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If I returned to work for the BBC (Not likely, as it's now certified a shower), first of all axe Radio One altogether, change Radio 2's name to reflect a more approriate audience. The R2 Audience age range is about 15-45. Broadcast the Top 40 on the new R2 (think I'd call Radio 2, Family Radio). The host of the Top 40 wouldn't be any of the current gang. It'd would be Sean Tilley, dynamic presenter with lots of Radio experience in his 40s. Lots of fantastic jingles & sound effects denoting fallers/climbers/new entries. Number jingles with the word "Number" included at front, not this blink & you miss "8" stuff. Slick stuff, hardly any chat, all 40 records played in 2 hours & 35minutes, that's all the time you need for 40 songs. Starting at 4-6.35 The Complete no nonsense Top 40 Countdown followed by the Clicks to Pick next Sunday...the 25 mins of New hits/Bubblers. That's it, no stupid texts from 5 year olds, no emails. Just factful info. So, slick it makes your head throb with dynamic presentation.

He's got some true points. If I could actually read the charts without going blind, I might judge a bit better. My major point is the non inclusion about unregistered tracks, not being included. Milward Brown do the research for OCC. This register business, is rather comical. When someone has registered summat or not, is neither here nor there. I mean someone bought the damn thing, didn't they! :lol:

No, I used MRIB. And it was number 15 there. Which was equivalent to some midweek chart at the time. I don't worry to much about this word "Official". It doesn't count for much really. Every chart is correct at some point, depending on how it's compiled. The OCC lot have a lot to answer for as much as any other chart, especially when they to don't always research enough to include everything that has been paid for. It only happens to be a Chart broadcasted by Radio One, & they ain't got hardly any listeners anyway. :lol: Then the thread is based on, & tributed to MRIB's Charts anyway.

Probably the last one, not the 1st or 2nd because it wouldn't have many passengers & would probably overtake the other 2! Although the Number 12 goes to Woodley Airfield & only runs a couple an hour & I've no intention of going there. :lol: It beggars the question how did they manage to catch up with each other in the first place these 3 buses?!

She'll likely knock out Corey Taylor as on Wednesday she was only at number 50.

Probably a case of the 45plus group would back the Songs that are played on Smooth Radio (for the Ladies) & maybe Absolute (for the men). So the likes of Rumer would come up trumps & maybe a touch of Kylie & Akon. Although I don't imagine too many would care for the irritating Akon without Michael Jackson on it! It's a fallacy that over 45s listen to Radio 2 in millions. They should be concentrating on them, but do not. So, all we are left with is Independant Radio. In my case it hads to be Smooth, but it isn't a very good station because of the repetetive playlists. They just try to pull listeners with a line up of Simon Bates, Pat Sharp, Mark Goodier, & Andy Peebles...strange really because at one time or another, all 5 of them have presented Chart Shows.

Trying to discover if anyone over 45 has actually bought any singles this Christmas!

The Top 75 lowdown. With the top 40 based on a mix of downloads & physicals & the 41-75 based on downloads only. TOP 75 BEATLES -LIB TOP 70 YEO VALLEY BOYZ CHRISTINA AGUILERA RIHANNA - SM BLACK EYED PEAS - IGF JAMES BLAKE TOP 60 CHERYL COLE -THE F (Absolutely)! SLADE OLLY MURS 22) BAND AID PLAIN WHITE Ts 21) WIZZARD SCRIPT - NOTHING AVICIL & SEBASTIEN PROF GREEN CRYSTAL CASTLES TOP 50 50 48 DYNAMITE - TAIO CRUZ 21) 49 44 TURN AROUND - FLO RIDA 48 43 MAGIC - B.O.B. 47 42 HOLD YOU - GYPTIAN 20) 46 40 GAME OVER - TINCHY STRYDER & CO 45 36 HIGHER - SATURDAYS 19) 44 34 TAKE OVER CONTROL - AFROJACK 18) 43 35 PROMISE THIS - CHERYL COLE 17) 42 28 BETTER THAN TODAY - KYLIE 16) 41 41 WRITTEN IN THE STARS - TINIE TEMPAH 40 33 LOSE MY MIND - WANTED 39 NE XM@S - COREY TAYLOR 38 30 LOVE THE WAY - EMINEM/RIHANNA 37 31 CHECK IT OUT - WILL I AM/NICKI MINAJ 15) 36 15 THE SILENCE - ALEXANDRA 35 NE INVINCIBLE - TINIE TEMPAH 34 32 DO IT LIKE A DUDE - JESSIE J (I've never seen an English chappy grab his crotch, am I missing something here?) 33 23 GIRLS - N-DUBZ 14) 32 25 JUST A DREAM - NELLY 31 27 RAISE A GLASS - PINK 13) 30 37 MORE - USHER 29 29 MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE - ADELE 28 22 COOLER THAN ME - MIKE POSNER 27 NE UNFAITHFULL - RIHANNA 26 24 ALL I WANT FOR XMAS - MARIAH 25 16 TURN MY SWAG ON - ALEXA 24 18 SHINE A LIGHT - MCFLY 12) =20 23 NE 4'33'' - JOHN CAGE 22 14 LOVE YOU MORE - JLS 11) =17 21 20 HAPPINESS - ALEXIS =19 20 26 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK - POGUES 19 19 JUST THE WAY - BRUNO MARS 10) =16 18 13 CHRISTMAS LIGHTS - COLDPLAY =18 17 21 f*** YOU - CEE LO GREEN 9) =15 16 10 POISON - NICOLE =14 15 09 WHOS THAT CHICK - RIHANNA 14 08 THINKING OF ME - OLLY 8) =12 13 07 HEROES - X FACTOR FOCKERS 7) =13 12 12 FIREWORK - KATY P =11 11 05 LIKE A G6 - FAR EAST MOVEMENT =10 10 11 HOLD MY HAND - AKON 6) =9 09 02 WHIP MY HAIR - WILLOW 5) =6 08 04 ONLY GIRL - RIHANNA 4) =7 07 RE MANY OF HORROR - BIFFY CLYRO 3) =8 06 17 FLOOD - TAKE THAT 2) =5 05 03 YOUR SONG - ELLIE =3 04 01 TIME - BLACK EYED PEAS =4 03 NE SURFIN BIRD (BIRDS THE WORD-PAPA OOM MOW MOW) - TRASHMEN 02 06 WHATS MY NAME - RIHANNA =2 01 NE MANY OF HORROR - MATT CARDLE 1) =1 ) Position without downloads alone ) Position on Chart Show tv The original of the Trashmen record was the Rivingtons the US R n'B group (when r n'b was r n'b, not by today's standards) & of course Surfin Bird is based on those 2 songs mentioned above. Papa Oom Mow Mow was a hit in the UK for both the Sharonettes & Gary Glitter in 1975. Where as Birds The Word weren't a hit at all in Britain. Probably Matt Cradle is passed some 300,000 copies by now. But who cares?! As I think we are all fed up with this stuff every Christmas. Join me next week & the last time up.

Is it a riddle?! :lol: No, the 2008 version was free, last year's wasn't & this year is supposed to be a re-recording. Here is a proper riddle...Why hasn't Santa got any kids?

Here is the part everyone's waiting for. The Top 75 lowdown, compiled thus: The top 40 based on some Physical & download averages, falling scales with the 41-75 based on mainly download averages. All put together by DTR (a non-profitting Radio Group). Top 75 BLACK EYED PEAS - IGF Top 70 GLEE - DSB N-DUBZ - SO ALIVE LABRINTH/DEVLIN - LIG PLAN B 26) KOL DRE DRE PROFESSOR GREEN TINIE TEMPAH/KELLY ROWLAND Top 60 TIM BERG 25) CHERYL COLE - FLOOD FYFE DANGERFIELD BRITNEY SLADE PLAIN WHITE Ts 24) WHAM! BAND AID 84 FLO RIDA - TURN AROUND JAMES BLAKE Top 50 50 46 MIAMI 2 IBIZA - SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA 23) 49 43 DYNAMITE - TAIO CRUZ 22) 48 39 BARBRA STREISAND - DUCKSAUCE 21) 47 52 I WISH IT COULD BE THE SAME OLD SONGS EVERYDAY - WIZZARD 46 48 NOTHING - SCRIPT 45 41 PLEASE DON'T LET ME GO - OLLY MURS 20) 44 RE CHASING CARS - SNOW PATROL 43 37 HOLD YOU - GYPTIAN 19) 42 35 WRITTEN IN THE STARS - TINIE TEMPAH 41 32 MAGIC - B.O.B/RIVERS CUOMO 40 34 GAME OVER - TINCHY STRYDER 39 54 HOLLYWOOD - BUBLE 18) 38 NE SOME KIND OF NOTHINGNESS - MANIC STREET PREACHERS 17) 37 36 MORE - USHER 36 31 HIGHER - SATURDAYS 16) 35 26 PROMISE THIS - CHERYL COLE 15) 34 20 TAKE OVER CONTROL - AFROJACK 14) 33 28 LOSE MY MIND - WANTED 32 30 DO IT LIKE A DUDE - JESSIE J 31 25 CHECK IT OUT - WILL I. AM/NICKI MINAJ 13) 30 41 LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE - EMINEM/RIHANNA 29 21 MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE - ADELE 28 RE BETTER THAN TODAY - KYLIE 12) 27 22 RAISE A GLASS - PINK 11) 26 27 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK - POGUES 25 18 JUST A DREAM - NELLY 24 24 ALL I WANT CHRISTMAS IS THE SAME AS LAST YEAR - MARIAH CAREY 23 23 GIRLS - N-DUBZ =20 22 15 COOLER THAN ME - MIKE POSNER =19 21 13 f*** YOU - CEE LO GREEN 10) =17 20 17 HAPPINESS - ALEXIS =16 19 14 JUST THE WAY YOU ARE - BRUNO MARS 9) =15 18 16 SHINE A LIGHT - MCFLY/TAIO CRUZ 8) =14 17 12 FLOOD - TAKE THAT 7) =12 16 29 TURN MY SWAG ON - ALEXA 15 NE SILENCE - ALEXANDRA =18 14 10 LOVE YOU MORE - JLS 6) =11 13 19 CHRISTMAS LIGHTS - COLDPLAY =10 12 11 FIREWORK - KATY PERRY =9 11 09 WHO'S THAT CHICK - GUETTA/RIHANNA 10 02 POISON - NICOLE =8 09 NE HOLD MY HAND - AKON 5) =14 08 08 WHATS MY NAME - DRAKE/RIHANNA 07 04 THINKING OF ME - OLLY MURS 4) =7 06 05 LIKE A G6 - FAR EAST MOVEMENT =6 05 01 HEROES - X FACTOR FINALISTS 3) =5 04 07 ONLY GIRL - RIHANNA 2) =4 03 03 YOUR SONG - ELLIE GOULDING =3 02 NE WHIP MY HAIR - WILLOW SMITH 1) =1 01 06 THE TIME - BLACK EYED PEAS =2 ) Position without downloads = Position on Chart Show tv It's no contest as Black Eyed Peas do it on the 4th week. There on Wednesday they were all saying Willow is the youngest person to achieve a UK number one...um, no I don't think so.

