Posts posted by Julian_
-
-
-
Actually quite a lot I’m not keen on here but feeling very 70s now with the likes of T Rex really making their mark.
9 T.Rex Hot Love 298th #1: like "Hey Jude" this has an extended wordless end section, but a great record that marks the '70s truly arriving
8 Olivia Newton-John If Not For You Her 1st hit with a beautiful version of a Dylan song: the slide guitar accompaniment makes it sound beautifully whimsical
8 Paul McCartney Another Day Not the best solo Beatle of the year so far but certainly the winner in this batch: a gorgeous warm track in his own style
7 C.C.S. Walkin' This was written by Donovan: the spoken style takes a bit of getting used to but it's a really great and classy bluesy track
7 The Sweet Funny Funny Debut single for this UK glam rock band, though this is more like well executed bubblegum pop: it's very cute and catchy
6 Stephen Stills Love The One You're With Only solo Top 40 for this US singer; it's a really nice uplifting track given an anthemic feel by the gospel style backing choir
6 Deep Purple Strange Kind Of Woman Their 2nd Top 10 hit and an enjoyable rock track: it sounds relatively safe to me but maybe was pioneering at the time
5 Hot Chocolate You Could've Been A Lady Their 2nd hit: this isn't the most remarkable of songs but has their distinctive style with tight harmonies and production
4 New World Rose Garden 1st hit for this Australian band: it's a perfectly decent version of "Rose Garden" but seems unnecessary after hearing Lynn's
3 John Lennon And The Plastic Ono Band Power To The People Their 2nd Top 10: I must admit these political rally type chants don't do a huge amount for me and I find the song repetitive
3 Clodagh Rodgers Jack In The Box This will come 4th for the UK in Eurovision: it's a similar idea to "Puppet On A String" but nowhere near as good as that
2 Edwin Starr Stop The War Now It's a very similar theme to "War" and musically similar, but the stop start style worked well there and is rather jarring here
2 Frank Sinatra I Will Drink The Wine His only early '70s hit: it's a serviceable crooner ballad but I fail to see anything remotely interesting about any aspect of this
1 Elvis Presley There Goes My Everything Appeared on his country album this year; another cover from quite a few years back and this is really turgid and plodding
1 Ray Stevens Bridget The Midget (The Queen Of The Blues) An oral assault of a novelty song: the voice of Bridget really is unpleasant quite apart from any lyrical taste considerations
1971 Group 4:
#3706 20/03/1971 Andy Williams (Where Do I Begin) Love Story 4 39-28-20-13-6-{4}-8-8-10-15-22-28-30-42-37-39-43-49R(2)->18
#3707 20/03/1971 Creedence Clearwater Revival Have You Ever Seen The Rain? 36 40-41-{36}-40-47-49->6
#3708 27/03/1971 The Fantastics Something Old Something New 9 31-30-21-21-{9}-16-9-23-26-28-45-47->12
#3709 27/03/1971 Shirley Bassey (Where Do I Begin) Love Story 34 39-38-{34}-34-40-38-45-47-50->9
#3710 27/03/1971 Keith Michell I'll Give You The Earth (Tous Les Bateaux, Tous Les Oiseaux) 30 43-42R(3)-48-40-48-{30}-40-40-42-39-46->11
#3711 27/03/1971 The Marmalade My Little One 15 44-37-31-24-22-18-20-{15}-22-23-46->11
#3712 27/03/1971 Dave And Ansil Collins Double Barrel 1 46-21-17-4-2-{1}-1-3-5-10-17-26-30-27-44->15
#3713 27/03/1971 Glen Campbell Dream Baby 39 50-{39}-48->3
#3714 03/04/1971 Gilbert O'Sullivan Underneath The Blanket 40 {40}-48R(2)-42-46->4
#3715 03/04/1971 Diana Ross Remember Me 7 41-28-18-13-9-{7}-7-10-13-24-28-39->12
#3716 03/04/1971 The Sovereign Collection Mozart 40 27 44-37-{27}-28-31-34->6
#3717 03/04/1971 Sakkarin Sugar Sugar 12 48-46-41-37-26-19-{12}-14-14-23-19-33-34-38->14
#3718 03/04/1971 R Dean Taylor Indiana Wants Me 2 50-38-37-30-20-12-6-3-3-{2}-3-10-15-21-35->15
#3719 10/04/1971 Waldo De Los Rios Mozart Symphony No 40 In G Minor K550 1st Movement (Allegro Molto) 5 26-14-6-{5}-5-5-6-12-12-18-20-22-28-31-41-37->16
-
-
-
-
-
I think we forget about the huge influence record companies used to exert on the charts. It used to be impossible for unknown artists to break through without the right contacts. Now they rely on someone using a clip of their work on social media. That isn’t a fair way for talent to be judged either. It’s given us a mixture of great hits, mediocre hits, old hits getting a second chance to shine and old hits that really didn’t need to come back again. It’s a lottery but it’s still preferable to it being all about the big record labels.
