* NM Top 60 singles, 14 August 2004 *

[Earl Purple]

Ok, this isn't posted a couple of days early but 5 days late. Hopefully the next chart will be compiled in a few days (Either Friday or Sunday) and I'll have caught up, with the one following that on Thursday again.

1 ( 1 ) First Of The Gang To Die - Morrissey < 4th week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Year Of The Rat - Badly Drawn Boy
3 ( 5 ) Dry Your Eyes - Streets
4 ( 3 ) Remember Me - Zutons (#3)
5 ( 8 ) Public Enemy No 1 - Hypo Psycho
6 ( 16 ) Hold Me Now - Polyphonic Spree
7 ( 11 ) The Catscratch Crown - Morgan Le Fay
8 ( 4 ) Superhorny - David Wrench (#4)
9 ( 15 ) Crawling Up A Hill - Katie Melua
10 ( 14 ) Out Is Through - Alanis Morissette

11 ( 6 ) Road To Paradise - Shane MacGowan & Kick Horns (#6)
12 ( 7 ) Eve The Apple Of My Eye - Bell X1 (#1[4])
13 ( 23 ) Fighting In A Sack - Shins
14 ( 26 ) Keep It Clean - Camera Obscura
15 ( 18 ) One Evening - Feist
16 ( 9 ) The Rules - Ben Kweller (#8)
17 ( 31 ) July - Mundy
18 ( 19 ) Float On - Modest Mouse
19 ( 10 ) Your Cover's Blown / Wrapped Up In Books - Belle And Sebastian (#2[2])
20 ( 35 ) Try Again Today - Charlatans

21 ( 36 ) Decent Days And Nights - Futureheads
22 ( 21 ) Everytime - Britney Spears (#21)
23 ( 12 ) You're Lovely To Me - Lucky Jim (#12)
24 ( 38 ) I Don't Know What It Is - Rufus Wainwright
25 ( 29 ) Hello The End - Alex Lloyd
26 ( 43 ) Light In Her Window - Golden Virgins
27 ( 24 ) Never Felt Like This - Shaznay Lewis (#22)
28 ( 44 ) Peace Sex & Tea - Tat
29 ( 48 ) You Are The Generation That Bought More Shoes And You Get What You Deserve - Johnny Boy
30 ( 39 ) Maybe I'm A Winner - Grand Drive

31 ( 13 ) That's All Right [OLD] - Elvis Presley (#9)
32 ( 40 ) Nowhere Again - Secret Machines
33 ( 27 ) Accidentally In Love - Counting Crows (#27)
34 ( 47 ) Thunderbirds Are Go / 3am - Busted
35 ( 50 ) Spectacular - Graham Coxon
36 ( 51 ) I Wish I Was You - New Rhodes
37 ( 37 ) This Boy - Tom Baxter
38 ( 53 ) If You See Kay / Extreme - Naked Apes
39 ( 52 ) Another One Down - Candidate
40 ( 17 ) Friday's Child - Will Young (#12)

41 ( 55 ) We Are - Ana Johnsson
42 ( 56 ) The Ugly And The Beautiful - Real Tuesday Weld
43 ( 54 ) Just Like Bruce Lee - Kill City
44 ( 45 ) The End Of The World - Cure
45 ( 58 ) Ten Years Time - Gabrielle
46 ( -- ) One For Sorrow Two For Joy - Innocence Mission < DEBUT >
47 ( 46 ) California - Lenny Kravitz (#44)
48 ( 20 ) Pink GR Ease - Pink Grease (#3)
49 ( 32 ) Satellite Of Love - Lou Reed (#32)
50 ( 22 ) You Can't Hurry Love - Concretes (#6)

