67 (36) Phil Collins – In The Air Tonight

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This week: 4 new entries, 3 chart, 4 re-entering, 10 climbing, 1 not moving & 18 downers. new entry re-entry climber faller non moverCHART TIME !

(* – my current favourites)
(!!! – 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…

4 new and 4 re-entering and 3 chart entries :
• 40 (60 RE) John Lennon & Yoko Ono – Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
• 39 Foals – Balloons
• 38 (50 RE) Rihanna – Umbrella
• 37 (68 CH) Rihanna – Don’t Stop The Music
• 35 (51 RE) Chris Rea – Driving Home For Christmas
• 33 (53 CH) Scouting For Girls – Elvis Ain’t Dead
• 32 Stereophonics – My Friends
• 28 (46 CH) Amy Macdonald – This Is The Life
• 20 Shaun The Sheep – Life’s A Treat
• 19 (RE) Michael Buble – Lost
• 1 Eva Cassidy & Katie Melua- What A Wonderful World

so the following dropped out :

• 40 Timbaland – The Way I Are
• 36 Phil Collins – In The Air Tonight
• 35 Foo Fighters – Long Road To Ruin
• 34 Mika – Happy Ending
• 32 Holiday – Bed
• 30 Britney Spears – Gimme More
• 29 Peter Gelderblom – Waiting 4
• 21 The Enemy – We’ll Live And Die In These Towns
• 20 Arctic Monkeys – Teddy Picker
• 13 Elvis Presley – Burning Love

10 climbing :

• 3 (10) Soulja
• 4 (8) Mariah
• 8 (12) The Pogues Featuring Kirsty MacColl – Fairytale Of New York
• 10 (16) Cascada – What Hurts The Most
• 14 (23) Wham! – Last Christmas
• 16 (27) Wizzard – I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
• 21 (25) Andy Williams – It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
• 22 (37) Slade – Merry Xmas Everybody
• 23 (33) Shakin’ Stevens – Merry Christmas Everyone
• 27 (38) Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas

1 not moving :

• 26 Sugababes – Change

and 18 going down. Big fallers include:

• 34 (28) Craig David – Hot Stuff

New entries from No.41-75 :

• 46 Amy Winehouse – Love Is A Losing Game
• 51 Crowded House – Pour Le Monde
• 62 Filo & Peri Featuring Eric Lumiere – Anthem
• 73 Jack Penate – Have I Been A Fool

Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…

Phil Collins:
In The Air Tonight
[Hits]

67 (36) Phil Collins – In The Air Tonight

Brought back into the charts as a result of a man in a gorilla suit playing the drums, all apparentlyadvertising Cadbury’s Dairy Milk.

Surely, the reason people eat Cadbury’s Dairy Milk is because it tastes yummy and it’s the kind of thing thatused to be played during Miami Vice?

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Britney Spears: Gimme More
[Black Out]

53 (30) Britney Spears – Gimme More

A dreadful comeback at the MTV Music Awards resulted in a most unsexyperformance and you could tell she didn’t even know the words early on as shecovered her mouth. Pass.

“It’s Britney, bitch”? Very enticing… not!

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Scouting For Girls:
She’s So Lovely
[Scouting For Girls]

52 (49) Scouting For Girls – She’s So Lovely

Love this song, and the hottie in the video is a model called Louise Glover (google for her images, butnot from work!).

See the video here.

Craig David: Hot Stuff
[Trust Me]

34 (28) Craig David – Hot Stuff

His first single in a long time takes David Bowie’s wonderful 1983 classicLet’s Dance and rapes it for all it’s worth.

Fuck Craig David and fuck his shitty music and just play the original.Compare the two:

Craig David – Hot Stuff

David Bowie – Let’s Dance

Kylie Minogue: 2 Hearts
[X]

18 (11) Kylie Minogue – 2 Hearts

Her comeback single with a Marilyn Monroe look and… well, it’s okay butfar from outstanding.