-
What is the reason for the recent resurgence in appeal for Brown Eyed Girl? Or it just like another "Everywhere " by Fleetwood Mac in that Gen Z have discovered and decided to embrace it?
As far as I know it’s just the latter. Alan Jones said its 27 highest chart sales weeks have been the last 27, which sounds more like a long term trend than going viral.
-
-
-
This is indeed very hard to narrow down.
Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds Of Silence
Beatles - We Can Work It Out
Rolling Stones - Paint It, Black
Petula Clark - Downtown
Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Were Made For Walkin’
Bobbie Vinton - Mr Lonely
Ssgt Barry Sadler - The Ballad Of The Green Berets
Lorne Green - Ringo
-
Gwon enlighten me how it isn't :huh:
Because its genre is clearly pop and not dance. There isn’t a thread in the Dance forum dedicated to “Espresso” or any other Sabrina Carpenter song for that matter, but there is in the Pop And Country forum. That doesn’t mean it’s impossible to dance to; just that it doesn’t fit the category of dance song to which those who mentioned it were referring.
-
-
Nothing quite so brilliant here but “I Think I Love You” and “Rose Garden” are lovely pop songs, and while “Sweet Caroline” is so overplayed I avoid it there is still a great song lurking there. However I’ve given the win to the song I find the most interesting, which is this really punchy rock song from Atomic Rooster.
8 Atomic Rooster Tomorrow Night 1st of a couple of hits for this UK band: this has a brilliant riff and a mesmerising thumping beat; sounds ahead of its time
8 The Partridge Family I Think I Love You A US #1 from the sitcom "The Partridge Family", this is a joyous slice of bubblegum pop with an infectious driving melody
8 Lynn Anderson Rose Garden Only hit for this US country singer: earlier versions had male vocals but she does it wonderfully and it's such a pretty track
7 Neil Diamond Sweet Caroline Reviewing this ignoring the raucous chant it's become is tricky, but it is a well written song with a strong build to the chorus
7 Mungo Jerry Baby Jump 297th #1: very different to "In The Summertime" with its gritty vocals and relentless twanging rhythm, but I do really like it
6 Smokey Robinson And The Miracles (Come 'Round Here) I'm The One You Need This is a little too similar to "Tears Of A Clown" but still very good, with the flute led instrumental and angst ridden vocals
6 Barbra Streisand Stoney End Her 1st hit in a while with a version of a Laura Nyro soul song: it's a good performance with a nice whimsical feel about it
5 Martha Reeves And The Vandellas Forget Me Not Their 2nd biggest hit in fact but I can't promise I won't forget it: a nice charming track though with a fun military style intro
5 Edgar Broughton Band Apache Dropout A mashup of "Apache" and the "Dropout Boogie" by Captain Beefheart: not sure it fully works but I like the snarling vocals
5 Grand Funk Railroad Inside Looking Out Only hit for this US band with an Animals cover: a 10 minute experimental version with disparate sections, but enjoyable
4 The Byrds Chestnut Mare Their last hit, with the usual twinkly strings and warm folky sound: some of it is very nice but the spoken section is too long
