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    Year end #95 results:

     

    1st Green Day - American Idiot 22/33 votes (67%)

     

     

    Released in September 2004, this was the title track from Green Day’s acclaimed 7th studio album. An explicitly political song, it addresses the paranoia and ignorance caused by mass media. Its #3 peak was the highest for the band at the time, later eclipsed by the U2 collaboration “The Saints Are Coming”.

     

    2nd Oakenfold featuring Brittany Murphy - Faster Kill Pussycat 11/33 votes (33%)

     

     

    Peaking at #7 in June 2006, this was the lead single from Paul Oakenfold’s album “A Lively Mind”, and to date remains his last chart hit. It’s inspired by the 1965 film “Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!” It’s the only chart appearance for late actress Brittany Murphy.

     

    3rd: Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars 17/37 votes (46%)

    4th: Papa Roach - Last Resort 15/37 votes (41%)

    5th: Florence And The Machine - You’ve Got The Love 15/34 votes (44%)

    6th: Artful Dodger and Robbie Craig featuring Craig David - Woman Trouble 15/32 votes (47%)

    7th: Cascada - Truly Madly Deeply 13/34 votes (38%)

    8th: 50 Cent featuring Mobb Deep - Outta Control 17/29 votes (59%)

    9th: Gareth Gates - Say It Isn’t So 12/32 votes (38%)

    10th: Westlife - Bop Bop Baby 11/36 votes (31%)

    25 ABBA - Don’t Shut Me Down

    24 Hozier - Take Me To Church

    23 Grimes - Kill V. Maim

    22 Lana Del Rey - West Coast

    21 Blossoms - Charlemagne

    20 Charli XCX - Good Ones

    19 Tones and I - Dance Monkey

    18 Grimes - Flesh Without Blood

    17 SZA - Good Days

    16 Kendrick Lamar & SZA - All The Stars

    15 Taylor Swift & Bon Iver – Exile

    14 Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire

    13 SAINt JHN - Roses (Imanbek Remix)

    12 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club

    11 P!nk - Trustfall

    10 Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under

    9 Calvin Harris (feat. HAIM) - Pray To God

    8 Katy Perry (feat. Juicy J) - Dark Horse

    7 Avicii (feat. Dan Tyminski) - Hey Brother

    6 MGMT - Little Dark Age

    5 Calvin Harris (feat. Frank Ocean & Migos) - Slide

    4 Years & Years - Shine

    3 Galantis - Runaway (U & I)

    2 Wolf Alice - Don't Delete The Kisses

    1 Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow - Industry Baby

    I know “Butterfly” is musically nothing Earth shattering but I just find it so lovely and I think the thick French accent makes it all the more so. “Maggie May” is a classic though and certainly one of Rod’s best.

     

    8 Danyel Gerard Butterfly Only hit for this French singer and composer partly translated into English: an utterly charming heartwarming piece of music

    8 Rod Stewart Maggie May/Reason To Believe 305th #1: "Maggie May" is a fabulous song with great storytelling that suits Rod's voice well; the other side is a good cover

    7 Redbone The Witch Queen Of New Orleans Only hit for this US band that is now associated with Halloween: a great track about a 19th century voodoo practitioner

    7 Carpenters Superstar/For All We Know Both sides here are lovingly produced covers: "Superstar" has a particularly captivating vocal performance from Karen

    6 Jethro Tull Life Is A Long Song/Up The 'Pool Nothing extraordinary but both sides are enjoyable slices of folk rock with their usual interesting rhythms and instruments

    6 The Marmalade Cousin Norman Their 5th Top 10 and a catchy folk ballad with lovely harmonies, but not quite recreating the wistful magic of "Rainbow"

    5 Mungo Jerry You Don't Have To Be In The Army To Fight In The War This feels like it could easily be a Dylan song with it's disgruntled storytelling and heavy use of harmonica: it's very decent

    5 Middle Of The Road Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum I have to admit this song about clan rivalry is very catchy and it doesn't have the grating repetitiveness of their chart topper

    4 Vince Hill Look Around His last hit by French composer Francis Lai: this is rather sweet with a twinkling accompaniment and my favourite of his hits

    4 Bay City Rollers Keep On Dancing A cover of a mid '60s track giving this Scottish band their 1st hit: this is perfectly nice but feels rather inconsequential

