys!

Yes of course there's three Pulp songs in 2025. Welcome to... THIS WEEK'S TOP 40 01 (01) Calvin Harris ft. Clementine Douglas: Blessings (11-3-1-1) 02 (32) Pulp: Got To Have Love (32-2) 03 (13) Wolf Alice: Bloom Baby Bloom (23-13-3) 04 (03) Jorja Smith: The Way I Love You (28-16-3-4) 05 (16) Rihanna: Friend Of Mine (26-16-5) 06 (20) Lola Young: One Thing (33-20-6) 07 (06) Haim: Down To Be Wrong (37-19-6-7) 08 (27) The Wombats: I Love America And She Hates Me (34-21-27-8) 09 (18) South Arcade: Supermodels (33-22-18-9) 10 (30) Robbie Williams ft. Tony Iommi: Rocket (30-10) 11 (NE) Kettama: It Gets Better (Forever Mix) (11) 12 (NE) Miley Cyrus: Easy Lover (12) 13 (15) Chloé Caillet ft. Jocelyn Brown: The One (36-15-13) 14 (12) sombr: undressed (37-27-22-17-12-14) 15 (07) Cheetah & Nia Archives: Get Loose (24-18-7-15) 16 (04) James Hype: Don’t Wake Me Up (27-17-7-2-5-4-16) 17 (02) Barry Can’t Swim & O’Flynn: Kimpton (15-12-4-2-17) 18 (NE) Addison Rae: Fame Is A Gun (18) 19 (35) Rudimental with Khalid: All I Know (35-19) 20 (08) Lorde: What Was That (14-4-1-1-8-20) 21 (05) MOLIY feat. Shenseea, Skillibeng & Silent Addy: Shake It To The Max (FLY) (Remix) (40-8-4-2-5-21) 22 (10) Jordan Adetunji: X In The City (23-15-10-22) 23 (25) NewDad: Entertainer (32-25-23) 24 (21) Sebestian Ingrosso ft. Namasenda: No Enemies (34-21-24) 25 (34) Elton John & Brandi Carlile: Little Richard’s Bible (34-25) 26 (09) Tate McRae: Revolving Door (31-24-x-33-13-11-13-11-9-26) 27 (NE) Pulp: Tina (27) 28 (NE) Wet Leg: CPR (28) 29 (11) Sam Fender: Tyrants (21-16-12-11-29) 30 (17) Sam Fender: Little Bit Closer (21-20-10-21-x-24-14-19-13-12-12-9-13-17-30) 31 (NE) Tate McRae: Just Keep Watching (31) 32 (NE) Max Dean, Luke Dean & Locky: Can't Decide (32) 33 (NE) Myles Smith: Gold (33) 34 (37) Charli xcx: Party 4 U (37-34) 35 (24) Remember Monday: What The Hell Just Happened? (36-24-10-9-24-35) 36 (33) Avicii ft. Elle King: Let’s Ride Away (33-36) 37 (NE) A Little Sound & Arcando: Stars (37) 38 (14) Addison Rae: Headphones On (27-10-8-6-14-38) 39 (NE) SG Lewis: Back Of My Mind (39) 40 (RE) Pulp: Spike Island (38-21-23-xx-40) OUT 19 (08) Morgan Seatree feat. Florence + The Machine: Say My Name (Remix) (30-20-6-3-8-19) 22 (14) David Guetta & SIA: Beautiful People (16-11-4-2-2-2-5-14-22) 23 (29) Linkin Park: Unshatter (29-23) 26 (38) Mclusky: autofocus on the prime directive (38-31-26) 28 (07) Lana Del Rey: Henry Come On (17-5-3-7-7-28) 29 (27) Sub Focus & bbyclose: On & On (40-32-15-24-26-25-30-26-27-29) 31 (10) WizTheMc & bees & honey: Show Me Love (20-3-1-1-1-1-6-10-31) 36 (NE) Clean Bandit x Tiësto x Leony: Tell Me Where U Go (36) 38 (NE) Jess Bays & Jem Cooke & Kelli Leigh: Ascension (38) 39 (NE) Zara Larsson: Pretty Ugly (39) 40 (NE) INJI: U WON’T! (40)

Anyway, I respect other people's opinions and one man's 'beige' is another man's 'powerful timeless songwriting'. There has definitely been a trend though over the past 15 years, and there's no doubt it was well underway before, only the blokes were called James* rather than Tom. I'm sorry if I've insulted anybody's heartfelt solo bloke favourites, but there's definitely a pattern of their music being omnipresent, the same basic chord sequences over and over, the melodies and lyrics only changing slightly and them quickly being replaced after a few years with virtually identical chaps with or without growly voices doing largely the same thing. I suppose you could call it 'landfill beige'. Can feel like they're taking up the space bands used to fill! *Blaming Oasis/Snow Patrol/Coldplay and even Radiohead for the plodding ballad 'James' thing. Actually, I suppose we could even point the finger at The Beatles and Hey Jude if we went back far enough.

