* NM singles charts, December 2009 *

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) All I Want For Chanukah (Is Hookers And Blow) - Shwa Losben < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 3 ) Love Of An Orchestra - Noah & The Whale
3 ( 2 ) Coin Laundry - Lisa Mitchell (#1[1])
4 ( 18 ) Life From The Bone - Daisy Wheeller
5 ( 8 ) Rain - Mika
6 ( 7 ) Arcadia - Ash
7 ( 4 ) Squander - Skunk Anansie (#4)
8 ( 10 ) Bunny Club - Polly Scattergood
9 ( 24 ) Vanity Kills - Codeine Velvet Club
10 ( 13 ) Who Says - John Mayer

11 ( 29 ) Pornstar - Amy Meredith
12 ( 15 ) You Know Me - Robbie Williams
13 ( 33 ) Duck Duck Love - Liz Fodor
14 ( 5 ) Bang!/Let's Dance - Raveonettes (#1[4])
15 ( 6 ) Cinema vs House - Broken Family Band (#2[2])
16 ( 19 ) Every Now And Then - Noisettes
17 ( 11 ) Dreammaker Ave - Trashmonkeys (#11)
18 ( 38 ) Run & Hide - Michael McKell
19 ( -- ) Christmas Time Again - YCB ft Elliot Minor
20 ( 22 ) 'Cause I Love - Colline Hill

21 ( 42 ) Caught In The Crowd - Kate Miller-Heidke
22 ( 9 ) Water And A Flame - Daniel Merriweather ft Adele (#5)
23 ( 12 ) Let It Go - Nina Ferraro (#11)
24 ( -- ) Open Up Your Door - Richard Hawley
25 ( 16 ) Girls Like It Too - Jarvis Cocker (#16)
26 ( 26 ) The Summer Of A Dormouse - Boy Least Likely To
27 ( 28 ) Fifteen - Taylor Swift
28 ( 49 ) Tracers - Ash
29 ( 20 ) Soon You'll Go - Howard Jones (#20)
30 ( -- ) I'm Free - Heartdrive

31 ( 32 ) What Makes Him Act So Bad - Adam Green
32 ( 14 ) We Share The Same Skies - Cribs (#9)
33 ( 53 ) I Was A Riot At The Art School Last Night - King Hats
34 ( 55 ) I Love A Girl - Frankie Clarke
35 ( -- ) Walk On - Young Rebel Set
36 ( 58 ) Wake Up America - Poppyheads
37 ( 37 ) Blue Skies - Feelers
38 ( -- ) Eet - Regina Spektor
39 ( 39 ) Poetry Of The Deed - Frank Turner
40 ( 61 ) Naked With You - Turbo Fruits

41 ( 25 ) Fat Cats - Kaleidophone (#25)
42 ( 17 ) According To You - Orianthi (#6)
43 ( -- ) A Silent Night With You - Tori Amos
44 ( 21 ) Kamikaze Planes - Smitten Ones (#14)
45 ( 66 ) Cry Me Out - Pixie Lott
46 ( -- ) All I Want - Curtis Peoples
47 ( 69 ) The Hunted - Brett Anderson
48 ( 23 ) Accidental Love Song - Andy Kong (#15)
49 ( 31 ) I've Got Nothing - ChartJackers (#31)
50 ( 30 ) Maybe - Ingrid Michaelson (#29)

51 ( 46 ) Concrete Angel - Ashling (#46)
52 ( -- ) I Am Normal (You Are Not) - Chocolate Teapot
53 ( 74 ) Succeed 101 - Jason Karaban
54 ( 36 ) Litigation - Mariachi El Bronx (#35)
55 ( -- ) Mustard Seed - Damion Suomi
56 ( 52 ) Mowgli's Road - Marina And The Diamonds (#52)
57 ( 54 ) Archie Saves The World - French Possession (#54)
58 ( 80 ) The Bitter End - M J Miller
59 ( -- ) Kings And Queens - 30 Seconds To Mars
60 ( 40 ) Television Satellite - Law (#39)

61 ( 57 ) Funky Life - Bongo Swingers (#57)
62 ( -- ) I Wake Up Crying - Juliano Rossi
63 ( 27 ) Hey Now - Vandeville Falls (#3)
64 ( 84 ) Over And Out - Newton Faulkner
65 ( 62 ) Have You Ever - Massoumi (#62)
66 ( 86 ) You Dance - Friday Nights
67 ( -- ) You King - Starflower
68 ( 35 ) Worry About It Later - Brakes (#20)
69 ( 90 ) Peel - Tibursky
70 ( -- ) It's Over Now - Electric Lady Lab

