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DIAR is indeed doing terribly - was amazed to find it below “Golden” this week. 97 Backbone 98 Headlock 99 given 😁 100 Another Love

Week 35: 1 1 Alex Warren Ordinary 1,543,000 2 2 Lola Young Messy 1,193,000 1,370,000 3 3 Rosé and Bruno Mars APT. 1,124,000 1,480,000 4 4 Chappell Roan Pink Pony Club 1,074,000 1,520,000 5 5 Gracie Abrams That's So True 973,000 1,410,000 6 6 Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars Die With A Smile 900,000 1,530,000 7 7 Benson Boone Beautiful Things 856,000 2,640,000 8 8 Chrystal The Days 822,000 990,000 9 10 Ravyn Lenae Love Me Not 810,000 820,000 10 9 Billie Eilish Birds Of A Feather 800,000 2,020,000 11 11 Chappell Roan Good Luck, Babe! 777,000 1,980,000 12 12 Teddy Swims Lose Control 716,000 2,550,000 13 13 Sabrina Carpenter Espresso 694,000 2,450,000 14 14 Gigi Perez Sailor Song 686,000 1,280,000 15 15 Sabrina Carpenter Taste 677,000 1,470,000 16 16 Teddy Swims Bad Dreams 667,000 910,000 17 17 Teddy Swims The Door 641,000 1,310,000 18 18 Myles Smith Nice To Meet You 637,000 740,000 19 19 Tate McRae Sports Car 631,000 20 20 Myles Smith Stargazing 620,000 1,630,000 21 21 Shaboozey A Bar Song (Tipsy) 601,000 1,940,000 22 22 WizTheMc & Bees & Honey Show Me Love 594,000 23 23 Hozier Too Sweet 575,000 2,030,000 24 24 Alex Warren Carry You Home 566,000 870,000 25 25 Sombr Undressed 563,000 26 26 Noah Kahan Stick Season 547,000 3,070,000 27 30 Sombr Back To Friends 531,000 28 27 Sonny Fodera, Jazzy & D.O.D. Somedays 523,000 990,000 29 29 Ed Sheeran Azizam 522,000 30 28 Kendrick Lamar Not Like Us 518,000 1,140,000 31 31 Sabrina Carpenter Please Please Please 505,000 1,650,000 32 32 The Killers Mr Brightside 504,000 6,570,000 33 33 Lady Gaga Abracadabra 494,000 34 34 Fleetwood Mac Dreams 490,000 3,710,000 35 35 Goo Goo Dolls Iris 488,000 4,300,000 36 36 Sabrina Carpenter Busy Woman 476,000 37 37 Sabrina Carpenter Bed Chem 472,000 860,000 38 38 Doechii Anxiety 467,000 39 39 Chappell Roan Hot To Go! 461,000 1,120,000 40 40 Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen I Had Some Help 449,000 1,360,000 42 48 Sabrina Carpenter Manchild 442,000 45 49 Calvin Harris And Clementine Douglas Blessings 433,000 51 54 MK featuring Chrystal Dior 419,000 59 62 Morgan Seatree featuring Florence + The Machine Say My Name (Remix) 363,000 61 92 Huntr/x, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami & KPop Demon Hunters Cast Golden 363,000 72 75 Benson Boone Mystical Magical 347,000 93 - Ed Sheeran Sapphire 306,000 99 - Sam Fender & Olivia Dean Rein Me In 296,000 - 100 Wheatus Teenage Dirtbag 294,000 2,910,000 - 99 Kendrick Lamar TV Off 291,000 380,000

