* NM Top 75 singles, 25 December 2004 * XmasChart

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) So What Could I Do / Trouble Is - Cranebuilders < 4th week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Interstate 5 - Wedding Present
3 ( 3 ) Paint The Moon - Czars
4 ( 4 ) Ashes - Embrace
5 ( 5 ) A Pattern / Tape 23 - Fans Of Kate
6 ( 13 ) I Believe In You - Kylie Minogue
7 ( 9 ) Irish Son - Brian McFadden
8 ( 6 ) Akira The Don's First EP - Akira The Don (#1[5])
9 ( 15 ) Ring Out Solstice Bells - Ian Anderson & Jethro Tull
10 ( 14 ) Boulevard Of Broken Dreams - Green Day

11 ( 11 ) Right To Be Wrong - Joss Stone
12 ( 12 ) Party For Two - Shania Twain ft Mark McGrath
13 ( 7 ) This Is The Last Time [RE] - Keane (#7 - #1[5] in 2003)
14 ( 8 ) If There's Any Justice In The World - Lemar (#8)
15 ( 10 ) Contrary Mary - Thee Unstrung (#10)
16 ( 31 ) I Have Forgiven Jesus - Morrissey
17 ( 26 ) Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid 20
18 ( 25 ) She Wants To Be Me - Busted
19 ( 18 ) Room On The 3rd Floor - McFly (#18)
20 ( 21 ) Could Well Be In - Streets

21 ( 32 ) Mexico - Mundy
22 ( 30 ) Persimmon Tree - Midnight Movies
23 ( 22 ) Two Thousand Places - Polyphonic Spree (#22)
24 ( 40 ) Almost Blue / Alfie - Alison Moyet
25 ( 36 ) Sunday Morning - Maroon 5
26 ( 43 ) Renegade Cavalcade - Ash
27 ( 16 ) Lua - Bright Eyes (#16)
28 ( 23 ) Lost In A Melody / Wanderlust - Delays (#23)
29 ( 45 ) Misunderstood - Robbie Williams
30 ( 38 ) Angels From The Ashes - Blair Douglas

31 ( 35 ) Killamangiro - Baby Shambles
32 ( 19 ) Dreaming - I Dream ft Frankie & Calvin (#19)
33 ( 46 ) Confusion - Zutons
34 ( 72 ) Leave It All Behind - Features
35 ( 51 ) The Blower's Daughter - Damien Rice
36 ( -- ) Give U One 4 Christmas - Hot Pantz < DEBUT >
37 ( 52 ) Good Vibrations - Brian Wilson
38 ( 28 ) Not For All The Love In The World - Thrills (#28)
39 ( 74 ) Let Me Move On - Gene
40 ( 33 ) Xmas Bloody Xmas - TV Smith (#33)

41 ( -- ) Warm Night - Concretes
42 ( 56 ) Radio - Ludes
43 ( 44 ) Rip It Up [RI] - Razorlight
44 ( 17 ) My Declaration [RE] - Tom Baxter (#6)
45 ( 60 ) Love Life - Performance
46 ( 20 ) Massive Crush - Barbs (#12)
47 ( -- ) Misfit - Elefant < DEBUT >
48 ( 66 ) Unwritten - Natasha Bedingfield
49 ( 37 ) Unconditional - Bravery (#37)
50 ( -- ) I Cannot Give You My Love - Cliff Richard

51 ( 47 ) This Old Skin - Beautiful South (#47)
52 ( 41 ) 50 Grand For Christmas - Paul Holt (#41)
53 ( 70 ) Wonderful Night - Fatboy Slim
54 ( 49 ) Get On Your Life - Black Velvets (#49)
55 ( -- ) She's The Blade - Sugarcult
56 ( -- ) Sacred Heart - Cass McCombs < DEBUT >
57 ( 24 ) Hotride - Prodigy (#18)
58 ( 63 ) Falling Like Stars / Christmas Song - Bird
59 ( -- ) Burning Up - Beach < DEBUT >
60 ( 57 ) Ladyflash - Go! Team (#57)

