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17 weeks at #1 on this chart for 'Rein Me In', so at this brief moment in time there has been at least one #1 of each of 1-18 weeks, only needing to pull Bryan Adams' 16-week #1 from the pre-ACR days to fill that quota. As 'Man In Need' has spent 10 weeks at #1 on this chart in 2026 alone, that's 27 weeks for Olivia this year so far, equalling the record 27 weeks Frankie Laine spent at #1 in 1953 (not counting the final week of 'Answer Me' which the OCC has dated 1-7 Jan 1954, though this was just a repeat of the previous week's chart). Was there a Singles YTD update in UKChartsPlus this week?

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All the top 4 singles are down on last Wednesday, 'Dai Dai' by more than 2k so looks set for ACR. 'Choosin' Texas' was 203 sales behind 'Movin' To The Sun' - slightly more than today - and still overtook by Friday.

Voted for Jungle pretty much by default again

Extraordinary how Sia's career took off in 2012 after having a Top 10 hit 12 years earlier and little else since, but she nails the vocals on 'Titanium' with one of Guetta's best productions (my favourites are the two "Chick" songs mentioned). Good choice of topper in SHM though - 'Greyhound' is my favourite by them (I remember hearing it a lot around the Olympics), but their "swansong" here was much about the story and lyrical message as the drops it builds up to. My own top 10 might be: 1. fun. feat. Janelle Monae - We Are Young 2. Gotye Feat Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know 3. Florence + The Machine - Spectrum (Say My Name) (Calvin Harris Remix) 4. Coldplay - Paradise 5. Rihanna - Diamonds 6. David Guetta feat. Sia - Titanium 7. Swedish House Mafia feat. John Martin - Don’t You Worry Child 8. Rudimental feat. John Newman - Feel The Love 9. PSY - Gangnam Style 10. will.i.am; Eva Simons - This Is Love Thanks RFC for the countdown, really enjoyed reading your commentaries and detail in the stats!

1966 was a classic year for many reasons, not least Pet Sounds and Revolver, both represented in recent favourite choices here. 'God Only Knows' has a timeless beauty, and 'Yellow Submarine' was the first Beatles song I remember hearing, but 'Eleanor Rigby' soon made an impression too when I first saw the Yellow Submarine film and it has stuck with me ever since, its story so clearly told and backdropped by those wonderful strings - it's my favourite Beatles single to this day and second only to fellow Revolver track 'And Your Bird Can Sing' in their catalogue for me. Interesting to see how quickly their double A-side was followed it into the chart by 'Got To Get You Into My Life' - that song leant itself more to cover versions and Cliff Bennett's was a good one.

'Seven Seas' is my favourite of the first batch on this page, not quite as dramatic as 'The Killing Moon' but it has a similar story-like style to the verses. 'Come Back' is a great tune too and the haunting 'Eyes Without A Face' a career highlight for Billy Idol. 'Agadoo' no match for Black Lace's 'Superman' in my primary school disco memories 'Dr Beat' is my favourite of the next batch, it has a real spring in its steps and a fun lyrical concept. I'd rate 'Just The Way You Like It' higher than 3, of a similar lyrical theme to their other "Just" hit but the sound is just as sharp too. I'm clearly behind the curve on 'Madam Butterfly' and would need a few more listens to fully appreciate it, but it's marvellous to see such a leftfield song do as well as it has in the other thread's poll. 'Ghostbusters' is an evergreen classic, The Smiths packed yet another Morrissey/Marr masterclass into its short runtime, and the much-maligned Stevie song is my favourite of the lot - no one else could have had the old school soul to pull it off.

'Feel The Love' is one that grew on me during its slow descent of the Top 10 - if 'Hot Right Now' had been the first drum & bass #1 then this soon followed it as an even better one, the changes of pace are really energising. And there's my #1 of the year in 'We Are Young', up there with my favourites of the decade - an unusual sound and structure with the breezy first verse before the big chorus, and then it's as if everything else is moving in slow motion like in the video. There's something about the piercing production and soaring vocals that just makes me want to embrace the moment when I hear it. I like the two songs to come and they'd both feature high up for me too, maybe I just feel they've softened to overplay a little (blame Heart radio), which isn't an issue for me when it's songs that I truly love, but I have a slight preference between them so interested so see how they land.

