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[Chart archive – March 1997 to date]
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(!!! – Single Of The Week!!!)
(:O === the current all-time hate that makes even my smilie want to hurl!)
( (R) – Repeat., ie. a re-release)
A brief analysis on the current chart situation…
- 7 new entries:
- 40 Ocean Colour Scene – Golden Gate Bridge
- 35 Jaydee – Plastic Dreams
- 34 DMX – Get It On Your Floor
- 11 S Club 8 – Don’t Tell Me You’re Sorry
- 9 Sophie Ellis Bextor – I Won’t Change You
- 5 Alistair Griffen – Bring It On
- 3 Victoria Beckham – Let Your Head Go/This Groove
- 38 Madonna – Love Profussion
- 37 Billy Mack – Christmas is All Around
- 36 Erin Rocha – Can’t Do Right For Doing Wrong
- 35 D-Side – Real World
- 30 Fast Food Rockers – I Love Christmas
- 22 Cliff Richard – Santa’s List
- 4 (6) Black Eyed Peas
- 17 (20) Girls Aloud
- 19 (21) Kevin Lyttle
- 24 (29) Nelly Furtado
- 29 (33) Big Brovaz – Ain’t What You Do
- 30 (31) Alicia Keys
- 36 (40) Britney & Madonna – Me Against The Music
- 1 Michael Andrews & Gary Jules
- 2 Ozzy
- 8 Shane Richie
- 32 Lost Brothers
- 39 Ja Rule
- 18 (7) The Idols
- 37 (14) Cheeky Girls
- 43 Craig David – You Don’t Miss Your Water (Till Your Well Runs Dry)
- 44 Party Boys – Build Me Up Buttercup 2003
I have also been informed of a place to get the new releases from the sameperson who I got them from before, so things are coming back together. Thanksfor everyone’s help on this.
so the following dropped out :
7 climbers :
5 non-movers :
and 22 going down. Big fallers include :
New entries from No.41-75. See who missed out this time round :
- Further to my comments below, the Top 75 will be back from w/e Jan 24th 2003and the lower entries here, courtesy of a couple of kind individuals, are asfollows:
- Since Dotmusic’s site no longer gives out the Top 75, and the onlyrealistic option is BBC Ceefax (since Dotmusic’s merger with anothersite isn’t even updated on a Sunday evening – the lazy bastards canadd ‘news’ about who’s at No.1, but not print the charts!), I don’thave access to the Top 75.
Shoot From The Hip
Another single from her current album, and it really reaches new depths ofbanality. Where’s the passion of the songs she sang with Theaudience? Where’sthe funk of Groovejet?
I used to enjoy listening to Jonathan Ross’ BBC Radio 2 show on a Saturdaymorning, but when I heard him fawning over the dire album tracks played as heinterviewed her, he lost a listener just as Sophie’s lost *her* audience!
Let Your Head Go
There are two questions in life that need answers: Why does Victoria Beckhamthink she still has a music career in the UK? And why did Top of the Pops,sorry, All New Top Of The Pops, or as I call it, All New And LoathsomeTop Of The Pops – or ANALTOTP for new producer and all-roundpointles individual Andi Peters and his new permanent bum-chum presenter,Tim Kash, who couldn’t present himself let alone a TV show.
“But if she has no music career, how can she have a No.3 hit single?”,I hear VB’s only fan cry!
Because it’s only through sheer hype and weeks of marketing, that won’t berecovered by its poor sales, and the fact that there was no competition forit out this week, that its got where its got.
Her last album spawned only a couple of singles, Not Such An Innocent Girlwhich missed out on the No.1 slot, as did her 2000 hit Out of Your Mind,that one in favour of Sophie Ellis Bextor (coincidence has led tospeculation by about three people in the country that the two are “chart rivals”),the second single scraped into the Top 10 and the album sold even less andhas disappeared without trace.
Posh Spice so wanted to have a No.1 hit, but it’s not going to happen, andif you can’t get a No.1 in the quietest week of the year then you’re reallystuffed. Expect this to fall drastically next week, a second single to scrapeinto the Top 20 in the coming months, and an album to do even worse thanRachel Stevens’ debut at No.79.
Some of us can see further than the one single, Victoria. Now do what GeriHalliwell did and “quit Britain” (what a stupid phrase) for sunnier climes.Oh hang on, Halliwell’s back with another album in 2004…. Damn!
Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets
The surprise Xmas hit, and taken from the soundtrack of 2001’s sleepermovie success, Donnie Darko
This is a cover of the Tears For Fears single, and excellently haunting it istoo. Glad to see it came to the fore after being picked up on by radio stationsplaying it rather than the likes of Pop Idol force-feeding their tripe downour throats.
