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  1. A recent survey suggested that Big Top 40 has 2.5million listeners across the 160 stations that take it. This makes it the top chart show, claiming to be a week ahead with the top 10. While the rest of the chart is just nonsense/out of touch. Radio One is set adrift at just below the Big Top 40 figure.
  2. The Album Preview: 01 NE REALITY KILLED THE VIDEO STAR - ROBBIE WILLIAMS 02 NE JLS - JLS 03 03 CRAZY LOVE - MICHAEL BUBLE 04 01 THREE WORDS - CHERYL COLE 05 NE CLUBLAND 16 - VA 06 NE UP TO NOW - SNOW PATROL 07 02 THE CIRCLE - BON JOVI 08 04 GREATEST HITS - FOOFIGHTERS 09 06 COMING HOME - SOLDIERS 10 05 THIS IS IT - MICHAEL JACKSON 11 07 OVERCOME - ALEXANDRA BURKE 12 12 I AM SASHA FIERCE SPECIAL EDITION - BEYONCE 13 16 DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS 3 - VA 14 09 LIVE LOUNGE 4 - VA 15 10 POP PARTY 7 - VA 16 NE ONLY REVOLUTIONS - BIFFY CLYRO 17 NE LIVE AT THE ALBERT HALL - KILLERS 18 13 ULTIMATE - KATHERINE JENKINS 19 11 E.N.D. - BLACK EYED PEAS 20 14 BELIEVE - KATHERINE JENKINS 21 08 ANNUAL 2010 - VA 22 21 VERY BEST OF - FLEETWOOD MAC 23 NE SOUL BOOK - ROD STEWART 24 NE THE PURSUIT - JAMES CULLUM 25 15 I LOOK TO YOU - WHITNEY 26 20 SUNNY SIDE UP - PAOLO NUTINI 27 23 VERY BEST OF - VERA LYNN 28 NE THE PERFORMANCE - SHIRLEY BASSEY 29 NE TIME OF OUR LIVES - MILEY CYRUS 30 32 ULTIMATE - BEE GEES Prodigy, Martha Wainwright, Donny & Marie, No`1 Classical Collection, Electronic 80s, Jackie 2010, and R N`B Anthems 79-09 bubble outside. Back in 1989, Radio Luxembourg came up with this: Shaun Tilley introduced on a Monday evening, 01 02 ALL AROUND THE WORLD - LISA STANSFIELD 02 05 NEVER TOO LATE - KYLIE MINOGUE 03 03 GIRL I`M GONNA MISS YOU - MILLI VANILLI 04 13 ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE - PHIL COLLINS 05 01 THAT`S WHAT I LIKE - JIVE BUNNY 06 11 I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE - MARTIKA 07 04 ROOM IN YOUR HEART - LIVING IN A BOX 08 07 STREET TUFF - REBEL MC AND DOUBLE TROUBLE 09 NE GRAND PIANO - MIXMASTER 10 08 ROAD TO HELL PART 2 - CHRIS REA 11 17 NEVER TOO MUCH - LUTHER VANDROSS 12 09 LEAVE A LIGHT ON FOR ME - BELINDA CARLISLE 13 10 IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME - CHER 14 NE YOU`VE GOT IT THE RIGHT STUFF - NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK 15 NE BORN TO BE SOLD - TRANSVISION VAMP 16 12 I WANT THAT MAN - DEBORAH HARRY 17 18 C`MON AND GET MY LOVE - D MOB INTRODUCING CATHY DENNIS 18 NE DON`T KNOW MUCH - LINDA RONSTADT/AARON NEVILLE 19 14 RIDE ON TIME - BLACK BOX 20 15 EYE KNOW - DE LA SOUL The Singles Preview, this week: 01 NE sSXesE7_sKw 02 03 MEET ME HALFWAY - BLACK EYED PEAS 03 01 EVERYBODY IN LOVE - JLS 04 02 FIGHT FOR THIS LOVE - CHERYL COLE 05 NE 7O8O062_t78 06 NE TIK TOK - KE$HA 07 Nxq-wCf5G8o 08 04 DOWN - JAY SEAN 09 06 BAD BOYS - ALEXANDRA 10 kr2v0kp0Da0 11 07 HAVEN`T MET YOU YET - MICHAEL BUBLE 12 15 EMPIRE STATE OF MIND - JAY Z 13 11 END CREDITS - CHASE AND STATUS 14 14 I GOTTA FEELING - BLACK EYED PEAS 15 08 BAD ROMANCE - LADY GAGA 16 05 WHAT ABOUT NOW - WESTLIFE 17 12 PARTY IN THE USA - MILEY CYRUS 18 10 MILLION DOLLAR BILL - WHITNEY HOUSTON 19 09 OOPSY DAISY - CHIPMUNK 20 13 JUST SAY YES - SNOW PATROL 21 21 PENCIL FULL OF LEAD - PAOLO NUTINI 22 16 FLASHBACK - CALVIN HARRIS 23 17 DON`T STOP BELIEVING - JOURNEY 24 18 BREAK YOUR HEART - TAIO CRUZ 25 NE Xi2MDMILPx4 26 19 YOU`RE NOT ALONE - TINCHY STRYDER 27 20 BODIES - ROBBIE WILLIAMS 28 26 SHE WOLF - SHAKIRA 29 28 SEXY CHICK - GUETTA/AKON 30 22 HOTEL ROOM SERVICE - PITBULL 31 34 I CAN TRANSFORM YOU - CHRIS BROWN 32 36 YOU GOT THE LOVE - FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE 33 27 3 WORDS - CHERYL COLE 34 35 BROKENHEARTED GIRL - BEYONCE 35 NE CRY ME OUT - PIXIE LOTT 36 23 I GOT SOUL - YOUNG SOUL REBELS 37 31 BEAT AGAIN - JLS 38 32 FOREVER IS OVER - SATURDAYS 39 51 WE WEREN`T BORN TO FOLLOW - BON JOVI 40 33 SWEET DISPOSITION - TEMPER TRAP 41 28 ANYWAY - DUCK SAUCE 42 30 DIRTEE CASH - DIZZEE RASCAL 43 24 GOOD GIRLS GO BAD - COBRA STARSHIP 44 50 WHEELS - FOOFIGHTERS 45 38 SEX ON FIRE - KOL 46 25 THE CAPTAIN - BIFFY CLYRO 47 39 SWEET DREAMS - BEYONCE 48 43 BOYS AND GIRLS - PIXIE LOTT 49 42 NEW YORK - PALOMA FAITH 50 44 YOU SHOULD`VE KNOWN - LAURA WHITE Bubbling under: Purple Rain - Prince 52, Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow 53, Chartjackers - I`ve Got Nothing 56. Near Misses: 4rAxeEcSWJ4 IIbyXpKUFbs A ripped off riff from "Rip It Up" by Orange Juice...ruined here: WGrfNbZvDyI 3WCFTKI5lu4 Future Hit RAIN - MIKA hQBI8oGJCZU I WON`T KNEEL - GROOVE ARMADA EoTAdtYECNE Oldie IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME - CHER mEszTzdUMcY As she drop out of the top ten, remember you can never turn back time. So, before you do something think good and hard first...It could be the here and end of everything, and your worst ever mistake. Words of wisdom!
  3. I remember hearing that too. Certainly a big row, also blew up with the BBC in 1981, when the entire series was repeated for the first time in 6 years, following the first showing of the film. James, didn`t want it repeated at all. It`s a shame really, when you consider the quality of the acting in the series. I suppose we could say Mr Bolam has done slightly better in his tv work than Mr Bewes, and has hardily been off the small screen since 1973! Rodney was (of course) the first BBC partner of one Basil Brush (although Basil first came to light on ITV, with Howard Williams circa 1965).
  4. No sign of them. But I am actually attending the concert at the Shepherds Bush Empire on 5th Dec. Are you seeing them on the Ireland concerts at all?
  5. Friday 6th November The Top Books: Compiled by Neilsen 01 02 GUINESS WORLD RECORDS - GUINESS BOOKS 02 NE HARD GIRLS - MARTINA COLE 03 01 THE LOST SYMBOL - DAN BROWN 04 NE THE ASSOCIATE - JOHN GRISHAM 05 03 BORN BAD - JOSEPHINE COX 06 04 CROSS COUNTRY - JAMES PATTERSON 07 05 A GOOD WOMAN - DANIELLE STEELE 08 13 NEW MOON - STEPHENIE MEYER 09 17 ECLIPSE - STEPHENIE MEYER 10 08 THE GIFT - CECELIA AHERN The Top Dvd Films: Compiled by HMV 01 NE PUBLIC ENEMIES 02 01 X MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE 03 02 DRAG ME TO HELL 04 NE YEAR ONE 05 06 IP MAN (CANTONESE SUBTITLES) 06 05 ANGELS AND DEMONS 07 NE LAST CHANCE 08 03 LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT 09 14 INGLOURIUS BASTERDS 10 NE LAST VAMPIRE That`s Adult sales, as Monsters V Aliens & Coraline are strictly kids! However on the Rental Dvds it`s different at Blockbuster: 01 MONSTERS V ALIENS *Animated kids 02 X MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE 03 PUBLIC ENEMIES 04 DRAG ME TO HELL 05 ANGELS AND DEMONS 06 STATE OF PLAY 07 YEAR ONE 08 GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST 09 CORALINE *Animated kids 10 OBSESSED 11 OUTLANDER 12 UNINVITED Confused? You will be! :lol: It just tells us that State Of Play #11 in sales/Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past #12 in sales/Obsessed #30 in sales/Outlander/Uninvited are currently rented more than bought. All that and and we find Braveheart is the #2 Blu-Ray. If we combine sales & rentals plus don`t categorize, we get the following: 01 01 MONSTERS V ALIENS 02 NE PUBLIC ENEMIES 03 02 X MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE 04 03 DRAG ME TO HELL 05 06 ANGELS AND DEMONS 06 NE YEAR ONE 07 08 STATE OF PLAY 08 11 GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST 09 05 CORALINE 10 04 LAST HOUSE OF THE LEFT I could take it further and include TV Related Dvds, but then all you get is crumby yankee sitcoms...So no point! :teresa: On to The Top UK Box Office Films: Compiled by Screen International 01 NE MICHAEL JACKSON "THIS IS IT" £4,877,255 02 01 UP 03 03 FANTASTIC MR FOX 04 02 SAW VI 05 05 CIRQUE DU FREAK THE VAMPIRES ASSISTANT 06 04 COUPLES RETREAT 07 NE 9 £468,455 08 NE AN EDUCATION £399,122 09 06 IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS 10 NE DEAD MAN RUNNING £198,442 The Top Games: Based on all formats 01 01 GUITAR HERO ON TOUR 02 RE BEATLES ROCK BAND 03 NE EYEPET 04 04 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2010 05 06 SOLUS 06 03 FIFA 10 07 RE SPORTS RESORT 08 05 NEED FOR SPEED: SHIFT 09 08 MARIO AND SONIC AT THE WINTER OLYMPICS 10 NE SINGSTAR-TAKE THAT The Top TV Programmes: Compiled by BARB (Only the top editions of programmes are noted here) 01 01 X FACTOR 14.02 02 02 CORONATION STREET 10.54 03 03 EASTENDERS 9.89 04 03 DOC MARTIN 9.23 05 05 STRICTLY COME DANCING 8.88 06 NE QUESTION TIME 8.35 07 06 EMMERDALE 7.53 08 11 FAMILY FORTUNES 7.41 09 NE MURDERLAND 7.32 10 07 HARRY HILL`S TV BURP 7.05 11 13 BENIDORM 6.68 12 14 COUNTRYFILE 5.90 13 17 10 O`CLOCK NEWS 5.88 14 NE JIMMY`S FOOD FACTORY 5.70 15 12 YOU`VE BEEN FRAMED 5.57 16 RE MERLIN 5.53 17 15 HOLBY CITY 5.51 18 20 CASUALTY 5.46 19 15 HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU 5.43 20 RE ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 5.06 21 RE LIFE STORIES 4.97 22 26 THE ONE SHOW 4.94 23 09 LIFE 4.93 24 19 BBC NEWS SPORT AND WEATHER SAT 4.73 25 RE ITV NEWS SUN 4.63 26 30 6 O`CLOCK NEWS 4.47 27 RE BBC LONDON NEWS THUR 4.40 27 22 ARMSTRONG AND MILLER 29 RE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SOCCER 4.36 30 21 LOTTERY 4.34 The Bill is at #31 this time on 4.11m. ITV clearly winning on Sunday evenings, though...as we question why the BBC screen Antiques Roadshow at 8pm on a Sunday, when it originally went out around 5pm! Question Time`s controversy put it on it`s biggest figures, since it started! Well, if the country were not in such a mess, Parties like that would not exist. Just thinking...most people who have worked for the BBC over the years, have been Tory supporters i.e. Bruno Brookes (a rank Thatcherite), Mike Read, Kenny Everett, Noel Edmonds, Jim Davidson, Jimmy Savile, & Pete Murray...Pete possibly losing his Radio 2 job in 1983, because he urged voters to vote Conservative in a tv interview! Ain`t it funny that all those people were sacked by the Beeb? Always keep your Politics a secret. I mean, look at Charlie Chaplin and America...They didn`t like Communists. ;) The Top Albums: Based on a rota (Thurs to Weds), with adjusted figures for new entries 01 NE THE CIRCLE - BON JOVI 02 01 3 WORDS - CHERYL COLE 03 02 CRAZY LOVE - MICHAEL BUBLE 04 NE GREATEST HITS - FOOFIGHTERS 05 03 THIS IS IT - MICHAEL JACKSON 06 05 COMING HOME - SOLDIERS 07 06 LIVE LOUNGE 4 - VARIOUS 08 04 OVERCOME - ALEXANDRA BURKE 09 10 POP PARTY 7 - VARIOUS 10 NE ULTIMATE COLLECTION - KATHERINE JENKINS 11 NE I AM SASHA FIERCE PLATINUM EDITION - BEYONCE KNOWLES 12 12 E.N.D. - BLACK EYED PEAS 13 NE DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS 3 - VARIOUS 14 NE MINISTRY OF SOUND ANNUAL 2010 - VARIOUS 15 13 VERY BEST OF - FLEETWOOD MAC 16 07 BELIEVE - KATHERINE JENKINS 17 08 I LOOK TO YOU - WHITNEY HOUSTON 18 09 SUNNY SIDE UP - PAOLO NUTINI 19 NE IF ON A WINTERS NIGHT - STING 20 11 PEACE IN THE VALLEY - DANIEL O`DONNELL 21 15 VERY BEST OF - VERA LYNN 22 NE FUNHOUSE TOUR EDITION - PINK 23 14 NEW MOON-TWILIGHT SAGA - OST 24 22 THE RESISTANCE - MUSE 25 21 ONLY BY THE NIGHT - KOL 26 16 I AM CHIPMUNK - CHIPMUNK 27 23 LUNGS - FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE 28 17 MAN FROM ANOTHER TIME - SEASICK STEVE 29 30 REVELATION - PETER ANDRE 30 29 CELEBRATION - MADONNA Bon Jovi on 72k, Cheryl on 67k...Closing in. Time for the Flashback to...November 1984: (Charts compiled by MRIB) The Top TV, back then 01 CORONATION STREET 19.00 02 GIVE US A CLUE 15.50...Michael Parkinson hosts the charades based celebrity game 03 TENKO 15.30...the Ann Bell, Stephanie Cole drama about the Japanese capture of Singapore in 1942 04 JUST GOOD FRIENDS 15.10...Jan Francis/Paul Nicholas in the will they/won`t they sitcom 05 CROSSROADS 14.80 06 NAME THAT TUNE 14.60...Lionel Blair hosts the music based game along with Maggie Moon on a Wednesday at 7pm 06 DALLAS 14.60...JR and co, starring on Fridays at 8pm 08 HI-DE-HI 14.50...the Holiday camp sitcom 08 PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT 14.50...Bruce Forsyth in the 5th season of the card quiz on a Friday night 10 SURPRISE SURPRISE 13.70...Sundays with Cilla Black assisted by Christopher Biggins 11 HALLELUJAH 13.00...dire sitcom with Thora Hird in the Salvation Army. Written by Dick Sharples, who also worked with Thora on "In Loving Memory" 11 THE A TEAM 13.00...Saturdays with Mr T and co 11 CHILD`S PLAY 13.00...Michael Aspel hosts the game, which was very similar to "Small Talk" (the later series with Ronnie Corbett) 14 THE GENTLE TOUCH 12.70...Jill Gascoigne stars as Maggie Forbes in the police drama series on Fridays at 9pm 15 EMMERDALE FARM 12.40...Mr Wilks, Seth and co in the original days of the daft soap 15 THE CANNON AND BALL SHOW 12.40...Tommy Cannon & Bobby Ball tried to entertain on a Saturday evening on ITV. "Rock on Tommy!" 