* NM singles charts, July 2018 *

[Earl Purple]

This topic will be completed in just over a week

7 July 2018:


1 ( 1 ) Movin' Along - Moment 44 < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 3 ) Charge Of The Light Brigade - Tallywags
3 ( 4 ) Get Up - Loveshack
4 ( 7 ) England Crazy - Alistair Griffin
5 ( 2 ) Have It All - Jason Mraz (#1[3])
6 ( 18 ) Quitters Anonymous - Moment 44
7 ( 9 ) Two Rivers - Alarm
8 ( 6 ) Heart Killer - Dr. Dog (#6)
9 ( 13 ) Embers Rise - Miracle Of Sound
10 ( 26 ) Double Denim - Helen Love

11 ( 5 ) Crush Hour - D'artagnan (#2[3])
12 ( 29 ) When We Were Young - Picture This
13 ( 16 ) Motivation - Her Burden
14 ( 10 ) Indigo - Only Sun (#10)
15 ( -- ) The New Age - Spitfires
16 ( -- ) What Kind Of World - Tom Bailey
17 ( 35 ) Baby Come Back - TT Grace
18 ( 21 ) Nobody Cares But Me - Alpaca Sports
19 ( 8 ) Spinning Around - Tailormade (#3)
20 ( 14 ) The Constant - Mighty Mighty Bosstones (#14)

21 ( 41 ) Paradise - Blank Tapes
22 ( 11 ) Remains The Same - Spitfires (#7)
23 ( -- ) Shotgun - George Ezra
24 ( 19 ) Keep On - Loose Tooth (#19)
25 ( 28 ) Which Way - Liberty Ship
26 ( 45 ) Quiet Sounds - Small Talks
27 ( -- ) Birthday - Kim Wilde
28 ( 31 ) Gold Rush - Death Cab For Cutie
29 ( 15 ) Why Is He So Mean - Emilia Mitiku (#11)
30 ( 12 ) Shannon - Bend Sinister (#4)

31 ( -- ) Shovin' Rocks - Backyard Babies
32 ( 23 ) Nothing Civil - Jeremy & The Harlequins (#23)
33 ( 50 ) Coming For You - Jenn Champion
34 ( 25 ) Romantic - Hooverphonic (#25)
35 ( 53 ) Rebecca's Friends - Walk Upright
36 ( -- ) It Burns - Traveling John
37 ( 38 ) Lovers In The Rain - Night Flight Orchestra
38 ( 20 ) Wild Enough - Elina (#15)
39 ( 17 ) People's Champ - Arkells (#7)
40 ( 57 ) Left And Right - Jerry Williams

41 ( -- ) Up In Smoke - Town Of Saints
42 ( 42 ) Dip - Culture Abuse
43 ( 33 ) Tell Me You Know - Good Kid (#33)
44 ( 62 ) Meet Me Later - Morning Robots
45 ( 27 ) Dance To The Rhythm - Laish (#20)
46 ( 22 ) Data Roaming - Ukebox (#3)
47 ( 48 ) Not If I See You First - Simon Love
48 ( 24 ) One For The Road - Vagaband (#10)
49 ( 67 ) Stressed Out - Autoramas
50 ( 51 ) The Weekend - Charlie Winston

51 ( -- ) Doomed - Man The Lifeboats
52 ( 40 ) Little Love - James Smith (#40)
53 ( 32 ) Cryin' My Eyes Out - Shannon Shaw (#25)
54 ( 55 ) Don't Leave It In Our Hands - Essex Green
55 ( 72 ) Yes Men - Ed The Dog
56 ( 34 ) Deep Down - Inklings (#27)
57 ( 30 ) Better Me Better You - Clara Mae & Jake Miller (#14)
58 ( 75 ) The Kids Are Alt-Right - Bad Religion
59 ( -- ) Eyes Like Pearls - Coral
60 ( 46 ) World Girl - Charlie Blackwood (#46)

61 ( 39 ) Creep City - Jake Shears (#31)
62 ( 49 ) Adeline - 90's Kids (#49)
63 ( 63 ) Home Sweet Home - Way Out West
64 ( 81 ) Love Is Blind - Dustin Tebbutt
65 ( 52 ) Social Hell - Lovebites (#52)
66 ( 43 ) Walking On Water - Saffyre (#35)
67 ( 36 ) Boomin' In Your Jeep - Crystal Fighters (#16)
68 ( 66 ) Magpie - Holly Rees (#66)
69 ( 86 ) Moonlight Blue - Van Common
70 ( 37 ) Tokyo - Clause (#6)

