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It's a contractual obligation, you know this. And is The Great Pretender even that good? It's a cover too!

Mr Hadji, The lead times on vinyl are ludicrous. By the time the records were available, every song on the album would be absolutely ancient and there would be limited public interest in them. But you already know this, yet choose to persistently ignore these obvious massive obstacles. It's like talking to a brick wall. But you rarely respond to anything, you just double down on your crazy ideas, like this forum's pjex (if you know, you know), and just say "they should" a lot. Happy Monday!

2000 playlist looks massive, it's a long time ago but I was listening, did they just play fewer recurrents then to accommodate the extra stuff? Can't remember!

Yeah all good. Is this a new trend for a US megastar to not have a single out for ages then put one out from the previous year's album to promote summer gigs? Also Victory Lap is great. Have missed explosive high-energy rap getting in the top ten. And Skepta is even older than me (by four months), has the energy and fire of a 20-year-old! 2000 playlist looks massive, it's a long time ago but I was listening, did they just play fewer recurrents then to accommodate the extra stuff? Can't remember! I’d say they just play a lot more of the A List songs, wouldn’t want to be themselves and not a copycat of the global networks now would they!

Nah, they'd only go for it if it was big on Radio 2. This is what they're trying to do, it's airplay hits now. There was a time when Now only included Radio 1 and Top 40 songs but they had to change their approach after the charts slowed down ridiculously. Only thing is, even Radio 2 generally forget that a lot of their veteran act playlist choices even happened the moment they fall off their playlist. They played Spike Island by Pulp* to death in May, it probably won't be on ever again now as the only old songs they really play are actual hits. Radio 1 aren't much better for that, it's only old A-list songs that get on as recurrents really, most B-list songs are gone forever once they leave the playlist. So in a way, you could thank Now for ensuring anyone thinks about 2020s Pretenders songs ever again! *Wouldn't have been a bad shout for Now 121, maybe Rough Trade told them to pee off or they didn't try. It's been a pretty high-profile comeback!

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Not sure Chicane feels the same way!

I think this looks pretty strong to be honest. Not too many Radio 2 veteran flops hardly anyone will think about ever again and lots of genuine hits. Not buying it or anything but there have definitely been worse and weaker ones over recent years. It just makes my teeth itch when they add things from about six months ago as it ruins the 'time capsule' concept. Abracadabra came out ages ago, so certainly not a spring/summer 2025 song. Is she not releasing another single from this album? Thought Garden of Eden would have been pushed by now, it charted well.

It would be nice to see more rap but it's not really been that big recently. I'm sure it will be back with a vengeance before long especially with the popularity of the very banging Fred Again.. x Skepta track that I can't get enough of. Yes it does seem strange that they haven't opened with the much bigger option but hardly the end of the world, it's only a compilation album. I just make my own playlists of recent hits and guess what? Mine starts with Manchild! It was hardly going to be Ordinary as it's just too...Ordinary.