51 ( -- ) Can't Stand Me Now - Libertines
52 ( 28 ) How 'Bout I Love You More - Mull Historical Society (#26)
53 ( -- ) Los Angeles Is Burning - Bad Religion < DEBUT >
54 ( -- ) Cry - Kealer < DEBUT >
55 ( -- ) Summer - Charlotte Hatherley < SOLO DEBUT >
56 ( -- ) My Happy Ending - Avril Lavigne
57 ( -- ) Sink 'N' Swim - Plumb
58 ( -- ) Barefoot In The Head [RI] - A Man Called Adam < DEBUT >
59 ( 25 ) Down To The Sea - Tim Booth (#13)
60 ( -- ) LSF - Lost Souls Forever - Kasabian < DEBUT >
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-- ( 30 ) Woo Hoo - 5678s (#20)
-- ( 33 ) Walk Idiot Walk - Hives (#23)
-- ( 34 ) Absent Friends - Divine Comedy (#6)
-- ( 41 ) Starting Five - Dios (#40)
-- ( 42 ) I'm Shakin' - Rooney (#12)
-- ( 49 ) Spitting Games - Snow Patrol (#36)
-- ( 57 ) Don't Hurt Yourself - Marillion (#54)
-- ( 59 ) Starcrossed - Ash (#58)
-- ( 60 ) I Love You Cause I Have To [RE] - Dogs Die In Hot Cars (#17- #3 in 2003)
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-- ( -- ) Last Goodbye - Sandra McCracken
-- ( -- ) Hip To Hip - V
-- ( -- ) Clean & Neat - Cathy Davey
-- ( -- ) Rocket Ride - Felix Da Housecat
-- ( -- ) Glitter And Trauma - Biffy Clyro
-- ( -- ) Where I Belong - Sia
-- ( -- ) Alpha Beta Gaga - Air
-- ( -- ) Guilty - Rasmus
-- ( -- ) Cherry Tree - Grand National
-- ( -- ) Won't Give In - Finn Brothers
-- ( -- ) Sick And Tired - Anastacia
-- ( -- ) Painted Pony - Acoustic Love Experience

[Sofie]

1 ( 1 ) First Of The Gang To Die - Morrissey < 4th week at #1 > - good song, once reached the bubblers in my chart, but never made the chart. Maybe next week he will
2 ( 2 ) Year Of The Rat - Badly Drawn Boy - ncie song, the bit near the end is rather weird, imo
3 ( 5 ) Dry Your Eyes - Streets - one of the worst and most depressing songs ever
4 ( 3 ) Remember Me - Zutons (#3) - good song, entered my chart last week, but was quite low
5 ( 8 ) Public Enemy No 1 - Hypo Psycho - good song, surprising really, because I don't like Ska-Rock
6 ( 16 ) Hold Me Now - Polyphonic Spree - this one is better than 'Light and day'
7 ( 11 ) The Catscratch Crown - Morgan Le Fay - nie to see this one quite high
8 ( 4 ) Superhorny - David Wrench (#4) - pity to see this one fall
9 ( 15 ) Crawling Up A Hill - Katie Melua - not too sure about this
10 ( 14 ) Out Is Through - Alanis Morissette - see above

11 ( 6 ) Road To Paradise - Shane MacGowan & Kick Horns (#6) - like this one
12 ( 7 ) Eve The Apple Of My Eye - Bell X1 (#1[4]) - bored of this, but it's still good
13 ( 23 ) Fighting In A Sack - Shins - not sure yet
14 ( 26 ) Keep It Clean - Camera Obscura - like this one, which is surprsing, because I don't really like female vocalists
15 ( 18 ) One Evening - Feist - see above
16 ( 9 ) The Rules - Ben Kweller (#8) - @ this one falling
18 ( 19 ) Float On - Modest Mouse - excellent song
19 ( 10 ) Your Cover's Blown / Wrapped Up In Books - Belle And Sebastian (#2[2]) - That 'Covers (version' version of YCB is quite good
20 ( 35 ) Try Again Today - Charlatans - not sure yet

22 ( 21 ) Everytime - Britney Spears (#21) - like this one
23 ( 12 ) You're Lovely To Me - Lucky Jim (#12) - s'ok I guess
24 ( 38 ) I Don't Know What It Is - Rufus Wainwright - like this one
25 ( 29 ) Hello The End - Alex Lloyd - not sure yet
27 ( 24 ) Never Felt Like This - Shaznay Lewis (#22) - quite like this one
28 ( 44 ) Peace Sex & Tea - Tat - not sure yet
30 ( 39 ) Maybe I'm A Winner - Grand Drive - quite like this one