71 ( 47 ) Hung Up - Cheek (#43)
72 ( 68 ) Hopes & Fears - Will Young (#68)
73 ( 34 ) Pencil Full Of Lead - Paolo Nutini (#11)
74 ( 93 ) Best Place I've Ever Been - World Party
75 ( -- ) More Of This - Vetiver
76 ( 70 ) Undisclosed Desires - Muse (#70)
77 ( 51 ) Everything Is Everything - Below-Fi (#48)
78 ( 72 ) Your Lucky Numbers - Phil Warson & Modern Clichés (#72)
79 ( -- ) Wall Of Stone - Navigators
80 ( 98 ) Streets Of Liverpool - Dave Rave

81 ( 43 ) Once More - Spandau Ballet (#28)
82 ( 99 ) Russian Roulette - Rihanna
83 ( 56 ) Another Likely Story - Au Revoir Simone (#53)
84 ( 100 ) WTF - OK Go
85 ( -- ) Paved With A Little Pain - Dot Allison
86 ( 60 ) Woman - Anouk (#57)
87 ( 78 ) Full Steam - David Gray ft Annie Lennox (#78)
88 ( -- ) Fancy Cover - H Bird
89 ( 45 ) Big Eyes - Bouncing Souls (#24)
90 ( 41 ) The Quarry - Mando Diao (#5)

91 ( 81 ) Take My Picture - Heads We Dance (#81)
92 ( -- ) After All - Diesel Trampoline
93 ( 50 ) We Weren't Born To Follow - Bon Jovi (#31)
94 ( 44 ) A Fairytale Ending - Boy Least Likely To (#12)
95 ( 65 ) Black Jack Love Affair - Electric Black (#61)
96 ( -- ) We Shall Burn Bright - Husky Rescue
97 ( -- ) Rollerblades - Eliza Doolittle
98 ( 48 ) Stalemate - Ben's Brother ft Anastacia (#14)
99 ( -- ) Protection Racket - Fionn Regan
100 ( 59 ) Music Will Save The World - Big Whigs (#35)

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-- ( 63 ) Tell Me I'm A Wreck - Every Avenue (#3)
-- ( 64 ) This Must Be It - Royksopp (#39)
-- ( 67 ) No1 Hit Song - Hipsters Fix (#44)
-- ( 71 ) The Alibi - Smerins Anti-Social Club (#23)
-- ( 73 ) East Jesus Nowhere - Green Day (#8)
-- ( 75 ) I Hope You Know - Floe (#68)
-- ( 76 ) This Ain't Indie (This Is A Revenge) - Pardon Ms Arden (#13)
-- ( 77 ) Broken Radio - Barflies (#49)
-- ( 79 ) Laura - Girls (#71)
-- ( 82 ) Earthquake - Little Boots (#74)
-- ( 83 ) Adultery - Little Comets (#30)
-- ( 85 ) You Should Have Known - Laura White (#54)
-- ( 87 ) Cleptomaniac - Hägga & The Thieves From The North (#12)
-- ( 88 ) Anymore - Dead Flags (#78)
-- ( 89 ) Friday I'll Be Over U - Allison Iraheta (#60)
-- ( 91 ) Happy - Leona Lewis (#81)
-- ( 92 ) Underdog - Kasabian (#34)
-- ( 94 ) Hollow Trees House Hounds - Cate Le Bon (#61)
-- ( 95 ) Cornerstone - Arctic Monkeys (#85)
-- ( 96 ) Joy Kicks Darkness - Ash (#37)
-- ( 97 ) Me And Katie On The UES - Rebecca Schiffman (#18)

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-- ( -- ) Diep - Bird & Alex Callier
-- ( -- ) Hole To Feed - Depeche Mode
-- ( -- ) Ambling Alp - Yeasayer
-- ( -- ) Seven Second Stare - Tango In the Attic
-- ( -- ) Winter Winds - Mumford & Sons
-- ( -- ) Simple Living - L-MO
-- ( -- ) Art Of Love - Guy Sebastian ft Jordin Sparks
-- ( -- ) Girl Like Me - Katia
-- ( -- ) Tripping Alone - Iain Morrison

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With Christmas on its way it usually means several Christmas song releases and usually fewer of anything else. The playlists are getting slightly smaller, actually, but are still big enough - over 40 - and it's still significant the kind of things that are missing out on the chart. We'll see how it picks up after Christmas this week (and the week between Christmas and New Year). Actually, in the last few years it's been then I've needed new releases most desperately to get rid of all the Christmas songs. So far only two Christmas songs in the chart, although one of them is the highest new entry this week. A couple of new ones on the coming playlist.

[TheThorne]

All the songs you have picked to enter this week are better than Mumford & Sons - Winter winds ?? I just can't believe that. I can just about handle you not chartinG Yeasayer even though it is one of teh catchiest indie tunes thsi month but this,,,

I am dumbstruck.

Sometimes I think you are just contrary.

I have only heard 4 of your entries maybe I have everything completely wrong, maybe there is loads of brilliant music every week that you and maybe a few others discover every week and the rest of us lap up our spoon fed inferior music. Maybe I should give up.


