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  1. This week’s bonus choices:

     

    #6s

     

    Shakedown – At Night

    Pink – Don't Let Me Get Me

    Vanessa Carlton – A Thousand Miles

    Hear'Say – Lovin' Is Easy

    Oakenfold – Starry Eyed Surprise

    N-Trance – Forever

    Sarah Whatmore – When I Lost You

    Eve feat. Alicia Keys – Gangsta Lovin'

    Jakatta feat. Seal – My Vision

    Manic Street Preachers – There by the Grace of God

    Missy Elliott – Work It

    Blazin' Squad – Love on the Line

    S Club Juniors – Puppy Love / Sleigh Ride

     

    Eminem – Sing for the Moment

    Daniel Bedingfield – I Can't Read You

    DMX – X Gon' Give It to Ya

    Good Charlotte – Girls and Boys

    Lisa Scott-Lee – Lately

    Shania Twain – Forever and For Always

    Amy Studt – Misfit

    Jennifer Ellison – Baby I Don't Care

    50 Cent – 21 Questions

    Eminem – Business

    Pharrell Williams feat. Jay-Z – Frontin'

    Kelly Clarkson – Miss Independent

    Iron Maiden – Wildest Dreams

    Christina Aguilera feat. Lil' Kim – Can't Hold Us Down

    Nickelback – Someday

    Emma Bunton – Maybe

    Liberty X – Jumpin'

     

    #7s

     

    Ms. Dynamite – It Takes More

    Paffendorf – Be Cool

    Mis-teeq – Roll On / This Is How We Do It

    Beyoncé – Work It Out

    Britney Spears feat. Pharrell Williams – Boys

    Lasgo – Alone

    Paul Weller – It's Written in the Stars

    Aqualung – Strange and Beautiful (I'll Put a Spell On You)

    LL Cool J – Luv U Better

    Dannii Minogue – Put the Needle on It

    Sugababes – Stronger / Angels with Dirty Faces

    Love Inc. – You're a Superstar

     

    Big Brovaz – OK

    Melanie C – Here It Comes Again

    Nelly feat. Justin Timberlake – Work It

    Simply Red – Sunrise

    Avril Lavigne – I'm with You

    The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army

    Bhangra Knights vs. Husan – Husan

    t.A.T.u. – Not Gonna Get Us

    Ashanti – Rock Wit U (Awww Baby)

    D-Side – Invisible

    Deepest Blue – Deepest Blue

    Kosheen – All In My Head

    Travis – Re-Offender

    The Strokes – 12:51

    Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Mixed Up World

     

    #8s

     

    Ian Van Dahl – Reason

    Puddle of Mudd – Blurry

    Bowling for Soup – Girl All the Bad Guys Want

    H & Claire – Half a Heart

    Milky – Just the Way You Are

    Craig David – What's Your Flava?

    Kylie Minogue – Come Into My World

    Mariah Carey – Through the Rain

    Avril Lavigne – Sk8er Boi

     

    Triple 8 – Knockout

    Good Charlotte – Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous

    Layo & Bushwacka! – Love Story (vs. Finally)

    Cam'ron feat. Juelz Santana – Hey Ma

    Blazin' Squad – Reminisce / Where the Story Ends

    Shania Twain – Ka-Ching!

    Love Inc. – Broken Bones

    XTM & DJ Chucky feat. Annia – Fly on the Wings of Love

    DJ Sammy – Sunlight

    Mis-Teeq – Can't Get It Back

    Craig David – Spanish

    Richard X feat.Kelis – Finest Dreams

    Muse – Time Is Running Out

    Evanescence – Going Under

    R.E.M. – Bad Day

    Obie Trice – Got Some Teeth

     

    #9s

     

    Mary J. Blige – No More Drama

    Milk Inc. – In My Eyes

    Moony – Dove (I'll Be Loving You)

    Kelly Llorenna – Tell It to My Heart

    Linkin Park – High Voltage / Points of Authority

    Nickelback – Too Bad

    Beenie Man feat. Janet Jackson – Feel It Boy

    John Otway – Bunsen Burner

    Badly Drawn Boy – You Were Right

    Romeo feat. Christina Milian – It's All Gravy

     

