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5th: Gorillaz - 19/2000 13/31 votes (42%) 6th: Blink 182 - I Miss You 10/31 votes (32%) 7th: Sugababes - Stronger / Angels With Dirty Faces 10/31 votes (32%) 8th: Empire Of The Sun - We Are The People 8/34 votes (24%) 9th: Robbie Williams - Supreme 14/33 votes (42%) 10th: Wu-Tang Clan - Gravel Pit 14/32 votes (44%)

I think Chappell will be comfortably over 50k and Demon Hunters not that far short. “Ordinary” very likely dropping to 3 on old rules.

Does Rachel play the oboe on the record?! Or are you just highlighting 2 separate good things about “Natural”? 😆 x

I quite like the production on Love Don’t Cost A Thing”, but mid table overall.

As expected the excellence didn’t last, but this Colin Blunstone song is a lovely discovery. 8 Colin Blunstone Say You Don't Mind He was the lead singer of The Zombies, but this is a gorgeous and rather quaint solo hit with a masterful vocal performance 8 Slade Look Wot You Dun This will be followed by 10 straight Top 3s and was only a #4 for them, but it's great: I love the stompy blues style feel to it 7 Badfinger Day After Day Their last Top 40: another that sounds like mid period Beatles and indeed it was produced by George; it's very lovely though 7 Nilsson Without You 311th #1: he'll have no more Top 40s; hard to imagine this in a world without overblown covers but a lovely emotive piece 6 Holly Sherwood Day By Day (Godspell Medley) Only hit for this US singer with a cover from the "Godspell" musical: this is an interesting track with different sections 6 The Fortunes Storm In A Teacup Last of their 5 hits: it's a very nice bright and breezy song and much better than the grating "Freedom Come, Freedom Go" 5 Paul Simon Mother And Child Reunion His 1st solo hit that will be his 2nd highest peaking in a reggae style: it's enjoyable with interesting lyrics but not essential 5 Jimi Hendrix Johnny B. Goode Chuck Berry's 1958 original was never a UK hit: this version isn't needed but unsurprisingly has excellent guitar playing 4 The Temptations Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are) This is attacking their former band mates David Ruffin and Eddie Kendricks: it's a fine but unremarkable track of its style 4 Peter Straker And The Hands Of Dr Teleny The Spirit Is Willing Only hit for this British Jamaican based on Bach's "Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring": interesting but not sure it entirely works 3 Michael Jackson Got To Be There His 1st solo hit aged only 13, and it's a technically strong performance but vocally slightly piercing and not that enjoyable 3 Bee Gees My World Quite a repetitive song which maybe is meant to evoke the turning of the world, but I don't find the vocals so pleasant 2 The Sweet Poppa Joe Bubblegum pop with a Caribbean feel and instruments such as steel drums, but I find the song lightweight and grating 2 Jonathan King Flirt A cover of a French song "Pour Un Flirt": the "teasin' teasin'…" and melody are a little irritating and the lyrics slightly silly 1 Les Crane Desiderata Only hit for this US broadcaster reading from a 1927 poem: I find this very cloying, especially the gospel style chorus 1972 Group 3: #3904 19/02/1972 Pagliaro Loving You Ain't Easy 31 50-42-36-{31}-36-40->6 #3905 26/02/1972 Chelsea Football Team Blue Is The Colour 5 15-9-{5}-8-11-12-19-23-25-32-40-48->12 #3906 26/02/1972 Lindisfarne Meet Me On The Corner 5 36-22-10-9-{5}-6-6-13-24-30-39->11 #3907 26/02/1972 Donnie Elbert I Can't Help Myself 11 39-19-16-{11}-13-13-29-31-38-50->10 #3908 26/02/1972 The Hollies The Baby 26 40-32-29-27-{26}-43->6 #3909 26/02/1972 The Partridge Family It's One Of Those Nights 11 47-33-25-19-14-{11}-12-15-21-24-38->11 #3910 26/02/1972 Wings Give Ireland Back To The Irish 16 49-21-19-17-{16}-27-45-46->8 #3911 04/03/1972 The New Seekers Beg, Steal Or Borrow 2 12-4-3-{2}-2-2-3-6-12-26-28-37-48->13 #3912 04/03/1972 Gilbert O'Sullivan Alone Again (Naturally) 3 23-9-6-4-{3}-4-8-10-21-29-40-48->12 #3913 04/03/1972 Argent Hold Your Head Up 5 44-30-21-7-{5}-5-6-8-16-17-41-50->12 #3914 04/03/1972 Engelbert Humperdinck Too Beautiful To Last 14 47-37-26-19-{14}-17-20-29-36-46->10 #3915 04/03/1972 C.C.S. Brother 25 49-38-32-28-{25}-26-32-47->8 #3916 04/03/1972 The Supremes Floy Joy 9 50-27-18-10-{9}-10-14-16-42-50->10 #3917 11/03/1972 Cliff Richard Jesus 35 {35}-38-37->3 11/03/1972 The Four Tops Bernadette {1972} 23 46-41-31-40-{23}-35-39->7 #3918 11/03/1972 Olivia Newton-John What Is Life 16 47-34-21-20-{16}-18-17-41->8

