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6/3: 1 2 Messy (1) 2 3 APT (2) 3 1 Not like us (1) 4 6 Pink pony club (4) 5 4 Die with a smile (3) 6 5 That’s so true (1) 7 9 The days (5) 8 25 Sports car (8) 9 10 Abracadabra (4) 10 13 Beautiful things (1) 11 7 Luther (7) 12 12 Good luck, babe! (2) 13 11 Birds of a feather (3) 14 8 All the stars (5) 15 19 Ordinary (12) 16 16 Sailor song (2) 17 - Revolving door (17) 18 18 Espresso (1) 19 20 Taste (1) 20 21 Lose control (2) 21 15 Busy woman (15) 22 42 People watching (11) 23 22 Denial is a river (15) 24 17 TV off (11) 25 14 Please please please (1) 26 23 Bad dreams (13) 27 24 The door (13) 28 - Arm’s length (24) 29 27 A bar song (2) 30 29 Nice to meet you (12) 31 33 Nokia (31) 32 29 Too sweet (1) 33 31 Stick season (1) 34 28 Bed chem (13) 35 41 Somedays (10) 36 35 Stargazing (6) 37 40 I love you, I’m sorry (7) 38 - Raving in the studio (38) 39 32 Hot to go (10) 40 34 Wildflower (17) 41 - Little bit closer (41) 42 - I know love (42) 43 39 Timeless (8) 44 - Dear God (44) 45 47 Mr Brightside (20) 46 - It’s OK I’m OK (24) 47 - Chin Up (47) 48 50 I had some help (2) 49 - Call me when you break up (49) 50 38 Crush (38)

They would be new entries (for 2025 YTD purposes).

For the 5th week in a row there’s a re-entry…

I don’t like either - actually going for 5ive as at least they did something different with the song.

Voting seems much slower since the site move for some reason! Aside from the fact that everything is currently tied we’re going to need much more than 15 votes.

It’s been hanging around #80-85 doing about 9k per week, so not leaving anytime that soon. This week’s ChartsPlus is delayed FYI so the update will be a bit late.

Not normally like me to vote early but feeling keen: 50 Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 49 R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts 48 Abba - Lay All Your Love On Me 47 The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army 46 The Doors - Light My Fire 45 Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire 44 The Cure - The Love Cats 43 Grandmaster and Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) 42 The Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow 41 Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) 40 Radiohead - Creep 39 Klaxons – Golden Skans 38 Dr. Dre featuring Eminem - Forgot About Dre 37 The Bravery - An Honest Mistake 36 Alanis Morissette - Head Over Feet 35 Aqualung – Strange and Beautiful (I'll Put a Spell On You) 34 U2 - One 33 Green Day - Basket Case 32 Daft Punk - Da Funk / Musique 31 Gossip – Standing In The Way of Control 30 The Supremes - Stop! In The Name Of Love 29 The Kooks – She Moves in Her Own Way 28 Pulp - Disco 2000 27 Jade - Angel Of My Dreams 26 Dolly Parton - Jolene 25 The Ones - Flawless 24 Editors – Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors 23 Swedish House Mafia featuring Pharrell – One (Your Name) 22 Evanescence – My Immortal 21 Sugababes – Stronger / Angels With Dirty Faces 20 Britney Spears - Stronger 19 Alan Walker - Faded 18 Al Green - Let's Stay Together 17 The Cardigans - Erase/Rewind 16 Kirsty MacColl - A New England 15 Chic - Le Freak 14 The Beach Boys - I Get Around 13 Pet Shop Boys - Domino Dancing 12 Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music 11 Queen - Another One Bites The Dust 10 Lady Gaga - Alejandro 9 Madonna – Get Together 8 Oasis - Cigarettes And Alcohol 7 Toploader - Dancing In The Moonlight 6 t.A.T.u. - Not Gonna Get Us 5 Avril Lavigne – I'm With You 4 Amy Winehouse - Rehab 3 The Verve - Lucky Man 2 Kelly Clarkson - Because Of You 1 LeAnn Rimes - How Do I Live

I should have done a guest vote for this - I don’t feel I have the bandwidth for any more contests but actually I often enjoy listening and voting more than participating anyway. From listening to the top 8 or so, Dan is definitely a worthy winner but my favourite is Jade’s!