15 BULLSEYE 12.40...Jim Bowen, and those Sunday darts around 5pm 18 JULIET BRAVO 12.20...Kate Longton (Anna Carterat) and the BBC police drama on Saturdays 18 CLIVE JAMES ON TV 12.20....the Australian on a Sunday with the forerunner to "Tarrant On TV" 18 RISING DAMP 12.20...The late Leonard Rossiter starring in the sitcom. This shown as a tribute, as Leonard died on stage aged 57 on 5th Oct 1984 Outside the TV top 20 in 1984, and slumping were Noel Edmonds ill-fated "Late Late Breakfast Show", Top Of The Pops", and BBC Sunday sitcom in series one "Ever Decreasing Circles" with Richard Briers as the slightly compulsive "Martyn Bryce". Annoyed even more by his cocky/know all neighbour "Paul Ryman" (Peter Egan). Both kept in order by "Anne Bryce" (Penelope Wilton). The Top Albums in Nov 1984: With the 2009 connection (25 years on) with Frankie, U2, and Paul McCartney`s floppy film 01 01 WELCOME TO THE PLEASUREDOME - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD 02 NE MAKE IT BIG - WHAM 03 NE ALF - ALISON MOYET 04 02 GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROAD STREET - PAUL MCCARTNEY 05 03 DIAMOND LIFE - SADE 06 07 ELIMINATOR - ZZ TOP 07 14 THE COLLECTION - ULTRAVOX 08 23 PERFECT STRANGERS - DEEP PURPLE 09 04 WAKING UP WITH THE HOUSE ON FIRE - CULTURE CLUB 10 05 STEELTOWN - BIG COUNTRY 11 06 THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE - U2 12 28 BAD ATTITUDE - MEATLOAF 13 08 THE AGE OF CONSENT - BRONSKI BEAT 14 10 I FEEL FOR YOU - CHAKA KHAN 15 17 GREATEST HITS - RANDY CRAWFORD 16 15 VALOTTE - JULIAN LENNON 17 NE AURAL SCULTURE - STRANGLERS 18 19 CAN`T SLOW DOWN - LIONEL RICHIE 19 09 GEFFREY MORGAN - UB40 20 11 THE WOMAN IN RED-ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK - STEVIE WONDER The Top Singles in Nov 1984: 01 01 I FEEL FOR YOU - CHAKA KHAN...the only top 3 hit for Chaka 02 02 THE WILD BOYS - DURAN DURAN...stalling at 2 03 12 NEVER ENDING STORY - LIMAHL...away from Kajagoogoo, but no higher 04 08 CARRIBEAN QUEEN - BILLY OCEAN...European Queen re-recorded and originally from 1983 05 07 GIMME ALL YOUR LOVIN`- ZZ TOP...the biggest for the beards 06 05 THE WANDERER - STATUS QUO...the Quo nicking the 1962/76 #12/#16 hit by Dion 07 03 FREEDOM - WHAM...down, but but the album "Make It Big" knocked Frankie from the top 08 06 TOO LATE FOR GOODBYES - JULIAN LENNON...John`s son, maybe should have been bigger 09 09 ALL CRIED OUT - ALISON MOYET...Alf, 1984 definately her year and also back for 2009 10 04 NO MORE LONELY NIGHTS - PAUL MCCARTNEY...Give My Regards To Broadstreet the floppy film, but what a great single 11 32 I SHOULD`VE KNOWN BETTER - JIM DIAMOND...a future #1 for the former Phd singer 12 13 I`M SO EXCITED - POINTER SISTERS...California the home of the girls: Anita/Ruth/Issa, who started out in 1969 13 35 HARD HABIT TO BREAK - CHICAGO...originally The Big Thing in 1967, they became the Chicago Transit Authority before Chicago 14 10 TOGETHER IN ELECTRIC DREAMS - PHILLIP OAKEY/GIORGIO MORODER...Phil (of Human League) joins producer Giorgio 15 11 LOVE`S GREAT ADVENTURE - ULTRAVOX...the hits kind of drying up for Midge and co 16 15 PENNY LOVER - LIONEL RICHIE...Lionel missing the top 10, this time around 17 27 SOMEBODY - DEPECHE MODE...Blasphemous Rumours was the actual title of this EP 18 14 I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU - STEVIE WONDER...the 2nd MRIB #1 for Stevie. Of course the 1st official, but MRIB gave him 3! 19 19 THIS IS MINE - HEAVEN 17...a slightly forgotten hit from the duo from Sheffield. Both formerly with Human League 20 28 GOTTA GET YOU HOME TONIGHT - EUGENE WILDE...Ron Broomfield, R N`B from Miami 21 NE THE RIDDLE - NIK KERSHAW...Nicholas David Kershaw was his full name, and he came from Bristol 22 16 MODERN GIRL - MEATLOAF...more rock from the tubbily challenged gentleman 23 48 LET IT ALL BLOW - DAZZ BAND...a classic on the Motown label, from the lads from Ohio 24 24 SEX CRIME 1984 - EURYTHMICS...Annie & Dave never doing any wrong in 1984 25 17 THE WAR SONG - CULTURE CLUB...another MRIB #1 26 33 BERSERKER - GARY NUMAN...featuring in the press this week, Gary`s songs some what difficult to understand at times 27 22 DRIVE - CARS...the twice hit for the Boston set formed in 1976, and split in 1988 28 25 ACES HIGH - IRON MAIDEN...the biggest rock single of the week, for the band from Leyton forming in 1975 29 23 LISTEN TO YOUR FATHER - FEARGAL SHARKEY...ex-Undertones and later IBA official, just a year away from a solo #1 30 18 SHOUT TO THE TOP - STYLE COUNCIL...Paul Weller and the boys, and back with the album this week 31 20 MISSING YOU - JOHN WAITE...John Waite the singer in 1970s outfit "The Babys" 32 NE HALF A MINUTE - MATT BIANCO...the band with the Latin feel, who had a bit of a raw deal on a certain Saturday morning kids show 33 31 PRIDE - U2...The Unforgettable Fire`s 25 anniversary in 2009 34 21 I`M GONNA TEAR YOUR PLAYHOUSE DOWN - PAUL YOUNG...Mr Young doing what he did best and nicking another song 35 26 HIGHLY STRUNG - SPANDAU BALLET...more connections to the reformed 2009 stuff. "Highly Strung, She`s Undone" 36 NE LOUISE - HUMAN LEAGUE...class from Phil again. Has to be their best 37 45 NEVER TURN AWAY - OMD...a shade forgotten for the Andy & Paul 38 34 GHOSTBUSTERS - RAY PARKER JR...the 25th anniversary of the film, that just arrived in UK cinemas in time for Christmas 1984 39 38 WARNING SIGN - NICK HEYWARD...Nick`s solo career maybe not as big as some think 40 44 BACK IN MY ARMS - HAZELL DEAN...another forgotten song from Hazell Dean Poole, with some help from SAW 41 49 RESPECT YOURSELF - KANE GANG...a re-make of the Staple Singers 1971 song 42 37 OUT OF TOUCH - DARYL HALL/JOHN OATES...the original of the nicked hit from a few years back 43 NE THE CHANT HAS BEGUN - LEVEL 42...more forgotten work from Mark King and co from the Isle Of Wight 44 29 GOLDEN DAYS - BUCKS FIZZ...the original Bucks Fizz line-up facing very small chart positions. Certainly don`t remember this one at all 45 46 HYPNOTISE - SCRITTI POLITTI...up to Leeds for the 1977 formed band 46 30 SKIN DEEP - STRANGLERS...more class from the band who celebrated their 10th anniversary in 1984 47 NE ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK - MURRAY HEAD...Murray actor/singer struggled for a big single, but finally got it with the song from "Chess" 48 NE HOW TO BE A MILLIONAIRE - ABC...up to Sheffield for another forgotten single coming from the album 49 NE KEEP ON KEEPIN`ON - REDSKINS...Chris Dean and co, on the Indie side. Chris actually wrote for the NME as X Moore 50 NE KEEPING SECRETS - SWITCH...from the album "Am I Still Your Boyfriend", the R n`B group. This week`s top pre-orders: The Top Single Pre-Orders 01 HAPPY - LEONA 9th 02 YOU ARE NOT ALONE - X FACTOR FINALISTS 16th 03 ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE - BANDAGED 9th 04 ABOUT A GIRL - SUGABABES 9th 05 I NEED YOU - N-DUBZ 9th 06 TO LOVE AGAIN - ALESHA DIXON 16th 07 RUSSIAN ROULETTE - RIHANNA 16th 08 BLACK SWAN SONG - ATHLETE 9th 09 ROCKIN`AT THE DISCO - BANBITO 7th Dec 10 RAIN - MIKA 23rd 11 I WON`T KNEEL - GROOVE 16th 12 I NEED YOU NOW - AGNES 16th 13 DANCE THE WAY I FEEL - OU WHERE LE SWIMMING POOL 16th 14 MAN`S MACHINE - JAMIE T 23rd 15 EARTHQUAKE - LITTLE BOOTS 16th The Top Album Pre-Orders 01 REALITY KILLED THE VIDEO STAR - ROBBIE WILLIAMS 9th 02 JLS - JLS 9th 03 ECHO - LEONA 16th 04 NOW 74 - VARIOUS 23rd 05 CIRCUS LIVE - TAKE THAT 30th 06 I DREAMED A DREAM - SUSAN BOYLE 23rd 07 WHERE ARE WE - WESTLIFE 30th 08 ONLY REVOLUTIONS - BIFFY CLYRO 9th 09 LIVE FROM THE ALBERT HALL - KILLERS 9th 10 SOUL BOOK - ROD STEWART 9th 11 THE PURSUIT - JAMIE CULLUM 9th 12 MEMOIRS OF AN IMPERFECT ANGEL - MARIAH CAREY 16th 13 AGAINST ALL ODDS - N-DUBZ 16th 14 THE PERFORMANCE - SHIRLEY BASSEY 9th 15 THEM CROOKED VULTURES - THEM CROOKED VULTURES 16th 16 KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON - STEREOPHONICS 16th That one, tell us the #1 albums for the rest of November, and the first week of December...But Robbie/JLS, not an easy one! Take That going head to head with Westlife (Thank God, Now 74 will keep both of them out, as well as the dreaded Susan Boyle). Bubbling under those album pre-orders lurk Rihanna (Rated R 23rd Nov), and Snow Patrol (Up To Now 9th Nov). The Top Physicals this week 01 NE JLS 02 02 CHERYL COLE 03 01 WESTLIFE 04 03 ALEXANDRA BURKE 05 NE BLACK EYED PEAS 06 04 JAY SEAN 07 NE BEYONCE 08 NE JAY Z (EMPIRE STATE) 09 06 YOUNG SOUL REBELS 10 NE BULIEF (HEAL THE WORLD) 11 05 ROBBIE WILLIAMS 12 NE SNOW PATROL 13 09 CHIPMUNK 14 08 MILEY CYRUS 15 NE PAOLO NUTINI 16 10 PITBULL 17 NE CALVIN HARRIS 18 07 TINCHY STRYDER 19 11 BIFFY CLYRO 20 NE CHASE N`STATUS Other entries in the Physical 40 include Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Hassle Eric, & Black Swan Effect. The Full Week on iTunes: 01 NE EVERYBODY IN LOVE - JLS 02 01 CHERYL COLE 03 05 MEET ME HALFWAY - BLACK EYED PEAS 04 02 JAY SEAN 05 04 ALEXANDRA BURKE 06 NE END CREDITS - CHASE N`STATUS 07 NE TIK TOK - KE$HA 08 06 MICHAEL BUBLE 09 10 LADY GAGA 10 03 WESTLIFE 11 12 EMPIRE STATE - JAY Z 12 09 MILEY CYRUS 13 NE JUST SAY YES - SNOW PATROL 14 07 CHIPMUNK 15 08 WHITNEY HOUSTON 16 11 I GOTTA FEELING - BLACK EYED PEAS 17 25 FLASHBACK - CALVIN HARRIS 18 RE DON`T STOP BELIEVIN`- JOURNEY 19 15 PITBULL 20 16 THREE WORDS - CHERYL COLE iTunes nearly always a day a head. Outside their top 20 of the week, the 21-30 lines up thus: 21 Laura White, 22 Chris Brown, 23 Paolo Nutini, 24 Young Soul Rebels, 25 Tinchy, 26 Taio, 27 Bon Jovi, 28 Cobra Starship, 29 Duck Sauce, 30 Dirtee Cash. Then: Shakira, Sexy Chick, Robbie, Beyonce, Florence, Big Pink, JLS, Biffy Clyro, Foofighters, Temper Trap at 40, Saturdays at 41, Sex On Fire at 42, SOS at 43, Kano at 44, Beyonce at 45, Cry Me Out at 46, Run This Town at 47, Face Drop at 48, Paloma Faith at 49, and Livin`On A Prayer at 50. Coming soon the full combined singles, hang on...How will they compare with iTunes? Stand by while I do some sums...
  6. Yeah, the full out has always been strange. Rodney Bewes reckons it was something to do with the duos billing on the feature film shot in 1976. Rodney got star billing, James did not...but who knows the reason for sure?!
  7. I always thought the "Roy Figgis" character played by James Bolam, was basically "Terry Collier" (of Likely Lads fame) in Hospital!
