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Spoken like a true Scotsman! :D I see what you mean though, usually if something is offered free, there is usually some sort of con involved! It would be good to find out, how many people, have actually paid, for the release, as I have never actually heard it on the radio.

They would have been number 26, on the official chart last week. To think, this week, they are denied a top 20 place. Silly rules really. Aren`t the charts supposed to be about popularity, of songs, not silly rules. Surely, if you didn`t like a song (whether it was a freebie/or came with a freebie, of another object), then surely a person, would not even get it? It beggars belief really!

Early again for a Friday night, but the same break off point, of late Friday afternoon. The most up to date chart in Britain, with thanks to Dave Taylor (daverictaylor@yahoo.co.uk). This week we have albums, films, dvds, and the latest singles/tracks as usual, teamed up with charts from the past. This week, it`s back to March 1989. Here is the album chart... w/k ending 14/03 01 NE ROCKFERRY - DUFFY 02 NE DIG LAZURUS DIG - NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS 03 07 BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE 04 02 ALL THE RIGHT REASONS - NICKELBACK 05 01 SEVENTH TREE - GOLDFRAPP 06 10 BREAKDOWN 08-VERY BEST OF EUPHORIC DANCE - VARIOUS 07 11 SOUND OF BASSLINE - VARIOUS 08 NE MASH UP MIX 08 - VARIOUS 09 03 LIFE IN CARTOON MOTION - MIKA 10 06 VERSION - MARK RONSON 11 04 19 - ADELE 12 09 THRILLER 25 - MICHAEL JACKSON 13 26 CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE - MICHAEL BUBLE 14 13 THIS IS THE LIFE - AMY MACDONALD 15 07 JOIN WITH US - THE FEELING 16 16 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD - RIHANNA 17 17 SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC - JACK JOHNSON 18 18 X - KYLIE MINOGUE 19 19 STARTED A FIRE - ONE NIGHT ONLY 20 20 RAISING SAND - PLANT/KRAUSS Never fully understand mrib`s album chart, the bottom of the top 20, seems to always be static. Remember the albums in 1989?... w/k ending 11th Mar 89 01 01 A NEW FLAME - SIMPLY RED 02 02 ANYTHING FOR YOU - GLORIA ESTEFAN 03 03 ANCIENT HEART - TANITA TIKARUM 04 10 SPIKE - ELVIS COSTELLO 05 09 BAD - MICHAEL JACKSON 06 04 THE RAW AND THE COOKED - FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS 07 06 HYSTERIA - DEF LEPPARD 08 07 MYSTERY GIRL - ROY ORBISON 09 05 BIG AREA - THEN JERICHO 10 NE CHEEK TO CHEEK - VARIOUS ARTISTS 11 22 TRUE LOVE WAYS - BUDDY HOLLY/CRICKETS 12 12 WANTED - YAZZ 13 NE DEEP HEAT - VARIOUS ARTISTS 14 08 THE LEGENDARY ROY ORBISON 15 25 TRACEY CHAPMAN - TRACEY CHAPMAN 16 11 LIVING YEARS - MIKE AND THE MECHANICS 17 17 THE INNOCENTS - ERASURE 18 16 THE MARQUEE 30 LEGENDARY YEARS - VARIOUS ARTISTS 19 26 REMOTE - HUE AND CRY 20 32 STOP - SAM BROWN Looking down 89`s albums, we see that both SIMPLY RED, and MICHAEL JACKSON also have albums, in the chart of today. SIMPLY RED, had the top selling album, for much of the year, but on Christmas Eve of 89, was pipped to the top of the biggest selling albums of the year, by JASON DONOVAN, although the Red`s had this album near the top 5, every week, for the rest of the year. ELVIS COSTELLO`s latest contained the single VERONICA, as THEN JERICHO`s BIG AREA contained the title track. THE RAW AND THE COOKED by FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS contained a few hit singles, as did HYSTERIA for DEF LEPPARD. YAZZ did the same, on her album...ROY ORBISON still had 2 albums in the top 15, following his untimely death in 1988. CHEEK TO CHEEK was a love songs compilation, DEEP HEAT featured recent hits, and just outside the 20, at 21 was 1989`s Brits collection, THE AWARDS 1989...Was that the awards with SAM FOX, and MICK FLEETWOOD??? On to 1989`s singles... w/k ending 11th Mar 89 01 02 LEAVE ME ALONE - MICHAEL JACKSON 02 01 BELFAST CHILD - SIMPLE MINDS 03 03 STOP - SAM BROWN 04 05 HELP- BANANARAMA/LANANEENEENOONOO 05 36 TOO MANY BROKEN HEARTS - JASON DONOVAN 06 07 HEY MUSIC LOVER - S`EXPRESS 07 04 LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING - MICHAEL BALL 08 17 CAN`T STAY AWAY FROM YOU - GLORIA ESTEFAN 09 10 NOTHIN` HAS BEEN PROVED - DUSTY SPRINGFIELD 10 25 TURN UP THE BASS - TYREE/KOOL ROCK STEADY 11 08 I DON`T WANT A LOVER - TEXAS 12 20 BLOW THE HOUSE DOWN - LIVING IN A BOX 13 06 MY PREROGATIVE - BOBBY BROWN 14 NE STRAIGHT UP - PAULA ABDUL 15 29 WAGES DAY - DEACON BLUE 16 18 WILD THING/LOC`ED AFTER DARK - TONE LOC 17 19 EVERY ROSE HAS IT`S THORN - POISON 18 13 LOOKING FOR LINDA - HUE AND CRY 19 34 THIS TIME I KNOW IT`S FOR REAL - DONNA SUMMER 20 46 MEAN MAN - W.A.S.P. 21 27 I`D RATHER JACK - REYNOLDS GIRLS 22 09 SOMETHINGS GOTTEN HOLD OF MY HEART - MARC ALMOND/GENE PITNEY 23 31 EVERYTHING COUNTS - DEPECHE MODE 24 11 HOLD ME IN YOUR ARMS - RICK ASTLEY 25 35 CELEBRATE THE WORLD - WOMACK AND WOMACK 26 16 LOVE TRAIN - HOLLY JOHNSON 27 NE ROUND AND ROUND - NEW ORDER 28 15 FINE TIME - YAZZ 29 NE SLEEPTALK - ALSON WILIAMS 30 12 ROCKET - DEF LEPPARD Now we were all listening with baited breath, in 89, to th