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THIS WEEK'S TOP 40 01 (13) Bebe Rexha & Faithless: New Religion (13-1) 02 (06) Lady Gaga & Doechii: Runway (19-6-2) 03 (10) Prospa ft. Cloonee: Free Your Mind (17-10-3) 04 (02) FLO: Leak It (24-6-2-4) 05 (36) Noah Kahan: Porch Light (36-5) 06 (09) Kacey Musgraves: Dry Spell (27-9-6) 07 (19) Joy Anonymous x Ezra Collective x STUSH: JOY (This One) (19-7) 08 (15) Disclosure: The Sun Comes Up Tremendous (15-8) 09 (22) Jim Legxacy: idk idk (22-9) 10 (12) LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER: Eins, Zwei, Drei (36-25-13-11-12-10) 11 (NE) John Summit ft. Julia Wolf: WITH ME (11) 12 (NE) Nia Archives: Danger (12) 13 (39) KATSEYE: Pinky Up (39-13) 14 (21) Take That: You're A Superstar (21-14) 15 (01) Chris Stussy and Tom Did It: Wide Awake (18-10-2-1-15) 16 (05) ANOTR ft. 54 Ultra: Talk To You (10-4-3-1-5-16) 17 (03) Alok & Khalid: Dive Into Me (35-5-3-17) 18 (23) Mclusky: As A Dad (36-23-18) 19 (NE) Justin Bieber ft. Nicki Minaj: Beauty And A Beat (19) 20 (29) Big Thief: Words (29-20) 21 (NE) Sabrina Carpenter: House Tour (21) 22 (04) Sonny Fodera ft. Chrystal: My Loving (17-5-3-4-3-4-22) 23 (11) Paris Paloma: Miyazaki (32-11-23) 24 (08) CMAT: The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station (23-8-24) 25 (27) Jessie Ware: Automatic (35-31-25-27-25) 26 (28) Baby Queen: Feel Something (28-26) 27 (07) Jungle: Carry On (36-10-7-27) 28 (14) RAYE ft. Hans Zimmer: Click Clack Symphony (29-14-28) 29 (32) Lykke Li: Knife In The Heart (32-29) 30 (20) Muse: Be With You (22-18-20-30) 31 (NE) Wasia Project: 2515 (31) 32 (NE) Tyla ft. Zara Larsson: SHE DID IT AGAIN (32) 33 (NE) MUNA: Wannabeher (33) 34 (33) Jorja Smith: Price Of It All (33-34) 35 (NE) Olivia Rodrigo: drop dead (35) 36 (NE) Madonna & Sabrina Carpenter: Bring Your Love (36) 37 (35) Fatboy Slim & The Rolling Stones: Satisfaction Skank (40-13-xx-40-x-35-37) 38 (NE) Lizzo: Don't Make Me Love U (38) 39 (NE) Marmozets: Cut Back (39) 40 (NE) sombr: Potential (40) OUT 16 (14) Jennifer Lopez & David Guetta: Save Me Tonight (28-28-18-14-16) 17 (07) Ella Langley: Choosin' Texas (21-15-12-9-7-17) 18 (04) Fisher: Rain (40-10-7-2-1-1-1-2-4-18) 24 (09) Taylor Swift: Elizabeth Taylor (28-xx-21-10-8-9-24) 25 (31) Tame Impala: Dracula (10-8-4-4-10-12-26-xx-31-25) 26 (08) Rosalía ft. Björk & Yves Tumor: Berghain (37-23-33-30-xx-10-3-2-1-8-26) 30 (NE) CamelPhat, Mike Trix & Rafael Cerato: Miami Bass (30) 31 (16) Ewan McVIcar: Share The House (32-13-11-14-4-14-16-16-31) 34 (38) Holly Humberstone: Cruel World (39-32-38-34) 37 (37) Kancelled West ft. Andre Troutman: ALL THE LOVE (37-37) 38 (15) Harry Styles: American Girls (34-9-8-7-15-38) 40 (NE) Foo Fighters: Caught In The Echo (40)

Think I set my Madge expectations way too high (#1!) but Top 20 would be great if she can hold on.

Amazed how much I liked and streamed Fever Dream. Inevitably back to beige now!

Don't Make Me Love U was great, shame R1 have dumped her. This, however, is proper lazy cynical shite. Write your own chorus FFS!

