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THIS WEEK'S TOP 40 01 (01) Sammy Virji x Spice x Flowdan: Match My Mood (9-1-1) 02 (03) James Hype ft. Sam Harper and Bobby Harvey: Waterfalls (34-8-3-2) 03 (07) Artemas: Superstar (38-7-3) 04 (10) Tame Impala: Dracula (10-8-4) 05 (04) Tate McRae: Tit For Tat (33-6-2-4-5) 06 (06) MK with Clementine Douglas: Come Find Me (38-5-6-6) 07 (02) Taylor Swift: The Fate of Ophelia (25-6-2-7) 08 (05) RAYE: WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! (30-13-3-3-5-8) 09 (15) PinkPantheress: Stateside (15-17) 10 (NE) EsDeeKid & Rico Ace: Phantom (10) 11 (37) Sam Fender & Elton John: Talk To You (37-11) 12 (13) Louis Tomlinson: Lemonade (13-12) 13 (11) The Last Dinner Party: the scythe (32-16-7-11-13) 14 (NE) Tkandz & CXSPER: NOW OR NEVER (14) 15 (12) Pozer: Jersey King (36-31-12-12-15) 16 (NE) Lorde: Favourite Daughter (16) 17 (14) Art School Girlfriend: L.Y.A.T.T. (33-15-14-17) 18 (NE) David Guetta, Teddy Swims & Tones And I: Gone Gone Gone (18) 19 (10) Doja Cat: Gorgeous (34-7-4-10-19) 20 (16) Gunna ft. Burna Boy; wgft? (39-22-17-11-16-20) 21 (17) Demi Lovato: Here All Night (40-23-18-16-17-21) 22 (13) Jim Legxacy: sos (13-22) 23 (12) Fred Again.. ft. Amyl & The Sniffers: you’re a star (32-12-23) 24 (NE) Dave ft. Tems: Raindance (24) 25 (22) HUNTR/X: What It Sounds Like (36-22-25) 26 (NE) oskar med k ft. Khalid - nobody (make me feel) (26) 27 (23) Zara Larsson: Crush (23-27) 28 (09) Calvin Harris ft. Jessie Reyez: The Ocean (19-6-2-1-1-1-9-28) 29 (NE) Barry Can’t Swim: All My Friends (29) 30 (NE) jaydahadadream: Bug (30) 31 (NE) Olivia Dean: So Easy (To Fall In Love) (31) 32 (20) Saint Etienne x Confidence Man: Brand New Me (29-17-20-32) 33 (NE) Robbie Williams: Pretty Face (33) 34 (NE) Lily Allen: Madeleine (34) 35 (38) Florence Road: Break The Girl (38-35) 36 (NE) Fcukers: I Like It Like That (36) 37 (NE) Culture Shock & Sarah De Warren: All The Things She Said (37) 38 (34) Miley Cyrus ft. Lindsey Buckingham & Mick Fleetwood: Secrets (28-34-38) 39 (NE) Manic Street Preachers: A Secret Society (39) 40 (21) Ayra Starr: Hot Body (40-23-21-40) OUT 24 (40) samxemma: HOT BOYS MAKE HOT MUSIC (40-24) 25 (19) Twenty One Pilots: City Walls (37-36-19-25) 26 (26) mustbejohn: Drugs Don’t Work (39-26-26) 27 (33) Jade: Before You Break My Heart (33-27) 28 (NE) Taylor Swift: Elizabeth Taylor (28) 29 (NE) Aerosmith & Yungblud: My Only Angel (29) 30 (14) Bruce Springsteen: Lonely Night In The Park (40-24-14-30) 31 (13) Lady Gaga: The Dead Dance (18-7-3-2-2-13-31) 32 (18) Good Neighbours: People Need People (28-18-8-18-32) 33 (27) mgk: Vampire Diaries (27-33) 35 (39) Gorillaz ft De La Soul: Feel Good Inc. (39-35) 36 (NE) Sub Focus x IRAH x Fireboy DML: Original Don (36) 39 (NE) Coldplay: Viva La Vida (39) 40 (NE) TSHA: Back Off (40)