Week 35: 1 1 Sabrina Carpenter Short n' Sweet 417,000 790,000 2 2 Ed Sheeran +-=÷x (Tour Collection) 286,000 390,000 3 3 Oasis Time Flies... 1994-2009 265,000 2,300,000 4 4 Fleetwood Mac 50 Years: Don't Stop 245,000 1,710,000 5 5 The Weeknd The Highlights 221,000 1,460,000 6 6 Sam Fender People Watching 212,000 7 7 Chappell Roan The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess 199,000 500,000 8 8 Elton John Diamonds 194,000 1,850,000 9 10 Oasis (What's The Story) Morning Glory 193,000 5,500,000 10 9 SZA SOS 189,000 670,000 11 11 Billie Eilish Hit Me Hard And Soft 185,000 530,000 12 12 Charli XCX Brat 183,000 470,000 13 15 Alex Warren You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1) 174,000 190,000 14 14 Noah Kahan Stick Season 173,000 640,000 15 13 Tate McRae So Close To What 172,000 16 16 ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits 166,000 6,070,000 17 17 Michael Jackson The Essential 165,000 2,000,000 18 18 Taylor Swift The Tortured Poets Department 159,000 940,000 19 19 Fleetwood Mac Rumours 155,000 3,470,000 20 20 Arctic Monkeys AM 154,000 2,250,000 21 21 Eminem Curtain Call: The Hits 150,000 3,470,000 22 23 Oasis Definitely Maybe 148,000 2,940,000 23 22 Lady Gaga Mayhem 146,000 24 24 Linkin Park Papercuts 144,000 320,000 25 26 Gracie Abrams The Secret Of Us 141,000 280,000 26 27 Olivia Rodrigo Guts 141,000 630,000 27 25 Central Cee Can't Rush Greatness 140,000 28 28 Olivia Rodrigo Sour 138,000 1,190,000 29 29 Calvin Harris 96 Months 118,000 190,000 30 30 Benson Boone Fireworks & Rollerblades 116,000 240,000 31 31 Queen Greatest Hits 116,000 3,160,000 32 33 Pitbull Greatest Hits 113,000 580,000 33 32 Ariana Grande Eternal Sunshine 113,000 300,000 34 35 Post Malone The Diamond Collection 110,000 440,000 35 34 Kendrick Lamar GNX 109,000 170,000 36 36 Ed Sheeran ÷ 109,000 4,440,000 37 40 Billy Joel Piano Man: The Very Best Of Billy Joel 108,000 1,650,000 38 37 PartyNextDoor & Drake $ome $exy $ongs 4 U 108,000 39 38 Fontaines D.C. Romance 107,000 220,000 40 39 The Weeknd Hurry Up Tomorrow 106,000

4/9: 24 straight weeks in the Top 2 for “Ordinary” but it will surely be knocked down this week. 1 1 Golden (1) 2 2 Ordinary (1) 3 11 Man I need (3) 4 3 No broke boys (3) 5 4 Soda pop (4) 6 5 The subway (1) 7 7 Your idol (7) 8 10 Pink pony club (2) 9 12 Nice to each other (9) 10 6 Dior (2) 11 8 Daisies (2) 12 13 Back to friends (7) 13 9 Love me not (2) 14 14 Manchild (1) 15 15 How it’s done (14) 16 17 Rein me in (7) 17 23 12 To 12 (17) 18 20 What it sounds like (18) 19 16 Undressed (4) 20 18 Sapphire (8) 21 21 Beautiful things (1) 22 24 Takedown (22) 23 19 Blessings (5) 24 22 Victory lap (5) 25 30 Good luck, babe! (2) 26 26 Messy (1) 27 - Jealous Type (27) 28 32 Free (28) 29 28 APT. (2) 30 27 Which one (6) 31 25 Yukon (19) 32 29 Show me love (4) 33 31 Eternity (5) 34 34 Mystical magical (18) 35 33 Lose control (2) 36 35 Dreams (22) 37 36 High on me (36) 38 38 Iris (3) 39 40 Die with a smile (3) 40 39 Azizam (3) 41 37 That’s so true (1) 42 - Yellow (4) 43 41 Bad dreams (13) 44 44 Birds of a feather (2) 45 - Viva la vida (1) 46 - Mr Brightside (10) 47 43 Survive (1) 48 - Too sweet (1) 49 48 Just keep watching (6) 50 - Sparks (50)

The Spotify figures for “Man I Need” and “Golden” are going to continue to be misleading. Olivia needs to be doing at least 800k per day on Spotify to even challenge at the moment - look at the huge gap in the mids.

Agree with those who were saying that A1’s track should be next to go.

Despite such poetry as “love to work the kitty like (purr)”, Akon has been shaken out. This track samples various other songs and was the follow up to the #1 hit “Lonely”. It reached #5 in August 2005.

“Cool” to win, which is my 2nd favourite of the 10 after “Husan”.

Going for Rob Thomas, though it’s perfectly pleasant.

