* NM singles charts, December 2017 *

[Earl Purple]

2 December 2017:

1 ( 1 ) Guilty - Paloma Faith < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 5 ) Moshi Moshi - Poppy
3 ( 3 ) Bali - Paper Box
4 ( 8 ) Hit Me Up - Slapback Johnny
5 ( 2 ) Stupid Things - Inheaven (#1[3])
6 ( 16 ) Over You - Brazilionaires
7 ( 9 ) Drink To That - Monroes
8 ( 4 ) Fly Now - Maureen (#4)
9 ( 6 ) Love Drugs - Incarnations (#6)
10 ( 23 ) My Indigo - My Indigo

11 ( 15 ) Saturday - Faraday
12 ( 10 ) Strange Clouds - Hillsburn (#10)
13 ( 29 ) Groovy - Callum Crighton
14 ( 32 ) Max And Archie - Seamonsters
15 ( 19 ) The Sights - Enter Shikari
16 ( -- ) Tiffany - Ina Reni
17 ( 14 ) After Party - Air Traffic Controller (#14)
18 ( 7 ) Jennifer Jones - Screens (#1[2])
19 ( 36 ) Breaking Bread - Murphykid
20 ( 40 ) Bombscare - Touts

21 ( 18 ) Slow Down - Lots Holloway (#18)
22 ( -- ) Start Starting - Carla Stark
23 ( 12 ) You - Dodie (#12)
24 ( 26 ) Rising Sign - Ghost Noise
25 ( 27 ) Run It Wild - Robbie Williams
26 ( 11 ) Same Old Story - Baboon Show (#5)
27 ( 45 ) Heart Stop - Jannine Weigel
28 ( 13 ) Egomaniac - Sarah Sharp (#6)
29 ( -- ) Holy Mountain - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
30 ( 49 ) Always You - Stunning

31 ( 34 ) So Long See Ya - Waltzburg
32 ( 17 ) I Miss You - Clean Bandit ft Julia Michaels (#17)
33 ( 37 ) Safety Net - Ilona
34 ( -- ) Mopping Forwards - Travelling Band
35 ( 56 ) Worn - Frank Valenza
36 ( 21 ) Small Things - Pony (#21)
37 ( 22 ) Expectations - A. J. Legrand (#22)
38 ( 42 ) Way To Love - Brave Giant
39 ( -- ) Wife You Up - Dustin Hatzenbuhler
40 ( 44 ) Loser With Ambition - Jorian Holka

41 ( 24 ) Bloodstone - Guy Sebastian (#24)
42 ( 30 ) Dearest Brother - Firewoodisland (#30)
43 ( 20 ) Spent The Day In Bed - Morrissey (#7)
44 ( 33 ) Twenty One - Milo Meskens (#33)
45 ( 63 ) Cabrona - Gin Wigmore
46 ( -- ) Bonnie - Anteros
47 ( 38 ) Kiss Of Death - Secret Show (#38)
48 ( 67 ) Crazy World - Just4fun
49 ( 25 ) Odyssey - Fergal O'hanlon (#10)
50 ( -- ) Crazy Times - Gene Micofsky

51 ( 31 ) Recovery - Spurgo (#31)
52 ( 53 ) Another High - Loving Memory
53 ( 43 ) Nightsweats - Wulfman Fury (#43)
54 ( 72 ) Ancient Satellite - Black Seagull
55 ( -- ) Say Something - Corella
56 ( 76 ) Superqueen - Jet Banana
57 ( 28 ) Escape! - Kai Fish (#3)
58 ( 39 ) Please Stay - Bryan Adams (#39)
59 ( -- ) Brainworm - Mmzl
60 ( 61 ) Against The Light - Hur

61 ( 35 ) Young Forever - Uncle Spudd (#18)
62 ( 81 ) Saturday's Slow - James Irvin
63 ( -- ) Midnight Transvestite - Graves
64 ( 54 ) The Cavern - Regulars (#54)
65 ( 68 ) Raincoats - Hen
66 ( -- ) Surfin' The Waves - Gary Freeman
67 ( 58 ) Stranger Things - Harvest Moon (#58)
68 ( 88 ) Rambler - Trails
69 ( 71 ) Hap Haven - Merks
70 ( 90 ) Forget Me - Born Ruffians

71 ( -- ) Fault Line - Jack River
72 ( 52 ) Human Thing - Poppet (#52)
73 ( 51 ) Before Anyone Knew Our Name - Stereophonics (#51)
74 ( 46 ) Hospitality - Two Cartoons (#24)
75 ( 41 ) Marry Me - Kai Fish (#4)
76 ( 77 ) Brave - Winter Heart
77 ( -- ) Seaweed - Yawners
78 ( 95 ) Bad Luck - 4 Idiots
79 ( 65 ) Lover's Lane - Art Theefe (#65)
80 ( 47 ) Tear - Sabella (#22)

81 ( 97 ) Choose - Hightown Parade
82 ( 80 ) Napoleon - Splashing Hill (#80)
83 ( -- ) Go Now - Dorian's Picture
84 ( 48 ) Today - 3 Dimensional People (#13)
85 ( 82 ) Bitter - Madcaps (#82)
86 ( 100 ) Numbers - Writersday
87 ( 60 ) Of Course I Can - Ripl (#60)
88 ( 50 ) No Return - Jono (#9)
89 ( -- ) Hollywood Boulevard - Marshfieldz
90 ( 55 ) I Call Your Name - Ola Salo (#28)