4 Chairmen Of The Board Everything's Tuesday Very similar style to their other hits with soulful production and punchy vocals, but I don't find the song memorable enough
3 Dana Chestnut Mare Her 2nd hit after the Eurovision winner: this has quite a nice sultry feel to it but the song ultimately isn't very interesting
2 Petula Clark The Song Of My Life Her 20th and last hit aside from a remix: this is very prim and proper and rhythmically plodding; feels more '50s than '70s
1 Perry Como It's Impossible A Spanish song translated and giving him his 1st hit in 9 years and a big one, but not sure why as it's very dreary and dated
1971 Group 3:
#3691 20/02/1971 Edwin Starr Stop The War Now 33 {33}->1
#3692 27/02/1971 Paul McCartney Another Day 2 24-4-{2}-3-2-4-5-11-17-19-41-42->12
#3693 27/02/1971 New World Rose Garden 15 29-27-17-{15}-15-17-19-35-38-47-50->11
#3694 27/02/1971 T.Rex Hot Love 1 31-17-7-{1}-1-1-1-1-1-2-6-9-17-21-31-34-48->17
#3695 27/02/1971 C.C.S. Walkin' 7 37-39-32-21-20-10-{7}-9-8-10-16-21-36-47-50-42->16
#3696 27/02/1971 Deep Purple Strange Kind Of Woman 8 39-29-22-{8}-18-11-11-17-19-30-39-44->12
#3697 06/03/1971 Frank Sinatra I Will Drink The Wine 16 26-25-19-23-{16}-23-16-31-34-40-49-48->12
#3698 06/03/1971 Hot Chocolate You Could've Been A Lady 22 36-40-27-24-24-{22}-38-35-43->9
#3699 13/03/1971 Ray Stevens Bridget The Midget (The Queen Of The Blues) 2 34-14-9-{2}-2-2-3-6-10-18-29-38-44-40->14
#3700 13/03/1971 Stephen Stills Love The One You're With 37 {37}-38-40-45->4
#3701 13/03/1971 The Sweet Funny Funny 13 38-33-30-28-20-15-14-14-{13}-13-21-37-43-48->14
#3702 20/03/1971 John Lennon And The Plastic Ono Band Power To The People 7 12-12-{7}-8-10-16-21-36-50->9
#3703 20/03/1971 Clodagh Rodgers Jack In The Box 4 23-10-6-{4}-5-10-17-26-35-44->10
#3704 20/03/1971 Olivia Newton-John If Not For You 7 24-22-12-12-8-{7}-11-14-29-33-39->11
#3705 20/03/1971 Elvis Presley There Goes My Everything 6 29-19-8-{6}-7-11-13-21-25-32-48->11
-
-
-
Do you have any estimates for KEHLANI, CHIHIRO and WILDFLOWER.
I would’ve thought KEHLANI especially is close to entering.
Very wild (no pun intended) guesses:
Chihiro 310k (not doing that much anymore so probably missed the boat without a boost?)
Kehlani 290k (does this over perform on Spotify - not sure why you’d have it so close?)
Wildflower 280k (a way to go but seems to be on the rise again so could get there)
-
“Hot To Go!” And “Don’t Look Back In Anger” replaced “Daylight” and “Hell N Back” this week.
Alan Jones helpfully confirmed that “Brown Eyed Girl” is the YTD #105 with 319,903 sales this year and doing around 10k per week. I have the bar for the Top 100 at 327k right now and going up at about 8k per week, meaning that BEG should enter in a few weeks.
I can’t see beyond #100 but I’d have thought “Daylight”, “Hell N Back”, “Down Bad” and maybe “Redrum” are ahead of that “Brown Eyed Girl” total, so that potentially implies that there aren’t any other oldies knocking on the door of the Top 100 just now. If I’m wrong and “Redrum” is behind “Brown Eyed Girl” that likely means an oldie is lurking in the #101 to #104 zone.