  8. The Combined Singles/Downloads this week: Compiled thus...The top 20 based on Chart Show tv, but with added sales minus airplay. The 21-40 based on a combi of physicals/downloads compiled by DTR. The 41-75, based entirely on downloads. The Bubblers: TOP 75 Journey TOP 70 Michael Jackson (Thriller) Ray Parker Jnr (Ghostbusters) Jamie Cullum Jace Everett Black Eyed Peas (Boom Boom Pow) TOP 60 Michael Jackson (Man In The Mirror) Sean Kingston (Face Drop) The Complete Top 50: 50 NE UNDERDOG - KASABIAN 49 44 GET SHAKY - IAN CAREY 29) 48 38 I`M YOURS - JASON MRAZ 28) 47 40 REMEDY - LITTLE BOOTS 27) 46 35 WATCH THE SUN COME UP - EXAMPLE 26) 45 32 SUPERNOVA - MR HUDSON 44 NE ROCK N`ROLLER - KANO 43 NE SWAY - MERCEDEZ BENZ 42 36 SWEET DREAMS - BEYONCE 25) 41 25 DOMINOES - THE BIG PINK 40 29 RUN THIS TOWN - JAY Z 39 42 BROKENHEARTED GIRL - BEYONCE 38 RE WHAT ABOUT NOW - DAUGHTRY 37 30 BEAT AGAIN - JLS 24) 36 RE YOU`VE GOT THE LOVE - FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE 35 22 WHEELS - FOOFIGHTERS 34 NE CRY ME A RIVER - MICHAEL BUBLE 33 21 NEW YORK - PALOMA FAITH 23) 32 26 BOYS AND GIRLS - PIXIE LOTT 22) 31 19 THE SPELL - ALPHABEAT 21) 30 27 SEX ON FIRE - KOL 20) 29 33 PENCIL FULL OF LEAD - PAOLO NUTINI 28 20 SOS - JORDIN SPARKS 27 31 FLASHBACK - CALVIN HARRIS 26 23 DIRTEE CASH - DIZZEE RASCAL 25 NE 3 WORDS - CHERYL COLE 24 17 SWEET DISPOSITION - TEMPER TRAP 19) =20 23 14 FOREVER IS OVER - SATURDAYS 18) 22 15 GOOD GIRLS GO BAD - COBRA STARSHIP 17) 21 13 SEXY BITCH - DAVID GUETTA/AKON =17 20 12 SHE WOLF - SHAKIRA 16) =19 19 NE ANYWAY - DUCK SAUCE 15) =18 18 07 I GOT SOUL - YOUNG SOUL REBELS 14) =16 17 NE THE CAPTAIN - BIFFY CLYRO 13) =15 16 NE BAD ROMANCE - LADY GAGA 15 16 HOTEL ROOM SERVICE - PITBULL 12) =13 14 18 YOU`RE NOT ALONE - TINCHY STRYDER 11) =14 13 09 EMPIRE STATE OF MIND - JAY Z 12 06 BREAK YOUR HEART - TAIO CRUZ 10) =12 11 08 I GOTTA FEELING - BLACK EYED PEAS 9) =10 10 NE PARTY IN THE USA - MILEY CYRUS 8) =11 09 04 BODIES - ROBBIE WILLIAMS 7) =9 08 05 MILLION DOLLAR BILL - WHITNEY HOUSTON 6) =8 07 03 OOPSY DAISY - CHIPMUNK 5) =7 06 11 MEET ME HALFWAY - BLACK EYED PEAS =6 05 10 HAVEN`T MET YOU YET - MICHAEL BUBLE =5 04 02 BAD BOYS - ALEXANDRA 4) =4 03 NE DOWN - JAY SEAN 3) =3 02 NE WHAT ABOUT NOW - WESTLIFE 2) =2 01 01 FIGHT FOR THIS LOVE - CHERYL COLE 1) =1 ) Position without downloads alone = Position on Chart Show tv Cheryl on 122,000...which is 50,000 more than Westlife. Jay Sean will not catch them before Sunday!
  9. No it`s not wrong! ;) Go for it. Ghostbusters and Halloween...Now the ultimate song for Halloween would be "Witches Brew" by Janie Jones. A 1960s missed classic.
  10. Monday 2nd November The Album Preview: 01 01 3 WORDS - CHERYL COLE 02 NE THE CIRCLE - BON JOVI 03 04 CRAZY LOVE - MICHAEL BUBLE 04 NE GREATEST HITS - FOOFIGHTERS 05 02 THIS IS IT - MICHAEL JACKSON 06 12 COMING HOME - SOLDIERS 07 03 OVERCOME - ALEXANDRA 08 NE ANNUAL 2010 - VA 09 07 LIVE LOUNGE 4 - VA 10 09 POP PARTY 7 - VA 11 16 E.N.D. - BLACK EYED PEAS 12 NE I AM SASHA FIERCE PLATINUM EDITION - BEYONCE 13 NE ULTIMATE COLLECTION - KATHERINE JENKINS 14 08 BELIEVE - KATHERINE JENKINS 15 05 I LOOK TO YOU - WHITNEY HOUSTON 16 NE DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS 3 - VA 17 NE FRANKIE SAY - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD 18 NE ULTIMATE - BEE GEES 19 11 PEACE IN THE VALLEY - DANIEL O`DONNELL 20 06 SUNNY SIDE UP - PAOLO NUTINI 21 14 VERY BEST OF - FLEETWOOD MAC 22 17 I AM CHIPMUNK - CHIPMUNK 23 19 VERY BEST OF - VERA LYNN 24 NE PAUL WELLER - PAUL WELLER 25 NE LIVE AT READING - NIRVANA 26 NE FUNHOUSE TOUR EDITION - PINK 27 13 MAN FROM ANOTHER TIME - SEASICK STEVE 28 10 TWILIGHT SAGA-NEW MOON - OST 29 21 TONGUE N`CHEEK - DIZZEE RASCAL 30 26 ONLY BY THE NIGHT - KOL Rod Stewart (Some Guys Have All The Luck), Sting (If On A Winters Night), Slayer (World Painted Blood), Carrie Underwood (Play On), Joss Stone (Colour Me Free), Skunk Anansie (Smashes & Trashes), Destroy The Disco - VA, and True Love Songs - VA bubble under. Back in 1988, Radio Luxembourg came up with this: Shaun Tilley presented on a Monday night, and scored 17 in the 20. Along with the Olympics, and Coke! 01 01 ORINOCHO FLOW - ENYA 02 08 KISS - TOM JONES/ART OF NOISE 03 01 JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI - KYLIE MINOGUE 04 02 STAND UP FOR YOUR LOVE RIGHTS - YAZZ 05 04 GIRL YOU KNOW IT`S TRUE - MILLI VANILLI 06 13 SHE MAKES MY DAY - ROBERT PALMER 07 11 WEE RULE - WEE PAPA GIRL RAPPERS 08 NE THE FIRST TIME - ROBIN BECK 09 07 ONE MOMENT IN TIME 10 14 CAN YOU PARTY - ROYAL HOUSE 11 16 REAL GONE KID - DEACON BLUE 12 09 WE CALL IT ACIEED - D. MOB/GARYHAISMAN 13 10 A LITTLE RESPECT - ERASURE 14 05 HARVEST FOR THE WORLD - CHRISTIANS 15 06 DON`T WORRY BE HAPPY - BOBBY MCFERRIN 16 NE LET`S STICK TOGETHER 88 - BRYAN FERRY 17 12 NEVER TRUST A STRANGER - KIM WILDE 18 NE 1,2,3 - GLORIA ESTEFAN 19 20 TWIST IN MY SOBRIETY - TANITA TIKARAM 20 NE WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE - GUNS N`ROSES This week`s Singles Preview: 01 NE JlfzNb_WeoA 02 01 FIGHT FOR THIS LOVE - CHERYL COLE 03 08 MEET ME HALFWAY - BLACK EYED PEAS 04 03 DOWN - JAY SEAN 05 02 WHAT ABOUT NOW - WESTLIFE 06 04 BAD BOYS - ALEXANDRA 07 12 HAVEN`T MET YOU YET - MICHAEL BUBLE 08 NE BAD ROMANCE - LADY GAGA 09 05 OOPSY DAISY - CHIPMUNK 10 07 MILLION DOLLAR BILL - WHITNEY HOUSTON 11 NE UHkrH6dcjwQ 12 13 PARTY IN THE USA - MILEY CYRUS 13 NE sDpp8sIiAhM 14 09 I GOTTA FEELING - BLACK EYED PEAS 15 11 LERd2AU2s4Q 16 31 FLASHBACK - CALVIN HARRIS 17 RE DON`T STOP BELIEVIN`- JOURNEY 18 10 BREAK YOUR HEART - TAIO CRUZ 19 19 YOU`RE NOT ALONE - TINCHY STRYDER 20 06 BODIES - ROBBIE WILLIAMS 21 54 PENCIL FULL OF LEAD - PAOLO NUTINI 22 18 HOTEL ROOM SERVICE - PITBULL 23 14 I GOT SOUL - YOUNG SOUL REBELS 24 26 GOOD GIRLS GO BAD - COBRA STARSHIP 25 15 THE CAPTAIN - BIFFY CLYRO 26 16 SHE WOLF - SHAKIRA 27 24 3 WORDS - CHERYL COLE 28 21 ANYWAY - DUCK SAUCE 29 17 SEXY BITCH - DAVID GUETTA 30 28 DIRTEE CASH - DIZZEE RASCAL 31 34 BEAT AGAIN - JLS 32 20 FOREVER IS OVER - SATURDAYS 33 22 SWEET DISPOSITION - TEMPER TRAP 34 NE I CAN TRANSFORM YOU - CHRIS BROWN 35 52 BROKENHEARTED GIRL - BEYONCE 36 38 YOU GOT THE LOVE - FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE 37 35 DOMINOES - THE BIG PINK 38 33 SEX ON FIRE - KOL 39 40 SWEET DREAMS - BEYONCE 40 23 SOS - JORDIN SPARKS 41 30 THE SPELL - ALPHABEAT 42 27 NEW YORK - PALOMA FAITH 43 32 BOYS AND GIRLS - PIXIE LOTT 44 NE THEY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN - LAURA WHITE 45 36 RUN THIS TOWN - JAY Z 46 NE XalI_FU3zYI 47 NE ROCK N`ROLLA - KANO 48 25 WHEELS - FOOFIGHTERS 49 41 CRY ME A RIVER - MICHAEL BUBLE 50 56 I`M YOURS - JASON MRAZ Bubbling under we have Bon Jovi - Livin`On A Prayer at 52, Guns N`Roses at 54, Oasis at 57. Sneaking in to the top 75: RELAX 09 802b-mwK3a4 BULIEF WDEi8m_gwR8 PINK just missing out on download alone QGrkoAEpPlA DANIEL MERRIWEATHER/ADELE just outside the 75 ShO6KKaEoZQ Future Hit KE$HA don`t bother about the Hitmakers bad cover at 69! NMgJwiOEM9M Future Flop THEY WILL ROB YOU OF YOUR GIFT - RIDING THE LOW...but no Vid! :lol: Forgotten Oldie CAN YOU PARTY - ROYAL HOUSE...with the "house" well in effect! _xOxBRC8Ppc
  11. Friday 30th October The Top Books: Compiled by Neilsen 01 01 THE LOST SYMBOL - DAN BROWN 02 02 GUINESS WORLD RECORDS - GUINESS BOOKS 03 07 BORN BAD - JOSEPHINE COX 04 03 CROSS COUNTRY - JAMES PATTERSON 05 18 A GOOD WOMAN - DANIELLE STEELE 06 24 THE PROPHECY - CHRIS KUSNESKI 07 09 SCARPETTA FACTOR - PATRICIA CORNWELL 08 06 THE GIFT - CECILIA AHERN 09 05 WOLF HALL - HILARY MANTEL 10 04 UNSEEN ACADEMICALS - TERRY PRATCHETT The Top Dvd Films: Compiled by HMV 01 01 X MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE 02 NE DRAG ME TO HELL 03 02 LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT 04 NE TRICK R TREAT 05 06 ANGELS AND DEMONS 06 NE IP MAN (Cantonese with subtitles) 07 NE DISTRICT 13: ULTIMATUM 08 NE COLIN 09 13 FAST & FURIOUS 10 08 GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST Now "Monsters Vs Aliens" is missing from this list, as it is classed as a Kids film. Then again a few weeks ago, "Coraline" was featured in the top 3. So, who knows why...Both animated, both aimed at children?? Overall "Monsters Vs Aliens" has actually sold more than X-Men, this week. The Top UK Box Office Films: Compiled by Screen International 01 01 UP 02 NE SAW VI 03 NE FANTASTIC MR FOX 04 02 COUPLES RETREAT 05 NE CIRQUE DU FREAK THE VAMPIRES ASSISTANT 06 03 THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR PARNASSUS 07 04 THE INVENTION OF LYING 08 05 ZOMBIELAND 09 06 FAME 10 RE CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS The Top Games: Based on all formats 01 01 GUITAR HERO ON TOUR 02 02 UNCHARTED 2-AMONG THIEVES 03 04 FIFA 10 04 NE FOOTBALL MANAGER 2010 05 NE NEED FOR SPEED-SHIFT 06 NE SOLUS 07 08 MARIO AND SONIC AT THE WINTER OLYMPICS 08 05 QUANTUM OF SOLACE 09 NE PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2010 10 NE FORZO MOTORSPORT 3 The Top Albums: Based on a rota Thurs-Weds, with adjusted figures for new entries: 01 NE 3 WORDS - CHERYL COLE 02 02 CRAZY - MICHAEL BUBLE 03 NE THIS IS IT - MICHAEL JACKSON 04 01 OVERCOME - ALEXANDRA BURKE 05 NE LIVE LOUNGE 4 - VARIOUS 06 NE COMING HOME - THE SOLDIERS 07 NE BELIEVE - KATHERINE JENKINS 08 03 I LOOK TO YOU - WHITNEY HOUSTON 09 04 NEW MOON-TWILIGHT SAGA - OST 10 07 SUNNY SIDE UP - PAOLO NUTINI 11 NE PEACE IN THE VALLEY - DANIEL O`DONNELL 12 26 E.N.D. - BLACK EYED PEAS 13 12 VERY BEST OF - FLEETWOOD MAC 14 16 VERY BEST OF - VERA LYNN 15 10 I AM CHIPMUNK - CHIPMUNK 16 05 MAN FROM ANOTHER TIME - SEASICK STEVE 17 08 ONCE AGAIN - SPANDAU BALLET 18 NE POP PARTY 7 - VARIOUS 19 15 TONGUE N`CHEEK - DIZZEE RASCAL 20 09 DO YOU WANT THE TRUTH OR SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL - PALOMA FAITH 21 22 ONLY BY THE NIGHT - KOL 22 20 THE RESISTANCE - MUSE 23 29 LUNGS - FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE 24 17 ULTIMATE COLLECTION - WHITNEY HOUSTON 25 32 BEST OF - ALISON MOYET 26 21 WEST RYDER PAUPER LUNATIC ASYLUM - KASABIAN 27 13 CELEBRATION - MADONNA 28 18 REUNITED - CLIFF AND THE SHADOWS 29 27 REVELATION - PETER ANDRE 30 19 BLUEPRINT - JAY Z Cheryl selling 105,000 at this point. Although the week at HMV has Mr Buble selling more than her... The Top TV Programmes: Compiled by BARB (Only the top editions of programmes are note here) 01 01 X FACTOR 13.89 02 02 CORONATION STREET 10.08 03 03 EASTENDERS 9.49 03 04 DOC MARTIN 05 05 STRICTLY COME DANCING 8.44 06 06 EMMERDALE 7.48 07 07 HARRY HILL`S TV BURP 7.35 08 NE WORLD CUP QUALIFIER 7.05 09 NE LIFE 6.84 10 NE BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX 6.63 11 09 FAMILY FORTUNES 6.64 12 12 YOU`VE BEEN FRAMED 6.56 13 11 BENIDORM 6.38 14 17 COUNTRYFILE 5.79 15 14 HOLBY CITY 5.73 15 NE HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU 5.73 17 24 10 O`CLOCK NEWS 5.39 18 19 BLUE MURDER 5.15 19 RE BBC NEWS/SPORT/WEATHER SAT 5.11 20 16 CASUALTY 5.04 21 20 LOTTERY DRAWS 4.98 22 NE ARMSTRONG AND MILLER 4.68 23 RE NEW TRICKS 4.67 23 RE SIMPLE SUPPERS 25 21 BBC NEWS SUN 4.66 26 22 THE ONE SHOW 4.61 27 29 ANIMALS DO THE FUNNIEST THINGS 4.56 28 NE MICHAEL MCINTYRE`S COMEDY ROADSHOW 4.52 29 RE MATCH OF THE DAY 4.51 30 26 6 O`CLOCK NEWS 4.36 Flash Forward slumps to 31 this time, as The Bill slumps further at 32 on 3.78. Time for the Flashback to...November 1981 (Charts compiled by MRIB) The Top TV, back then: A shortage of actual ratings figures from then, as hardly any were kept BBC Programmes: 01 PAUL DANIEL`S MAGIC SHOW (SAT) 16.00...comedy and magic a la Paul & Miss Debbie McGee 02 JULIET BRAVO (SAT)...Stephanie Turner stars as Jean Darbley in the police based drama series 03 THE MOVING TARGET...taken from the Ross MacDonald novel. Lew Archer trys to find a missing oil tycoon 04 LARRY GRAYSON`S GENERATION GAME (SAT) 14.50...Larry in his 4th, and final series of the family game with Isla St Clair 05 WILDLIFE ON ONE (TUES)...David Attenborough on his nature trek 06 ROSIE (MON)...dodgy sitcom about PC Penrose (Paul Greenwood), and his pal PC Wilmot (Tony Haygarth). This, the very last edition...thank God! 07 MASTERMIND (SUN)...Magnus Magnusson introduces the grueling quiz 08 FLAMINGO ROAD...a US Soap based on a 1949 film with Joan Crawford. In vain of "Dallas", & "Knots Landing". This version starred Morgan Fairchild & John Beck 09 TOMORROW`S WORLD (THURS)...the 17th series of the science based look at new gadgets with Kieran Prendiville, Judith Hann, and Maggie Philbin 10 IT`S A KNOCKOUT (FRI) 10.50...the ever laughing Stuart Hall plays host, as the late Eddie Waring keeps track of the score in the treble team contest ITV Programmes: 01 FILM: JAWS (SAT) 23.30...the first British tv showing of the film 02 CORONATION STREET (MON) 18.80 03 CORONATION STREET (WEDS) 04 THE BENNY HILL SHOW (WEDS) 17.00...The regular 2 month outing for Benny, along with Henry McGee, Jackie Wright, and Hill`s Angels 05 ONLY WHEN I LAUGH (THURS)...The Sitcom, where James Bolam/Peter/Bowles/Christopher Strauli got to stay in Hospital for 4 series! 