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Jamieson’s time in the competition is complete. This became the second consecutive #4 hit for the garage producer in August 2003. The track features a vocalist called Xara, and does feel forgotten for a hit of its size with only around 0.5 million Spotify streams. 8th: Jaimeson - Complete 10/31 votes (32%) 9th: ATB - Killer 9/30 votes (30%) 10th: P Diddy featuring Christina Aguilera - Tell Me 19/28 votes (68%)

Including one of Bon Jovi’s best songs it was a stellar all new dance / pop / rock Top 3.

“Reach” is great in its way but “It Feels So Good” is a masterpiece!

Quarterly sounds great. I’d guess 80k for “Fortnight” in Q1. Yes! I was obviously overestimating it in the weeks straight after it left the chart. It’s at least above “Slow It Down” which I have on 192.5k so helpfully that places it quite narrowly this week.

Week 16: 1 1 Lola Young Messy 702,000 880,000 2 2 Rosé and Bruno Mars APT. 666,000 1,020,000 3 3 Gracie Abrams That's So True 600,000 1,030,000 4 4 Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars Die With A Smile 553,000 1,190,000 5 8 Alex Warren Ordinary 468,000 6 6 Chappell Roan Pink Pony Club 455,000 900,000 7 5 Chrystal The Days 450,000 620,000 8 7 Billie Eilish Birds Of A Feather 423,000 1,640,000 9 9 Chappell Roan Good Luck, Babe! 415,000 1,620,000 10 10 Gigi Perez Sailor Song 407,000 1,000,000 11 11 Benson Boone Beautiful Things 405,000 2,190,000 12 12 Sabrina Carpenter Espresso 378,000 2,130,000 13 13 Sabrina Carpenter Taste 374,000 1,170,000 14 14 Teddy Swims Lose Control 370,000 2,200,000 15 15 Kendrick Lamar Not Like Us 342,000 960,000 16 16 Teddy Swims Bad Dreams 332,000 570,000 17 17 Teddy Swims The Door 328,000 1,000,000 18 18 Myles Smith Nice To Meet You 311,000 420,000 19 19 Shaboozey A Bar Song (Tipsy) 307,000 1,640,000 20 23 Tate McRae Sports Car 299,000 21 20 Hozier Too Sweet 297,000 1,770,000 22 22 Myles Smith Stargazing 296,000 1,310,000 23 21 Sabrina Carpenter Please Please Please 296,000 1,440,000 24 25 Lady Gaga Abracadabra 284,000 25 24 Noah Kahan Stick Season 283,000 2,800,000 26 26 Sabrina Carpenter Bed Chem 278,000 670,000 27 27 Kendrick Lamar & Sza Luther 266,000 360,000 28 28 Sonny Fodera, Jazzy & D.O.D. Somedays 266,000 740,000 29 29 Gracie Abrams I Love You, I'm Sorry 260,000 740,000 30 30 Chappell Roan Hot To Go! 251,000 910,000 31 31 The Weeknd and Playboi Carti Timeless 248,000 470,000 32 34 Alex Warren Carry You Home 246,000 550,000 33 32 Sam Fender People Watching 239,000 340,000 34 33 Doechii Denial Is A River 239,000 240,000 35 35 Kendrick Lamar & Sza All The Stars 235,000 2,150,000 36 36 Billie Eilish Wildflower 232,000 750,000 37 37 The Killers Mr Brightside 228,000 6,290,000 38 38 Bl3ss & CamrinWatsin featuring BbyClose Kisses 221,000 880,000 39 43 Sabrina Carpenter Busy Woman 221,000 40 39 Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen I Had Some Help 220,000 1,130,000 46 55 Doechii Anxiety 194,000 59 65 Drake Nokia 168,000 62 73 Ravyn Lenae Love Me Not 162,000 71 82 Tate McRae Revolving Door 150,000 88 - Chappell Roan The Giver 137,000 Entered this week: The Giver The Scientist Left this week: Close To You Wonderwall

^ Yes I reckon “Fortnight” must have done roughly 100-110k so far this year.

