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Mark's Top 40 weekending 12th April 2024 1 (1) Tony Hadley - Walk Of Shame 2 (3) Lauren Mayberry - Change Shapes 3 (2) Rick Astley - Driving Me Crazy 4 (16) Hozier - Too Sweet 5 (4) New Kids On The Block - Kids 6 (5) UB40 - Gimme Some Kind Of Sign 7 (15) Take That - You And I 8 (19) James Arthur - Bitter Sweet Love 9 (14) Child - I Love How You Love Me 10 (13) Fairground Attraction - What's Wrong With The World? 11 (17) Leigh-Anne - Stealin' Love 12 (7) Teddy Swims - Lose Control 13 (6) Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 14 (8) Bon Jovi - Legendary 15 (New) Tiffany - Angels 16 (New) Perri - Forget About Us 17 (18) UB40 - Forever True 18 (Re) Oasis - Supersonic 19 (New) Dua Lipa - Illusion 20 (New) Sabrina Carpenter - Expresso 21 (9) Beyonce - Texas Hold 'Em 22 (30) Pet Shop Boys - Dancing Star 23 (32) Lewis Capaldi - Strangers 24 (12) Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang 25 (35) Olly Alexander - Dizzy 26 (40) Ariana Debose, Boy George And Nile Rodgers - Electric Energy 27 (11) Ariana Grande - We Can't Be Friends (Wait For Your Love) 28 (28) Becky Hill - Outside Of Love 29 (23) Billy Joel - Turn The Lights Back On 30 (New) Gary Numan - Radio Heart 31 (20) Paloma Faith - Bad Woman 32 (Re) Crowded House - Oh Hi 33 (New) Billy J. Kramer - Are You With Me 34 (New) Mal Pope - Letting You Down 35 (New) Marty Wilde - Two Eyes Streaming 36 (New) Starjets - War Widow 37 (New) Tony Christie - Just Like Yesterday 38 (New) Classix Noueaux - Battle Cry 39 (25) Last Dinner Party - Nothing Matters 40 (21) Bananarama - Supernova https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2FAdiRP5w...72720fe93604c22

Love the Hozier track great to see it at No.1

Hope so, i bought the 7" vinyl in 1994. Still have it.

Agreed

Mark's Album Chart - 12/04/2024 1. (01) Beyonce - Cowboy Carter 2. (02) Bananarama - Glorious The Ultimate Collection 3. (03) Taylor Swift - Midnights 4. (04) Take That - This Life 5. (05) Rick Astley - Are We There Yet? 6. (Re) ABBA - Voyage 7. (06) Paul Young - No Parlez 8. (Re) ABBA - ABBA Gold 9. (Re) ABBA - More ABBA Gold 10. (07) Shania Twain - Queen Of Me 11. (08) Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds 12. (09) Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 13. (10) Taylor Swift - Evermore 14. (11) Taylor Swift - Folklore 15. (12) Taylor Swift - Red 16. (14) Johnny Hates Jazz - Wide Awake 17. (15) Debbie Gibson - The Body Remembers 18. (16) Bananarama - Masquerade 19. (17) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Hana 20. (18) Jessie Ware - That Feels Good

Mark's Top 40 weekending 6th April 2024 1 (2) Tony Hadley - Walk Of Shame 2 (1) Rick Astley - Driving Me Crazy 3 (5) Lauren Mayberry - Change Shapes 4 (3) New Kids On The Block - Kids 5 (4) UB40 - Gimme Some Kind Of Sign 6 (6) Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 7 (10) Teddy Swims - Lose Control 8 (7) Bon Jovi - Legendary 9 (8) Beyonce - Texas Hold 'Em 10 (9) Madness - Round We Go 11 (11) Ariana Grande - We Can't Be Friends (Wait For Your Love) 12 (15) Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang 13 (13) Fairground Attraction - What's Wrong With The World? 14 (19) Child - I Love How You Love Me 15 (20) Take That - You And I 16 (New) Hozier - Too Sweet 17 (30) Leigh-Anne - Stealin' Love 18 (32) UB40 - Forever True 19 (New) James Arthur - Bitter Sweet Love 20 (Re) Paloma Faith - Bad Woman 21 (12) Bananarama - Supernova 22 (29) Pet Shop Boys - Loneliness 23 (14) Billy Joel - Turn The Lights Back On 24 (16) Ariana Grande - Yes, And? 25 (27) Last Dinner Party - Nothing Matters 26 (36) Lizzo - About Damn Time 27 (35) Usher - Kissing Strangers 28 (33) Becky Hill - Outside Of Love 29 (17) Dannii Minogue - Thinking 'Bout Us 30 (New) Pet Shop Boys - Dancing Star 31 (Re) Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young 32 (New) Lewis Capaldi - Strangers 33 (38) Jennifer Lopez - Can't Get Enough 34 (34) Noah Kahan - Stick Season 35 (New) Olly Alexander - Dizzy 36 (21) Rozalla - Lotta Love 37 (28) Sia And Kylie Minogue - Dance Alone 38 (39) Take That - This Life 39 (40) P!nk - All Out Of Fight 40 (18) Ariana DeBose, Boy George And Nile Rodgers - Electric Energy https://open.spotify.com/playlist/69LxjgXwZ...edd8ccff1c84297