Maybe I should have said 'beige' instead of 'acoustic'.

I refused to include Ben Howard in this list because he's pretty much a genius compared to the ones I did opt for as well as starting around the same time. And his music is too complex/not bland enough. Feels like he realised he was being put in that bracket and changed direction immediately after his BRITS win. If only they all had the talent and creativity of Ben Howard!

Ironically, I quite like Gold by Myles Smith. Though feel he missed a trick by not releasing it later in the year as it has a very autumnal/festive feel to it. Most of these guys have at least one track I don't mind tbh!

Surely 'Worst topic in all of BuzzJack’s history' is some sort of an achievement so I'll take that. People on here DO get tired of these samey bland acoustic blokes ruling the charts and airwaves for months on end and this would be a good thread for people to vent about it, without changing anything. And why should it be deleted just because you don't like it? Sounds a bit entitled to me, like someone clicking their fingers in a restaurant. I completely fail to see why this isn't a valid topic, thought this was supposed to be a place for discussion around big pop music trends.

It can feel like there are one or two "here today, gone tomorrow" underdressed, "authentic" and rather Ordinary acoustic guitar-wielding, streaming-dominating blokes every year or who are quickly replaced after twelve months with their successors, so I thought I'd compile this list of almost-identical Sheeranseque guys that have been big for a while over the past 14 years or so before everybody moved onto the next Tattooed Tom, admittedly including some who are hot right now but unlikely to be dominating the chart scene in three years, nevermind ten. I accept a few do stick around for a bit longer, like the guy who wants a party on the day that he dies. Also Hozier, who made a dramatic return to the chart scene etc. Here we go! Have I missed any? Alex Warren Benson Boone Calum Scott Cian Ducrot Dermot Kennedy George Ezra Hozier Jamie Lawson James Arthur James Bay JP Cooper Lewis Capaldi Myles Smith Michael Marcagi Noah Kahan Passenger Rag’n’Bone Man Tom Grennan Tom Odell Tom Walker