91 ( 73 ) Fight Me - Maddie's Changed (#73)
92 ( 64 ) Cat Brain - Dead Leaf (#64)
93 ( 87 ) Irresistible - Island Club (#87)
94 ( -- ) Automobile - Fungo Bat
95 ( 59 ) Amy - Classic Kids (#32)
96 ( 79 ) Just Call - Garden (#79)
97 ( 69 ) Better With - Lizzy Farrall (#69)
98 ( -- ) Cannonball - Tom Dice
99 ( 62 ) Seventeen - Bongo Club (#33)
100 ( 57 ) Better Life - Glow (#2[2])

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-- ( 66 ) The Finish Line - Embrace (#6)
-- ( 70 ) Still Alive - Spook School (#14)
-- ( 74 ) Say Bye - Lucas Leon
-- ( 75 ) Fantasise! - Opera Comic (#40)
-- ( 78 ) Heart Off You - George Twins (#13)
-- ( 83 ) Twigs - Townsppl (#47)
-- ( 84 ) Cold Hands - Keywest (#21)
-- ( 85 ) Chinese Floats - Deadleg
-- ( 86 ) Debt - Jar Family
-- ( 89 ) Red Dress - Eyebrows (#27)
-- ( 91 ) Dawning - Dma's (#53)
-- ( 92 ) Bruises - Tim Freitag
-- ( 93 ) Killing Karma - Sol Heilo (#57)
-- ( 94 ) Little Man - St Joan (#11)
-- ( 96 ) Last Halloween - Total Nightmares (#29)
-- ( 98 ) Friday The 13th: The Musical - Random Encounters (#32)
-- ( 99 ) Nothing - Simon Baum (#80)

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-- ( -- ) 24 Hours - Jay Williams
-- ( -- ) Remember That Night - Grouplove
-- ( -- ) Stadium Gt - Brahms
-- ( -- ) Million Pieces - Minor Soul
-- ( -- ) Words - Max & Harvey
-- ( -- ) Footprints - Foxville

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A handful of Christmas songs are on the current playlist. Skinny Lister had the Christmas #1 in both 2014 with a non-Christmas song and in 2015 with a Christmas song and they are on the list with another Christmas song.

Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott are also on the new playlist so the two most successful acts of the last 3 years are both on the playlist. Between them they have had 9 #1s since May 2014.

Sia also has a Christmas song on the new playlist although it doesn't have the word Christmas in the title, and Finnegan's Hell have a "Christmas Edit" presumably meaning they've made the song more festive than it was originally?

The current week has a reggae song by Ira Reni enter as the highest entry. Samples bits of Pass The Dutchie and also sounds a bit like Brand New Key at one point. She's had one previous hit in my chart with "I Thought You Were Gay". Poppy move up to #2 and maybe just in time for a rather cute, if not festive, Christmas #1 if the festive songs don't like up to expectation.

[Earl Purple]

9 December 2017:

1 ( 1 ) Guilty - Paloma Faith < 3rd week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Moshi Moshi - Poppy
3 ( 4 ) Hit Me Up - Slapback Johnny
4 ( 6 ) Over You - Brazilionaires
5 ( 16 ) Tiffany - Ina Reni
6 ( 3 ) Bali - Paper Box (#3)
7 ( 10 ) My Indigo - My Indigo
8 ( 22 ) Start Starting - Carla Stark
9 ( 7 ) Drink To That - Monroes (#7)
10 ( 13 ) Groovy - Callum Crighton

11 ( -- ) Christmas Calls - Skinny Lister
12 ( 14 ) Max And Archie - Seamonsters
13 ( 29 ) Holy Mountain - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
14 ( 5 ) Stupid Things - Inheaven (#1[3])
15 ( 11 ) Saturday - Faraday (#11)
16 ( 20 ) Bombscare - Touts
17 ( 19 ) Breaking Bread - Murphykid
18 ( 34 ) Mopping Forwards - Travelling Band
19 ( -- ) Candy Cane Lane - Sia
20 ( 15 ) The Sights - Enter Shikari (#15)

21 ( 9 ) Love Drugs - Incarnations (#6)
22 ( 8 ) Fly Now - Maureen (#4)
23 ( 39 ) Wife You Up - Dustin Hatzenbuhler
24 ( 12 ) Strange Clouds - Hillsburn (#10)
25 ( -- ) He Wants To - Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott
26 ( 27 ) Heart Stop - Jannine Weigel
27 ( 46 ) Bonnie - Anteros
28 ( 30 ) Always You - Stunning
29 ( -- ) Paradise Town - Finnegan's Hell
30 ( 17 ) After Party - Air Traffic Controller (#14)

31 ( 50 ) Crazy Times - Gene Micofsky
32 ( 35 ) Worn - Frank Valenza
33 ( 24 ) Rising Sign - Ghost Noise (#24)
34 ( 25 ) Run It Wild - Robbie Williams (#25)
35 ( -- ) Lighter - Bella Fellows
36 ( 21 ) Slow Down - Lots Holloway (#18)
37 ( 55 ) Say Something - Corella
38 ( 59 ) Brainworm - Mmzl
39 ( 31 ) So Long See Ya - Waltzburg (#31)
40 ( -- ) Knock Me Down - Lunafall

41 ( 18 ) Jennifer Jones - Screens (#1[2])
42 ( 33 ) Safety Net - Ilona (#33)
43 ( 63 ) Midnight Transvestite - Graves
44 ( 45 ) Cabrona - Gin Wigmore
45 ( -- ) Durty Money - Native Sins
46 ( 23 ) You - Dodie (#12)
47 ( 66 ) Surfin' The Waves - Gary Freeman
48 ( 38 ) Way To Love - Brave Giant (#38)
49 ( 48 ) Crazy World - Just4fun (#48)
50 ( 40 ) Loser With Ambition - Jorian Holka (#40)