71 ( 89 ) Where On The Map - Jocee
72 ( -- ) Keep On Movin' - Jessica Allossery
73 ( 60 ) Bad To The Bone - Wstr (#60)
74 ( 73 ) Hiding Away From Life - Michael Learns To Rock (#73)
75 ( -- ) Glory Days - Dirt Royal
76 ( -- ) Distraction - Ukebox
77 ( -- ) The Same - Joe Jenneman
78 ( 54 ) Helpless - Regrettes (#43)
79 ( 47 ) On Your Way - Mt. Desolation (#22)
80 ( 44 ) Speak Easy - Percival Elliott (#9)

81 ( 80 ) My Little Blackbird - Pilgrim St (#80)
82 ( -- ) Summer Tune - 2 Johnnies
83 ( 69 ) Deep Water - American Authors (#69)
84 ( -- ) What Have We Done? - Opera Comic
85 ( 59 ) People Get Old - Lori Mckenna (#48)
86 ( 85 ) Farthest Moon - Field Division (#85)
87 ( 74 ) Tug O' War - Emma Langford (#74)
88 ( -- ) The Wee Wee Hours - Turner Cody
89 ( 65 ) f*** You! - Her Burden (#54)
90 ( 58 ) Golden Boots - Like Snow (#30)

91 ( 56 ) Breakfast Dinners - Rachel Kramer (#13)
92 ( -- ) Going Going Gone - Maddie Poppe
93 ( 61 ) Welcome To Hell - Mono Inc. (#33)
94 ( 82 ) Comeback - Jonas Oberstaller (#80)
95 ( -- ) Stuck To You - Joyride
96 ( -- ) Here Come The Bells - Naked Lunch
97 ( 77 ) Small Talk - New Schematics (#63)
98 ( -- ) Perfume - Natalie Shay
99 ( 88 ) This Party - Houndmouth (#83)
100 ( 70 ) We Should Run - Josh Gray (#36)

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-- ( 64 ) Classic - Freedom Fry (#1[2])
-- ( 68 ) All You Need Is Me - Flynn Six (#18)
-- ( 71 ) This Time - Night Flight Orchestra (#3)
-- ( 76 ) Exhale - Kyleen Downes (#21)
-- ( 78 ) Scene Of The Crime - Gaspar Sanz (#42)
-- ( 79 ) Living Water - David Ashley Trent (#66)
-- ( 83 ) Song For Leila - Only Sun (#11)
-- ( 84 ) Sweet Home - Mad Hatter's Daughter (#70)
-- ( 87 ) I Will Be There - Shook (#46)
-- ( 90 ) Empress - Snow Patrol (#54)
-- ( 91 ) Hell Or High Water - Passenger (#52)
-- ( 92 ) Null Set - Cousin Boneless (#27)
-- ( 93 ) Wreckless - Bandit Heart (#12)
-- ( 94 ) Stuck On A Feeling - Carly Peeters (#76)
-- ( 95 ) Hi Hello - Johnny Marr (#29)
-- ( 96 ) Fish In The Sky - Gerald Ahern (#59)
-- ( 97 ) w**ker - Jack Moy (#15)
-- ( 98 ) Stargazer - Jack Carty & Gus Gardiner (#83)
-- ( 99 ) Hurts Like Paradise - Amy Lawton (#85)
-- ( 100 ) New Light - John Mayer (#65)

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-- ( -- ) Mia - Anarbor
-- ( -- ) Blood Is Thicker - Don't Call Me Ishmael
-- ( -- ) Young And Angry Again - Lori Mckenna
-- ( -- ) Come Alive - Grasscourt
-- ( -- ) Split - 42 King
-- ( -- ) New Amsterdam - Love Language
-- ( -- ) Jar Breaker - Teen Agers

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7th July is the date England beat Sweden in the Quarter Final so there was football fever on England reaching the semi-final for the first time since 1990. Depending on how England do will see how the song currently at #2 does, and the #4 too.

Among the highest entries is Tom Bailey, who had a lot of success in the 1980s with the Thompson Twins. Although his song is the 2nd highest entry, we know from this year that 2nd highest entries often make it to #1. Meanwhile the Spitfires get an entry the week their other single drops from #11 to #22.

