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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 1, 2020 12:50:12 GMT 1
My last chart is 1 September 2018 and songs in the chart then will obviously have had their run cut short.
The top 500 is purely based on points, and some periods were stronger than others. In particular 2011 was the weakest year of the decade in my opinion, or it may just have been the way I compiled my playlist such that I missed a lot of the best songs. 2011 had the lowest placed "chart of the year" song and 2018 the second lowest, but obviously it wasn't a full year.
500 The Rebel In Me - Western Sizzlers
499 Life Goes On - Villas
498 F.B.I - Blue Babies
497 School Days - Cryssis
496 You Could Keep Me Talking - Leisure Society
495 You're A Germ - Wolf Alice
494 Rhythm Of The Sun - Mariachis
493 Broken Smile - Heather McKenzie
492 At The Indie Disco - Divine Comedy
491 Fly Now - Maureen
490 Hold Me Close - Bec Quinn
489 Turn The Music Loud - Sapphire
488 Delicate Cycle - Uncluded
487 Mr. Apples - Madness
486 Riverman - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
485 Look At Us Now - Frank And Walters
484 This Is Our Time - Delilahs
483 Footprints - Action Item
482 Modern Day Frankenstein - Lucy Spraggan
481 Katy Don't Worry - Nevertones
480 Friday Night Don't Ever Let It End - Spector
479 Bad Citizen - Hey Geronimo
478 Ballad Of The Mighty I - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
477 Man On The Moon - Sam Roman
476 Only One You Care About - BellaMaine
475 I Don't Wanna Go - Ballyhoo!
474 Carol O Carol - New Vorder
473 Ruby Sol - Mobbs
472 Monday Morning - Gerry T
471 Baby Asteroid - Leon Of Athens
470 Last Goodbye - Exit 22
469 This Freakin Song - Janoskians
468 I Don't See Them - Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott
467 Melody - Penrose
466 Lonesome Street - Blur
465 I Need Time - State Lights
464 Friends And Enemies - Freedom Fry
463 Fighting In Brighton - Cryssis
462 Candy Cane Lane - Sia
461 The Ballad of Mad Dog Coll - Rory & The Island
460 Jobs Where They Don't Know Our Names - Raymond & Maria
459 Glowing In The Dark - Girl And The Dreamcatcher
458 Hammersmith Palais (Live) - Michael Monroe
457 Under Cover Of Darkness - Strokes
456 Hey Doctor - Fairshake
455 Going Down (Na Na Na) - Allan McConnell
454 Julee - David Cope
453 The Dan Kelly Song - Hey Geronimo
452 Saint Tropez - Miss Molly & Me
451 Will I Learn - Pukes
450 Virus - Sonic Boom Six
449 Seven Seas - Gion Stump & The Lighthouse Project
448 Escape! - Kai Fish
447 Fool's Complaint - Suzanne Vega
446 Big Fish - Gift
445 Favourite Ex - Kenneths
444 Play What You Want - Toy Horses
443 I Want My Country Back - She Makes War
442 Girls Night Out - Gorgeous George
441 Live Outside - Enter Shikari
440 Don't Let Go - Keyz
439 Marry Me - Kai Fish
438 Weird Year - Eversons
437 Lifeline - Soldier
436 Good Days Bad Days - We Singing Colors
435 Lighthouse - Lucy Spraggan
434 Rain In England - Akira The Don
433 Doll - Greenways
432 Black Eye Friday - Heavyball
431 Surfacing - Chapel Club
430 I Believe (Get Over Yourself) - Nico Vega
429 Dots - Woodes
428 The Girl Who Likes Me - Hey Geronimo
427 Tallulah - Stephen Hudson
426 My Boyfriend - Samantha Clayton
425 Generally...She's Fine - Stereo Electric Mistress
424 You Ain't Right - Jimi And The Strangers
423 Like Paper Planes - State Of Play
422 How I Got Over - Reef
421 Duquesne Whistle - Bob Dylan
420 Ain't Made To Measure - Soho Hobo Feat. Phil Daniels
419 Coz It's Christmas Time - Mariachis
418 The Christmas Song - Boy Who Kicked Pigs ft Darren Bray
417 Put It Politely - Nineninetynines
416 Singularity - After Avalanche
415 Blows & Unkind Words - Rumjacks
414 Once - Rookie
413 Get Up - Loveshack
412 No Tears To Cry - Paul Weller
411 Stupid Cupid - Mischief
410 Save The World Tomorrow - Fools Garden
409 Lion's Mouth - Young Rebel Set
408 Hit Me Up - Slapback Johnny
407 Dreams - Brandi Carlile
406 Return To Form - Ciaran Lavery
405 Love To Love You - Sophie
404 Postcard - Cedar Island Band
403 Dumb Me Down - Dahlmanns
402 Just Like Them - Alpaca Sports
401 Perfect Symphony - Ed Sheeran & Andrea Bocelli
The #500 song in this chart peaked at #5 in November 2014. So most of these are approximately #5 hits though some got higher including some #3s and "Turn The Music Loud" by Sapphire only reached #8 after a yo-yo run that so it initially peak outside the top 20 but then go back up more than once. At the time seemed like a very talented 14-year-old English singer but subsequently all her output has been cover versions of big hits.
