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 mover
CHART 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 WeÂ’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 ItÂ’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 – WhoÂ’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 TÂ’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]
      CheÂ’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 OÂ’Neal – Alex LovesÂ…
      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

Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2007.

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