Kit Curran

21??!! I kept saying at the time, it was the best 'track' released in the 2000s up to that point, and I can't think of one to beat it yet. It has everything. A brilliant sample from the Chi-Lites (which introduced me to their brilliant music). A gorgeous vocal performance by Beyoncé. An inspired rap from Jay Z (as well as his brilliant announcements at the start, kinda saying 'listen to this, this is something special!'. An a great video. This should be number one. Pure class.

Is there a glitch, there seem to be two number 16s? (Sugababes and Britney) Loving the countdown, though

Chart commentary - It's a third week at the top for Girls Aloud, easily holding on to the number one position with 'The Promise'. The delay in the physical release of 'Forgive Me' possibly denies Leona Lewis a better chance of toppling the girls, as her single climbs to number two, and just behind, retro track 'I Want More' by Can climbs three places to number three, threatening the number one position themselves. Can are hoping to become the third German act, after Helene Fischer and Luetzenkirchen, to top the chart within six months, and at this stage look favourites to do so. But strong contenders come from Guru Josh, climbing to six with his updated version of 'Infinity', and DJ Ironik, whose Elton John sampling track progresses as high as the top ten. But the retro feel of the chart continues with two new entries. At eleven, Nottingham dance/trance outfit Crazy P**** are in from nowhere with their 80s tinged title track from their new album, 'Stop Space Return', which will have clubbers dancing as if it's 1985... but from even further back, 1976, The Bellamy Brothers appear at 16, thanks to the epic new Barclaycard TV commercial. Meanwhile, Katy Perry follows up 'I Kissed A Girl' and Alicia Keys and Jack White ride on the James Bond wave, but will either have the momentum to carry them into the top five this time around? And there's no sign of Simon Cowell's charity Mariah Carey cover, possibly due to a strong resistance to such a bland song from Radio Newtown listeners... This week's chart... http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/GIRLSALNCDS.JPGhttp://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii35/Merlo2001/tmpphpGOglbI.jpghttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/CDSPOON3031.JPGhttp://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii35/Merlo2001/tmpphpSKi2qx.jpghttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/1701284.JPG 1 (1) The Promise - Girls Aloud (Third week) 2 (3) Forgive Me - Leona Lewis 3 (6) I Want More - Can 4 (2) Misadventures of the Campaign Kids- King of Prussia 5 (4) Wire To Wire - Razorlight 6 (12) Infinity 2008 - Guru Josh Project 7 (7) Sex On Fire - Kings of Leon 8 (5) Girls - Sugababes 9 (10) Womanizer - Britney Spears 10 (18) Tiny Dancer - DJ Ironik feat Elton John 11 (NEW) Stop Space Return- Crazy P**** 12 (8) Miracles (A Mini Epic) - Oppo 13 (16) 30 Down To Zero - Jane Ledsom and the Shouty Boys 14 (9) Don't Call This Love - Leon Jackson 15 (21) Hot N Cold- Katy Perry 16 (NEW) Let Your Love Flow - Bellamy Brothers 17 (23) Another Way To Die - Alicia Keys and Jack White 18 (11) Gimme True Love - Rockits 19 (17) Candle In A Chatroom - Andrea McEwan 20 (15) So What - Pink

I expected GA to top this, TBH, as they're getting so many number ones this week, and I expect the same next Saturday, even if Britney gets her points back.