NETWORK CHART SHOW with DAVID KID JENSEN, sponsered by....NESCAFE. No surprise that LEAVE ME ALONE was a MRIB number one, and did not top the Radio One/Gallup chart. BELFAST CHILD was from the SIMPLE MINDS E.P. BALLAD OF THE STREETS....COMIC RELIEF, put BANANARAMA in the charts, with a bit of help from the unfunniest duo on tv, FRENCH AND SAUNDERS (Biased or what)!!! SAM BROWN is of course, JOE BROWN`s daughter, and in 1989, she had a top 3 single, and top 20 album. DUSTY SPRINGFIELD took NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVED from the film, SCANDEL...TYREE annoyed us with TURN UP THE BASS, repeated over and over, and by the end, we wanted to Turn OFF the Bass!!! PAULA ABDUL scored with her first hit...HUE AND CRY took a song from the album...the REYNOLDS GIRLS apparently did not like Oldies! DEPECHE MODE re-hashed a mix of their 1983 hit. NEW ORDER went ROUND AND ROUND (nothing to do with hits by JAKI GRAHAM, or SPANDAU BALLET). W.A.S.P. (can you remember what it stood for)?....it was We Are Sexual Perverts, of course!! They hit the top 20, and WOMACK AND WOMACK could not match success of TEARDROPS, from 1988. Outside the 30 was, WHO WANTS TO BE THE DISCO KING by the WONDER STUFF at 32, VERONICA and ELVIS COSTELLO at 34, VIXEN were CRYIN` at 35, KIM WILDE wanted LOVE IN THE NATURAL WAY at 37. My fav was INTERNATIONAL RESCUE by FUZZBOX at 42. Here are this week`s top films... w/k ending 14th Mar 08 01 NE THE BANK JOB 02 NE SKIN PAD 03 01 JUMPER 04 NE THE ACCIDENTAL HUSBAND 05 04 JUNO 06 02 BE KIND REWIND 07 07 THERE WILL BE BLOOD 08 NE UNTRACEABLE 09 03 RAMBO 10 05 NATIONAL TREASURE-BOOK OF SECRETS The top off-line dvd rentals... w/k ending 14th Mar 08 01 NE STALOUT 02 NE THE INVASION 03 NE ELIZABETH-THE GOLDEN AGE 04 01 RUN FAT BOY RUN 05 NE EASTERN PROMISES 06 04 THE BRAVE ONE 07 05 MR BROOKES 08 06 RATATOUILLE 09 08 THE KINGDOM 10 09 KNOCKED UP Ready for the big finish? The most up to date chart in Britain coming, but these are the top 5 physicals this week...01) DUFFY, 02) WESTLIFE, 03 H TWO 0, 04) WE ARE SCIENTISTS, 05) TAIO CRUZ....The top 5 downloads, 01) DUFFY, 02) NICKELBACK, 03) ONE REPUBLIC, 04) H TWO 0, 05) TAIO CRUZ. Put together, they look like this... w/k ending 14/03 50 NE TIME TO PRETEND - MGMT 49 NE IF ONLY - KT TUNSTALL 48 NE CASSIUS - FOALS * 47 50 TAKE YOU THERE - SEAN KINGSTON 46 32 HOMECOMING - KANYE WEST * 45 NE YOUNG LOVE - MYSTERY JETS/LAURA MARLING * 44 37 BLEEDING LOVE - LEONA LEWIS 43 36 CALL THE SHOTS - GIRLS ALOUD 42 25 READY FOR THE FLOOR - HOT CHIP 41 31 MOVING TO NEW YORK - WOMBATS 40 28 RELAX - MIKA 39 NE BLIND - HERCULES/LOVE AFFAIR 38 29 ELVIS AIN`T DEAD - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 37 NE FIND THE TIME - GET CAPE WEAR CAPE FLY 36 NE DENIAL - SUGABABES * 35 NE THE MYSTERY - DOUG WALKER * 34 30 RIDE IT - JAY SEAN 33 26 NO ONE - ALICIA KEYS 32 23 SUPERSTAR - LUPE FIASCO 31 NE ALWAYS BE - JIMMY EAT WORLD 30 17 I THOUGHT IT WAS OVER - THE FEELING 29 NE BEGINNING OF THE TWIST - FUTUREHEADS * 28 21 APOLOGISE - ONE REPUBLIC 27 39 BETTER IN TIME/FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND - LEONA LEWIS * 26 22 CRANK THAT - SOULJA BOY 25 20 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT 24 15 PIECE OF ME - BRITNEY SPEARS 23 18 A & E - GOLDFRAPP 22 14 JUST FOR TONIGHT - ONE NIGHT ONLY 21 13 VALERIE - RONSON/WINEHOUSE 20 37 CAN`T SPEAK FRENCH - GIRLS ALOUD * 19 33 MY DESTINY - DELINQUENT/K. CAT 18 16 SCREAM - TIMBALAND/HILSON/SCHERWZINGER * 17 10 WORK - KELLY ROWLAND 16 19 WITH YOU - CHRIS BROWN * 15 NE AFTER HOURS - WE ARE SCIENTISTS 14 27 SOMETHING GOOD 08 - UTAH SAINTS/VAN SHE * 13 06 CHASING PAVEMENTS - ADELE 12 08 SUN GOES DOWN - DAVID JORDAN 11 09 DON`T STOP THE MUSIC - RIHANNA 10 12 LOW - FLO RIDA * 09 05 WOW - KYLIE MINOGUE 08 24 FASCINATION - ALPHABEAT 07 40 US AGAINST THE WORLD - WESTLIFE 06 04 NOW YOU`RE GONE - BASSHUNTER/DJ MENTAL THEO 05 11 COME ON GIRLS - TAIO CRUZ 04 07 STOP AND STARE - ONE REPUBLIC 03 03 ROCKSTAR - NICKELBACK 02 02 WHAT`S IT GONNA BE - H TWO 0 01 01 MERCY - DUFFY * Denotes dowlnload only track DUFFY sales 18,000 more than H TWO 0, to spend a 4th week, at the top. We do note....that in mrib`s chart TING TINGS are actually number 16, but we have taken it out, in order to compare it to the Radio one chart, on Sunday. Actually TING TINGS have gone from 27 - 16, a great shame they are not allowed in the other chart. The people at OCC, have also removed the EDITORS, from the singles chart, because it has a free sticker with it, they hang in our chart today, at the bottom of the top 75. Outside the top 50 are, VAMPIRE WEEKEND at 51, ENVY AND OTHER SINS 54, DARREN HAYES is 62, T-PAIN at 61, AMY MACDONALD and RUN at 64, and also in the top 70 are, GNARLS BARKLEY, THE MANICS, and GABRIELLA CILMI. Of course the UTAH SAINTS original track, was based on CLOUDBUSTING (a 1985 top 20 hit, for KATE BUSH, with the words, "I know that SOMETHING GOOD is gonna happen"). Don`t forget to join us on Monday, for Next Week`s Chart, and maybe we will find out, why Westlife, did not make the top 3, like we said they would!!