Sorry but I feel frustrated I must listen to around 30 new tracks every week and a few albums and every week you fill your chart with twenty odd songs and I only know 4 or 5. I thought this would get better in the digital age but it hasn't. I really would like your playlist beacuse by the time you put your chart up its a bit late to chart most of them and they dont do well for me.

[TheThorne]

right I have downloaded all your new entries above 50

[Earl Purple]

My playlist this week:

Ash - The Dead Disciples
Mission District - Just Don't Feel The Same
All Time Low - Damned If I Do Ya (Damned If I Don't)
Crissars - On A Down Day
Slow Club - Christmas Thanks For Nothing
Vinyl Chord - So Low
Jamie Walker - Out Of The Blue
Joel Alme - You Will Only Get It Once
We Are The In Crowd - Never Be What You Want
Canon Logic - Avenue Of Criminals
Jason Damato - Happy Holidays
Drums - I Felt Stupid
Allo Darlin' - The Polaroid Song
Patrick Wolf - Damaris
Bouncing Souls - Never Say Die When You're Young
Robot Disaster - Boy
Esteban - She's Just A Girl
Black Gold - Idols
Number One Gun - Forest
Reamonn - Million Miles
Ben Montague - Rainy Day
Goldhawks - Running Away
Vice - Bounce
Popes - Outlaw Heaven
Remedy - Wise (Before My Hair Turns Gray)
Shooting Stars - My Christmas Card To You
In Isolation - Virus
Involved - Shadow
Automatic - Interstate
Absent Elk - Change My World
Music Go Music - Just Me
Silversun Pickups - Substitution
Lucky Diaz - Blue Bear
Darwin Deez - Constellations
Camera Obscura - The Blizzard
Pegasus Bridge - Yoko
Slow Club - It's Christmas And You're Boring Me
Delorentos - Hallucinations
Sambassadeur - Days
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
JJ Bull - Duck Soup
Lois Lane Stalker - Water Into Wine
Flowers For Faye - Cover Up
Luminate - Shine (Love Is An Action)
Piney Gir - For The Love Of Others
Logikal - Declare Your Love
Trev Gibb - Tyrants And Slaves
Ray Davies ft Chrissie Hynde - Postcard From London
Scare - She Can't Say No

Two by Slow Club on there, the two original songs on their EP.

[TheThorne]

Ive got these

Ash - The Dead Disciples
Mission District - Just Don't Feel The Same
All Time Low - Damned If I Do Ya (Damned If I Don't)
Slow Club - Christmas Thanks For Nothing
Drums - I Felt Stupid
Patrick Wolf - Damaris
Goldhawks - Running Away
Automatic - Interstate
Silversun Pickups - Substitution
Darwin Deez - Constellations
Camera Obscura - The Blizzard
Slow Club - It's Christmas And You're Boring Me
Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown


So thats about a third but the problem is 5 of these i have known for over 2 months and they will have the advantage, the rest have at least a few days advantage over the ones I have to hear yet

[Milliways]

I don't like 'Winter Winds' either. I want some degree of enthusiasm in my Christmas songs! This is slow and plodding.

[frag]

Hum. I had Slow Club down as next week...

[Earl Purple]

There may be a physical next week. The download is already available, with the whole EP for just 99p on play.com. I am generally preferring Christmas Thanks For Nothing to the other track.

Thorney: I thought you might have wanted the Bouncing Souls one although I'm not sure you've collected any of the others. I get them from the record company's own site at www.chunksaah.com, they are 99c with paypal which is about 62p at the moment.

[TheThorne]

Only got the 1st Bouncing Souls single and I dont really pay for downloads as I subscribe. Although I do buy the occassional iTunes exclusive if I really love the track and I have no choice.

[Earl Purple]

12 Decembe 2009

1 ( 1 ) All I Want For Chanukah (Is Hookers And Blow) - Shwa Losben < 3rd week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Love Of An Orchestra - Noah & The Whale
3 ( 4 ) Life From The Bone - Daisy Wheeller
4 ( 19 ) Christmas Time Again - YCB ft Elliot Minor
5 ( 5 ) Rain - Mika
6 ( 9 ) Vanity Kills - Codeine Velvet Club
7 ( 3 ) Coin Laundry - Lisa Mitchell (#1[1])
8 ( 11 ) Pornstar - Amy Meredith
9 ( 24 ) Open Up Your Door - Richard Hawley
10 ( 13 ) Duck Duck Love - Liz Fodor

11 ( 6 ) Arcadia - Ash (#6)
12 ( 8 ) Bunny Club - Polly Scattergood (#8)
13 ( 30 ) I'm Free - Heartdrive
14 ( -- ) Postcard From London - Ray Davies ft Chrissie Hynde
15 ( 10 ) Who Says - John Mayer (#10)
16 ( 18 ) Run & Hide - Michael McKell
17 ( 35 ) Walk On - Young Rebel Set
18 ( 12 ) You Know Me - Robbie Williams (#12)
19 ( 7 ) Squander - Skunk Anansie (#4)
20 ( 38 ) Eet - Regina Spektor