Ed Sheeran makes 2 appearances in the top 500, one at #401.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 1, 2020 13:35:44 GMT 1
This is a spotify playlist of all my top 3 hits of the decade other than the festive songs, but does contain 2 football related songs. Not all the songs on it are on Spotify, including one of my favourite songs of the decade which is on Spotify only in an awful remix. I'm listening to it shuffled, and they are not ordered the same as the chart of the year. Most of the "not on Spotify" ones are at the end of the playlist. Note: only 100 songs are listed above but the playlist has over 400 songs (may be under 400 for available songs).
Skinny Lister make the most appearances - 7 in total and that is without their 2 Christmas songs which reached #1 in 2015 and #2 in 2017 in my chart.
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Post by frag on Jan 2, 2020 16:39:31 GMT 1
I'm glad someone's doing a 2010s rundown - I had planned to make one but was too busy throughout the year to catch up on the years I missed (I stopped charting in early 2011 and apart from three months in 2014, didn't start again until mid-2017, so I've missed a lot). My last chart is 1 September 2018 and songs in the chart then will obviously have had their run cut short. Are you planning to revive your chart at all? Only a couple I remember so far, but not too surprising as our most musical times don't intersect much, and I don't even remember all the songs I charted in 2019. |
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 2, 2020 16:43:38 GMT 1
I'm not planning to revive my chart, I did actually create long-lists for a while after but the effort to filter all of them down into playlists was so huge.
Retro lists are easy - I just grab whatever entered the charts those weeks. The record company executives did a reasonable job back then of filtering out the wannabes albeit they there was terrible music that sold back then, e.g. Donny Osmond, and on the whole the radio stations in choosing their playlist and the public in what to buy did much of the rest.
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Post by TheThorne on Jan 2, 2020 17:31:06 GMT 1
I'm glad someone's doing a 2010s rundown - I had planned to make one but was too busy throughout the year to catch up on the years I missed (I stopped charting in early 2011 and apart from three months in 2014, didn't start again until mid-2017, so I've missed a lot). My last chart is 1 September 2018 and songs in the chart then will obviously have had their run cut short. Are you planning to revive your chart at all? Only a couple I remember so far, but not too surprising as our most musical times don't intersect much, and I don't even remember all the songs I charted in 2019. I will be doing one, I have a list of 2000 songs and I will need to order the top 1000 at least so will be playing this playlist a lot |
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Post by TheThorne on Jan 2, 2020 17:33:31 GMT 1
My last chart is 1 September 2018 and songs in the chart then will obviously have had their run cut short. The top 500 is purely based on points, and some periods were stronger than others. In particular 2011 was the weakest year of the decade in my opinion, or it may just have been the way I compiled my playlist such that I missed a lot of the best songs. 2011 had the lowest placed "chart of the year" song and 2018 the second lowest, but obviously it wasn't a full year. 495 You're A Germ - Wolf Alice 478 Ballad Of The Mighty I - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 466 Lonesome Street - Blur 457 Under Cover Of Darkness - Strokes 441 Live Outside - Enter Shikari 431 Surfacing - Chapel Club Those are the only ones that might make my top 1000, Chapel Club & Noel Gallagher will probably miss out |
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 2, 2020 18:57:36 GMT 1
