Posts posted by Julian_
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I’ve been very late to listening to the songs this year. I really like to pre-listen to the semis in order and had been trying to do so one by one from the main album. So those playlists make life much easier thanks!
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Except that it was a double A side with Gareth’s solo cover of “Suspicious Minds” which makes it quite extraordinary - a double A side with different artist billings which is extremely rare haha.
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26 minutes ago, Maestro said: Please could I have the positions for A Sky Full of Stars and Belong Together - I've made a bit of a mess predicting them I think and I'm not sure where they are exactly.
They moved 78-78 and 74-77 respectively last week.
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Plenty of good stuff here across different genres but the winner has me completely hooked.
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Felix Da Housecat
Only Top 40 for this US DJ: an utterly enchanting electronic track with a deadpan spoken part and minimalist production
8
The Strokes
One of my favourites of theirs: the usual bouncy accompaniment and melodic expressive vocal, but this has real oomph
8
Avril Lavigne
Debut single for this Canadian singer and it's a very strong track but also feels at the forefront of the pop rock genre
7
Oasis
Their 3rd Top 2 of the year: the 1st side is a soaring ballad delivered excellently by Noel; the other is less remarkable
7
Puressence
A US rock band' only Top 40 of the century: quite a dark sound world with vocal scatting and swirling guitars: intriguing
6
The Datsuns
1st hit for this New Zealand rock group: it feels quite '70s with it's quite simple, unrestrained style and it's enjoyable
5
Eve Featuring Alicia Keys
Quite a nice double act here: nothing to write home about but a nice RnB track with a warm l classic feeling sung chorus
5
Cosmos
Only hit for UK DJ Tom Middleton, sampling "Everybody" by Madonna and indeed it has an '80s sound; not a bad track
4
Garbage
The 1st ever Top 20 hit to only spend 1 week in the Top 100: I like the verse but the chorus is quite lacklustre for them
3
Ludacris
The "sticky icky icky" refrain sounds like chipmunks: it's a catchy track in its way but I can't say it's particularly enjoyable
2
Will Young And Gareth Gates
935th #1: Gareth's "Suspicious Minds" version isn't too bad but the main side is very over-sung and perhaps competitive
1
Trucks
Only hit for this pop punk band possibly trying to emulate Busted, but it's musically very basic with embarrassing lyrics
2002 Week 41:
#1517
12/10/2002
Holly Valance
2
{2}-7-14-19-29-44-55-55-47-52-63-66R(2)-69-74->14
#1518
12/10/2002
Irv Gotti Presents The INC Featuring Ja Rule, Asha
4
{4}-9-16-24-34-50-66-73-70R(2)-74R(4)->10
#1519
12/10/2002
Jakatta Featuring Seal
6
{6}-8-15-20-28-40-51-75->8
#1520
12/10/2002
John Otway
9
{9}-23-43->3
#1521
12/10/2002
LeAnn Rimes
11
{11}-18-20-31-39-56-63-71->8
#1522
12/10/2002
Feeder
14
{14}-32-45-66-67R(4)->5
#1523
12/10/2002
Ian Van Dahl
15
{15}-26-33-48-68->5
12/10/2002Dirty Vegas16{16}-27-40-55->4#1524
12/10/2002
No Doubt
18
{18}-25-28-44-64->5
#1525
12/10/2002
Energy 52
24
{24}-40-53-71->4
#1526
12/10/2002
The Wildhearts
26
{26}-53->2
#1527
12/10/2002
JJ72
28
{28}-60->2
#1528
12/10/2002
The Libertines
29
{29}-56->2
#1529
12/10/2002
Stamford Amp
33
{33}-49->2
#1530
12/10/2002
Thick D
35
{35}-66-70->3
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1994 (aged 10) was the big moment for me. I had watched TOTP casually before but I watched the week Whigfield knocked Wet Wet Wet off #1 after 15 weeks. Suddenly I became hooked on the charts and “Saturday Night” was instantly my favourite song. People around me were quite taken aback by how obsessed I suddenly became.
The obsession came and went in my case. In 1997 I lost interest for a while and I was more interested in classical music. However I happened to tune into the first chart show of the new century in 2000, and suddenly I became hooked again.
My interest level continued to ebb and flow a bit after that, until around 2015 when I found it really hard to adjust both to streaming and to the Friday move. I stopped following (other than taking a glance here and there) until the pandemic in 2020. Then I realised that I had finally got over the shock of streaming and Fridays and with the rest of life being restricted it would be a good time to rediscover my interest. And since then I’ve become more passionate than ever, and immersed myself in the history too.
