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Looking back to my monthly chart... Mar 2008 #6 Hometown Glory (28-29-59-49-6-29-65-49-16-15)

#30 You're All I Have (May 2006) #56 Open Your Eyes (July 2007)

I like the track Slow Motion :)

Liking these 2. (4) Michael Jackson – Thriller (7-4-2) [3] 5. (2) Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror (2-2-5) [3] 7. (3) Michael Jackson - Rock With You (16-17-18-18-**(167)-1-3-7) [7] 13. (10) Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (16-16-16-15-**(166)-3-10-13) [7] 19. (28) Michael Jackson - Bad (23-20-20-24-**(164)-16-28-19) [7] 23. (9) Michael Jackson - Remember The Time (11-9-23) [3] 27. (12) Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal (22-22-23-17-**(161)-8-12-27) [7] 29. (NE) Noisettes – Never Forget You (29) [1]

Whether you have charted him in the past or in these last couple of weeks... Jan 96 EARTH SONG #16 Mar 96 ∙ THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT US #2 Nov 96 ∙ STRANGER IN MOSCOW #9 Apr 97 BLOOD ON THE DANCEFLOOR #13 Jul 97 ∙ HISTORY #10 Mar 06 BEAT IT #41

Mystery Jets - "You Can't Fool Me Dennis" in 2005 and 2006... charted at #44 first time round, and then #41 on re-release..

"What's A Girl To Do" reached Number 4 on my chart in late 2007. "Daniel" would have been Top 5 in April 2009 if I was doing an official chart this year.

Wow, I didn't know Breaks Co-op appeared on TOTP in 2006 to perform The Otherside.

Had a look at the CD singles I bought from record retailers in 2008 and am shocked to discover I only bought six chart (current) CD singles (down from 25 in 2007). It was definitely due to favourite new releases not being available on the format.

Heard 'Sleepyhead' on MTV2 and was impressed.

recordstore.co.uk has been good to me in the past.

Sparks will release the single 'Lighten Up, Morrissey' on 23rd March.

and The Floral Dance, I suppose - he soon after released his own version. I instantly thought of John Peel - 'O Superman' by Laurie Anderson, #2 in 1981.

True, but I bet it wouldn't have been half as fun ;) Thanks for your input, jondesouza

Thanks Mart!n :) You too. Good to see the hits being popular, thanks to Nick F1 and Thisispop too.

Hi Jon :) Loving these tracks: 1) MIA – Paper Planes 2) MGMT – Kids 3) Kings Of Leon – Use Somebody 4) Kanye West – Love Lockdown :funky: 14) Kings Of Leon – Sex On Fire 15) Iglu & Hartly – In This City 16) We Are Scientists – Impatience 20) Lykke Li – Breaking It Up :cheer:

1996 ~ 2001 2003 ~ 2008 In January 2002 I stopped doing my chart for a year, on hold after six whole years of monthly Top 50s. Then it was business as usual in January 2003, refreshed, I was satisfied with the singles chart again, and so there was a further six years of charting. Now I seem to have come full circle, and it's no co-incidence that this month's chart has the record for lowest number of new entries (one). My chart has really slowed down. I think it's time to take another year off, but meanwhile I'll come up with a Top 10 of the best (new?) songs each month. So here we go for December 2008... 01 (02) A-Punk - Vampire Weekend *3rd month at No.1* (11 months in chart) 02 (01) Bathroom Gurgle - Late Of The Pier 03 (03) Dancing Choose - TV On The Radio 04 (09) Gettin' Up - Q-Tip 05 (33) My Delirium - Ladyhawke 06 (10) Dusk Till Dawn - Ladyhawke 07 (12) Discipline - Nine Inch Nails {PEAK:#4} 08 (23) We Made It - Busta Rhymes feat Linkin Park 09 (15) Good Morning - Sparks {#2} 10 (22) One Day Like This - Elbow 11 (25) Breaking It Up - Lykke Li 12 (04) Love Lockdown - Kanye West 13 (05) Paris Is Burning - Ladyhawke 14 (06) VW - Late Of The Pier 15 (16) Hometown Glory - Adele {#6} 16 (19) Can't Stop Moving - Sonny J {#8} 17 (11) Salute Your Solution - The Raconteurs {#5} (10 months in chart) 18 (18) Saturday Night Hustle - Sway feat Lemar {#8} 19 (08) Don't Touch Me (Throw Da Water On 'Em) - Busta Rhymes 20 (28) Lighten Up, Morrissey - Sparks {#5} 21 (30) Thou Shalt Always Kill - Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip {#1} (15 months in chart) 22 (17) Use Somebody - Kings Of Leon 23 (38) Little Bit - Lykke Li 24 (**) Little Drummer Boy / Peace On Earth - Aled Jones & Sir Terry Wogan 25 (07) Another Way To Die - Jack White & Alicia Keys {#3} 26 (21) Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa - Vampire Weekend {#2} 27 (39) Machine Gun - Portishead {#1} (10 months in chart) 28 (26) Who's Gonna Save My Soul - Gnarls Barkley 29 (47) Going On - Gnarls Barkley {#8} 30 (34) Boyz - M.I.A. {#2} 31 (13) Club Action - Yo Majesty {#2} 32 (41) Oxford Comma - Vampire Weekend {#6} 33 (37) In This City - Iglu & Hartly {#6} 34 (40) Mountains - Biffy Clyro {#20} 35 (42) Kids - MGMT 36 (27) Heaven For The Weather - The Streets 37 (44) Letter From God To Man - Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip {#1} (13 months in chart) 38 (45) The Angry Mob - Kaiser Chiefs {#12} (13 months in chart) 39 (49) Lights & Music - Cut Copy {#21} 40 (46) The Day That Never Comes - Metallica {#1} 41 (52) The Beat That My Heart Skipped - Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip {#1} (15 months in chart) 42 (35) Sex On Fire - Kings Of Leon {#18} 43 (55) Apologize - Timbaland pts OneRepublic {#5} (13 months in chart) 44 (14) L.E.S. Artistes - Santogold {#3} 45 (32) Say Aha - Santogold 46 (74) D.A.N.C.E - Justice {#5} (10 months in chart) 47 (48) Umbrella - Rihanna feat Jay-Z {#3} (14 months in chart) 48 (64) Photograph - Nickelback {#5} 49 (73) 1234 - Feist {#15} 50 (31) Paper Planes - M.I.A. {#2} (11 months in chart) ^_^

42. If someone asked me what's the highest fall out of the top 40 I'd say Gnarls Barkley- Crazy, from No.5, as seen in the list above. Not a fair/sales-accurate drop, but in chart rule history it is correct.

I fondly remember the days of the CD/cassette singles bargain bin! As well as cut-price CDs I'm going to try and grab some CD shelves or cardboard displays if I can

Probably 100 or so this year. When I started, there were about 270 in a calendar year.

Lost some data from November 1999 to February 2000 a few years after compiling, and eventually I managed to restore it as faithfully as I could remember.

There's a Blur forum? (Looks) Ah, thought all the artists forums had been removed. They were hidden!

Another great song from them, I've been liking this track for a few months now.

A pleasant surprise to see 'Use Somebody' at #1, however briefly. This thread cleared up the initial confusion.

Thanks Chrisi, I imagine it won't be long before the next month's edition (some time around Dec. 28) :cool: