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Another Saturday, So what`s been happening, since last week? Well, we are about to find out, with the latest Album, Singles, Film and DVD charts...all joined together, with a look at February 1980. All thanks to Dave Taylor, as usual. Contact details on request. This week`s albums... w/k ending 22/02 01 01 SLEEP THRU THE STATIC - JACK JOHNSON 02 03 ALL THE RIGHT REASONS - NICKELBACK 03 02 19 - ADELE 04 NE THRILLER 25TH ANNIVERSARY - MICHAEL JACKSON 05 NE GREATEST HITS - MORRISEY 06 12 101 LOVE SONGS - VARIOUS 07 20 REAL LOVE - VARIOUS ARTISTS 08 05 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS - SCOUTING GIRLS 09 NE STARTED A FIRE - ONE NIGHT ONLY 10 04 MADE IN THE DARK - HOT CHIP 11 07 RAISING SAND - PLANT/KRAUS 12 08 THIS IS THE LIFE - AMY MACDONALD 13 09 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD - RIHANNA 14 10 ULTIMATE NRG - VARIOUS 15 21 R + B LOVE SONGS - VARIOUS 2 weeks at the top for JACK JOHNSON. Love songs all over the place, sure to plummet next week, with Valentine`s Day out of the way! MICHAEL JACKSON having the highest new entry, with the 25th Anniversary, of Thriller...the first number one single from that (originally) I believe was BILLIE JEAN. Let`s go back to 1980. What happened then? Well Sunday nights were awash, with Cenral Europe`s most listened too, chart show, on Radio one, with the Sensational Mr TONY BLACKBURN (who had swap places with SIMON BATES 6 months earlier). Tony also introduced JUNIOR CHOICE now that ED STEWART had moved to the ED STEWART REQUEST SHOW on Radio two`s weekday afternoon schedule. Here`s 1980`s albums... w/k ending 22nd Feb 1980 01 02 THE LAST DANCE - VARIOUS ARTISTS 02 01 THE PRETENDERS - THE PRETENDERS 03 03 ONE STEP BEYOND - MADNESS 04 04 SHORT STORIES - JON AND VANGELIS 05 06 THE SPECIALS - THE SPECIALS 06 05 REGATTA DE BLANC - POLICE 07 10 KENNY - KENNY ROGERS 08 09 I`M THE MAN - JOE JACKSON 09 13 MATAMATIC - JOHN FOXX 10 08 OFF THE WALL - MICHAEL JACKSON 11 30 GET HAPPY - ELVIS COSTELLO 12 07 PERMANENT WAVES - RUSH 13 NE NOLAN SISTERS - NOLANS 14 32 JUST FOR YOU - DES O, CONNER 15 14 ABBA`S GREATEST HITS VOL. 2 - ABBA Valentine`s Day reflected even in 1980, with the LAST DANCE topping the chart (featuring hits from DIANA ROSS, JIMMY RUFFIN etc. Most of the albums had singles taken from them, and JACKO`s latest pre-Thriller, "OFF THE WALL". The unstoppable DES O, CONNER with the biggest climber (again Valentine`s Day). Imagine going out today, and buying your loved one a DES O, CONNER album! You would be hit over the head with it! This particular Album featured songs such as JUST FOR YOU (the ALAN PRICE song), and Des having an attempt at CHANSON D` AMOUR (ART and DOTTY TODD 1958, MANHATTEN TRANSFER 1977). 1980`s Singles... 01 01 COWARD OF THE COUNTY - KENNY ROGERS 02 02 TOO MUCH TOO YOUNG - SPECIALS 03 10 AND THE BEAT GOES ON - WHISPERS 04 06 CAPTAIN BEAKY - KEITH MICHELL 05 04 SOMEONE`S LOOKING AT YOU - BOOMTOWN RATS 06 15 CARRIE - CLIFF RICHARD 07 NE ATOMIC - BLONDIE 08 03 I`M IN THE MOOD FOR DANCING - NOLANS 09 13 ROCK WITH YOU - MICHAEL JACKSON 10 20 I CAN`T STAND UP FOR FALLING DOWN - ELVIS COSTELLO 11 21 BABY I LOVE YOU - RAMONES 12 19 SO GOOD TO BE BACK HOME AGAIN - TOURISTS 13 08 I HEAR YOU NOW - JON AND VANGELIS 14 11 SAVE ME - QUEEN 15 14 7TEEN - REGENTS 16 05 ITS DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS - JOE JACKSON 17 22 RIDERS IN THE SKY - SHADOWS 18 07 BABE - STYX 19 16 THREE MINUTE HERO - SELECTOR 20 25 LIVING IN THE PLASTIC AGE - BUGGLES 21 NE TAKE THAT LOOK OFF YOUR FACE - MARTY WEBB 22 12 LIVING BY NUMBERS - NEW MUSIK 23 09 MY GIRL - MADNESS 24 27 TOO HOT - KOOL AND THE GANG 25 23 BUZZ BUZZ A DIDDLE IT - MATCHBOX 26 31 JANE - JEFFERSON STARSHIP 27 NE TOGETHER WE ARE BEAUTIFUL - FERN KINNEY 28 38 GAMES WITHOUT FRONTIERS - PETER GABRIEL 29 NE SO LONELY - POLICE 30 NE ON THE RADIO - DONNA SUMMER What can we say about 1980, well KENNY ROGERS had the surprise number 1. The SPECIALS hit was an EP actually called THE SPECIAL AKA LIVE EP...BLONDIE was about to score another charttopper...NOEL EDMONDS had been playing KEITH MICHELL on his Sunday show (KEITH had recorded the song in 1977), with NOEL spinning it constantly, it became a top 5 hit 3 years on! ELVIS COSTELLO, RAMONES, SHADOWS, MATCHBOX, FERN KINNEY all covered old songs (most noteably the RAMONES virtually, with PHIL SPECTOR totally copied the original of BABY I LOVE YOU from 1964 by the RONETTES, and FERN KINNEY covered a 1979 flop for RICHARD ALLEN all the way to the top, a few weeks later...JON AND VANGELIS (JON ANDERSON from YES), (VANGLELIS ex-APHRODITES CHILD) collaborated for the album SHORT STORIES, and achieved a few singles too....JEFFERSON STARSHIP were originally JEFFERSON AIRPLANE, later of course they became just STARSHIP....My fav of the day, was NEW MUSIK who could just not break the top 10, with any of their brilliant releases....on the bubble at 32 was JOHN FOXX and UNDERPASS (John, an original front man with ULTRAVOX)...ALSO on the bubble were SINGING THE BLUES (a re-make by MR RE-MAKE, DAVE EDMUNDS) and STIFF LITTLE FINGERS had a slow climb into the top 40, with the classic AT THE EDGE. Here is the top films, this week w/k ending 22/02/08 01 NATIONAL TREASURE-BOOK OF SECRETS (NEW) 02 JUNO 03 COLOURFIELD 04 SWEENEY TODD-DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET 05 THE WATER HOUSE (NEW) 06 DEFINATELY MAYBE (NEW) 07 OVER HER DEAD BODY 08 PENELOPE 09 NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN 10 ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS NATIONAL TREASURE having the edge on JUNO. The top dvds (from Blockbuster) 01 ATONEMENT 02 HEARTBREAK KID 03 WEDDING DAZE 04 THE KINGDOM 05 1408 06 BOURNE ULTIMATUM 07 SUPERBAD 08 KNOCKED UP 09 DISTURBIA 10 I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK AND LARRY This week`s big finish, with the latest top selling Singles/tracks...news on the physical front still has BASSHUNTER in front/at the top...if download tracks not available physically weren`t included NICKELBACK are at the top...so how does it look, when all put together? Here we go...(up to 5pm, last night) w/k ending 22/02 45 51 ROCKFERRY - DUFFY * 44 28 WHO`S GOT A MATCH - BIFFY CLYRO 43 45 NEW SOUL - YAEL NAIM * 42 NE LOW - FLORIDA * 41 NE C0ME ON GIRL - TAIO CRUZ * 40 32 GIRL IS MINE - JACKSON/WILL I AM 39 39 HEARTBROKEN - T2 38 38 BLEEDING LOVE - LEONA LEWIS 37 27 WHAT HURTS THE MOST - CASCADA 36 13 THATS HOW PEOPLE GROW UP - MORRISEY 35 NE SOMETHING GOOD 08 - UTAH SAINTS * 34 33 SHE`S SO LOVELY - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 33 31 MOVING TO NEW YORK - WOMBATS 32 30 RELAX - MIKA 31 29 CALL THE SHOTS - GIRLS ALOUD 30 26 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT 29 23 HOMECOMING - KANYE WEST * 28 35 SCREAM - TIMBALAND/HILSON/SCHWERZINGER * 27 19 RIDE IT - JAY SEAN 26 NE WHEN I`M GONE - SIMPLE PLAN 25 25 VALERIE - RONSON/WINEHOUSE 24 24 NO ONE - ALICIA KEYS 23 17 JUST FINE - MARY J. BLIGE 22 20 BE MINE - ROBYN 21 21 APOLOGISE - ONE REPUBLIC/TIMBALAND 20 15 ELVIS AIN`T DEAD - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 19 11 JOURNEY CONTINUES - MARK BROWN/SARAH CRACKNELL 18 22 WOW - KYLIE MINOGUE * 17 NE MISERY BUSINESS - PARAMORE 16 16 CRANK THAT - SOULJA BOY 15 07 READY FOR THE FLOOR - HOT CHIP 14 14 JUST FOR TONIGHT - ONE NIGHT ONLY 13 NE STOP AND STARE - ONE REPUBLIC * 12 09 SUPERSTAR - LUPE FIASCO 11 08 PIECE OF ME - BRITNEY SPEARS 10 18 A & E - GOLDFRAPP 09 06 WORK - KELLY ROWLAND 08 12 I THOUGHT IT WAS OVER - FEELING 07 NE WHAT`S IT GONNA BE - H TWO 0 * 06 05 DON`T STOP THE MUSIC - RIHANNA 05 04 SUN GOES DOWN - DAVID JORDAN 04 03 CHASING PAVEMENTS - ADELE 03 01 NOW YOU`RE GONE - BASSHUNTER 02 02 ROCKSTAR - NICKELBACK 01 NE MERCY - DUFFY * * Denotes download only DUFFY scratches in passed NICKLEBACK and BASSHUNTER. If I am correct this is the first time, that a download only track, has made it to the top, with 2 weeks still left until the physical release? It`s probably a fact that the physicals of ROCKSTAR could not push it to stay at the top long enough, to withhold DUFFY who came from nowhere this week. Outside the top 45, are the CORAL the rest of the top 50, have been about for a while...with AMY MACDONALD slipping to 47 with them. The top 60, has entries from REM, CRAIG DAVID, has been taken over by GNARLS BARKLEY (climbed over that is)!!!! What`s going to happen next week? I think DUFFY will remain a-top until/including the physical release...some think H TWO 0, but I don`t think H TWO 0, will go any higher than number 2...where will KYLIE be physically added next week? I got an inkling, she might miss the top 5. Don`t forget we will get together for NEXT WEEK`S CHART on Monday from 4.30, and have a preview into the future!