Hi Mart!n, good afternoon...how many have this lot fallen since Sun?..... Kelly Rowland Valerie - Mark R Goldfrapp Take That Feeling Jay Sean SFG Thank you!

Hey there Mart!n when you have a mo, how much down for these since sun? Adele Alicia Keys Jay Sean Mika Lupe F Elvis ain`t dead - Sfg Thanks mate!

Hi Mart!n matey, how are you today? The news I had on the Ting Tings...it is on limited physical availability, the download (in its current form, is ineligable)...I read that they were planning a different download version, that was due to be available from 10th March. Whether it will happen, is open to question. Now them Mart!n, could you possibly tell me, how many spots down for these? Kelly Rowland Valerie One Night Only Goldfrapp Take That Soulja Boy Apologize Lupe Fiasco Alicia Keys Thank you, very glad!

Thanks for that! It is sometimes a hard job, for us to pick stores info. 3 of us, work in the music business anyway. But doing a full day`s work, and spending lunch searching sales etc, is not always long enough. Certainly, we have had success, and at times, the odd mishap! Songs obviously sell better in different stores. Our local Woolworths, no longer stock singles. Around Reading you`re hard pressed to find many shops, that do still stock singles. With Singles, being replaced more than ever by downloads, soon the download chart, will most certainly, replaced the singles chart altogether...then all you are left with is download sites, and the like. It may be a while before that happens to album sales, but if and when it does, the record shop could become extinct, a great shame. It used to be so easy, to get info for a weekly sales based prediction of singles, now it is increasingly harder. Album sales based predictions, are easier than singles at present. Before this year, we never even used to bother about predicting a sales based album chart. It was exactly 19 years this week, that we first compiled a prediction, for the singles chart, in March 1989. The idea did indeed come from Radio Luxembourg`s Next Week`s Chart show, along with a show broadcasted on Radio Mercury, on a Wednesday night at 8pm, where they rundown the latest singles sales, for the South of England. We broadcasted the predicted chart, on Student radio, and also Hospital radio, in various places. We only had 2 hours, and crammed all 40 records in to the time, in those early days! Virtually non-stop. It is great to do it on Buzzjack, every week. I do miss playing it out in full, though! It would be great to be able to do that again, with none of the nonsense, of radio chart shows, of today!!

Thanks Mart!n. Love on the brain!! :naughty:

It will always depend, what decade you were brought up in. In that case I was brought up in the 70s, and Radio 2. Then, they played much from the 50s, 60s, and easy listening 70s music. Your favourite music, will be what you grew up to, I believe. The 80s were ok. Although, Radio one was still not my favourite station, for music or presenters. Local stations had their own "feel" then, and played a better variety of music. Reflecting the decade by music was not neccesarily so, because if a 90s child was brought up with Radio one, then music from the past, maybe wouldn`t have featured in their life, when they were growing up.