Friday 24th December Seasons Greetings & Happy Commercialised-Mas! The Top Books 01 01 JAMIE'S 30 MINUTE MEALS - JAMIE OLIVER 02 03 A SIMPLE'S LIFE - ALEKSANDR ORLOV 03 02 GUINESS WORLD RECORDS 04 04 KITCHEN - NIGELLA LAWSON 05 05 LIFE AND LAUGHING 06 11 A TINY BIT MARVELLOUS - DAWN FRENCH 07 06 THE FAMILY - MARTINA COLE 08 07 DEAD OR ALIVE - TOM CLANCY 09 08 ZERO HOUR - ANDY MCNAB 10 09 HOUSE RULES - JODI PICOULT The Top Games 01 01 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 02 02 FIFA 11 03 03 GRAN TURISMO 5 04 05 JUST DANCE 2 05 04 SMACKDOWN VS RAW 06 06 HALO: REACH 07 07 PROF LAYTON & THE LOST FUTURE 08 08 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2011 09 09 NEED FOR SPEED: HOT PURSUIT 10 10 LET'S DRAW A bit stuck there! But I found it slightly amusing & rather sick of me, as Dead Rising 2 is just outside the top 10 closely followed by Michael Jackson: The Experience. Can you tell the difference?! :o The Top Dvd Films 01 01 ECLIPSE 02 02 INCEPTION 03 03 EXPENDABLES 04 06 SALT 05 04 SHREK FOREVER AFTER 4 06 05 SEX AND THE CITY 2 07 07 KNIGHT AND DAY 08 08 A TEAM 09 10 LAST AIRBENDER 10 09 TOY STORY 3 The Top Box Office Films 01 NE TRON: LEGACY 02 01 CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER 03 02 HARRY POTTER/DEATHLY HALLOWS PT 1 04 03 TOURIST 05 04 MEGAMIND 06 NE BURLESQUE 07 NE ANIMALS UTD 08 NE FRED 09 05 UNSTOPPABLE 10 06 DUE DATE The Top TV Programmes 01 01 X FACTOR 2010 FINAL 16.55 02 04 CORONATION STREET 14.10 03 02 STRICTLY COME DANCING 12.04 04 05 EASTENDERS 10.22 05 06 EMMERDALE 8.50 06 09 APPRENTICE 7.53 07 03 I'M A CELEBRITY 7.84 08 08 COUNTRYFILE 6.81 09 NE 50 YEARS/MOMENTS OF CORONATION ST 6.75 10 RE TAKE ME OUT 5.96 11 18 10 O'CLOCK NEWS 5.84 12 10 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 5.82 13 21 HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU 5.73 14 RE LIFE STORIES 5.72 15 13 6 O'CLOCK NEWS 5.54 16 12 ONE SHOW 5.45 17 17 CASUALTY 5.22 18 NE CORONATION ST BIG 50 5.20 19 NE LIVE AT THE APOLLO 4.67 20 18 TURN BACK TIME 4.47 21 11 HOLBY 4.31 22 24 ITV NEWS 4.15 23 NE UEFA CHAMPION LEAGUE SOCCER 4.12 24 RE TONIGHT 4.09 25 NE FILM: ELF 3.99 26 22 FAMILY FORTUNES 3.97 27 RE COUNTRYWISE 3.72 28 25 MIRANDA 2.85 29 29 COME DINE WITH ME 2.79 30 27 UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE 2.77 The Top Albums 01 01 PROGRESS - TAKE THAT 02 03 LOUD - RIHANNA 03 02 NOW 77 - VA 04 05 CRAZY LOVE - MICHAEL BUBLE 05 06 OLLY MURS - DITTO 06 09 GIFT - SUSAN BOYLE 07 04 MICHAEL - JACKSON 08 08 OUTTA THIS WORLD - TAKE THAT 09 12 GH - BON JOVI 10 10 BEGINNING - BLACK EYED PEAS 11 11 COME AROUND SUNDOWN - KOL 12 13 ELECTRONIC 80s - VA 13 07 IN AND OUT - ROBBIE WILLIAMS 14 16 GH SO FAR - PINK 15 15 TEENAGE DREAM - KATY PERRY 16 20 SCIENCE AND FAITH - SCRIPT 17 17 GRAVITY - WESTLIFE 18 14 MOONLIGHT SERENADE - ANDRE RIEU 19 21 CHRISTMAS CORNUCOPIA 20 23 LOVE LIVE LIFE - N-DUBZ 21 18 MESSY LITTLE RAINDROPS - CHERYL COLE 22 22 SEASONS OF MY SOUL - RUMER 23 19 NOW XMAS - VA 24 25 ULTIMATE COLL - BARBRA STREISAND 25 26 MOS ANTHEMS DISCO - VA 26 24 POP PARTY 8 - VA 27 27 LIGHTS - ELLIE GOULDING 28 28 DEFAMATION OF STRICKLAND BANKS - PLAN B 29 31 DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS 4 - VA 30 30 ENDLESSLY - DUFFY There was I a few months back, thinking Duffy...Christmas number one contender! Not a chance. :cry: The top pains in the arse: i.e annoyances 01 THE BBC 02 ITV 03 INDEPENDANT RADIO (What Independant Radio?) 04 READING TRANSPORT/COUNCIL 05 DEPARTMENT STORES 06 GLOBAL WARMING 07 THE BRING YOUR OWN CARRIER BAG SUPERMARKET THING 08 SELF-SERVIICE CHECKOUTS 09 THICK/NON EDUCATED PEOPLE i.e. Reggie Yates 10 TEENAGE PREGNANCIES i.e. Girls that don't pay rent/council tax/go to work & nick our tax every month All those things make this Country what it is today...which accounts for a lot of the garbage, we have to get through every year. Feel the same? If you don't, ignore this bit. The top detested Celebrities (or not, but a complete bunch of tossers on an ego trip, who probably got the job by knowing a friend of a friend) 01 SIMON COWELL 02 STEVE WRIGHT 03 MARK LAMARR 04 CHRIS MOYLES 05 WES BUTTERS (REAL RADIO) 06 JIM DAVIDSON 07 JOHNNY VAUGHAN 08 STEVE SCRUTTON (BBC ESSEX) 09 PHILIP SWERN (RADIO 2 PRODUCER) 10 CHRIS EVANS The top Celebrities that should feature on TV & Radio more often (who don't have an ego problem) 01 TIM VINE 02 LEE EVANS 03 TONY HAWKES 04 PAUL DANIELS 05 PAT SHARP 06 KEN BRUCE 07 HYWEL BENNETT 08 DAVID HAMILTON 09 ED STEWART 10 VAL DOONICAN The Flashback to December 1982: Charts supplied by Record Business Magazine The Top TV back then 01 CORONATION ST MON 16.00 02 THIS IS YOUR LIFE 15.60 Eamonn Andrews springs the Big Red Book on singer Marty Wilde 03 CORONATION ST WEDS 14.00 04 TENKO 13.50 the Drama series focusing on the fall of Singapore with the Japs in 1942 05 THE PROFESSIONALS 13.10 Saturday night action with Bodie & Doyle...oh and Cowley! 06 LITTLE & LARGE SHOW 12.50 Sid & Eddie providing early evening entertainment at its best on BBC's Saturday line up 07 CROSSROADS TUES 12.40 08 BRUCE FORSYTH'S PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT 12.40 Friday night with Bruce & the fixed card game 09 HI-DE-HI! 12.40 the Maplins Holiday Camp sitcom with Simon Cadell, Ruth Madoc, Paul Shane, Jeffrey Holland & Su Pollard 10 THE GENTLE TOUCH 12.20 Jill Gascoigne & the crimebusting drama on Fridays on ITV at 9pm 11 CROSSROADS WEDS 12.10 12 THREE OF A KIND 12.10 David Copperfield, Lenny Henry & Tracey Ullman in the Saturday night comedy sketch show on BBC 13 CARRY ON LAUGHING 12.10 Clips from the Carry On films on Thursday at 8pm on ITV 14 RUSSIAN ROULETTE 11.90 an ITV showing of the 1975 film with George Segal in a KGB conspiracy to kill Alexei Kosygin the Russian premier 15 CROSSROADS MON 11.60 16 WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN 11.60 the BBC attempt to find the 1982 Strongest Man 17 CROSSROADS THUR 11.30 18 SHOGUN 10.70 the BBC showing of the mini series with Richard Chamberlain shipwrecked on the Japanese coast in the 17th century 19 LATE LATE BREAKFAST SHOW 10.50 Noel Edmonds & Mike Smith host the Saturday evening host of rubbish 20 DALLAS 10.30 JR & the gang Top Of The Pops captured some 10million on Thursdays at 7.20 in 1982 & Channel 4 was 7 weeks old with Brookside scraping 4million viewers The Top Albums in Dec 1982: John knocked off Abba. No contest! And as Barry Manilow's biggest male fan...Shame he doesn't seem to want to perform "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down & Write Myself A Letter" these days, as it has to be one of his best. Then there was Lionel Richie's first solo outing, since the Commodores. 