THIS WEEK'S TOP 40 01 (09) Sammy Virji x Spice x Flowdan: Match My Mood (9-1) 02 (06) Taylor Swift: The Fate of Ophelia (25-6-2) 03 (08) James Hype ft. Sam Harper and Bobby Harvey: Waterfalls (34-8-33) 04 (02) Tate McRae: Tit For Tat (33-6-2-4) 05 (03) RAYE: WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! (30-13-3-3-5) 06 (05) MK with Clementine Douglas: Come Find Me (38-5-6) 07 (38) Artemas: Superstar (38-7) 08 (10) Tame Impala: Dracula (10-8) 09 (01) Calvin Harris ft. Jessie Reyez: The Ocean (19-6-2-1-1-1-9) 10 (04) Doja Cat: Gorgeous (34-7-4-10) 11 (07) The Last Dinner Party: the scythe (32-16-7-11) 12 (12) Pozer: Jersey King (36-31-12-12) 13 (NE) Louis Tomlinson: Lemonade (13) 14 (32) Fred Again.. ft. Amyl & The Sniffers: you’re a star (32-12) 15 (NE) Jim Legxacy: sos (13) 16 (15) Art School Girlfriend: L.Y.A.T.T. (33-15-14) 17 (NE) PinkPantheress: Stateside (15) 18 (11) Gunna ft. Burna Boy; wgft? (39-22-17-11-16) 19 (16) Demi Lovato: Here All Night (40-23-18-16-17) 20 (17) Saint Etienne x Confidence Man: Brand New Me (29-17-20) 21 (23) Ayra Starr: Hot Body (40-23-21) 22 (36) HUNTR/X: What It Sounds Like (36-22) 23 (NE) Zara Larsson: Crush (23) 24 (40) samxemma: HOT BOYS MAKE HOT MUSIC (40-24) 25 (19) Twenty One Pilots: City Walls (37-36-19-25) 26 (26) mustbejohn: Drugs Don’t Work (39-26-26) 27 (33) Jade: Before You Break My Heart (33-27) 28 (NE) Taylor Swift: Elizabeth Taylor (28) 29 (NE) Aerosmith & Yungblud: My Only Angel (29) 30 (14) Bruce Springsteen: Lonely Night In The Park (40-24-14-30) 31 (13) Lady Gaga: The Dead Dance (18-7-3-2-2-13-31) 32 (18) Good Neighbours: People Need People (28-18-8-18-32) 33 (27) mgk: Vampire Diaries (27-33) 34 (28) Miley Cyrus ft. Lindsey Buckingham & Mick Fleetwood: Secrets (28-34) 35 (39) Gorillaz ft De La Soul: Feel Good Inc. (39-35) 36 (NE) Sub Focus x IRAH x Fireboy DML: Original Don (36) 37 (NE) Sam Fender & Elton John: Talk To You (37) 38 (NE) Florence Road: Break The Girl (38) 39 (NE) Coldplay: Viva La Vida (39) 40 (NE) TSHA: Back Off (40) OUT 20 (12) KATSEYE: Gabriela (26-11-8-12-20) 21 (19) Kehlani: Folded (35-17-20-21-19-21) 22 (14) Kelli-Leigh: Elevate (23-19-14-22) 24 (28) Gorillaz ft. Sparks: The Happy Dictator (38-24-17-28-24) 25 (15) Ewan McVicar and Inaya Day: Our Revival (37-10-7-15-25) 29 (26) Jean Dawson: Rock A Bye Baby (40-18-20-26-29) 30 (09) Tigerblind: Go All Out (39-21-12-9-30) 31 (11) Sabrina Carpenter: Tears (27-7-3-6-11-11-31) 34 (NE) Reneé Rapp: I Think I Like You Better When You're Gone (34) 35 (21) Perrie: If He Wanted To He Would (33-17-9-21-35) 37 (04) Denon Reed & Cru2: Let Him Go (24-8-1-1-3-4-37)

He is a bit ploddy these days, isn't he? I love the lad but I'm listening to Dead Boys and it feels miles apart from most of his recent stuff. I suppose being one of the UK's richest musicians will do that to you. He does deserve every penny, I'm just not getting the thrills I used to get from his music right now. Needs to do more AYEs!

I think Biffy might have another era in them yet, they tick the box Foos were ticking. Feels like Kerrangy bands get a raw deal BBC-wise as they're too loud for Radio 2 but not indie enough for 6 Music. Still, there's always Radio X, which I have no intention of listening to ever again unless it's a special occasion. Me and commercial radio just don't get on! Who is the guy at Radio 1 who decides who is and isn't relevant anyway? Presumably the Head of Music, which is still Chris Price. Hardly fresh out of university himself. I imagine he sits there all day going: "Lorde? Oh, okay then! Sam Ryder? NOT ANYMORE!!!! Tom Odell? We haven't played him for years...oh he's big on TikTok. ON HE GOES!!!" Whilst pretending all their listeners are under 30 when hardly any of them are.