21 ( -- ) My Christmas Card To You - Shooting Stars
22 ( 21 ) Caught In The Crowd - Kate Miller-Heidke (#21)
23 ( 43 ) A Silent Night With You - Tori Amos
24 ( 16 ) Every Now And Then - Noisettes (#16)
25 ( -- ) Christmas Thanks For Nothing - Slow Club
26 ( 46 ) All I Want - Curtis Peoples
27 ( 28 ) Tracers - Ash
28 ( -- ) Million Miles - Reamonn
29 ( 20 ) 'Cause I Love - Colline Hill (#20)
30 ( 52 ) I Am Normal (You Are Not) - Chocolate Teapot

31 ( -- ) The Blizzard - Camera Obscura
32 ( 55 ) Mustard Seed - Damion Suomi
33 ( 33 ) I Was A Riot At The Art School Last Night - King Hats
34 ( 34 ) I Love A Girl - Frankie Clarke
35 ( 36 ) Wake Up America - Poppyheads
36 ( 17 ) Dreammaker Ave - Trashmonkeys (#11)
37 ( 14 ) Bang!/Let's Dance - Raveonettes (#1[4])
38 ( 59 ) Kings And Queens - 30 Seconds To Mars
39 ( -- ) On A Down Day - Crissars
40 ( 15 ) Cinema vs House - Broken Family Band (#2[2])

41 ( 62 ) I Wake Up Crying - Juliano Rossi
42 ( 26 ) The Summer Of A Dormouse - Boy Least Likely To (#26)
43 ( 27 ) Fifteen - Taylor Swift (#27)
44 ( 40 ) Naked With You - Turbo Fruits (#40)
45 ( -- ) You Will Only Get It Once - Joel Alme
46 ( 67 ) You King - Starflower
47 ( 31 ) What Makes Him Act So Bad - Adam Green (#31)
48 ( -- ) Never Say Die When You're Young - Bouncing Souls
49 ( 45 ) Cry Me Out - Pixie Lott (#45)
50 ( 70 ) It's Over Now - Electric Lady Lab
51 ( 47 ) The Hunted - Brett Anderson (#47)
52 ( -- ) Rainy Day - Ben Montague
53 ( 25 ) Girls Like It Too - Jarvis Cocker (#16)
54 ( 23 ) Let It Go - Nina Ferraro (#11)
55 ( 22 ) Water And A Flame - Daniel Merriweather ft Adele (#5)
56 ( 75 ) More Of This - Vetiver
57 ( -- ) 21st Century Breakdown - Green Day
58 ( 37 ) Blue Skies - Feelers (#37)
59 ( 53 ) Succeed 101 - Jason Karaban (#53)
60 ( 29 ) Soon You'll Go - Howard Jones (#20)

61 ( 39 ) Poetry Of The Deed - Frank Turner (#39)
62 ( 79 ) Wall Of Stone - Navigators
63 ( -- ) Damned If I Do Ya (Damned If I Don't) - All Time Low
64 ( 58 ) The Bitter End - M J Miller (#58)
65 ( -- ) Damaris - Patrick Wolf
66 ( 85 ) Paved With A Little Pain - Dot Allison
67 ( -- ) Happy Holidays - Jason Damato
68 ( 88 ) Fancy Cover - H Bird
69 ( 64 ) Over And Out - Newton Faulkner (#64)
70 ( 32 ) We Share The Same Skies - Cribs (#9)

71 ( -- ) Outlaw Heaven - Popes
72 ( 66 ) You Dance - Friday Nights (#66)
73 ( 92 ) After All - Diesel Trampoline
74 ( 69 ) Peel - Tibursky (#69)
75 ( -- ) Just Me - Music Go Music
76 ( 96 ) We Shall Burn Bright - Husky Rescue
77 ( 51 ) Concrete Angel - Ashling (#46)
78 ( -- ) Days - Sambassadeur
79 ( 97 ) Rollerblades - Eliza Doolittle
80 ( 41 ) Fat Cats - Kaleidophone (#25)

81 ( 74 ) Best Place I've Ever Been - World Party (#74)
82 ( 99 ) Protection Racket - Fionn Regan
83 ( -- ) For The Love Of Others - Piney Gir
84 ( 57 ) Archie Saves The World - French Possession (#54)
85 ( 56 ) Mowgli's Road - Marina And The Diamonds (#52)
86 ( -- ) The Dead Disciples - Ash
87 ( 61 ) Funky Life - Bongo Swingers (#57)
88 ( 80 ) Streets Of Liverpool - Dave Rave (#80)
89 ( -- ) The Polaroid Song - Allo Darlin'
90 ( 49 ) I've Got Nothing - ChartJackers (#31)

91 ( 44 ) Kamikaze Planes - Smitten Ones (#14)
92 ( 42 ) According To You - Orianthi (#6)
93 ( 82 ) Russian Roulette - Rihanna (#82)
94 ( 65 ) Have You Ever - Massoumi (#62)
95 ( -- ) Bounce - Vice
96 ( 50 ) Maybe - Ingrid Michaelson (#29)
97 ( 84 ) WTF - OK Go (#84)
98 ( 54 ) Litigation - Mariachi El Bronx (#35)
99 ( 48 ) Accidental Love Song - Andy Kong (#15)
100 ( -- ) Wise (Before My Hair Turns Gray) - Remedy

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-- ( 60 ) Television Satellite - Law (#39)
-- ( 63 ) Hey Now - Vandeville Falls (#3)
-- ( 68 ) Worry About It Later - Brakes (#20)
-- ( 71 ) Hung Up - Cheek (#43)
-- ( 72 ) Hopes & Fears - Will Young (#68)
-- ( 73 ) Pencil Full Of Lead - Paolo Nutini (#11)
-- ( 76 ) Undisclosed Desires - Muse (#70)
-- ( 77 ) Everything Is Everything - Below-Fi (#48)
-- ( 78 ) Your Lucky Numbers - Phil Warson & Modern Clichés (#72)
-- ( 81 ) Once More - Spandau Ballet (#28)
-- ( 83 ) Another Likely Story - Au Revoir Simone (#53)
-- ( 86 ) Woman - Anouk (#57)
-- ( 87 ) Full Steam - David Gray ft Annie Lennox (#78)
-- ( 89 ) Big Eyes - Bouncing Souls (#24)
-- ( 90 ) The Quarry - Mando Diao (#5)
-- ( 91 ) Take My Picture - Heads We Dance (#81)
-- ( 93 ) We Weren't Born To Follow - Bon Jovi (#31)
-- ( 94 ) A Fairytale Ending - Boy Least Likely To (#12)
-- ( 95 ) Black Jack Love Affair - Electric Black (#61)
-- ( 98 ) Stalemate - Ben's Brother ft Anastacia (#14)
-- ( 100 ) Music Will Save The World - Big Whigs (#35)

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-- ( -- ) Hallucinations - Delorentos
-- ( -- ) Just Don't Feel The Same - Mission District
-- ( -- ) Out Of The Blue - Jamie Walker
-- ( -- ) Shadow - Involved
( -- ) Blue Bear - Lucky Diaz
( -- ) Yoko - Pegasus Bridge
( -- ) Water Into Wine - Lois Lane Stalker
( -- ) Never Be What You Want - We Are The In Crowd
( -- ) I Felt Stupid - Drums

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My next playlist is 40 songs long, I hope to post that later.

[Earl Purple]

Well I didn't post the playlist but then nobody replied so presumably nobody was that interested in it...

Anyway, here, just out of interest, was the NM chart of 3 April 1993, the week that Rage Against The Machine peaked. It was a top 20 and had quite a "heavy" flavour to it overall in the top part:

1 (1) Fear Of The Dark - Iron Maiden <3rd of 4 weeks at #1>
2 (3) Young At Heart - Bluebells (Only week at #2: also a #3 in 1984)
3 (2) Cats In The Cradle - Ugly Kid Joe (#2[1])
4 (4) Are You Gonna Go My Way - Lenny Kravitz (#2[1])
5 (6) Killing In The Name - Rage Against The Machine
6 (7) Shortsharpshock EP - Therapy? (lead track Screamager, actually the only track I ever played off it)
7 (5) The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite - REM (#1[4])
8 (--) Is It Like Today - World Party (#5)
9 (12) Jump He Said - David Bowie
10 (-- ) Come Undone - Duran Duran (#1[3])
11 (16) Can't Do Anything To Stop Me - Chris Isaak
12 (18) Go Away - Gloria Estefan
13 (19) Peace In Our Time - Cliff Richard
14 (9) Oh Carolina - Shaggy (#9)
15 (8) Give In To Me - Michael Jackson (#3)
16 (17) Jamaican In New York - Shinehead
17 (11) Mr Loverman - Shabba Ranks (#11)
18 (18) Informer - Snow
19 (--) Copacabana (At The Copa ) - Barry Manilow (#10)
20 (13) Too Young To Die - Jamiroquai (#13)

At the time the chart was chart-only based. The songs by Bluebells and Barry Manilow were re-issues of old songs, Shabba Ranks was also a re-issue but only about a year old.

The UK chart was heavily reggae-based at the time. A fair amount of that is in the lower end of this chart but the upper-end is far more heavy-rock based.

[Earl Purple]

I like this time of year because people release catchy throwaway pop and I can happily chart it.

Chart for 19 December 2009: Officially the "Christmas" chart because next week's will be dated 26 December and I count the one before Christmas (or on it) as the Christmas chart.

1 ( 1 ) All I Want For Chanukah (Is Hookers And Blow) - Shwa Losben < 4th week at #1 >
2 ( 14 ) Postcard From London - Ray Davies ft Chrissie Hynde
3 ( 4 ) Christmas Time Again - YCB ft Elliot Minor
4 ( 2 ) Love Of An Orchestra - Noah & The Whale (#2[2])
5 ( 3 ) Life From The Bone - Daisy Wheeller (#3)
6 ( 21 ) My Christmas Card To You - Shooting Stars
7 ( 9 ) Open Up Your Door - Richard Hawley
8 ( 6 ) Vanity Kills - Codeine Velvet Club (#6)
9 ( 25 ) Christmas Thanks For Nothing - Slow Club
10 ( 5 ) Rain - Mika (#5)

11 ( 13 ) I'm Free - Heartdrive
12 ( 28 ) Million Miles - Reamonn
13 ( 8 ) Pornstar - Amy Meredith (#8)
14 ( 31 ) The Blizzard - Camera Obscura
15 ( 10 ) Duck Duck Love - Liz Fodor (#10)
16 ( 17 ) Walk On - Young Rebel Set
17 ( 20 ) Eet - Regina Spektor
18 ( 39 ) On A Down Day - Crissars
19 ( 7 ) Coin Laundry - Lisa Mitchell (#1[1])
20 ( -- ) Gotta Have My Java - Bryan White

21 ( 23 ) A Silent Night With You - Tori Amos
22 ( 45 ) You Will Only Get It Once - Joel Alme
23 ( 16 ) Run & Hide - Michael McKell (#16)
24 ( 26 ) All I Want - Curtis Peoples
25 ( -- ) Never Gonna Snow (At Christmas) - Chris Moyles
26 ( 48 ) Never Say Die When You're Young - Bouncing Souls
27 ( 12 ) Bunny Club - Polly Scattergood (#8)
28 ( 11 ) Arcadia - Ash (#6)
29 ( 30 ) I Am Normal (You Are Not) - Chocolate Teapot
30 ( 52 ) Rainy Day - Ben Montague

31 ( -- ) Ode To Adge - Wurzels
32 ( 32 ) Mustard Seed - Damion Suomi
33 ( 15 ) Who Says - John Mayer (#10)
34 ( 57 ) 21st Century Breakdown - Green Day
35 ( -- ) I Would Do Anything - Joe Henson
36 ( 22 ) Caught In The Crowd - Kate Miller-Heidke (#21)
37 ( 18 ) You Know Me - Robbie Williams (#12)
38 ( 38 ) Kings And Queens - 30 Seconds To Mars
39 ( -- ) Three Cheers For Christmas - MacDonald Bros
40 ( 27 ) Tracers - Ash (#27)

41 ( 63 ) Damned If I Do Ya (Damned If I Don't) - All Time Low
42 ( 41 ) I Wake Up Crying - Juliano Rossi (#41)
43 ( 65 ) Damaris - Patrick Wolf
44 ( -- ) Goodbye England (Covered In Snow) - Laura Marling
45 ( 67 ) Happy Holidays - Jason Damato
46 ( 19 ) Squander - Skunk Anansie (#4)
47 ( 46 ) You King - Starflower (#46)
48 ( -- ) Crash - Ditch
49 ( 24 ) Every Now And Then - Noisettes (#16)
50 ( 71 ) Outlaw Heaven - Popes

51 ( 33 ) I Was A Riot At The Art School Last Night - King Hats (#33)
52 ( 34 ) I Love A Girl - Frankie Clarke (#34)
53 ( 35 ) Wake Up America - Poppyheads (#35)
54 ( -- ) Kaleidoscope Eyes - OneSevenFours
55 ( 50 ) It's Over Now - Electric Lady Lab (#50)
56 ( 75 ) Just Me - Music Go Music
57 ( 29 ) 'Cause I Love - Colline Hill (#20)
58 ( -- ) Girl In A White Dress - Tiny Magnetic Pets
59 ( 78 ) Days - Sambassadeur
60 ( -- ) A Christmas Song - Happy Little Three

61 ( 56 ) More Of This - Vetiver (#56)
62 ( 83 ) For The Love Of Others - Piney Gir
63 ( -- ) Natwest Tower - Woe Betides
64 ( 86 ) The Dead Disciples - Ash
65 ( -- ) Kelsey - Metro Station
66 ( 44 ) Naked With You - Turbo Fruits (#40)
67 ( 62 ) Wall Of Stone - Navigators (#62)
68 ( 89 ) The Polaroid Song - Allo Darlin'
69 ( 66 ) Paved With A Little Pain - Dot Allison (#66)
70 ( -- ) It's X-mas Time Again - Neverstore

