* NM Top 75 singles, 12 March 2005 *

[Earl Purple]

Some of you will have seen the top 30 already in the "multi-chart" topic. At least you'll be able to have a look now at what is further down (particularly the new entries).

1 ( 9 ) Tonight Is So Right For Love / Wooden Heart - Elvis Presley < 2nd #1 hit >
2 ( 1 ) I'm From Further North Than You - Wedding Present (#1[5])
3 ( 3 ) Bastardo - Charlotte Hatherley
4 ( 2 ) Emily - Adam Green (#2[2])
5 ( 8 ) You've Given Me Something That I Can't Give Back - New Rhodes
6 ( 6 ) (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame / Little Sister - Elvis Presley
7 ( -- ) I'm Not Okay (I Promise) [RE] - My Chemical Romance
8 ( 4 ) What A Lovely Dance - Hal (#4)
9 ( 22 ) Rock-A-Hula Baby / Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley
10 ( 14 ) Oxygen - Willy Mason

11 ( 15 ) Winter In The Hamptons - Josh Rouse
12 ( 7 ) The Libertine - Patrick Wolf (#7)
13 ( 5 ) Goods (All In Your Head) - Mates Of State (#2[1])
14 ( 12 ) Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own - U2 (#12)
15 ( 19 ) Love Is An Arrow - Aberfeldy
16 ( 17 ) Restless - Alison Krauss & Union Station
17 ( 28 ) Oh My G-d [RE] - Kaiser Chiefs (#11 in 2004)
18 ( 46 ) Dakota - Stereophonics
19 ( 27 ) Closest Thing To Heaven - Tears For Fears
20 ( 10 ) Alive And Amplified - Mooney Suzuki (#10)

21 ( 25 ) Sunrise - Angel City
22 ( 23 ) Surrender - Elvis Presley
23 ( 31 ) Deerhunter - Infrasound
24 ( 41 ) Hounds Of Love - Futureheads
25 ( 33 ) Black Horse & The Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall
26 ( 20 ) Wrap My Words Around You - Daniel Bedingfield (#20)
27 ( 11 ) It's Now Or Never - Elvis Presley (#2[3])
28 ( 18 ) Everyone Says I'm Paranoid / June July - Apartment (#18)
29 ( 13 ) The Journey / Stop Knocking The Walls Down - Amsterdam / Ricky (#6)
30 ( -- ) Krafty - New Order

31 ( 29 ) Hush - LL Cool J ft 7 Aurelius (#29)
32 ( 16 ) Time Is My Everything - Ian Brown (#10)
33 ( 36 ) Miss Dy-na-mi-tee - Ukelele Orchestra Of Great Britain
34 ( -- ) All About You - McFly
35 ( 49 ) Love Steals Us From Loneliness - Idlewild
36 ( 38 ) Bile Chant / Escape From Rubbish Island - Wonder Stuff
37 ( 37 ) Sunny Road - Emiliana Torrini
38 ( 32 ) Lady Lady - Mark Joseph (#32)
39 ( 44 ) Apply Some Pressure - Maximo Park
40 ( 47 ) She's Got A Reason - Dogs

41 ( 42 ) Fake - Frames
42 ( 39 ) Looking As You Are - Embrace (#39)
43 ( 53 ) You Can't Steal My Love - Mando Diao
44 ( 48 ) Loneliness - Ed Harcourt
45 ( 40 ) Run - Stephen Fretwell (#40)
46 ( 21 ) Saints And Sinners - Paddy Casey (#20)
47 ( 56 ) What The Hell - Tokyo Dragons
48 ( 58 ) Shut Up! - Simple Plan
49 ( -- ) Good Luck Charm / Anything That's Part Of Me - Elvis Presley
50 ( 24 ) This Will Be Our Year - Beautiful South (#24)