Evening All! The weekly guide to what could happen this week, when we take the gang out, into the stores, and find out what`s happened since the weekend`s chart. Now last week, we had Katie Melua, in our singles chart at 11! What happened is a mystery, or maybe not! She was in both Woolies, and HMV top 20s last week, obviously shifting a few physical sales. Apart from that mishap, last week we had 10 out of the 20 in correct positions, have a check back!! We had 17 in total in the 20, but 7 were not correctly placed. 28 were placed in the top 30, yesterday and we had 36, placed in the 40 (though again, not totally correct position wise. We had a mishap with the album chart, because we forgot the significant Monday info from HMV, and Tesco. Woolies, Asda, and WH Smiths, had Jonathan Ansell, at-top of their album chart. Today in those 3 stores, he finished up at the bottom of their top 20s. All corrected this week, and we think, we are going to do well, for next Sunday. So, the Stores CD/Vinyl sales, and the added info of downloads, from the Tesco, Woolies, itunes, HMV, and the newly added Play.com downloads, which are good value, i`m told. Today, myself, Dave, Peter, and John got this in the album top 20... 01 NE ROCKFERRY - DUFFY 02 01 BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE 03 09 VERSION - MARK RONSON 04 02 SEVENTH TREE - GOLDFRAPP 05 05 LIFE IN CARTOON MOTION - MIKA 06 12 19 - ADELE 07 08 ALL THE RIGHT REASONS - NICKELBACK 08 32 SOUND OF BASSLINE - VARIOUS 09 NE MASH UP MIX - VARIOUS 10 16 BREAKDOWN 08-VERY BEST OF EUPHORIC DANCE - VARIOUS 11 NE DIG LAZURUS DIG - NICK CAVE/BAD SEEDS 12 10 THRILLER 25 - MICHAEL JACKSON 13 NE BEST OF - THE CARDIGANS 14 23 CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE - MICHAEL BUBLE 15 19 THIS IS THE LIFE - AMY MACDONALD 16 20 SPIRIT - LEONA LEWIS 17 42 BACK HOME - WESTLIFE 18 24 X - KYLIE MINOGUE 19 28 DREAMBOOATS AND PETTICOATS - VARIOUS 20 04 JOIN WITH US - FEELING Outside the 20 albums, ALICIA KEYS is 21, JONATHAN ANSELL 22, TAKE THAT 23, followed by DONNY OSMOND, BILLY FURY, ANDREA BOCELLI, RIHANNA, JACK JOHNSON, PLANT AND KRAUS, BRITS HITS 08, MINISTRY OF SOUND ANTHEMS, and ULTIMATE NRG...KELIS has a new entry at 33 with THE HITS...BLACK CROWES, GUTTER TWINS, BILLY BRAGG and the FELICE BROTHERS enter the top 50. On the singles today, we found this... 01 01 MERCY - DUFFY 02 NE US AGAINST THE WORLD - WESTLIFE 03 06 STOP AND STARE - ONE REPUBLIC 04 03 ROCKSTAR - NICKELBACK 05 02 WHAT`S IT GONNA BE - H TWO 0 06 04 NOW YOU`RE GONE - BASSHUNTER 07 15 COME ON GIRLS - TAIO CRUZ 08 05 WOW - KYLIE MINOGUE 09 07 CHASING PAVEMENTS - ADELE 10 08 DON`T STOP THE MUSIC - RIHANNA 11 09 SUN GOES DOWN - DAVID JORDAN 12 14 LOW - FLO RIDA 13 16 SCREAM - TIMBALAND 14 NE FASCINATION - ALPHABEAT 15 23 WITH YOU - CHRIS CROWN 16 38 CAN`T SPEAK FRENCH - GIRLS ALOUD 17 10 WORK - KELLY ROWLAND 18 13 VALERIE - MARK RONSON 19 12 JUST FOR TONIGHT - ONE NIGHT ONLY 20 17 PIECE OF ME - BRITNEY SPEARS 21 NE MY DESTINY - DELINQUENT 22 28 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT 23 22 A & E - GOLDFRAPP 24 NE GREAT DJs - TING TINGS 25 24 SOMETHING GOOD - UTAH SAINTS 26 18 I THOUGHT IT WAS OVER - THE FEELING 27 25 APOLOGISE - ONE REPUBLIC 28 20 CRANK THAT - SOULJA BOY 29 NE BETTER IN TIME/FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND - LEONA LEWIS 30 21 SUPERSTAR - LUPE FIASCO We could not see the TING TINGS in the shops today, where it was released is open to question. So, it is just based on the downloads (which disqualified it from the official chart)...Outside the 30, ALICIA KEYS (NO ONE), VAMPIRE WEEKEND, AMY MACDONALD (RUN), PLIES/AKON (HYPNOTISED), JAY SEAN, MIKA, WOMBATS, SCOUTING FOR GIRLS, HOT CHIP...KANYE WEST battles with both KT TUNSTALL, and JANET JACKSON for a top 40 place...SEAN KINGSTON moves up to 43 today we found. Other entries from SUGABABES, WE ARE SCIENTISTS (Top 50) and GET CAPE WEAR CAPE FLY in what would be the top 75. On Monday 5th March 2001, We had this in the singles, for w/k ending 17th March 2001... 01 NE UPTOWN GIRL - WESTLIFE 02 01 IT WASNT ME - SHAGGY 03 02 WHOLE AGAIN - ATOMIC KITTEN 04 NE CLINT EASTWOOD - GORILLAZ 05 NE JUST ANOTHER DAY - JONATHON WILKES 06 NE HE LOVES YOU NOT - D:REEM 07 09 TEENAGE DIRTBAG - WHEATUS 08 08 ALWAYS COME BACK TO YOUR LOVE - SAMANTHA MUMBA 09 06 MS JACKSON - OUTKAST 10 07 I`M LIKE A BIRD - NELLY FURTADO 11 NE JADED - AEROSMITH 12 NE THINK ABOUT ME - ARTFUL DODGER 13 NE PIANO LOCO - DJ LUCK/MC NEAT 14 05 NOBODY WANTS TO BE LONELY - RICKY AND CHRISTINA 15 NE XHIBIT - X 16 03 SO WHY SO SAD - MANICS 17 04 FOUND THAT SOUL - MANICS 18 11 HERE WITH ME - DIDO 19 NE THIS YEARS LOVE - DAVID GRAY 20 13 PARADISE - KACI 21 21 DANCIN` IN THE MOONLIGHT - TOPLOADER 22 NE TENDER HEART - LIONEL RITCHIE 23 10 FEELS SO GOOD - MEL B. 24 08 AMERICAN DREAM - JAKATTA 25 17 LADYBOY IS MINE - STUNTMASTERZ 26 14 THE VISION - MARIO PU 27 16 SHUT UP - DANE BOWERS 28 18 HE DON`T LOVE YOU - HUMAN NATURE 29 23 BACK HERE - B.B. MAK 30 20 ROLLIN` - LIMP BIZKIT We had 28 in the 30, in 2001 (not necessarily in the right order, but the top 4 correct. We missed D12 (SxxT ON YOU), which was at 35, on our chart, but enterered the official chart at number 10. Obviously, the original song was not played, due to offensive lyrics. How right will we be for Sunday, and the mids? Time will tell!

