* NM Top 50 singles, 13 December 2003 *

[EarlPurple]

1 ( 1 ) Step Into My Office Baby - Belle And Sebastian < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 3 ) To Some Folk - obi
3 ( 4 ) Maybe That's What It Takes - Alex Parks
4 ( -- ) Camp Up Your Christmas - 4 Poofs & A Piano < DEBUT >
5 ( 5 ) Sexed Up - Robbie Williams
6 ( 2 ) This Is The Last Time - Keane (#1[5])
7 ( 11 ) I Refuse - Sense Field
8 ( 8 ) Snakes & Snakes - Bell X1
9 ( 7 ) Piccadilly In Sepia - Nemo (#7)
10 ( 17 ) Oh! When The Sun Goes Down - Tramp Attack

11 ( 22 ) Bill McCai - Coral
12 ( 15 ) Rollover DJ - Jet
13 ( 6 ) Cannonball - Damien Rice (#2[1])
14 ( -- ) My Immortal - Evanescence
15 ( 25 ) Never Enough - Open
16 ( 32 ) Let Go With The Flow - Beautiful South
17 ( 14 ) I'm Coming With Ya - Matt Goss (#14)
18 ( 19 ) Run Thru - My Morning Jacket
19 ( 9 ) In A State - Unkle ft Graham Gouldman (#5)
20 ( 41 ) Life For Rent - Dido

21 ( 29 ) Plan A - Dandy Warhols
22 ( 13 ) Sentimental - Kym Marsh (#12)
23 ( 10 ) Maybe - Emma Bunton (#4)
24 ( 35 ) Dark Days - Skandinavia
25 ( 18 ) Mr Alibi - Maria Willson (#18)
26 ( 16 ) Smack Me In The Face - Cornerstones (#16)
27 ( 12 ) Fugitive Motel - Elbow (#8)
28 ( 42 ) Leave Right Now - Will Young
29 ( 23 ) Feed Your Addiction - Eastern Lane
30 ( 43 ) Not Me Not I - Delta Goodrem

31 ( 26 ) Melt / Yeh Yeh Yeh - Melanie C (#26)
32 ( 20 ) Trouble - Pink (#20)
33 ( -- ) Santa's List - Cliff Richard
34 ( 39 ) Shut Up - Black Eyed Peas
35 ( 37 ) When You Kiss Me - Shania Twain
36 ( 30 ) Rainfall - Nitin Sawhney ft Taio (#30)
37 ( 44 ) It Looks Like You - Evan Dando
38 ( 38 ) Rainmaker - Iron Maiden
39 ( 33 ) Lavinia - Veils (#33)
40 ( -- ) Sparkle Me - Buffseeds

41 ( 47 ) How Does It Feel - Koreans
42 ( -- ) Say It Isn't So - Gareth Gates
43 ( 50 ) Hysteria - Muse
44 ( -- ) I'll See It Through - Texas
45 ( -- ) Don't Steal Our Sun - Thrills
46 ( 49 ) 50/50 - Lemar
47 ( 27 ) Only A Boy - Tim Burgess (#27)
48 ( -- ) Closest Thing To Crazy - Katie Melua < DEBUT >
49 ( -- ) Heartbreak Stroll - Raveonettes
50 ( 40 ) We're All In Love - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (#40)

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-- ( 21 ) Bad Day - REM (#2[1])
-- ( 24 ) Since I Told You It's Over - Stereophonics
-- ( 28 ) Top Of The World - Wildhearts (#22)
-- ( 31 ) Personal Jesus - Johnny Cash (#26)
-- ( 34 ) Slow - Kylie (#20)
-- ( 36 ) Born Again - Starsailor (#34)
-- ( 45 ) The Future Freaks Me Out - Motion City Soundtrack (#43)
-- ( 46 ) Drugs - Simple Kid
-- ( 48 ) Don't Touch That Dial - Cinerama (#2[4])

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-- ( -- ) (We Wish You) A Protein Christmas - Fall
-- ( -- ) Sick City Sometimes - Buzzcocks
-- ( -- ) Changes - Ozzy & Kelly Osbourne
-- ( -- ) You Don't Know My Name - Alicia Keys
-- ( -- ) Here And Now - Client
-- ( -- ) Powerless (Say What You Want) - Nelly Furtado
-- ( -- ) Palmcorder Yajna - Mountain Goats
-- ( -- ) Whenever I Say Your Name - Sting & Mary J Blige
-- ( -- ) Queen Of The Crackwhores - Houston 500
-- ( -- ) Hold On - Good Charlotte

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I'll work on making some beautiful table version of the chart sometime, which I could possibly produce "automatically", i.e. write a program to produce it.

For now, the text version will have to suffice.

The "spirit" is now entering the chart again, with a novelty record entering at #4 - the high position possibly because I somehow feel it would be "too late" if I let it climb slowly, but really I just can't stop playing this.

Based on "can-can" which was already an NM #2 hit in 1981 for Bad Manners. The new version has added witty lyrics.

I have already prepared for after Christmas to credit the B-side which is called "My Enormous Penis".

If CUYC does reach #1 it will be the second #1 in just a few months to mention Kylie in the lyrics. Maybe soon she will herself have her first #1 hit.

Also part of the "festivity" is people like Gareth Gates doing reasonably well in the chart - ok #42 isn't that great but it might climb. It's already his biggest solo hit so far, but he did reach #25 with the Kumars.

Cliff Richard gets the 3rd highest new entry, and his first entry of the 00s, adding himself to the list now of those who have had a hit in every decade. There isn't anything prepared for this single after the festival and therefore its life is likely to be short even if it makes a big climb next week.

[october rust]

Great chart

Never saw it over at Dot because you sort of refused to post.

Loads of brilliant songs like Damien Rice, Coral, Evanescence, Will Young, Dido etc.

;D

[Melian]

Great #1! ;D ;D

[RyanS]

Robbie, Will, Dido, The Coral, Jet, Damien Rice, Evanescence, Maria Willson.....very good chart indeed

[Earl Purple]

I don't have the chart of 20 December with me, I think I do have all the later ones here.

Normally the chart is now being compiled on a Sunday but this week it is impossible as I don't have the new releases yet - in fact it will have to wait a whole week - then I will make up the time by compiling one on the following Thursday and then Monday and then Thursday again when I'm back in England and that one will be the normal time.