THIS WEEK'S TOP 40 01 (01) Calvin Harris ft. Jessie Reyez: The Ocean (19-6-2-1-1-1) 02 (06) Tate McRae: Tit For Tat (33-6-2) 03 (03) RAYE: WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! (30-13-3-3) 04 (07) Doja Cat: Gorgeous (34-7-4) 05 (38) MK with Clementine Douglas: Come Find Me (38-5) 06 (25) Taylor Swift: The Fate of Ophelia (25-6) 07 (16) The Last Dinner Party: the scythe (32-16-7) 08 (34) James Hype ft. Sam Harper and Bobby Harvey: Waterfalls (34-8) 09 (NE) Sammy Virji x Spice x Flowdan: Match My Mood (9) 10 (NE) Tame Impala: Dracula (10) 11 (17) Gunna ft. Burna Boy; wgft? (39-22-17-11) 12 (31) Pozer: Jersey King (36-31-12) 13 (02) Lady Gaga: The Dead Dance (18-7-3-2-2-13) 14 (24) Bruce Springsteen: Lonely Night In The Park (40-24-14) 15 (33) Art School Girlfriend: L.Y.A.T.T. (33-15) 16 (18) Demi Lovato: Here All Night (40-23-18-16) 17 (29) Saint Etienne x Confidence Man: Brand New Me (29-17) 18 (08) Good Neighbours: People Need People (28-18-8-18) 19 (36) Twenty One Pilots: City Walls (37-36-19) 20 (12) KATSEYE: Gabriela (26-11-8-12-20) 21 (19) Kehlani: Folded (35-17-20-21-19-21) 22 (14) Kelli-Leigh: Elevate (23-19-14-22) 23 (40) Ayra Starr: Hot Body (40-23) 24 (28) Gorillaz ft. Sparks: The Happy Dictator (38-24-17-28-24) 25 (15) Ewan McVicar and Inaya Day: Our Revival (37-10-7-15-25) 26 (39) mustbejohn: Drugs Don’t Work (39-26) 27 (NE) mgk: Vampire Diaries (27) 28 (NE) Miley Cyrus ft. Lindsey Buckingham & Mick Fleetwood: Secrets (28) 29 (26) Jean Dawson: Rock A Bye Baby (40-18-20-26-29) 30 (09) Tigerblind: Go All Out (39-21-12-9-30) 31 (11) Sabrina Carpenter: Tears (27-7-3-6-11-11-31) 32 (NE) Fred Again.. ft. Amyl & The Sniffers: you’re a star (32) 33 (NE) Jade: Before You Break My Heart (33) 34 (NE) Reneé Rapp: I Think I Like You Better When You're Gone (34) 35 (21) Perrie: If He Wanted To He Would (33-17-9-21-35) 36 (NE) HUNTR/X: What It Sounds Like (36) 37 (04) Denon Reed & Cru2: Let Him Go (24-8-1-1-3-4-37) 38 (NE) Artemas: Superstar (38) 39 (NE) Gorillaz: Feel Good Inc. (39) 40 (NE) samxemma: HOT BOYS MAKE HOT MUSIC (40) OUT 05 (04) Luke Dean and Omar+: Make Believe (35-37-10-5-4-5)* 10 (10) Wolf Alice: Just Two Girls (39-28-13-13-13-10-10) 13 (14) Hayley Williams: Parachute (38-14-7-14-13) 20 (30) Cloonee ft. Robin S: Not Gonna Be Your Boo (25-30-20) 22 (25) Wet Leg: mangetout (32-11-2-2-5-8-25-22) 23 (06) South Arcade: FEAR OF HEIGHTS (28-15-6-23) 27 (15) Biffy Clyro: Hunting Season (27-26-9-12-16-15-27) 30 (05) Sammy Virji, Chris Lake & RoRo: 925 (36-15-4-4-5-30) 32 (16) Jazzy: Hypnotic (26-16-32) 35 (28) Tyler, The Creator: SUGAR ON MY TONGUE (28-35) 37 (NE) The Wombats: Holy Sugar (37) *Stupid dropout but it happens sometimes as I go back 30 days, let's imagine it's at #41

Time for Alternative Now That's What I Call Music 122 soon! Can't say there's been many tracks released recently that I have adored but these things happen every so often and 2026 will probably be brilliant.

