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Post by Maximo Mark on Feb 22, 2008 17:31:34 GMT 1
Congratulations on the 100. Great thread. Thanks!
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Post by Maximo Mark on Feb 22, 2008 17:51:15 GMT 1
2005 round-up!
Top 10 of the year (at the time):
010 The Go! Team - Bottle Rocket (not a number one) 009 Coldplay - Talk (not a number one... yet!) 008 Royksopp - What Else Is There? 007 Stereophonics - Dakota 006 Willy Mason - Oxygen (not a number one) 005 Nine Inch Nails - The Hand That Feeds 004 Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure 003 White Stripes - Blue Orchid 002 Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies) 001 Futureheads - Hounds of Love
The years number one's!
21 (wk ending) 09/01/2005 Scissor Sisters - Filthy Gorgeous (1 week) 22 16/01/2005 Killers - Somebody Told Me (1 week) 23 23/01/2005 Chemical Brothers - Galvanize (3 weeks) 24 13/02/2005 Doves - Black and White Town (2 weeks) 25 27/02/2005 Futureheads - Hounds of Love (2 weeks) 26 13/03/2005 Stereophonics - Dakota (4 weeks) 27 10/04/2005 Feeder - Feeling A Moment (2 weeks) 28 24/04/2005 Nine Inch Nails - The Hand That Feeds (3 weeks) 29 15/05/2005 Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc (2 weeks) 30 29/05/2005 Magic Numbers - Forever Lost (1 week) 31 05/06/2005 White Stripes - Blue Orchid (3 weeks) 32 26/06/2005 Stereophonics - Superman (3 weeks) 33 17/07/2005 Chemical Brothers - The Boxer (1 week) 34 24/07/2005 Maximo Park - Going Missing (4 weeks) 35 21/08/2005 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Ain't No Easy Way (1 week) 36 28/08/2005 Oasis - The Importance Of Being Idle (1 week) 37 04/09/2005 Gorillaz - Dare (1 week) 38 11/09/2005 Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies) (5 weeks) 39 16/10/2005 Louis XIV - Finding Out True Love Is Blind (1 week) 40 23/10/2005 Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor (2 weeks) 41 06/11/2006 Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure (2 weeks) 42 20/11/2005 Arcade Fire - Wake Up (2 weeks) 43 04/12/2005 Futureheads - Area (1 week) 44 11/12/2005 Royksopp - What Else Is There? (3 weeks)
If I could go back in time this is how I'd put it. bold = a change!
1 Scissor Sisters 'Filthy/Gorgeous' 2 Scissor Sisters 'Filthy/Gorgeous' (#03 ) - actual position 3 Chemical Brothers 'Galvanise' 4 Chemical Brothers 'Galvanise' 5 Bloc Party 'So Here We Are' (#04) 6 Doves 'Black And White Town' 7 Doves 'Black And White Town' 8 Futureheads 'Hounds Of Love' 9 Futureheads 'Hounds Of Love' 10 The Bravery 'An Honest Mistake' (#03) 11 The Bravery 'An Honest Mistake' (#05) 12 Stereophonics 'Dakota' 13 Stereophonics 'Dakota' 14 Louis XIV 'Finding Out True Love Is Blind'(#04) 15 Louis XIV 'Finding Out True Love Is Blind' (#07) 16 Nine Inch Nails 'The Hand That Feeds' 17 Nine Inch Nails 'The Hand That Feeds' 18 Nine Inch Nails 'The Hand That Feeds' 19 Gorillaz 'Feel Good Inc.' 20 Gorillaz 'Feel Good Inc.' 21 Magic Numbers 'Forever Lost' 22 White Stripes 'Blue Orchid' 23 White Stripes 'Blue Orchid' 24 White Stripes 'Blue Orchid' 25 Hard-Fi 'Hard To Beat' (#02) 26 Hard-Fi 'Hard To Beat (#04) 27 Beck 'Girl' (#02) 28 Chemical Brothers 'The Boxer' 29 Maximo Park 'Going Missing' 30 Maximo Park 'Going Missing' 31 Maximo Park 'Going Missing' 32 Maximo Park 'Going Missing' 33 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 'Ain't No Easy Way' 34 Oass 'The Importance Of Being Idle' 35 Gorillaz 'DARE' 36 Arcade Fire 'Rebellion (Lies)' 37 Arcade Fire 'Rebellion (Lies)' 38 Arcade Fire 'Rebellion (Lies)' 39 Arcade Fire 'Rebellion (Lies)' 40 Arcade Fire 'Rebellion (Lies)' 41 Arcade Fire 'Rebellion (Lies)' 42 Arctic Monkeys 'I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor' 43 Arctic Monkeys 'I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor' 44 Maximo Park 'Apply Some Pressure' 45 Maximo Park 'Apply Some Pressure' 46 Arcade Fire 'Wake Up' 47 Arcade Fire 'Wake Up' 48 The Futurheads 'Area' 49 Royksopp 'What Else Is There?' 50 Royksopp 'What Else Is There?' 51 Royksopp 'What Else Is There?'
