* NM Top 50 singles, 14 February 2004 *

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Til The Day - Easyworld < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Run - Snow Patrol
3 ( 3 ) I'm On Standby - Grandaddy
4 ( 7 ) Hit That - Offspring
5 ( 8 ) Long Time Coming - Delays
6 ( 5 ) Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand (#5)
7 ( 17 ) Plastic Lions - Eberg < DEBUT >
8 ( 10 ) Me And My Love - David Kitt
9 ( 6 ) The Voice Within - Christina Aguilera (#6)
10 ( 11 ) Pressure Point - Zutons

11 ( 12 ) Comfortably Numb - Scissors Sister
12 ( 27 ) Real - Plumb < DEBUT >
13 ( 14 ) So Alive - Ryan Adams
14 ( 4 ) My Enormous Penis - 4 Poofs & A Piano (#1[4])
15 ( 18 ) Spinning - Clarkesville
16 ( 15 ) Harder To Breathe - Maroon 5 (#15)
17 ( 23 ) The Wild Son - Veils
18 ( 16 ) Desolation Highway - Bikini Atoll (#16)
19 ( 29 ) Truck On - Simple Kid
20 ( 19 ) I'll Be There - Emma Bunton (#19)

21 ( 24 ) Still - Longview
22 ( 28 ) Stumble And Fall - Razorlight
23 ( -- ) Creatures - obi
24 ( 35 ) Maybe Someday - Ordinary Boys
25 ( -- ) Change My Mind - Blueskins < DEBUT >
26 ( -- ) School Of Rock - School Of Rock < DEBUT >
27 ( 31 ) Neon Commando - Surferosa
28 ( 9 ) My Immortal - Evanescence (#1[3])
29 ( -- ) What Was Her Name - Dave Clarke < DEBUT >
30 ( 32 ) G-d Is A DJ - Pink

31 ( -- ) Volcano - Damien Rice
32 ( 43 ) Sylvia - Special Needs
33 ( 37 ) Megalomaniac - Incubus
34 ( -- ) For Your Love - Ram < DEBUT >
35 ( 39 ) Big Thing Coming - Stranglers
36 ( 36 ) Fell In Love With A Boy - Joss Stone
37 ( -- ) Love Is All - Rapture < DEBUT >
38 ( 38 ) Last Train Home - Lostprophets
39 ( 33 ) Forget It All / All I Wanna Do - Amy Studt (#32)
40 ( 13 ) The Beautiful Occupation - Travis (#3)

41 ( 46 ) C'mon C'mon - Von Bondies
42 ( -- ) Don't Bring Me Down - Sia
43 ( 41 ) Catalyst - Oceansize
44 ( -- ) 45 rpm - Poppy Fields < DEBUT >
45 ( 49 ) Nighttime Anytime - Constantines
46 ( -- ) Here She Comes Again - Stands
47 ( -- ) Reptilia - Strokes
48 ( -- ) Room In Brooklyn - John Squire
49 ( -- ) Can't Turn Back - Speedway < DEBUT >
50 ( -- ) Helpless - Maupa < DEBUT >
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-- ( 20 ) Powerless (Say What You Want) - Nelly Furtado (#14)
-- ( 21 ) Heartbreak Stroll - Raveonettes (#12)
-- ( 22 ) Let Go With The Flow - Beautiful South (#4)
-- ( 25 ) Bring It On / My Lover's Prayer - Alistair Griffin (& Robin Gibb) (#20)
-- ( 26 ) Shut Up - Black Eyed Peas (#5)
-- ( 30 ) Everybody Cries - Liberty X (#27)
-- ( 34 ) Changes - Ozzy & Kelly Osbourne (#6)
-- ( 40 ) Kick It - Peaches ft Iggy Pop (#24)
-- ( 42 ) Good Luck - Basement Jaxx ft Lisa Kekaula (#26)
-- ( 44 ) Animal - REM (#18)
-- ( 45 ) Closest Thing To Crazy - Katie Melua (#8)
-- ( 47 ) Sparkle Me - Buffseeds (#9)
-- ( 48 ) Life For Rent - Dido (#7)
-- ( 50 ) Mister Mental - Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster (#32)
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Bubblers:
-- ( -- ) Moviestar - Stereophonics
-- ( -- ) She Believes In Me - Ronan Keating
-- ( -- ) Predator - Modey Lemon
-- ( -- ) This Love - LeAnn Rimes
-- ( -- ) Don't Think the Way They Do - Span
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I'm back in London, I am back on course with the chart now, and the chart is swinging again with loads of new hits.

obi have had two NM #2 hits, nobody who enters has had a #1 except John Squire who had a couple with the Stone Roses, and Mike Peters of the Poppy Fields, who topped the chart late in 1989 as part of the Alarm. Damien Rice's last single also peaked at #2 and the Strokes peaked there back in 2001.

Emma surprisingly falls a place this week after making a fairly big climb last week - her big climb was helped by there being a lot of old singles falling. I don't think she will plunge down very quickly - she may manage to reclimb or at least hang around the #20 position for another week.

Next week sees more big names with releases (well big names on the NM chart anyway): Keane are following up a 5-week #1 and Belle & Sebastian are on a hat-trick. Two bands with very silly names, Death Cab For Cutie and Dogs Die In Hot Cars have both reached the NM top 3 before and have singles out. Alex Parks also reached #3 with her last single. (Busted's best NM placing is #14). There's also a little novelty song by Cinnamon called "Cakes And Pies".

Of the newcomers this week, no big ballads (sorry Ronan, you missed out), and not really any "pop" representation. There is a dance single which has entered fairly high - Dave Clarke - this sort of thing is unusual in the NM chart. In some ways a bit like what was making the chart around 5 years ago.

[Admin]

Ronan bubbling
Von Bondies should be WAY higher!

[thedartist]

Good to see Take me Out Still there

[Melian]

Earl said:

7 ( 17 ) Plastic Lions - Eberg < DEBUT >

12 ( 27 ) Real - Plumb < DEBUT >


eh?

[Earl Purple]

ah, nice to see I finally got some replies.

More of those in my chart are now reaching the UK top 40, and a lot more that don't at least reach the top 75.

Still there are a few that you lot haven't heard of.

[Melian]

Earl said:

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Still there are a few that you lot haven't heard of.

That's very true for me, and it does seems that, I can only hear the songs in your chart Neil, if I ask you to send them over to me via MSN.

[Star]

Star's Favs!

6 ( 5 ) Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand (#5)
9 ( 6 ) The Voice Within - Christina Aguilera (#6)
20 ( 19 ) I'll Be There - Emma Bunton (#19)

28 ( 9 ) My Immortal - Evanescence (#1[3])
30 ( 32 ) G-d Is A DJ - Pink

-- ( 26 ) Shut Up - Black Eyed Peas (#5)
-- ( 30 ) Everybody Cries - Liberty X (#27)
-- ( 34 ) Changes - Ozzy & Kelly Osbourne (#6)
-- ( 44 ) Animal - REM (#18)
-- ( 45 ) Closest Thing To Crazy - Katie Melua (#8)
-- ( 48 ) Life For Rent - Dido (#7)



I'm surprised to see Pink there! I didn't think that would be your thing for some reason
I still think "Everybody Cries" is one of Liberty X's weaker songs, it has grown on me a little though.

[Earl Purple]

Thanks for the replies! I'm about to post the new one though.

I didn't like Pink at first and she didn't reach my chart until "Don't Let Me Get Me". She hasn't yet managed a top 10 hit.