Robbie

I remember when the American Chart Show was part of the Saturday Sequence in the mid-late eighties with Johnnie Walker, with Laura Gross in America, she left in 1988. Got her final show on tape.

Richard Skinner took over in later years and counted it down.

I don't remember any of those presenters doing the countdown! My era was when Gambo presented it, after he left it seemed to lose direction. There was an American who did it for a short while in about 1986/7 (I think it was probably Dixie Peach, though Gary Byrd did do some show at Radio One), and presumably Johhnie Walker must have presented from about 1987/8. By then, I was working on a Saturday so I probably just never got to hear it.

 

This is the first time I've heard of AT40 being broadcast in the UK. Some stations carried the rival Rick Dees US top 40 countdown back in the 90s but it wasn't that successful. As Mark says, Radio One also had its own American chart show, first with Paul Gambaccini in the 70s and early 80s then someone like Gary Byrd or Dixie Peach took over and the show was eventually dropped. AT40 used to be heard in Europe on American Forces Network back in the days when Kasey Kasem used to present it, and back then it was the top 40 part of Billboard's Hot 100 that was used. That chart was dropped in 1991. I don't know who compiles it now, but it's not the "proper" chart (ie it's not the Hot 100 top 40).

you still can't beat vinyl, the sound is far better than CD. I've still got a handful of old 12" singles left, back to 1978, and the sound is far, far superior than the same song on CD. There's a richer sound, and as most of the 12" singles I still have are disco / dance type stuff, a far better bass sound.

Here's a list of records this week that would probably be in the chart this coming Sunday were it not for the pesky deletion (and * 52 week) rule!

 

Top 10

 

Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol

 

Top 40

 

You Give Me Something- James Morrison

Monster - Automatic

 

Top 75

 

Maneater - Nelly Furtado

Crazy - Gnarls Barkley

No Tomorrow - Orson

*Numb/Encore - Jay-Z/Linkin Park

*Bring Me To Life -Evanescence

hello mikey,robbie, could you please tell me the new playlist of this week?

thank you

ohad

here we go...

 

 

All Saints: Rocksteady

All Saints come back campaign is led by one of the pop singles of 2006. Upbeat, funky and bursting with credibility.

Contact: Janet Choudry, Parlophone

(single, November 6 - Parlophone)

 

 

Bedouin Soundclash: When The Night Feels My Song

Featured in the current T-Mobile TV campaign, this song, originally released last year, is enjoying a surge of interest.

Contact: Rich Dawes, Polydor

(single, October 2 - B Unique)

 

 

 

Lola Ray: Officer & A Gentleman

Currently available for recording and publishing, this New York trio pen commercially rich pop-rock that grips on first listen.

Contact: Peter Robinson, Benevolent Management

(unsigned - demo)

 

 

Lucie Silvas: Last Year

Silvas has never sounded more comfortable. In the current musical climate, her new material will be a refreshing addition to the airwaves.

Contact: Barbara Charone, MBC

(single, October 30 - Mercury)

 

 

Fionn Regan: Put A Penny In the Slot

There is something increasingly alluring about this folk song, Regan’s debut single. A talented lyricist with melodic nuance.

Contact: Duncan Jordan, Bella Union

(single, September 25 - Bella Union)

 

 

The Ordinary Boys: Lonely At The Top

Preston and co. return with a big, brash rock song that oozes commercial appeal. Already off to a strong start at TV, this will keep the fire burning for TOB into 2007.

Contact: Rich Dawes, Polydor

(single, October 16 - Polydor)

 

 

Desert Hearts: Hotsy Totsy Nagasaki

Sometimes, out of the blue, some music arrives in your life that makes you stop and listen. This is one of those albums.

Contact: Shaun, Gargleblast Records

(album, October 30 - Gargleblast/No Dancing)

 

 

Tiesto feat. Maxi Jazz: Dance4life

Currently generating strong club play, Maxi Jazz injects a familiarity factor into this energetic dance track.

Contact: Tom Jenkins, Cypher PR

(single, October 23 - Nebula/Virgin)

 

 

Razorlight: America

America is a brilliant song that will turn up the heat on Razorlight’s second album campaign. Already a live anthem.

Contact: Ritu Morton, six07 PR

(single, October 2 - Vertigo)

 

 

Bluesky Research: Fittest Of the Fittest

We featured a demo from this band earlier in the year. Their first single for Regal is a melody drenched guitar pop song that shines.

Contact: Chris Latham, Parlophone

(7†single, October 30 - Regal)

 

And just to clear it up, if SOS hadn't been deleted or removed, Unfaithful would not have qualified for the chart until SOS left the top 40.

and if that was the case then SOS would still be eligible. More likely, the label would not have included SOS on the follow-up had it still been the old chart rules - very few labels asked for a song to be removed from the charts following deletion, even though the rules have allowed this back to 1991.