I don't think they're only playing it because of Sabrina. I think they expected it to do well because of all the online hype and didn't wanna be on the back foot again after Padam Padam. And yes, they might have realised they are more of a new music station than a youth one after all. I bet hardly anyone on here is 15-29 (I can tell by their pop nostalgia anecdotes from like 1999 or much earlier) and a lot of us appear to still be R1 listeners. My two closest friends are 40 and 43 and listen to it all the time! Plus there must have been lots of times where they have snubbed veteran ft. hot chart star songs. Admittedly the only one I can think of right now is Pet Shop Boys ft. Example in 2013 which was ace but there's gotta be loads more! And there's been a lot of Madonna awareness amongst the younger people over the past three years anyway with Popular and the multiple re-entries. Also it's her best and most instantly appealing lead single since 2008 and they'd have been ALL OVER it if was by any female pop star they normally support anyway!

Finally!

Stay Love dropped to #100 in its second week, blimey. Thought that was going to be quite big for him.

THIS WEEK'S TOP 40 01 (02) Chris Stussy and Tom Did It: Wide Awake (18-10-2-1) 02 (06) FLO: Leak It (24-6-2) 03 (05) Alok & Khalid: Dive Into Me (35-5-3) 04 (03) Sonny Fodera ft. Chrystal: My Loving (17-5-3-4-3-4) 05 (01) ANOTR ft. 54 Ultra: Talk To You (10-4-3-1-5) 06 (19) Lady Gaga & Doechii: Runway (19-6) 07 (10) Jungle: Carry On (36-10-7) 08 (23) CMAT: The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station (23-8) 09 (27) Kacey Musgraves: Dry Spell (27-9) 10 (17) Prospa ft. Cloonee: Free Your Mind (17-10) 11 (32) Paris Paloma: Miyazaki (32-11) 12 (11) LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER: Eins, Zwei, Drei (36-25-13-11-12) 13 (NE) Bebe Rexha & Faithless: New Religion (13) 14 (29) RAYE ft. Hans Zimmer: Click Clack Symphony (29-14) 15 (NE) Disclosure: The Sun Comes Up Tremendous (15) 16 (14) Jennifer Lopez & David Guetta: Save Me Tonight (28-28-18-14-16) 17 (07) Ella Langley: Choosin' Texas (21-15-12-9-7-17) 18 (04) Fisher: Rain (40-10-7-2-1-1-1-2-4-18) 19 (NE) Joy Anonymous x Ezra Collective x STUSH: JOY (This One) (19) 20 (18) Muse: Be With You (22-18-20) 21 (NE) Take That: You're A Superstar (21) 22 (NE) Jim Legxacy: idk idk (22) 23 (36) Mclusky: As A Dad (36-23) 24 (09) Taylor Swift: Elizabeth Taylor (28-xx-21-10-8-9-24) 25 (31) Tame Impala: Dracula (10-8-4-4-10-12-26-xx-31-25) 26 (08) Rosalía ft. Björk & Yves Tumor: Berghain (37-23-33-30-xx-10-3-2-1-8-26) 27 (25) Jessie Ware: Automatic (35-31-25-27) 28 (NE) Baby Queen: Feel Something (28) 29 (NE) Big Thief: Words (29) 30 (NE) CamelPhat, Mike Trix & Rafael Cerato: Miami Bass 31 (16) Ewan McVIcar: Share The House (32-13-11-14-4-14-16-16-31) 32 (NE) Lykke Li: Knife In The Heart (32) 33 (NE) Jorja Smith: Price Of It All (33) 34 (38) Holly Humberstone: Cruel World (39-32-38-34) 35 (RE) Fatboy Slim & The Rolling Stones: Satisfaction Skank (40-13-xx-40-x-35) 36 (NE) Noah Kahan: Porch Light (36) 37 (37) Kancelled West ft. Andre Troutman: ALL THE LOVE (37-37) 38 (15) Harry Styles: American Girls (34-9-8-7-15-38) 39 (NE) KATSEYE: Pinky Up (39) 40 (NE) Foo Fighters: Caught In The Echo (40) OUT 12 (05) Turnstile: DREAMING (31-8-6-5-12) 13 (06) Dominic Fike: White Keys (23-6-5-6-13) 20 (11) Bella Kay: iloveitiloveitiloveit (21-12-4-2-7-11-20) 21 (12) Alex Warren: Fever Dream (27-11-7-9-12-21) 22 (14) Gorillaz ft. Bizarrap, Kara Jackson & Anoushka Shankar: Orange County (38-xx-19-11-14-22) 24 (15) Feng: Cali Crazy (22-15-15-24) 26 (21) Olivia Rodrigo: The Book of Love (20-26-21-26) 28 (RE) kwn: hopeless romantic (31-x-28) 30 (23) Robyn: Blow My Mind (24-23-30) 33 (30) Fcukers: L.U.C.K.Y. (15-6-7-17-30-25-x-33-21-30-33) 34 (29) Thundercat ft. Mac Miller: She Knows Too Much (32-29-34) 35 (25) Zara Larsson: Lush Life (37-25-35) 38 (28) U2: Song Of The Future (35-30-28-38) 40 (17) Milky x Mall Grab: Just The Way You Are (27-4-2-1-3-3-11-13-17-40)