71 ( 68 ) Fancy Cover - H Bird (#68)
72 ( 49 ) Cry Me Out - Pixie Lott (#45)
73 ( 95 ) Bounce - Vice
74 ( -- ) Cyber Love - Skyko
75 ( 36 ) Dreammaker Ave - Trashmonkeys (#11)
76 ( 51 ) The Hunted - Brett Anderson (#47)
77 ( 73 ) After All - Diesel Trampoline (#73)
78 ( 42 ) The Summer Of A Dormouse - Boy Least Likely To (#26)
79 ( -- ) Once - Kid Harpoon
80 ( 43 ) Fifteen - Taylor Swift (#27)

81 ( 100 ) Wise (Before My Hair Turns Gray) - Remedy
82 ( 37 ) Bang!/Let's Dance - Raveonettes (#1[4])
83 ( 76 ) We Shall Burn Bright - Husky Rescue (#76)
84 ( -- ) Rain Song - Dave Rave
85 ( 47 ) What Makes Him Act So Bad - Adam Green (#31)
86 ( 79 ) Rollerblades - Eliza Doolittle (#79)
87 ( -- ) Leave It - Loutish Lover
88 ( 40 ) Cinema vs House - Broken Family Band (#2[2])
89 ( 59 ) Succeed 101 - Jason Karaban (#53)
90 ( 82 ) Protection Racket - Fionn Regan (#82)

91 ( -- ) Comfort Zone - Answer
92 ( 64 ) The Bitter End - M J Miller (#58)
93 ( -- ) That Spark - Dave
94 ( 69 ) Over And Out - Newton Faulkner (#64)
95 ( -- ) Colour Blue - A Plastic Rose
96 ( -- ) Tears Fall Like Rain - Morning Side
97 ( 72 ) You Dance - Friday Nights (#66)
98 ( 58 ) Blue Skies - Feelers (#37)
99 ( 74 ) Peel - Tibursky (#69)
100 ( 53 ) Girls Like It Too - Jarvis Cocker (#16)

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-- ( 54 ) Let It Go - Nina Ferraro (#11)
-- ( 55 ) Water And A Flame - Daniel Merriweather ft Adele (#5)
-- ( 60 ) Soon You'll Go - Howard Jones (#20)
-- ( 61 ) Poetry Of The Deed - Frank Turner (#39)
-- ( 70 ) We Share The Same Skies - Cribs (#9)
-- ( 77 ) Concrete Angel - Ashling (#46)
-- ( 80 ) Fat Cats - Kaleidophone (#25)
-- ( 81 ) Best Place I've Ever Been - World Party (#74)
-- ( 84 ) Archie Saves The World - French Possession (#54)
-- ( 85 ) Mowgli's Road - Marina And The Diamonds (#52)
-- ( 87 ) Funky Life - Bongo Swingers (#57)
-- ( 88 ) Streets Of Liverpool - Dave Rave (#80)
-- ( 90 ) I've Got Nothing - ChartJackers (#31)
-- ( 91 ) Kamikaze Planes - Smitten Ones (#14)
-- ( 92 ) According To You - Orianthi (#6)
-- ( 93 ) Russian Roulette - Rihanna (#82)
-- ( 94 ) Have You Ever - Massoumi (#62)
-- ( 96 ) Maybe - Ingrid Michaelson (#29)
-- ( 97 ) WTF - OK Go (#84)
-- ( 98 ) Litigation - Mariachi El Bronx (#35)
-- ( 99 ) Accidental Love Song - Andy Kong (#15)

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-- ( -- ) Hold On - Michael Buble
-- ( -- ) Celebrity - James@War
-- ( -- ) Summer Holiday - Wild Nothing
-- ( -- ) Waiting To Hear From You - Delta Unit
-- ( ) The Rest Is History - Emily Harder
-- ( ) Skyline Christmas - Free Press
-- ( ) Barbara Ellen - Jefferson Hamer
-- ( ) Fortune Teller - Chantel Upshaw
-- ( ) Stay Inside - TapeTheRadio

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19 December was also the last day of Chanukah, in fact this was the chart that covers the whole week of Chanukah so not surprising really that Shwa Losben remained at #1, but this could now start falling fast as the festival is over, as will the Christmas ones a week or so after it. Ray Davies may well get to #1 and might stay there a 2nd week. Bryan White's song is a bit novelty but not actually Christmas related so could well be #1 the week after.

I do have a playlist of 36 this week (2 by the same artist so technically 35), and no Christmas songs on it.

There are other songs in the chart with a winter theme but not technically Christmas (Camera Obscura / Laura Marling). Those might hang around a bit.

No Joe McElderry nor Rage Against The Machine (the latter was not eligible due to it being a re-issue. See the post above this one). A different X-Factor contestant has charted though, back from 2006 (the year Leona won) - The MacDonald Bros with their Christmas song. Journey South also had a single out but was considered ineligible because it was a track from an album over 2 years old. (Similarly the Pet Shop Boys whose track was 12 years old).