400 to 301
400 Be Who You Are - Kooks
399 Make Love - Joe Cang
398 B Side - San Cisco
397 Missing - Warm Fuzzy
396 Rum & Red Bull - Tailormade
395 When A Girl Likes A Boy - Haschak Sisters
394 Leather Jacket - Arkells
393 Animal Instinct - Lovepools
392 This Time - Night Flight Orchestra
391 Shoot To Kill - Kurt Shanks ft Lani
390 Birthday Suit - Escape The Future
389 Here's To Us - Halestorm
388 Bad Habits - Chainska Brassika
387 Mary Jane - Goodbye Moneypenny
386 All Our Yesterdays - Blackmore's Night
385 We Could Be The Same - Manga
384 Budapest - George Ezra
383 Wam Bam Baby - Caroline & The Treats
382 Merry X-mas / Sleigh Bells - Sonic Surf City
381 Echo Echo - Wisebud
380 No Man No Right - Sonic Boom Six
379 When The Clock Stops - Nash Albert
378 Holey Holiness - Calliope Rose
377 The Death Of You And Me - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
376 Slept With Someone Else Today - Better Off Blonde
375 In The End - Pete Lawrie
374 Tripis - Porretas
373 He's A Drag - Dahlmanns
372 Another Train - Amphetameanies
371 Talk About Me - This Gizmo
370 A Faecal Matter - Strapped For Cash
369 Suburban Superhero - Stacked Like Pancakes
368 Easy Money - Johnny Marr
367 Bali - Paper Box
366 Spinning Around - Tailormade
365 Pogo - Octopuses
364 Blow Me (One Last Kiss) - P!nk
363 Hippie Chick'n - Chartreuse Microbus
362 Castle On The Hill - Ed Sheeran
361 I Can't Quit - Vaccines
360 Up - Olly Murs ft Demi Lovato
359 Not Another Monday - Seraphims
358 Destiny - We Singing Colors
357 Everybody Knows (I'm Still In Love With You) - Yearning
356 Sled Song - Ramona Silver
355 Blue Eyed Skies - Chasin Vegas
354 Let Me Go - Gary Barlow
353 Wouldn't Even Know - Amber Arcades
352 It Starts And Ends With You - Suede
351 Bring Back Sab - Suck At Love
350 Break You - Patron Saints
349 Bear - Wedding Present
348 Futureproof - Stars & Sons
347 Shout Out To My Ex - Little Mix
346 The Stairs - Family Of The Year
345 Synchronized Swimmers - Hafdis Huld
344 Postcard - Jukebox The Ghost
343 Won't You Ever Come Home - Hunter And The Bear
342 Searching For Simon - Priscillas
341 How the Hell Can You Sleep? - Sir Reg
340 London Fat Stomp - Mixed Company
339 Shine On Me - Thieves Like Us
338 Due West - Real Mckenzies
337 Can't Keep My Hands Off Of You - Simple Plan
336 Vacation - Denadas
335 Spitfire - Inspiral Carpets
334 A Fistful O' Roses - Rumjacks
333 Thankyou For Choosing - Needs Must
332 Down - Fiddler's Green
331 Can't Stand The Rain - Monroes
330 You're So Good For Me - Inspiral Carpets
329 Gold Rush - Emma Stevens
328 Thing Like That - Skinny Lister
327 We Get Along - Dakota
326 Happy Hanukkah - Matisyahu
325 Don't Pretend - Ladybug And The Wolf
324 Instinct - Ash
323 Rockstar City - Alex The Astronaut
322 The Loneliness - Lizzie And The Yes Men
321 I Can't Shut Up (About You) - Hupp
320 Let's Surf - Terry Edwards & The Dash
319 A Home For The Brave / A Legend Of A Legend - Neo Retros
318 Feel It Again - Hudson Taylor
317 Suzanne - Thieves
316 Crazy Lady - Vaselines
315 Lady Of Worlds - Miracle Of Sound
314 The House - Air Traffic Controller
313 Your Side - Mixups
312 High Hopes - Kodaline
311 Bela Lugosi - Severed Limb
310 The Mendip Windfarm Song - Wurzels
309 To Live - Strawberry Ocean Sea
308 What A Night - Loveable Rogues
307 Sunny Afternoon - Shruggs
306 Tiger Tail - Charlie Khan
305 Not Me - Milk Maid
304 Ghost Town - Fred's House
303 Sweeping Out The Dust - Keeira Lyn Ford
302 Data Roaming - Ukebox
301 Try This At Home - Frank Turner
"You're So Good For Me" was a #1 but the lowest placed #1 of the decade (not counting anything on the final chart). It's only 5 places higher than "Spitfire" which peaked at #3 and was a better song. It's what happens when you put a band you like at #1 without consideration, and had a run 8-1-1-6 then a quick fall out. And it was in 2011. "Tiger Tail" was #2 on its first week at #1. Charlie Khan though has disappeared from everywhere.
