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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…
- 8 new entries:
- 27 Easyworld – Til the Day
- 21 Ryan Adams – So Alive
- 19 The Zutons – Pressure Point
- 17 Tupac – Runnin
- 16 Delays – Long Time Coming
- 13 Maroon 5 – Harder to Breather
- 11 The Offspring – Hit That
- 10 Scissor Sisters – Comfortably Numb
- 40 Bo Selecta – Proper Crimbo
- 39 Dido – Life For Rent
- 38 Simply Red – You Make Me Feel Brand New
- 37 Flip & Fill – Irish Blue
- 36 Darkness – Christmas Time
- 35 Lost Brothers – Cry Little Sister
- 33 S Club 8 – Don’t Tell Me You’re Sorry
- 25 Eighties Matchbox – Mister Mental
- 3 (5) Boogie Pimps
- 4 (9) Outkast
- 6 (8) 2 Play
- 1 Michelle
- 2 Kelis
- 18 Ultrabeat
- 24 Katie Melua
- 26 (13) Liberty X
- 31 (22) Stacie Orrico
- 33 (15) Him
- 35 (21) Amy Studt
- 45 Mood II Swing – Can’t Get Away
- 65 DJ Touche – The Paddle
- 70 Roy Davis Jr – About Love
- 74 Funk D’void – Emotional Content
so the following dropped out :
3 climbers :
4 non-movers :
and 25 going down. Big fallers include :
New entries from No.41-75. See who missed out this time round :
Splinter (CD + DVD)
The first new single in a while, but a rather lazy effort compared to thehi-energy tracks we normally get from them. This is way too poppy to be worthyof repeated listens.
Scissor Sisters
Very weird and not very good, but in a slow week for new releases it becamethe highest new entry. Even Victoria Beckham might’ve made No.1 this week!
The Meaning of Love
Oh, good god! I thought this kind of thing was all over once Fame Academy’sAlex Parks failed to make the top slot.
Michelle, will you please give it into your tiny face… er, I mean mind, thatthis is not the start of a progressing career in the music industry. It isguaranteed that within a year your subsequent singles will flop, your impendingalbum will not sell outside your own family, and you’ll be back to yourKaraoke Class with your brash stupid voice!
No wonder Pete Waterman got up and stormed off when you were announced as thewinner. It was a fix!
This is the 53rd 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
- 53. Michelle McManus – All This Time
January 26th:
- Azure Ray – New Resolution
Beats For Beginners – When Robots Attack
Benny Benassi presents The Biz – No Matter What You Do
Brand Violet – Head
Celebrity Squares – King For A Day
Cinnamon – Cakes & Pies
Clarkesville – Spinning
Eberg – Plastic Lions
Emma – I’ll Be There
Engerica – The Smell
Fight Club featuring Laurent Conrad – Spread Love
Five For Fighting – 100 Years
Freeland – Supernatural Thing
Hannah Jones – I Am What I Am/Bridge Over Troubled Water
Incubus – Megalomaniac
Jaimeson featuring Angel Blu & CK – Take Control
Jehst – Monotomy
Joss Stone – Fell In Love With A Boy
Kid Symphony – Hands On The Money
LMC vs. U2 – Take Me To The Clouds Above
Lorna – Papi Chulo… Te Traigo El Mmmm
Lostprophets – Last Train Home
Maupa – Helpless
Me Against Them – Soul Destroyer
Modey Lemon – Predator
Mr On vs. Jungle Brothers – Breathe Don’t Stop
P Diddy featuring Lenny Kravitz – Show Me Your Soul
Pink – God Is A DJ
Razorlight – Stumble And Fall