51 ( 62 ) An Honest Mistake - Bravery
52 ( 35 ) Evil Brother - Narco (#35)
53 ( 67 ) We Will Become Silhouettes - Postal Service
54 ( -- ) Wise Men - James Blunt
55 ( 70 ) Heartbeat - Annie
56 ( 55 ) Love You Too Much - House Of Love (#55)
57 ( 34 ) Goodbye Little Rose - Little Flames (#31)
58 ( 26 ) Strip - Pink Grease (#3)
59 ( 74 ) Trouble - Ray Lamontagne
60 ( 75 ) Electric Blue - REM

61 ( -- ) Hooligans On E - Kill City
62 ( 66 ) Vampire - Juliet Turner
63 ( 30 ) So Here We Are - Bloc Party (#30)
64 ( -- ) Free My Name - Ocean Colour Scene
65 ( -- ) California [RE] - Phantom Planet
66 ( -- ) You Take My Breath Away - Knife < DEBUT >
67 ( -- ) The Day It All Went Wrong - Gisli < DEBUT >
68 ( 60 ) Boss Man You Scare Me - Xavier Floyd Firebird (#60)
69 ( -- ) Stay Where You Are - Ambulance Ltd
70 ( -- ) Do Somethin' - Britney Spears
71 ( 43 ) Filthy / Gorgeous - Scissor Sisters (#5)
72 ( 45 ) In A Funny Way - Mercury Rev (#7)
73 ( -- ) You Can't Escape My Pretty - Nic Armstrong & The Thieves
74 ( 51 ) Coulda Been - Kimberley Locke (#42)
75 ( -- ) Children's Children - Agent Blue < DEBUT >
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-- ( 50 ) Such A Fool - 22-20s (#18)
-- ( 52 ) What Happens Tomorrow - Duran Duran (#23)
-- ( 54 ) Wires - Athlete (#11)
-- ( 57 ) Happy Violentine - Miss Kittin (#55)
-- ( 59 ) Your Place Or Mine - Chocolate Monday (#31)
-- ( 61 ) Cash Machine - Hard-Fi (#20)
-- ( 63 ) (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I / I Need Your Love Tonight - Elvis Presley (#31)
-- ( 64 ) La La - Ashlee Simpson (#24)
-- ( 65 ) Every Sunday Sky - Autumns (#34)
-- ( 68 ) Black And White Town - Doves (#51)
-- ( 69 ) Free Salute - Little Barrie (#26)
-- ( 71 ) Empty Souls - Manic Street Preachers (#9)
-- ( 72 ) (Under Her) Spell - Hugh Cornwell (#39)
-- ( 73 ) I Have Forgiven Jesus - Morrissey (#1[3])
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-- ( -- ) Foolish - Tyler James
-- ( -- ) Daft Punk Is Playing At My House - LCD Soundsystem
-- ( -- ) She's On Fire - Cuban Heels
-- ( -- ) Viva La Difference - Portobella
-- ( -- ) Bring It Back Again - Earlies
-- ( -- ) Lift Me Up - Moby
-- ( -- ) Heading For A Breakdown - Soundtrack Of Our Lives
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Without so many good singles and B-sides, the only thing that seemed to be holding back Elvis from reaching #1 was the bias against re-issues - oh and that the Wedding Present happened to have a single out, which earlier on prevented "It's Now Or Never" from reaching #1.

When the Wedding Present released a single a month in 1992, it was the 7th single, Flying Saucer, which reached #1. With the Elvis releases, it is also the 7th single, with All Shook Up counting as the first, that has topped the chart. That it would be "Wooden Heart" would certainly have surprised me but in fact it's the B-side of Wooden Heart, "Tonight Is So Right For Love", which has driven this single to the top, and I am strongly tempted to remove the credit to "Wooden Heart" altogether. Although he has fewer singles in the chart than he did two weeks ago (this week one dropped out and last week 2 did) he now has a higher presence in the top 10, with 3 of the singles in there. (Last week he just missed, holding the positions 6, 9 and 11).

My Chemical Romance re-enter the chart at #7, one place higher than it peaked last October. Back then it climbed to #8 the same week Akira The Don's Drinking Song climbed from 47 to 7 on the way to #1.