51 ( -- ) Hold You Tonight - Rawlins Cross
52 ( 71 ) Fault Line - Jack River
53 ( 54 ) Ancient Satellite - Black Seagull
54 ( 26 ) Same Old Story - Baboon Show (#5)
55 ( 56 ) Superqueen - Jet Banana
56 ( -- ) Brass Tacks - Doc Rotten
57 ( 28 ) Egomaniac - Sarah Sharp (#6)
58 ( 77 ) Seaweed - Yawners
59 ( -- ) Medicine - Novatines
60 ( 32 ) I Miss You - Clean Bandit ft Julia Michaels (#12)

61 ( 62 ) Saturday's Slow - James Irvin
62 ( -- ) Upside Down - Miracle Of Sound
63 ( 36 ) Small Things - Pony (#21)
64 ( 52 ) Another High - Loving Memory (#52)
65 ( 83 ) Go Now - Dorian's Picture
66 ( 37 ) Expectations - A. J. Legrand (#22)
67 ( 68 ) Rambler - Trails
68 ( 42 ) Dearest Brother - Firewoodisland (#30)
69 ( 70 ) Forget Me - Born Ruffians
70 ( 44 ) Twenty One - Milo Meskens (#33)

71 ( -- ) Wake Up Call - Embrace
72 ( 47 ) Kiss Of Death - Secret Show (#38)
73 ( 89 ) Hollywood Boulevard - Marshfieldz
74 ( 41 ) Bloodstone - Guy Sebastian (#24)
75 ( 60 ) Against The Light - Hur (#60)
76 ( -- ) Side Effect - Bright Skies
77 ( 65 ) Raincoats - Hen (#65)
78 ( 53 ) Nightsweats - Wulfman Fury (#43)
79 ( 94 ) Automobile - Fungo Bat
80 ( 78 ) Bad Luck - 4 Idiots (#78)

81 ( -- ) Strangers - Sigrid
82 ( 43 ) Spent The Day In Bed - Morrissey (#7)
83 ( 69 ) Hap Haven - Merks (#69)
84 ( 81 ) Choose - Hightown Parade (#81)
85 ( 98 ) Cannonball - Tom Dice
86 ( -- ) Happiness - Darkness
87 ( 51 ) Recovery - Spurgo (#31)
88 ( 49 ) Odyssey - Fergal O'hanlon (#10)
89 ( -- ) Retrospect - Vistas
90 ( 86 ) Numbers - Writersday (#86)

91 ( 76 ) Brave - Winter Heart (#76)
92 ( 64 ) The Cavern - Regulars (#54)
93 ( 58 ) Please Stay - Bryan Adams (#39)
94 ( 67 ) Stranger Things - Harvest Moon (#58)
95 ( -- ) Amsterdam - Jaya The Cat
96 ( -- ) Feel Something - Whitman
97 ( 82 ) Napoleon - Splashing Hill (#80)
98 ( 57 ) Escape! - Kai Fish (#3)
99 ( -- ) Face Behind Her Cigarette - Boy Azooga
100 ( 61 ) Young Forever - Uncle Spudd (#18)

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-- ( 72 ) Human Thing - Poppet (#52)
-- ( 73 ) Before Anyone Knew Our Name - Stereophonics (#51)
-- ( 74 ) Hospitality - Two Cartoons (#24)
-- ( 75 ) Marry Me - Kai Fish (#4)
-- ( 79 ) Lover's Lane - Art Theefe (#65)
-- ( 80 ) Tear - Sabella (#22)
-- ( 84 ) Today - 3 Dimensional People (#13)
-- ( 85 ) Bitter - Madcaps (#82)
-- ( 87 ) Of Course I Can - Ripl (#60)
-- ( 88 ) No Return - Jono (#9)
-- ( 90 ) I Call Your Name - Ola Salo (#28)
-- ( 91 ) Fight Me - Maddie's Changed (#73)
-- ( 92 ) Cat Brain - Dead Leaf (#64)
-- ( 93 ) Irresistible - Island Club (#87)
-- ( 95 ) Amy - Classic Kids (#32)
-- ( 96 ) Just Call - Garden (#79)
-- ( 97 ) Better With - Lizzy Farrall (#69)
-- ( 99 ) Seventeen - Bongo Club (#33)
-- ( 100 ) Better Life - Glow (#2[2])

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-- ( -- ) Fly Higher - Code
-- ( -- ) Ivory Eyes - Moxi
-- ( -- ) Scream Shout - Aggi
-- ( -- ) Televise - She Rex

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No change at #1 as Paloma Faith's power ballad keeps Poppy's cute twee song off the top. Ina Reni's reggae hit makes a big climb to the top 5.

Possible Christmas #1s from artists who have been there before as Skinny Lister had the Christmas #1 in both 2014 and 2015. Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott were themselves close in 2014 reaching #1 just after, but the Beautiful South had the Christmas #1 of 1996 with "Don't Marry Her".

Between those we have a Christmas song by Sia although it doesn't have the word Christmas in the title. A jangly song typical of the season.

There are a few Christmas songs on the new playlist, which tonight I got down to 21 songs, but one is totally standout.
In any case the next chart is the one before the Christmas chart.

You won't see songs re-entering on here like they do on the UK chart. (If they did it would actually be Matisyahu that would re-enter almost every year. It spent one week at #1 5 years ago and had a relatively short run but that's a seasonal thing for you. If it were able to keep re-entering it would clock up those weeks...)