I did say they were more relaxed about age these days so I'm not massively surprised about the Madge news! I reckon Padam Padam was a major breakthrough and this wouldn't have happened without that. At the end of the day they SAY Radio 1 is all about young listeners but a lot of us see it as the only credible new music station around (sorry Capital) so will listen for hours on end even when we're like 13 years out of the demographic like I am (in the past most 43-year-olds would have grown out of new pop music a long time ago but as someone who started in 1988 and has no intention of stopping - ever - because it's my main hobby, I say "FCUK THAT!"), and there's no denying there's been a lot of global internet hype around this song and new era, obviously getting Sabby C on board has helped a lot. They must be predicting a bit of a hit and don't want to be behind the curve again. UPDATE: Have now heard the song and it's decent, it's no Like A Prayer admittedly but totally something they would play anyway if a 25-year-old was the lead artist. Or if it was by Dua Lipa!

And still no Satisfaction Skank even though they've played it 50 times in the past 30 days! Adding it to my Spotify version of the playlist anyway for that reason, it might as well be on. Doing the same with House Tour, it's got a lot of spins recently and presumably coming next week. Sad to see Alok and Chris Stussy gone already!

THIS WEEK'S TOP 40 01 (03) ANOTR ft. 54 Ultra: Talk To You (10-4-3-1) 02 (10) Chris Stussy and Tom Did It: Wide Awake (18-10-2) 03 (04) Sonny Fodera ft. Chrystal: My Loving (17-5-3-4-3) 04 (02) Fisher: Rain (40-10-7-2-1-1-1-2-4) 05 (35) Alok & Khalid: Dive Into Me (35-5) 06 (24) FLO: Leak It (24-6) 07 (09) Ella Langley: Choosin' Texas (21-15-12-9-7) 08 (01) Rosalía ft. Björk & Yves Tumor: Berghain (37-23-33-30-xx-10-3-2-1-8) 09 (08) Taylor Swift: Elizabeth Taylor (28-xx-21-10-8-9) 10 (36) Jungle: Carry On (36-10) 11 (13) LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER: Eins, Zwei, Drei (36-25-13-11) 12 (05) Turnstile: DREAMING (31-8-6-5-12) 13 (06) Dominic Fike: White Keys (23-6-5-6-13) 14 (18) Jennifer Lopez & David Guetta: Save Me Tonight (28-28-18-14) 15 (07) Harry Styles: American Girls (34-9-8-7-15) 16 (16) Ewan McVIcar: Share The House (32-13-11-14-4-14-16-16) 17 (NE) Prospa ft. Cloonee: Free Your Mind (17) 18 (22) Muse: Be With You (22-18) 19 (NE) Lady Gaga & Doechii: Runway (19) 20 (11) Bella Kay: iloveitiloveitiloveit (21-12-4-2-7-11-20) 21 (12) Alex Warren: Fever Dream (27-11-7-9-12-21) 22 (14) Gorillaz ft. Bizarrap, Kara Jackson & Anoushka Shankar: Orange County (38-xx-19-11-14-22) 23 (NE) CMAT: The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station (23) 24 (15) Feng: Cali Crazy (22-15-15-24) 25 (31) Jessie Ware: Automatic (35-31-25) 26 (21) Olivia Rodrigo: The Book of Love (20-26-21-26) 27 (NE) Kacey Musgraves: Dry Spell (27) 28 (RE) kwn: hopeless romantic (31-x-28) 29 (NE) RAYE ft. Hans Zimmer: Click Clack Symphony (29) 30 (23) Robyn: Blow My Mind (24-23-30) 31 (RE) Tame Impala: Dracula (10-8-4-4-10-12-26-xx-31) 32 (NE) Paris Paloma: Miyazaki (32) 33 (30) Fcukers: L.U.C.K.Y. (15-6-7-17-30-25-x-33-21-30-33) 34 (29) Thundercat ft. Mac Miller: She Knows Too Much (32-29-34) 35 (25) Zara Larsson: Lush Life (37-25-35) 36 (NE) Mclusky: As A Dad (36) 37 (NE) Kancelled West ft. Andre Troutman: ALL THE LOVE (37) 38 (28) U2: Song Of The Future (35-30-28-38) 39 (32) Holly Humberstone: Cruel World (39-32-38) 40 (17) Milky x Mall Grab: Just The Way You Are (27-4-2-1-3-3-11-13-17-40) OUT 19 (16) Calvin Harris x Kasabian: Release The Pressure (17-2-1-2-1-2-14-16-19) 20 (20) Lana Del Rey: White Feather Hawk Tail Deer Hunter (38-22-23-20-20) 26 (17) MUNA: Dancing On The Wall (37-18-17-26) 27 (22) twenty one pilots: Drag Path (26-22-27) 33 (29) sombr: Homewrecker (23-8-6-8-5-13-29-33) 34 (19) Charlotte Day Wilson & Saya Gray: Lean (37-18-8-16-19-34) 37 (23) Madonna: Into The Groove (18-12-23-37) 38 (27) James Blake: Death of Love (29-21-18-13-7-17-27-38) 39 (36) Arlo Parks: Get Go (36-39) 40 (RE) Fatboy Slim & The Rolling Stones: Satisfaction Skank (40-13-xx-40) Quick plug for the YouTube channel!