Mark's Album Chart - 05/04/2024 1. (New) Beyonce - Cowboy Carter 2. (03) Bananarama - Glorious The Ultimate Collection 3. (02) Taylor Swift - Midnights 4. (04) Take That - This Life 5. (05) Rick Astley - Are We There Yet? 6. (01) Paul Young - No Parlez 7. (29) Shania Twain - Queen Of Me 8. (06) Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds 9. (07) Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 10. (08) Taylor Swift - Evermore 11. (09) Taylor Swift - Folklore 12. (10) Taylor Swift - Red 13. (Re) Original Soundtrack Greatest Showman 14. (11) Johnny Hates Jazz - Wide Awake 15. (18) Debbie Gibson - The Body Remembers 16. (19) Bananarama - Masquerade 17. (16) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Hana 18. (15) Jessie Ware - That Feels Good 19. (17) P!nk - Trustfall 20. (20) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Bauhaus Staircase

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https://www.boomradiouk.com/the-boom-all-time-chart-2024/ Procol Harum's A Whiter Shade Of Pale stays at No.1 for the 3rd year running. TW LW 1 1 0 Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale 2 3 1 Simon And Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water 3 2 -1 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody 4 6 2 The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset 5 10 5 Eagles - Hotel California 6 5 -1 The Beatles - In My Life 7 11 4 Fleetwood Mac - Albatross 8 7 -1 The Beach Boys - God Only Knows 9 8 -1 The Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin 10 12 2 The Beatles - Hey Jude 11 9 -2 Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven 12 13 1 10cc - I'm Not In Love 13 28 15 Marmalade - Reflections Of My Life 14 144 130 The Animals - House Of The Rising Sun 15 14 -1 Clifford T. Ward - Home Thoughts from Abroad 16 15 -1 The Love Affair - Everlasting Love 17 22 5 John Miles - Music 18 19 1 John Lennon - Imagine 19 38 19 Frank Sinatra - My Way 20 23 3 Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky 21 31 10 Scott McKenzie - San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) 22 29 7 Rod Stewart - Maggie May 23 24 1 Harry Nilsson - Without You 24 20 -4 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 25 17 -8 The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations 26 21 -5 Don McLean - American Pie 27 32 5 Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine 28 41 13 Free - All Right Now 29 26 -3 Richard Harris - MacArthur Park 30 39 9 Dusty Springfield - Goin' Back 31 43 12 Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone 32 35 3 Elvis Presley - The Wonder of You 33 46 13 Matt Monro - On Days Like These 34 50 16 The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever 35 25 -10 The Beatles - A Day In The Life 36 27 -9 The Beatles - Penny Lane 37 33 -4 The Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother 38 80 42 Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman 39 71 32 The Hollies - The Air That I Breathe 40 34 -6 David Bowie - Life On Mars? 41 62 21 The Beatles - She Loves You 42 77 35 Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go to My Lovely 43 37 -6 The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody 44 53 9 Gerry And The Pacemakers - You'll Never Walk Alone 45 60 15 The Beatles - The Long And Winding Road 46 58 12 Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air 47 52 5 Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run 48 51 3 Gary Puckett And The Union Gap - Young Girl 49 44 -5 T. Rex - Get It On 50 116 66 The Beatles - Yesterday 51 48 -3 The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man 52 159 107 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile (Come up and See Me) 53 40 -13 ABBA - Dancing Queen 54 65 11 Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing 55 57 2 Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb 56 76 20 The Moody Blues - Go Now 57 55 -2 Chris Farlowe - Out Of Time 58 152 94 Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky 59 56 -3 The Shadows - Apache 60 75 15 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord 61 70 9 Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat 62 64 2 The Beatles - Get Back 63 119 56 Elton John - Your Song 64 74 10 The Beatles - Let It Be 65 171 106 Acker Bilk - Stranger On The Shore 66 54 -12 Derek And The Dominos - Layla 67 100 33 Buddy Holly - True Love Ways 68 81 13 The Beatles - Something 69 128 59 Cliff Richard - Move It 70 45 -25 The Shadows - Wonderful Land 71 69 -2 The Seekers - The Carnival Is Over 72 167 95 Billy Joel - Piano Man 73 68 -5 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird 74 4 -70 Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream 75 93 18 Roy Orbison - In Dreams 76 NEW NEW Percy Faith - Theme from 'a Summer Place' 77 66 -11 Del Shannon - Runaway 78 92 14 Eagles - Lyin' Eyes 79 42 -37 Clifford T. Ward - Gaye 80 87 7 Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World 81 122 41 Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell 82 63 -19 Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay 83 73 -10 The Tornados - Telstar 84 82 -2 Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) 85 61 -24 Wings - Mull Of Kintyre 86 135 49 George Michael - Careless Whisper 87 30 -57 Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds 88 47 -41 Petula Clark - Downtown 89 98 9 The Love Affair - Rainbow Valley 90 89 -1 The Walker Brothers - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore 91 132 41 The Ronettes - Be My Baby 92 79 -13 The Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine 93 121 28 The Beatles - All You Need Is Love 94 111 17 Small Faces - Tin Soldier 95 49 -46 The Carpenters - Goodbye To Love 96 84 -12 The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar 97 102 5 Barry Ryan - Eloise 98 NEW NEW The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There 99 72 -27 The Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' 100 109 9 Love - Alone Again Or 101 NEW NEW Frank Wilson - Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) 102 165 63 Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower 103 NEW NEW The Kinks - Days 104 174 70 George Michael - A Different Corner 105 59 -46 Elvis Presley - An American Trilogy 106 198 92 Python Lee Jackson - In A Broken Dream 107 125 18 The Doors - Riders On The Storm 108 94 -14 ABBA - The Winner Takes It All 109 101 -8 The Temptations - My Girl 110 155 45 The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again 111 99 -12 Fleetwood Mac - Man Of The World 112 183 71 The Tremeloes - Silence Is Golden 113 NEW NEW David Soul - Don't Give Up On Us 114 186 72 The Searchers - When You Walk In The Room 115 83 -32 Cliff Richard - The Young Ones 116 NEW NEW Cupids Inspiration - Yesterday Has Gone 117 108 -9 Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights 118 175 57 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On 119 131 12 Billy Fury - Halfway To Paradise 120 106 -14 The Beatles - This Boy 121 180 59 Justin Hayward - Forever Autumn 122 95 -27 The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby 123 136 13 The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun 124 124 0 Clifford T. Ward - The Best Is Yet To Come 125 150 25 Eagles - Desperado 126 NEW NEW David Bowie - Heroes 127 NEW NEW Marmalade - Lovin Things 128 177 49 Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto 129 16 -113 Mike + The Mechanics - The Living Years 130 133 3 Sandy Denny - Who Knows Where The Time Goes 131 85 -46 David Bowie - Starman 132 NEW NEW Matthews' Southern Comfort - Woodstock 133 103 -30 Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There 134 141 7 Simon And Garfunkel - The Boxer 135 126 -9 The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter 136 NEW NEW Neil Young - Harvest Moon 137 139 2 Small Faces - All Or Nothing 138 107 -31 Simon And Garfunkel - The Sound Of Silence 139 154 15 Fat Larry's Band - Zoom 140 90 -50 Cilla Black - You're My World 141 NEW NEW Neil Diamond - I Am I Said 142 129 -13 Don McLean - Vincent 143 97 -46 The Rolling Stones - Paint It Black 144 NEW NEW Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun 145 187 42 Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 146 104 -42 The Beatles - Help 147 112 -35 The Monkees - Daydream Believer 148 NEW NEW T. Rex - Ride A White Swan 149 NEW NEW Darts - It's Raining 150 NEW NEW The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup 151 96 -55 The Beatles - If I Fell 152 NEW NEW Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline 153 134 -19 The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps 154 130 -24 T. Rex - Metal Guru 155 123 -32 The Casuals - Jesamine 156 120 -36 The Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown 157 NEW NEW Bobby Goldsboro - Honey 158 105 -53 Matt Monro - Walk Away 159 NEW NEW Marmalade - Rainbow 160 NEW NEW Gladys Knight And The Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia 161 149 -12 The Osmonds - Love Me For A Reason 162 NEW NEW The Real Thing - You To Me Are Everything 163 88 -75 James Taylor - You've Got A Friend 164 86 -78 Keith West - Excerpt From A Teenage Rock Opera 165 NEW NEW Slade - Everyday 166 NEW NEW The Archies - Sugar Sugar 167 NEW NEW Earth, Wind And Fire - September 168 188 20 Elvis Presley - It's Now Or Never 169 NEW NEW Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising 170 NEW NEW Roy Orbison - Only The Lonely 171 197 26 Ike And Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High 172 137 -35 T. Rex - Hot Love 173 143 -30 The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand 174 NEW NEW The New Seekers - You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me 175 NEW NEW Santana - Samba Pa Ti 176 113 -63 Cliff Richard - Miss You Nights 177 158 -19 Scott Walker - Joanna 178 153 -25 The Mamas And The Papas - California Dreamin' 179 114 -65 John Denver - Annie's Song 180 NEW NEW Hazel O'Connor - Will You 181 170 -11 Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes 182 146 -36 Jim Croce - Time In A Bottle 183 160 -23 The Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow 184 185 1 The Everly Brothers - Let It Be Me 185 184 -1 Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted 186 145 -41 Slade - How Does It Feel 187 18 -169 Shakin' Stevens - This Old House 188 NEW NEW The Isley Brothers - Summer Breeze 189 179 -10 Cliff Richard - Ocean Deep 190 NEW NEW Them - Here Comes The Night 191 117 -74 The New Seekers - Beg, Steal Or Borrow 192 147 -45 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 193 115 -78 Walker Brothers - No Regrets 194 NEW NEW Janis Ian - At Seventeen 195 36 -159 Status Quo - Rockin' All Over The World 196 NEW NEW Lindisfarne - Meet Me On The Corner 197 NEW NEW The Flower Pot Men - Let's Go To San Francisco 198 182 -16 Ultravox - Vienna 199 NEW NEW The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 200 199 -1 The Beatles - She's Leaving Home