01 02 JOHN LENNON COLLECTION - JOHN LENNON 02 01 SINGLES-FIRST TEN YEARS - ABBA 03 NE DIG THE NEW BREED - JAM 04 03 RIO - DURAN DURAN 05 04 PEARLS - ELKIE BROOKS 06 06 LOVE SONGS - DIANA ROSS 07 08 HEARTBREAKER - DIONNE WARWICK 08 09 GREATEST LOVE SONGS - NAT KING COLE 09 07 KIDS FOM FAME - KIDS FROM FAME 10 10 FROM THE MAKERS OF - STATUS QUO 11 22 RICHARD CLAYDERMAN - RICHARD CLAYDERMAN 12 14 KISSING TO BE CLEVER - CULTURE CLUB 13 NE FRIENDS - SHALAMAR 14 15 THE RISE AND FALL - MADNESS 15 16 I WANNA DO IT WITH YOU - BARRY MANILOW 16 17 LIONEL RICHIE - LIONEL RICHIE 17 05 CODA - LED ZEPPELIN 18 13 HELLO I MUST BE GOING - PHIL COLLINS 19 20 GIVE ME YOUR HEART TONIGHT - SHAKIN STEVENS 20 11 CHART HITS 82 - VARIOUS The Top Singles in Dec 1982: With a half decent Christmas chart...well almost! Although there was something a little heart warming about Save You Love, wasn't there? And how Culture Club & Shakin' Stevens were so close behind those 2 on that Friday. Richard Allinson certainly thought so on his UK Top 30 on Capital. Shame about Tommy Vance wasn't it? Did Radio One miss a trick there in 1982, they could've reinstated Alan Freeman on the Top 40, as his Pick Of The Pops-Take Two became Capital's biggest listened too show at this point. Where as some of Radio One's audience of the Top 40 were not too happy. Hardly surprising! 01 03 SAVE YOUR LOVE - RENEE AND RENATO 02 02 TIME CLOCK OF THE HEART - CULTURE CLUB 03 11 BLUE CHRISTMAS E.P. - SHAKIN STEVENS 04 13 PEACE ON EARTH-LITTLE DRUMMER BOY - DAVID BOWIE 05 06 OUR HOUSE - MADNESS 06 01 BEAT SURRENDER - JAM 07 05 TRULY - LIONEL RICHIE 08 09 BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES - MODERN ROMANCE 09 19 YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE - PHIL COLLINS 10 07 YOUNG GUNS - WHAM! 11 16 FRIENDS - SHALAMAR 12 04 MIRROR MAN - HUMAN LEAGUE 13 25 LITTLE TOWN - CLIFF RICHARD 14 35 A WINTER'S TALE - DAVID ESSEX 15 20 BUFFALO GALS - MALCOM MCLAREN 16 08 HYMN - ULTRAVOX 17 14 LET'S GET THIS STRAIGHT FROM THE START - DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS 18 29 ALL THE LOVE IN THE WORLD - DIONNE WARWICK 19 17 THE OTHER SIDE OF LOVE - YAZOO 20 12 LIVING ON THE CEILING - BLANCMANGE 21 10 RIO - DURAN DURAN 22 22 IF YOU CAN'T STAND THE HEAT - BUCK'S FIZZ 23 24 I FEEL LOVE (RE-MIX) - DONNA SUMMER 24 30 SING-A-LONG-A-SANTA - SANTA CLAUS AND THE CHRISTMAS TREES 25 26 UNDER ATTACK - ABBA 26 15 WISHING I HAD A PHOTOGRAPH OF YOU - A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS 27 47 THEME FROM E.T. - JOHN WILLIAMS 28 18 WHERE THE HEART IS - SOFT CELL 29 31 HI DE HI-HI DE HO - KOOL AND THE GANG 30 39 DEAR ADDY - KID CREOLE 31 43 CACHARPAYA - INCANTATION 32 27 IT'S RAINING AGAIN - SUPERTRAMP 33 NE ORVILLE'S SONG - KEITH HARRIS 34 21 I DON'T WANNA DANCE - EDDY GRANT 35 23 YOUTH OF TODAY - MUSICAL YOUTH 36 41 NIGHTPORTER - JAPAN 37 36 TALK TALK - TALK TALK 38 42 I'M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN & WRITE MYSELF A LETTER - BARRY MANILOW 39 32 SEXUAL HEALING - MARVIN GAYE 40 47 HEARTACHE AVENUE - MAISONETTES The Top Pre-Order Albums this week 01 01 21 - ADELE 24th Jan 02 02 DOO WOPS & HOOLIGANS - BRUNO MARS 31st Jan 03 NE MATT CARDLE - TBA 24th Oct 2010 (don't people make you sick, it's 10 focking months away)!!!! 04 03 RITUAL - WHITE LIES 17th Oct 05 05 STAND STILL - EMMA'S IMAGINATION 10th Jan 06 04 BRING HIM HOME - ALFIE BOE/VA 27th Dec 07 RE WORLD IS YOURS - MOTORHEAD 17th Jan 08 06 LIVE FROM AMSTERDAM - ALTER BRIDGE 17th Jan 09 12 DIFFERENT GEAR STILL SPEEDING - BEEDY EYE 28th Feb 10 NE VISITATION - MAGNUM 17th Jan Bit of solid rock there, apart from solid cack! The Top Pre-Order Singles this week 01 01 THE FLOOD - CHERYL COLE 3rd Jan 02 03 ROLLING IN THE DEEP - ADELE 17th Jan 03 02 LOSE MY MIND - WANTED 27th Dec 04 04 ON MY OWN - YASMIN 31st Jan 05 05 BIGGER THAN US - WHITE LIES 3rd Jan The Top Physicals 01 01 MATT CARDLE 02 02 X FACTOR FINALISTS 03 05 AKON 04 04 KYLIE MINOGUE 05 03 RUMER 06 08 WILLOW SMITH 07 10 JLS 08 11 TAKE THAT 09 06 MANICS 10 07 JOE MCELDERRY We're going straight to the Top 75 lowdown...but firstly may I thank everyone who followed the thread regularly over the last 3 years & I regret to tell everyone that this has to be the last regular one. This is due to reasons beyond my control & the other fact that i'm moving in the New Year to pastures new, & I can't guarantee that I'd be able to get to a PC on a Friday to post it. Sorry Folks. So for the very last regular time, here's how the chart looks at this point with thanks to DTR & the rest of the gang for putting it all together: Top 75 Lowdown JOHN LENNON TOP 70 #1 BRUNO MARS TRIBUTE BAND CHRIS REA BLACK EYED PEAS - IGAF KOL - PYRO TOP 60 DUCK SAUCE 21) OLLY MURS - PDLMG 20) KATY B 19) B.O.B - MAGIC JAMES BLAKE TINCHY STRYDER & CO RIHANNA - UNFAITHFUL SCRIPT - NOTHING IT'S OK - CEE LO GREEN 6 FOOT 7 FOOT - LIL WAYNE/CORY GUNZ 50 RE LAST XMAS - WHAM! 49 NE JUNGLE - PROFESSOR GREEN 48 RE DO THEY KNOW IT'S XMAS - BAND AID 47 36 SILENCE - ALEXANDRA 46 44 WRITTEN IN THE STARS - TINIE TEMPAH 45 45 HIGHER - SATURDAYS 18) 44 41 TURN AROUND - FLO RIDA 43 42 PROMISE THIS - CHERYL COLE 17) 42 49 DYNAMITE - TAIO CRUZ 16) 41 RE MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY - SLADE 40 37 CHECK IT OUT - WILL I. AM 15) 39 25 TURN YOUR SWAG ON - ALEXA 38 38 LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE - EMINEM/RIHANNA 37 RE I WISH IT COULD BE XMAS EVERY DAY - WIZZARD 36 32 JUST A DREAM - NELLY 35 31 RAISE A GLASS - PINK 14) 34 16 POISON - NICOLE 33 40 LOSE MY MIND - WANTED 32 03 SURFIN BIRD - TRASHMEN 31 28 COOLER THAN ME - MIKE POSNER 30 30 MORE - USHER 29 NE FLOOD - CHERYL COLE 28 29 MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE - ADELE 27 33 GIRLS - N-DUBZ 13) 26 21 HAPPINESS - ALEXIS 25 24 SHINE A LIGHT - MCFLY 12) =19 24 NE LONELY SKY - BEN AND JAMIE HAZELBY 23 22 LOVE YOU MORE - JLS 11) =20 22 34 DO IT LIKE A DUDE - JESSIE J 21 07 MANY OF HORROR - BIFFY CLYRO 10) =13 20 26 ALL I WANT FOR XMAS - MARIAH CAREY 19 19 JUST THE WAY - BRUNO MARS 9) =18 18 18 CHRISTMAS LIGHTS - COLDPLAY =17 17 17 FORGET YOU - CEE LO GREEN 8) =16 16 35 INVINCIBLE - TINIE TEMPAH/KELLY ROWLAND 15 15 HEROES - X FACTOR FINALISTS 7) =14 14 20 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK - POGUES =15 13 14 THINKING OF ME - OLLY MURS 6) =12 12 10 HOLD MY HAND - AKON 5) =11 11 15 WHO'S THAT CHICK - RIHANNA 10 09 WHIP MY HAIR - WILLOW 4) =9 09 11 LIKE A G6 - FAR EAST MOVEMENT =10 08 12 FIREWORK - KATY PERRY =8 07 08 ONLY GIRL - RIHANNA =7 06 06 FLOOD - TAKE THAT 3) =6 05 05 YOUR SONG - ELLIE =5 04 04 THE TIME - BLACK EYED PEAS =4 03 NE LIGHTS ON - KATY B/MS DYNAMITE 12inch 2) =2 02 02 WHATS MY NAME - DRAKE/RIHANNA =3 01 01 WHEN WE COLLIDE - MATT CARDLE 1) =1 ) Position without downloads alone = Position on Chart Show tv Matt does it for a 2nd week, & in another week or 2 could well pass the million mark. Don't forget to listen to the 50 Biggest Christmas Singles of all time with Richard Todd on Sunday at 11am on AtlanticOldies2NG & of course the best Top 40 show via tne Net on http://www.thesuperstation.info with Jason Scott at 4pm, where there's more Chart than Chat every Sunday followed by the Ones To Watch at 7. I'll leave you with a toucn of tongue in cheek via Paddy Roberts (that might go down well with the state of the media & the hype of today) o5BQBKClJeY