Chart commentary - No surprises at the top this week, as Girls Aloud get a second week at number one with 'The Promise'. After just three weeks in the chart, it already looks like challenging Duffy's 'Mercy', Madonna and Justin's '4 Minutes' and Turf's 'Pasos Al Costado' as the most popular song of the year, and there don't seem to be too many challengers stepping up in the next couple of weeks. Indeed, another of the top songs of the year, 'Misadventures of the Campaign Kids' by King of Prussia, suggests that it might have had the staying power to stay at the top until Election Day had it not been for the Girls Aloud-mania: they stay at two. Leona Lewis gets a top three placing for 'Forgive Me' ahead of its physical release, while Razorlight, also out on Monday, line up behind at number four. With the funky Can making good progress to number six, the rest of the big chart news this week comes outside the Top Ten. Nearly twenty years after it was 'time for the Guru', it's time for him again, Guru Josh hammering up eighteen places to twelve with his 2008 version of 'Infinity'. And three new entries in the 20. Jane Ledsom's song is a football chant inspired rallying call to help beleaguered Luton Town FC - Eric Morecambe would be proud - and is the highest new entry. Just behind, at 17, Katie Melua protegé Andrea McEwan ponders the modern age of communication in 'Candle In A Chatroom', while at 18, DJ Ironik samples Elton John and possibly delights and horrifies equally with 'Tiny Dancer'. As they said in 'Almost Famous' - it's aaaaalll happening! This week's chart...[/i] http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/GIRLSALNCDS.JPGhttp://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii35/Merlo2001/tmpphpSKi2qx.jpghttp://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii35/Merlo2001/tmpphpGOglbI.jpghttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/1701284.JPGhttp://img114.imageshack.us/img114/8347/girlsqs5.png 1 (1) The Promise - Girls Aloud (Second week) 2 (2) Misadventures of the Campaign Kids - King of Prussia 3 (4) Forgive Me - Leona Lewis 4 (6) Wire To Wire- Razorlight 5 (3) Girls - Sugababes 6 (14) I Want More - Can 7 (8) Sex On Fire - Kings of Leon 8 (10) Miracles (A Mini Epic) - Oppo 9 (5) Don't Call This Love - Leon Jackson 10 (12) Womanizer - Britney Spears 11 (13) Gimme True Love- Rockits 12 (30) Infinity 2008 - Guru Josh Project 13 (20) Rainbows (Encore Une Fois) - Sash! and Stunt 14 (7) We're Almost There - Michael Jackson 15 (11) So What- Pink 16 (NEW) 30 Down To Zero - Jane Ledsom and The Shouty Boys 17 (NEW) Candle In A Chatroom - Andrea McEwan 18 (NEW) Tiny Dancer - DJ Ironik feat Elton John 19 (9) Swagga Like Us - Jay Z and TI feat Kanye West and Lil' Wayne 20 (16) Miss Independent - Ne-Yo

Joe The Plumber and Colin Powell have both bought copies. Colin Powell said he didn't think Guru Josh was ready for a number one.

Well, Cheryl was really poor, but when you have a pair of devil's eyes drilling into you, seething with jealousy and resentment from the judging desk, I suppose it's enough to put anyone off... :D The others were fine. And they were able to give a coherent interview afterwards, which is more than Leon did. :rolleyes: Shame, cause I like Leon's song, I just don't like Leon.

I'm really surprised by this, and disappointed as it no longer features the voice of the Guru sounding as though he is picking up a particularly hot plate without oven gloves.

A bad performance on X-Factor can scupper your chances, I reckon. I thought Leon had a good chance of getting to number one, as the song is very Philly Soul-like, and would have broad appeal to an older age group had he been able to put it across well. But Leon was such an idiot on the programme, he blew his chances against Pink and even an over-rated comedian with a joke song. All the talk afterwards was 'did you see that idiot on the X Factor, was he p***ed/stoned/sleep deprived/plain stupid or what??! As the man said : "That used to be one of my favourite songs. Not any more." <_<

Ha ha, I love it that we have such completely different opinions on their songs! I thought Love Machine was great fun, I can barely remember The Show, or indeed Can't Speak French. Call The Shots was brilliant though. I don't follow them that closely tbh, do they have the same songwriters or lots of different ones - I'd expect the latter as their songs are so different - and do they have any input themselves? For me, the big test is, would a GA song be a hit if sung by someone else? ie without five instantly recognizable (and pretty) faces and their column inches of celeb magazine press and general ubiquitous presence in our national life? In my opinion: The Promise, CTS, Love Machine, Wake Me Up, Underground, Life Got Cold, No Good Advice - yes The Show, Long Hot Summer, Can't Speak, SNNN, Whole Lotta History, Something Kinda Ooh - no Biology's a funny one, kinda quirky, I like it, but probably not hit material for an unknown.