06 NEVER THE TWAIN (MON) 16.00...Father Of The Groom. Lyn & David get married much to annoyance of Oliver Smallbridge & Simon Peel in the sitcom 07 CROSSROADS (MON) 08 THE MORECAMBE AND WISE SHOW (THURS)...Eric & Ernie, and a carrier bag at the bus stop 09 BULLSEYE (MON) 14.00...Jim Bowen in the super, great, smashing darts based quiz in series one at ATV 10 PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT (FRI)...Bruce Forsyth in series 3 of the game, where you could win £2,000, and a car by predicting the turning of a playing card I always get asked on the vintage tv thing about the Top Of The Pops ratings...This week in 1981, the show had just over 10million viewers, following Tomorrow`s World on Thursdays at 7.20pm. Although it averaged between 13 & 11million during the whole of 1981. The Christmas Day edition, in which the Radio One DJs (Tommy Vance/Richard Skinner/Peter Powell/Simon Bates/DLT etc picked their favs of 1981, got 14million. The Top Albums in Nov 1981: With the classic Police L.P. reigning supreme on week 3, ready to be knocked off by the Human League classic "Dare". 01 01 GHOST IN THE MACHINE - POLICE 02 14 DARE - HUMAN LEAGUE 03 04 IF I SHOULD LOVE AGAIN - BARRY MANILOW 04 02 SHAKY - SHAKIN`STEVENS 05 03 7 - MADNESS 06 08 HOOKED ON CLASSICS - LOUIS CLARK/ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 07 05 SUPER HITS 1 & 2 - VARIOUS 08 07 ABACAB - GENESIS 09 06 DEAD RINGER - MEATLOAF 10 19 OCTOBER - U2 11 10 STILL - JOY DIVISION 12 NE HEDGEHOG SANDWICH - NOT THE NINE O`CLOCK NEWS CAST 13 NE BODY TALK - IMAGINATION 14 NE GOSH IT`S - BAD MANNERS 15 11 WIRED FOR SOUND - CLIFF RICHARD 16 12 CELEBRATION - JOHNNY MATHIS 17 09 TATTOO YOU - ROLLING STONES 18 18 HAPPY BIRTHDAY - ALTERED IMAGES 19 13 RAGE IN EDEN - ULTRAVOX 20 15 DENIM AND LEATHER - SAXON The Top Singles in Nov 1981: 01 01 IT`S MY PARTY - DAVE STEWART/BARBARA GASKIN..the other Dave Stewart (not the Eurythmics one). Still actually working with Barbara 02 07 HAPPY BIIRTHDAY - ALTERED IMAGES...the first for Clare Grogan and co 03 04 O SUPERMAN - LAURIE ANDERSON...the longest record in the chart "uh uh uh uh uh uh". Didn`t it drive you nuts? 04 14 ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS - THE JAM...Paul and co, smashing up again 05 02 THE BIRDIE SONG - TWEETS...this record tops the hall of shame for cheese, along with Teletubbies, Aqua, and Black Lace 06 03 THUNDER IN THE MOUNTAINS - TOYAH...hit 3 for Ms Wilcox 07 12 GOOD YEAR FOR THE ROSES - ELVIS COSTELLO...a surprise return for Elvis, going country style 08 28 EVERY LITTLE THING SHE DOES IS MAGIC - POLICE...2 hits in the 30 for the band, heading to the top 09 06 OPEN YOUR HEART - HUMAN LEAGUE...the 3rd biggie for Phil and co 10 08 IT`S RAINING - SHAKIN`STEVENS...Shaky slightly loosing steam with another cover 11 24 LABELLED WITH LOVE - SQUEEZE...Difford & Tillbrook heading towards Elvis Costello in similar vain 12 05 UNDER YOUR THUMB - GODLEY AND CREME...the first biggie for the boys of 10cc. Remember "Englishman In New York"?...a UK flop 13 17 LET`S HANG ON - BARRY MANILOW...Bazza doing a former Four Seasons hit. Also covered in 1980, by Darts 14 19 HOLD ME - B.A. ROBERTSON/MAGGIE BELL...another cover of a PJ Proby hit. No split trousers in 1981, though! 15 11 WALKIN`IN THE SUNSHINE - BAD MANNERS...a lesser heard Buster Bloodvessel hit 16 30 WHEN SHE WAS MY GIRL - FOUR TOPS...the return of the boys. Not before time, and a top 3 smash 17 10 JUST CAN`T GET ENOUGH - DEPECHE MODE...No #1s for the band 18 13 HANDS UP GIVE ME YOUR HEART - OTTAWAN...cheese, and a New Zealand #1. In France the song "You`re Ok" was the biggie 19 15 SHUT UP - MADNESS...the nutty boys, and that broken window/tv set 20 27 TONIGHT I`M YOURS - ROD STEWART...Rodders heading back to the UK top 10 21 09 PRINCE CHARMING - ADAM AND THE ANTS...Stewart Goddard, later to be found in US crime shows a la "The Equaliser" etc 22 26 WHEN YOU WERE SWEET SIXTEEN - FUREYS/DAVEY ARTHUR...a trip to Ireland, for this even then oldie 23 38 JOAN OF ARC - ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK...2 hits in for OMD. Recently seen performing with the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 24 20 QUIET LIFE - JAPAN...Mick Karn/David Sylvian and co, who formed in Lewisham in 1974 25 18 INVISIBLE SUN - POLICE...the 2nd for Sting and co 26 16 ENDLESS LOVE - DIANA ROSS/LIONEL RICHIE...a lot of duets in 1981. This one on the Motown stable, of course 27 22 SOUVENIR - ORCHESTRAL MANOUEVRES IN THE DARK...Andy McCluskey and co again. With the dvd out on 30th Nov 28 25 MAD EYED SCREAMER - CREATURES...more or less Siouxie And The Banshess, and more goth 29 23 TAINTED LOVE - SOFT CELL...where we connect to Gloria Jones, with the Marc Bolan connection 30 42 PHYSICAL - OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN...Olivia away from the film circuit, but a dodgy video on keep fit. Was it what she really meant? 31 21 PRETEND - ALVIN STARDUST...a 1950s cover for the return of Bernard Jurey 32 34 DEAD CITIES - EXPLOITED...possibly one of the worst singles ever, by this Scottish Punk band, still performing 33 31 LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS - SLADE...more noise from Noddy, Dave, and co 34 NE BEGIN THE BEGUINE - JULIO IGLESIAS...the Spanish goalkeeper, unable to play anymore due to an injury. This, his 1st UK hit 35 37 NIGHTMARE - GILLAN...Ian and the band, with the Reading Football Club connection during the Elm Park years 36 NE LOVE ME TONIGHT - TREVOR WALTERS...reggae stylie 37 NE TWILIGHT - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA...slightly forgotten hit by ELO 38 41 AND THEN SHE KISSED ME - GARY GLITTER...Gazza covering the Crystals/Beach Boys, and even Kiss (who cut it in 1977) 39 NE TOM SAWYER - RUSH...over to Ontario, for the rock band who formed in 1968 40 47 CHARLOTTE SOMETIMES - THE CURE...this one missed the Official top 40, for the boys with the hair from Crawley The Top Pre-Orders in 2009 Top Pre-Order Singles: 01 EVERYBODY IN LOVE - JLS 2nd Nov 02 HAPPY - LEONA 9th Nov 03 END CREDITS - CHASE AND STATUS 2nd Nov 04 JUST SAY YES - SNOW PATROL 2nd Nov 05 RELAX - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD 2nd Nov 06 ABOUT A GIRL - SUGABABES 9th Nov 07 HEAL THE WORLD - BULIEF 2nd Nov 08 TIK TOK - KE$HA 30th Nov 09 TO LOVE AGAIN - ALESHA DIXON 16th Nov 10 I`M ALL OVER IT - JAMIE CULLUM 2nd Nov Leona beats Sugababes on Sunday 15th Nov... Top Pre-Order Albums: 01 REALITY KILLED THE VIDEO STAR - ROBBIE WILLIAMS 9th Nov 02 GREATEST HITS - FOOFIGHTERS 2nd Nov 03 JLS - JLS 9th Nov 04 ECHO - LEONA 16th Nov 05 CIRCLE - BON JOVI 2nd Nov 06 NOW 74 - VARIOUS 23rd Nov 07 CIRCUS LIVE - TAKE THAT 30th Nov 08 MEMOIRS OF AN IMPERFECT ANGEL - MARIAH CAREY 16th Nov 09 I DREAMED A DREAM - SUSAN BOYLE 23rd Nov 10 ONLY REVOLUTIONS - BIFFY CLYRO 9th Nov The Top Physicals this week: 01 NE WHAT ABOUT NOW - WESTLIFE 02 01 CHERYL COLE 03 02 ALEXANDRA BURKE 04 NE DOWN - JAY SEAN 05 03 ROBBIE WILLIAMS 06 04 YOUNG SOUL REBELS 07 NE YOU`RE NOT ALONE - TINCHY STRYDER 08 NE PARTY IN THE USA 09 06 CHIPMUNK 10 NE HOTEL ROOM SERVICE - PITBULL 11 NE THE CAPTAIN - BIFFY CLYRO 12 05 WHITNEY HOUSTON 13 07 TAIO CRUZ 14 08 SHAKIRA 15 09 SATURDAYS 16 NE ANYWAY - ARMAND VAN HELDON/A-TRACK 17 11 COBRA STARSHIP 18 10 ALPHABEAT 19 NE GET READY - BUBBEL G 20 12 MADONNA Other other entries physically further down for LITTLE COMETS, TI/MARY J BLIGE & SKUNK ANANSIE. The Full Week on iTunes: 01 01 FIGHT FOR THIS LOVE - CHERYL COLE 02 NE DOWN - JAY SEAN 03 NE WHAT ABOUT NOW - WESTLIFE 04 02 BAD BOYS - ALEXANDRA BURKE 05 07 HAVEN`T MET YOU YET - MICHAEL BUBLE 06 08 MEET ME HALFWAY - BLACK EYED PEAS 07 03 OOPSY DAISY - CHIPMUNK 08 NE PARTY IN THE USA - MILEY CYRUS 09 04 MILLION DOLLAR BILL - WHITNEY HOUSTON 10 09 I GOTTA FEELING - BLACK EYED PEAS 11 05 BODIES - ROBBIE WILLIAMS 12 06 EMPIRE STATE OF MIND - JAY Z 13 10 BREAK YOUR HEART - TAIO CRUZ 14 NE BAD ROMANCE - LADY GAGA 15 18 HOTEL ROOM SERVICE - PITBULL 16 NE 3 WORDS - CHERYL COLE 17 11 I GOT SOUL - YOUNG SOUL REBELS 18 19 YOU`RE NOT ALONE - TINCHY STRYDER 19 NE ANYWAY - DUCK SAUCE 20 12 GOOD GIRLS GO BAD - COBRA STARSHIP On a usual week for iTunes...they are about 1 day ahead of everyone else. Possibly a tip, there. Hang on for those complete combined singles, coming soon...
  12. Here comes the finish. With the week`s top combined singles physical/download compiled thus: The top 20 based on Chart Show tv`s chart, but with added sales. The 21-40 based on a mish-mash of physicals & downloads. The 41-75 based on complete downloads only...making it the most up to date chart in Britain, at this point. Bubblers: Top 75 Alexandra Burke - Silence Alexandra Burke - All Night Long Top 70 Spandau Ballet - Once More The Complete Top 60: 60 51 BULLETPROOF - LA ROUX 37) 59 49 GET SEXY - SUGABABES 36) 58 NE BLACK AND BLUE - MIKE SNOW 35) 57 RE UNDERDOG - KASABIAN 56 RE YOU`VE GOT THE LOVE - FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE 55 47 PAPARAZZI - LADY GAGA 34) 54 55 USE SOMEBODY - KOL 33) 53 37 CELEBRATION - MADONNA 32) 52 NE HIDING ALL THE STARS - CHICANE 51 34 GHOSTS N`STUFF - DEADMAU5 50 44 LOVE GAME - LADY GAGA 31) 49 30 LITTLE LION MAN - MUMFORD AND SONS 30) 48 36 LEFT MY HEART IN TOKYO - MINI VIVA 29) 47 42 MAMA SAID - DIONNE BLOOMFIELD 46 43 FIRE BURNING - SEAN KINGSTON 28) 45 41 YOU AND I - MEDINA 44 NE DON`T KNOW MY OWN STRENGTH - WHITNEY HOUSTON 43 38 GET SHAKY - IAN CAREY PROJECT 27) 42 48 BROKENHEARTED GIRL - BEYONCE 41 26 4EVER - VERONICAS 26) 40 35 REMEDY - LITTLE BOOTS 25) 39 33 HOLIDAY - DIZZEE RASCAL 24) 38 20 PAPILLION - EDITORS 23) 37 40 I`M YOURS - JASON MRAZ 22) 36 35 SWEET DREAMS - BEYONCE 21) 35 25 WATCH THE SUN COME UP - EXAMPLE 20) 34 16 IT`S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD - LOST PROPHETS 19) 33 45 PENCIL FULL OF LEAD - PAOLO NUTINI 32 46 SUPERNOVA - MR HUDSON 31 59 FLASHBACK - CALVIN HARRIS 30 27 BEAT AGAIN - JLS 18) 29 17 RUN THIS TOWN - JAY Z 28 19 WHITE LIES - MR HUDSON 27 RE HURT - CHRISTINA AGUILERA 17) =17 26 23 SEX ON FIRE - KOL 16) 25 18 BOYS AND GIRLS - PIXIE LOTT 15) 24 28 DOMINOES - BIG PINK 23 24 DIRTEE CASH - DIZZEE RASCAL 22 NE WHEELS - FOOFIGHTERS 21 22 NEW YORK - PALOMA FAITH 14) 20 15 SOS - JORDIN SPARKS =19 19 NE THE SPELL - ALPHABEAT 13) =18 18 14 YOU`RE NOT ALONE - TINCHY STRYDER =20 17 11 SWEET DISPOSITION - TEMPER TRAP 12) =14 16 12 HOTEL ROOM SERVICE - PITBULL =16 15 NE GOOD GIRLS GO BAD - COBRA STARSHIP 11) =13 14 08 FOREVER IS OVER - SATURDAYS 10) =11 13 10 SEXY CHICK - GUETTA/AKON =12 12 09 SHE WOLF - SHAKIRA 9) =10 11 31 MEET ME HALFWAY - BLACK EYED PEAS =15 10 07 HAVEN`T MET YOU YET - MICHAEL BUBLE =9 09 05 EMPIRE STATE OF MIND - JAY Z 08 06 I GOTTA FEELING - BLACK EYED PEAS 8) =8 07 NE I GOT SOUL - YOUNG SOUL REBELS 7) =6 06 04 BREAK YOUR HEART - TAIO CRUZ 6) =7 05 13 MILLION DOLLAR BILL - WHITNEY HOUSTON 5) =5 04 02 BODIES - ROBBIE WILLIAMS 4) =4 03 03 OOPSY DAISY - CHIPMUNK 3) =3 02 01 BAD BOYS - ALEXANDRA 2) =2 01 NE FIGHT FOR THIS LOVE - CHERYL COLE 1) =1 ) Position without downloads alone = Position on Chart Show tv A quarter of a million sold for Cheryl (250,000), with Alexandra on 104,000. With the combined chart, looking like the physical chart at the top.