Do you remember that the song was originally released by HI BREED in 1970, and KING HARVEST in 1973? KING HARVEST did another great song called A LITTLE BIT LIKE MAGIC in 73 too...Both HI BREED and KING HARVEST were total flops, a bit of a shame really. Quite a few people, think that DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT when performed by TOPLOADER was a new song, but it was already 30 years old!!!!!!

Say Robbie, thinking about I FOUND LOVIN` with the FATBACK BAND first entered in June 84, although it was reissued about twice, was all over the clubs, for 4 years or so. It took until 1988, to get to number 7. Have you a complete run on the top 100, for it? I can`t find one at home.

Just thinking about "White Lines", by Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel. It entered the top 75, in Feb 1984, and took 25 weeks or so to get to a high of number 7...now according to Richard Skinner, on the top 40, in 1984, the record spent most of the year, in the top 100. Infact it entered te top 100, on tues 8th Nov 1983! The full run: 85 - 60 - 63 - 75 - re - re - re - re - re - 93 - 93 - 77 - 84 - 74 - 59 - 52 - 53 - 52 - 49 - 57 - 55 - 56 - 58 - 55 - 52 - 56 - 52 - 48 - 51 - 52 - 46 - 36 - 21 - 12 - 10 - 9 - 8 - 7 - 7 - 10 - 9 - 10 - 13 - 18 - 20 - 23 - 31 - 39 - 41 - 52 - 55 - re - re - 77 - 75 - 77 - 99 - 88 - 96 - 83 - 73 - re - 83 - 85 I don`t think we could beat that run! 38 weeks to get to number 7! It has to be said, it was obviously still in the top 200, when it dropped out of the top 100, and re-entered just like Sinitta! Can we beat it? I can`t think of anyone, that has???? (Sourced from Record Mirror 1983 - 84)

We all know it`s taken 17 weeks, for Nickelback, to get to number 2. But back in the mid-eighties, when I first got involved in Radio, Sinitta, took a lifetime to get to the number 2 spot. Every week, I collected Record Mirror, back then. SO MACHO was a double A sided single with CRUISING on the other side. At this period, I was doing a hospital radio thing. SO MACHO was always being requested by the teenagers, who were in at the time. It was released in the February of 1986 and took no less than, 23 weeks to get to number 2, on Tuesday 5th Aug 1986. Here is the chart run, where it did fall out of the top 100, a couple of times, in the full run. Entered chart Tuesday 4th March 1986: 59 - 50 - 49 - 49 - 48 - 47 - 49 - 51 - 64 - 59 - 68 - re - 85 - 81 - re - re - 73 - 52 - 46 - 33 - 16 - 5 - 2 - 3 - 3 - 2 - 7 - 9 - 14 - 21 - 32 - 36 - 53 The final week of chart was Tuesday 18th Oct 86, when the following week, it disappeared because Sinitta`s new hit "Feel`s Like The First Time", scraped into the top 50. Will that run of 23 weeks, to get as high as number 2 ever be beaten? Can anyone think of any other hits, that failed to make number one, that took a long time, to get to their chart zenith? (Sourced from Record Mirror 1986)

BASSHUNTER sale 35,000 this week NICKELBACK sale just over 32,000

Well if you know Simon Bates` "Our Tune", you would recognise it as the piece of music that Simon, talks over when he does it! For that music is, the Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet, and was a U.S. number one single in 1969.