24/4: 1 1 Ordinary (1) 2 2 Pink pony club (2) 3 5 Messy (1) 4 4 APT (2) 5 3 Azizam (3) 6 6 Anxiety (4) 7 7 That’s so true (1) 8 10 Sports car (8) 9 13 Show me love (9) 10 9 Beautiful things (1) 11 11 Busy woman (11) 12 8 Die with a smile (3) 13 12 The days (5) 14 14 Birds of a feather (3) 15 21 Taste (1) 16 19 Bad dreams (13) 17 20 Love me not (17) 18 23 Good luck, babe! (2) 19 24 Espresso (1) 20 28 Abracadabra (4) 21 15 The giver (2) 22 27 The door (13) 23 29 Nice to meet you (12) 24 17 Carry you home (17) 25 25 Lose control (2) 26 26 Sailor song (2) 27 18 Nokia (18) 28 30 A bar song (2) 29 31 Stargazing (6) 30 35 Mutt (30) 31 22 Twilight zone (9) 32 - Undressed (32) 33 33 Too sweet (1) 34 36 Please please please (1) 35 - Guess (1) 36 39 Bed chem (13) 37 38 Revolving door (17) 38 32 Somedays (10) 39 - Fortnight (1) 40 36 Stick season (1) 41 41 Mr Brightside (10) 42 - Steve’s lava chicken (42) 43 40 Sorry I’m here for someone else (40) 44 - Back to friends (44) 45 34 Not like us (1) 46 44 Austin (8) 47 42 Kisses (9) 48 46 I had some help (2) 49 47 Hot to go! (10) 50 - Say my name (50)

Week 16: 1 1 Sabrina Carpenter Short n' Sweet 242,000 620,000 2 2 Sam Fender People Watching 154,000 3 3 Ed Sheeran +-=÷x (Tour Collection) 130,000 230,000 4 4 SZA SOS 113,000 600,000 5 5 Chappell Roan The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess 113,000 410,000 6 6 The Weeknd The Highlights 109,000 1,340,000 7 7 Central Cee Can't Rush Greatness 104,000 8 8 Elton John Diamonds 103,000 1,760,000 9 9 Fleetwood Mac 50 Years: Don't Stop 101,000 1,570,000 10 10 Lady Gaga Mayhem 97,000 11 11 Billie Eilish Hit Me Hard And Soft 92,000 440,000 12 12 Charli XCX Brat 90,000 380,000 13 13 Tate McRae So Close To What 85,000 14 15 Noah Kahan Stick Season 85,000 560,000 15 14 Gracie Abrams The Secret Of Us 84,000 220,000 16 16 ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits 78,000 5,980,000 17 23 Oasis Time Flies... 1994-2009 78,000 2,110,000 18 17 Michael Jackson The Essential 78,000 1,920,000 19 19 Arctic Monkeys AM 77,000 2,180,000 20 18 The Weeknd Hurry Up Tomorrow 75,000 21 20 Kendrick Lamar GNX 75,000 130,000 22 21 Eminem Curtain Call: The Hits 75,000 3,390,000 23 22 Taylor Swift The Tortured Poets Department 73,000 860,000 24 24 Fleetwood Mac Rumours 69,000 2,610,000 25 25 Olivia Rodrigo Guts 65,000 560,000 26 26 Linkin Park Papercuts 63,000 230,000 27 28 Olivia Rodrigo Sour 63,000 1,110,000 28 27 PartyNextDoor & Drake $ome $exy $ongs 4 U 62,000 29 29 Teddy Swims I've Tried Everything But Therapy, Part 2 60,000 30 31 Ariana Grande Eternal Sunshine 59,000 240,000 31 30 Oasis (What's The Story) Morning Glory 58,000 5,360,000 32 34 Calvin Harris 96 Months 54,000 130,000 33 33 Queen Greatest Hits 54,000 3,100,000 34 35 Benson Boone Fireworks & Rollerblades 54,000 180,000 35 32 Robbie Williams Better Man (OST) 53,000 36 36 Teddy Swims I've Tried Everything But Therapy, Part 1 52,000 210,000 37 37 Post Malone The Diamond Collection 51,000 380,000 38 39 Pitbull Greatest Hits 50,000 520,000 39 40 Fontaines D.C. Romance 49,000 170,000 40 41 Maroon 5 Singles 48,000 890,000 41 49 Alex Warren You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1) 47,000 70,000 97 - Elton John & Brandi Carlile Who Believes In Angels? 29,000 Elton & Brandi entered this week and “Harry’s House” re-entered. “Critical Thinking” by The Manics and “Seventeen Going Under” dropped out.

A tie 👔

I love the rolling chart idea - I used to try and do it in the download age but it took too much time. If you want to estimate it every month or quarter I’ll definitely read it! Interesting to see “Espresso” getting that #1 peak.

It was “All Of Me” for a while but “Wonderwall” overtook around 2021 so that Wiki is quite out of date oops.

In UK chart sales there’s a fair way to go: “Bad Guy” 3 million and “Birds Of A Feather” 1.6 million. But that’s after 6 years for the former and less than 1 for the latter.

