FragChart ~ Week 431 ~ 20/07/08

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FragChart ~ Week 431 ~ Sunday 20 July 2008

Weezer just about make it a second week at #1, beating off a late challenge by Paul Heaton. Rosie Oddie rises into the top 10, as do Blood Red Shoes for the fourth time, and Travis for the ninth time. We also have two high new entries, both of which made the UK Top 75: Primal Scream and The Feeling.
Also this week, the surprise return of an artist last seen in this chart way back in 2003: it's Linkin Park, who appear to have changed their "sound" - the rap's gone!
The exit of The Indelicates after 16 weeks gives us three new longest runners, all with a paltry 9 weeks.

ARTIST TO CHECK OUT

Paul Heaton: Former Beautiful South man with quite a nice summery song that made a real push for my #1 spot this week.

THE CHART
Pos C LW Title Artist Wks PP
1 > 1 Pork And Beans – Weezer 4 1
2 ^ 4 Mermaids & Slaves – Paul Heaton 3 2
3 v 2 Turning All The Lights Down – White Light Parade 7 1
4 v 3 Reasons Not To Be An Idiot – Frank Turner 4 2
5 ^ 6 My Sunken Treasure – Duke Spirit 5 5
6 ^ 21 Cola Coka – Rosie Oddie And The Odd Squad 2 6 **début top 10**
7 ^ 14 This Is Not For You – Blood Red Shoes 2 7 **fourth top 10 hit**
8 v 5 One Day Like This – Elbow 7 1
9 ^ 17 J Smith – Travis 2 9 **ninth top 10 hit**
10 v 7 Viva La Vida – Coldplay 5 6
11 v 8 Not My Girl – Ejectorseat 6 3
12 HN Can't Go Back – Primal Scream 1 12 **biggest hit**
13 v 10 What Your Boyfriend Said – Little Man Tate 6 4
14 N Turn It Up – Feeling 1 14
15 ^ 22 Run Run – Those Dancing Days 2 15
16 v 9 Shine On – Kooks 3 9
17 ^ 18 Gone In The Morning – Newton Faulkner 2 17
18 ^ 23 (I'm Not) Superstitious – Troubadours 4 18
19 v 12 Radio Heart – Futureheads 9 1 ;D
20 N Sleep When I'm Dead – Cure 1 20
21 v 13 We Are The People – Feeder 6 7
22 v 15 Back In Your Head – Tegan And Sara 4 15
23 v 11 Free Things For Poor People – Infadels 5 10
24 N Leave Out All The Rest – Linkin Park 1 24
25 v 19 Poison Prince – Amy MacDonald 9 4 ;D
26 v 24 Does The City Lion Still Roar – Less Than Jake 3 24
27 v 16 Where Do You Go? – Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong 7 5
28 > 28 All I Ever Wanted – Basshunter 2 28
29 v 20 Dust – Royworld 9 5 ;D
30 N/44 All These Times I Cried – Sharleen Spiteri 1 30 **solo début**

DROPPING OUT
-- 25 Hollow Man – REM, 6 wks, PPP #10, Run: 16-14-10-11-14-25
-- 26 Sister – Captain Black, 5, 19, 19-20-21-20-26
-- 27 America – Indelicates, 16, 1, 15-6-4-2-6-4-2-2-1-2-3-7-11-13-18-27
-- 29 Jimmy Dean And Steve McQueen – Julian Velard, 4, 15, 15-18-17-29
-- 30 Tired Of England – Dirty Pretty Things, 2, 22, 22-30

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THE "TOP 75 ONLY" TOP 10
1 (1) Pork And Beans - Weezer (Run: 4-1-1-1)
2 (2) One Day Like This - Elbow (1-1-1-1-2-2-2)
3 (3) Viva La Vida - Coldplay (6-6-3-3-3)
4 (HN) Can't Go Back - Primal Scream
5 (5) What Your Boyfriend Said - Little Man Tate (?-2-2-4-5-5)
6 (NE) Turn It Up - Feeling
7 (4) Shine On - Kooks (10-4-7)
8 (7) Radio Heart - Futureheads (?-1-2-2-4-3-5-7-8)
9 (NE) Sleep When I'm Dead - Cure
10 (8) We Are The People - Feeder (?-5-8-7-8-10)

If only UK Top 75 hits were allowed into my chart, Weezer would be streets ahead: 'One Day Like This' has fallen to #8 in the actual chart. Both songs would have had an extra week at #1, since the actual #1 at the time, White Light Parade's 'Turning All The Lights Down', didn't reach the top 75.

NEW ENTRIES - CHART HISTORIES[/i]

Cure
The Only One, May-08, 7 wks, PP #4
Freakshow, Jun-08, 2 wks, PP #23

Feeling
16 WOC, 4 hits, 1 top 10, Best: #7
Fill My Little World, May-06 7 wks, PP #7, YEC #86
Never Be Lonely, Aug-06 4 wks, PP #11, YEC #172
Love It When You Call, Nov-06 2 wks, PP #20 [2 wks], YEC #229
Rosé, Feb-07 3 wks, PP #19, YEC #215

Linkin Park
36 WOC, 7 hits, 5 top 10, 5 top 5, one #1
Crawlin, Apr-01, 4 wks, PP #4, YEC #109
Paper Cut, Jul-01, 6 wks, PP #2, YEC #54
In The End, Oct-01, 7 wks, PP #1 [3 wks], YEC #34
High Voltage, Jul-02, 2 wks, PP #13, YEC #174
Points Of Authority, Jul-02, 5 wks, PP #3 [2 wks], YEC #75
Somewhere I Belong, Mar-03, 9 wks, PP #2 [2 wks]
Faint, Jun-03, 1 wk, #26
Numb, Sep-03, 2 wks, PP #24

Primal Scream
14 WOC, 2 hits, Previous best: #14 PEAK
Some Velvet Morning, Dec-03, 9 wks, PP #14
Country Girl, May-06, 5 wks, PP #16, YEC #166

Texas (Sharleen Spiteri's band)
13 WOC, 4 hits, Best: #10
Inner Smile, Dec-00, 3 wks, PP #15, YEC #159
I'll See It Through, Dec-03, 5 wks, PP #18
Getaway, Aug-05, 4 wks, PP #10, YEC #81
Sleep, Jan-06, 1 wk, #28, YEC #300=

COMING UP
I'm going to Budapest next week, and to The Emirates Stadium the Sunday after, so the chart dates will change a bit in the near future:
Week | Published Date | Compilation Date
432 | Sun 27 Jul | Fri 25 Jul
433 | Sun 3 Aug | Mon 4 Aug
434 | Sun 10 Aug | Sun 10 Aug

In other news, now that I've reached 250 #1s, I've started compiling a list of my Top 200 Number Ones - look out for it in the Personal Charts forum soon