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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…
- 3 new, 1 chart and 7 re-entering and entries :
- 1 Cascada – Evacuate The Dancefloor
15 Jamie T – Sticks n Stones
25 (45 RE) Michael Jackson – Black Or White
26 (50 RE) Michael Jackson – Dirty Diana
28 (54 CH) Pitbull – I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)
32 (67 RE) Michael Jackson – They Don’t Care About Us
34 (47 RE) Michael Jackson – The Way You Make Me Feel
35 (44 RE) Michael Jackson – You Are Not Alone
38 (48 RE) Michael Jackson – Don’t Stop ’til You Get Enough
39 Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
40 (57 RE) Michael Jackson – Bad
so the following dropped out :
- 40 The Prodigy – Warrior’s Dance
39 Eminem – We Made You
37 Gossip – Heavy Cross
36 Beyonce – Halo
35 Jason Mraz – I’m Yours
34 Calvin Harris – I’m Not Alone
33 Lily Allen – Not Fair
32 Katy Perry – Waking Up In Vegas
27 Paloma Faith – Stone Cold Sober
26 Empire Of The Sun – We Are The People
21 Basement Jaxx – Raindrops
7 climbing :
- 2 (11) Michael Jackson – Man In The Mirror
10 (25) Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
12 (23) Michael Jackson – Thriller
13 (28) Michael Jackson – Smooth Criminal
19 (30) Michael Jackson – Beat It
22 (29) The Saturdays – Work
33 (38) Michael Jackson – Earth Song
1 not moving :
- 16 La Roux – In For The Kill
and 21 going down. Big fallers include:
- 18 (12) Florence & The Machine – Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)
20 (14) Jordin Sparks – Battlefield
21 (13) Freemasons feat. Sophie Ellis Bextor – Heartbreak (Make Me A Dancer)
27 (18) Pussycat Dolls – Hush Hush: Hush Hush
36 (31) Noisettes – Never Forget You
37 (22) Take That – Said It All
New entries from No.41-75 :
- 55 (RE) The Jackson – 5 Blame It On The Boogie
59 (RE) The Jacksons – Can You Feel It
60 (RE) Michael Jackson – You Rock My World
63 (RE) Michael Jackson – Heal The World
66 (RE) Michael Jackson – Leave Me Alone
70 (RE) Michael Jackson/Janet Jackson – Scream
71 Ciara feat. Missy Elliott – Work
73 (RE) Michael Jackson – Off The Wall
74 (RE) Michael Jackson – Give In To Me
[The Fame]
Mediocre pop.
Click here for the video
I’m Not Alone
Takes a while before it really gets going and even then it sounds rather derivative. I can’t work out why it’s No.1
Click here for the video
[The Fame]
I’d probably poker in the face, but I wouldn’t choose to listen to this tedious excuse for music.
Note that the video link below goes via Youtubeproxy.com so you’ll be able to view the video from within the UK.
Click here for the video
N-Dubz: Number 1
[Uncle B]
Well, that was well-timed! Quite a catchy tune, too. Not really worthy of the top slot though.
Click here for the video
Well, the song itself was tedious, but I came across this, obviously wrongly-credited, track and it cracks me up! It’s lazy as hell, but funny all the same.
And why are they singing about ‘knickers’? 😉
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[Turn It Up]
This month’s “New big thing”. Not something I could care much about, though.
Click here to listen to the song. It’s not the video, because that’s been blocked by the Youtube bastards
Boom Boom Pow
[The END]
Boom Boom Pow? More like Zzzz Zzzz Snore!
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When Love Takes Over
Zzzz… how did this get to No.1?
Click here to listen to the song. It’s not the video
[La Roux]
Managing to knock any chance of Michael Jackson hitting the top slot into a cocked hat, this single actually comesfrom the daughter of Trudie Goodwin, aka Sgt June Ackland in The Bill.
The song itself is pretty good, actually. However, for that haircut she should be nicked!