    3 Rock Candy Remember Their only hit and I can't find much about them: a catchy but rather raucous and unsubstle song in an early Beatles style

    3 C.C.S. Tap Turns On The Water Their 3rd and highest peaking hit, but less interesting than the first couple; an average song plus the vocals are slightly rough

    2 The Fortunes Freedom Come, Freedom Go Another hit for this mostly '60s Birmingham band: I find the chorus slightly irritating and it's rather predictable and formulaic

    2 Engelbert Humperdinck Another Time, Another Place The title track from his album: he isn't getting the hits like he was and this is an uninteresting forgettably performed number

     

     

    1971 Group 12:

     

    #3818 25/09/1971 The Four Tops Simple Game 3 49-24-18-12-5-4-{3}-5-12-20-34->11

    #3819 25/09/1971 Titanic Sultana 5 50-28-17-14-10-{5}-7-10-15-22-31-40->12

    #3820 02/10/1971 Aretha Franklin Spanish Harlem 14 33-26-21-{14}-19-14-21-26-35->9

    #3821 02/10/1971 Elvis Presley I'm Leavin' 23 36-31-27-29-{23}-28-30-34-41->9

    #3822 02/10/1971 Roger Whittaker Mammy Blue 31 48-36-36-40-32-{31}-36-43-37-44->10

    #3823 09/10/1971 Joan Baez The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down 6 29-23-18-12-{6}-9-10-15-18-31-46-46->12

    #3824 09/10/1971 Al Green Tired Of Being Alone 4 37-28-19-10-{4}-6-9-11-23-30-35-35-46->13

    #3825 09/10/1971 The Elgins Put Yourself In My Place 28 38-34-33-{28}-34-31-45->7

    #3826 09/10/1971 Scott English Brandy 12 44-33-25-18-13-{12}-16-17-32-46->10

    #3827 09/10/1971 Los Pop-Tops Mamy Blue 35 48-{35}-35-43-48-49->6

    #3828 09/10/1971 Clodagh Rodgers Lady Love Bug 28 49-38-32-33-35-{28}-32-33-40-45-45-45->12

    #3829 16/10/1971 The Settlers The Lightning Tree 36 41-39-{36}-36-41->5

    #3830 16/10/1971 The Sweet Alexander Graham Bell 33 43-42-34-{33}-39->5

    #3831 16/10/1971 Autumn My Little Girl 37 48-38-{37}-47-42-49->6

     

    Is Carnival now behind Never Lose Me? Thought it would last longer than the latter... Can't complain about it missing out :D

    Yes “Never Lose Me” seems to have had a very slight rally recently and only dropped 93-94 this week - expect it to be gone pretty soon nonetheless.

    If my maths is correct, Brown Eyed Girl will almost certainly be back at the expense of Homesick next week.

    I agree as there may well not be any other new or re-entries next week. “Carnival” is also heading swiftly for the exit but may last 1 more week.

    Week 42:

     

    1 1 687,000 Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department

    2 2 333,000 The Weeknd - The Highlights (1.16m)

    3 3 290,000 Noah Kahan - Stick Season (420k)

    4 4 280,000 Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard And Soft

    5 5 246,000 Coldplay - Moon Music

    6 6 240,000 Olivia Rodrigo - Guts (450k)

    7 7 233,000 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don’t Stop (1.41m)

    8 9 232,000 Sabrina Carpenter - Short ‘n’ Sweet

    9 8 228,000 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994-2009 (1.99m)

    10 10 219,000 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits (3.26m)

     

    11 13 213,000 Chappell Roan - The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess

    12 11 211,000 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits (5.86m)

    13 12 209,000 Elton John - Diamonds (1.59m)

    14 21 205,000 Charli XCX - Brat

    15 14 203,000 Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor’s Version (500k)

    16 15 193,000 Taylor Swift - Lover (850k)

    17 16 183,000 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour (1.01m)

    18 17 180,000 Taylor Swift - Folklore (800k)

    19 19 179,000 Michael Jackson - The Essential Michael Jackson (1.78m)

    20 18 178,000 Oasis - Definitely Maybe (2.76m)

     

    21 20 175,000 Taylor Swift - Midnights (930k)

