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Hope so! The days of Calvin going top 10 with everything he does may be over but even the ones that get to #35 hang around the Top 100 for ages playing the long game!

They actually had a lot of R1 longevity before they shot their own relevance stone-dead with 2009 comeback single Get On Your Boots, which was absolute dogsh!t. In fact, Coldplay must have lasted longer as a daytime R1 act than U2 did by now I think! Nobody's beating Madonna's record (if we ignore that little 17-year gap). Or do we count Elton John? Cold Heart was good but did feel like its success was more about Dua Lipa.

Good to see Crapital have their own things going on, play a few artists that R1 binned off some time ago and aren't just nicking the safest bits of the Radio 1 playlist though. I actually did listen to a full show last year and it was good to hear Type Dangerous by Mariah on there, total banger. Also, If you'd have told me Tame Impala would be on there in 2026 a few years back I'd have thought you were on drugs, but turns out he's a major chart star these days! Oh no, I've fallen into his trap and almost done a whole post about the Poundland Radio 1, who like stone-cold 0/10 Stick Season rewrite Boston so much they've playlisted it twice. Not many exciting adds on the REAL new music station playlist this week but hopefully it's the calm before the storm. EDIT: Just checked out that XO song, it's mint! I feel like I'm in 1988! Hope this makes the main playlist at some point, sounds like Debbie Gibson meets Bomb the Bass x peak Gaga! Exactly what we need in a sea of boring country-pop songs etc.

They do say John Legend is a legend. SPOILER ALERT: It's not his real name.

It's 2026, not 2010 but great trolling, I can't help but take the bait.

You are Mike Read and I claim my £10.

He's on the fackin' wind-up. Gotta be!

Will do, there are tonnes of 2026 albums I haven't got round to yet! Thinking of doing an absolute marathon of them around Christmas time.

Good point though R1 hasn't just been about playing what's in the charts for about 20 years now, since the end of the physical era, there are tonnes of 'Radio 1 Anthems' that never got anywhere near the Top 40 or even Top 100.

Not a bad idea, I go through stages of listening to Radio 1 incessantly then having to give daytime a break for a month to give the playlist a chance to freshen up, it can get repetitive very quickly and a larger playlist would help loads! Not that it wasn't repetitive then too. Think they played much fewer recurrents though to accomodate the bigger playlist.

I got a Year 2000-esque turnover of #1s at the moment!

Definitely trolling or just doesn't get how Radio 1 works! They'll be wondering where new Bryan Adams is next.