THIS WEEK'S TOP 40 01 (02) Pulp: Got To Have Love (32-2-2-1) 02 (01) Calvin Harris ft. Clementine Douglas: Blessings (11-3-1-1-1-2) 03 (10) Addison Rae: Fame Is A Gun (18-10-3) 04 (06) Tate McRae: Just Keep Watching (31-6-4) 05 (09) Max Dean, Luke Dean & Locky: Can't Decide (32-9-5) 06 (04) Kettama: It Gets Better (Forever Mix) (11-4-6) 07 (14) Sammy Virji x Skepta: Cops & Robbers (14-7) 08 (24) MK ft. Chrystal: Dior (24-8) 09 (03) Haim: Down To Be Wrong (37-19-6-7-3-9) 10 (05) Jorja Smith: The Way I Love You (28-16-3-4-5-10) 11 (08) Wolf Alice: Bloom Baby Bloom (23-13-3-8-11) 12 (13) Miley Cyrus: Easy Lover (12-13-12) 13 (07) Robbie Williams ft. Tony Iommi: Rocket (30-10-7-13) 14 (34) Sabrina Carpenter: Manchild (34-14) 15 (16) Pulp: Tina (27-16-15) 16 (19) Myles Smith: Gold (33-19-16) 17 (35) PinkPantheress: Illegal (35-17) 18 (21) A Little Sound & Arcando: Stars (37-21-19) 19 (23) Wet Leg: CPR (28-23-19) 20 (11) The Wombats: I Love America And She Hates Me (34-21-27-8-11-20) 21 (12) Rihanna: Friend Of Mine (26-16-5-12-21) 22 (NE) Josh Baker x Omar+: Back It Up (22) 23 (15) Lola Young: One Thing (33-20-6-15-23) 24 (25) SG Lewis: Back Of My Mind (39-25-24) 25 (NE) CMAT: Take A Sexy Picture Of Me (25) 26 (37) Ed Sheeran: Sapphire (37-26) 27 (33) YUNGBLUD: Zombie (33-27) 28 (28) MOLIY feat. Shenseea, Skillibeng & Silent Addy: Shake It To The Max (FLY) (Remix) (40-8-4-2-5-21-28-28) 29 (38) Beyoncé: BODYGUARD (38-29) 30 (NE) Camo & Krooked x Tiga & Zyntherius: Sunglasses At Night (30) 31 (18) South Arcade: Supermodels (33-22-18-9-18-31) 32 (30) Jordan Adetunji: X In The City (23-15-10-22-30-32) 33 (40) Djo: Delete Ya (40-33) 34 (NE) Marina: I <3 YOU (34) 35 (NE) Mariah Carey: Type Dangerous (35) 36 (NE) Pendulum: Save The Cat (36) 37 (NE) Loyle Carner: about time (37) 38 (NE) wifiskeleton: Nope your too late i already died (38) 39 (22) Barry Can’t Swim & O’Flynn: Kimpton (15-12-4-2-17-22-39) 40 (NE) Dire Straits: Sultans of Swing (40) OUT 17 (16) James Hype: Don’t Wake Me Up (27-17-7-2-5-4-16-17) 20 (26) Tate McRae: Revolving Door (31-24-x-33-13-11-13-11-9-26-20) 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) 29 (23) NewDad: Entertainer (32-25-23-29) 31 (19) Rudimental with Khalid: All I Know (35-19-31) 32 (14) sombr: undressed (37-27-22-17-12-14-32) 36 (15) Cheetah & Nia Archives: Get Loose (24-18-7-15-36) 39 (29) Sam Fender: Tyrants (21-16-12-11-29-39) And here it is, in all its streamable glory.

Hi JSG Welcome back! I missed you, wondered where you went.

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)

Shame on him!

Sad to see Snubrina Carpenter falling already but at least Ordinary can't ruin my childhood now and take over Bryan's record, even if it goes back to #1 for another 15 weeks. ACR isn't working as the labels have manipulated things so the charts are just as slow and boring as they were anyway, we need double ACR or whatever is needed to flush out the old hits or you'll never get young people interested in the charts. Feel like most of us only follow now cos of tradition and habit (guessing there aren't too many teenagers on Buzzjack going on the comments the most prolific posters make). Think someone on here said the 'Hot Hits' playlists needed to have a faster turnaround and be more adventurous and I'd definitely be behind that. It was rare for even the biggest hits from my late 80s/90s childhood to last longer than a couple of months apart from the most famous long-runners from films, which got a lot of people who wouldn't normally buy records to do exactly that. Also, a 'hit' to me in 2025 is something I heard on the radio loads regardless of where it charted. It's no wonder so many of us have our own faster and more exciting personal charts really, is it?

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!

Just making my provisional Alternative Now 121 (they all seem to start with Sabrina Carpenter* these days as I like to begin proceedings with the biggest chart hit I like) and I have no idea why Sub Focus & bbyclose's On & On hasn't been playlisted. It's been bubbling under erm, the Top 79 for ages too. 11 weeks. Think I've only heard it on the specialist shows on there. Bizarre playlist omission, you'd think it would be perfect for daytime R1! And they normally love Sub Focus' more commercial tracks. *Doesn't mean 'alternative' as in indie although guitar bands do get on, it's basically just MY favourite chart and airplay hits of the season

They'll be racing back into the office to add Joel Corry now.

Snubrina Carpenter.

Maybe he could get some older stars like Kylie, Pet Shop Boys and Pulp on if he's this influential.

Which literally came out today. Most things don't get insta-adds!