It seems that whenever there was a poorer number one the competition was poorer too...
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Post by Maximo Mark on Feb 25, 2008 19:17:07 GMT 1
#45 Coldplay 'Talk' (02- 01- 01-03-07-06-09-13-16-19-32) (11 weeks) www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N9rH2x5KUwFrom my first listen to the album this was my favourite song on it. I loved it all the way through 2005 so was glad when it got a release. I've never been that big a Coldplay fan but they are a fairly decent singles band and they don't deserve the amount of stick they get. Bit bored of this now though, prefer 'Fix You'. (#74)
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Post by Maximo Mark on Feb 25, 2008 19:26:40 GMT 1
#46 José Gonzalez 'Heartbeats' ( 01-03-04-05-05-05-07-13-15-23-23-17-21-23-27-30-35-35-34-39) (20 weeks) www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4_4abCWw-wThat song off the advert. That bloke that ruined that Knife song. Both things that I've seen this described as and the former is probably what it'll be remembered for. It's the second, and so far, last cover version to hit my top spot. I adore The Knife and the original of this song, but that doesn't stop me loving this. It's everything a cover version should be as it turns a song into something completely different. What was an electronic, dancey song turned into a folk track. I adore both versions of it, both should be in my top 100 singles of the decade when it ends next year. It kept Richard Ashcroft off the top with 'Break The Night With Colour'. (#24)
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Post by Maximo Mark on Feb 25, 2008 19:33:45 GMT 1
#47 Arctic Monkeys 'When The Sun Goes Down' ( 01-03-04-04-09-13-21-24-27-28-33-38) (12 weeks) www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W_hEdt1XesI first heard this song when I first heard of the Arctic Monkeys in about April/May 2005 when it still had the title of 'Scummy'. I downloaded about 5 or 6 songs by them at that point and I could tell they would be something special. This was my favourite of the lot and whilst I don't like it quite so much now and I think they have much better I still think it's a belter of a song. This kept Will Young off the top with 'All Time Love'. (#64)
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Post by Maximo Mark on Feb 25, 2008 19:39:24 GMT 1
#48 The Shortwave Set 'Repeat To Fade' ( 01- 01-03-06-08-20-25-31-33-38) (10 weeks) www.youtube.com/watch?v=of0Nk4tjaaM:wub: I remember first hearing this on 6Music and putting instantly putting it at number one. I still love it now and must've got bored of it quickly as it had such a short chart run, though I can't remember. Deserved the top spot, and looking at my next number one should've stayed there longer... This also kept Will Young off for both its weeks at number one! (#31)
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Post by Maximo Mark on Feb 25, 2008 19:43:58 GMT 1
#49 Fall Out Boy 'Sugar, We're Going Down' ( 01-03-11-23-28-35) (6 weeks) www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PdDPrwIwhII only liked this for about four weeks, though I did really like it during those weeks. As you can tell from its chart run I soon saw the error of my ways. No other song has spent 6 weeks or less on the chart. Well, apart from my current number one... It kept The Go! Team off the top with 'Ladyflash'. (#99)
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Post by Maximo Mark on Feb 25, 2008 19:57:27 GMT 1
#50 Goldfrapp 'Ride A White Horse' ( 01- 01-05-04-05-06-09-13-13-15-19-23-29-30) (14 weeks) www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuB255cSIEgHalf way! And how odd that this should be my 50th number one... I always thought 'Supernature' was a really good album, just a lot different from their previous ones. Apart from this though I don't think they chose the best songs as singles as I always loved 'Koko' and 'Satin Chic' a lot more. Though I'd always thought this was great too. It kept the Magic Numbers 'I See You, You See Me' and We Are Scientists 'It's A Hit' off the top. (#38)
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Post by Maximo Mark on Feb 27, 2008 19:05:02 GMT 1