  13. Monday 26th October The Album Preview: 01 NE 3 WORDS - CHERYL COLE 02 NE THIS IS IT - MICHAEL JACKSON 03 01 OVERCOME - ALEXANDRA 04 02 CRAZY LOVE - MICHAEL BUBLE 05 03 I LOOK TO YOU - WHITNEY 06 08 SUNNY SIDE UP - PAOLO NUTINI 07 NE LIVE LOUNGE 4 - VA 08 NE BELIEVE - KATHERINE JENKINS 09 NE POP PARTY 7 - VA 10 05 TWILIGHT SAGA-NEW MOON - OST 11 NE PEACE IN THE VALLEY - DANIEL O`DONNELL 12 NE COMING HOME - SOLDIERS 13 24 MAN FROM ANOTHER TIME - SEASICK STEVE 14 23 VERY BEST OF - FLEETWOOD MAC 15 25 ONCE MORE - SPANDAU BALLET 16 32 E.N.D. - BLACK EYED PEAS 17 04 I AM CHIPMUNK - CHIPMUNK 18 22 DO YOU WANT THE TRUTH OR SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL - PALOMA FAITH 19 10 VERY BEST OF - VERA LYNN 20 NE SWORDS - MORRISEY 21 14 TONGUE N`CHEEK - DIZZEE RASCAL 22 19 REUNITED - CLIFF AND THE SHADOWS 23 06 CELEBRATION - MADONNA 24 15 WEST RYDER PAUPER LUNATIC ASYLUM - KASABIAN 25 33 VERY BEST OF - ALSON MOYET 26 21 ONLY BY THE NIGHT - KOL 27 29 REVELATION - PETER ANDRE 28 31 ULTIMATE COLLECTION - WHITNEY HOUSTON 29 18 THE RESISTANCE - MUSE 30 NE WEEKEND HAS LANDED - ULTRABEAT Outside the 30, other new entries: Harry Connick Jnr, Pink Martini, Erasure, Show Of Hands, R.E.M, Cosmic Egg, Now 90s, Songs That Won The War, Top Gear: Seriously Rock N`Roll, and 101 Golden Memories Last week we got 6 in the 10, 14 in the 20, and 26 in the 30 in the albums. On the singles we got 9 in the 10, 18 in the 20, 28 in the 30, 36 in the 40, 48 in the 50, and 56 in the top 60. Back in October 1987, Radio Luxembourg got this: On the week they reduced their chart to a top 20, and Shaun Tilley hosted. Achieving 17 in the 20. 01 10 FAITH - GEORGE MICHAEL 02 16 LOVE IN THE FIRST DEGREE - BANANARAMA 03 NE WHENEVER YOU NEED SOMEBODY - RICK ASTLEY 04 20 LITTLE LIES - FLEETWOOD MAC 05 01 YOU WIN AGAIN - BEE GEES 06 14 MONY MONY - BILLY IDOL 07 28 RENT - PET SHOP BOYS 08 02 CROCKETTS THEME - JAN HAMMER 09 13 WALK THE DINOSAUR - WAS (NOT WAS) 10 27 I DON`T THINK THAT MAN SHOULD SLEEP ALONE - RAY PARKER JNR 11 08 THE CIRCUS - ERASURE 12 NE CHINA IN YOUR HAND - T`PAU 13 18 MAYBE TOMORROW - UB40 14 23 COME ON LET`S GO - LOS LOBOS 15 NE GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU - GEORGE HARRISON 16 21 DANCE LITTLE SISTER - TERENCE TRENT D`ARBY 17 03 CRAZY CRAZY NIGHTS - KISS 18 NE WANTED - STYLE COUNCIL 19 NE BARCELONA - FREDDIE MERCURY/MONTSERRAT CABALLE (Pronounced Cab-by-A, not Cabally-A like some radio people say)! 20 11 THE REAL THING - JELLYBEAN/STEVEN DANTE The Singles Preview: And welcome to the Cheryl Cole show! 01 01 FIGHT FOR THIS LOVE - CHERYL COLE 02 NE WHAT ABOUT NOW - WESTLIFE 03 NE m34xyw8E-Qs 04 02 BAD BOYS - ALEXANDRA 05 04 OOPSY DAISY - CHIPMUNK 06 03 BODIES - ROBBIE WILLIAMS 07 05 MILLION DOLLAR BILL - WHITNEY 08 19 MEET ME HALFWAY - BLACK EYED PEAS 09 06 I GOTTA FEELIN - BLACK EYED PEAS 10 07 BREAK YOUR HEART - TAIO CRUZ 11 08 EMPIRE STATE - JAY Z 12 12 HAVEN`T MET YOU YET - MICHAEL BUBLE 13 NE M11SvDtPBhA 14 10 I GOT SOUL - YOUNG SOUL REBELS 15 NE NQzEaPUTo90 16 13 SHE WOLF - SHAKIRA 17 17 SEXY CHICK - DAVID GUETTA 18 22 HOTEL ROOM SERVICE - PITBULL 19 21 YOU`RE NOT ALONE - TINCHY STRYDER 20 09 FOREVER IS OVER - SATURDAYS 21 NE vWM5D3MwSgA 22 15 SWEET DISPOSITION - TEMPER TRAP 23 20 SOS - JORDIN SPARKS 24 NE 3 WORDS - CHERYL COLE 25 48 WHEELS - FOOFIGHTERS 26 14 GOOD GIRLS GO BAD - COBRA STARSHIP 27 18 NEW YORK - PALOMA FAITH 28 27 DIRTEE CASH - DIZZEE RASCAL 29 52 WHAT ABOUT NOW - DAUGHTRY 30 16 THE SPELL - ALPHABEAT 31 35 FLASHBACK - CALVIN HARRIS 32 23 BOYS AND GIRLS - PIXIE LOTT 33 22 SEX ON FIRE - KOL 34 29 BEAT AGAIN - JLS 35 25 DOMINOES - BIG PINK 36 26 RUN THIS TOWN - JAY Z 37 NE STAND UP - CHERYL COLE 38 RE YOU`VE THE LOVE - FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE 39 NE PARACHUTE - CHERYL COLE 40 33 SWEET DREAMS - BEYONCE 41 NE CRY ME A RIVER - MICHAEL BUBLE 42 11 HURT - CHRISTINA AGUILERA 43 42 SUPERNOVA - MR HUDSON 44 NE HEAVEN - CHERYL COLE 45 32 REMEDY - LITTLE BOOTS 46 34 WATCH THE SUN COME UP - EXAMPLE 47 NE BOY LIKE YOU - CHERYL COLE 48 NE RAIN ON ME - CHERYL COLE 49 NE MAKE ME CRY - CHERYL COLE 50 NE HAPPY HOUR - CHERYL COLE 51 NE DON`T TALK ABOUT THIS LOVE - CHERYL COLE 52 45 BROKENHEARTED GIRL - BEYONCE 53 NE vZvLrkD7LZ8 54 24 PENCIL FULL OF LEAD - PAOLO NUTINI 55 55 PAPARAZZI - LADY GAGA 56 43 I`M YOURS - JASON MRAZ 57 39 LEFT MY HEART IN TOKYO - MINI VIVA 58 36 MAMA SAID - DIONNE BLOMFIELD 59 28 WHITE LIES - MR HUDSON 60 37 4EVER - VERONICAS This week`s unfortunate flop: F0qC1EF2LR0 Future Hit for the Babes...another #1? WV148zhtJgk Future Flop for this lot, on the 5th anniversary of the late, great John Peel`s death in 2004: MZKDI1JnzfI The ending "lost" oldie, from Ray Erskine Parker Jnr. Former front man, from the group Raydio. Who formed in 1973. 9edbf80joOA
  14. It will struggle Tom...It will struggle. :wacko:
  15. No physical for Dionne.
  16. Friday 23rd October The Top Books: compiled by WhSmith 01 01 THE LOST SYMBOL - DAN BROWN 02 02 UNSEEN ACADEMICALS - TERRY PRATCHETT 03 03 GUINESS WORLD RECORDS 2010 - GUINESS BOOKS 04 05 SATURDAY NIGHT PETER - PETER KAY 05 07 WOLF HALL - HILARY MANTELL 06 08 THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNETS`NEST - STIEG LARSSON 07 NE DRIVEN TO DISTRACTION - JEREMY CLARKSON 08 NE BURNING LAND - BERNARD CORNWELL 09 NE BOOK OF TOMORROW - CECELIA AHERN 10 RE OOH WHAT A LOVELY PAIR - ANT AND DEC The Top Dvd Films: compiled by HMV 01 NE X-MEN: WOLVERINE 02 NE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT 03 NE KEEPER 04 02 DOGHOUSE 05 03 LOOKING FOR ERIC 06 05 ANGELS AND DEMONS 07 04 DAMAGE 08 12 GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST 09 07 INGLOURIUS BASTERDS 10 NE RED BARON The X Men rule the dvds with a big margin this week. I could never understand why these films are so popular. Having to sit through a couple at the cinema, I came to the conclusion I was bored rigid. Not exactly thought provoking/mind blowing are they? Though a big amount seems spent on over the top special effects. If they weren`t so violent, I`d call them kids films! ;) Not exactly Star Trek is it? Now, where did I put my Leonard Nimoy/William Shatner CD "Spaced Out?" The Top UK Box Office Films: compiled by Screen International 01 01 UP 02 NE COUPLES RETREAT £1,825,142 03 NE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS £905,786 04 03 INVENTION OF LYING 05 02 ZOMBIELAND 06 04 FAME 07 NE TRIANGLE £260,626 08 06 HALLOWEEN 11 09 05 LOVE HAPPENS 10 NE BLUE £215,962 The Top Games: based on all formats 01 02 GUITAR HERO ON TOUR 02 06 UNCHARTED 2-AMONG THIEVES 03 03 GUITAR HERO LEGENDS OF ROCK 04 01 FIFA 10 05 04 QUANTUM OF SOLACE 06 NE SUPER SMASH BROTHERS BRAWL 07 05 PROFESSOR LAYTON & PANDORA`S BOX 08 NE MARIO AND SONIC AT THE WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES 09 09 HALO 3: ODST 10 10 SONIC UNLEASHED The Top TV Programmes: compiled by BARB (Only the top editions of programmes, noted here) 01 01 X FACTOR 13.82 02 02 CORONATION STREET 9.94 03 03 EASTENDERS 9.27 04 05 DOC MARTIN 9.21 05 04 STRICTLY COME DANCING 8.82 06 06 EMMERDALE 7.40 07 NE HARRY HILL`S TV BURP 7.13 08 11 FAMILY FORTUNES 6.37 09 NE PRIDE OF BRITAIN AWARDS 6.35 10 08 BENIDORM 6.17 11 22 YOU`VE BEEN FRAMED 5.90 12 10 MERLIN 5.69 13 12 HOLBY CITY 5.64 14 14 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 5.62 15 09 CASUALTY 5.52 16 15 COUNTRYFILE 5.51 17 NE CRIMINAL JUSTICE 5.24 18 16 BLUE MURDER 5.07 19 20 LOTTERY DRAWS 4.85 20 19 BBC NEWS SUNDAY 4.77 21 24 THE ONE SHOW 4.59 22 28 ITV NEWS SUNDAY 4.55 23 17 10 O`CLOCK NEWS 4.53 24 RE LIFE STORIES 4.51 25 26 6 O`CLOCK NEWS 4.40 26 RE ITV WEEKEND NEWS 4.35 27 NE FLASH FORWARD 4.25 28 RE ANIMALS DO THE FUNNIEST THINGS 4.23 29 NE EMMA 4.12 30 25 THE BILL 3.85 All is not well as a Channel 5 programme is ahead of The Bill, via Flash Forward. The Top Albums: based on a rota of sales (Thurs - Weds), with adjusted figures for new entries 01 NE OVERCOME - ALEXANDRA BURKE 02 NE CRAZY LOVE - MICHAEL BUBLE 03 NE I LOOK TO YOU - WHITNEY HOUSTON 04 NE MAN FROM ANOTHER TIME - SEASICK STEVE 05 NE LIEBE IST FUR ALLE DA - RAMMSTEIN 06 NE NEW MOON-TWILIGHT SAGA - OST 07 18 SUNNY SIDE UP - PAOLO NUTINI 08 NE ONCE MORE - SPANDAU BALLET 09 34 DO YOU WANT THE TRUTH OR SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL - PALOMA FAITH 10 02 I AM CHIPMUNK - CHIPMUNK 11 01 IN THIS LIGHT AND ON THIS EVENING - EDITORS 12 NE VERY BEST OF - FLEETWOOD MAC 13 04 CELEBRATION - MADONNA 14 NE STRAIGHT NO CHASER - MR HUDSON 15 09 TONGUE N`CHEEK - DIZZEE RASCAL 16 07 VERY BEST OF - VERA LYNN 17 RE ULTIMATE COLLECTION - WHITNEY HOUSTON 18 12 REUNITED - CLIFF AND THE SHADOWS 19 08 BLUEPRINT - JAY Z 20 10 THE RESISTANCE - MUSE 21 13 WEST RYDER LUNATIC ASYLUM - KASABIAN 22 16 ONLY BY THE NIGHT - KOL 23 03 SHE WOLF - SHAKIRA 24 36 INTRODUCING - DONNE BROMFIELD 25 06 LOVE IS THE ANSWER - BARBRA STREISAND 26 25 E.N.D. - BLACK EYED PEAS 27 27 REVELATION - PETER ANDRE 28 28 IT`S NOT ME IT`S YOU - LILY ALLEN 29 24 LUNGS - FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE 30 19 VERY BEST OF - ANDY WILLIAMS Surprising/or not as Shakira slumps 20 places, and absolutely hilarious/or not as Saturdays fall 28 places to 33! The big news is though, Alexandra takes 108,000 to Buble`s 65,000. Time for the Flashback to...October 1993. (Charts compiled by MRIB) The Top TV, back then 01 CORONATION STREET 18.00 02 BIG FIGHT LIVE 16.40 03 CASUALTY 16.10 04 EASTENDERS 15.60 05 HEARTBEAT 15.50 06 YOU`VE BEEN FRAMED 15.20 07 LONDON`S BURNING 14.60 08 WORLD CUP QUALIFIER SOCCER 14.10 09 STRIKE IT LUCKY 14.00 09 THE BILL 14.00 11 BLIND DATE 13.00 12 KEEPING UP APPEARANCES 12.60 13 NOEL`S HOUSE PARTY 12.50 13 HYPNOTIC WORLD OF PAUL MCKENNA 12.50 13 SOLDIER SOLDIER 12.50 16 WORKING GIRL 12.20 16 GLADIATORS 12.20 18 FAMILY FORTUNES 12.10 19 ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE 12.00 20 BOXING: EUBANK v BENN 11.80 The rot of British tv was beginning to set in by 1993. One good thing was that only single editions of programmes were included. So, Neighbours & Home And Away showed their true figures...Where were they both? Barely in the top 30! TV Hype was definately in, with the likes of Robson & Jerome a la "Soldier Soldier". Terrible sitcom with "Keeping Up Appearances". Was I the only one, who thought this was probably one of the worst ever? A typical Roy Clarke sitcom, as it was virtually the same story every week. Hyacinth Bucket trys to pretend to be the Queen Bee, and trys to keep a distance from her sister "Rose", and brother in law "Onslo", plus tart of a sister "Daisy". Not to mention the old man figure "Daddy", who was obviously played by a much younger man dressed up! A gross show, much overated by the BBC who still repeat the damn thing today. Didn`t get much better, because there was Noel`s House Party in it`s 3rd terrible season...grown from an earlier effort (much the same flavour) "Noel`s Saturday Roadshow" (1988-90). This grew from the other series "The Late Late Breakfast Show" (1982-86)...Kind of "Multi-Coloured Swap Shop" for adults, with other host (doing outside events) Mike "Smitty" Smith. Axed because a contestant