It’s all over for The Saturdays. This was the lead single from their 2nd album and peaked at #2 in October 2009 behind Chipmunk’s “Oopsy Daisy”. Despite peaking much lower at #9, the follow up “Ego” would eventually outsell it. 6th: Saturdays - Forever Is Over 12/29 votes (41%) 7th: Craig David - Rendezvous 11/30 votes (37%) 8th: Sharam - PATT (Party All The Time) 14/32 votes (44%) 9th: McFly - Room On The 3rd Floor 12/30 votes (40%) 10th: UB40 featuring United Colours Of Sound - Swing Low 19/31 votes (62%)

The knives are out for The Fratellis as “Chelsea Dagger” narrowly misses the final. The single peaked at #5 in September 2006 but had enough legs as a download to also make the 2007 year end chart. In the year end #79 survivor it also finished 3rd. 3rd: Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger 14/29 votes (48%) 4th: Pink - So What 14/31 votes (45%) 5th: Ultrabeat - Feelin’ Fine 12/32 votes (38%) 6th: Bhangra Knights vs Husan - Husan 9/30 votes (30%) 7th: Kaci - Paradise 18/34 votes (53%) 8th: Kaci - I Think I Love You 13/32 votes (41%) 9th: Whitney Houston & Enrique Iglesias - Could I Have This Kiss Forever 10/31 votes (31%) 10th: Busta Rhymes featuring will.i.am & Kelis - I Love My Chick 8/34 votes (24%)

I think Demon Hunters is at a cultural phenomenon level now where it’s hardly going to be flattened by a school term starting. I’ve been hearing plenty of people around my age asking each other whether they’ve seen it.

I’ve mentioned this before but I was 7 when the double A side single came out and my mum bought it on a cassette with a distinctive all black sleeve. I played it on repeat and at first I was fascinated by “Bohemian Rhapsody”, as you would be hearing it for the first time. But over time I grew to love “These Are The Days…” too. I still think it’s beautiful. And in fact if I had to choose between hearing either of the two tracks right now I’d choose “These Are The Days…”.

I doubt “My Man On Willpower” will stay Top 5, particularly with “Manchild” on its way back.