This is the 52nd single in a row to go straight into the Top 40 at No.1 :
- 1. Aaliyah – More Than a Woman
- 2. George Harrison – My Sweet Lord (R)
- 3. Enrique Iglesias – Hero
- 4. Westlife – World of Our Own
- 5. Will Young – Anything is Possible/Evergreen
- 6. Gareth Gates – Unchained Melody
- 7. Oasis – The Hindu Times
- 8. Sugababes – Freak Like Me
- 9. Holly Valance – Kiss Kiss
- 10. Ronan Keating – If Tomorrow Never Comes
- 11. Liberty X – Just a Little
- 12. Eminem – Without Me
- 13. Will Young – Light My Fire
- 14. Elvis – A Little Less Conversation (remix)
- 15. Gareth Gates – Anyone of Us
- 16. Darius – Colourblind
- 17. Sugababes – Round Round
- 18. Blazin Squad – Crossroads
- 19. Atomic Kitten – The Tide is High
- 20. Pink – Just Like a Pill
- 21. Will & Gareth – The Long and Winding Road/Suspicious Minds
- 22. Las Ketchup – The Ketchup Song
- 23. Nelly – Dilemma
- 24. DJ Sammy – Heaven
- 25. Westlife – Unbreakable
- 26. Christina Aguilera – Dirrty
- 27. Daniel Bedingfield – If You’re Not the One
- 28. Eminem – Lose Yourself
- 29. Blue & Elton John – Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word
- 30. Girls Aloud – Sound of the Underground
- 31. David Sneddon – Stop Living The Lie
- 32. t.A.T.u – All The Things She Said
- 33. Christina Aguilera – Beautiful
- 34. Gareth Gates and the Kumars – Spirit in the Sky
- 35. Room 5 featuring Oliver Cheatham – Make Luv
- 36. Busted – You Said No
- 37. Tomcraft – Loneliness
- 38. R Kelly – Ignition Remix
- 39. Evanescence – Bring Me To Life
- 40. Beyonce – Crazy in Love
- 41. Daniel Bedingfield – Never Gonna Leave Your Side
- 42. Blu Cantrell – Breathe
- 43. Elton John – Are You Ready For Love
- 44. Black Eyed Peas – Where is the Love
- 45. Sugababes – Hole in the Head
- 46. Fatman Scoop – Be Faithful
- 47. Kylie Minogue – Slow
- 48. Busted – Crashed The Wedding
- 49. Westlife – Mandy
- 50. Will Young – Leave Right Now
- 51. Ozzy & Kelly Osbourne – Changes
- 52. Michael Andrews & Gary Jules – Mad World
Second Verse
January 5th:
- 4tune 500 – Dancing In The Dark
Basement Jaxx featuring Lisa Kekaula – Good Luck
Boogie Pimps – Somebody To Love
Flip & Fill featuring Junior – Irish Blue
Kelis – Milkshake
Kujay Da Da – Young Hearts
Matt Darey featuring Marcella Woods – Voice Of An Angel
Michelle – All This Time
Motorcycle – As The Rush Comes
Peaches featuring Iggy Pop – Kick It
REM – Animal
Scott Brown – I Would Stay
Sean Paul featuring Sasha – I’m Still In Love With You
So Solid Crew – So Grimy
Stacie Orrico – I Promise
January 12th:
- 2-Play featuring Raghav & Jucxi – So Confused
Air – Cherry Blossom Girl
Amy Studt – All I Wanna Do
Amy Winehouse – Take The Box
Beyonc̩ РMe, Myself And I
Damien Rice – Volcano
David Kitt – Me & My Love When Doves Cry
Fight Club featuring Laurent Conrad – Spread Love
Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out
Grandaddy – I’m On Standby/Stray Dog And The Chocolate Shake
HIM – Funeral Of Hearts
Jimmy Edgar – Access Rhythm
Liberty X – Everybody Cries
Lil’ John featuring East Side Boyz – Get Low
Lowgold – Same Way
Metallica – The Unnamed Feeling EP
NG3 – Holler
Paul Jackson & Steve Smith – Push (Far From Here)
POD – Will You
Richard X featuring Javine – You Used To
The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster – Mister Mental
The Strokes – Reptilia
Zutons – Pressure Point
January 19th:
- 2Pac featuring Notorious BIG – Runnin’ (Dying To Live)
Bikini Atoll – Desolation Highway/Then Amplify
Easyworld – ‘Til The Day (That I Die)
Finley Quaye – Something To Say
Freeland – Supernatural Thing
Jaimeson featuring Angel Blu & CK – Take Control
JC Chasez featuring Dirt McGirt – Some Girls
Junior Jack – Da Hype
Maroon 5 – Harder To Breathe
Minus – Angel In Disguise
Mr On vs. Jungle Brothers – Breathe Don’t Stop
P Diddy featuring Lenny Kravitz – Show Me Your Soul
Pink – God Is A DJ
Primero – White Flag/Naked In The Rain
Razorlight – Stumble And Fall