Skinny Lister "Thing Like That" possibly should have been a #1? And so should the Yearning song "Everybody Knows I'm Still In Love With You" which came 2nd in a Hidden Indie Treasures, and was better than the one they actually got to #1 in my chart with.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 4, 2020 20:49:54 GMT 1
50 positions 300 to 251
300 That's What She Said - Janoskians
299 Ticket Machine - Making Marks
298 Grafton Street - Fair Exchange
297 Pink Eye - Tiger Room
296 Everything's Going My Way Now - There Was A Crooked Man
295 Happy Birthday - SwedenClub
294 Love Me Like You - Little Mix
293 Thank You Polystyrene - Helen Love
292 Together Forever - Two Wounded Birds
291 Storytime - Nightwish
290 Crosses For Eyes - Rumjacks
289 Na Na Na - My Chemical Romance
288 Mittens - Frank Turner
287 Last Night Bus - Vanessa Peters
286 Feet Don't Fail Me Now - Foxes
285 Summer Will Come - Double Moon Mirage
284 Tina Weymouth - This Many Boyfriends
283 Come With Me - Josh's Band
282 Hollywood - Codeine Velvet Club
281 That's All I Really Want - Robinson
280 Europa Geht Durch Mich - Manic Street Preachers ft Nina Hoss
279 You & I - Colony House
278 1996 - Backseat Goodbye
277 No Hope - Vaccines
276 Moshi Moshi - Poppy
275 Breakfast - Anteros
274 The Trumpet Song - Jorji ft Cat
273 Love Is Easy - McFly
272 Tightrope - Walk The Moon
271 High Tide Low Tide - Vaselines
270 Wanted - Skinny Lister
269 Drunken Coastal Town - Jemma Tweedie
268 All The Pretty Girls - Fun
267 Fever - Eskies
266 Alarm Clock - Jonas And I
265 I Want The World To Stop - Belle And Sebastian
264 On No! - Wonder Stuff
263 Music Everywhere - Piccadillys
262 Evacuate - Miracle Of Sound
261 Waiting For Liam - North Coast
260 Show Me The Wonder - Manic Street Preachers
259 Happy At The Weekend - Office Clocks
258 All That Matters - Kays
257 Radio - Chris Akinyemi
256 Animal - Neon Trees
255 Holiday - King Blues
254 Spin-O-Rama - Primitives
253 Russian Ballet - Magic Eight Ball
252 Picking Up The Pieces - Berlin Blue
251 Papers In The Park - Picture House
It appears most of these peaked at #2 with a few at #3. "Tina Weymouth" by Too Many Boyfriends was the highest peaking single in the chart of the decade that peaked at #4.
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Post by Milliways on Jan 5, 2020 0:17:47 GMT 1
Unfortunately I'm not going to have a chance to listen to all my unknown songs from this list, though I welcome any suggestions of ones that I might particularly enjoy.
Instead I'm just going to highlight a few of the ones I know and like a lot, with all-time favourites shown in bold:
480 Friday Night Don't Ever Let It End - Spector
462 Candy Cane Lane - Sia
460 Jobs Where They Don't Know Our Names - Raymond & Maria
451 Will I Learn - Pukes
435 Lighthouse - Lucy Spraggan
430 I Believe (Get Over Yourself) - Nico Vega
425 Generally...She's Fine - Stereo Electric Mistress
417 Put It Politely - Nineninetynines
415 Blows & Unkind Words - Rumjacks
407 Dreams - Brandi Carlile
404 Postcard - Cedar Island Band (though I like the St Somewhere version better)
399 Make Love - Joe Cang
398 B Side - San Cisco
397 Missing - Warm Fuzzy
390 Birthday Suit - Escape The Future
374 Tripis - Porretas
373 He's A Drag - Dahlmanns
370 A Faecal Matter - Strapped For Cash
341 How the Hell Can You Sleep? - Sir Reg
336 Vacation - Denadas
334 A Fistful O' Roses - Rumjacks
301 Try This At Home - Frank Turner
293 Thank You Polystyrene - Helen Love
292 Together Forever - Two Wounded Birds
290 Crosses For Eyes - Rumjacks
289 Na Na Na - My Chemical Romance
254 Spin-O-Rama - Primitives
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 5, 2020 23:54:31 GMT 1
250 Daddy Says No - Haschak Sisters
249 Freaks Of Nature - Matthew Wilder
248 Dancing By Myself - 4 Door Theatre
247 Richie And Ruben - Fountains Of Wayne
246 Sing Sing Sing - Least Of These
245 By My Side - Interrupters
244 Revolution - Flogging Molly
243 On The Radio - Sugar Louise
242 Sign In Dream On Drop Out! - Poppy And The Jezebels
241 Christmas Calls - Skinny Lister
240 Follow You Anywhere - Abby K
239 Slomo - San Cisco
238 The Beat Goes On - Beady Eye
237 Black Moon Rising - Paranotes
236 The Piccadilly Trot - Soho Hobo
235 All Together - Mighty Mighty
234 Feel Like A Fool - :PM
233 Billy And His Gun - Neo Retros
232 Won't Get Up Again - Young Rebel Set
231 Kings For The Weekend - Missing Andy
230 The Season's Upon Us - Dropkick Murphys
229 In Your Head - Gabby Young and Other Animals
228 Postcard From London - Ray Davies ft Chrissie Hynde
227 Happy Like A Chicken With His Head Cut Off - Eric Hutchinson
226 Gravity - Amelia Curran
225 Christmas With Bing - Poncho Pirates
224 Light Of Love - Music Go Music
223 Other Side - Keaton Simons
222 Between The Lines - M.O.T
221 Remind Me - Exiled
220 High And Mighty - Bossa Nova Beatniks
219 Holes - Passenger
218 I Feel So Slightly Strange - Lady Fortune
217 Lightning Bolt - Jake Bugg
216 Bombs Away - Josh Woodward
215 You You You - Vangoffey
214 Swings & Roundabouts - Farrah
213 Behind Closed Doors - Strypes
212 Should I Care - Sea + Air
211 C'est La Vie - Stereophonics
210 Man Didn't Walk On The Moon - Nerina Pallot
209 Poobrador - Parry Gripp
208 Jet Black Dress - Miracle Of Sound
207 Harlem - New Politics
206 It's Just Not Cricket - Duckworth Lewis Method
205 Abner Devereaux - Shitbaby Mammals
204 Alleyway - Local Waves
203 King & Queen - Royal Wood
202 Friday Night - Shires
201 Quitters Anonymous - Moment 44
Postcard From London was one of my Xmas contest entries, and was #1 on the first week of 2010. Matthew Wilder peaked at #3 the same position as Break My Stride but so many years later. Most of the songs in this list peaked at #2. Moment 44, right near the end of the chart era, had 2 hits, #1 and #2 on the same week. Quitters Anonymous was the #2.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 9, 2020 17:31:09 GMT 1
I'll resume this soon.