I find I either love or hate every GA song. 'Can't Speak french', 'The Show', 'Long Hot Summer', 'Jump', 'Sexy No no no' just awful, can't bear them... yet 'Wake Me Up', 'Love Machine' and now 'The Promise' have been among my favourite songs of the entire decade! As far as I am concerned, they are completely at the mercy of their songwriters. Many of their songs - 'Biology' and I think 'The Promise' are quite clever in their song structure, and not just simple, forgettable pop ditties. I find 'The Promise' to be quite uplifting in many ways, not the lyrics as such, but the melody just has that certain something that draws me in so I just wanna hear it again and again. But then, any lyric which can incoporate the phrase 'Walking Primrose' has got to be a winner in my book! :lol:

Chart Commentary: The much anticipated chart battle turned into more of a procession, as Girls Aloud do this week what Leon Jackson couldn't last - turn a much publicized X-Factor performance into enough momentum to easily claim the number one spot. Single 'The Promise' entered the chart last week at five, and climbs four places today to get the girls another number one, to go with such Radio Newtown chart toppers as 'Sound of the Underground' and 'Wake Me Up'. Despite the endorsement of Gen Colin Powell, King of Prussia failed to hold the top spot for another week with 'Misadventures of the Campaign Kids', though a five week run for a debut hit is still a remarkable achievement. Sugababes were expected to challenge GA for the top spot, but have to settle instead for number three this week, after a late drop in interest in the wake of the Girls Aloud-mania. In their own private 'X Factor winners' battle, Leona managed to overhaul Leon, but still remains stuck at four. Some bizarre 'new' entries this week... high climbing hits by previously unknown Oppo (10) and Rockits (13) are as a result of their being featured in cult blog Pure Pop, whilst the highest climbing hit in the twenty, Can's 'I Want More' (which moves from 26 to 14) is a powerful slice of seventies funk that came out of nowhere as a randomly suggested YouTube link for Radio Newtown's Top DJ... 90s dance act Sash! make a re-appearance at number 20. This week's chart... http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/GIRLSALNCDS.JPGhttp://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii35/Merlo2001/tmpphpSKi2qx.jpghttp://img114.imageshack.us/img114/8347/girlsqs5.pnghttp://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii35/Merlo2001/tmpphpGOglbI.jpghttp://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii35/Merlo2001/tmpphpboqRDj.jpg 1 (5) The Promise - Girls Aloud (NEW NUMBER ONE) 2 (1) Misadventures of the Campaign Kids - King of Prussia 3 (6) Girls - Sugababes 4 (4) Forgive Me- Leona Lewis 5 (2) Don't Call This Love -Leon Jackson 6 (8) Wire To Wire - Razorlight 7 (3) We're Almost There - Michael Jackson 8 (12) Sex On Fire - Kings of Leon 9 (7) Swagga Like Us - Jay Z and T.I. feat Kanye West and Lil' Wayne 10 (21) Miracles (A Mini Epic) - Oppo 11 (13) So What- Pink 12 (17) Womanizer - Britney Spears 13 (22) Gimme True Love - Rockits 14 (26) I Want More - Can 15 (9) In This City- Iglu and Hartly 16 (16) Miss Independent - Ne-Yo 17 (15) Never Miss A Beat - Kaiser Chiefs 18 (10) All I Wanna Do Is Be With You - Paul Weller 19 (14) I Kissed A Girl - Katy Perry 20 (NEW) Rainbows (Encore Une Fois) - Sash! and Stunt New Number One, as performed on X-Factor (check out the priceless shot of Ms Minogue at 1:54, jealous as HELL that no-one wants to hear her sing :lol: ... ) 1_wF8Wg_Hpg And some random seventies funky prog-rock, or possibly prog-rocky funk, rears its head at 14... Mc7Ua3W9GkM Far out man...