It was in 92, but KC and the Sunshine Band had the original in 1979. But the KWS hit, was a rip off, of a song (already around) for a chap called DOUBLE YOU.

Another week bombs by. Here is the selection of chart action, courtesy of Dave Taylor (davericktaylor@yahoo.co.uk). This week, the new album chart, a look back to 1992, this week`s films, the new singles/track chart, and ending up with a lovey dovey Valentine selection of some 30 favourite love songs circa 1955 - 2008. Here are the week`s albums w/k ending 15/02 01 NE SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC - JACK JOHNSON 02 01 19 - ADELE 03 NE MADE IN THE DARK - HOT CHIP 04 05 ALL THE RIGHT REASONS - NICKELBACK 05 02 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 06 NE GROWING PAINS - MARY J. BLIGE 07 04 RAISING SAND - PLANT/KRAUSS 08 06 THIS IS THE LIFE - AMY MACDONALD 09 09 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD - RIHANNA 10 NE ULTIMATE NRG - VARIOUS ARTISTS 11 10 BIG TUNES - VARIOUS ARTISTS 12 NE 101 LOVE SONGS - VARIOUS ARTISTS 13 11 MINISTRY OF SOUND ANTHEMS 91 - 08 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 14 07 TRICK TO LIFE - HOOSIERS 15 08 HAND BUILT BY ROBOTS - NEWTON FAULKNER Compilations dominating the combined chart this week. Mostly Valentine related. Also in the top 30 are WITH LOVE X, REAL LOVE, POWER OF LOVE, DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS (goes back up), R + B LOVE SONGS goes down. Will ONE NIGHT ONLY go to number one next week? Or will it be other new entries from MORRISEY, LAURA MARLING, or a VA Compilation? Who remembers 1992, and the albums... w/k ending 15th Feb 1992 01 01 HIGH ON THE HAPPY SIDE - WET WET WET 02 02 STARS - SIMPLY RED 03 03 WE CAN`T DANCE - GENESIS 04 08 NO REGRETS 65 - 76 - WALKER BROTHERS 05 05 REAL LOVE - LISA STANSFIELD 06 14 DANGEROUS - MICHAEL JACKSON 07 04 GREATEST HITS II - QUEEN 08 06 ULTIMATE RAVE - VARIOUS ARTISTS 09 11 FINALLY - CE CE PENNISTON 10 07 NEVER MIND - NIRVANA 11 09 SIMPLY THE BEST - TINA TURNER 12 13 EMOTIONS - MARIAH CAREY 13 10 SPOOKY - LUSH 14 NE KAOS THEORY - VARIOUS ARTISTS 15 17 TIME LOVE AND TENDERNESS - MICHAEL BOLTON The Wets proving the case in 92. Valentine movement for the WALKER BROTHERS (funnily enough NO REGRETS, as a single was a cover of a 1968 song). LISA STANSFIELD, MARIAH CAREY, MICHAEL BOLTON again moving with 14th Feb! But a lack of Compilations (maybe a week too early). 1992`s singles chart... w/k ending 15th Feb 1992 01 04 I`M DOIN FINE NOW - PASADENAS 02 01 GOODNIGHT GIRL - WET WET WET 03 06 STAY - SHAKESPEARS SISTER 04 03 TWILIGHT ZONE - 2UNLIMITED 05 05 I WONDER WHY - CURTIS STIGERS 06 NE REMEMBER THE TIME - MICHAEL JACKSON 07 02 GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME - KYLIE MINOGUE 08 08 THE BOUNCER - KICKS LIKE A MULE 09 16 FOR YOUR BABIES - SIMPLY RED 10 11 DIXIE-NARCO E.P. - PRIMAL SCREAM 11 10 BORN ON FRUSTRATION - JAMES 12 27 STEEL BARS - MICHAEL BOLTON 13 09 EVERYBODY IN THE PLACE E.P. (HERE WE GO) - PRODIGY 14 13 I CAN`T DANCE - GENESIS 15 07 WELCOME TO THE CHEAPSEATS E.P. - WONDER STUFF 16 NE LEAVE THEM ALL BEHIND - RIDE 17 21 CAN YOU HANDLE IT 92 - DNA/SHARON REDD 18 24 LOVE MOVES IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS - JULIA FORDHAM 19 31 LOVE IS EVERYWHERE - CICERO 20 NE GO-GO DANCER - WEDDING PRESENT 21 14 GOD GAVE ROCK N` ROLL TO YOU II - KISS 22 20 YOU LOVE US - MANIC STREET PREACHERS 23 NE REVERANCE - JESUS AND MARY CHAIN 24 12 BOHEMION RHAPSODY/THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES - QUEEN 25 15 WE GOT A LOVE THING - CE CE PENNISTON 26 41 I`LL CRY FOR YOU - EUROPE 27 25 FEEL SO REAL - DREAM FREQUENCY 28 NE ALIVE - PEARL JAM 29 26 HIGHWAY 5 92 - BLESSING 30 18 CAN`T LET GO - MARIAH CAREY 31 RE MY GIRL - TEMPTATIONS 32 39 ALONE WITH YOU - TEXAS 33 NE DREAM COME TRUE - BRAND NEW HEAVIES/N`DEA DAVENPORT 34 36 DIAMANTE - ZUCCHERO/RANDY CRAWFORD 35 35 SO WHAT - RONNY JORDAN 36 NE FORCE BEHIND THE POWER - DIANA ROSS 37 NE LOVE THING - TINA TURNER 38 19 FEEL SO HIGH - DES`REE 39 NE MUTATIONS - ORBITAL 40 NE MOIRA JANE`S CAFE - DEFINITION OF SOUND What a lot of forgotten pieces, in the bottom 9, of the 40! Probably not even heard since 92. The PASADENAS only made the top, on the MRIB chart and of course, was a re-make of the 1973 top 20 hit, for NEW YORK CITY. WET WET WET had a bit of a surprise charttopper with GOODNIGHT GIRL. SHAKESPEARS SISTER seemed to be there forever with STAY (an apt title). MICHAEL JACKSON scoring with another hit from the DANGEROUS album. KYLIE covering a CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD top 5 hit from 1970 (when Kylie herself, was just 2 years old). "You`re Not on the list, you`re not coming in", was the taunt by THE BOUNCER at 8. E.Ps everywhere with PRODIGY, PRIMAL SCREAM and the WONDER STUFF. Lots of album material, being released as singles, for SIMPLY RED, MICHAEL BOLTON, and CE CE PENNISTON. The WEDDING PRESENT were on there second monthly hit with GO-GO DANCER (they released a single every month, for the whole of 1992). In 92, the MANIC STREET PREACHERS singles used to stay around longer, than just one week! MY GIRL failed to sell well, in the 1965 period (being covered by OTIS REDDING at the time). Here the song all over a tv ad, finally hit the top 3, in 92. GOD GAVE ROCK N` ROLL TO YOU, originally hit the top 30, in 1973 for ARGENT. CURTIS