It doesn't sound dumb at all. I not quite sure how that system works. Possibly if there is someone who sells better physicals, they are slid in between the rest of the other songs that are included just on downloads to show how they might be doing. But I'll check it out.

Friday 17th December 2010 Everybody's caught in traffic it seems...Although I am miffed because Reading Transport told me Buses are running half an hour late due to heavy traffic. I thought about this & think how can buses run half an hour late, when they run a ten minute service? Surely if they are running 30 minutes late, then no one would notice! The Top Books 01 01 JAMIE'S 30 MINUTE MEALS - JAMIE OLIVER 02 02 GUINESS BOOK OF RECORDS 03 03 A SIMPLES LIFE - ALEKSANDR ORLOV 04 04 KITCHEN - NIGELLA LAWSON 05 05 LIFE AND LAUGHING - MICHAEL MCINTYRE 06 06 THE FAMILY - MARTINA COLE 07 NE DEAD OR ALIVE - TOM CLANCY 08 07 ZERO HOUR - ANDY MCNAB 09 NE HOUSE RULES - JODI PICOULT 10 10 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET - ALAN SUGAR The Top Games 01 01 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 02 04 FIFA 11 03 03 GRAND TURISMO 5 04 05 SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2011 05 07 JUST DANCE 2 06 08 HALO: REACH 07 09 PROF. LAYTON & THE LOST FUTURE 08 10 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2011 09 NE NEED FOR SPEED: HOT PURSUIT 10 NE LET'S DRAW The Top Dvd Films 01 01 TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE 02 02 INCEPTION 03 NE EXPENDABLES 04 03 SHREK FOREVER AFTER 4 05 04 SEX AND THE CITY 2 06 NE SALT 07 NE KNIGHT AND DAY 08 05 A TEAM 09 07 TOY STORY 3 10 NE LAST AIRBENDER The Top Box Office Films 01 NE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER 02 01 HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART ONE 03 NE TOURIST 04 02 MEGAMIND 05 03 UNSTOPPABLE 06 04 DUE DATE 07 05 MONSTERS 08 NE SOMEWHERE 09 NE NO PROBLEM 10 06 THE AEMERICAN The Top TV Programmes 01 01 X FACTOR 14.53 02 02 STRICTLY COME DANCING 13.03 03 04 I'M A CELEBRITY 12.37 04 05 CORONATION ST 10.80 05 03 EASTENDERS 10.47 06 06 EMMERDALE 8.75 07 09 MERLIN 7.67 08 08 COUNTRYFILE 7.55 09 07 APPRENTICE 7.53 10 10 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 6.40 11 12 HOLBY 6.17 12 16 ONE SHOW 6.14 13 15 6 O'CLOCK NEWS 6.03 14 11 HARRY HILL 5.65 15 NE NATIONS FAVOURITE ABBA SONG 5.47 16 14 GARROW'S LAW 5.37 17 13 CASUALTY 5.34 18 25 10 0'CLOCK NEWS 5.06 18 22 TURN BACK TIME 5.06 20 NE Q1 5.02 21 20 HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU 4.95 22 18 FAMILY FORTUNES 4.85 23 21 YOU'VE BEEN FRAMED 4.82 24 28 ITV NEWS 4.52 25 NE MIRANDA 4.01 26 NE ANIMALS DO THE FUNNIEST THINGS 3.91 27 30 UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE 3.58 28 NE FRED CLAUS 3.44 29 NE COME DINE WITH ME 3.25 30 NE OPERATION MINCEMEAT 3.00 The Top Albums 01 01 NOW 77 - VARIOUS 02 02 PROGRESS - TAKE THAT 03 06 LOUD - RIHANNA 04 NE MICHAEL - MICHAEL JACKSON 05 03 CRAZY LOVE - MICHAEL BUBLE 06 04 OLLY MURS - OLLY MURS 07 19 IN AND OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS - ROBBIE WILLIAMS 08 05 OUTTA THIS WORLD - JLS 09 07 THE GIFT - SUSAN BOYLE 10 08 THE BEGINNING - BLACK EYED PEAS 11 09 COME AROUND SUNDOWN - KOL 12 10 GH - BON JOVI 13 11 MOONLIGHT SERENADE - ANDRE RIEU 14 14 TEENAGE DREAM - KATY PERRY 15 12 GH SO FAR - PINK 16 13 GRAVITY - WESTLIFE 17 17 ELECTRONIC 80s - VARIOUS 18 18 NOW XMAS - VARIOUS 19 16 MESSY LITTLE RAINDROPS - CHERYL COLE 20 21 SCIENCE AND FAITH - SCRIPT 21 20 POP PARTY 8 - VARIOUS 22 23 ANTHEMS DISCO - VARIOUS 23 25 CHRISTMAS CORNUCOPIA - ANNIE LENNOX 24 24 SEASONS OF MY SOUL - RUMER 25 15 LOVE LIVE LIFE - N-DUBZ 26 28 ULTIMATE COLL - BARBRA STREISAND 27 31 LIGHTS - ELLIE GOULDING 28 33 DEFAMATION OF STRICKLAND BANKS - PLAN B 29 27 FLY ME TO THE MOON 5 - ROD STEWART 30 22 ENDLESSLY - DUFFY The Flashback to December 1994: Charts supplied by MRIB The Top TV back then 01 AUNTIES BLOOMERS 17.90 02 CORONATION ST 17.70 03 HEARTBEAT 16.90 Nick at his best 04 SOLDIER SOLDIER 16.30 Robson & Jerome at their best (all worst)! 05 NATIONAL LOTTERY LIVE 16.20 Bob Monkhouse introduces the 4th draw 06 EASTENDERS 16.20 07 YOU'VE BEEN FRAMED 15.80 more home videos 08 CASUALTY 15.20 over to Holby 09 CRACKER 15.20 Robbie Coltrane as Fitz 10 STRIKE IT LUCKY 14.80 Michael Barrymore & more daft contestants 11 LONDON'S BURNING 14.20 over to the boys at Blue Watch 12 GLADIATORS 13.80 more early evening Saturday nonsense 13 THE BILL 13.70 "Closing Time" Insp Calo raids a pub. Sgt Cryer is not impressed 14 BBC NEWS, WEATHER, & SPORT 13.60 15 BLIND DATE 13.00 Cilla & those dodgy dates 16 NOEL'S HOUSE PARTY 12.90 Noel Edmonds at his worst! 17 VICAR OF DIBLEY 11.60 Dawn French & her congregation 18 EMMERDALE 11.50 19 STRANGE BUT TRUE 11.50 Michael Aspel & more bizzare true stories 20 CATCHPHRASE 11.40 Roy Walker & Mr Chips in the mindboggling game The Top Albums in Dec 1994 01 01 NOW 29 - VARIOUS 02 04 CARRY ON UP THE CHARTS - BEAUTIFUL SOUTH 03 03 LIVE AT THE BBC - BEATLES 04 09 STEAM - EAST 17 05 05 CROSSROAD - BON JOVI 06 14 CROCODILE SHOES - JIMMY NAIL 07 08 LOVE ALBUM - VARIOUS 08 02 SECOND COMING - STONE ROSES 09 06 ALWAYS AND FORVER - ETERNAL 10 07 FIELDS OF GOLD - STING The Top Singles in Dec 1994: With Mariah the first time around, East 17 with that song with bells on, Powers Rangers, Zig & Zag, Line Dancing & River Dance just outside the top 40! Quite astounding that Madonna's "Take A Bow" never got any higher than 15, as it was played on just about every station going including Melody FM along with Jonathan Izzard, Tony Myatt, & David Allan. 01 01 STAY ANOTHER DAY - EAST 17 02 03 ALL I WANT FOR XMAS IS YOU - MARIAH CAREY 03 04 LOVE ME FOR A REASON - BOYZONE 04 12 GO GO POWER RANGERS - POWER RANGERS 05 05 CROCODILE SHOES - JIMMY NAIL 06 08 THINK TWICE - CELINE DION 07 10 PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS - BON JOVI 08 11 COTTON EYE JOE - REDNEX 09 06 ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD - LOUIS ARMSTRONG 10 07 LET ME BE YOUR FANTASY - BABY D 11 NE THEM GIRLS THEM GIRLS - ZIG AND ZAG 12 12 ANOTHER DAY - WHIGFIELD 13 14 HOLD ME KISS ME THRILL ME - GLORIA ESTEFAN 14 09 ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM - CLIFF RICHARD 15 15 TAKE A BOW - MADONNA 16 NE CRAZY - ETERNAL 17 16 ETERNAL LOVE - PJ AND DUNCAN 18 17 BABY COME BACK - PATO BANTON 19 13 ANOTHER NIGHT - REAL MCCOY 20 32 SWEET LOVE - M BEAT 21 18 PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE - KYLIE MINOGUE 22 31 I'LL FIND YOU - MICHELLE GAYLE 23 23 OH BABY - ETERNAL 24 20 ALL I WANNA DO - SHERYL CROW 25 24 ALWAYS - BON JOVI 26 27 SATURDAY NIGHT - WHIGFIELD 27 33 I WANT TO BE ALONE - TWO THIRDS 28 21 SIGHT FOR SORE EYES - M PEOPLE 29 28 ONE MORE CHANCE - EYC 30 19 LOVE SPREADS - STONE ROSES 31 22 THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME - SINEAD O'CONNOR 32 43 WHEN I'M CLEANING WINDOWS - 2 IN A TENT 33 25 I LOVE SATURDAY - ERASURE 34 NE WIGGLE IN LINE - BLACK DUCK 35 NE GALLOWS POLE - PAGE AND PLANT 36 NE DOLLARS - CJ LEWIS 37 44 DARK HEART - BOMB THE BASS 38 34 OUT OF TEARS - ROLLING STONES 39 NE LET HEALING BEGIN - JOE COCKER 40 39 SWEETNESS - MICHELLE GAYLE The Top Pre-Order Albums this week 01 02 21 - ADELE 24th Jan 02 03 DOO WOPS AND HOOLIGANS - BRUNO MARS 31st Jan 03 05 RITUAL - WHITE LINES 17th Jan 04 06 BRING HIM HOME - ALFIE BOE 27th Dec 05 09 STAND STILL - EMMA'S IMAGINATION 10th Jan 06 07 LIVE FROM AMSTERDAM - ALTER BRIDGE 17th Jan 07 NE GLEE 4 24th Jan 08 NE OVER THE RAINBOW - ISRAEL 10th Jan 09 10 NO MORE IDOLS - CHASE AND STATUS 31st Jan 10 NE THE VISITATION - MAGNUM 17th Jan The Top Pre-Order Singles this week 01 NE FLOOD - CHERYL COLE 3rd Jan 02 05 ROLLING IN THE DEEP - ADELE 17th Jan 03 03 LOSE MY MIND - WANTED 27th Dec 04 NE ON MY OWN - YASMIN 31st Jan 05 NE BIGGER THAN US - WHITE LIES 3rd Jan The Top Physicals: 01 NE MATT CARDLE 02 01 X FACTOR FINALISTS 03 02 KYLIE MINOGUE 04 04 AKON 05 03 MANICS 06 06 JOE MCELDERRY 07 07 WILLOW SMITH 08 05 PET SHOP BOYS 09 08 JLS 10 09 WESTLIFE This tells us that without X Focker & downloads, Kylie is the proper Christmas number one this year & not even in the Official top 40 this week...proving the charts are actually a right load of bollocks anyway! I took the downloads out of the Official Chart earlier & all the other hype of Take That & album stuff which tells us that Willow is number one followed by Akon, & Cee Lo Green. Even more dodgy! Hang around...for the Top 75 lowdown....