I don't even remember them having a comeback :o

Mark's Top 40 weekending 29th March 2024 1 (2) Rick Astley - Driving Me Crazy 2 (3) Tony Hadley - Walk Of Shame 3 (1) New Kids On The Block - Kids 4 (4) UB40 - Gimme Some Kind Of Sign 5 (6) Lauren Mayberry - Change Shapes 6 (7) Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 7 (10) Bon Jovi - Legendary 8 (5) Beyonce - Texas Hold 'Em 9 (9) Madness - Round We Go 10 (11) Teddy Swims - Lose Control 11 (12) Ariana Grande - We Can't Be Friends 12 (8) Bananarama - Supernova 13 (27) Fairground Attraction - What's Wrong With The World? 14 (13) Billy Joel - Turn The Lights Back On 15 (20) Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang 16 (14) Ariana Grande - Yes, And? 17 (15) Dannii Minogue - Thinking 'Bout Us 18 (16) Ariana DeBose, Boy George And Nile Rodgers - Electric Energy 19 (35) Child - I Love How You Love Me 20 (New) Take That - You And I 21 (25) Rozalla - Lotta Love 22 (26) S Club - Good Times 23 (17) Dua Lipa - Training Season 24 (19) Delta Goodrem - Hearts On The Run 25 (18) Classic Nouveaux - No Do Overs 26 (23) Ariana Grande - Bye 27 (22) Last Dinner Party - Nothing Matters 28 (24) Sia And Kylie Minogue - Dance Alone 29 (30) Pet Shop Boys - Loneliness 30 (New) Leigh-Ann - Stealin' Love 31 (31) The Farm - Let The Music Take Control 32 (New) UB40 - Forever True 33 (New) Becky Hill - Outside Of Love 34 (33) Noah Kahan - Stick Season 35 (New) Usher - Kissing Strangers 36 (Re) Lizzo - About Damn Time 37 (28) Gabrielle - A Place In Your Heart 38 (29) Jennifer Lopez - Can't Get Enough 39 (36) Take That - This Life 40 (34) P!nk - All Out Of Fight https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0K65znEf2...b75b27487f647c6

Mark's Album Chart - 29/03/2024 1. (02) Paul Young - No Parlez 2. (01) Taylor Swift - Midnights 3. (04) Bananarama - Glorious The Ultimate Collection 4. (03) Take That - This Life 5. (05) Rick Astley - Are We There Yet? 6. (06) Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds 7. (07) Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 8. (08) Taylor Swift - Evermore 9. (09) Taylor Swift - Folklore 10. (10) Taylor Swift - Red 11. (11) Johnny Hates Jazz - Wide Awake 12. (12) Rod Stewart And Jools Holland - Swing Fever 13. (13) Paloma Faith - The Glorification Of Sadness 14. (14) Jennifer Lopez - This Is Me...Now 15. (24) Jessie Ware - That Feels Good 16. (16) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Hana 17. (17) P!nk - Trustfall 18. (18) Debbie Gibson - The Body Remembers 19. (19) Bananarama - Masquerade 20. (22) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Bauhaus Staircase

