* NM Top 100 singles, 31 March 2007 *

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Pressures - Apartment < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 3 ) Milk And Honey - Law
3 ( 5 ) Baby Fratelli - Fratellis
4 ( 4 ) Anything But You - Andersson & Gibson
5 ( 2 ) Unknown Stuntman - Smokestack Lightnin' (#1[2])
6 ( 11 ) I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - Proclaimers ft Brian Potter & Andy Pipkin
7 ( 9 ) Alarm Clock - Rumble Strips
8 ( 10 ) Loco - Ripps
9 ( 15 ) All The Love In Your Hands - Thirteen Senses
10 ( 32 ) Right Time Wrong Place - Chris Norman

11 ( 7 ) Surrendered - Bluetones (#6)
12 ( 20 ) Man Next Door - Operahouse
13 ( 36 ) Everybody Takes A Tumble - Waterboys
14 ( 14 ) My Town On TV - Library Trust
15 ( 39 ) Repeat - Dr Octopus
16 ( 6 ) She's Madonna - Robbie Williams (#3)
17 ( 12 ) G-d's Highway - Tobias Froberg (#12)
18 ( 25 ) Wide Awake - Twang
19 ( 42 ) I Will Wait For You - Tiny Dancers
20 ( 28 ) Skin Deep - Five O'Clock Heroes

21 ( 8 ) High School Never Ends - Bowling For Soup (#1[3])
22 ( 47 ) Four Winds - Bright Eyes
23 ( 21 ) Hypocrite - Akira The Don (#21)
24 ( 16 ) Read My Mind - Killers (#15)
25 ( 51 ) Let's Lightning - Pull Tiger Tail
26 ( 13 ) New Shoes - Paolo Nutini (#9)
27 ( 34 ) Just Because You Lied - Gilles Luka
28 ( 26 ) Malmö Beach Night Party - Slagsmålsklubben (#26)
29 ( 56 ) Dancefloor - Holloways
30 ( 38 ) Must Have Done Something Right - Relient K

31 ( 59 ) I Can't Stop This Feeling I've Got - Razorlight
32 ( 29 ) Sorry - Madness ft Sway & Baby Blue (#29)
33 ( 24 ) P.D.A. (We Just Don't Care) - John Legend (#23)
34 ( 23 ) Wicked Man's Rest - Passenger (#21)
35 ( 22 ) Story Problem - Envy Corps (#19)
36 ( 17 ) I Want You To Know - Charlotte Hatherley (#10)
37 ( 64 ) Love Is Dead - Brett Anderson
38 ( 33 ) Parasite - Consequences (#33)
39 ( 35 ) Setting Sun - Aliens (#35)
40 ( 46 ) We Danced Together - Rakes

41 ( 18 ) Too Late Too Late - Mr Hudson & The Library (#8)
42 ( 70 ) Hymn 4 My Soul - Joe Cocker
43 ( 31 ) Show Them To Me - Rodney Carrington (#28)
44 ( 53 ) Let It Go - VWF
45 ( -- ) War Out There - Radar
46 ( 75 ) The Tape - Sondre Lerche
47 ( 19 ) Shine - Take That (#3)
48 ( 79 ) Sumthin' Serious - Audio Club
49 ( -- ) Good Luck - Alterkicks
50 ( 45 ) She's My Man - Scissor Sisters (#45)

51 ( 58 ) Danny Boy - Elliott Frisby
52 ( 60 ) Raging Storm - Chris De Burgh
53 ( 82 ) This Mess - Wolf & Cub
54 ( 27 ) Off The Hook - CSS (#15)
55 ( 49 ) Nothing I Can Do - Ben Taylor (#49)
56 ( -- ) Just A Thought - Michael Andrews
57 ( 85 ) Girlfriend - Avril Lavigne
58 ( 63 ) Diamond Dancer - Bill Callahan
59 ( 41 ) Alone In The Makeout Room - Broken Family Band (#37)
60 ( 88 ) Everything Is Everything - Phoenix