Click here to see the video
[Evacuate The Dancefloor]
I’d rather evacuate my bowels than listen to this.
New releases :All the new releases info comes courtesy ofHaven Forum.co.uk
[I Know That Name]
July 6th:
- 3OH!3 – DonÂ’t Trust Me
A-ha – Foot Of The Mountain
Benassi vs Bowie – DJ
Cherri V – Until The Sun Comes Up
Chipmunk – Diamond Rings
Dan Black – Symphonies (7”)
Defend Moscow – Die Tonight (7”) [Limited]
Elliott Minor – Solaris
Filthy Dukes feat Tommy Sparks – Messages
Frankmusik – Confusion Girl
Franz Ferdinand – Can’t Stop Feeling (7”)
Holly Rose – Down To One Kiss
Honor Blackman – The Star Who Fell From Grace
Jack Savoretti – Map Of The World
Lady Gaga – Paparazzi
Lisa Mitchell – Neopolitan Dreams
Lupen Crook & The Murderbirds – The Lost Belongings
The Maccabees – Can You Give It
Marmaduke Duke – Silhouettes (7”)[Limited]
Patrick Wolf – Hard Times (7”)
Paul Carrack – Just 4 Tonite
Peaches – Lose You (12”)
PJ Harvey & John Parish – Leaving California (7”)
The Victorian English GentlemenÂ’s Club – Parrot
VV Brown – Shark In The Water
White Denim – I Start To Run (7”)
July 13th:
- Alina – When You Leave
Bob Sinclar feat Sugarhill Gang – Lala Song
Busta Rhymes – World Go Round
Calvin Harris feat Mary Pearce – Ready For The Weekend
Chew Lips – Salt Air
Chicane – Poppiholla
Dakota – Wild Child
Fight Like Apes – Something Global (7”)[Limited]
Green Day – 21 Guns
Gurrumul – Wiyathul
Hollywood Undead – Young
James Morrison – Nothing Ever Hurt Like You
Jersey Budd – She Came back (7”)
JLS – Beat Again
Master Shortie – Dead End
Maximo Park – Questing Not Coasting
Metro Station – Seventeen Forever
Mpho – Box N Locks
Pussycat Dolls – Hush Hush Hush Hush
Reverend & The Makers – Silence Is Talking
Secondhand Serenade – Fall For You
Spinnerette – Baptized By Fire (7”)
The Twang – Barney Rubble
White Light Parade – Wake Up
July 20th:
- Beyonce – Sweet Dreams
Fever Ray – Triangle Walks (12”)
Fightstar – Never Change
Findlay Brown – Love Will Find You (7”)
God Help The Girl – Funny Little Frog (7″)
Kid Harpoon – Stealing Cars (7”)
Lonnie Gordon – Catch You Baby
MSTRKRFT feat John Legend – Heartbreaker
September – Until I Die
Wild Beasts – Hooting And Howling (12”)
July 27th:
- Ciara – Work
Dolly Rockers – Gold Digger
Flo Rida feat Nelly Furtado – Jump
Polarkreis 18 – Allein Allein
Private – My Secret Lover
Sub Focus – Rock It / Follow The Light
The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition (7”) [Limited]
August 3rd:
- Absent Elk – Emily
Athlete – Superhuman Touch
Booty Luv – Say It
Humanzi – Bass Balls
The Killers – A Dustland Fairy Tale (7”)
Little Boots – Remedy
Pink – Funhouse
Pitbull – I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)
Raygun – Just Because
Sean Paul – So Fine
Simian Mobile Disco – Audacity Of Huge (7”+12”)
August 10th:
- Bleech – The Worthing Song
Britney Spears – Radar
Soulsavers – Sunrise
The Troubadours – Gimme Love
August 17th:
- Enter Shikari – No Sleep Tonight
Sean Kingston – Fire Burning
Coming soon:
- 3OH!3 – Starstruck [7th Sep]
Agnes – On And On
Alcazar – Burning
Alex Roots – Don’t Stop Looking [Jul]
Amerie – Why R U
Annie – My Love Is Better
Asher Roth feat Cee-Lo – Be By Myself
Axwell, Ingrosso, Angello & Laidback Luke feat Deborah Cox – Leave The World Behind
Bananarama – Love Comes [Aug]
Bandito – Rockin’ At The Disco
Basic Element – Touch You Right Now
Beverley Knight – Beautiful Night
Billy Talent – Devil On My Shoulder [31st Aug]
Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