THIS WEEK'S TOP 40 01 (01) Calvin Harris ft. Jessie Reyez: The Ocean (19-6-2-1-1) 02 (02) Lady Gaga: The Dead Dance (18-7-3-2-2) 03 (13) RAYE: WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! (30-13-3) 04 (03) Denon Reed & Cru2: Let Him Go (24-8-1-1-3-4) 05 (04) Luke Dean and Omar+: Make Believe (35-37-10-5-4-5) 06 (33) Tate McRae: Tit For Tat (33-6) 07 (34) Doja Cat: Gorgeous (34-7) 08 (18) Good Neighbours: People Need People (28-18-8) 09 (12) Tigerblind: Go All Out (39-21-12-9) 10 (10) Wolf Alice: Just Two Girls (39-28-13-13-13-10-10) 11 (11) Sabrina Carpenter: Tears (27-7-3-6-11-11) 12 (08) KATSEYE: Gabriela (26-11-8-12) 13 (14) Hayley Williams: Parachute (38-14-7-14-13) 14 (19) Kelli-Leigh: Elevate (23-19-14) 15 (07) Ewan McVicar and Inaya Day: Our Revival (37-10-7-15) 16 (32) The Last Dinner Party: the scythe (32-16) 17 (22) Gunna ft. Burna Boy; wgft? (39-22-17) 18 (23) Demi Lovato: Here All Night (40-23-18) 19 (21) Kehlani: Folded (35-17-20-21-19) 20 (30) Cloonee ft. Robin S: Not Gonna Be Your Boo (25-30-20) 21 (09) Perrie: If He Wanted To He Would (33-17-9-21) 22 (25) Wet Leg: mangetout (32-11-2-2-5-8-25-22) 23 (06) South Arcade: FEAR OF HEIGHTS (28-15-6-23) 24 (40) Bruce Springsteen: Lonely Night In The Park (40-24) 25 (NE) Taylor Swift: The Fate of Ophelia (25) 26 (20) Jean Dawson: Rock A Bye Baby (40-18-20-26) 27 (15) Biffy Clyro: Hunting Season (27-26-9-12-16-15-27) 28 (17) Gorillaz ft. Sparks: The Happy Dictator (38-24-17-28) 29 (NE) Saint Etienne x Confidence Man: Brand New Me (29) 30 (05) Sammy Virji, Chris Lake & RoRo: 925 (36-15-4-4-5-30) 31 (36) Pozer: Jersey King (36-31) 32 (16) Jazzy: Hypnotic (26-16-32) 33 (NE) Art School Girlfriend: L.Y.A.T.T. (33) 34 (NE) James Hype ft. Sam Harper and Bobby Harvey: Waterfalls (34) 35 (28) Tyler, The Creator: SUGAR ON MY TONGUE (28-35) 36 (37) Twenty One Pilots: City Walls (37-36) 37 (NE) The Wombats: Holy Sugar (37) 38 (NE) MK with Clementine Douglas: Come Find Me (38) 39 (NE) mustbejohn: Drugs Don’t Work (39) 40 (NE) Ayra Starr: Hot Body (40) OUT 24 (12) sombr: 12 to 12 (23-13-4-1-3-9-12-24) 26 (09) Florence + The Machine: Everybody Scream (34-12-6-8-9-26) 27 (19) Iozeak: FUNDS (31-11-19-27) 29 (22) Show Me The Body: One Train (32-22-29) 31 (38) NewDad: Everything I Wanted (38-31) 35 (14) Doja Cat: Jealous Type (13-3-1-2-14-35) 38 (31) Rihanna: Breakin’ Dishes (31-38) 39 (36) D.O.D. & Calvin Harris: Sweet Nothing (2025 Remix) (36-39)

