MrH's Top 100 of 2021 (FULL CHART)

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PART 9 (20-11):




20. INSTITUTES - I Just Can't Keep Myself From Loving You

Hamster Hits positions: 1-3

Chart debut.


19. VALERAS - Rita

Hamster Hits positions: 3-2

Chart debut.


18. WYNONA BLEACH - Drag

Hamster Hits positions: 1-1

Chart debut.


17. RADIOHEAD - If You Say The Word

Hamster Hits positions: 1-

21st appearance in chart.

Previous appearances:
1994: My Iron Lung (#29)
1995: Just (#2)
1995: Fake Plastic Trees (#9)
1995: High And Dry (#16)
1995: Lucky (#18)
1996: Street Spirit (Fade Out) (#4)
1997: Paranoid Android (#1)
1997: Karma Police (#42)
1998: No Surprises (#22)
2001: Pyramid Song (#3)
2001: Knives Out (#25)
2003: There There (#1)
2003: 2+2=5 (#19)
2003: Go To Sleep (#54)
2008: Nude (#12)
2008: Jigsaw Falling Into Place (#34)
2009: These Are My Twisted Words (#47)
2016: Spectre (#2)
2016: Burn The Witch (#11)
2016: Daydreaming (#18)


16. MYSTERINES - Hung Up

Hamster Hits positions: 1-

2nd appearance in chart.

Previous appearance:
2019: Take Control (#87)


15. SQUIRREL FLOWER - I'll Go Running

Hamster Hits positions: 1-1

Chart debut.


14. WILDHEARTS - Remember These Days

Hamster Hits positions: 7-1

5th appearance in chart.

Previous appearances:
1994: Caffeine Bomb (#11)
1995: I Wanna Go Where The People Go (#14)
1996: Sick Of Drugs (#53)
2002: Vanilla Radio (#22)


13. THE GOLDEN AGE OF TV - What I've Been Through

Hamster Hits positions: 1-

Chart debut.


12. A FESTIVAL, A PARADE - Area Man

Hamster Hits positions: 2-1

Chart debut.


11. FRIEDBERG - Yeah

Hamster Hits positions: 1-2

2nd appearance in chart.

Previous appearance:
2020: Pass Me On (#26)

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PART 10 (10-1):




10. HEN OGLEDD - Space Golf

Hamster Hits positions: 1-4

Chart debut.

Richard Dawson has 1 previous solo appearance.


9. JANE WEAVER - Heartlow

Hamster Hits positions: 12-2

2nd appearance in chart.

Previous appearance:
2015: Mission Desire (#14)


8. AMYL & THE SNIFFERS - Security

Hamster Hits positions: 7-2

Chart debut.


7. FONTAINES DC - You Said

Hamster Hits positions: 3-3

5th appearance in chart.

Previous appearances:
2020: Televised Mind (#1)
2020: A Hero's Death (#8)
2020: A Lucid Dream (#46)
2020: I Don't Belong (#50)


6. EVERYTHING EVERYTHING - Supernormal

Hamster Hits positions: 1-1

2nd appearance in chart.

Previous appearance:
2015: Regret (#9)


5. DU BLONDE ft ANDY BELL - All The Way

Hamster Hits positions: 2-2

2nd appearance in chart.

Previous appearance:
2015: Black Flag (#90)

Andy Bell has 1 previous appearance with Hurricane #1, 1 with Oasis and 1 with Ride.


4. THE BUG CLUB - The Fixer

Hamster Hits positions: 5-1

Chart debut.


3. MIDDLE KIDS - Questions

Hamster Hits positions: 4-2

Chart debut.


2. WOLF ALICE - The Last Man On Earth

Hamster Hits positions: 2-1

6th appearance in chart.


1. DRY CLEANING - Scratchcard Lanyard

Hamster Hits positions: 2-1

4th appearance in chart.

[TheThorne]

Again most I don’t know but really like Wolf Alice, EE and Middle Kids. Played the top 10 enjoyed pretty much all of it but I haven’t really got into Dry Cleaning I really try but they just don’t do anything for me, they are good but I dunno. I still playlist them though one day a song will click with me.