STIGERS was all over radio 2, with the likes of BRIAN HAYES, KEN BRUCE, ED STEWART and JOHN DUNN playing him constantly. Also in 1992 on Radio 2, ED STEWART launched the short lived easy listening album chart, on a Monday afternoon. Right, back up to date, here are this week`s top films... w/k ending 15/02 01 NE CLOVERFIELD 02 01 SWEENEY TODD DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET 03 NE OVER HER DEAD BODY 04 NE PENELOPE 05 04 NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN 06 03 PS I LOVE YOU 07 07 ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS 08 05 ST TRINIANS 09 NE UNDERDOG 10 02 ALIEN VS PREDATOR No surprise, for much talked about CLOVERFIELD. Never a fan of films like ALIEN VS PREDATOR, utter nonsense, for my money. Down an 8 place fall to number 10! The dvd chart is missing this week, so straight to the singles. Here`s the top 45, this week... w/k ending 15/02 45 NE NEW SOUL - YAEL NAIM 44 37 DREAM CATCH ME - NEWTON FAULKNER 43 35 GOODBYE MR A - HOOSIERS 42 34 ABOUT YOU NOW - SUGABABES 41 33 THIS IS THE LIFE - AMY MACDONALD 40 31 SOME KINDA RUSH - BOOTY LUV 39 27 BLEEDING LOVE - LEONA LEWIS 38 29 HEARTBROKEN - T2/JODIE AYSHA 37 17 STILL FIGURING OUT - ELLIOT MINOR 36 32 HOMETOWN GLORY - ADELE 35 28 SHE`S SO LOVELY - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 34 NE FROM YESTERDAY - 30 SECONDS FROM MARS 33 49 THE GIRL IS MINE 08 - MICHAEL JACKSON/WILL I AM 32 NE SCREAM - TIMBALAND/KERI HILSON/NICOLE SCHWERZINGER 31 24 MOVING TO NEW YORK - WOMBATS 30 25 RELAX-TAKE IT EASY - MIKA 29 23 CALL THE SHOTS - GIRLS ALOUD 28 NE WHO`S GOT A MATCH - BILLY CLYRO 27 26 WHAT HURT`S THE MOST - CASCADA 26 19 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT 25 20 VALERIE - RONSON/WINEHOUSE 24 21 NO ONE - ALICIA KEYS 23 14 HOMECOMING - KANYE WEST 22 22 WOW - KYLIE MINOGUE 21 18 APOLOGISE - ONE REPUBLIC 20 13 BE MINE - ROBYN 19 15 RIDE IT - JAY SEAN 18 16 JUST FINE - MARY J. BLIGE 17 12 CRANK THAT - SOULJA BOY 16 NE A & E - GOLDFRAPP 15 11 ELVIS AIN`T DEAD - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 14 07 JUST FOR TONIGHT - ONE NIGHT ONLY 13 NE THAT`S HOW PEOPLE GROW UP - MORRISEY 12 30 JOURNEY CONTINUES - MARK BROWN/SARAH CRACKNELL 11 NE I THOUGHT IT WAS OVER - THE FEELING 10 NE WEIGHTLESS - WET WET WET 09 05 READY FOR THE FLOOR - HOT CHIP 08 08 SUPERSTAR - LUPE FIASCO 07 07 PIECE OF ME - BRITNEY SPEARS 06 04 WORK - KELLY ROWLAND 05 06 DON`T STOP THE MUSIC - RIHANNA 04 10 SUN GOES DOWN - DAVID JORDAN 03 02 CHASING PAVEMENTS - ADELE 02 03 ROCKSTAR - NICKELBACK 01 01 NOW YOU`RE GONE - BASSHUNTER/DJ MENTAL THEO 5 weeks, for BASSHUNTER. Can it possibly make 6? Will GOLDFRAPP or THE FEELING knock it off next week? Well done to WET WET WET, not equaling the 1992 number one! But a top 10 entry for something with virtually no downloads, must be something. Outside the top 45, mainly songs that have been around forever, but in the top 60, there is DUFFY, FLO RIDA, VAMPIRE WEEKEND, CRAIG DAVID and the dowloads keep BLOOD RED SHOES out, of the top 50! Look out for future new hits from, ONE REPUBLIC, SUGABABES, and ADDICTIVE with T2. Here is the download only chart... 01 01 BASSHUNTER 02 03 NICKELBACK 03 02 ADELE 04 05 RIHANNA 05 08 DAVID JORDAN 06 06 BRITNEY SPEARS 07 07 LUPE FIASCO 08 04 KELLY ROWLAND 09 09 LUPE FIASCO 10 NE THE FEELING 11 NE MARK BROWN 12 10 ONE NIGHT ONLY 13 11 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 14 NE GOLDFRAPP 15 21 KYLIE MINOGUE 16 12 SOULJA BOY 17 16 MARY J. BLIGE 18 15 JAY SEAN 19 14 ROBYN 20 17 ONE REPUBLIC Let`s end today, with the Valentine`s Day tribute, for next Thursday.... 01 LOVE IS IN THE AIR - JOHN PAUL YOUNG 78 02 LOVERS OF THE WORLD UNITE - DAVID AND JONATHAN 1966 03 SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU - WHITNEY HOUSTON 85 04 LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDOURED THING - FOUR ACES 1955 05 TORN BETWEEN TWO LOVERS - MARY MACGREGOR 1977 06 CUPID - SAM COOKE 1961 07 LOVE IS ALL AROUND - TROGGS 1967 08 I CAN`T STOP LOVING YOU - RAY CHARLES 1962 09 EVERYTHING I DO - BRYAN ADAMS 1991 10 GIVE A LITTLE LOVE - BAY CITY ROLLERS 1975 11 CAN`T HELP FALLING IN LOVE - ANDY WILLIAMS 1970 12 LET THERE BE LOVE - NAT KING COLE/GEORGE SHEARING 1962 13 LOVE IS LIKE A VIOLIN - KEN DODD 1960 14 LOVE HURTS - JIM CAPALDI 1975 15 LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING - MICHAEL BALL 1989 16 PUPPY LOVE - PAUL ANKA 1960 17 IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE - ROXETTE 1990 18 I LOVE YOU - CLIFF RICHARD 1960 19 CRADLE OF LOVE - JOHNNY PRESTON 1960 20 MY LOVE - WINGS 1973 21 MY LOVE - JULIO IGLESIAS/STEVIE WONDER 1988 22 ISN`T SHE LOVELY - DAVID PARTON 1977 23 AMOR - BEN E. KING 1961 24 THIS OLD HEART OF MINE - ROD STEWART 1975 25 2 HEARTS - PHIL COLLINS 1988 26 WITHOUT YOU - MARIAH CAREY 1994 27 I`LL STAND BY YOU - PRETENDES 1994 28 SUDDENLY - BILLY OCEAN 1985 29 I DO I DO I DO IO I DO - ABBA 1975 30 LOVE THEME FROM ROMEO AND JULIET - HENRY MANCINI 1969 Notice we missed out VALENTINO by CONNIE FRANCIS, VALENTINE by T`PAU and not forgetting the ST. VALENTINES DAY MASSACRE E.P. by MOTORHEAD (that featured the song, "PLEASE DON`T TOUCH", which was a cover of the 1959 top 20 hit, for JOHNNY KIDD!! Don`t forget Next Week`s Chart, Monday at 4pm, and we will discover why Michael Jackson, did not make it in the national chart top 30, this week!