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Much to the satisfaction of (I believe) a record 93% of voters, Diddy and Kelly are out. Like several hits over the years it samples “I Got 5 On It” by The Luniz. It reached #8 in the very busy chart period of March 2000.
9th: Puff Daddy featuring R. Kelly - Satisfy You 27/29 votes (93%)
10th: Cliff Richard - Santa’s List 18/30 votes (60%)
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Mis-Teeq won’t b with us in the top half. This was the 4th in their run of 7 straight Top 10 hits, reaching #5 in February 2002. A garage remix of the song was chosen as the single version.
6th: Mis-Teeq - B With Me 9/28 votes (31%)
7th: Javine - Real Things 8/29 votes (28%)
8th: Pink - There You Go 8/30 votes (27%)
9th: Steps - Here And Now / You’ll Be Sorry 14/30 votes (47%)
10th: Basshunter - Angel In The Night 14/33 votes (42%)
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The weekend will be starting soon, but without Michael Gray who finishes 3rd. Unusually for a DJ chart act he goes by his real name, and this was the 1st of only 2 hits for him. It reached #7 in November 2006 and had worldwide success.
3rd: Michael Gray - The Weekend 12/29 votes (41%)
4th: Will Young - Who Am I 14/30 votes (47%)
5th: Alphabeat - 10,000 Nights 15/30 votes (50%)
6th: Holly Valance - Down Boy 19/31 votes (61%)
7th: U2 - City Of Blinding Lights 16/30 votes (53%)
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%)
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It’s close between the top 2 here but I really see “Jist Like A Pill” as up with some of the best gritty storytelling pop tracks of the decade.
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Pink
934th #1: a wonderful pop record with authentically delivered angst, a fab chorus in octaves and a superb opening riff
9
Aqualung
Only big hit for Matthew Hales after an advert feature: the whole sound world of this glorious track is like a warm hug
8
Hundred Reasons
Much smaller than their last couple of singles but it's one of their best songs, with big emotional multi layered vocals
7
David Bowie
He won't have another Top 40 for more than a decade: this is lovely with charming lyrics and quite an innocent feel
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Suede
Their 1st hit this century: it's a very warm and calm track with a dreamy riff, but without anything that exciting about it
6
Disturbed
Only Top 40 for this US metal band apart from a certain '60s cover; I enjoy this but it lacks a really memorable chorus
5
Oxide And Neutrino Featuring Kowdean
Last of their 6 Top 20 hits: I really like the production which samples Kraftwerk, though the lyrics are a bit of a mess
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Bon Jovi
A similar style to "It's My Life" with the lyrics about living in the moment and anthemic chorus, but not special like that
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Beenie Man Featuring Janet
It's his usual dancehall style and quite a successful hit: Janet's chorus here is lovely but the rest doesn't really grab me
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Supergrass
Their 1st Top 40 this century: it's their usual style with the bouncy instrumental style and a decent tune, but quite safe
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Ryan Adams
Another folk rocky number from him: there's nothing wrong with it but I find it all a bit insignificant and not memorable
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Busted
1st hit for this band who will have 8 straight Top 3s: it's amusing lyrically and endearing though musically fairly basic
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Puddle Of Mudd
Their last Top 40: this is quite fun for a couple of listens but it doesn't have the musical quality of their first two hits
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Eminem
A more personal 2nd single like "The Way I Am": it has good production and the rap flows well but the lyrics are horrid
2002 Week 40:
#1505 05/10/2002 Will Young And Gareth Gates The Long And Winding Road/Suspicious Minds 1 {1}-1-3-10-13-18-26-37-49-62-57-61-64-50-48-54-63-73->18
#1506 05/10/2002 Oasis Little By Little/She Is Love 2 {2}-7-10-17-27-32-47-65->8
#1507 05/10/2002 Avril Lavigne Complicated 3 {3}-3-4-4-7-11-17-31-58->9
#1508 05/10/2002 Eve Featuring Alicia Keys Gangsta Lovin' 6 {6}-12-15-19-30-37-52-71->8
#1509 05/10/2002 Garbage Shut Your Mouth 20 {20}->1
#1510 05/10/2002 The Datsuns In Love 25 {25}-70->2
#1511 05/10/2002 The Strokes Someday 27 {27}-74->2
#1512 05/10/2002 Ludacris Saturday (Oooh Oooh) 31 {31}-62->2
#1513 05/10/2002 Cosmos Take Me With You 32 {32}-57->2
#1514 05/10/2002 Trucks It's Just Porn Mum 35 {35}-61->2
#1515 05/10/2002 Felix Da Housecat Silver Screen Shower Scene {2002} 39 {39}-65->2
#1516 05/10/2002 Puressence Walking Dead 40 {40}->1
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“Who” watch: moved 50-56 this week and seems to have gone from around 193k-196k in the last 2 weeks. I haven’t seen anything in the YTD chart sell so little since I started this.