61 ( -- ) Don't Leave Me Blue - Blue Van
62 ( 54 ) Inside My Head / She - Di-rect (#54)
63 ( 90 ) Drop Dead Casanova - Disco Ensemble
64 ( 55 ) Lasst Uns Lachen (Pinocchio Le Clown) - Pinocchio (#55)
65 ( -- ) Sweet Things - Indiana Gregg
66 ( 93 ) Nothing To Be Done - Love Is All
67 ( 43 ) Romantic Type - Pigeon Detectives (#35)
68 ( 94 ) Who Cares What The Question Is - Bees
69 ( 71 ) Undiscovered - James Morrison
70 ( 30 ) Promis Q - DAAN (#6)

71 ( -- ) On Call - Kings Of Leon
72 ( 37 ) Hold That Gun - Keith (#20)
73 ( 61 ) Fidelity - Regina Spektor (#61)
74 ( 98 ) Speechless - Magenta
75 ( 74 ) Our Velocity - Maximo Park (#74)
76 ( 99 ) Last Chance - Moke
77 ( 76 ) With Love - Tamta (#76)
78 ( -- ) Young Free & Simple - Urbnri
79 ( -- ) Here Come The Arrows - New World Record
80 ( 81 ) Youth In Movement - Deaf Stereo

81 ( 68 ) Low Happening - Howling Bells (#68)
82 ( 83 ) Don't Lose Yourself - Laura Veirs & Saltbreakers
83 ( -- ) Build G-d Then We'll Talk - Panic! At The Disco
84 ( 57 ) Stay The Night - Ghosts (#46)
85 ( 44 ) Rocky Roads - Tripoli (#22)
86 ( 72 ) Shame For You - Lily Allen (#71)
87 ( -- ) Can't Stop The Rock - Sister Vanilla
88 ( 40 ) Grace Kelly - Mika (#1[4])
89 ( -- ) Dang Nabitt - Indigo Moss
90 ( 65 ) No Emotion - Idlewild (#53)

91 ( 77 ) Shell - Gregory Darling (#74)
92 ( 50 ) What Would Steve Do - Mumm-Ra (#25)
93 ( -- ) The Heritage - Martin Grech
94 ( -- ) See It Like A Baby - Marillion
95 ( 69 ) Rocks In Pockets - Jay-Jay Johanson (#54)
96 ( 48 ) Paradise - Eskimo Brit (#12)
97 ( -- ) Love You More - Hours
98 ( -- ) Sinkin' Soon - Norah Jones
99 ( 52 ) Open Your Eyes - Snow Patrol (#16)
100 ( 86 ) Sticks And Stones - Pierces (#78)
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-- ( 62 ) Talking To Sirens - Thirteen Senses (#31)
-- ( 66 ) Cloud Nine - Onetwo (#34)
-- ( 67 ) This Is A Song - Magic Numbers (#17)
-- ( 73 ) Save Myself - Willy Mason (#38)
-- ( 78 ) Mango Tree - Angus & Julia Stone (#41)
-- ( 80 ) Monday's Arms [single version] - Harrisons (#60)
-- ( 84 ) Cold Hearted Business - Polytechnic (#63)
-- ( 87 ) Never Never (My Dynamo) - Helena Josefsson (#44)
-- ( 89 ) Ruby - Kaiser Chiefs (#6)
-- ( 91 ) Marble House - Knife (#69)
-- ( 92 ) Lil Star - Kelis ft Cee-Lo (#3)
-- ( 95 ) Monsters - Sugars (#19)
-- ( 96 ) Figure It Out - Lil' Chris (#73)
-- ( 97 ) Broken Heart - Ryland Angel (#53)
-- ( 100 ) The Greatest - Cat Power (#52)
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-- ( -- ) I Want Candy - Melanie C
-- ( -- ) Hello (I Love You) - Roger Waters
-- ( -- ) We're Good People - Mules
-- ( -- ) El Amor - Yahir
-- ( -- ) (Don't It Make You) Happy - Liz McClarnon
-- ( -- ) The Bullitts Theme - Bullitts
-- ( -- ) Beggar Beggar - Lisa Knapp
-- ( -- ) Understand - YourCodeNameIs.Milo
-- ( -- ) Hospital Drama - Help She Can't Swim
-- ( -- ) Eu Fui Feliz E Nao Sabia - Nelson Ned
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Always special when there is a chart dated 31 March so I have an official "birthday" chart. A rather disappointing set of releases though, given that March is usually one of the strongest months of the year, this after a strong week last week. The strength isn't necessarily related to the length of the playlist as both these last two weeks the playlist has been relatively low, while the coming playlist (dated 2 April) has about 45 songs on it (compared to 27 on that dated 26 March).