I would say that when the gruesome twosome, were employed as hosts, it would have been on a yearly contract. So, that would take it to next October. Most of the time these days, when a presenter/s are employed they take up a 12 month contract. It used to be a minimum of 2 years, but it doesn`t happen much today. Going back to 1979, when Simon Bates was doing the show (he took over, from Tom Browne in April 78), obviously, Simon already had a Radio one contract, as he did the morning show anyway. Simon was taken off when Radio one bosses needed to give Tony Blackburn another job, (meaning Simon only did it for 18 months). Reggie and Fearne newcomers/new contract....probably minimum of 1 year. The bosses at Radio one, may of known Fearne would move on, hence 2 presenters! Of course Mikey and co, are exactly correct. You only need one presenter. I am informed that Lucio, has had a big wave of extra listeners, since these 2 were put on Radio one. Hence Hit40uk, playing all the songs, and featuring a couple of new releases, the number one album, and rundown of the top ten album chart at 6pm. After which Lucio plays the top ten, non stop and commercial free, until 7.00. Just imagine the number of complaints, that go to Radio one, every Sunday, when Amy MacDonald`s, "This is the Life", has been in the top 40, for something like 10 weeks, and these 2 nutters, have only played it about 4 times, at the most (even missing it out, when it went up 12 places, a few weeks back....even though all 3 of Rihanna`s songs were played, week after week! The total number of complaints to the producer must be astronomical! Most of all, the programme is the worst, it`s ever been...since the top 40 began in 1978!

Insider info tells us that both will be on their bikes, very soon!

I`ll tell you, when we did the weekly run of shops yesterday for next week`s chart, the closeness, was very apparent. The Physical version of Rockstar, had diminished, but now the shops, are well stocked, with the single again. 2weeks ago, on MRIB`s physical chart, Rockstar shot up, from 22 to number 6. Number 4 physically last week, and growing. When we added airplay it pushes, passed Basshunter, very easily....so it`s possible, it could do it, by Sunday.

Absolutely. Joe Dolce, wasn`t even Italian. He was Australian, and a good friend of Jasper Carrott...Whats a matter you, Hey, gotta no respect, whata d`you think you do, why you looking so sad, it`s a nicer place...ahh Shuddup o` ya face!! Funny thing was Ultravox, sold more copies, and became the 5th best seller of 81, so it sold better than some number ones did, in 81!

Here is another fact on Tony Christie...round about 1973, his pop career took a nose-dive. Neil Sedaka offered Tony, a song called Solitaire. Tony and his management turned it down. Surprise Surprise, Andy Williams snapped it up at the end of 73, and he took the same song into the top 5, in Jan 1974. Poor Tony, bet he felt bad!

Yep, I forgot Jennifer! How about the longest time taken to get to number 2? I think it must be Sinitta and "So Macho"..it hit the top 200, in Feb 86, I think...but didn`t get to number 2, until August 86.

Back in the day, when I was young :lol: I remember Charlene in 1982, with "I`ve Never Been too Me", that (at that point) was the longest time to make it to the top, from May to June. It took 7 weeks! But it is definately Celine Dion who wins the prize! Ever growing airplay on Think Twice, meant it was first played in October, by the Pepsi Chart, on Independant Radio, in 94! But if you are very good, you would remember that Space Oddity, by David Bowie (originally released in 1969), took 6 years to make it to number one in Oct 1975! Unchained Melody - the Righteous Brothers, took 25 years 1965 - 1990!

Well THINK TWICE by CELINE DION took a long time to go to number one, how many weeks did that take, Mikey?