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Sugababes: About You Now
[Changes]

15 (14) Sugababes – About You Now

Not a bad track, but they’ve done better. Still, at least it stopped Shayne Wardgetting to No.1.

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Cascada:
What Hurts The Most
[Perfect Day]

10 (16) Cascada – What Hurts The Most

The dance remix of this track really works well, given that the original wasby Celebrity Big Brother racist scum Jo O’Meara from S Club 7 as her dreadfulattempt to restart her solo career.

Well worth a listen!

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Girls Aloud: Call The Shots
[Tangled Up]

5 (3) Girls Aloud – Call The Shots

Very mediocre track that doesn’t know whether it should actually get goingor not. In the end, it doesn’t.

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Eva Cassidy & Katie Melua:
What A Wonderful World

1 Eva Cassidy & Katie Melua – What A Wonderful World *1st Week at No.1*

Death sells… especially at Christmas.

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Pogues & Kirsty McColl:
Fairytale of New York

December 17th:

Beck – Timebomb (12”)
Blake – White Christmas
Crystal Castles – Air War (7”)
The Displacements – Lazy Bones (7”) [Limited]
Ernie K-Doe – Here Come The Girls
Faithless feat Cat Power – A Kind Of Peace (12”)
Filo & Peri feat Eric Lumiere – Anthem
Frightened Rabbit – Its Christmas So We’ll Stop (7”)
Hot Club De Paris – Will You Still be In Love With Me Next Year? (7”) [Limited]
Jay-Z – Roc Boys (& The Winner Is) (12”)
Kate Nash – Pumpkin Soup
Killers – Don’t Shoot Me Santa
Malcolm Middleton – We’re All Going To Die (7”) [Limited]
Mum – Marmalade Fires (7”) [Limited]
Scouting For Girls– Elvis Ain’t Dead
Sugababes – Change
Leon (X-Factor): When You Believe [Wednesday 19th]

December 24th:

Booty Luv – Some Kinda Rush
Ginger – Holiday

December 31st:

Bjork – Declare Independence
Common – I Want You
Electrovamp – Don’t Like The Vibe In The VIP
Mika – Relax (Take It Easy) / Lollipop
Mutya Buena – B-Boy Baby
Orson – Broken Watch
Queen & Paul Rodgers – Say Its Not True
White Stripes – Conquest (3 x 7”)

January 7th 2008:

Basshunter – Now You’re Gone
Bodyrox feat Luciana – What Planet You On?
British Sea Power – Waving Flags
Britney Spears – Piece Of Me
Celine Dion – Eyes On Me
Clocks – All I Can / That Much Better (7”) [Limited]
Daughtry – Home
Dave Armstrong & Redroche feat H-Boogie – Love Has Gone
DJ Jeroenski – Back Once Again
Envy Corps – Story Problem
Hoosiers – Worst Case Scenario
Jamie Scott & The Town – Standing In The Rain
The Kills – U.R.A. Fever (7”)
Maccabees – Toothpaste Kisses
Matt Costa – Mr Pitiful (7”)
Parka – Disco Dancer
Ringo Starr – Liverpool 8
Robots in Disguise – We’re In The Music Biz
Turin Brakes – Something In My Eye

January 14th:

Annuals – Dry Clothes
Circuits – City Of Lights / Before It’s Over (7”)
Client – Lights Go Out
Courteeners – What Took You So Long?
Daniel Rachel – Let It Be Mine
Dave Gahan – Saw Something / Deeper And Deeper
David Ford – I’m Alright Now
Furry Phreaks feat Terra Deva – All Over The World
Jack Johnson – If I Had Eyes
Jennifer Lopez – Hold It Don’t Drop It
Jody Watley – I Want Your Love
Joss Stone – Baby Baby Baby
Justice – Phantom
Kanye West – Flashing Lights
Lightspeed Champion – Tell Me What It’s Worth
The Little Ones – Ordinary Song
Lupe Fiasco feat Matthew Santos – Superstar
Madness feat Sway – NW5
The Mars Volta – Wax Simulacra
Mary J Blige – Just Fine
Noah & The Whale – 2 Bodies 1 Heart / Rocks & Daggers
Palladium – White Lady
Radiohead – Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Robyn – Be Mine
Sons & Daughters – Darling (7”)
Stephen Fretwell – Now (7”)
Supergrass – Diamond Hoo Ha Man (7”) [Limited]
Trashcan Jack vs Billy Idol – Club Wedding
Underworld – Beautiful Burnout (12”)
Wombats – Moving To New York