Same break off point, which is around 5pm on a Friday. Tings Tings, physically released on Monday...so it will be in next Saturdays chart. It wasn`t disqualified in mrib`s, they have basic rules. We took it out, so it would give a better idea, of tomorrows Radio one countdown. They are in the top 30, at 27 (if we hadn`t taken it out). So, probably in the top 20, next week, if not top 10.

I think it would have done the chart justice, had the colloberation of release dates been simultaneous, from the moment downloads, were allowed to chart, in the first place. It makes me think, even more, when if downloads only were not in, Alicia, R.E.M. etc, would actually have entered the top 40, this week. Dodgy dodgy dodgy.

We messed up somewhere on Monday!!! Even the album chart!! I think the stores info, we had was not added properly, on an average, and certainly the HMV album chart, was not added in, and neither Tesco. As for Katie, well!! She actually made the HMV end of week physical top 20 today, and R.E.M. went top 10. We used to be good on the sales of physicals, but now we are losing with ever incresing downloads. I wish download versions, and physicals were issued together, at the same time. What do you reckon Mart!n? Do you think it would be better, if not fairer?

Not often we get a Saturday chart, on a Friday night, but this week we have it early. With thanks to Dave Taylor (daverictaylor@yahoo.co.uk). This week, we have the Album chart, the film chart, the dvd chart, and the most up to date chart in Britain as usual. Add a classic chart, from this week in 1971. Which is something special, because in 1971, a postal strike prevented Music Week, from printing an album chart. Many people use the Melody Maker chart, from the 8 week postal strike, but Dave has dug out the EMI charts, for that period. At the time equivalent to MRIB (who didn`t actually exist under that name, until 1981, but were basically the same as the Record Business magazine, published weekly between 1978 - 83. Anyway on to this week`s Albums... w/k ending 07/03 01 NE SEVENTH TREE - GOLDFRAPP 02 02 ALL THE RIGHT REASONS - NICKELBACK 03 07 LIFE IN CARTOON MOTION - MIKA 04 06 19 - ADELE 05 25 YOU RAISE ME UP 08 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 06 RE VERSION - MARK RONSON 07 01 JOIN WITH US - THE FEELING 08 14 BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE 09 03 THRILLER 25 - MICHAEL JACKSON 10 04 BREAKDOWN 08-VERY BEST OF EUPHORIC DANCE - VARIOUS 11 NE SOUND OF BASSLINE - VARIOUS ARTISTS 12 16 DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS - VARIOUS ARTISTS 13 13 THIS IS THE LIFE - AMY MACDONALD 14 NE JUST FOR YOU - VARIOUS ARTISTS 15 NE MUM`S FAVOURITE SONGS - VARIOUS ARTISTS 16 09 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD - RIHANNA 17 05 SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC - JACK JOHNSON 18 RE X - KYLIE MINOGUE 19 10 STARTED A FIRE - ONE NIGHT ONLY 20 11 RAISING SAND - PLANT/KRAUSS GOLDFRAPP win. Why is AMY WINEHOUSE not in the top 3, is the question. Only mrib, can answer that one. So, let`s go back to 1971, and the EMI compiled album top 20... w/k ending 5th Mar 1971 01 01 ALL THINGS MUST PASS - GEORGE HARRISON 02 02 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - SIMON AND GARFUNKEL 03 03 TUMBLEWEED CONNECTION - ELTON JOHN 04 04 GREATEST HITS - ANDY WILLIAMS 05 06 LED ZEPPELIN III - LED ZEPPELIN 06 05 MOTOWN CHARTBUSTERS VOL. 4 07 08 PENDULUM - CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL 08 07 SWEET BABY JAMES - JAMES TAYLOR 09 12 ELTON JOHN - ELTON JOHN 10 13 AIR CONDITIONING - CURVED AIR 11 09 DEEP PURPLE IN ROCK - DEEP PURPLE 12 10 GREATEST HITS VOL. 2 - FRANK SINATRA 13 18 JOHN LENNON PLASTIC ONO BAND - JOHN LENNON 14 11 EMERSON LAKE AND PALMER - EMERSON LAKE AND PALMER 15 14 STEPEHEN STILLS - STEPHEN STILLS 16 25 YES ALBUM - YES 17 20 CHICAGO 3 - CHICAGO 18 23 AFTER THE GOLDRUSH - NEIL YOUNG 19 24 WATT - TEN YEARS AFTER 20 21 EASY LISTENING - VARIOUS ARTISTS Lots of self-titled albums in 71. ALL THINGS MUST PASS and GEORGE HARRISON contained the single MY SWEET LORD (the song, that alledgedly nicked the melody of HE`S SO FINE), it also