Greetings My faves are 1. Girls Aloud-The Promise (2) (CR-17-3-2-1) 4. Sash! feat Stunt-Raindrops (Encore Une Fois) (3) (CR-31-12-7-3-4) 7. Pixie-Boys And Girls (11) (CR-13-11-7) 9. Leona Lewis & Akon-Forgive Me (9) (CR-47-32-25-14-9-9) 10. Miley Cyrus-7 Things (32) (CR-46-33-36-32-10) 11. Ne-Yo-Miss Independent (13) (CR-23-17-10-9-13-11) 14. Britney Spears-Womanizer (21) (CR-48-21-14) 15. Pink-So What (4) (CR-37-26-21-18-15-9-6-8-4-15) 16. Ironik-Sometimes It Snows In April (28) (CR-28-16) 17. Miley Cyrus- See You Again (14) (CR-49-33-23-28-9-2-3-2-6-14-17) 18. Iglu & Hartly-In This City (20) (CR-50-25-36-25-20-18) 21. MGMT-Kids (38) (CR-43-38-21) 24. Eric Prydz-Pjanoo (17) (CR-30-17-12-11-8-4-1-1-3-7-11-16-17-24) 26. Blue Lagoon-Break My Stride (NEW) (CR-26) 30. Mira Craig-Headhunted (18) (CR-17-8-4-1-4-10-18-30) 36. Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown-No Air (30) (CR-20-4-3-9-20-32-41-46-47-33-12-4-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-3-5-7-11-18-24-30-36) Longest Runner

Greetings. I like this week 02 Britney Spears - Womanizer (6-2-2) 3wks 03 Sugababes - Girls (33-23-19-13-8-5-3) 7wks 04 Pink – So What (34-23-18-10-6-5-1-3-4) 9wks 08 Duffy – Stepping Stone (45-39-38-35-31-26-15-12-8) 9wks 09 Alicia Keys - Superwoman (45-36-29-24-16-13-9) 7wks 10 The Automatic - Steve McQueen (30-22-14-5-4-4-7-10) 8wks 14 Eric Prydz - Pjanoo (32-25-16-12-10-14) 6wks 15 Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire (50-39-34-27-19-13-8-15) 8wks 16 Natasha Bedingfield – Angel (34-31-28-25-24-29-x-36-28-6-4-1-3-5-9-16) 15wks 20 Ne-Yo - Miss Independet (29-21-24-20) 4wks 22 Lady Gaga - Beautiful Dirty Rich (46-45-47-22-18-22) 6wks 25 Jennifer Hudson - Spotlight (41-40-27-25) 4wks 26 Sharleen Spiteri - Stop! I Don't Love You Anymore (38-29-26) 3wks 28 The Script - The Man Who Can't Be Moved (33-28) 2wks 35 Sarah Connor - Under My Skin (32-21-20-18-31-39-35) 7wks 37 Monrose - Hit 'N' Run *Highest New Entry* 38 MGMT - Kids (50-57-55-38) 4wks 39 Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Off And On *New* 41 Leona Lewis - Forgive Me (44-42-41) 3wks 46 Steve Mac - Pady's Revenge *New* 48 Katy Perry – I Kissed A Girl (33-30-21-13-11-7-6-6-1-5-8-15-27-40-48) 15wks 56 One Republic - Mercy (43-42-49-56) 4wks 59 Jewel – I Do (26-18-16-13-11-21-46-59) 8wks

