Julian_
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As revealed in the sales commentary Merry Christmas would only be #3 - but the highest non Christmas song would be tumbling to #8.
#7 is a new peak for Brenda Lee and Sia’s Snowman would be entering the Top 40 for the first time. What a shame that it only became popular after hitting permanent ACR.
1 3 Last Christmas (1)
2 2 All I want for Christmas is you (1)
3 - Merry Christmas (3)
4 7 Merry Christmas everyone (1)
5 6 Fairytale of New York (2)
6 8 It’s beginning to look a lot like a Christmas (4)
7 10 Rockin’ around the Christmas tree (7)
8 1 Easy on me (1)
9 11 Do they know it’s Christmas? (1)
10 16 Step into Christmas (6)
11 14 Underneath the tree (11)
12 17 Santa tell me (7)
13 26 It’s the most wonderful time of the year (13)
14 13 I wish it could be Christmas every day (4)
15 5 Cold heart (1)
16 23 Driving home for Christmas (8)
17 37 Wonderful Christmastime (6)
18 4 Shivers (1)
19 12 Abcdefu (12)
20 9 Bad habits (1)
21 30 Jingle bell rock (19)
22 32 One more sleep (3)
23 33 Merry Xmas everybody (1)
24 36 Happy Xmas (2)
25 34 Sleigh ride (23)
26 35 Holly jolly Christmas (17)
27 19 Flowers (5)
28 40 Mistletoe (19)
29 46 Let it snow! let it snow! Let it snow! (Martin) (26)
30 25 Overseas (14)
31 24 Coming for you (12)
32 48 Feliz Navidad (28)
33 21 Overpass graffiti (4)
34 20 Seventeen going under (11)
35 28 Stay (2)
36 29 Heat waves (7)
37 15 I drink wine (4)
38 - Stop the cavalry (3)
39 - Snowman (39)
40 31 Do it to it (27)
41 27 Love nwantiti (5)
42 18 Oh my god (2)
43 22 All too well (TV) (3)
44 - Santa baby (22)
45 - Come on home for Christmas (45)
46 - White Christmas (5)
47 - Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! (Sinatra) (47)
48 - Lonely this Christmas (1)
49 - Christmas lights (13)
50 - The Christmas song (39)
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Great result for Don’t Shut Me Down! I do think it deserves its place even though I wouldn’t have wanted it to get right to the top.
It’s just the perfect comeback. The lyric “I’m now and then combined” still gets me every time. They’re the same old ABBA and yet different. It’s a message to the public, and the fans and to themselves all at the same time. Just magic.
Stunning Top 5; well chosen all.
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It’s not just that - I have no confidence that the people voting are weighing up the merits of the songs properly. Like when Buzzjack does polls of course they’re slightly skewed because the forum represents a particular demographic but I have every confidence that the people voting will have done the research necessary and will have at least tried to put aside their prejudices and vote fairly. This vote seems to be largely coming down to “Which one was out when I was growing up?”
I do realise it’s just a little Twitter poll and not worth getting worked up about. :arrr: :D
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I think we’re all agreed that All Fired Up wins the thread and everything else is vying for 2nd. :D
Coming back to the Christmas theme, I’d say We Wish You A Merry Christmas, The Twelve Days Of Christmas and maybe some carols are actually more universally recognisable than any of the classic pop hits.
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Edited by Jingle Jules
Mud’s classic being beaten by an X Factor winning song is just :lol: . (No disrespect to Leona who’s obviously one of the most successful X Factor winners - I’m sure she wouldn’t class it as her finest work herself.)
And the other result is wrong too in my view, though SOTU is great.
I’m fast losing interest in this - not because of the discussion here but because the electorate is so obviously skewed.
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I’ve done a last YTD update showing the change in positions since the end of October. Credit to ChartsPlus for the positions; all sales are my approximate estimates.
Poor Masked Wolf is going to drop out of the Top 40 and be replaced by “Perfect”.