Blackout Crew – Dialled
BWO – Right Here Right Now [Jun]
Charlotte Hatherley – Winter
Cicada – Metropolis
Cutback feat Federal – Rock To The Rhythm
Daniela – Push It Up
David Gray – Fugitive
Detachments – Circles
Dizzee Rascal & Calvin Harris – Holiday
Dolores O’Riordan – The Journey [Jul]
Dragonette – Fixin’ To Thrill
E-Type – Rain
Elin Lanto – Discotheque
Example – Girl Can’t Dance [Jun]
Fragma – Memory
The Fray – Never Say Never
Gathania – Blame It On You
Girls Can’t Catch – Keep Your Head Up [Jul]
Hockey – Song Away [17th Aug]
Industry – DonÂ’t Let Me Go [Aug]
Jade Ewen – Punching Out
Janelle Monae – Many Moons
Jenny Jones – Don’t Walk Away
Johnny Bennett – Sailboat
Julian Velard – Love Again For The First Time
Just Jack – The Day I Died [31st Aug]
Kanye West feat Kid Cudi – Welcome To Heartbreak
Kelly Clarkson – Already Gone
Kish Mauve – Matthew
Laura And The Tears – Love Live On!
Lily Allen – 22
Lionel Richie – Forever
Liz McClarnon feat Jaime Jay & Blaaze – Lately
M Ward – Rave On [Jun]
Mariah Carey – Obsessed
Metric – Stadium Love
Mica Paris – Baby Come Back Now
Mutya Buena & Ultra – Fallin’ [Jul]
Natalie Imbruglia – tba
Natural Born Grooves – Candy On The Dancefloor
Ne-Yo – Part Of The List
Noisettes – Every Now And Then [24th Aug]
Paloma Faith – New York
Paul Van Dyk – For An Angel ‘09
Pixie Lott – Gravity [31st Aug]
Platnum – Trippin’
Regina Spektor – Laughing With
Shontelle feat Akon – Stuck With Each Other
Slipknot – Sulfur
The Streets – The Edge Of A Cliff
Swingfly – Singing That Melody
TI feat Mary J Blige – Remember Me [24th Aug]
Tina Cousins – Sex On Fire
Tinchy Stryder feat Amelle Berrabah – Never Leave You
TV On The Radio – Crying
Twiggy Frostbite – Heroes
Ultrabeat – Starry Eyed Girl
Urbnri feat Shaun Ryder – Georgy Best
The Veils – Three Sisters
The Veronicas – 4Ever [Sep]
Whitney Houston – I Didn’t Know My Strength
Wilco – Wilco (The Song)
Zero 7 – Medicine Man [31st Aug]
- This week there are new entries for :
- 2 La Roux – La Roux
13 Ali Campbell – Flying High
21 Kenyan Boys Choir – Spirit Of Africa
23 Michael Jackson & Jackson Five – The Very Best Of
29 Killswitch Engage – Killswitch Engage
33 (RE) Michael Jackson – History: Past Present And Future Book 1
44 Moby – Wait For Me
49 Wilco – Wilco
58 Lenka – Lenka
75 Rob Thomas – Cradlesong
The Essential
- The top 10 goes like this :
- 1 Michael Jackson – The Essential
2 La Roux – La Roux
3 Michael Jackson – Number Ones
4 Kasabian – West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
5 Michael Jackson – King Of Pop
6 Michael Jackson – Thriller
7 Paolo Nutini – Sunny Side Up
8 Lady Gaga – The Fame
9 Bruce Springsteen & E St Band – Greatest Hits
10 Michael Jackson – Off The Wall
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July 6th:
- The Benny Andersson Band – Story Of A Heart
Bjork – Voltaic (2xCD/2xDVD)
Bombay Bicycle Club – I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose
Bowerbirds – Upper Air
Buffy Sainte-Marie – Running For The Drum
Cascada – Evacuate The Dancefloor
Colin MacIntyre – Island
Cornershop – Judy Sucks A Lemon For Breakfast
The Duckworth Lewis Method – The Duckworth Lewis Method
Engineers – Three Fact Fader
Florence & The Machine – Lungs
Grafton Primary – Eon
Jack Savoretti – Harder Than Easy
Just Jack – All Night Cinema
Kings Of Leon – Boxed [Youth And Young Manhood/Aha Shake Heartbreak/Because Of The Times]
Maxwell – Black Summers Night
Michael Jackson – The Hits
Slow Club – Yeah So?