[Earl Purple]

14 July 2018:

1 ( 1 ) Movin' Along - Moment 44 < 3rd week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Charge Of The Light Brigade - Tallywags
3 ( 6 ) Quitters Anonymous - Moment 44
4 ( 15 ) The New Age - Spitfires
5 ( 3 ) Get Up - Loveshack (#3)
6 ( 4 ) England Crazy - Alistair Griffin (#4)
7 ( 16 ) What Kind Of World - Tom Bailey
8 ( 10 ) Double Denim - Helen Love
9 ( 23 ) Shotgun - George Ezra
10 ( 12 ) When We Were Young - Picture This

11 ( 7 ) Two Rivers - Alarm (#7)
12 ( 9 ) Embers Rise - Miracle Of Sound (#9)
13 ( 27 ) Birthday - Kim Wilde
14 ( 5 ) Have It All - Jason Mraz (#1[3])
15 ( 17 ) Baby Come Back - TT Grace
16 ( 31 ) Shovin' Rocks - Backyard Babies
17 ( 8 ) Heart Killer - Dr. Dog (#6)
18 ( 13 ) Motivation - Her Burden (#13)
19 ( 21 ) Paradise - Blank Tapes
20 ( 36 ) It Burns - Traveling John

21 ( -- ) Rum & Red Bull - Tailormade
22 ( 41 ) Up In Smoke - Town Of Saints
23 ( 26 ) Quiet Sounds - Small Talks
24 ( 18 ) Nobody Cares But Me - Alpaca Sports (#18)
25 ( 11 ) Crush Hour - D'artagnan (#2[3])
26 ( 14 ) Indigo - Only Sun (#10)
27 ( 51 ) Doomed - Man The Lifeboats
28 ( 33 ) Coming For You - Jenn Champion
29 ( -- ) Why Are You So Tired? - Brand New Friend
30 ( 25 ) Which Way - Liberty Ship (#25)

31 ( 35 ) Rebecca's Friends - Walk Upright
32 ( 28 ) Gold Rush - Death Cab For Cutie (#28)
33 ( 20 ) The Constant - Mighty Mighty Bosstones (#14)
34 ( -- ) Shake Shake - Nessi
35 ( 59 ) Eyes Like Pearls - Coral
36 ( 40 ) Left And Right - Jerry Williams
37 ( 24 ) Keep On - Loose Tooth (#19)
38 ( 19 ) Spinning Around - Tailormade (#3)
39 ( -- ) Do You Wanna Go Surfin'? - Be Like Pablo
40 ( 44 ) Meet Me Later - Morning Robots

41 ( 22 ) Remains The Same - Spitfires (#7)
42 ( -- ) f*** You Song - Bullets And Octane
43 ( -- ) New Religion - Eric Hutchinson
44 ( 49 ) Stressed Out - Autoramas
45 ( 37 ) Lovers In The Rain - Night Flight Orchestra (#37)
46 ( 72 ) Keep On Movin' - Jessica Allossery
47 ( -- ) In The Summer - Dan Olsen
48 ( 32 ) Nothing Civil - Jeremy & The Harlequins (#23)
49 ( 42 ) Dip - Culture Abuse (#42)
50 ( 55 ) Yes Men - Ed The Dog

51 ( -- ) Times - Leading Guy
52 ( 75 ) Glory Days - Dirt Royal
53 ( 34 ) Romantic - Hooverphonic (#25)
54 ( 29 ) Why Is He So Mean - Emilia Mitiku (#11)
55 ( 76 ) Distraction - Ukebox
56 ( 58 ) The Kids Are Alt-Right - Bad Religion
57 ( 77 ) The Same - Joe Jenneman
58 ( 47 ) Not If I See You First - Simon Love (#47)
59 ( -- ) Let Me Go: A Granny Song - Random Encounters
60 ( 30 ) Shannon - Bend Sinister (#4)

61 ( -- ) Giving It Up - Emnibis
62 ( 50 ) The Weekend - Charlie Winston (#50)
63 ( 82 ) Summer Tune - 2 Johnnies
64 ( 64 ) Love Is Blind - Dustin Tebbutt
65 ( -- ) Let's Ride - Mxpx
66 ( 84 ) What Have We Done? - Opera Comic
67 ( 43 ) Tell Me You Know - Good Kid (#33)
68 ( 54 ) Don't Leave It In Our Hands - Essex Green (#54)
69 ( -- ) Family Tree - Kyle Falconer
70 ( 69 ) Moonlight Blue - Van Common (#69)

71 ( -- ) Los Lonely Girls - Sweet Spirit
72 ( 38 ) Wild Enough - Elina (#15)
73 ( 71 ) Where On The Map - Jocee (#71)
74 ( 88 ) The Wee Wee Hours - Turner Cody
75 ( 39 ) People's Champ - Arkells (#7)
76 ( 92 ) Going Going Gone - Maddie Poppe
77 ( 45 ) Dance To The Rhythm - Laish (#20)
78 ( 63 ) Home Sweet Home - Way Out West (#63)
79 ( 52 ) Little Love - James Smith (#40)
80 ( 95 ) Stuck To You - Joyride