    22 22 164,000 Taylor Swift - Reputation (920k)

    23 23 163,000 Queen - Greatest Hits (3.00m)

    24 24 162,000 Arctic Monkeys - AM (2.05m)

    25 25 160,000 Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine

    26 27 159,000 Oasis - (What’s The Story) Morning Glory (5.26m)

    27 26 159,000 Post Malone - The Diamond Collection (300k)

    28 28 157,000 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (2.50m)

    29 29 153,000 Sza - SOS (440k)

    30 30 151,000 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend (3.25m)

     

    31 32 130,000 Eminem - The Death Of Slim Shady

    32 31 129,000 Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter

    33 33 126,000 Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism

    34 34 125,000 Maroon 5 - Singles (810k)

    35 37 123,000 Linkin Park - Papercuts - Singles Collection 2000-2023

    36 35 123,000 Eminem - Curtain Call 2 (340k)

    37 36 123,000 Ed Sheeran - Divide (4.31m)

    38 38 120,000 Lana Del Ray - Born To Die (1.65m)

    39 39 115,000 Teddy Swims - I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy, Part 1

    40 40 113,000 50 Cent - Best Of 50 Cent (590k)

     

    67 90,000 The Last Dinner Party - Prelude To Ecstasy

    85 77,000 Sabrina Carpenter - Emails I Can’t Send (130k)

    91 76,000 Fontaines D.C. - Romance

    93 75,000 Gracie Abrams - The Secret Of Us

    Surprised to see Guess in this week and Brown Eyed Girl out. Lots of songs holding up better than I imagined. Where abouts is Praise Jah In The Moonlight please?

    Yeah “Guess” must have done a bit more than I thought before the remix was released - 30k or so.

     

    “Praise Jah In The Moonlight” is #56, just below that clump of current hits. Doing 3k per week if that now, but it’s done enough to secure its year end spot.

     

    “Brown Eyes Girl” could be back although it’s dropped off a little bit so might hover on the edge in the coming weeks.

    Week 42:

     

    1 1 1,783,000 Noah Kahan - Stick Season (2.32m)

    2 2 1,527,000 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things

    3 3 1,494,000 Teddy Swims - Lose Control (1.60m)

    4 4 1,480,000 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso

    5 5 1,261,000 Hozier - Too Sweet

    6 6 1,116,000 Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy)

    7 7 973,000 Dasha - Austin

    8 8 932,000 Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please

    9 11 929,000 Billie Eilish - Birds Of A Feather

    10 12 919,000 Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe

     

    11 9 918,000 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer (2.10m)

    12 10 905,000 Beyoncé - Texas Hold ‘Em

    13 13 859,000 Cassö with Raye & D Block Europe - Prada (1.46m)

    14 14 800,000 Myles Smith - Stargazing

    15 15 782,000 Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder On The Dancefloor (1.78m)

    16 16 754,000 Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help

    17 17 743,000 Artemas - I Like The Way You Kiss Me

    18 18 733,000 Tate McRae - Greedy (1.19m)

    19 19 729,000 Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone - Fortnight

    20 20 700,000 Michael Marcagi - Scared To Start

     

    21 21 690,000 Djo - End Of Beginning

    22 23 662,000 Ariana Grande - We Can’t Be Friends (Wait For Your Love)

    23 22 661,000 Jack Harlow - Lovin On Me (980k)

    24 25 653,000 The Killers - Mr Brightside (5.95m)

    25 24 652,000 Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten (1.84m)

    26 26 645,000 Eminem - Houdini

    27 27 632,000 Mark Ambor - Belong Together

    28 28 609,000 Tommy Richman - Million Dollar Baby

    29 29 595,000 Ella Henderson featuring Rudimental - Alibi

    30 30 568,000 Ariana Grande - Yes, And?