THIS WEEK'S TOP 40 01 (02) Calvin Harris ft. Jessie Reyez: The Ocean (19-6-2-1) 02 (03) Lady Gaga: The Dead Dance (18-7-3-2) 03 (01) Denon Reed & Cru2: Let Him Go (24-8-1-1-3) 04 (05) Luke Dean and Omar+: Make Believe (35-37-10-5-4) 05 (04) Sammy Virji, Chris Lake & RoRo: 925 (36-15-4-4-5) 06 (15) South Arcade: FEAR OF HEIGHTS (28-15-6) 07 (10) Ewan McVicar and Inaya Day: Our Revival (37-10-7) 08 (11) KATSEYE: Gabriela (26-11-8) 09 (17) Perrie: If He Wanted To He Would (33-17-9) 10 (13) Wolf Alice: Just Two Girls (39-28-13-13-13-10) 11 (06) Sabrina Carpenter: Tears (27-7-3-6-11) 12 (21) Tigerblind: Go All Out (39-21-12) 13 (30) RAYE: WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! (30-13) 14 (07) Hayley Williams: Parachute (38-14-7-14) 15 (16) Biffy Clyro: Hunting Season (27-26-9-12-16-15) 16 (26) Jazzy: Hypnotic (26-16) 17 (24) Gorillaz ft. Sparks: The Happy Dictator (38-24-17) 18 (28) Good Neighbours: People Need People (28-18) 19 (23) Kelli-Leigh: Elevate (23-19) 20 (18) Jean Dawson: Rock A Bye Baby (40-18-20) 21 (20) Kehlani: Folded (35-17-20-21) 22 (39) Gunna ft. Burna Boy; wgft? (39-22) 23 (40) Demi Lovato: Here All Night (40-23) 24 (12) sombr: 12 to 12 (23-13-4-1-3-9-12-24) 25 (08) Wet Leg: mangetout (32-11-2-2-5-8-25) 26 (09) Florence + The Machine: Everybody Scream (34-12-6-8-9-26) 27 (19) Iozeak: FUNDS (31-11-19-27) 28 (NE) Tyler, The Creator: SUGAR ON MY TONGUE (28) 29 (22) Show Me The Body: One Train (32-22-29) 30 (25) Cloonee ft. Robin S: Not Gonna Be Your Boo (25-30) 31 (38) NewDad: Everything I Wanted (38-31) 32 (NE) The Last Dinner Party: the scythe (32) 33 (NE) Tate McRae: Tit For Tat (33) 34 (NE) Doja Cat: Gorgeous (34) 35 (14) Doja Cat: Jealous Type (13-3-1-2-14-35) 36 (NE) Pozer: Jersey King (36) 37 (NE) Twenty One Pilots: City Walls (37) 38 (31) Rihanna: Breakin’ Dishes (31-38) 39 (36) D.O.D. & Calvin Harris: Sweet Nothing (2025 Remix) (36-39) 40 (NE) Bruce Springsteen: Lonely Night In The Park (40) OUT 27 (21) Ava Max: Don’t Click Play (36-21-27) 29 (15) Ashnikko: Trinkets (33-26-13-10-15-29) 32 (18) Drake ft. Central Cee: Which One (19-9-3-2-4-5-16-32) 33 (NE) Fleetwood Mac: Dreams (33) 34 (NE) Ed Sheeran: Don’t Look Down (34) 35 (27) Andy C ft. Felix Samuel: Ricochet (27-35) 37 (18) Disclosure ft. Anderson .Paak: NO CAP (34-20-10-10-16-18-37)

It's taken me a long time to get on the Dreams bandwagon, I know it's been hanging around the lower reaches of the UK Top 100 for a long time and I have always loved it so I just kept dropping it into my new music sessions to make sure it got at least a week in the fake chart sun!

THIS WEEK'S TOP 40 01 (01) Denon Reed & Cru2: Let Him Go (24-8-1-1) 02 (06) Calvin Harris ft. Jessie Reyez: The Ocean (19-6-2) 03 (07) Lady Gaga: The Dead Dance (18-7-3) 04 (04) Sammy Virji, Chris Lake & RoRo: 925 (36-15-4-4) 05 (10) Luke Dean and Omar+: Make Believe (35-37-10-5) 06 (03) Sabrina Carpenter: Tears (27-7-3-6) 07 (14) Hayley Williams: Parachute (38-14-7) 08 (05) Wet Leg: mangetout (32-11-2-2-5-8) 09 (08) Florence + The Machine: Everybody Scream (34-12-6-8-9) 10 (37) Ewan McVicar and Inaya Day: Our Revival (37-10) 11 (26) KATSEYE: Gabriela (26-11) 12 (09) sombr: 12 to 12 (23-13-4-1-3-9-12) 13 (13) Wolf Alice: Just Two Girls (39-28-13-13-13) 14 (02) Doja Cat: Jealous Type (13-3-1-2-14) 15 (28) South Arcade: FEAR OF HEIGHTS (28-15) 16 (12) Biffy Clyro: Hunting Season (27-26-9-12-16) 17 (33) Perrie: If He Wanted To He Would (33-17) 18 (40) Jean Dawson: Rock A Bye Baby (40-18) 19 (11) Iozeak: FUNDS (31-11-19) 20 (17) Kehlani: Folded (35-17-20) 21 (39) Tigerblind: Go All Out (39-21) 22 (32) Show Me The Body: One Train (32-22) 23 (NE) Kelli-Leigh: Elevate (23) 24 (38) Gorillaz ft. Sparks: The Happy Dictator (38-24) 25 (NE) Cloonee ft. Robin S: Not Gonna Be Your Boo (25) 26 (NE) Jazzy: Hypnotic (26) 27 (21) Ava Max: Don’t Click Play (36-21-27) 28 (NE) Good Neighbours: People Need People (28) 29 (15) Ashnikko: Trinkets (33-26-13-10-15-29) 30 (NE) RAYE: WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! (30) 31 (NE) Rihanna: Breakin’ Dishes (31) 32 (18) Drake ft. Central Cee: Which One (19-9-3-2-4-5-16-32) 33 (NE) Fleetwood Mac: Dreams (33) 34 (NE) Ed Sheeran: Don’t Look Down (34) 35 (27) Andy C ft. Felix Samuel: Ricochet (27-35) 36 (NE) D.O.D. & Calvin Harris: Sweet Nothing (2025 Remix) (36) 37 (18) Disclosure ft. Anderson .Paak: NO CAP (34-20-10-10-16-18-37) 38 (NE) NewDad: Everything I Wanted (38) 39 (NE) Gunna ft. Burna Boy; wgft? (39) 40 (NE) Demi Lovato: Here All Night (40) OUT 19 (11) Sonny Fodera x Jazzy: All This Time (34-16-6-4-3-7-11-19) 20 (17) Porij: I’m Your Lover (Only) (33-17-20) 22 (26) Deftones: Infinite Source (26-22) 23 (20) Alessi Rose: That Could Be Me (23-20-23) 24 (14) Haim: All Over Me (33-17-6-8-14-23) 25 (04) Reneé Rapp: Leave Me Alone (18-9-5-4-24) 29 (12) Prospa ft. RAHH: You Don’t Own Me (33-22-12-29) 30 (23) Fred Again.. & Skepta: Back 2 Back (36-37-23-30) 31 (NE) Fred Again.. & Skepta: London (31) 34 (24) FLO & KAYTRANADA: The Mood (39-14-19-24-34) 35 (18) Katy B: Avalanche (37-24-31-21-23-16-18-35) 36 (33) Odeal: London Summers (39-33-36)