featured it`s B side WHAT IS LIFE (later covered by OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN). BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER of course contained the single, and it`s B side KEEP THE CUSTOMER SATISFIED. ELTON JOHN`s career was finally taking off, after being well known, as a session singer, here he had 2 albums in the top ten. LED ZEPPELIN never released singles in the UK, but the albums sold absolutely brilliantly (although one of the members JOHN PAUL JOANS released a single, THE MAN FROM NAZARETH, about Jesus, of course). JAMES TAYLOR was married to CARLY SIMON in those days, he was doing well in the albums. DEEP PURPLE were breaking into the singles market, by now, but the albums still selling well. The single HUSH in 1968, didn`t quite make it in Britain, but did in Europe, and was a cover of a JOE SOUTH song. JOHN LENNON went all peace loving with YOKO. EMERSON LAKE and PALMER kept the rock alive, pleasing ALAN FREEMAN, most certainly! CHICAGO were originally the CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY, and shortened it to just CHICAGO. NEIL YOUNG wrote AFTER THE GOLDRUSH, but later the song became mor associated with PRELUDE in 1974. MOTOWN CHARTBUSTERS, and EASY LISTENING were just like it said on the tin, and did very well, in the compilations market. ANDY WILLIAMS had a top U.S. TV show, and his albums, sold well off of that, and of course so did, the singles. One day Dave Taylor is going to get the original British Market Research Bureau/BBC album charts, for this 8 week period. And they have not been seen, anywhere since Radio one, in 1971! Who remembers 1971`s singles... w/k ending 5th Mar 1971 01 01 MY SWEET LORD - GEORGE HARRISON 02 02 PUSHBIKE SONG - MIXTURES 03 05 IT`S IMPOSSIBLE - PERRY COMO 04 10 BABY JUMP - MUNGO JERRY 05 03 RESSURECTION SHUFFLE - ASHTON GARDNER AND DYKE 06 04 STONED LOVE - SUPREMES 07 06 AMAZING GRACE - JUDY COLLINS 08 30 ANOTHER DAY - PAUL MCCARTNEY 09 18 SWEET CAROLINE - NEIL DIAMOND 10 07 YOUR SONG - ELTON JOHN 11 23 ROSE GARDEN - LYNN ANDERSON 12 15 FORGET ME NOT - MARTHA REEVES/VANDELLAS 13 08 NO MATTER WHAT - BADFINGER 14 11 COME AROUND HERE I`M THE ONE YOU NEED - SMOKEY ROBINSON/MIRACLES 15 09 CANDIDA - DAWN 16 22 TOMORROW NIGHT - ATOMIC ROOSTER 17 16 RUPERT - JACKIE LEE 18 21 EVERYTHING`S TUESDAY - CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD 19 20 CHESTNUT MARE - BYRDS 20 25 I THINK I LOVE YOU - PARTRIDGE FAMILY 21 NE HOT LOVE - T. REX 22 12 GRANDAD - CLIVE DUNN 23 14 SHE`S A LADY - TOM JONES 24 29 WHO PUT THE LIGHTS OUT - DANA 25 17 IT`S THE SAME OLD SONG - WEATHERMEN 26 13 APEMAN - KINKS 27 31 ROSE GARDEN - NEW WORLD 28 19 SUNNY HONEY GIRL - CLIFF RICHARD 29 34 I WILL DRINK THE WINE - FRANK SINATRA 30 24 RIDE A WHITE SWAN - T. REX GEORGE HARRISON topping both album, and singles charts, in 71. THE MIXTURES could not follow up THE PUSHBIKE SONG, the follow up did not sell entitled NEVER BE UNTRUE, an Australian outfit, with just the one, UK hit. PERRY COMO, had his own series, much like ANDY WILLIAMS did, and again did him well. MUNGO JERRY had singer RAY DORSET (who penned FEELS LIKE I`M IN LOVE in 1977, with ELVIS PRESLEY in mind, unfortunately ELVIS died before he even saw it, and it later topped the 1980 chart, for KELLY MARIE). Both ELTON JOHN and NEIL DIAMOND had their first UK chart singles. MOTOWN ruled for the SUPREMES, MARTHA REEVES and SMOKEY ROBINSON. ATOMIC ROOSTER were known to produce the music known as "underground". JACKIE LEE recorded RUPERT the theme to the ATV produced puppet series (previously JACKIE recorded the theme of another series WHITE HORSES in 68). MARC BOLAN had 2 hits in the the top 30. ROGER McGWINN returned to the top 20, fronting the BYRDS. The KINKS had a dodgy lyric in APEMAN (was the air-pollution fogging up their eyes, or something else)?!!! The WEATHERMAN was actually JONOTHAN KING, covering the FOUR TOPS 1965 top 30 hit. FRANK SINATRA was doing good, both in singles, and albums. JUDY COLLINS stayed in the charts forever, with the vocal version of AMAZING GRACE...CLIFF had a small hit, many small hits folowed in the early part of the 70s, and he