[Earl Purple]

16 December 2017:

1 ( -- ) This Dog's Just For Christmas (Not For Life) - Prosecco Socialist < 1st #1 >
2 ( 1 ) Guilty - Paloma Faith (#1[3])
3 ( 11 ) Christmas Calls - Skinny Lister
4 ( 5 ) Tiffany - Ina Reni
5 ( 2 ) Moshi Moshi - Poppy (#2)
6 ( 3 ) Hit Me Up - Slapback Johnny (#3)
7 ( 4 ) Over You - Brazilionaires (#4)
8 ( 8 ) Start Starting - Carla Stark
9 ( 19 ) Candy Cane Lane - Sia
10 ( 7 ) My Indigo - My Indigo (#7)

11 ( -- ) Christmas Eve - Shadow Shakers
12 ( 25 ) He Wants To - Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott
13 ( 13 ) Holy Mountain - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
14 ( 29 ) Paradise Town - Finnegan's Hell
15 ( 10 ) Groovy - Callum Crighton (#10)
16 ( 6 ) Bali - Paper Box (#3)
17 ( 18 ) Mopping Forwards - Travelling Band
18 ( -- ) Philosophical Man - John Moore
19 ( 12 ) Max And Archie - Seamonsters (#12)
20 ( 35 ) Lighter - Bella Fellows

21 ( 9 ) Drink To That - Monroes (#7)
22 ( 16 ) Bombscare - Touts (#16)
23 ( 23 ) Wife You Up - Dustin Hatzenbuhler
24 ( 40 ) Knock Me Down - Lunafall
25 ( -- ) Santa's Got A Gift - Goober Gun
26 ( 17 ) Breaking Bread - Murphykid (#17)
27 ( 27 ) Bonnie - Anteros
28 ( 45 ) Durty Money - Native Sins
29 ( -- ) Christmas Memories - Bff
30 ( 15 ) Saturday - Faraday (#11)

31 ( 31 ) Crazy Times - Gene Micofsky
32 ( 51 ) Hold You Tonight - Rawlins Cross
33 ( 14 ) Stupid Things - Inheaven (#1[3])
34 ( -- ) Bodies - Ham Sandwich
35 ( 38 ) Brainworm - Mmzl
36 ( 37 ) Say Something - Corella
37 ( 20 ) The Sights - Enter Shikari (#15)
38 ( 26 ) Heart Stop - Jannine Weigel (#26)
39 ( 56 ) Brass Tacks - Doc Rotten
40 ( 28 ) Always You - Stunning (#28)

41 ( 59 ) Medicine - Novatines
42 ( -- ) Untitled In D - Spector
43 ( 32 ) Worn - Frank Valenza (#32)
44 ( 43 ) Midnight Transvestite - Graves (#43)
45 ( 62 ) Upside Down - Miracle Of Sound
46 ( -- ) Christmas In Hollywood - Kat Meoz
47 ( 21 ) Love Drugs - Incarnations (#6)
48 ( 47 ) Surfin' The Waves - Gary Freeman (#47)
49 ( 24 ) Strange Clouds - Hillsburn (#10)
50 ( 22 ) Fly Now - Maureen (#4)

51 ( -- ) (I'm Going To My) Happy Place (For Christmas) - Mild Perils
52 ( 52 ) Fault Line - Jack River
53 ( 71 ) Wake Up Call - Embrace
54 ( -- ) Charlie Brown - Joe Victor
55 ( 33 ) Rising Sign - Ghost Noise (#24)
56 ( 34 ) Run It Wild - Robbie Williams (#25)
57 ( 30 ) After Party - Air Traffic Controller (#14)
58 ( 44 ) Cabrona - Gin Wigmore (#44)
59 ( 58 ) Seaweed - Yawners (#58)
60 ( 76 ) Side Effect - Bright Skies

61 ( -- ) Half A Hunner Still A Stunner - Vanities
62 ( 39 ) So Long See Ya - Waltzburg (#31)
63 ( 81 ) Strangers - Sigrid
64 ( 49 ) Crazy World - Just4fun (#48)
65 ( -- ) Put Me In A Movie - Miss World
66 ( 65 ) Go Now - Dorian's Picture (#65)
67 ( 42 ) Safety Net - Ilona (#33)
68 ( 36 ) Slow Down - Lots Holloway (#18)
69 ( 53 ) Ancient Satellite - Black Seagull (#53)
70 ( 55 ) Superqueen - Jet Banana (#55)

71 ( 86 ) Happiness - Darkness
72 ( -- ) By The Light Of The Radio - Chris Sullivan
73 ( 89 ) Retrospect - Vistas
74 ( 48 ) Way To Love - Brave Giant (#38)
75 ( -- ) Brighter Days - Fitzafrenic
76 ( 73 ) Hollywood Boulevard - Marshfieldz (#73)
77 ( 50 ) Loser With Ambition - Jorian Holka (#40)
78 ( 61 ) Saturday's Slow - James Irvin (#61)
79 ( -- ) Back On Track - Marius Tilly
80 ( 41 ) Jennifer Jones - Screens (#1[2])

81 ( 95 ) Amsterdam - Jaya The Cat
82 ( 96 ) Feel Something - Whitman
83 ( 67 ) Rambler - Trails (#67)
84 ( 79 ) Automobile - Fungo Bat (#79)
85 ( 69 ) Forget Me - Born Ruffians (#69)
86 ( -- ) Into The Wild - Jack Simon
87 ( 46 ) You - Dodie (#12)
88 ( 99 ) Face Behind Her Cigarette - Boy Azooga
89 ( -- ) Arthur's Table - Melantonic
90 ( 85 ) Cannonball - Tom Dice (#85)