Yes, one of five RIPs yesterday: The Goodies - Funky Gibbon; EMF - I Believe; Glen Hansard (& Markéta Irglová) - Falling Slowly; Kavinsky - Nightcall; William Orbit - Water From A Vine Leaf

Good to see The Weeknd getting a boost, although it's saddening to see so many artists choosing a Wembley residence over a couple of dates elsewhere in the UK. No wonder so many small venues are closing if playing stadiums and arenas in even places like Manchester are too much trouble or not sufficiently viable.

Just like Charlie Puth then

Ready for Sunblock to go now

'Another Brick In The Wall' is fantastic, one of the great Christmas #1s from the most unlikely source, considering Pink Floyd had released so few singles. 'Rasputin' is a fun one and my favourite Boney M song.

I've made a playlist of all my top 4 finishes in song contests to date - there have been 19 of these (2 x 1st, 8 x 2nd, 5 x 3rd, 4 x 4th), encompassing each of these contests: 6 from The Best Song Contest In The World... Ever! (3 x 2nd, 2 x 3rd, 1 x 4th) 3 from Bop Idol (1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd) 3 from BJSC (1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th) 2 from Club Bizarre (1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd) 1 from Nuggets (2nd) 1 from PFSC (2nd) 1 from Unknown Pleasures (4th) 1 from BJSC Spin Offs (1st) 1 from Buzzfestivalen (4th) I haven't done any clever sequencing, so they just appear in the same chronological order all my entries are listed here:

Full list of hits covered today (w/e of Top 40 new entries in bold, those not on Spotify are marked with *) 08/09/1984 The Jacksons - Torture Aztec Camera - All I Need Is Everything / Jump 15/09/1984 U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love) Shakin' Stevens - A Letter To You Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Tesla Girls Nik Kershaw - Human Racing Animal Nightlife - Mr Solitaire* 22/09/1984 David Bowie - Blue Jean Queen - Hammer To Fall Bronski Beat - Why? Prince And The Revolution - Purple Rain Freddie Mercury - Love Kills Adam Ant - Apollo 9 UB40 - If It Happens Again Sade - Smooth Operator Stephanie Mills - The Medicine Song 29/09/1984 Big Country - East Of Eden Dio - Mystery The Cars - Drive The Bluebells - Cath Giorgio Moroder With Philip Oakey - Together In Electric Dreams 06/10/1984 Culture Club - The War Song Paul McCartney - No More Lonely Nights (Ballad) The Stranglers - Skin Deep John Waite - Missing You 13/10/1984 Wham! - Freedom The Style Council - Shout To The Top Paul Young - I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down Meat Loaf - Modern Girl Alison Moyet - All Cried Out Bruce Springsteen - Cover Me 20/10/1984 Chaka Khan - I Feel For You Ultravox - Love's Great Adventure Spandau Ballet - Highly Strung Julian Lennon - Too Late For Goodbyes Kim Wilde - The Second Time Lionel Richie - Penny Lover Eugene Wilde - Gotta Get You Home Tonight Feargal Sharkey - Listen To Your Father* 27/10/1984 Status Quo - The Wanderer Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin' Limahl - Never Ending Story Votes welcome for up to five of your favourites, with the song with the most votes played at the start of the next session! My votes (honourable mentions to The Style Council, Chaka Khan and ZZ Top): U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love) Prince And The Revolution - Purple Rain Giorgio Moroder With Philip Oakey - Together In Electric Dreams Wham! - Freedom Bruce Springsteen - Cover Me