THIS WEEK'S TOP 40 01 (02) ANOTR ft. Emily Warren: Silver Lines (36-21-2-1) 02 (01) Fontaines D.C.: Marianne (21-4-1-2) 03 (04) Kolter: Trapped (25-9-4-3) 04 (08) Gorgon City ft. Jem Cooke: Oracle (38-30-16-5-8-4) 05 (20) Florence Road: 7563 (38-20-5) 06 (11) Cloonee & Prospa ft.Tristan Henry: Good Girl (30-17-11-6) 07 (26) Wasia Project: Vogue (26-7) 08 (18) Tame Impala: Loser (24-18-8) 09 (12) Dolly Parton: 9 to 5 (28-20-12-9) 10 (06) ADÉLA: Ain't In LA (13-3-7-6-10) 11 (03) Charli xcx: Camera (37-23-12-12-1-3-11) 12 (13) Interpol: Wings on Fire (18-13-12) 13 (05) Slayyyter: BRAND NEW CHANEL$ (26-8-2-3-5-13) 14 (NE) Tiffany Day & slayr: CONSTANTLY (14) 15 (10) Steve Lacy: Oh Yeah? (31-19-10-15) 16 (14) Nothing But Thieves: Baby Kool (Evelyn) (30-14-16) 17 (40) Royal Blood: Ten Over Ten (40-17) 18 (27) KATSEYE: HOOTIE FRUTTI (27-18) 19 (38) beabedoobee: Memories (38-19) 20 (NE) Pheobe Bridgers: Bobby (20) 21 (NE) Jorja Smith: Dancing (21) 22 (07) Ellie Goulding: Ravers (14-5-2-7-22) 23 (21) Dolly Parton: Jolene (28-21-23) 24 (25) Remi Wolf: Bottle (37-25-24) 25 (NE) NOTION ft. Charlotte Plank: Burberry (25) 26 (34) Miley Cyrus: Bass Persuades (34-26) 27 (17) Olivia Rodrigo: serena joy (23-17-27) 28 (NE) CHRIS STASSY ft. Marz Fay: U know me (28) 29 (15) Fisher ft. Florence Arman: What A Life (20-4-2-1-8-15-29) 30 (35) Denzel Curry ft. YEBBA: Difference (35-30) 31 (09) Barry Can't Swim: Dance Dance Dance! (39-21-13-6-9-31) 32 (32) jo from school: Six Years Of Keeping On (35-32-31) 33 (NE) Central Cee: The Team (32) 34 (29) John Glacier: Bond Girl (29-33) 35 (NE) Chase & Status ft. Debbie: Gone Too Far (34) 36 (NE) Chris Lake, Chris Lorenzo, Kenny Beats & CAKE: Long Jacket (35) 37 (NE) Sonny Fodera & Becky Hill: Say Something (36) 38 (NE) Clementine Douglas: Trust (37) 39 (NE) METTE: Small World (38) 40 (NE) Danny Byrd, Doktor & Shapes: Bad Like We (40) OUT 16 (11) Bebe Rexha & David Guetta: Sad Girls (25-10-8-11-16) 19 (29) Swedish House Mafia ft. Lykke Li: Happiness Is So Sad (29-19) 22 (10) Ariana Grande: Petal (39-14-5-4-10-22) 23 (12) Madonna & Kylie Minogue: Love Sensation (32-7-10-12-23) 24 (14) Jungle: Someday, Somewhere (38-17-6-1-6-9-14-24) 28 (15) Josh Baker & Poppy Baskcomb: My Place (40-25-16-3-3-3-7-15-28) 30 (39) Overmono: After The Rain (37-39-30) 31 (27) Westside Cowboy: Pin Up Boys (26-20-27-31) 33 (13) Carlita and SOFI TUKKER: Manhattan (26-10-4-6-13-33) 36 (NE) Friction & IRAH: Lead Dem (36) 37 (NE) Jamie T: 3310 (37) 39 (NE) Carly Rae Jepsen: Motivation (39)

What the funk is it with this new 'pretend things aren't on the playlist' thing? I know there are more important things to worry about like the cost of living crisis and AI possibly killing us all next year but it really is strange and annoying. It's like an itch I really need to scratch. I end up having to manually add them to my version of the R1 playlist myself as they are obviously big songs I need to be streaming during my 'fake Radio 1' sessions. Was the same with Dai Dai, I hear that Jonas Blue song that's surprisingly not that sh!t (I HATED his tropical house stuff about ten years ago) is another recent example. Loser has been on BBC Radio 1 62 times in the past month, include it on an online list of heavy rotation songs only us obsessive anoraks care about FFS! Showing my age here, but remember when the flipside of this was Crapital listing songs they didn't actually play to make themselves look more credible and less repetitive?

Just thought to myself that if this was 1999, No Scrubs would have come out in 1972 then got a little cold flush of terror. I'm sure a lot of people of a similar vintage (I was 16 when it was first released) feel the same way! Timeless tune though.

I am listening to The Ballad of Terry Fox by Bryan Adams as I was intrigued by the title. Heard much worse Radio 2 veteran songs to be fair! Often by him.

I'm listening cos why not, Marianne sounding great, was released at the perfect time of year for it. Has just hit #1 on my personal hit parade too!

