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"Only By The Night", surely?

Band Aid 20, 2004.

Is Sam Bailey a man or a woman?

One more I missed Willy Moon Yeah Yeah - (7 Weeks) 17/11/2012 -34-65-x(3)-65-28-{26}-28-42

Corals still make it odds against that the X-Factor winner is the Christmas Number One, so if you're that confident that Cowell's latest puppet will top the charts, go to their site and fill your boots.

A Cornish flag would be just great

Most recent odds X-Factor Winner 6-5 Susan Boyle & Elvis Presley 5-1 The Big Reunion 5-1 Lily Allen 14-1 Joe Topping 16-1 Jonathan & Charlotte 16-1 One Direction 16-1 Richard & Adam 20-1 JLS 25-1 Rihanna 25-1 Adele 33-1 Bruno Mars 33-1 Robbie Williams 33-1 A number of others are quoted at higher odds, or by only one bookie at present so their odds maynot be representative. Kelly Clarkson not even mentioned.

It's coming to something when a doctored duet between Susan Boyle & Elvis Presley promises to be better than the X-Factor winner.

It's not the censorship that makes any differnece to me, it's the constant stream of expletives and racial-based terminology that some artists use in virtually every song that make me less likely to buy their music (most recent major example - Drake). Not that I'm the target audience for those artists of course.

Do we need an update every time that Rudimental track moves up one or two places?

"Bad Romance" was, and still is, a dreadful song. And I'm not saying that as a Gaga "hater" - "The Edge Of Glory" is probably among my top few tracks of the last five years. And yes to the "image over substance" type comments due to the stupid costumes at times, but remember half the reason Britney Spears became a big name back in 1999 was dressing up as a sexy schoolgirl for people to perv over. Anyway, too far off topic now. Back to itunes charts. Mariah Carey's Christmas staple now inside top 250, 200 or so places ahead of the Pogues & Kirsty. Wham! as noted yesterday beginnng to appear inside top 1500 along with Band Aid, plus Justin Bieber's "Mistletoe"

Bing Crosby - White Christmas - (16 Weeks) 03/12/1977 -48-25-12-{5}-5-16-24-x(413)-69-71-x(676)-29-40-36-59-x(465)-61-48-42

She's got an excellent voice but the material (at least the English language material) is very samey. I've got the CD of "All The Way...." but very rarely play it all the way through, three or four songs at a time is enough for me.

It can't have been released on 1/1/42 - the first version wasn't even recorded until March that year with the version we are now familiar with coming from a March 1947 recording session.

Or perhaps the new entries aren't normally as dire as they are today?

"Gaudete" by Erasure got up to about 170 a week or so ago, but has since disappeared from the top 1500

Never stayed at the same position for more than two weeks in a row.

It does sound like something knocked up in half an hour.

Thanks Thermometer

Which 2 were exactly the same recording? Was one of them the one that entered the Top 100 but not the Top 75? (I think I only have the 6 in the top 75 - Loreen Harris, Icona Pop featuring Charli XCX, New Music Masters, Venus Palermo, Remix Chix, Remix Junkies

It's not between the OCC and the retailers, the rules are clear and if the record companies deliberately decide to strategise around these rules then the prime ones to blame for the current situation (if even you think there's a real issue out there) are the record companies.

They're both in the 600s. We've already had one Christmas song reach about 170 (although now it's dropped down). Anyone know what it is?

That's what it sounds like to me too.