Mark's Top 40 weekending 22nd March 2024 1 (2) New Kids On The Block - Kids 2 (3) Rick Astley - Driving Me Crazy 3 (5) Tony Hadley - Walk Of Shame 4 (4) UB40 - Gimme Some Kind Of Sign 5 (1) Beyonce - Texas Hold 'Em 6 (18) Lauren Mayberry - Change Shapes 7 (7) Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 8 (6) Bananarama - Supernova 9 (21) Madness - Round We Go 10 (22) Bon Jovi - Legendary 11 (11) Teddy Swims - Lose Control 12 (19) Ariana Grande - We Can't Be Friends (Wait For Your Love) 13 (13) Billy Joel - Turn The Lights Back On 14 (8) Ariana Grande - Yes, And? 15 (10) Dannii Minogue - Thinking 'Bout Us 16 (17) Ariana DeBose ft Boy George And Nile Rodgers - Electric Energy 17 (9) Dua Lipa - Training Season 18 (12) Classix Nouveaux - No Do Overs 19 (15) Delta Goodrem - Hearts On The Run 20 (24) Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang 21 (16) Pharrell Williams ft Miley Cyrus - Doctor (Work It Out) 22 (20) Last Dinner Party - Nothing Matters 23 (23) Ariana Grande - Bye 24 (14) Sia And Kylie Minogue - Dance Alone 25 (27) Rozalla - Lotta Love 26 (28) S Club - Good Times 27 (New) Fairground Attraction - What's Wrong With The World? 28 (25) Gabrielle - A Place In Your Heart 29 (26) Jennifer Lopez - Can't Get Enough 30 (29) Pet Shop Boys - Loneliness 31 (30) The Farm - Let The Music Take Control 32 (33) James Blunt - All The Love That I Ever Needed 33 (32) Noah Kahan - Stick Season 34 (37) P!nk - All Out Of Fight 35 (New) Child - I Love How You Love Me 36 (39) Take That - This Life 37 (36) Belinda Carlisle - If You Go 38 (35) The Zutons - Creeping On The Dancefloor 39 (38) Liam Gallagher And John Squire - Just Another Rainbow 40 (40) Kelly Clarkson - Lighthouse https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1E92ZN3S0...6a7493d13d1468a

Mark's Album Chart - 22/03/2024 1. (01) Taylor Swift - Midnights 2. (New) Paul Young - No Parlez 3. (03) Take That - This Life 4. (08) Bananarama - Glorious The Ultimate Collection 5. (05) Rick Astley - Are We There Yet? 6. (13) Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds 7. (14) Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 8. (16) Taylor Swift - Evermore 9. (17) Taylor Swift - Folklore 10. (18) Taylor Swift - Red 11. (07) Johnny Hates Jazz - Wide Awake 12. (02) Rod Stewart And Jools Holland - Swing Fever 13. (04) Paloma Faith - The Glorification Of Sadness 14. (06) Jennifer Lopez - This Is Me...Now 15. (09) Cast - Love Is The Call 16. (10) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Hana 17. (11) P!nk - Trustfall 18. (12) Debbie Gibson - The Body Remembers 19. (15) Bananarama - Masquerade 20. (19) Tears For Fears - The Seeds Of Love

Superman & Lois coming back to BBC1 April 2024 Series 3 https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p09y...8/superman-lois

Here's a couple of 90s TV reports on the chart The first is from 1993 a feature on Live And Kicking featuring then chart show host Bruno Brookes nowqJceS2gY and the 2nd is from 1995 a feature on Short Change also features clips of Bruno Brookes and Dr Fox in action and lots of Virgin Megastore footage If you recognise the reporter it's the actor James Gilbey who was Michelle Fowler's creepy stalker in EastEnders GDZuZGRmo9w

Mark's Top 40 weekending 15th March 2024 1 (1) Beyonce - Texas Hold 'Em 2 (3) New Kids On The Block - Kids 3 (13) Rick Astley - Driving Me Crazy 4 (12) UB40 - Gimme Some Kind Of Sign 5 (New) Tony Hadley - Walk Of Shame 6 (2) Bananarama - Supernova 7 (7) Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 8 (4) Ariana Grande - Yes, And? 9 (5) Dua Lipa - Training Season 10 (6) Dannii Minogue - Thinking 'Bout Us 11 (17) Teddy Swims - Lose Control 12 (8) Classix Nouveaux - No Do Overs 13 (10) Billy Joel - Turn The Lights Back On 14 (11) Sia ft Kylie Minogue - Dance Alone 15 (14) Delta Goodrem - Hearts On The Run 16 (18) Pharrell Williams ft Miley Cyrus - Doctor (Work It Out) 17 (20) Ariana Debose ft Boy George And Nile Rodgers - Electric Energy 18 (New) Lauren Mayberry - Change Shapes 19 (New) Ariana Grande - We Can't Be Friends (Wait For Your Love) 20 (9) Last Dinner Party - Nothing Matters 21 (19) Madness - Round We Go 22 (New) Bon Jovi - Legendary 23 (New) Ariana Grande - Bye 24 (30) Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang 25 (15) Gabrielle - A Place In Your Heart 26 (16) Jennifer Lopez - Can't Get Enough 27 (29) Rozalla - Lotta Love 28 (31) S Club - Good Times 29 (21) Pet Shop Boys - Loneliness 30 (22) The Farm - Let The Music Take Control 31 (27) DJO - End Of Beginning 32 (28) Noah Kahan - Stick Season 33 (23) James Blunt - All The Love That I Ever Needed 34 (26) Ella Henderson - Alibi 35 (32) The Zutons - Creeping On The Dancefloor 36 (33) Belinda Carlisle - If You Go 37 (35) P!nk - All Out Of Fight 38 (37) Liam Gallagher And John Squire - Just Another Rainbow 39 (38) Take That - This Life 40 (39) Kelly Clarkson - Lighthouse https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4LicxdBZs...772f8b2b0b94763