involved in a whirlywheel stunt with a motorcycle was killed in action. Paul McKenna (dj/presenter/hypnotist) had his own show, where volunteers were hypnotised and made fools of themselves. I remember seeing Paul, a few years back and he told me that most of the people that took part in the show, were those that had big egos, and commended those that had to return to their seats because they couldn`t actually be totally hypnotised. I often wondered if those that were suposebly hypnotised actually were not aware of what tomfoolery they were doing! "Working Girl" was the Harrison Ford/Sigourney Weaver film, where boss steals secretary`s idea, and secretary pretends to be boss in comedy/drama style. Les Dennis was on his 7th series of "Family Fortunes" showing on Saturdays. It was actually the 13th total series. Les did 16 series of it. In 2003, Andy Collins took the show to early evening and clocked up 78 editions on his own. Unfortunately, although Andy was a good host, it didn`t do so well. Even so, never beaten in hosting was original host Bob Monkhouse...clocking up 4 seasons (1980-83). Less said about Max Bygraves terrible hosting 83/5, leading to cancellation. Then returning in the Summer of 1987 with Les. It was the 4th series of "One Foot In The Grave", Victor Meldrew (Richard Wilson)...sitcom with the dramatic twist in there, sometimes quite shocking. The Top Albums in Oct 1993 01 01 EVERYTHING CHANGES - TAKE THAT 02 04 BAT OUT OF HELL II-BACK INTO HELL - MEAT LOAF 03 NE ONE WOMAN - DIANA ROSS 04 02 Vs - PEARL JAM 05 NE BANG - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD 06 05 ELEGANT SLUMMING - M. PEOPLE 07 03 TOGETHER ALONE - CROWDED HOUSE 08 11 ACES AND KINGS - GO WEST 09 06 COME ON FEEL - LEMONHEADS 10 NE 4 CALENDAR CAFE - COCTEAU TWINS Both Diana Ross and Frankie Goes To Hollywood`s albums were Greatest Hits...leading to re-issues of certain singles, as we find out in 1993`s singles: 01 01 I`LL DO ANTHING - MEAT LOAF 02 NE PLEASE FORGIVE ME - BRYAN ADAMS 03 NE BOTH SIDES - PHIL COLLINS 04 16 YOU`VE GOTTA LET THE MUSIC - CAPPELLA 05 04 STAY - ETERNAL 06 10 DON`T BE A STRANGER - DINA CARROLL 07 03 BOOM BOOM SHAKE THE ROOM - JAZZY JEFF/FRESH PRINCE 08 02 RELIGHT MY FIRE/LULU 09 14 ONE LOVE - PRODIGY 10 05 MOVIN` ON UP - M PEOPLE 11 40 GIVE IT UP - GOODMEN 12 12 PLAY DEAD - BJORK/DAVID ARNOLD 13 13 SO NATURAL - LISA STANSFIELD 14 06 SHE DON`T LET NOBODY - CHAKA DEMUS/PLIERS 15 08 LIFE - HADDAWAY 16 11 PEACH - PRINCE 17 NE TEXAS COWBOYS - THE GRID 18 NE WHY MUST WE WAIT - TINA TURNER 19 07 THE GIFT - INXS 20 25 TONGUE TIED - CAT 21 17 MR VAIN - CULTURE BEAT 22 NE THIS GARDEN - LEVELLERS 23 29 JULIA - CHRIS REA 24 39 FOR WHAT IT`S WORTH - OUI 3 25 09 RELAX - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD 26 15 GO WEST - PET SHOP BOYS 27 NE SHAMROCKS AND SHENNANIGANS - HOUSE OF PAIN 28 NE OVER THE EDGE - THE ALMIGHTY 29 31 GOT TO GET IT RIGHT - LENA FEAGBY 30 NE FROM A TO H AND BACK - SHEEP ON DRUGS 31 42 ALL ABOUT SOUL - BILLY JOEL 32 21 CHAIN REACTION - DIANA ROSS 33 NE CRYING WHEN I MET YOU - AEROSMITH 34 34 BUMP - RIGHT SAID FRED 35 19 GOING NOWHERE - GABRIELLE 36 18 HALLOWED BE THY NAME - IRON MAIDEN 37 28 I BELIEVE - BON JOVI 38 26 HERE WE GO - STAKKER BOW 39 24 RIGHT HERE - SWV (SISTERS WITH VOICES) 40 27 ARE YOU WILLING TO TESTIFY - LIONROCK 41 20 INTO YOUR ARMS - LEMONHEADS 42 NE STAY FOREVER - JOEY LAWRENCE 43 22 STAX - JOY 44 23 OTIS BLUE - PAUL YOUNG 45 33 MIRACLE GOODNIGHT - DAVID BOWIE 46 NE YOU OWE IT ALL TO ME - TEXAS 47 NE NEW POLICY ONE - TERRORVISION 48 NE SOMEBODYS BABY - PAT BENATAR 49 NE PASS IT ON - BITTY MCLEAN 50 NE SATURDAYS NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE - KINGMAKER Meat Loaf definately the biggy of 1993! A hell of a lot of re-makes & re-issues. Take That covering Dan Hartman`s 1978 "Relight My Fire"...a hit all over Europe but not Britain. Oui 3 covering Buffalo Springfield circa 1967. A re-issue for "Relax"...looking like a hit 3rd time around in 2009. Pet Shop Boys taking the ever so similar Village People`s 1979 hit all the way on MRIB`s chart, damn "Boom Boom Shake The Room", ay! If you got fed up with Diana Ross in 1986, then you were even more so, with the re-issued "Chain Reaction"...the Bee Gees song. SWV nicked a Michael Jackson riff, from "Human Nature. A whole pletheroe of forgotten hits in there too. The bottom six, probably not played since 1993. Paul Young found himself doing very well on the crappy Independant Radio Pepsi Chart, as he managed to get to #11! Shame on them...1993 being the year, when the airplay was out of hand, just like 16 years on! If only they had stuck with the above MRIB chart. :( The Top Pre-Order Singles this week: 01 HAPPY - LEONA LEWIS 9th Nov 02 EVERYBODY IN LOVE - JLS 2nd Nov 03 CAPTAIN - BIFFY CLYRO 26th Oct 04 ANYWAY - ARMAND & A-TRAK 26th Oct 05 HIDING ALL THE STARS - CHICANE 26th Oct 06 ABOUT A GIRL - SUGABABES 9th Nov 07 ADULTERY - LITTLE COMETS 26th Oct 08 DOWN - JAY SEAN 26th Oct 09 RELAX - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD 2nd Nov 10 GET READY - BUBBEL G 26th Oct Looks like JLS will be knocked off by Leona. Lucky them! :lol: The Top Pre-order Albums this week: 01 REALITY KILLED THE VIDEO STAR - ROBBIE WILLIAMS 9th Nov 02 THIS IS IT - MICHAEL JACKSON 26th Oct 03 3 WORDS - CHERYL COLE 26th Oct 04 JLS - JLS 9th Nov 05 ECHO - LEONA LEWIS 16th Nov 06 I DREAMED A DREAM - SUSAN BOYLE 23rd Nov 07 CIRCLE - BON JOVI 2nd Nov 08 MEMOIRS OF AN IMPERFECT ANGEL - MARIAH CAREY 16th Nov 09 GREATEST HITS - FOOFIGHTERS 2nd Nov 10 LIVE LOUNGE 4 - VARIOUS 26th Oct The Top Physicals this week: 01 NE CHERYL COLE 02 01 ALEXANDRA BURKE 03 02 ROBBIE WILLIAMS 04 NE YOUNG SOUL REBELS 05 04 WHITNEY HOUSTON 06 03 CHIPMUNK 07 07 TAIO CRUZ 08 08 SHAKIRA 09 06 SATURDAYS 10 NE ALPHABEAT 11 NE COBRA STARSHIP 12 09 MADONNA 13 05 CASCADA 14 NE SLAYER 15 10 EDITORS 16 11 LOST PROPHETS 17 NE MIIKE SNOW 18 13 VERONICAS 19 12 CLIFF AND THE SHADOWS 20 15 GRACIOUS K The Full Week on iTunes: 01 NE CHERYL COLE 02 01 ALEXANDRA BURKE 03 03 CHIPMUNK 04 14 WHITNEY HOUSTON 05 02 ROBBIE WILLIAMS 06 NE YOUNG SOUL REBELS 07 04 JAY Z 08 06 BLACK EYED PEAS 09 07 TAIO CRUZ 10 NE BLACK EYED PEAS (MEET ME HALFWAY) 11 05 MICHAEL BUBLE 12 NE COBRA STARSHIP 13 08 SHAKIRA 14 09 SATURDAYS 15 11 GUETTA/AKON 16 10 TEMPER TRAP 17 NE FOOFIGHTERS 18 12 PITBULL 19 15 TINCHY STRYDER 20 13 JORDIN SPARKS Alphabeat just miss the iTunes top 20 of the week, as Paloma Faith sticks at 22. These both have something in common...Neither will ever be heard on BigTop40. For that I can`t understand, as Paloma certainly pops up during the week on some of the Independant Stations that take it. Crazy, or what? :angry: Hang on for the full combined singles, coming soon...While you wait, don`t forget we are still running the Christmas comp, where you can win the top ten singles on the Christmas chart...Tell me 3 acts that will appear in the Christmas chart. The X Factor winner is not allowed. All entries must be in before Friday 11th December. Send entries to davericktaylor@yahoo.co.uk Mulling over that...on a recent survey these are some of the oldies likely to re-chart in the Christmas Top 40 this year, in order: STOP THE CALVARY - JONA LEWIE...looks like the Argos ad, will pay off in order to put Jona up in the top 20, 29 years on. ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU - MARIAH CAREY...who needs Mariah`s new stuff, when the DFS ad will keep the royalties coming for the lady. LAST CHRISTMAS - WHAM...the perennial fav, can`t be overlooked. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY - SLADE...ditto! I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY - WIZZARD...ditto again! SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN - THE JACKSONS...obvious reasons why this 1972 flop, might do it in 2009. Add to that lot a choice of Bob Dylan...with "Do You Hear What I Hear", being the fav from him...with the usual stuff from Bing, Shaky, Greg Lake and of course Andy Williams. What a shame those Christmas classics by Dana, Father Abraham, Barron Knights, and Steeleye Span never seem to re-appear...and Chris Hill, please do a 2009 mock up for the recession, it would be great and would have to include Chipmunk, Dizzee Rascal, David Guetta, and Jay Z. After Renta Santa, Bionic Santa, Soul Santa, and Disco Santa...You could call it Tacky Santa! :naughty: Hang around...
  17. Well it`s not based on an average of positions. I mean if it were, where`s Pixie Lott? Only 21 on the complete week. Those positions come from a reliable source.
  18. Here`s the big finish: The Bubblers: Top 75 TAIO CRUZ (NO OTHER ONE) Top 70 CHIPMUNK (DIAMOND RINGS) VERONICAS (UNTOUCHED) KASABIAN (UNDERDOG) MILEY CYRUS LA ROUX (I`M NOT YOUR TOY) 40) without downloads alone The complete top 60 (compiled thus: The top 20 based around Chart Show tv, but with added sales/The 21-40 based on a mish-mash of Physical/Downloads/The rest 41-75 based on just downloads. Top 60 60 40 WE ARE GOLDEN - MIKA 39) 59 NE LOSE MY LIFE - CHIPMUNK 58 50 YOU AND I - MEDINA 57 NE THE SCIENTIST - COLDPLAY 56 42 NEVER LEAVE YOU - TINCHY/AMELLE 38) 55 51 I KNOW YOU WANT ME - PITBULL 37) 54 NE MIGRAINE SKANK - GRACIOUS K 36) 53 34 RED - DANIEL MERRIWEATHER 35) 52 NE FLASHBACK - CALVIN HARRIS 51 43 USE SOMEBODY - KOL 34) 50 52 BULLETPROOF - LA ROUX 33) 49 35 IGNORANT - PARAMORE 32) 48 30 GET SEXY - SUGABABES 31) 47 36 PAPARAZZI - LADY GAGA 30) 46 41 SUPERNOVA - MR HUDSON 45 NE PENCIL FULL OF LEAD - PAOLO NUTINI 44 33 FIREBURNING - SEAN KINGSTON 29) 43 31 LOVE GAME - LADY GAGA 28) 42 45 BROKEN HEARTED GIRL - BEYONCE 41 NE MAMA SAID - DIONNE BROMFIELD 40 28 I`M YOURS - JASON MRAZ 27) 39 32 UPRISING - MUSE 26) 38 27 GET SHAKY - IAN CAREY 25) 37 25 CELEBRATION - MADONNA 24) 36 22 LEFT MY HEART IN TOKYO - MINI VIVA 23) 35 29 SWEET DREAMS - BEYONCE 22) 34 16 GHOSTS N` STUFF - DEADMAU5 33 23 HOLIDAY - DIZZEE RASCAL 21) 32 RE AND I`M TELLING YOU I`M NOT GOING - JENNIFER HUDSON 31 NE MEET ME HALFWAY - BLACK EYED PEAS 30 24 LITTLE LION MAN - MUMFORD AND SONS 20) 29 29 REMEDY - LITTLE BOOTS 19) 28 38 DOMINOES - THE BIG PINK 27 39 BEAT AGAIN - JLS 18) 26 21 4EVER - VERONICAS 16) 25 18 WATCH THE SUN GO DOWN - EXAMPLE 15) 24 17 SEX ON FIRE - KOL 14) 23 20 DIRTEE CASH - DIZZEE RASCAL 22 19 NEW YORK - PALOMA FAITH 13) 21 11 WHAT ABOUT NOW - DAUGHTRY =17 20 NE PAPILLION - EDITORS 12) =20 19 NE WHITE LIES - MR HUDSON =19 18 13 BOYS AND GIRLS - PIXIE LOTT 11) =18 17 10 RUN THIS TOWN - JAY Z 16 NE IT`S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD - LOST PROPHETS 10) =16 15 15 SOS - JORDIN SPARKS =15 14 14 YOU`RE NOT ALONE - TINCHY STRYDER =14 13 12 MILLION DOLLAR BILL - WHITNEY HOUSTON 9) =12 12 09 HOTEL ROOM SERVICE - PITBULL =13 11 06 SWEET DISPOSITION - TEMPER TRAP 8) =11 10 05 SEXY CHICK - DAVID GUETTA =10 09 07 SHE WOLF - SHAKIRA 7) =9 08 02 FOREVER IS OVER - SATURDAYS 6) =8 07 NE I HAVEN`T MET YOU YET - MICHAEL BUBLE =6 06 08 I GOTTA FEELING - BLACK EYED PEAS 5) =7 05 03 EMPIRE STATE OF MIND - JAY Z =4 04 04 BREAK YOUR HEART - TAIO CRUZ 4) =5 03 01 OOPSY DAISY - CHIPMUNK 3) =3 02 NE BODIES - ROBBIE WILLIAMS 2) =2 01 NE BAD BOYS - ALEXANDRA BURKE 1) =1 ) Position without downloads alone = Position on Chart Show tv Alex sells twice as many plus, somemore than Robbie. Figures suggesting she was approaching 185,000 at this point. Don`t forget Next Week`s Chart on Monday...coming to a radio near you in a few months time. National Radio infact, if all goes well. :)