No it wouldn't - it was made ineligible due to the 'chart single cannot be a B-side to a subsequent single whilst still in the top 40' rule.

ah yeah, forgot about that! So that record would have been deleted and removed from the chart under the old deletion rules anyway, assuming the label had asked in time (and we didn't end up with a Daniel Powter situation).

yeh...that is stupid, they could just stop supplying adn "pretend to delete" and see it drop a little. doesn't every album dowload of theirs results in a sale for chasing cars, or is that not how it is done?

downloads of entire albums count only towards the album chart. Downloads of individual tracks count towards the download chart and also the combined singles chart if there is a chart eligible track (eg Chasing Cars).

 

Here is a list of songs that would currently be in the top 75 were it not for the fact that they have either been deleted or (*) are more than 52 weeks old:

 

Top 40

 

LDN - Lily Allen (original version was released before Smile and deleted, selling solely on downloads)

Maneater - Nelly Furtado

Monster - Automatic

 

Top 75

 

*Numb/Encore - Jay-Z/Linkin Park

Crazy - Gnarls Barkley

No Tomorrow - Orson

*Iris - Goo Goo Dolls

*Bring Me To Life - Evanescence

*Somebody Told Me - Killers

*All These Things That I've Done - Killers

*In The End - Linkin Park

 

 

If we ignore the songs over 52 weeks (those with a *, all of which are selling purely on downloads) SOS by Rihanna would still be in the top 75.

Beyonce enters simply because the album has gone to iTunes etc and people are downloading this track. In the past the release of an album would kill sales of a single, here it actually does the opposite as the track is now available to download.

 

Has any other song entered so high as a result of the album becoming available to download?

it probably IS ineligible for the charts, just overlooked. As it sells for £1.99 I can't imagine it being sold to retailers for £1.79, there would be no profit to the record store. But there is the possibility of it being eligible.

Incidentally. just to confuse things further, a "2 track CD" format doesn't have to have 2 tracks - that is the maximum, it can have just one track, so long as it doesn't exceed 10 minutes. Similarly a maxi-CD can have the same track, running to 20 minutes. A remix single requires at least 2 tracks (a track and a remix of that track) and can run to 40 minutes.

 

It is possible to release 2 versions of a song spread over 3 formats. So, take a hypothetical song called "Hung Up" ;)

 

You can have:

 

2 track CD

 

Hung Up (original) 9:59

 

maxi single

 

Hung Up (blah blah remix) 19:59

 

remix single

 

Hung Up (original) 9:59

Hung Up (blah blah remix) 19:59

 

all perfectly legitimate, so long as the "2 track" single costs the dealer £1.20 to £1.78 and the other two versions cost the dealer at least £1.79.

 

 

No it isn't - 2 track CD's are maximum 10 minutes long.

not necessarily, it depends on the dealer price of the CD with 2 tracks, and the other available formats. A CD single can have just one track and be 19 mins 59 secs long, and still be eligible for the charts. Similarly it can have 2 tracks and run to 12 minutes and still count. A maxi single doesn't need to have 3 tracks.

 

Deja Vu is available in 3 formats:

 

CD single - 2 tracks

CD single - 5 tracks, all mixes of Deja Vu

12" single - 4 tracks, all mixes of Deja Vu

 

Format one (2 tracks running to 12 minutes) is eligible if it has a dealer price of £1.79 or more, and the other CD version isn't classed as a maxi-single but rather a remix single. The rules aren't clear on how the 12" version fits into all this, but it is clear on how CD versions are to be treated.

Wonderwall is probably very close to the million mark now, if indeed it hasn't already passed the million. Those sales are from the summer of 2002, the single has continued to sell and in recent times has been selling a consistent amount on downloads - Andy at Haven said about 400 downloads or so a week.

there were times when TOTP2 was getting more viewers than TOTP. Plus, it did usually feature a new song at times, so it's probably just continuing that tradition. I'd imagine the live acts will (usually be) mainly acts that appeal to 20 somethings onwards.

 

I'm not sure about Steve Wright continuing as presenter. I know he did the show for many years (and it still gets shown on UKTV Gold 2 with him) but perhaps a fresh start with a new presenter would have been a good idea. It sounds like they're just picking up where they left off. I've nothing against Steve Wright, but a fresh start may have been a good idea.

I've found the Whatmore video on youtube - it;s just like I remember it. Yum!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU6P5w62tww

the main thing I remember about the charts for that following week was someone starting a thread at Dotmusic about Vanessa Carlton spending 4 weeks at #18. That and Sarah Whatmore entering the charts. Well, to be more exact I remember the video, with Sarah Whatmore cavorting on the beach...

Anyone have the next week's top20?

it wasn't really much better!