No chance of SnS being caught this year but of course Ed could do a Weeknd “Highlights” in a future quiet year.

Yes for now - the latter is in the 6.25-6.3 million zone.

Push 2 Start TV Off Backbone Headlock Though I have a big gap between “Push 2 Start” at #98 and “Another Love” at #99 so they could all be safe for a couple of weeks at least.

Week 31: 1 1 Alex Warren Ordinary 1,360,000 2 2 Lola Young Messy 1,113,000 1,290,000 3 3 Rosé and Bruno Mars APT. 1,048,000 1,400,000 4 4 Chappell Roan Pink Pony Club 961,000 1,410,000 5 5 Gracie Abrams That's So True 912,000 1,350,000 6 6 Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars Die With A Smile 839,000 1,470,000 7 8 Benson Boone Beautiful Things 769,000 2,560,000 8 7 Chrystal The Days 767,000 930,000 9 9 Billie Eilish Birds Of A Feather 740,000 1,960,000 10 10 Chappell Roan Good Luck, Babe! 705,000 1,910,000 11 11 Ravyn Lenae Love Me Not 697,000 710,000 12 12 Teddy Swims Lose Control 650,000 2,480,000 13 14 Sabrina Carpenter Espresso 641,000 2,390,000 14 13 Gigi Perez Sailor Song 640,000 1,240,000 15 15 Sabrina Carpenter Taste 628,000 1,420,000 16 16 Teddy Swims Bad Dreams 606,000 850,000 17 17 Teddy Swims The Door 587,000 1,260,000 18 18 Tate McRae Sports Car 586,000 19 19 Myles Smith Nice To Meet You 583,000 690,000 20 20 Myles Smith Stargazing 562,000 1,570,000 21 21 Shaboozey A Bar Song (Tipsy) 547,000 1,880,000 22 23 WizTheMc & Bees & Honey Show Me Love 525,000 23 22 Hozier Too Sweet 522,000 1,980,000 24 24 Alex Warren Carry You Home 515,000 810,000 25 25 Noah Kahan Stick Season 499,000 3,020,000 26 26 Kendrick Lamar Not Like Us 489,000 1,110,000 27 27 Sonny Fodera, Jazzy & D.O.D. Somedays 478,000 950,000 28 30 Sombr Undressed 469,000 29 29 Sabrina Carpenter Please Please Please 468,000 1,610,000 30 28 Lady Gaga Abracadabra 467,000 31 31 Ed Sheeran Azizam 460,000 32 32 The Killers Mr Brightside 449,000 6,510,000 33 33 Sabrina Carpenter Busy Woman 443,000 34 34 Sabrina Carpenter Bed Chem 442,000 830,000 35 35 Doechii Anxiety 435,000 36 39 Sombr Back To Friends 430,000 37 37 Goo Goo Dolls Iris 426,000 4,240,000 38 38 Fleetwood Mac Dreams 424,000 3,640,000 39 36 Chappell Roan Hot To Go! 421,000 1,080,000 40 40 Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen I Had Some Help 407,000 1,320,000 55 64 Sabrina Carpenter Manchild 340,000 56 61 Calvin Harris And Clementine Douglas Blessings 339,000 57 58 Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng, Shenseea Shake It To The Max (FLY) - Remix 332,000 64 68 Morgan Seatree featuring Florence + The Machine Say My Name (Remix) 318,000 76 82 Skye Newman Family Matters 296,000 80 98 MK featuring Chrystal Dior 291,000 86 93 Benson Boone Mystical Magical 279,000 100 - Wheatus Teenage Dirtbag 258,000 2,870,000 - 99 Bruce Springsteen Dancing In The Dark 257,000 2,620,000