The Top 75 lowdown with the top 40 based on some physicals & downloads & the 41-75 based on solid downloads. All put together by our friends at DTR. Top 75 SHAKIN STEVENS DJ FRESH PLAIN WHITE Ts Top 70 ISRAEL KAMAKAZI CHIPMUNK BAND AID SLADE CHERYL COLE - FLOOD WHAM! PET SHOP BOYS Top 60 TRAVIE MCCOY 27) FLO RIDA MOODY BLUES NE-YO BUBLE 26) TIM BERG 25) ALL TIME LOW 24) KYLIE MARK RONSON 23) WIZZARD Top 50 50 30 MIAMI 2 IBIZA - SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA 22) 49 NE LIMIT TO YOUR LOVE - JAMES BLAKE 48 38 PLEASE DON'T LET ME GO - OLLY MURS 21) 47 NE RADIO - ALESHA DIXON 20) 46 29 HEART VACANCY - WANTED 19) 45 37 LOVE THE WAY - EMINEM/RIHANNA 44 39 WELL WELL WELL - DUFFY 18) 43 36 DYNAMITE - TAIO CRUZ 17) 42 NE BOOTS - KILLERS 41 43 NOTHING - SCRIPT 40 21 SAFE - WESTLIFE 16) 39 27 BARBRA STREISAND - DUCKSAUCE 15) 38 RE CREEP - RADIOHEAD 37 28 HOLD YOU - GYPTIAN 14) 36 33 MORE - USHER 35 23 WRITTEN IN THE STARS - TINIE TEMPAH 34 26 GAME OVER - TINCHY AND CO 33 46 GILLIAN MCKEITH - BRETT DOMINO 32 24 MAGIC - B.O.B. 31 20 HIGHER - SATURDAYS 13) 30 25 DO IT LIKE A DUDE - JESSIE J 29 NE TURN MY SWAG ON - ALEXA GODDARD 28 RE FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK - POGUES 27 NE LOSE MY MIND - WANTED 26 19 PROMISE THIS - CHERYL COLE 12) 25 22 CHECK IT OUT - WILL I. AM 11) =20 24 RE ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS - MARIAH CAREY 23 NE GIRLS - N-DUBZ 22 18 RAISE A GLASS - PINK 10) =19 21 09 MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE - ADELE 20 NE TAKEOVER CONTROL - AFROJACK 9) =18 19 NE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS - COLDPLAY 18 17 JUST A DREAM - NELLY =17 17 16 HAPPINESS - ALEXIS JORDAN =16 16 15 SHINE A LIGHT - MCFLY 8) =15 15 13 COOLER THAN ME - MIKE POSNER =13 14 14 JUST THE WAY YOU ARE - BRUNO MARS 7) =14 13 11 FORGET YOU - CEE LO GREEN 6) =12 12 06 FLOOD - TAKE THAT 5) =11 11 08 FIREWORK - KATY PERRY =10 10 03 LOVE YOU MORE - JLS 4) =9 09 NE WHOSE THAT CHICK - RIHANNA/DAVID GUETTA 08 10 WHAT'S MY NAME - RIHANNA/DRAKE =8 07 05 ONLY GIRL - RIHANNA 3) =7 06 12 THE TIME - BLACK EYED PEAS =6 05 07 LIKE A G6 - FAR EAST MOVEMENT =5 04 04 THINKING OF ME - OLLY MURS 2) =4 03 02 YOUR SONG - ELLIE GOULDING =3 02 NE POISON - NICOLE SCHERZINGER =2 01 01 HEROES - X FACTOR FINALISTS 2010 1) =1 ) Position without downloads alone = Position on Chart Show tv 2 weeks for Heroes. Although it's only number 7 for the week on iTunes. So, that means a bunch of nobs are buying it in the shops & in the snow too...Coldplay are the fastest grower cracking in some 16,000 buyers in less than 48 hours. Could be top 10 by Sunday. Who are these boring people that download the same tired old classics every December, we ask...Are they listeners to the worst Radio station on earth i.e. Gold? Even more mindboggling the kids that think Rihanna has a good singing voice! ;)

I like the way you say HER! Probable fact, they have just as many gay male fans. Especially with Robbie back. If you go through the top 50 though, there are not that many songs that would be purchased by the 30-50 age group. Which is supposed to be the Radio 2 listener, but apparently isn't. I'm told I should be listening to Independant Radio. Some mistake surely! I come to the conclusion that there isn't a Station for me. Both Melody Radio & Prime Time Radio were sold off. The only option at the moment is Smooth Radio & it is pretty naff, with the same songs going round & round. Then some nonchalant called Dave Lincoln trying to tell me that Elvis Presley's biggest hit was "Can't Help Falling In Love". Surely it was "It's Now Or Never"? What have we got in that might have been bought by that age range of 30-50? Possible contenders: X Factor Finalists Ellie Goulding Olly Murs Take That Adele Cee Lo Green Westlife Gyptian Beatles Script Shakespears Sister Beady Eye 12 out of 50. Almost 25%. Consider again though the men from the women. Possible purchases by Women: & also X Factor viewers (a known fact that the show has more female viewers) X Factor Finalists Olly Murs Adele Cee Lo Green Westlife Take That Shakespears Sister So, on the male side we're left with: Gyptian Beatles Script Beady Eye Less than 10% of males over 30 bother. All that though on speculation. Views appreciated! ;) I think it might be a clever idea if the powers that be, did an Oldies Top 40 each week. Which would be quite fun, for those that download old songs, rather than the latest ones.

They are classified as Family films. But they'd be included anyway. It's mainly titles that are under 12s & those that don't get rented. All beyond my control. Compared to a certain "Official" chart, they also miss out Download sales of those cheap cover song versions, in the Singles chart. Then on the Album chart they relegate Compilations. My lot don't, so they are all in the same boat if you look at it. The charts are a touch of a farce, whatever way you look at it, & I've said it for years. Some people are easily pleased, others not.