If I've done this right, runs of 4 weeks in red, runs of 5 weeks in blue and exceptionally one run of 7 weeks in green Abba - Under Attack - (8 Weeks) 11/12/1982 -46-31-{26}-26-26-26-42-73 Bryan Adams - Run To You - (12 Weeks) 12/01/1985 -74-41-28-18-{11}-11-11-11-17-27-36-66 Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You - (19 Weeks) 06/07/1968 -46-28-16-9-11-5-{3}-3-3-3-6-10-15-21-30-43-x(22)-47-x(1)-49-x(3)-50 Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden - (20 Weeks) 20/02/1971 -28-23-10-4-4-{3}-3-3-3-5-12-17-22-28-32-30-37-37-38-48 Paul Anka - Put Your Head On My Shoulder - (12 Weeks) 31/10/1959 -11-9-8-{7}-7-7-7-7-15-17-22-22 Billie Anthony - This Ole House - (16 Weeks) 16/10/1954 -12-8-{4}-6-5-6-8-5-6-12-12-12-12-19-13-19 Winifred Atwell - Let's Have A Party - (15 Weeks) 05/12/1953 -7-3-3-3-3-9-{2}-4-5-x(42)-14-16-18-20-20-20 Katy B - Katy On A Mission - (24 Weeks) 04/09/2010 -{5}-8-8-8-8-9-13-19-29-33-38-44-57-58-70-66-64-53-50-49-55-71-x(10)-45-70 Bachelors - I Believe - (17 Weeks) 21/03/1964 -28-11-6-3-3-3-3-{2}-4-6-9-14-24-28-36-44-50 Bad Manners - Can Can - (13 Weeks) 27/06/1981 -18-{3}-3-3-3-6-6-16-26-36-48-58-71 Bastille - Pompeii - (33 Weeks) 09/03/2013 -{2}-3-5-5-5-5-4-9-12-15-13-13-19-22-27-30-24-25-26-34-38-39-44-47-53-55-55-62-57-72-x(2)-51-50-73 Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love - (15 Weeks) 29/10/1977 -36-22-12-9-6-5-{3}-3-3-3-3-7-7-24-31 Harry Belafonte - Island In The Sun - (25 Weeks) 15/06/1957 -29-15-16-15-20-16-16-8-7-5-{3}-4-4-4-4-5-4-5-6-7-10-19-20-24-24 Blue Mink - Melting Pot - (15 Weeks) 15/11/1969 -50-27-14-7-5-5-5-5-{3}-7-10-16-22-28-41 Pat Boone - Remember You're Mine/There's A Goldmine In The Sky - (18 Weeks) 28/09/1957 -23-17-15-10-8-{5}-5-5-5-7-10-12-11-18-23-22-27-27 Bobby Brown - Two Can Play That Game - (15 Weeks) 25/06/1994 -38-52-74-x(37)-5-{3}-3-3-3-4-8-16-25-30-46-63 Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe - (14 Weeks) 21/11/1970 -38-18-18-{4}-4-4-4-9-6-12-18-22-25-20 Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles - (17 Weeks) 03/08/2002 -{6}-9-11-16-18-18-18-18-23-26-42-54-62-x(449)-55-x(114)-70-59-48 David Cassidy - Daydreamer/Puppy Love - (15 Weeks) 13/10/1973 -8-2-{1}-1-1-3-11-13-23-30-30-30-30-28-42 Frank Chacksfield - Terry's Theme (Theme From "Limelight") - (24 Weeks) 23/05/1953 -10-3-{2}-2-5-4-2-2-2-3-2-2-3-5-2-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-6-12 Charles & Eddie - Would I Lie To You? - (17 Weeks) 31/10/1992 -34-14-2-{1}-1-2-3-3-3-3-4-8-14-27-37-49-70 Perry Como - It's Impossible - (23 Weeks) 30/01/1971 -34-31-13-7-{4}-5-5-5-5-9-9-12-20-24-32-32-38-35-37-38-40-46-46 Perry Como - For The Good Times - (27 Weeks) 25/08/1973 -46-36-26-24-10-9-{7}-7-9-7-10-9-12-16-21-21-21-29-29-29-29-26-34-28-32-39-49 Billy Cotton & His Band - Friends And Neighbours - (12 Weeks) 01/05/1954 -12-x(1)-6-{3}-3-3-3-3-7-6-9-12-12 Danny & The Juniors - At The Hop - (19 Weeks) 18/01/1958 -16-16-11-5-4-4-4-4-4-{3}-7-8-18-21-x(950)-45-44-39-40-45 Doris Day - The Black Hills Of Dakota - (8 Weeks) 28/08/1954 -{7}-8-7-9-9-9-9-16 Doris Day & Johnnie Ray - Let's Walk That-A-Way - (14 Weeks) 25/07/1953 -11-8-9-10-9-{4}-4-4-4-4-4-4-8-9 Chaka