Week 31: 1 1 Sabrina Carpenter Short n' Sweet 390,000 760,000 2 2 Ed Sheeran +-=÷x (Tour Collection) 257,000 360,000 3 5 Oasis Time Flies... 1994-2009 213,000 2,250,000 4 3 Fleetwood Mac 50 Years: Don't Stop 212,000 1,680,000 5 4 Sam Fender People Watching 202,000 6 6 The Weeknd The Highlights 198,000 1,430,000 7 7 Chappell Roan The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess 177,000 480,000 8 8 SZA SOS 176,000 660,000 9 9 Elton John Diamonds 176,000 1,830,000 10 10 Charli XCX Brat 169,000 460,000 11 11 Billie Eilish Hit Me Hard And Soft 165,000 510,000 12 12 Tate McRae So Close To What 158,000 13 13 Noah Kahan Stick Season 156,000 630,000 14 15 Oasis (What's The Story) Morning Glory 155,000 5,460,000 15 14 ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits 149,000 6,050,000 16 16 Taylor Swift The Tortured Poets Department 145,000 930,000 17 17 Michael Jackson The Essential 145,000 1,980,000 18 18 Lady Gaga Mayhem 139,000 19 23 Alex Warren You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1) 139,000 160,000 20 19 Arctic Monkeys AM 139,000 2,240,000 21 22 Fleetwood Mac Rumours 136,000 2,680,000 22 20 Central Cee Can't Rush Greatness 135,000 23 21 Eminem Curtain Call: The Hits 135,000 3,450,000 24 24 Gracie Abrams The Secret Of Us 129,000 270,000 25 26 Linkin Park Papercuts 126,000 300,000 26 25 Olivia Rodrigo Guts 126,000 620,000 27 27 Olivia Rodrigo Sour 124,000 1,170,000 28 28 Oasis Definitely Maybe 118,000 2,920,000 29 29 Calvin Harris 96 Months 106,000 180,000 30 30 Benson Boone Fireworks & Rollerblades 105,000 230,000 31 31 Ariana Grande Eternal Sunshine 104,000 290,000 32 33 Queen Greatest Hits 104,000 3,140,000 33 32 Kendrick Lamar GNX 103,000 160,000 34 35 Pitbull Greatest Hits 102,000 570,000 35 34 The Weeknd Hurry Up Tomorrow 101,000 36 36 PartyNextDoor & Drake $ome $exy $ongs 4 U 99,000 37 38 Post Malone The Diamond Collection 97,000 430,000 38 37 Ed Sheeran ÷ 97,000 4,430,000 39 39 Fontaines D.C. Romance 96,000 210,000 40 40 Billy Joel Piano Man: The Very Best Of Billy Joel 94,000 1,640,000 95 98 Myles Smith A Minute… 55,000 - 97 Morgan Wallen I'm The Problem 55,000 100 - Sam Fender Seventeen Going Under 54,000 440,000