-
Week 38:
1 1 1,692,000 Noah Kahan - Stick Season (2.22m)
2 2 1,413,000 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things
3 3 1,389,000 Teddy Swims - Lose Control (1.50m)
4 4 1,331,000 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso
5 5 1,161,000 Hozier - Too Sweet
6 6 1,002,000 Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy)
7 8 883,000 Dasha - Austin
8 7 873,000 Beyoncé - Texas Hold ‘Em
9 9 853,000 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer (2.04m)
10 10 815,000 Cassö with Raye & D Block Europe - Prada (1.42m)
11 11 799,000 Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please
12 12 786,000 Billie Eilish - Birds Of A Feather
13 14 760,000 Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!
14 13 757,000 Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder On The Dancefloor (1.76m)
15 15 700,000 Tate McRae - Greedy (1.16m)
16 18 693,000 Myles Smith - Stargazing
17 16 690,000 Artemas - I Like The Way You Kiss Me
18 17 685,000 Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone - Fortnight
19 20 673,000 Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help
20 19 661,000 Djo - End Of Beginning
21 21 651,000 Michael Marcagi - Scared To Start
22 22 641,000 Jack Harlow - Lovin On Me (960k)
23 23 613,000 Ariana Grande - We Can’t Be Friends (Wait For Your Love)
24 24 607,000 Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten (1.79m)
25 25 598,000 Eminem - Houdini
26 26 595,000 The Killers - Mr Brightside (5.89m)
27 27 580,000 Mark Ambor - Belong Together
28 28 573,000 Tommy Richman - Million Dollar Baby
29 29 562,000 Ella Henderson featuring Rudimental - Alibi
30 30 554,000 Ariana Grande - Yes, And?
31 31 536,000 Dua Lipa - Houdini (690k)
32 33 506,000 Olivia Rodrigo- Vampire (1.28m)
33 32 505,000 Tyler - Water (870k)
34 35 500,000 Zach Bryan featuring Kacy Musgraves - I Remember Everything (690k)
35 34 497,000 Kenya Grace - Strangers (1.02m)
36 36 492,000 Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us
37 39 489,000 Benson Boone - Slow It Down
38 38 488,000 Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere (3.44m)
39 40 487,000 Taylor Swift - I Can Do It With A Broken Heart
40 37 486,000 Sonny Fodera and MK featuring Clementine Douglas - Asking (850k)
53 416,000 Central Cee featuring Lil Baby - Band4band
55 414,000 David Guetta and OneRepublic - I Don’t Wanna Wait
68 380,000 Teddy Swims - The Door
77 356,000 Bl3ss & CamrinWatsin featuring Bbyclose - Kisses
89 344,000 Chappell Roan - Hot To Go!
-
26/9:
1 1 Taste (1)
2 3 Good luck babe (2)
3 2 Espresso (1)
4 5 Please please please (1)
5 6 Die with a smile (6)
6 7 Birds of a feather (2)
7 8 Backbone (1)
8 9 A bar song (2)
9 10 Kisses (10)
10 12 Beautiful things (1)
11 15 Lose control (2)
12 11 Stargazing (6)
13 4 The emptiness machine (4)
14 13 Bed chem (13)
15 14 Too sweet (1)
16 20 Hot to go (16)
17 18 Somedays (17)
18 17 Guess (1)
19 16 Austin (8)
20 - Dancing in the flames (20)
21 19 Stick season (1)
22 24 Sailor song (22)
23 21 I had some help (2)
24 - It’s OK I’m OK (24)
25 22 Move (19)
26 26 The door (26)
27 23 Kehlani (16)
28 25 Apple (15)
29 32 I love you, I’m sorry (29)
30 29 Cruel summer (3)
31 35 Angel of my dreams (11)
32 46 Pink pony club (32)
33 31 Slow it down (19)
34 47 I can do it with a broken heart (5)
35 - Red wine supernova (35)
36 - Talk talk (36)
37 36 Mr Brightside (10)
38 28 Wonderwall (2)
39 - Bad dreams (39)
40 34 Bye bye bye (3)
41 38 I don’t wanna wait (24)
42 40 We pray (40)
43 - All red (43)
44 39 Scared to start (10)