    Kira – I'll Be Your Angel

    Darius – Incredible (What I Meant to Say)

    Missy Elliott feat. Ludacris – Gossip Folks

    Coldplay – Clocks

    D-Side – Speechless

    Bon Jovi – All About Lovin' You

    Metallica – St. Anger

    Triple 8 – Give Me a Reason

    Jason Nevins presents N.Y.U.K feat. Holly James – I'm in Heaven

    Stacie Orrico – Stuck

    Starsailor – Silence is Easy

    So Solid Crew – Broken Silence

    Delta Goodrem – Innocent Eyes

    Texas feat. Kardinal Offishall – Carnival Girl

    Hilary Duff – So Yesterday

     

    #10s

     

    Russell Watson and Faye Tozer – Someone Like You

    DJ Ötzi – Hey Baby (Unofficial World Cup Remix)

    Milk Inc. – Walk On Water

    Oxide and Neutrino feat. Kowdean – Dem Girlz (I Don't Know Why)

    Shaggy – Hey Sexy Lady

    H & Claire – All Out of Love

    Coldplay – The Scientist

    Liam Lynch – United States of Whatever

     

    Moloko – Familiar Feeling

    Erasure – Solsbury Hill

    Feeder – Just the Way I'm Feeling

    Craig David – Hidden Agenda

    The Coral – Don't Think You're the First

    Linkin Park – Somewhere I Belong

    Abs – Stop Sign

    One True Voice – Shakespeare's (Way With) Words

    B2K – Girlfriend

    Kym Marsh – Come on Over

    R. Kelly feat. Big Tigger – Snake

    Good Charlotte – The Anthem

    Speedway – Genie in a Bottle / Save Yourself

    Nelly, P. Diddy and Murphy Lee – Shake Ya Tailfeather

    Limp Bizkit – Eat You Alive

    Amy Studt – Under the Thumb

    Fast Food Rockers – Say Cheese (Smile Please)

     

  2. Although as I have mentioned a few times on here I don't think it would be that hard to get a computer to calculate a multiplier for each year to balance things out a bit for their all-time lists. That's assuming they're not deleting the sales data from past years at least.

    I don’t think they could easily downgrade all the certifications though. They’ve made their bed now. It’s only an issue when comparing pre streaming age hits with streaming age hits really - otherwise it’s OK.

  3. “White Ladder” is one of my most played ever albums and so it’s difficult to review the singles objectively here, but I do genuinely think “Please Forgive Me” is fantastic both as the album opener and in its own right. Just ahead of it though is a track from another album I’ve heard countless times, and which I think still stands up as one of Coldplay’s very finest singles.

     

    9 Coldplay Trouble A more reflective and slightly haunting follow up to "Yellow" with a gorgeous piano riff and the tenderest vocals from Chris

    9 David Gray Please Forgive Me {2000} The opener on "White Ladder" that sets the tone of melancholy longing: I love how the electronica creates a sense of motion

    8 Samantha Mumba Body II Body For me this is her finest work: a mature performance and the track retains the character of the Bowie original but with twist

    8 Blur Music Is My Radar The lead from their best of album and it has interesting instrumentation and the hook has a hypnotic and compelling quality

    7 Ricky Martin She Bangs My favourite of his singles: quite clever lyrically and has more subtlety than "Livin' La Vida Loca" but still with the Latin flavour

    7 Gabrielle Should I Stay This should have followed up "Rise": a very effective ballad with nice instrumental touches and the relentless beep of heartache

    6 Fatboy Slim Sunset (Bird Of Prey) Another one with a mesmerisingly repetitive quality to it: it's very atmospheric but doesn't quite sustain my interest all the way

    6 JJ72 October Swimmer A re-issue of their lead single: it doesn't quite have the soaring power of "Oxygen", but it's enjoyable and lyrically very interesting

    5 Afro Medusa Pasilda Only hit for this UK dance music group: one of them had moved from Spain hence the strong Latin vibe to this enjoyable track

    5 K-Gee I Don't Really Care Only hit for this UK DJ: an unusual track which samples Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" but it works quite nicely and it's a good tune