January 21st:

Adele – Chasing Pavements
Alter Bridge – Ties That Bind
Bullet For My Valentine – Scream Aim Fire
BWO – Sunshine In The Rain
Cass McCombs – That’s That (7”)
Colin MacIntyre – tba
Cut Off Your Hands – Oh Girl (7”)
Das Pop – Fool For Love
Jay Sean – Ride It
Kid Sister feat Kanye West – Pro Nails
One Night Only – Just For Tonight
Siouxsie – About To Happen (7”)
These New Puritans – Elvis
Thom Yorke – And It Rained All Night (Burial Remix) (12”)
Tim Deluxe – You Got Tha Touch (12”)
Wu Tang Clan – The Heart Gently Weeps

January 28th:

Atomic Kitten – Anyone Who Had A Heart
Blood Red Shoes – You Bring Me Down
Bob Mould – The Silence Between Us
Cassie – Is It You
Dominatorz – Do You Love Me?
Elliot Minor – Still Figuring Out
Hot Chip – Ready For The Floor
Iwasacubscout – Pink Squares / Echoes
Kelly Rowland – Work
Laura Marling – Ghosts
Morrissey – That’s How People Grow Up
Paramore – Misery Business
Richard Hawley – Valentine
Thom Yorke – Atoms for Peace (Four Tet Remix) (12”)
Those Dancing Days – Hitten
Tin Man – Tonight
Urbnri – Young Free & Simple
Wallis Bird – Counting To Sleep

February 4th:

30 Seconds To Mars – From Yesterday
Badly Drawn Boy – Time Of Tides
Biffy Clyro – Who’s Got A Match
Boy Kill Boy – Promises
The Coral – Put The Sun Back
David Jordan – Sun Goes Down
Dropkick Murphys – The State Of Massachusetts (EP)
Helen Boulding – Way To Go
iLiKETRAiNS – We Go Hunting (7”)
Mark Brown feat Sarah Cracknell – The Journey Continues
Phil Campbell – Cold Engines
Ruarri Joseph – Won’t Work
Rubies – I Feel elelctric
Shaun Anthony – Come On Over
Tabby Callaghan – King Of The Town
Thom Yorke – Harrowdown Hill (The Bug Remix) (12”)
Todd Terry – Get Down
Wet Wet Wet – Weightless

February 11th:

Asa – Fire On The Mountain
Estelle – American Boy
Glasvegas – Its My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry
Goldfrapp – A and E
Laura Critchley – Sometimes I
Los Campesinos! – Death to Los Campesinos!
Proclaimers – New Religion
Remi Nicole – Lights Out
Rihanna – Don’t Stop The Music
Simple Plan – When I’m Gone
Tori White – Who If Its Not You

February 18th:

Band Of Horses – No-One’s Going To Love You
Hard-Fi – I Shall Overcome
Hatcham Social – So So Happy Making / Berlin
Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong – Lonely Buoy
Kid Harpoon – The Second (EP)
Les Savy Fav – Patty Lee (7”)
Plain White T’s – Our Time Now
Vampire Weekend – A-Punk
Windmill – Tokyo Moon

TBA:

Alan Connor – Dance Away [Jan]
Alex Gaudino feat Shena – Watch Out
Amerie – Crush
Amesha – I’ll Be There
Athlete – The Outsiders
Backstreet Boys – Helpless When She Smiles
Blood Red Shoes – Say Something Say Anything [24th Mar]
Bob Sinclar – Together [3rd Mar]
Boyzone – tba [Mar]
Che’Nelle – I Fell In Love With The DJ
Chris Brown – With You [24th Mar]
Congress – 40 Miles ‘07
The Cribs – I’m A Realist [25th Feb]
Dan Deacon – Wham City
Darren Hayes – Casey
Delinquent feat Kcat – My Destiny [Jan]
DJ Sammy feat Nyah – Everybody Hurts
Does It Offend You, Yeah – We Are Rockstars
Doug Walker – The Mystery [Jan]
Duffy – Mercy [25th Feb]
Dykeenies – tba [Jan]
Eve feat Sean Paul – Give It To You
Feeling – I Thought It Was Over [Feb]
Frightened Rabbit – Head Rolls Off (7”) [3rd Mar]
Future Of The Left – Manchasm (7”) [25th Feb]
Gabriella Cilmi – Sweet About Me [10th Mar]
Get Cape Wear Cape Fly – The Young And Lovestruck [25th Feb]
Helicopter Girl – Better Than This
hellogoodbye – Oh It Is Love
Hercules & Love Affair – Hercules & Love Affair [3rd Mar]
Howard Murphy – Friend Like You [Feb]
Jack McManus – Bang On The Piano
Jacob Golden – Out Come The Wolves [25th Feb]
James Blunt – Carry You Home [10th Mar]
Jaymay – Gray Or Blue [25th Feb]
Josh Ritter – Right Moves
Kelly Clarkson – Don’t Waste Your Time
Kelly Rowland with Gym Class Heroes – Daylight
Keren Ann – Lay Your Head Down [24th Mar]
The Kills – Cheap & Cheerful [3rd Mar]
Kimberley Locke – Band Of Gold
Kooks – tba [Mar]
Koopa – Why?
Kylie Minogue – tba [25th Feb]
Late Of The Pier – tba [Feb]
The Little Ones – Morning Tide [31st Mar]
LMC vs Marvin – Grapevine
Los Campesinos! – Sweet Dreams Sweet Cheeks [14th Apr]
Luke Dzierzek – Echo
M&C feat Rebecca Rudd – Magic Touch
Manian feat Aila – Turn The Tide
Mario – Crying Out For Me
MGMT – Trying To Pretend [25th Feb]
MIA – Paper Planes
Milburn – The Genius And The Tramp
Moby – Alice [25th Feb]
Mystery Jets – Young Love
Neils Children – What Am I Supposed To Do?
Nelly – Wadsyaname
Nono feat Huski – Three More Days
Panic! At The Disco – Nine In The Afternoon
Pendulum – Propane [Mar]
Pigeon Detectives – tba [Jan]
Ricki-Lee – tba
Roisin Murphy – You Know Me Better [25th Feb]
Seal – The Right Life
Sergey – Everytime
Shaggy feat Rik Rok – Bonafide Girl
Shocking Pinks – Emily [3rd Mar]
Siobhan Donaghy – Medevac
Sonic Hearts – To Be Someone [25th Feb]
Sons & Daughters – Chains [21st Apr]
Sugababes – Denial
T-Pain – Church [3rd Mar]
Taio Cruz – tba [Jan]
Timbaland feat Keri Hilson – Scream
Ultrabeat – I Wanna Touch You [Jan]
Unkle – Restless
Utah Saints vs Van She – Something Good 2008 [25th Feb]
Vengaboys – Partylife
Vincent Vincent & The Villains – Pretty Girl [25th Feb]
Westlife – Us Against The World
Will I Am – One More Chance
Yoav – Club Thing

Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

Westlife: Back Home

This week there are new entries for :
• None

Leona Lewis: Spirit

The top 10 goes like this :
• 1 Leona Lewis – Spirit
• 2 Westlife – Back Home
• 3 Michael Buble – Call Me Irresponsible: Special Edition
• 4 Led Zeppelin – Mothership: Best Of
• 5 The Eagles – Long Road Out Of Eden
• 6 Andrea Bocelli – Vivere: Greatest Hits
• 7 Shayne Ward – Breathless
• 8 Take That – Beautiful World
• 9 Amy Winehouse – Back To Black
• 10 Whitney Houston – The Ultimate Collection