“Defying Gravity” also doing the opposite now: 52-58.
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The late ‘90s fast turnover certainly threw up a few candidates. “To You I Belong” by B*Witched, “Girlfriend” by Billie and “Forever Love” by Gary Barlow spring to mind.
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11 minutes ago, gasman449 said: Completely fair, I'm from way after this song's time but my parents were born in the 70s and couldn't recognise the song and they've not really heard it on the radio (my mother always has Heart 70s or 80s on in the car), it's not been certified since digital sales were tracked either so had just assumed it was a song people didn't really think about after it was popular thus leading me to suggest it. All down to perspective in the end I guess!
Yeah musically it might qualify but the lyrics are quite extraordinary if you give them some attention. Hey girls we’ve had too much freedom so let’s all get back in our boxes. Oh and the “isle of Greece” bit. 😅
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Week 18:
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Lola Young
Messy
772,000
950,000
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Rosé and Bruno Mars
APT.
732,000
1,090,000
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Gracie Abrams
That's So True
651,000
1,080,000
4
5
Alex Warren
Ordinary
603,000
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4
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars
Die With A Smile
601,000
1,230,000
6
6
Chappell Roan
Pink Pony Club
530,000
980,000
7
7
Chrystal
The Days
500,000
660,000
8
8
Billie Eilish
Birds Of A Feather
470,000
1,690,000
9
9
Chappell Roan
Good Luck, Babe!
459,000
1,660,000
10
10
Benson Boone
Beautiful Things
457,000
2,240,000
11
11
Gigi Perez
Sailor Song
446,000
1,040,000
12
12
Sabrina Carpenter
Espresso
418,000
2,170,000
13
13
Sabrina Carpenter
Taste
415,000
1,210,000
14
14
Teddy Swims
Lose Control
412,000
2,250,000
15
16
Teddy Swims
Bad Dreams
377,000
620,000
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Teddy Swims
The Door
369,000
1,040,000
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15
Kendrick Lamar
Not Like Us
369,000
990,000
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18
Myles Smith
Nice To Meet You
351,000
460,000
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Tate McRae
Sports Car
351,000
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20
Shaboozey
A Bar Song (Tipsy)
342,000
1,680,000
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21
Hozier
Too Sweet
329,000
1,800,000
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22
Myles Smith
Stargazing
328,000
1,340,000
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24
Lady Gaga
Abracadabra
325,000
24
23
Sabrina Carpenter
Please Please Please
325,000
1,470,000
25
24
Noah Kahan
Stick Season
315,000
2,830,000
26
25
Sabrina Carpenter
Bed Chem
306,000
700,000
27
27
Sonny Fodera, Jazzy & D.O.D.
Somedays
296,000
770,000
28
28
Kendrick Lamar & Sza
Luther
290,000
390,000
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31
Alex Warren
Carry You Home
286,000
590,000
30
29
Gracie Abrams
I Love You, I'm Sorry
283,000
770,000
31
30
Chappell Roan
Hot To Go!
280,000
940,000
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32
The Weeknd and Playboi Carti
Timeless
268,000
490,000
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36
Sabrina Carpenter
Busy Woman
268,000
34
33
Sam Fender
People Watching
262,000
370,000
35
35
Kendrick Lamar & Sza
All The Stars
259,000
2,180,000
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34
Doechii
Denial Is A River
259,000
260,000
37
38
The Killers
Mr Brightside
257,000
6,320,000
38
37
Billie Eilish
Wildflower
256,000
770,000
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Doechii
Anxiety
249,000
40
40
Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen
I Had Some Help
248,000
1,160,000
47
57
Ravyn Lenae
Love Me Not
217,000
50
56
Drake
Nokia
205,000
61
72
WizTheMc & Bees & Honey
Show Me Love
191,000
63
69
Tate McRae
Revolving Door
182,000
71
75
Chappell Roan
The Giver
174,000
73
88
Leon Thomas
Mutt
166,000
94
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Morgan Seatree featuring Florence + The Machine
Say My Name (Remix)
151,000
“Say My Name” replacing “505”.