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Analysis:

Dry Cleaning top this year's chart. The track was actually released in November last year but as I was out of action for the last couple of months of 2020, it carried over to this year. The inclusion of tracks from the last couple of months of 2020 actually played a big part in this chart, with the top 4 from my January chart, which included those carried over songs, all making the end of year top 10.

Dry Cleaning are the first chart toppers since Emma Pollock in 2016 to have appeared previously, though 2019 chart topper Bill Ryder-Jones had several previous appearances with The Coral, and there was no chart in 2017 or 2018.

There are a lot more nationalities than I first thought. England will always have a lot of acts, through sheer numbers. The other parts of the UK and Ireland tend to take in turns to have good years, though Scotland, which has had a lot of acts do well in my chart, seriously short on numbers this year, with Mogwai the only fully Scottish act to appear. Europe has done very well with 4 acts for Norway and 3 for the Netherlands.

Past #1's: (1994-1997 were retrospective charts compiled in later years)
1994: Stone Roses - Love Spreads
1995: Chemical Brothers - Leave Home
1996: Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life
1997: Radiohead - Paranoid Android
1998: Ultrasound - Stay Young
1999: The Living End - Prisoner Of Society
2000: Llama Farmers - Snow White
2001: Elbow - Any Day Now
2002: Cooper Temple Clause - Film-Maker
2003: Radiohead - There There
2004: Mansun - Slipping Away
2005: Subways - Rock & Roll Queen
2006: Pipettes - Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me
2007: Biffy Clyro - Saturday Superhouse
2008: Son Of Dave - Hellhound
2009: Twilight Sad - I Became A Prostitute
2014: Boy & Bear - Southern Sun
2015: Lanterns On The Lake - Faultlines
2016: Emma Pollock - Dark Skies
2019: Bill Ryder-Jones - Don't Be Scared, I Love You
2020: Fontaines DC - Televised Mind


No act had more than one song in the top 10. In fact, Dry Cleaning were the only act to have two songs in the top 30.

Two acts had 4 songs in last year's chart. This year, no-one managed 4, with Dry Cleaning are the only act to appear 3 times.

Acts with 2 songs in this year's chart:
Wolf Alice
Moderate Rebels
Mogwai
Trampolene
Wet Leg
Yumi & The Weather
Sam Fender
Beach Riot
Wooze

Acts that also appeared last year:
Fontaines DC
Friedberg
Sports Team
John (TimesTwo)
bdrmm

Acts returning after a long absence:
2001: Feeder
2002: Wildhearts
2006: Killers
2014: Mogwai, Jack White
2015: Vant, Colleen Green, Villagers, Jane Weaver, Everything Everything, Du Blonde
2016: Radiohead, Wolf Alice


Different nationalities in this year's chart:
England
Australia
Ireland
Spain
Wales
Austria
Germany
USA
Northern Ireland
Venezuela
Sweden
Scotland
New Zealand
Belgium
Norway
Netherlands
Jersey
Canada
Italy
Japan
South Korea
France


Acts with the most all-time appearances:
1. Manic Street Preachers (24)
2. Radiohead (21)
3. Blur (20)
4. Super Furry Animals (18)
5= Ash, Elbow (16)
7= Supergrass, Chemical Brothers (14)
9. Oasis (13)
10= Charlatans, Beck (12)

It's worth mentioning that although my end of year charts go back to 1994, there was no chart from 2010-13 and 2017-18, which has affected the potential totals, not least the Arctic Monkeys, who would certainly have more than their current 5 appearances were it not for the fact their last three albums were all released in years where I didn't compile a chart. Given the music I listen to barely troubles the singles chart (Sam Fender, being a notable exception this year), it's unlikely that retrospective charts will ever be compiled for those missing years, though I do intend on compiling a 1993 chart at some point.

[Roo.]

Wildhearts at 14

I really need to listen to the new stuff properly.