THIS WEEK'S TOP 40 01 (03) Calvin Harris ft. Clementine Douglas: Blessings (11-3-1) 02 (04) Barry Can’t Swim & O’Flynn: Kimpton (15-12-4-2) 03 (16) Jorja Smith: The Way I Love You (28-16-3) 04 (05) James Hype: Don’t Wake Me Up (27-17-7-2-5-4) 05 (02) MOLIY feat. Shenseea, Skillibeng & Silent Addy: Shake It To The Max (FLY) (Remix) (40-8-4-2-5) 06 (19) Haim: Down To Be Wrong (37-19-6) 07 (18) Cheetah & Nia Archives: Get Loose (24-18-7) 08 (01) Lorde: What Was That (14-4-1-1-8) 09 (11) Tate McRae: Revolving Door (31-24-x-33-13-11-13-11-9) 10 (15) Jordan Adetunji: X In The City (23-15-10) 11 (12) Sam Fender: Tyrants (21-16-12-11) 12 (17) sombr: undressed (37-27-22-17-12) 13 (23) Wolf Alice: Bloom Baby Bloom (23-13) 14 (06) Addison Rae: Headphones On (27-10-8-6-14) 15 (36) Chloé Caillet ft. Jocelyn Brown: The One (36-15) 16 (26) Rihanna: Friend Of Mine (26-16) 17 (13) Sam Fender: Little Bit Closer (21-20-10-21-x-24-14-19-13-12-12-9-13-17) 18 (22) South Arcade: Supermodels (33-22-18) 19 (08) Morgan Seatree feat. Florence + The Machine: Say My Name (Remix) (30-20-6-3-8-19) 20 (33) Lola Young: One Thing (33-20) 21 (34) Sebestian Ingrosso ft. Namasenda: No Enemies (34-21) 22 (14) David Guetta & SIA: Beautiful People (16-11-4-2-2-2-5-14-22) 23 (29) Linkin Park: Unshatter (29-23) 24 (09) Remember Monday: What The Hell Just Happened? (36-24-10-9-24) 25 (32) NewDad: Entertainer (32-25) 26 (38) Mclusky: autofocus on the prime directive (38-31-26) 27 (21) The Wombats: I Love America And She Hates Me (34-21-27) 28 (07) Lana Del Rey: Henry Come On (17-5-3-7-7-28) 29 (27) Sub Focus & bbyclose: On & On (40-32-15-24-26-25-30-26-27-29) 30 (NE) Robbie Williams ft. Tony Iommi: Rocket (30) 31 (10) WizTheMc & bees & honey: Show Me Love (20-3-1-1-1-1-6-10-31) 32 (NE) Pulp: Got To Have Love (32) 33 (NE) Avicii ft. Elle King: Let’s Ride Away (33) 34 (NE) Elton John & Brandi Carlile: Little Richard’s Bible (34) 35 (NE) Rudimental with Khalid: All I Know (35) 36 (NE) Clean Bandit x Tiësto x Leony: Tell Me Where U Go (36) 37 (NE) Charli xcx: Party 4 U (37) 38 (NE) Jess Bays & Jem Cooke & Kelli Leigh: Ascension (38) 39 (NE) Zara Larsson: Pretty Ugly (39) 40 (NE) INJI: U WON’T! OUT 20 (15) Mclusky: Chekhov’s Guns (29-16-14-15-20) 24 (18) Artemas: Southbound (26-11-3-5-18-24) 25 (29) Fontaines D.C.: Before You I Just Forget (39-31-20-29-25) 28 (20) Culture Shock: Empire (24-34-29-20-28) 30 (36) Marina: CUNTISSIMO (36-26-28-36-30) 35 (30) Bea and Her Business: Rich (37-30-35) 37 (17) Jack Black: Steve’s Lava Chicken (25-24-18-17-37) 38 (14) Self Esteem: If Not Now, It’s Soon (40-27-15-21-25-14-38) 39 (21) Selena Gomez & benny blanco: Bluest Flame (38-29-16-21-39) 40 (NE) Tom Odell: Don’t Let Me Go (40)

THIS WEEK'S TOP 40 01 (01) Lorde: What Was That (14-4-1-1) 02 (04) MOLIY feat. Shenseea, Skillibeng & Silent Addy: Shake It To The Max (FLY) (Remix) (40-8-4-2) 03 (11) Calvin Harris ft. Clementine Douglas: Blessings (11-3) 04 (12) Barry Can’t Swim & O’Flynn: Kimpton (15-12-4) 05 (02) James Hype: Don’t Wake Me Up (27-17-7-2-5) 06 (08) Addison Rae: Headphones On (27-10-8-6) 07 (07) Lana Del Rey: Henry Come On (17-5-3-7-7) 08 (03) Morgan Seatree feat. Florence + The Machine: Say My Name (Remix) (30-20-6-3-8) 09 (10) Remember Monday: What The Hell Just Happened? (36-24-10-9) 10 (06) WizTheMc & bees & honey: Show Me Love (20-3-1-1-1-1-6-10) 11 (13) Tate McRae: Revolving Door (31-24-x-33-13-11-13-11) 12 (16) Sam Fender: Tyrants (21-16-12) 13 (09) Sam Fender: Little Bit Closer (21-20-10-21-x-24-14-19-13-12-12-9-13) 14 (05) David Guetta & SIA: Beautiful People (16-11-4-2-2-2-5-14) 15 (23) Jordan Adetunji: X In The City (23-15) 16 (28) Jorja Smith: The Way I Love You (28-16) 17 (22) sombr: undressed (37-27-22-17) 18 (24) Cheetah & Nia Archives: Get Loose (24-18) 19 (37) Haim: Down To Be Wrong (37-19) 20 (15) Mclusky: Chekhov’s Guns (29-16-14-15-20) 21 (34) The Wombats: I Love America And She Hates Me (34-21) 22 (33) South Arcade: Supermodels (33-22) 23 (NE) Wolf Alice: Bloom Baby Bloom (23) 24 (18) Artemas: Southbound (26-11-3-5-18-24) 25 (29) Fontaines D.C.: Before You I Just Forget (39-31-20-29-25) 26 (NE) Rihanna: Friend Of Mine (26) 27 (26) Sub Focus & bbyclose: On & On (40-32-15-24-26-25-30-26-27) 28 (20) Culture Shock: Empire (24-34-29-20-28) 29 (NE) Linkin Park: Unshatter (29) 30 (36) Marina: CUNTISSIMO (36-26-28-36-30) 31 (38) Mclusky: autofocus on the prime directive (38-31) 32 (NE) NewDad: Entertainer (32) 33 (NE) Lola Young: One Thing (33) 34 (NE) Sebestian Ingrosso ft. Namasenda: No Enemies (34) 35 (30) Bea and Her Business: Rich (37-30-35) 36 (NE) Chloé Caillet ft. Jocelyn Brown: The One (36) 37 (17) Jack Black: Steve’s Lava Chicken (25-24-18-17-37) 38 (14) Self Esteem: If Not Now, It’s Soon (40-27-15-21-25-14-38) 39 (21) Selena Gomez & benny blanco: Bluest Flame (38-29-16-21-39) 40 (NE) Tom Odell: Don’t Let Me Go (40) OUT 19 (17) Ashnikko: Itty Bitty (23-19-17-19) 25 (09) PinkPantheress: Tonight (39-14-5-7-9-25) 27 (36) Wet Leg: Catch These Fists (20-17-12-22-36-27) 31 (NE) Self Esteem: 69 (31) 32 (40) Skye Newman: Hairdresser (40-32) 35 (26) D.O.D. ft. NORTH: Wrap Yourself Around Me (25-5-5-5-9-18-26-35) 39 (13) Sleep Token: Caramel (27-9-4-4-13-39) 40 (19) Miley Cyrus: End of The World (15-7-11-19-40)