 

1 1 3 The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling) Atomic Kitten

2 NE 1 Got To Have Your Love Liberty X

3 NE 1 Papa Don't Preach Kelly Osbourne

4 NE 1 Nessaja Scooter

5 NE 1 I Love It When We Do Ronan Keating

6 NE 1 When I Lost You Sarah Whatmore

7 3 5 Round Round Sugababes

8 2 2 Fantasy Appleton

9 5 4 Addictive Truth Hurts featuring Rakim

10 NE 1 Walk On Water Milk Inc.

11 NE 1 Nothin' NORE

12 4 4 Crossroads Blazin' Squad

13 6 2 Forever N-Trance Featuring Kelly Llorenna

14 8 7 Colourblind Darius

15 11 6 Like A Prayer Mad'house

16 14 4 Starry Eyed Surprise Oakenfold Featuring Shifty Shellshock

17 10 3 Dy-Na-Mi-Tee Ms Dynamite

18 18 8 A Thousand Miles Vanessa Carlton

19 16 8 Underneath Your Clothes Shakira

20 9 4 What You Got Abs

21 15 5 Romeo Dunn Romeo

22 13 2 The Theme Jurgen Vries

23 17 3 Too Bad Nickelback

24 20 2 Have Fun Go Mad Tweenies

25 NE 1 Why'd You Lie To Me Anastacia

26 21 10 Anyone Of Us (Stupid Mistake) Gareth Gates

27 7 2 It's Written In The Stars Paul Weller

28 26 3 Love To See You Cry Enrique Iglesias

29 24 7 I Need A Girl (Part One) P Diddy featuring Usher and Loon

30 NE 1 Duck Toy Hampenberg

31 19 4 Just The Way Your Are Milky

32 NE 1 Gimme The Light Sean Paul

33 12 2 Two Months Off Underworld

34 22 5 James Dean (I Wanna Know) Daniel Bedingfield

35 27 8 Automatic High S Club Juniors

36 NE 1 Hands Around The World Death In Vegas

37 NE 1 Thoughtless Korn

38 23 7 Black Suits Comin' (Nod Ya Head) Will Smith featuring Tra-Knox

39 32 13 Hot In Herre Nelly

40 28 4 I'm Alive Celine Dion

Albums Top 40

 

1 1 2 A Rush Of Blood To The Head Coldplay

2 3 3 Imagine Eva Cassidy

3 2 2 Angels With Dirty Faces Sugababes

4 NE 1 The Music Music

5 6 39 M!ssundaztood Pink

6 5 9 By The Way Red Hot Chili Peppers

7 8 37 Escape Enrique Iglesias

8 10 15 The Eminem Show Eminem

9 7 29 Laundry Service Shakira

10 11 23 Come Away With Me Norah Jones

11 NE 1 The Chicago Story - The Complete Greatest Hits Chicago

12 9 10 Heathen Chemistry Oasis

13 15 50 Silver Side Up Nickelback

14 4 2 Songs For The Deaf Queens Of The Stone Age

15 20 13 A Little Deeper Ms Dynamite

16 NE 1 Greatest Hits - Rick Astley Rick Astley

17 21 10 Nellyville Nelly

18 17 32 The Platinum Collection - Greatest Hits I, II And III Queen

19 19 17 Melody AM Royksopp

20 18 6 Push The Beat For This Jam - The Singles '94-'02 Scooter

21 27 15 Thinking It Over Liberty X

22 16 9 Be Not Nobody Vanessa Carlton

23 22 24 A New Day Has Come Celine Dion

24 NE 1 Greatest Hits - Catatonia Catatonia

25 12 3 Magic Hotel Toploader

26 14 2 Drunk Enough To Dance Bowling For Soup

27 24 17 18 Moby

28 13 2 Gotta Get Thru This Daniel Bedingfield

29 23 63 Carpenters Gold - Greatest Hits Carpenters

30 31 43 Come Clean Puddle Of Mudd

31 25 6 The Rising Bruce Springsteen

32 36 3 Hometime Alison Moyet

33 26 16 We Invented The Remix P Diddy And The Bad Boy Family

34 28 22 Ashanti Ashanti

35 47 117 Songbird Eva Cassidy

36 37 123 White Ladder David Gray

37 35 15 Camino Palmero Calling

38 38 11 Bunkka Oakenfold

39 29 6 Reanimation Linkin Park

40 34 47 Pain Is Love Ja Rule

 

sales for Coldplay: 108,000 (last week: 273, 924)

sales for Atomic Kitten: 67,000 (down from 144,000)

Happy birthday Freddie, he was always the best out there.

It's also Top 10 in Holland

looking at the Dutch charts on your website, it's one of only 3 songs in that top 10 that I actually recognise! I've never heard of the #1... "als de morgen is gekomen" by jan smit. Is it any good?

 

^^ Got that song on the 'Essential Clash' cd.

It's a great song, but so unlike the Clash at the time. It's almost a love song...

 

Odd it should be released on a Wednesday (5th July)...

it's a rather expensive 12", ten quid! It DOES have the same catalog number as the UK release, but I reckon it was either an import or a very limited release.

 

Release date is October 23rd.

it's already had an release! Back in July and is released on another format a fortnight today. As both are 12" versions, it will be eligible for another format release, but it can only be on CD single (either maxi or 2 track but not both!), 7" (unlikely) or cassette(very unlikely!).