1 Tinlicker 2 Anabel England 3 Mau P

1 Gigi Perez 2 Billy Idol 3 Skunk Anansie

I didn’t love anything but my Top 3 is actually the Top 3 as it stands. 1 Benson 2 Rebecca Black 3 Damiano David

On my phone it all comes out on one screen but makes each row of the table many lines tall to fit the comments. I don’t know how best to get the stuff from my Excel workbook to here? At the moment I’m copying it into a phone note and then copying that into here (if I try and copy straight from Excel it says it’s trying to create a file attachment, and usually thinks for a while and then errors).

5 All The Stars 4 Not Like Us 3 Messy 2 Pink Pony Club 1 Abracadabra -1 Luther -2 Sports Car -3 Revolving Door -4 Beautiful Things -5 Ordinary

It’s incredible how many DJ acts there are getting their only hit here, of which some are better than others. The first new Top 2 of the year was a very close race between “More Than A Woman” and “Addicted To Bass”, separated by around 500 sales at the top. I slightly prefer the latter but love both. My first time doing this on the new site - hopefully it comes out readable! 9 Puretone Addicted To Bass Puretone is an Australian DJ; he features singer Amiel Daemion on a brilliantly infectious throbbing drum and bass track 9 Aaliyah More Than A Woman 917th #1: the lyrics feel so fitting for a posthumous hit; a straightforward RnB record but somehow very heartwarming 8 Shimon And Andy C Body Rock Only hit for these 2 drum and bass DJs originally released last September: it's a unique and captivating instrumental 8 Ash There's A Star The 5th single from their very successful "Free All Angels" run, and another really lovely, tender and hopeful ballad 8 Lange Featuring Skye Drifting Away The only Top 40 for British DJ Stuart Langelaan and it's a beautifully euphoric dance track with dreamy floating vocals 7 Dr Dre Featuring Knoc-Turn'Al Bad Intentions A soundtrack single and the only hit featuring US rapper Knoc-turn-al - not quite classic Dre but great and love the riff 7 So Solid Crew Presents Mr Shabz Featuring MDB And Haters Obviously not as distinctive as "21 Seconds" but a strong and catchy garage track giving them a deserved 3rd Top 10 7 DJ Garry Dream Universe Only hit for this Dutch club DJ: a really good instrumental dance track and I enjoy the wood block style main theme 6 Goldtrix Presents Andrea Brown It's Love (Trippin') This reminds me of Kosheen's "Hide U" but not as good: it's a cover of a Jill Scott track and the only hit for this DJ duo 6 Psychedelic Waltons Featuring Roisin Murphy Wonderland Their only hit: I don't know much about the act but it's a nice retro sounding track and Roisin's vocals are always good 6 Dreamcatcher I Don't Wanna Lose My Way Their only hit with a similae style trance track to "Drifting Away" with ethereal female vocals, but not quite as strong 5 Public Domain Let Me Clear My Throat/Too Many MC's Last of their 3 hits and both sides are fairly good, but they're slightly shouty and not compelling like "Operation Blade…" 5 Jay-Z Girls, Girls, Girls I really like the luxurious "ah baby" sample, and it's decent though the "girls girls girls" becomes slightly grating after a time 5 Mark Picchiotti Presents Basstoy Featuring Dana Runnin' Only hit for this DJ reworking a track by Basstoy: this isn't a bad dance song that reminds me of "Ride On Time" in style 4 Backstreet Boys Drowning Released from "The Hits - Chapter One", there's nothing wrong with this song but it's quite standard and lacks sparkle 4 Mr Pink Presents The Program Love And Affection Only hit for this DJ with a remake of Joan Armatrading's "Love And Affection" from 1976, which I'd much rather hear 4 Jon Cutler Featuring E-Man It's Yours Both DJs getting their only hit, with spoken bits sampling "It's Yours" by T La Rock and Jazzy Jay from 1984; this is alright 3 DJ Aligator Project The Whistle Song (Blow My Whistle Bitch) Only Top 40 for this Iranian-Danish DJ: he reached #57 with it before but this remake was huge, and it's trashy but catchy 3 Nelly Furtado On The Radio (Remember The Days) Most of Nelly's early hits have a quirky folk style but this is a very standard pop RnB track without much individuality 2 Milk And Sugar/John Paul Young Love Is In The Air Mike Milk and Steven Sugar were a German house duo: this reworking of John Paul Young's 1977 hit feels unnecessary 2 O.P.M. El Capitan Their 2nd and last hit about their favourite rum: "Heaven Is A Halfpipe" at least had a certain charm which this lacks 2002 Week 4 (as usual repeat Top 40 hits will be skipped): 26/01/2002 George Harrison My Sweet Lord {2002} 1 {1}-4-8-15-30-43-51-65-58-70->10 #1111 26/01/2002 Pink Get The Party Started 2 {2}-3-2-3-5-8-13-16-20-27-23-36-45-53-70->15 #1112 26/01/2002 Christina Milian AM To PM 3 {3}-9-9-11-16-19-29-44-52-64-60->11 #1113 26/01/2002 The Chemical Brothers Star Guitar 8 {8}-23-27-33-49-70-71-67R(2)->8 #1114 26/01/2002 allSTARS* The Land Of Make Believe 9 {9}-17-19-25-39-52-65-74R(2)->8 #1115 26/01/2002 Mercury Rev The Dark Is Rising 16 {16}-39-50->3 #1116 26/01/2002 P Diddy Featuring The Neptunes Diddy 19 {19}-41-55-73->4 #1117 26/01/2002 Wheatus Wannabe Gangstar/Leroy 22 {22}-48-62-68-69->5 #1118 26/01/2002 Elton John This Train Don't Stop There Anymore 24 {24}-46-65-75->4 #1119 26/01/2002 Live Element Be Free 26 {26}-49->2 #1120 26/01/2002 Super Furry Animals It's Not The End Of The World 30 {30}-67->2