Chart commentary: It's a fifth week at number one in the Radio Newtown charts for American underground band King of Prussia, and their ode to the democratic process, 'Misadventures of the Campaign Kids'. The guys and girls from Georgia now have to hold on for another three weeks to become the official American election day number one! But the chances of that are looking extremely slim as a queue of contenders line up to depose them. King of Prussia hold off X Factor champion Leon Jackson, who swaps places with namesake Michael to get to number two with 'Don't Call This Love'. Possibly a better performance on this weekend's X-Factor show may have got him the number one spot, a clanger he may live to regret, as 2006 winner Leona Lewis threatens to overtake him with 'Forgive Me', up four places to four. But the real chart battle looks to be happening a little lower, as next week promises the fiercest girl band battle since the Spice Girls and All Saints were pulling each other's hair going on for ten years ago. Hot favourite for next week's number one are Girls Aloud, who get the highest new entry with their retro tinged single 'The Promise', straight in at number five. The fact that this group are in the running for another chart topper nearly six years after their first is impressive enough, but a band whose first hit was a full two years before that - albeit with a different line-up - threaten to steal their thunder: Sugababes have the biggest climber, shooting a full twenty-one places to six with 'Girls'. That these songs will probably leapfrog King of Prussia to be the top two next week is highly probable, but in which order? This will be the big issue of the week... Further down the chart, a little surprise that Kaiser Chiefs enter as low as fifteen, but at least that is better than Oasis, who have failed to make the Top 20 at all with their current song. Climbing into the twenty at 18 is Daniel Powter, a chart topper three years ago, who has made steady progress to return to the chart's upper echelons with a song that sounds as though it was left on a bus by Dan Gillespie-Sells of the Feeling... but charming enough to outdo that band's current effort, 'Without You', which has sunk without trace having grazed the unpublished chart at 20 two weeks ago. Just outside the top 20, a clutch of retro songs popularised by a cult music blog threaten to shake up the big names in weeks to come. But for now, it's a question of who can dethrone King of Prussia? http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii35/Merlo2001/tmpphpSKi2qx.jpghttp://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii35/Merlo2001/tmpphpboqRDj.jpghttp://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii35/Merlo2001/tmpphpxDx8W5.jpghttp://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii35/Merlo2001/tmpphpGOglbI.jpghttp://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii35/Merlo2001/tmpphp0vNSRo.jpg 1 (1) Misadventures of the Campaign Kids - King of Prussia (Fifth week) 2 (3) Don't Call This Love - Leon Jackson 3 (2) We're Almost There - Michael Jackson 4 (8) Forgive Me- Leona Lewis 5 (NEW) The Promise -Girls Aloud 6 (27) Girls - Sugababes 7 (5) Swagga Like Us - Jay-Z and T.I. feat Kanye West and Lil' Wayne 8 (11) Wire To Wire - Razorlight 9 (10) In This City - Iglu and Hartley 10 (4) All I Wanna Do Is Be With You - Paul Weller 11 (6) Burnt Out Car- Saint Etienne 12 (14) Sex On Fire - Kings of Leon 13 (16) So What - Pink 14 (7) I Kissed A Girl - Katy Perry 15 (NEW) Never Miss A Beat- Kaiser Chiefs 16 (22) Miss Independent - Ne-Yo 17 (19) Womanizer - Britney Spears 18 (26) Next Plane Home - Daniel Powter 19 (9) Pjanoo - Eric Prydz 20 (23) Lies - McFly

CHOOOON! What a glorious summer that was, endless days of hot sunny weather, the odd crunching thunderstorm to break it all up, then more sun sun sun... the Tories were out of Downing Street, I went to college for a year and had the time of my life, and delicious music such as this was filling the airwaves... Between there and here... where did it all go wrong?! :(

One of the best songs of all time. I never got it to number one on our chart when we were 11 though (there were three of us arguing over the positions every bloody Tuesday, ha ha ha. Oh yeah, charts on a Tuesday... the kids of today don't know what they missed!)

Quite simply one of the best threads of all time! We did personal charts when I was at school, though we ended up having the most bizarre number ones by entirely made-up artists, singing re-worked versions of popular hits of the time... such as top 1980s band 'The Masochist Band' with such top hits as 'Beat Me Up Before You Go Go', 'Agony' (Agadoo) and 'King of Pain' (The Police). We even pre-empted the 2000s trend of entering high and falling quickly, as we soon got bored of songs when we were 11. :P Ha ha, you're a year older than me (I started secondary school in 1984!) and I thought I was the oldest person on this forum! :dance: The old personal charts thing is a good game, I revived it for a while when I was presenting on hospital radio. But this is an absolute work of art that I couldn't possibly hope to equal. I did charts between 84 and 88 (school), 99 to 2006 (hospital radio weekly chart, entirely made up by me) but to keep it all going for twenty five years continuously, absolute genius! PS: If you were 12 in 1984, you should remember who the original Kit Curran was... :lol:

Chart Commentary: The first chart published for two weeks due to technical problems, but still no change at the very top, King of Prussia getting a fourth week at number one with 'Misadventures of the Campaign Kids', three of those keeping Michael Jackson's retro track 'We're Almost There' in second. But there's big movement below the top two to suggest the possibility of some exciting chart action next week. 2007 X Factor Winner Leon Jackson entered last week's unpublished chart at nine with his new song 'Don't Call This Love', which in some circles has been likened to an early 1970s Philadelphia soul track. This week the song jumps six places to number three, and a strong contender for number one next week. But he could be beaten by his X Factor predecessor Leona Lewis, whose 'Forgive Me' moves strongly into the top ten at eight. And Iglu and Hartley (10) and the highest climbing excellent new song from Razorlight (11) also make good progress. Pink has the highest new entry at 16, but there's no place in the Top 20 yet for Oasis, and Britney Spears limps in at a lowly 19. But watch out for a raft of new entries next week to shake the chart up, as King of Prussia campaign for more weeks at the top... This week's chart. http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii35/Merlo2001/tmpphpSKi2qx.jpghttp://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii35/Merlo2001/tmpphpxDx8W5.jpghttp://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii35/Merlo2001/tmpphpboqRDj.jpghttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/1781131.JPGhttp://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii35/Merlo2001/tmpphpZgt2IR.jpg 1 (1) Misadventures of the Campaign Kids - King of Prussia (Fourth week) 2 (2) We're Almost There - Michael Jackson 3 (9) Don't Call This Love - Leon Jackson 4 (3) All I Wanna Do Is Be With You- Paul Weller 5 (7) Swagga Like Us - Jay-Z and T.I. feat Kanye West and Lil' Wayne 6 (5) Burnt Out Car - Saint Etienne 7 (4) I Kissed A Girl - Katy Perry 8 (22) Forgive Me - Leona Lewis 9 (6) Pjanooo - Eric Prydz 10 (17) In This City - Iglu and Hartley 11 (25) Wire To Wire- Razorlight 12 (8) Changes - Will Young 13 (10) See You Again - Miley Cyrus 14 (11) Sex On Fire - Kings of Leon 15 (15) Spotlight- Jennifer Hudson 16 (NEW) So What - Pink 17 (18) Paddy's Revenge - Steve Mac 18 (12) Chasing Butterflies - Steph 19 (26) Womanizer - Britney Spears 20 (13) When I Grow Up - Pussycat Dolls

Chart Commentary: A late chart for this week, but no change at number one, with King of Prussia remaining on top with 'Misadventures of the Campaign Kids'. Moving up to number two is an old track by Michael Jackson, 'We're Almost There', and maybe he is, except that being a fair distance from King of Prussia in terms of units, he will have his work cut out to replace the band from Georgia next week. Katy Perry and Eric Prydz both drop a place, the big winners in the top ten are golden oldie Paul Weller (up six to number five) and St Etienne (up eight to six). Very much of today, Jay Z and his rap and RnB cohorts get the highest new entry at fifteen, but greater movement is expected in next weeks chart. Will Young may have stalled at number seven, but the new, almost Philadelphia soul tinged single from X Factor winner Leon Jackson could become a surprise contender to keep reality stars at the forefront of the chart battle. This week's chart. http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii35/Merlo2001/tmpphpSKi2qx.jpghttp://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii35/Merlo2001/tmpphpxDx8W5.jpghttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/2352052.JPGhttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/DATA200CDS.JPGhttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/1781131.JPG 1 (1) Misadventures of the Campaign Kids - King of Prussia (Second week) 2 (4) We're Almost There - Michael Jackson 3 (2) I Kissed A Girl - Katy Perry 4 (3) Pjanoo- Eric Prydz 5 (11) All I Wanna Do Is Be With You - Paul Weller 6 (14) Burnt Out Car - Saint Etienne 7 (7) Changes - Will Young 8 (6) Chasing Butterflies - Steph 9 (9) When I Grow Up - PussyCat Dolls 10 (5) Brakes - Royworld 11 (10) Stepping Stone- Duffy 12 (18) See You Again - Miley Cyrus 13 (8) 3 Days Awake - Luetzenkirchen 14 (15) Disturbia - Rhianna 15 (NEW) Swagga Like Us- Jay Z and T.I. feat Kanye West and Lil' Wayne 16 (23) Spotlight - Jennifer Hudson 17 (12) Keep It Simple - Delays 18 (13) Lasst Mich In Dein Leben - Helene Fischer 19 (24) Sex On Fire - Kings of Leon 20 (22) Paddy's Revenge - Steve Mac