Mark's Album Chart - 15/03/2024 1. (New) Taylor Swift - Midnights 2. (1) Rod Stewart And Jools Holland - Swing Fever 3. (03) Take That - This Life 4. (02) Paloma Faith - The Glorification Of Sadness 5. (04) Rick Astley - Are We There Yet? 6. (05) Jennifer Lopez - This Is Me...Now 7. (New) Johnny Hates Jazz - Wide Awake 8. (New) Bananarama - Glorious The Ultimate Collection 9. (06) Cast - Love Is The Call 10. (07) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Hana 11. (08) P!nk - Trustfall 12. (09) Debbie Gibson - The Body Remembers 13. (Re) Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds 14. (New) Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 15. (10) Bananarama - Masquerade 16. (New) Taylor Swift - Evermore 17. (New) Taylor Swift - Folklore 18. (New) Taylor Swift - Red 19. (New) Tears For Fears - The Seeds Of Love 20. (New) Judas Priest - Invisible Shield

Article taken from "Record Of The Day" via https://www.facebook.com/groups/40615224454?locale=en_GB The Official Singles Chart - what should its future be? 01 March 2024 - Editorial For years now, the Official Singles Chart has been something of an unhappy compromise. Now in 2024, it’s in real danger of finally creaking into oblivion, weighed down by the sheer number of bolt-on changes and rule tweaks that it’s endured since streaming was added almost a decade ago. As we approach that milestone 10-year streaming anniversary this coming June, maybe it’s time to re-assess everything and go back to basics. Firstly though, how did we get here? It was on Sunday evening 6 July in 2014 that ‘Problem’ by Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea became the first no.1 single that had both download sales and streams combined for its overall tally. Six weeks later, a former Record of the Day called ‘Am I Wrong’ by Nico & Vinz became the first song in history to appear on the Top 75 without selling a single copy, having done so on streams alone. But we were still in the era when downloads were king, and its release on UK iTunes a week later then propelled it from that lowly starting position of no.52 all the way up to no.1. By December that same year, we saw the first example of a song topping the chart thanks to its dominant streaming figures – that was ‘Thinking Out Loud’ by Ed Sheeran. Famously, Ed’s the guy who flipped the chart on its head in 2017 when the streaming numbers from his brand-new album ‘Divide’ were so huge on its opening week, nine of the Top 10 songs were by him. An incredulous Greg James had the honour of revealing that historic event on the Radio 1 Top 40 that Friday evening. And it was clear that something had to change. On 26 June that same year, a new rule came into effect which still exists today, meaning only the three most popular songs that week from a lead artist will feature on the singles chart. Around that same time, we first saw and heard the terms SCR (Standard Chart Ratio) plus the dreaded ACR (Accelerated Chart Ratio) halving the streaming tallies for any current song that had essentially been around a bit too long, or even permanent ACR for anything that was more than three years old. This was the last time that 100 streams were regarded as being the equivalent of one sale, with an alteration meaning that was now 150:1, and those songs that had been around for more than ten weeks and seen their sales decline for three consecutive weeks would see that cut to 300:1. Looking back, those 150 and 300 numbers seem to have been plucked out of thin air at the time, and with video streams now featuring (you need to be a boffin to understand just how they weigh up against audio streams), it’s quite frankly an unholy mess of formulas and algorithms that render the entire chart process incomprehensible to the public at large. Which could be one of the reasons why interest appears to have waned so much. That brief history lesson brings us to where to we are today, and your head is probably already spinning. We feel it’s time to relook at all this, particularly considering the enormous change in consumption habits that we’ve seen in recent times. Audio streaming leads the way, and one daily glance at the Spotify Top 50 gives you a much truer picture of what the nation is really consuming. How can we fix the Official Singles Chart? Let’s throw some ideas out there for discussion. First, it’s surely time to scrap ACR completely, is it not? You could be overly brutal and ask: if a new release isn’t good enough to compete against any catalogue title, does the whole current A&R process needs addressing from top to bottom? But that’s another story, and we’ll try not to be flippant here. What is inescapable though is that songs are blowing up from every genre and every possible era on a week-by-week basis, often without any sort of label control, and their true immediate popularity often isn’t being reflected by the existing chart rules. There can be an annoying lag before they sometimes show up properly on the chart, which seems a bit silly really. We saw this first in 2022 when ‘Running Up That Hill’ by Kate Bush surged back to life after its inclusion in ‘Stranger Things’ and was the most-streamed song, yet only ranked at no.2 on the Official Chart behind Harry Styles with ‘As It Was’. It was only a media uproar that forced the hand of the chart bosses to dump Kate’s ACR status, give a song a reset, and then see its true popularity shine through. It’s happened again just recently when ‘Murder On The Dancefloor’ by Sophie Ellis-Bextor has outgunned every other UK-signed act, even though the song is 23 years old. ‘Unwritten’ by Natasha Bedingfield also returned and had a bit of a reset, while the perennial favourites ‘Mr. Brightside’ by The Killers and ‘Riptide’ by Vance Joy were also among the 20 most-streamed songs that week, but were inexplicably downgraded, so didn’t show up inside the Official Top 40. If ACR went, the chart would feel much more natural and reflective of what people are really listening to and loving, even if that does mean oldies. Certain songs might hang around for months on end, of course, but if that’s what people are consuming, the chart really does need to better reflect that to maintain its relevance as a true barometer of the nation’s music tastes. If that prospect alarms you, fear not as the arrival of big new music will always push those tracks out of the way if they have genuine mass appeal. Next, how about this for a simple tweak – labels must decide going forward which song from an album bundle they want to be the so-called ‘focus single’, and that would then be the only one that shows up on the singles chart. Everything else would then be