* NM Top 60 singles, 13 March 2004 *

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) I'm A Cuckoo - Belle & Sebastian < 3rd week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Somewhere Only We Know - Keane
3 ( 4 ) Sit Up - Riley
4 ( 3 ) Creatures - obi (#3)
5 ( 20 ) So Says I - Shins
6 ( 7 ) Man Bites Man - Dogs Die In Hot Cars
7 ( 5 ) Change My Mind - Blueskins (#5)
8 ( 9 ) The New Year - Death Cab For Cutie
9 ( 18 ) Tropical Ice-Land - Fiery Furnaces
10 ( 11 ) Cakes And Pies - Cinnamon

11 ( 29 ) I Miss You - Blink 182
12 ( 6 ) Plastic Lions - Eberg (#4)
13 ( 34 ) Thru The Glass - Thirteen Senses
14 ( 14 ) Followed The Waves - Auf Der Mar
15 ( 12 ) Maybe Someday - Ordinary Boys (#12)
16 ( 15 ) Mysterious Girl [RE] - Peter Andre ft Bubbler Rank (#5 in 1996)
17 ( 21 ) No Need - Alfie
18 ( 24 ) Lola Stars And Stripes - Stills
19 ( 10 ) Real - Plumb (#8)
20 ( 37 ) Amazing - George Michael

21 ( 27 ) Bigger Than My Body - John Mayer
22 ( 23 ) The Recluse - Cursive
23 ( 8 ) Til The Day - Easyworld (#1[3])
24 ( 38 ) You Were Always The One - Cribs
25 ( 30 ) Foodchain - 10000 Things
26 ( 16 ) For Your Love - Ram (#16)
27 ( -- ) Get Some Sleep - Bic Runga < DEBUT >
28 ( 33 ) California Waiting - Kings Of Leon
29 ( 49 ) Rocket Brothers - Kashmir
30 ( 42 ) Home - Zero 7

31 ( -- ) Come Back (Light Therapy) - Josh Rouse
32 ( 47 ) My Girlfriend's Boyfriend - Her Space Holiday
33 ( 43 ) Saffron - Eastern Lane
34 ( 48 ) The Same Way - Lowgold
35 ( 13 ) Run - Snow Patrol (#2[3])
36 ( -- ) These Are The Days - Jamie Cullum < DEBUT >
37 ( 50 ) Black Cherry - Goldfrapp
38 ( -- ) Red Blooded Woman - Kylie Minogue
39 ( -- ) Startin To Feel - Engine < DEBUT >
40 ( 46 ) Cold Cold Heart - Woodstar

41 ( -- ) My Coco - Stellastarr
42 ( -- ) Close My Eyes - Open
43 ( 39 ) Not A Job - Elbow (#39)
44 ( -- ) Four To The Floor - Starsailor
45 ( -- ) Stacy's Mom - Fountains Of Wayne
46 ( 35 ) Lie In The Sound - Trespassers William (#35)
47 ( 17 ) Spinning - Clarkesville (#12)
48 ( -- ) Your Love Goes On - Hothouse Flowers
49 ( -- ) Not In Love - Enrique Iglesias ft Kelis
50 ( -- ) Toxic - Britney Spears

51 ( -- ) Knock Me Down - My Red Cell < DEBUT >
52 ( -- ) Fantastic - Mellow < DEBUT >
53 ( -- ) Televators - Mars Volta < DEBUT >
54 ( 19 ) The Wild Son - Veils (#13)
55 ( -- ) Just For You - Lionel Richie
56 ( -- ) Look What You've Done - Jet
57 ( 40 ) Cry - Alex Parks (#40)
58 ( 31 ) Suburban Rock N Roll - Space (#31)
59 ( -- ) This Is What We Do - Crackout
60 ( -- ) Broken Mouth Blues - Nic Armstrong < DEBUT >
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-- ( 22 ) What Was Her Name - Dave Clarke (#18)
-- ( 25 ) School Of Rock - School Of Rock (#20)
-- ( 26 ) Hit That - Offspring (#4)
-- ( 28 ) Long Time Coming - Delays (#5)
-- ( 32 ) Here She Comes Again - Stands (#28)
-- ( 36 ) Don't Bring Me Down - Sia (#24)
-- ( 41 ) 45 rpm - Poppy Fields (#33)
-- ( 44 ) Moviestar - Stereophonics (#43)
-- ( 45 ) Beautiful - Fun Lovin' Criminals (#36)
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-- ( -- ) English Summer Rain - Placebo
-- ( -- ) Fallen - Sarah McLachlan
-- ( -- ) Catch Me Up - Gomez
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Nice to not have to change my login name anymore just because I change the size of the chart.