The sound of Rein Me In is starting to ring like tinnitus.

Drop Dead seems to have had mixed reviews so far but I like it. Can't wait to see it rein Rein Me In in!

I have just spent an hour or two compiling a load of 2010s songs that didn't quite make my Alternative Now volumes 75 - 104 either because I couldn't quite fit them in and/or the artist had a better song out in that Now 'era', or I didn't realise how good it was when I complied the originals. It's split into five discs with a big old bomb blast sound effect between each 'CD' and may be subject to change if new ideas come into my head over coming months/years/decades. But for now, here is 'ALTERNATIVE NOW 2010s'.

If you want loads of new entries, come back next week as there's a tonne of things bubbling under. In the meantime, please check out my new YouTube channel How Did They Get So Big? if you haven't already. It's my last-ditch attempt at returning to my old income after AI took a massive 5hit on my 15-year content writing career. I was getting more and more views every day until I added the Harry Styles and Taylor Swift ones, then they weirdly dried up. Thought those would make it better if anything! Way in the lead is How Did Ed Sheeran Get So Big? That was just going up, up, up until Styles and Swift weirdly cooked my progress! And don't forget I recently interviewed the man who may well be the next Radio 2 breakfast host if he actually wants the job - click here. Plus I just made this after realising I had loads of great 2010s tunes missing from my Alternative Nows. THIS WEEK'S TOP 40 01 (02) Rosalía ft. Björk & Yves Tumor: Berghain (37-23-33-30-xx-10-3-2-1) 02 (01) Fisher: Rain (40-10-7-2-1-1-1-2) 03 (04) ANOTR ft. 54 Ultra: Talk To You (10-4-3) 04 (03) Sonny Fodera ft. Chrystal: My Loving (17-5-3-4) 05 (06) Turnstile: DREAMING (31-8-6-5) 06 (05) Dominic Fike: White Keys (23-6-5-6) 07 (08) Harry Styles: American Girls (34-9-8-7) 08 (10) Taylor Swift: Elizabeth Taylor (28-xx-21-10-8) 09 (12) Ella Langley: Choosin' Texas (21-15-12-9) 10 (18) Chris Stussy and Tom Did It: Wide Awake (18-10) 11 (07) Bella Kay: iloveitiloveitiloveit (21-12-4-2-7-11) 12 (09) Alex Warren: Fever Dream (27-11-7-9-12) 13 (25) LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER: Eins, Zwei, Drei (36-25-13) 14 (11) Gorillaz ft. Bizarrap, Kara Jackson & Anoushka Shankar: Orange County (38-xx-19-11-14) 15 (15) Feng: Cali Crazy (22-15-15) 16 (14) Ewan McVIcar: Share The House (32-13-11-14-4-14-16) 17 (13) Milky x Mall Grab: Just The Way You Are (27-4-2-1-3-3-11-13-17) 18 (28) Jennifer Lopez & David Guetta: Save Me Tonight (28-28-18) 19 (16) Calvin Harris x Kasabian: Release The Pressure (17-2-1-2-1-2-14-16-19) 20 (20) Lana Del Rey: White Feather Hawk Tail Deer Hunter (38-22-23-20-20) 21 (26) Olivia Rodrigo: The Book of Love (20-26-21) 22 (NE) Muse: Be With You (22) 23 (24) Robyn: Blow My Mind (24-23) 24 (NE) FLO: Leak It (24) 25 (37) Zara Larsson: Lush Life (37-25) 26 (17) MUNA: Dancing On The Wall (37-18-17-26) 27 (22) twenty one pilots: Drag Path (26-22-27) 28 (30) U2: Song Of The Future (35-30-28) 29 (32) Thundercat ft. Mac Miller: She Knows Too Much (32-29) 30 (21) Fcukers: L.U.C.K.Y. (15-6-7-17-30-25-x-33-21-30) 31 (35) Jessie Ware: Automatic (35-31) 32 (39) Holly Humberstone: Cruel World (39-32) 33 (29) sombr: Homewrecker (23-8-6-8-5-13-29-33) 34 (19) Charlotte Day Wilson & Saya Gray: Lean (37-18-8-16-19-34) 35 (NE) Alok & Khalid: Dive Into Me (35) 36 (NE) Jungle: Carry On (36) 37 (23) Madonna: Into The Groove (18-12-23-37) 38 (27) James Blake: Death of Love (29-21-18-13-7-17-27-38) 39 (36) Arlo Parks: Get Go (36-39) 40 (RE) Fatboy Slim & The Rolling Stones: Satisfaction Skank (40-13-xx-40) OUT 31 (NE) kwn: hopeless romantic (31) 33 (NE) Shakira: Zoo (33) 34 (30) MK & Illyus Barrientos: Never Let You Go (27-39-29-36-30-34) 38 (NE) Odeal & Wizkid: Nights In The Sun (38) 40 (24) Robyn: Talk To Me (26-23-5-5-4-5-6-9-6-12-24-40)