61 ( 27 ) Born In The 70s - Ed Harcourt (#14)
62 ( 34 ) Take It Easy (Love Machine) - Bright Eyes (#25)
63 ( 29 ) Kiss On The Lips - Dualers (#2[1])
64 ( -- ) No More Tears - Sandra McCracken
65 ( -- ) Modern Art / My Little Brother - Art Brut
66 ( -- ) Give It All Away - Natasha Sohl < DEBUT >
67 ( -- ) Long Night - Corrs
68 ( 48 ) Hard Hand To Hold - Willy Mason (#34)
69 ( 54 ) What Ya Crying For - Landaus (#53)
70 ( -- ) Million Pound Note - Trash Money < DEBUT >
71 ( 59 ) Breathless / There She Goes My Beautiful World - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (#42)
72 ( 67 ) Turn The Radio Up - Loose Salute (#48)
73 ( 68 ) London Bridge / End Of An Era - Dogs (#55)
74 ( 61 ) Change Your Tune - Great Northwestern Hoboes (#46)
75 ( -- ) Retreat! Retreat! - 65 Days Of Static < DEBUT >
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-- ( 39 ) Mary - Scissor Sisters (#3)
-- ( 42 ) I Believe In The Good Of Life - Hidden Cameras (#8)
-- ( 50 ) Never Enough [re] - Open (#16)
-- ( 53 ) Nothing Wrong With You - Finn Brothers (#40)
-- ( 55 ) Psycho Killer - Rico (#34)
-- ( 58 ) Happy People - R Kelly (#13)
-- ( 62 ) Ocean Breathes Salty - Modest Mouse (#52)
-- ( 64 ) Vertigo - U2 (#39)
-- ( 65 ) Here Am I - Mercedes (#9)
-- ( 69 ) Welcome To My Truth - Anastacia (#57)
-- ( 71 ) Walkie Talkie Man - Steriogram (#29)
-- ( 73 ) Francesca - Special Needs (#7)
-- ( 75 ) Amerika - Rammstein (#4)
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-- ( -- ) Soda Pop - Bo Selecta
-- ( -- ) Lesbia / Hallelujah / Somewhere Up Ahead - Lucky Jim
-- ( -- ) Father And Son - Ronan Keating ft Yusuf
-- ( -- ) Bridge & Tunnel - Fever
-- ( -- ) Molly's Disco / Shellshock - Headland
-- ( -- ) New Kind Of Medicine - Sheila Ferguson
-- ( -- ) Ewan - Radio Dept
-- ( -- ) Always - Blink 182
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For a Christmas chart, we have 13 new entries, most of them indie/rock orientated, so you wouldn't know that I am actually clearing the backlog. Actually the chart was a bit contrived so that those released on 6 December would have priority for entry, as they will be ineligible for the next chart. The bubblers will effectively make up all the potential entries for the next chart, and after that there'll be a bit of new material about.

Although there is action near the bottom with all those new entries, the top 5 is static, the top 3 has been unchanged in 4 weeks - yes it's a very strong top 3, but really we could do with a change. Kylie is emerging as the strongest immediate challenger, Joss Stone remaining static this week, Green Day making only a small climb, and with Jethro Tull being a seasonal offering unlikely to be able to maintain its momentum after the break. However, behind and waiting in the wings Morrissey and Robbie are climbing nicely and could throw up a challenge to the top.

[TheThorne]

new entries

36 ( -- ) Give U One 4 Christmas - Hot Pantz < DEBUT >

terrible

41 ( -- ) Warm Night - Concretes


just charted it 2 as u coz its a quiet week

47 ( -- ) Misfit - Elefant < DEBUT >

not heard

50 ( -- ) I Cannot Give You My Love - Cliff Richard

not even crap enuff to be cheesy


55 ( -- ) She's The Blade - Sugarcult

great song, late charter for me 2

56 ( -- ) Sacred Heart - Cass McCombs < DEBUT >

want 2 hear this

59 ( -- ) Burning Up - Beach < DEBUT >

aint heard

64 ( -- ) No More Tears - Sandra McCracken

aint heard

65 ( -- ) Modern Art / My Little Brother - Art Brut

its ok not a patch on 'Formed a Band' tho

66 ( -- ) Give It All Away - Natasha Sohl < DEBUT >

aint heard

67 ( -- ) Long Night - Corrs

weak for them

70 ( -- ) Million Pound Note - Trash Money < DEBUT >


aint heard

75 ( -- ) Retreat! Retreat! - 65 Days Of Static < DEBUT >

amazing your best new entry is the lowest, all that distortion bit 2 much maybe hehe

[Earl Purple]

Hot Pantz are unlikely to climb from their entry position. Cliff probably won't do that well after the new year either. His song is written by Barry Gibb, who also sings along in the chorus.

All of the new entries are songs that missed the chart in one of the last 2 weeks, most of them did so for 2 weeks in a row, which until a couple of weeks ago would have had them chopped off the bubblers list altogether. There are some exceptions to that - the Concretes for example missed the chart only one week.

You won't get much chance to hear the songs on REP this week, as I'll be switching over to Chart of the Year, but next week you'll probably get to hear some of the "don't knows" and you could try finding them.

[Sofie]

Excellent Top 10

Would be nice for Polyphonic Spreee to climb - any chance of this happening?

Caught the start of the chart last night, quite like the songs that are in the lower positions, would be nice to see some of them climb though.

[dandyhighwayman]

Hot Pantz?!!!!!

Why oh why oh why oh why?

[Sofie]

DandyHighwayman said:

Hot Pantz?!!!!!

Why oh why oh why oh why?

Take it's really that bad then?

I haven't heard it yet...

[Earl Purple]

DandyHighwayman said:

Hot Pantz?!!!!!

Why oh why oh why oh why?

what is known as "Christmas spirit" maybe?