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Radiohead: In Rainbows

December 17th:

Jonny Greenwood – There Will Be Blood

December 31st:

Radiohead – In Rainbows

January 7th 2008:

Tom Baxter – Skybound

January 14th:

British Sea Power – Do You Like Rock Music?
Envy Corps – Dwell
Maccabees – Colour It In
Magnetic Fields – Distortion
Matt Costa – Unfamiliar Faces
Ringo Starr – Liverpool 8
Shed Seven – The Singles Collection
Stalkers – Yesterday Is No Tomorrow

January 21st:

Cat Power – Jukebox
Charlottefield – What Are Friends For
Eels – Meet The Eels: Essential Eels Vol. 1: 1996-2006
Eels – Useless Trinkets
Lightspeed Champion – Falling Off The Lavender Bridge
Nelly – Brass Knuckles
Rivers Cuomo – Alone: The Home Recordings Of

January 28th:

Adele – 19
Alexander O’Neal – Alex Loves…
Bullet For My Valentine – Scream Aim Fire
Cage The Elephant – Cage The Elephant
Cardigans – Best Of
The Cloud Room – The Cloud Room
Colin MacIntyre – The Water
Craig Chalmers – Dream On
Dynamics – Version Excursions
Ginger – Market Harbour
Harrisons – No Fighting In The War Room
Joe Jackson – Rain
John Power – Stormbreaker
Joyce Sims – Come Into My Life: Her Greatest Hits
kd Lang – Watershed
The Little Ones – Morning Tide
Lupe Fiasco – The Cool
The Mars Volta – The Bedlam In Goliath
Mary J Blige – Growing Pains
N.W.A. – Straight Outta Compton [20th Anniversary Edition]
One Night Only – Started A Fire
Sons & Daughters – This Gift
These New Puritans – Beat Pyramid
Wendy James – Racine 2
You Me At Six – Champion

February 4th:

American Music Club – The Golden Age
Cass McCombs – Dropping The Writ
Drive-By Truckers – Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
Helen Love – It’s My Club and I’ll Play What I Want To
Hot Chip – Made In The Dark
Jack Johnson – Sleeping Through The Static
Kyte – Kyte
Laura Marling – Alas I Cannot Swim
Lenny Kravitz – It’s Time For A Love Revolution
Melody Gardot – Worrisome Heart
Morcheeba – Dive Deep
Morrissey – Greatest Hits
Nada Surf – Lucky
OneRepublic – Dreaming Out Loud
Robots in Disguise – We’re In The Music Biz
Shelby Lynne – Just A Little Lovin’
Sheryl Crow – Detours
Sia – Some People Have Real Problems
Songbirds – Wake Up Call
Covers and Collaborations – The Number Ones Album

February 11th:

Bob Mould – District Line
Boy Kill Boy – Stars & The Sea
Daniel Wylie & Cosmic Rough Riders – The Very Best Of
Envelopes – Here Comes The Wind
f*** Buttons – Street Horrrsing
Helen Boulding – New Red Dress
Iwasacubscout – I Want You To Know That There Is Always Hope
Michael Jackson – Thriller [25th Anniversary Edition]
Ruarri Joseph – Tales Of Grit And Grime
Sebastien Tellier – Sexual Sportswear

February 18th:

Allison Moorer – Mockingbird
Asa – Asa
Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles
Eve – Here I Am
Hayseed Dixie – No Covers
Jonathan Ansell – Tenor At The Movies
Magnet – The Simple Life
Malcolm Middleton – Sleight Of Heart
Mountain Goats – Heretic Pride
The Orb – The Dream
Pete & The Pirates – Little Death
Simple Plan – Simple Plan

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