    4 Spice Girls Holler/Let Love Lead The Way 879th #1: "Holler" is a decent but unremarkable RnB track and the other side is rather saccharine; an underwhelming comeback

    4 Martine McCutcheon I'm Over You Her 4th Top 10 hit and it's a decent 2000 formula pop song delivered reasonably well, but looking back it's amazing it did so well

    3 Iron Maiden Out Of The Silent Planet A pleasant enough listen for a couple of minutes but after 6 it's really quite monotonous and sounds like many of their others

    3 Idlewild Roseability The 4th single from "100 Broken Windows", which maybe is why I find this one quite pedestrian but they'll be back stronger

    3 Jill Scott Gettin' In The Way Only Top 40 for this US all round performer: possibly this just isn't my thing but I feel it plods along and doesn't really get going

    2 Steps Stomp 878th #1: shame their 2nd chart topper is one of their worst hits; the chorus is weak and the autotuned "stomp stomp" is naff

    2 Honeyz Not Even Gonna Trip The song's about not caring and that's the response it brings: no wonder this ended their Top 10 run as it's very inconsequential

    2 Damage Rumours There's no real melody to this and it's very forgettable: shame after their comeback "Ghetto Romance" was a strong piece of RnB

     

     

     

    2000 Week 45:

     

    #462 11/11/2000 Westlife My Love 1 {1}-2-9-14-19-21-17-27-38-59->10

    #463 11/11/2000 Tweenies Number 1 5 6-{5}-7-8-10-10-9-8-12-16-27-39-45-44-48-61-68-70-73R(2)-74-72-74-73->23

    #464 11/11/2000 Nelly (Hot S**t) Country Grammar 7 {7}-11-17-26-34-45-64-66-64->9

    #465 11/11/2000 Christina Aguilera Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You) 8 {8}-14-25-32-41-53-69-65R(2)->8

    #466 11/11/2000 Kandi Don't Think I'm Not 9 {9}-9-13-19-23-29-35-36-36-53->10

    #467 11/11/2000 Louise Beautiful Inside 13 {13}-31-43-58->4

    #468 11/11/2000 Limp Bizkit My Generation 15 {15}-34-45-54-74-74-66R(3)-65->8

    #469 11/11/2000 The Corrs Irresistible 20 {20}-41-61-57-66-60R(5)-70->7

    #470 11/11/2000 Kristine Blond Love Shy (Remix) 28 {28}-46->2

    #471 11/11/2000 Doves The Man Who Told Everything 32 {32}-59->2

    #472 11/11/2000 De La Soul Featuring Chaka Khan All Good 33 {33}-47-73->3

    #473 11/11/2000 Laurent Garnier Greed/The Man With The Red Face 36 {36}-56->2

     

  4. A poll could be worth doing. There was a 2021 ABBA rate so maybe too soon to do another. I’d be really interested in the Stones myself but I’m guessing Blondie would get more participants, as most Buzzjackers are millennials who tend to be not that interested in stuff from before they were born.

     

    As for selection criteria, it’s good to make it objective but at the same time you want to make sure the artist’s work is very well represented. One possibility which I considered for The Beatles is singles plus the X most streamed non singles on Spotify.

  5. Thanks for doing this Julian. Really enjoyed the countdown and a worthy winner regardless of my preferences.

     

    Anyone for the Rolling Stones next?

    Glad you enjoyed it and thanks to you and others for adding interesting commentaries.

     

    I need a break from running these things but I would certainly participate in a Stones one with interest.

