* NM Top 100 singles, 20 January 2007 *

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 7 ) Grace Kelly - Mika < 1st #1 hit >
2 ( 3 ) Back When You Were Good - Hours
3 ( 14 ) The Burden - Weeping Willows
4 ( 1 ) Whistle For The Choir - Fratellis (#1[6])
5 ( 2 ) Illegal - Shakira ft Carlos Santana (#2[1])
6 ( 6 ) I Luv U - Ordinary Boys
7 ( 5 ) The Photos On My Wall - Good Shoes (#5)
8 ( 13 ) Musical Chairs / Departure Lounge - Ghosts
9 ( 30 ) Don't Let Him Waste Your Time - Jarvis Cocker
10 ( 4 ) Not My Fault - Ben Lee Tyler (#2[3])

11 ( 18 ) Come Home - Findlay Brown
12 ( 17 ) Learning To Breathe - Nerina Pallot
13 ( 12 ) Vowel Play - Retro Spankees (#12)
14 ( 10 ) Sorry's Not Good Enough / Friday Night - McFly (#10)
15 ( 8 ) Before I Fall To Pieces - Razorlight (#7)
16 ( 36 ) Starz In Their Eyes - Just Jack
17 ( 24 ) Window In The Skies - U2
18 ( 43 ) Lithium - Evanescence
19 ( 15 ) A Moment Like This - Leona Lewis (#15)
20 ( 23 ) Arnold Layne - David Gilmour ft David Bowie

21 ( -- ) A House Is Not A Home - Field Music
22 ( 9 ) Knights Of Cydonia - Muse (#3)
23 ( 31 ) High Atop The Silver Branches - Elf Power
24 ( 50 ) This Time (I'm Gonna Try It My Way) - DJ Shadow
25 ( 35 ) Popular Mechanics For Lovers - Beulah
26 ( 11 ) Head On A Spike - Bluetones (#4)
27 ( 55 ) Blag Steal & Borrow - Koopa
28 ( 28 ) Different World - Iron Maiden
29 ( -- ) Annie Let's Not Wait - Guillemots
30 ( 20 ) Do Dat Diddly Ding Dang - Fat Cowboy (#18)

31 ( 59 ) We Could've Been Big - Jack Drag
32 ( 39 ) Kingdom Of Doom - Good The Bad And The Queen
33 ( 41 ) Bluebells - Patrick Wolf
34 ( 19 ) Don't Let It Go To Waste - Matt Willis (#14)
35 ( -- ) Fools With Money - Luke Toms
36 ( 16 ) I Can't Come Down - Embrace (#9)
37 ( 65 ) Drama Queen - Switches
38 ( 47 ) You Know I'm No Good - Amy Winehouse
39 ( 67 ) Golden Skans - Klaxons
40 ( 37 ) Cheshire Life - Longstands (#37)

41 ( -- ) February Song - Josh Groban
42 ( 27 ) Breathe Deeper - Mescalitas (#22)
43 ( 26 ) December Brings Me Back To You - Andy Abraham (#20)
44 ( 34 ) 7-11  - Eskimo Disco (#33)
45 ( 74 ) Agony - Unbelievable Truth
46 ( 54 ) Just Smile - Amy Thomas
47 ( 76 ) In Shock - Kristin Hersh
48 ( 22 ) I Just Want To See The Boy Happy - Morrissey (#11)
49 ( -- ) Maybe Tomorrow - Goldenhorse
50 ( 33 ) Dream Song - Scott Matthews (#28)

51 ( 38 ) My Jet Set Radio - Viva Machine (#37)
52 ( 60 ) I Pity The Fool - Manish Boys
53 ( 81 ) Too Little Too Late - JoJo
54 ( 83 ) Same Jeans - View
55 ( -- ) Ain't Never Been Cool - Lucky Soul
56 ( 64 ) Sensommersol - Nordstrøm
57 ( 29 ) Heartbreak City - Rocks (#17)
58 ( 25 ) Hotel By The Sea - Jacksons Warehouse (#7)
59 ( 68 ) Love Me Or Hate Me - Lady Sovereign
60 ( -- ) Love You - Little Barrie

61 ( 90 ) Well Love Does Furnish A Life - Larrikin Love
62 ( 42 ) As Long As There Is You And Me - I Monster (#35)
63 ( 49 ) Gabriel & The Vagabond - Foy Vance (#46)
64 ( -- ) 5:55  - Charlotte Gainsbourg
65 ( 51 ) The Pieces Don't Fit Anymore - James Morrison (#47)
66 ( 98 ) Waiting Game - Cooper Temple Clause
67 ( 56 ) Mjb Da MVP - Mary J Blige (#53)
68 ( -- ) Phantom Limb - Shins
69 ( 21 ) 21st Century Christmas - Cliff Richard (#5)
70 ( -- ) Smile On Fire - Jack Drag

71 ( 40 ) Rent A Wreck - Suburban Kids With Biblical Names (#19)
72 ( 44 ) Whoo! Alright Yeah...Uh Huh - Rapture (#25)
73 ( 48 ) London Cry - Kristeen Young (#31)
74 ( 46 ) It's In The Rain - Enya (#27)
75 ( -- ) H'sabtek Ama - Najim
76 ( 45 ) Land Of A Thousand Words - Scissor Sisters (#21)
77 ( -- ) Famous Last Words - My Chemical Romance
78 ( 70 ) Outwards - Kubichek! (#64)
79 ( 78 ) Hurt - Christina Aguilera (#69)
80 ( 61 ) Gettin' Enough?? - Lil' Chris (#47)