Best of Week 33 poll results 9 Prince - When Doves Cry 8 George Michael - Careless Whisper 8 Malcolm McLaren - Madam Butterfly (Un Bel Di Vedremo) 7 Laura Branigan - Self Control 6 Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face 5 Alphaville - Big In Japan 4 Depeche Mode - Master And Servant 3 Echo And The Bunnymen - Seven Seas 2 Divine - You Think You're A Man 2 Hazell Dean - Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go) 2 Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters 2 The Smiths - William, It Was Really Nothing 2 Ultravox - Lament 1 Blancmange - The Day Before You Came 1 Break Machine - Are You Ready 1 Jeffrey Osborne - On The Wings Of Love 1 Level 42 - Hot Water 1 Miami Sound Machine - Dr Beat 1 Phil Fearon And Galaxy - Everybody's Laughing 1 Queen - It's A Hard Life 1 Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You 1 Tears For Fears - Mothers Talk 1 Windjammer - Tossing And Turning Wall of fame Week 1: John Foxx - Underpass Week 2: Blondie - Atomic Week 3: The Cure - A Forest Week 4: Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart Week 5: David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes Week 6: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola Gay Week 7: Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry Week 8: Visage - Fade To Grey Week 9: The Teardrop Explodes - Reward Week 10: Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes Week 11: The Specials - Ghost Town Week 12: Soft Cell - Tainted Love Week 13: Laurie Anderson - O Superman Week 14: Ultravox - The Voice Week 15: The Stranglers - Golden Brown Week 16: Associates - Party Fears Two Week 17: Yazoo - Only You Week 18: Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra Week 19: Duran Duran - Save A Prayer Week 20: Tears For Fears - Mad World Week 21: A Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) Week 22: Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) Week 23: New Order - Blue Monday Week 24: Heaven 17 - Temptation Week 25: Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow Week 26: Depeche Mode - Everything Counts Week 27: Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance Week 28: The Smiths - This Charming Man Week 29: Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax Week 30: Depeche Mode - People Are People Week 31: Propaganda - Dr Mabuse Week 32: Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes Week 33: Prince - When Doves Cry

Returning at 4pm, with 44 new songs from the next 8 weeks of 1984! https://sync-tube.de/room/2gHBerpI

Very surprised to see 'Le Freak' here considering it peaked at #7, but very much here for it! Huge disco classic that would send Chic on the way to shaping much of early 80s pop.

Greenfroze had a streak of 21 until earlier this year, and Kathaldazia a similar one until last year. Think it's been at least 2 years since the last streaks broke that were longer than any of those above - I think Cumulonimbia and Cor Lupus were both on 30+.

+5 Sienna Spiro - Great Expectation +4 Ariana Grande - hate that i made you love me +3 Olivia Rodrigo - stupid song +2 Shakira & Burna Boy - Dai Dai +1 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In -1 Silva Bumpa - On 2nite -2 Ella Langley - Choosin’ Texas -3 Stella Lefty - Boston -4 Madonna & Kylie Minogue - Love Sensation [not doing much for me, sorry] -5 HUGEL, Imael Angel & Ultra Naté - Movin’ To The Sun

'Call Me Maybe' is very good for what it is - Carly's lasting pop pioneer status, especially 'Run Away With Me' being held up as some era-defining classic, is still a little lost on me I'm afraid, but this one was undeniably part of the soundtrack of 2012. 'Somebody I Used To Know' what a fantastic story from its emergence to EOY #1, and a delightfully leftfield one, there's a real sadness beneath the veneer of the music while the lyrics cut unexpectedly deep. It would be #2 in this list for me, though my #1 is still to come. I had already started to think Till's #32 would be something I quite liked - I do agree Coldplay's best work was in the early 2000s, but for me they've continued to produce at least one really good song per album, and I'd certainly count the anthemic 'Paradise' among those (with 'A Sky Full Of Stars', 'Adventure Of A Lifetime', 'Daddy', 'Coloratura' and 'AETERNA' keeping the run going since). Justice served that both Coldplay's #1s got there despite losing earlier sales - I read it took David Bowie's 'Where Are We Now?' in 2013 to make instant grats eligible to chart finally.

I don't have any of my own entries on CD, but I do at least have 'Europe Endless' on my copy of Trans-Europe Express I also have a few others' entries since I joined on compilations: The Lotus Eaters - The First Picture Of You, and Split Enz - I Got You are the ones that spring to mind, but there may be a few more I can't immediately recall, plus myriad others from the contest's earlier history.

Voted moistbreezy but the Tinashe one sounds good too

Thanks Harve for the hosting so far!

Both very long songs out in 24th - not too surprised I'm afraid, but both were an interesting listen. Some other tough cuts in SF1 there but at least it wasn't too close, and happy with Trifoski through at the end. Just gutted for Scene missing out by so little in the other semi - I'll be kicking myself for not swapping my 8 and 10 pointers unless I find out 20th place was also something I really like.