Most of the chart increases have happened in March (or the end of February).

[frag]

Yay, we have the same #1

Nice to see Stellastarr in there... it's just climbed into my top 5. Hopefully it can rise to a decent position in your chart too...

Three questions:
Why the change from a top 50 to a top 60?
Do you think you'll eventually reach a top 100?
And how long does it take you to compile the chart each week?

[Melian]

I know and like:

2 ( 2 ) Somewhere Only We Know - Keane

17 ( 21 ) No Need - Alfie
18 ( 24 ) Lola Stars And Stripes - Stills

23 ( 8 ) Til The Day - Easyworld (#1[3])
28 ( 33 ) California Waiting - Kings Of Leon

35 ( 13 ) Run - Snow Patrol (#2[3])

I don't know that much, but do like what I've heard so far.
43 ( 39 ) Not A Job - Elbow (#39)

Is the Jet song, better than AYGBMG?

[Star]

2 ( 2 ) Somewhere Only We Know - Keane
11 ( 29 ) I Miss You - Blink 182
16 ( 15 ) Mysterious Girl [RE] - Peter Andre ft Bubbler Rank (#5 in 1996)
20 ( 37 ) Amazing - George Michael

35 ( 13 ) Run - Snow Patrol (#2[3])
36 ( -- ) These Are The Days - Jamie Cullum < DEBUT >
38 ( -- ) Red Blooded Woman - Kylie Minogue
49 ( -- ) Not In Love - Enrique Iglesias ft Kelis
50 ( -- ) Toxic - Britney Spears
57 ( 40 ) Cry - Alex Parks (#40)

I know and like those!

Good to see some POP in there! ;D ;D Kylie, Britney and Enrique are great songs! ;D ;D

[Earl Purple]

ah, nice to see some replies

I increased the chart from a top 50 to a top 60 because there were so many songs trying to get in the chart and they were all good enough to get in.

My playlist has increased in size recently. Maybe singles sales are down but it doesn't seem to stop them being released. I now have a better list of what's out.

Making a bigger chart is easy if you let songs hang around for ages. Actually I think people find it harder to focus on a bigger chart, so maybe I should put more emphasis on the top 30 or top 40 and then list the others as "the rest".

My shortlist size is normally 21 new songs (total 71) and this week increased by only one to 22, so the chart didn't take much longer than normal, although this week I split it over doing the new releases on the Friday and the ones already in the chart on Saturday night.

I reckon it takes about 30 minutes to compile my chart, maybe a bit less or a bit more.

What takes a lot longer is ripping the CDs and compiling the playlist.

[Earl Purple]

The top 2 both reached the UK top 40, in fact they both reached the top 15.

None of the remainder of my top 10 reached the UK top 40.

Star: many of the other songs in my top 10 are also great pop songs.

[Kane]

I like these :

11 ( 29 ) I Miss You - Blink 182
20 ( 37 ) Amazing - George Michael
21 ( 27 ) Bigger Than My Body - John Mayer
38 ( -- ) Red Blooded Woman - Kylie Minogue
49 ( -- ) Not In Love - Enrique Iglesias ft Kelis
50 ( -- ) Toxic - Britney Spears
55 ( -- ) Just For You - Lionel Richie