It`s Monday, so the preview of what`s been selling around the shops, and what`s being download since yesterday. We went around town with our spies, took sales info, and national stores chart info, from the likes of HMV, WOOLWORTHS, and 2 other smaller shops, added in 4 download sites info...took in radio/tv airplay (which works 40/40/20%), added it all together, to come up with these charts. Last week, when compared to last night`s official chart we had 18 records correctly in the album top 20 (though not exactly all in the right order), but the top 10 was nearly right! The albums today, looked this way... 01 SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC - JACK JOHNSON (NEW) 02 19 - ADELE (1) 03 ALL THE RIGHT REASONS - NICKELBACK (5) 04 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS (2) 05 RAISING SAND - PLANT/KRAUSS (3) 06 MADE IN THE DARK - HOT CHIP (NEW) 07 THIS IS THE LIFE - AMY MACDONALD (4) 08 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD - RIHANNA (11) 09 GROWING PAINS - MARY J. BLIGE (NEW) 10 LOVE SONGS - PAVAROTTI (NEW) 11 101 LOVE SONGS - VARIOUS (NEW) 12 WITH LOVE X - VARIOUS (NEW) 13 BIG TUNES 2008 - VARIOUS (9) 14 HAND BUILT BY ROBOTS - NEWTON FAULKNER (6) 15 ULTIMATE HITS - GARTH BROOKS (18) 16 ROBYN - ROBYN (15) 17 BEAUTIFUL WORLD - TAKE THAT (8) 18 MINISTRY OF SOUND ANTHEMS 91 - 08 - VARIOUS (16) 19 REAL LOVE - VARIOUS ARTISTS (NEW) 20 ULTIMATE NRG - VARIOUS (NEW) 21 R + B LOVE SONGS - VARIOUS (13) 22 GUIDE TO LOVE LOSS AND DESPERATION - WOMBATS (14) 23 POWER OF LOVE - VARIOUS ARTISTS (23) 24 LOVE COLLECTION - DIONNE WARWICK (NEW) 25 SCREAM AIM FIRE - BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE (10) 26 LATER WITH JOOLS HOLLAND - VARIOUS (12) 27 LIFE IN CARTOON MOTION - MIKA (19) 28 SET THE MOOD - DAVID JORDAN (28) 29 CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE - MICHAEL BUBLE (29) 30 HIS WONDROUS STORY - BILLY FURY (25) Ready for Valentine`s Day? The album chart is! With 9 various artist compilations in! Other new entries today are, KENNY ROGERS at 34, DUKE SPIRIT at 35, LAURA MARLING 36, MORCHEEBA 43, LENNY KRAVITZ 44, ALEXANDER O, NEIL 46, CHARLIE LANSBOROUGH 47, and RASCAL FLATTS at 48. Last week on the singles, we had 18 in the 20, 22 in the 25, and 29 in the 30, but again not nessecerily in the right order! HOT CHIP grew threw the week, squeezing into the mids low top 20, on Tuesday, and finished right up in the top 10, last night. Sales were not so good last Monday, that`s why it was only 29. Today we got this, for the singles... 01 05 ROCKSTAR - NICKELBACK 02 01 NOW YOU`RE GONE - BASSHUNTER 03 09 SUN GOES DOWN - DAVID JORDAN 04 04 DON`T STOP THE MUSIC - RIHANNA 05 03 WORK - KELLY ROWLAND 06 38 JOURNEY CONTINUES - MARK BROWN 07 NE THAT`S HOW PEOPLE GROW UP - MORRISEY 08 02 CHASING PAVEMENTS - ADELE 09 40 THE GIRL IS MINE 08 - JACKSON/WILL I AM 10 NE I THOUGHT IT WAS OVER - THE FEELING 11 29 READY FOR THE FLOOR - HOT CHIP 12 07 PIECE OF ME - BRITNEY 13 06 SUPERSTAR - LUPE FIASCO 14 14 CRANK THAT - SOULJA BOY 15 11 BE MINE - ROBYN 16 27 WOW - KYLIE MINOGUE 17 12 RIDE IT - JAY SEAN 18 13 HOMECOMING - KANYE WEST 19 10 ELVIS AIN`T DEAD - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 20 16 JUST FINE - MARY J. BLIGE 21 08 JUST FOR NIGHT - ONE NIGHT ONLY 22 15 APOLOGISE - ONE REPUBLIC 23 19 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT 24 18 VALERIE - MARK RONSON 25 17 NO ONE - ALICIA KEYS 26 NE WHO`S GOT A MATCH - BIFFY CLYRO 27 23 CALL THE SHOTS - GIRLS ALOUD 28 22 MOVING TO NEW YORK - WOMBATS 29 26 WHAT HURT`S THE MOST - CASCADA 30 25 RELAX TAKE IT EASY - MIKA A combination of downloads, and airplay pushes NICKELBACK to the top, after 17 weeks! The physical of it, has also grown. 30 SECONDS TO MARS enter at 31, there are is another new entry on downloads alone in the 40, for CRAIG DAVID. WET WET WET are down the bottom, of the top 50, along with DUFFY. We put 3 charts together today, one combined Physical/Downloads/Airplay (as above)...the 2nd one pure physical, had Rihanna at the top, Basshunter 2, Kelly Rowland 3...the third chart based on just downloads and physicals, that one had Basshunter at number 1, and Nickelback 2, Rihanna 3, and David Jordan 4. How will it compare to next Sunday`s chart, and the mids? Time will tell! Am I gonna add an old Luxembourg chart? Yep, see how they did then... This chart was announced on Radio Luxembourg on Tues 3rd Feb 1981, supposibly the chart for week ending 14th Feb 81. 01 NE SHADDUP YOU FACE - JOE DOLCE 02 04 VIENNA - ULTRAVOX 03 01 WOMAN - JOHN LENNON 04 13 THE OLDEST SWINGER IN TOWN - FRED WEDLOCK 05 10 ROMEO AND JULIET - DIRE STRAITS 06 02 IN THE AIR TONIGHT - PHIL COLLINS 07 20 I SURRENDER - RAINBOW 08 12 FADE TO GREY - VISAGE 09 03 RAPTURE - BLONDIE 10 19 ELEPHANTS GRAVEYARD - BOOMTOWN RATS 11 14 RETURN OF THE LAS PALMAS 7 - MADNESS 12 05 DON`T STOP THE MUSIC - YARBOROUGH AND PEOPLES 13 18 ITS MY TURN - DIANA ROSS 14 16 THE FREEZE - SPANDAU BALLET 15 30 WE`LL BRING THE HOUSE DOWN - SLADE 16 17 SGT ROCK IS GONNA HELP ME - XTC 17 06 A LITTLE IN LOVE - CLIFF RICHARD 18 NE I`M IN LOVE WITH A GERMAN FILMSTAR - PASSIONS 19 07 IMAGINE - JOHN LENNON 20 24 TWILIGHT CAFE - SUSAN FASSBENDER 21 08 YOUNG PARISIANS - ADAM AND THE ANTS 22 11 ANT MUSIC - ADAM AND THE ANTS 23 NE CAR TROUBLE - ADAM AND THE ANTS 24 15 I AM THE BEAT - THE LOOK 25 09 I AINT GONNA STAND FOR IT - STEVIE WONDER 26 13 GANGSTERS OF THE GROOVE - HEATWAVE 27 NE JUST WHEN I NEEDED YOU MOST - BARBARA JONES 28 NE ROCK THIS TOWN - STRAY CATS 29 27 HANG TOGETHER - ODDYSSEY 30 NE SOUTHERN FREEZ - FREEEZ They had 26 in the 30 correctly in 81, but yep, not in the right order, and the top 3 reversed! But they had JOE DOLCE at number 1, two weeks before those slow coaches, on Radio one! And just look at number 12, and definately not the same song, as Rihanna!

I haven`t been able to confirm this at all. I have spoken to Dave Taylor, but he doesn`t know either, but tells me that there was a printing error on yesterdays mrib chart. It should be that URBNRI record at 36, not The Ting Tings, he thinks. As Great DJs is at 26, at the moment on iTunes, I would expect it to be in the top 75 singles chart. Looking round the web, it doesn`t say anything, about the song being disqualified. The physical release is on the 3rd March. So, we will have to wait, and see what happens, in the meantime. The download has 2 tracks on it, and is declared an e.p.

It may have been played in 1988, it certainly hung around the bottom of the chart, for a few weeks, before it hit the top 40. I reckon it was released around the first, or second week of Feb 1989 possibly the 6th or 13th. An anti-oldies song, with lines such as, "Rock n`Roll Radio, Music From the Past, We Don`t Want Them Back, I`d Rather Jack". The British female duo, took the song to number 8, on both MRIB and GALLUP charts in March 89. I first heard it on the ED STEWART show, on Radio Mercury in Sussex. ED wasn`t listening to the lyrics, because he stated that they sang, "I`d Rather Jack, WITH Fleetwood Mac!" At the time, oldies started being played, more frequently, when the Gold stations, such as CAPITAL GOLD (London), FIRST GOLD RADIO (Guildford) began. Even Radio one, were playing older hits on shows such as, SIMON BATES playing songs, as far back as 1958. Like I said, Radio 2, were playing 40s records, back in 89, and hardly any chart singles, at all.

Oh yeah, remember now. The track of "Getting Away With It", featured guest vocals by Neil Tennant (of the Pet Shop Boys)!!