In the list above "Happy Like A Chicken..." was #1 in the penultimate chart week so didn't get its complete run.
The Season's Upon Us had a very short run as it entered at #1 and stayed a second week before the holiday was over and it fell abruptly even though I credited "The Boys Are Back". There was nothing to save "Christmas With Bing" but it started its run a week earlier which helped. "Poobrador" had no excuses. The shortest song on the list, one of the shortest songs ever to reach my chart at 1 minute 6 seconds long, and it spent a single week at #1.
A number of songs from 2018 up there, a year when I never published my chart of the year.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 10, 2020 10:04:20 GMT 1
40 more songs
200 Catch Me If You Can - Tiffany Houghton
199 I Will Never Let You Down - Fastball
198 Some Nights - Fun.
197 Minimum Wage - Bis
196 Bite Your Head Off - Friska Viljor
195 Charge Of The Light Brigade - Tallywags
194 I Know A Place - Muna
193 Love Again For The First Time - Julian Velard
192 The High Cost Of Living - Sonic Boom Six
191 Big When I Was Little - Eliza Doolittle
190 Bella Signorina - Joe Cang
189 January Thaw - Savoy
188 The New Age - Spitfires
187 Lately - Her Burden
186 Lifesaver - Sunrise Avenue
185 Bring Me Sunshine - Jive Aces
184 Polaroid - Skyler Stonestreet
183 Dance With Me Tonight - Olly Murs
182 Bang Bang! - Monday Blackbirds
181 For The Kids Of The Multiculture - Sonic Boom Six
180 Most Honest Liar - Jack Demeo
179 Hyper - Tom Billington
178 Sedona - Houndmouth
177 One Night Stand - Sam Gray
176 Dumb - Tich
175 Paradise - George Ezra
174 True Believer - Henry Priestman
173 Stupid Stupid - Alex Day
172 Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye
171 The Day That Thatcher Dies - Hefner
170 California Sun - Baby Strange
169 Still In Love With You - Electro Velvet
168 Sensitive Boys - Coeds
167 Upside Down - Paloma Faith
166 Better Life - Glow
165 Together Stronger (C'mon Wales) - Manic Street Preachers
164 Old Friends - Loyal Wife
163 19 Again - Shiners
162 Blood On The Snow - Luis And The Bots
161 Might As Well Dance - Jason Mraz
Mostly number 2s but the occasional number 1 in there, and both football hits are in this section, both having reached #2 when the country they represented reached the semi-final of their major cup competition.
"Might As Well Dance" was still #3 in the final chart so would have definitely appeared higher. It's possibly better than his number one which is still to come.
The song at #171 was the only very old recording that did well in my chart, an album track in 2000 but resurrected when Margaret Thatcher actually did die in 2013. The song at #185 is among the handful of cover versions that appear on this list (but not the oldest song, which is Piccadilly Trot by quite a long way).