81 ( 96 ) Here Come The Bells - Naked Lunch
82 ( 98 ) Perfume - Natalie Shay
83 ( 46 ) Data Roaming - Ukebox (#3)
84 ( 68 ) Magpie - Holly Rees (#66)
85 ( -- ) Streets Of You - Eagle-Eye Cherry
86 ( 48 ) One For The Road - Vagaband (#10)
87 ( -- ) The Same The Whole World Over - Gilbert O'sullivan
88 ( 60 ) World Girl - Charlie Blackwood (#46)
89 ( 53 ) Cryin' My Eyes Out - Shannon Shaw (#25)
90 ( 62 ) Adeline - 90's Kids (#49)

91 ( 74 ) Hiding Away From Life - Michael Learns To Rock (#73)
92 ( 65 ) Social Hell - Lovebites (#52)
93 ( 56 ) Deep Down - Inklings (#27)
94 ( -- ) Top Drawer - Covasettes
95 ( 81 ) My Little Blackbird - Pilgrim St (#80)
96 ( -- ) Misery-Punk Ruined My Life - Goodbye Blue Monday
97 ( 61 ) Creep City - Jake Shears (#31)
98 ( 57 ) Better Me Better You - Clara Mae & Jake Miller (#14)
99 ( 73 ) Bad To The Bone - Wstr (#60)
100 ( 86 ) Farthest Moon - Field Division (#85)

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-- ( 66 ) Walking On Water - Saffyre (#35)
-- ( 67 ) Boomin' In Your Jeep - Crystal Fighters (#16)
-- ( 70 ) Tokyo - Clause (#6)
-- ( 78 ) Helpless - Regrettes (#43)
-- ( 79 ) On Your Way - Mt. Desolation (#22)
-- ( 80 ) Speak Easy - Percival Elliott (#9)
-- ( 83 ) Deep Water - American Authors (#69)
-- ( 85 ) People Get Old - Lori Mckenna (#48)
-- ( 87 ) Tug O' War - Emma Langford (#74)
-- ( 89 ) f*** You! - Her Burden (#54)
-- ( 90 ) Golden Boots - Like Snow (#30)
-- ( 91 ) Breakfast Dinners - Rachel Kramer (#13)
-- ( 93 ) Welcome To Hell - Mono Inc. (#33)
-- ( 94 ) Comeback - Jonas Oberstaller (#80)
-- ( 97 ) Small Talk - New Schematics (#63)
-- ( 99 ) This Party - Houndmouth (#83)
-- ( 100 ) We Should Run - Josh Gray (#36)

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-- ( -- ) Ponytail - Pi Ja Ma
-- ( -- ) Bruce Lee - Silver Twins
-- ( -- ) Sinner - Deaf Havana

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Moment 44 have both the #1 and #3, on a week England lost their semi-final on the Wednesday but the momentum up to that point has kept the Tallywags at #2. That one will probably make a big drop next week but we have last week's highest 2 entries climbing to potentially break up a possibly Moment 44 monopoly.

George Ezra's UK #1 climbs to #9. Not many UK #1s make it into the top 10 on this chart but one of the versions of "Perfect" did get to #4 just after Christmas. "River" then made it to #13.

Meanwhile yet another high entry for Tailormade who would clearly win the award of Newcomer of the Year for me. They will be performing in London in October and I may even see them.

Along even longer than Tom Bailey, we have at #87 an entry by Gilbert O'Sullivan who also appears in my current retro chart of 11 December 1971 where he is #7 this week with "No Matter How I Try".

[Earl Purple]

21 July 2018:

1 ( 1 ) Movin' Along - Moment 44 < 4th week at #1 >
2 ( 3 ) Quitters Anonymous - Moment 44
3 ( 7 ) What Kind Of World - Tom Bailey
4 ( 4 ) The New Age - Spitfires
5 ( 9 ) Shotgun - George Ezra
6 ( 21 ) Rum & Red Bull - Tailormade
7 ( 13 ) Birthday - Kim Wilde
8 ( 8 ) Double Denim - Helen Love
9 ( 2 ) Charge Of The Light Brigade - Tallywags (#2[2])
10 ( 5 ) Get Up - Loveshack (#3)