Chart Commentary: While others rave about Kings of Leon, a different King tops the Radio Newtown chart today, after a swift ascent to the summit. In its fourth week of chart action, 'Misadventures of the Campaign Kids' by King of Prussia is the new number one, toppling Katy Perry's 'I Kissed A Girl' after just one week. The self-styled band of 'method actors', from Georgia, in the USA have hit the top with a topical number, just as the American Presidential Election campaign gets into gear. As the machinations of Obama, McCain, Palin and the rest continue to dominate the airwaves, a long run at the top for King Of Prussia's alternative take on the system looks likely, with Eric Prydz's 'Pjanoo' at number three unlikely to have the momentum to carry it to the top. However, a little-known track from King of Pop Michael Jackson, 'We're Almost There' sweeps up twelve places to number four, and could be an outside bet for the top. While PussyCat Dolls and Duffy make the Top Ten, just outside it, Paul Weller has a big climb with his pleasing current single 'All I Wanna Do' (not a cover version of the Sheryl Crow hit). Meanwhile, the delicious voice of Sarah Cracknell comes back to the Top 20, with 'Burnt Out Car' by Saint Etienne the highest new entry at 14. With a 'best of' retrospective out soon, the new dance re-mix of an old song is keeping fans happy and looks set for a top ten placing next week. But for now, it's all about King of Prussia! The new chart... http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii35/Merlo2001/tmpphpSKi2qx.jpghttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/2352052.JPGhttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/DATA200CDS.JPGhttp://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii35/Merlo2001/tmpphpxDx8W5.jpghttp://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii35/Merlo2001/VS1969.jpg 1 (3) Misadventures of the Campaign Kids - King of Prussia (New Number One) 2 (1) I Kissed A Girl - Katy Perry 3 (5) Pjanoo - Eric Prydz 4 (16) We're Almost There- Michael Jackson 5 (2) Brakes - Royworld 6 (6) Chasing Butterflies - Steph 7 (9) Changes - Will Young 8 (4) 3 Days Awake - Luetzenkirchen 9 (15) When I Grow Up - PussyCat Dolls 10 (13) Stepping Stone - Duffy 11 (22) All I Wanna Do Is Be With You- Paul Weller 12 (7) Keep It Simple -Delays 13 (10) Lasst Mich In Dein Leben - Helene Fischer 14 (NEW) Burnt Out Car - Saint Etienne 15 (14) Disturbia- Rhianna 16 (17) Built To Last - Melee 17 (8) Spiralling - Keane 18 (24) See You Again - Miley Cyrus 19 (12) The Little Things - Colbie Caillat 20 (11) Beggin' - Madcon

Chart Commentary: And so after a month of German heavy drinking and minimalist dance, our bi-curious friend Katy Perry at last leapfrogs both Luetzenkirchen and Royworld to get to number one in the Radio Newtown chart with 'I Kissed A Girl'. It's particularly galling for Royworld, whose 'Brakes' has already spent three weeks at No 2 behind '3 Days Awake', and now has to take runner-up position behind a new chart topper. And the chances of it eventually ascending to the top diminish considerably with the fast progress of two other songs in the top five. Climbing twelve places to number three are American band King of Prussia bringing their psychedlic janglings into the upper reaches with 'Misadventures of the Campaign Kids'. It's a topical number based around young people campaigning for a candidate in a US Election... except from the point of view of one who is more interested in one of the other campaigners than the candidate theirself! A delightful little slice of feel-good pop, it's expected to get to number one in the run-up to the American election in November, but still in with a chance is Eric Prydz, another European producer, up nine places to five with 'Pjanoo', and hoping to battle it out with Luetzenkirchen for the honour of having the biggest dance hit of the year. The two big climbers hamper the chances of Steph and Will Young in the Top Ten. Lower down the twenty, Rhianna at least makes an appearance with 'Disturbia', The p*ssy Cat Dolls hope to emulate their success of a couple of years ago with 'When I Grow Up', and in the flurry of interest surrounding his 'King of Pop' retrospective, Michael Jackson sees one of his lesser known tracks - with the swirling strings of writers Holland/Dozier/Holland - make a surprise new entry at sixteen. http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/2352052.JPGhttp://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii35/Merlo2001/VS1969.jpghttp://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii35/Merlo2001/tmpphpSKi2qx.jpghttp://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii35/Merlo2001/tmpphpV5Fyqe.jpghttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/DATA200CDS.JPG 1 (3) I Kissed A Girl - Katy Perry (New Number One) 2 (2) Brakes - Royworld 3 (15) Misadventures of The Campaign Kids - King of Prussia 4 (1) 3 Days Awake/3 Tage Wach- Luetzenkirchen 5 (14) Pjanoo - Eric Prydz 6 (6) Chasing Butterflies - Steph 7 (5) Keep It Simple - Delays 8 (4) Spiralling - Keane 9 (9) Changes - Will Young 10 (7) Lasst Mich In Dein Leben - Helene Fischer 11 (8) Beggin'- Madcon 12 (12) The Little Things - Colbie Caillat 13 (19) Stepping Stone - Duffy 14 (23) Disturbia - Rhianna 15 (NEW) When I Grow Up- PussyCat Dolls 16 (NEW) We're Almost There - Michael Jackson 17 (16) Built To Last - Melee 18 (11) Rot Sind Die Rosen - Semino Rossi 19 (13) The Man Who Can't Be Moved - The Script 20 (17) Superwoman - Alicia Keys