THIS WEEK’S TOP 40 01 (04) Lorde: What Was That (14-4-1) 02 (07) James Hype: Don’t Wake Me Up (27-17-7-2) 03 (06) Morgan Seatree feat. Florence + The Machine: Say My Name (Remix) (30-20-6-3) 04 (08) MOLIY feat. Shenseea, Skillibeng & Silent Addy: Shake It To The Max (FLY) (Remix) (40-8-4) 05 (02) David Guetta & SIA: Beautiful People (16-11-4-2-2-2-5) 06 (01) WizTheMc & bees & honey: Show Me Love (20-3-1-1-1-1-6) 07 (03) Lana Del Rey: Henry Come On (17-5-3-7) 08 (10) Addison Rae: Headphones On (27-10-8) 09 (12) Sam Fender: Little Bit Closer (21-20-10-21-x-24-14-19-13-12-12-9) 10 (24) Remember Monday: What The Hell Just Happened? (36-24-10) 11 (NE) Calvin Harris ft. Clementine Douglas: Blessings (11) 12 (15) Barry Can’t Swim & O’Flynn: Kimpton (15-12) 13 (11) Tate McRae: Revolving Door (31-24-x-33-13-11-13) 14 (25) Self Esteem: If Not Now, It’s Soon (40-27-15-21-25-14) 15 (14) Mclusky: Chekhov’s Guns (29-16-14-15) 16 (21) Sam Fender: Tyrants (21-16) 17 (18) Jack Black: Steve’s Lava Chicken (25-24-18-17) 18 (05) Artemas: Southbound (26-11-3-5-18) 19 (17) Ashnikko: Itty Bitty (23-19-17-19) 20 (29) Culture Shock: Empire (24-34-29-20) 21 (16) Selena Gomez & benny blanco: Bluest Flame (38-29-16-21) 22 (27) sombr: undressed (37-27-22) 23 (NE) Jordan Adetunji: X In The City (23) 24 (NE) Cheetah & Nia Archives: Get Loose (24) 25 (09) PinkPantheress: Tonight (39-14-5-7-9-25) 26 (30) Sub Focus & bbyclose: On & On (40-32-15-24-26-25-30-26) 27 (36) Wet Leg: Catch These Fists (20-17-12-22-36-27) 28 (NE) Jorja Smith: The Way I Love You (28) 29 (20) Fontaines D.C.: Before You I Just Forget (39-31-20-29) 30 (37) Bea and Her Business: Rich (37-30) 31 (NE) Self Esteem: 69 (31) 32 (40) Skye Newman: Hairdresser (40-32) 33 (NE) South Arcade: Supermodels (33) 34 (NE) The Wombats: I Love America And She Hates Me (34) 35 (26) D.O.D. ft. NORTH: Wrap Yourself Around Me (25-5-5-5-9-18-26-35) 36 (28) Marina: CUNTISSIMO (36-26-28-36) 37 (NE) Haim: Down To Be Wrong (37) 38 (NE) Mclusky: autofocus on the prime directive (38) 39 (13) Sleep Token: Caramel (27-9-4-4-13-39) 40 (19) Miley Cyrus: End of The World (15-7-11-19-40) OUT 22 (06) The Hives: Enough Is Enough (18-10-6-22) 23 (08) Ed Sheeran: Azizam (29-13-6-8-23) 31 (10) Lil Tecca: Dark Thoughts (40-7-3-8-10-31) 32 (15) Linkin Park: Up From The Bottom (29-16-16-15-32) 33 (09) Ravyn Lenae: Love Me Not (23-6-1-2-3-9-33) 34 (30) Ely Oaks: Running Around (26-9-4-7-14-30-34) 35 (39) CMAT: Running/Planning (39-35) 38 (33) Jax Jones, Rebecca Black and sooyeon: Bad Boys (35-40-33-38) 39 (38) Sonny Fodera & Clementine Douglas: Tell Me (16-4-1-1-2-6-10-18-38-39)