regarded simply as an album track. Beyond that, you could now introduce a four-week eligibility gap between each ‘focus single’, which would help enormously with radio airplay, and the artist builds up a string of multiple ‘focus singles’ on the chart from that album, now without being restricted to just three titles, should they choose to keep releasing a new ‘focus single’ every four weeks. If their streaming levels remain strong for months on end, you’d see that properly reflected on the weekly singles chart. We’ve recently seen a few of the majors (with one notable exception) trying to ‘game’ the chart by dropping physical product at appropriate moments in the release cycle, and it has worked very well for some big-name acts, particularly when the streaming numbers may not have been as impressive as hoped, but a high chart position was needed to sort-of save face. This needs a radical overhaul. One solution could be that a £1.99 maximum retail price limit is placed upon the physical CD single. And no physical will count toward the chart if it comes after the steaming debut. Anything that does arrive on time must be only one track (no remixes or bonus songs if it’s truly going to represent a streaming equivalent). And if a label chooses to put physical stock out there, the song then gets removed from the Top 100 once your physical stock dries up, even if you continue to be streamed in huge numbers. Think of it as being like the days when tracks were routinely deleted. And all this might finally deter labels from doing down that desperate physical route. We should also look at the sales of physical product through artist’s own websites. How and why has this somehow become acceptable? Back in the days of old, this would be considered as pure hype, and any such sales would be excluded from the chart. Of course, a big international star like Taylor Swift, Adele, or Ed Sheeran is going to shift bigger numbers of physical than a new artist, by sheer virtue of the fact that they each can motivate a fan base of millions rather than a small core. Our recommendation would be that any sales could only count if it was generally available to the public through at least one mainstream outlet such as Amazon etc. Oh, and we’d scrap cassette sales from the chart completely. Nobody plays them, after all. They’re probably one of the worst pieces of landfill with all their mixed component parts, and it’s about as relevant as counting a plant pot with an artist’s face on as a legitimate sale, claiming it’s somehow as worthy as 150 streams. Just get rid. You could go even more radical though, and simply dump all physical sales from the chart, full stop. That’d certainly keep it pure again, just like the old days when the Top 40 was an essential guide to the most-bought singles that week, nothing more, nothing less. One copy sold equalled one unit, and everyone knew exactly where we stood. Maybe 2024 is the year that the industry finally says the Official Singles Chart is simply the week’s most-streamed songs in its totally unfiltered form, free from any rules concerning the age of a song or its existing chart life to date. Incidentally, does anyone know why we still seem to be unable to differentiate between what is an elected play that’s been sought out on a streaming platform (and therefore arguably of higher significance) versus a ‘lean back’ one from a playlist? Surely that info is out there, but wasn’t it once claimed that between 80-90% of all plays were not coming from specific searches, and that could potentially undermine the perception of just how popular songs are if the public realised many high chart positions were therefore vastly inflated? While we’ve been pulling ideas together, we’ve heard from any industry contacts who’ve asked us why we care so much about this stuff. Is our interest in the chart not just a throwback to our teenage years, and today’s kids have simply moved on with barely a shoulder shrug for its continued existence? Yes, that’s possibly so, which then makes us wonder if there is indeed any hope for the future survival of the Official Singles Chart. Some say it’s always simply been a tool for the music industry and has been ‘gamed’ by them since its inception. But we do remain optimistic. Stripping it right back to basics feels like a positive start, and maybe somehow getting it back as an appointment-to-listen/see show on both radio and primetime TV each week is another thing that will help to lift mainstream interest in the weekly ups and downs of our favourite stars. Summing all this up is tough. But here’s how we see it as we head into Q2 2024. Dump ACR as soon as possible. It’s anachronistic, feels like a flawed and dated concept, and nobody will shed a tear at its disappearance. Ten years was more than enough. Just last week Beyonce took the no.1 title ahead of Noah Kahan, even though ‘Stick Season’ had been streamed many more times than Texas Hold ‘Em’. Incidents like that simply dent the credibility of the Official Singles Chart even further. Consider excluding all physical product (CDs, vinyl singles, cassettes and possibly even downloads) from the Official Singles Chart to keep it purer and less prone to desperate hype from product teams. However, if the temptation to keep physical in there somehow persists, look at maximum price points that are closer to those of a download sale, not vinyl singles priced at almost a tenner. If you put into action those points 1 and 2, then simplify the name as the final part of the process – The UK’s Official Singles Chart becomes The Official Singles Streaming Chart in its pure unfiltered form, free from arbitrary restrictions on the age of songs, and everyone then knows exactly where they stand from now on. Thanks to everyone we’ve spoken to when we’ve been canvassing opinions on all this. What’s clear is that nobody seems entirely happy with the Official Singles Chart in its current form, from both inside and outside the industry, and better transparency about how it’s complied and the stats behind each chart placing would certainly be a very useful start. We’re keen to keep the dialogue going, with some people who’ve been in contact also bemoaning the day the chart is released, the relative failure of New Music Friday to generate much impact anymore, and even a desire from some for a quicker turnover of big hits again. It’s impossible to please everyone, and we can’t turn back the clock either. Instead, let’s all work together for the best possible solutions and on-going chats to push forward what’s still one of the world’s most trusted, keenly fought and referenced list of our nation’s most popular songs.