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 12, 2020 22:18:59 GMT 1
Another 40
160 Ong Ong - Blur
159 Afterlife - Daggerplay
158 I Don't Wanna See You With Her - Maria Mena
157 Shame - Robbie Williams And Gary Barlow
156 City Of Dreams - Tensheds
155 When The World Ends - Nikki Lang
154 Obsession - Tich
153 Crush Hour - D'artagnan
152 We're Glad That You Came - Neo Retros
151 Butterflies - Sensible Sam & Japan
150 Golem - Reverieme
149 The Unfair Maiden - Ed Hanfrey
148 December - Melodime
147 Sugar You - Oh Honey
146 Can I Have Your Toy - This Gizmo
145 Mystery Of My Brother - Glenn Andrew Smith
144 Suffering You Suffering Me - Slow Club
143 Echoes Of Summer - Vals
142 Birds - Middle Milk ft TOS & Mumblin' Johnsson
141 Make Me Smile - Pearl & The Puppets
140 Suburban Sex Dungeon - Dexters
139 No One Owns The Sky - Orion
138 The Game Is On - Hans On The Bass
137 Don't Stop - 5 Seconds Of Summer
136 Skies - Cattle & Cane
135 Bags Of Water - Josh Woodward
134 The French Word For Love - Blood Oranges
133 Light It Up - Whitman
132 Push Me To The Floor - Parlotones
131 John Ferrara & Betty Karpoff - Van Houtens
130 Pleasure City - Baby Strange
129 Emmylou - First Aid Kit
128 Would You Say Stop - Acid House Kings
127 Princess - Josh Woodward
126 Meltdown - Grande Bois
125 D.I.Y - Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott
124 Eyes So Cold - Shy Nature
123 Paying My Way - Dropkick Murphys
122 Amanda Lights - How To Loot Brazil
121 The Alien - Manchester Orchestra
At this point we have a mix of number ones and number twos. There are 3 artists in this list who had one #1 and one #2 in the 2010s and their #2 has finished higher. Dropkick Murphys, although their #1 was a Christmas song so it had a short run, Baby Strange whose #2 is in the above list and their #1 appeared already. Oh Honey are in this list with their #1 but their #2 hasn't yet come.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 14, 2020 0:37:01 GMT 1
30 more
120 Waiting For Something To Happen - Veronica Falls
*119 Philosophical Man - John Moore
118 Christmas Telly - Ghost Station
*117 All This Time (Pick-Me-Up Song) - Maria Mena
116 Candy - Robbie Williams
115 Come Out Of The Blue - Kabeedies
114 Everything Now - Arcade Fire
113 This Dog's Just For Christmas (Not For Life) - Prosecco Socialist
112 We Are Young - Fun. ft Janelle Monae
*111 Psycho - Muse
*110 When Your Mother Goes Home - Peculiar Disco Moves
109 Going Nuclear - Miracle Of Sound
108 Love On Christmas Eve - Tich
107 Pick Me Up - Clean Cut Kid
106 Say Something - Lily McQueen
105 Little London Lou - Soho Hobo
104 (All I Wanted Was) Danger - Milk
103 Daydreamer - Dotan
*102 Shots - Imagine Dragons
*101 Rize Of The Fenix - Tenacious D
100 This Christmas - Skinny Lister & Beans On Toast
99 Do You Remember? - Yearning
98 What You Do To My Soul - Air Traffic Controller
97 Players In Drag - Charlotte & The Co-Stars ft Ebbot Lundberg
96 Hormone Soup - Damn Jammage
*95 I Love You Will Still Sound The Same - Oh Honey
94 You Know It - Colony House
*93 Queen - Frankie Grande
92 Jennifer Jones - Screens
91 In The Sun - She & Him
The ones marked * peaked at #2, and there are 2 remaining. Skinny Lister & Beans On Toast was the highest placed Christmas song in the 2010s based on points and there are 4 of them in this section.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 14, 2020 23:44:17 GMT 1
30 more:
90 Jesus Don't Save Me - Eskies
89 Your Dogs - Ben Folds & Nick Hornby
88 Paper Forest (In The Afterglow Of Rapture) - Emmy The Great
87 Siren Song - Fall Four
*86 Dirty $$$ - High Dive Heart
85 Gamma Knife - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
84 The Man Who Killed Reality - Prefab Messiahs
83 Do You Really Wanna Dance - Marty Graveyard
*82 Mad Hatter's Tea Party - Cats In Space
81 Welfare State - Ultrasound
80 Rich Kids - Screama Ballerina
79 All Worthwhile - Ham Sandwich
78 Giving Up On Love - Slow Club
77 One More Pope to Go - Akira The Don
76 Trouble On Oxford Street - Skinny Lister
75 Stupid Things - Inheaven
74 Notice Me - Singer & The Scientist
73 Nights - Zeronic
72 Long Time - Blondie
71 Tongue Tied - Earl
70 Classic - Freedom Fry
69 Hired Gun - Andy Clayburn
68 Wetsuit - Vaccines
67 Monster - Prams
66 Down On The Beach (Surf Little Girl) - Sonic Surf City
65 England's Bleeding - Robinson
64 Can't Break Me Down - Billy Idol
63 Lazer Gun Show - Hey Geronimo
62 I Gotta Praise - Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott
61 What Kind Of World - Tom Bailey
The two marked * did not reach #1. Cats In Space was several weeks at #2 behind :PM in 2017.