Demus & Pliers - Tease Me - (15 Weeks) 12/06/1993 -13-6-6-4-{3}-4-4-4-4-7-10-16-19-32-58 Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie - (17 Weeks) 07/11/1970 -40-29-10-5-{3}-3-3-3-6-6-7-14-10-18-20-23-40 Celine Dion - Because You Loved Me - (16 Weeks) 01/06/1996 -9-8-8-{5}-5-5-5-7-11-17-23-30-34-39-52-73 Lonnie Donegan - Tom Dooley - (14 Weeks) 22/11/1958 -13-6-{3}-3-3-3-4-3-4-10-10-13-22-26 Val Doonican - The Special Years - (13 Weeks) 23/01/1965 -37-21-13-{7}-7-7-7-12-15-16-24-38-x(1)-49 Val Doonican - If The Whole World Stopped Loving - (19 Weeks) 21/10/1967 -43-27-20-16-11-9-{3}-4-4-4-4-8-8-9-18-21-33-45-48 Drifters - There Goes My First Love - (12 Weeks) 06/09/1975 -46-26-13-8-{3}-3-3-3-3-11-26-39 Elbow Bones & The Racketeers - A Night In New York - (9 Weeks) 14/01/1984 -66-47-40-{33}-33-33-33-41-56 Electric Light Orchestra - ELO EP - (8 Weeks) 09/12/1978 -50-{34}-34-34-34-40-52-58 Feeling - Fill My Little World - (24 Weeks) 27/05/2006 -28-{10}-16-16-16-16-17-24-28-33-36-36-41-48-45-43-38-45-53-69-61-71-x(11)-70-x(25)-67 Fireballs - Quite A Party - (9 Weeks) 29/07/1961 -42-39-31-{29}-29-29-29-47-47 Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Prong Crown) - (12 Weeks) 23/05/1970 -49-18-17-13-{10}-10-10-10-16-17-27-30 Fray - How To Save A Life - (51 Weeks) 27/01/2007 -29-16-10-6-7-5-5-5-5-6-5-{4}-7-11-13-19-23-26-25-25-24-28-28-39-39-34-35-46-51-51-62-63-58-40-44-53-62-57-72-x(11)-59-69-73-x(221)-42-34-51-x(19)-71-27-45-x(16)-57-30-52 Freddie & The Dreamers - You Were Made For Me - (15 Weeks) 09/11/1963 -39-22-11-7-{3}-3-3-3-4-7-9-20-25-30-44 Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer - (16 Weeks) 26/04/1986 -41-30-15-7-{4}-4-4-4-8-18-22-33-38-48-62-73 Eydie Gorme - Blame It On The Bossa Nova - (6 Weeks) 02/02/1963 -48-{32}-32-32-32-46 Hermes House Band - Country Roads - (12 Weeks) 15/12/2001 -{7}-10-10-10-10-20-27-38-39-38-50-69 Brian Hyland - Ginny Come Lately - (15 Weeks) 12/05/1962 -36-19-10-10-7-9-{5}-5-5-5-8-11-18-29-36 Jackson Five - I'll Be There - (19 Weeks) 21/11/1970 -36-26-15-13-5-5-5-5-5-{4}-6-10-11-21-30-34-x(1999)-71-65-49 Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene Part IV - (9 Weeks) 27/08/1977 -22-12-{4}-4-4-4-11-18-35 Ini Kamoze - Here Comes The Hotstepper - (15 Weeks) 07/01/1995 -10-5-{4}-4-4-4-6-10-10-14-17-25-39-57-70 Labrinth featuring Emeli Sandé - Beneath Your Beautiful - (25 Weeks) 20/10/2012 -71-x(1)-{1}-2-2-4-4-4-4-8-11-10-10-15-20-27-32-32-30-35-40-42-45-58-71-x(7)-69 Frankie Laine & The Four Lads - Rain Rain Rain - (16 Weeks) 23/10/1954 -16-{8}-8-9-10-10-12-9-9-9-9-19-11-8-13-17 Frankie Laine & The Mellomen - Cool Water - (22 Weeks) 25/06/1955 -14-11-10-7-8-4-{2}-2-2-3-3-3-3-4-2-3-2-6-6-11-12-16 Mario Lanza - Because You're Mine - (24 Weeks) 15/11/1952 -11-8-4-{3}-5-10-10-7-8-3-4-4-4-4-3-5-4-5-5-7-8-10-10-11 Annie Lennox - Little Bird/Love Song For A Vampire - (12 Weeks) 13/02/1993 -{3}-3-3-3-5-7-12-17-25-29-41-63 Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry - (13 Weeks) 29/11/1980 -69-15-{3}-3-3-3-3-6-19-32-51-x(1401)-72-48 Love Inc - You're A Superstar - (13 Weeks) 28/12/2002 -{7}-7-7-7-13-14-18-21-26-36-39-45-57 McGuinness Flint - When I'm Dead And