All brilliant but went for the Caesars, just because I feel more of an emotional connection with the other 2 I guess.

No longer holding on is Bob Sinclar. “World Hold On (Children Of The Sky)” reached #9 in July 2006. It still does very well on streaming, regularly appearing in the weekly dance chart. I’m sure Bob won’t be too upset as the similarly whistle-y “Love Generation” won the #104 survivor and is through to the ultimate round. 4th: Bob Sinclar featuring Steve Edwards - World Hold On (Children Of The Sky) 12/28 votes (41%) 5th: Mya - Case Of The Ex 10/34 votes (29%) 6th: Missy Elliott - Gossip Folks 17/32 votes (53%) 7th: U2 - Electrical Storm 15/34 votes (44%) 8th: Jamelia - DJ / Stop 11/32 votes (34%) 9th: Nickelback - Photograph 13/34 votes (38%) 10th: Chuckie & LMFAO - Let The Bass Kick In Miami Girl 14/36 votes (39%)

And it’s Fergie’s turn!

We’re eliminating decidedly lukewarm stuff from Craig David from his 4th album “Trust Me”. “Hot Stuff (Let’s Dance)” peaked at #7 in November 2007, outdoing the #18 peak of the album’s lead single “This Is The Girl”. It was Craig’s last Top 10 hit until his 2015 comeback. 7th: Craig David - Hot Stuff 12/28 votes (43%) 8th: Vanessa Jenkins and Bryn West featuring Sir Tom Jones and Robin Gibb - Barry Islands In The Stream 21/35 votes (60%) 9th: Ronan Keating featuring Yusuf - Father And Son 13/30 votes (43%) 10th: Leon Jackson - When You Believe 12/35 votes (34%)

I’ll always love “Your Song” - I know it’s not adventurous or ground breaking but it’s so full of genuine feeling for me. And “Animal Nitrate” falling right at the end is a shame too.

I actually really really do not enjoy “Hey Baby” and everything else is just about OK ish, so have gone for that.

Son Of Dork was formed by James Bourne after Busted split in November 2005. Their one and only album was called “Welcome To Loserville” and the lead single, “Ticket Outta Loserville”, reached #3 in November 2005. When the follow up only reached #10 James had a moan live on the chart show. 10th: Son Of Dork - Ticket Outta Loserville 15/31 votes (48%)

Best: In Da Club Get Busy Drop It Like It’s Hot Hey Ya! Lose Yourself Worst: Clay Aiken - This Is The Night Kelly Clarkson - A Moment Like This Fantasia - I Believe

Forever Crazy Apologize

Shout out again to “Apt.” also trouncing the official #1 with around 43k.

We still have a record of pure million sellers. It’s there in The Chart Vault. 185 songs or so have got there and it’s virtually a closed group now - a few more songs might trickle over the line if you give it a couple of decades. Of course a million paid for sales is more of an achievement than a million streaming equivalent sales. But nothing will likely ever sell a million copies again. Likely nothing will ever even sell 300k paid for copies again. We can recognise that certain totals meant more in the past while still celebrating current hits reaching those milestones. Of course 1 stream = 1 sale and nothing further counts, while making the chart much faster, would mean first week “sales” could be in the millions. So that would surely only aggravate the distortion between old and new totals.