The song at #61 was still in the final chart in which it fell from #4 to #11. So he would probably have finished higher. He had 3 number ones in 1984 with The Thompson Twins. For Billy Idol, "Can't Break Me Down" was his only NM #1, that in 2014.
Prams and Singer & The Scientist were both one hit wonders in my chart as were Marty Graveyard, Prefab Messiahs, and whilst King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard released a lot more songs, that was the only one that got a video so was the only one to reach my chart.
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Post by frag on Jan 15, 2020 9:44:07 GMT 1
Seeing a few artists here where I don't recognise the song, but later got into them - e.g. Bis had two huge hits in my chart this year, so I'm sure I'll like 'Minimum Wage'. Was the MSP song at #165 a Euro 2016 song?
'Na Na Na' by MCR was a huge hit in my chart, maybe the longest-running #1 of the decade for me.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 15, 2020 10:51:32 GMT 1
Yes, "Together Stronger" was a Euro 2016 song and its chart run was helped by their good performance in the competition. Had they beaten Portugal to reach the final it probably would have got to #1 but it ended up with a peak of #2.
The Tallywags also had a good run in 2018 with an England-related song, with a memorable video of them re-acting various events where things went wrong then re-acting them differently to go our way.
Minimum Wage was a #2 in my chart in 2014.
I may countdown the rest in 10s and post videos. And as Tom Bailey should have been in the top 60 had the chart run finished maybe I'll post that one too. Like the Thompson Twins in their peak, this is..
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 19, 2020 18:51:35 GMT 1
60: Forty Pound Wedding - Skinny Lister
Not their first hit in my chart but the start of the run of number ones. A standout song, very much sounding like a standard celtic theme (actually the melody is almost the same as Seven Drunken Nights). This came out just before the festive songs knocked it off the top in 2012, with Happy Hanukkah actually replacing this one top then the Christmas songs flying into the top 2 and in the new year Tich hit the top but this hung around enough to be #60 of the decade.
59: Shake Your Skeleton - Cricklewood Cats
If you look this up on youtube you'll find two versions on Ian Ritchie's page, the other being a live version, and the only reason I don't appear in that video is that I filmed it. That is how familiar I was with this duo. I last saw Holly Penfield only a couple of months ago, and it is through Tricity Vogue's ukulele cabaret where we both regularly attend. However it reached #1 in my chart because it's a great song and not just because I know them personally. Reached #1 in 2014
58: Walk On Water - Eminem ft Beyonce
Would have been the major surprise number one perhaps if Eminem hadn't already had a #1 in my chart 17 years earlier but he hasn't been regular on my chart and neither has Beyonce. At the same time Ed Sheeran also had duets with both of these artists. It didn't reach my chart until the video came out so right at the end of 2017 and its climb to the top was slow getting there eventually at the start of February 2018.
57: That Girl - Noisettes
Not sure why I have this video link, was the original one deleted? This was a #1 in the summer of 2012. It was number one for just 2 weeks and I'm quite surprised it is this high, but managed what "Never Forget You" didn't and got all the way to #1.
56: To My Roots - Emma Stevens
She had had a number of hit singles but only "Gold Rush" reaching #3 had been a significant hit before this became a much bigger hit for her in 2017 topping the chart for 4 weeks.
55 She Drowned - Damn Jammage
The video is dated November 2011 but it wasn't a hit until the spring of 2012, and it spent 4 weeks at #1. My friend Lottie Bowater was a member of this band playing accordian. Although this was their biggest hit chart-wise I think Hormone Soup is a better song.
54 Catch Me Girl - Mellor
Also a number one in 2012, this one in the summer. They have gone through line-up changes and removed music from Spotify including this song, and the only video is this live one.
53 Art Of Dying Young - Skellums
A number one in 2016, this is an incredible indie-pop anthem. I seem to recall it didn't do that well on non-hit single of the month though. Have no idea why. The band are still around recording. Their song "Fame" reached #3 in my chart in 2018 and was on the last chart.
52 Misfit - High Dive Heart
I always compared this duo to Oh Honey but in 2016 they really formed a life of their own. The male member is Jason Reeves who was well known in the pop industry and the female is his wife.
51 Six Whiskies - Skinny Lister
In the lyrics contains the words "Down On Deptford Broadway" which was the name of their 2015 album, and was their 5th consecutive #1 in my chart, and their 4th within a year, and like the one above it was also knocked off the top by a festive song but this time their own, completing what was a remarkable year and a remarkable run of singles.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 22, 2020 23:26:05 GMT 1
50 She Makes Me Want To Die - Faerground Accidents
Sandwiched between two Skinny Lister number ones in "the nice part of 2015" was this song that has the Suede wall-of-sound-Britpop feel to it.