  6. Here is Version 2 with chartjack2’s votes and the original positions in brackets. Happy to call these the final results as they’re slightly more to my taste overall :lol: . Particularly happy to have “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” in the Top 10, “Across The Universe” in the Top 20 and “I’m Only Sleeping” in the Top 40. :)

     

    1 (1) Eleanor Rigby 785

    2 (2) Hey Jude 729

    3 (4) Here Comes The Sun 699

    4 (3) Yesterday 692

    5 (5) Strawberry Fields Forever 671

    6 (6) Let It Be 616

    7 (7) Tomorrow Never Knows 606

    8 (13) While My Guitar Gently Weeps 556

    9 (12) Come Together 554

    10 (10) A Day In The Life 553

     

    11 (11) Ticket To Ride 543

    12 (14) Something 541

    13 (15) In My Life 535

    14 (8) Help! 525

    15 (16) Penny Lane 523 (19 voters)

    16 (9) Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds 523 (16 voters)

    17 (18) We Can Work It Out 465

    18 (21) I Am The Walrus 456

    19 (22) Across The Universe 453

    20 (17) A Hard Day’s Night 440

     

    21 (19) Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) 436

    22 (20) Paperback Writer 431

    23 (25) Day Tripper 393

    24 (23) I Want To Hold Your Hand 390

    25 (24) Twist And Shout 381

    26 (26) All You Need Is Love 372

    27 (28) Hello, Goodbye 368

    28 (27) She Loves You 361

    29 (30) I Saw Her Standing There 359 (18 voters)

    30 (29) Back In The U.S.S.R. 359 (16 voters)

     

    31 (32) Now And Then 342 (16 voters)

    32 (31) The Long And Winding Road 342 (13 voters)

    33 (37) Revolution 336

    34 (36) All My Loving 329

    35 (33) Blackbird 328

    36 (35) Can’t Buy Me Love 304

    37 (38) I Feel Fine 303

    38 (34) I Want You (She’s So Heavy) 300

    39 (39) You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away 295

    40 (41) I’m Only Sleeping 294

     

    41 (43) Lady Madonna 281

    42 (40) With A Little Help From My Friends 265

    43 (47) Love Me Do 254

    44 (45) Real Love 249 (14 voters)

    45 (42) The Fool On The Hill 249 (10 voters)

    46 (44) Yellow Submarine 240

    47 (46) Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 237

    48 (55) Here, There And Everywhere 228

    49 (48) Please Please Me 227

    50 (49) Nowhere Man 223

     

    51 (53) Get Back 215

    52 (50) Magical Mystery Tour 214

    53 (51) And I Love Her 209

    54 (52) Taxman 204

    55 (54) Eight Days A Week 196

    56 (56) The Ballad Of John And Yoko 181

    57 (57) From Me To You 175

    58 (61) Don’t Let Me Down 174

    59 (59) Free As A Bird 162 (11 voters)

    60 (58) Within You Without You 162 (7 voters)

     

    61 (60) Octopus’s Garden 153

    62 (64) Got To Get You Into My Life 149

    63 (62) Drive My Car 141

    64 (63) Michelle 136

    65 (70) I Me Mine 120

    66 (65) Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da 107

    67 (66) Oh! Darling 104

    68 (68) Dear Prudence 103

    69 (67) Girl 102

    70 (69) Hey Bulldog 95

     

    71 (71) You Can’t Do That 53

    72 (72) If I Needed Someone 44

    73 (73) Glass Onion 31

    74 (74) Roll Over Beethoven 28

    75 (75) This Boy 11

    76 (76) Baby It’s You 8

    77 (77) Old Brown Shoe 4

    78 (78) You Really Got A Hold On Me 0

     

  7. Full results as revealed in the thread:

     

    1 Eleanor Rigby 752

    2 Hey Jude 699

    3 Yesterday 675

    4 Here Comes The Sun 659

    5 Strawberry Fields Forever 637

    6 Let It Be 601

    7 Tomorrow Never Knows 567

    8 Help! 525

    9 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds 522

    10 A Day In The Life 521

     

    11 Ticket To Ride 515

    12 Come Together 508

    13 While My Guitar Gently Weeps 506

    14 Something 492

    15 In My Life 491

    16 Penny Lane 480

    17 A Hard Day’s Night 440

    18 We Can Work It Out 430

    19 Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) 422

    20 Paperback Writer 418

     

    21 I Am The Walrus 415

    22 Across The Universe 405

    23 I Want To Hold Your Hand 382

    24 Twist And Shout 381

    25 Day Tripper 377

    26 All You Need Is Love 350

    27 She Loves You 343

    28 Hello, Goodbye 339

    29 Back In The U.S.S.R. 333

    30 I Saw Her Standing There 332 (17 voters)

     