11 ( 29 ) Why Are You So Tired? - Brand New Friend
12 ( 16 ) Shovin' Rocks - Backyard Babies
13 ( 10 ) When We Were Young - Picture This (#10)
14 ( 34 ) Shake Shake - Nessi
15 ( 20 ) It Burns - Traveling John
16 ( -- ) Might As Well Dance - Jason Mraz
17 ( 22 ) Up In Smoke - Town Of Saints
18 ( 39 ) Do You Wanna Go Surfin'? - Be Like Pablo
19 ( 15 ) Baby Come Back - TT Grace (#15)
20 ( 27 ) Doomed - Man The Lifeboats

21 ( 6 ) England Crazy - Alistair Griffin (#4)
22 ( 12 ) Embers Rise - Miracle Of Sound (#9)
23 ( 11 ) Two Rivers - Alarm (#7)
24 ( 42 ) f*** You Song - Bullets And Octane
25 ( 43 ) New Religion - Eric Hutchinson
26 ( 19 ) Paradise - Blank Tapes (#19)
27 ( -- ) Fake Id - Black Dove
28 ( 47 ) In The Summer - Dan Olsen
29 ( 23 ) Quiet Sounds - Small Talks (#23)
30 ( 35 ) Eyes Like Pearls - Coral

31 ( 51 ) Times - Leading Guy
32 ( 18 ) Motivation - Her Burden (#13)
33 ( 14 ) Have It All - Jason Mraz (#1[3])
34 ( 28 ) Coming For You - Jenn Champion (#28)
35 ( -- ) Drugs No More - Creamer
36 ( 17 ) Heart Killer - Dr. Dog (#6)
37 ( 31 ) Rebecca's Friends - Walk Upright (#31)
38 ( 59 ) Let Me Go: A Granny Song - Random Encounters
39 ( -- ) Baldi's Basics The Musical - Random Encounters
40 ( 46 ) Keep On Movin' - Jessica Allossery

41 ( 61 ) Giving It Up - Emnibis
42 ( 24 ) Nobody Cares But Me - Alpaca Sports (#18)
43 ( 36 ) Left And Right - Jerry Williams (#36)
44 ( 65 ) Let's Ride - Mxpx
45 ( -- ) Out Of The Blue - Costellos
46 ( 30 ) Which Way - Liberty Ship (#25)
47 ( 52 ) Glory Days - Dirt Royal
48 ( 40 ) Meet Me Later - Morning Robots (#40)
49 ( 32 ) Gold Rush - Death Cab For Cutie (#28)
50 ( 69 ) Family Tree - Kyle Falconer

51 ( 26 ) Indigo - Only Sun (#10)
52 ( 71 ) Los Lonely Girls - Sweet Spirit
53 ( 25 ) Crush Hour - D'artagnan (#2[3])
54 ( 44 ) Stressed Out - Autoramas (#44)
55 ( 55 ) Distraction - Ukebox
56 ( -- ) Just My Type - Vamps
57 ( 57 ) The Same - Joe Jenneman
58 ( -- ) River - Youts
59 ( -- ) Stuck In The Sun - Herron Brothers
60 ( 50 ) Yes Men - Ed The Dog (#50)

61 ( 33 ) The Constant - Mighty Mighty Bosstones (#14)
62 ( 63 ) Summer Tune - 2 Johnnies
63 ( -- ) Don't You Want A Lover? - Our Fold
64 ( 37 ) Keep On - Loose Tooth (#19)
65 ( -- ) These Are My Friends - Lovelytheband
66 ( 66 ) What Have We Done? - Opera Comic
67 ( 45 ) Lovers In The Rain - Night Flight Orchestra (#37)
68 ( 85 ) Streets Of You - Eagle-Eye Cherry
69 ( 56 ) The Kids Are Alt-Right - Bad Religion (#56)
70 ( 87 ) The Same The Whole World Over - Gilbert O'sullivan

71 ( -- ) Rolling Strong - Mxpx
72 ( 38 ) Spinning Around - Tailormade (#3)
73 ( 49 ) Dip - Culture Abuse (#42)
74 ( -- ) Free - Alex Francis
75 ( 41 ) Remains The Same - Spitfires (#7)
76 ( -- ) To The Ocean - Vocal Few
77 ( 74 ) The Wee Wee Hours - Turner Cody (#74)
78 ( 76 ) Going Going Gone - Maddie Poppe (#76)
79 ( 94 ) Top Drawer - Covasettes
80 ( 64 ) Love Is Blind - Dustin Tebbutt (#64)