Friday 10th December Do you know somebody rang me earlier & asked what's going on at Music Week today? Today is their Xmas Party...So expect they will be reaching for the bismuth later, because they just can't handle their drink...these youngsters can never handle it, can they?! :puke2: The Top Books 01 01 JAMIE'S 30 MINUTE MEALS - JAMIE OLIVER 02 02 GUINESS WORLD RECORDS 03 03 A SIMPLE'S LIFE - ALEKSANDR ORLOV 04 08 KITCHEN - NIGELLA LAWSON 05 04 LIFE AND LAUGHING - MICHAEL MCINTYRE 06 05 FAMILY - MARTINA COLE 07 06 ZERO HOUR - ANDY MCNAB 08 09 LIFE - KEITH RICHARDS 09 10 WINTER GHOSTS - KATE MOSSE 10 12 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET - ALAN SUGAR The Top Games 01 01 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 02 02 ASSASINS CREED: BROTHERHOOD 03 03 GRAND TURISMO 5 04 04 FIFA 11 05 07 WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 06 05 Wii PARTY 07 06 JUST DANCE 2 08 08 HALO: REACH 09 09 PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE LOST FUTURE 10 10 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2011 The Top Dvd Films 01 NE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE 02 NE INCEPTION 03 NE SHREK FOREVER AFTER 4 04 01 SEX AND THE CITY 2 05 03 THE A TEAM 06 02 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 07 04 TOY STORY 3 08 05 HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 09 06 STEP UP 3 10 07 KARATE KID The Top UK Box Office Films 01 01 HARRY POTTER/DEATHLY HALLOWS 02 NE MEGA MIND 03 02 UNSTOPPABLE 04 04 DUE DATE 05 NE MONSTERS 06 05 THE AMERICAN 07 03 LONDON BOULEVARD 08 06 DESPICABLE ME 09 07 GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST 10 NE WARRIORS WAY The Top TV Programmes 01 01 ZZZZ FACTOR 14.42 02 02 STRICTLY COME DANCING 12.43 03 05 EASTENDERS 10.60 04 03 I'M A NON-ENTITY...GET OUT OF HERE! 10.51 05 04 CORONATION ST 10.14 06 07 EMMERDALE 8.14 07 09 APPRENTICE 8.07 08 08 COUNTRYFILE 7.62 09 10 MERLIN 7.12 10 14 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 6.51 11 11 HARRY HILL 6.17 12 15 HOLBY 5.88 13 19 CASUALTY 5.64 14 21 GARROW'S LAW 5.52 15 22 6 O'CLOCK NEWS 5.27 16 13 ONE SHOW 5.25 17 RE BBC NEWS SUN 5.18 18 RE FAMILY FORTUNES 5.04 19 NE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SOCCER 4.92 20 25 HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU 4.92 21 28 YOU'VE BEEN FRAMED 4.67 22 23 TURN BACK TIME 5.07 23 RE NEW TRICKS 4.61 24 26 MATCH OF THE DAY 4.58 25 12 10 O'CLOCK NEWS 4.54 26 RE LOTTERY 4.44 27 RE ITV WEEKEND NEWS 4.10 28 30 ITV NEWS 3.93 29 RE NEWS AT 10 3.58 30 RE UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE 3.42 Only one thing to say about tv, aint the? Urghh! The Top Albums 01 01 NOW 77 - VA 02 02 PROGRESS - TAKE THAT 03 12 CRAZY LOVE - BUBLE 04 03 OLLY - OLLY MURS 05 04 OUTTA THIS WORLD - JLS 06 07 LOUD - RIHANNA 07 08 GIFT - SUSAN BOYLE 08 17 BEGINNING - BLACK EYED PEAS 09 13 COME AROUND SUNDOWN - KOL 10 10 GH - BON JOVI 11 09 MOONLIGHT SERENADE - ANDRE RIEU 12 14 GH-SO FAR - PINK 13 11 GRAVITY - WESTLIFE 14 16 TEENAGE DREAM - KATY PERRY 15 06 LOVE LIVE LIFE - N-DUBZ 16 18 MESSY LITTLE RAINDROPS - CHERYL COLE 17 15 POP PARTY 8 - VA 18 26 NOW XMAS 2010 - VA 19 20 IN AND OUT - ROBBIE WILLIAMS 20 22 SCIENCE AND FAITH - SCRIPT 21 NE OVERCOME DELUXE - ALEXANDRA 22 05 ENDLESSLY - DUFFY 23 28 SEASONS OF MY SOUL - RUMER 24 25 ELECTRONIC 80s 2 - VA 25 42 CHRISTMAS CORNUCOPIA - ANNIE LENNOX 26 29 MY WORLD - JUSTIN BIEBER 27 32 FLY ME TO THE MOON 5 - ROD STEWART 28 33 ULTIMATE COLL - BARBRA STREISAND 29 RE GOLD - ABBA 30 24 LA VOCE - RUSSELL WATSON Another excuse for Abba Gold! There I was in Sweden a few months back & talking to the local shopkeeper, who lived near Agnetha. There he was telling me that she's still looking well despite being in her late 50s with just a streak of grey hair. The Flashback to December 1991 The top tv back then 01 CORONATION ST 21.40 02 EASTENDERS 20.50 03 YOU'VE BEEN FRAMED 17.20 Jeremy Beadle hosts the camcorder show 04 BIG 16.40 the 1988 film with Tom Hanks showing on ITV 05 CASUALTY 15.10 the 6th series of the Hospital drama 06 THE BILL 15.10 "The Sorcerer's Apprentice". An under age prisoner has an epiletic fit in his cell 07 THIS IS YOUR LIFE 14.30 Michael Aspel spills the Red Book on Michael Nicholson the journalist & ITN correspondent 08 BLIND DATE 13.90 Cilla hosts 09 STRIKE IT LUCKY 13.50 Michael Barrymore & the usual nutty contestants 10 WISH YOU WERE HERE 13.50 Judith Chalmers takes more holidays 11 ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES 13.20 a repeat of the sitcom 12 CANNED CARROT 12.40 Jasper Carrot & more views on life 13 BULLSEYE 12.20 Jim Bowen in Series 11 of the Dartboard quiz 14 EMMERDALE 12.10 15 RUTH RENDELL MYSTERIES 12.10 George Baker stars as Wexford 16 FAMILY FORTUNES 12.10 Les Dennis looking tired in his 5th series 17 THE UPPER HAND 11.50 Joe McGann stars in a re-make of the US sitcom "Who's The Boss". Both quite naff 18 BOON 11.30 the late Michael Elphick stars as the investigator/PI 19 BEADLE'S ABOUT 11.20 Jeremy Beadle & more pranks 20 YOU BET 11.10 Matthew Kelly hosts the can they do it stunt show The Top Albums in 1991: With Freddie Mercury's death still quite apparent & costing Now 20 as Xmas number one album 01 03 GREATEST HITS II - QUEEN 02 01 NOW 20 - VARIOUS 03 02 DANGEROUS - MICHAEL JACKSONS 04 05 STARS - SIMPLY RED 05 19 GREATEST HITS - QUEEN 06 04 ACHTUNG BABY - U2 07 06 WE CAN'T DANCE - GENESIS 08 08 TIME LOVE & TENDERNESS - MICHAEL BOLTON 09 07 SIMPLY THE BEST - TINA TURNER 10 09 SHEPHERD MOONS - ENYA The Top Singles in 1991: With 2 Elton John songs in the top 10, & great mix all round. Then we pondered the question...why was Dannii so much better looking than her sister? Well some thought so, didn't they?! 01 02 DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME - ELTON JOHN/GEORGE MICHAEL 02 04 WHEN YOU TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME - DIANA ROSS 03 05 JUSTIFIED AND ANCIENT - KLF 04 01 BLACK OR WHITE - MICHAEL JACKSON 05 03 RIDE LIKE THE WIND - EASTSIDE BEAT 06 23 DRIVEN BY YOU - BRIAN MAY 07 07 SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT - NIRVANA 08 11 ROCKET MAN - KATE BUSH 09 12 STARS - SIMPLY RED 10 NE MYSTERIOUS WAYS - U2 11 33 TOO BLIND TO SEE IT - KYM SIMS 12 NE IF YOU GO AWAY - NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK 13 13 SOUND - JAMES 14 08 ACTIV 8 - ALTERN 8 15 18 YOU SHOWED ME - SALT N PEPA 16 17 AM I RIGHT - ERASURE 17 19 WE SHOULD BE TOGETHER - CLIFF RICHARD 18 06 PLAYING WITH KNIVES - BIZZARE INC 19 22 EXTACY - SHADES OF RHYTHM 20 09 DIZZY - VIC REEVES/WONDER STUFF 21 48 DON'T TALK JUST KISS - RIGHT SAID FRED 22 36 TENDER LOVE - KENNY THOMAS 23 14 WAY OF THE WORLD - TINA TURNER 24 50 BARE NECESSITIES MEGAMIX - UK MIXMASTERS 25 10 WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN - MICHAEL BOLTON 26 46 JOSEPH MEGAMIX - JASON DONOVAN 27 26 DIAMONDS AND PEARLS - PRINCE 28 43 MARTIKA'S KITCHEN - MARTIKA 29 24 WICKED LOVE - OCEANIC 30 NE SHOW MUST GO ON - QUEEN 31 21 GET READY FOR THIS - 2UNLIMITED 32 27 WONDERFUL TONIGHT - ERIC CLAPTON 33 NE COVER FROM THE SKY - DEACON BLUE 34 NE HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING - ENYA 35 39 RUNNING OUT OF TIME - DIGITAL ORGASM 36 41 EVERYBODY MOVE - CATHY DENNIS 37 15 IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE - BASSHEADS 38 NE ABIDE WITH ME - VIC REEVES 39 NE I DON'T WANNA TAKE THIS PAIN - DANNII MINOGUE 40 20 HOLE HEARTED - EXTREME The Top Pre-Order albums this week 01 01 MICHAEL - MICHAEL JACKSON 13th 02 03 21 - ADELE 24th Jan 03 04 DOO WOPS AND HOOLIGANS - BRUNO MARS 31st Jan 04 07 WORLD IS YOURS - MOTORHEAD 15th Dec 05 13 RITUAL - WHITE LIES 17th Jan 06 12 BRING HIM HOME - ALFIE BOE 27th Dec 07 NE LIVE FROM AMSTERDAM - ALTER BRIDGE 17th Jan 08 NE III/IV - RYAN ADAMS 20th Dec 09 09 STAND STILL - EMMA'S IMAGINATION 10th Jan 10 14 NO MORE IDOLS - CHASE AND STATUS 31st Jan The Top Pre-Order singles this week 01 NE X FACTOR WINNER 13th....Doesn't this kind of thing make you sick? It ain't been won yet & people pre-order it regardless to who it is anyway. Even liking the winner doesn't come in to it! What a lot of half-baked idiots actually live in this country. What a bunch of brainless daft bast*rds! And there's nearly 15 million of them that watch this crap. 02 06 LOCA - SHAKIRA 13th 03 NE LOSE MY MIND - WANTED 27th 04 07 DECEMBER SONG 2010 - GEORGE MICHAEL 13th 05 08 ROLLING IN THE DEEP - ADELE 17th Jan 06 NE LIGHTS ON - KATY B 13th 07 NE IT'S OK - CEE LO GREEN 13th 08 NE CAN'T MAKE THIS OVER - PIXIE LOTT 20th 09 NE SINGS BACHARACH AT CHRISTMAS - RUMER 13th 10 NE BRING HIM HOME - 4 TENORS 13th The Top Physical singles 01 01 X FACTOR FINALISTS 02 NE KYLIE 03 NE MANICS 04 NE AKON 05 02 PET SHOP BOYS 06 NE JOE MCELDERRY 07 NE WILLOW SMITH 08 03 JLS 09 04 WESTLIFE 10 05 TAKE THAT Hang around....

It ain't a problem, it's just the way MRIB used to do it. So, we follow suit as all the charts we compile are done in the old MRIB way, as the whole tread tributes all those charts that used to appear in the likes of the Sunday People, News Of The World, & Mail On Sunday etc. All kids titles would appear in their own dvd chart, as like TV related shows do too. It can't be compared to the singles chart, as most people who buy singles aren't adults anyway. Hence Reggie Yates presentation on Radio One. You can quite easily say if it wasn't for the under 18s, the singles chart wouldn't exist anyway...probably! :lol: I mean it's not like the Singles of yesteryear, when a big age range actually bought singles. The truth is...Today there is no big age range buying singles. Except when certain artists release singles i.e. your Westlife, & the other nobs that think X Factor is better than sliced bread.

If we did, there would be times when the top 10 would be full of cartoons & lots of other animated stuff. And given the fact our top ten is based on rentals as well as sales, proper Kid stuff hardly ever does that well on rentals anyway.