Vanessa Williams – Real Thing
July 13th:
- A-ha – Foot Of The Mountain
Billy Talent – Billy Talent III
Dan Black – ((Un))
The Dandy Warhols – Are Sound
Daughtry – Leave This Town
The Dead Weather – Horehound
Julian Velard – The Planeteer
Kid British – It Was This Or Football
Lisa Mitchell – Wonder
The Rumble Strips – Welcome To The Walk Alone
Skint & Demoralised – Love And Other Catastrophes
Young Nate – A Piece Of Me
July 20th:
- Alison Krauss – Best Of
Bent – Best Of
Billy Boy On Poison – Drama Junkie Queen
Ian Hunter – Man Overboard
Jordin Sparks – Battlefield
Melanie Fiona – The Bridge
The Twang – Jewellery Quarter
VV Brown – Travelling Like The Light
Will And The People – tba
NOW 73
July 27th:
- Fields – Hollow Mountains
Frankmusik – Complete Me
Helena Jessie – The Law Of Attraction
Martina McBride – Shine
Master Shortie – ADHD
MSTRKRFT – Fist Of God
Noah & The Whale – The First Days Of Spring
Reverend And The Makers – A French Kiss In The Chaos
Ricky Martin – Greatest Hits
September – Cry For You-The Album
Tinchy Stryder – Catch 22
August 3rd:
- Imogen Heap – Ellipse
Julian Plenti – Is…Skyscraper
Mr Hudson – Straight No Chaser
Polarkreis 18 – The Colour of Snow
Remi Nicole – Cupid Shoot Me
Steve Appleton – When The Sun Comes Up
Ultrabeat – Discolights
Wild Beasts – Two Dancers
August 10th:
- Absent Elk – Absent Elk
Athlete – Black Swan
James Yorkston – Folk Songs
The Temper Trap – Conditions
Tommy Sparks – Tommy Sparks
August 17th:
- Calvin Harris – Ready For The Weekend
The Cave Singers – Welcome Joy
The Dream – Love vs Money
The Fiery Furnaces – I’m Going Away
Jay Reatard – Watch Me Fall
Lil Wayne – Rebirth
Mew – No More Stories
Sean Paul – Imperial Blaze
Simian Mobile Disco – Temporary Pleasure
Soulsavers – Broken
The Troubadours – The Troubadours
Coming soon:
- 1 Giant Leap – What About Me?