7/8: 1 1 Ordinary (1) 2 6 Golden (2) 3 2 Daisies (2) 4 3 Dior (2) 5 4 Love me not (2) 6 - Which one (6) 7 7 Manchild (1) 8 8 Pink pony club (2) 9 9 Blessings (5) 10 10 Undressed (4) 11 12 Sapphire (8) 12 16 No broke boys (12) 13 15 Back to friends (7) 14 18 Your idol (14) 15 23 Soda pop (15) 16 14 Beautiful things (1) 17 11 Victory lap (5) 18 5 Eternity (5) 19 26 How it’s done (19) 20 17 Family matters (5) 21 19 Messy (1) 22 21 APT. (2) 23 22 Nice to each other (16) 24 20 Rein me in (7) 25 13 Survive (1) 26 28 Just keep watching (6) 27 30 Dreams (22) 28 25 Mystical magical (18) 29 - Paranoid (4) 30 24 Birds of a feather (2) 31 27 Azizam (3) 32 36 Lose control (2) 33 - What it sounds like (33) 34 35 Good luck, babe! (2) 35 33 Shake it to the max (16) 36 29 Show me love (4) 37 - Takedown (37) 38 38 Don’t look back in anger (1) 39 47 Iris (3) 40 37 That’s so true (1) 41 34 Stargazing (6) 42 44 Die with a smile (3) 43 40 Live forever (8) 44 41 Can’t decide (15) 45 32 High on me (28) 46 48 Bad dreams (13) 47 - Crazy train (47) 48 42 Illegal (32) 49 45 The days (5) 50 46 Wonderwall (2)

I didn’t appreciate “Let’s Dance” enough at the time: it’s actually quite a tune. “What Took You So Long” is just pleasant. I’d have the former slightly higher and the latter slightly lower.

Totally and my comments weren’t specifically replying to yours. I just see comments around to the effect of Buzzjack’s a female popstar fansite and and I think our branding should be more come here if you like music / the charts and there’ll be something for you.

I think the “Buzzjack likes female pop” tag is a bit simplistic and outdated. It depends where on Buzzjack you go for a start. There’s an active 20th Century Retro forum where there isn’t a lot of female led pop to get excited about in the first place. In the chat forum we have a good mixture these days. Artists like sombr can win the reshuffle chart. Look who’s won the last 5 annual Ultimate No X Hit polls - The Killers, Radiohead, Green Day, Depeche Mode and Nirvana. You could almost accuse that of having become too 90s/00s indie weighted. As for that being the reason for not liking “Ordinary”, most of us who aren’t big female fronted pop fans think “Ordinary” is average. But it’s in good company - most of the huge running number 1s in history have had widespread appeal but haven’t been that interesting. And that doesn’t mean its stats aren’t extremely impressive - of course they are.

I agree with “Do You Realiy Like It?” and “Rollin’” being mid table - both catchy and irritating in equal measure. Justice for “21 Seconds” though. A mostly pretty strong top half though there’s some pretty (pure and) simple stuff that’s somehow made it.

I’d actually put Robbie in a similar position but on the strength of “The Road To Mandalay” which is a forgotten gem. “Eternity” is a snoozer.