THIS WEEK'S TOP 40 01 (08) Denon Reed & Cru2: Let Him Go (24-8-1) 02 (01) Doja Cat: Jealous Type (13-3-1-2) 03 (07) Sabrina Carpenter: Tears (27-7-3) 04 (15) Sammy Virji, Chris Lake & RoRo: 925 (36-15-4) 05 (02) Wet Leg: mangetout (32-11-2-2-5) 06 (19) Calvin Harris ft. Jessie Reyez: The Ocean (19-6) 07 (18) Lady Gaga: The Dead Dance (18-7) 08 (06) Florence + The Machine: Everybody Scream (34-12-6-8) 09 (03) sombr: 12 to 12 (23-13-4-1-3-9) 10 (37) Luke Dean and Omar+: Make Believe (35-37-10) 11 (31) Iozeak: FUNDS (31-11) 12 (09) Biffy Clyro: Hunting Season (27-26-9-12) 13 (13) Wolf Alice: Just Two Girls (39-28-13-13) 14 (38) Hayley Williams: Parachute (38-14) 15 (10) Ashnikko: Trinkets (33-26-13-10-15) 16 (05) Drake ft. Central Cee: Which One (19-9-3-2-4-5-16) 17 (35) Kehlani: Folded (35-17) 18 (16) Disclosure ft. Anderson .Paak: NO CAP (34-20-10-10-16-18) 19 (11) Sonny Fodera x Jazzy: All This Time (34-16-6-4-3-7-11-19) 20 (17) Porij: I’m Your Lover (Only) (33-17-20) 21 (36) Ava Max: Don’t Click Play (36-21) 22 (26) Deftones: Infinite Source (26-22) 23 (20) Alessi Rose: That Could Be Me (23-20-23) 24 (14) Haim: All Over Me (33-17-6-8-14-23) 25 (04) Reneé Rapp: Leave Me Alone (18-9-5-4-24) 26 (NE) KATSEYE: Gabriela (26) 27 (NE) Andy C ft. Andy Samuel: Ricochet (27) 28 (NE) South Arcade: FEAR OF HEIGHTS (28) 29 (12) Prospa ft. RAHH: You Don’t Own Me (33-22-12-29) 30 (23) Fred Again.. & Skepta: Back 2 Back (36-37-23-30) 31 (NE) Fred Again.. & Skepta: London (31) 32 (NE) Show Me The Body: One Train (32) 33 (NE) Perrie: If He Wanted To He Would (33) 34 (24) FLO & KAYTRANADA: The Mood (39-14-19-24-34) 35 (18) Katy B: Avalanche (37-24-31-21-23-16-18-35) 36 (33) Odeal: London Summers (39-33-36) 37 (NE) Ewan McVicar and Inaya Day: Our Revival (37) 38 (NE) Gorillaz ft. Sparks: The Happy Dictator (38) 39 (NE) Tigerblind: Go All Out (39) 40 (NE) Jean Dawson: Rock A Bye Baby (40) OUT 21 (06) Confidence Man & JADE: gossip (9-2-2-1-6-21) 22 (20) Glass Animals: Vampire Bat (27-18-20-22) 25 (09) Chappell Roan: The Subway (28-12-5-7-9-25) 27 (34) Ferreck Dawn & Hayley May: Deep Inside (34-27) 28 (31) Patrick Topping: Want U (28-24-31-28) 29 (11) Jorja Smith: With You (11-6-8-11-29) 32 (RE) Radiohead: Let Down (38-x-32) 34 (21) CMAT: Euro-Country (36-19-22-21-34) 39 (14) The Last Dinner Party: This Is The Killer Speaking (29-24-16-17-14-39) 40 (NE) Kingfishr: Man on The Moon (40) Listen NOW

I'd explode with happiness even on the starting salary from 18 years ago! But he deserves every penny and he's a very talented guy. Got to be a challenge getting up at that time, entertaining the nation, coming up with new content ideas and sounding jolly every day no matter what's going on in private. I bet people on Global get loads more! And he seems like the kind of person who would be very generous with it.