  19. Monday 19th October The Album Preview: 01 NE OVERCOME - ALEXANDRA 02 NE CRAZY LOVE - MICHAEL BUBLE 03 NE I LOOK TO YOU - WHITNEY 04 05 I AM CHIPMUNK - CHIPMUNK 05 NE NEW MOON-TWILIGHT SAGA - OST 06 04 CELEBRATION - MADONNA 07 01 IN THIS LIGHT AND ON THIS EVENING - EDITORS 08 31 SUNNY SIDE UP - PAOLO NUTINI 09 02 SHE WOLF - SHAKIRA 10 08 VERY BEST OF - VERA LYNN 11 NE LIEBE IST FUR ALLE DA - RAMMSTEIN 12 NE STRAIGHT NO CHASER - MR HUDSON 13 03 LOVE IS THE ANSWER - BARBRA STEISAND 14 15 TONGUE N`CHEEK - DIZZEE RASCAL 15 32 WEST RYDER PAUPER LUNATIC ASYLUM - KASABIAN 16 09 WORDSHAKER - SATURDAYS 17 07 BLUEPRINT - JAY Z 18 13 THE RESISTANCE - MUSE 19 07 REUNITED - CLIFF AND THE SHADOWS 20 11 ROKKSTAR - TAIO CRUZ 21 16 ONLY BY THE NIGHT - KOL 22 33 DO YOU WANT TO HEAR THE TRUTH OR SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL - PALOMA FAITH 23 NE VERY BEST OF - FLEETWOOD MAC 24 NE MAN FROM ANOTHER TIME - SEASICK STEVE 25 NE ONCE MORE - SPANDAU BALLET 26 34 GREATEST HITS - ROBBIE WILLIAMS 27 14 STILL SO FAR TO GO - CHRIS REA 28 17 VERY BEST OF - ANDY WILLIAMS 29 26 REVELATION - PETER ANDRE 30 35 IT`S NOT ME IT`S YOU - LILY ALLEN Bubbling under said top 30 are Florence, Snap, and Alison Moyet. Last week we got 7in the 10, 16 in the 20, 23 in the 30, and 36 in the 40 on the album front. On the singles front we got 9 in the 10, 17 in the 20, 25 in the 30, 37 in the 40, 46 in the 50, and 55 in the top 60. Back in October 1986, Radio Luxembourg came up with this: And 28 in the top 30. 01 06 TAKE MY BREATH AWAY - BERLIN 02 07 NOTORIOUS - DURAN DURAN 03 04 WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN - BANGLES 04 01 EVERY LOSER WINS - NICK BERRY 05 03 ALL I ASK OF YOU - CLIFF RICHARD AND SARAH BRIGHTMAN 06 05 MIDAS TOUCH - MIDNIGHT STAR 07 02 IN THE ARMY NOW - STATUS QUO 08 11 DON`T GET ME WRONG - PRETENDERS 09 12 ASK - THE SMITHS 10 09 TO HAVE AND TO HOLD - CATHERINE STOCK 11 23 SOMETHING OUTA NOTHING - LETITIA DEAN AND PAUL J. MEDFORD 12 13 YOU KEEP ME HANGING ON - KIM WILDE 13 25 DON`T GIVE UP - PETER GABRIEL/KATE BUSH 14 08 TRUE BLUE - MADONNA 15 20 SHOWING OUT - MEL AND KIM 16 15 TO BE A LOVER - BILLY IDOL 17 26 THIS IS THE WORLD CALLING - BOB GELDOF 18 18 THINK FOR A MINUTE - HOUSEMARTINS 19 10 YOU CAN CALL ME AL - PAUL SIMON 20 30 LIVIN`ON A PRAYER - BON JOVI 21 21 CLOSE TO YOU - GWEN GUTHRIE 22 19 ALWAYS THE SUN - STRANGLERS 23 28 FOR AMERICA - RED BOX 24 14 TRUE COLOURS - CYNDI LAUPER 25 16 YOU`RE EVERYTHING TO ME - BORIS GARDINER 26 NE THROUGH THE BARRICADES - SPANDAU BALLET 27 NE BECAUSE I LOVE YOU - SHAKIN`STEVENS 28 22 RAIN OR SHINE - FIVE STAR 29 24 ALWAYS THERE - MARTI WEBB 30 17 SUBURBIA - PET SHOP BOYS The Singles Preview: 01 CHERYL COLE XMiy_UsrPDs 02 01 BAD BOYS - ALEXANDRA BURKE 03 02 BODIES - ROBBIE WILLIAMS 04 03 OOPSY DAISY - CHIPMUNK 05 12 MILLION DOLLAR BILL - WHITNEY 06 07 I GOTTA FEELING - BLACK EYED PEAS 07 05 BREAK YOUR HEART - TAIO CRUZ 08 04 EMPIRE STATE OF MIND - JAY Z 09 06 FOREVER IS OVER - SATURDAYS 10 NE I GOT SOUL - YOUNG SOUL REBELS 55CutoNUel0 11 RE HURT - CHRISTINA 12 11 HAVEN`T MET YOU YET - BUBLE 13 09 SHE WOLF - SHAKIRA 14 NE GOOD GIRLS GO BAD - COBRA STARSHIP 15 10 SWEET DISPOSITION - TEMPER TRAP 16 NE kwH0BxtbeEA 17 08 SEXY CHICK - DAVID GUETTA 18 23 NEW YORK - PALOMA FAITH 19 57 MEET ME HALFWAY - BLACK EYED PEAS 20 17 YOU`RE NOT ALONE - TINCHY 21 13 HOTEL ROOM SERVICE - PITBULL 22 18 SOS - JORDIN SPARKS 23 20 SEX ON FIRE - KOL 24 14 BOYS AND GIRLS - PIXIE LOTT 25 NE PENCIL FULL OF LEAD - PAOLO NUTINI 26 40 DOMINOES - THE BIG PINK 27 15 RUN THIS TOWN - JAY Z 28 24 DIRTEE CASH - DIZZEE RASCAL 29 42 WHITE LIES - MR HUDSON 30 26 BEAT AGAIN - JLS 31 21 IT`S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD - LOST PROPHETS 32 22 PAPILLION - EDITORS 33 32 REMEDY - LITTLE BOOTS 34 33 SWEET DREAMS - BEYONCE 35 25 WATCH THE SUN COME UP - EXAMPLE 36 NE FLASHBACK - CALVIN HARRIS 37 NE MAMA SAID - DIONNE BROMFIELD 38 29 4EVER - VERONICAS 39 27 LITTLE LION MAN - MUMFORD AND SONS 40 31 LEFT MY HEART IN TOKYO - MINI VIVA 41 34 GET SHAKY - IAN CAREY 42 30 HOLIDAY - DIZZEE RASCAL 43 43 SUPERNOVA - MR HUDSON 44 39 I`M YOURS - JASON MRAZ 45 38 FIRE BURNING - SEAN KINGSTON 46 50 BROKEN HEARTED GIRL - BEYONCE 47 RE YOU AND I - MEDINA 48 NE jLdmTyE4_sA 49 36 LOVE GAME - LADY GAGA 50 19 I`M TELLING YOU I`M NOT GOING - JENNIFER HUDSON 51 28 CELEBRATION - MADONNA 52 NE DIDN`T KNOW MY OWN STRENGTH - WHITNEY 53 RE TROUBLE - RAY LAMONTAGNE 54 16 WHAT ABOUT NOW - DAUGHTRY 55 41 PAPARAZZI - LADY GAGA 56 NE PARTY IN THE USA - MILEY 57 44 GET SEXY - SUGABABES 58 35 GHOSTS N`STUFF - DEADMAU5 59 37 UPRISING - MUSE 60 48 NEVER LEAVE YOU - TINCHY AND AMELLE Here`s some bubblers: SLAYER...Could sneak in by Sunday QPSutpPzsPA MIIKE SNOW...Another that could sneak in 8oKQSAt4c4c GREEN DAY...Only on download wVbwVejOics THE TWANG...Another only on download bcSOweCaQig Future Hit...A top ten on Sunday 1st Nov vZvLrkD7LZ8 Future Flop...A desperate flop! MEAN POPPA LEAN wtZitieEPGI Ending with a 1986 forgotten 45 CATHERINE STOCK - TO HAVE AND TO HOLD...A forgotten hit. How do you connect this 1986 song, to the Eurovision Song Contest, and also the late Adam Faith? Well Catherine (who is the sister of the famous Mike Stock), married Les Vandyke. Les wrote most of Adam Faith`s hits...and also Clodagh Rodgers Eurovision entry in 1971 "Jack In The Box". Les is also known as Johnny Worth. He also wrote for John Barry, Cleo Laine, Carol Deene, and even Barbra Streisand. The Streisand song was a UK flop in 1970 "I Can Do It", unfortunate title...because it just didn`t do it at all! 82pRkxZKCkk
  20. Here is a special Top 20 Saturday Singles update. Doesn`t change much, but it`s bang up todate with all yesterdays sales to midnight: 01 Chipmunk 02 Saturdays 03 Empire State Of Mind 04 Taio Cruz 05 Sexy Chick 06 Temper Trap 07 Shakira 08 Black Eyed Peas 09 Pitbull 10 Run This Town 11 Daughtry 12 Whitney 13 Pixie Lott 14 Tinchy Stryder 15 Jordin Sparks 16 Deadmau5 17 Sex On Fire 18 Paloma Faith 19 Dirtee Cash 20 Example
  21. But Danyl is from Reading...
  22. Friday 16th October The Top Books: Compiled by Neilsen 01 01 LOST SYMBOL - DAN BROWN 02 03 UNSEEN ACADEMICALS - TERRY PRATCHETT 03 04 GUINESS WORLD RECORDS - GUINESS BOOKS 04 05 CROSS COUNTRY - JAMES PATTERSON 05 07 SATURDAY NIGHT PETER - PETER KAY 06 18 THE GIFT - CECILA AHERN 07 94 WOLF HALL - HILARY MANTELL 08 02 GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET`S NEST - STIEG LARSSON 09 44 HETTY FEATHER - JACQUELINE WILSON 10 34 NATION - TERRY PRATCHET Pretty new books in there, this week. Although Wolf Hall, has been kicking about the top 100 since April. The Top Dvd Films: Compiled by HMV 01 NE CORALINE 02 NE DOGHOUSE 03 NE LOOKING FOR ERIC 04 03 DAMAGE 05 01 ANGELS AND DEMONS 06 02 FAST AND FURIOUS 07 05 INGLOURIUS BASTERDS 08 04 RED CLIFF 09 NE 12 ROUNDS 10 06 AWAYDAYS The Top UK Box Office Films: 01 NE UP £6,411,836 02 NE ZOMBIELAND £1,240,984 03 02 INVENTION OF LYING 04 01 FAME 05 NE LOVE HAPPENS £559,729 06 NE HALLOWEEN 11 £522,661 07 04 CLOUDY WITH A TOUCH OF MEATBALLS 08 05 SURROGATES 09 06 DISTRICT 9 10 08 500 DAYS OF SUMMER The Top Games: Based on all platforms 01 01 FIFA 10 02 02 GUITAR HERO ON TOUR 03 RE GIUTAR HERO LEGENDS OF ROCK 04 03 QUANTUM OF SOLACE 05 04 PROFESSOR LAYTON AND PANDORA`S BOX 06 NE UNCHARTED 2-AMONG THIEVES 07 06 NINJA GAIDEN SIGMA 2 08 07 SUPREME COMMANDER 09 05 HALO 3 ODST 10 08 SONIC UNLEASHED The Top TV Programmes: Compiled by BARB (Only the top editions of programmes, noted here) 01 01 X FACTOR 13.35 02 02 CORONATION STREET 10.02 03 03 EASTENDERS 9.73 04 04 STRICTLY COME DANCING 9.06 05 05 DOC MARTIN 8.71 06 07 EMMERDALE 7.95 07 06 WAKING THE DEAD 7.09 08 RE BENIDORM 6.50 09 10 CASUALTY 6.37 10 11 MERLIN 6.09 11 12 FAMILY FORTUNES 5.60 12 15 HOLBY CITY 5.52 13 RE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SOCCER 5.28 14 13 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 5.26 15 18 COUNTRYFILE 5.06 16 13 BLUE MURDER 4.96 17 19 10 O`CLOCK NEWS 4.93 18 NE EMMA 4.84 19 17 BBC NEWS SUN 4.81 20 09 LOTTERY DRAWS 4.79 21 21 THE CUBE 4.71 22 RE YOU`VE BEEN FRAMED 4.70 23 20 BBC NEWS WEATHER AND SPORT SAT 4.61 24 22 THE ONE SHOW 4.27 25 28 THE BILL 4.23 26 RE 6 O`CLOCK NEWS 4.12 27 RE SIMPLE SUPPERS 4.06 28 27 ITV NEWS SUN 4.04 29 RE CRIMEWATCH 3.96 30 RE COUNTRYWISE 3.63 Who Wants To Be A Millionaire finally falls out of the top 30...The definate fall in popularity. Once a top 5 regular. The Top Albums: Based on a rota of sales (Thurs - Weds), with adjusted figures for new entries 01 NE IN THIS LIGHT AND ON THIS EVENING - EDITORS 02 NE I AM CHIPMUNK - CHIPMUNK 03 NE SHE WOLF - SHAKIRA 04 02 CELEBRATION - MADONNA 05 NE WORDSHAKER - SATURDAYS 06 01 LOVE IS THE ANSWER - BARBRA STREISAND 07 08 VERY BEST OF - VERA LYNN 08 06 BLUEPRINT - JAY Z 09 09 TONGUE N`CHEEK - DIZZEE RASCAL 10 05 THE RESISTANCE - MUSE 11 NE ROKSTARR - TAIO CRUZ 12 07 REUNITED - CLIFF RICHARD AND THE SHADOWS 13 26 WEST RYDER PAUPER LUNATIC ASYLUM - KASABIAN 14 NE BAND OF BROTHERS - ONLY MEN ALOUD 15 03 BRAND NEW EYES - PARAMORE 16 11 ONLY BY THE NIGHT - KOL 17 13 STILL SO FAR TO GO - CHRIS REA 18 RE SUNNY SIDE UP - PAOLO NUTINI 19 16 VERY BEST OF - ANDY WILLIAMS 20 RE GREATEST HITS - ROBBIE WILLIAMS 21 20 NOW 73 - VARIOUS 22 19 BIG TUNES BACK 2 THE 80s - VARIOUS 23 21 LUNGS - FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE 24 04 SIGH NO MORE - MUMFORD AND SONS 25 10 REBUILT BY HUMANS - NEWTON FAULKNER 26 31 E.N.D. - BLACK EYED PEAS 27 23 REVELATIONS - PETER ANDRE 28 30 IT`S NOT ME IT`S YOU - LILY ALLEN 29 NE HOOK ME UP - VERONICAS 30 18 TOTAL MADNESS - MADNESS Editors, 7,000 ahead of the Munk. Time for the Flashback to...October 1990: Charts compiled by MRIB (Media Research Information Bureau) The Top TV, back then 01 CORONATION STREET 15.20 Mon along Bet & Alec running the Rovers, problems with the McDonalds ensued with Alec`s granddaughter "Vicky" 02 BEADLE`S ABOUT 13.00 SAT the late lovely/clever Jeremy Beadle wasted on this heap of Game For A Laugh spin-off trash 02 BLIND DATE 13.00 SAT Cilla Black with the show originally intended for Duncan Norvelle...who was cruely dumped 04 EASTENDERS 12.70 MON/SUN the figures for the single episode of the soap in it`s 6th year were actually 10m, as Pauline & Arthur Fowler celebrated their 25th Wedding Aniversary 05 BREAD 12.30 THURS Jean Boht and the Boswells in another tedious Carla Lane sitcom. "I Want Me Puddin`!" 