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Yep, I go by this! And I go back 30 days as that gives me the most sensible results. If I only went back 7 days the chart runs would be ridiculous. Songs would go 1-OUT-3-20-9-OUT-9 etc. Tried 14 and 21 too but they didn't quite work for me! When there's a tie (10 songs on 9 streams etc) I kind of rank them in the order that I can be @rsed with them at that particular moment in time. https://www.last.fm/user/DLStormers/library/tracks?date_preset=LAST_30_DAYS

They did. I dread to imagine the consequences if they hadn't.

Happy New Year! Normally, the festive tunes would be disqualified by now but come on, it's Kylie. She may be strangely absent next week though. Making the rules up as I go along like the OCC but generally I go back 30 days and work it out from there. Plus, RIP Chris Rea! THIS WEEK'S TOP 40 01 (09) Kylie Minogue: XMAS (9-1) 02 (19) Sub Focus: Elevate (37-19-2) 03 (03) kwn: Do What I Say (36-14-3-3) 04 (01) Robyn: Dopamine (24-5-1-1-1-4) 05 (07) Sonny Fodera, D.O.D & Poppy Baskcomb: Think About Us (23-14-16-3-9-12-7-5) 06 (27) Chris Rea: Driving Home For Christmas (39-18-14-21-xx-26-33-xx-37-xx-10-xx-27-6) 07 (04) HAVEN. ft. Kaitlin Aragon: I Run (26-8-4-7) 08 (15) EsDeeKid: Century (34-27-34-16-17-15-8) 09 (05) Tate McRae: NOBODY’S GIRL (40-17-3-5-9) 10 (30) Rose Grey: Wet & Wild (feat. DUDA BEAT) (30-10) 11 (11) Wet Leg: Pokemon (26-9-3-4-11-11) 12 (12) Charli xcx: Chains of Love (35-17-7-6-12-12) 13 (22) keiyaA: k.i.s.s. (22-13) 14 (34) Jade: cHuRcH (34-14) 15 (33) Kneecap ft. Sub Focus: No Comment (33-15) 16 (NE) Overmono: Paradise Runner (16) 17 (28) Slade: Merry Xmas Everybody (32-xx-28-17) 18 (17) 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 (02) South Arcade: Drive Myself Home (36-22-11-2-19) 20 (06) Fred Again..,Sammy Virji & Reggie: Talk of the Town (8-5-2-6-20) 21 (21) Dave ft. Tems: Raindance (24-13-2-3-1-12-21-21-21) 22 (35) FKA Twigs: HARD (29-35-22) 23 (16) Josh Baker ft. The Egyptian Lover & Rome Fortune: Dr Feel Right (33-16-16-23) 24 (RE) Fcukers: I Like It Like That (36-21-19-15-23-xx-24) 25 (NE) HAIM: Even the Bad Times (25) 26 (NE) Ayra Starr & Rema: Who’s Dat Girl? (26) 27 (NE) Marmozets: A Kiss From A Mother (27) 28 (08) Yeat: COMË N GO (36-10-4-7-8-28) 29 (36) Sam Fender: The Treadmill (36-29) 30 (38) HUGEL & SOLTO (FR): Jamaican (Bam Bam) (39-39-38-30) 31 (14) Geese: Cobra (19-8-9-14-31) 32 (NE) Romy: Love Who You Love (32) 33 (NE) Bon Iver ft. Dijon & Flock of Dimes: Day One (33) 34 (NE) Tyla: CHANEL (34) 35 (NE) The Last Dinner Party: Count The Ways (35) 36 (NE) Bushbaby: Pumpin Jumpin (36) 37 (10) Amber Mark with Anderson .Paak: Don’t Remind Me (29-13-13-10-37) 38 (18) Katy Parry: Bandaids (38-29-19-18-38) 39 (NE) Jim Legxacy: ‘06 Wayne Rooney (39) 40 (NE) Fatboy Slim & The Rolling Stones: Satisfaction Skank (40) OUT 13 (05) Florence + The Machine: Sympathy Magic (27-13-6-2-5-13) 20 (10) Hayley WIlliams: Good Ol’ Days (38-x-15-6-10-20) 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) 29 (36) Sadie Jean: The One That I Want (But I Don’t Know Why) (36-29) 31 (15) KETTAMA: Man With The Second Face (40-33-22-25-15-31) 32 (20) Paige Tomlinson: Listen To Me (31-20-32) 37 (23) Nia Archives: Maia Maia (31-11-23-37) 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)

Not really the point I was making, but you do you! I hope you make a swift recovery from hearing one Christmas song on the Official Chart show on BBC Radio 1 broadcast on Friday 2nd January 2026 AD.

Three certainties in life: death, income tax and Hadji moaning about extraordinarily trivial things nobody else gives Juan Sheet about. Happy New Year!

He already did. Sorry 'bout it! I take it not getting wound up over the least consequential things ever wasn't in your New Year's Resolutions.

Sorry, I put my own commentary in the wrong place. 2026 ruined already like a non chart-topping George Michael or Queen hit opening a Now Yearbook!

It'll take Lord Hadji a long time to get over this one.

Maybe you have the power.

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)