RMD vs. C & C Music Factory – Gonna Make You Sweat
Sherbert Antlers – Hikikomorai/Let Yourself Go
Sheryl Lee Ralph – In The Evening 2004
Simple Kid – Truck On
Snow Patrol – Run
Stateside Hombres – Hard Time Stylee
Stylus Junkies vs. UB40 – Food For Thought
Suferosa – Neon Commando
Tali – Blazin’
The Mars Volta – Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of)
The Veils – The Wild Son
Tim Deluxe – Mundaya
Tracey Brennecke – First To Know
Tube & Berger featuring Chrissie Hynde – Straight Ahead
Vinny Peculiar – Replica Shirt
Voodoo Child – Baby Monkey
Young Punx – Got Your Number
February 2nd:
- Biz Markie featuring P Diddy – Turn Back The Hands Of Time
Black Grass – Going Home
Blazin’ Squad – Here 4 One
Blueskins – Change My Mind
Brancaccio & Aisher – It’s Gonna Be… (A Lovely Day)
Brand New – Sic Transit Gloria… Glory Fades
Calvin Richardson – I’ve Got To Move
Chicane featuring Bryan Adams – Don’t Give Up 2004
Cleptomaniacs featuring Bryan Chambers – All I Do
Constantines – Night Time/Any Time
Finley Quaye – Something To Say
Funeral For A Friend – Escape Artists Never Die
G Club featuring Banda Sonara – Pressure Cooker
Impact – Mad World/If You Come To Me
John Squire – Room In Brooklyn
LeAnn Rimes – This Love
Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz – Get Low
Love Inc – Into The Night
Luther Vandross – Dance With My Father
Minus – Angel In Disguise
NG3 – Holler
Norah Jones – Sunrise
Obie Trice – The Set-Up (You Don’t Know)
Oceansize – Catalyst
Ordinary Boys – Maybe Someday
Plumb – Real
Puerto Muerto – Stars
Span – Papa
Special Needs – Sylvia/Tarts
The Blueskins – Change My Mind
The Distillers – The Hunger
The Fiery Furnaces – Tropical Iceland
The Stranglers – Big Thing Coming
Timbaland & Magoo featuring Missy Elliot – Cop That Disc!
Via Tania – Boltanski
Von Bondies – C’mon C’mon
February 9th:
- Ana Ann – Children Of The World
Armin Van Buuren – Blue Fear/Burned With Desire
Chingy featuring Ludacris & Snoop Dogg – Holidae Inn
Crackout – This Is What We Do
Damien Rice – Volcano
Delerium featuring Nerina Pallot – Truly/Fearless
Fatman Scoop featuring The Crooklyn Clan – It Takes Scoop
Ferry Corsten – Rock Your Body Rock
Hybrid – Higher Than A Skyscraper
Jagged Edge – Walked Outta Heaven
Joan Baez – In My Time Of Need
John Mayer – Bigger Than My Body
Kates – Suicide Valentine
Liars – There’s Always Room On The Broom
Ohm – Forget Who We Are
Part Chimp – Bring Back The Sound
Poppyfields – 45rpm
Ram – For Your Love
Rapture – Love Is All/I Need Your Love
Ronan Keating – She Believes (In Me)
Sam & Mark – With A Little Help From My Friends/Measure Of A Man
School Of Rock – School Of Rock
Sia – Don’t Bring Me Down
So Solid Crew – So Grimey
Span – Don’t Think The Way They Do
Speedway – Can’t Turn Back
Stereophonics – Movie Star
Summer Matthews – Little Miss Perfect
The Crystal Method – Born Too Slow
The Jeevas – Have You Ever Seen The Rain
The Stands – Here She Comes Again
The Strokes – Reptilia
Trespassers William – Different Stars
UD Project – Saturday Night
February 16th:
- 10,000 Things – Food Chain
Alex Parks – Cry
Alfie – No Need
Belle & Sebastian – I’m A Cuckoo
Bubba Sparxxx – Back In The Mudd
Busted – Who’s David?