THIS WEEK'S TOP 40 01 (01) WizTheMc & bees & honey: Show Me Love (20-3-1-1-1-1) 02 (02) David Guetta & SIA: Beautiful People (16-11-4-2-2-2) 03 (05) Lana Del Rey: Henry Come On (17-5-3) 04 (14) Lorde: What Was That (14-4) 05 (03) Artemas: Southbound (26-11-3-5) 06 (20) Morgan Seatree feat. Florence + The Machine: Say My Name (Remix) (30-20-6) 07 (17) James Hype: Don’t Wake Me Up (27-17-7) 08 (40) MOLIY feat. Shenseea, Skillibeng & Silent Addy: Shake It To The Max (FLY) (Remix) (40-8) 09 (07) PinkPantheress: Tonight (39-14-5-7-9) 10 (27) Addison Rae: Headphones On (27-10) 11 (13) Tate McRae: Revolving Door (31-24-x-33-13-11) 12 (12) Sam Fender: Little Bit Closer (21-20-10-21-x-24-14-19-13-12-12) 13 (04) Sleep Token: Caramel (27-9-4-4-13) 14 (16) Mclusky: Chekhov’s Guns (29-16-14) 15 (NE) Barry Can’t Swim & O’Flynn: Kimpton (15) 16 (29) Selena Gomez & benny blanco: Bluest Flame (38-29-16) 17 (19) Ashnikko: Itty Bitty (23-19-17) 18 (24) Jack Black: Steve’s Lava Chicken (25-24-18) 19 (11) Miley Cyrus: End of The World (15-7-11-19) 20 (31) Fontaines D.C.: Before You I Just Forget (39-31-20) 21 (NE) Sam Fender: Tyrants (21) 22 (06) The Hives: Enough Is Enough (18-10-6-22) 23 (08) Ed Sheeran: Azizam (29-13-6-8-23) 24 (36) Remember Monday: What The Hell Just Happened? (36-24) 25 (21) Self Esteem: If Not Now, It’s Soon (40-27-15-21-25) 26 (18) D.O.D. ft. NORTH: Wrap Yourself Around Me (25-5-5-5-9-18-26) 27 (37) sombr: undressed (37-27) 28 (26) Marina: CUNTISSIMO (36-26-28) 29 (34) Culture Shock: Empire (24-34-29) 30 (25) Sub Focus & bbyclose: On & On (40-32-15-24-26-25-30) 31 (10) Lil Tecca: Dark Thoughts (40-7-3-8-10-31) 32 (15) Linkin Park: Up From The Bottom (29-16-16-15-32) 33 (09) Ravyn Lenae: Love Me Not (23-6-1-2-3-9-33) 34 (30) Ely Oaks: Running Around (26-9-4-7-14-30-34) 35 (39) CMAT: Running/Planning (39-35) 36 (22) Wet Leg: Catch These Fists (20-17-12-22-36) 37 (NE) Bea and Her Business: Rich (37) 38 (33) Jax Jones, Rebecca Black and sooyeon: Bad Boys (35-40-33-38) 39 (38) Sonny Fodera & Clementine Douglas: Tell Me (16-4-1-1-2-6-10-18-38-39) 40 (NE) Skye Newman: Hairdresser (40) OUT 23 (21) Pulp: Spike Island (38-21-23) 28 (19) Gracie Abrams: Blowing Smoke (29-10-6-19-28) 32 (37) Emma-Jean Thackray: Maybe Nowhere (36-37-32) 35 (22) Nova Twins: Soprano (32-22-35)

About 1989 aged six because I'm old.