91 ( 64 ) Another High - Loving Memory (#52)
92 ( -- ) D.I. Why Why Why - Bee Bee Sea
93 ( -- ) The Bay - Stereo Honey
94 ( 54 ) Same Old Story - Baboon Show (#5)
95 ( 80 ) Bad Luck - 4 Idiots (#78)
96 ( 57 ) Egomaniac - Sarah Sharp (#6)
97 ( -- ) Trouble Sleepin' - Joe Peace
98 ( 84 ) Choose - Hightown Parade (#81)
99 ( 60 ) I Miss You - Clean Bandit ft Julia Michaels (#17)
100 ( 75 ) Against The Light - Hur (#60)

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-- ( 63 ) Small Things - Pony (#21)
-- ( 66 ) Expectations - A. J. Legrand (#22)
-- ( 68 ) Dearest Brother - Firewoodisland (#30)
-- ( 70 ) Twenty One - Milo Meskens (#33)
-- ( 72 ) Kiss Of Death - Secret Show (#38)
-- ( 74 ) Bloodstone - Guy Sebastian (#24)
-- ( 77 ) Raincoats - Hen (#65)
-- ( 78 ) Nightsweats - Wulfman Fury (#43)
-- ( 82 ) Spent The Day In Bed - Morrissey (#7)
-- ( 83 ) Hap Haven - Merks (#69)
-- ( 87 ) Recovery - Spurgo (#31)
-- ( 88 ) Odyssey - Fergal O'hanlon (#10)
-- ( 90 ) Numbers - Writersday (#86)
-- ( 91 ) Brave - Winter Heart (#76)
-- ( 92 ) The Cavern - Regulars (#54)
-- ( 93 ) Please Stay - Bryan Adams (#39)
-- ( 94 ) Stranger Things - Harvest Moon (#58)
-- ( 97 ) Napoleon - Splashing Hill (#80)
-- ( 98 ) Escape! - Kai Fish (#3)
-- ( 100 ) Young Forever - Uncle Spudd (#18)

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-- ( -- ) I'm With Her - Starling Radicals

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For those who like new Christmas songs each year, follow the NM chart in the last few weeks of December.

Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott got the 3rd highest entry last week and I saw them live but they've been outdone by the other member of the Beautiful South, as Dave Rotheray is behind Prosecco Socialist, which is why it may sound a bit like a Beautiful South song in parts. The female singer is not a stranger to this chart either - it is actually Eleanor McEvoy. Mike Greaves is the male vocalist - I don't think he's ever been in my chart before.

Sia enters the top 10 with Candy Cane Lane - her first ever top hit in this chart and she first reached my chart in 2004 according to my records with "Don't Bring Me Down". That peaked at #24 and was her biggest hit before this one. But she's in the UK top 100 with a different song at the moment..

I'm sure you're curious to check this one out:



The whole video playlist is: 20171217_realvideos

[TheThorne]

Great to see Stereo Honey - The Bay in, love that song so much

Heard it on Annie Mac 2 weeks ago and it jumped out at me straight away

[Earl Purple]

You mean The Bay by Stereo Honey?

It only just scraped in and I can't remember it..

[Earl Purple]

23 December 2017:

1 ( 1 ) This Dog's Just For Christmas (Not For Life) - Prosecco Socialist < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 3 ) Christmas Calls - Skinny Lister
3 ( 9 ) Candy Cane Lane - Sia
4 ( 11 ) Christmas Eve - Shadow Shakers
5 ( -- ) F U Kristmas! - Kim Wilde & Lawnmower Deth
6 ( 18 ) Philosophical Man - John Moore
7 ( 4 ) Tiffany - Ina Reni (#4)
8 ( 2 ) Guilty - Paloma Faith (#1[3])
9 ( 25 ) Santa's Got A Gift - Goober Gun
10 ( 12 ) He Wants To - Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott

11 ( 14 ) Paradise Town - Finnegan's Hell
12 ( -- ) Hometown Christmas - 2 Johnnies
13 ( 29 ) Christmas Memories - Bff
14 ( 8 ) Start Starting - Carla Stark (#8)
15 ( 34 ) Bodies - Ham Sandwich
16 ( 5 ) Moshi Moshi - Poppy (#2)
17 ( -- ) Bleach Blonde Baby - Poppy
18 ( 20 ) Lighter - Bella Fellows
19 ( 6 ) Hit Me Up - Slapback Johnny (#3)
20 ( 7 ) Over You - Brazilionaires (#4)

21 ( 13 ) Holy Mountain - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (#13)
22 ( 10 ) My Indigo - My Indigo (#7)
23 ( 24 ) Knock Me Down - Lunafall
24 ( 42 ) Untitled In D - Spector
25 ( -- ) Dots - Woodes
26 ( 17 ) Mopping Forwards - Travelling Band (#17)
27 ( 28 ) Durty Money - Native Sins
28 ( 46 ) Christmas In Hollywood - Kat Meoz
29 ( 32 ) Hold You Tonight - Rawlins Cross
30 ( -- ) Perfect Symphony - Ed Sheeran & Andrea Bocelli