I definitely like him more than most of his music. A very interesting character with a lot of layers. But I was always more Rudebox and Party Like A Russian than Angels and Something Beautiful. Feel they'd definitely play Candy if it happened now. The playlist regularly features people who are older than he was then, doing blander and more Radio 2-friendly songs than that! But they were under a lot of pressure to move on from his era (basically the 90s). I don't think the likes of Capital see Radio 1 as the threat/huge competitor they did then so they let them get on with it. Think the thirtysomething audience was a lot more lucrative then.

Great interview with Greg here, 50-year-olds more than welcome in his eyes! This 15-29 thing is so outdated. As someone said on Unofficialmills, it was put in place many years ago when popular culture, the way people consume it and the radio landscape was totally different. Most Radio 1 A-list songs get on Radio 2 anyway which shows a lot of the musical output is very cross-generational. And I rarely feel too old to appreciate any of the actual content when I tune in. As long as it's people talking about everyday things in humourous ways, it lands fine at 42. Maya Jama would have been unrelatable no matter how young or old I was! https://inews.co.uk/culture/greg-james-privilege-makes-more-qualified-job-not-less-3928972

None of the new adds blowing my head off by the way. Nice to see Demi back but it's more of a meh rewrite of Physical by Dua Lipa than Cool For The Summer II. Where is My Husband! has fun old-skool Beyonce/Amerie vibes but might take a few more listens. I do approved of exclamation marks in song titles though.

If/when Calvin stops getting such big hits, he'll lose support. No sign of this happening so far though, he seems to follow up every relative flop with a smash. And his image is completely different to Robbie's in 2012. Plus Radio 1 were really pushing the ageism thing then. They welcome us over-30s now even if they're not actively targeting us, back then Ben Cooper was celebrating "scaring off the over-30s", even though he was well over 30 himself, the bloody hypocrite. He literally said he'd "probably always" listen to it himself because he always wanted to hear the next big thing! It's all ridiculous anyway, you've got young kids streaming Fleetwood Mac, plus people in their forties are heavily into lots of R1 playlist stuff, often because it doesn't sound much different to what they grew up with anyway - and lots of it is on Radio 2 as well. Some things sound like music from BEFORE I was born, including several tracks on the current playlist we're talking about right now! Radio 1 shouldn't be a "youth" station, it should be a "youthful" one. Some people feel and act young at 60, and some 25-year-olds might as well be drawing their pensions. It should just concentrate on being a "new music" station, and that will naturally attract young listeners anyway. If Capital want more listeners, they can fight for them via great unmissable content. Why should the BBC hand them over on a plate? I bet it has more listeners over 30 than under 30. They also have a 65-year-old DJ. Obviously some new music isn't suitable for the station but you can just use your common sense to decide what sounds old and tired and what doesn't, and what will actually sound good and powerful on high-energy daytime radio. I'm 42 and I do dip into Radio 2 as well but then sometimes something new but pointless like Chrissie Hynde and K.D. Lang covering Me & Mrs Jones will come on like it did when I listened this week and I'll think "oh FFS do we HAVE to, I'm not 8768716 years old!". Radio 1 really should have definitely playlisted Candy though. It was ironically debuted on there, was #1 for two weeks and they'd have been all over it if it'd been exactly the same but by Olly Murs!