Yeah I probably have missed the point tbh, wouldn't be the first time!

As much as I like it, Flat Beat by Mr Oizo didn't sound anything like a #1 back in 1999! Obviously propelled there by Levi's jeans and a cute yellow puppet.

THIS WEEK'S TOP 40 01 (01) WizTheMc & bees & honey: Show Me Love (20-3-1-1-1) 02 (02) David Guetta & SIA: Beautiful People (16-11-4-2-2) 03 (11) Artemas: Southbound (26-11-3) 04 (04) Sleep Token: Caramel (27-9-4-4) 05 (17) Lana Del Rey: Henry Come On (17-5) 06 (10) The Hives: Enough Is Enough (18-10-6) 07 (05) PinkPantheress: Tonight (39-14-5-7) 08 (06) Ed Sheeran: Azizam (29-13-6-8) 09 (03) Ravyn Lenae: Love Me Not (23-6-1-2-3-9) 10 (08) Lil Tecca: Dark Thoughts (40-7-3-8-10) 11 (07) Miley Cyrus: End of The World (15-7-11) 12 (13) Sam Fender: Little Bit Closer (21-20-10-21-x-24-14-19-13-12) 13 (33) Tate McRae: Revolving Door (31-24-x-33-13) 14 (NE) Lorde: What Was That (14) 15 (16) Linkin Park: Up From The Bottom (29-16-16-15) 16 (29) Mclusky: Chekhov’s Guns (29-16) 17 (27) James Hype: Don’t Wake Me Up (27-17) 18 (09) D.O.D. ft. NORTH: Wrap Yourself Around Me (25-5-5-5-9-18) 19 (23) Ashnikko: Itty Bitty (23-19) 20 (30) Morgan Seatree feat. Florence + The Machine: Say My Name (Remix) (30-20) 21 (15) Self Esteem: If Not Now, It’s Soon (40-27-15-21) 22 (12) Wet Leg: Catch These Fists (20-17-12-22) 23 (21) Pulp: Spike Island (38-21-23) 24 (25) Jack Black: Steve’s Lava Chicken (25-24) 25 (26) Sub Focus & bbyclose: On & On (40-32-15-24-26-25) 26 (36) Marina: CUNTISSIMO (36-26) 27 (NE) Addison Rae: Headphones On (27) 28 (19) Gracie Abrams: Blowing Smoke (29-10-6-19-28) 29 (38) Selena Gomez & benny blanco: Bluest Flame (38-29) 30 (14) Ely Oaks: Running Around (26-9-4-7-14-30) 31 (39) Fontaines D.C.: Before You I Just Forget (39-31) 32 (37) Emma-Jean Thackray: Maybe Nowhere (36-37-32) 33 (40) Jax Jones, Rebecca Black and sooyeon: Bad Boys (35-40-33) 34 (24) Culture Shock: Empire (24-34) 35 (22) Nova Twins: Soprano (32-22-35) 36 (NE) Remember Monday: What The Hell Just Happened? (36) 37 (NE) sombr: undressed (37) 38 (18) Sonny Fodera & Clementine Douglas: Tell Me (16-4-1-1-2-6-10-18-38) 39 (NE) CMAT: Running/Planning (39) 40 (NE) MOLIY feat. Shenseea, Skillibeng & Silent Addy: Shake It To The Max (FLY) (Remix) (40) OUT 20 (08) Calvin Harris: Smoke The Pain Away (24-5-1-2-8-20) 28 (12) HAIM: Relationships (36-9-3-9-12-28) 31 (11) Nathan Dawe x Abi Flynn: Here In Your Arms (39-11-3-4-8-11-31) 32 (40) Wu-Tang Clan & Mathematics: Mandingo (40-32) 34 (22) Lizzo: Still Bad (38-33-23-22-34) 35 (21) Lola Young: Conceited (24-14-17-21-35)

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Yeah, I remember Radio 1 loving this then wondering why it never charted! Good thread on this stuff here.

Yeah only just noticed Jóga didn't chart after seeing it on a Top of the Pops repeat, turns out it was ineligible as it was only released as a "as a three-CD and VHS box set"! Is one of her best songs too.

She's Electric gets on Radio 2 so much you'd think it'd been a real single at the time. Another one: Mardy Bum by Arctic Monkeys - gets on Radio 1 as a throwback a lot so guessing that was some sort of airplay-only single, I was having a bit of a break from the radio around then so not sure.