Hi, my faves this week... 1. Eric Prydz-Pjanoo (1) (CR-30-17-12-11-8-4-1-1) 5. Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown-No Air (3) (CR-20-4-3-9-20-32-41-46-47-33-12-4-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-3-5) 8. Mira Craig-Headhunted (17) (CR-17-8) 14. Colbie Caillat-Bubbly (15) (CR-22-14-4-4-7-12-11-7-9-13-14-17-19-26-33-43-OUT-34-16-13-12-15-14) 15. Katy Perry-I Kissed A Girl (11) (CR-32-21-14-11-5-13-24-28-16-4-4-9-11-15) 16. Gabriella Cilmi-Save The Lies (8) (CR-38-28-33-46-OUT-44-25-21-17-11-7-8-16) 22. Lady Gaga-Just Dance (31) (CR-31-22) 23. Colbie Caillat-Something Special (18) (CR-48-28-18-23) 24. Cyndi Lauper-Into The Nightlife (14) (CR-39-14-24) 29. Keane-Spiralling (13) (CR-20-16-13-29) 34. Sara Bareilles-Love Song (27) (CR-44-12-10-12-12-3-2-3-4-3-2-1-1-1-1-2-2-3-2-4-5-7-9-10-10-5-7-7- 10-12-11-3-1-2-3-4-6-8-12-15-19-27-34) Longest Runner 39. Das Pop-Underground (NEW) (CR-39) 41. Gabriella Cilmi-Sweet About Me (30) (CR-25-24-13-16-17-13-8-3-2-2-4-7-6-9-10-13-19-24-30-41) 42. Vanessa Amorosi-The Simple Things (NEW) (CR-42) 43. Marilou-Tactile (NEW) (CR-43) 49. Dizzee Rascal feat Calvin Harris & Chrome-Dance Wiv Me (35) (CR-48-17-9-4-2-2-4-7-14-21-35-49) 50. Ironik-I Wanna Be Your Man (NEW) (CR-50) Liking that Headhunted one. Lots I'm still discovering, which is what's good about this exchange of charts! :)

Hi, here are my faves... 4. Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl [brand New] 11. Madonna - Give It 2 Me [brand New] 14. The Script - The Man Who Can't Be Moved [brand New] 15. Miley Cyrus - See You Again (Rock Mafia Mix) [brand New] 16. Will Young - Changes [brand New] 17. Gwen Stefani - Wind It Up [brand New] 18. Coldplay - Viva La Vida [brand New] 20. Melanie C - Carolyna [brand New] 22. Nelly Furtado - In Gods Hands [brand New] 23. Madonna ft. Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes [brand New] 25. Beyonce - Irreplaceable [brand New] 30. Duffy - Stepping Stone [brand New] 32. The Saturdays - If This Is Love [brand New] 33. Colbie Callat - Bubbly [brand New] 34. Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown - No Air [brand New] 35. Melanie C - This Time [brand New] 36. Keane - Spiraling [brand New] 38. Duffy - Mercy [brand New] 39. Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me [brand New] Nice chart. Mel C is very underrated.

Are you serious? Do you think this utterly dreary and banal song even stands a chance of getting into the Top 100? :o I really can't find the words to describe how terrible this song is.