50 The Beatles- In My Life 49 Fleetwood Mac- The Chain 48 Simon & Garfunkel- The Sound Of Silence 47 Lykke Li- I Follow Rivers 46 Pink Floyd- Comfortably Numb 45 Tame Impala- Let It Happen 44 Alphaville- Forever Young 43 Frank Ocean- Lost 42 The Who- Baba O'Riley 41 Arctic Monkeys- I Wanna Be Yours 40 The Beatles- Here Comes The Sun 39 Woodkid- Run Boy Run 38 Pixies- Where Is My Mind 37 The Beatles- Blackbird 36 Blondie- One Way Or Another 35 Gorillaz- On Melancholy Hill 34 Kendrick Lamar- Swimming Pools (Drank) 33 Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here 32 The Rolling Stones- Gimme Shelter 31 David Bowie- Changes 30 Duke Dumont- Ocean Drive 29 Blossoms- Charlemagne 28 The Waitresses- Christmas Wrapping 27 Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Heads Will Roll 26 Talking Heads- Psycho Killer 25 Elton John- Tiny Dancer 24 Two Door Cinema Club- What You Know 23 Van Morrison- Brown Eyed Girl 22 Vampire Weekend- A-Punk 21 Daryl Hall & John Oates- You Make My Dreams 20 Stevie Nicks- Edge Of Seventeen 19 The Beach Boys - Wouldn’t It Be Nice 18 Kiss- I Was Made For Lovin' You 17 Empire Of The Sun- Walking On A Dream 16 Lou Reed- Perfect Day 15 Oasis- Champagne Supernova 14 Rihanna- Love On The Brain 13 Dolly Parton- 9 To 5 12 Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell- Ain't No Mountain High Enough 11 Tina Turner- Proud Mary 10 Bryan Adams- Summer Of '69 9 Arctic Monkeys- Mardy Bum 8 Oasis- Morning Glory 7 Imagine Dragons- Believer 6 Adele- Rumour Has It 5 Queen- We Will Rock You 4 Oasis- She's Electric 3 The 1975- Somebody Else 2 John Denver- Take Me Home, Country Roads 1 Lily Allen- F**k You

Could be close then in the singles - if Chappell has some physicals it would be a good idea to deploy them.

“I Don’t Care” was starred out completely in the week “No 6 Collaborations Project” was released despite being the true #1. ACR took it below more than 3 other songs. Otherwise I think “Dance Monkey” and the true #1 the week “Godzilla” was #1.

I suspect the true prognosis is somewhere between Liam’s and Liam’s. 😅

Bop Idol 4 Results: 1 I Trance - Agnes 101 Addy! 2 Borderline -Tove Styrke 101 dandy* 3 Blood - Equador 96 Roba. 4 You’ll Never Get To Heaven - Diana Vickers 76 Tafty 5 Racing Cars - Ruti 74 jimwatts 6 Kashmir - Escala 73 Chez Wombat 7 Damaged - Danity Kane 71 Scene 8 Gladiator - Dami Im 66 CowTzy 9 Bloodstream - Tokio Myers 65 Brer 10 Baby Don’t Dance - Fleur East 58 ChrisJK 11 Alone By Heart - Clara Van Wel 58 Julian_ 12 Chameleon Life - Daithi featuring Raye 57 King Rollo 13 California - Amelia Lily 56 awardinary 14 Dub On The Track - Cher Lloyd et al. 53 Dobbo 15 Domino - Saara Aalto 52 Calum 16 Breathe - Liberty X 50 Jade 17 Nolwenn Ohwo! - Nolwenn Leroy 50 gooddelta 18 I Do - Only The Young 49 Mangø 19 Misty Eye - Aiden Grimshaw 44 Herbs 20 Ladies In The ‘90s - Lauren Alaina 34 Cody Piastri 21 Creep - Dannii Minogue 20 vibe 22 Think Of You - Christina Grimmie 18 uhsting 23 Rock With Me - Reggie ‘n’ Bollie et al. 12 AllStarBySmashMouth

A shame to see one of my favourite ever songs pipped by “Mockingbird”: probably due to the latter going viral fairly recently.

“Hey Baby” is desperately annoying but the ‘60s version is lovely. “Angel” samples Steve Miller Band’s “The Joker” and the song is based around Juice Newton’s “Angel Of The Morning”. To be fair mashing together those songs did work, but there’s not much artistry there.

Well Buzzjack’s intentions towards Dr Dré at least have improved, with this rather forgotten hit lasting longer than “The Next Episode”. It reached #4 in January 2002 becoming Dré’s 5th consecutive Top 10 hit. It’s the only time fellow rapper Knoc-Turn’Al has charted here. 9th: Dr Dre featuring Knoc-Turn’Al - Bad Intentions 16/32 votes (50%) 10th: Lee Mead - Any Dream Will Do 21/32 votes (66%)

Delighted that my favourite Mika song has made it: love the retro electronic feel to this.