The Wurzels never have actually reached my chart previously: My chart only started in 1977, one year too late for Combine Harvester, and the re-issue didn't chart in 2001 (although it was on my playlist). I did like the original at the time it came out - as an 11-year old I thought it was very funny actually. Originally the Wurzels did make totally original music, led by Adge Cutler who was their main songwriter but he died in a car accident in 1974, and they made the parody singles in a time when they were stuck for new material. Their most famous original song was called Drink Up Thy Zider, and you can find a version of it on youtube.

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No surprise to see Shwa Losben remaining at #1, and lots of Christmas/winter songs riding high. Particularly pleased to see Shooting Stars and Laura Marling (although the latter is a bit low) charting.

No muppets?

[Earl Purple]

I avoid cover-versions.

My playlist for next week is 36 songs (35 artists as two by Whitman)

Blue Babies - F.B.I
Idle Hands - Hearts
Julia K - I Light Up
Submarines - Submarine Symphonika
Pagan Wanderer Lu - Pockets In Shrouds
Switchboard Spectacular - Like I Need You
Lyrebirds - Closer
Paloma Faith - Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful
Whitman - Cul-De-Sac
Adrian English - G-Theory
Whitman - Light It Up
2nd Moon - Underground
Fun - Believe In Me
Robinson - First Time
Marvelous - Suffer In Silence
Dead By Sunrise - Let Down
Famous - Going To A Funeral
Shackles - Breaking The Silence
Men - Pack Up Your Memories
People From Venus - Kite
World Wide Language - Keep On Dancing
Blue In The Face - Real Deal
Ukulele Ray - Slow Road Home
Malf - Psycho Pretty
Sidney Joseph - Now She's Gone
Latebirds - Summer Becomes Fall
Ash - Pripyat
Gregory Darling - Life's Got A Funny Way
Simon Goodall - Bluebird Cafe
Battleship Agenda - Through Teeth
Siamese Sundown - Shake
Anders Elfström - I Fell Into Your Arms
Micragirls - Summer's Gone
Fightstar - A City On Fire
Die Pretty - Medicated Nation
Alfie And The Holics - Heart On My Sleeve

[TheThorne]

lol got 4 of those, will check a few out hehe

[Earl Purple]

I think you'd like the Whitman ones.

Idle Hands are one-hit wonders in my chart with Loaded being the #1 single of the year in 2006 on points but they haven't had another hit yet. This is their first single since then. It isn't anywhere near as good but it might get in the chart.

[Earl Purple]

I have created a new facebook group Get Real Music Back Into The Charts

Not everyone who reads this is in my friends list at facebook so you might not have seen me create it in my status. I am hoping it can grow big, maybe not as big as that RATM one but big enough to make a difference. I'd be happy if I can get something really good even to #33 in the chart.

[TheThorne]

I' waiting to see what your nomination will be but I'm sure they will be obscure generic no-hopers peddling an unfashionable and unoriginal sound with no style or personality what so ever but their song sounds quite pleasant and nice, maybe even funny.

I hope i'm wrong though.

Personally I am going the other way, if you don't embrace the charts you are old fashioned and irrelevant and there is always good stuff there as well as bad. I am making an effort to give as many chart hits attention as possible and not writing them off.

The only things I dont like about the chart at the moment is they are a bit 2 slow and there are too many entries by the same artists or oldies.

You like what you like and I like what I like why force it down anyone elses throat as tbh we are the minority!

[Earl Purple]

Yes I'm sure that Susan Boyle, number one in the album chart right now is "modern" and "relevant" to the current music scene. And Michael Buble... And of course in the singles chart that RATM song is so 2010s... (given it was from the early 90s). Lady GaGa is so "relevant" sounding just like what Gwen Stefani was doing 7 years earlier, even with a bit of Boney M mixed into one of her songs.

Music doesn't normally leap though, it progresses gradually and circulates somewhat. So acts will borrow from what was there in the past but add their own new touch to it.

I'm planing to try to promote multiple genres, not just indie-pop-rock, what you probably think is old-fashioned. My first two acts I promoted are a Texan rock-group called Whitman and a German ska-band called Blue Babies. I'll hopefully promote some British acts too.

[TheThorne]

Yes but it is pop music id rather Michael Buble over a no hit wonder. Michael Buble is relevant as he is pop = popular music. Susan Boyle is relevant as she won Britain Got Talent, yes she does covers but it is popular.

You need more than just a nice song,tell me why Whitman are great. Do they have a charismatic lead singer, do they have legions of live fans who follow them everywhere. Do they have a unique feature that makes them stand out?

If you dont have one of these you have no hope unless you feature in an advert,film or spammed across the blogosphere or supported by a fan in the media.

Tell me why I should love Whitman because I can tell you why I love Hurts, The Drums or Yeasayer all debut artists in my top 10 but I know that maybe only one of these bands will cross over or none of them. Who cares I love them!!