Ryan Adams – So Alive
Scissor Sisters – Comfortably Numb
Si Begg – Buss
Suferosa – Neon Commando
Tali – Blazin’
Tatjana – Santa Maria
Tender Trap – ¿Cómo Te Llamas? (Tell Me Your Name)
The Bandits – The Warning
The Delays – Long Time Coming
The Offspring – Hit That
Tube & Berger featuring Chrissie Hynde – Straight Ahead
January 26th:
- Beats For Beginners – When Robots Attack
Belle & Sebastian – I’m A Cuckoo
Brand Violet – Head
C & C Music Factory – Sweat
Celebrity Squares – King For A Day
Clea – Stuck In The Middle
Courtney Love – Mono
Eberg – Plastic Lions
Emma – I’ll Be There
Five For Fighting – 100 Years
Hundred Reasons – What You Get
Incubus – Megalomaniac
Joss Stone – Fell In Love With A Boy
Kelly Llorenna – This Time I Know It’s For Real
LMC vs. U2 – Take Me To The Clouds Above
Lostprophets – Last Train Home
Modey Lemon – Predator
Simple Kid – Truck On
Snow Patrol – Run
Stylus Junkies vs. UB40 – Food For Thought
The Mars Volta – Roulette Dares
The Veils – The Wild Son
Tim Deluxe – Mundaya
Vinny Peculiar – Replica Shirt
Von Bondies – C’mon C’mon
Voodoo Child – Baby Monkey
Young Punx – Got Your Number
February 2nd:
- Alarm – 45rpm
Blazin’ Squad – Here 4 One
Blueskins – Change My Mind
Calvin Richardson – I’ve Got To Move
Ferry Corsten – Rock Your Body Rock
Fiery Furnances – Tropical Iceland
Funeral For A Friend – Escape Artists Never Die
Hilary Duff – Why Not?
Longview – Still
Luther Vandross – Dance With My Father
Norah Jones – Sunrise
Obie Trice – The Set-Up (You Don’t Know)
Sia – Breath Me
Span – Papa
Special D – Come With Me
Summer Matthews – Little Miss Perfect
The Distillers – Hunger
Triple Eight – You And I
February 9th:
- Armin Van Buuren – Blue Fear/Burned With Desire
Blink-182 – I Miss You
Darren Hayes – TBA
Deepest Blue – Give It Away
Dogs Die In Hot Cars – Man Bites Dog
Fatman Scoop featuring The Crooklyn Clan – It Takes Two
Fountains Of Wayne – Stacy’s Mom
John Mayer – Bigger Than My Body
Liars – There’s Always Room On The Broom
Outkast – The Way You Move
Speedway – Can’t Turn Back
Stands – Here She Comes Again
Stereophonics – Movie Star
February 16th:
- 1000 Things – Food Chain
Alex Parks – Cry
Busted – Who’s David?
Chingy featuring Ludacris & Snoop Dogg – Holidae Inn
Jamelia – Thank You
Junior Senior – Coconuts
Louise – TBA
Mya – Fallen
Stellastarr* – My Coco
The Stills – Lola Stars And Stripes
February 23rd:
- Airbiscuit – Lately
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Six Barrel Shotgun
Britney Spears – Toxic
Despina Vandi – Gia
Eastern Lane – Saffron
Lemar – Another Day
Space – Suburban Rock ‘N’ Roll
The Black Eyed Peas – Let’s Get Retarded
The Vines – Ride
Westlife – Obvious
March 1st:
- DJ Casper – Cha Cha Slide
Gomez – Catch Me Up
Kelly Osbourne – Come Dig Me Out
Kylie Minogue – Red Blooded Woman
Nelly Furtado – TBA
Starsailor – Four To The Floor
The Shins – So Say I
March 8th:
- Delta Goodrem – Predictable
George Michael – Amazing
Pet Shop Boys – Flamboyant
March 15th:
- Dido – Don’t Leave Home
Will Young – Your Game
March 29th:
- McFly – 5 Colours In Her Hair
- None
The top 10 goes like this :
Friday’s Child
- 1 Will Young – Friday’s Child
- 2 Dido – Life For Rent
- 3 Michael Jackson – Number Ones
- 4 Black Eyed Peas – Elephunk
- 5 REM – In Time: Best Of 1988-2003
- 6 Red Hot Chili Peppers – Greatest Hits
- 7 21 Evanescence – Fallen
- 8 Christina Aguilera – Stripped
- 9 Dido – No Angel
- 10 Busted – A Present For Everyone
January 5th:
- D-Side – Stronger Together
January 12th:
- Alistair Griffin – Bring It On
January 19th:
- Amy Studt – False Smiles
January 26th:
- Air – Talkie Walkie
JC Chasez – Schizophrenic
February 2nd:
- Clea – Identity Crisis
Jaimeson – Think On Your Feet
Lostprophets – Start Something
February 9th:
- Emma – Free Me
Joss Stones – The Soul Sessions
Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2003.
Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.