What album were you thinking of Mikey? You confused me, I was thinking Electronic was a Pet Shop Boys thing, as in "Getting Away With It", later in 1989???

Here is another selection of Saturday chart action, with great thanks to Dave Taylor (davericktaylor@yahoo.co.uk). Today, back to 1989 with the Albums & Singles, a slice of the same with this week`s charts, and much more as usual. The albums 08/02... 15 NE LATER LIVE WITH JOOLS HOLLAND - VARIOUS 14 16 POWER OF LOVE - VARIOUS 13 05 COOL - LUPE FIASCO 12 10 LIFE IN CARTOON MOTION - MIKA 11 11 MINISTRY OF SOUND ANTHEMS 91 - 08 - VARIOUS 10 09 BIG TUNES 2008 - VARIOUS 09 13 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD - RIHANNA 08 04 HAND BUILT BY ROBOTS - NEWTON FAULKNER 07 08 TRICK TO LIFE - HOOSIERS 06 02 THIS IS THE LIFE - AMY MCDONALD 05 12 ALL THE RIGHT REASONS - NICKELBACK 04 03 RAISING SAND - PLANT/KRAUSS 03 NE SCREAM AIM FIRE - BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE 02 01 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 01 NE 19 - ADELE Valentines Day looms and next week, will be littered with those slushy, love song type albums...R & B LOVE SONGS is already in the top 20, but WITH LOVE X, REAL LOVE, and wait for it....PHIL COLLINS LOVE SONGS, are all tipped to slide into the chart, next week! The albums in 1989... w/k beggining 4th Feb 89 01 NE TECHNIQUE - NEW ORDER 02 NE MYSTERY GIRL - ROY ORBISON 03 01 THE LEGENDRY - ROY ORBISON 04 03 LIVING YEARS - MIKE AND THE MECHANICS 05 23 THE MARQUEE 30 LEGENDARY YEARS - VARIOUS 06 15 ANCIENT HEART - TANITA TIKARUM 07 02 THE INNOCENTS - ERASURE 08 07 WATERMARK - ENYA 09 05 ANYTHING FOR YOU - GLORIA ESTEFAN 10 04 GREATEST HITS - FLEETWOOD MAC 11 06 PREMIERE COLLECTION/LLOYD WEBBER - VARIOUS 12 NE AFTER THE WAR - GARY MOORE 13 27 LOVE SUPREME - SUPREMES/DIANA ROSS 14 08 ULTIMATE COLLECTION - BRYAN FERRY/ROXY MUSIC 15 09 KYLIE - KYLIE MINOGUE Nice set of new entries in the album chart in 89. ROY ORBISON sadly passed away in Dec 88, so 2 albums in the top 5. Of course ROY was also a member of the TRAVELLING WILBURYS and their Album was at 23, as well...and was the FLEETWOOD MAC GREATEST HITS collection, what inspired the REYNOLDS GIRLS to sing "I`D RATHER JACK, THAN FLEETWOOD MAC?"... 1989`s Singles chart... w/k beginning 4th Feb 89 01 01 SOMETHINGS GOTTEN HOLD OF MY HEART - MARC ALMOND/GENE PITNEY 02 06 LOVE TRAIN - HOLLY JOHNSON 03 04 CUDDLY TOY - ROACHFORD 04 02 LIVING YEARS - MIKE AND THE MECHANICS 05 03 YOU GOT IT - ROY ORBISON 06 10 THATS THE WAY LOVE IS - TEN CITY 07 07 WAIT - ROBERT HOWERD/KYM MAZELLE 08 NE LAST OF THE INTERNATIONAL PLAYBOYS - MORRISEY 09 05 SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY - FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS 10 20 MY PREROGATIVE - BOBBY BROWN 11 35 LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING - MICHAEL BALL 12 22 LOVER IN ME - SHEENA EASTON 13 29 FINE TIME - YAZZ 14 17 BIG AREA - THEN JERICHO 15 08 ESPECIALLY FOR YOU - KYLIE AND JASON 16 27 ITS ONLY LOVE - SIMPLY RED 17 13 STOP - ERASURE 18 09 BE MY TWIN - BROTHER BEYOND 19 11 BUFFALO STANCE - NENEH CHERRY 20 26 I ONLY WANNA BE WITH YOU - SAMANTHA FOX 21 15 BABY DONT FOGET MY NUMBER - MILLI VANILLI 22 30 LOOKING FOR LINDA - HUE AND CRY 23 12 BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY-FREBIRD - WILL TO POWER 24 18 RESPECT - ADEVA 25 14 WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL - BOY MEETS GIRL 26 NE SHE WON`T TALK TO ME - LUTHER VANDROSS 27 24 BREAK 4 LOVE - RAZE 28 NE EVERY ROSE HAS ITS THORN - POISON 29 16 WHERE IS THE LOVE - MICA PARIS/WILL DOWNING 30 33 FISHERMAN`S BLUES - WATERBOYS In 89, MARC ALMOND had a solo version of SOMETHINGS GOTTEN HOLD OF MY HEART on an album. This was created exactly like the 1967 original number 5 hit for GENE PITNEY. Marc, and his record company (Parlophone), persuaded GENE PITNEY to add his vocals, for the single release. HOLLY JOHNSON spun away from FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD for his first solo outing...MIKE RUTHERFORD teamed up, with PAUL CARRICK, for the LIVING YEARS, dedicated to his own father. How many other people had PAUL CARRICK sung with? Well, he had sung on many other records, and his first group, as such, was ACE (who had a top 20 hit in 74, with HOW LONG), later covered by ROD STEWART in 1982. MORRISEY scored another top 10 hit, away from the SMITHS (next week we expect MORRISEY back in the top 10, with the new single). There was BOBBY BROWN pre-marriage to who?...WHITNEY HOUSTON of course! MICHAEL BALL sang LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING from ASPECTS OF LOVE (the latest ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER production), helped by Radio 2 airplay (this about the only song in the singles chart, to be played by the station, at that time) along with presenters DEREK JAMESON, KEN BRUCE, JIMMY YOUNG, GLORIA HUNNIFORD, the late ADRIAN LOVE, and the late JOHN DUNN...SAMANTHA FOX sung DUSTY SPRINGFIELD...I ONLY WANNA BE WITH YOU also got to number 4 for BAY CITY ROLLERS, and the TOURISTS, unfortunately SAM FOX stalled at number 16! MILLI VANILLI had a BONEY M connection, same production team etc, and also we discovered MILLI VANILLI didnt sing on their records! Finally on 89, WILL TO POWER scored with the medley BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY and FREEBIRD....BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY (a PETER FRAMPTON song circa 76, from the live album, and FREEBIRD twice a hit for LYNYRD SKYNYRD in 76 and 83. Let`s go to this weeks film chart... w/k ending 8th Feb 08... 10 NE IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH 09 08 ENCHANTED 08 05 CHARLIE WILSONS WAR 07 07 ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS 06 04 I AM LEGEND 05 06 ST TRINIANS 04 02 NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN 03 03 PS I LOVE YOU 02 01 ALIEN VS PREDATOR REQUIEM 01 NE SWEENEY TODD The top off-line dvd rentals... 10 RE 28 WEEKS LATER 09 10 NEXT 08 06 300 07 08 SIMPSONS MOVIE 06 07 SHREK THE THIRD 05 04 OCEANS 13 04 05 PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN-AT WORLDS END 03 03 TRANSFORMERS 02 02 DIE HARD 4.0 01 01 BOURNE ULTIMATUM Let`s go straight to the top tracks/singles this week...6 new, 4 up, 27 down and 3 stay the same... w/k ending 8th Feb 40 38 CHANGE - SUGABABES 39 32 PUMPKIN SOUP - KATE NASH 38 37 UMBRELLA - RIHANNA 37 35 DREAM CATCH ME - NEWTON FAULKNER 36 NE GREAT DJ - URBNRI 35 30 GOODBYE MR A. - HOOSIERS 34 28 ABOUT YOU NOW - SUGABABES 33 31 THIS IS THE LIFE - AMY MACDONALD 32 NE HOMETOWN GLORY - ADELE * 31 20 SOME KINDA RUSH - BOOTY LUV 30 NE JOURNEY CONTINUES - MARK BROWN/SARAH CRACKNELL * 29 19 HEARTBROKEN - T2/JODIE AYSHA 28 16 BLEEDING LOVE - LEONA LEWIS 27 23 SHE`S SO LOVELY - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 26 22 WHAT HURT`S THE MOST - CASCADA 25 24 RELAX-TAKE IT EASY - MIKA 24 18 MOVING TO NEW YORK - WOMBATS 23 21 CALL THE SHOTS - GIRLS ALOUD 22 25 WOW - KYLIE MINOGUE * 21 15 NO ONE - ALICIA KEYS 20 14 VALERIE - RONSON/WINEHOUSE 19 17 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT 18 13 APOLOGISE - ONE REPUBLIC/TIMBALAND 17 NE STILL FIGURING OUT - ELLIOT MINOR 16 29 JUST FINE - MARY J. BLIGE 15 11 RIDE IT - JAY SEAN 14 12 HOMECOMING - KANYE WEST * 13 10 BE MINE - ROBYN 12 09 CRANK THAT - SOULJA BOY 11 08 ELVIS AIN`T DEAD - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 10 05 SUPERSTAR - LUPE FIASCO 09 06 PIECE OF ME - BRITNEY SPEARS 08 26 SUN GOES DOWN - DAVID JORDAN * 07 NE JUST FOR TONIGHT - ONE NIGHT ONLY 06 04 DON`T STOP THE MUSIC - RIHANNA * 05 NE READY FOR THE FLOOR - HOT CHIP 04 05 WORK - KELLY ROWLAND 03 03 ROCKSTAR - NICKELBACK 02 02 CHASING PAVEMENTS - ADELE 01 01 NOW YOU`RE GONE - BASSHUNTER/DJ MENTAL THEO * Denotes download only. There are 16 download only tracks, in this week`s top 75. Looks like DAVID JORDAN is about to smash the top 3 next week. We tipped it for number one, on next week`s chart, last Monday! Can BASSHUNTER hold on for 5 weeks? This week NICKELBACK finally entered the physical top 15, expect them to go down next week, when MARK BROWN, MORRISEY, MICHAEL JACKSON will hit the top 10, and expect the FEELING to enter the top 10, on downloads alone. What about BJORK can she make the top 20, with EARTH INTRUDERS? Outside this week`s 40 we have PLAIN WHITE T`s (HEY THERE DELILAH, could be back in the 40, tomorrow) LEON JACKSON is 42, alongside ROBYN 43 (WITH EVERY HEARTBEAT), STRONGER - KANYE 44, GIMME MORE - BRITNEY 45, HTILY - RIHANNA, TIMBALAND, 50CENT, BLOC PARTY, DUFFY *and MICHAEL JACKSON*...in the top 60, its entries for URBNRI*, CRAIG DAVID*, BIFFY CLYRO*. CHASING CARS and SNOW PATROL goes to 51, and ROBYN and HANDLE ME is 52. ATOMIC KITTEN*, THE FEELING*, JAY Z/LINKIN PARK* and ISRAEL KAMIKAWAWOO`LE* are other entries in the full chart. Won`t add a download chart, there wasn`t one on Smash Hits tv today, so can`t put that up either, but we have seen the iTunes thread anyway. Looking around other download charts, we see RIHANNA is number one in Woolworths downloads, MICHAEL JACKSON is in the top 30, on Tesco`s chart at 26, meanwhile DAVID JORDAN is number 4, in Tesco, but only 27 on Woolworths! NICKELBACK slip on HMV`s, and Tesco, and KELLY ROWLAND is at 3 in one, and 4 on another. Look out in coming weeks for new releases from CASCADA, ALICIA KEYS, and DELINQUENT. Don`t forget Next Week`s Chart, on Monday from 4ish, where there will be battles in the albums with JACK JOHNSON, MARY J. BLIGE, HOT CHIP, ADELE (going for 2nd week at the top), and PAVOROTTI. Will RIHANNA`s physical release of DON`T STOP THE MUSIC head the singles? I shouldn`t think so, but ADELE could take a big tumble.