THIS WEEK'S TOP 40 01 (04) Fontaines D.C.: Marianne (21-4-1) 02 (21) ANOTR ft. Emily Warren: Silver Lines (36-21-2) 03 (01) Charli xcx: Camera (37-23-12-12-1-3) 04 (09) Kolter: Trapped (25-9-4) 05 (03) Slayyyter: BRAND NEW CHANEL$ (26-8-2-3-5) 06 (07) ADÉLA: Ain't In LA (13-3-7-6) 07 (02) Ellie Goulding: Ravers (14-5-2-7) 08 (05) Gorgon City ft. Jem Cooke: Oracle (38-30-16-5-8) 09 (06) Barry Can't Swim: Dance Dance Dance! (39-21-13-6-9) 10 (19) Steve Lacy: Oh Yeah? (31-19-10) 11 (17) Cloonee & Prospa ft.Tristan Henry: Good Girl (30-17-11) 12 (20) Dolly Parton: 9 to 5 (28-20-12) 13 (18) Interpol: Wings on Fire (18-13) 14 (30) Nothing But Thieves: Baby Kool (Evelyn) (30-14) 15 (08) Fisher ft. Florence Arman: What A Life (20-4-2-1-8-15) 16 (11) Bebe Rexha & David Guetta: Sad Girls (25-10-8-11-16) 17 (23) Olivia Rodrigo: serena joy (23-17) 18 (24) Tame Impala: Loser (24-18) 19 (29) Swedish House Mafia ft. Lykke Li: Happiness Is So Sad (29-19) 20 (38) Florence Road: 7563 (38-20) 21 (28) Dolly Parton: Jolene (28-21) 22 (10) Ariana Grande: Petal (39-14-5-4-10-22) 23 (12) Madonna & Kylie Minogue: Love Sensation (32-7-10-12-23) 24 (14) Jungle: Someday, Somewhere (38-17-6-1-6-9-14-24) 25 (37) Remi Wolf: Bottle (37-25) 26 (NE) Wasia Project: Vogue (26) 27 (NE) KATSEYE: HOOTIE FRUTTI (27) 28 (15) Josh Baker & Poppy Baskcomb: My Place (40-25-16-3-3-3-7-15-28) 29 (NE) John Glacier: Bond Girl (29) 30 (39) Overmono: After The Rain (37-39-30) 31 (27) Westside Cowboy: Pin Up Boys (26-20-27-31) 32 (35) jo from school: Six Years Of Keeping On (35-32) 33 (13) Carlita and SOFI TUKKER: Manhattan (26-10-4-6-13-33) 34 (NE) Miley Cyrus: Bass Persuades (34) 35 (NE) Denzel Curry ft. YEBBA: Difference (35) 36 (NE) Friction & IRAH: Lead Dem (36) 37 (NE) Jamie T: 3310 (37) 38 (NE) beabedoobee: Memories (38) 39 (NE) Carly Rae Jepsen: Motivation (39) 40 (NE) Royal Blood: Ten Over Ten (40) OUT 16 (15) KATSEYE: Animal (36-14-5-9-15-16) 22 (14) HUGEL, Imael Angel, Ultra Naté: Movin' To The Sun (21-11-4-4-5-7-11-14-22) 25 (11) Shakira x Burna Boy: Dai Dai (37-20-8-2-2-1-11-25) 26 (17) Sam Smith ft. The TwoCity Chorus: Oh Mother (34-15-19-17-26) 31 (18) Fat Dog: Cancel Me (I'm Tired) (38-12-16-15-18-31) 32 (39) Absolutely: I Just Don't Know You Yet (39-32) 33 (NE) Odeal ft. Jorja Smith: Coming Home (33) 34 (19) John Summit & Absolutely: DON'T BELIEVE IT (17-19-34) 36 (40) Carly Rae Jepsen: Don't Leave Me On The Dance Floor (40-36) 40 (NE) Shygirl: Alyse (40)

It all comes back around! Coldplay (or should I say Chris Martin) constantly threaten to split up and I think that generates a whole new wave of anticipation and appreciation every time. I swear he's been saying their next album will be their last since my early twenties!

That most of us forget about the moment they fall off the playlist! Come on Radio 2, make them recurrents, you're the ones that A-listed How 2 Dance by the Kaisers, you loved it for a month! Have some faith in your musical decisions!

And that's why this 43-year-old 'kid' is showing absolutely zero signs of leaving R1 behind! Although I do listen to lots of Radio 2 as well, need my weekly Level 42 fix etc.

I don't understand their reluctance to play the loud ones if they are going for the R1 listeners of 15-20 years ago who loved songs like Hysteria and The Pretender. The only times they've playlisted Muse and Foos for instance since they were booted off R1 have been with pretty quiet mid-tempo stuff. Makes no sense! Not everyone wants to go to Radio X to hear this stuff on the, erm, radio!

Oh well, Noel Thomas Gallagher says it's not happening so that's that I guess! And he'd never. ever go back on a promise like that, as we know ;-)

Also feel like Radio 2 could be playlisting Fontaines D.C., their 'safer' songs at least. Starburster isn't very daytime Radio 2 but Favourite would have been fine, it's like they wait for Radio 1 to hand most guitar bands over when they're finished with them!

You're almost certainly right actually, the anticipation would be off the scale. Could go to #1 on one-off curiosity plays alone.