45 37 Belong together (13)
46 - 360 (17)
47 41 Iris (3)
48 42 Wildflower (17)
49 27 Don’t look back in anger (1)
50 - Embrace it (50)
-
Week 38:
1 1 661,000 Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department
2 2 304,000 The Weeknd - The Highlights (1.13m)
3 3 267,000 Noah Kahan - Stick Season (390k)
4 4 253,000 Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard And Soft
5 5 223,000 Olivia Rodrigo - Guts (430k)
6 6 212,000 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don’t Stop (1.39m)
7 8 200,000 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994-2009 (1.96m)
8 7 200,000 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits (3.25m)
9 9 194,000 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits (5.85m)
10 10 190,000 Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor’s Version (490k)
11 11 189,000 Elton John - Diamonds (1.57m)
12 12 179,000 Taylor Swift - Lover (830k)
13 13 168,000 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour (990k)
14 17 167,000 Chappell Roan - The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess
15 14 165,000 Taylor Swift - Folklore (790k)
16 15 162,000 Taylor Swift - Midnights (930k)
17 16 162,000 Michael Jackson - The Essential Michael Jackson (1.76m)
18 25 161,000 Sabrina Carpenter - Short ‘n’ Sweet
19 18 159,000 Oasis - Definitely Maybe (2.74m)
20 19 153,000 Taylor Swift - Reputation (910k)
21 20 151,000 Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine
22 24 150,000 Charli XCX - Brat
23 21 148,000 Queen - Greatest Hits (3.00m)
24 22 146,000 Arctic Monkeys - AM (2.03m)
25 23 145,000 Post Malone - The Diamond Collection (290k)
26 27 143,000 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (2.48m)
27 26 142,000 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend (3.24m)
28 28 141,000 Sza - SOS (430k)
29 29 140,000 Oasis - (What’s The Story) Morning Glory (5.24m)
30 30 126,000 Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter
31 31 121,000 Dua Lipa - Radical Optimsim
32 36 113,000 Eminem - The Death Of Slim Shady
33 32 113,000 Maroon 5 - Singles (800k)
34 33 112,000 Eminem - Curtain Call 2 (330k)
35 34 111,000 Ed Sheeran - Divide (4.30m)
36 35 110,000 Lana Del Ray - Born To Die (1.64m)
37 37 104,000 Teddy Swims - I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy, Part 1
38 38 102,000 50 Cent - Best Of 50 Cent (580k)
39 39 101,000 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (1.86m)
40 44 100,000 Linkin Park - Papercuts - Singles Collection 2000-2023
75 77,000 Benson Boone - Fireworks & Rollerblades
90 68,000 Sabrina Carpenter - Emails I Can’t Send (120k)
-
-
And that's entirely because of the UK's 'unique' chart rules - Espresso toing and froing with ACR was why it kept swapping with PPP.
Only partly: “Please Please Please” did genuinely leapfrog “Espresso” at least twice - the first time when it properly caught fire and the second due to it being much nearer the beginning of the album. Each time it’s then fallen back more quickly due to “Espresso” having more long term popularity.
-
Now mushy ballads aren’t especially my thing but I can certainly make an exception for “Your Song” as it’s an incredibly special song. Of course the melody and the twinkling piano part are brilliant but I think it’s the way the lyrics meander round all these analogies and then falter because they aren’t quite right. It’s such a clever and realistic portrayal of someone trying to describe love and not being sure how to do it, and for that reason it trumps George’s gorgeous 2 time chart topper for me.