Clea – Stuck In The Middle
Crackout – This Is What We Do
Cursive – Rescluse
Death Cab For Cutie – New Year
Deepest Blue – Give It Away
Dogs Die In Hot Cars – Man Bites Man EP
Earl Slick – Believe
Hundred Reasons – What You Get
Icarus Line – Up Against The Wall
Ikara Colt – Wanna Be That Way
Junior Senior – Shake Your Coconuts
JX – Restless
Keane – Somewhere Only We Know
Kings Of Leon – California Waiting
Lowgold – Same Way
Lydia Denker – One Perfect Day
Mark Joseph – Bringing Back Those Memories
Martina Topley-Bird – Soul Food
Mya – Fallen
Northern Heightz – Look At Us
Raghav – Can’t Get Enough
Serge Vegas featuring Technical & Trios – Bad Girl
Syntax – Message Bliss
The Stills – Lola Stars And Stripes
February 23rd:
- 50 Cent – If I Can’t
Agnelli & Nelson – Hold Onto Nothing
Airbiscuit – Lately
Antoine featuring Kirsty R – Forever Autumn
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Six Barrel Shotgun
Courtney Love – Mono
Delta Goodrem – Predictable
Despina Vandi – Gia
Eastern Lane – Saffron
Elbow – Not A Job
Fiery Furnances – Tropical Iceland
Jamelia – Thank You
JC Chasez – Some Girls (Dance With Women)
Kelly Llorenna – This Time I Know It’s For Real
Lemar – Another Day
Master Blaster – Hypnotic Tango
Republic Of Loose – Girl, I’m Gonna F**k You Up
Scott Brown – I Would Stay
Space – Suburban Rock ‘N’ Roll
Stellastarr* – My Coco
The Vines – Ride
Tiffany Gayle – Do You Wanna Dance?
Velcra – Can’t Stop Fighting
VS – Love You Like Mad
Westlife – Obvious
Zero 7 – Home
March 1st:
- Beenie Man – Dude
Blink-182 – I Miss You
Britney Spears – Toxic
DJ Casper – Cha-Cha Slide
Elton John – The Heart Of Everything
Fountains Of Wayne – Stacy’s Mom
FYA featuring Smujji – Must Be Love’
George Michael – Amazing
Gomez – Catch Me Up
Ilya – Bellissimo
Kylie Minogue – Red Blooded Woman
Nelly Furtado – Forca
Starsailor – Four To The Floor
Tezla – All Night
The Black Eyed Peas – Hey Mama
The Mars Volta – Televators
The Shins – So Say I
March 8th:
- Chikinki – Like It Or Leave It
Cypress Hill – What’s Your Number
Haven – Wouldn’t Change A Thing
Holly Valance – Desire
Jet – Look What You’ve Done
Laura Veirs – Cloud Room
Marques Houton – Clubbin’
My Red Cell – Knock Me Down
NERD – She Wants To Move
Phixx – Love Revolution
Seraphim Suite – Heart
Special D – Come With Me
Three Doors Down – Here Without You
March 15th:
- Anastacia – Left Outside Alone
B3 – Night Fever/I.O.I.O.
Bell X1 – Alphabet Soup
Dido – Don’t Leave Home
Four Tet – My Angel Rocks Back And Forth
Katie Melua – Call Off The Search
Kid Symphony – Meet You On The Other Side
Kraftwerk – Aéro Dynamik
Outkast – The Way You Move
Will Young – Your Game
March 22nd:
- G-Unit – Poppin’ Them Things
Missy Elliot – I’m Really Hot
Sugababes – In The Middle
March 29th:
- Beyonce featuring Lil’ Kim – Naughty Girl
McFly – 5 Colours In Her Hair
Pet Shop Boys – Flamboyant
April 5th:
- Alanis Morrisette – Everything
Pink – Catch Me While I’m Sleeping
April 12th:
- Ashanti – Break Up 2 Make Up
Busted – Air Hostess
Dates to be confirmed:
- Alistair Griffin – You And Me (Tonight)
D-Side – Pushin’ Me Out
Evanescence – Whisper
Gareth Gates – All Cried Out
Hayley Westenra – Wuthering Heights
Hilary Duff – Why Not?