49 Guilty - Paloma Faith
In 2017 Paloma Faith returned to #1 with the second single from The Architect. (The first was big in the UK but failed in my chart). She reached #1 in 2010 with Upside Down but this one was even bigger.
48 Movin' Along - Moment 44
Made late chart history in my chart by releasing 2 singles in a short period that were #1 and #2 in my chart on the same week. This was the number one.
47 Dear You - Lucy Spraggan
This was her second number one in my chart and there is one higher placed. She may have once been in the X Factor but she is a wonderful musician and I have even seen her live. This reached #1 in 2016.
46 International Blue - Manic Street Preachers
They are still going strong but I haven't yet seen them live. Their 4th number one in my chart, first since 2007 and among the acts to have topped my chart in 3 different decades. This reached #1 for them in 2018.
45 Scarborough - Farrah
Not the highest placed song from 2011 but I generally consider this the best song of the year. Farrah are led by songwriter Jez Ashurst, who has also written hit singles for other artists, and has even co-written with Rachel Furner.
44 Injured Party - Singing Adams
The lead singer of the Broken Family Band had this solo #1 in 2011, taking a long time to reach the top so ended up quite high.
43 The Recruiting Sergeant - Levellers
Surprisingly had two big number ones in the 2010s, even though they never reached #1 in the 2000s, and they have one higher placed. There are two artists who still have 2 songs to come. This was done for Warchild, and reached #1 in 2013 and most notably prevented "Dumb" by Tich from reaching #1.
42 Beautiful Words - Oscar
His full name is Oscar Scheller. He had had some hits before. This was a song lagging in the 3 weeks and was officially #1 on "that" week in 2015 but I didn't even know it yet. Still it was on the playlist immediately after the 3 weeks when I hoped she would come back.
41 Have It All - Jason Mraz
Jason Mraz made his NM chart debut in 2003 but the year he became huge was 2018, with this single getting to #1, and then "Might As Well Dance" getting to #2 right near the end of the chart era and perhaps that should have been a number one too. Still, this was just overly catchy, and whilst it took its time, there was only one place this was destined to peak.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jan 24, 2020 1:11:53 GMT 1
Just 8 songs now.
40 Nightmare Day - Moons
I can't find a proper video for this, although Jennifer Sits Alone (just outside the top 500) definitely had one.
They had a few smaller hits too, but this was their debut hit spending 4 weeks at #1 in 2010.
39 Inside Out [Latin Mix] - Imelda May vs Blue Jay Gonzalez
Number one for 5 weeks early on in 2011. It doesn't say it on the video but this is the version that was #1 in my chart, i.e. the latin mix. Not sure if it was a mix or a re-recording. Wasn't that happy about her cover of "What A Beautiful Day" but she did have a few others hits in my chart. I do love a bit of swing.
38 Cathy - Skinny Lister
Together with a jellied eel eating contest video. What character this band has. Number one in the nice part of 2015 for 4 weeks.
37 Could Have Been Me - Struts
There are 2 videos for this song, this is the original one, and the song comes in sooner. Glam wasn't dead in 2013 it just didn't get into the UK chart anymore. In my chart this spend 4 weeks at #1, right near the end of the year, before Tich flew in at the top with her Christmas song to knock this one off the top.
36 This Is War - Skinny Lister
This is their highest placed hit, and was 5 weeks at #1 in 2015 and was #1 when I saw them live. This shows what they actually are like when they do perform live - that big barrel with the drink. Gig was enormous fun.
35 Sunny Side Of The Street - Sonic Boom Six
Not typical Sonic Boom Six, this is more like Jason Mraz with a bit of rapping added, but was the song that launched them in my chart. 4 weeks at #1 in 2011 and the highest placed single from that year, although they have another one higher up which wasn't even #1 in its own year. Quite a lot higher up actually.. Having got them going, I think it was well justified that Jason Mraz himself finally got big in my chart.
34 Loner - Denim Snakes
How to write a simple song with just 3 chords when you can't even sing that well, and still get a massive hit in my chart. After one more hit called "Summer" which also had just 3 chords, they split and took their music off Spotify but at least this is still on youtube. Number one for 4 weeks in 2016
33 Quicksand - Tom Chaplin
Keane first reached my chart in 2003 with "This Is The Last Time" but it was their first time, and they got to #1 with it for 5 weeks and after I charted it again in 2004 it became the #2 single of that decade.
So the lead singer only #33 in the 2010s but this was #1 for 3 weeks in 2016. And at one point he starts singing the intro to "Ordinary Day" by Duran Duran...
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