31 ( 51 ) (I'm Going To My) Happy Place (For Christmas) - Mild Perils
32 ( 15 ) Groovy - Callum Crighton (#10)
33 ( 23 ) Wife You Up - Dustin Hatzenbuhler (#23)
34 ( 54 ) Charlie Brown - Joe Victor
35 ( -- ) The Boss - Helen Hurd And The Mavericks
36 ( 27 ) Bonnie - Anteros (#27)
37 ( 39 ) Brass Tacks - Doc Rotten
38 ( 41 ) Medicine - Novatines
39 ( -- ) In The Middle - Dodie
40 ( 61 ) Half A Hunner Still A Stunner - Vanities

41 ( 19 ) Max And Archie - Seamonsters (#12)
42 ( 22 ) Bombscare - Touts (#16)
43 ( 31 ) Crazy Times - Gene Micofsky (#31)
44 ( 35 ) Brainworm - Mmzl (#35)
45 ( 45 ) Upside Down - Miracle Of Sound
46 ( 65 ) Put Me In A Movie - Miss World
47 ( -- ) Construction Man - Yucky Duster
48 ( 36 ) Say Something - Corella (#36)
49 ( -- ) Fix Your Heart - Dani Cohn
50 ( 53 ) Wake Up Call - Embrace

51 ( 26 ) Breaking Bread - Murphykid (#17)
52 ( 72 ) By The Light Of The Radio - Chris Sullivan
53 ( 16 ) Bali - Paper Box (#3)
54 ( 75 ) Brighter Days - Fitzafrenic
55 ( -- ) Blanket Full Of Dust - Mike Montrey Band
56 ( 44 ) Midnight Transvestite - Graves (#43)
57 ( 79 ) Back On Track - Marius Tilly
58 ( 60 ) Side Effect - Bright Skies
59 ( -- ) Maybe It's Time For Santa To Retire - Launch Control
60 ( 63 ) Strangers - Sigrid

61 ( 21 ) Drink To That - Monroes (#7)
62 ( 48 ) Surfin' The Waves - Gary Freeman (#47)
63 ( -- ) Wait - Turin Brakes
64 ( 52 ) Fault Line - Jack River (#52)
65 ( 86 ) Into The Wild - Jack Simon
66 ( 38 ) Heart Stop - Jannine Weigel (#26)
67 ( -- ) High Hopes - Implications
68 ( 40 ) Always You - Stunning (#28)
69 ( 43 ) Worn - Frank Valenza (#32)
70 ( 89 ) Arthur's Table - Melantonic

71 ( 71 ) Happiness - Darkness
72 ( 73 ) Retrospect - Vistas
73 ( 30 ) Saturday - Faraday (#11)
74 ( 59 ) Seaweed - Yawners (#58)
75 ( -- ) Sideways - Sleepy Heads
76 ( 92 ) D.I. Why Why Why - Bee Bee Sea
77 ( 93 ) The Bay - Stereo Honey
78 ( -- ) Firebug Ronnie - Sam Hadfield
79 ( 97 ) Trouble Sleepin' - Joe Peace
80 ( 66 ) Go Now - Dorian's Picture (#65)

81 ( 37 ) The Sights - Enter Shikari (#15)
82 ( 81 ) Amsterdam - Jaya The Cat (#81)
83 ( -- ) Double Denim - Bad Mannequins
84 ( 82 ) Feel Something - Whitman (#82)
85 ( -- ) Spite Christmas - Sandra's Wedding
86 ( 58 ) Cabrona - Gin Wigmore (#44)
87 ( 33 ) Stupid Things - Inheaven (#1[3])
88 ( 88 ) Face Behind Her Cigarette - Boy Azooga
89 ( -- ) Break Things - Fantastic Mister Zguy
90 ( 76 ) Hollywood Boulevard - Marshfieldz (#73)

91 ( -- ) Christmas Is A Time For Everyone - Velinski
92 ( 64 ) Crazy World - Just4fun (#48)
93 ( -- ) Miscommunication - Concrete Surfers
94 ( 70 ) Superqueen - Jet Banana (#55)
95 ( 84 ) Automobile - Fungo Bat (#79)
96 ( 69 ) Ancient Satellite - Black Seagull (#53)
97 ( 55 ) Rising Sign - Ghost Noise (#24)
98 ( 56 ) Run It Wild - Robbie Williams (#25)
99 ( -- ) When You Die - MGMT
100 ( 90 ) Cannonball - Tom Dice (#85)

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-- ( 47 ) Love Drugs - Incarnations (#6)
-- ( 49 ) Strange Clouds - Hillsburn (#10)
-- ( 50 ) Fly Now - Maureen (#4)
-- ( 57 ) After Party - Air Traffic Controller (#14)
-- ( 62 ) So Long See Ya - Waltzburg (#31)
-- ( 67 ) Safety Net - Ilona (#33)
-- ( 68 ) Slow Down - Lots Holloway (#18)
-- ( 74 ) Way To Love - Brave Giant (#38)
-- ( 77 ) Loser With Ambition - Jorian Holka (#40)
-- ( 78 ) Saturday's Slow - James Irvin (#61)
-- ( 80 ) Jennifer Jones - Screens (#1[2])
-- ( 83 ) Rambler - Trails (#67)
-- ( 85 ) Forget Me - Born Ruffians (#69)
-- ( 87 ) You - Dodie (#12)
-- ( 91 ) Another High - Loving Memory (#52)
-- ( 94 ) Same Old Story - Baboon Show (#5)
-- ( 95 ) Bad Luck - 4 Idiots (#78)
-- ( 96 ) Egomaniac - Sarah Sharp (#6)
-- ( 98 ) Choose - Hightown Parade (#81)
-- ( 99 ) I Miss You - Clean Bandit ft Julia Michaels (#17)
-- ( 100 ) Against The Light - Hur (#60)

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-- ( -- ) Ice Queen - Mr. Irish b*st*rd
-- ( -- ) A Dog On Christmas Day - Peter Parsons

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Here it is, the Christmas chart of 2017 with an all-Christmas-song top 5. That top 5 is likely to go into all my future Christmas playlists, which grows every year.