Another very strong bunch and time for the first 10 of the year. “American Pie” came close and that has more going on with it but “Vincent” is just pure art. I ended up crowning “Nights In White Satin” as my #1 hit of the ‘60s: this isn’t quite as stunning as that but it’s wonderful too. 10 Don McLean Vincent 314th #1: based on Van Gogh's biography and his most famous painting, this simple track is beautiful and heartbreaking 9 The Moody Blues Isn't Life Strange An epic 6 minute progressive rock track full of interesting orchestral features that builds to a huge emotional climax 8 Lindisfarne Lady Eleanor This was re-released after "Meet Me On The Corner" and it's a little harder edged than that but another excellent single 8 Diana Ross Doobedood'ndoobe Doobedood'ndoobe Doobedood'ndoobe I love the whimsical feel of the chorus to this and it's an excellent sophisticated song that demonstrates her vocal ability 7 The Angelettes Don't Let Him Touch You Only hit for this UK group with a really endearing Motown style song: I love the gravelly cello and the punchy chorus 7 Donnie Elbert A Little Piece Of Leather His last hit and it wasn't as successful as it's predecessor covers but it's great and showcases his impressive falsetto 7 T.Rex Metal Guru 313rd #1: this doesn't quite grab me like its predecessors but it's confident with big production and intriguing lyrics 6 The Move California Man Last of their mostly very good 10 hits: this is quite a standard traditional rock and roll style song but very enjoyable 6 Hurricane Smith Oh, Babe, What Would You Say? His 2nd Top 5: his voice is an acquired taste but I think it works in making this an interesting and sincere sounding track 6 Bread Everything I Own This is something of an easy listening classic that will have several other versions done: it's not exciting but very nice 5 Michael Jackson Rockin' Robin A cover of Bobby Day's 1958 hit: I do think Michael does a good job with this and it's quite a fun and vibrant version 5 Chicory Tip What's Your Name A #13 follow up to chart topper "Son Of My Father": it has that same jolly bouncy feel to it and it's a perfectly nice track 4 Jerry Lee Lewis Chantilly Lace A Big Bopper cover: I love the original and this is a competently done version, though I don't love the spoken ad libs 3 Neil Diamond Song Sung Blue Inspired by Mozart's Piano Concerto #21, but his first Top 10 miss and it's quite a plodding number that doesn't liven up 2 New World Sister Jane Their last Top 40: I find this rather basic and the tune grates quite quickly, and the jarring key change doesn't save it 1972 Group 7: #3965 27/05/1972 Wings Mary Had A Little Lamb 9 36-20-12-10-{9}-9-11-15-27-31-39->11 #3966 27/05/1972 Roberta Flack The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 14 38-34-26-22-17-16-{14}-17-21-27-30-38-39-48->14 #3967 27/05/1972 The Kinks Supersonic Rocket Ship 16 42-32-24-17-{16}-19-21-39->8 #3968 27/05/1972 The Chi-Lites Oh Girl 14 43-37-25-25-{14}-18-18-30-35->9 #3969 27/05/1972 The Chakachas Jungle Fever 29 45-45-{29}-39-40-45-45->7 #3970 27/05/1972 Free Little Bit Of Love 13 47-35-28-19-20-{13}-15-18-30-33->10 #3971 27/05/1972 The Pearls Third Finger, Left Hand 31 49-44-36-{31}-37-42->6 #3972 03/06/1972 Slade Take Me Bak 'Ome 1 25-14-3-2-{1}-3-3-8-16-18-28-43-49->13 03/06/1972 B Bumble And The Stingers Nut Rocker {1972} 19 47-42-30-25-24-20-{19}-22-24-28-43->11 #3973 10/06/1972 The Staple Singers I'll Take You There 30 32-33-35-{30}-32-33-32-47->8 #3974 10/06/1972 Gary Glitter Rock And Roll Parts 1 And 2 2 37-21-6-5-{2}-2-2-3-6-9-12-18-23-31-48->15 #3975 10/06/1972 Frederick Knight I've Been Lonely For So Long 22 45-38-34-27-26-{22}-23-23-34-50->10 #3976 10/06/1972 The Sweet Little Willy 4 47-23-8-{4}-4-6-6-11-17-20-28-37-45-50->14 #3977 10/06/1972 Argent Tragedy 34 48-43-43-40-{34}-34-40->7 #3978 10/06/1972 The New Seekers Circles 4 50-32-21-11-6-5-{4}-8-9-10-21-19-28-26-37-42->16 #3979 17/06/1972 Elvis Presley An American Trilogy 8 27-24-{8}-9-9-10-18-22-30-34-47->11

But First Look does have 2 days of Amazon and only 1 day of Spotify we understand.

Shock horror Alexa this Alexa that etc… I did say “Golden” had by far its highest Spotify numbers to date on Friday and Saturday so I’m not very surprised.

Strong Saturday for all 3 but I do think “Golden” has this unless Sabrina has A LOT of vinyls or something.

Impressive debut for Sabrina and big numbers for “Man I Need”. But if I’m not mistaken that’s also the biggest day by far for “Golden”. If 447k last Friday on Spotify led to 65k chart sales how many will over 500k this time mean? Will surely be the biggest selling Top 3 of the year anyway.

“Parachutes” re-entered the Top 200 at #170 last week and will have presumably climbed a fair bit. Note that while Top 10 sales are very low by historical standards, 1.8k for #100 isn’t.

Boo I’d hoped we were rid of the awful “Manchild”, though I’m not confident that the new material will be much better.