I believe downloads would make the chart, more exciting if the download was available only from the same day, as the physical release. I don`t like the chart being cluttered by old material. So, if an "old" recording becomes popular years later...such as Mariah Carey last December, then it should also be made available, as a physical single. It is very apparent that many titles in the chart, lose there physical availability...such as at the moment, try to find a physical version of any of these, in single form...Rockstar - Nickelback, Relax-Take it Easy - Mika, She`s So Lovely - SFG, Goodbye Mr A - Hoosiers, Hey There Delilah - PWT`s, Umbrella - Rihanna, Dream Catch Me - Newton Faulkner, Gimme More - Britney Spears, With Every Heartbeat - Robyn, Hate That I Love You - Rihanna...these are all still in the top 40, but it is increasingly difficult, (why would you want to anyway, because they are months old) to get physical copies today. So, they should either be topped up by more supplys, or thrown out of the chart, to make way for newer hits, that may appear further down the top 200. As those titles are from albums (in the album chart anyway), then they have lost the appeal of the original single (when it was available). At the rate of this moment the download chart, will soon be exactly the same as the combined singles chart.

Not directly. But of course during the 1984 - 93 period Airplay was included in the weekly chart, on Independant Radio, abeit 5% of airplay. To which, at the time was stated, "by using airplay in the main chart, it means our chart, is nearly 2 weeks ahead, of the rest". It is possible to work out some airplay, by looking at the Network Chart, from those days. Certainly, Wham`s "I`m Your Man" was an airplay number one, well in front of Feargal Sharkey`s "A Good Heart" in November 1985. Which put Wham as a new entry at number one, the week of release (ahead of Radio one`s top 40).