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8/5:
1 1 Ordinary (1)
2 2 Pink pony club (2)
3 3 Messy (1)
4 6 Show me love (4)
5 4 APT (2)
6 5 Azizam (3)
7 14 Love me not (7)
8 7 Anxiety (4)
9 15 The days (5)
10 10 That’s so true (1)
11 9 Beautiful things (1)
12 8 Sports car (7)
13 17 Steve’s lava chicken (13)
14 11 Birds of a feather (3)
15 12 Die with a smile (3)
16 13 Busy woman (11)
17 - What Was That (17)
18 16 Bad dreams (13)
19 18 Good luck, babe! (2)
20 23 Lose control (2)
21 25 Undressed (21)
22 20 Taste (1)
23 21 The door (13)
24 24 Carry you home (17)
25 26 Nice to meet you (12)
26 22 Espresso (1)
27 19 Abracadabra (4)
28 39 Nokia (18)
29 27 Sailor song (2)
30 - Mystical magical (30)
31 31 A bar song (2)
32 28 The giver (2)
33 29 Mutt (29)
34 32 Back to friends (32)
35 34 Sorry I’m here for someone else (34)
36 36 Revolving door (17)
37 35 Too sweet (1)
38 - Damocles (38)
39 33 Stargazing (6)
40 49 Shake it to the max (40)
41 43 Somedays (10)
42 37 Stick season (1)
43 50 Tell me (43)
44 42 Mr Brightside (10)
45 40 Headphones on (40)
46 47 Iris (3)
47 46 I had some help (2)
48 - Austin (8)
49 39 Please please please (1)
50 - Say my name (50)
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Katy Perry’s “Part Of Me” is the ultimate just had a huge era so the lead from the next album was going to go to #1 no matter what it was, and it turned out to be a non event of a song.
“Dirtee Disco” by Dizzee Rascal is sort of similar - just very forgettable but he was so huge at the time.
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Week 18:
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Sabrina Carpenter
Short n' Sweet
268,000
640,000
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2
Sam Fender
People Watching
160,000
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3
Ed Sheeran
+-=÷x (Tour Collection)
146,000
250,000
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4
Chappell Roan
The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess
123,000
420,000
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5
SZA
SOS
122,000
600,000
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6
The Weeknd
The Highlights
121,000
1,360,000
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7
Fleetwood Mac
50 Years: Don't Stop
115,000
1,580,000
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Elton John
Diamonds
112,000
1,770,000
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Central Cee
Can't Rush Greatness
110,000
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10
Lady Gaga
Mayhem
107,000
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11
Taylor Swift
The Tortured Poets Department
106,000
890,000
12
12
Billie Eilish
Hit Me Hard And Soft
102,000
450,000
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13
Charli XCX
Brat
102,000
390,000
14
14
Tate McRae
So Close To What
94,000
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15
Noah Kahan
Stick Season
94,000
570,000
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16
Gracie Abrams
The Secret Of Us
91,000
230,000
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ABBA
Gold: Greatest Hits
87,000
5,990,000
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18
Oasis
Time Flies... 1994-2009
87,000
2,120,000
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Michael Jackson
The Essential
87,000
1,920,000
20
20
Arctic Monkeys
AM
86,000
2,180,000
21
21
Eminem
Curtain Call: The Hits
83,000
3,400,000
22
23
Kendrick Lamar
GNX
79,000
140,000
23
22
The Weeknd
Hurry Up Tomorrow
79,000
24
24
Fleetwood Mac
Rumours
77,000
2,620,000
25
25
Olivia Rodrigo
Guts
73,000
570,000
26
26
Linkin Park
Papercuts
71,000
240,000
27
27
Olivia Rodrigo
Sour
70,000
1,120,000
28
29
Ariana Grande
Eternal Sunshine
69,000
250,000
29
28
PartyNextDoor & Drake
$ome $exy $ongs 4 U
68,000
30
31
Oasis
(What's The Story) Morning Glory
65,000
5,370,000
31
30
Teddy Swims
I've Tried Everything But Therapy, Part 2
64,000
32
32
Calvin Harris
96 Months
62,000
130,000
33
34
Benson Boone
Fireworks & Rollerblades
61,000
180,000
34
33
Queen
Greatest Hits
61,000
3,100,000
35
35
Teddy Swims
I've Tried Everything But Therapy, Part 1
57,000
210,000
36
36
Post Malone
The Diamond Collection
57,000
390,000
37
37
Pitbull
Greatest Hits
57,000
520,000
38
40
Alex Warren
You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1)
57,000
80,000
39
38
Fontaines D.C.
Romance
56,000
170,000
40
41
Maroon 5
Singles
54,000
890,000
85
87
Elton John & Brandi Carlile
Who Believes In Angels?
37,000
100
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Jennie
Ruby
32,000
Entered this week:
Foo Fighters - The Essential
Jennie - Ruby
Left this week:
Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal
XXXTentacion - Look At Me: The Album
“Lover” now ahead of “Lover Live”
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Round 1: Year End Survivor #116
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