That one and Phantom Planet are both re-entries, and Elvis's Good Luck Charm is of course a re-issue so of the 14 entries, only 11 are actually new singles. (Tony Christie is not due into the chart until next week, i.e. the chart of 19 March).

[TheThorne]

hmmm, ok lets comment on the new entries btw do u still have any listeners with so much Elvis in your chart hehe


7 ( -- ) I'm Not Okay (I Promise) [RE] - My Chemical Romance

Good song I charted it last year as well u know


30 ( -- ) Krafty - New Order

great return and i agree best single since 'Regret'

34 ( -- ) All About You - McFly
49 ( -- ) Good Luck Charm / Anything That's Part Of Me - Elvis Presley

go away both of u

54 ( -- ) Wise Men - James Blunt

Like this although it does sound a wee bit like Daniel Bedingfield.

61 ( -- ) Hooligans On E - Kill City

dont kno wthis

64 ( -- ) Free My Name - Ocean Colour Scene

a bit rubbish

65 ( -- ) California [RE] - Phantom Planet

nice

66 ( -- ) You Take My Breath Away - Knife < DEBUT >
67 ( -- ) The Day It All Went Wrong - Gisli < DEBUT >

dont know these

69 ( -- ) Stay Where You Are - Ambulance Ltd

lovely song

70 ( -- ) Do Somethin' - Britney Spears

dreadful

73 ( -- ) You Can't Escape My Pretty - Nic Armstrong & The Thieves

dont know this

75 ( -- ) Children's Children - Agent Blue < DEBUT >

ok they have done better

[Earl Purple]

Thorney said:

hmmm, ok lets comment on the new entries btw do u still have any listeners with so much Elvis in your chart hehe

I wouldn't say I'd noticed that my listeners are down in number but then I rarely have that many listeners. I don't advertise enough. I usually have 0 or 1 listener at a time - the only time I really got high numbers was when I was doing one of my "specials", particularly the 1986 one (had 5 listeners some of the time and usually at least 3).

7 ( -- ) I'm Not Okay (I Promise) [RE] - My Chemical Romance

Good song I charted it last year as well u know

I think I saw that you charted it twice too, though not as strongly the second time (probably because you have some bias against re-entries). My policies with re-entries varies from time to time - usually they will do well either if I think they underperformed first time around (eg Tom Baxter last year and perhaps this one now) or if there is a big shortage of good new material. (You don't comment on my bubblers, whether you think I should have charted them because they're a lot better than what I did chart, or whether they shouldn't have even made the bubblers list).

34 ( -- ) All About You - McFly
49 ( -- ) Good Luck Charm / Anything That's Part Of Me - Elvis Presley

go away both of u

McFly is the sort of pop I like and have always liked, and wished there was more of - pop but the band writes their songs and plays their instruments. And their songs are good (Busted were ok some of the time and their best song was the one that wasn't even eligible for the UK chart). I'd rather have "All About You" than another dull cover (notice no credit for You've Got A Friend).

Elvis might start to struggle again soon. Not even sure "She's Not You" will chart - probably will but not that high. "Return To Sender" will do ok, don't know about "Devil In Disguise" and "Crying In The Chapel" will need good B-sides because that song on its own will definitely flop. The Wonder Of You will do well, Way Down will be the first "re-entry" and was NM #1 first time around and, oh well, A Little Less Conversation reached NM #10 three years ago.

64 ( -- ) Free My Name - Ocean Colour Scene

a bit rubbish

Moseley Shoals was great, Marchin' Already was good, since then I haven't bought any of their albums, and haven't been overly excited by their singles.

65 ( -- ) California [RE] - Phantom Planet

nice

Did that one reach your chart before? Reached NM #10 in 2002.

69 ( -- ) Stay Where You Are - Ambulance Ltd

lovely song

not a debut because they had a previous hit "Primitive (The Way That I Treat You)".