Kim Wilde enters at #5 - that's been out a couple of weeks but got my attention when it was entered into Xmasvision. Don't expect it to climb to #1 though, in fact it might not climb at all, and John Moore may stand the best chance of the post-Christmas #1 although Poppy, who falls from #5 to #16 this week with her #2 hit "Moshi Moshi" also enters one place lower and will want to go one better. That would certainly give 2018 a very "cute" start.

Ed Sheeran's UK #1 has 3 versions, the one with Andrea Bocelli enters this chart at #30. I'm not combining versions and that one has a recent video which is why it got picked.

Note this is not the final chart of the year, so the chart of the year won't be compiled until after next week's chart.

Last year I had a similar issue to this year with regards the video playlist in that if I made one for last week then the Christmas songs entering this week would end up stuck on a video playlist after Christmas so I will make one now for all the Christmas-related songs and one for last week's chart separately with no Christmas songs, and then one for the chart 2 weeks from now.

That does mean that the one for last week's chart will not finish with the #1 but the highest non-Christmas song that would appear normally, i.e. Ira Reni not Paloma Faith.

Due to the removal of Christmas songs from last week's video playlist (which will go into their own) it will go down as far as #50 rather than the usual #40.

[Earl Purple]

I now remember it was 2015 and there was a video playlist on 13th December and the next one was due on 3rd January (those days both being Sundays, as the playlist is dated the day after the chart). There were a lot of Christmas entries after 13th December and so I threw them into their own playlist, but Skinny Lister (with Beans On Toast) was #1 on the week of 13th December and still got on my show. Thus 3rd January 2016 show had no Christmas songs and Dexters were a new #1 that week with Lost Van Goghs a new entry at #5.

So I won't be cutting the #1 out of the show for 17th December this year and really the other Christmas songs should also get in it. The Christmas show I made this year only had 12 songs anyway, going down to #60. I seem to recall the one that year had a few more.

The show with the #1s and #2s will be separate.

[Earl Purple]

Ok, I created the proper video playlist for the previous chart and the new entries that are Christmas songs are in the Xmas one of 12 songs and won't be in the next 3-weekly one that comes out in January.

The one from last week had no songs left over from the previous one and thus only 26 in total. It includes quite a few Christmas songs.

[Earl Purple]

30 December 2017:

1 ( 1 ) This Dog's Just For Christmas (Not For Life) - Prosecco Socialist < 3rd week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Christmas Calls - Skinny Lister
3 ( 3 ) Candy Cane Lane - Sia
4 ( 4 ) Christmas Eve - Shadow Shakers
5 ( 5 ) F U Kristmas! - Kim Wilde & Lawnmower Deth
6 ( 6 ) Philosophical Man - John Moore
7 ( 12 ) Hometown Christmas - 2 Johnnies
8 ( 17 ) Bleach Blonde Baby - Poppy
9 ( 9 ) Santa's Got A Gift - Goober Gun
10 ( 25 ) Dots - Woodes

11 ( 13 ) Christmas Memories - Bff
12 ( 15 ) Bodies - Ham Sandwich
13 ( -- ) Do You Remember? - Yearning
14 ( 30 ) Perfect Symphony - Ed Sheeran & Andrea Bocelli
15 ( 10 ) He Wants To - Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott (#10)
16 ( 11 ) Paradise Town - Finnegan's Hell (#11)
17 ( 7 ) Tiffany - Ina Reni (#4)
18 ( 35 ) The Boss - Helen Hurd And The Mavericks
19 ( -- ) Remind Me - Exiled
20 ( 39 ) In The Middle - Dodie

21 ( 24 ) Untitled In D - Spector
22 ( 8 ) Guilty - Paloma Faith (#1[3])
23 ( -- ) Cruel Wind Blowing - Daggerplay
24 ( 18 ) Lighter - Bella Fellows (#18)
25 ( 28 ) Christmas In Hollywood - Kat Meoz
26 ( 47 ) Construction Man - Yucky Duster
27 ( 31 ) (I'm Going To My) Happy Place (For Christmas) - Mild Perils
28 ( 49 ) Fix Your Heart - Dani Cohn
29 ( 14 ) Start Starting - Carla Stark (#8)
30 ( -- ) Got To Be You - Dr. Victor

31 ( 34 ) Charlie Brown - Joe Victor
32 ( 23 ) Knock Me Down - Lunafall (#23)
33 ( 55 ) Blanket Full Of Dust - Mike Montrey Band
34 ( -- ) The Bottom - Fhackers
35 ( 27 ) Durty Money - Native Sins (#27)
36 ( 40 ) Half A Hunner Still A Stunner - Vanities
37 ( 29 ) Hold You Tonight - Rawlins Cross (#29)
38 ( 16 ) Moshi Moshi - Poppy (#2)
39 ( 59 ) Maybe It's Time For Santa To Retire - Launch Control
40 ( 21 ) Holy Mountain - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (#13)

41 ( -- ) Back From Space - Steaming Satellites
42 ( 63 ) Wait - Turin Brakes
43 ( 19 ) Hit Me Up - Slapback Johnny (#3)
44 ( 46 ) Put Me In A Movie - Miss World
45 ( 20 ) Over You - Brazilionaires (#4)
46 ( 22 ) My Indigo - My Indigo (#7)
47 ( -- ) Break Loose - Plasterwork
48 ( 26 ) Mopping Forwards - Travelling Band (#17)
49 ( 67 ) High Hopes - Implications
50 ( 37 ) Brass Tacks - Doc Rotten (#37)