3OH!3 – Want [21st Sep]
30 Seconds To Mars – This Is War
50 Cent – Before I Self Destruct [Aug/Sep]
Ace Of Base – tba
Aerosmith – tba
Alex Roots – Adrenaline Rush
Alexandra Burke – tba
Amerie – In Love & War [Aug]
Andre 3000 – tba
Andrew Bain – Presents Modern Classics
Annie – Don’t Stop [Sep]
Annuals – Such Fun
Arctic Monkeys – Humbug [24th Aug]
Asteroids Galaxy Tour – tba
Audio Bullys – Sunday Night Fever
Ava Leigh – Rollin’
Avril Lavigne – tba
Basement Jaxx – Scars [7th Sep]
Beastie Boys – Hot Sauce Committee
Beverley Knight – 100% [14th Sep]
Big Boi – Sir Luscious Left FootÂ… Son Of Chico Dusty
The Big Pink – tba
Blondie – tba
Boom Bip – tba
Brendan Benson – My Old Familiar Friend [24th Aug]
Brett Anderson – Slow Attack
Cajun Dance Party – tba
Captain – Distraction
Carolina Liar – Coming To Terms [24th Aug]
Cassie – tba
Cat Power – Sun
Charlotte Hatherley – Cinnabar City [Sep]
Cherri V – Fast Cars Silk Sheets and Favourite Guys
Chilli Gold – Waterfalls
Chipmunk – I Am Chipmunk
Clipse – Till The Casket Drops
Corinne Bailey Rae – tba
The Count & Sinden – tba
Courtney Love – Nobody’s Daughter
The Cribs – tba
The Crystal Method – Divided By Night
Dani Harmer – tba [Sep]
Das Pop – Das Pop
David Gray – Draw The Line [21st Sep]
David Guetta – One Love [24th Aug]
Dawn Landes – Sweet Heart Rodeo [7th Sep]
Deftones – Eros
Delays – tba [Sep]
Detachments – tba
The Divine Comedy – tba
Dizzee Rascal – Tongue N Cheek [Sep]
Dolly Rockers – tba [Oct]
Dolores OÂ’Riordan – No Baggage [24th Aug]
Doug Walker – Fear Together
Dragonette – Fixin’ To Thrill [Aug/Sep]
Dr Dre – Detox
Echo & The Bunnymen – The Fountain [Sep]
Editors – In This Light And On This Evening [Sep]
Elliott Minor – tba [Sep/Oct]
Eminem – Relapse 2
Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part Two: Return Of The Ankh
Eskimo Joe – Inshalla
Eva Peterson – tba
Eve – Flirt
The Faces – tba
Felix Da Housecat – He Was King [24th Aug]
Final Fantasy – Heartland
Findlay Brown – Love Will Find You
Five For Fighting – tba
The Flaming Lips – Embryonic [14th Sep]
Fleetwood Mac – tba
Frank Turner – Poetry Of The Deed [Oct]
FrYars – Dark Young Hearts
Funeral For A Friend – Your History Is Mine: 2003-2009 [Sep]
Girls Can’t Catch – tba [Jul]
Good Books – Cry Of The Hunters
Good Charlotte – Cardiology
Helen Love – Stick It (f*** Off)
The Hidden Cameras – tba
Hockey – Mind Chaos [24th Aug]
Holloways – Tales From The Tarmac
The Hot Rats – tba
Howard Elliott Payne – Bright Light Ballads
Ian Brown – tba [Aug]
Idlewild – tba
Inme – Herald Moth [31st Aug]
Ivyrise – Worldwide
Jade Ewen – tba [Sep]
Jamie Cullum – tba
Jamie T – Kings And Queens [31st Aug]
Janelle Monae – tba
Jay-Z – Blueprint III
Jazmine Sullivan – Fearless [Jun]
Jet – Shaka Rock [7th Sep]
Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong – Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong
Johnny Foreigner – tba [Oct]
JoJo – All I Want Is Everything
Joss Stone – Colour Me Free [Jul]
Julian Perretta – Out Of My Head [Aug]
Juliette Lewis & The New Romantiques – Terra Incognita [31st Aug]
Katherine Jenkins – Best Of [Nov]
Kid Harpoon – tba [Sep]
Klaxons – tba
Laura Critchley – Laura
Lethal Bizzle – tba [Sep]
Liam Frost – tba
Lifehouse – tba
Livvi Franc – Underground Sunshine
The Longcut – Open Hearts [5th Oct]
Lucky Soul – Dark Times Ahead
Luigi Masi – Save His Shoes [Aug]
Luke Haines – Achtung Mother
Macy Gray – The Gray Life
MadM (Melissa Auf der Maur) – Out Of Our Minds
Madonna – Greatest Hits [Sep]
Maps – Turning The Mind
Maria Lawson – Emotional Rollercoaster
Mariah Carey – Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel [Sep]
Mark Knopfler – Get Lucky [14th Sep]
Mark Morrison – King Of British R&B: The Best Of…
Massive Attack – Weather Underground [Oct]
Melanie B – Reimagined
The Metaphors – London! Paris! New York! Rome!