Holly James – Touch It
Maria Willson – Tonight
Muse – Butterflies And Hurricanes
N-Trance – I’m In Heaven
Rachel Stevens – Breathe In, Breathe Out
The Darkness – Love Is Only A Feeling
The Streets – You’re Fit And You Know It
Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets
- 12 Gary Jules – Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets
- 59 Maroon 5 – Songs About Jane
- 69 Him – Love Metal
The top 10 goes like this :
Call Off The Search
- 1 Katie Melua – Call Off The Search
- 2 Dido – Life For Rent
- 3 Black Eyed Peas – Elephunk
- 4 Will Young – Friday’s Child
- 5 Evanescence – Fallen
- 6 Tears For Fears – Tears Roll Down: Greatest Hits 1982-1992
- 7 No Doubt – The Singles 1992-2003
- 8 Outkast – Speakboxxx
- 9 Michael Jackson – Number Ones
- 10 Red Hot Chili Peppers – Greatest Hits
January 26th:
- 10,000 Maniacs – Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure & Unknown Recordings
Air – Walkie Talkie (limited edition with 5 live track bonus cd)
The Coral – Nightfreaks And The Sons Of Becker (only 75.000 copies)
The Cure – Join the Dots (4cd)
Death In Vegas & VA – back to mine
Fun Lovin’ Criminals – A’s B’s And Rarities (3cd)
Astrud Gilberto – Astrud for Lovers
Green Day – 1039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours Remastered (Bonus tracks)
Bruce Hornsby – Greatest Radio Hits
Sophia – People are like seasons
OST – The Big Fish (includes ‘Man Of The Hour by Pearl Jam)
VA – Oh! From the Girls
VA – Rough Trade Shops Counter Culture 3
February 2nd:
- Bros – Best of Bros
Coldcut – People Hold On: The Best of Coldcut
Five For Fighting – The Battle for Everything
Harry Connick Jr – Only You
Incubus – A Crow Left of the Murder
Stereolab – Margerine Eclipse (2 vynil limited edition: only 3500 copies pressed)
February 9th:
- Courtney Love – America’s sweetheart
Michelle McManus – Love Songs
Probot (Dave Grohl) – Probot
John Squire – Marshall’s house
Stereolab – Margerine Eclipse
OST – Queer Eye for the Straight Guy: What’s That Sound
VA – Brits 2004
February 16th:
- Babybird – Best Of
Destiny’s Child – TBA
Norah Jones – Feels like home
Turin Brakes & VA – Late Nigth Tales
OST – Cold Mountain
February 23rd:
- Garbage – TBA
Lambchop – Aw Cmon
Lambchop – No You Cmon
Emmylou Harris – Pieces of the Sky (Remastered with bonus tracks)
Emmylou Harris – Luxury Liner (Remastered with bonus tracks)
Emmylou Harris – Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town (Remastered with bonus tracks)
Emmylou Harris – Blue Kentucky Gir (Remastered with bonus tracks)
Glenn Lewis – Back for more
Stands – All years leaving
March 1st:
- JC Chasez (‘N Sync) – Schizophrenic
Cypress Hill – Til Death Do Us Part
Lostprophets – Start Something
Melissa auf der Maur (ex Smashing Pumpkins) – Melissa auf der Maur
Zero 7 – When it falls
VA – Decade: Ten Years of Fierce Panda*
March 8th:
- Bob Dylan – Bootleg Series Volume 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964 – Concert at Philharmonic Hall
Judas Priest – Metalogy Boxset
Sondre Lerche – Two Way Monologue
Vines – Winning Days
March 15th:
- George Harrison – Cloud 9 (Remastered with Bonus tracks)
George Harrison – George Harrison (Remastered with Bonus track)
George Harrison – Somewhere in England (Remastered with Bonus track)
George Harrison – Thirty-Three and 1/3(Remastered with Bonus track)
George Michael – Patience
N.E.R.D. – Fly or die
Lou Reed – Animal Serenade
Spiritualized – The Complete Works Volume Two
March 22nd:
- Babyface – A Love Story
Eric Clapton – Me & Mr. Johnson
Eurythmics – Be yourself tonight Remastered Deluxe (includes bonus tracks)
Eurythmics – In the garden Remastered Deluxe (includes Never gonna cry again)
Eurythmics – Peace Remastered Deluxe (includes bonus tracks)
Eurythmics – Revenge Remastered Deluxe (includes bonus tracks)
Eurythmics – Savage Remastered Deluxe (includes bonus tracks)
Eurythmics – Sweet dreams Remastered Deluxe (includes bonus tracks)
Eurythmics – Touch Remastered Deluxe (includes bonus tracks)
Eurythmics – We Too Are One Remastered Deluxe (includes bonus tracks)
PJ Harvey – TBA
Lenny Kravitz – Funk
Mazzy Starr – The Mazzy Starr Anthology
Ricky Martin – TBA
Method Man – Tical 0: The Prequel
Usher – Confessions
March 29th:
- Aerosmith – Honkin’ on Bobo
Anastacia – Anastacia
The Corrs – Borrowed heaven
The Divine Comedy – Absent Friends
Janet Jackson – TBA
Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2004.
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.