     

    31 31 562,000 Dua Lipa - Houdini (720k)

    32 32 553,000 Benson Boone - Slow It Down

    33 33 543,000 Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire (1.32m)

    34 35 542,000 Taylor Swift - I Can Do It With A Broken Heart

    35 34 540,000 Tyler - Water (900k)

    36 36 539,000 Zach Bryan featuring Kacy Musgraves - I Remember Everything (730k)

    37 37 533,000 Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us

    38 38 529,000 Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere (3.48m)

    39 41 522,000 Vance Joy - Riptide (4.11m)

    40 39 520,000 Kenya Grace - Strangers (1.04m)

     

    51 466,000 Bl3ss & CamrinWatsin featuring Bbyclose - Kisses

    52 465,000 Teddy Swims - The Door

    54 457,000 Sabrina Carpenter - Taste

    55 452,000 Chappell Roan - Hot To Go!

     

    87 375,000 Disturbed - The Sound Of Silence (1.54m)

    92 370,000 Chase & Status and Stormzy - Backbone

    100 360,000 Charli XCX & Billie Eilish - Guess

     

    “Backbone” and “Guess” replacing “Paint The Town Red” and “Brown Eyed Girl”

    24/10:

     

    1 1 Taste (1)

    2 2 Good luck babe (2)

    3 5 Birds of a feather (3)

    4 4 Espresso (1)

    5 3 Die with a smile (3)

    6 7 Sailor song (6)

    7 17 I love you, I’m sorry (7)

    8 6 Please please please (1)

    9 8 Beautiful things (1)

    10 10 Somedays (10)

    11 9 Backbone (1)

    12 11 A bar song (2)

    13 12 Kisses (9)

    14 14 Hot to go (10)

    15 13 Stargazing (6)

    16 - Sympathy is a knife (16)

    17 16 Lose control (2)

    18 23 Thick of it (18)

    19 15 Too sweet (1)

    20 20 Guess (1)

    21 19 Stick season (1)

    22 18 Bed chem (13)

    23 21 Austin (8)

    24 31 Move (19)

    25 36 Apple (15)

    26 26 The door (21)

    27 22 Pink pony club (22)

    28 25 Diet Pepsi (25)

    29 24 I had some help (2)

    30 30 Wildflower (17)

    31 27 Timeless (8)

    32 - 360 (17)

    33 35 Cruel summer (3)

    34 32 Slow it down (19)

    35 33 Embrace it (31)

    36 28 Feelslikeimfallinginlove (22)

    37 37 Kehlani (16)

    38 40 Iris (3)

    39 29 We pray (29)

    40 - Riptide (10)

    41 41 Bye bye bye (3)

    42 38 Juno (38)

    43 34 The emptiness machine (4)

    44 42 Mr Brightside (10)

    45 39 It’s OK I’m OK (24)

    46 43 I like the way you kiss me (4)

    47 - Talk talk (36)

    48 44 Red wine supernova (29)

    49 - Scared to start (8)

    50 46 Belong together (13)

     

    25 Ghost - Mary On A Cross

    24 Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For?

    23 Doja Cat - Say So

    22 Tame Impala - Let It Happen

    21 alt-J - 3WW

    20 Glass Animals - Heat Waves

    19 Sigrid - Strangers

    18 Lilly Wood and The Prick - Prayer In C

    17 Chemical Brothers (feat. Q-Tip) - Go

    16 Metric - Doomscroller

    15 Weeknd - The Hills

    14 Sia - Cheap Thrills

    13 Weeknd - In Your Eyes

    12 Zhu - Faded

    11 Steve Lacy - Bad Habit

    10 Måneskin - I Wanna Be Your Slave

    9 Go_A - Shum

    8 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – Shallow

    7 Noah Kahan - Stick Season

    6 FKA Twigs - Two Weeks

    5 Paul Woolford & Diplo (feat. Kareen Lomax) - Looking For Me

    4 Little Mix - Touch

    3 Paramore - Hard Times

    2 Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes

    1 Lorde - Team

    I was thinking “Backbone” this week, “Guess” next week and “Die With A Smile” and “Wildflower” the week after maybe. I see the latter as pretty much nailed on to make it now.

    “Rocking Around The Christmas Tree” seems to get more popular every year with Americanisation so I’d be very surprised if that missed.

    Posted

    In August 2004 “How Come” became the 5th and final hit for the Eminem fronted band D12, reaching #4. It’s about the strained relationship between the members of the band, whose success was overshadowed by that of Eminem’s solo work.

     

    9th: D12 - How Come 11/32 votes (34%)

    10th: Dirty Pretty Things - Bang Bang You’re Dead 9/32 votes (28%)