Here is the Top 75 shot down or lowdown & I have a streaming cold. So apologies for errors! The Chart put together by our friends at DTR with the top 40 based on Physical/Download sales up until 5pm on Friday 26th Nov. With the 41-75 based on Downloads only. TOP 75 RIHANNA - S & M TOP 70 JASON DERULO NELLY & KERI TOP 60 JAMES BLUNT DR DRE & CO NE-YO 29) DEVLIN USHER/PITBULL FLO RIDA POGUES MARIAH CAREY KANYE WEST ROBBIE & GARY 28) TOP 50 50 NE BRETT DOMINO - GILLIAN MCKEITH 49 35 TEENAGE DREAM - KATY PERRY 48 NE BRING THE LIGHT - BEEDY EYE 47 33 SEEK BROMANCE - TIM BERG 27) 46 40 LET THE SUN SHINE - LABRINTH 26) 45 RE STAY - SHAKESPEARS SISTER 44 42 BILLIONAIRE - TRAVIE MCCOY 25) 43 NE NOTHING - SCRIPT 42 41 HEY JUDE - BEATLES 41 24 GOTTA BE SOMEBODY - SHAYNE WARD 24) 40 NE BETTER THAN TODAY - KYLIE 39 NE WELL WELL WELL - DUFFY 23) 38 RE PLEASE DONT LET ME GO - OLLY MURS 22) 37 29 LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE - EMINEM 36 39 DYNAMITE - TAIO CRUZ 21) 35 30 HOLLYWOOD - MICHAEL BUBLE 20) 34 43 ALL TIME LOW - WANTED 19) 33 NE MORE - USHER 32 48 LET IB BE - BEATLES 31 NE DONCAMATIC - GORILLAZ 18) 30 27 HEART VACANCY - WANTED 17) 29 28 MIAMI 2 IBIZA - SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA 16) 28 23 HOLD YOU - GYPTIAN 15) 27 25 BARBRA STREISAND - DUCK SAUCE 14) 26 22 GAME OVER - TINCHY STRYDER 25 NE DO IT LIKE A DUDE - JESSIE J 24 21 MAGIC - B.O.B 23 26 WRITTEN IN THE STARS - TINIE TEMPAH 22 18 CHECK IT OUT - WILL I AM/NICKI MINAJ 13) 21 12 SAFE - WESTLIFE 12) =19 20 20 HIGHER - SATURDAYS 11) 19 17 PROMISE THIS - CHERYL COLE 10) =17 18 16 RAISE YOUR GLASS - PINK 9) =20 17 14 JUST A DREAM - NELLY =18 16 08 HAPPINESS - ALEXIS JORDAN =13 15 09 SHINE A LIGHT - MCFLY 8) =12 14 12 JUST THE WAY YOU ARE - BRUNO MARS 7) =15 13 11 COOLER THAN ME - MIKE POSNER =11 12 07 THE TIME - BLACK EYED PEAS =10 11 15 FORGET YOU - CEE LO GREEN 6) =14 10 19 WHATS MY NAME - RIHANNA/DRAKE =16 09 13 MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE - ADELE =8 08 05 FIREWORK - KATY PERRY =7 07 06 LIKE A G6 - FAR EAST MOVEMENT =9 06 02 THE FLOOD - TAKE THAT 5) =6 05 04 ONLY GIRL - RIHANNA 4) =5 04 NE THINKING OF ME - OLLY MURS 3) =4 03 01 LOVE YOU MORE - JLS 2) =3 02 03 YOUR SONG - ELLIE GOULDING =2 01 NE HEROES - X FACTOR FINALISTS 2010 1) =1 ) Position without downloads alone = Position on Chart Show tv No surprises on the number one...but will this Scottish lady climb higher for Sunday? That's Gillian McKeith of course.

It isn't released until 6th Dec...So looks as though some chump has include pre-orders!

Friday 3rd December The Top Books 01 01 JAMIE'S 30 MINUTE MEALS - JAMIE OLIVER 02 02 GUINESS WORLD RECORDS 03 04 A SIMPLE'S LIFE - ALEKSANDR ORLOV 04 03 LIFE AND LAUGHING - MICHAEL MCINTYRE 05 05 THE FAMILY - MARTINA COLE 06 NE ZERO HOUR - ANDY MCNAB 07 NE THROUGH MY EYES - CHERYL COLE 08 12 KITCHEN - NIGELLA LAWSON 09 09 LIFE - KEITH RICHARDS 10 11 WINTER GHOSTS - KATE MOSSE The Top Games 01 01 CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPS 02 02 ASSASINS CREED BROTHERHOOD 03 04 GRAND TURISMO 5 04 05 FIFA 11 05 10 Wii PARTY 06 11 JUST DANCE 2 07 07 WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 08 06 HALO REACH 09 09 PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE LOST FUTURE 10 03 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2011 The Top Box Office Films 01 01 HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART ONE 02 NE UNSTOPPABLE 03 NE LONDON BOULEVARD 04 02 DUE DATE 05 NE THE AMERICAN 06 03 DESPICABLE ME 07 NE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST 08 05 JACKASS 3D 09 04 SKYLINE 10 NE MACHETE The Top Dvd Films 01 NE SEX AND THE CITY 2 02 NE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 03 NE A TEAM 04 01 TOY STORY 3 05 02 HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 06 NE STEP UP 3 07 03 KARATE KID 08 NE NATIVITY 09 04 IRON MAN 2 10 06 AVATAR The Top TV Programmes 01 01 X FACTOR 15.04 02 03 STRICTLY COME DANCING 12.28 03 04 I'M A CELEBRITY...GUESS WHO I AM? 10.73 04 02 CORONATION ST 10.59 05 05 EASTENDERS 10.46 06 NE CHILDREN IN NEED 9.36 07 06 EMMERDALE 8.03 08 09 COUNTRYFILE 8.01 09 09 APPRENTICE 7.71 10 11 MERLIN 7.42 11 08 HARRY HILL 7.08 12 27 10 O CLOCK NEWS 6.83 13 31 ONE SHOW 6.47 14 17 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 5.97 15 16 HOLBY CITY 6.00 16 NE ITV NEWS SPECIAL 5.82 17 NE INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL 5.73 18 21 CUBE 5.42 19 29 CASUALTY 5.40 20 NE ACCUSED 5.39 21 20 GARROW'S LAW 5.34 22 24 6 0 CLOCK NEWS 5.33 23 22 TURN BACK TIME 5.07 24 23 WATCHDOG 4.64 25 18 HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU 4.63 26 RE MATCH OF THE DAY 4.60 27 NE ZOO 4.21 28 26 YOU'VE BEEN FRAMED 3.93 29 NE LIFE STORIES 3.84 30 RE ITV NEWS 3.77 My goodness the top tv shows are turning into the singles chart with most things being watched by women under 30! And Reality TV overtakes Soap. The Top Albums 01 01 NOW 77 - VA 02 02 PROGRESS - TAKE THAT 03 NE OLLY MURS - OLLY MURS 04 03 OUTTA THIS WORLD - JLS 05 NE ENDLESSLY - DUFFY 06 NE LOVE LIVE LIFE - N-DUBZ 07 06 LOUD - RIHANNA 08 05 THE GIFT - SUSAN BOYLE 09 08 MOONLIGHT SERENADE - ANDRE RIEU 10 09 GH - BON JOVI 11 04 GRAVITY - WESTLIFE 12 14 CRAZY LOVE - MICHAEL BUBLE 13 10 RADIOACTIVE - KINGS OF LEON 14 12 GREATEST HITS - PINK 15 15 POP PARTY 8 - VA 16 16 TEENAGE DREAM - KATY PERRY 17 NE THE BEGINNING - BLACK EYED PEAS 18 13 MESSY LITTLE RAINDROPS - CHERYL COLE 19 20 WANTED - WANTED 20 18 IN AND OUT - ROBBIE WILLIAMS 21 23 SOME KIND OF TROUBLE - JAMES BLUNT 22 24 SCIENCE AND FAITH - SCRIPT 23 NE FLOORFILLERS 2011 - VA 24 11 LA VOCE - RUSSELL WATSON 25 NE R + B COLLECTION 2011 - VA 26 RE LIGHTS - ELLIE GOULDING 27 19 CLUBLAND 18 - VA 28 22 DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS 4 - VA 29 26 SEASONS OF MY SOUL - RUMER 30 RE MY WORLD - JUSTIN BIEBER The Flashback to December 1973: The Top TV back then (Figures based on Homes, rather than individuals) 01 THE BENNY HILL SHOW 8.20 comedy with Benny & the gang on Wednesday at 8pm 02 SOME MOTHER'S DO AVE EM 7.80 Monday evening with Frank & Betty in Series one 03 CORONATION ST MON 7.70 Janet Reid is Ken Barlow's new bride 04 THIS IS YOUR LIFE 7.50 Eamonn Andrews pulls the Big Red Book on magician David Nixon 05 BRUCE FORSYTH AND THE GENERATION GAME 7.50 Bruce, a cuddly toy & Anthea Redfern 06 OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS 7.30 Hughie Greene & talent or maybe not! 07 HELEN, A WOMAN OF TODAY 7.30 Martin Shaw stars in this ITV drama series as Frank Tulley, who strays from his wife Helen (Alison Fiske) 08 MY GOOD WOMAN 7.20 Pretty good sitcom with Leslie Crowther as Clive Gibbons, who spends much time with his next door neighbour 09 CORONATION ST WEDS 7.00 10 CROSSROADS TUES 7.00 1973 was the year when the soap was first broadcasted to the whole country, rather than just the ATV regions 11 CROSSROADS WEDS 6.90 12 CROSSROADS THUR 6.80 13 NINE O'CLOCK NEWS 6.70 Peter Woods reads 14 SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE PALLADIUM 6.50 Jim Dale hosts an updated version of the Sunday entertainment show 15 CROSSROADS MON 6.40 16 NEWS AT TEN MON 6.30 Alistair Burnett reads 17 UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS 6.30 more goings on in the Bellamy household, with guests John Aldeton & Pauline Collins 18 THE HARRY SECOMBE SHOW 6.20 BBC1 Entertainment with the late Goon 19 HEAVEN KNOWS MR ALLISON 6.10 the 1957 film on BBC1 about a Nun & a marine shipwrecked on a Pacific ocean, with Deborah Kerr & Robert Mitchum 20 BILLY LIAR 6.00 the ITV series based on Keith Waterhouse's book starring Jeff Rawle as Billy The Top Albums in Dec 1973: And double time for Bryan Ferry & a touch of Beatles too. What a classic chart. 01 01 PIN UPS - DAVID BOWIE 02 03 QUADROPHENIA - WHO 03 10 STRANDED - ROXY MUSIC 04 02 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - ELTON JOHN 05 04 I'M A WRITER NOT A FIGHTER - GILBERT O'SULLIVAN 06 05 AND I LOVE YOU SO - PERRY COMO 07 06 NOW AND THEN - CARPENTERS 08 16 DREAMS ARE NOTHIN BUT WISHES - DAVID CASSIDY 09 07 20 POWER HITS - VARIOUS 10 09 HELLO - STATUS QUO 11 08 THESE FOOLISH THINGS - BRYAN FERRY 12 12 DARK SIDE OF THE MOON - PINK FLOYD 13 11 SLADEST - SLADE 14 20 RINGO - RINGO STARR 15 14 ROCK ON - DAVID ESSEX 16 NE MIND GAMES - JOHN LENNON 17 22 BEATLES 67-70 - BEATLES 18 13 THE PLAN - OSMONDS 19 15 LOUD AND PROUD - NAZARETH 20 NE WELCOME - SANTANA The Top Singles in Dec 1973: With Glitter everywhere & the biggest selling single in years & wasn't it great? Loathe the man but love the music. Bit partial to Kiki Dee too, & Matt Monro's "And You Smiled" was the vocal version of Eye Level, which of course was the theme to Thames TV's Van Der Valk starring the late Barry Foster. Infact all the TV & records were great in 1973. Unforunately 37 years on, we haven't actually got any decent TV & the radio is pretty crap too, mainly because of the over censoring of everything...when apparently it is quite ok to swear on tv these days. No, it ain't clever to do so anywhere...I even heard a manager in a shop effing the other day. If you are reading this Mr...You've been reported to your superior. 01 01 I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE - GARY GLITTER 02 03 PAPER ROSES - MARIE OSMOND 03 02 MY COO CA CHOO - ALVIN STARDUST 04 13 YOU WON'T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME - NEW SEEKERS 05 09 LAMPLIGHT - DAVID ESSEX 06 04 DYNAMITE - MUD 07 08 WHY OH WHY OH WHY - GILBERT O'SULLIVAN 08 05 LET ME IN - OSMONDS 09 17 ROLL AWAY THE STONE - MOTT THE HOOPLE 10 10 DO YOU WANNA DANCE - BARRY BLUE 11 06 WHEN I FALL IN LOVE - DONNY OSMOND 12 07 PHOTOGRAPH - RINGO STARR 13 18 STREET LIFE - ROXY MUSIC 14 11 TOP OF THE WORLD - CARPENTERS 15 12 HELEN WHEELS - WINGS 16 24 TRUCK ON - T.REX 17 14 SORROW - DAVID BOWIE 18 22 AMOUREUSE - KIKI DEE 19 16 DAYTONA DEMON - SUZI QUATRO 20 28 LOVE ON A MOUNTAIN - ROBERT KNIGHT 21 25 KEEP ON TRUCKIN - EDDIE KENDRICKS 22 15 DAYDREAMER/PUPPY SONG - DAVID CASSIDY 23 19 FOR THE GOOD TIMES - PERRY COMO 24 NE I WISH IT COULD BE XMAS EVERYDAY - WIZZARD 25 21 THIS FLIGHT TONIGHT - NAZARETH 26 30 LONELY DAYS AND LONELY NIGHTS - DON DOWNING 27 20 WON'T SOMEBODY DANCE WITH ME - LYNSEY DE PAUL 28 33 MIND GAMES - JOHN LENNON 29 27 EYE LEVEL - SIMON PARK ORCHESTRA 30 NE THE SHOW MUST GO ON - LEO SAYER 31 32 SWEET UNDERSTANDING LOVE - FOUR TOPS 32 23 DECK OF CARDS - MAX BYGRAVES 33 39 AND YOU SMILED - MATT MONRO 34 NE FOREVER - ROY WOOD 35 NE WALK RIGHT BACK - PERRY COMO 36 31 WILD LOVE - MUNGO JERRY 37 26 DECK OF CARDS - WINK MARTINDALE 38 40 RAISED ON ROCK - ELVIS PRESLEY 39 34 MY FRIEND STAN - SLADE 40 29 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - ELTON JOHN The Pre-order Albums this week 01 01 MICHAEL - MICHAEL JACKSON 13th Dec 02 NE OVERCOME DELUXE ED - ALEXANDRA 6th Dec 03 NE 21 - ADELE 24th Jan 04 08 DOO WOPS AND HOOLIGANS - BRUNO MARS 31st Jan 05 NE TRON LEGACY - DAFT PUNK 6th Dec 06 NE NOEL - PRIESTS 6th Dec 07 10 WORLD IS YOURS - MOTORHEAD 15th Dec 08 NE 4 X 4 = 12 - DEADMAU5 6th Dec 09 NE STAND STILL - EMMA'S IMAGINATION 10th Dec 10 NE CAROLS AND CHRISTMAS SONGS - BRYN TERFEL 6th Dec The Pre-Order Singles this week 01 06 HOLD MY HAND - AKON/JACKSON 6th Dec 02 07 BETTER THAN TODAY - KYLIE 6th Dec 03 NE SOMEONE WAKE ME UP - JO MCELDERRY 6th Dec 04 03 SOME KIND OF NOTHINGNESS - MANICS 6th Dec 05 05 WHIP MY HAIR - WILLOW SMITH 6th Dec 06 01 LOCA - SHAKIRA 13th Dec 07 NE ROLLING IN THE DEEP - ADELE 17th Jan 08 NE DECEMBER SONG 2010 - GEORGE MICHAEL 13th Dec 09 NE NAMES AND PICTURES - SOPHIE'S PIGEONS 6th Dec Beginning to detest Akon even more! Shame about Sophie's Pigeons it's the best one in there. The Top Physicals this week 01 01 X FACTOR FINALISTS 02 NE PET SHOP BOYS 03 02 JLS 04 03 WESTLIFE 05 04 TAKE THAT 06 05 OLLY MURS 07 06 RIHANNA 08 07 MCFLY 09 08 SHAYNE WARD 10 09 CHERYL COLE Hang around...