81 ( 48 ) Nothing Civil - Jeremy & The Harlequins (#23)
82 ( -- ) Holding On - Voyd
83 ( 96 ) Misery-Punk Ruined My Life - Goodbye Blue Monday
84 ( 80 ) Stuck To You - Joyride (#80)
85 ( 81 ) Here Come The Bells - Naked Lunch (#81)
86 ( 82 ) Perfume - Natalie Shay (#82)
87 ( 58 ) Not If I See You First - Simon Love (#47)
88 ( -- ) Never Coming Back Again - Lavender Hills
89 ( 70 ) Moonlight Blue - Van Common (#69)
90 ( 53 ) Romantic - Hooverphonic (#25)

91 ( 62 ) The Weekend - Charlie Winston (#50)
92 ( -- ) Shed A Tear - Kodaline
93 ( 73 ) Where On The Map - Jocee (#71)
94 ( -- ) On The Run - Greg Holden
95 ( -- ) Don't Be Fooled By Me - Outdoor Type
96 ( 54 ) Why Is He So Mean - Emilia Mitiku (#11)
97 ( 68 ) Don't Leave It In Our Hands - Essex Green (#54)
98 ( 60 ) Shannon - Bend Sinister (#4)
99 ( 67 ) Tell Me You Know - Good Kid (#33)
100 ( 78 ) Home Sweet Home - Way Out West (#63)

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-- ( 72 ) Wild Enough - Elina (#15)
-- ( 75 ) People's Champ - Arkells (#7)
-- ( 77 ) Dance To The Rhythm - Laish (#20)
-- ( 79 ) Little Love - James Smith (#40)
-- ( 83 ) Data Roaming - Ukebox (#3)
-- ( 84 ) Magpie - Holly Rees (#66)
-- ( 86 ) One For The Road - Vagaband (#10)
-- ( 88 ) World Girl - Charlie Blackwood (#46)
-- ( 89 ) Cryin' My Eyes Out - Shannon Shaw (#25)
-- ( 90 ) Adeline - 90's Kids (#49)
-- ( 91 ) Hiding Away From Life - Michael Learns To Rock (#73)
-- ( 92 ) Social Hell - Lovebites (#52)
-- ( 93 ) Deep Down - Inklings (#27)
-- ( 95 ) My Little Blackbird - Pilgrim St (#80)
-- ( 97 ) Creep City - Jake Shears (#31)
-- ( 98 ) Better Me Better You - Clara Mae & Jake Miller (#14)
-- ( 99 ) Bad To The Bone - Wstr (#60)
-- ( 100 ) Farthest Moon - Field Division (#85)

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-- ( -- ) Been Away - Jimmy Rankin
-- ( -- ) I Created A Monster - Hello Operator
-- ( -- ) What You Want - Sam Gifford And The Innocent
-- ( -- ) Waste Of A Day - Pitchforks

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There seems to always be an issue on the week before the 3 weeks in that I create a chart but forget most of the songs that were on it and often haven't even listened to that chart, so when it comes to after the 3 weeks I've forgotten the highest entry and not sure what it's doing there and it does relatively badly. That is essentialy what prevented the Yearning getting to #1 in 2013 with "Everybody Knows" - it charted on exactly that week.

This year that fell to the week Moment 44 entered highest with "Quitters Anonymous" but they had the advantage now of a video playlist week when they were #3 and it stood out and climbed to #2. Spitfires probably lost out as a result, they have frozen at #4 with Tom Bailey climbing above them.

So Moment 44 have the top 2. A few weeks ago I'd never heard of them. They are one of only a handful of artists to have managed it - the last were Skinny Lister at Christmas 2015 but they totally made history that year.

Meanwhile the equivalent UK chart is the one where 3 Lions fell from #1 all the way out of the chart, and this week the Tallywags don't quite do that, but they do make a big fall from #2 to #9. A bit like Christmas songs falling after Christmas.

Jason Mraz had his first NM hit in 2003, but suddenly he's had one #1 so why not try for another right away? He gets the highest new entry this week.

Mxpx have also been around a long time - I first heard of them back in 1999 when they were name-checked in that weird rant at the end of the Clint Boon Experience album.