06 FILM: TOP GUN 12.20 SAT the film showing that inspired the re-issue of "Take My Breath Away" 07 ALLO ALLO 12.00 SAT tired old wartime comedy in it`s 6th tiring series, that used to run 26 weeks at a time....Hell! 08 LONDON`S BURNING 11.60 SUN fire drama in it`s early days 09 THE BILL 11.30 TUES better days for the drama/come soap 09 CASUALTY 11.30 SAT the never ending stories from Holby in it`s 5th series 11 BRUCE FORSYTH`S GENERATION GAME 11.20 FRI the return of Bruce, along with Rosemary Ford 12 STAY LUCKY 11.10 FRI cockney on the run drama with Dennis Waterman/Emma Wray/Jan Francis 13 RUTH RENDELL MYSTERIES 10.60 SUN mystery solving 13 BIRDS OF A FEATHER 10.60 FRI Linda Robson/Pauline Quirke and you know who, in the never ending sitcom 15 THE KRYPTON FACTOR 10.50 MON Gordon Burns and the brawn & brain superperson quiz/assault course/mental agility/memory contest 16 LAST OF THE SUMMER WINE 10.30 TUES this series saw the return of the late Brian Wilde as "Foggy" 16 BOON 10.30 THURS comedy/drama with Michael Elphick a la motorcycle 18 NINE O`CLOCK NEWS 10.20 MON 19 NEVER THE TWAIN 10.10 WEDS tired antique sitcom feuding with Donald Sinden/Windsor Davies, and not forgetting Derek Deadman as the daft "Ringo" 20 NEIGHBOURS 10.10 MON X 2 (Get out of here, no way)!!! Biggest figure was 6m! Late night viewing was the case for "Prisoner-Cell Block H" in 1990...favoured in the Central region, and picked up by the other ITV channels as well. No reference made to "Within These Walls", obviously what the programme was nicked from. Obviously that did not bother ITV much, although it started pretty much quickly after Australia had finished screening LWT`s original 1974-78 series! And no sign of Googie Withers... The Top Albums in Oct 1990: And what a contrasting top three! 01 03 IN CONCERT - PAVAROTTI/DOMINGO/CARRERAS 02 01 NO PRAYER FOR THE DYING - IRON MAIDEN 03 NE SOME FRIENDLY - CHARLATANS 04 02 X - INXS 05 04 LISTEN WITHOUT PREJUDICE VOL 1 - GEORGE MICHAEL 06 06 SOUL PROVIDER - MICHAEL BOLTON 07 07 SLEEPING WITH THE PAST - ELTON JOHN 08 17 DOCTOR ADAMSKI`S MUSICAL PHARMACY - ADAMSKI 09 10 THAT LOVING FEELING VOL 3 - VARIOUS 10 NE ENLIGHTENMENT - VAN MORRISON 11 08 OOH LAS VEGAS - DEACON BLUE 12 09 HELL`S DITCH - POGUES 13 05 THE RAZOR`S EDGE - AC/DC 14 34 PLEASE HAMMER DON`T HURT `EM - MC HAMMER 15 18 FOREIGN AFFAIR - TINA TURNER 16 16 ...BUT SERIOUSLY - PHIL COLLINS 17 14 MARIAH CAREY - MARIAH CAREY 18 NE ROCKING ALL OVER THE YEARS - STATUS QUO 19 37 UK BLAK - CARON WHEELER 20 NE REFLECTION - THE SHADOWS The Top Singles in Oct 1990: 01 01 BLUE VELVET - BOBBY VINTON 02 02 SHOW ME HEAVEN - MARIA MCKEE 03 04 ANNIVERSARY WALTZ - STATUS QUO 04 07 MEGAMIX - TECHNOTRONIC 05 09 HAVE YOU SEEN HER - MC HAMMER 06 23 A LITTLE TIME - BEAUTIFUL SOUTH 07 03 I`VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT YOU - LONDONBEAT 08 06 I CAN`T STAND IT - 24/7/CAPTAIN HOLLYWOOD 09 38 DIDN`T I BLOW YOUR MIND/LET`S TRY IT AGAIN - NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK 10 05 SO HARD - PET SHOP BOYS 11 43 FROM A DISTANCE - CLIFF RICHARD 12 17 SPIN THAT WHEEL - HI-TEK 3/YA KID K 13 08 FASCINATING RHYTHM - BASS-O-MATIC 14 18 WORLD IN MY EYES - DEPECHE MODE 15 10 THE JOKER - STEVE MILLER BAND 16 19 I`VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN - NENEH CHERRY 17 NE KINKY AFRO - HAPPY MONDAYS 18 12 IT`S A SHAME...MY SISTER - MONIE LOVE/TRUE IMAGE 19 11 CULT OF SNAP - SNAP! 20 40 GOOD MORNING BRITAIN - AZTEC CAMERA/MICK JONES 21 25 EVERYBODY - CRIMINAL ELEMENT ORCH/WENDELL WILLIAMS 22 NE CRYING IN THE RAIN - A-HA 23 16 GROOVY TRAIN - THE FARM 24 28 MORE - SISTERS OF MERCY 25 NE PICCADILLY PALARE - MORRISEY 26 41 WORKING MAN - RITA MACNEIL 27 13 GROOVE IS IN THE HEART/WHAT IS LOVE - DEEE-LIGHT 28 NE I`M YOUR BABY TONIGHT - WHITNEY HOUSTON 29 20 HEAVEN - CHIMES 30 50 LET`S PUSH IT - INNOCENCE 31 29 CONTRIBUTION - MICA PARIS/RAKIM 32 35 HANG IN LONG ENOUGH - PHIL COLLINS 33 32 RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW - JESUS JONES 34 NE BE TENDER WITH MY BABY - TINA TURNER 35 21 BODY LANGUAGE - ADVENTURES OF STEVIE V 36 NE DANCE OF THE MAD - POP WILL EAT ITSELF 37 15 TUNES SPLIT THE ATOM - MC TUNES VS 808 STATE 38 NE WE WANT THE SAME THING - BELINDA CARLISLE 39 22 WHAT TIME IS LOVE - KLF 40 14 NEVER ENOUGH - THE CURE 41 NE THAT MAN - INNER CITY 42 24 THEN - CHARLATANS 43 NE MOTHER UNIVERSE - SOUP DRAGONS 44 26 THE SPACE JUNGLE - ADAMSKI 45 NE FROM A DISTANCE - BETTE MIDLER 46 RE TAKE MY BREATH AWAY - BERLIN 47 30 VISION OF LOVE - MARIAH CAREY 48 NE TOTAL CONFUSION - A HOMEBOY A HIPPIE AND A FUNKY DREAD 49 42 ELEVATION - XPANSIONS 50 NE BIRTHDAY - PAUL MCCARTNEY I believe Bobby Vinton did not make the top on the Radio Top 40, but on MRIB`s Network Chart did! Now then...Connect Maria McKee with the Damned & Feargal Sharkey. How do we do this? Well firstly Maria was the sister of Bryan McLean...who was in 60s band Love, who sang "Alone Again Or"...A hit for the Damned, and Maria wrote "A Good Heart"...the hit for Feargal Sharkey! Status Quo got another MRIB #1 with "Anniversary Waltz". Technotronic gave us a Megamix...Could you tell them apart?! :teresa: MC Hammer nicked a Chi-Lites hit. LondonBeat featured 70s singer Jimmy Helms. New Kids covered Delfonics 1971 hit. Pet Shop Boys found it hard. Cliff did "From A Distance"....thus prompting some nutcases from getting Bette Midler back in the chart. More turtles via Hi Tek 3. More oldies via Steve Miller, Monie Love nicking the Motown Spinners 1970 top 20 hit. A-Ha nicking the Everly Brothers 1962 top tenner. The Chimes also doing an oldie (again)! We found forgotten follow ups from The Adventures Of Stevie V (let Dizzee try Body Language)! The Soup Dragons followed "I`m Free" with "Mother Universe". Berlin were re-issued following an ITV showing of that certain film. As Paul McCartney was probably the first to have "Birthday Shh!!" :lol: Back to 2009. The Top Pre-Order Singles: 01 FIGHT FOR THIS LOVE - CHERYL COLE 19TH 02 EVERYBODY IN LOVE - JLS 2nd Nov 03 I GOT SOUL - YOUNG SOUL REBELS 19TH 04 HAPPY - LEONA LEWIS 9th Nov 05 HIDING ALL THE STARS - CHICANE 26th Oct 06 DOWN - JAY SEAN 26th Oct 07 ANYWAY - ARMAND VAN HELDON 26th Oct 08 HATE WORLDWIDE - SLAYER 19TH 09 THE SPELL - ALPHABEAT 19TH 10 CAPTAIN - BIFFY CLYRO 26th Oct The Top Pre-Order Albums: 01 REALITY KILLED THE VIDEO STAR - ROBBIE 9th Nov 02 OVERCOME - ALEXANDRA BURKE 19TH 03 CRAZY LOVE - MICHAEL BUBLE 19TH 04 TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON - OST 19TH 05 THIS IS IT - MICHAEL JACKSON 26th Oct 06 LIEBE IST FUR ALLE DA - RAMMSTEIN 19TH 07 I LOOK TO YOU - WHITNEY HOUSTON 19TH 08 MEMOIRS OF AN IMPERFECT ANGEL - MARIAH CAREY 16th Nov 09 GREATEST HITS - FOOFIGHTERS 2nd Nov 10 JLS - JLS 9th Nov The Top Physical Singles this week: 01 NE BAD BOYS - ALEXANDRA 02 NE BODIES - ROBBIE 03 01 OOPSY DAISY - CHIPMUNK 04 03 MILLION DOLLAR BILL - WHITNEY 05 NE DANGEROUS - CASCADA 06 02 FOREVER IS OVER - SATURDAYS 07 07 BREAK YOUR HEART - TAIO 08 06 SHE WOLF - SHAKIRA 09 05 CELEBRATION - MADONNA 10 NE PAPPILLION - EDITORS 11 NE IT`S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD - LOST PROPHETS 12 04 SINGING THE BLUES - CLIFF AND THE SHADOWS 13 08 4EVER - VERONICAS 14 09 LOVE GAME - LADY GAGA 15 NE MIGRAINE SKANK - GRACIOUS K 16 13 BOYS AND GIRLS - PIXIE LOTT 17 16 I GOTTA FEELING - BLACK EYED PEAS 18 11 EVERY MORNING - BASSHUNTER 19 10 STRAIGHT THROUGH THE HEART - BACK STREET BOYS 20 12 I`M NOT YOUR TOY - LA ROUX Other entries outside the Physical 20 include Erasure, & Sharam/Kid Cudi. The Full Week On iTunes: 01 NE BAD BOYS - ALEXANDRA BURKE 02 NE BODIES - ROBBIE WILLIAMS 03 01 OOPSY DAISY - CHIPMUNK 04 02 EMPIRE STATE OF MIND - JAY Z 05 NE HAVEN`T MET YOU YET - MICHAEL BUBLE 06 04 BREAK YOUR HEART - TAIO CRUZ 07 09 I GOTTA FEELING - BLACK EYED PEAS 08 03 FOREVER IS OVER - SATURDAYS 09 07 SHE WOLF - SHAKIRA 10 06 SWEET DISPOSITION - TEMPER TRAP 11 05 SEXY CHICK - DAVID GUETTA 12 08 HOTEL ROOM SERVICE - PITBULL 13 13 MILLION DOLLAR BILL - WHITNEY HOUSTON 14 14 SOS - JORDIN SPARKS 15 12 YOU`RE NOT ALONE - TINCHY STRYDER 16 10 WHAT ABOUT NOW - DAUGHTRY 17 11 RUN THIS TOWN - JAY Z 18 NE WHITE LIES - MR HUDSON 19 NE IT`S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD - LOST PROPHETS 20 19 DIRTEE CASH - DIZZEE RASCAL Hang on for the combined up to minute singles/songs...
  23. Not that long ago, surprisingly! It was Sunday 19th July, when JLS & Cascada were in the #1 & 2 spots.
  24. Oh crumbs, how could I make that mistake with BS! I deserve a smack for that...Mind you I don`t take all the blame. Well it was typed out that way on a printed sheet! Chipmunk`s biggest physical so far...and off to check his previous physical positions.
  25. Here come the combined singles. Compiled this way...The Top 20 based on Chart Show tv, but without airplay & including todays sales. The 21-40 is based on a mish-mash of physical & download sales. With the 41-75 based on download sales only. Thus making it the most up to date chart on the internet at this point...except no substitute! Eyes down for a full house: The Bubblers Top 75 KASABIAN (UNDERDOG) LEONA LEWIS (RUN) OASIS TOP 70 THOM YORKE DAVID GUETTA (GRRR) JOURNEY The Full Top 60: 60 NE MEET ME HALFWAY - BLACK EYED PEAS 59 50 BIRTHDAY - JEREMIH 42) 58 49 WHEN LOVE TAKES OVER - GUETTA/ROWLAND 41) 57 45 WILL YOU BE THERE - TIESTO 40) 56 54 BOOM BOOM POW - BLACK EYED PEAS 39) 55 53 EVACUATE THE DANCEFLOOR - CASCADA 38) 54 RE YOU`VE GOT THE LOVE - FLORENCE 53 59 POKERFACE - LADY GAGA 37) 52 44 BULLETPROOF - LA ROUX 36) 51 46 I KNOW YOU WANT ME - PITBULL 35) 50 32 FAME - NATURI NAUGHTON 49 26 EVERY MORNING - BASSHUNTER 34) 48 39 YOUNG FOREVER - JAY Z 47 36 OUTTA HERE - ESMEE DENTERS 33) 46 37 USE SOMEBODY - KOL 32) 45 35 YOU BELONG WITH ME - TAYLOR SWIFT 44 NE YOU AND I - MEDINA 43 48 BROKEN HEARTED GIRL - BEYONCE 42 31 NEVER LEAVE YOU - TINCHY/AMELLE 31) 41 33 SUPERNOVA - MR HUDSON 40 21 WE ARE GOLDEN - MIKA 30) 39 40 BEAT AGAIN - JLS 29) 38 NE DOMINOES - BIG PINK 37 28 I`M NOT YOUR TOY - LA ROUX 28) 36 43 PAPARAZZI - LADY GAGA 27) 35 23 IGNORANT - PARAMORE 26) 34 42 RED - DANIEL MERRIWEATHER 25) 33 29 FIRE BURNING - SEAN KINGSTON 24) 32 24 UPRISING - MUSE 23) 31 22 LOVE GAME - LADY GAGA 22) 30 20 GET SEXY - SUGABABES 21) 29 27 SWEET DREAMS - BEYONCE 20) 28 55 I`M YOURS - JASON MRAZ 19) 27 30 GET SHAKY - IAN CAREY 18) 26 25 REMEDY - LITTLE BOOTS 17) 25 12 CELEBRATION - MADONNA 16) 24 47 LITTLE LION MAN - MUMFORD AND SONS 15) 23 13 HOLIDAY - DIZZEE RASCAL 14) 22 11 LEFT MY HEART IN TOKYO - MINI VIVA 13) 21 18 4EVER - VERONICAS 12) =19 20 09 DIRTEE CASH - DIZZEE RASCAL 19 16 NEW YORK - PALOMA FAITH 11) =18 18 17 WATCH THE SUN COME UP - EXAMPLE 10) =20 17 15 SEX ON FIRE - KOL 9) =17 16 14 GHOSTS N`STUFF - DEADMAU5 =16 15 19 SOS - JORDIN SPARKS =15 14 34 YOU`RE NOT ALONE - TINCHY STRYDER =14 13 08 BOYS AND GIRLS - PIXIE LOTT 8) =13 12 NE MILLION DOLLAR BILL - WHITNEY HOUSTON 7) =12 11 38 WHAT ABOUT NOW - DAUGHTRY =11 10 06 RUN THIS TOWN - JAY Z =5 09 10 HOTEL ROOM SERVICE - PITBULL/NICOLE =9 08 05 I GOTTA FEELING - BLACK EYED PEAS 6) =7 07 04 SHE WOLF - SHAKIRA 5) =6 06 07 SWEET DISPOSITION - TEMPER TRAP 4) =8 05 02 SEXY CHICK - GUETTA/AKON =4 04 01 BREAK YOUR HEART - TAIO CRUZ 3) =3 03 03 EMPIRE STATE OF MIND - JAY Z 02 NE FOREVER IS OVER - SATURDAYS 2) =2 01 NE OOPSY DAISY - CHIPMUNK 1) =1 ) Position without downloads alone = Position on Chart Show tv Over 70,000 for Chipmunk, that`s nearly 40,000 more than those Saturday girls.