too, had a BBC Saturday night series. PETULA CLARK was bubbling under with SONG OF MY LIFE, and ELVIS was again, covering old songs, as YOU DON`T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME, slipped outside the 30, from the number 23 album, THAT`S THE WAY IT IS. CLIVE DUNN (MR JONES, in DAD`S ARMY) went all the way too the top with GRANDAD (written by HERBIE FLOWERS, of BLUE MINK fame. NEW WORLD won OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS (the talent show in 1970, and covered ROSE GARDEN, featured in the very first series of, the TWO RONNIES). ROSE GARDEN was also a very minor hit for, SANDIE SHAW. Also on tv, in 1971, over on ITV, there was a technicians strike, it started in Dec 1970, ending in Feb 71, all ITV`s programmes, had to be made in black & white, because of the strike, including early outings for, ON THE BUSES, UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS, and the first seven editions of, BLESS THIS HOUSE with SIDNEY JAMES, DIANA COUPLAND and SALLY GEESON. Here are this week`s films... w/k ending 7th Mar 08 01 01 JUMPER 02 NE BE KIND REWIND 03 NE RAMBO 04 03 JUNO 05 02 NATIONAL TREASURE 06 04 THE WATER HORSE 07 07 THERE WILL BE LOVE 08 06 BUCKET LIST 09 05 CLOVERFIELD 10 14 ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS A bit of a half-term reflection, in the top films, this week. Here are the top off-line dvds... w/k ending 7th Mar 08 01 NE RUN FAT BOY RUN 02 NE RESIDENT EVIL EXTINCTION 03 NE MICHAEL CLAXTON 04 01 THE BRAVE ONE 05 03 MR BROOKES 06 02 RATATOUILLE 07 04 HEARTBREAK KID 08 05 THE KINGDOM 09 09 KNOCKED UP 10 07 SUPERBAD Ready for the latest top singles/tracks, here we go... w/k ending 07/03 50 NE TAKE YOU THERE - SEAN KINGSTON * 49 43 WHAT HURT`S THE MOST - CASCADA 48 38 JUST FINE - MARY J. BLIGE 47 RE STOP ME - MARK RONSON 46 42 HEARTBROKEN - T2 45 27 WHEN I`M GONE - SIMPLE PLAN 44 39 SIX OF ONE THING - CRAIG DAVID 43 45 UMBRELLA - RIHANNA 42 NE UP ALL NIGHT - YOUNG KNIVES 41 30 NEW SOUL - YAEL NAIM * 40 NE US AGAINST THE WORLD - WESTLIFE * 39 NE BETTER IN TIME - LEONA LEWIS * 38 31 BE MINE - ROBYN 37 36 BLEEDING LOVE - LEONA LEWIS 36 40 CALL THE SHOTS - GIRLS ALOUD 35 34 JUST - MARK RONSON 34 NE CAN`T SPEAK FRENCH - GIRLS ALOUD * 33 NE MY DESTINY - DELINQUENT * 32 32 HOMECOMING - KANYE WEST * 31 37 MOVING TO NEW YORK - WOMBATS 30 27 RIDE IT - JAY SEAN 29 24 ELVIS AIN`T DEAD - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 28 18 SOMETHING GOOD - UTAH SAINTS/VAN SHE * 27 31 RELAX - MIKA 26 26 NO ONE - ALICIA KEYS 25 15 READY FOR THE FLOOR - HOT CHIP 24 NE FASCINATION - ALPHABEAT * 23 21 SUPERSTAR - LUPE FIASCO 22 17 CRANK THAT - SOULJA BOY 21 20 APOLOGISE - ONE REPUBLIC 20 29 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT 19 33 WITH YOU - CHRIS BROWN * 18 16 A & E - GOLDFRAPP 17 11 I THOUGHT IT WAS OVER - FEELING 16 19 SCREAM - TIMBALAND/HILSON/SCHWERZINGER * 15 13 PIECE OF ME - BRITNEY SPEARS 14 12 JUST FOR TONIGHT - ONE NIGHT ONLY 13 14 VALERIE - RONSON/WINEHOUSE 12 22 LOW - FLORIDA 11 23 COME ON GIRL - TAIO CRUZ * 10 10 WORK - KELLY ROWLAND 09 08 DON`T STOP THE MUSIC - RIHANNA 08 07 SUN GOES DOWN - JORDAN 07 09 STOP AND STARE - ONE REPUBLIC * 06 06 CHASING PAVEMENTS - ADELE 05 04 WOW - KYLIE MINOGUE 04 05 NOW YOU`RE GONE - BASSHUNTER 03 03 ROCKSTAR - NICKELBACK 02 02 WHAT`S IT GONNA BE - H TWO 0 01 01 MERCY - DUFFY * (Denotes download only track) Well, a bit static near the top, DUFFY`s physical release pushes it too 50% up on last week`s sales, and quite a gap below. Outside the 50, ALICIA KEYS new one enters at 54, MARCO DEMARK is 56, R.E.M. stumble at 61, with BODIES WITHOUT ORGANS coming in at 64, SUGABABES have a DENIAL in the top 70, and poor KATIE MELUA what happened? We do also note this week, that the TINGS TINGS (if not disqualified at the moment) would be at 27. On a physical chart this week it looks like this in the top 5....01) DUFFY, 02) H TWO 0, 03) KYLIE, 04) NICKELBACK, 05) BASSHUNTER...On a download top 5....01) DUFFY, 02) H TWO 0, 03) NICKELBACK, 04) BASSHUNTER, 05 ADELE. Don`t forget we will attempt NEXT WEEK`S CHART on Monday, and we will find out why KATIE did not even make the top 75!!!!!