31 ( 13 ) That's All Right - Elvis Presley [OLD] (#9) - like this one
34 ( 47 ) Thunderbirds Are Go / 3am - Busted - *hopes this'll drop out of the Top 40 soon*
38 ( 53 ) If You See Kay / Extreme - Naked Apes - both sides of this are good
40 ( 17 ) Friday's Child - Will Young (#12) - this is one of the few decent songs he's done

42 ( 56 ) The Ugly And The Beautiful - Real Tuesday Weld - good song
44 ( 45 ) The End Of The World - Cure - quite like this one
45 ( 58 ) Ten Years Time - Gabrielle - like this one
47 ( 46 ) California - Lenny Kravitz (#44) ok, I guess
48 ( 20 ) Pink GR Ease - Pink Grease (#3) - bored of this one
49 ( 32 ) Satellite Of Love - Lou Reed (#32) - good song
50 ( 22 ) You Can't Hurry Love - Concretes (#6) - like this one, but not enough for it to enter my chart

51 ( -- ) Can't Stand Me Now - Libertines - good song, would be nice for it to be higher though
52 ( 28 ) How 'Bout I Love You More - Mull Historical Society (#26) - see above
53 ( -- ) Los Angeles Is Burning - Bad Religion < DEBUT >- like this one
54 ( -- ) Cry - Kealer < DEBUT > - heard this a few times yesterday, quite like it
55 ( -- ) Summer - Charlotte Hatherley < SOLO DEBUT > - good song
56 ( -- ) My Happy Ending - Avril Lavigne - not sure about this
57 ( -- ) Sink 'N' Swim - Plumb - not sure yet
58 ( -- ) Barefoot In The Head - A Man Called Adam < DEBUT > - like this one
60 ( -- ) LSF - Lost Souls Forever - Kasabian < DEBUT > - good song, hope to see it vlimb next week

[Earl Purple]

Didn't seem to take long for Morrissey to accumulate 4 weeks. Pressure from the Streets who could still reach #1 and Polyphonic Spree. Nothing likely to challenge from the new releases, not even Keane, though one of them might grow on me, particularly Aberfeldy who are due to chart with "Heliopolis At Night" and Hey Negrita with "Motorboat" in the next chart, which was due today but will probably be compiled tomorrow or Sunday after which we'll be back to normal.

Innocence Mission have been around a number of years and Amazon has an album of theirs from 1989 and HMV from 1992. This does appear to be their first ever single though. The term "One For Sorrow Two For Joy" for me dates back to the ITV children's programme which I didn't usually watch. It was broadcast on Tuesdays and Fridays and appeared to be the ITV equivalent of the far superior Blue Peter which was broadcast on Mondays and Thursdays so there was no clash and people could watch both. Tommy Boyd was one of the presenters, and he later presented a radio phone-in show on LBC which I did used to listen to every week in 1982 - so did everyone else I know. Steps also released a single called "One For Sorrow" in 1998, of course (this single sounds nothing like that one!). I think the phrase possibly dates back further than Magpie though.

Kasabian had the 3rd bubbler with "Club Foot" on the same week Peter Doherty's "Babyshambles" was the 2nd bubbler but neither charted. This week they both succeed where they failed last time around, and get in the chart. Peter Doherty is no longer with the Libertines but does perform on this single. Kasabian entering puts more of a dance-feel in the chart, as A Man Called Adam's single from 1990 got a re-release (it wasn't an NM hit back then, and didn't reach the UK top 40 either) and perhaps surprisingly also enters - but then the dance music was so much better back then.

Also unusual is to see a cover version in the chart. Kealer's "Cry" is a cover of Godley & Creme's single from 1985, which only got to UK #19 but spent ages in the chart. Surprisingly it didn't reach the NM chart.

Of the others, Avril Lavigne and Plumb get back in the chart, Plumb had a hit "Real" earlier this year. That's two more female singers - a lot this week, with Charlotte Hatherley making her solo debut. She used to be in Ash and once appeared on stage with the Clint Boon Experience.

We also have female-vocal hits from Katie Melua and Alanis enter the top 10 and Camera Obscura and Feist are making progress. But last week the entire top 13 were male vocalists, and the top 8 are this week. (That's lead vocalists - the Polyphonic Spree do include female vocalists in the choir but the lead vocal is male).
The most female-dominated chart ever was 16 years ago this week, chart of 13 August 1988, when the entire top 8 were female lead-vocalists.