Another strong group here: 1972 is definitely exceeding expectations so far. Elton started his hit-making career pretty flawlessly with “Your Song” and “Rocket Man” and I like this Sly And The Family Stone song even more than “Family Affair”. 9 Elton John Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time) Inspired by Bowie and a story about an astronaut, it's a 2nd outstanding hit for him and more successful than "Your Song" 9 Sly And The Family Stone Runnin' Away Last of their 5 hits: this has dark lyrics juxtaposed with a happy sounding track and the sardonic "ha ha"; I think it's brilliant 8 The Rolling Stones Tumbling Dice The main single from "Exile On Main Street", this feels joyous with great lyrics and combines a blues style with rock and roll 8 Johnny Cash And The Evangel Temple Choir A Thing Called Love His biggest hit: the song is originally from 1968 and has many versions but it suits Johnny very well and he does it brilliantly 7 Johnny Nash Stir It Up A cover of a song by Bob Marley who won't have a hit here for a while: this is beautifully done with expressive falsetto 7 Paul Simon Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard A folky 2nd solo hit for him with intrguing lyrics: this style is more to my taste than that of "Mother And Child Reunion" 7 The Temptations Take A Look Around I love the harpsichord bassline running through this: it's a lovely and soulful track with beautiful lead and backing vocals 6 David Cassidy Could It Be Forever/Cherish 1st hit for this US star: "Cherish" is an Association cover but both sides are sincerely performed and rousing pop ballads 6 Ramsey Lewis Wade In The Water Only hit for this US pianist and composer: this is a lovely jazz instrumental but more something you'd want to hear live 6 Mungo Jerry Open Up It has that bouncy guitar bassline you might find in T.Rex or other Mungo Jerry songs: a good but not remarkable track 5 The Marmalade Radancer I think their more soulful songs have been some of the folkier ones: this is a standard pulsing rock number but it's decent 5 Daniel Boone Beautiful Sunday His 2nd and last solo hit and this was a big international success: it's a jolly record but feels very slightly formulaic to me 4 Vicky Leandros Come What May The English version of "Après Toi" that won Eurovision for Luxembourg: it's not bad but a somewhat overblown ballad 4 Leeds United FC Leeds United The 1st of 2 #10 hits that they'll have: the B side of this is the better known one but this isn't a bad tune for what it is 3 Dave Newman The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh) Only hit for this artist about which I can find no information: it's very similar to The Tokens version from a decade before 1972 Group 6: #3950 29/04/1972 Hurricane Smith Oh, Babe, What Would You Say? 4 38-27-18-15-6-{4}-4-8-12-20-27-27-33-37-41-49->16 #3951 29/04/1972 Donnie Elbert A Little Piece Of Leather 27 39-36-30-31-{27}-27-30-34-47->9 #3952 29/04/1972 Bread Everything I Own 32 43-35-35-{32}-40-49->6 #3953 06/05/1972 The Moody Blues Isn't Life Strange 13 34-39-24-19-{13}-15-15-22-37-47->10 #3954 06/05/1972 Jerry Lee Lewis Chantilly Lace 33 44-{33}-33-34-39->5 #3955 13/05/1972 T.Rex Metal Guru 1 9-{1}-1-1-1-2-4-15-22-28-34-42-44-46->14 #3956 13/05/1972 Lindisfarne Lady Eleanor 3 29-19-12-6-{3}-6-10-23-33-46-49->11 #3957 13/05/1972 New World Sister Jane 9 31-27-16-16-{9}-9-11-17-24-26-36-39-45->13 #3958 13/05/1972 Don McLean Vincent 1 36-29-11-5-2-{1}-1-2-5-8-19-26-29-40-49->15 #3959 13/05/1972 Diana Ross Doobedood'ndoobe Doobedood'ndoobe Doobedood'ndoobe 12 42-30-22-18-18-{12}-26-34-41->9 #3960 13/05/1972 The Angelettes Don't Let Him Touch You 35 44-40-{35}-38-41->5 #3961 13/05/1972 Neil Diamond Song Sung Blue 14 45-38-31-31-23-16-15-{14}-17-24-29-34-43->13 #3962 13/05/1972 The Move California Man 7 46-34-20-11-8-{7}-7-7-10-14-24-25-32-41->14 #3963 20/05/1972 Chicory Tip What's Your Name 13 39-26-23-21-{13}-27-31-42->8 #3964 20/05/1972 Michael Jackson Rockin' Robin 3 43-33-22-10-5-{3}-6-7-10-15-22-25-34-48->14

Again the assumption that either Olivia or Sabrina will be #1 next week seems premature. It looks like “Golden” will sell more this week than the 62k “Manchild” did on its first week, with no signs of it slowing down yet and no signs yet of “Man I Need” approaching that level either.

Akon now - pretty rubbish.

It’s ggooooodddbbbbyyyyyyeeeeeeeeee to Ronan. This reached #3 in May 2003 and isn’t in fact the original as American country duo Brooks & Dunn had released a version before, though Ronan did co-write it. He had 7 straight solo Top 10s before this one, and 6 more after it. 10th: Ronan Keating - The Long Goodbye 18/28 votes (64%