@Riser @Mack @Scene @awardinary @TheSnake

The message I’m getting is that “Ordinary” sounds better after 5 pints! Sadly I don’t drink very much these days so I’m stuck with hearing it in the cold light of day.

1 Addison Rae 2 Say Now 3 Chloe Qisha

I loved “Bleeding Love” at the time, but “Rule The World” has aged far better for me.

Another big 2 week bunch and once again it’s packed with good stuff with the duds in a small minority. And once again I’ve put 2 very contrasting tracks at the top. RIP of course to Angie. 9 Fischerspooner Emerge Only Top 40 for this duo and a very special dance track: I feel like the vocals emerge out of the throbbing instrumental 9 Angie Stone Wish I Didn't Miss You One of my favourite soul tracks of this kind: it has a retro class and the raw emotion from the gorgeous vocals hits so hard 8 Jamiroquai Corner Of The Earth The forgotten 4th single from "A Funk Odyssey", but I absolutely love the serene lyrics and the gentle bossa nova style 8 Dee Dee Forever Biggest hit for the Belgian trance band: a simple track but the vocals are so present and vulnerable that it works beautifully 8 Tim Deluxe Featuring Sam Obernik It Just Won't Do Biggest hit for both the DJ and the vocalist: delightful retro dance with a trumpet riff that's a chart breath of fresh air 7 The Coral Goodbye 1st hit from the debut album for this UK band: this has a lovely slightly folky feel with the layered vocals and a switch up 7 DJ Shog This Is My Sound Only hit for this German DJ that just scraped the Top 40: a classic slice of trance and a really euphoric energetic track 7 My Vitriol Moodswings/The Gentle Art Of Choking Their last Top 40 before going on a hiatus: "Moodswings" is full of raw guitar energy but I like the other side even more 6 Ashanti Foolish Her 1st solo hit after some features: a huge US #1 and it's a nice smooth and gentle RnB record, though not remarkable 6 Pet Shop Boys I Get Along The 2nd Top 20 from "Release" that comments on the Blair-Mandelson relationship: a good track with a singalong chorus 5 DJ Marky And XRS Featuring Stamina MC LK (Carolina Carol Bela) Only Top 40 for this collection of DJs: a good and very summery drum and bass track that samples a 1969 Brazilian song 5 Gareth Gates Anyone Of Us (Stupid Mistake) 930th #1: a very well crafted pop track and certainly one of his best songs, though I still don't love his vocal performance 5 Beyonce Work It Out Her 1st solo hit: I feel like the song itself doesn't have enough to it but the rhythmic brass led instrumental is enjoyable 4 Bryan Adams Here I Am This will be Bryan's last Top 20 hit: the lyrics are a little cheesy and it's musically very safe, but still it is a rather nice tune 4 System Of A Down Aerials Last of their 3 Top 40s with their usual Greek influenced sound and angst ridden style, but the least compelling of them 4 Alicia Keys How Come You Don't Call Me I'd be very happy to listen to this in a jazz club sipping a Martini and the vocals are great, but as a single it's not that catchy 3 Flip And Fill Shooting Star Their highest peaking hit following the steength of "True Love Never Dies": I find this quite a cheesy example of the style 3 Darren Hayes Strange Relationship I like the mysterious instrumental opening to this with the strings but it quickly develops into a fairly dull and slushy song 2 Dmac The World She Knows Only solo hit for Derek McDonald who had been part of the Simon Cowell band Mero: this is standard early '00s pop RnB 1 Demi Holborn I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing Only hit for this Welsh singer who became one of the youngest ever Top 40 acts with this cover, but it's not very listenable 2002 Weeks 31 and 32: #1406 03/08/2002 S Club Juniors Automatic High 2 {2}-5-9-15-20-22-27-35-41-48-51-67-71->13 #1407 03/08/2002 Shakira Underneath Your Clothes 3 {3}-6-7-11-12-13-16-19-26-22-34-35-34-45-61->15 03/08/2002 Ja Rule Featuring Case Livin' It Up {2002} 5 {5}-11-16-22-31-38-43-52->8 #1408 03/08/2002 Vanessa Carlton A Thousand Miles 6 {6}-9-11-16-18-18-18-18-23-26-42-54-62->13 #1409 03/08/2002 Linkin Park H! Vltg3/Pts.Of.Athrty 9 {9}-25-36-49-58-64->6 #1410 03/08/2002 Doves Pounding 21 {21}-39-59->3 #1411 03/08/2002 Primal Scream Miss Lucifer 25 {25}-52->2 #1412 03/08/2002 Natalie Imbruglia Beauty On The Fire 26 {26}-49->2 #1413 03/08/2002 The Streets Weak Become Heroes 27 {27}-46-69->3 #1414 03/08/2002 New Found Glory My Friends Over You 30 {30}-42-68->3 #1415 03/08/2002 Dirty Vegas Ghosts 31 {31}-45-74->3 #1416 03/08/2002 Michelle Branch All You Wanted 33 {33}-56->2 #1417 10/08/2002 Darius Colourblind 1 {1}-1-2-5-6-8-14-25-28-38-39-50-58-54-46-57->16 #1418 10/08/2002 Will Smith Featuring Tra-Knox Black Suits Comin' (Nod Ya Head) 3 {3}-5-10-13-19-23-38-53-57-69->10 #1419 10/08/2002 P Diddy Featuring Usher And Loon I Need A Girl (Part One)/U Don't Have To Call 4 {4}-6-12-16-23-24-29-35-41-60-68->11 #1420 10/08/2002 Britney Spears Featuring Pharrell Williams Boys 7 {7}-14-24-35-43-55-65-75->8 #1421 10/08/2002 George Michael Shoot The Dog 12 {12}-35-54-69-73R(2)->5 #1422 10/08/2002 N*E*R*D Rock Star 15 {15}-31-45-74-> #1423 10/08/2002 McAlmont And Butler Falling 23 {23}-39-51->3 #1424 10/08/2002 Narcotic Thrust Safe From Harm 24 {24}-40-57->3 #1425 10/08/2002 Natural Put Your Arms Around Me 32 {32}-58->2

Moving to U2 now - quite a forgettable 4th single.

A killer blow has been dealt to ATB as he exits 2nd. This cover reached #4 in September 2000. It was based around both the chart topping Adamski version from 1990 featuring Seal’s vocals, and Seal’s solo version from the following year. 9th: ATB - Killer 9/30 votes (30%) 10th: P Diddy featuring Christina Aguilera - Tell Me 19/28 votes (68%)

Well this has gone very sour for me very quickly as Hot Chip and Andreas were probably my Top 2!

Everybody’s changing and I don’t feel right. 😔

6th: Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor 9/32 votes (28%) 7th: Andreas Johnson - Glorious 7/30 votes (23%) 8th: Bob Sinclar featuring Gary ‘Nesta’ Pine - Love Generation 10/29 votes (34%) 9th: Jamelia - See It In A Boy’s Eyes 11/33 votes (33%) 10th: Kelly Clarkson - Because Of You 8/32 votes (25%)

A sure fire way to ruin @dandy* ’s day is to announce that Groove Armada are out and whiny Keane are joining the Sugababes in the final. “Song 4 Mutya” had originally been meant for Estelle, but following Mutya’s departure from the Sugababes the DJ duo approached her to record this track. It peaked at #8 in August 2007, and is both Groove Armada’s highest charting and final hit to date. 3rd: Groove Armada - Song 4 Mutya (Out Of Control) 13/31 votes (42%) 4th: Jennifer Lopez - Ain’t It Funny 13/28 votes (46%) 5th: Good Charlotte - Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous 10/28 votes (36%) 6th: Jordin Sparks - Tattoo 18/30 votes (60%) 7th: Pussycat Dolls - Hush Hush: Hush Hush 10/31 votes (32%) 8th: Ja Rule featuring Case - Livin’ It Up 13/33 votes (39%) 9th: Destiny’s Child featuring T.I. and Lil Wayne - Soldier 12/30 votes (40%) 10th: Sergio Mendes featuring The Black Eyed Peas - Mas Que Nada 12/32 votes (32%)

Checked that out… not sure what I make of that version but it’s an interesting blend.