10 Elton John Your Song His 1st hit with one of the greatest songs of its kind ever: the way he can hardly find the words for his feelings is beautiful
9 George Harrison My Sweet Lord 296th #1: a joyous song that is so quintessentially George with the Hare Krishna influence and the soulful folk rock style
8 Carpenters We've Only Just Begun Originally for an advert, this feels like one of their signature songs despite the low peak and it's a gorgeous and warm track
8 Badfinger No Matter What They wrote it without McCartney's help this time but it sounds very Beatles influenced: a very lovely jaunty little number
7 Melanie What Have They Done To My Song Ma This is a slightly silly song but I really enjoy its quirkiness and I think her performance gives it a huge amount of character
7 The Mixtures Pushbike Song A month at #2 and the only hit for this Australian band: reminds me of "In The Summertime" and I love the chugging beat
6 Ashton, Gardner And Dyke The Resurrection Shuffle Only hit for this UK rock trio: feels very Chubby Checker in style and the way it introduces a dance craze, but it's enjoyable
6 The Supremes Stoned Love The only Top 3 hit they managed post Diane: nothing brilliant but a similar style to their earlier stuff and a lovely rich sound
5 Dawn Candida Debut single for this duo featuring Tony Orlando: his performance is good and it's a standard bright and breezy pop song
5 Weathermen It's The Same Old Song Indeed it's the same old song the Four Tops did years ago: not a bad cover though and I particularly enjoy the violins on it
4 Tom Jones She's A Lady You can feel the testosterone raging here: it's well remembered and a good tune and perforamnce, but of its time lyrically
3 Bobby Bloom Heavy Makes You Happy "Sha la loo la lay": 2nd and final hit for him that failed to replicate the "Montego Bay" success and is really quite pedestrian
3 Cliff Richard Sunny Honey Girl A cover of a Pipkins song that didn't chart here: it's not unpleasant but a rather sugary and not particularly interesting song
2 Elvis Presley You Don't Have To Say You Love Me Dusty's version is also a cover but feels definitive, whereas I find his messing with the rhythm odd and don't enjoy this one
2 Tony Christie Las Vegas Crooners are still in demand as this UK singer is just getting his 1st hit; he has a rather brash vocal style and I'm not keen
1971 Group 2:
#3676 23/01/1971 Edgar Broughton Band Apache Dropout 33 49-36R(2)-35-35R(4)-{33}R(2)->5
#3677 30/01/1971 Perry Como It's Impossible 4 34-31-13-7-{4}-5-5-5-5-9-9-12-20-24-32-32-38-35-37-38-40-46-46->23
#3678 30/01/1971 Smokey Robinson And The Miracles (Come 'Round Here) I'm The One You Need 13 38-39-24-17-{13}-15-18-32-49->9
#3679 30/01/1971 Petula Clark The Song Of My Life 32 41-36R(2)-36-38-{32}-36-34-34-34-50-44-50->12
30/01/1971 The Showstoppers Ain't Nothin' But A Houseparty {1970} 33 43-{33}R(2)-36R(2)->3#3680 30/01/1971 Barbra Streisand Stoney End 27 46-40R(2)-37-33-33-31-37-{27}-33-41-50->11
#3681 06/02/1971 Mungo Jerry Baby Jump 1 32-14R(2)-7-{1}-1-2-4-5-10-13-32-37-42->13
#3682 06/02/1971 Atomic Rooster Tomorrow Night 11 34-37-34-22-12-13-{11}-14-18-27-32-43->12
#3683 06/02/1971 Grand Funk Railroad Inside Looking Out 40 {40}->1
#3684 13/02/1971 The Byrds Chestnut Mare 19 30-38-{19}-22-23-28-32-32->8
#3685 13/02/1971 Dana Who Put The Lights Out? 14 31-40-28-21-{14}-16-17-23-29-39-41->11
#3686 13/02/1971 Martha Reeves And The Vandellas Forget Me Not 11 32-22-15-{11}-15-25-29-43->8
#3687 13/02/1971 The Partridge Family I Think I Love You 18 34-35-{18}-23-24-31-35-35-47->9
#3688 20/02/1971 Chairmen Of The Board Everything's Tuesday 12 26-20-19-{12}-18-13-26-30-40->9
#3689 20/02/1971 Lynn Anderson Rose Garden 3 28-23-10-4-4-{3}-3-3-3-5-12-17-22-28-32-30-37-37-38-48->20
#3690 20/02/1971 Neil Diamond Sweet Caroline 8 30-11-9-{8}-9-8-13-15-22-39-44->11
Round 1: Year End Survivor No. 95
in 21st Century Throwback Archive