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And they said something in the behind the scenes show about Tracy returning at xmas to get Amy back. Does that mean Steve dies?

And why did charlotte come up on Jon's mobile as ' J Brodie'? I notice the word 'die' is in there!

Just watching the repeats and notice Ciaran was complaining to Nick about a lack of gas pressure in his kitchen, so presumably he must be right at the centre of the explosion? Wonder if he is among the dead?

Just thought of something. Molly was on the phone to her dad at the beginning of tonight's eps arranging to go to his later that night. Does he come looking for her when she doesn't appear? Could we see Diggory as a guest on the live ep?

The character of Rita has been totally and inextricably linked with her shop for decades so it's fitting if she does die reaching for chocs. I've personally suspected that Sunita only ever returned to be killed off, as I'm sure Shobna said something in an interview when she left the first time about never wanting to be on a continuous soap contract again.

Here is the top ten most played christmas singles on radio and in shops in the last ten years according to today's (2/12) Sun (which I bought specially for the piece abt it). 10. Dean Martin - Let It Snow (x3) [And as if by magic... ] 9. Bing Crosby - White Christmas [Here's hoping...] 8. Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry [As relevant now as ever, if not more so] 7. Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas [Good luck with that plan if the snow keeps coming] 6. Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? [poss a combination of the 3 versions? Not that Band Aid II get's played anywhere] 5. Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Xmas Everyday [Not a womble in sight thankfully!] 4. Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody [Merry xmas to you too Noddy!] 3. Pogues ft Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York [Now usually censored (f***ot) despite being OK for the first 20 years] 2. Wham! - Last Christmas [Wonder what happened to George's singing buddy on this?] 1. Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You [And earache and cracked glasses from that high note... ] The bits in [] are my thought, notes and attempts at wit.

There were Crazy Frog singles for two xmases, the other was Jingle Bells/U Can't Touch This!

I have to admit that I tend to love the ones that others cringe at. Am I the only one that adds the 'festive' version of the Lazytown and Shaun the Sheep singles to my work playlist for xmas (has to be family friendly in a supermarket and I think they cheer things up!). I think Cliff's 21st Century xmas was actually quite good ("Lets microwave some popcorn put on a dvd and have our selves a .... 21st century xmas!"), and if you only consider the 'physical' chart (i.e. the same chart cliff had been aiming for for 5 decades) then he was number one with it! I also think the Boney M is more of a classic than it's position in recent years would suggest. I do get fed up of War Is Over a little bit and although I love it the Pogues one has been played to death in the last decade. I do like the Chris de Burgh one that someone mentioned though. Just remembered Tony christies brass band version of merry xmas everybody that he released off the back of amarillo, what do people think of that one? Oh and one more, I love the Wizzard song and the Wombles song BUT I hate with a passion the 'mash-up' wombles/wizzard b**tardised hybrid from a few years back that didn't even fit together with the rhythm of the lyrics or anything. What was Roy Wood thinkin? (answer: £££$$$).

Sash! had a different 'queen' on each hit though so he is like the pop HenryVIII in that respect lol. Does anyone have sales figures for the weeks Sash! was at #2? I would be interested to see how close (or not?) Sash!'s misses were. I somehow doubt that many of them would have been selling enough to have been at #1 if they'd been out a different week since sales were somewhat higher in those days for most other singles. I also think Gabrielle 'career best' was probably Dreams not Rise to be fair. I'd also be interested to see what artists have been the closest to getting an only chart topper but not quite got it, for example I know Kate Nash was about a dozen copies short and Deelite about 7 copies. I wonder what other acts have missed charttopper status so finely and potentially suffered career wise as a result?

Yeah I like that Oldies Top 40 idea, I posted that somewhere else myself. Mostly it would be influenced by X Factor performances mind you. And not that I'm generalising but gay men often refer to themselves/each other as she/her anyway (at least on TV shows lol).

Oh yeah I forgot abt them. I think you can get all four in a boxset for abt £50 (or dollars?). And I remembered that I have got the Black Parade Is Dead (Live CD + Live DVD) which I guess counts as a deluxe version of The Black Parade.

And it's just occured to me that the average Take That fan is in her mid twenties these days probably too.

I think they should be including all dvd releases (maybe expand the overall chart to reflect the change?), though I realise you can only post what you get. It seems they are excluding the only releases I would consider buying, as there's nothing in the 'sanitised' chart I'd be interested in. Things like Shrek and Toy Story 3 have plenty of adult aimed jokes too and in the case of Toy Story 3 would be attracting older people who watched the original as kids and want to keep up with the latest instalment. Also the age range buying singles is clearly gonna be wider in this downloading cherry-picking age surely? I download them at nearly 28 and my mate does whose 34, I can't imagine my mate would be going into HMV every week (and I certainly wouldn't have then time anymore) if downloading in your own home at your own convenience wasn't possible. I reckon if Cliff had a download single then all the silver surfers might even be persuaded to try downloading too. And don't tell me it's 12 year-olds that are downloading Subo album tracks or Michael Buble either, lol!