#51 Stellastarr* 'Sweet Troubled Soul' ( 01- 01- 01- 01-03-07-07-07-10-12-13-15-16-14-20-22-25-27-39) (19 weeks) www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSbsXYVMqbEI thought this was the first song I ever heard by these but it later appeard 'My Coco' got one week at number 36 in 2004. I don't remember hearing them before this. I loved it as soon as I heard it and it spent four thoroughly deserving weeks at the top. Although I think this song is up there with the stuff from the debut I wasn't impressed with the other stuff I heard so never got round to buying it. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah 'In This Home On Ice' and Kanye West ft Lupe Fiasco 'Touch The Sky' were kept at number two behind this. (#08 - at the end of 2006 this was my single of the year whereas now it's my 3rd favourite number one of the year, although one of the ones its behind wasn't counted in my end of year chart as it featured the year before and I never count songs which made it the previous year)
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Post by Maximo Mark on Feb 27, 2008 19:10:52 GMT 1
#52 Kanye West ft Lupe Fiasco 'Touch The Sky' (02-02-02- 01-06-08-12-15-20-24-25-30-32-37) (14 weeks) www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAAGy7trjdkFrom the moment I bought the rather poor album this featured on this was by far and away my favourite song on it. I'd loved it for 6 months when it was released so felt it had to get a week at the top before being knocked out of the top 5 by 5 new entries. I kind of wish I hadn't now as although I do still like it, I've gone off it and prefer others of his. The Kooks 'Naive' had to settle for number two behind it. (#55)
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Post by Maximo Mark on Feb 27, 2008 19:19:28 GMT 1
#53 Gnarls Barkley 'Crazy' ( 01- 01-04-03-04-04-04-05-07-16-17-18-24-29-36-40) (16 weeks) www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd2B6SjMh_wNot many UK number ones reach the same spot on my chart but this one was definitely deserving. I'd adored it since I first heard Zane Lowe play it in late December/Early January and if I hadn't known it for so long by the time of its release it would probably have had a bit longer at the top. I thought it might be a big hit but I never imagined it would be quite as huge as it was. Definitely deserving though, made a nice change for something a bit different to come from nowhere and capture everyone like this did. It kept Franz Ferdinand 'The Fallen' and Islands 'Rough Gem' off the top. (#16)
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Post by Maximo Mark on Feb 27, 2008 19:25:50 GMT 1
#54 Flaming Lips 'The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song' ( 01-02-06-10-09-11-10-17-18-20-22-28-32-39) (14 weeks) www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNLJfb6jQVkI'd always quite liked these guys but apart from 'Yoshimi...' nothing had ever caught me until this did. It was so unbeleiveably catchy and would stay in my head for hours and whilst that is usually an annoyance it just made this even better. I still love it now, especially as I don't listen to it as often. It kept Infernal 'From Paris To Berlin' at number 2. HAHAHAHAHAHA! (#45)
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Post by Maximo Mark on Feb 27, 2008 19:32:21 GMT 1
#55 The Raconteurs 'Steady, As She Goes' ( 01-03-05-05-12-16-24-30-37-37) (10 weeks) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7aOWIFgIZQDespite this project being completely different to The White Stripes it still had the same familiar pattern that Jack White albums have for me. One excellent song, released as a single, a couple of other pretty decent ones and the rest I'm not fussed with. This was the excellent one, I never thought it was that much different from a Stripes song, but it seemed to have a certain edgyness that's often missing. Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins were kept off the top by this with 'You Are What You Love'. (#54)
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Post by Maximo Mark on Feb 27, 2008 19:42:02 GMT 1
#56 Sigur Ros 'Hoppipolla' ( 01- 01-02-04-05-11-13-14-14-18-18-22-27-33-33-39) (16 weeks) www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkP_NaMsrMMAnother re-issue to top my chart. I did know and like it when it was originally released and it made number 6 but it was over the next few months that I really started to appreciate its charm. The warm, melodic, angel-like voice with the equally wonderful instrumentation behind it was always going to win me over over time. It may have took the Planet Earth ads to make it known to more people but what a wonderful song to have over an advert. It's the only song ever to have topped my chart which isn't in English, and although I don't understand a word, it seems to make perfect sense. Jenny Lewis was to stay at number two behind this... (#09)
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Post by Maximo Mark on Feb 27, 2008 19:51:51 GMT 1