51 ( 38 ) Medicine - Novatines (#38)
52 ( 52 ) By The Light Of The Radio - Chris Sullivan
53 ( -- ) Beauty In The Broken - Joseh
54 ( 54 ) Brighter Days - Fitzafrenic
55 ( 57 ) Back On Track - Marius Tilly
56 ( 75 ) Sideways - Sleepy Heads
57 ( 33 ) Wife You Up - Dustin Hatzenbuhler (#23)
58 ( -- ) The Cartographer's Incentive - Mellow Cassette
59 ( 45 ) Upside Down - Miracle Of Sound (#45)
60 ( 36 ) Bonnie - Anteros (#27)

61 ( 78 ) Firebug Ronnie - Sam Hadfield
62 ( 50 ) Wake Up Call - Embrace (#50)
63 ( -- ) Reach It - Mia Morris
64 ( 32 ) Groovy - Callum Crighton (#10)
65 ( 65 ) Into The Wild - Jack Simon
66 ( 83 ) Double Denim - Bad Mannequins
67 ( -- ) Goldeneye - Creatures
68 ( 44 ) Brainworm - Mmzl (#35)
69 ( 85 ) Spite Christmas - Sandra's Wedding
70 ( 43 ) Crazy Times - Gene Micofsky (#31)

71 ( 70 ) Arthur's Table - Melantonic (#70)
72 ( 58 ) Side Effect - Bright Skies (#58)
73 ( -- ) Dumb - Snakeboy
74 ( 60 ) Strangers - Sigrid (#60)
75 ( 89 ) Break Things - Fantastic Mister Zguy
76 ( 48 ) Say Something - Corella (#36)
77 ( 91 ) Christmas Is A Time For Everyone - Velinski
78 ( -- ) Mr. No Good - Bombargo
79 ( 42 ) Bombscare - Touts (#16)
80 ( 93 ) Miscommunication - Concrete Surfers

81 ( 76 ) D.I. Why Why Why - Bee Bee Sea (#76)
82 ( 41 ) Max And Archie - Seamonsters (#12)
83 ( 77 ) The Bay - Stereo Honey (#77)
84 ( 79 ) Trouble Sleepin' - Joe Peace (#79)
85 ( -- ) Throw Ourselves In - Marsicans
86 ( 56 ) Midnight Transvestite - Graves (#43)
87 ( 99 ) When You Die - MGMT
88 ( -- ) Reasons - Coinflip Cutie
89 ( 71 ) Happiness - Darkness (#71)
90 ( 72 ) Retrospect - Vistas (#72)

91 ( -- ) Back Of The Line - Backdrop Falls
92 ( 64 ) Fault Line - Jack River (#52)
93 ( 62 ) Surfin' The Waves - Gary Freeman (#47)
94 ( 51 ) Breaking Bread - Murphykid (#17)
95 ( -- ) Wits' End - Tv Dinners
96 ( 82 ) Amsterdam - Jaya The Cat (#81)
97 ( -- ) Drowning Season - Chris Allan
98 ( 84 ) Feel Something - Whitman (#82)
99 ( 88 ) Face Behind Her Cigarette - Boy Azooga (#88)
100 ( -- ) John Weird - Lightshaped

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-- ( 53 ) Bali - Paper Box (#3)
-- ( 61 ) Drink To That - Monroes (#7)
-- ( 66 ) Heart Stop - Jannine Weigel (#26)
-- ( 68 ) Always You - Stunning (#28)
-- ( 69 ) Worn - Frank Valenza (#32)
-- ( 73 ) Saturday - Faraday (#11)
-- ( 74 ) Seaweed - Yawners (#58)
-- ( 80 ) Go Now - Dorian's Picture (#65)
-- ( 81 ) The Sights - Enter Shikari (#15)
-- ( 86 ) Cabrona - Gin Wigmore (#44)
-- ( 87 ) Stupid Things - Inheaven (#1[3])
-- ( 90 ) Hollywood Boulevard - Marshfieldz (#73)
-- ( 92 ) Crazy World - Just4fun (#48)
-- ( 94 ) Superqueen - Jet Banana (#55)
-- ( 95 ) Automobile - Fungo Bat (#79)
-- ( 96 ) Ancient Satellite - Black Seagull (#53)
-- ( 97 ) Rising Sign - Ghost Noise (#24)
-- ( 98 ) Run It Wild - Robbie Williams (#25)
-- ( 100 ) Cannonball - Tom Dice (#85)

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This is the final chart of 2017, and I will soon compile the chart of the year.

I am not planning to end the NM chart yet, so there will be a new chart in 2018. So maybe the Yearning will get a #1 in that year that they should have had in 2013.

In 2017 as a year, New Old World and :PM both had 6-week number ones, Ellie Rose topped for 5 weeks and Emma Stevens for 4 weeks. There were a lot of singles that stayed on top for 3 weeks, a handful for 2 weeks and none of them for just 1 week. Several #2s had very good runs too: Dropkick Murphys, Frankie Grande and Cats In Space all stayed at #2 for 4 weeks, and Manchester Orchestra for 3 but in a broken run (2-2-3-2), whilst Hans On The Bass also had a #2 for 3 weeks.

[Earl Purple]

My chart of the year has been compiled, and I'll be counting it down soon, but not as many positions as I have in previous years.

The first chart of a new year is always interesting. However expect a minor shock in the one coming up.