What I really don't get is that in the old days acts used to release whole new albums rather than endlessly repackage and rerelease the same old album to reflect the latest singles sucesses. It's like Walt Disney's original idea for Fanatasia where he intended to occasionally change one or two of the animated tracks at a time and keep the film constantly at the box office, only the budget cuts due to WWII stopped him. If someone releases then rereleases then rereleases again then the total extra tracks could easily have made a whole new album surely? And I happen to wear mostly Primark clothing and they're just as good as any other clothing retailer at a fraction of the cost so why pay more? I think the only album I ever bought in more than one version was Coco by Colbie Caillat. I got the original when HMV finally got it in stock and paid abt £12 IIRC, about a year later I saw the Special Edition with a few extra tracks for abt £3 in Asda so I bought that as well and then when I first took up downloading earlier this year I downloaded the Summer Sessions version for abt 2 or 3 quid from Amazon. I don't think I'd buy any other deluxe or special versions though except perhaps if there was one of Danger Days by MCR (not sure yet though as it's only out today (well yesterday technically as were past midnight...).

Whilst I think of it the theme to another aussie soap 'Sons and Daughters' was released in the Uk (I own it!) but don't know if it charted tho. Also did they ever release the Neighbours theme (note to viewers of Neighbours under 15 ... yes it did have a proper theme once upon a time!).

The original Home And Away theme by Mark Williams and Karen Boddington (I think) was in the Uk chart in abt 1989/90 but quite low down.

I think Ellie Goulding will do very well this week, maybe top 3! Also I don't think being a CIN single means anything really, Comic Relief nearly always get #1 (only 'Stick It Out' missed in 1993 I think) but CIN singles nearly always miss a high chart placing (I think one or both S Club CIN singles may be the only one(s) that topped?).

Been researching the figures for MCR's 2006 single and album. The single 'Welcome To The Black Parade' did abt 34k in the first week new at #1 (21/10/06) and abt 29k in the second week (also #1). In the third week (4/11) the album was new at #2 with sales of nearly 86k which would have got it #1 in the two weeks before or after, it was only because Robbie had a huge sale that week for Rudebox that they got kept at #2. But seriously I expect far more people remember/still play/are fans of 'Black Parade' than Rudebox nowadays, so it was the real winner. Gettin back to topic slowly... this time round Na Na Na has not quite made 10k sales in it's first week (#31 :-{ ) but will hopefully pick up more in week two from it's charting and it's A-Listing on R1. Hopefully though most of MCR's real fans are just waiting for the album and it should easily do 100k and maybe up to 150k in week one, which with TT already on week two by then could see MCR top the album chart.

I think MyChemicalRomance should do much better than you guys seem to think, although I grant you the single hasn't exactly set itunes ablaze like I thought it would. Hopefully that's the same waiting for the album logic as mentioned above. Also I think I'm right in saying that MCRs album is available in four colours (one for each member/mask) which although a bit gimmicky and unfair to competitors should see at least some of their die hard fans buy more than one. And MCR have some very die hard fans! Also I do think that TT won't do as well as people think, I've not really heard any of my friends or anyone getting that excited about them this time round really.

And I've just realised that Shakespears Sister would've been last week's oldies #1!

I've been thinking for a while now that in this age of catalogue tracks been downloaded again that there should be an official weekly oldies chart (I similarly had it defined as over 52 weeks since first (or maybe last?) appearance on the actual chart). We could probably put together a week by week top 3 or 5 if those with access to the top 200s helped out and some weeks in the recent past (xmases, mj's death etc) may lead to top 40s or more! Anyone want to start this?

I think the sales of Heartbeat/Tragedy resurged when the media started promoting the 'other side' of the double AA, didn't they? Much as Boney M did with Rivers of Babylon/Brown Girl In The Ring about 20 years previously.

Would love to see TOTP back. Next week's line up would've potentially have seen MyChemicalRomance rocking the studio with Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)! (Plus entries from Pink and Shayne Ward (prefer the Nickleback version meself tho) and the most consistent UK hit makers of the last 8 years- McFly!)

So if Joe was only 'almost there' on Friday then Rage where in the lead at the point then? I thought Rage had overtaken Joe by abt the Tuesday and then stayed just enough ahead for the rest of the week? Much as I love the Pogues song it just won't work as a xmas#1 campaign, it wd have to have been unavailable for a few years first to recreate demand, and in the download world that won't happen now.

RATM wasn't a shock, it was almost a given for most of the week runnin up to the xmas chart. And where can I join the Agadoo for xmas 1 campaign, that seems the best idea i've heard so far!