Welcome to Hadjiworld. Anyway, you have done a great job and I wish these were real companion volumes! Would be great if you could do the 80s and remaining 90s ones but I understand if you've run out of steam!

Goddammit, rein Rein Me In in! Songs that were released as singles in the summer shouldn't be peaking nearly a year later (and it's not like this has been 're-issued' or whatever the modern equivalent of that is). ACR is making absolutely no difference now, these charts are just as stale as those of 2016 before it was introduced. Made a video about it and the slow as heck chart in general as you may have seen, sorry about using AI for the artwork, it's a temporary thing whilst I work out what the bloody hell I'm doing! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvKUbQL4C4E&feature=youtu.be

I wonder if there's a hope in hell that R1 will playlist the new Muse single, eight years after they were last on the playlist. If that was by a younger band they would be all over it, it sounds fine for R1. Fits R1 more than R2, who actually have playlisted it. They let that Gorillaz* whistling thing on for a few weeks and Damon is pushing 60! *And that was a 15.5 year gap!

THIS WEEK'S TOP 40 01 (01) Fisher: Rain (40-10-7-2-1-1-1) 02 (03) Rosalía ft. Björk & Yves Tumor: Berghain (37-23-33-30-xx-10-3-2) 03 (05) Sonny Fodera ft. Chrystal: My Loving (17-5-3) 04 (10) ANOTR ft. 54 Ultra: Talk To You (10-4) 05 (06) Dominic Fike: White Keys (23-6-5) 06 (08) Turnstile: DREAMING (31-8-6) 07 (02) Bella Kay: iloveitiloveitiloveit (21-12-4-2-7) 08 (09) Harry Styles: American Girls (34-9-8) 09 (07) Alex Warren: Fever Dream (27-11-7-9) 10 (21) Taylor Swift: Elizabeth Taylor (28-xx-21-10) 11 (19) Gorillaz ft. Bizarrap, Kara Jackson & Anoushka Shankar: Orange County (38-xx-19-11) 12 (15) Ella Langley: Choosin' Texas (21-15-12) 13 (11) Milky x Mall Grab: Just The Way You Are (27-4-2-1-3-3-11-13) 14 (04) Ewan McVIcar: Share The House (32-13-11-14-4-14) 15 (22) Feng: Cali Crazy (22-15) 16 (14) Calvin Harris x Kasabian: Release The Pressure (17-2-1-2-1-2-14-16) 17 (18) MUNA: Dancing On The Wall (37-18-17) 18 (NE) Chris Stussy and Tom Did It: Wide Awake (18) 19 (16) Charlotte Day Wilson & Saya Gray: Lean (37-18-8-16-19) 20 (23) Lana Del Rey: White Feather Hawk Tail Deer Hunter (38-22-23-20) 21 (33) Fcukers: L.U.C.K.Y. (15-6-7-17-30-25-x-33-21) 22 (26) twenty one pilots: Drag Path (26-22) 23 (12) Madonna: Into The Groove (18-12-23) 24 (NE) Robyn: Blow My Mind (24) 25 (36) LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER: Eins, Zwei, Drei (36-25) 26 (20) Olivia Rodrigo: The Book of Love (20-26) 27 (17) James Blake: Death of Love (29-21-18-13-7-17-27) 28 (28) Jennifer Lopez & David Guetta: Save Me Tonight (28-28) 29 (13) sombr: Homewrecker (23-8-6-8-5-13-29) 30 (35) U2: Song Of The Future (35-30) 31 (NE) kwn: hopeless romantic (31) 32 (NE) Thundercat ft. Mac Miller: She Knows