1 1 Bad habits 1,592
2 2 Good 4 u 1,329
3 3 Drivers license 1,263
4 4 Save your tears 1,089 (total 1.17m)
5 5 Montero 1,021
6 6 Levitating 993 (total 1.39m)
7 15 Stay 913
8 7 Body 901
9 9 Blinding lights 900 (total 3.20m)
10 17 Heat waves 893 (total 1.01m)
11 8 Wellerman 870
12 10 Friday 860
13 12 Kiss me more 831
14 11 The business 830 (total 930k)
15 14 Head & heart 829 (total 2.04m)
16 13 Bed 815
17 16 Without you 800 (total 900k)
18 18 Little bit of love 771
19 50 Shivers 715
20 91 Easy on me 704
21 19 Peaches 693
22 23 Black magic 692
23 24 Heartbreak anthem 664
24 22 Let’s go home together 663
25 48 Cold heart 662
26 20 Latest trends 660
27 21 Don’t play 650
28 27 Remember 629
29 25 Your love 602
30 26 Goosebumps 580 (total 660k)
31 31 Someone you loved 576 (total 4.08m)
32 28 Deja vu 571
33 29 Paradise 564 (total 700k)
34 30 Get out my head 562 (total 700k)
35 33 I wanna be your slave 552
36 40 Mr Brightside 546 (total 3.98m)
37 35 Dance monkey 543 (total 3.26m)
38 32 Astronaut in the ocean 541
39 34 Good without 540
40 37 Watermelon sugar 532 (total 1.64m)
41 43 Perfect 528 (total 4.20m)
42 41 Traitor 525
43 36 Sweet melody 520 (total 810k)
44 39 Mood 519 (total 1.32m)
45 38 Calling my phone 512
46 64 Industry baby 501
47 42 Streets 498 (total 540k)
48 44 My head & my heart 480 (total 500k)
49 49 Clash 471
50 46 Beggin’ 470
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It certainly feels like solo artists collaborating in different combinations has become more and more the done thing when it comes to chart music, perhaps lessening the need for groups. I’m not sure what’s driven that but I guess it’s easier and easier for artists to work together without even meeting.
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The Day Before You Came is amazing - not my first choice to listen to but possibly their most exquisite piece of art. The mundane lyrics and almost bored vocals against the ever more menacing accompaniment is just brilliant.
Voulez Vous is the last song out that I don’t love. I think it’s quite a weak chorus by their standards and it goes on a bit. Great Top 13!
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Update for week ending 9 December:
So here’s the counter-balance to the Top 40 without Christmas songs - let’s take a moment to remember how much worse it would be if everything were on a level playing field. Below EOM the Top 10 would be entirely Christmas songs and old former #1s, with Gayle at #12!
1 1 Easy on me (1)
2 18 All I want for Christmas is you (1)
3 20 Last Christmas (1)
4 3 Shivers (1)
5 5 Cold heart (1)
6 37 Fairytale of New York (2)
7 44 Merry Christmas everyone (1)
8 42 It’s beginning to look a lot like a Christmas (4)
9 7 Bad habits (1)
10 46 Rockin’ around the Christmas tree (9)
11 - Do they know it’s Christmas? (1)
12 28 Abcdefu (12)
13 - I wish it could be Christmas every day (4)
14 - Underneath the tree (11)
15 4 I drink wine (4)
16 - Step into Christmas (6)
17 - Santa tell me (7)
18 2 Oh my god (2)
19 13 Flowers (5)
20 16 Seventeen going under (11)
21 17 Overpass graffiti (4)
22 10 All too well (TV) (3)
23 - Driving home for Christmas (8)
24 22 Coming for you (12)
25 14 Overseas (14)
26 - It’s the most wonderful time of the year (15)
27 19 Love nwantiti (5)
28 24 Stay (2)
29 25 Heat waves (7)
30 - Jingle bell rock (19)
31 27 Do it to it (27)
32 - One more sleep (3)
33 - Merry Xmas everybody (1)
34 - Sleigh ride (23)
35 - Holly jolly Christmas (17)
36 - Happy Xmas (2)
37 - Wonderful Christmastime (6)
38 6 My little love (6)
39 31 Tell me something good (18)
40 - Mistletoe (19)
41 29 Obsessed with you (6)
42 30 My heart goes (12)
43 8 Can I get it (8)
44 32 Meet me at our spot (11)
45 33 Industry baby (5)
46 - Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! (26)
47 35 My universe (5)
48 - Feliz Navidad (28)
49 41 I wish (26)
50 38 Happier than ever (8)
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ABBA • The Singles Rate [RESULTS]
in Pop and Country
Knowing Me Knowing You is utterly fantastic. As Nina says I think it marks the point when ABBA became real heavyweights and it’s the ultimate break-up song. I could easily have given it an 11 but I decided to give my 11s to two underrated gems instead.
The Winner Takes It All to win please!