NM #1s on charts dated 31 March have thus been:

1979: Oliver's Army - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
1984: 99 Red Balloons - Nena
1990: Love Shack - B-52's
2001: Invalid Litter Department - At The Drive-In
2007: Pressures - Apartment

Sometimes I get disappointed when singles I'm hopeful for have done badly, and the Hours' latest single isn't really that good after two top 10 hits including the wonderful #2 hit "Back When You Were Good" which really is a great song. Note that the Holloways also had two previous top 10 hits with the second one (Generator) reaching #2 and although they make a decent climb this week they probably won't reach the top 10 this time.

Still, we get the unknown acts doing well. In previous years "Milk And Honey" by the Law would have been overlooked completely as they only released a 7" on physical but with downloads now allowed in the chart this is among the "unknown" singles that have stormed the chart this week.

A little further down at #4 we have Andersson & Gibson, the second really big hit this year by a Swedish act, the other being "The Burden" by Weeping Willows, and there have also been a few other smaller hits by Swedish acts, including that Malmo Beach Night Party tune further down the chart. Of course this chart has previously championed Scandinavian acts, with Sweden's Motorhomes having a big #1 hit "Into The Night" in 2000, plus Icelandic band Bellatrix having a few hits around the same time, and in 2005 Icelandic band Without Gravity had the biggest hit of the year with "Beautiful Son". Norwegian act Sondre Lerche had a couple of #9 hits back in 2002. Now he is back in the chart again.

[Admin]

Nice to see Bright Eyes doing well, are you not an Air Traffic fan?

[Earl Purple]

I charted Charlotte last year with Just Abuse Me and haven't added it back to the playlist. I have considered charting it on its own as I played mainly Just Abuse Me last year but I think both were credited.

[Robbie]

thanks for this EP. I might spend some time later checking out some of the songs I haven't heard, assuming they are available as downloads (using the 7Digital preview feature).

[Robbie]

the #10, Chris Norman - it's not the ex-Smokie singer by any chance?!

[Earl Purple]

I have assumed that is who it is, when I gave last week's commentary. Can't be 100% certain. He's a Bradford man too and I think he supports the team.

[frag]

earlpurple said:

Sometimes I get disappointed when singles I'm hopeful for have done badly, and the Hours' latest single isn't really that good after two top 10 hits including the wonderful #2 hit "Back When You Were Good" which really is a great song.

Agreed with you on the Hours... 'Back When You Were Good' was a very good song, but didn't do especially well on my chart. But I don't like 'Love You More' at all, and it's failed miserably at even getting in my chart.

Note that the Holloways also had two previous top 10 hits with the second one (Generator) reaching #2 and although they make a decent climb this week they probably won't reach the top 10 this time.

I'm a fan of the Holloways. Discovered them live, when they were supporting the Young Knives, and then went to see them when they were the main band at the Zodiac, shortly after getting their album.
'Dancefloor' was in fact their first #1 (after two top five hits) in my chart, but fell away this week.

I like the new Rumble Strips song, too... hope it climbs some more

[ManicKangaroo]

earlpurple said:

I have assumed that is who it is, when I gave last week's commentary. Can't be 100% certain. He's a Bradford man too and I think he supports the team.

It is

jukebo.cx/archives/2006/11/06/chris-norman-coming-home/