[Earl Purple]

28 July 2018:

1 ( 3 ) What Kind Of World - Tom Bailey < 1st solo #1; 4th #1 >
2 ( 4 ) The New Age - Spitfires
3 ( 1 ) Movin' Along - Moment 44 (#1[4])
4 ( 2 ) Quitters Anonymous - Moment 44 (#2[1])
5 ( 6 ) Rum & Red Bull - Tailormade
6 ( 16 ) Might As Well Dance - Jason Mraz
7 ( 5 ) Shotgun - George Ezra (#5)
8 ( 7 ) Birthday - Kim Wilde (#7)
9 ( 11 ) Why Are You So Tired? - Brand New Friend
10 ( 14 ) Shake Shake - Nessi

11 ( 27 ) Fake Id - Black Dove
12 ( 8 ) Double Denim - Helen Love (#8)
13 ( 18 ) Do You Wanna Go Surfin'? - Be Like Pablo
14 ( 12 ) Shovin' Rocks - Backyard Babies (#12)
15 ( 35 ) Drugs No More - Creamer
16 ( 15 ) It Burns - Traveling John (#15)
17 ( 39 ) Baldi's Basics The Musical - Random Encounters
18 ( 17 ) Up In Smoke - Town Of Saints (#17)
19 ( -- ) This Is Our Time - Delilahs
20 ( 24 ) f*** You Song - Bullets And Octane

21 ( 25 ) New Religion - Eric Hutchinson
22 ( 20 ) Doomed - Man The Lifeboats (#20)
23 ( 10 ) Get Up - Loveshack (#3)
24 ( -- ) Oh Me Oh My - Alphabet Backwards
25 ( 13 ) When We Were Young - Picture This (#10)
26 ( 9 ) Charge Of The Light Brigade - Tallywags (#2[2])
27 ( 28 ) In The Summer - Dan Olsen
28 ( 45 ) Out Of The Blue - Costellos
29 ( 31 ) Times - Leading Guy
30 ( -- ) Waste Of Time - Alex The Astronaut

31 ( -- ) Playin' On The Radio - Guess Who
32 ( 19 ) Baby Come Back - TT Grace (#15)
33 ( 38 ) Let Me Go: A Granny Song - Random Encounters
34 ( 56 ) Just My Type - Vamps
35 ( 30 ) Eyes Like Pearls - Coral (#30)
36 ( -- ) Here We Go Again - Princes To Kings
37 ( 58 ) River - Youts
38 ( 41 ) Giving It Up - Emnibis
39 ( 59 ) Stuck In The Sun - Herron Brothers
40 ( 44 ) Let's Ride - Mxpx

41 ( 63 ) Don't You Want A Lover? - Our Fold
42 ( -- ) Body Talks - Struts
43 ( 22 ) Embers Rise - Miracle Of Sound (#9)
44 ( 26 ) Paradise - Blank Tapes (#19)
45 ( 65 ) These Are My Friends - Lovelytheband
46 ( 40 ) Keep On Movin' - Jessica Allossery (#40)
47 ( 29 ) Quiet Sounds - Small Talks (#23)
48 ( 23 ) Two Rivers - Alarm (#7)
49 ( 21 ) England Crazy - Alistair Griffin (#4)
50 ( -- ) Outrageous - Calva Louise

51 ( 50 ) Family Tree - Kyle Falconer (#50)
52 ( 52 ) Los Lonely Girls - Sweet Spirit
53 ( -- ) Deep Blue - Miracle Of Sound
54 ( 71 ) Rolling Strong - Mxpx
55 ( 34 ) Coming For You - Jenn Champion (#28)
56 ( 74 ) Free - Alex Francis
57 ( 47 ) Glory Days - Dirt Royal (#47)
58 ( 76 ) To The Ocean - Vocal Few
59 ( 37 ) Rebecca's Friends - Walk Upright (#31)
60 ( 32 ) Motivation - Her Burden (#13)

61 ( -- ) Something Human - Muse
62 ( 82 ) Holding On - Voyd
63 ( 43 ) Left And Right - Jerry Williams (#36)
64 ( 33 ) Have It All - Jason Mraz (#1[3])
65 ( -- ) Probably Up - Lawrence
66 ( 68 ) Streets Of You - Eagle-Eye Cherry
67 ( 55 ) Distraction - Ukebox (#55)
68 ( 36 ) Heart Killer - Dr. Dog (#6)
69 ( 70 ) The Same The Whole World Over - Gilbert O'sullivan
70 ( 88 ) Never Coming Back Again - Lavender Hills

71 ( 57 ) The Same - Joe Jenneman (#57)
72 ( 48 ) Meet Me Later - Morning Robots (#40)
73 ( 42 ) Nobody Cares But Me - Alpaca Sports (#18)
74 ( 62 ) Summer Tune - 2 Johnnies (#62)
75 ( 92 ) Shed A Tear - Kodaline
76 ( 46 ) Which Way - Liberty Ship (#25)
77 ( -- ) Wishing You Away - Holychild
78 ( 94 ) On The Run - Greg Holden
79 ( 54 ) Stressed Out - Autoramas (#44)
80 ( 95 ) Don't Be Fooled By Me - Outdoor Type