#57 Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins 'You Are What You Love' (02-02- 01-02-02-04-06-09-09-10-14-19-22-28-31-34-37-35-40-37) (20 weeks) www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H5yOfRG-REDespite me not thinking much of the debut single, not knowing much Rilo Kiley stuff and country not being my genre of choice I still downloaded this album due to the high praise it had recieved. It was an excellent decision as it's fantastic, this being one of the best moments. Over the last couple of years I've really grown to adore her. :wub: (#11)
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Post by Maximo Mark on Feb 28, 2008 18:13:57 GMT 1
#58 Primal Scream 'Country Girl' ( 01- 01-02-02-04-05-09-10-12-13-18-22-27-26-33) (15 weeks) www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AJB8mfm9ZgI'd always liked what I'd heard by these but I only really knew their most kwown hits ('Loaded', 'Rocks'...). I loved this and immediately bought their Greatest Hits collection as a result. And despite this being quite different from the majority of their work I still love the majority of it. I still do like this, but not as much as I did when it was out. (#52)
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Post by Maximo Mark on Feb 28, 2008 18:23:46 GMT 1
#59 Jim Noir 'My Patch' (25-21-17-21-11- 01-05-10-16-23-30-32-38) (13 weeks) www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX9g1qpuvGUThis was the first song to make a proper climb up to number one, rather than entering at two in a competitive week. It only happened once more before I changed how I compiled my chart. I'd liked the previous single 'Key Of C' and quite liked this and a song I heard on a compilation so bought the album and then really started to love this which is why it managed to climb to the top 5 weeks after release. Although I still really like the album I don't consider this to be one of the best three or four tracks on it and probably shouldn't have made it a number one. (#73)
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Post by Maximo Mark on Feb 28, 2008 18:31:40 GMT 1
#60 The Fratellis 'Henrietta' ( 01- 01- 01-05-07-07-11-14-19-23-22-27-33-28-31-38) (16 weeks) www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1Bs9_k3kVcI know these aren't particularly original or anything but I still really like them. Unlike most mainstream indie bands of today they have something about them I really quite like, a more heavy sound yet still capable of writing brilliant sing-a-long anthems like this, 'Chelsea Dagger' and 'Baby Fratelli'. I went off them around the end of the year, I don't know why though, they're excellent. Muse 'Supermassive Black Hole' and Guillemots 'Made Up Love Song #43' were kept at number two behind it. (#46)
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Post by Maximo Mark on Feb 28, 2008 20:51:45 GMT 1
#61 The Pipettes 'Pull Shapes' ( 01- 01- 01- 01-02-03-05-07-09-10-13-15-19-20-21-24-29) (17 weeks) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlZUOOnJ5hUAlthough they'd released two or three singles before this I didn't really get until them until this was released. A wonderful pop song which was perfect for summer. How it wasn't played to death on Radio 1, Radio 2, every local commercial station going and all the music channels like TMF and The Hits I'll never know. If ever there was a song to be the soundtrack of summer this was it. Most pop acts would kill for a song like this. I did get a little bit bored of this by the end of the year because I'd played the album so much but listening to it again recently it's so good! This continued to keep Guillemots off the top before Rogue Traders 'Voodoo Child' and Gnarls Barkley 'Smiley Faces' stalled at number 2. (#07)
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Post by Maximo Mark on Feb 28, 2008 20:58:51 GMT 1
#62 Peter, Bjorn & John 'Young Folks' ( 01- 01- 01- 01- 01-02-04-08-11-12-13-19-19-31-30-35-36-40) (18 weeks) www.youtube.com/watch?v=51V1VMkuyx0*whistles* Yes, I loved this a full year before it's re-release when it became a proper hit. Another track I thought should've, and could've, been a huge hit but it wasn't to be. Still, some people appreciated it as 6Music listeners voted it in the top 5 singles of the year. And rightly so. It was. The re-release this year did make me tire of it a bit but I still adore it. The View 'Wasted Little DJs', Arcitic Monkeys 'Leave Before The Lights Come On', Futureheads 'Worry About It Later' and Little Man Tate 'House Party At Boothy's' all reached number 2 behind this. (#15)
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