The first time i bought CD singles was 1994 which was the first year you couldn't get everything on 7" I think the last CD singles i bought were early 2010 Timbaland/Katy Perry - If We Ever Meet Again Lady Gaga - Bad Romance Back then there was only a very small section in HMV they were phased at the end of the 00s

Mark's Top 40 weekending 8th March 2024 1 (1) Beyonce - Texas Hold 'Em 2 (2) Bananarama - Supernova 3 (New) New Kids On The Block - Kids 4 (3) Ariana Grande - Yes, And? 5 (4) Dua Lipa - Training Season 6 (5) Dannii Minogue - Thinking 'Bout Us 7 (6) Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 8 (7) Classix Nouveaux - No Do Overs 9 (8) Last Dinner Party - Nothing Matters 10 (9) Billy Joel - Turn The Lights Back On 11 (10) Sia And Kylie Minogue - Dance Alone 12 (29) UB40 - Gimme Some Kind Of Sign 13 (15) Rick Astley - Driving Me Crazy 14 (23) Delta Goodrem - Hearts On The Run 15 (13) Gabrielle - A Place In Your Heart 16 (11) Jennifer Lopez - Can't Get Enough 17 (14) Teddy Swims - Lose Control 18 (25) Pharrell Williams ft Miley Cyrus - Doctor (Work It Out) 19 (30) Madness - Round We Go 20 (26) Ariana Debose ft Boy George And Nile Rodgers - Electric Energy 21 (12) Pet Shop Boys - Loneliness 22 (21) The Farm - Let The Music Take Control 23 (22) James Blunt - All The Love That I Ever Needed 24 (19) Kygo And Ava Max - Whatever 25 (16) YG Marley - Praise Jah In The Moonlight 26 (17) Ella Henderson - Alibi 27 (20) DJO - End Of Beginning 28 (18) Noah Kahan - Stick Season 29 (38) Rozalla - Lotta Love 30 (New) Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang 31 (New) S Club - Good Times 32 (28) The Zutons - Creeping On The Dancefloor 33 (24) Belinda Carlisle - If U Go 34 (32) Justin Timberlake - Selfish 35 (31) P!nk - All Out Of Fight 36 (33) OMD - Kaleptocracy 37 (34) Liam Gallagher And John Squire - Just Another Rainbow 38 (35) Take That - This Life 39 (36) Kelly Clarkson - Lighthouse 40 (New) Sheryl Crow ft Peter Gabriel - Digging In The Dirt https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5nHZRMDIA...2bd8bd6fb254fd5

Mark's Album Chart - 08/03/2024 1. (01) Rod Stewart and Jools Holland - Swing Fever 2. (02) Paloma Faith - The Glorification Of Sadness 3. (03) Take That - This Life 4. (04) Rick Astley - Are We There Yet? 5. (05) Jennifer Lopez - This Is Me...Now 6. (06) Cast - Love Is The Call 7. (07) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Hana 8. (08) P!nk - Trustfall 9. (09) Debbie Gibson - The Body Remembers 10. (10) Bananarama - Masquerade 11. (11) Tiffany - Shadows 12. (12) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Bauhaus Staircase 13. (13) Kylie Minogue - Tension 14. (14) Jessie Ware - That Feels Good 15. (15) Debbie Gibson - Winterlicious 16. (16) Claire Richards - Euphoria 17. (17) Simply Red - Time 18. (18) Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 19. (19) Shania Twain - Queen Of Me 20. (20) A-ha - True North

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