THIS WEEK'S TOP 40 01 (03) Doja Cat: Jealous Type (13-3-1) 02 (02) Wet Leg: mangetout (32-11-2-2) 03 (01) sombr: 12 to 12 (23-13-4-1-3) 04 (05) Reneé Rapp: Leave Me Alone (18-9-5-4) 05 (04) Drake ft. Central Cee: Which One (19-9-3-2-4-5) 06 (12) Florence + The Machine: Everybody Scream (34-12-6) 07 (27) Sabrina Carpenter: Tears (27-7) 08 (24) Denon Reed & Cru2: Let Him Go (24-8) 09 (26) Biffy Clyro: Hunting Season (27-26-9) 10 (13) Ashnikko: Trinkets (33-26-13-10) 11 (07) Sonny Fodera x Jazzy: All This Time (34-16-6-4-3-7-11) 12 (22) Prospa ft. RAHH: You Don’t Own Me (33-22-12) 13 (28) Wolf Alice: Just Two Girls (39-28-13) 14 (08) Haim: All Over Me (33-17-6-8-14) 15 (36) Sammy Virji, Chris Lake & RoRo: 925 (36-15) 16 (10) Disclosure ft. Anderson .Paak: NO CAP (34-20-10-10-16) 17 (33) Porij: I’m Your Lover (Only) (33-17) 18 (NE) Lady Gaga: The Dead Dance (18) 19 (NE) Calvin Harris ft. Jessie Reyez: The Ocean (19) 20 (23) Alessi Rose: That Could Be Me (23-20) 21 (06) Confidence Man & JADE: gossip (9-2-2-1-6-21) 22 (20) Glass Animals: Vampire Bat (27-18-20-22) 23 (37) Fred Again & Skepta: Back 2 Back (36-37-23) 24 (19) FLO & KAYTRANADA: The Mood (39-14-19-24) 25 (09) Chappell Roan: The Subway (28-12-5-7-9-25) 26 (NE) Deftones: Infinite Source (26) 27 (34) Ferreck Dawn and Hayley May: Deep Inside (34-27) 28 (31) Patrick Topping: Want U (28-24-31-28) 29 (11) Jorja Smith: With You (11-6-8-11-29) 30 (18) Katy B: Avalanche (37-24-31-21-23-16-18) 31 (NE) Iozeak: FUNDS (31) 32 (RE) Radiohead: Let Down (38-x-32) 33 (39) Odeal: London Summers (39-33) 34 (21) CMAT: Euro-Country (36-19-22-21-34) 35 (NE) Kehlani: Folded (35) 36 (NE) Ava Max: Don’t Click Play (36) 37 (35) Luke Dean and Omar+: Make Believe (35-37) 38 (NE) Hayley Williams: Parachute (38) 39 (14) The Last Dinner Party: This Is The Killer Speaking (29-24-16-17-14-39) 40 (NE) Kingfishr: Man on The Moon (40) OUT 15 (12) Disco Lines & Tinashe: No Broke Boys (31-16-11-6-5-3-7-7-12-15) 16 (15) Rossi x Jazzy: High On Me (20-10-2-1-1-3-11-15-16) 17 (05) HUNTR/X: Golden (12-2-1-1-5-17) 25 (40) Girls Don’t Sync: Come Get Dis (40-25) 29 (30) Genix vs. MC Lethal: Rave Digger (30-29) 30 (20) BLACKPINK: Jump (14-4-4-9-20-30) 32 (23) Royel Otis: Car (30-21-23-32) 38 (NE) Skin on Skin: Ooo (38) 40 (21) Tyler, The Creator: Ring Ring Ring (32-13-12-21-40)

I'd have thought those numbers were decent but then again I don't know what a good number is for a 'contemporary classic'. Maybe someone can enlighten me?

I tried my hardest to get into it and it's always nice to see a pop veteran at the chart summit. Just wasn't for me unfortunately! The one with Miley was a bit better but even that didn't make it on my summer '24 playlist, so I'll never be its shotgun rider 'til the day I die. Guess I just prefer funky/dancey Beyoncé!

But as you say, the point still stands. Wish Break My Soul or Cuff It had gone to #1!

I forgot about Texas Hold'Em because I didn't really like it so didn't add it to my relevant pop/radio hits playlist and haven't heard it much as a recurrent on BBC Radio 1 so forgot it existed and now I feel silly.

Yes she did. Feck! I forgot about Texas Hold'Em because I didn't really like it so didn't add it to my relevant pop/radio hits playlist and haven't heard it much as a recurrent on BBC Radio 1 so forgot it existed and now I feel silly. But as you say, the point still stands. Wish Break My Soul or Cuff It had gone to #1!

Ed's imperial phase is a bit over isn't it. Oh well, happens to everyone. We're 14 years in. Beyoncé, Coldplay, Gaga etc aren't getting #1 singles anymore but they're still big and relevant etc. Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan won't be dominating the charts in 2039. Next single should definitely be Don't Look Down. He probably should have been a bit more daring and gone for this as the new one. Must admit, the idea of never enduring a 10-week Ed Sheeran #1 ever again does sound quite appealing, even if I've been quite partial to 2020s Ed in small doses. Do teenagers like him?

The main Don't Look Down hook also sounds like Ferrari!

I am certainly not the world's biggest Ed Sheeran fan and spent the first ten years of his career moaning on and on and about about his omnipresence at the time. Though my thoughts kind of softened four years ago with Bad Habits and Shivers, which I actually streamed quite a bit. However I do have to say Don't Look Down is the best thing he has ever done - even if it is more than slightly indebted to Apricots by Bicep according to my ears!