A wonderful top few here. “Clubbed To Death” is so fabulous I’d give a 10 if I hadn’t said I’d give 3 per year maximum. “By The Way” is one of the Chilies’ finest singles. And I didn’t know the Gary Numan track at all but it’s quite a ride: I predict @Jade will enjoy it. 9 Rob Dougan Clubbed To Death A 1995 instrumental used for "The Matrix": I love the Elgar string sample, the intense build and the chilled latter section 9 Red Hot Chili Peppers By The Way A dreamy melodious chorus juxtaposed with frantic stream of consciousness verses: a masterpiece giving them a huge hit 8 Gary Numan Rip This is the stuff of nightmares: so dark with the demonic whispering, swirling production and pained chorus, but I love it 8 Idlewild American English A more introspective track than the stadium filling "You Held The World…", but it's great and has a lovely sincerity to it 7 The Calling Wherever You Will Go Something of a middle of the road classic: musically very simple but the lyrics are lovely and the emotion feels authentic 7 The Prodigy Baby's Got A Temper Their 1st hit for 5 years: they're always great and this has their usual musical features, although lyrically I'm not so keen 7 Amy Studt Just A Little Girl 1st hit for this UK singer songwriter: an interesting song and I like the contrast between the verses and the rockier chorus 6 M Factor Mother Another production duo getting their only Top 40 hit: this is a rousing house style record with a nice soulful vocal sample 6 The Beginerz Reckless Girl Based on a 1968 soul song by Irene Reid, this is an enjoyable dance track and the only hit in their own right for the DJ duo 5 Preeya Kalidas Shakalaka Baby Only solo hit for this UK actress from the film "Bombay Dreams" and an inessential AR Rahman cover, but a catchy song 5 Aurora The Day It Rained Forever Their last hit and it's not hard to see why really: like all of them it's pleasant but without anything to make it stand out 4 Jennifer Lopez I'm Gonna Be Alright I think the '80s sound of the opening instrumental is my favourite part of this: the song is not bad but quite run of the mill 4 Beverley Knight Gold A shame that after the lovely and successful "Shoulda Woulda Coulda" she has gone back to rather nondescript soul pop 3 Kelly Llorenna Tell It To My Heart Kelly's biggest solo hit with the 1987 Taylor Dayne track; quite a well chosen cover but she doesn't really do much with it 3 Bill And Ben Flobbadance In conjunction with a remake of the '50s "Flower Pot Men" TV series; it's a jolly little theme in the "Bob The Builder" style 2 Baha Men Move It Like This Their 3rd and last hit a long time after the hype around them has died down: it's an energetic but quite irritating track 2 Wyclef Jean Featuring Claudette Ortiz Two Wrongs For a lead single I'm baffled by how boring this is, though his next chart appearance in 4 years will be more successful 1 Rik Waller Something Inside (So Strong) His 2nd and last appearance: a karaoke style cover of the Labour Siffre classic about which there is nothing much to say 2002 Weeks 29 and 30 (leaving out “Your Song” as the OCC count this remake as a re-entry). #1386 20/07/2002 Gareth Gates Anyone Of Us (Stupid Mistake) 1 {1}-1-1-2-4-9-11-17-21-26-36-43-52-57-61->15 #1387 20/07/2002 Ashanti Foolish 4 {4}-5-10-13-19-26-33-39-46-58->10 #1388 20/07/2002 Bryan Adams Here I Am 5 {5}-10-18-26-33-43-56-73->8 #1389 20/07/2002 Dee Dee Forever 12 {12}-15-23-30-38-50-73->7 #1390 20/07/2002 Tim Deluxe Featuring Sam Obernik It Just Won't Do 14 {14}-17-24-31-42-56-72->7 #1391 20/07/2002 Darren Hayes Strange Relationship 15 {15}-25-35-41-54-55-55-58->8 #1392 20/07/2002 DJ Marky And XRS Featuring Stamina MC LK (Carolina Carol Bela) 17 {17}-24-32-34-45-63->6 #1393 20/07/2002 Fischerspooner Emerge 25 {25}-44-64->3 #1394 20/07/2002 Alicia Keys How Come You Don't Call Me 26 {26}-43-59->3 #1395 20/07/2002 Jamiroquai Corner Of The Earth 31 {31}-50-70->3 #1396 20/07/2002 DJ Shog This Is My Sound 40 {40}-55->2 #1397 27/07/2002 Flip And Fill Shooting Star 3 {3}-8-14-27-34-49-59-68-59-70->10 27/07/2002 Elton John And Alessandro Safina Your Song 4 {4}-14-29-44-60-67-69-66-61-73R(16)->10 #1398 27/07/2002 Beyonce Work It Out 7 {7}-13-18-26-31-40-46-57-74-58R(5)-52->11 #1399 27/07/2002 Pet Shop Boys I Get Along 18 {18}-45-74->3 #1400 27/07/2002 The Coral Goodbye 21 {21}-52->2 #1401 27/07/2002 Demi Holborn I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing 27 {27}-48->2 #1402 27/07/2002 Angie Stone Wish I Didn't Miss You 30 {30}-44-59-60-75->5 #1403 27/07/2002 Dmac The World She Knows 33 {33}-61->2 #1404 27/07/2002 System Of A Down Aerials 34 {34}-55->2 #1405 27/07/2002 My Vitriol Moodswings/The Gentle Art Of Choking 39 {39}->1