81 ( 66 ) What Have We Done? - Opera Comic (#66)
82 ( 49 ) Gold Rush - Death Cab For Cutie (#28)
83 ( 79 ) Top Drawer - Covasettes (#79)
84 ( -- ) Can't You Feel The Rhythm - Planet L
85 ( 83 ) Misery-Punk Ruined My Life - Goodbye Blue Monday (#83)
86 ( 60 ) Yes Men - Ed The Dog (#50)
87 ( -- ) Feelin' So Blue - Marquee Mayfield
88 ( 51 ) Indigo - Only Sun (#10)
89 ( 78 ) Going Going Gone - Maddie Poppe (#76)
90 ( 77 ) The Wee Wee Hours - Turner Cody (#74)

91 ( 53 ) Crush Hour - D'artagnan (#2[3])
92 ( -- ) Dark Saturday - Metric
93 ( 69 ) The Kids Are Alt-Right - Bad Religion (#56)
94 ( -- ) The One I Love - Night Shop
95 ( -- ) Eyes Open - Kris James
96 ( -- ) Are You Ready To Love Me? - War And Treaty
97 ( 84 ) Stuck To You - Joyride (#80)
98 ( 67 ) Lovers In The Rain - Night Flight Orchestra (#37)
99 ( 61 ) The Constant - Mighty Mighty Bosstones (#14)
100 ( 85 ) Here Come The Bells - Naked Lunch (#81)

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-- ( 64 ) Keep On - Loose Tooth (#19)
-- ( 72 ) Spinning Around - Tailormade (#3)
-- ( 73 ) Dip - Culture Abuse (#42)
-- ( 75 ) Remains The Same - Spitfires (#7)
-- ( 80 ) Love Is Blind - Dustin Tebbutt (#64)
-- ( 81 ) Nothing Civil - Jeremy & The Harlequins (#23)
-- ( 86 ) Perfume - Natalie Shay (#82)
-- ( 87 ) Not If I See You First - Simon Love (#47)
-- ( 89 ) Moonlight Blue - Van Common (#69)
-- ( 90 ) Romantic - Hooverphonic (#25)
-- ( 91 ) The Weekend - Charlie Winston (#50)
-- ( 93 ) Where On The Map - Jocee (#71)
-- ( 96 ) Why Is He So Mean - Emilia Mitiku (#11)
-- ( 97 ) Don't Leave It In Our Hands - Essex Green (#54)
-- ( 98 ) Shannon - Bend Sinister (#4)
-- ( 99 ) Tell Me You Know - Good Kid (#33)
-- ( 100 ) Home Sweet Home - Way Out West (#63)

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-- ( -- ) Sweet Greens & Blues - Treetop Flyers
-- ( -- ) Getting Obscene - Jessica's Brother
-- ( -- ) Noises - Pale Waves
-- ( -- ) Painkiller - Beach Bunny
-- ( -- ) Half Empty Girl - Eliza & The Delusionals
-- ( -- ) Dr. Dare Rides Again - Send Request
-- ( -- ) When You're Around - Not My Weekend
-- ( -- ) Home - Erica

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Another chart week and another major chart event - Tom Bailey climbs to #1 and in real terms he was last there around this time 34 years ago when the Thompson Twins were #1 with "Sister of Mercy". I know he also played keyboards on Foreigner's "I Want To Know What Love Is" but I don't count that. Ok he might want to count that because it was a UK and US #1 as well. So he can call it his 5th number one and it's 33 years and 7 months but that's still a record.

How does it rank among his other songs? Difficult to tell but it sounds like a Thompson Twins song. Sometimes their solo music sounds totally different but this doesn't. Probably better than King For A Day and difficult to judge against say Sister Of Mercy. Whether this would have got to #1 in the 1980s for me - I guess when in the 1980s it was released may have made a difference, such is the way of bands being in and not quite so in.

Looking a bit further down at #31, that name is familiar to those who have followed my retro chart, it's a Canadian rock band who had hits in the late 60s - early 70s. This isn't the same line-up, it probably has one or two members in common who are allowed to use the name.

I have to check something about my formula in these old charts because I noticed a single spending over half a year in the chart without getting that high and The Guess Who did just that in 1969 with "These Eyes". 29 weeks in the chart with a peak position of #28 (in spite of being marked as a #30 peak). "Share The Land" (#9 in 1970) was their actual highest peaking hit.