The Top 75 lowdown, put together by DTR & compiled thus: The top 40 based on a mix of physical & download sales averages, with the 41-75 based on entire downloads. TOP 75 ROLLING STONES CHIPMUNK TOP 70 PINK - EFFING PERFECT NELLY AND KERI JAMIE WOON SCRIPT - NOTHING BEATLES - HERE COMES THE SUN TOP 60 FLO RIDA B.O.B. 29) KATY B INNA KANYE WEST SCRIPT RIHANNA - S AND M N-DUBZ 28) FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE USHER - MORE TOP 50 50 RE TWIST AND SHOUT - BEATLES 49 RE LET IT BE - BEATLES 48 36 2012 - JAY SEAN 27) 47 50 PASS OUT - TINIE TEMPAH 46 NE STAY - HURTS 26) 45 31 NA NA NA - MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE 25) 44 40 DJ GOT US - USHER/PITBULL 43 42 ALL TIME LOW - WANTED 24) 42 37 BILLIONAIRE - TRAVIE MCCOY 23) 41 RE HEY JUDE - BEATLES 40 30 LET THE SUN SHINE - LABRINTH 22) 39 34 DYNAMITE - TAIO CRUZ 21) 38 28 ONE IN A MILLION - NE-YO 20) 37 33 NO LOVE - EMINEM/LIL WAYNE 36 29 RUNAWAY - DEVLIN/YASMIN 35 35 TEENAGE DREAM - KATY PERRY 34 NE JUST DRIVE - ALISTAIR GRIFFIN 33 26 SEEK BROMANCE - TIM BERG 19) 32 27 STAY THE NIGHT - JAMES BLUNT 31 44 SHAME - BARLOW/WILLIAMS 18) 30 25 HOLLYWOOD - MICHAEL BUBLE 17) 29 32 LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE - EMINEM/RIHANNA 28 22 MIAMI 2 IBIZA - SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA 16) 27 23 HEART VACANCY - WANTED 15) 26 24 WRITTEN IN THE STARS - TINIE TEMPAH 25 18 BARBRA STREISAND - DUCK SAUCE 14) 24 10 GOTTA BE SOMEBODY - SHAYNE WARD 13) =19 23 15 HOLD YOU - GYPTIAN 12) 22 NE GAME OVER - TINCHY STRYDER AND CO 21 20 MAGIC - B.O.B. =20 20 16 HIGHER - SATURDAYS 11) =18 19 17 CHECK IT OUT - WILL I. AM 10) =17 18 NE WHATS MY NAME - RIHANNA/DRAKE 17 06 PROMISE THIS - CHERYL COLE 9) =14 16 13 RAISE A GLASS - PINK 8) =16 15 11 FORGET YOU - CEE LO GREEN 7) =13 14 14 JUST A DREAM - NELLY =15 13 05 MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE - ADELE =12 12 07 JUST THE WAY YOU ARE - BRUNO MARS 6) =11 11 08 COOLER THAN ME - MIKE POSNER =9 10 NE SAFE - WESTLIFE 5) =6 09 04 SHINE A LIGHT - MCFLY 4) =10 08 09 HAPPINESS - ALEXIS =8 07 12 THE TIME - BLACK EYED PEAS 06 NE LIKE A G6 - FAR EAST MOVEMENT =7 05 04 FIREWORK - KATY PERRY =5 04 01 ONLY GIRL - RIHANNA 3) =3 03 NE YOUR SONG - ELLIE GOULDING =4 02 02 FLOOD - TAKE THAT 2) =2 01 NE LOVE YOU MORE - JLS 1) =1 ) Position without downloads alone = Position on Chart Show Don't forget to check out the Fresh Hit40 Uk on Sunday at 4pm & the new website http://www.freshhit40.co.uk Shock Horror as Westlife are going to miss their 25th top 10 single come Sunday!

I don't have much faith that "Stay" will be top 20.

Probably not, as Black Eyed Peas will knock him out.