Hi Martin! Whats happened to Yael Naim, Simple Plan, Mark Brown, Out of Office, T2, Cascada, and She`s So Lovely since last week? Cheers Mate!

Radio One played the whole 40, from January 1991, when Goodier, started the show at 4.30. It grew to 3 hours in 92, when Bruno Brookes returned to host it. The Network Chart and Kid Jensen grew to a top 40, in 92 with 3 hours. The Pepsi Chart was launched in August 93, with Neil Fox, when the airplay factor, grew to a big proportion. Although the top ten, was the official Milward Brown researched one. As is today, Hit40uk and the airplay factor, is just too much, even slower moving than, the Radio One chart has become. It`s possible for Independant Radio, to broadcast a chart on a Saturday. All they have to do, is use a different compiler, play it in full, and then they would have the most up to date chart in Britain, just like the original Network Chart Show. I think that would knock Radio One, sideways!! A proper Saturday chart, is so close to Sunday`s chart, so the Independant Radio people, should go ahead, and do it. Apart from the chart on Radio One, does anyone actually bother to listen, to any other of it`s output? Radio One even seems to try to push, it`s playlist on the top 40 show. Who`s interested in their playlist? Taken in to acount, the amount of times, the Top 40, in recent weeks, missed out Amy Macdonald, but still managed to play all of Rihanna`s material, even though the songs, had been in for months!

Either way, still an utter load of nonsense/waste of time, that does not befit a chart show. Glad I made the switch to the Smash Hits Chart, where many weeks Mark Goodier, or Robin Banks more often than not, got 47 records into 3 hours, and no ads. I did forget that Wes Butters did 2 years, because that used to be the minimum contract, back then.

The state of things with the Ting Tings is thus...it was originally disqualified by OCC because the current download version, was originally a freebie. From Sun 10th a new version will be available for download. The physical version is also available from the same week. It will then be counted to the main chart.

Hi there Mart!n. You know I feel like I`m speaking to the "Martin Bryce" character from the sitcom "Ever Decreasing Circles", played by Richard Briers! Anyway, where have the following fallen since Sun... The Feeling One Night Only Britney Goldfrapp Souljaboy Mika Robyn Leona Thanks in advance!

No this wasn`t JK and JOEL it was Wes Butters. How long did he last? Just one ghastly year!!!!!! When Wes started he missed most of the 40 - 21 part, and then in the final 6 months of his reign, he did start the format, later used by JK and JOEL. Of course by then (if we lived in the right area), we switched to Mark Goodier, on the brilliant Smash Hits Chart...where downloads arrived 3 years early, by the use of requested songs, from the Box, the Hits, and Smash Hits tv. Then we had new number ones, up to 3 weeks, before the Radio one top 40. In the newspapers the headline read, "Radio One Chart Show, Become`s Chat Show, with unknown DJ Wes Butters"...The butter certainly slipped the show, right out of the ratings!! Although Independant Radio lost out too, because all 3 radio groups, broadcasted either the Hit40, Smash Hits Chart, or the dire "A" List.

When it is physically released another version will be available to download (i.e. different to the download version now). Interestingly had it been eligable when the download version currently available, had been released. It would have got to number 35, in the singles about 3 weeks ago!

The Tings Tings will not appear in the chart until it is physically released, due to the fact that freebies were available, when this download version was released.

How many down for these since sun Mart!n?... Lupe Mika Just - Mark Ronson Utah Saints Yael Naim Kanye West Wombats Take That Thanks Mate!

Hello Mart!n old boy...I am miffed as to what has happened to Ms Melua. You know she was number 9 in Woolies yesterday, and 15 in HMV. Anyway, what`s how much have Lupe, Soulja Boy, Leona, Robyn, Wombats, and Yael Naim slipped down?

I can post the mrib top 10 physical chart, like this... 01 ne H TWO 0 02 ne KYLIE 03 01 NICKELBACK 04 02 BASSHUNTER 05 04 DAVID JORDAN 06 03 ADELE 07 05 RIHANNA 08 06 THE FEELING 09 08 KELLY ROWLAND 10 07 GOLDFRAPP That was up until last Friday evening. Alas have no sales.