* NM Top 75 singles, 8 January 2005 *

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 2 ) I Believe In You - Kylie Minogue < 1st #1 hit >
2 ( 5 ) I Have Forgiven Jesus - Morrissey
3 ( 1 ) So What Could I Do / Trouble Is - Cranebuilders ( #1[5])
4 ( 4 ) Boulevard Of Broken Dreams - Green Day
5 ( 3 ) Interstate 5 - Wedding Present (#2[5])
6 ( 11 ) Mexico - Mundy
7 ( 10 ) Right To Be Wrong - Joss Stone
8 ( 15 ) Renegade Cavalcade - Ash
9 ( 13 ) She Wants To Be Me - Busted
10 ( 18 ) Misunderstood - Robbie Williams

11 ( 14 ) Almost Blue / Alfie - Alison Moyet
12 ( 27 ) Sacred Heart - Cass McCombs
13 ( 16 ) Persimmon Tree - Midnight Movies
14 ( 23 ) Warm Night - Concretes
15 ( 21 ) Leave It All Behind - Features
16 ( 25 ) Misfit - Elefant
17 ( 19 ) Sunday Morning - Maroon 5
18 ( 8 ) Irish Son - Brian McFadden (#7)
19 ( 6 ) Paint The Moon - Czars (#3)
20 ( 7 ) Ashes - Embrace (#4)

21 ( 26 ) Let Me Move On - Gene
22 ( 9 ) A Pattern / Tape 23 - Fans Of Kate (#5)
23 ( 31 ) She's The Blade - Sugarcult
24 ( 41 ) Give It All Away - Natasha Sohl
25 ( 37 ) Love Life - Performance
26 ( 40 ) Burning Up - Beach
27 ( 62 ) New Kind Of Medicine - Sheila Ferguson
28 ( 43 ) No More Tears - Sandra McCracken
29 ( 53 ) This Old Skin - Beautiful South
30 ( 35 ) Radio - Ludes

31 ( 52 ) Million Pound Note - Trash Money
32 ( 12 ) Ring Out Solstice Bells - Ian Anderson & Jethro Tull (#9)
33 ( 60 ) Lesbia / Hallelujah / Somewhere Up Ahead - Lucky Jim
34 ( 57 ) Retreat! Retreat! - 65 Days Of Static
35 ( 20 ) Party For Two - Shania Twain ft Mark McGrath (#12)
36 ( 64 ) Always - Blink 182
37 ( 22 ) Room On The 3rd Floor - McFly (#18)
38 ( -- ) Filthy / Gorgeous - Scissor Sisters
39 ( 29 ) Angels From The Ashes - Blair Douglas (#29)
40 ( 66 ) Molly's Disco / Shellshock - Headland

41 ( 32 ) Confusion - Zutons
42 ( 71 ) Ewan - Radio Dept
43 ( 34 ) The Blower's Daughter - Damien Rice (#34)
44 ( 17 ) Akira The Don's First EP - Akira The Don (#1[5])
45 ( -- ) Jailhouse Rock

 - Elvis Presley 
46 ( 63 ) Soda Pop - Bo Selecta 
47 ( 56 ) Long Night - Corrs 
48 ( 51 ) Unconditional - Bravery (#37)
49 ( 38 ) Killamangiro - Baby Shambles (#31)
50 ( 44 ) Unwritten - Natasha Bedingfield (#44)

51 ( 47 ) I Cannot Give You My Love - Cliff Richard (#47)
52 ( 50 ) Rip It Up [RI] - Razorlight (#43)
53 ( -- ) Evil - Interpol < DEBUT >
54 ( 48 ) Wonderful Night - Fatboy Slim (#48)
55 ( 49 ) Modern Art / My Little Brother - Art Brut (#49)
56 ( 24 ) Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid 20 #17)
57 ( 69 ) Father And Son - Ronan Keating ft Yusuf 
58 ( -- ) All Shook Up 
 - Elvis Presley 
59 ( 28 ) This Is The Last Time [RE] - Keane (#7 - #1[5] in 2003)
60 ( 30 ) If There's Any Justice In The World - Lemar (#8)

61 ( -- ) The Number Of The Beast [RI] - Iron Maiden 
62 ( 39 ) Two Thousand Places - Polyphonic Spree (#22)
63 ( 72 ) Rumours Of Rain - Folk For Peace 
64 ( 54 ) Falling Like Stars - Bird (#54)
65 ( 33 ) Contrary Mary - Thee Unstrung (#10)
66 ( 36 ) Could Well Be In - Streets (#20)
67 ( -- ) Cutt Off - Kasabian 
68 ( 45 ) Good Vibrations - Brian Wilson (#37)
69 ( 42 ) Lost In A Melody / Wanderlust - Delays (#23)
70 ( 74 ) Demonseed - 69 Corp 
71 ( -- ) You'll Never Guess Who Died - Kinison < DEBUT >
72 ( 46 ) Lua - Bright Eyes (#16)
73 ( -- ) Breathe - Erasure 
74 ( -- ) TKO - Le Tigre < DEBUT >
75 ( 55 ) Get On Your Life - Black Velvets (#49)
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-- ( 58 ) Give U One 4 Christmas - Hot Pantz (#36)
-- ( 59 ) Dreaming - I Dream ft Frankie & Calvin (#19)
-- ( 61 ) Not For All The Love In The World - Thrills (#28)
-- ( 65 ) Ladyflash - Go! Team (#57)
-- ( 67 ) Xmas Bloody Xmas - TV Smith (#33)
-- ( 68 ) My Declaration [RE] - Tom Baxter (#6)
-- ( 70 ) Massive Crush - Barbs (#12)
-- ( 73 ) 50 Grand For Christmas - Paul Holt (#41)
-- ( 75 ) Hotride - Prodigy (#18)
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-- ( -- ) Sad And Lonely - Secret Machines 
-- ( -- ) The Key The Secret 2005 [RI] - Urban Cookie Collective 
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She had her first hit in August 1988. She was name-checked in two NM #1 hits in 2003, but finally gets to be #1 after 16 years and 5 months. Now according to my reckoning that puts her behind Ozzy Osbourne and Sparks but ahead of everyone else. Ozzy Osbourne's was comeback after a long absence, and Sparks also cameback after an absence and reworked an old classic. Kylie required (in my calculations) 20 chart hits (and numerous flops) to get to the top.

It was by no means a certainty - this week Morrissey made a very strong challenge and I think next week it will be just too strong and so Kylie will probably be limited to just one week on top. Still "I Believe In You" becomes her 6th single to go higher in the NM chart than it did in the UK, the others being "What Do I Have To Do", "Shocked", "Where The Wild Roses Grow" (with Nick Cave), "Put Yourself In My Place" and "Some Kind Of Bliss".

At this time of year when I'm short of new material to chart, often whatever is available gets in the chart. Ofte I will be biased against re-issues but for now Elvis is going to be filling in the gaps and the chart could soon be swarming with Elvis hits. Actually "All Shook Up" and "Jailhouse Rock" were both eligible for the NM chart in September 1977 when they were in the UK top 50, so perhaps they should have the [RI] tag, although "One Night" (due this week) has never been chart-eligible before. The singles were originally credited to Elvis Presley with the Jordanaires, they being his backing group who I think included Lieber and Stoller who wrote "Jailhouse Rock". They also wrote "Hound Dog", "Don't" and "King Creole" but not his other hits. The re-issue bias will work against him though in that these won't be major hits, just like "Good Vibrations" failed to set the chart alight although it's obviously a classic.

[Sofie]

Excellent new entries.

Your #1 is good as well. I think I might chart this one as well either this week or next week.