Gone - (14 Weeks) 21/11/1970 -46-24-6-{2}-2-2-3-3-3-3-17-16-26-25 Madness - Our House - (13 Weeks) 27/11/1982 -32-17-12-{5}-5-5-5-13-10-21-35-53-73 Marmalade - Baby Make It Soon - (13 Weeks) 14/06/1969 -40-28-27-19-18-{9}-9-9-9-18-22-28-41 Daniel Merriweather - Red - (29 Weeks) 30/05/2009 -{5}-5-5-5-7-8-17-17-18-19-19-22-29-24-26-34-39-50-50-45-35-54-62-67-73-72-x(183)-52-29-x(15)-75 Guy Mitchell - Feet Up - (10 Weeks) 15/11/1952 -5-{2}-5-5-4-4-4-4-5-7 Guy Mitchell - Knee Deep In The Blues - (12 Weeks) 16/02/1957 -21-10-5-{3}-3-3-3-5-6-6-12-19 Alison Moyet - All Cried Out - (11 Weeks) 13/10/1984 -35-12-{8}-8-8-8-13-22-37-55-73 Nashville Teens - Tobacco Road - (13 Weeks) 11/07/1964 -48-26-12-10-{6}-6-6-6-14-20-27-41-48 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Nothing Rhymed - (11 Weeks) 28/11/1970 -48-30-11-{8}-8-8-8-10-17-21-27 Robert Palmer - Looking For Clues - (9 Weeks) 22/11/1980 -50-42-{33}-33-33-33-33-40-51 Pasadenas - I'm Doing Fine Now - (10 Weeks) 01/02/1992 -12-{4}-4-4-4-7-11-27-48-66 Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock - (34 Weeks) 25/01/1958 -{1}-1-1-2-3-3-3-3-4-6-13-14-20-29-x(710)-44-42-42-44-43-x(294)-44-47-x(281)-51-29-27-37-57-68-x(1139)-1-10-50-57-27-37-64 Lloyd Price - Stagger Lee - (14 Weeks) 14/02/1959 -29-29-15-15-12-{7}-7-7-7-7-10-14-16-25 Diana Ross & The Supremes - Forever Came Today - (8 Weeks) 13/04/1968 -40-39-{28}-28-28-28-32-44 Rudimental featuring John Newman - Feel The Love - (49 Weeks) 09/06/2012 -{1}-4-5-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-16-20-27-23-31-35-34-34-35-43-54-57-52-61-72-x(4)-65-48-69-73-72-x(11)-75-64-30-32-49-45-44-50-44-39-38-38-47-65-x(3)-47-43-46-73 Kym Sims - Too Blind To See It - (12 Weeks) 07/12/1991 -22-7-7-7-7-{5}-5-8-17-25-51-66 Alvin Stardust - My Coo-Ca-Choo - (21 Weeks) 03/11/1973 -50-36-27-8-{2}-4-3-5-5-5-5-5-6-8-16-24-28-30-31-43-42 Kay Starr - Comes-A-Long-A-Love - (16 Weeks) 06/12/1952 -9-6-3-3-3-3-2-{1}-2-2-3-4-8-11-12-8 Donna Summer - Down Deep Inside - (10 Weeks) 20/08/1977 -50-21-14-{5}-5-5-5-10-15-33 Usher featuring Pitbull - DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love - (23 Weeks) 31/07/2010 -20-20-20-20-21-24-17-14-{7}-11-14-18-10-15-24-31-37-44-52-64-x(2)-72-56-67 David Whitfield - Ev'rywhere - (20 Weeks) 09/07/1955 -18-13-11-10-10-5-4-4-4-4-4-{3}-4-5-6-4-9-7-8-12 Andy Williams - Can't Help Falling In Love - (17 Weeks) 14/03/1970 -17-6-{3}-3-3-3-4-5-7-11-12-28-32-42-43-38-47 Andy Williams - Home Lovin' Man - (12 Weeks) 21/11/1970 -45-17-17-{7}-7-7-7-10-9-15-27-24 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day - (42 Weeks) 08/12/1973 -19-6-{4}-4-4-4-16-22-41-x(410)-61-41-41-68-x(152)-50-36-23-36-x(1195)-65-27-16-18-62-x(48)-48-31-33-61-x(48)-60-45-51-46-x(48)-52-46-48-49-x(48)-58-28-31-38-x(48)-58-31-29-38 Paul Young - Everything Must Change - (11 Weeks) 08/12/1984 -39-17-{9}-9-9-9-9-14-26-41-57

I haven't done anything on consectutive weeks, but the OP Is definitely correct re "A Thousand Miles" Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles - (17 Weeks) 03/08/2002 -{6}-9-11-16-18-18-18-18-23-26-42-54-62-x(449)-55-x(114)-70-59-48 I'll try a write a little routine to see what others there are