MGMT – Congratulations
Mika – tba
Missy Elliott – Block Party
Morrissey – Swords [Oct]
Mos Def – The Ecstatic [24th Aug]
Mpho – Pop Art [19th Oct]
Mum – Sing Along To Songs You Don’t Know [24th Aug]
Muse – The Resistance [Sep]
Natalia – All Of Me
Natalie Imbruglia – Come To Life [Jul/Aug]
Nelly Furtado – tba
N.E.R.D. – The Best Of
Nicole Scherzinger – Her Name Is Nicole
Nouvelle Vague – NV3
OK Go – tba
Only Men Aloud – Album 2
Operation Aloha – Operation Aloha
P Diddy – Last Train To Paris [21st Sep]
Paloma Faith – Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful? [21st Sep]
Panjabi MC – Indian Timing
Paramore! – tba [Sep]
Patrizio Buanne – tba [Jul]
Pearl Jam – Backspacer [Sep]
Pere Ubu – Long Live Pere Ubu [14th Sep]
Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson – Break Up [7th Sep]
Pixie Lott – Turn It Up [7th Sep]
Prefab Sprout – Let’s Change The World With Music [7th Sep]
Pretty Ricky – Eighties Babies
Propellerheads – tba
Raghav – Identity
Red Box – Plenty
Richard Hawley – Truelove’s Gutter [21st Sep]
Rihanna – tba
Rinocerose – Futurino
Robin Guthrie – Carousel [31st Aug]
Ronan Keating – tba
Rose Elinor Dougall – tba
Sam Beeton – No Definite Answer
Santana – Supernatural 2
The Saturdays – tba
Scarlet BLONDE – Acerbic
Sean Kingston – Tomorrow [24th Aug]
Shakira – tba
Shania Twain – tba
Shena – One Man Woman [31st Aug]
Snoop Dogg – Malice In Wonderland
The Soundtrack Of Our Lives – Communion [24th Aug]
Stellastarr* – tba [Jul]
Stereophonics – tba
Sting – If On A Winter’s Night [Oct]
Thomas Bromley – In It For The Moment
Timbaland – Shock Value 2
Tom McRae – tba [Sep]
Tommy Reilly – tba [Aug]
Trashcan Sinatras – In The Music [Aug]
The Tunics – Somewhere In SomebodyÂ’s Heart
Turin Brakes – Best Of [7th Sep]
Twiggy Frostbite – Through Fire
The Twilight Sad – Forget The Night Ahead [21st Sep]
UB40 – Labour Of Love IV
Urbnri – Never Go To A Party With The ‘Ri [Jun]
Usher – Monster
Vagabond – You Don’t Know The Half Of It [24th Aug]
The Veronicas – Hook Me Up [21st Sep]
Wallis Bird – New Boots [Sep]
Whitney Houston – tba [31st Aug]
The Wildhearts – tba [Sep]
Yo La Tengo – Popular Songs [7th Sep]
Young Jeezy – The Recession
Zero 7 – Yeah Ghost [7th Sep]
Zoot Woman – Things Are What They Used To Be [Aug]
Now 74 [Nov]
Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2009.
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.