Too Much (32) 33 (NE) Shakira: Zoo (33) 34 (30) MK & Illyus Barrientos: Never Let You Go (27-39-29-36-30-34) 35 (NE) Jessie Ware: Automatic (35) 36 (NE) Arlo Parks: Get Go (36) 37 (NE) Zara Larsson: Lush Life (37) 38 (NE) Odeal & Wizkid: Nights In The Sun (38) 39 (NE) Holly Humberstone: Cruel World (39) 40 (24) Robyn: Talk To Me (26-23-5-5-4-5-6-9-6-12-24-40) OUT 25 (09) Mitski: WHERE'S MY PHONE? (20-8-5-5-7-9-25) 27 (13) Danny L Harle & Dua Lipa: Two Hearts (34-14-9-13-27) 29 (27) Holly Humberstone: To Love Somebody (38-16-20-27-29) 31 (06) Josh Baker, Silva Bumpa & Paige Cavell: Feel This Way (31-11-3-4-4-6-31) 32 (15) Fred again.. & Jamie T: LightsBurnDimmer (21-7-3-5-15-32) 34 (32) Ladytron: A Death in London (38-x-32-34) 37 (NE) 1-800 GIRLS ft. Council: eye contact (37) 38 (NE) Caleb Laurenson: Beautiful Thing (38) 39 (16) J. Cole: Two Six (30-9-8-10-16-39) 40 (NE) Because of Art & Stephen Weston: To The Heart (40)

Lykke Li in 2026! Did shock me when they played her the other afternoon. Didn't have that on my bingo card, not complaining though.

Been discussing this on another thread, was gonna just do two videos about how both artists became so popular but I'm increasingly tempted to do a 'How Did Rein Me In Get So Big?' clip and kill two birds with one stone. My God, the charts are fcuked. As much as I like Sam Fender, this very mid song by his earlier standards wouldn't have been anywhere near as successful in the physical or download days! It's been a slow year so far for big songs that people have really latched onto so it's just there by default. Hypersonic Missiles got to #48 (which seems insane now) and that's a thousand times better! #reinreinmeinin https://www.youtube.com/@howdidtheygetsobig

This will definitely be on the playlist officially in the run-up to the Big Weekend. They need something new from him to play to build momentum and what else is there? He's hardly put anything new out in the past 20 years. It might as well be there already considering how many spins it's getting! Mad that someone who played bass in an 1980s indie-pop band is headlining Radio 1's Big Weekend 2026 when you think about it, isn't it. I love it though! Satisfaction Skank might have the most spot plays for anything ever aside from Running Up That Hill (2022, I'm sure it was playlisted in 1985), which never officially appeared on their list of heavily-rotated songs on you could look at on the internet but was on a LOT!

Guessing Lizzo has been banished to Radio 2-only land forevermore now? Rather liking Don't Make Me Love U. "Don't you bullshit me, baby!"

Cheers, this is a pretty desperate situation, the latest tax year has just ended and I will be reporting about a third of what I was on before the bots came along to ruin my life. But I genuinely reckon this has legs if I commit to it! How Did Sam Fender Get So Big? definitely coming, as is an Olivia Dean episode!