81 ( 66 ) Littlest Things - Lily Allen (#54)
82 ( 63 ) You Know My Name - Chris Cornell (#49)
83 ( 57 ) Leni - GoodBooks (#35)
84 ( -- ) Reveal - Roxette
85 ( 58 ) Duvet - Matchsticks (#36)
86 ( 80 ) Fast Lane - Marie Miller (#78)
87 ( 82 ) Sticky Honey - Juliette & The Licks (#74)
88 ( 73 ) Truly Madly Deeply - Cascada (#62)
89 ( 72 ) Bing Bang - Lazy Town (#57)
90 ( -- ) Moi Me Bailataan - Tea & Skidit

91 ( 32 ) What's Christmas Without A Brass Band - Houghton Weavers (#7)
92 ( 69 ) The Devil Made Me Do It - Thunder (#45)
93 ( -- ) On Your Marks - Voltage Union
94 ( 87 ) Can't Catch Tomorrow (Good Shoes Won't Save You This Time) - Lostprophets (#78)
95 ( 75 ) Reconciliation - Buzzcocks (#48)
96 ( 77 ) Turn It On - Beat Poets (#53)
97 ( 53 ) War Of The Worlds - Get Cape Wear Cape Fly (#12)
98 ( 52 ) Long Way Home - Heights (#10)
99 ( -- ) Nightless Night - Husky Rescue
100 ( 84 ) Rewind - Paolo Nutini (#61)
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-- ( 62 ) Hate Me - Blue October (#1[1])
-- ( 71 ) 101  - Albert Hammond Jr (#23)
-- ( 79 ) Yeah Yeah Yeah - Ginger (#3)
-- ( 85 ) Snow (Hey Oh) - Red Hot Chili Peppers (#5)
-- ( 86 ) Beware Of The Dog - Jamelia (#65)
-- ( 88 ) Monkey See Monkey Lifestyle - Hicks Milligan Prophecy (#28)
-- ( 89 ) All Good Things (Come To An End) - Nelly Furtado (#25)
-- ( 91 ) The Dean And I

 - 10cc (#43)
-- ( 92 ) Stitched Up By The Acid Man - Young Offenders Institute (#11)
-- ( 93 ) Bones - Killers (#40)
-- ( 94 ) When It Falls - Race (#63)
-- ( 95 ) It's The Little Things We Do - Zutons (#31)
-- ( 96 ) Test The Water - KBC (#75)
-- ( 97 ) 9 Crimes - Damien Rice (#46)
-- ( 99 ) Can You Feel The Love - Daniel O'Donnell (#59)
-- ( 100 ) Summer Loans - Isles (#67)
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-- ( -- ) Calm Down Dearest - Jamie T 
-- ( -- ) Ich Mag Dich - El*ke 
-- ( -- ) Pray For Me Brother - A.R. Rahman 
-- ( -- ) Come Back To Me - Vanessa Hudgens 
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The "sounds of 2007" really starting to take over with 16 more new entries, a new #1 from this year and several others making their way into the upper reaches of the chart.

Mika's physical single is due out on 29th January - I am wondering by how much physical single sales is now going to reduce. I wonder if many, like me, will find that pretty much everything is now available on download and some time before and can't be bothered waiting around for the physical release. I'm wondering if record companies will continue delaying the physical release, and also if there are many who use the success of the download to judge how many physical copies to release, only to find that nobody buys them having already got the download.

In addition to download singles, 7" only singles that are also available on download (even if as an album track) are eligible for the NM chart. Field Music have had a few NM hits but recently seemed to give up releasing CD singles, but are back in the chart for the first time since "You're Not Supposed To" charted last year. Their biggest hit to date is "If Only The Moon Were Up" which reached #3 in late 2005.

Also notable are the number of foreign-language tracks available on download and added to my playlist. Two out of the three reach the chart this week - Najim's "H'sabtek Ana" is, I think, in Arabic, being a bit of a chant, whilst Tea & Skidit's song is very much catchy Euro-pop from Finland. El*ke's industrial rock "Ich Mag Dich" just misses out though.

Relatively disappointing is the new one from My Chemical Romance, after the heights of "Welcome To The Black Parade". They enter the chart but this seems set to occupy some space without making any major progress.

Guillemots have charted before but I think they will achieve their biggest hit to date with "Annie Let's Not Wait".

Josh Groban has duetted with the likes of Celine Dion and Sarah Brightman and also acted in Ally McBeal back in 2001. Now thanks to downloads he actually gets a single into the chart. In a similar vein, Charlotte Gainsbourg who is the daughter of Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin, that duet who made headlines in 1969 with Je T'Aime (Moi Non Plus).

Jack Drag (not to be confused with Just Jack) have also released 2 singles in as many weeks. The only act previous to chart with their first two singles in consecutive weeks were Inxs, who charted with New Sensation and Need You Tonight in consecutive weeks as back in those days US hits reached the NM chart and Need You Tonight was their US hit at the time that New Sensation was in the UK chart.

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Hours at #2, nice one!