    31 The Long And Winding Road 332 (12 voters)

    32 Now And Then 330

    33 Blackbird 305

    34 I Want You (She’s So Heavy) 300

    35 Can’t Buy Me Love 293

    36 All My Loving 291

    37 Revolution 289

    38 I Feel Fine 278

    39 You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away 275

    40 With A Little Help From My Friends 265

     

    41 I’m Only Sleeping 258

    42 The Fool On The Hill 249

    43 Lady Madonna 244

    44 Yellow Submarine 240 (14 voters)

    45 Real Love 240 (13 voters)

    46 Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 237

    47 Love Me Do 233

    48 Please Please Me 224

    49 Nowhere Man 223

    50 Magical Mystery Tour 214

     

    51 And I Love Her 209

    52 Taxman 204

    53 Get Back 196

    54 Eight Days A Week 191

    55 Here, There And Everywhere 183

    56 The Ballad Of John And Yoko 181

    57 From Me To You 175

    58 Within You Without You 158

    59 Free As A Bird 156

    60 Octopus’s Garden 153

     

    61 Don’t Let Me Down 143

    62 Drive My Car 141

    63 Michelle 136

    64 Got To Get You Into My Life 125

    65 Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da 107

    66 Oh! Darling 104

    67 Girl 102

    68 Dear Prudence 96

    69 Hey Bulldog 95

    70 I Me Mine 78

     

    71 You Can’t Do That 53

    72 If I Needed Someone 44

    73 Glass Onion 31

    74 Roll Over Beethoven 28

    75 This Boy 9

    76 Baby It’s You 8

    77 Old Brown Shoe 4

    78 You Really Got A Hold On Me 0

  8. Week 21:

     

    1 1 406,000 Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department

    2 2 183,000 The Weeknd - The Highlights (1.01m)

    3 3 173,000 Noah Kahan - Stick Season (300k)

    4 4 139,000 Olivia Rodrigo - Guts (350k)

    5 6 117,000 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don’t Stop (1.29m)

    6 5 115,000 Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor’s Version (410k)

    7 7 112,000 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits (5.77m)

    8 8 110,000 Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine

    9 9 109,000 Elton John - Diamonds (1.49m)

    10 10 109,000 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits (3.15m)

     

    11 12 99,000 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour (930k)

    12 11 98,000 Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter

    13 14 96,000 Taylor Swift - Lover (750k)

    14 13 95,000 Taylor Swift - Midnights (850k)

    15 15 91,000 Taylor Swift - Folklore (710k)

    16 17 88,000 Michael Jackson - The Essential Michael Jackson (1.69m)

    17 16 87,000 Taylor Swift - Reputation (840k)

    18 18 86,000 Arctic Monkeys - AM (1.97m)

    19 19 86,000 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend (3.19m)

    20 20 86,000 Post Malone - The Diamond Collection (230k)

     

    21 21 84,000 Sza - SOS (370k)

    22 22 83,000 Queen - Greatest Hits (2.92m)

    23 23 80,000 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (2.42m)

    24 24 78,000 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994-2009 (1.84m)

    25 - 67,000 Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard And Soft

    26 25 66,000 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent (280k)

    27 26 65,000 The Last Dinner Party - Prelude To Ecstasy

    28 28 65,000 Ed Sheeran - Divide (4.25m)

    29 27 63,000 Kanye West - Vultures 1

    30 29 63,000 Maroon 5 - Singles (750k)

     

    31 30 63,000 Lana Del Ray - Born To Die (1.60m)

    32 36 62,000 Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism

    33 31 62,000 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent (1.69m)

    34 32 61,000 Eminem - Curtain Call 2 (280k)

    35 34 60,000 50 Cent - Best Of 50 Cent (530k)

    36 33 60,000 Raye - My 21st Century Blues (120k)

    37 42 57,000 Teddy Swims - I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy, Part 1

    38 38 57,000 Travis Scott - Utopia (180k)

    39 40 57,000 Oasis - (What’s The Story) Morning Glory (5.16m)

    40 35 56,000 Liam Gallagher & John Squire - Liam Gallagher & John Squire

     

    77 43,000 CoCoMelon - Nursery Rhymes (120k)

  9. Entered the Top 100 this week:

    I can do it with a broken heart

    Million dollar baby

     

    Left this week:

    Angel numbers / Ten toes

    Bad habits

     

    I knew Everywhere was heading towards the Top 40 but wasn’t expecting it to be already there. :o

  10. Week 21:

     

    1 1 1,210,000 Noah Kahan - Stick Season (1.74m)

    2 2 849,000 Teddy Swims - Lose Control (950k)

    3 3 803,000 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things

    4 4 656,000 Beyoncé - Texas Hold ‘Em

    5 5 593,000 Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder On The Dancefloor (1.60m)

    6 6 562,000 Cassö with Raye & D Block Europe - Prada (1.17m)

    7 7 519,000 Tate McRae - Greedy (980k)

    8 8 508,000 Jack Harlow - Lovin On Me (830k)

    9 11 503,000 Hozier - Too Sweet

    10 9 491,000 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer (1.67m)

     

    11 12 458,000 Djo - End Of Beginning

    12 10 457,000 Ariana Grande - Yes, And?

    13 22 403,000 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso

    14 13 381,000 Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten (1.57m)

    15 14 374,000 Dua Lipa - Houdini (530k)

    16 16 373,000 Ariana Grande - We Can’t Be Friends (Wait For Your Love)

    17 15 369,000 Ella Henderson featuring Rudimental - Alibi

    18 23 362,000 Artemas - I Like The Way You Kiss Me

    19 20 360,000 Michael Marcagi - Scared To Start

    20 17 358,000 Kenya Grace - Strangers (880k)

     

    21 18 354,000 Tyler - Water (710k)

    22 19 351,000 YG Marley - Praise Jah In The Moonlight

    23 21 349,000 Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire (1.11m)

    24 25 339,000 Dasha - Austin

    25 24 321,000 The Killers - Mr Brightside (5.61m)

    26 26 307,000 Zach Bryan featuring Kacy Musgraves - I Remember Everything (500k)

    27 27 304,000 Dua Lipa - Training Season

    28 28 302,000 Billy Gillies featuring Hannah Boleyn - DNA (540k)

    29 29 299,000 Sonny Fodera and MK featuring Clementine Douglas - Asking (660k)

    30 36 296,000 Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone - Fortnight

     

    31 30 286,000 Fred Again… and Baby Keem - Leavemealone (330k)

    32 31 281,000 Miley Cyrus - Flowers (1.93m)

    33 33 277,000 Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For? (820k)

    34 35 275,000 Kygo & Ava Max - Whatever

    35 32 274,000 The Weeknd featuring Playboi Carti & Madonna - Popular (670k)

    36 34 273,000 Kanye West & Ty Dolla Sign - Carnival

    37 37 272,000 Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero (1.87m)

    38 38 270,000 Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved (5.54m)

    39 40 266,000 Vance Joy - Riptide (3.86m)

    40 44 263,000 Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere (3.26m) :manson:

     

    52 245,000 Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy)

    57 230,000 Mark Ambor - Belong Together

    76 202,000 The Blessed Madonna featuring Clementine Douglas - Happier

     

    89 184,000 Future and Metro Boomin featuring Kendrick Lamar - Like That

    91 183,000 Sza - Saturn

    92 182,000 Taylor Swift - I Can Do It With A Broken Heart

    96 181,000 Bakar - Hell N Back (950k)

    99 177,000 Tommy Richman - Million Dollar Baby

  11. 30/5:

     

    1 1 Espresso (1)

    2 - Lunch (2)

    3 4 A bar song (3)

    4 5 Too sweet (1)

    5 3 Million dollar baby (3)

    6 2 I had some help (2)

    7 - Chihiro (7)

    8 7 Beautiful things (1)

    9 - Birds of a feather (9)

    10 10 Lose control (3)

    11 12 Austin (8)

    12 9 Stick season (1)

    13 6 Not like us (6)

    14 11 I like the way you kiss me (4)

    15 8 Fortnight (1)

    16 14 Stargazing (14)

    17 - Wildflower (17)

    18 - Skinny (18)

    19 13 Belong together (13)

    20 - L’amour de ma vie (20)

    21 - The greatest (21)

    22 - Blue (22)

    23 15 I can do it with a broken heart (5)

    24 17 Scared to start (10)

    25 16 Texas hold ‘em (1)

    26 - The diner (26)

    27 19 Prada (2)

    28 18 We can’t be friends (3)

    29 - Bittersuite (29)

    30 24 Good luck babe (24)

    31 21 Slow it down (21)

    32 28 I don’t wanna wait (28)

    33 25 Happier (21)

    34 23 End of beginning (5)

    35 30 Cruel summer (3)

    36 20 Down bad (4)

    37 34 Birds in the sky (23)

    38 35 Greedy (3)

    39 27 Who’s afraid of little old me (13)

    40 32 Alibi (14)

    41 38 Mr Brightside (10)

    42 39 Unwritten (6)

    43 37 These words (30)

    44 47 Everywhere (4)

    45 29 Illusion (11)

    46 40 Green and gold (40)

    47 31 Like that (7)

    48 36 Tell ur girlfriend (36)

    49 46 Asking (11)

    50 33 But daddy I love him (9)

  12. 1st: 752 points

    Eleanor Rigby

     

     

    popchartfreak 50

    Chez Wombat 50

    jimwatts 50

    Notorious D.O.T. 49

    Brer 49

    danG 48

    dandy* 48

    Jade 47

    King Rollo 46

    steve201 46

    Roba. 46

    JulianT 46

    gooddelta 43

    Bjork 42

    ben08 42

    Severin 34

    …ready for it 16

    WhoOdyssey 0

     

    We finish with one of only a few Beatles songs whose primary authorship between John and Paul is disputed, though various witness sources seem to support Paul’s claim. It was included on “Revolver” and of course released as a double A side single with “Yellow Submarine” reaching #1 in the UK.

     

    Musically it perhaps seems less experimental now than it was at the time, when George Martin’s string quartet arrangement was very much breaking with convention. The lyrical theme of loneliness was also very unconventional. “Eleanor Rigby” may be the Beatles song whose lyrics have been most discussed by sociologists and philosophers over the years.

     

    This gained 3 sets of maximum points, fewer and “A Day In The Life”, and unlike 2nd and 3rd did not receive a full house of voters. Nonetheless it wins convincingly thanks to consistently very high scores - 12 top 5s and 15 top 10s.

  13. 2nd: 699 points

    Hey Jude

     

     

    Chart run: 21-{1}-1-2-2-4-3-2-7-10-11-24-25-30-45-50->16

     

    ben08 50

    Brer 50

    popchartfreak 49

    Roba. 49

    WhoOdyssey 49

    jimwatts 48

    Severin 46

    Bjork 45

    Jade 42

    Notorious D.O.T. 42

    King Rollo 39

    steve201 36

    Chez Wombat 33

    dandy* 28

    JulianT 28

    gooddelta 26

    …ready for it 24

    danG 15

     

    This was written by Paul and evolved from “Hey Jules”, written to comfort Julian Lennon after his dad had left his wife Cynthia for Yoko Ono. It was recorded during the “White Album” sessions and was the first time they used eight track recording equipment. At over 7 minutes in length thanks to the 4 minute coda (about which much has been written by critics in an effort to make sense of it) it was the longest UK #1 single up to that point.

     

    It was #1 in the US for 9 weeks, a joint record at the time, and in the UK is their only post 1964 pure million seller. Here it received 2 50s, 10 top 10 placings and a lowest score of 15, the highest lowest score achieved in the rate.

  14. I gave Muse’s first two hits an 8 and a 9 but this is the best yet - a proper whirlwind of a song. “Something In Your Eyes” is a really good discovery.

     

    9 Muse Muscle Museum {2000} A re-release of an earlier miss: this feels like more archetypal Muse than their first couple and it's a fabulous throbbing track

    8 Ed Case Something In Your Eyes 1st hit for this London DJ featuring Tin Tin Out vocalist Shelley Nelson, with an excellent and beautifully delivered garage track

    7 U2 Beautiful Day 877th #1 and the lead from their 10th studio album: this has never quite excited me but it's a lovely, warm and joyous song

    7 Warrior Warrior I can't find anything about this act and odd that the 1st hit is eponymous but it's a great club track with a strong tune and vocals

    6 Azzido Da Bass Dooms Night {2000 Re-Release} Only Top 40 for this German DJ: I admire how different it is and enjoy it overall but the engine revving noise is an acquired taste

    6 Erasure Freedom The lead from their 9th studio album: a sweet and uplifting number in their usual pop dance style but not new or remarkable

    5 Robbie Williams And Kylie Minogue Kids A decent effort from this high profile duet: for some reason it's always left me a little cold; I think it just feels a bit lightweight

    5 Atomic Kitten Follow Me Their last hit with Kerry: the low peak led to them temporarily being dropped but it's a good tune and their most grown up yet

    4 Alice Deejay The Lonely One I prefer this to "Will I Ever" because it doesn't have the sugary sweetness but like that I don't feel this goes anywhere interesting

    3 Madison Avenue Who The Hell Are You? One of those follow ups to a huge hit that's incredibly similar but somehow has none of the sparkle and seems a waste of time

    2 R. Kelly I Wish He often went for this gospel singalong style at this point - it works better in some others but this is too long and rather a dirge

    2 Lionel Richie Angel The lead single from his 6th album, and typical Lionel fare: a cheerful, safe, radio friendly and deeply uninteresting ballad

     

     

    2000 Weeks 43 and 44:

     

    #444 28/10/2000 Steps Stomp 1 {1}-5-10-16-24-30-39-47-58-62-75->11

    #445 28/10/2000 Samantha Mumba Body II Body 5 {5}-8-14-22-36-46-51-63-63-74-63-69->12

    #446 28/10/2000 Fatboy Slim Sunset (Bird Of Prey) 9 {9}-24-37-49-67-56-53-70R(3)-54-54-60-64-75->13

    #447 28/10/2000 Blur Music Is My Radar 10 {10}-38-55-66-69-75-70-66R(5)-75->9

    28/10/2000 Moby Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? {2000} 17 {17}-34-45-54-72->5

    #448 28/10/2000 David Gray Please Forgive Me {2000} 18 {18}-27-30-42-56-65->6

    #449 28/10/2000 Damage Rumours 22 {22}-39-54-64->4

    #450 28/10/2000 Honeyz Not Even Gonna Trip 24 {24}-41-61-68R(2)-71R(7)->5

    #451 28/10/2000 Afro Medusa Pasilda 31 {31}-58->2

    #452 28/10/2000 Idlewild Roseability 38 {38}-67->2

    #453 04/11/2000 Spice Girls Holler/Let Love Lead The Way 1 {1}-3-10-22-31-38-39-43-46-42-46-62-54-54-64-66-69->17

    #454 04/11/2000 Martine McCutcheon I'm Over You 2 {2}-4-8-15-27-35-44-56-57-74->10

    #455 04/11/2000 Ricky Martin She Bangs 3 {3}-5-7-12-18-22-25-26-28-31-28-42-53-64-74->15

    #456 04/11/2000 Coldplay Trouble 10 {10}-18-19-26-39-48-66-71-72->9

    #457 04/11/2000 Gabrielle Should I Stay 13 {13}-19-20-31-41-52-67->7

    #458 04/11/2000 Iron Maiden Out Of The Silent Planet 20 {20}-51-69->3

    #459 04/11/2000 K-Gee I Don't Really Care 22 {22}-35-50->3

    #460 04/11/2000 JJ72 October Swimmer 29 {29}-47-65->3

    #461 04/11/2000 Jill Scott Gettin' In The Way 30 {30}-46-68->3

     

  15. I sent my list in. It turned out to be much more retro than I expected. There's loads of modern bands I wanted in but I couldn't find one that had a hit more recently than about 20 years ago and so many that didn't have one at all!

    I’m planning to lean retro as there’s always recency bias overall.